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Previously:
An average day at Kaiba Corp. turns into anything but when a young man shows up and starts tossing fireballs all around the office building! He claims his name is Tim Hokage, and manages to get a meeting and duel with the CEO: Seto Kaiba himself.
For some reason, Tim went through an awful lot of trouble to get a duel. And now he's taken the lead in this one against one of the greats!
Chapter 4
Stirring the Ashes
As Seto and Tim continued their duel, neither of them realized that someone else had been drawn to the ruckus Tim had caused.
Making his way up a second set of emergency stairs was a boy, possibly in his early teens with long black hair down past his shoulders, wearing a blue t-shirt, jeans, and a brown vest. The boy came to a stop as he looked back and saw three guards struggling with their gear behind him.
"Come on, hurry up!" The boy yelled, "Seto is in trouble remember? What is he paying you guys for!"
"Coming Mr. Mokuba!" One of the guards said as he lugged a fire extinguisher over his shoulder.
Looking up the stairs, Mokuba Kaiba winced as he heard the screech of a monster being destroyed.
"Hang in there Seto." He prayed, just as he had been since the guards warned him about the attack.
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Kaiba drew his next card and the frustrated look on his face gave way to a devilish smirk.
"I hope you realize that you never stood a chance against me, and if you didn't then this should serve as a harsh reminder. I summon my Kaiser Sea Horse (1700/1500)!"
A blue skinned warrior carrying a long spear appeared on the field.
"Now Kaiser attack that Flame Ruler (1500/1600) with your trident thrust!"
Kaiba's deep blue sea warrior lunged forward to destroy Tim's monster, but the fire duelist just shook his head.
"Tsk Tsk Mr. Kaiba, you're much too hasty. I'll use my Sakuretsu Armor to destroy your Sea Horse."
Flame Ruler was suddenly encased in black stone armor and swung its rock covered fist into the stomach of Kaiba's monster. Kaiba winced as his creature burst apart, leaving him defenseless once again.
Tim just laughed.
"You know I almost forgot I had that, and I was thinking what an idiot I was for not using it." He said, "But as soon as I drew my Fairy Meteor Crush card I realized it wasn't that big a deal after all!"
Kaiba sighed, "I'll lay two cards face down. That's all for my turn."
Tim drew and looked at the three cards in his hand.
"Good news Mr. Kaiba, I won't be taking much more of your time. I'm going to make sure that you don't have the chance to overpower me again by playing this: THE ELEMENTAL SEAL OF FIRE!"
Now the ground between the two foes began to smoke as a bright red picture of a fire appeared in the center of the floor.
Suddenly the door to the room burst open revealing Mokuba with the three armed guards carrying fire extinguishers behind him, who got a two second glance of the scene in front of them before a circle of fire extended from the floor to the ceiling all around the duel!
"Seto!" Mokuba shouted.
He quickly turned to the guards.
"Don't just stand there you morons! One of you call the fire department!"
"Yes sir!" the guards chorused.
"We're gonna need more fire extinguishers." One of the guards muttered as he ran out the door.
Mokuba and the remaining guards shot at the wall of flame with the carbon dioxide foam from their tools, but managed no progress at all.
Mokuba glared at the flames.
"I'm gonna find more extinguishers, you two wait here and grab that kid if he comes out!" Mokuba ordered
"Yes sir!" The two remaining guards responded
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Within the circle Tim smiled as he heard the guards obey.
"Taking orders from a kid. Boy have they hit a new low." He mused.
Tim laughed as a red tattoo that looked like fire appeared on his arms and face and his eyes began to burn with bright red flames.
"Now then let me explain the effects of my card. One, every creature of fire on my side of the field gains 200 attack points. Two, every monster that I control becomes a creature of fire. Three, it can only be destroyed if I allow it to be. Four, as I'll show you now," Tim stated as he put a card from his hand into the graveyard, "I can discard a monster from my hand and half of its attack points will be deducted from your life points. And I just discarded Fire Yarou (1300/1200)!"
Kaiba let out a scream of pain as a column of flame suddenly burst up around his left hand, leaving a few blisters on the back of it!
Kaiba LP: 5850
Tim LP: 7950
Tim just smiled at his opponent.
"Oh yeah. Five, the monsters and their attacks become real. I'll finish my turn by playing my last card face down and attacking with my Flame Ruler (1700/1600)."
The Flame Ruler had changed its hair now blond with red streaks and the normal tattoos on its body had been replaced by copies of the ones on its master. It lunged toward Kaiba with a fist full of flame, but suddenly a second Flame Ruler appeared in front of Kaiba and both monsters were destroyed in a burst of heat!
"Hey, what gives!" Tim shouted, a frustrated look replacing the amused one.
Kaiba just smiled again.
"You didn't honestly think that I'd let you damage me twice with the same monster did you? That's why I used my Physical Double Trap card to make a copy of your Flame Ruler, with all of the same powers and stats as the one you had. It intercepted your attack and so both monsters were destroyed. Now if you don't mind I believe that it's my turn."
"Bring it if you got it Mr. CEO," Tim challenged, "but from now on I won't be going easy on you!"
Kaiba drew his next card and looked over his hand. "I think it's time for me to replenish my hand a little. I activate Graceful Charity."
Kaiba swiftly picked up the top three cards of his deck and sent two to his graveyard. Kaiba smiled as he flipped over his face down card.
"Time for me to bring in an old favorite of mine. I activate Call of the Haunted and bring forth my Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) which I sent to the grave with Graceful Charity!" He announced
There was a burst of light, causing Tim to cover his eyes for a second, and as it faded away a new monster appeared and what a monster it was!
The giant dragon roared in triumph, it's awesome power seemingly warping the air around its shimmering silver scales!
"Now my mighty monster, attack this fool's LP directly with white lightning!" Kaiba ordered.
The huge silvery dragon let out a roar and released a huge burst of energy from its mouth.
Tim shook his head as his final face down card turned over and a blast of wind fired at Kaiba's Call of the Haunted, destroying it and the Blue Eyes.
Kaiba mentally slapped himself.
"Of course this punk would have a Dust Tornado! I can't believe I fell for that! Oh well, I'll get him next time" He thought.
Kaiba placed his last two cards into his disk.
"I set one monster in defense mode and one card face down. Now it's your turn, and I recommend you use it wisely."
"I will Mr. Kaiba." Tim stated as he drew his next card, "I'll play Pot of Greed."
The fire duelist declared, picking up his top two cards.
Tim smirked as a little bit of blood dripped from his nose.
"You're in trouble. I'll play Premature Burial to bring back my Flame Ruler (1700/1600) at the cost of 800 LP."
Kaiba LP: 5850
Tim LP: 7150
The Flame Ruler burst forth from the floor, shaking clumps of expensive carpeting out of his hair.
Kaiba glared at the monster. "Any particular reason you brought back such a useless monster?" He growled.
"Actually, yes." Tim scoffed. "Now I'll summon my Hand of Nepthys (800/600) and use its special ability."
A woman in a golden bird mask and fiery red robes materialized on the field. Suddenly the woman and Flame Ruler were surrounded by a strange golden fire.
"What's going on?" Kaiba exclaimed.
Tim smiled and pulled a card out of his deck.
"My Hand of Nepthys lets me sacrifice her and one other creature to call forth my ultimate monster."
A glorious song filled the air as a huge, golden bird slowly descended to the field.
"Behold: the Sacred Phoenix of Nepthys (2600/1800)!" Tim shouted, his monster spreading its wings and letting out a mighty screech.
"Now my phoenix! Decimate his pathetic defenses with Sacred Wing Beat!"
The great beast launched a huge blast of flame toward Kaiba's monster, but was suddenly met with a glass shattering explosion. As the smoke cleared, no monsters were visible on the field.
"Let me guess: that was a Cyber Jar." Tim said.
Kaiba nodded with a smirk on his face.
"Not like it matters." Tim continued, "You're still toast."
Kaiba held up one finger,
"That depends on whether you draw any monsters to summon." He said, "I myself seem to have come across my Lord of D. (1200/800), La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp (1800/1000), and Kaibaman (200/300) and I'm placing them all in attack mode!"
In front of Kaiba appeared the three monsters. The first was a man wearing long brown robes and a dragon skull, the second a green skinned man whose legs disappeared into a giant golden lamp, and the last was the spitting image of the young CEO, except for the white and blue superhero getup he was wearing.
"Tough luck Kaiba." Tim retorted, "I got my Solar Flare Dragon (1700/1000) and a second Flame Ruler (1700/1600). Now my Flame Ruler will destroy the Lord of D. and my Solar Flare Dragon will attack Kaibaman!"
The two fiery monsters, a large flaming serpent and another man in a red vest, shot toward their targets, when a huge gravestone shot out of the ground and stopped them!
Kaiba laughed wickedly.
"I'm sorry; I should have told you: My facedown card was Negate Attack! So now I stopped your attack, and ended your battle phase. Tough luck"
Tim just shook his head.
"Hmph. That won't protect you forever. Besides, the Solar Flare Dragon deals 500 LP of damage at the end of my turn. So I'll lay a card facedown and end my turn now."
The serpentine fire dragon released a small fireball, which Kaiba intercepted with his free hand.
Kaiba LP: 5350
Tim LP: 7150
"I hope that you're ready to lose punk, because I've had enough of you and your stupid tricks!" Kaiba shouted as he drew his next card. "It's time to use my Card of Demise!"
Kaiba swept the top five cards of his deck into his hand and glanced over them.
"A pity." He sighed, "I didn't think it would be this easy. First I activate the Flute of Summoning Dragon."
The robed sorcerer held up a golden instrument and played a single clear note. Immediately a new Blue Eyes (3000/2500) appeared on the field, along with a second dragon which seemed to be constructed from diamonds.
"Meet my second Blue Eyes White Dragon and Hyozanryu (2100/2700)!" Kaiba shouted, "And before I attack I activate the power of Kaibaman to summon my final Blue Eyes White Dragon by sacrificing him."
Kaibaman held up a strange looking device and pressed a button on it. A flash of light filled the area and as it cleared, Kaiba's final dragon emerged. Kaiba began his trademark evil laughter.
"And now it's time to say 'goodbye.' Only for you it won't be so good. La Jinn and Hyozanryu will destroy your pathetic creatures and then both of my Blue Eyes and my Lord of Dragons will attack you directly and end this!"
"Oh cra…" That was as far as Tim got before a huge explosion of energy filled his side of the field.
Kaiba LP: 5350
Tim LP: 450
"And that's that." Kaiba said as turned around.
Then he noticed that the Seal of Fire was still there!
"What the…" Kaiba thought, "No! He must have saved himself somehow!"
Kaiba turned back to the opposite side of the field and, seeing no movement, became concerned.
"Not that I care, but are you okay in there?" He asked.
The dust cleared away and showed Tim, an evil grin plastered to his face and the air around him warping as if it was near a heater and the crystal in his arm band shining with a bright red light. On his duel disk shone the figures LP 450
"I'm just fine Mr. Kaiba. But I guarantee you won't be. I have to ask: is this the end of your turn?" Tim said.
Kaiba gave his foe a strange look. "Yes…now how did you save yourself and why are you acting weirder than you already were?"
"Because I know something you don't know." Tim taunted, "My facedown card was Enchanted Javelin, which added the attack of your Lord of Dragons to my LP, pretty much negating his attack."
As he drew his next card and a column of gold flame blasted up in front of him.
"Oh," He continued, "And I know a little something about a monster you blasted earlier!"
Kaiba stared as the Dragon's Bead melted away.
"What happened?" He shouted.
As the fire cleared, the Sacred Phoenix (2600/1800) could be seen raising its wings and letting out a triumphant song.
"My phoenix has a special ability." The fire duelist explained, "If it's destroyed by a trap, spell, or monster effect it just bounces back like a flaming super ball and destroys every spell and trap on the field, except of course for my Seal of Fire! Now I lay three cards face down"
The three cards materialized in front of Tim, and Kaiba stared up at the phoenix.
Tim pointed at Kaiba's genie. "Phoenix! I think rich boy has had enough wishes granted! Destroy La Jinn!"
The winged beast unleashed a golden fireball which wiped out the genie and engulfed Seto in a blast of heat!
Kaiba LP: 5350
Tim LP: 450
"This is the beginning of the end Kaiba. Oh, and it's your turn."
Kaiba drew his card and one of Tim's flipped over.
"Now I activate Secret Barrel!" Tim declared very quickly.
Kaiba barely had time to brace himself as a squadron of mini-cannons blasted away 200 LP for each card in his hand and on the field, along with adding a few holes to his clothes and a series of bruises where the weak shots hit him.
Kaiba LP: 3550
Tim LP: 450
Kaiba glare at his foe, and pointed at the phoenix.
"I'll bet that your monster can't come back if I destroy it in battle, so it's time for my Blue Eyes to wipe it out!" Kaiba's mighty dragon unleashed a humongous blast of electricity toward the winged beast.
Tim smiled as his second face down card flipped revealing a Mirror Force.
"Kwaping." Tim said with a smirk, imitating the sound of Kaiba's attack redirecting and all of his monsters being annihilated.
Kaiba gritted his teeth in anger as he held up another card and some of the blisters on the back of his hand ruptured.
"I'm not done yet! Activate Premature Burial to return one of the Blue Eyes at the cost of 800 LP."
The dragon blasted out of the ground and let out a threatening roar at Tim.
Kaiba LP: 2750
Tim LP: 450
"That's all I can do." Kaiba declared.
Tim drew another card.
"I activate the Card of Sanctity!" Tim declared, drawing six new cards and smiling.
"I'm going to enjoy watching you burn, Kaiba. I'll activate my face down Call of the Haunted to bring back my Blazing Inpachi (2050/0)."
A purple mist gathered on the field and came together to form a huge wooden machine covered in fire and red markings.
"Now I use Invocation of the Fire Master, and I'll sacrifice Raging Flame Sprite from my hand in order to summon: FIRE MASTER-PYROS (200/0)!"
A small, pixy-like creature appeared floating in the air for a second, before a card showing the shadow of a man wearing a huge tank walking out of a huge fire materialized behind her and absorbed the tiny fairy. The card itself floated backward into the flames around the duel and a shadow appeared within them.
A scrawny looking man wearing a factory worker's uniform, a huge empty tank on his back, and holding two guns which had tubes connecting them to the tank stepped out of the wall of flame surrounding the field.
Kaiba looked over the monster with an amused look on his face.
"I must have missed something here." The CEO snickered, "I thought you said I would burn, but this monster is nothing compared to my dragon."
Tim snickered a little in return.
"Don't worry." The fire duelist said, "He's about to get a lot stronger! Pyros let's me sacrifice one fire monster on my side of the field to increase his own attack by the original attack of the monster. So I'll tribute the Blazing Inpachi. And then I'll equip him with Salamantra, giving him a grand total of 2550 extra attack points!"
The wooden beast suddenly transformed into a sphere of lava and floated into the tank on Pyros's (2050/0) back. At the same time, a fiery dragon wrapped around the guns he was holding! Pyros (2750/0) held up his weapons, pointing them at Kaiba with a sadistic grin on his gaunt face.
Kaiba just shook his head.
"I believe you made a slight miscalculation. Your monster is still no match for mine!"
"That doesn't matter." Tim explained, "If I control more monsters than you do, Pyros can attack your LP directly!"
Kaiba's eyes widened at the news.
"NO!" He shouted as Tim pointed at him.
"Pyros attack him directly with Nocturne of Napalm!" Tim ordered.
Pyros let out a psychotic laugh as two streams of molten rock fired from his weapons, twisting over each other before they plowed directly into Kaiba, sending him to the floor with a huge hole burned through his shirt, and a large scorch mark on his chest.
Kaiba LP: 0
Tim LP: 450
Tim walked across the room, taunting Seto with each step.
"It seems as if you've run out of Life Points Kaiba." He teased.
Seto tried to rise to his feet, but it hurt too much to do much more then lie very, very still and keep from passing out. Each breath that Seto took in sent the taste of ashes through his mouth and a sharp pain through his chest.
Pyros and Tim soon stood over the once prideful and confident CEO, he held his manacle up to Kaiba and scoffed.
"Oh, how the mighty have fallen. To think, lord Needlez thought you were even worth my time."
Pyros began to laugh maniacally as he pointed his weapons toward Tim's fallen adversary and began to use them to extract a strange, red sphere out of Seto's chest.
Tim caught the tiny ball in the red gem on his arm as Seto let out a scream of pain. At the same time, the wall of fire around the duel collapsed.
Tim turned around and found himself facing two guards, who quickly reached for their weapons. Tim swiftly fired two small fireballs from his fingertips, shooting the cans of pepper spray and service revolvers right out of their holsters.
The guards were now paralyzed with fear.
Just then, Mokuba broke in through the doors again, this time wielding a fire extinguisher. He was too late however as the wall of flames that had surrounded the duel were now gone, as were all of the monsters that had once fought within the Seal of Fire.
Then Mokuba saw his older brother lying on the ground, motionless.
"Hey you jerk, what did you do to my brother!" He yelled
The fire duelist turned toward Mokuba and stared at him for a moment.
"What!" He thought "No one told me that my target had a brother!"
Tim quickly turned and ran for the window; a sphere of flame around each hand.
"HEY YOU STOP!" shouted the younger Kaiba brother, pointing the fire extinguisher at him.
As Tim reached the window he threw his hands forward and the flaming spheres shot out toward the glass barrier, melting it.
He jumped. The young fire-duelist leapt from the top floor of the smoldering structure that was once Kaiba Corp. just as he was about to hit the ground though, his shadow turned into a circle and moved directly beneath him. When he hit the shadow, he vanished.
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"And that's what happened." Tim said as he and Brian walked through Domino City Park.
Brian just shook his head.
"I'm not sure whether to murder you for being so unbelievably reckless, or be amazed that you actually defeated Seto Kaiba." He sighed.
Tim just flashed a smug smile to the duelist of darkness, who responded by smacking him in the back of the head.
"OW!" Tim shouted.
"Well, that's out of the way," Brian said with a grin, "nice work."
"Indeed." A voice echoed through their minds
Brian and Tim both gasped as a sphere of blue-green light appeared in front of them, radiating strange energy.
"My Lord." Brian thought.
"Save it, I'll deal with yew later." The voice said in a light Scottish accent, "I'm actually here to congratulate Tim. Fine job lad!"
"Thanks!" Tim thought, "It really wasn't that tough…"
"Are you joking!" Brian shouted in his mind, "If it hadn't been for the Enchanted Javelin you'd be in the same boat as me!"
"Incidentally," The voice broke in, "Why did yew use it on his Lord of Dragons and not one of the Blue Eyes. Yew could have since it doesn't really target…""Oh, I know that." Tim thought, "I just like messing with people. So, any word on the others?"
"Actually, I believe that the next two of our number are approaching their targets as we speak" The voice confirmed, "It shouldn't be long now."
Next Time:
We leave The Land of the Rising Sun, for a very different locale: the deserts of Egypt! There await two more targets of these mysterious duelists (you can probably guess who). A new power of the seals shall also be revealed in the next chapter
Time's Up.
See ya then!
Original Cards:
Elemental Seal of Fire
Spell Card
Field
Image of a red circle surrounded by strange red symbols. A drawing of a fire is in the center of the circle.
This card cannot be removed from the field. As long as this card remains on the field, increase the attack of all FIRE monsters by 200 points. The controller of this card may treat all monsters on his/her side of the field as FIRE monsters. Once per turn you may discard one monster from your hand and subtract one-half of the discarded monster's attack points from your opponent's life points.
Invocation of the Fire Master
Spell Card
Ritual
Image of a wall of fire with a shadowy figure behind it.
Theis spell may be used to summon "Fire Master-Pyros" by sacrificing monsters from your hand or field whose total level stars equal one or more.
Fire Master-Pyros
Monster
FIRE
Machine
Ritual/Effect
0/0
Picture of a scrawny looking man wearing a factory worker's uniform. Has a huge tank on his back connected to two large guns.
This monster can only be summoned by using "Invocation of the Fire Master" and by sacrificing monsters from your hand or field whose total level stars equal one or more. Once per turn you may sacrifice a FIRE monster to add its original attack to the attack of this monster until the end phase of the turn. If you have more monsters on your side of the field than your opponent, this monster may attack your opponent's life points directly.
Card of Demise
Spell
Image of a man about to cut a stack of cards in half
Draw five cards. After five turns have passed, discard your entire hand before your draw phase
This card has been used on the show several times before by Seto Kaiba (don't remember the first time it was used). The rules seem to have changed for it since it appeared, but all creative credit goes to the makers of the show.
A/N: Chapter was a lot longer this time huh? We'll try not to have any short chapters again. Any comments or complaints about this fic can be e-mailed to us. The address we're using is on our profile page. Please read and review!