Disclaimer: No I do not own Yugioh.
Legends of the Demon Duelist-Rival School Arc
Chapter 9: Let the madness begin
"Ladies and gentlemen, as you can see to our left there is a beautiful view of the mountains of Japan." Daniel grinned back to the passenger cabin of the small plane. When he realized that no one was listening, he returned to his seat up front with the pilot.
"So what happened last night anyway?" Griff shook Ichigo a couple of times, and got a pillow in the face for it.
"I had to dodge Eri all night. So let me freaking sleep." The half demon closed his eyes and started snoring.
Krieger wasn't listening to either of them. He was busy pouring over his deck. His father had sent him a new trio of Horus versions, which were apparently the 'new' way of the playing his favorite card. So now he had to make sure that his deck was up to par.
"So what was with you last night Eri?" Hitokage honestly didn't care all that much, but since there was nothing to do on this flight he might as well ask.
"Shut up." The ex-demoness looked out the window to her side.
Kenshin glared at Davis. "Do you have to sit next to me?"
Readjusting his new Ra Yellow uniform, the boy smiled. "You're still sore about the duel last night? Why? You won after all."
In the back of the plane, Adriel sat in silent meditation. ("I will surpass you…Pilkington…and I will surpass this new threat…")
The Principal of North School felt the wind blow through his hair as he looked out over the island that would be hosting their meet. ("This place holds memories that I am sure you will find disturbing….Pilkington.") He knew who would be bringing the Duelist Academy students to him. ("And thanks to you…my goals will be closer to completion.")
"Principal, the Extraordinary Eight have arrived."
"That will be fine. They know what to do."
"This….this…." Daniel looked around the area where the plane had landed in. "It's….the Asylum…"
"The where?" Everyone said at once.
Memories flickered through Daniel's mind. This place was exactly as he remembered it…and that wasn't a good thing. There was still a grey haze that held over the landscape like a cloud of death. "N…never mind you guys. Let's just get going."
Minutes later they were walking through the beginning town that everyone who had entered the Shadow Tournament had started in.
Daniel felt on the edge now….until he saw a place that held not quite so fearsome memories for him. "That house…"
The building he was referring to looked any normal house, except that it was surrounded by a powerful-looking Plexiglas.
The half wolf demon walked over to the door, memories as clear as ever playing out in his head.
The Leader of the group, a guy with raven black hair and wearing a pair of thick sunglasses, chuckled. "Well, how about my team has a duel against your team? The winners get the house."
Amy stepped forward from around the other side of the house. "Hold on a minute, I'm the manager of this team and we need to get the ground rules down for the duel." She ignored Daniel's cough that was meant to try and get her attention.
The man removed his sunglasses and flashed a winning smile. "Sure lady. Does a two on two duel sound fine to you?"
Amy tapped her chin thoughtfully and then nodded. "Team Topdeck agrees to your demands." A trio of coughs from Deondre, Daniel and CJ went ignored.
As Daniel trailed his hands along the plaster of the building, he noticed something as his hand brushed past the knob. There was a clipboard attached to it. Picking it up, he held it up and blinked in surprise. "A roster?"
"Yeah…the Principal wanted me to make sure that you got it," a tired voice said.
Daniel's ears perked and he glanced behind him. "Errr…hello there. Who are you?"
The boy standing behind him was wearing a simple black shirt and pants, which matched with his black hair and grey eyes. All in all he looked rather plain, and his eyes seemed stuck in a tired state of nearly closing. Yawning, he stretched and then lifted his arm to reveal a duel disk. "My name's Hector. I'm here to challenge the duelist called Krieger Reinhardt."
Krieger gulped. "I'm first?"
"You'll do fine buddy." Ichigo patted his roommate on the back.
"Of course!" Griff patted the other side of Krieger's back.
Taking a deep breath, Krieger shuffled his deck and walked to a better position across from Hector. "Let's do this."
Hector yawned again. "Oh…alright then…"
Hector- 4000
Krieger- 4000
Krieger drew first. "I'll begin with UFO Turtle (1400/1200) in defense mode!" A turtle with a metal body shaped like a flying saucer appeared on the field. "End turn!" ("And when you destroy this monster you'll be in for a surprise.")
Hector yawned again and drew. "I summon Rescue Cat (300/100) in attack mode." A little white kitten with a rescuer's hat on appeared on the field and meowed cutely.
"Rescue…Cat?" Krieger's eyes started to twitch.
Griff, despite the fact that Krieger was his friend, couldn't stop himself. "Does anyone else see the resemblance?"
Adriel snickered…while the rest of the members of the group remained silent.
Hector pointed at the little cat. "I activate the effect of Rescue Cat. By sending it to the graveyard I can special summon two level three or lower beast type monsters from my deck to the field." The little kitten blew into a whistle around its neck and disappeared. The black-haired boy removed two cards from his deck and placed them down. "I summon Ojama Black and Ojama Green in defense mode." A green one-eyed little monster wearing a Speedo and a black huge-nosed creature wearing the same attire appeared on the field. (0/1000X2)
"Ojama?" Krieger blinked a few times at the two creatures.
"Ojama…" Eri snickered. "Appropriate name. Because that is all those kind of creatures are. No attack points, and minimal defense. How this guy got onto the eight who are supposed to face us is beyond me."
Daniel rubbed his chin. He wasn't so quick to judge. ("There was a card…some kind of magic card that harnessed the power of the Ojama monsters.")
Hector slid three cards into his disk lazily. "I set three cards face-down and play Card of Sanctity. Now we both draw until we are holding six cards in our hands." He drew five cards, while Krieger only drew one. "End turn. And at the end phase of my turn my all monsters summoned through the effect of Rescue Cat are destroyed." The two Ojamas made high-pitched screaming noises and blew apart.
Krieger drew. ("He's left himself wide open.") "I switch UFO Turtle into attack mode and summon The Thing in the Crater (1000/1200) to the field in attack mode!" A monster made of pure lava appeared on his field. "Go my monsters, direct attack!" Both monsters launched forwards and slammed into Hector, who crashed to his back. "Then I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Hector- 1600
Krieger- 4000
Hector stood up and brushed himself off. "Ow…that hurt."
"That…was the point." Krieger sighed. "Do you have to be so relaxed about this?"
"Of course. I've got nothing to fear from you." Hector drew. "Let me show you. You've played right into my plans. Reveal face-down Pot of Greed."
"What?" Krieger paled. "You waited to activate Pot of Greed? Why?"
Hector drew two cards. "You'll see. Now I reveal my face-down Dark Factory of Mass Production magic card. This card lets me pick up two normal monsters from my graveyard and add them to my hand." He held up the Ojama Black and Green from before and added them to his hand, giving him eleven cards in his hand total. "Now I play the magic card Polymerization." He held up three cards from his hand. "I fuse together Ojama Black, Green and Yellow together to summon out Ojama King." (0/3000) A huge white Ojama with wearing a crown appeared on the field. "When this card is summoned I may destroy three monster spaces in play." The three open monster spaces on Krieger's disk hummed and darkened, indicating that they couldn't be used. "Next I summon Ojama Green in defense mode." A new single-eyed green little monster appeared on his field. "Along with three face-down cards. End turn."
Krieger frowned and drew. "All you're doing is stalling with these useless monsters. Since I can't summon anything I attack Ojama Green with UFO Turtle!" The metal turtle launched forwards and bit the little screaming monster in half. "End turn."
"At the end phase of your turn I activate the continuous trap card Human-Wave Tactics. This trap card activates whenever a normal monster of level two or lower is destroyed as a result of battle. I may at the end phase of that turn special summon another level two or lower normal monster from my deck the field to replace. And I reveal another Human-Wave Tactics." Picking up two cards from his deck, Hector placed them down. "So I summon Ojama Black and Yellow in defense mode." The third Ojama was yellow with eyes attached to stalks in the same attire as the other Ojamas. "And now my turn begins." He drew.
Daniel's narrowed deeper, while everyone around him was either laughing at the silly Ojamas or snickering at how frustrated Krieger was getting. ("Something about the way his deck is set up…")
After looking at his drawn card, Hector slid it into his disk. "I activate De-Fusion, breaking Ojama King back into his original pieces." The white Ojama blew apart into the Black, Yellow and Green Ojamas. Now he had five Ojamas on his field. "This is nearly your end. Now I activate the magic card Ojama Floor Show. At the end phase of this turn I will discard my hand and draw cards equal to the number of Ojamas in play."
Krieger growled and shook the gathering rage. "Are you out of your mind? What kind of stupid strategy is this?"
"Reveal The Law of the Normal." Hector smiled lazily. "This magic card can only activate if I have five level two or lower normal monsters on my field. Now all cards on both of our fields and hands except for the five normal monsters on my field are sent to the graveyard." There was a bright flash of light and when it was gone there was nothing left in the game but the five Ojama monsters. "End turn." Hector drew five cards.
Everyone had gone silent now.
"The whole field…" Ichigo started.
"Sent to the graveyard…" Eri continued.
"Interesting…" Hitokage rubbed at his chin along with Daniel.
Krieger drew. "You thought to keep me down? No way." He smiled. "I summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon Level 4!" (1600/1000) A metal bird-like dragon the size of a card appeared on his field and screeched. "Partner, attack one of the Ojamas now!"
Horus closed its eyes. ("As you wish partner.") Its eyes snapped open and it sprayed one of the screeching creatures with fire, burning it away.
"During the turn that Horus destroys a monster as a result of battle I may send it to the graveyard during the end phase to special summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon Level 6!" (2300/1600) Horus disappeared in a flash of dark fire and emerged the size of a double-decker bus. "End turn."
Hector drew. "Horus the Black Flame Dragon Level 6 is immune to magic cards. I have the answer to that right here. First I activate the equipment magic card Sword of Lost Souls." A dark-bladed sword fell to the ground in front of the Ojama Black. "This card lets me sacrifice normal monsters on my field to raise the equipped monster's attack points by 1000 apiece." The blade came alive and slashed through the other three Ojamas. Then it picked up the Ojama Black with its energy and hurled itself at Horus, slashing through the Black Flame Dragon and destroying it instantly. (3000/1000)
Hector- 1600
Krieger- 3300
Krieger stared at the spot where Horus had been. ("This is…impossible…")
Hector slid a card into his disk. "Now I activate the magic card Ojama Super Retreat. This card requires I discard my hand. As long as two of the discarded cards are Ojama monsters I shuffle my hand into my deck and draw five new cards. However, my turn ends immediately." Hector did so, now having all of his Ojama monsters back in his deck to use again.
Krieger looked down at his deck, hearing the faint call of Horus from his graveyard. ("I know you're still with me partner. But this guy…he's so…") He drew. "I play Pot of Greed." He drew two cards. "From my hand I play Claws of the Graveyard! This card will destroy one card in play!" The Sword shattered. (0/1000) "Then I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."
Hector drew. "I switch Ojama Black into defense mode. Then I summon another Rescue Cat and use its effect to special summon Ojama Yellow and Green to the field." Now he had one of each of the Ojamas in play. "Also, I set a card face-down and end my turn." Ojama Green and Yellow screamed and exploded.
Krieger drew. "I set one card face-down and flip up Call of the Haunted! This trap card will revive one monster from my graveyard! Return Horus the Black Flame Dragon Level 6!" The silver dragon appeared on the field and screeched. "Attack Ojama Black now!"
Hector pointed at his set card. "I activate Order to Smash! This trap card lets me sacrifice a level two or lower normal monster to destroy two magic or trap cards in play!" Both Call of the Haunted and Krieger's set card blew apart. Letting out a weak cry of pain Horus disappeared.
Krieger trembled and fell to his knees. "End turn…"
Hector drew. "First I activate the magic card Dark Factory of Mass Production." He held up Ojama Green and Yellow from his graveyard, adding both cards to his hand. "Now it's time for you to lose. I play the magic card Field Force. This magic card lets me summon all level two or lower normal monsters in my hand to the field." Ojama Black, Green and Yellow appeared on the field, striking stupid-looking poses as spotlights shown down on them. "Now I set one card face-down and activate Card of Sanctity once more." They both drew six cards.
Krieger looked at his hand and smiled. "Now you're finished."
"I'm not done yet." Hector slid a card into his disk. "Activate Future's Destroyer. During this turn if a card effect would destroy all cards in play it can instead discard all cards from your hand." He pointed at this set card. "Now I activate Ojama Delta Hurricane!"
"Ojama Delta Hurricane?" Everyone exclaimed.
"That's right. This magic card activates when I have Ojama Green, Black and Yellow on the field. Now all cards on your field would be destroyed. Instead though, I'll use Future's Destroyer to discard your whole hand." The three Ojamas struck their poses again and a blast of energy launched across the field to blow all six cards out of Krieger's hand. "Now I discard three cards from my hand to special summon Ojama Final Blaster!" (0/0) A red Ojama wearing a director's hat appeared on the field. "For every Ojama in my graveyard during my next standby phase you will lose 1000 life points."
"But you only have one in your graveyard!" Krieger clenched his fist. ("I can still win…")
"Oh really?" Hector held up the last card in his hand. "I use Polymerization to fuse the three Ojamas into Ojama King!" (0/3000) The huge white Ojama appeared on the field. "Also, Ojama Final Blaster cannot be attacked as long as I have other monsters in play. Since I have four Ojamas in my graveyard, you've lost. End turn."
Krieger slammed his fists into the ground. ("I'm done….aren't I?")
("Partner…believe in our bond.")
("Horus?")
("Please…believe…")
Krieger looked up at the Ojamas. "I'll show you…just what I can do!" He drew. "It's time to finish this for real! I play the magic card Firestorm of Heaven! This magic card requires that I have Horus in the graveyard! Return now!" A pillar of fire shot out of his disk and arched up into the air. The fire formed into Horus, who screeched into the air and then looked down at the Ojama King.
Hector shrugged. "That's not enough."
"We'll see about that! Firestorm of Heaven activate now! Its second effect allows me to activate one magic card from my graveyard!" There was a flash of light from within his graveyard. "And I activate one of the cards you made me discard with Ojama Delta Hurricane! Go Fire Wing Flash!"
"Fire Wing Flash?" Hector stared up in awe as both of Horus' wings lit up with black flame. "What does it do?"
Krieger pointed at the Ojama King. "Horus, attack now! Black Fire Charge!" Horus turned into a glowing fireball of black flame and slammed into the Ojama King right before blowing apart.
Hector- 1600
Krieger- 2600
As sparkles of light fell down around them, Hector smirked. "Your plan failed."
"Actually…" Krieger pointed at the Ojama King, which was shuddering. "Fire Wing Flash can only activate when Horus is on the field. During this turn after Horus battles with a monster it is destroyed regardless of the result. However, after damage calculation and its destruction Horus brings the destroyed monster with him to the graveyard….and its defense is dealt to you in damage." Ojama King exploded into flames, which washed over Hector.
Hector- 0
Krieger- 2600
"Alright Krieger!" Ichigo nearly tackled his roommate. "You did great buddy!"
"Alright!" Griff joined in.
Kenshin smiled and walked past Hector, who was staring at the ground. "Let's be on our way. We have to find the rest of the North School duelists."
Daniel followed, his mind still full of memories.
To be continued…
To wolfy: No, Rikuo does not have a secret stash of alcohol. He prefers to keep his sense about him. As for response three….I have no idea what you tried to say.
To Seeker of the Soul: Meh, even Rikuo wouldn't hurt the Principal. He might throw stuff at him, but no real injuries would be sustained.
To Star: He may be. Not sure if I want to use him or not.
To Raine: Nope, they will be announced as I get to them.
To Bobbomp: Err….okay.
To Anime Albino: --; No, he doesn't.
To Lance Murdock: Expect to see Davis in action again soon.
To Rex: No orders at all. Keep reading I guess.
To Darkstar: Glad you enjoyed your break.
To Hogwarts-Knight: No, he's one of the Duelist Academy top eight.
To Adriel: Kenshin isn't that volatile though.
To The Obsessive Zero Fan: No comment
To Void Templar: I see you're a reviewer for me now. Welcome to the reviewer family.
To Just a Dude: You are the fiftieth to tell me that. I know, I know! But it also can means other stuff too.
To Mario: Perhaps I did, perhaps I didn't.