Team Zero: Orichalcos
Chapter 23: Demonic Fiends and Ghastly Dragons Pt 3
"This duel is still on Archip and I still plan to win." Ryokurio smirked as he snapped a card off his deck. Adding it to his new hand he pulled out a card that was already there. "My Rifter Hole gave us the ability to draw three cards. One of the ones I drew was Pot of Greed! I can draw two more cards with this." He smirked as he snapped two cards off his deck one at a time. "I can set this down and summon Phantom Dragon Twin Head (1500/1000) in face up defense mode." A strange circular bodied dragon appeared floating in the air on two large wings in its back. Two long necks stretched out with two dragonic heads at the ends. Like the rest, it was ghostly transparent. "Turn end."
"Draw!" Archip yelled. "Activate down card! Tribute to the Doomed will destroy your monster and leave you wide open after I discard this card." He said sliding the card into his graveyard but his magic card blew apart in a burst of purple smoke. "What!"
"My trap Magic Jammer stopped your magic card and all I had to do was discard one card." Ryokurio said as his said trap disappeared from the field. "So now what? You can't attack my dragon."
"True so I set this card and then end my turn. How long can you stall for?" Archip asked knowing Ryokurio must be at the end of his rope. "My down card is Lack of Pain Killers. This will give one of my monsters the ability to deal damage through defense and double the damage the opponents takes. The rest of them won't be able to attack but that is ok, with only 100 life points left he is as good as gone."
"So now it comes to my turn." Ryokurio said slowly pulling the top card off his deck. Looking up he saw that Archip seemed pretty anxious about his newly set card. "I do have the cards I need to disable his trap if it is dangerous enough." He narrowed his brow. "But I don't know if it is all that dangerous."
"Are you going to contemplate your next move forever?" Archip asked tapping his foot.
"Nope, I summon Phantom Dragon Shatter (800/500) in attack mode!" A small phantom dragon sat curled up in a broken egg shell that was dark gray with dark blue spots all over it. Snapping another card out of his hand he slid it into his duel disk. "Phantom Mist does two things. First it switches the modes of all monsters on the field to the opposite mode. Next though a die is rolled. If it is an even number, all magic and trap cards minus field cards switch to the opposite side of the field. If odds then they stay."
All four of the monster began to shift their positions. The large demon in red bone armor and the giant cyclops knelt down and wrapped themselves up into a defensive stance. Shatter curled up inside the egg more so that it couldn't be seen, while the twin headed dragon stretched out.
Ryokurio smiled as the holographic dice appeared on the field, flying up into the air it landing on the field and bouncing around as it rolled. Spinning a bit the die fell and landed on a two. Smirking the brown backed card appeared on Ryokurio's field behind his monster.
"Time to see what we got here shall we?" Ryokurio mocked as he press a button so that the card flipped up towards him. That way he could see the face of it. "Oh, Lack of Pain Killers will do just fine. I activate it now!" He smirked as the trap card flipped over and started glowing. "You don't have enough life to sustain 3000 points of damage. Twin Head, attack the Great Maju Garzett with Twin Phantom Streams!" He bellowed as his dragon monster shot streams of white smoke the completely melted the monster down to a pile of nothingness.
Ryokurio-100 LP
Archip-0 LP
"So who's soul is going to be used in the plans?" Ryokurio mocked as the cards vanished from the field. "That's right you ass hole, yours!"
Archip screamed as the seal enclosed around his body and began to suck the soul out his body. After an agonizing scene, Archip's body fell limp to the ground.
Snarling a bit, Ryokurio walked across the grass to where the motionless body lay. Tapping the end of the duel disk with his foot the slot opened revealing the Seal of Orichalcos. Bending over, he grabbed the card and stood straight up. Smiling at the card he turned to Chime. "So I see you need a replacement. Your team is short one."
Yugi sat up in his bed unable to sleep. Sighing he reached over to the night stand that set next to his bed. Pulling open the drawer he pulled out a golden box. The same box the millennium puzzle had come in. Opening the lid of it he pulled out three cards. Looking at them he sighed.
("The god cards Yugi?")
"Yea, I was wondering if they could help us stop Team Orichalcos."
("Slifer the Sky Dragon, The Winged Dragon of Ra and Obelisk the Tormentor. The Egyptian god cards can be very devastating. I thought we weren't going to use them for this tournament. Their power is far too great.")
"We may have to use them against Team Orichalcos if they make it past the finials." Yugi said staring hard at the three cards.
("I still don't think we have to worry so much about them.") Yami said looking off into the dark room.
"Because the fates of others are involved." Yugigrumbled, repeating what he had heard hundreds of times this tournament. Sliding the three cards into his deck he placed his deck back into his deck box and set it on the night stand again along with the golden box.
("There is a strong force at work here and you know it. I know you feel it Yugi.")
"I do, but I don't know if that means we won't be needed or not." Yugi sighed and laid back down on his bed. "I just don't want anyone else to get hurt."
Kaiba sat alone in his dark office, the only light came from the computer monitor he was staring at. Fingers locked together he rested his chin on them as he looked at the screen. A group of names appeared on the screen across from one another. These were the next match ups for the tournament.
Kaiba pushed back and sat back in his chair. Sighing he reached out and with a few clicks of his mouse a printer located in the corner of the office buzzed to life. Standing up slowly he walked over to the printer and picked up the paper that it spit out. Reading it to make sure it came out fine.
Round 2 of the Tournament of Kings
Team Zero vs Team Nature Force
Team Punks vs Team Renaissance
Team Orichalcos vs Team Psycho
Team Zone vs Team Striker
"So a total of seven more duels and a winner will have been decided." Kaiba looked down the team line ups. "I hope that the members of Team Psycho are strong enough."
A sudden knock on the door startled the four members of Team Zero inside their room. They were all already in bed and on the verge of sleep. Jumping out of bed, Ronin did a stumbling jog to the door and opened it. Standing in the door way was Kai.
"What are you doing here Kai?" Ronin said not very impressed with the visitor.
"Were you in bed already?" Kai asked looking at Ronin who had on his pants and no shirt. His eyes were narrowed but he had that look in them of sleepiness.
"Yes!" Three voices rang out from behind Ronin who still stood in the doorway.
"Sorry." Kai yelled in to them and then looked back at the boy standing before him. "I came to ask if Ryokurio is here or do you know where he is?"
"Yea, he is staying with you and Gurabe...or actually just you now." Ronin said starting to close the door.
"No, no, dammit Ronin listen to me." Kai growled sticking his foot in the doorway just as the door shut on it. "Ryokurio is not with me. He never came back to the room. He said he was coming up here to see you."
"We never saw him." Ronin's voice came from behind the door. "Maybe he is back at your room by now." Ronin said opening the door slightly then shoving it forward crushing Kai's foot in the door.
Kai covered his mouth and bit back the urge to scream in pain. Shaking in anger he pushed forward and rammed into the door knocking Ronin to the floor and Kai landed on the floor next to him. At this point Reku, also in pants and no shirt, Akina and Sachiko, both in Pajamas, jumped out of bed. Akina had nice pink pajama's with flowers all over them. Sachiko's were pale white with a light line design in pure white crossing down the top and pants.
"Ouch." Ronin grumbled staggering to his feet, Kai following behind him.
"Yea, that wasn't very smart." Kai said brushing himself off. Cranking his neck to the side, he heard the rippling popping sounds that came from his neck. Twisting his head the other way the sounds came form the other side. "But seriously, he said he was coming right here and if he isn't here I began to think something happened to him."
"He's right Ronin." Sachiko said rubbing her eyes with her left hand. "Ryokurio's never been one to lie to someone. He is too kind hearted for that."
"Right." Akina added in. "So something must have happened. He isn't down the hall at his sisters, Joe's and Kevin's room is he?"
"I don't know, I didn't check there." Kai said back tracking out the door. Doing a jogging sprint he quickly arrived at the door marked; Team Striker. Knocking on the door he heard a reply from in the room. Standing back, the door soon opened.
"Kai?" Joe asked standing in the doorway. A soda in his hand, the sound of the room TV behind him. "What are you doing here?"
"I am looking for Ryokurio." Kai explained looking over Joe's shoulder at the empty room behind him. "And I see he isn't here. So where is your team mates?" He questioned looking back at the kid.
"Dinner." Joe said yawning. "Although it is late those two were still awake." Looking concerned as Reku, Ronin, Akina, and Sachiko started to come into view from their room fully dressed, Joe looked back at Kai. "Ryokurio isn't one to just run off. When was the last time you saw him?"
"When he was leaving to come here to see you guys." Kai said watching the four members of our favorite team walk down the hall towards Joe's door. "Maybe he met them on their way to dinner and went with them."
"Maybe." Sachiko agreed as the group finally stopped behind Kai.
"There aren't too many restaurants in this area so we could check them all. I think that one we went to the other day was good. Maybe they went there." Akina commented, getting nods from everyone else, she looked out the window in the hallway at the dark sky.
Ryokurio's eyes lit up light a kids' does in a candy shop. Before him, at the end of a bed, was a trunk full of rare and powerful cards. Chime and Hygin smiled as he knelt down and picked up a pile of them. Slowly he started to shift through them with his thumb.
"I will assume you are impressed." Hygin said as Ryokurio seemed surprised to see some of the cards.
"Yea," Ryokurio said placing the pile back in the trunk, "but I will stick with my style of Phantom Dragons. They are my key power."
"Yes and we all have a key power." Chime smiled pointing to the trunk. "Top right hand pile, about half way down should be the start of the Phantom Dragons."
Kind of surprised at Chime's instructions, he turned back to the trunk and grabbed the large pile of cards that sat in the upper right hand corner. Pulling off a large chunk of cards he set them aside and did the same with the next set of the incredibly tall tower of cards. Finally picking up his third chunk he saw a Phantom Dragon on top.
"Phantom Dragon Quiet Purity!" His amazement made Chime start to giggle with glee. "How did you get this. This has to be the single hardest Phantom Dragons to get." Slowly sliding the card to the side a bit he saw the cards beneath it. "And you have three of them!"
"We had our ways." Chime smiled as Ryokurio picked up the next chunk of cards that contained the Phantom dragons. Shifting one at a time, he stopped often to gaze in wonder at the cards. "You can have what you want. Make your deck even more powerful with these cards."
"You have cards I have only dreamed of owning." Ryokurio's said as he passed by some rare cards. Stopping, he turned his head to look at the two remaining members of Team Orichalcos. "And you are just giving them away?"
"To a team mate." Chime said still smiling warmly at him.
"We have to guaranteed the Chime gets what she wants." Hygin said walking over to the table and chairs of the room. Sitting down he kicked his feet up onto the table. "Failure is not an option."
"I guess your last member didn't get the memo." Ryokurio smirked sliding a few of the cards out of the pile and onto the floor.
"Guess not." Hygin smiled also at Ryokurio's joke. "I like this one better. He makes better jokes." He commented to Chime who just gave him a weak smile.
"Lets let him have some time to build his deck." Chime walked over to the table and sat down. Pressing a button on the remote control the TV flickered on. "Take as much time as you need." She smiled as Ryokurio pulled his deck out of his new duel disk. Sliding through the cards he stopped on one of them. The card, the Seal of Orichalcos, began to glow in a bright green light. Almost as a chain reaction, the mark appeared on his forehead and glowed as well for a second. Then faded, leaving a wicked smirk on his face.
Order sighed, looking off into dead space with a sad look on her face. "Why do you do this Chime?" She questioned out loud, although no one was around to hear it.
Her attention was soon attracted to an amber glow coming from the table next to her. Looking over, she saw the card that used to be Gurabe's Crystal card glowing in a bright amber light. Soon after, the glow faded leaving the room dead and still.
Reaching out, she picked up the card and held it out at arms length. "Gurabe, your attempts were noble but..." Trailing off her thought she sat the card back down. Standing, she walked to the window that was across the chamber from her. Looking up, she stared at the dark sky filled with stars. She found herself speechless staring at the sky.
So dark, yet so beautiful at the same time.
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To Dragon and Sword Master: Usami actually, and she is Ryokurio's younger sister. I find it to be not that many of mine. A lot of characters were just one time appearences. A lot of my characters have been sent to me by my loyal readers.
To Vyser Adept of Dragons: Sadly to say, I did make it obvious that Ryokurio was going to be the one to replace him.
To John: Or Lack of Pain Killers.
To Gate Guardian32: Well I did until you said now you want the Fiend deck to lose because you want the dragons to win.
To Erestor Telemnar: Don't worry, we all get busy at times. But if nothing else your review game me something to laugh at. First, I want to highlight something. You are missing a whole word. I want to know how you are going to read out my story. Maybe you should try reading it out loud. Your attempt to code in bold really didn't work to well. Comma's themselves are the hardest part of our language to master. To few, we get people complaining like you did. Too many and you have comma splices. Ok, just a question, if I am so predictable then do I even need to write anymore? Why not you write my stories? You seem to know what and how I am going to do it all, down to every detail. Ok I doubt that but really, nothing I have ever done surprised you? But its all good, don't take me as mad.
To BlackHornet19: Well I do have a plan of something that maybe will tie out what stories I have (minus my coworked fic) into one large ending. If you people aren't sick of my ideas by then that is.
To LucienShadowMaster: I will probibly end up reading it at some point. Soon enough though a book I am well waiting for will come out. The second in the inheritance trilogy, Eldest. Maybe you have heard of the first book, Eragon. Either way onto more important things. I could tell from the first time you sent her to me that she seem almost...spiritual. That dream just kind of proved it. So I went out on a limb and gave her the dream hopping I wasn't doing something that she wouldn't do.
To Demon Fan: Um...Good for you. I'll take it you had fun with that.
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