Disclaimer: No I do not own Yugioh. How...many...times...do...we...need...to...go...over...this!?!?!?!?
Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc
Chapter 20: Bonds of the Weapons
The moment CJ returned to the dining room Rikuo had his sword drawn.
The bigger, dark-skinned man placed all of the gathered food supplies aside and blinked at the wolf demon. "What's your problem Rikuo?"
Rikuo's Howling Sword exploded into phantom flames. "Come now demon, there's no need to be shy. Come on out of the ape's body, so I can kill you."
CJ paled a little and took a few steps away from him. "Err...Yugi...Joey? Help?"
Yami stepped in front of the slowly advancing Rikuo. "What are you talking about Rikuo? That is CJ."
Rikuo spat upon the ground. "I know that smell all too well. Damned peace-loving horse demon if I have ever smelled one. And unless he mated with one, he..." He lifted the sword to point at CJ, "...is one."
CJ took another step back from the sword and then his mind slowly brought in what Rikuo had said. "A...a...a...demon!? ME!?"
Rikuo found it hard to doubt the surprise in his voice. ("There's only one way to be sure though.") He snapped his arm out and elbowed Yami in the gut to make sure that the Pharaoh wouldn't get in the way.
With impossible speed he landed a punch right into CJ's chest, sending him shooting backwards like a rocket to leave a huge hole in the six inch thick wood of the wall.
Joey just stood there, eyes wide. "...........Ow.........like a lot........."
Yami slowly came to his feet, glaring murder at the wolf demon. "Are you insane!? He's a human!"
CJ slowly came out of the hole in the wall clutching his head. Other than that though, he looked undamaged. "Damn Rikuo...what was that for?"
Rikuo gave the staring Yami a smug look and walked over to watch the darkness game. "I rest my case. Horse Demon."
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Siegfried didn't hear any of it though. He was staring down at his deck and calling upon every ounce of luck he could muster. ("For Crystal's sake, give me the card I need!") He drew...
Siegfried stared at the card for a few seconds and then slid it into his duel disk. "I don't know what your face-down cards are, and I don't care. Activate the Blitzkrieg trump card, Annihilation! At the cost of 2000 life points I will send every card on the field and in all of our hands to the graveyard!"
Envirius- 4000/4000
Shadow Duelist- 4000/4000
Siegfried- 6000/8000
A deafening explosion echoed across the field and when the smoke cleared nothing was left on the field or in any of the players' hands.
Envirius narrowed his eyes and drew, since there couldn't have been anything that Siegfried could do. "End turn."
The Shadow Duelist drew and set a monster.
Just as the Shadow Duelist ended its turn, Siegfried finished looking through his deck and placing it back into his holder. "One of my face-down monsters was the Witch of the Black Forest (1100/1200) which when sent to the graveyard allows me to pick up one monster with a defense total of 1500 or less and place it into my hand."
He drew for the turn and then slapped down the monster he searched for. "Now that the field is clear, I had better attack while I can. I summon Mad Dog of Darkness (1900/1400) in attack mode!" A demonic dog appeared on his field.
"Next up is the magic card I drew! Pot of Greed lets me draw two cards from my deck!" He slid the two drawn cards free and slid them into his duel disk. "Mad Dog, attack Envirius's life points!" The demonic dog howled and launched across the field, only to get intercepted by the Shadow Duelist's defense mode monster, which it instantly destroyed.
Siegfried bowed his head in silent thanks to whomever or whatever was giving him this good draw streak. ("I just need this for a little longer. Soon he will be gone.")
Envirius snickered and pointed at Siegfried. "Take a look at your soul point total before you get too excited boy. Since yours is the only monster on the field, it had the Dark Soul Token attached to it. That means that when you attacked you lost 1900 soul points. Quite a hefty price for simply getting rid of a defensive monster."
Envirius- 4000/4000
Shadow Duelist- 4000/4000
Siegfried- 6000/6100
Siegfried didn't understand what Envirius was talking about, but he knew that something must be attached to his monster. ("I can only assume that when one of these totals hits zero then I lose the duel.") "End turn."
Envirius drew and slid a card into his duel disk. "I set this and end my turn."
The Shadow Duelist drew and placed down another monster.
Siegfried drew and threw down another monster. "I summon another Archfiend Soldier (1900/1500) in attack mode!" Another of the purple-skinned ram-horned demons appeared on his field. "Attack Envirius's life points directly!" The demon launched across the field, only to get intercepted by the Shadow Duelist's face-down monster card, which like the Mad Dog before it, it ripped apart.
Siegfried pointed at Envirius. "You're defenseless now! Attack his life points directly!" The Mad Dog howled and shot across the field. Meanwhile, the Dark Soul that was latched onto it drained Siegfried of soul points.
Envirius- 4000/4000
Shadow Duelist- 4000/4000
Siegfried- 6000/4200
Envirius tapped a button on his duel disk. "Too bad you don't know when and when not to attack. Reveal Magic Cylinder!" A pair of cups appeared on his field. One shot over to in front of Siegfried, while the other one sucked up his Mad Dog. The demon dog popped out of the other cup and slashed its claw down on Siegfried's shoulder, driving him to a knee. "This trap card deals your monster's attack in damage to you instead of me."
Envirius- 4000/4000
Shadow Duelist- 4000/4000
Siegfried- 4100/2300
Siegfried slowly came to his feet, eyes showing that despite his outward appearance, the effects of the darkness game were starting to wear down on him. ("I need to figure out how to deal with whatever is consuming my second life point total.") "I end my turn."
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Ever since Rikuo had explained to CJ how he was now a demon, the dark-skinned man had gone into a form of shock.
Joey waved his hand in front of CJ's unblinking eyes. "Yo CJ, you okay? Hello?"
Yami stared at CJ too. He slowly looked over at Rikuo, who was sitting cross-legged in front of the darkness sphere. "Alright, I believe you. But if he is a demon, then how exactly did he get that way?"
Rikuo shrugged nonchalantly. "How should I know? I'm not an expert on all of this mysticism stuff. I just know a demon when I smell it."
Yami decided to let the point rest. "How long have you been in control of your body? Maybe you should let Daniel take control while you rest?"
Rikuo clenched his fists at the mention of his hikari's name. ("My hikari? Did I just call him my light?") He glared at Yami. "Stop rubbing off on me!" Then he returned to glaring at the sphere.
Joey glanced up at Yami, who shrugged at the demon's response.
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Envirius drew and slid his newest card into his duel disk. "I set this face-down and end my turn."
The Shadow Duelist also drew and slid its card into it disk.
Siegfried drew and his eyes widened. ("My secret weapon...") He looked up to Envirius and let a little smirk come onto his face. "Your two face-down cards are nothing to me."
Envirius raised one of his eyebrows a little. "Why's that?"
Siegfried slid his Mad Dog of Darkness into the graveyard. "I have the monster that will take you down. I sacrifice my Mad Dog of Darkness to summon Mobius the Frost Monarch (2400/1000) in attack mode!" A cold wind blew across the field and in an explosion of ice the form of Siegfried's newest monster appeared. It looked like a man wearing a suit of armor made completely of ice.
"When I tribute summon Mobius to the field, he immediately destroys two face-down magic/trap cards on the field. That means you and your shadow's traps are gone. Mobius, Cold Wave!" The Monarch charged a ball of glowing ice within its palms and threw the blast across the field. It split in half on the way there and slammed down on the two cards, instantly shattering them.
Envirius was sweating bullets now. ("No...I will not be beaten by some upstart boy! I will not!")
Siegfried pointed at Envirius. "Good-bye. Mobius, attack with Cold Wave Explosion!" The Monarch charged up another ball of ice that it threw across the field. The blast slammed into Envirius and sent him sliding backwards.
Siegfried could feel it. He was in the zone. And soon Crystal would be free. "It's over!"
Envirius composed himself quickly and smiled. "Oh it is over alright. For you."
Siegfried narrowed his eyes. "What?"
Envirius pointed down at the duel disk. "Take a look at your life points."
Siegfried looked down and he felt the calmness that came from being 'in the zone' starting to fade away.
Envirius- 1600/1600
Shadow Duelist- 4000/4000
Siegfried- 4100/0
Envirius crossed his arms across his chest. "That's too bad boy. You forgot that when you tribute summon a monster, the Dark Soul Token attaches to the new creature."
Siegfried could feel the pain, yet somehow he managed to say, "But you never even explained the rules of the Seal." There was that stinging feeling and then he collapsed to the ground.
Envirius watched as an ice-blue crystal floated from Siegfried's body and hovered in the palm of his hand. He knew that the boy couldn't hear him, but he just had to say it. "That's because you never asked about the rules of the card."
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Rikuo felt pain for a moment. It was a pain he couldn't forget. ("No...") He slowly came to his feet and drew his sword, the weapon now burning with its flames.
Yami watched the demon, which went from passive to angry in the span of two seconds, wearily. "Rikuo? What's wrong?"
Rikuo responded by slamming his weapon against the barrier with blinding speed. His efforts did nothing though, except spray sparks everywhere. "LET ME IN!!" He tried to drive the weapon into the mass, only to have the mass push back in the form of a wave of energy that shot him across the room and right into the wall. He imprinted into the wood, but quickly recovered and attacked the sphere again.
Yami understood now. And with that understanding in his mind, he felt an anger that was all-consuming. ("Siegfried.......no.....") He slowly brought his eyes to the sphere and lifted his palm to it. "You will not deny me! Let....me....IN!!" He gave every bit of power he had into one single push of energy. He would get through this time, even if it killed him.
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Envirius could feel the two fools who were daring to challenge his Seal of Dark Souls. "How pitiful of them. Do they really think they can conquer a power as ancient as my family's seal?" He chuckled and looked over to the Shadow Duelist, who nodded in agreement with him.
His gaze swept over to the crystal and he smiled, tapping it with his finger. "They're trying to save you, Siegfried. Why they would risk their life for you, I do not know. You're not worth saving. Neither was the wench who we kidnapped to bring you here. Though of course, since you cannot save her, perhaps I will keep her as my personal pet."
He smiled lecherously at the thought of that, the expression being shared by his Shadow Duelist. "She was definitely a good piece of eye candy. A little too free-spirited though. That can be fixed easily. Just a few good beatings should shut her up."
The crystal in his palm shimmered brightly, as if the soul of Siegfried was enraged at the thought of Crystal being used as anything of the sort.
Envirius sneered down at the little crystal in his palm. "Just try and stop me, if you can."
"I will..." Siegfried's body slowly came to its feet, ice-blue eyes glowing in the gloom.
Envirius stared at the soulless form. "This shouldn't be possible...How? You have no soul. You shouldn't be alive."
Siegfried looked down at his arms and then at his duel disk. "Take a look at my life point total."
Envirius looked down and he rubbed his eyes to make sure he was seeing this right. "This damned thing must be malfunctioning. This doesn't make any sense at all."
Envirius- 1600/1600
Shadow Duelist- 4000/4000
Siegfried- 4100/0/13000/14000/8000/9000/10000
Siegfried's eyes continued to glow in the gloom. His eyes began to shift, the points of darkness in the ice-blue orbs stretching to slits. "I will not let you hurt Crystal." His voice was deathly calm. His form could no longer be seen in the darkness of the Seal. All that could be seen was the pair of slotted eyes that glared at the dark-suited businessman.
Envirius drew his next card. "Perhaps, but you forfeited your turn when you collapsed, so for now it is my turn." He looked at the card and snickered. "You're going to lose anyway. I summon a monster capable of wiping you out in but one play. Say hello to the Supreme Dark Soul-Sloth!" (0/3000) A dark lump of shadow energy appeared on his field that took the form of a shield. "End turn."
The Shadow Duelist drew and showed the card to its master.
Envirius smirked and took the card from his puppet to show it to his opponent. "Now here's the deathblow that I was hoping for. I activate the equipment magic card that will give my monster the power of infinite soul point drain." He slid the card into his duel disk.
"First off let me explain the power of my monster. Supreme Dark Soul-Sloth's special ability normally allows it to send one equipment magic card on it to the graveyard to drain my opponent of 500 soul points. However, thanks to the nature of my magic card, I'm about to do this infinitely. Activate Dagger of Butterflies-Elma!"
A small pair of daggers appeared over the shield, and then they exploded. Envirius slid them into the graveyard, and then his graveyard spat them back out. "The effect of Dagger of Butterflies-Elma is that whenever it is sent to the graveyard, it returns to my hand. So therefore with these two simple cards I am going to end you right now!" He slid the card into his duel disk. "Go infinite soul drain combo!"
The glowing eyes didn't waver one bit as the combo sucked out all of Siegfried's soul energy.
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Rikuo stopped in his assault and fell to one knee. Something was tugging at his soul rapidly. ("It...burns...") He looked over and saw that his friends were already unconscious. ("Damn...it...all...") Giving out one angry growl, he collapsed face-first to the lush carpet.
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Envirius chuckled happily as he watched five more crystals float out of Siegfried's now prone form. One violet, one green, one yellow, one blood red, and one bright red. "Heh, I've just walked away with five brand new souls in my possession. I love it when a plan comes together." He noticed that his Supreme Dark Soul-Sloth was still locked in its soul point drain combo. "Stop now my beast. We have won this duel." The daggers above the shield's form appeared and stayed in place this time.
The business-man looked over at his Shadow Duelist and chuckled. "I guess you end your turn, eh?" He broke down into laughter. "And to think we didn't even give him a chance to draw another card and topdeck his way to a win." He reached down to remove the duel disk, but what he saw stopped him cold. "Oh please tell me you're kidding..."
Envirius- 1600/1600
Shadow Duelist- 4000/4000
Siegfried- 4100/0/10/10/10/10/10
He didn't understand how this was possible. ("Unless...") He groaned and slapped his forehead with the heel of his palm. "I didn't wait for the soul drain combo to finish. I stopped it too early." His gaze went over to the darkness covered form of Siegfried. ("Please...please...please...stay down...just stay down and die...")
Yet, despite his prayers, his opponent slowly came to his feet. Siegfried's eyes were somehow still burning with rage, despite the fact that he should be dead at the moment. "You made one mistake. You...." He drew, "...Shouldn't..." He slid the card into his duel disk, "...take me lightly. I play the Legendary Weapon Card Thunder Claws."
An explosion of electricity came from Mobius as the Frost Monarch suddenly was wearing a pair of gloves with metal claws attached to the fingertips. "Thunder Claws raises my monster's attack total by 3000, and it also gives my monster a special ability I know you won't like at all. Now I may sacrifice monsters to my current creature to raise its attack points permanently! First I sacrifice Archfiend Soldier." The purple demon howled as it was consumed in a torrent of lightning. (7300/1000)
Envirius smirked. "That may be enough attack power to wipe me out, but I couldn't help but notice that my monster is in defense mode at the moment. Meaning I'll live on to draw the cards I need."
Siegfried's shadowed form tapped a button on his duel disk and one of his two remaining face-down cards flipped face-up. "Reveal Big Bang Shot! This will raise my monster's attack by 400 points and give it the power to deal damage through defense." (7700/1000) "Mobius, Ice Claw Strike!" The Monarch slammed its claws together and then unleashed a blue blast of electricity that consumed the Supreme Dark Soul and the rest of Envirius's life points.
Or so Siegfried had hoped. Envirius had other plans though. "I won't be the one losing my soul today. I transfer my monster to my Shadow Duelist's field." The shadowy version of Envirius shuddered and exploded.
Envirius- 1600/1600
Shadow Duelist- 0/0
Siegfried- 4100/0/10/10/10/10/10
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As the orb of the darkness game cleared, Rikuo got a glimpse of his quarry. "Return Daniel now!" He went into a wild leap, weapon leading the way.
Envirius smirked and snapped his fingers. "No dice on that one general. Good-bye." His form blew apart into black smoke, leaving Rikuo's weapon to cut through nothing but air.
As the wolf demon hit the ground, he was already cursing his new enemy in every language he knew. And he knew a lot of languages...
Siegfried rubbed his eyes over and over again. They were itching way too much for something as simple as getting used to having light near them again.
Rikuo stopped cursing when a new scent hit his nose. He slowly turned and growled deep in his throat at the demon smell in the air. His eyes were locked on Siegfried.
The German duelist blinked in confusion at the wolf demon, but when he looked to Yami or Joey for explanation, he saw they were staring at him too.
CJ was still staring at air.
Finally Siegfried couldn't take it anymore. "What's everyone staring at?"
Rikuo walked up to him, grabbed something from behind him, and held it up to his eyes. It was fuzzy, rounded, and very much alive.
Siegfried stared at his tail for a few seconds before his eyes rolled back into his head and he collapsed in a dead faint on the floor.
Rikuo snorted, "Why did it have to be a cat demon? I hate cat demons."
To be continued...
Next Chapter: The Soul of the Dragon Reborn
Author's Responses: To Guardian Force- Yes I do know the characters that Deondre and CJ are based after.