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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Chaos Arc

Chapter 31: The Chaos Seraphim

"My best?" Chaos stopped in her tracks and snapped her fingers. "Oh yeah! I nearly forgot." She waved her hand and a card appeared in it. "There it is."

"There's what?" Ichigo frowned at the fact that Chaos had calmed down so quickly.

"You're such a silly mortal. Those monsters weren't my best." Chaos held up the new card and a holy light shined down onto the field. "I remove a light and a dark monster from my graveyard."

"Another Chaos monster?" Eri's eyes widened. Her father had always told her that there were only two.

"That's right!" Chaos started to do her apparently happy dance. "Come on out Chaos Seraphim-Envoy of Heaven!" (2500/3000) The light got brighter as something lowered onto the field.

It was an angel, plain and simple. Covered from head to toe in glowing armor, the female form opened its eyes and looked upon Ichigo and Eri like they had angered the gods themselves.

Chaos started clapping. "You're so cool Seraphim!"

The angel opened her mouth and started to sing.

"She's no match for King of Swords!" Ichigo refused to believe that he was going to lose here.

"I didn't summon her in attack mode, I summoned her in defense." Chaos smiled slightly. "Get ready…Chaos Seraphim activates her special ability! When summoned she creates four Heaven Avenger Tokens!" Four male angels in gold armor wielding huge swords lowered onto the field. (3000/0)

Ichigo and Eri both stared at the five monsters in fear.

"Avenger number one, attack the wolfy's stupid King guy!" The angel yelled out a battle cry and flew towards the King of Swords.

"Reveal face-down trap card! Go Flash Bang!" An explosion of sound and smoke filled the field. "This trap card activates only if there is a Cyber Shadow in play. The attack of all monsters on my opponent's field will be cut in half for this turn!" (1500/0) Ichigo pointed at the stumbling angel. "King of Swords!" The warrior leapt forwards and slashed the monster apart.

Eri- 2800

Ichigo- 300

Chaos- 4400

Chaos pouted. "When an Avenger Token is destroyed as a result of battle, I gain 1000 life points."

Chaos- 5400

Eri drew. "Since my The Dark Door card is in play, you can only attack with one monster! And from my hand I play Pot of Greed!" She drew two cards. "Then I play the ritual magic card Death Ritual of Lithmus!" A huge black metal spire appeared on her field. "This card lets me sacrifice the Necro Master (1500/1800) in my hand and the Spirit Wolf on my field to summon Swordsman of Death Lithmus!" (0/0) A white-clothed warrior with a strange headdress and a pair of swords in its hands appeared on the field. "Then I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."

Ichigo drew. "It's my turn now Chaos! I summon Cyber Shadow-Retriever (1000/1000) in defense mode and set one card face-down. End turn."

Chaos smiled sweetly at the angels on her field. "During my draw phase my field is filled with more Avenger Tokens!" A new gold-armored angel floated onto the field to replace the one lost before.

Eri frowned, as did Ichigo. This meant there was no way for them to clear away the field until they could attack the Seraphim.

Chaos pulled a card from out of nowhere and then held it up. "Now I play Mystical Space Typhoon! Bye Dark Door!" A blast of wind shattered the only card that was keeping Ichigo and Eri from being destroyed by the wrath of heaven. "Now I attack with Avenger number one! Get rid of that mean King already!" The angel launched across the field…

"Reveal trap card!" Ichigo's face-down card flipped up. "Dream Shield lets me sacrifice a monster on my field to raise the attack of one other monster by the sacrificed monster's defense points!" The Retriever faded away and the attack of King of Swords leapt up. (3600/2300)

Chaos pouted and pointed at Eri. "You're defenseless though! Attack Lithmus now!" The angle turned in mid-flight and raised its sword up to slash through the warrior.

"Reveal face-down continuous trap card!" Eri sneered. "Cry of the Beast lets me sacrifice 500 life points once per turn to raise the attack of one of my monsters by 500!"

"500 or not, it won't be enough." Chaos pouted.

"Oh? Well what if I told you that Lithmus has a special ability. When there is a face-up trap card on the field his attack is 3000!" (3000/3000) Energy flowed through the swordsman. "Then I sacrifice 500 life points to power up Lithmus!" (3500/3000) The swordsman snapped its swords in an arc and slashed the angel apart.

Eri- 2300

Ichigo- 300

Chaos- 5900

Chaos pouted and slid her two remaining cards into her disk. "I set two cards face-down and end my turn."

Eri drew and glanced at Ichigo. ("He's running out of cards…and I doubt he can keep himself alive much longer.") "I play the magic card Bait Doll!" A wooden hammer appeared in the air above one of Chaos' set cards. "This magic card is shuffled into my deck after use, and it will automatically activate one face-down card. That card, if it cannot be activated in that situation, will be destroyed." The hammer fell down and struck the card.

Chaos stuck out her tongue and the card flipped up. "You picked the wrong card! The trap card you attacked was Chaos Thunder! This card will only trigger if there is an Envoy in play. Now I will destroy one magic or trap card! So I'll blow up your silly Call of the Beast and deal you 1000 life points of damage!" The card shattered and lightning arched through Eri's body. She screamed in pain and then collapsed to her knees.

Eri- 1300

Ichigo- 300

Chaos- 5900

Eri slowly stumbled to her feet, smoke coming off of her body.

Ichigo stared at the burnt Eri and started to tremble. "Chaos! I'm your target!"

"Shut up Pilkington." Eri spat some black blood onto the stone platform. "Because I have no trap card face-up, Lithmus now has no attack or defense points." (0/0)

"That means you've lost." Chaos stuck her tongue out at Eri again.

"Wrong!" Eri slid a card into her disk. "Grave Hand lets me send one monster to the graveyard! So I'll destroy your Chaos Seraphim!"

"No you won't!" Chaos' other face-down card flipped up. "Order of Chaos negates a magic card while there is an Envoy in play. Also, I take the top card of my deck and if it is a trap card set it face-down on the field, where it can be activated immediately." Chaos giggled as Eri's magic exploded. She drew and the card appeared on her field. "Yay! It's a trap!"

"I sacrifice Lithmus to the magic card Metamorphosis!" The white warrior disappeared was replaced by a hulking dragon. "This card lets me sacrifice a monster to special summon a fusion monster with the same number of level stars! Black Skull Dragon!" (3200/2500) The dragon roared at the Seraphim. "Now attack the Seraphim! Meteor Rain!" The dragon opened its jaws and released a spray of fireballs that suddenly turned in mid-flight and slammed into one of the Avengers, blowing it apart. "What?"

"When Seraphim is attacked, the attack is immediately redirected to an Avenger if it can be." Chaos tittered, while her life points dropped slightly and then rose.

Chaos- 6700

Eri's eye started to twitch in anger. "Go Black Dust Virus! This equipment magic card will equip to your monster. During my second standby phase your Seraphim will be destroyed! Also, I set one card face-down and end my turn."

Ichigo drew. "I summon Cyber Shadow-Cannon!" (1800/1500) A huge robot that had a cannon for a head appeared on his field. "This card allows me to discard one card from my hand and sacrifice its attack to destroy one defense mode monster in play! Fire!" The cannon released a blast of energy that slammed into the angel and blew her apart. "And when this happens your Avengers die!" The two remaining angel warrior faded away. "King of Swords, double direct attack!" His warrior shimmered.

Eri- 1300

Ichigo- 300

Chaos- 1700

Ichigo spat onto the stone. "That's what you get, you annoying ugly little brat. End turn."

Chaos froze and her eyes slowly turned to look at Ichigo, like she had seen him for the first time since the duel had started. "What did you call me? Did you call me ugly?" She narrowed her eyes and a card appeared in her hand. "From my hand, the magic card Chaos Revival!" The Seraphim reappeared. "This magic card restores life to one of my Envoys! Return now my divine soldiers!" Moments later Seraphim was flanked by her four angel warriors. (3000/0)

Ichigo's eyes widened. ("You have to be kidding me…")

"Die!" Chaos pointed at Ichigo's King of Swords. "Avenger, attack now!" The warrior started to charge…


Daniel's eyes nearly bugged out of their sockets. "NO! He doesn't have any set cards left!"


"Reverse card open." Eri closed her eyes and pointed at her set card. "Martyr's Choice."

The Avenger stopped…and then turned to look at the Black Skull Dragon. Letting out a battle cry it charged towards its new target.

Chaos giggled. "I knew it! Reveal face-down trap card Chaos Unity! This trap card tallies the attack power of all light monsters in play together, though now only that single Avenger may attack this turn!" The other three Avengers and Seraphim started to sing, their power charging into the attacking angel. (14500/0)

Eri's eyes widened slightly…and then closed. She looked over at Ichigo, while the angel slashed through her dragon with no problem.

Eri- 0

Ichigo- 300

Chaos- 1700

Ichigo felt everything slow to nearly a snail's pace in time…and he started to move towards her. ("No….this can't be…")

Eri turned to look at Chaos. "You're good…" Her eyes widened as a sword found its way into her ribcage, lifting her off of the ground.

The other Avengers pierced their weapons into her at different points, lifting her up into the air.

Ichigo reached where Eri was just as the angels released her dead body at his feet. He slowly came to a stop. "Eri!" Falling to his knees, he shook her repeatedly. "ERI!"


Blood streaked the Chaos Crystal, as Rikuo roared in pure rage. He attacked the crystal with abandon, tearing away the skin from his fingers in his attacks. "NO! NO NO NO NO!" Exhausted…he fell to his knees, his forehead against the crystal. "Princess…….no………."

Everyone stared at the image, aghast.

"This can't be…" Kenshin just stood there, his jaw nearly hanging open. "But…"

Adriel closed his eyes and bowed his head.

"ICHIGO!" Rikuo leapt to his feet, punching the crystal so hard he most likely shattered most of the bones in his hand. "It's your fault! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO KEEP HER SAFE! ICHIGO!" The wolf demon fell to his knees again and started to sob.

Ryu watched the screen emotionlessly…


"It's time to surrender. Your girly is dead, and during my next turn so are you." Chaos' childish laughter echoed across the void, like this was just a huge joke to her.

Ichigo's crying drowned out her voice to him. He held Eri close to his chest, and his tears dripped down her face. "Wake up….please wake up…" It was his fault. He was supposed to keep her safe.

"A promise?" Eri sneered and leaned in towards him. "What? And here's an even better question…do you think I'll honor it?"

"I promise nothing to anyone who demands it of me!" Eri turned and walked off.

Her corpse slid out of his arms slowly, and he stared at his palms, which were now soaked with blood. ("I killed her…I killed her! I should have stopped her from coming….") He began to sob again.

Chaos giggled, and her angels floated around her with their swords still wet from their last kill. "Get up and take your turn already."

"Take my turn…" Ichigo, who had his back to the girl, turned his head enough that one eye was looking at Chaos. "You do this…and all you can say is for me to take my turn?"

Chaos tapped her foot impatiently. "Yes? So what? She was just a mortal. If she didn't have the strength to keep herself alive then what was she worth? You, just like her, are nothing but a weak mortal."

Something inside Ichigo snapped. "Chaos…" He stood up, his back still too her. Small bolts of electricity began to build around him. "I didn't kill her….you did…"

"So what? Her life wasn't important."

Ichigo threw back his head and what came out of his voice wasn't something understandable. It was like a scream...but at the same time screams never left reverberations that echoed through reality in their wake.


Everyone was thrown against the back of the crystal room as cracks started to appear along the crystal's surface….


The stone platform started to crack…and the void began to warp all around them.

Chaos blinked in complete surprise. She had actually felt that burst of energy.


In another dimension Daisuke Ihachi, also known as Drake, brought his motorcycle to a stop. Looking up at the sky, he could have sworn he felt something tearing at the fabric of the dimensions for a moment. Brushing it off as just his imagination, he continued on his way.


"Chaos…" Ichigo turned, his form lined with crackling bolts of energy. His eyes, the irises now black, met Chaos'. "I will not forgive YOU!" At the last word the entire dimension throbbed as something pushed against it.

To be continued…