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Chapter 40: Golden Phoenix Swordmaster
The Red Eyes Darkness Dragon that Joey had just previously summoned began to grow larger and larger and it's foreboding look increased as well. "Say hello to my Dragon's Special Ability. It gains 300 extra attack points for each dragon that's been laid to rest!" Joey smirked and removed 6 cards in his graveyard to show them to Namia. The Red Eyes Darkness Dragon (4200/2000) was now unbelievably strong.
"How did you get six dragons in your graveyard?" Namia looked in shock at the new monster's attack. Then she remembered when Joey used the Graceful Charity…twice. 'Of all the lucky draws, he got four dragons right there, then Red Eyes Black Dragon he tributed, and Baby Dragon I destroyed."' the female duelist mentally hit herself.
"Get it yet, you first destroyed my Baby Dragon, then with the effect of Graceful Charity I got to discard these dragons!" Joey smirked, then kissed the cards he showed to Namia. 'Thanks guys, I really needed that."' he thought, sliding his cards back into the graveyard. "Now my monster will blow your Phoenix of Bl-" Joey began, but suddenly he realized something. 'That Phoenix of Gold Fire has a high attack point count, but no way is that the only reason she summoned him…"' he looked at Namia's expressionless face.
"Well, which Phoenix will you take?" Namia asked with a smirk. Joey studied her field. He knew that by attacking her Phoenix of Blue Fire she'd receive a drastic amount of LP damage. But then she could use an effect of her remaining monster, which could be devastating. Then again, if the Gold Phoenix didn't have an effect.
"I attack your Phoenix of Gold Fire (4000/3100)!" Joey shouted. The Black dragon snorted as though this was hardly a challenge and blasted a large chunk of hot lava at the Phoenix, which screeched in pain as it melted. "And that ends my turn!" Joey cheered.
Namia-4100
Joey-1500
Osmos looked at the duel, for once not behind the closed doors of a dark room, but in a "throne" near the Stadium entrance. "Really now, if this Namia girl doesn't want to step it up a notch, then I might not even give poor Kou recognition." he yawned as though watching a disinteresting Soap Opera.
"Ahem." Kamishiro approached Osmos with a cough. "I meant to tell you sir…The Ryuko boy has disappeared from his seat in the stands." Kamishiro stated cautiously. Osmos didn't seem to hear him at first.
"WHAT!" he turned sharply to Kamishiro. "What do you mean, "disappeared"?" Osmos glared at the now cowering servant of his. "The next duel will either be Shisei, or himself vs. Mokuba Kaiba, find him as to make sure he doesn't interfere with anything." Osmos said testily. "You've already screwed up enough in this tournament Kamishiro, think maybe you can do something smart?" Osmos then turned back to the duel as Kamishiro bowed and left.
Ryuko smiled as he edged along the wall towards one of the central control rooms of the castle's stadium. 'If Namia doesn't want to try her best to save Kou on her own, then I'll give her a little extra encouragement."' he thought. 'Now if only I could figure out which one of the control rooms operate the speakers…"' he looked at the three rooms in front of him, none of them occupied. "I choose door number three!" he went into the third from the left and shut the door.
Namia drew her next card and looked at another of her Phoenix monsters, the Phoenix of Black Fire. "I switch my Phoenix of Blue Fire (2000/1100) into defense mode." she then slid another monster onto her disk. "Then I set this monster in defense mode. Go" Namia finished sadly.
Joey drew and smirked at the card. "I activate, Soul Exchange, and I use it to sacrifice you own Phoenix of Blue Fire, and Summon Jingo (2400/1500)!" There was a glowing of light from both sides of the field, then Namia's Phoenix cried out in shock as it was blown into an amorphous blob which eventually formed a chuckling Jinzo. "I have to skip my battle phase this turn, but next turn…" Joey put his thumbs up, then reversed the direction.
Namia glared at his monsters. She felt an amazing hatred boil up inside of her. A hatred for Joey and his monsters, a hatred for the monsters that had failed her, a hatred for the situation she was in. But above all else, she felt a deep shame and hatred toward herself for not being able to clear her head and…
"NAMIA!" the loudspeakers roared. The audience, which had previously been cheering Joey on, stopped cheering and looked around for the source of the noise. "DON'T YOU WANT TO SAVE KOU?" the voice was none other than little Ryuko's coming from the loudspeaker.
'Ryuko…"' Namia looked away.
"DON'T BE SO STUPID, KOU IS COUNTING ON YOU TO TRY YOUR BEST, NOT NECCESARILY WIN. WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T LEAVE THIS WORLD IN VAIN!" Ryuko continued. Namia shook her head.
"But if I lose… I'll be putting all the pressure on you guys…" Namia responded. There was a silence, then they heard Ryuko snicker.
"OH, SORRY, I WAS JUST WATCHING A COMMERCIAL. IT'S SO FUNNY, OKAY, SO THIS DUDE GETS A TATOO…." Shisei, in the audience twitched and rose up.
"RYUKO, KEEP ENCOURAGING NAMIA YOU IDIOT!" he yelled. The people around him blinked in surprise. But they were even more surprised by Namia suddenly laughing.
"Um, are you guys okay…Up here?" Joey looked at Namia, raising his index finger and pointing to his forehead. Namia smirked and nodded.
"I'm much better than okay, I'm great." she began, changing the modes of her cards. "I just realized that no matter what happens, no matter what the situation, my friends and I will prevail. This duel won't come down to luck of the draw, it will be decided with the Flame of Destiny!" Namia smirked as her facedown monster disappeared. "So now I sacrifice my set monster, Flame Ruler, which counts as two sacrifices for a fire beast, to summon Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi (3300/2400) in attack mode!" she smirked.
"That monster will only go back to your hand at your end phase, and it doesn't have enough power…" Joey looked at Namia quizzically, but Namia only smirked.
"Don't worry your pretty little head about me Joey, I'll attack Jingo (2400/1500) now!" she smirked. The almost completely naked man smirked and punched Jinzo into pieces with a flaming fist. "Now I also activate Flame of Destiny!" The face-down card Namia held flipped and a large circle of fire appeared around the monsters.
Joey-600
Namia-4100
"What?" Joey looked at her newest card in shock. "What's happening to the field?" The flame circle began to widen as a giant holographic coin appeared.
"I just needed Jinzo out of the way so I could play my trap card, and it's a great trap indeed." Namia smirked as the coin flipped. "Here's what happens, the coin will flip and I'll call it, I call heads. Now my monster becomes the heads side and your remaining monster, Red Eyes Darkness Dragon (4200/2000) will become the tails. If it lands on heads, my monster survives the turn." she smirked.
"And my monster gets destroyed, eh?" Joey growled. He realized that with no cards in his hand now, he'd be monster less if this worked. 'But then again, so would she."' Joey smirked at this thought. 'I can still beat her if I draw the card I need."' he thought.
The coin, meanwhile, had been turning over in the air continuously. Namia and Joey watched as it hit the ground and bounced up for the final time to land on… Heads! "Yes!" Namia cheered as Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi (3300/2400) glowed and Red Eyes Darkness Dragon blew apart. "I set this card face-down and return my spirit monster to my hand, your move." Namia winked and Joey drew.
'Come on, bring me what I need."' he prayed. He peeked open an eye to see which card he got. His eyes went wider than it should have been possible. 'This could work too."' he thought. "I set one monster in defense mode and end my turn!" Joey declared boldly.
"That it? Hope Yugi hasn't gotten as washed up as you." Namia laughed, but Joey didn't seem to care. 'Well, forget rattling him."' Namia thought. "Alright, I summon Raging Flame Sprite (100/200) in attack mode." A cute and childish mage with a cauldron full of boiling liquid appeared. "He can attack you directly and then gain 1000 attack points, so I'll attack you with him now!" Namia smirked as Joey's eyes went wide. He was suddenly blasted with a weak bit of boiling liquid in a water balloon.
Joey-500
Namia-4100
"OW! Hot hot hotttttttt!" Joey yelled, jumping up and down rapidly and earning blank stares from the audience. "That's it, my move?" Joey glared at Namia, who winked and nodded.
"Yeah, but next turn it's game over." Namia smirked.
Joey smirked a bit of his own as he drew. "You wish, I flip summon your defeat, Fiber Jar (500/500)!" Joey clenched his jaw and fist with his latest move and Namia's eyes went wide. "Now we combine all cards except those removed from play into our decks and draw five new cards!" Joey smirked and did so. Namia growled, but obliged as well. "And since it's still my turn, I activate Fusion Gate, and fuse Masaki the Legendary Swordsman, with Flame Manipulator to bring forth my favorite monster, Flame Swordsman (1800/1600)!" Joey cheered his monster on as it appeared. The blue armored, orange bladed warrior leapt forward. "Then I normal summon Alligator Sword (1500/1200) in attack mode, now both of my monsters attack!" Both an alligator with a long curved blade and the samurai lunged and slashed Namia.
Joey-500
Namia-800
"Ow." Namia stated simply as Joey set his last card face-down and ended his turn. "Fine, I draw!" Namia did so and smirked. "Alright, I activate Painful Choice!" Namia smirked and picked her deck up. Joey blinked in question.
"Um, mind giving me a little explanation?" Joey asked. Namia smirked and removed five cards from her deck.
"Simple, I remove five cards from my deck, you select one of them after I show you. The selected card goes to my hand, the rest are discarded." Namia explained. She held up the Phoenix cards. 'It doesn't matter which one he chooses, I can't lose!"' she smirked.
"I choose for you to take Phoenix of Blue Fire!" Joey declared. Namia nodded and discarded all but his chosen card.
"Now I set this monster in defense mode and three cards facedown." Namia did so and motioned for Joey to go.
"I've been wondering something ever since that first Phoenix came onto the field. Now I'm about to find out if what I wondered is true." Joey slid a card into his disk. "I activate Monster Reborn, and revive you Phoenix of Gold Fire (3500/3500)" Joey smirked.
"You don't even know what my set card it, and your ready to attack, should have expected something so reckless." Namia rolled her eyes.
"I'm not going to attack with your Phoenix." Joey took both Flame Swordsman and Phoenix of Gold fire off his disk. "I use Fusion Gate to remove these monsters from play, and special summon…" Joey had been itching to see if the fusion card he had gotten so long ago was really fusable by these two monsters. Namia's eyes went wide.
"This is it, thanks to your monster, I get to summon… Golden Phoenix Sword master (4000/4000) in at mode!" Joey's new monster was a proudly winged Flaming Swordsman whose armor was a golden color where it would normally have been blue. There was also a large and golden blazing blade that accompanied him.
"No way." Namia commented in utter shock.
"Yes way, I now use my monsters Special ability, I sacrifice Fusion Gate, my set card, and Alligator Sword (1500/1200) to destroy your middle and left set card and set monster!" Joey yelled, commanding his monster to do as he stated. The Swordmaster stabbed the cards Joey declared from his own field, gathering energy, he blasted the three cards on Namia's field away. "And for every one of your cards destroyed this way, you lose 200 LP!" Joey cheered as Namia lost 600 LP.
Joey-500
Namia-200
"Plus, I still haven't attacked, so my Sword master (4000/4000) will blow your LP a- WHAT?" Joey looked in shock as his Golden Phoenix Swordmaster was surrounded by a ring of bombs all attached to each other. "My monster!" Suddenly the beast exploded and Namia and Joey were blinded for a moment as their LP scores decreased.
Joey-0
Namia-0
"Sorry Joey, you chose the wrong cards to destroy, I played Ring of Destruction." Namia informed Joey as the match was a draw. The holograms suddenly disappeared and the audience clapped as Namia and Joey shook hands.
"That was amazing, I admit, I didn't expect to draw." Joey complimented, flashing the thumbs up, he gave Namia the Phoenix card he had revived from her graveyard. Namia accepted it, and then her eyes went wide when she realized there were two cards. "Keep it, I have a feeling you'll be needing it. Besides, I don't have the other fusion monster." Joey told the blond as she pocketed the Golden Phoenix Swordmaster.
"Thanks, I understand now why you're amongst the top in the world as a duelist, and I hope to duel you again." Namia shook Joey's hand and left the arena. Now the hatred she had felt for a short amount of time during the match, had turned into an incredible bliss at having not only a new card, but more importantly, a new friend by the name of Joey Wheeler.
Next time: The next duel, Mokuba vs. Ryuko is well underway. Not two seconds into the duel, however, Ryuko manages to bring his favorite card forth, and Seto now knows why the boy wants his own Blue Eyes. Will Kaiba manage to manipulate his way around poor Ryuko to claim the Blue Eyes Omega? Find out Next time (or the time after that) on Duel Monsters Maximum!
To Darksoulki: I'm not sure if your joking or not, considering Namia is about 2 feet taller than Rebecca and she has dark skin (as in she's black).
To john: Yep, she's a super freak alright, how many people do you know can come from London and not have the slightest bit of an accent?
To Rex: I never said I'd have to use my hands… (smiles evilly with hedge clippers in hands) But then again, what's the fun of it if your untouchable? (sighs and drops hedge clippers on toes.) OW! Son of a-Oh, sorry, to anyone else reading this besides Rex…REVIEW! (Damn hedge clippers, knew I should have hired someone for yard work)
Card Name: Golden Phoenix Swordmaster
Type: Fusion Effect/Fire/Divine Beast (LV 10)
Status/Atk/Def:4000/4000
Effect: "Flame Swordsman + Phoenix of Gold Fire" This monster can only be Fusion Summoned by fusing the above two monsters on your side of the field or in your hand. You may send as many cards on your side of the field to the graveyard to destroy cards on your opponent's side of the field equal to the cards you sent. Inflict 200 points of direct damage to your opponent's LP for each card your opponent lost this way. When this monster destroys a defense position monster as a result of battle, inflict direct damage to your opponent's LP equal to the attack of the destroyed monster. When this monster attacks with an attack higher than the defense of your opponent's defense position monsters, inflict the difference in battle damage to your opponent's LP. (Deals damage through defense) This card is destroyed at the End Phase of the turn it is Special Summoned, at that time, you may special summon one Phoenix Egg (0/0) token to your field.
Don't ask me how they'd fit all that on a card, but those are the effects of Namia's newest monster. If there are any other monsters you want stats from me for, then just ask (in a review). If you wish to use a card of mine, just give me credit and all and it's all good. Sayonara.
