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 5- Hide and Seek
"So where do you want to go?" Crystal asked Ryoshin, catching up to him.
"Well, I guess we could try the arcade. I'm in the mood for a good game, how about you?" Ryoshin asked, turning his head to face her.
"That sounds great, there's this new arcade that opened up just a few blocks away from my house. You wanna try that one?" Crystal said, putting her face in front of Ryoshin's to get his attention.
"Yeah, actually. Let's just get something to eat first" Ryoshin said, coming to a stop and pointing at a fast food restaurant.
Ryoshin and Crystal came to the restaurant and each ordered a cheeseburger and medium soda. They each sat down at a table and talked about the duel that Ryoshin had just won. Crystal seemed to have hung on to each individual word with all her soul. Something caught Crystal's eye and she quickly turned around away from Ryoshin.
"Crystal?" Ryoshin asked. Ryoshin then turned around and saw a very nice looking man walk through,
wearing a black overshirt with a light blue T-shirt underneath and a pair of jeans and black shoes\
This young man quickly looked around. This man seemed to looking for something...or someone.
"Uhhh, Ryoshin. You wanna go now? We can make it there within the hour if we hurry" Crystal asked,
still not turning around.
Ryoshin turned around to look at Crystal and saw she still hadn't turned aorund. "Yeah, sure. But what's wrong? Something seems to have spooked you. You alright?"
"You kidding? I'm fine, just decided to turn around cause I was trying to look at something, that's all. What's wrong with that?" Crystal finished, holding her place.
"Nothing, but I just think it's a little weird, that's all. Is it that guy that just walked through"
Ryoshin asked catiously, turning back around to see the guy.
"NO, of course NOT! It's not him, I just wanted to look at the picture on that wall. Anyways, we should get moving, dontcha think?" Crystal said angrily, turning back to face Ryoshin. Crystal was keeping her eye on the man that walked through like a Hawk and was now tugging on Ryoshin.
"Why are you in such a rush Crystal?" Ryoshin said, being pulled away from the table.
"Cmon! We gotta hurry!" Crystal said quickly, pulling Ryoshin out of the restaurant, and before they knew it, they were on their way to the arcade.
Crystal seemed to have returned back to her normal self, as she and Ryoshin resumed their previous
conversation before the man had actually walked in. Something seemed to have bugged Crystal about him,
but she didn't make any sense about it. Ryoshin however, wasn't fooled and was determined to find
out what was bugging her.
"So Crystal, do you know who that guy was?"
"What guy?" Crystal asked seriously forgetting all about the restaurant.
"You know, the guy who walked into the restaurant when we were talking. You seemed pretty nervous and upset when he walked in"
"I don't know who that guy was! What are you talking about Ryo?"
"Well, it was only when he walked in that your whole attitude and mood just changed at that second.
Is there something you didn't like about him?"
Crystal was quiet for a second. She didn't speak for another 5 minutes before actually answering Ryoshin's question.
"Well...alright then. You see...that guy is a weird one. A VERY weird one. I don't like him, but apparently he likes me. When were about nine or ten years old, he had a huge crush on me. He would always propose to me like an idiot. So one day I finally got sick of it and told ihm I would IF he would be able to accomplish one thing. You see, he was a real jock. I hate those types ALOT" Crystal stopped for a second to see Ryoshin's reaction.
"Uh huh, and?" Ryoshin asked, interested.
"So, I told him that if he could at least win three weekly held Duel Monster tournaments in a row and win one Balarina contest held at our school before he hits sixteen, then I would accept his proposal. One year later, he won the Balarina contest. Then he decided to work towards the Duel Monster tournaments, even though he hated them and didn't want to. He ended up winning one, but fortunately enough, I had to move away to another city. I havent seen him since. BUT, I did find out that he won three tournaments in a row. He's sixteen now, and I guess he's stalking me" Crystal finished, seeming to be out of breath.
Ryoshin raised an eyebrow at what she said. "Wow, why on earth would you make a deal like that?" Ryoshin asked, who was ready to laugh at Crystal's stupidity.
"I wasn't serious! He didn't know I u was kidding! I just said that to get him off my back! Now he's looking for me, to expect me to be his wife!" Crystal yelled at Ryoshin with a raised fist.
"I'm sorry, it's just...kinda funny how that happened. So uhhh, the arcade's right there, you wanna go in?" Ryoshin asked, stopping and pointing at the arcade.
"Yeah, LETS" said a frustrated and infuriated Crystal. Crystal stomped into the arcade and found herself diving back behind Ryoshin.
"What's wrong NOW?"
Crystal shakily pointed at the man they saw at the restaurant. He was inside playing an arcade game.
He didn't look happy though. Ryoshin himself, was starting to get irritated by this.
"Look, that's him. He's inside" Crystal said, scared.
"I can see that" Ryoshin paused for a moment, and a slight evil smile came across his face. "You know what? You do what you want. I'm gonna go in and have fun. You can sit out here like a scared, little cat if you like, but I'm not gonna let that stop me from having fun" Ryoshin said, walking away from Crystal, but Ryoshin immediately found himself being tugged back to Crystal.
"Please, I beg you. Please don't leave me out here. I have to hide, I gotta make sure that he doesn't find me! He's gonna try and force me to marry him!" Crystal said with a disgusted look on her face.
"So put a restraining order on him. I'm goin inside, alright?" Ryoshin tugged his arm away form her grip, and began to walk towards the doors of the arcade.
"No, wait please" Crystal quickly grabbed Ryoshin by the arm again and tugged him over to her. "I don't LIKE HIM. He's a MORON" Crystal said, looking him in the eye. Ryoshin looked into the arcade's doors and watched the man for a second before returning to look at Crystal again.
"He seems like a good guy and he's not all that bad lookin. Why wouldn't a girl like you wanna at least give it a shot?" Ryoshin asked confused.
"Because I've got my eye on another one, alright? I don't like him. He's a freakin jock, and I hate those kinda of guys. He weird, stupid, gutsy, money hungry, and will do anything to get a girl. Especially me!" Crystal finished angrily.
Ryoshin sighed, looked down at the ground for a second, then looked back up to Crystal. "Fine, I'll hide you. But I'm still gonna go in to play games okay?" Ryoshin asked irritated enough, and pointed at her with his index finger.
"Okay, okay, deal!" Crystal held out her hand and Ryoshin shook it, initiating the deal.
"Here he comes now. Hide behind the building" Ryoshin pushed Crystal quickly behind the building and behind a dumpster. Ryoshin quickly ran back to the entrance of the building and watched the man walk out, past Ryoshin, and into the streets. "Phew, that was close" Ryoshin thought to himself. Ryoshin went back behind the building and grabbed Crystal from behind the dumpster, and took her to the entrance of the arcade.
"So?" Crystal asked.
"He's gone. He's not in the arcade anymore"
Crystal sighed with a breath of relief and looked back up to Ryoshin. "Thank you so much. So how about we play some games, huh?" Cyrtsal said, walking into the arcade.
"Sounds good" Ryoahin thought to himself, as he walked in with her.
The arcade was quite big indeed. With four floors of arcade games, covering two more floors up and a
basment floor for the older games, this was a Gamer's dream. There were hundreds of people around,
all putting in quarters for their games. Any arcade game you could think of would probably be here.
Ryoshin and Crystal both looked around for any games that would look interesting and one caught
Crystal's eyes. Crystal's eyes lit up and she smiled big. Ryoshin looked at Crystal and saw this.
Ryoshin tried to look at what she was looking at. It was an old game where the player played as a
yellow circle with a mouth that ran around and ate other yellow dots and small ghosts.
"I love this game!" Crystal said excitedly. Crystal quickly ran over to the game and went through her purse. She pulled out a quarter and put it into the machine. Ryoshin walked up to her side and began to watch her.
"So, how do you play this?" Ryoshin asked, pointing at the machine.
"Oh, it's real simple. You see all those little dots? This little guy you play as can eat all those.
You run around and try to eat every one of them. Once you do, you finish the level. Although, these
little ghosts will always be on your back" Crystal finished as she started a game.
"I see" Ryoshin watched the game carefully as Crystal evaded the ghosts, trying to eat all the dots that she could.
Ryoshin turned around as the arcade doors opened. Ryoshin gasped, and shoved Crystal behind the machine.
"Hey! What's youy problem?" Crystal yelled angrily.
Ryoshin covered her mouth with his hand, trying to shoosh her. "That...guy came in. He's over there"
Ryoshin said, pointing in the direction of the arcade's entrance.
The man came in and looked around. He seemed quite angry, and walked over to the machine that Crystal had just played on. The man started to beat on it menacingly.
"What the hell is he doing?" Crystal asked frightened. Crystal flinched every time the guy hit the machine.
Hey! What do you think you're doing!" yelled one of the arcade's clerks. "Get away from there!" the woman said, running over to the man.
"Fine! But did you see a young girl about my age with light blue hair and stood about this tall come in?" the man asked the arcade woman.
"Ummm, yes. They were playing that very machine you're hitting" the woman replied.
"They?"
"Yes. The woman came in with a man that was about your age as well"
"SHE DID? Damn it!" the man said again, kicked the machine.
"Stop that! Get out of here now!" the woman yelled, pushing the man out the entrance.
"I know you're in there you little whore" the man thought to himself as he was pushed outside.
"I'll just wait until you come out, then I'll show you"
"Phew, that was close, wasn't it?" Crystal asked Ryoshin.
"Yeah, really. You're lucky to have me protecting you" Ryoshin said strictly.
"Yeah, right. I could take care of myself" Crystal said to him angrily. She was angry to see that Ryoshin see her as a weak girl who couldn't defend herself.
"I'm serious. That guy did NOT look good. I mean, cmon. He was kicking the machine just over you. This guy could be dangerous. We should try to avoid at all costs" Ryoshin finished, helping Crystal up from her spot.
"Well, looks like I lost" Crystal laughed, looking at her game.
"Yeah, that moron had to go and break it" Ryoshin looked at the large hole the guy had made kicking the machine.
Ryoshin and Crystal both decided to check out the rest of the games that they had in the arcade to see if they had some more interesting games to play. The two played for hours, comepletely forgetting about Crystal's stalker and having plenty of fun. The two had sodas and talked about what they could be expecting from the rest of the tournament.
"The only guys that scare me a bit are Lifeberg and the Tormentor. They seem to be some of the strongest here. I just hope that I can defeat them both, because whether I like it or not, I will have to defeat both of them if I want to win" Ryoshin said to Crystal with a smile.
"Well, I hope my card helps you" Crystal said, looking through Ryoshin's deck.
"It definitely will. With that card in the deck, there's another card that's going to need to go in there now if I want to make it perfect" Ryoshins aid, holding up a magic card in his hand.
"What's that card do?" Crystal asked, real interested with the card.
"It's called Sage's Stone. If Dark Magician Girl is on the field, I can summon a Dark Magician from my deck or hand" Ryoshin smiled, handing the card to Crystal.
"Oh wow, so it's like we're never away from each other, huh?" Crystal asked, putting the card into Ryoshin's deck.
Ryoshin and Crystal began to walk towards the entrance of the arcade, continuing their conversation.
"Yeah, in a way you're right" Ryoshin held out his hand and Crystal placed his deck back in Ryoshin's hand. "Well, I guess we should be going now. My next match is tomorrow too, so I'm gonna catch a little practice"
"Alright, sounds good. Same time tomorrow at the tournament?" Crystal said, stopping outside the arcade.
"Definitely. Hope to see you there" Ryoshin replied.
"Hey! You two!"
"Huh?" Ryoshin turned to see who it was, and was surprised to see him. "Crap, it's him" Ryoshin thought to himself.
"Hey you little whore! What about that deal we made?" the man asked angrily, pushing Ryoshin out of his way.
"I wasn't serious you numbskull! I was kidding, but you got ahead of yourself!" Crystal yelled at the man.
"Leave her alone!" yelled Ryoshin pushing his way in front of the man.
"Hey dude, get out of my way, this doesn't concern you!"
"If it concerns anyone I know, it concerns me as well! Now leave her alone!" Ryoshin said, putting his arms in front of the man.
"I know you. You're Ryock, one of the people who have entered this Duel Monsters tournament, arent you?"
"What of it?" Ryoshin asked confused.
"Heeeehhh, well then I challenge you to duel you little punk. If I win, she comes with me" the man said, confidently.
"Fine, but if I win, you are never to speak or see her again" Ryoshin said angrily.
"You bet pal, so are we" the man was interrupted though by Crystal.
"No way Ryo! I want this guy! He's mine! I'm tired of him always stalking me! I'm gonna defeat him myself!" Crystal said, taking a deck out of her purse.
"Are you serious? I've never seen you play before. Are you very good?" Ryoshin asked her shocked.
Crystal looked at Ryoshin with a jokingly angry face. "I'm plenty good! Good enough to beat him at least!"
"But I'VE never seen you play before. I knew you've tried a few times, but never really played much.
Is that deck good?" Ryoshin asked seriously.
"It's fine!" Crystal said, yelling at Ryoshin. "Where to you weirdo?"
"We'll duel over there, sound good Crystal?" asked the man.
"Fine Skye! Let's go duel over there!"
The three walked over to a small square and yellow colored table, over at a Coffee shop that was just a few minutes walk from where they were.
"Alright, I'm gonna get you out of my life forever!" Crystal said, slamming her deck down on the table.
"We'll see girl" said Skye, setting his deck down nicely on the table opposite of Crystal. "Oh yeah.
We're playing with four thousand life, okay?"
"Fine, but I'm going first" Crystal said, drawing her sixth card. "I'll set this monster in defense mode and lay one card face-down. Go ahead"
"Alright, I'll play Luster Dragon. Next, I'll activate Graceful Charity" Skye said, discarding two cards from his hand. "I'll discard Blowback Dragon and Giant Trunade. Next, I'll activate Monster Re-" Skye stopped, finding himself being interrupted by Crystal.
"Yeah, right. I'll activate Lightforce Sword. I pick that card" Crystal said, pointing to the card that Skye was about to play. "Now, remove it from play for three turns you whacko"
"Fine, girl. I'll attack your monster with Luster Dragon!"
"It's my Sangan. Now, I can get a monster from my deck and add it to my hand. I pick Mataza the Zapper"
"Alright, girl. You can go now" Skye said humbly.
"Cool. Alrighty then. I'll play Mataza the Zapper. I'll equip him with Axe of Despair. This will increase his attack power by one thousand points" Crystal said happily.
"Lucky, you are" Skye said with a look of disgust on his face.
"I'll attack your Luster Dragon! And since my warrior can attack a second time, I'll have him attack you too! I'll lay two cards face-down and now it's your turn" Crystal finished with a proud expression on her face.
"Wow, that was very good. He's down to a measly thirteen hundred life points" Ryoshin thought to himself.
"Alright then. I guess I'll lay one card face-down. I'll play my Goblin Attack Force and I'll boost his strength with Malevolent Nuzzler, which will increase it by seven hundred. I'll attack your measly Mataza!" Skye said.
"Then I guess I'll stop your attack with Gravity Bind. This prevents all monsters of level 4 from attacking, so no attack this turn. It's continuous by the way" Crystal said, smiling at her trap.
"I know that! I guess it's your turn then" Skye said, setting his hand down.
"Cool. Then I'll play Hayabusa Knight! I'll boost my Mataza's attack strength by another one thousand with a second Axe of Despair! Mataza will attack your Goblin Attack Force!"
"Then I'll stop all your attacks with Negate Attack" Skye replied, flipping over his trap. "This will stop your battle phase and your attacks"
"Then I guess it's your turn" Crystal replied.
Skye drew his card and smiled menacingly at Crystal. "This is where you lose girl. I'm going to activate Call of the Haunted. This will let me summon a monster from my grave. I'll summon my Blowback Dragon to the field. Now his effect allows me to destroy and magic, trap, or monster if I flip a coin and get two results of heads" Skye said, reaching into his pocket. He pulled out a silver coin and flipped it into the air.
"Heads" Ryoshin whispered to himself.
"Tails" Crystal said to herself.
"Heads again" Skye said. "So I'll destroy your Gravity Bind, which will now allow me to attack. Next,
I'll sacrifice my Blowback Dragon and my Goblin Attack Force. So that I can summon my Tyrant Dragon to
the field. I'll equip him with Mage Power and lay one card face-down, giving my dragon an additional
one thousand attack points. I'll attack your Mataza monster!"
Crystal reached down to her Mataza card and placed it into the graveyard pile with a look of sadness.
"Oh cmon girl, that's the least of your worries, cause my dragon can attack again, which means that I can wipe out your life! Now, I'll attack your Hayabusa Knight!"
"Fine! Then I'll activate my Magical Hats! This will hide my Hayabusa and put him into defense mode"
Crystal said proudly.
"Alright, I'll attack the left hat"
"Oops, wrong one sir. My turn" Crystal said, picking up a card from her deck. "Perfect" she thought.
"Alriht Skye, are YOU ready to lose? Cause now I'm activating my Tribute to the Doomed card. This will
destroy any monster I like. I'll destroy your Tyrant Dragon! Next, I'll play my Injection Fairy Lily!
I'll sacrfice two thousand life to boost her strength to three thousand, four hundred. Now she will
attack you, wiping out YOUR life points" Crystal finished, folding her arms in a "Kiss my feet
peseant!" way.
Skye couldn't speak, nor move. He just bowed his head and reached out his hand. Crystal took it and shook his hand. Skye slowly got out of his chair, looked at Ryoshin and walked away into the streets.
"Wow! That was very impressive Crystal. I can't believe you just did that. Those were some very nice combos you pulled" Ryoshin said with a big smile on his face.
"Were they really?" Crystal asked excitedly.
"Yes, that was very smart using your low leveled monsters and that Gravity Bind as a shield to prevent your opponent from attacking you. Very smart" Ryoshin said, giving her the thumbs up.
"Thanks. Well, I guess I'll meet up with you tomorrow Ryo" Crystal said, pulling her purse back onto her shoulder.
"For sure. See ya later" Ryoshin said.
Crystal nodded with a smile and waved as she walked away.