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Chapter 7: Shisei's first match: The Magic and Trap deck

"Alrighty then, all of you eager dueling fans, you're going to enjoy this next match (at least I hope you will) because its going to be a doozy of a match indeed!" the announcer shouted out to the fans as Shisei and Espa got ready to start.

"Come on Sei, you can do it!" Namia and Kou yelled at the same time. When Kou heard Namia cheer at the same time, he looked at her questioningly to receive a wink in return. After which he blushed and looked away.


"Show me if your truly worthy of your aura, Shisei Aragashi, if you are, then you and Kou both shall make the perfect appetizer." Higentaka stated, sitting in the same dark silent room. Things were heating up, and he intended to let them escalate, until the time was right to strike, and take his prize. He smiled maliciously again, and then proceeded to watch the match that, he personally, had been waiting for.


"Okay, amateur, now I'll show you how pathetic you are!" Espa started the insults immediately as his opponent, Shisei, drew his card.

"Okay, I'll set three cards face down and end my turn." Shisei stated, the brown back of the cards appeared hologram style, on the field.

Espa drew, then he smiled widely. "Alright, first I'll summon, Witch of the Black Forest (1100/1200) in attack mode!" the creature, a sad looking witch holding a magical charm appeared and then it suddenly screeched and fell into a hole. Yelling as it was turned into digital dust. "What? Oh, a trap, right?" Espa asked, he was confused at first, but now he understood, his opponent had used a trap.

"Yep, so you can use your witch's effect, though it won't help you." Shisei stated, matter of factly.

"You wish!" Espa smirked as he removed the extra Jinzo(2400/1500) card that he had in his deck. "Now I'll set two cards face down and end my turn." he said.

"Alright, then I'll set another M/T face down and your move." Shisei replied, Espa raised an eyebrow at such a move, but then shook it off and drew.

"Alright, now I'll summon, Reflect Bounder (1700/1000) in attack mode, this'll heat things up, because now I'll activate, Limiter Removal, which'll double all machine monsters' attacks until the end of the turn, upon which time they will be destroyed." Espa explained as the monster, which was a bunch of mirrors in a cape, appeared on his side of the duel field. "Now my monster shall directly attack your LP!"

"Wow, and you called me an amateur! First I'll activate Draining Shield! This trap negates your monster's attack, plus I get the monster's attack points added to my LP!" Shisei smirked as his LP increased dramatically. "But now comes my next combo, activate, Ring of Destruction, and Barrel Behind the Door!" roared the blond duelist triumphantly, then he coughed from yelling so loud.

"Oh no!" Espa's eyes went wide as it dawned on him how much of a LP difference there was between them now.

Shisei-11400

Espa-1200


"Holy cow, he just turned Espa's LP to mush, and he made his seem godlike, all with three little cards!" Namia noticed.

"That kid does look good, but my Harpie's Feather Duster would tear his strategy apart." a voice sounded behind the other woman. Namia turned, and a smile broke out on her face. Kou, who had gone to get himself and Namia drinks, returned and promptly dropped the drinks as he began to stare at the new blond girls…Ahem, features.

"Mai! You made it!" Namia got up and hugged her girlfriend. This only made Kou stare more, then he shook it off enough to ask:

"Um, Namia, who in the world is this?" Kou questioned the other girl.

"Oh, Kou, your back." Namia noticed. "This is my friend, Mai, she and I have known each other for, well, forever." she replied.

"Hey there, Kou was it?" Mai smiled as she sat down next to the bewildered boy. "So you play Duel Monsters as well, eh?" she questioned, sliding over closer to the boy.

"Um, yes.. mam?" Kou stated nervously. Namia and Mai raised eyebrows at his nervousness, but then they only laughed hysterically as Kou started to wish Shisei was there with him.


"Well Espa, I'd say this match is just about over, wouldn't you?" questioned Shisei boldly. Espa growled and ended his turn.

"Alright, I'll set a card face down, that will bring my turn to an end." Shisei let the other boy go once again.

"You know you won't beat me! I'll summon Gear Golem, the Moving Fortress (800/2200) in defense mode!" yelled the Esp. wannabe. "Then I'll set two cards facedown. To end my move, I'll activate Graceful charity!" he drew three cards, and discarded two monster cards. "Okay, now I'm done." he ended his own turn and Shisei drew.

"Alright, I'll play, fissure, which destroys the weakest monster on the opponent's field, and that means that you lose your only defense." Sei stated, smirking. "But then again, I have almost no monster in my deck, oh well, heh-heh!" he continued stupidly, making Espa twitch in frustration. Then he smiled as the LP scores re calculated.

Espa-1200

Sei-10400

"Do you ever check to see if your losing, idiot?" Espa asked smirking. Sei looked over at the LP score and shrugged, he still had more than enough LP.

"So what happened?" Sei questioned.

"I activated these two cards, Grave Robber's Retribution, and Curse of Darkness." stated Espa Roba, matter of factly. "Grave Robbers Retribution allows me to inflict points of direct damage to your LP every one of my own Standby phases for how ever many monsters were removed from play so far. So its not your problem yet. While with Curse of darkness on the field, every spell card that is activated, will inflict 1000 LP of damage to the owner of the spell card!" Espa shook with laughter as his last card flipped. "And my last facedown card is the trap, Solemn Wishes! Now whenever I draw a card, I'll get 500 LP back!" Espa's laughter continued, he wouldn't need Jinzo to take down this punk.

Sei only snickered. "So your relying on that combo, you act like your going to get another draw phase." Sei stated, though he ended his turn.

"Alright, I draw, giving me another 500 LP! And I now activate, Spell Economics, now I don't pay LP for the effects of cards, so Curse of Darkness doesn't affect me!" Espa, who had apparently up taken a LP gain strategy, smiled evilly as he did so. "Next will be Soul Release, to remove the 5 monsters in my own graveyard from play, now Graverobber's Retribution will take its toll on your LP. Okay, now Ill summon, Inpachi (1600/1900) in defense mode, and that's it for me." he let Shisei go.

"Your really out of it, if you think 500 LP matters to me!" Shisei drew and frowned at the card, but set it anyways. "Okay, I'm done, go.

"Ah, the card I've been waiting for!" Espa stated as he drew. "First, Pot of Greed!" he drew and smirked. "Okay, and next comes Horn of light, to give my monster another 700 defense points!" his Inpachi's (1600/2600) defense rose again. "And then comes the magic card, Replay, but because of Spell Economics, I don't pay LP, and I'll reuse Pot of greed!" he drew twice more and his LP score jump up. "Then summon Des Scissors (1000/1000) in defense mode as well!" he smiled at his long and brilliant play. "Finally, this time for sure, activate, Chain energy, now to play or set cards from our hands will cost us 500 LP." Espa smirked.

"Oh crap!" Sei stated, his entire strategy was off now, to play or set cards cost him that many LP, and Espa also had 2 defense monsters.

"Your move!" Espa laughed at the look on his opponent's face as the LP score adjusted, in favor of Espa because of Solemn Wishes.

Espa-3700

Sei-9900

"Okay, I'll set," he twitched when he said the word "set" and the LP score adjusted. "these three cards facedown, and now I'm done." said Shisei.

"Alright, my move, I draw and get more LP!" Espa stated in satisfaction. "Now I'm done, so set more cards, or just lose because of Grave Robber's, which, by the way, makes you lose 500 LP during every one of my standby phases!" he continued his tirade as Sei drew.

Espa-4200

Sei-8400


"Okay, is it just me, or does Sei seem to be losing in one whole turn?" Kou asked the female duelists by his side.

"Like I said, your friend's strategy is good, just not good enough to ensure him victory, especially against a skilled duelist!" Mai stated matter of factly.

"Hey, Sei is good, he's just having a bit of a slump!" Kou sighed as he realized he should stop trying to make up excuses for the other boy and cheer him on. "Woah, I still can't believe Espa pulled such a good combo out of his hat in two turns." Kou stated, scratching his chin thoughtfully.

"Or maybe, he has a small deck, 3 of each of the cards he used, and Graceful Charity only helped him." Namia stated, then her and Mai both began to giggle and converse as though they were school girls. Kou sighed.

"Why me?" he questioned, looking up at the arena roof.


'Darn, nothing in my hand can help me, and even if I did have the other cards to use in these combos, it would only buy me a little time."' Sei thought, still upset over the fact that he was going to lose to Espa soon "I guess I'm done!" he stated.

"Good, then I'll just draw." he drew and the card made him smile. "Okay, Shisei, watch brilliance in work, I'll sacrifice my Des Scissors to summon, the mighty, Blowback Dragon (2300/1200) in attack mode!" the pair of evil looking scissors dissipated and were replaced by a dragon with a barrel gun for a head. "Now I'll use Blowback's special ability! I flip three coins," the holographic renderence of three un imaginable sized coins appeared. "if at least two of the results are heads, his effect works, and I get to destroy one card on the field! And I'm aiming for your middle facedown card!" he pointed to the card and the coins flipped. Heads, Head… "Well, looks like I didn't even need a third flip!" smiled Espa as Shisei's Magic Cylinder was destroyed, then another card flipped up.

"Alright, you made your point, now let me make mine!" shouted Shisei. He smirked as another of his facedown cards flipped into face up position. By destroying my Magic Cylinder, you've allowed me to activate Driving Snow, which'll allow me to destroy a magic or trap card!" he cried as he took the chance to gain the advantage. "The card I choose is your Chain Energy card, sorry about that!"

"You really do underestimate me, don't you! I'm not going to fall into a trap, instead, I'll activate my dragon's special ability for as many turns as it takes, until you have nothing left to protect you!" Espa stated, clearly not caring about losing his Chain Energy magic card as he ended his own turn.

Espa-4700

Sei-7900

"Fine, we'll see!" Sei drew and sighed. "I'm done, go." his turn ended.

"I'll activate my dragon's special ability again!" the coins flipped, landing on tails two time. "Oh well, can't win them all." stated Espa as he ended his turn.

Espa-5200

Sei-7400

'His LP count is closing in on mine fast, if only I could stop that…"' Sei thought as he drew another card to keep in his hand.

"Okay, I draw." Espa drew, he smiled yet again, and Sei felt like crying. "I'll first Summon Inpachi (1600/1900) in defense mode, and then I'll use my creature's special ability!" This time, the ability failed Espa, giving Shisei a bit more time to prepare for his opponent's full onslaught. "Your move." Espa finished.

Espa-5700

Sei-6900

'Hmm, why was he so happy to get another Inpachi on the field… Unless"' Higentaka Osmos sat in the same silent dark room, sweeping his hands through his silvery hair and debating whether Shisei Aragashi would win. Osmos was very interested in Mr. Aragashi, but so far, he had let down the audience and himself. 'If you don't win Shisei, then I'll have no use for you."' he smiled as he thought of what he did with people he had no use for.

"Alright, then, I'll activate, remove trap, on Curse of Darkness!" yelled Sei, happy he could do something. "Next I'll play Dian Keto to keep my LP the same, and finally, I'll set one card face down." he smiled at his play.

"Wow, good move, not!" Espa smirked as his opponent frowned in dissatisfaction.

"You know what, your scared, aren't you?" Shisei questioned Espa.

"What, where did that come from?" Espa raised an eyebrow at such a question.

"Otherwise you would have wiped me out last turn." frowned the blond.

"I'll show you, I'll first summon, Inpachi (1600/1900), in attack mode, this third monster will allow me to eliminate you!" stated Espa, Shisei only frowned. "Next, my other Inpachis will be switched to attack mode, and I'll also activate, Delta Attacker!" shouted the esp. duelist, this made Sei's eyes go wide. "That's right, delta attacker allows the three monster of the same name to attack your LP directly, so go, Inpachis, triple direct attack!" the Inpachis all began to glow as they powered up energy, then they all released the energy at the blond. "How's that for scared?" Espa smiled as he thought he had out witted his opponent.

Espa-6200

Sei-2100

"Not bad for bravery, but your stupidity level has jumped up a few notches!" Sei smirked as his face down card was revealed. "Say hello to fire tempest!" Sei yelled, shocking the other duelists. "This is a very powerful card, for you see, It has the ability to remove all monsters in each players' deck, hand and on the field from play, but only if I've taken 3000 or more LP damage in the turn. While that may seem nice, its actually going to hurt you!" Sei stated as a wind swept the monsters from their places.

"I thought you said I'm stupid, do you realize that this is more than 21 monsters?" he questioned rhetorically. "And if you do the math, you'll lose on my next Standby phase because of Retribution!" Espa smirked as he put the removed monster's in his back pocket.

"You wish, now that its my turn, I'll end this duel!" Shisei drew, but didn't look at the card, instead, he slipped another card from his hand and smiled as he played it. "Why do you think I have a card like Fire Tempest in my deck, if I can't get the monsters I remove back?" he questioned. Espa's eyes widened as Shisei played the card that brought him down by 2000 LP. "Activate, Return From a Different Dimension!" he smiled as his card shimmered up on the field. "Now I'll return the only five monsters in my deck, first, Dark Magician (2500/2100)," the first card was a tall sleek magician in a purple garmet, he had a lethal looking staff. "next, Breaker the Magical Warrior (1600/1000), and he gets a power bonus due to his spell counter, which I'll remove and destroy Grave Robber's!" the blond made no facial expression as the trap on his opponent's field was destroyed. Espa gulped. "Now to continue my summoning, I'll summon Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700), again I'll special summon, this is the monster now, the mighty Buster Blader (2600/2200) in attack mode, and lastly, my best and favorite monster, The Magician Of Black Chaos (2800/2600) all in attack mode!" Espa whimpered as the field of Magicians and Warriors glared down at him menacingly. "Now my monsters, end this duel!" and then, they attacked, but Espa didn't hear it, he had already fainted from seeing such a comeback.

Espa-0

Sei-100

"Alright, Sei!" cheered Namia, Kou, and even Mai as Sei stepped off the platform.

"Thanks guys, but… someone catch me" Sei stated, and with that said, Kou caught his blond buddy, exhausted after such a win.


Next Time: The next few matches are announced, but our gang skips them, or at least Sei and Kou, and Kou is ambushed by men claiming he is their savior. Only problem is, he has to win a duel in the Shadow Realm to fulfill their expectations. Is this part of Osmos's plans? Find out on the next adventure of: Duel Monsters Maximum!

AN: Sorry for such a lame chapter, but I'm so tired right now, I couldn't think of a good duel, but to all of the main group fans, such as Joey, Kaiba, and Yugi, they will appear, just not in this tournament, oh, and please start reviewing. I don't really do the whole "I won't update if you don't review" thing, because I might not update for some other reason when I get like thousands of reviews (I hope I have that many one day) so just do it out of the goodness of your heart, and merry Christmas and a happy new year!