Yami no Game: Dark Saga

Chapter 36

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'My future...it might never happen. But when the time comes for it to happen...when I realize my own inner strength...I'll get to that place! The place where my battle awaits me...where Yami is waitin'!' Jou thought as he gave an intense glare to Roba on the other end of the field. "I made a promise...I have ta be there for him which means I can't lose against ya!" he said with renewed vigor. But his bravado only made Roba laugh. "Dream all you like! I declare right here and now that your future is shadowed with defeat! You'll never win as long as Jinzo is on the field!" he said. "Look at you! Only 200 life points left and not a single monster on the field to defend you! I like to see just how you're gonna win as you so claim!" Roba spoke. "Now hurry it up, it's your turn!"

"Watch me!" he growled with resolve as he drew his next card and looked at what available moves he had to defend against the powerhouse he was up against. His eyes widened as he spotted Baby Dragon in his draw but it left him little option with his only other defense being Scapegoat. 'I'll bet it all on this card then...' he thought to himself. "I activate the spell card Scapegoat!" he called and Roba growled in irritation. 'Scapegoat! Four sleeping sheep are the only thing in my way of Jounouchi's total annihilation! But that will only buy him a little bit of time. I should have no problem clearing them out easily.' Roba thought. "Turn over!" Jou said. 'This is all I can do...hope it holds out.'

"Get ready!" Roba announced as he drew his card and smirked. "First I play Brain Amplifier! I equip this onto Jinzo and raise his attack by 500 points!" he explained as the amplifier helmet was equipped onto the cyborg and supercharged the monster, increasing his attack to a whopping 2900. "But that's not all! His attack will only go up another 300 every turn! He will soon become formidable to even your strongest monster whatever it may be!" Roba said with a laugh while Jou cursed. 'Great, how am I gonna beat that thing as it gets stronger with every turn!'

"But I'm not done just yet! I now summon Reflect Bounder and with him out, that enables me to reflect every one of your attacks right back at you so even if you can send out a monster, you will only be killing yourself!" Roba laughed at his obvious victory. "Just give up while your dignity is still intact. There are no miracles for you as your future only holds defeat. Now double monster attack! Get rid of two of his scapegoats!" he called before the two moved in for the attacks, easily taking out two of Jou's scapegoats that rested on the field. "Only two goats left. If I summon another monster, you're done. I won! It's pointless to keep going so listen to my advice and give up!" he said with a nonchalant wave. "It's still my move and I will fight to the bitter end!" Jou snapped and Kaiser smiled from the sidelines at the confidence his sibling showed. But his declaration only infuriated Roba more. "Why won't you give up?!"

"Because I'm a duelist!" he answered which surprised the other at his burning conviction that flared in his eyes. "Draw!" he called and when he saw the draw, he grinned. "Let see if your prediction that you so claim is right! Try out this spell card...Roulette Spider!" Jou placed the card onto the field and soon, a tiny spider appeared before latching onto Jinzo's face and blinded him from seeing the field. 'No...that weird monster blinded him!' But the Roulette Spider's game didn't end there as a web-like grid akin to a roulette table appeared on the field, a monster as well as Roba and Jou taking a spot on the grid while Jinzo held a spot in the center. "Now this handy little card turns the field into a roulette wheel. This of course will be my last gamble as it takes half of my life points to activate." Jou spoke as his life points decreased to 100. "W-wait! What are you trying to do?!" Roba demanded and Jou only chuckled.

"Like I said, this is a gamble for you and I." he claimed. "The Roulette Spider has only a simple motivation, to blind the strongest monster on the field and spin it 'round and said strongest would be yer Jinzo. Now here's the kicker, after it's done spinnin', it will attack whatever it's pointin' at. The possible targets are all monsters as well as you and I! The arrow will continue ta spin until ya call stop!" he explained which stunned Roba into silence. 'His deck...it's a gamble deck and relies completely on luck! If the arrows lands on me...that will take me out completely!' he thought in horror. "So, if ya got ESP like ya claim, it shouldn't be hard for ya to predict where yer monster will stop on the board, even more so know when ta call stop so he would land on me! Someone is gonna get blown away so ya best hope that isn't you, Roba!" he said. "Go Roulette Spider!" After the call, Jinzo began to spin at alarming speed, making it harder for Roba to pick the perfect time to call stop to make it land on Jounouchi to end this madness quickly. Roba watched with increasing dread, eyes following the quickly moving arrow. Gambling wasn't his strong point which made this even harder to predict. Soon enough, he gave up guessing and only trust pure instinct that he will achieve the win he needed. "Stop!" he called and Jinzo began to slow down, everyone around them watching with bated breath. Jinzo finally came to a halt and the spider released him, Jinzo preparing his attack that aimed...

...right at Roba's Reflect Bounder.

"N-no...that means..." Roba whispered as Jinzo launched his attack at Reflect Bounder which responded as directed for his effect, attacking with Mysterious Mirror Beam of Death to reflect Jinzo's attack right back at him, destroying both monsters. Shock was written upon Roba's face as his life points decreased down to 240. "Oh, and I'm not done yet for I haven't even summon my monster." Jou said with a grin as he played his monster. "Come on out Baby Dragon!" The tiny dragon appeared on the field with a squeak before looking across the field to his opponent. Roba gulped as he took a step back. "Let's go...Dragon Breath!" Jou called as Baby Dragon unleashed a rush of red-hot flames at Roba, eating away the last bit of health, winning the duel that Ryuzaki didn't even expect him to win after his easy blunder when the duel began. "Esper Roba...it was me who saw the future." Jou whispered as duelists all about him cheered at his victory.

Battle City!

Duelists have gathered here from around the globe to become the best! For true duelists...success in Duel Monsters is what separates a champion from a nobody and for the champions of the game...the road to success is through this city!

"Esper Roba...lost to that rookie...it's amazing..."

"So much for that ESP ya claimed to have." Jou muttered. "I know from experience that psychic powers are real and ya sure don't have them!" he continued as he walked over to the fallen duelist. "Now let me have your puzzle card and rare card!" Roba only growled as he looked to him before hearing the whispers around him and snarled. "All of you...don't you dare look down on me!" he hissed as he glared at the crowd. "Is this fun for you all?! Looking down on the loser! Makes you feel all strong and thinking that I'm not a loser like 'him'!" he seethed. "Well I'm not like you! I'm a chosen one with special powers!"

"And that's why you hear voices from space?" Jou questioned with a curious tilt of his head. "Look, Roba...I'm not looking down on you. I just had better luck, that's all! I could've easily been the one hit if you called sooner or hell, even later could've been a possibility. Nobody here thinks you're a loser." he said. "Besides, if anyone is lookin' down on you...wouldn't that person be you?" he questioned softly as Roba's anger calmed just slightly before flaring up again. "Shut up! You don't know anything!"

"Hey, hey! I'm just sayin' don't beat yourself up! Roba..."

"Fuck! I can't lose! I can't!" he cried. "It doesn't matter how I do it, as long as I win! I need people to respect me for my skill! If everyone thinks I'm a good duelist, my little brothers won't be picked on! Being good at card games was the only way how I could protect them from people...everyone loves to pick on the wimpy people and those that look different. I have to be strong! For them!" he explained and Jou only listened on silently before Kaiser stepped forward to join up with Jou. "Stop your whining, kid. This is Battle City, just get up...and fight again another day." Kaiser murmured softly. Jou nodded in agreement as he held a hand out to him. Roba looked to the extended hand before slapping it away. "I don't need your damn pity!"

"Fine, fine! Do what ya want! See if I give a pep talk again..." Jou muttered as he shook his hand from the stinging pain. "Stand up, nii-san!" A voice called but Jou didn't see anyone stepping up or talking. 'Aw hell! Are there really voices from space talkin' with him?!' Jou wondered. "Don't give up like this, nii-san! Come on!" Jou was beginning to freak out but Kaiser nudged him in the side before pointing down to Roba, preferably a tiny black band that was around his wrist that showed as his sleeve rode up a little. "Nii-san..." A voice said from behind them, making Jou jump but realized that the voice was coming from both ends, revealing the band to be a communication system. "G-guys..." Roba whispered, surprised his brothers showed up. The middle boy of the four smiled softly as he spoke into the receiver of the headset he wore. "This will be our last radio message." Roba stood, smiling just a little before running to them, the giant family of brothers embracing tightly. "I'm sorry...I deserved to lose this way because I made you guys do this..." Roba cried as his brothers joined him. "Kinda hard to hate 'em now." Kaiser said with a chuckle as he looked to Jou who had the so-called manly tears coursing down his face at the brotherly love. The Roba brothers broke the hug before Roba walked over to Jou, glancing up to him. "Well Jounouchi, I lost. Here's my rare card and puzzle card." he spoke as he handed him the puzzle card and Jinzo. Jou nodded as he took both before patting the other on the shoulder. "Roba, what ya really need to do...is show your brothers how ta play fair!"

"You're right!" Roba said with an affirmative nod. "Next time we meet, I challenge you! No tricks!"

"Yeah, nii-san will beat you with pure skill!" The second youngest called. "Good, I'll be lookin' forward to that." he said before Kaiser began walking off, the crowd dispersing long ago so it was time for them to do the same. Jou was about to follow but stopped and turned to look to Roba once more. "Oh, Roba...I have friends in this town and ya have yer brothers. As long as you're not alone, you'll always be strong in heart!" he said, giving him a thumbs up before running after Kaiser before he lost sight of him. Roba smiled and nodded to the encouraging words. "Well, see ya later, man!" he called before catching up with Kaiser and looped an arm around his neck. "Woohoo! I got me a rare card! And it's a doozy! Think I could beat Seto with it?"

"You're gonna need a lot more than a trap jammer monster to win against him." Kaiser answered. "Aww come on! Where's my supportive sibling?!"

"On vacation until the next duel." And with that, Jounouchi walks off with two puzzle cards and the rare card Jinzo.

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-Domino City: North District 10:12 a.m.-

"Hey, what are you talking about?!" A voice yelled angrily. In a deserted alleyway, a kid was defeated by an older duelist who was now raging over the ante card that he himself agreed to before the duel began. "This shitty rare card doesn't even compare to mine!" The older duelist growled. "B-but you agreed to this ante earlier." The kid whimpered, outclassed in strength and size. "Well I'm changing my mind! The loser has to listen to the winner so I'm giving you three options! Give me a rare card that equals my Hyozanryu, pay me 100,000 yen (about $900 US currency) or get your ass kicked until I'm satisfied for my ante and as a plus, you'll never get to duel again!" he demanded. "T-this is all I have..." The boy whimpered as he held the card up to the other. "Fine then!" The punk hissed as he grabbed the frail boy's arm. "Then let's begin with breaking all of your little fingers!" he growled before the tweet of a whistle halted his game and turned to see Mokuba standing there. "Hold it right there!" Mokuba ordered as he stepped up. "Who's this brat?!"

"I'm Battle City's steering committee chairman! It's my job to settle disputes between duelists that come up during the tournament!" he spoke, plucking the card from the other's hand as well as the other. "Seems the ante trouble is becoming more frequent in tournaments. I'll be the judge of this ante since I'm a neutral party." he hummed as he looked between the cards. "It's also forbidden to change the ante after the duel and against the rules to bet for money." The raven finished his analyzation of the two cards. "I see nothing wrong with the rarity. They're both equal so the ante is valid." Mokuba handed the cards back but the punk only slapped his card from Mokuba's hand. "You wanna die, kid! Don't mess with my rules!" he growled and Mokuba tsked before a dark shadow landed before them. Ruby gave a snort as he rested on all fours, letting the person he carted on his back to step off. "You poor duelist...when you insult our little brother you insult the Kaiba Corporation." Seto spoke with narrowed eyes. "I would assume you're prepared for such consequences." The punk stumbled back in shock at who appeared before him. "S...Seto Kaiba!" Mokuba could only chuckle as he stood beside Ruby and scratched behind one of his ears. "You're in trouble now! My brother's rules are scary! You should've never tampered with them! It's out of my hands now!" he commented with a soft laugh before moving back as Ruby stood, dusting off his hands as he walked forward. "Oh, Ruby! Here's this guy's ante!" he added, waving the card. The redhead nodded as he took the card and hummed. "Hyozanryu...I'm surprised you want so much for a card like this. It may shine like a diamond but it dims in comparison to a real dragon. Seto has 36 copies of this common monster." he spoke before tearing the card in half.

"I rather give it solace from a duelist like you."

"W-what are you doing?! You bastard!"

"Ah ah, no need for name calling. Besides, not like you're gonna need it back for you awakened the sleeping dragon right here." Ruby commented as he stepped back, nodding to Seto. "I don't need to speak for him about your fate right now."

"I challenge you to a duel right here and now. I assure you, I won't lose." Seto spoke, a smirk on his face. "But to make it fair per my solid gold rulings, I'll ante this entire case of cards if you do manage to win against me." Mokuba opened the case that Ruby had carried with him, revealing dozens of rare cards that the punk had ever seen only in hobby shops for a pretty penny. "Whoa..." he whispered as he knelt before the case. "All these are mine if I win?"

"Yes, but only if you can win but Seto's words are sure." Ruby spoke. "And you know what, I'll sweeten the deal as compensation for Hyozanryu, take all the rare cards you like and improve your deck but if you lose, I'll be taking them all back." Seto offered but before he could finish the sentence, the punk was already digging through the case, picking out the rarest and strongest cards to improve his deck with. "Fair warning though, my deck contains an unbelievably rare card. A god card is what they call it. A card I wouldn't sell even for fifty billion yen ($450,000,000 in US currency) and I'll even make it my ante." Seto said, still smirking which stunned the punk as he looked up to Seto. 'F-fifty billion! I would be rich beyond my wildest dreams if I were to sell that card!' he thought before going back to pumping up his deck with the most powerful monsters to make the duel a quick one. "Alright, I'll hold you to that." The thug spat as he finished and Ruby kicked the case closed to pick it up before he and Mokuba stepped back to give them room to duel. The kid that was being bullied did the same, amazed that he was about to watch a duel between Seto Kaiba and his opponent. Seto was confident as he stood there but the punk's mind was only focused on the god card along with the case of rares that was Seto's ante. 'This is going to be easy! I've beefed up my deck with the best. No way even he can win and he was the one to help me make this killing deck!' he thought. "C'mon let's duel!" he called and Seto nodded before they both shuffled and prepared their duel disks. Seto's grin became wicked as the duel began.

'I'll show you God.'

Not long after it began, a huge flash emerged from the alley and the aftermath left the punk in the dust, cards scattered while Ruby took to the skies with Seto and the case, Mokuba hanging onto a long line as he flew overhead. The kid that was being bullied stood shakily before walking over to the downed punk and took a card from his deck, looking to him before tearing it as well before tossing it into the wind before walking off, justice finally served to the punk that wronged him. It took only a moment for the punk to snap out of his shock only to shriek. "Obelisk the Tormentor!" Were the only words that emerged for him before he shrieked again at the immense power that flattened him. Seto looked to the god card that sat within his deck smirking softly. 'God is in my hands and only two are left scattered somewhere in Battle City. When I find them...I will truly have a deck of God himself! A deck that will have every duelist bowing down before me!' he thought before looking to Ruby. "Ruby, I want you to find the system glitch that allowed Katsuya into this tournament after you drop us off. I want word from you the moment you find it before you go searching for him."

"Alright, Seto." he spoke as he flew on. With that taken care of, he looked out to the expanse of the city that was now a battlefield.

'Yami...I will meet you on the road of battle!'

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Zypher: There's that all for today's chapter. Hoped you enjoy and now time for a quick Duel Monster story. Still pondering on whether I should keep up with them but I'll leave it up for you readers to decide on a poll I'll make in my profile soon enough.

-Shadow Realm: Jounouchi's deck-

Monsters crowded the newest addition to their deck, Laito poking the other monster curiously. "So, how it feel to be in a new deck?" Fier questioned as he looked up to the tall cyborg. "Different. Fresh." Jinzo spoke with monosyllabic curiosity. "Any different from the deck you were in before?" Ohtar asked. "Yes. New. No metallic." Jinzo answered and he nodded before looking to the young dragon. "Laito, stop poking him."

/"But he's so interesting! I never saw a monster like him before!"/

"What about Ultimator?"

/"Jinzo's more interesting!"/

"Hey!" Ultimator called from the crowd and they all chuckled. "Nice. All." Jinzo murmured and Laito smiled up to him. /"Of course! You'll never see nicer monsters anywhere else! Well Maybe Master Yami's but you gotta watch who you piss off though."/ he hummed as he pondered before Fier walked over and patted the cyborg's arm. "Well make yourself comfortable here. With an ability like yours, Master Jounouchi will probably fit you in so you can help him out. He's gonna need it for what's to come. I'm sure there are stronger opponents out there now. I can feel it." he said. Giltia nodded in agreement. "I agree with Fier. And also being around Laito will probably break you of your monosyllabic talk. You got a big brain so I'm sure there's much intellect hiding there." Giltia said and Jinzo nodded before Laito tugged on his hand and soon, the tall cyborg was following the tiny dragon as he introduced him to the monsters of Jounouchi's deck.

"Home. I like this home." Jinzo spoke, a calm glint in red lenses as they walked.

-Shadow Realm: Kaiba's deck-

Nothing but silence reign in this domain, the monsters of the deck silent as they went about their own, carrying near silent conversations. As regal and brave they are, they were dwarfed by the immense power that now resided in their domain. Such a power was too much to be out in the open, therefore a temple was erected for the containment of this monster. An Egyptian temple sat with the center of Kaiba's deck, sandstone door locked tight and hieroglyphs carrying the story of said monster that sat inside. No one could read them nor did they go near the temple.

A god rests inside with sandstone door locked tight, only to open once summoned to battle.

And when he emerges, only death awaits the one that gets in the tormentor's way.