Chapter 4
The Beast Within
Curtis ran around his house, looking for some evidence to show who did this. Right on top of the air conditioner in the room where they came in, was a card. He looked at the card, which happened to be the Dark Snake Syndrome spell card, and he realized who did this. This was the calling card of the street gang, Black Dragon's Claw. This gang was full of assassins, rapists, murderers and the such. These people all had two things in common: they where all convicted, and they where all about to die. Curtis knew their base all too well, it was his old game shop, until the Black Dragon's Fist came in and overthrew it, making it into their base. He ran there full speed, the only things fuelling him were hatred and rage. He stopped outside, where he saw two guards outside. He took out the gun, and shot both of them in the head before anybody would notice. He made his way to the door. As he opened it, the Black Dragon's Fist's leader came up to the window to see what was the matter. At that time he saw Curtis, and sent five henchmen after him.
After a bit of a struggle, Curtis had shot two henchmen fatally, and one he pistol-whipped. The remaining two guards had knocked him out just as he had just put his guns away. He was tied to a chair when he awoke. "Why are you here, child," said the leader of the Black Dragon's Fist, whose name was Kimimarou Tse. Curtis spit blood on the floor and said, with anger, "To kill you bastards, who killed my father." Kimimarou laughed loudly and said, "Even if you had your guns, you wouldn't be able to get of a shot before I would kill you with my shurikens." Curtis saw he had a deck box lying on his table, along with a wall full of different shaped Duel Disks. "Hey," Curtis said, "I bet that I could beat you in the duel, and when I do, you will give me the chance to see who will kill who, one on one. And if by some chance you happen to win, you will win these 3 new, exclusive cards." Kimimarou laughed again and walked over to the wall, grabbing two duel disks. "Of course I accept, but when I win, you will sit there as I peel your skin of your bones, as well as hand over your entire deck." They both nodded in agreement, and Curtis was untied from the chair. 'He doesn't realize what he just stepped into. I will make pay for what he did, and his henchman won't be recognizable after tonight.' Curtis smiled as he thought that to himself, and he loaded his deck into the deck slot. "Oh yes, child," Kimimarou said with a grin, "We are playing by the rule system called Mach 3. This means that all of your high level warriors need their sacrifices. Good luck with that with your deck, filled with 10 high level warriors." Curtis thought to himself 'He doesn't know what he is walking into. My army of special warriors will steal every lifepoint from him, just like I will drain every drop of blood from him.'
Curtis shuffled, and drew 6 cards, as both of their lifepoints rose to 8000. "Beauty before age, and I'll start this off The Six Samurai-Zanji in attack mode." A samurai in black and orange suit of armor carrying a long, energy spear in his hand appeared. "And to end my turn, I'll lay down 2 facedown spell or traps." Curtis spit out some more blood, and waved his hand at Kimimarou, signaling for him to go. Kimimarou drew, and looked at his hand. "I'll start of this move by playing a face down defense position monster, and then I'll play Card Destruction. This lets me discard my hand and draw more cards from my deck, equal to the number of cards I discarded, and you must do the same." Both players discarded their hands, and drew 5 new cards. Suddenly, 2 new monsters appeared on Kimimarou's side of the field, crouching in defense position. "What, you cheated Kimimarou," Curtis screamed. Kimimarou laughed and said "No, Curtis, my monsters are Special Summoned when they are discarded. You play with a new deck, I see. One constructed of the Six Samurai, a mighty team of warriors. I play with monsters from the Dark World, the warlords from a darker, more evil dimension. Let me introduce you to Beige, Vanguard of the Dark World." The monsters both smiled, and jabbed their spears at Curtis (1600/1300). "And with the cards I just drew from my Card Destruction, I think I will play another, this one is called Dark World Dealings. We both draw a card, and discard a card from our hand." They both picked up a card, and looked at their hand. They both took a card, and slid it into their Graveyard slot. After doing this, Kimimarou drew another card. Curtis shot him stares, and Kimimarou laughed. "I discarded Broww, Huntsman of the Dark World. His ability lets me draw an extra card. Alas, my deck has failed to give me any more Dark World cards, so I think I'll set one Spell or Trap facedown, and end my turn here."
Curtis drew, and smiled. "You helped me out, by making me discard so many cards during your turn. Now I have the right cards for my ultimate combo. First, I'll Special Summon Grandmaster of the Six Samurai. Then, I'll Special Summon Great Shogun Shien." Two cards appeared on Curtis's side of the field, and out of these two cards raised two warriors. One was in thin armor and carrying a large sword in both hands (2100/800), and the other was in a huge suit of armor and carrying a small energy katana (2500/2400). "Next," Curtis said, "I'll remove Yaichi and my second Zanji in my Graveyard to Special Summon Shien's Councilor Enishi." An older looking man in a green kimono appeared next to Great Shogun Shien (2200/1200). "Next, I'll activate Forbidden Samurai Art B: Endless Destruction! This card lets me destroy one card on your side of the field for every Six Samurai monster I have in the Graveyard. Seeing as I only have one, I choose your face down Spell or Trap." Kimimarou's Mirror Force trap card lifted, and then exploded. Curtis smiled. "Next, I'll remove the final Six Samurai in my Graveyard from play to Special Summon Darkblood, the Forbidden Seventh Samurai!" Irou, one of the Six Samurai, appeared on the field, only to be swallowed up by a jet-black shadow. The shadow rose out of the ground, and appeared in its true form, a samurai. He was wearing jet-black armor. His face was hidden, but he had Irou's face on his chest (1700/1000). "Darkblood's effect is that he absorbs the monster he removes from play's stats and effect. Now, he can destroy any face down defense position monster with his effect, and not by battle. Now, I think I'll activate Shien's Councilor Enishi's special effect. He can automatically destroy one face-up monster on the field, but this turn I cannot attack with him. I choose one of your Beiges." Enishi mumbled something to Shien, and Shien handed him a bow and an arrow. He fired the arrow into Beige, instantly killing it. "Now, Darkblood, attack his defense position monster." Darkblood rushed at his facedown monster, and Irou jumped out, and sliced it in half before he reached there. "Now, Zanji, kill off his Beige." Zanji jumped into the air, and slammed his spear into Beige, shattering it into millions of pixels. Curtis smiled and said, "Shien, Grandmaster, I'll give you the honors of striking him directly." Grandmaster and Shien looked at each other, and charged at Kimimarou. Shien struck Kimimarou in the lower abdomen, as Grandmaster jumped in the air. He landed on Kimimarou's head with his blade stabbing down. Curtis smiled as he saw Kimimarou's lifepoints drop from 8000 to 3400. Curtis's eyes began to shift around, looking at the room he was in. 'It's funny how this room, of all rooms Kimimarou went through in his life, will be the last one he stayed in. The irony of Kimimarou's death in a welcoming parlor is astounding,' Curtis thought to himself. "I end my turn." Kimimarou drew, and drew fiendishly.
What has Kimimarou drawn, and will it change the pace of the duel. Stay tuned, for the next update of Yugioh! 200