Chapter 22
"I had a wonderful time Yasuo, thank you for taking me to dinner." Riven said. I smiled and kissed her lips.
"You're welcome, I would like to do this again sometime." I said with a smile. Riven smile back and waved goodbye. I watched her go, until someone tapped my shoulder. I turned around and it was Zed. "Hello Zed." I said while holding my hand out. Zed shook my hand with respect.
"Hello Yasuo, I need your help, it is time to face the Kinkou." I nodded and I followed zed.
"So what are the rules for this special match?" I asked as we approached the elevator. Zed rubbed the top of his mask and pushed the button for the elevator.
"You will see." Zed said. I nodded and we walked into the elevator. We arrived on the Ionia floor and may our way to Zed's room. "Wait here, I need to wake Syndra, she usually likes to sleep at this hour." Zed opened his door slowly and walked in. he closed the door behind him in the same fashion. I leaned against the wall, until I heard another door open up beside me. A woman, with green clothes on, and two "axes" on her back, came out. The woman was shorter than me and was wearing a green mask covering her mouth. Her hair was black and her eyes matched her hair. We locked eyes for a few seconds, but she turned her head and walked away. I looked to my left and Zed opened his door with a sleepy eyed Syndra.
"Good Afternoon Yasuo." she yawned. I nodded and we followed Zed to the Summoning Chambers. Zed opened the door to the chambers and we followed him inside.
"Ready?" he asked. Syndra and I nodded and we walked into the champion chamber. We were teleported to the Hallowing Abyss, and the temperature froze the hair on my back.
"Why the fuck is it so cold?" I asked. Syndra giggled and Zed patted my shoulder.
"It will warm up shortly, it's your first time here, so you have to get used to it. " I shook my head, trying to keep myself warm. Zed and Syndra made their way to the middle of the one way bridge. I walked closely behind them, the weather warming up nicely. I looked around and we were on a frozen bridge, with snowflakes coming down from the sky. As I was walking something brushed pass my leg, it was a white little creature with horns on its head. I turned around and Zed and Syndra stopped in their tracks. In front of us were three more ninjas, with the woman I saw this morning, standing in the middle. On her left were a man with yellow eyes and a mask covering his mouth. He was wearing an all blue outfit, with armor on his shoulders. He had two swords on his back, and had a belt with a dragon symbol in the middle. He was wearing black shoes or "slip ons" as I like to call it. On the right side of the woman was a shorter "creature" and he was wearing an all purple outfit similar to Zed. He was holding a golden shuriken in one of his furry palms. He was wearing black "slip ons" as well.
"Who is this?" asked the woman.
"My name is Yasuo, Zed asked me to fight alongside of him." The woman, pulled her axes out, and pointed one at me.
"My name is Akali, The Fist of Shadow, prepare to be defeated by the Kinkou." I pulled my sword out and pointed back.
"Listen, I am not a part of Zed's organization, nor wish to join it. I respect him that is all." Akali laughed under her mask.
"I didn't ask for an introduction." She said, the little creature beside her covered his mouth so he can laugh.
"Enough, we need to end this, now!" Zed announced. Zed reached for his back pocket and pulled out….. a fucking stack of cards. "This new deck will end you Kinkou!" I face palmed my head, when Syndra pulled out a deck of her own. The Kinkou members pulled out decks of their own, and suddenly the bridge we were standing own started to crack, thus splitting up all three of us.
"Good Luck Yasuo!" Syndra yelled. We were all separated, as the bridge separated into three parts: Zed was with the blue ninja, I was with Akali and Syndra with the furry creature.
"Where is your deck?" she asked.
"I don't know, I thought we were fighting with weapons." I answered. Akali giggled at me.
"We don't fight haha! We settle our disputes in a different way since we found out what really happened with Zed. We actually accept Zed for who he is, and we always play Heartstone with him and Syndra. Since we heard Zed was bringing someone else along with him, we had to beg Kennen to come play. Now we use Howling Abyss as a huge playing field where the creatures come to life. The bridge breaking apart surprised us, but that doesn't matter. Now I will ask again, where is your deck?" She asked. I lifted my hands in a "I don't know" fashion, but a light circled around my hand, and cards came to existence.
"Finally let us begin." I scratched my forehead, when the magical deck floated from my hands, to my pocket. Three cards flew out, but had pictures of different champions in the league. The cards had a blue diamond in the top right corner; some had low numbers, while others had higher numbers. In my hand was: Fizz, The Tidal Trickster, Zyra, Rise of the Thorns, and lastly… Yasuo, The Unforgiven.
"You go first." Akali said, looking at me with a look that pierced through my body. My pocket glowed, and flew out another card. It was Vi, The Enforcer. "It seems like you can't play anything this turn Yasuo, so it's my turn." Akail pulled a card out of her hand, and threw it on the battlefield. The card came to life, and it was a champion I didn't recognize. He was a young man, and had blond hair. He had blue eyes and white skin. He was wearing a brown jacket and brown pants to match. He had brown belts around his waist, and black shoes. I looked at his face closely and he seemed to be sleeping.
"Why is he sleeping?" I asked.
"He is sleeping because he can't attack this turn. I am guessing Zed didn't teach you how to play?" she asked. I nodded.
"I can teach you the basics, as you can see, the cards you have in your hand has blue numbers on them right?" I looked down and said yes. "Every turn you gain one blue crystal to spend. So by next turn if you can do math, you will have two crystals to spend. Next look at Ezreal's feet. You can see how much attack he has and how much heath he has as well. He has one attack and two health. It would take something with two or more to kill him. I will explain more once the game goes on. It's your turn Yasuo." I gained another card, this time it was Shen, The Eye of Twilight. Since it takes 4 blue crystals to put something on the board, I would have to wait four turns. "My turn, since we are playing on a real life board, whatever attacks you, you will feel the pain. You have thirty HP before you die. Now Ez, attack Yasuo." Ezreal shot a golden bolt at me with his fist, and it stung a little, but I shook it off. My cards glowed again, and it seemed to be my turn. I gained another card; it was an "item card". It costs three crystals to play. The card read: "Cloth of armor, you receive three armor." I threw out the card, and it came to life. A white cloth flew at me, and stuck itself on top of my other clothes. My cards stoped glowing, signaling the end of my turn.
"No cards yet? Hmm, fine by me." Akali threw out a card, and when it came to life, it was the pink sword I used on the rift. Ezreal grabbed the sword and his heath and attack went up by one. "Ezreal attack Yasuo!" Akali yelled. Ezreal used the same attack as before, but it was a more powerful version. The bolt hit me, but I didn't feel any pain. "Huh so this armor does work?" I thought. I started to enjoy this game as the time went by. I smiled and wondered what card I would get next. The card flew from my pocket into my hand, it was another item card called "Rabadon Deathcap." It doubles any spell casters attack. I looked at my hand, and lucky for me, I had all spell casters, except for me Shen, and Vi. I had to play something, so I played Fizz. I threw the card on the field and Fizz came to life. He was a blue living fish, with a large staff that had three sharp edges on it. His attack was 4 and health was 2. Since I couldn't do anything else, it was Akali's turn.
"Fizz, ugh so annoying. Hmm, I'll play this!" Akali threw out a card, and fire balls appeared out of it. The fire balls aimed for fizz, but he woke up immediately, and dodged them with skill. Fizz went back to sleep right afterwards. The look on my face was priceless because I was confused as fuck. Why did he dodge them? I looked down at his card, and it read: "Dodges any attack, spell, or item attack, but can only dodge once every four turns." I see, maybe all the cards in my hand has special abilities that can help me win this. Ezreal attacked me again, but I lost only one life. I gained another card; it was Sejuani, The Winter's Wrath. She also had a special ability; she can freeze all of the enemy champions on the other side of the field for one turn. Hmm that can come in handy. I have five crystals this turn, so I decided to play myself. I threw the card on the field, and was amazed at how I was looking at myself, sleeping on my sword. I looked at my abilities. I have two, except one was listed under combo. My normal ability read: "This champion has a 50% chance to critically strike." Critically strike? What does that mean exactly? My other can only happen under certain situations. It read: "if a champion or item knocks up any or all enemy champions, give an additional three attack to all champions affected. This ability can also critically strike." I looked under myself to see how much damage and heath I have; to my surprise I was actually quite strong. I have 4 attack, and 5 health. I used up all my crystals, so I decided to kill Ezreal with Fizz.
"Fizz, I command you to attack Ezreal!" I yelled. Fizz leaped up into action and literally went through the body of Ezreal, making a whole through his body. With Ezreal last breath he shot a bolt at Fizz, and fizz took the hit head on. The both died, disappearing in light just like in the Rift. Hmm, so it seems if you attack another champion, they can attack you as well. The game went on, no one getting an edge. Akali taught me everything about the game, and eventually we were down to 10 life each. I had Shen, Tryndamere, and myself on the field. Akail had Xin Zao, Vladimir, and Volibear. It was my turn. I had two cards in my hand, both of them were item cards. One card was called "Sunfire Cape" while the other was called "Blade of the Ruined King." I read the abilities and noticed that both of these cards can actually save my ass.
"Hurry up so I can win." Akali taunted. I gave a smirk, and played Sunfire Cape.
"Shen take it!" I yelled. Shen jumped into the air and grabbed the cape. I read the ability once more to see if I can make something happen. "Sunfire Cape does two extra damage." Yes! I have enough damage to take Volibear out! "Shen Attack Volibear!" Shen jumped into the air, and slashed straight through Volibear's body, splitting him in two. Okay two left. I have just enough crystals to play my other card. "When equipped, take away two life from target champion and combine it with the equipped champion." I rubbed my chin and glanced at Akali's remaining Champions health numbers. Xin has 4 while Vlad has 6. On my side, Shen has 2, Tryndamyere has 3, and lastly Yasuo has 1. "Hey Yas, catch!" I yelled. I threw the card out and a blue blade with aura surrounded it came out. Yasuo caught the blade, and gave me a thumbs up. I smiled and he turned around to face the other champions. "Alright Yasuo, activate Blade of the Ruined King on Vlad!" Yasuo… stood there, ignoring my command. "Hey Paintbrush head! Listen to me damn it!" Akali on the other hand, was laughing at my anger.
"You ran out of time silly." She said, picking out a card from her hand.
"The fuck you mean "ran out of time"!?"I yelled.
"Vladimir Attack shen!" Vlad attacked Shen, killing him in a pool of blood.
"What the fuck! Where is the damn clock to prove this shit?" I yelled. Akail giggled and threw a card at me.
"Good game." she said. I looked down and it was another fireball card. The fire balls sprung from the card, and my body was engulfed in flames. "Xin finish him off!" Xin ran up to me, stuck his spear through my chest, and swung me around. The pain was so intense, I passed out instantly.
"Hey Yasuo, wake up man." I slowly opened my eyes, to see Akali, giving me her hand.
"What happened?" I asked, giving her my hand. She pulled me up, and I was back on my feet.
"You passed out haha; we are leaving the abyss shortly." I nodded and we were teleported back to the Summoning chambers. I walked out of the Champion Chamber to see Zed giving Shen a hand shake.
"I will beat you one day brother." Zed said. Shen smiled through his mask and patted Zed on his back.
"How about we settle this in the arcade brother?" Shen asked. Zed raised his knuckle and Shen punched his knuckle with his own. They walked off, with Syndra floating behind them. I looked around for Akali, but there was no trace of her. I sighed and walked to my room.
"I ran out of time, man that's some bull shit." I said out loud.
"Heh, gets them everytime." A voice said behind me. I turned around but no one was there.
"Fucking ninja…" I whispered.
"Fucking samurai." The voice said back, I recognized the voice, it was Akali. It felt as though she was talking from the shadows.
"Heh, good one." I said. I turned around and walked to my room. After ten minutes of walking through the crowded halls of the League, I finally reached my room. I rubbed my eyes, and searched my pockets for my room key.
"Oh where the hell is it?" I mumbled under my breath.
"Let me help you look for it…" I felt hands travel around my body, soft gentle hands reaching into my pockets. "You are trembling Yasuo, are you enjoying this?" I recognized the voice, it was Riven.
"Riven, I had a silly day, all I want to do is rest." Riven bit my earlobe, and somehow unlocked the door with my room key she "somewhat" found.
"I can help with that, let me tuck you into bed." Riven pushed me inside of my room and closed the door behind me. Riven pulled me to my bed and took of my shirt. She gently pushed me onto my soft bed and kicked off her shoes. Riven climbed up and laid beside me. "All I want to do is cuddle with you Yasuo. I can tell you had a long day." I smiled and hugged Riven beside me tightly. I kissed Riven softly on her lips and fell asleep in her arms. "Good night Yasuo." was the last thing I heard before getting a kiss on my neck.
