Modern Day Pharaoh
Authoress' Notes: Sorry for taking soo long to update! I've been busy [cough]stupid history assignment[cough] and I'm considering going through and editing this entire story… its taking F-O-R-E-V-E-R! [sighs] Also, seeing as this story is in the action category, I've decided to put some dueling action in… Enjoy!
Chapter 17: Five Card Start Duel
¹: This is known as a Five card duel, there is a lot of luck involved, for the first five monsters you draw are automatically summoned and it faces of against the monster opposite it. If there is no monster opposite, it then moves to attack the next one down and so on. First to loose all monsters/ life points looses.
Aniba went out the door, intending on following Yugi (Heq and Resu behind her) when someone tapped her on the shoulder. "Ryou!" She looked at him in surprise, "I didn't see you there!"
"Aniba, could I have a word with you?" Ryou whispered into her ear, in a cool tone.
"Huh?" She turned to look at him, "Bakura?" She whispered. He just scowled at her and she frowned, "Um. I'm just going to have a quick word with Ryou… Resu, can you stay with Heq?"
"Sure. No problem." He replied.
Aniba gave a smile and walked down the hall, allowing herself to be lead by Bakura. He grabbed her arm and literally dragged her along, but she sharply tugged her arm out of his grip, glaring, "I know how to walk."
He just glowered at her, "Just shut up." Leading them into the classroom he closed the door with a flick of his hand and Aniba noted that he put a ward on the door. He turned around, glaring at her, "I want to know why you lied to my host."
"First of all," She said, rolling her eyes, "He has a name which so happens to be Ryou, and second of all, its none of your concern."
"Listen here mortal," He grabbed both her arms and held her close, hissing in her ear, "I don't want anything cocky from you, so just tell me the damn answer!"
She turned a cool glance on him and there was a flash of black light and Lynex appeared. She made a sound of disgust and snorted, "Don't touch me." She glared, easily removing his grip, "Or my hikari."
"Damnit. I don't want to talk to you." He spat, "I want to talk to your host!"
"She's not my host." Lynex snarled, baring her long canines. "And I'll appreciate it if YOU don't talk to my hikari like that. Tomb Robber." She smirked.
Aniba appeared on the desk in spiritual-form, watching the argument in mild amusement. She called through her mind, Ryou?
Hmm? He appeared beside her, in spirit form as well.
She smiled over in his direction, How long do you think they'll argue this time?
Ryou shrugged, taking a seat on the desk next to her, Who knows?
Well I sure don't.
Last time those two got together… the argument would've lasted for days if Bakura wasn't so intent on getting the puzzle.
Why is that anyway? Aniba asked, showing little interest at the argument which seemed to have turn into a yelling match.
Um, He ducked a table that was thrown, I'm not sure. He doesn't reveal much to me now… ever since I helped my friends out.
Aniba jumped as a loud crash went through the room and Bakura screeched, Yeh, well. He can't blame that on you. She ducked as a chair flew her way, After all, you only agreed to help him if he left your friends out of it. That was the deal wasn't it?
Yeh. Ryou said standing up as Bakura picked up the table he was sitting on (both yami's oblivious the to fact of their hikari's presence) and threw it at Lynex with a war-cry. Oooh… Ryou cooed in sympathy pain as Lynex reflected the table back at Bakura. I'm glad he's using his own body.
You're not the only one. Aniba said, eyeing Lynex as she tackled the ex-thief, yelling 'Apologize!'. Hmm… wonder what happened this time?
Ryou just shrugged.
Is it just me, or do those to remind you of a brother/ sister relationship? This comment was heard by all in the room and Bakura and Lynex turned to Aniba;
"What did you say?!"
Aniba quickly retreated to a very-faint spirit form. Seesh! Talk about touchy!
Uh-oh. Ryou said, looking at the two worriedly.
Uh-oh what?
Aniba stared at the two, Uh…oh…They had both summoned about five duel-monsters each. Bakura had Dark Necrofear, Headless Knight, The Portraits Secret, The Earl of Demise and The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams. Lynex had Soul Tiger, Lady Panther, King Tiger Wanghu, Mystical Knight of Jackal, and Manticore of Darkness.
¹All of their monsters were ready to duel.
Both Aniba and Ryou put their heads in their hands, …Oh boy…
First off was Dark Necrofear in Attack Mode VS. Soul Tiger in defense. Dark Necrofear looked slightly human, though she had blue skin and carried a weapon of sorts in her hand. Soul Tiger looked like a normal white tiger though was tinged a light blue colour - it was also floating, semi transparent and smoky around the edges. "Dark Necrofear! Attack!" Bakura yelled and his monster ran came forward and with a quick slash of its weapon, Soul Tiger disappeared into a wisp.
Second was Headless Knight VS Lady Panther… both in attack mode. Headless knight looked like a suit of armour with a cape that was haunted by some ghost, it also had a large sword and small shield and no helmet… Lady Panther on the other hand was what appeared to be a humanoid body with a panther's head. She wore an amoured vest and skirt and had a white shawl that wrapped around her neck and same down her arm. In one hand she had a large staff, in the other a shield. "Headless Knight! Show no mercy!" The Knight charged forward and swung at Lady Panther, she put up her shield and blocked the attack, however Headless Knight applied more force on his sword and cracked the shield and slicked through Lynex's monster.
"Curses!" She growled as 50LP were taken from the 4000 she had.
Bakura: 4000
Lynex: 3950
Third was The Portrait's Secret in defense VS King Tiger Wanghu. A large painting shook on the field and from the inside a strange fiend emerged, raking at the air with its claws before retreating. A large armored, feline-beast gave a roar as it stomped onto the field. "King Tiger Wanghu! Get vengeance for those lost!" Lynex yelled, King Tiger gave another roar before pouncing on The Portrait, flattening it till it exploded with a shatter.
Fourth was The Earl of Demise VS Mystical Knight of Jackal. The Earl of Demise looked like a corpse in a way and it tightened it's grip on its sword as it took a step forward, ready to face Mystical Knight of Jackal.
Hey… what card is that? I haven't seen that one before. Ryou piped up, looking at the Jackal-headed beast.
Oh, that's Mystical Knight of Jackal. Aniba explained. Level 7, 2700 attack points. It also has an effect, basically the owner of the card can choose to return the monster destroyed to the top of the deck, or just leave it in the graveyard. It's effect is quite useful, cause you can just keep defeating the same weak monster and return it to the top of the deck, preventing your opponent from ever drawing any new cards.
Interesting. Ryou observed, as he watched the Beast-Knight step forward, its head held high as it gripped its' weapon, waiting for the order -
"ATTACK!!!" Lynex yelled and it ran forward, easily slicing and defeating Earl of Demise… along with 700 of Bakura's Life Points.
"I'll show you!" He snarled.
Bakura: 3300
Lynex: 3950
The Fifth round was The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams in defense VS. Manticore of Darkness. There was a loud groan and The Gross Ghost made itself known - it was a skeletal figure riding what appeared to be the skeleton of a horse, below it was a transparent bed. In its hands it held a shield and a small sword, a ghostly aura seemed to rise around it as it gave another moan. There was a beating sound of wings and a heavily-muscled figure landed softly upon the ground, folding back it's leathery-black wings. It opened its beak and gave a loud screech, "Destroy!" Lynex yelled and immediately blocked her ears.
Quick! Block your ears! Aniba said nudging Ryou, he was about to ask why but decided against it as a high-pitched screech ran through the room.
"eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"
The sound just seemed to intensify as Sounds Waves rocketed throughout the room, finally shattering the Gross Ghost.
Lynex and Bakura smirked, as the monster was destroyed, "Hmph. A tie."
"Indeed. Continue the duel, mortal."
Lynex hissed, "I'm not a mortal, Tomb Robber!"
The Duel continued, Dark Necrofear defeated King Tiger Wanghu with ease dropping Lynex's life points by 500.
Bakura: 3300
Lynex: 3495
Lynex took a great chunk of Bakura's life points (1250) when her Mystical Knight of Jackal went against his Headless Knight.
Bakura: 2050
Lynex: 3450
Not only was Bakura's Headless Knight defeated, but his Earl of Demise was followed soon after, Manitcore of Darkness taking it down along with 300 more Life Points.
Bakura: 1750
Lynex: 3450
With only once monster on the field, Lynex was able to kill his Dark Necrofear and attack his Life Points directly, "HA. Ha." She said in a smug tone. "I win."
Bakura: 0000
Lynex: 3450
Bakura just muttered something incoherent before yelling at Ryou. "Yadonushi! I'm bored! You take over now!"
Ryou wasn't really given much choice in the matter as Bakura retreated to his soul room and Ryou's spirit was pulled back to his body. "Well… that was interesting." He commented, looking over at Lynex who was currently dancing round the room with the two remaining Duel Monsters.
"We won! We won!" The remaining Duel Monsters looked at Lynex worriedly as she swung them round the room.
/Lynex. I wanna take over now./
"Sure thing hikari!" Lynex chirped and Aniba was back in control, all the tables and chairs that had been thrown around during Lynex's and Bakura's 'disagreement' returned to their places, the Duel Monsters went back to the Shadow Realm and the ward on the door came down… just in time too as the end-of-lunch bell rang.
Aniba sweat-dropped as she looked over at Ryou, "Uh…Good duel?"
He laughed, rubbing the back of his head, "I guess you could say that…" He frowned, "How did that start in the first place?"
Aniba shrugged, walking out the classroom with Ryou.
"Hey! Aniba! There you are!" Heq called, waving to them.
"Ryou!" Yugi yelled, running over to meet them. "Hey, what took you so long?" He asked the two.
"Oh, we were just having a long talk." Aniba said smiling at Ryou.
He laughed, "That would be the best way to put it."
Authoress' Notes: Hehe… [shakes head] I don't think I could ever skip lunch… [big grin] I mean 1st Lunch… second lunch equals library which equals computers which further equals anime and Internet!
Millennium: HI EVERYONE!!! [points to group of people] The Yu-Gi-Oh! cast is still here!
Bakura: And?
Millennium: And you're gonna help with answering the reviews! [big grin]
Y.M.: THAT'S IT! I'm gone! [disappears in poof of smoke]
Millennium: [shrugs] Oh well… [runs to computer and opens inbox] Let's see… review alert'… Pharaohs Angel! Yup! I updated early 'cause of my birthday… Oi! Yami! Yugi! Come over here and have a say in this!
Y & Y: [look at computer screen] Pharaohs Angel?
Yami: [blink] Does that mean me?
Yugi: [shrugs] Must be.
Yami: [looks at Millennium] Why am I called 'Resu' in this fiction?
Millennium: [blink] Er, because no one is supposed to know your real name.
Yami: [slyly] Which is…?
Millennium: It's A- Hey! . You're not supposed to know! You have to go through the memory world, the game of darkness between you and Bakura, and everything! You haven't even gone through the ceremonial battle yet!
Yami: …? Huh?
Millennium: Oh! [quickly covers mouth] Ra damnit it! [pokes Yugi]
Yugi: [looks at Yami] 1, 2, 3!
Y & Y: Thank you for reviewing 'Pharaohs Angel'! :)
Millennium: Okay, next review is from my friend, Ain-Siti-Naunet!
Bakura: [reads review] What do you mean Clara reminds you of me?!
Ryou: Calm down [pats his back] [reads review] You like the confusion? I guess that would happen in any case! If someone appeared who looked like me I'd be confused as well-
Bakura: [taps foot] A-hem!
Ryou: [continues without noticing] I'm so glad that no one else looks like me-
Bakura: [crosses arms, glares and taps foot louder] AHEM!
Ryou: [still continuing] Can you imagine how much-
Bakura: STOP TALKING!!! I WANT TO TALK! [hissing and glaring]
Everyone: [blink] You do?
Bakura: ….I…er…uh…um… THANKS FOR REVIEWING AIN-SITI-NAUNET!!! [disappears into Ring]
Millennium: That was…strange… [shrugs] Well, signing off now, ja ne!
Others: Bye!
Mokuba & Rebecca: [whiney voice/ at same time] I didn't get a say in this!
Millennium: Say, 'review please' then!
Mokuba: [blinks] Review please, then!
Millennium: -.-;;
Rebecca: [nods]
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