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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Rival School Arc
Chapter 21: The test continued
Ichigo pointed at Rikuo. "Cyber Shadow Cutter shares the effect of Flame Wingman. When he destroys a monster as a result of battle you take the destroyed monster's attack in damage!"
Rikuo opened his eyes just in time to feel a chainsaw bite into his shoulder. For a few moments he actually stumbled, but then he quickly caught his balance.
Eri- 600
Daniel- 2300
Ichigo- 5000
Rikuo- 3100
Everyone in the stands sat speechless. No one, even Daniel, had ever seen someone speak like that to Rikuo.
The wolf demon literally roared this time. "I'll tear you apart!"
Ichigo closed his eyes. "Come. Bring your best."
"It's my turn now…" Rikuo drew slowly. "DRAW!"
The wolf demon looked at the drawn card and then at the monsters in play. His rage cooled down instantly. ("I have no cards in my hand that possess the power to overcome his monster.") His eyes flicked over to his physical avatar. ("Wolf Demon Lord's special ability makes all battle damage I take from its death equal zero. However…") "Wolf Demon Lord switches to defense mode." The humanoid wolf sheathed its sword and slid into a crouching position. "Also, I set two cards face-down and summon Kuriboh (300/200) in defense mode." A little brown furball appeared on his field next to the Wolf Demon Lord. "End turn."
Eri drew. ("In my current situation Mr. Pilkington's Flame Wingman will destroy me.") "I set one card face-down. End turn."
Daniel drew. "Flame Wingman, attack her life points directly!"
"Reverse card open!" Eri pointed at her set card and it flipped up. "Hallowed Life Barrier lets me discard one card from my hand to negate all life point damage to me this turn!" A glowing barrier of light sprang up and negated the attack instantly.
Daniel chuckled. "Alright, end turn then."
Ichigo drew. ("I have only one option in front of me.") "Cutter, attack Wolf Demon Lord!" The warrior snapped its weapon in an insane arc, cutting into the humanoid wolf.
Rikuo pointed at one of his set cards. "Activate Trap Reflector! This trap card lets me take one trap card from my opponent's graveyard and activate it!" He held up a card that shimmered into his hand. "Hope of the Fallen lets me gain life points equal to the attack strength of a monster that is destroyed as a result of battle."
Eri- 600
Daniel- 2300
Ichigo- 5000
Rikuo- 5500
Ichigo growled and pointed at Rikuo. "When Cutter destroys a monster as a result of battle you take its attack in damage!" The warrior launched forwards and slammed the chainsaw down onto the wolf demon's shoulder, sending him to his knees.
Eri- 600
Daniel- 2300
Ichigo- 5000
Rikuo- 3100
Glancing at the drawn card, Ichigo narrowed his eyes. "End turn."
Rikuo drew. "From my hand I activate Card of Demise! This card lets me draw until I have five cards into my hand!" He snapped five cards off of his deck and fanned them out. ("Damn it…there's no way for me to overpower that warrior on his field. However…") He smirked slightly. "From my hand I activate the continuous magic card Hall of Mirrors!" A card appeared behind his Kuriboh. "This card works when I summon monsters to the field. They gain five counters on them. When they would be destroyed as a result of battle a counter is removed instead. If Hall of Mirrors is destroyed then all monsters on my field dies."
His current face-down card flipped up. "Multiply sends Kuriboh to the graveyard to let me special summon as many Kuriboh Tokens (300/200) as I can!" The little furball disappeared and five new ones took its place. Then each of the five became surrounded by five copies of themselves.
"Also, I play the magic card Trap Searcher!" A magic card appeared on the field with a picture of Jinzo looking through an old treasure chest. "By discarding one card from my hand I can take one trap card from my deck and add it to my hand. This card cannot be set until my next turn." He held up a card. "Ring of Destruction." Inserting the card into his hand, he pointed at Ichigo. "End turn!"
Eri looked down at her deck. ("I have no cards in hand and no cards in play. Yet I thought I was playing this duel the most conservatively….") She drew and gasped at the card. ("This card will help…but…") She closed her eyes and slid it into her disk. "I activate the magic card Touch of the Dark Thief. This magic card allows me to declare one card name. If that is card is in your hand then I may place that card into my hand." She pointed at Rikuo. "Ring of Destruction!" The card disappeared out of the wolf demon's hand and appeared in hers. "I set one card face-down." She slid the Ring of Destruction into her disk.
Ichigo stared at the demoness. "Eri…what are you doing?"
"I have no choice in the matter. If I'm leaving this duel then I'll take your father down some of the way with me. End turn!"
Daniel paled and slid the top card off of his deck. "It's…"
Eri pointed at her set card. "Go Ring of Destruction!" A metal ring surrounded by grenades appeared around the throat of Flame Wingman. "This trap card destroys one monster in play and deals its attack points in damage to both of us!" There was an echoing click and both duelists disappeared in a flash of smoke and fire.
Eri- 0
Daniel- 200
Ichigo- 5000
Rikuo- 3100
As the smoke cleared Eri was revealed standing outside of the arena. "Ichigo…I'm…"
Daniel frowned and slapped a card down. "I summon Elemental Hero Wildman (1500/1600) in defense mode!" A brown-skinned man wearing only a loincloth with a sword over its shoulder appeared on the field in a crouching position. "Also, I set two cards face-down and end my turn!"
Ichigo was already back in the game. ("I can't let myself get distracted!") "Draw!" He drew the top card off of his deck. "Cutter, attack Wildman!" The warrior launched forwards and slashed the chainsaw blade through the warrior. "Now you lose 1500…"
"Reverse cards open!" Daniel pointed at Eri's duel disk. "Mechanical Magic Mirror lets me take one magic card from an opponent's graveyard and activate it for myself! Go Golden Ointment!" Golden light shimmered over him right before the chainsaw blade bit into his arm. "So I gain 2000 life points and Rikuo draws a card."
Rikuo drew slowly and inserted the card into his hand. "Thanks."
Eri- 0
Daniel- 700
Ichigo- 5000
Rikuo- 3100
Daniel smirked. "The other card was Hero Signal. When a monster is destroyed as a result of battle I can special summon one level four or lower Elemental Hero from my deck to the field!" He removed a card from his deck and threw it down. "Go Elemental Hero Necro Darkman!" (1300/1800) A red-skinned warrior covered in bone armor appeared on the field in a crouching position.
Ichigo frowned and placed a card face-down onto his disk. "I set one monster face-down and a card face-down. End turn."
Rikuo drew. ("Four cards….and still no method to deal with Cutter.") "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Daniel drew. ("If he attacks with Cutter I'll lose…") "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Ichigo drew. "Go Cutter, attack dad's Elemental Hero!"
Daniel pointed at his face-down card. "I activate my own Trap Reflector! I use its power to activate Pikeru's Circle of Enchantment!" A glowing circle of light appeared around him as his monster was slashed apart. "This trap card will negate all effect damage to me from this turn."
Ichigo clenched his fist. "End turn!"
Rikuo drew and added the card to his hand. ("I'm still safe as long as Hall of Mirrors is in play. But what about Daniel…I have to keep him alive.") "I set a card face-down and end my turn."
Daniel drew and then glanced over at Rikuo.
The wolf demon returned the glance.
Nodding, the half wolf demon slapped a card onto his disk. "I summon Elemental Hero Edgeman!" (2600/1800) A golden-armored warrior appeared on the field, its body covered in armor that looked like it could cut through anything.
"Edgeman?" Ichigo's eyes widened. "How?"
"Elemental Hero Necro Darkman's special ability allows me to special summon one Elemental Hero from my hand to the field without need for sacrifices." He pointed at Cutter. "Now it's time to end this damage-dealing madness! Edgeman, attack Cutter now! Power Edge Attack!"
Ichigo gulped as the golden warrior charged towards his creature. "And because of Skyscraper…."
"Right," Daniel pointed at Edgeman. "Because a hero monster battles with a monster that has more attack points that it, its attack goes up by 1000!" (3600/1800) The two monsters slammed into each other and exploded into dust.
Ichigo wasn't done yet. "Unlike Flame Wingman, even if my monster is destroyed as a result of battle its effect will still trigger!" The chainsaw of Cutter spun through the air and started to descend towards Daniel. "So long pop!"
"Not a chance!" Rikuo pointed at his left set card. "Go Damage Redirection! This trap card will transfer the damage to my life points instead!"
"What?" Ichigo and Daniel both gasped as the weapon started to fall towards the wolf demon.
"Reverse card open!" Rikuo pointed at his other card. "Go Damage Erase!" The chainsaw disappeared. "This quickplay magic card negates one instance of damage that would happen to my life points!"
Daniel nodded to Rikuo. "End turn."
Ichigo drew. ("I don't have any monsters in my hand, and the set monster won't be able to finish dad off.") "I set two cards face-down and end my turn." Now he had three cards set face-down and one monster.
Rikuo drew. "For now I'll just set a card face-down and stay behind my defenders. End turn."
Daniel drew. ("Alright, good draw.") "I activate Dark Factory of Mass Production. This card allows me to pick up two normal monsters from my graveyard." He removed two cards from the slot and threw one down. "Elemental Hero Clayman (800/2000) in defense mode!" A bulky clay humanoid appeared on the field in a crouching position. "End turn!"
Ichigo drew. "I set one monster face-down and end my turn."
Rikuo frowned. ("At the beginning of the third turn from now I'll have to discard my whole hand. I'd better do something quick.") He looked at the drawn card. "Hey little shit, see if you can keep up with this one!" He slid a card into his disk. "Mystical Space Typhoon lets me destroy one magic or trap card in play! My choice is Hall of Mirrors!" The continuous card exploded and so did the five Kuriboh Tokens. "Reverse card open!" His face-down card flipped up. "Loss. This trap card lets me activate it when I lose more than three monsters in play. Now I can search my deck for the same number of level four or lower monsters equal to the destroyed monster and special summon them!" He removed five cards from his deck. "Come out now!"
A humanoid wolf holding a spear appeared on the field. "Wolf Demon Soldier!" (1400/1200)
Next to it a robot covered all over with numerous metal blades appeared in play. "Mechanical Chaser!" (1850/800)
Then alongside those two three train boxcars appeared in play. "I also special summon three of these little things!" (500/500)
Ichigo gasped. "Five monsters….but only two of them are threats…."
Rikuo smirked. "Oh really?" He pointed at Mechanical Chaser and Wolf Demon Soldier. "I sacrifice these two monsters for Perfect Machine King!" (2700/1500) A huge white and red robot appeared in play. "For every machine in play this monster gains 500 attack points!" (4200/1500)
Daniel smiled slightly. "Nice…"
"Not done yet!" Rikuo discarded a card from his hand. "I activate the magic card Reverse Revival! This card's special ability lets me special summon one flip effect monster from my graveyard. Its effect is considered activated upon summoning!" A train engine with a face appeared on the field and tooted loudly. "Dekoichi's special ability lets me draw one card. Then I draw a card for every one of its boxcars in play!" He snapped three cards off of his deck. Now he had five cards again.
Ichigo grimaced. "It doesn't matter. I'll find a way to destroy those weak monsters as soon as I can."
Rikuo tapped his temple. "They're not sticking around." He slid a card into his disk. "Divine Sacrifice! This magic card lets me sacrifice four monsters in play to special summon one divine monster from my deck to the field!" The train and its boxcars disappeared. "Also, I activate the quickplay magic card Mystic Wok from my hand in response to this. By sacrificing Perfect Machine King while it is at its maximum attack power I'll gain that much life." The robot disappeared. (4700/1500)
Daniel- 700
Ichigo- 5000
Rikuo- 7800
Daniel closed his eyes and braced himself as lightning flashed down onto the ground. Finally one huge bolt struck the ground and turned into a bonfire of black flames. An echoing howl shook the arena as a giant wolf's head broke through the top of the fire.
Everyone in the stands stared in awe at the titanic wolf.
"That's…." All the members of Team Topdeck in the stands remember that monster all too well.
Rikuo pointed at Ichigo. "My wrath unleashed! You wanted my full power? Well here it is!" The huge wolf brushed the fire away and looked down to snarl hungrily at the half demon. "Fenrir-Destroyer of Gods!" (4000/4000)
"4000 attack points…" Ichigo looked awe-struck as the wolf roared, blowing his hair back roughly.
Rikuo glanced over at Daniel. "Forgive me friend."
"Forgive you?" Daniel tilted his head to the side. "Why?"
"Forgive me for using this card!" Rikuo held the card up in the air. "Hell Meteor!" Fenrir's howls were drowned out as the sky right below the arena ceiling tore open to reveal a hellish dimension of flames. "This magic card's special ability deals one player 4000 life points of damage!" A giant fireball began to drop out of the dimension, falling like a homing missile towards Ichigo.
The half demon stared at the fireball like it was telling him that it was going to kill him slowly. ("Damn it…")
"RIKUO!" Daniel tackled his other half. "Are you insane?"
The wolf demon held up another card. "In response I activate the quickplay magic card Damage Split." The Hell Meteor shuddered and exploded in mid-flight, turning into two half-sized fireballs. "This card lets me take a source of effect damage and deal half of it to one target and half of it to another. In this case….forgive me."
Daniel's eyes widened in surprise as the half-Hell Meteor dropped down and slammed into his chest, sending him careening off of the arena floor.
"DAD!" Ichigo saw the fireball coming and screamed. For a few moments his hair turned night black, and the half-Hell Meteor was sent screaming into the ceiling of the arena, where it left a huge hole in the steel. As his hair returned to normal he snarled at Rikuo. "What's the matter with you? Why would you attack your own partner?"
"Forces of darkness!" Rikuo snapped his fingers. "Let the darkness game begin!" A sphere of darkness appeared around the field, immediately stealing all sight of what was going on.
To be continued…
To Rex: Rikuo is crazy, but he has already declared how he will be defeating Ichigo. His honor (normally) can overpower rage.
To Sinister: You don't know Eri very well then. When her father is truly serious she wouldn't dare fight with him. Besides, this is Ichigo's fight more than hers.
To Adriel: You might get your wish, you might not.
To Voidtemplar: Are you expecting an answer in this response?
To G.O.T. Nick: I think Rikuo is still in the game, even though he's gone through his fusions. After all, don't forget that not all of his most powerful monsters are fusions.
To generic reviewer: It's good to see such support for our young duelists.
To Dais: Nope, I don't think he got it.
To wolfy: Go ahead and do as you wish. It doesn't affect me either way. And yes, Rikuo is half-insane.
To falcon demon general: Fenrir looks at reason and goes, "lunch."
To Seeker of the Soul: Yeah, you hit the nail on the head.
To Star: But why would Ichigo run Metalmorph?
To Raine: Errr….do you think Ichigo can win all alone?
To Bobbomp: He got it alright.
To Anime Albino: I see we have a strawberry fan here?
To Sinister: Errr….okay…