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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Rival School Arc
Chapter 14: Battle of the Opposing Rivals
The lobby of the castle was nearly empty. Except for person standing right in front of the elevator.
"Hey look everybody, it's a washed up has been!" Ichigo grinned playfully. "How have you been Richard?"
The blond-haired boy, still wearing his black jump-suit, glared at the half demon. "Shut up Pilkington. I'm here to close your mouth once and for all."
Ichigo shook his head. "I'll play you any other time, but I have to end a little something I have with your boss."
"Vincent is not my boss. He's nothing but a foolish loser. Just like you." Richard held up his disk, which was already in place.
Adriel stepped forward. "There're only three of us left. So that means that it's my turn to duel." His disk clicked into place. "Let's begin."
Richard- 4000
Adriel- 4000
Adriel drew. "I'm first! One monster in defense and I end my turn."
Richard drew. "Prepare for the power of the true spies! Polar Beast-South (1500/1000) in attack mode!" A mechanical red animal appeared on his field "Destroy the set monster!" It opened its jaws and blew the set monster apart with a blast of magnetic force.
Adriel held up the card. "Masked Dragon's special ability lets me special summon one dragon from my deck with 1500 or less attack points! Go Doom Dragon level three!" (1200/900) A short black dragon appeared on the field in a crouching position.
Richard snickered and held up a card he had removed from his deck. "When Polar Beast-South destroys a monster on the field, it special summons Polar Beast-North (1500/1000) to the field!" A blue mechanical beast appeared on the field. "Blast the dragon!" It opened its jaws and struck the dragon with a shockwave of magnetic force that blew it apart. "Also, I set three cards face-down. End turn."
Adriel drew. "I'm not done yet! Go Luster Dragon!" (1900/1600) A sapphire-covered dragon appeared on the field. "Go double Stamping Destruction!" Two magic cards appeared on his field. "Now I destroy two magic or trap cards in play and deal you 1000 life points of damage!"
Richard pointed at one of the targeted cards. "Activate Rise to Heaven! This trap card works only if I have two or more light monsters in play. Now I sacrifice these two monsters and normal summon a light monster from my deck that requires two sacrifices!" Both Polar Beasts disappeared. "Since I have no such monster, I choose to summon a single sacrifice! Go Divine Agent-Void Dragon!" (2000/1500) A black mechanical dragon appeared on the field and roared at the Luster Dragon.
Richard- 3000
Adriel- 4000
Adriel looked at his hand. "I set one card face-down. End turn."
Richard drew…and smiled. "I love good timing! Reveal face-down trap card! Go Rise of Divinity! This card lets me take two light monsters from my graveyard and add them to my hand." He held up the two Polar Beasts. "Now I play the field magic card Fusion Gate! By removing these two retrieved monsters I can special summon Polar Dragon!" (2000/3000) A huge metal dragon appeared on the field and roared at the Luster Dragon. "This duel is getting close to done already."
Adriel smiled slightly. "You're not even close to right."
"Go Void Dragon!" The metal dragon sprayed the Luster Dragon with a strange white dust and it faded away. "When this monster destroys a monster that monster is removed from the game!"
Richard- 3000
Adriel- 3900
Adriel pointed at his set card. "Reveal Dragon's Never-ending Hatred! This card lets me discard a card from my hand when a dragon is destroyed as a result of battle to special summon a dragon from my graveyard!" He discarded a card and his Masked Dragon reappeared on the field in a crouching position.
Richard pointed at the dragon. "Polar Dragon, destroy it!" The metal monster blew the red and white dragon away with a single blast of energy. "End turn."
Adriel caught a card spat out of his deck. "When destroyed I use Masked Dragon's effect to special summon Doom Dragon Level Three!" Another small black dragon appeared on the field. "I draw!" He snapped the top card off of his deck. "During my standby phase Doom Dragon levels up to Five!" (2200/1900) The little dragon grew in size, now towering over the other two monsters.
"Now I play Dragon's Stash. This card can only activate if I have at least three dragons in the graveyard and one dragon in play. Now I draw two cards." He drew twice. "Doom Dragon, attack Polar Dragon! Doom Spikes!" A storm of needles exploded out of the dragon's body and pummeled the dragon mercilessly, blowing it apart.
Richard- 2800
Adriel- 3900
Adriel held up another card. "Now I activate Stamping Destruction number three!" Fusion Gate was spat out of Richard's disk. "Also, I set a monster face-down and a card face-down. End turn."
Richard- 2300
Adriel- 3900
Richard quickly recovered from the shock and drew. "First I play Heavy Storm!" A burst of wind washed over the set card and blew it apart. "Now I play the magic card Spirit of the Divine Agents! This card destroys one monster on the field!" Doom Dragon roared and exploded. "Go Void Dragon!" The metal dragon sprayed the set monster with white dust and it faded away. "End turn."
Adriel drew. ("No cards in play…and this is my only chance.") "One card face-down. End turn."
Ichigo frowned as he watched the two duelists attack each other furiously. ("Richard is still as tough as I remember him. Adriel…be careful.")
Richard drew. "Go Void Dragon!" The dragon opened its jaws to attack.
"Reveal Bahamut's Command! All monsters with Dragon in their title cannot attack during this turn!" Adriel wiped a single drop of sweat away as the Void Dragon stopped and closed its jaws.
Richard set a monster onto his disk. "One monster face-down and I end my turn."
Adriel drew. "I play Pot of Greed!" He drew twice. "Now I summon Twin-Headed Behemoth (1500/1200) in attack mode!" A twin-headed dragon appeared on the field. "Also, I equip it with Dragon's Life Force! This card can only be used on a dragon monster. That creature gains 700 attack points and when it destroys a monster as a result of battle one dragon monster from my graveyard with 1500 or less attack points will be special summoned!" (2200/1200) The Twin-Headed Behemoth released two bursts of fire that blew the Void Dragon away. And the red and white form of a Masked Dragon appeared on Adriel's field. "Dragon's Fireball!" The dragon blasted the set card with flame.
Richard- 2300
Adriel- 3500
Richard snickered as a white and golden robot bear was revealed from his face-down card. "Thunder Bear (1300/1800) when flipped up lets me search my deck for a Divine Agent and place it into my hand." He caught a card spat out of his deck and added it to his hand.
Then he drew. "I'm done letting you think that you can win. I sacrifice Thunder Bear for Divine Agent-Master of Ceremony!" (1900/1200) A gold-robed bearded old man appeared on the field. "When this card is sacrifice summoned I take one Divine Agent from my deck and add it to my hand." He held up a card that he had already removed from his deck before-hand. "Divine Agent-Soldier (1600/1500) and the Divine Agent-Betrayer (1350/1700) in my hand…shall now create the mighty leader of it all!"
Adriel blinked in surprise. "The leader of it all?"
Richard held up the last card in his hand besides his two monsters. "I activate Balance Fusion! This card will only work if I have a monster in play. It can fuse two monsters in my hand together to create their fusion with 500 extra attack points!" The two monsters in his hand disappeared. And on his field an armored white-haired man with a scar over one eye appeared on the field. "Divine Agent-Solidus!" (2500/1500) "Attack Twin-Headed Behemoth now!" He leapt forwards and punched the two-headed dragon, blowing it apart.
Richard- 2300
Adriel- 3200
Adriel slid the card into his graveyard and then it was spat right back out. "When destroyed I return Twin-Headed Behemoth once with 1000 attack and defense!" The dragon reappeared on the field in a crouching position, but this time with only one head. (1000/1000)
Richard pointed at the Masked Dragon. "Master of Ceremony! Holy Magic!" Lifting his staff, the old man hummed a few meaningless notes and the dragon exploded.
Richard- 2300
Adriel- 2700
Adriel removed a card from his deck. "I special summon Child of the Grand!" (1000/1000) A small gold-colored dragon hatchling appeared on the field. "Now it's my turn!" He drew. "End turn."
Richard drew. "Divine Agent-Golden Mage!" (900/1400) A gold-robed spellcaster appeared on the field. "Now I attack with Master of Ceremony! Holy Magic!" The spellcaster hummed a few more words and Child of the Grand blew apart.
Adriel caught a card from his deck and threw it down. "When destroyed as a result of battle Child of the Grand lets me special summon Grand Emperor Dragon (2000/2500) from my deck or hand to the field!" The gold and silver dragon of legend appeared on the field in a crouching position.
Richard pointed at the Grand Emperor. "I know what it does! Go Solidus!" The white-haired warrior leapt forward and punched the dragon. It shuddered and blew apart. "Solidus can defeat a monster that has the same defense as he does! And whenever a monster on your field is destroyed Golden Mage gains 200 attack points!" (1300/1400) "Magical Blaster!" The spellcaster lifted its hands and released a beam of energy that hit the crouching Twin-Headed Behemoth and blew it apart. "End turn."
Adriel paled visibly. ("He's like a steam-roller…he just runs over everything in his path!") He drew. "I play Monster Reborn! Return Grand Emperor Dragon to the field in attack mode!" The dragon appeared once more and hissed, the sound like crystals falling on top of each other. "Also, I summon Dragon Nursemaid!" (1500/1200) A dragon colored soothing shades of blue and pink appeared on the field. "When a dragon is summoned, Grand Emperor Dragon gains 500 attack points!" (2500/2500)
"Solar Stream!" The Grand Emperor Dragon roared and blasted the Master of Ceremony away with a burst of solar energy. "Nursemaid, attack Golden Mage now!" The dragon shot a big pink heart out of its mouth that hit the Golden Mage and blew it apart. "When it destroys a monster as a result of battle I add one dragon from my graveyard or deck with 1000 or less attack points from to my hand!" He held up Pitch-Dark Dragon, which he had removed from his deck. (900/600) "End turn."
Richard- 1500
Adriel- 2700
Richard drew. "Keep struggling, but it will do no good. How can you beat the true rival of the one who has beaten you so many times? Go Divine Agent-Safety Dragon!" (2400/1200) A red and yellow robot dragon with a red siren on its head appeared on the field. "This monster cannot attack directly or deal life point damage! Attack Dragon Nursemaid!" It opened its jaws and hit the female dragon with a burst of energy that blew it apart. "Now I attack with Solidus!" The leader of the Divine Agents launched forwards and punched the Grand Emperor Dragon right in the snout, blowing it apart. "Since it cannot be destroyed in battle, you're out of luck. End turn."
Adriel barely heard those words. He felt drained already. ("I've pushed myself and my deck to its limits, but to no avail. He just won't fall…")
"I will be the one to destroy Pilkington, and then I will tear his false spies apart one by one and spread the pieces to the wind. No one else with beat me to this goal. So surrender, and go home knowing that you can never defeat me." Richard's voice was even, and not in the slightest way mocking.
Adriel growled and stood up. "The only one who will defeat Ichigo Pilkington is me! It's my turn now draw!" He snapped the top card off of his deck. "I activate Portal to the realm of the Lord of Judgment!" He slid Pitch-Dark Dragon into his graveyard. "Now I special summon one dragon from my deck to the field! Go Drill Dragon!" (2600/1000) An orange dragon with drills all over its body appeared on the field.
Richard stepped back slightly. "So what?"
Adriel pointed at Solidus. "Attack now! Drill Bit Charge!" All of the drills on the dragons body spun to life and it brought all of the weapons down on Solidus, but to no avail. The warrior lifted his armored forearms and blocked the attacks. Sparks sprayed down across the room from the friction of the two nearly unbreakable substances hitting each other.
Richard sneered. "Solidus cannot lose!"
Adriel pointed at the Drill Dragon. "You've lost. Drill Dragon's special ability activates if it fails in its attack. All damage that might be caused from that attack is now zero…and it attacks again, but this time it attacks directly!" The drills along the dragon's body exploded outwards and slammed down around Richard, exploding like bombs.
Richard-0
Adriel- 2700
Richard shuddered and fell to his knees. "Damn…you…Pilkington is mine…"
Adriel narrowed his eyes. "No. He is mine." Turning, the half dragon demon motioned to the elevator, which was now open. "Eri…Ichigo…go."
Eri nodded and followed Ichigo as they stepped onto the elevator.
Ichigo closed his eyes. ("There's no coming back from this…it's all or nothing. Vincent, I'm coming for you!")
To be continued…
To G.O.T. Nick: As that is left is Vincent and Nevan. And of course the Principal will most likely need to be dealt with.
To Gryphinwyrm7: I'm sure he'll be glad to know that.
To Grisham: Yes they were.
To falcon demon general: It isn't writers block. I just didn't feel well.
To Just a Dude: He's….used that combo twice so far. Once against Davis and once against Hitokage.
To Seeker of the Soul: Who knows, this might just be a short arc. After all, the KC Grand Prix arc isn't anything world-threatening, just a tournament. And it was still plenty fun.
To Raine: Not a problem. I'm hard to offend unless you say something without explaining the why behind it.
To john: Okay…..you're the only reviewer I ever have felt the need to yell at. You've said a lot of unintelligent things during this meet….and this one just broke it for me. No. Alfred has one Tiny Pound Hammer in his whole deck. It shuffles itself back into his deck when used…so he getting the same card….
To Bobbomp: Flags up indeed.
To Anime Albino: How about we assume that we both were being sarcastic in our next posts and leave it at that.
To Erestor Telemnar: Have you ever tried running an XYZ deck? It's hard enough getting all three pieces onto the field and keeping them there long enough. Now imagine having ten different cards that fuse together….and try making that into a playable deck. And considering that Kenshin's knights are speed attackers, he didn't stand much of a chance. However, he is better than he appeared in that duel.
To Void Templar: Thank you.
To Dais: You spelled it right. And no, just R-Z.
To Rex: Okay, it isn't worth arguing over.
To Neo Arkadia: Thank you for saying that the Hero vs. Evil duel was good. I very much liked it because I like both decks so much.
To Adriel: Hey, you never know.