Ranma king of games chapter 14
Disclaimer: Ranma don't b'long to nobudy cept Takahashi sama. Got it?!
"Ranma, you've got to stop beating yourself up over all of this. I should have known that an eliminator would have been tough and I just didn't take him seriously enough. It's not your fault." Ranma shook his head as he watched the boat Ukyou was on disappear over the horizon. Her final words still echoed through his mind.
Look, since I can't be here to cheer you on I want you to have this. I know it didn't bring me much luck but you've got the skills to bring out its full potential. You gave me a card as a sign of friendship and I'm going to do the same. But you'd better take care of it cause I'm gonna expect it back once you kick Pegasus's butt! He looked down at the card with a black dragon snarling, its red eyes full of menace.
"I will." Putting the card in his side deck until he could figure how to use it best he looked down at his three star chips.
"This just got a whole lot serious." Yami materialized nearby and nodded.
Yep, but I'm here for you and Ukyou is to. Just focus on winning the next duel for now.
"Yeah, right." Ranma sighed. "I don't know Yami. It seems like every time I try to help somebody I only end up hurting them." With a sigh and this new cloud of despair hanging over his head he began to make his way back towards land. But suddenly a flash of movement caught his eye and upon closer inspection he saw five of Pegasus's guards trying to subdue a duelist. He wore a long-sleeved Chinese style jacket and trousers, with his long black hair hanging loose over his shoulders. But what was more interesting was the fact that he was winning the fight using some basic kung fu that Ranma recognized from his trip to China. The lead guard ended the brawl by pulling a pistol from his belt and cocking it, forcing the young man to stop his struggling.
"I told you! I didn't lose in any duels! Someone stole my chips!" the boy growled in a powerful, strong voice.
"To bad." The guard answered. "No chips, no permission to be on the island. Now head to the dock and wait till the next boat comes." Getting tired of watching the guards bullying, Ranma stepped foreword.
"Look, if he didn't lose his star chips in a duel then he shouldn't be ejected from the games."
"Oh really?" Everyone turned to see a gray haired man wearing a business suit standing ad the end of the dock with his hands held straight at his sides.
"As the game master of Duelist Kingdom I should disqualify him right now for fighting with the guards, but if what he says is true then there is a thief on the island which could become a serious problem." He took out a palm pilot and began to punch buttons on the screen. "Ryu Kei, according to this he has participated in one duel but it was canceled when his opponent left the podium."
"See my story checks out!"
"Not quite, even if his star chips were stolen the rules state that all duelists must have at least one chip in their possession in order to compete. I'm afraid that you have no choice but to leave the island. A boat will be leaving in one hour so please wait here quietly till then." The judge was turning to leave when Ranma stepped forward.
"Wait, if I can get his chips back will he still have to leave?" The judge pondered for a moment.
"No I believe he would still be able to compete. But you don't have much time. If you're not back by the time the boat leaves he is out of here." Ranma placed his hand on his deck case.
"Great, then I'll be back before then."
With a sigh Ranma continued to search around the island. Less then thirty minuets to go and he still hadn't found the Thief. But suddenly from the underbrush a young kid burst out, brandishing a dueling gauntlet.
"Ha ha! I finally found you Ranma! Now I'm going to beat you and get revenge for all the things you did to my brother!" Ranma didn't slow down, but pushed the kid aside forcefully and continued foreword.
"Not now, I'm busy!" He was almost out of sight when he heard the kid yell.
"Come back here! It wasn't easy stealing that kids star chips!" Slamming on the brakes Ranma turned and ran back. The kid began to smile.
"Good, now we can du...Hey put me down!" With out a word Ranma grabbed the kid's wrist and tried to force the chips out of his gauntlet. Only to find that there were none in it.
"Thought you could be a coward again and get my chips without dueling me first eh? Well that's too bad since I hid them. The only way you're going to get them is if you beat me in a duel." Ranma shook his head and balled up a fist.
"Or I could just take some of your teeth instead. Now hand them over! I don't have time to argue with you."
"No! Not until I get revenge for what you did to my brother! You took away his pride as a duelist! Because of you all that he thinks about is revenge. Its like he's not even alive anymore." Ranma shook his head.
"So you'd go so far as to make another person suffer to get revenge? What on earth did I do to this guy?" The boy pulled out a deck.
"You beat him in a duel and humiliated him in front of the whole world. If you had just lost and handed over your blue eyes then he wouldn't have become like this!" Ranma blinked.
"Given over my blue eyes....You're talking about Kaiba!"
"Yes, I'm Mokuba, Seto's little brother and now I'm going to beat you into a pulp!" Ranma glared.
"I like my original plan better but fine." Mokuba grinned and lead the way to a dueling field.
"Get ready Ranma, your worst nightmare is about to come true!"
Mokuba picked some star chips out from underneath a rock and jumped up onto the dueling platform. He dropped three down and smiled.
"Since you also have three chips this will be an all or nothing duel. So when I beat you you'll be sent home in disgrace!" Ranma put his own down and began to draw cards.
That's strange, that boy from the dock said he had lost two star chips. Where did Mokuba get one more? Looking at his hand he frowned. All he had were magic and trap cards.
"I don't have any monsters so I'll lay this face down and end my turn." Oh course now he'll attack me directly and I'll lose a hundred life points. I'm almost out of time so I'll have to speed this up. Mokuba put a card down on the field sideways.
"I'll put this in defense mode." Ranma blink blinked then drew a card.
Why did he do that? If he had attacked me first I would have been on the defensive and behind in life points. He must have some kind of secret strategy. I'll just have to play along for now.
"I summon Celtic Guardian in attack mode! Destroy his face down card!" with a growl the elf charged foreword and slashed down with its blade. For a moment the card flipped over and a large winged demon roared before it shattered apart. Ranma blinked.
"You had a Summoned Skull and you put it in defense mode? That just doesn't make sense."
"I'll duel the best way I know how! Remember, I'm Seto Kaiba's little brother." Ranma frowned.
That's right, Kaiba probably taught him everything he knows. Mokuba put a card on the field.
"I'll lay one card face down and then summon Morphing Jar #2 in defense mode." Ranma blink blinked again.
"You just put it in attack mode." Mokuba looked down.
"Argh! I can't believe it! Grrrr, there's nothing I can do so I'll end my turn."
"Are you sure? I mean you wanted to put it in defense mode and I don't mind letting you take a redo."
"I don't need any help! I've got to beat you fair and square, now make your move you jerk!" Ranma squinted as he realized Mokuba's move.
He wants me to attack him. There is no other logical reason for him to have put such a weak monster in attack mode. But it was so obvious, he has to have something else up his sleeve. Maybe if I attack him indirectly. "I'll use heavy storm. It will wipe the field clean of all magic and trap cards." A vortex of wind appeared on the field and Mokuba's card flipped over and shattered. Ranma blink blinked again.
"Why on earth would you put a Seven Completed on the field? That only works on machine monsters, that wouldn't have helped you at all." Mokuba growled.
"I don't tell you how to play your game, don't tell me how to play mine." Ranma sighed and began to massage his brow.
"I don't believe this, Guardian, destroy his morphing jar." Mokuba grinned as he saw his monster disappear.
"HA! Now you've done it! You destroyed my morphing jar! Now all of the monsters on the field go back to our decks and we each draw another monster."
"Whoa! Not so fast, morphing jar's special ability only works when it's flipped over. You had it in face up attack mode." Mokuba blinked.
"ARGH! Why can't I ever get these rules down!" Suddenly a familiar voice was heard crying out from the woods.
"Mokuba! Where are you!" Mokuba flinched.
"Oh great, it's my brother."
"Kaiba is still here? I would have thought that he would have left" True to facts Seto Kaiba appeared from the woods, looking very pissed.
"Mokuba! What do you think you're doing?! Why did you take my star chip?! I need it so I can get to the finals and beat Ranma!"
"You don't need to worry bro. I'm dueling him now, and I'm going to make him pay.
"You're what?" Kaiba looked over to Ranma's podium and blanched. "Oh Kami no....Mokuba! Are you insane! This guy beat me three times already! What makes you think that your can beat him?!" Mokuba smiled and held up a card.
"Because I've got insurance, a little something I slipped from your deck." Kaiba blanched again and grabbed for the deck on his waist.
"Please oh please say it wasn't my blue eyes."
"You'll find out soon, come on Ranma. Make you move." Ranma drew a card and looked thoughtful.
Alright, if he's really got a blue eyes then I can beat him no prob, he's down to his last few life points anyway so I think my plan will work. "I put two cards face down. Then summon Kuriboh in attack mode." Mokuba grinned and reached for a card in his hand.
"You just lost the duel. I summon the blue eyes..."
"Hold it right there. I activate Card Destruction!" Mokuba froze. Kaiba began to beat his head against a tree.
"You're dragon is now in the graveyard. So you'd better pick another monster in its place." Mokuba frowned as he drew five new cards and picked one.
"Alright, I'll summon Battle Ox in attack mode to finish the job! Attack!" As the ax wielding steer bore down on Ranma's little fuzz ball he flipped over a card.
"I activate Negate attack!" Just as it seemed as though Ranma's monster would be destroyed a dark hole appeared and swallowed up the ax wielding minotaur. A second later it appeared again back on Mokuba's side of the field with a confused look on its face.
"But I'm not quite finished yet." Ranma said as he flipped a last card over. Say hello to Monster Reborn!" Kaiba had stopped beating his head against the tree and stared in slack jawed horror.
"No, no, no, NO!"
"And I'll bring back your Blue Eyes White Dragon!" The selected card popped out of a slot on Ranma's console and he grinned as he held it up.
"Looks like we have two blue eyes each Kaiba."
"I will rip out your heart!!" Ranma put on a mock frown.
"My my kaiba, you should calm down. After all if you had been more careful then this wouldn't have happened. Oh well, back to the battle. I believe you know what's going to happen now right, Blue Eyes come forth!"
Ranma smiled as the life point counter on Mokuba's side went down to zero. The next second a small tray opened up on his console and all three of Mokuba's star chips fell out. He jangled them in the palm of his hand with a satisfied grin.
"Well Kaiba it's been lots of fun. But I have ten minuets to get back to the dock. Don't be too hard on Mokuba alright?" Kaiba was looking down at mentioned younger sibling with a look that would have scared a real monster.
"When we get home......we are going to have a VERY long talk." Mokuba gulped.
Darn you Ranma! This is all your fault!
Back at the dock
Ranma smiled as he handed the two star chips over to the young youth.
"I'm glad I made it in time." Ryu sighed in relief and popped the two star chip back into his glove.
"You don't know what this means to me. If I had been ejected from the tournament I might never have accomplished my goal." He said with a slight Chinese accent.
"What's that?"
"To defeat Seto Kaiba. He and I have.....history." Ranma winced.
"So you were trying to defeat Seto Kaiba?" Ryu nodded.
"Yes, I was. You defeated him before correct?" Ranma nodded.
"Yeah, but I have some bad news."
After Ranma finished telling his story Ryu sighed and slumped.
"I guess I'll just have to keep waiting for another chance." Ranma shook his head.
"I'm really sorry; I didn't know you wanted to go after Kaiba. And now I kicked him out of the tournament." Ryu smiled.
"Do not worry; I will have my chance some day. You went out of your way to help me and I am eternally grateful for that." Ranma nodded, a look of sheepish regret still on his face.
"So why would you want to go up against Kaiba? He's one of the toughest duelists in the world." A look of tightly controlled and focused rage appeared on Ryu's face.
"Do you really want to know?" Ranma nodded. "Alright, I'll tell you. I originally came from China where my father owned a small factory. He opened it just after the Chinese government lifted restrictions on trade with foreign nations and it was quite successful. It became famous through out the world though because my father owned one of the worlds four Blue Eyes White Dragon Cards and he used a dragon as his trademark. He used to say that it brought him luck, but then Seto Kaiba heard about it. He came one day to my father's office and offered to buy it for a million dollars. My father refused so Seto doubled his offer. My father declared that he would not sell it for any price and this caused Seto to become enraged. The next day the government closed down my father's factory saying that he had violated the tax code. He protested and was able to prove his innocence but by then all of our order deadlines had been missed and we lost almost all of our customers. After that the newspapers began to publish stories saying that my father was implicated in several government scandals involving bribery. He went to jail while the investigation was being conducted and without his leadership his company went bankrupt. My family had been humiliated and our honor had been destroyed. But it wasn't over yet. One day my father was seen being forced into a black car by a couple of large men in suits. Later that day they dumped him on the steps of our home battered and broken. That bastard Kaiba had hired some thugs from the underworld to beat him up until he gave them his blue eyes since destroying his company hadn't worked. I know because the last thing my father said to me before he died was that I had to defeat Seto Kaiba in order for our family's honor to be restored." Ryu's fists tightened until the knuckles turned white.
"I've been training myself in the martial arts to focus my mind and raising my dueling skills so that I can take Kaiba on in a match and utterly destroy him. It's the only way I can get revenge for what he did to my father." Ranma blinked.
"Wow, I had no idea that Kaiba could stoop so low." Ryu nodded.
"Believe it." He took the two star chips out of his dueling gauntlet.
"Please take these; I have no need for them. Think of them as a reward for putting yourself in danger." Ranma shook his head.
"I can't...." But even as he was saying that Ryu forced them into his palm.
"Yes you can. You have a kind heart and I want you to succeed in winning this tournament. Good luck Ranma." With that Ryu turned and headed to the dock where the boat was taking on passengers. Ranma looked down at the star chips in his hand and sighed as he put them in his glove.
"Six down, four to go."
You're probably wondering why it took me so long to get this chapter done right? Well I had to have some oral surgery done this summer and wasn't able to finish it until I got well enough. Sorry for the long wait but now I'm back at full strength and have more ideas then ever! Thanks to Zenaku and Ranko Ketchum for prereading my fics as
Disclaimer: Ranma don't b'long to nobudy cept Takahashi sama. Got it?!
"Ranma, you've got to stop beating yourself up over all of this. I should have known that an eliminator would have been tough and I just didn't take him seriously enough. It's not your fault." Ranma shook his head as he watched the boat Ukyou was on disappear over the horizon. Her final words still echoed through his mind.
Look, since I can't be here to cheer you on I want you to have this. I know it didn't bring me much luck but you've got the skills to bring out its full potential. You gave me a card as a sign of friendship and I'm going to do the same. But you'd better take care of it cause I'm gonna expect it back once you kick Pegasus's butt! He looked down at the card with a black dragon snarling, its red eyes full of menace.
"I will." Putting the card in his side deck until he could figure how to use it best he looked down at his three star chips.
"This just got a whole lot serious." Yami materialized nearby and nodded.
Yep, but I'm here for you and Ukyou is to. Just focus on winning the next duel for now.
"Yeah, right." Ranma sighed. "I don't know Yami. It seems like every time I try to help somebody I only end up hurting them." With a sigh and this new cloud of despair hanging over his head he began to make his way back towards land. But suddenly a flash of movement caught his eye and upon closer inspection he saw five of Pegasus's guards trying to subdue a duelist. He wore a long-sleeved Chinese style jacket and trousers, with his long black hair hanging loose over his shoulders. But what was more interesting was the fact that he was winning the fight using some basic kung fu that Ranma recognized from his trip to China. The lead guard ended the brawl by pulling a pistol from his belt and cocking it, forcing the young man to stop his struggling.
"I told you! I didn't lose in any duels! Someone stole my chips!" the boy growled in a powerful, strong voice.
"To bad." The guard answered. "No chips, no permission to be on the island. Now head to the dock and wait till the next boat comes." Getting tired of watching the guards bullying, Ranma stepped foreword.
"Look, if he didn't lose his star chips in a duel then he shouldn't be ejected from the games."
"Oh really?" Everyone turned to see a gray haired man wearing a business suit standing ad the end of the dock with his hands held straight at his sides.
"As the game master of Duelist Kingdom I should disqualify him right now for fighting with the guards, but if what he says is true then there is a thief on the island which could become a serious problem." He took out a palm pilot and began to punch buttons on the screen. "Ryu Kei, according to this he has participated in one duel but it was canceled when his opponent left the podium."
"See my story checks out!"
"Not quite, even if his star chips were stolen the rules state that all duelists must have at least one chip in their possession in order to compete. I'm afraid that you have no choice but to leave the island. A boat will be leaving in one hour so please wait here quietly till then." The judge was turning to leave when Ranma stepped forward.
"Wait, if I can get his chips back will he still have to leave?" The judge pondered for a moment.
"No I believe he would still be able to compete. But you don't have much time. If you're not back by the time the boat leaves he is out of here." Ranma placed his hand on his deck case.
"Great, then I'll be back before then."
With a sigh Ranma continued to search around the island. Less then thirty minuets to go and he still hadn't found the Thief. But suddenly from the underbrush a young kid burst out, brandishing a dueling gauntlet.
"Ha ha! I finally found you Ranma! Now I'm going to beat you and get revenge for all the things you did to my brother!" Ranma didn't slow down, but pushed the kid aside forcefully and continued foreword.
"Not now, I'm busy!" He was almost out of sight when he heard the kid yell.
"Come back here! It wasn't easy stealing that kids star chips!" Slamming on the brakes Ranma turned and ran back. The kid began to smile.
"Good, now we can du...Hey put me down!" With out a word Ranma grabbed the kid's wrist and tried to force the chips out of his gauntlet. Only to find that there were none in it.
"Thought you could be a coward again and get my chips without dueling me first eh? Well that's too bad since I hid them. The only way you're going to get them is if you beat me in a duel." Ranma shook his head and balled up a fist.
"Or I could just take some of your teeth instead. Now hand them over! I don't have time to argue with you."
"No! Not until I get revenge for what you did to my brother! You took away his pride as a duelist! Because of you all that he thinks about is revenge. Its like he's not even alive anymore." Ranma shook his head.
"So you'd go so far as to make another person suffer to get revenge? What on earth did I do to this guy?" The boy pulled out a deck.
"You beat him in a duel and humiliated him in front of the whole world. If you had just lost and handed over your blue eyes then he wouldn't have become like this!" Ranma blinked.
"Given over my blue eyes....You're talking about Kaiba!"
"Yes, I'm Mokuba, Seto's little brother and now I'm going to beat you into a pulp!" Ranma glared.
"I like my original plan better but fine." Mokuba grinned and lead the way to a dueling field.
"Get ready Ranma, your worst nightmare is about to come true!"
Mokuba picked some star chips out from underneath a rock and jumped up onto the dueling platform. He dropped three down and smiled.
"Since you also have three chips this will be an all or nothing duel. So when I beat you you'll be sent home in disgrace!" Ranma put his own down and began to draw cards.
That's strange, that boy from the dock said he had lost two star chips. Where did Mokuba get one more? Looking at his hand he frowned. All he had were magic and trap cards.
"I don't have any monsters so I'll lay this face down and end my turn." Oh course now he'll attack me directly and I'll lose a hundred life points. I'm almost out of time so I'll have to speed this up. Mokuba put a card down on the field sideways.
"I'll put this in defense mode." Ranma blink blinked then drew a card.
Why did he do that? If he had attacked me first I would have been on the defensive and behind in life points. He must have some kind of secret strategy. I'll just have to play along for now.
"I summon Celtic Guardian in attack mode! Destroy his face down card!" with a growl the elf charged foreword and slashed down with its blade. For a moment the card flipped over and a large winged demon roared before it shattered apart. Ranma blinked.
"You had a Summoned Skull and you put it in defense mode? That just doesn't make sense."
"I'll duel the best way I know how! Remember, I'm Seto Kaiba's little brother." Ranma frowned.
That's right, Kaiba probably taught him everything he knows. Mokuba put a card on the field.
"I'll lay one card face down and then summon Morphing Jar #2 in defense mode." Ranma blink blinked again.
"You just put it in attack mode." Mokuba looked down.
"Argh! I can't believe it! Grrrr, there's nothing I can do so I'll end my turn."
"Are you sure? I mean you wanted to put it in defense mode and I don't mind letting you take a redo."
"I don't need any help! I've got to beat you fair and square, now make your move you jerk!" Ranma squinted as he realized Mokuba's move.
He wants me to attack him. There is no other logical reason for him to have put such a weak monster in attack mode. But it was so obvious, he has to have something else up his sleeve. Maybe if I attack him indirectly. "I'll use heavy storm. It will wipe the field clean of all magic and trap cards." A vortex of wind appeared on the field and Mokuba's card flipped over and shattered. Ranma blink blinked again.
"Why on earth would you put a Seven Completed on the field? That only works on machine monsters, that wouldn't have helped you at all." Mokuba growled.
"I don't tell you how to play your game, don't tell me how to play mine." Ranma sighed and began to massage his brow.
"I don't believe this, Guardian, destroy his morphing jar." Mokuba grinned as he saw his monster disappear.
"HA! Now you've done it! You destroyed my morphing jar! Now all of the monsters on the field go back to our decks and we each draw another monster."
"Whoa! Not so fast, morphing jar's special ability only works when it's flipped over. You had it in face up attack mode." Mokuba blinked.
"ARGH! Why can't I ever get these rules down!" Suddenly a familiar voice was heard crying out from the woods.
"Mokuba! Where are you!" Mokuba flinched.
"Oh great, it's my brother."
"Kaiba is still here? I would have thought that he would have left" True to facts Seto Kaiba appeared from the woods, looking very pissed.
"Mokuba! What do you think you're doing?! Why did you take my star chip?! I need it so I can get to the finals and beat Ranma!"
"You don't need to worry bro. I'm dueling him now, and I'm going to make him pay.
"You're what?" Kaiba looked over to Ranma's podium and blanched. "Oh Kami no....Mokuba! Are you insane! This guy beat me three times already! What makes you think that your can beat him?!" Mokuba smiled and held up a card.
"Because I've got insurance, a little something I slipped from your deck." Kaiba blanched again and grabbed for the deck on his waist.
"Please oh please say it wasn't my blue eyes."
"You'll find out soon, come on Ranma. Make you move." Ranma drew a card and looked thoughtful.
Alright, if he's really got a blue eyes then I can beat him no prob, he's down to his last few life points anyway so I think my plan will work. "I put two cards face down. Then summon Kuriboh in attack mode." Mokuba grinned and reached for a card in his hand.
"You just lost the duel. I summon the blue eyes..."
"Hold it right there. I activate Card Destruction!" Mokuba froze. Kaiba began to beat his head against a tree.
"You're dragon is now in the graveyard. So you'd better pick another monster in its place." Mokuba frowned as he drew five new cards and picked one.
"Alright, I'll summon Battle Ox in attack mode to finish the job! Attack!" As the ax wielding steer bore down on Ranma's little fuzz ball he flipped over a card.
"I activate Negate attack!" Just as it seemed as though Ranma's monster would be destroyed a dark hole appeared and swallowed up the ax wielding minotaur. A second later it appeared again back on Mokuba's side of the field with a confused look on its face.
"But I'm not quite finished yet." Ranma said as he flipped a last card over. Say hello to Monster Reborn!" Kaiba had stopped beating his head against the tree and stared in slack jawed horror.
"No, no, no, NO!"
"And I'll bring back your Blue Eyes White Dragon!" The selected card popped out of a slot on Ranma's console and he grinned as he held it up.
"Looks like we have two blue eyes each Kaiba."
"I will rip out your heart!!" Ranma put on a mock frown.
"My my kaiba, you should calm down. After all if you had been more careful then this wouldn't have happened. Oh well, back to the battle. I believe you know what's going to happen now right, Blue Eyes come forth!"
Ranma smiled as the life point counter on Mokuba's side went down to zero. The next second a small tray opened up on his console and all three of Mokuba's star chips fell out. He jangled them in the palm of his hand with a satisfied grin.
"Well Kaiba it's been lots of fun. But I have ten minuets to get back to the dock. Don't be too hard on Mokuba alright?" Kaiba was looking down at mentioned younger sibling with a look that would have scared a real monster.
"When we get home......we are going to have a VERY long talk." Mokuba gulped.
Darn you Ranma! This is all your fault!
Back at the dock
Ranma smiled as he handed the two star chips over to the young youth.
"I'm glad I made it in time." Ryu sighed in relief and popped the two star chip back into his glove.
"You don't know what this means to me. If I had been ejected from the tournament I might never have accomplished my goal." He said with a slight Chinese accent.
"What's that?"
"To defeat Seto Kaiba. He and I have.....history." Ranma winced.
"So you were trying to defeat Seto Kaiba?" Ryu nodded.
"Yes, I was. You defeated him before correct?" Ranma nodded.
"Yeah, but I have some bad news."
After Ranma finished telling his story Ryu sighed and slumped.
"I guess I'll just have to keep waiting for another chance." Ranma shook his head.
"I'm really sorry; I didn't know you wanted to go after Kaiba. And now I kicked him out of the tournament." Ryu smiled.
"Do not worry; I will have my chance some day. You went out of your way to help me and I am eternally grateful for that." Ranma nodded, a look of sheepish regret still on his face.
"So why would you want to go up against Kaiba? He's one of the toughest duelists in the world." A look of tightly controlled and focused rage appeared on Ryu's face.
"Do you really want to know?" Ranma nodded. "Alright, I'll tell you. I originally came from China where my father owned a small factory. He opened it just after the Chinese government lifted restrictions on trade with foreign nations and it was quite successful. It became famous through out the world though because my father owned one of the worlds four Blue Eyes White Dragon Cards and he used a dragon as his trademark. He used to say that it brought him luck, but then Seto Kaiba heard about it. He came one day to my father's office and offered to buy it for a million dollars. My father refused so Seto doubled his offer. My father declared that he would not sell it for any price and this caused Seto to become enraged. The next day the government closed down my father's factory saying that he had violated the tax code. He protested and was able to prove his innocence but by then all of our order deadlines had been missed and we lost almost all of our customers. After that the newspapers began to publish stories saying that my father was implicated in several government scandals involving bribery. He went to jail while the investigation was being conducted and without his leadership his company went bankrupt. My family had been humiliated and our honor had been destroyed. But it wasn't over yet. One day my father was seen being forced into a black car by a couple of large men in suits. Later that day they dumped him on the steps of our home battered and broken. That bastard Kaiba had hired some thugs from the underworld to beat him up until he gave them his blue eyes since destroying his company hadn't worked. I know because the last thing my father said to me before he died was that I had to defeat Seto Kaiba in order for our family's honor to be restored." Ryu's fists tightened until the knuckles turned white.
"I've been training myself in the martial arts to focus my mind and raising my dueling skills so that I can take Kaiba on in a match and utterly destroy him. It's the only way I can get revenge for what he did to my father." Ranma blinked.
"Wow, I had no idea that Kaiba could stoop so low." Ryu nodded.
"Believe it." He took the two star chips out of his dueling gauntlet.
"Please take these; I have no need for them. Think of them as a reward for putting yourself in danger." Ranma shook his head.
"I can't...." But even as he was saying that Ryu forced them into his palm.
"Yes you can. You have a kind heart and I want you to succeed in winning this tournament. Good luck Ranma." With that Ryu turned and headed to the dock where the boat was taking on passengers. Ranma looked down at the star chips in his hand and sighed as he put them in his glove.
"Six down, four to go."
You're probably wondering why it took me so long to get this chapter done right? Well I had to have some oral surgery done this summer and wasn't able to finish it until I got well enough. Sorry for the long wait but now I'm back at full strength and have more ideas then ever! Thanks to Zenaku and Ranko Ketchum for prereading my fics as