—Hey there! Rizu has a new Chapter up and running, whee! I love everybody who has been following Diana and Yugi's adventures from the very beginning of Red Rose Angel. It's people like you readers and reviewers that motivate me to write my fanfics. I feel so happy now. Okay, what time is it? Recap time! The chimera has followed Liam to the castle where all the immortal creatures are hanging out. Diana has met a new friend named Daelin who sounds like he can basically kick major ass. And on the other side, Yugi has made plans to face the invaders of his own kingdom. That should be interesting…
Chapter 4 – Daelin vs. the Chimera
Diana and her friends came out to find a wolf-like chimera wrestling with an ogre. All the creatures who were watching seemed to relax a little when they saw Daelin and Fin. Diamond Dust climbed onto Diana's shoulders and hissed in anger.
The chimera spotted them and saw Diana. He immediately picked up the ogre and hurled it over his head. Daelin and Fin ducked as the ogre sailed over them and crashed into the castle wall. He was injured, but not badly. The chimera stared at Diana, breathing hard. "Diana…" it said in a very deep, harsh tone that sounded far from a human's voice.
Diana blinked. "That thing knows my name."
The creature laughed. "You don't recognize me, do you? It's been almost a year and your face is still a memory burning in my mind. I want to break you."
Diana's heart completely stopped. She took a step back and said, "Oh God…Rosenburg?"
"In the fur and flesh, my dear." said the chimera.
Daelin gritted his teeth. "Damn you to hell, Rosenburg!"
"I think you actually grew a couple inches since I last saw you, Daelin." Rosenburg joked.
"And you, Rosenburg…you finally look like the ugly monster you've always been deep inside." Daelin said, shuffling his deck. "I'd like to personally take you down." He looked at Diana, "May I, Rose Duelist?"
"Go ahead. Far be it for me to stop you." Diana answered.
"Fine, but if I win, then Diana comes with me!"
"The hell I'm going anywhere with you, Big Bad Wolf!" Diana snapped angrily.
Buster Blader came to stand in front of Daelin. "I'm ready to take down this tyrant like we did before." Daelin nodded in agreement.
Diana ran over to stand beside Fin. "Rosenburg and Daelin know each other?"
"Before the War of the Roses, Daelin and Rosenburg were bitter enemies. That's why Daelin suggested we join forces with the Lancastrian Prince."
"So Daelin is the ruler of Thar Amrun?" Diana asked.
"Unlike Tanna Undome, Thar Amrun does not particularly have a ruler. Daelin is our champion, so he makes decisions on what's best for us all. But he does not make all the decisions for us. In a way, he is like our ruler, but in other ways, he isn't." Fin replied.
Rosenburg called forth Vorse Raider (1900/1100) as his deck leader. "So Daelin, I was just wondering something…does Buster Blader make a better deck leader than Mystical Knight of Jackal?"
Daelin clenched his fists. "You damn bastard…I'll kill you with my own hands for that comment!"
"Fin…uh, explanation please?" Diana whispered to the elf.
"When Daelin and Seto previously dueled, they were both down to their last 1000 life points. Seto had his Blue Eyes White Dragon while Daelin only had his deck leader, Mystical Knight of Jackal. Blue Eyes White Dragon used its White Lightning attack, but Daelin jumped in front of his deck leader to protect him. Daelin's own magic protected most of his life points, but he only lost 300 of them. Mystical Knight was angry at Rosenburg now and so, to punish that bastard, the Knight decreased the attack of the Dragon by his full 2700. In a final act of bravery and loyalty to his duelist, he sacrificed himself so that Daelin would get a fighting chance to summon a powerful monster. He drew and summoned his favorite monster, Buster Blader. He took out the Blue Eyes and defeated Seto. However he wasn't happy, because Mystical Knight of Jackal was his father's favorite monster. And Mystical Knight was gone forever. He didn't want any of his own monsters to be permanently destroyed."
Diana watched Daelin with pity in her eyes. Val stood behind her and Diana clung to her. She knew what it meant to have a strong bond with you deck leader.
"Allow me to go first." Seto said, drawing a card.
"Go ahead, fuzzball." Daelin sneered.
Seto growled and said, "I summon Luster Dragon in attack mode and play two cards face-down." Luster Dragon (1900/1600) appeared next to Vorse Raider and roared menacingly at Daelin and Buster Blader. Neither deck leader nor duelist even flinched.
"Whoa…nice lizard, down boy." Daelin smirked. "I play Change of Heart. Now your Luster Dragon is mine to control!" Luster Dragon's eyes glowed for a brief second before he went to Daelin's side of the field.
Seto's tail swished back and forth. It won't matter, he thought, when he attacks, I'll be ready. "Are you quite finished yet?"
"I am quite not finished yet. Settle down, puppy. Don't make me take a stick to your ass." Daelin snapped. "Now I'm going to send Luster Dragon to the graveyard so I can summon Mobius the Frost Monarch." A harsh breeze of cold air whipped across the field and Luster Dragon vanished to Seto's card graveyard. Immediately afterward, a warrior dressed in ice-like armor appeared. "Now since I sent Luster Dragon to the graveyard before summoning Mobius that means that he can instantly destroy your two face-down cards."
"What!" Seto growled. The ice-like warrior crushed both face-down cards and Daelin activated Monster Reborn to bring back Luster Dragon as his own monster. "I play these two cards face-down and end my turn."
Seto drew and smiled. "I call forth my great beast, the mighty Blue Eyes White Dragon!" The huge, white dragon with piercing, blue eyes appeared next to Vorse Raider roared to the sky. Diana winced at the sight of the Dragon. It was horrible to see an evil creature that looked identical to her own precious Dragon.
Daelin frowned hard at the Dragon. "I despise that Dragon, Blader. That…thing…will pay for what it did to me." He touched his shoulder. It was just one of the places where a battle-scar from the Blue Eyes still remained.
"We shall defeat it just like last time, Lord Daelin." Buster Blader said.
"I know." He drew and said, "I summon Hayabusa Knight in attack mode." A large falcon-human hybrid wearing gold and lavender colored armor and a green cape appeared in front of Luster Dragon and Mobius.
Seto literally howled with laughter. "Is that thing supposed to scare me?"
"Wait just a second. I equip my knight with the Sword of Dragon's Soul, which raises his attack power by 700 points." Daelin said. Now Hayabusa was 1700 attack points strong, but still no match for the Blue Eyes. But Daelin wasn't finished yet. "I also activate the card, United We Stand, which raises Hayabusa's attack power by 800 for each monster on my side of the field. And since I have Luster Dragon, Buster Blader and Mobius on the field, his attack power goes up by 2400, giving my Hayabusa 4100 attack points."
"No! My Dragon!"
"Now he's supposed to scare you! Hayabusa, attack his Dragon directly!" The bird-like warrior slashed Blue Eyes in half, destroying the Dragon. Seto now had 2900 life points. He snorted and said, "I'm still in the game."
"No you aren't. My knight has a special ability. He can attack you twice in one turn and he still has his 4100 attack points too." Daelin smiled. "Hayabusa, attack Vorse Raider, won't you?" The falcon-headed knight slashed Vorse Raider and Seto lost the duel.
The chimera roared in anger. He started ripping up the ground as the monsters—except for Buster Blader—disappeared. "No sense throwing a temper tantrum, Rosenburg." Daelin snapped. "You look like Fin when he was a child."
Fin blushed angrily and muttered, "Thanks, Daelin." Diana laughed.
Seto rose up, suddenly quiet. His eyes flashed towards Diana. "Diana…" he whispered and ran at her. She barely had time to react as he launched himself at her, teeth bared. But before he could reach her, a flash of golden light slammed into him and the chimera bounced away from Diana several yards before he lay motionless—and unfortunately alive—on the grass.
Diana turned and saw the gryphon symbol on Daelin's shield glowing. The glow died away when Daelin let his arm hang down. She breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks, Lord Daelin."
"Call me Daelin from now on and you're welcome. I needed to teach that bastard a lesson." Daelin said.
Fin gestured to a couple of trolls. "You two take that chimera to the dungeon. We'll figure out what the hell to do with him later."
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Back in Tanna Undome, Yugi and his knights were ready to face the invaders. Behind Yugi's knights were Needle Burrower (1700/1700) and Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500). Needle Burrower belonged to Weevil and Tyrant Dragon was Rex's monster. Yugi ordered his men to be ready. The invaders seemed to show no sign that they saw or noticed the King's army. Yugi was appalled and slightly fearful.
He turned to his Dark Magician and said, "They show no fear. Are these…creatures even human?"
"I sense no human emotions inside them at all. Yet when Rex killed one of them, the knight bled like an ordinary human." the Dark Magician replied.
"Perhaps they are under some of kind of spell. No matter…they are a threat to my people and my kingdom. We must all protect our home." Yugi replied. He gave the order to charge and the knights ran into battle. The invaders fought savagely and slaughtered as many knights as they could come in contact with. Tyrant Dragon shot fiery columns of light at the ranks of invaders. Needle Burrower ripped through them like paper.
"Sire!" called Dark Magician's voice in Yugi's head. The King searched the battlefield for his comrade and his eyes widened when he saw an invader had cornered Dark Magician. The spellcaster had a sickly green light around him and he fell to his knees in pain and agony. The green light seemed to be going from his body to the invader's sword.
Before Yugi could get to him, another invader cornered him and slashed his right eye with his spear. Yugi screamed in agony, but he still had his left eye. He sliced the invader's head off and ran to slash the invader attacking his Dark Magician in half.
"My lord, are you all right?" Dark Magician said, rising to his feet.
"I was going to ask you the same question."
"I am fine now, my lord."
"So am I." Yugi turned to the invaders. They continued to come as if they weren't afraid of dying. Oh Diana, he thought, please hurry. We could use all the help we can get now.
—Heh…well that Chapter's over. Anyone for pizza? My treat…no, Tyrant Dragon, not you – xD Okay, well, I guess everybody pretty much guessed that the chimera was Rosenburg. He did keep shouting Diana's name, which was a pretty damn big clue. I think I've confused some people about Bakura's character. Maybe the next Chapter will clear some things up for you. – Oh and by the way, the duel between Daelin and Rosenburg was completely thought up by my buddy DarkShadow…I just edited it a little – or a lot, however Dark looks at it.
SG – xD –babble babble– lol…as for Rosenburg's fate, well, I haven't decided yet…heh. I don't know right yet. Bakura's not exactly power mad. He's sort of insane, but he wants the world to be a utopia for Ryou.
Swift – xP yes! another evil cliffhanger! I am addicted to them…ha!
DarkShadow – hey bud, great duel…I just edited the parts where you had Buster Blader attack straight up. That couldn't happen only because the deck leader only helps the duelist summon monsters and acts as the embodiment of the duelist's life points. In the deck leader system, the deck leader doesn't attack or anything, but they do have unique, special abilities. But I still found your character really interesting. He's definitely gonna make a good fighter in the war against the Immortal Thieves.
Jaded – o.o oops…I didn't see your character information until just now. Ack! I am so sorry! –feels bad now– Don't worry! I'll reserve your character for one of those, "save the main character at the minute" kind of chapters. : ) Trilogy? Hmmm…I'll throw that idea around in my head for a while and see. I'm not sure yet.
mariks1andonly – now when has Henry, Alex, or Diana ever died? –grins– Everybody's asking if Henry and Diana are going to get married. I'll see…right now they are both nineteen and Henry's going to be twenty soon, so I'm not sure yet.
Sara and company – say "Sara and company" it doesn't sound so ghetto – lol…curse them for having fun in NY without you…xP oh well, my fanfic is keeping you occupied, that's a plus! Good thing you can't wait for more cliffhangers, because I have plenty…teehee.