Before we begin, I have just a few things to say. First, NO MORE OCS! I DO
NOT NEED ANY MORE OCS! STOP SENDING THEM!
Second, I'd like to apologize to moczo for my aggressive reaction to his review. However, I'd like to explain that Kirbin is not a schizophrenic. The seven essences that occupy his body are basically like yamis, and also, his powers only work when he is one of their forms. There is a back-story to explain everything, but you'll have to wait awhile to hear it.
Finally, I'm on Winter Break right now, so you could probably expect another update very soon. Also, Merry Christmas/Happy Chanukah/Happy Kwanza to you guys.
Tokyo Tournament
Chapter Eleven- Putting it all Together
Also Entitled-Now That's Just Not Fair!
Espa Roba laughed tauntingly. He just had to wait one turn to deliver the final blow. His newest monster, Maha Vailo, had an unstoppable attack strength, and was flanked by Reflect Bounder and Jinzo #7. "You might as well just give up," he taunted his opponent, "since my Maha Vailo is equipped with Malevolent Nuzzler, Sword of the Deep Seated, Fairy Meteor Crush, and Mage Power, he has an attack power of 5750! Nothing will stop it from defeating you in one turn. If you hadn't used that Negate Attack, I would have won already. Plus, even if you do have a card that could attack my Jinzo #7 and actually take my Life Points down to 0, you know that I have my facedown Shift that I defended from your Harpie's Feather Duster with the Fake Trap. You don't stand a chance!"
"I just need the right cards," said his opponent as he drew one card from his deck, "now, Pot of Greed will allow me to draw two more cards," he played the magic card, then drew his additional cards. "Now I flip my facedown Magician of Faith, returning the Harpie's Feather Duster to my hand so I can use it again now."
"What!? No!" cried Espa Roba as his five cards were destroyed and his Maha Vailo's attack power dropped to its original 1550.
"Now, I play this magic card," as he played the card on the field, a strange object that Roba had never seen before appeared. His opponent then took a card from his deck and placed it into his hand before reshuffling the deck. "Now, for the second card I drew, Graceful Charity." He picked up three cards from his deck, then tossed one of the ones he drew into his graveyard along with the card he had selected from his deck. "Now, I play Monster Reborn, reviving the monster I discarded!" A mighty sword-wielding monster stood now in front of him, its blade studded with several jewels. "Finally, I activate my facedown card, which will give my monster a power boost by affecting your monster."
"What?" asked Roba in confusion, but then recognition dawned upon him as a wave of energy swept over the field, altering every monster on it, "oh no..."
"Now, my ultimate monster, destroy the Jinzo!" the mighty blade, now glowing with an awesome aura, cut through the small machine with ease, and Espa Roba's Life Points dropped to zero.
"NO!" he cried in anguish as he dropped to his knees in defeat.
-elsewhere-
-man, that sounds good. I have to use that phrase more. Elsewhere . . .
elsewhere . . . elsewhere . . .-
Joey's stomach growled. As if that was a signal, so did almost everyone else's. It was now noon, and hunger was a shared feeling in the hotel as the deli prepared to open.
"I need food..." said someone in the group. It doesn't really matter who, considering everyone else was thinking that same thing anyway.
"Alright," said Yugi, "one more duel, then time to eat..." There were mutters of agreement.
Just then, as if the great deity from above had received their call, a duelist immediately walked up to them and said, "Okay, first off, I want to duel as soon as possible, so that I can eat lunch. Second of all...oh what the heck. Someone just duel me so that I can eat. I promised myself I'd have four chips by lunch..."
-and so...-
"Okay," said the challenger, who announced himself as Larijin from the plane, "so let's get this over with. I'll go first by laying a monster in defense mode, and setting two cards facedown"
His opponent was Lin, who was in fact probably the most eager person to duel rather than eat right now.
Larijin: 4000 Lin: 4000
"Alright," began Lin, "I play Nobleman of Crossout, removing your facedown monster from play." A man wearing silver armor with long blonde hair hanging out of the helmet appeared, a long-bladed sword at the ready.
"Before your Nobleman can do that," said Larijin, "I activate my facedown Magic Jammer, discarding a card from my hand to negate its effect." A hexagram appeared around the Nobleman, who immediately began to fade out of existence, the Magic Jammer going with him.
"Your monster won't survive for long," stated Lin, "I set a card facedown, and summon Celtic Guardian (1400/1200) to the field in attack mode, plus I equip him with the Lightning Blade, powering him up by 800 attack points!" The elven warrior appeared before Lin, his signature broad sword crackling with electricity, pumping up his attack to 2200. "Celtic Guardian, attack the facedown card!" The elven swordsman rushed at the horizontal card, its sword pulsing with energy now raised above its head. It swung the weapon with a cry at its target, but an armored man leapt in the blade's path and took the blow. Lin looked confused as his Life Points decreased.
"Confused, are you?" inquired Larijin in a taunting tone, "Allow me to explain. When you attacked my Protector of the Throne (800/1500), I activated my facedown Reliable Guardian, which powered her defense up by seven hundred. Your Celtic Guardian, even with its Lightning Blade, was unable to destroy her. Now, its time for my counterattack. I begin by playing a field card known as the Fusion Gate." As he placed said card into his field slot, a purple vortex opened above the field, and the field itself became a pattern of green panels. "As long as the Fusion Gate stands," explained Larijin, "Fusion Monsters can be summoned without Polymerization if their Fusion components are on the field. Next I shall summon Guardian of the Labyrinth (1000/1200), in attack mode! Now, Guardian, Protector, leap into the Fusion Gate!" Another armored man appeared, this one with a demonic look about it. Both he and the Protector of the Throne leapt up and into the vortex above the field. Out of it leapt a blonde man draped in green and blue robes studded with several red gems. He carried a pale blue staff tipped with four blades. "Behold," announced Larijin, "Giltia the D. Knight (1850/1500)! And, finally, I shall equip Giltia the D. Knight with Elf's Light, increasing his attack by four hundred. Now, because Giltia was summoned by the Fusion Gate and not by the magic of Polymerization, he is able to attack now! Go forth, Giltia, smite the Celtic Guardian with your superior strength!"
Giltia (2250/1300) raised his staff and rushed at the Celtic Guardian, who raised his sword to defend, only to have the weapon broken in two as the staff raked down through the air and sliced straight through the elf's armor.
Larijin: 4000 Lin: 3950
Lin shook off the glancing blow and drew his card, which he immediately placed on the field, "I play the Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two more cards." He slipped the two cards off the top of his deck, and grinned, "I summon Flash Assailant (2000/2000), in attack mode!" A tan man wearing a purple headband, white pants, and an eye-patch appeared, wielding a simple dagger.
"You fool!" exclaimed Larijin, "The Flash Assailant looses four hundred attack and defense points for every card in the controller's hand, its one of the most useless cards in the game!"
"While that may be true," conceded Lin, as the attack and defense points of his monster dropped all the way down to 400/400, "but now I activate Reverse Trap, to reverse the gains and losses in attack and defense points! Now my Flash Assailant has an enormous attack power, while you Giltia is a weakling. Flash Assailant, attack!"
The assassin, its power now at 3600/3600, leapt at Giltia (1450/1700), and struck him in the air.
Larijin: 1850 Lin: 3950
"And, before I end my turn, I set a card facedown, so that once it is your turn, my Flash Assailant will have at least a slightly better chance of surviving." A card appeared just behind the Flash Assailant, whose power was boosted to 800/800.
"Then it is now my turn," declared Larijin as he drew, "I play Graceful Charity, drawing three cards at the cost of two." As he performed said task, he laughed and slapped the one card left in his hand onto the field, "I activate Monster Reborn, to revive Sanga of the Thunder (2600/2200), which I discarded to help pay the cost of Graceful Charity!" Sanga appeared, his golden yellow body of metal crackling with energy. The legless Sanga floated in the air above Larijin, fists clenched in anticipation of battle. "Sanga! Attack and destroy the weak Flash Assailant!"
Sanga raised his arms, forming a ball of electrical power in his hands, and then releasing it at the assassin.
"I activate the trap card Negate Attack, blocking your assault and forcing you to end your turn!" Lin cried as his facedown card flipped up and a barrier rose between Sanga and the Flash Assailant, causing Sanga to plow headlong into it. The great entity of thunder got up, wiped itself off and floated back to its own side of the field, fuming. "Now that it's my turn," said Lin as he drew, "I sacrifice my Flash Assailant for Freed the Matchless General (2300/1700), in attack mode!" A man that looked to be in his middle ages stepped onto the field as the Flash Assailant disappeared. He wore light armor, and his hair was long and blonde. "Freed may not have the strength to defeat Sanga of the Thunder, but now I'm placing two cards facedown."
"I'm no fool," said Larijin with a grin as he drew, "that card is obviously a card like Reinforcements, which will power up your Freed or weaken my Sanga just enough that Freed will win the battle. But let's see what this Pot of Greed gives me to counter that." He placed the spell card onto his Duel Disk, then drew two more cards before laughing heartily. "I play the spell cards Shallow Grave and Premature Burial. The Grave allows both of us to set a card from our graveyards onto the field, while Premature Burial makes me pay eight hundred Life Points to revive one of my cards. I choose Kazejin (2400/2200) in attack mode!" The green entity of the wind appeared, blowing air from its bulbous form as the two horizontal defense monsters appeared. "Now I flip summon Suijin (2500/2400), and I sacrifice all three of my monsters to form the ultimate monster, the Gate Guardian (3750/3400)!"
The blue skull of the water entity Suijin appeared momentarily before Kazejin's arms retracted into its body and the wind entity floated onto Suijin's skull. Sanga then floated above both of them and connected to the top of Kazejin, completing the construction of one of the most powerful monsters in the game of Duel Monsters. "Gate Guardian!" cried Larijin, "Call upon your mighty powers ad destroy Freed!" Lightning, wind and water merged in the arms of the Gate Guardian, forming a mighty monsoon that crackled with energy. The Guardian then invoked the monsoon, driving it forth at the General.
"I activate Waboku!" yelled Lin over the wind. One of his cards flipped up, revealing three women in blue robes. The women began chanting, and a light lanced from them at the monsoon, dispelling it instantly.
Larijin: 1050 Lin: 3950
The Gate Guardian seemed furious as the trap faded away, and Larijin began pulling out his hair in frustration. "There's nothing left you can do now," said Lin, "I now use Freed's effect, which allows me to search my deck for a Warrior monster and put it into my hand. I choose the card that I shall summon now!" A bird-headed soldier wielding a rapier appeared next to Freed. "Hayabusa Knight (1000/700)! And now I use my facedown Secret Passage to the Treasures, allowing him to attack directly!"
A square in the ground in front of the Hayabusa Knight disappeared to reveal a tunnel, and the bird warrior leapt into it. Another square hole behind the Gate Guardian appeared, and the Knight leapt out of it and slashed at Larijin. "Now!" commanded Lin, "Attack again!" The rapier again cut through the air and struck Larijin, ending the duel.
Larijin: 0 Lin: 3950
The holographic fighters faded away, and Larijin stepped forward, looking a bit angry but also satisfied at the same time. "You didn't even have the guts to take on my Gate Guardian!" he spat.
"Well, of course," said Lin, "that would've been suicide. Not a single card in my deck could've taken that thing on. I had to employ indirect means of defeating you."
Larijin still looked a bit angry, but also seemed to accept the explanation. "I'll take your Premature Burial," said Lin as his opponent shuffled through his deck, "I'm pretty sure you'll be needing your Gate Guardian and its pieces for the rest of your time in the tournament."
"Thank you," said Larijin a slightly relieved tone as he handed over the card and quickly walked to the cafeteria.
"Okay," said Joey, "ya got the duel, ya got the prize, now, before we all starve to death, can we please just eat!?"
Lin smiled as he pocketed the card and simply nodded.
Thanks for reading. Next chapter should be up soon, but I can't make promises. Until then, please read my other stories and review. Happy Holidays.
Second, I'd like to apologize to moczo for my aggressive reaction to his review. However, I'd like to explain that Kirbin is not a schizophrenic. The seven essences that occupy his body are basically like yamis, and also, his powers only work when he is one of their forms. There is a back-story to explain everything, but you'll have to wait awhile to hear it.
Finally, I'm on Winter Break right now, so you could probably expect another update very soon. Also, Merry Christmas/Happy Chanukah/Happy Kwanza to you guys.
Tokyo Tournament
Chapter Eleven- Putting it all Together
Also Entitled-Now That's Just Not Fair!
Espa Roba laughed tauntingly. He just had to wait one turn to deliver the final blow. His newest monster, Maha Vailo, had an unstoppable attack strength, and was flanked by Reflect Bounder and Jinzo #7. "You might as well just give up," he taunted his opponent, "since my Maha Vailo is equipped with Malevolent Nuzzler, Sword of the Deep Seated, Fairy Meteor Crush, and Mage Power, he has an attack power of 5750! Nothing will stop it from defeating you in one turn. If you hadn't used that Negate Attack, I would have won already. Plus, even if you do have a card that could attack my Jinzo #7 and actually take my Life Points down to 0, you know that I have my facedown Shift that I defended from your Harpie's Feather Duster with the Fake Trap. You don't stand a chance!"
"I just need the right cards," said his opponent as he drew one card from his deck, "now, Pot of Greed will allow me to draw two more cards," he played the magic card, then drew his additional cards. "Now I flip my facedown Magician of Faith, returning the Harpie's Feather Duster to my hand so I can use it again now."
"What!? No!" cried Espa Roba as his five cards were destroyed and his Maha Vailo's attack power dropped to its original 1550.
"Now, I play this magic card," as he played the card on the field, a strange object that Roba had never seen before appeared. His opponent then took a card from his deck and placed it into his hand before reshuffling the deck. "Now, for the second card I drew, Graceful Charity." He picked up three cards from his deck, then tossed one of the ones he drew into his graveyard along with the card he had selected from his deck. "Now, I play Monster Reborn, reviving the monster I discarded!" A mighty sword-wielding monster stood now in front of him, its blade studded with several jewels. "Finally, I activate my facedown card, which will give my monster a power boost by affecting your monster."
"What?" asked Roba in confusion, but then recognition dawned upon him as a wave of energy swept over the field, altering every monster on it, "oh no..."
"Now, my ultimate monster, destroy the Jinzo!" the mighty blade, now glowing with an awesome aura, cut through the small machine with ease, and Espa Roba's Life Points dropped to zero.
"NO!" he cried in anguish as he dropped to his knees in defeat.
-elsewhere-
-man, that sounds good. I have to use that phrase more. Elsewhere . . .
elsewhere . . . elsewhere . . .-
Joey's stomach growled. As if that was a signal, so did almost everyone else's. It was now noon, and hunger was a shared feeling in the hotel as the deli prepared to open.
"I need food..." said someone in the group. It doesn't really matter who, considering everyone else was thinking that same thing anyway.
"Alright," said Yugi, "one more duel, then time to eat..." There were mutters of agreement.
Just then, as if the great deity from above had received their call, a duelist immediately walked up to them and said, "Okay, first off, I want to duel as soon as possible, so that I can eat lunch. Second of all...oh what the heck. Someone just duel me so that I can eat. I promised myself I'd have four chips by lunch..."
-and so...-
"Okay," said the challenger, who announced himself as Larijin from the plane, "so let's get this over with. I'll go first by laying a monster in defense mode, and setting two cards facedown"
His opponent was Lin, who was in fact probably the most eager person to duel rather than eat right now.
Larijin: 4000 Lin: 4000
"Alright," began Lin, "I play Nobleman of Crossout, removing your facedown monster from play." A man wearing silver armor with long blonde hair hanging out of the helmet appeared, a long-bladed sword at the ready.
"Before your Nobleman can do that," said Larijin, "I activate my facedown Magic Jammer, discarding a card from my hand to negate its effect." A hexagram appeared around the Nobleman, who immediately began to fade out of existence, the Magic Jammer going with him.
"Your monster won't survive for long," stated Lin, "I set a card facedown, and summon Celtic Guardian (1400/1200) to the field in attack mode, plus I equip him with the Lightning Blade, powering him up by 800 attack points!" The elven warrior appeared before Lin, his signature broad sword crackling with electricity, pumping up his attack to 2200. "Celtic Guardian, attack the facedown card!" The elven swordsman rushed at the horizontal card, its sword pulsing with energy now raised above its head. It swung the weapon with a cry at its target, but an armored man leapt in the blade's path and took the blow. Lin looked confused as his Life Points decreased.
"Confused, are you?" inquired Larijin in a taunting tone, "Allow me to explain. When you attacked my Protector of the Throne (800/1500), I activated my facedown Reliable Guardian, which powered her defense up by seven hundred. Your Celtic Guardian, even with its Lightning Blade, was unable to destroy her. Now, its time for my counterattack. I begin by playing a field card known as the Fusion Gate." As he placed said card into his field slot, a purple vortex opened above the field, and the field itself became a pattern of green panels. "As long as the Fusion Gate stands," explained Larijin, "Fusion Monsters can be summoned without Polymerization if their Fusion components are on the field. Next I shall summon Guardian of the Labyrinth (1000/1200), in attack mode! Now, Guardian, Protector, leap into the Fusion Gate!" Another armored man appeared, this one with a demonic look about it. Both he and the Protector of the Throne leapt up and into the vortex above the field. Out of it leapt a blonde man draped in green and blue robes studded with several red gems. He carried a pale blue staff tipped with four blades. "Behold," announced Larijin, "Giltia the D. Knight (1850/1500)! And, finally, I shall equip Giltia the D. Knight with Elf's Light, increasing his attack by four hundred. Now, because Giltia was summoned by the Fusion Gate and not by the magic of Polymerization, he is able to attack now! Go forth, Giltia, smite the Celtic Guardian with your superior strength!"
Giltia (2250/1300) raised his staff and rushed at the Celtic Guardian, who raised his sword to defend, only to have the weapon broken in two as the staff raked down through the air and sliced straight through the elf's armor.
Larijin: 4000 Lin: 3950
Lin shook off the glancing blow and drew his card, which he immediately placed on the field, "I play the Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two more cards." He slipped the two cards off the top of his deck, and grinned, "I summon Flash Assailant (2000/2000), in attack mode!" A tan man wearing a purple headband, white pants, and an eye-patch appeared, wielding a simple dagger.
"You fool!" exclaimed Larijin, "The Flash Assailant looses four hundred attack and defense points for every card in the controller's hand, its one of the most useless cards in the game!"
"While that may be true," conceded Lin, as the attack and defense points of his monster dropped all the way down to 400/400, "but now I activate Reverse Trap, to reverse the gains and losses in attack and defense points! Now my Flash Assailant has an enormous attack power, while you Giltia is a weakling. Flash Assailant, attack!"
The assassin, its power now at 3600/3600, leapt at Giltia (1450/1700), and struck him in the air.
Larijin: 1850 Lin: 3950
"And, before I end my turn, I set a card facedown, so that once it is your turn, my Flash Assailant will have at least a slightly better chance of surviving." A card appeared just behind the Flash Assailant, whose power was boosted to 800/800.
"Then it is now my turn," declared Larijin as he drew, "I play Graceful Charity, drawing three cards at the cost of two." As he performed said task, he laughed and slapped the one card left in his hand onto the field, "I activate Monster Reborn, to revive Sanga of the Thunder (2600/2200), which I discarded to help pay the cost of Graceful Charity!" Sanga appeared, his golden yellow body of metal crackling with energy. The legless Sanga floated in the air above Larijin, fists clenched in anticipation of battle. "Sanga! Attack and destroy the weak Flash Assailant!"
Sanga raised his arms, forming a ball of electrical power in his hands, and then releasing it at the assassin.
"I activate the trap card Negate Attack, blocking your assault and forcing you to end your turn!" Lin cried as his facedown card flipped up and a barrier rose between Sanga and the Flash Assailant, causing Sanga to plow headlong into it. The great entity of thunder got up, wiped itself off and floated back to its own side of the field, fuming. "Now that it's my turn," said Lin as he drew, "I sacrifice my Flash Assailant for Freed the Matchless General (2300/1700), in attack mode!" A man that looked to be in his middle ages stepped onto the field as the Flash Assailant disappeared. He wore light armor, and his hair was long and blonde. "Freed may not have the strength to defeat Sanga of the Thunder, but now I'm placing two cards facedown."
"I'm no fool," said Larijin with a grin as he drew, "that card is obviously a card like Reinforcements, which will power up your Freed or weaken my Sanga just enough that Freed will win the battle. But let's see what this Pot of Greed gives me to counter that." He placed the spell card onto his Duel Disk, then drew two more cards before laughing heartily. "I play the spell cards Shallow Grave and Premature Burial. The Grave allows both of us to set a card from our graveyards onto the field, while Premature Burial makes me pay eight hundred Life Points to revive one of my cards. I choose Kazejin (2400/2200) in attack mode!" The green entity of the wind appeared, blowing air from its bulbous form as the two horizontal defense monsters appeared. "Now I flip summon Suijin (2500/2400), and I sacrifice all three of my monsters to form the ultimate monster, the Gate Guardian (3750/3400)!"
The blue skull of the water entity Suijin appeared momentarily before Kazejin's arms retracted into its body and the wind entity floated onto Suijin's skull. Sanga then floated above both of them and connected to the top of Kazejin, completing the construction of one of the most powerful monsters in the game of Duel Monsters. "Gate Guardian!" cried Larijin, "Call upon your mighty powers ad destroy Freed!" Lightning, wind and water merged in the arms of the Gate Guardian, forming a mighty monsoon that crackled with energy. The Guardian then invoked the monsoon, driving it forth at the General.
"I activate Waboku!" yelled Lin over the wind. One of his cards flipped up, revealing three women in blue robes. The women began chanting, and a light lanced from them at the monsoon, dispelling it instantly.
Larijin: 1050 Lin: 3950
The Gate Guardian seemed furious as the trap faded away, and Larijin began pulling out his hair in frustration. "There's nothing left you can do now," said Lin, "I now use Freed's effect, which allows me to search my deck for a Warrior monster and put it into my hand. I choose the card that I shall summon now!" A bird-headed soldier wielding a rapier appeared next to Freed. "Hayabusa Knight (1000/700)! And now I use my facedown Secret Passage to the Treasures, allowing him to attack directly!"
A square in the ground in front of the Hayabusa Knight disappeared to reveal a tunnel, and the bird warrior leapt into it. Another square hole behind the Gate Guardian appeared, and the Knight leapt out of it and slashed at Larijin. "Now!" commanded Lin, "Attack again!" The rapier again cut through the air and struck Larijin, ending the duel.
Larijin: 0 Lin: 3950
The holographic fighters faded away, and Larijin stepped forward, looking a bit angry but also satisfied at the same time. "You didn't even have the guts to take on my Gate Guardian!" he spat.
"Well, of course," said Lin, "that would've been suicide. Not a single card in my deck could've taken that thing on. I had to employ indirect means of defeating you."
Larijin still looked a bit angry, but also seemed to accept the explanation. "I'll take your Premature Burial," said Lin as his opponent shuffled through his deck, "I'm pretty sure you'll be needing your Gate Guardian and its pieces for the rest of your time in the tournament."
"Thank you," said Larijin a slightly relieved tone as he handed over the card and quickly walked to the cafeteria.
"Okay," said Joey, "ya got the duel, ya got the prize, now, before we all starve to death, can we please just eat!?"
Lin smiled as he pocketed the card and simply nodded.
Thanks for reading. Next chapter should be up soon, but I can't make promises. Until then, please read my other stories and review. Happy Holidays.