Team Zero: Crystals
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Chapter 18: Finish! Sapphire glow
Tal stood, crossed armed, at the edge of the dueling area. He laughed to himself at the pathetic thing that was in front of him. "That water boy will never win with a half strength Deadalus on the field. It is his own fault." A wicked smile cross his lips. "Well, soon Chaos will get the power he wants."
Ronin looked at his hand. "Damn! Not one thing I can even set as a bluff. I just played Deadalus so I can't switch it's battle position this turn." He growled outloud. "Go then."
"I will." Puppetmaster drew the top card off his deck and looked at it. "I will set two reverse cards and attack Deadalus with Blood Hunter! Go Blood Hunt!" Shooting a ray of yellow light across the field, Deadalus broke into tiny data bits that were suck up instantly from the vacuum side of the gun on Blood Hunter's weapon (2300/1000).
Ronin&Sachiko-3300 LP
Black&Puppet-3600 LP
"Now I am done, you may go." Puppetmaster acting nice just to annoy Ronin that his favorite monster was destroyed.
"Draw!" Sachiko yelled as she pulled the top card off her deck. She frowned at her hand. "I set one card face down and summon the Tripwire Beast in defense mode!" A brown backed card appeared on the field and then a green, four legged monster with little lightning polls on it's back appeared on the field. "That is my turn for now."
"And that brings it to me." Black Lizard smiled as he drew. "I will now get to summon Blood Black Lizard (1400/1000) who gets pumped up by both Blood Hunter and Blood Hunter's lair (2300/1000)." The black scaly monster appeared on the field next to the leather clad monster. "Next comes my attack on Tripwire Beast with Blood Hunter!" Shooting the blast from its gun, the Tripwire beast blew apart in the force. It was instantly sucked up into the gun (2600/1000). "Next is Blood Black Lizard, Direct Attack them!" Teeth bared, the monster flew across the field and hit both Sachiko and Ronin in the shoulders.
Ronin&Sachiko-1000 LP
Black&Puppet-3600 LP
"Brings it to my turn." Ronin declared as he drew his card. "Yes!" Flipping it around he shoved it into his duel disk. "I play the magic card Reload. I get to shuffle my hand into my deck and draw that many cards." Shuffling the three cards in his hand into his deck he pulled out three new cards. "Next comes Pot of Greed!" Ronin slid two more cards off his deck. "I summon my Ice Covered Wall (100/2600) in defense mode." A large wall appeared on the field. It was made of solid ice and cast a reflection like a mirror. "And to finish my turn I set one card face down."
Puppetmaster smirked as he pulled the top card off his deck. "I activate my magic card Gale Force Rage! It destroys all magic and trap cards that are face down on the field but my other trap I play is Reflect the Gale!" The two cards flipped up on their field. A large wind started to pick up. "Reflect the Gale works like this. When Gale Force Rage is played and I activate this card all my magic and traps are safe but you still lose yours. Plus we both lose half our life points due to Gale Force Rage."
Ronin&Sachiko-500 LP
Black&Puppet-1800 LP
The two face down cards on Ronin's and Sachiko's field were blown away leaving just the large ice wall. Both Ronin and Sachiko grimaced at this.
"I end my turn. Leaving it to the female to try and stop us."
Gritting her teeth, she knew that he was right. "Maybe I am holding Ronin back. It is my fault that we lost so many life points. There is nothing that I can really do." She looked down at her feet. "I am a worthless duelist. They work together they use his..." Her eyes widened and she snapped her head up to look at them. "I see now. You wanted to set up a double duel like this because Puppetmaster uses magic and traps while you have monsters. You knew that neither of you would get in the way of the other by playing like this!"
"Wow, she sure is perspective." Black Lizard said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "And why did you fall in love with her?" He asked looking over at Ronin.
"Because we have that bond. We will not fall to the likes of you." He looked over at Sachiko and gave the thumbs up. "I believe in our love and you should to! Use that love to help us win!"
Smiling and nodding, "Yes I will," She drew her next card. "If you don't mind love, I sacrifice your Ice Wall to summon my Beautiful Rain Bird (1700/1200)." A multi-colored bird monster appeared on there field. It had long strands for tail feathers that ranged in all colors. "It's ability lets me take back one magic card from my grave and play it instantly. I replay Polymerization!" The card slipped out of the grave slot and Sachiko caught it. She placed it on the duel disk and flipped the last card in her hand over. "I fuse it with Mystic Tiger (1400/1000) to summon Mystic Tiger Bird (2200/1700)!"
A large orange and black tiger appeared and swirled into the vortex with the bird. When it emerged it was the tiger standing on two legs. It's body was still orange and black but it had long rainbow colored wings that jutted out of its back. On it's face, jutting out of the snout was a beak
"That won't help!" Black Lizard pointed to it, "its attack power is too low." He started laughing and clutching his gut.
Driving down the street, Reku and the other were looking for any sign of Ronin. On the seat between Reku and Akina where both of there decks. Sitting on top of the deck were the medallions. Out of the medallions shot little lightning bolts and it appeared as if rays of energy were shooting down through the decks.
Looking out the window, Akina spotted two friends from school. A blond girl wearing a blue shirt and yellow pants with her brother who had short sandy blond hair, almost spiked and a black shirt with black pants. They were Usami and Ryokurio Itakura. Usami waved to Akina as they passed.
"STOP!" She yelled as Reku slammed on the brakes. Akina flew open the doors and jumped out. Her and Usami walked over to each other. "Hey Usami, I was wondering if you had seen Ronin on you walk?"
"I haven't. Hey brother!" She looked over her shoulder at her brother. "Have you seen Ronin anywhere?"
"Ronin Endo?" Getting a nod from Reku as he came around the truck he shook his head. "No sorry, haven't seen him."
Jumping out of the back Joe ran over to Reku and Akina. "So, who are these guys?" He asked as he got there. "And are they important enough to give me whiplash!" Hestarted rubbing the back of his neck.
"Oh, yes, Joe Peterson, this is Usami Itakura and her brother Ryokurio. They are the best dragon duelists in town!"
"And him?" Usami asked pointing over to Kevin as he got his foot caught getting out of the truck and falling on his face. Everyone cringed at that but Usami who just laughed.
"That's Kevin Hunter." Reku said looking at him pull himself up. Looking back at the two kids he asked again: "Are you sure you haven't seen him anywhere?"
"Positive." Ryokurio said smiling, he could tell that Reku and Akina were worried. "What is wrong?"
As Reku and Akina started to explain to Ryokurio the entire situation, Usami walked over to Kevin. He was brushing himself off. He had a red spot on his face where he collided with the ground.
"You okay?" She asked smiling at him. Blushing slightly, he nodded 'yes' to her. "You sure don't talk much. Hi I'm Usami and you are Kevin right." All she got was another nod 'yes'. Kevin then realized that he wasn't speaking so he spit out a few words
"Yea,...I'm fine...Thanks." He said finally. "I must have been knocked senseless from the fall." He tried as a cover up. She only smiled and giggled.
"I see." Ryokurio said finally nodding his head. "Mind if we tag along. I am not sure if I beleive your strory but we might be able to help find him."
"Sure, you'll have to hop in the back with these two." Reku said motioning to Joe and Kevin who was still 'talking' with Usami.
Ronin looked at the fused monster then over at Sachiko. She had nothing in her hand and he had never heard of this monster before so he didn't know what it was capable of.
"Next my monster ability activates! I get to pull the top card off my deck. I send that card to the grave but bring back one card that is already in there of the same type I throw out." Drawing a card she got a magic card. Sliding it into her graveyard she walked over to Ronin. "Seeing how we play with the same field we play with one graveyard. Could you hand me your Pot of Greed?"
"Sure." Ronin smiled as he pulled the magic card from his graveyard and handed it to Sachiko who slid it into her duel disk. She pulled two new cards off her deck and looked at them.
"First off I play De-Spell! I will destroy your field magic card Blood Hunter Lair!" Slowly the arena around them faded away leaving only darkness (Blood Hunter 2100/1000)(Blood Black Lizard 1800/1000). "Go Mystic Tiger Bird Attack Blood Black Lizard now!" Flying across the field the monster slashed down on a swirling vortex in front of the monster.
"Did you forget that my Trap Bridge I used revived my Negate Attack?" Puppetmaster asked as the downed trap flipped up
"Damn, I forgot." Sachiko said disapprovingly of her failed attempt. "I guess that I am done then."
"Making it my turn!" Black Lizard snapped the card off his deck. "I summon a second Blood Black Lizard in defense mode (1800/1000) and switch my other one and Blood Hunter to defense mode!" The monster all crouched down.
"My move then." Ronin declared as he pulled the next card off his deck. He looked at the Sapphire Crystal card that he had just picked up. "Do I dare using this? It almost cost us the duel this time and I am not sure who to undo its effects."
"Ronin!" He looked over at Sachiko. "Trust in our love! We can win no matter what card you draw."
"She must have noticed the look on my face. All right then but first." He pulled a card out of his hand. "I summon Aqua Fighter (1500/1200)!" A blue humanoid figure appeared on the field. It had oversized forearms and hands. The only thing that was on it's face were a pair of eyes. "And next I play Sapphire Crystal!" He yelled as he flipped the card over and jabbed it into his duel disk.
The Aqua Fighter's eyes glowed and it shut them. It let out a grunted howl and clutched it's head. Sapphire spikes shot out of its body. Ronin started to be surrounded with a sapphire colored aura. The symbol appeared on his head and the medallion around his neck started glowing. Finally the aura around the them settled and Aqua fighter straightened up. It had transformed into Aqua Fighter Sapphire Mode!
Chuckling, somewhat devilish, Ronin pointed to his new monster. "My monster gains the power of the Sapphire Crystal. Its power is increased by 1000 points (2500/1200). Next I launch an attack against Blood Black Lizard!" Flying across the field the monster punched through the lizard in one quick blow.
Ronin&Sachiko-500 LP
Black&Puppet-300 LP
"HEY!" Black Lizard looked at his life point counter. "Why did our life go down?"
"The Sapphire Crystal gives the power to deal damage through defense you fool. And the true power of Aqua Fighter is released. When it destroys a monster in battle now I draw six cards from my deck." He pulled six cards up and held them out. "Don't you wish you got to draw six cards? Next come her Mystic Tiger Bird. It attacks the other Blood Black Lizard now!" It swooped across the field and slashed up the lizard monster with ease. "My turn is done." Ronin discarded a card seeing as he was holding seven cards.
"Good, that means that it is my turn." Drawing the card off the deck Puppetmaster smiled. "I play Unicorn's Horn Magic! It increases one monster's attack by 700 for one turn so I switch Blood Hunter (2800/1000) into attack mode. Attack the Aqua Fighter Sapphire!"
"Fool." Tal grunted from the sidelines.
The ray shot at the monster. It batted it away with its arm. Ronin smiled wickedly.
"My monster is an essence monster. It can't be destroyed in battle. Being an essence monster all damage done to me do to it's battle is cut in half. So I only lose 150 life points."
Ronin&Sachiko-350 LP
Black&Puppet-300 LP
"I'm done." Puppetmaster growled as he ended his turn. He looked over at Tal who just shook his head.
"My move then." Sachiko pulled a card off her deck. She then pointed to the Aqua Fighter. "Go Aqua Fighter Sapphire. Attack his Blood Hunter now!" Even commanded the monster didn't move an inch. She looked over at Ronin who just gave a weird look to her.
"Don't you know that only one's who have this," he held up his medallion, "can control an essence monster?"
"Fine then, well attack my monster and I play the magic card Small Help! It ups my monsters attack by 300 points (2500/1700). Attack Blood Hunter (2100/1000) now!" Flying across the field the tiger monster cut up the leather clothed monster.
Ronin&Sachiko-350 LP
Black&Puppet-0 LP
The two robed men screamed and clutched their heads. The shadows around them slowly vanished as finally their bodies fell over limp. Their souls taken by the shadow realm
Ronin and Sachiko deactivated their duel disk and started to move towards each other. An evil grin spread across Tal's face as he started to move.
"We did it Ronin..." Sachiko started to say but she was over come with a black sheet.
"SACHIKO!" Ronin called as he watch Tal running off with her under his arm. "GIVE HER BACK!" Ronin yelled as he took chase.
"You want her back?" Tal asked jumping an incredible height over Ronin. Ronin skid to a stop and swirled around to face the cloaked man. "To get her back, you will need to pass a test."
"What test?" Ronin demanded. "I will do anything for her."
"Fine come with me." Tal said as the fog that appeared as the shadow realm shot out from under his cloak. It engulfed both Tal and Ronin who suddenly vanished.
Gurabe, who was standing up in a tree, grunted. "Damn, I wanted to get his soul. I have the power now." Gurabe patted his pocket which had his deck and the medallion in it. He was recharging his deck, somehow he figured out that he needed to do that.
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What test could Tal have in store for Ronin to do to get Sachiko back?
To john: Um, where did Summon Skull come from?
To Nanashi: Er...Don't you think that the Reku fan club has had plenty of Reku? He has had like twice as many duels in this story so far then Ronin.
To Darksoulki: Hey it's alright, I can't spell either. And, yes I was thinking about that set up for a little bit
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