Foreword: Well...sorry guys, for the late update. I've been busy after all, with staying in Japan and heaps of other stuff. But anyways...here's another chapter to keep you interested. Maybe.
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"Oh? You mean these?" With a small snicker, the evil hermit scattered a few cards in front of the two former Constellations. The pieces of paper fluttered in the air, landing in front of their feet softly. Frowning, Michael picked up one of them, and his eyes widened.
A card, with the border of a creature. Inside the frame was Satori, her face frozen in fear and surprise. Looking to his side, Jonathan had the same expression, his jaws clenched tightly as he clutched a card, one like Michael was holding, only that Keine, in her Hakutaku form, was inside, with the same emotion as Satori. Picking up the rest of the cards, they found the other missing people inside them. Nitori, Aya, Meiling…among others.
Michael could feel rage welling up inside him as he handed the cards to Jonathan, and his bracelet and deck glowed a fierce white light.
"Hahaha! I like that! That expression on your face!" Seiga laughed as she brushed through her long, blue hair with her hand. "That rage! That power! That is what I need exactly for my plan!" Her hairpin glowed as a duel pad was projected in front of her.
"…Michael, don't fall for it." Jonathan warned as he suppressed himself from bursting into an outrage. "We'll deal with this later."
"No. I'll deal with it now." Michael said through gritted teeth. "You go and take these to Yukari."
"Michael…" Jonathan started, but was cut off.
"Just…go."
"…" Jonathan pocketed the cards safely. "Don't push yourself."
Casting a teleportation spell, the white haired young man disappeared from the area.
"…" Michael pushed his glasses upwards as he set his deck on the duel pad projected from his bracelet, as Seiga did the same.
"…You'll regret that you showed your face in front of me." Michael closed his eyes. "You'll regret that you've ever been born!" As he opened them, his pupils glowed a bright gold that illuminated the night.
A soft wind blew, as silence brewed the tension between the two duelists.
"…Fufufu… Then let's dance! This final dance that you will have in Gensokyo before my grand scheme succeeds!" Seiga's crystalline shields surrounded her as she mocked the black haired teenager.
"Kaku Seigaaaaaaaa!" The Cancer duelist's enraged voice echoed in the night sky as the duel between them started.
"I summon Pakurio!" Michael declared as he tapped all 4 cards in his mana zone. The Cyber Lord with a fairly large head materialized on the battle zone. "I'll have a look at that hand!"
"Chi…" Seiga revealed her hand, consisting of Faerie Miracle, Intense Vacuuming Twist, Wilhelm, Bolbalzark Ex and Counterattacking Silent Spark.
"Let's have that boost out of the way first!" Michael said. "I choose Faerie Miracle!"
The spell was forced out of the hermit's hand and was sealed as a new shield.
"My turn. Draw." Seiga charged Wilhelm into her mana zone. "Turn End."
"My turn! I cast Faerie Shower!" Looking at the top 2 cards of his deck, Michael put Hanzo into his mana zone and the remaining one into his hand. "Turn End."
"Heh… Black Beethoven, maybe?" Seiga drew a card. "Luck's on my side I guess. I charge Silent Spark into my mana zone and cast Faerie Miracle! Since I have all 5 civilizations in my mana zone, I boost 2 cards into my mana zone!"
"You won't have any hands to use them!" Michael told her as he started his turn. I summon Demon Dragon Dark Masters!"
"…Dark Masters…!"
The jet-black Demon Dragon towered over Michael's opponent, blue eyes staring straight at Seiga.
"Dark Master's effect. I look at your hand and choose 3 cards and discard them!"
"…!"
Revealing The=DeadBracchio, Guard Hole and Intense Vacuuming Twist, Michael dropped all of them into Seiga's graveyard. "Turn End."
"…My turn. I summon Metal Avenger Solid, and call forth the Dragheart Fortress of Knowledge! Come! Evidegoras!" Seiga declared as the Liquid People Sen clad in blue armor appeared, opening a rip to the Hyperdimension in the sky and allowing Evidegoras to appear on the battle zone.
"…My turn." Michael said. "I summon Spellcyclica and cast Faerie Shower from my grave!" His hand and mana increased by 1. "Then I return Faerie Shower to my hand. Turn End."
"Evidegoras Draw. Untap. Turn Draw." Seiga drew 2 cards and untapped her mana. "Mana Charge. Then I cast Guard Hole! I'll seal Dark Masters to your shields."
A force of energy turned the Demon Command Dragon into a crystalline shield, and once again a hole to the Hyperdimension appeared, this time Devil Diabolos Zeta coming forth from it. "Heh… Turn End."
"…My turn. Draw. I cast Faerie Shower… Kuh. Then I summon Metal Avenger Solid and bring out Evidegoras too. Turn End." Michael ended his turn after the battle zone was filled with yet another Draguner and Dragheart Fortress.
"…Heh. My turn. Draw 2 and untap. Then I cast Seventh Tower and boost 3 mana with Metamorph." The wicked hermit looked at her boosted cards to see they were all untapped mono-colored cards, including a Faerie Miracle. "…Fufufu… Then I cast Mother's Sanctuary!"
"…!" Taking a proper look at Seiga's mana zone with his duel pad, Michael chest tightened as he noticed the Crosis colored evolution creature in her mana zone.
"Masaka…!"
"Sono masaka yo!" Seiga answered with a grin on her face. "I send Metal Avenger Solid to my mana zone…and from my mana zone I put an evolution creature that costs 11 or less into the battle zone!"
The Liquid People Sen/Draguner was absorbed into the earth as Devil Diabolos Zeta was bathed in a bright light.
"The Dragon of Destruction, that brings and takes Knowledge! Come forth and ravish your enemies, and bring glory to us!" Seiga chanted as the creature she brought forth broke out fro the egg of evolution.
"Extreme Wizard Dragon Violence Thunder!"
The Armored Dragon/Dragon Zombie/Poseidia Dragon hybrid, wielding a large staff and clad in red armor, possessing multiple tails and two Dragon Zombie and Posedia Dragon heads connected to his chest, crashed down onto the battle zone, dwarfing Spellcyclica with his immense size.
"Violence Thunder…!" Michael gritted his teeth.
"Fufu… Battle! Violence Thunder! Break his shields!" Seiga ordered, and the Dragon responded by pointing his giant staff at Michael's shields.
"…Not blocking."
"Heh… Then Violence Thunder's ability! Whenever he attacks and isn't blocked, I draw 3 cards, then discard 3 cards from your hand! Then I destroy Metal Avenger Solid!" A bright ray of light from Violence Thunder's staff cut through the darkness, as Seiga's hand increased by 3 and an explosion forced Michael's cards out of his hand. Shorty after the Water Draguner was engulfed in an explosion that sent him to Michael's graveyard.
"Then with Violence Heaven's ability…I've drawn my 5th card this turn!" The Chinese hermit announced.
"…!"
"Ryuukai! Final Dragon Logic QED+!" The Dragheart Fortress transformed into the Dragheart Creature, and the Crystal Command Dragon howled under the moonlight.
"Triple Break!" A blast from the staff destroyed 3 of Michael's shields as they reformed as cards in his hand.
"Then QED+, Double Break! With his ability, you can't block my Water Dragons!" Forming an energy sword in his right hand, QED+ slashed apart two more of Michael's shields.
"…Shield Trigger. Faerie Shower. I boost 1 mana and add the other to my hand."
"…Heh. Turn End." Seiga declared as she stood behind the two dragons. She looked at her hand, and a soft smirk escaped her lips as she saw another Wilhelm and Eternal Ryuusei Kaiser in her hand.
"…" Michael stood there as two cards were added to his hand and his cards untapped, his hair covering his eyes. "You're finished already?"
"…? What are you trying to say?" Seiga raised her eyebrows. "There's not much you can do in the face of these dragons!"
"Playtime's over, Seiga!" Michael's pupils grew even brighter amidst the darkness as he raised his head and charged a mana, and 11 cards in his mana tapped themselves.
"The Zenith of Certain Victory, show me you are true to your name! Crush all opposition and lead me to the road of glory!" He chanted, as the creature he summoned materialized, his white body adorned with gold and gleaming under the moonlight. "Call forth the hunters to participate in this hunt called massacre!"
"…That is…!" Seiga's face twisted in surprise.
"Zenith of Certain Victory! Kaiser Baki!"
The Red Command Dragon/Hunter/Zenith bellowed at Violence Thunder and QED+, showing his might and refusal to lose.
"Baki! Lend me your strength!" Michael told the dragon as he stared straight at Seiga.
"As you wish, master." Baki rumbled, a low voice that shook the air.
"Baki's ability! Gachinko Judge 6 times!" Michael activated his finisher's ability, and Baki's card glowed a bright white light.
"Kuh…!" Seiga revealed the top 6 cards of her deck as Michael did the same.
"Forever Princess! Metal Avenger Solid! Faerie Hole! Pixie Life! Wilhelm! Gachinko Joker!" Michael called out the names of his cards.
"…Guh… Guard Hole, Faerie Miracle, Dravita Hole, Wilhelm, Mother's Sanctuary, Prometheus…" Seiga uttered the names of her cards as well as they were put back to the bottom of her deck on by one.
"I've won 5 times! I'll be sure to send you to Hell with this!" Michael exclaimed. "From my mana zone! Diehard Ryuusei! Diehard Ryuusei! From my hand! Eternal Ryuusei! Bolbalzak Ex!"
4 Dragons emerged on the battle zone, now overwhelming Seiga's field in sheer numbers and power.
"...There's still one more…!"
"You're right! With the last cost trample… I evolve Bolbalzark Ex into this creature!"
The reincarnation of the Matchless Dragon was bathed in the light of evolution, and what appeared from it had Seiga's mouth open even wider.
"Conclusion, Ryuusei the End!" The final incarnation of Ryuusei in the E3 Saga broke out from the egg of evolution, pure white armor adorned with red and gold covering his body. 3 different forms of Ryuusei Kaiser loomed over the battlezone, as Baki glowered from behind them.
Michael continued coldly. "Bolbalzark's pending effect untaps all my mana! Then I summon one more Eternal Ryuusei Kaiser!"
Yet another Red Command Dragon materialized on the field, joining his Hunter brethens and waiting for the signal to hunt down the foe in front of them.
"5…Ryuuseis!" Seiga's could only stare in horror at the picture of hell in front of her.
"Battle! I attack with Ryuusei the End! I burn 2 shields, and bounce QED+ with Ryuusei The End's substitution effect! Since it's a substation effect…QED+'s Dragon Evade will not work!" With a slash from his twin swords, the Hunter sent the Dragheart creature back to the hyperdimensional zone. "Ryuusei the End untaps after this battle…and once again, I attack Violence Thunder and burn 2 more shields with Diehard Ryuusei's effect!"
The tri-colored dragon let out a roar as Ryuusei The End delivered a roundhouse kick and bounced the creature back to Seiga's hand, while the 2 Diehard Ryuusei's pierced 2 more of Seiga's shields, sending them to the graveyard.
"…!" Seiga stared at Falconer in her hand, rendered useless by Eternal Ryuusei Kaiser, and would be futile since Ryuusei The End could not be stopped by the ninja.
"…Any last words before Diehard burns your last shields and Baki deals the finishing blow?"
"….Fufufu…Hahahaha…Hahaha!" Seiga suddenly burst out laughing.
"…."
"Good…Good! This rage! This emotion and urge of destruction! Now, deal the final blow! This is exactly what I need for my plan!" Seiga could do little to stifle her laughter. "Fufu…Hahaha!"
"…If that's your last words, then be it!" Michael gave the final order. "Kaiser Baki gets Speed Attacker with Ryuusei's ability. Baki, attack Seiga, and Diehard burns the last shields for a direct attack!"
"Todomeda! Kuraeyagareeeee!"
A large explosion in the middle of the night, which signaled the end of the duel, rocked the whole area, and everything reverted to silence after that.
A little over a week earlier, two months since the Land of Rinne event had passed.
The duel orbs Michael had instructed the Kappas to build were finally in mass production, Reimu getting a custom one like Michael's as he had promised. Marisa got another one which she attached to her Hakkero, and the girls who were involved in the Land of Rinne incident were able to get their hands on the duel orbs quick too. New features includes card information boards which reduces play misses, communication and locating functions that work on people on your "friend list", along with a bunch of other stuff that the Kappas put in, as Nitori put it when she came to deliver the goods.
Reimu also forced Michael to live in the shrine, forcing the guilt on him and making him comply to her order. Jonathan was also dragged to the Forest of Magic to Marisa's home, now helping her in magic experiments and cooking when he was not working in the café with Michael.
Time passed in relative peace, and the incident solvers told the two young men of their adventures during these 10 years, from defeating Remilia Scarlet to taking care of urban myths. Michael and Jonathan were genuinely impressed as they listened on to their stories, realizing things have escalated quite a lot while they were gone. When duels did not resolve conflicts…things tended to get messy. And brutal.
As they once again settled back into the land of wonders, Michael and Jonathan took their free time and visited their friends, old and new, and meeting a few new acquaintances along the way.
Satori and Remilia invited them to their mansions for tea, and in the human village, they met the new Hieda child, a girl named Kosuzu running a bookshop who was quite familiar with Reimu and Marisa, and a youkai named Hata no Kokoro who uses masks to express her emotions. They also learned of the Buddhist temple near the village, and that they were not on good terms with the Taoists. Seiga was all but forgotten as she never reappeared or returned to Miko during this time, but they still kept an eye out for the evil hermit.
At last, one day, Yukari dropped a note in the Hakurei shrine.
"The annual Duel Masters tournament will be held soon. Please prepare! Michael and Jonathan, wait for more details on your jobs."
Decks:
Michael: Black Baki （黒刃鬼）
Seiga: 5c Control （５cコントロール）