Vyser D: Alright, three reviews, that's a good start, so I can tell that this story might have some potential, so I'll continue it. Anyway, I hope that you'll all will enjoy this chapter and review accordingly.
I was never a fan to justice, being a part of the Underground Duelist League and all, or to be more specific I wasn't a fan of the people working for the so-called justice.
Don't misunderstand me, I didn't mind getting help on the street from the regular police when I was younger, but from what I've seen in the last couple of years being in that dank place of the league…
…I've seen justice turn a blind eye to all the suffering, greed and promotion of duelists, all for a little money on the side.
I'm reminded of an old proverb I heard a few times in my time in the league that held true to a lot of people…
…Power Corrupts…
Does that mean I'm an exception?
Nah…I'm human, I've succumbed the temptations of power myself, heck, you'veand you've seen how I duel with Greed. The only difference is that I have a decent will power…
Still, not all humans have that same will power…I can see that quite clearly…
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Draw 2
A Feint Plan
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"Detective Wolfgainer, sir!"
The dark alley slowly lit up by the spark of a cigarette, revealing the mob of armed policemen…all of them led by the owner of the cigarette. The coattails of his dirty gray overcoat whipped in the wind that protected his dark gray suit underneath from the wind. A puff of smoke escaped from his rugged mouth as he turned his sharp black tailed hair. "…hmm? Oh right…gentlemen, today is the day…"
"Take up your arms, …and let's get this party started!"
Meanwhile…
"Damn it…"
The beeps echoed through the room of the medical ward, Isaac kept his eyes down at the unconscious Nathaniel on the white bed. A week had passed since Odoroki's final duel in the underworld had passed, and still, Nathaniel wasn't able to wake up in that time frame…
…he may have been an owner of one of the most successful underground duelist league, but he was still a father. And as such, Walker couldn't help but curse out Odoroki's name whenever he got the chance.
'Odoroki…I will find you…and I will pay you back twice over for doing this to Nathaniel…'
A shrill screech echoed through the air, causing Isaac to snap his head towards one of the monitors that were set up in the medical ward. "What?!"
The monitor flashed on, streaming video feed of several police officers raiding the Underground League's entertainment all, apprehending the unfortunate employees who had the luck to set up for the early duel.
But rather than noticing how his employees were being rounded up by the flatfooted cops, Isaac's eyes were drawn towards the dirty coat wearing detective that led all of the policemen into the compound. "…et tu Wolfgainer, et tu?"
Anyone who had casually walked into the room at the moment,moment would've been graced with the sight of Isaac looking at Nathaniel, his head lowered down and tears began to cascade down his cheeks…
BAM!
The door to the infirmary slammed open allowing Detective Wolfgainer to charge into the room with two police officers behind him. "The jig is up Isaac! Now you have to face up for the crimes that you have eluded for years upon ye…"
"Detective Wolfgainer, who are you talking to?" One of the young officers asked tapping his nightstick against his shoulder a few times.
"Huh?" Wolfgainer's face went dull as he noticed that there was only one person who was residing in the room, and he was unconscious. "…damn it...why do all my entrances turn out wrong?"
"Uh, sir," the second officer stated walking towards the knocked Nathaniel, in his hands were a few cards that he shuffled through until he reached a card that had Nathaniel's picture on it. "Back to the matter at hand, with Nathaniel Walker here, we have apprehended seven out of the twelve underground duelists here…"
"Only twelve?" The first cop questioned looking over the cards. "That doesn't sound like much of a league to me…"
"Heh…you must be a new to the gig kid," Wolfgainer chuckled a little miffed that he couldn't light up a cigarette in this room. So, as he walked in front of the two cops, Wolfgainer plucked a single card from the second cop's hand. "This isn't the only Underground League of duelists. Now, think of them more like representations for the illegal dueling, and like a round robin tournament…"
"So, they have their duelists compete each other…that's not to say that they don't duel amongst themselves mind you…they need to determine rankings…"
"Oh…but what's the point of that?" The officer asked back.
"What the rankings? Or the leagues themselves?" Wolfgainer asked wagging the card in his fingers.
"How about both?" The officer retorted as a few more officers entered the room, looking over all of the monitors in the room.
"…sure, make my job even harder," Wolfgainer sighed with a snap of his fingers, calling a few more officers over. "Take this guy out of here and to the nearest hospital…" Gesturing towards Nathaniel, the two cops nodded at Wolfgainer. "Contact me when this blockhead wakes up."
The two cops saluted to Wolfgainer before their attention was called to Nathaniel, luckily, the bed had wheels on it to make it accessible to move. "Anyway…since we've got cops all over the place, I figure we've got some time. The underground leagues were created for duelists who weren't good enough for the pro leagues or had bad luck in them with their sponsors."
"However, after a while in the underground leagues, those duelists can actually be on par with the top of the leagues. In fact this brings us to the second part, like I said, there are several leagues. And as you can imagine, wagers are placed on the duels by the audience. Hence, they need to determine which of the duelists is the best…and according to our informants…"
Wolfgainer spun the card in his fingers, showing the picture towards the two young cops a familiar young man with three extra long strands of hair on his full head of hair. "…our next target happens to be the cream of the crop…"
"…one Emperor of the Underworld…"
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"ACHOOO!"
He must've caught something in the last week,week; Odoroki had been sneezing through out the entire week. He found it to be quite annoying…but not as annoying as the voices in his head instinct he hadthat pestered him to no end. Frankly, the only time that he seemed to get any time to himself was the time Odoroki got to enjoy his usual cup of dark coffee…
…which was currently right now…although it wasn't a strawberry sundae…
With a sigh of relief, Odoroki placed the cup of coffee onto the table in front of him, noting the coffee shop. Thankfully, nearby the hotel where he was hiding out was a fancy coffee house that had a duel monster theme to it…pretty much everything in Domino did now-a-days. Even the entertainment that was being played in the café was a Duel Monster League match…
…some duel between Tatsuya Jyouchi and some no-name Mukuro Enjo…
Of course, what really got Odoroki's attention were the waitresses. Since the café was a duel monster theme, which of course meant that the employees were dressed in the theme as well…in fact, the three waitresses there were dressed up as three of four card set known as Elemental Charmers, he couldn't remember the card's names but the elements were another story.
'…fire, earth, wind…' Odoroki brought the coffee cup to his lips once more, sipping the remainder of his coffee to try to hide his blush. '…I guess that leaves the water element…not that it concerns me…'
That's when a small jiggle got Odoroki's eyes drawn to the television that changed screens to the logo of the Domino Three Vision News, also known as DTV News. That's when the TV shifted to the cheery announcer…but where she was standing was what got Odoroki's eyes to widen and make him pull the hat out of his coat's pocket to put over his head. "This is DTV News coming to you live outside the former main building of what police have determined the known location of Domino City's Underground Duelist League. Earlier today, the Domino City Police today conducted a raid on the underground league which was known for its cruel entertainment with duelists by forcing them to conduct their duels with several dangerous stipulations…
"With me today, is the head detective who led the raid and managed to capture a majority of the illegal duelists. I present Detective Krious Wolfgainer…"
The panel shifted with the reporter holding up the microphone to a not-paying attention Wolfgainer, a cigarette stuck out of his mouth. "Look I just want to know why the hell I have to do the interview? I know I found the damn place, but that should mean that I get a break or something!"
"Uh, Detective Wolfgainer?" The reporter commented, getting Wolfgainer's attention towards the camera. "We're on the air…"
"…oh…damn it…" Wolfgainer spat out the cigarette and walked up to the camera. "…alright, let's get this over with…"
"Uh, for someone who managed to take down this illegal dueling, you seem kinda tense…"
"…That's because we haven't shut it down yet!"
"A-And what do you mean by that?"
"Well, first off, we still need to lock down the scum bag of an owner, one Isaac Walker, his whereabouts are unknown, but we've got our best men on the job. Secondly, there're still the other underground duelist leagues, however, we suspect since we took down the original, it'll create a domino effect…but our main concern are remaining Underground Duelists…"
"Now, why exactly are they so important? I can understand searching for the owner…but why the duelists?"
"…here's the lowdown Miss Reporter, you see, from the seven duelists we have captured, five of them told us that the top five duelists are aware of the locations of other underground leagues. If we were to locate them and question them, we could stop the underground leagues instantly!"
"I see! But, is there another reason for this?"
"Actually, there is. We can't risk the league returning, so we'd have to cut the ties to the underground. That, and thanks to our insider scoop, it's a sure thing that those duelists have ties to other organizations…so if we were to be able to question them, we might be able to shut them down…"
"Wow! Sounds like you've got a lot of work ahead of you Detective Wolfgainer!"
"You're telling me…" That's when Wolfgainer lifted up an empty pack of cigarettes up to the camera. "I'm burning through these packs like gasoline now-a-days!"
The reporter couldn't help but sweat drop at Wolfgainer's response. "Uh…Detective Wolfgainer, I don't think that's really appropriate for the news…how about you tell us about the remaining five duelists so that our viewers can be on the look out…"
"…we don't promote vigilantism, but if it'll get this interview over with, I can at least give out the names…"
An alarm went off in Odoroki's head,head; sure, in this part of town, it was highly unlikely that anyone would know him by name. '…but if they have a photo, I might as well put a bulls-eye on my back…'
'…damn it Wolfgainer…'
"…I've got the list of names right here, and I'll read them off…" Wolfgainer sighed as he lifted up a small yellow sheet of paper. "And let's start with the lowest. Number five, Hiro Straus…
"Number four, Renka Jin…
"Up next, at trés, a duelist by the name of DJ…
"The second most dangerous to be aware of is Roxius Ash…man, everyone's got weird name on this list…"
"And…and who's the number one duelist?"
"Heh, well, he's actually the most dangerous of them all. And he's actually known as the Emperor of the Underworld…however, from the other duelists we've captured, and we can't really confirm this, but it would appear the emperor had disappeared roughly a week ago…"
"Interesting…any reason why he may have left?"
"How the hell am I supposed to know?" Wolfgainer retorted shaking his head, once again, succeeding in making the reporter sweatdrop. "But…anyway, the former Emperor's name, well, he goes by Odoroki Ryusei…unfortunately, that's all we know of those four."
"You heard it here on DTV News first folks!" The reporter pushed Wolfgainer to the side, a loud crash boomed off screen. "Now, DTV News does not promote vigilantes, if you have any information about the five duelists or on Isaac Walker's whereabouts, please contact the police or DTV."
"Oh god! My spine!" Wolfgainer shouted out from off screen. "Oh…my last cigarette landed in a puddle…"
With the screen returning to normal, Odoroki slumped back into his chair. With only his name exposed, he'd be limited from using his credit cards as well as the bank. But, Odoroki wasn't that short sighted, he made sure that he had a second account under another alias (it was an insurance plan that Walker had suggested that Odoroki use for legal preparations).
In any case, he couldn't risk anyone discovering him if his name got out…especially in a public place like this. So, Odoroki stood erect, not noticing that he knocked into the missing waitress, sending the tray of coffee into the air. "What the!?"
"HEY!"
The shattering glass and the spilt coffee echoed through the café, gathering the eyes of everyone towards the inconspicuous Odoroki…or WAS inconspicuous. Odoroki shifted his eyes left and right, pulling his hat down to keep his face covered. And as he was about to make his escape…
"Where do you think you're going!?" A tug to his overcoat sleeve caught Odoroki off guard, pulling him back to meet face to face with the young girl that was the waitress he bumped into.
Slapping her hand away, Odoroki just turned around trying his best to ignore the enraged waitress…
…unfortunately, that was easier said than done…the dark haired waitress (which actually looked more like a dark blue) stepped in front of Odoroki, cutting his escape off with her costume's overcoat. "It's rude to slap someone's hand without apologizing!"
"…and it's rude to step in front of someone when their trying to leave," Odoroki retorted crossing his arms. "Now if you excuse me…"
"You're not going anywhere!"
"Ugh…why me?"
"Sai! Are you bugging the customers again!?"
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"Detective Wolfgainer! We've cleared out all of the employees."
After getting one of the other cops to pick him up a pack of cigarettes, Wolfgainer was finally able to enjoy the sweet relief of the nicotine. And with the flow of tobacco in his lungs once more, Wolfgainer turned towards the younger cop, blowing smoke from his lips into the young man's face and black hair from under the helmet. "Good…any of them know where the Emperor went?"
"Well…we did manage to get one person who might give us a clue," the black haired cop replied getting a raised eyebrow from Wolfgainer. "But, sir, why exactly are we going after the Emperor first?"
"Heh, you guys are really lost without a captain, aren't ya?" Wolfgainer chuckled, another puff of smoke escaped out of his mouth. "I figure that Mister Former Emperor here has the highest connections with underground deals…plus, there's a good chance that the emperor might know where that Walker freak is…"
"But what about the claims from the duelists we captured?" The cop retorted lifting up a clipboard that had the names of the other duelists written on them. "More specifically, the statements that the emperor disappeared a week ago…even you yourself said that he was gone."
"When did I say that?" Wolfgainer asked, rubbing his chin slightly.
The young cop tilted his head to the side, not sure if Wolfgainer was playing a joke on him. "Uh, during the interview."
"Interview? What interview?" Wolfgainer questioned, making the young cop sweatdrop.
Apparently, it wasn't a joke… "The interview you had thirty minutes ago, sir!"
"…really?"
The police officer fell backwards due to the embarrassment that the detective gave off due to his incompetence. After a little explanation…Detective Wolfgainer was still confused. "…uh, okay…anyway, that doesn't matter, Officer…uh, what was your name?…"
"I give up," The cop sighed shaking his head. "And my name's Ducas sir."
"…Ducas? What kind of name is that?" Wolfgainer asked tilting his head to the side.
The young officer Ducas lowered his head with a sigh. "…it was the name my parents gave me sir…"
"Uh…yeah, bring me that witness, we're going to find that emperor," Wolfgainer sighed, the cigarette back in his mouth.ed pulling up a card to his face. "…we're going to need every option we can get…something tells me that tthis emperor is a hard guy to track…"
"Yes sir…" Ducas sighed heading out of the room. As soon as he was out, Ducas removed his helmet to allow his greasy hair air out, and making sure that no one was in earshot…
"Damn it!" Throwing his helmet against the wall, Ducas pulled his dark hair at the roots. "This is unfair! How could a guy like that make detective while I'm still an officer!"
'Oh…what a shame it is…'
"Huh?" Ducas turned his head left and right, the mysterious voice's owner was no where to be seen. Maybe the pressure finally made him crack. "W-Who's there?"
'Such a simple…and yet so classic actor in this play…the young man who only hungers for respect and success…'
"Aw man…" Ducas gulped, his helmet lifted up in his shaky hand, he really had to lay off of the coffee from now on.
'Do you want what you desire? Respect…success…power?'
That's when something caught the jealous cop's eye in the hallway's shadows. A dark object slithered out from the darkness weakly. With a start, Ducas fell backwards to the ground, his helmet bounced away from him, when he realized that the shadow looked like a claw…no, a talon, that limped to the ground, no longer moving…
He knew he should've told someone, this could've been another one of the underground duelists…or at least one of their tricks. But…curiosity got the better of him, the talon beckoned to him.
Slowly, the young policeman slunk towards the talon, his hand reached for the clutched talon. Ducas tapped the talon once, almost certain that the rest of the talon would pop out from the shadows. It gripped something, as if it had gripped it for dear life…
He didn't realize it consciously, but Ducas peeled the talon's grip, gapping at the statue that flooded the young policeman's eyes.
"A…A statue?" Ducas questioned, failing to notice that the talon had melted back into the shadows. He was more preoccupied with the statue in his hands now. He may not have been an art critic, but Ducas was able to see that the craftsmanship was made by an expert…
…the statue itself was made out of a dark metal that was smooth to the touch, and was crafted to resemble that of a crow that was prepared to take flight. The eyes however, they seemed to be made out of emerald. "…W-wow…"
'…potential…'
"A-Ah!" Ducas jumped slightly, his hair fell in front of his eyes before he immediately calmed down…
'…potential…you've just taken the first step to acquire your potential…now, arise and fulfill that potential!'
Ducas slowly raised to his feet…his head lowered still until his head snapped up, showing his eyes revealed…glowing emerald…
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A chill swept over Odoroki's back, making him rub his nose to stop a sneeze from coming on. That cold must've been coming back, of course, Odoroki had bigger problems…
'…there's someone following me…'
However, whenever he turned back, all Odoroki saw were the streets behind him and the people that flooded them. 'Great…first I'm hearing voices in my head…and now I've got paranoia…maybe I should've just seen a psychiatrist.'k
He didn't know if this was something that he'd have to get used to, now that Odoroki's name was now targeted. He'd just have to get used to it…looking over his shoulder, didn't seem like his cup of coffee to him.
Although, it wasn't much of a difference, Odoroki was always used to being hounded in the underworld by people and even some of the duelists that were under him. The only difference was that now the law had something to go on other than his title…his name and if the police managed to capture a few of the lower ranked duelists, then it was a surefire fact that they have at least a rough sketch of his face.
It was times like these that made Odoroki hate the scar that raced down his face…
Once again, the chill ran down Odoroki's spine, his head snapped around…there was no one around who had sent that shiver. "…hmm…" Odoroki shrugged his shoulders, turning his back on the feeling. There was one thing that he could do…
Just as Odoroki was about to take the turn, he increased his speed to disappear at the corner…
WHAM!
Only to stop dead in his tracks! With his now confirmed follower behind him, Odoroki spun around to grab his pursuer's wrist. "Ha! Got'cha you…wait a minute…" Odoroki slapped his forehead. "…aren't you that waitress?"
The dark haired waitress snapped her hand from Odoroki's grip, the long bangs on her head whipped around as she waved her blue jacket covered arms in the air. "I think you mean weren't you that waitress!?"
Odoroki raised his eyebrow, "Huh? What does that mean?"
"You got me fired you scar-faced jerk!" The former waitress shouted, making a few of the civilians jump in the air.
"…yeah…I'm leaving now…" Odoroki sighed turning away from the insane ex-waitress.
"Hold it!" The ex-waitress shouted grabbing Odoroki's shoulder to stop him in his tracks. "You're not going anywhere! Not until you pay me back for making me lose my job!"
"First off, how is it my problem?" Odoroki sighed with a shake of his head.
"You're the guy who made me drop those coffee cups on the ground!" The ex-waitress roared…not taking note that Odoroki was slowly taking a few steps away from her. "And that was my last strike with the shop!"
From the corner of his eye, Odoroki spied an alleyway, more than likely it would help him escape from this crazy ex-waitress. 'Three…two…one!' That's when Odoroki made a break for the alleyway.
"Hey! Come back here!"
Odoroki turned his head back just as he entered the alleyway, seeing the ex-waitress was now chasing him. "I'd rather not!"
WHAM!
"OOF!" Odoroki fell backwards; he must've slammed into something or someone. But as he looked up, his eyes widened at the sight of the uniformed cop standing in front of him, the cop's greasy hair fell in front of his eyes. 'Aw crap!'
But there was something that caught Odoroki's eyes, hung around the cop's neck was a statue of a crow with emerald eyes that was caressed in the cop's hands. His eyes were drawn to it… as if Odoroki had seen something like it before…
"Alright! Thanks!" The ex-waitress shouted out slowly walking up behind Odoroki. "This guy owes me!"
A crooked smile slithered onto the cop's face as he walked past Odoroki and stood in front of the girl. This of course caught Odoroki's attention; he would've figured that the cop would've given a rough sketch of his face…
"AAAH!"
The scream was silenced, making Odoroki snap his head back, seeing the cop lift the girl up by her throat with one hand. She struggled to get free from his tightening grasp, clawing at his hand and kicking.
This was his chance to run…
"Knock it off!"
The former Emperor of the Underworld slammed his fist into the cop's face. The force of the punch made the greasy haired cop stagger backwards, dropping the dazed girl to the ground. 'Damn it…I probably should've run…'
The cop rubbed the cheek that was struck, the blood wiped away from his mouth. "…trying to interfere with the law?"
"Law? Since when did harassing girls become a law?" Odoroki retorted crossing his arms at the crooked cop.
"You're one to talk," the cop stood up straight, his hair falling away from his eyes, revealing his emerald hued eyes. "…you know I'm right, Odoroki Ryusei…"
"And here I thought that the emperor's face wasn't public knowledge," Odoroki sighed throwing his hat to the side; it was highly unlikely that the cop would believe that he wasn't Odoroki. "But then again, you're with the police…so; it must've been a police fact…"
"How right you are," The greasy haired cop sighed snapping the crow statue away from his neck. 'I've never felt better! This thing really is great! I found the emperor in the hour I got this thing!' Placing the statue in his pocket, the greasy haired cop lifted up his badge. "I am Officer Ducas Gant of the Domino City Police, Odoroki Ryusei I am hereby placing you under arrest…"
"…yeah right," Odoroki replied narrowing his eyes down at the dazed girl. "You don't really see the flaw in your plan don't you?"
"Huh?" Ducas questioned, a question mark popped over his head.
"Think about it," Odoroki sighed, a little annoyed that he had to explain this to someone older than him. "What did you do before you confronted me?"
"What does that have to do with anything?" Ducas asked.
"…You attacked a girl," Odoroki replied while his eyes rolled in annoyance. "If you bring me in, I'll be questioned about my arrest. And even though I am the former-Emperor, what reason would I have to lie about that?"
"Urk…s-so what?" Ducas stepped back, a little confused with the emperor's grasp on the situation.
"Well, you look to be in your late twenties," Odoroki stated before he turned towards the knocked out girl. "And she's like fifteen, give or take a few years. You assault her in a dark alley…there are quite a few ways to take that…"
The former-Emperor had him in a pickle; Ducas didn't realize it at all before but now he was stuck. That's when it struck him, Ducas smirked once more. "…you know there's a new policy that the Domino Police are adopting. Recently, with all of the hype of Duel Monsters, the commissioner is requiring all officers of any rank to carry a duel disk and deck…"
Reaching into his pocket, Ducas lifted up a small circular disk. As soon as he fitted the device on his left wrist, the disk began to fold out, forming into a thin duel disk. "…you see, we usually have these as diversion tactics, but they have another purpose…"
"…I can already see your terms," Odoroki sighed as he reached into his coat, pulling out an older duel disk that could've been considered an antique now-a-days from the days of Battle City. "And I'll accept them!"
"Good!" Ducas replied as he reached into the same pocket that held the statue he had pocketed earlier. Only what he pulled out wasn't the statue, but a deck of duel monster cards that he shuffled. "Normally, we're supposed to use the pursuer deck, but this is a special case…"
"Hpmh…" Odoroki scoffed when he snapped his deck into the duel disk, activating the device. (OLP: 8000)
"Not so talkative now are ya?" Ducas snickered as he lifted his dueling deck up. '…the moment that I win this, my life is on the fast track!' (DLP: 8000)
That's when the alley echoed with the single word… "DUEL!"
Before he even drew, Ducas lifted his empty hand up towards the former emperor. "I hope you're ready…" The greasy haired cop snapped up the first six cards from his deck, allowing his arm to snake around in a circle. "…Cause I'm going all in today!"
"…well, you're certainly one of the more fired up cops I've ever met," Odoroki admitted with a droplet of sweat began to roll down the side of his head.
"Why shouldn't I?" Ducas pulled up one of the cards in his hand, fitting it into the compact duel disk. Thanks to the holographic imagers, the card had appeared in front of the greased cop. "I just found the number one duelist of the underworld…and as soon as I bring you in, I'll finally get recognition that has eluded me!"
"I can respect a man for trying to get ahead in life," Odoroki admitted with his arms crossed over his stomach. "But why the heck did you attack that girl?"
However, Ducas didn't seem to listen to the question…or rather, it looked like he didn't even hear Odoroki's question. "Thanks for the compliment…" He didn't hesitate. Ducas slammed his card onto the duel disk, the shadows of the alley formed into several black feathers that floated to the ground. "…but, don't think that buttering up a cop will help you escape from the law! I summon Tengu Hatchling in attack mode!"
The many feathers fell to the ground in front of Ducas. The feathers clamped together, building up into large ebony colored egg that sat in front of the cop duelist. Cracks ran all over the egg's shell, until two red eyes shined from the core of the egg (0/1000).
This card…even though he had seen several cards in his career, Odoroki couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the unknown card. The Tengu was a crow demon, although, Odoroki wasn't a buff on Japanese Mythology something like that didn't seem good.
Odoroki shook his head when he noticed that Ducas threw him an irritated and impatient look. "I'll go out on a limb here and guess that you end your turn," The former Emperor snapped a card from his deck. '…it's obvious that he wants me to attack…so, I might as well take him up on the offer!'
"I summon Red Gadget in attack mode!" In a bright flash of red light, a large junk like machine crashed from the sky above, its large gear on its back spun at high speed (1300/1500).
"Huh…I thought that the emperor would use something strong, but I didn't think that you'd use gear monsters," Ducas muttered, his eyes scanned the Gadget monster as Odoroki pulled his deck out.
"They're actually Gadgets, not gears…" Odoroki stated wagging his finger.
"Who cares?!" Ducas shouted.
"And…I wouldn't assess my deck just like that," Odoroki sighed. If there was one thing he truly hated, it was when people assumed they knew everything about Odoroki's deck strategy. "…anyway, thanks to my Gadget's effect, I can add Yellow Gadget from my deck to my hand, replenishing my hand back to six cards!" Then, with a flick of his arm, Odoroki's Red Gear began to spin its arms at high speed.
"Heh…you planning on making some scrambled eggs?" Ducas chuckled, his own arm snapped over his face down card just before the Red Gadget slammed its wheel like arms into the Tengu Hatchling.
'…and here I was trying to avoid egg references…' Odoroki slapped his forehead.
"Well too bad!" Ducas's face down card flipped up, the signal to hundreds of feathers to fly into the air. "My continuous trap card, Feather Barrier protects me from all damage involving dark monsters! And my Tengu is one of them!"
That's when the Red Gadget slammed its spinning fist into the Tengu Hatchling, shattering the egg into several black feathers into the air. "I didn't expect a defensive tactic like that, maybe a Negate Attack…"
"True, but then again," Ducas replied reaching for his deck of cards. As the cards were snapped out of the holster, Ducas fanned the cards in front of him. "I couldn't activate my hatchling's effect then. When the hatchling is destroyed in battle, I can add one Tengu Oni from my deck to my hand…only it has to have only fifteen hundred attack points or less…"
"If that's the case," Odoroki pulled two more of his cards from his hand, immediately fitted them into his duel disk to make them appear underneath his Red Gadget. "I'll set two cards face down, and that's for me."
"Hmm…" Ducas pulled his card, only to reach into the graveyard slot. "Now, in order to keep my Feather Barrier out, I must remove one dark monster from my graveyard…and wouldn't you know it?" That's when Ducas lifted up the Tengu Hatchling card from his graveyard, slipping the cardboard into his front pocket. "My Tengu Hatchling is a dark monster…"
'…I can understand having a good defense out…but, at this rate he won't be able to keep it out for this long…' Odoroki thought while Ducas looked over his six card hand.
"Now then, for my real move I'll activate a spell card Graceful Charity!" Ducas announced with the spell card appearing in front of him. "Thanks to this card I can…"
"…draw three cards," Odoroki interrupted making Ducas blink a few times in confusion. "Remember, I'm the former Emperor of the Underworld, so with the exception of that Tengu, I know quite a few effects of this game…"
An agitated growl flowed from Ducas's lips as he drew three cards, then without even glancing at the cards; Ducas fitted two other cards into the graveyard slot. "No need to bite my head off! But if you're going to be that way, then I'll go and knock that Gadget's block off!"
"I summon Tengu Oni in attack mode!"
The caw of a crow echoed through the alleyway, catching Odoroki's attention to the sky above as a shadow dove towards the ground. A powerful force of wind flew through the alley, making Odoroki turn his head to protect his eyes from the stinging wind. When he turned back to Ducas, floating in front of the cop was a large crow-man demon wearing a silver armor, its black feathered wings flapped into the air (1400/1300).
"Another Tengu?" Odoroki questioned looking at the demon with a cocked eyebrow.
"Not just any Tengu," Ducas snickered as the Tengu cawed loudly into the air, a dark aura wrapping itself around the demon's body (1400/1300 + 300/0). "But the original! And thanks to its special ability, my Tengu empowers all dark monsters on the field!"
With another snap of his cards, Ducas fitted another card into his duel disk. "I activate the continuous spell, Cry of the Tengu!" Ducas's spell card emerged onto the field that had several Tengu Oni flying about in the picture. "This spell card can only be activated when I have one or none Tengu monsters on my field. Now, by destroying my card, I can now special summon a second Tengu from my hand!"
The spell card shattered, allowing a second Tengu Oni to float next to the original (1400/1300 + 300/0). "And I had a second Tengu Oni in my hand…and since I have another out, which means all dark monsters gain another three hundred points!" The auras around the two Tengu demons (1700/1300 + 300/0 x2), making the two crow demons screech loudly. "And if you're thinking that I'm done, you couldn't be more wrong! I activate another spell card Tengu Illusion Formation!"
The spell card appeared behind the two Tengu, showing a Tengu Oni splitting into several shadows. The spell card melded into a shadow itself that crawled around the ground until it became a geyser of feathers. "My spell card can only be activated when I have at least one Tengu Oni on the field! It allows me to special summon another Tengu Oni from my deck!"
The geyser of feathers scattered into the wind, revealing a third Tengu Oni, screeching with its feathered brethren (1400/1300 + 600/0). "And now that I have all three of them out on the field, their strength increases even more!" The aura around Ducas's Tengu exploded in flurry, making the crow demons screech this time in pain (2000/1300 + 300/0 x3). "And my army is complete!"
"…an impressive rush…" Odoroki whistled out combing back the three strands of hair on his head, only to have them bounce right back. "But…I've seen better…"
"Oh, you have?" Ducas growled, throwing his hand towards the three crow demons. "We'll see what you have to say when I turn that red eyesore into scrap metal! Tengu Oni number one! Attack his Red Gadget!"
The first of the three Tengu Oni flew into the air, spinning around until it began to dive bomb towards the emotionless red machine. The crow demon spun into the chest area of the Red Gadget, shattering the machine into spare parts that flew into the air. (OLP: 7000)
"And since you're wide open…" Ducas chuckled revving his arm around in a circle as his first Tengu Oni floated behind him. "Tengu Oni two and three at…"
"Since my Red Gadget was destroyed in battle," Odoroki interrupted as his face down card began to flip up, showing a large broken clock that the three gadgets holding it up. "I can activate my trap card, Clockwork Gadget! When a Gadget monster is destroyed as a result of battle, if I'm holding the Gadget monster that was added to my hand, I can normal summon it immediately! However, this effect can only be used three times!"
Slapping the card onto his duel disk, a large yellow robot appeared on the field with a large gear on its back spinning at a fast rate (1200/1200) as Odoroki reached for his deck. "So thanks to my trap, I can normal summon Yellow Gadget from my hand…thus activating its effect, so Green Gadget…" Odoroki held up the next card from his deck. "…comes to my hand!"
"Heh, yeah, well, I've noticed that your monster's in attack mode," Ducas chuckled lifting his hand up towards the remaining two Tengu Oni. "So, Tengu Oni two! Attack that second piece of scrap!"
Once more, the selected Tengu flew into the air, falling down with its talons aimed towards the Gadget monster. When the talons passed through the machine, the limbs of the Yellow Gadget fell to the ground shattering. (OLP: 5900)
That's when Odoroki's trap glowed once more, allowing him to slap the card onto his duel disk. "I hope you didn't forget about my trap card…" With the duel disk recognition activated, a large green robot appeared on the field in front of Odoroki, the gear on its back spun slowly (1400/900). "…cause Green Gadget now gets normal summoned to the field!"
This time another card popped out of Odoroki's deck, this time he spun it around in his fingers to show a copy of the Red Gadget. "And since it was normal summoned by my trap's effect, I can take my second Red Gadget from my deck."
"You think I really care?!" Ducas shouted as his third Tengu Oni raised its talons up. "Tengu Oni three, show him your moves!"
"…that has to be the stupidest line I've ever heard for calling out an attack," Odoroki admitted making Ducas and his three Tengu fall face first into the ground. "And trust me…I've heard my fair share of idiotic commands…"
Ducas jumped to his feet, the three Tengu stood up immediately. "S-Shut up! I can't help that I'm acting great! I'm about to turn in the Emperor of the Underworld!" Ducas laughed as his third Tengu flapped its wings into the air, pulling itself into the air. "Tengu Oni! Destroy that last Gadget!"
Odoroki turned his head as his green robot was shattered into several rusted parts. (OLP: 5000)
"I activate my trap for the last time!" Odoroki announced before his trap card shattered into several pixels as he slapped the card onto his duel disk, creating a second Red Gadget (1300/1500). "And thanks to my traps effect, it's summon is considered a normal summon so I get Yellow Gadget back into my hand!"
"Heh…yeah, yeah, we'll just go through this crap again," Ducas chuckled fanning his three card hand in front of his face. "You know, if you're the emperor, then the rest of the league must be pathetic…how much does the Emperor get a year?"
"…you'd be surprised…" Odoroki sighed, thinking about how most of his money went to some debt collectors he had hounding him, how his checks were garnished.
Tapping his forehead a few times, Ducas shook his head. "Since I don't have anything I want to play any more, I'll end my turn…"
"Not before I activate my other face down card!" Odoroki shouted as the ground began to rumble, making all the trash cans and dirt on the ground shake up and down on the concrete floor. From behind Odoroki, a large makeshift steel golem began to claw its way out of the ground, with three empty circles exposed in the steel golem's chest (0/2000). "Say hello to a certain kind of trap…a trap monster that goes by the name of Stronghold the Moving Fortress!"
"Urk!?" Ducas gulped at the very sight of the large steel golem.
"And since you declared your turn's end," Odoroki stated with a snap of his next card. "It's back to me!" Without hesitation, Odoroki pulled another card from his hand to fit into his duel disk. "And what a better way to start off than with the spell card, Spider Web!"
That's when several spider webs shot out from walls, wrapping around Ducas's duel disk to pull it up into the air. "W-What?!" The threads flew into Ducas's graveyard slot, pulling a card directly into Odoroki's hand.
"This spell allows me to add one spell card that you used in your last turn to my hand," Odoroki explained as the many spider webs disappeared.
"Heh, you think I'm that predictable?" Ducas chuckled lifting up his duel disk. "I had a feeling that the Emperor of the Underworld might have a trick to take cards away from his opponent. Hence why I only used spell cards that helped the Tengu…"
"Are you sure about that?" Odoroki asked flipping the card around to show Graceful Charity. "This is card begs to differ."
"Oh crap! I forgot about that!" Ducas gapped as Odoroki slid the card into his duel disk, only to snap three cards from his deck.
Lifting two cards up, one a red armored warrior and the second was a fancy man on the cards, Odoroki fitted the cards into his duel disk's graveyard. "I discard Necro Gardna and Man of Fortune from my hand. And now, I summon Yellow Gadget!"
Falling from the sky, the second yellow machine appeared on the field, its gear spinning wildly (1200/1200) as another card popped from Odoroki's deck. "And thanks to it, I can now Green Gadget from my deck to my hand!"
But Ducas didn't seem to care that Odoroki had the three machines on his field. "Big deal! In case you didn't notice, all of my monsters have more than enough attack points to send those scrap heaps back to the junkyard!"
"Well then, I guess I'll just have to improve the scrap heaps then," Odoroki replied pulling another card from his hand. "I activate the spell card, Double Summon; now I can perform another normal summon this turn! So I summon Green Gadget!"
Next to the Red and Yellow Gadget, the third of the machine set appeared, spinning its arms around in a fast pitch (1400/900). "And since all three gadgets are on the field, my Stronghold is complete!"
"Complete?" Ducas questioned as all three of the Gadgets leapt backwards, fitting themselves into the chest cavities of the Stronghold Golem's chest.
"Yes, they become the missing parts to my golem," Odoroki explained, the Stronghold standing tall with its gears spinning wildly, sparks flying from its joints (0/2000 + 3000/2000). "And its true potential appears!"
"Urk!?" Ducas jumped back at the sudden strength of the emperor, but immediately relaxed when he looked at his crow demons. "So? All you did was compact the trash."
Odoroki crossed his arms, allowing Ducas to wag a finger at the former emperor. "I see that you're confused…then I'll clear up that confusion. You see, even though you have an army of monsters, the only one that can defeat them is that Stronghold itself. And even then, your monster's damage will be negated by my trap's effect."
"…and then next turn, all I have to do is blow away one of those gears and your fortress is back to trash! So, can't you see that you can't win?"
"Who can't see here?" Odoroki replied lifting up one of the remaining cards in his hand. "…you're the one turning a blind eye…and apparently justice is too. So, I'll have to knock you to your senses! Stronghold!"
The large steel golem lumbered forward, spinning its fist around until it slammed its fist directly into the middle of the three Tengu Oni. The force shattered the crow demon into millions of dark feathers. However, Ducas just threw his fist to the side. "Ha! Did you forget about my trap card? My life points are safe!"
There was a moment of silence as Odoroki stared at the trap card, then Odoroki slid one of the cards he held into his duel disk. "True, but look at your remaining Tengu, thanks to my attack, I've leveled the playing field a little more."
Ducas quirked an eyebrow at his remaining two Tengu (2300/1400 – 300/0 x2), both of the auras around their bodies had become tamer. "Heh, you think that scares me?" Ducas snorted out when he drew his next card. "Yeah right!
That's when Ducas's trap card shattered into several feathers that flew into the air. "Huh?! What happened to my trap?"
"…you don't even know what your card can do?" Odoroki sighed combing back his three extra long strands of hair, having them pop up again a second later. "You forgot to remove a card from play from your graveyard, so your trap is useless."
Ducas smirked over at Odoroki, his attention diverted from his ruined trap card. "Heh, not like I need it anymore!" He admitted, "Tengu Oni number one! Destroy anyone of those stupid Gear monsters!"
The first Tengu Oni floated into the air, only to dive bomb towards the Stronghold and its Gadget monsters. But just as the powerful swoop was going to slice through the Red Gadget, a powerful black aura erupted in front of the Tengu, forcing it backwards.
Growing even wider, Ducas noticed the dark aura around Odoroki's body began to flare up. "W-WHAT?!" Ducas fell to backwards, when he noticed that Odoroki's set card was still face down. "B-But?! How! Your face down card isn't even activated!"
"I didn't need it," Odoroki explained crossing his arms as he lifted up a card from his graveyard. "At least, not at this moment, rather, I used a card in my graveyard! Necro Gardna allows me to remove it from play," A ghastly red armored warrior appeared behind Odoroki to absorb his aura, his white hair whipping around in the air. "To negate one attack, so I can't thank you again for the Graceful Charity!"
Ducas narrowed his eyes at Odoroki. "Damn it!"
"You obviously didn't pay attention to my moves," Odoroki chuckled with a smirk.
"SHUT IT!" Ducas roared, and suddenly pointed to the remainder of his dual Tengu. "You, destroy that Red Gear!" The lean crow demon flew forward, and reached for the red machine with one of its sharp talons, intent of sending the machine to the scrapyard.
Unfortunately, Odoroki turned his head to the side as his machine was ripped to shreds and his life points began to drop. To make matters worse, the Yellow and Green Gadgets leapt from the chest cavities of the Stronghold (3000/2000 – 3000/0). "By the way, it's Red Gadget, not Red Gear." (OLP: 4300)
Ducas grinned broadly, and cast out one of his hands into the air, "Maybe so, but do you think I really care?" He then fitted a card into his duel disk, the card appeared behind both of the two Tengu before he placed his hands on his hips. "Hardly! I only care about three people! Me, myself, and I!"
"How many times have I heard that…" Odoroki sighed, his finger tapped his forehead a few times to get the memories out of his head.
"Whatever," Ducas laughed to knock Odoroki out of his little daze. "You can reminisce behind bars while I'll enjoy the promotion for this!"
Odoroki shook his head. "Then you mind answering me a question then?"
"Maybe, just remember," Ducas replied his arms crossed over his chest. "I'm free to not answer."
With his head turned back to the knocked out girl, Odoroki narrowed his eyes when he snapped back towards Ducas. "I can understand you wanting to come after me," Odoroki started, his hand lifted out to point at Ducas, "But what was with attacking this girl? And even more so, you didn't even notice me, and I was the guy who ran into you."
A breeze swept through the hallowed alleyway, even the two Tengu Oni demons turned to their master Ducas. To be honest, Ducas didn't even know the answer to that question himself. "Well, I'll tell ya, I was called out here."
Odoroki blinked at Ducas. "…called out here?"
"Yeah," Ducas wasn't about to tell Odoroki about the statue, the talon that held it, and the voice that seemed to offer him this chance to exceed. "I just had the instinct, the uh, the instinct of a cop! Yeah, that called me out here."
"Still doesn't explain the girl," Odoroki pointed out.
"Oh shut up!" Ducas growled, his eyes flashed even more emerald than before. "Maybe I just didn't have the patience to deal with her. In fact, I'd prefer that there wouldn't be a witness, because when I win…"
"…I'm bringing you in pieces."
The fire welled up in Odoroki, even his latest draw was filled with fiery rage. "I'm not one to stand in a person's way to their success, but you didn't have to assault that girl," Odoroki's eyes narrowed down at the card he had. "So, when this is done, I'm going to punch your lights out!"
"Heh, you're more than welcomed to try!" Ducas laughed loudly. "But I know for a fact that a duelist can only have two copies of those gear mon-"
"Gadget," Odoroki corrected wagging his finger.
"Who gives a damn!" Ducas shouted his foot slammed into the concrete ground.
"You should," Odoroki replied as he reached for his duel disk, the cards shifted on it horizontally. "I switch all three of my monsters to defense mode, and summon another defense monster."
As the card hit his duel disk, the small face down card appeared in front of Odoroki, along with all three of the machine monsters crouching down in defense mode. "Turn end."
Ducas slowly pulled his next card, bangs of his greasy hair fell over his left eye as his lips curled up into that sickening crooked smile. "Turn end?" He couldn't help but shake his head at Odoroki. "No…it's the end! I activate my face down card, Call of the Haunted!"
The face down card melded into the ground, slowly, the ground began to crack. The eroded ground gave way to the large ebony colored coffin that emerged from the ground. "So, its about time we bring back out my third Tengu Oni!"
The coffin shattered into many ebony splinters of wood, the Tengu Oni's (1400/1300 + 900/0 x3) stretched its wings into the air as the aura around all three of them flared up into the air. "But if you think these three are the only ones you're going to see! You're dead wrong!"
A familiar spell card appeared in front of Ducas, the picture of a Tengu and its afterimages exposed towards Odoroki. "I activate a spell you might remember, Tengu Illusion Formation! Now, I'll special summon another army thanks to its effect!"
'An army? But, he should only be allowed to special summon one monster with that card…' That thought plagued Odoroki's mind as he watched Ducas search through his deck.
Once more, that crooked smile appeared on Ducas's face as he held up his selected card. "Heh, from the look on your face, you don't believe me. Allow me to bury that disbelief!" When Ducas slapped his selected card onto his duel disk, countless black feathers began to erupt from behind the corrupted cop's body. "Thanks to my spell, I can special summon Tengu Oni – Squadron!"
Three large shadows appeared over the alleyway's concrete ground, only to swoop down through the feathers. As the shadowed forms flew through the feathers, their forms were exposed, turning out to be three more Tengu Oni that floated over their three brothers (2100/1950). All six of the crow demons screeched loudly into the air…how the girl didn't wake up from those high-pitched screeches was beyond Odoroki.
"I see you're not impressed," Ducas chuckled as the powerful black aura erupted around the recent three crow demons (2100/1950 + 900/0), all of them with their feathers surged with power. "Well, how about now? My monster's attack points increase!"
"Attack isn't everything," Odoroki advised, his eyes rolled since this was a repetitive strategy he saw in the underworld.
"You're right, it's the only thing!" Ducas shouted, his right hand snapped out to command all six of the Tengu to spin at a fast rate. "Now my Tengu! Wipe out his defense! Demon Crow Storm!"
All six of the Tengu shot forward, their black feather streamed backwards as they spun towards the four monsters on Odoroki's field. Odoroki reached for his duel disk, pushing one of the buttons on the disk, however, that didn't stop all six of the Tengu to swoop through the four defending monsters.
The shattered remains floated into the air as the six Tengu flew back to Ducas's side. "Ha! Now what do you think?"
Odoroki lowered his head as he fitted three of the four monster cards into his graveyard slot. "I think," Save for the final card he held, Odoroki lifted his head up to show the mocking smile on his face. "I think you're an idiot."
Ducas and his six Tengu fell backwards with a loud crash. "W-What?!" The cop leapt back to the soles of his feet while his Tengu floated back over him. "I just wiped out your field of monsters, and you're calling me an idiot!?"
"You may have wiped out my monsters," Odoroki stated as he fitted his hand into his duel disk graveyard, the cards being pulled into the machine. "But you neglected my face down card!"
Odoroki threw his hand up over his face down card, the hologram flipped up to show a man being surrounded by raining coins. "I activate my trap card, Greed!"
"Greed?" Ducas questioned with his eyebrow raised.
"Oh, and here I thought that you'd be able to know what my deck strategy was," Odoroki sighed with his trap card flipping up. "Otherwise, you'd know that Greed is my favorite card! And sure its effect may have changed, but it's all good!"
Ducas was feeling more confident at the sight of the trap card. "Heh, what good will that useless trap do for you? The only thing you've done was lower your options!"
"Then let's heighten them!" Odoroki announced as he spun the single monster card he had neglected to place in the graveyard. "I activate the effect of the face down monster you destroyed, Morphing Jar (700/600)!"
"H-Huh?!" Ducas yelped as his hand of cards was pulled to the graveyard. "What did you just do!"
"Pay attention for crying out loud," Odoroki growled with a slap of his forehead. "Morphing Jar forces us to discard our hands," Odoroki immediately drew five cards from the top of his deck. "Then, we both draw five new cards."
"Fine by me then!" Ducas snickered when he pulled his next five cards. "The cards I held in my hand were useless to me anyway," Ducas smirked at the sight of the new cards, and immediately two cards appeared behind his six Tengu Oni. "I'll have these two in the backdrop, and call it a turn."
The corrupted cop looked at his duel disk, his smirk growing ever more venomous with each passing second. 'Heh, it doesn't matter what he drew. Any attack he makes will be intercepted by my Revenge of the Dark Storm will destroy his field! And if he even thinks about destroying my face down cards, my Judgment of Anubis will crush that ambition! And I can say hello to that promotion!'
DINK!
"Huh?" Ducas slowly craned his head up towards the sky, coins were raining down from the sky. "Ah…AH! It's raining money!" The coins continued to rain down, until they became a downpour over him, cutting his skin. "ACK! WHAT THE HECK!?" (DLP: 5500)
"Greed's effect activates during the end phase," Odoroki explained as he drew his next card. "For every card we draw outside our draw phases, we take five hundred points of damage from my trap."
"T-Then wait a minute! You should've taken twenty-five hundred points as well!" Ducas protested, his hand pointed towards Odoroki.
"That would've been the case," Odoroki stated as a ghostly white haired man wearing a fancy velvet tuxedo appeared behind him smirking. "But when you're the emperor, you've got your ways, like my Man of Fortune. When he's in my graveyard, he negates the effect damage of my Greed or Avarice cards."
"And when did he get in there?" With his eyebrow cocked before he realized it from earlier. "Ah! My Graceful Charity!"
Odoroki, fitted two cards into his duel disk, nodded. "Correct! And I'll end my turn with two cards face down."
"Heh! So you are just all talk!" Ducas laughed loudly. However, just as the cop drew his next card…
"I activate my trap card!" Odoroki's face down card flipped up, flames erupted up into the air. "Multiple Destruction!"
"Huh? Multiple Destruction?" Ducas questioned before the flames flew around the two duelist's hands. "AH!"
Odoroki fitted his flame induced cards into his duel disk's graveyard. "This trap card forces us to discard our cards." A small flame appeared on Odoroki's life point counter, the flames singed him slightly. "But…for each card I discard, I take one hundred points of damage." (OLP: 3900)
"But I'm not done by a long shot," Odoroki snapped five cards from the top of his deck. "My trap allows us to draw five new cards…"
"Then that means…" Ducas gulped as he pulled five cards from his deck, his eyes shifted right and left, looking for were the coins would fall from.
"Relax, you're safe until the end phase," Odoroki replied, his eyes however were kept on the five new cards he held.
"But you're not safe!" Ducas shouted. "Tengu Oni!" All six of Ducas's crow demons began to spin in place until they became six small tornados that sputtered out millions of feathers into the air. "I don't care how you do it! Just kill him dead!"
Several loud screeches echoed through the air as the six black tornados charged towards the rather calm Emperor of the underworld, only to form into one extremely large storm that flew towards Odoroki. The tornado began to twist and turn until it head directly towards Odoroki who lifted his hand up to his duel disk.
The storm engulfed Odoroki's body, sealing all traces of the Former Emperor of the world. The only thing that was above the echo of the tornado in the alleyway was Ducas's laughter. "Ha! I did it! I really, honestly did it! I beat the Emperor of the Underworld!"
"HA!"
The tornado crashed into the wall, making the Tengu Oni monsters reel back in pain as feathers that created a large shadow that engulfed the alleyway. Needless to say, Ducas's eyes widened at the sight of his crow demons being smacked aside.
The feathers blew away to the side, and Odoroki stood strong with his body being surrounded by a powerful vortex. "I hate to disappoint you, but I don't intend to lose to someone like you. Negate Attack will make sure of that."
"Damn it," Ducas growled before he looked down at his hand. "Double damn it! I have to end my turn!"
"And you know what that means!" Odoroki announced lifting his hand up into the air, many golden sparkles glistened in the air. "Greed activates right now!"
"…oh crap…" Ducas cursed under his breath before hundreds of coins fell all around his body, his clothes would've ripped if the coins were real. (DLP: 3000)
"Then it's my turn," Odoroki stated pulling his next card up from his deck, his face turned into a grimace. "…urgh…"
"Aw…did you get a bad draw?" Ducas chuckled, although he was actually quite relieved that he had a chance now to reclaim his pride.
"On the contrary…" Odoroki retorted as he lifted up the card he had just drawn. "I've won this duel!" Lifting the card up, Odoroki threw his hand out over his duel disk as the card slapped onto the machine. "I summon Card Cannon!"
A small bright light appeared in front of Odoroki, slowly it melded into a small cartoonish blue robot with a large cannon on its back (200/800). The machine jumped into the air for joy as Ducas and his six Tengu sweatdropped at the sight of the machine. "What the heck?! What's with the toy?"
"This 'toy' as you put it," Odoroki stated as he reached for his deck. "Will spell your downfall, you see, once per turn, I can send the top three cards of my deck to my graveyard, and for each one, you take five hundred points of damage!"
"WHAT?!"
Odoroki snapped off the top two cards of his deck, only to slide the pair of cards into his duel disk's graveyard. The Card Cannon knelt down, the cannon on its back began to charge with a powerful dark blue energy. Odoroki shot his hand out, "Card Cannon! Blast him!"
Without a moment's hesitation, the Card Cannon fired the powerful blue energy directly into Ducas's chest, sending the Tengu Cop duelist to the ground. "URK!" (DLP: 2000)
Slowly, Ducas stood up, his breathing somewhat labored as he glared his emerald eyes towards Odoroki. "I'm…I'm still standing! I'll, I'll kill you!"
"I activate the spell card, Card Destruction!"
Realization struck Ducas, making him stagger backwards. "A-AH!"
"Now, both of us discard our hands," Odoroki announced fitting the cards into his graveyards. "And draw the same number of cards!"
Reluctantly, Ducas slapped his cards into the duel disk…even his hand shook when he was forced to reach for the cards. "U…uh…"
"What's the matter?" Odoroki stated holding his cards up. "Don't tell me that all that confidence disappeared…you've still got your face down cards, so if either of them negates effect damage you can defeat me instantly next turn…"
But that was impossible!
"…because, I'm ending my turn!" Odoroki shouted as Greed began to glow a dark green color. Clouds began to form over the two duelists, lightning struck and coins began to rain down over the two.
The speed of the coins made the pieces of metal slice through Ducas's body, but thanks to the Man of Fortune in his graveyard, Odoroki was able to escape unscathed. "A-AH!" (DLP: 0)
When the holograms disappeared, Ducas slammed his fist into the nearby brick wall. "Damn it!" Ducas slammed his fist into the wall again. "Damn it!"
"DAMN IT!"
"DAMN IT!"
"DAMN IT!"
"DDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMNNNNNNNNN IIIIIITTTTTTTTTTT!"
With his now bloody fist skidded on the crimson stained wall, Ducas lowered his head to have his emerald colored eyes covered by his hair. "…why…m-my one chance…"
Odoroki turned his head as he removed his duel disk, he was used to dashing the hopes and dreams of the opposing duelists in the past…but this was a cop, a man of the law who was trying to just get ahead in life…
…the former emperor couldn't help but feel bad…
Ducas slowly stood up with his hair still covered his eyes. "…my chance…" His head creaked towards Odoroki, a dark smile crept onto his face. "…yes…my chance! It's not over yet! I just need to…"
POW!
The greasy haired duelist never got a chance to finish that sentence. Odoroki had met enough people like that, and it was better to knock their lights out before they could do something dangerous.
Needless to say, Ducas viewed stars with his emerald eyes dulled over, and blood trickling down from his nose.
A crack echoed through the alleyway, and Odoroki shook his hand slightly to get the pain out of his knuckles. 'Damn! What's his head made of?! Steel?!'
And as Odoroki was heading out of the alleyway, he immediately tripped over something, sending him face first into the ground. "OW!" Apparently, Odoroki had tripped over the knocked out girl, how he forgot about her was a mystery to him…
…but he was more concerned with how this alleyway looked, two knocked out people and a fugitive duelist…not the best situation…
Meanwhile…
Wolfgainer was on his tenth cigarette, his eyes looking left and right into the Underground Duelist League's halls. "…huh…where did Dorkus go…?"
With the long arm of the law at his back…
…a mysterious, angry girl before him…
…and fate's intervention at his sides…
…What will Odoroki's next move be?
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Clockwork Gadget / Continuous Trap / Effect: This card's effect can only be used three times, when this effect has been used three times destroy this card. When a face up 'Gadget' monster is destroyed as a result of battle, if you have the specific card listed on the destroyed card in your hand, you may special summon it. When this is done, this special summon is considered to be a normal summon.
Image: The three gadget monsters holding up a large grandfather clock.
Card Cannon / Earth / LV. 3 / ATK: 200 / DEF: 800 / Machine/Effect: Once per turn, during your main phase you may discard up to three cards from your deck. For each card discarded this way, you may inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent's life points. When this card is destroyed, you may draw one card.
Description: A small cartoonish blue robot armed with a large cannon on its back
Tengu Oni / Dark / LV. 4 / ATK: 1400 / DEF: 1300 / Winged-Beast/Effect: As long as this card remains face up on the field, increase the attack of all DARK monsters by 300 points
Description: A large black crow demon with silver armor
Tengu Hatchling / Dark / LV. 2 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 1000 / Winged-Beast/Effect: When this card is destroyed, you may add one monster from your deck with 'Tengu Oni' in its name from your deck to your hand with 1500 attack or less.
Description: A small crow demon popping out of its shell.
Tengu Oni – Squadron / Dark / LV. 6 / ATK: 2100 / DEF: 1950 / Winged-Beast/Effect: This card cannot be normal summoned or set. This card can only be special summoned by the effect of 'Illusion Formation'. When this card attacks, your opponent cannot chain trap cards.
Description: Three large black crow demons with silver armor on their wings and bodies.
Cry of the Tengu / Continuous Spell / Effect: When there is only 1 or no "Tengu" monsters on your side of the field, during your Main Phase, you can Special Summon 1 level four or lower "Tengu" monster from your hand. When this effect is used, destroy this card.
Image: Many Tengu Oni monsters screeching into the air.
Tengu Illusion Formation / Spell / Effect: When there are 1 or more 'Tengu Oni' cards on the field, you can special summon one level four or lower 'Tengu' or one 'Tengu Oni – Squadron' from your hand or deck.
Image: Many afterimages of a charging Tengu Oni
Feather Barrier / Continuous Trap / Effect: While this card is face-up on the field, you take no Battle Damage from battles involving DARK monsters. During each of your Standby Phases, remove 1 DARK monster in your Graveyard from play. If you do not, destroy this card.
Image: Many black feathered quills jabbing into many charging knights.
Revenge of the Dark Storm / Trap / Effect: You can only activate this card when a DARK monster you control is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard. For every 1000 ATK points of the destroyed monster, destroy 1 card your opponent controls.
Image: A black typhoon crashing into a town.