Chapter 14
Illidan drew his first card and glanced at his hand. He held Change of Heart, Witch of the Black Forest, Pot of Greed, D.D. Warrior Lady, and D.D. Warrior Lady, plus his freshly drawn Waboku. "Hmm, do I go defensive or offensive? Hmm, I think I'll be defensive for now."
Clearing his throat, Illidan then said "I'll play the magic card Pot of Greed. This allows me to draw two new cards from my deck." Quickly, Illidan then drew his next two cards. He glanced at his Harpie's Feather Duster and his Thunder Nyan Nyan. Seeing the two cards made him rethink his strategy. "Ok, the best defense is a strong offense, so it's offense time."
"Now, I'll summon Thunder Nyan Nyan (1900/800) to the field in attack mode." Suddenly his red haired drummer in her leopard leotard appeared on the field bashing some drums.
Smiling, Illidan then said "Next I'll set one card face down. That ends my turn." (Illidan 8000, Noa 8000)
Nodding, Noa said "Fine then, it's now my move. I shall set a monster. Next, I'll set two cards face down. I end my turn." (Illidan 8000, Noa 8000)
The next card Illidan drew was his favorite: his Dark Magician of Chaos. "Awesome! Now I just need two monsters out to summon him."
Smiling, Illidan said "I'll set a monster first, and then have Thunder Nyan Nyan attack your face down monster with Drum Basher!" The red headed monster moved lightning quick across the field towards her target. As she approached the face down card image, the card image disappeared as the monster was revealed. There sat a brown machine monster with huge shields for arms.
"You've attacked my Gear Golem the Moving Fortress (800/2200)!" called out Noa.
"Oh no, it's too strong!" Illidan cried out.
The female drummer then struck the machine monster's shield, but was thrown back by Gear Golem's powerful defensive shield.
Smirking, Noa then said "Nice try Illidan, but you'll never tear thru Gear Golem!"
Smiling, Illidan replied "We'll see about that one. I'll end my turn." (Illidan 7700, Noa 8000)
Noa then drew and smiled at his card. He then said "Alright, I'll now summon the spirit monster known as Susa Soldier (2000/1600) in attack mode." A monster with a reddish energy swirled sword then appeared. The monster had white hair and wore a little bit of armor, but not much at all.
Illidan was quick to ask "A spirit monster?"
Nodding, Seto said "Yes, but I'll get to more on that after this move. Now, I'll play the magic card Fissure. It destroys one face up monster on your side of the field that has the lowest attack points. Since you only have one face up monster, it destroys your Thunder Nyan Nyan!" Suddenly, a hand came out from under the ground and grabbed the red headed monster. She struggled to free herself, but couldn't seem to break the grasp of the hand. Then she was squeezed harder till she was destroyed by the hand.
"Susa Soldier, attack his face down monster with Spirit Sword Strike!" The white haired warrior then quickly flew across the field and swung is mighty sword at the card image.
Just as the warrior was about to strike his monster, Illidan called out "I reveal this face down card, Waboku. Now my monster is safe for one more turn, but the monster is flipped face up, so I reveal D.D. Warrior Lady (1500/1600)." Three mages then appeared in front of the soldier, stopping the attack. Behind them, a blonde headed female warrior in grey, black, and white armor appeared on the field in a one knee position.
Smirking, Noa calmly said "Your monster maybe safe for now, but not for too much longer. Now, I'll play the magic card known as Spring of Rebirth. Now, since it's the end of my turn, my Susa Soldier returns to my hand…."
"You can't do that. Monsters don't just return to your hand." interrupted Illidan.
Slightly chuckling, Noa responded with "True, but this one does. You see, spirit monsters have the ability to return to their owner's hand at the end of their turn. So, my monster now returns. And his return triggers my magic cards effect. Spring of Rebirth's special effect is that when a monster returns to my hand, I gain 500 life points. So, I now gain 500 life points. I end my turn now." (Illidan 7700, Noa 8500)
Illidan drew his next card and studied the card he had drawn. He quickly realized though that Beta the Magnet Warrior would not help currently. "Only one thing can take down that Gear Golem, and that's my Dark Magician of Chaos. Now, I just need to get another monster out somehow and make a double sacrifice. Wait, I see what to do. I'll just play Change of Heart and sacrifice his monster with mine. Now I've got him!"
Smiling, Illidan said "Watch this move Noa! I play the magic card Change of Heart, which allows me to take control of your Gear…"
Quickly interrupting, Noa said "Sorry Illidan, but that won't be happening! I activate my face down trap known as Spell Shield Type – 8! This allows me to negate the magic card targeting my monster and then destroy it. Nice try though Illidan."
Slightly growling, Illidan said "I set a monster in defense then. That ends my turn." (Illidan 7700, Noa 8500)
"My move then, and first I'll reveal my face down trap known as Ultimate Offering. This allows me to have an extra normal summon or set a monster at a cost of 500 life points. So, I'll now summon Susa Soldier (2000/1600) in attack mode!" Once again the white haired warrior reappeared on the field, swinging his sword into an attacking position.
"Next I'll use my Ultimate Offering trap. I give up 500 life points to summon another spirit monster known as Inaba White Rabbit (700/500) in attack mode." A little white rabbit sitting on a rocket appeared on the field, right beside the white haired warrior.
"Now, Inaba, direct attack his life points with Rocket Blast Off!" commanded Noa. The rocket the rabbit was sitting on then came to life and lifted off with the rabbit hanging on. The rabbit then started zooming all around the field, making Illidan constantly keep looking for it.
"Look behind you!" called Noa just as Inaba smacked him hard in his lower back. Illidan about fell over, but somehow remained standing. Then the white rabbit returned to his launching spot back on Noa's side of the field. Suddenly Noa's life points started going up.
Smirking, Noa asked "Did you like that Illidan? What's that, you're speechless I see. Oh yeah, if you haven't already noticed, my Deck Master's special ability allows me to absorb the life points you lost. So, thanks to Shinato, I get stronger while you get weaker. Susa Soldier, attack his face down monster with Spirit Sword Strike!" The white haired warrior then quickly leaped into battle and easily slashed the card image in half with his sword. An image of a purple haired woman with black hair then appeared as she cried out and then exploded.
Noa was quick to ask "What's that?"
Smiling, Illidan replied "That's my Witch of the Black Forest (1100/1200). Thanks to that attack, I'm now able to move one monster with 1500 or less defense from my deck and add it to my hand." Quickly fanning out his deck, Illidan finally decided on picking his Jinzo. "That should be more than enough to break thru his Gear Golem the Moving Fortress."
Smirking, Noa said "Alright, now I'll place one card face down. Next, both my Inaba White Rabbit and Susa Soldier return to my hand thus triggering my Spring of Rebirth, which gives me 1000 life points. That shall end my turn." (Illidan 7000, Noa 9700)
"Darn, he keeps raising his life points. I've got to get something out to get some of those life points off of him." Slowly, Illidan drew his next card and saw it was Ring of Destruction. "Not much help at the moment if I summon Jinzo."
Illidan then looked up and said "Alright, now it's time for me to turn this duel around. I'll …"
Before he could get any further, Noa interrupted, saying "Not so fast Illidan! I activate the trap card known as Raigeki Break! After I discard one card from my hand, I can destroy any card I wish on the field. And the card I'll destroy is your D.D. Warrior Lady! So, I'll now discard my Mystical Elf (800/2000) from my hand. Now, watch as your warrior goes bye bye!" Suddenly blue lightening streaked down from the sky and struck the female warrior, easily destroying her.
Illidan started growling slightly at the destruction of his monster. "Darn, there goes another good monster to my Graveyard."
Smirking, Noa said "You look upset Illidan. Don't worry, I'll take care of that soon enough. Now, continue your move."
Sighing, Illidan said "I'll set one card face down. Then I set a monster. That ends my turn." (Illidan 7000, Noa 9700)
"Let's just see him try to use his little Inaba attack again. With Ring of Destruction down, I'll destroy it as soon as he plays it."
Noa drew and then said "Hmm, I don't like how your face down card looks Illidan, so I'll play the magic card Mystical Space Typhoon, allowing me to destroy your face down card." A powerful typhoon then flew across the field at the face down card.
Illidan cried out "No!"
When the typhoon was near, Illidan quickly said "I won't waste this card Noa. I chain your move with my trap, Ring of Destruction! And I'll use it on your Gear Golem the Moving Fortress! By the way, when a monster is selected to be targeted by Ring of Destruction, that monster is destroyed and we each take damage equal to the destroyed monster's attack points!" A large ring with explosives attached to it's side then appeared on the field. Then it began to spin fast as it flew across the field. I then slipped over the brown machines neck. The explosives then ignited, causing the machine monster to be destroyed. Pieces of the exploding monster then struck both Illidan and Noa, doing damage to each others life points.
Smirking at this, Noa said "Not bad Illidan, but that's the last 800 life points you'll cost me! Now I'll play the magic card Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two new cards. Next, I'll play the magic card known as Dark Hole, destroying all monsters on the field, but since there is only your face down monster out, it goes!" A large black hole then appeared on the field, sucking up the weaker face down monster, which was revealed to be D.D. Warrior Lady (1500/1600).
"Not good! Now I'm defenseless."
Smirking once again, Noa continued, saying "Now that that is taken care of, I summon my Susa Soldier (2000/1600) in attack mode once again." The white haired warrior once again graced the field as he swung his powerful sword.
"I now invoke my Ultimate Offering and summon Inaba White Rabbit (700/500) in attack mode!" The powerful white rabbit then reappeared on the field. It's rocket was steaming, showing it's readiness to take off and fight.
"Next, I'll invoke my Ultimate Offering one more time to set a monster. Susa Soldier, direct attack Illidan's life points with Spirit Sword Strike!" Quickly the white haired warrior ran across the field and slashed Illidan with his large sword. Illidan was shaken up, but he didn't go down to his knees. "That one smarts."
Smirking, Noa than said "Now, you'll only lose 1000 life points since Susa Soldier's special effect cuts the damage he does in half. Inaba, direct attack him now with Rocket Blast Off!" The white rabbit then hit the sky as it's his rocket caused him to zigzag across the field once again. He then suddenly appeared behind Illidan and struck him in the back, just like last time.
Illidan cried out in pain this time and fell to one knee. "Ok, this must be the duel where I get my butt handed to me."
Laughing, Noa then said "That must hurt Illidan. You're so pathetic! Now, I'll return my two spirit monsters to my hand, and then gain an additional 1000 life points thanks to my Spring of Rebirth magic card. That's it for my turn." (Illidan 4500, Noa 11000)
"If he keeps this up, he'll be too strong to stop. I know my deck has something to hold off his powerful spirit monsters. Heart of the Cards, please, guide me." Illidan then stood up and drew his next card. He then smiled at his newly drawn card.
Smiling, Illidan said "Alright Noa, you've had your fun, but it's time I take control of this duel. I now remove my Witch of the Black Forest and D.D. Warrior Lady from the Graveyard to my removed from play pile. Now I can special summon Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End (3000/2500) in attack mode!" A powerful black dragon with orange hair then appeared. It stretched out it's powerful wings and then let out a mighty roar. Noa had a frightened look on his face when he started staring into the eyes of the mighty dragon.
Continuing, Illidan said "Now that my dragon is here, this duel is going to start turning around. Next I'll summon my Beta the Magnet Warrior (1700/1600) in attack mode." A yellow magnet looking creature appeared on the field right beside the powerful black dragon.
Smiling, Illidan said "Time to take that face down monster down. Chaos Emperor Dragon, attack his face down monster with Chaos Blaster!" The mighty black dragon roared as it reared back it's head and let loose a powerful blast of black energy from it's mouth. As the blast was about the strike the face down card, the card image was replaced by a huge rock soldier known as Giant Soldier of Stone (1300/2000). Easily, the dragon's blast crushed right through the stone soldier.
"Now my Deck Master's special ability is triggered. Since my monster destroyed one of your monsters, my dragon is allowed to attack a second time. Chaos Emperor Dragon, attack Noa directly with you Chaos Blaster!" Once again, the black dragon roared and released it's devastating blast. The blast struck Noa hard, making him scream out in pain. A huge plume smoke appeared from the impact of the blast. Once the smoke cleared, Noa was laying on his back.
After a moment, Noa slowly got back up. Struggling to speak, he finally said "Impressive Illidan, but I'm not done yet."
Nodding, Illidan said "Yeah, I'm sure you're not, but then again, neither am I. Beta the Magnet Warrior, direct attack his life points with Magnetic Polarity Punch!" The yellow magnet creature let out a soft moan as it flew straight at Noa. It then landed a huge magnet punch into Noa's midsection, making Noa double over, but he didn't fall. He only stood there panting instead.
Smiling, Illidan said "Now, I'll end my turn." (Illidan 4500, Noa 6300)