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06/28/2025
Is it 'Cheveyo attracts the crazy people' week? I mean come on, first the perversion and then this psychopath challenges me to a duel. If I lose he's going to feed me to his pet wolf. Does anyone else ever have problems like this? If so, then help me!
Cheveyo Qua
Lost as always
"Get up and draw. I will not let you give up." Nikolai glared at the kneeling boy coldly. "Stand up."
Cheveyo clenched his fist. ("I'm injured…I shouldn't even be standing…") His eyes snapped open. ("Wait a second…") Looking down at his opening and closing fingers, it occurred to him. ("Why can I stand? In fact…all I feel is a dull throbbing from wounds that felt fatal last night.")
"Stand up. I'm not going to tell you again." Nikolai waited as patiently as he could.
Cheveyo continued to stare at his hand. "What did you do to me? How did I survive last night?"
Nikolai opened his mouth to speak, but Fong stepped up alongside him. "Let me ask you something, boy. Have you ever felt different than other children? Have you ever looked at the cities of the world and felt slightly sickened? Have you ever been in the prescense of something so disturbing it actually makes you angry to the point of losing control?"
Cheveyo frowned slightly. "I did…but so what. We all…"
"No, not like how you do." The man ran a hand through his beard. "Have you ever wondered what happened to your mother?"
At the mention of that Cheveyo's eyes widened and he stood up. "You knew my mother? Where is she?"
Nikolai snapped his arm up in front of Fong. "Not another word Fong. If he wants to find out then he'll win this duel." His lip lifted slightly into a dark smile. "So, can you win boy?"
Cheveyo narrowed his eyes. "You won't get in my way! I will learn the truth!"
"Your mother was a whore. I knew her as well." Nikolai smirked. "She was a weak woman, and couldn't commit to anything. You're nothing but a mistake of hers, or so I've heard."
Conn growled and cracked his knuckles. "Leader or no I'm about to punch that smug bastard right in his mouth."
Fong stood silently, his eyes upon Cheveyo.
Cheveyo clenched his fists so tightly that they turned white. "You…how dare you! What gives you the right to speak about my mother?"
Nikolai held up his middle finger. "I have the right because she was a whore. And she wasn't even that good in bed."
Cheveyo saw red. "You bastard…" He was about to charge…and then fell to his knees.
Conn started to stand…but Jill held her arm out to stop him.
Cheveyo's fingers dug into the dirt roughly. "What…." The boy felt pain in his body…and something else. It was an energy that burned through him like a supernova. He felt his muscles starting to swell slowly underneath his clothing. "Stop it!"
"I'm not the one doing it." Nikolai's expression returned to neutral. "It's all you."
("Me? I'm doing this? How?") Cheveyo felt the change speeding up painfully. His muscles continued to grow and slowly his clothing started to find itself hard pressed to hold together.
"Get ready." Nikolai glanced back to Conn and Jill. "If he goes into Rage then remember to take him down gently."
Cheveyo felt sweat pour down his face, which was rapidly stretching outwards. Throwing back his head he screamed…and the sound came out like the howl of some kind of otherworldly creature.
Fong continued to watch. ("Don't succumb to the Rage. Use your will…find your path now.")
Cheveyo's borrowed black shirt began to tear along the arms, tufts of fur sprouting all along his body. ("STOP IT! STOP!") No matter what he willed, it wouldn't stop though. ("NO! I DON'T WANT THIS!") He threw back his head and howled again, this time the sound much more earthly.
Conn pushed past Jill. "Screw this crazy shit! He's in pain!"
Nikolai turned on one heel and snarled. "Stop!"
The Irish man skidded to a stop.
Cheveyo felt the last remnants of the shirt tear away. His muscles were still changing and growing. He couldn't see what he looked like, but he felt like something that screamed wrong to his senses. ("STOP IT!")
Nikolai closed his eyes. ("You're fighting it…but not in the correct way.")
Cheveyo had his eyes closed as well. Whatever feelings that had been within his body were subsiding. ("I don't want this…let me go…let me go…get out!")
"He's not ready to change yet Nikolai!" Conn leapt forwards again…and gasped in surprise as Fong slammed a palm right into his ribs, sending him rolling head over heels back the way he came.
"We do not determine when the time is right for one to control the change. This is his time." Vibrant steel-grey eyes turned to look back at Cheveyo.
Throwing back his head again, Cheveyo howled in sorrow. ("I don't want this! What am I?")
Nikolai betrayed his emotions in a grimace. "Boy!" He concentrated…and felt his familiar strength begin to emerge.
Cheveyo's eyes snapped up…and widened hugely at what he saw standing where Nikolai had been.
At first it was hard to discern what it was. It was like a wolf if it was standing upright…but wolves didn't have the kinds of muscles this thing had. It looked like it could cut through steel with its claws. An ape…that was what is reminded him of. Some kind of fusion of wolf and ape that was standing tall.
Brushing back a few spikes of his silver hair, Nikolai began to speak. It was rough and guttural sounding, but it was speech. "You are far from alone. It is not a curse, nor a blessing. It is your birthright." He lifted his arm to show his duel disk, which had changed and grown along with him. "Stand up, Cheveyo Qua. Don't let yourself be worried about what you are for now. You are fighting to learn the truth about your mother."
Cheveyo's eyes reflected uncertainty for another moment…and then hardened. ("I can't surrender. If they know what happened to my mother, then I can't simply give up!") He opened his jaws, surprised at how difficult it was to talk. "I will not lose this chance! Draw!" His arm snapped the top card off of his deck. "Card of Sanctity forces us both to draw to six cards!" He fanned out his new hand.
Nikolai drew six cards, but didn't look at them yet. ("Accept your lineage…and let's see if you're truly meant to be the warrior.")
Cheveyo looked at the drawn cards one after another. At the sight of the last one he gasped. ("This is…it must have been the third card from the three I took out of that box!") "From my hand…I play Warrior Returning Alive!" He caught a card that was spat out of his graveyard. "Its ability returns Wendigo Ahroun!" The card slapped down onto his disk and the warrior reappeared.
"That monster will do nothing more than contribute to my life points when Guardian Angel Joan runs it over." Nikolai crossed his arms across his barrel-like chest. "That monster is not the answer."
"No. This card is." Cheveyo's field magic card slot opened. "Field magic card…Moonlight Caern!" All around them the temple pillars crumbled and crashed into the pool, spraying water everywhere. "In this place…" The bright sky of day was replaced by the soft dark blue of a full moon night. Everyone now stood within a circle of stones that had symbols etched into them. Each symbol, one after another, started to glow with a soft blue light. "...allows me to summon Hidden Spirit Totems without there needing to be a Hidden Spirit in play. Also, all effect damage I would take that involves a Hidden Spirit monster is zero."
"If that's all your card does then you're still left without an answer." Nikolai was slightly angered that his Sanctuary in the Sky had been torn down, but he refused to let it show.
"No…the answer rests on the field." Cheveyo concentrated on the duel. He couldn't lose his focus. "The effect of Wendigo Ahroun allows me to once per main phase give it one of two bonuses. Either I may turn it into a beast monster with 700 extra attack points or I may change it into a beast-warrior with an extra 1000!" The Native American warrior started to rapidly morph, his body changing into that of the same forms as Cheveyo and Nikolai. (2900/1700)
Nikolai actually let out a quiet little gasp. "2900…"
Cheveyo pointed at Joan. "I will find out the truth! Go now Wendigo Ahroun, attack Guardian Angel Joan now!" The transformed warrior leapt high into the air and came down with a claw slash that blew the angel apart.
Cheveyo- 1000
Nikolai- 5300
Nikolai stared at the close-up of the warrior in amazement. ("What are you? You aren't just a card.")
Wendigo Ahroun returned to Cheveyo's field. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Nikolai cleared his mind and drew. ("I won't make this easy for you.") "From my hand I activate the magic card Terraforming." He removed his deck from its slot. "This card lets me add one field magic card to my hand." After replacing his deck he opened his field magic card slot and placed it in. "Sanctuary in the Sky returns to play." Light flooded the area as it returned to the temple-like area.
Cheveyo gasped gruffly as he watched the mighty form of the Wendigo Ahroun return to normal. (1900/1700)
"Now I summon Mudora." (1500/1800) A muscular gold-helmeted fighter holding a knife appeared on the field. "For every angel in my graveyard he gains 200 attack points." (2800/1800) "Attack now!"
"Reveal Raigeki Break!" Cheveyo discarded a card from his hand. "This trap destroys one card in play!" The trap released a blast of lightning that hit the fighter and blew it apart.
Nikolai slid two cards into his disk. "I set two cards face-down and end my turn." Now he had three cards in his hand, as opposed to Cheveyo's two.
Cheveyo drew. ("My deck isn't ready for this guy. But still…") "Wendigo Ahroun, attack his life points directly!" The warrior lifted its spear and launched forwards.
"Reveal Draining Shield!" Nikolai's face-down card flipped to reveal a glowing barrier of green light. "This trap card will defend my life points by negating your attack and giving me life gain equal to the attack of the negated monster."
Cheveyo- 1000
Nikolai- 7200
Cheveyo paled and placed a card face-down on his disk. "I set one monster face-down on the field and two cards face-down. End turn." As the cards shimmered into existence he knew that the rest of his chances at winning relied on his making these last few cards he still had count.
Nikolai drew and with the same hand motioned at his set card. "Cry of Heaven activates! This continuous trap revives one angel monster to the field in defense mode!" Mars appeared in a crouching position. "I sacrifice Mars to summon The Angel of Judgment-Saturn!" (2400/0) A purple-skinned woman in regal robes appeared on the field. "Attack the Wendigo Ahroun now!" She lifted her arms and released a ball of energy that hurtled towards the warrior.
"Reveal Shift!" Cheveyo's set card flipped face-up. "This card allows me to redirect your attack to my set monster!" The blast swerved and slammed into the set card, blowing it apart. "And that was my Nimble Momonga (1000/100) which when destroyed as a result of battle lets me gain 1000 life points! Also, the other two in my deck are special summoned!" Two new set cards appeared on the field.
Cheveyo- 2000
Nikolai- 7200
Nikolai looked at his hand cards. ("I'm ready for you.") "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Cheveyo drew. ("I can't stop the next attack of Saturn with these cards. However…") "I set one card face-down and switch Wendigo Ahroun into defense mode." The warrior dropped to one knee. "End turn."
Nikolai drew. "This duel is nearing its end. By sacrificing my monster and my battle phase I can deal life point damage to you equal to the life point total of me minus the life point total of you!" Saturn disappeared, replaced by a glowing ball of light. "Take this! Your life points are gone!"
"Reverse card open!" The fireball disappeared. "Trap of Board Eraser negates effect damage to my life points and forces you to discard a card from your hand!"
Nikolai frowned and placed a card face-down on his disk. "I set a monster face-down and a card face-down. End turn."
Cheveyo drew. ("Here's my chance! He lost his best monster.") Looking at the drawn card he nodded. "I switch Wendigo Ahroun into attack mode!" The warrior stood up. "I attack with Wendigo Ahroun!" The warrior drove its spear right through the set monster, blowing it apart. "And I end my turn by playing Mirage of Nightmare!"
Nikolai drew. "During my standby phase you draw until you have four cards in your hand. However, I'll make sure that each and every one of those cards make you pay for it! Reveal continuous trap card Greed! During the end phase of each turn a player will take 500 life points of damage for each card they draw outside of their draw phase! You drew four, so math says you lose."
"Reveal Emergency Provisions!" Cheveyo's face-down card flipped up. "I sacrifice Mirage of Nightmare and raise my life points by 1000!" The card disappeared in a flash of light.
Cheveyo- 3000
Nikolai- 7200
Nikolai slid his drawn card into his disk. "I activate the power of Wrath of Angels. This continuous magic card can only activate if I have Sanctuary in the Sky in play, no monsters, and I sacrifice a magic or trap card." His set card disappeared. "Now I special summon three angel monsters from my graveyard to the field." Saturn, Guardian Angel Joan, and Mudora appeared on the field. (2400/0) (2800/2000) (2500/1800)
Cheveyo paled slightly. ("Oh man…")
"Guardian Angel Joan, attack Wendigo Ahroun!" The red-haired angel waved her hand and the warrior blew apart. "And as you remember, when she destroys a monster I gain life points equal to that monster's attack points!"
Cheveyo- 2100
Nikolai- 9100
Cheveyo threw up his arms just in time, as Mudora and Saturn blew the two set Nimble Momongas apart. "When Nimble Momonga is destroyed I gain 1000 life points!"
Cheveyo- 4100
Nikolai- 9100
Nikolai closed his eyes and smirked, revealing a row of sharp fangs. "It doesn't matter. You're defeated."
Cheveyo- 2100
Nikolai- 9100
"Not yet! I'm going to find out what happened to my mother!" Cheveyo looked down at his deck. ("But what cards are left? Is there any kind of combo left in this deck that can defeat this guy? Wendigo Ahroun's attack power was supposed to be enough.") Clenching his fist, he drew. Snapping the card up, he gasped in surprise. ("What's this? How did this card get into my deck?")
"Hurry up and make your move." Nikolai tapped his clawed foot impatiently.
Cheveyo held up a card. "I activate the magic card Conquest of the Lands of the Dead! This magic card adds one field magic card from my graveyard into my hand!" He caught a card that was spat out of his graveyard. ("It's all or nothing!") "Next is Spell Reproduction. This magic card requires that I discard two magic cards for it activate! Now I take back one magic card from my graveyard!" Removing another card from his graveyard, he drew off the top of his deck. "Repayment of Losses, which I discarded, lets me draw one card." Now he had four cards in hand.
"You're a lost cause if you think Moonlight Caern is going to make a difference."
"I'm not done yet! From my hand I activate Monster Reborn! Revive Wendigo Ahroun!" The Native American warrior appeared on the field.
"You bring that monster back hmm? I'll crush it like before."
"No, you won't!" Cheveyo slammed a card onto his disk. "I summon Hidden Spirit-Silver Fang Philodox!" (1300/800) There was a flash of light and a humanoid figure hit the field.
Nikolai, along with the rest of the spectators, gasped. "What trickery is this?"
Standing on Cheveyo's field was a warrior wearing light silver armor. In one of its hands rested a large thick sword forged from pure silver. And…it looked just like Nikolai.
Even Cheveyo was surprised by this. ("First me and then this guy? What the heck does that mean? No! I can't let myself get distracted!") "I activate Moonlight Caern!" The temple setting faded away and was replaced by the night scenery of the stone circle. "I'll activate the effect of Ahroun and Philodox! Transform!" Both warriors changed rapidly, now resembling the two wolf creatures that were dueling. (2900/1700) (2300/800)
Nikolai frowned. "Interesting…but not impressive. I can defeat both these monsters and wipe out your life points soon enough."
Cheveyo looked at the card in his hand. ("Please be the answer I'm seeking.") "I activate Polymerization!" Both wolves leapt into the air and were sucked into a glowing vortex of light. "Emerge now, Hidden Spirit-Judgment Warrior!" (2000/1800)A warrior in silver clothing appeared on the field, a silver spear held in one hand. It opened its blue eyes and slammed the butt of its spear into the ground. "The effect of Judgment Warrior while Moonlight Caern is in play changes my monster into a beast-warrior and raises its attack points by 1000 points!" The warrior rapidly changed, transforming into a black and silver furred wolf creature. (3000/1800)
"So now you have the strongest monster in play. So what?" Nikolai started to sneer. "Take a look at my field. You'll have to attack Saturn just to make sure that I don't destroy you next turn with her effect."
"No, I'll be attacking every monster on your field!" Cheveyo pointed at his monster. "When you have a monster in play I can pay 1000 life points during my battle phase to let this monster attack again! So I pay 2000 life points now!"
Cheveyo- 100
Nikolai- 9100
"Judgment Warrior, attack them all! Silver Flurry!" The warrior howled and charged, moving through the three angels like a tornado of silver and black. A few seconds later all three monsters exploded into dust. "End turn!"
Cheveyo- 100
Nikolai- 7800
Conn stared at the field in amazement. "Does anyone else feel more than a little creeped out by the cards this kid has?"
Jill rubbed his chin…and then took a small device out of her business suit pocket. "It's very interesting indeed. To think that the cards he possesses resemble himself and Nikolai…and the field magic card…and especially the name of his cards."
"It is an irony of fate I suppose." Fong sat down and crossed his legs.
Nikolai grimaced and drew. "You're impressive, but not good enough. I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Cheveyo drew. "Here's my chance…attack!"
"Reveal Luminous Burst!" Nikolai pointed at his now face-up card. "This trap card will deal us both 1000 life points of damage!" An explosion of light flooded the field, blinding both duelists.
Cheveyo- 0
Nikolai- 6800
Cheveyo dropped to one knee, panting weakly. ("No…I lost…")
Nikolai turned and approached Fong. "What's the deal? Did you find out anything about the things searching for him?"
The old man was already standing, tilting his head way up to look at the nine foot tall creature before him with no more fear than as if he was talking to a friend. "To an extent yes. However, there are still many unknowns in this situation. I am unsure whether to be surprised or afraid that we have so little information about this foe."
"You're as odd as ever, old man." Nikolai glanced behind him to the still kneeling Cheveyo. "Get up."
Cheveyo wasn't listening. His eyes were transfixed by the image staring back at him from the pool. It was that of a creature similar to Nikolai, except for the fact that the fur was pure black. That…and the eyes. ("They're my eyes…")
"As the one who lost to me, you'll stand up and come with us. Don't argue." Nikolai turned and walked towards the campsite.
Conn sighed and went around the pool to Cheveyo. "Hey kid, are you alright?"
The red furred wolf had already left.
Jill glanced at Fong. "What do you think? Is he strong enough to be useful to us?"
"It is not a matter of being useful," The old man ran a hand through his beard. "It is a matter of letting him understand his strength. He must learn quickly of his heritage though, because time is something we have little of. Something or someone wants him badly, and we may not be enough to keep him safe and out of their hands."
Jill shook her head slowly. "You make little sense. Perhaps you should stop trying to be like Confucius?"
Coughing, Fong turned and walked towards camp slowly. "Perhaps Confucius should stop trying to be like me."
Jill rubbed her forehead with a palm. ("Jeez…")
To be continued…
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