Krika: Hey guys, welcome back to Awakened Lord. In this chapter, it is Kazuku vs Davide, a former member of Disaster (Spoilers if you have not seen Season 1). And from now on I will be collab writing with Dimension Distorter, who I have known for 4 years since I started on FF. Buddyfight belongs to Bushiroad. Now let's Raise the Flag!

"Time to raise the flag!" Kazuku and Davide said together.

"I'm fighting for Darkness Dragon World!" Kazuku announced, Demascus holding the flag and roaring.

"And I'm fighting for the TRUE Darkness Dragon World!" Davide said, his Buddy Deathgaze Dragon coiled around the Flag.

Kazuku narrowed his eyes a bit. "You do know that there's no such thing as the "true" version, right? We're using the same world here."

"Hahaha! Well in this case, I'm right! A goody two-shoes like you shouldn't be using a world like this in the first place! Last I checked, it goes against what you wimps think of Buddyfighting!" Davide said with a taunt, sticking his tongue out.

"Tch. Kazuku will show him," Fumi said, having always been annoyed with Davide since she first met him. "He's going to be thoroughly surprised on what this Purgatory Knight deck can do."

Zesh grinned to her and nodded before looking back to the fighting stage. "Hey, I'm eager to see this myself. Knowing just how good Kazuku is and how strong Demascus is, seeing them pound that dirtbag into a pulp in this Buddyfight is definitely going to be worthwhile. Same flag, different playstyles."

While they were having their conversation, the match was getting started, Kazuku having the first move.

"Charge and draw," Kazuku held up a card, "I'll start by calling Purgatory Knights, Eval Grebe Dragon to the center."

Grebe was called and he didn't look all that happy, "You'll pay for insulting the commander and Kazuku!"

"Attack the fighter!" Kazuku shouted, and Grebe eagerly did, reducing Davide's life points to 9.

*End of Move*

*Your Move*

Davide just grinned as he looked at Grebe. "Ah, so you have other Purgatory Knights, huh? Alright then, I guess I can play around with you for a little bit. Draw! Charge and Draw!" Davide picks up a card. "I call Death Wizard Dragon to the left!" He throws the card to the left were the monster appears.

"Hey wait a minute, isn't this…?" Fumi said in surprise, recognizing Davide's strategy.

"I am the one other dragons fear. Ruler of the darkness and underworld. Behold my Fire Charge!" Dark Wizard Dragon cried out as he raised his staff to Davide. The guy just grinned but took the damage, bringing him down to 8 life but the top two cards went into his Gauge, making it 5 in there.

"Yeah, it's the same strategy he used against me in the past," Gao said, confirming Fumi's suspicions.

"Meaning he probably hasn't changed up this particular deck," Fumi stated.

"Seems like that's gonna bite him in the butt if you ask me." Drum said while crossing his arms.

"Anything can happen in a Buddyfight. You guys taught me that," Zesh said, "So let's just wait and see."

"Same old moves, Davide? You're gonna have to try harder than that to beat me," Kazuku said, taunting his opponent a bit and getting amused chuckles from Demascus and Grebe. Davide glared a bit to him.

"Say what?" He then smirked and chuckled a bit. "Sure, try and act tough. But we both know who's the stronger Buddyfighter here. You'll see once I put you on your knees, having you begging for mercy." He picks a card. "Now, I Buddy Call Death Dragon, Deathgaze Dragon to the right." The card vanished and Deathgaze moved to the right position.

Deathgaze laughed, "Oh, this will be lots of fun. I've heard a lot about you, Demascus Sword Dragon, son of Demios. It'll be a pleasure to destroy you!"

"We'll see about that!" Demascus said with a growl.

Paruko floated over. "And thanks to the Buddy Gift, Davide's Life jumps back up to 9. Now, with his Buddy, Deathgaze out on the field, I know that we're going to see an onslaught of Davide's usual savage and underhanded playing style!"

Davide was proving her right with his next move as he picked up another card. "Now, I equip, Evil Death Scythe!" He paid 1 Gauge to equip this item while the others opened their eyes at seeing it. Drum, for instance, looked to his own Buddy.

"Hey, Gao...that's-"

The Mighty Sun Fighter nodded his head, knowing where Drum was getting at. "Yeah, I know. That's the same exact way he started when he was fighting us."

"His deck revolves around using Spectral Strike...and that'll put a cramp in Kazuku's style with his deck. But I highly doubt that'll stop him from beating Davide," Fumi said, leaning a bit on the railing as she watched the Buddyfight closely.

"So, what else should I expect from watching this Davide punk?" Zesh asked.

Fumi gave a 'tch' and glared at the crazy guy. "Well, he also has a bad habit of cheating. Late in the game, he'll slip a card from his pocket into his hand cards and then use that instead of what he already has."

"He's a disgrace of a Buddyfighter," Drum said with a huff.

"Yeah, I agree," Mitschuler added, the Dragowizard crossing his arms. He had never heard of anyone who felt that they had to cheat to win Buddyfights but it was such a lowly thing that he couldn't wrap his mind around it. Said a whole lot about this Davide character.

"Kick his butt, Kazuku!" Pan said, rooting for the Buddyfighting deck builder.

Tsukikage rolled out a scroll saying "Defeat him without fail"

"I'm still not done here," Davide said as he jumps over and slashes Grebe in half with his scythe, destroying him. "Now you suffer too!" He holds a blue sphere from the remains of the smaller cards Grebe broke up into and attacks Kazuku with it. "Here's Spectral Strike!"

Kazuku held his arms in front of him and took the attack, his life dropping to 9 from the effect damage, "That's gonna be a pain!"

"Go get him, Deathgaze!" Davide ordered with a crazed grin.

Deathgaze followed his Buddy's crazed grin and nodded his head. "But, of course!" He leaped into the water before appearing right beneath Kazuku and stabbing through him, dropping his life down to 8.

Davide pointed forward. "And look alive because I'm still not finished here! Death Wizard, attack!"

"Yes, Master," Death Wizard replied before he rose his staff to Kazuku, "now to deal you the same pain! Try the flames of the abyss!" He sent a wave of fire from his staff to Kazuku but Kazuku had a card ready.

"No way, I cast! Black Dragon Shield!" His life points returned to 9.

*End of Move*

*Your Move*

"Draw, charge and draw!" Kazuku held a card up, "Buddy Call to the right! Purgatory Knights Commander, Demascus!" His Gauge became 3 and his life points became 10 once more.

Demascus stabbed the ground with the flag before leaping to the right position, drawing his sword, "Time to show you what I am capable of!"

"And I lastly I call Purgatory Knights, Silver Staff Dragon to the center, and Crossbow Dragon to the left!" Kazuku announced, calling the two monsters.

Crossbow took aim, "I won't miss my shot."

Silver twirled his staff, "I hope you're ready for some punishment you brat."

Davide opens his arms and grins. "Well, then come on! I'm right here and I ain't goin' anywhere either!"

"Crossbow, you first!" Kazuku said and the dragon went ahead with his attack, nailing Davide and bringing his life down to 8 and adding 1 Gauge to Kazuku's, making it 4 again. "I gain one Gauge from Crossbow's ability. Silver and Demascus, link attack on Death Wizard!"

"Roger!" the two said before charging at the Black Dragon.

"And here's Demascus' skill. He gains an extra 1000 attack power for every Purgatory Knights card in the field!" Kazuku said with a grin, "And he also has Double Attack!"

Davide's eyes widened in surprise before he looked to the two. "Wait a second, he gets what now?"

Demascus and Silver tore through Death Wizard before the commander leapt at Davide, "You heard right! Now take this!" he slashed down and brought Davide to 6 life points.

Davide narrowed his eyes and glared at all of them. "Wait a second, that's not how Purgatory Knights work! If you want extra power, you need to sacrifice them for it! Not something as cheesy as gathering them all up! Where's the fun in that!?"

"Fun!? You got a sick and twisted way of thinking what fun is! The Purgatory Knights are a unified front. They work together side by side to become stronger! And someone like you will never understand something like that!" Kazuku said, his blood boiling.

"Oh, boo-hoo, like I give a damn! This is exactly what I'm talking about! I refuse to let you keep using the world that's meant for the hardcore players!" Davide exclaimed before he got back into his crazed persona. "Me and Deathgaze are going to show you just what Darkness Dragon World is all about!"

Deathgaze gave a hissing laugh and nodded his head. "Yes, that's right. Get ready for torment you fools!"

"Oh yeah!? Bring it on!" Kazuku shouted, the Purgatory Knights growling at their punk opponent.

*End of move*

*Your move*

Before Davide made his move he rested his scythe on his shoulder and grinned. "Look, I'm gonna tell you this right now so you don't go bawling your eyes out later. Just because you've got some new Purgatory Knights who are on about that 'togetherness' crap doesn't make you stronger. Heck, it doesn't even make them stronger either. If you aren't willing to sacrifice to win then what's the point of lining up your soldiers for them to go down one after the other?"

"That is not how we do things. Even if one of our comrades fall in battle, we make sure their sacrifice isn't in vain! You don't even care about that. You don't even care about the monsters you sacrifice to become stronger. You're no better than the Black Dragons that invaded our homeworld," Demascus said with a growl.

"Oh~ I think we're finally getting on their nerves, Davide," Deathgaze said with a maniacal laugh.

Davide chuckled and slowly reached behind him with his unoccupied hand. "That's the point, Buddy~ Seems like the big, bad, Purgatory Knight reject can't keep his emotions in check. If I'm getting to you this easily then it'd be a shame if your dear 'ol dad was watching this match, especially if it was you making a fool of yourself," once he had a secure grip on his hidden card, he kept speaking, "maybe you all shouldn't have been so soft before then, huh? Least when you were working for Kyoya, I respected you lot."

"Well, then your boss should've been paying attention. Didn't you find it odd that no Darkness Dragon World monster came through the gate while it WAS open?" Silver said, smirking.

Davideo kept smirking. "I'll blame that one on Kyoya since it was his plan to release all of the Black Dragons and I was onboard thanks to those like Deathgaze. Doesn't matter though. I've got a match to win and put you in your places." He withdrew his hidden card and added it to his hand cards.

This action got him shouts and boos if disapproval, but he laughed all the same, sticking his tongue out. "Why I oughta…! Let me at him!" Fumi shouted in anger, having to be held back by Zesh and Gao.

"Fumi come on! You can't go down there!" Gao exclaimed while Zesh held onto one of her arms.

"He's a scumbag, sure, but Kazuku's got this! So, what if he cheats!? He'll just pay for it later!"

"You better put him in his place, Kaz!" Fumi shouted to her friend.

"Don't worry, I will!" Kazuku said, glaring at Davide.

"WE will! This punk will learn not to underestimate us!" Demascus said, pointing his sword at Davide, "It doesn't matter what card you sneak in, we're still going to win!"

Davide grinned and shook his head: "Yeah, right! I'd love to see you try losers! I draw! Charge and draw!" He licks his lips and then grabbed a card. "Let's see how you handle this! First, I call Black Dragon, Spinechiller to the left. And then I call Black Dragon, Cold Blade to the right." The monsters appeared in their desired locations while his hands cards became 3 and his Guage 5. "Spinechiller, take out Crossbow!" Spinechiller hissed as he flew over and slashed Crossbow apart with his claws as a blue orb appeared in his place before launching at Kazuku as his life dropped to 8. "Now Cold Blade, erase Silver Staff Dragon!"

Cold Blade gave a growl and said "This is my payback to you Purgatory Knights!"

Cold Blade charged at Silver, the two fighting before the Black Dragon sliced the Purgatory Knight in two, destroying him. An orb was created before Cold Blade chucked it at Kazuku, bringing his life down to 7.

"Not bothering with me, huh?" Demascus said to Davide with a glare.

"That soulguard of yours would be annoying. So, I'm just trying the next best thing! Going directly for your Buddy!" Davide laughed before leaping at Kazuku, "Now taste my Evil Death Scythe!" he slashed at his opponent, bringing his Life Points down to 5.

Paruko nearly winced as the attack landed. "Geez, Davide is just delivering blow after blow to Kazuku, not giving an inch in the slightest! He took out two of Kazuku's monsters and that Spectral Strike is also whittling away at those life points!"

Davide jumped back to his position and grinned again, not at all concerned about his supposed victory. "Just like Cold Blade said, Demascus is a pain in the rear but the both of you are gonna get yours next turn! Might as well give up now before you suffer my Impact."

"Tch. Last I checked, your Impact can only cause 4 damage. I'm still sitting at 5 life points here," Kazuku said, glaring at his opponent.

"I fear that whatever card Davide slipped into his hand cards is what might change that…" Zesh said, narrowing his eyes.

It was just as Zesh predicted as Davide held up a card. "This is the end for you 'hero'! I cast, Eye for an Eye!"

Zanya adjusted his glasses. "I've never heard of that spell before."

Davide chuckled. "You'll like this!" They all saw his life drop by one but then the same thing happened to Kazuku, surprising him.

"What!?" The Buddyfighter said in shock.

"Now...you know exactly what I have in my hand…" Davide said with an insane grin, "You might as well say goodbye to your deck here and now! Final Phase!"

"Here it comes! Davide's Impact! Is Kazuku going to be able to come out of this or will it be the end for him!?" Paruko announced while Davide held his hand to Deathgaze.

"I sacrifice Deathgaze Dragon to activate my impact!"

A scythe spears itself into the dragon's skull but he just gave a crazed laugh from the pain. "Oh, this feels wonderful! Enjoy oblivion fools! Hahaha!" He then was destroyed.

"Slow Pain Fall!" Davide said, holding a sphere of light before crushing it in his hand, a force coming over Kazuku, making him cry out as his life points hit 0.

"I...cast! Purgatory Denial! I discard my entire hand...to have all damage done to me be reduced down to zero!" Kazuku said, his entire hand disappearing and his Life Points returned to 4. Everyone was incredibly shocked that Kazuku managed to stave off the Impact while also bringing his Life back up.

"Wow," Mitschuler exclaimed in amazement, "that is some way to make a comeback!"

Yura nodded in agreement with a big smile. "And I haven't heard of that card either!"

"Leave it to Kazuku to shake off a finishing move!" Fumi exclaimed while Paruko got the rest of the excitement covered.

"Un. Be.. Lieveable! Not a Dragon Shield of any kind but a new Darkness Dragon World spell!? It was as if Kazuku wasn't hit with the Impact at all! And because of that...it would seem that Davide wasted a hand card, a monster, AND 4 out of his 5 Gauge!"

*End of Move*

*Your Move*

Davide took a couple steps back as he couldn't believe what just happened. His Slow Pain Fall not doing anything in the slightest. And with a spell he's never heard of before!? "N-No way! How did..what the hell is Purgatory Denile!? I've never heard of anything like that!"

"A spell used to save another's life. A secret technique that was kept away from you goons at Disaster," Demascus said with a grin, making Davide growl in annoyance.

"Well, it doesn't matter! No matter what you draw, you can't beat me! I'll beat you on my next turn!"

Kazuku glared, "Draw, charge and…"

"Oh, and you're STILL going to fight until the end? You annoying 'heroes' never know when to give up, do ya!? It doesn't even matter! Because to me, you're only just some deck builder who can't do much without his Buddy! I'm sure without that dragon, you'd be nothing!" Davide said, trying to get under Kazuku's skin...and it was working as the Buddyfighter and deck builder looked down a little.

Demascus growled audibly, looking to Davide in disgust. "Hey, kid? I think you need to shut that annoying trap of yours. What gives someone like you the right to talk about what someone is or isn't capable of doing!? You, who has to cheat to win your matches and don't possess any real power at all. You claim that those like you are the 'rightful users' of Darkness Dragon World...and if that's the case then I feel so sorry for your Buddy and the other Black Dragons who choose to follow you."

Davide's eye twitched and he glared at Demascus himself, balling up a fist. "What did you just say, your Purgatory reject!?"

"That you've gotta be one of the weakest Buddyfighters I've ever had the displeasure of meeting," Demascus continued. "Cheating doesn't make you smart. It makes you desperate. And sacrificing your monsters for power? Look where that landed you! Down a Life! Down most of your Gauge! You only have a single monster on your field and fewer hand cards! All that bragging you do is for nothing, especially against someone as awesome as MY Buddy!"

Kazuku looked to Demascus and smiled a little, "Thanks Demascus…"

"Thank me after we win this fight. Now draw and let's beat this guy and show him his place!" Demascus said with a smirk.

Kazuku smiled a little before looking to Davide, a fire now in the deck builder's eye. And when he went to draw, a purplish-black flame came from the deck, "Now...DRAW!" He drew the card and his eyes widen when the flame covered card revealed itself before he grinned. "Demascus, attack the fighter!"

"With pleasure!" Demascus leapt at Davide and slashed at him, bringing him to 4 life points and went for his Double Attack, bringing him down to 2.

"It doesn't matter what card you drew! I'll still win!" Davide said with a scowl.

"I don't think so...Final Phase!" Kazuku shouted, holding his last card up.

Davide looked worried, leaning back from the sight of the glowing card. "Wait, what!? No way!"

Gao got hyped and grinned broadly. "An Impact!? Awesome!"

Tsukiusagi looked to Gao and Fumi. "Has Kazuku ever used one before?"

Gao shook his head. "Nope! Never!"

Drum grinned and leaned forward, highly interested. "This is gonna be a first for all of us then!"

Purple and black flames erupted around the field before the Impact was formed. It appeared quite similar to Gargantua Punisher, however it appeared to have the Purgatory Knights coloring to it along with a dark power coming from it.

"Hey! That looks like-!" Fumi said in shock, leaning forward.

"Gargantua Punisher!" Zanya said in shock.

"Davide! For insulting me, and the Purgatory Knights, and for all of your actions, you will be judged! Face the blade of the forgotten Knights! Purgatory…! STRIFE!" Kazuku shouted, bringing the giant blade down on Davide, blitzing his entire area and destroying his field.

*GAME OVER! WINNER: KAZUKU YAMAKUZU!*

Everyone cheered as the match ended in a super spectacular fashion, Davide falling to his knees and punching the ground in defeat while Kazuku and Demascus gave a high-five to each other.

"I don't believe in! In an amazing twist of fate, Kazuku finished the match with a form of replicated Gargantua Punisher! In all my years spectating Buddyfights, I have never heard of anything remotely close to something like that! Kazuku and Demascus clinch it!" Paruko exclaimed, flying around in Takosuke as she commented her excitement for all to hear.

"Hahaha! I knew we could do it!" Demascus said with a laugh.

"Yeah! Thanks for the motivation earlier, man! I really needed it!" Kazuku said, having a big smile.

"No...no, no, NO! I REFUSE to accept this! How can...a punk like YOU beat ME!?" Davide got up, his eyes shadowed over...before he grinned, "Oh well...I guess there is one way to change that…"

Drum's eyes widened, "Uh oh. This is turning out exactly like when me and Gao fought him!"

"Oh crap! We gotta get down there and stop him!" Fumi said in a panic.

Fumi's worries were justified as Davide gained a purple aura around his body, as his hair also grew much longer, reacting to the rush of energy that was coursing through his body. "How about some Disaster Force!? Hahaha!" He laughed loudly before holding out a another card. It vanished as another orb of energy gathered in his hand. "You both wanna talk big!? Who cares when I have *real actual* power compared to normal Buddyfighters!"

The other Purgatory Knights came out and brought out their weapons, "We're not going to let you harm Kazuku!" Silver shouted.

"We're not pawns for you Disaster creeps to toy around with! So, no matter what you throw at us, we'll endure it!" Grebe said with a growl.

"Yeah! So, bring it!" Crossbow said, ready to battle.

"Slow Pain Fall!" Davide crushed the energy and Kazuku and the Purgatory Knights felt a crushing force weigh on them.

"Gah!" Kazuku shouted, obviously in pain as he tried to stand.

"Kaz...uku…" Demascus said before growling and resisting the attack, shocking Davide.

"What!? You shouldn't even be able to stand right now!"

"I'm not...going to let...anyone I care about...get hurt ANYMORE!" Demascus roared out before the Omni Lord Emblem he had on him floated in front of him, all the cracks mending before it became whole and the Kanji lettering for 'Dark Dragon' appeared on it before the Purgatory Knights commander was engulfed in a dark energy, cancelling out Davide's attack.

"Woah! What's happening!?" Paruko said in utter shock.

Soon a sword cleaved the energy away, and Demascus stood there, transformed. He now donned armor that was more or less to look like a samurai, however more lean and intimidating. Even a face mask that appeared like a demon. And a sense of power emanated from the dragon now. Great power. His sword was now slightly curved at the tip, with three rings along the blade and some markings carved into it now. Demascus sighed as the Omni Lord Emblem went into his chest, "This power…" He looked into his hand and clenched it before looking back to Davide, the human stepping back, "I...am Tenth Omni Dark Dragon Lord, Demascus. And you have made a grave error in attacking my friends!"

"Tenth Omni…" Zesh started.

"Dark Dragon Lord…?" Fumi finished in awe.

"Oh, screw this!" Davide said before creating a portal and escaping through it.

"C...commander…" Silver said in awe.

Demascus looked to them and removed his mask, "Are you all alright?"

"Y...yeah. Thanks to you," Crossbow said.

Demascus smiled a little, "I'm glad to hear that. Now...I guess now that I became an Omni Lord, might as well have a bit of backup, right?" the dragon rose his hand before he imbued power within the Purgatory Knights. After a flash of light, their appearances changed. They all wore new armor, but each designed for their own roles. Crossbow now held twin crossbows with a grey cloak over his light armor. Silver now wore light armor that was yellow and silver in color, his staff now having a more graceful appearance to it. And finally Grebe was now wearing black and red armor with a red cape. His glaive now had a more regal appearance to it.

"W-woah! What on Earth!?" Kazuku said in shock as the others came down.

"Holy crap! What's with the costume change!?" Zesh asked in awe and surprise.

"You three are now the Dark Guardians. Your card effects should now support any new ones I have," Demascus said, putting his sword onto his back.

"This...this power is amazing…" Grebe said, looking himself over.

"Holy...this is awesome! We've got a new Omni Lord now!" Fumi said with a grin.

"Man...this is...this is amazing! I can't wait to start building a new deck with all of your new forms!" Kazuku said with a smile.

Demascus chuckled, "Yeah, I agree. But...first things first…" His stomach growled, "Can we get something to eat first? That Buddyfight has left me pretty hungry…"

This made everyone to burst out laughing. But this was certainly a great event. A new Omni Lord has awakened to his powers. And perhaps this would take the load off of his friends and allies.

Krika: And there we go! I know it's been forever since I last updated this story, but I hope it's been worth the wait. Anyway, stay tuned for the next one. And also, with Buddyfight Ace now officially starting, I'm even more excited to get this story going through an AU version of the storyline. See ya!