Chapter 39- Card Shark 4
Author's Note: Okay, so Krory is down 1-2. Good luck, Krory, and enjoy!
Rôade giggled happily as she held her deck up again, and Krory braced himself.
"It's time for Game 4! The name of the game is War." Rôade stated, and she appeared in front of Krory and handed him half of her deck of cards.
"Do you know how to play?"
"Isn't it when we slap down a card, and the person with the higher number gets both cards?"
"Yep, but this version is harder. With each card you lose, you also lose a part of your body." Rôade said calmly, and Krory gulped nervously as his hand holding the cards twitched.
"I'm… ready." He said as he prepared his hands, and Rôade calmly nodded as she placed her hand on her half of cards.
The two quickly drew a card, and then quickly threw the cards at each other.
The cards collided into the other card, and it crackled with electricity.
Rôade's cards suddenly exploded, and she flinched as Krory's card flew at her, and hit her in the arm.
Rôade felt her upper arm dissolve, and she quickly drew another card.
The two started to rapidly throw cards at each other, and the two flinched as they were hit randomly by each other's cards.
Krory and Rôade grabbed their last card in their deck, and they appeared closer as they smacked their cards together.
The two watched as the electricity crackled around the cards.
Rôade suddenly flinched as her card exploded, and Krory watched in amazement as Rôade gritted her teeth in pain.
"I-I… won?" He said in disbelief, and Rôade let out a sigh in defeat.
"I hate War cause it's so random…" She muttered, and then held her hand up.
The cards materialized on her hand, and she looked through the cards to look at them.
"Well done. Two games each, and now you need to win the next game in order to beat me." Rôade said calmly, and Krory flexed his arm in determination.
"What's the last game?" He asked, and Rôade replied with a sly smirk as she picked one of the cards, and then put the corner of it between her lips.
"We're going to play a little game me and Kiki made up." Rôade said with a giggle, and Krory raised an eyebrow at her.
"How do you play?"
"It's simple. We each have five cards, and we pick a card from our hand, and then a card from the opponent's, and the card with the higher value wins. The higher card goes back to its player's hand, and the lower card loses while its player loses a limb as usual." Rôade stated as she removed the card from her mouth, and then shuffled it back into her deck.
She quickly tossed five cards to Krory, and he caught them while Rôade drew five for her.
Krory looked down at his hand, and he smirked slightly at the cards.
'Nine of Diamonds, King of Spades, Jack of Clubs, Five of Hearts, and Two of Spades.' Krory thought, and he looked up at Rôade as she looked at her hand.
"Oh, and Aces can only be beaten by twos." Rôade said calmly, and Krory nodded as he glanced down at the Two of Spades in his hand.
Rôade put the rest of the deck away, and she motioned to Krory. "You can pick first." She said, and Krory nodded as he walked over to Rôade as she held her hand up.
Krory picked his Jack of Clubs, and then picked the center card of Rôade's hand.
"Jack of Clubs."
"Six of Hearts."
Krory smiled as he won, and Rôade sighed as her right arm dissolved.
She picked one of her cards, and then picked the right most card in Krory's hand.
"Ace of Spades."
"Nine of Diamonds…"
Rôade smiled happily as Krory's left arm dissolved, and he watched Rôade put the Ace back in her hand.
'Now I just need to pick that card with my Two…' Krory thought, but Rôade was smarter as she shuffled the cards in her hand together, and then held them up again.
Krory flinched as he didn't know which one was the Ace now, and Rôade knew that full well.
Krory twitched as he picked one of Rôade's cards and one of his own.
"Jack of Clubs."
"Three of Hearts."
Rôade's left leg dissolved, and she sighed again as she quickly picked Krory's Jack, and then smirked as she picked her Ace.
"Ace of Spades."
"Jack of Clubs…"
Krory's leg dissolved this time, and he gritted his teeth as Rôade shuffled her hand again.
Krory had three cards left, and Rôade had three left also as they continued to play.
Krory picked one of his cards, and he then slowly picked one of Rôade's cards.
"Two of Spades!"
"Ace of Spades…"
Krory let out a sigh of relief as he got the Ace, and Rôade just smirked as her other arm dissolved and her hand of cards floated in front of her.
She picked one of Krory's cards, and then grinned as she picked one of hers.
"King of Spades."
"Ace of Hearts."
Krory's eyes widened as Rôade grinned happily while his other arm dissolved too and his hand of cards floated in front of him.
Krory stared at Rôade's cards intensely as he tried to find out which one was her other Ace, but Rôade calmly picked Krory's Five, and he gritted his teeth as he other leg dissolved as well.
"Now this is a problem. You have one card left, and I have two. You'll win if I have two Aces, but you'll lose if I don't." Rôade stated slyly, and Krory gritted his teeth as he slowly motioned to the card on the right of Rôade, and she sighed as her Ace of Hearts was picked.
Her other leg dissolved as well, and she smirked as she looked at Krory.
"You're not so bad at cards. Too bad we're on opposite sides. It would be fun to play more often."
"I don't think I'll ever play cards again after this…"
Rôade pouted as she picked Krory's Two, and he then started to gulp nervously as Rôade's last card slowly turned around.
"Two of Spades…"
"… Ace of Clubs."
Krory nearly fainted as he had actually won the game, and Rôade gritted her teeth as her limbs came back along with Krory's, and the black dome overhead slowly dissolved.
The deck of cards returned to Rôade's hand, and she sighed as she put it in her bag.
"I guess you get to go…" Rôade started to say until Krory suddenly punched the little Noah in the face, and she went flying back into the wall.
"That was for Komui." Krory said as he flexed his fingers, and Rôade slowly stood up while covering her face with her hands.
"You hit me…" She muttered, and Krory watched as Rôade muttered it over and over again.
"You hit me…" Rôade muttered again, and Krory suddenly noticed the row of crosses on Rôade's forehead start to darken.
"You hit me…" She muttered as she slowly lowered her hands, and Krory froze as Rôade stared at him like the Noah's did when their mouths grew, and their eyes became white.
"You hit me…" Rôade muttered again, and suddenly, Krory could only catch a glimpse as Rôade suddenly appeared in front of him.
Krory backed away quickly, but failed to block Rôade's foot as she kicked Krory in the head.
"You hit me…" Rôade muttered again as the floor started to crack, and Krory watched weakly as two large soldiers made of shapes emerged from the floor.
"I'll kill you…" Rôade muttered as Krory stood back up.
Krory glanced up at the soldiers, and he then quickly swerved to the side as one of the soldiers slashed downward at him with a diamond shaped blade.
"I'm going to make you experience a real death, Exorcist."
O.o Okay... Roade's going into Noah form... Krory better be good...