Starrk and Shunsui's duel continued to rage on. Shunsui had his Katen Kyokotsu at 2200atk points and had a face down, but he only had 700LP. Starrk had his Los Lobos at 2900atk points and 3000LP.

"It's your turn, my friend." Shunsui said.

"Don't call me your friend." Starrk said as he drew his card. 'He only has 700LP remaining. Even if he does prevent his Katen Kyokotsu from being destroyed with its ability, he'll still take damage and it will be enough to end this duel. Of course, there's still his face down. It must be able to prevent that from happening.' He thought. "I activate my Lone Wolf Claw. This will make sure you can't activate your trap."

"That would be a problem if my face down was a trap." Shunsui said.

"It's not?" Starrk said.

"I'm afraid not." Shunsui said. "I activate the spell called Omen of the Wicked. This spell will give me life points equal to its attack points and that monster can't be destroyed. I'll go with Katen Kyokotsu." Purple sparkles surrounded him and his life points went up to 2900.

"You'll still take a hit. Los Lobos, attack Katen Kyokotsu with Barrage Mayhem." His monstered fired the barrage of attacks. Katen Kyokotsu took the hit and survived, but Shunsui's points went down to 2200. "Now, I'll summon my Lone Wolf Shadow in defense mode." A wolf with black fur came on the field and had 800def points. "I'll end my turn."

'Either he's raising his defenses or he's up to something with that wolf.' Shunsui thought and drew his card. "I'll activate the spell known as Potent Drink. If I give up 300LP, this spell will allow me to use a trap card even when it's not on the field. I choose to activate Mountain Play."

"Mountain Play?" Starrk said.

"This trap works for both of us. Think of it as a game." Shunsui said. "Whoever can raise their monster's attack points the highest wins and the loser will be dealt an additional 1000points of damage."

"I'm not playing anymore of your games." Starrk said. "I use Lone Wolf shadow's ability. Once a turn, he can negate the effects of a trap and destroy it." His wolf howled and destroyed the trap.

"You didn't had to be so stingy. This is only a game." Shunsui said.

"A game? Do you not get that the fate of an entire city rests on your victory and I'm trying to stop it?" Starrk said.

"I know, but these cards were originally made for a game." Shunsui said. "I'll have Katen Kyokotsu attack your Lone Wolf Shadow with Jump Slash Game." Both the ladies attacked and destroyed the wolf.

"You just activated Lone Wolf Shadow's other ability." Starrk said. "When he's destroyed, the monster that destroyed it loses 500atk points." Katen Kyokotsu's points dropped down to 1700.

"At least I know my girls are safe from Los Lobos' ability." Shunsui said.

"Maybe, but not for long." Starrk said.

"I think I'll end my turn here." Shunsui said.

"My turn again." Starrk said. "I'll have Los Lobos attack again. Barrage Mayhem." Los Lobos fired the energy blasts again.

"I'll use Katen Kyokotsu's ability to avoid being destroyed." Shunsui said as their last unite unit was used and they avoided the attack.

"You might avoid being destroyed, but your life points are still taking a hit." Starrk said. Shunsui got hit and his life points dropped to 1000. "I'll place one card face down and end my turn."

"Not bad, but our game is not over." Shunsui said. "I'll summon Dark Partier." A woman with dark black hair came one the field with 300atk points. "Sadly, she isn't staying because when I send her to the graveyard, I get back a spell and I'll go with Potent Drink. I'll also draw two cards. I'll be using Potent Drink right now."

"I get it. You're using a trap from your hand." Starrk said.

"That's right. I'll be using Shadow Play." Shunsui said.

"Shadow Play?" Starrk said.

"Basically whoever can't deal damage outside of battle will be dealt 1000 points of damage." Shunsui said.

"I can easily make sure you lose that game." Stark said. "I activate Lone Wolf Heart. This trap will give Los Lobos 500atk points for every Lone wolf in my graveyard. Since I have four in my graveyard that is a total of 2000atk points." Los Lobos points went to 4900. "So no matter how you look at it, you're the one that loses."

"We'll see. I place one face down and end my turn." Shunsui said.

"You couldn't save your monster this time. I activate Los Lobos' special ability. I use one unite unit to destroy all monsters that didn't attack this turn." Starrk said. Los Lobos loaded up with the unite unit and fired with Katen Kyokotsu being destroyed.

"That's not how you're suppose to treat the ladies." Shunsui said.

"It's time you say goodbye." Starrk said. "Los Lobos attack and end this." Los Lobos fired the barrage of attacks and they connected. "I'll admit that it was a good duel, but I knew how this was going to end."

"We're not done." Shunsui said. He still had 300LP and Katen Kyokotsu returned to the field.

"What just happened? How can you still have life points and how did your monster come back?" Starrk said.

"That's easy." Shunsui said and saw that he had his face down activated. "My trap is called Game Play and here's how it works. We both had to sacrifice a spell or trap card. Since we both only had one, we had to sacrifice both our cards."

"You got rid of Lone Wolf Heart and Shadow Play." Starrk said. "Without Lone Wolf Heart, Los Lobos' points returned to normal."

"That's right and since Shadow Play is no longer in play, its affects are gone." Shunsui said.

"That still doesn't explain where Katen Kyokotsu came from. How did you get it back?" Starrk said.

"That's another affect from Game Play. It brings a monster back and it can't be destroyed." Shunsui said. "That meant that I only lost 700LP since your monster's attack points returned to normal."

"You might have avoided defeat this time, but you won't be able to pull that off a second time. I'll let you have your final turn." Starrk said.

"We'll see if this will be my last turn." Shunsui said.

"It is. I will admit that you do have some power. No one has ever last this long against me in a long time." Starrk said.

"That's nice to hear, but I'm afraid this is where it ends." Shunsui said. "I'm activating the spell known as Sorrow Destruction. This spell doubles my monster's attack points when they attack and gain a unite unit."

"That doesn't matter. That will make a total of 2400 points of damage. I'll still have 600LP." Starrk said.

"Just wait and see." Shunsui said. "Katen Kyokotsu, attack his Los Lobos." Both the girls had their points went up to 4400, attacked, and slashed down Los Lobos and Starrk's points dropped down to 1500. "Next, I use their special ability to deal another 900 points of damage." The shorter took the unit and appeared in Starrk's shadows and slashed at him with his points dropping 600.

"I told you that wasn't enough." Starrk said.

"It actually was." Shunsui said. "I activate Dark Flower Thorn. When I deal more than 1000 points of damage, this spell deals an extra 600."

"What?!" Starrk said.

"It was a fun game. I hope we can do it again someday." Shunsui said. A blast of purple petals and thorns came from the spell and blasted Starrk as he lost all of his life points and the strongest duelist out of the ten was defeated.

…

Aizen

Aizen and Yamamoto have watched all three duels and they saw that Starrk has been defeated.

"I must admit, I wasn't expecting Starrk to be defeated." Aizen said. "I knew that Shunsui Kyoraku was one of your strongest, old man, but I didn't think he would actually be able to match him."

"Are you ready to admit defeat yet? Three of your best duelists have been defeated." Yamamoto said.

"You should know me better than to just give up." Aizen said. "Dear Yamamoto, a real show is about to begin and we don't want to miss this one."