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Demon Duelist Legacy-World Tour Arc
Chapter 4: The whole worlds a stage
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."
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Right after school, Daniel found himself tearing down the halls to get to the computer lab. ("I...must...hurry!")
("Is there any particular reason that you nearly ran over the janitor? Or is this crazy school business as usual?")
("I want to know what's on this CD!") Daniel leapt right over the heads of a clump of students, and hit the ground running.
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Deondre waved absentmindedly to Daniel when the half wolf-demon nearly crashed right through the door to the computer lab. "Hey man." In his hand was the card that he had been staring at through most of his classes. ("Dog Demon Knight-Supremus...")
Daniel leaned over to look at what Deondre was staring at, and then he grinned. "That's a powerful physical avatar if I have ever seen one." He then slid past his friend and plopped down in front of a computer, the black box on hand. Opening it, he removed the CD inside and spun the little disc on one finger. "Now, let's have a look at what is so important, shall we?"
Deondre nodded. "Yeah..."
Right before Daniel could insert the disk into the computer, the sound of running could be heard right outside. There were a couple of dull thuds outside the door, and then the forms of CJ and Allon exploded into the room.
CJ charged right up to Daniel and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, lifting him out of his chair so they were looking eye to eye. "Why didn't you tell me that we were meeting in here!?"
Allon crashed down into a chair and pulled out his backpack. Fishing through it, he pulled out his deck and some of his spare cards.
Daniel sighed and crossed his arms, glaring evenly at CJ. "Put...me...down...now."
CJ smirked and let go of Daniel, the red-haired boy crashing unceremoniously to the ground. "Sure."
Daniel muttered a few uncomplimentary things about CJ, and then climbed back onto his feet. Brushing himself off, he turned and opened the computer's CD drive. "I didn't tell you to meet us here because if I am correct, your name isn't Daniel Pilkington or Deondre Anderson."
The dark-skinned horse demon cracked his knuckles loudly. "...I'm...part...of this team too!!"
Deondre looked up from his newest card long enough to laugh. "You're our comedy relief, you mean?"
Daniel sighed as he watched CJ do the equivalent of teleporting across the room and tackling Deondre. "And once again, the madness between CJ and Deondre begins." He slid out of his chair and walked over to take a seat next to Allon. "So, how many cards did you lose to CJ today?"
The bigger red-haired boy sighed and fanned his deck out in his hand. "Twenty-four cards."
"You've got a good chance of winning; you just need to get down your theme. So far, all I've seen is some random monster cards in your deck. I could help you if you want."
Allon nodded solemnly and, without even looking, handed his deck to Daniel.
After a few minutes, Daniel handed the deck back to him. "Not bad, but your deck still needs a theme."
Allon sighed and put his head in his hands. "What theme can I use?"
Daniel rubbed at his chin. ("Rikuo?")
("Since when did I help humans with anything?") Rikuo's tone rang with haughtiness.
("Oh come on! Just this once?")
("You're pitiful. I suppose he might have a good chance with a...")
Allon blinked in confusion as Daniel nearly fell out of his chair laughing. "What's so funny?"
Daniel slowly got back into his seat and wiped a tear out of his eye. ("That was a good one Rikuo. Seriously though...")
("I wasn't joking.")
("......Do you even understand how hard it is to find those cards? I don't own any copies of those cards, and I've opened at least a hundred packs of the series they come in.")
A sigh rang out in his head. ("Reach into your backpack and pull out your card box.")
Daniel decided that he may as well comply with the ancient spirit's demands. Unzipping his backpack, he reached in and pulled out the brown leather casing that carried all of his spare rare cards.
("Now there should be a deck box in there. Give it to Allon and let him take it for a test drive.")
Daniel reached in, and after pushing numerous piles of cards out of his way, found the deck box that Rikuo was talking about. Pulling the plastic case out of his box, he handed it to Allon. "Rikuo says that you should give this deck a try."
Allon took the deck box, popped it open, and then pulled the deck out of it. He fanned out the cards and his eyes widened. "A...are...you sure!? These are..."
"Excuse me!" A voice came from the computer. "I think I've seen enough of your two friends beating each other senseless! Can someone come here and talk to me!?"
Daniel slid out of his seat and went over to the machine, though he made a wide detour around Deondre and CJ, who were currently seeing whose skull was harder by exposing each other to a series of head-butts.
A man was on the screen that Daniel knew of as legendary. "No way...you're..."
The man on the screen took a sip of his red wine and smiled genuinely. "It's a pleasure to meet you. Not many people duel Yugi Moto to a standstill."
His voice was so cultured that he sounded like he was addressing someone who amused him. "Of course, that just means that I thought it might be best to come to you with my problem."
Daniel collapsed into the chair in front of the screen, the ears on top of his head twitching a little at how much of a surprise this entire situation was. "I'd be honored to help you, sir."
Maximillion Pegasus took another sip of his red wine. "Excellent, because this problem is concerns the fate of the world. And I'd think you'd like to know about it because it's being done by someone you should remember all too well."
To be continued...
Next Chapter: The crusade of darkness
Author's Notes: Just so all of you, I'm heading home for this weekend. Since I'm leaving on Thursday and not taking my computer with me, then I really won't be able to post any new chapters until Sunday afternoon. Please forgive me if I am leaving all of you in suspense.