Chapter 26: True Power
"He's doomed..." Yura said. "Who is?" Shizuka asked. "That Tellarknight guy," Yura replied. "How do you know?" Shizuka again asked. "That's the thing," Yura said, "I don't know. Oddly enough, I can feel it."
"When you activate the effect of a DARK monster," Nasai said, "I can use one overlay unit to negate that effect and destroy that monster. But that's not all the great things this card does. Now I end my turn." Kenji regained his composure and calmly drew a card to start his turn. "You know, I got fearful for just a minute," he said. "But now I realize this is nothing to me. I've taken down monsters far stronger than that." "Well if you think you can take down this one, go for it," Nasai said confidently. "From my hand I activate Darkstar Glimmers," Kenji said. "This turn only, I can summon up to 3 "Darkstar" monsters from my hand. During my End Phase however, I will take 500 points of damage for each." "500 for each?!" Nasai said, "Have you gone crazy? All you have left IS 500." Kenji ignored him and revealed three monsters from his hand. "I summon Darkstar Assault Bear (Lv.3/1600atk), Darkstar Leo (Lv.3/1300atk), and the tuner monster Darkstar Shadowmancer (Lv.3/800atk)." Dark clouds rolled in over the stadium. Some of the children in the stadium became scared. "I tune," Kenji started, "my level three Darkstar Shadowmancer and my level three Darkstar Assault Bear and Darkstar Leo. The True Power of stars give wake to their Overlord. The clouds will now make way for their new leader!" As Kenji said, the dark clouds in the sky open and a roll of thunder hits the field. "Synchro summon!" Kenji yelled. "Come, level 9, Darkstar Overlord of Chastisement (Lv.9/Fiend/DARK/3200atk)!"
In a flashback, Kenji remembers what Zurui said. "I want you to know some things about Overlord of Chastisement. For each time you summon him, he will feed off of you and continue to until either you lose yourself to him or he's destroyed before then. You're not the only one he feeds off of. If there are people around, he will also feed off the one with the brightest light." "The brightest light?" Kenji asked, "What does that mean?" Coming out of his flashback, Kenji notices Chastisement's eyes glowing. He also feels weakened and drops one leg to the ground as he breathes heavily. "This guy is really feeding off the dark energy that's inside me," Kenji said to himself. He looks around the stadium. "Who is the person he's feeding out the brightest light from?" Just then, Yura felt uneasy. She fainted into Shizuka's arms. "Yura, are you okay?" she asked. Kenji looked at Yura and realized it was her with the brightest light. "That girl? Why does she..?"
"Hey," Nasai said getting Kenji's attention, "pay attention to the duel would ya?" Kenji stood back up but was still wobbly. "Darkstar Overlord of Chastisement is unaffected by opponent's card effects. During each of my Standby Phases, I have to pay 500 life points to keep it on the field. When Synchro summoned, Chastisement can half the attack points of one of my opponent's monsters and I gain life points equal to the amount of attack points lost. I choose to half the attack points of your Constellarknight Diamond." Chastisement saps 1650 attack points and converts it to life points for Kenji. His life points are now 2150. "Battle Phase!" Kenji states. "Go Darkstar Overlord of Chastisement, destroy Constellarknight Diamond." Chastisement raises his hand at Diamond. Out of his hand, black stars shoot out and destroy Diamond. Nasai's life points drop to 2450. "I activate Darkstar Overlord of Chastisement's second effect. When he destroys a monster by battle, my opponent takes damage equal to the original attack of the destroyed monster."
"No way!" Nasai said. "Go Chastisement, finish this duel." Again, black stars emit from Chastisement and towards Nasai, wiping away his remaining life points. Kenji wins. As the duel field cleared, Yura regained consciousness. "Kenji Rouko has came from behind to win against Nasai Arata," Mr. Mitsuo spoke. "Although it seems this duel has caused a change in weather and it looks like it will rain soon. Because of that, the tournament will continue once the rain has stopped." Shizuka helped Yura up and out of the stadium. "You clearly aren't feeling well Yura," Shizuka said, "I need to get you out of here." Yura prompted Shizuka to stop where she was. "Don't worry about me," she said, "We still have a job to do: win this tournament." Kenji walked towards Yura. "Hey you," he said. Yura lifted her head to see Kenji studying her. "What do you want?" Shizuka asked. After a moment, Kenji walked away. "What's his deal?" Shizuka questioned.
Before Kenji walked away, he whispered something in Yura's ear. "See you in the finals, miss brightest light" was what Yura heard. "What did he mean by brightest light?" Yura thought to herself.
To be continued in Chapter 27: Shooting Stars