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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Rival School Arc
Chapter 1: The seventh
"So let's see who we have so far." The principal of the Duelist Academy looked at the clipboard in front of him and rubbed at his beard. "So far we have Ichigo Pilkington, Erika Amero, Kenshin Anderson, Hitokage Seijitsu, Krieger Reinhardt, Adriel Zaytel….and two openings." Sighing, the bald man looked back at his staff. "So, any suggestions?"
Midas King stepped forwards. "Indeed I do sir. I suggest Jonathan Nemo for a position on the Duelist Academy's team for this year's meet."
Daniel glanced at the gold-robed professor and stepped in front of him. "I have a better idea. How about Griff Mohistava?"
The Principal glanced at both professors in turn and then smiled. "So, like always, you two are in disagreement as to who the seventh will be?"
"Why not have them both?" One of the professors said.
"Because the eighth spot is for the duelist chosen by the Principal personally." Another one said.
Midas literally pushed Daniel's head down so he could see the Principal. "Why would we want a student like Mohistava representing our school? He's not even that good of a duelist."
Daniel stood up sharply, the back of his head slamming into King's chin and sending the professor stumbling back. "Because Griff is much better than he seems. I know that his test scores aren't incredibly high, but his skill level when it comes to dueling balances that out."
Midas kicked a rolling chair across the floor, the edge of the furniture catching Daniel in the knees and forcing him into a sitting position on the chair. Then he casually stepped over and shoved the chair (Daniel included) across the room. "That's all well and good, but I have recordings of his duels in the past. His skill isn't anywhere near good enough without the help of…." He shuddered at the memory of his Enraged Muka Muka blowing apart. "…certain people."
"You're making a bunch of wrong assumptions about him then." The chair came sliding across the room and knocked Midas off of his feet. Daniel stepped in front of the Principal. "Come on sir, when have I ever led you wrong?"
"You never have, but that's not going to be enough in this case." The Principal nodded resolutely. "Tell both Jonathan Nemo and Griff Mohistava that in one hour they will be dueling at the Obelisk Blue arena."
Daniel nodded….but was stopped right before he left.
The Principal kept his arm out to stop the half wolf demon from leaving immediately. "This applies to both you and Midas. These two boys will not know what they are dueling for and will have no outside help on their decks. Tell them that is a routine check of their dueling skills."
Griff fitted his duel disk onto his arm and stepped onto the arena field. "Man, I have better things to do than get stuck in some stupid routine test for the afternoon."
From across the field, Jonathan turned his disk on and smirked at the Egyptian duelist. "Mohistava, what a pleasure it will be to mop the floor with you. How many times have I beaten you in the past?"
Griff glared at the blue-haired boy. "And how many times have I beaten you outside of the dueling arena?"
Jonathan growled as his disk slid into active mode. "Don't get smug! Prepare to be washed away!"
"We'll see!" Griff's disk slid into place.
Jonathan- 4000
Griff- 4000
"It didn't take much to get these two at each other's throats, did it?" Kenshin sat along the row of seats that was occupied by most of the teaching staff.
"Yep." Krieger bit his lower lip. ("Griff…go for it…")
"Where is Ichigo anyway? I haven't seen him for the last few days." Kenshin glanced over at the half cat demon.
"He's still in the hospital. They're making sure that he heals up all the way before they're going to let him out."
"I'm first!" John drew. He slapped a card onto his disk. "I set a monster and that's all!"
Griff drew. "It's Showtime!" He looked at the drawn card and added it to his hand. Then he placed a card onto his disk. "I set a monster too. End turn."
John drew. "You think you can defend like how I can defend?" His face-down monster card shimmered and flipped up. "Reveal Aqua Commander!" (1400/2000) A blue-skinned humanoid appeared on the field. "This monster raises the attack of all water attribute monsters in play by 300 points. It can be flipped up and down as I choose each standby phase."
Griff frowned but said nothing.
John snickered and slapped a card onto his disk. "Already getting cold feet? Well I summon Revival Jam (1500/500) in attack mode. First it gains 300 attack points from Aqua Commander, and then I play the field magic card A Legendary Ocean!" All around them the field changed into the ruins of an ancient underwater city. "This field magic card lowers the level of all water attribute monsters by one, and raises their attack points by 200." (2000/500) "Go Revival Jam!" A blob of blue slime appeared on his field and immediately launched across the field to slam into the set monster. The creature revealed was a woman holding a whip. She screamed and then was blown apart.
("One Dark Scorpion down…") Griff frowned. "Anything else?"
John slid a card into his disk. "Just one card in my magic/trap zone. End turn."
Griff drew slowly. ("Don't panic…you can still win.") "First I play the continuous magic card Allied Forces! Now for every warrior and spellcaster on my field, all warriors on my field will gain 200 attack points! Also, I summon Goblin Attack Force!" (2300/0) A horde of goblins holding clubs appeared on the field. "After Allied Forces raises their power I end my turn." (2500/0)
John drew. "I summon Ice Lizard!" (1500/1000) A lizard made of pure ice appeared on the field. "This monster can equip itself to one water attribute monster that I have in play, raising its attack points by 400!" The Revival Jam floated over and landed on the lizard's back. (2400/500)
"Goblin Attack Force is stronger." Griff gulped, because he knew that his opponent wasn't stupid.
"Reveal Dust Tornado!" John's face-down card flipped up. "This trap will destroy one magic or trap card in play!" A blast of wind launched across the field and shattered the Allied Forces card. (2300/0) "And now I attack Goblin Attack Force with my monster!" The Ice Lizard charged forwards and tore through the gathered goblins like a lawnmower through grass. "End turn."
John- 4000
Griff- 3900
Griff groaned and drew. ("Now what am I supposed to do? Those guys were one of my strongest monsters.") Looking at the drawn card, he sighed and slapped a card down onto his disk. "I summon Man with Wdjat (1600/1600) in defense mode and end my turn." A purple-robed man appeared on his field in a crouching position.
John sneered and drew. "You're just as pitiful as ever. And here I switched my strategy to beatdown so that you couldn't put cards in your deck to counter mine. What a waste of my time." He threw a card onto his disk. "Go Retreat Snail!" A giant snail's shell appeared on the field. (900/1700) (1400/1700) "Now I attack with Revival Jam!" The Ice Lizard charged forwards and ran over the man instantly. "Snail, direct attack!" A green blob slid out of the shell and spat a glob of slime across the field to hit Griff in the chest.
John- 4000
Griff- 2500
"That's not all though!" John discarded a card from his hand. "By discarding one card from my hand, I can switch Retreat Snail into defense mode!" The green blob withdrew into the shell. "End turn."
Griff drew. "I set a monster face-down. End turn."
John drew. "You're not even trying, are you? Well let's see how you like my Purge Force!" (1600/1000) (2100/1000) A group of sickly purple humanoids appeared on his field. "I switch Retreat Snail into attack mode and attack the set monster with Revival Jam!" The Ice Lizard roared and slammed its foot down on the set monster, blowing it apart.
"You just destroyed my Bandit Watchman!" (1000/1900) Griff slapped a card onto his disk. "When you do that, I may special summon one level four or lower warrior from my hand to the field! Go Bandit Spearman!" (1500/1000) A man in Arabian robes holding a spear appeared on the field in a crouching position.
John pointed at the warrior. "Retreat Snail!" The blob emerged from its shell and spat a hunk of green slime onto the Spearman, blowing it apart. "And then Purge Force attacks you directly!" The humanoid opened their mouths and a smell like Chlorine filled the air. "And when they deal you direct damage, I discard my hand to force you discard all monsters in your hand to the graveyard!" Sliding his two cards into the graveyard, John pointed at Griff. "So toss them all!"
John- 4000
Griff- 400
Griff gulped and slid two cards from his hand into his graveyard, leaving him with only one card left. "That makes it my turn…draw." His hand touched the top card of his deck. "You know what…routine check or not, I'm going to wipe you out!" He drew. "I activate Pot of Greed to draw two cards!" He slid two cards off of his deck. "I set two cards face-down and activate the continuous magic card Mirage of Nightmare. End turn."
John frowned and snapped the top card off of his deck. "Go Piranha Army!" (800/200) (1300/200) A school of floating piranha appeared in the air on his field. "When these monsters deal battle damage it is doubled."
"Mirage of Nightmare activate now!" Griff held up his hand. "Now I draw until I have four cards in my hand!" He snapped four cards off of his deck. "Also, I play the quickplay magic card Life Barricade!" One of his two face-down cards flipped up. "During the turn this magic card is activated, you cannot attack me with monsters that have attack points equal to or less than my life points!"
"So what? You only have 400 life points!" John pointed at the Egyptian boy. "Purge Force! Attack his life points directly!"
"Who said I had only 400?" Griff's last set card flipped up. "I activate Emergency Provisions in response to the activation of Life Barricade. This card lets me sacrifice magic and trap cards to raise my life points by 1000 apiece!" Life Barricade and Mirage of Nightmare disappeared.
John- 4000
Griff- 2400
John growled. "End turn." Because Griff now had 2400 life points, he couldn't attack with any of his monsters.
Griff drew. ("Here's my only chance to win!") "From my hand I play Snatch Steal! This equipment magic card lets me take control of one face-up monster on your field! So I take control of Aqua Commander!" The blue-skinned monster appeared on his field. "And then I sacrifice my new monster to summon Guardian Sphinx!" (1700/2400) A huge stone sphinx appeared on his field. "Also, I play Monster Reborn! Now I revive Dark Scorpion-Gorg the Strong (1800/1500) from my graveyard!" A huge man holding a giant hammer over one shoulder appeared on the field. "Attack the Piranha Army now!" The Sphinx released a blast of energy from its lifeless eyes that burned away all of the little fishes.
John- 3300
Griff- 2400
"Gorg the Strong, destroy Retreat Snail!" The hulking warrior charged forwards and slammed his hammer through the shell of the snail, blowing it apart. "And when Gorg deals you life point damage, I use his effect to return one monster on your field to the top of your deck! Goodbye Revival Jam!" The blue slime disappeared and the Ice Lizard blew apart. "Now I use the effect of Guardian Sphinx to flip it face-down!" There was a flash of light as the stone monument disappeared and was replaced by a brown-backed horizontal card. "Then I set one card face-down and end my turn."
John- 2600
Griff- 2400
John growled and caught a card that was spat out of his deck. "I activate the effect of Mirage Turtle!" (1200/1400) "When this monster is in my graveyard, I may remove it from play at any time to force us both to shuffle our decks." He shuffled his deck and so did Griff. "And now I draw!" After drawing the top card of his deck, he smirked coldly. "Pot of Greed lets me draw two cards. Then I play Ocean Storm! This magic card prevents me from attacking during this turn, but all face-down cards will be sent back to their owner's hands. Also, all monsters in play that are not water attribute creatures will be destroyed!" An explosion of water surrounded the field and instantly drowned Gorg. "Now I summon Dark Sea Knight." (1800/1500) (2000/1500) A blue-armored knight appeared on his field. "End turn."
Griff closed his eyes and ground his teeth. ("Oh man…I'm done.") His best technique was his Guardian Sphinx, but now he had no way to get it onto the field again. And his opponent also had two powerful monsters in play. ("Jeez…I'm such a loser. Why can't I ever pull off a win against my opponents? I always wind up on the losing end of a duel. Is there something wrong with my strategy? Are the Dark Scorpions just not enough?")
"What's the matter? Are you giving up already?" John threw back his head and laughed. "You're far too weak for the likes of me. Just go and crawl into a hole with your thieves, Mohistava."
("I'm done…") Griff started to lift his hand up towards his deck…
"Griff!" A familiar voice caught his attention. His eyes turned to look at Krieger.
The half cat demon crossed his arms across his chest. "After all of the things you have been through, do you mean to tell me that you can't beat this loser?"
"Loser?" John growled at the boy. "How dare you!"
Griff blinked a couple of times. "You're right….he is a loser."
"What?" John turned red in the face. "I'll destroy you!"
"Oh really?" Griff smirked. "It's my turn, draw!" He snapped the top card off of his deck. "Card Destruction! Now we both discard our hands!" He discarded his three cards and drew three new ones. "I summon Don Zaloog!" (1400/1500) The leader of the Dark Scorpions appeared on the field and smirked at John.
"That weakling will be destroyed in just a few moments." John flexed his fingers. "Ready?"
Griff held up another card from his card. "I activate Dark Scorpion Feint Formation! This magic card can only activate when all of the Dark Scorpions are in the graveyard and Don Zaloog is on my field!" He caught four cards that were spat out of his graveyard and added them to his hand. "Return now! All of the Dark Scorpions are special summoned with half attack points!" The lights dimmed and four spotlights fell onto the field. "Now presenting the best team in the world!"
First the huge form that was played earlier appeared on his field. "Dark Scorpion-Gorg the Strong!" (1800/1500) (900/1500)
The second monster was a thin man wearing glasses and holding a dagger in each of his hands. "Cliff the Trap Remover!" (1200/1000) (600/1000)
A woman holding a whip appeared on his field. "Dark Scorpion-Meanae the Thorn!" (1000/1800) (500/1800)
The final monster that appeared on his field was a young blond-haired boy holding a mallet. "Dark Scorpion-Chick the Yellow!" (1000/1000) (500/1000)
The five monsters all struck poses alongside each other. "The Dark Scorpions!"
"So what? They're too weak to be a threat." John pointed at Don Zaloog and Gorg. "Those two will be my targets next turn."
"Not a chance!" Griff held up a different card from his hand. "From my hand I play the magic card Everlasting Illusion! This magic card lets me take back one continuous magic card from my graveyard!" He caught a card and slammed it into his disk. "Go Allied Forces! This card increases all warriors in play by 200 attack points for each warrior and spellcaster!"
"Oh no!" John's eyes widened as energy flowed around the five thieves.
Don Zaloog (2400/1500)
Cliff the Trap Remover (1600/1000)
Meanae the Thorn (1500/1800)
Gorg the Strong (1900/1500)
Chick the Yellow (1500/1000)
"Don Zaloog! Attack the Sea Knight now!" The King of Thieves lifted his handguns and blew the monster away. "Gorg!" The hammer fell down onto the Purge Force and blew them apart. "Chick, Cliff and Meanae!" The three remaining leapt forwards and slammed their weapons down onto the Obelisk Blue duelist. "And that's the end."
John- 0
Griff- 2400
Midas King stared bug-eyed at the dueling arena. "But…but….but…."
Daniel patted him on the shoulder. "That's a damned shame." Grinning, he walked off with a smile on his face.
From behind both of them, the Principal smiled. ("Griff Mohistava, I'm glad you found the strength to win.")
To be continued…
Author's Notes: Hello there ladies and gentlemen. And so I start off this arc with the mighty Dark Scorpions unleashing doom upon watery stuff. I'm still looking for submissions of members for the Extraordinary Eight.
I'm going to try something. It has been a while since I've even looked at it, but I used to have a Ranma ½ fiction. It got taken off of this website and I was suspended because they considered it original fiction. I'm going to look it over and clean it up, and then see if I can put it up. Wish me luck, because otherwise I might wind up removed from this website.
To Adriel: I don't think Luna could fix his arm. Then again, maybe it can.
To Seeker of the Soul: You humble me with your flattery.
To Obsessive Zero Fan: I'll see if I can use that person. Once again, I have to compare it to the rest of the other submissions. (When they come.)