Wrath…
When the word comes to mind, most people will think about anger, revenge, and even hate…
But that is just the basics…Wrath is actually feelings of hatred, revenge or even denial, as well as punitive desires outside of justice…in a sense, it's a love of justice perverted to love and spite…
An avenger one might say…
The two I see before me…neither of them seem to qualify for Avenger status…but you need to look deeper into a book, reading the context inside, living inside the story itself…
…and these two duelists have their stories…however, their stories are hidden from their eyes, and the chapter where they learn of their destinies will begin!
Saint of Wrath…who ever you may arise from, may your strength be unlimited!
Arise you Avenger!
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Chapter 36
Trial by the Elements Part 2
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'…five cards for a fusion? I'm not that big on Fusion…' Garu didn't even have a fusion deck; the only fusions he'd seen were the fusions that the shorty had performed with the alchemic fusions.
All five of the cards were vacuumed into Satsuki's graveyard slot, allowing the enraged duelist to lift up another card. "But since I'm not a duelist of patience, I'll activate the spell card, Dragon's Mirror!"
The alter began to quake and rumble, debris and dirt floating off of the top of the structures as a large silver mirror began to rise up from behind Satsuki. Only instead of reflecting the duelists, it looked like the mirror had imprisoned several dragons that were roaring in pain. "…this is a handy spell when you run dragons…all I have to do is remove fusion material monsters from my field and graveyard, and I can fusion summon my true powerhouse!"
The Masked Dragon on the field roared loudly as its two brothers appeared in the mirror as well, along with a large black plated dragon with a horn on the bridge of its nose and a dragon that looked to be made entirely out of diamonds. "So, I'll remove all three Masked Dragons, Rare Metal Dragon and Hyozanryu from the game…"
Light began to shine from the mirror behind Satsuki, sending webbed cracks through the mirror until the mirror shattered into a blinding light that had erupted behind Satsuki. The wind began to whip around, the waves that caressed the cliff's edge were now crashing into the landscape and the ground trembled, as if the land itself was afraid of what was happening at the very second.
As soon as the light died down, Garu slowly opened his eyes, only to blink twice at the being that had materialized behind the cliff's edge…
"…Holy…" That was all Garu could say at the sight of the being that now overshadowed the entire weird structure.
"HA! HA! HA!" Satsuki bellowed loudly, arms crossed and eyes closed. "Meet the powerhouse of my deck…"
The twilight sky began to get clouded, making Garu and his two ninjas look around in confusion until they got a better look at the creature behind Satsuki. Its pale yellow skinned body was pulsating with the muscles that were hidden underneath its skin…but what really made Garu take a step back, were the five heads that were attached to the dragon's shoulders.
Each one had a different element, fire…water…forest…earth…and metal…all five of them roared loudly, the trembling earth causing Garu to fall backwards onto the alter.
"FIVE GOD DRAGON!" (5000/5000)
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"DAMN IT! HOLD STILL!"
Launching several off track fists, Cain delivered a powerful roundhouse at the weird acting Dead Drunk duelist. The Drunken duelist sloppily teetered backwards, nearly getting clipped by the shorty's small, yet powerful kick. And placing his hands on the ground, Densui twisted his wrists spinning his legs towards Cain, knocking into the Alchemic duelist's ribcage, sending him skidding into a nearby tree. "HA! HA!"
Coughing up a touch of blood into his hand, Cain slowly pushed himself from the tree, the orbs of brown flinging rusty daggers at the dancing dead drunk duelist. "…n-now this is embarrassing…"
"Hey! Cain! Wanna trade?"
Cain's attention was dragged away from his weirdly acting opponent, who had spun around to slap his behind a few times, towards Mustang…making the Alchemic duelist develop a large sweat droplet on the side of his head. Mustang was being pinned by the surprisingly strong Madoka, placing him in a hold which with her pulling his legs behind his back, making the Die Hard Duelist's body position resembles that of a scorpion.
And yet, Cain was unable to determine if the look on Mustang's face was a look of pain…or enjoyment… 'I knew Mustang was into weird things…but nothing like that!'
"Say Uncle!" Madoka advised pulling Mustang's legs further over his head.
It was times like this that Mustang detested his chivalrous ways…there was no way he could hurt a lady, at least not physically, emotionally was good. But his pride wouldn't allow him to admit his defeat. "N-Never!"
"Y-Yeah…I don't think I'd like to get involved with that," Cain sighed turning back to his dancing opponent. That's when something struck him, if Mustang and he were having problems with their opponents, then what about Vergil?
"Ready?"
"Three…"
"…two…"
"GO!"
In perfect sync Talo and Vergil threw their fist forward, and time stood still as their fingers began to unwind. "Ha! Scissors cut paper!"
Pushing up his glasses with his hand, Vergil tried to hide the grimace on his face, but even behind his hand, his eyes told the tale of his loss very well. "Dang it…eight out of fourteen?"
With a shake of his head, Talo yawned slightly, covering his mouth. "…sure…why not…"
If he got out of this alive, Cain was going to kill Garu, Mustang and Vergil…painfully…slowly…
"AHA! GODZILLA!" Densui fell face first, bracing his head with his arms with his legs still standing.
"Huh?" Cain slowly turned around, as did the other four duelists, looking through the opening in the grove of trees. Met with the sight of the five headed dragon glaring down at something, all five of its heads lowered and snarling their teeth at something. "…holy crap…"
"Me scared!" Densui yelped shaking his head into the ground.
"Just because you're intoxicated and afraid of a large five headed dragon that could swallow you in a single gulp," Talo sighed shaking his head. "That's still no excuse for poor grammar."
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The sight of the towering dragon was itself intimidating, the aura of power forcing Garu to the top of the alter. And even though his Strike Ninja (2100/1200) and Shinobi-Zue (1500/900) were standing tall in front of the face down card that Garu had set up, they were probably paralyzed by the sight of the large monster's bloodthirsty aura. (GLP: 8000)
How Satsuki was unaffected by the bloodlust of the Five God Dragon (5000/5000) was beyond Garu. Maybe because Satsuki had summoned the beast in the first place was the reason…or perhaps the enraged duelist craved and enjoyed the creature's presence…so much so that the Future Fusion that was still active would summon a second Five God Dragon in a matter of turns. (SLP: 9700)
But the ninja duelist was more concerned with his four knocked out friends that were on top of four of the five columns (each of them displaying an element for some reason or another). Yae, Ami, Takeshi, and Kara…the reason why they were involved was also a mystery…
…but Lucian knew…
…Lucian just stood aside from the alter, his eyes shifting slightly from Satsuki to Garu, studying them as a wolf hungrily watches its next meal…waiting for the moment to strike…the perfect moment…
'…most impressive…even though the real ritual hasn't started, Satsuki has done well in preparing…' Lucian's dark orbs trailed over to the blue haired ninja duelist. '…however…it's a wonder that he hasn't been able to provide as much strength…then again, my calculations did state that it might take a little longer for his rage to peak…so keep doing what you do Satsuki…'
Satsuki smirked widely, barring beast like fangs towards the ninja duelist. "Scared, Mr. Oh So Strong?"
"S-Scared? What would make you say that?" Garu growled jumping to his feet, raising his duel disk like it was a weapon.
"Heh! Your teeth are clattering!" Satsuki laughed with crossed arms. "And I haven't even gotten to my attack yet! And you'll just tremble with my dragon's effect. Not only does it have enough attack points that can out weigh anything you could even summon…if you did, my monster cannot be destroyed by battle by any FIRE, WATER, WIND, EARTH, or DARK type monsters!"
"S…so I'm limited to…" Garu muttered lifting his hand up, counting down to remember the number of elements there were in duel monsters.
"Ugh…let me spare you the brain power," Lucian moaned shaking his head…starting to regret his decision with test subjects. "You're down to light monsters…and if I'm correct, you don't even have one in your deck do you?"
Truth be told, Garu did have at least two light monsters in his deck…although, he rarely used them. And even if he got them out, there was no way they'd be able to take down something that big!
"First things first!" Satsuki cackled fitting another card into the duel disk, causing a powerful twister to whip around the field. "Mystical Space Typhoon! Rip apart that useless face down card with your mighty torrent of wind!"
"…that was a little over the top…" Lucian muttered rolling his eyes as a powerful gust of wind began to whip around the strange structures, echoing through the pillars till it crashed into Garu's face down card, forcing it to shatter into hundreds upon hundreds of pixels.
"Who cares!?" Satsuki roared, throwing the duel disk up towards the Five God Dragon. "Five God Dragon! I command you, unleash your power and give that blue haired ninja a sample of your power!"
Even before the Dragon could even move, the ground surged with energy, making both of the ninja in front of Garu lift their arms up in a defensive stance. Reeling all five of its heads back, the Five God Dragon charged energy in each of its mouths, all of them with their individual elements.
"…Lucian…"
As the five blasts crashed into the alter, the Shinobi-Zue roared in pain, shaking him into nothing by pure air. However, Lucian's attention was drawn to a familiar silver haired teen that had appeared during the blast. "…Fomalhaut, what the hell are you doing here, you're supposed to be guarding the forest from…"
"Well, that's the reason I'm here," Fomalhaut muttered watching as Garu slowly stood up from the shock of his life points falling and his Strike Ninja's (2100/1200 – 400/0) stats falling. (GLP: 4500)
With dark orbs growing in his head, Lucian slapped his forehead, a loud growl of exasperation flowing from his throat. Reporting the weird battles in the forest, Fomalhaut was met with the cold glaring eyes that had Fomalhaut's name written all over them. "…you've got to be kidding me! We're in the middle of this and we've got that crap going out in the woods!"
The Star Duelist took a step back; it was a rather big surprise that the Saint of Greed would display such anger…although, with the D.MAN project in effect, it was true that emotions would run high. "Heh…don't worry, there are only three intruders, and it looked like the others were able to hold them off."
"That's not the problem here," Lucian growled turning back as Satsuki fanned through the cards left. "…we're one short one Sacrificial Psyches! Someone dropped the ball! And I'll behead the idiot who screwed up!"
"Well, don't look at me," Fomalhaut sighed pointing towards the knocked out Ami. "I made sure to bring my target…and I with Madoka and Densui when they got their targets. Talo wouldn't strike me as the kind of guy to forget something…so that means…"
That's when it dawned upon both of the saints. "…Kazuki…"
"What do you want?" Kazuki asked standing up rubbing his bruised cheek, making the two other saints of sin jump up slightly into the air.
"What the?!" Lucian questioned, grasping at his strained heart. With the fact that his experiment/ritual was compromised, there were people attacking, his newly discovered anger and being scared out of his wits…it wasn't the healthiest thing under the sun. "KAZUKI! What the hell were you doing!?"
"You tell me…" Kazuki moaned plopping on the ground. "After that duel I had with that shorty, I remember him attacking me, and then I blacked out…" That's when the usually sparkled duelist looked up from his seat, gazing at the Five God Dragon through his blackened eyes. "Oh…is that Rodan?"
"…idiot," Fomalhaut sighed slapping his forehead.
Fitting another card into the duel disk, a masked nobleman appeared in front of Satsuki, shuffling several cards in his hands. "Heh…and if you think that the Dragon's the worst, just wait! I activate the continuous spell card, Card Trader!"
"Oh, and what can that do?" Garu coughed looking at his life point counter.
"Aw…I already told you what my dragon did," Satsuki pretended to pout, even putting on the adorable puppy dog eyes…kinda made Garu, Lucian and Fomalhaut sick to see someone with Satsuki's personality to do something like that. "…why ruin all the surprises?"
"Ugh…" After getting over his slight sickness, Garu grabbed his next card, nothing in his hand could destroy that five head atrocity…and he didn't know if the monster had the ability to negate spell and trap cards. Hopefully, maybe that's where defeating the monster lied. "I set one card face down…"
"And summon Lady Ninja Yae!"
In a burst of wind, the green haired kunoichi leapt onto the alter, raising her shiv up in a defensive stance (1100/200). "And I'll end my turn…"
"Heh…looks like someone's a little overconfident in his abilities…" Satsuki chuckled slowly pulling another card from the top of the deck. However, at the sight of the card, Satsuki grimaced. '…damn it…I drew one of them…but I need that field spell that Lucian made me add to my deck to make it work…not a problem though!'
"…Because I activate the effect of my Card Trader spell card!"
Lifting the newly drawn card into the air, Satsuki pulled out the rest of the deck, and began to shuffle the card into it. "First, I get to select one card from my hand and shuffle the card into my deck…and then, I can draw another card!" As soon as Satsuki snapped the shuffled deck into the duel disk, the enraged duelist pulled off another card from the deck. "And what a draw it is! Lucian!"
Catching the attention of the Saint of Greed, Satsuki sent a large toothy grin towards Lucian…relieving some of the tension…only to have it grow thanks to be reminded by the number of sacrificial psyches. "W-Wait! Satsuki! We don't…"
Snapping the field slot open, as soon as Satsuki flipped the card into the slot, the entire cliff began to waiver and meld around the five duelists and the four knocked out ones. "This field spell will seal not only this duel, but my rank as Saint of Wrath! Go! Shrine of the Endless Dragon!"
Erupting in between the two dueling fighters, a large Japanese copper bell pulled itself from the ground with a large weird strange metal, oval like artifact hovering over the bell. The rest of the cliff ruins began to meld, forming into a ruined shrine adorned with countless dragon symbols lining around the duelists. And leaning against the columns where the four knocked out duelists were five coffins, each of them symbolizing for the elements of fire, water, lightning, earth and darkness.
And at the sight of all these changes to the structures, Garu could only mutter one simple word. "…whoa…"
Lucian on the other hand…
"NONONONONONONNONONONONONONO!" Pulling out his hair almost out of its roots, Lucian was probably on the verge of a heart attack…or killing Kazuki…one of the two. "DAMNDAMNDAMNDAMN! T-This wasn't supposed to go like this! Now that the field spell has been played, it's only a matter of time! And we won't be able to successfully complete the experiment!"
"…this is probably the concussion talking," Kazuki moaned rubbing his head. "But…couldn't we just, oh, I don't know, find my target and bring him here?"
A small breeze blew through the new ruins, making Lucian and Fomalhaut look at each other for a few seconds until Lucian broke the silence. "…Fomalhaut. I just got an idea, go find that target and bring him here!"
"Hey…wasn't that my idea?" Kazuki asked, only to get a kick to the face, courtesy of Lucian. "OH! KNOCKED OUT AGAIN!"
"When exactly did I become the busboy for the Saints of Sin?" Fomalhaut growled slapping his forehead loudly. "Besides, we have no clue where the…wait…" That's when the face of a familiar white haired short duelist that was recently seen in the forest. "…great…there goes my excuse…"
Satsuki could only chuckle at Garu's reaction as Fomalhaut slowly began to walk away from the transformed area. "Hmm…heh, heh, I can see that you are in awe of my field spell…" Lifting a hand up to the Five God Dragon, Satsuki actions forced the dragon to roar loudly, rocking the several coffins. "Too bad you won't be able to see what it does! I'm ending this right now! Five God Dragon! Attack Yae and…"
"Don't think so!" Garu leapt back to his feet, throwing his hand forward over the face down card, making it burst into hundreds upon hundreds of cherry blossoms that flew into the air, making the Five God Dragon silence its roar with a large sweat droplet rolling down each of its five heads.
"What. The. Hell. Is. That?" That grinding sound flowed from Satsuki's mouth.
Waving goodbye, Yae disappeared with the hundreds of cherry blossoms. "Heh, I guess you don't know about Ninjitsu Art – Blossom Guard. By tributing Lady Ninja – Yae, I can make you skip your battle phase!" That's when another card popped out of Garu's deck, allowing the Ninja duelist lifting up his newest card. "And thanks to the second effect, I can take a second copy of the card I used for the tribute from my deck and place it into my hand!"
"Big whoop!" Satsuki snarled lifting another card up from the small hand. "But luckily for me…I've still got a few cards to play! I activate the spell card, Meteor of Destruction!"
Throwing the card into the air, a large black meteor materialized over Satsuki's head. "With this spell card, if your life points are over three thousand, I can knock off another thousand from you! Fire! FIRE! BURN!"
The meteor flew from the sky, crashing directly into Garu's torso, exploding around the Ninja Duelist's body. The force pounded him into the ground, Garu's torso starting to smoke slightly and his breathing becoming labored. "…ugh…" (GLP: 3500)
"Oh come on now…that couldn't have hurt you that badly…" Satsuki snickered. "…get back up so I can knock you right down!"
"…come on…try to get up to save your friends," Lucian jeered as Kazuki slowly sat up, rubbing the latest in his collection of bruises on his face. "Or don't you care?"
"Ya know…this is getting a little confusing here," Kazuki admitted, trying not fall asleep due to the concussions he'd been getting from almost everyone. "I thought you didn't want the ritual to go through just yet…"
"While that may be true," Lucian growled, hating that he was being contradicted by Kazuki, of all people! "…but, even if Fomalhaut can't bring the fifth…I may just have to resort to using a non-selected psyche…" As Garu leapt back to his feet, his heart ablaze thanks to Lucian's previous comment, the Saint of Greed shifted his eyes towards Kazuki.
"ACK! Nononononononono!" Kazuki yelped waving his arms up in the air. "It wasn't my fault remember!"
"…did I say it was going to be you?" Lucian chuckled.
"DRAW!" Garu shouted snapping off the next card from his deck, then with narrowed eyes, Garu fired off a glare towards the Five God Dragon. "This is the turn…the turn that I make that dragon disappear!"
"Oh really? Go right ahead and try it!" Satsuki welcomed the challenge that Garu presented with. "You're nothing but a bluff!"
"A bluff? Hardly!" Garu scowled lifting a card up into his duel disk. "I activate the spell card Summoning Jutsu!" Taking a bite of his thumb, Garu slammed his palm into the ground, causing a large amount of smoke to erupt around him. "My spell forces us both to special summon one level four or lower monster from our decks!"
"…that's it?" Satsuki sighed, the deck popping out of the duel disk. "Fine, if that's the way you want to play, then I'll special summon this!" Throwing the selected card into the air, a burst of wind echoed through the ruins, allowing a large sapphire dragon to roar onto the field, its ten foot wingspan shimmering in the light (1900/1500). "Luster Dragon!"
"And I bring out, Shinobi Genin!" Garu announced as the black clothed ninja spun along the ground (700/400) before crouching to the ground.
"Oh, yes, summon more weaklings…" Satsuki's hand began to draw circles into the air. "That's really helped you get my life points down…"
"Will you just shut up!" Garu snarled, and unknown to him, his eyes flashed red slightly. With two pops, a pair of cards snapped out of Garu's deck. "When my Genin is special summoned, I can special summon two more from my deck!"
In two clouds of dark smoke, the two of other Genin appeared on the field, crouching down on the field (700/400 x2) in front of Garu, along with his two other ninja.
And with a snort, Satsuki pointed towards the four ninja monsters. "Oh please! That is the most pathetic line up of monsters I've ever seen!"
"…do you think that I'm done?" Garu announced as all three of the Shinobi Genin shattered into several black feathers that flew into the air. "Well, I'm not! I sacrifice all three of my Genin…"
The feathers slowly clumped together, forming into a large shadowed form…only to explode into several feathered clouds flying directions that flew into the air. Floating over the field was none other than the Rai Tengu Shinobi, its white and black wings flapping over the field (2800/2000), his eyes narrowed down behind its crimson mask at Lucian. "Lucian…when this is over with, I'm going to sick this guy on you…"
"If you can get through this," Lucian sighed turning his eyes to the side, trying to see if Fomalhaut was coming back. 'Even if you do manage to defeat Satsuki…the Daeman Mirror will awaken…'
"Heh…you think some crow's going to stop my dragon?" Satsuki snarled, slightly upset with being ignored.
"Stop? No way!" Garu shouted as the Rai Tengu Shinobi began to spin until its feathered body resembled that of a black tornado that seemed to grow in size and speed (2800/2000 – 1400/0). "By cutting my monster's attack in half, I can return one card on the field back to its owner's hand! And I'll give you a hint which monster I'm returning!"
The tornado began to whip and flurry in the air, becoming a vortex that rivaled the size of the large dragon, slowly engulfing the Five God Dragon, making all five of the monster's heads roar out in a mixture of pain and confusion until the dragon was pulled fully into the vortex.
Satsuki's eyes widened when all of a sudden the tornado disappeared, leaving only the Rai Tengu Shinobi to dive bomb to the field, floating over the field with his clawed arms crossing his arms. "N-No…my dragon!"
"And don't think I haven't forgotten about your Luster Dragon!" Garu shouted lifting another card from his hand, flipping it in front him. "I activate Monster Reborn! Now I can special summon a familiar face! Come on back Shinobi-Zue!"
In a blinding light the red clothed ninja reappeared over the field, spinning the fancy staff in his fingers, empowering not only himself (1200/900 + 300/0), but the Strike Ninja (1700/1200 + 400/0) and the Rai Tengu Shinobi (1400/2000 + 900/0). "And now…Strike Ninja! Attack Luster Dragon!"
The Strike Ninja clasped his two hands together, performing a few seals disappearing in a black blur. In a quick second the ninja reappeared, stabbing a kunai directly into the sapphire dragon's heart. With a screech and cry of terror, the Luster Dragon shattered into millions of shards that make Satsuki step backwards. (SLP: 9500)
"And I'm not done by a long shot!" Garu shouted throwing his hand up. "Rai Tengu! Shinobi-Zue! Direct attack!"
Before the enraged duelist could react, the sharp talons and the hard staff to Satsuki's abdomen caused the enraged duelist to fall backwards. "URK!" (SLP: 5700)
"Ha Hah! How do you like me now?!" Garu laughed with his eyes flashing back to their regular light brown while he fitted a card into his duel disk.
Jumping back onto the dark steeled soles of boots, Satsuki snarled with a scratch of the wounded area from the direct attacks. "I still hate ya!" Then with another snap of the deck, three lights began to flow around the enraged duelist. "And now that it's my standby phase, we get a few surprises! First, if you recall two turns ago, I activated my Future Fusion!"
"Wait, but didn't you remove those fusion material monsters?" Garu asked blinking as the ground began to rumble, making all of the loose stones fly up and down in the air.
"That matters not…" Satsuki chuckled, immediately being shadowed by a blinding light that formed back into a familiar five headed figure, each of the five heads roared loudly as a second Five God Dragon appeared beyond the cliff (5000/5000). "Future Fusion's effect still activates!"
"Next, I'll skip Card Trader's effect." A card then popped out of Satsuki's deck, the enraged duelist quickly fitted the card into the removed from play slot on the duel disk. "And go straight to my Shrine's effect! Once per turn during my standby phase, I can remove one monster card from my deck to place one 'Endless Dragon Counter' on my field spell…"
One of the coffins, the one that displayed fire, creaked slowly allowing a fiery aura to surround the field. Garu didn't realize it, but he was actually wiping some sweat off of his brow. 'Aw man…this can't be good…'
"AAAHHH!"
Everyone turned their heads, atop of the pillar that had the symbol of flames on it stood Ami, her hair standing on end as a powerful fiery aura warped around her body. Garu's eyes widened as he threw his hand up towards Ami. "A-Ami?! What's going on here you stupid cloaked freak!?"
Lucian didn't answer, rather he just watched as the fiery aura was immediately drawn into the weird coffin allowing Ami to fall back to top of the pillar, her arms turning limp.
"Whoa…that was a weird special effect," Kazuki admitted pulling a small makeup case from his pocket, getting ready to apply something to cover up the bruises on his face.
"…this coming from the guy with pink sparkles," Lucian commented…keeping his eyes at the mirror at the top of the bell…the red aura surrounding the mirror. 'I wish that I could've gotten all five of them…but with only four of them here, we'll just have to hope that nothing bad will happen…'
"And don't think that the fun stops here!" Satsuki laughed as a powerful flame erupted in front of the enraged duelist. "You see, the monster I removed from play was known as Orochi Dragon – Houo. And when the monster is removed from play directly from my deck, I can special summon a Houo Dragon Token to the field!"
The flame exploded, sending embers flying over the ruins, allowing a large serpentine dragon engulfed in flames roared onto the field (1900/0). "Now then…I think its time we end this shall we?"
"FIVE GOD DRAGON! Attack Shinobi-Zue! Five God Blast!"
All five of the dragon's heads reeled backwards, all of them preparing a powerful blast in their mouths…
SNAP!
"Ha! Looks like this will actually work!" Garu announced snapping his finger up, calling several hundred shuriken to fly from the sky. "I activate the trap card, Two-K Shuriken! Now all monsters on your side of the field in attack mode get blasted away!"
"W-What!?" Satsuki shouted the endless amount of shuriken flew into the air, stabbing directly into the two dragons that were on Satsuki's field, making them both roar out in pain before they exploded into pixels.
"Boo-ya! That was for Ami!" Garu shouted as the pixels slowly floated into the darkening sky.
Snarling, Satsuki fitted two cards into the duel disk, making them appear in front of the Enraged Duelist. "…just go…"
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"Damn it! Hold still!"
"HEH! HEH! GO AND KISS MY BA-BOOTY!"
"…on second thought, stay away from me…"
But Densui wouldn't have that, so with his long stride, the drunken duelist threw a dizzy punch towards Cain. Sidestepping to dodge, Cain had managed to trip up Densui, despite the fact that he managed to get a few blows to his own body. The Drunken Duelist was quite a powerful, but it looked like he was starting to get a hangover…
"Okay…how the heck did you get free?" Madoka asked starring at a stretching Mustang.
"I try to make it a point to be flexible with the ladies," Mustang replied spinning his waist around, allowing a little bit of sweat to drip off of his head. "Just in case…"
Madoka sighed loudly; she didn't know how to take that comment. "…you're sick aren't you?"
"Nope! I feel I'm at a hundred twenty percent!" Mustang laughed, either ignoring the comment or not getting it at all. "Now then…I'd rather not fight a lady, even if you are getting in my way…so, if there's a more reasonable way to end this…"
"Well, what are Talo and your other comrade doing?" Madoka asked, both blue duelists turning to see…
"Got any fours?" Talo asked looking at the three card hand of playing cards he grasped.
"Heh, nope," Vergil smirked pushing up his glasses. "Go fish…"
"YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!" Madoka shouted with a slap to her forehead.
Tilting his head to the side, Mustang couldn't help but scratch the side of his cheek. "…hmm, I didn't know Vergil played Go Fish…"
Walking into the small clearing in the woods, Fomalhaut quietly walked up behind Mustang and Madoka, his breathing stilled as he scanned the area. "What the heck?! What in the world is going on here!?"
"ACK!" Mustang and Madoka jumped in the air, just noticing that Fomalhaut was behind them.
"Idiots…" Fomalhaut growled.
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"…you wanted this to end," Garu chuckled pulling the top card from his deck. "Well, I'm going to end it for you!"
The Rai Tengu Shinobi, Strike Ninja and Shinobi-Zue all leapt in front of Garu, all of them lifting their individual weapons. "Shinobi-Zue! Strike Ninja! Rai Tengu Shinobi! Attack Satsuki directly! This is for my friends!"
All three of the shinobi flew forward, their weapons spinning in their hands, prepared to strike Satsuki down…
…who was smirking…
"Ha! You're not the only one with a trap!" Satsuki announced forcing a powerful vortex-like barrier to erupt around the enraged duelist, blocking all of the weapons around that were meant to strike. "Negate Attack…"
"…I swear that trap is going to be the death of me some day," Garu moaned as all three of his shinobi sweatdropped from their failed attacks.
"Heh, heh, heh…you'll have to do better that to beat me!" Satsuki laughed, arms crossed.
'…most interesting…I guess Satsuki was a perfect choice to use for this experiment…' Lucian thought with a smirk curling on his face. 'The rage that's building in Garu's tiny body is growing…and with each of these 'four' being drained by this field spell, it'll soon be complete…'
A card appeared in front of the slightly angered Ninja duelist. "I'll throw myself a card face down…and end my turn…"
"Hmm…looks like you forgot something!" Satsuki laughed snapping another card. "It's my standby phase…but I won't be using my Card Trader…instead, I'll go with my Shrine's ability!"
"Wait…so that means…" Garu realized with his eyes widening.
"AAACCCCKKKK!"
"TAKASHI!" Garu shouted as a powerful earthly green aura wrapped around the luck user duelist, pulling a large orb from his chest that warped around the field, leaving Takashi to fall back to the top of the pillar.
…and once more, Lucian's eyes were drawn to the mirror in the sky, now basking in red and green auras…
Just like the previous time, the orb flew around until it crashed into the large coffin that was adorned with the Chinese symbol for earth. Satsuki began to cackle once more. "Oh and by the way, during my standby phase, I'll activate the effect of my field spell, this time I'll remove Orochi Dragon – Iwa from play…"
This time the ground surged, causing a large serpentine made entirely out of stone landed on the transformed alter, roaring loudly into the air (1900/0). "And like its fiery brother, my dragon leaves an Iwa Dragon Token! And now to go straight into my battle phase!"
"Huh?" Garu muttered a little surprised that Satsuki was being so forward with the attack.
"Iwa! Attack Shinobi-Zue!"
Many rocky spires erupted from the ground at the staff wielding shinobi's feet, stabbing him in the limbs and heart before he screamed into several pixels. And thanks to the Shinobi-Zue was no more, the Rai Tengu Shinobi (1400/2000) and Strike Ninja (1700/1200) returned to normal. (GLP: 3100)
"Heh, heh, heh…now that we've got that out of the way," Satsuki chuckled with a snap of the enraged duelist's fingers, causing the face down card to flip up. "We're getting rid of that over grown crow! I activate the quick-play spell, Quick Summon! Now, I can perform a summon right this instant! So I'll sacrifice my token…"
The dragon of earth shattered into several splinters, flying into the air to allow an even larger emerald skinned dragon to roar onto the field (2400/1900). "…to bring out the Luster Dragon 2! Now my beast, what are you waiting for! Attack that overgrown chicken!"
"He's not a chicken!" Garu shouted before a powerful green flame engulfed his Rai Tengu Shinobi, shattering the monster into several shards. "URK!" (GLP: 2100)
"Still as weak as ever!" Satsuki laughed as the Luster Dragon 2 slammed its feet into ground, shaking the large bell that sat in the middle of the alter. "This is awesome…truly awesome…"
"Damn…don't you ever shut up?" Garu coughed cracking his neck a few times. "That's the real pain here…"
"What!?" Satsuki hollered, with a blush racing across the enraged duelist's face.
Applying the last of his makeup, Kazuki smirked at Garu's comment, the pink sparkles finally coming back. "Hehehehe…that's a pretty nice joke there…not A-Material, but still good…"
"Ya know what's funnier?" Fomalhaut stated appearing behind Lucian and Kazuki. "Guys who wear makeup!"
"ACK!" Kazuki yelped loudly, pink sparkles firing off into the air like fireworks, since Fomalhaut appeared so suddenly.
Lucian, on the other hand, wasn't affected at all by Fomalhaut's abrupt entrance. Rather, he just looked at Fomalhaut, his eyes burning red. "…you didn't succeed?"
"Yeah about that…" Fomalhaut trailed off remembering what happened in the last few minutes…
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"So, Fomalhaut, why exactly are you here?" Madoka asked tilting her head to the side while Mustang was stretching his arms and legs to prevent them from cramping up thanks to Madoka's various wrestling moves.
"I came for the shorty," Fomalhaut answered abruptly, gesturing towards Cain who managed to actually slam his fist into the Drunken Duelist's chest, sending him to the ground with a loud boom.
Apparently, that comment was heard by none other than Cain himself, getting him to turn towards the Star Formation duelist. Then, just as Fomalhaut noticed that he was being targeted, a powerful leg slammed into his face, sending him flying into the air.
"DON'T CALL ME SHORT!"
And with a loud crash, Cain landed on the ground glaring at Fomalhaut who landed on the ground, dust and debris flying in the air.
"OW! MY EYE! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY EYE! THAT WAS MY GOOD EYE!"
"Heh! Ha! Star boy got his ass handed to him!" Densui chuckled standing up behind the enraged Cain, pulling the alchemic duelist back into the fray. "I hope you didn't forget about me!"
"…looks like he's sobering up," Talo admitted turning away his game of Dungeon Dice Monsters with Vergil. "Anyway, it's your turn…"
"…I suppose so…" Vergil grumbled, looking at the dice in his hands. He didn't really get the game schematics, and didn't understand it that much. "Uh…go Dice Roll!"
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"Huh…I didn't know that Dungeon Dice Monsters was even played even more…" Kazuki muttered under his breath before noticing the black and blue on Fomalhaut's face. "Anyway, why'd you go back there anyway?"
With a feat of strength, Fomalhaut lifted up the sparkly duelist by his fancy collar. His eyes gleaming like the explosions of red supernovas. It was Kazuki's fault for Fomalhaut's new shiner; whatever he did during that duel with the shorty that got him beaten up (not that he could blame the shorty for doing that).
"DAMN IT KAZUKI! I OUGHT TO KICK YOUR ASS RIGHT OVER THE EDGE OF THIS CLIFF!"
Lucian merely lifted his hand up to stop Fomalhaut, making the Star duelist drop the glittering duelist, a thud echoing through the air. "Fomalhaut…you can throw him off the cliff after the duel…"
"WHAT!?" Kazuki's eyes streamed tears of terror and surprise at Lucian's command, and his spine straightened up as the crack of knuckles echoed through the air.
"Most…excellent…" Fomalhaut growled with his eyes gleaming and his fanged teeth snarling upwards. "I can't wait now…"
"Damn you!" Satsuki snarled fitting another card into the duel disk, making it appear on the field. "…the sooner you end your turn, the sooner I can kick your ass for that comment!"
"Yeesh, and I thought I was supposed to be emotional with my friends on the line," Garu mumbled to himself as he drew his next card…his eyes sharpening at the card. "…and speaking of my friends, I'm not going to let you hurt them again!"
Slapping the card onto the duel disk, a large green cloud of smoke exploded on the ground, whipping away in the violent waves of air. Standing before Garu where the smoke was a small muscular kunoichi wearing a soft combination of nature colors on her baggy ninja clothes. Her messy brown hair covered her eyes, although the smirk on her face was plainly visible. When the young kunoichi raised her hands up, she revealed her ring fingers were armed with two rings, each glowing indents in them (1000/1000). "And Shobo Kunoichi is going to help me do that!"
"Shobo? Who the hell comes up with these names?" Fomalhaut questioned with a quizzical look on his face.
Ignoring Fomalhaut, Garu threw his hand up into the air. "Shobo Kunoichi! Attack Luster Dragon 2!" With a nod, the messy haired shinobi charged forward, with her arms ready to deliver a fury of punches.
"Heh…looks like he's cracked under the pressure!" Satsuki chuckled as the Luster Dragon 2 roared loudly into the air, slamming its claws into the ground. "Luster Dragon 2! Emerald Flame counters attack!"
The ground shook violently with the Luster Dragon's roar, its mouth charging a beautiful emerald flame in its maw. And just as the Shobo Kunoichi leapt into the air, the emerald dragon unleashed the flame towards the attacking kunoichi. And with the enraged duelist's laughter that echoed through the air. "Ha! He just defeats himself!"
All of a sudden, the emerald flames scattered, showing a smirking Shobo Kunoichi flying directly in front of the surprised Luster Dragon 2. Before the dragon could react, the kunoichi slammed her surprisingly powerful fist into the emerald dragon's jaw. A sickening crack echoed through the air as the Luster Dragon 2 fell to the ground in pain (2400/1900 – 1000/0).
Needless to say, but Satsuki was surprised. "L-Luster Dragon 2!? W-What have you done to my dragon!?"
"Heh," Garu chuckled as the Shobo Kunoichi flipped backwards, landing gracefully in front of the ninja duelist, her tongue stuck out at Satsuki. "Here's a little tidbit, when my monster attacks a monster all battle damage done to it and I are negated. And as an added bonus, your monster loses a thousand attack points until the end of the turn…"
"…but that's if your monster will stay for that long! Strike Ninja! Attack that dragon!"
Following Garu's commands, the Strike Ninja snapped out two kunai in between his fingers. And with a powerful toss, the two kunai stabbed directly into the weakened dragon's skull, blood spurted from the wounds as the dragon cried out its loud final roar. (SLP: 5400)
"Urk!" Satsuki yelped, with a quick look at the duel disk.
"Heh! You set them up…" Garu announced fitting a card into his duel disk. "And I'll knock them down!"
"Don't get cocky!" Satsuki snarled nearly ripping the next card off of the smaller deck of cards. "Now that it's my standby phase, I activate the effect of my Card Trader! So I'll shuffle my newly drawn card…"
With a second snap of the card, Satsuki's hand was thrown into the air. "And now…it's that special time again!"
"Aah…AAAAHHHH!"
"W-What?!" Garu shouted out, his gaze turned to the pillars once more, this time seeing a dark aura warp around Kara's body.
Just like before, an orb of energy (only this one of darkness) was drawn from the in-pained Kara, being drawn into the coffin that was marked with the symbol for darkness, only to have a shadow surge directly from the field like lave erupting from a volcano. The shadow began to meld until it resembled that of a large serpentine dragon that was made completely out of shadows (1900/0). "And, here's a little something just for you! The monster I removed with my field spell's effect was known as Orochi Dragon – Kage, and like the other Orochi Dragons…"
"It creates a token…" Garu moaned as Satsuki held up another card.
"But don't think I'm ending your suffering!" Satsuki roared as a card that depicted a beautiful, young maiden being lead by several samurai into the very shrine that was around the many duelists. "I activate the spell card, Sacrificial Maiden! By removing one more monster from my deck, I can add another Endless Dragon Counter to my Field Spell!"
"So…what does that mean again?" Garu asked as Satsuki pulled a card from the deck.
"It means that another one of your friends are going to say bye-bye!" Satsuki bellowed as the newly picked card was slipped into a pocket.
"…wait…" Garu's eyes widened as he realized what was going to happen.
"G-Garu?"
"…no…" Garu's eyes widened, his head slowly turned once more towards the pillars…
…Yae stood weakly on the top of the pillar, an aura as cold as ice creeping up around her body, as if the aura was ice.
"YAE!"
The icy aura engulfed Yae fully; an orb of icy blue was pulled from her chest, making her fall face first into the top of the pillar. The orb speed around the shrine until it crashed into the coffin that had the element of water on it. Garu's head lowered, his blue hair overshadowed his eyes. "…you…you bastard!"
"Uh oh, looks like the little ninja's a little angry," Fomalhaut chuckled as a large crystal of ice erupted in front of Satsuki. "He's even resorted to swearing…"
"…and poor word choice seems to be an epidemic here," Lucian sighed, his head shook disapprovingly. "You don't call a lady a bastard…"
…wait…what did he say?
"A lady?" Kazuki, Fomalhaut and Garu slowly muttered, their heads all creaked towards Lucian, questions marks popped over the many confused duelists.
"Yeah, Satsuki's a girl," Lucian stated as Satsuki struck a feminine pose.
All three of the guys jumped up surprised, looks of disgust and confusion erupted on their faces. Lucian and Satsuki on the other hand sweatdropped at their reaction, and the enraged duelist slammed her foot into the alter. "What the hell is with that reaction?!"
"Well, you don't strike us as a girl," Fomalhaut coughed, a blush appeared on his face as he looked Satsuki up and down a few times.
"I don't think I've ever seen a girl that mean before," Kazuki shuddered with his body shook violently as he rubbed his arms. "Are you sure Satsuki's a girl? And not, um, part demon, part jerk ass?"
"I'm standing right here!" Satsuki roared, the force of her voice pushed Kazuki to the ground.
'…she makes Yae look tamed…' Garu thought as the ice pillar shattered into several shards. "…scary…"
"Damn you all!" Satsuki roared as a large serpentine dragon made completely out of ice stood where the ice pillar was before (1900/0). "The monster I removed from play was the Orochi Dragon – Kouri! So I get another token! But now, Kage! Kouri! Attack both of those Ninjas!"
Both of the dragons flew around the two surprised shinobi, both of them wrapped their snake-like bodies about the Strike Ninja and Shobo Kunoichi, their bones being crushed with a pair of sickening cracks echoed through the air. (GLP: 1000)
"Urk…" Garu gulped as his ninjas disappeared into several shards.
"Turn end…" Satsuki chuckled crossing her arms over her chest. "Just admit it…I've got this duel in the bag Lucian, and you'll have to make me Saint of Wrath!"
Lucian didn't reply…all he did keep his eyes on the surging mirror, energy flowing through it. '…I guess I have no choice…'
"…draw…" Garu gulped, his confidence being drained away from him as he drew his next card. Nothing that could help him…
"I…I set a defense…" The card appeared in front of Garu, giving him a small shield. "…that's all…"
"Just as I thought," Satsuki sighed as she drew her next card. "Ya know, since I'm going to be the Saint of Wrath…I might as well play the part right now! I activate my Shrine's ability once more!"
Unlike the other times when Satsuki removed a card, nothing happened…at least not until sparks of electricity began to erupt around Satsuki's body, her scream echoed through the are air. "AAAAHHHHH!"
"Lucian?! What's going on here?!" Fomalhaut as the electricity surged into the air, a few seconds later, the electrical aura crashed into the mirror.
Lucian was quiet, his eyes sparked towards the mirror…
"…L-Lucian…" Satsuki moaned, her knees giving way as she collapsed onto the alter. "W…why?"
"Nothing personal mind you," Lucian finally replied, his steps towards the alter echoed through the air. "…but since we were down one sacrificial psyche, we had to make do…my apologies, but you're that sacrificial psyche…"
"…y-you bastard…" Satsuki couldn't take it any more, her consciousness slipped as did her sight.
"…Hmm…irony," Lucian stated now looking to the gleaming mirror. "…but thanks to that…we're now ready…"
With a powerful leap into the air, Lucian managed to jump into the air towards the large mirror, his cloak billowed in the air. With his arms thrown out, when Lucian managed to reach the mirror, he grasped the mirror in his fingers.
Garu watched as Lucian landed across from him, as if he had walked from the sky instead of jumped. "What the…? What the hell just happened?"
"…did you know Lucian could fly?" Kazuki asked as the Saint of Greed slowly turned towards Garu.
"…no…" Fomalhaut replied, a little stunned himself.
Lucian lifted up the mirror, showing Garu's reflection in it. "…it is complete…the Daeman Mirror…shall we test it?"
The mirror began to glow in Lucian's grasp, warping as the reflection of Garu began to glow crimson. Grasping his head, Garu's head began to crack and pulsate. His lungs were set ablaze, and his eyes closed shut, like the orbs of brown were to be stung with hundreds upon hundreds of needles. "Try as you like! But, no one…and I mean no one can resist the charms of the Daeman Mirror…"
Before Garu could even breathe, the crimson aura flared up around him; slowly coursing through his veins with the burning mystical energy…he could hear the rhythm of his heartbeat…
…but there was something else there…a second tune to his heartbeat, no, rather a second beat itself!
His skin was crawling; shivers ran down his spine as Garu's back began to feel a powerful stabbing motion erupt from his back. Beyond his staggering line of sight, a hand, pure red erupted from his back, clawing its way to pull itself from its flesh prison.
It felt like a drill was cutting its way out of Garu's back, and yet it didn't feel like blood was streaming from the supposed wound…rather, something more solid and a lot bigger to boot!
"Yes…yes…" Lucian began to cackle lowering the mirror in front of him, watching as Garu began to unravel in front of him. "…yes…YES! Fomalhaut! Kazuki! You two will be my witnesses to my successful experiment!" Lifting the mirror up in the air, Lucian kept his eyes on the crimson aura around Garu's body that flew like a geyser into the air. "Even though there were four sacrificial psyches and one last minute replacement, it looks like revitalization of the Daeman Mirror was…"
"…A SUCCESS!"
With an ear splintering scream, the crimson covered hand pulled the rest of itself out, revealing it was connected to a pure red body. Accompanying the scream of the ninja duelist, a loud laughter echoed through the night's air…its origin the crimson figure that began to push itself from Garu's back. Soon the laughter began to weaken…and in its place…
"…Heh…hehe…can it…can it be? The air…I've never tasted anything so sweet before!"
"W-What was that?" Garu gasped lifting his head up, only to have the crimson hand slam his head back into the alter. "URGH!"
"Shut up! Do you know how long I've waited for this moment?"
Then with one final push, accompanied with a scream of pain, the crimson figure was freed from Ninja duelist.
"Gentlemen…" Lucian chuckled, turning towards Kazuki and Fomalhaut, as well as the knocked out Yae, Takashi, Kara and Ami, as he raised his free hand towards the crimson figure, his features starting to come into the hypothetical light, and it was apparent that the figure was male. "…I give you…the Saint of Wrath!"
The light shattered like a mirror crashing into the ground around the figure's body, leaving him standing behind the passed out Garu, his tanned and toned body fully exposed to the chilly night air. Streaks of red hair flowed in front of his face, his sharp features being exposed as he slowly turned around…
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"AH!"
Waking up in a cold sweat, Yae clapped her hand to her forehead. That dream…no, more like a nightmare…it had…it had seemed so real. But, here she was, dressed in her sleeping clothes in the run down Red Dorm room…but, near the door there was a large spider webbed crack that seemed to race up the wall…and that wasn't…
A loud yawn from the middle bunk caught Yae's attention, making her jump slightly. "Hey, Yae?"
"Y-Yeah?" Yae muttered shaking her head, thank goodness; at least Garu was still here, safe in his own bed. Maybe it was just a dream…
"You mind keeping it down? I just got to sleep…"
"O-Oh…sorry." Yae couldn't help but notice that Garu's voice seemed to be a little deeper. And there was something bugging her…Yae couldn't put her finger on something that seemed different…
Carefully, she lowered her head over the side of bunk bed, peering over the edge to get a look at…
"…Garu?"
Lying over the sheets was someone who definitely did resemble that of the ninja user duelist…and yet…this wasn't Garu. His hair styled in the same form, but instead of its usual cool blue, it was now a bloody red, and his facial features seemed a little more defined as if he was a couple of years older. Even his clothes seemed to have shrunk a little bit, causing his little more defined muscles were exposed.
"Hey there sandy!" 'Garu' chuckled waving his fingers towards the Slifer red duelist girl with his eyes closed.
"…Garu? Is that really you?" Yae asked raising an eyebrow at the now red haired duelist.
Slowly opening his eyes, 'Garu' had a suave look in his now crimson pools that were revealed in his gaze towards Yae. "…heh…of course…I just decided to go for a different look…what do you think?"
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Card Stats
Shrine of the Endless Dragon / Field Spell / Effect: Once per turn, you may select one level four or lower monster from your deck and remove it from play (any monsters removed this card's effect must have different Attributes). Place one 'Endless Dragon Counter' on this card. When this card has five or more 'Endless Dragon Counters' on it, you may destroy this card and special summon as many of your removed from play monsters to your side of the field.
Image: An ancient ruined shrine with many dragon symbols around it with five coffins in the middle of it.
Sacrificial Maiden / Spell / Effect: This card can only be activated when you have a face up 'Shrine of the Endless Dragon' face up on your side of the field. Remove one monster from your deck from play and place one 'Endless Dragon Counter' on 'Shrine of the Endless Dragon'.
Image: A beautiful young maiden being lead by many samurai into the Shrine of the Endless Dragon.
Orochi Dragon – Kouri / Water / LV. 4 / ATK: 1900 / DEF: 0 / Aqua/Effect: This card is considered to be a Dragon-Type. When this card is removed from play from your deck, special summon one 'Kouri Dragon Token' (Water / LV. 4 / ATK: 1900 / DEF: 0 / Dragon) to your side of the field. A 'Kouri Dragon Token' cannot be used as a tribute.
Description: A large, blue serpentine dragon trapped in a large ice crystal.
Orochi Dragon – Iwa / Earth / LV. 4 / ATK: 1900 / DEF: 0 / Rock/Effect: This card is considered to be a Dragon-Type. When this card is removed from play from your deck, special summon one 'Iwa Dragon Token' (Earth / LV. 4 / ATK: 1900 / DEF: 0 / Dragon) to your side of the field. An 'Iwa Dragon Token' cannot be used as a tribute.
Description: A large stone, serpentine dragon trapped in a large boulder.
Orochi Dragon – Houo / Fire / LV. 4 / ATK: 1900 / DEF: 0 / Pyro/Effect: This card is considered to be a Dragon-Type. When this card is removed from play from your deck, special summon one 'Houo Dragon Token' (Fire / LV. 4 / ATK: 1900 / DEF: 0 / Dragon) to your side of the field. A 'Houo Dragon Token' cannot be used as a tribute.
Description: A large red, serpentine dragon engulfed in a large flame
Orochi Dragon – Kage / Dark / LV. 4 / ATK: 1900 / DEF: 0 /Fiend/Effect: This card is considered to be a Dragon-Type. When this card is removed from play from your deck, special summon one 'Kage Dragon Token' (Dark / LV. 4 / ATK: 1900 / DEF: 0 / Dragon) to your side of the field. A 'Kage Dragon Token' cannot be used as a tribute.
Description: A large purple, serpentine dragon trapped in a shadow.
Shobo Kunoichi / Earth / LV. 3 / ATK: 1000 / DEF: 1000 / Warrior/Effect: This monster is considered to have 'Ninja' in the card name. This effect can only be used during your battle phase. All battle damage to this card and this card's owner becomes 0. After damage calculation, decrease the attack of the monster that was attacked by this card by 1000 points.
Description: A small muscular kunoichi wearing a soft combination of nature colors on her baggy ninja clothes. Her messy brown hair covers her eyes. On her ring fingers are two rings with small glowing indents in them.
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'Garu': Ah…wouldn't you smell that fresh air?
Yae: …
Lucian: You can enjoy the day on your own time…we have something important to take care of…I need you to test something for me…
'Garu': Heh! Right! I can't wait!
Has the Saint of Wrath appeared? Why is Garu hanging out with Lucian? And why did he change his hair?
Find out next time – Chapter 37: Charging Wrath!
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