The Tiger Took My Sanity
Chapter 10 - Into the Night
Fifilafemme, you get a custard tart. RykenInverse, you have a chance of getting a custard tart. . .but you're gonna have to catch Miledy first. I write these stories in the middle of the night, and I am assuming that my readers, if they are curious enough, will have the brains to do some research on the cards (or they are already familiar with said cards).
I'm sorry for being away for so long! I've been busy!
Varon: Three midterms? That's it?
Me: Like YOU'RE in college.
Anyway. . .I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Fire Emblem 6. . .ah, heck, the rest of this is at the end of this chapter!
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Ryou looked down at the field. Both duelists had a set monster and three additional cards face-down on the field. Neither was eager to trip his/her opponent's set cards. Thus, Ryou held a hand of seven cards, while Tea held six. The man of the duel pondered his move. The woman of the duel seemed to have exactly half her attention on the duel. The other half appeared to wander from person to person.
Stuck in indecision, the blue/white-haired boy didn't pay enough attention to a certain Ring. The Ring flared to life, and Bakura came out. The tomb robber wanted earplugs. The last girly shriek that had woken him up had left his ears ringing. . .and ringing. . .and ringing.
Instead, the tomb robber found himself facing off against a girl. Maybe she was the one responsible for the horrid shriek. It didn't matter. He held seven cards, and he didn't recognize a single one. It was time to start reading his hand. . .and his side of the field.
"Ah. . .interesting. Perhaps there IS a brain in there. I'll activate this card. Not that a girl like you would know its powers." Bakura felt a smile come to his lips when the girl in front of him gestured VERY rudely. A name floated in the back of his mind. The cheeky girl in front of him was known as Tea.
"This is the THIRD time I've been hit with that Bait Doll, thankyouverymuch," she said, her irritation very much evident in her voice.
"Very well. Your middle card, please," Bakura said, his voice as smooth as Tea's legs appeared to be. He licked his lips, and welcomed the thoughts about Tea's legs openly. If only the schoolgirl in front of him knew what was running through his mind. . .
Tea activated her middle card obligingly, then showed off her middle finger. Bakura's grin widened. She liked to play tough. He could do that, too.
Bakura had forced the activation of Tea's Jar of Greed. She would draw one card, and he couldn't do anything about it. . .or so he hoped she thought. Didn't Ryou set something JUST for this situation?
"I'd like to activate this in response to your draw," the tomb robber said calmly. One of Tea's eyebrows went up as she studied the card he'd just activated.
WTF-29
Pass The Pot
You can only activate this card when your opponent attempts to draw outside of his/her Draw Phase. You and your opponent draw cards equal to the number of cards that your opponent is supposed to draw. If you and/or your opponent are using distinct deck sleeves, you must draw from each other's decks. Please return the cards to their respective owners after the Duel.
Super Rare (Trap)
Tea looked down at her sleeveless cards. Bakura knew that Ryou was too careless to put his cards into sleeves. Tea drew her card. Bakura drew his. Somewhere deep in the recesses of his mind, Ryou protested. It probably had to do with his thoughts about Tea. Poor innocent Ryou couldn't think of anything related to the finer points of "fun" without turning Star Boy red. The thought of destroying such innocence made Bakura grin toothily. A look of sheer disgust played over Tea's features. She must have thought he was grinning at her.
"Well now, looks like my Bait Doll has done its job." Bakura placed the Bait Doll back into his deck, and shuffled the latter very well.
"And now I'll flip this little card Ryou set. I'm sure you'll LOVE it!" Bakura giggled as he flipped Ryou's Morphing Jar. Tea glared, and activated something.
"You and your effects are driving me nuts! Solemn Judgment!" Bakura whistled silently to himself. Solemn Judgment was a VERY rare card indeed. Ryou had set a counter for it. Too bad for her.
WTF-40
Call and Raise
You can only activate this card when your opponent activates a card effect that specifies a fractional amount of Life Points to be paid. Your opponent must pay the amount specified by the card, as well as an additional 20 of the amount specified by the card. If you opponent cannot/will not, negate the card effect, and if that card is a Magic or Trap card, destroy it.
Common; Counter (Trap)
"So, dearie, do you think it's worth 60 of your life to stop my Morphing Jar," he asked, completely calm. He really didn't care what she said.
"I'm not going to give you that much of an advantage," she retorted. She was quite feisty. He would have to fix that.
Bakura grinned as he drew his new hand. He'd drawn Ryou's Bait Doll again. His grin turned into a grimace. What did he do to deserve this?
"I'll play this card AGAIN, just to make sure you never, ever forget about it," Bakura said roughly. Tea rolled her eyes and flipped her face-down card up. It was a Book of Moon, which was a Magic card. The Book of Moon went face-down. Bakura shuffled his deck again. If he drew that Bait Doll again, someone was going to pay dearly!
"Now I'll set this monster, and let you go, sweetie," the tomb robber said, his voice thick with emotions he hoped she heard. Tea's expression became dark. She had caught the hint.
"I'll sacrifice my face-down monster to summon this!" Bakura blinked. WHAT was that?
WTF-6
DJ K-Na
Any Dark-type Monster that is dumb enough to battle this monster deserves to be destroyed by this monster's effect without going into damage calculation. This effect will NOT work on "DJ Lilith" (not that you'll need it).
Fire/Monster Programmer/Effect; 6; 2450; 2600; Super Rare
The light from one of Tea's floor tiles disappeared. A man with unruly white hair, ice-blue eyes, and a bright yellow shirt appeared. He held up a sign. It read, "Are YOU burning?"
Bakura rolled his eyes. He wasn't about to be outdone by some sorry wannabe of himself. Even if this wannabe had really nice stats. Like a good girl, Tea declared an attack.
"Not so fast, dear. I'll activate this. Let's see you get around that," Bakura said, as he activated the last card Ryou had set. WHY did Ryou play with such ridiculous cards?
WTF-8
bit mania
This card can only be activated during your opponent's Battle Phase. Your opponent must express the Attack of one face-up monster on his/her side of the field in binary, and show his/her work. If he/she cannot, the selected monster cannot attack until your opponent's next Battle Phase.
Common (Trap)
K-Na looked down at himself. A longish piece of paper and a pen appeared in his hands. He scribbled something down, and turned towards Tea. The brainless schoolgirl looked puzzled. K-Na motioned at something he had written. A small light bulb went off above Tea's head.
"100110010010," Tea recited. K-Na gave her an enthusiastic thumbs-up before dropping a LARGE sheaf of papers on Bakura's face-down monster (which was a Sangan, if anyone cares about such details). The critter gave a cry of pain before disappearing. Bakura thumbed through the sorry remnants of Ryou's deck, pausing to read every other card. An unfamiliar card intrigued him. He pulled it out, and showed it to Tea (because Pegasus happened to be staring at him). One of K-Na's bushy eyebrows went up.
"I demand to see the work behind that recitation," Bakura said, his voice coming as close to a monotone as his personality would allow. K-Na turned towards him and took out a piece of paper. Scribbles of nonsense decorated the paper in question. Bakura didn't have a clue as to what those scribbles meant, or what binary was supposed to be. It had been a bluff, and Bakura had lost miserably.
"Hey you two," Pegasus said, his voice cracking somewhat due to the microphone, "WILL YOU HURRY UP!" Bakura looked around. Some musclehead and Malik seemed to be involved in some sort of discussion, giggles occasionally coming from both of them. Yugi's pet dog and a little girl were also attempting to talk, but the latter kept sticking her tongue out at the former. Two guys that weren't worth remembering glared at each other. Bakura and Tea were the only ones duelling.
"Well. . .fine, you one-eyed freak," Bakura said, with a sneer. Pegasus sneered back. "If I don't win this duel in four turns, I will forfeit. If I do win this duel, Tea comes with me for an hour."
"NOT A CHANCE!" Tea screamed. Everyone in sight jumped back a few paces. Bakura licked his lips, and made sure that it wasn't a subtle gesture. He was going to have fun with his victim.
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Author's notes, again:
I do NOT own Beatmania IIDX (insert style here), any of the characters, the song "Dive Into Your Heart" (that's owned by Riyu Kosaka), or any Millennium Items.
"Pass the Pot" was a term coined by several of my friends, whenever someone played "Pot of Greed". It was our way of saying that WE wanted to draw cards. I made up the rest of the effect of "Pass the Pot" (BTW, this is one of the 64 inappropriate references this story is rated for).
"Call and Raise" is a poker term, adapted for my evil purposes.
DJ K-Na made his debut on 5th Style. He's a very frank man, and the little sign he held when he was summoned is a phrase he uses on random people. Despite his strange appearances and mannerisms, he's a VERY good hacker, and he has an apprentice, who will be introduced later. Eyebrows aside, he looks awesome.
bit mania is the a song that debuted on 8th Style, and is owned by Akira Yamaoka. Anyone familiar with bits and binary should see the connection. If anyone wants to verify K-Na's binary, feel free to do so. The binary effect was made as a request from a friend.
I PROMISE to finish this duel (as well as give out the rest of the duel results) in the next chapter, which I hope to finish sometime before Spring Break is over.