Team Zero: Orichalcos

Chapter 38: Raise Your Swords, Knights of Destiny

Shifting his eyes, Reku looked to his left as he shuffled his deck of cards. Standing next to him, Ronin was also shuffling his deck and on the far side of him, Akina was doing the same. Both of them had the same look in their eyes as Reku had, the fire of battle and the hatred for Chime who stood at the far end of the ring, also shuffling her deck.

Reku stop shuffling and reached down to his side. Opening the deck case attached to his waist, he pulled out two cards. Looking at them like they were desperate measures that Reku was deciding whether he wanted to take or not. Sighing, he slid them both into his deck and continued to shuffle it.

"Now I have my Ruby Crystal in my deck. I'll be able to use that to my advantage." He thought to himself as he noticed both Ronin and Akina remembered their crystal cards and slid them into their decks of cards. "And this card, just in case I need some extra power."

Chime-4000 LP
Reku-4000 LP
Ronin-4000 LP
Akina-4000 LP

"So kiddies, ready to have some fun?" Chime asked as she snapped her deck into her deck slot.

"You're sick if you think what you have been doing is fun." Akina snapped back, slamming her deck into her own deck slot.

Giving a slight giggle of amusement at Akina's outrage, Chime looked over at the other two boys on the team. Smiling almost sickly at them, she asked; "And how about you two. Ready to have some fun?"

"I agree with her you bitch." Ronin angerly slid his own deck into his duel disk. "So we are here to put an end to you once and for all."

"Big words for one so weak." Chime merely mocked, receiving dagger like glares from Ronin and Akina. "Well, I think it only fair that since I am facing the three of you at once, I should get opening turn honors, so stand back!" Chime announced, drawing her opening hand of six cards off her deck. "So lets get this match off with a bang, shall we. Magic card go, Seal of Orichalcos!"

In her delicate fingers rested the green bordered card. It began to glow in a radiant green light as she slid it down through the air and an arch, placing the card on the open field magic zone in her duel disk. A blast of energy surged through all four of the competitors bodies as the green circle appeared around them. The glowing ruin symbols in the two layers of the circle locked the boundary around them, then lastly, the six pointed star began to trace its way through out the inside of the glowing circles. With a loud crashing noise, the lines all met in the center. Waves of energy blasted outwards, making Reku, Ronin, and Akina have to brace themselves from flying backwards.

Chime's hair flow around her as the uprush of energy surged through her body, the mark glowing with a radiant light on her forehead. With a smile a mother gives a child when they did something good, Chime looked around at the field. The green mark glowed even brighter than it had in duels previously. Nodding in approval, Chime slid a card from her hand and laid it on the spine dueling field.

"For my first monster, I summon Orichalcos Abhorrence (1700/1800). A special monster, servant only to the great power of the Orichalcos." The air in front of Chime seem to warp inward as the monster appeared on the field. The monster stood hunched over, but still was about seven feet tall. Its body was covered in dark navy blue scales, running from its nail clawed feet up the base of its head at the end of a small stretched neck. Its head resembled a rabid wolf, large twisted fangs appeared from the top of its lips and sliding down its chin. On the spot between its two black pearl eyes, the mark of the seal appeared, giving a red tint to its eyes (2200/1800).

Barely regaining their balance, Reku, Ronin and Akina all gazed at the horrifying beast. Chime's opening monster had a sense of realism to it. This monster not only looked powerful, but it emitted a powerful aura around it that gave the three of them the chills.

"Now for the fun part." Chime smirked, holding her duel disk up so that they cool see that the only card on it was her newly summoned monster. And that it did have an effect by the color of card it was. "Orichalcos Abhorrence stops you three from setting any magic or trap cards while it is face up on my field. With it, I'll end my turn."

With the last words Chime spoke, all eyes shifted to Reku. Taking a deep breath, he lifted his head and said; "My turn, draw!" Frowning at it, he slid it into his hand and looked over all his options. "A trap card, Mirror Force, normally really good but since I can't set it, it has become all but useless." Sliding his fingers over the top of his cards, he stopped on the one he wanted. With a quick jerking movement, he slapped the card horizontally on his duel disk. "I summon Thing in the Crater (1000/1200) in face up defensive mode."

On his field, a large stone wall sprang up from the ground. Creating a barrier between the beast on Chime's field and Reku. The wall was surrounded by bubbling liquid only described as lava. In the far back of the wall, a small, dark cave rested with two beady eyes peering out at the world.

"I end my turn, passing it to Ronin." Reku announced, looking over at his best friend. Nodding, Ronin looked back to Chime with a fire of battle in his eyes.

"Draw!" He yelled, snapping the top card off his own deck. Looking at it, he decided it was really all he had. "I summon Aqua Fighter (1500/1200) to the field in face up defense mode also. Ending my turn."

A large, light blue monster appeared on Ronin's field over a holographic rendering of its own card. The monster had large forearms that it crossed over its body, creating a shield for its thinner body. Its face was blank, save two eyes that glared on at Chime's monster.

"I wish I could have done more." Ronin thought, trying not to show his disappointment. He was holding a lot of cards he could have used but he couldn't set any of them down cause they were traps. "Its up to you now Akina."

"My turn. Draw!" Akina yelled, loudest of the three. Her anger towards Chime was apparent in her voice as she announced her move. "I summon my monster, Swordsman of Landstar (500/1200). Defense mode." The small peach colored warrior monster appeared crouching over its card. Crossing its silver sword over its shield that beared a picture of its head, making its own protective attempt. "Turn end."

"Less than impressive opening plays." Chime sounded almost disappointed as she looked down at her own deck of cards. "I was hoping that with all the big talk you three did just a little bit ago you would provide a much more interesting challenge. Oh well, draw." Sliding the top card off her deck, she flipped it over and examined its face. Sliding it into her hand she looked up at the three of them. Looking over the three monsters, she rested her eyes finally on Ronin's monster. "Orichalcos Abhorrence, attack Aqua Fighter now." Chime called out, giving her monster all the direction it needed to make its galloping charge across the field. With its two long arms extended out, it flexed open its five razor blade like claws.

Digging them into the flesh of the monster, the Orichalcos Abhorrence showed to have little trouble ripping the monster literally in two. A sickening sound came as the monsters body was being shredded, then dropping to the floor with a thud. All of the pieces than began to break apart into digital bits, floating in the air.

All three members of Team Zero looked sickened by the sound and sight they had just had done before them. Akina had to turn away, covering her mouth to keep herself from puking all over the place. Reku looked up at Chime in anger, he felt furious that Ronin's monster was destroyed, and it seemed to have suffered.

Ronin though was stunned. He felt a sudden weakness, like his inner strength had suddenly been drained. He had never felt such a feeling before, but it felt like his monster had been connected to his inner energy and when it went, so did a portion of his energy. Glaring at Chime, he watched as the monster that had just attacked him walked casually back to its spot on her field.

"So I think I'll set this card face down on my field, to end my turn." Chime announced, sliding a card from her hand behind the monster card on her field. The hologram appeared behind her monster in a flash of light.

"My move then, draw!" Reku yelled, snapping the top card off his deck. After sliding the card into his hand, he observed all the cards he was holding. "There are a few combo's I could pull off, but they would leave my field open. I can't afford to be reckless now." Looking up, he sighed at the site of his only monster. "I end my turn."

"Reku doesn't have much to play with!" Ronin realized seeing the hurt look on his friends face at the move he just made, or lack there of. Sliding a card off his deck, Ronin prepared to make his move. "First I draw. Next I summon my monster Humanoid Slime (800/2000) in face up defense mode."

A rush of energy signaled the arrival of the gel like beast. The monster crossed its human like hand and scythe like arm across the yellow vest that adorned its chest. The beast was made of clear liquid gel that rippled a bit and shimmered in the light of the dome.

"I end my move." Ronin announced, bitting his lip a bit. Looking down, he saw a hand full of combos, but they were impossible to do without setting a few traps. "That Orichalcos Abhorrence has hindered us so much this game already." Narrowing his brow, Ronin glared at the dark colored monster. "How are we going to get past that thing?"

"My turn again." Akina announced, sliding the top card off her deck. Her eyes looked pleased gazing at the newly drawn card. Under her breath she mumbled; "I can beat it." Looking up, Akina glanced over to her team mates. Keeping a serious expression on her face, she sighed before continuing to speak. "Guys, I have a plan that could possibly take down that over-grown doggie of hers. But I will need your help to do it, may I have your monsters?"

"Akina." Ronin looked over at Reku, getting a quick nod before turning back to face her. "We are a team. We're going to need to do this as a team. Do anything you must, we trust your judgement."

"Thanks Ronin." Akina said, letting a smile drift across her face. Turning back to Chime, the serious look dawned on her face again. Holding up the card she had drawn, she flipped it around in her slender fingers before sliding it into the duel disk slot. "Magic card activate now! Bronze, Silver, and Gold Sword Ritual!"

Three large pale yellow pillars of light blasted up around the three defending monsters on Team Zero's side of the field. Rushing towards the ceiling, the pillars of light began to bulge. out, showing a growing bright ball inside. Bursting out of the pillar, the three familiar warrior monsters landed on the field.

"I sacrifice my Swordsman of Landstar, Ronin's Humanoid Slime, and Reku's Thing in the Crater in order to summon Gold Loyal Knight (1600/1000)." The gold armor warrior crashed down on the field before its master. Whipping its long silver blade through the air and taking a fighting stance.

"Silver Loyal Knight (1500/900)!" Ronin cried out as the silver armored warrior landing in front of him with a loud clank. Slicing its own sword through the air, it also took a fighting stance, preparing to do battle.

"And Bronze Loyal Knight (1400/800)!" Reku yelled as his own knight monster, covered in a shining bronze colored armor landed in front of him. Like its companions, it twirled its sword through the air and took up a battle stance.

"So you have little knight cards on the field. Your other monsters at least looked like they could do something, but these..." Chime trailed off just enough to laugh into the heel of her hand. "These creatures are nothing more than pathetic."

"You'll see how strong these creatures are Chime." Akina said, whipping her arm to down across her body. "Me and my friends are knights in this epic battle, and we are loyal to what is right, true, and to each other. Together we will bring you down."

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Start of the epic battle. Seems a bit one sided I know, but Team Zero aren't just going to get to slide yet. They may have made a good move, but lets see if Akina's Loyal Knights can help at all in bringing Chime down.

Well hello all. I bet you all thought I dropped off the face of the earth. Well...you won't get that lucky. Instead, you get my long awaited for chapter update. Now lets see...

To LucienShadowMaster: Well, he gave all his darkness to the card, sending it at Hygin and making a darkness back up that back fired and gave Ryokurio one finial wish. So Ryokurio wished Hygin were sealed up. Ok, let see, if something doesn't make sense to you in my world, assume it makes perfect sense. Cause it truely does, you just don't understand how much sense it makes.

To Dragon and Sword Master: Look at my reply to LucienShadowMaster. It'll all become so very clear.

To Vyser Adept of Dragons: Nope, we never get what we want in life.

To John: True, well, all bad guys normally lose in the end. That is the law of fiction. Good wins, bad falls. I should change that sometime. Anyways, Ryokurio breaking the power of the seal came when he realized Usami and Aliya were right. He let the darkness in his heart grow with the thought of power.

To J.G. the Game Master: Yea, Chime Time...coughknewthatjokewascomingcough... But anyways, I do belive that one of your monsters made its apperence. Hope you enjoyed that.

To Darksoulkai: Thanks.
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