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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc

Chapter 18: Dinner Date with a madman

Yugi sighed and slid underneath another branch that threatened to take off his head. It was pitch black and he was tired of getting hit by branches, tripped up by roots and stubbing his toes one rocks.

("Maybe you should stop for the night then?")

Yugi had to admit that Yami made a rest sound very convincing, but he needed to find the others before he would stop to rest. ("What if they are in danger and they need us to help them.")

Yami sighed from within his hikari's mind. ("I personally think that you are overreacting to this. They will be alright Yugi, so would you please stop and take a break. It isn't that I don't worry about our friends too, but keep in mind that not all of them are defenseless. They will survive this place.")

As much as Yugi wanted to argue, he knew that soon he was going to collapse from exhaustion. ("At least let me find a place to rest for the evening.")

Less than a few seconds later, he went from being trapped in a narrow pass to standing at the edge of a clearing. In the center of said clearing was a huge mansion.

("Now isn't that convenient.") Yami didn't exactly like the feeling that he and Yugi were being toyed with at the moment. ("Don't go into that place Yugi. We'll find somewhere else to stay the evening.")

"Greetings Yugi Moto!" A booming voice radiated from within the mansion. "I'm sure you must be tired from your walk through the forest. Please, come in and make yourself at home."

Yugi rolled his eyes and turned to walk away. "Come on, how dumb do you think I am?"

The voice laughed calmly, the sound echoing off the nearby trees to create that booming voice once more. "Ah, then you do not wish to see your darling Anzu?"

That stopped both Yugi and Yami in their tracks. Slowly, the boy turned to look back at the mansion. His eyes hardened as Yami slid to the forefront of their mind. "Where is she?" He asked calmly.

The doors to the mansion opened slowly. "If you want her back, then come right in and get her."

Yami knew he was going to be walking right into a trap, but honestly he didn't care. ("I will save my friends.") He walked across the clearing and through the open door.

The moment he crossed the threshold the door slammed shut behind him.

"Welcome Yugi Moto! If you would please continue straight ahead." The sound was coming from an intercom on the wall.

Yami marched down the elegant hallways and rich textures of the hallway with only one thought on his mind. ("If you have hurt her, then you will not enjoy the consequences of your actions at all.")

As he finally reached the end of the long hallway, he found himself at one end of a huge empty room. At the far end of the room there was a grey-haired older man wearing a black tuxedo and with a black and silver duel disk on his arm. He smiled at Yami politely and bowed. "What a pleasure it is to have the King of Games join me in my humble abode."

Yami took a space at the other end of the room and his duel disk clicked into place. He already knew that he was going to be dueling this opponent. "Enough small talk. Where's Anzu?"

The man chuckled curtly. "Straight to the point hmm? I can appreciate that. I am Tiberius Loiterous the third, connoisseur extraordinaire. If you can defeat me in this duel, then I will tell you the location of your beloved."

Yami looked down at his deck and then he nodded. "I'm ready for you. Let's begin."

Tiberius smirked. "This duel will be very interesting, believe me. By the time this duel is over you will have either learned the meaning of true teamwork or you will be missing your soul."

"What do you mean by true teamwork? This will be a single duel." Yami noticed the faraway look in his opponent's eyes and he didn't like it one bit. ("He's not right in the head.")

"He means that we will be working together, for we both have something riding on our victory in this tournament." Someone off to Yami's side said coolly. The Pharaoh looked over to see a face he hadn't seen in a long while. "Siegfried Reinhardt?"

The long brown-haired duelist nodded, his expression unreadable. "I arrive here a few hours ago. This man will not duel me until I have a partner, so I suppose you are it, eh Yugi?"

Yami nodded and took a few steps off to the side. "I suppose so. Shall we take him out?"

Siegfried clicked his duel disk into place. "I'd love to."

Tiberius drew his five cards. "As per the two on one rules, I am allowed two draws per turn and two summons per turn. Is that alright with you both?"

Both duelists nodded and drew their five.

Tiberius drew his two cards for the turn. "Then let me start off with an appetizer for you both. I set two monsters face-down on my field and two cards face-down." He slid the two cards into his duel disk and then placed the monsters down one after another. "End turn."

Yami drew and fanned out his hand to look at his strategy. ("I could summon an attacker and go after his life points, but he might spring a trap on me if I do. And if it is a trap that hurts Siegfried...") "I set one monster face-down in defense mode and end my turn."

Siegfried drew and without hesitation threw down a monster. "I summon Battle Footballer (1000/2100) in defense mode." A robot that looked like a football player appeared on his field in a crouching position. "Then I set one card face-down. End turn."

Tiberius drew his two and placed out two monsters. "I summon Bistro Butcher (1800/1000) in attack mode and Mystic Tomato (1400/1100) in defense mode." A purple-skinned monster with a meat cleaver in one hand and a hook in the other appeared on his field and licked its lips. Right next to it an orange-red tomato with a face appeared.

Tiberius grabbed another card out of his hand. "Now it's time for the first course!" He slid the card into his duel disk. "I play the Hungry Burger Ritual!" His two face-down cards exploded and in their place was a huge monster that looked like a hamburger with teeth. "Our first delicacy is the Hungry Burger (2000/1600) in attack mode!"

He slid another card into his disk. "That's not all though, for now I activate the magic card Pot of Greed to draw two cards from my deck!" He slid two off the top of his deck and smirked. "Tell me boys, are you ready for your final meal?"

Siegfried glared at the man, his normally cold ice-blue eyes burning with rage. Yami shared a similar expression on his face.

Tiberius frowned. "You're both no fun at all." He pointed at Yami's monster. "Bistro Butcher, serve his monster up on a silver platter!" The purple-skinned demon ran across the field and slashed down with the meat cleaver, only to be deflected backwards as its weapon slammed down on a steel shield.

Yami held up his monster card so that Tiberius could see. "You slammed right into my Big Shield Gardna!" (100/2600)

Yami- 8000

Siegfried- 8000

Tiberius- 7600

Tiberius frowned and looked at his hand. "Well played Yugi. End turn."

Yami drew and slid two cards into his duel disk. "Two cards face-down." He slid his Big Shield into the graveyard. "Now I summon Beast of Gilfer (2200/2500) in attack mode!" A huge demon appeared on his field. "Attack his Hungry Burger now!" The monster opened its mouth and began to charge up a fireball of energy.

Tiberius tapped a button on his duel disk. "Did you think I was unprepared for such a monster attack?" His first face-down card flipped face-up. "Activate Demon Grill!" A barbecue pit appeared on his field. "Now I may sacrifice your attacking monster and gain life points equal to its attack points." The pit shot out a burst of flames that instantly consumed the demon.

Yami- 8000

Siegfried- 8000

Tiberius- 9800

Yami frowned and looked over at Siegfried. "End turn. Be careful."

Siegfried drew. "I will not tolerate anyone who dares to kidnap Crystal. And I will beat you!" He slid his Battle Footballer into the graveyard. "I sacrifice my monster to summon Beast of Talwar!" (2400/2150) A double-falchion wielding monster appeared on his field. "Now attack his Hungry Burger!" The monster charged, weapon up to strike the evil fast food down.

Tiberius tapped a button on his duel disk and his next card flipped up. "You're serving me all the easy wins I would ever need. Reveal Demon Pressure Cooker!" A huge pressure cooker appeared on the field where the Beast of Talwar used to be. "This will destroy your monster and drain its attack points from both of your life points!" The machine shuddered and then exploded, spraying both duelists with virtual glass.

Yami- 5600

Siegfried- 5600

Tiberius- 9800

Siegfried looked at his hand and frowned. ("I must calm down. I'm letting my posture slip.") "End turn."

Tiberius drew his two cards and smirked. "Are you ready for course number two?" He slid a card into his duel disk. "I activate the Ritual Magic card King's Banquet!" All three of his monsters exploded into dust. "By sacrificing my creatures, I may special summon the greatest chef the world has ever seen!" There was an explosion of light and a man wearing a chef's hate and wielding an impossibly big meat cleaver appeared on the field. "I call forth the power of the Iron Chef (3200/2800) in attack mode! Attack Yugi's life points!" The monster launched across the field, weapon raised to strike the Pharaoh down.

Yami tapped a button on his duel disk. "Reveal face-down card, Mirror Force."

Tiberius tapped a button on his duel disk. "Sorry King, but I you've been out-classed by my Royal Decree, which negates all traps in play except itself!"

Siegfried flipped up his face-down card. "Activate Trap Jammer. This will negate your trap card and allow Yugi's Mirror Force to activate!"

Tiberius flipped up his second card. "Alright then, I play my trump card! Activate Solemn Judgment! At the cost of half of my life points I can negate anything!"

Siegfried looked over at Yami apologetically.

The Pharaoh looked over at his remaining face-down card and then to Siegfried. "I'm stepping out of this duel.

"What!?" Both Tiberius and Siegfried stared at him in amazement.

Yami smiled and flipped up his face-down card. "I activate Enchanted Javelin, but instead of using its effect to raise my life points by your monster's attack, I will transfer the life point gain to my partner and then I submit."

Yami- Surrender

Siegfried- 8800

Tiberius- 4900

Siegfried quickly slipped back into his normal expression-less state. "Why did you surrender Yugi?"

Yami clicked his duel disk back into standby mode. "Because I figured out why Tiberius wanted to take on two duelists instead of one. His deck is meant to benefit from the double draw and double-summons he gets. If we continued to play him as we were we would lose. So from this point onwards it will be Siegfried vs. Tiberius." He nodded to the German duelist. "Get him."

Tiberius frowned at the fact that his strategy had been found out. "It doesn't matter. I have a monster on the field with 3200 attack points and as long as Royal Decree remains in play traps cannot be used, so I have all of the advantages I need to win this duel."

Siegfried looked down at his deck and then brought his icy glare to Tiberius. "I won't lose this duel. For Crystal's sake and for my own, you are going to lose and then you are going to take us to our friends."

Tiberius snickered. "Saying and doing are very different things, boy. Just try and take me down."

Siegfried looked at his hand and calmly nodded. "I'll show you that the Blitzkrieg strategy is different then it was before."

Yami stepped back off the playing field. "Good luck Siegfried."

The German duelist nodded back to his ex-partner and then returned his attention to the game. "Let's duel!"

To be continued...

Next Chapter: The return of the Blitzkrieg

Author's Notes: Sorry if this chapter seems kinda weird. I know that dropping Yami out didn't make much sense, but I thought it best mid-chapter to avoid having a repetition of the Giovan Garlin vs. Yami/Rikuo duel. I save duels like that for big story points. Anyway, bear with me on this one. The duel between Siegfried and Tiberius will be good.

Also, if you want to read more dueling action, check out History of A Duelist by TheChazMan. I promise you won't be disappointed once you read his first duel.