Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ There's Something About Honda ❯ Heartless Doodlebug ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter 2
~ Heartless Doodlebug ~

Jounouchi pounded down the high street after his rival. Neither of them slowed down, but not for the same reason. Rex didn't want be hurt, and that's just what Jounouchi wanted to do.
"You'll regret ever trying to perv on Anzu kid!" Roared Jounouchi, chasing after Ryuzaki, who threw himself down an alleyway by Kame Game. The tall blonde student leapt towards Ryuzaki, missed him, hit the floor at a speed, and came to rest at the feet of a sullen man.

Before the two duelists stood a sombre looking male, draped in a black toga, revealing a muscular tanned build beneath. Blonde hair draped from around the Stars and stripes bandana that adorned his head.
"It can't be!"
"Bandit Keith?"
Ryuzaki and Jounouchi leapt up, now wary of the famous American duelist. The man above them was looking fierce, holding out a battered duel disk, as if it had burnt, thrown into sea waters, every trial the elements could throw at a duelist.
There's something different about him...
Ryuzaki had now drawn his own duel disk. Jounouchi sighed. Kids just can't hold in violent urges...
"Mr. Katsuya..." Came a blunt voice from behind. Jounouchi turned to see another familiar face. This duelist was also draped in a black toga, allowing his muscular tanned build to be shown. His face was worn away by tough sea weather and his hair was a mess of midnight blue spikes.
"Mako!" Gasped Jounouchi, recoiling as Mako approached him.
"We're here to take you to Lord Victor, king of the NightDuel syndicate." They both snapped. Mako now drew a duel disk as he stepped beside Keith. Jounouchi couldn't see Ryuzaki lose to these two. He pulled out his own duel disk.

Mokuba Kaiba was bored of his first year at Domino High. He already knew more than most of his teachers, thanks to his brother being so great. He laid back next to the tree Seto was leaning on, and he giggled.
"The grass tickles."
"That's your mobile Mokuba."
"Oh, right."
The bright eyed youth pulled the phone, shaped like a Bean Soldier, from his pocket. He flicked open the front cover and checked the number.
REBECCA HAWKINS- US JUNIOR SENSATION
Mokuba liked to know why his friends were so great.
"Hello?"
He winced at the loud pop music playing on the car stereo over the phone.
"Hey there Moky. I just found out there are some duelist punks going to Domino. They're an American syndicate that uses strange abilities."
"Why are they here?"
"Probably for that grand prix. That's why I'm coming over. We just reached Tokyo."
"Hope to see you soon Bex."
The phone hung up as Mokuba looked at his sombre brother.
Something's up...

Bakura also thought something was up. But it didn't have anything to do with Seto, Rebecca or NightDuel and Victor. It was for the purpose of his own emotions. He felt his cell phone ring and pulled it out, reading who was calling.
MOKUBA KAIBA
He pressed the accept button.
"Hello Mokuba."
"Hey Bakura. Is something up?"
"No, why do you ask?" Groaned Bakura as he slumped up the last few stairs to his apartment.
"It sounds it. Why don't you tell me about it?"
Bakura thought about it.
What could a mere KID do?
"Ok then. It's well... About my love life." Sighed Bakura as he opened the azure door and crept inside.
"What about it? The girl you fancy turn you down?"
"No."
"Have a secret crush?"
"Sorta."
"Is it on Anzu?"
Bakura tried to hold back his disgust at the comment.
"No, it's not. It's on..."
He bit his lip. Should he? Hell, what could Mokuba do...
"Honda."
There was a short silence. Mokuba said 'oh' very quietly.
"What do you think?" Asked Bakura, worried.
"Hmm... Do you want to meet him and tell him?"
Bakura thought about it again.
"Sure, why not."
Mokuba scribbled something down on a notepad. Bakura balanced the phone on the bed as he pulled his shirt off.
"Ok then. I'll need around $50."
Bakura forgot Kaiba Corporation used dollars.
"I don't have that amount at the moment..."
"Oh well, don't sweat. Just pay me back after the tournament. When you do, we'll get round to business."
Bakura thought that Mokuba was being surpringly calm about the whole matter. Must be living around Seto... That must harden you up. Or maybe it was being kept around Pegasus for so long. Everyone knew Pegasus 'wasn't linear,' as Mai had put it.
"Ok... thanks."
For someone he'd tried to possess, he was being awfully flexible.

Back in the alleyway, the duel began.
"This shall be individual lifepoints." Stated Keith in a dull drone. Everyone else nodded as they drew their opening hands.
"My move first." Croaked Ryuzaki. "I summon sinister serpent in attack mode."
A tiny green reptile emerged from the card.
"Now I activate ultra evolution pill, to transform it into Black Tyranno. I then set 1 card and end."
A looming black dinosaur stomped into the duel field. A brown oblong for a set spell appeared.
My magic jammer will protect us...
"My move." Stated Bandit Keith.
"I summon cannon soldier in attack mode and set two cards. I end."
A deep violet machine formed on the field, along with two more oblongs.
"Now my move." Stated Jounouchi, drawing in a grand gesture.
"I'll activate polymerisation on baby dragon and alligator sword to summon baby dragon swordsman." Announced Jounouchi, showing the three cards. Alligator sword and Baby Dragon appeared, one riding the other.
"Now I activate de-fusion, seperating my two monsters."
The two monsters leapt off each other and formed into their individual cards.
"Now I can tribute them both for Red Eyes Black Dragon." Announced Jounouchi. The two creatures faded away to allow a deep black lizard to form, glaring red eyes that glowed among the black armour.
That's my card...
Ryuzaki glared at Jounouchi as he smiled and ended.
"So you both managed to summon big black beasts, huh?" Grinned Mako.
"Now, I'll summon penguin nightmare in defence and end after setting one card." Announced Mako. The tuxedo-clad bird flapped onto the field, and an oblong appeared behind it.
"Back to me, huh?" Grinned Ryuzaki. Sinister Serpent returned to his hand.
"Now I'll activate gilasaurus's special ability to special summon two of them." Announced Ryuzaki, throwing two small dinosaurs onto the field.
"And thanks to it's secondary effect. We each reborn one card in our cemeteries for all the gilasaurus he summons." Stated Jounouchi, summoning Baby Dragon and alligator sword. Keith and Mako glared. They had no monsters in their cemeteries...
"Now I'll activate raise body heat on both of my gilsaurus to raise their attacks to 2100."
The two small reptiles grew until they were almost as big as black tyranno.
"Now, my gilasaurus can destroy your nightmare penguin and cannon soldier."
The two dinosaurs threw themselves at the nightmare penguin and cannon soldier. The penguin shattered, but a swarm of female priestesses leapt in the way of the second.
"Not so fast." Grinned Bandit Keith, holding up Waboku.
"No matter, I'll set one monster and end." Announced Ryuzaki. He now had no hand.
"Time to heat things up a bit." Grinned Keith. Drawing another card, a gigantic throne appeared behind him. Jounouchi recoiled back, as did Ryuzaki, to find their way blocked by a series of diamonds protruding from the ground.
"Prepare to meet Victor, fools!"

Two large violet urns formed from the ground, groaning with the bubbling acid inside. Two mechanical chasers fell into the pots, burning away with an acidic hiss.
"This will allow me to summon my Zera the Mant!" Roared Keith, throwing down his monster. The acid spilled over, and began to form into a solid being of cobalt blue.
The ultimate ritual demon.
"Now Zera, destroy Ryuzaki's pitiful Tyranno!" Announced Keith, pointing in the direction of the tyrannic beast. With a enormous swipe, the dinosaur faded away.
Rex: 3800
Jounouchi: 4000
Mako: 4000
Keith: 4000
"Now my cannon soldier will attack Baby Dragon!"
Keith whisked round to see his machine destroy the child reptile.
Jounouchi: 3800
"I set one monster, and then flip my second face down!" Announced the toga-clad American, throwing his arm up after pressing the button. Two men were holding jars to the sky as coins rained down.
"My 'gifts of heaven' spell card allows us to draw until all of our hands have six cards in."
Each person drew until their hands were fully replenished.

Victor, the boss of NightDuel, was drumming his fingers on the metal throne. Around him, young women worked to figure out how to build pefect decks through online forums. On a tier above them, more young people, this time men, were reporting on duel status for members of the syndicate. Victor turned to see one of these men rush in across the gangway to the open-air lounge Victor occupied.
"Yes No. 321?"
"Bandit Keith and Mako Tsunami are winning sir. Keith's field is currently Zera the Mant and Cannon soldier with six cards in hand. Mako has one card set and six cards in hand. Their opponents, Jounouchi Katsuya and Ryuzaki have a Red eyes black dragon and wyvern warrior along with two gilasaurus equipped with raise body heat respectively. Both or their lp totals are 3800, while Keith and Mako have 4000 a piece."
Victor nodded and beckoned for No. 321 to leave, which he did promptly. Victor sighed and turned back to the main monitor. A little phone symbol had now appeared in the left corner. Pressing the phone shaped icon on the left arm of his seat, a blurry picture appeared. The picture was of a middle aged man, dressed in a burgundy pin-stripe business suit with frill cuffs, and with long straightened grey locks with made him look older than he really was.
"Hello Mr. Crawford."
"Good morning Victor!" Cooed Pegasus.
"Please get to the point sir..." Groaned Victor.
"Oh c'mon, aren't you feeling peachy and perky this morning? Where's the l-"
"JUST TELL ME WHY YOU'RE CONTACTING ME!" Roared the now tense man at the image on the screen. Pegasus looked taken aback, brushed back his curtain of hair that hid his eyepatch, and began.
"Apparently, Seto Kaiba is holding a tournament around Domino, which will reach a climax when the 8 first players to succeed getting 7 strange cards will manage to catch an zeppelin at the blue eyes dome."
"That's some interesting information to add to the Kaiba Corporation Grand Prix database... and what exactly are these 7 cards?"
Pegasus shuffled round off camera and picked up seven clear tablets of plastic, roughly the dimensions of a duel monster card. Each one had a single golden image imprinted on it, which differed on each, and that picture was of...
"A sennen item?" Gasped Victor.
"Indeed. Seto has decided to use the sennen items as the designs for his cards. They're basically thick card sleeves with a symbol on. When you win a card through the ante it is put into the card you win as part of the duel."
Victor grinned.
"Any more information?"
"Indeed there is Victor boy!"
Pegasus shuffled off screen to gather something up, and then sat down again at the phone's camera end.
"I have recently received deck lists from him as a bribe to be able to use the duel monster cards I created. Obviously, I'd love to send you the deck lists but..."
"But what?" Snapped Victor, now tense.
"What good would they be to you? Do you know how to PLAY duel monsters?"
"I run a duelling society. I wouldn't be a leader without the knowledge of the game." Spat Victor in a mixture of his ego and anger.
"Very well. I'll fax the deck lists. I hope your members will be participating Victor boy?"
Victor nodded and disconnected before Pegasus could crack a joke.
Victor looked around him at his society. His idea. His plan.
Perfect...

Jounouchi drew his seventh card.
Time to end this...
"I tribute my wyvern warrior for my cyber tech alligator!"
Mako sniggered.
"Activate face down, torrential tribute!"
There was a surge of water, and all the monsters on the field disappeared in a torrent of liquid.
"I set two face downs and end..." Groaned Jounouchi.
"I draw." Announced Mako, smiling.
"I activate terraforming to bring out A legendary ocean!"
There was an earth shattering roar, and the field burst open, revealing gigantic structures emerging from the earth. A watery layer rushed over everyone, and the diamond rim of the arena, kept the water in.
"Now I set 2 cards and summon giga gagagigo."
A gigantic aquatic beast rose from the depths with an attack of 2650.
"How did you summon a 5 star monster without a tribute?" Gasped Jounouchi, recoiling.
"The effect of A legendary ocean not only boosts my beast's attack, but lowers it's level by one." Lectured Mako, and then he pointed at Jounouchi.
"Now my leviathan, attack him directly"
Jounouchi roared as he was thrown back against the diamond rim with a thud.
Jounouchi: 1150 lp
"I end."
Ryuzaki drew.
"I activate reptilian roar!" Announced Ryuzaki. An image of a dinosaur roaring at a kuriboh appeared and then shattered.
"For the cost of one reptile from my hand, I can move one monster into defence mode with a lower attack."
Ryuzaki threw a card into his graveyard and saw the machine covered lizard change position.
"Now I activate my monster reborn and chain with my own serial spell." Announced Ryuzaki with a wry grin.
"Now I can revive two monsters from my cemetery, and my gogiga gagagigo I just discarded AND my black tyranno will work well."
The black dinosaur and a mechanical lizard with glowing crimson eyes emerged on the field.
"Thanks to your field card, my own reptile gains a power boost," grinned Ryuzaki as the attack increased, "But I won't be allowing you to keep it, using Mystical Spac Typhoon to kill it!"
A vortex wrapped around the underwater metropolis, making it crumble to the ground in an avalanche of rubble and water.
"Activate my two face downs!" Announced Mako. Two rings appeared, one strapping round the lizard's neck and the other attaching round the dinosaur's leg.
"My destruction ring will first of all kill your Black Tyranno, doing 1000 damage to us all."
The black dinosaur gasped, but before any more emotion could be let through, it blew up, everyone's lp dropping.
Jounouchi: 150
Ryuzaki: 2800
Mako: 3000
Keith: 3000
"Now, my second card, Ring of Destruction, attaches to your gogiga, and with a base attack of 2950, You're going to lose!" Grinned Mako. Ryuzaki and the now badly shaken Jounouchi backed away from the centre of the arena where the reptile had now shuffled over to, and with a roaring explosion, all four of them were thrown against the crystal walls, and with a shattering blast, Jounouchi and Ryuzaki collapsed as the other two managed to stand up.
Jounouchi: 0
Ryuzaki: 0
Mako: 50
Keith: 50

"This love has taken its toll on me..."
Otogi strummed his fingers on the steering wheel as he drove down the highway. Rebecca and Prof. Hawkins were tired of hearing him try and sing...
"Maybe we should have the radio off..." Groaned Prof. Hawkins, running a gnarles hand through his hair. Otogi took the hint and switched it off.
"When will we be getting there?" Asked Rebecca, flicking through her deck. She gazed at the beauty of her monsters.
"In about two hours." Chuckled Otogi.

Around half an hour ahead of them, Mai Valentine was escorting Amelda, Varon, Raphael to Domino. The three musketeers were crammed together in the back.
"How long now..." Groaned Amelda, as Raphael's muscular form pushed against him.
"About an hour." Snapped Mai, fed up of their whining. Varon chuckled and turned back to look at the ocean ahead. Being free of the Orichalcos was such a great feeling...

Yugi, Honda and Anzu were all walking home after waiting for Haga to wake up from the duel.
"Where's Shizuka been recently?" Asked Yugi, looking to Honda, who he suspected would know. As usual, at the mention of the girl's name, he blushed.
"She's gone to Domino Hospital for a check-up. She'll be at the plaza this evening."
Anzu was looking at something in her hands. Yugi peered over to see her deck.
"Anzu..."
Anzu shrieked and almost dropped her cards.
"Why are you looking at your deck?" Asked Yugi. Anzu looked at Honda.
"Both of us also got invites to the grand prix when you left to duel Haga."
Yugi had received his invite from Kaiba a little later, and was surprised to see two of his friends had been invited to.
"So, what decks exactly are you running?"
Anzu and Honda smiled.
"You'll find out when we get there." They both said.

Mokuba kicked the soda can onto the curb, where a large truck crushed it beneath the heavy wheels. Bakura looked at the vast dark juggernaut with a look of awe.
"How do you know you fancy Honda?" Asked Mokuba, slightly unnerved by the prospect. Before Bakura could answer, Mokuba turned back to him.
"And why did you tell me, of all people?"
"I don't really know why I fancy Honda... It just sort of... happened... when we were in Egypt. When I possessed him to duel Yugi... That was when I truly felt whole."
Mokuba looked at Bakura, who's eyes had glazed over.
"You're a really soppy preteen." He said, covering his mouth after realising what he said. Bakura giggled.
"I don't know why. When I first met Isis, I talked to Malik and he said when I felt then was love. Then I felt in control. But around Honda, I just sort of, melt. You and Honda know me the best, after all, when we first met each time, we've connected through our spirits, as if our very personas were linked. The three of us have a link no one else has. We are the three who are connected through the sennen ring."
Mokuba thought about this. Now that Bakura mentioned it, they were the only people to have been there when Bakura tried to use Mokuba as a new vessel. When he had tried, part of their spirits had been connected, like when Bakura had sealed a bit of himself into the puzzle before being removed...
"Maybe we should talk about this out of the public eye." Mentioned Mokuba, beckoning towards an alleyway at the side. The two wondered down.
"I should be able to help set up something... if you get to the final 8."
Bakura smiled and thanked his friend. He stumbled on something heavy, and fell over. He looked up at Mokuba, who was pale with horror.
"Don't worry, I just fell over. I'm not that weak..."
But then he realised Mokuba didn't mean him falling over. It was what he had fallen over that worried him. For their was the unconscious form of Jounouchi Katsuya and Ryuzaki...

Victor saw the two duelists he heard about. They had recently just been defeated by Keith and Mako. As he looked round the edge of the wall, he saw two boys looking over the bodies. One was pale, and was checking for pulses, while the other, with long black hair, was frantically searching for something.
That's Mokuba Kaiba...
He turned into the alley and saw the other person who was looking. Ryou Bakura... He knew exactly what to do.
"What are you two looking for?" Asked Victor, intruding on their two man rescue.
"The person who did this!" Announded Bakura.
"Say, aren't you that Ryou Bakura kid?" Asked Victor, trying to sound amazed.
"Yes, how did you know?" Asked Ryou, looking up at the man.
"Oh, EVERYONE knows who was on battle ship at Battle City. It was a big thing. Have you been invited to the new tournament?"
"Yes, so what if I have?" Snapped Bakura.
"You may need this..." Grinned Victor, and he pulled something out of his coat. Bakura gasped as he gazed at it.
"That's right... the sennen ring."
Victor had to hold in the laughter as Bakura held his mesmeric gaze on the ring. In fact, it wasn't the real ring. No one could get into the temple where it was held. But for the purpose of what he needed, this would act nicely, especially when he put it on.
"Here, take it." Victor said, passing the pendant to Bakura. Snapping it up, the pale boy placed it around his neck. As he was about to finish placing it on, there was a electric shock sound as Bakura cried out. The ring was now glowing with an electric energy, some of the needles digging into the boy's chest. He threw the ring off, gasping for air.
Help me...
Bakura collapsed in a storm of red and black vision.
Mokuba looked at the unconscious form of Bakura.
"What did you do to him?"
"I merely put a little device into this fake sennen ring of mine." Sniggered Victor, holding up the now bloody fake ring, smashing it with his foot on the ground below.
"Why are you doing this?" Cried Mokuba, seeing the three bodies on the floor and going a little bit green.
"Because I have plans... plans for your brother's tournament. Now tell me, where are the god cards?"
"You'll have to duel me to find anything out!" Snapped the child, pulling out his duel disk and entering his deck into the slot. Victor shot a sour grin at the adolescent, grabbing his own deck and placing it into the duel disk.

Seto always liked to have a walk after a stressful day. His brother Mokuba had been crabby all day, and he'd found out everyone was coming for the tournament announcement that night. The main street may seem busy, but for him, it was peaceful.
Until he heard a scream that was remarkably like his brother's.
Running to the nearest alleyway, he saw a tall, tanned, bald man walking away from the bloody form of Mokuba.
"What did you do to my brother?"
Kaiba grabbed the man's shoulder, and he wheeled round, grinning at Seto.
"Your brother tried to meddle in my plans."
"But why did you hurt him like that?"
"My demons need blood to keep then satiated..." Sniggered Victor, walking off down the road.

Victor was particularly happy. He had just managed to get hold of four new decks...

Kaiba saw the seperate bodies lying on the floor.
Katsuya...
Kaiba pulled out his cell phone and selected the number.
MUUTO YUGI- DUELIST KING

Honda and Anzu watched as Yugi finished talking.
"That was Kaiba on the phone... He's found Jounouchi and Ryuzaki."
The two of them smiled.
"But they were with Bakura and Mokuba... all of them bloodied up."
Their looks of ecstasy faded to the exact opposite.
The sound of two cars screeching to a halt beside them woke them out of their solemn trance. Haga had now began to get up, and slowly back away from the others. Mai, Raphael, Varon, Amelda, Rebecca, Otogi, Shizuka and Prof. Hawkins stepped out of the cars.
"Hey guys, what are you doing here?" Sighed Yugi, trying to hold in his grief.
"We came for the tournament briefing at the Domino Plaza. It's happening in about three hours." Explained Otogi, trying to work his way over to Shizuka, who promptly moved over to Mai, who gave a cold glare in the direction of Otogi.

"Is something wrong Yugi?" Asked Rebecca.
Please don't say he's lost his soul...
"Jounouchi, Bakura, Mokuba and Ryuzaki were found -deckless- in an alleyway off the main high street." Sighed Honda.
"Isn't that in the direction of the plaza? We can check up on them on the way." Stated Varon. Yugi nodded, now slightly reassured, and they wondered off towards the plaza.