Team Zero: Orichalcos
Chapter 7: The Blitz Team, Soul Duelist Pt. 1
Order sighed and turned away from the large crystal in the room. She had sensed it had been acting very strange. She didn't quite know what to make of it but it was very different for the crystal to act. It felt like a much greater part of the crystal's power was activated all at once but she couldn't put her finger on the exact point.
"I should contact the crystal holders."
Reku, Ronin, Sachiko, and Akina gathered by the wall that separated the bleachers and the teams of duelists. A few familiar faces were leaning over talking to the members of Team Zero and then Team Striker as they wandered over.
"Not bad humans." Gurabe Degujiu wore his typical nice black dress cloths. The kind you would wear to a funeral. His long, stringy silver hair and his stone gray eyes. Gurabe was a crystal holder but also was a living zombie. So to speak.
"Yea what he said." Ryokurio, Usami's brother, replied leaning over the wall. His sandy blond hair had grown some so it actually leaned down with gravity as he bent over.
"I will give you credit for not using the crystal cards to win." Kai, a spiky blond haired boy in a black T-shirt with a blue eyes white dragon on front and baggy jeans. "That is a first."
"Quiet." Ronin glared at him but they both broke out in laughter. That is just the way Kai was.
Usami, Kai, and Ryokurio looked startled as everyone else jumped slightly. They all reached into their pockets, deck boxes, or their decks and revealed the legendary crystal cards. They had a slight glow to them. They looked around to see that no one was paying any mind to them. They quickly moved to the exit and left the dome. Once outside they look around to see no one was out here.
"What do you need Order?" Reku asked to thin air.
"Chosen ones, I have been sensing strange energy from the ultimate power. I just want you to keep your eyes peeled for anything strange" Order's voice rang out across the entire group.
"Well, we saw something very strange." Akina said in reply to Order.
"Do tell."
"Something called, the Seal of Oricookie..." Ronin said looking confused as he talked.
"Oricookie?"
"No, it was the Seal of Ornament." Joe said in reply to Order's confusion.
"Wasn't it Orbital?" Kevin asked.
The group of kids save Ryokurio, Gurabe, and Kai all argued as to what the name of that seal was. Order herself was very confused already. Her eyes widened as she realized what they were talking about.
"THE SEAL OF ORICHALCOS!" Her voice echoed loudly across the whole area. Luckily no one was there but it even shook the leaves on the trees. "This had better be a joke."
"Yea, it was Orichalcos and no this is not a joke. Why?" Reku asked.
"I thought that power was gone. Defeated by the pharaoh." Order didn't even seem to be talking to them anymore. "How could this have happened. What could have done this."
"Mind filling us in?" Kevin asked again to the body less voice.
"Not quite yet. You aren't ready. Also you are in the middle of something which you must get back too. Once the first rounds are over come back here and we will have a serious talk. Take note of anything you observe about that seal. If you see it again." And with that Order's voice vanished into the air.
"I doubt that we have seen the last of that card." Reku mentally responded. "She is right," he said turning to the others. "Time for the next match. We must keep things running as smooth as possible."
"Don't draw attention to us." Joe said with a nod. "Now lets go and win this." He said to his team mates.
"Right." Both Kevin and Usami nodded as all the kids ran back into the dome arena.
"Team Striker will now face Team Blitz!" Kaiba yelled into the microphone generating a wave of response form the eager audience.
Walking up on stage, Team Striker face the three members of Team Blitz. They all were big built boys that looked like they were used to hard labor. The leader of Team Blitz, a spiky blond haired boy, walked over to Team Striker.
"Hiya." He said friendly enough. "What about we spice this up for the folks here?" He said with a wave of his hand towards the audience.
"Like what do you have in mind?" Joe asked with a little more interest and overconfidence.
"Let's have the first double duel of this tournament. Me and my friend Josh." The boy motioned to a second boy who had normal length brown hair and wasn't as built out as this boy.
"Fine. Me and Kevin will take you." Joe said motioning to Kevin. Then he turned to look at Usami. "If that is all right with you."
"That's fine. Go ahead. I will sit this one out." Usami said with a grin.
"Fine. I am Ray and you are?" Ray, the first boy, said extending his hand.
"I am Joe." Joe said shaking it then the hand of Josh. "Let's duel."
They shuffled their decks then the decks of their opponents and took their spots at one of the four corners of the ring. Preparing there duel disks and deck they prepared to start.
"Wow, its Kevin." Yugi said happy to see an old friend. Joey nodded.
"Never would have guessed him to be in this tournament. On the other hand he is a good enough duelist."
"Everyone is a good enough duelist to you Wheeler." Kaiba said sitting back down. "Even an infant could beat you."
"Kaiba." Joey growled.
Joe-4000 LP
Kevin-4000 LP
Ray-4000 LP
Josh-4000 LP
"Alright, lets do this. If one player life points drop to zero then their team mate loses as well. Let see who can hold there own. Fair?" Josh asked as he drew his hand.
"Fine with me." Joe said and nodded to Kevin who seemed a bit unsure but still agreed.
"Then lets go." Ray said pulling his cards. "I will start us off with a monster in defense known as Soul Guard #1 (1200/1700) and set three cards face down. End turn." A small bluish green circle appeared on the field. It looked like Pac man from those old arcade games but he had a rope tied around his body and a large white ball, a soul, attached to the end.
"My move next." Joe said pulling his sixth card. "I will summon Mystical Elf (800/2000) in defense and set one card face down. That is my turn." A blue skinned elf monster appeared on Joe's field with a brown backed card behind it.
"Then my turn." Josh said pulling his next card. "All I will do is summon Soul Guard #2 (1700/1200) in attack and end my turn." A black Pac man appeared on the field identical to the first Soul Guard but the coloring.
"And my turn." Kevin said pulling his card. "I summon Vorse Raider (1900/1200) in attack and set one card. End turn." The large green demonish monster appeared on the field wielding its large demonic blade.
"Then it comes back to me." Ray drew his next card and looked at it. "Looks like I end my turn." He turned to his partner. "Josh, take up the blitz next turn."
"Right." Josh nodded and looked back to Joe and Kevin.
"The blitz, what could that mean?" Kevin pondered looking at the two boys grinning.
Joe drew his card and glanced at it. "I summon Goblin Attack Force (2300/0) in attack mode." A large group of green goblin monsters appeared on Joe's field. "Attack Soul Guard #2 my attack force!" Joe commanded and his group of goblin warriors charged across the field at the soul monster.
"Sorry Joe, but my trap is called Soul's Sacrifice. I give up 500 life points to negate the damage given to the monster and to Josh." Ray declared as his trap flipped up. The goblins were pushed back in a brilliant flash of light and slid to a stop on Joe's field. The crouched down into defense mode due to their effect.
Joe-4000 LP
Kevin-4000 LP
Ray-3500 LP
Josh-4000 LP
"Then I end." Joe exclaimed due to the circumstances.
"Then I go." Josh drew his card and smiled. "Time to blitz. I activate Soul Blitz! This will let a monster with Soul in it's name attack three times in one turn at the cost of 1500 life points." Josh smiled and looked over at Ray.
"It would cost him 1500 but my trap Life Soul Sever will break that damage up evenly among all our life points. We will each take 375 points of damage instead!"
Joe-3625 LP
Kevin-3625 LP
Ray-3125 LP
Josh-3625 LP
"Thank you Ray." Josh smiled then pulled a different hand card. "I activate Soul Power jump. I give up 500 more life points to increase my monsters attack by 500 for this turn."
"But he doesn't have to. Thanks to a second Life Soul Sever. Now we will each take 125 instead. Evening it all out!"
Joe-3500 LP
Kevin-3500 LP
Ray-3000 LP
Josh-3500 LP
"Now Soul Guard #2 (2200/1200) attack first his Vorse Raider!" The Pac man monster flew across the field and slammed into the monster destroying it on contact.
Joe-3500 LP
Kevin-3200 LP
Ray-3000 LP
Josh-3500 LP
"Next attack Joe's two monsters!" Josh commanded and his circle monster flew across the field destroying them both in one fell swoop. "I set one card face down and end my turn." Josh's card materialized behind his soul monster.
"Then it comes to me again." Kevin drew his card. "So in one turn they wiped all three of our monsters off the board We need a counter attack." Kevin placed his card in the duel disk. "Activate Graceful Charity..,"
"Nope." Josh pointed to his set card. "I counter with Soul Counter! Now instead that magic card is destroyed and I get to draw one card." Josh smiled as he pulled his new card off his duel disk.
"Ok, next I will play Blade Knight in defense mode (1600/1000) and end my turn." A blue knight monster appeared on Kevin's field crouching over with a sword guarding it.
"I move." Ray drew his card and nodded to his partner. "Our soul deck seem to be getting the better of you."
"Not really." Joe commented shrugging a bit.
"I have never heard of these cards before." Kevin admitted almost slyly.
"Don't worry, they are cards that work with soul power. Most if not all of them suck life from the owner. They usually do help though. Can be really powerful if played right."
"Not many play them because they kill off the player but we have put together three decks that work really well. Team Blitz decided to form these decks after the World Tournament. Why do you think we challenged you to a double duel?" Josh asked.
"To, be the first duel here that is a double duel." Kevin responded unsurely.
"That and our decks work best together." Josh said. "Now Ray, go ahead and do it."
"Right." Ray placed a card on his duel disk and watched as Josh and his monsters disappeared in a flash of light. "I sacrifice mine and Josh's monster to summon Soul Guard #3 (2700/2700)!" A large towering human monster appeared on the field. It was naked but shined with a bright light covering anything indecent. "When he is summoned by sacrifice, I must pay 500 life points."
Joe-3500 LP
Kevin-3200 LP
Ray-2500 LP
Josh-3500 LP
"Now my Soul Guard. Attack Joe directly and deal him 2700 life points of damage!" Ray pointed to Joe and his towering soul monster charged across the field towards Joe.
"Reveal down card; Hallowed Life Barrier! This will save my life points if I discard a card. I discard this, Gallant Armored Warrior (2400/1600)." The large soul monster hit the barrier generated by the trap and bounce back to Ray's field.
"I set one card face down and end turn. Good play Joe. You did well to avoid our monster." Ray complimented as his turn ended.
"Thank you. Draw!" Joe snapped the next card off his deck. "I activate Monster Reborn to revive Gallant Armored Warrior to my field." In a flash of light a white armored warrior appeared on the field. It lifted a gold plated sword up, light from the stadium gleamed off its blade. It glared at the naked man on Ray's field. "I will need to get rid of that huge Soul Guard before I worry about anything else. It could cause trouble." Joe glanced over at Kevin. "And if either of our life hits zero we both lose. We must win."
"GO TEAM STRIKER!" Ronin stood up and yelled from his bench. Reku and Akina got up and cheered as well. The other teams in the dome as well as most of audience looked confused why this team was cheering for another team in this tournament.
"They can win." Sachiko said standing up and pulling the three of them down to the bench. "Now stop that, you are making a jack ass of our team." She then flashed a thumbs up the Joe and Kevin who were looking at them. They smiled and flashed the thumbs up back.
"Never would have guess that to happen." Kaiba stated under his breath from the chair he sat in by Joey and Yugi.
"Do they know each other?" Yugi asked.
"Shouldn't, the invitations were sent to different cities even. But wait! Joe was part of a team that went to the World Tournament. They may have met there."
"What is wrong with support?" Joey asked rubbing his index finger under his nose. "Everybody need support."
"No Wheeler." Kaiba sighed, going through it again. "Not everybody is part of a boy scout team. And in your case, Yugi is the one who bails you out. That and you are the luckiest duelist I have ever met."
"And what is wrong with luck rich boy?" Joey asked threatening to get up.
"Nothing for an unskilled duelist such as yourself." Kaiba calmly stated still watching the duel.
"You know that Joey is a great duelist Kaiba." Yugi shot in.
"Whatever." Kaiba scoffed off and continued to watch the field.
Chime sat like she always did, cross legged and watching the duel with interest. "A mental note on which team wins. Their souls will be perfectly strong enough for our plans to succeed." She smiled to herself. "Well, maybe both teams. They both show powerful auras. I will have to see."
"Time to go." Joe said bringing his attention back to the duel ring. "And now I will take down your Soul Guard #3! I summon Getsu Fuhma (1700/1200) in attack mode!" A female warrior monster appeared in front of Joe. Her sword glowed with a white aura as she brushed her red hair out of her face. "When she battles with a Fiend or a Zombie monster she destroys it at the end of the battle step."
"To bad that all the soul monsters are Fairies." Ray commented.
"So, activate magic card Gallant Charge! I will sacrifice her into your Soul Guard #3 and half the damage I take." The female monster flew across the field and hit the large naked monster with her sword leaving a huge cut before she vanished.
Joe-3000 LP
Kevin-3200 LP
Ray-2500 LP
Josh-3500 LP
"And her attack comes out of you monsters attack (1000/1700)." Joe smiled as Ray paled. His monster was reduced from top of the pile to lowest attack in one attack. "Next Gallant Armored Warrior, Attack Soul Guard #3 with Gallant Blade!" Joe ordered as his gallant knight monster cut through the naked man with ease.
Joe-3000 LP
Kevin-3200 LP
Ray-1100 LP
Josh-3500 LP
"Too bad that it is just the beginning of the hell we have in store for you." Ray smirked as a pillar of yellow smoke started to fly off the ground where the Soul Guard #3 used to be.
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Wow, what will Ray and Josh do next to Joe and Kevin. Find out next time when two powerful dragons are summoned and another fusion of the gallant warrior.
To LucienShadow Master: Yea, I won't try to defuse that blame. It is a commly mixed up word with quick typing and the unawarness of the proof reader.
To Vyser Adept of Dragons: Ok, Lance will work. Thank you.
To John: Don't worry, I screwed up trial and trail.
To Nanashi: I would say more, but I can't think of anything besides these next two words: Thank You.
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