Disclaimer: No I do not own Yugioh.
Legends of the Demon Duelist-Rival School Arc
Chapter 11: Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
"Principal, they've defeated two of the Extraordinary Eight already."
"Of course they did. They are very skilled." The Principal of North School ran his hands through his hair. "Continue to watch their movements." He looked down the mountain to an old theater in the middle of the forest. ("I hope you're enjoying the walk down memory road, Pilkington.")
"Are we going to stop like this every hour or so?" Kenshin sighed as Daniel held up his hand again.
The half wolf demon looked up at the old abandoned theater in front of them. "Sorry…this island and I have some memories."
Deondre looked at his duel disk and frowned. "We had better. I'm getting really annoyed with this. The whole first day I had to sit on the sidelines. I am going to play in the next duel." He marched right up to the double doors of the old rustic theater and knocked. "Anyone home?" When no one answered he kicked the doors a couple of times. "Open up!" Again no answer came. "You've got until the count of three to open the doors! One...two...three!" He braced his shoulder and charged at the door. Right before he got to it though a trap door opened right underneath him. To everyone watching it seemed like he had simply disappeared into thin air.
By the time Daniel's memory had ended everyone was already heading inside. "Hey! Hang on a second you guys!"
"This place doesn't seem all that special to me. I mean…besides looking like it is about to fall apart, it doesn't seem all that special." Ichigo kicked a chair into the air and then kicked it against a wall on its way down.
Hitokage frowned and walked into the actual theater itself, leaving the others in the lobby. ("Something is here…") He wasn't the slightest bit surprised when the doors behind him slammed shut and a thunderous slam was heard as a heavy steel door fell over the double doors. ("A trap hmm?") The blond-haired walked towards the stage. "Show yourself then."
A howl echoed across the cavernous room and someone dropped down onto the stage from the rafters. They threw back their head and howled again.
"Yes, I'm sure that you're scary." Hitokage stepped onto the stage, his duel disk already out. "Let's get this over with."
The spotlights flashed on to reveal a boy of about the same age as Hitokage. He had a huge mass of black hair that hung down over his shoulders and back. Slowly he opened his eyes to reveal a cold grey color to them. Something about him radiated danger to Hitokage's senses. "You are my opponent? Then you will die…for I am Feral."
Feral- 4000
Hitokage- 4000
Hitokage glanced down at his legs as metal shackles exploded out of the ground and latched onto his ankles. "And this is?"
"Life points reach zero…death." Feral pointed up to ametal sword, which was wired to spring launchers that were pointed at the blond-haired boy.
Hitokage drew calmly. "Oh, is that all?" He looked at his hand and then up at his opponent. "Then I had best start defensively until I know your strategy. So I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
Feral drew. "One monster in defense. End." A face-down horizontal appeared on his field.
Hitokage frowned and drew. "A man of few words hmm? That's fine." He slapped a card onto his disk. "I summon Soul Reaver (1000/1500) in attack mode." An ethereal humanoid appeared on his field. "When this monster destroys a monster as a result of battle you take the destroyed monsters attack in damage. Also, I flip up Malice Doll of Demise!" (1600/1700) A wooden doll holding an axe appeared on the field and cackled. "Soul Reaver, attack the defense mode monster! Soul Sword!" The ethereal warrior created a sword from the light around it and slashed through the set card.
Feral- 3000
Hitokage- 4000
Feral held up his destroyed card. "Hyena (1000/300) special ability…special summon two more." A pair of grey dog-like creatures appeared on the field in crouching positions. (1000/300X2)
Hitokage pointed at one of them. "Attack." The Malice Doll threw its axe and slashed the monster apart. "End turn."
Feral drew. "Magic card Premature Burial. 800 life points…special summon Hyena." There was a flash of light from his graveyard and his Hyena reappeared on the field.
Feral- 2200
Hitokage- 4000
Hitokage narrowed his eyes. ("If he suicides it into my Soul Reaver he will lose another 1000 life points.")
Feral held up another card. "Magic card Wild Nature's Release. Beast defense transfer to attack." Energy flowed through the Hyena as its attack leapt up. (1300/0) "Attack Soul Reaver!" The dog leapt across the field and passed through the ethereal being, dissipating it.
Feral- 2200
Hitokage- 3700
"You wasted two magic cards just to do that? Not very clever…" Hitokage held up the five cards in his hand. "Perhaps you must learn about resource management?"
Feral slid a card into his disk. "Set one card face-down. Activate Emergency Provisions. Sacrifice Premature Burial and set card." Both of his magic/trap cards faded. "2000 life point gain." The Hyena faded away as well, leaving only one of the grey dogs in defense mode. "Activate Fissure. Destroy lowest attack monster on enemy field." A hole opened up the ground and pulled the Malice Doll out of sight. "End turn."
Feral- 4200
Hitokage- 3700
Hitokage drew. "I summon Hell Sloth (1800/1500) in attack mode." There was an explosion of sand from his field that quickly formed into a white and purple robed reaper. "Attack the Hyena." It leapt forward and slashed the beast apart. "End turn."
Feral drew. "Summon Pitch-Black Werewolf (1600/600) in attack mode." A black-furred humanoid wolf appeared on the field and lifted its sword, snarling at the Hell. Its only reply was an echoing cackle as the reaper lifted its scythe up into the air. "Equipment magic card Wild Axe." A huge primitive axe appeared in the Werewolf's hands in place of its sword. "Attack up by 1000, and enemy cannot activate traps." (2600/600) "Berserk Attack!" The Werewolf lunged forwards, dragging the blade of the axe along the ground until it reached its target. Then it snapped up the axe blade and slashed the Reaper down the middle. It shuddered and then turned back into sand right before it collapsed. "End turn."
Feral- 4200
Hitokage- 3100
Hitokage drew. "You can Topdeck, but that won't win this duel for you. I activate the continuous magic card Hell Chessboard!" The ground around them lifted up as it turned into a huge chessboard. "As long as this card is in play all Hell Chess Pieces gain 1000 defense points and 500 extra attack points! Go Hell Chess Piece-Rook!" (1600/2800) A huge ornate chess piece representing a rook appeared on his field. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Feral drew. "Summon Pitch-Black Werewolf. End turn." Another of the black-furred werewolves appeared on the field alongside its kin.
Hitokage drew. "End turn."
Feral drew. "End."
Hitokage drew. ("I can stall much longer than you can.") "End turn."
Feral drew. "End."
Hitokage drew. "From my hand I activate the ritual magic card Opening the Gate to the Demon World!" A pillar of red and orange light fell down onto the field. "I offer Hell Chess Piece-Rook and four level stars worth of monsters from my hand. Though I have to sacrifice eight level stars and that is only seven, I also sacrifice the magic card Dark Tribute. This card counts as a monster of four stars, so now I call out the ultimate swordsman of the demon world!" A spiky white-haired young man in a blue coat with a katana at his side appeared on the field. "Legendary Demon Swordsman Vergil!" (2800/2600)
"Attack the axe-wielding Werewolf now!" Vergil lifted his sheathed sword…and then snapped it out, swinging the weapon around in a nearly impossible to follow attack pattern. Then he inserted the weapon nearly all of the way back into its sheath…and smirked. With a click it went all the way in, and the Werewolf exploded. And he did all this without moving a single step forward. "End turn."
Feral- 4000
Hitokage- 3100
Feral drew. "Powerful warrior…but not powerful enough."
"Oh?" Hitokage narrowed his eyes, as did Vergil.
Feral placed a card onto his disk. "Summon Lycanthrope." A man wearing only a pair of brown pants appeared on the field. (400/400) "Field magic card Full Moon activate." Above them the rafters were replaced by a starry sky, with a huge full moon hanging above them. "While on field all Beast and Beast Warrior gain 600." (2200/600)
The Lycanthrope shuddered and fell to his knees. His body swelled in size, and fur began to sprout all over him.
Hitokage frowned. ("I don't like where this is going.")
Slowly the Lycanthrope stood up, now a huge humanoid grey wolf wearing the tattered remains of its pants. Snarling, it flexed its claws and growled at Vergil. (3000/2400)
Feral pointed at his monster. "Lycanthrope special ability increases attack and defense by 2000 when Full Moon in play. Type becomes Beast Warrior. Attack Vergil!" The wolf monster howled and leapt forwards, slashing through the Swordsman and blowing him apart. "Pitch-Black Werewolf attack." The other wolf monster launched forwards and slashed its sword against Hitokage's shoulder. "End turn."
Feral- 4000
Hitokage- 1300
Hitokage dropped to one knee and shuddered in pain. ("Powerful…and I cannot use my traps to defend myself.")
Feral flexed his muscles, which were now pushing against his coat. "You are no match for Feral."
"We'll see about that." Hitokage drew. "I summon Hell Chess Piece-Knight!" (2500/2600) A huge stone statue of a knight chess piece appeared on the field. "I attack your Pitch-Black Werewolf!" The statue released a blast of energy from its eyes that blew the monster away. "However, Knight cannot deal damage to life points. End turn."
Feral drew. "Dark Wolf (2000/1200) in attack mode." A dark-furred normal wolf appeared on the field. "Special ability…negate magic cards targeting Beast and Beast-Warriors." The Lycanthrope leapt through the air, its claws out to slash through the Hell Chess Piece and open up Hitokage's life points up for attack.
"Reveal Dark Tower's Defense!" Hitokage's face-down card flipped up. "This trap card lets me discard the top two cards of my deck to negate an attack." He did so and passively watched as a barrier of dark energy sprang up to block the Lycanthrope's attack.
Feral growled, revealing a pair of elongated canine teeth. "End!"
Hitokage drew. "I play the magic card Sacrifice to the Tower! This card increases my life points by 1000 every time a monster is destroyed during this turn. Now I discard one card from my hand to activate the magic card Evil Hurricane!" A blast of black wind slammed down onto the field. "All non-demon and undead monsters will now be destroyed!" Both of Feral's wolf monsters were destroyed. "End turn."
Feral- 4000
Hitokage- 3300
Feral clenched his fists, drawing blood from his palms. His eyes shimmered red in the false night of his field card. Slowly he drew the top card off of his deck. "Bazoo the Soul Eater!" (2100/900) A purple baboon appeared on his field. "Special ability, remove three Hyenas and increase attack by 900!" Energy flowed from his graveyard into the ape. (3000/900) "Destroy!" Howling, the baboon punched the Hell Chess Piece and blew it apart. "End turn."
Feral- 4000
Hitokage- 2800
Brushing his coat off, Hitokage drew. "So…you're not a demon are you?"
Feral snarled deeper.
"You're an actual werewolf…interesting." The jade-eyed boy threw his new card onto his disk. "I summon Hell Chess Piece-King!" (2500/2500) A huge stone statue shaped like the bust of a great king appeared on the field. "This card gains 200 attack points for every Hell Chess Piece in my graveyard. In total there are three." (3100/2500) "Go King!" The eyes of the bust lit up and Bazoo blew apart. "End turn."
Feral- 3900
Hitokage- 2800
Feral drew. "Cat's Ear Tribe." (700/100) A trio of little cats appeared on the field. "End turn."
Hitokage drew. ("The ability of those monsters turns the attack of any monster that attacks them to 200.") "I summon Hell Pride (1000/1200) in defense mode!" A burst of sand exploded out of the ground and formed into a black-robed reaper in a crouching position. "End turn."
Feral drew. "Sacrifice Cat's Ear Tribe for Big-Tusked Mammoth!" (2600/1000) A huge purple mammoth appeared in play and trumpeted its arrival. "Equipment magic card Wild Axe!" A primitive axe appeared strapped across the back of the monster. (3600/1000) "Attack King!"
Hitokage braced himself as the most powerful of his Hell Chess Pieces was tackled and blown into dust.
Feral- 3900
Hitokage- 2300
Feral met Hitokage's eyes. "End."
Hitokage held his gaze to his opponent's and drew. "During my standby phase Hell Pride deals 200 life points of damage to you for every Hell in my graveyard." The reaper cackled and energy flowed from its scythe into Feral, who barely acknowledged that he was being damaged.
Feral- 3500
Hitokage- 2300
Hitokage looked at his drawn card and sucked in his breath. "End turn."
Feral drew. "Continuous magic card Bite of the Lycanthrope. When damage is dealt to a monster or player, that target is turned into a Lycanthrope. Also, any monsters affected obey me. Big-Tusked Mammoth!" The huge mammoth trumpeted and charged across the field, spearing the Hell on one of its tusks. Kicking feebly, the reaper dispersed into sand. "End turn." Seconds later the Hell Pride appeared on his field, energy liming its form. (1600/1200)
Hitokage drew. "I activate Monster Reborn on Legendary Demon Swordsman Vergil!" There was a flash of the light and the warrior reappeared in play. "Attack Hell Pride!"
Feral pointed at his Mammoth. "Big-Tusked Mammoth special ability activates. Enemy monsters cannot attack during turn summoned."
Hitokage grimaced and slid a card from his hand into his disk. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Feral drew. "Continuous magic card Beast's Blood. When Beast or Beast-Warrior deals damage life points increase." He pointed at Vergil. "Attack Mammoth!"
Hitokage pointed at his set card. "I reveal the quickplay magic card Magical Energy Purge! This card will destroy all face-up magic cards in play!" There was a burst of energy that blew out of the card. When it was done the two of them were standing on the normal stage again. Vergil closed his eyes and shivered for a few moments. "When there are no magic cards face-up on the field, Vergil's attack and defense points drop by 800." (2000/1800)
Feral growled as Hell Pride shuddered and turned into sand again. "End turn." (2000/1000)
Hitokage drew. "Believe it or not…I am truly impressed. Your spirit is strong, as is your heart. Now though, this duel must end."
Feral frowned. "What?"
Hitokage threw a card down onto his disk. "I summon Legendary Demon Slayer Dante!" (1500/1200) A twin of Vergil's appeared on the field. The only difference was that his hair was down, and he smirked teasingly at his brother. Vergil frowned and looked away. "When Dante is summoned I may activate one equipment magic card from my deck and equip it to him. My choice is Rebellion!" An ornate sword with a crosspiece that looked like a devil's face fell from the sky and slammed into the floorboards. Dante reached over and pulled the weapon out of the ground. "This card raises Dante's attack power by 1000!" (2500/1200) "And because there is now a magic card in play, Vergil's attack points increase!" (2800/2600)
Both brothers lifted their weapons.
Feral frowned distastefully. "Attack points aren't enough."
"Actually…when both of these brothers are in play on the same side their attack points both rise by 1000!" (3500/1200) (3800/2600)
Dante leapt impossibly high into the air and slashed the Mammoth right down the middle. Vergil leapt right over his brother's head and slashed his katana through Feral's midsection. He landed on the other side of the werewolf and slowly sheathed the weapon. When the blade was fully sheathed, Feral collapsed to his knees.
Feral- 0
Hitokage- 2300
Hitokage watched as his monsters faded away. The metal door rolled away and the rest of the people he had come with all crashed into the room as their support disappeared. "Let's keep moving."
"Wait!" Feral stood up. "I come with you."
Hitokage stepped off of the stage. "I don't want a pet. Unlike Eri I keep what I like to myself."
The ex-demoness growled at him. If she had her demon strength at that moment she would have thrown a chair at the boy.
"No." Feral discarded his North School coat. "Feral follows pack leader."
"Pack leader?" Everyone echoed at once.
To be continued…
Added Disclaimer: No, I do not own Devil May Cry 3 either.
To Vyser: Sorry, but I've got all the duelists I'll need. You can still send them in if you wish to though.
To Rex: The problem is that there is no right cards. Ojamas are not made to deal damage.
To falcon demon general: Ah yes, Cyber Commander. A very good story writer, and he uses much more real-world content then I do.
To Voidtemplar: Three unknowns remaining.
To Grisham: Meh. That was an alright description.
To G.O.T. Nick: BTW, you have my permission to use any of my Dark Scorpion cards if you wish. Anyone else would have to ask, but since they are your territory I give them to you as gifts.
To Gryphinwyrm: Of course it isn't a coincidence.
To Dais: Okay then.
To Adriel:Also silent:
To Nanashi Minimino: He might be.
To wolfy: You would run Deondre's deck by using cards that deal with the removed from play pile. Ahran is inside Ichigo's head, and unlike Rikuo he isn't quite so strong spiritually. Staying out for too long is draining on his strength. No, Rikuo is back to normal but he returned home.
To queenofgames: No thanks needed.
To Bobbomp: You have a problem with Dark Scorpions?
To Anime Albino: My word processor didn't like 'a nobody'.
To Seeker of the Soul: Oh, it isn't Garlin. Don't worry, I swear on my life it isn't a Sestros spawn either.
To Star: Then my message didn't apply to you.
To Raine Vindicare: And you ask questions I will not answer.