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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc
Chapter 10: Dueling under the big top
A single howling voice cut through the silence of the night. Then it was joined by numerous other howling voices. And through it all CJ Anderson and Joey Wheeler ran like their lives depended on it. Behind them were a pack of Silver Fang (1200/800) which intended to have them for ....forever!" CJ leaped over a rock in his path and then went into a roll. ("Daniel's lucky as all hell. At least he has Rikuo to deal with these things!") He was back on his feet in an instant, moving as fast as his legs would let him.
Joey barreled past him, one of the silver-furred Duel Monsters nipping at his heels. "WE CAN TRY!" He snapped his foot back to kick the creature right in the snout. It yelped and ran backwards; only to have two more of its kin take its place.
CJ skidded to a stop next to his friend, getting ready to fight these things. ("I really don't want to die! Someone please save us from dying!") One of the silver-furred Duel Monsters launched forward, teeth bared and ready to rip him apart. CJ held his hand out in front of him as if to ward off the creature. "GET AWAY!"
The night sky was lit up by a flash of golden light that came from his palm. The Silver Fang froze in mid-air and then it was thrown backwards like someone had just shot it out of a cannon barrel.
CJ and Joey both stared at the space where the Silver Fang had been a moment ago, and then they picked up into a run again.
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Finally they saw something that wasn't a tree or something else that you might see in a forest. After slowly to a stop and realizing that they were no longer being chased, they took in exactly what they were staring at.
"It's a..." CJ started.
"...Circus tent." Joey finished.
They both looked over at each other, and then shrugged in unison.
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Inside the tent the two duelists first noticed the fact that the tent was occupied. People were piled up in the stands and they were clapping.
CJ looked over at the empty ring. "Who are you applauding? No one is performing."
"They're applauding you, my dear boys!" The spot-light snapped over the two of them.
Joey grinned and ran into the ring, throwing his hands up in the air and eating up the attentions of the crowd. CJ joined him a few seconds later.
Suddenly the clapping stopped and the crowd went silent.
CJ and Joey watched as a black-cloaked pair of figures walked into the ring from the other side of the tent.
"Welcome Joey Wheeler and CJ Anderson," One of them said.
"Err...hey." They both said.
The other man chuckled at their hesitance. "We are both Emissaries of the Shadow Corporation. We are going to have a special double right now with the two of you. If you succeed against us then you will be able to proceed to the tournament location itself. So what do you say?"
CJ smiled over at Joey. "Ready to crush these guys?"
Joey's duel disk clicked into place. "You know I am."
CJ's disk was next to click into place. "You heard the man. We accept your challenge!"
The two Emissaries walked about ten feet apart from each other and threw their cloaks aside.
The first Emissary looked like a clown that CJ remembered Deondre always complaining about. "I am Peten the Dark Clown." (500/1200)
The other Emissary threw his cloak away to reveal a clown wearing purple and blue clothing, with a face that seemed horribly disfigured. "I am Saggi the Dark Clown." (600/1500)
Joey blanched as he faced down Saggi. "Err...You're a Duel Monster."
Saggi snickered and raised a hand to point at him. "And you're a genius. Now start drawing off the top of your deck until you reach a monster. That creature will be your deck master."
CJ drew off the top of his deck until he reached... "It looks like my Deck Master is going to be Nexus the Conqueror." (3500/3000) Next to him the magnificent golden armored form of Nexus appeared.
Joey drew off the top until... "My deck master is Gilford the Lightning!" (2800/1400)
Peten and Saggi's duel disks clicked into place. "As you know, we will be our own deck masters. Since we made the challenge, one of you two may go first."
CJ drew his five and nodded to Joey. "I'll start us off." He looked at his hand and smiled. ("My newest strategy...I think I'll wait until I can use it as a surprise.") He grabbed one of the cards off of his disk and slapped into onto his disk. "Let me start this little show with an old favorite! I summon Enraged Battle Ox (1700/1200) in attack mode!" The battle-axe wielding form of a Minotaur appeared on his field. "End turn."
Peten drew his card. "Little show? How wrong you are boy. This is one of the most spectacular shows on earth!" He popped open his field magic card slot. "I play the field magic card Little Big-Top!" All around the four duelists holograms of different circus performers appeared. "As long as this field magic card remains in play all monsters that Saggi and I play with the name Clown in their title will gain 500 attack and defense points."
"That's not all though! Now I summon Dream Clown (1700/1400) in attack mode!" A clown wearing a purple rubber nose and juggling purple rubber balls in the air appeared on the field. "End turn."
Joey drew and looked at the two powerful monsters on the field. ("CJ and Peten seem to be evenly matched for now, so I had better worry about Saggi.") Until he saw the clown's deck in action though all he could do was guess at what Saggi's strategy was. "Alright Bozo, I summon Alligator's Sword (1500/1200) in attack mode!" A reptile monster wielding a sword appeared on his field. "End turn."
Saggi drew. His single good eye looked his hand over and then he carefully placed a card on his duel disk. "I set one monster face-down. End turn."
CJ drew and slapped down a new monster. "You should have fortified your defenses Peten. I summon Berserk Gorilla (2000/1000) in attack mode!" A fire-breathing gorilla appeared on his field and roared, pounding its chest with its fists. "Now attack his Dream Clown!" The Gorilla charged across the field and punched the Dream Clown right in the face, sending it flying off into the distance.
CJ- 8000
Joey- 8000
Peten- 7700
Saggi- 8000
Peten laughed and his deck spat out a card that he caught and slapped onto his disk. "You've triggered my deck master ability! Whenever a monster with Clown in its title is sent to the graveyard because of battle, I may special summon a copy of it from my deck or hand to the field. So ladies and gentlemen, returning by popular demand, put your hands together for the Dream Clown!" Another of the purple-nosed monsters appeared on the field.
CJ growled and withheld his attack with his Battle Ox. "End turn."
Peten drew and slid a card into his duel disk. "I set one card face-down on the field." He hand flashed across the top of his duel disk as he turned the Dream Clown card horizontal. "I then switch Dream Clown to defense mode. This triggers its special ability, which means that one of the monsters on your field is about to leave in a very painful fashion. So go Dream Destruction!"
The clown hurled all of the purple balls that it was juggling at the Enraged Battle Ox. The Minotaur was pummeled senselessly, and then as it hit the ground it exploded into digital particles. "End turn."
Joey drew and smiled over at CJ. "Don't worry man, I'll turn this around right now." He grabbed the Alligator's Sword off of his duel disk and slid it into the graveyard. Then he threw down his next monster. "I sacrifice my monster to summon Jinzo!" (2400/1500)
The green armored humanoid appeared on the field and Peten's face-down card floated to the floor. "I guess that means your trap is out of reach clown-boy. Jinzo, blast Saggi's face-down monster out of existence!" The monster's red lenses that counted as its eyes lit up and then shot out a beam of red light that slashed the face-down monster apart.
Saggi took the creature card off of his disk and slid it into the graveyard. "You think I'm impressed?"
Joey slid two cards from his hand into his duel disk. "Not yet. End turn."
Saggi drew and cackled. "Not ever you mean." He slapped down a monster. "I summon Clown Knight (2300/2000) in attack mode!" An armored knight appeared on the field. It would have been terrifying except for the fact that it was wearing a fluffy rainbow wig on its head and where it should have had a sword it had a rubber chicken.
Joey held back his laughter and motioned to his Jinzo. "Take a look at the life point totals before you get all happy. Jinzo's way too tough for your creature."
Saggi lifted his hand into the air, a ball of glowing light in his palm. "That will change, as I activate my deck master ability! Go Darkness Infusion!" The ball of light slammed into the Clown Knight. The creature stumbled forward and suddenly grew by about 3', making it taller than Jinzo. "My power increases the attack points of all of my monsters with Clown in their title by 600." (2900/2000)
Joey's eyes widened as the Clown Knight ran up to Jinzo and beat the metal monster senseless with the rubber chicken. "Ow..."
CJ- 8000
Joey- 7500
Peten- 7700
Saggi- 8000
Saggi cackled and slid a card into his duel disk. "I set one card face-down and I end my turn."
CJ drew and frowned over at the giant Clown Knight. ("That thing will rip apart any of the monsters in my hand.") One glance at his new card strengthened his resolve though. "First I set three cards face-down!" The three cards in question appeared in front of him on the field. "Then I attack with Berserk Gorilla! Attack Peten's Dream Clown!" The screeching ape shot across the field and for the second time in the duel there was a Dream Clown flying off into the distance.
Peten's deck spat out the third Dream Clown. "You're not hurting my position at all boy. Maybe you should rework your strategy?"
CJ frowned and slapped a monster onto his disk. "Maybe you should shut up? I summon Giant Rat (1400/1450) in defense mode." A giant grey-furred rat appeared on his field in a crouching position. "End turn."
Peten drew and slapped down a new monster. "Now I summon Crass Clown (1800/1900) in attack mode." A grey-skinned creature resembling a clown appeared on his field. "And then I activate the magic card Polymerization!" A vortex appeared between the two clowns and they were sucked into it. "Now I combine my monsters together to create the mighty Bickuribox (2300/2000) in attack mode!" A brightly colored box appeared on his field. "Now say your prayers boy! Bickuribox attack!"
The box opened on the top and spat out a demonic jack-in-the-box with a scythe. It cackled and shot across the field to cut down CJ's Berserk Gorilla.
Tapping a button on his duel disk, one of CJ's face-down cards flipped up. "Back off my field Peten! Reveal Berserker Spirit! This'll double my Berserk Gorilla's attack power for one turn. The only downside is that if it battles a monster it dies." The fire-breathing ape howled as it suddenly had a boost in strength. (4000/1000) It caught Peten's Bickuribox in a bear hug and exploded, taking the demonic jack-in-the-box with it.
CJ- 8000
Joey- 7500
Peten- 6300
Saggi- 8000
Peten slid one card into his duel disk. "Then I set two cards face-down. End turn."
Joey drew and slid a card into his duel disk. "I set this card face-down and end my turn."
Saggi drew and pointed at Joey. "Clown Knight attack his life points directly!" The knight charged across the field brandishing its rubber chicken.
Joey flipped up his face-down card. "Go Scapegoat!" Four colored goats appeared on his field and one was beaten senseless by the Clown Knight.
Saggi glanced over at CJ. "Take your turn."
CJ drew and slid his Giant Rat into the graveyard. "I sacrifice my Rat to summon Manticore of Darkness (2300/1000) in attack mode!" A winged lion monster appeared on his field. "Now attack Peten's life points directly!" The Manticore launched across the field, claws outstretched to crush the clown Emissary.
Peten flipped up his face-down card. "Activate Send in the Clowns! This allows all monsters on the field with Clown in their title to intercept your monster and attack it all at once!" A little clown car appeared on Saggi's field. The Clown Knight squeezed itself into the little car, and then the clown car drove over to Peten's field. The Clown Knight's arm snapped out of the car window and struck the Manticore of Darkness upside the head, instantly destroying it. Then the car drove over to Saggi's field and vanished, leaving the Clown Knight back where it belonged.
CJ- 7400
Joey- 7500
Peten- 6300
Saggi- 8000
CJ slid the last card he was holding into his graveyard. "I activate the special ability of the Manticore of Darkness! By discarding a beast or beast-warrior sub-type monster to the graveyard I may revive my Manticore at the end of the turn. End turn." Sure enough, the form of the Manticore of Darkness reappeared on his field in attack mode.
Peten drew and slapped a monster onto his disk. "I summon Crass Clown in defense mode! Then I set two cards face-down. End turn."
Joey drew and nodded to CJ. "You guys have been relying on your deck masters to do all of the work for you, so I think it's time you got a taste of your own medicine. I activate the special ability of my deck master. By sacrificing three monsters on my field I can destroy all monsters on both of your fields." His three remaining scapegoats disappeared.
From right behind him Gilford lifted its sword high into the air, calling down a lightning storm that destroyed all of the clown monsters.
Joey slapped down a monster. "Now I summon Rocket Warrior (1500/1200) in attack mode! Attack Saggi's life points directly!" A green armored warrior appeared on his field and folded into itself, turning into a rocket. The rocket launched across the field, intent of taking Saggi down.
Saggi tapped a button on his duel disk and one of his face-down cards flipped up. "Go Random Insanity! This continuous trap is about to turn the entire duel upside-down for everyone!"
The Rocket Warrior swerved and flew over to slam harmlessly into CJ's Manticore of Darkness.
Joey blinked as his Rocket Warrior returned to his field. "What the heck happened?"
Saggi pointed at his Random Insanity trap. "As long as this trap remains on the field then when anyone attacks with a monster it will randomly attack any monster or player in the game. Even I can't control where it goes."
Joey sighed at the trap card. ("I wish I still had Jinzo in play.") "End turn."
Saggi drew and cackled. "Let the show really begin! I summon Completely Loyal Clown (2100/1500) in attack mode!" A demonic clown with a lease around its neck appeared on the field and cackled insanely. "This is the only monster that it completely unaffected by Random Insanity! Completely Loyal Clown, attack Joey's Rocket Warrior!" The demon clown waddled across the field and whipped out a trick flower. When it squirted the Rocket Warrior though the true evil of the device it had was revealed. The liquid it sprayed was an acid that melted Rocket Warrior instantly.
CJ- 7400
Joey- 6900
Peten- 6300
Saggi- 8000
Saggi chuckled as his demon clown returned. "Now you see that we have a strategy that neither of you two can defeat!"
Peten added in, "And that means that soon you'll be defeated!"
CJ drew and he smiled to Joey. "I think it is time to reveal my new deck strategy. And by the time it is done, you two clowns will be all washed up!"
To be continued...
Next Chapter: CJ's new strategy
Author's Notes: Please post your feelings on this story and how Season three is going so far. I'd like some feed-back, positive or not, on how I am doing. So review please. Later.
To Luna's Meow: Yugi doesn't get one of Chaos's rarest cards because that isn't a factor in this tournament.