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Chapter 24: Memories Unleashed

Chiro was leaping through the forests of the Dragoon Island with incredible speeds. 'Damnit, why couldn't he be closer!"' he thought to himself as he finally emerged in the area where Kamishiro was waiting.

Kamishiro was standing just as still as he was when he had stumbled across the duel site. "You have come." he stated. His voice was as deep as ever, not revealing anything that could possibly jeopardize his and Osmos's plans for the silver haired man across from him.

"Yeah, now why don't you take of that stupid cloak!" Chiro said forcefully. Then he smirked. "White really doesn't look good on you, Thalius!" his fangs beared, he grabbed his sword.

Kamishiro didn't laugh, nod, or do anything to show he had heard or cared. "I am not Thalius." he stated. Chiro looked taken aback.

'Ooh, burned, burned, BURNED!"' Kou commented from his soul as Chiro rolled his eyes at his immaturity. 'Well if this guy isn't Thalius, then who is he!"' Kou then asked Chro.

"He's Thalius." Chiro said, sounding so sure of himself that Kou almost believed him.

"I am not." Kamishiro responded, still with the same emotionless tone. "However, I do have the same wish as Thalius, to remove the burden of the Seven Seals from you." he finished.

"Yeah, I thought so. Your just another lackey then?" Chiro released his grip on the Blue Sorrow.

"I accompany Higentaka in his endeavors." Kamishiro replied.

Chiro frowned. "Are you sure it's wise to help someone like him? And what does he want with me anyway?" Chiro asked.

"Simple, the power of the seal you now hold is much to great for you. You will either surrender your Divine Seal, or I will claim it in a duel, your choice." Kamishiro raised his duel disk. Chiro adjusted his own to fit his body.

'Oh, I want duel him, pick me, pick me!"' Kou demanded from within his own mind.

'Idiot, my deck is much more powerful than yours, and this man works for Osmos, do you really want another shadow game?"' asked Chiro. Kou paled and shook his head mentally. "Good, then lets get this duel underway!" Chiro said this aloud to Kamishiro. "But I have to say, this whole Divine Seal thing is out of wack, I have none of the seven seals." Chiro smirked as he remembered the one time he had foiled Thalius.

"Oh yes you do. You might have spread them through all of time and space, but the Divine Seal has a way of meeting up with you." Kamishiro said.

"Alright, if you say so." Chiro watched his and his opponent's LP counters jump up to full.

Chiro-8000

Kamishiro-8000

Chiro drew his opening hand, ready to win. "Okay, I'll just have to defeat you and give you nothing when I win!" Chiro snickered and slid one card into his magic/trap slot. "I'll set this card facedown and summon, Vorse Raider (1900/1200) in attack mode!" a giant beast appeared in front of a brown backed card. "End turn." Chiro stated.

Kamishiro drew his next card. "Your demise will be for naught, if you don't know where the Divine Seal is, don't you agree?" he said.

Chiro raised an eyebrow and looked at his surroundings. "What do you mean, my demise. This isn't a Shadow Game. Were not betting souls." he stated in confusion.

"Ah, yes, but remember, due to the way you abandoned your power as the Seal Holder, if you aren't bound by a seal, in this case, the Divine Seal, then you will be unable to survive for long." Kamishiro responded, still in an emotionless drawl.

"I'm not bound to a seal now, am I!" he asked.

"…………Remember, Chiro, remember the spell you used." Kamishiro stated simply. "To defeat Thalius, what spell did you use?" he finished.

Chiro blinked at him. "Where do you get off telling me to remember stuff?" he asked.

"Fine, I shall bring my Dunames the Dark Witch (1800/1050) to the field in attack mode, then I'll activate Guardians Gift." he brought to the field an angelic woman with white wings and all, and one continuous magic card. "Guardians Gift allows me to draw two cards now and for every one of my draw phases as long as I discard my entire hand now." he did so and took two cards from his deck's top. "I'll now set both of these and end my turn." Kamishiro finshed, inserting his last two cards into his disk.

"Yeah, that's what I thought!" Chiro responded. He slid a card from the top of his disk and added it to his hand, giving him five. "I'll now summon Enraged Battle Ox (1700/1000) he allows all beast and beast-warrior monsters to deal damage through defense, but for now, Vorse Raider, blow away his witch!" Chiro commanded his first beast. The angry looking axe wielder charged, but was met by a mirror image of itself.

"You ran into my Mirror wall trap, which splits you monster's attack points by half." Kamishiro said simply. "Are you done?" he asked.

Chiro bit his lip. "Go!" he commanded.

Kamishiro drew twice, as his magic card stated. "Your power is all you had." he said, after making the cards his new hand.

"What are you babbling about?" Chiro rolled his eyes as Kamishiro shook his head.

"No, think about it Chiro, you were the strongest of the villages you traveled to, then, Thalius came and was stronger, much stronger." Kamishiro stated. Chiro growled.

"He was a freaking Omega, and Ender!" Chiro yelled. Then quieter. "I beat him in the end, didn't I?" he sounded unsure, like he really wasn't positive Thalius was gone.

"That's right, you killed yourself, but you were the first to match might with an Ender." Kamishiro slid another card into his disk, now he had emotion in his voice, amusement. "I'll get rid of my Mirror Wall and summon Maha Vailo (1550/1400) in attack mode!" Kamishiro then flipped another of his facedown cards. "Then I'll activate Horn of the Unicorn, giving him 700 additional attack and defense points. Plus 500 for his effect." Kamishiro now had a mightier monster than Chiro's Vorse Raider at full power. "Attack his Vorse Raider (950/1200)." commanded Kamishiro lazily. The Maha Vailo (2750/2100) created a lightning bolt in it's hands and blasted at his beast.

Chiro-6200

Kamishiro-8000

'Damn, he has a stronger monster than most in two turns out on the field!"' Chiro thought to himself.

'He's got style though."' Kou added. Chiro glared at him as Kamishiro got ready to finish his move, and Chiro's last defense.

Namia blinked, looking down at Shisei, who had made the best of a full recovery since the Shadow Realm incident. He had stopped bleeding, and looked less pale anyway. Though he still hadn't awoken. "Sei, please be okay!" she said aloud. Just when she thought she might want to leave him and come back due to her hunger, she saw his eyes flutter open. "SHISEI! YOUR UP, YOUR REALLY REALLY UP!" she jumped up and down in excitement.

"Yeah, and your hyper, really really hyper!" Sei smirked a bit, but this seemed to drain him to much. He finally just collapsed back onto Namia's makeshift pillow, made out of part of her all black attire and Sei's windbreaker.

"How do you feel?" she asked anxiously. She wished there were hospitals here. "Are you okay, I think all your vital organs are intact." she said, checking him over one more time.

"Thanks Namia." he said, meaning it. "What about Kou?" he realized that his best friend was still missing, and began to look around for him.

"He was…gone when we got out of that black sphere…" she stated sadly. Shisei would have made a hypothesis on what had happened, but he figured he shouldn't strain himself after losing so much blood.

"Well, I guess I'll go back to bed." he smiled weakly and fell back into his deep slumber.

Namia sighed. 'Kou, you better not make us look for you!" she thought, then she leaned against a tree to watch the clouds pass.

"I'll attack your Battle Ox (1700/1000) with my Dunames." Kamishiro recited. Dunames blew a lethal kiss at the mystified Battle Ox, but suddenly, a loud noise filled the area as Chiro pressed his trap activation button.

"You seemed to have forgotten about my set card!" he smirked as the trap with a picture of an odd whistle blowing. "Dog Whistle, which will split Dunames (900/1050) attack points for this turn, then on your next turn, she'll have double the attack points." Chiro informed his opponent.

"Brilliant move, but you wouldn't have been so lucky against Thalius." stated Kamishiro. Chiro growled at him. "I'll end my turn there." he finished.

"Good, now I can clear your field, I'll summon Berserk Gorilla (2000/1000) in attack mode!" a new beast, this one having the look of a.. well, berserk gorilla, appeared. "Now I'll attack your Dunames (900/1050) with my beast. Flame Breath Burp!" commanded chiro as his Gorilla (2000/1000) burped a huge molten fireball, which destroyed Dunames easily.

Chiro-6200

Kamishiro-6900

"Ah, you seem to have some fight in you yet." Kamishiro smiled a smile which Chiro could see.

"Yeah, and that's not all, I'll set one card facedown and end my turn!" Chiro ended and Kamishiro drew twice.

"Now the turn is mine, and I shall show you light!" Kamishiro slid one card into his disk. "I'll activate Swords of Revealing Light, and block your assaults for three full turns." he spoke emotionlessly once more. "Now I'll attack your Ox (1700/1000) with my Maha Vailo (2750/2100)." Kamishiro's monster threw a ball of lightning at the minotaur that protected Chiro.

Chiro's lips curled into a smirk. "I'll activate Michizure!" he stated, as his Ox was blown to bits, Maha Vailo was suddenly struck by its own lightning from behind. "This trap allows me to destroy one of your monsters so long as you have destroyed one of mine in the same turn!" he said.

Kamishiro shrugged. "I end my turn." he stated.

Chiro-5150

Kamishiro-6900

"Now its my turn, I'll start by drawing." Chiro smirked and drew his card. 'Perfect, I'll play this and bring him down another notch!"' he thought. "Ready, cause its coming! I'll first play the Cheerful Coffin, to discard up to three monster cards!" he exclaimed, removing two cards from his hand and sliding them into his disk. "Next comes my Monster Reborn, to revive the Mystic Knight of Jackal (2700/1200), in attack mode!" a new knight with a beastly prescense and a deadly looking blade emerged from the Duel Disk's holo projector. "Now I'll end my turn, since I can't attack." just as Kamishiro drew, Chiro discarded a card and a winged creature with odd parts from other beast's, emerged. "My Manticore of Darkness (2300/1000) may return whenever it is sent to the graveyard by discarding another beast." he finished.

"Ah, still having no regard for life, I see." Kamishiro stated. Chiro glared at him.

"How do you know so much about me anyway!" Chiro asked him.

"I was there." Kamishiro stated simply. "I was there when you released the Seals and had them inhabit the bodies of others." he added his two drawn cards to his hand. "And I'll show you what you did, I'll make you remember, Chiro, because I've just drawn the card to change your attitude about this duel!" he declared, a righteous anger was now in his voice, you could hear the sky rumble and shake.

"What card can make me remember? And besides, I already know what happened." Chiro rolled his eyes as Kamishiro slid a card into the disk.

"Now I'll play, Memories Released!" he laughed manically as Chiro blinked in confusion. "Now Chiro, remember the pain that you caused others, remember your needless sacrifices. REMEMBER!" Chiro was about to make a smart comment, but he suddenly found himself on the ground, head pounding ferouciously.

"AHHHHHHH!" he yelled, feeling as though his head might burst from the pounding in it. "WHAT DID YOU DO!" he exclaimed. He could hear Kou faintly asking if he was okay. There was something wrong, he could feel his body seperating from Kou's. 'What's going on?" he thought to Kou, no response. "KOU?" he yelled. Then, all was black.

Next time: Chiro remembers his past mistakes and how he caused the deaths of so many. But he also realizes where the Divine Seal is. Now that he knows Kamishiro's plan, can he find the strength to break free from his horrid memories and win a duel against Kamishiro? Find out next time on Duel Monsters: Maximum.

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