Double trouble Muzio

At the airport in Tokyo, Okisato looked up as the other members of the chess club gathered before him. "I thought I said I could handle this on my own," he sighed."

"Like we'd believe you. Mimoko-sama mentioned that she felt you would try to sneak off to China in order to confront the corrupt maestro. Not to mention, the situation has changed now that Mimoko-sama has been abducted," Utami glared.

"Still, it doesn't mean we all have to go on vacation."

"Vice-president's orders, we're going to save our president," Yuusuke glared.

"And Iori-chan?"

Yuusuke paused before a moment before grumbling, "Guess so."

Following his fight with Baskerville, Okisato quickly found that he was stranded atop the Tokyo sky tree, and deduced that the DESPER had transported him to the real sky tree rather than conjure up one. Once he was rescued, he learned that Mimoko, Iori, and Carol had gone missing and theorized that they had been whisked away to a different location due to the DESPERs. No one knew where until Daria informed them that the notorious Fairy league had sent a ransom message to the WWCF, claiming that they had captured Mimoko. This meant she was likely being held in London.

As he headed off to get some snacks, he ran into Raymond. "So Mr. President, what's the nature of this meeting?

"Now that your friends are informed of the situation, I imagine you're more pressured into going to London, or at the least not going to China alone."

"The problem though is that anyone else would just bog me down. Iori-chan was the only other person I'd consider taking with me, but now that she's in London, things are complicated. I'm sure Pewler's ultimately the one behind this, but I can't let my clubmates go alone, they're too weak."

"I see. Then we shall delay the matter of dealing with Xiao Lin for the time being. Though on that note, should you ever get the chance to face her..."

...

As the chess club headed for their gate, they were confronted by a group of 5 girls. Okisato immediately recognized them as the college girls from the beach in Okinawa.

"YOU! You'll pay for what you did to us!" the group's leader, Olga Obrazovanshchina, shouted.

"You're Svetlana's friends, is she nearby?" Okisato glared as he went on guard.

"Yes, in fact, she's currently in the restroom. I bet she'd love to see you again," Jackie sneered as she adjusted her glasses.

"How'd she even get past security with that sledgehammer of hers? Anyway, we all have a flight to catch, so good bye.

As the chess club attempted to ram past the college girls, they were stopped by the sound of a loud yawn. They turned and noticed a man lounging on the chairs nearby. With his spiky white hair, white lab coat, and goggles, he certainly looked like a mad scientist.

"You girls are so loud. I already had my beach trip ruined by you all getting arrested. Don't ruin my layover nap," the man growled as he got up. He then turned to Okisato and let out a yawn before pulled out a DESPER. "Svetlana would throw a hissy fit though if I just let you go, and it shouldn't take too much time to trounce you all in team play."

"I refuse," Okisato glared as the man activated his DESPER anyway.

"Who said I was challenging you?"

Okisato's eyes widened as chessboards suddenly sprung up and his clubmates headed towards them along with the college girls.

"How bout a little 6 on 6. And yes, my rating's 2714 so your friends can't refuse this. Oh, and since I just summoned chessboards, you're free to just head off to your flight," the man sneered.

Okisato's expression darkened as he shot the man a death glare. "You're exactly the kind of madman that would replicate the entire place with the DESPER, Skaberghast."

A malicious smile spread across the man's face. "And here I was hoping you'd walk right into the women's restroom. Well, guess you're staying here."

A single bead of sweat ran down Okisato's face. The man before him was a man he knew all too well, Dr. Manfred von Skaberghast, one of the lead inventors of the DESPER and a grandmaster to boot. But what truly made Okisato despise him so much was the fact that he was one of 6 conspirators that ultimately murdered his mother, Kana Tanabe.

Worse, he could only watch as Skaberghast and the 5 college girls sat down across from his clubmates.

"Now lets experiment a bit. Let's say whichever team loses gets stuck here and will be subject to whatever Svetlana feels like doing to them, which could include killing. Winners get to walk free and even get teleported directly to their desired travel destination. For us that'd be Stanford University, and you guys, London England. Though lets try and tack on some minor punishments for individual losses. I lose, no sleep for 24 hours. Yuusuke Shousen loses, hmm..."

Skaberghast thought for a moment before opting to make Yuusuke's punishment wearing diapers and being forced to go to the bathroom in them for an entire week. Yuusuke naturally exploded in anger, but that was what Skaberghast wanted.

"What kind of sick punishment is that!?" Yuusuke fumed.

"An even one. For me, going 24 hours without sleep is hellish. Now moving on to the others. Olga, you lose you go naked."

"Professor, why are you suggesting such a degenerate punishment befall me?" Olga glared.

"Cuz I don't know enough about your opponent to know what makes him tick, same for you Mona. So all in all, the punishment for the 4 of you losing will be getting stripped naked.

"Pervert," Mona, the girl with medium length blue hair scoffed as Skaberghast continued his spiel.

"Now for the other half. Abby, you lose you gotta act like a chicken for 24 hours. If Rodeo Gorou loses, he gives you his wallet and any other valuables he's got on him."

Rodeo scowled as Abby, the girl with long ginger hair smirked.

"Jackie, if you lose, hmm... Your last name's egghead so you get all your hair shaved, waxed, and lasered off. Eyebrows n' eyelashes too, and you'll need to maintain the look for a month. And Syouma Numakawa... Same thing, I guess," Skaberghast shrugged as he glanced at Numakawa.

"Hoh? So in a battle of minds the loser is to be humiliated with extreme hair removal. Very well, I shall prove my intellect before you," Numakawa gloated.

"I studied up since that loss. The nerd queen won't lose a second time," Jackie glared.

As for the remaining college girl, Maria, her punishment was nearly identical to Jackie's though with the added stipulation that her makeover would be irreversible. As for Utami...

"You lose, you quit chess forever and take up shogi for the rest of your life, naturally just like Maria, the punishment shall be irreversible."

That threat shook Utami to her core. "H- How is that an even punishment!?"

"Because my hair is my pride and defines my individuality. Being stripped of it and forced to live my rest of my days completely devoid of hair is a humiliation and fate worse than death for me. Especially considering our professor's perverted bald fetish," Maria glared as she ran her hands through her curly turquoise afro.

"Hey, bald girls are hot. So no shame if you lose," Skaberghast snickered.

"So he's trying to get rid of Utami. That bastard. He must have realized she has potential and wants to cull it before it becomes an issue for the league," Okisato thought. "Utami-chan, you lose and Madman Důras will make your life hell!" he called out.

Skaberghast began to scowl. "Outside interference results in automatic losses."

"You haven't started playing yet, in fact, you still have to set the time control, yes?"

"Well aren't you observant. Normally the time control would be standard, but for this match it will be 15 minutes with no added increments. Now, we may begin."

Okisato nodded and sat down next to Yuzuha.

"Seems I'm getting left out of the fun," Yuzuha sighed.

"Are you unhappy about it?"

"Not as much as you might think. Zago-kun and Azenira-chan are rising stars. Even Gorou-kun's starting to find his stride. I'm just average."

Okisato nodded and directed his attention towards the Skaberghast vs Yuusuke game. Skaberghast had opened the game by moving his pawn to e4 while Yuusuke followed up by moving his pawn to e5. Skaberghast then played the king's gambit by moving his pawn to f4, which Yuusuke gladly accepted by capturing said pawn with his e-pawn.

"Hook, line, and sinker," Skaberghast thought as he moved his knight to f3.

"Calm down. Okaa drilled the king's gambit and all the lines into ya. After knight f3, the best move is... G5!" Yuusuke thought as he moved his pawn to g5.

Skaberghast smiled and moved his bishop to c4 as Yuusuke advanced his pawn to g4. "Just what I wanted," he thought as he castled on the king's side.

"Guess you're a rookie. Castlin' ain't always the best move," Yuusuke snarled as he captured the knight at f3 with his g-pawn.

Skaberghast responded by capturing said pawn with his queen while Yuusuke moved his queen to f6.

"Why is he playing like that?" Yuzuha asked as Skaberghast moved his pawn to e5.

Okisato explained to her that the gambit was known as the Muzio gambit, one of the most insane gambits out there. However, the true terror of it wasn't the gambit itself but rather what it could evolve into.

"You think I can't counter a Muzio? I told ya I know the lines and if my memory's right, this here's called the Sarrat defense," Yuuske declared as he captured the pawn at e5 with his queen.

"Then how bout the DOUBLE Muzio gambit!? Skaberghast maniacally grinned as he captured the pawn at f7 with his bishop.

The move clearly rattled Yuusuke as his confidence began to waver. "Shit, I don't remember what to do! Best move is probably king captures, but what then!?" he thought as he captured the bishop at f7 with his king.

Skaberghast responded by moving his pawn to d4, which Yuusuke promptly captured with his queen.

"Guess you're in check and your gambit failed," Yuusuke nervously smirked as Skaberghast moved his bishop to e3.

Then, Yuusuke made a massive blunder and captured the pawn at b2 with his queen.

"Oh look, it's check," Skaberghast taunted as he captured the pawn at f4 with his queen.

"Shit! Well, you're gonna lose a rook. Ngh, where do I move? Knight blocking would lose my queen so I gotta move my king. E6 is mate so... E8!" Yuusuke thought as he moved his king to e8.

"Guess you only learned as far as how to defend against the standard Muzio. Well, you are still in diapers after all. Checkmate," Skaberghast sneered as he captured the bishop at f8, winning the game.

Yuusuke went pale with fear as the board before him and Skaberghast vanished.

"Now we just sit and wait until the others are done," Skaberghast snickered as he reclined in his chair.

The full game:

White: Prof. Manfred von Skaberghast (2714) Black: Yuusuke Shousen (1600)

1. e4 e5

2. f4 exf4

3. Nf3 g5

4. Bc4 g4

5. O-O gxf3

6. Qxf3 Qf6

7. e5 Qxe5

8. Bxf7+ Kxf7

9. d4 Qxd4+

10. Be3 Qxb2

11. Qxf4+ Ke8

12. Qxf8#