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Demon Duelist Legacy-World Tour Arc
Chapter 10: Death's dark door
Janeam clenched his fist. "Before we continue...let me tell you something." He mirrored Reaper's action, lifting his hand and pointing a finger at the demon. "You will not get away with this! Demon or not, you can't just kill people! It's wrong!!!"
Reaper shrugged nonchalantly at the short speech. "If divine power is on your side, then prove me wrong and defeat me."
Janeam brought his fist up to in front of his face, clenching it tightly again. "Oh I will! My turn! DRAW!"
He grabbed the card off of his deck and slid it into his duel disk. "Activate Change of Heart! This allows me to seize control of one monster on your field for a turn. Now come to me, Protector of the Sanctuary!" A strange hybrid of angel and demon appeared on his field and flew over to the neon outline monster.
It slammed right into the Protector of the Sanctuary, pulling the demon monster over to his field. "Now I can draw cards outside of my draw phase, so reveal face-down cards! Go Pot of Greed and Graceful Charity! This lets me draw two cards and then draw three cards." Janeam drew five cards off of his deck. "As per the effect of Graceful Charity, now I need to discard two cards." Glancing at his new hand, he grasped two cards and slid them into his graveyard. "Alright Reaper, now it's time for you to pay in full! First I activate Share the Pain! Now we both must sacrifice one monster on our field!" The Protector of the Sanctuary exploded into bits of digital dust, and so did Reaper's Executioner Makyura.
After sliding his monster card into the graveyard, Reaper hissed from underneath his black robes. "What are you up to, human? Killing Makyura and Protector of the Sanctuary won't be enough to slow me down."
"Patience is a virtue that you need to learn. Now here we go!" Janeam slid another card into his duel disk. "Activate Grave Sacrifice! This allows me to remove one monster in both of our graveyards from the game instead of sacrificing monsters for a tribute summon! So I sacrifice the Protector of the Sanctuary in my graveyard and the Executioner Makyura is yours!" The two cards were spat out of their respective graveyard slots.
Reaper picked up his Makyura card and placed it somewhere within the folds of his robes. "You're a sad duelist. What can you possibly have that has the power to defeat Des Guardies?"
"I have..." Janeam looked at the card and his eyes widened in surprise. ("What's this thing? A second ago, this was a Labyrinth Maze. (0/4500) Now it's something completely different.") He knew it was too late now. ("I hope you're powerful.") Slapping the card down onto the disk, he raised his hand up to the sky. "Your darkness won't win against this! I summon Fox Demon Mystic-Tibrus!" (2600/1400) The sky was filled with bolts of lightning, one of which slammed down onto his field. As soon as the flashing after-image of the lightning faded away, a new form could be seen within the gloom. Only it wasn't gloom anymore. The entire alleyway had been illuminated by light.
The being that hovered on Janeam's field looked like a humanoid fox wearing the robes of a Shinto priest. Emblazoned on the front of its robes was a glowing Yin and Yang symbol, while in its hands rested a golden staff, the head of which had numerous rings hanging from it. The Fox Mystic bowed to Reaper, who was flinching at the sudden entrance of such bright light.
"Damn you, human scum. How dare you bring a being of such light into my presence! I will crush it with my Masked Beast!" The death demon threw his black robes up across the hooded face, trying to block out the piercing brightness.
Janeam stood tall within the light, feeling its energy wash over him. "All I hear are the cries of a demon that can't stand the power of my monster. Well here's your chance to snuff the light, because I end my turn."
Reaper drew off of his deck, and then lifted one bony hand to point at Tibrus. "Kill that thing, now!!" His Masked Beast-Des Guardies roared and launched across the field, claw arched back to slash the Fox Mystic to ribbons.
Janeam wasn't sure why, but he knew he was safe. "Activate the special ability of my Fox Mystic. Go Magical Ofuda of Revival!" Tibrus nodded and pulled a slip of paper out of its robes, flicking it into the air. "When my monster is summoned to the field, it activates one magic card from either player's graveyard! So go Swords of Revealing Light!" The green swords of light reappeared in between Janeam's field and Reaper's Masked Beast, stopping the three-headed demon cold. "So you're out of luck."
Reaper roared in fury. "You little rat! I'm done playing games with you! I set three cards face-down and end my turn!" The three cards appeared on his field next to his other two.
Janeam looked down at his deck. "Here we go! Draw!" He grasped the card...
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Jasmine looked out at the river from her perch on top of a tall building, feeling absolutely miserable. ("That damned wolf made me look stupid and weak. I'll get him for this...")
She was brought out of her musing by a pulsing at her waist. "Huh?" Looking down, she watched as the Shadow Knives at her waist started to pulse. "What the hell!?!?!?"
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...and didn't even bat an eye at how strange it seemed that these cards were simply appearing in his deck. ("I trust in their power. They will guide me through this.") Sliding the card into his duel disk, he smiled. "I play the Legendary Weapon Card Shadow Whip!" A jet-black leather whip appeared next to the Fox Mystic. "Now whenever my monster deals you life points of damage, I get to draw two cards from the top of my deck."
"You won't be damaging me at all, fool. Des Guardies is too strong for your pitiful Mystic." Reaper motioned with one bony hand to his five face-down cards. "And if you didn't notice, I'm more than safe. Five traps is nothing to scoff at."
"Your traps are of no concern to me, Reaper. I activate the next power of Fox Demon Mystic-Tibrus! Go Soul Infusion!" His graveyard slot whined and spat out a card. "This lets me remove one monster from my graveyard, giving its attack, defense and powers to my creature." He slid the monster card into his duel disk. "I combine my Soul Assassin (1000/1000) with my Fox Demon Mystic! Fuse!" A shroud of white fog fell across the field, concealing both Janeam and Tibrus from view.
Reaper hissed in anger, his hand hovering over his duel disk buttons. ("If he thinks that a sneak attack will work on me, he's dead wrong! My face-down trap cards will wipe out his life points.") "What's the matter human? Have you lost your nerve!?"
"Who are you talking to? I don't see or hear any humans around. All I see are a pair of corpses. One is hanging in the air above me and the other is soon to be standing right in front of me." A voice, cold and calm, echoed out from the mist.
Reaper reached into the remaining patch of darkness at his side, pulling free his scythe and hefting the huge-headed weapon into a striking position. "You're not Janeam. Who are you?"
Relaxed laughter echoed out from the thick shroud of ghostly mist. "Actually, technically I am Janeam. I'm just not the Janeam that you were hoping to try and terrify. First though, allow me to show you my fusion." The mist withdrew enough to reveal Janeam's monster field, where the Fox Mystic was gone. In its place stood a white-clothed humanoid with silver-white fox ears and hair, which went down to his back. "I have created Fox Soul Assassin." (3600/2400) The fox demon bowed. "Now, attack!" The demon snapped the Shadow Whip back and launched across the field.
"Nice try, but you're too stupid! Reveal face-down trap card, Shadow Spell!" The card flipped up, but it refused to activate. "What's going on?"
"I'm sorry; did I forget to mention the power of my field magic card?" The voice seemed smug.
"What field magic card are you talking about!? You had no cards in your hand!" Reaper hefted his scythe angrily.
"Where do you think this mist came from? This is my field magic card. It's called Mists of Remembrance. As long as it is in play, you cannot affect any monster on my field with the word Soul in its title with any of your card effects. That means that my monster is out of reach. Shadow whiplash!" The Fox Soul Assassin snapped its whip in an arch, cutting the Masked Beast-Des Guardies apart. "And in case you were wondering, my Mists of Remembrance come into play with my Fox Soul Assassin."
Janeam- 1200
Reaper- 7700
Reaper grimaced at his deck. The special ability of Masked Beast-Des Guardies would allow him to attach the magic card Mask of Atrocities to his opponent's monster. ("But his field magic card would negate the effect, so it would be pointless. But then again...") "I reveal my face-down trap card, Jar of Greed! This lets me draw one card from my deck!" He took the new card and slid it into his graveyard. "Now I reveal Rope of Life! At the cost of discarding my hand, I may revive my Masked Beast with 800 extra attack points!" A rope appeared in the air before him, extending down into the mist. It pulled upwards and revealed the Masked Beast-Des Guardies, completely unharmed and fully recharged. (4100/3200)
The voice went silent from within the mist. "Hmmm....fair enough...as per the effect of Shadow Whip, I may draw two cards from my deck." There was a few more seconds of silence. "Then I set two cards face-down, end turn."
Reaper drew. "Now I'll destroy you! Reveal Royal Decree, which means that no one can play traps now. Masked Beast-Des Guardies, attack!" The three-headed demon roared and lunged into the mists. It came back out a few seconds later, confused and dazed.
The voice chuckled. "Ah yes, of course. Well, by activating the special ability of my Fox Soul Assassin, I'm completely safe. At the cost of 1000 life points, I can negate all attacks this turn."
Janeam- 200
Reaper- 7700
Reaper slid his new card into his duel disk. "I set this card face-down and end my turn. Now do your worst, human."
"Draw..." Laughter, quiet and refined, filtered out of the ghostly shroud of mist. "I play Mystical Space Typhoon on your Royal Decree." The mist leapt outwards like a living thing, consuming the trap instantly. "End turn."
Reaper drew and pointed into the white mass. "Masked Beast-Des Guardies, attack!" The demon howled and charged towards the mist. Halfway there though, something exploded out of the ground and embraced the demon.
"You've triggered my trap card, Blood Seed. When activated, your monster will become the prey of a certain plant monster of my own, named the Blood Seeker." (0/0) "As long as it is attached to your creature, your beast will lose 1000 attack points each turn, and those points will be given to my Blood Seeker." The mist moved away enough to show the Blood Seeker, which was a hideous blood red plant with its leaves wrapped around the body of the Masked Beast-Des Guardies. "So, now what will you do, Reaper? Can you defeat my death plants?"
The death demon hissed in anger. "You think that your trap monster frightens me!? Think again, reveal Remove Trap!" His face-down card flipped face-up and launched across the field, only to stopped halfway there and torn apart by another shadowed form. "Now what!?"
Hovering near the top of the field, there was a giant creature that looked like a huge Venus Fly-Trap. The voice seemed to snicker as it said, "That would be my other trap plant monster, Magic Venus." (0/0) "As long as it is on the field, it will destroy the first magic card played each turn, regardless of whose it is."
Reaper knew he was out-classed now. ("However...I'm not done yet.") "I set one card face-down and end my turn!"
"I draw...And my Blood Seeker is fed some of the life of your Masked Beast-Des Guardies." The giant red plant shuddered and grew in size, while the Masked Beast shriveled slightly. (1000/1000) (2300/2200)
"Now it's time to feed my plant. I play the magic card Monster Reborn." The Magic Venus howled and grew in size as it negated and absorbed the power of the magic card. (1000/1000) "End turn."
Reaper drew. "I'll destroy you and your plants. I set one monster in defense mode and end my turn."
"That was a big mistake, fool. You should have fed my plant. Now it will make you pay for your cruelty. Attack his life points directly!" The giant Magic Venus screeched and launched down, taking a bite out of Reaper.
Janeam- 200
Reaper- 6700
As the giant plant withdrew, the voice laughed from within the mist. "Do you see what happens to those who don't feed the Magic Venus? It gets pissed and takes a nice hunk out of them. Draw! Now I play Soul Release, giving its magic to my plant. Now grow, my Magic Venus!" (2000/2000)
"Then my Blood Seeker drains the life out of your Masked Beast-Des Guardies!" (2000/2000) (1300/1200) "And now I'll wipe out your life points. Blood Seeker, attack your surrogate mother, Blood Chomp!" The plant roared and squeezed tightly, its teeth now cutting instead of leaching. With a single cracking bite, the Masked Beast-Des Guardies was gone.
Janeam- 200
Reaper- 6000
Reaper cackled. "Perhaps that is true, but it means nothing! Come to me, Mask of Atrocities!" His deck spat out a blob of darkness that flew across the field and slapped onto the 'face' of the Magic Venus. When the blob faded, a hideous mask was left on the face of the creature. "Now your beast will obey me!" The Magic Venus slid across the field and turned to growl at the white mist.
Laughter echoed out of the mist. "End turn."
Reaper drew. "I..." The Magic Venus howled and chomped down on the Mask of Atrocities, treating it as the magic card tribute for this turn. (3000/3000) With the mask gone though, the Magic Venus slid back over to Janeam's field. "Damn...." ("All I have left is my face-down card and...")
He looked at the card he had drawn. "I've got you now. I flip up my magic card, Grave Sacrifice! Now I remove your Fox Demon Mystic and my Masked Beast-Des Guardies from the graveyard to fulfill the sacrifice requirements needed for my ritual magic card, Card Reaper's Resurrection!" A black cloud filled the air around him. "You may have your plants, but they cannot defeat this beast! Nothing can!" The cloud withdrew, revealing a black-cloaked figure that looked exactly like Reaper. "Unholy Master of Death (4000/4000) in attack mode! Attack Blood Seeker!" The reaper lifted up a scythe that had appeared out of nowhere. It lunged across the field and slashed the red plant monster apart. "Your life points are gone!"
To be continued...
Next Chapter: The Phantom Thief and his children
Author's Notes: So who would you like to see in the next duel? Other than that, I really don't have much to say. Later.