Chapter 31: The Sealing Combo
Kamishiro slid his cards from his disk and looked them over with a look of glee. "I'll go first." he slid three cards into the silver disk. "I'll set these three cards facedown and one defense mode monster. Now to you three." Kamishiro finished, having all brown back cards on his field.
Shisei studied his opponent's field for a second, then drew his card. "Okay, I'll set one card and activate a magic card, Change of Heart!" Wings erupted from the back of the shadowed monster as he said this, but he then screeched in pain and coughed up some blood.
"Foolish boy, I activated my Curse of Darkness trap, I believe your familiar with its effects!" he asked.
"Da-damn you!" Shisei growled, but the black wings were stilll glowing. "It doesn't matter though, your monster still becomes mine!" Shisei declared, even though he lost an eighth of his LP.
Kamishiro-8000
Namia-8000
Ryuko-8000
Shisei-7000
Kamishiro wagged a finger as Blindly Loyal Goblin (1800/1500) flipped. "Ah, but my Blindly Loyal Goblin will follow my wishes no matter what I say, you can't persuade him like most other beasts!" Kamishiro said with malice. Shisei realized he was already behind, and half the cards in his deck would cost him 1000 LP to play.
He growled and tapped the end turn button on his disk. "I'm done, now Namia, take him out!" he flashed the thumbs up at Namia as she drew her card.
"I'll start with The Thing in the Crater (1000/1200) in defense mode!" she declared, hoping an attack would be launched against her monster. "Then I set two cards facedown. Don't let us down Ryuko!" she smiled at the young boy that stood next to her, though he couldn't see it from the shadow.
"You three are simply pathetic." Kamishiro stated as Ryuko growled and drew his card.
"Why don't you go f&# yourself!" Namia glared at him. Kamishiro only shook his head and chuckled.
"I agree with that statement." Shisei piped up.
"Yeah, and I'm sure he'll agree with this one, summon, Spear Dragon (1900/0) in attack mode!" a blue dragon with a white underbelly appeared and growled. "Now I'll attack with Spear Dragon!" the dragon screeched at the Loyal Goblin. Before the attack made contact, however, it fizzled out and the dragon fell to the ground with its wings protecting it from harm. "WHAT!" Ryuko questioned.
"What now?" asked Namia, now she was a bit worried as none of them had caused any harm to the field of their opponent.
"My Dragon Capture Jar will seal all dragons in a defensive position." Kamishiro stated, smiling.
"NO WAY!" Shisei yelled.
"Sei, what are you so upset about?" Namia asked him, not ready for such and outburst.
"Yeah, plenty of people have a card like that in their deck." Ryuko said with a hand over his ear.
Shisei turned to them looking like he was ready to explain something. "Don't you think its odd that he had the perfect hand to take all of our strategies apart!" he asked them. Ryuko and Namia realized this was true.
"Your cheating! You had Curse of Darkness for Shisei, a strong attack monster knowing I don't have that many really strong non-tribute fire monsters, and Dragon Capture Jar for Ryuko!" Namia declared. Kamishiro tossed back his head and laughed.
"My entire deck was made to take you all on!" he told them.
Ryuko's eyes widened as he realized what this meant. "You mean… Osmos knew I'd join these guys!" he asked. Kamishiro nodded, still laughing.
"Osmos's plan was for you to join up with them, while I took care of Kou and Chiro, then you'd all be challenged to a four way duel, and I'd send all your souls to the Shadow Realm where he wouldn't have to deal with you." Kamishiro said.
Shisei growled. "We won't lose!" he said. Namia and Ryuko nodded, but Kamishiro just chuckled and drew his card.
"I'll switch my Blindly Loyal Goblin (1800/1500) to attack mode, and summon my Goblin Attack Force (2300/0) in attack mode!" Alongside the now standing brown goblin appeared three more goblins with clubs and axes at the ready. "Then I'll activate Dust Tornado on Shisei's last defense." he declared.
"NO! My Mirror Force!" Shisei groaned and realized what this meant. 'This is going to hurt…a lot."' he thought to himself.
"And now I get to set a card of my own. I choose this one!" he slid one of his last two cards into the slot and smirked. "Now comes the best part. Attack my Goblins!" All four of the warrior goblins charged in and stabbed, cut, and bashed Shisei, who screamed in pain as his blood splattered. "Then, I'll activate Guardian's Gift." the last card in his hand, one he used against Kou and Chiro, appeared and he drew two cards. "Now I get to draw two card now and during every draw phase. End turn." Kamishiro pointed to Shisei, who was breathing hard. "Make your last move boy." he declared menacingly.
Kamishiro-8000
Namia-8000
Ryuko-8000
Shisei-2900
Shisei drew and looked his hand over. 'All magic cards… I lost."' he thought to himself.
"Shisei, don't worry, I didn't protect you for a reason." Namia whispered to him. Shisei suddenly realized what she meant.
'She needs to sacrifice her monster!"' he felt giddy again, but fell to his knee before he could smile fully. "I'll set one card and end my turn." he turned to Namia, hoping she was ready for Kamishiro and his deck.
"I'll start by sacrificing my monster," she pointed to the Thing in the Crater (1000/1200). "and Ryuko's monster, for the Phoenix of Black Fire (2500/2500)!" both of their monsters disappeared in a flash of black light, and the black feathered Phoenix appeared, growling with anger. "Then I'll use the effect of my thing in the crater to bring forth the Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi (2800/2900) in attack mode!" A dark skinned man with flaming fists appeared and jabbed at the air, ready for a fight. "Now I'll sacrifice my Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi (2800/2900) to increase the attack of my Black Fire Phoenix (5300/5400) by its attack for one turn!" she declared. "Now, attack my Phoenix, Soul of Demon Fire!" the Phoenix did as commanded and blew the opposing duelist's field with an intense heat, that burned the Loyal Goblin (1800/1500) to smithereens.
Kamishiro-3500
Namia-8000
Ryuko-8000
Shisei-2900
Kamishiro shrugged, not seeming to notice his cloak had caught black fire. "Still relying on your Phoenixes I see, well this duel is going to permanently remove them from our midst!" he said with even more malice than before, if that was possible. "None of you will escape the Shadow Realm this time!" he finished.
"I'll end my turn, so go, Ryuko!" Namia said, not intimidated in the least. Ryuko nodded and drew.
"I'll set this monster and end my turn." Ryuko said. Namia wiped a bit of sweat from her brow. If Kamishiro got a good draw, which he most likely would, considering he could draw two cards, then he'd probably be able to take Shisei out. 'Oh well, he lowered his LP considerably by playing his Guardian's Gift Magic card."' she remembered with satisfaction.
"Now for my turn, I'll draw two cards first." he slid two cards from his deck and looked at them. "I'm feeling greedy, so I'll activate, Pot of Greed!" he slid one of his drawn cards into the disk and ignored the LP damage.
Kamishiro-2500
Namia-8000
Ryuko-8000
Shisei-2900
He slid the two more cards from his deck and looked his new five cards over. "I'll now activate Spell Economics, so I don't pay any LP for my cards!" he declared, though now his LP were in the danger zone.
Kamishiro-1500
Namia-8000
Ryuko-8000
Shisei-2900
"Finally, I'll set this monster in defense mode." he smiled and motioned for Shisei to go.
"I'll draw!" Shisei informed the field. "Then I'll lay this card facedown, Namia." he turned to her as she drew.
"I'll start by summoning my Flame Ruler (1500/1600) in attack mode!" Namia's new monster, a zombie like man with blue hair, appeared and cackled in a ball of fire. "Then it will attack and destroy your Goblin Attack Force (2300/0)!" the zombie threw fire at the goblins, engulfing them all and destroying it. "Finally, my Phoenix (2500/2500) will attack your facedown monster!" the Black bird swooped down and menacingly pecked at the card. Suddenly, a great black hole replaced the space where the monster was, it was coming from a metallic pickle jar…
"NO! Not Cyber Jar!" Shsei moaned as Namia slid her monster cards off the disk sadly, and drew five, as did Ryuko and Shisei.
"HA!" Kamishiro laughed heartily. This didn't make the three feel any better about their predicament though. Then he showed them the cards he had drawn, none of them seemed to much trouble. "I'll now summon or set all of the cards I drew!" three cards appeared in a horizontal, or defense, position on his field. "Then I'll summon Archfiend Soldier (1900/1500) and Cliff the Trap Remover (1200/1000) in attack mode!" A young looking thief with a staggering position and brown hair appeared. Alongside him was a soldier with devilish horns and a brown cape.
Namia looked her cards over and showed them to her opponent, she then took two cards and slid them into her disk. "I'll summon Solar Flare Dragon (1500/1000) and Solar Flare Dragon (1500/1000), get ready for the burn!" she stated.
Ryuko flashed his cards and glared at Kamishiro. "You were planning this from the beginning, for your disrespect of me and my friends, you deserve my best!" he declared. "Now I'll summon Red-Eyes Black Chick (800/500," a cute child like Red eyes that had just hatched, emerged from the card. "and next I sacrifice him for the original Red Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) and my Masked Dragon (1400/1100) in defense modes due to your stupid jar, hope your ready for when its gone!" he finished.
Shisei looked over his hand and flashed his all magic and traps to his opponent. "This is all I got, Namia can now continue." he stated.
"Well now, it looks like this is shaping up to be an interesting duel, eh!" Kamishiro smirked. Fully confident that he would win. The monsters on the fields glared each other down, ready and waiting for attack orders from their master. "An interesting duel indeed." Kamishiro finished muttering.
"I'll attack your Cliff (1200/1000) with my Solar Flare Dragon (1500/1000)." her dragon spit a chunk of meteor and blew the young thief to pieces. "End turn, making you lose 1000 LP!" both of her dragons roared and heat dropped Kamishiro's LP.
Kamishiro-200
Namia-8000
Ryuko-8000
Shisei-2900
Ryuko drew. "I pass, make your last move!" he commanded. Kamishiro drew two card.
"What do say we turn up the heat!" he asked them all.
"Just go!" Namia said, sickened that he would use one of her favirote phrases.
"Okay, but what I'm about to show you, is an unstoppable combo, first I activate my two Dian Keto's," his LP score jumped up.
Kamishiro-2200
Namia-8000
Ryuko-8000
Shisei-2900
Shisei raised an eyebrow. "What good will that do?" he asked.
"It will allow me to sacrifice LP to play the same combo that defeated your friend." he said. Namia and Shisei gasped. Ryuko gulped. "SAY GOODBYE!" Kamishiro commanded, evil laughter surrounding them as he slid two cards into his disk…
Next time: The same combo that defeated Kou arrives (take a guess what it is). Just when it seemed the three had the upper hand too! Namia and Ryuko's parts have been played, after they lose their last defenses and the Solar Flare Dragons. Now Shisei must use all the magic and traps he can to finish the duel with a win. But why doesn't Kamishiro seem worried about losing his ten turn defeat? What other mysterious creatures lurk in his deck? Find out next time on Duel Monsters: Maximum!
To Rex: Thanks for that tip, I was trying to figure out how to separate the stuff forever, the little star things wouldn't appear when I uploaded them, so I used the XO's. But now I know how. Oh and if you saw, I meant to make him use the effect of Red eyes B. Chick to sacrifice first, I just forgot, sorry.
To darksoulki: I thank you for regarding my work in such a manner, and I hope you update your fic soon!
