Hey guys! I know I took a little long, but I'm trying to get To the Unknown done before my birthday comes and it'll be coming in about two weeks. Hope you get the cake and confetti ready! Review please!
Hanaski and Tera drew five cards from their deck. Hanaski decided to let his opponent go first, since he went first on his last duel. Tera seemed confident that she would win this duel against Hanaski, especially seeing that he was a nub. She drew her first card. A smirk slowly developed upon her face.
"I'll start things off by placing one card face-down, then I summon Blood Sucker to the field!" Tera declared as a winged creature with fangs, razor sharp claws, and two horns on its head. "Your turn!"
"Then, I go!" Hanaski said, drawing his next card.
"Why is she summoning such weak monsters?" Duke asked.
"Are you kidding? That monster has 1300 attack! How is that weak? That monster is probably stronger than most of Hanaski's monsters combined!" Joey glared.
"I'm just saying," Duke shrugged.
"I summon Elemental HERO Heat in attack mode to destroy your Blood Sucker!" Hanaski declared as a strong warrior appeared on the field with red and yellow armor and helmet. It went out and punched Blood Sucker from the upper jaw and the vampire creature burst from the field. Tera was left with 3700 life points.
"Now, I reveal my trap card Thirst for Blood, which allows me to summon a vampire monster when you destroy a monster from my field, and I choose Vampire Lady!" Tera declared as pale woman with dark braided hair and violet dress appeared in attack mode.
"I place two cards face-down and end my turn!" Hanaski said.
"At least this woman seems like she's skilled somewhat, compared to the other guy Hanaski dueled," Joey commented.
"I'd like to see more of your powerful monsters!" Hanaski smirked with excitement.
"Interesting. In fact, there is a powerful monster that sleeps in my deck," Tera said, peering at her deck, then drawing her next card. "And I shall show him to you. I'll sacrifice Vampire Lady to bring out my master, Vampire's Curse." A dark and glorious vampire appeared with knightly armor, demon eyes, and fangs in its teeth.
"Cool!" Hanaski complimented with a smile on his face.
"Vampire's Curse attacks your Elemental Hero monster!" Tera smirked as Curse of Vampire flew over to Elemental HERO Heat, and then clawed into him. Hanaski was left now with 3600 life points. "You impressed?"
"Very!" Hanaski replied, then revealed his trap. "I activate Hero Signal! When you destroy one of my Elemental Hero monsters, I can special summon one level 4 or lower Elemental Hero from my hand or deck and I choose Elemental Hero Lady Heat!" A warrior lady appeared on the field with a tight white and red-orange uniform, red cuffs, and golden hair with a helmet on her head.
"I end my turn! I must say, you're very skilled in this game," Tera complimented as Hanaski showed a huge griny smile.
"Thanks," Hanaski replied. Then drew his next card. "I use Polymerization to fuse Elemental Hero Lady Heat and Elemental Hero Wildheart from my hand to create Elemental Hero Nova Master!" Elemental HERO Lady Heat and Elemental HERO Wildheart fused together in the light and out appeared a mighty warrior with red and yellow armor, a red-orange cape, and a helmet on its head. "I also use my other face-down card Quick Attack, with this, my fusion monster may attack you this turn! Nova Master attacks your Vampire's Curse!" Elemental HERO Nova master unleashed a blast of fire right at Vampire's Curse, burning him to ashes. Tera was now left with 3100 life points. "They always said that fire is deadly against vampires! Also, due to Nova Master's effect, I get to draw one card!" Hanaski drew one card from his deck to his hand.
"Way da go, Hanaski!" Joey cheered.
"Yeah, way to show that nub who's boss!" Duke cried out.
"What a waste of energy for you, Hanaski!" Tera said as she activated Vampire's Curse's ability. The holographic image of the vampire Hanaski destroyed appeared from her duel disk, biting her neck, seemingly sucking her blood. Everyone cringed.
"Oh my gosh!" Uka responded, grossed out by the sight.
"Okay, was that really necessary?" Hanaski asked, being grossed out. "I mean kids are gonna be playing this game and they're gonna be seeing that?"
"Actually, this is the adult version of the card. The kid's version isn't as gruesome," Tera explained.
"Okay, but it's still disturbing!"
"Suck it up, kid! This is an immortal deck!"
"Good point!"
"Anyways, I give up 1000 life points to bring back Vampire's Curse, since he was destroyed by battle! He shall arise more powerful than ever before!" Tera declared as Vampire's Curse appeared back on the field, this time with 2500 attack. Tera was also left with 2100 life points remaining.
"Okay, that is just one creepy woman!" Tristan commented.
"Why do you think Yako never asked her out?" Gekko asked in a whisper to where Tera couldn't hear him.
"Now, it's my turn!" Tera declared as she drew her next card. "I play my spell Evil Eye of Coercion! This lets Vampire's Curse attack you directly!" Hanaski gasped as he watched his monsters change to defense mode.
"OOOOOOOOOOh shit," Duke responded as Vampire's Curse flew right out at Hanaski and slashed its claws from across his chest, leaving him with 1100.
"Aw man, that's gotta be crucial!" Joey responded.
"Don't worry, I got this!" Hanaski assured his friends. He drew his next card.
"You have no chance of defeating me, Hanaski!" Tera smirked.
"We'll see about that! For one, my monster is still more powerful than yours or have you forgotten?"
"True, though it's only by 100 points."
"Which is why I play Hero Dice!" Hanaski declared, activating his spell card from his hand. A pink die with two arms and a head dropped on the floor and rolled. "I choose one Elemental Hero monster and the die chooses its effect!" The die landed on a six. "SWEET! Nova Master can attack you directly!"
"WHAT?" Tera gasped in horror.
"Guess you didn't see that coming, did ya?" Joey asked with a victorious smile.
"Since you like direct attacks, I thought I might give ya a taste of your own medicine!" Hanaski smirked as Elemental HERO Nova Master flew up and attacked Tera directly with a knuckle punch. Her life points dropped down to 0.
"ALRIGHT HANASKI! CONGRADULATIONS!" Joey cheered as Hanaski showed the biggest smile anyone ever saw on a boy's face.
"Since you've defeated me, here's your key card," Tera sighed, giving the key card to Hanaski.
"Say Tera, mind if I borrow your duel disk?" Joey asked as Tera gave him a grim look.
"Why didn't you ask Lew at the entrance?" Tera asked.
"Well... I kinda didn't think about dueling here until now..." Joey replied as everyone gave him a look. "WHAT? It's not like I always think of these things!"
"You're completely hopeless," Gekko muttered, covering his face with his full hand.
"Gekko," Tera called to Gekko as he turned. "I... hope things work out with your and Mr. Tenma."
"Thank you," Gekko replied with a soft smile. Tera nodded, then gave Joey her duel disk.
"Thanks Tera!" Joey thanked the lady before she left. "She's a sweet gal. Creepy, but sweet."
"I agree!" Hanaski replied as Joey put on the duel disk.
"AW YEAH! Time for me to kick some ass!" Joey shouted joyfully.
"Joey, we're here to save Atem, not just to duel!" Tristan reminded Joey.
"I kinda find that hard to believe to be truthful."
"Na, that's his way of showing his lack of faith in you, Joey," Duke teased.
"Oh yeah, you guys are so f***ing supportive!" Joey cried sarcastically as everyone laughed.
"Joey, language!" Uka rebuked with furrowed eyebrows.
"Right," Joey muttered. He began remembering the last conversation he had with Atem yesterday morning. "This sucks, I never got to make up to my friend before this happened!"
"What do you mean? Did you two have a fight?" Uka asked, baffled about this news.
"Yep, Joey was asking Atem to hang out with him yesterday, since he had a day off. Surprised that son of a gun gives him a day off. Anyways, he got pissed, because Atem told Joey he needed this day to rest off. Atem explained that he never gets any time to rest and bla bla bla. Joey got even more pissed, since Atem never spent any time with him and says that he works two jobs and still has time with his friends and all that. Then... well Atem blew up and told Joey to shut up," Duke explained.
"Well, he doesn't! I miss Atem hanging out with us and maybe I was a bit hard, but how is his job any different than mine?" Joey asked rhetorically.
"Joey, there's alot about the business world you have no idea about!" Gekko said as Joey turned. "You may not pity the guy, but I do. At least he actually gets a day off. My brother and I have no time for a day off. In fact, what I'm doing right now is vacation to me, because I don't have to worry about keeping my employers under control. Do you have any idea how hard that is? Trying to function a company with a bunch of people that care about nothing more than getting their next paycheck? It sucks! From what I see, Atem works only in this company building and is even lucky to have someone take over his shift while he gets some sleep! I doubt if the guy's used to working this many hours in the day! I'm surprised he even goes to school!"
"I... I guess I may've... been too judgmental," Joey muttered.
"Oh, you don't know the meaning of the word!" Gekko glared. "You try working your butt off to control over 50 employers a day, then come talk to me!"
Joey sighed deeply. He felt really REALLY bad about the way he treated Atem. This whole time, Joey had believed that Atem just did paperwork and computer stuff, but there ended up being more to being manager than he realized. It also meant controlling employees, making sure the work was done at the right time, and other things Joey was very clueless about. Hanaski could sense his bothered friend and patted him on the arm.
"Don't worry, we'll find Atem!" Hanaski promised.
"We better or I'll never forgive that... that..." Uka seethed, her fists shaking before being held gently by her shoulder blades from Gekko.
"I promise I'll give my brother what's coming to him! I don't appreciate what he's doing right at this moment," Gekko promised, gazing his eyes onto the floor. "If only I knew the source of my brother's madness. He's never been the one to take someone's life."
"Maybe it has something to do with some dark power on the upper floor," Serenity suggested, looking up at the ceiling.
"What dark force?" Gekko questioned with furrowed eyebrows.
"Guess there's only one way to find out," Joey said as he pressed the up button to the elevator and everyone went inside. There were so many questions inside his mind waiting to be answered.