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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc

Chapter 2: The Spirit Duel Begins

Saito felt his superior smirk disappear as he realized just what he was a facing. ("So he's a demon?") If there was one thing he wouldn't have expected, it was this.

("No matter though, I will crush him beneath my feet.") He drew the top five cards off of his deck and threw them up into the air. They arched and grew almost as tall as he was. They landed in a half circle around him and became wreathed in his energy. "I hope your control over your energy is good demon, because if it isn't then you're going to find yourself hard-pressed to keep up with me."

If there was one thing that could be said about Daniel, it was that he was a quick learner. He already had his five cards floating in front of him, each one glowing with the black-red energy of his aura. "Trust me, if anyone is going to be hard pressed in this duel it will be you."

Saito sneered and lifted his hand, one of the five cards lifting into the air above him. It flipped over and the face of the card pulsed with light. "You're horrible at bluffing. Anyway, let me begin with something big. Come forth Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer!" (1800/800) The card shimmered and then the image of a ghostly monk appeared hovering in the air. "End turn."

Daniel reached for his deck, and yelped in pain as a sharp blast of electricity went into his fingers. "OW!!"

Saito sighed. "Did you notice that I didn't draw a card when my turn started? In a spirit duel we cannot surpass five cards in our hand. Also, at the beginning of each turn we draw until we have five cards in our hand. Finally, we can only play one magic card per turn. Get it?"

Daniel nodded and looked at his five floating cards. "Alright then." He motioned to one of his cards and launched into the air. "I summon X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) in attack mode!" The card flipped over to expose its face and it spat out the phantasmal form of the yellow and blue robot. "End turn."

Saito drew a single card and threw it to his field. "I see you think that a normal dueling strategy will work here hmm? Think again." One of his cards flipped up into the air and spun around. "Looks like I will have to educate you on just how a spirit duel really works! I summon Soul Stealer (2000/1200) in attack mode!" The creature that formed looked something like a dream catcher with wings.

Daniel stared at the creature incredulously. "I've seen that creature before. Its level is five. You need to tribute Kycoo to summon it."

Saito smirked and pointed at the X-Head Cannon. "You've been playing the extended version of the game way too much. Who ever said that tributes were needed to summon higher level monsters in this game? Soul Stealer, attack his X-Head Cannon!" The phantasmal creature flew across the field, ready to destroy the machine. Halfway there though it exploded in flash of smoke and light.

Daniel smiled and motioned to the card in his hand. "I just had a thought. You never mentioned how trap cards work. Then it occurred to me that putting them into the air might give away what they are, so I figured out we're suppose to activate them from our hand. Anyway, I triggered my trap card Widespread Ruin, meaning that your Soul Catcher is out of this match."

Saito clenched his fists and glared at the half demon. "Looks like I will have to stop underestimating you. You're figuring out this rules system very fast. End turn."

Daniel drew two cards from the gauntlet and tossed them into the air to join their counterparts. "I see how this system might cause for some very interesting games alright. So let's see how this works." He motioned to one of his floating cards and it launched itself into the air. "Allow me to introduce you to the man himself!" He motioned to his friends. "Drum roll please!"

They all gave him a dead-pan stare.

"...Err.....sorry. I got carried away." His card flipped over. "Reveal Jinzo!" (2400/1500) The green armored form of Daniel's favorite monster appeared on the field and chuckled coldly. The lines of spiritual energy between it and Daniel were especially bright.

Saito smirked and motioned to one of his face-down cards. "I trigger the trap card...." When his hand moved in line with the card he got a nasty shock of electricity up his arm.

Daniel lifted his upper lip to expose an elongated canine. "Sorry Saito but as long as Jinzo is in play all trap cards are useless. So say good-bye to Kycoo and a large portion of your lifepoints! Cyber Shock attack!" Jinzo charged up a large ball of black energy within its hands and unleashed the blast at the Kycoo, instantly blowing it into pieces that sprayed bits of spiritual power across the field.

Daniel- 2000

Saito- 1400

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Deondre blinked in surprise at the life point totals. "They're only starting with 2000? That means Daniel has won the game."

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"Now X-Head Cannon, direct attack!" The machine didn't move at all. "I said attack!"

Saito snickered. "Once again you assume too much fool. You cannot attack me directly as long as I have a monster on my field at the beginning of the turn."

Daniel would have bit his lower lip, but didn't want to injure himself with his fangs. ("Damn...these rules really mess with your head.") "I guess end turn then."

Saito drew and tossed a creature up into the air. "Heh, now I summon Neudoria (1200/800) in defense mode. End turn." The phantasmal form of a demon covered in spikes appeared in the air above him.

Daniel drew and tossed the card into his hand zone. "You think I'm dumb enough to attack that with my normal monsters? Fat chance Saito." He looked at his five assembled cards and smirked at the one on the end. He pointed at it and it launched up into the air. "I summon Wolf Demon Lord (2400/1000) in attack mode." The phantasmal form of the samurai demon appeared right next to his Jinzo in the air. "With its special ability you can't use the effects of any monster it destroys. That means Neudoria is nothing! Howling Sword!" The Wolf Demon Lord launched across the field and slashed the monster to pieces. "End turn."

Saito drew one card and threw it into his hand zone. "You think yourself so clever, yet in all honesty you are nothing to me but an upstart demon."

Daniel frowned. "Half-demon. Rikuo's the demon."

Saito snorted and motioned to a card near the back of his hand zone. "I personally don't care. Now I summon..." It launched into the air and flipped over, the form exploding out of it that of a giant golden dragon. "I summon Kaiser Dragon (2300/2000) in attack mode!"

Daniel looked at the beast's attack totals and chuckled. "That's not going to be enough to beat me Saito. Didn't you notice that Jinzo and Wolf Demon Lord are too strong for your creature?"

Saito launched another of his cards into the air. "Don't jump to any conclusions about my monster yet. I reveal the magic card Dragon Treasure, which raises my creature's attack points by 300!" (2600/2300)

Daniel frowned. ("Note to self: Don't jump to conclusions about people.")

Saito pointed at the X-Head Cannon. "Now blow his lump of useless steel away! Kaiser Flame!" The Dragon exhaled an enormous burst of fire that instantly consumed the machine.

Daniel- 1200

Saito- 1400

Saito lifted his nose haughtily. "End turn, Cur."

Daniel drew and tossed his card into the hand zone, then he motioned at another card and it launched into the air between his two remaining monsters. "A wise man once said, 'Know thy enemy'. Unfortunately you don't know me well enough, or you wouldn't have left Wolf Demon Lord and Jinzo on the field together."

Saito sneered. "You have a surprise for me?"

Daniel sneered back at him. "You know it! Go Polymerization!" The two monsters were sucked into a pulsing vortex. When the energy from the vortex faded, a new monster stood in their place. It looked like the Wolf Demon Lord except that it was covered in the green armor of Jinzo and it wielded a giant green sword. "Steel Wolf General, (3400/2000) attack his Kaiser Dragon!" The monster hefted its sword and lunged.

Saito snorted and one of his cards launched into the air. "Do I radiate stupidity to you or something? Go De-Fusion! This magic card will blow your monster back into its separate pieces!" There was a flash of light and the Steel Wolf General was gone. In its place were the Wolf Demon Lord and Jinzo. "Anything else or do you end your turn?"

Daniel gritted his teeth and motioned to one of his other cards. "Z-Metal Tank (1500/1300) in defense mode! End turn!" The phantasmal form of a yellow crab tank appeared on the field.

Saito drew three times and flicked his cards into the hand zone. At the sight of one of the cards he laughed. "Oh this should be good." He motioned to the card and it launched into the air. "Activate Stop Defense! This will switch your Z-Metal Tank from defense to attack mode!" The card released a wave of energy that slammed into the crab tank, and it went from a couched position into a more offense posture. "Now Kaiser Dragon, Kaiser Flame!" The golden dragon unleashed a burst of golden flame that instantly consumed the yellow tank.

Daniel- 100

Saito- 1400

Daniel's eyes widened. ("No! That's almost all of my life points in one hit!")

Saito smirked, his superior position against his opponent returned to him. "End turn."

Daniel took a deep breath and drew his single card. He glanced at it and narrowed his eyes. ("Hmmm....") He flicked it straight onto his field. "I summon Blowback Dragon (2300/2000) in defense mode!" A mechanical dragon with the barrel of a pistol for a head appeared in the air above him in a crouching position.

Saito bit his lower lip. ("No...that allows him to flip three coins. If at least two of them land on heads he can destroy one card on the field.")

Daniel motioned to his Blowback Dragon. "Go coin toss!" Three golden coins appeared in front of him and were launched into the air. They all slammed down with the heads side face-up. "Say good-bye to the Dragon Treasure card that makes your creature a threat to me. Go Blowback Burst!" The Blowback Dragon aimed its gun barrel at the hovering equipment magic card and it fired, blasting the card into scraps of paper. The Kaiser Dragon's attack power dropped appropriately. (2300/2000)

The half-demon grinned and pointed at the Kaiser Dragon. "Wolf Demon Lord, Howling Sword!" The samurai demon launched forward and snapped its sword down, cleaving the dragon in half.

Daniel- 100

Saito- 1300

Daniel motioned to his Jinzo. "I end my turn by switching Jinzo to defense position." The green machine monster fell to one knee and crossed its arms in front of it.

Saito drew and snickered. "That was a very good move Daniel. Now though..." He motioned to one of his face-down cards and it shot into the air. "I summon......"

The card flipped over and Daniel looked like he was about to have a heart attack. "IMPOSSIBLE!!"

Saito sneered. "....Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" (3000/2500) The enormous white-scaled dragon appeared and roared, its phantasmal ties glowing impossibly bright. "What's the matter cur, you look pale."

Daniel couldn't believe it. There were only three Blue-Eyes White Dragon cards in the world and they all were owned by Seto Kaiba. "How...."

Saito snorted. "How do you think? Maybe you should have had checked Seto Kaiba's deck before you have left The Asylum? Burst Stream!" The dragon charged up its attack and blasted the Blowback Dragon into pieces of scrap. "End turn."

Daniel drew, a single bead of sweat dripping down his brow. ("This can't be possible...can it? Wouldn't Kaiba have mentioned if he had lost his Blue-Eyes White Dragons? Unless...") "You're black-mailing him somehow."

Saito motioned with his hands across his lips. "My lips are sealed."

Daniel flicked his new card into his hand zone. "Fine, I'll beat you and then find out what you did. First I switch Wolf Demon Lord to defense mode." The samurai sheathed its sword and fell to one knee.

Then he motioned to one of his cards and it launched up into the air, revealing a red mechanical dragon with its wings folded into its body. "Then I play Y-Dragon Head (1500/1600) in defense mode. End turn."

Saito drew and his smile widened. "Guess what Cur?" He flicked his next card into the air. It grew and flipped, a second Blue-Eyes White Dragon appearing on the field. "You're out of luck!" He motioned to one of his hand zone cards and it flipped over. "Stop Defense on your Demon Lord!" The card released its bolts of lightning and hit the Wolf Demon Lord, switching it into attack mode. It redrew its sword and stood up again.

Saito lifted his hand slowly and pointed at the Wolf Demon Lord. "Good-bye! Burst Stream!" The Blue-Eyes White Dragon unleashed its attack and blew the Demon Lord into pieces.

Daniel's upper lip curled a little. "Sorry Saito, but when Wolf Demon Lord is destroyed in battle I don't take any damage. You wasted your card."

Saito grinned and pointed at Jinzo. "Burst Stream!" There was a flash of light and the metal monster was gone. Then he motioned to one of his hand zone cards. "You think I'm worried. Reveal Draining Demise! As long as this continuous trap is on the field you lose one card off the top of your deck for each level star of every monster I destroy in battle. Since you just lost a sixth level monster, you lose the top six cards of your deck!"

Daniel grimaced as a spectral hand exploded out of the ground, drew six cards off the top of his deck, and then yanked itself back into the earth.

Saito nodded to now sweating Half-Demon. "Make your move. It had better be a good one though."

Daniel snapped a card off of his deck, glanced at it, and then flicked it into his hand zone. "Don't think I'm beaten yet." He motioned to the far card on his right side and it flung itself into the air. It flipped over to show a robot with its numerous bladed arms folded in on itself. "Mechanical Chaser (1850/850) in defense mode! End turn!"

Saito drew and burst into helpless laughter. "It's been a fun duel, but it looks like Seto Kaiba's dragons are going to wipe you out once more." He flicked his drawn card into the air and the third Blue-Eyes White Dragon materialized from it. "Ready to meet the Ultimate beast? Reveal Polymerization!" The next card he pointed at launched into the field and flipped over, sucking the three dragons into it. There was an explosion of light and when it cleared an impossibly large white-scaled dragon with three heads was in the air above him. "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon! (4500/3800) Attack his Mechanical Chaser with Neutron Blast!" The dragon's three head moved close together and charged together one massive blast.

Daniel smirked. "You just made my problem easier to deal with. As one monster they won't be as much of a threat to me."

Saito motioned to another of his hovering cards and it flipped. "The trap card Meteor Rain says otherwise! Now my dragon has the power to deal damage through defense this turn!" The dragon's charging attack began to form a point at the end. "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, FIRE!!" The dragon's collective mouths unleashed the attack, the now drill-shaped form of the Neutron Blast about to blow Daniel's Mechanical Chaser and the rest of his life points.

To be continued...

Next Chapter: The Spirit of the General

Author's Notes: What can I say? Not a lot really. New plot, new bad guy, crazy stuff. Sorry if I am breaking any canons with the Blue-Eyes White Dragons being in Saito's control, but there is a very good reason for this. You'll see why he has Kaiba's dragons in the next chapter. Later.