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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Midnight Arc
Chapter 7: Shining Force Unleashed!
Ichigo looked at the deck in his disk. ("The shining power in my soul…") He felt the deck change itself. ("Let's hope this works.") "I challenge you Akuma."
"Very well." The giant shuffled his deck and slid it into place. "I'll run you over."
Ichigo smiled slightly. "Maybe…but then again…I've beaten everyone who you've beaten. So technically, I'm better then all of them."
"As am I."
They both stood against each other…and a light wind blew through their hair. "Duel!"
Ichigo- 4000
Akuma- 4000
Eri sat and looked out the window of the clinic. "Ahran…" She had seen Fenrir's descent…and now prayed that her father would show up. ("Please…be alright.")
Ryu looked over the cards of his deck. ("If you fall Amero…then I'll be sure to pick up your slack. I can't lose…because there is no one else around here who can match this Akuma character apparently…")
Kenshin was lying silently on a bed alongside Midas King.
Adriel looked through his deck. ("Water Dragon…Drill Dragon…Grand Emperor Dragon…")
Krieger closed his eyes and prayed that Rikuo had won. ("Please mister Rikuo…")
Wind blew across the fields of the night…
Daniel and Rikuo were collapsed alongside each other, unmoving. They looked exactly the same, except that one had red hair and one had black.
Ichigo looked over at his father and father-in-law. ("Dad…Rikuo…") He clenched his fist, the night hiding his dirtied face. "I…won't forgive you!"
Akuma stood calmly, his red eyes glowing in the night. "I don't expect forgiveness. Let us begin then." He drew. ("This boy expects my fiends…") He smirked. ("It doesn't matter…because this won't be the deck that you expect.") Taking a card from his hand he placed it down onto his disk. "I set one monster face-down and end my turn."
Ichigo drew. ("This shining power in my soul. Let it be enough.") He slid the new card into his hand and then fanned it out. His eyes glanced over the cards and he looked thoughtful for a moment. "Your face-down monster is most likely a trap."
"Perhaps, but what can you do about it?" Akuma crossed his broad arms across his chest. "You must attack to get to me."
"Oh really?" Ichigo took a card from his hand, looked at the text, and smirked. "Actually…I'm about to get right around your defense." He threw it down and a humanoid form appeared on his field. It wore a gold bodysuit and a silver visor over its face. "Shining Force-Hyperion (1600/1400) in attack mode!" The warrior struck a pose and little motes of light twirled around its form.
Akuma chortled darkly. ("Come and attack then…")
"Hyperion, attack his life points directly! Luminous Slasher!" It pointed a hand at Akuma, the hand pretending to be a finger. "Bang." A bullet of light flew from its finger and slammed right into the giant's chest. "Hyperion can attack your life points directly. All life point damage it does is cut in half."
Ichigo- 4000
Akuma- 3200
Akuma clutched at his chest and growled darkly from his throat. "You little…" Wisps of smoke rose up from the spot where the light had hit him.
Ichigo smirked slightly. "What's wrong? That shouldn't have hurt that much." He slid a card into his disk. "I set one card face-down on the field. End turn." The card appeared between him and Hyperion, the warrior striking another pose.
Akuma drew. ("You think you're powerful because you got the first hit?") "I play the Pot of Greed magic card to draw two cards." He slid two cards off of his deck. "Now then, let me give you a taste of this decks theme." His field magic card slot opened. "Field magic activates! Darkness Volcano!" All around them the field turned into a molten cavern. Both duelists were now standing on a narrow stone walkway on both sides of this cavern, lava splashing everywhere. "In this dark place the attack power of all monsters with Black in their title increases by 400. Now I summon Red Eyes Black Chick (1200/500) to the field!" A little red egg popped out of the lava and cracked open to reveal a pair of glowing red eyes. "This little monster will be your end."
Ichigo smirked. "Why's that?"
"Because I send it to my graveyard to special summon Red Eyes Black Dragon (2800/2000) to the field!" The little egg exploded in a burst of fire that formed into a giant skeletal black dragon. It roared at Ichigo. "Attack Hyperion, Dark Mega Flare!" A fireball exploded out of its mouth and sailed towards Hyperion.
"Reverse card open!" Ichigo's face-down flipped up. The fireball hit Hyperion and some of the fire kept going to hit him in the face. "Shining Aura is a continuous trap card that makes one Shining Force monster in play impossible to destroy in battle while it is in attack mode."
Ichigo- 2800
Akuma- 3200
Akuma growled at the fact that he had been unable to destroy that annoying monster. "I end my turn."
Ichigo drew. ("I need to keep Hyperion alive until I can beat this guy.") "I summon Shining Force-Spell Binder (500/500) in attack mode!" A dark-robed figure appeared on the field. "I use its special ability to equip it to Red Eyes Black Dragon!" The spellcaster moved back to his magic/trap zone and started chanting.
Akuma grimaced as a glowing circle appeared around his monster. (2100/2000) "What are you doing?"
"Spell Binder can once per turn equip itself to a monster in play and reduce that monsters attack points by 700. Also, it cannot attack or switch modes." Ichigo clenched his fist in triumph. "And that means Hyperion is going to give you another taste of light! Luminous Slasher!" The warrior released another bullet of light that slammed into Akuma's chest. "Also, I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Ichigo- 2800
Akuma- 2400
Akuma drew. ("I won't be stopped by the likes of you.") "I flip summon Masked Dragon (1400/1100) into attack mode!" A white and red dragon appeared on the field and roared. "Also, I summon Fire Flash Dragon (1500/1200) in attack mode." A blood red dragon appeared on the field. "I activate its special ability. By sacrificing Fire Flash Dragon one magic or trap card in play will be destroyed!" The dragon exploded in a burst of fire.
Ichigo expected to lose Spell Binder, but instead Shining Aura shattered. "Huh?"
Akuma pointed at Hyperion. "Masked Dragon attacks!" The Dragon opened its jaws and charged up a fireball.
"Fight back Hyperion, Luminous Slasher!" The warrior fired a single bullet of energy that pierced the dragon's chest and shattered it.
Ichigo- 2800
Akuma- 2300
Akuma slid a card out of his disk and threw it down. "I special summon Red Eyes Black Chick through the effect of Masked Dragon!" Another red egg appeared on the field. "Now I sacrifice it to summon another Red Eyes Black Dragon!" (2800/2000) The egg exploded and another of the skeletal dragons appeared on the field and roared. "End turn."
Ichigo looked down at his deck. ("Here we go.") "It's my turn and I draw." He snapped the top card off of his deck. "I unequip Spell Binder from Red Eyes Black Dragon." The mage returned to the monster field. "Now I switch both of my monsters into defense mode." Both creatures dropped to one knee and placed their arms up in front of them. "Now I set three cards face-down and play Mirage of Nightmare. End turn."
Akuma drew. "During your standby phase Mirage of Nightmare lets you draw until you have four cards in your hand."
Ichigo nodded and snapped four cards off of his deck.
Akuma slapped down a monster. "I summon Mirage Dragon." (1600/600) A golden dragon appeared on the field. "Attack Spell Binder now!" It released a rainbow of light that hit the spellcaster and blew it apart. "Red Eyes Black Dragon, Dark Mega Flare!" One of the two skeletal dragons blasted Hyperion to ash. "And now for the death blow! Red Eyes Black Dragon attacks directly!" The second dragon sprayed a ball of fire towards the half demon. "It's over!"
Ichigo pointed at one of his set cards. "Reveal Emergency Provisions!" Mirage of Nightmare and one of his set cards disappeared. "Now I gain 2000 life points!" The fireball slammed into him and nearly sent him flying.
Ichigo- 2000
Akuma- 2300
Akuma growled. "End turn!"
Ichigo drew. "You're good…"
Akuma sneered. "And you're not."
Ichigo shook his head. "Hold that thought! From my hand I play Monster Reborn to revive Hyperion!" The light warrior appeared on the field. "Now I reveal my face-down card!" One of his two remaining set cards flipped up. "Polymerization will fuse Hyperion and the Shining Force-Gale Spirit Ryu (1200/800) in my hand together!" An ethereal dragon appeared on his field and was sucked into a vortex with Hyperion.
Akuma eyes widened. "A fusion?"
Ichigo smirked. "Come out now, Shining Force-Spirit Galion!" (1800/1200) The monster the floated down onto his field was a humanoid warrior wearing ethereal dragon armor. Its yellow visor swept over each of the three dragons calmly before coming to rest on Akuma. Lifting the odd vacuum cleaner-looking weapon on one arm, it calmly pointed at its enemies.
Akuma growled, as did the dragons he had in play.
Ichigo pointed at Mirage Dragon. "Go Spirit Galion, attack now! Tempest Cannon!" The warrior spread its wings and fired a tornado from its gun that hit all three of the dragons and forced them into crouching positions. "The effect of Spirit Galion lets me switch the modes of any monsters in play when it attacks. So I'll switch all of your dragons into defense mode!"
Akuma frowned. "Haven't you noticed the defense of my Red Eyes Black Dragons?"
Ichigo pointed at his set card. "It doesn't matter! Go Tragedy!" A huge guillotine blade fell from the sky and slashed through all three of the dragons. "This trap card destroys all defense mode monsters on your field when one monster on your field switches into defense!"
Akuma gasped in surprise. "That means…"
"Spirit Galion, direct attack!" The warrior released a stream of green energy that slammed into Akuma and sent the huge man sliding backwards.
Ichigo- 2000
Akuma- 500
Ichigo slid a card into his disk. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Akuma drew. "I set one monster face-down. End turn."
Ichigo drew. "Now I've got you! I summon Shining Force-Jungle Fighter (1500/1200) in attack mode!" A burly man appeared on the field with a stone-tipped spear in one hand. "Attack now!" It threw its spear and blew the set card apart. "Its special ability lets me special summon one level four monster from my hand to the field in defense mode when it destroys a monster!" He grabbed a card and slapped it down. "So I special summon Shining Force-Dark Reaper!" (1000/1700) A black-robed reaper appeared on the field in a crouching position. It held its scythe in front of it calmly.
Akuma grabbed the top card of his deck. "When Masked Dragon is destroyed I can special summon another one!" A new red and white dragon appeared on the field in a crouching position.
Ichigo pointed at it. "Spirit Galion, attack now!" It lifted its weapon and fired a blast of wind that hit the Masked Dragon as it switched from defense to attack.
Ichigo- 2000
Akuma- 100
Akuma grabbed another card from off of his deck and threw it down. "I special summon another Red Eyes Black Chick in attack mode!" A new red egg appeared on the field. "And now it's my turn." He drew. "Now…" The Red Eyes Black Chick exploded and turned into a Red Eyes Black Dragon. (2800/2000) "….it's time to bring about the destruction…the death of you."
Ichigo rubbed a finger under his nose. "Oh really huh?"
"That's right." Akuma pointed at the Red Eyes Black Dragon. "Dragon…sacrifice yourself to the flames of this place." Snarling, the skeletal dragon leapt into the lava and disappeared in a boiling blast of flame. "Now…can you hear them?" Roars bubbled out of the lava. "Come out now! Red Eyes Darkness Dragon!" (2400/2000) A giant black form emerged from the lava and lowered down onto the field behind him. "This mighty dragon gains 300 attack points for every dragon type monster in my graveyard." (5700/2000)
"5700…." Ichigo gulped.
"That's right! Red Eyes Darkness Dragon, attack Spirit Galion now! Darkness Giga Flame!" It opened its jaws and released a stream of black and orange fire towards the warrior. "It's over!"
Ichigo watched as the fire launched towards him. ("Damn…")
To be continued…
Hi there! This is Ichigo's other half! And from the looks of it he's in trouble now. But don't worry Ichigo, as long as you believe in the power of the Shining Force you can win! EEEK! What's that thing? It's all big and scaly and…
Next Episode: Shining Force Unleashed Part 2
To Seeker of the Soul: Well, this is the truest power of his soul. What do you think so far?
To Adriel: Nooooo….they're gone totally.
To Rex: Here they are…the Shining Force.
To falcon demon general: They might…
To wolfy: I think the chapter answered your question.
To Raine: Freaking traitor…
To Neo Arkadia: Sorry man, but the Cyber Shadows are gone.
To Sinister: Here you go…Chapter 7.
To Dais: If he can't do it then damn…
To the real agent smith: Sorry, but no.
To G.O.T. Nick: Recognize one of the monsters Ichigo played.
To john: Once again, the Cyber Shadows and the Steel Titans are gone.
