Hey everyone! This has been a crazy week so far. Monday, our group at work had four meetings throughout the day. The first wasn't bad, for it was just our staff meeting, which lasted ten minutes. The second was a business meeting, which lasted thirty minutes, and the other two were class like meetings. Each lasted an hour. Plus, it rained and rained Tuesday night through Wednesday evening. I'm not complaining about that actually, since we needed the rain. Wednesday, I found out about a project that I'm co-leading, which is pretty cool, although I'm a bit nervous I suppose. We also had two more meetings, one on a part of a site we upkeep, and the other another class. The first was thirty minutes, the other an hour. Also, I got to talk to my friend who lives in Kentucky, which I'm to visit tomorrow. Lol, she said our one friend actually exists, which I thought to myself, yeah, I guess he does. And today will be interesting when I get home. I have to finish packing, go shopping with my mate, spend time with my mate (a tough one, lol), and figure out what I'm forgetting to pack, lol. But this weekend should be fun, although I'm sure my mind will be far away at home with my mate.
So, last time, Illidan and Seto finally got things going. Seto is actually happy to be dueling Illidan as I'm sure many of you noticed. I know, it's a bit out of character, but I have a reason! Remember my one-shot that went with this trilogy? Well, in there, it mentioned Seto getting his past memories back when Yami was leaving. I figured it helped him mellow out, plus he had a lot of respect for both Illidan and Marie. And it's been ten years, which gives him time to take it easy, and learn to enjoy life. The question is, now that he's dueling for fun, can he beat Illidan?
Alright, time to get right down to my favorite part of posting. Reviews!
pink-kiss-candy: Yeah, he is enjoying himself for once. He got a bit nicer since the last time the happy couple met him. Ryon, how could you steal from children!? That's pretty low, even for you. gets old therapist that talked with Ryon before and tells her to help Ryon. Evil palm-trees, ha! Slashes tree Ryon said was evil. Finds nothing evil. Look you nut, nothing evil about it!
x-knight20: Thanks. Lol, yeah, I just figured I'd have Seto pose for the card. After all, he's the only one who could use it.
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thank you. Yeah, he got sketched, by Pegasus no less. Lol, yeah, I had to do a lot of envisioning to get it to work out in my mind. Watching that episode of GX with Kaibaman over and over helped too, lol. Yeah, it looks like he learned that dueling for his ego wasn't the correct way. True, who knows if this duel will end the rivalry. Remember, Yami and Seto had rematch after rematch, yet it never ended. Lol, I've only been on a few planes, and that was when I was a kid. I hated it before I got on, but I got comfortable once I got on. Yes, Transformers was pretty good. My mate didn't like it due that she said it was predictable… Silly mate. Gets smacked in the back of the head by her. Never mind…
ardee: Yay, I had updated! Lol, and yay again, I'm updating once more! Yeah, the earlier chapters were a bit shorter, but the longer I've gone at this story, the longer the chapters got. I usually tried to keep them uniform in size, but some got way larger, lol. Yeah, my writing style has changed some. I was trying new ideas, hoping they might work. So far, they seem to be. Lol, I don't know about Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon. The probability of drawing it, getting Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon out are still pretty low. True, I had forgotten about Future Fusion helping though. Magical Merchant, eh, I guess could help, but could hurt too. I've seen some people hurt themselves with it, lol. Then again, I've been out of the game too long to really know how things work sometimes. My current, or last deck I should say, was a Warrior/Earth deck, although I didn't like it. I was going to overhaul it, but I got married, started writing more, and kind of lost interest in the game due that most of the people I used to duel retired. I still duel my mate though, and we have some interesting games with some fun rules, lol. My deck I use against her is a Machine/Warrior, or more like Vehicroid/Warrior deck. Don't ask me how that happened, lol. Most of it was made up of random cards I picked out, and part of a few structure decks. As for Anubis, heh, we'll see. Thanks again.
Isis the Sphinx: Lol, yes, big ego for Kaiba. Yeah, he's a bit OOC, but like I said, ten years changes a person, plus, he remembers and accepts the past now. It takes some getting used to him being different, I'm sure. That sucks about the allergies. Mine have flared up recently once more too. I don't know why. They just went from neutral to overdrive. But thank you for your comments.
Thank you everyone for your reviews. So far, I've had 16 reviews, which is just awesome. Btw, for anyone who has some comments, questions or criticism, don't be shy to tell me. I'm more than willing to answer any and all of the above.
Well, this is it for me this week. Hopefully, if I get to writing seriously again, I'll have this story fully wrapped up and can begin posting three chapters a week soon, but that's if I get serious. I've been more and more anymore, but I'm still not like super serious yet I guess.
For now though, everyone enjoy this chapter. I'm looking forward to the reviews I get for this chapter.
Chapter 4
Preparing to draw, Illidan smirked, saying "I've got a surprise for you Seto. Instead of drawing a card, I'll activate the effect of a card I sent to my Graveyard last turn. Now I can add Magical Blast back to my hand instead of drawing a card."
Holding his hand over his Graveyard, the slot glowed momentarily. Finally, the slot pushed out the spell card, and Illidan quickly grabbed it up and placed it in his left hand with his other cards.
Snorting, Seto simply said "That card is useless to you right now Illidan. Why bother to bring that card back?"
Lightly chuckling, Illidan only replied with "That's for me to know, and you to guess. Now then, I'll next place one monster in defense mode, and end my turn." (Illidan 5000, Seto 7400)
Shaking his head, Seto let out an audibly loud sigh and drew his next card. "If you're going to duel me, duel me like you should Illidan. We both know that card is useless to you, so why you bothered to add it back to your hand, I don't know. Either way, it's still my move, so now, Blue-Eyes, attack his face down monster with White Lightning!"
The mighty white dragon roared loudly as it opened it's jaws. Lightning became visible within it's jaws, as well as a bright glow from it's throat. Finally, a stream of white energy came streaming out of the dragon's mouth, heading straight for the face down card image.
The card instantly flipped up to reveal a mage in a kneeling position. The mage had blonde hair that stood up somewhat, a red bandanna that was somewhat long in the back, purple body armor that covered it's body (other than it's arms), and had a green staff positioned defensively in front of itself.
Still, the beam of energy continued on, easily striking the mage, which cried out in pain as it was blown away. Illidan covered his face from the fierce wind that was blown up by the destruction of his monster, but then smirked.
"Thanks Seto, I was hoping you'd attack! Now thanks to your attack, Apprentice Magician (400/800) can use it's effect. I can now special summon a replacement Spellcaster type monster to the field in face down defense mode, but it has to be a level two or lower."
Sorting through his deck quickly, Illidan finally found a monster he wanted and then placed the card face down onto the field. Once done, he shuffled his deck back together and placed it back in it's deck slot.
Seto only slightly growled at this, but then smiled, saying "Playing defense won't stop me Illidan. Go my second Blue-Eyes, annihilate whatever monster he just played with White Lightning!"
The second white dragon roared loudly as it powered up. Opening it's jaws quickly, a stream of white energy went flying towards the face down monster card image. Instantly, like before, the card flipped up to reveal the same mage as before. Just as the last mage though, this one was easily blown away by the force of the attack.
Covering his face once more, Illidan then chuckled, saying "Thanks once more Seto. Once again, you've destroyed another Apprentice Magician (400/800), which means I can now special summon another level two or lower Spellcaster from my deck to the field in face down defense mode."
Again searching through his deck, Illidan finally found one and slapped the card to his Duel Disk, saying "This one should do."
Grumbling, Seto finally said "I'll place one card face down, ending my move." (Illidan 5000, Seto 7400)
Nodding, Illidan drew his next card and smirked. Flipping his card around to reveal it, Illidan called out "I start by playing my Pot of Greed, which means I can now draw two new cards from my deck!"
Picking up two new cards, Illidan smiled even more and placed the two back in his left hand. He then picked up the horizontal monster on his Duel Disk and flipped it up, calling out "It's time I show you what I placed on the field last turn. I flip summon my face down Old Vindictive Magician (450/600) in attack mode!"
An elder mage with orange like skin, grey hair that reached his shoulders, odd looking darker orange armor that formed some kind of hump on his back, a blue cape, and a green staff then appeared on the field. He only glared at the two dragons, letting off a "Feh."
"One of the things Old Vindictive Magician doesn't like is company, so I think I'll use his special ability to get rid of some of it. You see, when I flip summoned my mage, his ability kicked in, so now I can destroy one monster on the field, regardless of position. Old Vindictive Magician, take out one of those Blue-Eyes with Vindictive Judgment!"
The older mage only sneered at one of the white dragons and pointed his staff at that one. In a flash of green energy, a blast was let loose on a collision course with the white dragon that was picked. The dragon was struck head on, easily succumbing to the blast with a mighty explosion.
Seto could only let a small growl out of his throat at the sight of his destroyed dragon, but then glared back at the mage who had fired the blast.
"I'm far from done though Seto, for now I sacrifice my mage to summon Cybernetic Magician (2400/1000) in attack mode." A small flash appeared on the field as the older mage vanished, and a new mage clad in white appeared. He had a small pointed hat, a white and silver trench coat/robes, blue pants, white boots that went up to his knees, and a small l-shaped rod that had a small bit past the corner of the L size. His hair was blonde, and his skin tone was light green.
Lightly chuckling, Seto simply said "Your mage is a bit weak Illidan. He has no where near enough attack points to take on my Blue-Eyes."
Nodding, Illidan replied with confidence in his voice "True, but who said I had any intention on letting my mage be blown away. It's time I activate his special ability. By discarding one card from my hand, I can reduce the attack points of one monster on the field to 2000 for the duration of the turn. So, I send my Magical Blast to the Graveyard, and use the effect on Blue-Eyes! Go, use your Cyber Burst my mage!"
Twirling his staff around in front of his body and then in behind his body, the mage finally took aim with the blue stone tipped staff, releasing a burst of blue energy. The energy beam struck the white dragon, making it roar loudly as it lost some of it's strength (2000/2500).
Kaiba only softly growled as Illidan smiled at the reaction, but didn't give Seto a moment to think about it. Immediately, he called out "Cybernetic Magician, attack that dragon now with Cyber Scepter Blast!" The mage aimed his staff instantly at the dragon and let loose a blast of blue energy in a sphere at the dragon.
About halfway across the field, Seto lightly smirked and said "Sorry Illidan, but that won't work! I activate the trap card Negate Attack! Now this trap literally negates your attack and ends your Battle Phase. Nice try though."
A small black hole opened up on the field right in front of the white dragon. The black hole swallowed up the blast and then closed back up, as if nothing happened.
Sighing, Illidan picked a card from his hand, saying "In that case, I'll place this face down and end my turn. Since I'm ending my turn, your dragon's points return to normal (3000/2500)." (Illidan 5000, Seto 7400)
Seto calmly drew his next card and smirked at it, saying "I play the spell card known as Card of Demise! Now I can draw till I hold five cards in my hand, but in five turns, I must discard my entire hand."
In a single motion, Seto picked up five cards and studied them, then continued, saying "I now play Silent Doom. This spell card returns one of my monsters in my Graveyard to the field in defense mode, so I'll pick my Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500)!" The white dragon then reappeared on the field, letting out a mighty roar as it then hunched down and pulled it's wings into a defensive stance.
"Next I summon my Lord of Dragons (1200/1100) in defense mode." A mage in armor that looked like that of a black dragon then appeared on the field in a crouching position. He held his arms crossed in front of his body also, seemingly increasing his defense.
With a bit of swagger in his voice, Seto said "As you know Illidan, with Lord of Dragons out, no spell, trap, or monster effects can be used on my dragons, so tough luck. Now Blue-Eyes, attack that pathetic mage with White Lightning!"
The white dragon roared loudly as it stretched it's massive wings. In one massive beat of it's wings, the dragon was airborne and glared down at the white clothed mage. The dragon opened up it's jaws as white energy began to surge from it's throat. With ease, the dragon let loose a beam of pure white energy, which went surging towards the white mage.
Slightly smiling, Illidan called out "Don't think so Seto, for I have a spell card!"
Lightly chuckling, Seto interrupted, saying "Did you forget about my Lord of Dragons already!? You can't target my Blue-Eyes as long as he's out Illidan!"
Nodding, Illidan replied "True, but who said I'm targeting your dragon? Now, I reveal the spell card Magical Dimension!" A golden statue with a slit up the middle then appeared. The statue was supported by eight chains, with each chain connecting to a corner of a set of metal poles that formed a rectangle around the statue.
"This spell card can only be activated so long as I have a Spellcaster type monster on the field, and my Cybernetic Magician happens to be one. Now, I get to sacrifice one monster on my field, so now you see my mage, now you don't!" A red beam shot out from the golden statue, instantly pulling the mage within itself. As this happened, the blast from the white dragon smashed into the ground where the mage was standing, but the blast simply dissipated.
"Since my mage is now gone, your dragon had no target to hit, so you wasted your attack. Now for the second part of this trick. I get to special summon a new Spellcaster from my hand to the field in attack mode, so now replacing my missing Cybernetic Magician will be my Silent Magician LV4 (1000/1000)." A small mage in white robes with white gloves, blue boots, an odd white hat with a little blue on an ornament, blue spandex like material covering it's arms, and a small scepter then appeared on the field. The mage looked rather young, and had long silver hair.
"And now, for the grand finale for this trick. Magical Dimension now allows me to destroy one monster on the field."
Chuckling loudly, Seto said "Too bad my Lord of Dragons keeps you from targeting my two dragons. Nice try Illidan, but you failed to get rid of my dragons."
Slightly smirking, Illidan only replied with "True Seto, but I'm not going to target your dragons. My target is your Lord of Dragons himself!"
Seto immediately stopped laughing as he saw the statue slightly glowing. Without warning, a blast of red energy came pouring out and struck the dragon armored mage, who let out a mighty roar as he exploded into millions of pieces.
Trying hard to regain a grip on his emotions, Seto took a deep breath and then smirked, saying "You may have defeated my Lord of Dragons, but you're far from safe. I'll place one card face down to end my move." (Illidan 5000, Seto 7400)
Looking at his deck for answers, Illidan silently sighed and then drew his card. Knowing he needed a certain card to have a chance at surviving, he silently prayed he'd draw the right one.
Taking a glance at the card, Illidan flashed a smile instantly and stared at Seto, saying "I'm not through with you yet Seto! Now I play the spell card known as Level Up! By simply sacrificing my Silent Magician LV4, I can now special summon my Silent Magician LV8 (3500/1000) to the field in attack mode!"
The smaller white mage quickly began glowing brightly with white light. When the light died down, he had grown much taller, and appeared a bit older. His hair was now longer, but still held it's grey color. His body was as well more developed, and his powers had apparently grown as well, which he demonstrated by a soft crackling of energy in his left hand.
Seto only stared on, seemingly unafraid of the new mage, but Illidan figured he had a reason due to his face down. "If I don't try it now, he could beat me. It's all or nothing now."
"Silent Magician, attack his Blue-Eyes that's in attack mode with Silent Scepter Blast!" commanded Illidan.
The mage quickly leapt into the air and pointed his staff straight at the white metallic looking dragon. He then pushed power forward into his staff, causing a large white sphere of energy to form. With ease, the mage launched the blast towards the white dragon, which seemed unafraid of the oncoming blast.
Smirking, Seto held out his hand and called out "You should check your target more carefully Illidan! I reveal my face down spell card, Shrink! Now your monster's attack points are cut in half, making him much weaker than my dragon!"
Lightly chuckling, Illidan shook his head as he pointed to his mage. The spell card had fired a blast of energy straight for the mage's attack, but the blast was unaffected, as was the mage. Seto soon saw why, when he noticed the mage glowing white.
Seeing Seto saw this, Illidan called out "Sorry Seto, but you're spell card has no effect on my mage. You see, he's unaffected by all spell cards, which means his attack points will be staying the same. So say goodbye to your dragon!"
The blast then struck the white dragon, making it roar loudly as it shattered into many pieces, leaving only the other dragon in a defensive stance alone.
"I think I'll end my move at that, so give me your best shot Seto." (Illidan 5000, Seto 6900)
Smiling, Seto leaned forward and lightly laughed, saying "Very well done Illidan. This duel is turning out to be exactly what I was hoping for."
Opening his eyes back up, he then stared at Illidan with dark blue eyes full of determination, and continued saying "Still, I knew this wouldn't be easy. That's why I wanted this duel. I knew you'd push me further than anyone else could currently, and that's what I want! I want to see if I have what it takes to still stand toe to toe with someone like you! Now, watch this move!"
With a fluent motion, Seto drew his card and looked at it. His expression grew somewhat shocked, but in that moment, he only laughed, saying "It's time I take this duel up to the next level!"
Knowing what Seto was most likely talking about, Illidan felt a small sweat drop slip down his cheek. "That can only mean one thing…"
Pulling another card from his hand, Seto called out "I play the spell card Monster Reborn, and special summon from the Graveyard my Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) in attack mode!" The mighty dragon let out a loud roar as it reappeared on the field in a mighty display.
"Next, I play the spell card Polymerization, allowing me to fuse my Blue-Eyes in my hand with the two on the field in order to summon my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (4500/3800) in attack mode!"
A third dragon appeared on the field and let out a loud roar. The three dragons then began to swirl together. A bright, blinding light then covered the field, making it impossible to continue watching. Seto only stood and watched with his arms crossed. Finally, the light died down as a large, white three headed dragon with massive wings and powerful clawed hands and feet descended onto the field. Each head then let out a mighty roar, making the building seemingly shake.
Marie only stared at the new monster in horror. "No way!" she said in a gasp.
Mokuba smiled and silently said "That's the way Seto. Go show Illidan what you're really made of."
Seto only smirked at Illidan as Illidan stared at the large dragon in front of him. "I figured this would happen eventually, but not this early. There is no way I can take that dragon down yet. I need a plan, and fast!"
The silence was quickly ended, with Seto cockily said "Amazed, right? Well, don't get too amazed Illidan, because here comes my dragon! Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack that mage with Neutron Blast!"
Each of the three heads of the dragon roared loudly as they opened up their jaws. White energy began to form in each of their throats and then filled their mouths. Lightning flared out from the energy as the dragons continued powering up. Finally, the three simultaneously released a blast of energy, with all three blasts twisting together into one large beam. The blast struck the white mage head on, who could do nothing but scream out in pain as his body quickly shattered from the blast. The remainder of the blast went flying back into Illidan, who slid backwards, but remained on his feet. As the blast cleared out, Illidan was slightly panting as he stood where the force of the blast had pushed him to.
Seto only sneered at his handy work and said "I think that's enough punishment for now Illidan. I'll leave my move at that, so go ahead and take your turn. I'll warn you now though, there is nothing you can do, so you might as well give it up. After all, you have only half of your life points left, while I have over ¾ of my life points." (Illidan 4000, Seto 6900)