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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Chaos Arc
Chapter 4: Soul Valkyries
The Cyber Shadow-Kuriboh pulled a little string next to it and a huge wall shot up in between the two duelists and their fields, effectively cutting off Octavian's attack. "You triggered my Alert Tripwire quickplay magic card. This negates your attacks this turn and lets me draw cards equal to the number of Cyber Shadows on the field." Ichigo drew twice.
Octavian chuckled and slid a card into his disk. "Perhaps so, but I play the magic card Alternate Dimension. This card lets me transport my three Valkyries off of the field and back into my deck. Then I may select three new Valkyries and add them to my hand." Shuffling the three cards into his deck, the man removed three different ones. "I need to use my best weapons to defeat you now. These three of my ladies will crush you beneath their blades. End turn."
Ichigo stood there, his eyes closed. ("If I can attack his life points directly this turn, I will win. However…") His eyes opened and looked at the two set cards. ("The chances he is bluffing are too low…what will I do?")
Octavian felt the pulse of each of the three Valkyries in his hand. ("Your power will win…for I have worked far too hard collecting each of your souls.")
Ichigo looked at the cards in his hand and felt a single spark of life run along his fingertips at the touch of the middle card. ("Could it really be…no, there's no time to worry about that!") "It's my turn, draw!" The half-demon snapped the top two cards off of his deck. Looking at them, he growled and discarded a different card from his hand. "There, I followed your stupid effect. Now I set one card face-down on the field and play Card of Sanctity."
Octavian laughed and drew a card. "Do you think I care that I only get one card from your effect?"
"I don't give a damn what you care about, you sick bastard." Ichigo drew four cards and added them to his hand. He nodded slightly to one of the cards and slid it into his disk. "I set one card face-down on the field; switch Cyber Shadow-Kuriboh into defense mode…" There were a few moments of hesitation but then he decided. "And discard a card from my hand to activate Cyber Shadow-Kuriboh's effect! Go Cuteness Espionage!"
The little furball stuffed itself into a box. A few seconds later a postage truck drove by, picked up the package, and delivered it at Octavian's feet. The top of the box popped open and the little secret agent leapt up and snatched the top card of the man's deck. Moments later Cyber Shadow-Kuriboh was back on top of Ichigo's head.
Taking the card, Ichigo smirked and slid it into his graveyard. "You were going to be a lucky guy. I play Pot of Greed." He drew two cards. "Then I set one monster in defense mode. At the end of my turn my Shield Shogun's effect forces her into defense mode."
Octavian drew. "It's time to call in the troops!" He threw down three cards onto his disk. "Chaos Valhalla's special ability lets me special summon all three of my Valkyries to the field! Come forth!"
The first Valkyrie to appear on his field rode a gold-colored horse and had dark black hair. "Valkyrie Ebony (2400/1400) in attack mode!"
Secondly was a woman on top of silver horse with brown hair. "Valkyrie Sammy (1800/1600) in attack mode!"
Thirdly was a Valkyrie on top of a bronze-colored horse with blond hair. "Valkyrie Ashley (1400/2000) in attack mode!"
Ichigo stood there dumb-founded, staring into the faces of three girls that just a few days ago he had spoken with. ("They're….Duel Monsters?")
Octavian held up a card from his hand. "My Nobleman of Crossout card removes your face-down defender from play!" A man in silver armor appeared and leapt forward to slash the face-down card in half. "That's not all though, because now the effect of Valkyrie Ashley triggers!"
Ashley reared up on her horse and threw a golden spear across the field that slammed into Ichigo's chest and sent him stumbling backwards. "Whenever a card is removed from play you take 500 life points of damage."
Ichigo- 3500
Octavian- 1450
Octavian grinned at the pained look across Ichigo's features. "Did you know these three? I'm so sorry that you have to fight them now, but I refuse to lose to the likes of you!" He slid a card into his disk and pointed at Cyber Shadow-Kuriboh. "Valkyrie Ebony attacks now!"
Kicking the side of her horse, Ebony pulled a sword free from her hip and brought it down to slash through the little furball. Instead of exploding into dust though, it just faded away. "When she destroys a monster it is removed from play, so take more life point damage thanks to Valkyrie Ashley!" The blond-haired girl threw another spear that crashed into Ichigo's ribcage and sent him stumbling back again. "End turn."
Ichigo- 3000
Octavian- 1450
Ichigo's eyes looked down at the Cyber Shadow-Kuriboh card and he gritted his teeth while sliding it into his jacket pocket. "That's it, you sick bastard! Draw!" He slid two cards off of his deck and smirked. "Your little plan backfired. Neither of these are monsters, so I get to keep them." Then he flipped one of the cards over. "Go De-Fusion! This quickplay magic card will break down my Shield Shogun into its separate pieces!" The Shield Bearer and Ninja reappeared on the field, leaving the Nibelung Ring to shatter into pieces.
Octavian gritted his teeth as his monster control effect just became useless.
Ichigo wasn't done yet though. "I won't let you hurt innocent creature and get away with it! Even if it means playing by your sick rules! I sacrifice my two monsters to summon this!" He held up the card he was going to play and light flooded the room. "Go Valkyrie Eri (2800/2000) in attack mode!"
Though the Valkyrie looked like Eri, it definitely wasn't the same kind of Eri that most would be used to. For the first thing, Eri would never wear armor that looked more like something a model would wear instead of a warrior. Nor would Eri have her tail out in public, much less fluffed up for the sheer fact of looking nice. For a nice final touch, Eri wasn't about 7'5". "Wha…."
"Now Valkyrie Eri…." Ichigo's order froze in his throat as he actually looked upon the form of what he just summoned. "……….."
Eri shook her head to clear it. ("I felt like I had the strangest dream…") Her eyes slowly opened…and came to rest upon Ichigo. Except she had to do something she'd never needed to do before. That was look down to see him. "When did you shrink?"
Ichigo found trouble forming words, and whatever plans he had for this turn were long gone as well. "Uh….uh…."
Eri tapped her foot, trying to be as patient as she could. "Well?"
"You….you…" Then he told her what she needed to know in one action. He exploded into a nose-bleed…
Eri slowly looked down and turned bright red. Immediately she attempted to cover herself as well as she could…
Ichigo squeezed his eyes shut and pinched his nose to stop the blood flow.
But that didn't help him when Eri's now much larger foot slammed into his chest and sent him flying backwards into the boundaries of the Chaos Dimension. "Your perverted bastard! How dare you put me in something like this!"
"I didn't!" Ichigo rebounded and barely managed to stop himself. "Do you think I have the power to do stuff like this?"
"DIE!" Eri had realized that her new outfit came with a sword. And she was about to test how sharp it was on a certain someone.
Ichigo threw his hands over his head and braced himself for death….only that death never came.
Eri's blade was just a few inches from him, but it didn't advance nor retreat. The owner of said blade slowly moved the sword aside and sheathed it. With casual ease she reached down, grabbed Ichigo by the scruff of his neck, and held him up eye level with her. "Don't fail me…because believe it or not I trust you. I'm not sure why, but I trust you to win this battle. If you're supposed to be my fiancée, then prove your worth."
Ichigo dangled there and blinked at her a couple of times. "Umm….I would, but you have to put me down."
"In a moment, let me enjoy being tall while it lasts." The demoness noticed the white wings on his back and poked them a couple of times. "Sooo….are those real?"
"I think so," Ichigo was blushing furiously.
Eri smirked at that blush and dropped him to the ground. "Anyway, continue with your turn."
"Are the two of you done?" Octavian was tapping his foot repeatedly and was waiting for his disk to beep so that it was his turn.
Ichigo returned to his spot on the field and slid a card into his disk. "Before I continue my turn I play the magic card Cyber Shadow Crest. This magic card turns one monster on the field into a Cyber Shadow and raises its attack points by 500."
Eri felt a momentary itch on her arm as a strange tattoo appeared. (3300/2000)
Ichigo pointed at Ashley. "Go Eri, attack now!"
Eri looked at her opponent and her eyes widened. "I'm not going to attack my friends!"
Octavian snickered at the now flustered-looking Ichigo. "It seems like you don't possess the necessary power to control your monster. That's such a darn shame."
Ichigo growled angrily at the demoness. "We have to win or else we might never get their souls back."
"And attacking their souls is a better idea?" Eri growled down at him, and he quickly stepped back. While Eri at her normal size was intimidating, an Eri that quite easily towered over you was downright terrifying.
"Fine! If we lose it's your fault then!" Ichigo slid a card into his disk. "I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."
Octavian drew. "Now then, it's time for me to attack. As you should remember all monsters on my field gain 700 extra attack points, and then gain a fifty percent power boost."
Valkyrie Ashley (3150/2000)
Valkyrie Sammy (3750/1600)
Valkyrie Ebony (4650/1400)
Eri's eyes widened and she glanced back at Ichigo, who looked incredibly frustrated now. "Please tell me that you have some kind of plan."
"I doubt it." Octavian pointed at Eri. "Go Ebony, attack now and remove Eri from play!" Yelling out a battle cry, the dark-skinned girl charged forwards on her horse with every intention of cutting Eri down.
For her part, the demoness barely flinched at the approaching death.
Ichigo gritted his teeth. ("I have no choice!") "Reverse card open! Go Mirror Force!" A glowing barrier of blue light exploded upwards in between the two 'monsters'. "This trap will destroy all attack mode monsters on your field!" Ebony was pushed backwards to choice Ashley and Sammy. Then the Mirror Force released a shotgun blast of energy that hurtled towards the three.
"You homicidal bastard!" Eri turned to punch Ichigo so hard he wouldn't be able to see straight for a year…
"Activate Radiance Ring!" Octavian motioned to one of his now face-up cards. "This continuous trap card allows me to discard a card from my hand to negate the destruction of one monster on my field. So I'll throw out my whole hand to keep my creatures from being destroyed!" The shotgun blast dissipated as it slammed into a glowing ring of light. "And though Ebony's attack was negated…now I'll wipe out Eri with Sammy! Go!" Letting out a battle cry, the brown-haired charged and lifted her spear.
Eri gasped, realizing that Ichigo probably intended for his Mirror Force to keep them safe. Throwing up her arms, she prepared for the worst.
"It's over, now you both will be mine!" Octavian sneered and watched Sammy get closer…
Ichigo's eyes shimmered crimson. "Go Shadow Force!" A barrier of silver light sprang up and blocked the spear attack. "This trap card can only work if I have a Cyber Shadow on the field. It will not only end your turn and negate your attack, but now my monster gains the attack of your negated monster permanently!"
Eri gasped again in partial ecstasy as she felt energy flow into her from the barrier. (6450/2000)
Ichigo drew. "If Eri won't fight, then I will! I set one card face-down on the field, and one monster as well. That isn't all though, because I reveal this equipment magic card!" A glowing shield appeared on Eri's arm. "Special Operative Weapon-Cloak Shield! This card raises Eri's defense points by 1000, and she cannot be the target of attacks as long as I have other monsters on the field." (6450/3000) "End turn."
Eri glanced back at Ichigo. ("He's trying to do things my way…he could have easily forced me to attack one of my friends if he had wanted to.")
Octavian drew. "That was impressive before, but it won't happen again. Go Ebony, crush the defender now!" Yelling a battle cry, the girl charged forwards and slashed through the set monster. What she got in retaliation was an echoing scream of sound that left her, the other Valkyries, and Octavian clutching their ears.
"You just attacked my Cyber Shadow-Screamer (350/650) and when it is flipped up your turn ends. That isn't all though, because I get to take a Polymerization card and a Cyber Shadow from my graveyard and place them into my hand." Removing two cards from his graveyard, he drew. ("This whole not being able to attack thing is going to be a problem. I can't keep pulling defenses out of my ass.")
Octavian laughed and motioned to Ashley, who had a spear at ready. "Did you forget that Ebony removed your monster from play? And that means that Ashley damages you now for 500 points of damage!" The spear hurtled through the air and slammed into Ichigo's chest, bringing him to his knees.
"Dirty coward!" Eri growled and felt rage build up in her chest. "I'll rip you apart!"
Ichigo- 2500
Octavian- 1450
Ichigo came to his feet and placed a card onto his disk. "I summon Cyber Shadow-Retriever (1000/1000) in defense mode." A silver-plated crab robot appeared on his field. "And then I set one card face-down. End turn."
Octavian drew. "I made the mistake last time of not setting my trap before I attacked. This time you won't be so lucky. I set one card face-down and attack with Ebony!"
"Don't even bother!" Ichigo motioned to his face-down card. "Go Negate Attack! This trap card will end your battle phase and stop you from even getting near me this turn."
Octavian frowned and ran his hands through his hair. "As you wish it…end turn."
Ichigo looked down at his deck. He smiled slightly and drew. "I set one card face-down on the field and summon Cyber Shadow-Shield Bearer (0/2400) in defense mode. End turn." A man holding onto a huge riot shield appeared on the field in a crouching position.
Octavian drew. "You're nearly finished…for I play Valkyrie's Hug! Then I switch Valkyrie Ashley into defense mode!" The girl, instead of going defensive, leapt across the field and wrapped her arms around Eri, pinning the demoness' arms to her sides.
"What the hell are you doing Ashley?" Eri struggled, but even for all of her increased attack points she was unable to move.
Ichigo didn't know what was going on, but he had a sneaky suspicion that it was bad.
Octavian laughed and pointed at Eri. "This effect will work only when I play Valkyrie's Hug. During this turn when one of my Valkyries goes into defense they remove an opponent's monster from play. Your girlfriend's soul is about to be lost forever!"
Eri's eyes widened hugely and she struggled even harder. "NO!"
Ichigo motioned to his face-down card. "I told it to Justus and I'll tell it to you. Eri isn't going anywhere! Go continuous trap card!" Ashley released her hold on Eri and returned to Octavian's field. "My trap is called Cyber Force. Unlike Shadow Force, it has a slightly different effect. As long as this is on the field and I have a Cyber Shadow in play, then all targeting effects on my monsters are negated!"
Eri breathed a deep sigh of relief.
Octavian growled in frustration. "How long will you dodge?"
Ichigo motioned with his fingers. "Come and see what my other face-down card is."
"I'd rather not. End turn." Octavian knew better than to run into another trap.
Ichigo drew. "I play Cyber Shadow Mainframe! As long as this card is in play all Cyber Shadows on my field will be gaining an extra 500 attack points. It doesn't matter though, because I sacrifice it to special summon two Cyber Shadows in my graveyard to the field!" A woman in black clothing and a silver humanoid robot appeared in crouching positions. "Cyber Shadow-Ninja (1100/200) and Cyber Shadow-Guardian (0/2200) are ready for action!"
"So now you have five monsters, so what?" Octavian had the attack advantage, since Eri refused to fight her friends.
Ichigo snapped his fingers. "Go Special Mission! This continuous trap can only be activated while I have five Cyber Shadows in play. First, I send all level four or lower monsters on my field into my hand." Picking up the four non-Eri monsters, he smirked. "During this turn I can fuse monsters without Polymerization. Then I choose any cards in my hand and replace them with cards from my deck of my choice."
"What?" Both Eri and Octavian had never heard of any effect like that before. It seemed almost too powerful, drawbacks and requirements considered. "There has to be more."
"Oh there will be. Firstly I can only take monster cards. Secondly, after I do this all other monsters in my graveyard and deck are removed from play." Ichigo removed his graveyard. "However, all non-monster cards on my field and graveyard are shuffled into my deck. Do you understand now? This duel is going to be with the monsters I summon and nothing else."
Sliding his deck back into its slot, Ichigo held up his six cards. "First I fuse Cyber Shadow-Blademaster (2000/1600) with Cyber Shadow-Moonblade (2000/1700) to create Cyber Shadow-Boss (3000/2300) in attack mode!" A woman with two laser swords appeared on the field next to Eri and gave the demoness a confused glance.
Eri returned the glance with a low growl. "It isn't like I'm here on purpose."
"Next I fuse Cyber Shadow-Soldier (1600/1600) and Cyber Shadow-Assassin (1000/800) together to create Special Operative-Snake (2000/1800) in attack mode!" The bandanna wearing form of Ichigo's favorite card appeared on the field in a standing position next to Boss.
The third monster was a woman surrounded by a glowing prismatic shield. "Come out now, Cyber Shadow-Shield Shogun!" (1200/2500)
Octavian threw back his head and laughed again. "Take a look at your field, you fool. Because of your card effect you just lost all of your defenses, and all for some useless monsters."
"Useless?" Ichigo drew five cards. "I beg to differ. Special Mission's effect isn't done yet. Now I draw five cards!" He looked at all of them and saw a strategy in the forming. "I play Pot of Greed first, increasing my hand size to six!" Looking at the six cards, he nodded slightly to one of them. "Next up is the magic card Regroup. This will remove three monsters of mine from the field until the beginning of my next turn, but I may draw three cards as well." He picked up three monsters. "Sorry Eri."
"You son of a…" Whatever else Eri was going to say went unsaid as she disappeared.
Ichigo pointed at his remaining monster, the Shield Shogun. "Next up is a magic card! Go Five-star Twilight! I sacrifice my five-star monster to summon my best creatures out!" The woman disappeared and was replaced by a five glowing stars of light. "Summon the Five Kuriboh Siblings!" (300/200X5) Each of the stars faded and was replaced by a little furball of a different color. They all squeaked in unison and started dancing. "Then I set three cards face-down on the field and end my turn."
Octavian drew. "As impressive as all this is, you're about to lose three of your little blockers right now! Prepare to fall! Go Ebony!" Yelling another cry, the dark-skinned girl charged towards the five Kuriboh with murder in her eyes.
Ichigo motioned to his little friends. "Kuribe special ability activates! By fusing these five together I can special summon Kuribandit (1000/700) to the field!" The five Kuriboh were pulled together to form a much larger Kuriboh with an eye patch and bandanna on. "His effect will let me sacrifice him to draw five cards. Any monsters I pull must be discarded, but since I have no monsters in my deck it shouldn't matter, should it?" Ichigo drew five more cards and then motioned to his set cards. "Go Truce of Opposing Forces! This trap card will send your monster back into your hand. This way, I'll have a free attack at your life points!" The three Valkyries disappeared.
Octavian smirked and slapped them all onto his disk. "Fool, my field card lets me summon them all back." Each of the three captured souls turned monsters appeared on the field. "Your little trick failed. End turn."
Ichigo drew. "Actually…"
"…bitch!" Eri shimmered back onto the field, as did Boss and Snake. She blinked in confusion at the field and looked over at Ichigo. "Where did that other lady go?"
Ichigo slid a card into his disk. "She's right here! Go Monster Reborn!" Shield Shogun reappeared on the field. "You're finished!"
"Actually, the only one of us who is finished is you!" Octavian snapped his fingers and his three cards that were face-down flipped up. "First Gift of the Mystical Elf raises my life points by 300 per monster on the field!"
Ichigo- 2500
Octavian- 3550
"Then my Three Valkyrie Sisters trap card will force your Valkyrie to come to my field…right after she attacks you directly!"
Eri's eyes turned violet and she turned on one heel to drive her sword right through Ichigo's body.
Ichigo snapped his fingers and one of his set cards flipped up. "Have you forgotten that she is a Cyber Shadow as well? Go Shadow Barrier!" Eri stumbled and lowered her sword, eyes returning to normal.
Octavian held up his other card. "Not quite finished yet though. Activate Horn of Calling! This will let me special summon two monsters from my deck as long as I discard two cards!" He tossed his hand and slapped two new monsters down. The first was a woman in priestly robes and the second was a glowing shield. "Valkyrie Life-Giver (300/400) will prevent me from taking damage as long as I have Valkyries on the field. Also, you cannot attack her until my other monsters are gone. Also, my second monster is Valkyrie War Banner (0/2000) and while it is out all Valkyries on my field gain double attack points! And for an added bonus it cannot be attacked period!"
Valkyrie Ashley (6300/2000)
Valkyrie Sammy (7500/1600)
Valkyrie Ebony (9300/1400)
Ichigo knew what this was. ("He's getting ready to stop my attacks.") "It's a shame really….because I'm not attacking anybody but you!"
Octavian shrugged and pointed to his Life-Giver. "Did you forget so quickly? My monster shields me from damage as long as it is in play."
Ichigo discarded a card. "Not quite! Special Operative-Snake special ability activates! By discarding a hand card I can destroy a monster on the field with an original attack less than Snake's. You will also take damage equal to half of that monster's attack power! Go Sneak Attack!" Snake disappeared from sight and appeared behind the Life-Giver. She turned just in time to get hit by a high-powered upper-cut and blown apart into little digital bits. "Of course this does cost me my battle phase for this turn."
Ichigo- 2500
Octavian- 3400
Ichigo held up a card and a blast of wind blew the Radiance Ring apart. "Mystical Space Typhoon first." Another card was slid into his disk. "And then the magic card Last Gift. This card will only work if I discard a Polymerization magic card!" He did so and Boss exploded into dust. "Fuse Boss' power and Valkyrie Eri together to create Dark Shadow Eri!" (10000/0)
Eri shuddered slightly as the dressings of the Valkyrie disappeared and were replaced by a black form-fitting body suit. In her hand rested a single glowing sword of gold and white light. "This is much better than that stupid swimsuit."
Ichigo smirked. "It gets better. Dark Shadow Eri draws in the power of all Cyber Shadows on the field thanks to Last Gift." (13200/0)
Octavian shrugged again. "You can't attack even if you wanted to."
Ichigo slid another card into his disk. "Go equipment magic card Special Operative Weapon-Wings of Steel!" A pair of huge black steel wings exploded out of Eri's back. "This card increases Eri's attack points by 400." (13600/0)
"So you plan on making her too powerful to attack? Well I'm sorry to disappoint you but leaving your Snake in attack mode was foolish." Octavian had this duel.
"Chill out and let me finish my turn!" Ichigo slid another card into his disk. "Activate the continuous magic card Cyber Shadow Mainframe, raising Eri's attack points by another 500!" (14100/0) He slid another two cards into his disk. "And then I activate the magic cards Legend's Heroic Charge and Transfer Force!" Snake shimmered and dissipated into the wind. "Legend's Heroic Charge doubles the attack of any Special Operative on my field. Then Transfer Force will sacrifice Snake to transfer his doubled attack score straight to Eri's attack points. There's only one downside to this, and that is the fact that I must give up life points equal to the original attack score of my monster." (18100/0)
Ichigo- 500
Octavian- 3400
Eri looked back at Ichigo in confusion. "Why are you using up all of your power to raise my strength?"
Ichigo flipped up his remaining face-down card. "Go Dream Shield! This trap card lets me sacrifice a monster and add its defense points to the attack points of one of my monsters for one turn!" The Shield Shogun exploded into dust. (21100/0)
Octavian shook his head sadly. "So much effort…and all for nothing."
Ichigo discarded a card into his graveyard. "Activate Stimulation Boost! This card lets me double my points any number of times this turn, but at the end of this turn my life points return to normal and I lose life points equal to the number of times I doubled the score times 1000. It's a risk, but I'm willing to take it for Eri's sake." He held up five fingers. "May as well go for broke."
Ichigo- 16000
Octavian- 3400
Octavian chuckled and waited patiently. "Suicide is unbecoming of any duelist. You should know that."
"I do know that." Ichigo pointed at his Cyber Shadow Mainframe card. "Activate special ability number three!"
"Number three?" Both Eri and Octavian echoed.
Ichigo discarded the top ten cards of his deck. "By throwing the top ten cards of my deck I can play the field magic card that will bring you down!"
"What if you just threw that card out?" The man was starting to feel worried.
"Then I'm screwed," Ichigo pulled out his deck and looked through it. "But since I'm fighting to protect someone, it's right here on the bottom of my deck. Go Cyber Shadow Base!" All around them a command center for some kind of high-tech agency formed. Amidst the sounds of beeping computers and humming engines, Ichigo spoke, "As long as this card is in play I now have a number of effects to use against you. The one that will defeat you is this! Go System Crossout!" Lasers shot through the air and slammed into the three Valkyries and the Valkyrie War Banner. "This effect requires that for each use of it I have to give up half of my life points. So I'll get my life points cut in half three times, since the first shot each turn is free." The lasers didn't do any damage to Octavian's monsters, but now each of them had a glowing circle on their chests.
Ichigo- 2000
Octavian- 3400
Octavian saw that his monsters weren't destroyed and he laughed. "How pitiful is this? You can't kill these ladies."
"I won't have to." Ichigo smirked. "Your monsters now all have target counters on them. So by activating the effect of Cyber Shadow Base, I can defeat you. First I play Card of Sanctity though, so let's both draw six cards." He slid six cards off of his deck and smiled widely. "Alright! Now I discard four cards from my hand to activate the second active effect of base! Go Security Removal!" Each of Octavian's monsters disappeared. "By discarding a card from my hand at any time I can remove an opponent's monster with a target counter on it from play until the beginning of my next turn. So by giving up nearly all of my cards I can clear your field."
"You can't attack!" Octavian drew six cards. "So stop making it sound like you have won!"
Ichigo wasn't listening. "Go Mechanical Research Division! This magic card requires that I discard one card from my hand for it to work. Now I add the attack total of a machine monster on my field to its defense points. After that its attack points are set at a crippling 100." (100/21100)
Eri blinked in confusion. "Since when was I a machine?"
"Since I equipped you with Wings of Steel." Ichigo lifted his hand and took his deck out of its slot. "Now for the final blow. Mechanical Research Division lets me play two magic cards from my deck." He removed them and held them up. "Recognize either of them?"
Octavian shivered at the sight of them, because he didn't know what they did.
"That's a shame, but let me enlighten you." Ichigo slid them both into his disk. "Go Crippling Strike of the Dark Agent and Life-Risking Charge! The first card can only work when I have a Cyber Shadow on the field that had 1000 or less attack points. This monster may attack you immediately, despite what phase it is."
Eri lifted her sword. "Finally!" Yelling a battle cry, she launched forward and slammed her sword down on Octavian's shoulder, sending him to one knee.
Ichigo- 1000
Octavian- 3300
Ichigo placed a hand on one hip, the wings on his back flapping quietly. "Life-Risking Charge requires that I have a monster on the field with 1000 or less attack points. If I do I may sacrifice 1000 life points. During this turn if that monster deals you battle damage then you lose life points equal to that creature's defense."
Eri smirked and sheathed her sword. "In other words…you just lost."
Ichigo- 1000
Octavian- 0
Octavian felt the Chaos Dimension close around him. "No…please….I'll defeat them if you just give me the chance!" A few moments later he wasn't able to talk, as his soul was already gone along with his body. The only remnants of him were the three soul cards on the ground of Ashley, Sammy and Ebony.
Ichigo brushed off his shirt and smirked as he looked up at the moon. "Well what do you know, I'm free of my curse."
Eri glanced back at him and smiled slightly.
"What?" Ichigo had this sudden feeling that she was about to hit him for something. Therefore he was caught completely off guard when her lips pressed against his for a few moments.
Eri pulled her head back slightly, her body already fading away. "Consider it thanks for saving me." Then her soul was back in its body.
Ichigo looked down at the sleeping demoness and rubbed his lips. "Wow…and that made it all worth it."
Then he heard the crack of knuckles behind him. "We need to have another talk, 'son-in-law'." Rikuo's voice was low….very low.
("I hate my life…") Ichigo ran, followed by a pissed-off wolf demon just a few moments later.
To be continued…
To Bobbomp: I didn't answer them because honestly I didn't feel like answering them that time.
To Anime Albino: Indeed, much Kuriboh.
To Gryphinwyrm7: That's good to hear.
To Seeker of the Soul: I told you that this guy was screwed up in the head.
To Adriel: I'd give you a prize for guessing it right, but….naw…you don't need anything.
To Chaos Anubis: You understand that you frighten me, right?
To Hogwarts-Knight: You're going to have to wait.
To Sinister: Bro?
To Isumo: Orichalcos….say it with me now….Orichalcos.
To Whitewolf: So, were you right?
To Rex: ………………..Points at Isumo's review
