DISCLAIMER- I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!(cries) and do not own anything involving Yu-Gi-Oh!.
I do however, own all characters not made in the anime/manga/tcg involved in this story(excluding two others which I will tell at the end of the story). Read and enjoy! This is my second fanfic by the way, and I think I've grown to be getting pretty good at creating fanfics now. The Yu-Gi-Oh! characters may or may not be in this. Please R&R!
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Delicate Crystals
Chapter 4- Ryock VS Drake
Ryoshin found himself never practicing after going to the carnival. He had completely forgotten about practicing after stressing his eyes through a game at the carnival and getting home three hours later, putting the time he got home at 10:15 PM. He was exhausted and quickly fell asleep.
"Oh no!" Ryoshin quickly jolted up from his bed and quickly checking the time, as he rubbed his eyes.
"6:52" Ryoshin said to himself. "Oh crap!" Ryoshin quickly jumped out his bed, grabbed his deck, and
ran out his front door.
"6:59, where is he?" Crystal thought to herself, tapping her foot on the ground concerned.
"Over here!" Ryoshin yelled, waving at Crystal.
"Bout time ya got here. I didnt think you'd make it. Are you okay?" she said to him, with a small smiled on her face.
"Yeah, I'm...I'm fine. Phew, hey could you hold my deck for a second? I gotta go log in, and I need a drink" Ryoshin asked, holding his deck out with all his strength.
"Ummm, sure, I guess" she said, smiling, as she took the deck and held it behind her back.
"Thanks, I wont...be long" and with that Ryoshin ran over to the registration counter.
Crystal giggled to herself, as she took out Ryoshin's cards and started looking at them. She thought that they must be powerful, as they all shiny and had monsters of Ryoshin's favorites on his customized deck sleeves. She thought he seemed kinda childish at times, but she knew that this game was in no way childish. She played herself, afterall. Crystal then came up with an idea.
"Yes, I neeed to log in for today's match please" Ryoshin told the lady, panting and holding his weight on the counter.
"Ok sir, I'll need your nickname and you ID pass please"
"I go under Ryock, thats R-y-o-c-k, and my pass is 152885"
"Alright then" the woman quickly typed in his pass and his nickname into the computer and looked at Ryoshin's information. Ryoshin held his hands out in an agressive manner, like he was waiting for her to place something in his hands.
"So?" Ryoshin asked, almost angrily.
"Annnnnnd you're done. This is your first match? Thats pretty cool. Here's your card, do not lose it because we cannot replace it, ok?" the lady handed Ryoshin a black ID card that showed Ryoshin's nickname and favorite monsters.
"Thanks" Ryoshin said, and quickly spotted a water fountain. "Precccciiiooouuussss" he said, walking over to it and gulping the water down.
Crystal found Ryoshin and waved out to him, but he seemed oblivious to her over his water.
"HEEEYYYY!" she yelled out to him.
"Oh! Oh! Sorry, I was enjoying myself too much. You take care of my deck?" Ryoshin asked, getting his out from under the fountain.
"Mm hmm" she said, handing Ryoshin back his deck.
"Would Ryock and Drake please come to the dueling field?" the announcer said.
"Well, this is it; and I didnt even get any practice last night. Hope I'm ready for this" Ryoshin said to Crystal seriously.
"Hey, dont worry about it. I'm behind you all the way. You'll see that in your duel" she said, smiling with a really big smile and giving Ryoshin a thumbs up.
"Thanks" Ryoshin's serious look quickly turned to a smile as she said this, and he noticed that she was still wearing the necklace he gave her. This made him feel even better. "But now's not the time for such thoughts" Ryoshin said to himself.
Ryoshin waved to Crystal, as he walked through the great big doors, and out onto the dueling field.
Ryoshin saw no sign of his opponent at the moment.
"Sir, may we please see your dueling card?" one of the judges asked Ryoshin.
"Sure"
The judge looked at it and typed some things into his laptop and then shut it.
"Okay sir, here you are" the judge said, handing Ryoshin back his card.
Ryoshin stepped into place on his side of the field as he looked at the clock on the wall. It read
7:14 AM. "He'd better hurry" Ryoshin thought to himself. Then, the doors on the opposite side opened
up to reveal his opponent. His opponent wore a blazing red overshirt and a black T-shirt underneath.
He also wore black, baggy jeans and a pair of Vans on his feet. The kid had straight, black hair and
some just barely covered his face. He walked out onto the arena with a confident look and gave Ryoshin
a thumbs down, upon getting his platform. The kid seemed to be about 13 though.
"So, you're the one I'm facing?" the kid asked Ryoshin.
"I guess so. You ready for this?" Ryoshin asked the kid, as he proceeded to shuffle his deck.
"Well, you couldnt be as ready as I am. You're screwed man" the kid said, as he also began shuffling his deck.
"What an abnoxious, arrogant, little..." Ryoshin thought to himself, as he stopped shuffling.
Crystal was watching from the small audience above the field. She didnt like how the kid did this either. She stuck her tongue out at him, and she watched the duel begin.
"This duel will be between Ryock and Drake! The red duelist will begin first! Let the duel begin!" the announcer yelled out; and with that, the duel began.
"Alright, lets do this" Ryoshin said to Drake, drawing his card. "I'll begin by playing my Archfiend Soldier! Go ahead" Ryoshin said.
"Heh, thats it? I'll play my Goblin Attack Force! He will attack Archfiend Soldier! Next, I'll lay this card face down and that'll end my turn" Drake said, as five Goblins emerged and bashed Ryoshin's Archfiend's head in. The hologram shattered and Ryoshin took his turn.
"Alright, lets try again. I'll play Luster Dragon!" Ryoshin said, as a blue, six foot dragon who was covered in sapphire rose.
"Attack!" Ryoshin commanded.
"Wow, you are an idiot. I'll activate Wingstorm of Etaqua! This will switch your monster to defense position!" Drake said proudly. "I'm assuming its my turn?" Drake asked, happily.
"Yeah" Ryoshin replied sadly.
"Alright, now I'll sacrifice my Goblin Attack Force for the Dark Ruler Hades! Now I'll activate Fairy Meteor Crush! This will take life points equal to the difference between my attack and your defense! Attack Dark Ruler!" Drake commanded, and the Luster Dragon disappeared as dark, black hands came from under the dragon, and dragged it down.
"oh no, this isnt good. Come on, come on, I need something good" Ryoshin said to himself, panicking.
"Heh, perfect. Alright, now I'll activate Monster Reborn! I'll call back my Luster Dragon! Now, I'll
sacrifice my Luster Dragon to summon Jinzo!" a man covered completely in metal, exposing some of his
bald head emerged from the field.
"now I'll equip my Jinzo with United we Stand, which will give him 800 more attack power! Attack his
Dark Ruler!" Ryoshin commanded, and the metal man charged a ball of black energy and hurled it at
Drake's monster, destroying it.
"Heh, its not over yet. My turn?" Drake asked, grinning evily.
"Yeah, sure" Ryoshin replied.
"Alright, I'll lay one monster in defense. Go ahead Ryo"
Ryoshin drew his card, fearing what the monster may be. "Alright, Jinzo! Attack his monster now!" Jinzo once again threw a ball of black energy at the blank space, which revealed an explosion.
"Heh! Its my Cyber Jar!" the Cyber Jar exploded destroying itself and the Jinzo Ryoshin now had.
"Alright, Ryo. I drew Legendary Ocean, Tornado Wall, Cyber-Stein, Premature Burial, and Card
Destruction. What'd you draw?" Drake showed Ryoshin his cards and placed the Cyber-Stein in defense
mode.
"Well, I drew three Dark Magicians, Skilled Dark Magician, and Goblin Attack Force" Ryoshin then
showed Drake his cards and placed the Skilled Dark Magician and Goblin Attack Force in attack mode.
"Alright, since I cant attack anymore; I'll sacrifice both my Skilled Dark Magician and my Goblin
Attack Force for Dark Magician! Next, I'll lay two cards face down and end my turn" Ryoshin said,
setting his cards down.
"Perfect! I'll play my Legendary Ocean! Next, I'll lay two cards face down! I'll activate my
Premature Burial now! I'll pay my 800 life points so I can summon back my Dark Ruler! Now, I'll
activate Card Destruction!" Drake said proudly once again, slaming down his card maniacally.
Ryoshin sadly put all his cards into the graveyard and drew a new hand of cards, which was almost as
good.
Crystal watched over all this and thought that things were beginning to look bleak for Ryoshin, after Drake played his next card.
"I'll do the same thing you did! I'll equip my own Dark Ruler with United we Stand! Next, I'll flip my Cyber-Stein from the Cyber Jar effect face-up! This gives my Dark Ruler a total of 4050 attack points! I'll attack your Goblin Attack Force!" the Dark Ruler slashed each Goblin one by one, removing them from the field. "Go ahead Ryo"
"Damn, things arent looking too good" Ryoshin thought to himself. The card he drew though, quickly
changed his mind.
"Alright Drake! I'll activate Hammer Shot! This will destroy your strongest monster!" a giant wooden
mallet came from the sky, smashing the Dark Ruler and shattered.
"Now Drake! I'll activate Dedication Through Light and Darkness! This will turn my Dark Magician into
the Dark Magician of Chaos! Now I can get a magic back from my grave" Ryoshin said, as he searched
through his graveyard and found monster reborn to be an appropriate choice.
"Now Dark Magician of Chaos! Attack his Cyber-Stein!" the monster raised its Staff as a black light
came from it.
"Ha! As if! I activate Negate Attack!" Drake said, flipping his face-down over.
The black light fired at the Cyber-Stein, but was blocked by a portal appearing in front of the Cyber-Stein.
"No!" Ryoshin yelled.
"Now, its my turn. I'll activate my Cyber-Stein's effect! I'll pay five thousand of my life points!
Now I can summon my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon! Blue-Eyes! Attack his Magician!" the dragon fired
three blasts of a white colored lightning from each of the the three heads, blasting away Ryoshin's
Dark Magician of Chaos.
"Next, I'll switch my Cyber-Stein to defense mode, and now its your turn!" Drake said, putting his
hand down.
"Is there anything that can be done at this point?" Ryoshin thought to himself.
"I've used up almost every good card, and if I havent, he card destructed them all" Ryoshin looked at
the Mage Power in his hand, thinking it would help if he could get a strong monster out.
"But all my good monsters are gone. My Jinzo, my Dark Magicians, and even my Dark Magician of Chaos
got destroyed. Thats my strongest! I dont have anything to bring them back either!" Ryoshin thought
to himself. He didnt see many more moves that he could now. He drew his card and laid a monster in
defense to end his turn.
"This monster in defense and one card face-down. I guess that'll do it" Ryoshin said, setting his
cards down on the machine.
Crystal seemed scared of the dragon that Ryoshin's opponent had summoned.
"Wow, thats one heck of a monster. Cmon Ryoshin, you can do it" she whispered quietly to herself.
"I hope he draws it" she said to herself.
"alright Ryock! You're going down soon! You're lucky I dont have any monsters! I'll equip my Blue-Eyes
with a Fairy Meteor Crush! Blue-Eyes! Attack his monster!" Drake announced, watching his dragon blow
away yet another of Ryoshin's Luster Dragons.
"Go ahead"
"WHAT? Fairy Meteor? If I dont destroy that dragon, then I'll have lost the first round; and to
soembody like this! I gotta do something!" Ryoshin panicked, talking to himself. He knew he needed to
draw something. Anything.
"I activate Pot of Greed!" Ryoshin drew two cards, and to his surprise, he drew something that wasnt
in his deck.
"Huh? How did? What is this doing in my deck?" Ryoshin asked himself. Ryoshin then looked up to where
Crystal was and she just smiled at him. Ryoshin mouthed a very desperate thank you and proceeded to
the duel.
"Alright Drake! This is where your downfall comes! I activate Change of Heart!" Ryoshin however, was
interrupted by Drake's last face-down card.
"I have activated Shift Ryock! I'll make sure you target my Cyber-Stein!" Drake said, grinning evily.
"I had every intention of doing so! I'll take that Cyber-Stein now! Now I'll sacrifice it! I summon the Dark Magician Girl to the field!" Ryoshin announced, as a magician who resembled the Dark Magician rose from the field wearing blue instead of purple, and had pink outlining on her hat and dress.
"Thats your grand summon? Thats pretty pathetic dude" Drake said, who sounded disappointed.
"She'll defeat your dragon! Cause I activate Mage Power! She will receive five hundred attack power for each magic and trap on my side of the field! I lay down three more cards as well!" Ryoshin said.
"Thats still not enough. She's only got four thousand attack power now"
"Not true. Thanks to you, she will receive three hundred attack power now for each Dark Magician in my graveyard! Thanks to your Card Destructions, all three of them are now in the grave! Which means she now had four thousand, nine hundred attack power!" Ryoshin finished, waiting for a response.
"Its not enough to wipe out both me and my dragon!" Drake said, sweating.
"But it will be! Now I activate Double Spell! This will let me use a magic from your graveyard, so long as I discard one from my hand! I'm choosing your United we Stand! I'll equip it to my Dark Magician Girl! That will give her thirteen hundred more attack power, due to Mage Power! This will wipe out seventeen hundred life points, and you only have fourteen fifty Drake!" Ryoshin said proudly.
"NO! There's gotta be something I can do! This isnt fair! I worked so hard for this dragon!"
"Oh well, attack his Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and wipe out his life points!" Ryoshin commanded; and
the Dark Magician Girl raised her Staff in the same method as the Chaos Magician had done before her.
A black and pink light came from the Staff, she then pointed it at the dragon and the blast ignited
from the Staff, blowing the dragon to bits.
"The winner is the red side duelist! Ryock!" the announcer yelled out, raising his right arm to Ryoshin's side.
"You show em Ryo!" yelled an overexcited Crystal from the audience.
Ryoshin replied with a "Phew" and gave Crystal a thumbs up.
Crystal ran down from the audience and to the doors from where Ryoshin would come out. Ryoshin walked out to see Crystal pacing around the doors.
"You did awesome Ryo! You pulled that off perfectly!" Crystal said, winking.
"Yeah, I did. But uhhh, how did you get this card? This was the only card left I was considering putting into the deck. But its rarity is just wow. So how did you get one?" Ryoshin asked curiously.
"Heh, well after you got me that necklace, I went to the guy who gave you the necklace. I found out
that the card he had behind the other door was a Dark Magician Girl. I knew you were considering
putting it into the deck, so I decided I'd try to buy it off him. He wouldnt let me though, he just
gave it to me. He said that there was no point to keeping the card, because apparently his boss fired
him for losing to you. So I slipped it into your deck while you got a drink" she said happily,
giggling at the man's misfortune.
"Oops, well thats pretty bad. Well, I wish I could thank him. Oh well...lets go around the town for a little leisurement"
"Alrighty then" Crystal said, picking her purse up from off the ground.
End Chapter 4