56. Devil's Messenger
Kyu walked down the hall, Duel disk at his side and his deck at hand. He went through them, stopping at two cards, The Devils Dread-Root and Saint Goddess of The Gale.
"After this all... Everyone's ended up in the medical center..." Kyu thought."All drained of energy just so Von Bourg could get cards..."
Kyu felt anger toward the Devils Dread-Root. It began to glow an eerie purple, seeming like it was feeding off of his anger. "Come on, Kyu, pull yourself together..." He said to himself, stopping in the middle of the hall way. "I need some fresh air..."
It was just at 7:00 and the sun was beginning to set. He sat near around the Osiris Red dorm. He felt better looking out to the sea. "What am I getting myself into?" He asked himself.
"Doxx, Yukie, Hide, Violet... They all had a dose of what Von Bourg could give... I'm the only one standing... What if, something bad happens next... Von Bourg will definitely be back for this..." Kyu said, looking to the corner of his eye where his deck lay.
Suddenly a hand reached out, grabbing Kyu's deck. "Hey!" Kyu barked as the figure jumped back with Kyu's deck.
"So this is Kyu-Haru's deck..." The sinister person said. He looked the same age as Kyu, but then he revealed himself, throwing off a cloak.
"An Osiris Red student..." Kyu growled.
"No, just an imitation." The boy smirked. "The name's Dameon. I've been watching you ever since yesterday."
"Give me my cards back..." Kyu growled as Dameon began to look through the cards, taking two.
"Ahh, The Devils Dread-Root and Saint Goddess of The Gale..." Dameon smiled, then glancing at Kyu. "I guess you know by now I work for Von Bourg."
"It doesn't take a beginning duelist to know that you're a rare hunter..." Kyu snarled.
"Don't worry, I'm not here for your Lux God Card..." Dameon smiled. "I'm only here to reveal to you, Plan B of our master..."
Dameon threw back Kyu the Lux Card, Kyu caught it. "But this... This is a fine work of art." Dameon said, looking at The Devils Dread-Root.
"So what's the message?" Kyu asked.
"You'll have to duel me first..." Dameon said, smiling deviously.
"Fine..." Kyu said, picking up his duel disk, sliding it on his arm and turning it on. Dameon did the same, revealing his duel disk and sliding his deck in.
"Duel!" Dameon and Kyu announced, both life points rising to 4000.
"Oh and by the way, I'll be using this Devil God as my own." Dameon said.
"Go ahead, I've beaten it before, and I can do it again." Kyu said, taking his first five cards.
"Oh contraire..." Dameon smiled, taking his five.
"My turn, draw!" Kyu announced, drawing his first card. "Activate magic card, Fusion!"
"Hmph..." Dameon smiled, his Osiris Red uniform flailing in the wind as the sun began to slowly set.
"With this, I fuse Seraphim Gunner, Saber, and Guardner from my hand to make Seraphim Lionhart! (3000/2500)" Kyu announced as the infamous warrior of light shined on the field. "And because I've already sent three light monsters to my graveyard, my Seraphim Lionhart gains an additional fifteen hundred attack points!"
Dameon only smiled as Kyu's Seraphim Lionhart's attack strength rose to 4500. "Now I already have more than enough to defeat his devil god if he ever summons it..." Kyu thought to himself. "I'll then set two cards face down and end my turn!" Kyu announced.
"My turn, draw..." Dameon announced, drawing his first card of the duel.
"Wasting your whole hand just for one single powerful monster..." Dameon smirked. "How wasteful... Now! Activate magic card, Change of Heart!"
"No..." Kyu gasped, figuring out Dameon's plan.
"With this, control of Seraphim Lionhart goes to me!" Dameon smiled as the warrior floated to his side of the field. "Now! Activate magic card, De-Fusion!"
Suddenly the single warrior turned into three glowing orbs, forming Seraphim Guardner (1000/2000), Seraphim Gunner (1800/1200), and Seraphim Saber (1600/1500).
"And here comes the fireworks..." Dameon snickered. "I sacrifice Seraphim Gunner, Guardner, and Saber to summon the almighty Devils Dread-Root! (4000/4000)"
Suddenly the sun fully set and dark clouds grew into a twirling whirl wind of darkness as the great demon with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a snake. It towered over Kyu, looking down on him.
"And with nothing to save your Life Points, this duel will automatically go to me!" Dameon said. "Devils Dread-Root, attack his life points directly!"
"Activate magic card!" Kyu quickly announced as the devil god's tail rose up, ready to strike. "Scapegoat!"
"Hmm, well played. Looks like you didn't waste your cards after all." Dameon smirked.
"By activation, I bring forth four Sheep Tokens! (4x 0/0)" Kyu announced as four tiny sheep appeared. The god let its tail fall on the white sheep, destroying it instantly.
"I'll set a card face down and end my turn." Dameon announced.
"Draw..." Kyu announced, drawing his next card. Kyu gasped at the card he had now drawn.
"By the look of your face, I'm guessing you've drawn a card that my master should have had in his hands..." Dameon smiled.
"He's right... I've just drawn Saint Goddess of The Gale..." Kyu thought to himself. "Well if I'm destined to use this card, then I should use it for good... But I'll need three sacrifices."
"Well?" Dameon said.
"Activate face down card, Pot of Greed!" Kyu announced, then swiftly drawn his two cards. "Now! I summon Seraphim Therapist in defense mode! (1000/1000)"
"Excellent choice..." Dameon smiled as a female angel appeared, crouching down and praying. "But still whatever do, you won't destroy Devils Dread-Root again."
"If I've done it before, I can do it again!" Kyu said, holding his hopes high. "My Seraphim Therapist allows me to special summon a level four or lower monster from my hand, to the field but it won't be able to attack! Now I summon Critter in defense mode! (600/1000)"
Suddenly furry creature with three eyes materialized to the field, next to his Seraphim Therapist. "My turn ends..." Kyu announced.
"Draw!" Dameon announced, drawing his next card. "Devils Dread-Root, destroy his Critter!"
The giant demon rose its tail, then thrashed it down onto Kyu's monster, destroying it easily. "You've activated my monsters special effect! It allows me to add one monster with an attack of fifteen hundred or less from my deck and add it to my hand!" Kyu said, taking his deck out and looking for a card. "I choose Tortoise Cannon!"
"Hmph..." Dameon smiled. "My turn ends..."
"Draw!" Kyu announced, drawing a card, making three cards in his hand. "Now! Activate magic card, Raise Dead! Which I use to bring back Critter! (600/1000)"
"Hmmm..." Dameon said to himself.
"Now! I use Seraphim Therapist's ability to automatically summon Tortoise Cannon! (1000/2000)" Kyu announced as a mechanical turtle with a giant cannon on its shell appeared on the field.
"And now you summon the mighty Lux God!" Dameon said, feeling chills go down his spine.
"Now! I sacrifice Seraphim Therapist, Critter, and Tortoise Cannon to summon this..." Kyu went on as a wind picked up, green leaves flew by as a mystical wind flew around the two duelist. "Saint Goddess of The Gale! (4000/4000)"
Suddenly a giant flower bulb grew, it began to open, revealing a woman in a long white gown and long green hair. She opened her arms, letting all the white wind fly out.
"No way..." Dameon said, shocked and amazed.
"By summoning this goddess, your Devil God is automatically destroyed!" Kyu said.
"What how!" Dameon said in shock.
"Lux Gods are what keep the devils out of control! And with light overwhelming Darkness, your devil god is destroyed!" Kyu said as the goddess sent a wave of leaves toward The Devils Dread-Root, overwhelming it and destroying it.
"No..." Dameon growled. Suddenly he smiled again. "Well my job's done. I'll surrender now..."
Dameon placed his hand over his duel disk, causing it to shut down the holograms. "You would've beaten me easily. But now that I got a good taste of a Lux God, there's no way I can defeat you." Dameon smiled.
"So what's the message!" Kyu asked.
"There are nine Duel Professors within the school. Each fitted with an awesome deck and disguised as a student." Dameon said. "They'll be hard to track down because you never know who could be a Card Professor working for us."
"Anyone?" Kyu said.
"Even one of your dearest friends." Dameon smiled. "But they'll reveal themselves to you some time. And they'll be dueling to gain back Saint Goddess of The Gale!"
"Err..." Kyu growled. "Not if I can beat them with it first!"
"See, that's the problem... I mean we only have two and Von Bourg is keeping them to himself. So it'd only be fair not to use it. If you really were a true duelist, you'd play fairly, right?" Dameon said, shrugging.
"Owning a god card is like having something you could never have, and yet it's dangerous to possess such a indestructible monster. You can count on me not using it." Kyu said.
"Good, because these Card Professors like to play no strings attached." Dameon smiled deviously. "They are known as The Killer 9. But remember if you lose we gain back the god card."
"So what about The Devils Dread-Root..." Kyu asked.
"Heh, this?" Dameon said, holding the card. "This, I'll be giving back to Von Bourg. It was his anyway you had no right to take it."
Kyu growled. "Well, Kyu-Haru, see you around, that is, if you can survive..." Dameon cackled, then jumped off into the sea. He landed into a motor boat and drove off.
Kyu looked off into the sea dead at night, then back at the school. "I should report this to Seto Kaiba..." Kyu said walking back to the school.
The next day, Kyu had met up with Seto Kaiba in his office. "I was told there were nine Card Professors in the school, dressed as students. I don't know how long they've been here, but they're after the god card..." Kyu said, showing him.
"I see..." Kaiba said. "Tell you what. I'm not going to alarm the school. Just doing that might stir something up. We can't trust anyone now. You can't even trust your friends..."
"But..." Kyu went on.
Outside the office, Sophia and Genesis homed in onto the conversation. "So more bad guys?" Sophia said.
"Looks like it..." Genesis sighed. "Let's spread the word..."
"Ok!" Sophia said as the two got ready to run off, but then they stopped in front of Doxx. "Oh hey..."
"You two aren't up to something are you?" Doxx said.
"Shouldn't you be in the medical center?" Genesis said.
"No, they released me and the others." Doxx said as Hide, Yukie, and Violet appeared.
"I think it'd be wise to..." Kaiba went on, but then a racket went on outside of the office.
"Let me go!" Sophia screamed as Yukie held her by her arm.
"Tell us what you were planning to do!" Yukie said.
"Don't make it harder for yourselves..." Violet said.
Suddenly the door opened and Kaiba looked out. "What is the meaning of this!" He yelled.
"They jumped us for no reason!" Sophia wailed.
"You all, in here now..." Kaiba said.
One by one they all entered until they were all lined up. "What's going on, Kyu?" Hide whispered.
"Quiet..." Kaiba said. "Now, Kyu-Haru has allowed me to know that there is a organization of nine card professors in this school known as The Killer 9. If I'm going to have these guys starting trouble in my school, I'd expect you all to get this done."
"Why do we always get dragged into this kind of stuff!" Genesis complained.
"Genesis dear... Quiet..." Kaiba said rudely. "I'm depending on all of you to help me and Kyu out here."
"Yes sir." Everyone but Kyu said.
"Dismissed..." Kaiba said as the seven left.
"Great, stuck with the losers again..." Sophia muttered as she and Genesis took off in a different direction.
"So who do you think these guys are?" Yukie asked Kyu.
"I have no idea. The guy I dueled yesterday took The Devils Dread-Root. If these Card Professors are really strong, I might have a disadvantage." Kyu sighed.
"Don't worry, we're here to help." Doxx said, patting Kyu's back.
"Besides we have Violet and Kyu, you guys are like the strongest out of all of us. We shouldn't have a hard time." Hide smiled.
Kyu and Hide separated from the group, getting back to class. As they entered they saw two familiar faces. "Harem... and Pulce..." Hide said.
"Hey, Kyu, Hide!" Harem said.
"Hey haven't seen you guys for like months! How've you guys been doing?" Hide asked.
"Alright. We heard all the commotion of the Rare Hunters, we thought we'd stop by, make sure everything was going ok." Pulce said.
"How've you been doing, Kyu?" Harem asked.
"Alright..." Kyu said, not seeming enthusiastic.
"Kyu's been having a rough time." Hide whispered to Harem and Pulce.
"Don't worry we'll be here to help if anything bad happens." Pulce said happily.
The teacher ordered everyone to sit as Harem and Pulce sat by watching the class. "What's wrong Kyu? You're usually asleep by now, but your wide awake..." Hide asked.
"Seems strange that Harem and Pulce would be here... Aren't they only here to do Punishment Duels?" Kyu said.
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean they'd be apart of The Killer 9. They're our friends..." Hide said.
"Seto Kaiba told me to not trust my friends..." Kyu said.
"What? Is he saying you can't trust me?" Hide said.
"Don't worry Hide... I've known you since elementary school... But Harem and Pulce... I'm just getting a bad vibe from them." Kyu said.
Night fell and everyone was asleep in bed. Kyu lay at the top bunk of his bed, thinking. He couldn't sleep and it bothered Hide.
"Kyu, are you ok?" Hide asked.
"Fine... I'm just not feeling myself lately..." Kyu confessed. "I guess it's all the pressure that everyone's putting on me... To expect me to be the best..."
"Kyu you shouldn't be worrying. We will help you handle these guys!" Hide said.
"But what happens when you guys fail... What if the shadow realm comes back..." Kyu said.
"Don't worry about it Kyu... You're getting yourself worked up for nothing!" Hide said, yawning.
"You're right... I need to relax..." Kyu said, closing his eyes.
As the water hit the beach, making splashes. Within a care stood seven other figures. "Boss, we've sent two of the Card Professors out..." A dark voice said into a radio.
"Which ones?" Von Bourg's voice replied.
"The two that work for Duelist Academy, they'll make great traps for our little friends." The voice said back.
"Good..." Von Bourg said. "We strike tomorrow..."
PREVIEW
Hide: Ack! Looks like Kyu was right! Harem and Pulce are working for The Killer 9! Now Pulce has challenged Kyu. Kyu is up against Pulce's No Monster Deck, how will Kyu pull out? Next chapter is Kyu VS Deck of No Monsters! See you there!
CARDS PLAYED
Fusion: MAGIC / Desc: Fuse 2 or more monsters on the field or from your hand into 1 Fusion Monster.
Seraphim Lionhart: Level 12 / 3000/2500/ Light / Angel / Fusion / Desc: "Seraphim Guardner" + "Seraphim Gunner" + "Seraphim Saber". Decrease all of your opponent's face-up monsters by 500 for each Light-Type monster in your graveyard.
Change of Heart: MAGIC / Desc: Take control of 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field for the remainder of the turn.
De-Fusion: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Return 1 face up Fusion Monster back to your Fusion Deck. Return all Fusion Material monsters back to the field which created that Fusion Monster.
Seraphim Guardner: Level 4 / 1000/2000/ Light / Angel / Desc: The DEF of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field.
Seraphim Gunner: Level 4 / 1800/1200/ The Attack points of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field.
Seraphim Saber: Level 4 / 1600/1500/ Light / Angel / Desc: The ATK of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field.
Scapegoat: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Special Summon 4 "Sheep Tokens" (Level 1 / 0/0/ Earth / Beast) to the field. These Tokens cannot be used as a Sacrifice Summon.
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw two cards from your deck.
Seraphim Therapist: Level 4 / 1000/1000/ Light / Angel / Desc: The ATK and DEF of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field. During each of your Standby Phases you may Special Summon 1 Level 4 Monster Card from your hand, to the field. The summoned monster cannot attack during your Battle Phase.
Critter: Level 3 / 1000/600/ Dark / Demon / Desc: When this card is sent to the Graveyard, from your field, you can take 1 monster with an ATK of 1500 or less from your Deck, show it to your opponent, and add it to your hand.Your deck is then shuffled.
Raise Dead: MAGIC / Desc: Special summon 1 Monster Card from either you or your opponent's Graveyard onto the field in face up Defense or Attack Position.
Tortoise Cannon: Level 4 / 1000/2000/ Water / Reptile / Desc: Sacrifice 1 face-up Level 4 or lower monster to do damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to half of the Monster's ATK.