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Chapter 34: Oracle's Promise

Kamishiro growled as he realized who it was that was challenging him. There was no mistaking that white robe. "Oracle, fancy meeting you here." Kamishiro stated with a wide smile. He had already taken the souls she would have been trying to protect by appearing at this place. "Your to late to save these three. And Mr. Kouichi has long since departed from this realm, just as Osmos planned." he finished maliciously.

Oracle stepped over the bodies of Shisei, Namia, and Ryuko. She then looked around the Shadow Realm without interest. "I didn't come to save Mr. Nandao. He shall remain in the shadows. But, I promise you I will save the souls of these three." Oracle stated in her hoarse whisper, obviously readying for a duel.

Kamishiro looked at her as though she was crazy. "You seriously think I'm willing to bet my soul on another duel? You wish, I have no reason to except this pathetic match." he stated.

"Ah, but you do." Oracle said with an unseen smile. Kamishiro looked at her questioningly.

"Why is that?" he asked, not so sure if he wanted to know the answer.

A smile came across Oracle's lips as she removed her hood. Beautiful brown hair flooded out of the hood and rested on her shoulders, amazingly straight. She had gray eyes that were simply mesmerizing. The oddest feature of Oracle was something you couldn't see, however. Her voice, where it once sounded old and wise, now sounded young and chipper. Kamishiro didn't seem shocked by this in the least though. "Oh, sorry, what was I saying!" Oracle asked, her dazzling bright eyes piercing into Kamishiro's.

Kamishiro sighed. "I suppose you want me to strip for you as well?" he asked. Oracle winked and he growled, but nonetheless removed his cloak. Underneath the pure white of Kamishiro's cloak was a somewhat comical figure. Kamishiro wore glasses and his head seemed a little small for his tall and most likely muscular body. He had wavy black hair and his deep voice didn't match with his many freckles.

Oracle covered her mouth so as to stop from snickering. "Looks like you couldn't find a good body, no!" she asked.

"Why you!" Kamishiro glared at her as she burst out laughing. "Just tell me why I would want to duel you already!" he yelled, his somewhat nerdy body projecting his deep voice.

"I'll make you a suitable body if you win." Oracle dropped her chipper tone as she looked at Kamishiro. Kamishiro's eyes widened.

"And if I lose…. You want me to free the souls of these three?" he asked, motioning to Shisei, Namia, and Ryuko.

Oracle nodded and her duel disk folded out. "Are you ready!" she asked.

"For all the marbles? Yes!" Kamishiro readied his own disk, taking the deck he was using and placing another inside in place of it.

Oracle and Kamishiro glared at each other. Then, at the same time, they shouted: "DUEL!"

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Yugi Moto, champion duelist, holder of the millennium puzzle, world's shortest high school student, all of these things and more, stepped through the castle that Osmos called home. He was in the armory at the moment, desperately seeking the answer to many mysterious questions about the silver haired man.

"I just don't under stand it Yami, usually someone tries to take over the world with magic." Yugi told Yami, his darker and extremely powerful alter ego.

"I know Yugi, but this Osmos character definitely uses magic, and it's not exactly the "Help Find the Cure for Cancer" kind." Yami stated. Yugi missed the joke.

"Hey, did you hear that!" asked Yugi. Yami looked around in an astral form of himself.

"I didn't hear anything. Maybe we should go back to our room." Yami replied. He didn't usually get cold feet like this, but he was worried about Joey, Tristan, Anzu, and even the Kaiba Brothers.

"Yeah, let's go." The pair of duelists then left the mysterious area of Osmos's dreary castle behind, not sure what to think at all.


Oracle had just drawn her five card hand when she looked around the dark and dank atmosphere of the Shadow Realm in disgust. "This place won't due at all!" she exclaimed. She lifted her finger up in a point, as though pointing out a cloud or airplane to a friend. Then the finger, her pointing finger, glowed brightly and the white light that began to emanate from it illuminated the realm until they were floating in bright white light. "That's better. Welcome, Kamishiro, to the realm of light, the Holy Realm!" she stated happily.

Kamishiro wrinkled his nose in disgust. "You can go first, so we can get this duel over with!" Kamishiro stated with more than a little disgust.

Oracle bowed and drew. "I'll start by summoning Thunder Nyan Nyan (1900/800) in attack mode, and I'll set one card facedown, go big boy!" she stated. A cat like woman appeared playing on a drum obnoxiously loud.

Kamishiro growled but drew his card. "I set one monster facedown, as well as a magic or trap card." Kamishiro finished his move and two set cards appeared on his field.

"Good, then I'll go!" Oracle drew her next card and her facedown card flipped. "First I play Mystical Space Typhoon on your set card!" she smirked and Kamishiro growled as his Shadow Spell trap was blown away in a furious tornado.

"I still have my defense monster!" Kamishiro stated.

"Not for long, I discard Thunder Dragon and add two more Thunder Dragons in his place to my hand!" she slid one of her monster cards into the grave, then grabbed two more from her deck. "Next I'll activate Polymerization and fuse my hand monsters to become Twin Headed Thunder Dragon (2800/2100) in attack mode!" a growling orange scaled beast with two heads appeared, electricity crackling around it.

"Nice, but I'll be able to survive an attack still." Kamishiro said mockingly.

Oracle only slid another of her three cards into the disk. "I can still play Monster Reborn, on one of my previous beasts!" A green beast with differently shaded scales erupted from the ground and glared along with it's fused version at Kamishiro. "Say hello to my first Thunder Dragon (1600/1500). Isn't he cute!" Oracle laughed as Kamishiro growled. "Now I attack your defense monster with my Thunder Dragon (1600/1500)," The Mystical Shine Ball (500/500) that was set on her opponent's field burst into flame after lightning struck it. "Then my other two monsters will direct attack!" Twin Headed Thunder Dragon (2800/2100) and Thunder Nyan Nyan (1900/800) showered their opponent with light and sound at great intensities.

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"Finally, I activate The Sanctuary in The Sky, and normal summon The Agent of Force-Mars (4700/4700) which gains attack and defense values based on your and mine LP difference." Oracle flipped her hair mockingly and Kamishiro glared at her.

"Fine, I draw!" he slid the next card off his disk and smirked. "I'll activate Lightning Vortex, and discard this card to destroy every monster that takes up space on your field!" Kamishiro laughed as one of the clouds that circled overhead all of them blew Oracle's monsters apart with great bolts of yellow lighting.

"NO!" Oracle moaned as she realized she'd wasted her entire hand on that maneuver. She sighed as she saw Kamishiro playing two more cards.

"Now I also summon Dunames the Dark Witch (1800/1150) in attack mode! Then I remove my discarded Mystical Elf and Mystical Shine Ball from play to summon Soul of Purity and Light (2000/1800) in attack mode as well." Now Kamishiro had a nice set of monsters that were all ready to tear into Oracle's LP as soon as they were given the command. "Now that the tables have turned, got any smart comments!" Kamishiro snickered.

"Stop talking about beating me and make an attempt at it. Does that count as a smart comment!" Oracle glowered.

"Why you little!" Kamishiro glared at her impudence in his presence. He raised a finger to point at her. "Now my Dunames (1800/1150) Soul of Purity and Light (2000/1800), attack her LP directly!" Kamishiro demanded of his own light creatures. Oracle didn't even wince as she was hit with twin beams of light, she only drew her next card. "Finally, I set my last card facedown." Kamishiro didn't notice Oracle had already begun to draw, as he was to busy savoring his small triumph.

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"I set this card and end my turn." Oracle said without missing a beat.

Kamishiro looked at her almost empty field with shock. 'She didn't play anything. If I draw a monster with 400 attack points or more… I can win with direct attacks!"' Kamishiro felt like jumping up and down. Not only did the body he was stuck in not suit him, it was completely useless for the kind of work he would be doing while working with Osmos. It had hardly any muscle, was extremely bad in the sun, and couldn't take a lot of pressure. "The body you give me better be good Oracle, because I just drew the win!" Kamishiro smirked.

"Good, because now you must discard the win, I activate Drop Off!" a purple bordered card that had a man dropping his newly picked up item appeared on her field. "Discard that card!" Oracle demanded.

Kamishiro did so without seeming angry or worried. "Then I attack you with my other monsters." he smiled as her LP dropped more. "By the way." he began as the score drop finished.

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Oracle stopped mid draw and looked at him. "What?" she asked.

"What happens when you lose in a realm such as this, one of light?" Kamishiro voiced his concerns.

"Well, really this realm counteracts the abilities of the Shadow Realm, so it can restore souls and release someone from their imprisonment in another realm." Oracle stated.

"Ah, so that's why you brought us here. In case I don't hold up my end of our bargain, this realm will restore the souls of these three if you win automatically." Kamishiro observed. Oracle winked. "It won't help you, you'll lose on my next turn." Kamishiro stated.

"If you think so, then I'll activate Pot of Greed!" she slid two cards from her deck and looked them over. "Then I summon The Light- Hex-Sealed Fusion (1000/1600) in defense mode, and this card will follow facedown." Oracle's field was suddenly occupied by a glowing ball of light energy and a vertical brown back card.

"My move, and your defeat!" Kamishiro drew his next card and a sly smirk curled around his lips. "Now it ends, I discard this card, and revive another one.." he began, sliding his drawn card into his grave and another popped out.

Oracle's eyes went wide. "No, not this soon!" she realized the only monster that he could discard a card to revive and growled as it was her own Drop Off that got it there in the first place.

"That's right, now I summon… Angel of Dark Rebirth (2900/0) get ready to lose!" Kamishiro's very familiar angel erupted from the ground, blocking her eyes from the light with her deformed hand. "Ready for the end!" asked Kamishiro with an evil smirk.

Oracle smiled. "Bring it on!" she commanded, readying her self for the Angel's assault.


Next time: Kamishiro and Oracle are dueling at intense levels now, but after Oracle gets one of her strongest fusions on the field, it's almost endgame for Kamishiro. Can anything really stop the deadly power of the Angel of Dark Rebirth though? Find out next time on Duel Monsters: Maximum!

To Goddess IANAW: Wolf General is like a god in terms of Fan fiction writing, I do think his fanfic is highly worth taking the time to read. Seeker's fan fiction I'm just starting on, so I can't be sure about it, but there is also G.O.T Nick and Gryphinwyrm7 has a good one going as well.