Brother vs Brother; Duel Between the Stars

-Star Hunter’s Life Points: 8000-

-Star Chaser’s Life Points: 8000-

Turn 1: Star Hunter

“I draw!” declared Hunter as he drew his opening hand (hand: 6). Pausing for a moment, he looked down to better examine what he had drawn. From all the test hands he had done so far Hunter could tell that this wasn’t a bad hand, but it wasn’t great either. What’s more, he had one card that could be powerful with a bit more set up but he’d rather use it in conjunction with another card still in his deck.

As Hunter stood there, he felt something. Hands, several pairs of them, were now gently touching his back and shoulders. His eyes widened as he felt their warmth running through him as they remained still, clearly not forcing him forward. But after a moment or two of this, Hunter looked behind him to see that there wasn’t anyone there. He should be all alone…but he still felt their hands upon him.

“Hurry up you retarded stain upon humanity,” growled Chaser. Glancing up at him, Hunter could see the area around this brother getting darker. As if coming out of Chaser were large amounts of swirling black mist which sank down towards the floor beneath them. Was this a trick of some kind?

“I summon Laundry Dragonmaid in attack mode!” said Hunter as he placed his first card on his duel disk, its circuits glowing brighter than normal as they brought the image to life. Laundry Dragonmaid (500/1600) rose from underneath the water, dressed in what looked like a purple, Japanese inspired maid’s outfit with a white apron. The girl looked young, with short hair that started blue before seamlessly shifting to purple were it was styled to look like she had animal-like ears and horns. Or perhaps she really did since Laundry had a furry purplish tail coming out from under her uniform.

“Am I seeing this right?” asked Autumn as she rubbed her eyes. She, along with the other members of the duel team, leaned forward to examine Hunter’s new monster a little closer as this was the first time most of them were seeing it in action for the first time. “A dragon…maid? I guess that would make for a good musical or a sitcom.”

“I think it looks cute,” said Wallflower.

“I just hope it has some sort of powerful effect,” said Pharynx with a frown. “Hunter is going to need something big if he’s going to take down Chaser.”

“Huh, never thought I’d see Hunter using a deck like that,” said Lightning before turning to look at Moondancer, a slight smirk on her face. “So, Four-Eyes, you ok with your boyfriend using a deck like that? He might have some curvier monster girls in there~”

“Really? You’re talking about that in this situation?” Moondancer growled as she glared at Lightning. “Priorities!”

“Hey, not like I can do anything else right now,” stated Lightning in a matter of fact tone. “Besides, this might be the last chance I ever get to tease you.”

Moondancer lowered her head. “You would say something like that,” she said with a sigh. “Sorry to disappoint you, but I already knew about them and they don’t really bother me. I’m not so silly as to get jealous of playing cards. Not when we’ve d…Well, let’s just say that I feel secure in my relationship and leave it like that.” She ended quickly, turning her head so Lightning wouldn’t see her blush. However, that just meant that everyone else could see it as they were now looking at Moondancer with curious expressions and cat-like grins.

“Maids!?” roared Chaser. “That’s what Pegasus gave you? A deck of useless bitches? I guess they do seem to know their place at least, serving their betters, but they’re not the sort of the sort of thing one takes into battle!” As Chaser spoke, Hunter noticed that Laundry had puffed out her cheeks while her clawed hands clenched into fists. Like she had heard the insult and was reacting to it.

“Shows what you know, Chaser,” replied Hunter. As he spoke, he not only noticed the glare Chaser gave him but also the fact that Laundry had turned to look at him. “She’s a hard worker, and more than you can handle because her shift starts now! Once per turn, when she is summoned, I can send the top three cards from my deck to the graveyard.” Laundry beamed as she held up her hands, bubbles forming around them before they floated over to Hunter’s deck. Slowly, Hunter began to draw the cards while examining each one before sending it to the grave. All of them were monsters, two high level ones and a low leveled one. And one of them was a card that would really surprise Chaser.

“I’ll set one card face down and end my turn,” finished Hunter, the final card materializing on his side of the field.

Turn 2: Star Chaser

“That’s it?” demanded Chaser as he drew his card (hand: 6). As he did, Hunter noticed that his brother’s eyes seemed to glow for a brief moment as he brought his new card up towards his face where he glanced at it for a moment. “All that hype from Pegasus giving you an exclusive deck and all you can manage is one shit ugly bitch and a fucking face down? Either you don’t know what you’re doing or that senile old man made the deck as worthless as its owner! Thankfully, my magic allows me to create real cards. Like this one: Cathedral of the Darklords!”

Hunter stood there in silence, his eyes wide as he heard the name spoken while Chaser opened up the slot to his field spell zone. At once, the studio around them began to change. Stone walls began to encircle the two, rising up high until they ended with a domed ceiling made of stained glass. The water in front of them vanished, replaced with a stone floor as well as a long red carpet that started at Hunter’s feet and went right up to Chaser. Speaking of him, Chaser now seemed to be standing in front of an altar with a blood red cloth on top of it while light shined down on top of it from the other stained glass windows. The largest of these was right behind Chaser, depicting an angelic looking figure with several black wings stretched outwards while a red, spiked halo hovered over its head. From where Chaser stood, it almost looked like the black wings were coming out of his back. Other, smaller, windows showed other angelic beings with white wings being cut in half, beheaded, or worse. As for those in the cages, they remained where they were but the floor quickly altered itself so that it looked like they were being lowered into deep pits.

“Welcome to my temple,” laughed Chaser as he flung his head back, arms extended outwards. “Created with my own power, your downfall is assured! Just like the rest of those losers you hang out with!” Hunter didn’t say anything as he looked around him, wondering what was going on. Duel disks were designed not to allow custom made cards to be projected, only cards that were tournament legal! From what he heard, there were several fail safes programmed into the duel disks that would prevent people from tampering with them. And even if they could, Hunter’s duel disk would not have been able to recognize this card showing an error warning. Yet, as he tapped the buttons on his duel disk to bring up data on the field, Chaser’s card was there! W-Was this just a new card he hadn’t heard of and Chaser was just enlarging his already huge ego? Or was this-

“Now I activate the first of this card’s three effects!” continued Chaser. “When this card is activated, I can add any spell/trap card from my deck to my hand as long as ‘Darklord’ is written in its text. So I’ll be adding Darklord Contact!” Chaser let out a laugh as his duel disk began to shuffle itself before spitting out his card. With a flourish, Chaser took the card and added it to his hand. “Let me now show you what one of my bitches can do. I summon Indulged Darklord in attack mode!” Rather than appearing before him, Indulged Darklord (1600/0) seemed to walk in from the side. Her footsteps echoing through the halls as she moved before Chaser, eyes downcast the entire time. This monster wore dark clothing that looked like perverted versions of holy robes, drawing attention to her bosom. Her skin was grayish blue, her eyes red as well as the horns coming out of her long black hair. There was a halo of red thorns above her head while a single wing was extended.

“See the difference retard?” berated Chaser as he pointed from Indulged to Laundry. “Unlike that useless monster, mine had value! Not only does this bitch have higher attack points, but an effect worth having! When it’s summoned, I can take 2 Darklord monsters from either my deck or hand as long as they have different levels and then summon one to your side of the field in defense mode while the other gets added to my hand. So I’ll add Darklord Ixchel to my hand while summoning Darklord Ukoback to your side of the field!” Falling onto Hunter’s side of the field was a small, muscular man with red wings. Ukoback (700/1000) wore tattering clothing with chains crossing his chest.

“When I normal or special summon Ukoback, his effect sends one Darklord card of my choosing to the graveyard,” continued Chaser as a screen appeared before his. “None of that random crap you did. So I’ll send Darklord Nergal to the grave. With that out of the way, I can activate the effect of Ixchel! By discard it as well as another Darklord card, like my Darklord Superbia, I can draw two cards!” Chaser let out another loud laugh which echoed through the halls of his field spell as he drew two new cards to replace the ones he had discarded. “Now it’s time for you to face the end! I activate Darklord Contact, a spell card that lets me special summon one Darklord in my graveyard onto the field in defense position! So serve your master Darklord Superbia!” Rising up from a dark portal in the ground was a monster that looked very much like a black chalice. Superbia’s (2900/2400) face seemed to be engraved into it, with red gems to serve as its eyes. But coming out of its back were wings made of actual brown feathers and out of its base were two small clawed hands.

“You know you’re screwed, right?” laughed Chaser. “Because now I can activate Superbia’s effect: when it’s special summoned from the graveyard I can special summon another fairy type monster from there as well! Rise up Darklord Ixchel!” A dark light shined out from Superbia’s cup and from it rose Ixchel (2500/2900), a sultry looking woman with six wings coming out of her back along with a red thorned halo above her head. “If you think that’s all I can do, then you’re dumber than you look!”

“Chaser…we have the same face,” interrupted Hunter, unable to hold it back. As he crossed his arms, he thought he saw Laundry bringing both her arms up to her mouth in order to contain a burst of giggles. But his focus was quickly stolen back by Chaser who growled in anger.

“SHUT UP!” he yelled. “I activate Ixchel’s other effect, giving up 1000 of my life points in order to select one Darklord spell/trap card in my graveyard and then apply that card’s effect before shuffling it back into my deck. And I’ll use Darklord Contact again to bring out Darklord Nergal in defense mode!” Nergal (2700/2500) rose up from a portal in the ground, sitting on one knee as his hands were crossed over its chest. This monster wore dark teal clothing with a hood, hiding most of its obsidian colored skin from sight. It had only two dark feather wings and a halo above its head which was just as thorned and red as the others.

-Star Chaser’s Life Points: 7000-

“Now the second effect of my field spell kicks in,” said Chaser, lowering his head a little to allow a sinister shadow to be cast over his eyes. “When one of my Darklord spell/trap cards is returned to the deck by a monster effect, Cathedral of the Darklords instead returns it to my hand.” Hunter watched as Chaser added the card back to his hand with a grand flourish, a twist growing in his gut. That effect was way overpower as the effects of Darklord monsters like Ixchel were supposed to be balanced by the fact that you would have to wait to redraw the card after using it technically twice. And while cards like Contact had a hard once per turn effect on them, getting it back to his hand was a huge boon.

“Look at all the power I have amassed in one turn,” laughed Chaser, gesturing to his field. “A pity you didn’t keep that old Shaddoll deck of yours. Lame as it is, it might have saved you from a portion of the beating you’re about to get! I’ll attack your-”

“Sorry, but I’ve stepped out of the shadows,” said Hunter as the battle phase started, his dragon maid glowing purple. “And into the light.” Laundry continued to glow brighter, her form changing as it grew longer and more reptilian. When it faded, Laundry now appeared as a Chinese styled dragon with thick purple fur on its back and thick white fur on its chest which matched the scales along its belly. But there was still that bit of blue fur right above the dragon’s yellow eyes.

“But…How did you…,” stammered Chaser as he looked at the dragon, taking a step back as it flew in an arc above Hunter.

“At the start of the Battle phase, I can bring Laundry Dragonmaid back to my hand and then special summon one level 7 Dragonmaid monster from either my hand or my graveyard,” explained Hunter. “And this form, Dragonmiad Nudyarl, just happened to be one of the cards that I milled with Laundry’s effect.” As Hunter finished speaking, Nudyarl (2600/1600) let out a noise that sounded like she was trying to hold back her giggles.

“I see, a slightly better version of those retarded U.A. monsters,” said Chaser with a huff. “Fine, you managed to stop me from destroying that lousy bitch…this turn, but Ukoback is a different story. Ixchel, destroy him at once!” Ixchel raised her hands above her head before beginning to twist her body, turning it in a seductive manner while thousands of feathers fell from her wings where they began to hover. Slowly the monster lowered her arms, fingers dragging over her face until they touched her lips before her feathers flew at Ukoback where they then sliced up with many, many cuts. But, at the same time, some of those feathers got close to Hunter where they then cut into his flesh causing him to cry out.

-Star Hunter’s Life Points: 6500-

Hunter gasped in pain, hand shooting over to the wounded area in order to cover it. Looking up, he could see Nudyarl looking at him with worry. But Hunter’s mind was more focused on the sudden rustle of chains off to the side. Looking over, he saw that all of those cages had sharply dropped a bit and they were now swinging back and forth. Some of them cried out in fear, clinging to the bars for dear life while the rest did their best to put on the bravest of faces. But, Hunter could see the fear in all of their eyes. They knew what was under the image of a stone floor as well as the fate that awaited them should Hunter lose.

Biting his lower lip, Hunter tried his best to comprehend how this was happening. The cages dropping, well, you didn’t need magic to do that. It was possible that Chaser had gotten someone to hook up a system that would do this or had someone up there watching all this happen, lowering the cages a bit whenever Hunter lost life points. But what he was having a hard time trying to figure out was how he had been truly hurt. Yes, hard light technology could simulate pain via explosions of wind and force. At most the person taking damage would just be knocked back or thrown to the ground. But it shouldn’t cut a person to the point where blood was drawn!

“Enjoying the Shadow Games brother?” asked Chaser in a mocking fashion. “I bet you’re wondering how I was able to deal damage. Well, wrap your pitiful brain around this: Nergal’s effect allows all my fairy monsters to deal piercing damage. So as long as he’s on the field, defense mode means nothing. If I can run over it, I can deal damage to you.”

“I’ll keep that in mind,” said Hunter, removing his hand from the wound. The bleeding had stopped and he was able to wipe the access blood on his hand onto his pants. “Since the battle phase is over, I activate the effect of Nudyarl sending her back to my hand in order to summon back Laundry to my side of the field in defense mode. And then I’ll use her effect to mill three more cards from the top of my deck.”

“You do that. Now I’ll leave you with a single face down before I end my turn,” said Chaser with a smirk, his face down card appearing on the field. “And now, as my turn ends, the last effect of Cathedral of the Darklords activates, retuning my life points to 8000.”

-Star Chaser’s Life Point’s: 8000-

“Damn that there field spell,” growled Breaburn, the memory of his duel against Chaser coming back to him. “That blasted card was what stumped me good.”

“Tell me about it,” said Lightning, her eyes glaring in front of her. “I just kept hitting him harder and harder, but every time he just regained life points.” She then glanced at the others. “Don’t suppose any of you found a way around it?”

“I was about to wipe away everything on the field,” said Moondancer while Pharynx shook his head. “But before I could reach my standby phase, he overpowered all my monsters.”

“I tried using my own field spells,” said Wallflower. “But the damage I was doing just wasn’t enough so I went for an instant win. Almost had it too, but before I got to my next turn he drew the right cards to stop me.”

“Worse for me,” said Autumn. “He just kept using his spell cards over and over until he could just nuke my board. Sad thing is, that card isn’t even his best.”

Turn 3: Star Hunter

“Alright, draw!” announced Hunter as he drew (hand: 6). Briefly he looked at what he had drawn…and smiled. “I’ll start off by playing the spell card Dragonmaid Hospitality. In order to make sure everything is ready on time, this card acts like a bell to summon a Dragonmaid monster from either my hand or graveyard. Then I can send one Dragonmaid card with the same attribute but different level to the graveyard. So let’s go Nurse Dragonmaid!” Appearing next to Laundry appeared a young looking woman in a pink maid uniform whose skirt was a little on the short side carrying a clipboard. Nurse Dragonmaid (500/1600) had braided hair that was a whitish lavender or perhaps silver with small horns sticking out. Claws were coming out of her shoe while pink wings and a tail came out of her backside.

“Nurse Dragonmaid is an earth attribute, meaning I can send Dragonmaid Ernus to the grave,” said Hunter, his duel disk spitting out the card. Yet, while he placed the card in his graveyard slot, Nurse Dragonmaid was going over her clipboard. “Now with that out of the way, I can activate the effect of Nurse. When her shift begins, she helps revitalize one level four or lower Dragonmaid in my graveyard. Which is what she’s going to do to my Parlor Dragonmaid!” At Hunter’s command, Nurse got up as a portal appeared before her. Rising out of it was Parlor Dragonmiad (500/1700), another girl wearing a maid uniform. This one looked more like the traditional black uniform along with a white apron, albeit the skirt was still short and she was wearing green stockings. The girl’s hair was green with slightly darker green horns sticking out of her head, small green wings pressed against her hips, and a long green tail. When she appeared, both duelists saw that she was on the ground holding one of her legs as if she had sprained it. In a flash, Nurse had walked over to her and quickly placed a bandaid on it.

“With Parlor on the field, she’s ready to get to work,” announced Hunter while the familiar scent of cakes from his dreams danced around his nose. “I can now send one Dragonmaid card from my deck to the graveyard. So I’ll be dropping Dragonmaid Changeover.”

“How useless,” commented Chaser as Parlor stood up, a tray appearing in an open hand which held a steaming tea pot on it. “You’re worthless bitches should all be canned.” As he spoke, Hunter noticed Parlor’s yellow eyes narrowing at Chaser making Hunter wonder if his monster would be flinging that tray at him. Now that would have been a sight.

“I still haven’t normal summoned, meaning I can bring out Kitchen Dragonmaid,” continued Hunter. Kitchen Dragonmaid (500/1700) wore a red maid’s uniform that looked more like a gown, with long sleeves and a skirt that went all the wait to her feet along with a white apron in the front. Or perhaps that skirt was really her wings for it wended in webbing like dragon wings. Her hair was long, with two blue horns sticking out of it while she carried a mixing bowl in one hand. “Her effect allows me to add any Dragonmaid monster from my deck to my hand and then discard a card. So I’ll add Chamber Dragonmaid before discarding Dragonmaid Tinkhec.”

“Is there even a point to all of this?” demanded Chaser. “Because you are wasting my time!”

“You’ll see once I activate the effect of Dragonmaid Changeover in the graveyard,” said Hunter. “By bouncing one of my Dragonmaid’s back to my hand, I can add this spell card back to my hand as well. Laundry, come on back.” Laundry gave a little bow before she vanished in a splash of water while two cards were added to Hunter’s hand. “Now I can activate Dragonmaid Changeover, fusing together the Laundry I just added to my hand with the Parlor Dragonmaid on the field!” Hunter saw Chaser’s eyes widen, no doubt surprised that he could do this.

As Hunter inserted his spell card into the duel disk, a massive double door appeared on the field. Parlor walked over to it, still carrying her tray, while Laundry appeared in front of it with a splash. Then, before Hunter could begin the chant, the two bowed before becoming blue and green energy respectively which flew through the cracks in the door. “From the depths of the laundry all the way to the parlor and beyond, this home is under your watchful eye. Head maid of this home, guide those under your care! Fusion Summon: House Dragonmaid!” As the chant ended, the doors slowly opened as a figure walked onto the field. House Dragonmaid (3000/2000) wore an old fashioned Victorian styled maid uniform, black with a white apron in front. Round glasses covered her eyes which seemed to glint as she stepped forward, a hand going up to her black hair which was tied back. Horns that reminded Hunter of a bull stuck out of her hair while red webbed wings rested gently on her sides. And coming out of her back was the longest, thickest tail yet. It had a white underbelly with red scales on top, black ridges on its top.

“Great, another maid,” said Chaser after he seemed to recover. “I’ll say this about her, she may be fuck ugly but at least she has somewhat decent attack points.” As he spoke, House reached up to touch the bridge of her glasses with her middle finger and adjust them slightly. With a glance, Hunter was able to see that while House’s face looked both lovely and calm, there was an undeniable murderous glare hidden behind her glasses.

Honestly Chaser, thought Hunter with great annoyance. Maybe I should have summoned her dragon form instead just to shut you up. But…I need this duel to last as long as possible, to keep you here and distracted until the police arrive. Hunter paused in his thoughts to glance down at the doorway. Speaking of which, where are they? It shouldn’t take this long, should it?

Outside the studio, By-The-Books stood staring up at the large building. His arms crossed against his chest while his back was pressed against his car. His car wasn’t the only one here, several police cars were parked around the building with their siren lights ablaze. At least three dozen officers were here, all in an order to prevent this psychotic teen from escaping. And they were only the first to arrive, State Troopers were on their way while others fanned out around the area in case Chaser found some way to escape.

“What is going on here?!” yelled Hard Case, throwing a disposable coffee cup on the ground. “We should have been inside that building by now! What’s taking so long?” By-The-Books hated to say or even think this, but his younger partner was right. They should have been in there by now. Yet, it was like there was some force keeping them out. Looking ahead, he could spot a half dozen officers trying their hardest to open the doors and doing everything short of shooting them with their hand guns. But, it was like there was a thick shadow coating the doorway to prevent entry.

Still the seasoned officer did his best to keep calm so that he could think rationally. Especially in a situation like this where lives were at stake. When they had arrived, he had spotted a cart parked near the studio and discovered that it belonged to the owner of this place. A man who they had been unable to contact when they arrived. Nor had they been able to contact Star Chart when they received Hunter’s signal, made all the worse when they found out she worked for the man who owned that cart. Biting his lower lip, By-The-Books pulled out his phone to dial Hunter. Yet despite the GPS saying that this was his last known location, his phone seemed to be out of service or out of the area. Weird as well as very alarming.

“Calm down,” said By-The-Books as an officer ran up to give Hard Case another cup of coffee. Hopefully decaf. “Already called the fire department. They’ll be bringing battering equipment. If that fails we’ll have axes to chop down the doors.”

“Think this is a trap?” asked Hard Case before sipping from his cup.

“A trap?” echoed By-The-Books as he looked at his slightly paranoid partner. For a moment, he wanted to say no. That Star Chaser had no reason to do something like this, luring all these officers to one location just so he could spring a trap. But, then again, who knew what went on in that mind. It could very well be a trap, hoping to take out the police officers who arrested him. Or just payback for the police in general. “To be honest, we don’t have enough information. But we can’t let that stop us. We’ll proceed with caution.”

“Now I attack!” announced Hunter as he looked away from the door, having no idea that the police were desperately trying to enter. “First, I’ll activate Kitchen Dragonmaid’s effect to bring her back to my hand in order to special summon one level eight Dragonmaid from either my hand or graveyard. And I choose her dragon form: Dragonmaid Tinkhec!” Like with Laundry, Kitchen began to rise as her body began to glow bright red before beginning to change. She became larger, her body taking on a deeper red color as she became more dragon like. Coming out of her shoulders was a row of blue thorn-like spikes that also appeared on her tail. When the change was over, Kitchen had become Dragonmaid Tinkhec (2700/1700).

“With her change over with, House Dragonmaid’s effect activates!” announced Hunter as House raised her hand. “When a Dragonmaid is sent from the field to my hand, she destroys one of your monsters. And I choose Darklord Superbia!” Just like that, House made a gesture as if to backhand someone with the force of which being able to shatter Chaser monster from across the field. Chaser himself was nearly flung back by the force, gritting his teeth. “And if you think she’s done using that effect, you’d be wrong because I’m bringing Nurse back to my hand to special summon Dragonmaid Ernus.” Now Nurse began to float before she began to glow pink. As she grown larger, her hands and feet began to flatten as she took on a more steed-like appearance while her horns began to curl until they looked like that of a ram. Her hair changed as well, becoming long flesh masses that looked almost like hair. When it was over, Dragonmaid Urnus (2600/1600) stood in her place.

“No way,” gasped Chaser as he looked at the two monsters, each one towering over House Dragonmaid. Speaking of which, House raised her hand again.

“Yes way,” said Hunter. “House, please clean up the mess known as Darklord Nergal.” House didn’t need to be told twice and seemed to add a little extra force to her backhand. The strike not only destroyed the Darklord but also seemed to push Chaser into the altar behind him.

“Let’s attack now! House, destroy Darklord Ixchel!” yelled Hunter as he pointed at Chaser’s Darklord. House opened her mouth, revealing rows of fanged teeth before lighting began to dance between them. The energy moved out from her maw, forming an orb about half the size of the woman where it was then flung forward. Hunter watched as Ixchel raised her arms in vain to protect herself before turning into ash.

-Star Chaser’s Life Points: 7500-

“Dragonmaid Tinkhec, cook up Indulged Darklord,” said Hunter as he pointed at Chaser’s last remaining monster. Flames began to seep out of the dragon’s mouth, ones that ticked the dragon’s nose before launching them at Indulged. And, was the fallen angel was incinerated, Hunter thought he caught the scent of roasting beef and potatoes. Maybe even some cooked onion soup.

-Star Chaser’s Life Points: 6400-

“Dragonmaid Ernus, attack Chaser directly!” yelled Hunter. Ernus opened her mouth before a steam of liquid shot forth, one that smelled just like rubbing alcohol. It struck Chaser, causing him to scream as he was bathed in it.

-Star Chaser’s Life Points: 3800-

“It burns, it burns!” screamed Chaser as the attack ended. While there was a trace of a smile on Hunter’s face, it was overshadowed by the confusion as to the sight before him. Chaser truly did look like he was dripping wet as his body twisted and turned where he stood. Hunter would even see his brother wiping away a large portion of the liquid on his face, clearing it away from his mouth and eyes while panting heavily. His clothing looked darker, damper, as if he had just jumped in a lake with everything on. Was…Was this possible?

Shaking his head, Hunter continued his turn. “With the battle over with, I return both Ernus and Tinkhec to my hand to special summon Nurse and Kitchen in defense mode.” As his two dragons returned to their maid forms, Hunter held up a card from his hand. “Then, I activate the effect of Dragonmiad Nudyarl. By discarding this card, I can target one of your monsters in the graveyard and return it to your deck. And the one I’m aiming for is Darklord Superbia.” Hunter watched as Chaser looked on in stunned horror as the image of Nudyarl, ghostly and mist-like, flew from Hunter’s side of the field and into Chaser’s graveyard. There the dragoness took out Chaser’s monster from the graveyard slot before putting it back into his deck.

“And with that, I end my turn,” finished Hunter as he looked over the field. Ok, I should be good. With Superbia back in his deck, that’s one less special summon from the graveyard. It won’t stop him from bringing out strong monsters, but it will slow him down a bit. But if Chaser does build up his field like that again, I can use House’s effect at the start of the battle phase to destroy whatever he summoned. Unless it has an effect that protects it from being destroyed by card effect, in which case I can use Tinkhec. Her effect allows me to boost one of my Dragonmaid’s attack points by 2000. But, there’s still the chance that even that might not work. Thankfully I can summon my larger Dragonmaid’s in defense mode, protecting their smaller forms to use their effects next turn.

Turn Four: Star Chaser

“About time! I draw!” shouted Chaser as he drew his card in a wide arc (hand: 6). With a flourish, Chaser looked at his hand before averting his eyes to look at Hunter. “I will say, that deck of yours is interesting. Certainly more powerful than I gave it credit. And once I get my hands on it, where it belongs, I’ll see if I can’t make some improvements. If I can’t, well, I’m sure there would be plenty of morons willing to pay whatever I want for a one of a kind deck.”

“You will never get your hands on this deck Chaser,” replied Hunter, his tone becoming harsher while his eyes narrowed. So much so that Hunter blinked a moment later, wondering what had gotten into him.

“See, that’s why I call you retarded,” mocked Chaser as he held up a card. “Because you actually believe you stand a chance against me. That you, or anyone else, can stop me from doing whatever I want now.”

“It’s not an unfounded belief,” said Hunter, a bit calmer than before as he looked at his brother in the eyes. “If Sombra hadn’t stopped that last match, the odds were in my favor for me to win.” Hunter watched as Chaser inhaled deeply, his pupils becoming tiny dots as he glared at Hunter with all the hate he could muster. Chaser’s lips began to curl, showing off his teeth as the teen began to pant wildly like a rapid animal.

“You dare?” growled Chaser. “You dare remind me of the day my world was shattered? You don’t have the right to talk about my fall from grace you utter failure! Not a damn word! I was going to make this last a little longer, to learn more about that deck and make you BEG me for mercy, but now your retarded mouth has sealed your fate!

“I activate Darklord Contact to bring back Darklord Ixchel!” continued Chaser as he played his spell card, his monster being summoned on the spot. “Then I will use her effect, giving up a thousand life points to shuffle Darklord Contact back into my deck so that I can apply its effect to her. And thanks to my field spell, the card instead goes back to my hand.”

-Star Chaser’s Life Points: 2800-

“Now I bring back Indulged Darklord,” spat Chaser, his one winged fallen angel appearing next to Ixchel. “Then her effect activates. I summon to your side of the field Capricious Darklord while I add to my hand Darklord Morningstar.” Off to the far right side of Hunter’s field appeared a woman with a single black wing. Capricious Darklord (0/1600) had brown hair as well as bluish grey skin whose face held a wicked smile on it. Above her head was another energy halo of red thorns.

As Hunter began to wonder if Chaser did that to give himself an easier target, the crazed boy scooped up both monsters on his side of the field. “Now bear witness to greatness unlike anything your pathetic mind can comprehend. Or, in terms you can understand, this is the end for you. I tribute summon Darklord Morningstar in attack mode!” Both of Chaser’s monsters screamed so loudly that Hunter had to cover his ears as they vanished, a slither of darkness forming where they stood. The darkness seemed to expand before an armored figure walked out. This was Darklord Morningstar (3000/3000), a six black winged being covered in black armor from the neck down while also holding a black sword. His whitish grey face was looking down while long locks of white hair rested on his shoulder. And who could forget his blood red halo of thorns.

“You’re fucked Hunter,” spat Chaser. “Because now Darklord Morningstar’s effect activates, letting me special summon Darklord monsters from my hand or deck equal to the number of effect monsters on your side of the field! And unless my eyes deceive me you have four. So I’ll bring out Superbia, Nergal, Tezcatlipoca, and Zerato!” Four portals opened up, two on either side of Morningstar who didn’t seem to acknowledge what was going on around him. On one side were the familiar sights of Superbia and Nergal who both were more upright and looking ready to attack. On the other were two figures that Hunter had yet to see before. At least in this duel. Darklord Zerato (2800/2300) was a tall, dark skinned figure whose red cape seemed to double as his leathery bat wings. In one hand he held a massive blade with teeth on the opposite side that reminded Hunter like those belonging to a saw. The other figure was Darklord Tezcatlipoca (2800/2100), a thin dark figure who had on a headdress that reminded Hunter of something Native American-ish with white fur around his hips.

“Now to activate the card that will guarantee my victory,” declared Chaser as he held up another card. “I play Super Polymerization! That’s right! By discarding a card from my hand, I can perform a fusion summon using monsters on both sides of the field. So I’ll fuse the Capricious Darklord on your side of the field with my Morningstar and Suberbia to create the instrument of your destruction.” As Chaser threw back his head to laugh, a powerful wind appeared on the field at the same moment Chaser’s card appeared on the field. Only, it didn’t drag the three monsters into it. No, instead it dragged Capricious and Suberbia into Morningstar! “Let the dark trinity be known. Fallen angel, wrongfully cast out of heaven, raise your blade to show all the price of such foolishness! Fusion Summon: The First Darklord!” As Chaser began to laugh once more, Morningstar transformed into The First Darklord (4000/4000). There was not that much different about him save an extra pair of wings, dark purple tears running down his face, and energy wrapped around his sword. But the power he exuded was enough to push Hunter back while making it hard to breath.

For a moment, Hunter stared into the crazed eyes of The First Darklord while trying to figure out what Chaser had planned. Is he trying to beat me with pure brute force? Well, if that’s the case it won’t work. I still have Tinkhec in my hand.

“Normally I would activate Capricious’ effect since she was sent to the graveyard,” said Chaser in manic glee. “But it won’t matter. When Morningstar is used as fusion material for this monster, all cards on your side of the field are destroyed!”

“What?!?” shouted Hunter as The First Darklord’s sword began to hum with power, growing and growing to the point where Hunter’s ears began to hurt.

“That’s right,” said Chaser with an evil grin. “You will have nothing left to protect your miserable life points. They will be cut down, you’re ‘friends’ dropping closer to the water with each attack until finally I put them out of their misery with the same ease as drowning puppies! You will lose and then we will switch bodies. I will go on to reclaim my glory, becoming the god I was always meant to be and returning to paradise while you spend the rest of your pathetic life in jail. Sitting there in a cell, living with the knowledge that you couldn’t save anyone until you die like that loser that you are! I WIN!”

“CHASER!” screamed Hunter as The First Darklord swung his sword, sending a wave of death across the field towards Hunter’s monsters.