YU GI OH!: Rise From the Deep
By: DMEX
See previous chap. for disclaimers
Ch. 6
First Night; The Stalker's Eyes
-Town Square-
Anzu: Miho! Would you hurry up?
Miho: Miho's still deciding!
Anzu: You can watch Punch & Judy later!
Miho: If you say so…
Sinister eyes glare at the castle
*: "THE CHICKEN HAS TAKEN THE BAIT"
Ursula: Good, now just make sure Triton's daughter is alone.
-Eric's Palace-
Grimsby: Eric, be reasonable. Women just don't come out of thin air.
Honda: Not unless their mutants.
Eric: I know she's out there. When I find her, I'm going to marry her.
-In a separate room-
Yugi: I guess you haven't ever played Duel Monsters before.
Ariel shakes her head no
Yugi: (nervous laugh) Everyone is a beginner at some point. It's very simple. Both players start with 2000 Life Points. At the start of the game each player draws 5 cards from the deck.
Yugi LP: 2000
Ariel LP: 2000
Yugi: I'll play first, just so you know what to do on your turn. I'll play Skull Mammoth in the Dark Forest.
Skull Mammoth 2 Stars 350/500 420/600
Yugi: Since Skull Mammoth does best in the Dark Forest, it powers up by half.
Ariel draws a card and plays Abyssal Specter in the Lake
Abyssal Specter 3 Stars 800/350 960/420
Abyssal Specter sneaks from under Skull Mammoth and drowns it to death
Yugi LP: 2000 1460
Ariel LP: 2000
Yugi: How did you know where to put Abyssal Specter?
She doesn't even know and gives a "I just guessed" smile and look
Yugi: Then I'll play… This one! Headless Woman in defense.
Headless Woman appears on the Desert field. She is actually holding her head with one hand and her other hand is guarding her headless neck.
Headless Woman 6 Stars 1800/2300 2160/2760
Cannot attack unless you sacrifice a Monster
Ariel: Creepy…
Enchanting Mermaid 3 Stars 1200/900 1440/1080
Then she grows quieter for a moment Yugi can see the scar on her neck. The scar where that grotesque hand ripped her voice out. But why hasn't anyone else noticed it? Can Yugi only see it?
Yugi: Ariel-chan? Are you okay?
Smiles letting him know she's fine
Yugi: You had me concerned. Anyway; I can't attack with Headless Woman so I'll just play a card face down. And it's back to you.
Ariel (thinking): He's got some wall monster on the field. So I'll have to find a way around-- Wait hold on!
Sand Pit (Magic Card)
Can only kill 1 monster in defense. The effects of that monster are canceled out and you gain 400 Life Points.
Headless Woman sinks into everlasting darkness
Ariel LP: 2000 2400
Yugi LP: 1460
Minutes go by as the two face each other
Yugi LP: 1090
Ariel LP: 1776
Yugi LP: 860
Ariel: 1530
Yugi: You're getting better. I'll play… …This one. Black Gourd.
Black Gourd 5 Stars 0/1200
Summon Black Gourd Seedlings after you Summon Black Gourd
Yugi: Black Gourd can make Black Gourd Seedlings.
A massive flood comes in the graveyard field
Yugi: Huh? Enchanting Mermaid just cast a flood!
Ariel: I did that?
Yugi LP: 860 0
Yugi: I guess you beat me. Oh, I have to get going. We'll play more later.
Sugaroku: Yugi-kun, Louis has been looking for you.
Yugi: Coming Ji-Chan!
-Later-
Grimsby: Where in the blazes did Akiba go off to!
Eric: Who knows.
Jounouchi: *Keh* Worthless butler!
Anzu: I hope he gets back here! I'm going to give him a piece of my mind! After all; our room got infested with leeches and our door got sealed shut!
Sinister eyes are watching within the palace
Cartoon violence sounds are heard from the kitchen with a few TOM & JERRY-like screams are heard and a chainsaw
Maid: I better check on Louis…
-Kitchen-
(cue Naruto comical confrontation music)
Louis: Ya stupid crab! I'ma gonna keel you!
Sebastian runs for it and once again, Louis gets whacked with a rolling pin
Yugi: Louis, you're going to kill us both!
Louis: Let-a me show you, how we-a do it!
Yugi: Just stop! Let it go! We have enough crabs as it is.
Sebastian whacks Louis with a frying pan that has been used
Louis: (Screams like Tom like on TOM & JERRY)
(Naruto Comical Confrontation music ends)
Maid: Louis! What the hell is going on!
A pot that was hanging falls on Louis and he passes out
Maid: I'm very sorry, Yugi. Louis can be quite a handful at times.
-Dinner-
Jounouchi: (laughs) Serves him right! I would pay money to watch a REAL Tom & Jerry fight!
Honda: I'm with you there pal!
Both of them laugh like a couple of idiots
(Whack!) x2
Jounouchi: OUCH!
Honda: What the fuck was that for?
Anzu: Laughing at someone at the expense of someone else's pain! He could have actually died in there! Show some respect!
Jounouchi: Like you didn't watch cartoons like Bugs and Daffy, Tom & Jerry, hell even Family Guy!
Anzu: No. Those shows are disgusting!
Her eyes lit up with a long loving smile
Anzu: I prefer shows like Days of Our Lives and ER!
Honda (like Homer Simpson): Boring!
Jounouchi: ER! I'd rather watch MTC Monkey Trauma Center.
Anzu (sarcastically): I'm sure you would…
The thoughts of Monkeys in the hospital doing God knows what made her shudder
-Later-
Ariel is brushing her hair and walks out to her balcony. Waves to Eric and walks back inside
Eric plays his Pipe (instrument) and plays that same song that mystery woman sang him.
Miho: Where'd you learn that?
Eric: That girl who saved me, she sang that to me. I haven't seen her since. I've been looking for her everywhere. Where could she be?
Miho: Who knows. Did you get a good look at her?
Eric: Not really…
Miho: Maybe it's her?
Eric: No chance. She doesn't speak. But I do like her… I'll be taking her tomorrow around the town.
-Atlantica-
Triton: Any sign of her?
*: No, sire.
Triton: Check every grotto. Leave no stone unturned…! No one sleeps until she is found!
*: I understand sire.
Triton: What have I done…? I was only trying to protect her…
Little did Triton realize that Ariel was in the most obvious spot, a place not even Triton wouldn't even think to look
To be Continued…
Ariel plays a magic card Sand Pit
Plays Enchanting Mermaid in the Lake. A beautiful red haired mermaid with pink and orange fins appears