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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Chaos Arc

Chapter 33: Origins

"You aren't even worth my time now. Chaos, you cannot win because I am stronger than you are. In strategy, in power, and in purpose." Ichigo evenly pointed at her. "So bring your next Envoy! I'll send it away like I've done with the others! Feel the hopelessness as no matter how hard you try I tear down each and every one of your strategies. It'll give you some small measure of what I felt for every second that I knew you existed! You would stay out of sight, and cause suffering and pain...you coward! Before I leave this dimension, Eri will be avenged! Do you hear me Chaos, you will die!"

Chaos narrowed her eyes and pointed up to the sky, where a dark form began its descent. "We'll see just how powerful you really quite soon, won't we? Chaos Fallen-Envoy of Hell!"

The creature that landed on her field could have once been an angel. Except that it had warped beyond that kind of recognition. It had damaged wings, and its face was torn and melted. As a whole, the monster was disturbingly weak looking.

Chaos giggled. "When Fallen is summoned I special summon a Fallen Token (3500/3000) to the field." An exact copy of the monster appeared on the field. "When either of these monsters is destroyed, you take 2000 life points of damage. If you guess which one is the real card, then they both die. Otherwise, the token will just continuously return to the field."

Ichigo didn't seem that worried. "You only have one card remaining in your hand."

"So what?" Chaos held up the card and it disappeared. "By discarding one card from my hand, I can special summon three Fallen Demon Tokens (2000/2000) to the field. When these monsters are destroyed by battle you lose 500 life points. Also, you cannot attack either Chaos Fallen without first getting rid of my Demon Tokens." Three black-winged angels appeared on the field. "Now die! Attack Soldier, my first Chaos Fallen." One of the two fallen angels screamed, knives exploding out of its body and flying towards the warrior.

Ichigo raised his hand and the knives froze in place. "You are a fool."

Chaos' eyes widened. "You couldn't have done that!"

"I didn't." Ichigo pointed at his now face-up trap card. "Negate Attack did that. It negated your attack and ended your battle phase."

Chaos turned bright red. "End turn!"

Ichigo drew. One look at the card and he looked up at the five monsters on his opponent's field. "I see now..."

"You see what, mortal?" Chaos refused to let herself be pushed around by some insolent short-lived mortal that thought he was a match for her.

Ichigo's lips lifted enough to show his fangs. "I thought I could play around a little more...but from the looks of the field, I'm going to have unleash a bit more power to deal with this. Ready?"

Chaos felt it again... "What are you doing?"

"Just gathering some energy for this one. It's going to be one doozy of a summon." Ichigo held up a single card from his hand. "Chaos, prepare yourself. First I summon Demon Shadow-Shifter!" (800/1200) The black-suited ninja appeared on his field. "This monster activates its special effect when summoned. Now all monsters on the field switch modes." All of the fallen monsters on Chaos' field fell to their knees, as did Soldier and Shifter. "Then I play the magic card Shifter's Trickery. This will only work when Shifter is in play. I draw three cards." Sliding three cards off of his deck, he held them all up. "The Warrior Returning Alive, Polymerization, and a special card I will unveil in a moment. Now I play The Warrior Returning Alive to retrieve Assassin!" His graveyard spat out a card, which he caught and added to his hand. "Now the special card. I play the equipment magic card Soldier's Oath! This equipment magic card can only be equipped to a Demon Shadow-Soldier that is in play. When this monster is used in a fusion, I may take the monsters that were fused together and add them to my hand."

Chaos looked at all of her monsters...and she started to shiver. ("This has never happened before. When my fallen monsters are summoned any mortal should quiver in fear at the mere sight of them. And yet this one isn't afraid at all...why?")

Ichigo sneered and held up the Polymerization. "Come out now! I fuse Assassin, Shifter and Soldier to summon Demon Shadow-Rayden!" (2800/2000) The creature that formed onto his field was a humanoid warrior with long white hair and pale skin. "Rayden will take down the Fallen and its children without me taking any damage at all."

"That's impossible." Chaos pointed at her monsters. "When destroyed by any effect, you'll take damage regardless."

"Really?" Ichigo slid a card into his disk. "I play the magic card Trade from Hand to Grave. For every monster I discard, you lose a monster. So I discard Shifter, Assassin, and Soldier to force you to discard the three tokens." The three Fallen Angels disappeared. "And now the stage is set!"

"What are you babbling about?" Chaos frowned as Rayden smirked. "And why is your monster smiling?"

"Because his special effect activated! When a monster is taken off of the field as a result of an effect, I may discard a magic card from my hand to remove another monster from play." The Fallen token disappeared.

"I have still have the original! So that means you failed!" Chaos threw back her head and started to laugh.

"I did?" Ichigo slid a card into his disk. "Take another look! I equip Rayden with Dimensional Saber!" A glowing fencing saber appeared in the warrior's hand. "This card allows my monster to remove the monster it attacks from the game without destroying it. Also, the attack of my monster rises by 300." (3100/2000) "Go Rayden!" The warrior stabbed the demon and it howled in pain as it disappeared. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."

Chaos stood there, her eyes wide and unmoving. "It's impossible...You're just a mortal...how are you doing this?"

"I'm not sure." Ichigo sneered. "But then again, I don't care. Take your turn Chaos."


Ryu continued to stare at Ichigo's image with wide eyes. "The Dark Halo."

"The what?" Daniel broke his attention from the image to look at the dragon demon. "What's the Dark Halo?"

"Long ago, the demon race was in turmoil. There was war and hate, and nothing was getting done. In fact, at the rate everything was going, the whole demon nation was going to be destroyed." Ryu shivered as he felt another spike of energy crack the dimension crystal. "Then the Dark Halo appeared. No one was sure who it was in truth, but whoever they were, they had the power to overcome even the mightiest of the demon lords and through force made the demon nation behave itself. A few years after that the Dark Halo disappeared, and was never heard from again."

"So...you think that Ichigo is the reincarnation of this Dark Halo?"

"No. The Dark Halo is a state of being, not a person. If Ichigo has achieved it, then all I can say is that it truly is a random process. Either you are born with the potential to have it or you're not. What worries me though is that as long as he has this kind of power, he could quite easily kill all of us." Ryu rubbed some sweat off of his forehead.

Daniel frowned angrily at the dragon demon. "Are you saying that my son is capable of murder?"

"What I'm saying that anyone with the Dark Halo is capable of nearly anything." He frowned. "So it's going to take everything we have to make sure he doesn't snap near us."

"You're talking about him like he is some kind of wild animal!"

"He is in my mind," Ryu shivered as he felt the dimension crystal crack again. "Anyone with such power is."


Chaos waved her hand and a card appeared in her hand. "I draw and play Pot of Greed." Two cards appeared in her hand. "Now I play Monster Reborn on Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning!" (3000/2500) Her mighty soldier appeared on the field again. "And with its effect, Rayden will be removed from play!" The Soldier pointed its sword at the Demon Shadow.

"Activate quickplay magic card De-Fusion! Breakdown Rayden!" The fusion warrior blew apart into Shifter, Assassin and Soldier, who all appeared on the field in defense mode. "This means your effect was wasted, and during this turn you cannot attack."

Chaos' other card appeared on her field face-down. "I set this and end my turn. With only card in your hand, you cannot possibly have the power to defeat another Envoy. Give it up, you're tapped out."

Ichigo drew. "So says you, and we both know how right you have been lately about the invincibility of your Envoys." He looked at the drawn card and frowned. "Another monster card...but then again..." He set a card onto his disk. "I set one monster in defense mode and end my turn."

Chaos waved her hand and a card appeared in it. "Black Luster Soldier, attack Soldier!" The warrior leapt forwards and slashed the warrior apart. "Then I use the effect of Black Luster Soldier to attack Shifter!" Turning on one heel, the Chaos God slashed through the ninja. "End turn."

Ichigo drew. "I set another monster in defense and end my turn."

Chaos waved her hand and another card appeared. ("In one turn, I will have to unleash my absolute best. The true incarnate of Chaos.") "Soldier, attack Assassin and the newest set monster!" The warrior leapt forwards and slashed through both cards.

Ichigo held up the set monster. "Demon Shadow-Retriever (1000/1000) lets me pick up two Demon Shadows from my graveyard when it is destroyed. I'll take back Soldier and Assassin." Removing both cards from his graveyard, he added them to his hand. "Ready for the end?"

"What?" Chaos ground her teeth. "You can't..."

"Watch this." Ichigo drew. "I draw and play Polymerization! By fusing Soldier, Assassin and my set Demon Shadow-Blasemaster (2000/1600) I create Demon Shadow..." The two warrior appeared on the field and were pulled into a glowing vortex with the set monster. "Lord of Knives!" (3200/3000) A black-trenchcoat wearing warrior appeared on his field and sneered at the soldier. "When this monster is summoned, I may choose to either to destroy all magic and traps in play, or all monsters on your field!" The Lord of Knives threw his weapons and tore the set card on Chaos' field apart. "Now Lord of Knives, attack the Soldier! Knife Barrage!" The Soldier howled in pain and blew apart as it was pummeled with razor-sharp knives.

Ichigo- 2350

Chaos- 350

Chaos paled and waved her hand, a card appearing in it. "I...will still win..." She looked at the drawn card and smiled calmly. "For example, by playing Turn back the Clock I can discard one card from my hand to return my field to how it was a turn ago." Her Black Luster Soldier and set card returned. "Then I play the magic card Knowledge for power. By sacrificing Black Luster Soldier I can draw three cards." Three cards appeared in her hand and she started giggle. "Now the mean wolfie-boy is gonna lose. And by the way..." She pointed at Eri.

Ichigo glanced back, and gasped. Eri's fingers were twitching. "Eri!" Falling to his knees, he placed an ear against her back and heard a faint heartbeat. Spinning his head, he glared at Chaos. "Let her out of here! Send her back!"

"No." Chaos danced around happily. "I brought her back from the dead...but just barely. So you can watch her die over and over again."

Ichigo growled and dropped the single hand card, charging towards Chaos with impossible speed. Holding her up by the collar of her dress, he growled right in her face. "Bring her back to life fully, now!"

Chaos recovered from her surprise quickly. "Let me go!" A blast of energy tried to push him away.

Ichigo didn't even notice it. Slamming his fist into her gut, he roared right into her face once more. "I said bring her back!"

Gasping for air, Chaos felt true fear. She couldn't hurt this enemy... "Reveal face-down trap card! Warp of Time and Space!"

Ichigo was suddenly standing on a white marble platform that was hovering in the air above the Chaos Whale. "Where...how..." Chaos was at the other end of the field. "Damn you!" He charged...and was backhanded to his end of the field by a huge hand that was bigger than his body.

Chaos pointed at a hulking blob of black matter that was on her field. "Don't make Exodus mad. Believe me, it will make you pay for it." (5000/5000) "And when I discard three cards to the effect of my trap card, it is special summoned." Exodus made a noise like a chirping. "This beast is the essence of Chaos, for every turn it does a different effect."

"Like what?"

Chaos shrugged and pointed at the monster. "I don't know. We'll find out in a moment." It let out a noise like the sound of steam engine turning on, and bubbles fell down around the little girl's body. "Oh boy, I gain 10000 life points."

Ichigo- 2350

Chaos- 10350

Ichigo threw up his arms as Exodus sprayed out a black gas that blew Lord of Knives apart.

Ichigo- 550

Chaos- 10350

Chaos skipped a couple of steps and then hugged one of the tentacles of Exodus. "End turn! Bleah!" She stuck her tongue out at Ichigo.

Ichigo trembled, and then looked at the two beings of Chaos with pure hatred in his eyes. "You plan on torturing Eri? Wrong!" Spinning on one heel, he placed his hand against the demoness' back.

"What are you doing?" Chaos watched in awe as Eri coughed a couple of times and started to stir. "But...but..."

Eri's eyes opened slowly, and she looked up at the cold face of Ichigo. "What happened to your hair?"

"I got stronger." Ichigo stood up and turned to point a finger at Chaos. A small spark of energy started to build at the tip of it. "As for you..."

Chaos stumbled back, but she wasn't able to move fast enough. The spark turned into a blast of energy that blew a gaping hole into her chest and send her flying off the edge of the platform.

"That's payback for trying to play god. You aren't god. You're nothing but a weak little child with a tiny portion of power." Ichigo drew. "Now get back up here so I can finish this."

Chaos floated back onto the platform, the hole in her chest gone. "You're a jerk." Exodus made a squeaking noise and Ichigo's deck shrank down to five cards. "This turn Exodus discards your deck down to five cards. Also, you get to draw once and gain 3000 life points."

Ichigo- 3550

Chaos- 10350

Ichigo drew once and growled. "This will work." He slid a card into his disk. "I set two cards face-down and one monster in defense mode. End turn."

Chaos drew. And Exodus warped into a pyramid shape. "During this turn, Exodus deals damage through defense! Go now!" It sprayed the set card with gas and blew it apart.

Ichigo held up the destroyed card and smirked. "You destroyed Demon Shadow-Relay (0/1600) and that means I lose 3400 life points."

Ichigo- 150

Chaos- 10350

Chaos threw back her head and started laughing. "You're nearly finished. In four turns you will deck out, and you have no cards in your hand."

"Reverse card open! Hell Tempest! This quickplay magic card triggers when I lose 3000 or more life points from an attack. Now all monsters in our decks and graveyards will be removed from play!" Ichigo's deck shrank down to two cards.

Chaos lifted her hand and smirked slightly. "I don't like the way you said that. So let me shut you up."

"How are you going to do that?" Ichigo pointed at her and sneered. "I'm too tough for you to hurt."

Eri blinked at the confidence in Ichigo's voice. ("What happened while I was unconscious?")

Chaos winked, a little spark of prismatic energy at her fingertip. "That's quite true...however..." the spark turned into a ball...the ball turned into a sun...the sun grew. "We'll see how well you hold up, seeing as how you are made of flesh and blood."

Ichigo motioned for her to come.

Chaos let the attack fly...and it launched right past Ichigo's shoulder...and straight towards Eri.

To be continued...