Chapter 48: Return of the Dark Angel
Shisei looked from the depths of the darkness in the shadow realm to the cloaked figure in the process of making his next move of the two-on-two duel monsters match. Kamishiro easily slid his card from the deck and looked over to Osmos with a smirk that gave Shisei no happy feeling. "Are you going to just sit and smile about your draw like an idiot, or are you going to play something?" Shisei's smart tone was cracked slightly from the fear of dueling such powerful entities.
"Patience is a virtue." Kamishiro stated, wagging a finger towards Kou and Shisei's side of the dueling field.
"Yeah, one that I seem to be running low on!" Kou glared at the two competitors across from him.
"Then it is time I show you the true strength of my deck, I sacrifice my Marshmallon, and bring forth the much stronger: Zaborg the Thunder Monarch (2400/1000)!" The cute little marshmallow winked before disappearing in a circle of white light, indicating tribute summon. The marshmallow was gone only a second before a giant steel creature with balls of thunder crackling inside his hands and a look of pure power emerged. "Now Zaborg (2400/1000), strike Kouichi's D.D. Assailant (1700/1600) down!" The beast reared back it's thunder soaked hands and tossed a thunder ball at the D.D. Assailant, which instantly blew apart.
"Nice, now your monster is removed from play!" Kou clenched his fist in satisfaction before looking at the LP score in puzzlement. Then he saw Zaborg still standing triumphantly in front of it's master and realized something was wrong. "Uh, why isn't your monster gone with the wind, and why haven't I lost any LP?" Kou asked.
"Foolish child. Each Monarch has a special ability unique to itself. The special ability of Zaborg (2400/1000) being that it is the Monarch of thunder, will instantly destroy one monster upon it's being brought to the field." Kamishiro explained while rolling his eyes. "Now I activate a magic card: Tribute to the Doomed!" Kamishiro's magic card appeared before them on his sanctuary field. Then bandages appeared from the ground and began to drag D.D. Warrior Lady under. When Kamishiro discarded the final card in his hand, D.D. Warrior Lady was destroyed completely.
"No, he discarded his last card and got rid of D.D Warrior Lady." Shisei stated as Kamishiro raised his hand to call an attack.
"Now, attack Shisei directly Zaborg (2400/1000)!" The Monarch pulled it's arm back and tossed another ball of thunder, this one hitting Shisei and knocking his LP... up!
Kamishiro-6000
Kou-7000
Osmos-8000
Shisei-9400
"Whew! That was close, if I hadn't had Draining Shield I'd be screwed!" Shisei laughed as Kamishiro motioned for Kou to go, after all, he had no hand cards and nothing but Zaborg on the field. Kou bowed an drew.
'Whoa, Freed the Matchless General! He helped me last time, but I need another Light monster in my graveyard before he can help me again….Only, this is the only other monster card I've got!"' Kou gulped, realizing he had to protect his LP, even if it meant getting rid of one of his best monsters by playing defense.
'Idiot, you need real strategy to play, let me take over!"' Chiro suddenly stated from within Kou, just as Kou had set his monster on the disk.
'Chiro! I know what I'm doi-"' Kou was cut off as he felt the normal floating feeling signaling a soul switch.
"Ah, you've decided to join us in Mr. Nandao's place, eh Chiro?" Osmos smiled after he realized the two had switched possession of the body.
"That's right, and you're about to see exactly how foolish it was in dueling against me and Kou at the same time! I summon Freed, the Matchless General (1700/1200) in attack mode and set all but one of my remaining cards facedown!" Four more cards appeared on his field behind a strong jawed man with a powerful blade. "Beat that move!" Chiro smirked despite Kou's wail of disco tempt.
'Chiro, you just set some of my best cards for…BLUFFING REASONS!"' Kou roared in outrage at the strategy his counterpart had taken on. 'What if they are destroyed!"' he asked Chiro.
'They won't be, just let me duel from here on out and you'll be just f-"' he cut of as Osmos yelled the name of the card he was about to draw. Due to Convulsion of Nature, unless he was a complete idiot, he had made either Kou or Shisei lose 1000 LP. But that wasn't the worst of it, for the card name he declared was…
"Harpie's Feather Duster will be my next card." Osmos smirked and placed the card he had guessed correctly onto the disk. "Now I activate this powerful card and destroy all of your facedown cards!" Osmos smirked and pointed to Chiro, who sweat dropped before switching back to Kou. "Next I activate the Graceful Charity Magic card!" Osmos drew three times and Shisei fell to his knees from another sudden injury. "Oh, and I'll have Mr. Aragashi take the 1000 points of damage from the effect of Miraculous draw." Osmos smiled wickedly.
Kamishiro-6000
Kou-7000
Osmos-8000
Shisei-8400
'Oh crap!"' Chiro thought from inside Kou's mind. Kou glared mentally at him. 'Look, it seemed like a good idea at the time, okay?" Chiro said.
'You could have at least put him in defense mode!"' Kou glared at his counterpart as Osmos whistled with surprise, activating the card he had just gotten with Graceful Charity.
"I activate Pot of Greed and draw two new cards," Osmos did so with anxious glances from Shisei and Kou. "I've drawn it." Osmos smirked.
"Drawn what?" Shisei asked, wiping blood from his mouth.
"Your demise, I activate Polymerization!" Osmos's field was suddenly occupied with not only the miniature Grim Reaper but also a ghostly horse. "Now I fuse the Spirit Reaper and Nightmare Horse to form… Reaper of Nightmare (800/600) in attack mode!" Osmos laughed as Kou and Shisei sweat dropped. The thing did look deadly and foreboding with the wisps of black from the shadow realm surrounding it's hooded form.
"You do realize that thing has way fewer attack points than Kou's monster?" Shisei asked with amusement.
"Ah, but it carries the effect of the fusion monsters used to create it. First off, it cannot be destroyed in battle, even though damage calculation is applied normally." Osmos pointed to Shisei, his lips curling even more than before. "He also has the ability to attack you directly! Now Reaper of Nightmare (800/600) attack Mr. Aragashi directly!" The Grim Reaper like monster charged forward and slashed a card from Shisei's hand as well as some of his LP.
Kamishiro-6000
Kou-7000
Osmos-8000
Shisei-7600
"What happened to my card?" Shisei asked, a hand covered with blood from his wounded shoulder.
"My monster may discard a card from your hand with each successful direct attack. End turn." Osmos finished, apparently happy with himself.
Shisei slid his next card off his disk and looked at it with a growl. "I activate Card of Sanctity, since were all running out of options!" Shisei slid five cards off his deck as Kou took five and Osmos and Kamishiro each took six.
'Hope these help!"' Kou thought, just as he was about to draw his fifth card. He had his hand on the card when a glow suddenly enveloped it and his duel disk in a bright white light. 'What the!"' he thought. He removed the card from his disk and his eyes went wide. 'I don't have this card… What's its effect…"' he read it and realization dawned on him. Heart pounding he looked at Kamishiro's field magic card and the field card he had taken, then Sei's. 'I could pull this off, but I'll need a lot more time than we may have, don't let me down Sei!"' Kou looked over at Shisei, who was still contemplating his move.
"Alright, I set two cards facedown and end my turn!" Shisei smirked as Kamishiro drew. "Now I activate one of my facedown cards, Ring of Destruction!" a deadly ring of grenades appeared around Kamishiro's monarch and exploded with an incredible force. "This card allows me to destroy one monster and makes all of us, you included, take 2400 points of damage!" Shisei smirked as he was blown back by the force of the explosion.
Kamishiro-3600
Kou-4600
Osmos-8000
Shisei-4200
Shisei looked at the LP count and his jaw dropped. "How come you didn't lose any LP!" he asked Osmos. Osmos smirked.
"It was the effect of Sacred Kuriboh (300/200) I can discard him to negate the effects of any damage inflicting cards." Osmos tossed back his head and laughed. "Nice try, but your just not strong enough to defeat us!" Kamishiro nodded after Osmos's statement and slid a card onto his disk.
"Now I activate my own Pot of Greed, and draw two cards." Kamishiro drew twice and slid a monster onto his disk. "Now behold Watapon ( ) which will be special summoned if drawn outside of my draw phase. Now I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Kamishiro looked to Kou.
"Watch the master!" Kou drew his card and looked at it with a smirk. "Alright, I summon Blade Knight (1600/1000) in attack mode!" Another warrior, this one wearing blue armor and a dangerous look appeared on Kou's field before him. "Then he will attack Osmos's monster!" The blue armored knight gallantly launched himself at the Grim Reaper monster.
"Hold on boy, I activate my set card, Reverse of Reverse, to use Shisei's final set card!" Kamishiro declared and Shisei gasped as a barrier of blue light appeared and blasted Kou's monsters away.
"No, he used my Mirror Force." Shisei fell to his knees as Kou gulped and ended his turn.
"Beautiful, then I will start my move," Osmos looked down at his deck. "By guessing the name of the card I will draw, I guess the card will be Dimensional Tunnel Mirror Gate. What do you know, I was right!" Osmos showed the odd card and Shisei found himself receiving another cut, this one directly to his neck.
Kamishiro-3600
Kou-4600
Osmos-8000
Shisei-3200
"Nice, eh?" Osmos slid another card into his disk after his comment. "Now I summon Dark Blade (1800/1500) in attack mode!" A skull warrior with the perfect armor and weaponry for himself appeared and laughed at it's master's enemies. "Now both of my monsters shall directly attack Mr. Aragashi, and I shall end my turn with this card facedown." Osmos smirked as a magic or trap card appeared on his field.
Kamishiro-3600
Kou-4600
Osmos-8000
Shisei-600
Shisei watched as another of his hand cards was cut from his hand and fell into the graveyard. "I tried, but I failed, I guess." Shisei fell to his knees with exhaustion. Kou looked at his best friend, realizing how Osmos and Kamishiro had teamed up to wipe him out.
"Sei, I won't let them win, but you have to keep fighting!" Kou declared as Shisei drew his next card with little hope. "Hold off for one more turn and make sure you have a back up plan!" Kou smiled weakly.
'Damnit, he's too exhausted to do anything good. Can you win on your own?"' Chiro asked from Kou's mind. Kou glared at Chiro for mocking Sei.
"Now I set two more cards facedown, make your move." Shisei stood up, but barely and Kamishiro drew.
"It's over for you fools!" Kamishiro slid two cards into his disk. "I activate Monster Reborn and Premature Burial! First I revive Zaborg, then I revive my Marshmallon. I sacrifice all three of my monsters now, and summon…. ANGEL OF DARK REBIRTH (2400/0)!" Kamishiro's most deadly monster appeared and he laughed as it glared down at them. "Next I play the Black Soul Sword, which allows me to sacrifice Dark attribute monsters from our side of the field and power up my Angel (2400/0)!" Kamishiro turned to Osmos and Osmos nodded and removed his monsters from the disk.
"I let him sacrifice my two monsters to finish one of you off!" Osmos said as the two beasts on his side of the field screeched upon being sliced in half by a black blade. The blade then absorbed their soul energy and flew into the hands of the Angel of Dark Rebirth (5000/0).
"As Master Osmos said, this duel will soon be over for one of you. Now behold your end! Angel of Dark Reibrth (5000/0) attack Mr. Aragashi directly!" Kamishiro's beast flew straight at Shisei who closed his eyes, waiting for the impact and his end. "IT'S OVER!" Kamishiro finished.
"SEIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" Kou yelled as Shisei's LP plummeted, and his body hit the floor.
To be Continued
Next time: The duel has heated up and the Angel of Dark Rebirth is more than powerful enough to defeat Kou and Shisei. But Osmos hasn't had a chance to show his ultimate card yet, and when the mightiest power rises, can Kou or Shisei defeat it? Find out Next time on Duel Monsters Maximum!
To Nova Flame: Oh, I always make a paper copy, the problem is whenever I sit down to type it up I get some new combo in my head and have to alter the entire duel to fulfill the cool combo at the same time as being to lazy to write the new combo in on the original copy. That always happens with Namia's Phoenix card combos.
To LucienShadowMaster: Yeah, I made a mistake, but you know what, it doesn't really matter with that card.
To John: Read the following…
The author of Duel Monsters Maximum reserves the right to edit cards for his own purpose or amusement…which is why Bitch of the Black Forest and Herpes Brother were created.
