… By now, you've probably figured out who's the main baddie this time… Personally, I'm surprised that she was so deeply involved with Childsman, but then again, she was the one who pointed me in the direction of Elrod Purvis, the man behind the tranquilizer bullet that was pulled from that were-wolf's hide.
I guess at the time, I didn't really suspect that things would get in this deep…
When you think of anti-shadow weaponry, you don't normally think of summonings that bring out Hellfire Demons or Robotic Video Game Culture Characters…
Something tells me that there's a connection… But there isn't a lot of evidence to support it…
Maybe I'm being paranoid…
… Or maybe I just need a chance to think…
Either way… Its time for round two…
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Draw 20
Triangle Power
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Time: 12:09 a.m.
While the duel between Otso and Ace was just starting, Hyde and Faye were already inside the building, having taken the main entrance way (it just took a few tries to get some of the boards off of the doors).
"Wouldn't it have been easier just to use our swords?" Hyde asked waving his hands, which were a little red and tender from the board pulling.
"Think of it as punishment for smoking," Faye answered, crossing her arms as she stepped inside of the darkened lobby. "Besides… It was the gentlemanly thing to do."
Hyde would've said something, but he knew better and kept his mouth shut as he surveyed the lobby around them. It was completely wrecked, with broken fish tanks on the left and right (although, the lights that illuminated the tanks were still working), and a large, yet slightly damaged reception desk.
All in all… It looked like a sty.
"… I've heard of places like this," Faye admitted walking up to the desk, taking note of the large amount of papers that were scattered all over the desk, all of them stained and illegible. "I just didn't think that a loan office would be stationed here…"
"I dunno about that Faye," Hyde stated keeping his distance as he patted his jacket for his box of cigarettes, not wanting to be caught with them by Faye. "Snakes like Childsman like to hide in corners like this… Its big, it's dark, and it's unnoticeable unless you really think about it…
"Heck, I wouldn't be surprised that this place gets free electricity now-a-days…"
As the two Shadowchasers looked around the lobby, trying to find either a light switch or a door to lead deeper into the building, a faint sound echoed through the building. It was the sound of… An accordion?
Both of them stopped in their tracks as it steadily grew louder…
"Hyde… Do you hear something?" Faye asked putting her hand onto the hilt of the blade.
"No… Wait," Hyde stopped himself for a few seconds. "Yeah…"
"What the hell is that?" Faye questioned as the music grew even louder. "Music?"
"What?" Hyde muttered before his eyebrows lifted up. "Oh no…"
That's when something caught Hyde's eyes, making him dash quickly over Faye, "GET DOWN!"
The moment that Hyde had tackled Faye, the two rolled just barely out of the way of the way as a large bulky jeep crashed through several of the already destroyed fish tanks barreled right past them! "WOOOHOOO!"
"Crap!" Hyde cursed as he slowly pushed himself off of a clearly annoyed Faye. "… And I know who that is…"
The jeep made a swift turn, screeching to a halt as the headlights lowered, "Oh my, Mr. Vayne, I believe that's highly inappropriate…"
"It was either be inappropriate," Hyde growled as he jumped to his feet, clenching his fists tightly. "Or get run over! I weighed the options… And I think a slap to the face later would be worth it…
"Anya…"
Indeed, sitting in the driver's seat of the Jeep was none-other than the female Arcane Golem, still dressed in the same attire that she was accustomed to – A simple yellow sundress and matching shoes. As she stepped out from the jeep, Anya pulled out the same yellow sun umbrella that she had before hand, "Oh, to hear you say my first name, it is a pleasure, Mr. Vayne."
Hyde kept his eyes narrowed down at the Arcane Golem, his patience getting smaller with each second, "Faye…"
The Chinese Shadowchaser slowly stood up, dusting off the back of her clothes as she looked towards Hyde, "Yeah?"
"… Go on ahead…" Hyde growled as he cracked his knuckles. "I'll deal with her… And I'll catch up."
Faye looked at Hyde for a few seconds before she nodded, immediately running past both the jeep and Anya, taking note that the Arcane Golem wasn't even moving to stop her.
But she shrugged it off and continued to run deeper into the building.
All the while, both Hyde and Anya gazed at each other – Hyde glaring at the female Arcane Golem with Anya smile towards the Shadowchaser…
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"Damn it, Anya!" Childsman spat, knocking off one of the emptied Chinese takeout boxes from his desk. "When I agreed to you making a dramatic entrance, I didn't mean for you to crash right through the walls with one of your toys!"
Childsman sighed as he sat back into his chair, sinking into it, "… Oh well… Not like I was really using that part of the building…
"But still, now I gotta pay for repairs! Damn it!"
Looking at the screen some more, Childsman raised one of his eyebrows as he watched Faye run past Anya and her parked jeep. "Hmm… Maybe I should let Xue Yin know about her. After all that's the reason why she brought 'him' out…"
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"You know if you keep glaring like that," Anya sighed placing her umbrella back into the jeep. "Your face will be stuck like that…"
"Cram it," Hyde growled pulling out a cigarette from his pocket and threw it into his mouth.
"My, how rude," Anya gasped, holding her face with her hands in shock. "Is that the same mouth you kiss your mother with?"
"… Enough beating around the bush," Hyde growled fishing his lighter from his pocket. "Anya, you're going to start talking, and you're going to start talking now! How long have to known Childsman?"
"… Oh, Mr. Vayne," Anya sighed as she turned her head to the side. "A gentleman never asks those sorts of things…"
At this point, Hyde was about ready to draw his sword.
"… But if you must know," Anya sighed again, reaching into the jeep once more. "He's been a customer of mine for a good four years now…"
"Customer?" Hyde questioned, already quite aware about Anya's business… Buying, selling, and trading almost anything on the backstreets of Las Vegas…
"Yes, he was in the market for water bottles," Anya answered pulling out what appeared to be an older, bulkier duel disk from the jeep.
Wait…
Hyde shook his head slightly, trying to make heads or tails about that last line, "Wait a second… Your business transactions included Water Bottles?"
"Not included," Anya scolded with a wag of her finger before she fitted the disk on her arm. "He just wanted water bottles, imported water bottles, but water bottles nonetheless."
"WHAT THE HELL?!?!" Hyde shouted, nearly dropping the cigarette from his mouth. "That's your connection with him!?! WATER BOTTLES?! He could've just gone to a gas station or, hell, even Wal-Mart!!"
"Actually, they were salt water bottles," Anya explained with a cute smile on her face as she held up a deck case. "Quite the unusual request for a man like him… But I fulfilled it nonetheless, after all, the customer is always right…
"Speaking of, I think you should know that I've managed to sell one of these jeeps… All the way across the country, even asked for that specific music track… Kind of weird."
Hyde snapped his left arm up, activating the duel disk immediately.
"Aw… What's wrong Mr. Vayne?" Anya asked placing the deck that was in the deck case into the duel disk. "Not interested in small talk before the duel?"
"Anya… Not only did you try running me over just now," Hyde growled as he slammed his deck into the duel disk, making the life point counter count up. "But you also had a hand in this entire fiasco…
"… You're going down…"
"Well, you're more than welcomed to try, Mr. Vayne," Anya giggled as she drew the top five cards from her deck. (ALP: 8000)
Hyde didn't draw his cards, he just snapped his lighter up and lit his cigarette, taking a long drag on the cigarette before he exhaled, "… Glad to see you're in agreement…" (HLP: 8000)
"Duel!"
Anya pulled a sixth card into her hand, immediately nodding to herself as she pulled one card from her hand, "Ladies first, Mr. Vayne… And I'll start out subtle, just a simple defense monster."
The set monster appeared before Anya, allowing the young Arcane Golem to lean up against the Jeep with a cute smile on her stony face, "I believe it's your move Mr. Vayne."
"… Ya know, I'd say something about you calling me that," Hyde sighed as he pulled off his sixth card. "But I've learned that there's some things. And one is that I can't really stop you from calling me by that…
"So, I'm just going to do the next best thing… Ignore it and duel!"
Hyde looked at the sixth card he drew, and then turned towards the five other cards, with a nod he drew one of the cards from his deck, "And what better way thank to summon Gozuki!"
With a loud roar, the bull-headed Yokai appeared before Hyde, spinning its weapon of choice – Mallet – over its head (1700/800), "Next, I'll use his effect to send the Mezuki in my deck to the graveyard!"
Snorting loudly in the process, Gozuki slammed his mallet directly into the ground, making a card shoot out from Hyde's deck and into his hand. Hyde nodded to confirm the card before he slid it into his duel disk's graveyard slot, "Next… I'm going on the attack! Gozuki! Smash that face down monster!"
Gozuki smirked as it leapt into the air, bringing its mallet down on the face down monster…
WHAM!
Only to be met with a large living-wall monster with a face in the middle of the bricks, along with a pair of arms and stumpy legs (0/2100). Gozuki snorted in annoyance as he pushed off and away from the wall. (HLP: 7600)
"Oh, so sorry Mr. Vayne," Anya gasped taking a step back, but still having that innocent smile on her face. "Looks like my Defense Wall is a little too tough for your Yokai to get to me… Too bad."
Hyde growled as he lifted another card into his duel disk, "Yeah, I bet you're sorry…"
Drawing a sixth card into her hand, Anya only smiled as she pulled another from the group of cards, "Oh, but I am Mr. Vayne. I truly am sorry to have deceived you in any manner, a proper lady should not do those sorts of things to a gentleman.
"Especially to a being that they envy."
"Huh?" Hyde questioned as Anya shook her head, immediately fitting the card she chose into her duel disk.
"Forgive me, its something that a lady shouldn't be discussing," Anya replied as a golden aura erupted from the ground, surrounding her entire side of the field, and basking the Defense Wall in the mysterious light (0/2100 + 0/300). "We should continue with the continuous spell card, Yellow Luster Shield. Now all defense monsters on my field gain three hundred defense points."
'Great… That's going to make getting past that wall even harder…' Hyde thought looking at his hand.
"Next, I'll summon Whirlwind Prodigy," Anya announced as she gently placed the card on her field.
In a gust of wind, the small wind sprite appeared in front of the female Arcane Golem, spinning around through the air with a large grin on his face (1500/1600).
Hyde's eyes widened.
"I believe that shall be enough," Anya stated as she folded her hands over the cards in her hand. "You can make your move now, Mr. Vayne."
'No set cards?' Hyde thought as he made his draw. '… Something stinks here, and its not those fish tanks… But… Not like I have a choice in this matter…'
Looking at the cards he had in his hand, Hyde quickly spun the one he just drew, "I don't know what you're planning, but I'm not going to let you get out one of those three big monsters like you did last time! I activate the spell card Foolish Burial! And I'll use its effect to send Gyūki from my deck to the graveyard…"
Another card popped out of Hyde's deck, allowing him to immediately place the card inside his duel disk. "But wait, there's more! I activate Gozuki's effect once more! This time tossing Shutendoji to the graveyard!"
"Hmm… You better be careful, Mr. Vayne," Anya giggled with her hand covering her mouth. "You might just deck yourself out if you continue this…"
"Well don't worry," Hyde sighed with a roll of his eyes as Gozuki began to dissipate from sight. "With the second half of my deck about to come into play, that won't be a problem at all! By sending Gozuki from the field, I can special summon my good friend…"
With a loud roar, a darker furred ox demon erupted from the floor in front of Hyde, roaring loudly as it slammed its fists into the ground (2200/400), "Gyūki! And I'm not done! By removing Mezuki from the graveyard…"
Hyde quickly pulled the card, and a large flame erupted in front of him, unleashing the gourd wielding Shutendoji in front of him, taking a long swig from its gourd of sake (1500/800). "Next, I'll use his ability to return Mezuki from my removed from play pile to the top of my deck!"
Yawning, Anya stood there watching Hyde fit the card atop of his deck, "And now, I activate my trap card, Simultaneous Loss! Now, both of us send the top card from our decks to the graveyard!"
Anya shrugged as she flicked off the top card of her deck (a weird spell card), and fitted it into her duel disk's graveyard slot while Hyde fitted the Mezuki into his graveyard, "Most impressive, now you can use Mezuki's effect again this turn if you wanted too…"
"I would," Hyde stated throwing his hand up into the air. "But I'd rather save if for later! Gyūki! Attack that Whirlwind Prodigy!"
Roaring loudly, the bull demon flew through the air, heading straight towards the surprised Whirlwind Prodigy…
… Only to have the Defense Wall skid in front of Gyūki, making the monster slam directly into the large wall with a loud smack… It was almost comical as the ox demon staggered backwards, falling to the ground with a dazed look in his eyes. (HLP: 7400)
"What the hell?!" Hyde yelped almost dropping his cigarette from his mouth once more, only to catch it at the last second. "I didn't want to attack that thing!"
"Unfortunately Mr. Vayne," Anya chuckled with a wag of her finger. "You see, you have to attack my wall before you attack any of my other monsters…"
"… That's fine by me," Hyde sighed loudly as he pulled a card from his hand and slid it into his duel disk. "I set one card face down."
The set card materialized in front of Hyde. "And… I guess, I'll end my turn."
"Aw, out of steam already Mr. Vayne?" Anya questioned as she drew, now having five cards in her hand this time around. "Maybe you should just turn off your duel disk, turn around, and walk right on out that door…"
That's when Hyde noticed something, something that made him grab his cigarette and toss it to the ground at his feet, stomping into the tobacco to make sure it was completely out.
Something was different from Anya then when the two first faced off against each other…
"… I see…" Anya sighed as she pulled a card from her hand and slapped it onto her duel disk. "I suppose it would be wise to just continue. I summon Kaiser Seahorse in attack mode."
In a flash of light, the blue armored sea-monster leapt onto the field, spinning the lance in its hands (1700/1650). "Whirlwind Prodigy, maybe you should relax for a little bit."
With a smirk, the Whirlwind monster crouched down, still floating in the air as the Yellow Luster Shield appeared over its body (1500/1600 + 0/300).
"Now then," Anya stated holding her hand up. "Kaiser Seahorse, please rid the field of that drunkard. He stinks of sake."
Spinning the lance once more, the blue armored seahorse leapt through the air, immediately prepared to stab the Shutendoji right in the chest.
"Not happening!" Hyde announced as is face down card immediately flipped up. "I activate the trap card, Kitsune Trickery!"
The trap card vanished just as the spear slashed right through Shutendoji's chest… Shattering the monster into millions of leafs that floated over the field. (HLP: 7200)
"Well, that trap was rather useless," Anya stated raising one of her stone eyebrows at the leafs that began to clump together in front of Hyde.
"… You'd think that wouldn't ya," Hyde retorted with a smirk as all the leafs blew away, revealing the Shutendoji who was on the ground now, drinking wildly from the gourd. "But my trap negates the destruction of my zombie Yokai… And all for the cost of sending another zombie to the graveyard. And I think my Crow Tengu will do the job."
Anya's eyes widened when she heard that name.
As Hyde fitted the card into his duel disk's graveyard slot, Anya looked at the four remaining cards in her hand and took half of them, "I set two cards face down, and end my turn."
Hyde silently drew his next card, and tossed the card into his hand as he quickly threw his hand up into his duel disk, "I don't think I need to tell you what I'm about to do."
Nodding back, Anya watched as Hyde quickly pocketed the Mezuki card and slapped the selected card from his graveyard, allowing the large black tengu to fly over the field, screeching loudly (1400/1200).
That's when several black feathers lodged themselves into the Defense Wall, shattering it into millions of shards.
"Been a while since I summoned this guy," Hyde admitted rubbing the back of his head before he shook his head. "But now then I think…"
"… That I'll activate my trap card," Anya announced as a loud roar echoed through the entire lobby, almost shaking Hyde off of his feet. "Threatening Roar… Not exactly the most subtle of traps, but it'll keep my monsters safe."
Hyde could feel something snap inside of him somewhere, so, he just quickly fitted a single card into his duel disk, making it appear behind his three Yokai. "I'm not done yet though. I activate Shutendoji's effect once more!"
And just like that, Hyde placed the Mezuki monster back atop of his deck as the Shutendoji took a long swig from the gourd, falling backwards to the ground, "I'll then switch him to defense mode… Turn end!"
"You know Mr. Vayne," Anya stated as she drew her next card. "I've always wondered something about you… Why do you play such ghastly monsters? I thought a man of your caliber would play something more… Noble."
A loud sigh filled the room as Hyde pulled out another cigarette from the packet he had hidden in his jacket, tossing the tobacco in his mouth as he searched for his lighter, "… Even if I wanted to, this deck is more of a reminder to me of my past…"
'… A reminder of him…'
Hyde shook his head, "But it's not my place to say it… Not now anyway…"
"Hmm… I suppose we all have our little secrets," Anya replied as the Whirlwind Prodigy shattered into millions of pixels. "However, we get to choose which secrets we share… And here's one secret… One that you might already know…"
Hyde gritted his teeth as the pixels reformed themselves, forming into the large green orbed body of Kazejin (2400/2200).
"Great…" Hyde sighed snapping his lighter open, creating a flame lit his cigarette. "Just what I needed another pain in the ass."
"My, that's rude," Anya gasped wagging a finger at Hyde. "You shouldn't curse in front of a lady…"
"That's surprising to hear," Hyde muttered under his breath.
"Oh? And why is that?" Anya growled, narrowing her eyebrows at Hyde.
"Hey, I know that you're a lady," Hyde stated with a shrug. "But, from reports and other Arcane Golems, there usually isn't much of a gender between them and…"
"Kazejin! Attack Gyūki!"
Hyde was interrupted as a powerful blast of wind crashed into the black ox demon's body, shattering the monster into millions of pixels that flew into Hyde's body, "ARGH!" (HLP: 7000)
When Hyde recovered from the attack, the Shadowchaser slowly lifted his head up, taking note of the soul piercing glare that Anya was giving him… It was cold…
"Uh… Anya…" Hyde started to question until…
"Kaiser Seahorse! Slay Shutendoji!"
The Kaiser Seahorse stabbed the lance directly into the Shutendoji's chest, shattering the monster into millions of flames.
'Okay…' Hyde thought as he fitted the card into his duel disk and the Gyūki card into his front pocket. 'I think I struck a nerve…'
Anya fitted one of the two remaining cards into her duel disk, making it appear behind her two monsters, keeping her glare locked onto Hyde without even blinking.
'Yep… Definitely hit a nerve,' Hyde thought as he drew Mezuki from the top of his deck. 'Although, I can't let that stop me…'
"I activate Dark World Dealings!" Hyde announced holding up another card from his hand. "So, we both get to draw a new card."
Anya did so, her glare never leaving Hyde for a second.
"Then we discard a card," Hyde stated fitting the Mezuki card into his duel disk's graveyard slot.
Once more, with a deadly glare, Anya took the card she just drew and slipped it into her discard slot, showing it was a weird spell card…
"Now, I'll set a monster in defense mode," Hyde announced as a set monster appeared in front of him. "Then I'll switch Crow Tengu to defense mode."
The large crow like monster knelt down, its wings immediately crossed over its chest.
"And for good measure, I'll set one card face down…"
The set card appeared in front of Hyde.
"… And that's all I've got."
Anya remained silent as she plucked the top card from her deck, and immediately spun it around to fit it into her duel disk. "I activate Akashic Record. Allowing me to draw two cards immediately…"
And so, she did. The moment that Anya held the cards, she immediately turned them around, showing Sanga of the Thunder, and a weird trap card that had a dragon fallen to the ground, vanishing into dust. "And if these two cards have been used in the duel so far, then they're removed from play…
"… But since there's no way you can have either of these two, and since I haven't played them… Then I'm free to use them."
Tossing the two cards into her hand, Anya waved her hand up slightly, "Kaiser Seahorse, defend yourself."
The large, blue armored seahorse knelt down with the lance covering its chest (1700/1650 + 0/300).
"Now then… Kazejin!" Anya commanded.
A powerful twister erupted from the large green orbed monster's mouth, flying directly into the Crow Tengu, shattering the monster into millions of feathers.
'I get it… She put Kaiser Seahorse in defense mode,' Hyde thought looking at the remaining feathers around his field. 'Just in case my trap was used for destructive purposes… Too bad it wasn't!'
"I activate my trap! Okuri-Inu Trail!"
With that trap, Hyde quickly pulled his deck out of the duel disk, fanning the cards in front of him before he quickly pulled one card from his deck and fitted it into his duel disk. "So, when a zombie bites the dust, I can send another to the graveyard."
"You think that scares me?" Anya growled with her eyes narrowed down at Hyde, holding up one card from her hand. "You'll have to do better than that, Mr. Vayne! I sacrifice Kaiser Seahorse!"
In a tall pillar of light, the Kaiser Seahorse was absorbed into it. Moments later, the light exploded in a flurry of electrical sparks that flew through the air, unleashing the gold and red armored torso known as Sanga of the Thunder (2600/2200).
'Great… Now she's got two of them out,' Hyde thought as he watched Anya fit one of the last two cards in her hand into her duel disk, making it appear right next to other face down card.
"Go on and try," Anya snarled with her eyes at Hyde, giving him a glare that was almost venomous.
Before Hyde even made a reach for his deck, he produced another cigarette from his pocket, but kept it unlit as he stuck it in his mouth, "Alright… What's up with you? You're still acting polite, but now it's like you're trying to stab me at the same time.
"So, what gives?"
"… I suppose I should shed some light on the matter," Anya muttered to the side as she crossed her arms under her chest. "Very well Mr. Vayne… It has something to do with your comment about how Arcane Golems don't have a definite gender…"
"I can see how you would feel offended with that but…" Hyde started.
"NO! You wouldn't!" Anya snapped, almost making Hyde drop the cigarette in his mouth. "You don't understand my world! Not even other Arcane Golems do!"
Hyde readjusted the cigarette in his mouth, keeping his eyes closed as he lit the drug, allowing the satisfying tobacco taste to fill his lungs, "… Then enlighten me."
"… Very well," Anya sighed as she calmed down slightly. "I suppose you know of my origins… After all, almost anyone in the Shadowkind Community in Las Vegas knows about me. About how I'm not an average Arcane Golem, how I was originally supposed to be just a statue erected in memory of a deceased young woman, how I was created by another Arcane Golem who stole a jewel in the process…"
Hyde nodded, he read the reports himself.
"… Well… That jewel was something a little more than what the thief had in mind," Anya sighed, dropping her arms to her sides. "It was a jewel that was a container used by the father of that deceased girl. It was actually used to capture that girl's soul and place it inside of the jewel."
Hyde's eyes widened when he heard that.
"I can't remember the full details of everything," Anya stated lowering her head slightly. "But, when that Arcane Golem tried to bring me to life, something went wrong that caused the girl's soul to enter this stone body, while stealing the life energy of the Arcane Golem…
"As a result, some of the girl's and the Arcane Golem's memories were transferred into me…"
"What? How is that possible?" Hyde questioned raising an eyebrow.
"Do I look like a mage?" Anya retorted placing her hands on her hips. "I don't know how it happened… Or why even, but what had happened, it happened. Do you know what its like to be in this world like this? From my memories, I can recall taste of food, the touch of a loved one, and remembering that I was once a beautiful woman… But now in this body…"
Anya slammed her fist into the side of the jeep, sending it skidding a few feet to the side with a very large and noticeable dent in the side of it, "Do you think I'm capable that?!"
"… Well… I guess not," Hyde muttered keeping his fingers wrapped around the cigarette.
"Right, so that's why I'm here," Anya stated as she placed her hands on the bottom of her face, her eyes closed. "After I met Childsman a couple of years ago, he made a deal with me over a few dinners that if I helped him and supplied him with salt water bottles at twenty-five percent off, then he would pay to hire a top class sorcerer who could turn this body of stone…
"Into a body of flesh and blood…"
Hyde's mouth opened up so much that he dropped his cigarette…
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"…"
Childsman was silent as he heard Anya's little speech, merely sipping on one of the salt water bottles that he had stashed away.
Then he sighed as he placed the empty bottle on his desk, putting his elbows on the desk as he kept his hands under his chin, "… I have to wonder, what would Anya be like as a real girl…?"
As that thought popped into his head, a small blush ran across Childsman's face as his mouth curled up into a very, very, VERY suggestive smirk, "Heh, at the very least, those dinners would actually be put to real use…
"Too many leftovers…"
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"… So, you can see why I'm here," Anya sighed with a shake of her head. "And why I'm mad about hearing you refer to me as a genderless…"
"Alright," Hyde sighed pulling out his third cigarette, immediately fitting it into his mouth. "I get the point…"
With a quick click, Hyde lit his cigarette, hoping this one would last for a while, "… And I can even see how you would be willing to do anything to acquire that dream of yours as well…
"However, the fact that you sided with Childsman and his crimes is what is driving me to stand in the way of your dream!"
"… So, what you're saying," Anya stated with a confused look on her face before it turned into a devious smirk. "Is that if I want to become human, you are the only thing standing in my way… And if I want to acquire that dream, then I have to move you out of the way…"
"… That's a simplified version," Hyde replied with a long drag of his cigarette following. "… Yes…"
Anya could only smile even brighter, "Then I shall… I shall defeat you! And by doing so, I can get to my dream even faster!"
"… That's if you can win," Hyde replied as he drew his next card immediately, looking at the card's art. "And we'll see if you can…"
"And I will!" Anya announced as he latest face down card flipped up. "I activate my trap card – Disappear! Now, one of your monsters will be removed from your graveyard… And I choose Mezuki!"
Hyde eyed the card as it popped out of his graveyard slot, immediately he pulled the card out and fitted it into his front pocket, "That's fine… Doesn't stop my plan for this turn anyway…"
"Hmm?" Anya questioned as Hyde lifted another card in his hand.
"I'm activating the spell card, Book of Life!" Hyde announced as a green light appeared directly in front of him, allowing a large spike of ice to erupt in front of him, revealing the familiar Yuki-Onna trapped inside (1000/0). "And with it, not only do I get to special summon the Yuki-Onna that I discarded with my Kitsune Trickery trap…
"But I also get to remove a monster from your graveyard! So say goodbye to Kaiser Seahorse!"
"… An eye for an eye, Mr. Vayne will make the world go blind," Anya pointed out as she pulled the card from her duel disk.
"Perhaps," Hyde stated as another pillar of ice erupted next to the Yuki-Onna, this one containing the Shutendoji (1500/800) within. "But here's something you wouldn't have expected… I can now bring back a zombie with my Yuki-Onna's effect! But, they won't be here for too long…"
Both ice pillars shattered, allowing the Yuki-Onna to smile just as she transformed into two stars of light that wrapped around Shutendoji's body, transforming the Yokai into four stars. "Through the hollowed night's sky, a reformed life will reappear… Synchro Summon!"
With a loud howl, the blade wielding, spiritual dog of Inugami leapt to the field, already having the blade in its mouth as it landed in front of Hyde (2600/1250). "Inugami! And that means that…"
"That I can activate my trap card," Anya announced, making Hyde blink a few times as a loud echoing screech echoed through the air, making the Inugami howl in pain and drop his sword. "Discord Counter!"
With a loud yelp, the Inugami shattered like glass, allowing the Shutendoji and Yuki-Onna to appear in front of Hyde, both of them kneeling down in defense mode (1500/800) (1000/0).
"D… Discord Counter…" Hyde muttered looking at the trap card, his eyes widened and his cigarette almost falling out of his mouth. "H… How in the…"
"I see you don't know what my trap does," Anya giggled as she wagged a finger in front of Hyde. "When you Synchro Summon, not only does my trap negate it, but you're not allowed to summon anything until the end of your next turn…"
"I know what the card does!" Hyde growled, biting down hard on the cigarette. "What I don't get is how you got your mitts on it! That card's only allowed to be used by sector security all the way around the world!
"Hell! It's not even permitted to be used by anyone who isn't a part of that security force!"
"Oh, ho, ho," Anya laughed slightly, waving her hand in front of her face. "Never underestimate a Loan Shark, Mr. Vayne. They're able to get their hands on things you couldn't even dream of… And Childsman is one of the best around."
"Grr… So I can see," Hyde grumbled looking at the last few cards in his hand. "Well… At the very least! I can use Shutendoji's effect! I can place Mezuki from my removed from play pile back to the top of my deck!"
Hyde quickly fitted the card atop of his deck, and lifted up his duel disk as if it were a shield, "Okay… Bring it on!"
Giggling once more, Anya quickly drew, turning the card around immediately, "I activate Spellbook inside the Pot. Now, both of use can draw three cards…"
Hyde blinked a few times as he and Anya pulled off the top three cards of their decks, "Okay…"
As both of them looked at the cards, Hyde grimaced while Anya smirked.
"Now then Mr. Vayne," Anya announced holding up a card in her hand and immediately fitted it into her duel disk. "I wasn't able to perform this next feat in our last duel… But it would appear that fate is on my side this time. But first, I activate another spell, this one known as Treasure of the Buried Spells!"
That's when three spell cards appeared over Anya's head, one of them the Spellbook inside the Pot, another known as Shield Crush, and the last Treasure from a Different Dimension. "Now, I have to remove three spell cards from play, but, now, I get to draw two more cards!"
And just like that, Anya pulled out two more cards from the top of her deck, giving her five full cards to work with, "… And now… I summon Jirai Gumo in attack mode!"
With a loud screech, a large red and black exoskeleton covered spider appeared over Anya's field, slamming all four of its legs into the ground (2200/100). "But it won't be here long… I activate the spell card, Tribute Doll!"
As the spell card appeared behind the large spider-like monster, several black tentacle-like shadows erupted from the card, wrapping around the insect monster. The monster screeched and tried to break free, but unfortunately, the tentacles were too strong and immediately shattered into millions of pixels.
"Now…" Anya chuckled as she held up the third card in her hand. "I get to special summon a level seven monster…"
Hyde's eyes widened as a large surge of water erupted in front of Anya, falling to the ground to reveal the armored legs known as Suijin (2500/2400). "And it's complete…"
"… Great… All three of them at once," Hyde growled holding his duel disk up higher. "I guess today isn't going to be kind to me at all…"
"Aw, don't worry," Anya cooed. "Suijin can't attack this turn due to my Tribute Doll's other effect… But Sanga… Kazejin…
"Be so kind as to escort both Shutendoji and Yuki-Onna away from the field…"
Both of the powerful armored monster threw their fists forward, sending a powerful surge of electricity and twister of wind that flew and struck both of the monsters at once, shattering them both into millions of pixels.
"Great…" Hyde muttered looking at the three powerful monsters looming over him and his lone face down monster.
Anya smirked as she set the last two cards into her duel disk, making them appear alongside of her long forgotten Yellow Luster Shield. "I'll just set these… And don't worry Mr. Vayne, next turn, I'll be sure to end it."
"Gee… How nice of you," Hyde grumbled as he drew, giving him five cards… A majority of them being monster cards. 'Well, this is just perfect… I'm not even allowed to summon and I have no clue how I'm going to last for too much longer…'
Hyde looked at the two non-monster cards in his hand and nodded as he slipped them into his duel disk, making them appear behind his set monster, "… Turn end!"
Slowly drawing, Anya shook her head, "Aw… Don't worry Mr. Vayne, now you're able to summon… But I doubt that it'll matter…"
That's when a golden card shimmered in front of Anya, allowing her to pluck the card out of mid-air, "But anyway, now that it's my standby phase, the effect of one of the spell cards I removed from play now activates. Treasure from a Different Dimension grants us both the ability to draw two more cards from our decks."
Hyde blinked a few more times, at this rate, the both of them could lose simply by decking out…
Both duelists drew, then Anya threw her fist forward, "Now! I activate my trap card! Meteorain!"
A blood red aura wrapped around all three of the guardian monsters, making them all roar out, shaking the entire foundations of the lobby around the two duelists, "It's been fun, Mr. Vayne, but sadly, I have a schedule and a dream to keep! Kazejin! Attack the face down monster!"
With a moments notice, the wind themed armored monster unleashed a powerful surge of wind that struck the face down monster, revealing a goofy umbrella like creature with a single eye on it (800/0), only to be blown away, along with a good portion of Hyde's life points. (HLP: 4600)
That's when two more face down monsters appeared in front of Hyde, his deck shuffling, "That… That was my Karakasa, when flipped, I get to summon the other two from my hand or deck… One was in my hand, and the other was in my deck…"
"Too bad," Anya sighed as she shook her head. "If you were facing someone else, they would've been able to protect you from losing this turn…
"But thanks to Meteorain… They're nothing more than just targets… Sanga! Suijin! Please finish this!"
Both of the armored monsters charged up their attacks, immediately unleashing a powerful orb of electricity and a geyser of water, both of them flying at high speed towards Hyde's two face down Karakasa…
… Signaling Hyde to reach for his duel disk…
Both attacks hit their targets dead on, making water and electricity erupt all around the field…
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"BOO-YA!!!" Childsman cheered as he jumped from his seat, his hair flapping in the air as he pumped his arms up into the air. "YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
"That-a girl! That's how yo –GACK!-"
Unfortunately, the moment that Childsman started cheering, he forgot that he still had some of Otso's ordered Kung Pao Chicken in his mouth, so at the moment he was choking on the Chinese food, his hands on his throat as he tried to search for his water bottle.
A few moments later, and several salt water bottles…
"AAAHHH!" Childsman gasped as he threw the seventh water bottle to the side. "Damn… I saw my life flash before my eyes…"
That's when Childsman blinked a few times behind his shades, "… Great, that means I just remembered that one weird time when Uncle Fredrick did that weird thing in front of me with a garden hose…"
Childsman shivered slightly, turning his attention back to the screen to get his mind off of that scar-ridden event, "A-Anyway, with this, one of those blasted Shadowchasers is finally out of…"
On the screen, the holographic electricity and water pulled away, revealing Hyde still standing tall, taking a long drag on his cigarette… (HLP: 600)
"… The line of fire…" Childsman groaned as he slammed his forehead into the desk loudly.
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Like Childsman in his office, Anya was quite confused with how Hyde was still able to stand with life points, "How…"
Hyde merely gestured to his right, his cigarette considerably shorter from the long drags he was taking from it. There was a lifted up card on his field – Emergency Provisions.
"Ah… I see," Anya muttered with a nod. "You used that to pad your life points just before my last two attacks came into play."
Hyde nodded, still taking the moment to enjoy his cigarette.
"Impressive, but you've completely left yourself open," Anya stated slapping a card onto her duel disk, making a set monster appear before her. "So I hope you realize, that you can't last for too much longer, Mr. Vayne."
That's when Hyde pulled his cigarette from his mouth, immediately tossing it to the ground to step on, "… That's where you're wrong Anya…"
Hyde quickly snapped off the top card from his deck, giving him a full hand of six, "… Like you, I've got reasons for being here… And I'm going to fulfill them as well!
"I summon Gotokuneko!"
A small flame popped up in front of Hyde, immediately spreading out to form into a small red furred cat, standing on its hind legs with a small bamboo shoot held in its front paws… As the small cat meowed, a small flame appeared at the end of the shoot (800/300).
Hyde looked at the monster for a few seconds, "… I kinda feel like Ace for a moment there…"
"Aw… What a cute little kitty," Anya cooed looking at the small red furred cat, making the Yokai cat to yawn loudly.
"… Now that reminds me more of Ace," Hyde sighed as he held up a card from his hand. "A-Anyway, when my Gotokuneko is successfully summoned, I can special summon another level four Zombie from my hand…"
The moment that Hyde slapped that card onto his duel disk, the small cat Yokai blew into the bamboo shoot, creating a large ball of fire that erupted right next to the small cat Yokai, growing larger until it formed into the black bird with fire on its head – Onmoraki (1200/1000).
"Next, I activate a spell card," Hyde stated spinning the card around, revealing a familiar card. "I don't think I have to explain what Monster Reincarnation does…"
Hyde turned around the monster known as Mezuki and fitted it into his graveyard as he pulled the Gozuki card from there instead, "And now… I think its time I tell you about Gotokuneko's other ability…
"He's a tuner… A level two tuner…"
Anya's eyes widened as the cat Yokai immediately shattered into two stars that floated around the Onmoraki, immediately engulfing the bird Yokai in a large flame that immediately formed into the familiar Inugami… This time with its fur standing on end (2600/1250) as it drew the katana from its back.
"Next," Hyde announced as a card shot out from his graveyard slot, allowing him to pocket the card directly into his front pocket. "I'm activating Mezuki's effect once more, this time summoning Yuki-Onna!"
In a pillar of shattering ice, the cold beauty of the snow-woman reappeared in front of Hyde (1000/0) spinning around in front of the Shadowchaser. "And remember, when she's special summoned, I can special summon another zombie! So let's try this again! Shutendoji!"
In another shattered icicle, the drunk Japanese Ogre reappeared on the field, guzzling down the sake (1500/800). "I'll use a spell card's effect as well! Offerings to Yenma! So by returning Mezuki and Gyūki back to my deck… I get to draw another card."
Hyde immediately shuffled the two cards into his deck, and immediately drew another card, "Now… Anya, I have a question for you. Do you know the stories behind my Yokai?"
"Hmm? I suppose I wouldn't," Anya muttered tilting her head to the side. "Do they represent some kind of Shadowkind?"
"You could say that," Hyde stated gesturing towards the Shutendoji chuckled. "Take this character first, Shutendoji was actually an infamous princess-kidnapping, bloodthirsty oni.
"The Yuki-Onna would hide in mountain blizzards, hoping to find lost travelers in the snow and ice… Usually they would freeze them to death…
"And the Inugami… Well, he was a dog-spirit that was created, worshipped and employed by a family via sorcery. Heck, I know I've got a motley crew in this deck… And heck, there are almost countless legends about Yokai."
"Is there supposed to a point to this history lesson?" Anya asked with a tilted head.
"Actually, I was about to get to my point," Hyde answered crossing his arms as Yuki-Onna shattered into two stars that flew around the smirking Shutendoji. "There are several types of Yokai, but can be classified in at least three specific types – Oni, like my Shutendoji. Tsukumogami such as the Karakasa, and like my Inugami, Animal shapeshifters…
"And you're about to meet another one of those last ones…"
A powerful surge of light crashed into the Shutendoji, making the monster disappear amongst the bright surge.
That's when the Inugami howled into the air, and almost immediately, a second howl echoed through the room as well, making Anya cover her stone ears as the light died down…
… Only to reveal a large, white and red furred wolf standing on Hyde's field, this one with a large runic disk-like shield strapped to its back (2350/1700). "Okami!"
Once more, the Inugami and Okami howled loudly in sync, this time making the three armored monsters on Anya's field to glower towards them.
"Oh! It's like that one…" Anya started with a smirk on her face.
"Don't say it!" Hyde interrupted as he reached into his graveyard slot, holding up one of the Karakasa cards up before he fitted it into his front pocket. "Now, I'll first activate Inugami's effect! Removing a zombie from my graveyard from play… To destroy Sanga of the Thunder!"
Anya's eyes widened as several ghostly spirits erupted from the ground, and leapt right through the large yellow and red armored monster, shattering it into millions of pixels that flew through the air.
"Next, I'll remove another Karakasa," Hyde announced as he pulled the card from his graveyard slot and fitted it into his front pocket was well. "To use Okami's effect, allowing me to make sure that during this turn… All zombie type monsters are unaffected by monster effects!"
"Wait… That means…" Anya gasped as a bright light wrapped around both of the canine Yokai monsters.
"Your big bad monsters can't protect each other!" Hyde shouted as he threw his hand forward. "Inugami! Slice and dice that Suijin!"
Drawing the katana from its back, the large Inugami charged towards the armored blue legs…
"I activate my trap card!" Anya announced as her face down card flipped up, making a red aura flare up around the Suijin's body (2500/2400 – 2500/0). "Zero Guard!"
The katana sliced across the face of the blue armored legs, making the armored monster stagger backwards. (ALP: 5400)
"… Fine by me!" Hyde announced as the Inugami landed in front of him, allowing the katana to stab into the ground next to it. "That means my Okami can get a shot in as well!"
The disk on the back of Okami's back spun faster and faster, prompting the beautiful wolf to leap through the air, spinning around until it slammed the shield into Suijin's body, making the monster skid backwards. (ALP: 3050)
"… You almost done, Mr. Vayne?" Anya asked with a loud yawn following.
"Uh," Hyde quickly pulled two cards from his hand, and fitted them into his duel disk, making them appear behind the two Canine Yokai. "Sure…"
Anya quickly drew her next card, looking over the card's art, and immediately fitted two of the cards in her hand into her duel disk, "Well, Mr. Vayne… You managed to deplete my life points, and you even found a way to get past my trio of monsters…
"But, that's about to change… I think I'll flip up my face down monster…"
The face down card flipped up, revealing the cackling Morphing Jar, its lone large eye blinking in synch with its laughter (700/600).
Hyde sighed as he fitted his hand into his graveyard slot while Anya fitted the last card in her hand into her duel disk.
Then both drew five cards…
… Making Anya's eyes gleam brightly…
"… And it looks like I've finally drawn 'it'…" the Arcane Golem stated as one of her face down cards flipped up, revealing the same spell that Hyde had played last turn – Monster Reincarnation. "So, I'll discard my Shield Warrior, in order to take back my little Sanga of the Thunder…"
The other face down card lifted up, allowing several black tentacles to wrap around the still laughing Morphing Jar, "And he'll be back on the field, I'm activating another Tribute Doll… And you know what that means…"
A bolt of light crashed into the laughing Morphing Jar, shattering the rock monster and allowing the large electrified red and gold armored monster to reappear (2600/2200) in front of her. "… But don't worry about this… I've got something much… Much… MUCH bigger in stored for you…"
That's when all three of the armor based monsters began to glow brightly, their bodies beginning to come together – Suijin standing at the bottom, with Kazejin merging right atop of Suijin's head and Sanga of the Thunder forming into the upper body, forming into a giant armored monster – Three in one (3750/3400)! "Gate Guardian, meet Mr. Vayne. Mr. Vayne, meet the instrument of your destruction.
"… Reminds me of one of those giant robot movies that were-weasel friend of Ace's brings once in a while," Hyde sighed with a shake of his head. "... Nothing that I can't handle…"
"Oh? Then let me up the ante," Anya snickered as she lifted one of the newest cards in her hand up. "I activate the equip spell card Destruction Insurance!"
Hyde raised an eyebrow as a fiery red aura washed over the titanic guardian monster, "Okay… Do I even want to know that that does?"
"Oh, I would hope so, Mr. Vayne," Anya giggled as she crossed her arms. "You see, if you destroy this monster, then you'll get blasted for half of my Guardian's attack points…"
"Well… That's gonna be tricky," Hyde muttered as he pulled his cigarette from his mouth, throwing it to his ground to stomp on. "But… I think that…"
"You won't be able to get the chance," Anya interrupted as she uncrossed her arms, throwing her hand towards the Inugami. "And since I happen to know what else that little doggie of yours can do, I think he'll be the absolute perfect target…"
The Gate Guardian roared loudly, making the Inugami whimper back slightly as three orbs of energy – Water, Wind and Electricity – Began to form in front of the three emblems that they represented on the titanic guardian's body. Then, all at once, all three of the orbs of energy flew through the air, crashing directly into the Inugami's body, completely destroying the ghostly dog.
"I activate my trap card!" Hyde announced as the remaining energy from the attack flowed past his entire body. "Defense Draw! Now, all the damage is dropped to zero, and I get to draw another card!"
"Hmm… Oh well," Anya cooed looking at the last two cards in her hand. "… I'll set one card face down… And it's your move Mr. Vayne…"
Before he drew, Hyde looked at the six cards he now held in his hand, and then looked at his field. '… Okami… One set card…
'… I think I can pull this off…'
Hyde drew his seventh card, nodding at the card that was now before him, "… Anya… You remember the last time we dueled?"
"Huh?" Anya questioned as she rubbed her chin. "Yeah… It was that riding duel, right?"
"Right," Hyde stated pulling off one of the card from his hand and immediately held in front of him. "… Then, I suppose you'll remember a certain character… I haven't really used him for a while since then, but now's a good a time as any to bring him out…"
Anya tilted her head slightly as Hyde fitted his selected card into his duel disk. "I activate, De-Synchro! Now, by sending Okami back to my extra deck…"
Okami howled loudly as it immediately shattered into millions of orbs of light, crashing into the ground to reveal the Yuki-Onna (1000/0) and Shutendoji (1500/800), both of them crouching down to the ground, "And I get to special summon the two Synchro material monsters used to make them!
"And since Yuki-Onna was special summoned from the graveyard once more…"
A large pillar of ice erupted next to the snow-woman, immediately bursting to unleash the large Gozuki, crouched down as well in a defensive manner (1700/800). "Gozuki comes back! And that means I can use his effect, sending my Gyūki right back from my deck and straight to the graveyard!"
Hyde quickly fitted the card into his duel disk, "But I'm not done! Next, I'll sacrifice both Yuki-Onna and Shutendoji…"
Both of the Yokai monsters began to melt away into nothing more than smoke, beginning to encircle one another until a large, red, familiar demon stood in front of Hyde, its large spiked club resting on its shoulder as its yellow eyes glared directly at the large Gate Guardian (2800/2100). "Red Ogre!"
Anya nearly fell backwards at the sight of that monster, having clearly remembering the result of their last duel…
"Now, by discarding two cards from my hand," Hyde announced fitting a good portion of his cards into the game device, making the Red Ogre lift his large club into the air, as if he was playing baseball. "That face down card…
"And that gigantic eyesore…
"Are outta here!"
The Red Ogre roared loudly, turning his body to make the large club swing through the air, sending a rush of wind to fly and slam into all three of the targeted cards, making the Gate Guardian fly off of its feet with the two back row cards flying with it, all three of them disappearing only moments later.
With their cards reappearing in Anya's hands.
CLICK!
Anya jumped slightly as she looked up, seeing Hyde light up another cigarette that was in his mouth…
And without a word, Hyde slipped one of the few remaining cards in his hand, forming into the spell card Double Summon. Slapped one of the remaining cards in his hand to bring out the Tanuki Spirit, the small raccoon dog skittering around the field (500/400).
But, Anya's eyes widened even more so as the raccoon dog disappeared, with the Gyūki (2200/400) reappearing in its place. "… I see…
"Well… It was an honor Mr. Vayne…"
"So that's it, eh?" Hyde sighed as both of his Yokai leapt through the air, roaring loudly as the Gyūki pulled its fists back and the Red Ogre began to bring its club back. "No tears? No cursing my guts out? Just an honorable goodbye?"
"Mr. Vayne," Anya replied with a smile on her face, even though both of the Yokai landed in front of her. "… Don't you know? Arcane Golems can't cry tears…"
Both of the attacks slammed into Anya's torso, sending her reeling backwards as her duel disk beeped loudly. (ALP: 0)
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"… Damn it…" Childsman cursed as he knocked away several emptied salt water bottles. "This is a lose-lose-lose situation for me…
"Not only did I lose a valued ally, but I also lost a cute face around the office and my connection to a discount on the salt water bottles…
"CURSE YOU SHADOWCHASERS!"
0-0-0- Back in the Lobby… -0-0-0
A few minutes later, Hyde pocketed the jewel that was used to transport Anya to the holding cells at HQ, and even though he had a cigarette in his mouth, that last move really left a bad taste in Hyde's mouth…
'Maybe I could convince the judge to go easier on Anya…' He thought as he took a long drag on his cigarette. 'From what she told me… She seems like a special case…'
With a shrug, Hyde slowly walked past the jeep, blinking a few times at the weird vehicle, and the duel disk addition that was built into it…
"… So, she sold a few of these, huh?" Hyde questioned, taking a moment to kick one of the tires.
Shaking his head, Hyde turned away from the jeep and began to head in the same direction he saw Faye run towards before the duel began. He had no clue where it led, but it was better to find his comrade…
And as he walked away, Hyde never noticed the small, black feathered crow that had flown into the building, watching the Shadowchaser.
TBC
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Card Stats
Defense Wall / Earth / LV. 4 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 2100 / Rock/Effect: While this card is in Defense position, when your opponent declares an attack, they must attack this card.
Description: A large sturdy wall with a pair of long arms, short legs and a large face in the middle of the wall.
This card was used by the Paradox Brothers/Labyrinth Brothers in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime.
Akashic Record / Normal Spell / Effect: Draw 2 cards. If either of the cards drawn have been played during this duel, they are removed from play.
Image: A large amount of dinosaur bones covered with ancient ruins written upon them.
This card was used by Tyranno Kenzan in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime.
Discord Counter / Counter Trap / Effect: Activate only when your opponent Synchro Summons a monster. Negate the Summon of that monster and return it back to the Extra Deck and Special Summon the monsters used in the Synchro Summon to your opponent's side of the field in Defense Position. Your opponent cannot Summon any monsters until the End Phase of their next turn.
Image: The Tune Warrior and Silent Swordsman LV 5 emerging from a fading away Colossal Warrior.
Destruction Insurance / Equip Spell / Effect: When the equipped monster is destroyed, inflict damage equal to half its original ATK to your opponent.
Image: A large armor like monster exploding into several flames.
Treasure of the Buried Spells / Normal Spell / Effect: Remove three spell cards from your graveyard. Draw two cards.
Image: A pair of prongs reaching into a buried deck of cards.
The previous three cards were used all in various episodes and used by various characters
Gotokuneko / Fire / LV. 2 / ATK: 800 / DEF: 300 / Zombie/Tuner: When this card is Summoned from your hand, and you control no other monsters, you may Special Summon one Level 4 or less Zombie-Type monster from your Hand. The Effects of the Special Summoned monster are negated. Remove the Special Summoned monster from play when it is removed from the field. After using this effect remove this card from play when it is removed from the field.
Description: A small red furred cat standing on its hind legs with a small bamboo shoot held in its front paws
This card was created and designed by jBakura, many thanks to him for designing an awesome card.
Kitsune Trickery / Normal Trap / Effect: This card can only be activated when a Zombie-Type monster would be destroyed as a result of battle. Negate that monster's destruction (battle damage still applies). When this is done, send one Zombie-type monster card in your deck to the graveyard.
Image: A small Fox Fire immediately vanishing in a cloud of leaves.
Okami / Light / LV. 6 / ATK: 2350 / DEF: 1700 / Zombie/Synchro/Effect: [1 Tuner Monster + 1 or more Non-Tuner Zombie Monster(s)] This card cannot be special summoned except by Synchro Summon. Once per turn, you may select one of the following effects:
-) Return one removed from play Zombie-Type monster to the bottom of your deck, during the turn this effect is activated, Zombie-Type monsters are unaffected by monster effects until the end phase.
-) Remove from play two Zombie-Type monster in your graveyard. You may increase the ATK of all Zombie-Type monsters on your side of the field by 550 points.
Description: A large beautiful white and red furred wolf with a large disk-like shield strapped to its back.
Offerings to Yenma / Normal Spell / Effect: This card can only be activated when you have two or more Zombie-type monsters on your side of the field. Select two removed from play Zombie-type monsters and shuffle them into their owner's deck. Then, you may draw one card.
Image: A large amount of gold being presented to a shrouded, large, horned being in a royal temple.
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With Anya out of the way, our crew of Shadowchasing duelists go deeper and deeper into the mysterious S. Reef Lender, and the questions just keep popping up.
So much so, that the next chapter is adequately named…
Draw 21
Question
Barron: … Wait, my debut at S. Reef Lender, and that's all the preview I get?! You gotta be kidding me!