This has got to be the most pointless chapter ever. I mainly made it for one plot scene and a random duel in honor of a friend of mine. So he'd better be darn grateful! _
*Chapter 15: Two Turn Duel!*
"We need to get more under cover," Draken suggested. "This shore is just too noticeable-anyone passing by could see us."
"That's true," Hope agreed. "How about the forest? Not many go there. And even if there are some people there, we will probably not run into them."
"Or so we can hope," Gen said. "Now remind me why we are just sitting here, not doing anything?"
They made their way to the forest. As they walked, Daine asked Hope something that had been concerning him.
"Hope, you say you have met Sarius and his companions before. Did that Child always carry that golden ball?"
"As long as I can remember," Hope recalled.
"I got a bad feeling about it…"
"All of us do too," Gaston told him. "It's just too powerful, in some way."
Malon whined in agreement.
"We're nearly there," Miles called back. He was leading the way to the forest.
Daine suddenly snarled.
"What's the matter?" Larka asked.
"Someone is coming, from up ahead."
Malon barked in agreement. He ran forward, vanishing over yet another hill.
They heard a scream of pain over the hill, and they hurried forward. When they saw the sight that awaited them, Hope almost collapsed laughing.
Toan had Cow biting onto his left arm, and Malon on his right. Samuel was trying to pull Cow off his arm, with no luck. Julia was laughing too hard to be of any help. Maria and Carl were completely bewildered.
There was another boy with them. He wore a very dark blue shirt-it looked almost black. His shorts were black, and his tennis shoes were a casual white. He had short brown hair, with soft brown eyes. He was cautiously trying to make Malon let go, backing away every time the puppy growled at him.
Another Soul Monster hovered close by. It looked like a white space ship, but not just any ship. It seemed to be a battle model, and was currently being absolutely useless to the injured Toan.
"OW OW OW!" WHO'S CRAZY IDEA WAS THIS?! WHY DO I HAVE TO BE HATED BY DOGS EVERYWHERE?! NEXT THING YOU KNOW, A MAD DOG OF DARKNESS IS GOING TO COME AND CHOMP ON MY LEG!"
Daine looked at Fell. "I can't resist… do I have permission?"
Fell shrugged.
Daine ran down the hill and bit down into Toan's right leg.
"OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! THE PAIN! THE PAIN! THE PAIN! IT HURTS LIKE CRAZY! WHY MUST I BE TAKEN LITERALLY?! WHAT DID I DO TO INSULT THESE RABID DOGS?! WHY DO I DESERVE THIS?!"
Even Samuel and the other boy couldn't help but laugh at this. Although everyone found the situation extremely amusing, Larka felt some pity for the boy.
"Malon! I think you've caused enough trouble for a life time! Come on over!" she ordered, trying not to burst out laughing again.
Malon scratched Toan on his stomach as he jumped off, running over to Larka. Daine let go as well, calmly trotting to Fell. Toan grabbed Cow by the scruff of his neck, yanked him off, and used four Red Potions on himself.
"That was not a pleasant way to meet," he snarled, glaring at Malon, who blinked at him innocently.
"Hey Hope!" Julia said in a much more friendly tone.
"Hi guys!" she greeted.
"Friends of yours?" Draken asked.
"Yep. She's Julia, the one who was trying to get the Milus Radiant off is Samuel, and the one bitten is Toan."
"Who's the other guy?" Rue inquired. "We haven't met."
"I'm Josh. Nice to meet you all," he greeted. "And the space ship is a Futuristic Space Fighter: Vic Viper. Viper for short. He's not very talkative though."
"Um… it's a he?" Miles asked doubtfully.
"I just call him a he by instinct," Josh shrugged. "I'm addicted with science fiction, so it kinda fits my personality."
"Hope, we want to know what's happening," Julia demanded. "What is going on? We find you running around as a criminal? I want an explanation!"
"It's all a misunderstanding," Hope told her. "We did nothing wrong. They just think we were a part of the group who took down the barrier around Teknisk Wereld. But we did nothing wrong!"
"You sure?" Samuel asked, looking at Rue.
"I'm not a cold-blooded killer!" Rue protested.
"Sure you aren't…" Samuel said, backing away slowly.
"Hope, I am going to kill you one of these days!" he whispered menacingly.
"You're only reinforcing their mental image of you," she pointed out.
"…Darn you."
"So who are all of you?" Josh asked.
Miles quickly introduced everyone.
"So you're on the run?" Toan asked. He was holding Cow by the scruff of his neck still, and the Milus Radiant struggled to get free.
"That's right. We need to find the one who is behind these false charges. What about all of you?"
"We were just being bored," Julia told them. "All the movies were sold out… again… so we came here to meet Josh for some free dueling. He wants to test out his deck."
"A free duel?" Draken asked.
"That's right."
"I'm up for one. I changed some things in my deck, and I'd like to test them out."
"Sounds good. Let's go!"
Draken: 8000
Josh: 8000
"May I go first?" Josh requested.
"Be my guest."
"I summon Futuristic Space Fighter: Vic Viper! (1200/800) Then I activate my Deck Master's special ability. By discarding Shine Angel from my hand, I can special summon a Vic Viper from my deck. (1200/800) I lay two cards down, and end."
"My first card will be Sapphire Dragon! (1900/1600) Then I play Stomping Crash, to destroy your magic or trap and deal 500 damage to your Life Points."
"I chain it with Emissary of Harmony, saving my Life Points in more ways than one."
"Shoot… I lay one card down, and end."
"My turn? I discard Magic Jammer to special summon another Vic Viper. (1200/800) Then I play Limiter Removal! This doubles all of their attack power! (2400/800) (2400/800) (2400/800) Now I activate Delta Attack! I can only activate this card when I have three normal monsters with the same name. They can all attack directly for one turn. So they all attack!"
"I activate Holy Barrier-Mirror Force, destroying all of your Vic Vipers!"
"Nice try, but I counter with Bandit's Swiss Army Knife! By paying 1000 Life Points, I negate and destroy your trap."
Draken: 800
Josh: 7000
"I end my turn, and all of my Vic Vipers are destroyed."
Draken smirked at his draw. "You should have been more careful. I summon Lord of Dragons! (1200/1100) Now I play Dragon Calling Horn! I can only use this when I have a Lord of Dragons on the field. It allows me to special summon two Dragon Sub-Types from my hand, so I call forth two Blue Eyes White Dragons! (3000/2500) (3000/2500) My Blue Eyes and Lord of Dragons finish you off!"
Draken: 800
Josh: 0
"That was horrible," Josh commented, turning off his Duel Disk. "I'd better get some more support cards for my deck. Thanks for playing me, even though it was a complete embarrassment on my part."
"No problem," Draken shrugged.
"We'd like to duel some more, but we have to get into the forest," Hope explained. "It's best to stay out of the officials' sight."
"What if they catch you there?" Josh asked.
"We're hoping they won't be there."
"Well… we helped you before…" Samuel said slowly.
"Yeah… and we'd be willing to help again…" Julia agreed, catching on.
"My sheep could use a work out," Toan finished. "You won't have to worry about any officials for today. If they try to enter the forest, they'll find themselves in a stampede!"
"You guys rule," Hope laughed. "Thanks!"
"Hey, I enjoy causing chaos," Toan joked. "And Cow loves doing that too, except he's so cute, nobody takes him very seriously. YEOW!" He furiously pulled Cow off his arm again.
"We'll want a detailed story later," Julia informed Hope.
"You'll get one. See you guys later!"
They entered the forest, waving goodbye to the four friends.
*****
Olympion was about to give up all hope.
A sign, nearly buried with snow, said, "Welcome to Alaska!"
A random snowboarder crashed into the sign, his snow board nearly hitting Olympion. In a very bad mood, Olympion snapped it in half like a twig, flinging the pieces at the snowboarder before turning to leave.
"Hey! You have to pay for that!" the snowboarder cried.
Olympion turned and glared at him.
"I mean… have a nice day sir!"
With a growl, Olympion went back to the airport.
*****
"Sir, it's like they just vanished!"
"I see… they are concealing themselves rather well. But they cannot hide forever…"
"Sir!" Another man ran into the room. "Did you see this article?"
The man scanned the newspaper. "Most interesting! I shall have to talk with these officials. Perhaps we can assist each other."
To be continued…