Disclaimer: Flaronza Wildfire, Damien, Alexis and Inkanikron are my OC's. Everything else belongs to Konam.
Chapter 2: The Demon Revealed
Flaronza woke late the next morning. She couldn't tell whether it was light or dark, but she still kept her eyes shut.
"It was a dream" she told herself firmly. "I dreamt that two people called Rex Raptor and Weevil Underwood came to take me to where they are staying. When I wake up I will be back in my hammock"
There was suddenly a humming noise
"and there is the hummingbird I use to wake me up in the morning" Flaronza thought, her heart sinking. But she still didn't open her eyes, it had been such a good dream.
'More humming noises'
"Alright, time to get up" Flaronza thought. She got up, and a blanket fell off of her. There was light coming through the curtains, even though the lounge-room was still quite dark. Resisting the urge to jump and cheer, she stood up and walked into the kitchen.
When she arrived, she thought at first that she was alone. There didn't seem to be anyone in the kitchen. She therefore jumped when Alice came into the room and said "Oh good, you're up Flaronza, I was just about to come in and wake you" "What time is it?" Flaronza asked and Alice replied with "A quarter-to nine" "'A Quarter-to Nine?" Flaronza exclaimed. "Yes. You must be hungry after not getting your dinner. What would you like?" Alice said as she moved through the pantries and getting out various things for her. "A little of everything please" Flaronza said.
For someone who had been living on fish and berries for the past three months, this was divine. She slowly got her way through each of the cereals in turn, and when she had finished Alice said "Well weren't you hungry" Flaronza nodded, then, realising she hadn't washed in a few days, said "Where is the bathroom?" Alice pointed Flaronza upstairs and said "Up the stairs, second on the right, if you need any help just call me" Flaronza nodded, then walked upstairs to find the bathroom.
When Rex Raptor, Weevil Underwood and Damien returned, Rex said "Where's Flaronza?" Alice turned and said "In the bathroom" Rex replied with "considering that the local lake would be very cold at this time of year I think she will find it hard to adapt to what we consider 'warm' water". "I think I'll check on how Flaronza's doing" Alexis said. "OK. We'll pack the stuff away, We also have to test some clothes on Flaronza, Rex said that she was wearing the same Leotard for the past three months. He also reckons she is size 14 but we have some size 12 and size 16 in case the 14's are too big or too small" Damien said. "Alright. Just pack the stuff away" Alexis said, and she entered the bathroom.
Alexis found Flaronza half-asleep in the water. "Damien has other clothes for you to try on" Alexis said. Flaronza sleepily replied "Check the tag on my Leotard, that will tell you what size I am" Alexis took Flaronza's black Leotard and checked the tag. "Do you want this washed?" Alexis asked and Flaronza replied, stifling a huge yawn, "Yeah". Finally, Alexis asked "How long are you going to be in there?" Flaronza replied "A bit longer, maybe another 5-10 minutes" "Alright. Just be sure to keep on the bath mat when you're done" Alexis said, and she left.
Coming down the stairs, and heading to the laundry, Alexis said to Rex "you were right, Flaronza is a size 14" she then turned to Damien and said "And she doesn't use the hot water, when I tested the water it was very cold for us"
About ten minutes later, there was a knock on the bathroom door. Rex went to open the door. He didn't get very far, however, before the door hit Flaronza, she was using her body weight to prevent the door from opening any further. "Where do you store the towels?" she asked, and it quickly dawned on Rex why Flaronza was preventing him from opening the door any further. "The vanity should have a towel for you" Rex replied, using all of his might to open the door enough to get his arm through and point at the vanity. "And where are the clothes I am going to be wearing?" Flaronza said. Rex replied with "They are being stored in my room". "Thanks" Flaronza said. Rex withdrew his arm from the door, and Flaronza slammed it shut.
After half an hour Flaronza finally appeared, dressed in a black dress, with black shorts. "So what are we going to do today?" She asked. Damien replied with "Well we are going out shopping for various things today". "And now that you're ready, we're off now" Alexis said, and the five of them left.
"Why are we going here?" Flaronza asked, and Rex replied with "You'll see". The door opened, and Flaronza felt her jaw drop. It had been ages since she had been into a proper shopping centre, and was amazed at the variety of shops, which literally held everything you could think of. "Alright, we will all meet here in an hour, Rex and Weevil, wherever it is that you normally go, just go" Alexis said. Weevil raced off towards the pet shop, but Rex stayed, "What's wrong Rex?" Damien asked. Rex pointed at Flaronza and said "What about Flaronza?" Alexis turned to Flaronza and said "Well, wherever you want to go, make sure you either stick with us, Weevil or Rex. You don't have a mode of contact yet so we can't easily track you down if you get lost" Flaronza nodded, watched Rex and Weevil briefly, then, deciding on who she wanted to show her the store, followed Rex to the National Geographic store.
"Hey Rex, can you please take me throughout this store?" Flaronza asked. Rex replied with "Sure. Firstly, here is the National Geographic store. There is a lot of things here that are unique to the store" Flaronza looked around in awe. Rex stood for a moment to allow Flaronza to take in the surroundings. Rex then added "Moving on the the next store, is Costco, Damien and Alexis shop here roughly once every four to six weeks. Here you can buy nearly everything in bulk"
With every store Rex showed Flaronza, he allowed her to take thirty seconds to look at the store, before taking her to the next one. With each store, Flaronza was eager to check which store held which items. There were stores with nothing but books, others were hardware or clothes stores, and still others were very high-end and with all sorts of elaborate stuff. As they left the clothes store where the clothes Flaronza was currently wearing had been bought from, Rex checked his watch, and said "Uh Flaronza, we have seven minutes to get to the meeting point". Flaronza quickly replied with "Race ya there". Rex smiled, then said "You're on" As they readied for the race, Flaronza said "A word of warning, I am a very fast runner" Rex replied with "We'll see just how fast, ready, GO!"
From the moment they started the race, Rex knew he was going to lose. Flaronza was very fast for her size, and a couple of time she even stopped to let Rex catch up, before taking off again. "Man she's fast" Rex said, and by the time Rex made it to the meeting point, Flaronza was already waiting for him. "I knew I was going to lose" Rex said. "See, I told you I was fast" After a few moments, Weevil, Alexis and Damien appeared. "OK. It is now almost midday, so we will grab a quick bite to eat at the Food Court". "We didn't get to the food court" Flaronza whispered to Rex, and he replied with "I only showed you the top two floors, the food court is on the first floor, and there is still stuff on the bottom floor too" Flaronza replied with "Once this is done, can you please show me the bottom floor too?" and Rex nodded. "Yay" Flaronza said.
"Uh, what do I want?" Flaronza asked. There were too many options, and she couldn't remember the last time she had been at a fast food place. It seemed however, that everyone was going for the same thing. "Ah, OK. So that is what everyone else wants" Flaronza said, making her way to the Yiros store. "Flaronza, do you have any allergies that we need to be aware of?" Alexis asked. Flaronza shook her head. "Order up" the person at the counter said, and Damien gradually took the orders. Flaronza took ages to pick hers, as she wanted to have everything. Eventually, the person at the counter pointed out that she could have a comprehensive and it would have everything that she wanted, so she ordered a comprehensive.
Once everyone had eaten, Alexis said "I think it's time we headed off don't you think Damien?". Flaronza quickly cut in with "Sorry to interrupt, but Rex was showing me around this shopping centre and I haven't seen anything of this floor yet" Alexis smiled and said "Alright then, we'll give you another half-hour to go around the bottom floor" "Thanks" Rex said, before saying to Flaronza "Come on, we gotta get moving if we want to see all of the bottom floor" Flaronza nodded, then followed Rex.
It was a similar routine to the other two floors, Rex would allow Flaronza about thirty seconds to look at each store, and he found that after fifteen minutes, they were done. As they were heading back, however, someone yelled "STOP RIGHT THERE YOU FIRE MONSTER" both Rex and Flaronza whirled around to see who had said that, and the voices came from a guy of about Flaronza's age. "Yes you. You are going to pay for burning my brother in the tournament" he said. Flaronza replied with "That was an accident". The guy didn't care however, and added "That was deliberate, I know a deliberate incident when I see one, and you are a monster for letting him get burned" Flaronza, now crying, screamed "I Told you, I wasn't myself then, Why won't you believe me?" The boy replied mockingly "I wasn't myself then, yeah right. Long story short, you hurt my brother and you are going to pay. And I am going to make you pay with your soul" and someone, who no-one had noticed, leapt from the floor above, landing next to the boy, and said "And as I know you will interfere Rex, I am going to use Dark Lane Generation to split you two up" suddenly, a Wall of Darkness came between Flaronza and Rex, and while they tried to break through to get to each other, their opponent's laughed. "Now to take you down Rex" they masked person said, while the boy said "And I activate The Seal of Orichalcos" and next second, a very familiar, at least to Rex, green ring appeared from the sky, trapping Flaronza with the boy. "Oh man, that's not good" Rex said.
Flaronza meanwhile was becoming less upset, and more angry. "How dare you, I think it is time to show you what I mean when I say I wasn't myself" and a fiery red aura appeared around her. She said, in a voice very unlike her normal voice, "It's time to duel"
Battle 1: Rex Raptor VS Masked Man
Rex went first. His opening hand is Two-Headed King Rex, Damaged Summon, Tyrant Dragon, Fusion from the Great Beyond, Card of Sanctity and Torrential Tribute. Rex said "I summon Two-Headed King Rex in attack mode (1600/1200). I then set 2 cards face-down and end my turn"
The masked man then took his first turn. His opening hand is Brain Control, Cyber-Tech Alligator, Mechanical Fortress, Level Cannon and 2 unknown cards. He said "I'll start by activating Brain Control. Now I take control of your monster for the price of 800 life points (Masked Man: 4000-3200)"
Rex replied "That's not good" The masked man then said "And it's only going to get worse. I now release Two-Headed King Rex to advance summon Cyber-Tech Alligator in attack mode (2500/1600)"
Rex then said "That's very not good" The masked man replies with "And I will increase my Allligator's strength even further with Mechanical Fortress. This increases the ATK of all Machine-type monsters on my side of the field by 100 points for every 1 of their levels. Cyber-Tech Alligator is a 5-star monster, so he gains 500 ATK points, increasing my alligator's ATK to 3000!, And I will now attack your life points directly" Cyber-Tech Alligator swung it's mechanical claw, lowering Rex's life points to 1000. However, when Rex's side of the field was exposed as Cyber-Tech Alligator retreated, Tyrant Dragon and Damaged Summon were revealed (2900/2500)
"What?" the masked Man said. Rex replied with "Thanks to the effect of Damaged Summon, I can special summon a monster who's ATK is equal to or less than the damage I took. I took 3000 points of damage, and I special summoned Tyrant Dragon, who has 2900 ATK"
The masked man then replied with "Even if you do win, that boy has a deck specially designed to counter your girlfriend's burn strategy so she would have lost by the time you defeat me" Rex Raptor laughed harshly and said "Did you see the tournmanet? She won the whole thing so she won't lost to a punk like him, like I won't lose to you" the masked man replied with "We'll see. I set 1 card face-down and end my turn"
I will be jumping between Rex Raptor VS Masked Man, and Flaronza Wildfire and The boy, 1 turn at a time in parallel action because the two parallel events will eventually collect.
Battle 2: Flaronza Wildfire VS The boy
The boy said "Considering that I have already activated the Seal of Orichalcos, I will continue with my turn. I summon The Vengeful Juror in attack mode (1800-2300/800). I then activate Benefit from Another's Suffering so I recover life points equal to the amount of damage you take. I then set 2 cards face-down and end my turn"
Flaronza then started her first turn. Her opening hand consists of 2 Solar Flare Dragon's, Flare Ghoul, Backfire and All-Consuming Flames. However before she can make her move the boy activates Crime and Retribution. "And with this trap card, you take 100 points of damage multiplied by the combined level of all of the monsters in your hand"
Flaronza gasped and said "I have 2 Solar Flare Dragon's which are level 4, and a Fire Ghoul who is Level 7, so I take (realises how many points she is about to lose) 1500 POINTS? (2500)"
The boy then said "And I gain the same amount of life points you lost (5500)" Flaronza then replied "I'll never give up. I summon Solar Flare Dragon in defence mode (1000/1500). Then I set 2 cards face-down and end my turn"
Returning to Rex Raptor VS Masked Man
Rex's second turn then began. But just as Rex drew his card, the Masked Man said "I'm activating the Trap Card Level Cannon. This card inflicts 100 points of damage to my opponent's life points for every 1 of that monster's levels" the blast reduced Rex's life points to 200, but Rex was adamant. "I can still pull off a win. I summon Crawling Dragon #2 in attack mode (1600/1200)"
The masked man replied with "And what is this going to achieve?" Which Rex replied with "You'll see. Next I activate the Trap Card Torrential Tribute to destroy all monsters on the field" The splash of water destroyed both Rex's Tyrant Dragon and Crawling Dragon #2 and the Masked Man's Cyber-Tech Alligator, much to the Masked Man's annoyance.
Rex then added "Next I activate a Spell card, Graveyard Lockout which will prevent any effects related to the graveyard on your side of the field" the Masked Man replied with "You will still never get past me" Which Rex replied with "We'll see. Now I activate another spell card, Card of Sanctity which allowes both of us to draw until we hold six cards each" he then added "I then summon Gilasaurus to the field in attack mode (1400/400)"
The Masked Man then asked "How will Gilasaurus help you with only 1400 ATK? That's not enough to defeat me" to which Rex replied with "I know that, in fact, I will be adding to the romping with the spell card Fusion From the Great Beyond" and while Two-Headed King Rex and Crawling Dragon #2 fuse Rex said "This card allows me to special summon any fusion monster from my extra deck, however I have to banish the fusion material monsters from my graveyard. So as you can see, I am fusing Two-Headed King Rex and Crawling Dragon #2 so I can fusion summon Bracchio-Radius in attack mode (2200/2000)"
Masked Man replied to Rex's fusion summoning by saying "Bravo, but it still doesn't matter, you still don't have enough attack points to defeat me in one go" to which Rex replied with "With the field spell Dinosaur's Paradise I will because it increases the ATK and DEF of both Gilasaurus and Bracchio-Radius by 300 points (1400-1700/400-700) (2200-2500/2000-2300)"
The masked man gasped "What? NO! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" he said, and Rex simply replied with "Gilasaurus and Bracchio-Radius, attack hide life points directly" Gilasaurus' attack reduces the Masked Man's life points to 2300, then Bracchio-Radius reduces the Masked Man's life points to 0, resulting in an explosion which also dispersed the shadows.
Back to Flaronza Wildfire VS The boy.
The boy then took his second turn and said "How dissapointing. Ah well, It doesn't matter for me. I activate the Spell Card Forbidden Revenge. Now by paying 1000 life points, reducing the boy's life points to 4500, I can destroy any monster in your side of the field, and inflict damage to your life points equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster"
Flaronza quickly responded by activating 2 Trap-cards, the first one of which fired a whirlwind of fire at the boy, destroying his Forbidden Revenge card and lowering his life points to 3700. "What the? That happened so fast I don't even know what happened" the boy said. Flaronza responded with "All Consuming Flames negates the activation of your Spell card and destroyes it, then inflicts 800 points of damage to the controller's life points"
The boy then said "And what is the other trap card?" Flaronza responded with "Backfire. You'll find out what that card does later"
The boy then said "That still doesn't matter. I summon the Judgement Passer in attack mode (1450-1950/1000). Now Vengeful Juror, attack her Solar Flare Dragon" which Flaronza replied with "By sending my Fire Ghoul to the graveyard, I can increase the ATK and DEF of Solar Flare Dragon by the ATK and DEF of Fire Ghoul, which both are at 2400. (1000-3400/1500-3900). The rebounded attack reduced the boy's life points to 2300.
Flaronza then responded with "And it just gets worse from here" to which the boy replied with "I think not. I activate the Judgement Passer's ability, returning the ATK and DEF of your Solar Flare Dragon to their original values (3400-1000/3900-1500), now the Judgement Passer, wipe out her Solar Flare Dragon" the attack lowered Flaronza's life points to 2050.
Flaronza then said "You have triggered the effect of Backfire, which inflicts 500 points of damage to your life points since you destroyed a Fire-attribute monster"to which the boy responded with "I recover most of that from my Benefit from Another's Suffering's effect" overall, the boy's life points firstly fell to 1800, then was increased to 2250. The boy then concluded with "I will end my turn"
Flaronza then took her second turn. "I activate the Spell card Card of Demise. This card allows me to draw until I hold five cards but in five turns I must discard every card in my hand" she said as she drew five cards. The boy responded with "I'll defeat you before thaat happens" Flaronza, smiling, said "Oh no you don't. I will set a monster in defence mode. I then set a card face-down and end my turn"
At this point the explosion occurs, and Rex reveals himself to Flaronza, victorious from his duel against the Masked Man. Flaronza said "Rex, you won" Rex replied with "Yes I did, and now I am here to give you encouragement to win this duel. Remember, you are one of the best duellist's in the world, so give it your all and trounce this idiot" Flaronza nodded, and said "Thanks Rex"
The boy's third turn then began. He said "I activate Fairy Meteor Crush and equip it to The Judgement Passer, allowing it to inflict piercing battle damage to you" Flaronza replied with "Oh that isn't good"
The boy then responded with "Now my Judgement Passer, destroy her defender" The monster was revealed to be UFO Turtle (1400/1200) and Flaronza's life points were reduced to 1200. But she just said "You have triggered the effect of Backfire, which inflicts 500 damage to your life points" The boy replied with "My Benefit from Another's Suffering's effect will increase my life points by more than Backfire's damage" Backfire's effect lowered the boy's life points to 1750, while Benefit from Another's Suffering increased his life points' to 2400.
Flaronza then added "And I will use the ability of UFO Turtle to special summon Solar Flare Dragon in attack mode (1000/1500)" The boy then said "The Vengeful Juror, attack her Solar Flare Dragon" But Flaronza said "Using Fire Shield, I can block your attack" The boy, annoyed, set a card face-down and ended his turn. Flaronza then immediately said "Solar Flare Dragon's effect then inflicts 500 points of damage to your life points" the effect lowers the boy's life points to 1900.
Flaronza Wildfire's third turn then began. "Time for my victory turn. Firstly I activate Polymerization to fuse my two remaining Solar Flare Dragon's together to fusion summon Twin-Headed Sun Dragon in attack mode (2000/2500)" the boy responded with "You won't be able to defeat me with that"
Flaronza replied with "Since he was successfully Fusion summoned, your Vengeful Juror is destroyed and you take damage equal to the ATK of your monster" the boy used damage filter to reduce the damage I take for the rest of the turn" despite this, his life points were still reduced to 750.
Flarona then added "It was a bad idea to challenge me to a duel, and this is why. Twin-Headed Sun Dragon attack his Judgement Passer" which reduced the life points of the boy to 725.
Rex then said "Alright Flaronza finish him" Flaronza nodded and said "Right. I activate Hell-Raising Fire. So I can either send a card from my hand to the graveyard, or tribute 1 monster on my field, and inflict 200 points of damage to your life points of every 1 of that monster's levels" The boy gasped, and Flaronza concluded with "And since my Twin-Headed Sun Dragon is an 8-star monster, you take 1600 points of damage, reduced to 800 by your card effect, but you still lose" Twin-Headed Sun Dragon then vanished into the card and a huge blast of fire wwas fired out of the card and reduced the boy's life points to 0.
Post-Duel:
"This isn't over" the boy said, despite the fact the Seal was now coming to take his soul, he still charged at Flaronza. He tried to punch her but Flaronza was fast enough to defend herself. The boy then shoved Flaronza to the ground and attempted to start attacking her. The demon inside Flaronza, however, intervenes. He destroys the Seal of Oricalcos, and pulls the boy off of Flaronza. Rex can only look on in horror as the demon completely covers the boy, and within seconds, the demon, and the boy, are gone.
Rex was shocked by what he had seen, but now he understood why Flaronza wanted to be alone. He noted, however, that there was no damage to the surrounding area. Rex then heard sobbing noises. He walked over to the source of the noise, and found Flaronza curled up, crying. Gently picking her up, he embraced her and said "What's wrong Flaronza?" Flaronza replied through her sobs "This is why I wanted to be left alone" "Rex, Flaronza, are you alright?" came a voice. Rex looked up and saw Damien, Alexis and Weevil running towards them. "What's wrong with Flaronza?" Alexis asked, kneeling next to her. "This demon has been possessing me for six or seven years, I can't get rid of it, and this is why I wanted to be alone" Flaronza said. "We'll find a way to destroy the demon" Rex said, before making a head motion to Weevil. Weevil knew that Rex wanted to talk to him afterwards. Damien heard a media pack heading towards them, and said "Weevil. Distract them while we get Flaronza out of here" Weevil nodded, then ran for the media pack, while Damien, Rex Raptor and Alexis moved Flaronza from the spot.
By the time Weevil had managed to get away from the Media Pack the rest of them had already managed to get home. "I finally managed to get away from the dammed media" he said as he entered the house. "Where's Rex and Flaronza?" Weevil asked and Alexis replied "Upstairs" Weevil then headed upstairs, remembering where Rex's room was.
"Everyone OK?" Weevil asked as he entered Rex's room. Flaronza was sitting on Rex's bed, her head still bowed slightly, with Rex gently rubbing her back. "Sorry. What is it that you needed me for?" Weevil said. Rex replied with "Flaronza has to tell us how we can attempt to get rid of the demon possessing her, once she's ready" they sat in silence for a few moments, waiting for Flaronza to calm down enough to tell them. "Alright. I will tell you the history of this demon, and how he came to possess me, then I will tell you how you two can help me destroy it" Flaronza finally said.
Flaronza then turns to the camera. "Next chapter" she says, before turning back.
A/N: If this sounds like I am trolling you, I am not. It is just that there is a lot to cover, so rather than keep going with the explanation, with it potentially going on a lot longer than it should, I have decided to end it off here. Next chapter, we will learn about this Demon, and the plans will be made to destroy it.