Disclaimer: No I do not own Yugioh. I do own Temarocia though, and everything in it.

Saika sat down in the wild grass and looked up at the almost ghost-like form of Karot's Kingdom. "It's so quiet…like some kind of tomb. I wonder if they're still fighting in there…"

"In forty-five seconds or so we'll see," Alita sat down in the grass next to the other girl. ("I wonder though…what do you have planned Jason?")

Song of Temarocia

Chapter 28: Fulfillment of Promises

"…I'm gonna beat ya till candy comes out, ya giant rich-ass piñata."

Don Karot stumbled backwards, his eyes wide in surprise. ("Five times his normal speed…even then he shouldn't be this fast!") His legs twisted and he rolled his face off the fist that was crunching into his golden skin, preparing to turn 360 degrees and bring his heavy leg down on the boy's backside. ("I'll break your spine, you insolent little…")

"Heavy Impact Bolt-Action!" Jason already had the towering body of the Warlord bent over his shoulder, his fist having crashed itself into the Priceless Body by the time Don Karot had finished thinking of how he was going to counter an opponent that was already ten steps ahead of him. (Technique; Vortex Beast Only; If this attack successfully connects deal your opponent a second attack's worth of damage on top of this amount.)

(Current Wealth: 599,634,500) (3000/7000) Don Karot- 8000/9500

(2500/3000) Jason- 7500/57000

A gunshot rang out across the casino as a blast of pressure exploded through Jason's fist and directly to Don Karot's body, hurling him to his back as his curled shape went rigid, unable to bend because of the force behind the blow it had taken. A low gasp of pain was forced out of him as he rolled to his feet just in time to get hit in the stomach again. "Bolt-Action!" Another gunshot rang out and this time it came at the same time as the punch delivering it, meaning that he was hurled backwards from the combined force.

(Current Wealth: 599,609,500) (3000/7000) Don Karot- 8000/9500

(2500/3000) Jason- 7500/57000

Don Karot's backwards motion was stopped as he was assaulted by a flurry of pressure blasts which sent him flying the other direction. "Turret!" (Technique; Vortex Beast Only; Discard any number of cards from your hand. For every card you discard attack an additional time this turn. Your original attack when you use this technique becomes 1000 while you are under this card's effects.)

(Current Wealth: 599,584,500) (3000/7000) Don Karot- 8000/9500

(2500/3000) Jason- 7500/57000

Even as he was hurtling through the air, the Warlord found the pain bearable. ("For all of us protesting and raging, he cannot penetrate the barrier erected by my Priceless Body and my hidden riches. My money located in safe places where he cannot possibly destroy it is my power. This boy is out of his league if he thinks that he can defeat my Priceless Body with raw power alone!")

"Heavy Impact Turret!!" A blur of silver-green appeared in front of the Warlord and he went flying the other direction he had come from, though not a single dent had yet to appear in his golden body.

(Current Wealth: 599,564,500) (3000/7000) Don Karot- 8000/9500

(2500/3000) Jason- 7500/57000

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"Heavy Impact Shrapnel!" Jason's right fist crashed into the top of the Don's head and a spray of pressurized darts of air blew through his grip and into the glittering bald smoothness that was the Warlord's head, though it had no effect at all. (Technique; Vortex Beast only; Creates an explosive blast of air pressure from your fist when you punch, equaling a total of one hundred air darts. Each 'dart' does 500 points of damage but is not considered an attack.)

(Current Wealth: 599,302,000) (3000/7000) Don Karot- 8000/9500

(2500/3000) Jason- 7500/57000

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"That's right, keep wasting your power." Don Karot's sneer grew deeper as he caught sight of Jason for just a moment, and then his stomach imploded inwards as he was hit hard by something. "Your cannon technique, even at that speed my Priceless Body simply shrugs it off!"

(Current Wealth: 599,289,500) (3000/7000) Don Karot- 8000/9500

(2500/3000) Jason- 7500/57000

"Heavy Impact Homerun!" Jason's hand crashed into Don Karot's cheek, cracking the man's neck to one side as he was pummeled by the powerful technique. (Technique; Vortex Beast Only; If you have fewer life points than your opponent draw two cards. If your have fewer life points than your opponent this attack deals double damage.)

(Current Wealth: 599,264,500) (3000/7000) Don Karot- 8000/9500

(2500/3000) Jason- 7500/57000

("I'm not going to break his defense, no matter how much power I have.") Jason's mind saw only Don Karot at the moment, everything else just a blur to him. ("I can't back down though. I will see Saika smile…I will make her pain go away!") "Heavy Impact Cannon!" His two hands, at supersonic speed, collided with the man's gut again and imploded the gold just barely. Even as this happened though it twisted back to normal shape almost immediately, showing just how futile his onslaught was.

(Current Wealth: 599,252,000) (3000/7000) Don Karot- 8000/9500

(2500/3000) Jason- 7500/57000

"Has reality finally settled in?" Don Karot skidded backwards on his toes for about twenty feet from the power of the cannon. "Do you understand just how useless it really is to oppose a Warlord yet, boy?"

Jason appeared again, this time not moving.

"What's the matter? Have you given up?" Don Karot sneered out. "As long as my private money supply is around me, I am invincible! Haven't you figured that out yet?"

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"I've got a hunch." The Grafter, his body still shuddering in pain from the Overpressure effect, brought his enraged eyes to meet the golden ones of the Warlord. "I don't care who you are. I will make Saika smile, that is not up for discussion!"

"That stupid brat smiles regardless of whether she gets hit or given a piece of candy, so that shouldn't be so hard." The Warlord laughed as Jason roared in rage and flew straight at him. ("Come on then, and let me show you just how hopeless this really is!")

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00:00:00- Detonating now…

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Somewhere high above them a mighty explosion roared out, along with the sound of wood and stone being utterly pulverized by what could only be something in the realm of plastic explosives or otherwise.

(Current Wealth: 99,252,000) (3000/7000) Don Karot- 8000/9500

(2500/3000) Jason- 7500/57000

Don Karot's mind instantly recognized the fact that something had happened to his five hundred million in Tem worth of treasures up in his office…and words came back to him.

"Shut up," The speaker was a girl wearing a large duster over her head and a long dusty brown cloak around her body. "It's not my fault that I had to do a couple of things before I could come down here and bail you two out of this."

("That girl…this is her doing! My precious treasures…") A roar of rage came from the Warlord's throat and his fist suddenly picked up speed, crashing into the charging Jason's face and crunched him into the floor. "I've played along more than long enough with this game. Apparently I didn't take into account the abilities of your friends, and that just cost me five hundred million Tem!" His face contorted in rage and he stabbed his spiked diamond knuckles into the young man's stomach. "I'll take every single Tem out of your hide, little boy!"

Time until Five Minute Limit is reached: 20 seconds

Jason felt the pressure in his skin slowly fade as the Overpressure effect disappeared. "God damn it!" Then a heavy golden arm and elbow slammed into his neck, pinning him to the floor.

"My forty years of work!" Don Karot's spiked hand punctured Jason's stomach again, the view thankfully spared as his huge body was completely holding the Grafter down as he took out his anger on him. "I should never have let you think that you had me beaten, but my own amusement at your flailing told me that I had all the time in the world to watch as you exhausted yourself!"

Another sloppy puncture sound could be heard, and when his arm rose again what should have been glittering jewels that were coming from his knuckles was now a morbid crimson-color, stained by the blood of his victim. "Because of that girl with the hat I've just lost a huge supply of my private funds…all because I spent my time fighting you!" Veins bulging out of his neck, the Warlord's arm punched down again and started to twist. "I'll tear your insides out. Don't you think that maybe I could sell the organs of a Grafter for a pretty high price?"

He got no reply.

"So you passed out, huh?" Don Karot's arm continued to twist slowly, feeling the spikes dig and tear along the flesh they were stuck into. "I'm not normally one for such a gory form of torture, but in your case I'll have to make do with what I've got. Don't worry, I don't care if you passed out from the pain already…I'm sure when you hear Saika's screams at the sight of your dismembered corpse I bet your ghost will come back and haunt me! It's fine though, I've got more than enough money left to hire a priest or two to come and cleanse a few skeleton's from my closet!"

Time until Five Minute Limit is reached: 10 seconds

"You're not paying attention, are you?" Jason's fist pressed against the Warlord's chest. "Heavy Impact Diamond-Cutting Drill!" A spinning blast of pressure erupted from his arm and sent the Warlord flying upwards in a spiral arc, trailing blood from his arm. (Technique; Vortex Beast Only; Create a spiral piercing attack with your air pressure. If this attack successfully connects then you may place the top card of your deck underneath your Pressure Core.)

"You insolent little…" Don Karot's eyes widened as by the time his vision had stopped spinning he saw that Jason was already standing far below him, his body near the fourth floor balcony of his casino. "How…how can you still be standing? Your body cannot possible support you!"

Time until Five Minute Limit is reached: 0 seconds

"You made me miss my five minute deadline…" Jason's nearly gone deck lost another two cards. "It's okay though. Saika had better be outside though, since the gun show is about to start." He said this more to himself than to the Warlord, his head slowly lifting up so he was sure that Don Karot was in position. "Torture is wasted on me, but thanks for being exactly where you needed to be. I'll be ending this duel right now, with one single attack."

"Your little boost effect is over, what can you possibly…"

"There are a total of fifteen cards underneath my Pressure Core; just enough for me to activate this card and shuffle them all back into my deck. It'll make me fifteen times faster and deal fifteen times the normal amount of damage for eight turns." A low rumble erupted from his body as that confident sneer crossed his bloody lips. "Of course considering that my body is already telling me that I can't move, much less use such a technique…"

Jason's body was suddenly bulging and twisting, some of his veins exploding open. The air around him became warped and twisted as most of the pressure that he had released through his circulatory system was escaping through the numerous holes and tears in his flesh. "Velocity Overpressure Deluxe!"

"You're insane…" The Warlord stammered out. "You'll die, there's no possible way you could survive this!"

"Yup, I'm dead." Jason smirked coldly. "But for just a few seconds I'm spending what's left of my life to make sure that my promise comes true." He punched the ground and launched upwards so fast he instantly disappeared. "Heavy Impact…"

"You fool…" A glittering wall of clear crystal appeared in the air between the two of them. "Diamond Wall…my other Contingency! An impenetrable barrier that costs me one million Tem, but it's worth it for the fact that I'm about to watch you splatter yourself into a barrier made of diamond!"

(Current Wealth: 98,252,000) (3000/7000) Don Karot- 8000/9500

(2500/3000) Jason- 7500/57000

"…Eight Hundred Millimeter Railgun!" The diamond wall shuddered and flew straight upwards, hitting its master and carrying him like some kind of bizarre flying carpet straight up through the ceiling of the casino. There was nearly zero resistance, the driving force behind the blow equal to the strength of its namesake.

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Alita and Saika both had to cover their ears as a screaming roar of explosive power blew open the very center of Karot's Kingdom, throwing a gigantic wall-shaped diamond and Don Karot into the air. At least it might have been Don Karot and a wall-shaped diamond he was riding on, they weren't sure because it was already far out of sight into the sky.

"What…was that?" Saika started to stand up, and suddenly her tail stood out straight. "There's a tornado coming…we need to get clear!" She grabbed Alita's hand and the bag King had given them, making a run for the tree-line.

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"What an annoying kid…" Don Karot, having lost his diamond wall at some point on his trip into lower orbit, was still moving upwards at the moment. "It doesn't matter though, because there is nothing left of Jason-kun but a bloody smear on my Diamond Wall!" He opened his mouth and started laughing wickedly.

"Heavy Impact…" Jason, who had been floating behind the Warlord the entire time, used his arms and wrapped them around Don Karot's waist tightly. Then they turned upside-down and exploded downwards a single blur of gold and silver.

"Let me go!" Don Karot slammed his elbow into the young man's head roughly, but it didn't have any effect. "Let me go, you insolent…"

"Tornado German Suplex!" Jason's body screamed in protest as the left side of him released a high-powered jet of pressure that turned their missile-like shape into that of a screw.

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"Why did we have to run so…" Alita looked in the direction of Karot's Kingdom, and her jaw slowly dropped. "I…my goodness…what is…"

Saika wasn't sure what to say either. She did know to drop to her knees and pull Alita down with her though as the sky roared in anger and drove one of its fingers down onto Karot's Kingdom. The building didn't stand the slightest chance as Mother Nature apparently deemed it an eyesore and crushed it into rubble almost instantly.

"It's like the gods decided to smite Karot's Kingdom off the map…" Alita, a magic user of the wind element, could only theorize…but there was only one possible explanation. "Or…or a powerful enough object moving at that speed…"

Her legs gave out from underneath her and she fell to her knees at the same time as Saika at what she saw through the dust and dirt created by the force of nature that completely collapsed the multi-story Karot's Kingdom in on itself.

Somehow, despite the fact that it was evening…a bright glow came from the dead center of the remains of Don Karot's dream…of his stronghold…

"SAI!" Jason slowly stood up to his full height, refusing to fall regardless of the fact that at least half of his body was completely torn into a bloody mess from the abuse it had suffered through his misuse of the Pressure Core. "I know it's not much, but will this do for now?" He motioned behind him.

Don Karot had found his Diamond Wall again…with his head. Jason's suplex had slammed the Warlord's skull right onto the hunk of diamond. The force had shattered the Priceless Body, sending pieces of superheated gold everywhere and leaving the area around them glowing as if it was some kind of presentation specifically for one person. The Warlord of Pleasure's body was sprawled out across the top of his last remaining treasure…right before the magic that held it together disappeared and the wall dissolved, leaving Don Karot with nothing left but the rubble surrounding his broken and bruised body.

The rainbow-haired girl started to tremble, tears streaming down her face as the memories of the last week or so flowed back into her mind. Her happiness at having made a new friend, the numb horror when that friend had suddenly been shot, the fierce determination to protect what that friend had said was going to be all that was left of them, and…strongest of all…the pain. There was no need to bottle up those feelings anymore though….the one who would prey upon them had met the scariest thing she knew of. "Jason…"

Her head crashed to the grass as she bowed as deeply as possible. "THANK YOU!"

"Psh, there's no…need……" The Grafter's eyes rolled back into his head and he dropped like a ton of bricks as his body gave up what little strength it had left.

(Current Wealth: 0) Don Karot- 0

(2500/3000) Jason- 7500/57000

To be continued…

Alita: We need to treat these wounds immediately…they're far too severe! He's lost too much blood though, and I don't think I can save him…

Kyris the Hell: Perhaps I could be of assistance?

Next Chapter: Deal with the Devil