Shura attempted to look for Demon King, but Demon King saved the trouble and came after him. Now that they have faced each other once again, they are going to duel each other for the third time. Shura wants to defeat Demon King, and he's going to make sure that happens. As for Aoneko, she was in Duel Links as well. She notified Demon King about Shura and went with him. All she can do now is just stand back and watch as those two were about to Speed Duel again.
"Aoneko!" She looked and saw all of the others joining up with her. "We came as soon as we got your message." Wiseman said.
"You're just in time. They're about to start." Aoneko said. "Looks like this is just another one of Shura's attempts to defeat Demon King."
"He's got the heart of a real duelist if he's putting his father's plans on hold just so he could settle the score with Demon King." Jinn claimed.
"I don't know about that, but Demon King better be careful." Laguna said. "If this Shura really wants to beat him so badly, no telling what he might try."
"Are you ready, Demon King?" Shura said as the two of them flew around for their speed duel. "I can't wait to put you in your place and show you who the better duelist is."
"Tough talk when you haven't been able to beat me once." Demon King said.
"Beating you once is all I'm going to need. It's time I put you in your place." Shura said.
"Bring it!" Demon King called.
"It's time to speed duel!" Both of them said as they were now beginning their duel.
"Demon King, remember to be careful." Eden advised. "Shura has made it his personal goal to defeat us. We already know what his two best monsters can do, but he is sure to have other cards to help him."
"Yeah, I know." Demon King said. "Beating Shura isn't going to be easy. I can tell that he's getting better and stronger, but that doesn't mean he's going to win. We can do this."
"Let's get this started, but let's change it up. I'll let you go first this time." Shura said.
"You're letting me go first?" Demon King questioned as he thought that was rather strange.
"Use caution. He must be up to something." Eden advised.
"Right." Demon King claimed. "I'll start my turn by summoning Gravity Guard to the field!" He called as he summoned out his guardian with him having 100atk points. "When Gravity Guard is summoned, he switches to defense mode!" He said with his guardian switching modes and had 1600def points. "What's more is that he'll be able to block one attack every turn. I'm placing one card facedown and ending my turn."
"Playing it safe? You're not safe from me. It's my turn!" Shura said. "I'm sure you remember this guy. By paying 800LP, I can summon this monster without a tribute since there are no monsters on my field. Come on out, Dark G. Golem!" He summoned out his golem with it having 1800atk points. "Next, I'm activating my Pressurize spell! By destroying one rock-type monster on my field, I can add another rock-type monster to my hand. That's why I'm destroying Dark G. Golem so that I can add Dark G. Rockhead!" He destroyed his own monster and added another one to his hand. "You probably also remember that when my Dark G. Golem is destroyed by an effect, I get two Dark G. tokens to my field." He claimed as he got his two tokens with 0def points.
"He must be getting ready to summon out the big guns, but what is it going to be?" Shura questioned. "Is he going to summon Halley or Hyakutake?"
"It doesn't matter since Gravity Guard's ability will block one attack every turn." Eden said.
"And what makes you think I didn't take that into account." Shura said. That didn't sound good to them. "I activate Geo Fragments! Since I have at least two rock-type monsters on the field, I can summon a third straight from my graveyard. Come back, Dark G. Golem!" Shura called as his monster returned to the field. "And now, I will build my circuit!" The circuit opened up with all three of his monsters diving into the top three arrows. "I link summon Dark G. Halley!" He summoned out his ace monster with it having 2800atk points. "Now that I have that out, I can activate Jagged Stone! Since I have a rock-type link monster on my field, it can now attack for each rock-type monster that was used for the link summoning."
"Multiple attacks?!" Demon King said.
"He used three rock-type monsters to attack, so that means Dark G. Halley can attack three times." Eden said. "Gravity Guard can only block one attack."
"Which means that this is going to hurt! Attack!" Shura called. Dark G. Halley went on the attack as it pulled back its fist and went on the attack.
"Gravity Guard can still block that first attack!" Demon King called. The attack connected, but Gravity Guard was able to block the attack.
"That doesn't matter since I can attack again!" Shura called. Dark G. Halley pushed through and was able to crush Gravity Guard. "And he still has one attack left! Attack with Heavy Force!" Dark G. Halley attacked for a third time. The attack connected with Demon King. It nearly knocked him off his board with his life points dropping all the way to just 1200.
"Oh no! Demon King lost more than half of his life points!" Aoneko said.
"And it's only going to get worse from here." Kyubi said. "Dark G. Halley's ability will force whatever monster Demon King plays to attack under Shura's control as long as it's next to its link."
"He's got to play this carefully or else." Wiseman said.
"I'll admit that you've got game, Shura." Demon King said. "With someone of your talent, why do you want to use it just to hurt people?"
"Are you talking about what my old man is planning? To be perfectly honest, I couldn't care less about his plans." Shura said. "I'm just aiming to have some fun, and pushing around guys like you is what I call a good time."
"Sounds like he's just a spoiled brat." Eden said.
"He might be your father, but that doesn't mean you have to go along with his plans." Demon King said. "What's the point in hurting people? Dueling should just be for having fun and making friends, but you guys are just using it as an excuse to hurt people and get whatever you want."
"What is this? A lecture? I came here to duel, not be told what to do by the likes of you." Shura said. "You better make a move before I get impatient." Demon King doesn't like how Shura does things, but words alone won't be enough to stop him.
"You asked for it!" Demon King said as he drew his next card. "I'll begin by playing Mind of Edens spell! This allows me to summon Edens Hermit to the field!" He summoned out Hermit to the field with her at 600atk points. "Next, her special ability will allow me to summon Edens Witch straight from my deck!" He brought out his witch with her having 1000atk points. "I'm sure you remember her ability! When she's summoned, her special ability allows me to add one spell or trap card to my hand! Care to guess which card it is?"
"Don't care. It won't help you." Shura said.
"We'll see about that." Eden said. "I believe this card might be the most helpful in this situation." She said as she had a card come out.
"Just the card I was thinking, but we'll get to that in a moment." Demon King said. "Since there are two Edens monsters on the field, I can summon this monster without a tribute! Come out, Edens Demon King!" He called out his signature monster. It emerged with it having 2500atk points.
"So, you brought out your ace monster. Good." Shura said as he was looking forward to this. "Your best monster against mine, but there will only be one left standing."
"I agree, and that will be mine!" Demon King claimed.
"How do you figure that?" Shura questioned. "My Dark G. Halley has more attack points than any of your monsters. Besides, since your monsters are linked to Dark G. Halley, I can just make the weaker one attack first."
"That's what you think!" Demon King said. "I'm activating the card I selected earlier: Gravity Fist! Since I have Edens Demon King on the field, I am now able to destroy Dark G. Halley!"
"Yes! If this works, he can attack with all three monsters and win this!" Aoneko claimed.
"I doubt it will be that easy." Jinn said.
"From my hand, I activate Dark G. Metamorphic's effect!" Shura called. "When a rock-type monster is the target of an effect, I can send this rock to the graveyard to negate the effects of your card!" He discarded the card and it destroyed Demon King's spell. "You didn't think it would be that easy, did you? Now you've only got your weaker monsters to fight with, and it doesn't matter which you attack with because I'll just make the weaker one attack."
"That's why I had this ready!" Demon King called. "I activate Recovery Quickness! For each monster I return to my deck, I can give 200atk points to another monster! That means that I can return both Hermit and Witch to my deck so that Edens Demon King gains 400atk points!" He had both monsters return to him and increased his ace's power to 2900. "You wanted a showdown between our two best monsters, and that is what you will get! Attack!" His monster attacked as it flew right at Halley and smashed its fist against it. Halley ended up being destroyed and Shura's life points dropped to 3100. "Even though you claim that's your best monster, it's not that impressive. Since I know all your monsters' tricks, I know how to deal with them."
"Yes, but the same is true about me. I know your little tricks." Shura said. "However, I can always get a few new tricks." Demon King didn't like that. He knows what's coming, but he can't stop it.
"I end my turn." Demon King said as he braced himself for what Shura is about to do. Since it was the end of his turn, Edens Demon King's power dropped back to 2500.
"My turn!" Shura said. He drew his next card. "I activate Reload. By sending all the cards in my hand back to my deck, I get to draw that same number of cards." He returned his Rockhead to his deck and drew his next card. "Perfect. I now activate the effects of Geo Fragments from my graveyard! By banishing it, I gain 300LP for each rock-type monster that's in my graveyard!"
"300LP for each one? He currently has three in his graveyard, which means he will 900LP." Eden calculated.
"That's right, which also means I'm back to full power!" Shura said as he was back to 4000LP. "I now activate Meteoroid Debris! By banishing Dark G. Halley from my graveyard, I get a Dark G. token for each one of it's links! That means I get three!" Three more tokens appeared on his field with 0atk points. "Here goes. Let's see what I get this time. I activate my skill Gravity Call! Now, I can compress the data around me to get a brand new monster to my extra deck!"
"What's it going to be this time?" Demon King said as he and his friends didn't like how this was shaping. Shura compressed the gravity into his hand and formed a brand new hand.
"Excellent. I now build my circuit!" Shura called as the circuit formed once again. "The summoning conditions require at least two Dark G. monsters, so I set all three of my tokens in the link arrows!" All three of his rocks dove into the arrows that pointed up, down, and to the left. "I link summon Link 3 Dark G. McNaught!" He summoned out a new rock monster with it resembling a mountain on a plateau. Instead of arms, it had a series of rocks floating around it like rings. It also had a geo right on top with it having red eyes. This monster also had another 2800atk points.
"You've got to be kidding me. He got another giant floating rock?" Wiseman complained.
"He did..." Aoneko mumbled. "This is getting weird. Shura uses the same skill as Demon King, but every time he used it, he kept getting the very monster he needed. Isn't Gravity Call suppose to give him a monster at random? Every time he used it, he got a monster that fitted perfectly with his deck and were link monsters."
"So? Demon King got monsters that fit rather well with his deck." Wiseman said.
"Yeah, but they're more generic. The monsters Shura gets fit his deck perfectly. How is he doing that if it's suppose to be random?" Aoneko said.
"That is rather weird." Kyubi said as she tried to make sense of it. "Wait a minute. Is it possible that Shura just simply has a better grasp of the skill than Demon King does?" She assumed. If that's true, it means that Shura can use that skill better than Demon King did.
"You're done for now, Demon King." Shura claimed. "With this new monster, I'm about to crush you."
"I wouldn't celebrate too soon, Shura. This duel is far from over." Demon King claimed. "Though, you do have to tell me something. Who is Ziggy? How was he able to teach you this skill?"
"Is that where your focus is?" Shura said. "You should worry more about yourself. Look at how things are. I have far more life points, a brand new monster, and it's much stronger than yours. I think the reason Ziggy taught me how to use this skill is because he knew who could really use it!"
"All of this for your father's goals?" Eden questioned.
"That's really none of your business, but since you're so curious about that, I think you should know that he's actually my adoptive father." Shura admitted.
"Adoptive? You mean you're not biologically related?" Eden said.
"No, we're not." Shura said. He took a moment to look back as to how he met his father. "I was just a kid living on the streets, but for reasons I don't know, he took me in. After that, he gave me everything I could ever want. I'm not complaining, and I don't really care all that much for whatever he has planned. All I know is that I got a good thing going for me, but you seem to be messing it up, and I'm not going to have that." Based on that alone, Shura sounds like some sort of spoiled brat, but he is dangerous. He's got some real power on his side, and Demon King has to figure out a way to beat that power.