Demon Duelist Legacy Reunion Arc

by Wolf General

William Gorgion is holding a worldwide Duel Monsters tournament in search of something. Of course, where there is a big tournament there will always be Team Topdeck. Read and Review please.

2. Trial By Fire

"Mr. Gorgion, he's here."

"Yes, send him in." William Gorgion sat back in his chair and watched the door to his office open disinterestedly. This was a small matter to him, but he knew that someone had to do this or else no one would. "Come in, Mr…" He left the sentence open for his guest to fill in.

The man that entered wore a long black jacket with an end that hung past his knees. His red hair contrasted sharply with his pale white skin and the deeper red coloring of the jacket itself. "Meteor will suffice."

"Very well then Mr. Meteor," William laced his fingers together and placed his elbows on the desk. "I have called you here today on the most urgent of businesses. Amongst the freelance agents of the world you are said to have no peer because of your recklessness."

"That's true…" Meteor's eyes never left William's. "What do you want me to do?"

"I want you to locate a certain acquisition of mine. It has escaped from its captivity and is currently loose somewhere in this amusement park."

Meteor snorted and turned to walk right back out the way he had come in. "If you need someone to catch an animal, then don't call me."

William chuckled mirthlessly and tapped a button on his desk.

Meteor's steps slowed to a stop as the door in front of him closed of its own accord. "I suggest you let me out of here."

"I will after you hear my entire proposition."

Meteor spun around and growled low in his throat. "Then speak and let's get this over with."

"Become one of my tournament eliminators."

"That's it?" Meteor tilted his head to the side quizzically. "There has to be more than that."

"Nope. I am in need of your dueling skills at the moment, so that will be all that is required of you. For each duelist you defeat and remove from the tournament, I will pay you the sum of $100,000 American dollars in whichever form of currency you wish." William sounded dead serious.

Meteor smirked and extended his hand across the desk. "You have yourself a new eliminator."

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Disclaimer: No I do not own Yugioh.

Demon Duelist Legacy-Reunion Arc

Chapter 2: Trial by Fire

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Kenshin Anderson grinned and slapped another card onto the small playing table in front of him. "I summon Blade Knight (1600/1000) in attack mode! Thanks to the fact that I have only one card in my hand, Blade Knight gains 400 attack points!" (2000/1000) "Now I attack!"

Deondre smiled slightly as he listened to his seven-year-old son completely destroy the opposing player. ("And that guy is twenty or so too…") Pride swelled up in his chest at the thought of his son reaching the top of dueling circuits before he became ten. ("It might be a long shot, but as a father I'm allowed to dream.")

"And I win." Kenshin grinned at his opponent, who groaned and walked off one rare card short. "I did it dad!"

"And that's why you're my son. You always get things done." Deondre patted his son on the head and then glanced at the silver key that was hanging around his neck. ("Of course…I need to get my second key soon.")

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William tapped his fingers together while he watched Deondre and Kenshin through one of the many cameras he had all over the park. ("One of the few duelists to ever defeat Seto Kaiba. Perhaps it might be wise to test him though.") Tapping a button on his desk, he spoke into the intercom. "Tell Meteor that I am in need of his services with a matter."

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While Deondre tried to find his bearings in the huge amusement park, Kenshin had gone off to get a drink of water.

After his son didn't come back ten minutes later though, Deondre started to get worried. ("Maybe he got lost?")

When he got to the water fountain and found a note, he got really worried.

Deondre Anderson,

If you want to see your son unharmed then follow these directions.

Now Deondre was just pissed.

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The directions led him to an old abandoned fun house. Though when Deondre walked inside the renovations showed that the place was anything but fun.

"It's a good thing you came." Meteor stood in the middle of a large metal cage which was surrounded by strange machinery. "I was just about to lose my patience and start torturing the kid."

"If you did, then we wouldn't be speaking right now. You'd be dead." Deondre stepped into the cage. "Now tell me where he is or else I rip your brain out and search for the answers I need."

Meteor snickered and pointed right above him. Hanging from a steel chain that was wrapped around his body, Kenshin was currently unconscious. "As the letter said, he is unharmed. However if you want him back then we're going to have to duel." He tapped a button and his duel disk activated. Behind Deondre the door that he had walked in through slammed shut. "Ready? I personally want to get this out of the way so that I can get my money."

Deondre lifted his duel disk, which was already activated. "If I win then you tell me who hired you?"

Meteor waved a finger in the air chidingly. "Of course not. That would break the code of the mercenary."

Deondre- 8000

Meteor- 8000

"Then at least give me the honors of going first." Deondre drew his five.

"Sorry, but I'm going first." Meteor drew his five and then his sixth. Before even touching his cards he started to whisper something to himself. Thanks to his enhanced hearing, Deondre heard what was being said as clear as day. "The end of the world comes closer with each day. Soon the great meteor will arrive to purify this planet. Let its strength fuel me as I battle in its name."

Raising an eyebrow, Deondre glanced at his hand and then up at Kenshin. ("Hang in there…and don't worry.") He wouldn't have been so civil with this nutcase if his son hadn't have been here. ("I'd rather not get angry in front of my son, even if he is unconscious.")

Meteor held up a card and drew two cards from his deck. "First I play Pot of Greed. Then I summon Fireyarou (1300/1000) in attack mode." A strange-looking man with wild green eyes appeared on the field, smirking weirdly. "Then I set one card face-down and end my turn for now."

("He sure works quickly. There was almost no stop time in between each of his plays.") Deondre drew. "I also play Pot of Greed!" He drew two more cards. "Then I set one monster in defense mode and end my turn."

Meteor drew. "Don't you understand yet? Have you figured out why I battle?"

"It's been only one turn and you're already wanting to spill your life story to me?" Deondre threw back his head and laughed.

Meteor threw back his own head and laughed louder. "I was just trying to give you a friendly warning about the end of the world."

"End of the world?" Deondre frowned as memories of Yamidra came into his head. "What are you talking about?"

Meteor shook his head slightly. "You're not ready to listen to my message yet…I can see it in your eyes. I switch Fireyarou into defense mode and end my turn." The man fell to one knee.

Deondre drew, eyes scanning his opponent for some kind of indication as to what was going on. ("He seems so serious on this whole end of the world thing. But that's ridiculous…") "I summon Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer (1800/800) in attack mode and attack Fireyarou!" A man wearing a half-mask and monk's robes appeared on the field with a piece of paper in his fingers. "Banishment Ofuda!"

There was a flash of light and flame, and then the field went up in a huge explosion.

Waving his hand to get rid of some of the smoke around his face, Deondre stared at the spaces where his monsters used to be. "What in the hell…"

Meteor motioned to his own empty field. "You activated my Nuclear Infusion trap card. When I activate it I destroy all cards on both fields after I sacrifice a fire attribute monster."

("That means I'm wide open!") Deondre slid a card from his hand into his disk. "At the cost of 800 life points I play Premature Burial, reviving Kycoo in attack mode!" A pillar of light exploded out of the ground and from within it emerged his spellcaster monster. "End turn."

Deondre- 7200

Meteor- 8000

Meteor drew. "And still you try to oppose that which cannot be defeated. Perhaps once this turn is over you'll understand…" He slammed a card into his disk. "By activating Mystical Space Typhoon, I crush your Premature Burial card and send Kycoo right back into the graveyard!" A sharp wind hit the equipment card and blew it apart. Kycoo groaned and disappeared. "Then I summon Raging Flame Sprite (100/200) in attack mode." A tiny little fairy holding onto a candle appeared on the field. "Attack his life points directly!" It nodded and threw the candle at Deondre, hitting him right in the face.

Deondre- 7100

Meteor- 8000

"And that triggers Raging Flame Sprite's effect. When it deals direct damage to you it gains 1000 attack points." The fire on the end of the candle exploded in size. (1100/200) "I then set one card face-down and end my turn."

Deondre drew. ("I can't allow this to happen…the longer that thing is on the field, the more life points I'll lose each turn. If I remember correctly it can attack me directly.") "It looks like is time to take off the kid gloves! I sacrifice Kycoo and Banisher of the Light (100/2000) from my graveyard to summon this creature! Come out Chaos Sorcerer!" (2300/2000) A wizard wearing black robes appeared on the field. "Attack Raging Flame Sprite now! Chaos Destruction!" Raising its hands into the air, the wizard charged up a ball of gold and black energy which it threw across the field at the little monster.

And Raging Flame Sprite counter-attacked by exploding, destroying the Chaos Sorcerer.

Meteor held up his set trap card. "You triggered my Hell Bomb trap card. This destroys one monster on my field and one monster on yours."

"That's fine." Deondre placed a card face-down onto his disk. "Since Chaos Sorcerer was a special summon, I play this monster in defense mode and end my turn."

Meteor drew. "It's getting to be too much, isn't it? No matter how hard you try, destruction follows your every step." He placed a card onto his disk and a woman in dark blue clothing appeared on his field. "I summon Fire Assailant (1500/1000) in attack mode and attack your set monster!" The woman produced a pair of knives from out nowhere and threw them across the field, piercing and destroying the set creature.

Deondre caught a card that was spat out of his graveyard. "Magician of Faith activates now. I take back Pot of Greed from my graveyard because it was flipped up."

Meteor slid a card into his duel disk. "I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."

Deondre drew. "You don't seem quite so chatty now. Perhaps the whole doom and gloom thing was just a joke?" He snickered and discarded Pot of Greed, drawing two more cards. "I set one monster in defense mode and set one card face-down on the field. End turn."

Meteor drew. "What do you think? Whether you want to believe it or not, the world is going to end. I set one monster face-down in defense and end my turn."

("You've got to be kidding me.") Deondre glanced around behind him suspiciously, looking for any kind of camera. ("Is he cheating? How could he know not to attack my set monster?") He drew. "Go Change of Heart! Come to me set monster!" The face-down creature shimmered and appeared on his field. "Then I sacrifice both of these creatures I control to summon one of my newest and greatest acquisitions!" All around them the field grew dark. "Come out Dark Magician of Chaos!" (2800/2300) From the air above them a leather-clad humanoid descended onto the field. It opened its eyes and glared at Meteor. "This spellcaster lives within the void of chaos…and he plans on taking you there when he leaves!"

"Is that so? Well he'll just have to get to me first." Meteor felt confident in the powers he obeyed. They would deliver him to a victory.

Deondre caught a card that was spat out of his graveyard. "Dark Magician of Chaos activates its special ability when summoned to the field. I can take back one magic card from my graveyard and place it into my hand! So I take back Pot of Greed and replay it!" He discarded the magic card and drew two new cards. "Now…Black Chaos Attack!" The magician lifted its staff and released a ball of blue energy that hit the Fire Assailant, sending it to another dimension. "Any monster that Dark Magician of Chaos destroys are removed from play. End turn."

Deondre- 7100

Meteor- 6700

Meteor drew. "It's time to send your monster back to the chaos it came from. I activate the magic card Tipping the Scales. This card can only be activated when both of us have an equal number of monsters in our graveyards. It will destroy your Dark Magician of Chaos." A ball of fire fell from the sky and consumed Deondre's monster.

Deondre grimaced and removed his Dark Magician of Chaos from play, as per its effect when it died. "Anything else?"

"Yes. I summon Invasion of Flame (1300/1200) in attack mode." A ball of fire appeared on the field. From within the burning mass a sneering face could be seen. "Attack his life points directly!" It launched across the field and tackled Deondre.

Deondre- 5800

Meteor- 6700

"Now I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn." Meteor snickered as he heard the machinery all around them start to power up. "By the way, there is something about this 'arena' that you may wish to know." A stream of fire launched right past Deondre's head, scorching some of the hairs from his skull. "Whenever you lose 1000 or more life points from a direct attack, then the machinery here will give you a little taste of hell."

Yelping, Deondre quickly patted the side of his head to try and put out the small fires in his hair. "You jerk! Are you trying to make me bald!?" He snapped a card off of his deck angrily. "You know what…just for that I'm going to make you taste some of this hell. It's really delicious…" He discarded three cards from his hand and then snapped another card around. "I sacrifice three monsters to pay for the Dimensional Rift ritual magic card! Come out now, my ultimate warrior!" A crystal gateway appeared and from within it emerged a blonde-haired warrior in futuristic armor. "Lord of the Different Dimension (4000/4000) in attack mode! Now his effect triggers! We both remove all monsters in our graveyard from play!" He caught the mass of cards that his graveyard spat out and shoved them into his back pocket.

Meteor did the same.

Deondre slid another card into his disk. "Now I activate Monster Returned! This will revive one monster from either removed from play pile!" A hole opened in the sky and from within it emerged the Dark Magician of Chaos. "And now that my monster had returned, his effect lets me take back one magic card. So I'll be taking back Monster Returned." The Dark Magician of Chaos looked at the Lord of the Different Dimension and nodded slightly. It recognized the ruler of the other realm.

Grabbing a card from his removed from play pile, Deondre slapped it onto his disk. "Dimensional Ninja's effect activates when it is in the removed from play pile! I can take it from there and special summon it to the field!" A green-haired female warrior in a skin-tight black bodysuit appeared next to the other two dimensional monsters. (1100/200) "This is over! Dark Magician of Chaos attacks Invasion of Flames!" The spellcaster lifted its staff and fired a ball of energy that blew the monster away. "And that removes it from play."

Deondre- 5800

Meteor- 5400

"Then Dimensional Ninja and Lord of the Different Dimension follow up with a direct attack! Go now!" Both monsters launched across the field and slammed their weapons down on Meteor's shoulders.

Deondre- 5800

Meteor- 300

Meteor gritted his teeth and started to say something. Whatever he had planned on saying was cut off though as the machinery of the arena blasted him from head to toe with flames.

Deondre took this chance to leap into the air and grab onto the chain that was holding Kenshin. With one tug he snapped the steel and landed on the ground with his son over his shoulder. ("Gotta do this quickly.") He ran over and kicked the door that he had entered through open. Tossing Kenshin outside the cage, he heard a scream of pain behind him. Looking back, his eyes widened as Meteor came back to his feet. "God damn…how are you still alive?"

Though his flesh was bubbling and melting away, Meteor still somehow managed to snicker and draw. It was a real mystery how his cards were unaffected by the flames. "It protects me…and gives me strength. More strength than you'll ever have!" With a wave of his hand the door slammed shut and locked again. "There is no leaving this battle. Now prepare yourself for the end."

"I've died once…and the circumstances were much worse that time. You don't expect me to be frightened by you, right?" Deondre motioned to his three monsters. "Because these guys have the power to rip you apart next turn."

"Is that so?" Meteor glanced at the drawn card and sneered. "It is here. Prepare yourself for the end!"

Deondre glanced back at the form of his son and then at Meteor. "I'll deal with you like I'll deal with all the nutcases who come after me."

To be continued…

Author's Notes: Salutations to all of my fans out there in fictionland. I hope you are enjoying this story so far. As for Legends of the Demon Duelist, I haven't forgotten it. Don't worry about it, because it'll be back as soon as I get back the inspiration I originally had when working on it.