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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc

Chapter 16: Return of the Dimension Duelist

Deondre continued to smile confidently. "Get ready body-snatcher! The dimension duelist is back...and he's out for your blood!"

Valeus rolled his eyes and drew. "I suppose that since this is a new duel we should start with a new hand." He slid the card into his duel disk. "I activate Card of Sanctity. This forces us both to draw until we have six cards in our hand." He began to draw cards off of his deck slowly, that arrogant smirk saying that he was getting exactly what he needed.

Deondre drew his six and returned the smirk. "Trust me Valeus; you've got no idea what I have in store for you."

Valeus slid three cards into his duel disk. "And you have no idea what the Seal of Dark Souls has in store for you. I trigger the Seal's fourth special ability right now!" The darkness around him began to warp into a form on his field. "By sacrificing my first special ability of adding 500 attack points to all of my monsters, I may special summon Dark Soul Fiend (0/0) to my field." As the darkness finished forming, it revealed a black demon wielding a whip and sword. The creature looked at Deondre and sneered, snapping the whip back and forth.

Deondre frowned and looked down at his hand. "So how exactly is that walking pile of zero attack points supposed to hurt me?"

Valeus snickered. "I'm glad you asked. You see, the Dark Soul Fiend has numerous abilities. The first of which destroys all monsters on both of the fields except for itself. So say good-bye to all of your monsters." The demon snapped its whip in an arch and shattered both Deondre's Blue-Eyes White Dragon and his Vorse Raider.

Through Kaiba's eyes, Deondre could see that alone was bad enough. ("What he said though...numerous abilities...?")

Valeus slid his three remaining cards into the graveyard. "Now Dark Soul Fiend's special ability number two allows me to discard cards from my hand to permanently raise its attack points by 1000 per card." The fiend howled as it suddenly became the size of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. (3000/3000)

Deondre looked down at Kaiba's remaining face-down card. ("I hope you had something good planned before you left.")

Valeus smirked at the boy whose body he inhabited. "So tell me Deondre, how exactly did you get into Kaiba's body in the first place? I didn't think you knew any magic."

Deondre smiled in a way that seemed uncharacteristic on Kaiba's face. "You don't hang around ancient demons and spirits for a month and not start getting used to weird stuff happening. I just used willpower and climbed into the hole that I saw in Kaiba's body."

Despite the fact he was going to have to destroy the boy, Valeus had to admit that he was impressed. "Not many humans figure out that simple fact about soul transference. I commend you boy, you're more clever than most. It's a shame I'm going to have to crush your soul."

He pointed at Deondre. "Dark Soul Fiend, attack with Demon's Whip!" The demon howled and launched across the field, intent on slamming its whip down across Deondre's body.

Tapping a button on his duel disk, Deondre prayed for a miracle. "Reveal face-down card!" The card flipped and he felt his confident smile return to his face. "Negate Attack stops your attack and leaves me unharmed." A swirling vortex appeared and stopped the demon's attack.

Valeus frowned but nodded his consent. "Alright, you've bought yourself one turn. Make it count."

Deondre drew. ("I hope he's not expecting me to play using Kaiba's strategies. I've got something far more ingenious planned than that.") "First I play the magic card D.D. Beacon!" A green engine appeared on his field.

Valeus narrowed his eyes at the sight of the machine. "How did that get into Kaiba's deck? He shouldn't have such a card at his disposal."

Deondre answered the question with a simple, "Who ever said that I was playing with Kaiba's deck?" He slid two cards into his duel disk. "I set two cards face-down on my field. Then I summon D.D. Warrior Lady (1500/1600) in defense mode." A woman in a grey bodysuit appeared on his field in a crouching position. "Then I'll end my turn." There was now a glowing mote of light over his D.D. Beacon.

Valeus drew and slid the card into his graveyard. "This is just another useless card that I can use to increase the power of my Dark Soul Fiend." (4000/4000)

Deondre flipped up one of his face-down cards. "I hope you didn't plan to attack this turn, because I activate the trap card Dimensional Warp! This will send your Dark Soul Fiend out of play for one turn." There was a flash of light and the demon disappeared.

Now two motes of light hovered over the D.D. Beacon.

Valeus smirked. "Very well boy, you've stopped me for now. End turn."

Deondre drew and watched as the Dark Soul Fiend reappeared on his opponent's field. "It's nice to see you again, ugly."

He slid a card into his duel disk. "I set this card face-down." Then he slid his D.D. Warrior Lady card into the graveyard. "Now I summon my ultimate defender! D.D. Dragon (1200/1500) is defense mode!" A crystalline dragon appeared on his field with its wings folded in on itself. Now there were three counters on the D.D. Beacon. "End turn."

The very second Valeus drew his Dark Soul Fiend disappeared off the field.

Deondre held up his second Dimension Warp trap card. "Once again, denied." Now there were four counters on his D.D. Beacon.

Valeus looked at the single card and his smirk was starting to wane. "End turn."

Deondre drew his next card and nodded. "Here it comes. Get ready Valeus!"

Valeus didn't like that tone of finality the boy's voice had. "What are you talking about? You couldn't have anything that could be that bad to me."

"That's what you think. I, however, think much more realistically." Deondre slid a card into his duel disk. "I activate the magic card Soul Release! This allows me to remove up to five monsters from any player's graveyard! I choose to remove the Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my graveyard and the Dark Magician from yours."

He pressed a button on his duel disk and one of his cards flipped up. "Now I activate the trap card Return from a Different Dimension, which at the cost of half of my life points will revive as many monsters from one players removed from play pile as I wish. I choose to return my Blue-Eyes White Dragon to the field!" A portal opened up behind him and the enormous head of the dragon emerged from it.

Deondre- 2000/8000

Valeus- 5600/4500

Deondre smiled even wider. "Now all I need is my Dark Magician back from your removed from play pile."

Valeus snickered. "That's not very likely. You yourself just said that your trap card only brings monsters out from one players removed from play pile."

"You need to start paying attention Valeus. I activate this, Monster Returned!" Deondre slid a card from his hand into his duel disk and grinned as the Dark Magician appeared on his field. "This will revive one monster from either player's removed from play pile to my control."

Valeus chuckled. "What do you expect to do against me with a pair of monsters that I can easily defeat with my Dark Soul Fiend?"

Deondre looked over at the five motes of light that were hanging over his D.D. Beacon. "Just watch and see." Cracks started to appear along the frame of the green device. "You know what this means? It means you're finished. D.D. Beacon requires that I play five cards with Dimension or D.D. in their title for it to work." The Beacon shuddered and blew apart to reveal a floating suit of glowing blue crystal armor. "The almighty power of my Dimensional Armor stasis magic card has been summoned."

Valeus stared at the crystal armor. "What is that supposed to do to me?"

"Alone? It will do nothing. Its purpose is to summon two of my most powerful monsters to the field." Deondre pointed at the Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes White Dragon. "This is the end of this duel." He slid a card from his hand into his duel disk. "Go Forked Magic! This will split the effect of my Dimensional Armor to both of my monsters!" The crystal armor and the two monsters disappeared in an explosion of crystalline light that broke through the gloom of the Seal of Dark Souls.

The light died down to reveal a tall and blond magician wearing crystalline blue robes and a crystal blue staff. "This is my personal favorite monster. Different Dimension Dark Magician (2700/2700) in attack mode." The mage bowed to his master. "Now I'll trigger his special ability. Go Dimensional Banishment!" The magician raised his palm and aimed it at the Dark Soul Fiend. A portal opened up right beneath its feet and sucked it in. "Now your creature has been removed from the game, meaning that your Seal of Dark Souls is gone."

Valeus motioned to the darkness that still hovered around him. "That's where you are wrong, human. The Seal of Dark Souls cannot be destroyed by such weak effects!"

Deondre shrugged and pointed to the clearing pillar of light next to his magician. "I really don't care. This other monster will put you in your place." The light faded to reveal a creature that looked exactly like the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, except that it was formed completely of blue crystal. "Different Dimension Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3500/3000) in attack mode." The dragon howled and faded out of sight. "Its special ability is what makes it so deadly to you though. When it is summoned to the field it may immediately attack your life points directly!"

Valeus stumbled back in sudden fear as the dragon appeared right in front of him and sprayed him with energy. As the blast cleared, he stumbled out of hit clutching his chest in pain. "Why....you...."

Deondre- 2000/8000

Valeus- 2100/1000

Deondre slid the last card he was holding into his duel disk. "From the looks of your soul point total you are almost finished Valeus. I set one card face-down and end my turn."

The ex-demon mage looked down at his deck and then up at the two dimensional monsters on his opponent's field. "Impressive monsters indeed. There's only one problem with them."

Deondre crossed his arms across his chest. "Oh? What's that?" As Valeus drew, Deondre could feel the waves of dark energy that were coming off of him. ("He's cheating again...")

Valeus looked at his card and smirked fully. "They aren't immune to the effects of my Seal of Dark Souls." He tapped a button on his duel disk and one of the face-down cards on his field flipped up. "Graceful Charity lets me draw three cards and then discard two of them into my graveyard." He drew his three and then slid two into his graveyard slot. "Heh...you're in trouble now."

Deondre frowned. "Was that before or after you cheated?"

Valeus grinned at the fact his opponent knew what he was doing and couldn't do anything about it. "Both actually. I activate this continuous magic card." All around him the darkness seemed to magnify. "The power is in my hand now boy. As long as Dark Soul Summon remains on the field the number of Dark Soul Tokens on the field will increase by one every turn. Soon all of your creatures will be marked and then you will be unable to attack at all!" He sneered and slapped down a monster. "I summon Headless Knight (1450/1700) in defense mode." A suit of armor appeared on his field in a crouching position. "End turn."

Deondre drew and looked at his two useless monsters. ("Alright, I'll go after his life points with a different monster card then.") He slapped down a monster. "I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior (1900/1000) in attack mode." A crimson armored mage wielding a sword and shield appeared on his field. "Attack his Headless Knight!" The mage launched across the field and slashed the monster apart.

"That's not all though! I now activate Breaker's effect! Once per game I may sacrifice 300 of his attack points to destroy one magic or trap card on your field. And my target..." He pointed at the dark mist around him. "...is your Seal of Dark Souls!" The spellcaster lifted his sword, which was now pulsing with energy. (1600/1000)

Valeus rolled his eyes in exasperation. "What are you expecting that to do? I told you that no effect you could create would be enough alone to destroy my Seal of Dark Souls!"

Deondre smiled knowingly. "That's true." He tapped a button on his duel disk and his face-down card flipped face-up. "So I activate the magic card Mystical Space Typhoon, which will combo with Breaker's destruction effect to crush your Seal!" Breaker threw his sword into the air around them, a powerful cyclone of wind developing around it as the two magical forces combined.

Valeus stepped back in fear, his eyes wide. "No..."

Deondre smirked. "Ah, I've hit the jackpot? Yes one destruction effect isn't enough to shatter your Seal of Dark Souls, but what about two?" The sword slashed out into the night, the dark mist around them both exploding into nothingness. "And that's the end of you. Without your Seal of Dark Souls, you are nothing Valeus."

Valeus had lost his smirk completely. ("You insolent little...")

Deondre smiled and waved his hand dismissively to his opponent. "You're out of your league in this duel. So take your last turn."

Valeus knew that he was in trouble now. Next turn he would get attacked and wiped out, unless his next card was a good one. "I'm not out of this game yet!" He drew, using every ounce of his dark energy to manipulate his deck to his personal tastes.

Deondre could feel the sheer intensity of that energy and he felt drops of sweat dripping down his borrowed face. ("Please...don't let him topdeck.")

Valeus looked at his new card and his smirk was back in full force. "I'm beaten, am I?" He flipped up his face-down card. "Reveal Conquest of the Lands of the Dead! This long-winded card lets me pick up one field magic card from my graveyard!" His graveyard spat up a card that he held up for his opponent to see. It was the Seal of Dark Souls. "I'm not beaten yet." He popped open his field magic card slot and replayed the card. All around the two of them the darkness returned.

Deondre bit his lower lip. ("No...")

Valeus flipped up his other face-down card. "Now I activate the magic card Dark Soul Fulfillment! This magic card immediately creates one Dark Soul Token for every monster on your field. Now every one of your creatures are marked!" He slid the last card he was holding into his duel disk. "I set this card face-down on the field. So Dimension Duelist..." He spat the name out like a curse. "...let's see you defeat my Seal of Dark Souls again."

Deondre looked down at his deck, and then up at his opponent. "Trust me...I will win this duel and reclaim my body!"

Valeus motioned to the darkness around him and replied sarcastically. "Oh I believe you. It's the darkness that requires convincing. So I suggest you make your case good, because believe me..." He exploded into insane laughter. "...the shadows don't believe in mercy!"

To be continued...

Next Chapter: Conquering the Dark Seal

Author's Notes: Not much to say in these notes. Deondre's back and he was so close to winning, but now he's in trouble. Can he pull through?

To Luna's Meow: Deondre got into Kaiba's body the same way Valeus got into his body. As for the Blue-Eyes White Dragon cards? I personally dislike fics where they say that there is suddenly more than three (I don't count the fourth one cause it is technically damaged beyond playability in a tournament) Blue-Eyes.