This man…
When I first met his man when his hair was blue as was his personality, I thought he was an idiot. And when I saw him duel, he was a lucky idiot who relied on his deck rather than his skill.
Heck, his opponent surrendered…I myself thought that the fortuneteller could've won if he had actually drawn his next card.
Then, I saw him again when I dueled my younger sister, same blue hair, same dumbfounded look plastered over his face, and same personality that I first met him with…
But now…his hair, his name, his body, and even his personality have done a one-eighty, and even his dueling skills are not unaffected by this change of events. His once colorful warriors of the Land of the Rising Sun have set and in this new day, he has adopted these new…demons.
I suppose I should be glad that I now have a challenge on my hands…one that I'm not going to lose at!
Especially to this weird named idiot!
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Chapter 38
Demon's Wrath
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"Big words," Hito stated holding up another card from his hand, only to fit it into his duel disk. "But let's see if you can hold those words yourself?"
"If that's what you want," Rae snarled snapping off his next into his hand. "Then I'll be more than happy to oblige!"
Rae drew a card, his eyes turning back to Hito.
"And I'll start by showing you some of my own cards in my hand," said Rae as he flipped the card he just drew around. "Mainly the one I just drew, which is known as the Golden Ladybug!"
A golden light engulfed Rae's body, making the Turner duelist smirk widely. "And if I keep the card revealed to you for the rest of my turn, I gain five hundred life points." (RLP: 4900)
"Humph, nothing short of a delay tactic," Hito sneered to the side with his eyes rolling slightly.
"I'm not done," Rae replied. "Grasschopper! Attack the Mad Demon!"
The large Grasschopper hopped forward, bringing down the many scythe-like arms down on the suddenly crouching Mad Demon. Hito wagged his finger at Rae as the demon was struck down. "Tsk, tsk…did you forget already that thanks to my Mad Demon's special ability, he switches to defense mode?"
"No, but you forgot that my Antlion's Vengeance is still out on the field!" Rae pointed out as the pincers shot out from the holographic sand. "So you'll take more life point damage than from my attack if your demon didn't have that annoying ability."
Once more, electricity began to surge through the holographic pincers, coursing through Hito's body, making his duel disk cackle with energy. However, Rae couldn't help but notice the look on Hito's face, showing that it wasn't a look of pain…
…but rather it was a look that Rae had never seen in another duelist's eyes…
…the same look of that of a murderer that had found his prey…
"Heh, heh, heh," Hito chuckled as the pincers pulled away from his body. "I have to admit…when I saw you through that fool's eyes; I didn't think that you were that good of a duelist…" (HLP: 3200)
"But now, I want to…destroy you!"
Both duelists were glaring at each other, Hito and Rae, both of their glares growing colder and colder with each passing moment as they stood atop of the transformed bookcases.
As the field stood, it was hard to tell who had the advantage, on Hito's field was of course Mad Demon Knight – Bianco Angelos since it had completely merged with its duelist (2800/1800 + 300/300). The demon armored monster's boost came from the field spell Crazy Town, and thanks to Hito's Mad Demon Pranks, his hand was exposed showing that the Mad Demon duelist held onto, a second Mad Demon Pranks, Call of the Haunted, and two spell cards, one known as This Party's Getting Started and the other was an equip spell called The Dark Slayer Yamato.
In addition, Hito had one face down card on his field (which was more than likely that weird trap card Hot as Hell). (HLP: 3200)
Meanwhile, Rae was a little more set with his army of insects consisting of Grasschopper (2350/1000), and Insect Knight (1900/1500) while he had two face down cards with his continuous spell card Antlion's Vengeance one that would continue to inflict damage when a monster would be destroyed to a player's life points. Thankfully, Rae still had four cards in his hand, one that was exposed to be the Golden Ladybug (0/0). (RLP: 4900)
From the side, Lucian kept an eagle's eye on the duel, always watching and waiting for Rae to finish his duel. "This duel…I have to admit I haven't seen such a strange set up in ages…but still, it'll be interesting to see how Rae will fair against the newest Saint of Sin."
"Yo, are you even alive over there?" Hito moaned fanning his cards in front of his face to cool him down, as if that armor was actually real.
"Have you heard of something call patience?" Rae scoffed to the side with his eyes narrowed down at the remaining four cards in his hand. "It'll help you live longer in this life."
"This coming from the guy aiming to take the quick way to the top," Hito chuckled.
"Humph, if that's the way you want it," Rae growled lifting up one of the cards in his hand. "I activate the quick play spell card, Emergency Provisions!"
The spell card emerged next to Rae, shattering his Antlion's Vengeance and his two face down cards into shards of bright light. "This spell allows me to send spell and trap cards on my side of the field, but in return, I get one thousand life points added to my original score…so guess what that means!" (RLP: 7900)
"Impressive…" Lucian commented taking a seat, now all he needed was a bucket of popcorn and he'd be all set.
"I think I'll leave it at that," Rae stated crossing his arms over his chest.
"…that's weird," Hito thought slowly snapping off the top card from his deck. "I would think that someone like him would have a trick up his sleeve…especially when you've got something over three thousand points looking over the field…he didn't even switch the weaker monster to defense mode…"
Hito however, had some other things to take to as he spun the newly drawn card up to the air, "It's at this time I can activate the other effect of Crazy Town! Once per turn, I can reveal the card I just drew, and if that card is a monster card with Mad Demon in its name, then I'm allowed to draw an additional card…"
Turning the card around, Hito revealed that the card was a monster card that had the name of Mad Demon – Kuriboh (300/200). "Sure, it might not be the strongest of the Mad Demons…but this Kuriboh is good enough for me to draw a new card…"
The moment Hito lifted his next card in the air, the card appeared over his head showing that it was Graceful Charity. "Of course…since its my standby phase, I have to show you my hand thanks to Mad Demon Pranks…however its because of that, that I can inflict five hundred points of damage to your life points!"
This time Rae was expecting the cream pie that was usually thrown from the Mad Demon Pranks trap card, by dodging the pie. Still his life points lowered slightly, "Heh…too bad I've got my Golden Ladybug in my hand, so I'll be able to simply show it next turn to immediately gain what I just lost." (RLP: 7400)
"True, but you've still got to be able to survive this turn," Hito commented as he crossed his arms.
"Then how about I activate something to change that?" Rae asked earning himself a weird look from Hito.
"But…you don't have any spell or trap cards…" Hito pointed out before something crawled in front of him showing that it was a… "…a spider?"
"One of the cards I sent to the graveyard was something in case you destroyed my spells or trap cards," Rae explained as his graveyard slot began to glow and pop out a single card. "In fact the card was known as Spider Trap, a nasty card that becomes an equip spell card during your standby phase."
"And what does that trap card do exactly?" Hito asked noticing that now there were two spiders dangling in front of him.
"Oh, the monster that's equipped with my trap has a little restriction added to it," Rae explained before several other spiders began to rain down all around Hito. "The monster that has it equipped to must sacrifice a monster before it can attack…"
"What!?" Hito shouted before many of the spiders began to wrap around his armored body. "You…you bastard…"
"Heh, why are you acting so mad?" Rae asked lifting his arms up. "You should be able to still attack…you even have a monster which you can sacrifice…it's just too bad that you can't use your powerful monster's effect."
"Too bad for you that you don't have any other spell and trap cards on the field," Hito growled before a dark aura appeared over his armored body. "And since it's become a little hard to move…"
The aura seemed to rip Hito from the Mad Demon Knight – Bianco Angelos, allowing the red haired duelist to land on the book case behind him, his demonic knight now struggling on its own to get free from the spider webs. "I'll just slip into something a little more comfortable then…"
"If someone walked up right now," Lucian sighed shaking his head to the side. "Then that would be very awkward to hear…"
"It was awkward for me as well," Rae muttered shaking his head. "And I was standing right here when he said it."
"Ahem! If I can interrupt this tea party for a moment," Hito growled rather loudly as he held his Graceful Charity card, "I'll be activating this spell card…and since almost everyone in this academy uses this card, I don't think I have to say what it does, now do I?"
"Of course not," Rae sighed shaking his head as Hito snapped off three cards of his deck, immediately appearing over his head thanks to his trap card. "Hmm…let's see what you've got… Demon Leeches, Fires of Doomsday, and Betrayal of Demons? I'll admit you've got interesting cards Hito…to bad you've got to discard two of them."
"Yeah, I know how my card works," Hito muttered as Mad Demon – Kuriboh and The Dark Slayer – Yamato disappeared from over his head, because the demon duelist fitted the cards into his duel disk. "But you shouldn't get too cocky, Turner Brat."
"A brat, am I?" Rae asked crossing his arms. "I had no help at all when I designed my deck, and even when I had to work so hard to get to be a respectable duelist at the previous academy…I'll have you know that my status was the highest rank of the Red dorm at the previous academy…"
"King of the losers, maybe," Hito chuckled shrugging his shoulders. "Being the best of the worst isn't something to really brag about…"
"You're one to talk," Rae growled with a blood vessel appearing on the side of his head as he drew his next card. "You wouldn't stop bragging during that mediocre tour you gave the transfer students…which I was a part of."
"True, but let's say that I've gone through a few changes," Hito snickered twirling some of his red hair in his fingers. "Since that time…"
"Changing your name and your hair color only shows your maturity," Rae replied before he revealed a familiar card in his hand, show that it was the Golden Ladybug. "But enough beating around the bush, since it's my standby phase once again, I can reveal my Ladybug to increase my life points by five hundred." (RLP: 7900)
"You've only used it twice," Hito sighed, his eyes narrowing down towards the golden light that rained down over his body. "And already it's becoming a pain."
"If it's a pain to you, then this next move will really tear you up," Rae stated fitting his newly drawn card into his duel disk. "I activated the spell card, Spider Web!"
Throwing his duel disk forward, Rae summoned a thin strip of light that flew through the air until it slid into Hito's duel disk, pulling out a single card that flew around attached to the string until it landed in Rae's fingers. "Since you were there when I duel Kara, then I don't have to explain what this spell card is capable of…"
Rae turned the card around in his fingers, revealing it was Hito's Graceful Charity that he had taken, "…and since you were so rash in using your Graceful Charity last turn, I'll be using it this turn!"
Lucian couldn't help but notice that when both of the duelists had activated the same spell card, the angel that would normally appear…well, she didn't appear. 'One would assume that their duel disks are malfunctioning…but I know better than that..."
"I'll discard Skull-Mark Ladybug and Gigaplant," Rae stated before a ghostly image of a ladybug with a back exoskeleton with a skull and crossbones on it appeared behind him. "Now…since my Ladybug was discarded to the graveyard, I now gain an additional thousand points!" (RLP: 8900)
"As if you needed more life points," Hito growled looking down at his own life point counter. "And I'm stuck with less than half of what you got."
"Complain all you like," Rae stated fitting two cards in his duel disk, making them appear behind his two insects. "It just goes through one ear and out the other. Anyway, my turn's over."
"Then it's my draw!" Hito roared holding up his next card, grimacing at it. "…Lucky for you, I didn't draw another monster…damn it."
The card appeared over Hito's head showing a white haired man wearing a red leather overcoat moving his head up and down in rhythm. "Its called Play a Request…but since I can't attack with Bianco Angelos, it's practically useless."
"But not to worry, I've still got a way to damage your life points…Mad Demon Pranks! Do your stuff!"
Another cream pie flew through the air, about to hit Rae in the face, only to have the insect duelist duck down at the last second. "That's really pathetic…" (RLP: 8400)
"Pathetic? I'll make you eat those words!" Hito shouted throwing his hand over his face down card. "And since you're into bugs…I'll activate my spell card, Demon Leeches!"
"Wait a moment," Lucian stated before the trap card lifted. "Are leeches insects?"
Hito and Lucian blinked a few times before they turned towards Rae. He simply shrugged his shoulders in response making both Lucian and Hito fall face first into the top of the bookcases. That was the one thing that Rae hated about his deck, everyone would think that he was some kind of insect-o-pedia, knowing everything about bugs, Rae only knew the basics.
Stepping back up to his feet, Hito shook his head. "A-Anyway, that doesn't matter right now…what does is the that my trap activates! So now, you get two Mad Demon Leech Tokens to your field!"
Two puddles of dark ooze pooled themselves in front of Rae, building themselves up until they formed into two large worm like creatures with black slimy bodies with red antennae poking from what appeared to be their heads (800/400 + 300/300 x2). "…and people say that insects are disgusting."
"…and demon insects are even disgusting," Hito explained shaking his head slightly. "Of course, when you summon demons like these, it's a costly measure. One thousand points to be precise." (HLP: 2200)
"You give me two monsters and you lose life points?" Rae questioned raising an eyebrow at the two monsters. "If you wanted to lose in the first place, you should've said so…"
"Don't get the wrong idea King of the Losers," Hito chuckled wagging his finger at Rae. "You should never accept a gift from your enemy, especially if the gift happens to be a pair of demons…you can never trust demons, trap card activate! Betrayal of Demons!"
Hito's face down card flipped up showing several demons chasing after a screaming girl, the very picture of the card seemed to radiate fear that sent a chill down Rae's spine. "What…what is? I've seen trap cards and I've seen ugly monsters…but, I've never felt this before…its like…like fear…"
"I think I'll leave it at that," Hito stated with his arms crossed.
"…that's it?" Rae questioned raising an eyebrow.
"Of course," Hito replied.
"Alright, then my draw," Rae said keeping an eye at Hito as he snapped off the top card from his deck.
"And now, the effect of my trap activates!" Hito shouted with a snap of his fingers, making the two Mad Demon Leech Tokens screech and shake in a terrible manner. "You see, Demons are rather fickle creatures, and unlike their counterparts the Devils who like to rule humans, Demons tend to take a bite out of ya…"
"…and my trap unleashes my Demon Leeches to enjoy a nice meal courtesy of you! And you'll be taking three hundred points for each bite my leeches give you!"
"What are you babbling abo…" Rae started before the two Mad Demon Leeches leapt onto his arms, their weight dragging him to the ground with his eyes widening. "What the heck!?"
Lucian narrowed his eyes before the two leeches sank their fangs directly into Rae's arms, growing slightly bigger and bigger as they drank their fill of their victim's blood. "I knew that wrath would be demented…but, having monsters betray their given master? Then he's more demonic than I first thought At least I can see that the D.MAN Project is working like a charm."
"Get…off of me!" Rae shouted snapping his arms to the sides, getting both of the Demon Leeches off of his arms, revealing that blood was dripping down where the leeches had broken through his uniform's sleeves. Thankfully, the blood was fake. "You're going to regret that, you idiot." (RLP: 7800)
"You say that right now," Hito chuckled shaking his head. "But, think about it, I'll be able to inflict eleven hundred points of damage each round, and at most, you'll only be able to gain five hundred points thanks to that little ladybug you've got cooped up in your hand each turn."
"Odd that you would mention that," Rae stated turning the card around in his hand, showing the Golden Ladybug once more. Light rained down over Rai's body as he kept his glare set on Hito. "Because I'm using it right now…and you need to work on your intimidation tactics." (RLP: 8300)
"He does have a point Hito," Lucian added, nodding his head a few times.
"Give me a break, its not like I practice intimidation tactics in the mirror every morning," Hito sighed rolling his eyes.
"Regardless," Rae growled looking down at his hand. "I think its time we changed the scenery, this city is really starting to get on my nerves…I activate the field spell card, Forest!"
The ground slowly began to tremble around the three duelists, allowing hundreds upon hundreds of trees to erupt from the Crazy Town's streets. As the remaining debris and concrete was covered by foliage, Bianco Angelos growled (2800/1800) along with the Mad Demon Leech Tokens (800/400 x2) in protest. However, the Insect Knight (1900/1500 + 200/200) and Grasschopper (2350/1000 + 200/200) seemed to clatter in joy from being in their natural environment. "It may be an oldie, but it's a goodie for my monsters."
"So what?" Hito asked narrowing his eyes. "Neither of your monsters can defeat my Mad Demon Knight, and those leeches can't be used as a tribute, so you won't be able to topple me…"
"I see, then I suppose I'll have to do something a little different then," Rae stated before the Aztekipede The Worm Warrior and Metal Armored Bug cards appeared in front of him, only to disappear in two separate rifts of time. "I remove two bugs from my graveyard from the game…"
"What are you up to?" Hito asked raising an eyebrow.
The ground began to rumble, almost making both Lucian and Hito fall from the bookcases they stood on. However, the holographic forest ground cracked open before it shattered to allow an extremely large and long millipede that coiled around both of the duelists and Lucian, its red and black exoskeleton resembling more like armor with it countless legs twitching and moving its large body (2800/2600 + 200/200). "Did you really think that I'd be that easy to beat? You saw my strategy first hand when I faced against my younger sister…too bad you didn't get to see this guy, Doom Dozer!"
"Uh, well…" Hito stammered.
"And don't think your face down card didn't catch my attention," Rae stated holding up another card from his hand to fit it into his duel disk. "I activate the spell card, Mystical Space Typhoon! And since that face down card worries me the most, I'll be getting rid of that one!"
Before Hito could protest, a powerful burst of wind erupted from almost no where, slamming to Hito's face down card and shattering it as if it was nothing. "Urk…"
"What's the matter?" Rae asked raising his arms up in an innocent manner. "Did I happen to destroy your only defense? Too bad!"
Hito narrowed his eyes down to his feet, even if he was going to lose this, he wouldn't give this idiot the satisfaction of the look of anger that was coursing through his veins…being shown in his eyes.
"Well, I would say that this was a pleasure to battle you Garu…Hito, whatever the hell your name is," Rae growled struggling just to remember his opponent's name. "But, I can't really say that…it's been more of a pain really…Doom Dozer! Attack Bianco Angelos!"
With a loud roar from the demonic millipede, the Doom Dozer began to wrap itself around the bounded Bianco Angelos. All of a sudden, the demonic insect stopped coiling, adding to the tension in the air…until Doom Dozer snapped tightly around the demonic general, aiming to squeeze the life out of the Mad Demon Knight.
"Yeah! Squeeze the life out of him!" Rae shouted clenching his fist up in the air. "I hope you've been paying attention Mr. Walker, cause you're about to get another duelist to represent!"
"I have been watching, Mr. Turner," Lucian stated, his eyes closed. "The question is…have you?"
"What in the world are you talking about?" Rae asked, turning back to the Doom Dozer, seeing that Bianco Angelos was still being crushed by his large insectoid monster. "Doom Dozer? What are you waiting for! Crush that demon!"
The Doom Dozer continued to tighten its hold on Bianco Angelos, and yet, the demonic general seemed to stand strong no matter what pressure was put onto his body. In fact, it looked like the demon's eyes glowed blood red in anger from being opposed by the insect. Then with a demonic battle cry, a powerful dark purple aura erupted around Bianco Angelos' body.
Slowly, Bianco Angelos began to break free from the binds of the encircling Doom Dozer with his bare hands pushing and pushing the demonic insect's body away from him. All the while, the daunting aura continued to grow around the Mad Demon Knight. Then with his arms fully extended, the demonic warrior leapt up to be free (save for the spider webs that were still wrapped around its body).
Rae's eyes widened as his Doom Dozer slithered back to his field, growling at Bianco Angelos who landed on the ground with his eyes narrowed down. "W-What the heck just happened?"
"…heh, heh, ha, ha, HA, HA, HA!"
With his head thrown back, Hito laughed extremely loud, his hair flowing back, before he snapped back with his eyes tearing up, "HA! Ha, ha, ha! You…you should see the l-look on your face! Ha, ha, ha, ha!" (HLP: 2200)
"Enough of your annoying laughter, you harlequin!" Rae shouted throwing his arm to the side with his three insects screeching at the same time. "How did your demon survive that attack, and how come your life points didn't increase!"
"Haven't you ever heard of a special ability before?" Hito chuckled as he wagged his finger at Rae. "Especially one that can negate battle damage…and what's a harlequin?"
"First off, a harlequin is a clown," Rae sighed still with a glare aimed at the red haired idiot. "And secondly, your monster has only that one special ability, so there's no way that he could've blocked that attack!"
"Heh, when did I ever say that it was his special ability?" Hito questioned as a card popped out of his duel disk's graveyard, allowing a holographic brown puffball with a skull around its body, showing its large red eyes. "I believe you remember my Mad Demon – Kuriboh right? Well, I can remove him from play to negate an attack and end your battle phase…"
"And you discarded your Mad Demon – Kuriboh with your Graceful Charity," Rae growled. Along with his family, luck was on his top ten list of things he hated the most, and lucky jerks were just above that. "…well, if that's the case, I'll set one card face down, and end my turn."
"You shouldn't always be so serious," Hito advised slowly pulling his next card into his hand, allowing the card to appear over his head to show it was yet another spell card, this one known as Coins of the Underworld. "It'll make your hair turn gray…of course, Mad Demon Pranks will still give you a chance to live a little! So heads up!"
The continuous trap glowed once more, sending a cream pie flying for Rae's head once more…only this time Rae was ready and slapped the pie with his left hand, sending it flying into the sky. "You're beginning to get on my last nerves…" (RLP: 7800)
Unfortunately, the pie kept flying in the air until it landed directly on top of Lucian's head, smearing the Saint of Greed's head in cream. As the cream dribbled down Lucian's hair, the cloaked duelist could only glare at the two duelists. "…say one word about this…and you're dead…"
"Someone can't take a joke!" Hito laughed loudly lifting his cards up. "I'm in a room full of stiffs and I can't take it anymore! I activate the spell card, Coins of the Underworld!"
A powerful black flame erupted in between the two duelists, sending countless coins flying in the air. "This card is the counterpart to the infamous Coins of the Heavens card, however, we need to discard our entire hands and then draw till we have five cards from the bottom of our decks!"
"But that means," Rae gasped looking at his hand, specifically the Golden Ladybug.
"That means you'll lose much faster than you thought you would!" Hito laughed loudly as he fitted the rest of his cards into his duel disk's graveyard before five cards popped out from the bottom of his deck. At the same time, Rae did the same thing only with a grim look plastered on his face.
Slowly the cards began to appear over Hito's head, showing the spell card Monster Reincarnation, another spell called Star Blast, another equip spell called Red Queen Blade, the monster card Necro Guardna, and the trap card Hate Buster. "Hmm…an interesting combination wouldn't you say? I think this might just be what I needed after all…"
"What are you blathering on about?" Rae growled fanning the five cards he drew in front of his face. "I can see a couple of combos he can use with those…I may not know what that equip spell is capable of, but I'm sure I can handle it. More than likely, he'll use Monster Reincarnation to trash that Necro Guardna to take back another monster to attack with Bianco Angelos…luckily, I've got my Negate Attack on the field to stop that, since he'll have to tribute whatever monster he's got, he won't be able to use Bianco Angelos' effect…
'But, it would appear that I'll need to deal with his trap cards or these two tokens in order to win…'
"I activate the spell card, Monster Reincarnation!" Hito announced fitting the Necro Guardna card into his graveyard slot. "Now, I'll toss one card, and get back another monster to help me kick your butt!"
"Talk about being blunt," Rae commented crossing his arms over his chest. "And go ahead and take back your Mad Demon…I know that those are the only two monsters you've got left in your graveyard."
"…are you willing to make a bet on that?" Hito offered with a large smirk on his face as a card popped out of his deck. "I choose Mad Demon Swordsman – Nero!"
"When did that get in your graveyard?" Rae asked, his eyes widening thanks to that new fact.
A few minutes ago…
Rae was confused why Hito would use such a card, but, he had to mentally slap himself for falling for a bluff like that. At the moment though, Rae scanned the cards. Pot of Greed (which was just drawn), Thunder Crash (what was that doing there?), a weird monster that went by the name of Mad Demon Swordsman – Nero, a trap card known as Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, and another trap, one that he had never seen before.
Just then, a rather large cream pie flew directly into Rae's face, making him growl as he pulled the pie off of his face. "…what the hell?" (RLP: 7000)
"You didn't, heh, think that," Hito snickered as he clapped his hands a few times. "A trap card like that wouldn't have a backlash?"
"I had my suspicions," Rae replied shaking his head free from the cream that was covering his face at the moment. "But I didn't expect something so ridiculous!"
"Ridiculous? Perhaps, but if it inflicts five hundred points of damage to ya during each of my stand by phases," Hito countered with a pound to his chest. "Then it's worth it!"
"Your cards just keep getting weirder and weirder," Rae pointed out as two of the cards that were over Hito's head floated over the bookshelves.
"Maybe so, but they're the reason how I'm winning," Hito retorted with his arms crossed. "I'll end my turn with two face down cards…"
"Then its my move!" Rae snapped, pulling his next card into his hand. "And I activate the spell card I just drew, Antlion's Vengeance!"
The spell card only appeared for a second, melting into millions and millions grains of sand that filled up the maze that was library. In between the two duelists, a large whirlpool of sand appeared in between the two. Hito looked at the card, blinking a few times. "Uh, okay…what is this exactly?"
"You'll find out!" Rae shouted as his face down card flipped up, showing a trap card that had several duel monster cards lit on fire. "I activate my trap card, Multiple Destruction! Now we discard all cards in our hands, and then draw five new cards…"
"Heh, thanks," Hito fitting the cards into his graveyard slot, only to pull five more cards from his disk. "I needed the boost…"
"Don't forget," Rae chuckled pulling his own five cards from his deck. "Thanks to your own trap, you've got to reveal what cards you just drew."
"…and that's how Nero got in my graveyard," Hito explained coughing a few times for throwing his voice.
"I found the voiceovers to be a little over the top," Lucian stated getting the last of the cream out of his hair.
"Aw, who asked you," Hito sighed lifting up another one of his cards. "Anyway, it's still my turn, and I activate the spell card, Star Blast! I may lose five hundred points…but thanks to my spell, I can lower the level of one monster on my field or in my hand by one star!" (HLP: 1700)
'…why does he continue to lower his life points like this?' Rae thought looking as a star disappeared from the holographic card of the Mad Demon Swordsman – Nero. 'Even if he did lower his monster's level, he'd still require a sacrifice and the only thing…wait, is he really going to…'
"And now, I bid adieu to you Bianco Angelos," Hito stated with a bow to his armored demon general. "You've had your chance in this duel, but its time for the new to shine! I sacrifice my Mad Demon Knight…"
With a deep roar of pain, the demonic knight shattered into millions of armored scraps that flew into the air all around. "…and its time we rocked this place with the Mad Demon Swordsman – Nero!"
All of the remaining shards exploded in countless bursts of blue flame, all of them slowly spinning around the forest. The bursts of flame spun faster and faster until they crashed into each other, forming into an extremely large flame that whipped in a non-existent wind. A revving sound echoed through the holographic forest until the flames were slashed away by a beautiful red blade that was held by the monster…
…and the very sight of the monster, made Rae take a step back (almost forgetting that he was on top of the bookcases), this monster didn't look a thing like the other Mad Demons that Hito had summoned…this monster was a slick young man with combed down silver hair, dressed with a long dark purple trench coat with red and black clothes underneath that billowed as he twisted around to place the blade on his back. With a cocky smirk, the Mad Demon Swordsman waved his hand up to taunt the three insects (1500/1500). "What is with that monster? What kind of demon is he?"
"He's not really a demon," Hito explained lifting his arms up. "He's more along the lines of a demon slayer really…and as such, since two are on the field, he gets a little more determined to slay the demons, and he doubles his attack points!"
"Too bad there aren't any fiends on the field," Rae stated only noticing that the Mad Demon Leeches were crawling in front of him, hissing loudly. "Oh…right…damn it."
Nero grabbed his sword once more, this time showing that there was a motorcycle clutch where the handle was supposed to be, and as the Mad Demon Swordsman revved the sword a few times, a powerful flame flew from the blade (1500/1500 + 1500/0). "Nero! Attack Insect Knight!"
Stabbing the ground with the beautiful sword, the Mad Demon Swordsman revved the sword before the flames that erupted from it pulled the swordsman towards insectoid warrior.
"Hate to break it to you," Rae announced pushing a button on his duel disk, making a powerful vortex erupt between the Insect Knight and Nero, blocking the powerful blade until Nero leapt backwards with his blade being tucked on his back. "But my Negate Attack trap card still happens to be out on the field…so you just had your attack well, negated."
"No biggie," Hito sighed lifting another card up. "I'll just end my turn by equipping my Mad Demon Knight with the equip spell, Red Queen Blade!"
A powerful red aura appeared on the weird sword on Nero's back, immediately transforming the blade into a beautiful crimson version of itself with a flame spitting from the end of the blade. "And I realize that nothing has happened, but don't worry, that will all soon change. Turn end."
"Then, it's my turn!" Rae announced.
"And don't forget!" Hito shouted throwing his hand out with his finger pointed at his opponent. "I still have my Betrayal of Demons out on the field, and you've still got those tokens so you get a few bites!"
As the demons leapt into the air, Rae's eyes widened, but before he could react, the two Mad Demon Leech tokens grabbed his arms. "Get off of me!" Unfortunately, the Leeches were more interested in the free meal that they were getting thanks to Hito's trap. (RLP: 7200)
"This seems to be quite repetitive," Lucian moaned with a slap to his forehead. "But, whatever works with you Hito…"
"If it's not broken," Hito chuckled with a shrug to his shoulders.
"Then I'll just have to break you then!" Rae growled snapping his arms to throw the demons off of his arms. "And I'll start by activating a spell card, one known as Different Dimension Capsule!"
The holographic forest ground opened up, allowing a large blue sarcophagus with several neon lights on it to emerge from the ground. "This spell allows me to remove one card from my deck…and in two turns I can add the card to my hand!"
"Let me guess…you're going to add a card that will destroy spell or trap cards?" Hito guessed tapping his chin a few times. "That is so predictable…"
"Then you'll be able to stop me rather quickly won't you?" Rae asked shrugging. "I move into my battle phase…"
"You're going to attack?" Hito asked blinking a few times. "But the only thing that can defeat Nero is your Doom Dozer…"
"That's the point," Rae replied throwing his hand up. "If I can destroy Nero, then your life points will be wide open…Doom Dozer! Suicide with Nero!"
Roaring loudly into the air, the Doom Dozer dived forward at Nero, its mandibles snapping to the sides as Nero stood tall with a cocky look on his face. Just before the demonic millipede could slam into the Mad Demon Swordsman, a powerful dark erupted from the ground forming into a wall between the insect and demon slayer. "It seems you forgot about my what I discarded last turn. Necro Guardna has the same effect as my Mad Demon – Kuriboh, so your attack was negated…"
"Better for you to use it now then later," Rae stated fitting another card into his duel disk, making it appear behind his army of three bugs (and two demons). "This set card will be the end of my turn…"
"…and the start of mine," Hito finished holding up his next card in his fingers…only to have it pop up over his head to show a trap card called True Gamble. "Eh, not really something I need right now. So I'll have my trap card do it's job…"
On cue, Hito's trap card glowed brightly, sending another pie flying at Rae. Who in turn knocked the pie directly towards Lucian, who managed to duck at the last second, learning from last time…however… (RLP: 6700)
SMACK!
"AH! What the hell was that!?"
"Huh? Who said that?" Lucian asked looking around…only to see the holographic forest floor blocking his sight of the real floor. More than likely, there was another audience to this little duel, but until it ended, Lucian wouldn't be able to see who was there…and as much as he would like to leave to find out, he might lose this chance to see how well these two might fare up in future battles.
Lucian would have to be patient.
However, it seemed that mysterious outburst didn't land at either duelists' ears, Hito just crossed his arms with the two holographic cards over his head flashing slightly, but it seemed just for some intimidation, Nero revved the Red Queen Blade on his back a few times, "…and I'll end my turn, spoilsport."
Rae looked at his deck, and then at the two seemingly snickering Mad Demon Leech Tokens that were calling for his blood once more. '…I'm pretty sure he doesn't have any more tricks left in his graveyard, his hand doesn't have anything that can help him, and its definite that he doesn't have any surprises left on the field…that equip spell has me worried…but I doubt that a sword would have a protection ability…
'But…should I attack? Sure, I'd be able to crush him, but still, this seems all too perfect…'
"Hey! Are you even still breathing over there?" Hito shouted with Nero chuckling rather loudly. "If you don't, then I suppose this match will go to me!"
"Grr…shut up! Draw!" Rae roared, his mind made up the moment he drew his next card, however when the two Mad Demon Leech Tokens leapt towards him, Rae jumped into the air, slamming his foot into them, sending the demons flying through the air with scraps of his clothing in their fangs. "And I'm getting annoyed with those damn things!" (RLP: 6100)
"Hey, they may be demons, but they have feelings too," Hito complained as the two Mad Demon Leeches crawled back to Rae's field.
"Keep making jokes," Rae growled lifting his hand up as his three insects hissed loudly. "They're the only thing you're going to be left with when I'm done with you…Doom Dozer! Its time we finish off Nero, and then this duel!"
Unlike the last time, the Doom Dozer dove under the holographic ground, turning up roots and dirt into the air. The ground rumbled for a few minutes, making Nero look left and right, waiting and wondering where his evil opposition would attack…
…suddenly, the ground began to recede at Nero's feet, the Doom Dozer erupting under the Mad Demon Swordsman's feet. The demonic millipede shot into the air, coiling in the air to engulf the warrior in its gapping maw.
"And with this…" Rae threw his head back with a sadistic smile on his face as he looked upon the very sight. "My ticket to the pro leagues is…"
A powerful roaring engine sound rocketed through the air as a line of flames erupted straight through the Doom Dozer's body, making the insect roar in pain before a familiar red blade began to cut through demonic millipede's body. The blade sliced right through the insect's body like a hot knife through butter. The blade continued to travel faster and faster through the Doom Dozer's body, until Nero leapt from the burning carcass of the demonic insect with a large grin on his face.
As his Doom Dozer burned to the ground, Rae's eyes widened at Nero clanking his sword on the ground. "B-But…how?" (RLP: 5700)
"Remember my Red Queen Blade?" Hito asked as Nero revved the sword's handle to prove a point. "Well, when I don't attack with the monster it's equipped to, the monster gains a Rev Counter. And when my monster battles another monster while having the Red Queen Blade, that monster gains four hundred points per Rev Counter on it!"
"So that means that during the battle," Rae was struck with realization that he was just tricked again by this idiot, and not only that, thanks to that last move, Rae just lost the most dangerous monster in his entire deck. "Nero had thirty-four hundred attack points…"
"Right on the nose," Hito chuckled tapping the side of his nose. "So, what else do you have for Nero to destroy?"
"Grr…I have still yet to normal summon this turn," Rae stated picking a card up from his hand, placing it onto his duel disk, to allow the face down card to appear in between the other crouching monsters. "So I'll set one card face down…and then I'll switch every other monster I have to defense mode."
"Heh, that's all you can do, can't you?" Hito asked pulling his next card up over his head to show that it was another equip spell, this one labeled Devil Bringer. "Hmm…not much I can do this turn…so I'll just let my trap card do its dirty work…"
Another pie flew towards Rae, who this time just ducked backwards to have the pie sail over his head. (RLP: 5200)
"And I'll end my turn with Nero gaining a second Rev Counter," Hito announced as Nero revved the Red Queen Blade once more, allowing several flames to erupt from the blade. "I end my turn."
"Draw…" Rae growled, slowly pulling his next card up to his eyes. That's when the two Mad Demon Leech Tokens leapt up towards him, however, with a simple crouch, Rae was able to dodge them quite easily. '…this is it…its time to put this duel to an end and get started in the pro leagues…' (RLP: 4600)
"I hope you're ready you red haired freak job," Rae chuckled as the ground began to pull back, allowing the Different Dimension Capsule to emerge from the ground. "You've done an excellent job of pissing me off royally, and now I'm going to return the favor…first with the card I just got thanks to my Different Dimension Capsule! I activate Heavy Storm!"
A powerful storm swept through holographic forest, ripping through the trees and the many cards that were on Hito's side of the field. Just then the storm grew worse, shattering the very forest, the set card on Rae's field and the two traps that floated over Hito's field. "Oh…that's a let down…"
"This is going to be an even bigger let down!" Rae shouted snapping two of the monster cards off of his duel disk. "I sacrifice my set card and Grasschopper…"
Both the set monster as well as the Grasschopper erupted into millions of shards that flew into the air, becoming several small orbs of darkness that began to glob together into a large daunting form that squirmed and slithered until it amassed into a large insect with a long neck and several legs with a purple exoskeleton. Several wings sprouted from the monster's back as its long thin clawed arms reached forward towards its next target (2400/1500). "To summon Brain Crusher!"
"Heh, impressive monster," Hito whistled at the monster, only to shake his head. "Too bad I've still got the upper hand with Nero here."
"We'll see about that," Rae chuckled reaching for his duel disk, turning one of the cards on it. "Next, I'll switch Insect Knight to attack mode…and then I activate the continuous spell card, Swarm!"
Rae's spell card materialized behind the Brain Crusher, showing a swarm of locus flying over a large cornfield. "Now, here's how my spell card works, I select one insect monster on the field, and for every monster on my field, I can increase that monster's attack points by two hundred points! And since I have four monsters, that means Brain Crusher gains eight hundred points!"
With an ear-splitting roar, the Brain Crusher (2400/1500 + 800/800) began to grow larger and larger with its clawed legs balancing on top of the bookcases, the wood splintering underneath its tremendous weight.
Hito however, just smirked at the sight of the ever growing insect monster.
"Silent, eh?" Rae questioned raising an eyebrow at Hito. 'No traps…he only has that monster out, and no other tricks this time! Let's end this!'
"Brain Crusher! Devour Nero!"
The Brain Crusher lunged forward, its mandibles reaching for around Nero…until the Mad Demon Swordsman leapt into the air, spinning the blade directly into the large bug's face, flames erupting from the crimson blade. Nero continued to spin until his legs were now at a horizontal angle with the rest of his body spinning the blade directly through the Brain Crusher's head until a spray of green blood erupted into the air, signifying that the insect was now dead. (RLP: 4400)
…Needless to say, Rae's eyes widened and almost bugged out until Nero landed in front of him wiping his overcoat from the green blood. "But…but, I don't understand, how did…"
Nero revved the sword on his back, allowing a flame to erupt from the base of the blade, "Excuse me Rae, but here's a little something that I forgot to mention about my Red Queen Blade…by removing one Rev Counter from the equipped monster, I can keep it on the field when it would be destroyed. And since he had two before you played Heavy Storm, I was able to use its effect to increase his attack once more by four hundred points."
"Damn you, you bastard!" Rae snarled looking at his hand. "…turn end…"
"Turn end?" Hito chuckled pulling his next card into his hand, looking at the card before he lifted his finger at Nero. "No…it's the end for your Insect Knight! Nero! Would you do the honors?"
Without a moment's hesitation, Nero sped forward his hand grabbing the hilt of his blade before he brought it down on the Insect Knight, making it screech in pain before the insect shattered into flames. (RLP: 2900)
"I'll set one card face down and end my turn," Hito chuckled fitting the card he just drew into his duel disk, making it appear behind Nero.
Rae placed his fingers on top of his deck, then looked at the field in front of him, all he had were those two Mad Demon Leech Tokens…of course, with out that Betrayal of Demons trap on Hito's field, all they were doing was taking up space on Rae's field. 'Still, I drew my Man-Eater Bug…if I can just destroy Nero, then I might just be able to clinch the match if I summon my Neo Bug or Chainsaw Insect…'
"I set one monster face down," Rae stated as the set card appeared in between the two crouching Mad Demon Tokens. "That's enough for you."
"Tsk, tsk," Hito chuckled before he drew his next card rather playfully. He looked at the stern look plastered all over Rae's face, but that was just a façade. Deep down, Hito could sense the fear building up inside Rae's body, and every time Nero had sliced down one of Rae's monsters, that fear pulsed even further. "Running scared are we? That's too bad, I was looking forward for you to fight this out to the very end…oh well, I guess it was fun to deal with a guy like you."
"Don't talk like this duel is over," Rae growled lifting up his duel disk. "I still have monsters out and I've got more than enough life points to take you out next turn!"
"If you have a next turn that is," Hito chuckled fitting the card he just drew into his duel disk. "But for now, I think we use your own monsters against you, I equip Nero with Fighting Spirits!"
Lifting the Red Queen Blade in the air, Nero smirked at the sight of three bright rings wrapped themselves around the weapon, allowing several flames to erupt around the rings (3000/1500 + 900/0). "My newest equip spell increases my monster's attack by three hundred points times the number of monsters you have on the field…and that's three!"
'Try and attack, if you attack those leeches, you'll lose Nero's double attack points,' Rae thought, keeping his stern eyes narrowed as Nero revved the Red Queen Blade a few times. 'And if he attacks my face down Man-Eater Bug, then it'll be all the easier to win.'
"Next, I'll switch Nero to defense mode," Hito continued shifting the card on his duel disk horizontally, forcing the Mad Demon Swordsman to take a knee, his arms crossed over his chest.
"What?! What in the world are you doing?!" Rae shouted. "If you're just going to switch him to defense mode, why would you equip him those cards?"
"Nothing is as it seems, Mr. Turner," Lucian stated standing up straight, his eyes narrowing down at the face down card that was on Hito's field.
"Right you are Lucian!" Hito laughed throwing his hand over his face down card, making it flip up. "Reverse card open! Zero Gravity activates!"
"Z…Zero Gravity…" Rae murmured under his breath, his pupils dilating at the sight of his two Mad Demon Leech Tokens hissed loudly as they uncurled while Nero stood up straight with the Red Queen Blade revving loudly.
"Now, all face up monsters change battle positions," Hito chuckled lifting his hand up into the air towards Nero. "And now Nero…let's show that Mad Demon Leech Token how you can slay demons!"
Stabbing the end of the blade into the ground, Nero revved the beautiful blade a few times until a powerful flame erupted from the hilt of the blade, charging both Nero and the blade towards the Mad Demon Leech Token to the right until Nero sliced right through it with a powerful flame following him. But the Mad Demon Swordsman didn't stop, he kept flying forward with the flames erupting behind him, directly into Rae's body, making the insect duelist spiral off of the bookcases, his eyes widening and his pupils disappearing from the powerful attack. "…I…I lost…" (RLP: 0)
At the sight of his opponent falling to the ground, Nero took a few swipes at the air with the Red Queen Blade before he disappeared, leaving Hito to jump around on top of the book case. "I am the best! I am the best! I am the…AAH!!"
Unfortunately, Hito wasn't looking where he was proclaiming, and jumped off of the top of the bookcase. And with a loud crash, Lucian sighed at the fact he had recruited a good duelist for the Saint of Sin, Wrath…but still, even though he had changed along with the others, it was still a fact that they would have characteristics they had beforehand…
…and in this case, Hito still had that stupidity going on whenever he won.
But Lucian had other things to deal with other than the fact of Hito's bluntness. With a great leap, Lucian floated over the bookcases till he gracefully landed on the ground near where Rae had fallen. In retrospect, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to duel on the bookcases…but, for Lucian, having Rae currently knocked out with several books scattered about was good.
As he stood in front of Rae, Lucian held his hand up over the insect duelist, a weird green aura flowing over his body that coursed through the air until it began to wrap around the Turner Duelist. "…you may have lost this duel, Mr. Turner. But in turn, you have gained something much more."
The aura disappeared into thin air the moment Rae's eyes snapped open, gazing upon Lucian's opened hand. "…you have gained the attention of the pro leagues…so, I offer you an invite to a new team that was just established by the PDLA, should you accept, Mr. Turner, then I welcome you to the Saints of Sin…"
Rae only looked at the hand, unaware that his eyes had flashed green for a few seconds. But, with a grin, Rae took the hand and pulled himself up. "You've got yourself a deal, Mr. Walker. I'll earn that place, you need not worry."
"…good…" Lucian muttered shaking Rae's hand, all the while keeping his eyes on the corner of the bookcases. Whoever else was watching on the duel was obviously gone by now…
…although, Lucian did have a good idea who was there, the voice definitely sounded familiar when Rae had knocked the Mad Demon Pranks' pie.
…Lucian would have to talk to Kazuki to do a little payback…
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Card Stats
Fighting Spirits / Equip Spell / Effect: Increase the equipped monster's attack points by 300 points for each monster on your opponent's side of the field.
Image: A lone golden warrior being charged at by several monsters.
This card was used by Yusei in the second episode of Yugioh 5d's, creative idea belongs to the writers for this card.
Mad Demon Swordsman – Nero / Dark / LV. 7 / ATK: 1500 / DEF: 1500 / Warrior/Effect: When this card is equipped with 'Devil Bringer', this card is considered to be a Fiend-Type along with being a Warrior-Type. This card cannot be Special Summoned from the graveyard. Activate this card's effects according to the number of Fiend-Type monsters on the field.
- At least 1: This card cannot be destroyed as a result of battle.
- At least 2: Double the original ATK of this card.
- At least 3: Negate the effects of your opponent's Magic, Trap, and Effect Monster Cards that would destroy this card.
Description: A slick young man with silver hair dressed with a long dark purple trench coat with red and black clothes underneath. On his back is a large black and silver sword with a motorcycle clutch at the handle.
Mad Demon – Kuriboh / Dark / LV. 1 / ATK: 300 / DEF: 200 / Fiend/Effect: If this card is in the graveyard when your opponent declares an attack, by removing this card, you may negate the attack and end the battle phase.
Description: A small Kuriboh with a skull around its body.
Crazy Town / Field Spell / Effect: If you draw a 'Mad Demon' monster during your Draw Phase, you can show it to your opponent to draw 1 more card. This effect can only be used once per turn. Increase the attack and defense of all face up 'Mad Demon' monsters by 300 points.
Image: A large warped city with many demons dancing in the streets.
Red Queen Blade / Equip Spell / Effect: This card can only be equipped to a DARK Warrior monster. During each of your end phases the equipped monster did not attack during that turn, place one 'Rev Counter' on the equipped monster. For each 'Rev Counter' on the equipped monster, increase the equipped monster's attack by 400 points when it battles a monster. When this card would be destroyed by a card effect controlled by your opponent, by removing one 'Rev Counter' on the equipped monster, you may keep this card on the field.
Image: A beautiful crimson blade with a motorcycle clutch for the handle, a flame erupted from the base of the weapon.
Demon Leeches / Spell / Effect: Pay 1000 life points. Special summon two 'Mad Demon Leech Tokens' (Dark / LV. 2 / ATK: 800 / DEF: 400 / Fiend) to your opponent's side of the field. 'Mad Demon Leech Tokens' cannot be used as a tribute. During the turn this card is activated, you cannot Normal Summon or Set a monster.
Image: Two demon insects crawling over a screaming red duelist.
Betrayal of Demons / Continuous Trap / Effect: During your opponent's stand by phase, inflict 300 points of damage to your opponent's life points for each Fiend-Type monster on their side of the field.
Image: Several demons attacking a screaming young girl.
Swarm / Continuous Spell / Effect: Select one face up Insect-Type monster on the field. Increase the attack of the selected monster by 200 points for each monster on your side of the field.
Image: Hundreds of locus swarming over a field of crops
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Name: Hito Kiri (a.k.a. Garu Honzou)
Deck: Mad Demon Party House
Bio: Originally a Ninja Archetype deck user, after that fateful night he became a part of the Saints of Sin, Garu became Hito. Still the same goofball on the inside as our favorite ramen-loving hero, Hito became a little more serious with his dueling and his style…so in a sense, this was a step in the right direction.
Not much to say about Hito (Garu on the other hand could have pages upon pages of insulting and embarrassing facts about the knuckle head), except that now he is the Saint of Sin known as Wrath.
However, since already seven members of the Saints of Sin exist, a majority of the Sins have apprentices to do their dirty work. Hito is one of the four that do not have an apprentice…but that suits him just fine.
His deck is based around Mad Demons, the reason being is that even though he wishes to as strong as a demon, Hito still wants to be able to enjoy a good time that only a human can do so…hence he choose humorous fiends to fuel his deck's strength, but he has other treats in stored for anyone who thinks his deck is only filled with the silliest of demons…Bianco Angelos and Mad Demon Swordsman – Nero are prime examples of this.
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Cain: I don't know what you're doing…but I'll stop you!
Kazuki: I may be here to stop your actions…however, a man of my caliber learns from his mistakes.
Cain: Damn it! Leave her out of this! Get out of my way!
Kazuki: To cripple a man, one needs not attack the body nor the mind of his target…but rather, one needs to target the heart!
As the Sins of Saint finally fill their ranks, two parts of Cain Sonryu's past collide, from the recent to one that was dug in the depths of his mind…
Next time…look for the chapter simply named… Chapter 39: Gluttony
Kazuki: The real you will emerge…even if I need to strip away the layers that have refined you with my own hands!
Cain: Leave her out of this!