Hello once more there everyone! My weekend was excellent, for the most part, lol. Friday, my lovely mate finally made it home… after a little car trouble. She thought it overheated, but luckily, it hadn't. The gauge was just messed up on it, but her heater was broke. When she finally made it home, she was froze, but I got her inside and warmed her up, in many ways, hehe. Saturday, we went to visit at my grandparents. My mom, sister and her boyfriend, and my one uncle were there. It was a lot of fun, and we both enjoyed ourselves. Plus we had lots of good food from both mom and my granny. Sunday we were to go shopping, but Marie's mom needed to go to the hospital, so we took her instead. We watched her niece for a while, and thankfully, nothing was seriously wrong with her mom. She got back out the same day. After that, we went grocery shopping, a little bit of Christmas shopping, and went home. It feels so good this morning to know my mate (who was rather tired after we got back, for good reasons, lol) is at home sleeping, and to know she's home for good now. I don't think I could be any happier than knowing she's finally back.
Hmm, last time Marie made her grand re-entrance, and showed a side that no one had ever seen before. She's revealed part of her past, as to why she wasn't tested, but what happened to her? Lol, as if those who haven't read The History of the Millennium Items don't know already, hehe. What will come of this confrontation between Illidan and Marie, and can Illidan manage to save her? Or will he make the ultimate sacrifice to save her from herself? That and more in the chapter(s) to come!
For now though, it's time I do that thing I do. You know, when the camera focuses in on my face and I say that one thing... Wait, that's the wrong line! I've been watching too much One Ring to Rule Them All episodes again. Anyways, time to answer the reviews!
Ultimate Legendary Master: I think I do… (//Begins guessing in mind.\\) Oh yeah, better keep reviewing. But yeah, it is on the downside now. I wish it was Friday again… You never know with Illidan and Marie though. Marie seemed to have done a number on Illidan so far, physically and emotionally. It is possible for her to be back, which will be explained. Lol, I can tell you for sure this story is shorter than ToP. ToP had shorter chapters at times, but towards the end, they were getting longer. In this story, the chapters are longer, so there are kind of fewer. That's mostly it. Thanks for the comments.
Ryon Nakura: Ryon, you're back! Why are you in the closet? (//Watches as Ryon comes flying out if it with Envy from FMA chasing him.\\) Ok… Maybe the doctor hired a bounty hunter to get him at last.
Isis the Sphinx: Yep, there is, I'm sure. But yeah, you should possibly remember from THotMI. Just keep glued though, cause my story takes it a step further than Marie's.
ardee: Yeah, it wasn't too hard to see coming, lol. Yep, people like to try and prey on Illidan's one weakness. It may, but remember, Marie was being mind controlled. This time, she's apparently out on her own. But yes, a serious duel will be coming up.
Metal Overlord 2.0: Lol, I know, but Marie is one of his biggest weaknesses. And it seems this time, she's not being manipulated, or is she. Yeah, Marie's history is a mystery. Yami doesn't even know much about it apparently. Possibly Marie will fill in the blanks this time. It's possible about Raijin, but you never know. If you're curious about Raijin, I'd suggest reading my mate's story. It is called The History of the Millennium Items, and there is a link to her page in my profile. You'll learn more about Illidan's past as well if you read it too. But yeah, Marie is now a servant of the Orichalcos, which means she's more dangerous than ever. Poor Illidan, he's getting his butt kicked all over the place. Thanks for the comments.
x-knight20: Thanks. Yep, Dartz is quite evil for this plan. The question is about Illidan saving Marie, can he, or will he even be able to. Good for your hand.
Well, that's all for today. Glad everyone liked the previous chapter. Stay turned for more on Marie and Illidan. Remember as always, I enjoy the reviews, and hope to see many more. Enjoy the chapter everyone. Later.
Chapter 51
That said, another vision appeared to the two. They were within the Pharaoh's ready room. Illidan saw his father, Shando, then Furion, Set's father, and finally Raijin, Yami's father, all within the room.
"I WANT HER DEAD!" screamed Raijin. "I want her and her whole family dead tonight!"
Shocked at this statement, Illidan was about to say something when suddenly the vision changed again. Now they were in a street, where Illidan saw his father, Furion, and three soldiers walking down the street. Two of the men were carrying swords just like Shando, and the third had what looked like a barrel.
"No…" Illidan whispered.
The look on his father's face and the action of his father grabbing the hilt of his sword told him that this mission bothered him greatly. After living with his father for eight years, Illidan had learned to guess what his father's emotions were, and the look he saw was one of grim, if not sadness.
The vision then blurred again, and they were within the house that the five were approaching. His father and Furion were inside, being greeted warmly by a tall man with brown hair. He seemed to be a warm and kind person, and Illidan instantly knew it was Marie's father. Soon enough, a short woman with brown hair and brown eyes came out, who was very pregnant, with a jug of water. Behind her was young Marie, carrying a tray of eatables.
He heard his father ask "Is Marie your only child?"
Marie's father replied "For now. We wanted to wait so that Marie could help a bit with the new baby... I guess that isn't going to happen now."
After a moment, of silence, her father spoke up again, saying "Marie said that you couldn't test her. I have never heard of that happening."
He watched as his father uncomfortably shifted in his seat before finally standing. The vision then blurred yet again, to show Furion behind Marie and blasting her with a powerful burst of Shadow Magic. Illidan then saw Marie's parents stand quickly as two guards came running in. The first ran Marie's father through with his sword, causing her father to instantly drop to the ground. Her mother screamed loudly at this, and the second guard chopped off her head with a single swing of his sword. Things grew deathly quiet then.
Illidan's father then said "Out! I will kill the child and be out in a second."
Gasping, Illidan felt as if his heart was just then destroyed. "Father! No, don't do it!" he screamed.
It was no good, for it was nothing but a vision. Again, the vision blurred, and he saw his father walking down the street with the house behind him ablaze. The emotions on his father's face were quite clear. Ones of sorrow and deep regret were what Illidan could see.
The vision then disappeared, and it was just him and Marie once more. He looked at her with sad eyes, knowing what his father had done now. With a sad voice, he said "I'm… I'm so sorry. I had no idea that had happened."
Marie glared at him, and said "Your father ruined my life. I could understand if he had just killed me, but to kill my family! Another thing that angers me about that night is he had my mother killed! I was to be a sister, but that was taken from me! And because of what? Because some old Pharaoh was scared of me!"
Grimacing at her comment, Illidan then realized that something wasn't right. Her visions had skipped around, as if she was leaving something out. In a calm voice, he said "Where is the rest of the vision?"
Looking at Illidan oddly, she asked "What do you mean?"
"There is more, I know it. You skipped something due that the visions kept jumping around. And further more, you blamed me for what my father did. It was my father's mistake to do what he did. He followed Raijin due to duty." he stated.
Smirking, Marie replied "Oh, so you don't believe that he did it for you? Well, I'll show you that he did!"
Suddenly, another vision came on. This time, it was back in the ready room, where the three men, Furion, Shando, and Raijin were still meeting.
Raijin, as calmly as he could, said "If you won't do it for Yami, do it for Illidan, your son! He will be a part of Yami's court. If something happens to Yami, it will more than likely happen to Illidan too. And don't forget about Set too. Our children's fates are linked; we can't let anything happen to them."
The vision then blurred once more and they were back in the house. Marie's parents laid dead, and Illidan's father was standing overtop of Marie's unconscious body with his sword held up and blood running off of it.
The vision then ended, and Illidan felt another punch hit his face. He slid backwards from the force of the blow and tried to put more distance between himself and Marie.
Marie only chuckled darkly, saying "Regretting teaching me to fight now Illidan?"
Slightly grimacing with pain, he said "A bit." In his mind, he silently said "She's stronger somehow now. She never had that kind of strength. We always sparred in ancient times, but she never would fight very hard. The same went for me, but now, it's different. She's stronger. What happened I wonder?"
"You see now why I will always hate your father, and now forever hate you! He did it for you, to protect you! Of all things, he did it to protect you!" she yelled with anger in her voice.
Her words cut Illidan deep, as he felt his heart breaking when he heard her use the word "hate" on him. Illidan was still unsure of what to do, but one thing was bothering him though about the visions. "Something is missing… She's not telling me something."
He then remembered in the last vision he saw of his father with a bloody sword. He had seen Marie's body beneath him. She had had not one drop of blood on her where a sword would have struck her. "If he didn't stab her, then who did he stab? Blood on his sword must have been from one of her parents. But why would he do that? Something doesn't add up here. And if it wasn't hers, then did he leave her? Also, I never saw any scars on her body when we were together that would have looked like she was stabbed, so father must have not, but why? Father was always thorough when he did something. If he didn't kill her, that means he left her to die in the fire, but she's alive, meaning either he took her out of it, or somehow she got out."
After a moment, he looked at Marie and said "You're hiding something about those visions."
"I have nothing to hide." she simply stated.
Looking in her eyes, Illidan replied "I know when you are hiding something from me Marie. Don't think you can hide something from me. We've known each other for so long, and I can tell by now. What else happened in that vision?"
She averted her eyes from Illidan, trying hard not to look him in the face. She then growled loudly and charged Illidan once more. Illidan saw it coming, and dodged an incoming kick. She continued to punch and kick, but all Illidan could do was dodge.
"I can't fight back. If I do, I'll hurt her, and that's the last thing I want. What do I do?" he screamed in his mind.
Marie's assault continued on, with him dodging the best he could. Illidan was taking a few shots occasionally, and it was taking it's toll on him. Aside from his aching ribs, he now had a sore face, not to mention his right shoulder hurt where she clipped him with a kick.
Taking a moment to laugh at Illidan's situation, Marie evilly said "What's the matter my love? Afraid of me!?"
Calmly, Illidan replied "Marie, what happened to you? You were never like this. You were never bitter or angry over things. Let me help you…"
"Shut up Illidan! I've known about what your father has done since ancient times. I lost my memories of my childhood in that attack, but when I was able to control my Shadow Powers, I discovered what happened." she replied with great anger.
Her fists then started shaking, as she sadly said "When I found out it was your father, it broke my heart. To know that I loved the man whose father destroyed my family was almost too much to bear. Still, I managed to put it aside, for I thought I loved you. Then I found out more…"
Glaring at him, she continued saying "I found out that you purposely didn't train me to my full potential!"
Shaking his head slowly, Illidan replied "No, that's a lie. I did all I could back then to make sure you was fully trained."
"LIAR!" she screamed in anger. "I saw what you did! You held back! At first, you trained me hard and vigorously, and then suddenly you slowed my training. You backed down my training regiment! And for what!? I could have been stronger than I was, but you chose to keep me weaker! Was you afraid I'd surpass you if I kept training!?"
Biting his lower lip, Illidan realized she spoke of when he realized his feelings for her. Slowly, he began with "I'm sorry… After you had left with Yami for that one month, I realized my true feelings for you. I should never have let that interfere with training you, but I couldn't put you in as much danger as before. True, I didn't make your training all that dangerous, but the stuff that I knew would harm you, I held back on. I'm sorry if you think it did hold you back, but I believe in the end, I did the right thing."
Laughing evilly, she replied "You're a fool! You made me weaker so I wouldn't be a threat!"
Shaking his head rapidly, Illidan replied "No, I would never do that to you! I loved you Marie, and I didn't want to hurt you. If I had… I don't know what I'd have done. I just couldn't take that risk."
Laughing evilly once more, she said "Is that why you tried to make my test so hard on the day I won my freedom? Because you loved me!?"
Looking at her with sad eyes, Illidan said "I'm sorry about that day. I should never have done what I tried to do to you. I had no right to try and stop you, but I loved you. I couldn't allow you onto the court knowing you would be in danger all the time."
Closing his eyes, he slowly said "I should have told you before the final test, but I was afraid of what would happen. I didn't want to ruin your chances of becoming free. If you knew my feelings, I was afraid you wouldn't be freed from slavery, or you'd have rejected me. True, that was no excuse, but I didn't want to hurt you or your dreams. I knew it was your dream to be free and to be on the Shadow Court, but I was worried that I could never protect you while on the court. At least off of it, I could keep you safe."
Marie then burst out loud laughing, causing Illidan to once again open his eyes. She then said "You are such a fool Illidan! To think you thought I needed protected! I can protect myself obviously."
Sighing, Illidan replied "I know you can protect yourself, but I love you! I swore an oath long ago to always protect you, for if you love someone, you must protect them, from the good and the bad. I may have done the wrong thing in not forcing you to train harder in the last part of your training, but it wouldn't have made much of a difference. Your power would have only probably gone up slightly. You'd have possibly been as strong as Bakura at most more than likely. That wouldn't have changed things."
With deep emotions in his voice, he said "I loved you, and still love you with all my heart and soul! I would lay down my life if it meant that you'd be alright."
Marie saw the sincerity and the love in his eyes, and forced herself to look away. Growling lightly, she then charged Illidan, punching and kicking at him once more. Due to his wounds already though, Illidan had a tougher time dodging her.
He gritted his teeth as a kick made it's way in to hit his already tender ribs once more. He leapt backwards a bit, trying to put as much space between him and Marie as possible. "I have to think of a way to get her to come to her senses." he silently thought in his mind.
Looking bored, Marie then said "I think it's time I finished this, once and for all!"
She then activated her Duel Disk and drew a card, and yelled "I play the Seal of Orichalcos!"
"NO!!!" Illidan screamed in shock and horror as he saw her jam the card into the field spell slot.
The Duel Disk then glowed with green light and a beam shot up into the air. Slowly, a green hollowed out circle began descending to the field. It finally landed and a six pointed star formed. Marie's forehead then glowed green and the same symbol appeared that was on the field. Her eyes then tinted red, as she began laughing evilly.
"Now we are going to find out who deserves to truly live Illidan!" she called out with hate in her voice.
Drawing five cards, she said "I play the spell card Cost Down, allowing me to discard one card from my hand to the Graveyard in order to lower the level of my monsters in my hand by two. So, I discard Witch's Apprentice to the Graveyard. Now I summon Marie the Fallen One (1700 + 500 2200/1200) in attack mode!" A blonde haired black skinned angel like creature with a pink and white dress then appeared. She looked like a hideously deformed angel, and had black feathery wings.
"Next, I play the spell card Monster Reborn, allowing me to bring back Witch's Apprentice (550 + 500 1050/500) in attack mode!" A woman with white wings, pink hair, and a blue set of robes with a small blue hat on her head then appeared on the field.
"Now, Witch's Apprentice's special ability kicks in. While she is on the field, all Dark attribute monsters gain 500 attack points while all Light attribute monsters lose 400, so that means my monsters get stronger (2200 + 500 2700/1200) (1050 + 500 1550/500)!" The woman with white wings slightly glowed with a dark glow as each of Marie's monsters strengthened.
"I'll end with a face down. It's your move Illidan." (Marie 8000, Illidan 8000)
