Demon Duelist Legacy Movie 1; The Heretic's Rebirth

Rikuo drew. "You have the strongest? Not quite…" He threw the card down onto his disk. "Mage's Guardian (1000/1000) is summoned to the field!" A robot wearing a magician's pointed hat appeared on the field. "For every card in my magic/trap zone, this monster gains 500 attack and defense points!" (3000/3000) "Battle!" His machine lifted its arm and fired a blast of energy that spiraled towards the giant avatar.

"Reverse card open!" The Heretic's face-down card flipped up and the blast stopped in mid-air. "Shield of Apep negates any attack."

Rikuo snarled. "End turn…"

As the Heretic drew, a dark smile crossed his face. "Tell me Rikuo, how does it feel to stare down death? Because you see, the attack of Apep's avatar is actually only 2500. Its attack strength is increased by 300 for every monster I have in play. Therefore I set one monster face-down." (3100/3100)

Rikuo gasped. "No…"

"Avatar of Apep, attack his machine!" The snake launched forward and chomped down on the robot, swallowing it whole. "End turn."

Heretic- 4700

Rikuo- 3050

Rikuo looked down at his deck. ("What can I do? With that much attack power none of my set cards will work against that thing. I need a way to…") He clenched his fist. "Draw!"

Looking at the drawn card, Rikuo snapped it up. "I activate Chaos Draw! This card places the top three cards of my deck on the field. You select one and the card goes into my hand."

The Heretic smiled and lifted his hand. "I choose…"

Rikuo let out a little gasp and his mind burned.

5000 years ago…

Jourgen leapt back, his Grand Pike held in front of him. "You're definitely good. But you're outnumbered and outgunned. So how about you hold still so that I can shove this point right into your black heart?"

Hokkou snapped up his sword and charged, the blade hitting the body of the pike so hard it nearly broke. "Apep drives my power! No one can stop me!"

The dragon demon had to dance backwards, eyes wide. ("This bastard is so fast and so strong…") Then the point of Hokkou's sword pierced his side and he dropped.

A hail of arrows dropped down onto Hokkou's body, but not a single shaft touched him. "And your foolish soldiers interfere." He lifted his hand up at the gathered archers. "Die." An explosion of black fire sprang out and swallowed up all of them.

"NO!" Jourgen jammed the butt of his pike into the wolf demon's face and leapt forward, driving his claws in as deep as possible into the hole in the Heretic's stomach.

Hokkou punched Jourgen right in the face, dropping him instantly. "Stupid fool." He looked up and over to see Rikuo still kneeling, eyes wide. "Still confused, little Rikky?"

Rikuo stared at the single red eye…and trembled. "Hokkou…this isn't you…"

"Oh but it is. I found something amazing when I went to Egypt. I found my god…"

Current time…

Rikuo felt the memory…and clenched his fist tightly. "Hokkou…you bastard…"

Hokkou pointed at the middle card. "That's the card you draw. Go ahead."

Rikuo slid the two un-chosen cards into his graveyard slot and looked at the card that was his to draw. ("You bastard…I remember…and I cannot forgive you. I cannot and will not!") "This card is the culmination of my rage! Draw!" Snapping the card out of its slot, he looked at it and instantly formulated his strategy. His general's mind had awakened. "Reverse card open! Grave Shifting! This trap card sends one card from my graveyard into yours!"

"What card could you possibly want to give me?" Hokkou sneered from underneath his hood. "There is no purpose to your play…"

Rikuo pointed at the next card in the row of three. "Also, reverse card open! Mechanical Magic Mirror! This trap takes one magic card from your graveyard and activates it for me! And I'm choosing the card I sent to your graveyard…" The card appeared in the belly of a mirror-covered robot that appeared on his field. "…Monster Reborn!" A card popped out of his graveyard and a huge humanoid robot covered in gears appeared on the field. "Irios the Steel Monarch (2700/2300) is special summoned!"

"What will that trash do against me?" Hokkou's Avatar of Apep hissed at the royal machine.

Rikuo's hand traveled over to the next card. "Reverse card open!" As it flipped up light exploded from his graveyard slot. "Junk Dealer lets me revive two machines at half attack points!" X-Head Cannon (900/1500) and Y-Dragon Head (750/1600) appeared on his field. "Final reverse card open! Machine Dealer lets me send two machine monsters on my field into my graveyard to special summon one machine monster from my deck!" The two fusion machines disappeared, replaced by a green-armored humanoid robot. "Jinzo (2400/1500) comes to my call!" Crossing its arms across its chest, the machine chuckled coldly.

"And now you have two pieces of trash." Hokkou shrugged. "I'll crush you and them soon."

Rikuo smirked. "I offer these two monsters as sacrifices!" A whirlwind exploded around the machines and they disappeared. Bright white light fell down across the whole city. "Come down now…"

A form larger than the casinos themselves floated down from the sky. It was like a machine mixed with a castle. Letting out a steel rumble, it stopped right behind Rikuo. "Alexander the Holy Guardian (3500/4500) is summoned!" Alexander let out a deep metal rumble that shook the whole landscape.

Everyone in the whole city didn't even need the projection to see the giant machine castle. And they all stared in amazement.

Rikuo pointed at the Avatar of Apep. "Alexander's special ability cuts the attack of all dark type monsters in play in half." (1550/3100)

"Only 1550 attack points?" Hokkou leaned back, gritting his teeth.

"Take this, traitor! Alexander attacks with Holy Crush!" The castle slowly lifted up one titanic leg and dropped it onto the snake monster, destroying it instantly.

Heretic- 3750

Rikuo- 3050

Rikuo closed his eyes. "End turn."

Hokkou drew. "I'm far from done! End turn!"

Rikuo drew. "Go Alexander, Holy Crush!" The castle dropped its leg down on the set card, shattering it. "Anything Alexander destroys loses its effect. End turn."

Hokkou drew. As he looked at the drawn card a dark smile crossed his face. "You fool...I'll crush you right now! First I activate Monster Reborn! Return Avatar of Apep! The giant snake reappeared. "Then I sacrifice that creature to summon the mightiest of the mighty…Apep; Destroyer of All!" (4500/4000) The snake grew huge in size, to the point it could engulf the machine castle if it needed to. "Apep…will crush your castle!"

"But the power of Alexander cuts the attack of Apep in half!" The wolf demon clenched his fist. "How is your monster surviving?"

"Simple…it is immune to monster and magic effects." Apep hissed, sending shockwaves across the whole area. "And now your monster dies! Attack, my god!" Apep doves towards Alexander, jaws open to end it.

Rikuo had something else in mind though. "Alexander isn't so easily defeated! Instant Defense!" Alexander's body shifted slightly and Apep bounced off of it. "I can switch Alexander to defense mode any time I wish."

Hokkou shrugged. "End turn then."

Rikuo drew. "You can think you are safe as long as you want. But the truth is that your time is running out. End turn."

Hokkou drew. ("My time is running out hmm? Fool…I'm in control of this duel and you know it.") "I summon Right Hand of Apep (1500/1400) to the field." A much smaller snake appeared on the field. "While Apep is in play, this monster cannot be attacked. Also, Apep is now immune to trap effects. End turn."

Rikuo drew. ("Three hand cards…but only one of them are useful…") "End turn."

Hokkou drew. "Time is running out. I summon Left Hand of Apep (0/0) to the field." Another smaller snake appeared. "While Apep is in play this monster cannot be attacked either. Also, Apep now cannot be attacked either. End turn."

Rikuo drew. ("Still not enough…but if I can draw Hell Meteor this duel will be over…") "End turn."

Hokkou felt a dark burst of energy run through his arm. "Tell me Rikuo…since you apparently remember me…tell me why you think I did what I did."

"Because you are evil. And because you are a traitor!" The wolf demon's claws bared themselves.

"Fool…if anyone has the right to be mad, it is me." He pointed at Rikuo. "They died because you interfered…and because of that…because of that…" His shoulders started to tremble slowly. "And now…and now Apep will destroy you! I play the ultimate magic card, Tides of Chaos! This card will randomly affect my field in random ways…except that thanks to Apep and its servants being play, the effect is buffered from all negative effects!"

Heretic- Infinite

Rikuo- 3050

"Infinite life points?" Rikuo stared in amazement. "That's…."

"I was hoping to increase Apep's attack power, but I suppose this will do. End turn." Hokkou had regained his composure.

Rikuo snarled and looked down at his disk. ("This is ridiculous…how did he do that? All of that work…") Fanning out the four cards in his hand, he used his free hand to draw a card and glanced at it. ("Howling Sword…but I can't attack.") His eyes flicked over the other four cards, one after another. ("Steel Prism, Polymerization, Touch of Death, and Grasping Shadows.") Inserting Howling Sword into his hand, he looked back at Alexander and smiled slightly. ("That will work.")

Hokkou smirked coldly. "Just end your turn. There is nothing you can do, is there?"

The wolf demon closed his eyes and felt his general's mind worked hard to figure out a way to use this to his advantage. And only one idea came to mind. ("It's dangerous…but I have to risk it.") "For now I end my turn."

Hokkou drew. Glancing at the card, he smiled. "End turn."

Rikuo let a little smile slip across his face. "Hokkou…you just did the worst possible thing. For you see…" Alexander began to shudder, creating a large earthquake that shook the whole city. "Every one of my standby phases a counter is added to Alexander. When there are six counters on my monster…" Ports began opening all over the body of the giant machine. "…every card on the field will be eliminated."

"Fool, you can't eliminate Apep with that effect."

Rikuo didn't listen though. "Alexander, destroy it all! Rain of Fire!" Lasers exploded out of every port on Alexander, shooting beam after beam into the air and through the cloud cover. Letting out one metal screech, Alexander exploded into dust.

Hokkou looked up at the sky, as did everyone else in the whole city. Other than a few flashes of light though, nothing happened.

Rikuo and Hokkou met eyes for a moment. And it was like looking into a mirror for both of them. And then the sky fell, beams of light slamming down onto the field. Apep's Right Hand and Left Hand hissed in pain and shuddered. They exploded, followed by Apep. "And it ends now."

Smoke rose up in huge plumes across the whole city as the rain of fire finally ended. And then it rained, water dripping down and drenching out numerous small fires that had been caused by the power of Alexander's final attack.

"Did he do it?" Deondre asked, water dripping down onto his face as he looked up at the smoke-filled projection in the sky. "Did he destroy Apep?"

"I don't know. That thing was horrible." Rebecca stared up at the sky, her eyes wide and her hair drenched wet already.

Rikuo brushed some of his wet hair back and smirked. "Apep is destroyed, and that means you are open for my final direct attack."

"Really? Then you are a fool." As the smoke cleared, a deep hissing filled the air.

"No way…" Rikuo stared at Apep as its head broke through the smoke. "That can't be possible…"

"Apep's Sacrifice (0/0) was discarded from my hand to negate the destruction of my creature," Hokkou sneered calmly. "Apep now can attack your life points directly during my next turn. Are you ready to die?"

Rikuo looked down at the ground…and out towards the now dead city of Las Vegas. ("It's over…unless…") Flexing his hand, he drew the top card of his deck and held it up in front of his face. As he looked at it, fire burned in his eyes. Not just any kind of fire though…it was hell-fire.

Hokkou's eyes widened in amazement…such dark energy. ("A power like that…how does he have it?")

"Get ready to burn…by the end of this turn Hokkou…you will die…you will lose…" Rikuo felt a fire burn in his chest. It was a fire that could only come from what he was about to do. ("Forgive me mother…forgive me father…but he has to be stopped.")

Hokkou removed his hood and narrowed his eye. "Death will not stop me. You know that."

"No…this will end it right now!" Rikuo fanned out his hand. "By the end of this turn…by the end of this turn…" His eyes burned brightly in the gloom of the darkness and rain. "…brother, you will die!"

Intermission