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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Chaos Arc

Chapter 26: The time is now and Chaos is here

Everyone sat in Daniel's office silently…

"So when the final seal was broken Chaos was immediately summoned?" Jared frowned as everyone finished explaining this to him. "So it's my fault that this is happening…"

"No," Hitokage said, sitting back against the nearest wall. "You knew nothing of the seals, and therefore you cannot be held responsible for this. However, we must now go and face Chaos. It cannot be avoided."

"Wrong." Daniel stood up, and so did CJ. "All of you are going to stay here and let us deal with this."

"Right. Rykiel is Daniel's problem and I'll deal with Chaos." CJ pounded his chest with a fist. "We'll win."

"No…"

Everyone turned to look at Ichigo.

The half-demon was looking down at the ground, his eyes squeezed closed. "No one can beat Chaos. It's too strong…"

"How would you know that?" Adriel tapped his foot angrily. "Or are you simply calling all of us weak?"

"I know because I have faced Chaos."

Everyone went silent again.

"When?" Daniel sat down next to his son. "And more importantly…how?"

"It happened just an hour ago…" Ichigo started to tell the story of the mysterious kingdom and Chaos.

"Talk about your interesting views." Ken smirked and looked out through the eye of the creature he had affectionately dubbed the Chaos Whale. "I mean…it's like this thing is some kind of huge blimp."

"Be careful what you say human, because it is alive." Rykiel glanced back into deeper sections of the whale. "This creature is unnatural….and it unnerves me to be within its mouth. However, Chaos will be forming here, so I will tolerate it." The genetic demon crossed his arms and looked down at the island. "So…what is your obsession with Anderson?"

"It is revenge, and that is all you need to know." Ken closed his eyes for a few moments, and clenched his fists. "When all is said and done I'll be offering his soul to Chaos!"

"I have already defeated my demons…but then again…" Rykiel closed his eyes. ("Ryu Zaytel…I would enjoy destroying you as well. Perhaps we can have some fun before Chaos destroys you?")

Ichigo had finished his story.

And everyone was left speechless. The description of Chaos was laughable…until Ichigo explained what it had done. No one said anything.

Then Daniel and CJ stood up. "We have to try."

Ichigo stared at his dad…and then looked at Eri.

The demoness coldly glared at him. She knew that look. ("You want to protect me again? Damn you….")

"Are you ready to go CJ?" Daniel walked behind his desk and picked up his backpack with his duel disk in it.

"When am I not?" The big man picked up his duffel bag and slung it over one shoulder. "We've beaten Yamidra, so this little girl shouldn't be all that tougher."

Jared stood up. "I'm coming…"

CJ held out a hand. "No you're not. Someone has to stay here and keep charge. We'll deal with Chaos and her little fan club."

Ichigo stood up. "No. We're all going along. Every Seal-bearer will have to be around to deal with this. It is our responsibility."

Daniel glanced at CJ…and they frowned. "What part of 'we'll deal with this alone' did you not understand?"

Ichigo's eyes lowered…and he sighed. "Yes sir."

Daniel and CJ both stood at the edge of a cliff. And above them was the Chaos Whale. About five hundred feet above them.

"So…how are we supposed to get up there?" CJ didn't like that fact that if that whale fell out of the air it would land on them and most likely instantly kill them.

"I was supposed to figure that part out?" Daniel asked evenly.

CJ face-fell…and then blinked as he saw a helicopter rapidly approaching in the far distance. "What in the…"

A couple of minutes the helicopter came down and landed in the open space right behind the two demons. The side door of the vehicle opened and a familiar head poked out. "Need a lift assume?"

"Amy?" Both Daniel and CJ honestly considered leaping off of the cliff right behind them…until they saw Ryu sitting inside the helicopter as well. Reluctantly, they both climbed inside. Seconds later they felt like they had leaped back twenty years in time.

"Hello there my friends, how are you?" The familiar ice-blue eyes and brown hair of Siegfried Reinhardt both made them feel very reminiscent about the old times they had been through as Team Topdeck. Now the hair was slightly shorter than normal, but other than that Siegfried looked the same as ever.

And next to him was someone that neither of them could forget. "Deondre…" Daniel and CJ both had to smile now, despite how dire this situation was.

The dog demon gave them both a half-hearted salute and crossed his legs. "I see that neither of you have changed all that much. Good, because I'd be worried if you did change as much as I have."

"You're not all that different." Daniel sat down and strapped himself in.

"Of course. After all, I bet you still run those lousy D.D. cards, don't you?" CJ grinned playfully and strapped himself in next to Daniel.

"They aren't as lousy as a certain someone named CJ, who doesn't know strategy from stupidity." Deondre smiled back…and then all at once all four of them broke into helpless laughter.

And through it all Ryu sat silently, sitting something from a metal flask he kept clenched in his fist.

"So where's Rikuo?" Daniel tilted his head to the side.

"He said he will be here with us in spirit. And on that note…" The dragon demon removed something from his pocket and tossed it to Daniel. "A little gift that Rikuo wants you to keep on you."

Daniel caught the item, which was a metal case about the size of his fist. "Alright…sure…" Placing the item in his back pocket, he looked down at the floor of the helicopter. ("Rikuo…aren't you coming? I can't beat Rykiel alone…")

Amy whistled loudly, and everyone turned to look at her. "It's so good that we finally have all of the members of Team Topdeck together."

"Why's that dear?" Ryu closed his eyes and took another sip from the flask.

"Because I can finally discuss duelist league contracts with each of you."

Everyone except Ryu face-fell.

Minutes later the helicopter was alongside the Chaos Whale…and it showed just how huge the thing was.

"This helicopter is smaller than this thing's pupil…." Daniel shivered, while the monster banked to the side slowly. The helicopter stayed alongside it though.

"So what's the plan Ryu?" Siegfried felt incredibly nervous by the fact that they were in the air and could easily be killed by this thing if it wanted them dead.

"Wait for it." The dragon demon watched as the Chaos Whale slowed in the air, until it finally came to hovering motion. Groaning, its mouth opened slowly. "That's our cue. Pilot, fly inside."

Ken stood along the surface of the whale's tongue, watching as the helicopter pulled in. "Right on schedule."

The vehicle landed down on the soft surface and quickly turned off its engines.

"Who's that guy?" Siegfried watched Ken through his window, and rubbed his chin. "And the better question is…what does he want?"

"He wants me." Deondre slid out of his seat and pushed the side door of the helicopter open. It took him less than a second to get accustomed to the texture of the tongue he was standing on. "It's much drier in here than I thought."

"No jokes…" Ken held up his arm, and his duel disk. "Are you ready to finish this?"

Deondre nodded slowly and looked down at his deck. "Don't expect for me to be in trouble this time."

Jared deposited all of the jackets everyone had been wearing in a pile at his feet. "I can't believe all of you convinced me to do that."

"Well, this is our responsibility." Kenshin brushed a little ice from his shoulder and shivered. "But whoever had the brilliant idea to grab onto the bottom of the helicopter should really have considered the height difference between the ground and the target."

"We survived, didn't we?" Eri growled out. "Besides, now we can get around in here without anyone else noticing us."

Adriel, Krieger, Griff, Hitokage, Eri, Ichigo, Kenshin and Jared all had managed to grab the landing gear of the helicopter as it had been lifting off. Though it was probably the stupidest thing they could have done, it was the only option for them to get up to the Chaos Whale.

"We'd better get going." Adriel turned and started walking down the 'tunnel' they were in. Everyone followed shortly after.

Rykiel's nostrils flared and he growled. "So the daughter and son of the pair come to play, hmm?" He cracked his knuckles. "Good. I look forward to a bit of fun."

Daniel and company followed Deondre outside of the helicopter a moment later.

"Are you going to be alright?" CJ started to approach Deondre, but was stopped by Ryu's outstretched hand.

"This is his fight…and we are not to interfere. Spread out and try to locate where Chaos is. If you find out, then contact the others through whatever means are necessary." The dragon demon walked around the two duelists and went down one of the numerous

Entry-ways' that were all across the back of the Chaos Whale's 'mouth'.

Daniel, CJ, and Siegfried all gave Deondre a nod of reassurance and then they each went their separate ways.

"I think we need to go this way!"

"And I say that this way is the right way!"

"What about that way?"

Jared groaned and slapped his forehead. "Can we please just decide which way we're going to go already?"

They had come to a branch of eight directions, and now were arguing over which way the group should go.

"I have an idea," Rykiel said as he entered the area through one of the eight pathways. "Perhaps you can all worry about who will live and who will die instead?"

All of the eight froze, and then slowly turned to look at the genetic demon.

Rykiel's eyes fixated on Eri and Ichigo most of all though. "My two little whelps…how interesting indeed. Do you remember your uncle Rykiel?"

Both demons shivered in fear, though they didn't remember this guy at all.

"Then let me remind you!" Rykiel's hand opened to reveal a glowing ball of fire that rested within it.

Griff felt a slight stinging and blacked out. Milliseconds later Terra launched forwards and drove his claws straight through the genetic demon's gut. "How about you not pick on kids, ass."

Rykiel's eyes didn't widen in the slightest. He didn't even seem to have noticed the fact that there a hand in his gut. "Excuse me…but who do you think you are?" His knee flew forwards and hit the wolf thief so hard in the chin that Terra was propelled into the back wall.

Eri and everyone else were in motion at this moment, all hoping to take down this madman with a team rush.

Rykiel moved amongst them like a shadow, striking one blow on each of them. Each single blow immediately floored its recipient. "Stupid children…I cannot be defeated that easily." He grabbed Ichigo by the front of the neck with one hand and did the same to Eri with the other. "Now suffer, you little brats!" He slammed their backs against the ground and fell to his knees, bringing his thick arms down into their ribs and stomachs. It was like having a stone cylinder dropped onto them. "Now then…which of the two of you wishes to die first?"

"How about neither?" Rykiel's head lifted just in time to catch a knee right between the eyes. The force of the blow sent him flying to the back of the room, where he crashed into the back wall.

"Who would…" The genetic demon opened his eyes…and then gasped. "Impossible…how…"

"Surprised?" The dim light of the chamber flickered and a pair of golden-amber eyes shimmered in the darkness. "Rikuo Amero cannot be kept down by any lousy penalty game."

Standing in the chamber was Rikuo, in his fully adult body. He wore a simple white muscle shirt and a pair of blue jeans. Around his arm rested one of the newer duel disk models. "Rykiel…this time I will win."

The genetic demon heard this…and instantly felt his blood rise. "I'd love to prove you wrong!" Standing up, he held up his arm. A duel disk appeared on it and immediately clicked into place.

"Daddy…" Eri coughed and tried to stand. But it hurt so much…

Rikuo looked down at his daughter, and then up at Rykiel. "Five turns."

"Come again?" The genetic demon found it hard to believe that the famously angry wolf general was actually keeping calm.

"In five turns, I will defeat you." Rikuo was about to draw…

"Amero!" Terra stood up slowly, and flicked a card towards Rikuo.

The wolf demon caught the card….and didn't look at it. "What do you want, thief?"

"A present. I don't like this guy any more than you do." The other wolf demon pointed at Rykiel. "Make him pay."

Rikuo shuffled the card into his deck and then turned to look at Rykiel. "Just this once…I'll do what you request. Make sure my daughter is alright though."

Rykiel's calm smile said that which didn't need to be said. He was ready for this. "Finally…your best…."

To be continued…

Next Chapter: The Ultimate Zombyra; A true hero

To G.O.T. Nick: What's wrong with Jared?

To Seeker of the Soul: There are many strange things in my stories.

To Bobbomp: No. Just a whale.

To Anime Albino: Why would Rykiel try to (and fail) beating up his 'boss'?

To Star: Very true….

To Victor: I can't say that I did.