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Demon Duelist Legacy-World Tour Arc
Chapter 11: Rikuo vs. Viper; Ryu vs. Siegfried!?
He'd felt a lot better than he had in a long while. Daniel couldn't explain it, but today felt like it was going to be a great day. As he slipped from the state of sleep to the state of semi-consciousness that can only come from just waking up, Daniel felt surprising relaxed. ("Something good must be happening for me today.") Grinning sleepily, he decided that it would be best if he slept for another few minutes.
Then he felt someone hug his chest...
Daniel's eyes opened slowly, the first thing seen a mass of brown hair. ("Eh?") Moving his eyes to his left, he saw a single brown-furred ear. ("Jasmine!? Doesn't she have black hair though!?") Then his brain registered the fact that this girl was hugging his chest. Daniel's cheeks turned a bright shade of red and all forms of sleepiness that he had felt seconds ago was gone. "Um....excuse....me, miss? Hello?"
She cuddled deeper into his chest, nearly sliding out of her seat and onto his.
In the time since Rikuo's awakening, Daniel had gained a lot of courage, as well as the resistance necessary to deal with most problems that demons could throw at him. However, if there is one trait about him that he had yet to change, it was how uncomfortable he was with members of the opposite sex.
And it was showing now, as his ears began to glow bright red, along with his face. In fact, if it was possible for steam to spray out of his ears, he would be doing so right now. "Umm...ummm....ummm......sc....scus....me.......mis...s....." He started to breathe a little bit more raggedly.
The girl didn't respond, except to finish her slide and wind up right in his lap. Her breath was warm on his neck now and certain parts were pressed against him that didn't help fix just how ridiculously awkward the situation was.
At this point, Daniel had developed a small tic in his right eye and left ear, both of which twitched sporadically while he stared straight ahead, trying to ignore any and all sensations in his body. ("Okay...don't panic. She's asleep...just ask Rikuo to take over and move her...")
She muttered something and then leaned up to kiss him right on the lips.
Daniel let out an odd noise that sounded like steam escaping from a pinpoint, and a computer overloading. His head tilted to one side and he silently passed out.
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Deondre yawned and scratched the back of his head. "So what time is it in Germany?"
Ryu took a sip from his coffee, looking perfectly fine with being up early in the morning. "I'd say about six in the morning. That's where the next key is, and we need to get the damned thing quickly. If we aren't out of Germany by the afternoon, then I doubt any amount of travel is going to help us get those last keys."
CJ walked by wearing a bathrobe and drying his head with a towel. "Do you think we're going to see Siegfried again?"
Deondre smiled and shrugged. "It would be nice, but remember that we are here on business. We need to get that key card."
Ryu rubbed his eyes with a hand. ("I have this feeling that we're going to have a very difficult morning.")
A scream caught all of their attention.
("And so it begins...") Ryu thought sourly.
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Daniel was up the instant he felt the metal tray smack him in the side of the head. "OW! What was...GAH!" The half wolf-demon ducked just in time to avoid a glass bottle that was hurled at his head.
The girl was awake, and apparently she didn't like waking up in the laps of strange boys. "You perverted son of a..." Grabbing the metal tray that she had found, she charged forward and slammed it down on top of Daniel's head, sending the duelist crashing face-first into the ground.
("Rikuo!!! What's going on!?") Daniel threw his hands over his head while she pounded away at his skull with the tray.
("Not much. I suggest you calm her down though...") The ancient wolf demon didn't seem particularly worried that his hikari was about to be beaten to death.
CJ came into the cabin with a smile on his face. "I see the lovebirds are awake."
Deondre slid in past him, grinning too. "Congratulations Daniel, you've finally gotten a girl and already you've made her mad."
Ryu sighed and took another sip of his coffee. ("Rikuo, you're an evil dog.")
("Lovebirds....girl....RIKUO!?!?!?") Daniel was about to go on a rant against his other half, but the next time the tray hit there was enough force behind it to knock him unconscious.
The girl lifted the metal tray up, still intent on pounding the 'pervert' to a pulp. Bringing it down, the last thing she expected was for him to punch right through it.
Rikuo came to his feet, the tray around his arm like a strange bracelet. "That's enough of that. You're Jennie, correct?"
Clenching her fists angrily, Jennie leapt forward and tossed a punch at Rikuo's head.
The raven-haired demon sighed and caught the fist in his palm. With casual effort, he tripped Jennie and deposited her back in her seat. Stepping past her swiftly, he smiled to Ryu. "Good morning Jourgen."
Ryu rolled his eyes. "What's the deal Rikuo? Why was there a crazed woman trying to kill Daniel?"
"I believe I can answer that," Jasmine said, taking over for Jennie. "First, the girl you met was my other half, Jennie Crabtree. Obviously, she was fairly pissed at the fact that she had woken up in the arms of a total stranger."
"However," Rikuo threw in, "Jasmine and I came to an agreement last night. In exchange for her thieving skills and help, I give her Daniel."
The golden-haired dragon demon frowned and crossed his arms across his chest. "Give her Daniel?" His eyes widened slightly. "You didn't..."
Rikuo smirked and tapped the side of his skull. ("Wake up!")
("I'm awake! What are you talking about!? How can you give me away!?")
Jasmine smirked just as wide, apparently having her own private conversation with her other half.
Clearing his throat, Rikuo motioned to Jasmine. "I'll skip to the chase. Daniel, say hello to Jennie, your fiancée." Both Jasmine and Rikuo flinched as their respective hikari screamed and fainted within their minds.
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Ryu sighed as he walked alongside Rikuo, the two of them having chosen to inspect a town not too far away from the landing zone of the plane. "To help Daniel get over his fear of women, you got him a fiancée?"
Rikuo nodded proudly. "That's right. It's the perfect plan."
"When it comes to strategy, you're a genius. When it comes to other people, you're beyond clueless." Ryu rubbed his eyes and muttered.
"Perhaps I am, but this will...." The wolf demon stopped as a familiar smell hit his nose. "Jourgen, go and check the town for the key card. It looks like we are going to have company."
The dragon demon nodded his face serious. "Alright then, but don't screw up." Turning, Ryu took off quickly, leaving a dust trail in his wake as sped towards the village.
Rikuo clicked his duel disk into place and smiled as a black cloaked form leapt up from the trees along the road and onto the path in front of him. "Another of the Dark Demon Knights, I assume?"
The man pulled back his cloak and smiled, baring his long fangs. "I'm sure you remember me, General."
"How could I forget, Viper? You're a difficult demon to get rid of. This time though, we're going to finish our little rematch." Rikuo tapped a button on his duel disk and it clicked into place.
Viper threw his cloak aside and clicked his jet black duel disk into place. "Rikuo Amero, this time you won't beat me. And don't think that Ryu has gotten the better of me either. I have a special surprise waiting for him when he reaches the town. It's a special darkness game, something like what you and I are going to have. Ready?"
Rikuo smirked and drew his opening hand. "Let's get this over with."
Viper drew his hand and then his sixth card. "Sure. Come forth, power of the darkness game!" All around them, a black sphere of energy formed. "Now, let's duel!"
Rikuo- 8000
Viper- 8000
"And I'll start us off on a good note. I play the continuous magic card Snake's Nest!" A black pit appeared on his field. "Every turn, a Snake Token (100/100) will be summoned to my field. And now," The snake demon flicked his hand over his cards, pulling three of them free. "I'll play the magic card Polymerization, which will fuse Gagigio (1850/1000) and Sinister Serpent (300/200) together to form the all-powerful Snake Templar (2000/1500) in attack mode!" A tall humanoid snake in pitch black armor appeared on his field. "End turn."
"I'm looking forward to bringing your end about. Draw!" Rikuo drew and glanced casually at the card. "Heh, quite a nice start. I summon Wolf Demon Soldier (1400/1200) in attack mode!" A soldier wielding a pike appeared on his field.
Viper snickered. "What's that going to do to my monster?"
"Alone it can't defeat you, but in combination with this magic card..." The wolf demon slid a card from his hand into his duel disk. "...Shrink! This will cut the attack of your monster in half." The holographic representation of the card released a wave of energy that covered Viper's monster, shrinking it to the size of a large doll. "Wolf Demon Soldier, attack now!" The pike-man flew across the field and ran the creature through.
Rikuo- 8000
Viper- 7600
Viper drew, a slight smirk on his face. "Snake Templar isn't beaten yet. Activate special ability, Endless Life!" His graveyard whined and spat out two cards, which he added to his hand. "Get it? Sinister Serpent's special ability that lets me pick it up from my graveyard is given to my Snake Templar. It cannot die!" He exploded into laughter.
Rikuo smiled calmly. "Then attack my Wolf Demon Soldier with your monster. I dare you to."
"Not a chance, General. I now exactly what your creature's special ability is and that would place me in a bad position indeed. First, I activate the special ability of Snake's Nest. Snake Token, come to me!" A small snake slithered out of the pit and hissed at Rikuo. "Isn't it cute?"
Rikuo grimaced at the slimy little thing. "It's as cute as you are, and that's not a compliment."
"Just for that, I'm going to ruin your plans! I sacrifice my Snake Token to summon my Virus Master (2100/1000) in attack mode!" The little snake faded away and was replaced by a sickly-looking old man. "Now I'll discard my Sinister Serpent to trigger its special ability, which lets me destroy all monsters on the field of whatever sub-type I call. So I call Demon." The Virus Master threw up his hands and released a wave of sickly green gases that swallowed up the field. Rikuo's Wolf Demon Soldier howled in pain and exploded. "And since it didn't die because of battle, that means that you can't special summon your Wolf Demon Lord. Perhaps you should have set something to defend yourself with? Attack his life points directly!" The sickly creature opened its mouth and sprayed out a wave of green vomit that splashed across Rikuo's chest, causing him to howl in pain, like his Soldier had done shortly before.
Rikuo- 5900
Viper- 7600
A few seconds passed while Rikuo glared at his opponent. Finally, "You're done! Draw!" Grasping the card, he added it quickly to his hand and sneered. "Now then, let's play the fusion game. I activate Polymerization, fusing Machine King (2200/2000) and Robotic Knight (1600/1800) together to form the Perfectly Ultimate Machine King (2800/2300) in attack mode!" A huge humanoid robot appeared on his field, steam spraying from the cracks in its armor plating. "Attack his Virus Master, now!" It raised its fists and fired twin beams of light from them that instantly annihilated the sickly monster. "Then I set one card face-down on my field and end my turn."
Rikuo- 5900
Viper- 6900
Viper drew and retrieved his Sinister Serpent from the graveyard. "Now Snake's Nest, give me another of my beautiful children to sacrifice!" Another Snake Token slithered out of the pit and faded away. "I tribute my creature to set one monster in face-down defense mode." He was sneering as he slid two cards into his duel disk. "Then I set two cards face-down on my field and end my turn. Come and get me, General."
"We'll see....Draw!" Rikuo drew his next card and he instantly knew he needed to do. "I set this face-down." Another brown-backed card appeared on his field next to his first one. "And then I'll summon X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) in attack mode." A blue and yellow robot appeared on his field. "X-Head Cannon, attack his face-down monster now!" The robot charged up a beam of energy within its cannon barrels and released it upon the face-down monster. When it hit the monster card, the brown-backed target exploded into a dust that covered the field.
Viper hissed in pure delight at his opponent's ignorance. "Do you even realize what you have just run into!? Not only have you triggered my Deck Destruction Virus, but you've also run right into my Adaptation Virus. (0/1200) When it is destroyed in battle, it destroys all monsters on the field of the same type as the one that killed it. Now, go Deck Destruction Virus! Infect his deck and the rest of his strong monsters!"
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Ryu skidded to a stop, barely avoiding the black-robed figure that appeared in his path. "I'm not in the mood to deal with one of you guys. Now move out of my way or I will physically destroy you."
The figure chuckled calmly and in a voice that was heavy with a German accent, he said, "I don't think that you would do that to an old friend, would you?" Removing his cloak, Siegfried smiled coldly and clicked his duel disk into place. He looked the same as always, with his long brown hair, and jeans and jacket combo. Around his waist was his tail, like a belt. His ears seemed strangely inanimate though. "Besides, I need someone to test my new deck and cards on. You're the perfect candidate, Ryu."
The dragon demon clenched his fist at this unexpected development. "You're one of the last people who should be helping Seren." He clicked his duel disk into place anyway. "Now why are you doing this?"
"Because I've been awakened to the truth by Lord Viper. He was right, when he said that the human race was full of nothing but sheep, waiting for a tiger to tear them apart." A feral smile crept across his face. "I'm the tiger...and all of them are my sacrificial lambs. Care to stop me, Grand General?"
Ryu still found this hard to swallow. ("Siegfried Reinhardt...this isn't you...")
Then he noticed it. ("His eyes...they're different.")
Indeed, Siegfried's eyes were not their normal ice-blue, but were instead a strange violet-purple mixture. "Well Ryu, are you ready for a darkness game? It's been so long since I've felt my blood pump with the excitement of a strong opponent." Around them, the black sphere of a darkness game was forming.
The dragon demon nodded. "You're not yourself. I intend to fix that right now! Let's duel!"
To be continued...
Author's Notes: To thegymrat: I'm sorry about that. I did take Repayment of Losses from your story, but by the time I finished the chapter, I forgot to give credit where credit is due. Repayment of Losses is owned by thegymrat, not me. Sorry once again.