"Ugh…" Yuri groaned as he heard a beeping coming from the alarm clock on his bedside table, Yuri placed his head deep into his pillow in an attempt to ignore it in a very ineffective way. The beeping didn't stop 'I swear to god I'm going to kill the person who invented the alarm clock'. There was a knock at the door "Yuri wake up your breakfast is going to get cold." Yuri shifted slightly but still refused to get up letting out a grunt of indifference. Yoko wasn't impressed at her son's un-cooperativeness "Yuri if you're not out of this door in the next minute! I'll show you what I learnt as a former gang leader!" Yuri's ears perked up as his face grimaced he knew all too well what that meant "Fine…" Yuri relented sliding out of bed onto the floor he got dressed still half asleep, he wore a plain purple t-shirt with a pair of sliver trousers tucked into brown trainers, he also wore his foster brother's pendant. Walking out of his room he donned the Maiami high school blazer as he retraced his thoughts on the previous day 'That Sora kid is such an annoying idiot, I'll never take him in as an apprentice and if he challenges me to a duel he'll face my most powerful cards plus something about is demeanour is just unsettling '
Yuri arrived downstairs to see an unexpected blue haired guest scoffing down a plate of pancakes, Sora looked up from his plate to see Yuri sitting across from him "Teacher!" Yuri proceed to bang his head on the table repeatedly before reaching across, grabbing Sora by his jacket causing the boy to remember his treatment yesterday maybe Yuya wasn't the only person Yuri resembled "Why are you here?" Yuri snarled his mind racing with thoughts about what to do with this pest "First your invasion is in my dreams then you appear in real life." Sora whimpered reliving past experiences of torture in Academia particularly at the hands of one individual and his sadistic friend.
"Yuri!" Yoko's stern voice snapped Yuri to attention as he gulped under risk of his adoptive mother's wrath "If you must know I found him wondering around the house and I couldn't help but give him something to eat…" Yoko looked at Sora as she slid another plate towards him and then one to Yuri. Yuri raised an eyebrow as he looked at his mother's solemn expression knowing all too well what she was thinking about "You shouldn't just take any random person you see into the house mother, who knows what sort of diseases these strays could drag in." It was Yoko's turn to raise an eyebrow "People who live in glass houses Yuri." Yuri sunk in his seat as Sora took this opportunity to try and press forward with his goals "Aww come on teacher! You should be happy to see your apprentice." Yuri's glared daggers at Sora as he mouthed something then slid his thumb under his throat, Yoko on the other was quite enthralled "Yuri I didn't know you had an apprentice." Yuri twirled his hair quickly losing interest "I didn't know either." Yoko chastised Yuri "You'll learn to show people some respect mister!" Sora held in a laugh as Yuri once again threatened him "Why did you have to turn up?" He pushed his chair back "I need to leave now, Yuzu is waiting for me," He pointed his finger towards Sora as he slung his bag over his shoulder "if you follow me you'll give me a set of choices about what to do to you, I'll warn you some aren't exactly pleasant…"
"Yuzu…" Yuri panted heavily after catching up to his friend of seven years. "Oh Yuri what a surprise your five minutes late." Yuri grunted folding his arms in a huff "Well you didn't have to deal with a home invasion. That Sora is such a pest." Yuzu giggled "So he followed you to your house?" Yuri continued to ramble "I swear to god if I hear his annoying high pitched voice again, his head isn't going to be on his shoulders anymore!" A voice called out from behind him "Teacher!" Something snapped in Yuri's brain as he wheeled around to see Sora behind him and Yuzu "Jesus Christ! Go away! Why are you following me!?" He turned scarlet with rage as Sora grinned "Where ever the teacher goes the apprentice will follow." Yuri's hands shook it took a great amount of effort not strangle the smirking Sora, his voice was at a low growl "One You're not my apprentice. Second you're an annoying whose voice is like nails on a chalkboard brat well and third stop following me!"
Sora pouted "Come on! Take me as your apprentice I want to learn how to do that incredible Pendulum summon! It was so cool!"
"Slight problem you need pendulum cards to do it so you can't actually do it."
Sora turned to Yuzu "Come on big sis can you ask him to do it again?" Yuzu replied "And why should I Sora?"
"Because if teacher's girlfriend asks him he'll have no choice but to do it!" Yuri and Yuzu turned and looked to each other both slightly blushing, "GIRLFRIEND!" Both shouted Sora down as he asked a question to the pair "Did I guess wrong?" Yuri flailed his arms wildly "Yes you did!" Yuri and Yuzu looked at each other again "Why would I go out with her, she's such a crude violent women l-" Yuzu had fire in her eyes as her fan interrupted Yuri mid rant "Ignorant bastard who the hell does he think he is…" She stormed off leaving Yuri shaken on the ground. Sora grinned Yuzu's sense of justice was very similar to that persons "Teacher are you ok?" Yuri held his head in pain 'smooth move Yuri smooth move'
A while later Yuri was holding two of his pendulum cards behind a propped up English textbook "I never got those two cards back, it's a given that the leo corp will soon start producing their own versions and then everyone will be running about with them, I've got to make good use of it before people like Sawatari get their hands on it."
Hanging from a tree staring through a pair of binoculars Sora commented "Teacher you're making such a serious face, I'll cheer you up though!" Throughout the day Sora began to pop up much to Yuri's ever growing distain which was made even more obvious as he talked to Yuzu after the school day ended
"It's not natural to resist my urges so much Yuzu…" Yuzu sighed "Yuri stop moaning the kid is just excited." Yuri shot a side eyed glance of disgust at Yuzu "I'll stop moaning if you let me get my hands on him and allow me to my own devices." Yuzu began to reach for her fan before deciding to try and talk Yuri down "Come on Yuri! If you bring that attitude to the duel school it'll just make the situation there even worse than it already is plus wouldn't your dad want you to bring smiles to faces instead of frowns would he not."
"Fine but that won't stop me from hating the kid." Yuri slid his hands into his pockets and plastered on a fake smile as he and Yuzu walked on to You Show both however failed to noticed a fourteen year boy with spiky blue hair combined with bangs of green hair sticking out covering his right eye, his left eye a brilliant yellow, in his left ear was a small sliver crystal earring, he wore a silver t-shirt with four blue triangles directly in the centre, tied around his waist was a grey jacket, a pair of blue jeans held in place by a black belt and pure white trainers. On his right arm was his black and white duel disk and he was writing in a white notebook "Delete…" He mumbled as he passed by Yuri and Yuzu.
Before going into the school Yuzu made Yuri promise "Please make sure that you don't throw a tantrum." Yuri side eyed her again "Your days are numbered if you keep making comments like that Yuzu." The two continued to bicker until Yuri decide to just give up on the conversation walking into the school and for the second time today meeting with an unwanted sight "Teacher!" Sora called sitting with the three kids causing Yuri punch a nearby wall "For the third time today! Why are you here!?" the kids were perplexed "But Yuri we thought he was your apprentice, he's been here waiting for you."
"I'm am going to make this very clear children! I d-" Yuri was interrupted midsentence by an ecstatic Shuzo "Since he's your apprentice that means he'll be joining the duel school right Yuri!" Yuri sighed "He's not my apprentice get that through that thick skull of yours!" Sora saw the opportunity for some mischief and seized it readily "Teacher duel me and show me more of your Pendulum summoning it was so cool that I want to see it up close and personal." Yuri paced over and shoved his fist in Sora's face "I'll duel you when the sky turns green and when pigs fly." Sora smirked "But if you win I'll get off your back when it comes to this teacher and apprentice business." Yuri's face brightened but then immediately darkened "What's the catch." Sora grinned "If I win it you'll have no choice but to let me be your apprentice!" Yuri sighed as he thought 'Kinda defeats the purpose of a teacher doesn't it' "Fine I'll duel you but you have to promise to keep your word otherwise you'll never see the light of day again."
Soon Yuri and Sora were standing on opposite sides on the duel field. Sora was jumping up and down in excitement "This is going to be so cool!" The field came into being around them as Shuzo declared the field he had chosen for the duel "Action Field Wildest West on!" As Sora became aware of the choice he began to complain "I thought this was going to be fun but instead you go and chose a boring field like this one." He crossed his arms as he huffed "Isn't there a more interesting or fun field you have." Yuri rubbed his temples muttering under his breath "God I'm getting a migraine, this kid just never shuts up!" Shuzo was surprised but pressed after finding a new field that hopefully Sora would feel is suitable "Okay Action Field Sweets Island on!" The western setting was replaced by an island made of desserts and all sorts of sweets. Yuri snorted as Sora looked around in wonder 'Honestly these fields just keep getting weirder and weirder' "Thank you so much mister! This is my dream come true."
Shuzo and the others all collectively awed at Sora's cuteness as a voice called out from behind them "So your dream is type 2 diabetes! How very interesting I'll make a note of that for later." Yuzu, Shuzo and the kids all turned round to see the boy who had passed by Yuri and Yuzu standing with his back to the wall as he did as he said he would taking out a pen and making a note off it before looking towards the five people who were now looking blankly at him, "What the hell are you mongs looking at?" He spat venom at them completely indifferent to how they would feel "I don't know maybe the guy who just insulted my daughter!" Shuzo raged before being restrained by Yuzu before he could harm the boy also whacking him over the head with her fan "Dad!" the boy chuckled 'Mental note this is very entertaining I must do it more often' Tatsuya prodded the boy "What's your name and why are you here?" The boy scoffed and stuck his nose up in the air "I'm Demil as for why I'm here I was looking for a way to pass the time, it gets ass numbingly boring just beating everyone and sitting around doing nothing so I thought I'd come round to this lawsuit waiting to happen and see if anything was happening," Demil turned his attention to the duel "I guess it was my lucky day you seem to have quite the match on your hands."
It was Yuri's first turn "I'll start off slow I set one monster face down and one card to my backrow then end my turn, let's see if you can beat me Sora."
Sora pouted again "Aww! I was hoping for something more exciting teacher like how you finished off that Sawatari guy with that fusion dragon of yours." Deep down Sora knew he had to be careful, Yuri had defeated Yali after all so it wasn't like he didn't know what he was doing.
Yuri shrugged "From a gentle seed can grow a mighty oak!" Sora was confused "English please?" Yuri sighed, he was expecting too much from this pest "Something so small can be great in the end." Sora clicked his tongue "Gotcha now teacher!" This comment caused Yuri rage "Call me teacher one more time and I'll rearrange your face!" Sora snickered, his victory would depend on him get Yuri angry enough to make him slip up.
Demil's eye was focused squarely on Sora "Such predictable tactics…" Yuzu turned to him "What do you mean Demil?" The person in question snorted running a hand through his hair "That blue haired boy has got as many holes as a colander, I mean he's practically leaking information as we speak." Yuzu listened closely to his following words as her father pondered 'Demil…Demil where have I heard that name before…'
"My turn and to start I'll activate the continuous Spell Toy Vendor by sending this useless card in my hand to the graveyard I can draw another card and if it happens to be a level four or below monster I can special summon it." Sora sent instant fusion from his hand and drew "And it's the monster Edge Imp Sabres which I now summon to the field!" A ball rolled down the machine and opened up revelling the malicious looking set of scissors Level 3 (1200/800). "Next I normal summon Fluffal Leo." A plush and fluffy lion appeared beside Edge imp sabres. Level 4 (1600/1200)
"He's used a continuous spell to successfully summon to monsters in a row impressive…" Demil however was less than impressed "You must be amazed when someone summons three monsters in one turn! It's hardly anything special I've done it with my eye closed!" Shuzo returned to his original line of thinking 'I swear I've heard that boy's name somewhere before…' "What deck do you use Demil?" Shuzo asked curiously "Judgement…" Demil dropped his head towards his notebook burying his nose in it "Delete…Delete…Delete." Shuzo's next question was interrupted by Yuzu and Ayu "So cute!" Yuri face palmed "Could this day get any worse…" And right on que Sora declared the beginning of his next move "Now I'll activate the Spell Card Polymerization!" Everyone's head shot in Sora's direction, Yuri and Demil both had particularly shocked reactions 'Polymerization…no way he can't be can he?' Yuri thought as Demil dropped his notebook as it made a resounding thud hitting the floor hard 'Polymerization…He must be deleted'.
The rest of the group also reacted to Sora's use of the card "So he can fusion summon, that must mean he's an LDS student right?"Tatsuya asked around the group "I've forgotten what polymerization does, can anyone explain to me again?" Futoshi spoke out loud as Tatsuya explained to them "Polymerization allows you combine two or more monsters in your hand or on your field into a very powerful monster known as a Fusion monster." Tatsuya looked on in awe as he saw a blue and red swirling vortex appear behind Sora's the two monsters on his field were sucked into the vortex forming a blinding yellow light "I fuse together my Fluffal Leo and my Edge Imp sabres! I fusion summon! Level 6! Frightfur Tiger!" A blue tiger with Scissors stuck through the middle appeared from the vortex Level 6 (1900/1200)
"DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!" Demil screamed almost frothing at the mouth, his unusual behaviour shocking everyone in the viewing room "Demil! Calm down!" Yuzu for the second day had to restrain someone from attacking another person, she had to tackle him down struggling to maintain control as she held him down as he began to kick and scream "GET THE HELL OFF ME! I MUST DELETE HIM!" He covered his right eye as it began to sear with pain, halfway across the city an awake but still hospitalised Yali began to feel pain build up on the right side of his back "Delete…Delete…Delete" he began to mumble almost entranced.
Back at the school the duel continued "Tiger's first effect is that it gains 300 attack points for each Fluffal and Frightfur monster on my field but sine I only have it only goes up by a lame 300."
Tiger (1900 – 2200)
"Its second effect is it destroys cards your field equal to the amount of monsters used as a fusion material for its summon so say goodbye to your facedown monster and your set card!"
"That's some effect but completely pointless in the end." Yuri watched as his facedowns were ripped to shreds.
"Battle! Frightfur Tiger attack Teacher directly!" Yuri simply stood as Tiger's claws threw him back into the lake behind him. "Yuri!" The kids shouted concerned about their role model, Yuzu was still too busy holding down a still flailing Demil to notice Yuri's predicament as he climbed out of the lake and back onto the island completely drenched from head to toe much to the relief of the kids.
Yuri (4000 – 1800)
Yuzu had finally subdued Demil enough to feel comfortable to take a look at the situation "Well he certainly is good he got rid of Yuri's entire field and he also manged to drop Yuri's life points below half!" Shuzo nodded in agreement as he kept one eye on Demil "That's some monster he has got there Yuri has to be at his best if he's going to beat it."
"I set one card face down and end my turn." Sora looked over to see Yuri lying on his back panting "What's wrong teacher you seemed so confident that you were going to win just a moment ago!"
Yuri dragged himself to his feet "Don't be so cocky I can assure you that I'll still win! And it all starts here with the Spell Predaplant Recycling by sending Predaplant Banksiogre in my hand to the graveyard I can draw two cards," a smirk grew on Yuri's face "I believe you've been waiting for this moment Sora and everyone else don't blink now or you'll miss it! Using Scale 1 Predaplant Stapelia Worm and Scale 5 Predaplant Sarraceniant I set the pendulum scale!" The two plants appeared either side of Yuri in pillars of blue light as the rainbow coloured word Pendulum flashed on Yuri's duel disk. "With this I can summon monsters level 2 through 4 simultaneously! Swing Pendulum of the soul! Draw an arc of light across the aether! Pendulum summon! Come forth Predaplant Moray Nepenthes and Predaplant Spinodionaea!"
"Wow! It's so cool up close!" Sora was giddy bouncing up and down as Yuri continued "I now activate the effect of my trap Fusion Reincarnation from my graveyard by banishing this card it allows me to add Polymerization to my hand." Yuri swiped the card quickly adding the card to his hand "I must thank you destroying this card earlier." Sora grunted, he'd been lured into a trap "I now activate Polymerization! Fusing my two Predaplants together! I fusion summon! Level 8! Starve Venom Fusion Dragon!" Level 8 (2800/2000)
Demil began to act up again "DELETE! DELETE! DELETE!" He started to kick his legs up and down however he was still kept tightly under Yuzu's control locking what he could accomplish "Evil must be deleted!" Yuzu silently hopped that Yuri would be able to finish this duel quickly before this mysterious boy could do anyone any harm.
"When Starve Venom is summoned it gains the attack points of one special summoned monster on you field and since you've only got one, Starve gains a 2200 point boost!"
Starve Venom (2800 – 5000)
"I now activate Stapelia Worm's pendulum effect since your monster's attack points are higher than what they started off at your monster's effect is negated and its attack drops to zero!"
Tiger (2200 – 0)
'Not good!" Sora thought as he ran off to collect an action card showing off his athleticism as raced.
Yuri took flight on Starve Venom in order to block Sora's path as vines extended blocking any exits "Now I'll give you a chance…If you agree to stop following me around and calling me teacher I'll let you live and if you say no well…Let's just say it won't be very pleasant!" Sora remained silent unable to comprehend the situation at hand "I'll take that as a no then! Starve Venom direct attack!" Sora was blown back by the sheer force as Frightfur was vaporised in front of him.
Sora (4000 – 0)
Yuri: Win!
"Yuri won!" The kids cheered for his victory as Yuzu's attention was drawn to the result she let out a small smile glad that Yuri had won however this moment of blind emotion let Demil slip away. The action field disappeared as Yuri turned his head down to Sora in front of him "Well Sora it looks like I won you remember o-" Yuri was interrupted by a laughing Sora "That was so fun Yuri! Dueling with you is cool." Yuri was taken aback but quickly recollected himself "What's with calling me by name all of a sudden instead of teacher? Did it lose its lustre?"
"No it's just that since I can't be your apprentice anymore I'll just be your friend! And friends call each other by their first names isn't that correct?" Sora patted Yuri on his shoulders "No! Touch me again and it'll be the last thing you'll ever do!" Yuri ranted as Shuzo came bursting into the room "So since your Yuri's friend does that mean you'll be joining our school!" Sora thought for moment "Yeah why not! This place is more interesting than LDS anyway!" Shuzo fist pumped "Yes! I'll go get the paperwork!" He left the room over joyed as the kids entered "If you're not an LDS student than how do you know how to fusion summon?" Yuri placed his index fingers together as the kids prodded Sora for information "Fusion is normal where I come from!" Yuri immediately perked up 'This settles it this boy is from Academia but why and how did he get here…'
"Do you know who I am? They call me…" Demil came swaying into the room singing "Do you know my name?!" He activated his disk "JUDGEMENT!" Everyone was shocked, Sora in particular 'Yali? No it isn't him his hair and Eye colour is different'
Demil was snarling his voice at a low growl "Evil must be deleted and my path continues here! I challenge the two of you to a duel!" Shuzo came back into the room and Demil quickly pounced on his unawareness "You! Start the field now! Otherwise you'll never see the light of day again!" But Shuzo didn't budge "I won't let you continue you rampage on my students!" The kids questioned Shuzo further "Rampage? Just who is he?" Shuzo was going to open his mouth only to be interrupted by Demil "I'll explain…" He eyed every person "You'll think I'm crazy if you don't hear it from my mouth." He sighed and flicked his overhang up showing briefly his right eye but it was too fast to see any definite details. "I'm what you may consider a criminal." An expression of pure shock was on everyone's face "EH! Criminal!" Demil waved his hand gesturing for everyone to quiet "Calm down! I'm not the type you are thinking of! I punish those people!"
Yuri wasn't convinced in the slightest "What makes you think that we'll believe you?" Demil was apprehensive at best but decide to continue "I suppose I'll take the story from the top, it all started seven years ago..."
(Seven Years ago)
"Dad? Where are you going?" A young Demil tugged his father's trouser leg, Demil's father was a man in his mid-thirties with shoulder length jet black hair he was sharply dressed in a green business suit and he was carrying a black briefcase. He turned his head down to his son smiling softly "Demil…" He bent down and took Demil onto his shoulder "I'm just going on business, there is a person I need to help in his quest to rid the world of evil."
'I greatly admired my father and his work as a prosecution lawyer, I saw him as a crusader fighting against a never ending stream of evil taking them out one judgement at the time or "deletion" as he put it.' [1]
"Demil." His father dropped him to the floor as he took a card out of his briefcase handing it over to a curious Demil "I know of your love of duel monsters so I spent some time looking for the perfect card to give to you and I think I found it." The card was in pristine condition it depicted a grey feathered dragon with red claws standing against a background of ruins. The monster was Level 8 and had 3000 attack points, Demil's father was correct the card would be the very embodiment of his ideals and his soul "Judgment Dragon…" He held the card close to his chest as he beamed to his father as his shoulders were cupped "Let that card define who you are, your ideals, your beliefs and your judgement." His father opened the door and stepped out saying "I'll be back soon…"As the door closed behind him.
'My father never did come back, I stood there waiting hoping that he would soon step back through the door. When I learnt of his fate my world came crashing down around me. I had already lost my mother at age two and now my father, my hero was gone and there was nothing I could do about it my hands became constricted and my body was paralysed with fear, what if I was next? What was going to happen to me now that both my parents were gone? I was unable to think clearly. My worst fears were realised when a few officials came round taking me away to an orphanage the only thing I was able to take before I left for the last time was a white notebook…'
(Five years later)
A twelve year old Demil sat hunched over in a corner as the kids about him dueled.
"With no monsters left on the field I special summon Dark magician and attack your life points directly! Good game!" the boy said as his opponent threw his cards down on the table "No fair! You're too good at this game!" The victor rubbed the back of his head as he laughed "I'm only as good as the cards I have any way you really pushed me in that match you had me on the ropes for most of it."
Another match also finished not too far away from Demil. "I attack directly with my Elemental Hero Neos dropping your life points to zero and giving me the match two to nothing! That m-"
"Demil…" Demil looked up to see the keeper staring down at him "Why aren't you having fun with the others." She looked at him sincerely as her eyes softened and a smile curled its way onto her face. He eyed each person individual muttering "Evil…Evil…Evil." The keeper was concerned "Demil it's not good to be that cynical you need to loosen up and enjoy your life. Demil scowled "Two things, first I'm not cynical I'm being diplomatic and second my life is judgement I pass justice on those who rot the world." He clutched Judgment Dragon which he kept by him at all times "Just as my father attempted before me I'll rid this world of evil people! No matter how it's done! The ends justify the means!" His outburst had caught the attention of the other kids in the room as they all stared at him muttering and whispering.
"There he goes again…" One whispered.
"Who does he think he is saying he has the right to judge us…"Another muttered.
"He's just as crazy as his father…" A third one said unaware that he said loudly.
"WHO WAS THAT!?" Demil shouted as the boy was shoved to the front of the congregation "M-me." He said scared and afraid of the consequences of his action. Soon Demil's fist was deep in the boy's gut, his pupils so small that they were barely visible. "Demil! Get off him now!" The keeper dragged Demil away restricting his movements as he flailed his arms, screamed and kicked his legs wildly "I am Judgement! He has been judged and the punishment must be dealt!" He was soon himself hit by the keeper "You are nothing more than a lunatic! I've put up with your so called "Judgements" for long enough! Do you want hear my judgement of you?!" Demil struggled to shake his head which was constricted now by a swarm of kids desperate to get their own back "As soon as I heard that you were the son of that man I was hesitant but hoped I would be able to change your views but every time I tried you only hardened and became even more determined in your goal!" She nodded to a kid as he opened the front door "I'll punish you right here right now!" He was slowly dragged by the swarm and the keeper to the door way. Unable to move Demil lay back and accepted his fate. He was thrown out of the door as everyone crowded the door into pouring rain "You'll never step foot in this place ever again!" The door was shut and Demil sat stewing.
(Two years later but not present time)
"Demil your match is soon." A dark skinned man said as Demil lazed about on a sofa not interested in anything "I know that! Bite me." The man growled at the blue and green haired boy's laziness "Just because your king of the dueling underworld doesn't mean you can be a lazy bastard! You've got to work hard to protect your crown!" Demil just rolled over being uncooperative "I don't have to work have you seen my opponents? I've beaten some of them with my eye closed! I even beat one with one hand tied behind my back!" His voice was muffled by the cushion his face was buried deep in "If you're not careful someone will have your other eye." Demil grunted as he returned to sitting properly "And if you're not careful you could be on the receiving end of some divine judgement! Plus," He flicked his overhang up and sure enough down the right side of his face was a long claw like scar, his right eye was severely damaged the iris was completely white "just because I only have one eye people like you think you can use that as leverage over me. I think you know perfectly why that will never work on me." The man grumbled as he left "You've got five minutes 'King' don't disappoint."
"Who the hell does that mong think he is?" Demil leant back as he went through his thoughts "Judgement now!" He stuck his thumb down. He then sat by himself, he'd been doing this for just over a year at first it was fun as he was finally able to test himself but that challenge soon subsided and he only stayed because during his tenure at the top his word had become the law this perhaps was the only way he could carry out his ideals.
'Demil…'
"Huh?" the voice startled Demil as he began to look around the room for the source "Who's there?"
'Down here Demil…' The voice beckoned him as glow began to emanate from his pocket.
"Judgment Dragon why are you glowing?" Sure enough his favourite card was glowing a bright white. 'For someone who prides themselves on their judgement you're quite slow to notice things in front of your face.' The card brightened even further as a spiritual albeit a smaller version of Judgement Dragon appeared in front of him. "You're- you're real!" Demil's body shook half excited, half petrified "How is this possible? Am I hallucinating?"
"No you're not Demil, I'm real…To a certain extent." Demil thoughts flashed back to a myth he had heard when he was younger 'Duel monsters have souls.' "I don't know what to say…"
"Then I'll say it for you, I'm real and I tell you something this is the first I've ever revealed my being to a human."
"What does this mean then?"
"I really caught you off hand didn't I? It means you are the only person during my existence that I consider worthy of working with."
"Working with?"
"Yes your sense of justice and your ability to find and deal with those that pollute this world are by far the greatest I've ever come across! You will be the person that carries this world along with me into a place where the people pure at heart will no longer fear the wicked!"
"That…I'd love to do that but…" Demil's head dropped "Every time I try the world only spits back at me! I lost an eye trying to cleanse this world of sin! It's just not worth it anymore!" Tears dripped from his only working eye as JD looked on sadly "Demil…" the one-eyed boy brought his head back up "If you work alone the world will just chew you up and spit you back out just like you said but together we can cleanse this world of sin!"
"Do you really think so?" Demil's eye was still watering as he made his statement "Yes I do Demil. Take this underground for example during your time here at the top the only incident that happened was the unfortunate one that happened with your eye truly we can make the world a better place for all. Now make sure you wipe away your tears the king can't be seen to have been crying." The spirit of JD faded back into the card as Demil wiped away the last of his tears with his sleeve "Five minutes is up its time to assert myself onto this world of rot!" He made his way from his room to the arena below.
The voices of the waiting crowd could be heard as he walked through the tunnels stopping to wait for his Que. "People of the dueling underworld please welcome to the fray your king!" The announcer said to the roar of the crowd, a camera in the tunnel showed Demil on the screen behind the announcer "Demil! Demil! Demil!" The crowd chanted as Demil took this as his que to begin his infamous song. "Do you know who I am? Do you know my name?" He emerged out of tunnel shouting the last part "JUDGEMENT!"
(Present time) (Flashback end)
"So there is my story," Demil said inserting his hands into his pockets "Any questions?" Everyone bar Yuri and Shuzo raised their hand. Demil sighed "Okay one at a time. You there the pink haired one what is it?" Yuzu took her time debating whether or not to say it but ultimately went for it "You said people consider you a criminal but during that entire story the only questionable thing you did was hit that boy why is it that you are judged as a criminal?" Everyone including Demil blinked or in his case winked rapidly "That is certainly a deep and thought provoking question. Time for me to give an unsatisfying answer!" The whole room collectively fell over as Demil carried on "I'll leave you with this to chew on I wasn't in the underworld out of choice. Next question, if it's about me being able to talk to JD's spirit put your hands down I don't know how I can talk to him." Everyone but Sora dropped their hands "The blue haired fusion boy what do you want?"
Sora grinned placing a lollipop in his mouth "If you're the so-called king of the underworld what are you doing here and not there?" Demil's eye narrowed "Funny you should ask considering my challenge is still out there for you to take. If you want to know what I am doing here duel me and if you win you'll learn my ambition, if you lose then I won't tell simple as. Do we have a deal?" He stuck his hand out as Sora shook it confident of his victory.
"You." Demil's finger was jabbed in Yuri's face "I know you, your Yuri 'Sakaki' I've heard a lot about you and your infamous pendulum summon." Yuri who had been tuned out the entire question time was caught completely off guard "I'm sorry but say again, how'd know about my pendulum cards if you've been in the underworld this entire time." Demil deadpanned "You're forgetting I'm king of said underworld, I have certain perks others don't have such as access to a stream of informants telling me about new developments in the dueling world so that I can keep in touch."
"So why are you singling me and this pest over here out? Do you have something against fusion users like him and I?"
"No I don't have something against you. I just want to see your strength with my own eye. So what do you say Yuri? Deal or no deal?"
"Hmmm." Yuri stuck his finger under his chin drawing his thought process comically long "Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm." Much to Demil's dismay "Hurry up and make up your mind I haven't got all day!"
"Fine, I'll take your offer"
"We'll duel under irregular tag duel rules you'll share a field and 4000 life points while I have the same."
Soon the action field came into being around them as the field declaration was made "Action field Realm of Light on!" The shining utopia appeared as Demil struggled not to laugh out loud "Thanks a lot you mong! This is my specialist field!" Yuri grumbled "Well done Shuzo that is the second worst thing you've done today." He looked over to Demil "You know the action duel chant don't you?" Demil nodded as the chant was begun.
"Duelists locked in battle!"
"Kicking the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!"
"They storm through this field! Behold!"
"This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling! ACTION…DUEL!
Yuri and Sora: 4000 LP Demil: 4000 LP Cards x5
Yuri began "I'll start off slow again I set one monster face down and one card to my backrow then end my turn." Sora turned to his partner "Seriously? The same tactic again?" He pouted as he began his turn "I draw, I start by activating the continuous spell Toy Vendor." Yuri side eyed Sora "And you criticise me for starting off the same, people in glass houses Sora." Sora harrumphed many harrumphs as he continued "I send Fluffal wings in my hand to the graveyard to draw one card and now I special summon Fluffal Bear." Level 3 (1200/800). "Now I normal summon Fluffal Leo then end my turn by setting one card face down!" The monster and facedown appeared as Demil grinned "I'll show you the power of the king of the underworld! I draw! I activate the Spell Solar Recharge! By discarding one Lightsworn monster I can draw two cards but then I must send the top two cards of my deck to the graveyard!" Wulf the Lightsworn Beast was sent along with two other cards after Demil drew. His archetype drew questions from the kids "Lightsworn?" Futoshi asked "I've never heard of those cards before." Shuzo replied to him "They are a rare archetype in of in itself and their ace even rarer, it relies on a quick finish due to all of the cards have effects which sends cards from the users deck to the graveyard at the end of the player's turn however many of them have effects that activate there so the only thing that really matter is decking out."
"Since I milled a Wulf his effect activates although this card can't be summoned normally when it is sent to the graveyard by a card effect he is summoned automatically." Level 4 (2100/300) the kids watched in awe "He's not even begun his turn fully and yet he already has a 2100 attack point monster." Demil cocked his head towards the watchers "Don't be impressed just yet children! Watch closely as I now summon Lumina, the Lightsworn Summoner!" A tanned woman wearing a pure white robe with balls of blue energy on both her hands appeared next to Wulf. Level 3 (1000/1000). "Lumina's effect I send one card form my hand to the graveyard and special summon one level four or lower Lightsworn monster from my graveyard. I drop Celestia, Lightsworn Angel to the graveyard to summon back the Wulf I sent to the graveyard earlier for the cost of Solar Recharge." Another Wulf came into being and stood beside its duplicate. "Battle! Wulf number 1 vanquish that Fluffal bear!" A vicious swipe tore the stuffed bear apart.
YS (4000 – 3100)
"Wulf number 2 tear apart Fluffal Leo!" Sora was just about able to swipe a nearby action card
"I activate the action card evasion your monster's attack is negated!"
"Fine delay your inevitable demise through any means necessary I place the last two cards in my hand facedown and Lumina's effect sends the top three cards of my deck to the graveyard , now let's see if you are worthy to stand before me!"
"That's one big head you got there mind toning it down I'm not in the mood to deal with it." Yuri said as he looked towards Sora, Demil rubbed the back of his head laughing "Sorry. Guess I'm still in character." Yuri sighed as he drew, honestly things were just getting stranger and stranger he was pretty sure he had seen this person the other day with Sora but neither seemed to know each other. "I activate Polymerization fusing together Predaplant Stapelia Worm in my hand and the Predaplant Moray Nepenthes I now flip face up! I fusion summon! Level 8! Starve Venom Fusion Dragon!" Yuri's poisonous ace was now on the field making him fully confident he could over run this 'king'.
'I just need to activate this facedown and this duel will be over…' Demil thought as reached to trigger one of his face downs 'Do not activate that card!' a shrill voice pierced his ear drums 'Your purpose was to track down Sora and then challenge him, making sure to record his every move I didn't authorise you dueling Yuri.' Demil sneered under his breath "I know but you never told me he was fusion too! Plus too finally drag me out of the underworld only to use as an enforcer doesn't particularly endear me to you now does it?" The voice hardened 'You are to only drag this duel out for as long as it takes me to be absolutely certain of Sora's affiliation, you are not allowed to reveal your full power yet.' Demil grunted and swore but didn't resist "Fine."
"Starve Venom gains the attack of one special summoned monster on the field and it'll gain the attack of one of your Wulfs."
Starve Venom (2800 – 4900)
"Battle! Starve Venom attack Lumina!"
"Hold it! I activate the effect of Necro Guardna from my graveyard I banish this monster to stop your monster's attack!" A small armoured beast jumped in the way of the attack preventing Lumina's destruction and shielding Demil's life points. "Good." Yuri said as he placed a card facedown "I was hoping that this wouldn't be the end."
"I'll take it from here! I too activate polymerization fusing together Fluffal Dog and Edge Imp Sabres! I fusion summon! Level 6! Frightfur Wolf!" Level 6 (2000/1500).
Demil once again began to froth at the mouth with the sight of two fusion monsters on the field. "Delete…Delete…Delete!" The voice entered his ear again 'Demil Kaimia! If you start anything I will personally come down there and drag you back down to the underworld!' The mere utterance of his last name nearly caused him to lose it then and there but he was snapped out of it by Sora declaring his attack "Frightfur Wolf can attack for the amount of materials used to fusion summon it and with the help of the action card Power crystal it gains eight hundred attack points to add to its assault." Frightfur Wolf charged down Lumina ripping her in half with the scissors in its chest.
Demil (4000 – 2200)
"Attack number two take out one of his Wulfs!"
Demil (2200 – 1400)
"It's odd" Yuzu said from the side lines attracting the attention of the others "Before the match Demil said that this was his specialist field but he has made no attempt to utilise it…"
"He can only do so much." Tatsyua pointed out the obvious fact "He's only got one eye it's possible that he's unable to fully scope the field and card positions with just his left eye."
"He also seems to be talking to someone, he's been muttering for the past minute or so…" Sure enough if they looked close enough Demil's mouth was moving as the last of his conversation with the voice was happening "Tiocfaidh ár lá [2]. I'd rather go back to the underworld than be your pawn! End of!"
"I end my turn, now let's see how strong you really are 'king'." Demil laughed quietly at first "Hehe…Hehee…" Before it turned into a full blown cackle "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAAH!" His pupil shrunk as his eye colour changed from yellow to a deep red "You want to see my strength do you? Well then! I'll show you why I'm the king also known as the punishment dragon! I draw!" He looked and burst into another fit "You're finished! Since I have four or more Lightsworn monsters in my graveyard I call upon the most powerful monster in my possession! Power born of light and dark visit your judgement on this world of filth! Appear the very embodiment of my soul and ideals! Descend now! Judgment Dragon!" Demil's ace let out a deafening roar shaking the entire foundation of the school. "Judgment Dragon's effect by paying 1000 life points it destroys every other card on the field!"
Demil (1400 – 400)
"What?!" Sora shouted alarmed as he bit down on his lollipop, Yuri's jaw dropped as well.
"What a powerful effect!" Shuzo declared as Judgment Dragon cleared the field.
"Battle! Judgment Dragon unleash your wrath! Judgement Ray!" The beam of white energy shot from Judgment Dragon's mouth knocked both Yuri and Sora off their feet injuring the latter badly.
YS (3100 – 100)
"This is over! I banish Lightsworn lance from my graveyard to activate its effect when Judgment Dragon deals you damage I banish this card to dish out pain equivalent to the amount of Lightsworn monsters with different names in my graveyard x100!" The white Lance came out of the graveyard portal as it began to charge "I'll do the maths for you that equals five hundred points of damage!" The lance finished charging and flew towards its targets "Judgement! N-" Suddenly a man knocked Demil to the ground terminating the duel just before the lance had the chance to severely injure anyone.
"Demil Kaimia! You're under arrest!" Demil struggled as he tried to fight off the man but he was too strong and he was eventually handcuffed. His eye colour returned to normal as he felt a dark fog descend off him "What's going on?" Looking at his handcuffs he quickly figured out what had happened "I lost control again didn't I? You should tell your boss not to anger me so much." The man shook him violently "Shut up you scum of the earth! You were lucky he even dragged you out of the underworld in the first place! Now you have the nerve to criticise him! You'll be in there for the foreseeable future!" Everyone watched on as Demil was pushed out the front door and then shoved into the back of a massive black car, "Don't worry. I'm just going with this lovely gentleman back to my home in the underworld. Till we met again." With that the car sped off into the distance.
(Leo Corporation) (Later)
"Out!" The car door was swung open as Demil eyed his surroundings "What am I doing here? I thought I told your boss to leave me alone." The man yanked a cantankerous Demil out of the car and towards the president's office. "He wants to speak to you face to face, why he'd want to speak to a criminal like you is beyond me." It was silent for a minute all that was heard was the metal of Demil's handcuffs [3] knocking together "I've told you before my 'criminal' record is grossly exaggerated nothing I did was wrong it was all in the name of justice and a better world. Also…" the man was shocked to see Demil effortlessly slip out of the handcuffs proceeding then to knock him to the floor and dangle the cuffs in front of his face "You need to work on your handcuffing, that was far too easy to slip out of." He sprinted to get out of the building as the man raised the alarm 'No! I'm not going back! I finally got out and there is no way some grey haired twat is sending me back to that place!'
(You Show)
"Yuri are you alright?" Yuzu said as she saw Yuri being treated for his wounds. "'I'm fine Yuzu it's just scratch nothing major. It seems his attack was mainly focused on Sora." Yuzu looked over to see Sora in a much worse state just barely conscious "Yuzu are you alright? You look sad." Yuzu placed her hands together "I'm just thinking." Yuri smirked "Is this about Yuya again?" Yuzu nodded "It was Demil talking about his past, what he went through after losing his father was similar to what I felt when Yuya went missing but unlike him I had someone else come along and replace him," Yuri smiled slightly reddening "but just like Demil it's possible that something bad happened to Yuya as well." Yuri retreated into his own thoughts 'Sora said fusion was normal where he came from. Fusion is a special course put up by LDS it's highly unlikely he is from here the only place I know fusion to be normal is Academia, since I appeared the same night that Yuya disappeared it's possible that we've switched places and he is currently at Academia.'
"Hey!" Yuri and Yuzu both looked to see Demil panting in the doorway "Do you mind hiding me for a while, I'm kind of on the run here."
"Demil Kaimia! Come out here!" A voice shouted startling the three as Demil began to plead "Please just hide me until they get off my back, I can't go back!" Yuri and Yuzu were perplexed at Demil's sudden change in behaviour from the king of the underworld nearly severely injuring Yuri and badly damaging Sora to someone paralysed with the fear of being sent to the place he was the head of, "I don't know Demil given how you were about to end our duel I'm inclined to let you get caught." Demil tensed "Go raibh míle maith agat!" Demil saw the vacant expressions around him "If you're wondering its Gaelic Irish so Póg mo thóin!"[4]
Yuzu butted into the dispute "Come on Yuri just let him hide." Yuri sighed not happy at doing this "Fine! Demil come with me." Yuri tensed as he stood up still under some pain but he carried through 'I'll chalk this down as one of the worst days of my life'
(Leo Corp)
"Mr President," Nakajima addressed the grey haired teen "it appears that Demil Kaimia has escaped capture. Do you want me to send more men to try and catch him?"
"No Nakajima leave him be, I think its best that he has time to acquaint himself with Yuri and for him to readjust to living outside the underworld."
"Understood sir." Nakajima said leaving the room.
Demil's face appeared on a screen on the president's desk showing his profile as well, "Demil Kaimia, age: fourteen, deck: Lightsworn, residence: unknown has temporary living conditions in the underworld dueling arena, Pseudonyms: The Punishment Dragon and Judgement (preferred), win rate: 100%, Notable information: Only has one working eye and has an extensive criminal record."
"Demil Kaimia," the president smirked "We can definitely use him. He'll make a fine lancer."
Soon another picture appeared beside Demil's that of Yali "Now…What relation do these two have?"
A/N: OKAY! Jesus! That was long!
Okay you can consider this as a two chapter special as they were originally supposed to be two separate chapters but I have controlled assessment preparation all of next week and the assessment the week after so consider this back filter for the next two weeks.
I had to insert the dark magician meme. Sorry!
I highly recommend not even attempting to try and say the Irish Demil says here for two reasons. One you'll just sound stupid and two some of it isn't very polite.
Notes:
[1] He is talking out of the flashback.
[2] Its pronounced Chucky-r-la and I really do recommend on not saying it
[3] Not the ones used in the Synchro arc, closer to real life ones
[4] I won't tell you how to say it but I'll tell you that it means kiss my ass
New cards: Fusion reincarnation- banish this card from your graveyard to add polymerization from your deck to your hand