Author's Notes: Even more montageness.

Chapter Fifteen: Duel Montage Pt. 3

Kensai's eyes widened as he counted the magic cards that had just been played. He knew what was coming next. "I sacrifice Skilled Dark Magician and his three counters to summon the Dark Magician(2500/2100)! But he'll be gone soon, because I play Polymerization!"

Davis held up Buster Blader(2600/2300) and the two monsters merged as one in a vortex of energy. The monster that emerged wore magnificent armor and had a bladed staff in his hand. "Meet Dark Paladin(2900/2600)! He attacks you directly!"

Dark Paladin slashed directly into Kensai, knocking him backwards. The damage was great, but Kensai could see by the look on Davis' face that it wasn't over yet. "Go quick-play magic card, Defusion! This breaks down Dark Paladin into his base parts, who attack you directly!"

Dark Paladin's form shifted, and Buster Blader and Dark Magician appeared on the field. Buster Blader slammed his sword against Kensai, while Dark Magician used its Dark Magic Attack to blast Kensai off his feet. "You wanted my power? Well that's my strength. I set one card face down and end my turn!" (KLP: 4000)

Kensai drew and placed the card on his duel disk. "One monster in defense mode. End turn."

Davis drew for the first time in two turns, and then immediately tossed the card onto his duel disk. "D.D. Warrior Lady(1500/1600) in attack mode. Now she attacks your set monster!"

A ghostly reaper appeared and swept down on Buster Blader, hacking the mighty warrior in half. "Night Assailant(200/100) has a flip effect that destroys one monster on the field. So your Buster Blader fell prey to it."

"You're still going to feel my strength! Dark Magic Attack!" Another energy assault drove Kensai back and dropped his life points by more than half. However, the warrior duelist still didn't seem to have been hurt very much. (KLP: 1500)

Kensai drew and then he began to laugh. "It's here...the power that will undo you. I activate the magic card Painful Choice!"

He scanned his deck and quickly picked out five cards, then he held them out to let Davis see them. Davis frowned as he recognized the strategy, as each one was either a light or a dark type monster. 'Looks like Eli isn't alone in his use of these beasts.'

"Go ahead and keep Dark Blade." Kensai nodded and then dropped the four other cards into his cemetery. Finally he took one of his five cards and threw it out onto his duel disk.

"You saw this coming didn't you? Well here he is! I remove one dark and one light type monster from my cemetery to summon Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End(3000/2500)!" A gigantic dragon with a mane of red hair stomped out onto his field, and then let loose a roar that shook the mountain to its foundations.

"As you seem to be aware of I can now activate his ability. So I pay one thousand life points to do so. Apocalyptic Eruption!" The dragon's body shook, and then it exploded and consumed the field in chaotic energies. But to Kensai's shock the wave of energy slammed into a barrier in front of Davis and then faltered. (KLP: 500)

"Sorry Kensai, but I had a method in play to stop such an assault. Hallowed Life Barrier costs one card from my hand, but it protected me from the combined damage of your assault. Now you're the one who's defenseless and I'm still alive." His confidence was partially broken when he heard his wife sigh dramatically behind him.

He turned back to her and frowned. "No need to act so surprised. Did you really think I was just going to lose so easily to this guy?" She shrugged, looking slightly guilty. He rolled his eyes and turned back to the duel.

Kensai was tapping his foot against the ground, and shook his head in amusement. "I was prepared for such an incident. Believe it or not, but of the cards that I discard...three were Repayment of Losses. That means I draw three cards!"

Davis' eyes went wide as the other duelist snapped three cards off his deck and then immediately slapped one down onto his field. "White Knight of Vanda(1800/1900) in attack mode. Direct attack!" The blade slashed across Davis' middle, folding him over in pain. (DLP: 100)

"I set one card face down and end my turn. All to you Davis, if you can recover." Asriel shot a glare at Kensai, but was stopped from saying anything when Davis struggled back to an upright position and drew a card.

"I don't give in so easily. But I will set one card face down and end my turn." A single face down card was all that stood between him and Kensai's monster, and he could only hope the other duelist didn't draw a new monster.

"White Knight of Vanda, attack him directly!" The white armored knight charged again, only to find himself jumping straight into a giant tube.

"Say goodbye Kensai! Magic Cylinder redirects the attack directly at your life points!" The knight was fired straight out of the tube and right back at Kensai. The warrior grimaced and slammed one of his two cards into his duel disk.

"Death Gift lets me sacrifice a monster to increase my life points by 1000, protecting me from being finished by the damage!" He grunted as his knight slammed its sword into his chest, but despite the pain he remained standing, displaying his impressive strength and endurance. (KLP: 600)

"Now in my second main phase, since it's the only card in my hand, I normal summon Swift Knight Gaia of the Gale(2300/2100)!" The blue and red armored knight on his mighty steed road out, readying his jousting sticks for when he could attack.

Davis drew, and then immediately held out his card. "Monster Reborn revives Buster Blader(2600/2300) who immediately cuts down Gaia!"

Kensai frowned as the mighty warrior cut his knight in half, leaving his field empty except for one face down card. Now he and Davis were on almost completely even terms. "Turn by turn you prove yourself to be a truly powerful duelist, and I respect that." (KLP: 300)

"I've come to respect you as well. It's your turn." Kensai nodded and drew, then immediately held up Pot of Greed and drew two new cards.

"Hmmm...I play Silent Dead which lets me revive one normal monster from my graveyard in face-up defense. So Dark Blade(1800/1500) returns in defense position. Then I summon Blade Knight(1600/1000) in defense mode. End turn." Two monsters, one in black armor and the other in white armor, now kneeled in front of Kensai.

"Buster Blader destroys Dark Blade. That's all I can do for now." His warrior slashed the other one in half, leaving Kensai with nothing but a set card and Blade Knight, who was boosted to two thousand attack by its effect.

"This duel...it's just about over I'd say. I activate Warrior's Tomb! For each warrior in my grave I can draw one card, up to a maximum of six. So I draw six cards, reducing Blade Knight's attack power!" In one motion he took six cards off his deck and fanned them out.

"Now since Blade Knight has lost attack power I can activate Card of Last Will to draw five new cards!" He smirked and drew five more cards, giving him a grand total of eleven. Davis watched it with horror, knowing something bad was coming.

"I play another card from the Supreme Duelist Series, Blood Moon Ritual! I offer Blade Knight from the field and Freed the Matchless General from my hand in order to summon...Warrior of the Blood Moon(X000/X000)!" A sickly looking warrior in bloody red armor formed in place of Blade Knight, and held up a sword that was so encrusted with blood that it was black.

"X is the number of monsters removed from play divided by two, so right now he has five thousand attack and defense points. But I'm not going to end it like this...no, I'll show you a true warrior's strength. Activate magic card, Soul Release! With it I'll remove five monsters from my graveyard!" Five spirits exploded from his grave and their energy slammed into Warrior of the Blood Moon, sending his attack skyrocketing to seven thousand.

"Now I activate Excalibur, doubling his attack power. And now...this is the end. Warrior of the Blood Moon, attack and destroy Buster Blader!" Davis closed his eyes as the warrior slammed its blade into his warrior's gut, and then wrenched it out, spilling the blader's blood across the ground. (DLP: 0)

The duel disks shut off, and Kensai approached Davis and held out his hand. Davis smiled and shook it, happy to have had such a fun duel. "It's been quite some time since I got a chance to duel somebody of your skill."

"I've never faced anybody with such spirit before, I should be thanking you. I needed this duel, but unfortunately it comes at a price. The power that resides within you...it now belongs to me. And though I do what I must...there is always something more for it." He pulled away, and Davis suddenly felt a burst of cold throughout his body, and he dropped to his knees as a wave of dizziness washed over him.

Asriel rushed forwards, but Kensai jumped backwards off the mountain, and to her surprise a helicopter rose up, and Kensai grabbed a ladder. "Farewell. Until we meet again."

She turned back to her husband as the helicopter roared out into the distance. "I'm sorry Davis...there was nothing I could do. We both thought he was a good person, when in the end he was just another bastard who doesn't deserve to be called a duelist."

"No...he does. And I've got the proof." He opened up his hand, the one he had used to shake Kensai's hand, and showed her what was in. It was a small piece of paper with instructions written on it, and at the top...an address.

"I guess we've got some travel plans to make don't we?"

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"You're a confident guy, but it won't help! Gilford the Lightning attacks Sugar Man!" The mighty warrior charged in, but Sugar Man simply sprayed sugar all over Gilford, blowing him into thousands of tiny particles. (VLP: 5100)

"I payed one thousand life points to destroy one attacking monster according to the effect of Sugar Man which means I saved my own self from damage and was able to blow away your really annoying monster that's no fun at all so you're out of the running for this one without it!" Kirani blinked as she processed this statement, and then shrugged and held out a card from her hand.

"I play the quick-play magic card Bolt of Lightning which brings back Gilford the Lightning exactly as he was and lets him attack instantly! Gilford the Lightning will attack your monster again!" Vance frowned as the warrior charged in, and then with a flick of the wrist Sugar Man blew Gilford away once again. (VLP: 4100)

"You don't see it at all do you? Oh well, but trust me when I say that Sugar Man won't be your savior, he'll be your end. I set one card face down, and end my turn, leaving you to contemplate that fact."

Vance pouted and picked up a card. He grinned and tossed it onto his duel disk. "Sugar Soldier(1400/1600) is summoned in attack mode, and then it launches an assault immediately upon your life points in order to cut them down to size and crush you once and for all!"

A simple man who was bouncing from toe to toe jumped out at her, and tossed a dozen or more sugar packets at Kirani. "I activate Starburst Pattern, which destroys the attacking monster and lets me summon a monster from my deck of equal level. So I summon Berserker Gilford(3000/0)!"

The towering berserk warrior slashed his sword twice through the air, and the human warrior collapsed, and exploded into tiny little fragments. "When Sugar Soldier dies I gain seven hundred life points which go into the effect of Sugar Man to pay one thousand life points and deal one thousand damage to your life points!" (VLP: 3800, KLP: 2000)

"You're still clueless, and that's why you're an amateur. I play Pot of Greed, then I activate Monster Reborn to revive Gilford the Lightning(2800/1500)!" Her keystone monster emerged from the ground, greeting Berserker with a nod of the head which wasn't returned.

"Now I play Titan's Storm, boosting Berserker Gilford by fifteen hundred attack points for the turn, but he'll die at the end. Not that it matters though, because he now has more attack points than Sugar Man. Berserk Lightning Slash!" The monster roared and charged forwards, only to be blown away by a blast of raw sugar. (VLP: 2800)

"Sure, you use your monster's effect to destroy mine. Now let me attack again. Gilford, Thunderbolt Cut!" Vance's eyes widened in realization and horror, and he panicked so much that he couldn't even declare his move. He just motioned frantically to Sugar Man, who blasted Gilford with sugar. (VLP: 1800)

"I can see that now you've figured it out. Sugar Man requires one thousand points to defeat a monster with its effect, and now that you have so few life points most monsters can beat it, and if you destroy one then another can easily cut you down. Plus another one thousand points and your monster will be useless. So go ahead and take your turn." She smirked and put her hands on her hips, waiting for him to make his move.

He drew and frowned at the sight of Sugar Knight(2100/1500) a level five monster. Sugar Man couldn't be sacrificed anyways, so it was useless. "Errr...end I think."

"You're right, this is the end. Gilford of Thunder(1800/400) in attack mode! His effect lets me draw one card from the top of my deck and one from the bottom!" She drew the two cards, and then threw out another of them.

"Lightning Summon lets me summon another Gilford of Thunder and that lets me draw two new cards!" Once again she drew as her two monsters hefted their blades and prepared to launch their attack.

"Gilford of Thunder attacks, and then what do you do?" Vance grimaced and snapped his fingers, prompting Sugar Man to unleash its effect, blasting apart the attacking monster. Unfortunately it wasn't going to be enough. (VLP: 800)

"Now for the kill! Gilford of Thunder, attack Sugar Man!" The hyperactive duelist lowered his eyes as the warrior slashed his precious monster in half and blasted away the last handful of life points that he had remaining. (VLP: 0)

Vance fell to his knees, pouting as the duel disks shut themselves down. Kirani approached him and leaned down, glaring at him. "Now...you and I are going to have a little talk."

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Alice smirked at whatever she saw in her hand, and then snapped her fingers. Her mana began blinking out one by one, and her remaining Ultima Assault Vehicle shuddered and exploded. "I give up Ultima Assault Vehicle and an additional four mana to summon my ultimate creature. Come out, Nuclear Dragon(3000/2800)!"

A huge form appeared in place of her previous monsters. It was a huge red dragon with mechanical plating all along its form, and there was a faint green glow coming from it. "Now I activate Nuclear Dragon's special ability, by tapping two mana and discarding a card from my hand. Now I destroy every monster you have in play!"

Dalin didn't even blink as the massive beast spewed toxic chemicals all over his field, melting down his monsters and leaving him with no defense. "Now Nuclear Dragon, attack Sumatin-senpai directly!"

More of the toxic waste spewed over him, but again he didn't budge, despite the fact that it itched terribly and made his skin crawl. "That's all I need to do for now, so I end my turn." (DLP: 6200)

Dalin drew, and then his eight mana untapped. "Your monster may be deadly, but no single monster can defeat me. This may be your game, but you are still an amateur duelist, and so I will win. It is time, I tap mana to activate a very special card!"

One of his eight mana vanished, and then he tossed out the card. Suddenly the area behind him altered, becoming a celestial kingdom with little creatures darting in and out from it. "By tapping one mana I was able to activate Sanctuary of the Sky."

Alice blinked as the field formed, not quite sure how that was going to help him. "How's that going to help you? Two cards in hand, seven mana, and one field card that operates differently aren't going to save you from Nuclear Dragon."

"No? I beg to differ. I tap two mana to activate Monster Reborn and revive Saturn, Angel of Judgement(2400/0)!" The blonde female angel flew out from the sanctuary and flapped her wings, casting a deadly glare at Alice. The female duelist blinked in surprise at the way it was looking at her.

"Now I tap two more mana to activate Justice For All, setting my life points at double their starting amount. Then during the start of each of my other turns my life points will reduce by half." Blue waves of energy flowed from the card and into Dalin and his duel disk, empowering him with a great deal of energy. (DLP: 16000)

"Amazing...I see now that you're exactly as I thought. You're the perfect duelist, the only person worthy of me." Dalin quirked an eyebrow at this comment, but otherwise made no reply.

"I tap one mana to activate Saturn's effect. Now I sacrifice Saturn for Final Judgement!" The angel threw her arms up, and waves of energy rippled off of her and slammed into Alice, dropping the young duelist to her knees.

"Absolutely amazing...you learned my game so fast and then defeated me so easily. Against you I'm nothing...and that's why I won't let you be with anybody else." The last part was muttered to herself, but Dalin still heard her. (ALP: 0)

"Now Alice, we need to talk."

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Kodowari expanded his senses, seeking out the girl's presence. If he could find her then he could confront her and get her out of the way for good. Doing so would also grant him her power, and that was always a positive thing. "I'll crush her the second I find her!"

Power crackled around him as he sought out her presence, and suddenly he felt something strange. His energies as they searched for her had just touched a void, something similar to a black hole. He couldn't sense anything in that one spot. "What is this? The touch of my power is nothing to this thing...my power is drawn inwards!"

The strange void seemed to be approaching, and knowing that he couldn't truly touch it with his power he drew back, keeping himself away from it. "How could anything do that to my power? What sort of beast is capable of taking in all of my power!"

Kodowari dropped down from the tree, landing in a crouch. He lifted his head, and found himself facing a teenager in a solid blue uniform. An Obelisk Blue underclassman. "You? Get the hell out of my way, I'm not in the mood to deal with your cocky attitude."

He moved forwards and attempted to brush by the taller boy, but when he pushed against the other boy he felt a hand latch onto his wrist. His blue eyes widened as he felt the power that still crackled around him drawn away and into that hand around his wrist. 'I feel so cold...'

He turned his head in fear, and found his blue eyes met by cold and calm jade eyes. "What are you! Don't touch me!"

In his mind's eye, he could see all that this boy was. This was the black hole for his power, this was the thing that he couldn't touch with his magical energies. "I am myself. I am Hitokage Seijitsu, and I know exactly what I am. The question is, what are you?"

"What the hell kind of question is that? I'm a human being, unlike you. You're some kind of demon, I know it!" The Obelisk Blue student frowned, and then released his hold on Kodowari by pushing him backwards. The Osiris red duelist stumbled, but managed to catch his footing.

"I am no demon, nor am I human. I am a weapon, I am a Reaver. And you...now that I have fed from you I understand. You are nothing but a puppet, a creature created in human form and given orders by another that even you are not aware of. Part of the creator's spirit is imbued in the puppet, granting it many attributes. Based on your attitude, I would assume that your father created you. For what purpose I don't know...nor do I care."

"I'm not a puppet! I am Kodowari Nobuki! My father is Taichi Nobuki, and he did not create me! I have all these memories, how could they be false? Where does your theory play in with that?" Hitokage shrugged and began approaching Kodowari, extending his hand. The teen backed away in fear, now aware of the threat that Hitokage posed.

"Sometimes the puppets are granted memories in order to keep them complacent, but only when they must be subtle and are not used for dirty work. I don't care why you are here, but you are the one who has been taking students souls, and I won't allow such a thing on my island." Kodowari jerked away, but suddenly found himself backed against a tree as Hitokage's hand closed around his throat.

"You've got a major ego! Your island? Well if you want this island you'll have to take it from me in a Darkness Game!" Dark energy surged around them, and he felt Hitokage's arm tighten and some of the energy of the darkness began to leech into his body.

Hitokage released Kodowari, allowing him to drop to the ground. "If darkness is how you wish to play this out, then I'll deal with your darkness. I assume you wanted to duel?"

Kodowari nodded, and as one the two duelist raised their duel disk and activated them and then slid their decks into place. "I'll take the first turn, and I'll start off with the field magic card Game Company! All 'game' monsters gained five hundred attack and one thousand defense."

"Now I summon Production Staff-Creative Division(1200/1500) in attack mode! Each turn I can forfeit my draw to let me add a 'game' monster from my deck to my hand using his effect. Also I set one card face down. That's it for me." He smirked confidently as a nerdy man in glasses appeared at a computer desk, frantically typing away.

Hitokage frowned slightly as he looked over his hand, but knew what course of action he could take. "I also set one magic or trap card face down. However, instead of summoning a monster in attack mode I set one monster face down. End turn."

"So confident huh? Well I add one game monster to my hand, and then I activate my set card, Enemy Controller! At a cost of one thousand life points I'll offer your set monster as a sacrifice to summon Game Console(500/3000)!" The black box appeared as a game controller shot a wire out and attached it to Hitokage's set monster. (KLP: 3000)

"Now, Production Staff will attack your life points directly!" The pencil pusher looked up from his desk, picked up a stapler, and then hurled it at the Obelisk Blue student.

"Activate trap card, Soul Vanishing. This makes your monster inert, unable to be sacrificed or attack. In addition each of my turns I will gain one hundred life points for each of its levels." A wisp of a cloud exited the pencil pusher's mouth, and he fell limp against his desk.

"Fine, end turn." Hitokage nodded and drew, then another wisp of cloud flowed from the face up trap and into Hitokage's duel disk. (HLP: 4400)

"I summon Malice Doll of Demise(1600/1700) in attack mode." A nasty looking puppet appeared in front of him, holding a scythe in one hand and grinning maniacally.

"I play the continuous magic card Sacrificial Soul. Now I sacrifice Malice Doll of Demise to its effect and remove one card in your hand from play." Kodowari grimaced as the doll turned to energy and slammed into his hand, blowing away one of his three remaining cards.

"Now I set one card. End turn."

Kodowari snarled even as a card ejected from his deck. "Prepare to feel the second level of technology and the power it can bring. I have added to my hand the monster that will start your end. I must sacrifice Game Console for it, so I do so, and bring out the second generation. Game Console 2(1000/4000)."

A somewhat sleeker version of the black box console appeared, floating almost menacingly above Kodowari's field. "Get ready to feel the pain. By discarding one card from my hand I can swap its attack and defense points until the end of your turn!"

He slid one of his two remaining cards into the grave, and then the monster's stats flipped. "Here we go! Attack Hitokage directly with Power Surge attack!"

The slots for controllers to go in charged up, and then four different blasts of energy shot out at Hitokage. "Say goodbye to virtually all of your life points!"

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Next Chapter: Duel Montage Pt.4

Author's Notes: Next time we'll get to see the conclusions to Rikuo vs Drake and Hitokage vs Kodowari. Yahoo!

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Original Cards:WG(WolfGeneral), TM(Time Mage), G(Gryphinwyrm7)

Kensai: Repayment of Losses, White Knight of Vanda, Death Gift, Blood Moon Ritual, Warrior's Tomb, Warrior of the Blood Moon

Vance: Sugar Soldier, Sugar Knight

Kirani: Starburst Pattern, Berserker Gilford, Gilford of Thunder, Lightning Summon, Titan's Storm

Dalin: Justice For All

Kodowari: Game Company, Production Staff-Creative Division, Game Console, Game Console 2

Hitokage: Soul Vanishing, Sacrificial Soul

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