Coral: This has to be the longest chapter I've ever done... EVER! Over 7k words in this chapter! I could hardly believe it!
Aki: That's a new record.
Coral: I know! I never thought that I would write- I mean, type this much for a single chapter!
Aki: Guess we still learn something new everyday.
Coral: Yep. Oh, and for those of you who are expecting a Hayato vs his dad duel... I'm sorry. There isn't any of that duel in here. BUT! I did put in two duels to make up for that!
Aki: More like one and a half.
Coral: Hush. In any case, for this chapter and both duels...
Aki: *covers ears*
Coral: ENJOY~!
Normal dialogue
Life Points/Monster stats
*LOCATION CHANGE/ CHANGE IN P.O.V*
Attacks/Effects
'thoughts'
Language other than Japanese (this is English sub after all)
A couple days passed since Kohaku, Judai and Shou were called up for their Punishment Duel; Kohaku's being solo, and Judai and Shou's being Tag Team. Since then, the three of them practiced and trained themselves for the day they would duel.
With the 'Circus Freak' duelist, she's currently going up against a fellow Osiris Red. Actually, he was suppose to be in Blue, but decided to be in Red instead.
Alejandro Nagase, otherwise known as Alex, is a tanned Japanese-American duelist. He has short spiky hair, a medium build, Osiris blazer with a black shirt underneath, blue jeans and black and white skateboard shoes. His family consists of a monster who was a pro-duelist and a father who works in Kaiba-Corp. Not only that, but he was familiar with Pegasus. It was because of those connections that people said he should've been an Obelisk. However, Alex believed he still had a lot to learn about Duel Monsters, so it was best for him to start off as Red, for he doesn't like to be given special treatment.
Back to the duel, currently on Kohaku's field are Circus Freak Assistant in Defense and two face downs, whereas on Alex's field are Lightray Diabolos, a white, blue and yellow dragon in a clown jumpsuit wearing a clown's hat and a rubber nose (from the previously destroyed Circus Show), and one face-down. Both players had two cards in their hands.
Kohaku: 1600 LP
Alex: 2500 LP
Circus Freak Assistant: Level 3/DARK/Spellcaster/1000 ATK/1000 DEF
Lightray Diabolos: Level 7/LIGHT/Dragon/2800 ATK/1000 DEF
"My turn! Draw!" Alex shouted, as he drew his next card. "Things are about to get wild around here! Since there are exactly 3 DARK monsters in my Graveyard, I Special Summon Dark Armed Dragon!" A dark-greenish black armored dragon emerged onto the field from the shadows and let out a loud roar, releasing some heavy shockwaves.
Dark Armed Dragon: Level 7/DARK/Dragon/2800 ATK/1000 DEF
"Next I activate his effect! I remove 1 DARK monster from my Graveyard from play to target one card on the field and destroy it! I will destroy the face-down card on my left! Dark Armed Breaker!" The DARK dragon shot out some of the blades from its armor, piercing through the target and destroying it. "That's one down. Now with Diabolos' effect, I remove one of my remaining LIGHT monsters from my Graveyard from play and reveal your remaining face-down." The card was flipped face-up, revealing it to be Fast Preparation. "Then that card goes into your top or bottom of your deck. I choose the top! Light Replacement!" The dragon shined so bright, the face-down disintegrated and returned to Kohaku's deck. "This is my best combo! I call this Darklight Destruction! Now Dark Armed Dragon attacks Assistant! Dark Armed Destroyer!" The armored dragon's fist was suddenly covered in dark flames and blades. The fist was brought down and destroyed Assistant. "Lightray Diabolos attacks directly! Light Burst Stream! This is the end!" The 'Lightray' monster let out its breath attack on the 'Circus Freak' duelist.
"Nope, this is actually the beginning! From my hand I activate Circus Freak Ventriloquism's effect!" Kohaku responded. "During either player's turn, I can discard this card from my hand and draw 1 card! If the card I draw is a monster, that card can be Special Summoned or just be kept in my hand."
"However, we both know that the next card is a Continuous Magic."
"And since it is, it can instead be activated!" Alex gasped as the Magic card he sent back to his opponent's deck was returned to the field. "And since this card is activated by Ventriloquism's effect, it also means I can use its effect to Special Summon Circus Freak Destiny from my hand!" The young version of Kohaku's ace card appeared on her field.
Circus Freak Destiny: Level 2/DARK/Spellcaster/500 ATK/500 DEF
"Then looks like I'll have my monster destroy your's instead!" Dark Armed Dragon went for the young entertainer for its attack.
"Or so you think! Destiny's effect activates! During either player's Battle Phase, I am able to remove 1 Circus Counter to draw 1 card. Good thing I sent all three of Circus Show's counters to your monster when it was destroyed."
"So that's why you sent them to my monster. You sure are a gambler, aren't you, Kohaku?"
"I prefer to be called a believer, Alex. Now I remove one of those Circus Counters and draw a card!" As the rubber gloves on Diabolos' hands were removed, Kohaku drew a card and revealed it. "Magic card, Team Performance! With this, I switch Destiny for Assistant! Twisted Fate!" The mini-Time Space Magician swapped places with the clown. "And since Assistant was Special Summoned, I draw cards for every empty monster zone! In total there are seven! So I will draw seven cards!" Cards were added to the female Osiris' hand.
"However, it's still destroyed by Dark Armed Dragon," Alex said, as his dragon finally fought and destroyed a monster. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
"My turn. Draw!" Kohaku smirked at her hand and newly drawn card. "Hola~! Bonjour~! Hello, everybody~! It's finally time for this show to come to a close~! From my field, I activate Fast Preparation to Special Summon Circus Freak Juggler from my hand~!" A 'Circus Freak' similar to Contact Juggler appeared onto her field.
Circus Freak Juggler: Level 3/DARK/Spellcaster/1600 ATK/1000 DEF
"Next from my hand I activate the Instant Magic, Early Performance! With this I Special Summon Circus Freak Trampoline from my hand!" A clown whose body looked like a round trampoline appeared next to the juggler in Defense.
Circus Freak Trampoline: Level 2/DARK/Spellcaster/400 ATK/900 DEF
"Now then, everybody, please keep your eyes on the two dragons before us~! For Trampoline will send them both flying~!"
"And may I ask how that's possible?" Alex asked.
"Trampoline has quite a frightening ability. When this card is Special Summoned, I am able to return cards on the field equal to or less than the number of 'Circus Freak' cards I currently control to their owner's hand~ Trampolend~!" The new debuted monster bounced over to the two monsters and, using its trampoline, forced them back into Alex's hand. "I now release these two monsters to Advance Summon, the show's main star, Circus Freak Time Space Magician!" The two monsters were removed from the field. In their place was the masked magician.
Circus Freak Time Space Magician: Level 7/DARK/Spellcaster/2500 ATK/2000 DEF
"Now Time Space Magician attacks the player directly~! Time-Spacial Stream Buster!" The high-level monster shot its signature attack at the Light and Dark duelist.
"I activate Mirror Force!" he tried to defend, only to see his card not working.
"Time Space Magician prevents Spell and Trap cards that targets and destroys 'Circus Freak' monsters from activating!" With that, the duel came to an end.
Kohaku: 1600 LP
Alex: 0000 LP
WINNER: KOHAKU!
"Whew... That was a close duel," Kohaku sighed, falling on her butt.
"I'll say. I thought I had you there," Alex agreed, holding out a hand.
Kohaku accepted it and got up with his help. "If I didn't have Ventriloquism in my hand, I would've definitely lost."
"But even so, you can't always rely on luck and gamble to win. The Punishment Duel is suppose to be different after all. If the opponent has a card that forces you to drop a card you really need, you'll be in a huge trouble."
"Heheh. That is, unless if I go all out," the female Osiris whispered, but loud enough for Alex to hear.
"What was that?"
"Oh nothing~"
"You've been holding back this whole time!? Even in that Team Duel when we first met on this island!?"
"You're one to talk! During this whole duel, and even that Team Duel, you didn't summon your ace card!"
Let's go back to how things were yesterday.
*FLASHBACK*
Kohaku was wandering around the island, looking for a strong duelist to duel her, help her make some improvements with her deck. Asuka would've helped, if not for the fact that her friends took her away for 'girl things'. Kohaku was also a girl, but to most people on the island, she's a he. That's another thing she wanted Asuka to be with her; so they can plan how Kohaku would be true to her gender.
"Would you guys just cut it out?" came a bored-toned voice. Kohaku looked at the direction of the voice and saw an Osiris getting ganged up by a few Obelisks.
"No way! Not until you give us that rare card we saw you waving around!" Obelisk 1 argued.
"A card like that shouldn't be with a dropout like you," Obelisk 2 said.
"Says who?" the Osiris asked.
"Says us Obelisk Elites," Obelisk 3 told him.
"Now give us your card," Obelisk 4 demanded.
"Don't wanna. Besides, it's not a crime for someone in the starting rank to have a card like Light and Darkness Dragon."
"Who said you have the right to say the name of the card?!"
"Why can't I~? It's been with me longer than it has with you guys~" the Osiris said in a laid-back tone.
Kohaku couldn't watch any more of the indirect bullying and walked into the scene. "Hey. What's going on?"
The five guys had eyes on her. "Oh look, it's another one," Obelisk 1 said in disgust.
"Scram, punk," Obelisk 3 waved.
"Hmm... Then how about a duel?" Kohaku asked. "Osiris vs Obelisk. You win, I leave and you can have whatever card you wanted to take from him. We win, you leave us Osiris alone."
"Hah. Like we have time for a duel against weaklings," Obelisk 2 shrugged.
"I suppose that's true."
"I as well," the Osiris agreed, playing along with Kohaku's plan. "Why would 4 Obelisks want to humiliate themselves in losing to 2 Osiris?" The four blues turned their attention to the boy.
"What did you say?!" Obelisk 4 demanded once more.
"He said why would 4 Obelisks want to humiliate themselves in losing to 2 Osiris?!" Kohaku repeated, louder than how it was said the first time.
"You're both asking for it!" The four blues took out their duel disks and turned them on.
"You have your disk?" Kohaku asked her partner.
"Of course. By the way, my name is Alejandro Nagase. But you can call me Alex," the male Osiris, Alex, said with a wink.
"Okay, Alex."
"DUEL!"
Kohaku: 4000 LP
Alex: 4000 LP
Obelisk 1: 4000 LP
Obelisk 2: 4000 LP
Obelisk 3: 4000 LP
Obelisk 4: 4000 LP
"How about two Obelisks then an Osiris turn?" Alex asked.
"More chances for us than, not like we don't have the advantage in the first place," Obelisk 1 said. "I'll start first. Draw." He drew his sixth card. "I set one monster in face-down Defense Position and set one card face-down and end my turn."
"I'm next." Obelisk 2 drew his sixth card. "I summon Genetic Warwolf in Attack mode!" A white and blue-striped werewolf with four arms appeared on their field.
Genetic Warwolf: Level 4/EARTH/Beast-Warrior/2000 ATK/100 DEF
"Next I equip Gene-Warped Warwolf with Big Bang Shoot! This gives him 400 ATK and the ability to inflict piercing damage!" A red aura surrounds the Beast-Warrior, as it gains Big Bang Shoot's effects.
Genetic Warwolf: 2000 + 400 = 2400 ATK
"I end my turn."
"My turn. Draw." Alex drew his sixth. "Okay. I summon Familiar Knight in Defense Position!" A knight appeared on the Osiris field in Defense.
Familiar Knight: Level 3/DARK/Warrior/1200 ATK/1400 DEF
"I set two cards face-down and end my turn."
"You call that a monster?! I'm surprised it exists!" Obelisk 3 mocked. "My turn. Draw!" He drew his card. "I activate Ancient Rule from my hand! I am able to Special Summon a Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from my hand. I will use its effect to Special Summon my ace, Founder God-Bird, Simurgh!" A great big yellow bird with two pairs of wings appeared on their field, letting out a loud screech.
Founder God-Bird, Simurgh: Level 8/WIND/Winged-Beast/2900 ATK/2000 DEF
"While it was in my hand, Simurgh can be treated as a Normal Monster. I end my turn."
"Which means it's my turn. Draw!" Obelisk 4 drew his next card. "I activate Vice Dragon's special ability from my hand! Since my opponent controls a monster and I have no monsters, I am able to Special Summon this card from my hand. However, his ATK and DEF are halved." A small purple dragon with green wings burst onto the field.
Vice Dragon: Level 5/DARK/Dragon/2000 ATK/2400 DEF
Vice Dragon: 2000 / 2 = 1000 ATK
Vice Dragon: 2400 / 2 = 1200 DEF
"Now I use Dark Grepher's special ability from my hand! By discarding a DARK attribute monster whose Level is 5 or higher, this card can be Special Summoned." After sending a monster from his hand to grave, a dark-skinned warrior came next to the dragon, a sword in his hand.
Dark Grepher: Level 4/DARK/Warrior/1700 ATK/1600 DEF
"Now I release both these monsters for my Ace Card, Demon King Diabolos!" Both those monsters were engulfed in dark flames and, emerging from those flames, a dark armored dragon came.
Demon King Diabolos: Level 7/DARK/Dragon/2800 ATK/1000 DEF
"I will end my turn here. So, go ahead and start your turn."
"I will. My turn."
"Diabolos' effect activates!" Obelisk 4 interrupted Kohaku. "During your Draw Phase, before you can draw you card, I am allowed to see what that next card is. And the best part is, I get to choose if it stays on the top of your deck, letting you draw it that is, or move it to the bottom, where you won't be able to get the card at all."
"That's a dirty trick, don't you think!?" Alex shouted.
"Shut it, you stupid dropout! Now then, show me your card." Kohaku, unfazed by the effect, revealed her top card. And it was such a good card too because it was- "Circus Freak Time Space Magician. Last I remember, that card gave Taiyou and Raizou a hard time. But we won't be seeing that eyesore because it's going to the bottom of your deck." The revealed card was moved to the bottom of Kohaku's deck.
"That's just great."
"Don't worry, Alex," Kohaku assured. "Time Space Magician will still make his appearance soon. Just not now."
"We'd like to see you try to get him out," Obelisk 2 taunted.
"I still haven't drawn yet anyway. Draw." Kohaku drew her sixth card. "The show has just begun~! I activate the Continuous Magic, Fast Preparation! Since I have no monsters on my field, once per turn, I can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower 'Circus Freak' monster from my hand. Come out, Circus Freak Trapeze Artist!" The swinging stuntman appeared on her field in Defense.
Circus Freak Trapeze Artist: Level 3/DARK/Spellcaster/1400 ATK/1000 DEF
"Next, I summon Circus Freak Stilt Walker!" The stilt-walking clown appeared next to him.
Circus Freak Stilt Walker: Level 2/DARK/Spellcaster/800 ATK/1600 DEF
"I set one card face-down and end my turn."
"That's it? That's all you got? Man, Taiyou and Raizou might've went too easy on you that time then," Obelisk 3 said.
"But in any case, it's my turn now. Draw." Obelisk 1 drew his card.
"Because the person who drew was not my opponent, Diabolos' effect does not activate," Obelisk 4 answered an unasked question.
"And now, I Flip Summon XENO." The face-down monster was revealed to be a purple mouth with a pair of eyes in it.
XENO: Level 2/WATER/Fiend/200 ATK/100 DEF
"Next I activate its Reverse Effect. I am able to take control of one monster my opponent controls until the end of this turn! Demise Controller!" Obelisk 1's monster's tongue was shot out and struck Stilt Walker, forcing it over to their side. "And that's not all. The monster controlled by this effect can attack twice! But what's the point of attacking directly with a weak monster? I release both these weaklings for a real monster! Come, Darkness Destroyer!" The two monsters left the field, as a black armor-skinned dinosaur appeared.
Darkness Destroyer: Level 7/DARK/Fiend/2300 ATK/1800 DEF
"And with his effect, I can attack twice during each battle phase. And when he attacks a Defense Position monster, he is able to inflict piercing damage to my opponent!"
"Even if you can get rid of our monsters, we'd still have some Life left," Alex told him.
"I know. Which is why I'll use the Equip Magic, Gravity Axe - Grarl. This gives my monster 500 ATK points and, as long as this card is face-up on the field, you dropouts cannot change your monsters' Battle Position!" A double-bladed axe was formed and taken in the monster's hand.
Darkness Destroyer: 2300 + 500 = 2800 ATK
"This is more than enough to take one of you two out. Darkness Destroyer! Attack Familiar Knight directly! Destruction Bomber!" The monster let out a ferocious blast at the kneeling warrior, destroying him and dealing damage to the Osiris.
Kohaku: 4000 LP
Alex: 2600 LP
Obelisk 1: 4000 LP
Obelisk 2: 4000 LP
Obelisk 3: 4000 LP
Obelisk 4: 4000 LP
"Familiar Knight's special ability activates. Once destroyed and sent to the Graveyard as a result of Battle, each player can Special Summon 1 Level 4 monster from their hand. From my hand, I Special Summon Double Costom! Sacrificial Calling!" In place of the fallen knight, two purple ghosts were formed.
Double Costom: Level 4/DARK/Zombie/1700 ATK/1650 DEF
Besides Obelisk 2, who summoned another Genetic Warwolf, the other Obelisks gritted their teeth for they don't have a Level 4 monster in their hands.
"What a convenient card," Kohaku complimented. "In that case, I Special Summon Circus Freak Unicycler from my hand~!" The clown on the unicycle appeared onto the field.
Circus Freak Unicycler: Level 4/DARK/Spellcaster/1400 ATK/1800 DEF
"Like that'll do anything. I will attack with my monster again! Destruction Bomber 2!" Darkness Destroyer went in for another blast.
"No, he won't attack again actually," Kohaku intervened. "Boys and girls~! Do take a nice look at Unicycler's unicycle~" The five other duelists did just that, as the 'Circus Freak' monster tossed its one-wheeled cycle at the big black Fiend-type. From the cogset, mechanical hands came out and wrapped themselves around it.
"What?! What did you do to my monster?!" Obelisk 1 demanded.
"Unicycler's special ability. Once per turn, during either player's turn, I am able to negate the effects of any face-up card on the field and place 1 Circus Counter on that card. This is Cycle Break~!"
"Which would mean that the second attack is no attack at all," Alex added.
"That's right~ And even better! He can only attack once per turn~!"
"Then I'll just end my turn with a face-down," Obelisk 1 ended.
"My turn. Draw. I release both my Genetic Warwolf to Advance Summon Devilzoa!" The two werewolves left the field for a blue wicked monster to appear.
Devilzoa: Level 7/DARK/Fiend/2600 ATK/1900 DEF
"And here I activate my trap card!" Obelisk 1 shouted.
"A trap card during your teammate's turn?" Kohaku gasped.
"Oh it's not a destruction trap. If I did that, I wouldn't be in Obelisk. The trap card I activated is Metalization - Magic-Reflection Armor!" The new-summoned monster was covered in metal-armor. "My partner's monster's ATK gains 300 ATK and DEF and when it attacks a monster, it gains more ATK from half the attack target!"
Devilzoa: 2600 + 300 = 2900 ATK
"And that's not all. When equipped with that trap, Devilzoa is able to use its true power! From my deck, by releasing Devilzoa equipped with Metalization - Magic-Reflection Armor, I am able to Special Summon Metal Devilzoa!" The metal shined and wore off, revealing a mechanical version of the original Devilzoa.
Metal Devilzoa: Level 8/DARK/Machine/3000 ATK/2300 DEF
"And from my hand, I equip it with Gravity Blaster." A satellite of some kind was formed above the Machine-type. "Unlike normal Equips, Gravity Blaster permanently gives the equipped monster 400 ATK, even after it leaves the field and the monster becomes unaffected by card effects."
Metal Devilzoa: 3000 + 400 = 3400 ATK
"And that's not all. When the equipped monster Battles an opponent's monster, that monster's effect is negated! I'll attack Double Costom! Metal X Scissors!" The machine monster charged at the two ghosts, preparing to destroy them both.
"Take that attack back! Magic Cylinder trap card activate!" Alex shouted, activating his set card. "With this card, I can negate the attack of one monster and inflict damage to my opponent equal to that monster's attack!" Two cylinders appeared, one absorbing the attack and the other sending it back at Obelisk 2, dealing immense amount of damage.
Kohaku: 4000 LP
Alex: 2600 LP
Obelisk 1: 4000 LP
Obelisk 2: 600 LP
Obelisk 3: 4000 LP
Obelisk 4: 4000 LP
"Idiot! What were you thinking?!" Obelisk 3 demanded.
"How was I suppose to remember about his face-down?! Or think it was a trap?!" Obelisk 2 defended.
"You should've remembered!" Obelisk 1 shouted.
"Rather, you should've seen it!" Obelisk 4 added.
"They're Osiris, though! They usually mess up in these kind of stuff!"
While they are arguing, the two Osiris looked on in slight confusion.
"He really thinks we're that stupid, doesn't he?" Kohaku asked.
"Apparently so. With how they are arguing, they make our dorm look better," Alex agreed.
"Hey~ Instead of arguing like two pairs of married couple, how about you get back to dueling?" Kohaku taunted.
"WHO'RE YOU CALLING MARRIED COUPLES?!" they all shouted, quickly forgetting about the great damage loss.
"I'll just end my turn," Obelisk 2 told them.
"Then it's my turn," the male Osiris spoke.
"And before you draw, don't forget Diabolos' effect." Alex revealed his top card. "White-Horned Dragon, huh? Too bad it's going to the bottom."
Alex placed his card to the bottom and drew the card after that. "I summon Different Dimension Warrior Lady in Defense mode." An armored blonde woman came to the field next to the ghosts.
Different Dimension Warrior Lady: Level 4/LIGHT/Warrior/1500 ATK/1600 DEF
"Hey, Kohaku. Mind using that effect again?"
"Sure thing, Alex," the female Osiris nodded. "I use Unicycler's effect. Negating the effect of Gravity Axe - Grarl!" The clown summoned another unicycle and tossed it over to the monster the weapon was equipped to. This forced the monster to drop the axe, getting it taken in the cycle's mechanical hands.
Darkness Destroyer: 2800 - 500 = 2300 ATK
"With that effect out of the way, I switch Double Costom to Defense. I end my turn."
"My turn, draw!" Obelisk 3 drew another card. "I activate Foolish Burial. This allows me to send 1 monster from my deck to the Graveyard. I send Nine-Snakes Peacock. Then I remove Nine-Snakes Peacock from play to Special Summon The Wind Spirit, Garuda!" A twister formed and, coming out of it, was a humanoid-bird.
The Wind Spirit, Garuda: Level 4/WIND/Winged-Beast/1600 ATK/1200 DEF
"Now I release Garuda to Advance Summon Death Cyclone!" The bird-man hybrid was engulfed and destroyed in a horrible cyclone, which changed its shape into one of a reptile.
Death Cyclone: Level 7/WIND/Reptile/2000 ATK/1500 DEF
"This isn't good," Kohaku muttered to Alex.
"Yeah. Death Cyclone lives up to its name. If we destroy that, we'd be destroying our monsters with it. And even if you somehow get Time Space Magician out, it wouldn't mean anything since he only blocks Magic and Trap cards. And not only that, because of Simurgh's effect, he's able to be summoned with one less tribute because he's a WIND attribute."
"Not that I'm insulting our dorm, but you are very knowledgeable for an Osiris. Of what I know since I came here, that kind of knowledge should put you in Ra Yellow."
"Talk later."
"Don't know what you dropouts are muttering about over there, but I'll end my turn here," Obelisk 3 finished with a smirk.
"My turn. Draw. I equip Diabolos with Meteor Strike! This allows Diabolos to inflict piercing damage if he attacks a Defense Position monster! Diabolos attacks Trapeze Artist! Demonic Crusher Impact!" The DARK dragon-type's fist was engulfed in black flames, sending a meteor-impacted attack at the defending Circus Freak.
"It's too early for a leave~! I activate my trap card, Grand Escape~! This negates an attack on a 'Circus Freak' monster and ends the Battle Phase~!" Trapeze Artist, at the last second, avoided the attack and got on Diabolos' back, doing the rodeo.
"Hey! Get your monster off of mine!" Obelisk 4 yelled.
"Now, now. Let the performers have their fun and entertainment~ And while Trapeze Artist is occupying your monster, I will draw cards for each monster on the opposing field who didn't declare an attack~"
"It's a good thing I only have one monster on my field then."
"Oh? Did I say it has to be on your field only?" The four blues had shocked looks on their faces as the other monsters on their field began to glow. "All four of you are my opponent. Therefore, I draw a card for Darkness Destroyer; Metal Devilzoa; Founder God-Bird, Simurgh; and Death Cyclone~"
"That's a total of four cards!" Alex happily added up.
"Yes. And since it's outside of my Draw Phase, Diabolos' effect cannot activate. But before that, I activate my Instant Magic, Early Performance~! With this effect, I will Special Summon Circus Freak Dancer from my deck~" The dancing performer appeared on her field in Defense.
Circus Freak Dancer: Level 2/DARK/Spellcaster/600 ATK/1200 DEF
"Now I draw~!" After shuffling her deck, Kohaku drew four more cards, bringing her hand to five cards.
"I'll end my turn then," Obelisk 4 said, gritting his teeth. "Just because you drew that many cards doesn't mean that you will win. You Osiris will do like you always will and lose to us Obelisk, whereas we Obelisk will win and have your cards as reward!"
The female Osiris only smiled at those words. "We won't lose. After all, it's time for the Grand Finale~!" She looked around and saw a nearby light post.
"What's he doing?" Obelisk 2 asked, as they watched Kohaku run towards the pole, climbing up.
"Hola~! Bonjour~! Hello everybody~!" the 'Circus Freak' duelist shouted, as she managed to stand at the very top. "Finally, after all this time, it's time for the final scene of this show~ My turn."
"Due to Diabolos' effect, you have to reveal that card before you draw it!" Obelisk 4 reminded. Kohaku did just that and revealed her next card to be Taming the Wild! "Don't know what that card does, but you can add that."
"In that case, draw~" Kohaku added her revealed card to her hand. "Now then, from my hand, I activate Circus Freak Ventriloquism's effect~! By discarding this card to the Graveyard, I am able to draw a card and reveal it! If the card is a monster, I can Special Summon it or add it to my hand. However, if it's a Magic or Trap card, that card can be activated immediately!"
"You're betting on luck? At a time like this?" Obelisk 1 questioned.
"You should know by now that against this army of strong monsters, anything you throw at us is useless," Obelisk 3 insulted.
"Hmm... Is that so? Then why don't we test that?" she challenged. "Let's go! Draw~!" After drawing her card, Kohaku revealed it. To everyone's shock, the card she drew was-
"Circus Freak Time Space Magician!" Alex gasped.
"No way!" the Obelisks shouted.
"Lucky~ Looks like the usual main star will be making his appearance after all~ Appear, the performer who can see through time and space~! Circus Freak Time Space Magician~!" The ace 'Circus Freak' appeared from the ray of light behind her, making a pose.
Circus Freak Time Space Magician: Level 7/DARK/Spellcaster/2500 ATK/2000 DEF
"E-Even though you have your ace out, it's nothing against our monsters!" Obelisk 4 stuttered.
Kohaku jumped off the post. "Next, I summon Circus Freak Animal Trainer." Next to the high-leveled monster, standing on Kohaku's last monster zone, is a chimera humanoid monster in performer's clothes.
Circus Freak Animal Trainer: Level 4/DARK/Spellcaster/1800 ATK/1400 DEf
The new monster jumped, catching its controller. "And now, I activate Team Performance~ Not only does a 'Circus Freak' monster targeted by this get 300 ATK for each Circus Counter on the field, they can make an additional attack for each 'Circus Freak' monster on the field~ The monster I'll be targeting is none other than-"
"Time Space Magician, right?"
"No~" The boys were confused at Kohaku's answer. She was set on the ground. "Indeed, Time Space Magician is usually the main star of every show, however, today's star is someone different~ The monster gaining Team Performance's effect is Circus Freak Animal Trainer~ And with two counters on the field and five 'Circus Freak' monsters currently on today's show, that's plus 600 ATK with five attacks~" The chimera-like monster let out a roar as its attack was increased.
Circus Freak Animal Trainer: 1800 + 600 = 2400 ATK
"But why would you...?" Alex asked. He wouldn't complete his question, not while seeing Kohaku's confident face. And it wasn't overconfident.
"Battle! Circus Freak Animal Trainer attacks Metal Devilzoa!" The boys now stared at her in great shock, mostly Alex.
"WAIT A SECOND! KOHAKU!" Alex tried to stop her and/or her monster from doing the attack, only for his call to be unheard.
"During the Battle Phase, I activate the Instant Magic, Taming the Beast!" the current turn-taker added. "When a Beast-type monster I control battles an opponent's monster, I draw a card. If the drawn card is a monster card, this card gains ATK equal to the monster it's battling! And while on the field, Animal Trainer is considered as a Spellcaster and a Beast-type!"
"Another gambling card!?" Obelisk 3 gasped.
"And an overkill card, combined with the Magic card he used earlier!" Obelisk 2 pointed out.
"Don't be ridiculous! There's no way he could get that lucky!" Obelisk 4 said.
"Why don't we test that?" Kohaku grinned. "Draw!" She revealed the card, making them gasp at the sight of it.
"No way... This can't be..." Obelisk 1 muttered.
"Circus Freak Beast Tamer. Monster card. Which means, Animal Trainer gains 3400 from Metal Devilzoa!" Midway of its attack, the chimera-human hybrid got bigger and bigger, until it looked like a full-grown 100% chimera in an entertainer's clothes.
Circus Freak Animal Trainer: 2400 + 3400 = 5800 ATK
"Over 5000 ATK!?" the four Obelisks cried in great shock.
"Go~ Animal Trainer! Full-Beast Attack~!" The monster went and destroyed its first opponent.
Kohaku: 4000 LP
Alex: 2600 LP
Obelisk 1: 4000 LP
Obelisk 2: 0000 LP
Obelisk 3: 4000 LP
Obelisk 4: 4000 LP
"One down, four to go! Attack Darkness Destroyer! Full-Beast Attack 2!" The chimera went for the monster not far from it and destroyed it as well.
Kohaku: 4000 LP
Alex: 2600 LP
Obelisk 1: 500 LP
Obelisk 3: 4000 LP
Obelisk 4: 4000 LP
"Full-Beast Attack 3! On Founder God-Bird, Simurgh!" Another attack on the yellow bird.
Kohaku: 4000 LP
Alex: 2600 LP
Obelisk 1: 500 LP
Obelisk 3: 1100 LP
Obelisk 4: 4000 LP
"Full-Beast Attack 4 on Demon King Diabolos!" An attack on the DARK dragon monster.
Kohaku: 4000 LP
Alex: 2600 LP
Obelisk 1: 500 LP
Obelisk 3: 1100 LP
Obelisk 4: 1000 LP
"Last attack! On Death Cyclone!" Alex now looked at Kohaku like she grew two heads.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?! CALL IT OFF!" It was already too late, for the reptile-figure cyclone was destroyed by the last hit.
Kohaku: 4000 LP
Alex: 2600 LP
Obelisk 1: 500 LP
Obelisk 3: 0000 LP
Obelisk 4: 1000 LP
"You've activated Death Cyclone's special ability! All other monsters are destroyed!" Obelisk 3 declared. All of Kohaku and Alex's monsters were swallowed up by the typhoon and died. "Now that they're out of the way, you can't make another attack."
"Not that I can anyway. On the turn I activate Team Performance, I cannot attack with monsters other than the one affected by it," Kohaku said.
"But what are you going to do now? You have no monsters! That final declaration was a bluff!" Obelisk 1 shouted.
"No, it is the end. At least, for part one." The guys were surprised at her new declaration. "Part two, also known as the final part of the Grand Finale goes to my partner."
"Wait, me?" the male Osiris pointed at himself.
"Of course. Can't have all the spotlight to myself after all." Alex smiled at those words.
"Got it."
"That's if you will get that turn!" Obelisk 4 corrected.
"You may have gotten rid of our monsters but they will be back!" Obelisk 1 added. "My turn. Draw!" He drew his next card. "Here's what I mean. I activate Resurrection of the Dead! This allows me to Special Summon a monster from either player's Graveyard onto my field. And as good as my monster is, I got just the replacement for him. Come forth, Circus Freak Time Space Magician!" Kohaku's ace monster, instead of appearing on her field, appeared on Obelisk 1's field.
"Time Space Magician!" Kohaku called.
"I'm... sorry... my lady..." was all her Duel Spirit could say before he was completely under Obelisk 1's control.
"Hah! How does it feel? Being beaten by your own monster?" the turn-taker mocked.
"Monster! I can't believe you did that!" Alex shouted in anger.
"Whatever it takes to win. Now then, my new servant, attack your master! Time-Spacial Stream Buster!" At his order, the lone monster let out its attack onto Kohaku, who took and accepted the damage.
Kohaku: 1500 LP
Alex: 2600 LP
Obelisk 1: 500 LP
Obelisk 4: 1000 LP
"I'll just end my turn here. So, how about you try and end it here, you Red Dropout?"
Alex, however, was conflicted. All his life, he treats his cards as though they were human. He, unlike most normal duelists, knows that Duel Monsters isn't a game. That they are real, just not in the world they live in. So to attack and destroy Kohaku's monster, the duelist who treated her monsters like friends, or even family for that matter, is just-
"Do it, Alex," the Entertainment Duelist broke her partner out of his thoughts.
"But-"
"Time Space Magician would never want this. If anything, he'd rather be non-existent than to be in the hands of others." He never thought he'd actually hear that from her mouth, but knew she was right.
"Got it. Leave it to me! My turn!" Alex drew out his next card. "Things are about to get wild here! I activate Painful Choice! Thanks to this card, I can choose five cards from my deck and reveal them to my opponent." Alex chose out four monsters and one magic card. "Once revealed, they can choose which card I keep, while the rest are sent to my Graveyard."
"In that case, Foolish Burial to hand," Obelisk 1 chose.
"And with that choice, I will activate it, sending a monster from my deck to my Graveyard. That monster is White Horns Dragon." After sending the tirst four monsters in his Graveyard slot, Alex added one more monster in.
"And what good would that do? Make you lose faster by deck out?" Obelisk 4 joked,. causing him and the rest of his friends to laugh.
"No. It would allow me this." They stopped laughing at the look of his smirk on his face. "Since I have exactly three DARK monsters in my Graveyard, I am able to Special Summon this card from my hand. Let's go, my dark partner! Dark Armed Dragon!" A black portal opened up from the ground between the two sides. Coming out was a black-armored dark-green dragon.
Dark Armed Dragon: Level 7/DARK/Dragon/2800 ATK/1000 DEF
"D-D-D-..."
"Dark Armed Dragon!?" the already-lost Obelisks gasped at the sight before them.
"How?! How could-?!"
"And that's not all!" Alex continued, interrupting Obelisk 4's question. "When I have five or more LIGHT monsters with different names in my Graveyard, I am able to Special Summon this card from my hand. Meet the Light counterpart of the original! Lightray Diabolos!" A ray of light shone from above as a light version of Demon King Diabolos came flying down, taking its position next to Dark Armed Dragon.
Lightray Diabolos: Level 7/LIGHT/Dragon/2800 ATK/1000 DEF
"There's a LIGHT attribute Diabolos?!" Obelisk 3 gasped in surprise and shock.
Kohaku whistled in amusement. "Awesome. You sure got some cards on you."
"Thank you. And now I will activate both their effects, Darklight Destruction!" Both dragons glowed in their attribute, as they began to use their special ability. "For Dark Armed Dragon, by banishing one DARK monster from my Graveyard, I can destroy one card on the field. That card is one of your face-downs! Dark Armed Breaker!" Dark Armed Dragon shot out its armor's blades, having them pierce through and destroy its target. "And with Diabolos' effect, by banishing one LIGHT monster from my Graveyard, I can look at one set card my opponent controls. Then, like the original Diabolos, I get to decide whether they go to the top or bottom of your deck. Light Replacement!" The LIGHT Diabolos shined brightly, forcing the card to reveal itself as Mirror Force and sending it away to the top of his deck.
"Like I said, part two of the Grand Finale is all on Alex," Kohaku said.
"And he's right. And I'm not done yet! Instant Magic, Charge! This gives one of my monsters 700 more attack until the end of the turn it was used! i'll give it all to Diabolos!" The LIGHT dragon glowed again as it grew a couple of feet.
Lightray Diabolos: 2800 + 700 = 3500 ATK
"Let's go! Diabolos attacks Time Space Magician! Light Burst Stream!" Alex's LIGHT monster let out a breath attack at the Spellcaster, destroying it and leaving it in peace, as well as taking out the rest of Obelisk 1's Life Points.
Kohaku: 1500 LP
Alex: 2600 LP
Obelisk 1: 0000 LP
Obelisk 4: 1000 LP
"Dark Armed Dragon! Attack the last Obelisk directly! Dark Armed Destroyer!" His DARK monster's fist was covered in black flames and blades, bringing it down on the remaining Obelisk and ending the duel.
Kohaku: 1500 LP
Alex: 2600 LP
Obelisk 4: 0000 LP
WINNER: KOHAKU AND ALEX!
"All right! We did it!" Kohaku cheered.
"Sure did! It was a lot of fun!" Alex agreed.
Meanwhile, the four Obelisks only stared at the two in shock. None of them could believe that a pair of Osiris could beat a group of Obelisks. This has never happened before. Before they could say anything, a familiar voice spoke up.
"That was quite a duel." They turned and saw Asuka walking up to them. "You know, I actually thought you'd lose in this duel, Kohaku."
"Heh. Like this would keep me down. Besides, I had help," the 'Circus Freak' duelist replied.
"Yo," Alex greeted.
With the losing team, they couldn't believe how Obelisks' queen was so friendly with them. Not wanting to embarrass themselves any longer, they ran away.
"Hey! Don't forget your promise!" the Osiris duo shouted in unison. This surprised the both of them, until they just laughed it off.
"It's hard to believe that you two just met. At least that's what it seemed like at the beginning," Asuka said.
"You were here the whole time?" Kohaku asked.
"Only from when those jerks tried to take away your friend's card."
"They would never get it anyway. Not without a duel," Alex told her.
"But man that was some combo you did at the end~" the female Osiris complimented.
"It was nothing. Not compared to your risky and cool dueling style~" the male Osiris also complimented. From then on, those two became friends, along with Asuka.
*PRESENT DAY*
"I still can't believe it though. We just met and yet, it's like we know each other for a long time, thinking it back now," Kohaku said, looking up at the sky.
"Yeah. Although, I can't help but feel like... maybe we have met..." Alex confessed.
"Really? Because if we did, I would've remembered."
"Yeah, you're right. Probably someone who looked like you." They both took a deep breath, enjoying the calm atmosphere.
"But other than that, can you believe what happened the other day? When Hayato's dad suddenly came?"
"I know. And that duel the day after. When I heard of the one-hit kill, I thought it meant one-turn knockout. But it was actually a kill in terms of cards."
"And let's not forget all of Hayato's dad's cards. You can tell he's obsessed with sake."
"Then again, it's kind of what he does. Though with those cards, it makes the duelist look more like all they do is drink themselves."
"Yep."
Some seconds of silence passed, and they once again enjoyed the atmosphere.
"So, another practice round?" the Light and Dark Duelist asked.
"As long as you actually go serious this time!" the 'Circus Freak' duelist instantly agreed.
"Back at you!"