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Chapter 52: The Fist of Obelisk
At the Society's Dorm, Jason, Chazz and Juli met up with Sartorius in his room after an important announcement that called them.
"I'm informing you three right now, that I am withdrawing from the tournament," Sartorius stated, earning a chorus of gasps from the elites.
"But why, Master," Chazz asked, "From the way you defeated Ojin, the Society of Light can easily win."
The SOL leader chuckled as he laid a hand on his newest acquisition, the briefcase that held the controls to Misgarth's satellite laser, "I've already won the ultimate prize... this entire world! At any given time, I could purge it completely and rebuild."
Juli's eyes widened, "Then... we don't have to participate in this tournament? We all figured it would be best if the Society were recognized as the world's greatest duelists!"
"Hmm... that would be a legacy to end this world's generation and into my own," Sartorius pondered, "But I wouldn't know about that?"
"Why not," Jason asked. He was then subjected to an angry stare from his master, making him cower.
"By all accounts, you should have lost your place in this tournament like Ojin did," Sartorius shouted, "I expected it from my many lower-class followers, but you... my second in command and my eyes and ears of the Academy... failed to defeat someone who dresses up as a knight! How can I expect my own followers to win, when my best duelist lost?"
Jason cringed, "It won't happen again, I swear it! I'll take down every duelist I see and make them see the Light if it makes you feel better; it may help you weaken resistance towards the members we have lost."
"We don't need any more stragglers," Chazz scoffed, "I can just win this hands down; or maybe I can just lay back and watch the Master take over this world already."
"Not without me you're not," Juli stated, "I haven't got much practice with my new deck, and I plan on winning this tournament with it. I never had to be saved out of a win because of someone's insecurity or influenced into summoning my best monster and then losing it in a flash!"
The Lightsworn and White Knight duelists growled at the Ritua duelist, planning to retort when...
"You know..." Sartorius interrupted, "I can wait until I eradicate this world..."
The elites stopped their bickering, and looked toward their master to give him the full attention.
"I would enjoy that the Society of Light shall be revered as the greatest of this world, before I create another," the SOL leader said thoughtfully, "So, I'll leave you all to your tournament. But once an ultimate victor is declared, I use the Satellite Laser... agreed?"
"Yes sir," the elites bowed.
"And Jason..."
The Lightsworn duelist looked back up in time to catch Sartorius' GX medallion in his right hand.
"I have something you want to know, if you want to redeem yourself," Sartorius said, "I just received word from an informant that three of Pegasus' card designers are on the island, wielding copies of the Egyptian God cards."
The elites gasped, "The most powerful cards held by Yugi Moto?"
"Exactly, but we were unfortunate that two have been dealt with," the SOL leader continued, "So, find the third and bring it to me, and I'll probably let you wield it. But do not come back empty handed!"
Jason nodded as he left out, while he had a shadow of a smile as well...
"Tch, lucky," Juli scoffed.
"Don't worry about it," Chazz smirked, "Chances are, he'll screw it up."
Unbeknownst to them, Kenji saw the whole meeting through Juli's eyes as he was already outside the White Dorm's walls...
"I knew it," the rogue SOL member grinned, "I saw Obelisk the Tormentor! And if Sartorius wants a representative of the Society of Light to defeat Obelisk, who am I to not answer the call!"
With that, he leapt off into the direction he saw Obelisk last...
Meanwhile, Alexis finally made it to the beach and looked around to find nobody there.
"Guess, I struck out finding this guy," Alexis stated, "From the photo Chumley sent me, he should be easy to find." She then took the time and fished through her deck until she came across Star Ninja Kaabii, "Part of me hopes Kenji gets here, so I can snap him out of it. Every passing day, I'm losing him... but once I do, I'll beat him and break him out of the Society's grasp. If Shion did that for Missy, I can do that for Kenji!"
"Lost someone important, fraulein? Or are you just talking to yourself?"
The Obelisk girl turned around to see a brown-haired man with a muscular build appear, dressed in a white, short-sleeved dress shirt, black pants with suspenders and black dress shoes along with it.
"Looks like, I finally come across an Obelisk Blue student to use my own Egyptian God card with," He stated.
Alexis narrowed her eyes in anger and strapped on her duel disk, activating it, "So you must be Gunter, one of Pegasus' card developers!"
"Oh, is he here," Gunter asked with a sly grin, "Perfect, I can find him and make him pay for shunning away my work!"
"Not on my watch," the Cyber Girl duelist stated, "You won't be injuring anymore students with the God cards, and I bet your two friends have already been dealt with!"
"But of course," the rogue card designer replied, "Slifer and Ra both have effects that need to rely on something to keep them powerful; Slifer needs cards in hand to stay powerful and without the right cards, he can only have 6000 ATK and DEF for a standard score. Ra either needs three monsters or enough life points to make itself known. Yet, Obelisk the Tormentor needs nothing to bring it down; with his power, he can conquer armies of duelists, special effects or not!"
"Then you don't mind proving it against two duelists at once!"
Gunter and Alexis turned their directions to the beach shack nearby. Right on top of the roof was someone that the latter recognized...
"Kenji!"
The ninja duelist jumped of the shack and activated his duel disk, ignoring the Cyber Girl duelist for the moment.
"So, Gunter was it... if you think you can take on armies of duelist with Obelisk the Tormentor, I like to see you get past me and Alexis," He boasted.
"Kenji, we have to talk," Alexis whispered to him. She then saw his hair and gasped that what Allyson said was true; it both had a black and white hair color, "Did they...?"
Kenji turned to Alexis and then gave a friendly smile, "Tried to, but suffice to say, I'm done with the Society..."
Hearing that comment sparked a happy smile from the Obelisk Girl...
"But how? I heard from Allyson... and that hair color..."
"Oh this," Kenji pointed to his hair, "Result of a duel to win my freedom, kinda permanent though... anyway, I heard about some duelist being injured by Egyptian God cards, hard to believe at first, but now I'm hearing straight from a user himself... the thing is, to make up for my earlier actions, I'll help you take down this guy... the Society's planning on taking Obelisk for more power."
Alexis nodded, but then she remembered something..., 'Wait a second... I don't think he's telling the truth, it feels like the time he led me to believe I could bring him back after he made Juli surrender that duel. I have to see how this plays out...'
"Hold on children," Gunter interrupted, "I propose this... we shall have a triangle duel, that way we can all have separate life points, instead of me having 16000 life points to your 8000 life points each. A fair go, hmm?"
"Okay," Kenji agreed, "I wouldn't want you to go back on your own challenge."
"I'm in," Alexis added.
All players drew their opening hands.
"GAME ON!"
Kenji: 8000
Alexis: 8000
Gunter: 8000
"Let's go," Kenji stated as he drew his sixth card. Quickly, he placed a monster card on his tray, letting a set monster appear on the field, "I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
"I'll go next," Alexis replied as she drew her next card as well. Then, she took two of her cards to play, "I also set a monster and add a facedown card along with it."
"Both of you are hiding from me already," Gunter grinned as he drew his sixth card, "But that's to be expected against the most feared of the Egyptian Gods!"
"So you say," The ninja duelist scoffed, "Unlike the other Gods, Obelisk has a set ATK and DEF score. That means, all we have to do is topple that and it's no longer a threat!"
"Plus, I know about Obelisk's other effect," the Cyber Girl duelist added in, "You'll need two more monsters, plus it can't attack after its use."
"Clever children, but how can you stop me when you can't touch me," the rogue card designer stated as he placed a monster card on the field, "I summon the Marauding Captain in attack mode!"
In a flash, the blonde, double-blade Captain appeared to fight. (3/1200/400)
"And that's not all," Gunter continued, placing another monster card on the disk, "Summoning him activates his special ability to summon a Level 4 or below monster from my hand, like another Marauding Captain!"
On cue, a double of the Captain appeared next to the original. (3/1200/400)
The Obelisk captor chuckled. "The classic Captain lock never gets old, ja? I'll even place one more card facedown to end my turn."
"It's so old..." Kenji began as he drew his next card, and then flipped over his monster card, "That it's easy to counteract! Reveal yourself, my new ninja!"
As the holo-card flipped over, it unleashed a monster with a black cloak and a short sword. But the strangest thing was... it was a dark painted Machine, like a wooden puppet! (3/1200/1200)
"What is that," Gunter wondered.
"Meet my newest ninja, Karakuri Ninja mdl 339," Kenji introduced, "Codename: Sazank! They derive themselves from wind-up toys from 17th through 19th century Japan know as Karakuri! And do you know why this monster is in my deck? It's in the name meaning: a mechanical device to tease, trick, or take a person by surprise!"
"Like a ninja," Alexis concluded.
"Of course," the rogue SOL member stated, "But like wind-up toys, they move in a predetermined pattern. So if they are able to attack, they must!"
Gunter laughed, "I have my monster lock, boy! Save your ninja games for someone else!"
"Oh, I forgot to mention," Kenji continued, "With this particular monster, I can send one face-up monster to the graveyard... like a Marauding Captain!"
The blue glass 'eye' on the Karakuri lit up, flashing towards the first captain and he was surrounded in a blue aura. Suddenly, the Captain vanished, making Gunter growl in frustration.
"Do you plan on destroying your own monster to destroy mine," he shouted.
"Not at all," Kenji stated as he inserted another card into his disk, "I activate my Fuhma Shuriken, boosting my Ninja's ATK by 700!"
The shuriken with the unknown kanji appeared inside the mechanical ninja's right hand. (3/1200-1900/1200)
"But don't worry, I'm not after you captain," the ninja duelist continued, "Its other effect allows a direct attack on the turn its flip summoned!"
The Karakuri didn't even need a command as it threw the shuriken like it was pre-programmed to do, shooting past Gunter and cut across his arm...
Kenji: 8000
Alexis: 8000
Gunter: 6100
"And then, I'll end my turn," Kenji smirked.
Alexis drew her next card, 'Okay, I have to be ready for when anyone attacks me. Kenji may have said he's working with me, but I'm not sure he's in it for the teamwork.'
"Before you make a move, little girl," Gunter interrupted, activating his facedown card, "I activate Call of the Haunted to bring back my Marauding Captain," he announced as the Captain emerged from the trap card, joining his double. (3/1200/400) "So, I know you can't pull the same tactic twice."
"I won't have to," Alexis stated as she placed another card on her disk, "I summon my Etolie Cyber in attack mode!" In a flash, the graceful, red-headed ballerina spun her way onto the field. (4/1200/1600) "Next, I reveal my trap card, Inverse Universe and chain it with the Allegro Toile in my hand," She continued, revealing her trap card and spell card. "First, when I normal summon a monster, Allegro Toile destroys any spell or trap card like Call of the Haunted!"
Then, the Cyber dancer spun around with her right leg out, kicking a small dagger that stabbed Call of the Haunted and shattered. It also caused the 2nd Marauding Captain to shatter as well.
"Now for Inverse Universe's effect; all monsters swap their ATK and DEF around!"
As she said that, a glitch appeared on all monsters, as their computer codes were rewritten to adjust to the new stats...
(3/1900-1200/1900-1200), (4/1200-1600/1600-1200), (3/1200-400/400-1200)
"Now, I attack your second Marauding Captain with Etolie Cyber," Alexis commanded as the ballerina advanced towards the Captain, as if she was gliding on her feet and landed a swift kick to his face, shattering him instantly.
Kenji: 8000
Alexis: 8000
Gunter: 4900
"I end my turn with that," She concluded.
"Both of you are pathetic," Gunter stated as he drew his next card, "Obelisk will still come for you both! But I'll take my time in toying with you both; I use Pot of Greed to draw two more cards!"
The grinning green pot appeared as the German duelist drew two more cards before it shattered.
"Then, I use the card Trade-In to discard the level 8 Beast King Barbaros and draw two more cards," He continued, discarding his monster and then drew two more and then held up another spell card, "Now, I use the power of Polymerization! I choose my Medium Piece Golem and Big Piece Golem together to form the Multiple Piece Golem!"
Alexis was struck with déjà vu as she saw two familiar golems appear and then disappear into a fusion vortex. Finally, the 14' tall brick golem dropped down from the vortex, rocking the earth when it landed. (7/2600/1300)
'He must have Obelisk in his hand right now,' she thought, 'after his attack goes through, he'll bring out the three Golems and then summon it!'
"Now Multiple Piece Golem, strike down the white one's Karakuri Ninja with Massive Crush," Gunter commanded as his golem reared back its massive fist before hurling it towards Sazank. Kenji chuckled softly as the mechanical ninja suddenly went into a defensive stance and then was crushed by the Golem's fist.
"And here's the part I love most about Karakuris," the ninja duelist spoke up, "They move to defense mode whenever they are attacked, meaning my life points are safe. Also, since my Shuriken card went to the graveyard, I can deal another 700 points of damage to you!"
Gunter growled as a red aura surrounded him, draining his points...
Kenji: 8000
Alexis: 8000
Gunter: 4200
"Now I'll end my battle phase so that my Golem returns to the Fusion Deck, and then I get Big and Multiple Piece Golems to take their places on the field!"
The golem then broke down into Big Piece Golem and the Medium Piece Golem, both of which blocked by holding out the palms of their hands. (5/2100/0), (4/1600/0)
"Also, Small Piece Golem makes its place on the field since Medium Piece Golem was summoned in Big Piece Golem's presence!"
The smaller golem made its spot next to Medium Piece Golem. (3/1100/0)
"Now, I summon my Earth – Hex-Sealed Fusion," Gunter announced as he set one of his cards on his disk, bringing out a strange rock made up of stone, bone and earth. (3/1000/1600) "With this card, I can substitute a fusion material monster for an EARTH fusion monster when I fusion summon. But the best part is that I can just sacrifice it and the other monster to summon it."
Kenji and Alexis braced themselves, knowing what was coming as the strange rock morphed into another Big Piece Golem.
"Now I sacrifice my Hex-Sealed Fusion and Medium Piece Golem to fusion summon my Multiple Piece Golem once more!"
The rock monsters melded together and grew to form the giant golem and let it storm the field once more. (7/2600/1300)
"But here's another card, Card of Demise," He continued as he drew the five cards needed, "And then I conclude with two cards facedown!"
"It's my turn again," Kenji announced as he drew his card and looked over his overall hand, 'Nothing to attack with, but I can defend for now...'
He then inserted one card into his tray, letting a holographic card appeared on his field, "I end my turn."
"Then, I go," Alexis shouted as she drew, "I flip my monster from defense to attack mode as well, she's called Invader of the Throne!"
Gunter growled as the Obelisk Girl's facedown monster revealed itself to be a tan-skinned woman with long, purple hair, clad in a long, pink dress with an evil smile on her face. (4/1350/1700)
Kenji raised an eyebrow at that monster, 'Impressive...'
"Any beginner knows that when this monster revealed, I can switch control with an opponent's monster, so I'll take that Multiple Piece Golem," Alexis declared as both Invader of the Throne and Multiple Piece Golem both transporting to the other's side, "Next I use the spell card Metamorphosis to sacrifice it and summon a Fusion monster with the same level! So with your Level 7 Multiple Piece Golem, I'm able to summon the Level 7 Cyber Blader to the field!"
The large golem suddenly began to shrink as it morphed into Alexis' signature fusion monster. (7/2100/800)
"And since you currently hold three monsters, all card effects on your field," She announced as her fusion monster gave off a bright light, making Gunter's monster cringe.
"But my monsters don't have any ignition or continuous effects," the Obelisk captor protested.
"Alright then... Etolie Cyber, destroy Invader of the Throne," Alexis announced as her red-headed ballerina danced across the field and struck the throne invader in the stomach, shattering her to pieces.
Kenji: 8000
Alexis: 8000
Gunter: 3450
"Now Gunter, since you hold two monsters, Cyber Blader now has an effect that doubles her ATK!"
Gunter gasped as the light grew brighter, amplifying the Blader's power. (7/2100-4200/800)
"Now, I'll attack your Big Piece Golem with Skate Blade Slash," Alexis continued as her fusion monster charged at the rock golem...
"I activate my facedown cards, the Quick Summon spell and the Natural Selection trap card," Gunter interrupted, revealing both facedown cards, the trap card being new, "First, Natural Selection destroys any monster you control and then let's me summon a token with the same stats as the monster destroyed. Destroy Cyber Blader!"
The Natural Selection trap flashed, blinding the Cyber Fusion monster enough for an unseen force to shatter her into pixels, causing Alexis to gasp at her loss. She then got angry when a double of her monster appeared on the opposing player's side. (7/2100/800)
"And since it only lasts during your turn, it's the reason why Quick Summon activated," the rogue card designer continued, "And with three monsters in play, I can now sacrifice them to summon a monster without a true rival... the God who should be at the top of the world..."
(Play the Egyptian Gods Theme from Yu-Gi-Oh! Unreleased Scores)
Alexis and Kenji watched as Gunter's Piece Golems and Cyber Blader Token were gone in three eruptions of light...
"... I summon the Egyptian God, Obelisk the Tormentor!"
Within that same light, a giant, black shadow started to raise itself from the ground, its height started to reach higher than the tree tops. Once the light faded away, Alexis and Kenji were treated to the sight of a giant, blue behemoth of a monster. Muscles ripped throughout from its entire body and its wingspan may have been as large as the Winged Dragon of Ra's. Its head carried a row of sharp teeth, a head crest of three spikes extending from left, right and up, and its pupil-less red eyes stared down at the entire field as it growled. (10/4000/4000)
"There it is..." Alexis whispered.
"Finally..." Kenji said, but mentally relished the sight of the Egyptian God.
"You now stare at the face of the true ultimate God, Seto Kaiba himself once wielded," Gunter rejoiced, "Nothing you do can stop this massive behemoth!"
'It sure will be tough,' Alexis thought worriedly, 'I don't have the cards to even destroy that monster... but I can get at his life points and defend myself...'
'The Egyptian Gods are three of the most powerful monsters in the game,' Kenji thought with a grin, 'but I plan to prove that wrong today... by showing them a real one!'
"I place two cards facedown and end my turn," the Obelisk girl concluded.
"And its show time," Gunter grinned as he drew, and then inserted one of his cards into the field spell slot, "First I'll make sure my God obeys me with Mound of the Bound Creator!"
The ground started to shake up as it releases a stone pillar behind each of the duelists, with iron chains attached to each of them.
"Now bind him!"
On Gunter's command, the chains around the stone pillars snapped around Obelisk's neck and hands. The Egyptian God prepared to rip off its bindings, but was stopped by a massive thundershock to keep it in line.
"A Field Spell that puts Obelisk in its place," Kenji wondered.
"So that's how you control a God," Alexis shouted, "It's more like usurping its power for your own selfish needs!"
"You're in no position to talk, little girl," Gunter sneered, "In fact, you can be the first Obelisk Blue Student to fall by my God since most of them are gone," He then looked to his God Monster, "Obelisk the Tormentor, strike down the Etolie Cyber with Fist of Fate!"
The Tormentor reeled back its right fist, filling it with a black mist before it let loose with a massive punch that disintegrated the Cyber Girl before it impacted the ground. But once it did, it knocked Alexis off her feet and sent her to the ground.
Kenji: 8000
Alexis: 5600
Gunter: 3450
"And then, the effect of Mound of the Bound Creator activates," the Obelisk captor grinned, "You lose and extra 400 life points whenever a Level 10 or higher monster destroys another monster in battle!"
The Obelisk girl groaned as a red aura surrounded her...
Kenji: 8000
Alexis: 5200
Gunter: 3450
'A card that binds a God and deals damage as well,' Kenji thought, not even flinching from Alexis' fall, 'I can use that to my advantage as well...'
"I activate... Warrior's Pride," Alexis groaned as she activated her trap, "I bring back Etolie Cyber in defense mode!"
The trap card released a bright flash, bringing back the red-haired dancer. (4/1200/1600)
"Now my young friend, you're next," Gunter said to Kenji, as he held up a quick-play spell depicting a demon-like monster destroying a city while three warriors flee the scene, "I activate Power Collapse! This card allows Obelisk to attack again; all I have to do is decrease its power by the ATK of the monster it just destroyed."
Obelisk's power waned a bit, but felt refreshed as it roared... (10/4000-2400/4000)
"Attack directly with Fist of Fate!"
Kenji cringed as he saw Obelisk's left fist approach him, leaving him with the option of trying to dodge the attack. Quickly, he back flipped away before the giant fist hit the ground, but was still hit with some dirt from the impact.
Kenji: 5600
Alexis: 5200
Gunter: 3450
"Now it's time, I bring out my ninjas with my trap card, Damage Condenser," the ninja duelist shouted, revealing his trap card, "Now I discard one of my cards to summon a monster with ATK equal or less than the damage I've taken," He announced discarding one of his cards, "And I'll summon Ninja Commando Kabuki in defense mode!"
The trap card shined, unleashing the white armored ninja who took a defensive pose. (3/700/700)
"Then, I'll get another ninja due to his special ability," Kenji continued, retrieving another monster card from his deck, "I'll summon the Ninja of Dusk in attack mode!"
But instead of a ninja jumping out from nowhere or a puff of smoke, an orb of blue fire, about the size of a baseball appeared from the skies. Once it hit the ground, the blue flames erupted outwards making everyone except Kenji brace themselves. Within the flames, a tall, blue-haired young man was seen. He wore a dark orange jumpsuit with patchwork and stitches throughout his clothing, a wider shoulder band, and three belts across the neck, color alterations and a unique symbol on his hat. His face had red tattoos on both sides and stared through the flames with his electric green eyes. Finally, he pulled out two sharp, triple-edged blades as it fanned out and dissipated the flames. (9/3000/2700)
Alexis stood up and stared at the new monster, 'Where did he get a monster like that?'
"So, you think your God is the almighty one," Kenji announced, "Wait until you see what I bring out later..."
"Intimidating kid, but it'll take more than ninja to trash my God," Gunter stated as he set a card facedown, "But I like to see you try."
"Gladly," Kenji grinned as he drew, "Allow me to show you a demonstration, as I use his special ability! I can remove any monster my opponent controls, and its effect cannot be negated. Furthermore, the monster removed by this effect cannot return."
"It won't do you any good, kid," the Obelisk captor stated, "Or have you forgotten that Egyptian God Cards cannot be taken off the field except by battle."
"I'm well aware of that," the ninja duelist replied. He then turned his eyes at Alexis' monster, "So I'll use that ability on Alexis' monster! Activating 2128 Drain!"
Alexis gasped as Ninja of Dusk pointed his bracelet at the Cyber Girl causing a dark force to take a hold of her and then break her into digitized data.
"What are you doing Kenji," She protested, "I thought we were on the same side for once!"
"I said I'd help you take down Obelisk," Kenji replied, "But you failed to establish how we do it... I'm just preparing our friend for my monster's abilities. Besides, you do have a facedown card to protect you. So I'll end my turn with one of my own and let you have a shot.
'This is getting worse than I thought,' Alexis thought, 'He says he's left the Society of Light, but still why is he shunning me away? He has to be still apart of them!'
"Alexis!"
Everyone in the duel turned to see Jaden, Claudio and Melody approach the beach to see the duel. But also...
"Kenji's dueling?"
... Jason also made it at the exact same time.
"Oh no, the Society's after Obelisk, too," Melody gasped.
"Is he interfering with my goals again," Jason snapped and growled. But then he chuckled and said to himself, "Relax, he's under complete control of the Light. Once he wins this duel, he'll deliver Obelisk to me and then the Light will reign supreme!" He then thought, 'Of course, since Master Sartorius promised me the Egyptian God card, I will reign supreme once again... and I'll even start with that knight!'
Kenji grinned, 'Oh this is perfect! Jason thinks he's got the control, but everyone will start to lose it after this duel...'
"Hey Alexis," Jaden shouted, "We're right behind you!"
"Yeah, since Slifer and Ra are gone, all we need is Obelisk," Claudio added.
Gunter laughed, "So those fools Hanz and Franz fell to you students, ja? Then, I'll make sure to leave a mark on this island, unlike Slifer or Ra could!"
"You'll have to wait because it's my turn," Alexis interrupted as she drew her next card, "I use Monster Reborn to revive Cyber Blader in defense mode!"
The angelic ankh of the spell card flew into the air and released the fusion blader from her grave. (7/2100/800)
"And then joining her will be Cyber Tutu," the Obelisk continued as she played her next monster card, letting the young ballerina spin her way onto the field. (3/1000/800)
"And because she's currently weaker than Obelisk, she can attack directly," Alexis stated, "So attack Gunter directly with Pounding Pirouette!"
Tutu started to spin around furiously, creating a tornado to zoom past the Egyptian God and surround the rogue card designer with a flurry of kicks on all sides.
Kenji: 5600
Alexis: 5200
Gunter: 2450
After Cyber Tutu did the damage, she returned to Alexis' side of the field and stopped her spin. Finally, Alexis pressed a button her disk activating the other card, "I end my turn by activating Pixie Ring."
"Good move," Melody praised, "She created a wall to stop Obelisk from getting at her life points, plus damage Gunter every chance she gets."
"But still, after he goes... Kenji's next," Claudio stated.
"Didn't you want to end this with Alexis," Jaden wondered.
"If she can stop him and get Obelisk back in one go, I wouldn't mind," the J-Hero duelist shrugged.
"My move you brats," Gunter spat out as he drew his next card. After looking at it, he immediately placed onto his disk, "Now I summon Phantom Skyblaster in attack mode!"
Rising up from the ground, a winged, blue-skinned demon appeared purple upper body armor, with two cannons popping out of its back. (4/1100/800)
"But you triggered the second effect of Cyber Blader," Alexis countered, "My Cyber Blader's ATK doubles!"
True to her word, Cyber Blader's aura brightened and amplified her power. (7/2100-4200/800)
"Yes, but now my Phantom Skyblaster's effect activates," Gunter continued, "For every monster I control when it's normal or flip summoned, I can summon Skyblaster Tokens to the field. And that means I get two more!"
On cue, two duplicates of the Phantom Skyblaster appeared to its left. (4/500/500) x2
Unfortunately, for Cyber Blader her aura faded away... (7/4200-2100/800)
'No, now I can't use my facedown card to take down Obelisk,' Alexis gasped.
"And because of that, I can bypass all of your monster's special abilities," the Obelisk captor stated, "But now, I can activate the special ability of my Obelisk! By sacrificing two monsters, I'm allowed to obliterate every monster on the opponent's field and then deal 4000 points of damage! And since Obelisk is almighty, there are no choices involved!"
Everyone gasped as Obelisk reached down and grabbed the two Skyblaster tokens into his hands. Suddenly, both started to glow bright yellow and transformed into energy and transferred straight to Obelisk's head crest, turning it blood red.
"Obelisk the Tormentor, Soul Energy Max!"
The Egyptian God pulled back both of his mighty fists and then proceeded to strike down Alexis' Cyber Tutu and Cyber Blader, along with Kenji's Ninja of Dusk and Ninja Commando Kabuki in a massive collision of flames. It wasn't enough for damage as the flames surrounded Alexis and Kenji, causing both to cry out in pain.
Kenji: 1600
Alexis: 1200
Gunter: 2450
Once the flames blew away, both Academy and SOL duelists were on the ground with scorch marks on their clothes and skin...
"Alexis!" Jaden, Claudio and Melody cried out.
Even seeing Kenji knocked out all Jason did was marvel and grin at Obelisk's power, "I can't wait until it is mine..."
Alexis struggled to her feet, standing on unsteady feet, "If he does that again, it's over..."
Kenji flipped up onto his feet, panting hard, "No kidding... we just need to keep him from summoning other monsters..."
Gunter even loved the damage he had done, savoring the weakened forms of his opponents, "Unfortunately for me, I can't have Obelisk attack on the same turn he used his effect, so you two live until my next turn!"
Suddenly, a rumble from the ground turned everyone's attention from the Egyptian God.
"What's happening," Claudio shouted.
"An earthquake," Melody wondered.
"No clue..." Jaden stated.
Kenji smirked, "Allow me to shed some light on the subject at hand!"
Everyone looked towards Kenji as a massive object slowly started to rise up from behind him. Once it fully reaps itself from the ground, everyone could see it as a brown, near anchor-like structure. The bottom of it was shaped like large bull horns and the top with a bronze, spiked crest. The middle of it, however, was shaped to make the outline of a person as the red section looked similar to arms crossing.
Jason gasped, "Is that a... casket?"
The ninja duelist grinned, "Yes it is."
"But how," Gunter shouted, "There were no cards for you to play to summon a casket."
"Actually, it happened when you destroyed Ninja of Dusk," Kenji stated, "On the End Phase where he's been sent from the field to the graveyard... it resurrects him from the graveyard!"
Right on time, the coffin slid open and the door fell harmless to the floor. Then, stepping out of the coffin was the Ninja of Dusk, ominously staring down the monster that destroyed him. (9/3000/2700)
"What!" the Academy kids shouted.
"Resurrection," Jason exclaimed.
Kenji relished the spectators' awestruck looks as he drew his next card, "Now that my monster is back, I will show off his attacking prowess by taking down the weaker Phantom Skyblaster! Ninja of Dusk, strike it down!"
Dusk roared inhumanly and charged straight at the smaller fiend with his dark blades out by his sides. In a quick motion, Phantom Skyblaster was chopped down into bits before becoming pixilated.
Kenji: 1600
Alexis: 1200
Gunter: 550
"They're almost there," Claudio stated, "Alexis needs to make her timing right for winning this duel."
"Yeah, and she needs to make defensive move as well," Melody added.
"Either way, it's down to the wire here," Jaden said.
"Finally, I place three cards facedown and summon the Ninja of Twilight in defense mode," Kenji concluded as three facedown cards were near his feet, along with the summoning of a childlike ninja, possibly younger than Ninja of Dusk by resemblance in orange clothing but without the dark tint or patches on them. But the noticeable thing was the large, golden bracelet on the wrist. (3/1300/800)
"My turn," Alexis announced as she drew her lone card, 'Good enough to keep a defensive monster line,' "I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
As she placed the card on her tray, the set monster appeared near her feet.
"And, I go." Gunter announced and drew his lone card before he pressed a button on his disk. It revealed a spell card showing a big, white X over the image of a knight holding up his shield, "I activate my facedown card, Stop Defense on the monster, Ninja of Twilight!"
Jason growled as Kenji's childlike ninja was forced to stand up, 'One of those facedown cards better not be a bluff!'
"I don't know if I'll like Kenji getting slammed again by Obelisk, but I hope it snaps him out of the Light's control," Claudio hoped.
"Now fall by Obelisk's fists," Gunter shouted as Obelisk reeled back his right fist and prepared to charge it. Ninja of Twilight quivered in fear, as the fist began to descend on him...
"He won't be your target though," Kenji announced as he revealed his facedown card, "I activate Monster Replace! This spell allows the monsters on my field to switch places, so that your new target is the Ninja of Dusk!"
"No!"
Suddenly, Dusk threw Twilight into the spot he previous stood, and then took the massive fist to the face, putting him to death once again. Also, a red aura burned through Kenji, courtesy of Mound of the Bound Creator.
Kenji: 200
Alexis: 1200
Gunter: 550
"You will be put down," Gunter cursed as he signaled the end of his turn, "I will not be defeated like my idiot co-workers!"
On cue, Ninja of Dusk's coffin returned and brought him back to the field once again. (9/3000/2700)
"We shall see about that," Kenji said calmly as he drew. He then inserted into his disk, "I activate my Spellbook inside the Pot, meaning three more cards for everyone!"
Everyone drew the three cards needed, providing each of them with puzzling conclusions, in which they played out a scenario in their heads...
Alexis was one of joy, 'If Kenji can defeat Gunter this turn, I can knock him down with Machine Angel Ritual and summoning my Cyber Angel Roku. With her on the field, I can use the effect of summoning Cyber Tutu and knock him down!'
Gunter had one of triumph, 'You just helped me out, Herr Kenji! I have Fires of Doomsday in my hand, summoning two more tokens; giving me enough power to silence you and the girl! You'll see why Obelisk is called the Tormentor come my next turn!'
Finally, Kenji's looked indifferent as he stared at the five cards in hand, 'Of course, I have what I want from my first four cards... but that accursed fifth card!'
In his hand, he currently held White Veil! His Light side was tempting him to play it, feeling its urges...
'No, if I play it now, I can't win... and if that happens, I'll end up in a coma and then fully under its control," the Ninja duelist thought, fighting the Light's instinct. He then gasped as he forgot about the two cards he had set, 'Of course... it's the very reason I added those cards to my deck, so I wouldn't be subjected to it. The Light wants me to play it, I'll play it; time to silence Obelisk and break out of my imprisonment!'
He then placed a monster card on the field, "I summon Ninja Soldier Katana!"
In puff of smoke, the low-class ninja appeared prepared to fight. (3/400/400)
"Next, I activate the spell card Tribute Doll and sacrifice it to summon Ninja of Dawn," He continued, inserting the spell card into his disk. Dark tendrils erupted from Kenji's graveyard and pulled the ninja inside. Then, another ninja appeared in a flash of light. He looked like Ninja of Dusk and Twilight, but looked more of a young adult and in red clothing like Twilight's. Pulling out two long knives, he stared straight at Obelisk with intent to fight. (7/2500/2250)
"None of your monsters have the power or the effects to handle Obelisk," Gunter shouted, "You'd best give up!"
"Well from my studies, I know that some effects can harm the Egyptian Gods..." Kenji smirked, "Like my Ninja of Dawn's for example, he can decrease a monster's power straight to 0! And since it doesn't destroy, I can effectively use it on Obelisk!"
"Perfect," Jason grinned, "And I can see White Veil in his hands! Even better once he plays it..."
"Ninja of Dawn activate your Data Drain," Kenji announced as Dawn raised his right arm to activate his green bracelet. As it shined, a purple gateway was created and launched mult-colored data streams, heading straight for Obelisk...
"If this connects, Kenji has it won," Jaden stated.
"Not quite, I activate my trap card," the Obelisk captor stated as he revealed his facedown trap card. It depicted an Egyptian in blue armor-like clothing that was fashioned to resemble Obelisk the Tormentor, "I activate Obelisk's Protection! When an effect targets Obelisk the Tormentor, I can special summon a monster that will take the fall! Obelisk's Disciple, come forth in defense mode!"
The trap card shined, summoning the Egyptian from the trap's artwork. He carried a large shield shaped like Obelisk's head with a weapon like the God's claws. (4/1500/1500) Suddenly, the Data Drain ability was pulled away from Obelisk and straight into his Disciple, draining him of his strength. (4/1500-0/1500)
'Great, even if I used my facedown card, he can block Ninja of Dusk's ability as well,' Kenji thought, 'or can I...'
"So what say you, Herr Kenji," Gunter smirked, "Are you ready to throw in the towel?"
"No, I activate my Ninja of Dusk's special ability, 2128 Drain!"
Once again, Ninja of Dusk pointed his bracelet at the disciple, letting the same dark force that held Alexis' Etolie Cyber, break him down into digitized data.
"Now that's settled, I can use my face down card Fiendish Chain," Kenji announced revealing his trap card, in which shadow chains appeared from it and wrapped around the Egyptian God, "Now all of Obelisk's effects are negated, for this turn of course!"
"Fine, but you've used up all resources to shut down Obelisk," Gunter stated, "And once your turn ends, it'll all be over!"
"Oh really, maybe I should use up any resources you have," the ninja duelist stated as he played a spell card from his hand, "I activate Exchange!"
The Society of Light member shouted. "WHAT!"
The Academy kids looked puzzled at their outburst.
"Okay, what's got them so worked up," Jaden wondered.
"Maybe Kenji's got something that they think he shouldn't give up," Melody stated.
Alexis gasped, 'It has to be White Veil... but why?'
Kenji walked up to Gunter and snatched the card from his hand, letting him look at it...
"Monster Reborn, you could've resurrected Obelisk at any time," the ninja duelist stated as he handed over his own card, "But White Veil should assist you..."
Once the cards were exchanged, Kenji went back to his spot on the field.
"Kenji, why did you give up that card," Jason shouted.
"I'm using it aren't I," the ninja duelist scoffed, as he pressed a button on his disk, revealing as spell card depicting of a hidden hand, "I activate Hand Control! This forces you to play a card from your hand, as long as you have it. And I select White Veil!"
"And his monster doesn't have the effects to prevent Equip Cards from being played on it," Claudio said, "What's Kenji up to?"
Gunter inserted the card, "I equip Obelisk with White Veil!"
Suddenly, White Veil's card image suddenly expended a huge amount of light as the Egyptian's color went from blue to completely white!
"Now the stage is set for my ultimate monster revolt against your Egyptian God! And all I have to do is remove my three Ninja's from the game and combine to a fusion monster!"
Ninja of Dusk jumped in to the middle of Twilight and Dawn, grabbing them by their collars and then using his 2128 Drain technique to digitize them. But it caused a side effect: Dawn and Twilight erupted into flames and surrounded the Ninja of Dusk causing him to scream out in a raspy sound. Soon, his skin started to shock with electricity and turned it pitch black.
"Is he destroying itself," Melody wondered.
Her answer was quickly given when Dusk's form went bright and then held his arms up, carrying two, black wing-like objects and then shot different colors around the playing field and digitizing it. He then took the energy within himself and his eyes went bright blue.
"What?" Gunter shouted.
Soon, the body and the joints of all of Dusk's limbs erupted into blue flames and then created a soft of lower armor. His lower were now magenta leg armor with a black belt. The arms were now three long sword and claw-like weapons with a black spinning wheel attached. The head was now floating above the flames, yet right behind the body a large crest-like structure appeared behind it with a large pinwheel inside it. The new monster floated ominously above Kenji as blue flames. (12/4000/3700)
"Bow down to my God," Kenji announced, "From the entities of child, adolescent and adult comes the true ninja deity! Ninja God of the Azure Flames!"
"Another monster with 4000 ATK," Jaden shouted.
Claudio, Melody and Alexis were all in shock, and although his fellow Society Member seemed like the clear-cut winner, not even Jason could stop gawking at the God Ninja.
"He had THAT monster the whole time," the Lightsworn duelist exclaimed in fear, "And if he had that monster, then…," He stopped to think of how he had to summon his Judgment Dragon to defeat the Ninja duelist, "I..."
"You would have lost, right," Kenji grinned, looking back at the frightened Lightsworn duelists, "The whole satelliod behind Sartorius so long, you truly have weakened in your dueling prowess! The only reason Sartorius sees you as a high-ranked member is just too keep your hopes up like Bastion!"
"That's not true," Jason snapped, "I am powerful!"
"Please," the ninja duelist scoffed, "You hardly even duel... you're just like Sartorius! All of you Society of Light people morals are weak and if any one lost to him, then they are below the bottom of the barrel! And even these rogue card designers using the Egyptian Gods just to take out students... spineless!"
"Kenji, stop this," Alexis shouted, "What is wrong with you?"
"Alexis...," Kenji interrupted, "This duel was example of your misplaced guidance! Instead of trying to save me, focus on your dueling! If you did that, you wouldn't have to suffer the devastation of what I'm about to unleash!"
"What are you getting at Kenji," Claudio shouted.
"My Ninja God is impressive beyond any normal monster," the rogue SOL member replied, "Thanks to the three monsters that formed him, he gains many effects. I could spare you the details of each one, but I'll just wrap this up and just use a Kamikaze attack against Obelisk! And that will set off White Veil, taking away the rest of Gunter's life points!"
Everyone gasped...
"Time now to show who is truly a God among Duel Monsters," Kenji shouted as he turned to his monster, "Ninja God of the Azure Flames, destroy everything with Obelisk to free me from the Light!"
The God Ninja stretched out his entire body and then formed his hands, bringing in some of his flames into them. Suddenly, six sigils appeared around the main body and pointed at the flames. Green eye-like symbols appeared in the end points of the sigils and started to charge up a laser that suddenly appeared from the flames, creating a large black orb with yellow, swirling data around it and fired it. Once it reached the very top of the sky, it suddenly expanded to the size of the moon! Everyone could only watch in horror as the orb dropped like an anvil and slammed into the playing field, eradicating every single in-play card. Afterwards, the big bang came in the form of the white Obelisk the Tormentor exploding in a blanketing light, knocking Gunter, Alexis and the spectators out cold. It even went far as shortening out Alexis' duel disk...
Kenji: 200, Winner
Alexis: X
Gunter: 0, Out
Once the holograms disappeared from the area, Kenji stood tall and proud along with his hair free of the white color... also, his clothes and headband all lost the white color and became pitch black! But still, something about the way he looked gave off a threatening aura...
"Finally, I'm free of the Light's influence," the ninja duelist rejoiced, "I thought I'd have to leech off Sartorius a little longer, but now I can serve my own purpose."
He looked around to see everyone watching or participating in the duel, all sprawled out on the ground.
"So, Obelisk and White Veil had a catastrophic effect on things..." Kenji said to himself, "Oh well, as long as I never suffered. So everyone, continue to play your silly little tournament while I achieve domination. But first..."
He then walked up to Gunter's fallen form and picked up Obelisk the Tormentor's card and three GX medals the man acquired.
"No... Kenji..."
The ninja duelist turned to see Alexis straining to stay conscious, and staring at him with pleading eyes.
"Stop..."
"You still hang on to the silly hope of returning me out of the Light. You got your wish," Kenji flashed an evil grin, "But, I have no intention of returning! Now that I have the power, I can make this world into my own image after a few hindrances are out of my way. If that move hadn't shortened out your duel disk, you would've been next so I can stop your false hope. Fortune seems to smile on you a lot... but beware, since you and Claudio want me back, prepare for the upcoming battle. Darkness will soon blanket the Light... until we meet again! Keep on dueling!"
With that, Kenji left in a quick dash lost in the forest, dropping the three GX medals in front of the Obelisk Blue girl. Seeing that, Alexis lost the will to stay conscious and fell to the ground.
Soon, Jason woke back up, feeling a little dazed from the Light but not so much as to be unconscious as the rest. But seeing Kenji nowhere to be found, the Lightsworn duelist gasped and ran towards the rogue card designer and searched through his cards. When he was done, he looked furious...
"No... no, no, no! He didn't," He cried out, "My God card, it was supposed to be mine! How did Kenji purge the Light from within him? He was supposed to be a puppet, a pawn... a worker ant!"
He suddenly calmed down, dropping the cards and staring down at the fallen Gunter. He then put an evil grin of his own, "As a matter of fact, there's something else I can bring back."
Later on...
Jaden, Claudio and Melody regained consciousness after some minutes ago and saw that the beach was cleared out, except for Alexis who sat on the sand.
"Hey Alexis," Jaden said as he stood up and stretched out, "What happened here? Last thing I remembered, we saw a bright light that came from your duel and then... a blur..."
"Wait a second," Claudio gasped, "Where's Kenji?"
Alexis didn't answer...
"Alexis are you alright," Melody asked as she turned to face her silent friend, "Why aren't you...?"
Her voice was caught in her throat as she saw that the Cyber Girl duelist had an extremely sad look with tears going down her cheeks.
When Jaden and Claudio looked at her, they both gasped.
'Kenji... why do you keep on doing this to us,' Claudio thought sadly, 'can't you see you're hurting your friends, especially Alexis?'
At the White Dorm, Jason felt like he was on top of the world as he walked through the hallways. On the way, he passed by Chazz who was leaning on the wall near Sartorius' room who saw Jason empty handed.
"Weren't you supposed to bring back a card," the White Knight duelist asked with a smug smile. Jason paid it no mind as he entered Sartorius' room.
Inside the room, Jason bowed slightly to Sartorius, who was divining his cards.
"Good evening, Master," He greeted, "I see you awaited my arrival."
Sartorius never turned his head towards his subordinate as he continued to shuffle them, "I thought I would never see you again, Jason. In fact, making you a lowly servant would have ended up your punishment for failure. So tell me, do you have Obelisk the Tormentor in your possession?"
"Better..."
Jason snapped his fingers and swiftly, the doors opened to two nameless SOL members dragging a man inside and onto the ground... Gunter with white hair...
Sartorius looked up from his cards and saw the man on the ground, who stared at the SOL leader with a defeated stare. When Sartorius looked to Jason, the Lightsworn duelist replied with...
"Why settle for one mere card, when we can have countless given to us at will? Sometimes, the unreleased have the advantage..."
Sartorius gave a grin and started laughing.
Yet he never realized that one of the cards he shuffled fell off the table and landed under it.
The black card started to glow red and formed into the kanji for darkness...
Elsewhere in the forest, Kenji stared at his newly acquired Egyptian God Card with dark malice in his eyes...
Finally! I am done! Take that school work and Winter Break! Never again will you hold me back!
Natural Selection
Normal Trap Card
Activate only during your opponent's turn. Destroy 1 face-up monster your opponent controls, and Special Summon 1 "Selection Token" with the same Level, Type, Attribute, ATK, and DEF as the destroyed monster. The "Selection Token" is destroyed during the End Phase.
(Used by Yami Yugi in the second series episode, On the Wrong Track part 3. All creative rights go to the creators of the anime.)
Power Collapse
Quick-Play Spell Card
Image: A demon-like monster destroying a city while three warriors flee the scene.
Activate only during your Battle Phase. Select 1 monster that has destroyed an opponent's monster by battle. Decrease the ATK of the selected monster by the ATK of the destroyed monster. Afterwards, the selected monster may attack another monster this turn.
(Used by Yakou Tenma in the R manga chapter 30 and all creative rights go to its creators.)
Obelisk's Protection
Continuous Trap Card
Image: An Egyptian man in blue armor-like clothing that was fashioned to resemble Obelisk the Tormentor.
After activation, Special Summon this card in Defense Position; it is treated as an Effect Monster Card (Warrior-Type/DARK/Level 4/ATK 1500/DEF 1500). Once per turn, if you control a face-up Obelisk the Tormentor, you can change the target of a card effect. (This card is also still treated as a Trap Card)
(Created by me, and all creative rights go to me.)
Ninja of Dawn
Level 7
LIGHT
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 2500
DEF: 2250
Effect: Once per turn, you can either reduce the Level of an opponent's monster to 1 or reduce the ATK and DEF of an opponent's monster to 0. If you use this effect, this card cannot attack this turn.
Image: Kite from the .hack/IMOQ (Infection, Mutation, Quarantine, Outbreak) games for the PS2
Ninja of Twilight
Level 3
LIGHT
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 1300
DEF: 800
Effect: Once per turn, you may flip a coin. If heads, the ATK and DEF of all monsters your opponent controls becomes 0. If tails, all cards you control, except this card, are destroyed.
Image: Shugo from the .hack/Legend of the Twilight anime
Ninja of Dusk
Level 9
FIRE
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 3000
DEF: 2700
Effect: This card is also treated as a LIGHT-Attribute monster. This card is also treated as a Pyro-type monster. Once per turn, you can remove from play 1 monster your opponent controls. This effect cannot be negated. At the End Phase of the turn this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, Special Summon it (except when used as a Fusion material for "Ninja God of the Azure Flames"), this effect can only be used 3 times.
Image: Azure Kite from the .hack/G.U. games
Ninja God of the Azure Flames
Level 12
FIRE
Warrior/Fusion/Effect
ATK: 4000
DEF: 3700
Effect: "Ninja of Dawn" + "Ninja of Twilight" + "Ninja of Dusk". This card cannot be Special-Summoned, except by Fusion-Summon. This card can only be Fusion-Summoned by sending the above material from the field to the Graveyard (you do not need a Polymerization). This card is also treated as a LIGHT-Attribute monster. This card is also treated as a Pyro-type monster. When this card is on the field, you cannot control any other monsters. This card gains the following effects when the Fusion material monsters are in the Graveyard:
("Ninja of Twilight": Once per turn, you can destroy all cards the opponent controls. If you use this effect, you cannot conduct your Battle Phase this turn. This effect cannot be negated.)
("Ninja of Dawn": This card is unaffected by your opponent's card effects)
("Ninja of Dusk": Once per turn, you can remove all cards in your opponents' Graveyard from play. You cannot use this effect if the opponent's field is empty. This effect cannot be negated.)
(All three: If this card is destroyed in battle, you can special summon 1 "Ninja of Dusk" from your graveyard.)
Artwork: Azure Kite's Azure Flame God form from .hack/G.U.
(The above 4 cards are created by Master of Death and Darkness. All creative card rights belong to him, but the characters based belong to the creators of .hack/ series.)
Obelisk the Tormentor
DIVINE
Divine-Beast
Level 10
4000/4000
The descent of this mighty creature shall be heralded by burning winds and twisted lands. And with the coming of this horror, those who draw breath shall know the true meaning of eternal slumber.
You must Tribute 3 monsters to Normal Summon or Set this card. When this card is Special Summoned from either player's Graveyard, it is returned to its controller's Graveyard at the End Phase of the turn. If this card is Special Summoned in Defense Position when your opponent has attacked with a monster, you may switch the attack target to this card. While this card is face-up on the field, it cannot be destroyed by card effects, returned to the player's hand/Deck or removed from play, its control cannot be switched, it cannot be equipped with Equip Cards and the effects of Spells, Trap and other Monsters can only affect it until the End Phase of the turn. By Tributing 2 monsters you control, destroy all monsters your opponent controls and inflict 4000 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points. This card cannot attack during the turn you activate this effect.
Next Time: More GX tourney duels, headlined by Allen taking on the Kabuki kid himself, Orlando!
