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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc
Chapter 3: The Spirit of the Dragon
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.
The blast connected and destroyed the spectral Mechanical Chaser instantly.
Saito grinned. He had done it. Because of him Daniel Pilkington was finished.
As the smoke from the explosion cleared though he could only stare in horror at what he saw. "No...."
Daniel smiled from behind a pulsing field of yellow light. "What's the matter Saito? You look disappointed."
Saito should have known better. ("I must remember that this guy defeated Master Garlin. Therefore he wouldn't be quite so easy to defeat.") "Explain how this is possible."
Daniel pointed at one of his flipped over cards. "Spirit Barrier is a continuous trap that says as long as I possess a monster on my field then I am safe from all life point damage."
Saito nodded, the action more to himself that his opponent. "Alright, take your turn and prepare for annihilation." Daniel's Spirit Barrier faded off the field. "And before you throw a fit, keep in mind continuous card effects only last for one turn in a spirit duel."
Daniel took a deep breath and drew his two cards. ("Please be what I need to get rid of this guy.") He snapped the cards up and he tilted his head to the side a little. ("Hmm...it has possibilities.") He tossed both cards into his hand zone and motioned to one of his other cards. It launched up next to his defense mode Y-Dragon Head and flipped over. "I summon Quicksilver Orb (0/0) in defense mode." A ball of liquid steel appeared on the field. "End turn."
Saito sneered and drew his two. He tossed one of the cards up into the air. "Stop Defense number three!"
Daniel flipped one of his cards. "Spell Shield Type 8 negates any magic card that targets my monsters." The Stop Defense card shuddered and exploded.
Saito frowned and tossed his other card into his hand zone. "You'll pay for that. Ultimate Dragon, attack his Y-Dragon Head! Neutron Blast Attack!" The dragon charged up a quick blast of energy from one of its head and blew the mechanical dragon into pieces. "End turn."
Daniel drew two cards off the top of his deck and he smiled. ("Almost what I need...") He flipped the two cards into his hand zone and motioned to another card at the end. It launched up and materialized into a wolf demon wearing the armor of a samurai. At its side was a pike. "I summon Wolf Demon Soldier (1400/1200) in defense mode. End turn."
Saito drew his card and flicked it into the hand zone. "Neutron Blast Attack, targeting the Quicksilver Orb!" The dragon unleashed its attack and blasted the little ball into nothingness. But as the smoke of the explosion cleared a new creature was in its place.
Daniel pointed up to his creature. "You activated the special summon effect of my Quicksilver Orb. When it is destroyed I may special summon any creature from my hand and play one magic card on it." He grinned as the smoke faded from the form of his creature. "The creature I summoned was a beast called the Dragon Demon Lord." (2400/1000)
Standing on the field was a draconic monster in golden armor. "However, I activated the magic card Lord's Ascension, which transformed the Dragon Demon Lord into the Grand Dragon General." (3000/2500)
Saito frowned. He had seen that creature in the possession of one of Master Garlin's personal emissaries. "What does it do?"
Daniel shrugged nonchalantly. "It just lets me special summon one dragon monster at random from my graveyard per turn."
Saito snorted at how weak of an effect that was. "You don't ever run dragons. How sad. Just take your turn."
Daniel motioned to one of his two remaining cards. "Not just yet. I activate the quick play magic card Call to Arms. This allows me to immediately add one equipment magic card from my hand to one of my monsters." His final card shuddered and launched up to his field. It flipped over and the card itself spat out a crystal spear that landed in the hands of the Grand Dragon General. "Therefore I play the last magic card I have, which is a little something called Revival Spear."
Saito felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. Something about this felt wrong... ("He's setting me up for something.")
Daniel drew five cards from his deck and threw them all into his hand zone. ("Ryu....please guide my hand.") He opened his eyes and looked at the cards before him. "You're dead Saito. The duel's mine."
Saito pointed to his Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. "That little monster of mine has something to say in protest to that. Just try and shut him up."
Daniel pointed at the middle card of his hand. It launched up into the air and flipped over to spit out a golden dragon with shining silver eyes. The creature was covered in golden armoring as well. In fact it looked like it and the Grand Dragon General were meant to be on the field together. "The instrument to your defeat now stands before you Saito. Prepare to lose to the infinite attack combo!"
Saito narrowed his eyes. "What are you talking about Cur? You can't expect that thing to beat a fusion of the three most powerful dragons in the game."
Daniel's smile countered that statement though. "Allow me to show you how you're about to lose. First I summoned my Grand Emperor Dragon-Envoy of Revenge (2000/2500) in attack mode." The dragon unleashed a chillingly beautiful screech that sounded like a mix between a snake's hiss and the tinkling of crystals.
Saito still wasn't convinced. "It's got 2000 attack points. If you plan..."
Daniel motioned to another one of his cards. It flipped over and the earth around them shuddered. "I just activated the magic card Exchange of Soul. This switches your graveyard with mine for a turn."
Saito didn't look happy at the moment. Now he knew he was being set up for something. "So, what's this combo?"
Daniel looked over at the Grand Dragon General. "Show him." The monster nodded and lifted its spear into the air. The crystal weapon shimmered and right above the Grand Dragon General's head a bubble appeared. From within it the form of Saitou's Kaiser Dragon appeared, only to explode. Then it appeared and once more exploded. This process picked up in speed until it was only a blur.
And meanwhile the Grand Emperor Dragon's attack points were sky-rocketing. Finally with one last screech the stats stopped rising. (Infinite/2500)
Saito knew about the infinite summon combo. He'd never expected it to be played against him though. "You think I'm afraid? Just attack and you'll see that I am very well defended."
Daniel pointed at the Blue-Eye Ultimate Dragon. "Grand Emperor Dragon, attack the Ultimate Dragon with Solar Stream!" The golden monster opened its jaws wide as a ball of golden light began to build from within its jaws.
Saito motioned to one of his cards and it flipped. "I warned you not to attack. Now you're finished! I activate the trap card Mirror Force!"
Daniel smirked and motioned to one of his cards. It flipped and just like that Saito was defenseless. "Royal Decree is a continuous trap card that negates all traps but itself. That means you lose." The Mirror Force card shuddered and exploded. "Now go Solar Stream!" The Grand Emperor Dragon unleashed a wave of burning light instantly destroyed the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. The blast was so strong that for moment the whole dueling field was covered in blinding light.
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As the light faded Daniel opened his eyes to see that Saito was gone. So was the gauntlet he had been wearing too. His deck was back in his pocket though. ("That little cowardly...")
("Impressive play Daniel. I must admit that I didn't think you even remembered Ryu's infinite attack combo that well.")
Daniel flushed at the compliment. Amidst the cheers and applause of the gathered students, he walked over to where Saitou had been and noticed that a white piece of something that looked like paper was on the ground.
He picked it up and read where in neat hand-writing someone had written down: We have her. If you want to see her still amongst the living then be at 7862 Flamingo St. tomorrow evening at 6:00 p.m.
Daniel frowned and flipped the piece of paper over. It wasn't a piece of paper, it was a photo. Daniel wiped some mud from it and gasped. As he stared at the picture the message on the back of it played over and over in his mind.
In the picture, sitting in a chair, was his mother, with a gag around her mouth and a gun held against her head.
To be continued...
Next Chapter: Dueling with the life of a loved one on the line
Author's notes: I think I have lots of explaining to do on a lot of things, hmm?
1) The infinite attack combo is long-winded. If you don't quite remember it look up chapter 39 of this story for a refresher course.
2) I know I said I would into how Saito got the Blue-Eyes cards, but it occurred to me that I was getting into too many pieces of the new plot-line at once. All will be explained about that, so please be patient.
3) The Spirit Duel had odd rules and life point totals. I did it on a whim and because I had just watched the Yugioh Movie (The Japanese one, not the English one with Anubis in it) and divine inspiration had taken over.
Anyhow, please read and review. And also excuse this poor fool of an author for giving you such a short chapter. I promise the next one will be better. Later.