Disclaimer: I don't own YGO...unfortunately (I'd make a lot of money!)

Just so you all know, it's still spring break (March 19 to 27) while I'm writing this. Weekly updates is what I'm aiming for, and I might get several chapters ahead over this week. Which is really quite good, in case writer's block strikes.

PS: Heh, you all are probably going to get annoyed for a while at how things just keep on falling into Adriel's hands...but trust me, that's about to end between this and the next chapter.

Legends of the Demon Duelist-Dragon Arc

Chapter 6: Notes

When Chase and Eric arrived, Adriel was curled up in his bunk.

"...Adriel?" Eric asked.

"Go away. You all hate me. Eri was right." came the muffled reply.

"We don't hate you." Chase said. "We just...we want answers, okay?" Adriel didn't respond.

"Listen, no one knows what happened out there. You went in human and you came out as a dragon...thing..." Eric told his roommate. "From what it looked like, though, Eri did something to you and none of this is your fault. But if that's true, you should definitely tell it to everyone else." he continued.

"They won't even let me talk to them. They'd just run away." Adriel said through his pillow.

"Have you even tried yet?" Chase asked.

"...no." Adriel replied.

"Well then how about you tell us first, then." Eric suggested.

"No, I'm not telling anyone! Leave me alone!" Adriel shouted, flying out of his bed and crashing through the window. He headed for the forest. "Maybe Aeron can help." he said to himself.


With the aid of his demonic senses, Adriel found the hideout that Aeron noted in his letter quite easily. He pulled on the worn-out rope that was hidden in the topsoil and a large wooden plate came with it. Adriel descended down the dirt incline and closed the hatch behind him, grabbing a stick off the ground and breathing his own kind of 'flame' onto its tip. The branch lit with a cool, blue glow which illuminated the area. The 'searing wind', as Adriel called his personal lighter, cast a soft light over the area surrounding the half-demon and he began to walk through the tunnel.

Finally, Adriel reached a wooden door. He turned the knob and passed through the threshold. In response to his entrance, dim lights turned on and a videophone activated. "Uhh...right. Autodial." Adriel said, trying to compose himself as he pressed the button.

A few moments later, the screen flickered to life and Aeron was staring into the screen.

"So I see Eri got to you." Aeron said, noting Adriel's demonic features.

"How did you know?" Adriel asked.

"You hide your demonic side whenever you can, and Eri is...how to put it...a bit hasty in initiating darkness games. It was simple logic." the proctor replied.

"So...why did you want me to call?" asked the half-demon.

"I have some information that could be helpful." Aeron replied. "But first, look in the gap between the phone and the wall."

Adriel looked behind the phone and saw a white envelope. He opened it and found four cards inside.

TYP – DR2 Ult. Rare
Dragonic Heritage SPELL
Spell/Quickplay
All monsters in your hand, deck, fusion deck, field, graveyard, and removed from play zone are changed to Dragon sub-types. If their sub-type is changed by a card effect, when that effect is negated, their sub-type is changed back to Dragon. Any of your cards whose effect designates a non-Dragon sub-type monster(s) on the field can now designate a Dragon sub-type monster(s) instead.

TYP – DR3 Ult. Rare
Dragon's Brood TRAP
Trap/Counter
When a Dragon sub-type monster(s) on your side of the field is destroyed, special summon monster(s) from your hand, deck, or graveyard whose level stars equal no more than half the level stars of the destroyed monster(s). Those monsters cannot attack, and they are destroyed during the second end phase of the turn in which they were summoned.

TYP – DR4 Ult. Rare
Dragon's Roar SPELL
Spell/Quickplay
Activate this card when your opponent designates an attack. If you have a dragon sub-type monster on your side of the field, negate the attack and switch the attacking monster to defense mode. If you do not have a dragon sub-type monster on your side of the field, negate the attack.

TYP – DR5 Ult. Rare
Rare Jewel Dragon DARK
Lv. 0
Dragon/Effect
This card can only be special summoned by tributing "Luster Dragon #1", "Luster Dragon #2", "Hyozanryu", "Diamond Dragon", or "Crystal Dragon". This card's attack and defense points are equal to those of the tributed monster. This monster's level is equal to the level of the tributed monster. This monster is unaffected by all your opponent's spell cards that specifically target one monster on the field and all his or her trap cards.

"These..." Adriel said in wonder.

"Are good cards. I know. Anyway, listen up. Now that I know you're safe, I'll be returning to the very spot you're at right now. Maybe by then I'll know more information." Aeron replied.

"Do you know anything?" Adriel asked.

"A little. Just that whoever hired me wants you and a bunch of other kids about your age at the academy. I have no idea what their plan is. All that was mentioned is that he needed help in 'gathering the seal holders', whatever that means." Aeron said.

"...seal holders? You mean like the Seal of Orichalcos?" Adriel asked.

"I don't know. But hopefully it's not at all like that, or else the academy might have to be shut down. You know about what happened the last time the Seal was used, right?"

Adriel nodded in reply. "Yeah, it was a total disaster."

Aeron was about to explain more, but a fairly loud knock was audible from off-screen. "Hey, Adriel, I have to go now. Just don't let Eri freak you out too much, and play it cool until I get to the academy." Without a reply from Adriel, the proctor shut off the videophone.

Adriel sighed. "Well, I'd better find Chase and Eric..." he said as he ascended out of the hideout.


"Adriel, come out!" shouted Eric. He and Chase were roaming the woods, trying to find Adriel. The boy shouted in surprise as the ground beneath him was lifted up and he fell over. "Huh?" he asked.

"Oh...hi." Adriel replied, replacing the door.

"You're...really strong." Eric said as he got up and brushed his uniform off.

"Yeah. Now can you please tell us what's going on and why you ran off?" Chase asked, walking over. Adriel paused for a moment before he made up his mind.

"Alright. The truth is that I'm half dragon." Adriel said, sighing. Taking the silence as an indication of attention, he continued. "My father is a dragon demon and my mother is a human. So they got me, a hanyou." he said.

"Hanyou, yeah, what does that mean?" Eric asked.

"Half demon." Adriel replied before continuing. "Anyway, my demon parts were always causing trouble. I'd knock things over with my tail or my wings would get in the way, my horns would get stuck in my pillow...so my mom asked my dad to teach me to repress my powers, which I have been ever since I got here."

"So...why didn't you tell anyone?" Chase questioned.

"Because I'm not normal. I don't want to go around with everyone afraid or something." Adriel replied.

"But Eri walks around with those ears all the time, and no one says anything." Eric said.

"Yeah, but if anyone did say anything, she'd kill them." responded Adriel. "Anyway. What you just saw is called a darkness game. The winner chooses a punishment which is automatically inflicted upon the loser. Eri said that I had to go around as a dragon demon for a week." Adriel explained.

Chase sat down and looked up at his roommate. "Then go around as a dragon demon for a week. If Eri can make people shut up, then so can you."

Eric nodded. "Besides, you have us. And if anyone tries to kick you out or something, we won't let them. Right, Chase?" the other boy nodded in accord.

"Thanks." Adriel said as he started to walk back towards the academy.


"Aw man," Chase groaned as he closed the door to his room. The window, which had been shattered by Adriel, was letting in cold air. Adriel noticed a note on the ground and picked it up.

"Meet me tonight by the Ra Yellow dormitories. Come alone."

There was no signature. "Hey Adriel, what is that?" asked Eric.

"Uh, nothing. I guess a piece of trash just blew in through the window." Adriel replied as he burned the note.

"Whoa, what was that?" asked Chase.

"Oh, that's part of being half dragon demon. I call it searing wind, because it's not exactly fire so much as an energy-charged burst of air. Which reminds me..." Adriel explained as he began to repair the window.

"Dude..." Chase muttered. Adriel kept on piecing random parts of glass together and fusing them into larger plates, which he replaced the main window panes with.

"Oh crap!" shouted Eric.

"What, what's wrong?" asked Adriel.

"OPENING CEREMONY!" screamed Eric, already halfway out the door. Chase and Adriel followed him.


Eri stood outside of the entrance hall, waiting confidently for Adriel with her roommates. "I guess the hanyou was too afraid to show his face in public again." she said.

Her ears twitched and she looked up. Adriel was arcing through the sky and suddenly flared his wings, halting most of his movement as he dropped to the ground without a noise. "Good evening, Eri." he said cheerfully. Eri was speechless. Chase and Eric brushed past the wolf demoness and followed Adriel into the building.

"Welcome students! You are the best of the best, and I am blah blah blah..." even with demonic senses, Adriel couldn't help but fall into such a boredom that he couldn't understand what the principal was saying.

"How much longer?" he asked himself.

Adriel snapped out of his stupor as he felt something attack the back of his head. "Ow!" he said in a hushed tone. He ducked down and picked up a plastic card protector with two things inside of it. "Hey, today is really my lucky day, isn't it?" he asked himself. The first thing in the container was another card which was in the same family of Adriel's new Rare Jewel Dragon.

DRA – 012 Super Rare
Rare Element Dragon DARK
Lv. 6
2600/1500
Dragon/Effect
"Rare Metal Dragon" + "Element Dragon"
At the time of this card's activation, discard a monster from your hand to the graveyard to give this card one of the following effects, depending on the attribute of the discarded monster:
-DARK: Once per turn, during your main phase, you may discard one card from your hand to the graveyard to destroy one face-down card on your opponent's side of the field.
-LIGHT: Once per turn, during your main phase, you may pay 700 life points to discard one card from your opponent's hand and one card from the top of his or her deck to the graveyard.
-Other: Once per turn, during your main phase, you may discard one card from your hand to the graveyard to tribute one monster on your side of the field to inflict damage to your opponent's life points equal to half that monster's attack strength.

The other thing in the protector was yet another note:

"There has been a change of plans. Bring your deck."

Adriel grimaced, but slipped the new card into his deck nonetheless.


Finally, the opening ceremony was finished. Adriel, Eric, and Chase were all back in their dorm room. Adriel was fixing his deck, Chase was lying in bed, and Eric was looking through some cards that he had just purchased.

"Hey, you guys, I'm going to go out for a bit." Adriel said suddenly, sweeping his cards together and placing them in his deck box.

"Do you want us to come?" Eric asked, not really paying attention.

"No, that's alright. I should be back soon." Adriel replied as he walked through the door.


"Hello?" Adriel called. He was in front of the Ra Yellow dormitories, but no one was there.

"Hi...thank you for coming." said a female voice. Adriel recognized it as that of one of Eri's cheerleaders.

"Oh...hi." he replied, a bit put off.

"Listen...I'm sorry about what happened to you." the girl said apologetically.

"Yeah, but I'm okay with it." Adriel sighed.

"Anyway, I just wanted to make sure you knew that Eri isn't always that mean. I think it's just because you're part demon, so she feels offended that you're ashamed of your blood." the girl added.

"Well, I'm not really ashamed. Just...worried that people will overreact. But I guess now I don't really have to worry about it." Adriel replied.
"Yeah, well good. Hey, my name is Sammy." the girl said.

"Nice to meet you, Sammy." Adriel smiled.

"Thanks. It's late, I guess, so I'll – eep!" Sammy shrieked.

"Huh?" Adriel muttered. Something was moving at a very fast pace in the bushes around the two students. "Come on out, whoever or whatever you are!" Adriel challenged, baring his fangs.

"Oh, I will, I will. Because now that I know you're a half-demon, I'm very interested in dueling you." a boy's voice replied. Instinctively, Adriel threw his arm in front of Sammy as the third party jumped out of a tree in front of the two of them.

"Good evening, both of you." Jade eyes met blue eyes as both boys activated their DuelDisks.