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Legends of the Demon Duelist-Midnight Arc
Chapter 24: The Nova Hell Dragon; Kifunsuiryu
Midnight stepped down the dark cavern, his cloak flapping in the moist air that blew across his face. ("One of the Dark Demon God Cards rests here…I must awaken it and reign it to my control.")
An echoing roar shook the entire cavern.
("Perhaps rest was the wrong verb to use…") Midnight walked deeper into the cavern, and saw what he was looking for.
Within the giant cavern that the path opened up to, a huge ball of flame rested up at the ceiling.
A wraith floated over to the dark lord. "Master Midnight…here it is…"
Another roar shook the entire cavern and a blast of fire slammed down into a group of wraiths, instantly burning them to ash.
Midnight sighed and snapped his arm out to move the extra material of his cloak aside. "Beast of Divine Anger…hear me!"
The fireball seemed to move to look right at him. Another roar came from it and a blast of fire slammed down onto Midnight's body.
Moments later that fire was extinguished. "Obey me!" Tendrils of black energy shot from his hands and latched around the fireball. "You have spent too long in your prison…you are too weak to disobey me! I said obey!"
The electric chains started to crack. Another screaming roar and the fireball started to move towards him.
"Foolish beast." Midnight withdrew a card from his cloak pocket. It was completely blank. "Now then…OBEY!" The fireball roared in protest and was sucked right into the card. Moments later the face of the cardboard changed to golden-border. The text box filled up with line upon line of strange symbols. More of the molten flame drew deeper into the card, showing a blood red border color. Finally the fire died out of the picture and it formed to show a coiled serpent-like dragon with molten eyes, red and black scales all along its mile upon mile long body. Its upper body was a huge barrel-like chest with numerous serpent-necked heads attached to the top. Each head resembled that of Saint Dragon Osiris, however they all were much more angular and much more heavily armored. "Finally, I control you. And your name is Kifunsuiryu…excellent." (XX00/XX00)
The wraith from before floated up to him. "Master…what are your orders?"
Midnight trembled for a moment as the amount of energy lost sealing the Dark Demon God weighed on him…but then he shook his head out. "I must rest. This was the weakest of them…and the other two will each be more increasingly difficult. Locate them and make sure they cannot escape."
The wraith bowed and disappeared.
Midnight stared at the card intently. ("This monster is strong indeed…but far from the best. I had best make good use of this card's power. Let's see what happens if I pit it against the Dark Halo Incarnate. Even his power will not be a match for it.") A calm chuckle escaped his lips. If anything else, it would be fun to see the incarnate of the enforcer fall before a beast that the coalition of gods who created the darkness games feared with all of their heart.
Jester frowned. "By the power of Midnight…"
"Quickplay magic card, Seal Force!" Ichigo snapped up a card. "This duel is now a level eight darkness game!"
The knife shattered.
"You won't run…not this time…" Ichigo held up his hand cards. "This duel…" Power arched between him and the deck. "This war…I will not let you win…I will not let you run!"
Joker paled. ("I can't escape from this duel…")
Ichigo fanned out his hand and grabbed a card from it. "I set one monster face-down and one card face-down on the field. End turn."
Joker drew. ("I have Curse Bishop again…but without him having monsters in play that I can name, I have no idea what deck this is.") "Restriction Knight (2000/1600) is summoned!" A knight in bone armor appeared on the field. "Attack his monster now!" It launched forwards and slammed its sword down…only to find a sword blocking it.
Ichigo pointed at the monster…which was himself holding a katana. "Brave Wolf Samurai (1400/1200) possesses the special ability to make it impossible to kill in battle."
Joker snarled. ("Restriction Knight's special ability only works if it destroys the monster…") He slid a card into the disk. "I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."
Ichigo drew. "Reverse card open!" A glowing golden gem appeared on the field. "Wisdom Stone comes into play with three counters on it. By removing one counter I can draw a card." He drew another card and held it up. "I play Emblem of Hero. This card lets me search my deck for one card with the word Hero or Shining in the title." A card slid out of his deck and he added it to his hand. "I summon Shining Shadow-Rock Strongarm (2100/500) in attack mode!" A burly warrior covered in rock armor appeared on the field. "Attack now!" It launched across the field and punched a hole in the Restriction Knight's armor. Then it exploded into dust. "I cannot deal damage to your life points with this monster. End turn."
Jester drew. ("Shining Shadow…how is this possible?") "I summon Curse Bishop (300/1200) in defense mode!" A pale-faced monster in bone armor appeared on the field in a crouching position. "I discard one card from my hand and declare Shining! Now you cannot play…"
"Wisdom Stone's special ability activates now." Ichigo pointed at the stone. "By removing one counter I can negate one effect that would restrict cards on my field." Curse Bishop exploded into dust.
Jester snarled and slid a card into his disk. "I activate Spin! This card sends one monster on your field to the top of your deck when I discard a card from my hand!" Rock Strongarm disappeared. "End turn!"
Ichigo drew. "Have you forgotten the effect of Wisdom Stone?" The jewel shattered and he drew one card. "I summon Shining Shadow-Gale Assassin (1000/1000) to the field!" A small tornado appeared on his field and formed into a hazy humanoid form. "When summoned this card sends one card on your field back to your hand!" It threw a knife made of air that hit the set card on Jester's field and made it disappear. "I switch Brave Wolf Samurai into attack mode!" The warrior stood up. "Double direct attack!" Both monster leapt forward and slashed their weapons across Jester's chest, sending him flying backwards. "End turn."
Ichigo- 2200
Jester- 1600
Jester snarled and drew. ("I've pulled it!") "I activate Extinction of Species! Shining!" Ichigo's Gale Assassin, two of the cards in his hand, and a large portion of his deck disappeared. "Now I play Return of Death. By discarding one magic card I can special summon Restrictive Knight!" The armored knight reappeared on the field. "Attack now!" It launched forwards and clashed swords with the Samurai. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Ichigo- 1600
Jester- 1600
Ichigo drew. "It ends here…and I have you to thank for it."
"What?" Jester blinked in surprise.
Ichigo held the drawn card. "Bonds of Lost Friendship…for every card in my removed from play pile the equipped monster gains 500 attack points." (10400/1200)
"No…it can't be…" Jester stumbled backwards. "You little…"
"Brave Wolf Samurai, go now! Brave Katana Slash!" The samurai slashed through the Restrictive Knight and it exploded into dust.
Ichigo- 1600
Jester- 0
Jester screamed…and turned to dust.
Ichigo shuffled his deck and closed his eyes. ("It's good to have you all back.")
Midnight lay down against his throne. ("It's time.") "Come forth."
A black form shimmered into existence behind him. "Yes master?"
He held up a card and flicked it to the form. "Go now and make sure he doesn't get to his friends. Give him a taste of what he faces."
The shadowed form looked at the card. "As you wish." It disappeared.
Ichigo turned to walk away…but stopped as he felt black smoke begin to build around the area. "Damn…"
"Greetings Ichigo Pilkington. I am Seijiru." A black-cloaked form appeared on the field and activated its duel disk.
Ichigo frowned and looked down at his deck.
Seijiru- 4000
Ichigo- 4000
Seijiru sneered and shuffled his deck, right before he drew five cards. "Let the duel begin then." He drew. "I set one monster face-down on the field and set one card face-down." Two cards shimmered into existence onto his field. "Also, I set this card face-down. End turn." Another card shimmered into existence next to the other back one.
Ichigo drew. ("God damn it…can't I get a break? Oh well…") "I summon Shining Shadow-Rock Strongarm!" (2100/500) The burly stone-armored warrior appeared on the field. "Attack the set monster now!" It launched forward and punched the set card, blowing it apart.
Seijiru drew. "Monster special ability activates…Treasure Holder (800/900) forces us both to draw one card."
Ichigo did the same. "End turn."
Seijiru drew. And his eyes narrowed slightly. ("Heh…") "I set two more cards face-down and reveal Shallow Grave." A man holding a treasure chest appeared on his field in a crouching position. "Also, I set one monster face-down. End turn."
Ichigo drew. "Strongarm, attack the set monster now!" The burly warrior punched the set card and blew it apart.
Seijiru drew. "Another Treasure Holder…"
Ichigo drew another card. "Since I have eight cards in my hand, I'll set two cards face-down on the field and end my turn."
Seijiru drew. "I summon Sangan (1000/600) in defense mode." A three-eyed furry demon appeared on the field in a crouching position. "Also, I flip up Reload." He shuffled his three cards into his deck and drew three more. "Reverse card open! Ultimate Offering lets me pay 500 life points to perform another normal summon in this turn!" His life point counter snapped down to 3000. "I normal summon Mushroom Beast (1200/900) and Burn Tribute (500/1500) in defense mode." A large grey mushroom and a flaming treasure chest appeared on his field. "Also, I set one card face-down. End turn."
Ichigo drew. "I summon Shining Shadow-Stone Guardian (800/2000) in attack mode!" A large blocky humanoid appeared on the field. "Attack Sangan now!" It slid across the field and punched the fiend right in the face, blowing it apart.
Seijiru shuffled his deck and removed a card from it. "I take one monster card from my deck with 1500 or less attack points into my hand."
Ichigo pointed at Mushroom Beast. "Go Strongarm!" The giant punched the fungus and it exploded. "End turn."
Seijiru drew. "I set one monster face-down on the field and one card face-down. End turn."
Ichigo drew. "Stone Guardian, attack the set monster now!" The humanoid flew across the field and punched the set monster, shattering it.
Seijiru sneered. "Sanctified Soul (100/100) forces us both to draw until we are holding six cards in our hand." He drew six cards.
Ichigo frowned, because he was holding seven cards. "Strongarm, attack Burn Tribute now!" The burly warrior punched the treasure chest and it shattered. "Also, I set one card face-down on the field. End turn."
Seijiru drew. "First I play Pot of Greed." Two cards were added to his hand. "Now I play Bait Doll."
Ichigo's set card flipped up and shattered into dust.
Seijiru shuffled the magic card into his deck and then pointed at his set card. "Reveal another Reload." He shuffled his hand into his deck and drew seven new cards. "Again I play Bait Doll." Ichigo's left card flipped up and shattered into dust. "Now from my hand I play Pigeonholing Book of Spell. I look at the top three cards of my deck and rearrange them." He did so. "Now I set one monster face-down, and pay 500 life points to set another one." His life points dropped to 2500. "Also, I set one card face-down on the field. End turn."
Ichigo drew. "Here we go…Cyclone!" A blast of wind hit one of Seijiru's set cards and shattered it. "Go Strongarm, attack the Treasure Holder!" It launched forward and punched the set monster, blowing it apart. They both drew one card. "Stone Guardian, attack that set monster!" The blocky humanoid flew forwards and punched another set monster, blowing it apart.
Seijiru removed a card from his graveyard. "Magician of Faith (300/400) lets me take Shallow Grave from my graveyard."
Ichigo grimaced. "I set one monster face-down on the field and end my turn."
Seijiru sneered coldly. "Tell me something…do you believe in god?" He drew. "I activate Shallow Grave!" Sangan appeared on the field in a crouching position. "Also…reveal Call of the Haunted!" The flaming Burn Tribute appeared on the field. "Now then…" Thunder crashed down around them, blowing apart nearby tents.
Clouds began to gather in the air all around them.
Ichigo stared up at the sky in confusion. ("What's going on?")
Seijiru calmly smiled. "So…" The sky began to turn blood-red. "Long ago, there was a dimension. It was a place that was full of fire…blood…it was the dimension of Hell. Not Hell itself…but the incarnate of the realm. The place that humans always based their personal hells off of. In this dark place…" His lips lifted calmly into a dark smile. "…is where it resides. It is fire…yet beyond fire…it is nightmares…it is the thing that leaves you waking up at night with sweat running down your face."
"What are you rambling on about?" Ichigo narrowed his eyes…until a baseball fireball of red and black fire shot past his head, leaving a small crater over his shoulder. "A Hell Meteor…." Sweat started to build on his face. Memories of what Rikuo had used against him in their duels flashed in his mind.
Seijiru lifted his hand and pointed at his three monsters. "I offer these three monsters…" Each of the monsters turned into a ball of fire that lifted up into the blood red cloud cover. "Their sacrifice shall fuel its summoning…"
"What are you talking about?" Ichigo clenched his fist to control the fear that was in his heart. Something was very wrong here…
Seijiru took a card from his hand. "This is the card…this is the end. Face it…the beast that overwhelms all others in its might." A pillar of fire slammed down into the ground behind him and began to form into a long serpentine shape. A scream that sounded like a million voices crying out in pain all at once came from the shape…
Ichigo stepped back, his eyes wide. "What…is this thing?"
At the end of the serpent form it exploded into a starburst shape, each one changing and shifting. Then all at once the fire disappeared, leaving a monster that towered over the whole city, its dozens of heads writhing around each other all at once.
Ichigo heard a gasp within his head. ("What is it? Halo?")
("It is…")
Seijiru pointed at the half demon. "Pay your respects to the Dark Demon God Card! Hell Nova Dragon; Kifunsuiryu!" The hydra-like dragon screamed again, the sound like a symphony of hell. Thousands of red and black fireballs slammed down all around the city of Kyoto. "The instrument of your demise!"
To be continued…
Kifunsuiryu…it's amazing...but I have to find a way to beat it. I'm not sure where it came from, but I can't let it win! I still have to find Griff and Eri.
Next Episode: The creator of the Hell Meteor vs. the Dark Halo Incarnate
To Wolfy: I was pissed at Bobbomp because he was acting the fool.
To Star AJT: They're gods beyond gods. Creatures that are nearly beyond the human imagination…gods that never required another's will to give them power. If every stopped believing in a god, then that god would lose its power. The Dark Demon God Cards have no servants…because they don't need them.
To LucienShadowMaster: Who says that Ichigo gets one? And Fenrir is Tier 3.
To Seeker of the Soul: No, they aren't quite that powerful. In their own way though, they are even stronger than that. As for Ichigo's deck…it's in flux in the same way his soul is in flux.
To Lance Murdock: Alright, here's the lowdown. Obelisk and Osiris are Tier 2, as are nearly all of the gods Valeus played. Apocalypse Dragon, Ra, and Fenrir are Tier 3. These monsters are in the next level of power. Even Fenrir's anti-God Card ability can't affect them.
