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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Midnight Arc
Chapter 21: Jester's Attack; The strike of Comedy's incarnate
Jester smirked. "The Dark Halo huh? Well who could turn that proposition down?" He whistled and the Peten swung on their ropes up to the rafters. "Keep him safe boys…this shouldn't take long." A purple duel disk appeared on his arm. "Let's duel."
Ichigo resisted the urge to unleash Halo on this guy. ("No…he's mine...") A duel disk appeared on his arm and he slammed his disk into it. "Duel!"
Jester- 4000
Ichigo- 4000
Jester drew, while the audience remained silent in a mix of fear and confusion. They weren't sure what was going on. "Don't worry ladies and gentlemen; it's all part of the act!"
The audience accepted that and started to applaud.
"I'll kill you." Ichigo snarled coldly.
Jester fanned out his hand. "We'll see about that. First the magic card Pot of Greed." He drew twice. "Now I set one card face-down. End turn."
Ichigo drew. ("No monsters? That's a shame for you.") "I summon Shining Force-Jungle Fighter (1500/1200) to the field!" A brown-skinned man holding a spear appeared on the field. "Attack his life points directly!"
"Reverse card open!" Jester's set card flipped up. "Protection from Harm. This card negates any effect or attack that would result in me taking damage and your turn ends immediately."
Ichigo paled.
Jester smirked and drew. "I summon Toon Gemini Elf (1900/900) to the field." A pair of cartoon woman appeared on the field alongside each other, blowing Ichigo kisses.
"Toons…" Ichigo frowned. ("I've heard of them…but never seen them played before.")
"During the turn these ladies are summoned they cannot attack, so for now you are safe. End turn." Jester smirked. "However…when they do attack your life points will be at zero…I promise you…"
Ichigo drew. "Keep believing that…" He looked at the drawn card. "Go field magic card! Shining Sanctuary!" Huge white pillars exploded all around them, and behind the half demon a large golden statue appeared. "While this card is in play all Shining Force monsters gain 600 attack points!" (2000/1200) "Also, I summon Shining Force-Heal Angel (2100/0) to the field!" A golden-robed angel appeared and landed next to Jungle Fighter. "Jungle Spear!" The wild warrior threw its weapon and somehow managed to pierce both Toon monsters, blowing them apart.
Jester- 3900
Ichigo- 4000
"I'm not done yet Jester! Heal Angel, direct attack!" The angel floated across the field and stabbed the clown with a syringe. She then floated over and injected Ichigo in the arm. "All life point damage Heal Angel deals to your life points is also the amount I gain. End turn."
Jester- 1800
Ichigo- 6100
Jester brushed himself off. "It's Showtime. Draw." He looked at the drawn card. "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls…presenting the star of the show!" He slammed a card down. "Toon World!" A giant child's pop-up book appeared on his field. "At the cost of 1000 life points this card activates!"
Jester- 800
Ichigo- 6100
Ichigo narrowed his eyes. This was the key card of the Toon Deck.
Jester took another card from his hand. "Now that Toon World is in play I can normal summon these guys! Toon Goblin Attack Force!" (2300/0) The book opened to a page of a mountain. From within it a group of green cartoon goblins holding clubs appeared on the field. "Luckily for you, these monsters cannot attack during the turn they are summoned. End turn."
Ichigo drew. ("His monster is a little too strong for mine…") "I switch both of my monsters into defense mode. End turn." Both the Angel and Fighter dropped to one knee.
Jester drew. "Here we go…" He slapped another card onto his disk. "I special summon Toon Mermaid!" (1400/1500) A clam appeared on the field. "While Toon World is in play this monster can be special summoned. Now I sacrifice Toon Mermaid to summon Toon Dark Magician Girl!" (2000/1700) The clam disappeared and was replaced by a female version of the mighty magician Krieger had faced. "Now, direct attack!" She giggled and snapped her staff out, blasting Ichigo with energy.
Jester- 800
Ichigo- 4100
Ichigo dropped to one knee and grabbed at his chest. "What…how…?"
Jester laughed, as did the Dark Magician Girl. "While Toon World is in play all Toon monsters can attack your life points directly if you don't have a Toon monster in play."
Ichigo groaned and climbed to his feet. "You bastard…"
"Toon Goblin Attack Force can attack you directly at the cost of 500 life points!" The horde of Goblins charged across the field, hopped over Ichigo's two monsters, and beat him senseless with their clubs.
Jester- 300
Ichigo- 1800
Ichigo screamed in pain and crashed to his knees.
Jester snickered. "I'm not done yet. From my hand I play the quickplay magic card Sebek's Blessing. This card activates when a monster on my field attacks you directly. I gain the attack points of that monster in life points."
Jester- 2600
Ichigo- 1800
Ichigo growled darkly. "Griff…I won't let them take you!"
Jester cackled. "I go into my main phase 2!" Toon Goblin Attack Force slid to their knees. "And though my Goblins go into defense mode, I'll be sacrificing them to special summon Toon Summoned Skull!" (2500/1200) The pop-up book opened and a cartoon version of the giant demon appeared on the field. "Also, I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."
Ichigo stood up slowly and drew. "I switch Heal Angel into attack mode!" The golden angel stood up. "Attack Toon Dark Magician Girl!" It launched across the field towards the cartoon, holding up a sword from out of nowhere.
The Toon Dark Magician Girl screamed and took off her hat. She hopped into it and disappeared right before the sword slashed the hat in half. Then she appeared on top of the Heal Angel's head. Waving down at the angel, she returned to Jester's field.
Ichigo gasped. "How did…that's not possible?"
"Oh really?" Jester waved a finger in the air. "Toon World's special ability makes it so that whenever a non-Toon monster battles with a Toon monster; all battle damage from the non-Toon monster is zero."
Ichigo growled and clenched his fist. ("Crap…") "I can't hurt you?" Frowning, he slid a card into his disk. "I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."
Jester drew. "Toon Dark Magician Girl, attack his life points directly!" The Toon Dark Magician Girl aimed her staff at Ichigo.
The half demon pointed at his set card. "Go Spirit Barrier!" A yellow shield of light appeared around him. "While I have a monster in play all battle damage to me is zero!"
The Toon Dark Magician Girl fired a blast of energy that hit the Spirit Barrier and dissipated.
Jester growled. "Very clever…with Spirit Barrier in play you are protected. However…" His lips curled into a crazy smile. "Toon monsters can still attack normally! Demon Thunder!" The cartoon released a blast of lightning from its body that hit Heal Angel, blowing her apart. "Also, I summon another Toon Gemini Elf." Another pair of elves appeared on the field. "End turn."
Ichigo drew. "I summon Shining Force-Aroma Revival Flower (0/1600) in defense mode." A brightly colored flower appeared on the field in a crouching position. "Also, I set one card face-down on the field. End turn."
Jester drew. "You're far from safe. Go Toon Summoned Skull and Toon Dark Magician Girl!" Both monsters blasted Ichigo's two monsters and blew them apart.
Ichigo braced himself and his graveyard started to glow. "Aroma Revival Flower's special ability lets me take back one Shining Force monster from my graveyard and draw one card." He held up Heal Angel and then drew one card, adding them to his hand.
"It doesn't matter! Toon Gemini Elf, direct attack!" The two ladies charged towards him…and then screamed as an explosion of bright light blinded them.
Ichigo pointed at his now face-up set card. "Shining Flare negates one attack and lets me draw one card." He drew one card, looked at it…and smirked. ("Alright…I'm nearly ready for my counter-attack.")
Jester sneered. "Now…it's time to summon Toon Cannon Soldier (1400/1300) to the field!" A cartoon purple-colored machine appeared on the field and started dancing around. "This monster, like the real Cannon Soldier, allows me to sacrifice a monster on my field to deal you 500 life points of damage!" Toon Gemini Elf disappeared. "Take this!" Toon Cannon Soldier pulled a bazooka out of nowhere and fired, a sneering rocket was flying towards the half demon.
Ichigo gulped. "Shining Sanctuary's special ability activates!" The ivory pillars and golden statue disappeared immediately. "By sending this card to my graveyard I can negate all life point damage to me for this turn!" The rocket popped like a balloon.
Jester snapped up the last card in his hand. "Before we continue…Mystical Space Typhoon!" A blast of wind hit Spirit Barrier and shattered it, pieces of yellow glass raining around Ichigo. "End turn."
Ichigo paled. ("Yeah…no cards in play…wait a minute…") He looked down at his hand and a slight smile graced his face. "It's my turn…draw!" The top card left his deck and he snapped it up in front of his face. "I summon Shining Force-Element Commander (700/500) in attack mode!" A steel grey cyborg appeared on his field. "When I have no cards in play other than this monster, I draw two cards!" He held the two drawn cards up to his eyes… "Heh…let's see your Toon monsters laugh at this."
Jester raised an eyebrow. "Hmm…"
Ichigo snapped a card up. "I activate Element Magnetism! This magic card can only be activated when Element Commander is in play. From my graveyard I can select one Shining Force monster from my graveyard and special summon it." The brightly colored Aroma Revival Flower appeared on the field in defense mode. "If Element Commander leaves play then this monster will be destroyed."
Jester cackled. "And so what? Now you have two weak monsters. But it doesn't matter because my monsters can attack you directly."
Ichigo tapped the side of his head. "Tsk tsk…" He held up a card. "From my hand I play the magic card Revival Essence! This magic card can only activate if Aroma Revival is in play!" The flower started to spray out a cloud of pink pollen. "I can now take one Shining Force monster with 1000 or less attack points from my deck and special summon it to the field!" A spellcaster in dark robes appeared on the field. "Shining Force-Spell Binder (500/500) comes out!"
Jester and his Toon monsters chuckled and laughed. "The little dog boy has numerous tiny monsters on the field!"
Ichigo waved a finger in the air. "I'm not done yet! There's more than one way to bring out strong monsters! Polymerization activates!" A swirling vortex of energy appeared in air above him. "Now, I fuse Spell Binder, Element Commander, and Dark Reaper (1000/1700) together!" Both the cyborg and the spellcaster turned into balls of light that were sucked into the vortex. Alongside the vortex a reaper holding a scythe appeared and was sucked into it as well.
A pillar of purple light slammed down onto his field and a dark-robed mage lowered onto the field, a metal staff in one hand with a purple jewel on top of it. "Shining Force-Dark Skull Mage (2700/2500) to the field!" It struck a pose and dark winds blew around it.
"How spooky…" Jester and the Toon monsters started to laugh.
Ichigo held up a finger. "Element Magnetism's special ability…Aroma Revival Flower is destroyed." The flower exploded into dust. "And when this monster is destroyed because of an effect I may pick up one Polymerization card from my graveyard and draw one card." Without skipping a beat he slammed three cards into his disk. "Now I set three cards face-down on the field. Dark Skull Mage's special ability drains 800 attack points from Toon Summoned Skull!" A purple skull flew from the spellcaster's staff and hit the cartoon, draining its power. (1700/1200) "Go now, Dark Skull Burning!" It snapped its staff and fired a blast of burning energy that hurtled towards the Toon Cannon Soldier.
"It's pointless!" Toon Cannon Soldier twisted out of the way of the blast and started laughing. "Or have you forgotten the special ability of Toon World?"
Ichigo shrugged. "It was worth a shot. End turn."
Jester drew. "Go Toon Dark Magician Girl! Attack his life points directly!" The cartoon girl snapped up her staff and pointed it at Ichigo.
Ichigo pointed at his set card. "Go Negate Attack! This negates your attack and ends your battle phase!" The blast of energy hit a vortex of energy and it dissipated into nothing.
Jester frowned. "Then I'll use the magic card Toon Rollback. This card gives me a second battle phase!"
Ichigo paled.
"Toon Gemini Elf, attack directly!" The two ladies giggled and flew towards the half demon.
Ichigo pointed at his set card. "Go Shining Barrier! This card can only activate when a Shining Force monster is on my field! Your attack is negated and my life points increase by 2000!" A glowing golden barricade sprang up and stopped the attack.
Jester- 2600
Ichigo- 3800
Jester pointed at Ichigo. "I pay 500 life points to let Toon Summoned Skull attack you directly!" Lightning arched along the demon's body and then slammed right into Ichigo's body. "End turn."
Jester- 2100
Ichigo- 2100
Ichigo gasped in pain and dropped to his knees. "Damn you…" He drew. "I can't let you beat me…Griff is counting on me!" He fanned his hand out. ("But with Toon World in play he can overcome anything I have…unless…") He slid three cards into his disk. "I set three cards face-down on the field. Now I summon Shining Force-Heal Angel in defense mode." The golden-robed angel appeared on the field in a crouching position. "Now I play Horn of Shining Revival! This card activates when there is a Shining Force humanoid monster in play! I can take back one card with Shining in its title from my graveyard and add it to my hand." He removed a card from his graveyard. "I set one card face-down and activate my face-down Mirage of Dreams! End turn!"
Jester drew.
Ichigo caught four cards from his graveyard. "The effect of Mirage of Dreams lets me draw from the bottom of my shuffled graveyard until I get four cards!"
Jester pointed at the half demon. "Farewell! Attack now Toon Dark Magician Girl!" The spellcaster pointed her staff at the boy. A blast of pink energy left her staff tip and hurtled towards him.
Ichigo snapped his fingers. "Shining Barrier anyone?" Another card flipped up alongside it. "Emergency Provisions as well." Shining Barrier disappeared along with Mirage of Dreams and one of his set cards. The glowing golden shield appeared and blocked the blast.
Jester- 2100
Ichigo- 7100
Jester stomped his feet against the ground a few times. "You little…"
Ichigo rubbed a finger under his nose. "Care to try again?"
Jester pointed at him. "Go Toon Cannon Soldier and Toon Summoned Skull!" Both monsters blasted the boy with energy.
Jester- 1100
Ichigo- 4000
Ichigo dropped to his face. A few seconds later and he stood up weakly. ("Okay….don't mock the clown with the power to attack you directly…")
Jester pointed at Toon Summoned Skull and Toon Cannon Soldier. "I sacrifice these two monsters!" Both of them disappeared in a flash of light and Toon World started to spin around. It opened and shot out a white-scaled blue-eyed little dragon. "I summon Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon!" (3000/2500) "End turn."
Ichigo frowned and drew. ("Oh man…I'm screwed. I can't keep this going forever. Where is my Mystical Space Typhoon?") "Dark Skull Mage's special ability will now drain your monster of 800 attack points!" A purple skull exploded from the spellcaster's staff and hit the Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon with energy. (2200/2500) "Attacking would be pointless. So I set three cards face-down." Three cards shimmered into existence in front of him. "End turn."
Jester drew. "We're boring the crowd boy..." He held the card up. "So let's speed things up with this! The magic card Toon Crash! This card's special ability can only activate when Toon World is in play. All Toon monsters in play gain double attack!" (4400/2500) (4000/1700) "These monsters cannot attack directly either! Go Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon!" The little dragon sprayed Dark Skull Mage with energy.
"Reverse card open!" Ichigo pointed at one of his set cards. "Negate Attack!" The trap shattered.
Jester waved a finger in the air. "Overload Defense negates one effect that negates attacks."
Ichigo grimaced and pointed at another set card. "Spirit Barrier!" A yellow barrier sprang up right before the spellcaster was blown apart. "Dark Skull Mage's special ability…"
"Is negated thanks to Toon Crash!" Jester smirked darkly and pointed at Heal Angel. "Toon Dark Magician Girl!" The cartoon spellcaster blasted the golden angel apart. "At the end phase of this turn the attack of all Toon monsters in play returns to their original totals." (3000/2500) (2000/1700) "End turn."
Ichigo looked down at his deck and then up at Jester. "I'm not beaten yet…"
"Then draw your next card. And give a show for the audience!" Jester waved his hand out to the audience, who at the moment were silent.
Ichigo drew, keeping the card out fully from arm's length. "Here we go…"
To be continued…
Oh man Ichigo…please don't give up! I know those Toon monsters can't be destroyed through battle, but there has to be another way to get rid of them! Don't you have a fusion that can deal with them?
Next Episode: Burning Retribution
To Bobbomp: Yes, Peten was in Dark Soul Arc.
To Anime Albino: You mean sexist. And yes, Midnight would go unopposed if Ichigo were to fall.
To Seeker of the Soul: I'm glad you like it.
To G.O.T. Nick: Don't worry dude, all will be well. As for the thief thing, he had no choice. The deck was destroying the Dark Scorpions before they could see play.
To Omegadramon: Ahran's soul has been sent to the darkness, along with those of the duelists defeated by the Wraiths and Akuma.
To LucienShadowMaster: Because if he tried to force Jester to do anything, then Jester could just kill Griff. And Shining Force cannot be affected by the power of the Dark Halo, unlike the Cyber Shadows.
To Gryphinwyrm7: Their parents don't know yet. It has only been a few hours since this has happened. However, if you want Achmed or Davis to get involved then by all means let me know.
To Just a Dude: Ahran disappeared when he lost to Akuma.
To Star: They can be saved, but Midnight has to be defeated first.
