Gothic chess gamble

As Baron von Borg's DESPER fully activated, a chessboard appeared between the two, however, this was no ordinary chessboard. It was a 10x8 board that, in addition to the standard chess pieces, featured two fairy chess pieces; the empress and the princess. The princess could move like a knight and bishop, while the empress could move like a knight and rook.

"Fear not, for I, queen of the fairies will sweep," Heather declared as she moved her pawn to h7.

"And is your rating of 2520 for just gothic chess?" Okisato asked as he moved his pawn to h8.

"No, that is my overall rating. Seems that's the default used for unrecognized chess variants," Heather shrugged as she moved her knight to j6.

"Just don't throw because of the sex punishment, Heathy," Scharlachrot snickered as Okisato moved his knight to e9.

"I- I would never!" Heather stammered, her cheeks reddening, as she moved her pawn to f7.

"DESPER's active, so my body will move on its own if ya lose. Better win if ya don't wanna lose your virginity to me," Schalachrot teased as Okisato moved his knight to j9.

"I already lost that to you years ago!" Heather cried as she moved her princess to h5.

Okisato paused as he did not have a lot of experience with fairy chess pieces. Not to mention, the fatigue from the day was starting to effect his thinking. 

"That one moves like a bishop and knight, and the other like a rook and knight. Guess I'll take one for a spin," he thought as he moved his princess to f8.

"You've fallen into my trap!" Heather proudly declared as she moved her pawn to e7, only for Okisato to simply capture it with his princess. Yet she wasn't phased and simply moved her queen to e5. "And you've accepted the fairy queen's gambit!" she laughed as Okisato retreated his princess to g9.

She then moved her knight to k8 as Okisato decided to move his empress to h9. "You think you can wield the power of the empress? NAY! An oni-tiger cannot hope to match a fairy queen!" she declared as she moved her princess to j7.

"Then I'll counter," Okisato glared as he captured the pawn on f7 with his knight.

Heather simply retreated her queen to f5, leading to Okisato making a horrific blunder, and capturing the pawn at h7 with his princess.

"AS I SAID, an oni-tiger can't wield the power of the fairies!" Heather boasted as she pounced on the blunder and captured the princess at h7 wit her queen.

Okisato let out a frustrated sigh and moved his king to i11, as Heather happily sacrificed her princess to capture the empress on h9. 

"And now you have no fairy pieces left," Heather smirked as Okisato captured the princess at h9 with his g-pawn. "And I get a horse to boot. Away I ride!" she taunted as she captured the knight at f7 with her queen.

Okisato began to show signs of frustration and angst as he moved his knight to i7. Heather meanwhile was in control of the game and delivered a check by moving her queen to f8, prompting Okisato to move his king to h11.

"And you were said to be feared. You're nothing but an agitated little kitty cat!" Heather taunted as she captured the knight on i7 with her knight.

"I'm just not great at gothic chess," Okisato glared as he captured said knight with his h-pawn.

"Nay, gothic chess is still chess. In fact, it's an amazon shy of what chess should be. Check!" Heather declared as she moved her queen to e8.

Rather than banter, Okisato decided to just go quiet and moved his pawn to f9. Heather then retreated her queen to h5, prompting Okisato to move his bishop to g9.

The others meanwhile watched in shock as Okisato got battered.

"I've never seen him play so poorly," Mimoko frowned as Heather moved her queen to g6.

"Heh, serves him right. He deserves his comeuppance," Yuusuke huffed as Okisato moved his queen to g10.

"But if he loses, we'll still be stuck here," Yuzuha trembled as Heather moved her pawn to j6.

"So, we leave him here and win on our own," Yuusuke countered as Okisato moved his queen to g10.

"Did you forget? We'd be the ones getting brainwashed if he loses!" Utami fumed as Okisato moved his pawn to h8.

"Lol, typical Shouben-kun," Iori snickered as Heather captured the pawn on i7 with her j-pawn.

Yuusuke's face went red, yet all he could do was grit his teeth in frustration as Okisato captured the pawn at i7 with his h-pawn. "I'm not gonna call out for you to win, not when I can tell you volunteered just to steer things away from Numakawa. But you damn well better win so I can hear the truth. We weren't close, but he was still a member of the club, the club I'M the vice-president of," he thought as Heather moved her queen to h7 and Okisato moved his king to g11.

"Queen g7, king f10!? Ugh, and there's queen captures d10. The board may be bigger, but the strategy's still the same," Mimoko sighed.

"And now, a little payback. Check," Okisato glared as he moved his rook to h11.

Heather paid the threat no heed, and simply slid her king to i4. Okisato opted to move his pawn to i6, but as soon as he did, Heather went on the attack once more and moved her queen to d8. Okisato countered by moving his pawn to e9, but Heather simply moved her queen to d10, forcing Okisato's king to g11. She then decided to trade queens and captured the queen at g10 with her queen, forcing Okisato to capture said queen with his king. But the assault was far from over.

Heather delivered yet another check by moving her bishop to i8, sending Okisato's king back to g11. "Now allow me to show you the power of the empress," she huffed as she moved her empress to e5.

Now Okisato was starting to get nervous. He had no experience in dealing with an empress, but since it could move like a knight and rook, he figured it'd be trouble.

"... I think he's gonna lose," Rodeo mumbled as Okisato moved his pawn to i9.

"I think so too, though, it sounds like he's been through a lot," Mimoko sighed as Heather captured the pawn at e9 with her empress.

"What do you mean?" Rodeo asked as Okisato moved his bishop to f8.

"He played that reaper guy twice in a row, then warped to China and bashed all the SPCMs and the maestro there, before coming back here and playing the reaper again along with another tough Desperado," Carol stated as Heather moved her empress to e11.

"Huh!? Are you saying he's got an excuse to be playing this bad!? And wait, who the hell are you!?" Yuusuke gasped as Okisato moved his king to h10.

"They call me, Cece. I'm Iori-chan's friend," Carol smiled as Heather captured the pawn at f9 with her empress.

"Lovely, there's another Iori," Yuusuke grumbled as Okisato moved his king to i11.

"Um, you dissing me?" Iori glared as Heather captured the bishop on f8 with her empress.

"Um, this really is bad. I heard before coming back he faced all the Chinese SPCMs and the maestro on top of facing the kaiser once more. His mind is probably going to burst!" Ina cried as Okisato moved his rook to h5.

"Huh!? The hell was he volunteering for then!? REDO!" Yuusuke fumed as Heather moved her empress to g10, sending Okisato's king to h11.

"Sorry, this is a one-and-done deal, oh I'm going to have fun watching you become Heathy's ass-kisser," Scharlachrot snickered. 

Mimoko shook her head and returned her focus to the board. "Empress e11, check, king i11, empress captured c10, check, king i11, empress e11, check, king i10, nope, knight f5. Looks like she won't threefold repetition," she thought.

Okisato then moved his pawn to j9, prompting Heather to move her bishop to g6. He then slid his rook to h10, but Heather wouldn't let up and moved her rook to h4. Not wanting to lose the rook, Okisato moved it to d10 as Heather once again unleashed an assault on his king.

First, she moved her bishop to f7, forcing Okisato's king to j10. Then she captured the bishop on j11 with her bishop, prompting Okisato to capture it with his rook. However, Heather countered the attack on her empress by moving her rook to h11. Okisato thought for a moment before making a head scratching move and capturing the pawn at d5 with his rook.

"A king and a rook. Oh, and some pawns too I guess. The queen of the fairies shall triumph soon!" Heather boasted as she captured the rook at j11 with her rook, prompting Okisato to move his king to k9.

It was then that the decisive move of the game came. Unable to put Okisato in check, Heather opted to move her knight to h6, freeing it from the attack by the rook. It was in that moment that for the first time in the game, a sadistic smile appeared on Okisato's face.

"Oi, why's he smilin' like that? He- ...!" Yuusuke went quiet as he realized the massive blunder Heather had just made.

Scharlachrot noticed everyone beginning to go pale with shock and stared at the board before going pale herself.

"I'm so glad you're human," Okisato snickered as he slammed his rook down on d4.

"Hmm? What do you mean by that? Well anyway, that's a feeble attempt at- ...!"

Color began to fade from Heather's face as she realized her king's escape was cut off by the pawn at i6. There was only one legal move she could make, and then it was mate. Tears began to pour out of her eyes as her hand began to tremble while she moved her knight to g4.

"No, I didn't see the pawn! I was winning!"

"That's why I said I'm glad you're human. Humans make mistakes and you just made one big one. Checkmate," Okisato snickered as he captured the knight at g4 with his rook, winning the game.

The full game:

White: Heather Fairy (2520) Black: Okisato Tanabe (2675)

1. h7 h8

2. Nj6 Ne9

3. f7 Nj9

4. Hh5 Hf8

5. e7 Hxe7

6. Qe5 Hg9

7. Nk8 Eh9

8. Hj7 Nxf7

9. Qf5 Hxh7

10. Qxh7 Ki11

11. Hxh9+ gxh9

12. Qxf7 Ni7

13. Qf8+ Kh11

14. Nxi7 hxi7

15. Qe8+ f9

16. Qh5 Bg9

17. Qg6 Qg10

18. j6 h8

19. jxi7 hxi7

20. Qh7+ Kg11

21. Qg7 Kf10

22. Qxd10 Rh11+

23. Ki4 i6

24. Qd8+ e9

25. Qd10+ Kg11

26. Qxg10+ Kxg10

27. Bi8+ Kg11

28. Ee5 i9

29. Exe9 Bf8

30. Ee11+ Kh10

31. Exf9+ Ki11

32. Exf8 Rh5

33. Eg10+ Kh11

34. Ee11+ Ki10

35. Exc10+ Ki11

36. Ee11+ Ki10

37. Nf5 j9

38. Bg6 Rh10

39. Rh4 Rd10

40. Bf7+ Kj10

41. Bxj11 Rxj11

42. Rh11 Rxd5

43. Rxj11+ Kk9

44. Nh6 Rd4+

45. Ng4 Rxg4#