Well, I was waiting for 2 of my friends to review before I posted this up, but since alch and kyoda reviewed, I'll just go ahead and post this...
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Ninja Wolf 25: Yes, pretty much everything now has to do with Bakura...
kyoda: I know, the Fallen Angels are uber!! I just wish I could have used more of them :S And the way I'm naming my chapters? I stole that idea from someone who I think stole that idea from someone else, and that idea has also been stolen from me :-)
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ForensicDuelist4137: HA!! I was right, and you were wrong! (goes to completely rub it in ur face on XC) Anyhoo, no, it's not bringing back Zorc... you need to take it by the chapter name, not it's effect.
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Well, no one got it, but it was pretty hard. Anyhoo, this chapter and the next chapter are short... just a warning! (although they are very crucial to the plot)
Chapter 21: Fulfillment of the Contract
It had been a few months since Bakura appeared, and the incident with Sam.
'It's finally time!' Chris exclaimed to Yami as he walked out of his last class of the day.
'Yes, I'm sure you're excited about this,' Yami said.
'Of course!' Chris walked back to his dorm room and went in. Sarah and Sam were already there.
"And so—Oh hi Chris!" Sarah greeted, stopping her conversation with Sam mid-sentence. She still hadn't completely forgiven Sam. "Are you ready?"
"Of course!" Chris laughed.
"I am too!" Sam said.
"I am three!" Kengake replied, walking through the door Chris had forgotten to close. "Winter vacation is finally here! One whole work-free week!"
"So, what are you guys doing?" Sarah asked as they all sat down. She got out a bag, and took some snacks out of them.
"I, um, haven't really thought about it," Chris replied. "I haven't made any plans to go back to one of my parents' houses, so I'll probably stay here. I bet it's going to be so boring," Chris sighed.
"No, not necessarily," Sarah explained. "You see, the academy has a few special vacation-resort spots that are only open on the vacation weeks. One of them in the sub-arctic climate, another on the tropical beach, a third in the rainforest climate, and the last one is in the Cathedral, and that one is really just for dueling."
"Really? That sounds awesome! Vacation is going to be great!" Chris exclaimed.
"Well, they have limited room," Sarah said. "Even if you try to sign up now, they might not have enough space left."
"What?!" Chris yelled. He frantically took out his PDA to try to sign up.
"Be sure to sign up for the Cathedral dueling class," Sarah told Chris. "You should make sure your deck ready. After all, midterms are the day we come back!"
"They are?" Chris asked.
"Yeah," Sam said. "You didn't know that?"
"No!" Chris responded.
"Do you know how it works?" Sarah asked. Chris shook his head. "Well, on that day, you get a random opponent at a random time. You have to duel them, some of the academy staff decide how well you did, and then you get a grade on it. Of course, if you fail the midterm, then… you get kicked out of the academy."
"What?!" shouted Chris.
"Yep, so you'd better do well!" Sarah said. "Kengake, Sam, what are you two doing?"
"Those vacation spots the academy has seems pretty nice," Kengake said, "But I've already made plans to go home. Maybe next vacation."
"Same for me," Sam answered.
'Do you think Bakura is going to do something over the break?' Chris asked Yami.
'I don't know. He hasn't done anything since Sam—we haven't even seen Manukan around—so I have no idea. For all I know he might have left Duel Academy. Of course, I doubt this, since he's probably after the Millennium Items. Otherwise he wouldn't have attacked me and Sarah. We'll just have to wait and see.'
'Do you think I should tell Sarah, Sam, and Kengake about you and Bakura?'
'Not yet,' Yami answered. 'We should wait until he does something else. We have to make sure we tell them at the right time.'
'Yes,' Chris agreed. 'I just hope that if we do that, we don't tell them too late…'
"As for me, I'm going to say in some of the va—" Sarah was cut off as her PDA began beeping. She took it out, and stared at it for a few moments. "Oh, sorry. I don't think I'll be able to stay here during the break. Something just came up, and I need to leave immediately," Sarah apologized. She got up and walked out of the dorm room, leaving the trio of boys confused.
Earlier in the day, Bakura was pondering in his room. "What shall I do?" He asked aloud. "I need all the Millennium Items, and I only have my ring. The puzzle is in the possession of Atem, and the necklace in the protection of Atem. Casatos has the Millennium Eye—it should be as easy to take that from him as it was to take it from Pegasus—but I have no idea where the other three items are.
"Then again, maybe I do have some idea. I may need to pull some strings, but it should all work out," Bakura chuckled.
Bakura walked out of his Ra dorm, and outside was a jet plane, as he had planned. Perfect, he thought. He boarded the plane, and in a few minutes the plane took off.
Because of the improved technology, it did not take much time for Bakura to reach his destination. He stepped out of the plane and observed the desert landscape. "Oh, Egypt. I've missed you so. I'll be back in about an hour," Bakura told the pilot of the plane. He checked a small mechanical device, and began walking through the desert. After walking through the desert for several minutes, he reached an old set of stairs that lead down underground.
He walked down the stairs, calling out, "Hello? Is anyone home?" He walked through some of the old, stone rooms. Nobody was there. Well, if they won't come out, I'll make them come out.
He navigated through the rooms, until he came to his destination. "Here we are," Bakura said as he began to walk into the room.
"Stop!" A man called out. He stepped out from behind the doorway of the room, blocking Bakura's path. He had dark skin, like Sarah's, dark hair, and plain white cloth clothes. A woman and two children also stepped out from behind the doorway, but stayed behind the man. One of the children was obviously older than the other.
"The Ishtar family," Bakura smiled. "I've been wondering when I'd meet you. Now if you'll excuse me, that belongs to me." Bakura pointed past the man into the room. On the far end of the room were two stone pedestals. One was empty, but the other had the Millennium Rod.
"No, that belongs to us!" The man said. "Besides, you don't truly own it. You won't be able to use its power."
"Actually, one of your clan promised me that Rod," Bakura explained. "I am the Spirit of the Millennium Ring, and 5000 years ago your ancestor, Marik Ishtar, promised me his Millennium Rod if I helped him with his plans. I helped him, but I never received the Rod. Therefore, it belongs to me."
"Why do I get the feeling you're lying?" The man asked. "Besides, if you want the Rod, you'll have to go through me, and the rest of my family." The man's duel disk unfolded. It was designed to look like it was made of sand.
"If you insist," Bakura agreed. "But I don't have time to deal with each of you. How about I just duel you all at the same time?"
"Fine, it will just make things easier," The man said.
"My point exactly," Bakura agreed.
The woman and children's duel disks unfolded. "My name is Ordos," The man explained. "My wife is Kara, my older son is Thar, and my younger son is Cholistan."
"And my name is Bakura! Let the duel begin!"
Bakura: 4000; Thar: 4000; Kara: 4000; Ordos: 4000; Cholistan: 4000
"Since I am at an obvious disadvantage, I'll go first (6)," Bakura declared. "First I play Graceful Charity (5). I will now draw three cards (8), and then discard two (6). The cards I choose to discard are Headless Knight (1450/1700) and Necro Candle (500/1200). Since Necro Candle was discarded, I can send the other two copies in my deck to the graveyard. Next I play Trap Booster (5), discarding The Portrait's Secret (4;1500/1200) to activate Destiny Board (3) from my hand!"
"Destiny Board?" Kara gasped.
"What is it, my dear?" Ordos asked.
"I… I think I know that card," Kara explained as a spirit holding a "D" appeared on Bakura's field. "At the end of each of the opponent's turn, a new letter of the message appears. Once the message is complete, the user of Destiny Board wins the duel."
That must be his strategy! Ordos realized. "Kara, how many letters are in the message?"
"Excluding the D, there are four," Kara answered. "The message spells 'Death'."
"So a new letter will appear at the end of Choli's turns?" Thar asked.
"No, child," Bakura laughed. "A letter will appear at the end of each of your family members' turns!"
"Wait," Order thought aloud. "If there are four letters, and four of us, then—"
"Then each of you only has one turn to defeat me!" Bakura laughed. "And I'll think I'll make your job a bit harder by removing The Portrait's Secret, Headless Knight, and two Necro Candle from play to special summon D.E.A.T.H. – Death (2;2900+200/2450)! As long as I control Death, card effects cannot destroy Destiny Board and its Spirit Messages! Plus, Death grows stronger for each Spirit Message I have. All right Thar, you can make your first—and last—move."
"O-okay. D-draw (6)," Thar weakly declared. "I set a monster (5) and a trap (4) and end my turn. Sorry." An E appeared on Bakura's field, and Death's attack increased to 3300.
"It's okay, honey," Kara soothed, drawing a card (6). "I activate Terraforming (5), so I can use Necrovalley from my deck!" The room transformed from an old, stone room, into a giant, dark valley. The five duelists were on a small cliff, suspended above the valley. "Then I summon Gravekeeper's Cannonholder (4;1400+500/1200+500) and end my turn!" An A appeared, spelling "DEA".
"Then it's my turn (6)," Ordos declared. "I shall also activate Graceful Charity (5), so I draw three cards (8) and discard two (6). Also, like you again, I shall play Trap Booster (5), discarding a card (4) to play Rite of Spirit (3), summoning Gravekeeper's Assailant (1500+500/1500+500), who I discarded for Graceful Charity. Then I tribute my Assailant to summon Gravekeeper's Chief (2;1900+500/1200+500), who summons back Assailant!"
"You are a very powerful duelist," Bakura observed. "Too bad you'll still lose. You might have actually been a challenge if you weren't held back by the rest of your family."
"My family doesn't hold me back," Ordos smirked. "My family makes me stronger! I activate Grave Save (1) so summon back Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier (1500+500/1000+500) who I also discarded for Graceful Charity!"
Bakura: 4000; Thar: 4000; Kara: 4000; Ordos: 3200; Cholistan: 4000
"Now, this is my family!" Ordos declared. His three Gravekeeper's, along with Kara's, gathered together. Gravekeeper's Assailant also pulled down her hood, revealing her striking similarity to Kara. "Thar—Cannonholder, Cholistan—Spear Soldier, Kara—Assailant, and myself—the Chief. Each of these cards represent one of us, and together, we cannot be beaten." It was true; each monster bore a resemblance to the named family member.
"Don't tell me all that nonsense!" Bakura laughed. "Your monsters are simply tools, and together they are not any stronger, nor do they prove anything about you or your family!"
"We shall see," Ordos replied. "I have Mystical Space Typhoon in my hand," Ordos said, showing it to Choli and Bakura. "I'll set it (0) and end my turn. Cholistan, it's your turn. All you need to do is draw a card to destroy Death. Or, get that card." 'The card that represents your sister,' Ordos mouthed to Choli.
"Okay," Cholistan quietly said as the penultimate letter of Bakura's message appeared. "I'll try." Cholistan had nothing in his hand to destroy Death, so it would be up to this draw. Please sister... help me... He placed his tiny fingers on his deck, and picked up the top card (6). "I… I'm sorry," He said, tears welling on his eyes. "I… I end my t-turn."
"Yes!" Bakura exclaimed as "Death" was completed. "I told you you would not succeed!" Each of the letters swarmed around the Ishtar family, reducing their lifepoints to 0.
Bakura: 4000; Thar: 0; Kara: 0; Ordos: 0; Cholistan: 0
"And I think I'll take your souls, too," Bakura laughed as the Ishtar clan all fell to the floor. Bakura began to walk to the other end of the room to claim his prize.
"S-stop," Bakura heard Ordos weakly said. Bakura turned around and saw Ordos shakily standing up. "I will not let you do this."
"It's a bit too late for that, isn't it?" Bakura asked, picking up the Millennium Rod. "But I'll give you credit; not everyone can survive a Shadow Game."
"You may have defeated us, but the Rod still doesn't belong to you," Ordos stated. "You cannot use its powers!"
"Oh, then you shouldn't have any concerns of me sending your soul to the Shadow Realm with it," Bakura smiled as the Rod began to glow.
"What? You can use it?" Ordos asked, his eyes widening. He fought with all his will to keep his soul from being pulled out of his body.
"Of course," Bakura answered. "Did you actually think I would lie to you?"
"It doesn't matter if you defeat us," Ordos said. "I've called my daughter, and she will come here soon! She is more powerful than my family and myself put together, and you will not defeat her! She shall avenge us all!"
"You called her? Perfect," Bakura laughed. "Now I won't have to feign a message to her from you! I was hoping she'd come," Bakura smiled as Ordos finally fainted. "Yes, I shall get the Millennium Rod and the Millennium Necklace, all in one day. I may be a bit late getting back to my pilot, but I'm sure it will all work out," Bakura assured himself.
"I await you, keeper of the Millennium Necklace… Sahara Ishtar."
See? Short, but important. Now that Bakura has the Millennium Rod, it will make my job so much easier...
Oh, and Bakura gets a neat new strategy next time... don't miss it! XD
And in case anyone missed it, the contract was the contract between Marik and Bakura... I know they did that in the dub, but I'm not sure about the original..
They made that deal, but then they just forgot about it. I made it actually contribute to the plot in some way!! (and just for the record, I did not remember that little 5-second scene where they made the deal because i have good memory... I just remember a bunch of short little stupid things, and that was one of them)
Card of the Day
Destiny Board
Continuous Trap
At the end of each of your opponent's turns, place 1 "Spirit Message" card from your hand or your Deck face-up on the field. If it is from your Deck, then shuffle your Deck. When "Spirit Message" cards "E", "A", "T", and "H" are all on your side of the field in their proper order, you are declared the winner. if any of your "Spirit Message" card or "Destiny Board" are removed from the field, all your "Spirit Message" cards are "Destiny Board" on the field are sent to your graveyard immediately.
Original Cards
Necro Candle; level 3; Zombie/Effect/DARK; 500/1200; When this card is discarded from your hand to the graveyard, send two "Necro Candle" from your deck to the graveyard. (this was made by Kuinra Shisha, along with Death)
Trap Booster; Spell; Discard 1 card from your hand. Activate 1 Trap Card from your hand.
D.E.A.T.H. – Death; level 9; Fiend/Effect/DARK; 2900/2450; This card cannot be normal summoned or set. This card can only be special summoned by removing 2 zombie-type monsters and 2 fiend-type monsters in your graveyard from play when "Destiny Board" is face-up on the field. This card gains 200 ATK for each face-up "Destiny Board" and "Spirit Message" card on the field. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, card effects cannot destroy "Destiny Board" and "Spirit Message" cards.
Grave Save; Equip Spell; Pay 800 Life Points. Select 1 "Gravekeeper" monster from your Graveyard, Special Summon it on the field in face-up Attack Position, and equip it with this card. When this card is destroyed, destroy the equipped monster. This card is unaffected by the effect of "Necrovalley".
Next Time: Judgment of the Desert
