When Shura appeared out of nowhere, he wanted to duel Demon King and expected to win. However, he lost the duel. When he retreated, he found refuge somewhere else. Now, he's recovered and he's getting stronger. Now that he lost at the hands of Demon King, he wants to make sure that doesn't happen again.
"AAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH!" Shura called as he unleashed some power as he mastered whatever new power he holds. "It's all working rather well. Demon King will be sorry he messed with me."
"Shura, you've adapted to your power well." He turned to whoever was emitting that voice. "Just be sure you don't get cocky. That was where you lost to him before."
"I know I can beat him." Shura said. "I'll show that punk that I'm not someone to be messed with."
"Says the boy who went and picked a fight with him. Just make sure you don't let personal feelings get in the way."
"Don't sweat the small stuff." Shura claimed. "I'm coming for you, Demon King! I'm going to be the one that takes you down!" He called as he really wants to take Demon King down.
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Demon King
Thanks to Sylph managing to convince Laguna to help them out, Demon King and the others continue their search for wherever Shura might be. That said, they are in an unfamiliar place in the cybernetic world. Anything could happen to them.
"Are we sure that Shura came this way?" Kyubi said. "There doesn't appear to be anyone except us here. Then again, there doesn't appear to be anything out here."
"So, why are you after this Shura again?" Laguna questioned.
"We must find out who he is and what he desires." Eden said. "At the very least, we must know how he knows the same skill that Demon King has. He must be here because that security program we just witnessed was trying to protect something."
"We'll find him." Demon King said. "We'll just have to keep looking around until we find something, but maybe something will find us." Ask and you shall receive. Suddenly, they felt the whole place began to shake and the ground was breaking apart. "Maybe I spoke too soon!" They all tried to hold out against the shaking, but something suddenly rose out from right under them. The others were all pushed away, but Demon King was being lifted up to the sky.
"Demon King!" Aoneko called as they were all getting separated form him. Looks like he was on his own now. He and Eden were taken high up as the mass that formed under them was like a mountain.
"What was that?" Demon King questioned.
"The ground appeared to have suffered some sort of plate collision to form this mountain mass." Eden said. They then heard a noise across from them. They saw another one rise across from them and saw that Shura was across on the other side.
"Found you, Shura. You owe us some answers." Demon King said.
"Did you say you found me? You moron. I got you right where I wanted you." Shura said. "I'll give you props. You followed me here when no one else would have the guts. Now, we can duel our rematch. You might have gotten the better of me last time, but things are going to go very differently."
"You want to duel us again?" Demon King questioned.
"We have no interest in dueling you. What we desire is answers." Eden said. "How is it you are capable of using the same skill as Demon King?"
"You really want to know, you'll have to duel me. I ain't talking without a duel." Shura said as he wasn't taking no for an answer.
"I don't think he's going to let us go until we do." Demon King said.
"It would seem so, but we can't let him escape. Defeat him so that we can capture him and maybe get answers." Eden said. Demon King was good with that.
"Okay, Shura. You want to duel me again so badly, you asked for it." Demon King said as he accepted the challenge and was ready to face him once again. Shura seemed confident that he could take Demon King this time. The only one to witness it was Ijuna standing, but that didn't matter to them as things were set for them to duel.
"Let's duel!" They both said as they begun with 4000LP.
"I'm going first!" Shura said. "I'll start by summoning Dark G. Igneous!" He claimed as he summoned out his rock with it having 0atk points. "I activate it's special ability! If I get rid of this rock, I can summon any rock-type monster from my hand." He claimed as he destroyed his own monster. "I summon Dark G. Gargoyle!" He brought out a gargoyle-like creature to the field with it having 1800atk points. "With that done, I'm placing these two cards facedown and ending my turn."
"My move. I draw!" Demon King said as he drew his next card.
"Demon King, we must be cautious. He must have learned from our last duel." Eden said. "Last time, he came close to beating us."
"I know, but this is different. He can't use his skill here." Demon King said.
"That might be true, but his Dark G. Halley will still be most troubling to beat." Eden said. "Take a moment and look on what's on the field. In order to summon Dark G. Halley, he needs three Dark G. monsters. At the moment, he only has one."
"You think those face-downs are something that could help him summon it on his next turn?" Demon King said.
"Possibly, and remember it's ability." Eden reminded. "Whatever monster is next to it's link is forced to attack it. We won't be able to control who attacks."
"That only works if our monsters are next to it's links. So, let's make sure that doesn't happen." Demon King said.
"Are you going to make a move or not?" Shura said as he was getting rather impatient.
"I am! I activate Shield of Edens! That means I can summon Edens Witch!" Demon King said as he summoned out his monster with her having 1000atk points. "When Edens Witch is summoned, her special ability allows me to take any spell or trap card from my deck and add it to my hand. The one I select is my Escape from Collapsing Ground trap."
"Not your Crew of Edens spell?" Shura questioned.
"Don't need it because it's right here in my hand!" Demon King said as he activated his spell right there. "Now that I have that, I'm bringing out Starfighter-TS6!" He summoned out a flat ship with twin blasters on the rings and a dome-shaped top and 500atk points. "When this ship is summoned, it's special ability can change one other monster's level between one and six! I choose Witch to be level five!" He claimed as his witch's level changed. "I now tune my level one Starfighter with my level five Edens Witch!"
"A synchro summon?!" Shura said as he wasn't expecting that. The synchro process started up as a brand new monster was being called on.
"Sakura petals flow through the stars for nature and the cosmos! I synchro summon Cosmic Guardian Spring!" Demon King summoned out a new monster with blonde hair, wearing a fancy suit, and had a white coat over him. He also had 2300atk points. "Since my monsters were part of the synchro summon, they leave the graveyard and return to my deck thanks to my spell."
"Interesting. All the monsters in his extra deck were from his skill, but that one is brand new." Ijuna said.
"Cosmic Guardian Spring, attack Dark G. Gargoyle! Psychic Lapse!" Demon King called. His monster unleashed psychic-like powers as his eyes began to glow. His power disrupted the flow of energy around Shura's monster and used it to destroy it with Shura's life points dropping to 3500.
"Thanks! You did just what I wanted!" Shura called. "By destroying Dark G. Gargoyle, it's special ability gives me two Dark G. tokens!" He called as two of those tokens appeared on his field with 0def points.
"Now instead of one monster, he has two. All he needs is one more to summon his strongest monster." Eden said.
"Don't worry, Eden. I've got it all under control." Demon King assured. "I'm activating Cosmic Guardian Spring's ability! Premonition Eye!" His monsters glowed once again with Shura curious as to what's happening. "He allows me to look at the top three cards of my deck. After that, I can put them back in any order I want." He looked at his top three cards. He had Edens Valkyrie and Space Battler. Neither of those can help him now, but the third card will which is why he placed it on top with his Space Battler next and then Valkyrie. "With that, I end my turn."
"My turn!" Shura said as he drew his next card. "I'm bringing out Dark G. Soft to the field!" He summoned out another Dark G. with it resembling a soft rock and had 0atk points. "I believe this is what you were the most worried about."
"Here it comes." Eden said as they braced themselves.
"I now build my circuit!" Shura called as his circuit opened up. "The summoning conditions are three Dark G. monsters! So, I set all three in the link arrows!" All three of his rocks flew into the top row of arrows. "I link summon Dark G. Halley!" He brought out his best monster as it descended down with it having 2800atk points. "I believe this is the monster you were worried about summoning, and it's only going to get worse for you!
"Bring it." Demon King said as he wasn't scared of him.
"You got it!" Shura called. "First, I'm activating my Forced Force trap! This allows me to move any monster next to a Dark G.'s link arrow as long as that monster remains on the same side of the field as it's controller! That means I can move your Cosmic Guardian to Halley's link!" Using the powers of gravity, Demon King's only monster was moved to be linked to Shura's monster.
"What gives? Why did he move him next to his monster's link when it's stronger?" Demon King said.
"Because doing so allows me to use my Emperor's Grip trap!" Shura said. "When my link monster battles a monster that's next to it's link, the damage will be doubled! That means you'll be losing even more life points. Halley, attack with Heavy Force!" His monster attacked as it swung its rock fist and smashed against Demon King's monster. Not only was it destroyed, but Shura's trap caused Demon King to lose more life points as it dropped down to 3000.
"So his two face-downs were really set for when he summoned his monster. Very clever." Eden said.
"Compliments from an A.I... means so little." Shura said. "You want to know why I'm aiming for you? It's because I want to test my strength. I've heard a lot about you, and I want to show that I'm stronger. You're the only one who has the same skill as me."
"That's because the skill was originally mine! We want to know how you're capable of using it!" Demon King claimed. "Are you saying you're doing all of this just to defeat me? To prove you're better than me?"
"You must tell us where you learned that skill." Eden said.
"The guy who taught me how to use it showed me. That good enough of an answer so you don't keep asking me about it?" Shura said.
"Someone taught it to him?" Demon King questioned.
"Who?! Answer us!" Eden called.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Shura mocked. "All you need to know is that he told me a lot about you, and I want to prove that I'm better. With what I've got waiting in the wings, this duel is just about over."
"He's giving us vague answers." Eden said.
"He's still not in the mood to talk." Demon King said. "That's fine. We'll force those answers out with this duel. It's my turn!" He drew his next card and had what he needed. "First, I summon Dark Graviton to the field!" He summoned out his monster with it having 1300atk points. "Then, I activate Balanced Blight! When I have a dark or a light attribute monster on my field, I can summon another monster that's the other attribute as long as it's the same level. I summon his counterpart, Light Graviton!" He summoned out another copy of the same monster, but it was yellow and bright with it having 1300atk points. "When Light Graviton is special summoned from my deck, it's special ability lets me draw one more card!" He said as he drew another card. "Next, I activate Gravity Cannon!" He played the spell that would help him when he rearranged his cards. "This will blast away 1000atk points from your monster!" Shura's monster got blasted by gravity with it's attack points dropping down to 1800.
"So what? Neither of your monsters can take it." Shura said.
"True, but this monster can. I overlay my level three Dark Graviton with my Light Graviton!" Demon King said. He overlayed his two monsters together and called on a new power. "The autumn winds mark the arrival of this warrior! I xyz summon Cosmic Guardian Fall!" He summoned out a female warrior that was dressed like a princess fit for battle and carried dual swords. She also had 2100atk points. "I activate Cosmic Guardian Fall's special ability! By using one overlay unit, she gains 300atk points!" She slashed through one of the overlay units and her power rose to 2400.
"Of course, since our Crew of Edens is still on the field and one monster was used as an overlay unit, it returns to our deck." Eden clarified.
"Attack Cosmic Guardian Fall! Strike down his monster with Autumn Equinox!" His monster attacked as she slashed against Halley in an X formation with dark and light energy breaking through the stone. Just like that, Shura's strongest monster was destroyed with his life points dropping down to 2900LP.
"He had such a hard time against that monster last time, but he was able to destroy it easily this time!" Ijuna said as she was stunned to see that. "Either he got lucky or he's much better than anticipated."
"Lucky punk." Shura said as he was getting annoyed.
"You thought this duel was over, but it's only just begun." Demon King said. Their second meeting ends up being a second duel between these two, and it's one where they're both determined to win.