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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc
Chapter 12: The Moonlight Thief
He looked out to the rising sun with a smile upon his face. ("Now it is time to unleash the ultimate weapon upon our guests.") He looked down to the cards on his desk that would up the ante in every duel from this point onwards.
("The Seal of Dark Soul field magic card will revolutionize every duel it is used in.") Soon he would collect the one soul that he wanted to see. ("You will be mine Rikuo Amero. Soon your weapon will be mine and your soul will be too. I will finally be able to claim that which is mine by birthright.")
He tapped a button on his desk. "Send the cards to my Elite Ten."
"Yes milord Envirius."
Envirius looked out upon the forest in front of him and smirked. ("Rikuo....soon you will be mine.")
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Rikuo sneezed for about the fiftieth time since his impromptu landing to the ground. ("I thank whichever gods decided I should be a demon. Anything else wouldn't have taken slamming face-first into a mountainside so well.")
("You're out of your mind Rikuo. You should be dead.")
("Doubtful. Whoever went to all of the trouble to bring us here obviously wouldn't have done what they did unless they intended for us to survive the landing.") He brushed his legs off and made sure his sword was tied properly to his waist. ("Let's get out of here and find your friends.")
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Hours later, Rikuo found himself sitting in a nearby tree to get some rest. He had been required to switch places with Daniel at least ten times over the last eight hours. Being a spirit with a limited amount of power caused him a lot of pain in the past with Daniel, but in this dangerous place he was finding that he had to take control more and more often. ("Maybe I'd be better off being the main spirit of this body.")
He sniffed the air and couldn't help but drift to sleep as the sweet smell of fresh flowers reached his nose.
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Rikuo awoke to find that it was night again. That wasn't the first thing he was registering though. The first thing that he was registering in his mind was that someone was about to remove the belt that held his Howling Sword to his waist.
The wolf demon snapped his legs out, expecting to land a kick to the thief's midsection. Instead he found himself falling out of the tree. After tightening the tie on his belt, he drew his Howling Sword and landed with a deafening crash to the ground.
He jumped back just in time to avoid a knife slash aimed for his eyes. The Howling Sword exploded into phantom flame, the blade illuminating the thief's features for Rikuo.
Rikuo found himself surprised to be greeted by a female figure. He snickered and slid into a slightly more offensive posture with his sword. "A female hmmm? Interesting. Do you think you can take me in a fight?"
The woman smirked and brushed her black hair back out of her eyes to reveal crimson irises. "Don't take me lightly wolf. While it may be true that you have strength," A bushy red tail with a white tip unwrapped from her waist, "We Kitsune possess speed and cunning far beyond anything you could hope to have."
Rikuo sniffed the air and frowned at the woman. Though he could admit that she was definitely cute, he wasn't in the mood to find a mate for Daniel at the moment. "What the bloody hell do you want with me, fox?"
She smiled just enough to show off her fangs. "You call me a fox like it is a bad thing. My name is Jasmine Reiner and I challenge you to a duel."
Rikuo wouldn't dare to turn her down, but something about her scent. ("She's not a full demon....and yet she is a full demon. At least by her posture and stance she is a full demon.")
Jasmine's jet black duel disk clicked into place. "Are you ready?"
Rikuo's duel disk clicked into place and he nodded. "Let's duel then. The sooner I beat you the sooner I can get rid of you. I for one never liked the Kitsune very much."
Jasmine drew her five cards and then her sixth. "You will lose this duel to me, wolf."
Rikuo drew his five, though he simply folded his arms and watched her field instead of looking over his cards. "Well? Are you going to play a card or simply pass the turn onto me?"
Jasmine slid two cards into her disk. "Two cards face-down, and I summon Don Zaloog (1400/1500) in defense mode." A man holding onto a pair of pistols appeared on her field in a crouching position. "End turn."
Rikuo drew and frowned. ("And of course I get a lousy hand.") "I summon Nightmare Machine (800/2000) in defense mode." A black robot that looked like a demonic vending machine appeared on his field. "Then I set one card face-down. End turn."
Jasmine slid her hand gently over her deck and drew. "Are you ready to see what my deck is all about?" She slid a card into her duel disk. "Go Confiscation! At the cost of 1000 life points I may look at your hand and force you to discard one card from it." She smiled in a sickeningly sweet manner and walked up to him.
Rikuo- 8000
Jasmine- 7000
Rikuo growled darkly and turned his hand around to show her his cards. "Get a nice long look at your doom, wench."
She looked at the four cards he was holding and she giggled. "What a horrible doom I see. A Limiter Removal, a Monster Reborn, a Stress of Battle, and a Lord's Ascension magic card. Terrifying indeed." She tapped her chin and then pointed at the Lord's Ascension. "That one looks the most dangerous. Get rid of it."
Rikuo snarled and was about to slide it into his graveyard, but she snatched it out of his hand with nearly impossible speed.
"No silly. It's going to me anyway." She tapped her duel disk and a card over on her field flipped up. "You see the trap card Mystical Safety Net allows me to pick up any discarded cards and place them into my hand at the cost of 1000 life points.
Rikuo- 8000
Jasmine- 6000
She turned and strolled back over to her field with his card in hand. "Now then, let's continue shall we?"
Rikuo glared at her. "Pick up the pace. I'd like to take my next turn very soon."
She slid her Don Zaloog into the graveyard. "That's fine by me dear. Allow me to summon a monster that should make this duel very interesting indeed. I summon Fox Demon Lord (2400/1000) in attack mode." A fox demon clothed like a ninja appeared on her field and bowed to her. She smiled and blew him a kiss.
Rikuo clenched his fist in anger. ("This...this...She's toying with me!!!")
Jasmine flipped up her other face-down card. "Next is the continuous trap card Robbin' Goblin, which allows me to discard one card from your hand every time I deal you life point damage with a monster."
Rikuo snickered. "Which you won't be able to do since I have a monster in defense mode on my field."
Jasmine slid a card from her hand into her duel disk. "Don't be so sure little wolf, for I play your Lord's Ascension to transform the Fox Demon Lord into the mighty Kitsune Ninja Master!" (2500/1000)
The Fox Demon Lord was engulfed in a flash of golden light, and when it cleared he looked the same as before, though perhaps a little more experienced.
Jasmine smiled and pointed at Rikuo. "Now I use my monster's special ability! At the cost of 1000 life points my Kitsune Ninja Master may attack your life points directly this turn."
Rikuo- 8000
Jasmine- 5000
The fox demon ninja threw a smoke bomb into the ground, disappearing in the grey cloud that appeared.
Rikuo felt something slam him in the back hard and then he watched as the smoke cleared to show the Kitsune Ninja Master back where it belonged.
Rikuo- 5500
Jasmine- 5000
Jasmine smiled innocently. "Now Robbin' Goblin will steal one card from your hand at random." A green-skinned goblin appeared on her field and ran over to Rikuo. It snatched one of the wolf demon's cards and ran off into the distance with it. "That's not all though. Kitsune Ninja Master's special ability also forces you to choose one card in your hand and discard it."
Rikuo already had the card in mind. He slid it into his graveyard and glared at her. "Done yet?"
Jasmine nodded slightly and slid a card into her duel disk. "Sure."
Rikuo drew...
Jasmine motioned to her remaining face-down card. "Activate Drop Off! Now you must discard the card you just drew."
Rikuo looked at the card and smiled. "You just dug your own grave." He slid the card into his graveyard. "Now I activate Monster Reborn on the card you just made me discard! Revive my Wolf Demon Lord (2400/1000) in defense mode!" The heavily armored wolf demon appeared on the field in a crouching position.
"Then the special ability of my Nightmare Machine activates! I summon a Demon Slime token to my field in defense mode!" The robot shuddered and then it spat out a jet black blob of slime that slithered over next to its creator. "End turn."
Jasmine drew and slapped down a new monster. "I summon another Don Zaloog to add to my theft force. And speaking of theft..." She slid a card into her duel disk. "I activate the magic card Ability Transference. This gives Don Zaloog's ability to my Kitsune Ninja Master." The fox demon threw a smoke bomb into the ground, disappearing instantly. "So you know what's next, correct? I'm going to pay 1000 life points to attack you directly."
Rikuo smirked and flipped up his face-down card. "Sorry little vixen, but not this time. I activate the trap card Widespread Ruin. This will destroy your highest attack monster." The smoke cloud went up in a flash of flame and light.
Jasmine pouted and pointed at the Demon Slime. "Don Zaloog, attack his Demon Slime!" The bandit raised his guns and blew the blob apart. "End turn."
Rikuo drew and motioned to his Nightmare Machine. "Produce a Demon Slime for me." It spat out another blob which immediately exploded into bits. "Now I sacrifice it to summon Jinzo!" (2400/1500) The green metal monster appeared on his field and chuckled coldly.
Jasmine blanched as her Robbin' Goblin trap card shuddered and then went dark.
Rikuo snickered and turned his Wolf Demon Lord card vertical. "Now I switch Wolf Demon Lord into attack mode." The demon samurai came to his feet and drew his weapon, the sword exploding into phantom flames. "Attack Don Zaloog!" The demon snapped its sword up and brought it down, slashing the thief apart.
Rikuo- 5500
Jasmine- 4000
Rikuo pointed at Jasmine. "Jinzo, get her." The metal monster fired a blast of red light out of its eyes that sent her stumbling backwards.
Rikuo- 5500
Jasmine- 1600
The wolf demon crossed his arms across his chest and snickered at the Kitsune. "Do you surrender?"
Jasmine drew and slid the card into her disk. "Card of Demise lets me draw five cards into my hand." She drew her five cards and paled a little at the sight of one.
Rikuo raised an eyebrow questioningly. "What's the matter? Get a bad draw?"
Jasmine looked over at him and shook her head gently. "On the contrary, this is the best possible hand for this situation." She slid one of the five into her duel disk. "First I activate Monster Reborn to revive the Kitsune Ninja Master." There was a burst of smoke on her field and the ninja reappeared.
"Then I activate a card I'm sure you will not like at all." She slid the gold-faced card into her duel disk. "I activate the Legendary Weapon Card Shadow Knives!" A pair of small black daggers appeared in the Kitsune Ninja Master's hands.
Rikuo growled. ("A Legendary Weapon!? How does this wench have one? She can't be the Lord of the Fox Demons, can she?")
Jasmine slid another card into her duel disk. "Then I set one card face-down on my field." She pointed at Jinzo. "Attack his monster now Kitsune Ninja Master!" The black-clothed fox demon nodded and faded away like an illusion, reappearing behind Jinzo and stabbing his weapon right into its spine. The metal creature howled and exploded.
Rikuo- 5400
Jasmine- 1600
Jasmine pointed at Rikuo's deck. "Now I activate the special ability of Shadow Knives. They allow me to steal one card from the top of your deck." The Kitsune Ninja Master grabbed the top card off of the wolf demon's deck and ran over to give it to his mistress. She slid that card into her hand and nodded to Rikuo. "End turn."
Rikuo drew and motioned to his Nightmare Machine. "Give me a Demon Slime." The machine shuddered and spat out a Demon Slime. "End turn."
Jasmine drew and pointed at the Nightmare Machine. "I think I've seen you built up enough of an army. Attack the Nightmare Machine!" The Kitsune Ninja Master leapt across the field and slashed the machine apart with the Shadow Knives. "End turn."
Rikuo drew and snickered. "Get ready little fox, for here I come!" He slid a card into his duel disk. "Go Exchange of Soul! This will switch our graveyards for one turn!" Then he slid his other card into his disk. "Now go Replay! At the cost of half of my life points I will activate a magic card from your graveyard! Go Lord's Ascension!"
Rikuo- 2700
Jasmine- 1600
The Wolf Demon Lord was consumed in a torrent of light. "Now you will face my father, wench. Prepare yourself for his wrath!" As the light cleared a wolf demon in humanoid form wearing golden armor appeared. "Behold the ultimate warrior! Wolf Demon Avatar!" (5500/3000)
Jasmine took a step back from the glowing demon knight. "Incredible..."
Rikuo sneered and pointed at her Kitsune Ninja Master. "I'm so glad you agree! Wolf Demon Avatar, attack her monster with Howling Sword Nova!!" The golden demon leapt forward, its sword burning with golden flame.
Jasmine flipped up her face-down card. "Do I look that unprepared to you? Reveal Seal of Ice! This will trap your monster within a barrier that can only be shattered if you find a way to raise its attack points!" The Wolf Demon Avatar stopped in place, suddenly encased within a purple mass of ice.
Rikuo growled deeply. "For that insult, I'll rip out your throat after we're done. For now though, take your turn." His normally golden-amber eyes were glowing bright red now.
Jasmine seemed oblivious to his anger as she drew. "I suppose you're going to be taking off the kid gloves, correct?" She didn't wait for an answer. "Then so will I. Get ready wolf, because here comes the card that will turn this entire duel into a game like none you have ever played in before!"
She popped open her field magic card slot and slapped a card in. "I didn't want to have to use this, but you leave me little choice in the matter. Activate Seal of Dark Soul!" The field around them began to grow dark, the moon fading away beneath a veil of gloom.
Rikuo had experienced the hells of a darkness game, and yet something about this evil energy he was sensing sent shivers of true fear down his spine. ("Something's wrong with this energy. It's not like when a darkness game has been invoked. In those situations I can feel the presence of a single judging force that simply watches the duel and waits for the winner. Here though...") It felt like the watching force was somewhere on the field with him. "What is this place?"
Jasmine smiled at the wolf demon's obvious fear of this place. "Consider it a darkness game with a truly interesting twist. So, ready to play a game where your soul is on the line?"
To be continued...
Next Chapter: The first Dark Soul Duel
Author's Notes: And another new duel system comes into play. Before anyone flames me for it, I did use the Seal of Orichalcos card for the starting idea behind the Seal of Dark Soul. The difference between them will be shown in the next chapter.