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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Chaos Arc

Chapter 2: Pass Interference

"We're here with ace football star CJ Anderson," the reporter spoke into her microphone, her eyes focused on the camera.

Across from her was a titan of a man who dwarfed the armchair he sat in. The black business suit he wearing didn't make him seem any less intimidating, nor did the fact that he looked like he could break steel with his bare hands. His dark eyes watched her calmly, and with a relaxation in them that wasn't portrayed by his body.

After finishing her introduction into the camera, the reporter turned to look at her subject. "Mr .Anderson, your entrance into the NFL has caused a huge uproar. Ever since your premiere three years ago on national television coaches for the teams you play against have actually constructed entire playbooks based around methods of stopping your rushes, which have been described as superhuman." On a screen that was set up between the two of them a picture appeared, showing a packed football stadium. Down on the field there was a dog-pile of men all seeming to hang off of CJ like extra clothing. The still image picked and showed him plowing through more than half of the opposing team on his own.

CJ flushed slightly and rubbed the back of his head nervously. "Yeah…I guess I did overdo it huh?"

"Overdo it?" The reported echoed incredulously. "From what I've heard, that display has every team in this country bidding for you. Right now, at least from what our reports say, you currently are not affiliated with any team?"

"I'm kind of drifting right now," CJ answered curtly, preferring not to explain that he was having a big of a moral dilemma involving this whole situation. Because he was a horse demon, he possessed strength that was something like that of the Hulk's. If he had wanted to he could have taken the highest-paying job and lived like a king for the rest of his life. ("But is it really fair to the opposing team? And is it fair to the fans of the game?")

-

"This guy's one of the demon lords?" A shadowed form with a rocky voice shifted slightly in his perch and looked down from the rafters of the studio at CJ's head. "He certainly doesn't act it."

"Don't be fooled," A voice on the other end of the radio-line said, "He is by far more powerful than you could know."

"I highly doubt that," A British-accented voice chimed in through the receiver. "Though I must admit I'm curious to see the truth. The boss said we can go after this one first, right?"

"No," the rocky-voiced man muttered quietly, "We are to capture his assistant, and use him as bait. A direct assault may result in violence, and the master said we are not to kill this one."

"That's so bloody boring though." Silence held over the line for a few seconds and then the British voice chimed in again. "At least let me get him."

"I don't give a damn who gets him, just get him now."

-

Right outside the studio there was a black Lexus parked in the close to empty lot.

And standing there, with his back against the driver's side door of the car, was a man in a black driver's suit. Off on top of the hood of the car was the accompanying hat. He had very short brown hair and was definitely considered fairly tall. He wore wire-frame glasses and at the moment looked extremely bored.

("When will CJ be done with these stupid interviews?") Jared sighed and felt around in his pocket. "It's been the fifth one today." Removing the item, he revealed a Duel Monsters deck. He and CJ had been close friends for years, and when his best friend had gotten into the game he'd quickly wanted to learn too. Though the mechanics of the game were hard for him to pick up on, it didn't take too long for him to get the hang of it. ("Of course now…getting rarer and more powerful cards seems impossible to do. How did CJ ever assemble his deck in the first place?")

Jared had been with CJ during the worldwide tournament that shook the planet with its last couple of duels. During that time Jared had watched his best friend defeat countless opponents with his strategy, up until the top eight where CJ had gone against a guy named Daniel Pilkington. ("That was one of the most intense duels I had ever seen in my life. If that had been me, I'd have broken down from the pressure.") In the end, CJ had lost by the slightest advantage his opponent had. Yet even though he had lost, CJ didn't seem all that mad about it. ("How did he keep his calm like that?")

Things like this troubled Jared often, because while CJ had football to fall back on, Jared's skills weren't exactly naturally inclined towards anything. Duel Monsters had been something of an escape for him, but after finally getting his duel disk he had been having problems with the solid vision system. All of those holograms were so realistic that he'd lose his concentration if something flashy or horrifying happened. ("I guess I can just chalk each loss up to inexperience.")

"Excuse me, is this CJ Anderson's car?" A crisp British voice said from behind Jared.

He looked over his shoulder to see a man in a black trench-coat standing across the vehicle from him. A pre-programmed response he kept on reflex immediately left his mouth, "I'm sorry, this isn't CJ Anderson's car."

"What a pity…" The man smirked slightly and walked around the vehicle. He started to walk away, until her reached about twenty feet of distance from Jared. "You're Jared….I have your picture to go off of." As the man turned to face Jared, he lifted his arm to reveal a black device strapped to his arm that hadn't been there before. "Though I commend you on your attempt at trickery, I'm afraid your soul is mine now."

Jared felt everything hair on the back of his neck shoot straight out. CJ had, every once in a while, a crazy person show up and challenge him to a duel. These people differed greatly, but all of them seemed ridiculously out of their minds. Some of them would chatter to CJ about 'demons' and such, while others were dressed up in make-up that put Hollywood's special effects department to shame. "What did you say?"

The device on the man's arm beeped and a metal flap opened on it. From this flap emerged a spine-like piece of telescoping metal that turned into a duel disk playing field. "I said that I'm going first." He tapped a button on the device and a slot opened on it to reveal a deck already in place. Drawing six cards off of the top, the man took one of them and inserted it into a slot on the top of the device. "And I'll start my turn with this magic card! Go Chaos Dimension!" Everything around them started to blur and warp.

Jared glanced around nervously. What he had felt before that had made him nervous now just made him afraid. "What…are you talking about? I don't even have a duel disk, much less any reason to duel you right now! I'm on the job!"

Throwing his black hat away, the man revealed a head-full of slicked-back blond hair. "That's a bloody shame, but you don't have a choice in the matter. Once two duelists enter the Chaos Dimension, there is no leaving until the duel ends. Oh yes, and let me show you this." Opening his hand, the man revealed a prismatic die that he dropped onto the ground. "Let's see what the Chaos Dimension grants us now." The die stopped with a two facing upwards. "Good, that bonus will do nicely."

"Are you even listening to me?" Jared felt his heart beating faster now.

"I heard you loud and clear, now get your deck ready because Chaos waits for no man," the man's eyes, which had been blue before, now shimmered a whole rainbow of different colors.

"I don't have a duel disk!" Jared waved his arm to emphasize this, but when he heard something click into place near him he looked down and saw an old-fashioned duel disk on his arm. "What the heck?" His deck was already in its place on the device.

"Like I said, draw your five cards so we can begin!" The man's accent made it seem like an order more than a demand.

Jared grimaced and slid five cards off of his deck. He had a feeling that if he didn't fight in this duel he was screwed.

Smirking, the man drew a card from his deck. "By rolling a two on the Chaos Dimension effect I now draw two cards at the start of each turn instead of one." He threw a card onto his disk. "And with that I begin my turn with Element Soldier!" (1500/1200) A tall humanoid in bronze armor appeared on the field. "Then I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn." A card appeared behind the soldier, who was now holding a long spear that shimmered with prismatic light.

Jared felt a couple of beads of sweat slide down the sides of his head. ("Oh man…this guy didn't even need to form a strategy with his hand. He knew exactly what to play. He's definitely a professional.") He drew shakily, trying to remember what CJ had taught him about keeping his cool. After looking at drawn card, he slid it in amongst his other cards and looked at them. ("I have two monsters capable of beating his Soldier…but what if his face-down card is a trap?")

"What's the hold-up?" The man's left eyebrow lifted slightly and he smirked crazily. "Need a breather?"

Jared knew that the time for action was now. "I summon Vorse Raider (1900/1200) in attack mode!" A towering warrior with a wicked sword in one hand and a mouthful of sharp teeth appeared on the field. "Attack his Element Soldier now!" Roaring, the beast-warrior started its charge…

And then stumbled backwards as a wave of sound slammed into it. The man shook his head slightly and held up his trap card. "Bark of the Dark Ruler allows me to pay life points in increments of 100 to reduce the attack of one of your monsters by that same amount until the end of the turn." Inserting the card into his graveyard, his voice turned stern. "Pay for your mistake with your monster and life points!"

Blood Vorse (1400/1200)

Jared- 4000

Man- 3500

The Element Soldier leapt forward and pierced its weapon right through Jared's monster, blowing it apart and spraying Jared with the pieces of dust that his creature had turned into.

Jared- 3900

Man- 3500

Jared felt panic well up in his chest. ("This is…") He killed that train of thought, and on reflex grabbed the two traps in his hand and slid them into the disk. "I set these down. End turn."

The man drew two cards off of his deck and snickered. "So far I'm not impressed. And since things are about to get a lot harder for you, then you had better turn up your performance soon. If you don't…" He opened the slot that he had placed the Chaos Dimension card into and inserted another card. "I play Pandemonium-The Lair of Ten Thousand Demon Lords!" All around them the blurred landscape warped into a hellish parody of itself. "And when you play a field magic card in combination with Chaos Dimension, they create something completely new! Welcome to Chaos Pandemonium!"

Jared shuddered at the sudden moans of pain that echoed all around him. He had heard of Pandemonium and its evil residents from CJ.

The man smirked and slapped a card onto his disk. "Come out now my mighty Shadowknight Archfiend!" (2000/1600) A hideous demonic parody of a knight appeared on the field. "And thanks to Chaos Pandemonium, my monster gains a fifty percent attack power boost!" (3000/1600)

Jared's eyes widened slightly, and then he remembered what cards he had face-down. "I activate my face-down trap card Dust Tornado!" The card flipped up and a heavy wind exploded from the face. "This effect destroys one of your magic or trap cards, so I'll eliminate your Chaos Pandemonium!" The wind-funnel snapped around and slammed into Jared's other set card, blowing it apart. "What?"

The man waved a finger in the air chidingly. "By trying to destroy the Chaos Dimension, you triggered its effect. Instead of it being destroyed it eliminated a random card on your field instead."

Jared threw up his arms as the Shadowknight leapt forward and slammed its sword into him. Before he could regain his balance from the force of the holographic blow, he felt the spear of the Element Soldier crash into his ribcage and push him back into the car.

The man snickered at the pain across Jared's face. "Luckily for you my Shadowknight does only half its attack in battle damage, so for now you survive this duel. End turn."

Jared- 500

Man- 3500

Jared had his back indented into the car slightly, and pain wracked him from head to toe.

"It hurts, doesn't it?" The man's accent made everything he said sound like an insult. "Welcome to life. In this world suffering is what makes every go round. Without it we cannot aspire to greatness, but instead would spend our life in mediocrity. Now draw your card and fight!"

Jared coughed up a couple of drops of blood. He couldn't believe that he was going to lose so fast. ("Isn't there something I can do to stop him?") Then his mind flashed back to something CJ had offered him when he had gotten his first starter deck. ("I do have a monster with more than enough power to take this guy down. But to get it I'm going to need a bit of whatever CJ calls on to get what he needs.") "Luck, give me your blessing." He drew, ignoring the drops of blood on his lip. Flipping the card over, he quickly squashed his rising joy. ("This battle isn't over yet.") "I play Pot of Greed!" Sliding two cards off of his deck, he looked at both of them and then up at the man. "I play Polymerization."

"A fusion?" Still snickering, the man tilted back his head slightly. "So you plan of eliminating my Element Soldier?"

"No, I 'plan' on eliminating your Shadowknight." Jared took two cards from his hand and held them up. "By fusing these creatures together…" A towering blue-furred creature and a much smaller green-furred monster appeared on the field. "Des Kangaroo (1500/1700) and Big Koala (2700/2000) now fuse together to creature my ultimate fusion!" The two creatures were sucked into a vortex of energy. What emerged was a huge green-furred mixture of kangaroo and koala wearing boxing gloves. "Master of Oz (4200/3700) in attack mode!"

"4200 attack points?" The man wasn't snickering now.

Jared slapped a card onto his disk. "And I summon Enraged Battle Ox (1700/1000) in attack mode as well!" A Minotaur holding onto a huge battle ax appeared on the field and roared in anger. "Go!"

The Shadowknight Archfiend screeched in anger right before a fist the size of its body squashed it into the pavement. A few seconds behind it was the Element Soldier as it was cut in half.

Jared- 500

Man- 2100

Jared looked at the last card in his hand and slid it into his disk. "I set this face-down and end my turn."

The man, who was know on his knees thanks to the sheer overwhelming force from the Master of Oz, slowly came to his feet with laughter rolling out of his lips. "Very good! That was what I wanted to see!" His smile turned back into a snicker. "However, you just activated the effect of Chaos Pandemonium. When an Archfiend monster on my field is destroyed, I may search my deck for another Archfiend of any level." Finding the card he wanted, he inserted it into his hand and drew twice. "Now then…I play Monster Reborn." There was a flash of light as the Element Soldier shimmered into existence on his field. "Then I sacrifice my monster to summon out the creature I searched for! Go Skull Archfiend of Lightning (2500/1200) in attack mode!" An explosion of lightning bolts slammed into the earth and the monster that emerged was a demon made up of muscle tissue and bone. "And since he is an Archfiend, his attack goes up by fifty percent!" (3750/1200)

Jared looked over at the Master of Oz, which grunted and pounded its boxing gloves together to signify it was ready to scrap with that demon.

The man laughed melodiously and pointed at the Enraged Battle Ox. "One thing that you have forgotten…you have only 500 life points left! Go Archfiend, Lightning Strike!" Electricity arched along the demon's body and then exploded towards the Minotaur as a wave.

Jared waved his hand across his field and his set card flipped up. "I activate Waboku!" A glowing barrier of pale light sprang up and blocked the wave, dissipating it instantly. "This trap card brings all battle damage from your monsters this turn to zero!"

The man grimaced and slid two cards into his disk. "I set these cards face-down and end my turn."

Jared drew, feeling his heart beat rapidly in his chest. ("Please tell me I have the strength to win…") After looking at the card he placed it face-down onto his disk. "I set one monster into defense mode. Then I switch Enraged Battle Ox into defense mode." Snorting in protest, the monster fell to one knee. "End turn."

The man drew twice. "Interesting…you learned that attacking recklessly is unwise. Indeed, both of my set cards are traps…" He snapped his fingers and one of the two cards flipped up. "Unfortunately, some traps don't need to have the opponent attack to be activated." A huge bone mask appeared on the field and launched over to attach itself to the chest of the Master of Oz. "Mask of Weakness weakens your creature by 700 attack points." (3500/3700)

Jared's eyes widened as his strongest monster lost attack points. "No…you can't…"

"I'm right about to." The man slapped a card onto his disk and another Shadowknight Archfiend appeared on the field next to the Skull Archfiend of Lightning. "My two monsters…crush the set monster and the Master of Oz beneath your might!" A wave of electricity and a swing of a sword later Jared stood with only his Battle Ox defending him.

Jared held up the monster he had set face-down. "You just flipped up Des Koala (1100/1800) and when you do that it deals you 400 life points of damage for every card in your hand."

Jared- 250

Man- 500

The man shrugged it off and slid a card into his disk. "I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn. What can you do with a too-weak monster on your field and no cards in hand?"

Jared drew. "I can play Graceful Charity…which lets me draw three cards and then discard two." He slid three cards off of his deck and after looking at all of them he felt a tingle of success run through him. ("This…might work.") "Instead of discarding two cards, I can instead discard Lucky Cat (500/300) to negate one discard effect." Inserting the card into his graveyard, he flipped another card over at the same time. "Monster Reborn to return an old friend. Master of Oz comes back for round two!" The towering green-furred monster appeared on the field and charged with its fists raised to punch down the Skull Archfiend of Lightning. "You're done."

"Not quite!" The man motioned to his Shadowknight Archfiend, which shuddered and exploded into dust. "I activate my set Altar for Tribute card, which lets me gain life points equal to the attack points of one monster I sacrifice!"

The Skull Archfiend of Lightning roared in anger right before it got its literal block knocked off.

Jared- 250

Man- 3050

The man removed his deck from its slot and took out a card which he added to his hand. "Because you destroyed my Archfiend, I can search my deck for another one." Then he drew twice. "Let's see if I get wipe that eyesore off the field again, shall we?" After looking at the two cards he inserted one into his disk and placed the other face-up onto it. "I sacrifice three demons in my graveyard to special summon Dark Necrofear (2200/2800) in defense mode." Then he placed a card face-down next to the blue vampire that appeared on his field in a crouching position. "Also, I set one monster in defense mode and end my turn."

Jared drew. ("I can't risk attacking with Enraged Battle Ox. But then again…") He lifted his hand and pointed at the set monster. "Go…Master of Oz. Finish him off now!"

"How can you finish me off by killing a defense mode monster?" The man started to snicker…until he realized something. "Your Battle Ox…"

"…gives all my monsters the power of trampling. That means my Master of Oz can deal damage through defenses. Take this!" Bellowing, the huge beast slammed its fist onto the set card and instantly shattered it.

The man's snicker did rise and one of his face-down cards flipped up. "Activate Spirit Barrier! As long as I have a monster in play all battle damage to me is zero!" He held up the card. "And this is my Terrorking Archfiend (2000/1500) who triggers Chaos Pandemonium's effect." He removed a card from his deck and discarded it. "Then I throw out the Desrook Archfiend (1100/1800) I searched for to use its effect. When I discard it during the turn that I lost the Terrorking, I can bring my mighty king back." A wisp of smoke rose up from the ground and formed into a demon made of bone and muscle with a crown on its head. "And don't forget that thanks to Chaos Pandemonium my monster gets an upgrade!" (3000/1500)

Jared winced at his mistake, but didn't let it slow him down. "I summon Spell Shield Camel (0/2500) in defense mode and end my turn." A camel covered in steel armor appeared on his field.

The man drew twice. "I switch Dark Necrofear into attack mode!" The blue-skinned vampire stood up. "Attack Master of Oz now!" It opened its eyes wide and released a pair of red lasers from them that hit the beast and fizzled against its fur.

The Master of Oz brushed itself off and then brought a body-sized fist down onto the vampire, instantly destroying it.

Without skipping a beat the man pointed at the Enraged Battle Ox. "Terrorking Archfiend attack now! Bone Fist of Destruction!" Roaring, the king launched forwards and punched a hole into the chest of Minotaur. It looked at the squirming thing on its arm and snickered as the Enraged Battle Ox exploded into dust. "Then I set one card face-down and end my turn." A black wave of energy exploded from his graveyard. "Dark Necrofear was destroyed by your monster…and therefore it gets its revenge with its special ability! Go Curse of Control! When Dark Necrofear is sent to the graveyard because of an enemy's attack or effect, she uses her power at the end phase of that turn to take control of one enemy monster."

Jared watched the black tendrils of energy shimmer slightly and then they dissipated into nothingness. "Too bad there are no legal targets on my field."

The man frowned and looked at the Spell-Shield Camel. "It makes all beasts on your field immune to target magic effects…doesn't it?"

"You catch on quickly," Jared drew. "But not quick enough." He flipped the drawn card over. "Go Mystical Space Typhoon! This will destroy your Spirit Barrier and leave you wide open to my Master of Oz's attack!" A sharp wind shattered the trap card. "Go Master of Oz!"

The man flipped up his face-up card. "Go Curse of Aging! This trap card requires that I sacrifice a card from my hand to reduce the attack strength of all of your monsters by 500 points!" Throwing up his hands, he braced himself against the backlash as his mighty king was shattered by the beast's fist.

Jared- 250

Man- 2350

As the smoke from the explosion caused by the punch cleared, the man brushed off his trench-coat and caught a card his deck spat out to him. "Chaos Pandemonium's special power activates. Then I discard a Desrook to return Terrorking Archfiend to the field." The dissipating pulled into a mass that formed into the king again.

Jared gritted his teeth…until he realized that he still the advantage. "Next turn my Master of Oz will pound through your monster and bring your life points to zero. End turn."

The man drew twice. "We'll see about that, you pretentious little twit. I play the continuous magic card Convulsion of Nature and Archfiend's Oath!" The two named cards shimmered onto the field.

"What do those do?" Jared had never heard of those cards.

The man pulled his deck out of its slot and inserted it back in upside-down. "Convulsion of Nature forces us both to flip our decks over. And my Archfiend's Oath card lets me pay 500 life points to call one card name and draw the top card of my deck. If I call it right then that card goes into my hand, and if not it is discarded."

Jared's eyes widened. ("Oh no…")

Looking down at his deck, the man cleared his throat, "My top card is Mask of the Accursed." Pulling the top card away, he held it up to show to Jared. "Chaos Pandemonium says that all Archfiend named cards don't require that I pay life points for their effects. So this Mask of the Accursed comes to me with no price attached." The Terrorking Archfiend roared and leapt across the field to shatter the Spell Shield Camel with one punch. "Go Mask of the Accursed! This equipment magic card attaches to your creature." A strange-looking mask appeared on the Master of Oz's chest. "As long as this card is attached your monster cannot attack or switch modes. Also, every one of my standby phases you will take 500 life points of damage. Then I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."

Jared drew, already knowing what card it was. ("I have one turn to come up with an answer to this problem.") "I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."

The man drew. "Mask of the Accursed now finishes this!"

"Wrong!" Jared's face-down card flipped up. "Go Pikeru's Circle of Enchantment! This trap card protects my life points from all effect damage this turn!" A glowing circle of light sprang up around Jared.

The man spat onto the pavement. "Lucky little bastard. I flip up my face-down Time Seal! This trap card will force you to skip your next draw phase. So therefore, unless the card in your hand can get rid of my Mask of the Accursed then you have just lost. Then I set one monster in defense mode and end my turn."

Jared just stood there, drops of sweat pouring down his face. ("I…lost…")

The man laughed and stretched his arms. "That was a nice little work-out, but now it's time to hand over your soul."

"No…there has to…" Jared's eyes widened and he smirked slightly. "I play the magic card Silent Rebirth."

The man chuckled and shrugged helplessly. "I guess you want to revive a normal monster? What monster is worth reviving from the graveyard?"

"Spell Shield Camel…" Jared removed the card from his graveyard and placed it onto his disk.

"That's an effect monster, foolish boy," The man snickered. "You've lost and just won't accept it."

"Spell Shield Camel's special ability is that it is treated as an effect monster." Jared watched as the steel-covered camel appeared on the field. "And because my monster is back, all targeting effects on beast monsters are destroyed!" The Mask of the Accursed shattered into dust.

The man's laughter was choked back down just in time to watch the revitalized Master of Oz destroy his Terrorking again.

Jared- 250

Man- 1150

Jared smiled slightly. "End turn. I'm not going to give up."

Snarling, the man removed an Archfiend card from his deck and discarded another Desrook, his Terrorking reappearing on the field. Then he drew twice. "Now I'm irritated! First I flip up my face-down trap card! Go Archfiend's Roar! This trap card costs me 500 life points, but with it I can return an Archfiend from my graveyard to the field until the end of this turn, when it will be destroyed!" He removed a card from his graveyard and threw it onto his disk. "Awaken, my mighty Skull Archfiend of Lightning!"

Jared- 250

Man- 650

"And that's not all. Lightning Strike!" The Skull Archfiend roared and released a wave of lightning that blew the Spell Shield Camel apart. "Next up is the magic card Puppet Magic of the Dark Ruler! This magic card lets me remove monsters from my field equal to a certain number of level stars. So I'll remove my face-up Skull Archfiend of Lightning and my face-down Vilepawn Archfiend (1200/800) from the game to special summon a level eight monster!" He grabbed a card from his graveyard and threw it onto his disk. "Return to me Dark Necrofear in defense mode!" The blue vampire reappeared on the field in a crouching position. "Then I switch Terrorking Archfiend into defense mode and end my turn. Without your Spell Shield Camel you cannot risk attacking my Dark Necrofear, so just give up. I'll get a powerful monster soon enough that will crush your creature."

Jared looked at his next draw…and smiled slightly. "I draw…go Master of Oz!" The beast brought its fist down and shattered the Dark Necrofear.

Chuckling, the man waited for the end of his opponent's turn. "You've just lost."

Jared shook his head slightly and flipped the card he had drawn over. "Go De-fusion!" There was a flash of light and the Master of Oz turned back into the Des Kangaroo and Big Koala. "Go Big Koala, destroy the Terrorking now!" The huge blue marsupial roared and landed on the king with a mighty body-slam. "Then Des Kangaroo, attack his life points directly!"

The man's eyes widened just in time to catch a boxing glove right in the face.

Jared- 250

Man- 0

All around them the distorted dimension started to groan. Jared was panting from the sheer intensity of those last few moments.

Grimacing, the man discarded a card from his hand and slid a card into his disk. "Activate Barrier of Chaos. This continuous magic card prevents me from losing my soul because of the Chaos Dimension, and it also can be played at any time." A glowing barrier of calm blue light appeared around him in time to stop the rainbow spectrum of colors from engulfing him.

After a few moments of futile straining, the dimension broke down and left them standing in the parking lot again.

The man picked up his hat and brushed it off, placing it back on top of his head. "Another day, my dear boy." He turned just in time to get punched right in the chin with enough to shatter a tank.

Jared leapt out of the way as his mysterious assailant went flying into the brick wall behind him and through it.

CJ pulled out a handkerchief and rubbed some blood off of his knuckles. "That's what you get, jerk. Are you alright Jared?"

Jared slowly came to his feet and nodded. "Who was that guy?"

Suddenly aware that they were in the open, CJ glanced around nervously. "I don't know. However, I do know who would know. It's time to go contact an old friend."

-

"You idiot, Basil." Another black-coated form stood in front of the blond-haired man from before. "What the hell were you thinking?"

Gritting his teeth and rubbing a cotton-ball with disinfectant on it across his slightly swollen eye, the British man used his other eye to give a glare at his compatriot. "It wasn't my fault and you know it. Stupid topdecking bastard…"

"It doesn't matter, because now we have their attention," the third member of the group with his one gold eye and one silver eye crossed his arms. "Now then, let us get to work on our next target."

The other two nodded and they got on their way. Mistakes or not, they were the Chaos Riders and they would stay brothers to the end.

To be continued…

To within/without: I'm not sure that I will be able to use this character. IF I can though, I will.

To Adriel: You just met one of Chaos.

To Seeker of the Soul: I'm glad you liked it. And Cyber Shadow-Kuriboh has fans! WHOOO!

To Darkstar: Glad I could make you chuckle.

To Whitewolf: Romance? Errr….read the next chapter before using words like Romance.

To cyberzone: This is Legends of the Demon Duelist.

To Bobbomp: Another fan of the mighty Cyber Shadow-Kuriboh!

To Anime Albino: Kuriboh are the best! Cyber Shadow-Kuriboh: Squeaks and does his victory dance

To Grizzly under there: Eh…he might.

To Hogwarts-Knight: Justus really wasn't an enemy duelist.

To Chaos Anubis: OO; Strawberry? Cyber Shadow Kuriboh: OO

To Sinister: Thanks for the vote of confidence.

To john: You aren't allowed to use Kenshin-speak. Do so again and I will take legal action against you.

To Rex the emerald Dragon: Thanks.

To Kitsune Duelist: Didn't I finish last chapter by saying it wasn't Dartz with the gold and silver eyes?