Rise of Destiny

Chapter 4

Kaiba VS Kazumi: Beautiful Blood

Seto Kaiba was about 700 feet in the air, and he was flying slowly over a mountainous area.

"Bingo." Kaiba muttered. His tracking sensors had located what he presumed was this "Dimension Point". It was a large, circular area covered with brown dirt. Four skycraper-ish towers overshadowed the land below.

He started to go lower, when the ship's controls shut down. The lights shut off as well.

"What the hell?" Kaiba exclaimed loudly. The ship started to go down. Way down.

1 HOUR LATER

Kaiba woke up. He was on the floor of the Battle Ship, and his back hurt like the dickens. Two tall men in cloaks forced him to stand up, and held his arms behind his back.

"Lady Kazumi," One of them called. "He has awoken."

A slim, pretty girl with long pink hair in a ponytail walked in. She wore a black satin coat, and a black skirt.

"Hmmm...he's cute, but not my type." She said, looking him over.

Kaiba scowled, giving the girl his best death glare.

"Calm down, I was just kidding." She said, clamping a hand on his shoulder.

Kaiba had had enough. He wrestled the two musclebound cronies off of him, and threw them to the ground with ease.

"Are you the one who hacked into my ship's database?" Kaiba asked the startled girl.

"As a matter of fact, I was. Pretty cool, eh?"

Kaiba's scowl grew deeper.

"Alright, alright, I'll make you a deal." Kazumi said, her face growing serious. "We'll have a little game of Duel Monsters. If I win, your ship will stay like this and I'll leave you in the dust. If you win, I'll comply to your demands."

"It's a deal." Kaiba said. When I win, I'll force her to take me to Mokuba. This is perfect!

"Now, I have my own conditions for this duel. Number one: You're going to open your little secret room. I couldn't get in; no key code."

"Why would you want to duel in there?" Kaiba asked, throwing her a look. "It's an over-sized tin can! It's just a metal room with chairs and a table!"

"Don't question my orders, just do it!" Kazumi snapped.

Kaiba looked startled. "Why should I listen to you, anyway?"

"Because, you're on my turf now. If you want to see your little brother again, you have to play by our rules. You've got no choice other then to comply. Of course, I could just walk out the door right now, and leave your ship in it's condition..."

"Fine. Follow me." Kaiba said shortly, grumbling to himself the whole way.

At the door, Kaiba pulled out what appeared to be a Duel Monsters card. He inserted it into a card-reader. He then punched in a short code, and the door opened.

"Here we are. Is it to your liking?" Kaiba mocked.

Kazumi didn't answer. She just walked to the table, and sat down at one of the metal chairs that were attached to the floor.

"Are we going to duel or not?" She demanded. Kaiba sighed, and walked over, sitting down as well. They both put their decks on the table.

"Should I explain the Soul Card system?" Kazumi asked.

"Enlighten me." Kaiba said darkly.

"Delightfully." Kazumi said, grinning. "Three cards that represent you. If you lose a duel, one of them is destroyed. Lose three duels, and your soul goes 'poof'."

"Seems easy enough." Kaiba said gruffly.

"Open Soul Cards!" Kazumi shouted to the sky. Three cards appeared in front of Kazumi on the table.

"Open Soul Cards!" Kaiba repeated. Blue Eyes White Dragon, Collossus of Obelisk, and Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon appeared in front of Kaiba on the table.

DUEL START

Kaiba: I'll start off by summoning Spirit Ryu(1000/1000) in DEF mode, and set 2 cards face down. Your turn.

A semi-transparent purple dragon appears on the field.

Kazumi: I'll activate my Spell Card, A Legendary Ocean! It lowers the level of the WATER monsters in my hand by 1, meaning I can summon Terrorking Salmon(2400/1000) without a sacrafice! Attack his dragon now! Tidal Wave!

A huge red fish baring ferocious looking teeth appears on the field. It shoots a huge blast of water from it's mouth, obliterating Kaiba's monster.

Luckily, that monster was in Defense mode. If it hadn't been, my Life Points would've gone down, by a lot. Kaiba thought to himself.

Kazumi: Okay, I'll end my turn now.

Kaiba: I'll summon my mighty Blood Vols(1900/1000) in ATK mode, and activate the spell card Shrink! Halving my Blood Vols' ATK power!

A huge brown man-beast creature appears on the field, holding an axe. It's wearing blueish-black armor on it's torso, and baggy green pants. It suddenly reduces in size.

Kazumi: tilts her head to the side slightly Okay, I'm a bit confused. Why would you want to halve YOUR monster's ATK?

Kaiba: I'm not finished yet. I activate the magic of Deck Destruction Virus of Death! Now, by sacraficing my Blood Vols, which now has under 1000 ATK points, I can infect your deck with my Virus! Now, every monster with over 1500 ATK points is useless!

Kazumi: Hmmm...good combo, but I've got a better one...I set two cards face down and end my turn.

Kaiba: Now, I set one monster in face down DEF position, and end my turn.

Kazumi: I activate two of the same Trap card: Pyro Clock of Destiny! Moving the turn-count forward by two turns! Which means your Virus is deactivated.

Kaiba: No!

Kazumi: And now, I summon Aqua Madoor(1200/2000) in DEF mode, and end my turn.

A strange being in a yellow cloak wearing a mask with a painted red face on it appears on the field. It's spiky blue hair is the colour of the purest ocean.

Kaiba: I set one more monster in DEF position and end my turn.

Kazumi: Next up, I'll activate the spell card Sentry of Atlantis! It generates three Sentry tokens(WATER/Rock/1/0/2000) in DEF mode. Your turn.

Large statues that appear to be made of only water appear on the field. They are of women, wearing robes and holding swords in their right hands. Their eyes are blank.

Kaiba: I sacrafice both of my face down monsters to summon the mighty Tyrant Dragon(2900/2500)! Attack two of her pathetic Atlantean Sentry tokens now! Hell of Inferno!

A majestic brown dragon appears on the field. It bares it's fangs, and shoots a small puff of flame out of it's mouth. It beats it's wings furiously.

Kazumi: Her eyes go wide, and her face goes blank as Tyrant Dragon's fiery attack demolishes her tokens.

FLASHBACK

A young Kazumi is standing on a grubby sidewalk. A burning apartment complex is in front of her.

"Mother!" Kazumi shouted in anguish. "Father!"

A man put his hand on the young girl's shoulder.

"I'm sorry." He said. "Your parents were wonderful people. You may live with me if you like."

Kazumi sank to the ground, weeping...

/FLASHBACK

Kazumi: Seto Kaiba...things have just gotten a lot more serious.

To Be Continued