Chapter 7 - Dive
Author's notes:
This is part one of four chapters. The other three chapters will have names that are explained later.
I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh. . .and the rest of the disclaimer is at the bottom of this chapter.
Yugi walked around, looking at the four matches. They had all started at more or less the same time. Rebecca turned his way and smiled. Joey turned and grimaced. Yugi felt sorry for both blondes. Rebecca, despite her supersonic voice and irritating attitude, was actually a good duelist. Joey could pull off the strangest things at the right time, making him a somewhat dangerous opponent. It was going to be interesting.
To the left of them, Mako and Rex glared at each other, unsure of what to say to the other. They'd seen each other in various tournaments, but never got around to challenging each other. Mako drew first.
Yugi wandered towards the back wall, and stumbled over something. It was one of Espa Roba's siblings. He started to cry. The former owner of Jinzo walked over. Yugi hastily apologized. Espa nodded his acknowledgement, and took the whiny whe, er, smaller child away. In the process, Espa dropped his card. Yugi picked it up and read. He squinted hard. The text was ant-sized!
WTF-59
Volume Control
This card can only be activated during the Battle Phase. Your opponent
must write down the volume of any compound (other than water), by
solving the equation PV equals nRT, where n 3.14 (make up the rest,
except for what your opponent is solving for, and the constant that
appears in this equation). If your opponent is not familiar with the
equation, or if your opponent cannot solve the equation, your
opponent's Battle Phase ends. If your opponent solves the equation
successfully, you cannot activate any more Magic or Trap cards during
this Battle Phase.
Common (Trap)
"I'd say you had better luck than me," Yugi commented, as he handed the card back to Espa. Espa arched an eyebrow. Yugi took out his card and gave it to Espa. Espa's eyes widened. A thin trickle of blood made its way from Espa's nose down to his chin. He hastily wiped it away.
"That. . .ah. . .I gotta go!" Espa ran off with his younger brother tucked under his arm. Yugi watched him go. His card didn't warrant THAT kind of reaction. . .did it?
Tea and Bakura had already started. Tea had set a monster and some magic/trap card. Bakura drew. Tea looked nervous. Bakura looked to be about the same shade as his hair. It wasn't going to be an easy duel for either of them.
A growl from Yugi's right caught his attention. Malik sneered at his hand. Raphael regarded his opponent calmly. As Malik held six cards, it was obviously his turn. He growled again.
"I play this in attack mode, for lack of anything better to do," the white-haired duelist spat out. In moments, a man with lemming green hair bound in a reddish bandanna sprung forth from the light. Light reflected off his bling-bling and bright white teeth. The entire effect made the monster seem like the green-haired, gangsta version of Bandit Keith, sans sunglasses, stubble and five years. Yugi quickly snuck around Malik and read the card effect.
WTF-23
DJ Duel
If there is a beverage container face-up on the table within your reach
that specifically designates itself as a container of some variation of
"tea", then this card cannot be the target of Spell or Trap cards.
Water/Transfer Student/Effect; 4; 1600/600; Common
The aforementioned container of tea was on a small table next to Raphael. No wonder Malik was unhappy!
"I'll place these two face down and end my turn. Your move, fairy." Yugi gulped hard. Malik didn't mean what he just said. . .or so the spiky-haired schoolboy hoped. Raphael had a terrible temper!
Raphael didn't seem to notice the obvious insult to his sexuality. He was either very confident. . .or very, very not straight. Yugi couldn't hold his concentration, and the pharoah escaped from the puzzle.
The pharoah looked around. A green-haired monster that looked like Bandit Keith stood on Malik's side of the field. Raphael looked stoic as ever.
"I'll play this in attack mode, too," the bigger duelist said calmly. The pharoah peered over Raphael's shoulder. He gasped. This was impossible!
WTF-26
DJ Tekka
Any Water-type monster that battles with this monster is immediately
turned into sushi, and is destroyed without applying damage to
anything. You gain Life Points equal to half of the base Attack of the
monster destroyed with this monster's effect. If you are allergic to
seafood, too bad.
Fire/Sushi Chef/Effect; 4; 1900/800; Super Rare
From the floor tile, a young man with short red hair emerged. A pair of goggles perched precariously over his glasses. He wore a black jacket with a thick yellow and orange stripe across its chest, matching black pants, sneaker, and fingerless gloves, and a big grin.
"Just to make things interesting, I'll equip my monster with this!" The pharoah strained to read the text. He gasped again. What DID Raphael step in this morning?
WTF-12
Noodles by Nyah
Increase the equipped monster's Attack by 500 Points. The equipped
monster cannot change battle position until this card is removed from
the field.
Rare; Equip
"Alright Tekka, it's time to make sushi," Raphael said, with no trace of emotion. Tekka turned back and arched an eyebrow at Raphael. Raphael nodded. Tekka threw his hands up in the air. A piece of paper and a pen appeared in the monster's hands. He scribbled something, and turned to Raphael. His sign read, "I prepare seafood sushi, NOT human sushi!" Raphael buried his head in his hands. Malik looked on, completely speechless.
"There's NOTHING on your card text that prevents you from using your ability," Raphael stated firmly. Suddenly, Duel started moving. In moments, he held out a slab of some sort of seafood. He grinned. Tekka returned the grin, and brought out a VERY big knife. Duel tossed the seafood in the air, then disappeared. Tekka's movements were obscured by the cloud of smoke formed from his furious work. He held out a platter of tekka sushi. It disappeared, and Raphael found himself with 800 more Life Points than what he'd started with. Malik continued to stare.
"I'll place these three cards face down, and end my turn. By the way, your sister has a better ass than you." Malik choked. Raphael turned to the bright-red pharoah and winked. Yugi took over. He smiled in understanding. While his soul was stuck in the Seal, he'd had a chance to chat with Amelda and Varon. Both had assured him that Raphael's tastes were for women, though neither could figure out what kind of woman their companion wanted. Amelda had made it pretty clear that he'd go for anyone in a skirt. Varon had nursed a fairly large crush on Mai. Yugi didn't bother to tell either of them of his own small attraction to a certain brown-haired friend of his. He was certain the she wanted to date a guy that was taller than her.
It was Malik's turn, and he looked grim. Raphael looked calm as ever.
Author's note:
I'll be coming back to them, I promise!
For the rest of the disclaimer. . .
I do NOT own Beatmania IIDX (insert style here), any of the songs, any of the characters, or the song "Dive" (that's owned by Naoki and BeForU).
Volume Control is a BAD name for Espa's card, but I was plumb out of ideas! PV equals nRT is a basic chemistry equation.
DJ Duel was a transfer student from England. He has since graduated, and speaks. . .oddly. He also likes his morning tea; thus, his effect. He made his debut on 3rd Style.
DJ Tekka is the newest male DJ of the series. He's going to inherit his grandfather's sushi business, so he's trying to become a good sushi chef. Due to a rather embarrassing incident involving several other DJs, he has started to play IIDX, though he's not that good at it. His DJ name is a type of sushi (don't ask). He made his debut on 10th Style (IIDX RED featured a female DJ).
Noodles by Nyah is a reference to DJ Nyah's cooking. It's supposedly very good. DJ Shiki is hopelessly addicted to it; he brings leftovers (from her family's restaurant) home to his family when he can.
Dive is a song that appeared only on Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix (which is a pity, because it had GOOD steps). It spawned three remixes that I know of. The rest of the chapters in this little mini-series will be named after the remixes, in the order I learned of them.
Alright, that's it for me!