Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Return of Noah II - The Great Revenge ❯ The Virtual World ( Chapter 8 )

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Chapter Eight - The Virtual World

Ren crouched down in fear of the knight as she put her hands out to block. She waited for the cold metal of the sword to come down on her, but nothing happened. Ren looked up after hearing an odd clank sound and saw what the sword had hit. In her hands, as shiny as a new penny, a beautiful sword held the line between her and the knight’s sword. Ren suddenly, using all her force, pushed the sword towards the knight and leaped back.

The knight made a jump towards her and tried hitting her with his sword. Ren dodged the knights attempt and aimed for his upper torso as she slashed frantically.

Suddenly the knight broke into a million pieces and each piece withered away into thin air.

Ren stood there dumb founded, with her new sword in her hands and a confused look on her face. “Why did that knight attack me?” Ren thought in confusion.

But almost to quickly a loud voice gave her the answer. At first she couldn’t tell where it was coming from, but then realized it was probably the programs voice.

“You’ve just defeated the test and rated an eight out of ten. Please select a duel monster as your role play character.”

Suddenly a wall of several duel monsters cards appeared before Ren, showing all types of level eight monsters to choose from.

“Well, I guess I should hurry and play the game. The sooner I get out of here the better.” Ren said to herself. She looked over each cards and thought carefully of which one she should pick. “Hmm...which should I pick? Let’s see, which ones am I most familiar with. Cosmo Queen, Dark Necrofear, Mirage Knight, Guardian Airtos. I think I’ll go with...Guardian Airtos.”

“Please touch the card you want to select with the sword you have in your hands.” The computer said clearly.

Ren touched the card with her sword and a light began to beam from the card, through the sword, and towards Ren, making her glow with a bright gold glow. Suddenly wings began to form on her back as her clothes began to turn into that of an Indians, including her shoes which formed into moccasins. The a large bird hood suddenly formed on top of her head and her sword became even more powerful then it already was. When the last touches were added on to Ren’s now colorfully marked face, she was ready for the virtual world and it’s surprises that were in store for her.

“Whoa, so this is what it’s like to be in a virtual world.” Ren was ultimately fascinated by her fusca of elegant clothing. But her dream was short lived as she found herself once again in battle.

“Challenge me to a battle and win a prize to boost your strength level.” Said the monster as it stood before her. Ren soon identified it to be Celtic Guardian.

Ren already had an attack of 2500, but more power would surely help to aid her in her journey through the virtual world.

Ren stepped forwards and with out any warning, landed a direct hit. The surprising thing, though, was that the monster disappeared after that one blow, leaving a card behind.

“Black Pendant.” Ren read aloud. The card soon formed into a necklace. Ren put it on and almost immediately her power raised to 3000. “The affect said if it’s destroyed by an opponent then it takes 500 points from it’s attack points.”

Ren then continued on down the forest path which led to a small lake of great beauty and tranquility. She decided to stay for a while and enjoy the virtual sun as she lay on her wings and– Ren just remembered, she had wings! That meant that she could fly where ever she wanted.

Ren suddenly stood up, and with great excitement, shot into the air. Her wings pushing her forward with full force as she flew over the lake, touching the water with her finger tips.

“Man, I’ve wanted to do this my whole life.” Ren said as she turned to head back over the lake once again. She dipped her fingers into the water again, feeling the cold water and the smooth– Wait a Second!

Ren suddenly stopped in mid air as she took her fingers out of the water. She had just felt something, but wasn’t sure what exactly it was, but suddenly, as Ren waited quietly above, whirlpools began forming. Suddenly Ren saw a shell, like that of a turtles, but before she could attack it the shell rose out of water and into the air, revealing itself to be not only a water monster, but a sky one as well. This monster was known only as a Turtle Bird.

Turtle bird seemed much more dangerous then the Celtic guardian was and was a lot faster to. It shot towards Ren, using it’s webbed wings and then shot back into the lake with ease, and without getting attacked either. Ren looked down into the lake and once again the shelled bird arose in all it’s aquatic wonder to aim for Ren, but this time Ren was ready. She took aim and– BAM! –hit him square on the head. She then slashed it’s wings and sliced it further, until it scattered into a million pieces and was defeated. Ren once again saw a card waiting for her, this time it was a trap card. Shadow Spell. It would definitely come in handy later for the tougher monsters she would fight.

“What!!! What do you mean Mokuba’s still missing!” Noah had just received news of Mokuba’s unsuccessful capture and was not pleased. “I need him in order for my plan to work correctly! Tell your team of idiots that if they don’t find Mokuba and bring him to me in less then an hour they’ll be the next to try out my pods! Am I making myself clear.” The goon nodded his head. “And trust me, their fate will most likely be short lived if they don’t succeed! Quite Literally.”

“I wonder how exactly I’ll be able to exit this world?” Ren pondered to herself as she walked through a grassy virtual meadow. “I know if I beat all the levels, however many there are, I’ll be able to exit, but how is that possible? I’ve never been in a virtual world before. But I’d like more then anything to figure out how exactly I get out.”

Ren headed down a slope and across a valley until she finally landed on a mountain top. It suddenly began to snow, and small flakes began to form everywhere Ren looked. But for some reason Ren could actually feel the coolness of the snow.

“Brrrr.” Ren shook as her wings let loose the flakes of snow that were on top of them. “Man, you’d think this virtual world wouldn’t be so advanced. Noah must have taken Seto’s program and reprogrammed it somehow to fit what he wanted.”

Ren decided it might be best she fly off somewhere else, that way she wouldn't catch a virtual cold. If there were such things.

“Only problem is– What the heck is that thing?” Ren yelled. It was Dark Blade. A level four monster who thrived off of the power of dragons. But why was he floating? Suddenly as the character rose further up Ren could clearly see he was riding on a dragon. But not just any dragon. “Oh wow! Kiryu!!!”

Ren had absolutely loved that card more then any other and gawked at the sight of it. Floating there before her in all it’s red and powerful glory.

“Your strength intrigues me.” Dark Blade said as he looked down upon Ren from atop his majestic dragon. “Let us battle to see who is strongest. If you win I will give you a card in which to summon a dragon of your own.”

“Cool!” Ren yelled in excitement. “Alright, lets battle then.”

Ren took off from the mountain and shot towards Dark Blade. She tried hitting him with a slash from her sword, but he dodged the attack immediately. Now it was Kiryu’s turn to attack. The dragon shot out a powerful blast of red glowing fire from it’s mouth and shot Ren directly.

Ren fell to the ground, and lost 1000 of her attack points. “What happened?” Ren asked stunned. “Why did I loose 1000 attack points.”

“You loose attack points when a monster with less then your attack points attacks you. Because they can’t destroy you, half of their attack points are deducted from your original attack points.” Called out Dark Blade. “Get up! Or face defeat!”

“Oh don’t worry.” Ren said as she stood up. “I don’t plan on losing.” Ren took out the trap card she had got earlier and showed it to Dark Blade. “Activate! Shadow Spell!”
Suddenly thick chains began to form from out of the ground and shot out towards Kiryu and Dark Blade.

“I’ll protect myself,” Dark Blade began as he shot off of Kiryu. “My special ability allows me to detach myself from Kiryu, leaving me unharmed.”

“What! But you have no special ability.”

“Actually I do...any traps or magic cards that include union monster in it are given to me as a special ability to activate.”

“Of course....he used the trap card known as Formation Union.” Ren said to herself.

“Right!”

“Yes, but now I’ll get rid of your kiryu, making you easy prey.” Ren said as her wings flew her towards kiryu.

Now that it’s attack was lowered to 1300 and it was trapped by shackles of metal, kiryu was an easy target.

Ren looked at the dragon as it twisted and turned to break free, roaring loudly and sadly.

“I don’t care if you are my favorite monster!” Ren yelled as she pointed her sword upward. “I have to escape this virtual world.” And with that, Ren swung the sword towards the beast and a forceful white stream of light pressed through the dragon, crushing it on impact.

Dark Blade landed on the mountain and looked up at Ren as she alighted down from the sky.

“Now I will face you.” Said Dark Blade without even mentioning the loss of his dragon. Ren found this to be very mean and selfish because he only cared for himself.

“You don’t even respect the dragons you tame!” Ren yelled. “And now I’ll destroy you and take my prize.”

Ren, having 2000 points still, attacked Dark Blade. The monster immediately crumbled into a thousand pieces and disappeared from sight.

“Take that!” Ren said as she reached for the magic card known as The Flute of Summoning Dragons. “Says here I can summon up to two dragons. That means I’ll be able to have a kiryu and another dragon at my side to help me battle.” Ren tried activating the card, but failed. “What’s wrong with it? Wait! Oh great, this thing says I can only activate it with the help of a Lord of Dragons. But where am I suppose to get that monster?! He tricked me!!”

Ren decided it was best she moved on and headed up and over the mountain, where she found herself in a desert, one that seemed just as real and just as hot as a real one would be.

“Great, maybe I should just turn back.” Ren said doubting herself as she looked over the
wasteland. “No, I can’t let Noah win that easily, I’ll find my way though this desert and out of this virtual world. Besides, I can fly, what’s the worst that could happen?”

So Ren continued her journey through the desert and kept a close eye out for water as she scouted the sandy area. Having been in the virtual world for almost two hours Ren was getting very thirsty and hungry. But would she be able to eat and drink virtual food and water?

“I know what you mean.” Said a low voice. It was Frank Foully. And his face indicated not only a lack of sleep, but stress. “He’s become to powerful. He’s says he doesn’t need our company anymore and that he has much bigger plans that don’t involve our low rank company. How dare he say that, that little brat. Were the ones that helped him out and got him to where he is now.”

“Dad, maybe we can still come up with a way to tear him down before he becomes too big. At least with Narrow Tech we were connected, but now that Noah’s taken over he’s become to powerful, I thought you said he wasn’t as smart as Seto Kaiba.” Brian said as he talked to his father on his cell phone from his car in Domino City.

“That’s what I thought, but I’m afraid he’s much more of a threat then we anticipated.” Frank said in a stressed tone. “We’ll have to rethink everything we had planned, because as of now we have no idea of what sort of power we are up against.”

Ren splashed her face with refreshing cold water. “Aw, that feels nice.” She said as she wiped her face. She had found a small oasis behind a few palm trees and decided she’d enjoy a rest from the blistering sun. “I hope I’m getting closer to getting out of Noah’s virtual world,” Ren said as she sat on the sand next to the pool of water. “I’m getting kind of tired of this place, even if I get to wear a cool outfit and battle all kinds of creature, I still want to go back to my own world. I wanna know how Mokuba’s doing, if he made it to Seto safely. And what part of Noah’s plan is taking affect right now.”

Noah was more then capable of running Kaiba Corp, and he was going to do it the right way, and as fast a way as possible. He was a smart kid, and he knew every direction to turn in his evil quest to make Kaiba Corp what it once was. But what was Kaiba Corp before it was a technology company? What exactly had Noah been talking about?

Ren looked up at the sky and noticed a monster flying overhead. It seemed to her to be a dragon.

“Kaiser Glider!” Red cried as the beast alighted down into the small area of the oasis. As it did it gave out a loud roar. Suddenly another dragon appeared and landed beside the kaiser glider. “Baby Dragon!” She exclaimed.

The Baby dragon appeared cute, but soon showed signs of aggression as it leapt into the air and hit Ren with a direct attack, causing her attack points to go down to 2400.

Kaiser Glider roared as it began charging towards Ren. Ren flew up and dodged it’s attack easily. She then took her sword and shot at Baby Dragon, exterminating him from the virtual world. Kaiser Glider roared angrily and aimed a glowing blast towards her. The attack hit directly and Ren began to disintegrate.

“Oh no!” Ren cried as her body disappeared. “I hope I have extra lives or something.” Suddenly she stopped disappearing and reformed again. It was a miracle. But how? Suddenly Ren’s black pendant disappeared and her attack points became what they originally used to be when she started. She knew what had happened now. Instead of losing your life an item was taken from you to even the score.

Ren looked up at the tall dragon figure standing before her and saw as it’s attack lowered to 1900. The dark pendant was now taking effect because it had been destroyed. The Kaiser Glider attempted to attack Ren again, but she refuse to allow it to as she shot past the blow and hit the dragon with a great blast of her sword. At the first touch Kaiser Glider was no more.

Ren landed and soon found she had not one, but two prizes waiting for her. “Stay Lambs and Monster Reborn.” Ren looked at each of the cards and then quickly stuffed them in the pocket of her costume.

She would have headed towards the desert again, had it not been for what caught her eye. A large door suddenly formed just in front of her and beckoned for her to open it. Ren stepped forward and began to turn the handle with great cautiousness. She softly opened the door and revealed what was on the other side to be a beautiful beach and ocean, smelling of a lovely sea smell.

“Wow,” Ren said aloud as she stepped into the doorway leading to the ocean. “Feels so good. The sound of the waves, the smell of the sea, the feel of the sand.” She reached down to feel the sand between her fingers. Looking out at the horizon, the virtual world didn’t seem as bad as it had before.

Seto and Mokuba arrived at Seto’s private lab which he easily found his way into.

“We should be able to route the pods to Kaiba Corp’s system. Since each pod is always online when it is active it shouldn’t be to hard to get into Noah’s virtual world.” Seto said as he worked through the codes needed to break the system in order to get the virtual pods to link together. “There! Now that I’ve rerouted Noah’s world to these pods I should be able to get into the program.”

Seto headed towards a pod and jumped in.

“Just be careful, okay Seto.” Mokuba said softly.

“Don’t worry Mokuba, I’ll find Ren, help her out of there, and then we’ll save Kaiba Corp.”

“Okay! Ready Seto?” Mokuba asked as he stood near the computers.

“Yes, upload the program.”

“Alright.” Mokuba waited for Seto to completely incase himself inside the pod and then, just before Mokuba activated the program he added. “Show them why you’re the president of Kaiba Corp, Seto and Save Ren from Noah’s virtual world!”
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