The Tiger Took My Sanity
Chapter 11 - symbolic
Author's notes:
I've been quite busy as of late. My activity level isn't going to drop, either. Therefore, my updates are going to be infrequent until mid-May or so. Sorry for the delay.
Caorann fridh Bronach, because of the sheer number of reviews you've submitted, you're getting a gift certificate to a bakery, a plate lunch place, and a sushi store. Enjoy!
The link to the Moronic Captain's equation is in my profile. . .but it is NOT my homepage link! Copy and past the text link into your browser, and calculate!
Fifilafemme and RykenInverse, you're getting malasadas from a very special bakery in Hawaii. Please don't drop sugar all over the place!
I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh!. . .and the rest is at the end of this chapter, as usual.
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Bakura mentally sighed to himself, but made sure that his face didn't reflect his state of mind. He was running pitifully short on cards, and Tea had a positive battering ram on her side of the field. Worse yet, Ryou had already used his Change of Heart on some other creature, to no effect. It wasn't fair!
The tomb robber sighed, then drew. He'd have to draw something good, or he'd be cooked like a Sunday ham (whatever that was). He looked at the card he drew. Perhaps his luck was turning around. . .
WTF-47
DJ Yuz
If you can reach a plate of spaghetti without moving your rear end, you can Special Summon this monster without a tribute.
Dark/Spiky-Haired Guy; 5; 2200/1500/Effect; Common
The aforementioned plate of spaghetti was on a small table right next to Bakura. Bakura grinned as widely as he could. This duel wasn't over by a long shot!
"I think I'll summon this!" Bakura slammed his newfound savior onto the field. The light slowly took form. K-na shook his head. Tea could only gape.
Bakura's monster had red hair that somehow outdid Yugi's spikiness, Varon's volume, and Tristan's lack of taste. The boundary between his forehead and his hair was blocked by a metallic, spiky headband that could have been used to hang clothes (or something). Brown-red eyes met K-na's sometimes-blue-sometimes-green-depends-on-the-artist's-intention eyes. His clothing was made up of a rather boring T-shirt and pants. Many, many bracelets decorated Yuz's wrists.
"What is that?" Tea asked VERY slowly. Bakura licked his lips.
"It's my new friend. How do you like him?" the tomb robber asked. Yuz's head turned towards the spaghetti near Bakura. The monster with the red hair reached into a random plot hole and pulled out a plate of spaghetti, which he began to devour messily. K-na went white. Tea went green. Bakura turned some shade between green and white. Even Ryou, during his mad caffeine rushes, didn't eat THAT messily!
"He needs a napkin," Tea said hesitantly. Yuz reached through another plot hole, grabbed a napkin, and wiped his face clean of spaghetti sauce. K-na, being the intelligent man that he's supposed to be, had his nose buried in a book.
"Then I'll play my Pot of Greed, set these face-down, and end my turn," Bakura said sweetly. Tea grimaced. K-na turned green. Yuz turned white. Two cards appeared behind Yuz. Yuz did his best to avoid them.
"I think I'll run over you new friend," Tea said sarcastically. Several people hit the floor hard. Since when was Tea sarcastic?
A VERY LARGE sheaf of papers appeared in K-na's hands. He hurled them towards Yuz. Suddenly, the papers flew away from Yuz. Tea did her best to shield herself as the papers went after her head. Bakura stood over one of his cards, beaming proudly.
"Take that, you brat," Bakura said triumphantly. Tea glared at Bakura's Magic Cylinders. Her life dropped dramatically.
"I'll set a couple of my own cards face-down AND set another monster face-down and end my turn." A feisty snarl decorated Tea's dainty features.
"Now, now, no need to get nasty," Bakura said, as he drew. . .his Bait Doll. Bakura growled. He peeked at his set card. It didn't matter what Tea had set down. Really, it didn't.
WTF-7
Hit That! (but not that)
This card can only be actived during the Battle Phase. Search your Deck for a non-monster card, then put that card face-down off the field. Put the target monster next to the pulled card. Shuffle the monster and the pulled card around. Spectators are allowed to yell and point at the card they think is the monster. After 10 seconds, your opponent must guess which card is the monster card. If he/she guesses correctly, the monster is destroyed, and you take Direct Damage equal to the Attack of the destroyed monster. If he/she guesses wrong, add the card that you pulled to your hand, and negate all damage done to you and the target monster for the current Battle Phase. Regardless of the outcome, shuffle your deck.
Common (Trap)
He could take any one of his monster's attacks as a Life Point deficit, and he'd still be alive. Tea, on the other hand. . .if he knew her correctly. . .that Bait Doll was going to win the duel for him.
"First I'll. . ." Bakura said, his voice trailing off. He read the effect of the card he held. Perhaps this wasn't the best move.
WTF-49
DJ Daruma
This card's attack is the combined attack of all face-up monsters on your side of the field (except for this monster) divided by the number of monsters on your side of the field (except for this monster).
Light/Genius Slacker/Effect; 3; 0/0; Rare
By his calculations, his little Genius Slacker would be a 1400ish monster, BUT the minute DJ Yuz left the field, Daruma would be worthless. Daruma stared at him through the card, his green hood obscuring his face. It wasn't the best move at all. The Morphing Jar grinned at him. On secod thought, it was his only move.
"I'll summon the almighty DJ Daruma! Come out!" K-na and Yuz hit the floor hard. The figure that appeared from the light looked to be about as old as the middle Kaiba brother, if there was a middle Kaiba brother. His green hood obscured his face and hair. He wore an orange, puffy vest and army pants. From the way his eyes moved, the new DJ looked like he yawned.
"Then I'll play Autonomous Action Unit to yank a monster from your graveyard to my side of the field!" Bakura's Life Points obliginly dropped by 1500, as the card he activated pulled something out of Tea's graveyard. Bakura didn't care what he pulled. The monster materialized. It was a pair of Bite Shoes. EVERYONE except for Tea facefaulted hard.
"WHAT!" Tea said in reaction to the facefaults. Everyone facefaulted again. Bakura sighed. He'd better win this one!
"I'll also remove an Earth monster from my graveyard to summon this for no reason at all! Come on out!" Gigantes obeyed. Yuz jumped back a few paces. Daruma had fallen asleep, his attack displayed as "?". Gigantes burped. Tea's face screwed up into a grimace. Bakura was far from done!
"Then I play my Bait Doll. . .AGAIN! MWAHAHAHAHA!" Tea sighed. K-na looked like he sighed. Daruma scratched at something within his hood. Tea's eyebrow went up as she obliginly activated the card Bakura had pointed to.
WTF-48
Tekka's Sushi
Flip a coin and call it. If you call it right, gain life equal to the number of monsters on the field x 300 Life Points. If you call it wrong, take damage equal to the number of the monsters on the field x 300 Life Points.
Common (Trap)
"I call tails," Tea said smoothly. She sounded SO confident. One hour of her time rested on this coin flip. The coin went up. . .
. . .and came back down as heads. Tea blinked as 1800 Life Points were suddenly subtracted. Bakura had won the duel. He grinned, and his mental lock slipped. Ryou reappeared, completely bewildered.
"Yo Tea! Don't feel too bad." Joey ran over to Tea, who looked like she could use a hug (but NOT from him!).
"Whatever. You still owe me an apology for calling me a whiny brat," Rebecca said calmly. She wore a grin that was almost too big for her face.
"You lost?" Tea asked, far more blunt that normal. Joey nodded, his face drooping. Rebecca beamed. It was painful to watch.
"You and your stupid. . .I demand a rematch!" Rex growled out. Mako threw back his head and laughed heartily.
"It wasn't MY Level Limit that messed you up, and it's not MY fault that I knew how to use Offerings to the Doomed to good effect!" Mako said happily. Rex glared.
"Pfft. Kids. At least they had a winner," Malik growled out. Some biker guy that Ryou hadn't really been introduced to nodded sagely.
"What happened?" Ryou asked, calmly. Malik smiled at the white-haired boy. The two had quite a bit in common, and made sure to stay in touch (BUT NOT LIKE THAT, YOU SICK, SICK PEOPLE!).
"Raphael over there threatened to steal one of my monsters. I used Destruction Ring on it as a last-ditch effort to win the duel. He then Ceasefired me! It was a draw!" Ryou blinked. Drawing a duel was a good deal harder than winning a duel (usually).
"Well, that ends the duels! Don't forget to see the guy in the suit near the door for your thank-you gifts! Feel free to stay and duel! Farewell!" Pegasus fairly flew off the stage. Ryou idly wondered if the CEO of Industrial Illusions needed to go to the bathroom.
"Hey, has anyone seen Kaiba around?" Joey asked.
"Don't you get tired of losing!" Rebecca asked, more insistently.
Ryou sighed. How DID he get into this mess?
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I'm sorry if this fic refused to end!
I do NOT own Beatmania IIDX (insert style here), any of the artwork, the song "symbolic" (that's owned by TaQ), the song "Hit That!" (I don't know the artist off the top of my head), or anything else that isn't a Beatmania IIDX 10th Style OST.
"symbolic" is the final song in the Assault course. . .and it sounds cool. This is the final fic in the mini-series (but this fic isn't done yet!)
DJ Yuz is DJ #1, and technically made his debut in 2nd Style. He's a BIG fan of spaghetti, and also seemed to have a crush on DJ Celica (I don't know if he still does). Last but not least, he was DJ Shiki's one-time IIDX teacher.
Hit That! (but not that) was an idea from a friend of mine.
DJ Daruma made his debut in 8th Style. He's the same age as DJ Tsugaru, but hides his face under his mask to make sure that Tsugaru doesn't recognize him when the two of them are out late at night playing IIDX (don't ask). He can be smart. . .if he wants to be.
Tekka's Sushi is a reference to DJ Tekka (obviously). The effect is sort of like a Gift of the Mystical Elf gone horribly wrong.
Anyone that doesn't know what Change of Heart, Pot of Greed, and Magic Cylinders does hasn't been paying attention.
Autonomous Action Unit is a common card that allows a player to revive a monster from his/her opponent's Graveyard at a cost of 1500 Life Points. Tea's Bite Shoes is a running, inside joke.
Gigantes is a Special Summon that involves removing an Earth monster from your own graveyard. Its other effect was not used here.
Offerings to the Doomed will destroy a face-up monster. . .but then the player who activated it skips their next Draw Phase. It can be used to keep from decking out (though that use is not recommended).
Destruction Ring will destroy a monster on the player's side of the field, and inflict 1000 points of damage to both players.
Ceasefire flips all monsters face-up (no Flip Effects), and deals 500 points of damage to the opponent for every Effect monster on the field.
I think that's all of them. . .please review!