Chapter 33: Second Omni Demon Lord, Asmodai

"Draw! Charge and Draw! Let's go, Drum, Doble!" They performed a Link Attack as Drum attacks Ges Shido, inflicting 3 damage. Doble then inflicted 2 damage. And finally Gao attacks as he inflicted 2 damage.

"Gao's brutal assault! But it looks like it didn't go far enough!" Paruko announced.

"If he doesn't have enough gauge, he can't fire that fist-rocket at me! I win!" Ges Shido said.

"I cast!" Gao cast.

"It can't be!" Ges Shido was surprised.

"Dragonic Charge!" He boosted his gauge.

"It can't be! It can't be!"

"Final Phase!"

"Just as I thought!" Ges Shiod cries as he was leaking in tears.

"I combine my Buddy Drum and my Dragoemperor's critical! Impact!" He cast as Drum becomes a fiery spirit dragon, "I cast! Roar! Dragon Lord's War Cry!" Gao went inside the fist as he launched his attack and hits Ges Shido, "Me..."

"And my..."

"Giga Howling Crusher!"

"Why me?!" Ges Shido screamed as he got hit as the game ended.

At the portal, Sophia and Ges Shido are floating off to their hideout. But then Sophia sensed someone following them as she saw a small Asmodai was on Ges Shido's back. He noticed that he was spotted.

"Oh! This is bad!" Asmodai said.

"Asmodai! What a cheap trick!" She turned to her Disaster Force as she pull out her card for revenge, "I cast Berserk Gard!" She sends the fiery attack. But Asmodai makes his getaway as he went through a portal to escape.

"Whoops!"

"How dare he!" She reverted back.

At the unknown location...

Sophi and Ges Shido went back as she dropped Ges Shido to the ground. Gratos came by as he noticed Sophia's face.

"You seem to be in an awfully bad mood." Gratos said.

"Asmodai tried to use my teleportation to find this place." Sophia reported.

"So it's just a matter of time until they discover it." Noboru said.

"Yes."

"It doesn't matter. Even if they discover this place, the Buddy Police can't do a thing." Gratos said.

At the Magic World, at the same place where Rucy and Asmodai used to made their discussion. Rucy is practicing his music by the river.

"Together with you, I'm gonna become the greatest Buddy!" He turned to Dai who is resting on the tree branch, "What do you think, Dai?"

"Huh? About what?" Asmodai asked.

"The song I just sang! It's pretty great, isn't it?"

"Oh. Well, in one word..." He wanted to comment.

At the TV station. Rucy is making his performance of his hit song.

"Friendship Energy Overflowing! Buddy!"

"Go go go!"

"Go go go!"

"Go go go!"

The Producer and the staff members are enjoying, hearing the song.

"Together with you, I'm gonna become the greatest buddy!" He ended the song as the crowd applauded, "Thank you very much! That was End of the World!"

"That was wonderful!" The producer said as he shook Rucy's hand, "Truly the best!"

"Do you really think so?" Rucy asked.

"Of course! Ask anybody in the world and they'd say it's the best!"

"There's one person who told me it was worst."

"No way!"

"He was once my best friend." He recalled Asmodai.

"Oh. Well, in one word. It's the worst!" Asmodai commented.

"What?!"

"It was the worst of the worst. If I heard any more, my ears would rot and I'd die!" He said as he flies off.

"Hey! Dai!" He yelled as he grunt in frustration, "Someday, I'll make your ears rot!" He swore.

At the plaza, Tetsuya is performing his dance routine in front of the kids who are watching him dancing.

"Yo! Yo! Yo! Yo!" As Tetsuya is dancing, Rucy came by as he saw him dancing. Rucy smiled as he was planning to follow too.

"Yo! Yo! Yo! Yo!" Then Tetsuya saw him as he lets him join his dancing style as they began dancing all afternoon.

Later, they sat on the fountain.

"This is where Asmodai and me first met, yo." Tetsuya said as he remembered something. Rucy was as bit surprised, "I was dancing, and he suddenly called out to me. He said, 'You're the guy who's going to become King of Magic World,' yo."

"He was just making that up." Rucy said.

"At the moment, I thought, yo. I could become best friends with this guy." Tetsuya assumed, "Asmodai rarely expresses his true feelings. That's why people misunderstand him. But one thing's for sure. He's a good guy, yo."

"But he betrayed me, and became an Omni Lord!" Rucy said.

"He must have had a good reason, yo!" Tetsuya said as Rucy stands up as he was going to leave, "Rucy, you've realized it, haven't you? Please believe in Asmodai, yo!" Rucy then sensed something.

"That's..."

"What is it, yo?" Tetsuya asked as the brick, there was a demon sign with a summoning circle on it.

Later, at night at the plaza. Asmodai came at the fountain as he was smiling for some reason.

"Time to get scared." He bites his thumb to let the blood come out.

"I thought you'd come here, Dai!" Rucy said.

"Oh?" He asked as Rucy and Tetsuya were hiding in the business.

"Asmodai!" Tetsuya said.

Asmodai sighed, "You two."

"We were waiting for you to show up, yo!" Tetsuya said as he and Rucy walks to him.

"I saw the barrier spell and had a hunch. I knew you'd come back here."

"Besides, this is the special place where you and I became Buddies, yo!"

"As I thought, you're planning to use a time-space spell, aren't you?" Rucy realized.

"Tesseract Spell?" Tetsuya was confused of that word.

"Basically, a spell that lets you travel instantaneously by going through an alternate dimension." Asmodai explained, "Sophia's teleportation is a type of time-space spell."

"But the spell you're trying to use isn't your average time-space spell." Rucy said.

"The rest of me seems to be in a strange place." Asmodai said.

"Asmodai, didn't Yamigedo eat that part of you?" Tetsuya asked.

"He ate it. But... Yamigedo's insides seems to be connected to a special dimension. And part of me is kept alive there as Yamigedo gains power from it. No wonder I haven't been able to regain my strength. Through that other part of me, my power has been continually drained by Yamigedo." He clenched his fist.

"That's awful!" Tetsuya said.

"The only way to end this is to take back my missing half." Asmodai recommended.

"Take it back?" Tetsuya asked.

"How?" Rucy asked.

"The most certain way would be to enter the enemy's base. From there, we'd have to enter Yamigedo's mouth and go to its belly. But I can't just pinpoint the location. There's only one way. I'd have to directly go into the strange dimension, where my missing half is being kept. In order to do that..." Asmodai said as he begin to shine as he transforms himself, he wears a navy colored hood with knives as horns, he has many on his arms and spike gloves, "A rather difficult spell is needed."

"A-asmodai!" Tetsuya was surprised after seeing Asmodai's true form.

"This is how I look when I'm serious. The true form of Second Omni Demon Lord, Asmodai!"

"Second Omni Demon Lord, Asmodai..." Tetsuya was amazed.

"But if you taken on that form..." Rucy said as Asmoddai smiled for the expectations, "If you fail to take back your missing half, you'll die!"

"What?!" Tetsuya was surprised.

"While that form gives him incredible power, it also uses up his energy at an alarming rate." Rucy explained.

"That's why I gave you the Omni Lord Emblem." Asmodai reminded as Rucy forgot about it, "This method has a high failure rate anyway. All I can rely on is a signal from my missing half. I have no idea where I'm going to end up." He looked at the moon, "It's like trying to launch into space with moonlight as my only guide."

"Asmodai..."

"Now that you know what's up, go home!" Asmodai advised them to head home, "Rucy! Tetsuya!" They looked at each other as they thought of something.

"I understand." Rucy agreed.

"We'll go home." Tetsuya agreed too as they turned and leave the plaza.

"They didn't put up much of a fight." Asmodai was confused for them to agree easily. It's better this way. No future trouble." He began to activate the spell as the magic circle was under him as it flashes. But he didn't noticed that Rucy and Tetsuya never left as they were hiding in the bushes again.

"Even if we said we wanted to come along..." Tetsuya said.

"We know he would say no!" Rucy said. The field begins to expand around the plaza.

"Goodbye, everyone." Asmodai said his goodbyes.

"Oh no, you don't!" Asmodai heard Rucy's voice as they were running into the field.

"A-are you guys crazy?!" He asked as Tetsuya grabbed him from behind.

"We're buddies!"

"We're former best friends!"

"Whether you're going to hell..."

"Or an alternate dimension!"

"We're going with you!" Rucy and Tetsuya said together as they all got transported into Yamigedo's belly.

At the Mikado Residence. Drum was snoring as he woke up and noticed Gao wasn't on the bed. He looked around the bedroom as he saw Gao, looking at the window.

"Having trouble sleeping?" Drum asked.

"Yeah..." Gao said as he looks at the moon, "I just have this bad feeling."

At Daisuke's apartment, Daisuke is watching a moon as Haruka was woke and getting her drink of water.

"Hm? Elder brother? How come you're up?" She asked as Daisuke turned to her.

"Hm? It's nothing."

"Is it about Sakuya?" She asked as Daisuke felt depressed.

"Yeah. I never thought she would be captured. I couldn't believe Noboru would do that to her."

"You really do care about her, are you elder brother?"

"Believe me." He looked at the picture of his high school life with his friend, Sakuya, "She is the one who made that beautiful melody."

At the Sengoku Academy. Genma is searching Kemura and Sakuya, who are missing for awhile.

"Kemura! Sakuya! Kemura! Sakuya! Kemura! Sakuya! Where are you two?!" Genma asked while running to find them.

"They're not here anymore!" He heard an echo as he stopped, "You don't give up easily, do you?" He asked.

"It had been said since ancient times. If you give up, it's game over!" Genma quoted, "Come face me!" He demanded as Noboru appeared behind him, "So it was your doing after all, Noboru Kodo."

"My name is Tiger!" Noboru preferred.

"Your motives. Where you took Kemura and the others. You're going to tell me everything!"

"I'm going to test your current strength!" Noboru said as he luminized himself for a Buddyfight.

At the inside of Yamigedo. Asmodai, Rucy and Tetsuya were transported and landed on their backs. Problem is that Asmodai wasn't with them.

"Where are we?" Tetsuya asked as he stand up. He looked around as he saw many building ruins and noticed the Yamigedo creatures are hiding there. He screamed as he pointed at them. Then another one appears right beside them as they tried to run away. As they run away, the Yamigedos are chasing after them, "What are those things?!"

"Remember what Asmodai said? We're inside that Yamigedo monster!" Rucy said.

"What?! Then those things are..." Tetsuya noticed something.

"They're probably Yamigedo's larvae!" Rucy assumed. Tetsuya screamed as he noticed something. He saw Tenbu, floating unconscious.

"What?! Could that be..." He saw Tenbu, with the larvae on him.

At the hidden location. Gratos saw the battle.

"It seems that Tiger is involved in a Buddyfight." Gratos said.

"Da. His opponent is Genma Todoroki." Sophia said, "It'll be over soon."

At the battle, Noboru split his weapons.

"Rise once more, to defeat the enemy! Full Strash Formation!" He used his Impact.

"I can't draw Tempest Enforcer! I was unprepared!" Genma said as Noboru's impact strikes at Sieger Spartan as he destroyed him.

"You've passed the test, Genma Todoroki!" Noboru said as Genma's life when done to 0.

Back at the Yamigedo's belly. Tetsuya and Rucy are still being chased by Yamigedo's larvae.

"Rucy, you're a monster! Fight them, yo!" Tetsuya demanded for the idea.

"I've spent my time singing recently so I've forgotten how to fight! Besides! They're too many of them!" Rucy complained as there are many larvae, chasing them. Then Asmodai came by as he was jumping down from the rubble. Tetsuya saw Asmodai.

"That's Asmodai!" Tetsuya said as he noticed him, "Yo, help us, Asmodai!" He requested as he ran towards him.

"Wait! That's..." Rucy noticed something odd but couldn't stop Tetsuya in time. The Asmodai he ran to has Yamigedo's eyes on his face.

"I am... Yamigedo!" Asmodai-Yamigedo said in a purple disastrous aura. Tetsuya stopped as he was scared.

"What?!"

At the hidden location, Genma was captured as he was turned to stone.

"Well done." Gratos said for appreciation to Noboru.

"Well then, I'll go rest." Noboru said as he went to rest. Meanwhile Sophia was watching at the cocoon as she was suspecting something odd.

"What?"

At the Yamigedo's belly. Asmodai-Yamigedo goes to attack Tetsuya.

"Gedo Dropkick!" He attacks Tetsuya but then Rucy managed to save him in time.

"Thank you, Rucy!" Tetsuya thanked.

"That guy's the part of Asmodai that Yamigedo devoured! It looks like he's not longer himself!" Rucy said as The Asmodai-Yamigedo is surging his power as he jumps to catch them, "I'll give you a taste of what you hate the most! Listen to my song!" He begins singing the song that Asmodai hates the most as the Asmodai-Yamigedo covered his ears to avoid, listening to it as he fell to the ground.

"Stop it! Please stop, Rucy! Rucy!" He yelled as Rucy and Tetsuya landed, "Your song is too much for me! It makes me feel incense! It makes me want to say the truth that I'm trying to hide!" Rucy continues singing, "I became an Omni Lord because I didn't want to lose the world where our friendship was born!" He fell to his knees, "I'm sorry that I lied to you. But it was the only way."

"D-dai?" Rucy asked.

"Rucy!" Tetsuya yelled as they saw the large number of larvae coming towards them. But then the real Asmodai has arrived as he strikes the larvae with his attack, "Devil Lariat!" He destroyed all of them. He then landed to his other half, "Asmodai!"

"Dai!"

"I can't believe you made me say something so embarrassing! That's why, your songs are the worst!" He complained.

"Dai! You..." Rucy smiled as Asmodai grabbed his other self.

"I've come to take back myself!" Asmodai said as he used the magic circle to fuse himself back together again.

At the hidden location. Sophia continues watching as Gratos come to her.

"What is it?" Gratos asked.

"Asmodai has infiltrated Master Yamigedo." She informed.

"What?!" Gratos said as Shido and Gallows were transported as they fell to the ground.

"Gesha!" Gallows said.

"Wh-what's going on?!" Shido asked.

"Geh geh?"

"Get ready right away!" Sophia advised as she forcibly combined them to Ges Shido.

"Ges Shido!" Gratos said as Ges Shido stands up, "Don't let Asmodai escape!"

"Yes sir!" He saluted as Gratos pulls out another Hundred Demon's card.

"Hundred Demons... awaken! Power of Darkness! Power of Evil! Power of the Hundred Demons!" The card reveals a dragon with a heated core in its chest.

"I'm the great Black Dragon, Befreien! You're gonna get burned!"

At the inside of Yamigedo. Asmodai completed fusing together as he was still in his Omni Lord self.

"Asmodai!" Tetsuya said.

"That hurts!" They heard someone coming as they saw Ges Shido appeared near the rubble, "Huh? Where am I?"

"Ges Shido!" Tetsuya noticed.

"Not Ges! Death!" He twisted his words as he realized of what he said, "Which was it again?"

"Does it really matter?" Asmodai asked.

"Tetsuya Kurodake and Asmodai! I don't really understand what's going on, but I'm not going to let escape!" He begins to luminize, "Ravenous fiend walking a wicked path, witness their awesome power! Luminize! Hundred Darkness!"

"A Buddyfight, huh?" Rucy recognized it.

"Tetsuya, I hate to ask, but I don't suppose you forgot your deck?" Asmodai asked.

"Of course I brought it! The best deck ever!" He brought his deck as he remembered the time.

At the Sky Home...

"A deck that includes Fallen Demon Lord, Rucifiel?" Gao asked.

"Why would you wanted that?" Daisuke asked.

"He refuses to become an Omni Lord, but considering the future, we may have to ask him on the mantle." Count Dawn said.

"I understand! I'll ask Baku for advice." Gao said.

"If he's going to built a deck for me, I have just one request. For my deck, I want my Buddy to be..."

"The Buddy is you, Second Omni Demon Lord, Asmodai!" Tetsuya said, "Because I believed that you'd come back for sure!"

"Tetsuya!" Asmodai was amazed.

"But the Second Omni Demon Lord stuff..." Rucy said.

"Count Dawn told me everything!"

"I see!" Asmodai said as Tetsuya luminized.

"Today and tomorrow, I'll be dancing with the demons! Luminize! Twin Devils, yo!" They got into position on a field as a stage.

"Raise the Flag!"

"Darkness Dragon World!"

"Magic World, yo!"

(T: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)

(GS: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)

At the hidden location, Gratos and Sophia are watching the match.

"I inflict 2 damage using Bloody Moon, and it's the move end for me!" Ges Shido said.

"How did they get here?" Gratos asked.

"They probably used a time-space spell." Sophia assumed.

"I see."

"To the right! Follower, Gaap!" He called the purple skinned demon that was with Rucy as he was wearing red clothes, with boots, sword and has a yellow robots with numbers from 1-4, "To the left, I call Magic Realm Fantasista Selle!" He called the same monster that is blue skinned who was with Rucy.

"Increase your gauge, Tetsuya!" Asmodai advised.

"I cast! Mind of Hardcore, yo!" He cast as he gained his gauge by 3, "To the center, Fallen Demon Lord, Rucifiel!" He paid three gauge as he called him to the center, "End of the World, attack!"

"Here we go! Gaap, Selle!" Rucy said as Selle kicks a lightning attack on Bloody Moon and destroyed it. Then Rucy and Gaap joined together as they performed a Link Attack at Ges Shido and inflicted 3 damage.

"Take this! My Double Attack!"

"I cast! Midnight Shadow!" He nullified the attack.

At the hidden location...

"As long as he doesn't let them escape. They'll simply become a source of power for Master Yamigedo." Gratos said.

"I Buddycall Black Dragon, Befreien to the right!" He Buddycalled as he regained one life, "Any monster that Befreien attacks will always be destroyed!"

"That's a pain." Asmodai said.

"I know, yo!" Tetsuya said as he discarded a card, "Rucy!"

"Rewind Time!" Rucy activated his effect as Befreien has been returned to Ges Shido's hand.

"Befreien is back in my hand! Then I'll use Bloody Moon to..."

"Once again, Rewind Time!" He activate the effect again.

"Okay!" Tetsuya discard a card again as Bloody Moon is returned to the hand.

"No fair!" Ges Shido complained.

"If I'm on the field and a player discards a 72 Pillars card, I can return a size 2 or smaller monsters or an item to the held cards." Rucy explains.

"Use your power to prevent their escape." Gratos recommended.

"It's better not to." She refused.

"Why?"

"If I use my power within Master Yamigedo. There's no telling what might happen." She said, "It will hinder your plan." Then Gratos's eyes are flashing.

"I cast! Death Shield!" He cast as Gaap attacks but was blocked as the Death Shield destroyed Gaap in the process.

"Gaap!" Tetsuya yelled.

"I'll destroy all nuisances!" Ges Shido said as Rucy attacks him, inflicting 2 damage at him.

"I've still got an attack left, you know! One more! Take this!"

"I cast! Black Dragon Shield will block that!" Ges Shido nullified as he regained one life. Rucy grunted in frustration.

"The Move End, huh?"

"Don't underestimate Ges Shido!"

"But if they managed to escape uninjured. They may use the same method again."

"They were only able to come here because Asmodai's missing half acted as a beacon. It will be impossible for them to return here without that guiding them." She explained.

"I Buddycall Second Omni Demon Lord, Asmodai to the center, yo!" He Buddycalled as he regained one life.

"I've been waiting for this! Hey, Paruko! Aren't you gonna introduce me?" He asked as he realized something, "Oh, she's not here. I have no choice! I'll introduce myself!" Asmodai puts on a wig to imitate Paruko, "Second Omni Demon Lord, Asmodai! 72 Pillars attribute. Size 3. Critical of 3, 50000 power, 10000 defense! Wh-wh-wh-what's this?! That's 10 times the power and defense of Demon Lord, Asmodai!"

"50000 power?!" Ges Shido asked, "I've never heard such a thing!"

"Furthermore! He's got Penetrate and Counterattack! Asmodai, you're so strong! Asmodai, you're so amazing!" He complimented himself.

"Go for it, Asmodai!" Tetsuya said as Asmodai kicks Bloody Moon down.

"Penetrate! 3 damage!" He attacks as he inflicted 3 damage at Ges Shido.

"Don't think I didn't noticed! Second Omni Demon Lord, Asmodai has a Lifelink of 2!"

"Oh no! He's onto me!" Asmodai said.

"Next turn, I'll win!"

"I'll leave the rest to you." Gratos said as he leaves, "You're a cunning one." Sophia looks as Gratos.

"I call two Cold Blade, who have Spectral Strike!"

"Do a Link Attack on Asmodai!" Ges Shido said as Cold Blades are going to attack Asmodai and destroyed him, "Asmodai is destroyed and you get 2 damage from the Spectral Strike!" The sphere from inside Asmodai hits at Tetsuya as he was inflicted with 2 damage, "Furthermore! Thanks to Second Omni Demon Lord's Lifelink, you'll have 0 left! Winner, me!" He assumed.

"My favorite Buddy, Asmodai can't be defeated so easily! Activate ability!" Tetsuya activates the effect as he discarded 2 cards, "I discard 2 cards from my hand and pay 1 gauge, yo!" He paid one gauge.

"What?" He asked as Asmodai is revived and grabbed Cold Blade from the center.

"I am elegantly revived! And I Counterattack!" He destroyed Cold Blade.

"I still have Befreien! Burn Asmodai to a crisp!" Befreien used his fire attack as he destroyed Asmodai instantly.

"Not yet!" Tetsuya paid the cost again.

"Don't tell me..." He said as Asmodai is revived again.

"As long as I have my awesome Buddy, I'm immortal!" He kicked at Befreien as he destroyed him.

The Move End

(T: 2/ Item: None/ G: 0: None/Asmodai/None)

(GS: 3/ Item: None/ G: ?: None/Cold Blade/None)

"Draw! Charge and Draw! Time for the finale, yo! Asmodai!" Tetsuya said.

"Let's make it a spectacle!" Asmodai said.

"Yo! Yo! Yo!"

"Yo! Yo! Yo!" Asmodai followed along.

"If you sing and dance freely, it's wonderful, yo! If we all dance together, we're undefeatable!" They posed together.

"Cold Blade is in my center!" But then he realized something, "But Asmodai has Penetrate!"

"Precisely!" Asmodai struck at Cold Blade as he kicked at him and then kicked Ges Shido with his finishing blow, "Penetrate!" The game ended after the attack.

(T: 2/ Item: None/ G: 1: None/Asmodai/None)

(GS: 0/ Item: None/ G: ?: None/None/None)

Game End. Winner: Tetsuya Kurodake

Rucy appears out from Tetsuya's deck, "We did it."

"Let's head back. Back to our home." Asmodai advised as he was with them.

"Can we do that, yo?" Tetsuya asked.

"The three of us are the best of friends! If we joined forces, nothing's impossible!" Asmodai said as it made Tetsuya and Rucy a little concerned.

At the plaza, they were transported back as the sun rises. They gave a five hand for their success.

"Yeah!"

At Shido's secret hideout. Ges Shido was transported as he fell into his bed as they reverted back to normal. They got up.

"I feel like I had a dream where I was Buddyfighting." Shido assumed.

At the hidden location, Sophia looked at her card.

"Everything is going according to his wishes." She said.

At the Sky Home...

"What? Grandpa Tenbu?" Gao asked after Tetsuya informed them the news.

"I only saw him at the moment, so I'm not 100% sure. But I feel like he was definitely there." Tetsuya said.

"He's alive?"

"My missing half was alive too. So there's a good possibility." Asmodai said.

"Grandpa!" Gao said.

"Gao!" Drum said.

"Drum!"

"Let's find the rest of the Omni Lords quickly and go rescue gramps!" Drum said.

"Yeah! Wait for us, grandpa!"

Spotlight shown as Daisuke appears on stage.

"Welcome back to more Corner Time! This chapter has ended. The next one will be about the unexpected visit from Kiri's first former friend who is the cheater! Give me a review and give me good Galactic ideas please! Til then bye for now!" He waved goodbye as the screen faded black.