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Demon Duelist Legacy-World Tour Arc
Chapter 15: Breaking down a wall
Daniel sat silently in his seat, en route for the location of the next key card. And right next to him, was his....fiancé. ("Rikuo...why did you give me away? First off, I thought you hated Jasmine. Why would you make a deal like this one?")
("I have my reasons. Let's just say that her skills will come in handy when we face Seren.")
Rubbing his face, the half wolf-demon didn't understand how Jasmine being with them would make any difference. ("I doubt Seren's going to be nice enough to let us duel him more than one on one. Besides, I'd prefer to have Siegfried, Deondre or Ryu backing me up. I don't trust Jasmine. Plus, I think she stole my wallet.")
("She did, actually. Just trust me on this one. Her help will be needed.")
Daniel didn't believe Rikuo at all. ("I personally think that you have fallen for her...charms.")
There was a few seconds of silence that seemed far too awkward.
It was broken when Rikuo took control of Daniel's right hand and smacked him with it. ("You have some audacity to think such a stupid thing!")
Daniel would have replied, but Jennie poked his side. "Are you okay? Not many people slap themselves for any reason."
Blushing brightly, Daniel looked away from her. "I'm fine. Oh...and I never got a chance to apologize for the whole...you waking up in my lap thing."
Jennie blushed just as brightly and turned her head to face the window. "I...it's...okay. You didn't do anything. That was apparently my fault."
"Yeah...but still...I wouldn't feel right letting you take the blame for something like that. After all, it wasn't like you did it on purpose."
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Siegfried slid back into his seat and smiled at the collected duelists. "I think he's fallen for her."
Deondre and CJ both blinked in surprise at so...forward of a statement.
Ryu smirked and took a sip of his wine. "Agreed. I wouldn't believe it, but they're actually getting along. Considering the situation, that's amazing."
Out of the blue, CJ remembered something. "Hey...what ever happened to Amy?"
"........." They all exchanged glances and then as one slid out of their seats to go and check the plane for their 'manager'.
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Jennie smiled and ran a hand through her hair. "So...do you have a family?"
Daniel stared at her. "Of course...don't you?"
"I wish I was that lucky. All I've ever had was Jasmine, and she's protected me since I was ten." The brown-haired girl sighed and leaned back in her chair. "You should feel lucky that you'll have somewhere to go after this whole little incident is over."
"You can come with us. I'm sure that my sister wouldn't mind if you lived with us." Daniel had absolutely no idea why he was even suggesting this. ("All things considered, I should just have nothing to do with her.")
("Maybe you like her?")
("Maybe you like Jasmine?")
Daniel's right hand slapped him again.
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("Why do I have to check the cargo hold?") CJ thought angrily while he literally threw a crate twice his size out of his way. ("Probably because I'm the strongest out of all of us.")
A loud whimpering hit his ears as he passed a strange stack of boxes. Pushing them out of the way, he found Amy.
Her hair was a mess, and she was blind-folded and gagged, with her arms and legs wrapped up by vines.
"Amy! Are you alright?" CJ quickly tore the vines away. "What happened!?"
"I happened." A voice casually said from behind him.
CJ spun around just in time to get a kick to the nose.
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Rikuo sighed as he sat cross-legged within the darkness of Daniel's mind. Extending his consciousness, he could see that Daniel was actually over his initial fearful reaction of Jennie, and was talking with her casually now. ("Good, he's finally getting over that stupid shyness.")
Diabu threw his head back and laughed. "You're such a fool! I am a Dark Demon Knight!"
("The Dark Demon Knights...If they're back then that means they will be after the Purge.") His mental skin shuddered at the thought of something so powerful falling into the hands of that fanatical group. "Now...how do I stop them? And how did they summon all of those Duel Monsters into the real world?"
"Perhaps they didn't?" A voice echoed from behind him.
Rikuo didn't let his surprise show. "Jourgen? What are you doing in here?"
The dragon demon, his body an almost ghost-like version of itself, sat down next to his friend. "It's hard to explain, so don't expect an answer. Anyhow, the Dark Demon Knights are dangerous, but that doesn't mean they are as strong as they used to be. Don't forget that the Demon Lords have their own weapons to fight with."
The ancient spirit smiled sadly. "That was long ago, my friend. The five Protectors died with my father and yours, you know that."
The dragon demon slyly smirked, tilting his head a little, as if in thought. "But don't you think that it is rather...coincidental that our five happen to..."
Rikuo held up his hand to silence Ryu. "Don't grasp for straws. We're better off winning this battle with our own strength. Falling back on such a silly idea won't save us."
Ryu sighed and nodded. "Alright then, my friend. We're looking for Amy at the moment, if you would like to help."
"That's all right." Rikuo watched Daniel actually laughing, the boy's heart seeming much lighter than it had been for a long time. "I'm making my own preparations."
"As you wish," Ryu faded away.
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CJ rolled with the blow and came back up on his feet, fists lifted up as he squared himself off from his opponent. "Who the hell are you?"
Esmin brushed his silver-white hair back and smiled coldly. "I'm Esmin Reiner, the phantom thief. And before you stupidly ask about the girl, keep in mind that I didn't want to be found out, but she just had to be on the plane when I entered."
CJ cracked his knuckles. "I'm gonna bust your face in, pretty boy. Are you a Dark Demon Knight?"
Esmin rolled his eyes at the mere thought of that. "A Dark Demon Knight? Me? How idiotic. Why would I be one of those fanatics? All I am is a spirit who is seeking the Purge and its power. With it, I'll be able to get rid of the essence of your friend."
"My friend?" CJ narrowed his eyes, attention focused on his surroundings, just in case Esmin had some kind of sneak attack prepared. "What are you talking about?"
The fox demon rolled his eyes. "If I am correct, his name is Janeam. Personally, it really won't matter when I get rid of him. Unlike my soft-hearted bitch of a sister and the General, I don't plan on being content with sharing a body with a stinking part-demon. Now then, because you have found me out, I have no choice but to challenge you to a darkness game. If you win, then I'll get out of your friend's body. However, if I win then you'll be banished from existence." From out of nowhere his duel disk appeared on his arm. "So tell me, is your friend worth the loss of your soul?"
CJ clicked his duel disk into place. "You're damn straight he is. Let's get this started!!"
As the darkness around them grew thicker, Esmin smirked and drew his opening hand, including a sixth card. "Allow me to start us off with this monster in defense mode." A brown-backed card appeared on his field. "End turn."
CJ drew his hand out of his deck and then his card for the turn. "I'd think you'd be smarter than to summon a monster in defense when playing me. I summon Enraged Battle Ox (1700/1000) in attack mode!" A towering Minotaur wielding a battle axe appeared on his field.
"And then I'll combine him with the magic card Wild Nature's Release, raising his attack power by his defense!" The Battle Ox howled as its muscles bulged in size. (2700/0) "Attack now!" Charging across the field, the Enraged Battle Ox slashed right through the card. "And thanks to the special ability of my monster, he can deal damage right through defense."
CJ- 8000
Esmin- 5800
The fox demon held up his face-down monster. "That's quite an impressive strategy. My Lekunga (1700/500) didn't stand a chance against your monster's awesome might." He slid the creature into his graveyard slot, smiling the whole time. "Of course, I can easily defeat your strategy with just a couple of cards in my hand. So, are you done?"
"Not yet!" CJ slid two cards into his duel disk. "I set these face-down on my field. Now I'm done." The Enraged Battle Ox howled and exploded.
"Indeed you are. Draw!" Esmin slid the card into his hand and his graveyard spat out his Lekunga. "I sacrifice Lekunga from my graveyard to special summon Aqua Spirit (1600/1200) to the field." A blue-skinned water sprite appeared on his field. "Of course, I'm going to sacrifice her to summon something more powerful." She faded away and was replaced by a blond-haired fairy in king's robes. "I summon Fairy King Truesdale (2200/1500) in attack mode. And thanks to his special ability, all plant sub-type monsters on my field gain 500 extra attack points, including itself." (2700/1500)
CJ frowned at the sight of that creature. ("Its attack points are huge! How am I gonna beat that?")
Esmin saw the look that CJ was giving his creature, and laughed. "Afraid? You should be. Direct attack!" The blond-haired fairy cupped his hands and began to whisper something, a ball of golden-blue light forming within his hands.
CJ tapped a button on his duel disk. "I can't afford to let that get through, so I activate the trap card Call of the Beast! With it, I can special summon one beast sub-type monster from my hand to the field!" He threw down his monster. "D.D. Crazy Beast (1400/1400) in defense mode." A red and teal monster with googly eyes appeared on his field for a few seconds, and then it was gone as Fairy King Truesdale's attack blew it apart.
Esmin looked fairly surprised. "And here I thought you didn't run any defense. I'll end my turn."
CJ drew. ("I still don't have anything to deal with his King, but that doesn't mean I'm out of options quite yet.") "I set one monster in defense mode and end my turn." The card appeared on the field in front of him.
Esmin drew. "I expect to run into a trap this time. Fairy King Truesdale, attack his monster!" The fairy charged up another ball of golden-blue light and blew CJ's monster apart.
Bracing himself against the backlash of his monster's death, CJ smirked as soon as the explosion subsided. "Actually, my monster is the trap. It was my Giant Rat. (1400/1450) When it is killed in battle, I may special summon one earth attribute monster from my deck to the field that has 1500 or less attack points." His deck spat out a card that he slapped onto his disk. "So I'll special summon another Giant Rat to my field." A huge bipedal grey rat appeared on the field.
"I'm still not impressed. End turn." Esmin crossed his arms across his chest and waited to see if CJ could even make him feel the slightest bit worried.
CJ drew his next card. "Esmin, you'd better just wipe that superior look off of your face, because I'm gonna smack your king down right now. I sacrifice Giant Rat to summon Rage, The King of Apes!" (2500/0) A huge fire-red gorilla appeared on his field and roared, shaking the entire plane with its voice. "With his special ability, I'm going to take you down. But first, let me give him an increase with the magic card, Excalibur! This doubles his attack points, giving him more than enough power to wipe your king away!" (5000/0) "Attack!" The giant ape roared and punched the Fairy King so hard that the hologram flew into the ceiling before it could explode. "End turn."
CJ- 8000
Esmin- 3500
Esmin smiled. "Excellent. You've given me exactly what I needed to win." He drew. "Now I set these three cards face-down on my field and end my turn."
CJ drew. "You think I'm dumb enough to attack? First I'll clear the way with this magic card! Activate Heavy Storm!"
Esmin tapped a button on his duel disk. "In response, I will activate the trap monster card Magic Venus!" (0/0) A huge Venus-fly trap exploded out of the ground and bit down on the holographic representation of CJ's magic card. "Now we'll have to play a dangerous game. Each of us must feed my creature a magic card per turn, or else he will attack the transgressor directly. And considering how he gains 1000 attack points for every magic card he eats, you won't live long if are greedy with your cards." (1000/1000)
CJ frowned. ("Damn...Rage is going to have to attack this turn, so I need to figure out a way to get those other two traps off the field.") "Rage, attack now!" The ape roared and charged across the field.
When it was half-way there though, a huge red form exploded out of the ground and latched onto the monster. Esmin pointed at his next trap plant. "And that pretty little thing is known as Blood Seeker. (0/0) It attaches to your monster and drains it of 1000 attack points every turn. Also, your creature cannot attack as long as Blood Seeker is attached to it."
CJ frowned. "End turn."
Esmin drew. "Now then, it's time to feed my children. First, my Blood Seeker drains 1000 attack points from your monkey." The red plant grew in size, while CJ's monster shrank. (1000/1000) (4000/0)
"Then there is my Magic Venus. For him, I give him the magic card Repayment of Losses." Holding the card up, Esmin didn't even flinch as the monster snapped down and swallowed up the card right out of his hand. (2000/2000)
"And when Repayment of Losses is sent to the graveyard, I may draw one card from my deck." Pulling his new card free, the fox demon smirked and set one monster face-down on his duel disk. "Finally, I set this monster face-down and end my turn."
CJ drew. "Alright, now I've got the answer to your stupid creatures! First, I play the magic card Pot of Greed."
The Magic Venus launched down and ripped into the magic card. (3000/3000)
"And now that your plant has been fed, I flip up my magic card, Evil Energy Explosion! This will destroy all face-up trap cards in play, meaning that your two trap monsters are gone!" The face-up card sprayed out a blast of energy that blew the two trap creatures into nothingness. "That frees my Rage and returns his attack points to normal!" (5000/0) "Attack his face-down monster now!" The huge ape launched across the field and stomped on the face-down monster card, blowing it apart.
Esmin didn't even flinch at the explosion that blew across his face. "You attacked my Cat of Ill Omen. (500/300) When it is destroyed, I may select one trap card in my deck and place it on the top. That effectively means that I am going to get to draw the trap of my choice next turn." He flicked through his deck, and then finally found the card he was looking for. "There it is. I place this on top of my deck." Re-inserting his deck into his disk, he drew. "Now I set two cards face-down and one monster in defense. End turn."
CJ drew. "I'm not afraid of you or your traps. I summon this, Black Warrior Werewolf (1600/1000) in attack mode!" A jet black humanoid wolf appeared on his field and howled. "As long as he is in play, you can't trigger trap cards during the battle phase. That means you're all mine. Black Warrior Werewolf, attack his face-down monster and open his life points up for Rage!" The jet-black creature launched across the field and slashed the face-down monster in half.
Esmin tapped a button on his duel disk. "Your creature is good, but I have a magic card just for it. Activate Contagious Insanity! It will destroy your monster and deal its attack in damage to my life points! You will also take damage, but only equal to half of your creature's attack points." The face-up card shot out a beam of light that blew the wolf monster apart.
CJ- 7200
Esmin- 1900
CJ knew he didn't have a choice. His other monster had to attack. "Go Rage, attack his life points directly!"
Esmin flipped up his face-down card. "Now I can trigger my trap card without a problem. I activate Grave Tree!" (0/3000) A hideously twisted tree exploded out of the ground, its bark nearly pitch black and its limbs so gnarled and warped that the tree looked like a monster. "As long as this remains in play, every time that a monster card is sent to the graveyard, you will lose 300 life points. That's not its only special ability though. When I trigger its other effect, I may remove a plant-trap monster from my graveyard to negate an attack." A burst of white mist sprayed in the face of CJ's Ape, and the monster spun around and stumbled back to its master's field.
"And it works perfectly with my other card, Endless Despair! Now every time a monster goes to the graveyard, it counts as if it went to the graveyard five times. Every time a monster is lost, you're going to lose 1500 life points!"
CJ narrowed his eyes. "End turn."
To be continued...