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Duelist Debut:
Behemoth
Episode 9: Eroding Courage
Darkness…
"No, not this way, I won't let you go, not now!" Laeon yells as he reaches out his hand trying to grab hold of his father. He is in a dark room, and his father is being consumed by the dark blue flames of evil.
"I'm sorry Laeon, but I must do this…" Jonathon pulls his hand away from Laeon's own smiling. "Some day, we will meet again…" Jonathon whispers, as Laeon yells and screams for his father to come back.
The room is nothing but darkness now. A rather tall figure stands in front of the weeping Laeon smiling. "He is not coming back!" the figure yells and delivers a blow to Laeon's head. Laeon falls on his back only to feel a kick in the ribs.
"What is this?" Laeon whispers and slowly closes his eyes, and sees three little orbs. One is yellow, another red, and the last blue. As the orbs got closer, they became larger. The room was now burning hot as Laeon sweat away.
A large groan was heard coming from the direction the orbs coming. "No…" A giant cold hand grabs Laeon squeezing him until breath was no longer able…
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"Damn, that's a freaky dream Laeon. You should sleep earlier." Hio exclaims stroking her hand through the sweaty Laeon's head. He, Hio, Izumi, and Kazuma all sit on Laeon's bed reminiscing about Laeon's dream.
"No, it's not that, I think my dream is trying to tell me something…" Laeon comments standing up, trying to find a clean shirt he can wear. It was the final day of their extended weekend and they didn't do anything tat was really exciting, despite that Hio almost defeated Leon.
Laeon, now dressed, sat on laid on his bed, his head in the palm of his hands. He sighed, now bored out of his mind. "What are we going to do today?" Kazuma asked scratching his head.
"That's a great question…" Laeon answered rising to his feet once gain and walked around in a circle. "We can give Hio another tour of the city again…" Kazuma suggested and sat on the floor.
"We did that yesterday, and the day before…" Izumi commented and pulled out her deck searching through the cards smiling. "I love my Winged Kuriboh!" Izumi yelled and huggled the card on her face.
Hio sat there dawdled thinking of what was going on. "How about we just go to the Duel Center and duel? We have done everything else this weekend, why not duel some complete strangers?" Hio suggested and looked through her deck.
"Why the hell not," Laeon commented and put his shoes on, "I mean, you guys wake me up at 8 o'clock in the morning so why not?"
"Whatever, but we have to go back at my house because, all three of us need our duel-discs…" Kazuma said standing up gathering his cards. "Let's go then…" Laeon grabbed his sword duel-disc and hooked it onto his belt strap.
Before Laeon walked out of his bedroom door, he looked out of his broken window smiling. He then went back in his room and grabbed his deck placing it into his deck case which was hooked to his belt. They ran out of the house not knowing what they were going to do there but at least they go to get out and get some fresh air.
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Arrival at Duel Center…
The rematch of the century, Kade versus Laeon once again, was about to go in effect. The minute the four stepped into the Duel Center; there was the hulking behemoth of a human Kade, doing his normal deeds, tormenting junior duelists.
"What are you up to this time?" Kazuma yelled pointing at Kade. Kade smiled and pointed back. "You and me Laeon, after I finish this pathetic pile off first!" Kade demanded and played a card upon his duel-disc.
"This again," Laeon asked slapping himself. "Why me, why can't you duel someone that won't defeat you in just a few turns…" Laeon sat down shaking his head.
A small junior duelist was on his knees watching every single one of his monster's dissipate before his eyes. "Aren't you going to try to help the kid at least?" Hio asked yelling Laeon.
"Nope, I am just going to watch this and wait my turn…" Laeon answered only to feel a giant hand land on the top of his head. "Ah damn," "Let's go puny man!" Kade yelled pulling Laeon up to his feet.
"Whatever," Laeon stabbed the steel ground with his sword duel-disc and inserted his deck of cards. Kade did the same with his standard duel-disc and smiled.
"I hope you have a different deck because your last was a disgrace…" Laeon commented and drew his five cards. "Oh you will see y puny friend, you will see…"
Laeon's LP: 8000
Kade's LP: 8000
"I will go first, and while I'm at it, I will activate Card Destruction!" Kade announced laughing his head off. "This card makes both of us discard all cards in our hands and in return, we get to draw as many cards as we discarded! So go ahead, you first…"
Laeon looked at his hand of cards and shook his head. "I had some good cards in there Kade, you better hope I get bad ones or, you will be sorry…" Laeon now looked at his new cards and wasn't pleased. 'Kade, you're going to be sorry…' Laeon thought.
Kade smiled and looked at his new cards. "Now I will start off my official turn with Chiron the Mage (1800/1000) in attack mode!"
A horseman-like creature appeared upon the field holding up a giant staff with a spherical red gem at the end of it. The man part of the body was covered with steel armor. He had long blonde hair that was released through a hole in his helmet.
"And now before I end my turn, I will discard this Big – Tusked Mammoth (2000/1000) from my hand to special summon the Manticore of Darkness (2300/1000) from my graveyard!" Kade announced activating his Manticore's effect.
"What, but how can you do that?" Laeon questioned, along with everyone else. "It's my Manticore's ability, the end phase you was sent to the graveyard, via Card Destruction, I can discard any Beast monster in my hand to summon him to the field. Bite that one Laeon…" Kade answered watching fire circled around the field forming a winged lion which stood on its hind legs.
"Well I have to say you have a better deck," Laeon announced drawing a card. ,"but Beast monsters won't get you through this one!" Laeon searched through his graveyard and smiled.
"First I will activate Premature Burial! This card allows me to bring back a monster from my graveyard with a cost of 800 life points." Laeon played the card knowing what he was going to bring out. "Now come back Buster Blader (2600/2300)!"
A red cross appeared upon the surface of the field and who would pop out of the ground other than the mighty Buster Blader.
"I'm going to end this duel fast for you Kade, I remove from play the Blade Knight (1600/1000) from my graveyard and the Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight (2300/2000) in my graveyard to summon the card I got back from you last duel, Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning!" Laeon was on fire, two of his strongest monsters on the field in one turn, thanks to Kade.
The two dark knights stood side-by-side as they stared down Kade as a nice 'Nice to see you again' greeting. "Not again!" Kade yelled standing his ground. Laeon smiled and played another card.
"I'm not done; I summon Different Dimension Assailant to make sure you get taken down!" Laeon had seen his victory since turn one as the bandaged and armored woman warrior appeared on the field wielding her giant blade.
"This duel is over!" Kazuma and Hio yelled in excitement. "I agree," Laeon commented and ordered his Black Luster Soldier to attack Kade's Chiron the Mage, which he did. The horseman didn't stand a chance against the legendary knight as Black Luster Soldier sliced him in half.
Kade ducked down with his hands on his head. "If you think that's it, think again big boy. My soldier's effect allows him to attack again so go ahead!" Black Luster Soldier charged back, but only at Manticore of Darkness, which shattered into pieces. Kade screamed like a child as Black Luster Soldier ran back up and slashed him across the chest.
"You scream like a girl, Buster Blader, deliver the second direct attack with Dragon Hide Slash!" Laeon demanded and watched as Buster Blader slashed in the same spot as Black Luster Soldier did, and listened as Kade screamed.
"Now you're gone, now my Assailant, direct attack with Diamond Cobra Strike!" The final blow was delivered. One final slash to the chest and it was over. In Laeon's first turn he was successful of defeating Kade, and that was all she wrote.
Laeon's LP: 7200
Kade's LP: 0
"Wow that was fast," Kazuma added helping Laeon stand correctly. "This day is screwed up already, next!" Laeon yelled and began to laugh by himself.
"Oh, you guys won't laugh huh? Screw you guys that was funny," Laeon walked back and forth looking at the floor, now bored. "We need a new duel!" Laeon yelled and heard a crash to the right of him. "What the hell?"
Laeon along with everyone else, ran to the East Stadium, a duel was about to start. Laeon stood in the battle field knowing both duelists. "Hey that's that Mareg guy, right?" Izumi asked pointing at him. She was correct; he stood staring at his opponent, his axe duel-disc sliced into the ground.
"Yeah," Kazuma answered and then pointed to the other man,"but who is that?"
The man was incredibly tall, at least 6"11. He wore a giant black leather trench coat that covered his entire body, excluding his face. The only thing that was skin was his face. His face was angular and his teethe were sharp. Scars were scattered throughout his face. His eyes were a bright and frightening lunar yellow color. His hair was a dark green and it stood upward.
"That's one of the best duelists in the world, Behemoth!" Laeon yelled out in amazement. "How do you know?" Hio asked curiously searching through her cards.
"I know because my father dueled him at the World Championship. He and Behemoth faced off in the final round and my dad won…" Laeon revealed still astonished in amazement.
The words of Laeon caught the so called Behemoth's attention. "So you are the Duel Heart?" Behemoth asked in his incredibly deep and intimidating voice. Laeon stood still at the question, he was afraid of what Behemoth might do.
"What is that!" Izumi asked as if she was a child. Behemoth ignored Izumi's question and faced toward Laeon. He smiled at the terrified Laeon and looked back at Mareg. "Let's finish this shall we?" Behemoth asked and slipped his deck into his duel-disc.
Behemoth's duel-disc was fastened onto his left wrist. It seemed like a standard duel-disc, but it wasn't. Instead of the standard silver color, it was a pitch dark and grey. The curves had become sharp points that could easily cut the skin. And finally, each Behemoth's cards were inside of a sleeve, and on the back of the sleeves were winged minions and fire. In the middle of the sleeves was one giant fiendish monster.
Mareg stared at Behemoth and drew his five cards. Behemoth did the same only he was much faster and took the time to look at his cards. "Now, you shall go first. I would like to see what I am up against…" Behemoth insisted and watched Mareg draw.
Mareg's LP: 8000
Behemoth's LP: 8000
Mareg nodded and began the opening move. "First I summon Monk Fighter (1300/1000) in attack mode." Mareg still had a little speech problems but it wasn't as bad before. A jaded old man appeared on the field throwing his fists randomly at the air
"Now I sacrifice Monk Fighter to bring out Master Monk (1900/1000). My Master Monk can't be summon without sacrifice of Monk Fighter so come!" Mareg was gaining momentum as Hio and Izumi cheered for him in the stands.
"Oh his speech is crap!" Laeon yelled putting his hands on his ears. "Well he isn't from here so cut him some slack will you?" Kazuma commented and cheered along.
The Monk Fighter we knew now suddenly became more masculine and rugged. Over time he became at master at what he did, the Master Monk!
"Now I will play face down card. Your turn," Mareg announced and turned his head toward Laeon. He then gave Laeon and his friends a thumbs up and faced Behemoth once again.
Behemoth drew his card and gave off a sinister smile. "How will you like this?" Behemoth asked and revealed his card. "I activate the ritual spell card Curse of the Masked Beast! This card allows me to summon one of the game's most powerful monsters by just sacrificing monsters in my hand until they have a level of 8 or more."
Two towers of black fire stormed skyward going over the roof. In the middle of the pillars was an earn shaped like a head. Before the two towers of fire appeared two level 4 monsters. They were then consumed by the fire, and in a matter of seconds, the pillars of fire reigned downward entering the open earn forming a giant monster. The fire dissipated revealing a man's torso on a decaying beast's lower body. The monster's head was covered by a spiked mask, as the monster wielded a giant staff with crying masks lay stuck on it.
"What do you think about my Masked Beast (3200/1800) girls? I think he is kind of cute, no?" Behemoth asked sarcastically towards Hio and Izumi. The two shook their head and disgust and continued watching the duel.
"Now I will activate the spell card, Inferno Reckless Summon! This card allows me to summon every card in my deck that has Masked Beast in its name, and so do you, which I doubt you do in your Rock deck." Behemoth now had 3 virtually unstoppable monsters in his disposal. This was going to be tough for Mareg.
On both sides of Masked Beast on the surface of the battle field, a white energy pillar arose each carrying with them, one Masked Beast!
"Three of them!" Kazuma fell out of his seat. "That's way too much!" Laeon yelled after pointing at Behemoth. "He's going to kill him!" Hio and Izumi screamed.
"Now if you thought that was bad, I'm going to activate a card to seal your fate Mareg, I activate Chthonian Alliance and I will equip it with one of my Masked Beasts!" Behemoth seemed to be more destructive every second of his turn.
"Damn, this guy doesn't play around…" Kazuma said slightly. "His Masked Beast is decked out now!" Laeon yelled in amazement. "Why, what does that Chthonian thingy do?" Izumi asked. "It's an equip card," Hio answered carrying on, "Once it's equipped to a monster, for every monster with the same name, the equipped monster gains 800 attack points!"
"She said it for me," Behemoth commented, watching the equipped Masked Beast grow larger and larger by the second. "Now my Masked Beast is at 4800! Feel the wrath Mareg, Masked Beast attack his Master Monk with Cursed Inferno!"
The powered up Masked Beast stepped in front of Master Monk roaring and screaming, shaking the entire stadium grounds. From its staff, a dark blaze arose circling the entire staff making it a club of inferno. It then waved the staff over Master Monk's head, creating a giant torrent of flames overhead crushing and burning Master Monk. It then stepped back and roared even louder.
When the flames finally eroded away, there stood Master Monk standing more radiantly than ever! "What, how can he still stand!" Behemoth yelled not knowing what was going on, along with everyone else.
"My face down card Lone Wolf, this makes Master Monk not destroyed and not effected by cards!" Mareg was now gaining back his momentum. "Fine keep your Monk, he may not be destroyed but sure as Hell lost the life points! Now the rest of my Masked Beasts, attack his Master Monk, Cursed Inferno!"
The remaining Masked Beasts did the same as the original did, only times two! The Beasts charged after Master Monk, allowing their flames to engulf and burn Master Monk to ashes, only for him to be revived once again.
Mareg's LP: 2500
Behemoth's LP: 8000
Mareg fell to his knees after the attack. "Argh!" Mareg yelled as he felt the infernos hit him and bounce back to the ground. "Now I will finish up by playing to face downs. Your move, let's see what you got!"
Mareg picked himself up enough to draw his card. "Activate, Double Spell! Card allows me to use one spell in your graveyard if discard spell in my hand. So now I use your Inferno Reckless Greed to get two Master Monk from deck and put in defense mode!"
"Alright, he is back!" Laeon jumped out of his seat in excitement "Yeah, but shut up! I want to watch the duel!" Kazuma yelled jumping on top of Laeon hitting him continuously.
Before everyone's eyes, two more Master Monks appeared on the field swinging their feet and fists in the air. "Now I activate Pot of Greed to draw 2 cards from deck." Mareg was a new slate as he looked at his choice of cards.
"Now I activate Chthonian Alliance on first Master Monk raising his attack to 3500!" Mareg was now focused on completely destroying Behemoth. The equipped Master Monk's muscles bulged higher and higher. He then let out his battle cry; he was strong enough to take out the two weak Masked Beasts.
"Master Monk ability is attack two times in same phase, so strong Master Monk; attack both weak Masked Beasts with Rapid Crater Roundhouse!" Mareg jumped in the air punching the round, along with Master Monk creating a giant crack in the ground splitting the earth into three parts. The two weak Masked Beasts fell in the cracks, never to be seen again.
"Now I end turn by playing Master Monk in defense mode and two face downs…" Mareg was still focused, but defense was his only option now.
Mareg's LP: 2500
Behemoth's LP: 7400
Behemoth began his opening move with brute force. "I flip my face down card, Mask of Accursed!" A giant yellow mask with giant nails stuck throughout the face, appeared floating in the air and stamped straight onto the stronger Master Monk. "What is the meaning of this!" Mareg yelled glaring evilly at Behemoth.
"It's a simple equip spell card that equips to your monster. The equipped monster cannot attack, and you lose 500 life points each and every one of my standby phases!" Behemoth smiled played another brutal card.
"Now I will activate my other face down card, Call of the Haunted! This card allows me to bring back to special summon a card from my graveyard to the field! So come back, Masked Beast!"
A giant hole appeared in the ground, and what arose from it was the giant monster Masked Beast! Now since another Masked Beast was out, the equipped Masked Beast gains 800 more points making it at 4000!
"This is to fun to end but I have to, both Masked Beasts, attack each weaker Master Monks with Cursed Inferno!" The two beasts did what their master ordered and summoned their staff of flames. The flames charged the two monks like a meteor crashing down. Once the smoke disappeared, they still stood thanks to Lone Wolf.
Behemoth smiled and played a face down card and signaled the end of his turn. As soon as Mareg drew his card, a giant tornado formed in front of him destroying his Lone Wolf trap card. "What!" Mareg yelled and stepped back.
"Dust Tornado is a very handy card, I get to destroy any spell or trap on the field, and in return, I get to set a card, which I will!" Mareg's hope of stalling was brought an end, but he had no intention of stalling anymore!
Suddenly, Mareg changed his perspective of this duel. "I switch all Master Monks to attack!" The three Monks jumped to their feet, free to jab and punch the air without being frightened of an attack.
"What an idiot, none of your monsters are strong enough to make a scratch on my Masked Beast!" Masked Beast seemed to agree as he roared and stomped his feet upon the ground. "Plus your strongest Master Monk can't even attack so you just wasted your breathe!"
Mareg shook his head and sacrificed the possessed Master Monk to bring out something that wouldn't stay for long. "I summon Hieracosphinx (2400/1200) in attack mode!" Mareg yelled revealing a winged lion-like monster with a falcon's head onto the field.
"You think that scares me?" Behemoth asked shaking his head in disbelief. Mareg then nodded his head and sacrificed his new Hieracosphinx to bring out something more destructive. The ground cracked into small pebbles and rocks, until nothing was there but a crater.
"What is this?" Behemoth asked, he seemed to be enjoying this. "You will feel, you will feel, you will feel, the wrath of the Divine Protector – Exordo (0/4000)!" The cracked rocks hovered in the air forming something, something big. "A what!" Laeon yelled jumping up and knocking Kazuma off of him.
The giant crumbles of the ground forming a some what giant. It was a giant titan of a monster, golden and all. A giant ring rested upon its mountain of a back. The titian yelled and growled as he rose to his feet looking upon all of the arena.
"Try to break this!" Mareg yelled smiling away. "Sure will," Behemoth drew his card smiling and laughing. "It's been fun, but it's all over for you my incompetent friend!"
"What is he talking about, that thing has 4000 defense points!" Izumi yelled jumping around in her seat. "Just watch," Hio commented, "I have a feeling about this on…"
"THE FINAL RITUAL OF THE ANCIENTS!"
A big flash was everything that was seen. "What the hell!" Laeon's yell was the only real thing heard besides the continuous break and crumble of rock… He was eroding… Poor Mareg, good Mareg, obedient Mareg… Only to suffer from his own minion… Eroding courage in the battle field, it was fast and painless.
Mareg had lost in some unknown way. This was bad, especially for Laeon, for when he opened his eyes he saw himself face first in the battle field, and in front of him stood an eager Behemoth. "Get your cards Duel Heart; I want to see your wrath!"
"What the hell is going on?"
TO BE CONTINUED
Wow, my first summary of my chapters. If you were too lazy to read, then I shall summarize! Bored and has just woken up, Laeon and his friends reminisce about what to do today. They decide to head off to the Duel Center to brush off the dust on their knees. Laeon then finds an eager Kade readying for a rematch, only to lose in Laeon's first official turn! What a dumb ass! If you thought that was all, you should kill yourself. The big duel was longing to be released as Mareg, the big guy from Ep 2, is dueling a runner up World Champion, Behemoth! The duel gains heat as Mareg to seems to be regaining his momentum until, Behemoth plays some kind of super card that demolishes Mareg in the final turn. A giant flash knocks everyone out in the stadium; soon Laeon awakes in the battle field, seeing a blood thirsty Behemoth ready for the pursuit.
Will Laeon be able to defeat one of the greatest duelists in the world? Or will he suffer the same fate as Mareg? The so called Duel Heart has a beast in front of him and he is willing to tame it! Stay tuned for three part series, Ep 10, 11, and 12, the Wrath of the Behemoth!