Chapter 003
The first duel of the series. The stakes of this game Malfoy pitted against Naruto was to either win, or Hinata dies. If he won, she is freed. That was what Malfoy ante for the duel, while the village could only watch as Naruto now fights for Hinata's life against Rain.
"Let's duel!" They announced, as Life Point counters flipped on.
Rain's LP: 8000
Naruto's LP: 8000
"Since this is our terms, I go first. I place three cards facedown on the field, and then place this card down on the field. Make your move, Crawford."
Four cards appeared before Rain.
Rain: 3 Facedown, Set Monster
Naruto: 0 Facedown,
Rain's LP: 8000
Naruto's LP: 8000
Naruto pressed a hidden button on his Duel Disk. There's another detail that had been neglected: Naruto's Duel Disk has a custom-built CD Player which was under the large crystal-looking peice that also housed the LED display for his Life Point counter. Naruto drew his card, and then placed two cards on the field, summoning to the field Injection Fairy Lily (3/400/1500).
"What the hell?"
"Awesome, eh? Seto didn't like it, but he helped me anyway so I wouldn't screw with the inside components." The music currently playing was Light It Up by Rev Theory, "I'm the only one he'd do this for, apparently." An amused smirk formed over the lips of Naruto.
"Heh, whatever Crawford," Rain snorted. Malfoy just kept his eye on anybody who would try and interfere, making sure the pistol was in clear view of those foolish to attenpt something.
"Alright now! Attack his facedown monster! With an increase of her attack points, she gains 3000 points with a tribute of two thousand Life Points!" As she charged, the monster she destroyed was Fiendish Hopper, which had split into three Hopper Tokens (1/500/500).
Rain: 3 Facedown, Hopper Token DEF/500 x3
Naruto: 2 Facedown, Injection Fairy Lily ATK/3400
Rain's LP: 8000
Naruto's LP: 6000
He grinned. "Thanks you idiot. Now, my turn comes..." He smiled grimly, as the card he drew was exactly what he needed, "I sacrifice my three tokens, to summon forth Jaquio the Evil Demon King (8/2700/2350)!"
"Wait, you can't sacrifice token monsters!" Naruto yelled.
"Well, you're mistaken, because this Spell Card allows me to. It's called Granting Life from Token Souls. This allows me, and unfortunately you as well, to use Token Monsters as Tribute as long as it remains on the field."
Appearing in a swirl of lights came forth a robed man with a sinister grin. The hood that covered his head had oni horns growing out, and the clothing itself looked rugged, like multiple lizard scales and skin, wearing some sort of ornamental jewelry around its lavender-pale neck. The eyes glowed red with malice, as he revealed his hands, fingernails shaped like claws. When he revealed his teeth via a grin, many can see the sharpened teeth, plus two fangs. Beside the evil lord were two demonic looking dogs. They were his pet Kelbeross.
"Oh, and when Jaquio is summoned to the field, the monsters used as Tribute have their attack points absorbed. Jaquio, eliminate that skimpy fairy nurse!"
"DIE!" The demon screamed, firing a ball of chaos energy that struck Lily in the abdomen. She cried out in pain, shattering away.
Rain: Spell/Gathering Life from Token Souls, 2 Facedown, Jaquio the Evil Demon King ATK/4200, Kelbeross ATK/2000
Naruto: 2 Facedown,
Rain's LP: 8000
Naruto's LP: 5200
Naruto scowled as Rain and Malfoy snickered. "That ends my turn. Think you can take down the Evil Demon King and his pets?" The man taunted.
"Hokage-sama, we must do something," argued one of the Jounin.
"I know, but we cannot... Naruto has things under control. I do not want Hyuuga Hinata to die if we try anything foolish... that man has something that could easily take awya our lives if he uses it. With it pressed to her head, all he has to do is pull the trigger and we've had failed to save the Hyuuga Heir..."
"I could use one of my Genjutsu," suggested Kurenai.
Sarutobi shook his head. "No. I want all of you to stand down... I trust Naruto in not losing this game. After all, my old friend taught Naruto everything about the game of Duel Monsters, and most of his friends as well."
Naruto just drew his card, knowing Rain could have attacked with his two dogs. He must be up to something, but I won't allow it.
"I'll find a way... for now; I play Substitoad (1/100/2000) in Defense Mode, and activate my Scapegoat Spell Card!" Appearing was a large toad-like creature. One side was pink with an angel wing; the other half was that of rugged skin, dark grayish to bronze maroon, with a devil wing. The pink side had a normal frog's eye, but the other eye was a glowing crimson, demon eye. From the Spell Card that Naruto activated came four cute cuddly colored sheep with ram horns.
Rain: Spell/Gathering Life from Token Souls, 2 Facedown, Jaquio the Evil Demon King ATK/4200, Kelbeross ATK/2000
Naruto: Spell/Scapegoat, 2 Facedown, Scapegoat DEF/500 x4, Substitoad DEF/2000
Rain's LP: 8000
Naruto's LP: 5200
He grinned. "Now, Substitoad has a nifty little ability that I can activate. Of course I can't do it the way I wish to, but with Scapegoat it'll work perfectly. Tributing three of my tokens, I can bring forth three of my Des Frog (5/1900/0) from my deck to the field in Attack Mode!" Three sheep vanished with a soft bleating sound, and in their place were three rain forest frogs, a lime green crossing with dark green and black marks down their hind legs.
"Now, first I activate my two facedowns! The first is Croak of Death. When three Des Frog are on the field, I can destroy all of my opponent's monsters... and the rest of his cards that are on the field." The three frogs grinned, and let out one unanimous croak. Jaquio hissed in pain, covering his ears as he collapsed to one knee. The frogs kept on croaking as the cards shattered one by one, the dogs howling in pain and exploding, before he too screamed and was destroyed. The song had ended, and another replaced it; one of Naruto's favorites.
"The next card is Polymerization, which fuses my three Des Frog, into the monster known as D.3.S. Frog (8/2500/2000)!" The three frogs fused, and appearing in its place, making everyone crowd back was a giant of a bloated toad, half the height and size of the Toad Boss.
"Attack him directly!" D.3.S. shot its tongue forth and smacked Rain in the face.
Rain: 0 Facedown,
Naruto: Spell/Scapegoat, 0 Facedown, Scapegoat DEF/500 x1, Substitoad DEF/2000, D.3.S Frog ATK/2500
Rain's LP: 5500
Naruto's LP: 5200
Rain scowled as D.3.S. stood there, and let out a croak.
"Damn kid. That's it, playtime is over! I summon forth The Mystical Ringmaster (4/1000/1200)!" Appearing was a bare-shirted man with slick black hair. Spiraling energy crescents curved around his right forearm and hand, as he wore a pair of emerald green silk pants, black wristbands, and black spike-toed boots. Because one spell card was in play, it gained 300 points in Attack strength.
Rain: 0 Facedown, The Mystical Ringmaster ATK/1300
Naruto: Spell/Scapegoat, 0 Facedown, Scapegoat DEF/500 x1, Substitoad DEF/2000, D.3.S Frog ATK/2500
Rain's LP: 5500
Naruto's LP: 5200
"And now, heh..." He spotted the Sword of Dark Chaos, "I activate Graceful Charity. Discard two, draw three." He discarded Ashtar and the Sword of Dark Chaos.
"Hey, I though I told you not to try anything," Malfoy interrupted, shooting a sneaking Hyuuga in the forehead, killing the Branch member. Once again the senseless death caused chaos, until another fired round silenced the crowd, "sorry Rain, continue on, please."
Rain smirked. "I shall. I return to the field the card I discarded with Graceful Charity using the Spell Card Monster Reborn! Come forth Ashtar the Emperor of Darkness (7/3000/2000)!"
Rain: 0 Facedown, The Mystical Ringmaster ATK/1600, Ashtar the Emperor of Darkness ATK/3000
Naruto: Spell/Scapegoat, 0 Facedown, Scapegoat DEF/500 x1, Substitoad DEF/2000, D.3.S Frog ATK/2500
Rain's LP: 5500
Naruto's LP: 5200
The next demonic evil man wore a cape, and strange armor and an equally strange armored helmet with horns attached to them. A full face mask was worn, and his eyes were nothing but white, slanted which showed the evil that was Ashtar. A sinister dark laugh broke from the dark being's lipless mouth.
"Ashtar! Ringmaster! Destroy his goat and Substitoad!" Ringmaster sent the ring energy, shattering the last token, before Ashtar with his demon magic, eliminated the winged frog... until a force field expanded out, and washing over the entire field. Naruto had activated Froggy Forcefield from his hand. Substitoad survive the initial assault.
Ashtar roared as darkness swallowed the man, while Ringmaster shattered away. Rain however simply smiled, as a crackling sound echoed, startling everyone and forcing Naruto to turn off the CD Player he custom-built in his Duel Disk. Rain simply stepped to the side, revealing the Dark Sword of Chaos, stabbed in the ground surrounded by a pool of blood. Electricity ran up and down the demonic blade, as dark clouds began to gather overhead, darkening the area.
"Oh crap..." Naruto muttered. Being a gamer, he's played the old oldie video games before... this is a scene straight out of Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos. Soon nothing remained but the black simulated clouds of the duel. Then a loud noise erupted forth as behind the two men and the captive Hyuuga girl, the Gateway to the Underworld rose from the ground. Slowly, it had split open, revealing the demon world, haunted cries, the screams, the cries of hellish creatures... the lightning flashing overhead and the claps of thunder. Right now, the village was starting to erupt into chaos, thinking it was the end of the world.
A hand slowly dragged itself out... it revealed to be Jaquio. The Sword, pooled in the blood he had spilled earlier, overcharged him with its energies. Jaquio groaned, eyes rolling into the back of his head as he stood rigid. Then flesh, bone, earth, and webbing of protoplasmic goo rose into the air, solidifying into a large wall. Everyone had covered their eyes, as a bolt of lightning struck Jaquio's head... frying it into a demonic skull with flared wild hair, and three hollow eyes.
Rain: 0 Facedown, Jaquio - Resurrected Evil ATK/4000
Naruto: 0 Facedown, Substitoad DEF/2000, D.3.S Frog ATK/2500
Rain's LP: 5500
Naruto's LP: 5200
The only words suitable for this situation came into Naruto's mind. "Shit." The demon opened its mouth, and a ball of energy collected within its bone-like maw. With a crack, the energy slammed right into Naruto's only attack position monster.
Rain: 0 Facedown, Jaquio - Resurrected Evil ATK/4000
Naruto: 0 Facedown, Substitoad DEF/2000
Rain's LP: 5500
Naruto's LP: 3700
"Fool... the only way this could have happened was due to the effects of Jaquio - Resurrected Evil. When I had used Graceful Charity, I had discarded Ashtar, and the Dark Sword of Chaos. With Jaquio's blood, the sword's true strength was awaken, and thus ressurected the Evil Demon King. So try and destroy him now, you fool!"
"Oh I will... I sacrifice my monster, for Kyuubi no Kitsune (6/2200/2000)!"
Now the civilians blanched in terror... and then sweatdropped along with the shinobi that still held weapons poised during this hostage situation. The Kyuubi appeared letting out a soft mewl, nine tails splashed behind it. It was a chibi fox.
Rain: 0 Facedown, Jaquio - Resurrected Evil ATK/4000
Naruto: 0 Facedown, Kyuubi no Kitsune ATK/2200
Rain's LP: 5500
Naruto's LP: 3700
"That thing won't help you! Eliminate that fox!"
"Ha! I got you now! Mirror Force! Kyuubi's protected, and now say goodbye to your monster!"
"NO! I tribute half of my Life Points, to keep Jaquio in play!"
A force field of rainbow energy rose, shielding the nine-tailed fox, and sending the energy back, causing the powerful explosion to ring throughout the air. However, the ground shook as the wall crumbled away, forming the secondary form of Jaquio to appear as it lost half of its attack strength due to the effect. Thunder clapped as an evil aura began to shine through from the crystalline sphere it clutched within its spider-like fingers. The hunched-over mass of bone and flesh oozed bloodlust though it had no eyes.
Rain: 0 Facedown, Jaquio - Resurrected Evil ATK/2000
Naruto: Trap/Mirror Force, 0 Facedown, Kyuubi no Kitsune ATK/2200
Rain's LP: 2800
Naruto's LP: 3700
"I end my turn, equipping Axe of Despair to my monster." The wings grew larger, as one of the disembodied hands grasped the demonic looking axe weapon.
Rain: Spell/Axe of Despair, 0 Facedown, Jaquio - Resurrected Evil ATK/3000
Naruto: 0 Facedown, Kyuubi no Kitsune ATK/2200
Rain's LP: 2800
Naruto's LP: 3700
I am in deep trouble... He drew his card, and then grinned. "Now, I play Soul beyond the Mirror (4/0/0)! Her ability activates, halting your monster from attacking until she's gone from the field!" The young girl dressed in elegant clothing hoisted a mirror, and drew the dark black soul of the demon creature, and it floated within the reflection of the glad mirror. However, Soul beyond the Mirror can only draw the ORIGINAL status, so right now; she was at two thousand attack strength, which left the one thousand attack strength from Axe of Despair.
"Kyuubi, attack!"
"I discard Nixie from my hand, reducing all Battle Damage to zero!" The card which displayed a demonic animated skeleton armed with Viking armor and a straight sword was slotted into the card graveyard of his dueling disk. Kyuubi was swatted away, as it rolled, and backflipped to its feet, growling. Even chibified, its angry growl sounded cute.
"One card down, that's it." He said, glaring.
Rain: Spell/Axe of Despair, 0 Facedown, Jaquio - Resurrected Evil ATK/1000
Naruto: 1 Facedown, Kyuubi no Kitsune ATK/2200, Soul beyond the Mirror ATK/2000
Rain's LP: 2800
Naruto's LP: 3700
"Hmph... foolish boy. If you lose, she's going to die and it'll be your fault. I use Polymerization, fusing in my hand Spider Wight with my Killer Golem to Fusion Summon The Golem Warrior of Wight (5/1900/2500)!"
Appearing was a hunched over creature, with a hunched over monkey-like rock monster. It fused together, as the golem creature grew bigger, taller, stood up like a human, and shooting out from the back of the hands were curved claws, while it was now decked out in the blood red robes Spider Wight wore, with a black sash tied around the waist. The pupils glow a vivid red, and the irises violet.
"I play my second Axe of Despair, and equip it to my second monster. Destroy his mirror girl!"
"Negate Attack!" Naruto announced, warding off the attack.
Rain snarls, and waves his turn off.
Rain: Spell/Axe of Despair x2, 0 Facedown, Jaquio - Resurrected Evil ATK/1000, Killer Golem of Wight ATK/2900
Naruto: 0 Facedown, Kyuubi no Kitsune ATK/2200, Soul beyond the Mirror ATK/2000
Rain's LP: 2800
Naruto's LP: 3700
"I place this card facedown, and activate Swords of Sealing Light!" The rain of glowing blades clashed down, surrounding Rain's two demons.
Rain: Spell/Axe of Despair x2, 0 Facedown, Jaquio - Resurrected Evil ATK/1000, Killer Golem of Wight ATK/2900
Naruto: Spell/Swords of Sealing Light T3, 0 Facedown, Kyuubi no Kitsune ATK/2200, Soul beyond the Mirror ATK/2000, Set Monster
Rain's LP: 2800
Naruto's LP: 3700
Rain drew a card and ended his turn. Naruto drew, and then smiled. "Say goodbye to your monsters. Gentlemen Shardal, eliminate them both!" Flip Summoning his monster, the white-coat wearing elf man with ice blue hair unleashed waves of crystalline shards, spearing and tearing down Rain's two monsters. The crystal sphere shattered and cracked, as the demon collapsed in on itself disintegrating. The Sword of Dark Chaos cracked, and then finally shattered from existence. The clouds opened with lightning and thunder, before the roar of the gate echoed, as the cries of demon world faded as it sealed shut with a loud echoing thud. And then... it wavered out of existence, and the clouds above cleared, brining back the light of the blue sky and the sun.
Rain: 0 Facedown,
Naruto: Spell/Swords of Sealing Light T3, 0 Facedown, Kyuubi no Kitsune ATK/2200, Soul beyond the Mirror ATK/0, Gentlemen Shardal ATK/2000
Rain's LP: 2800
Naruto's LP: 3700
"Rain you idiot," Malfoy muttered.
Naruto grinned. "Kyuubi?"
Kyuubi's fur bristled.
"Shardal?"
The man cracked his knuckles.
"End the duel."
Shardal unleashed a blast of crystal, smashing Rain's chest, lowering the man's Life Points to eight hundred. Then, Kyuubi latched on, biting the man's crotch, causing Rain to let out a painful cry. Many winced as the fox bit down on the man's crotch harder before releasing and sauntering back towards Naruto's feet.
Rain: 0 Facedown,
Naruto: Spell/Swords of Sealing Light T3, 0 Facedown, Kyuubi no Kitsune ATK/2200, Soul beyond the Mirror ATK/0, Gentlemen Shardal ATK/2000
Rain's LP: 0000
Naruto's LP: 3700
Winner: Naruto U. Crawford!
Rain stumbled back as the Duel Disks shut off, and the field cleared away of the Swords, Kyuubi, Soul, and Shardal. Malfoy slowly wondered up to Rain, and then with a glare, he disarmed the pistol and slowly removed the barrel from the side of the girl's head.
"You won the duel... I am a man of my word Crawford." He shoved Hinata towards Naruto, whom was caught in his arms straight away. Naruto glared as the roar of a helicopter echoed, and one descended down. Rain with enough strength, and Malfoy, both grasped the metal rungs and was air-lifted out of the village quickly.
"Now that we have found you, fox boy, the Kyuubi Hunters shall not rest until you and your father suffer, Naruto Crawford!" Malfoy shouted, letting loose the typical bad guy laugh.
Hinata clung to Naruto, and he held onto her as the helicopter flew clear away from Konoha. "Hinata, I'm so sorry you have to go through that," Naruto whispered, "there's an organization out there that wants to destroy me and my father... they call themselves the Kyuubi Hunters."
"Why did that man call you... fox boy?" She asked, wiping her tears away while Sarutobi sent his ninja to try and at least track down that Outside Realm machine.
"In the Duel Monsters community, my signature monster is this card." He lifted up Kyuubi's card, and showed it to the girl, "Kyuubi no Kitsune. She was the first card I received from my father when he had finished the card prints for the Youkai series, a group of monsters, spells, and traps that originate ancient creatures of myth and legend around Japan beyond the mists... they called me fox boy because it was a nickname I received during a tournament duel I was in when I was just eleven years old."
Naruto felt a hand on his shoulder, and both teens looked up to see Sarutobi staring down at them.
"Are you two alright?"
"I'm fine old man," Naruto said.
"My father... i-is he alright?"
"He's fine. They managed to pry that metal shard out from his knee, but he's now with a permanent limp. His skills as a ninja are now handicapped."
"You should call back those ANBU... you won't be able to catch them if they fly past the barrier," Naruto stated.
"I know that..." he sighed, "do not worry... I will make sure security is stepped up from now on..."
Naruto nodded. He helped the lavender-eyed girl up. "You sure you're going to be fine?"
"I'm sure Naruto-kun..."
Sarutobi cleared his voice. "The Academy is still in session, although late because of that event just now... report to your class Naruto, Hinata... same with the rest of you. Return back to your other forms of business!" The Hokage ordered.
As Iruka gathered his class and brought them inside, the most avid gossip of the class, Yamanaka Ino, saw Naruto and Hinata holding hands. Elbowing her rival for Sasuke's affection, she pointed out the two teens following right behind their sensei, and Sakura too saw the teens hold hands. The village slowly drifted back into their original routine, but now the gossip of the day was the demon fox boy and that intruder battling one another with strange creatures from a deck of cards. They would not truly understand... but it's a first for everything.
