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Chapter 18: Emissary vs. CJ!?
Giovan Garlin yawned and looked over the balcony of his mansion on The Asylum. It was four o'clock in the morning and he was feeling as fresh as ever. He turned and went back into his office, readjusting his business suit. His intercom beeped and he rolled his eyes, tapping the button. "Yes?"
"Sir, Ryu wanted to report...."
Garlin finished the sentence for her. "...that he failed in defeating Pilkington." The voice on the other end of the line was silent and he smirked. Pushing the intercom button again he said, "This is my island. If someone under my payroll fails then I know about it. Tell Spirit and Stone to go as a team this time. I want their target to be Pilkington's team though, not just him."
"As you wish sir." The intercom shut off and Garlin tapped his fingers together. "This is all too delicious. Rikuo keeps getting stronger and stronger. Soon the full power of the demon general will be mine."
He tapped the intercom, "Oh and by the way, stop taking pencils from the office supplies home."
On the other end the silence that came from the intercom brought a chuckle to his lips. He loved having knowledge.
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Amy sighed and dropped the map of the island back in her backpack. "It says from here that we are supposed to go through the graveyard area."
Deondre marched past her and groaned, "I love The Asylum."
Daniel marched behind him, "Yep. Greatest place in the world."
CJ filed in from behind him. "I hate this place."
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The group actually made it through the graveyard with little problem, until they reached the gates on the other side.
("Shadow Corporation Emissaries.") Rikuo stated. It wasn't so much of a warning to Daniel as a reminder that Rikuo would deal with all members of the Shadow Corporation. ("I heard ya Rikuo.")
Sure enough, the two black-cloaked emissaries were waiting for them at the gates out of the graveyard. Daniel sighed and stepped forward, deck shuffled and duel disk in place. "Let's get this over with."
The tallest emissary held out his hand. In a deep bass voice he rumbled, "We are here to challenge your team boy, not you."
Daniel blinked in surprise. This was new. "So you want to take on the others? What are the rules?"
The other emissary, this one much smaller than her counterpart, whispered out, "It will be a two on two duel. Shadow Tournament rules. We will each be betting 10 points." Their disks clicked into place.
Daniel glanced over at CJ. "You up for a little tag team action buddy?"
CJ smiled, "You know it."
He was about to step forward but the larger emissary rumbled out, "No. Your team's duelists will be determined with this special COC." He threw a triangular version of the cube of chance at Daniel's feet.
Picking it up Daniel looked it over and after he was sure it wasn't rigged he nodded. "Alright, the two numbers will indicate which of the four of us will duel against these jokers."
1 Daniel
2 Deondre
3 CJ
4 Rebecca
Daniel threw the die and it landed on a three. CJ smiled and his duel disk clicked into place. He went over to take his spot facing off against the giant emissary. "You ready to rumble big man?"
The man threw his cloak aside to reveal a tan body ripped with muscle. The man's Egyptian features glared at CJ as he re-adjusted his ponytail. His leather bodysuit seemed stretched to its limit. "My name is Stone. I have heard of you CJ Anderson. You and your little Earth Beatdown deck. What a joke. I'll show you a true Earth deck." His disk clicked into place.
Daniel picked up the COC. "Here we go." ("Please be me.")
This was one of the rare times Rikuo agreed with his host. ("Please be the idiot.")
Daniel threw it and watched it bounce to...a 1. ("Thank goodness.")
Deondre shrugged. "My duel with Clarice was enough for me. I'll duel later."
Rebecca pouted but didn't say anything.
Daniel flashed a smile and went to stand across from the woman emissary. She threw her cloak aside to reveal pale features and a petite body. She almost seemed like she was going to be blown away in the wind. "I am Spirit. You must be the demon general we heard about. The one who defeated Ryo, Hawk and Viper."
Ignoring the questioning looks from his comrades, Daniel chuckled. "Not yet. I will be in a second." ("Ready Rikuo?")
("Just let me out already!")
Daniel took a deep breath and when the feeling of the change came he didn't fight it.
Amy, Rebecca, CJ, and Deondre all gasped as Daniel fell to his knees, his wild red hair suddenly extending to the small of his back. He howled and slowly came to his feet, baring his fangs. He gave his opponent's a flash of his claws and smiled. "I'm the general." He glanced over at CJ. "On that note, stay out of my way gorilla."
CJ had been surprised before, but now he was mad. "EXCUSE ME!" He stomped over to Rikuo and came inches from his face. "You wanna fight!?"
Rikuo sneered and turned to face Spirit. "I meant you deal with your opponent and I'll deal with mine, idiot."
CJ clenched his fists and turned a bright red, while Deondre collapsed laughing off on the sidelines. CJ looked like he was about to throw the first punch, but he restrained himself and stomped back over to his field. Grabbing his COC out of his pocket he threw it. "I don't know what you did with Daniel but I don't really care. After this duel you and I are going to have a little fist to fist action." The cube bounced a couple of times across the uneven ground and landed on a 3. CJ's expression went from grim to happy. "HA! That means that I get a deckmaster." He kept drawing from the top of his dueling deck until he came to..."The Enraged Battle Ox! (1700/1000) Perfect!" The Minotaur monster appeared on CJ's field and snorted angrily.
Rikuo plucked his COC out of his pocket and sighed. "I hate this system." He flicked the die across the ground and it landed on a 2. He growled as his life points total dropped to 4000. "Damn..."
With a wave of her hand Spirit's COC floated out of her pocket and launched across the field, much to the surprise of Rikuo. It bounced a few times and stopped at his feet, showing a 1. She smiled slightly and winked to Rikuo. The wolf demon winked back, though in much more lecherous a manner.
Stone rumbled out, "Now it's my throw." He flicked his COC and it landed on a 3. "Excellent. Now I also get a deck master." He shuffled his deck and started pulling cards off the top until he reached a monster. "My deck master will be Millenium Shield." (0/3000) A floating golden shield appeared next to him.
CJ drew his five and glared at Rikuo quickly before drawing his sixth. "Let me get us started with Berserk Gorilla (2000/1000) in attack mode!" An orange red gorilla appeared on CJ's field and roared, pounding its fists against its chest. "Then I'll set one card face-down. End turn."
Stone drew his five and then his sixth. "I set one monster in defense mode and three cards face-down. End turn."
Rikuo drew and gave a fanged grin. "To summon this monster I will need to sacrifice my partner's Beserk Gorilla."
"What!?" CJ screamed as his monster disappeared off of his field. "What are you doing!?"
Rikuo smirked at CJ and placed a monster on his disk. "I summon Jinzo (2400/1500) in attack mode." The green armored humanoid appeared on the field and chuckled coldly, though it did glance back at Rikuo and give him the robotic equivalent of a confused glance.
CJ ran over and grabbed Rikuo by the front of his bodysuit. "What the hell are you doing!?"
Rikuo narrowed his eyes and shot his elbows up, breaking CJ's hold on him. "Hands off the suit ape. I'm making better use of your monster." CJ looked something like a tomato at this point, before stomping back over to his field. Rikuo snickered at him behind his back and slid two cards into his duel disk. "Now I set two cards face-down. End turn."
Spirit waved her hand over her deck and five cards flew off the top of it, each card hovering before her. Then a sixth joined them. Her disk also hovered in the air before her. She waved her hand and a card landed on her duel disk in defense position. Then two cards slid into her disk. "End turn," she said quietly, the sound more like a whisper of the wind.
CJ growled at Rikuo and drew. "I summon another one of MY, "He emphasized the word, "Berserk Gorillas in attack mode!" The Gorilla appeared and roared just like the other one. CJ pointed at Stone's monster. "Attack!"
The huge monkey charged across the field and slammed both of its fists down on the face-down card. The monster on the other end appeared after the blow landed, completely unharmed. It was some kind of weird stone statue that hovered in the air a few feet.
Stone chuckled. "You have hit my Statue of the Aztecs. (300/2000) Its special ability doubles all damage you take from it. And thanks to my deck master, all defense mode monsters on my field gain 1000 defense points, meaning you take 2000 points of damage."
Rikuo- 4000
CJ- 6000
Spirit- 8000
Stone- 8000
Rikuo snorted at his partner. "Nice going ape." He ducked the rock that CJ threw at his head.
CJ growled loudly and slid another card into his duel disk. "End....turn..." His face seemed to be getting redder by the minute.
Stone drew and set another monster in defense mode. "End turn."
Rikuo drew and glanced at CJ's field. He looked at his hand and decided. "I will sacrifice my partner's second Gorilla to summon Wolf Demon Lord (2400/1000) in attack mode!" A humanoid wolf in samurai armor appeared and howled up at the sky.
"STOP SACRIFICING MY MONSTERS!!!" CJ screamed, veins bulging out of his forehead.
Rikuo ignored him. "Now I play the magic card Polymerization to fuse Jinzo and Wolf Demon Lord together to form Steel Wolf General (3400/2000) in attack mode!" The two creatures fused together and the product looked like a humanoid wolf in green cybernetic armor wielding a green greatsword. The Steel Wolf General howled and the ground around him cracked. "Now I attack your monster Spirit!" The General roared and flew across the field, slashing Spirit's monster in half. "End turn."
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Everyone on the sidelines just stared at Rikuo angrily. Amy was the first to throw something in. "What a jerk!!! Why doesn't he get his own sacrifice monsters instead of leeching off CJ's cards?"
Rebecca just glared at Rikuo.
Deondre frowned. "I'm trying to figure out what exactly he is doing. Is he trying to take down Spirit quickly so that he can go after Stone?"
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Spirit waved her hand and a card slid off of her deck. "I shall draw and then set one monster face-down and one card face-down. End turn."
CJ drew and glanced over at Rikuo. "Leave my monsters alone. I set one monster in defense mode and one card face-down. End turn."
Stone drew and frowned. "I suppose I'll set a monster in defense and end my turn." He almost seemed bored.
Rikuo drew and slapped a monster down. "Alright my dear Spirit, say hello to the Nightmare Machine (800/2000) in defense mode." A jet black robot appeared on the field and started to make noises like gears turning. "With this monster on the field I may produce a Demon Slime token (1000/1000) in defense mode every one of my turns. The only downside is that I may not summon monsters, though I may set them." He pointed at her field.
"Steel Wolf General attack!" The mechanical wolf demon shot across the field and slashed Spirit's monster in half.
She sighed and with a wave of her hand the card on his disk slid itself into her graveyard. "You are starting to bore me Rikuo."
Rikuo flexed his claws. "That can be remedied." He threw her another lecherous wink.
Spirit rolled her eyes and waved her hand, a card sliding out of her disk and floating in front of her. "The master never told me you were such a sexually frustrated little dog. Oh well, I suppose a monster in defense is all I'll do this turn."
CJ drew and clenched his teeth in frustration. ("This isn't getting us anywhere.") "I set one monster in defense mode and end my turn."
Stone drew and chuckled. "It's time to get rid of that annoying steel monster of yours Rikuo. I activate the magic card Stain Storm, which destroys all machine sub-type monsters on the field."
A storm of brown rain sprayed Rikuo's field and the wolf demon's two monsters rusted and exploded. Rikuo flinched a little, but quickly recovered. "I'm not out yet. Since your magic card destroyed my Steel Wolf General his special ability now triggers. It allows me to return my Wolf Demon Lord to the field in attack mode." The demon samurai reappeared and howled.
Stone snorted. "Your beast can't touch either of us now that we can use our trap cards." He took the two face-down monsters off of his duel disk and slid them into his graveyard. "Now I'll sacrifice these two monsters to set a new creature in defense mode. End turn."
Rikuo drew and chuckled. "This may be a costly way to go about beating you, but I'll take it." He slid a card into his duel disk. "I'll play the magic card Premature Burial. At the cost of 800 life points I may revive one monster from my graveyard. I'll revive Jinzo." The ground around his monster zone started to shake and crack.
Rikuo- 3200
CJ- 6000
Spirit- 8000
Stone- 8000
Spirit smiled and flipped her face-down card. "Say hello to the trap card Disappear. This will remove one monster in any graveyard from the game. So your Jinzo vanishes before he ever sees the field." The ground around Rikuo's area stopped shaking instantly.
Rikuo's irises turned a blood red. "You dare to foil me?" His voice was low and menacing, like a predator getting ready to pounce.
Spirit giggled. The sound echoed across the graveyard. "Come now, don't be mad. You have a good chance of winning still."
Rikuo slid another card into his duel disk. "Enough you wench. I'll set this card face-down and attack with the Wolf Demon Lord! Howling Sword!" The wolf demon swung his sword up and it glowed with a bluish-white flame. Bringing it down, a wave of ghostly flame flew across the field towards Spirit's face-down monster.
Right before it hit though Spirit flipped one of her face-down cards face-up. "You'll love this Rikuo. I trigger the trap card Dark Spirit of the Silent." An orange ghost appeared and blocked the Wolf Demon's attack. Then it flew over to CJ's field and hit his face-down monster. The card shuddered and flipped up, revealing the teal and red googly eyed beast known as the D.D. Crazy Beast. (1400/1400)
Rikuo raised an eyebrow. Since the trap was affecting the ape, he was more curious then angry. "What's your little ghost do?"
Spirit tittered, "It forces CJ's monster to attack in place of your creature." The Crazy Beast howled and lunged across the field, going after the face-down creature.
Before it could get there though Stone flipped up his face-down trap. "I reveal the trap card Staunch Defender! This forces all attack mode monsters on both of your fields to attack one monster of my choosing. So you both shall attack my Stone Statue of the Aztecs!"
The Crazy Beast skidded to a stop and bashed head-first into the Stone Statue. Then is stumbled back over to CJ's field, with little holographic birds circling its head.
The Wolf Demon Lord followed up with a blast of his Howling Sword, which hit the statue and scattered apart harmlessly.
Rikuo- 2000
CJ- 2800
Spirit- 8000
Stone- 8000
CJ glared at Rikuo angrily. "Stop attacking them until we clear their field!"
Rikuo snarled back, "You're more of an idiot than my host! We must force them to keep using up their trap cards until the way is clear!"
Stone shook his head sadly, "I have never seen such a lack of teamwork from any two people until now." He looked over at Spirit. "Sad is it not?"
Spirit nodded sagely, her white hair floating in the invisible wind she created. "Indeed. How these duelists made it as far as they did is beyond me."
Rikuo turned his attention to the emissaries. "Silence! If you want to insult us then say it to our faces." He slapped a monster onto his disk face-down. "End turn."
Spirit drew and nodded to Stone. "You are ready?" When he nodded she waved her hand and one of her face-down cards flipped up. "Then I reveal my face-down trap card Destiny Board." A ghostly board appeared above her field with a ghostly letter D hovering right above it. "At the end of every one of Rikuo's turns I may play one Spirit Letter from my hand or deck onto the field. When I manage to spell DEATH, we instantly win the game."
Stone nodded. "And with my defensive cards you cannot hope to get to my partner and her life points. In just four turns the duel is ours."
Rikuo and CJ paled visibly.
"Damn," CJ muttered.
"My sentiments exactly," Rikuo replied.
To be continued...
Author's notes: Ah the joys of friendship. Those two make such a great team. Anyway, hello once again folks. Review if you can please and let me know how I am doing so far. Is there something you want to see happen in this story maybe? Just post a review and let me know.