Chapter 18: Lament of Innocence
Dark Danny vanished cursing all the way. "The battle is won, brave
warrior. Make your way to the pedestal of destiny and try to claim these
swords's power. I will also leave my power in your hands. Farewell" The
chaos sorcerer burned and turned into card form. Danny couldn't pay
attention to the sorcerer's words though. He had to take care of
Demetra. "Demetra! Are you awake? Damn, how could this happen? Hold
on. I will try to heal you some way" The undead couldn't be healed by
normal magic so Danny had to find another way. While he was thinking,
Demetra was in a trance. She heard Ha des's voice in her head. Strike
now woman!! I command you to eat the paladin and to claim the Masamune
and the chaos sorcerer. Do it quickly! Demetra's vampire bloodlust
started to kick in, but she still tried to control herself. I can't! I
won't! Get out of my head! thought Demetra as she tried to fight back.
Danny only saw convulsions and cold sweats. He tried to dry her off.
Rosa appeared from Danny's deck and quickly claimed the chaos sorcerer."
"Finally, one chaos monster is safe" she said. She thought she heard
footprints to the left of her. A portal appeared and an armored man flew
out of it. "What the... who are you? What do you want?" declared Rosa.
The man ignored her. And made his way to the Masamune. Was that Ha
des? she asked herself. Rosa ran to intercept him, but before she could
strike, the man quickly tackled her with godly speed. The force knocked
the wind out of her and she doubled up on the floor. The man again
turned his attention back to the Masamune. He grasped it and easily
pulled it out. He started to laugh triumphantly. Danny heard the ruckus
and turned around. "That man has the Masamune!" he said to himself.
"Draw your sword Chambers. Fight me!" If you want a fight, you got it."
Danny drew his sword and went into stance. The man also went into the
same stance. Danny was the first to make a charge. The two exchanged
mighty blows, but Danny's sword couldn't stand the demonic Masamune for
long. It quickly broke. Danny could see the mysterious man smiling in
victory. He charged the Masamune and shots blades of energy at Danny.
Danny casted haste and barely avoided the attack by jumping up. The man
was surprised and was even more surprised when Danny dropped his foot to
his head. He fell allowing Danny to run to the Eslydion. "God, please
let this sword be mine." He grabbed the hilt and pulled it out. He did
it. Danny was the destined owner of the Eslydion, but there was no time
to rejoice as the stranger blasted Danny with a huge wave of energy.
Danny quickly swung the sword and cut through it. "It seemed that your
skills haven't dimensioned Master Chambers" commented the man as he
stopped his attack. "Who are you?" asked Danny with confusion. "You
don't remember me?" asked the man hurt. "It's your baby boy." He removed
his head covering. "Paul!!" said Danny as if he had a bad taste in his
mouth. "Are you the one that is trying to collect the chaos monsters?"
"Who isn't trying to get the chaos monsters? Are you that naïve? Are
you too busy screwing and seducing women and fairies to understand what's
going on?" "I understand perfectly what's going on" responded Danny.
"And I see my biggest problem in front of me. I see a pathetic man who
never used my lessons except for his own selfish gain." "Not true
paladin. You're lessons helped me realize where I belong. You
encouraged Demetra to be her best and she turned evil too. Can't you
see, good is weak because it's scared of its own strength. I think its
time I taught you a lesson for once Daniel." The two warriors charged
again. Each time the great swords clashed a shower of light and sparks
came out. Danny was simply outperforming Paul in swordplay. "You're
sword skills are so easy to counter Grimm, because I'm the one who taught
them to you!" Grimm started to get angry because Danny was clearly
beating him. He decided to heat things up. He charged up a fist and
slammed it into the ground causing a minor earthquake and making the roof
crumble a little. "Watch it fool! Do you want all of us to die?"
scolded Danny. "Whatever it takes to get even with you" threatened Paul.
"He shot dark energy at Danny. Danny deflected it with the Eslydion and
Paul got hit with his own attack. Danny charged Paul and pierced Paul in
the shoulder with the sword. He started to chant. "CONDUCT THUNDER!"
was what Paul heard before a flood of lightning threw him to a wall.
"That does it for my former apprentice" said Danny as he went to turn his
attention back to Demetra and Rosa. "Guess again" stuttered Paul as he
got up. "You taught me to turn your back only to a corpse. "You are a
corpse. You just don't know it. You are dead to me. I have heard of
how you got your power. If I had the time, I would have killed you
myself in the name of all that is good." declared Danny. Paul tensed up and was glowing
energy. He muttered a curse and pointed a finger at Danny. Danny
suddenly lost control of his body. Paul put the puppet master curse on
him, one of the most forbidden of spells. With every move of his finger
Danny was thrown that spot. Then Paul slammed him to a wall, nearly
knocking Danny out. "Don't move" taunted Paul as he conjured a fireball
to burn Danny. Danny was a little dazed from the assault. He could
barely keep conscience. Just as Paul was to kill Danny, his
concentration was broken by another sword to the back. Paul screamed in
pain and was forced to break the curse on Danny. Rosa had summoned
enough strength to sneak attack Paul. That stab should have killed Paul,
but he painfully turned around and slapped Rosa hard with his armored
hand while calling her a degrading name. "Big mistake!" yelled Danny as
he clicked his wrists together. Two miniature swords came out of Danny's
wrist guards. Danny crossed his arms and tried to cut off Paul's head.
Suddenly, Paul disappeared. "Paul can become invisible?!" Danny asked
himself. He thought he heard something to his left, no his right, in
back on him, above him? Danny suddenly got assaulted by a barrage of
punches and kicks. Paul didn't turn invisible but he was moving with
godly speed pummeling Danny with his fists. Danny was tossed to another
end of the chamber. He was coughing blood and was on the brink of
passing out from the strain of the temple, the duel and Paul's assault. He
was too powerful, too fast, what could he do? Paul stopped and took
another look at the weakening Danny. He pointed the Masamune at Danny
and was prepared to run it into Danny to impale him on the cavern wall.
With a quick running start Paul charged Danny. Off in another part of
the room, Demetra opened her eyes with a blank stare. She leaped up and
ran toward Rosa, who was watching the fight. She heard someone behind
her but didn't have any time to react as Demetra hammered the back of her
head. Rosa collapsed and Demetra caught her. That's good my dear said
a menacing voice in Demetra's head. See how easy things are when you do
it my way? Now drop her and the chaos sorcerer into the portal that is
going to appear right now. A pool of shadows appeared and Demetra obeyed,
throwing the unconscious warrior woman and the chaos sorcerer into it.
Now, I command you to destroy this temple and kill Danny and Paul. Make
sure you bring me both of their decks. A tear came out of Demetra's
blank eyes. She couldn't resist Ha des anymore. Her body was under his
total control. He had won. Demetra conjured despair from the dark from
her deck and also Exodia. "Destroy everything" said Demetra with an
emotionless command.
Dark Danny vanished cursing all the way. "The battle is won, brave
warrior. Make your way to the pedestal of destiny and try to claim these
swords's power. I will also leave my power in your hands. Farewell" The
chaos sorcerer burned and turned into card form. Danny couldn't pay
attention to the sorcerer's words though. He had to take care of
Demetra. "Demetra! Are you awake? Damn, how could this happen? Hold
on. I will try to heal you some way" The undead couldn't be healed by
normal magic so Danny had to find another way. While he was thinking,
Demetra was in a trance. She heard Ha des's voice in her head. Strike
now woman!! I command you to eat the paladin and to claim the Masamune
and the chaos sorcerer. Do it quickly! Demetra's vampire bloodlust
started to kick in, but she still tried to control herself. I can't! I
won't! Get out of my head! thought Demetra as she tried to fight back.
Danny only saw convulsions and cold sweats. He tried to dry her off.
Rosa appeared from Danny's deck and quickly claimed the chaos sorcerer."
"Finally, one chaos monster is safe" she said. She thought she heard
footprints to the left of her. A portal appeared and an armored man flew
out of it. "What the... who are you? What do you want?" declared Rosa.
The man ignored her. And made his way to the Masamune. Was that Ha
des? she asked herself. Rosa ran to intercept him, but before she could
strike, the man quickly tackled her with godly speed. The force knocked
the wind out of her and she doubled up on the floor. The man again
turned his attention back to the Masamune. He grasped it and easily
pulled it out. He started to laugh triumphantly. Danny heard the ruckus
and turned around. "That man has the Masamune!" he said to himself.
"Draw your sword Chambers. Fight me!" If you want a fight, you got it."
Danny drew his sword and went into stance. The man also went into the
same stance. Danny was the first to make a charge. The two exchanged
mighty blows, but Danny's sword couldn't stand the demonic Masamune for
long. It quickly broke. Danny could see the mysterious man smiling in
victory. He charged the Masamune and shots blades of energy at Danny.
Danny casted haste and barely avoided the attack by jumping up. The man
was surprised and was even more surprised when Danny dropped his foot to
his head. He fell allowing Danny to run to the Eslydion. "God, please
let this sword be mine." He grabbed the hilt and pulled it out. He did
it. Danny was the destined owner of the Eslydion, but there was no time
to rejoice as the stranger blasted Danny with a huge wave of energy.
Danny quickly swung the sword and cut through it. "It seemed that your
skills haven't dimensioned Master Chambers" commented the man as he
stopped his attack. "Who are you?" asked Danny with confusion. "You
don't remember me?" asked the man hurt. "It's your baby boy." He removed
his head covering. "Paul!!" said Danny as if he had a bad taste in his
mouth. "Are you the one that is trying to collect the chaos monsters?"
"Who isn't trying to get the chaos monsters? Are you that naïve? Are
you too busy screwing and seducing women and fairies to understand what's
going on?" "I understand perfectly what's going on" responded Danny.
"And I see my biggest problem in front of me. I see a pathetic man who
never used my lessons except for his own selfish gain." "Not true
paladin. You're lessons helped me realize where I belong. You
encouraged Demetra to be her best and she turned evil too. Can't you
see, good is weak because it's scared of its own strength. I think its
time I taught you a lesson for once Daniel." The two warriors charged
again. Each time the great swords clashed a shower of light and sparks
came out. Danny was simply outperforming Paul in swordplay. "You're
sword skills are so easy to counter Grimm, because I'm the one who taught
them to you!" Grimm started to get angry because Danny was clearly
beating him. He decided to heat things up. He charged up a fist and
slammed it into the ground causing a minor earthquake and making the roof
crumble a little. "Watch it fool! Do you want all of us to die?"
scolded Danny. "Whatever it takes to get even with you" threatened Paul.
"He shot dark energy at Danny. Danny deflected it with the Eslydion and
Paul got hit with his own attack. Danny charged Paul and pierced Paul in
the shoulder with the sword. He started to chant. "CONDUCT THUNDER!"
was what Paul heard before a flood of lightning threw him to a wall.
"That does it for my former apprentice" said Danny as he went to turn his
attention back to Demetra and Rosa. "Guess again" stuttered Paul as he
got up. "You taught me to turn your back only to a corpse. "You are a
corpse. You just don't know it. You are dead to me. I have heard of
how you got your power. If I had the time, I would have killed you
myself in the name of all that is good." declared Danny. Paul tensed up and was glowing
energy. He muttered a curse and pointed a finger at Danny. Danny
suddenly lost control of his body. Paul put the puppet master curse on
him, one of the most forbidden of spells. With every move of his finger
Danny was thrown that spot. Then Paul slammed him to a wall, nearly
knocking Danny out. "Don't move" taunted Paul as he conjured a fireball
to burn Danny. Danny was a little dazed from the assault. He could
barely keep conscience. Just as Paul was to kill Danny, his
concentration was broken by another sword to the back. Paul screamed in
pain and was forced to break the curse on Danny. Rosa had summoned
enough strength to sneak attack Paul. That stab should have killed Paul,
but he painfully turned around and slapped Rosa hard with his armored
hand while calling her a degrading name. "Big mistake!" yelled Danny as
he clicked his wrists together. Two miniature swords came out of Danny's
wrist guards. Danny crossed his arms and tried to cut off Paul's head.
Suddenly, Paul disappeared. "Paul can become invisible?!" Danny asked
himself. He thought he heard something to his left, no his right, in
back on him, above him? Danny suddenly got assaulted by a barrage of
punches and kicks. Paul didn't turn invisible but he was moving with
godly speed pummeling Danny with his fists. Danny was tossed to another
end of the chamber. He was coughing blood and was on the brink of
passing out from the strain of the temple, the duel and Paul's assault. He
was too powerful, too fast, what could he do? Paul stopped and took
another look at the weakening Danny. He pointed the Masamune at Danny
and was prepared to run it into Danny to impale him on the cavern wall.
With a quick running start Paul charged Danny. Off in another part of
the room, Demetra opened her eyes with a blank stare. She leaped up and
ran toward Rosa, who was watching the fight. She heard someone behind
her but didn't have any time to react as Demetra hammered the back of her
head. Rosa collapsed and Demetra caught her. That's good my dear said
a menacing voice in Demetra's head. See how easy things are when you do
it my way? Now drop her and the chaos sorcerer into the portal that is
going to appear right now. A pool of shadows appeared and Demetra obeyed,
throwing the unconscious warrior woman and the chaos sorcerer into it.
Now, I command you to destroy this temple and kill Danny and Paul. Make
sure you bring me both of their decks. A tear came out of Demetra's
blank eyes. She couldn't resist Ha des anymore. Her body was under his
total control. He had won. Demetra conjured despair from the dark from
her deck and also Exodia. "Destroy everything" said Demetra with an
emotionless command.