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Chapter 43: Yami and Shadow Pt.1
Shisei looked across the arena to his greatest opponent yet. Yugi Moto. He looked at his Yugi defeater deck's hand and smirked. 'Duel time."'
"I'll let you go first, as I hold the title." Yami told Sei. Shisei could tell by how his voice sounded that he was just stating a fact, not trying to sound snobbish by talking about his title.
"Alright, I start with three cards facedown," Sei began. Namia smiled at this normal play. "then this monster in defense mode, go." Shisei finished. Namia blinked in surprise, Shisei was obviously using a new deck, if he had a defense monster to set. "Don't go easy on me Yugi, I made this deck specifically to beat you!" Shisei smirked as Yami drew his card.
"I have no intention of doing such," he showed Sei three cards. "I activate Polymerization, to fuse Gazelle, King of Mythical Beasts, with Berfomet in my hand!" Yami removed a card from his fusion deck while sliding two monsters into his graveyard slot. "Behold, Chimera, the Flying Mythical Beast (2100/1800)!" A great beast with two heads and a winged body appeared and glared at Shisei's facedown card. "Now I can continue by removing my Gazelle from play, and summon: The Rock Spirit (1700/1000) in an attack position as well!" Another special summoned monster, this one having a gladiator's axe and armor, appeared.
"Whoa, looking good so far, think you can keep it up?" Shisei mocked the world champion as though it was done everyday. Yami smirked, glad that he was on friendly terms with Sei, rather than be like Ryuko and Kaiba.
"I shall try, after all, why would anyone admire a one turn wonder? I attack your defense monster with the Rock Spirit!" Yami declared, his gladiator charging in and slashing the set card in half to reveal a disgusting worm. "What was that!" Yami voiced his shock as five cards on his deck were blasted with quills from the caterpillar like worm.
"Needle worm (700/500), whenever he's flipped, you lose 5 cards from your deck," Shisei responded to the shock with a casual answer.
"I see, then I attack you directly wi-" Yami was cut off as a giant hurricane swept his monsters off of the field. "NO CHIMERA!" Yugi yelled in shock and looked over to Sei, who had flipped up two cards.
"I activated my Special Hurricane and Forced Requisition cards. First off, I discard a card to activate the effect of Special Hurricane, which blows all special summoned monsters away!" Sei told Yami, who took his already vanquished monsters off the disk and discarded them. "Next up, Forced Requisition, after it's activation, makes you discard a card whenever I discard a card!" Shisei smirked.
"Your trap card's effect doesn't work yet!" Yami reminded Sei, who nodded to show he already knew. "And because you destroyed Chimera, I gain Berfomet (1400/1800) back in attack mode!" Yami smirked. "I still haven't ended my battle phase, attack his LP directly, Berfomet (1400/1800)!" a four armed and oddly fashioned beast appeared and bum rushed Shisei back a few feet. "That ends my turn." Yami stated.
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Yami-8000
"Pretty good Yami, but I aim to be better, my move!" Shisei smirked as he flipped a card off of his deck.
Kou watched as Shadow drew his opening hand and then did the same. "Are you going first?" Kou asked.
"I shall, it doesn't matter for you won't beat me." Shadow smirked evilly and drew his sixth card. "I summon the mighty Hell Soldier (1200/1000) in attack mode then I set these two cards into a facedown position on my field. Show me if you can tame the darkness within you." Shadow said.
"I'm assuming that means its my turn." Kou stated, not understanding Shadow's lingo. "Now I summon Marauding Captain (1200/400) in attack mode!" A silver armored soldier appeared to oppose the almost zombie like one across from him on Shadow's field. "I use my creatures effect and Special Summon a level four monster from my hand, say hello to Mataza the Zapper (1300/800) in attack mode!" One of Kou's most frequented monsters appeared and smiled at him, then his face hardened as he grabbed his samurai sword.
"A dark monster, your letting the darkness take you. Control it or you will lose." Shadow informed Kou. Speaking in such a deep voice he sounded wise and mystical. He reminded Kou of one of the blind or limb missing, or just plain old martial artists in movies that always taught the really strong people.
"Yeah yeah, unfortunately for me my favorite card is a dark monster, looks like I have to burn my deck, huh?" Kou rolled his eyes and placed a card into his magic and trap slot. "I won't lose if me and Chiro's lives are on the line, got that? I attack your dark monster!" Kou smirked as Mataza (1300/800) lunged and used an odd bushido strike to slice the Hell Soldier (1200/1000) apart.
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Shadow-7900
"Unfortunately for you, my monster has a special ability which decreases your LP along with mine when you destroy him in battle." Shadow didn't sound mystical anymore, just bored. Kou growled and bared his fangs. "Not only am I bored, but I also activate a card which will make you look even more pathetic than you are, Emergency Provisions to destroy my facedown card and gain 1000 LP." Shadow yawned.
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Shadow-8900
"You call me a loser? Those cards were your last defenses!" Kou smirked and raised a finger to point at him. "So now my Mataza (1300/800) will use his ability and attack your LP as he gets two attacks!" Kou's monster rushed forward, but was met with brief glimmer of light, which was a defensive monster.
"Fool, I had Statue of the Wicked as a facedown trap, and its effect states that when it's destroyed while facedown, I can bring a Wicked Token (1000/1000) to the field in whatever position. You would have done better in a circus." Shadow snickered as Kou glared.
"I still get another attack, now Marauding Captain (1200/400) take away more of his LP!" Kou commanded. Just as though he was listening to his general at war times, the monster launched itself forward and slashed his opponent's LP down. "You can go now." Kou wiped sweat from his brow at such a long move as Shadow rolled his eyes and drew his next card.
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Shadow-7700
Shisei smirked as he drew his next card. "Alright Yugi, I'm going to show you my real stuff, activate Graceful Charity, I draw three cards, and discard two!" Shisei smirked and Yami gasped as he realized what this meant.
'He basically gets to draw a card, and because of Forced Requisition I have to discard two cards like I had played Graceful Charity!"' Yami growled and sent the rest of his hand to the graveyard.
"Figure out my deck type yet Yugi? If you have nothing to work with, then you can't make a comeback!" Shisei smirked and flipped his facedown card. "Now I activate Card of Sanctity, we replenish our hands!" Shisei took four cards from the top of his deck and Yami did the same with narrowed eyes.
"What are you planning now, Shisei?" Yami asked aloud, only to receive a smirk.
"I activate Card Destruction as well!" Shisei smirked and discarded his entire hand with Yami, then they drew until they had six. "Your going to lose soon Yugi. I set one more monster in defense mode and activate The Cheerful Coffin, now I discard three monster cards, as do you. Set this card, and I'm done." Shisei said, he took three cards from his hand, held them up so Yami could see they were monsters, then deposited them into the graveyard slot.
Yami glared at him and turned to his deck to draw. His eyes went wide as he looked at the meager stack of cards. 'Oh no, because of his combos, I haven't been able to draw cards and keep them. He probably has even more ways of making me lose cards and decking out!" Yami gulped as he realized how much of a competitor Shisei Aragashi was. "I start now with Pot of Greed!" Shisei saw Yami play the card, and then draw on card. It was starting to draw the next one that he saw Yami's eyes go wide, as though he was just shocked by his disk.
'What was that?"' Sei wondered with a frown.
"I now activate Monster Reborn, and revive my Chimera (2100/1800)!" Yugi smirked and slid an ejected monster card onto the slot of his disk. "Then I activate Brain Control, and seize your monster as mine!" Yami pointed at the defensive monster as it flipped over to reveal Mystical Elf (800/2000) which lumbered over to his field.
"Oh no." Shisei gulped as he realized the only reason Yami would want three monsters on the field at the same time. 'Please say I'm wrong."' he prayed.
"Now, Shisei, I sacrifice all three of my beasts, and bring forth, the Winged Dragon of Ra (4400/5600) in attack mode!" The sky began to rumble and thunder hit the stadium from outside, making people scream and cheer as a humongous dragon appeared and crashed into the roof as though a hologram couldn't depict it properly. Shisei glared at the dragon. He wouldn't let it stop him from saving Kou. The only problem was, he didn't know how he could stop it.
Kou smirked, waiting to be able to taunt his opponent after being insulted so much of his own. "What's wrong, having trouble deciding how to lose?" Kou laughed hardily as Shadow slid a card into his dark duel disk.
"I'm having no trouble at all deciding how you should fall to my monsters, thanks for asking though." Shadow retorted, earning another glare from Kou. "Now I activate the magic of Frontline Base. This allows me to special summon a union monster from my hand on my main phase. So I summon Giant Orc (2200/0) in attack mode, but that was a normal summon. Now behold, I specially summon the Second Goblin (100/100) and I equip him to my Giant Orc (2200/0)!" Shadows two monsters, one a minute goblin that looked sourly at Kou, and the other one a large and beer gutted beast with a club, appeared. Then the small one attached itself to the leg of the fat one, looking scared of Kou's monsters.
"Wow, a midget and a fat pig, I'm frightened." Kou yawned.
"I thought you'd react that way, that's why I play my Offerings to the Doomed magic card!" Shadow laughed evilly as Kou realized his new problem. Marauding Captain (1200/400) stops monsters from attacking warriors, so it was essentially his perfect defense. But Offerings to the doomed destroys a monster if his opponent would be willing to skip a draw phase. "Now I offer your Marauding Captain as an offering to make sure the demons of the night don't haunt me, then I attack your pathetic Zapper (1300/800)!"
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Shadow-7700
"And normally my monster would be unable to change modes, but because of the advantage of Second Goblin in its Union form," Shadow motioned to the midget goblin, which bit the fat one on the leg as it was about to fall to a defensive position. "I can change my beast back during a Main Phase, which I just did. Go." Shadow commanded as Kou drew his card with a growl.
"I don't care what happens, I-WILL-NOT-LOSE!" Kou slid his top card from his deck and looked at it with a greater amount of determination than before. "It's now my move, and I activate the Warrior Returning Alive card, and return Marauding captain to my hand!" Kou took his monster back as Shadow rolled his eyes, though you couldn't see him doing it. "I summon him (1200/400) in defense mode, and use his special ability to bring forth the Hayabusa Knight (1000/700) in defense mode as well!" Kou gulped, but ended his turn. The field wouldn't change at all on Shadow's next turn as his Offerings to the Doomed made him skip his draw phase, and attacking would be pointless with Kou's defense monsters.
"As I can't make any change to the field nor your LP, I have to end my turn, but beware, you will fall to the shadows and it will be your own fault!" Shadow smirked, but Kou just drew.
"I draw!" he slid the card off of his deck and his eyes went wide. 'Total Defense Shogun, he'll help me beat this guy!"' He immediately took his Hayabusa Knight off of his monster slot and placed his drawn monster in the same place. "I sacrifice Hayabusa Knight to bring my favorite monster forward, say hello to Total Defense-WHAT THE!" Kou looked in horror as the "hologram" from the disk emerged.
The Shogun's armor, stance and weaponry was the same. It was his humane features that were absent Kou looked at his evilly smirking and blood licking of his lips swordsman. "HA! Do you like your monsters true side? In this realm your monster is reflected off of your very soul, no illusions or holograms are involved. You carry a great darkness which will soon be unleashed, and it is that darkness that will make you lose your soul!" Shadow tossed back his head and laughed as Kou grabbed his head, feeling a huge pressure from inside his skull.
'What's…happ-happening!"' he looked at the warrior he once admired standing in front of him. Now dark and deadly, it laughed along with Shadow as Kou fell to his knees from the pain. "I'll show you! I'll make sure you lose your soul! I activate Zero Gravity, and switch all monsters modes…" Kou stood up suddenly, feeling the rage from before more powerful then ever. His generals stood up fully as Shadow's monster kneeled down, ignoring the mini gremlin biting him. "I WILL KILL YOU!" Kou yelled with the deepest of hate. The blue haired boy raised a finger and pointed to Shadow. "DIEEEE!" His monsters charged, and all the while, Shadow just laughed.
To Be Continued
Next time: The duels continue, and with Kou's evil side comesa whole lot of reckless moves and careless decisions. While Kou struggles against himself, Shisei struggles against the rage of an Egyptian God card. Can either duelist win? Find out next time on Duel Monsters Maximum!
To Darksoulki: We all know Yugi would pull something like a Kuriboh first turn. Or have "magically" set a card before Kaiba even drew. (Nanashi glares at photo of Yami) Lucky Bastard.
