Chapter 5

After awakening in the morning, Illidan took a long hard look in the mirror. He was no longer the young man that was into dueling for just fun. Now he was in it for saving the world. Things seemed so much direr now, and Illidan now had to figure out how to activate his Millennium Key's powers.

With only 3 hours before Illidan had to leave to get to Kaiba Corp. Island, Illidan decided to first check out his deck. "Might as well make sure that I didn't forget something important in it."

Illidan's deck had taken him quite a few months to put together. He had asked the opinion of several duelists when piecing it together. He knew that this deck would win this tournament since he put his heart and soul into this deck.

First there was his favorite card: the Dark Magician of Chaos. Illidan had picked up this card in a set a few weeks before he heard about the tournament. He liked the card because he got it when he had taken Marie out on a date. Also, he loved the fact that it was tricky.

Then he found his second favorite card, his Luster Dragon. This was his first ever 1900 attack point monster. Plus, he felt favoritism for this card because of the powerful dragon it depicted. The dragon was said to not like to fight, but when it did, it released incredible power.

Illidan then continued looking through his deck. He saw his powerful Valkyrion the Magna Warrior. This monster is formed by offering up 3 other monsters known as Alpha the Magnet Warrior, Beta the Magnet Warrior, and Gamma the Magnet Warrior. Also, you could bring those 3 back by sending Valkyrion to the Graveyard. Illidan knew a handy little move that got all 4 to the field. It was a technical move, but was possible.

Next Illidan found his Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning. After last night's duel, Illidan decided that this monster would be his Deck Master throughout the tournament.

The next monster Illidan found was Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End. This monster was as special as his BLS-EOTB. This monster had the power to wipe out the entire field and a player's hand. To Illidan, this card was powerful, but not unbeatable.

Finally, there was Illidan's Jinzo. This monster would bring many a duelists to their knees. With the ability to negate traps, Jinzo represented a real problem to any duelist.

After checking all his other cards, Illidan then decided that his deck was fully assembled. He then stuck his deck in it's carrier, which he had strapped to his belt.

Illidan then turned his attention to his Millennium Key. He still had no idea how to work it. Shadi had told him the night before that he'd learn how to. Still, Illidan had hoped that the Millennium Key would implant into his head that knowledge, but he had no such luck.

Concentrating hard, Illidan thought back to the vision he had the night before. Nowhere in that vision had he seen his past self use the Millennium Key. Illidan finally decided that he'd just have to figure it out the hard way. Holding the key in this right hand, he then imagined himself becoming invisible. The key then responded by cloaking Illidan in a shroud of darkness. Illidan quickly realized that this shroud was a cloak of invisibility. He quickly imagined himself being visible once again. Once again, the key responded by lifting the cloak of darkness.

Happy, he then said "Cool. Now that I know how to become invisible, I need to learn to unlock a person's mind. But that is dangerous, and I hate to accidentally lock someone's mind. Hmm, I'd better not try that move yet. For now, I'll just be happy with invisibility."

Illidan then decided to have a little fun. Illidan then imagined becoming invisible once again. Just as before, the key shrouded Illidan in darkness. Illidan then went outside of his home. He walked down to the sidewalk where he saw a small child being picked on by a bully.

"You'd better give me your lunch money now or you're going to be riding a wheelchair home. So, what is it going to be little boy?" the mean bully said to the poor kid. The kid was pinned up against a tree, so he had nowhere to run.

"I think neither." Illidan said in a mysterious voice.

"Who said that? I bet you are a ventriloquist, right?" asked the bully with fear in his voice.

The little boy shook his head no. The kid was just as afraid as the bully in a way. Suddenly, the bully started floating, like someone had picked him up by the back of his shirt.

"People like you need to learn not to pick on little kids. I want you to apologize, or you'll be sorry." Illidan said in a voice of cold steel.

Scarred half to death, the bully apologized exceedingly to the little boy. Once finished, Illidan dropped the boy to his feet. Still frightened due that he couldn't see anyone, the bully ran away crying for his mommy.

With a slight chuckle, Illidan then turned to the little boy. The boy seemed frightened because he couldn't who was there. Illidan then decided he'd better show himself or he'd regret scarring the boy half to death. Illidan then imagined being visible once again. As before, the key caused Illidan to reappear. The boy was scared when he saw Illidan materialize right in front of him. Once rematerializing, Illidan kneeled down to the boy's height.

Gently, he said "I'm sorry if I scared you. I was only trying to teach that bully a lesson. Are you alright?"

Slowly, the boy stammered a yes.

Smiling, Illidan said "Good. I'm glad you're alright. Well, I must go. I once again apologize for scarring you."

Quickly, the boy said "Wait, who are you?"

"I'm a guy who likes helping the underdog out. I've got to go. Bye." Illidan replied.

"Bye-bye." the kid replied.

With that, Illidan then dematerialized once again. Once back in his house, Illidan rematerialized. Illidan then checked the time. He'd wasted enough time. Now he only had an hour left to get to the ferry boat that was to take the duelists to Kaiba Corp. Island.

He quickly called Marie, asking her if she'd like to ride together to the ferry. She agreed to, so he quickly grabbed his duffle bag and got on the subway and went to her home. On the way, Illidan made sure to hide the Millennium Key. He carefully tucked it away into his shirt so Marie couldn't see it. Illidan dearly loved Marie, but he hated hiding things from here, but still, he didn't want her to worry.

Once he arrived, his breath was taken away. There stood Marie in a pink t-shirt and a pair of tight jeans, which showed off her wonderful figure. Her beautiful mid-back length brown hair shined brightly in the sun. Illidan then glanced up at her face and then stared into her beautiful light brown eyes. He couldn't help but stare at her all the time, for her beauty was truly breathtaking.

Taking him by the hand, she said "We have no time for you to stand there gawking. Let's get going to the ferry before we're too late."

Shaking himself back into reality, he nodded and gently led her towards the subway. All the way to the ferry, they talked about different things, mostly about what was to come at the tournament. Both agreed that it would be an uphill struggle for each of them, but they figured that they would do well if they tried their best.

At last, they pulled into the station by the sea where the ferry awaited. Illidan and Marie walked hand in hand to the ferry and quickly hurried on board. At long last, the ferry departed for Kaiba Corp. Island.