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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Rival School Arc
Chapter 23: Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells
Ichigo cried out in pain and dropped to his knees, panting weakly. "Jeez Rikuo, can't we stop yet? I mean…." Whatever else he had planned to say was taken out of him by a kick right to the ribs.
"Come now dear son-in-law, as the first and only member of Fenrir Black we have to make sure that you have the endurance to hold against the rest of the school," the wolf demon sneered coldly. "So stand your ass up and do it again!"
Ichigo closed his eyes and forced himself to his feet. ("One million jumping jacks…what kind of psycho teaching method is this?")
It had been a month or so since his 'inauguration' into Fenrir Black. Apparently Rikuo pulled some strings with people he knew and managed to have the Principal create a new 'special' dorm that was for students who were special cases. Whether that meant good or bad, Ichigo didn't know yet. And so far Rikuo had made every day of his life hell since that time.
Deondre caught the Frisbee from twenty feet in the air. It had only taken a rebound off of his son's back and then off of Daniel's back, one who had been helping the other hang up decorations for the Christmas celebration that was going to be held soon.
"Nice catch dog boy!" CJ smirked and rubbed an index finger under his nose. "I guess you'd make a good pet, since you can play fetch and all."
"At least I'm not…" Deondre ducked as Ryu went sliding past him screaming. There was an echoing crash and a Christmas tree ornament rolled the other way.
"I'm sorry dad! I should have warned you about that skateboard!"
"No problem...I'll just lie here and try to fix my spine…"
Ichigo- 0
Rikuo- 2200
Ichigo went sliding backwards and crashed into the stone wall of the cavern that had been his home for the last month.
Rikuo spat onto the stone. "You're pitiful. Try again!" He shuffled his deck and slammed it into its slot.
Ten minutes later…
Ichigo- 0
Rikuo- 1800
"Was your victory against me a fluke? Again!"
Twenty minutes later…
Ichigo- 0
Rikuo- 1000
"Still not good enough!"
Jasmine grinned and laughed manically while she ran down the hallways of the school building.
"Come back here Jasmine! We need those Christmas lights!" Daniel, along with Deondre, CJ, Ryu, and Siegfried charged down the hallway after her.
"Never! They're mine!" The Kitsune ran around a corner and out of sight.
Siegfried was the first to turn the corner and he yelped in complete surprise as Jasmine bowled him over and kept running, laughing crazily all the while.
"Don't let her get away! Sorry Siegfried!" The remaining four turned to the right and continued to follow her, leaving the currently grounded Siegfried to his own devices.
"The celebration is in an hour!" Ichigo looked at his watch and then at Rikuo. "So let's get going!"
"Keh! We're not going anywhere."
"What?"
"You still have training to do!"
"So she tricked all of us…." Ryu sighed, currently hanging upside down in an imprisoning wrap of Christmas lights. "That's sad…."
CJ and Deondre both were still in pain from the groin kicks they had received from the Kitsune.
Daniel just was crying for the sheer fact that he wanted to just have one Christmas where normal things happened. ("Nothing exploding…no evil demons showing up…just peace…")
"Get back here!"
"Forget you, crazy ass old man!" Ichigo charged out of the cave and ran as fast as he possibly could. ("I'm going to that party whether you want me to or not!")
Ichigo took a deep breath and rested his back against the roof of auditorium that was the housing place for the celebration. The sun was already falling in the sky, and he still had some time before the celebration actually started. Currently everyone was outside singing Christmas carols. Of course, he couldn't join them because Rikuo was currently on his tail. ("If he catches me then I'll never get a wink of sleep ever again.")
But what was he going to do to pass the time? He'd taken his deck with him, but after all of the times Rikuo had forced him to duel he didn't want to do it anymore. ("No more dueling…none at all…") He slowly closed his eyes. ("I'd guess I had better just sleep then.") A few seconds later he was snoring.
Until he heard something. His ears pricked up and he slowly opened his eyes to see someone up on the roof with him. "Huh? Who's there?"
The shadowed figure spun around in surprise…and then started to run towards a different side of the auditorium.
"Hey! Hang on a second!" Ichigo leapt up and chased after the retreating figure. ("This guy is really fast!") "I just want to know what you are doing up here!"
The man slowed down…and turned to face Ichigo. "Well Ichigo, I'm here because it's my job." He stepped out into the soft light of moon.
"No freakin way…." Ichigo's eyes nearly exploded out of his head.
Standing in front of him was a jolly white-bearded man in a red suit with a sack over one shoulder. "You're surprised?"
("Okay…this is a hallucination…") Ichigo squeezed his eyes shut. "When I open these two eyes I will stop seeing the Santa Claus. Because Santa Claus does not exist." His eyes opened….and the guy was still there.
"I am real Ichigo." Santa chuckled happily. "And actually I'm here to personally thank you for saving the world from Chaos."
"So…you came all this way to thank me for defeating Chaos huh?" Ichigo rubbed his eyes again. ("This can't be freaking real! I must be losing my mind!")
Santa chortled and rummaged through his sack. "I'd like to see something, if you have the time."
"If I have the time?" Ichigo sighed. "I've got nothing but time."
Santa removed a duel disk from his sack and slid it onto his arm. "Then would you please honor me with a duel?"
"Duel with Santa Claus?" Ichigo smiled slightly. "That's fine, but don't expect me to go easy on you." He removed his Fenrir Black jacket and threw it aside. His Duel Arm hummed and changed itself into its dueling mode. "Duel!"
Santa- 4000
Ichigo- 4000
Ichigo slammed his deck into its slot and then drew six cards. "I'm first!" He fanned the cards out in front of him. "I summon Cyber Shadow Shifter (800/1200) in attack mode!" A black-clothed ninja appeared on the field and struck a very ninja-like pose. "Also, I play the equipment magic card Shifting Daggers!" A pair of daggers appeared in the warrior's hands. "These increase its attack by 500!" (1300/1200) "End turn."
Santa laughed merrily and drew. "Then I suppose I'll start with Myst Case (1500/1500) in attack mode." A wrapped gift box appeared on the field. A pair of flaps in the front opened to reveal eyes. "Attack Shifter now." The ribbons on the box unwrapped and it popped its top, shooting out a boxing glove that slammed into the ninja.
Ichigo smirked slightly as the Shifting Daggers exploded and Shifter fell to one knee. "Shifting Daggers are destroyed instead of Shifter, and when this happens he goes into defense mode."
"Then for now my turn is done." Santa didn't look angry. He just continued to smile cheerfully.
Ichigo returned the smile. "I'm still not sure whether you are actually Santa Claus…but regardless I won't hold back on you!" He drew. "From my hand I play Reinforcements of the Army! This lets me search for a level four or lower warrior monster!" He removed a card from his deck. "Now I play Polymerization!" A swirling vortex appeared in the air above him. Tossing two cards up into the air, he smirked. "Try this on for size. I fuse Cyber Shadow Blademaster and Cyber Shadow Berserker together now!" Both cards were sucked into the vortex.
The emerging warrior held a laser chainsaw in one hand. With a single tug it turned the weapon on. "Cyber Shadow Cutter (2100/1200) in attack mode!"
Santa blinked a couple of times at the mighty warrior. "Oh my…"
"Cutter, attack Myst Case with Berserk Slash-down!" The warrior slashed the chainsaw across the gift box and destroyed it instantly. "Also, the effect of Cutter deals the attack of your monster in damage to your life points! Take this!" Cutter kept moving, slashing the chainsaw across Santa's chest before it returned to Ichigo's field.
Santa- 1900
Ichigo- 4000
Santa drew two cards. "When Myst Case is destroyed as a result of battle I can draw two cards." He looked at the cards and then discarded them both. "I discard Green Cookie (300/200) and a card from my hand to return one toy monster that was destroyed during this turn to the field with 500 extra attack points." A little elf in green clothing appeared on the field and saw the remains of the Myst Case. It sneezed a couple of times and ran over to the box. A few moments later the Myst Case a new golden ribbon on it. (2000/1500)
Ichigo frowned. "End turn."
Santa drew and looked at the drawn card. "Now I summon Chaser (1600/800) in attack mode." A toy soldier in clothing that made it look like a British soldier appeared on the field. "Also, I play the field magic card Toy Factory." All around them the area changed, leaving both of them standing a huge area of conveyor belts and toys. "In this place the attack power of all toy monsters rises by 200." (2200/1500) (1800/800)
Ichigo gulped. ("Oh great…")
"Also, I play the equipment magic card Toy Musket." A metal toy musket appeared in the Chaser's hands. "This card raises its attack power by 1000." (2800/800) "Now attack Cutter. Toy Gunfire." The metal monster lifted the musket and shot the warrior, blowing it apart. "Myst Case, attack Shifter." The ninja was punched senseless by the boxing glove. "Now I'll just set a card face-down and end my turn."
Santa- 1900
Ichigo- 3300
Ichigo drew the top card off of his deck and looked at the remaining two cards of his hand. "All I can do is set this monster face-down. End turn." The card shimmered into existence in front of him and he took a deep breath. ("As strange as this is I can't let myself get distracted.")
Santa drew. "Myst Case, attack the set monster." The gift box shot out a boxing glove that hit the set card and shattered it.
Ichigo smiled and fished his hand into his graveyard. "When Cyber Shadow Screamer is flipped up your battle phase ends. Also, I can add one Cyber Shadow and one Polymerization card from my graveyard." He held up two cards and added them to his hand.
Santa laughed again. "You're very good Ichigo. That's why I'm so glad that duelists like you are protecting the world from evil demons and the like. End turn."
Ichigo drew. "Thanks for the compliment. But I won't hold back!" He flipped the card up in front of his face. "Nice….I play Polymerization!" A new swirling vortex appeared in the air above him. "Strongarm and Berserker fuse together to create Cyber Shadow Wild Driver!" (2500/1500) A huge dual sword-wielding warrior lowered onto the field and roared out a battle cry. "Attack Myst Case!" The warrior launched forwards and cross-slashed across the monster box's body, shattering it.
Santa drew two cards. "The effect of Myst Case lets me draw two cards." He held the cards up and slid one into his graveyard. "I discard Red Cookie (200/300) to revive Myst Case." A red elf appeared and deposited the gift box onto the field. (2200/1500)
Santa-1600
Ichigo- 3300
Ichigo didn't like where this was going. ("I can't kill those damned monsters of his.") "I set two cards face-down and end my turn."
Santa drew. "First I'll play Monster Reincarnation. This magic card lets me discard a card from my hand to pick up a monster from my graveyard." He held up Green Cookie. "Now I play the continuous magic card Merry Christmas." Christmas music started to play in the background. "This card lets me draw two cards during my draw phase. Also, the attack of all toy monsters in play rises by 500." (2700/1500) (3300/800) "Myst Case, attack Wild Driver." The gift box shot out its boxing glove…
"Reverse card open!" One of Ichigo's two set cards flipped up. "Negate Attack stops your monster's attack and ends your battle phase." The half demon continued to smile though. "It's nice to duel someone other than Rikuo every once in a while."
Santa chuckled. "Ah yes Rikuo, he is such a grouch. End turn."
"That he is. It's my turn now, draw!" Ichigo slid the drawn card into his disk. "Go Re-Fusion! This equipment magic card requires that I pay 800 life points! One fusion monster in my graveyard will be revived!" Cutter exploded out of a pile of toys and landed next to Wild Driver. "Now I have two fusion monsters in play!"
Santa- 1600
Ichigo- 2500
Santa waved a finger in the air. "That's true Ichigo, but don't get too excited. I still have more powerful monsters."
"Yeah, but you don't have what I have face-down!" Ichigo pointed at his set card. "Activate Lighting the Way! This trap card triggers when I have two fusion monsters in play! I draw four cards!" He slid four new cards off of his deck. "Then I play De-Fusion on Cutter!" The warrior shimmered and then blew apart, replaced by Berserker and Blademaster in crouching positions. (1900/1200) (2000/1600) "Also, I switch Wild Driver into defense mode." His huge warrior dropped to one knee and brought the flat of both blades up like a pair of shields. "Finally I set one card face-down. End turn."
Santa drew twice. "It looks like your attack is stopped Ichigo. Now I summon another Charger." A new metal soldier appeared on the field. "Also, I play another Toy Musket." The machine lifted its new rifle. (3300/800) "Now I attack your three monsters with my monsters." The two Chargers lifted their guns and blew Blademaster and Berserker away. But as the Myst Case began to charge…
"Reveal Emergency Alarm!" Ichigo's set card flipped up. "This trap will negate your attack and let me pick up one Cyber Shadow monster from my graveyard." He held up Shifter and added it to his hand.
"And from my hand I play Quick Attack. This quickplay magic card allows one monster on my field to attack immediately." One of the two Chargers took aim at Wild Driver and fired, blowing it apart. Santa laughed again. "This really is a lot of fun Ichigo. End turn."
("Easy for you to say…you're winning.") Ichigo drew. "I summon Elemental Hero Shadow Man!" Thunder rained down as a shadowed form started to come down from the sky.
Santa watched as the monster slowly lowered onto the field.
Ichigo and the monster both struck a rather ridiculous-looking pose at once and then pointed at Santa. "Meet the power that is a defender of the just! The true heart of the hero! A warrior who defends those who need it!" They both slammed their right foot into the ground and squared off against their opponent. "We are Elemental Hero-Shadow Man!" (700/200)
Ichigo's hand came up to his deck. "And when Shadow Man is summoned I draw two cards if there are no other cards on my field." He drew twice and looked at his hand. "Fusion Return lets me pick up one Polymerization card from my graveyard." Holding up his key card, the half demon smiled. "Silent Rebirth is next, reviving Blademaster in defense mode!" A dual sword holding monster appeared on the field in a crouching position. "Now Fate's Call."
A golden angel appeared on the field and floated in front of Shadow Man. "If she is in my favor I can return Shadow Man to my deck and special summon one monster of the same level." The angel smiled at him. "And I'm in her favor!" He removed Shadow Man from his disk and switched it out with a different card. "Cyber Shadow Assassin (1000/800) in attack mode!" A black-clothed lithe warrior appeared on the field. "And now the stage is set."
More thunder crashed down onto the field. "Magic card, Polymerization go!" A glowing vortex sucked up Blademaster, Assassin and a medium-sized helmeted warrior. "I fuse Assassin, Blademaster, and Soldier together! Cyber Shadow Lord of Knives is summoned!" (2800/2300) A trench-coat wearing monster lowered into play. "My opponent is Santa Claus. Bizarre…but if that is my mission then so be it!" He threw two handfuls of knives towards Santa.
The first handful took out Toy Factory, and subsequently Merry Christmas. The second took out Myst Case. Without Toy Factory in play the attack of both Chasers dropped. (2600/800X2)
Ichigo pointed at one of the two monsters. "Lord of Knives, attack now! Knife Barrage!" The warrior assaulted one of the two machines with knife after thrown knife, until it finally blew apart.
Santa pointed at his face-down card. "Reveal Gingerbread Cookie!" The card flipped up and a giant gingerbread man appeared on the field. "This card will return my life points to what they were before my monster was destroyed. Also, my monster will return as it was before." The Charger appeared on the field, Toy Musket and all. (2600/800) "Also, the second effect of Gingerbread Cookie gives us both 2000 more life points."
Santa- 3600
Ichigo- 4500
Ichigo slapped a card down onto his disk. "I summon Cyber Shadow Shifter in defense mode." The ninja appeared in a crouching position. "End turn!"
Santa drew. "Now I sacrifice one of my two Chasers to summon…myself."
"Huh?" Ichigo gaped in surprise as an exact replica of the very man he was dueling appeared on the field in place of one of the toy soldiers. ("This is ridiculous!")
Santa smiled warmly. "Old Saint Nick (1000/3000) in defense mode. Also, when this monster is summoned I discard a card from my hand to activate the equipment magic card Present Sleigh." Now the monster Santa was sitting in a sleigh and flying around the field.
Ichigo considered face-falling. "What's that supposed to do?"
"Now I can remove one monster on the field from play during each turn." Santa pointed at the Lord of Knives. "Special delivery." The sleigh dropped a wrapped present into the warrior's hands. "A present for me?" Lord of Knives opened it and faded away.
Ichigo sighed. ("Oh great…no Lord of Knives….just when I need him to.")
"Chaser, attack Shifter now." The machine soldier lifted its gun and blew the ninja away. "End turn."
Ichigo gulped silently. ("No cards in hand and no cards in play. I'm left with nothing but the card I draw.") He shrugged. ("Win or lose…it was still fun.") The top card of his deck slid off slowly and he held it up in front of his eyes. "I'm not sure whether you really are Santa Claus or not…but I know one thing. I know that this duel is over!"
Santa's twinkling eyes blinked a couple of times. "Really?"
"Yup!" Ichigo slapped his card down. "I special summon Steel Titan Rex!" (2800/2000) A huge tyrannosaurus rex-shaped robot appeared on his field and roared loudly, shaking the building underneath them. Ichigo heard gasps of surprise from down below him. "Rex's special ability lets me draw cards off of my deck until I come to two monsters." He snapped cards off until he had two monsters sitting in his hand. "Cyber Shadow Psychic and Cyber Shadow Kuriboh." (1500/1200) (300/200) "So I take 1800 damage." Electricity passed through Rex into his body. Other than gritting his teeth though he showed no expression.
Santa- 3600
Ichigo- 2700
"Your monster is powerful Ichigo, but how will it be enough to beat Old Saint Nick's defense points?"
Ichigo snapped his fingers and Rex braced its feet into the ground. "Rex's special summon ability….Nuclear Strike!" A pair of missiles shot out of Rex's back, arched into the air, and then dropped down onto the field. In a blinding flash of light both Old Saint Nick and the Chaser were vaporized. "When summoned all cards other than itself are destroyed! Rex, Gatling Destruction!" Ichigo pointed at Santa and metal monster opened numerous gun ports all over its body. Then all at once the spot where Santa was standing was pummeled by gunfire.
Santa- 800
Ichigo- 2700
Ichigo smiled. "End turn Santa."
From within the smoke cloud a hearty chuckle reached Ichigo's ears. "That was impressive Ichigo. But it's my turn. I play Pot of Greed to draw two cards. Then I play the magic card Healing Candy Cane. This card raises my life points by 2000 if there are three or more toy monsters in my graveyard." Sparkled of red and white light fell down into the smoke cloud.
Santa- 2800
Ichigo- 2700
"Then I play the magic card Faulty Construction." Rex started to make a loud screeching noise. "This card destroys a machine monster in play and deals its owner half of its attack points in damage."
Ichigo threw up his arms just in time to brace himself. Rex exploded and nearly sent him off of the side of the building.
Santa- 2800
Ichigo- 1300
Ichigo kept sliding though, and slammed into an extension of the building, his body making a loud crack noise as he crashed. Letting out a cry of pain, the half demon slumped to the ground.
"Oh my goodness!" Santa started to run towards him. "Ichigo, are you alright?"
The boy hopped to his feet and did a quick back stretch. "That was awesome! I've never seen someone recover so completely from Rex's attack! This is a really good duel!" Smiling, the half demon popped his neck. "Let's finish this, shall we Santa?"
The jolly fat man stopped and nodded. "Alright, as you wish Ichigo. I summon Green Cookie (300/200) in defense mode and end my turn." A little green elf appeared on the field in a crouching position.
"Alright!" Ichigo gave Santa a huge smile. "I believe in Santa Claus now! So let's end this duel right now! It's my turn now, draw!" He snapped the top card off of his deck and held it up into the air. "I play Pot of Greed!" Two cards left the top of his deck. When he looked at them he smiled cheerfully. "Santa, you're a great duelist. I'll cherish this duel in my heart forever. But it's time to end it! Monster Reborn revives Cutter!" The chainsaw-wielding Cyber Shadow appeared on the field. "Attack Green Cookie now! Berserk Slash-down!" The warrior unleashed a full assault on the little elf. It yelped and blew apart. "Cutter's special ability deals you 300 life points of damage!"
Santa winced as the chainsaw blade hit his shoulder. "That's really good, but this duel isn't done yet."
Santa- 2500
Ichigo- 1300
"I hate to have to tell you this, but it is! From my hand I play the quickplay magic card Shifter's Greatest Trick!" Ichigo's graveyard slot started to glow. "At the cost of half of my life points I may activate one card from my graveyard if Shifter is in there! De-Fusion!" Cutter blew apart and Blademaster along with Berserker appeared in play. "Berserk Blade!"
Santa stumbled back a step as the wild warrior slashed its toothed blade across his chest.
Santa- 600
Ichigo- 650
"Blademaster, X slash!" The warrior slammed a cross-cut across Santa's chest.
Santa- 0
Ichigo- 650
The field faded away and Ichigo flashed the victory sign. "That was a lot of fun. Thanks Santa, for cheering me up."
Smiling warmly, Santa walked up to Ichigo and patted him on the back. "Well I'd better get going. There's still things for me to get done before the end of tonight. But keep up the good work Ichigo, and remember that I'll always be around if you ever need help."
"Thanks for the offer." Ichigo grinned and picked up his jacket. When he lifted up his head Santa was gone. "Later Santa Claus."
"There you are, you little…" Rikuo froze at the smile on Ichigo's face. It was so innocent he found it hard to keep his anger going. "What….are you smiling about? When I'm done with you there won't be enough medicine in the world to make you…"
Ichigo patted Rikuo on the shoulder and walked past him. "I love you too."
Ichigo strolled into the auditorium, seeing everyone he cared about in one place. Glancing back behind him, he grinned out at the window that looked out into the night sky above him. ("Maybe I'm….")
"There you are!"
Ichigo tipped his head down and blinked in surprise at the sight of Sammy. "Errr…can I help you Sammy?"
The girl nodded and leaned in to whisper to him. "What'd you get Eri for Christmas?"
Ichigo's heart stopped. ("OH NO! I FORGOT TO GET HER A PRESENT! OF ALL THE PEOPLE FOR ME TO FORGET…") He continued to berate himself for his stupidity, making exaggerated hand gestures and smacking his forehead repeatedly.
Sammy stared at him for a few moments and then rolled her eyes. "Some guys…"
Ichigo wasn't paying attention to Sammy anyway. He was too busy freaking out and trying to think of a replacement present. ("What can I get her? GAH! There's nothing that would say how I feel in this short of time!")
"Ichigo."
Said half demon launched twenty feet into the air. Quickly recovering from his surprise he landed facing Eri. "Hi!"
The demoness smiled slightly. "You're too afraid of things…" She fidgeted a little bit.
"What's wrong?" Ichigo's ears flicked gently.
"Ummm…here." Eri extended a little gift-wrapped present to him.
Ichigo took the small box and unwrapped it. Removing the top of the box, his eyes went huge. "This is a….this is a…." Removing the card inside it, he continued to stare like a child who had just been given a five pound chocolate bar. "It's Mirage of Dreams…" He started to hop up and down excitedly. "How did you get it?"
"My father had a spare lying around and I managed to convince him to give it to me. Though I didn't tell him what I was going to do with it."
Ichigo stopped bouncing…and looked crest-fallen. "Such a great gift…but I can't accept it?"
Eri blinked in surprise. "Why not?"
Ichigo started to fumble around in his pocket…and felt something. Fishing it out, he stared at it. "….err, because first you have to open my gift to you."
Eri took the box and gently opened it. A soft gasp escaped her lips. "That's…"
Suppressing the urge to lean in and look, Ichigo tapped his foot a couple of times. "What do you think?" ("And what is it anyway?")
Eri lifted up an ornate diamond on a golden chain. "It's shaped like a heart…amazing craftsmanship…" She looked from it to Ichigo and blushed. "Um…thank you very much. I don't know what to say."
Ichigo blushed back. "Hey, it wasn't anything big…" He went silent…and then smiled a little. "Merry Christmas Eri."
"Merry Christmas Ichigo."
A whistle caught both of their attention. "Hey you guys, come over here for a picture of the winning duelists from the meet! Let's get some Christmas card photos!"
Ichigo walked over, hand in hand with Eri.
Adriel glanced over at Ichigo…and actually cracked a slight smile. "Pilkington, it's good to see you again. I've discovered the perfect strategy to take you down this time."
Ichigo smiled back. "We'll see."
Hitokage sighed and glanced over his shoulder. "Feral, for the last time, go away."
The huge young man shook his head back and forth. "Feral follow pack leader. Pack mates all gather, so Feral join pack." Kenshin and Davis both snickered quietly off to the side.
Krieger was a bursting red color as Ashley held his hand.
Griff was in a similar situation with Sammy, except he wasn't quite so red.
Daniel glanced over at Ichigo and smirked. "How's living with Rikuo?"
Ichigo glanced over at the wolf demon, who was eyeing him like a hawk eyes its prey. "I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world."
The camera flashed…catching that single moment of joy forever. It was truly a Christmas that Ichigo would never forget.
End of Arc
Author's Notes: Rikuo: Hi guys! You might know me as the guy that screams a lot and tries to kill Ichigo. Well have I got a story for you! It's by this great writer named Wolf General who does great stuff like what you are currently reading! And in the name of shameless advertising I am here to introduce something he has been working on (for those of you who don't have him on Author Alert). It's called Hidden Spirit: Journey of the Soul. So if you like LDD, then give this a shot. It is a little darker than this storyline, but at the same time it still has the great dueling that you know and love.
Wolf General: Sniffle That's….so nice of you Rikuo.
Rikuo: Sooooo…..that'll cost you ten bucks.
Wolf General:…………….
Rikuo: You thought I worked for free?
To Luna's Meow: He didn't have to win. He could have lost you know.
To Hogwarts-Knight: There might be more members of Fenrir Black. But for now it's just Ichigo.
To G.O.T. Nick: I felt it necessary for Ichigo to respond with something during the duel. I mean….him just standing there and getting called a villain wouldn't do.
To Sinister: Thanks for the props buddy.
To Bobbomp: Huh? What's wrong?
To Anime Albino: Hmmm, that must be a plan worthy of Jasmine.
To Wolfy: I would….but honestly…I can't read that story. I try, honestly I did, but it has so many errors in the grammar that I have trouble concentrating. Still, I'll try if you wish.
To Star: Huh? What TV?
To Gryphinwyrm7: I see that you have been surprised. Excellent…my plan is working perfectly…
To Dais: What did you think? Did it go well?
To LucienShadowMaster: I can answer the last question. Cyber Shadow history will be given more if the viewing public cares about it.
To Rex: Not highest ranking, but it's up there.
To Adriel: Fenrir Black is different than the other three. It isn't on the ladder. And yes.
To Bacon: Divine Paladin might just be back. If Valeus or Apocalypse Dragon shows up, he'll be there to combat them.
To falcon demon general: If you're the general of falcon demons…then I wonder if Rikuo and your other half have ever gone to war.
To Seeker of the Soul: Rikuo separates Fenrir Black from other dorms. And not in a good way. Poor poor Ichigo….
To Mario: We're there.