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Chapter 35: Angels Galore

Kamishiro's monster was looking severely deadly at the moment, most likely because it had died so many times in the last duel it was used. "Don't worry my Angel (2900/0) I don't plan on letting you fall so much in this duel." Kamishiro reassured his horrible excuse for an angel.

"Your pathetic, you know that!" Oracle growled as she looked at her deck, hoping it would give her the card capable of saving her in this duel. 'Come on deck, let me draw the win!"' she prayed.

"Hoping your pathetic excuse for a deck will be faithful and win you this duel? Nice to wish for, but it'll never happen!" Kamishiro taunted.

"Whatever!" Oracle spat back at him.

"Fine, be stubborn. I just attack your monster anyway!" he commanded. The Angel of Dark Rebirth smiled maliciously and blew a kiss at her Hex Sealed Fusion (1000/1600) as she activated her facedown card.

"Reveal Fairy Box, which forces you to flip coin, if the result is tails, your attack is reduced to zero!" she smirked as a giant coin appeared in the middle of the field. Kamishiro growled as it landed on tails for all of his monsters. "Nice try Kami! I can call you Kami right!" Oracle tossed back her head and laughed as Kamishiro ended his turn.

"Just go you twit!" he declared. 'She just got lucky… SHE WILL NOT WIN!"' he forced himself to say, though he wasn't feeling so confident now that Oracle had the opportunity to turn the duel around.

Oracle drew and looked like she had just been gravely insulted. "How dare you call me a twit! I was just trying to be nice, give you a nickname like I do with everybody." Oracle said innocently to her opponent. "But fine, that's the last time I'm being nice to you!" she finished, sticking her tongue out at him. She looked at the card and smirked. "I activate Replay and reuse Pot of Greed!" she slid two more cards from her deck as Fairy Box exploded due to her being unable to pay the 500 LP needed for it.

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"Now I also play Graceful Charity!" she slid three cards off of her deck and looked them over before smiling and discarding two. "Next comes Shallow Grave, to return a monster in facedown defense position, you would get to do this also, but you have no monsters in your graveyard!" Kamishiro realized this was true, as he had removed the two in his graveyard from play to Special summon Soul of Purity and Light (2000/1800). "I then set this and end my turn." she said happily. Two more facedown cards appeared and her hand was once again void of cards.

"Fine, I'll end it!" Kamishiro spat while drawing his next card. "I will attack your Hex Sealed Fusion once more!" he declared. The black as night Angel (2900/0) blew another deadly kiss at the glowing orb of light.

"Reveal facedown trap!" Oracle smirked as her declared card flipped. "This is a little something I like to call Magic Arm Shield," an odd looking device, one with a spring and clamps appeared. "this card allows me to use a monster that you have to deflect the blow of your attack!" she stated. The clamps suddenly sprung to life and clutched the Dunames (1800/1150) that Kamishiro controlled.

"No! Dunames!" Kamishiro glared as his one of his angels was blocking the other.

"Now your attack hits your own monster!" Oracle chided. True to her word, the deadly kiss descended upon the field switched Dunames. With a final shriek, the black haired angel faded into oblivion. "One down, two to go!" Oracle snickered at the enraged look on Kamishiro's face.

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'Damn, she has that card facedown, which means it could have flip effect. Or it could not depending on whether she wants me to attack it or not. If I attack her Hex sealed Fusion then she could draw the card she needs to put her facedown monster in a useful combo."' Kamishiro pondered and weighed his options. "Better stop her from gaining anymore ground."' he finally decided. "I choose to attack your facedown monster with my Soul of Purity and Light (2000/1800)!" the two beings charged forward, the female angelic one powering up the warrior with her light energy.

"You attacked my Different Dimension Dragon (1200/1500)." she smiled and winked in her annoying way as Kamishiro stomped his foot on the steps of the Sanctuary in the Sky field. "Of course, my monster can't be destroyed by another creature if the opposing creature has 1900 attack points or more." she informed the frustrated Kamishiro. "And unfortunately for you… Your monster fit's the bill with 2000 attack points!" she laughed as Kamishiro tapped the end turn button on his disk.

"Make a move wench, and it better be a good one, because I still hold the upper hand in this duel!" Kamishiro demanded, now more than a little annoyed at the fact that he'd been foiled so much.

"Then here comes the hurt!" Oracle drew and smiled. "I now activate Reasoning!" she declared.

"And that does?" asked Kamishiro.

"Pick a monster level first." she declared.

"Fine, seven!" he said, not missing a beat.

"Now I draw until I come to a monster, then the monster I draw will be special summoned if it is of a level you didn't select, but I don't get to special summon it if it is of the level you selected." Oracle stated, sliding a card off of her deck. Then after no monster, she drew again, and again, until she carme to a monster and smirked. "Now I special summon Sacred Crane (1600/400) in defense mode!" she smirked as a level four monster, a bird with glowing white feathers, appeared before her. "When special summoned, I draw a card!" she smirked and slid a card from her deck. "Now I play my drawn card, Reckless Greed!" she slid two more cards from her deck. "This, first of all lets me draw two cards, but I skip my next two draw phases!" she looked her two cards over and smirked. "Now for some fun, I sacrifice Sacred Crane for Marie the Fallen One (1700/1200)!" a new monster, this one with dark skin and a black mask on appeared.

"That will help you… how?" questioned Kamishiro. Oracle smirked and took two of her monsters from the disk to place another on.

"This is how, I use Hex-the Light Sealed Fusion (1000/1600) to sacrifice it and Marie the Fallen one and summon Saint Joan (2800/2000) from my deck!" A new lady, one with a peaceful expression and blond hair as well as silver armor appeared. "She will receive Cestus of Dagla as an equipment card, to raise her attack by 500 points!" Joan (3300/2000) grabbed two glowing gold daggers from the air and glared at Kamishiro and his monsters. "Finally, I'll use Saint Joan (3000/2000) to blow away your Soul of Purity and Light (2000/1800)!" her monster, though it had lost 300 attack points due to Soul of Purity and Light's effect, charged forward and bravely slashed the male and female figures apart. Oracle never stopped smiling through her move. "Don't forget I get a LP boost because Cestus of Dagla increases my LP by the amount you lost if the monster equipped with it inflicts battle damage." she said in a sing-song voice. "End turn." she ended.

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Kamishiro didn't understand how it was possible that Oracle had turned the tables on him so fast. 'Damnit, she keeps taking down my LP!"' he thought, growling again. "This will stop!" he declared. Oracle yawned. "I start by summoning Avatar of the Pot (1200/1300) in defense mode!" A smiling and very happy man appeared on his field. "Then I discard this Pot of Greed from my hand and draw three cards instead of 2 like if I had normally played it!" Kamishiro continued, Oracle didn't seem interested however.

"You're not going to win." she stated, as though that settled the matter.

"That's what you think. I now continue with Different Dimension Capsule, and I select this card from my deck to be added to my hand after two standby phases. Go!" he finished with a bit of personal triumph at playing what he expected to be the win.

"I pass." Oracle stated, being unable to draw and not wanting to destroy Kamishiro's Angel of Dark Rebirth (2900/0).

"Running scared eh? Not wanting my big strong angel to pick your Saint (3300/2000) apart?" Kamishiro felt good that he could mock his opponent, now that he had his strategy ready, he knew he would win.

"I pass again." Oracle finished. Next turn she'd be able to draw.

"You lose then!" Kamishiro stated. Oracle snickered at his confidence and he glared. "I'll show you how: Activate Special Hurricane!" he laughed hardily at Oracle and she gasped. "This destroys all Special Summoned monsters, which includes Sacred Crane (1600/400), Different Dimension Dragon (1200/1500) and last but not least… SAINT JOAN (3300/2000)!" he laughed so hard spit slid from his mouth. Oracle was now left with no hand, no field, and Kamishiro still hadn't attacked. "Unfortunately, I can only switch my Avatar (1200/1300) to attack mode to attack, as my Angel must be dead for a full turn before revival. Attack with Pot Smashing." Kamishiro yawned exactly as Oracle had as she fell to her knees by a pot hitting her.

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Oracle stood up shakily. "That was harsh." she smiled weakly and placed her hand on her deck to draw. Kamishiro discarded a card.

"Now I revive my Angel (3400/0) with more than enough dark power to blow you to the Pearly Gates!" Kamishiro couldn't have smiled wider as Oracle drew.

She looked at the card for a second, unable to believe her horrible luck. "I pass." Oracle finished sadly, knowing what was coming.

"That means you lose. Attack her directly my beasts!" both the Angel of Dark Rebirth (3400/0) and the Avatar (1200/1300) charged in, but they were both denied as a giant boat appeared and lifted Oracle from her place to avoid the attack. "WHAT-DID-YOU-DO!" Kamishiro shook with rage as he saw his final attack be deflected.

The boat landed and Oracle hopped back down and smiled as it disappeared. "I activated my Rescuer from the Grave, which activates from my graveyard and negates all attacks this turn, then it is removed from play." She slid a card that was ejected from the graveyard slot into her robe. "Done yet!" she asked with a wink. Kamishiro growled and nodded.

"Just pass so we can end this duel!" he glared, tapping his foot impatiently.

Oracle drew. "I had no intention of losing, and now I play the win, first comes the Ritual Magic card, Shinato's Ark!" she smiled as another giant boat appeared before her, this one with an angelic flag on the mast. "I then discard The Creator and special summon… Shinato- King of the Higher Plane (3300/3000)!" the boat burst apart and a seven winged angel that glowed with holy light appeared. "Attack Avatar of the Pot (1200/1300)!" she commanded. The newest angel did as it was told and unleashed a ring of holy power which blew Kamishiro and his weakest monster away.

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Kamishiro fell to his knees before he was whisked from the dimension and everything went white.


Shisei opened his eyes and looked around him. 'Did Namia and Ryuko win?"' he thought to himself. Ryuko sat up in a daze as well. Namia did beside him as well. "Namia, Ryuko… You guys won the duel!" he asked, excited.

Namia looked at him and tried to remember. "I… lost." she said slowly, remembering her spectacular comeback, only to lose. Ryuko blinked in surprise.

"Then why are we alive… We lost are souls right!" Ryuko asked in worry as to why something so strange was happening to them.

"I don't know, but I do know we better find Kou, he might have been revived too." Shisei said wisely. The others nodded in agreement. "Then let's go!" Shisei declared. Ryuko stood up and followed Shisei and Namia, who led the way towards Osmos's castle.


Oracle smiled and readjusted her cloak. "Don't lose hope, and don't lose your way young ones." she stated, watching with her beautiful gray eyes from the clouds above.


Osmos clasped his hands tightly as Kamishiro, who had suddenly appeared in his chambers, retold him all that had happened to Shisei, Kou, and Namia since they came to the island. "Well then, Kamishiro… Looks like we have another new plan." Smirked the silver haired man. "And what interesting plans they will be. For now, though, call back all eliminators." Osmos said.

"Yes sir. But may I ask… What is this new plan exactly?" asked Kamishiro, trying to sound offhand.

"Well, I can tell you one thing, Kamishiro." Osmos began. He stood up and circled around to look out the window, where rain pounded against the glass. "There will be more than one funeral after I'm done." he smirked as thunder struck.


Next time: Another day, another duel for Shisei. Unfortunately, this duel won't be all fun and games. Even though there won't be soul betting on this match, Shisei risks his Dark Paladin on the outcome of a match to try and win The Magician of Black Chaos. Can he win against someone that uses a strategy based off the Dark Magician cards as well? Find out next time on Duel Monsters: Maximum!

To Rex: I just hate the name Tea, I would use Joey and Tristan's Japanese names as well, but I always misspell Jounouchi (?) and Tristan I don't really care, if you want Honda I can do Honda.

To Darksoulki: Whoa, good guess!