53. Curse of The Spirits
As Hide walked down the long corridor he heard a sudden thick scream. "What was that?" He said, turning around to see something coming toward him, but with no avail.
"I hope Violet and Genesis are ok..." Hide thought as he rested against a door, sighing. Suddenly the door slipped open and Hide fell backwards.
"Yaah!" He screamed, falling to the hard marble floor. "Ouch!"
Hide rubbed the back of his head as he got to his feet. Suddenly there was a loud snicker. "Eeeghh.." A low pitched female voice suddenly sparked.
Hide turned his head to see a pale white girl with black hair covering one side of her face. Her face was pale white and her lips were blood red and her eye was dark and black.
"YAH!" Hide screamed, scrambling away.
The girl snickered as she stood up, twitching as her messy long black hair swayed as she revealed her long white gown. "Hello... Ryou Hide..." She cackled, arching back.
"Wh-who are you!" Hide said, standing.
"Kakuhara..." She moaned as she revealed her duel disk. "Rare hunter..."
"I'm guessing you're here to duel me..." Hide said. "What a weird girl..."
"Weird?" Kakuhara laughed. "My weirdness makes up for my extreme dueling skills... Once I'm finished with you, you'll be too shocked to ever duel again!"
"We'll see about that!" Hide said, letting his duel disk fold out.
She cackled loudly again, her black hair swaying as her eye twitched. She revealed her duel disk, pulling up the sleeve of her white gown which revealed bloody stains on her arms, some stains on her duel disk too.
"What type of duelist are you?" Hide said, shocked.
Kakuhara stood there, her bare feet clenching as she let her duel disk fold out, sliding her deck it. "Let's get it on..." She smiled.
"Duel!" Hide and Kakuhara announced, their life points rising to 4000.
"Draw..." Kakuhara moaned. "Cursed Spirit in attack mode! (1300/1200)"
Suddenly Kakuhara's monster card flipped up and two pale white hands with long finger nails emerged, grasping onto the marble floor and pulling the woman out. She looked just like Kakuhara but her body was longer and her long black hair dragged with her as she pulled out from the card picture. "I'll then set a card face down and end my turn..."
"Draw..." Hide said, a little nervous from the hideous spirit. His hand shook as he watched his hand. "Now! I summon Marauding Captain in attack mode! (1200/1400)"
Suddenly a well armored captain appeared on the field, defending itself with on arm. "By summoning this, I can special summon another level four monster from my hand! Now go, Rocket Warrior! (1500/1300)" Hide announced as a rocket shaped warrior appeared on the field. "Rocket Warrior, destroy her Cursed Spirit!"
The rocket warrior shaped into a rocket, then blasted off, striking Kakuhara's monster and destroying it. The blast sent a wave of smoke passed Kakuhara but she stood there, smiling as her life points reduced to 3800.
"Cursed Spirit's effect is activated..." She moaned. Suddenly the monster card flipped up again and the woman freakishly crept through the card and back on the field.
"What!" Hide said.
"You can't destroy this monster... But when you try, your monster is cursed..." Kakuhara moaned as suddenly the cursed woman's long black hair seeped up, wrapping around Hide's rocket warrior and holding it in place. "It can't attack..."
"Err.." Hide thought. "How can I even win this duel if I can't destroy her monster..."
Kakuhara let out a random cackle. "Your a shame little boy..." She said.
"I'll set one card face down and end my turn..." Hide announced.
"Draw..." Kakuhara said in a creepy tone. "Activate face down... Ringu Curse!"
"What's that?" Hide said.
"One of my favorites..." Kakuhara said, her eyes viewing the back of the card. "Once seven turn passes, your demise hits!"
"What exactly happens?" Hide asked.
"Soon to find out..." Kakuhara cackled. Suddenly the magic card began to shine, sending a static feeling down Hide's spine. Suddenly cracks began to form in the ground and a round circle formed around the two duelists. "Seven turns... Now... I'll summon Cursed Spirit Well! (1800/500) in defense mode!"
Suddenly the ground began to shake. Hide kept his balance as a wide well began to rise up, a dark aura shined from it as a evil laughter echoed from the well.
"What is that!" Hide said in shock.
"By activation, I can special summon one Raging Curse Spirit in attack mode! (1500/1500)" Kakuhara announced as suddenly a hand gripped the edge of the well. A sinister young girl dressed like Kakuhara began to emerge, falling to the ground and crawling forward on her hands and knees.
Hide's spine chilled as the little girl let out a sinister growl. "I've seen these type of spirits from movies, but it seems so real now..." He said, looking around to see a looming shadow. "Of course... She's using the shadow realm..."
"Right you are..." Kakuhara smiled as the shadows lurked forward from behind her. "Now! Raging Curse Spirit, destroy his Marauding Captain!"
The young girl's head looked up, her hair suddenly flailing up, revealing her evil dim eyes, sending a shock wave and destroying Hide's monster. Hide shielded himself as his life points reduced to 3700.
"I'll set one card face down and end my turn... That only means six more turns..." Kakuhara announced as the face down card appeared on her side of the field.
"D-draw..." Hide announced, looking at his card and smiling.
"Five turns left..." Kakuhara smiled.
"Because you have two more monsters than I do, I can summon this... Go! Fiend Megacyber! (2200/1200)" Hide announced, totally ignoring Kakuhara's warning.
Suddenly the warrior rose up from the ground with swirling clouds and getting into position. "I should attack her well since it is the source of which her raging spirits will come from..." Hide thought. "Fiend Megacyber! Attack now!"
"Cursed Spirit attack!" Kakuhara suddenly shouted, pointing forward as Hide's warrior dove forward, lashing out his fist.
"What!" Hide gasped as the woman suddenly crawled quickly with her claws, twitching all the while as she rose up in front of the well, taking Fiend Megacyber's attack.
Hide watched in shock as his Fiend Megacyber sent a punch straight at the Cursed Spirit, causing her to scream out and vanish. But then suddenly return, decreasing Kakuhara's life points to 2900. "My Cursed Spirit Well takes the advantage of protecting itself with my Cursed Spirit..." Kakuhara smiled as the twitching woman let her hair lash out, wrapping around Hide's Fiend Megacyber. "Your warrior cannot attack anymore!"
"Darn..." Hide said. "This girl has one tough deck..."
"That makes two monsters which are useless to you..." Kakuhara cackled.
"I'll summon Silent Swordsman Level 0 in defense mode! (1000/1000)" Hide announced as a defending tiny warrior appeared on the field. "If just let him powerful, I can defeat her with one final blow from my Silent Swordsman... My turn ends!"
"Draw..." Kakuhara announced, smiling. "Four turns to go..."
"But I still don't know the effects of Ringu Curse... I might be in trouble if I wait too long..." Hide thought.
"Also... Cursed Spirit Well gives me another Raging Curse Spirit! (1500/1500)" Kakuhara announced as another creepy girl crawled out of the well, crouching next to the first Raging Curse Spirit. "My turn ends..."
"What? She could've defeated either two of my monsters..." Hide said, looking at his Rocket Warrior and his Silent Swordsman. "No... You want to wait until your Ringu Curse can be activated!"
"Exactly..." Kakuhara smiled.
"So she's just building an army here... But what exactly does this curse do..." Hide thought, looking at the large shining ring around them which came from Kakuhara's magic card.
"Move on little boy!" Kakuhara moaned impatiently.
"Draw!" Hide announced, drawing his next card. "If she's going to create a giant army, I'll need to create some defenses..."
"Heh..." Kakuhara said. "Defenses will only give you less chance of surviving the curse of my ring! There is only three turns left!"
"Whatever..." Hide said. "Now! Silent Swordsman Level 0's special effect is activated! Evolving to Silent Swordsman Level 1! (1500/1500)"
Suddenly the tiny warrior grew a little older, but remained in defense position. "Next, I'll summon this, Big Shield Guardna! (2600/100) In defense mode!" Hide announced. "I'll then set one last card down and end my turn!"
Kakuhara smiled, Hide only had two cards face down, and four monsters, half of them were already binded by the power of her Cursed Spirit. She looked at her field, to Raging Curse Spirits, Cursed Spirit Well, and her Cursed Spirit along with Ringu Curse, it seemed like the perfect plan for her.
'"Draw..." Kakuhara announced. "Now I'll summon my final Raging Curse Spirit! (1500/1500)"
Suddenly a third young creepy girl crawled out of the well, crouching next to the other two. "And plus, there is only two more turns left until your demise..." Kakuhara smiled evilly.
"I can feel the fog get heavy on my back..." Hide said, feeling weak. "This must be a powerful magic card if she's so obsessed with it..."
"My turn is over..." Kakuhara announced.
"Draw..." Hide announced.
"One turn left, when my turn starts, the chaos will arise..." Kakuhara laughed.
"And with that my Silent Swordsman Level 1 evolves to Silent Swordsman Level 2! (2000/2000)" Hide announced as the semi-small warrior grew to a taller size with a longer sword. "Then I end my turn."
"You must really want to lose..." Kakuhara cackled as the black fog grew around her, powerful winds broke through the windows, causing her hair to flail in the air. "DRAW!"
Kakuhara laughed. "Now! Ringu Curse! Activate!" Kakuhara shouted, pointing forward.
Suddenly the ring around them began to shine brighter, and brighter until there was nothing to see at all. Kakuhara stood there with her arms open, her white gown and black hair flailing, and her cackling voice. Hide covered his eyes and when he finally felt the light die down, he saw all his monsters were eliminated from the field.
"No!" Hide gasped.
"And as my curse goes... your monsters go too, leaving you wide open for my direct assault..." Kakuhara smiled.
"That's way more than enough to deplete all my life points..." Hide said.
"Right... But let's not forget..." Kakuhara said, waving her finger. "Due to my Ringu Curse you lose half of your Life Points..."
Hide gasped as he watched his life points reduce to 1900. "I'm in the lead now because all that damage you lost is donated to my own life points." Kakuhara smiled as her life points increased to 4800.
"Err..." Hide growled.
"I'm the winner! Cursed Spirit, attack!" Kakuhara called out, pointing her hand out forward.
"I'm not going to go that easily!" Hide called out. "Activate magic card, Silent Swordsman's Legacy!"
"What!" Kakuhara gasped.
"I've been saving this baby for some time!" Hide smiled. "By sacrificing one thousand of my life points (LP: 900) I can special summon all Silent Swordsman's from my graveyard, to the field!"
"Err..." Kakuhara said, calculating all that would happen.
Suddenly Hide's Silent Swordsman Level 0 (1000/1000), Level 1 (1500/1500), and Level 2 (2000/2000) appeared on the field.
Kakuhara's Cursed Spirit strangle Silent Swordsman Level 1, destroying it easily but Hide's life points remained the same since it was in defense mode.
"You can only destroy one of my monsters since you can't really do anything with your other monsters!" Hide said. "Your turn is over!"
"Err... Fine then..." Kakuhara said, ending her turn.
"And my Silent Swordsman's Legacy magic card ends its effect, removing all monsters I special summoned from the game!" Hide said, taking the two cards on his duel disk as well as the one sent to his graveyard and sending them into his pocket.
"Draw..." Hide announced, drawing his next card. "Now! Activate trap card! Return From The Different Dimension!"
"Huh?" Kakuhara said.
"By sacrificing half of my life points (LP: 450), I can bring back the monster that have been removed from play!" Hide said as his three warriors appeared back on the field. Silent Swordsman Level 0 (1000/1000), Level 1 (1500/1500), and Level 2 (2000/2000)
"That won't help you much..." Kakuhara growled.
"Kakuhara, you only relied on one card to make you win, yeah you had an army of monsters but strategy is the key point in this game of duel monsters!" Hide said, pointing. "I've assembled the right cards in order to succeed in this duel!"
"You can't have possibly out smarted me... You fear my deck!" Kakuhara moaned.
"Stop with the act!" Hide yelled. "I admit I was freaked out, but now I see you as just a petty Rare Hunter, and thus intruding in my school, I'll bring you down!"
"Then show me your true power, that is, if you even have one..." Kakuhara cackled creepishly.
"Now! I activate this... Time Jump!" Hide announced as his magic card flipped up.
"Huh!" Kakuhara gasped.
"This magic card will exceed this duel by three turns!" Hide said as a clock appeared and began to tick. The seconds hand began to move fast, finally hitting the twelve hour and ringing. "And when time progresses forward, my Silent Swordsman's evolve!"
"No!" Kakuhara gasped, realizing what Hide has been planning to do.
"With the evolution, I gain Silent Swordsman Level 3 (2500/2500), Silent Swordsman Level 4 (3000/3000), and Silent Swordsman Level 5! (3500/3500)" Hide announced as the three different warriors united, holding their swords up in unity.
Kakuhara gasped, her revealing one eye widened in shock. "Now my warriors, attack all three of her Raging Curse Spirits!" Hide announced, pointing forward.
The three warriors leapt forward and in three slashes of their swords, destroyed the three spirits, causing them to scream in horror as they vanished away, reducing Kakuhara's life points to 0.
Light shined from the windows and Kakuhara hissed. "No! I can't go back!" She screamed, trying to scramble away but the shadow realm began to engulf her.
"She's... not human..." Hide gasped as Kakuhara began to dissolve away into sparkling dust.
Hide sighed as he saw the sun again and smiled. "Now I need to find Kyu..." He said to himself, leaving the class room and heading on the down the halls, the only light source coming from the one room where he succeeded in his dueling arts.
PREVIEW
Kyu: Well looks like Seto Kaiba has had enough of these Rare Hunters. Kaiba faces his own Rare Hunter to show what he really means and how much he hates these guys! Next chapter is Kaiba's Triumph! Hope to see you there!
CARDS PLAYED
Cursed Spirit: Level 4 / 1300/1200/ Dark / Demon / Desc: When this card is destroyed due to Battle, Special Summon this card back on the field in its original position. The monster that attacked this card can no longer attack until that card is removed from the field.
Marauding Captain: Level 3 / 1200/400/ Earth / Warrior / Desc: As long as this monster remains face-up on the field, your opponent cannot select any other Warrior-Type monster on your side of the field as an attack target, when this monster is normal summoned successfully, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand.
Rocket Warrior: Level 4 / 1500/1300/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This effect can only be sued during your Battle Phase. When this card attacks a monster on the field with a higher ATK than this card, this monster is not destroyed and Battle Damage is reduced to 0. Also, reduce the attack target's ATK by 500 for the remainder of the turn.
Ringu Curse: MAGIC / Desc: Put 7 turn counters on this card. During the Standby Phase of each players turns, remove 1 turn counter on this card. When all turn counters are removed from this card, destroy all Monster Cards on your opponents side of the field, discard all cards from each players hand, and reduce your opponent's Life Points by half and increase your Life Points by the amount of damage your opponent gains.
Cursed Spirit Well: Level 2 / 500/1800/ Dark / Demon / Desc: During each of your Main Phases, you can special summon 1 "Raging Curse Spirit" (Level 4/ 1500/1500/ Dark / Demon) in face-up Attack Poisition. For each face-up "Raging Curse Spirit" on the field, increase this card's DEF by 300. If you have 1 face-up "Cursed Spirit" on the field, you can switch an attack from this monster to "Cursed Spirit".
Fiend Megacyber: Level 5 / 2200/1200/ Dark / Warrior / Desc: If your opponent has 2 or more monsters than you do on the field, you can Special Summon this card to the field.
Silent Swordsman Level 0: Level 4 /1000/1000/ Light / Warrior / Desc: During each of your Standby Phases, you can sacrifice this card to Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 1" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
Silent Swordsman Level 1: Level 4 /1500/1500/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Silent Swordsman Level 0". During each of your Standby Phases, you can sacrifice this card to Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 2" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
Big Shield Guardna: Level 4 / 100/2600/ Earth / Warrior / Desc: Negate the activation of a Magic Card that designates this 1 face-down monster. At that time, flip this card into face-up Defense Position. If this card is attacked, change the Battle Position of this card to Attack Position at the end of the Damage Step.
Silent Swordsman Level 2: Level 4 /2000/2000/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Silent Swordsman Level 1". During each of your Standby Phases, you can sacrifice this card to Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 3" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
Silent Swordsman's Legacy: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Sacrifice 1000 Life Points Special Summon any monster in your Graveyard with "Silent Swordsman" in their names, onto the field. During the end of the turn in which this card is activated, remove all monsters Special Summoned by this card's effect from play (Even if any are sent to the Graveyard due to battle or card effect).
Return From The Different Dimension: TRAP / Desc: Sacrifice half of your Life Points to Special Summon as many of your Monsters that have been removed from play as you are able to. During the End Phase, remove all Monsters from the game that were Special Summoned by this card's effect.
Time Jump: MAGIC / Desc: Accelerate game play by 3 of each player's turns.
Silent Swordsman Level 3: Level 4 /2500/2500/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Silent Swordsman Level 2". During each of your Standby Phases, you can sacrifice this card to Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 4" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
Silent Swordsman Level 4: Level 4 /3000/3000/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Silent Swordsman Level 3". During each of your Standby Phases, you can sacrifice this card to Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 5" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
Silent Swordsman Level 5: Level 4 /3500/3500/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Silent Swordsman Level 4". During each of your Standby Phases, you can sacrifice this card to Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 6" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards