Team Zero: Crystals
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Chapter 27: Duel of the Chosen
Reku remained silent for some time before he spoke, when he did he spoke to Gurabe.
"I want to offer you something."
"Like what?" Gurabe almost snapped back.
"I challenge you to a shadow game!" Reku announced, startling Gurabe.
"Why?" He spat out, almost with more curiosity than anger.
"To make a bet. If you win you will get my soul but if I win I want Ronin's soul returned to his body." Reku announced as he looked over at the motionless body lying on the table. "I need to have a fair match with him."
"Okay, fine but she locked up our duel disks!" Gurabe pointed to the bubble surrounding the table. "We can't get our cards."
"I can." Reku said looking at the bubble. He narrowed his and concentrated on his duel disk. Slowly, ruby colored sparks started shooting out. Beams of ruby colored light started to blast out and collided with the inside of the bubble. The force was violent but not strong enough.
"So, he also has the power of a crystal. This may be a good duel." Gurabe actually smiled and looked at the bubble. From his duel disk amber colored beams shot out and joined the ruby colored ones. After a few seconds of this the bubble burst open. Ruby and Amber streams shot over the chamber turning into small rain like drops that sprinkled all over the chamber.
"So you have a crystal too?" Reku asked as he picked up his duel disk.
"Yep, I didn't know that you had one either."
The two of them lined up and Gurabe invoked the shadows. The purple fog flowed out around them as both of their duel disks activated.
Reku-4000 LP
Gurabe-4000 LP
"Me first." Gurabe announced as he pulled the six cards from their spot on his deck. "I start with my Pyramid Turtle (1200/1400) in attack mode and end my turn." A large brown turtle appeared on the field. For a shell was a large pyramid.
"That's all?" Reku asked. Gurabe just smiled and Reku drew a card. "Come on Reku, lets not screw this up." He grimaced at the thought. "I play Pot of Greed!" Reku snapped two cards from the top of his deck and looked at them. "I set one card and summon Flare Ninja (1500/1200) and due to its ability I summon Flare Samurai (1500/1200) from my hand.
A ninja covered in red and black clothing appeared on the field. Right beside it in a flash of light a red and black armored samurai appeared.
"First up, Flare Samurai attack his turtle!" The samurai unsheathed its sword and charged across the field at the monster. One swift cut and the turtle monster broke into pieces.
"Per the rules of Pyramid Turtle I get to pull a zombie monster from my deck with 2000 defense or less. I summon Zombie Demon Vampris (1000/1700) in defense mode!" A large red demon monster appeared on the field. It had a black shaggy mane of hair around it's head and four glowing eyes. From its upper lips came two fangs like a vampire has. It crossed its arms around its chest and kneeled down.
"Great, I end my turn." Reku announced.
"All ways good." Gurabe chuckled as he drew. "I play a second Zombie Demon Vampris in defense mode." A second red demon monster appeared on Gurabe's field. "When two Zombie Demon Vampris's are on the field outside a battle phase then I get to pull the third one from anywhere." Pulling his deck out of his slot he thumbed through it till he came to a card he wanted. One swift motion he placed it on the duel disk and a third red demon appeared on the field.
"Now, that was a good play." Reku thought as the three monsters appeared on the field.
"Now comes another magic card. I play Hell's Grave side! I sacrifice two of my to summon my Hell Grave Digger (3500/3500)." The large grey man monster appeared. He was bald and had two horns sticking out. He held a demonic looking shovel and he was dressed in a black leather vest with no shirt and a pair of torn pants. "I can give up his attack to summon on monster back from the grave so I bring back one of my Zombie Demon Vampris's. And if you don't remember when two of them are on the field I get to pull the third Zombie Demon Vampris from anywhere! Now it is your turn."
Stabbing the shovel into the ground the large gray man pulled up a chunk of dirt. From underneath the dirt came one of the red demon monsters. Then in a flash of bright yellow light the third of the red demons appeared on Gurabe's field.
Drawing a card Reku looked at it. A terrified look spread over his face. "Mech Dragon Blaster (2500/2000). This is the card I used to attack Ronin with. I will bet that one crystal drains half its attack while two of them drain full attack from it." Reku looked at his hand for a second. "Well I might just be able to use him after all." Smiling Reku picked up one card from his hand. "I set one card face down, and sacrifice my two monsters to summon my Mech Dragon Blaster (0/2000) in defense mode!"
The large green scaly dragon monster appeared on Reku's field curled up. Gurabe laughed at the fact that the duel disk read zero attack power.
"Little weak for normal huh? That is because..."
"I know, my deck hasn't been recharged yet. Are you going to go?"
"My turn then! Good, then I will draw!" Gurabe pulled the card from his deck and looked at it. Smiling he placed three cards into his duel disk. "First up comes my three cards, first is Card of Safe Return! I will get to draw one card every time a monster is special summoned from my grave. Next comes Cost of Crossing Realms! It will deal you 300 life points of damage every time a monster is revived from the grave. And lastly a reverse card." The three cards appeared on the field. The two said cards face up and the third laying face down.
"Oh," Reku looked at the cards as if he had never heard of them before.
"Right, now my three Demon Zombie Vampris's switch to attack mode. Next comes my Grave Diggers assault on your dragon!" The gray zombie monster lifted it's shovel well above it's head and brought it down on the monster. Like a sword, the shovel cut the monster in half. "Lucky for you that your monster was in defense mode."
"Not really, It wouldn't have mattered with this!" A card flipped up on Reku's field. "I activate my Crest of the Fiery Spirit! If a fire monster is destroyed I get to pull another fire monster this is one level higher or lower to the field from my deck and negate all life point damage. I just put him in defense so you would attack him. Now I get to summon a six star monster or an eight star monster. I pull the six stared monster Twin Headed Fire Dragon (2200/1700)!" The red and blue swirled monster appeared on the field. Both of its heads howled up towards the sky.
"Fine, I end my turn." Gurabe announced.
"Good." Reku pulled a new card from his deck. "I play from my hand Salamandra! It will up my monsters attack by 700 points (2900/1700)." A large snake monster wrapped itself around the dragon monster. "Next I set one more card face down." The brown backed card appeared next to the other one on the field. "And finally attack your Demon Zombie Vampris!" Opening both of its mouths the monster shot out twin streams of blazing fire that soon enveloped the red demon monster.
Reku-4000 LP
Gurabe-2100 LP
"Remember that when we are not in the battle phase and I have two of the Demon Zombies on the field I get to special summon the third one from anywhere? Well I do and my two cards activate!" The red zombie monster appeared crouching down on Gurabe's field. He pulled one card from his deck.
Reku-3700 LP
Gurabe-2100 LP
"Ok then, well I end my turn." Reku announced.
Drawing a new card from his deck, Gurabe smiled his wicked and twisted smile. "First comes my monsters special ability to give up his attack to revive my Pyramid Turtle (1200/1400) in defense mode! And as per the rules I get to activate two effects!" Gurabe pulled a new card free from his deck.
Reku-3400 LP
Gurabe-2100 LP
"Next I switch my two remaining Demon Zombie's to defense and end my turn."
Reku growled deep in his throat. He didn't like the fact that his opponent had a full field of monsters. He drew his next card and placed it into his duel disk. "I play Raigeki! I destroy your monsters!" From the sky of the shadow realm a large blast of lightning engulfed the five monsters on Gurabe's field.
"Too bad my face down card activates."
"What is it?" Reku asked as it flipped up and he didn't recognize the picture on it.
"Well it is called Eye for Eye! For every monster that goes from my field to my grave due to something you did I get to do the same to the same number of monsters that went to my grave. You only have one but now it is gone!" The dragon roared as it and the magic card Salamandra slow disappeared.
"Fine I summon Dekayak the Mech Warrior (1600/1500) in defense and end my turn." A light blue monster that was shaped like a human with four arms. It had a circular crown of horns on it's head and body armor made out of metal. All four of its arms were made of machines.
"Good I draw and will deal sufficient damage this turn. I play Key of Life! I pay 800 life to revive two monsters!" Two red demon vampiremonsters reappeared on Gurabe's field and shortly after the third reappeared. "And as you know I draw and you lose life equal to the number of monsters summoned." Gurabe snapped three cards from his deck.
Reku-2500 LP
Gurabe-1300 LP
"Next I sacrifice two ofmy Zombie Demon Vampris'sto summon Vampire Demon (2700/2500)!" Two of the demons disappeared from the field being replaced with a large vampire. It's skin was dark grey and it had three horns sprouting out form it's head in a triangle pattern. It wore a long black cape that encircled it's body. Its hair was blue and black stripped. A ring of black fur sat around his neck. Smiling Gurabe pulled the next card from his deck. "You see I have far more powers than you could possibly imagine."
"Actually Gurabe, I will emit that you are playing much better than the times before. Before you could't win a duel to save your soul."
"Ha-ha. I will show you who can't win to save their soul. I now play my ultimate card. The Amber Crystal! Vampire Demon transform into Vampire Demon Amber mode (3700/2500)."
Amber colored sparks shot out from the slot that the crystal was inserted into. The symbol engraved into the medallion appeared on Gurabe's forehead as the aura surrounded him and his monster. Vampire Demon's entire body burst out with amber colored crystalline spikes. Gurabe showed Reku the six cards in his hand. "See I will get seven attacks from my Vampire Demon this turn." His lips curled into an evil grin. "And you will be done in one."
"Shit." Reku stepped back. He looked down at his duel disk and the deck that he claimed as his. Then he lifted his head to look at Gurabe.
"Vampire Demon Amber ability activate, I send my last Demon Vampris to the grave to attack you directly!" Gurabe smiled wickedly as he pointed to Reku. "Attack! Amber Vampire Killer!" Cupping its hands the monster shot out a ball of pure amber colored light.
Smiling the downed card on Reku's field flipped up. "Go Draining Shield! I stop your attack and gain life equal to your attack power."
Reku-6500 LP
Gurabe-1300 LP
"Fine," Gurabe slid a card from his hand to his graveyard. "Attack again!" This time he pointed to Dekayak
"Sorry but go Negate attack. This ends your battle phase so is it my turn yet?"
Gurabe growled as he nodded to Reku. "Fine take your turn."
"Good!" Reku announced as he drew a card. "I summon Alpino the Mech Warrior (1600/1500) and combine them into Mechanoid Chrome Guardian (2800/2700)! Next I set two cards face down and end my turn."
"Fine I draw!" The wicked smile crossed his face as he pointed towards the monster. "With out an essence monster you are toast! Attack!"
"No! Reveal quick play spell card Sacred Blue Flame! It works only on a fire monster increasing its attack by 500 for this turn (3300/2700) and quick play magic Sacred Red Flame. This will up his attack another 700 (4000/2700) " The card flipped up and a blue flaming aura appeared around the monster followed by a red one. With one swift backhand it knocked the power of Vampire Demon Amber back.
Reku-5200 LP
Gurabe-1150 LP
"You do know that any damage done to an essence monster is halved don't you?" Gurabe chuckled.
"I know but did you know that the effects of Sacred Blue Flame and Sacred Red Flame work for this entire turn?"
"What!" Gurabe growled again. "Damn you and your lucky ness."
Reku put on a fake smile to hide his fear. "I am having a massive amount of trouble dueling. I cannot seem to trust my deck like I did once. Well," Reku looked at his deck, and drew the top card. He flipped it over. "Great, Robotic Knight (1600/1800)." He slid it into his hand next to his Woodborg Inpanchi (500/2500). "All right Gurabe. I set one monster and switch my Mechanoid Chrome Guardian to defense (2800/2700). End turn."
"Then it would appear you're done." Gurabe chuckled as he drew his card. "Attack once Vampire Demon Amber! Destroy his Guardian!" A blast and the monster blew apart. "Again!" He yelled as he threw a card into his grave and another blast ripped through the downed card. "Again!" another card and another blast.
Reku-2200 LP
Gurabe-1150 LP
"Again!" Gurabe chuckled as he slid the last card into the grave that he would need. A blast of amber light enveloped Reku leaving him standing there. Plums of smoke rolled off his clothing.
Reku-0 LP
Gurabe-1150 LP
That was the end.
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Sorry but updating may be few and far between. I have a lot of things to do this week but I will try to update when I can. If you are looking for stories to read in the meantime I suggest my Favorite Author list and Favorite Story list.
To John: Now do you see why he played with zombies? He is a zombie. Didn't you notice his over use of the word "human" when he talked? I had that planned from the beginning.
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To Demon Fan: Hi. And no, Yukio is dead to the world and in the hospital. Plus Verion stole his deck so even if I return his soul he would have no deck to play with. Wait, you never know with my story though.
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