Yami no Game: Dark Saga
-Chapter 27
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The cheerleaders started up again and Kaiser growled as he sat there, at least until he heard his name in the chant or insult to his ears. "Am not!" he growled, making the girls step back but that didn't deter them too much. "Uh oh, we got a rabid dog!" One said. "Maybe we should give him a muzzle." Another hissed. Kaiser flinched and shook his head quickly. "Uh, no thanks...if anything, Jade would find something useful with that..." he grumbled. Honda huffed before looking back to the field. "Man, I hope Yami wins this and get Jou and Kaiser both out of this situation. Looks like this guy lives on humiliation and even after all he's done to Jou, no one would worry about his feelings since they're more focused on the duel." he murmured. "Yeah. But the problem is do you really think Yami will be able to win this? I mean, sure, we should have faith in him but what if Otogi really got him pinned with this game?" Myrrh whispered. Aqua sighed as he looked to Yami who was now initializing the use of the help comp at the platform. "Maybe but even with little rules, Yami shouldn't have a problem." he murmured before looking over to Otogi. "But for him, if he knew the truth behind Pegasus, he wouldn't have such a vendetta against him, seeing as he blames everything that went wrong with him on Yami." Yugi nodded in agreement. "But I know Yami will win."
"He will! Come on, Yami! Win this and get us away from these two!" Kaiser called before he was shoved into the ground by the cheerleaders.
"Bad!"
"Dog!"
"Bad!"
"God damn it! Get offa me! Jeezus you all are going to make me go insane!" Kaiser groused. He glared as they made funny faces at him and both Myrrh and Honda sighed. "How long do you think before he goes insane by cheerleaders?" Honda questioned. "Probably not long, too bad Jade holds the leash around here." Myrrh murmured as the cheerleaders started cheering again. Yami continued to search and smirked when he found something promising. 'Now, all I need is for this to be a lucky roll.' he thought as he rolled the dice. He looked at the outcome and smirked. "Just what I needed." he said as he looked up to Otogi. "Well, glad to know that some technology could be used by you." Otogi spoke. "Yes and thanks to it, I know about Thunderball's special ability and I rolled two magic crests with a double value on them. Now I'll use three of them to activate the ability! Go Rolling Crush!" Thunderball reverted back into a ball before making a beeline at Blast Lizard, taking him out easily and Otogi glowered. "But I'm not done yet, I'll use three more magic crests from my crest pool to continue on with the attack so Thunderball, take out his Gator Dragon!"
Still spinning, Thunderball aimed for its next target, taking out Gator Dragon. Jou cheered as he hopped from the chair. "Good going, Yami! Looks like we have a game now!" he said and yelped as he was dragged back into his seat. "Sit down and shut up." Otogi hissed before looking back to Yami. "So you got lucky but don't think I'll make this any easier for you." Outside, Sugoroku came up to the shop, seeing the big crowd in front of it. "Looks like the new guy knows how to draw in a crowd. Maybe I should check out what my competition is up to." he murmured to himself as he walked over, crawling over people to reach the front and was instantly swooned by the images on screen of the cheerleaders. But as the screen shifted to Yami, he gasped. "What's he doing in there? Or for that matter, what's going on?" Back inside, Otogi watched Yami as he took his next set of dice. "Well, good to know that you're using the help screen to make your moves. I could've mentioned it earlier but it wouldn't be as fun as seeing you struggle with the game. But even so, even with that little handicap, you won't be able to beat the game, seeing as you're playing against one of its creators." Otogi commented and Yami huffed. "Even if you are the creator, even they can be beat. Perhaps Pegasus was the exception but you have a better chance at it." he mocked and Otogi smiled. "Why thank you. Nice to know you see things my way..." he said before realizing what he said and growled. "Hey wait! The only way you beat Pegasus was by cheating!"
"Or maybe you're the one being fooled." he whispered and Otogi only glared as he rolled his dice, getting double movement crest and a trap crest. "Guess I'll save those for later." he muttered before giving the turn to Yami. He took his dice and rolled them. He got himself two summons and nodded. "Good, another summon. I'll set this dice and bring out the Knight of Twin Swords." he spoke as he set the dice and the monster appeared onto the field. "Well good for you but guess what, your monster isn't in striking range of mine."
"It doesn't matter. I'm saving my other crest in the crest pool for now." Otogi only shrugged with a soft laugh. "Well, at least you're learning how to conserve crests. That's good for a start." he murmured. Kaiser sighed, conking his head over the floor a couple times. "Crest this. Crest that. I'm totally lost with this nonsense." he muttered. Jade crossed his arms as he looked down to him. "It's simple, dear. When you roll dice, if you have any that you don't want to use, you can save them for later in your crest pool. That's Dungeon Dice rule number one." he explained and Kaiser let out a huff. Otogi watched as Yami used the help screen once more to look up some details of his newest monster. 'Well, he definitely is a quick study. The things he learns takes him seconds to memorize while it took me weeks to perfect them. Guess he's a little more talented than I expected. Time to take this game into the big leagues and I have the dice to do it.' Otogi thought as he took his dice. "My turn now." he said as he rolled his dice, gaining a pair of summon crests. "Good, just what I needed." Otogi set the dice and unlocked Battle Ox. "Well here's a monster to steer clear of. Now it's time to go on the attack. I'll use my four saved movement crests to move him towards your monster." he spoke as Battle Ox moved towards the knight, invading onto Yami's territory. "Now, take him out! Oh, and he also gains a 10 point bonus for engaging a battle with a warrior type monster." Battle Ox gave a roar as he went in for the attack. "Knight! Quickly switch into defense and block the attack!" Yami called and the monster did as commanded, catching the axe of the Battle Ox. "There, it may have lost 20 hit points but at least he still remains on the field." Otogi growled, seeing that Yami has now taught himself how to defend with his monsters. 'He's learning too quickly! I had the advantage but now it's starting to end up becoming an even game!'
"Now, let's see what I got now!" Yami mumbled as he rolled his dice and nodded. "Now, I'll use these two attack crests that I've gotten to make a double assault on your monster's hit points." Otogi's eyes widened, seeing that Battle Ox only had 20 hit points to spare. The knight's swords gleamed as he did his attack, taking out Battle Ox. The cheerleaders whined and both Kaiser and Jou cheered, seeing that they might just have a chance for their freedom. Seto and Ruby smiled, now seeing a real game getting started and Yugi relaxed just a bit, seeing that Yami wasn't having problems now with Otogi's disregard to explain the rules for the upper hand. "Now that Yami has some leeway, we really have a fair game. I'm sure Otogi can't pull out any punches this time." Aqua spoke. "Yeah, but there's still a long way to go so let's hope that Yami can win before Otogi can pull out something bad." Yugi murmured. Otogi snickered softly to himself, causing Jou to look up to him with just a slight hint of worry of what could be in store for Yami. "Did you really think that was all I had for you, Yami? Just take a good look at the dungeon paths. See how my red path reaches from my side of the board all the way to yours? As you can see, I've created a little blockade and as such, you can't advance your dungeon path anymore since the paths can't cross over each other! You're completely boxed in!" Yami gasped, seeing that Otogi was right.
"What's going on here?" Myrrh questioned as she looked to the board. Ruby stepped over and looked down to the field as well. "From what I'm getting, since two paths can't overlap, and Otogi's path covers the board from side to side, Yami can't advance his path anymore, leaving him with no way to get to Otogi's hearts." he said and she nodded, now understanding and seeing the bad part of the situation. "So you're saying I'll be stuck like this forever?!" Kaiser whined. "Looks like it. And your buddy over there is looking like he's ready for an early retirement." Jade commented with a smirk, grabbing hold of Kaiser's collar again. "No way! There's has to be another way!" Jou hollered. "Well, there is but that depends if he's willing to brave it." Otogi spoke as he looked up to Yami. "He can always try to cruise on through my path but along the way, he has to contend with my monsters."
"Really? His monsters would be pulverized at that rate." Honda murmured. "That's the point, spiky." he said as he took his dice. "But for now, it's my turn." he whispered and took his dice. His grin widened as he looked up to Yami. "Well, well, look what I have here." he said, holding up a die. "Looks like a black die." Yami murmured. "Yes but not just any black die. This is a rare black die and I'll show you just what's in store for you with it." Otogi rolled the die, getting exactly what he wanted. "Good, a pair of summons. Now let me show you the power of the rare black die, Yami!" he called as he set the die on the board, Jou standing just slightly to see what was going on. As the die opened, there laid a dark vortex there. "Behold, the Warp Vortex."
"Warp Vortex?" Yami murmured as he looked to the new addition on the board. "You can't guess? Well I'll tell you then. The dark hole is a special path that can be only opened up with a rare black die. You need two of them to complete the path. This will allow my monster to be able to get to you much easier once the path is complete. Now, the fun part is I have a spot all ready for the second, and it lies right behind your defenses and into your territory!" he said and Yugi gasped. "Oh no!"
"Oh yes. Now the only thing standing between him and defeat is how long it takes for the automater to give me another black die." Yami growled as he took his dice. "We'll see about that." he whispered as he rolled the dice, gaining a pair of summons and brought out the Strike Ninja. "Good enough. With him on the board, his high speed gives him the ability to move three spaces for each movement crest I use." Otogi only laughed. "High speed? That will only do so little." he mocked. The dice came out and he looked down, smirking. "And guess what I have here?" Jou looked to his hand and gasped. "Shit! He has the other black die!"
"Right! And now all I have to do is complete the warp path and this game is won." Otogi said almost gleefully as he rolled the dice. But as they stopped, Jou gave a relieved breath. Otogi lucked out this time for he didn't get a successful summon on this roll. He sighed before crossing his arms. "Ah well, guess I got a miss this time but don't get too cocky for I'll get another chance." Yami snorted slightly as the dice came out and he went to grab them when he saw what one of them was. He smirked sharply and looked back to him. "I found a nice little hole in your plans, Ryuuji." Otogi perked up when he heard this and gaped when he saw what Yami had in his hand.
"A black die?!"
"Correct! Now go!" he called, rolling the dice. He got a successful summon and grinned. "And now, I'll play another warp vortex, leaving me with the easy access to your heart points." he said as the die opened, revealing another vortex, completing the path. "Now, Strike Ninja, jump into the vortex!" The monster obeyed and quick on his feet, the ninja advanced, jumping into the vortex. "No! No!" Otogi hissed as the monster appeared on his side of the board. "Yes! Go, Yami!" Jou cheered. "Strike Ninja, attack his Ryu-Kishin with Stealth Blade Slash!" Yami called and the monster attacked, looking seemingly as it did nothing until the monster was split in half and destroyed. "Yes! I knew Yami wouldn't cave in just yet!" Honda cheered and Kaiser grinned as he looked to Jade. "Why don't you take off this collar now? Yami has this won." Jade sneered as he jerked on the collar a little. "I don't think so. My brother won't lose here. So what if Yami has easy access? The kiddie gloves are off now and Otogi won't let him have the advantage for long. You just wait." he growled before looking back to the field.
Otogi growled before snatching up his dice and made a roll, hoping to get a summon but the roll failed him. "What?" Jou grinned as Yami took his turn, getting another set of movement crests. "Great, just what I needed. Now go, Strike Ninja! Advance towards his heart points and let's end this!" The monster made a dash towards Otogi's hearts points. "Now, Lunging Claw Thrust!" The monster leapt high into the air, bringing out a couple of kunai and launched them at Otogi's hearts, taking one down and growled angrily while everyone else on Yami's side cheered. Otogi glared as him before smirking. "Well Yami, it's been quite a long time since anyone has taken out one of my heart points. Guess you deserve a pat on the back. But this will be short-lived." he whispered as he took his dice and rolled them, gaining a level 3 summoning. "Perfect. Now time to show you what happens when you make me angry." he snapped as he set the die onto the field. "I bring out my undefeatable monster, Orgoth the Relentless!" he called as the powerful monster appeared onto the field. "Now, I'll use Orgoth's special ability and give him two magic crests to boost his power up to 30! After that, I'll use two of my stored movement crests to move him in to attack your ninja!" The burly monster made its move, stopping before the ninja. "Now, I go in for the kill. Orgoth, attack with Diamond Blade Slash!" The monster roared, raising its sword to attack. 'Shit...I better think fast.' Yami thought as he looked up something helpful about Strike Ninja. He got just what he needed and hurried to activate the effect just as Orgoth's sword crashed down onto the spot. "There. My problem is solved." Otogi whispered. "I wouldn't be too sure. Take a look at the field." Otogi looked down, waiting for the smoke to clear, and stepped back in shock. "What?! He's still alive?!"
"Yes. Just before Orgoth could kill my ninja, I used his special ability using a trap crest to have him escape battle damage and leave him unharmed." Otogi's hand shook in anger at the fact his attack failed and that Yami had initiated the perfect defense. 'That bastard! He's making me look like a novice at my own game! I just need to remember he's nothing but a lousy cheat and I'll expose him for it soon enough along with making him give up Duel Monsters for good. And on a lighter note, once this game is won, I'll have another little prize other than seeing him lose his position as a duelist.' he thought as he composed himself. Yami took his dice and made his roll before giving Strike Ninja the command to attack once more, taking out another heart point. Otogi growled and Yugi smiled. "He'll win it. He'll finally end this nightmare and both Jou and Kaiser will be safe." Yugi whispered and Aqua nodded, wrapping a comforting tail around his waist. "Time to end this." Otogi growled as he rolled his dice before looking to the field. "Now Orgoth, destroy that pathetic monster!" he called as Orgoth went in for the attack. Yami quickly looked to his crest pool only to see he had no more trap crests to use to activate Strike Ninja's ability. "Damnit..." he cursed as his monster was destroyed. "This ain't good..." Kaiser murmured and Jade smirked. "You got that right."
"Aurum does point out the obvious. Sure you have one heart point more than I do but now, I have Orgoth and he's a much stronger monster than yours can handle. You were on the victory train but now you hit a dead end. You were the only person who has ever gotten me this far down but I won't let you make a fool out of me at my own game. This ends here and now once Orgoth invades your side and takes you out for good." Otogi said coldly and Yugi whimpered as he huddled closer to Aqua. "He has to win...please Yami, you have to win..." he whispered and Yami looked over to him. "Don't worry, love. I will. I won't lose here...emotions are at stake and I'm not going to let them get their way." Yami whispered before looking back to Otogi, a determined gleam in his eyes.
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Zypher: And another chapter done. I hope you all enjoyed for we're almost done with this little section. Otogi and Jade both will get what's coming to them soon. Any who, I shall have another chapter up soon but until then, I'll see you later. Tootles! -runs off-