Alright, here's the deal. At the moment, I am separating the different sections of DDL into different stories, in the hope that this fixes the whole chapter erasure problem that seems to occur so often.
Disclaimer: No I do not own Yugioh
Demon Duelist Legacy-World Tour Arc
Chapter 3: A Canine Double-Team Challenge-Part 3
The beam slammed down on top of Daniel's monster, and then the entire field went up a flash of light.
As the light died down, there was only a black smear on the ground where Daniel's monster once was.
Alks smirked. "And that means that your life points are done."
"Not quite," Deondre said from off the side. On his field sat a strange-looking machine. "My Interdimensional Matter Transporter trap card teleported my partner's monster into the removed from play pile for this turn, meaning that your attack hit nothing but the ground."
Alks gritted his teeth at the fact that he had been foiled. "That's only a temporary defense. Once out Satellite Cannon is done with you, this duel will be over! End turn."
Daniel drew and watched as his Magical Scientist reappeared on the field. "Thanks for the quick save Deondre."
Deondre nodded and looked over at their opponents' fields. "Don't get too comfy. They have a monster that we know next to nothing about, except that we need a level eight or higher monster with wings to hit it."
Daniel glanced at the card he had drawn and frowned. "I switch Magical Scientist to defense mode and end my turn." The spellcaster fell to one knee and cowered.
Ladgie drew and slid his Dreamsprite into the graveyard. "And now I'll summon a creature with the necessary power to clear the way for the Satellite Cannon. I sacrifice Dreamsprite and summon Patrician of Darkness (2000/1700) to the field!" His field was swallowed up in darkness momentarily. When the darkness disappeared, an elegant looking vampire appeared on his field. "As long as this monster is on the field, we'll have an attacker and a monster capable of keeping us safe from almost all attacks. Patrician, crush Daniel's Magical Scientist!" The vampire launched across the field and snapped its cape in an arc, slashing the white-coated creature apart.
Daniel pulled his Black Pendant card out of his disk and slid it and the Magical Scientist cards into the graveyard. "There's one thing you didn't count on. When Black Pendant is sent to the graveyard, you lose 500 life points."
Alks- 2600
Ladgie- 3500
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Daniel- 400
Deondre- 4000
Ladgie shrugged and looked over at Deondre. "I suggest you get a good draw, or else its all over for your friend."
Deondre looked down at his deck and then up at the sky. ("That Satellite Cannon must have some kind of special ability. What does it do though? He said that it gains attack points per turn, but does it lose any points when it attacks?")
"Draw!" He snapped the card off of his deck and then glanced at it. ("That's better than nothing at all.") "I sacrifice my D.D. Warrior Lady to summon something a little more appropriate for this situation!" He slapped the drawn card onto his disk. "I summon Dimensional Knight (2200/1500) in attack mode!" A futuristic looking knight appeared on his field. "Attack the Patrician of Darkness!" The knight charged at the vampire, only to slide to a stop and look up at the sky. Then it walked back to Deondre's field. "Oh not this again...."
Ladgie snickered. "That's right, my Patrician of Darkness allows me to control which target you will attack, and since your knight has no way to reach our Satellite Cannon, it can't attack us."
Deondre growled and flicked his gaze over to Daniel. ("Alright man, I hope you have something good face-down, because I can't protect your life points this turn.") "End turn."
Alks tapped a button on his duel disk. "I reveal my face-down card, Solemn Wishes. As long as this continuous trap card is in play, I'll gain 500 life points every time that I draw a card." He drew and a golden light fell over him, healing his life points.
Alks- 3100
Ladgie- 3500
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Daniel- 400
Deondre- 4000
The large dark-suited man slid the card into his duel disk. "I set this card face-down and end my turn."
Daniel narrowed his eyes. ("Alright, now I know how his little Satellite works. It needs time to regain its attack points, so that means that we have a little time to turn things around.") He looked down at his deck and smiled. "Alright, give me the pull of a lifetime?" Snapping his hand across his deck, he pulled the top card off of it and held it in front of his face. ("This will help, but it won't win the duel for me.") "End turn."
Ladgie drew and slid the card into his duel disk. "I set this and end my turn."
Deondre drew and frowned. ("As long as they keep us in this position, then we can't attack.") "End turn."
Alks drew and was suffused in more golden light. "I set this card face-down and end my turn." The card appeared on the field next to his other face-down card.
Alks- 3600
Ladgie- 3500
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Daniel- 400
Deondre- 4000
The whole time, Daniel was ticking down the turns in his head. ("Okay, come on...") He drew and slid the two cards he was holding into his duel disk. "End turn."
Ladgie drew and slid the card into his duel disk. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Deondre drew and bit his lower lip, wincing as his fangs dug in a little too deep into his skin. ("This....sucks...") "End turn."
Alks drew and was surrounded by the golden light of the Solemn Wishes effect.
Alks- 4100
Ladgie- 3500
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Daniel- 400
Deondre- 4000
"It's over kid. You put up a good fight, but there's nothing you can do against our Satellite Cannon. Speaking of which, Satellite Cannon will now attack your life points directly!" His hand pointed upwards. "Fire!"
Daniel looked up calmly at the approaching pillar of energy that was headed for his head. "And now the experiment begins. Reveal face-down card, Mirror Force!" A glowing barrier of blue light appeared right over his head and absorbed the force of the attack, unleashing a spray across both Alks and Ladgie's fields. Ladgie's Patrician of Darkness howled in pain and then exploded into nothingness as the spray of energy fell over it. "Mirror Force reflects your attack at your field and destroys all of your monsters in attack mode." ("And I assume that your pain in the rear Satellite Cannon survived the reflection. Stupid Kaiba Corp. Solid Vision System.")
Alks frowned and placed the monster onto his duel disk. "I set this monster and end my turn."
Daniel smiled sadly. ("Here we go...let's see if luck is on our side.") He drew and placed his monster face-down on the field. "End turn."
Ladgie drew and slid another card into his duel disk. "I set this face-down on my field and end my turn."
Deondre was about to draw, but a cough from Daniel caught his attention. "What's up?"
Daniel smiled to his friend. "I just wanted to let you know that this'll go a lot easier if you accept circumstances."
"Come again?"
Shrugging, the half wolf-demon slid his hands into his jean pockets casually. "Did I ever tell you how I managed to beat Yamidra?"
Deondre nodded. "Yeah, something about some kind of phoenix monster."
Daniel grinned. "I didn't think that you were paying attention when I had been talking about it." He turned to look over at Ryu, CJ and Allon. "Let's just put it that I started to accept some truths about myself. Believe me; it saves you a lot of time and trouble." He pulled his hands back out of his pockets and looked at his remaining two face-down cards. "Show them why they can't win with their cheap tricks."
Deondre looked down at his deck and frowned. ("Start...accepting? Accepting what? That we're stuck in a position with no monsters that have the power to destroy that Satellite Cannon? How does that help us?") He looked back over at Daniel, who was whistling and looking up at the spot where the Satellite Cannon was supposedly. ("Thanks for the obscure advice, jerk.")
"What's the hold-up?" Ladgie asked. "Are you going to draw or fold?"
("What am I supposed to accept!?") A sudden gust of wind blew by, and his ears flicked a little in response to it. ("Stupid ears.....oh....") He looked over at Daniel incredulously.
Daniel continued to look up at the sky innocently.
Deondre couldn't believe that Daniel would bring this dilemma up now. ("Just when I was starting to get used to ignoring the fact that I'm suddenly a demon, and then my best friend just brings me right back to it! And in the middle of a big duel, no less!!!") He growled lowly, his golden eyes attempting to burn holes in Daniel's back.
"Don't blame me for fate's choice, D. I didn't choose that this would be what you are. Now...are you going to accept that fact, or are we going to lose?"
Deondre felt little strangled noises of anger escaping his throat. Finally he snapped, "What are you talking about!? What does me accepting anything have to do with us winning!?" He was on the verge of running over and trying to strangle his friend to get answers out of him.
Daniel brought himself around and met Deondre eye to eye, the two staring at each other. "Consider just how powerful Rikuo is. Then consider why he is so powerful. Perhaps that will give you some inkling of what I am talking about."
"Okay, I've had enough of sitting here and watching you two babble on about nothing. Is this an official surrender or what?" Alks stepped forward, his arms crossed and a scowl on his face.
"Be with you in a second," Daniel turned and walked over to Deondre. "D, just trust me. If you accept what you are, good things will come." With that simple sentence, he turned and walked back to his side of the field. "Alright, are we surrendering or not, Deondre?"
Deondre looked down at the ground and clenched his fists. ("Why are putting me in this situation? How can you do this to me?")
("Believe it or not, he's attempting to help you out.")
("......Rikuo.......how'd you get in my head?")
("I have my ways. That's not important though. Have you ever howled to the moon before?")
Deondre tilted slightly to the side, barely stopping himself from face-falling. ("Excuse me!? What kind of random question is that!?")
("Have you? You're a canine demon, and I know that every night I see the moon I feel invigorated.")
("Where are you going with this line of though!? You're not making any sense at all!!!")
("Is that so? Then why are you dodging my question?")
("I'm dodging your question because it makes no sense at all!")
("You're like the modern version of him. Almost exactly like him.")
Deondre knew that Alks and Ladgie were screaming at him to get on with the duel, but he wasn't listening to them at the moment. ("Him?")
("The dog demon lord of my time. Believe it or not, he was a lot like you are. If there was anyone that I could confide in, it would be him. Crioteus was both my rival and my best friend.")
("You knew the dog demon lord of your time? He was your friend? I thought you hated dog demons?")
("I did, and then he taught me how to accept them. He was the only one to ever defeat me in a one on one fight. Kind of like how you beat Daniel that one time at the PQ tournament.") The wolf demon's voice was being rather sly at the moment, like he was implying something.
("Rikuo, don't try and convince me that this is fate. I hate the idea that my life is changed in such a huge way and I have no say in it at all.") Deondre felt his head dip lower towards the ground.
("Then answer my question. Have you ever howled at the moon?")
("....No...")
("Did you have to forcefully restrain yourself from doing so? Was it required that you had to actually do something to take your attention off the moon?")
Deondre felt his cheeks burning. ("Yes....")
("I thought as much. Crioteus had the same problem as you. He feared his blood.")
("He had every right to fear it. This is a horrible thing to have put on you.")
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Rikuo snorted and looked across the room at the fidgeting form of Crioteus. "What the hell is the matter with you?"
Crioteus started to oil the blade of his sword with extra care, until little wisps of smoke was coming from the blade. "Nothing at all...nothing..."
Rikuo walked over to the window and looked out at the full moon. "Keh, you're pitiful." He opened the window and stuck his head out, taking in the smells of the night and the forest.
"Please close that..." Crioteus was moving around like he was on a sugar high, though he didn't seem like he was enjoying it.
Rikuo grinned at his companion's displeasure. "I will in a second." He took a deep breath and the let out one dragging howl into the night. The sound echoed across the forest and was shortly responded to by the howls of other, normal wolves. The wolf demon smirked and looked over at Crioteus, who was covering his ears with his hands. "This is ridiculous. Stop being such a weakling..."
Crioteus snapped his head up and frowned at Rikuo. "Then don't act like a beast! It's undignified to howl like that. You're a creature of class and..."
A snort of derision from Rikuo cut him short. "And I'm a wolf. Demon or no, I'm still a creature of the night. You are too, you stuck up mutt."
Crioteus clenched his fists angrily. "You dare to call me a common beast!?"
"Common?" Rikuo rolled his eyes and looked out at the moon. "In her eyes, there is no such thing as royalty. There's simply a song that you can feel in the air." He lifted his head up and howled once more, the sound echoing around the room this time.
Crioteus began to growl quietly. "Silence! Stop!"
Rikuo continued to howl, ignoring the dog demon's protests.
Crioteus couldn't take it anymore! He charged over and slammed his fist into the side of Rikuo's head, flooring the wolf demon. "STOP IT!!!!!" His scream of anger slowly rose in crescendo and just like that, he was howling. It was a howl of frustration and rage, yet it was a howl all the same.
Minutes passed by in an instant, and then Crioteus was on his knees, panting slightly. He felt emotionally drained. At the same time though, he felt cleansed and at peace.
Rikuo patted him on the back and casually said, "It was a little rough, but it was a good first attempt..."
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Deondre came back to himself to find himself on his knees and howling up at the blue sky above. He couldn't stop himself, despite how hard he tried, and he felt like the biggest idiot in the world. Then his ears picked up the sound of another voice howling with him.
Daniel had his head back and was howling along with Deondre, as was Rikuo, who was still in Deondre's mind.
And then it was over....
Deondre felt just like Crioteus had. He felt drained emotionally, and yet where he felt drained, there was a feeling of fulfillment filling the void. ("Why...did you show me that?")
("Because, you needed to learn to stop denying yourself the simple pleasures of what you are.") There was a mental click in his head, and just like that he was alone in his mind.
Looking down at his deck, Deondre felt the fulfillment pulsing through him. ("Acceptance...") He drew...
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Daniel smiled at the enlightened look that he saw in Deondre's eyes. ("You're going to have to teach me how to do that who little mind jump thing.")
Rikuo snorted. ("Keh! You'd need to be a spirit first. Besides, you'd use it to screw with people's minds.")
("Just the evil people...")
("Sure...")
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Deondre came to his feet with a tired smile on his face. "I'm ready. Daniel, I need..."
"...way ahead of you Deondre. Do what you wish."
"Thanks." Deondre slid his Dimensional Knight into his graveyard slot. "I'm sacrificing both my monster and my partner's monster!"
Daniel grinned as he watched his friend slam down the monster card he had drawn. ("It's about time.")
"I summon Dog Demon Knight-Supremus!" (2800/2000)
("What!?")
Rikuo echoed his hikari's stare. ("I was expecting the Dog Demon Lord Card...What the hells is this!?") Deondre's field went up in an explosion of flames. From within the fire, something could be seen.
When the fire died, a magnificent knight in crimson red armor stood on his field. The knight drew his weapon; a huge sword shaped like a fang, from his back and hefted the weapon, the blade aimed at Alks and Ladgie.
Deondre smiled from behind his monster. "Supremus's special ability allows me to destroy all magic and trap cards on your field when he is tribute summoned. Go Shattering Storm!" The knight slammed his weapon into the ground and an explosion of wind blew across the field, destroying all of both Alks' and Ladgie's face-down and face-up trap and magic card in one blast.
Daniel continued to stare at the knight monster. ("What the...when...er....damn...")
Deondre wasn't done yet. "Daniel, do you have anything to add before I attack?"
Daniel nodded and flipped up his face-down card. "Call to Arms lets me equip any card in my hand to one monster on the field, so..." He slid the card he was holding into his duel disk. "I play the Legendary Weapon Card Howling Sword, which will add 1000 attack points to Deondre's monster and then double its attack points!" The knight's fang weapon was now lit up with phantom flames. (7600/2000)
Deondre raised his hand and pointed at his new monster. "Demon Dog Knight-Supremus, attack their Satellite Cannon with Howling Fang!" The knight raised his weapon to point up at the sky. The huge blade pulsed for a moment, and then it shot out a wave of energy that quickly went out of sight.
Alks paled visibly. "There's no way...." The loud explosion that rang out high above them said otherwise.
Deondre smirked. "Your Satellite Cannon is destroyed, and so are the rest of your life points."
Alks- 0
Ladgie- 3500
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Daniel- 400
Deondre- 4000
Daniel smiled over at Ladgie. "Your deck is meant to support Alks, so I doubt that you are going to stand much of a chance against us. Give up?"
The smaller man sighed and nodded. "You win..."
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Daniel stepped up to Alks and smiled. "Alright, now why were you jerks so intent on taking us down?"
The big man reached into his coat and pulled out a small box about the size of a CD carrying case. "Here..." He handed the box to Daniel and then walked off.
Daniel stared at the box for a few seconds, before he flipped it over and saw that someone had attached a note to the back. Reading the small print...
Dear Daniel Pilkington and Deondre Anderson,
Congratulations on defeating your examiners. I am so glad that you pulled through. Enclosed inside this box are a CD and some other materials you will need.
Deondre tapped Daniel on the shoulder. "So what's the deal?"
Daniel turned and shrugged. "I guess we're going to the computer lab."
To be continued...
Next Chapter: The whole world's a stage
Author's Notes: Alright, I owe some people explanations to stuff.
To Luna's Meow: If you only watch the English dubs, then you will have absolutely no idea about the whole triple infinite thing. It would be a spoiler if I said anything about it, so can't explain. It will happen though.
To thegymrat: Well, your story influenced me to write my own. I liked the way you presented all of your scenes and your challenges were pretty cool too.
To The Obsessive Zero Fan: First off, Joey is a demon lord. The Phoenix one, to be exact. This really won't have a big outcome on his life, considering that he gave the Legendary Weapon Card to Ryu and Rikuo for safe-keeping.
Seto is not a demon lord. At least not yet.....MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Anyhow, I assume in Seto's case that you mean the Shattering Fang draw when Deondre was in his body? Well keep in mind that the Legendary Weapon Cards like to jump around a lot. They're tricky like that.
2) Amy Hiroshi (No relation to Saito Hiroshi from season three) will be making her return in the World Tour arc. Keep your eyes peeled for her.