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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Chaos Arc
Chapter 28: The Five Turn Goal
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…."
Terra pulled Eri and Ichigo out of the way, and then started moving aside.
Rikuo and Rykiel's eyes never broke away from the others'.
"Five turns," Rikuo repeated.
"Bullshit," Rykiel responded.
Rykiel- 4000
Rikuo- 4000
Rykiel drew. "Two cards face-down on the field and one monster in defense. End turn."
Rikuo drew. "Turn one. From my hand, I play the magic card Trio Power Team! This lets me discard two cards to special summon three machine monsters that immediately fuse!" A red mechanical dragon, a yellow metal tank, and a blue and yellow robot appeared on his field. "X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head and Z-Metal Tank combine to form XYZ Dragon Cannon!" The three machines broke apart and formed into a huge hover tank. (2800/2600) "I discard two cards from my hand to destroy your two magic/trap cards!" The machine released two bursts of energy that shattered the set cards.
Rykiel remained emotionless.
"From my hand I play the magic card Pot of Greed!" Rikuo drew twice. "And then I offer the magic card Repayment of Losses from my hand! This lets me draw one card from my deck when discarded. And because I did so, your monster is destroyed!" The set monster was blown into dust. "Go XYZ! Hyper Destruction!" Its ports opened and it released a wall of energy that soared towards Rykiel.
"I discard Kuriboh." Rykiel smirked as the little furball appeared on his field to intercept the attack. "Anything else?"
Rikuo slid a card into his disk. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Rykiel drew. "You thought to end me? Foolish demon! I activate the magic card Spirit of Balance. As long as this card is in play I can play cards from my hand in response to your cards. End turn!"
Rikuo drew. ("He's hoping to trap me.") "Turn two. I play the magic card Metal Enhancement Armor! This card, once per turn, negates the cost for an equipped machine monster's effect. Also, its attack power is increased by 500!" (3300/2600) "Now I use XYZ's effect on your Spirit of Balance!"
Rykiel slid a card from his hand into his disk. "I play the trap card Divine Wrath! By discarding a card from my hand, I can negate the effect of your card and destroy it!" The machine whined and blew apart. "Of course now I have no hand….except for the fact that I also discarded a Repayment of Losses." He drew a single card and held it up.
Rikuo growled and slapped a card onto his field. "Go Gold Wind-up Knight!" (1500/1500) A gold-colored mechanical knight appeared on his field.
"Wrong." Rykiel held up the drawn card. "Bottomless Trap Hole sends one monster from your field to the graveyard when it is summoned if it has 1500 or more attack points!" A hole opened up under the machine and it was sucked out of sight.
Rikuo snarled. "End turn."
Rykiel drew. "So we're both low on cards…or at least you are! From my hand I play Card of Demise, drawing until I have five cards in my hand!" Snapping five cards off of his deck, the genetic demon slapped a card down. "Go Dark Salamander!" (1900/700) A black-colored lizard appeared on his field. "Direct attack!" It hissed and started to charge…
"Reveal Negate Attack!" The wolf demon sneered as a swirling vortex appeared and blocked the attack.
Rykiel slid two cards into his disk. "I set two cards face-down and end my turn."
Rikuo drew. "You want to play Card of Demise? Then I'll play it too!" He slid five cards off of his deck. "Then I play the magic card Holy Strike! All Dark attribute monsters in play are destroyed!" The Dark Salamander screeched and blew apart.
"In response I play the trap card Unholy Revival, returning my monster to the field." The Dark Salamander reappeared and hissed in anger at Rikuo. "You cannot defeat me."
"We'll see about that!" Rikuo slid another card into his disk. "Go Metal Reconstruction! This magic card lets me revive one fusion machine monster to the field! Return XYZ Dragon Cannon!" The composite hover tank reappeared on the field.
"And from my hand I play Bottomless Trap Hole again." Rykiel snickered as the machine was removed from play through a hole in the ground again. "Such a darn shame….want to try again?"
Rikuo snarled and slapped down a different card. "Supreme Soul! This magic card takes my normal summon for the turn and special summons one removed from play monster! Awaken XYZ Dragon Cannon!" The machine reappeared.
Rykiel held up the last card in his hand. "And I activate my final Bottomless Trap Hole!" Another pit opened up in the ground and sucked the machine out of sight. "You're finished!"
"We'll see!" Rikuo slid a card into his disk. "From my hand I play the magic card Dimension Fusion! At the cost of 2000 life points I will special summon all monsters from my removed from play pile!" His X-Head Cannon, Z-Metal Tank, Y-Dragon Head, XYZ Dragon Cannon, and Gold Wind-up Knight appeared on the field.
"Reveal face-down Torrential Tribute!" Rykiel snickered as an explosion of water swallowed up all the machines and destroyed them. "You cannot win, fool!"
Rikuo slid the last card in his hand into his disk. "End turn."
Rykiel drew. "Reverse card open! I reveal the trap card Reverse of Hell! This trap card destroys one set card on your field and deals you 500 damage!" Rikuo's set card blew apart and flames licked along the wolf demon's form. "Then I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Rykiel- 4000
Rikuo- 1500
Rikuo drew. "Turn three." He slammed a card down. "Go Jinzo Jr.!" (1400/1200) A strange-looking child-like version of the green armored humanoid appeared on the field. "Now you can't use trap cards! Direct attack!"
"Reveal quickplay magic card! Dark Balance destroys your Jinzo and then we both draw three cards!" Rykiel snapped three cards off of his deck.
Rikuo slapped down a new card. "When destroyed Jinzo Jr. special summons the man himself! Jinzo!" (2400/1500) The machine monster appeared and chuckled coldly at Rykiel. "Direct attack!"
"From my hand I play Painful Reach from the Graveyard!" Rykiel's graveyard slot spat out a dark claw that slammed into the machine monster and blew it apart. "When I have fewer than three monsters in my graveyard I destroy one monster."
Rikuo's eye started to twitch. "One card face-down and end turn."
Rykiel drew. "Awaken!" His Dark Salamander reappeared on the field. "When I have fewer than four cards in my hand it can be special summoned by offering one card." The lizard faded away. "Then I sacrifice this creature to summon Dark Jinzo!" (2400/1500) A black-armored machine monster that looked exactly like Jinzo appeared on the field. "This monster can only be summoned if there is a Jinzo in the graveyard. Its attack strength increases by 1500 and it gains the effect of Jinzo! Direct attack!" (3900/1500)
"Reveal Distraction Device!" A box appeared and a boxing glove exploded out of it, slamming the Dark Jinzo in the face and stopping it cold.
Rykiel chuckled. "End turn, funny man."
"Turn four!" Rikuo drew slowly….and then glanced back to see that Eri was awake… "I won't lose! Go Magnetic Recovery! This lets me revive Jinzo!" The machine monster reappeared on the field in a crouching position. "Also…I activate Lord's Seal! This magic card lets me special summon one monster with Lord in its name to the field from my deck, but at the end of my turn that monster is destroyed! Wolf Demon Lord, arise!" The wolf demon's physical avatar appeared on the field and howled loudly. (2400/1000)
Rykiel grimaced as the power of his Dark Jinzo dropped to normal. (2400/1500)
Rikuo looked at the last card in his hand…and then at Rykiel. "Wolf Demon Lord, attack Jinzo! Howling Sword!" The samurai slammed its blade into the ground and created a wave of phantom flame that hit the machine and blew it apart. Moments later the demon blew apart as well. "I'm not done yet! Go Hell Meteor!"
"Hell Meteor…" Rykiel watched as a rift tore the sky apart and a huge fireball began to form. "It's not that easy. In response I play the ultimate magic card! Go Level the Field! This card drains us both of 1000 life points and I have to have an empty field for me to trigger it. Now we both send all cards in our hands and fields to the graveyard." He discarded his hand and watched as the Meteor continued to build.
"Then I draw one card and activate it immediately! Go Poison of the Old Man. This card lets me gain 1200 life points!" The meteor dropped onto his head and for few moments he disappeared. Then it faded to reveal him standing. There was smoke rising off of him, but he was still standing. "You cannot defeat me. Because Level the Field prevents you from drawing cards for the rest of the game after your next turn ends. You only get one more draw, and then this duel will be mine. So end turn, Rikuo Amero. Because next turn I feel that I'm going to draw Death Meteor. It is a magic card that will deal you 1000 life points of damage. In other words…draw your final card."
Rikuo lowered his head, his ears drooping slowly…and then he looked up at Rykiel. "You'll never succeed."
"And why is that? I am perfect." Rykiel coldly sneered and his hand inched over his deck.
"Perfect…no one is perfect." Rikuo lifted his head. "You taught me something important…and that is to never fall to pride! I will win this duel…because my daughter's life depends on it, nothing more! My duty as a father drives me to win….and it is a duty I cannot shirk just because some idiot like you comes along and takes my attention away." He stood up straight, red and black energy flowing from him in an aura. "I am Rikuo Amero, the Wolf Demon Lord! And you are nothing more than a genetic freak of nature! Draw!" He drew. "This card…" His eyes widened and he looked to Terra.
The other wolf demon's lips lifted slightly.
Rikuo turned to look at Rykiel. "You lose. From my hand I play Spider's Web!" A line of silk launched across the field and flew into the graveyard slot of Rykiel's disk. "This card takes the top card of your graveyard and adds it to my hand." The silk line tugged a single card through the air, depositing it in the wolf demon's hand. "And that top card of your graveyard…"
The pain from the Hell Meteor caught up to Rykiel as he realized what was going on. "It can't be…" He fell to his knees.
"Poison of the Old Man has two effects. The first lets the user regain 1200 life points. The second deals 800 life point damage to the opponent. Take a guess which one I'm going to use!" A holographic representation of the card appeared on the field and a blast of energy exploded out of the card, slamming into Rykiel and then filling the chamber with blinding light.
Rykiel- 0
Rikuo- 500
As the light cleared, Rikuo frowned at the fact that Rykiel had disappeared. "Whatever…I still beat you finally." He flicked the Spider's Web card back to Terra and gave the thief a weak salute. "Thanks for your help. Maybe I won't kill you after all." He closed his eyes and his hair changed red.
Terra stared at the wolf demon…and then realized that he was currently burning up his precious energy. ("Time to retreat for now.") Without a guiding soul, Griff's body collapsed to the ground.
Daniel opened his eyes and looked at the seven students and Jared. "It's been a long time since I've done that." He removed the metal box from his pocket and opened it. It was a deck case. And by the pulse he felt from the deck he knew it was his. "Yep…now let's find Rykiel before he can cause any more problems."
As one all of them stood up, with Hitokage and Kenshin helping the unconscious Griff along.
To be continued….
