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Tournament of Tears
Chapter 20: My Duel Montage (Part 1)
"Come on, go faster!" The man kicked his motor scooter's engine a couple of times as he tried to outrun the pair of wraiths that were chasing him. ("I just went out for a drive to New York, and then this happens!") Lowering his head to try and increase the speed of his vehicle, he prayed he could get away.
"He tries to run…" One of the Wraiths lifted ups its hand and a small stone spike speared out of the ground, impaling the little machine and sending the man on top of it flying through the air and crashing to the ground. "There is no escape, human."
Ignoring the ghostly whispers, the man kept running as fast as he could to try and get away. ("Please, someone save me!")
The Wraiths calmly reached out to grab him from behind…
"Shattering Fang!" There was an explosion of bright green light and the two ghostly creatures disappeared, revealing a black-jacketed form standing calmly with an enormous sword over one shoulder. "Hey, buddy? You alright?"
The guy promptly passed out in fear.
"I'll take as a yes." A loud chorus of moans caught Deondre's ears and he snapped his head around to watch hordes of wraiths emerged from everywhere around him. "There's no end to you cockroaches, is there?" He changed the Shattering Fang back into a card and shoved it into his deck. "Well?"
The Wraiths all mobbed around him, but also gave him a healthy distance to move if he had to.
"I'm not waiting for you to attack!" Deondre bared his claws and was about to charge in, but a calm laughter brought him to a stop. "Huh?"
"You must excuse these pitiful sacs of creation, they don't possess much of a mind." A refined looking Spanish man wearing a tuxedo strolled out from the mass of Wraiths and bowed to the dog demon. "You must be Deondre Anderson, the famous dimension duelist."
"And you are?" Deondre bared his fangs, because he could smell the decay on the man's breath. ("Something of Midnight's.")
"My name is Eduardo, and I am a Speaker of Midnight." Bowing once more, the 'man' stood up slowly, a pitch black duel disk appearing on his right arm. "I must duel you, so shall we begin?"
"Not just yet!" A loud voice yelled out and a black form leapt through the air and landed next to Eduardo. It was a woman wearing ninja robes. "I am Yai, and I will also challenge you!"
"Two on one?" Deondre frowned but didn't argue, his disk clicking into place. "Come on then, I'll still blow you all away."
"We'll see, won't we?" Eduardo glanced over at Yai and the two of them both smiled calmly in unison.
("What was that?") Deondre felt his entire body shiver, like they'd just scanned his mind or something. ("Screw it, if they did then I'll just go full beatdown, which is something they can't stop.") He wasn't afraid of anyone who could read his mind, because he knew how to play off complete and utter instinct.
"Duel!" They all yelled at once.
Deondre- 4000
Eduardo- 4000
Yai- 4000
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An explosion echoed amongst the hordes of Wraiths as Rikuo's Howling Sword tore through twenty of them at once. "Keh! I don't even need my full power for you weaklings!"
Eri, Kenshin, Adriel, Krieger, Griff and Davis all seemed a little nervous, if just because these wraiths could try to mob them into duels and drain their strength.
Ichigo glared at a pair of them and the phantom creatures exploded into flames. "Don't mess with me today! I've got bigger fish to fry!" His last words were explosively loud, literally popping dozens of the phantoms like balloons just with the energy he was giving off. ("I don't have time for this! I still have to go beat the crap out of Midnight.")
Ryu stepped forward and sighed. "Rikuo, could you stop playing and let me end this. There's still over a 1000 of them to go and you aren't killing them fast enough."
The wolf demon hopped backwards, landing next to the dragon demon and giving him a thumbs-up. "Blast them."
"Gladly, annoying hunks of darkness." Ryu closed his eyes and lifted up one hand, a single bead of golden light in his palm. "Solar Stream!" The bead turned into a blast that traveled down the expansive street, evaporating the Wraiths like smoke caught in a powerful wind. "Now then, shall we continue everyone?"
All of the younger Duelist Academy students stared at him in fear.
Smiling, he blew out the smoke on his hand and tried to brush off the fact that his energy was rapidly draining. "Come on, let's not dawdle."
"You won't be going any farther, demons!" A single form landed about fifty feet away from the group, revealing a form that Ichigo remembered all too well.
"Haku?" The boy's lips curled back and he growled deeply. "Get out of the way."
"I don't want to hear it. I'm here to destroy you for what you did to Silence…to my love!" Haku snapped his fingers. "And I brought some help to make sure everyone gets their peace too!" Over fifty forms materialized alongside him and behind him, showing off dozens of different kinds of humanoids and some not even that. All of them Speakers.
Ryu grimaced. Any of them could probably handle one Speaker, but fifty?
Rikuo stepped forward slowly, his eyes locked onto Haku's. "GET…OUT…OF…MY…WAY!"
"Or you'll what?" The young boy snickered coldly. "You're a little outnumbered in the dueling department."
"Is that so?" Rikuo sneered calmly. "So Jourgen, take your pick. You want the twenty-five on the left or the right?"
The dragon demon rubbed his eyes out and frowned. "I'll…I'll take…"
"I'll take them all, if it's okay with you both. You'll need your strength." Ichigo flexed his hand and pointed at the gathered Speakers. "All of you, let's duel!"
Rikuo face-fell. "Kid…I like your spirit but there's no way that you can possibly…"
Ichigo smirked calmly and closed his eyes. "Yeah, I just wanted to feel cool for a moment. Now then…" A calm glow started to come from his body. "Spiritual Release!" There was a burst of light and when it faded Ichigo was no longer standing alone.
Halo brushed back some of his hair and eyed the Speakers coldly. "I see…good. I needed to brush up on my scrub destroying skills."
The Splinter glanced over at Halo from the other side of Ichigo. "Scrub? Since when do you use modern terms?"
"Silence, brute." Halo glared over at the full demon Ichigo…
"Don't argue you guys!" Alahandra poked her head out from behind Ichigo. "Let's just have some fun, okay?"
Ichigo rolled his eyes and looked back at the astonished looks on everyone's face. "What? Oh…" He flashed them a smile of his fangless teeth. "Remember, the scary me is the demon, hence when we're separated I'm just a normal human."
"That….that isn't…" Adriel's eyes started to twitch. "There's four of you at once?"
Rikuo walked over to Halo slowly and snickered. "So enforcer, shall we take down four of em?"
"I don't care. Do as you wish." The dark-haired Ichigo turned his head away.
"Keh, stupid spoiled brat." The wolf demon clicked his disk into place.
Four of the speakers emerged from the crowd and approached the two, who had moved to one side of the sidewalk along the street.
Ryu grimaced and did the math in his head. "Even two on four, there's still too many."
"Maybe I can offer a little assistance?" A voice spoke quietly from one of the nearby alleyways.
Everyone turned their heads slowly to see a young man of about maybe twenty or so walk calmly towards the group of demons, a big smile on his face. He had brown hair that seemed to poof out around his head like some kind of mane, and he also had a pair of strangely friendly brown eyes. All in all, he didn't look that threatening.
"And…who might you be?" Ryu frowned quietly. "I'd explain…"
A strange gulp/gasp noise came from Ichigo, who just stared at the approaching person as if they were his savior. "It's…It's…"
"Yo Ichigo, it's been a long time." The young man gave a winning smile. "How's it been at the academy? I saw your duel, and I have to admit that I'm really impressed."
"Who is he Ichigo?" Krieger said, now really really unsure what was going on.
The human Ichigo ran over and clasped the young man's hand with his own. "Judai-sensei, I'd be honored to duel alongside you!"
"Judai…" Kenshin smirked quietly, as if he was listening to a joke. "How funny…but yet sensible. Now I see where you learned your dueling skills from, Pilkington."
"Who is he?" Eri frowned as she tried to place that familiar face to a body…
"Yuki Judai." The young man smiled at the demoness. "I used to be a student of the Duelist Academy. And I taught Ichigo almost everything he knows." Grinning, he ruffled the boy's hair. "Now then, shall we get to work?"
"Indeed…" Ryu looked over at the Splinter. "Duel alone or with a partner, but we must deal with…"
"I've got these ten." The Splinter didn't wait for any arguments, walking towards the back of the mob without the slightest worry.
"You think we're pushovers?" Haku leapt forward. "I'll take both Pilkington and this 'mentor' of his!"
Alahandra bounced over and latched onto Eri's arm. "Eri-sama, I want to duel with you!"
"Fine…" Eri sighed. "Just let go of my arm right now."
Kenshin lifted up his arm and looked upon the Speakers coldly. "Enough talk…"
It was like a chorus that echoed across the block, a building wave of force as dozens of energy signatures exploded to life. "DUEL!"
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Deondre drew first. "I'm first, draw! Activate the magic card Dimension Summon. One monster with Dimension or D.D. in its title will be special summoned from my hand to the field! Come out now, Different Dimension Dragon!" (1200/1500) A giant crystalline dragon appeared on the field and made a warbling roar. "Also, I'll set three cards face-down on the field and end my turn."
Eduardo drew. "Now I'll activate my magic card! Go Dancing Arena!" All around them a giant ball room formed. "Now I summon Tango Dancer (1700/1000) to the field in attack mode!" A man wearing clothing similar to his own appeared on the field and piroted. "Also, I can special summon a Tango Dance Partner to the field as well!" (1300/1400) A woman wearing a dress that complimented the Tango Dancer's clothing appeared on the field and they both struck a pose together. "These two monsters can combine their attack strength…"
"So what?" Deondre's face-down card flipped up. "Torrential Tribute will destroy all monsters in play!" An explosive blast of water swallowed up the field and all monsters on it. "Of course…" As the water drained away, it revealed the Different Dimension Dragon to be unaffected. "My monster's effect negates any and all large scale magic or trap cards from working on it!"
"Bastard…" The Spanish man cursed something else in a different language and set two cards face-down on the field. "Get him Yai."
The woman nodded and drew. "I activate the magic card Ninja Emerge! One Ninja monster from my deck will special summoned at random!" A black-clothed ninja appeared on the field. "Strike Ninja (1700/1200) is out! Also, I'll play my Double Drop magic card. Now my opponent can draw a card, while I discard two cards from my deck into my graveyard." She slid two cards in and smiled calmly. "Battle begins! Go now and attack that dragon!"
"Reverse card open!" One of Deondre's face-down cards flipped up to reveal a picture of D.D. Warrior Lady praying in front of a glowing crystal. "Crystal Wishes can only activate if I am either holding D.D. Warrior Lady in my hand or on my field. I may special summon her and fuse her with one monster in play! Come out now, my warrior!" (1500/1600) A woman in a grey bodysuit appeared on the field, holding a laser sword at her side. "Fusion!" Both the woman and dragon were pulled into a glowing swirl. When it cleared, the lady was revealed to be riding the dragon. "D.D. Warrior Lady the Dragon Knight!" (2200/2500) The Different Dimension Dragon warbled and flapped its wings. "Still feel like attacking?"
Yai frowned and slid two cards into her disk. "I'll place two cards face-down on the field and end my turn."
Deondre drew. "Reverse card open! Dimension Storm! All magic and trap cards in play will be removed from the game!" Both of the Speaker's cards faded away. "Also, my Pot of Greed to let me draw two cards!" Fanning out his remaining three cards, Deondre nodded slowly and slapped one down. "D.D. Assailant (1700/1600) come forth!" A dark-skinned warrior in linen wrappings holding a huge sword appeared on the field. "Now, from my hand I play Dimensional Double Hit! All monsters in play with Dimension or D.D. in their title can attack twice during this battle phase! Go D.D. Warrior Lady the Dragon Knight, hit Eduardo directly! Dragon Crystalline Burst!" The glittering dragon unleashed a blast of energy that hit the man and sent him stumbling. "Go D.D. Assailant, direct attack!" The glittering sword of the warrior slashed through the man and he exploded into dust.
Deondre- 4000
Yai- 40000
Yai smiled sweetly at Deondre. "Well, are you going to attack or what?"
"Go, Dragon Crystalline Burst!" The Different Dimension Dragon released another blast of energy that hurtled towards the Strike Ninja.
"Reveal Ninja Trap!" Yai smiled and discarded her hand. "By discarding my hand…." An explosion echoed out across the field as Deondre's two monsters were blown apart. "I can destroy your monsters…all of them."
Deondre smiled calmly and slid the last card in his hand into his disk. "Then I'll just place one card face-down on the field. End turn."
Yai returned the smile and drew. "Welcome to Midnight's City, where you are the intruder instead of us! Prepare to join the darkest regions of the undead!"
To be continued…
Hm, this is awfully troublesome. So be it, I shall battle with these creatures.
Don't sound so relaxed about it, Hitokage!"