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Demon Duelist Legacy-World Tour Arc
Chapter 8: The next target; the Key of Incestros
("So they have the first key? That's exactly what I was hoping. I'll let the General and his little club do my work for me.") Seren took a sip of his water and looked out at the expanse of sky before him.
Oh, how he longed to spread his wings and fly once more. ("But of course, that would bring undue attention to me. Soon though, the entire world will be changed. And then that won't be a problem, will it?")
"Computer, what is the location of Rikuo Amero?" The computer screen in front of him flickered a few times and came to a picture of a world map. A red dot was marked over London, England. ("Ah, he's after the Key of Incestros now? I'll have to make sure that he has the proper welcome.") Reaching into his pocket, the crane demon removed his cell phone and flipped it open.
Tapping a number on speed-dial, Seren waited a few seconds and then said, "They're coming to you. Make sure they don't get the card without a fight."
A calm voice whispered something on the other end of the line. "Oh? She's there? Well then kill her if she interferes, but otherwise I will not see her harmed. We don't know whose side she is on yet." Clicking the phone closed, Seren looked back out the window.
("It's not too late to change your course. Please, stop this madness.")
("Silence! I will not listen to your pitiful whining.") His lips twisted into a scowl. ("Now be quiet or I'll make you regret talking.")
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Rikuo sighed and stared out at the dark sky from his seat. After their recovery of the Key of Helomtes, Pegasus had them on one of his private jets within that same hour. They were headed for London to retrieve the next card, the Key of Incestros. ("Why did Pegasus give those names to cards?")
("What's so special about the names?")
The ancient wolf demon frowned. ("Don't listen in on my thoughts!")
("You do it to me all the time!")
("Because I'm better than you are! I'm allowed to!")
("Says who!?")
"Says me!!" Rikuo leapt up out of his seat and slammed his head into the overhead compartment. "Damn it!"
Ryu looked over at his friend and rolled his eyes. "Why don't you stop arguing with Daniel? It's not like you can do anything to him."
"Like hell I can't!" Rikuo sat back down and closed his eyes. He instantly went slack and collapsed to one side.
Ryu groaned and put his head in his hands. ("Why did I even offer to come along?")
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"I win again, CJ." Allon smirked and fanned out his new favorite set of cards. "Once again, you are obliterated by Exodia."
CJ slid out of his seat. "I'm going to the bathroom, you play him D."
Deondre was about to shuffle his deck and get into CJ's seat, when a smell hit his nose. Tilting his head to the side, he slid out of his seat and went up to the front of the plane. "I know that smell..."
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Within the confines of his mind, Daniel ran around another corridor, barely dodging a sword slash from Rikuo. "Calm down, you psychopath!"
"Never!" Rikuo slashed again, barely missing his lighter half by a few inches. "I'll teach you to question me!"
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Opening the door to the pilot's cabin, Deondre pointed at the man flying the plane. "Aha! I knew I smelled you, Janeam!"
Janeam tapped a button on the console of the plane and let go of the controls. Spinning around in his chair, he smiled calmly and tipped his captain's hat to his friend. "Hey there D."
Deondre blinked at the casual greeting. "Um...how...why are you flying the plane?"
The tall black-skinned man smirked and fell back in his chair. "Surprised? Where do you think I went for all of those long amounts of time during school?"
"You were working for Pegasus?" Deondre laughed. "Why would he hire you?"
"Because I taught Daniel and you the basics of the game. Considering that both of you took on two of the best duelists in the world and walked away either a winner or the same, that's a pretty impressive resume." He rubbed his index finger under his nose. "Technically, that makes me the best duelist on this plane."
A few seconds passed in silence, and then Deondre walked out of the pilot's cabin. "You never taught me anything."
Janeam followed him out seconds later, yelling, "Of course I did! If it wasn't for me, you would never have been able to beat Seto Kaiba in the Shadow Tournament!"
At that moment, CJ came out of the bathroom. "What's all the.....Janeam? What are you doing here?"
"He's here to steal my glory," muttered Deondre as he stomped past CJ.
Janeam rolled his eyes and went back into the pilot's cabin. "Of course not. I'm here to make sure you guys don't screw up in your mission." ("Plus score some rare cards off of Pegasus. He's one of the best guys to work for if you are a duelist.")
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When the plane landed, it was about noon in London.
And Daniel was exhausted. ("Six hours, you were chasing me around my mind with that sword of yours. I hate you.")
("MWHAHAHAHAHAHA!! I've still got that evil touch!")
("...........You're supposed to be a good guy!!!")
("So says you, fool. I, however, understand the truth. I am the evil demon general Rikuo Amero, terror of Japan!! MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!")
("Noooo.....you're Rikuo Amero, the sleep-deprived Yami of Daniel Pilkington. And now I think it is time for you to take a nap.")
("...............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........")
Daniel sighed and looked over at CJ, who sitting across from him in the cab they were taking. "So the data says that it's somewhere in London, but it doesn't give us a location? That's ridiculous. How are we supposed to find it?"
CJ shrugged and continued to read from his newspaper. "Wow, it looks like England is getting its ass handed to it."
"Excuse me?"
He held the front of the newspaper up. "See. They've had a string of crazy murders, and somebody jacked the Crown Jewels from right under the noses of the guards who were watching it. It's a bad day to be a Brit."
Daniel frowned at the two pictures on the front of the paper. The first was of a shadowy form that was running off into the night, with a dead body in its wake. The second was of a retreating form of someone who was giving a victory symbol to the security camera. The odd part about the picture was that the culprit had...fox ears? ("Jasmine Reiner...")
(".........zzzzzzzzz.........")
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"They're coming to you. Make sure they don't get the card without a fight."
He smirked and nodded to the air, eyes sweeping over the many different pieces of human flesh that hung on his wall. ("They won't be getting the card at all. Now though, who will I go after first? Attacking Pilkington would most certainly invite the wrath of the General, and I for one am not feeling suicidal. The other two, the Andersons, are in a similar position. Because of their demon blood, they might just cause me some problems if I attempt to attack them. The same applies to Ryu.")
He rubbed his chin with one pale hand, and then brought his attention down to the rusted knife on his desk. ("The human boy who is with them....Diabu has made his claim on his life.") "That leaves the other human." Picking up the knife, he pulled out a picture of Janeam that had been taken from the Centennial High School year book. "So be it."
He slammed the knife through the picture, tearing it instantly in half. "Prepare yourself human, because you've become the target of Reaper." A pair of dark eyes looked at the setting sun from the window of the small room. "And Reaper never fails when he chooses his victims."
To be continued...
Next Chapter: Foxes and Fear
Author's Notes: Sorry for the short chapter folks. It's time for my midterm studying. I'll make it up to you tommorrow. Bye.