Life's unexpecting turns...
(Wow, that didn't take much time to write this chapter. Well, here it is, and I'm off to work on another fanfic of mine. But I'll be back! Muahahahaha...)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter VIII: Decision...
Rooftop near the bridge... The two suits set the hands with the guns down to their side, meanwhile their other hand cover their eyes to see what is going on beyond the bright light. "I gave you a chance to drop your guns, but you didn't accept. You'll regret that." A mere couple of seconds after the helicopter shifts to its side, giving the suits a chance to look. Juts when one looked up, all he could see is Kaiba's foot for a split second as it meets the guy's face hard, breaking his nose and rendering them unconscious already. Kaiba lands on his feet flawlessly, looking down to the person he just facekicked. "Just one kick and you fall already? You're pathetic!" His head immediately pushes back, feeling something cold behind his head pressing hard against the back of his head. The other suit slips his finger toward the trigger of his gun, point to the back of Kaiba's head. "Maybe he is, but I'm not the same. Now, how about some of your profits in exchange for your life?" Despite having a gun to the back of his head, even then Kaiba does not show any signs of surrender or fear. "Does the word 'baka' mean anything to you?" Clenching his teeth tightly from frustration, the person behind spits to the ground. "Yes, it's you for not accepting my offer. I guess this is the end of the life of Seto Kaiba." As he slides his index finger to the trigger, footsteps become loud and clear toward the two. "Why end it now?" Before the guy had a chance to react, Honda shoves his fist into his face. The guy's hand jerks to the side a little, releasing a gunshot as it passes right by Kaiba's cheek. The person falls to the ground, becoming unconscious at the moment. Honda straightens out his jacket after attacking, walking over to Kaiba. "Hey, now that I saved you, how about-- AAH!" The young man with the horrible haircut trips on the spit from the other guy, falling over the edge of the building and grabbing the ledge with one hand. Kaiba pinches the bridge between his nose frustrated. "God, kids...." Kaiba kneels down and grabs Honda's hand, lifting him up. "Thanks, Kaiba. Now, can I ask you for a loan favor, seeing that I saved your life and all?" Kaiba walks to the edge of the building, looking down to the duel. "Too bad, that won't be necessary. I saved your life, so we're even. Now, I guess I'm right on time for the last part of the duel." Honda growls at Kaiba, just giving him temptation to push him off the ledge.
Back at the bridge... The smoke begins to clear, the sizzling sounds just starting to stop. "Sorry I had to do this, Yuugi. But this is just how you have to learn." A small laughter just then sends chills down Jounouchi's spine. "What do you need to be sorry for? This game isn't over yet." A chilly blow from the ocean's currents pushes out the smoke, showing Yuugi unharmed with a little circle of fire around him. "How did you... How did you stop it? You had no cards on the field!" Yuugi shakes his head, pointing to in front of him. "Oh, really? Take a better look!" On the ground an injured Kuriboh lies down, being knocked out from the blast as it disappears along with the ring of fire. "So that's what you did..." The spiky-haired boy nods as he takes a card from his hand and places it in the graveyard slot. "Exactly, by discarding Kuriboh I was able to negate the attack you attempted. So, finish your turn." Jounouchi places the last card from his hand down to his slot. "I set one card facedown and end my turn." Yuugi draws one card from his deck once more, looking at his hand. "Well, what to do here exactly to finish you off..."
Footsteps beat closer and closer to the two, until it finally stopped. "YUUGI!" Both Jounouchi and Yuugi turn around to see, none other than the soaking wet friend of theirs. Jounouchi turns away and Yuugi stares blankly at her, his eyes starting to lose that red gradient. Anzu blinks, wondering what's going on to her. "A-anzu... Might want to cover yourself up a little there..." Jounouchi still remains turned away from her, but pointing. She looks down, noticing that her jacket was a little down. To her, there was nothing wrong at all with that. Except for the fact that she has a white shirt underneath and she's been swimming in cold water. A small meep escapes her mouth, covering her upper body with her light pink jacket. "Thanks, Jou... Now, why are you doing this, Yuugi? We've been friends for so long. You would use me as an ante for this game? That's so wrong." Yuugi lowers his eyes a little, starting to lose his enragement. "But I..." Anzu looks more to Yuugi with her narrow glaring eyes, staying her distance outside the Orichalcos circle. "I never wanted to hurt you, but this is not the way to settle your differences out like this. I thought you were better than that, but trying to get rid of Jounouchi." Slowly her legs slump down, sitting down on her knees and looking down. "Yes, I may like him. No, I mean I may love him, but we broke up for you. I still want us all to be friends, no matter what the cost. How could you do this to me, Yuugi..." She covers her face up, tears flowing out of her eyes like crazy. The short multi-colored hair person looks up to both of his best friends. "J-jounouchi... Is all this true?" The tall blonde nods, tears going down his eyes a little. "Yep, and now it's time for you to make your decision." Wiping his tears away, Yuugi looks at Jounouchi, his eyes not cloaked in red but the symbol of Orichalcos bearing on his forehead. "How can you do that?" Jounouchi gives a small smile to his little friend, tapping on a button. "Good question, I'll show you. I activate the trap card Last Battle!"
Everyone around them looks closely to this final move Jounouchi is making. "You see, Last Battle can only be activated when I have 1000 life points or less, which I do. All cards in our hands, my deck, and the field go to the graveyard except for one monster of mine. I pick my Red-Eyes Black Dragon." Both take their hands and send them to their respected graveyard slots, and Jounouchi does the same with his deck. "Now, all you have to do is pick any monster from your deck and summon it to the field. We battle it out one last time. If my monster stands, I win. Your monster stands, you win. Otherwise, the game is a draw. Get the rules?" Everyone watching the duel opens their eyes wide, wondering about this move. "Jounouchi, are you sure you want him to do this?" He gives a small nod to Anzu, smiling a little. "It's his choice. Let him choose what he really wants most." Yuugi at random get three cards in his hand, looking at them and thinking strategically. ["Hm, I can't do much about this... I could use this Sangan card and lose this game. But what about grandpa if he's all alone? Then again, there's the Summoned Skull... It has enough power to beat Red-Eyes Black Dragon, but Jounouchi will be gone. I don't want that to happen, especially for Anzu. This is just so hard!"] Yuugi begins to cry more and more as he looks at the cards he has to use. "I-I guess there's only one thing I could do! I bring out Skilled Dark Magician!" Setting the card down, he brings out his monster. Both Anzu and Jounouchi look at the card, realizing that the monster is weaker than the dragon. "Don't do it, Yuugi!" As both yell, Yuugi shakes his head, pointing to the dragon to guide his monster. "Sorry, but I have to do this. Skilled Dark Magician, attack his Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"
(Whoa, that's a biggie there, and I don't mean one of those Wendy combos! Anyway, for those of you that know the anime and/or TCG, if you know about what goes on next chapter, don't say anything at all. Let the readers find out for themselves. Anyway, please RR. I'm begging you, please! Kneels down and begs)
(Wow, that didn't take much time to write this chapter. Well, here it is, and I'm off to work on another fanfic of mine. But I'll be back! Muahahahaha...)
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter VIII: Decision...
Rooftop near the bridge... The two suits set the hands with the guns down to their side, meanwhile their other hand cover their eyes to see what is going on beyond the bright light. "I gave you a chance to drop your guns, but you didn't accept. You'll regret that." A mere couple of seconds after the helicopter shifts to its side, giving the suits a chance to look. Juts when one looked up, all he could see is Kaiba's foot for a split second as it meets the guy's face hard, breaking his nose and rendering them unconscious already. Kaiba lands on his feet flawlessly, looking down to the person he just facekicked. "Just one kick and you fall already? You're pathetic!" His head immediately pushes back, feeling something cold behind his head pressing hard against the back of his head. The other suit slips his finger toward the trigger of his gun, point to the back of Kaiba's head. "Maybe he is, but I'm not the same. Now, how about some of your profits in exchange for your life?" Despite having a gun to the back of his head, even then Kaiba does not show any signs of surrender or fear. "Does the word 'baka' mean anything to you?" Clenching his teeth tightly from frustration, the person behind spits to the ground. "Yes, it's you for not accepting my offer. I guess this is the end of the life of Seto Kaiba." As he slides his index finger to the trigger, footsteps become loud and clear toward the two. "Why end it now?" Before the guy had a chance to react, Honda shoves his fist into his face. The guy's hand jerks to the side a little, releasing a gunshot as it passes right by Kaiba's cheek. The person falls to the ground, becoming unconscious at the moment. Honda straightens out his jacket after attacking, walking over to Kaiba. "Hey, now that I saved you, how about-- AAH!" The young man with the horrible haircut trips on the spit from the other guy, falling over the edge of the building and grabbing the ledge with one hand. Kaiba pinches the bridge between his nose frustrated. "God, kids...." Kaiba kneels down and grabs Honda's hand, lifting him up. "Thanks, Kaiba. Now, can I ask you for a loan favor, seeing that I saved your life and all?" Kaiba walks to the edge of the building, looking down to the duel. "Too bad, that won't be necessary. I saved your life, so we're even. Now, I guess I'm right on time for the last part of the duel." Honda growls at Kaiba, just giving him temptation to push him off the ledge.
Back at the bridge... The smoke begins to clear, the sizzling sounds just starting to stop. "Sorry I had to do this, Yuugi. But this is just how you have to learn." A small laughter just then sends chills down Jounouchi's spine. "What do you need to be sorry for? This game isn't over yet." A chilly blow from the ocean's currents pushes out the smoke, showing Yuugi unharmed with a little circle of fire around him. "How did you... How did you stop it? You had no cards on the field!" Yuugi shakes his head, pointing to in front of him. "Oh, really? Take a better look!" On the ground an injured Kuriboh lies down, being knocked out from the blast as it disappears along with the ring of fire. "So that's what you did..." The spiky-haired boy nods as he takes a card from his hand and places it in the graveyard slot. "Exactly, by discarding Kuriboh I was able to negate the attack you attempted. So, finish your turn." Jounouchi places the last card from his hand down to his slot. "I set one card facedown and end my turn." Yuugi draws one card from his deck once more, looking at his hand. "Well, what to do here exactly to finish you off..."
Footsteps beat closer and closer to the two, until it finally stopped. "YUUGI!" Both Jounouchi and Yuugi turn around to see, none other than the soaking wet friend of theirs. Jounouchi turns away and Yuugi stares blankly at her, his eyes starting to lose that red gradient. Anzu blinks, wondering what's going on to her. "A-anzu... Might want to cover yourself up a little there..." Jounouchi still remains turned away from her, but pointing. She looks down, noticing that her jacket was a little down. To her, there was nothing wrong at all with that. Except for the fact that she has a white shirt underneath and she's been swimming in cold water. A small meep escapes her mouth, covering her upper body with her light pink jacket. "Thanks, Jou... Now, why are you doing this, Yuugi? We've been friends for so long. You would use me as an ante for this game? That's so wrong." Yuugi lowers his eyes a little, starting to lose his enragement. "But I..." Anzu looks more to Yuugi with her narrow glaring eyes, staying her distance outside the Orichalcos circle. "I never wanted to hurt you, but this is not the way to settle your differences out like this. I thought you were better than that, but trying to get rid of Jounouchi." Slowly her legs slump down, sitting down on her knees and looking down. "Yes, I may like him. No, I mean I may love him, but we broke up for you. I still want us all to be friends, no matter what the cost. How could you do this to me, Yuugi..." She covers her face up, tears flowing out of her eyes like crazy. The short multi-colored hair person looks up to both of his best friends. "J-jounouchi... Is all this true?" The tall blonde nods, tears going down his eyes a little. "Yep, and now it's time for you to make your decision." Wiping his tears away, Yuugi looks at Jounouchi, his eyes not cloaked in red but the symbol of Orichalcos bearing on his forehead. "How can you do that?" Jounouchi gives a small smile to his little friend, tapping on a button. "Good question, I'll show you. I activate the trap card Last Battle!"
Everyone around them looks closely to this final move Jounouchi is making. "You see, Last Battle can only be activated when I have 1000 life points or less, which I do. All cards in our hands, my deck, and the field go to the graveyard except for one monster of mine. I pick my Red-Eyes Black Dragon." Both take their hands and send them to their respected graveyard slots, and Jounouchi does the same with his deck. "Now, all you have to do is pick any monster from your deck and summon it to the field. We battle it out one last time. If my monster stands, I win. Your monster stands, you win. Otherwise, the game is a draw. Get the rules?" Everyone watching the duel opens their eyes wide, wondering about this move. "Jounouchi, are you sure you want him to do this?" He gives a small nod to Anzu, smiling a little. "It's his choice. Let him choose what he really wants most." Yuugi at random get three cards in his hand, looking at them and thinking strategically. ["Hm, I can't do much about this... I could use this Sangan card and lose this game. But what about grandpa if he's all alone? Then again, there's the Summoned Skull... It has enough power to beat Red-Eyes Black Dragon, but Jounouchi will be gone. I don't want that to happen, especially for Anzu. This is just so hard!"] Yuugi begins to cry more and more as he looks at the cards he has to use. "I-I guess there's only one thing I could do! I bring out Skilled Dark Magician!" Setting the card down, he brings out his monster. Both Anzu and Jounouchi look at the card, realizing that the monster is weaker than the dragon. "Don't do it, Yuugi!" As both yell, Yuugi shakes his head, pointing to the dragon to guide his monster. "Sorry, but I have to do this. Skilled Dark Magician, attack his Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"
(Whoa, that's a biggie there, and I don't mean one of those Wendy combos! Anyway, for those of you that know the anime and/or TCG, if you know about what goes on next chapter, don't say anything at all. Let the readers find out for themselves. Anyway, please RR. I'm begging you, please! Kneels down and begs)