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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Chaos Arc
Chapter 18: Zombyra's return
"All passengers please place your tray tables into their upright positions for take-off."
Deondre heard the message loud and clear, but his eyes were already closed. He was having a bad week so far. ("First a crazy man blows up my favorite motorcycle, and then the motorcycle he leads me to is a piece of crap that breaks ten minutes out of that town. I'll just be happy when I'm somewhere other than here.") He felt the plane lift off and already some of his aggravation was disappearing.
Deondre was woken up a few minutes by someone poking him repeatedly. "Knock it off. Yes they're real and no you may not touch them." He rolled over in his seat.
A snort was his reply. "Wake up already. I let you have a nice half-an-hour nap while I read my newspaper. It's time to finish this."
Deondre's eyes snapped open and he rolled over to come face to face with the steel-grey eyes of Ken. "What are you doing here?"
Everyone in the plane went silent when Deondre yelled this. All of them turned their heads to watch what might be an escalating confrontation.
"I'm here to finish our duel." Ken folded up his newspaper and shoved it into the storage space of the seat in front of him. "So break out your cards and get ready to fight, Anderson."
"You want to duel on the plane?" Deondre stood up and pointed a finger just a few inches from Ken's face. "There's no room!"
"We'll make room." Lifting his arm, Ken smirked and his duel disk slid into place. "Now get ready."
"Excuse me sir, but we can't have you causing problems on the flight," a stewardess said softly from behind Ken. "Could you please take your seat?"
Giving the woman one cold glance, Ken drew five cards off of his deck and frowned at them. "I'm going first."
"I never said I agreed." Deondre was considering saying no to this duel on the general principle that Ken was an ass.
Ken drew, inserted the card into his hand, and then slid a different card into his field magic card slot. "Activate the Chaos Dimension!"
For a few moments Deondre felt light-headed, and suddenly he was standing a few feet in the air. "What…in the world is this?"
"It's the power of the Chaos Dimension." Ken motioned to the fact that they were both standing on thin air so that neither of them touched the seats. And the roof of the plane around them was now gone, though no vacuum threatened to suck them or the passengers into empty space. "Since we didn't have an appropriate battle-field, the Dimension provided one for us. Now prepare to battle for your soul." He held up his hand, which had a single white die on it. "Now, let's roll and see fate has in store for us." The die bounced around and finally landed on a two. "Now I draw one card now and two cards during every draw phase."
Deondre looked down at his arm and blinked in surprise at the sight of his duel disk. ("Damn…this could be a problem.")
Deondre- 4000
Ken- 4000
Ken held up the card he had drawn. "Come out Zombyra the Dark Hero, it's time to play!" (2100/500) The bone-suited form of his dark super-hero monster appeared on the field. It lifted its hands, struck a dramatic pose, and pointed at Deondre. "Then I set two cards face-down on the field and end my turn."
Deondre looked down at of the now terrified passengers, who all were on the near verge of panic. "I hope you enjoy this nice in-flight show, ladies and gentlemen!" He bowed and drew his five card hand. "It's my turn. Draw!" He had to make sure that no one panicked. "I summon Apprentice Magician (400/800) in defense mode!" A blond-haired spellcaster appeared on his field in a crouching position. "Then I set two cards face-down. End turn."
"That's it?" Ken drew. "Zombyra, attack now!" The Dark Hero leapt…
"Traps activate!" Deondre's two face-down cards flipped up. "Go Shadow Spell and Reflection Armor!" Glowing crystal armor appeared around the body of the Apprentice Magician and it stood up, giving Zombyra a cold glare. "This trap card forces the equipped monster into attack mode. Also, its attack score becomes that of one monster on the opponent's field." (2100/800)
Black chains flew out of his other card and wrapped around Zombyra. "And Shadow Spell weakens your monster by 700 attack points!" (1400/500) "Apprentice Magician, attack Zombyra now!" The spellcaster leapt and brought its staff down towards Zombyra's head.
"Reverse trap activate!" One of Ken's face-down cards flipped up. "The trap card Blinding Radiance destroys all cards equipped to one monster of my choice and raises its attack power by 500 points per destroyed card!" The chains shattered into dust and Zombyra leapt upwards to meet the magician halfway across the battlefield. (2600/500)
Deondre held up a single finger and smirked. "Reflection Armor is destroyed when my monster would be destroyed as a result of battle." Throwing its arms up, the Apprentice Magician was launched backwards by the force of Zombyra's blow. Its armor shuddered and blew apart. "Nice try though."
Ken smirked and slid two cards into his disk. "I set two cards face-down on the field."
"Draw!" Deondre snapped the top card off of his deck and looked at it. "It's time to see just what Zombyra has to offer without your assistance. Activate Dimension Magic!" A glowing coffin-like structure appeared on his field. "This card will let me special summon one spellcaster from my hand and destroy one monster on your field!"
"Oh really?" Ken snapped his fingers. "I activate Magic Jammer! This trap card lets me discard one card from my hand to negate a magic card." The structure exploded into dust. "Anything else you'd care to try?"
Deondre pointed at his Apprentice Magician and the spellcaster fell to one knee. "I switch my monster into defense mode and set one card face-down on the field. End turn."
Ken drew. "I set two cards face-down. Zombyra, attack Apprentice Magician!" The warrior leapt down and shattered the spellcaster. (2400/500) "End turn."
Deondre caught a card that was spat out of his deck and threw it down. "When your destroyed my Apprentice Magician as a result of battle you triggered its effect. So I special summoned a level two or lower spellcaster monster from my deck to the field in face-down defense mode." He drew. "End turn!"
Ken drew twice. "You think you're so clever? Reverse card open!" One of his four face-down cards flipped up. "Continuous trap card, Final Attack Orders! As long as this card is in play, all monsters must now be in face-up attack mode. Therefore, your monster flips up now!"
Deondre's monster was an old man in magician's robes. "An Old Vindictive Magician (450/600) huh?"
The owner of the monster pointed at Zombyra. "And its effect activates when flipped up. Now I destroy your Zombyra!" Lifting its staff, the mage released a blast of energy that hurtled towards the hero.
Ken snapped his fingers and another card flipped up. "I activate the continuous trap card Agreement of Duelists! This trap card, as long as it is in play, forces us both to select one monster. That monster cannot be destroyed or removed from play until the other leaves or my trap card leaves." Zombyra back-handed the energy blast away. "Now Zombyra, attack Old Vindictive Magician!" Nodding, the hero leapt forwards and punched the spellcaster in the chin. "End turn."
Deondre- 2050
Ken- 4000
Deondre drew. ("I have to get rid of my monster before I can hope to eliminate Zombyra.") "Reverse card open!" His face-down card flipped up. "Magician's Studies can only work while I have a spellcaster monster in play. It lets me draw three cards, and then I discard two. Also, I may immediately activate one magic card after doing so!" He drew three cards, looked at his hand, and then discarded two. "And now for my magic card." He slid a card into his disk. "Go Heavy Storm!" An explosion of wind blew across the field. "This card lets me destroy all magic and trap cards in play!"
Ken snorted and discarded a card from his hand. "You would, but I have another Magic Jammer. Don't forget, I'm ready for you this time." Purple mists wrapped around the magic card and blew it apart.
Deondre's eyes widened. ("This guy is good…but no real duelist relies on one card to win.") "I play Magical Silk Hats!" A single huge black silk top hat fell over his monster, and then that single hat turned into four. "This card will conceal my monster from sight. Now to find it, you'll have to guess which one he is hiding in. End turn."
Ken drew twice. "You're a fool if you think I'm so easily deterred. Go Zombyra!" The bone-armored hero drove its fist through one of the four hats…and snickered as its fist found resistance in the form of the Old Vindictive Magician.
Deondre- 100
Ken- 4000
Deondre's pupils shrank to pinpoints as the rest of his Magical Silk Hats disappeared. ("No way, he found my monster".)
Ken slid a card into his disk. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Deondre weakly looked down at his deck. ("It just went from mid-game to end-game in one hit. If I don't pull a good card now then I've lost.") He slid the top card off of his deck and looked at it. "I set one card face-down…and summon Royal Magical Library (0/2000) in attack mode." A green ball of crystal appeared on his field. "End turn."
Ken drew twice. "What are you doing, stupid? Do you really think that is going to help your situation? Zombyra, show him the error of his ways!" The superhero front-flipped through the air and came down with its fist ready to punch through the Royal Magical Library.
Deondre snapped his fingers and his face-down card flipped up. "Sometimes the simplest cards are the best! Go Magic Cylinder! This trap negates your attack and deals your monsters attack in damage to your life points!" A pair of cups appeared on the field. One sucked up Zombyra and the other spat him out back onto Ken's field. Though Zombyra didn't attack Ken, the damage was done.
Deondre- 100
Ken- 1600
Ken narrowed his eyes and slid a card into his disk. "I activate Rain of Mercy. This magic card raises our life points by 1000." Droplets of water fell onto both of them from an unknown source. "End turn."
Deondre- 1100
Ken- 2600
Deondre drew. ("Now that I've gotten a moment to catch my breath, let's turn this around.") "First the magic card Swords of Revealing Light! This card lets me seal your monsters for three turns!" Glowing green swords of light started to appear on the field…and then exploded into dust. "What?"
"You triggered the final killing blow of my deck." Ken smirked and pointed at one of his now face-up. "Magic Crusher. This trap card can only be activated when my opponent plays a magic card. Now I discard two cards from my hand and for the next two turns all magic cards you play are negated."
Deondre frowned and slid another card into his disk. "I activate Monster Returned!" The card appeared on his field and then exploded. "And because a third magic card was activated, a third counter is placed onto my Royal Magical Library! Now I draw one card by removing those three counters!" He drew a single card. "Now I set this card face-down on the field and summon Gemini Elf (1900/900) in attack mode." A pair of female elves appeared on his field and eyed Zombyra dangerously. "End turn."
Ken drew twice. "Pot of Greed!" He drew twice again. "Now I summon Witch of the Black Forest (1100/1200) in attack mode!" A black-haired woman appeared on his field.
Deondre pointed at his face-down card. "Go Dark Magic Revival! This trap card lets me sacrifice the monster you just summoned and a monster on my field to summon out one dark spellcaster from my graveyard!" A coffin appeared on the field and sucked up the Witch of the Black Forest and Old Vindictive Magician. The coffin closed and then opened to reveal a purple-robed magician. "So I revive Dark Magician!" (2500/2100) The spellcaster remembered Zombyra all too well. Narrowing its eyes, it stepped onto the field and motioned for the warrior to come.
Ken slid a card into his disk. "Though I could attack, I have a feeling that you have some kind of card in your graveyard the will work as a trap, so now I'll equip Zombyra with the Scroll of Focused Illusions!" Zombyra struck a ninja-like pose and waited patiently. "End turn."
Deondre drew. "Actually, you would have won." He slid a card into his disk. "I set one card face-down and attack with Dark Magician! Black Magic!" The spellcaster lifted its staff and released a blast of magical energy that slammed into Zombyra and blew it apart. Moments later it reformed on the field. "Damn it…"
Ken pointed at the Scroll of Focused Illusions card, which was currently gone. "This card's special ability means that when the monster equipped with it would be destroyed, it is returned and equipped with two shadow counters." Shadowy versions of Zombyra appeared on the field. "These counters make it invincible to two deaths."
Deondre- 1100
Ken- 2500
Deondre frowned. "End turn then."
Ken drew twice. "I think the scenery needs to be changed! Activate Skyscraper!" Huge buildings exploded all around them. "This field magic card, while in play, means that whenever a monster with Hero in its name would lose in battle against a monster that is stronger, it gains 1000 attack points! Go Zombyra, attack Dark Magician!" (3100/500) The hero leapt forwards and punched right through the purple-robed spellcaster. (2900/500)
Deondre- 500
Ken- 2500
Deondre motioned to his set card. "Go Hopes of the Fallen! This trap card triggers when a monster is destroyed as a result of battle. Now I gain life points equal to that monster's attack points!" White light rained over him.
Deondre- 3000
Ken- 2500
Ken slid a card into his disk. "I set one card face-down. End turn." Zombyra struck a heroic pose and gave Deondre a thumbs-down.
Deondre drew. "I'm going to enjoy blowing you away." He looked at the drawn card and gasped. ("Damn…I might have trouble backing that one up.") "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Ken drew twice. "Such a shame. Go Zombyra, attack the Royal Magical Library!" The hero yelled a battle cry and shattered the crystal sphere with one hit. "Then I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn." (1700/500)
Deondre- 1100
Ken- 2500
Deondre closed his eyes and drew. ("Come on, you can't tell me that this guy is going to win, can you?") "Here goes nothing! I sacrifice Gemini Elf to summon Dark Magician Girl!" (2000/1700) The female version of the Dark Magician appeared on his field and winked to her master. "And because Dark Magician is in my graveyard, she gains 300 attack points!" (2300/1700) "End turn!"
Ken drew twice. "Alright, it's time to fuse Chaos Dimension and Skyscraper together!" The building around them twisted and warped horribly. "Chaos Skyscraper now gives any Hero who fights a stronger monster a 3000 attack point boost."
"3000?" Deondre's eyes widened as he watched Zombyra's attack power skyrocket. (4700/500)
"Zombyra, end this foolish duel and his life!" The hero punched a hole through the Dark Magician Girl's chest and blew her into dust. "Die."
"Wrong." Deondre pointed at his face-down card. "I activate the trap card A Single Tear for the Fallen!" As the card said, a single tear fell from the sky and hit the field, sending reverberations through the ground. "This trap card negates the damage to my life points and returns one spellcaster from my graveyard!"
"The Dark Magician hmm?" Ken smirked while Zombyra returned to his field. (1500/500) "What's he going to do?"
"Dark Magician isn't cut out for this one!" Deondre pointed at the ground, where a black leather-wearing form rose up out of the ground. "Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600) come out and fight for the fallen!" The spellcaster stood up to its full height and pointed at Zombyra. Then it gave the hero a thumbs-down. "It's time to bring out my full power. When Dark Magician of Chaos comes to the field I may take one magic card from my graveyard and add it to my hand!" He held up Monster Returned. "So I'll be taking this back, thank you very much."
Ken closed his eyes and smirked. "So the bondage mage has returned hmm?" He slid a card into his disk. "I activate the continuous magic card Essence of the Cards. This lets me sacrifice magic and trap cards on my field to gain 1000 life points." One of his face-down cards disappeared in a flash of light.
Deondre- 500
Ken- 3500
"Then I play the magic card Magical Doom. This card, at my end phase, lets me draws cards from my deck equal to the number of magic cards that were sent to my graveyard during this turn. However, those magic cards can not have activated their effects and I must, at the end phase, sacrifice a magic or trap card from my field." He held up his hand and smirked. "I have three magic cards. I'll set them one at a time and sacrifice each one to gain 1000 life points three times."
Deondre- 500
Ken- 6500
Ken pointed at his face-up continuous magic card. "So now I sacrifice my card and draw three. End turn." He drew three cards while his Essence of the Cards blew apart.
Deondre looked down at his deck. "It's time to defeat you! Draw!" He held the drawn card up and closed his eyes. "So be it. If you want to summon a single monster to the field to fight for you, then so will I!"
Ken narrowed his eyes. "Good, bring your best. I want to see your most powerful monster."
To be continued…
