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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc
Chapter 9: Battling the gods of Light and Darkness
Chaos motioned to his body, which was the blue-armored form of the Black Luster Soldier. "That's right Yami. I didn't need a deck master because I am my own deck master. As for the darkness..." He lifted his arm and the darkness flowed around it, and then it sprayed around them to form a black and purple sphere that engulfed the surrounding area. "...it is mine. Welcome to the last darkness game you will ever play in Yami. For when I show you my powers, you will understand that nothing you can do will win you this duel!"
Yami frowned and looked at his opponent evenly. "I think you have forgotten the special ability of my deck master. So let me remind you by paying 1000 life points to activate Summon Lightning Impact!" The massive form of Saint Dragon Osiris charged up another ball of purple destructive energy.
Yugi- 5000
Chaos- 6000
Chaos lifted his duel disk and tapped a button on it. "I activate the magic card Safeguard, which stops Osiris's attack!" A shield appeared in front of him and absorbed the purple ball of energy. "Sorry if you expected me to roll over and die Yami, but I'm too powerful for that." From underneath his helmet he smiled. "In fact, I'm even tougher than your Egyptian God card."
Yami rolled his eyes. "Now I think you are getting far too big of an ego for your own good, Chaos. You may be powerful, but you're not that powerful."
Chaos slid the last card he was holding into his duel disk. "I'll show you right now. I set one card face-down on my field and then I activate my special ability as a monster!" He extended his hand and a glowing sword appeared. He snapped it through the air and the weapon ran the Dark Magician Girl through, instantly destroying her. "Instead of attacking, I may simply remove one monster on my opponent's field from the game."
Yami bit his lower lip. With Chaos having abilities like that he might have something to worry about.
Chaos nodded to Yami. "Well, take your turn knowing that whatever you summon will be instantly destroyed by me."
Yami drew and his worries intensified. ("I don't have any monsters that I can summon without sacrificing.") Then he remembered his face-down card and his hopes lifted a little. "I flip up my face-down Card Destruction! This forces both of us to discard our hands and draw an equal number of cards from our deck." He discarded his two cards and drew two new ones. He gave them a passing glance and nodded to himself. ("Alright, this is something that I can work with.")
Yami slapped a monster onto his disk. "I summon Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts (1500/1200) in defense mode!" A large brown-furred monster appeared on his field in a crouching position.
Then he slid the last card he was holding into his duel disk. "I end my turn by setting this card face-down."
Chaos drew and slapped down a monster onto his disk. "I summon Gil Gars (1800/1500) in attack mode!" A demon wielding a huge sword appeared on his field next to him.
Yami motioned up to Osiris. "Once again I activate the special ability of Summon Lightning Impact!" Osiris opened its second set of jaws and in one flash of purple light Chaos's new monster was gone.
Yami- 5000
Chaos- 6000
Chaos chuckled. "That's what I wanted you to do. It doesn't matter to me what happens to my other creatures. I'm all that matters in this duel. I'm the Envoy that will send your soul to oblivion Yami!" His duel disk clicked close and a sword and shield appeared in his hands. "Now I will attack your Gazelle!" He leapt across the field and raised his sword to cut down the beast.
Yami pressed a button on his duel disk. "That's just what I was hoping you would do Chaos! I activate the trap card Mirror Force! This will stop your attack and destroy all attack mode monsters on your field! That means you're about to lose!" A blue barrier sprang up between Chaos and the Gazelle.
Chaos slammed his sword right through the barrier, shattering it. Then his sword continued in its path and it slashed down Yami's Gazelle.
The former pharaoh stared in confusion at Chaos, who was now less than a foot away from him. "What happened to my Mirror Force!?"
Chaos slowly stood up and motioned back over to his field, where his face-down card had flipped up. "I triggered my trap card Renewed Efforts. It negates any trap card that negates my attack and it also increases my attack by 500 for one turn." (3500/2500)
Yami was starting to feel hard-pressed now. He had to rely on his next draw to win this duel for him. ("At least my life points are safe.")
Chaos snickered and lifted his sword until it was inches from Yami's face. "From that look you have on your face you must think that you are safe now." His sword continued to move up, until it was held over his head in a striking position. "Didn't I tell you that I am the ultimate monster? Not only can I remove a monster from play instead of attacking, but when I destroy a monster in battle I may attack once more during that battle phase." He leaned his head in close to whisper into the now pale Yami's ear. "Die." Then he struck.
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"Hey Joey, I think we've been this way already."
"No we haven't CJ."
"Sure we have! I saw that tree ten minutes ago."
Joey Wheeler tugged on his shirt, which was sticking to his chest. "I'm telling you that you're wrong!"
CJ Anderson pointed at the tree and growled. "I'm telling you that I'm right!"
"Wrong!"
"Right!"
"WRONG!"
"RIGHT!"
"WRONG!!!!"
CJ tackled Joey to the ground, their argument breaking into a wrestling match.
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Chaos waited patiently for the Pharaoh to regain consciousness. He had struck the ancient ruler rather hard after all.
Yami- 1500
Chaos- 6000
Finally Yami came to his feet. ("That...hurt...") His soul felt like someone had just placed it through a meat shredder. ("He has two special abilities that make him absolutely lethal in battle.")
Chaos chuckled and crossed his arms across his chest. "Welcome back to the land of the living Yami. Now draw your next card or forfeit."
"I'd never forfeit to you." Yami drew and he slid the card into his duel disk. "Card of Sanctity forces both players to draw until they have six cards in their hand!" He drew six cards from his deck.
Chaos drew his own six cards and laughed. "You might have been better off just setting it and hoping that I would think it was a trap. With a hand like the one you have just given me, there's no way I can lose."
Yami slid three cards into his duel disk. "I'm done with the trash-talking Chaos. Let's get this duel over with. I set three cards face-down and I summon Big Shield Gardna (100/2600) in defense mode!" A man crouching behind a heavy shield appeared on the field. "End turn."
Chaos drew his seventh card and slid it into his duel disk. "Pot of Greed lets me draw two cards." He drew two and held up his fan of eight cards. "Now which of the many ways available to me should I use to wipe you out?"
Yami growled. He was getting tired of this Emissary and his ego.
Chaos slid one card free and inserted into his duel disk. "Let's give this card a try! Activate Dragged Down to the Grave! Now we look at each others hands, select one card from them, and send that card to the graveyard. Then we both draw one card." He turned his fan of cards around to show Yami exactly what he was holding.
Yami knew what some of the cards did, but a couple of the magic cards he saw were new to him. "I select your Monster Reborn!"
Chaos took the card and slid it into his graveyard. "Alright Yami, now it's your turn to show me your hand."
Yami turned his three cards around to show them. Chaos pondered the three for a second, then pointed to the center card. "I choose for you to discard Magical Silk Hats." Yami turned his hand back around and took the card, sliding it into his graveyard. "Very well." Then they both drew one card.
Chaos slid one card from his hand into his duel disk. "Now I trigger Card Destruction. We both discard our hands to draw new ones." He folded his hand up and slid the small stack into his deck. Then he drew seven new cards.
Yami discarded his three and did the same. ("What's he doing? I was expecting him to start attacking, not suddenly switch to hand manipulation.")
Chaos looked his new hand over and then took three cards from his hand. He slid one into his duel disk. "I activate the magic card Magic Resurrection. By discarding two magic cards from my hand I may activate one magic card in my graveyard." He slid the other two cards he was holding into his graveyard. "Now I reactivate Card Destruction." He discarded his four cards and drew four new ones.
Yami slid his three cards into the graveyard and drew three more as well. ("He's definitely trying to find something, but what though?")
Chaos looked at his four and growled. He grabbed another card out of his hand and slid it into his duel disk. "Graceful Charity lets me draw three cards and then discard two." He drew three cards and added them to his hand. After glancing them over he selected two of the middle cards and discarded them.
Yami could tell by the look on his opponent's face that he had yet to find what he was looking for. ("Whatever card he wants must be near the bottom of his deck.") "What's the matter Chaos? Not drawing the cards you need?"
Chaos slid another card from his hand into his duel disk. "I activate another Graceful Charity." He drew three more cards, and then slid two into his graveyard. He grabbed another card and slid it in. "My final Graceful Charity." He drew three and discarded two more.
Yami stared at the two remaining cards that Chaos had in his deck. ("Is he trying to wipe himself out?")
Chaos slid two cards into his duel disk. "I set these two cards face-down on my field." He slapped a monster onto his duel disk. "Then I summon another Gil Gars in attack mode." The demon appeared on the field and cackled, snapping its sword back and forth.
Yami considered using Osiris's special ability to wipe out the monster, but then he remembered his life point total. ("I'd better save my life points for a better target.")
Chaos slid the last card in his hand into his duel disk. "Finally I play the magic card Offerings to the Doomed! By sacrificing my next draw phase I may destroy one monster on my opponent's field! So good-bye Big Shield Gardna!" A beam of red light shot out of the card and blew the defender into nothingness.
Yami didn't look too worried. "Bring on your attack Chaos. I'm ready for you."
Chaos pointed at Yami. "Gil Gars attack!" The demon howled and launched across the field, sword poised to run Yami through.
The pharaoh tapped a button on his duel disk. His middle card flipped up to reveal a trap. "Activate Magic Cylinder! This deals your monster's attack points in damage to your life points!" The Gil Gars spun around and flew at its master, slamming its sword down on Chaos's shoulder. The armored Duel Monster fell to one knee from the force of the blow.
Yami- 1500
Chaos- 4200
Chaos came to his feet with sword and shield in hand. "I'll make you pay for that!" He charged across the field, intent on cutting Yami down where he stood.
Yami calmly tapped another button on his duel disk. "I activate the trap card Thunderous Pain! If you still want to attack me then you'll have to pay life points equal to your attack point total!"
Chaos was too enraged to care, so he charged on. "It's worth it to watch you die!"
Yami- 1500
Chaos- 1200
Yami flipped up the last card on his field. "For the finale I play the trap card Time Out! This stops the battle phase and allows both players to summon one level four or lower monster from their hands to the field!" A barrier sprang up between Yami and Chaos, separating the two by mere inches.
Chaos growled again and walked back to his field. "You won't stave me off forever Yami."
Yami slapped down his monster for Time Out's effect. "I won't need to Chaos! I summon Kuriboh (300/200) in defense mode!" A little brown furball with eyes and green claws and feet appeared on his field.
Chaos returned to his field and turned to face his opponent. "End turn."
Yami drew and looked at his three cards. ("These should buy me the time I need to win.") He slid one of his cards into his duel disk. "First I play Swords of Revealing Light!" Swords made out of green light slammed all across Chaos's field. "With this magic card in play you will be unable to attack me for three turns. And since you skip your next draw phase, all I have to worry about is if you destroy them. Otherwise you have lost this duel."
Chaos was silent. He didn't seem mad at all. "Anything else?"
Yami slid his other two cards into his duel disk. "Yes actually. I set two cards face-down and then my turn is complete."
Chaos pulled his sword free and threw it at the Kuriboh. "I use my special ability to get rid of your furball!"
Yami flipped up his face-down card. "Activate Safeguard! Just as it shielded you from Osiris's special ability, it will shield my Kuriboh from your special ability!"
Chaos nodded to Yami. "End turn."
Yami drew and slid the card into his duel disk. "I set this face-down. End turn."
Chaos drew and went silent for a few seconds, and then he exploded into howling laughter. "Oh this is perfect! I finally have drawn the Envoy that will wipe you out!"
Yami narrowed his eyes. ("It looks like he found the card he needed.")
Chaos motioned to his graveyard slot. "I remove a light and a dark attribute monster to special summon the creature that will herald your end Pharaoh!" He slapped the creature onto his duel disk. "Come forth Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End!" (3000/2500)
The darkness around them pulsed and then a hulking armored dragon came into sight. The terrifying creature roared, shaking the earth around it in its fury. It brought its gold-blue head down to screech at Yami, its wings beating rapidly.
Chaos continued to laugh at his opponent. "While it is true that I cannot attack your life points while your Swords of Revealing Light is in play, my dragon's special ability will deal with that. You see by paying 1000 life points, I may send all of the cards in our hands and on our fields to the graveyards. That's not the worst part of it though. For every card placed into the graveyard by this effect, you lose 300 life points. That's more than enough to wipe you out! Now go Chaos Emperor Dragon! Apocalypse blast!"
Yami knew he only had one chance to survive this. "Activate the quickplay equipment magic card Ability Negate!" A metal skull clamp shot across the field and attached to the back of the dragon's neck. "This will remove your monster's special ability as long as it is attached!"
Chaos smirked and tapped a button on his duel disk. "Lucky play Pharaoh, but I play De-spell to remove the clamp." The steel device shuddered and then blew apart. "The only downside to this is that I cannot trigger my dragon's special ability this turn. So take your final turn Yami, and then say hello to oblivion!"
Yami looked down at his deck and nodded to it. ("Please give me what I need.") He drew. He stared at the card intently for a few seconds. "Chaos, it's over. I summon Dark Gaia of the Gale (2300/2100) in attack mode!" A knight riding a purple horse appeared on his field.
"Now to make sure the way will be clear!" One of his two face-down cards flipped up. "Mystical Space Typhoon destroys your remaining face-down card!" A sharp wind blew Chaos's remaining face-down card apart.
Chaos slid the card into his graveyard. "What makes you think I'm beaten?"
Yami sneered and motioned to his Kuriboh. "Because you forgot to use your special ability to remove my Kuriboh from play. That's about to cost you the game."
Chaos chuckled evenly. "What can that little rat do?"
Yami flipped up his face-down card. "Alone it can do nothing, but that doesn't mean that I can't defeat you using it. Reveal Rainbow Arch!" The Kuriboh shuddered and then shot in an arc over the field, leaving a rainbow trail in its wake.
"This is your end Chaos!" The Kuriboh landed right in front of Chaos and then exploded, leaving a rainbow bridge of light between him and Yami. "By sacrificing Kuriboh I may use Rainbow Arch to give one of my monsters the ability to attack your life points directly this turn."
Chaos took a couple of steps back. "But...but I'm the ultimate monster! I cannot be defeated!"
Yami pointed at him. "Dark Gaia, attack his life points directly!" The knight charged up the rainbow bridge, lance at ready to run Chaos through. "You keep calling yourself the ultimate monster, and yet you forget that you are also a duelist. Since I'm attacking your life points and not your monster form, you can't do anything but lose."
Chaos lifted his shield to defend himself against the incoming lance, but it passed right through his defense and ran him through. He stared down at the hole in his chest and then faded away.
Yami- 1500
Chaos- 0
The darkness of the field faded and so did all that remained of Chaos and his duel disk. Yami sighed and returned to the Millennium puzzle. ("Alright Yugi, I've had a very long day and I think a nap is in order.")
Yugi looked down at the puzzle and nodded. ("Get some rest Yami. I'll find the others and then we can get out of this crazy place.")
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He watched as Yugi walked away from the initial starting area. Tapping his fingers together, he frowned. "And once again Yugi Moto and Yami emerge the victors of yet another duel." He tapped a button on his desk and the screen went dead.
He wasn't mad though. Far from it actually. ("Watching Yami is like watching an artist at work. He wins his duels with a finality that makes it hard to argue with the fact that he is the king of games.")
He ran his hands through his raven black hair and smiled coldly. "Soon I will gain back what is rightfully mine though, and then even he won't be able to stop me." He chuckled, the simple sound far more menacing than any evil laugh ever could be.
To be continued...
Next Chapter: Dueling under the big top
Author's Notes: Chaos monsters....bleh. I used to run the deck and if you ever want a way to kill the fun of the game, run them. They're so boring because they are so powerful. Anyway...
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