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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Midnight Arc
Chapter 9: Battle of Fusion
Midnight sat back in his throne and watched as Akuma approached the place where the remaining nuisances were. "Next up is the follower of Bahamut. This should be enjoyable. I so hate Bahamut…he's such an annoying god. Always he enforces justice and strength amongst brethren."
"Perhaps he'll come out though…" A calm voice said from the back wall. "What then would Akuma do?"
"Akuma's death would be of little consequence." Midnight smirked. "He is but a human who has undergone the trials of hell. Unlike you, Curse."
"Thank you for your kind words master."
Ryu stood at the entryway to the office, his eyes locked ahead. "So you have fallen Rikuo…" He growled. "I shall slay this monster…"
Eri's muffled snarls of anger came from within the room behind him.
Ryu sighed. "Calm down child. I will deal with this monster."
Akuma casually strolled towards the small building with a calm smile on his face. He was whistling a calm tune and then saw the gold-haired dragon demon waiting for him. "Aw, my next opponent. How are you?"
Ryu growled and bared his fangs. "Don't you talk nonchalantly to me you bastard!"
Akuma shrugged and activated his duel disk. "Very well then, let's duel."
Ryu- 4000
Akuma- 4000
Ryu drew, looked at the drawn card, and smiled. "I summon Gaius the Earth Dragon (500/2200) in defense mode." A huge dragon that resembled a boulder appeared on the field in a crouching position. "Now I set two cards face-down and end my turn."
Akuma drew. "Hm…I know of your deck type. It is one that runs with the power of dragons." He placed a card face-down on his disk and then slid a card into his disk. "End turn."
Ryu drew. ("Damn…he's defending.") "I'll have to fight then. I sacrifice Gaius to summon Crystallis the Ice Dragon!" (2200/2000) A giant pillar of ice exploded out of the ground and then opened its red eyes, snarling at the set card. "Attack now! Ice Blast!" It sprayed a mist over the set card, which froze and then exploded into powder.
Akuma removed a card from his deck. "When the monster you destroyed is flipped up I can add one monster to my hand." He fanned out his five cards.
Ryu smiled slightly. "End turn." ("Let's see how long you can defend now.")
Akuma drew and held up a card. "I activate Polymerization from my hand. And then from my hand…" He felt a building power.
And so did everyone in the office. Eri quite literally threw Adriel and Davis off of her and stumbled to the doorway. "That power…"
Akuma took two cards from his hand and held them up. "I fuse Cyber Shadow Berserker (1900/1200) and Cyber Shadow Strongarm (1900/1300) together to create Cyber Shadow Wild Driver!" (2500/1500) A huge double sword wielding warrior lowered down onto the field and roared out a battle cry.
Ryu's eyes widened. ("The Cyber Shadows?")
Eri nearly passed out. "How did…he get that deck?" Everyone in the room behind her went quiet as they stared at the giant standing on the field.
Akuma pointed at Crystallis. "Go now with Double Rage Slash!" It launched forwards and slashed its two weapons through the body of the icy snake dragon, blowing it apart. "End turn."
Ryu- 3700
Akuma- 4000
Ryu grimaced and drew. "Reverse cards open!" His face-down cards flipped up. "First I use Dragon's Heart to special summon two more Crystallis from my deck to the field!" Two icy snake dragons appeared on the field and roared in unison. "Also, I activate Nexus Warp!" A flaming snake dragon appeared on the field. "Fuse together Infernus and Crystallis together to form Grand Nexus Dragon!" (2800/2000) A dragon that looked like it was made of burning ice appeared on the field and roared. "Attack Wild Driver now!" It released a blast of ice and fire towards the giant warrior.
"Reverse card open!" Wild Driver leapt out of the way of the attack. "Narrow Escape lets my monster escape your attack. Also, I can set one card from my hand face-down." A card appeared behind his warrior.
Ryu slid another card into his disk. "I set one card face-down. End turn."
Akuma drew. "Now…I attack your Crystallis with Wild Driver! Double Rage Slash!" The giant charged and cross-slashed through the snake dragon, blowing it apart.
Ryu- 3400
Akuma- 4000
Ryu braced himself against the backlash and frowned. ("I'm far from done with you.") He drew. "I play the magic card Fusion Reverse." Nexus Dragon God disappeared. "This card lets me take one fusion monster in play, split it into its original parts, and then refuse any groups of monsters I have!" Crystallis and Infernus appeared on the field, and then a dragon made of light appeared between then. "Shine the Light Dragon (0/0) fuses with Crystallis and Infernus to create Divine Nexus Dragon!" (2800/1000) A snake dragon made of gold, ice, and fire appeared on the field. "This monster will destroy you with its special effect."
"You are a fool to challenge this deck with a fusion." Akuma pointed at his set card. "I activate De-Fusion!" Divine Nexus Dragon exploded into three balls that reformed into the original pieces.
Ryu clenched his fist angrily. "End turn."
Akuma drew. "You are using the wrong strategy against the power of my deck!" He threw a card down. "I summon Cyber Shadow Blademaster (2000/1600) and declare its attack against Shine!" A warrior with two swords appeared on the field and slashed through the glittering light dragon. "Wild Driver, attack Infernus!" The huge giant slashed through the fire dragon. "End turn!"
Ryu closed his eyes and drew. ("I have two cards…and neither of them will be useful yet.") "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Akuma drew. "I summon Cyber Shadow Retriever (1000/1000) in attack mode." A silver colored crab appeared on the field. "Now I attack Crystallis with Wild Driver!" The warrior slashed through the ice snake dragon and it shattered. "Now this duel nears completion! From my hand I play the quickplay magic card Reckless Charge!" Energy flowed around Blademaster's body. "This cad raises the attack of the targeted monster by 700 until the end of the turn." (2700/1600) "Blademaster, attack his life points directly!"
Ryu pointed at his set card. "Reveal Call of the Haunted! This trap will revive Infernus!" The fire snake dragon exploded out of the earth just in time to get cut down by the swords of Blademaster.
Ryu- 2900
Akuma- 4000
Akuma pointed at the dragon demon. "Retriever attacks directly!" The crab robot slashed across Ryu's chest and left him stumbling. "End turn."
Ryu- 1900
Akuma- 4000
Ryu looked down at his deck and then smiled. "You wish to play the game of fusion? Very well then…I'll humor you!" He drew. "First Pot of Greed lets me draw two cards!" Sliding two cards off of his deck, he snickered. "Now I play Wings of Bahamut!" Nexus Dragon God appeared on the field, roared, and then blew apart into Crystallis and Infernus. "This magic card lets me split apart one fusion in my graveyard." Both Crystallis and Infernus roared. "Now, attack Retriever will all of your rage Infernus! Fire Blast!" The snake dragon sprayed the machine with flames and blew it apart.
Ryu- 1900
Akuma- 2800
Akuma removed a card from his graveyard. "When Retriever is destroyed as a result of battle I may add one Cyber Shadow from my graveyard to my hand." He pointed at Ryu. "So do not think that you are so powerful."
Ryu tapped the side of his head. "Don't worry, I'm not done yet! Crystallis, Ice Blast!" The ice snake dragon sprayed Blademaster with mist and it froze. Seconds later it exploded into dust. "Then from my hand I play Polymerization!" The two monsters disappeared and were replaced by Nexus Dragon God. (2800/2000) "End turn."
Ryu- 1900
Akuma- 2600
Ichigo's eyes opened slowly. "Where….why am I alive?"
"Well…technically you're not."
Ichigo looked up…and rubbed his eyes in amazement. "It's you…er, me again."
The blond-haired female version of Ichigo smiled and helped him to his feet. "Hiya!"
Ichigo sighed. "I've lost my mind…" He was standing with his other half in a huge white temple. "Yep…I'm crazy."
The female Ichigo waved a finger in the air. "There's no need to be pessimistic about this! You're alive after all!"
The half demon glared at her. "I though your said the Shining Force could beat Akuma. Now, unless I imagined that whole duel I just lost!"
"Well…yeah…."
"WELL?" Ichigo kicked a pillar next to him. "I did my best and I still lost! Mind telling me how I'm supposed to be the hero if the stupid cards are so weak that they can't beat some lousy…"
"Enough." A voice said from behind him…
Ichigo froze…and tingles ran through his body. ("I've never heard that voice before…but I…") He slowly turned around…and found himself looking up at a tall woman in flowing golden robes.
She smiled sweetly at him. "Hello Ichigo."
The half demon's right eye started to twitch. "You couldn't be…"
"I am…"
"But that would mean…"
"That's right…"
Ichigo fainted.
The female Ichigo sighed. "He's so easy to scare."
Luna laughed quietly. "Yes, but he tries so hard to be brave."
Akuma drew. "You think you can defend yourself from my power?" He held up the drawn card. "Card of Sanctity forces us both to draw until we are holding six cards." They both drew five cards. "Now I'll take you down, my dear mortal."
"Bring it on." Ryu looked down at his hand cards and smiled slightly. ("In the next turn Bahamut will run you down.")
Akuma opened his field magic card slot. "Go Fusion Gate!" Up in the air above him a swirl of energy formed. "Now I unleash destruction in the form of this mighty monster!" He snapped up a card. "First I play The Warrior Returning Alive to take back one warrior monster!" He held up Blademaster. "Prepare yourself, because I use Fusion Gate to fuse Blademaster, Soldier, and Assassin together!" A trench-coat wearing warrior lowered onto the field. "Cyber Shadow Lord of Knives is summoned." (2800/2300) The fusion warrior looked back at Akuma in confusion. "Who are you?"
"I am your new master." Akuma smirked at Ryu. "So tell me mortal, do you see what is about to happen to you?"
The dragon demon clenched his fist and looked back at Adriel. "Go. Get out of here."
"Dad…" Adriel started to move forwards, but Hitokage placed a hand on his shoulder to stop him.
Ryu's eyes met the jade ones of Hitokage. "Contact Deondre, CJ…anyone who can come. Tell them to use everything they can to stop this monster."
Akuma pointed at Nexus Dragon God. "End this Lord of Knives!" The warrior glared at him. "You heard me! Attack it now!"
Lord of Knives looked at Ryu and frowned. "I know who you are…you are the father of the dragon son." He closed his eyes and sighed. "Please know that I mean nothing personal by this."
Ryu grimaced and nodded. "Come then…"
Akuma slammed his foot into the ground. "Do as I say! Knife Barrage!" The warrior snapped both of its hands and released a storm of knives towards the ice/fire dragon.
Ryu pointed at Lord of Knives. "Divine Torrent!" His dragon released a blast of power that hit the warrior at the same time the knives connected. Both monsters exploded into dust. "Finish it."
"Wild Driver, direct attack!" The huge warrior leapt high into the air and slammed down in front of Ryu, creating an explosion that sent his soulless body flying backwards through one of the office walls.
Ryu- 0
Akuma- 2600
Akuma turned, his eyes following something in the nearby forest area. "You cannot run children. I'm coming for you…and with my new deck I'll steal all of your souls and deliver them to master Midnight." He started to walk…
Ichigo watched Luna with narrowed eyes. After walking around her for the fiftieth time, he nodded. "Alright, I believe you."
Luna giggled. "You're such a silly boy."
The female Ichigo giggled as well.
The half demon glared at his other self. "Hey, stop that! You make me sound like a girl!"
Both of them fell to the ground laughing.
Ichigo tried desperately to control the twitching of his right eye. "You…" He spun around and stomped off. "I'm out of here!"
"Hang on a second." Luna stood up and brushed off her robes. "I'm sorry for laughing at you Ichigo, I'm sure that wasn't very funny to you."
Sighing, Ichigo scuffed his heel on the marble floor. "Well yeah…I mean…" He looked up at the ceiling. "I never asked to be a girl."
The female Ichigo sniffled. "You want to get rid of me?"
"Errr…." The half demon sighed and looked at Luna. "So…could you do so?"
"Unfortunately I cannot help you in that respect." Luna bowed her head. "I cashed in a very powerful favor to save your soul from the darkness realm's grasp, and you're nearly at the physical limit anyway. Right now your body is healing, and soon you'll be at full strength again."
Ichigo sighed and looked at the female version of himself. "And what am I supposed to call you anyway?"
She struck a little pose and fluttered her eyes at him. "You can call me the illustrious Alahandra!" Dancing around, she struck another pose. "Well…what do you think?"
Luna started to applaud.
Ichigo groaned and walked off. "Good grief…"
To be continued…
Hi, this is the illustrious Alahandra! Well while Ichigo goes and bashes his head against that pillar over there, I'll be doing the previews for the next episode!
No! I'll tolerate a lot of things but this is my preview time! Hey guys…they'll be…
Lots of fun stuff! Adriel says he has an idea for how to beat Akuma's stolen Cyber Shadows…
But the problem is that he doesn't have any time…
So Hitokage's going to give it a shot!
Go Hitokage, show that imposter that there's only one duelist who could ever use the Cyber Shadows!
Next Episode: The Demon Hunter Brothers vs. Cyber Shadows
To Dais: There is a way to stop him.
To Seeker of the Soul: Hopefully someone will be able to stop this guy by then.
To Bobbomp: How about a nice spiked one to turn inside out and put on ya?
To Anime Albino: Well then your get your wish, I suppose, miss Reverse Psychology.
To Neo Arkadia: Sorry dude, but Akuma is out of this world good.
To Rex: I'm glad you agree.
To G.O.T. Nick: Awww…but Shining Force has good flair anyway. And perhaps that will happen. There are many sharp rocks after all.
To Falcon Demon General: The poor boy isn't dead.
To Adriel: By all means entertain me. Dance monkey, dance!
To Raine: That it was!
To Gryphinwyrm: What have I said about people openly predicting what I will do next?
