Team Zero: Orichalcos

Chapter 4: Getting the Ball Rolling

"How can this be?" Yugi slammed his fists into Kaiba's desk. "This is impossible." The astro form of Yami appeared behind Yugi looking very sad.

"How did these people get this far!" Joey yelled into Kaiba's face.

"Wheeler." Kaiba grabbed a hold of Joey's nose. Wrenching it a little bit he pushed Joey back so he fell backwards andwas sitting on the floor. "They have and there is nothing we can do about it.

Pegasus sat cross legged on Kaiba's couch looking the letter over. His face was filled with terror. The letter it self was short and to the point. It read:

Dear Mr. Kaiba, Mr. Motou, Mr. Wheeler, and Mr. Pegasus

I Chime, leader of Team Orichalcos, know all about your passed entanglement with the Seal of Orichalcos. I am here to inform you that you will not interfere with this team. The Tournament of Kings will continue as normal. You will not mess with our team until we win it all and you will be our last victims. If you do plan to interfere we do have special bombs set up through out the city. Billions of lives will be destroyed but thanks to the power of the Orichalcos we shall be spared. Your choice, leave us alone and continue as normal or interfere and kill billions of people. Prepare yourself for the finals when we steal your souls.

Sincerely, Chime

Pegasus crumpled the paper slightly in his hand. He raised his head to look out the window, the sun was coming up over the horizon. They had been there most of the night and the tournament kicked off in a few hours.

"We cannot mess with them." Yugi said picking himself up. "Too many lives are on the line."

"I am sure though that they will use the seal to steal the souls of the opponents they face though." Joey complained to Yugi.

The eye of Ra started glowing on Yugi's puzzle. Slight light shot up Yugi's body till he seemed to take on a new appearance. Yami had taken over the body.

"Joey." Yami walked over to the blond haired boy. "We must wait. Once in the finals we can beat them and gain back all the souls they trapped."

"Yugi-boy is right." Pegasus said getting up. "Human life can't be won back. There souls can."

Kaiba sat down in his chair and swiveled it around to face out the large windows that were sitting in his office. He sighed looking out the window for a few seconds before he swiveled back around.

"Fine, we won't mess with them. Got that Wheeler?"

"I got it rich boy." Joey grumbled as he walked out the door. Yami and Pegasus following close behind.

Team Zero rose up with the sun and were stretching out. Akina walked over to the window and slid it open. She stepped out onto the balcony under the window and looked across Domino City. She walked back into the room and grabbed her deck off the table. Slowly she shifted through them card for card.

"I hope these improvements will help my deck." Akina smiled seeing some of the new cards.

"Well should we head down there?" Ronin asked slipping his duel disk on his arm. "I am ready to kick some serious ass."

"Same here." Reku said sliding his deck into the deck slot. "Let's go Akina." He said looking over at her as she shuffled up her deck and grabbed her duel disk.

"Let's go." She said and led the way out of the room. Ronin, Reku, and Sachiko followed suit after her.

The sun casted four long shadows across the pavement as the four kids made their way to the Kaiba corp. dome. Opening the doors they foundmost of theteams there already. Even the stands were filling up with people already.

Posted by one entrance to the stadium was a board that listed every team and the match up. Walking over to it, some of the teams in the way moved to let Team Zero up to the board.

"Wow, we duel first!" Akina said in complete surprise.

"Yea." Ronin said examining the board. The teams were match up:

Team Zero vs. Team Trap 'um
Team Striker vs. Team Blitz
Team Renaissance vs. Team Ling
Team Nature Force vs. Team Curses
Team Zone vs. Team Neon
Team Psycho vs. Team Atom
Team Punks vs. Team Skateboarders
Team Orichalcos vs. Team Gold

"Hey guys." Joe voice came from behind Reku and the others. They flipped around to look at him. "Looks like we are your follow up act."

"Or they are our opening act." Kevin shot back. Usami just giggled and didn't say anything.

"Don't you worry, this will go only in one direction for Team Zero." Ronin pointed to the ceiling. "Up."

"You wish." A girl in a yellow vest and a white T-shirt said walking up to Ronin. She wore blue jeans and had long blond hair that hung down to her mid back. "We are Team Trap 'um and you are going down Team Zero."

"We shall see." Reku said pushing himself forward. "We are up first."

"That we are." A boy with red hair commented looking at the board. "And we are going to the top to face the best in the world."

"Let's go then." Ronin said motioning to the ring. "This starts now!"

"Not quite kid." An annoyed Kaiba pushed pass the duelists and up towards the stage. "I have a speech to give."

Kaiba walked up to the stage being followed by Mokuba, Joey, Pegasus, and Yugi. Clearing his throat he picked up a microphone that was laying on the stage. Twirling it around in his hand very smoothly he held it up to his face.

"Welcome to the Tournament of Kings! Young, old, male, female, whatever you are you are sure to be in for the biggest event of the world!" This sent the crowd into an uproar. The stands were almost full and continued to fill up even as Kaiba spoke.

"Reku." Akina whispered in her boyfriends ear. "Ronin said I am going first."

"Okay." Reku said giving Akina the thumbs up.

"We are ready to begin!" Kaiba threw his hand into the air. "Our opening duels for this morning are two teams that competed at the yearly World Tournament! Team Trap 'um and the winners of that tournament, Team Zero!" With this the seven kids walked out of the hallway into the cheering crowd. They started waving to the fans. "Good, select your duelists and style and lets get this tournament under way." Kaiba said tossing the microphone to one of his suits that was standing off the edge of the stage.

There were 16 benches by the arena. After Team Zero and Team Trap 'um moved to one of the eight benches on either side of the ring the remaining 14 teams came out and sat down.

Akina stood up and activated her duel disk. She walked up onto the dueling field and watched as that red headed boy from earlier walked up and took his spot next to her. Grabbing the shoulder of his jacket that he wore he yanked it off dramatically sending the crowd into a bigger uproar.

"One on one? Best two out of three?" The boy asked. Getting the nod from Akina he smiled. "Good, I am Davis and you are?"

"Akina." She replied back walking to the middle of the ring and handing her deck to Davis. He took it and handed his deck to her. They shuffled through the decks and handed them back. They split and went back to their respective sides of the field.

"I go first." Davis said snapping the deck into the slot. "Here we go."

"DUEL!" Both of the duelists yelled as they pulled there opening hands. Even more cheering roared out form the filled stands.

Akina-4000 LP
Davis-4000 LP

"I summon Jirai Gumo (2200/100) in attack mode!" Davis announced as a large brown and orange spider monster appeared on Davis's field. "I will cover two cards and end my turn."

"Wow! 2200 attack on your first move. Impressive." Akina complimented as she drew the top card off her deck.

"Does Akina stand a chance with this new strategy she has been working on?" Ronin asked hitting Reku on the shoulder to get his attention.

"I think so. She can start out good with that hand she has." Reku said with a nod.

"I will start out with this monster. Mage Orb Holder (500/600) in defense mode." A small woman monster in yellow robes holding a small clear white orb with both hands. "Her special ability allows me to pick up the top three cards from my deck and summon all monsters of three star or less to the field. All the rest go to my grave."

"Okay, summon your army of weak monsters."

"I will." Akina remarked as she snapped three cards off her deck and looked at them. "I must send Pot of Greed to the grave but I summon in defense mode; Razor Blade Eye (700/300) and Petit Dragon (600/700)." A large white floating circle monster appeared on the field. It was about an inch think disk. Out of holes in the side of it long curved blades shot out and an eye appeared in the center of one side of the disk. The other was a small yellow dragon monster that looked very cute rather than a meanfighter.

"Okay and what will you do with them?" Davis impatiently asked.

"Wow you ask a lot of questions. Just let me play. Now I summon the three loyal knights that rest in my deck. I activate my ritual magic card Bronze, Silver, and Gold Sword Ritual! I must sacrifice three monsters regardless of star level to summon from my deck or hand Bronze Loyal Knight (1400/800), Silver Loyal Knight (1500/900), and Gold Loyal Knight (1600/1000)!" The three monsters on the field faded away and in there place three identical monster warriors appeared. One wore armor in the color of bronze, one in a silver armor, and the final in a golden armor. They all were adorned with shields and long curved metal swords.

"You went through all that for those things?" Davis actually felt like laughing at the monsters. They not only looked weak but they didn't have the attack to back them up.

"The Loyal Knights are a force to be reckoned with. Trust me." Akina smirked.

Chime set cross legged on the bench with her team ignoring the unrelenting glares of Kaiba, Yugi, Joey, and Pegasus. She smiled to herself at the play made by Akina. "She is a strong willed duelist. I believe that since that team won the World Tournament that they will be some of the better souls here to steal." She thought to herself as Akina smiled with her three new knights.

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To john: You know that you say 'and' a lot? Okay, I will use those cards...maybe.

To LucienShadow Master: Akina:) No no, then he does mean things to us because we wouldn't give him the food. Surprisingly he can go a long time without food when he is being...evil. Oh and he saw that you signed up, good work.

To Nanashi: Very good question young one. Let me clarify up for you. The crystal cards do unlock the power of the monsters (if they have magical effects) and releases all restraints on them. Not like making the power infinite but enhancing them to a much more god like level. With a card like Warrior of theWhite Flame the effect would probably get unlocked and removed from him. It would not weaken his attack or increase his defense anymore. I know what you meant it just took me a while with the 30 and 50 you talked about. The Immortal of Thunder is very easy if you think about it. A monster can only be equipped if it is face up on the field so there goes his flip effect. Plus an essence monster can't be destroyed in battle so there goes his dying effect. He would be like he had no effect at all. Now if you flip him and gain 3000 points then equip him with a crystal he couldn't be destroyed. It's 3000 free life points!
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