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"Noah-sama, please let me duel her," Oshita, the one who had lost to Yugi, pleaded.
"You? You lost! No, let me duel her instead," Ota retorted, believing that his Robotic Knight would be more than enough to handle her.
"What are you all saying? Do you really want to underestimate her after what she did to us back then?" Ouka reprimanded them, "even me and my Deck Master Judge Man would have a hard time against her. Not to mention that she is not alone."
Noah was listening to everyone, waiting to see if they come to a conclusion on their own.
"How about all three of us duel against both of them?" Oshita suggested.
"As long as you don't drag me down," Ota replied.
"Noah-sama, will you grant us this duel?" Ouka asked.
The young boy chuckled, "I don't see why not, if she is such a force to be reckoned with. But, she will have the right to refuse, and you three must duel against them both at once."
The three men agreed and got into their Deck Master form before going to where Marik and Akia were.
The two, unaware of what was coming, were walking around, still trying to find a way inside the castle. Suddenly, they heard a door open.
"Did you hear that?" Akia asked.
Marik nodded, "it came from the front."
They both headed back to the front of the castle, where the main door was now wide open.
"I smell a trap," the red-eyed girl mumbled.
"At least you've got some common sense. Now don't rush in and stay behind me," the young man told her as he pulled her towards him by her arm. She gasped a little at how hard he yanked her. Akia didn't complain this time, though, since it never really worked.
As soon as they entered the castle, the door closed behind them. The floor beneath their feet then lit up and started lifting. They were now standing on an elevated circular platform that covered most of the castle's court entrance. On the other side of the platform, three figures showed up.
"Duel monsters?" Akia inquired as she recognized the three monsters in front of her. They were Judge Man, Robotic Knight, and Deepsea Warrior.
"Mutou Akia," the Deepsea Warrior called her out, "I, Oshita Konosuke, will make you pay for what you did to us."
"You are the main reason why we are trapped. I vow on my name, Ouka Chikuzen, that we will make you suffer as much and even more than you made us suffer," the Judge Man monster added.
"Now, we challenge you and your partner to duel all three of us at once," the Robotic Knight said, "remember me, Ota Soichiro, once you meet your doom."
Akia stared at them blankly, not fully grasping what they were saying because she was too distracted by how they looked. Marik looked at her and sighed, which snapped her out of it. The young man wanted to start a Shadow Game, but his Millennium Rod was not responding properly. He concluded that it was probably because they were not in the real world.
"Oh! Yeah, sure. Are you down to tag duel with me, Marik?" The red-eyed girl asked.
Marik shrugged. "Let's get this over with."
"Then it is settled. You will need to make your deck and choose a Deck Master before starting," the man named Ouka explained as they all took their places.
A list of cards then started scrolling in front of Akia and Marik. Seeing all these new cards, the black-haired girl couldn't help but excitedly choose some that she had wanted to try with her deck. Marik chose some familiar cards that he used often. Once they were both done, they looked at their decks and chose their Deck Masters.
"I'll choose Banisher of the Light as my Deck Master," Akia informed them. Once she did. The Banisher materialized behind her. She looked at him and smiled, "looking forward to working together again, partner!"
"And I as well, Akia-san. Would you like me to explain my abilities?" Akia's Deck Master asked her.
"Yes, please," the young girl replied.
"My main ability is that all cards that are sent to the graveyard are banished instead. I also have another ability, Dimensional Lifeline, that allows you to pay 500 Life Points times the number of stars of a banished monster to special summon it to the field," the Banisher explained, only heard by Akia.
"That's even better than I expected!" She replied cheerfully.
Marik chose Helpoemer as his Deck Master. The latter explained to him that his special ability was to render all fiend monsters immune to opponents' Trap Cards.
"It's time..." Ota stated.
"Duel!" They all shouted.
"Since you two are at a clear disadvantage, we will grant you the first turn," After everyone drew their initial cards, the Judge Man told them.
"Don't mind if I do!" Akia replied, "draw!"
The red-eyed girl set the trap card Sakuretsu Armour and the quick spell Rush Recklessly. She also set Man-Eater Bug (450/600) in facedown defence position. With that, she ended her turn.
Marik then summoned Melchid the Four-Face Beast (1500/1200) in attack position.
"Turn end," the young Egyptian man said.
It was now Ota's turn. He summoned Overdrive (1600/1500) and attacked Akia's facedown monster.
"You just activated my monster's flip effect," the young woman informed him as her Man Eater Bug's effect activated, destroying Overdrive, resulting in both of the monsters being removed from play.
"Dammit...!" Ota expressed his displeasure.
"No matter," Ouka reassured his comrades, "it is now my turn. I will summon Battle Ox (1700/100) and I will attack Akia directly."
"Geez, did you not see my facedown?" Akia said, "I activate Sakuretsu Armor, destroying your attacking monster, and removing it from play due to my Deck Master's effect."
"Again?!" The Judge Man exclaimed, but regained his composure, "even so, you're wide open now and your turn is not the next one."
"It is now my turn," Oshita said to Akia. "I summon Yowie (500/500). Its special effect makes you skip your next draw phase. I will also use the spell card Offerings to the Dead to destroy your partner's monster, Melchid the Four-Face Beast. Due to this spell's effect, I will have to skip my next draw phase, but no matter. I will attack you directly with Yowie!"
Akia's Life Points dropped to 3500 due to the attack.
"Ow, that actually stings!" Akia exclaimed in surprise at the sudden impact from the previous attack.
The other members of the Big 5 expressed their displeasure.
"500 points? That's it?!" Ota exclaimed.
"We sacrificed our monsters to clear her field and that's all you could come up with?" Ouka grumbled, "no wonder you lost your duel with Yugi."
"You two have not even dueled yet until now," the Deepsea Warrior retorted, "besides, at least my Deck Master's ability is not rendered useless like Robotic Knight's, now that all cards are banished. You can't inflict damage to them by discarding cards to the graveyard anymore."
"Hmph," Ota responded, "it was only a small miscalculation."
Akia yawned, finding their blabbering to be incredibly boring. "Can we keep this going? I have more important things to do with my life than to listen to old men argue like teenagers."
"Insolent brat!" Oshita insulted her, "I'll end my turn for now."
It was now Akia's turn. She summoned D.D. Assailant (1700/1600) and attacked Yowie, bringing the Deepsea Warrior's Life Points down to 2800. Marik then summoned Gil Garth (1800/1200) and attacked Oshita directly, bringing his Life Points down further to 1000. The former then set the spell card Spell of Pain facedown and ended his turn.
"This is such a waste of time. If I don't get to feed your souls to the darkness, then this duel is just child's play," Marik sighed.
The three men felt undermined. "We will terminate you and take over your young bodies! There's more at risk here than you seem to realize," Robotic Knight retorted.
"Risk? Risk exists when there is potential of a threat. You seem to have made a fatal mistake challenging me to a duel," the young Egyptian man chuckled. "Now, show me! Show me as you struggle to grasp what you can never attain!"
"I will show you that we are not to be messed with," Ota replied. "I draw!"
Robotic Knight summoned Mechanical Chaser (1850/800) and set a card facedown. He used his monster to attack Marik's monster, Gil Garth.
"Not so fast!" Akia interrupted. "I use my quick spell, Rush Recklessly, giving Gil Garth a 700 points boost to its attack! Your Mechanical Chaser is a goner!"
Marik smirked, finding it oddly satisfying for Akia to have his back.
"No...!" Ota exclaimed as his Life Points dropped to 3350. Left with no options, he ended his turn.
"I can't seem to be able to count on either of you," Judge Man grumbled. "I'll show you how it's done." Ouka then summoned Hysteric Angel (1800/500). "I will use my Deck Master's Ability, Life Sentence. By paying 1000 of my Life Points, I can destroy all of my opponents' monsters, inflicting 500 damage for each monster to its controller."
The effect resolved, destroying both D.D. Warrior and Gil Garth, dealing 500 damage to both Akia and Marik. Akia and Judge Man's Life Points stood at 3000, while Marik's were at 3500.
"Since you are now defenceless, I will attack Akia directly with Hysteric Angel!" Ouka stated.
"So predictable," Marik scoffed. "I activate Spell of Pain, inflicting the damage to the attacking monster's controller instead."
Judge Man grunted in dismay as his Life Points dropped all the way down to 1200, "argh... I was reckless, but I will regain what I lost! I will activate Sinister Justice. With this continuous Spell in play, a Level 4 or lower Fusion Monsters that I control can attack the turn they are Fusion Summoned. Also, when it inflicts Battle Damage to my opponent, I gain 800 Life Points! I will also activate Reinforcements, which allows me to pick a level 4 or lower Warrior-Type monster from my deck to add it to my hand. I pick M-Warrior #1 (1000/500). With that, I will end my turn."
It was now Oshita's turn. He set a monster in defence position and ended his turn.
"You call that a strategy to recover your Life Points? Let me show you how it's actually done," Akia mocked Ouka. "First, I will play Pot of Greed to draw two cards from my deck. I will then summon D.D. Survivor (1800/200). I will also set a card facedown. Now... Banisher of the Light, please use your ability, Dimensional Lifeline, to bring back my D.D. Assailant!" The red-eyed girl payed 2000 Life Points in order to bring back her monster, bring them down to 1000. Marik frowned a little, finding her strategy to be a bit risky. "I will also activate the spell card, Soul Absorption, which grants me 500 Life Points for every card that is removed from play after its activation." Akia then let her gaze fall on Ota, the Robotic Knight, "time for one of you to go. I will attack Ota, who has 3350 Life Points, with both my monsters, bringing them down to 0!"
"No! It can't be!" Robotic Knight yelled out as he lost all of his Life Points. Once he did, he disappeared, his scream lingering.
"...Where did he go?" Akia muttered.
"Who cares? Let the game go on," Marik replied. "I'll summon Dark Jeroid (1200/1500) in attack position. Due to its special effect, I get to choose one of your monsters to bring its attack down by 800 points. Since there's only one monster face-up I will choose your Hysteric Angel, which will bring its attack down to 1000. Now, feel the pain!" The young Egyptian man attacked Ouka's monster, destroying it, and making him lose a further 200 Life Points, bringing them down to 1000. This also brought Akia's Life Points up 500, since Hysteric Angel was removed from play once destroyed. The red-eyed girl's Life Points went up to 1500.
"I will not let you get away with this! I will use Polymerization, fusing my M-Warrior #1 and M-Warrior #2 from my hand (1500/1200). I will then activate Leading Question, which states that if a Level 4 or lower Fusion Monster I control battles another monster, it gains 800 ATK during the Damage Step only. I will use my fusion monster to attack Dark Jeroid!" Akia's Life Points went up by a further 1500 Points because of the fusion summon, bringing them up to 3000.
"You fell right into my trap!" Akia interjected. "Take a look at this upcoming move of mine, it's going to impress even me." Akia laughed cockily. "I activate my trap card Karma Cut, which allows me to remove one of my opponents' face-up monsters from play by discarding one card from my hand. The card I choose to discard is... Necroface!"
Marik chuckled, knowing full-well what was coming.
"Let me enlighten you as to one of Necroface's abilities. When it is removed from play, all players must banish the top five cards of their respective decks," the black-haired girl explained. "So, in total, twenty cards, plus Necroface, plus Karma Cut, and finally your monster, Karbonala Warrior, are all removed from play. That is twenty three cards in total, equalling a grand total of 11500 Life Points that I will be gaining thanks to my Soul Absorption!"
Her opponents were speechless as they saw her Life Points increase from a regular 3000 to a ridiculous 14500 points.
"W-What is happening...?!" Ouka stuttered in disbelief.
"Tch... If we can't defeat her now, we'll just deal with the boy for the time being," Oshita said as he started his turn. "I summon Ipiria, allowing me to draw a card from my deck. I will then play Double Summon, which gives me the ability to summon a second monster the same turn. I will sacrifice both Ipiria and my defence position monster to summon Rainbow Snake Eingana (2200/2400). Now, my Rainbow snake, attack Marik's Dark Jeroid!"
Marik looked unfazed when his monster got destroyed. He didn't even seem bothered about his Life Points dropping from 3500 to 2500. Even though Akia got a little worried, seeing him so calm about it, reassured her. Her Life Points on the other hand went up another 2000 points, for a grand total of 16500.
"I'll end my turn," the Deepsea Warrior said, "next turn we will end at least one of you."
"My turn, I draw," Akia stated. She then smirked, "there won't be a next turn after this, because this duel ends now."
"What are you saying?! You don't have anything strong enough to take us both out!" The Judge Man exclaimed.
"Oh, but I do..." The red-eyed girl mused. "First, I will use my Deck Master's Ability, Dimensional Lifeline, to summon Gren Maju Da Eiza that was removed from play because of Necroface's ability. Due to it being a three star monster, it will cost me 1500 Life Points, which is such a measly amount compared to how many points I currently have."
"It's that monster...!" Oshita exclaimed.
"How did we forget about it...?!" Ouka yelled out in panic as Akia's monster's attack and defence points went up to 4000 points.
"So that means I had ten cards removed from play," the black-haired girl concluded. "But I'm not done yet. This is still not enough to take you out. I will use Dimensional Lifeline once more to summon both Robotic Knight's Mechanical Chaser (1850/800) and Marik's Girl Garth (1800/1200) to my side of the field."
Akia's Life Points went down to 11000, which was still plenty for her not to mind the cost of summoning the three monsters.
"This is it! I attack both of you with my monsters, wiping out your remaining Life Points!" Akia shouted out her final victorious move.
Ouka and Oshita screamed and disappeared as soon as their Life Points hit zero. Akia sighed in relief. "Glad that's over..."
Noah frowned at the outcome. He did not expect such a total defeat of three members of the Big Five. The men in question had appeared in front of him after their defeat.
"Noah-sama! Please grant us a second chance!" Oshita begged.
"Yes! Oshita dueled twice. It's only fair to give us that same privilege," Ota added.
Noah sighed and looked at them. "Fine, one more duel for you both. Make your choice carefully next time."
They both thanked him profusely as they went back out to duel their next targets.
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