Chapter 2
"I'll go first since I need to see how good you are. Now, prepare yourself. I set this monster in defense mode and end my turn." the stranger calmly said. A card image appeared on the field in a horizontal direction. (Stranger 8000, Illidan 8000)
"Alright, it is now my move." Illidan said with anticipation. Illidan looked at his hand. It was a decent hand to start off with. He had drawn D.D. Warrior Lady, Thunder Nyan Nyan, 2 Mystical Space Typhoon, and Premature Burial. The card he just drew was a special one to him. It was his Dark Magician of Chaos. "Good, my favorite card. Now to use it against him."
"Alright, I set a card face down. Then I summon Thunder Nyan Nyan (1900/800) in attack mode." A monster dressed in a leopard print leotard then appeared. She had red hair and a set of drums in front of her. She picked up some drum sticks and began to bash the drums loudly.
"Now, attack his monster Thunder Nyan Nyan with Drum Bashing!" called out Illidan. Thunder Nyan Nyan flew across the field and struck the card image with her drum stick. From the card image appeared a woman in black robes that grabbed onto Thunder Nyan Nyan's drum sticks, seemingly stopping the drummer's attack.
"What is that?" asked Illidan in curiosity.
"It is my Gravekeeper's Spy (1200/2000). She has 2000 defense points, so your attack has cost you 100 life points. Also, Gravekeeper's Spy has a special effect when it is flipped. It allows me to special summon one Gravekeeper monster with 1500 or less attack points from my deck to the field in attack or defense mode. So, I'll choose Gravekeeper's Curse (800/800) in defense mode." A man in black robes then appeared. He had a small aura surrounding himself.
"And now, Gravekeeper's Curse's effect activates. When it is summoned or special summoned to the field, it automatically does 500 damage to my opponent." With that, the robed man sent a small burst of energy flying at Illidan, causing him to lose life points.
"Ah man, that stinks. Well, I'll end my turn now." (Illidan 7400, Stranger 8000)
"A wise move my young friend. Now, I play the magic card called Dark Room of Nightmare. When your life points are lowered by anything other than battle damage, you lose an additional 300 life points now. Now, I'll summon Gravekeeper's Curse (800/800) in defense mode." A new black robed man then took up a position on the stranger's field.
"Next, my Deck Master's special ability kicks in. Whenever I summon a Gravekeeper monster from my hand during my turn, one of your monsters is returned to your hand. So, Thunder Nyan Nyan now returns to your hand." Illidan's drum bashing monster then disappeared off of the field. Illidan frowned at this move, but finally picked his monster card back up off of the Duel Disk tray.
"Now, you automatically lose 500 life points due to my Gravekeeper's Curse. Then thanks to my magic card, you lose an additional 300 life points."
With that, the newly summoned black robed man fired a blast of energy at Illidan. The blast was small, but still effective in lowering his life points. "Well, this isn't good."
"Now, I'll end my turn." called out the stranger. (Illidan 6600, Stranger 8000)
Illidan then drew his next card. It was another D.D. Warrior Lady. "Now I summon D.D. Warrior Lady (1500/1600) in attack mode." A female warrior in gray, white, and black armor then appeared on the field. She quickly drew her sword from it's sheath and gave the most fierce fighting face.
"D.D. Warrior Lady, attack his Gravekeeper's Curse on the left now with Dimension Blade Slash!" The female warrior made quick work of the first black robed man by easily slashing him in two.
"Next, I activate my Deck Master's special ability. Since D.D. Warrior Lady destroyed one monster on the field, she can attack a second time. So, D.D. Warrior Lady, attack his other Gravekeeper's Curse with Dimension Blade Slash!" Once again, the female warrior took out another black robed man with ease.
"That shall end my turn." (Illidan 6600, Stranger 8000)
The stranger smiled and said "Hmm, you are doing well my young friend."
Illidan only smiled back and said "Glad you think so. Now, let's see what you can do."
The stranger only smiled again and replied with "Gladly. Now, I'll summon the monster known as Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier (1500/1000) in attack mode." With that, a soldier wearing a dark like robe appeared on the field. He wielded a powerful looking spear as well.
"Now that I summoned another Gravekeeper, my Deck Master now can send one of your monsters to your hand. So your D.D. Warrior Lady returns to your hand." With that, the female warrior disappeared from the field and Illidan grudgingly picked up his monster from his Duel Disk tray. All Illidan could do was growl about this turn of events.
"Since you have nothing on the field now, I can direct attack you. So, Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier, direct attack Illidan's life points with Grave Spear Strike!" The soldier quickly crossed the field and struck Illidan with his spear, knocking Illidan to one knee.
"Ok, that one hurt a bit." Illidan muttered.
"There is more to come though my young friend. I end my turn." (Illidan 5100, Stranger 8000)
"Darn, this guy is getting the better of me. I can't keep on going like this. I need to draw something from my deck to take him down, and I need to do it right now."
Illidan then drew his next card from his deck. It was his Graceful Charity. "Perfect!"
"I play the magic card known as Graceful Charity, allowing me to draw 3 new cards from my deck." Illidan then drew his Slate Warrior, Jinzo, and Monster Reborn. "Exactly the card I needed."
"Now, I must discard 2 cards to my Graveyard due to Graceful Charity's second effect. So, I discard my Dark Magician of Chaos and Jinzo."
The stranger chuckled and said "That was a rather foolish move my friend. You just discarded two of your best monsters."
Illidan only smirked and replied with "It may look foolish now, but watch this. I play my magic card known as Monster Reborn, allowing me to bring back my Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600) in attack mode!" Suddenly, Illidan's powerful mage reappeared on the field. The mage was clad in tight fitting black armor and had a mysterious, if not magical glare in his eyes. Illidan only smiled as he saw his favorite monster return to the field.
"And now, his special effect kicks in, allowing me to return one magic card from my Graveyard to my hand. So I pick Monster Reborn. Now I play Monster Reborn once again, allowing me to bring back my Jinzo (2400/1500) in attack mode!" Suddenly the powerful cyborg made his appearance on the field beside Dark Magician of Chaos. Illidan now had two of his best monsters out.
Illidan chuckled and said "And I'm not done yet! Now I'll summon my Slate Warrior (1900/400) to the field, completing my trio of powerful monsters." A large blue and gold warrior then appeared. On his back was a huge sword, and his head was blue.
"Slate Warrior, attack his Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier with Fiend Slash!" The blue headed warrior then zoomed across the field and sliced Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier in half with his large sword.
"Next up is Jinzo. Wipe out his Gravekeeper's Spy with Cyber Energy Shock!" The cyborg then brought one hand forward and created a sphere of black energy. Then he threw the sphere at the black robed female, easily destroying her.
"Now it's time to invoke my Deck Master's special ability. Since Jinzo destroyed your monster, he's allowed to attack a second time. So Jinzo, direct attack his life points with Cyber Energy Shock!" Again, the cyborg threw a sphere of energy, except this time directly at the stranger. The stranger faltered slightly when Jinzo's attack hit, but recovered quickly.
"Finally, Dark Magician of Chaos, direct attack his life points with Chaos Scepter Blast!" The mage then twirled his staff and fired a powerful blast of dark energy at the stranger. Once again, the stranger was shaken up by the blast.
Illidan slightly chuckled and said "I bet now you wish you'd have attacked me more in your previous turns."
The stranger, in his calm and cool voice replied with "No, not really. Finish up your turn so I can continue my onslaught."
Illidan could only chuckle at that and said "Alright, I end my turn now." (Illidan 5100, Stranger 2400)
The stranger smiled and said "Now allow me to show you a real move. First, I'll invoke my Deck Master's ability. At a cost of 500 life points, I'm allowed to bring back any Gravekeeper monster. So, I'll bring back Gravekeeper's Curse (800/800) in defense mode." The black robed man with the aura then returned to the field.
Pointing a finger then at Illidan, he said "And now my young friend, Gravekeeper's Curse's effect kicks in. So you now lose 500 life points, plus 300 more for my Dark Room of Nightmare." The aura around the robed man flashed violently as he threw a blast of energy at Illidan. As before, Illidan was slightly moved by the blast, but still held on.
"Next I'll sacrifice my Gravekeeper's Curse to summon Gravekeeper's Chief (1900/1200) in attack mode!" With that the black robed man disappeared and a man in white robes and a turban, who wielded a staff, appeared in his place.
The stranger then smiled and said "This triggers my Deck Master's effect, forcing you to return your Dark Magician of Chaos to your hand." With that, the powerful mage was forced to disappear from the field and return to Illidan's hand. Illidan slightly growled at this annoying effect of the stranger's Deck Master, but he had little choice but to go along with it for now.
"Now for Gravekeeper's Chief's effect. His effect now allows me to bring back one Gravekeeper from my Graveyard, so I'll pick Gravekeeper's Curse (800/800) in defense mode, which once again causes you to lose 800 more life points." Suddenly then the man in a black robe reappeared, along with his strange aura. He then threw a small blast of energy at Illidan once again, causing Illidan to pant slightly.
The stranger smirked and continued on with his move, saying "Next, I'll play the field card called Necrovalley. This gives all of my Gravekeepers 500 more defense and attack points (2400/1700) (1300/1300)." Illidan only watched in shock as the stranger's two monsters glowed with a new found strength.
"Also, it prevents either of us to use cards that affect the Graveyard. Now my Gravekeeper's Chief, destroy Illidan's Jinzo with Grave Rod Bash!" The powerful cyborg and the white robed man met head on. Jinzo used his powerful Cyber Energy Shock, while the Gravekeeper's Chief struck Jinzo with his rod. The attacks on one another destroyed both of them seeing how they were even in attack points.
"To end my move, I'll place one card face down." (Illidan 3500, Stranger 1900)
"This is just great. Now I have to contend with his face down card. I wish he hadn't of sent my Dark Magician of Chaos to my hand. I could have really of used it out on the field. Oh well, no use in complaining now. I'll just have to make due without it for now."
Illidan then drew his next card. It was the magic card Raigeki. "Great, now I'll just wipe him out in one turn. Since Slate Warrior has the exact amount of attack points to wipe him out, I'll just play this card and win this duel. Just in case though, I'll also play something else."
"Alright, I'll summon D.D. Warrior Lady (1500/1600) in attack mode." The young female warrior then reappeared on the field. She drew her sword from it's sheath and raised it, showing her readiness for battle.
"Next, I'll play this magic card: Raigeki!" Streaks of lightning flashed down on the stranger's side of the field, which then destroyed the stranger's Gravekeeper's Curse.
Illidan then said with confidence in his voice "Alright, now it's time to rap this duel up. Slate Warrior, direct attack his life points now with Fiend Slash!" With that, the blue headed warrior flew across the field, slashing the stranger with his large sword. The shear strength of the attack knocked the stranger to his knees. Then his Duel Disk powered down, signifying that he was out of life points.
After catching his breath, the stranger stood back up and said "Good duel my friend. Now I'll explain all to you."