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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Midnight Arc
Chapter 22: Burning Retribution
"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…"
Eri sat in the clear container and stared down at Ichigo. "Come on…win…"
Jester cackled. "You're about to be destroyed by my Toon monsters!"
Ichigo smirked. "Even with so much on the line, I still love this! Pot of Greed!" He drew two cards. "Then I play Tiny Pound Hammer!" He shuffled his four cards into his deck and drew four new ones. "Now I summon Shining Force-Marble Guard (800/2000) in defense mode!" A white marble stone statue appeared on the field in a crouching position. "Also, I play the magic card Marble Sculptor!" Two more stone statues appeared on the field next to their original self. "This card creates two Marble Guard Tokens (800/1000) in defense mode. Now you have to attack this monster before you attack anything else. Also, I play Mirage of Nightmare and set one card face-down on the field. End turn."
Jester drew. "You think that will keep you safe?"
"For a turn it will. Mirage of Nightmare lets me draw cards until I have four in my hand." Ichigo drew four cards.
Jester snickered. "Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon, Toon Dark Magician Girl, attack now!" Both of the Toon monsters released their attacks and blew the two Marble Guard Tokens apart. "End turn."
Ichigo drew. "Reverse card open! Quickplay magic card Energy Provisions!" Mirage of Nightmare disappeared. "I may sacrifice magic or trap cards in play to draw cards." He drew one card. "Let's try this on for size! I activate Tide Illusion!" Taking another card from his hand he discarded it. "This card requires I discard Ebb Tide Mimic Octopus for it to activate." A copy of Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon appeared on his field. "This card copies one monster on your field. Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon, attack Toon Dark Magician Girl!" The little dragon fired a blast of energy that blew the Toon monster apart. "And thanks to the fact that my monster is also a Toon, I can finally defeat them. End turn."
Jester- 100
Ichigo- 4000
"All right Ichigo!" Krieger jumped up and down a couple of times.
Eri smiled. "Now that clown is in trouble."
Jester snarled. "Draw!" He looked at the drawn card. "The power of Card of Sanctity forces us both to draw until we are holding six cards." He drew five cards while Ichigo only drew two. "Ah…here's what I was looking for. First I play the magic card Healing Salve." Energy flowed around his body. "This card will return my life points to 4000."
Jester- 4000
Ichigo- 4000
Ichigo growled. ("No way…")
Jester snapped a card into his disk. "Snatch Steal! This equipment magic card will take control of your Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon." The dragon flew over to his field to join the original one. "Now, attack Marble Guard!" One of them sprayed a blast of energy that hit the stone statue and blew it apart.
Ichigo pointed at his set card. "Go Fluorescent Burst!" A cloud of white powder washed over the field. "When a Shining Force monster on my field is destroyed I can prevent you from attacking for this turn!"
Jester shrugged and pointed at the token. "I sacrifice this sad little creature to summon Toon Summon Skull (2500/1200) to the field!" Toon World exploded open and spat out a cartoon demon. "I also set one card face-down and end my turn."
Ichigo closed his eyes. ("Okay…I can still win. These Toon monsters must have a weakness!") He drew. ("That's it! I have it…") "I summon Shining Force-Blizzard Lizard (1500/1000) to the field!" A frilled lizard made of ice appeared on the field. "Its special ability lets me discard a magic card from my hand to freeze one magic or trap card on the field! Toon World…is iced!" The book froze, covered in frost.
Jester cackled. "But now you have a weak monster on the field!"
"Maybe, but I'm far from done." Ichigo snapped up a card. "Monster Reincarnation's special ability lets me discard a card from my hand and add one monster from my graveyard into my hand. Reverse card open!" A swirl of energy appeared on his field. "Polymerization will fuse Ebb Tide Mimic Octopus and Blizzard Lizard together to create Shining Force-Mist Chameleon (2300/2350) in attack mode!" A giant chameleon made of mist appeared on the field.
"That monster isn't enough." Jester cackled. "Weakling little…"
"Shining Sanctuary!" Ichigo snapped open his field magic card slot and slapped a card into place. All around them huge white pillars and a golden statue appeared behind him. "This card raises the attack points of Mist Chameleon by 600 points!" (2900/2350) "Mist Chameleon, Steam Spear!" It spat out a spear made of scalding steam that pierced right through Toon Summoned Skull and blew it apart. "Without Toon World your monsters aren't quite so powerful, huh?"
Jester- 3600
Ichigo- 4000
Jester growled darkly. "How dare you interfere with comedy…"
Ichigo shrugged. "End turn."
Jester drew. "I activate the magic card Toon Index." A card was spat out of his deck. "I can now take one card with Toon in the title and add it to my hand." He snickered. "Your Mist Chameleon has the special ability to not be attacked by Effect monsters. However…that defense will not save it from me. First I play the equipment magic card Toon Markings!" Mist Chameleon was covered in a rainbow glow of light. "This card will change the equipped monster's type to Toon."
Ichigo frowned. "Mist Chameleon is unaffected by magic cards…"
"It doesn't matter; I just needed the card equipped to it. Go Toon Clash!" Jester pointed at Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon and it started to charge up energy in its jaws. "This card forces two monsters with Toon in their name or a card with Toon in its name equipped to them to battle!" The dragon released a blast of energy that hit the Mist Chameleon and blew it apart. "End turn."
Ichigo drew. "Mist Chameleon might be gone but I'm not done yet! End turn!"
Eri and Krieger both gasped, as did the crowd.
Jester drew. "So you leave yourself with nothing but a Spirit Barrier in play? That can't protect you, so now you're mine! Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon, attack his life points directly!" The little dragon spat out a blast of energy that hurtled towards Ichigo.
"Did you forget something?" Ichigo smirked. "Shining Sanctuary!" A glowing shield appeared in front of him and stopped the attack. "By sending it to the graveyard I can negate all life point damage to me."
Jester hopped up and down in frustration. "ARGH!"
Ichigo continued to smirk. "Get a grip on reality clown boy…"
"Silence!" Jester struck a pose. "I am the master of comedy, and your half-wit jokes are useless here! End turn!"
Ichigo drew. "Who's joking? I'm ready to deal with you now."
"What?" Jester chuckled. "Oh…maybe there's a bit of comedy in you after all."
Ichigo snapped up a card. "First I play the magic card Joyous Rebirth! One effect monster in my graveyard will be special summoned to the field in defense mode!" Element Commander appeared in play in a crouching position.
A yelp caught Ichigo's attention. And he looked over to see a small sand-colored blur being tossed around by the Petens. "What are they doing?"
Jester shrugged. "It's my property, right?" One of the clowns held Griff up…and then dropped him. And it was a forty foot drop.
"Griff!" Eri and Krieger both gasped.
Ichigo bit his lip. ("This had better work!") "From my hand I activate the magic card Element Pull!" A card appeared on the field next to him. "One Shining Force monster from my deck will be special summoned to the field as long as Element Commander is in play!" A gold-suited form with a silver visor appeared in play. "Shining Force-Hyperion (1600/1400) arrives!" The warrior struck a pose, light flickering around its form.
Jester's dark smile grew wider. "Twenty feet…"
Griff closed his eyes as he fell…praying for a miracle.
Ichigo snapped up another card. "Polymerization activates! Hyperion, Element Commander, and the Firestorm Cobra in my hand…let them fuse!" Energy flowed around the two humanoids…while a third flaming form joined them. But nothing happened and Polymerization went to the graveyard. "No…"
Jester started to laugh insanely. "Ten…"
("What do I do? If these three won't fuse…then I have to think of…") He frowned. "Monster special ability activates!" His deck began to glow. "Shining Force-Midnight Hawk (700/1700) lets me fuse it from my deck with monsters in play if I have no hand cards!" A pitch-black bird appeared on the field and screeched.
Griff saw the ground rushing up to meet him. ("I don't want to die…")
"FUSION!" Ichigo prayed…and an explosion of light was his answer.
Everyone in the audience and ring had to shut their eyes.
Griff whimpered…right up to the point that he was jerked up slightly. Other than a moment of whiplash though, at least he wasn't a broken mess on the ground.
Jester rubbed the spots from his eyes….and looked behind him. "What…Who are you?"
A humanoid warrior covered in flaming red armor stood with Griff held under one arm. "I am reborn…I am skill…I was…"
Ichigo, though still blinded, recognized the voice instantly. "It couldn't be…"
The warrior's orange visor glimmered in the spotlights…and it snapped out its flaming wings. On one arm was a three set of red-hot blades, and on the other arm there was a cannon instead of a hand. It set Griff down carefully and launched into the air, performing numerous aerial tricks before landing back on Ichigo's field. "I was King of Swords…now I am something more…"
Ichigo smirked. "King…it's good to see you again."
"It is good to see you once more, Ichigo." The warrior nodded its head.
"Could someone please explain to me what is going on?" Jester stomped his feet a few more times.
Ichigo snickered. "I've summoned Shining Force-Inferno Solaris." (2850/2900) The warrior calmly struck a pose, the fire twisting and dancing around its form.
"So what? Your monster doesn't have the attack power to match my Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon," Jester said coldly.
Ichigo waved his finger in the air. "Actually…Inferno Solaris has a special ability that activates when I fusion summon it. All magic and trap cards in play are destroyed!" The warrior flapped its wings rapidly and fire washed over the field. "That means Toon World is destroyed!" The book lit aflame and burned to ash.
Jester's eyes bugged out as the Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon screeched in pain and exploded into dust. "Oh no!"
Ichigo smirked. "I'm far from done. Inferno Solaris has another special ability. It's the power of Essence Transfer!" His life point counter dropped to 3200. "By paying life points in increments of one hundred, I can increase the attack power of Solaris by that amount!" (3650/2900)
Inferno Solaris smirked, fire circling around his cannon arm. "It's done!"
"It's never done!" Jester snapped up a knife. "I won't let you defeat me! By the power of Midnight, this game ends!" Waving the knife in an arc, he smirked as there was a sudden cracking noise.
GAME ENDED
Ichigo blinked in surprise as Inferno Solaris disappeared. "You cheater! As the enforcer of the darkness games, I deny you this escape!"
Jester stuck his tongue out. "It's not that easy. Even the Dark Halo didn't know all of the tricks about the darkness games!"
"Let Griff go then!"
Jester sneered. "You never defeated me. And by the way, even if you defeated me that would mean nothing, because you never made any demands about what would happen if you did succeed." He snapped up a little red ball with a star on it. "The show's over folks!" It hit the ground and an explosion of smoke filled the air.
"No…you cheater!" Ichigo charged into the smoke…and came out the other end with nothing. "Griff…no…" His fist clenched tightly. "JESTER! Where are you?"
To be continued…
That lying…cheating…how dare he! And he took Eri with him…Griff too…I have to stop him from getting away! Jester, I will stop you!
Next Episode: Surprises around every corner; the hunt for Jester
To Cliff Dog: No, I don't know who specifically you are talking about.
To LucienShadowMaster: Toon Gemini Elf's special ability forces the discard from your hand.
To Star AJT: Huh…I'm not sure what you mean by that…
To Bobbomp: Who would Ichigo have a kid with hmm? And wouldn't I seem stupid just to say something happened without giving a bit of backstory? Besides, are you already bored of Ichigo? Is it really that annoying to you to see the hero win in the end? Because if so, then please stop reviewing. I tried to be nice with you and your sister…I tried to have a thick skin on the whole 'being called predictable' thing…but I'm done! If there is one thing I dislike being called, it is predictable. Especially when I am called it and not given a good reason as to why that is. And no, the fact that 'the hero wins in the end' is not a good reason! I do plenty of bad stuff to my characters so that no one walks away from any of this unscathed. So if you want something to happen in my storyline that fits your tastes, then by all means write your own story in my universe. Go for it! I've taken down my best characters from DDL just to spice things up…and guess what AH, Ichigo didn't win. He didn't lose, but by no stretch of the imagination did he win.
To Anime Albino: I know of the effect of the Toons, and I didn't get it wrong. I'm using their anime effects too because they aren't a challenge otherwise. On that note, please stop assuming that because I'm using an effect that is wrong in the sense of the CCG (the game that you and I play) that I must not have any idea how it works and therefore you must point out that fact in your review in an asinine attempt to make me seem dumber. I know how cards work, and if I don't then so what? It's a story, and in my universe no less. Yes, I am giving you a nice rant so that you don't feel left out! So enjoy!
To Gryphinwyrm7: Yeah, the Octopus came in handy for that duel.
