Life's unexpecting turns...
(Sorry for the delays, but I got chapter 6 up and going. I know, the title may not be too inviting, but there are situations here going on involving life and death right now. The story will end sooner or later, unfortunately. It makes me wonder what to write next. If you have suggestions, then tell me.) DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter VI: Closer to death...
*** At the President office of Kaiba Corporation... *** A slam on the door is heard, as Kaiba walks over to his computer and sits down frustrated from all the meetings. "Finally, a break from all the paperwork and meetings." He notices the computer screen, thinking about something. "It's been a while checking on the latest duels going on, let's take a look." He turns on the computer and enters the duel disk managing program. After a few minutes going through the duels currently going through, he stops at one particular one. "What!? That card still exists and it's being used right now? I need to investigate this!" Kaiba immediately takes his suitcase and starts to storm right out of the office deciding to look upon this duel...
*** Domino City, near the bridge... *** To the duel, Yuugi and Jounouchi are still in this game. It's still Yuugi's turn. "Now I play the magic card Exchange." Both Yuugi and Jounouchi walk to the edge of the gap of the bridge. "Show me your hand, Jounouchi. I can take one from it." As Jounouchi shows Yuugi his hand, Yuugi already points to a card. "I'll take that Scapegoat card of yours." Jounouchi takes the card and flings it at Yuugi. When he catches it, Yuugi then shows his hand. "Now you can take one as well from my hand." Jounouchi looks to the cards he has, pointing at one. "I'll take Dark Magician." Yuugi then grabs the card and throws it to Jounouchi as he catches it. Both slowly walk back to their places. "Now I'll use the card I just took from you, Scapegoat." After placing the card, four sheep animals appear floating on the field. From that, the sheep's eyes turn red and have the symbol of Orichalcos. "Next, I flip over my monster. It's Cannon Soldier. Plus because of Orichalcos every one of my monsters gets 500 attack points, raising his attack to 1900." The machine appears on the field, as it gets cursed with Orichalcos. "But I'm really after something else. I sacrifice all 4 sheep tokens for Cannon Soldier and inflict 2000 damage to you directly!" One by one, the sheep tokens disappear until they are all gone while Cannon Soldier powers up it cannon for a direct attack. Jounouchi widens his eyes remembering that now the duel disk system is so advanced, the attacks are far more realistic. "No..." Yuugi points with one finger toward Jounouchi with a smile. "ATTACK NOW!" The machine releases a wide, large beam straight at Jounouchi. He closes his eyes until the beam impacts with his body impacts, while Jounouchi releases a loud cry of pain...
Realizing that the bridge where the source of light is coming from is only 2 miles away, Anzu nearly loses her fall and stops running. She kneels down and places her hand over her chest where her heart is. Her hand is shaking as if from some sort of shock. "It hurts to much. What happened?" Standing up slowly, she looks to the eerie light as if someone is trying to call out to her. "Maybe Jounouchi... I need to hurry!" She continues to run despite her shortness on breath.
The two men pointing to Honda's head are looking down seeing the symbol of Orichalcos. "What is that?" Slowly Honda lowers his head looking at the symbol. Then he concentrates his focus seeing it's Yuugi and Jounouchi. "Oh, no." Both men notice the players. "Hey, it's those two players I've heard so much about. The champion and runner-up." Honda gets an idea all of a sudden to save himself. "Tell you what, what if we make one last bet! If I win, the debts are off and if you win, either I pay you quickly or you kill me! And tell you what, I bet that this duel will end in a draw!" Both men start to laugh like crazy. "What a pussy bet! I'll take it. I'm going for Yuugi." The other wipes some tears from his face since he laughed so hard. "No problem. I'll go for Jounouchi. That way whoever wins, we can't lose!" Honda laughs nervously from all this, then looks seriously to the duel and says something to himself. "Come on, guys. You better don't kill yourselves or I'll be dead along with you guys."
After the smoke clears, Jounouchi looks straight at Yuugi as his teeth grind from the attack. "You'll pay for all this!" Yuugi laughs a bit as it shows Orichalcos has corrupted Yuugi. "Correction: You'll pay 2000 LP! Now, Cannon Soldier, attack his facedown monster!" Again, the monster charges up his cannon until Yuugi sees a card flip over from Jounouchi's side of the field. "Not so fast, I activate A Feint Plan! Now during this turn you can't attack any facedown cards!" Yuugi stops his smile and looks to Jounouchi. "Fine. Then before I end my turn I'll sacrifice Cannon Soldier to summon Dark Ruler Ha Des. And infuse him with Orichalcos raising his attack to 2950." The machinery disappears, and a large demon takes its place. The dark magic combines perfectly with the demon giving it more power. "That concludes my turn." Jounouchi draws a card, then looks to his hand. "I'll use Monster Reborn and bring back your Cannon Soldier." He places the card on the field as it replaces itself with Yuugi's monster. "Next, I'll flip over my monster known as Summoner of Illusions. Now I'll use its effect and sacrifice Cannon Soldier to summon Flame Swordsman!" As the machine disappears, his favorite flame warrior appears on the field. Yuugi raises a brow for a moment thinking about this move. "Why do that? Dark Ruler has far more power than that stupid swordsman. Jounouchi smiles, then places a magic card in the slot and activates it. "Watch this move, maybe this will spark up something from the virtual world. I play Polymerization and fuse my Flame Swordsman and your Dark Magician to summon Dark Flare Knight!" Now a knight appears in purple armor and cape, and holds a red flame sword. "Let's get this game going!"
After running for a bit, Anzu reaches the pier. She stops and catches her breath, while looking forward and sees the body of water that divides her and Orichalcos. She looks to her left and right, looking for an alternate way to get to the bridge quickly. "No, it's going to take me too long for me to get to the bridge if I go all the way around. But how can I get around?" She bites her thumb trying to figure out some way to get there quickly. Right then she sees below and notices the ocean, noticing the bridge is just a few hundred feet across. "Maybe I can swim across? But I haven't swam for quite a while, how can I?" She looks to the bottom seeing the crystal-clear water. Looking at it for a while, through her mind she sees Jounouchi somehow in the reflection. Her eyes begin to get watery at just the thought of Jounouchi getting hurt because of herself. She doesn't realize at the moment how much he is affecting her so much. "It doesn't matter if it's a few miles, I need to get to him!" Anzu throws her backpack on the edge of the pier and runs forward jumping into the water. Besides, she was just wearing her school clothes so it didn't make much difference. She shivers lightly since the water is a bit cold, but then forgets about it and swims forward toward the bridge...
Jounouchi raises his hand and extends it out. "Now, Dark Flare Knight, attack Dark Ruler now!" The knight runs forward with its blade ready to destroy the demon, as Yuugi widens his eyes realizing this is the same maneuver that he used before. "Shit, I know what you're up to." Just as the knight is about to launch the sword into the dark ruler the demon raises its fist and punches the knight so hard it goes through and destroys him completely. Then a light appears on Jounouchi's side as another knight of light takes its place. Jounouchi smiles a bit. "Because of Dark Flare Knight, I don't lose life points from the damage and I can now bring out Mirage Knight! Now I'll attack your Dark Ruler, and because of its effect my monster's attack power is raised all the way to 5750!" The monster glides forward with its staff straight towards the demon, and then it runs the blade at the end of the staff across the demon, obliterating him completely. Yuugi's eyes widen and he falls back, surprised from the move and the damage. He begins to stand up after the hit. "I'm surprised. You were able to bring down my life points to 1200." Jounouchi's eyes get narrow thinking that Yuugi is hiding something, and then places a card on the field. "I place one card facedown and end my turn. And because of Mirage Knight it's destroyed and removed from the game." The knight disappears as Yuugi draws a card. "Well, it's my turn. I think we should take a brief stroll down memory lane." Jounouchi's eyes begin to shake a bit as Yuugi then begins to raise the card he just drew into the air. "Remember how one time we dueled and your intention was to try to inflict maximum pain to me? I think it's time I should repay you for this!" The clouds in the sky begin to alternate slightly right above them as only a gleam of red light can be seen. "I play the magic card Hinotama and burn through your life points!!!" From the sky, the gleam of light comes closer as it's clearly shown as a large fireball coming down hard. Jounouchi looks up and sees the massive fireball coming towards him. He looks down and begins to think about one thing as he begins to have doubts about this duel. "Anzu. Don't forget me..." The fireball reaches down and finally hits Jounouchi hard, as the ground begins to shake as a result of the collision. All can be seen is a large fire opposite Yuugi's side and only see the shadow of Jounouchi with his mouth wide open releasing a loud yell of hurt...
As Anzu continues to swim forward getting, she notices ahead on the bridge a large collision and explosion. Just then she stops swimming and begins to fall underwater since she is unable to move for some reason. Her eyes are closed as she begins to sink down a few feet, losing oxygen slowly. Immediately she opens her eyes and realizes she is underwater. She swims up to the surface and catches her breath. Anzu turns to the bridge and notices a large fire, and then she narrows her eyes. "I felt that. I can't give up. I'm so close and I need to stop this now before he gets killed." She resumes swimming, noticing that the smoke from the fire begins to clear a bit...
(Well, there can be a change of heart here, but you never know what can happen this time. I know some cards may not be from the character's deck, but it has been quite a while and cards do change. Also I was lazy and didn't want to go into research. XD Let's just see what can go on next. Please reply.)
(Sorry for the delays, but I got chapter 6 up and going. I know, the title may not be too inviting, but there are situations here going on involving life and death right now. The story will end sooner or later, unfortunately. It makes me wonder what to write next. If you have suggestions, then tell me.) DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter VI: Closer to death...
*** At the President office of Kaiba Corporation... *** A slam on the door is heard, as Kaiba walks over to his computer and sits down frustrated from all the meetings. "Finally, a break from all the paperwork and meetings." He notices the computer screen, thinking about something. "It's been a while checking on the latest duels going on, let's take a look." He turns on the computer and enters the duel disk managing program. After a few minutes going through the duels currently going through, he stops at one particular one. "What!? That card still exists and it's being used right now? I need to investigate this!" Kaiba immediately takes his suitcase and starts to storm right out of the office deciding to look upon this duel...
*** Domino City, near the bridge... *** To the duel, Yuugi and Jounouchi are still in this game. It's still Yuugi's turn. "Now I play the magic card Exchange." Both Yuugi and Jounouchi walk to the edge of the gap of the bridge. "Show me your hand, Jounouchi. I can take one from it." As Jounouchi shows Yuugi his hand, Yuugi already points to a card. "I'll take that Scapegoat card of yours." Jounouchi takes the card and flings it at Yuugi. When he catches it, Yuugi then shows his hand. "Now you can take one as well from my hand." Jounouchi looks to the cards he has, pointing at one. "I'll take Dark Magician." Yuugi then grabs the card and throws it to Jounouchi as he catches it. Both slowly walk back to their places. "Now I'll use the card I just took from you, Scapegoat." After placing the card, four sheep animals appear floating on the field. From that, the sheep's eyes turn red and have the symbol of Orichalcos. "Next, I flip over my monster. It's Cannon Soldier. Plus because of Orichalcos every one of my monsters gets 500 attack points, raising his attack to 1900." The machine appears on the field, as it gets cursed with Orichalcos. "But I'm really after something else. I sacrifice all 4 sheep tokens for Cannon Soldier and inflict 2000 damage to you directly!" One by one, the sheep tokens disappear until they are all gone while Cannon Soldier powers up it cannon for a direct attack. Jounouchi widens his eyes remembering that now the duel disk system is so advanced, the attacks are far more realistic. "No..." Yuugi points with one finger toward Jounouchi with a smile. "ATTACK NOW!" The machine releases a wide, large beam straight at Jounouchi. He closes his eyes until the beam impacts with his body impacts, while Jounouchi releases a loud cry of pain...
Realizing that the bridge where the source of light is coming from is only 2 miles away, Anzu nearly loses her fall and stops running. She kneels down and places her hand over her chest where her heart is. Her hand is shaking as if from some sort of shock. "It hurts to much. What happened?" Standing up slowly, she looks to the eerie light as if someone is trying to call out to her. "Maybe Jounouchi... I need to hurry!" She continues to run despite her shortness on breath.
The two men pointing to Honda's head are looking down seeing the symbol of Orichalcos. "What is that?" Slowly Honda lowers his head looking at the symbol. Then he concentrates his focus seeing it's Yuugi and Jounouchi. "Oh, no." Both men notice the players. "Hey, it's those two players I've heard so much about. The champion and runner-up." Honda gets an idea all of a sudden to save himself. "Tell you what, what if we make one last bet! If I win, the debts are off and if you win, either I pay you quickly or you kill me! And tell you what, I bet that this duel will end in a draw!" Both men start to laugh like crazy. "What a pussy bet! I'll take it. I'm going for Yuugi." The other wipes some tears from his face since he laughed so hard. "No problem. I'll go for Jounouchi. That way whoever wins, we can't lose!" Honda laughs nervously from all this, then looks seriously to the duel and says something to himself. "Come on, guys. You better don't kill yourselves or I'll be dead along with you guys."
After the smoke clears, Jounouchi looks straight at Yuugi as his teeth grind from the attack. "You'll pay for all this!" Yuugi laughs a bit as it shows Orichalcos has corrupted Yuugi. "Correction: You'll pay 2000 LP! Now, Cannon Soldier, attack his facedown monster!" Again, the monster charges up his cannon until Yuugi sees a card flip over from Jounouchi's side of the field. "Not so fast, I activate A Feint Plan! Now during this turn you can't attack any facedown cards!" Yuugi stops his smile and looks to Jounouchi. "Fine. Then before I end my turn I'll sacrifice Cannon Soldier to summon Dark Ruler Ha Des. And infuse him with Orichalcos raising his attack to 2950." The machinery disappears, and a large demon takes its place. The dark magic combines perfectly with the demon giving it more power. "That concludes my turn." Jounouchi draws a card, then looks to his hand. "I'll use Monster Reborn and bring back your Cannon Soldier." He places the card on the field as it replaces itself with Yuugi's monster. "Next, I'll flip over my monster known as Summoner of Illusions. Now I'll use its effect and sacrifice Cannon Soldier to summon Flame Swordsman!" As the machine disappears, his favorite flame warrior appears on the field. Yuugi raises a brow for a moment thinking about this move. "Why do that? Dark Ruler has far more power than that stupid swordsman. Jounouchi smiles, then places a magic card in the slot and activates it. "Watch this move, maybe this will spark up something from the virtual world. I play Polymerization and fuse my Flame Swordsman and your Dark Magician to summon Dark Flare Knight!" Now a knight appears in purple armor and cape, and holds a red flame sword. "Let's get this game going!"
After running for a bit, Anzu reaches the pier. She stops and catches her breath, while looking forward and sees the body of water that divides her and Orichalcos. She looks to her left and right, looking for an alternate way to get to the bridge quickly. "No, it's going to take me too long for me to get to the bridge if I go all the way around. But how can I get around?" She bites her thumb trying to figure out some way to get there quickly. Right then she sees below and notices the ocean, noticing the bridge is just a few hundred feet across. "Maybe I can swim across? But I haven't swam for quite a while, how can I?" She looks to the bottom seeing the crystal-clear water. Looking at it for a while, through her mind she sees Jounouchi somehow in the reflection. Her eyes begin to get watery at just the thought of Jounouchi getting hurt because of herself. She doesn't realize at the moment how much he is affecting her so much. "It doesn't matter if it's a few miles, I need to get to him!" Anzu throws her backpack on the edge of the pier and runs forward jumping into the water. Besides, she was just wearing her school clothes so it didn't make much difference. She shivers lightly since the water is a bit cold, but then forgets about it and swims forward toward the bridge...
Jounouchi raises his hand and extends it out. "Now, Dark Flare Knight, attack Dark Ruler now!" The knight runs forward with its blade ready to destroy the demon, as Yuugi widens his eyes realizing this is the same maneuver that he used before. "Shit, I know what you're up to." Just as the knight is about to launch the sword into the dark ruler the demon raises its fist and punches the knight so hard it goes through and destroys him completely. Then a light appears on Jounouchi's side as another knight of light takes its place. Jounouchi smiles a bit. "Because of Dark Flare Knight, I don't lose life points from the damage and I can now bring out Mirage Knight! Now I'll attack your Dark Ruler, and because of its effect my monster's attack power is raised all the way to 5750!" The monster glides forward with its staff straight towards the demon, and then it runs the blade at the end of the staff across the demon, obliterating him completely. Yuugi's eyes widen and he falls back, surprised from the move and the damage. He begins to stand up after the hit. "I'm surprised. You were able to bring down my life points to 1200." Jounouchi's eyes get narrow thinking that Yuugi is hiding something, and then places a card on the field. "I place one card facedown and end my turn. And because of Mirage Knight it's destroyed and removed from the game." The knight disappears as Yuugi draws a card. "Well, it's my turn. I think we should take a brief stroll down memory lane." Jounouchi's eyes begin to shake a bit as Yuugi then begins to raise the card he just drew into the air. "Remember how one time we dueled and your intention was to try to inflict maximum pain to me? I think it's time I should repay you for this!" The clouds in the sky begin to alternate slightly right above them as only a gleam of red light can be seen. "I play the magic card Hinotama and burn through your life points!!!" From the sky, the gleam of light comes closer as it's clearly shown as a large fireball coming down hard. Jounouchi looks up and sees the massive fireball coming towards him. He looks down and begins to think about one thing as he begins to have doubts about this duel. "Anzu. Don't forget me..." The fireball reaches down and finally hits Jounouchi hard, as the ground begins to shake as a result of the collision. All can be seen is a large fire opposite Yuugi's side and only see the shadow of Jounouchi with his mouth wide open releasing a loud yell of hurt...
As Anzu continues to swim forward getting, she notices ahead on the bridge a large collision and explosion. Just then she stops swimming and begins to fall underwater since she is unable to move for some reason. Her eyes are closed as she begins to sink down a few feet, losing oxygen slowly. Immediately she opens her eyes and realizes she is underwater. She swims up to the surface and catches her breath. Anzu turns to the bridge and notices a large fire, and then she narrows her eyes. "I felt that. I can't give up. I'm so close and I need to stop this now before he gets killed." She resumes swimming, noticing that the smoke from the fire begins to clear a bit...
(Well, there can be a change of heart here, but you never know what can happen this time. I know some cards may not be from the character's deck, but it has been quite a while and cards do change. Also I was lazy and didn't want to go into research. XD Let's just see what can go on next. Please reply.)