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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Chaos Arc

Chapter 12: Meeting your match

Ichigo smirked and removed his backpack. A few moments later he was wearing his duel disk. "Oh really? Well then get ready to lose."

Lifting up his left arm, the boy narrowed his eyes. "Don't worry, I don't intend to. In fact…" He threw the pack over to Griff with incredible accuracy. "Hold that for me."

Ichigo rubbed his index finger under his nose. "I won't be losing to the likes of you. My Cyber Shadows are tougher than they look."

"Cyber Shadows?" The boy looked surprised…and then interested. "This should be fun. My name is Richard, by the way. So let's begin!"

Ichigo- 4000

Richard- 4000

Richard cracked his knuckles. "I've been looking forward to this for a long time." From the look in his eyes, he meant every word he spoke. This wasn't just banter.

Ichigo smirked. "So I'm famous now? Wow…to think I barely lifted a finger too."

"You're not famous." Richard reached down and drew six cards off of his deck. "The only reason I know about you is because you possess something that I want."

"And what would that be?" Ichigo drew five cards, understanding that he was going second.

"Your entire deck." The blond-haired duelist threw a card onto his disk. "I set one monster face-down and end my turn."

"My whole deck huh?" Ichigo dead-panned calmly. "I think that breaks the no ante rule of the academy. Draw!" He snapped the top card off of his deck and slid it into his hand. Then he threw down a different card. "I summon Cyber Shadow-Charger (1800/1900) in attack mode!" A humanoid in black steel armor cradling a battering ram appeared on the field. "Full Force Smash!" Roaring, the warrior charged and slammed his weapon right into the set creature.

Richard smirked calmly. "My monster is Thunder Bear." (1300/1800) A white and gold-colored metal bear appeared on his field. "This monster, when flipped up, allows me to search my deck for one light monster with 1500 or less attack points and add it to my hand." Removing a card from his deck, he slid it into his hand. "And since its defense is 1800, you don't destroy it."

"Are you so sure?" Ichigo pointed to the metal bear, which had cracks running down its body. With one thunderous explosion it blew apart. "Charger's special ability lets it destroy any defense mode monster it battles with after damage calculation. End turn!"

Richard chuckled and drew. "She was right…you are good. Very good in fact. However…." He held up a card, its back to Ichigo. "You're about to see a truth…and that truth is that I am better than you can ever hope to be." The card flipped over to reveal a picture of a blue and orange vortex.

"Polymerization…" Ichigo blinked a couple of times.

"That's right…" The card flickered and a swirling vortex of light appeared on the field above his head. "Get ready to be introduced to my theme…a theme you cannot defeat!" After sliding two cards from his hand into his graveyard, a humanoid form slowly lowered from out of the vortex. "Awaken, Divine Agent-Dual Steel!" (2000/800) The summoned being was a humanoid in silver and gold armor with a giant futuristic-looking sword in its hands. "Attack Charger! Slash of the Ender!" Leaping forwards, the warrior slashed Ichigo's monster in half.

Ichigo- 3800

Richard- 4000

The half-demon narrowed his eyes at the monster on his opponent's field. "Divine Agent?" Moments later his lips curled upwards. "Interesting…is this some kind of copy of my deck, just with a different set? I can understand why you would copy my deck type, but try to show some originality next time."

"Originality?" Richard trembled in anger for a few moments…and then smiled. "Your deck is the only fake! You have the audacity to call your monsters heroes and spies…they're nothing but trash and second-rate losers! For them to use the darkness to fight their battles is cowardly!"


"What's this guy talking about?" Griff scratched the back of his head in confusion.

Stanhope knew all too well though. "Do you know the legacy of Ichigo's deck?"

"Legacy of Ichigo's deck?" Krieger had never heard of anyone ever speak of Ichigo's deck. "It's his deck…and it's…his deck." In his mind there really weren't any words to describe what Ichigo's deck was. It was pretty cool…and it was what Ichigo played.

"Ichigo's deck is made up of a special set of cards that are one of a kind. No one else owns any such cards." Stanhope rubbed his hands through his beard. "And the Cyber Shadows storyline is one of a kind as well."

Griff and Krieger slowly returned their eyes to the duel, though that obscure bit of information now left plenty of questions in their minds.


"End turn for now." Richard looked slightly calmer, though he looked like he could explode again at any moment.

Ichigo drew slowly. ("What's this guy's problem? Sheesh…if he's gonna copy my deck and then challenge me then he'd better not get mad just because I point it out to him.") Looking at the drawn card, he got a wickedly evil idea. "You'll love this." Grabbing a different card from his hand, he threw it down. "Cyber Shadow-Soldier (1600/1600) in attack mode!" A cloud of black energy appeared on his field and from within it emerged a helmeted black body-suited humanoid.

Richard spat onto the ground. "Every time I see one of those fakes I feel sick. So next turn I'll tear him away with my Dual Steel."

"Wrong." Ichigo slid a card into his disk. "You used Polymerization to create a monster with only 2000 attack points…and I'm sure you'll regret that when you see this! Go Cyber Shadow Mainframe! As long as this continuous magic card is in play all Cyber Shadows in play will gain 500 attack points!" The face-up card released tendrils of dark energy that flowed into Soldier's back. (2100/1600)

"2100 attack points?" Richard's eyes widened.

"That's right, so you just wasted three cards on a fusion that I'm about to destroy! Shadow Flash!" Opening its palm, the Cyber Shadow released a beam of black energy that slammed into the shiny warrior across the field. When the beam cleared though the metal warrior was still standing, and was completely unharmed.

Ichigo- 3800

Richard- 3900

Richard pointed at his monster. "Do you think I'd summon something like Dual Steel without having an understanding of its low strength? Dual Steel cannot be destroyed as a result of battle, and therefore you are helpless against him."

Ichigo frowned and slid a card into his disk. "Then I'll just set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."

Richard drew with a slight smirk on his face. "You think you're so powerful…but you have yet to see my real power!" Holding up a card, he sneered. "I activate the magic card Divine Press! This can only work when I have a Divine Agent monster in play. It will force one monster on the field into defense mode, and if that monster is destroyed during this turn then you will take the overflow damage." A wave of golden light exploded from the card and slammed into Cyber Shadow-Soldier, forcing it to its knees.

Ichigo didn't flinch. He was ready.

"You expect me to run into your trap?" Richard waved a finger in the air. "That won't be happening!" Holding up a different card, he slowly placed it down onto his disk. "Come to me, Divine Agent-Dismantler." (500/1100) A gold and white-colored humanoid in armor appeared on the field. Around its waist was a tool belt and on top of its head was a miner's hat. "Now Dual Steel, attack!" The warrior hefted its weapon and charged.

Ichigo knew that Dismantler would probably negate his trap, so he decided not to activate it. ("Sorry Soldier.") His warrior silently was slashed in half.

Ichigo- 3400

Richard- 3900

"I'm not done yet!" Richard pointed at Ichigo. "Go Dismantler!" Nodding, the mechanic monster ran forwards and slammed a metal wrench down on Ichigo's shoulder.

Ichigo- 2900

Richard- 3900

Ichigo brushed off his shoulder. "Are you done?"

"Far from it!" Richard pointed at the set card. "When Dismantler deals life point damage to my opponent, all face-down cards on my opponent's field are revealed! Then all traps are destroyed!" The face-down card flipped up to reveal Mirror Force. "Such a shame, but don't worry. Even if you had activated it I can discard one card from my hand to negate it with Dismantler's effect. Oh wait…" He left the sentence hanging while the trap card exploded. "End turn."

Ichigo wanted to kick himself for such a foolish mistake. ("I should have followed through…because then he would have had one less card to use against me.") Slowly he drew. "Alright…time to get serious!"

Looking at the drawn card, he smiled and held it in front of his face. "You want to fight for real? Then let's fight for real." Folding the card against his palm, he used his now free finger to point at his Mainframe card. "Special ability go!"

The card shattered and the forms of Soldier and Charger reappeared on his field. "When I sacrifice Mainframe, I can special summon two Cyber Shadows that will stay in play until the end of the turn. Though they cannot attack or be sacrificed, I have a different use for them both!"

Using his fingers, he flipped up the drawn card so his opponent could see it. "Go Polymerization!" Both of his monsters were pulled into a vortex of darkness. "Two can play at the fusion game, and trust me when I say I'm the better! Come out now, Cyber Shadow-Jet Charger!" (3500/0) A tall burly warrior holding onto a battering ram many times its size appeared on the field. "Attack Dismantler!" Nodding, the warrior charged forwards and ran over the mechanic. Without losing any speed it also plowed past Richard and took a huge portion of his life points with it.

Ichigo- 2900

Richard- 900

Ichigo pointed at his returning monster. "Jet Charger, after attacking, goes into defense mode." The warrior fell to one knee and dropped his battering ram. "End turn."

Richard drew. "I'm going to make you pay for that! You think your fusion can beat mine now that it is in defense mode?" He pointed at Jet Charger. "Slash of the Ender!" Dual Steel leapt forward and in one slash took Ichigo's monster apart.

Ichigo smirked and pointed at the battering ram of Jet Charger, which was still on the field. "You triggered my monster's other effect." The battering ram, which had jet engines attached to its back, launched forward and slammed into Dual Steel, blowing it apart. "When Jet Charger is destroyed as a result of battle, I may destroy one monster on your field."

Richard growled and slid a card into his disk. "Then I set one card face-down on the field and then one monster face-down as well. End turn."

Ichigo drew. "Well I stopped your charge pretty quick, didn't I?" Taking a card from his hand, he threw it down. "Go Cyber Shadow-Sentinel!" (1500/1300) A silver-colored metal robot appeared on his field. "Then I play the equipment magic card Defense Armor!" All around the body of the robot new thick steel armor appeared. "This card will raise the attack and defense of Sentinel by 300 points! Also, when it would be destroyed the Armor will be instead." His hand rose to point at the defense card. "Do your stuff Sentinel!" The robot released a blast of energy that hurtled across the field and slammed into the set monster.

Richard held up the card and then placed it face-up on his disk. "Divine Agent-Gas Grenadier (1300/1800) has just enough defense points to withstand your attack."

Ichigo grimaced slowly. "End turn."

"Now whose charge got stopped?" Richard drew, and when he saw the drawn card he licked his lips. "This will be delicious."

Ichigo raised an eyebrow slowly. ("What did he draw?")

First Richard placed a card down face-up on his disk. "I summon Divine Agent-Sniper (900/1400) in defense mode." A gold and silver armored warrior holding a rifle appeared on his field in a crouching position. "As long as this monster is in play, you cannot attack it as long as I have another Divine Agent out. Also…" He slid a card into his disk. "Equipment magic cards make this guy's day, because when I equip him with Sacred Op, his attack points are increased by 300 and he can attack you directly while in defense mode." The rifle in the warrior's hands disappeared and was replaced by a golden version of itself. "Fire!" Shouldering the rifle, the monster released a single shot that slammed into Ichigo's shoulder. (1200/1400)

Ichigo- 1700

Richard- 900

"I'm not done yet though, because I set one card face-down. End turn." Richard glanced at the set card once…and then smiled again.

Glancing at the set card, Ichigo slowly drew. ("Whatever that is….it's dangerous.") Throwing the drawn card down, the half-demon smiled regardless. "I summon Cyber Shadow-Berserker (1900/1200) to the field in attack mode!" A black body-suited warrior with a curved sword appeared on the field. "Attack Gas Grenadier!" Snarling, the warrior leapt forward and cut the Divine Agent down.

"Big mistake, half-rate!" Richard pointed at his set card. "Go Blast with Chain! I equip this trap to my monster right before it is destroyed, and when this trap is sent to the graveyard I can destroy one card on your field!" Berserker blinked in surprise as he was swallowed up into an explosion of smoke and fire.

Ichigo frowned and pointed at the Sniper. "For that, I'm going to make you pay in just a moment! Go Sentinel!" The machine released a beam of energy that blew the other Divine Agent away as well.

("You just fell for it!") Richard pointed at his set card. "Reveal face-down quickplay magic card…go Focused Calculations!"


"Focused Calculations?" Stanhope gasped. "That card…it can only be part of…" Reaching over, he grabbed the pack of cards from Griff's hand and tore it open.

"What are you doing?" Griff started to reach for the cards…and stopped short when he saw that the pack had already been opened. "It's empty?"

"No…the cards were removed…" Stanhope looked at the face-up card on Richard's field. ("And I know where they went.")


"Focused Calculations?" Ichigo narrowed his eyes slowly. ("What does it do?")

Richard drew two cards. "This magic card activates when a monster of mine is destroyed. I draw two cards and take one magic card from my graveyard into my hand." Smirking, he held up the three cards. "Now then, select one of these cards. If you guess correctly what type of card it is, then you may also draw two cards. Guess wrong, and I draw one more card."

Ichigo pointed at the middle card. "It's a magic card."

Richard flipped it over to show a monster card. "Sorry, but you're wrong." He drew another card. "But you do get to summon another monster during your main phase."

Ichigo sighed and placed a card face-down onto his disk. "I set one…" His eyes widened as Sentinel exploded into dust. "What the hell happened?"

"You didn't let me finish." Richard pointed at the set monster card on his opponent's field. "You may summon another monster at the cost of one monster on your field."

Ichigo groaned. "End turn."

Richard drew. "You're a true loser…and now I'll show you my real power! Go Polar Beast-South!" (1500/1000) A red metal dragon appeared on his field. "Attack the set monster now!" Opening its jaws, the creature released a wave of energy that blew the set card apart.

Ichigo smirked and held up the card. "You just destroyed my Cyber Shadow-Screamer (350/650) and when it is flipped up your battle phase ends and I take a Cyber Shadow and Polymerization from my graveyard!" He withdrew two cards from his graveyard and added them to his hand.

Richard slapped down a different card which he had removed from his deck. "But when Polar Beast-South destroys a monster, I special summon Polar Beast-North (1500/1000) to the field in attack mode!" A blue metal dragon appeared on the field. "And then I use Polymerization to fuse these two creatures together and create Polar Dragon!" (2000/3000) A red and blue metal dragon appeared on the field in a crouching position. "As long as this monster remains in play I can fuse monsters from my hand or field without need of Polymerization. Also, each turn I draw an extra card. So I'll set one card face-down and end my turn."

Ichigo drew. ("What now Pilkington? How are you going to turn this around?") Looking at his hand, the half-demon knew of only one way. "It looks likes I'm going to have to call in the specialists!" Snapping two cards from his hand around, he smiled. "Cyber Shadow-Assassin (1000/800) and Cyber Shadow-Soldier…do you know what these two do?"

"They do nothing, because they have no effects." Richard narrowed his eyes slowly.

Ichigo grinned and held up another card. "Well now you get to see my real power! Go Polymerization!" A swirling vortex started to appear on the field…

Richard threw back his head and laughed. "You fool…." His laughter stopped and his face turned stern. "You're too soft! Reveal face-down trap card! Go Imprisonment Field!" A glowing barrier of light appeared on the field. "This rare trap card will not only negate your magic card, but now all magic cards with similar effects will be sent from your deck to your graveyard! And all this at the bargain price of two hand cards!" He threw out his hand and smirked. "Well?"

Ichigo, hands shaking, removed a good ten cards from his deck and slid them into his graveyard. ("My strategy…is supposed to make fusion possible no matter the situation…but…now all my methods are gone.") He closed his eyes and felt despair close in. ("Just like that I'm beaten.")

To be continued…

To Seeker of the Soul: Trust me, the Legends of Espionage packs are like the Supreme Duelist Series…all of the cards are rare.

To Hogwarts-Knight: You'll have to see, won't you?

To G.O.T. Nick: Something like a reality check.

To Rex: Kuriboh's behind Chaos? Eh……

To Water Duelist: I thank you for your critic, and am not just honored but humbled by the fact that you think so highly of my work. Please, keep up the reading and let me know if I do anything wrong ever.

To wolfy: Indeed.

To Adriel: Sorry about that, but I try to fix it.

To Bobbomp: Another Cyber Shadow deck? Nope, because the Cyber Shadow cards are unique. There's only one set of them in the world.

To Anime Albino: He's coming, keep your pants on.

To Whitewolf:

Eh, it was a friend thing.

Parent's Day is coming after the Chaos arc ends.

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