Hey there everyone. Wow, what a wacky duel last time. Illidan is getting his bum… did I just say bum? Note to self, stop thinking like an English man! Anyways, Illidan was getting his butt handed to him by toons, of all things. Can he pull out the victory still, or will the toons have a new friend named Anubis?

Oh yeah, and the maids finally got the mess cleaned up. Throws them a buck. They're cheap maids, lol. Watches the maids fight over the dollar. Ok, so now, onto answering reviews!

Isis the Sphinx: Poor Sesshomaru. He's got to do all the dirty work. Watches Sesshomaru resurrect people and then kill them with other sword. Yep, he does a much better job there Isis. Yeah, the sense of honor thing is cool.

Ultimate Legendary Master: Lol, yes, it's a safe bet almost always, although… He could lose and Pegasus could become the new hero! Slashes maid that was brought back by Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru: "YOU DARE TAKE MY KILL?" Uh yeah. Haven't you heard you snooze you don't slash? Sheesh, get with the times Sesshomaru, lol.

sweetxokissesxo: Ouch, that had to hurt poor Brianna. Just remember, it was Ryon that done it. Points to dyes sitting in his room.

pink-kiss-candy: Slashes all the resurrected girls with his demon sword. Meet the Danceseiga! It has the ability to cause people to fusion dance (blatantly stolen DBZ dance). Of course, once they're fused together, I just slash that new person. Sees sweetxokissesxo coming to kill Ryon. Uh, Ryon, she looks like she wants to talk to you in private.

x-knight20: Lol, don't worry about question four. What was it? Kidding, hehe. It's always fun and games till someone gets slashed.

Metal Overlord 2.0: Yes, the toons are strong. Really, they are, but they're a time, resources, and pain in the ass consuming set of cards to use. I thought I'd beef up Pegasus's deck, and make it a little bit more points oriented, although I did leave one problem with his deck: no space for spell or trap cards, lol.

Tomb Robber Vicky: Yep, Pegasus's new toons sure can make a punch line. Hopefully Illidan will win, or else this story's plot line sure has changed… Bakura, don't you know you need people to help take over the world? Hands him a card. Take a business card. I do good work. Flashes pearly white fangs in a smile at him with a thumbs up.

Alright, I'm tired, and going to bed. Btw, I may not post again till Tuesday, but that is to be determined Sunday. Pends on if my mate lets me post. She may not let me do anything when I get up there, hehe. Well, other than… nah, not that even. Damn… Waves from the dog house. Enjoy the chapter you all. Later.

Chapter 20

Illidan drew his card, knowing he really didn't need it due to what was in his hand. "I first sacrifice my Luster Dragon in order to summon Armed Dragon LV5 (2400/1700) in attack mode." The sapphire dragon vanished and an orange dragon with grey armor covering it's body took it's place. It had short stubby wings, lots of spikes covering it's body, and a spiked ball on the tip of it's tail. It let out a loud roar, to show it's strength.

"He won't stay here for long though, for I now play the spell card Level Up, allowing me to trade in my Armed Dragon LV5 in for Armed Dragon LV7 (2800/1000) in attack mode!" The orange dragon glowed as it's body enlarged. When the glow vanished, a new dragon, one with orange skin and steel armor appeared. It's wings were coated in steel now, and it's tail had a large club on the end of it with spikes. It had less spikes, but was still very rough looking. It let out a new roar, sounding much stronger than it's previous form.

Pegasus only waved a finger in at Illidan, saying "You may have that dragon, but he still can't harm my toons. No, no, he's unable to harm a single one of them."

Illidan only cracked a smile at this and replied "Oh really? Well, it's a good thing he can with his special ability! One that will level the playing field and finish you off, but first, I have a friend to bring back. I now reveal my face down spell card Monster Reincarnation, which allows me to discard one card from my hand in order to bring back one monster from my Graveyard, so I send the Shining Angel from my hand to the Graveyard and return my Dark Magician of Chaos to my hand. And now, to rid the field of those toons!"

Pegasus got slightly worried and said "You bluff, for you have nothing to stop them."

This only caused Illidan to lightly chuckle, and reply with "Oh really? Well, it's time to show you what I have. Now, I invoke my Armed Dragon LV7's special ability! By discarding one monster to the Graveyard, I can destroy all monsters on your side of the field with equal or less attack points to the monster I discard. The one I'm discarding is the one who just returned! So I now send Dark Magician of Chaos back to the Graveyard, allowing Armed Dragon LV7 to rid me of all your toons! Armed Dragon, destroy them with Serrated Saw Discs!"

The large dragon roared as it's belly began to glow. Four saw discs then formed in a patch of orange skin and began to buzz to life. They then went flying across the field, each having a target in mind. The first struck the toon machine monster, slicing it completely in half and causing a large explosion. The next cut through the green creatures, each exploding on contact from the disc. The twin elves were then each cut down by another disc, and the final disc carved up the small sorcerer, leaving Pegasus with a completely empty field and a gasp.

He only stood there, in shock, and finally managed to say "MY TOONS! You've destroyed them all! How could you just cut them down as if they were nothing?"

Illidan only sighed and replied "I'd worry more about yourself, for now, you're wide open. But I'm far from done, for now I play the spell card Monster Reborn, bringing back my Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600) in attack mode!" A flaming pentagram then appeared on the field as a figure rose up in the middle of it. It was a mage wearing tight fitting black armor who wielded a staff. His skin was blue, and eyes full of magic. He had red irises, with yellow corneas, making his eyes that much more magical and mysterious. Once fully on the field, he swept his staff out, instantly extinguishing the flames.

"Not him!" cried out Pegasus in shock.

Illidan only nodded and said "Yes him, and he's got a very nice special ability. Now I get to return one spell card from my Graveyard to my hand, and I choose my Monster Reborn, which I now play again to bring back Armed Dragon LV5 (2400/1700) in attack mode!" The orange dragon with steel armor plating reappeared on the field, letting out a roar to show his grand reentrance.

"You're finished Pegasus! There is no way out! Go Armed Dragon LV5, attack with Infernal Roar!" The dragon rushed forward, roaring loudly as it struck Pegasus hard with both clawed hands. Pegasus was pushed backwards, but remained standing somehow.

"Armed Dragon LV7, direct attack him now with Dragon Talon Terror!" The larger orange armored dragon roared and pulled one clawed arm back. It then sent it forward, striking Pegasus with it, making him fly backwards with skidding feet. Pegasus somehow remained standing, but was definitely fazed by the two attacks.

"It doesn't get much prettier now, for Dark Magician of Chaos is up. Now, attack him directly with Chaos Scepter Blast!" The mage aimed his staff at Pegasus and fired a sphere of dark energy from his staff. The sphere of dark energy struck Pegasus with incredible force, making him fall to one knee while he clutched his chest. He had his teeth clenched and eyes closed at the moment, but finally managed to stand and open his eyes once more.

"It's over now, for I'll have Horus attack directly with Darkness Flame Stream!" The silver dragon let out a screech and opened it's silver jaws to release a blast of black flames. The flames encircled Pegasus, making him scream out in pain as he collapsed to his knees. His life point counter hit zero, ending the game and causing his Duel Disk to power down.

Illidan's Duel Disk in turn powered down as well, and the monster holograms vanished as well. Slowly, Illidan walked over to Pegasus, who was on the ground panting hard. He had his hands out in front of him and was on both knees. Sweat was dripping off of him, for it had been a tough duel.

Finally, he stopped panting and clenched his fists and sat back on his knees to look at Illidan. He lightly smirked at Illidan, who offered a friendly hand. Pegasus took hold and stood back up. He brushed off his suit and readjusted it.

Smiling, he said "Very well done Illidan. I see you are worthy of wielding this card. Now come with me to my office, and we'll discuss Anubis."

Nodding, Illidan walked over to the briefcase and retrieved Anubis, placing it on the top of his deck before sticking it in his deck holder. Pegasus took off his Duel Disk and returned it and his deck into the briefcase. He then started to walk off, motioning for all four to follow him.

The five walked back into the elevator and rode it to the fourth floor. There, they walked out and into a front office directly. It had maroon colored carpet with lovely vanilla shaded walls. Towards a set of large double doors sat a woman at a desk, typing on something. She had sandy blonde hair, green eyes, and a warm smile.

She stopped typing for a moment and warmly said "Good afternoon Mr. Pegasus."

Pegasus nodded and replied "Good afternoon Mrs. Hughes. Any calls while I was out?"

She shook her head and replied "None at this time."

Nodding, Pegasus then headed towards a set of doors beside her desk. He opened them and motioned for the group to follow him in. In the new room, the carpet was a dark shade of purple with white walls. There was a large desk that had a phone and large computer on the corner of it, with the desk itself near a window with a large office chair behind it. In front of the desk sat five chairs, each made of red leather.

Pegasus quickly sat down in the office chair and motioned for the others to take seats. Obeying, each sat down.

Sighing, Pegasus said "Well, fair is fair, and I have to tell you all the secrets of Anubis now. I'm surprised you came into possession of it Illi-boy. Shadi had told me that Gozaburo had stolen it, but then I heard about his little tournament and then found out you later possessed it due that you won it from the tournament. I must say, it is impressive that you actually beat that card. I figured anyone who fought it would for sure lose."

This caused Illidan lightly smirk, and say "The fourth Egyptian God Card isn't invincible. As you know, it flaws."

Pegasus nodded, and replied "Yes, it has one major flaw. It's regeneration won't activate unless it's played. Aside from that, it has few, if any, flaws. That's what makes it so dangerous. It's like playing all three Egyptian God Cards at once."

Illidan only nodded in reply. Pegasus then sunk back into his chair and closed his eye for a moment. Finally, he opened it and said "There are a few abilities of that card you don't know of though Illidan. These abilities pertain to Anubis's title as God of Life. You've seen it's abilities over death, but it's life abilities are quite interesting too."

Confused slightly, Illidan said "Wait, I thought it's life ability pertained to it's ability to revive itself each turn."

Pegasus replied quickly "Yes, that ability does, but it has others. It's other life abilities help enhance it's revival. You see, it allows you to also sacrifice it's attack points in order to boost your life points. That means you could transfer all 2000 attack points that it would start out with if it revived. Quite a handy ability, wouldn't you say?"

"Yes, quite handy. That could be the difference in losing a duel and winning." Illidan replied.

Nodding, Pegasus then continued, saying "The other part of it's life ability pertains to monsters. By sacrificing Anubis's attack points equal to the amount of a monster in your Graveyard or removed from play pile, you could revive a monster to the field. Quite a nice ability if you want to revive one particular monster, but have used up Monster Reborn or any other card that allows you to revive a monster."

A smile slid across Illidan's face as he nodded, and replied "Quite. Is that it for his abilities?"

Pegasus only nodded, and said "As far as I know, that is all of Anubis's abilities. I found those out while researching him when I was preparing to create the card. Of course, little did I know the card would be so powerful. I never imagined it would be so strong willed as to reject me at the time."

Knowing what Pegasus meant, Illidan replied "Yes, I understand what you mean. The card is powerful. It took all I had to beat it when Gozaburo was using it. Still, I managed to beat it, showing that it isn't invincible."

Nodding, Pegasus then asked "Now that you know what you wanted to know about Anubis, I have a few questions for you. One being, why is the spirit of the ring out and running around? Last I heard, he was sealed away by you."

Sighing, Illidan thought for a moment about his words. Finally, he said "I released him early for an important reason. I'll explain it I guess, but I need to ask you something first."

"Ask away Illidan." Pegasus simply said.

"I need to know, do you know anything about the Seal of Orichalcos?" Illidan asked bluntly.

Pegasus slightly slid back in his chair and stood up, turning away to face the window. Sighing, he finally said "I've heard of it. I know of it mostly through my studies of ancient civilizations. I'll explain it if you tell me what is going on."

Sighing in defeat, Illidan slowly told the story of what had happened. He told everything, including the loss of Marie, his conversation with Yami, his releasing of the spirit, and what the Wolf Pack had told him to do.

Once it was all said and done, Pegasus took it all in. He sighed and sat down in his chair, saying "It is hard to lose a loved one, but you do have a chance to bring yours back. I lost my wife long ago… to a car accident. I tried to bring her back by using the Millennium Items, but when I failed to beat Yugi, I lost my right to try. Since then, I've been trying to study the ancient past. I've studied Egypt till nothing was left to study."

Taking a moment to breathe in deeply and close his eye, he finally exhaled and opened it back up, saying "I then started researching history of other civilizations once I finished up with Egypt. I finally found information on the ancient civilization of Atlantis. Most of my research comes from one man though, who is Professor Arthur Hawkins."

Blue let out a small gasp at that, and silently said in her mind "The professor…"

Continuing, Pegasus said "He is the authority on Atlantis research. On one of his recent expeditions, he found a very interesting artifact. I appeared to have ancient duel monsters on it, and that has gotten me quite interested. But as for your question about the seal, I'm not entirely sure what it is. From what I take it from the professor's research, the seal was created from a stone known as the Orichalcos Stone. There is some talk of it in the texts he's found, but still, it is a mystery to even me and him."

Taking a moment to close his eye, Pegasus said "There is another problem. A company, known as Paradias, has started to buy my company out. At the rate they're buying, Industrial Illusions will be out of my hands within the week. So, to counteract this, I've begun to buy out Kaiba Corp."

Looking confused, Illidan said "This helps how?"

Smirking, Pegasus replied "It is simply a way to draw Kaiba-boy's attention. You see, he's taking the heat for an incident in Japan over monsters appearing. In all reality, it's not his fault, for it is the gateway between our world and the monster's world that is open, allowing monsters to come and go as they please."

"Now you're making a little sense, but still, why get his attention?" Illidan asked.

Still smirking, Pegasus replied "I need him to help me out in finding out who is buying me out. I know it is Paradias, but there is more. I'm in danger now. A few duelists have come along, challenging me to duels. The scary thing is, they have this Seal of Orichalcos card you speak of. Two have tried me so far. One a mere child, the other an old man."

Blue again lightly gasped, and Illidan turned towards her and asked "Blue, do you know anything about this?"

She nodded, and replied "I bet they were the newest members in my former master's group. The one was a young boy, about ten years old. His name was Kazama. The old man was named Mushin. Both were said to be tough, but nothing more than a waste of space. I trained with both, and beat each. Of course, we weren't using the seal, so things were different."

Pegasus only gawked at the girl, half afraid now and said "You're one of them?"

Before things got out of hand, Illidan said "They don't want her anymore. Their leader or the one that leads the Wolf Pack at least, didn't take her with them after the last duel. Obviously, she is no longer a part of that group by those standards."

Calming down, Pegasus nodded and said "Very well, I believe you. You wouldn't allow someone who could harm me to come with you, obviously. At any rate, if Kaiba-boy ever figures out the small trail of breadcrumbs that I left him, then I should be alright. Also, I've sent for Yugi-boy to come to see me. I need to give him something that will help him in this war with this group that is after me."

Curious, Illidan asked "You're having Yugi come here?"

Shaking his head, Pegasus replied "No, not here in San Francisco. I have a main headquarters further south in the state where I'll meet him at. I'm mostly moving around to keep from being found."

Nodding, Illidan said "Good idea. The more you move, the better probably."

Pegasus only nodded and then stood up. "You should go Illidan. I suggest you go see Professor Hawkins about the seal. He maybe able to help you more than I can."

Illidan stood up as well, as did the rest of the group. He quickly said "I have a favor to ask before I do."

Looking at Illidan, Pegasus asked "What is it?"

Turning to look at Pegasus in the eye, he said "I would like for you to take Marie's body somewhere safe till I get her soul back. I can't obviously leave her at that motel. I need to know that her body will be safe and taken care of while gone."

Nodding, Pegasus replied "Not a problem. I can have her body moved to a safe location. When you finish your war and get her soul back, give me a call, or I'll have her call you. Also, if you need transportation to the professor's, take this."

Pulling a card out of his inner pocket, he then handed it to Illidan. It was a credit card with Industrial Illusion's logo on it. "That should be able to buy you and your friends tickets on trains, cab fair, a bus ticket, or whatever mode of transportation you plan on using. Also…"

Reaching over to his desk, Pegasus pulled a paper out and handed it to Illidan. "… this is where he lives. Please, do be careful Illidan. I'd hate for anything to happen to you. And, good luck in finding Marie's soul. I know you will rescue it."

Nodding, Illidan took the paper and checked the address. It was near Death Valley, California, which was near the southern part of the state they were in. Looking up, Illidan held out his hand towards Pegasus. Softening, Pegasus extended his hand out too and they shook.

"Thank you Pegasus. I won't forget this." Illidan said kindly.

"You'd better not Illi-boy. Safe journey to you all." Pegasus replied.

The four then turned and left the room, knowing where they had to go and what they had to do now.