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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Rival School Arc

Chapter 8: Warpath Part 3

Hitokage Seijitsu had gone out for a walk. Tommorow was the day of the meet against North School, and while he wasn't nervous he was worried that if he wasn't awake something might go wrong.

"Damn you, stubborn bastard! Change back!"

"Not a chance!"

The blond-haired boy stopped in his tracks and snuck over to nearby grove of trees where he had heard the voices.

Eri growled and shook Ichigo furiously. "You will be mine! Before this night is done I will have what I want from you!"

Ichigo, her golden hair framing her face, growled back. "Do what you want with me, but know that I won't give you what you want without a fight!"

Eri snarled deeply and kissed the half demon firmly.

Hitokage turned around and shrugged. "All things considered…that makes perfect sense. Eri would be interested in other girls." He walked off without another thought to what he had just seen.

Kenshin drew. "Annihilation Knight, attack the Spawn Token now!" The warrior pierced the crab to the floor with a single shot of its weapon. "Also, I play the magic card Dian Keto the Cure Master." Green light flowed around him. "This card raises my life points by 1000. End turn."

Davis- 5100

Kenshin- 1100

Davis drew slowly, a dark smile on his face. "Your lock time is up. During the third standby phase from when my LVL 5 is in play I send it to the graveyard to special summon Neo-Virus LVL 7!" (3000/1000) The hulking monster fell to its knees and made a symphony of cracking noises as its bones readjusted. It went from being bipedal to quadruped, and its teeth exploded out of its body, turning into an opening and closing maw of spear-sized teeth that was aimed towards Kenshin. "Behold your end!" The Neo-Virus reared up on its haunches and roared, the sound shaking the arena.

Kenshin gulped as the huge creature's right front forepaw shuddered. The eye-like tumor opened and turned to look at his Annihilation Knight. Then as a whole the monster growled and charged forwards, impaling the Knight with its spear-like teeth. Blood rained down the teeth and into its mouth, where it left out rumbling noises of happiness as it drank in the blood the warrior. Then a few seconds later its teeth folded and forced the body into its mouth, where it tore the Knight apart and ate it.

Davis- 5100

Kenshin- 1100

The Crusader turned a bright shade of green as pieces of his monster landed on the ground at his feet. ("Oh man…")

Davis frowned. "How are your life points unaffected?"

"Annihilation Knight, when destroyed, negates all battle damage to me for this turn." Kenshin clenched his fists. ("How do I kill that damned virus?")

Davis sighed and slid a card into his disk. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."

Kenshin drew. "I play the magic card Knight Militia! This magic card lets me special summon five Militia Tokens (0/500) to the field!" Five men in ragged armor appeared on the field in a crouching position. "End turn."

Davis drew. "I summon Virus Weapon-Venus!" (1100/1800) A huge plant exploded out the ground. From the way its body was shaped it looked like it could actually move if it wanted to. "Now I attack two of your Militia Tokens with my monsters!" Howling, the Neo-Virus tackled one of the Militia and tore the warrior in half, spraying blood across the field. The plant snapped a tentacle out and pierced the chest of one of the Militia. "And then I activate the effect of Neo-Virus LVL 7! I discard the top two cards of my deck to the graveyard to let my monster attack again!" The monster tackled another of the Militia and ate it whole. "And now the end comes for you. When Neo-Virus LVL 7 destroys two monsters on my opponent's field during the same turn, I may send it to the graveyard and special summon the final form of this monster!"

The dog-like monster howled and made a strange hissing noise. It stumbled and then fell to the ground, looking like it was dead. Its body started to melt into a huge puddle of disgusting purple fluids.

Kenshin clutched his sensitive nose. It smelled like chlorine. "Oh god…"

The blob made a wheezing noise and swelled in size, growing huge. Its spear-covered mouth opened and closed rapidly, and it threw out numerous tentacles along the ground that slowly pulled it along the ground towards Kenshin. "Say hello the Neo-Virus LVL 9 (3200/3000) in attack mode. End turn."

Kenshin was crying from the horrible smell that was coming from the monster. ("That's disturbing…") He drew and his eyes widened. "I activate the magic card Preparation for Battle! This card sends all cards on my field and lets me draw cards for each card send to the graveyard!" His two Militia Tokens and his continuous trap card disappeared. He snapped three cards off of his disk and added them to his hand, eyes wide. ("This is it…the only chance for me to win this duel!") "I summon Hane Kuriboh (300/200) in defense mode!" A little Kuriboh with angel wings appeared on his field and chirped at him. "And then I set one card face-down on the field. End turn."

Davis drew. "Your deck is running out of options. So let's finish this now. I summon Virus Crow!" (1200/100) A red-eyes crow appeared on his field. "When this monster I may special summon the other two copies of it from my deck and hand to the field!" Two more undead crows appeared on the field. "When these monsters deal you life point damage you must discard the top two cards of your deck! Now it's time to finish you off. By discarding one card from my hand I can use the effect of Neo-Virus LVL 9! Now one monster will be destroyed!" The blob hissed and launched its tentacles towards the little winged Kuriboh. "It's over."

Kenshin narrowed his eyes. "It's never over! I discard two cards from my hand! Go Wings of Evolution!" His face-down card flipped up and the little Kuriboh disappeared in a flash of light. The approaching tentacles were blown away as huge feathery wings extended out in both directions away from the ball of light.

Davis stepped back and glared at the energy. "What is that thing?"

"Wings of Evolution will only work with Hane Kuriboh! By discarding two cards I have sent Hane Kuriboh to the graveyard and brought its greatest form!" The light faded to reveal a Kuriboh with a golden helmet on its head. "Hane Kuriboh Level Ten!" (?)

"Level Ten?" Davis growled and pointed at it. "Neo-Virus attacks!"

"There's no point! Hane Kuriboh Level Ten special ability activates! By sending this monster to the graveyard I can destroy all attack mode monsters on your field and deal their attack in damage to your life points!" The Kuriboh chirped once more and released a blast of light that blew all five of Davis' monsters into dust. "That's brings your life points to zero."

Davis- 100

Kenshin- 1100

Davis gritted his teeth and pointed at his set card. "Activate Repair Chamber! This trap card activates when a monster on my field is destroyed because of a card effect." A glass canister appeared on the field. "Now one Virus monster will be revived from my graveyard. During this turn it cannot attack." A shadowed form appeared within the liquid of the chamber.

Kenshin frowned. "Why do you still have life points?"

"Because I used the effect of Virus Vaccine. By sending it to the graveyard when my life points would be zero I have increased them to 100." Davis snapped his fingers. "End turn."

Kenshin clenched his fists and drew. "I am not finished! I set Gearfried the Iron Knight (1800/1600) in defense mode and end my turn." A black-armored knight appeared on his field in a crouching position. "End turn."

Davis drew. "Awaken Virus Titan-Nemesis!" (2600/2000) The chamber blew apart and the misshapen giant from before stomped out. "Attack Gearfried now!" It roared and tackled the knight, instantly destroying it. "End turn."

Kenshin drew. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."

Davis drew. "I set one card face-down and attack your life points with Nemesis!" The giant roared again and charged.

"Reveal Legendary Armor!" Kenshin's face-down card flipped up. "This trap card transforms into a monster when activated! Come out now, Legendary Knight!" (1000/1000) A suit of silver armor appeared on the field in a crouching position. "During the turn activated all attacks are negated." Nemesis skidded to a stop and turned to walk back to Davis' field.

Davis smirked and slid a card into his disk. "Activate Rocket Launcher! This equipment magic card can only be equipped to Nemesis!" A huge metal rocket launcher appeared attached to the arm of the monster. "This card's special ability allows me to destroy up to two defense mode monsters before it is destroyed! Fire!" Lifting its arm, Nemesis blew the Legendary Knight away. "End turn."

Kenshin shuddered at the dark glare of Nemesis. ("I'm nearly out of tricks…nearly…") He looked down at his deck. ("One last strategy.") He drew. ("This card…") The new card in his hand pulsed with energy. ("The Seal of Life?")

"What's the hold-up? Make your move."

Kenshin held up the drawn card. "I activate Life of a Loved One! This card lets me draw one card for every warrior in my removed from play pile!" He snapped five cards off of his deck. "At the end of this turn I must send all cards in my field and hand to the graveyard."

Davis gritted his teeth. ("Lovely…")

Kenshin looked at the drawn cards…and smiled. "I activate the ritual magic card Dragon Anointment!" He discarded another card from his hand. "I offer one level four monster from my hand to special summon…" A warrior wearing golden armor that was made to look like a dragon appeared on the field. It lifted its extra long pike and met the eyes of Nemesis. "Master Dragoon!" (1800/1500)

"Davis clenched his fists tighter. "What's that going to do?"

Kenshin slapped another card onto his disk. "Come out now, Storm Knight!" A blast of wind swept across the field as a green-armored knight wielding a bow appeared in play. (1600/1000) "When this card is summoned I may draw one card." He slid a card off of his deck. "The final piece of the puzzle…."

Davis paled.

"From my hand I activate Polymerization!" The two monsters were pulled into a swirling vortex of energy. "My mighty Storm Dragoon!" The new warrior looked just like the Master Dragoon except that it was green. (2200/1400) "Its special ability will destroy all magic and trap cards in play!" A blast of wind tore across the field and shattered the Rocket Launcher, Virus Hordes and the set card.

Davis paled as the remains of the Rocket Launcher exploded, taking Nemesis. "How did you…"

"Just a hunch really. When Rocket Launcher is destroyed is destroys the equipped monster." Kenshin smirked. "The duel is over."

Davis slapped a card onto his disk. "When Nemesis is destroyed by a magic or trap effect for the first time it returns to the field with half attack points!" A badly burnt and damage version of Nemesis appeared on the field in a crouching position. (1200/2000)

Kenshin held up another card. "Equipment magic card Dragon Spear! This card can only be equipped to a monster that has Dragoon in its title!" A spear fell from the heavens and landed in the hands of the warrior. "Super Jump Attack!" The warrior leapt into the air so high that it disappeared. "End turn." Kenshin slid his hand into the graveyard.

Davis slowly drew. "Where…."

Kenshin pointed up.

Davis looked up just in time to see the approaching fist of the warrior.

Davis- 0

Kenshin- 1100

"When I activate Dragon Spear a Dragoon removes itself from play for a turn. During the standby phase of the next turn it returns to the field and deals half of its attack in damage to your life points." Kenshin pointed at his fallen opponent. "Now let Ebony go."

"No problem." Davis stood up and brushed himself off. "You're very good indeed. But once again, you don't know the power of North School."

"You keep talking about your school like it is the best in the world. Come tommorow we'll beat every duelist you put against us."

"My school?" Davis snapped his fingers. "Oh right!" Turning, he yelled out into the dark arena stands. "You can turn on the lights now."

Light flooded the arena to show the Principal sitting near the front with a smile on his face. He began to clap enthusiastically. "That was very impressive Kenshin!"

The Crusader face-fell.

Ebony, from her spot above the arena, started to giggle helplessly. "My true knight in shining armor."

Kenshin leapt up and glared at the Principal. "What's this all about?"

Davis chuckled. "Now I'm sure you remember that the Principal picks the eighth member of the Duelist Academy team, right?"

Kenshin face-fell again. "You're him? Then….then…."

Davis tipped his hat. "Fooled you, didn't we?"

To be continued…

To Dragonlords: There were over a million. Rikuo culled the number to one. There is only one Sestros left…but he is immortal.

To The Obsessive Man: Sorry, but no genetic switches going on here.

To Shadow: Because I like this anime a lot.

To Bobbomp: No comment

To Anime Albino: Rikuo has a secret stash of alcohol?

To Raine Vindicare: I think Ichigo figured out to stop her from getting her way.

To Seeker of the Soul: Ding ding ding, we have a winner!

To Sinister: Nah, it'll never get that graphic.

To G.O.T. Nick: Why's he getting annoying?

To generic reviewer: I'm not sure that'll work.

To Aremen: As you can see, he did.

To Rex: You are always competing. Never forget that, my puppet…..mwhahahahahaha!

To wolfy: A warrior deck like Kenshin's? Well half of his cards are made up though. I can tell you this though. Here's the base balance for cards in your deck. 17 monsters, 16 magic cards, and 7 traps. Out of the monsters, only two or three should be tributes. If you want more in depth advice then I need your current decklist.

To Lance Murdock: Bah! Davis is no dog. He was just following the Principal's orders.

To Dais: Davis' deck isn't a virus deck. It's a Resident Evil deck. You heard me.