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Demon Duelist Legacy-Dark Soul Arc
Chapter 21: The soul of the dragon reborn
Envirius stood in the center of his office, pondering. ("Now Rikuo has three Legendary Weapons under his control. I also have three. Therefore, I must figure out a way to tip the scales in my favor. How though....") He completely understood what position he would be in once Deondre found his friends. Then they would have four weapons and he would be at a disadvantage.
("Unless....") Envirius had an idea. He smirked and tapped a button on his watch.
"Yes sir?" The voice of his secretary came out of the device.
"Contact Replica, I have a job for him..."
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Siegfried rolled backwards just in time to avoid getting his head taken off by a swipe of Rikuo's claws. He came up from his roll running.
Joey took a bit out of an apple they had liberated from Tiberius's kitchen. "So how is this demon training again? It looks more like Rikuo is trying to kill Siegfried."
Yugi didn't particularly think this method of training was very effective either. "I think Rikuo just wanted someone to vent his frustrations on.
After spending the night in Tiberius's mansion, the group had continued on their way towards what they hoped was the direction of the man who they had seen last night. Right now it was noon and Rikuo had decided to give Siegfried some training on how to fight like a demon.
Unfortunately, the German Duelist was taking his sudden change in species not as well as Rikuo had been hoping. "Stop running around and fight back!" He swiped with his claws again, barely missing Siegfried's head once more.
Siegfried leapt into a tree, disappearing in the sea of green leaves. "Are you insane!?"
Rikuo looked up at the tree and pondered that... "Yes. Yes I am."
Siegfried's head poked out of the leaves. "Alright, well why don't you go and bother CJ!? I'm sure he could use your 'training'!"
The wolf demon snorted and twisted his head to the side. "I wouldn't train a weakling horse demon if my life depended on it. Consider yourself lucky that at least you are a demon that has the potential to fight." He was so focused on his 'student' that he didn't even hear the punch headed for his head until it was too late.
Siegfried slid out of the tree and dropped silently to the ground in front of the prone form of Rikuo. "Ouch...."
CJ cracked his knuckles and walked over to join Yugi and Joey. "Call me weak and I'll call you an ambulance."
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"Joey, stop staring at his ears," Yugi said as he finished making his sandwich. "It's rude."
"But I'm telling you Yug, they're tryin to tell me somethin." Joey continued to stare at the pointy brown cat ears on top of Siegfried's head. Every once in a while they would twitch in response to a change in the air or whenever Siegfried heard a sound.
Through it all Siegfried tried to keep his attention off of Joey and on something else. "I doubt my ears are trying to 'tell' you anything, Joseph."
Ever since last night, The German Duelist had not been having fun getting used to his new...anatomy. After all, when you emerge from a duel with someone and find out that you are suddenly a cat demon....well it was something of a shock for him.
After he had awoken from his initial faint, Rikuo had explained to him that he was some kind of demon lord. ("Whatever that means.") All he was sure of were the fact that he suddenly had cat ears and a tail. That was proof enough for him that he didn't want this.
CJ, unlike Siegfried, had come out of his transformation with very little about him different. Other than a sudden small increase in muscle mass, he looked about the same as he always did, if not a little more intense. Secretly Siegfried was jealous of the other duelist.
Rikuo slowly came to his feet and rubbed the back of his head gingerly. "Stupid Ape-Horse. I'll kill him." Rikuo turned and calculated the distance that he would have to throw a boulder if he wanted it to hit CJ. As he calculated though, his ears twitched and swiveled as they heard something. Rikuo turned and watched as a black-cloaked man walked out from beneath the cover of the trees. "Oh boy, another Emissary for me to play with." He smiled and flexed his claws. "Come here little boy..." He lunged through the air, claws out to cut down the figure.
Except that the figure moved, stepping aside and dealing an impossibly powerful punch to Rikuo's side. The wolf demon was launched across the clearing and slammed through several trees before he finally skidded to a stop at the base of one large redwood, unconscious.
Siegfried and CJ were already standing up, though most feelings of fighting left them when they watched Rikuo get taken down in one hit.
Yami took over for Yugi and stepped past the two. "Who are you?"
The cloaked man chuckled and tossed his cloak aside, revealing multi-colored hair and leather clothing. His violet eyes shimmered in the noon sun. He looked exactly like Yami. "I'm who I want to be. I can be you, I can be me, I can be anyone. I am Replica and I challenge you to a duel."
Yami nodded. "Very well. I'll take this duel."
Joey stepped past him. "Let me Yug. This guy most likely is gonna copy your strategies if you play 'im."
Replica smirked and his form blurred. As it cleared up it was replaced by an exact copy of Joey. "I don't care who I duel." Before CJ or Siegfried could step forward he added, "However, I will not play any of the demons. So it's either Yugi or Joey."
Siegfried now had another reason to not like being a demon.
CJ just looked crest-fallen.
Replica sneered, the feature completely alien-looking on Joey's face. "One thing though. Whoever duels must place Rikuo's Grand Emperor Dragon into their deck. That is all I ask."
Joey walked past Yami and went over to Rikuo. "I'll show this guy just who's the best." He reached into the demon's belt pouch, removed his deck, and then took out the Grand Emperor Dragon and placed it into his deck. He returned to his friends and faced off against Replica. "Let's get this duel started!"
Yami patted his friend on the shoulder. "Good luck Joey. And do me a favor."
Joey looked over at his friend. "What's that?"
Yami smiled jokingly. "Don't turn into a demon, or anything of the sort."
Joey smiled right back. "Course not." He brought his attention to Replica. "Alright, let's get this going copy." His duel disk clicked into place.
Replica's duel disk clicked into place. ("Excellent. I'm taking on the weakest of their team. This should make my mission easier than I originally thought.") "I suppose the original can go first."
Joey drew his five and then his sixth. "You don't know what you are getting yourself into. I'm one of the top duelists in the world."
Replica snickered. "And just how many Joey Wheeler fans do you see in the world?"
Joey ignored the barb and slid two cards into his duel disk. "I set these two cards face-down and then I summon Little Winguard (1400/1800) in defense mode." A little warrior with a winged cap appeared on his field in a crouching position. "End turn."
Replica drew and snickered. ("This fool has absolutely no idea what he is getting himself into.") He slid two cards into his duel disk and set a monster. "End turn."
Joey drew and threw down a new monster. "I summon Axe Raider (1700/1150) in attack mode." A warrior wielding a battle-axe appeared on his field. "Now I switch my Little Winguard into attack mode." The little warrior drew its sword.
Replica tapped a button on his duel disk. "I activate the trap card Mirror Focusing Blast! This card will allow me to discard one monster from my hand to attack all monsters on your field."
Joey stared at the strange hand mirror that appeared in front of his field. "Say what?"
Replica slid a card from his hand into his graveyard. "For example, by discarding Reflect Bounder (1700/1000) to the graveyard, I may attack every monster on your field with 1700 attack points worth of damage." The mirror shuddered and then spat out a wave of light energy that destroyed both of Joey's monsters.
Joey- 7700
Replica- 8000
Joey looked down at his hand and frowned. ("I'm gonna need to get my hands on a monster to sacrifice if I want to summon any of these things.") "End turn."
Replica drew and laughed darkly, the sound so eerie coming out of Joey's mouth. "I summon a monster that will wipe you out. First I sacrifice my face-down monster." The face-down card exploded, and then Replica took his newly drawn card and placed it down. "I summon Infernal Judge (2000/2000) in attack mode!" A demon in judge's robes appeared on his field. "Attack his life points now!"
Joey smirked and pressed a button on his duel disk. "I activate Graverobber! This allows me to steal one card from your graveyard and use it for myself!" A little imp appeared on the field holding a card. It flipped the card around to show Replica's Mirror Focusing Blast.
"Guess what that means Replica. That means if I discard a monster from my hand, I can blast your monster away. So I'll discard Red-Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) and blast your Infernal Judge with 2400 attack points of damage." The hand mirror appeared on his field and spat out a burst of light that instantly annihilated the demon.
Joey- 7700
Replica- 7600
Replica frowned and looked down at his hand. ("I'm starting to see why I can't take him lightly.") He took a card from his hand and slid it into his duel disk. "End turn."
Joey drew and flipped up his other face-down card. "Reveal Giant Trunade! This will return all magic and trap cards on the field to their owner's hands!" A blast of wind exploded across the field and when it cleared Replica had no cards left. "Now I've got you Replica. You won't walk away from this one." He slid one of his three cards into his duel disk. "Monster Reborn will revive Red-Eyes Black Dragon from my graveyard and bring it to the field in attack mode!" There was an explosion of light and the huge black scaled form of Joey's dragon appeared.
Replica knew he was in trouble, but he wasn't ready to admit defeat. ("I still have almost all of my life points. It's not over yet.")
Joey slapped down a monster. "Now I summon Gearfried the Iron Knight (1800/1600) in attack mode!" A black armored knight appeared on his field. "Now Red-Eyes and Gearfried, direct attack on his life points!" The two monsters launched across the field and slammed into Replica, sending him flying backwards.
Joey- 7700
Replica- 3400
Joey slid the last card he was holding into his disk. "Finally, I'll set this face-down and end my turn."
Replica drew and smirked. He snatched a card from his hand and slid it into his duel disk. "First I play Swords of Revealing Light! This will stop you from attacking for three turns." Green glowing swords of light slammed down on Joey's field, blocking off his monsters.
The Joey duplicate slid another card into his duel disk. "Now I activate Dark Designator, which lets me call on card's name and if you have that card in your deck, then you place it into your hand. I call Grand Emperor Dragon."
Joey popped his deck free of the deck slot and removed the dragon card, which was at the very bottom of his deck. He shuffled and then slid his deck back into place. "What purpose did that lame move serve?"
Replica threw down a monster. "I'll show you right after I summon Kaiser Seahorse (1700/1650) in defense mode!" A blue-armored warrior appeared on his field in a crouching position. "And now for my final play for the turn. I play Exchange!" He walked over to Joey and handed him the remaining card in his hand. "Enjoy your Polymerization. For I get the Grand Emperor Dragon from you. It's a far rarer prize." He grabbed the single card from Joey and then walked back over to his side of the field.
Joey drew and slid his Gearfried into the graveyard. "I don't know what you are up to, but it won't work. I sacrifice Gearfried the Iron Knight to summon Maximum Six (1900/1200) in attack mode." A six-armed purple giant appeared on his field and it rolled a die across the uneven ground. "My monster will gain 200 attack points times the number rolled on the die, so come on lady luck!" The die landed on a six. "YES!" (3100/1200)
Replica really didn't seem too worried. "Its attack doesn't matter. As long as I have Swords of Revealing Light in play I am safe from all attacks."
Joey smirked. "Yeah, but as soon as your swords come down you're all mine. End turn."
Replica drew and slid the card into his disk. "Pot of Greed lets me draw two cards." He drew his two cards and chuckled. ("Almost...") "I use the special ability of my Kaiser Seahorse to sacrifice it and summon Grand Emperor Dragon (2000/2500) to the field!" He slapped down the monster and a mix between a snake's hiss and the tinkling of crystals filled the air. A huge, golden-armored dragon floated to the ground and released its melodious cry again, before it fixed its sights on Joey.
Replica slid his next card into his disk. "Now I set one card face-down and summon Dragon Demon Soldier (1500/1200) in attack mode." A human wearing light body armor and wielding a spear appeared on the field. The thing that distinguished it as a dragon demon was its golden eyes. "Attack the Red-Eyes Black Dragon!" The monster charged against the dragon with its spear raised, only to get blasted out of existence before it ever got close to actually striking the dragon.
Joey- 7700
Replica- 2500
Replica's field was engulfed in light and when it cleared there was a much stronger version of the Soldier standing on the field. "When Dragon Demon Soldier is sent to the graveyard, I may special summon Dragon Demon Lord (2400/1000) from my deck, hand or graveyard to the field. End turn."
Joey drew and slid a card into his duel disk. "I set this card face-down. End turn."
Replica drew and slid his card into his duel disk. "I activate Higher Vision. At the cost of 2000 life points I may take any card from my deck and put it into my hand." His deck spat out a card that he caught and slid into his disk immediately. "It's almost over for you Wheeler. I set this and end turn."
Joey- 7700
Replica- 500
Joey drew and placed down his card on top of his disk. "I set this monster and end my turn. Before we continue though, I'm starting ta get curious about sumthin. You call yerself Replica, and yet all you've been doin is playing this weird dragon strategy. How's that replicatin' me?"
Replica snickered and his form began to blur. "Who ever said that I was copying your strategy? I'm here to copy a different strategy. A strategy that, if it works, will bring out a Legendary Weapon Card for my master." As his form stopped blurring, he now had a golden mane of hair that went to his lower back, and his eyes had turned silver. "Soon the weapon of Grand General Jourgen will be mine. So get ready Wheeler!" He drew and smiled. "Because you've just lost..."
To be continued...
Next Chapter: Da Big Gamble
Author's Notes:
Alright GryphinWyrm7, I'll do you this favor and list what we have so far. I will also list the other remaining demon types, though no dice on what their weapons and names are.
Rikuo/Daniel- Wolf- Howling Sword
CJ- Horse- Guardian Maul
Deondre-????- Shattering Fang
Jasmine- Fox- Shadow Knives
Siegfried- Cat/Tiger- Thunder Claws
Ryu- Dragon- ??????
Remaining?
Snake
Rat
Phoenix
Crane
Bull
?????? (My little secret)
A note to all of you: Though the others are now demons, that doesn't mean that they have versions of Rikuo in them. Rikuo's meant to be the unique case in all of this. Plus I think if I tried to introduce that many Yami's, then the story would get badly bogged down with too many plot-lines.
Of course, I am only where I am today because of you, the reader. If you think and/or feel otherwise, and you think that there should be Yamis for the others, then please tell me so in your review.