Chapter 47: A Purpose to Fight
"I shall make the first move." Kamishiro smirked and slid a card off of his deck. "Ah, beautiful card. I activate Final Countdown by paying 2000 LP!" Kamishiro watched his LP counter decrease as miniature flaming pillars, 20 in all, popped from the ground. "And I also activate Time Zone Skip! Now every one of our final 20 turns will count as two!" Kamishiro's close to unbeatable combo appeared before him. "Finally, I set one monster facedown. Make your pathetic move." Kamishiro pointed to Kou.
Kamishiro-6000
Kou-8000
Osmos-8000
Shisei-8000
"While you contemplate your useless move, I shall inform you two of your small bit of usefulness in this tournament." Osmos smirked as Kou looked at him suspiciously. "It all begins with the seals." Osmos started. "There are 7 true seals in total. Ones of each: Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, Light, Darkness, and of course, Divine. Sound familiar?" Osmos looked to Shisei.
"The attributes of all Duel Monsters cards." Shisei said with recognition. "So these seals are what besides very annoying?" Shisei asked with a growl in his voice.
"Their power was sought out by many great or dangerous men and women. Of the most notable was Thalius, an Omega." Osmos responded. Kou's eyes went wide as he recognized the name, but he held his thoughts inside himself. "Though his power was great, his ability to find the seals was less than satisfactory, this is where your friend, Chiro, comes in." Osmos looked over at Kou, whose face was now Chiro's.
"I remember all to well my stupidity in trusting Thalius, Osmos. And I plan to correct the mistake I made back then by first kicking your ass then finding the seals and keeping them safe!" Chiro said.
"If you say so." Osmos smirked. Chiro glared, but shifted back to Kou and Kou slid a card onto his disk.
"I summon the D.D. Warrior Lady (1500/1600) I in attack mode. I now let Osmos make his move!" Kou declared. A silver armored warrior woman appeared with a glowing white laser blade.
"It took you ten minutes to come up with that for a move?" Kamishiro asked as two more torches around them went out.
"Just go!" Kou glared at Osmos. The silver haired man nodded and drew his card.
"I shall set one monster into defense mode as well." Osmos started, a brown back card paralleled to Kamishiro's card on the two's field. "Now as I was saying, Osmos needed others to seek the seals for him, as he was unable to discover their resting place on their own. So he hired Chiro to do the job. This backfired when Chiro absorbed the powers of each seal. Unfortunately, betrayal can be found in any relationship, and Thalius, enraged at the fact Chiro was given the raw power of the seals, immediately waged war, and easily won, against Chiro's village." Osmos motioned for Shisei to draw. "Now in the battle between Chiro and Thalius, each of the fighters had a different version of the same raw power. The outcome was the death of Thalius and Chiro's spirit, as well as the seals, being blasted across time and space to settle in this realm of existence." Osmos finished.
Kou raised an eyebrow. "This makes no sense, how the hell am I suppose to be involved in something that probably happened on a completely different plane of existence?" Kou asked. Osmos smirked.
"Simple, Mr. Nandao. Your involvement in the tournament comes because you are connected to Chiro. While he isn't the best of Denva…" Osmos began, but then quieted his insult as Kou's eyes widened.
"D-Denva!" Kou said in shock., thinking the same thing to Chiro.
'It was my purpose to protect the village."' Chiro murmured, more to himself than to Kou.
"Yes Mr. Nandao. Chiro is a Denva, though the only one of his village." Osmos yawned. "Haven't you thought on why your prowess is sword fighting? His body was made to fight, and your body has been connected to him for all of your days on this earth." Osmos finished.
"Okay, then what is a Denva, exactly?" Kou asked, trying to wipe the pictures of Gazelle and Chimera with Chiro's head on their bodies from his mind.
"A Denva is a dangerous creature from the sky, Mount Kunlun, to be exact. They came to our world supposedly years ago and no one knows why. Or that's what myth guys say, anyway." It wasn't Osmos who answered this, but Shisei with comprehension from hearing the conversation. "And to begin my move, I activate Mystical Space Typhoon on Final Countdown." He yawned lazily and slid another card into his disk. "I end my turn with this card facedown." Shisei looked at Kamishiro.
"Now that we've cleared up any confusion, you should realize my ultimate plan was to acquire the body of Chiro, as he is the only thing still in existence that has been able to synchronize with the seven seals. Unfortunately, I need his soul which was previously stripped from him by Kamishiro," Osmos took a moment to glare at a now bowing Kamishiro. "this didn't hinder my plans for long, as you two managed to revive yourselves so I could properly separate your souls, hence this particular Shadow Game." Osmos smirked.
"Well said Master, now allow me the opportunity to demolish these pathetic and utterly worthless creatures." Kamishiro drew. "I activate Sanctuary in the Sky!" Kamishiro smirked as the Shadow Game was enveloped in light and the four competitors were standing on a large temple which floated in the air due to it's wings.
"Nice, at least it's brighter!" Kou snickered and drew his next card with a motion from his opponent. "I start my move by summoning the D.D. Assailant (1700/1600) in attack mode!" A male silver armored warrior hopped forward from a card, standing directly beside the first monster on Kou's field. "Now get ready, because first my D.D. Warrior Lady (1500/1600) will attack Kamishiro's facedown defense monster!" Kou pointed and the female warrior rushed forward and sliced the card.
"Foolish boy!" Kamshiro smirked and flipped the card on his disk, making the hologram follow suit. Thje creature that appeared couldn't be called anything but cute, it was a mini blob of glowing marshmallow. "You attacked my Marshmallon (300/500) while he has a pathetic array of stats, his body can well withstand the best you have to offer." The gelatinous white thing that was revealed after the attack smiled and Kou covered his eyes from the brightness as his LP decreased. "Oh, and my miniature marshmallow has the special ability to inflict 1000 points of direct damage to the attacker when assaulted in face down defense mode!" Kamishiro finished.
Kamishiro-6000
Kou-7000
Osmos-8000
Shisei-8000
"Kou, remember how crafty these guys are, don't mess up when your around them!" Shisei reminded his best friend, who was still shaking his head from the stars in his eyes.
"Yeah yeah, I know, but I still have another monster to go!" Kou looked at the face down monster on Osmos's field. "Now attack Osmos's monster D.D. Assailant!" Kou roared.
"KOU!" Shisei looked at Kou in disbelief. 'Damn, of all the times for him to act like an amateur, when were dueling two of the most deadly guys around for our souls!"' Shisei thought with a huge gulp.
Osmos followed Kamishiro's movements and flipped his monster to reveal an odd kind of Grim Reaper. "Say hello, Mr. Nandao, to the Spirit Reaper (300/200) his ability mimics that of the Marshmallon which my partner holds. Minus the LP reduction." Osmos informed Kou.
Kou looked at the two monsters he had just failed miserably to defeat and growled. "Alright, I set this card facedown and end my turn." Kou finished. Osmos drew without a wait.
"I start my move off with one of the deadliest combos in the game. I activate Miraculous Draw!" Osmos smirked and looked evilly at Shisei. "This card states that I am allowed to guess the name of the card I draw, during each and every one of my draw phases." Osmos started, placing another of his hand cards into the disk on his left arm. "If my guess is right, then one of you will take 1000 points of damage, if it is wrong, then I will lose the LP instead." Osmos finished.
"So you plan to take fifteen lucky guesses?" Shisei raised an eyebrow beneath his glasses as Osmos laughed. "Doesn't sound very smart or happy. So why is it your laughing?" Shisei reinforced his opinion.
"Poor little Shisei, still so utterly clueless to true strategizing and power." Osmos activated the card he had just slid into the disk. The hologram that appeared before them was of a great trench dividing two duelist's monsters. "Now behold, The Great Divide magic card! This card states that we may each have 1 field magic card in play at the same time. In other words, we have the opportunity to play with the special effects of four field cards at once, instead of just one. In addition, we each take one field magic card from our decks and add them to our hands." Osmos declared, taking one from his deck and slipping it in between two cards in his hand.
"Be careful what you choose Kou, he has something major planned." Shisei said to his best friend.
"Hey, I just dueled a crazy guy in the depths of the Shadow Realm. I think I can pick out one little- Ooh, I never got to play this one before!" Kou eagerly took a card from his deck and Shisei's eyes went wide at the lack of seriousness in his voice. Kou winked and added the card to his hand as Shisei gulped.
"I have no other field magic card, so Master Osmos may continue his move if you two are done." Kamishiro spat at Shisei, who nodded.
"Alright, then I activate my field card… Convulsion of Nature!" Osmos's entire field…well all of their fields actually, turned inside out, upside down and straight around. "Now we turn our decks upside down and play the match from there." Osmos stated. The four duelists fulfilled the effect and removed their decks, then placed them back in a reverse position. "Now I set two cards and end my turn." Osmos finished.
Kou looked at Shisei. 'Come on Sei, don't let us down now."' Kou realized what Osmos's last move meant. Before he drew during each of his draw phases, he would be able to see the card on his deck's top, then he would declare it's name and give him or Sei 1000 points of damage.
"I start my move by activating the field magic card I took: Temple of Chaos Magic!" The Sanctuary on his side of the field crumbled as a dark temple formed around him. "This gives all Dark Spellcasters an extra 200 attack points as well as some more hidden effects…" Shisei smirked and pressed his trap activation card. "Then I activate: Raigeki Break! This trap card let's me discard a card from my hand to destroy one card on the field. I discard the Dark Magic Blitz and destroy--" Just as Shisei had pointed to Convulsion of Nature Osmos pressed his own trap activation card.
"To bad your trap won't be able to activate. For I play Seven Tools of the Bandit and Barrel Behind the Door!" Osmos's first card turned out to be a Swiss army knife which slashed Shisei's trap apart at the same time as sending a large amount of knives back to it's owner. The second trap, Barrel Behind the Door materialized a gun that blasted the attack right at Shisei instead. "The first card let's me pay 1000 LP to negate the effect of a trap card and then my second trap allows me to inflict the damage I would take other than battle damage, to you." Osmos smiled cheerfully as Shisei fell to his knees from being spearheaded with knives.
Kamishiro-6000
Kou-7000
Osmos-8000
Shisei-7000
"Sei!" Kou rushed over towards his friend, but upon reaching the blond an invisible barrier blasted him back to his own field. "What the hell?" Kou asked, anger and frustration at not being able to help his friend welling up inside him. "Hang on Sei! We can and will win this!" Kou yelled, not running towards Shisei this time though.
"You fools have no chance of surviving the true power hidden in me and Kamishiro's decks. Face it you will lose this battle as utterly pathetic as you won every other one on this island." Osmos stated. Kou glared at the silver haired man as Shisei stood up.
"I'm fine, and I won't go down!" Shisei yelled. "I set one more card facedown and end my turn!" Shisei looked at Kamishiro who drew. "This duel is only just starting Osmos, and trust me, by the time it's done your going to be in the loser position along with your lackey!" Shisei yelled to his opponents. Kou looked at the determination in Sei's eyes and then readied himself for the long fight ahead.
"OSMOS!" Yami beat furiously against the shadow game, desperate to reach the innocent people and Higentaka Osmos on the other side of the black sphere. Once the power of his millenium puzzle was found to be useless, he had resorted to trying to beat a hole in the sphere.
"It won't work, Osmos has even more power than the other duelists we've faced that use Shadow magic." Ryuko said bored. Yami turned to the smaller boy and shook his head.
"There is always a way, and I will find one to get in there and save your friends. For your sake, and Joey's." Yami turned to the paling form of Joey Wheeler, who's head was in Namia's lap. Seeing his best friend in such a state seemed to strengthen his resolve and he beat even more furiously against the Shadows.
Ryuko walked away from the orb of darkness and looked at his deck. 'If only I could help them somehow. Oh well." He sighed upon realizing there was nothing he could do. 'Just stay safe guys, please!"' Ryuko finished his ponderings. Unbeknownst to him, the others in the room were wishing the exact same thing.
Next time: The duel heats up as Shisei is on the end of a merciless cycle of 1000 LP losses from Osmos's combo. Just when Kou finds out a way to help his best friend Kamishiro brings one of the most fearsome monsters in his deck to the field. Kou must some how figure out a way to protect Shisei and himself from Osmos's combo and Kamishiro's Angel of Dark Rebirth. Can the warrior possibly figure out how to? And if he can't there's always Chiro! Next time on Duel Monsters: Maximum!
A/N: Okay, I know that the updates have been few and far between, but my comp is fixed now so I can keep up with the demand. Oh, and thank you all for reviewing, if I haven't reviewed any of my loyal reviewer's stories yet then I'll get to that right away. I know this was a lame start to the duel, but the next few chapters will involve more intense moves and incredible counters, just keep reading!
To Rex and Erestor Telemnar: The last chapter was so completely off because every time I tried to save the computer stopped up on me. In other words, the very first document I wrote up was probably pretty good, but because it got erased and I had to write a second one, then a third, a lot of my ideas were completely lost along with the save data. I just hope this chapter wasn't as off. And thanks again for reviewing.
To LucienShadowMaster and Dragonmaster 13: Thank you both for reviewing and taking the time to compliment me.
