You're Only Deceived Once
By SariaSubi-kun
SariaSubi: Sorceress Vanessa, you are my new best friend! ^_^ My one true fan to this story! Anyways, sorry it took a while to put chapter five up. I had it saved, but I went out of my Yu-Gi-Oh mood and just….left it. Oh well, keep the reviews coming!
Chapter 6
"Because now I use Polymerization to fuse Fumetsu Moonlight Gladiator and Selket together!"
Seto was confused. "I thought you said this was your ultimate being. Why are you fusing it again?"
"To answer that, I'll remind you that I said that I would unleash my ultimate being. Fumetsu isn't my ultimate being. Now, Liberator of Holy Past! Emerge from the sands of the past!" As she held up her arm, from the floor emerged a warrior clad in white and gold armor, veiled by a desert cloak. Sand flew about the playing field as Seto watched the meter rise again. From 5700/600, it rose slowly, as if torturing him, to 6050/250.
He blinked. "Wait, why is the defense lowering?"
Matsu shrugged. "Well, fusing Selket doesn't add anything to the monster's attack or defense; it just creates a new monster. Selket is meant to fuse with another Spellcaster monster. When she fuses, some of the defense points are taken away to add to the attack. Of course, in desperate situations, this wouldn't be a good idea, but I don't believe you have a Shield and Sword in your deck, do you?" she raised her eyebrow and smiled. "No….no, that was the second duelist in Duelist Kingdom, Joey Wheeler." He growled at the mention of the blonde's name.
She seemed interested. "Don't like the guy, do you? Really, I've heard and seen him before. Sounds like a 21st century hillbilly."
Seto laughed. "I have to hand it to you, I couldn't insult him better."
She cocked an eyebrow as she folded her arms. "I better get back to defeating you. I'm hungry….it's almost lunch time," she smiled as she checked her watch. Seto frowned. How could a girl be so stupid and yet seal the fate of this duel both at the same time? But she held out her palm, motioning to him. "Seto Kaiba, I believe it's your turn."
He grimaced. Now that she had an extremely strong monster on the field, even his Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon couldn't defeat it. He shook his head. He might as well summon it and put it into defense mode.
"Polymerization," he muttered as he put down the card, "fuse the three Blue Eyes White Dragons." The card did as it was told, and sure enough, there stood the three headed Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
Matsu felt kind of sorry for him. She never felt that way for her opponent before, but she figured it must suck to know you're going to lose within five turns into the game. Seto put the monster into Defense Mode. Oh man, she thought. Putting a creature like that into defense mode? That's sad. That's……
Her eyes perked up in happiness. That's it! Defense mode!
To end his turn, Seto quietly slipped two cards face down. It was Matsu's turn now
"Now, I put Liberator of Holy Past in defense mode." She smiled as she switched the card's position. "And I place this card down, then summon Yamato Dragon, attack mode!" The fire dragon with many heads, 2600/3100, rose from the field and roared at the Ultimate dragon in defense position. Of course, it wasn't enough to defeat it at first, but then another nightmare came to Matsu's hand. "And I play another Five Card Trolley!"
Seto groaned. "Another one?"
She blew a strand of hair out of her face. "Jeez, Kaiba, it's not like I'm going to beat the living shit out of you. I'm just playing two cards this time. The first one is Axe of Despair, raising my monster's attack 1000 points."
"That's still not enough."
"Thus the second card, Black Pendant. Let's add another 900 attack points, eh?" Now Seto saw the perfect opportunity.
"It doesn't matter, because now I activate Dragon Capture Jar!" Matsu stepped back, a bit surprised at what his card was, but then collected herself and laughed. 'What's so funny?"
"I knew it!" she jumped up. "I knew that you'd waste your card on my dragon. Now that my other dragon is out of the picture, I can finally attack and destroy you when your turn is up! Oh, wait, it's still my turn!" she laughed. She gave him an evil smirk. "A Dragon. The perfect decoy monster."
"What do you mean by decoy?"
She shrugged. "I know you have cards that go against dragons in particular, so I figure that in case that card you placed down was one of 'em, you would waste it. Even if it wasn't directed at a dragon type monster, Yamato was still a decoy. I wanted to raise its power so it could still defeat your Ultimate Dragon, which you put into defense mode because of my Liberator, making it weaker and more able to defeat. Of course, why would I put another monster on the field when I already have my ultimate being?" She proceeded to explain after the rhetorical question, "Maybe my Liberator was a decoy. Who knows. Either way, I got you to use one of your face down cards, and now—" She was about to flip her card into position when Seto spoke.
"Too late, Matsu! It's my turn now after I used my card and since you forgot to switch your card into attack mode, I can attack it now! Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon! Attack her Liberator!"
"Yes!" she pretended to cheer him on, "please, by all means, play right into my trap!" She placed her hand on the card she laid down. Looking back up at Seto, she smirked. "This is the card I'm famous for on the West Coast."
He stepped back. "What is it?" he breathed as fires engulfed the Liberator and the dragon, forcing it back to Seto's side of the field. He looked down and watched the dragon's attack and defense points drop by 100.
"Firewall. It's like a wall that protects my monsters from any monster, even if it had 10000 attack points. And any monster that attacks while Firewall is up gets a burn. Each turn, that burn takes away a hundred attack points and defense points from the monster that attacked. But you know what, Seto Kaiba?" she leaned up on her toes.
"What?" he growled.
"You're lucky I didn't torture you further, taking Gravity Bind of the field."
"What?!" he slammed his hands on the stand. "You took it off?"
"Well, I mean, I had to discard a magic card or I would have had over five on the field! I just had to play Firewall. It's, like, essential." Yeah, he thought, she was back to her mocking side. But she sighed tiredly, as if getting bored of toying with him. That's what seemed to make them complete opposites, besides the part that Matsu actually smiled. She got bored toying with her opponents while he loved it. Just devastate him, she had always learned. Toying with them gets boring.
Her sigh signified she was back to plain Matsu, not the mocking Matsu. Man, did this girl have mood swings. He slapped his forehead. Was this a signal of PMS or something?
Whatever he shook his head. It was her turn. The last turn of the duel.
//-//-//-//-//-//-//-//
So it was just over then. The flames subsided and the Liberator of Holy Past lunged forward with Matsu's order. The duel was over. Seto was defeated.
He slammed his fists down until they bruised. "How?! Just how could someone duel like that? It was over far too fast!"
She yawned as she walked down from the arena. "Jeez, ya act like you've never lost before."
"Have you lost before?" he looked up and glared at her.
"No," they were now both off the arena, decks put away and looking across at each other, "but I play with people who lost all the time. Really, losing's what makes you better." She laughed at herself. "I guess that means I'm not that good a duelist. But," she turned the other direction, "you can't learn anything from that duel. I barely did anything. Summoning my Liberator was far too early in the duel." All Seto could do was just glare at her. That little bitch, was all he could think. Bitch, bitch, bitch.
She turned around and noticed the hate that was coming from his eyes and frowned. Don't those beautiful blue eyes ever show compassion? she thought. He's so handsome, yet he wastes it on being hateful. Matsu shook her head. People who are like that shouldn't show their faces. They just disturb the peace.
Matsu was getting annoyed with him to almost the extent that he was with her. "You know," she remarked, "that ugly glare could shoot someone dead, ya know that? Man, I almost see lasers coming out of there. Oh wait, I can't. You're eyes are to friggin dark I'm surprised anything shows up on the screen."
"Are you trying to make a point?" he growled at her. Right now, all he could feel was hate. Was it hate towards the loss, or her? It didn't matter at the moment.
"Well," she stretched out the word, standing up in her tip-toes, rolling her eyes, "I am hungry. I guess that's a point." He nearly fell over. Not only had he seen her act cocky and plain; she now acted like a ditz. She turned around and eyed him. "Um…wanna get a burger or something?"
His eyes widened, but that was only because of the stupidity of the question. She actually thought he would say yes? This girl really was stupid.
"Well, whatever. See ya round, Seto." She turned her heel and waved lazily, turning into one of the basement hallways.
"Do you even know where the exit is?" he asked her.
"No," he heard her call, "but one of your guards will catch me eventually and show me the exit sooner or later."
"Get out of my building, Matsu."
"I'm trying! I'm trying!"
//-//-//-//-//-//-//-//
Bakura's ear twitched as he heard someone coming. Leaving from his place off the alley wall, he unfolded his arms and turned to the person who was coming down the way. It was a tall man in a dark purple cloak with a picture of a millennium eye on the hood.
"Out of my way, boy."
"Tell my why I should," the spirit from the ring took over and challenged the tall man with Egyptian inscriptions on his face.
"If you want to live, it would be wise to let me pass."
"Just who the hell are you, anyways?"
The tall man stopped pushing forward. "My name is Odeon. I have to get to my master, who is the leader of the Rare Hunters."
"What is the name of your master?"
Odeon grunted, thoroughly annoyed, then yelled, "Master Marik, okay kid? Now get the hell out of my way!"
Odeon violently pushed Bakura into the wall and stalked away. When Bakura finally pushed himself up, he folded his arms and smirked. "Just like that day I felt a dark presence when that low-level duelist Bandit Keith was taken over and dueled Yugi. That must be the person who he was talking about. Marik, huh?"
//-//-//-//-//-//-//-//
"Ishizu-sama! I wo-on!" Matsu pranced happily into the museum. By the time she had gotten back to Domino Museum, it was already well past dark. She knew the Egyptian woman was in a press conference earlier that day, but surely it must be over by now?
Must be downstairs looking at the 'glyphs, she thought. As she hopped down the steps, she heard Ishizu's voice describing one of the hieroglyphs that she had. Matsu stopped dead in her tracks. As she listened closely, she heard, "If you don't believe me, Seto Kaiba, I will show you with the power of my Millennium Necklace!"
Matsu gasped. What in hell was Seto Kaiba doing with Ishizu in Ishizu's private showroom?!
By SariaSubi-kun
SariaSubi: Sorceress Vanessa, you are my new best friend! ^_^ My one true fan to this story! Anyways, sorry it took a while to put chapter five up. I had it saved, but I went out of my Yu-Gi-Oh mood and just….left it. Oh well, keep the reviews coming!
Chapter 6
"Because now I use Polymerization to fuse Fumetsu Moonlight Gladiator and Selket together!"
Seto was confused. "I thought you said this was your ultimate being. Why are you fusing it again?"
"To answer that, I'll remind you that I said that I would unleash my ultimate being. Fumetsu isn't my ultimate being. Now, Liberator of Holy Past! Emerge from the sands of the past!" As she held up her arm, from the floor emerged a warrior clad in white and gold armor, veiled by a desert cloak. Sand flew about the playing field as Seto watched the meter rise again. From 5700/600, it rose slowly, as if torturing him, to 6050/250.
He blinked. "Wait, why is the defense lowering?"
Matsu shrugged. "Well, fusing Selket doesn't add anything to the monster's attack or defense; it just creates a new monster. Selket is meant to fuse with another Spellcaster monster. When she fuses, some of the defense points are taken away to add to the attack. Of course, in desperate situations, this wouldn't be a good idea, but I don't believe you have a Shield and Sword in your deck, do you?" she raised her eyebrow and smiled. "No….no, that was the second duelist in Duelist Kingdom, Joey Wheeler." He growled at the mention of the blonde's name.
She seemed interested. "Don't like the guy, do you? Really, I've heard and seen him before. Sounds like a 21st century hillbilly."
Seto laughed. "I have to hand it to you, I couldn't insult him better."
She cocked an eyebrow as she folded her arms. "I better get back to defeating you. I'm hungry….it's almost lunch time," she smiled as she checked her watch. Seto frowned. How could a girl be so stupid and yet seal the fate of this duel both at the same time? But she held out her palm, motioning to him. "Seto Kaiba, I believe it's your turn."
He grimaced. Now that she had an extremely strong monster on the field, even his Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon couldn't defeat it. He shook his head. He might as well summon it and put it into defense mode.
"Polymerization," he muttered as he put down the card, "fuse the three Blue Eyes White Dragons." The card did as it was told, and sure enough, there stood the three headed Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
Matsu felt kind of sorry for him. She never felt that way for her opponent before, but she figured it must suck to know you're going to lose within five turns into the game. Seto put the monster into Defense Mode. Oh man, she thought. Putting a creature like that into defense mode? That's sad. That's……
Her eyes perked up in happiness. That's it! Defense mode!
To end his turn, Seto quietly slipped two cards face down. It was Matsu's turn now
"Now, I put Liberator of Holy Past in defense mode." She smiled as she switched the card's position. "And I place this card down, then summon Yamato Dragon, attack mode!" The fire dragon with many heads, 2600/3100, rose from the field and roared at the Ultimate dragon in defense position. Of course, it wasn't enough to defeat it at first, but then another nightmare came to Matsu's hand. "And I play another Five Card Trolley!"
Seto groaned. "Another one?"
She blew a strand of hair out of her face. "Jeez, Kaiba, it's not like I'm going to beat the living shit out of you. I'm just playing two cards this time. The first one is Axe of Despair, raising my monster's attack 1000 points."
"That's still not enough."
"Thus the second card, Black Pendant. Let's add another 900 attack points, eh?" Now Seto saw the perfect opportunity.
"It doesn't matter, because now I activate Dragon Capture Jar!" Matsu stepped back, a bit surprised at what his card was, but then collected herself and laughed. 'What's so funny?"
"I knew it!" she jumped up. "I knew that you'd waste your card on my dragon. Now that my other dragon is out of the picture, I can finally attack and destroy you when your turn is up! Oh, wait, it's still my turn!" she laughed. She gave him an evil smirk. "A Dragon. The perfect decoy monster."
"What do you mean by decoy?"
She shrugged. "I know you have cards that go against dragons in particular, so I figure that in case that card you placed down was one of 'em, you would waste it. Even if it wasn't directed at a dragon type monster, Yamato was still a decoy. I wanted to raise its power so it could still defeat your Ultimate Dragon, which you put into defense mode because of my Liberator, making it weaker and more able to defeat. Of course, why would I put another monster on the field when I already have my ultimate being?" She proceeded to explain after the rhetorical question, "Maybe my Liberator was a decoy. Who knows. Either way, I got you to use one of your face down cards, and now—" She was about to flip her card into position when Seto spoke.
"Too late, Matsu! It's my turn now after I used my card and since you forgot to switch your card into attack mode, I can attack it now! Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon! Attack her Liberator!"
"Yes!" she pretended to cheer him on, "please, by all means, play right into my trap!" She placed her hand on the card she laid down. Looking back up at Seto, she smirked. "This is the card I'm famous for on the West Coast."
He stepped back. "What is it?" he breathed as fires engulfed the Liberator and the dragon, forcing it back to Seto's side of the field. He looked down and watched the dragon's attack and defense points drop by 100.
"Firewall. It's like a wall that protects my monsters from any monster, even if it had 10000 attack points. And any monster that attacks while Firewall is up gets a burn. Each turn, that burn takes away a hundred attack points and defense points from the monster that attacked. But you know what, Seto Kaiba?" she leaned up on her toes.
"What?" he growled.
"You're lucky I didn't torture you further, taking Gravity Bind of the field."
"What?!" he slammed his hands on the stand. "You took it off?"
"Well, I mean, I had to discard a magic card or I would have had over five on the field! I just had to play Firewall. It's, like, essential." Yeah, he thought, she was back to her mocking side. But she sighed tiredly, as if getting bored of toying with him. That's what seemed to make them complete opposites, besides the part that Matsu actually smiled. She got bored toying with her opponents while he loved it. Just devastate him, she had always learned. Toying with them gets boring.
Her sigh signified she was back to plain Matsu, not the mocking Matsu. Man, did this girl have mood swings. He slapped his forehead. Was this a signal of PMS or something?
Whatever he shook his head. It was her turn. The last turn of the duel.
//-//-//-//-//-//-//-//
So it was just over then. The flames subsided and the Liberator of Holy Past lunged forward with Matsu's order. The duel was over. Seto was defeated.
He slammed his fists down until they bruised. "How?! Just how could someone duel like that? It was over far too fast!"
She yawned as she walked down from the arena. "Jeez, ya act like you've never lost before."
"Have you lost before?" he looked up and glared at her.
"No," they were now both off the arena, decks put away and looking across at each other, "but I play with people who lost all the time. Really, losing's what makes you better." She laughed at herself. "I guess that means I'm not that good a duelist. But," she turned the other direction, "you can't learn anything from that duel. I barely did anything. Summoning my Liberator was far too early in the duel." All Seto could do was just glare at her. That little bitch, was all he could think. Bitch, bitch, bitch.
She turned around and noticed the hate that was coming from his eyes and frowned. Don't those beautiful blue eyes ever show compassion? she thought. He's so handsome, yet he wastes it on being hateful. Matsu shook her head. People who are like that shouldn't show their faces. They just disturb the peace.
Matsu was getting annoyed with him to almost the extent that he was with her. "You know," she remarked, "that ugly glare could shoot someone dead, ya know that? Man, I almost see lasers coming out of there. Oh wait, I can't. You're eyes are to friggin dark I'm surprised anything shows up on the screen."
"Are you trying to make a point?" he growled at her. Right now, all he could feel was hate. Was it hate towards the loss, or her? It didn't matter at the moment.
"Well," she stretched out the word, standing up in her tip-toes, rolling her eyes, "I am hungry. I guess that's a point." He nearly fell over. Not only had he seen her act cocky and plain; she now acted like a ditz. She turned around and eyed him. "Um…wanna get a burger or something?"
His eyes widened, but that was only because of the stupidity of the question. She actually thought he would say yes? This girl really was stupid.
"Well, whatever. See ya round, Seto." She turned her heel and waved lazily, turning into one of the basement hallways.
"Do you even know where the exit is?" he asked her.
"No," he heard her call, "but one of your guards will catch me eventually and show me the exit sooner or later."
"Get out of my building, Matsu."
"I'm trying! I'm trying!"
//-//-//-//-//-//-//-//
Bakura's ear twitched as he heard someone coming. Leaving from his place off the alley wall, he unfolded his arms and turned to the person who was coming down the way. It was a tall man in a dark purple cloak with a picture of a millennium eye on the hood.
"Out of my way, boy."
"Tell my why I should," the spirit from the ring took over and challenged the tall man with Egyptian inscriptions on his face.
"If you want to live, it would be wise to let me pass."
"Just who the hell are you, anyways?"
The tall man stopped pushing forward. "My name is Odeon. I have to get to my master, who is the leader of the Rare Hunters."
"What is the name of your master?"
Odeon grunted, thoroughly annoyed, then yelled, "Master Marik, okay kid? Now get the hell out of my way!"
Odeon violently pushed Bakura into the wall and stalked away. When Bakura finally pushed himself up, he folded his arms and smirked. "Just like that day I felt a dark presence when that low-level duelist Bandit Keith was taken over and dueled Yugi. That must be the person who he was talking about. Marik, huh?"
//-//-//-//-//-//-//-//
"Ishizu-sama! I wo-on!" Matsu pranced happily into the museum. By the time she had gotten back to Domino Museum, it was already well past dark. She knew the Egyptian woman was in a press conference earlier that day, but surely it must be over by now?
Must be downstairs looking at the 'glyphs, she thought. As she hopped down the steps, she heard Ishizu's voice describing one of the hieroglyphs that she had. Matsu stopped dead in her tracks. As she listened closely, she heard, "If you don't believe me, Seto Kaiba, I will show you with the power of my Millennium Necklace!"
Matsu gasped. What in hell was Seto Kaiba doing with Ishizu in Ishizu's private showroom?!