(Just a heads up, I've never tried writing drama before... I'd also like to thank my friend Ryan, who created Kennedy.)
Dating is hard when you have to keep a secret from your partner. That's why it's so rare for Shadowkind to mix with humans.
Being half human myself, most of my boyfriends were humans. And most weren't Aware, so I could never be completely honest with them.
There was one guy, though. A Turbo Duelist, who I met years ago. We definitely could've made it work... But something got in the way of our relationship.
Why am I telling you about my love life? Because it's coming back to haunt me.
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Draw 10 - Power Bond
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Five years ago
It was August 10th in Maui. Most kids were enjoying their summer vacation. But, right outside the Maui Arts and Culture Center, the final round of the Maui Duel Monsters Championship was underway.
The player on the left of the arena was clearly a native Hawaiian. He was an attractive, if somewhat feminine, young man with scarlet red hair, dressed like a surfer. He had 1800 life points left, and one card in his hand. On his field, he had Shard of Greed active, two set cards, and Ronintoadin in defense position (DEF 2000)
On the right was another young man, this one Caucasian. He had amber eyes and messy brown hair, and wore a cowboy hat. He had 3000 life points, two cards in his hand, and his field was empty, except for a field spell, Revolving Switchyard. The dueling arena had transformed into a train station because of this.
"I gotta admit, Caspian, you're makin' this duel a lot more fun than I expected." The brunet chuckled, winking flirtatiously. He drew a card and whistled. "Looks like our fun's all over, though! I summon Night Express Knight!" A light lit up above one of the Switchyard's tunnels, and a train drove in. It was sparkling white and gold, with the pilot car shaped like the head of a horse. On top of it was half of a knight, carrying a shield and a lance. (ATK 3000)
"When I do that, its attack points drop to 0. But that's okay, because my field spell lets me special summon a level 4 Machine from my deck, and make it level 10!" Another train appeared, this time a solo car. It was bright red, with an angry looking face. (ATK 1800) "So meet Ruffian Railcar!"
"I activate my trap!" Caspian said, one of his set cards lifting up. The artwork depicted a humanoid creature made of slime, reattaching its arm while a confused knight chopped at it with his sword. "It's called Rejuvenating Slime! By discarding one Slime monster from my hand, I gain life points equal to your monster's attack." He discarded the only card in his hand, and sighed with relief as his life points increased to 3600.
"And since that card was Draw Slime, I get to draw one card." He did so, then nodded. "You talk a big game, Kennedy, but can you back it up? You know what they say. The bigger they are, the harder they fall!"
"Trust me, darlin', my trains are just like me. They can take a hit, and hit you back even harder!" Kennedy replied, adjusting his hat. "I don't know why a duelist as pretty as you would wanna use cards as ugly as Frogs and Slimes." He hit a button on his Duel Disk, and a swirling vortex opened up in front of him. "I overlay my two level 10 monsters, and Xyz Summon the Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max!" The two trains vanished, only to be replaced by an even bigger machine.
It was a railway gun, essentially an enormous tank mounted onto a train, with a barrel so long it reached the ceiling. (ATK 3000, OU 2) "Everything's bigger in Texas, love! You might not take any battle damage this turn thanks to my Revolving Switchyard, but I can still burn you for 2000 using Gustav Max's effect!" The cowboy grabbed one of the cards underneath his Xyz and placed it in his Duel Disk's discard slot. The giant Machine absorbed one of its Overlay Units, and fired, shaking the arena as if it were real.
"Now attack!" Gustav Max lowered its barrel and fired again, blowing the tiny samurai toad to smithereens. Caspian grunted and tapped two buttons on his Duel Disk's screen.
"I activate Call of the Haunted to revive my Ronintoadin, and chain activate Inferno Reckless Summon!" The toad reappeared, and was quickly joined by three much larger frogs. "Because Ronintoadin is treated as Des Frog while on the field, my spell lets me summon all three Des Frogs from my deck!" The amphibians croaked happily. (ATK 1900 x3)
"It's your move." Kennedy nodded, setting two cards. "You better make it count, Cassy, 'cause it looks like I'm finally gonna end your winning streak." Caspian blushed at the use of his nickname, his face turning as red as his hair. He shook it off and drew a card, looking at his hand.
"It's been two turns since I activated Shard of Greed, so now I can send it to the graveyard to draw twice!" The Pot of Greed appeared briefly before shattering, letting out a mad laugh. "I got just what I needed! I activate one of my strongest spell cards, Des Croaking!"
The three Des Frogs began to croak in unison, which wasn't a pleasant sound. Ronintoadin joined them, but its voice was drowned out by the others. Kennedy covered his ears as his set cards lifted, revealing themselves to be Mirror Force and Special Schedule, before shattering. His field spell and monster did the same, exploding into a shower of pixels. "When I have three Des Frogs on the field, Des Croaking wipes out all your cards!"
"And that's not all. Polymerization will fuse my froggy friends into the ultimate amphibian, D.3.S. Frog!" The frogs vanished into the familiar swirling lights of Polymerization, replaced by a much larger, fatter frog, with a dark green hide and pale colored whiskers. It croaked loudly, staring down at Kennedy with its round, red eyes. (ATK 2500)
"This is your last rodeo, Cowboy." Caspian teased, as D.3.S. Frog became enveloped with a burning battle aura. "My fusion monster gains 500 attack points for every Treeborn Frog in my graveyard, and I have two! Attack directly!" The giant amphibian's ATK rose to 3500, and it opened its mouth wide, blasting Kennedy with a torrent of swamp water. The brunet cringed, glad this was just a hologram.
"And just like that, it's over! And our winner is Kahului local Caspian Kalani!" The announcer cheered into his microphone. The crowd went wild, and the handsome Hawaiian man turned to face his opponent.
"Guess you were right, Cassy." The cowboy walked over to shake his opponent's hand. "There really is such a thing as home field advantage in Duel Monsters."
Caspian and Kennedy had been fierce rivals since they first met, at the beginning of summer. Their competitive natures made them excellent opponents for each other, and was what eventually lead to their romance.
"Let's get away from the crowd." Caspian grabbed the Texan's hand, looking at the mass of locals and tourists alike who wanted to get a picture with the new champion. "I want to talk to you, alone." He ran past the judges' table, leaving his trophy and prize money behind, and dragged his boyfriend onto the beach. There was a secret spot only the two of them knew about, their favorite spot for a date. The wind was low, the sun was setting, and the tide had gone down. It was the perfect romantic setting.
"You're not pregnant, are ya?" Kennedy half joked. He was an Aware, but his knowledge of Shadowkind could be summed up in one sentence: They existed. "You can tell me anything, sugar." He locked eyes with his boyfriend, seeing the worry in them.
"My family's moving, and I have to come with them." The merman sighed. "I begged my dad not to, I even asked if I could live in the merfolk village with my grandmother. But he wouldn't have it." Caspian stared at the sand.
Kennedy's heart fell. The two boys were both only seventeen years old, still too young to live on their own without parents permission. Kennedy didn't even live in Hawaii, he was just on summer vacation. "I bought this for you at a card shop, it's not the best card, but I hope it keeps me in your thoughts after you move."
He reached into his pocket and handed Caspian a card wrapped in protective foil. The redhead looked at it and smiled sadly, hugging his boyfriend tight. "I love you."
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A year later
Caspian swam through River City's harbor, having finally gotten used to his new home. He spent most of his time in the merfolk village, practicing what little magic he knew and flirting with fishermen.
He found his favorite hang out, the fishing spot of a particularly superstitious fisherman with an Aware daughter who absolutely loved mermaids. She was always good for a conversation, even if she was 12. But the familiar houseboat wasn't there today. In its place was a wooden rowboat and a Sea Hag.
Hags were evil spirits who represented the ugly side of nature, just like nymphs represented its beauty. Sea Hags were the weakest variety, but still a threat in their own right. They had incredibly pale blue skin, gaunt faces, and stringy green hair like seaweed. This particular one was wearing a ragged dress, and muttering to herself. "Lorelei thinks she's so powerful... Let's see how strong she is once half her subjects are dead."
Caspian saw the black crystal the hag was holding in her claws, and immediately knew she was up to no good. Hags hated beauty in all forms, and were known for causing pollution and forest fires out of spite. "Shape Water!" Caspian cast a spell, forming a large fist out of saltwater. It lunged and snatched the crystal out of the hag's hands, before changing into a bubble to contain the mysterious gem.
"A merman? Stealing from Old Nancy?" Her eyes lit up with malice. "Well, if it's a battle of spells you want..." She chanted in an eldritch language, causing the crystal to melt into a vile looking black goo. "How long can you keep my poison out of the water, pretty boy? And how long can you live, knowing that you're responsible for the deaths of countless merfolk?"
Caspian looked Nancy in the eye and made a single hand gesture, flinging the ball of polluted water into the Night Hag's face. She roared and spewed expletives in a language Caspian couldn't understand. "You impudent little brat!" Nancy managed to open her greasy yellow eyes, now burning with rage, and swiped at the merman with her clawed fingers. "I'll chop you up and cook you for dinner!"
"You're not eating anyone, Nancy Meatcracker." A third person entered the scene. Caspian turned his head and saw a human girl, Asian with shoulder length black hair, wearing a red jacket and pointing a sword at Nancy's face. She was a Shadowchaser! "I'll take it from here." She turned to Caspian and nodded confidently.
Caspian dove underwater, deciding to watch from a safe distance. He'd never seen a Shadowchaser up close before, but now that he had, he was starting to reconsider how he spent his free time...
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Modern day
Caspian mounted his Duel Runner and drove out to the beach, needing some time to himself. It was five years to the day since he moved to River City, and although he had found friends here, there was still something he missed. Someone.
He'd dated several men after Kennedy, mostly mermen, but these relationships never lasted very long. Too emotional, not emotional enough, more attracted to himself than to Caspian... there was always some problem that ended their relationship before it got serious. Caspian was starting to get a reputation among the gay dating scene in River City, and not a good one.
River City Beach was always full, and its boardwalk busy. Tourists buying Drunken Sailor shirts (the local businesses loved profiting off the city's embarrassing origin story), little kids buying ice cream with their parents' money, attractive people suntanning. It reminded Caspian of Maui, which was comforting. He drove over to the outskirts, which had a nice view of the ocean. He planned to strip down and jump in so he could spend the day swimming, but something caught his eye.
A bright silver Duel Runner, with lightning yellow streaks, was heading straight towards him. The driver was wearing a matching uniform, and a helmet that obscured their face. There was a bag hanging from the side of the vehicle, which made it somewhat less menacing. Caspian was confused, but took a step back and reached for his sword. "Who are you and what do you want with me?" He asked, once the mysterious duelist was within earshot.
"Don't ya recognize me, Cassy?" A very familiar voice replied. Removing his helmet, the rider revealed himself to be someone Caspian never expected to see again. "Wait, let me try this." Kennedy reached into his bag and pulled out a cowboy hat, the kind he wore back in Maui. He was taller than he had been, which was to be expected, and now had a small scar running down his cheek, and the beginnings of a beard.
Caspian put a hand to his heart, feeling it thump loudly. "What are you doing here?" Not that he wasn't happy to see his old flame, but it was weird. And he wasn't ruling out the possibility of this being an illusion, a shapeshifting incubus, or some other kind of supernatural happening.
"I live here now, have for three days. I made a bunch of money in the pro circuits, and decided to track you down." Kennedy explained, winking flirtatiously. "I missed you, Cassy, and I want to pick up where we left off. Starting with..." He detached his Duel Disk from his Runner and strapped it onto his arm, activating it.
"Of course that's what you want." Caspian laughed and activated his own Duel Disk, thinking about how much he missed Kennedy's energy. "I should warn you, I'm a Shadowchaser now. I'm a lot stronger than I was before."
(Caspian LP 8000) - (Kennedy LP 8000)
"I'll take the first turn!" Caspian drew a card, playing it right away. "Heaven's Lost Property works just like Graceful Charity, but you get to draw as well." Both boys drew three cards, then discarded two.
"I'll keep going with the spell cards for now. I play Soul Absorption! So every time a card is banished, I get 500 life points!" The continuous spell appeared before him, but he was hardly done. "I activate Polymerization! I fuse Sea Steel Piranha and Sea Steel Thorn Starfish! Biting fish and spiky creature, combine your powers and bring forth a greater monster! I fusion summon Sea Steel Tiger Shark!"
The summoning portal opened up over the ocean, and out swam an enormous shark, with real tiger stripes. Like Caspian's other fusions, it was wearing a sunken vehicle of some kind as armor, specifically a submarine. (ATK 2700)
"I guess that makes it my turn, darlin'." Kennedy looked over his seven cards, and smiled. "Those are some neat new cards you got there, but that won't stop me from finally beatin' you. I summon Night Express Knight!" The shimmering knight-train hybrid appeared, its attack points dropping to zero. "I've got a couple of new cards too! If all my monsters are Earth attribute, which they are, I can special summon Super Express Bullet Train!"
A whistle sounded, and a train Caspian had never seen before rushed onto the field, driving on railroad tracks that suddenly appeared. It looked like a combination of a Japanese bullet train and a rocket ship, with an arrow-sharp head and a blue body. (ATK 3000)
"Now I can Xyz Summon! I overlay my two level 10 monsters! Make way for the monster train that gonna derail your chances of winning! Chug on in, Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max!" Caspian was very familiar with this card, it had always been Kennedy's favorite monster. But it seemed bigger and shinier than usual, somehow. (ATK 3000; OU 2)
"That's a pretty big cannon." Caspian looked up at the machine, which towered over the field. "You compensating for something, cowboy?"
"You already know the answer to that, sweetheart." Kennedy chuckled. "Or do I need to show you after I win this?" Caspian's face turned as red as his hair. "I'm gonna go ahead and activate Gustav Max's effect, by ditching one Overlay Unit, he blasts you for 2000 points of damage!" The enormous rail cannon fired, and Caspian thanked every god he could think of that Solid Vision had multiple settings, otherwise he'd be fish-paste.
"I chain activate Tiger Shark's effect! Once per turn, if either of us takes effect damage, he deals it to you again!" The fusion monster roared, firing a blast of water from its mouth that doused Kennedy.
"Attack! Cataclysmic Cannon!" Gustav Max fired again, destroying Sea Steel Tiger Shark. "That ends my turn. You better get used to being blasted, darlin', cause you're not winning this duel."
(CLP 5700) - (KLP 6000)
"Stuff it!" Caspian drew a card, quickly formulating a strategy. It was risky, but he literally didn't have any other options at this point. "Deck don't fail me now!"
"I activate Fusion Recovery, so I get back Polymerization and Sea Steel Thorn Starfish." The two cards slid out of his Duel Disk's graveyard slot, and he quickly snatched them up. "Next, I summon Sea Steel Dogfish!" Another one of his sea creatures swam onto the field. This one was a small shark, with metallic grey skin that was pierced by several fishhooks. (ATK 1600)
"I always wondered, why is it called a dogfish?" Kennedy cocked his head curiously. "At least catfish have whiskers."
"They travel in packs." Caspian shrugged. "Anyways, summoning Dogfish lets me bring out another low level Sea Steel from my hand, like the Starfish I just recovered." The spiky starfish appeared, crouching in Defense Mode. (DEF 900)
"I set one card and end my turn. I think I'm finally getting my second wind, lover." The merman was starting to get excited, he hadn't had a duel this intense in years! Kennedy really knew how to bring out the wild side in Caspian.
"It's my move!" Kennedy looked at his six cards and grinned. He was already on the fast track to winning and finally proving that he was the better duelist. More than that, I can show him how much cooler I've gotten! And then he'll have to-
"I activate Fish Depth Charge!" Caspian's set card lifted up, interrupting Kennedy's inner monologue. "I have to tribute one Fish monster to activate this trap, but it lets me destroy your big toy train, and draw an extra card!" Dogfish began to spin around rapidly, turning into a living torpedo, and fired itself at Gustav Max, blowing the enormous machine to pieces.
"I'm impressed, Cassy, you put me in a corner!" Kennedy laughed. He played a card, and a new monster exited the summoning portal. It was a large set of orange buffers, a machine used to stop trains from going off the tracks. "I summon Construction Train Signal Red, in attack mode, and I'll have it attack your little starfish friend." The strange machine drove forward and ran over the invertebrate.
"You activated Thorn Starfish's effect! I get to banish it, and summon another one from my deck!" A new starfish, identical to the first one, swam out and fired a needle at Kennedy. "And when I do that, you take 500 damage! I also gain 500 life points from my Soul Absorption!"
"Guess I'll end my turn."
(CLP 6200) - (KLP 5500)
"My draw!" Caspian gasped when he saw the card. It was Tears of a Mermaid, the present Kennedy had given him before he moved. Seeing it made a bubble of emotion rise up, which made him blush. Stupid sappy cowboy... He smiled.
"I activate Sea Steel Abyss!" Both Duel Disks hummed as the field was washed over, pun intended, with a hologram, changing the cliff side into a beautiful ocean. "I love using this card, it makes me feel right at home. And my monsters feel the same way, because all of them gain 300 points to both scores!"
Sea Steel Thorn Starfish seemed to perk up, moving around excitedly. "Now I can use its second effect to banish Sea Steel Piranha from my graveyard, and add another Sea Steel card to my hand!" A card slid out of Caspian's disk and he grabbed it, activating the auto-shuffler. At the same time, a phantasmal version of Piranha began hovering over the field.
"Uh, what's that doin' there?" Kennedy asked. He wasn't a fan of regular piranhas, let alone ones made of metal.
"When my piranha is banished, it takes one of your Spell or Trap cards with it!" The fish dived and bit into one of Kennedy's set cards, which revealed itself to be Soul Drain. Caspian let out a sigh of relief at that, his monsters didn't do well without their effects. Soul Absorption activated, increasing his life points to 6700.
"Now for my comeback moment! I play Polymerization again, and fuse Sea Steel Swordfish with Thorn Starfish!" Caspian watched as the fusion portal opened once more, and drew in his two monsters. "Writhing tentacles striking from the depth, arise and join my fight! I Fusion Summon Sea Steel Kraken!"
Unlike Caspian's last fusion, the portal opened on the ground. The first thing to exit was a mass of tentacles, Kennedy managed to get to 12 before losing count, which were all metallic grey in color. They seemed to pull the rest of the monster out of the portal, nearly scaring Kennedy half to death. It was definitely a cephalopod of some kind, resembling some cross between an octopus or squid and a demonic creature. It had two enormous red eyes, and was wearing a sunken ship as armor. (ATK 2900)
"Yeah, it scares me too." Caspian admitted, grimacing slightly. "But it's more than strong enough to take out your little train! Attack with Tentacle Torment!" Kraken reached out with its two largest tentacles and crushed Construction Train Signal Red into pixels. Kennedy stood his ground, looking Caspian in the eye and smirking.
"I move to my Main Phase 2 and..." Looking at his hand, he knew he should set Tears of a Mermaid to defend against Kennedy's face down card, but looking at it gave him such a strong feeling, he didn't want it to stop. "I end my turn."
"Alright, Cassy, this duel's over!" Kennedy drew a card, but didn't look at it. "I activate Special Schedule! This handy little number works just like Monster Reborn, but only for Machines with at least 3000 attack points. So say hello again to my Super Express Bullet Train!" The sharp, rocket-like train rose up from under the dirt, as if being lifted by an unseen platform.
"Since I just summoned a level 10 Machine monster, I get to Special Summon Heavy Freight Train Derricrane from my hand!" With a loud whistle, a new train drove onto the field. It was, just like the name said, a derrick crane, a type of train used for engineering. (ATK 1400) "That cuts its points in half, but it won't be around for very long."
Another swirling vortex opened in front of the cowboy duelist, drawing in both of his trains. "I overlay my two level 10 monsters! Watch in wonder as these two monsters of the land unite to form an even more massive mega monster! I Xyz Summon Skypalace Gangaridai!" The monster descended from the sky dramatically. It was a strange machine, some kind of combination of a zeppelin and a boat. (ATK 3400, 2 OU)
"Gesundheit." Caspian snarked. He'd seen this card before, and wasn't impressed.
"I activate my flying machine's effect! By detaching an overlay unit, I can blow up one of your cards and deal you a thousand damage!" Kennedy quickly discarded Derricrane's card, and Gangaridai launched a missile at Caspian's field. "Go, Torrid Torpedo!"
Kraken roared with its unseen mouth as it exploded into a cloud of pixels, leaving its duelist defenseless. "Attack me if you want, I'll still have some life points left!"
"I'm not gonna attack, not yet." The cowboy shook his head. "This is a new trick I picked up to impress you. Go, Xyz Evolution!" Skypalace Gangaridai was swallowed up by another summoning portal, much to Caspian's surprise.
"I Xyz Summon Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Juggernaut Liebe!" Kennedy laughed, as the biggest monster yet emerged from the vortex. It was, like the name implied, a rail cannon, but this thing was so massive that it put Gustav Max to shame. It looked more like a tank than anything, made of solid green and black metal with orange Tron-lines running across its body. (ATK 4000, 2 OU)
"It's got love in its name, 'cause it's as big as my love for you, darlin'." He winked flirtatiously.
"Is that what you're calling it now?" Caspian snarked.
"Heh, I love your sense of humor, almost as much as that sweet backside o' yours." Kennedy grinned, causing Caspian's face to turn completely red. "I use my Juggernaut's effect! If I get rid of an Overlay Unit, it gains 2000 points to both scores!"
Juggernaut Liebe glowed with a bright orange aura, as its ATK rose to 6000. "Attack directly with Blitzkrieg Barrage!" Liebe fired a single shot, covering the entire field in an explosion.
(CLP 0) - (KLP 3600)
Caspian, in an impulsive move, rushed over to Kennedy and wrapped his arms around him, the two men kissing passionately. They'd missed this, missed each other.
"I love you." Caspian sighed, resting his head on the blonde's shoulder. "What took you so long?"
"I had to save up enough money to buy a place here, and find a job so I could provide for us." Kennedy explained. "I wanted to be prepared."
The redheaded man chuckled and playfully punched his boyfriend. "You don't need to provide for us, this isn't the 1950s and I'm not your wife. I've got a job of my own, and it pays pretty well."
"Let's not rule out the wife part just yet." Kennedy smirked. "And speaking of jobs, when are ya gonna introduce me to this team of yours?"
"In about... ten minutes." Caspian answered, tackling his boyfriend and kissing him over and over again.
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I had a lot of fun writing this, I hope you guys enjoy reading it!
And happy pride month!
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Cards from the anime/manga:
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Heaven's Lost Property: *peasants rejoicing as white feathers fall from the sky*
Card Type- Spell
Spell/Trap Type- Normal
Text- Both players draw 3 cards, then discard 2. You can only activate 1 "Heaven's Lost Property" each turn.
First Used: GX manga, chapter 42
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Tears of a Mermaid: *a redheaded mermaid swimming inside a teardrop*
Card Type- Trap
Spell/Trap Type- Counter
Text- ?
First Used: DM anime, "Match of the Millennium Part 1"
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Cards I invented:
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Sea Steel Kraken: *enormous squid wearing a cruise ship as armor*
Card Type- Fusion Monster
Monster Type- Aqua
Level- 7
Attribute- WATER
ATK/DEF- 2600/2200
Text- 2 "Sea Steel" monsters. This card can attack every monster your opponent controls, once each. Once per turn, if a WATER monster is Banished from your field or GY, you may draw 1 card.
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Sea Steel Dogfish: *small shark with metallic skin and several hooks in its fins*
Card Type- Effect Monster
Monster Type- Fish
Attribute- WATER
Level- 4
ATK/DEF- 1600/1100
Text- When this card is Normal Summoned, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Sea Steel" monster from your hand. If this card is Banished by your own card effect, you can destroy 1 face-up monster on the field. You can only use each effect of "Sea Steel Dogfish" once per turn.
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Sea Steel Tiger Shark: *enormous shark wearing armor that resembles a submarine*
Card Type- Fusion Monster
Monster Type- Fish
Attribute- WATER
Level- 7
ATK/DEF- 2700/1800
Text- 1 "Sea Steel" monster + 1 Fish-Type monster. Once per turn, if a player(s) takes effect damage, you can inflict that same amount of damage to your opponent. While you have 3 or more Banished "Sea Steel" monsters with different names, your opponent cannot activate Spell or Trap Cards during your Battle Phase.
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Rejuvenating Slime: *Humanoid Slime regenerating while a confused knight hacks away at it with his sword*
Card Type- Trap
Spell/Trap Type- Normal
Text- Activate only when your opponent Special Summons a monster(s). Discard 1 "Slime" monster, then gain Life Points equal to the ATK of the Special Summoned monster(s). You can only activate 1 "Rejuvenating Slime" each turn.