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Return of Battle City: Wandering Souls
Struggle With the Spirit
Kai-1800/ Kevin- 2400/ Amatsu-4300/ Umbrak-5000
The smoke cleared from the field were Kai's Buster Blader had once stood, having been incinerated by the Satellite Cannon. Kai removed his arm from his face, his smile wider than ever.
"Why thank you." he chuckled. "Not only have you reduced your Satellite Cannon's attackpoints again to zero, but by using Newt Warrior to lower my monsters attack points, I can activate my face down trap card."
"Trap?" Amatsu shouted.
"Yes; Card of Last Will!" Kai shouted, raising his arm as his trap came to life. "When you decreased my monsters attack points, I was allowed to activate this trap card, which allows me to draw five new cards." He quickly slipped them from his Duel Disk. "And now I have some new options, as I didn't have any cards a minute ago. And now that it's my turn, I draw a sixth card." he taunted as he pulled the card from his deck. "Now it's on." he said with a smile. "First I'll use my Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Umbrak's Crystal Prison!" he shouted, activating the card. A pillar of wind formed out of nowhere and surrounded the glass cage, ripping it apart and freeing the Vorse Raider. "And then I'll use Card Destruction!" he grinned. "We each discard our entire hands and draw new ones of the same amount." Everyone deposited their hands to the Graveyard and pulled new cards free. "Now I summon Kuriboh in defense mode and then I'll set three card face down and then I'll attack Drillago with Blade Knight!"
"You're planning to send your Knight on a suicidal attack?" Umbrak demanded.
"Not quite. You see, Blade Knight's special effect allows me to raise its attack points by 400 when I have only one or fewer cards in my hand. And since I have only one, his attack power is 2000!"
"I can't allow that!" Amatsu interrupted. "So I activate my face down trap card, Chasm of Spikes!" His down card rolled up and activated. A hole appeared underneath the Blade Knight and pulled him in, destroying him. "And my trap does more than just destroy your monster; it will also deal you one quarter that monsters attack points in damage." Kai clenched his teeth as his points dropped by 500.
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"I'll end my turn." Kai growled.
"My turn then." Umbrak grinned. "I have nothing to attack with right now, but I'll change that!" he smiled, fiddling with a card in his hand. "I activate my rarest card; Dark Hole!"
"No way!" Kevin gasped. "Only a handful of copies of that card were ever made!"
"I know. But why do you think we're called Rare Hunters?" Amatsu cooed.
"Anyway, this magic card destroys all monsters on the field." Umbrak continued. Kevin's Sapphire Dragon, Vorse Raider, and Twin-Headed Behemoth were all pulled in; Kai's Blade Knight and Kuriboh disappeared, Umbrak's Dancing Faries, and Amatsu's Mechanicalchaser were all pulled in.
"Wait a second!" Kai shouted. "Why is the Satellite Cannon still in play?"
"You fool!" Umbrak declared. "Haven't you realized that every turn, our Satellite Cannon has gone higher and higher into orbit? As its power raises. It pulls further and further away from the field to add more defenses. And now, at its current elevation, there is a new requirement for if you want to destroy it."
"And that would be?" Kevin questioned.
"Now you must destroy it with a monster that is capable of flight!" Amatsu sneered. "Which means that even if your monster has enough attack points, and is at a level of 8 or higher, it still cannot destroy my Satellite Cannon unless it can fly."
"I can't believe this!" Kai shouted.
"Trust me, this is all very real." Umbrak chimed in. "And now, to complete my turn, I summon a monster in defense mode. And don't forget, Satellite Cannon's attack points go up another 1000. (2000/0)
"My turn." Kevin said as he pulled a card free. "I summon Luster Dragon, in attack mode."
"Not quite." Umbrak spat. "You don't have any monsters because of my Dark Hole magic card."
"That's what you think." Kevin laughed as he picked a card off of his field to sacrifice. "My Twin-Headed Behemoth has a special ability." As he said this, the purple lizard appeared for a second. "Whenever it's destroyed, it returns to play once with an attack and defense rating of 1000. That was enough for me to sacrifice to summon my Luster Dragon." Kevin's green beast appeared, roaring in preparation of attacking. (2400/1400) "Luster Dragon, attack Umbrak's face down monster with Burst Stream!" The green flames lanced across the field and consumed the face down monster, which revealed itself to be a green bird with a long beak.
"You attacked my Ashinigurai." Umbrak laughed, tossing his head back in hysterics. "And its special ability forces you to discard one card from your hand, allows me to pull another one from my deck in defense mode, and then allows me to shuffle my deck."
"I end my turn."
"I draw." Amatsu declared. "I summon a monster in defense mode and end mt turn." A brown card appeared. "And Satellite Cannon's points raise to 3000."
"Draw." Kai called. "I summon X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) in attack mode, and I attack Umbrak's Ashinigray!"
"Fool. You're that desperate to be rid of your cards?" Amatsu shouted.
"No, it's just that I have a card to spare." Kai replied, slipping a card into his Graveyard and another card appeared on Umbrak's field. "Go."
"Very well." Umbrak pulled another card from his hand. "Amatsu, I have all of the cards I need o begin our rampage over their Life Points. Should we show them the true power of our decks?"
"Yes Umbrak, that would be fine." his partner responded.
"Alright, I summon Fushi No Tori, (1200/0) in attack mode!" A small bird of fire appeared, small embers falling from its wings. "And I play Rush Recklessly to raise its attack points by 700 for this turn!" The birds size increased to nearly double (1900/0). "Fushi No Tori, attack and destroy the X-Head Cannon!" The bird swooped down, a trail of fire in its wake, burning the blue machine to small pieces of scrap. "And I gain any Life Point damage that you take to my score."
Kai-1200/ Kevin-2400/ Amatsu-4300/ Umbrak-5100
"My turn." Kevin called as he drew a card and the Satellite Cannon's attack rose to 4000. "And I'll have Luster Dragon attack your-Wait! Where's your Fushi No Tori?"
"Perhaps we neglected to mention," Amatsu explained. "Our decks are truly based around a rare type of card called Spirit monsters." Kai gave them a skeptical glare. "They are hard to use, as they are few and have a few side effects. First, they cannot be specially summoned. That makes them hard to summon swiftly. However, also, every turn they return to our hands after attacking."
"So the machines were a distraction to keep us busy while you brought together your Spirit monsters." Kevin gasped.
"Exactly." Umbrak laughed. "Which means that if you want to attack me, you'll have to target my defense monster."
"Fine. Luster Dragon, attack Umbrak's face down monster." The green blaze once again enveloped a monster. Umbrak's third and final Ashingray exploded. "Your turn." Kevin grimaced as he discarded a card.
"Fine." Amatsu croaked. "Time for me to show you my rarest card." he grinned. "I play Raigeki!"
"That's not possible!" Kai gasped. "No more than ten ever existed. There's just no way!"
"Believe what you will, but I've just removed all of your monsters from the field!" A series of lighting bolts rained from the sky and eliminated Kevin's monsters, leaving both Duelists without any monsters to defend their Life Points. "Now I'll activate my face down card, Ultimate Offering!"
"What's that?" both Kevin and Kai asked.
"This rare trap card allows me to summon as many monsters as I wish, so long as I pay 500 Life Points for every extra summon I perform. And since they're normal summons, this is perfect for my Spirit monsters. I summon Ashura Priest (1700/1200), and then I'll pay 500 Life Points to summon my own Fushi No Tori (1200/0), and then another 500 points to summon Susa Soldier, all in attack mode!"
Kai-1200/ Kevin-2400/ Amatsu-3300/ Umbrak-5100
"Now Fushi No Tori, attack and destroy Kai's Life points, eliminating him and adding 1200 Life Points to my score! Then Asura Priest and Susa Soldier, finish Kevin off. Win us both their decks!"
"I activate my face down card!" Kevin shouted. "Nightmare Steel Cage!" The two Rare Hunters were trapped by a large steel dome that encased them and their monsters. "This magic card prevents us all from attacking for two full turns. Well, except for the Satellite Cannon, which is exempt from everything." he said, adding a twinge of anger and annoyance to his last note.
"Fine." Amatsu snapped. "I end my turn." The spirits returned to the Rare Hunters hand while the Satellite Cannon's points rose to 5000.
"I draw." Kai sighed, gazing at the card. "I'll set one card face down, and then I'll summon Y Dragon Cannon (1500/1600) in defense mode. That ends my turn."
"I draw." Umbrak said, grabbing at his deck. "Now I'll activate a magic card, Spring of Rebirth!" Between the Rare Hunters appeared a fountain with an angel posing in the center. "Now, whenever a monster returns to our hand, we'll gain 500 Life Points."
"And because Spirit Monsters return to a players hand each turn, you're points will grow at incredible rates!" Kai shouted.
"Yes." Umbrak laughed. "Now I summon Maharaghi (1200/1700) in attack mode, and then end my turn. He returns to my hand, and so my Life Points go up 500, and Satellite Cannon goes up to 5000."
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Kevin drew a card and grinned ecstatically. "I set one card face down and summon a monster in defense mode."
Amatsu selected a card from his deck and grimaced. "I can't do anything other than summon my Fushi No Tori again, and then return it to my hand to raise my life points as Satellite Cannon gains another 1000 points." (6000/0)
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"Draw." Kai called, pulling another card free. "I summon Z Metal Tank (1500/1300), in defense mode. That ends my turn."
"Draw." Umbrak called. "I set one card face down, and then I summon Maharaghi in attack mode, and then allow it to return to my hand, raising my life points by another 500." He frowned as his Life Points increased to 6100, along with the Satellite Cannon's to 7000.
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"I draw." Kevin called. "I summon another monster in defense mode, and end my turn."
"My turn." Amatsu drew another card and grinned, glancing at Umbrak.
"I activate my placed card," the shorter Rare Hunter called. "Pyro Clock of Destiny!" A large stone tablet, divided into sections appeared, a long clock hand of fire extending from the center. "This trap card will speed the Duel up one turn, destroying this accursed cage, but it will also raise our cannons attack points to 8000." he explained as the arrow began to rotate.
"That leaves my free to attack this turn." Amatsu smirked. "And so first I'll activate this magic card, Spell Reproduction!" he said, activating his card. "By discarding two magic cards from my hand I can activate a magic card from my Graveyard;" he smiled wickedly. "So I choose Raigeki!" Again, the thick lightning bolts surged from the sky, striking all monsters on the field and eliminating them. "Now, the card that will seal your fate; the Eight Giant Crows, Yata-Garasu!" (200/100) A small purple crow appeared, squawking weakly. "When my Yata-Garasu deals damage to your life points, you cannot draw on your next turn. So now Kevin, prepare to suffer. Yata-Garasu, attack his life points directly!" The small bird flapped across the field and struck Kevin in the chest, not even nudging him. "Now, Satellite Cannon, destroy Kai!" A white beam lanced down, preparing to hit Kai full force.
"Activate trap card, Mirror Force!" Kevin yelled. An aurora bubble formed around Kai, holding off the attack before turning it back on the cannon in the sky. "Let's see if this can't reach your monster!" The white beam began its ascent to the atmosphere, but stopped short of the cannon. "What?"
"That was close." Amatsu sighed. "But the force of the redirected attack wasn't enough to fulfill the several thousand foot climb. All you managed to do was block off my attack."
"It was enough." Kai assured as his partners Life Points dropped a small amount while Amatsu's raised, thanks to the Spring of Rebirth, as did the Satellite Cannon's attack (1000/0).
Kai-1200/Kevin-2200/Amatsu-4300/Umbrak-6100
"I draw." Kai called. "I summon Mystical Elf, in defense mode. That ends my turn."
"I summon a monster in defense mode." Umbrak called as another brown backed card appeared and the Satellite Cannon's poinst raised to 2000. "That ends my turn."
"My turn." Kevin called. "I play Monster Reborn to revive my Twin-Headed Behemoth. And now, to summon my great monster." he called, snatching a card from his hand. "I sacrifice my Behemoth and Kai's Mystical Elf to summon my Blue Eyes White Dragon!" he shouted as his monstrous creature appeared. "And it's level is indeed eight, and it can fly."The two Rare Hunters both gasped sharply as the dragon began to climb through the air. "So go my dragon, attack and destroy the Satellite Cannon!"
Within seconds, the Blue Eyes was out of site, past the clouds. Moments later, a burst of white and blue light was seen, accompanied by an explosion which resulted in dozens of pieces of shattered debris falling to the earth, ignited by the heat of the atmosphere. The dragon soon returned to the ground as well, roaring with its thunderous shout.
Kai-1200/Kevin-2200/Amatsu-2300/Umbrak-6100
"My turn ends." Kevin said with a calm visage. Umbrak drew a card.
"I'll activate my Exchange magic card to swap one card from my hand with any other player on the field;" he sneered. "And I choose Amatsu!" he walked over to his partner and revealed his hand. Amatsu quickly grabbed a card and then Umbrak snatched one from Amatsu, hardly looking in the process. "Now I summon Yata-Garasu in attack mode. And because you allowed your partner to sacrifice you Elf, Kai, you can't stop my attack." he shouted. "Yata-Garasu, attack Kai's Life Points directly!"
"Think again!" Kai shouted. "I activate my face down card, Shadow Spell!" The holographic card slowly creaked up, unleashing a swarm of chains that completely overcame and covered the small bird, leaving no trace of its true form. "That stops your attack this turn, which means I still get to draw next turn. And it also means that your monster returns to your hand and it's Kevin's turn."
"That it is." Kevin smiled. "So I draw, and set a monster in defense mode. That ends my turn." he sighed. "Kai, I hope you have a way of getting rid of that sick bird. If it gets in many more attacks, we'll run out of options and this'll all be over."
"I do Kevin. It's my rarest card, but I need to draw it first. Please, just show some patients and keep your head calm, alright." Kai assured with a nod, glancing uneasily at his deck.
"My turn then." Amatsu said, gritting his teeth. "I set a monster in defense mode, and that will end my turn."
"This is redundant." Kai remarked. His gaze traveled to his deck, which he eyed warily. His hand moved to the top card and gave it a small tug, but stopped after only a small bit had moved off of the deck. He closed his eyes, as if offering a small prayer or just trying to collect his thoughts; he wasn't sure which he was doing. "I draw!" he whipped the card off the top, practically twirling it about his head, finally bringing it to a rest at his eye level and smirking.
"Prepare to see the power of the rarest magic card in all of Duel Monsters!" he slipped the card into his Duel disk and immediately activated it. "Hand Rebirth!"
"I knew it!" Umbrak cooed with joy upon seeing the rare magic card. "That is what our employer desires!"
"True, this is indeed the rarest magic card in the game." Kai confirmed. "However, do you know its effect. This card forces us to all discard our current hands and then draw new ones of five each." he explained, folding his few cars together and discarding them. The others fallowed his lead. "That means that Yata-Garasu is sent to the grave, and being as how Spirit monsters cannot be special summoned, he's gone for good." The two robed Duelists cringed upon realizing that their prized card was gone.
"Now, I set one card face down, and summon Kycoo the Ghost destroyer, in attack mode. And I'll have him attack your Life Points directly Umbrak, and then I'll activate his special ability." Kai said as his robed monster used a magical spell to strike Umbrak's Life Points. "When Kycoo does battle damage, I can remove up to two cards from your Gaveyeard. And I choose Yata-Garasu and Dark Hole!"
Kai-1200/Kevin-2200/Amatsu-2300/Umbrak-4300
"My turn." Umbrak seethed. He pulled a card free and examined it, his scowl instantly changing to a positive laugh. "Time for my revenge! I activate Ultimate Offering's effect, first normal summoning Maharaghi, then pay 500 Life Points to summon my Fushi No Tori to in attack mode." The bird of fire and stone doll appeared, both in a passive stance while at the same time seeming ready for an attack. "Then I'll pay another 500 Life Points to sacrifice both my monsters for this," The two monsters disappeared, replaced by a white dragon with multiple heads. "Yamata Dragon!" (2600/3100) "Now my Dragon, attack his monster!" The serpent heads all opened their mouths at once, a ball of bright red flame forming in each. They then simultaneously released their attacks as one stream of flame. "You're finished-What?" he shouted. For at that moment his dragon began to decrease in size until it was only half its original obesity.
"My magic card," Kevin explained. "Shrink. It cut your monsters attack points in half, lowering them to 1300, which is no match for Kycoo."
The sage raised his hands and formed a glowing shield around his body to protect him from the attack, reflecting the flames back at the dragon, destroying it.
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"And because Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer inflicted damage to your Life Points, I again remove two of your cards from play-Two of your Ashinigray."
"My turn." Kevin mused. "Why Umbrak, you don't have any more monsters on the field, leaving you wide open for a direct attack. Blue Eyes,White Lightning!" The mighty dragon reared back its head and unleashed another beams of white and blue that engulfed Umbrak completely. "That ends my turn."
Kai-1200/Kevin-2200/Amatsu-2300/Umbrak-800
"I draw." Amatsu spat, picking up a card. "I summon a monster in defense mode and set a card face down. Your turn Kai."
"Very well." Kai remarked. "I sacrifice my Ghost Destroyer to summon Kaiser Glider! (2400/2200) Attack Amatsu's defense monster!" The gold bird opened its mouth and released a beam of gold light that pierced the brown card.
"You've attacked my Otohime (0/100). And her special ability forces one of your monsters to change their battle position, so to defense mode Blue Eyes." Amatsu seethed.
"My turn's over then." Kai sighed.
"Then I'll play this," Umbrak shouted, playing the magic card he had just drawn. "Afterlife!"
"What's that?" Kevin demanded.
"This magic card allows me to summon a Spirit monster from my hand who's level is equal to one on your field." He pulled another card from his hand and summoned it to his monster zone. A man with dark skin and hair of fire appeared, his eyes glowing a malevolent red. "I summon Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi (2800/2900). My thanks to your Blue Eyes White Dragon Kevin. Now Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi, attack the Blue Eyes White Dragon!" The mans fist began to burn with fire and he charged across the field, smashing his hand into the dragons stomach, destroying it. "It's good for both of us that your dragon was in defense mode. For you, you didn't loose Life Points. For me, it was weak enough to destroy. Now I'll set one card face down and then play Spiritual Energy Settle Machine!"
A brown backed card appeared at Umbrak's feet, fallowed by a machine at his side with various tubes and wires exposed and electricity crackling around it.
"This magic card allows me and my partner to discard one card at the end of each of our turns, but it also keeps our Spirit Monsters in play as if they were normal monsters. So I'll end my turn by discarding this; the Sinister Serpent." Umbrak smirked as he slipped a card into his Graveyard.
"My turn then." Kevin grimaced. "I'll set one monster in defense mode and end my turn."
"That's weak. I'll set one monster in defense mode and end my turn by discarding a card from my hand for our Spirit Energy Settle Machine." Amatsu growled.
"My turn then." Kai said. "I'll switch Kiaser Glider to defense mode. Your move Umbrak."
"Very well. First I'll activate my face down trap card, Sanctification!" he grinned as his down card flipped up. "This trap card returns one Spirit Monster in my Graveyard to my hand, and I choose Yamata Dragon!" The short man called, locating the card from his Graveyard. "Now I'll set one monster in defense mode and one card face down and play my Life Line magic card, which will double my Life Points for this turn, and then return them to what they were originally at the end phase."
Kai-1200/Kevin-2200/Amatsu-2300/Umbrak-1600
"Now I'll access Ultimate Offering to pay 500 Life Points to summon another defense monster, and then pay another 500 to summon Yamata Dragon by sacrificing both monsters. Now my Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi will attack your Kaiser Glider, Kai, with his Blaze Fist attack!" The man unleashed the furry of his burning punch yet again, crushing Kai's winged monster. "Now I'll have my Yamata Dragon attack your Life Points directly to finish you off!" The eight heads all formed their own individual balls of fire and attacked, striking Kai and lifting a curtain of smoke. "That's one player down." Umbrak smirked.
"I don't think so." a voice called from within the smoke, fallowed by a golden beam that reached out and destroyed the Yamata Dragon. When the smoke cleared Kai could be seen with his Kaiser Glider by his side.
"But how?" Umbrak stuttered.
"My face down card was the Rope of Life trap card revived my Kaiser Glider and added an extra 800 attack points to it, making it 3200 points strong. Sorry Umbrak, but you've been defeated, as your dragon had fewer attack points, my monster was able to destroy it and what was left of your Life Points."
"I'd like to disagree." Umbrak shot back. "I'll use my face down Guard of Card magic card to discard one card from my hand to block all Life Point damage I take this turn. Sure I still lose my Yamata Dragon, but my Life points are safe and back to 800, as I'll end my turn, activating my Life Line's second ability. My turn will end when I switch my Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi to defense mode and discard my Sinister Serpent for my Spirit Machine."
"But you discarded your Sinister Serpent last turn." Kai objected.
"True, but Sinister Serpent has a special ability, which is if it's in my Graveyard when my turn begins, I'm allowed to return it to my hand. This gives me a monster that I can discard every turn, meaning I'll never be lacking in monsters to send to the Graveyard for my Machine. Now go Kevin."
Kai-
"Fine. I draw and set one more monster in defense mode."
"Back to me already." Amatsu grinned. "I summon Asura Priest (1700/1200) in attack mode, and I'll have it destroy all of Kevin's monsters!"
"How?" Kevin shouted. "A monster can only attack once each turn."
"True, but Asura Priest has the ability to attack any monsters you have on the field, one at a time. So go my monster, and destroy the monster Kevin set two turns ago!" In the multiple hands of the god appeared gleaming steel swords, which is threw at the monster card, destroying it, which revealed itself to be a Giant Germ.
"And I'll use my Germ's special ability, which is to search my deck for two more, which will then be summoned to the field." Kevin laughed as two more balls of mass appeared on his field. "Plus, you lost 500 Life Poinst thanks to my Germs second ability. Now, you could use your monsters ability to destroy my other two Germs, but that would cost you another 1000 points total. Are you willing to risk that?"
"No, but that doesn't mean that I can't destroy your other monster with my Asura Priest." Amastu shouted as his Life Points ticked away. The swords again flew, this time spearing into Kevin's Sangan.
"And that allows me to search my deck for a monster with 1500 or fewer attack points." Kevin smiled as he found a card in his deck and added it to his hand. "You done yet?"
"I'll discard my Fushi No Tori to upkeep the Spirit Machine, and then my Asura Priest returns to my hand." Amastu growled.
"My turn then." Kai smiled. "I'll set two cards face down and end my turn by attacking Amatsu's defense monster with Kaiser Glider."
"Then it's my turn." Umbrak spat. "Susa Soldier in defense mode and then my turn ends as I discard my Sinister Serpent again."
"Draw." Kevin called. "I'll sacrifice mt two monsters for this; Hyozanryu in attack mode! And I'll have it destroy one of Amatsu's defense monsters, which will end my turn." The dragon fired its white beam of light which destroyed a Susa Soldier.
"Draw." Amatsu said. "Another monster in defense mode. Then I'll discard a card to upkeep our Spirit Machine."
"No you wont." Kai called. "I'm activating my trap card, Dust Tornado, which I'll use to wipe out your Spiritial Energy Settle Machine! And since it's now the end of your turn Amatsu, both of your partners monsters return to his hand, even though it will raise his points by 1000 thanks to the Spring of Rebirth. But now he's open to an attack."
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"And now it's my turn." Kai said, drawing a card. "I'll activate the magic card, Double Spell to copy Amatsu's Raigeki!" he shouted, activating the magic card. "I'll first discard this magic card, and then all of your monsters will disappear!" The bolts of lighting completely decimated the Rare Hunters monsters. "Now Kaiser Glider, attack and destroy Amatsu's life Points!" The golden beam struck Amatsu full force in the chest and knocked him to the ground, his Life Points depleted.
"And now it's Umbrak's turn."
"I draw." The last Rare Hunter said shakily. "A monster in defense mode."
"If that's all you've got, then you've lost." Kevin said. "I'll summon Dark Gremlin in attack mode. Now my Gremlin, attack his defense monster!" The green imp jumped across the field and slashed away Umbrak's last Asura Priest. "Now Hyozanryu, attack and destroy his Life Points!" Kevin shouted. The dragons attack hit with all intensity, wiping Umbrak out. "We win!"
"That's right." Kai smiled. "And now we each get a locator card and your decks."
They approached the robed figures who were struggling to stand. However, when they stood only a few feet away from the Rare Hunters the two men simultaneously clutched their chests and began to twist on the ground uncontrollably.
"What's going on?" Kevin asked.
"I'm not sure." Kai responded. "But I think it may be something that I've read about in my history studies." He sucked a large batch of air into his lungs. "I think that their souls are being extracted from their bodies." Kevin raised his eyebrow in disbelief. "It was proven that the magic of the Millennium Items was real, and you know it." Kai defended as the Rare Hunters bodies stopped moving and they collapsed.
"True, but those items have been missing for decades. How could someone be using one?"
"If they have it, it's not that hard." a voice rasped from the side. They looked back at the Rare Hunters and saw a man standing behind them. He was at least twenty-seven years, had long white hair that hung wild, and wore a business suit that must have cost several hundred or even thousand dollars. He raised his hands and clapped slowly, his face twisting to a wicked grin. "I applaud you and your skills boys. I hope that these scoundrels didn't cause to much trouble for you. They weren't even official competitors. However, I thought I'd see how youtwo fared before intervening."
"And you are?" Kai asked sternly.
"My name is Ouja Monotori, and I'm the sponsor and organizer of this tournament. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some business to deal with. Your prizes await, so enjoy." he chuckled before turning oh his heal and walking off.
"Well, he's right." Kevin said, quickly snatching Amatsu's deck up. "Sorry kai." he grinned. "But I'm not letting that Raigeki slip by me."
"Fine." Kai shot back. "But if you think you'll lay even a finger on that Dark Hole, you're more than wrong, you're dead." He reached down and grabbed the other Duelists deck. He then searched the robes for a pocket, found one, and retrieved the Locator Card therein.
"Well then, I guess that's all for now. See ya Kevin." Kai called, turning and walking off.
"What about our Duel?" Kevin yelled after him.
"Battle City Final's my friend. I'll see you there."
To Be Continued......
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Well, that's that. Sorry again. Cards that are mine in this chapter:
Life Line
As for Afterlife and Sanctification, those are used in the Anime, but haven't been released yet, even is Japan.
And as for Hand Rebirth being the rarest magic card in the game, I need to reveal this cards history. Apparently, in Japan, they were going to release that card as a promo with one of the video games, but it was deemed to powerful and never released. That's why. Besides, these guys have never heard of Toon World before, so don't get on my case over that either.
Hope that takes care of everything. See ya.