Chapter 28: Kasumi's First Mission P5
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh 5ds or Naruto, I do own Kasumi and her deck which is based off of Fire Emblem Female characters also she does have one one male Fire Emblem Character.
I slept well, until my vision of Konoha's fate returned during Midnight. I woke up sitting up rubbing my eyes getting the tears out of them. Then sighed, this was a sign telling me that I was not closer in solving the problem. I shook my head free then lay back down in my bed and that was when a single thought came into me as I lay in it, how would the Avatar handle this? As if one heard my thoughts, Avatar Roku appeared in my room still glowing as a ghost. I sat up as he turned towards me "It seems you are troubled young Signer."
"I am" I told him then I told him about my vision.
"Lady Kasumi?" Ten-Ten asked rubbing her eyes "What's going on?"
She then opened her eyes seeing Avatar Roku "Avatar Roku?"
The spirit nodded "Yes, Ten-Ten"
He turned towards me as I finished my explanation "What would you do?"
He paused thinking about this then answered "Going up against the Crimson Dragon means certain doom for the ones it is unleashed upon. My advise to you young Signer is to try to prevent Orochimaru from summoning it."
"That's the thing, I don't know how he is doing this" I told him.
"When the time comes" Roku told me "You'll find it, have some confidence in yourself and you'll see the way to defeat him. Once more an Avatar would fight to stop this from happening, look deep in yourself and never give up."
"Thank you sir" I said to him as the spirit vanished.
"What was that about?" Ten-Ten whispered.
"Oh," I told her "That vision came back again."
"Lady Kasumi" she stated she went over to comfort me patting me on the back "You'll find a way to stop that threat."
"Honestly" I told her "I'm not worried about the Fire Nation, it's the Crimson Dragon and Earth Bound Gods I'm worried about."
"Understandable" Ten-Ten said "From what I heard from Haku when I asked him about Earth Bound Gods he told me they were evil weapons used by the Dark Signers and they could kill a Signer and took souls to summon it as well as two tributes and a Field Spell to summon one."
I nodded "That's right, and together with the Crimson Dragon Orochimaru will succeed in his dream, until I figure out how to stop Orochimaru from destroying the Leaf Village. The spirit of Avatar Roku told me that in time I will figure it out."
Ten-Ten understood me and together the two of us went to sleep once more. The next morning came and once more after breakfast we were on the training field where the Earth King watched Hiashi teach me. Two hours passed for Hiashi-Sensei's training and he noticed I was stronger now with each blow I sent out.
"Interesting the fight with Red Nova Dragon made you stronger" He told me.
"It made me determined to live" I told him as I spared against Hinata. This time we were even but my blows were stronger and Hinata had to avoid me three times but other than that the sparing match concluded that I wasn't strong enough to land a blow on her, it would take maybe another day to learn it but I did force her back a bit even holding her off once more. In other words she didn't land a blow on me ether.
"That's good enough for today" Hiashi-Sensei said.
"Agreed" the Earth King said "Your student is becoming stronger and even a favorite among my people."
"Thanks" I told them "But I still have a long way to go."
So I trained with Toph some more this time learning more Earth Bending techniques. Training with us was Ten-Ten whom was reading her scroll.
"Hmm" Ten-Ten said looking at her scroll, she took out another scroll then made a signal and a staff appeared in her hand.
"Wow!" Toph stated as she felt the staff come in Ten-TEn's hands "You really do have every weapon but why do you have a Staff?"
"The scroll says it's the training weapon to learn Air Bending Basics with" Ten-Ten said "Once I've learned to Air Bend using the staff, then I can proceed in learning it without the staff."
So Ten-Ten and I began training. Seeing us train, Naruto felt left out. He sat down watching me with Toph instructing me and Ten-Ten. He understood why I was training to learn Earth Bending but he turned to Ten-Ten.
"Hey Ten-Ten shouldn't you be?" he was accidentally interrupted as Ten-Ten sent an air blast at him sending him flying landing head first into a building. He came back rubbing his head then Ten-Ten stopped seeing him come closer to her "Oh sorry Naruto."
"What the heck was that?" he asked then he got to the point asking his first question "Shouldn't you be protecting Kasumi?"
"I am" Ten-Ten said "And training."
"For what?" Naruto asked.
"Well" Hinata said to Naruto "Ten-Ten is an Airbender."
"Wha?" Naruto asked shocked hearing this, his jaw dropped "But how?"
Ten-Ten shrugged "Ask Toph."
Naruto turned to her and Toph answered his unasked question "Element Bending is a trait born into, sort of like the Byucugan."
"Oh" Naruto said as Toph continued her answer "Not all people can bend an Element. Plus no one knows what gives a person that trait. Lady Kasumi and I just found out two days that Ten-Ten is an Airbender. Since all the Air Benders are gone, she can't learn it from a teacher like Kasumi is doing right now. So she's learning from a scroll."
"Oh, having any luck Ten-Ten?" Naruto asked.
Ten-Ten smiled "Yes, actually, right now I'm focusing on the basics."
Naruto sighed "Let's see, Lady Kasumi's an Earth Bender, Ten-Ten is an Air Bender, and Haku is a Water Bender, oh man."
I turned to Toph and she nodded then we turned to Hinata. Hinata caught us looking at her and turned to Naruto "Uh, Naruto"
"Yes, Hinata?" he asked her.
"You are a Fire Bender" she said.
"I'm what?" Naruto asked "A Fire Bender?"
I cautioned him as Earth Benders turned towards him and explained "He's not with the Fire Nation."
They understood me and continued to work as I nodded "Yes, Naruto you are a Fire Bender."
"You got to be kidding me" Naruto said "This I got to see!"
With this he pointed his hand upwards then opened it, he was expecting to see fire being shot out of it but it didn't.
"What happened?" he asked as the guards snickered at his attempt to try Fire Bending, even Toph, Ten-Ten and I had to fight the urge not to laugh at him. Haku answered him "Naruto, you can't just expect to show off your Element Bending, especially since we just told you."
"So what do you suggest?" he asked Haku "Could you teach me Fire Bending?"
"I'm a Water Bender" Haku told him "I can't teach you Fire Bending, if you want to you could go to the Fire Nation and hope they agree to teach you, but I don't know if they will."
"Well why wouldn't they?" Naruto asked.
"Are you that dumb?" Gaara asked him and Naruto turned to Gaara as Gaara answered "Orochimaru is their ally, seeing a leaf village ninja isn't going to go well with him."
I then thought of this then turned "I know one Fire Nation person that can."
"Who?" Naruto asked.
"Prince Zuko" I said.
"Why him?" Haku asked then he slapped his forehead "I am so stupid, I shouldn't have asked it."
"I'm clueless why him?" Naruto asked.
"Because he is a Fire Bender himself" I said.
"But he's the one leading this attack" Naruto said.
"Not if we capture him first" Shikamaru said.
"Wait" Naruto said "You mean capture him and force him to teach me Fire Bending?"
"That's one way" I told him sighing "Although I'm against kidnapping."
"That's true" Haku said he turned to Shikamaru "You know she isn't going to kidnap someone."
"There is a second way" I told him "If Prince Zuko was a Duelist, you could Duel him, Naruto."
"And if you win" Haku said "Then he has to teach you Fire Bending."
"But there is this war we are getting involved in" I said crossing my arms "Forcing him to teach you Naruto might be a bad idea."
"That's true" Shikamaru said "The moment our backs are turned, Prince Zuko will stop training Naruto and without any of her bodyguards with her, finally be able to capture Lady Kasumi and complete his mission."
"Well then we'll just have to make sure she's guarded" Toph said "Us Earth Benders are good at that."
I nodded towards her "That's true but there is another way you could learn Fire Bending Naruto."
"There is?" Naruto asked "Because I don't want to put you in any more danger than you are now."
"I'll be fine if you want to have Prince Zuko teach you" I told him "But there is a second way, and that's the same way Ten-Ten's learning it from."
"Yeah" Ten-Ten said "If I had a choice, I'd rather be learning it from an Air Bender but I have no choice."
"You have a scroll that can teach Fire Bending?" Naruto asked and I pulled it out "Yes, here it is."
Naruto took it and opened it then studied the material "Oh man this is gonna take forever."
"But if anyone can learn it you can" I told him "Remember, you learned Rasengan with in two days then mastered it within one week."
Naruto nodded then turned towards me "Would it be possibly be you that will Duel Zuko?"'
"Why would I want to?" I asked him.
"He might force you into a Duel troublesome" Shikamaru said "Claiming that if you refuse he'll take you and if you lose you have to agree to come with him."
I sighed "You two do have a point."
Then I nodded "Alright if he challenges me to a Duel, I'll duel him for Naruto. That is if Haku thinks that Naruto isn't making any progress while learning Fire Bending."
"Agreed" Haku said.
So once more we began training.
"Your teaching her well Toph" the Earth King said to Toph as we finally finished our training.
Ever sense we knew the attack was coming the castle was guarded by Earth Benders and soldiers that were trained by Colonel Hasselberry. They were keeping watch.
Toph turned to me "You've just completed the basics of your training, so I'll give you a test, after the test if you pass, I'll teach you Rock Armor."
I smiled "Alright what is my test?"
Toph turned "Why it's to be able to defeat Hinata Hyugga."
Hiashi agreed "Yes, if you defeat Hinata Hyugga tomorrow during your training with me or Toph's training you'll be able to learn Rock Armor."
"Hey look I'm doing it!" Naruto shouted
We turned to see Naruto trying to Fire Bend reaching his hand up in the air, well he did it but a small flame erupted from it then disappeared, Haku just shook his head "Looks like Naruto will be needing Prince Zuko to teach him, or at least get him started on the basic then train with this scroll from there."
Naruto sighed "This bending is hard work."
I nodded "Yes, but at least I'm improving and for Ten-Ten learning from her scroll, it's working so far."
So after my training I spent another two hours teaching Naruto how to Duel and even trying to get him to get another strategy for his deck. While I was teaching Naruto, I heard the Earth King talk to Shikamaru about his defense plan.
"That'll have to work for now" Shikamaru told him as Hiashi then spoke up after him "Since my clan is two days left of coming to aide us."
"But" Shikamaru said "I may not know how strong this General Iroh is but it's the Sound Ninja that'll be the problem."
"Agreed" Hiashi said "Which is why Hinata and I will stay back to aide the Earth Benders."
"But I since your going somewhere Shikamaru?" the king asked him.
"Yes, to have a talk with Prince Zuko" I said.
"Why him?" The Earth King asked.
"Because Naruto is a Fire Bender and even though he has a scroll, he's not learning it. He needs a teacher and the only one I can think of is Prince Zuko" I told him.
"General Iroh might" the Earth King said "Because it was General Iroh that trained your mother Kasumi."
I gasped "The great General Iroh trained my mother as an Earth Bender?"
The Earth King nodded and I turned to him "What can you tell us about General Iroh?"
"He might be the only Fire Nation soldier that will not attack you."
"Why?" I asked him.
"Because General Iroh is your mother's teacher and promised her that he wouldn't take you to Orochimaru or even his brother the Fire Lord."
"Oh" I said as Naruto ran up to the Earth King "Can you tell us more about him?"
"Sure" the Earth King said "As my one of my people has told you, General Iroh has never lost a battle and is a widely respected Fire Nation general."
"I see" Naruto said "Do you think he would train me?"
"He might and he might not"
Shikamaru turned to the king "Like I said, Naruto, Toph, Lady Kasumi, Haku, Ten-Ten and I will go to the Fire Nation's camp and try to have a talk with Prince Zuko."
"What about us?" Shino asked.
"You and Gaara will be needed to help Hiashi Hyugga out in defeating the Sound Ninjas that come here."
"Right" Shino said.
The Earth King nodded "But will that be wise?"
Shikamaru turned "It should be, that way Lady Kasumi isn't here when they attack, if we keep her moving it will be hard for the Fire Nation and even Sound Ninja to capture her. If you don't know where someone is, how can you find him or her?"
"Good point" Toph said nudging me in the back playfully "You got a good and smart boyfriend."
I blushed "T-T-T-Thank you."
"So what's the plan?" the Earth King asked "I mean how do you plan to walk out towards the enemy camp?"
"Simple" Shikamaru said "While the Fire Nation and Sound Ninja are attack and are distracted, Naruto, Toph, Lady Kasumi, Haku, Ten-Ten and I will go out the back way, then sneak out towards the enemy camp. Now it will be important to keep the enemy distracted because if were caught sneaking out, well they'll most likely capture Kasumi given the chance."
The Earth King nodded "Count on us to do our part. On your part please make sure she comes back alive."
"You got it."
The Earth King then turned to him "Also while Prince Zuko is in charge of the attack, Kabuto is leading the charge, so the Prince and General might be still at the camp. It will be guarded though."
"We can handle any amount of guards they have" Shikamaru told him.
So soldiers were placed in position. True enough the Fire Nation and Sound Ninja soon marched up to the castle whose gates were locked. Kabuto was leading the charge and he stepped out "Earth King, Orochimaru and the Fire Lord don't want any trouble here."
"Too late on that!" Hiashi Hyugga spoke out as he was placed in charge of the defense.
"Hiashi Hyugga" Kabuto said looking up at the Hyugga Clan Ninja and a Fire Nation soldier ran up to him "What's up?"
Kabuto turned "Hiashi Hyugga is a Leaf Village ninja, I knew they had some of our enemies from the Leaf Village here, but the head of the most strongest Ninja clan in Konoha here is something we have miscalculated. Leave this to me."
"Yes sir!"
Kabuto then walked up raising a white flag then looked up at Hiashi Hyugga "It wouldn't suit any Element Country if war was to be fought. Just surrenderer the Lady Signer and war won't have to be fought."
Hiashi stood up boldly turning to Colonel Hasselberry then nodded towards the Colonel who looked down at Kabuto "You soldier are allied with a man who wants to destroy the Leaf Village! And don't play games with us! We all know that with an army at your side already means trouble. Now we won't let you get your hands on the Lady Signer so soldier do you worst."
"Then" Kabuto said bringing up his hands together "Then you'll all die."
"It's coming" I whispered.
Feathers started to come down and all of the Leaf Village shinobi brought their hands together as Kabuto shouted "Nervana Temple Jutsu!" "RELEASE!"
With this Kabuto's sleep attack failed and Hiashi turned "Now you crossed the line, now face our wrath!"
Hearing this Gaara unleashed his sand underneath the Earth Kingdom's gates. Watching from the battlements but keeping my head low enough for our enemies not to see me, I watched as the Fire Nation Soldiers stood their watching as the sand crept closer then grabbed onto the first row of Fire Nation Soldiers and Sound Ninja and Gaara then formed sand coffins around the first row of enemy's bodies "Sand Coffin" came a voice "Sand Burrial!"
With this the Sand Coffins crushed their opponents and then exploded with sand and blood.
"Crap" Kabuto cursed "They have Gaara of the Sand with them! Fire Nation Soldiers keep an eye on that sand, Sound Ninja, Fire Nation attack!"
With this the two allied forces charged and that is when Shino unleashed his insects "Parasitic Insects Hailstorm Jutsu!"
Black hail started to fall, only these were not hail balls, they were parasitic insects from Shino's body!
Screams started to come all over the battlefield as the Fire Nation Soldiers were taken by surprise as their bodies were being drained of their Chakra and even their blood. Even Sound Ninja were taken by surprise. Kabuto managed to avoid it "They have an Acurbe Clan Ninja with them, looks like Lady Tsunade thought of everything."
Then the battles began! While this was happening, the Earth King led us to the back way then turned to Shikamaru "Now it's all up to you."
"Right" Shikamaru said "Just keep them distracted long enough for us to have a chat with Prince Zuko.
"Count on it."
With Shikamaru guiding us he lead us to an opening but before we could step into the forest Shikamaru had a bigger plan he turned to me and Toph "Couldn't you two build a tunnel underneath our feet?"
Toph and I smiled "Sure!"
The two of us drilled a hole in the ground then Ten-Ten, Naruto, Haku, Shikamaru, Toph, and I jumped in then Toph turned to me as I closed the hole up. We then tunneled our way underneath the battlefield underneath the Fire Nation Soldiers who were now screaming as Earth Benders struck hard with Gaara's sand harming them even more. We even could feel the heat from the Fire Bender's Fire Bending as they tried to burn down the gates. Finally, Toph guided us to the camp. Just outside it's border and the distraction was working. There were guards at the entrance but Naruto easily destracted them with his Shadow Clones. The guards ran at the Clones but that is when Toph, Shikamaru, Ten-Ten and I attacked taking them by surprise. Naruto took out the last guard with his Utzumaki Barrage! With the guards knocked unconscious we found our way into the camp where Prince Zuko was talking to an old man with white hair and he wore a Fire Nation robe and boots "Uncle you've just got to help us out!"
"I gave the Signer Aki my word after I trained her, Prince Zuko" the old man told him and that is when the Prince gasped "You mean you know Kasumi Aki Fudo?"
"Yes," the old man said "I knew her mother, for I was the one that trained her to learn Fire Bending, after she learned it from me, I promised her that if the Fire Lord ever became interested in capturing her daughter, then I wouldn't help out."
"Ahh, that's so touching!" Naruto shouted.
The two looked up and Prince Zuko saw me "So you came here."
"On my own free will" I told him "Training as an Earth Bender."
"Your surrounded Prince Zuko" Naruto said.
"Yeah well Uncle and I have more power of you, uncle let's take her."
"No" the old man said "Remember Zuko, one must never break a promise."
"That's right" Zuko said then he noticed Shikamaru, Ten-Ten and Toph.
"Go ahead try to hurt her" Shikamaru warned Prince Zuko "And I'll make sure you'll find out why not to go after my woman."
"Awe" I said blushing at his comment "It's nice to here you say I'm your woman Shikamaru, but must you say that to them?"
Prince Zuko growled "How did you by pass the guards?"
"There napping" I told him "Easily taken out you know."
He was about to Fire Bend when Shikamaru's shadow stopped him.
"What?" he asked he saw Shikamaru's shadow holding him at by as Shikamaru was in position "Now, now, were just here to talk to you."
"About what?" Prince Zuko asked.
"Hey," Naruto shouted "Were here so one of you could teach me Fire Bending!"
"And what makes you think you can Fire Bend?" Prince Zuko asked "Besides why would I want to?"
That is when the old man walked up and turned to me "Pardon me, miss but are you Kasumi Aki Fudo the daugher to Aki Fudo?"
"Yes," I said "And you are?"
"I am General Iroh" he said "I taught your mother how to Fire Bend, now I myself have to ask what makes you think Naruto is one?"
I paused then told him and Prince Zuko about the Lost Temple of The Avatars and our encounter with Red Nova Dragon.
"Oh" Prince Zuko said "Then if he did Fire Bend during the battle with Red Nova Dragon, then that means he is a Fire Bender, but once again why should I teach an enemy to Fire Bend?"
Then he caught sight of my Duel Disk "Wait a minute your a Duelist too?"
I nodded "I come from a place where Dueling comes from."
"That's right New Domino City" General Iroh said.
"How long have you had it?" Prince Zuko asked.
"Ever since I turned ten years old" I told him "I even had it on me in our second fight."
That is when Prince Zuko turned to me bringing out his own Duel Disk "Kasumi are you going to say what I think your going to say?"
I nodded "If you win the Duel" I told him "I'll come along and your mission is accomplished."
"But Kasumi" Iroh said and I turned to Iroh "I know you promised my mother that you wouldn't let the Fire Lord use me but she said nothing about it if I lose a Duel."
"I get you know" Iroh said "That way I don't break your mother's promise."
I nodded turning to Prince Zuko "I should tell you Prince Zuko, that I've never lost when it comes to Dueling, and if you shall lose, you'll agree to teach Naruto a bit about Fire Bending."
Prince Zuko sighed "Alright" he then looked into my eyes "Agreed, where do you want us to Duel?"
I turned "Outside where the action is."
Haku nodded "That way you can tell Kabuto personally that their have been a shift in plans."
Prince Zuko nodded "Very well, unlike most people of the Fire Nation, I'll do this honorably and accept this challenge, that way I can tell my father I did participate in trying to capture you."
I smiled "You got it."
So Prince Zuko, General Iroh, Toph, Haku, Naruto, Ten-Ten, Shikamaru and I walked out of the camp and into the Battle Field. There we saw what was left of the Fire Nation, they couldn't protect themselves from Shino's bugs nor Gaara's Sand, both of which were an instant death blow and thanks to the Ninjas even Hiashi whom was now killing Fire Nation Soldiers and Sound Ninja finishing the rest off, in other words the Fire Nation lost all their men, When Kabuto saw Prince Zuko come out he came over to him "Grab the girl and let's go."
Prince Zuko turned "I have a better idea,"
He turned to the Fire Nation "Withdraw your forces Kabuto for now."
"Yes, my Prince"
Prince Zuko turned to me "The girl and I are going to settle this peacefully by Dueling. If I win she's coming with us."
Hiashi nodded as the Earth King turned "But couldn't you stop her?"
Hiashi turned to the Earth King "This is something Kasumi has decided to do herself. Besides Naruto needs to learn Fire Bending. Even I could she's going to explain to you and me that this is what her father would've done."
"You know" the Earth King said "It would. Her father was always there to help out a friend."
"And she's Yusei's daughter, she too will be there for her friends."
"I see" the Earth King said.
So Prince Zuko and I turned and activate our Duel Disk "Duel!"
Our Duel Disks activated and the Duel began.
"Normally" Prince Zuko began "I would be a gentleman but since I'm the one being challenged, I'll go first."
"Fine by me" I muttered.
"Then I draw!" Prince Zuko said as he drew a card.
"First" Prince Zuko began "I'll start by summoning my Command Knight in attack mode!"
A knight appeared on the field (ATK: 1200, DEF: 1900)
"Now with him on the field if I shall summon another monster on my side of the field" Prince Zuko began "You can only select him as an attack target also while he's on the field all Warrior Type Monsters gain four hundred attack points!"
I shifted as Command Knight's attack points rose (ATK: 1600, DEF: 1900)
"Impressive" I said to him "You really know your monsters and even know how to Duel."
"Well" Prince Zuko said "Princess Azula and I learned while your mother was training with my Uncle. In any way, I'll place one card face down for later."
A card appeared behind Command Knight.
"Alright then" I stated "It's my turn, I draw!"
I drew a card "Alright now, Prince Zuko, I'll start by summoning my Swordmaster Mia in attack mode!"
Swordmaster Mia appeared on the field (ATK: 1800, DEF: 1000)
"Not bad" Prince Zuko admitted seeing my Swordmaster."
"It's bad alright" I told him "Because now I equip my Swordmaster Mia with the Killing Edge equip Spell Card!"
The wicked purple sword appeared in Swordmaster Mia's hands "Now the equipped monster gains two hundred more attack points and if she does battle damage, that battle damage triples."
Prince Zuko paused looking at my swordmaster as her attack points rose (ATK: 2000, DEF: 1000)
"Not bad" Prince Zuko stated.
"Oh it's bad" I told him "Because now Swordmaster Mia attacks your Command Knight!"
Swordmaster Mia charged Command Knight and Prince Zuko watched as the Swordmaster came down with an expert slash from her sword. Command Knight then shattered and Prince Zuko's Life Points lowered by six hundred points due to the battle damage being tripled thanks to the Killing Edge's effect.
(Prince Zuko's Life Points: 3400)
"You're holding back aren't you?" Prince Zuko asked "You know your psychic powers."
"Of course" I told him "I don't like inflicting pain in a duel unless I'm forced to, or also unless someone makes me too angry to see so other wise."
"I see" Prince Zuko said and I sighed "Besides you are a Duelist yourself, if you would be a Sound Ninja that was a Duelist that would be one thing, now even though your allied to our enemy, you are just a Duelist and a well trained fighter but that doesn't count as an enemy Sound Ninja."
"That's right" Haku said.
Prince Zuko sighed "Very well, let's continue."
"And we will" I told him "Because now thanks to Swordmaster Mia's ability, she can strike twice on the Battle Phase!"
Prince Zuko paused as I shouted "Now my Swordmaster attack Prince Zuko directly!"
"Not so fast!" Prince Zuko shouted "I'll activate my Trap Card a Hero Emerges!"
I paused at this now hearing the Trap Card as Prince Zuko held up his cards "Now thanks to this Trap Card, you get to pick one random card in my hand, and if it's a monster, I can summon it regardless of level, so Kasumi pick your card."
I looked at his cards trying to avoid finding a monster, if I could. Finally I decided on one "How about the middle left card?"
Prince Zuko picked the card up and smiled "It's a monster."
I groaned at this as he held his card up "Now you'll meet my Sword Hunter!"
A gray and white armor wearing warrior appeared, in his hands were two swords (ATK: 2450, DEF: 1700)
"Call off your attack Mia" I told her and she did.
"Alright then" I stated "I'll be placing one card face down for later!"
I placed a card face down.
"Then it's my turn" Prince Zuko shouted "I draw!"
He drew "Alright now, I'll equip Sword Hunter with the Lighting Blade Equip Spell Card!"
A sword sparkling with lighting appeared in Sword Hunter's hands "Not good" I muttered and Prince Zuko nodded "That's right it's not good because now Sword Hunter gains eight hundred more attack points!"
Thanks to it's equip spell, Sword Hunter's attack points were raised (ATK: 3250, DEF: 1700)
"And now" Prince Zuko began "I'll activate my A Warrior Returning Alive Spell Card, now I can select one Warrior Type monster in my Graveyard and bring it back to my hand."
He choose one Warrior Type Monster then turned "And now I shall resummon my Command Knight!"
Command Knight appeared on the field again (ATK: 1200, DEF: 1900)
"Now" Prince Zuko began "I'd hate to remind you this but now that I have another monster on my side of the field you can't select Command Knight as the attack target and also now that it's back out all Warrior Type Monsters gain 400 more attack points!"
Sword Hunter's attack points rose (ATK: 3650, DEF: 1700) and even Command Knight's attack points rose (ATK: 1600, DEF: 1900)
"Impressive" I muttered this Prince was good, then I smiled "My mother taught you well Prince Zuko, I wonder if Azula is good as well?"
"She is and she isn't" Prince Zuko said "I always defeated her but she has won some of her Duels."
I nodded "Alright,"
"Now" Prince Zuko shouted "Now you'll feel the wrath of my Sword Hunter as he attacks Swordmaster Mia
Sword Hunter charged Sword Hunter Mia, she tried to attack him but ended up being slashed into two pieces and this done a lot of damage to my Life Points. (My Life Points: 2350)
"Now" Prince Zuko said "Whenever Sword Hunter destroys an opponent's monster by battle, instead of sending your monster to the graveyard she becomes an equipped spell card and is attached to Sword Hunter, then thanks to this Sword Hunter's attack points rise by two hundred!"
Swordmaster Mia was then reverted into an equipped spell card and Sword Hunter's Attack points rose (ATK: 3850, DEF: 1700)
"Oh man" Naruto muttered "This Prince is good! And it's not looking good for Lady Kasumi."
"Naruto" I told him "This what makes Dueling interesting, the excitement. Alright Prince Zuko what's next?"
Prince Zuko turned "Simple a direct attack from Command Knight!"
I smirked "Not this time!" I turned "I activate my Trap Card, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!"
"That was your father's card" General Iroh said "I know it all too well from seeing him use it time and time again."
"Now with this Trap Card" I began "You're monster's attack is negated, then after it's activation unlike most Normal Trap Cards, this card can be placed face down again till next turn."
Prince Zuko actually smiled "Not bad girl, you are truly the daughter of Yusei Fudo and Aki Fudo."
"Why thank you" I told him.
"Turn end" Prince Zuko said.
"Then I'm up then" I shouted "I draw!"
I drew a card it was a new card Pegasus Knight Marcia "Alright now" I began "I'll start by summoning my Pegasus Knight Marcia!"
A pink haired woman on a Pegasus appeared on the field in her hands were a big spear (ATK: 1200, DEF: 300)
"Now" I stated "I'll activate my spell Card Double Summon which allows me to summon one additional Monster!"
Prince Zuko paused as I grabbed another card in my hand "Now I'll summon my Copy Plant Tuner Monster!"
Copy Plant appeared on the field (ATK: 0, DEF: 0)
"Not that monster again" Prince Zuko muttered.
"Oh it's him again" I said smiling at him "Because now, once per turn Copy Plant can copy the level of one of my opponent's monsters on the field."
"But" Shikamaru stated "Pegasus Knight Marcia is a level three, and even with a level seven monster if she chooses to copy Sword Hunter's level would be too little less, what is she planning?"
I smiled "Simple, Copy Plant will now copy the level of Command Knight!"
Copy Plant then formed a plant like version of Command Knight increasing it's level (Copy Plant Lvl: 1-4)
"Now I get it" Naruto began and I nodded "Now I'll tune my Level Four Copy Plant with my Level Three Pegasus Knight Marcia!"
The two monsters began to synchronize together as I chanted "Bounded by Blood by the Crimson Dragon, the Light shines for the truth...For Justice...Synchro Summon...Black Rose Dragon!"
My mother's card Black Rose Dragon appeared on the field roaring at Prince Zuko as it appeared in a flash of light (ATK: 2400, DEF: 1200)
"It's Black Rose Dragon!" Naruto shouted "It's nice to see it again."
Prince Zuko looked up at Black Rose Dragon as it looked down at him, it was as if he saw my mother's spirit in her.
"So" he choked up "That's one of the Signer Dragons, that used to be your mother's ace card."
"And now I have her" I said and he nodded "Then let's reintroduce you to her shall we, I activate Black Rose Dragon's special ability!"
He paused as I shouted "By removing one Plant-type monster from my Graveyard, Black Rose Dragon can lower one selected monster's attack points to zero,"
So I smiled "So now I'll remove my Copy Plant from my Graveyard in order to completely drain Sword Hunter's attack points!"
"Oh-no!" Prince Zuko shouted as Black Rose Dragon ate Copy Plant then lashed out with it's vines, with a mighty roar it then used it's vines to drain every single attack point from Sword Hunter (Sword Hunter ATK: 0, DEF: 1700) When it was completely drained, Sword Hunter took a step back like it had been drained of it's energy.
"And now" I shouted "Black Rose Dragon attacks Sword Hunter with, Black Rose Gale!"
Black Rose Dragon roared then gathered in the purple fire with pink roses in the fire then shot it out towards Sword Hunter, the attack hit and Sword Hunter struggled against her attack but it was no match at all and was instantly disinergrated and it done incredible amount of Life Point damage to Prince Zuko.
(Prince Zuko's Life Points: 1000)
"Oh man" Prince Zuko muttered "That was bad."
"Turn end" I said.
"Then it's my turn" Prince Zuko began "I draw!"
He drew a card then smiled "Alright now, I'll activate the Spell Card Fire Bending Training.
"Never heard of that one" I muttered.
Prince Zuko looked up "Simple, what Fire Bending does is it increases a Warrior Type Monster's level by one, so in other words my Command Knight's Level rises by one level and it did (Command Knight's Lvl: 4-5)
"Next" Prince Zuko began "I'll be summoning my Nitro Synchron in attack mode!"
I reconised the small pink tuner monster right away (ATK: 300, DEF: 100)
"That was one of my" I began.
"That's right it was one of your father's cards" Prince Zuko said he then looked at his feet as he turned to me "You're father had spars of Nitro Synchron and seeing that my deck was a warrior based deck, he gave me Nitro Synchron as a gift for defeating my Sister in what Aki told me was my first ever official Duel."
"That was nice of my father" I said smiling.
"And now" Prince Zuko "I'll use him as I'm going to tune my Level two Nitro Synchron with my Level Five Command Knight!"
The two monsters began to synchronize together as he chanted out "To restore honor, our flames and will burn stronger than ever, burn up, rise...Synchro Summon, Nitro Warrior!"
A big green warrior known as Nitro Warrior appeared on the field in a blaze of light (ATK: 2800, DEF: 1800)
"Nice to see him again" I said then I brought my arm to my eyes and started to cry.
"What's wrong?" Prince Zuko asked.
"Oh" I said smiling "I'm not crying because I'm sad or upset, I'm crying because it's tears of joy, you know it's not every day you see two cards that were in your father's deck...It just brings so many good memories to me, that's all."
Prince Zuko nodded "Right and now for using Nitro Synchron, I get to draw one more card."
He drew another card then smiled "Perfect, now I'll activate the Spell Card Rush Recklessly"
The Quick Play Spell Card activated and he explained "Now Nitro Warrior will gain seven hundred more attack points until the end of this turn."
Nitro Warrior's attack points rose (ATK: 3500, DEF: 1400)
"Next" Prince Zuko began "Thanks for Nitro Warrior's effect from using a spell card, Nitro Warrior's attack points rise by one thousand points."
Nitro Warrior's attack points rose yet again (ATK: 4500, DEF: 1400)
I looked at the monster's attack points as Prince Zuko announced "Now Nitro Warrior will attack Black Rose Dragon with Dynamite Crunch!"
Nitro Warrior aimed it's two fists out at Black Rose Dragon, and I sighed "Hold on there, I activate Pegasis Knight Marcia's special ability! By removing her from play, I can spare my Synchro Monster from being destroyed in battle or by any spell, monster, or trap card effect!"
Pegasus Knight Marcia was removed from play just as Nitro Warrior slammed into Black Rose Dragon, my Dragon roared in annoyance but thanks to my swift action was spared.
"You may have spared your Dragon" Prince Zuko began "But not your Life Points!"
That was true and my Life Points lowered greatly to the danger zone (My Life Points: 250)
"That was good" I muttered "Thankfully my Dragon was spared."
"And now it's over" Prince Zuko began "Because when a spell card is played even though it's attack points drop one thousand now, Nitro Warrior can force a monster that's in defense mode into attack mode then attack again but since Black Rose Dragon's in attack mode it still gets to attack again! Now I can't slay Black Rose Dragon this turn but I can finish you off Kasumi, you were a good Duelist but prepare to be defeated and serve both the Fire Nation and Orochimaru!"
Nitro Warrior came down then all Earth Benders shouted "KASUMI! NO!" Or it was "Kasumi do something!" and I smiled at their reaction it was good to know they cared about me "Not this time, I activate my Trap Card Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!"
Scrap-Iron Scarecrow appeared and I smiled "The power of your mighty beast is no match to Scrap-Iron Scarecrow" I told him.
"Very well" Prince Zuko said "Turn end."
"Then it's my turn" I said "I draw!"
I drew and I smiled at the result "Alright now, I'll start by summoning Black Wing-Bora the Spear!"
The Black Wing Monster appeared (ATK: 1700, DEF: 1300)
"Next with Bora summoned" I began "I can now summon Black Wing Gale the Whirlwind tuner monster once more!"
Black Wing Gale the Whirlwind appeared (ATK: 1300, DEF: 400)
"She's making her move" Haku said with a smile.
"You're right Haku!" I shouted "Now I'm going to tune my Level three Gale the Whirlwind with my Level four Bora the Spear!"
Once more the two monster began to join forces as I chanted "Bounded by Blood by the Crimson Dragon, the light shines for the Truth...For Justice...Synchro Summon...Black Wing Armor Master!"
The Black Wing Synchro monster appeared (ATK: 2500, DEF: 2000)
"Who had that card?" Prince Zuko asked.
"My Uncle Crow did" I told him then I smiled "Now Black Wing Armor Master attack Nitro Warrior!"
Prince Zuko looked up "Hold on there" he said "Black Wing Armor Master is weaker than Nitro Warrior in that case you'll lose."
I smirked "We'll see about that."
Black Wing Armor Master flew up towards Nitro Warrior whom lashed out it's fist at the Black Wing Synchro Monster. The two monster's fist collided and a Wedge Counter was placed in Nitro Warrior's fist.
"It's over" Prince Zuko said he stepped forward as if trying to capture me but he noticed I was smiling "No, it's not."
He looked at my Duel Disk "Check your gear nothing has changed!"
"And it won't change at all" I said with a smile on my face "Because when Black Wing Armor Master attacks a monster stronger than it is, no Battle Damage is calculated"
"Oh" Prince Zuko said "So your still in the game."
"Sure am" I said then I smirked "You're the one that lost!"
"What do you mean?" Prince Zuko asked.
"Simple" I said "Black Rose Dragon attack Nitro Warrior with Black Rose Gale!"
"Once more" Prince Zuko stated "Black Rose Dragon's weaker than Nitro Warrior!"
"Guess again Prince Zuko" I said and he looked at Nitro Warrior whom was now looking like it had been drained then he saw that his monster was losing all of it's attack points!"
"What how is this possible?" He asked then he caught sight of the wedge counter "Hold on when did that get in there?"
I smiled "Simple, whenever Black Wing Armor Master attacks a monster, it isn't destroyed by battle and it places a Wedge Counter in that monster."
"Oh"
"And then" I began "By removing that Wedge Counter, I can make your monster's attack points zero!"
"Not again!" Prince Zuko shouted as Nitro Warrior's attack points dropped down to zero (ATK: 0, DEF: 1400)
I smiled "Alright now Black Rose Dragon end this with Black Rose Gale!"
Black Rose Dragon obeyed destroying Nitro Warrior and ending the Duel (Prince Zuko's Life Points: 0)
All of the Earth Benders and Earth Soldiers cheered for me "She did it again!"
"That was an amazing Duel!" another shouted "It kept us on our feet!"
I turned to Naruto "Now that's what my father always did."
"And you thought of that strategy" Naruto said "As you went along with the Duel."
Once more I nodded "Exactly."
I turned to Prince Zuko whom turned to Kabuto "Kabuto, I lost so the deal was that Kasumi doesn't come with us if I lose."
"Oh" Kabuto said as the field came back to normal "I see, so we'll go back saying we've failed."
"Exactly" Prince Zuko said he turned to the battlefield "Besides there is no way for us to win this not when all of the soldiers were killed, except for the ones in camp. So it's best to retreat, but leave one of our fleet craft here."
"Right" Kabuto said he turned to The surviving Sound Ninjas "Besides Lord Orochimaru and the Fire Lord need to know that ninjas from the Leaf and Sand Villages are here."
So with that Kabuto left and a few seconds later flew away in Fire Nation aircraft.
Prince Zuko sighed turning to me then to Naruto "Naruto,"
"Yes?" Naruto asked.
"Due to our agreement, I'll teach you the basics of Fire Bending."
"When?" Naruto asked.
"When you're done with your Dueling Lesson today" I said and Prince Zuko nodded "Right what the Lady Signer said."
"Alright!" Naruto shouted "I'm going to learn how to Fire Bend right after my lesson with Lady Kasumi."
The Fire Nation and Sound Ninja threat was over for now, but I knew it was going to be a long night.
"Well" Toph said "You won, but barely."
"He was good" I told him "He might not hate the Crimson Dragon, but he was a hard opponent, he wouldn't be the only one I struggled on"
She nodded "That's right you struggled on Jim" and I turned to Haku "And I've struggled on Haku, but I won in the end."
"It's possible for a Signer to be cornered" Haku said to Toph "And that's what happened when she Dueled me, Jim and now Prince Zuko. In the end because she is a Signer and Prince Zuko didn't know much about the Crimson Dragon it ended in Lady Kasumi's favor." he smiled "Did you here the recuss that was coming from your people?"
"Yes" Toph said "They were thinking she was going to lose."
"But she didn't" Haku said "That's what makes Duels exciting, you may think one person is going to lose one moment, then the next, they turn the Duel around. Today's Duel was just like that."
I smiled waving over to a cheering crowd of Earth Benders and even the Earth King whom looked relieved that I defeated Prince Zuko. Then the crowd started shouting my name "Lady Kasumi!, Lady Kasumi!, Lady Kasumi!"
I smiled things were going great but I knew more attacks would come and somehow had the strange suspicion that Princess Azula would be the next person leading the next attack once they thought of a strategy. Hopefully by then I would be back in Konoha. I turned to Toph amongs the crowd's shouts and she nodded to me, she was going to test me then teach me Rock Armor if I passed. I couldn't wait for tomorrow.
End of Chapter
Another chapter over! Kasumi has defeated Prince Zuko in a Duel. I know most of you are thinking why did you give Prince Zuko a Warrior based deck? Simple! From watching Avatar the Last Air Bender, Prince Zuko was all about honor, so I decided to give him a deck which would be the best one that would be about honor and that was a warrior based deck. So will Naruto learn Fire Bending or will he fail? Will Kasumi pass her first test that Toph has told her to prepare for? All answers will be answered in Chapter 29: Kasumi's First Mission P6. That I promise will be the last part of the series.
Card of the Chapter!
Hello folks it's another Card of the Chapter with your Host...Kasumi Aki Fudo!
Kasumi (Appears): Hello folks are you ready for another day of Card of the Chapter?"
audience: YES!
Kasumi: Alright first let's introduce our special guest...Prince Zuko!
Prince Zuko: Hello, well today we have three card of the Chapters.
Kasumi: Alright let's them out. The first Card of the Chapter is made up so don't go looking for it in stores! It's Pegasis Knight Marcia.
Pegasus Knight Marcia
Level: 3
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Wind
ATK: 1200, DEF: 300
Effect: When this card is used for a Synchro Summon of any Synchro Monster, you can remove this card from your Graveyard to negate that monster's destruction by battle or by any Spell, Trap, or Monster Effect for the remainder of the turn.
Kasumi: That was useful.
Prince Zuko: It sure was (Turns): Alright now the second card is also made up so don't go looking for it.
Fire Bending Training
Type: Normal Spell
Effect: Select one Warrior-Type monster on your side of the field, that monster's level rises by one.
Prince Zuko: That was also a good move on my part.
Kasumi: It was, and now the final Card of the Chapter is one of my father's cards...Nitro Warrior!
Nitro Warrior
Level: 7
Type: Warrior/Synchro/Effect
Attribute: Fire
ATK: 2800, DEF: 1800
"Nitro Synchron" + 1 or more non-Tuner MonstersOnce during each of your turns, if you activated a Spell Card(s), this card gains 1000 ATK during its next attack, for damage calculation only. Once per turn, if this attacking card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, you can change 1 face-up Defense Position monster your opponent controls to Attack Position, and attack it with this card..
Kasumi: That was a powerful card, my father used this many times.
Prince Zuko: And because of it, he was able to defeat his opponets.
Kasumi: Well that's all folks! (Exits with Prince Zuko)
