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Bloodline of the Magician
Chapter 3: Time Warp
Yukio stood in front of his computer, typing away and calculating his information from the duel he had with Vera. ("She was a very good duelist. Vera Rast…") A picture of the girl appeared on the screen and he rubbed at his chin. "How to keep her around?" He snapped his fingers. "That's it!"
("I shall be free…") He felt the remaining shadows scream in pain as they were blown away. ("I shall be free!")
"I see, that's too bad. You'll have to go without knowing." Sliding his legs off the table, the demon waved his hand and the table's surface faded, becoming replaced by an eagle's eye view of the island where the battle between Sestros and the remaining demons were taking place. "I find it funny how I've been manipulating everyone since day one. Sestros was far too easy to control, as his spirit was so focused on killing you. Seren...heh, child's play as well."
("Child's play…they're all child's play…")
"I'm tired of hoping you'll suddenly grow a brain." Throwing back his robes and his hands, the demon sneered. "I have existed for over ten thousand years, and the Purge was my invention, for the winner of it came to me. Though you have never seen me before, I'm sure you'll know my name..."
His next words had Rikuo nearly falling out of his chair.
("I…am…") The darkness screamed in pain as it was torn apart by a renewed blast of energy. ("I am Valeus! I am the master of magic, of darkness…of hatred!")
In the daylight Yukio's mansion looked very nice on the outside, the courtyard filled with beautiful statues and works of art. It was the very incarnate of peace.
"We're supposed to be what?" Vera glared at Yukio, her hair disheveled and wearing a grey bathrobe.
"Maids…" The boy held up a finger. "It pays well enough that you'll be free to leave in about 5 years."
She cracked her knuckles. "I'm…going to…rip you apart!"
"But I got these great…" Yukio was silenced by a heavy punch to the side of his head.
Yukio grumbled angrily and rubbed at the bandages wrapped around his head. ("Well that sucked…") He sighed and went back to his computer.
And a beeping noise caught his attention. "What's this? An e-mail?" He clicked on the mail…and when it opened his eyes widened. ("Well this is interesting…") A slight smile crossed his face and he picked up his deck. "I accept…"
"I can't believe this crap…." Vera ran the feather duster across the face of another urn. "We're maids to this prick…"
"It isn't that bad Vera." Sarah stood up on a stool and dusted off the head of a statue in one of the numerous guest rooms of the mansion. "At least we have a place to stay now."
"And we have to wear this crap!" Vera tugged out the frills of her French maid uniform. "This is bullshit! It was one lousy vase!"
Yukio shuffled his deck and stood across from a holographic humanoid wearing a disk similar to his. "Let's duel!"
The boy, a young teenager with brown hair and hazel eyes, grinned. "Alright, let's go! Duel!"
Yukio- 4000
Ichigo- 4000
Yukio drew. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Ichigo drew. "Here we go! I summon Cyber Shadow Soldier (1600/1600) in attack mode!" A burly humanoid wearing a helmet and a black bodysuit appeared on the field. "Attack his life points directly, Black Wave!" The warrior threw up a hand and fired a beam of dark energy that hurtled towards Yukio.
"Reverse card open!" His face-down card flipped up. "Stasis Prison!" A glowing geometric shape appeared around the warrior and froze it in place.
Ichigo slid a card into his disk. "I thought as much. One card face-down and end turn."
Yukio drew. "I summon Cyber Dragon (2100/1600) without tribute!" The metal serpent appeared on the field. "Attack now! Hyper Evolution Burst!" It sprayed the prison and shattered it. "Your monster isn't destroyed but you still take battle damage. I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."
Yukio- 4000
Ichigo- 3300
Ichigo drew. "Your monster is pretty strong…but I have a method to deal with your creature! I activate Polymerization!" A glowing vortex appeared in the air above him. "I fuse Cyber Shadow Soldier, Assassin and Blademaster together to create Cyber Shadow Lord of Knives (2800/2300) to the field!" A warrior wearing a trench coat slowly lowered onto the field. "When fusion summoned this card destroys one magic or trap card and one monster on your field!" The warrior threw a pair of handfuls of knives that tore the set card and the Cyber Dragon apart. "Lord of Knives, direct attack!" A single knife flew across the field and pierced right through Yukio's chest. "Alright! I've got you!"
Yukio- 1200
Ichigo- 3300
Yukio clutched at his chest. "Wow…you're definitely good kid."
"Thanks." Ichigo grinned and rubbed under his nose with a finger. "I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."
Yukio drew. "I'm not done yet! I summon another Cyber Dragon without tribute!" Another metal serpent appeared on the field. "Also, Monster Reborn revives Cyber Dragon!" The other serpent appeared on the field. "Also, I play Polymerization!" Both monsters were sucked into a vortex. "Cyber Twin Dragon (2800/2100) is summoned!" A two-headed metal dragon appeared on his field.
"But your monster has the same attack points as mine, so it serves no purpose." Ichigo grinned.
Yukio returned the grin. "Oh really?" He slammed a card into his disk. "Go Cyber Shield!" A glowing barrier of green light appeared around the machine. "Attack now! Double Evolution Burst!" It snapped one head up and sprayed a blast of energy towards the Lord of Knives.
Ichigo pointed at one of his set cards. "Reverse card open! Shadow Force negates your attack and adds the attack of your monster to my monster!"
Yukio snapped his hand card up. "Quickplay magic card Cyber Energy!" The trap card exploded into dust. "This card negates your trap effect!"
Ichigo frowned. "Fight back Lord of…" His eyes widened as his warrior was blown apart. "How'd you do that?"
"Cyber Shield lets me add a counter to one Cyber monster in play. When that monster would be destroyed in battle the counter is removed instead. Also, Cyber Twin Dragon can attack twice per battle phase!" The other head snapped up and released a blast of fire towards the boy.
"Reveal Negate Attack!" Ichigo's set card flipped up and a swirl of energy appeared on the field and stopped the attack. "This trap negates your attack and ends your battle phase."
Yukio frowned. "End turn…"
Ichigo drew. "You have a powerful monster in play, but I'm not done yet! I set one monster face-down on the field and end my turn."
Yukio drew. "Cyber Twin Dragon, Double Evolution Burst!" One of the two heads blew the set card apart. And its reward was a wave of sound that deafened him.
Ichigo withdrew two cards from his graveyard. "Cyber Shadow Screamer lets me take back one Cyber Shadow and one Polymerization card from my graveyard! Also your battle phase ends!" He held up the magic card and Cyber Shadow Soldier.
Yukio growled. "End turn."
Ichigo drew. "Pot of Greed lets me draw two cards!" He fanned out his five card hand. "First I play the Warrior Returning Alive to pick up Cyber Shadow Assassin from my graveyard!" Catching the card he inserted it into his hand. "Alright, here we go! I summon Cyber Shadow Shifter (800/1200) to the field in attack mode!" A black-clothed ninja appeared on the field and struck a pose in the air. "Then I play Shifter's Trickery, which lets me draw three cards when Shifter is in play!" He drew three cards and flicked them all up into his hand. As he looked over his hand a dark smile came across his face. "Heh…get ready for this…Shadow Shift!"
"Shadow Shift?" Yukio paled. "What's that…" He gasped as Twin Cyber Dragon folded in on itself and went to defense mode. "How did you do that?"
Ichigo pointed at Shifter, who had also switched to defense mode. "Shadow Shift's special ability lets me switch the modes of all monsters and cards in play. Then I can sacrifice Shifter…" The ninja disappeared and was replaced by a powerful warrior with forearm blades strapped to it. "Cyber Shadow King of Swords (2600/2300) is summoned! King's Slash!" The warrior flashed through the dragon and blew it apart. "King of Swords deals damage through defense. End turn."
Yukio- 700
Ichigo- 3300
Yukio looked down at the only card in his hand, and then up at Ichigo. ("He has four cards in his hand and King of Swords…while I have nothing but my next draw…")
Vera cursed the name of Yukio for the fiftieth time today. ("I have to wear a maid's outfit…and not just that but I have to…")
"What are you going to do now? With King of Swords in play I have the necessary attack points to destroy you next turn."
She opened the door she heard this from a little and peeked in. ("Oh wow…he's dueling…")
Yukio looked down at his deck. "I will not surrender! I have worked too hard…draw!" He snapped the card around. "Pot of Greed!" Two cards were added to his hand. "Magic card Fusion Return activates! I may now take one fusion material monster and Polymerization from my graveyard to my hand!" He held up a Cyber Dragon and the magic card. "Next is Return Facility! One machine from my graveyard is placed into my hand!" He held up another Cyber Dragon.
Vera gasped in surprise at the cards in Yukio's hand.
"Polymerization!" A vortex appeared in the air above him. "Fuse the three Cyber Dragons in my hand together…" A giant three-headed dragon appeared on the field. "Cyber End Dragon (4000/2800) is summoned! Ultimate Evolution Burst!" A blast exploded from all three mouths that blew King of Swords apart. "End turn."
Yukio- 700
Ichigo- 1900
Ichigo closed his eyes and smiled. "That was amazing…but I'm not done yet! Draw!" He looked at the drawn card. "Alright! Here we go Yukio!" He snapped the drawn card up. "Polymerization activates! Fuse Soldier and Assassin!" A bandana-wearing warrior appeared on the field. "Special Operative Snake (2000/1800) is summoned! I set one card face-down and play Coins from Heaven!"
They both drew six cards.
Ichigo looked at his hand and smiled slightly. "It's over."
"What? But Cyber End Dragon is in play!" Yukio paled at the confidence is Ichigo's voice.
"That may be true…" Ichigo snapped up a card. "But you've forgotten one important thing…your monster is a fusion! De-Fusion breaks it back into the three Cyber Dragons!" The tri-headed dragon blew back into its original three parts. (2100/1600)
"Oh no!" Yukio pointed at the three dragons. "They all are summoned in defense, so I'm safe!"
"Oh no you're not!" Ichigo snapped up another card. "I activate the magic card Monster Reborn!" King of Swords reappeared in play. "Mighty Fusion activates! This card fuses warrior type monsters!" Snake and King of Swords were sucked into a vortex. And the emerging monster was Snake wearing a cybernetic body-suit with blades all over it. "Cyber Shadow King Blade Snake (2000/1800) is summoned!" The warrior lowered onto the field.
"That's nowhere near enough, even if it can deal damage through defense…" Yukio clenched his fist.
"Who said I was done?" Ichigo held up two cards. "Card combo activates! Shadow Strike and Sword Prism!" Snake's forearm blades began to glow brightly. "Here we go Yukio! Shadow Strike cuts the attack of Snake in half…" (1000/1800) "But lets him attack all monsters in play! Also, Sword Prism lets me discard a card from my hand to raise the attack of all warrior monsters on my field by 900!" (1900/1800)
"Impossible…" Yukio stepped back.
Vera stared in amazement at Ichigo. ("What is this kid?")
Ichigo pointed at the three dragons. "Finish this! Shadow Blade Cutters!" Snake launched into the air and released a storm of phantom energy scythes that slashed through the Cyber Dragons one after another. "This duel is done."
Yukio- 100
Ichigo- 1900
"What?" Ichigo stared in amazement at the life point counters. "How do you still have life points left?"
Yukio held up a card. "Cyber Kuriboh (300/200) when discarded during the battle between a Cyber monster…negates the damage." One Cyber Dragon was left on the field. "It's my turn now! Draw!"
Ichigo's eyes widened. "Incredible…you stopped my finishing blow…"
Yukio snapped up the drawn card. "Junk Dealer allows me to special summon two machine monsters to the field!" His other two Cyber Dragons returned. (1050/1600) "Now for the killing strike! Power Bond!" Lightning exploded across the field. "Return to the field…Cyber End Dragon!" (8000/2800) The three-headed dragon appeared on the field. "One last strike to show the truth! Ultimate Evolution Burst!" All three heads aimed right at Snake and released an explosion of fire that washed over him and blew him apart.
Ichigo narrowed his eyes. "I'm not done yet! From my graveyard…" The top card of his graveyard slid up and he smirked. "…the effect of the magic card Dramatic Return brings back one Cyber Shadow and doubles its attack power!" King of Swords appeared on the field. (5200/2300)
Yukio looked down at his hand. He had the magic card Magic Purge to clear away the damage effect that Power Bond would cause to his life points. Which was good…because he was far from done.
Ichigo closed his eyes. "I said this duel was over…and I meant it! End your turn."
"Not yet! I play Magic Purge!" White fire washed across the field. "This card removes the floating damage effect of Power Bond! I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn."
Ichigo looked down at his deck. ("I'm in the drain now…I have to draw a winning card!") He slid the top card off of his deck and held it up to his face. ("This is it.") "I play the magic card Shadow's Gambit. I guess what my next card is. If I guess correctly and it is a magic or trap card then the attack power of King of Swords will be increased by 2000. If I guess monster that monster's attack points will be added to King's. And I call…monster! Because anything else will still mean a loss!" He drew and held the card up to his face.
Yukio paled. ("Oh no…my set card is Trap Jammer…")
Ichigo snapped the card around. "Steel Titan Rex!" (2800/2000) King of Swords charged. "One final time King…swing your blades!" (8000/2300) Both monsters collided into each other and held in a deathlock.
Yukio braced himself against his monster's death. "This duel isn't done…except for you. I will still win…"
"Wrong!" Ichigo held up a card from his graveyard. "If in my graveyard after activation Sword Prism activates when a warrior monster on my field battles with a monster of equal attack points than it! Its attack points increase by 1000!" (9000/2300)
"What is this?" Yukio paled.
"King of Swords…King's Triple Point Strike!" Ichigo pointed at Cyber End Dragon and the warrior slashed each of its heads off in perfect succession.
Yukio- 0
Ichigo- 1900
Yukio stared in amazement at the hologram. "You are amazing…"
Ichigo grinned. "And so are you. I hope we get a chance to duel again. And maybe next time you'll win, but I doubt it." Winking, Ichigo disappeared.
Yukio dropped to his knees. "In the last two days I have lost twice…damn it…"
Vera smiled to herself and snuck off. ("Serves you right.")
Yukio clenched his fist. ("Father…I will never be able to avenge you at this rate…")
To be continued…
Huh? Why would I be going to school?
Come on sis, if Yukio is paying for it then who cares?
I care because of that jerk who calls himself the Champion Duelist of Humotoru High School! He's hitting on me! And for that I'll make sure he regrets it! Duel!
GAH! What is that thing he summoned? Can it really be…
There's no way…
Next Episode: The True God Card; Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon
Author's Notes: Hey, I notice that a lot of people of reading this story now. Come on people, post some reviews and let me know you are out there. Seriously…I accept anonymous reviews after all.
To Time Mage: This is the payment they have to make.
To Lucien Shadow Master: I am not of this earth.