Chapter 25
Slate Warrior. "Great, now I can possibly turn this duel around."
Smiling, Illidan calmly said "I'll first play my Graceful Charity magic card. This allows me to draw three new cards, but I must discard two afterwards."
Quickly drawing, Illidan saw that he'd drawn Sangan, Dark Hole, and United We Stand.
Slightly smirking, he said "I'll now discard D.D. Warrior Lady and Gamma The Magnet Warrior. Then I'll play the magic card Dark Hole!" A large black hole then opened up on the field. It began sucking all of the monsters on the field into it, instantly crushing each. Marik seemed quite surprised at this move.
"Now you have no monsters out, I'll summon Slate Warrior (1900/400) in attack mode." A rather large blue headed warrior with golden armor then appeared on the field. His hand rested on the hilt of his huge halberd on his back.
"Slate Warrior, direct attack Marik now with Fiend Slash!" The fiend monster drew his sword and jumped into the air and then slashed Marik with his halberd. Marik slid back a little, but didn't seem to flinch.
"That ends my turn Marik." (Illidan 4700, Marik 6100)
Lightly chuckling while he drew his next card, Marik said "Impressive Illidan. I wasn't expecting you to make such a bold move, but don't think you've won yet! Watch as I activate my Puppet Master's Deck Master ability! Since I have Masked Doll out, I don't have to pay the 1500 life points cost, but it still allows me to special summon three monsters back to the field from my Graveyard in defense mode. So, I'll bring back Revival Jam (1500/500), Sangan (1000/600), and Bowganian (1300/1000)." The odd looking puppet monster then screamed and shot a beam out of his eyes at Marik's Graveyard. Suddenly, it glowed and three new beams shot out. Then the blue plasma monster, an orange hairball monster, and the green eyeball monster with a crossbow reappeared.
Illidan slightly cringed, thinking "No, not that Revival Jam again!"
"That shall do it for my turn. Beware Illidan, Ra is coming, and he won't be so gentle!" (Illidan 4700, Marik 6100)
With that, Illidan drew his next card. Smiling, he thought "This should make him shut up."
Illidan then said "I play the magic card Harpie's Feather Duster! Say good bye to all your magic and trap cards!" A huge feather then appeared on the field and sent a set of huge tornados at all of Marik's magic and trap card zones. Suddenly, both his Masked Doll and Jam Defender card were struck and exploded, causing Marik to slightly growl.
"Now that those two cards are gone, you won't be able to defend yourself as well. Next I'll summon my Sangan (1000/600) in attack mode." A small orange fur ball with green arms and three eyes then appeared on the field.
"Sangan, attack Revival Jam with Tri-Eye Beam!" All three eyes on the hairball monster then went wide open and fired a beam from each at the blue plasma monster. Blue plasma splattered all over the field as usual.
Marik stood there for a moment and finally said "Alright, I'll pay 1000 life points to regenerate my Revival Jam to the field." Slowly, the blue plasma began reforming into the shape the monster had previously held.
Smiling, Illidan said "I figured you'd have no choice but to do that Marik. Now I'll use that weakness of yours to make you lose some serious life points. I invoke my Deck Master's ability. Sangan, attack his Revival Jam again with Tri-Eye Beam!" Again, the orange creature fired his eye beams at the blue plasma monster, once again making it splatter all over the field.
Marik stood there for a moment again and finally said "I choose not to pay 1000 life points for Revival Jam. That means he's heading for the Graveyard permanently this time." With that, the blue plasma puddles disappeared completely off the field.
"Ah, so you're going to try and keep from paying out life points now. That's fine by me though. Slate Warrior, take down his Bowganian with Fiend Slash!" The golden armored fiend then quickly rushed across the field and swung his halberd down through the eyeball monster. A shower of sparks came pouring out from the strike before the small eyeball monster exploded.
"That will do it for this turn Marik. I end my turn now." (Illidan 4700, Marik 5100)
Smiling, Marik drew and said "You should have finished me Illidan, cause now I'm about to make you regret that turn. Watch as I am about to play the most powerful monster in Duel Monsters! It's time I summon him to the field and destroy you!"
Slightly chuckling, Illidan said "It don't matter though Marik. You need to sacrifice three monsters to summon Ra, and you have not a one on the field."
Laughing, Marik replied "True Illidan, but have you forgotten I have the ability to bring out three monsters at once?"
Slightly unsure what Marik was talking about, Illidan said "I'm confused now."
Laughing again, Marik replied "Watch as I activate my Deck Master's special ability! I give up 1500 life points to revive my Revival Jam and Bowganian to the field in defense mode!" The blue plasma monster and the green eyeball machine monster then returned to the field side by side.
"If he tries to summon Ra, I've got a little surprise for him." thought Illidan.
Smiling, Marik said "Time for this duel to come to an end! I sacrifice my Revival Jam, Bowganian, and …"
Quickly acting, Illidan said "I don't think so Marik! I reveal my face down trap card, Ring of Destruction!" Suddenly a ring with many explosives attached appeared on the field. It was slowly spinning as it hovered over the field.
"Now this trap allows me to destroy one monster on the field, and we each take damage to our life points equal to your monster's attack points! And I'll choose your Sangan, causing both me and you to lose 1000 life points each!" The large ring then spun faster and flew across the field. It then slipped around the orange fur ball. Then the explosives glowed brighter and blue up the small monster.
Growling because he couldn't summon Ra, Marik lightly chuckled and said "This isn't over Illidan! Since you so kindly sent Sangan to the Graveyard for me, I get to move one monster with 1500 or less attack points to my hand from my deck, and I'll choose Revival Jam! Next I will give up another 1500 life points for my Deck Master's special ability. This allows me to once again special summon my Sangan back!" With that said, the orange fur ball then reappeared on the field with it's arms crossed and it's eyes closed.
Gasping, Illidan quickly thought "Not good! He now has three monsters again!"
"I now sacrifice all three of my monsters to summon The Winged Dragon of Ra (1000 + 1300 + 1500 3800/600 + 1000 + 500 2100)!" With a flash, all three monsters were gone. Then suddenly, the sky darkened greatly. From the darkness though came a powerful golden light. A huge metallic sphere of light appeared above the field then, shining down an awesome glow.
Shocked, Illidan asked "What is that thing?"
Laughing lightly, Marik replied "That my friend is my Winged Dragon of Ra! I must recite an ancient text that is on my card to bring him out of that state. Now, here goes. Great Beast of the sky please hear my cry, transform thyself from orb of light and bring me victory in this fight. Envelope the desert with your glow and cast your rage upon my foe. Appear in this game as I call your name... Winged Dragon of Ra!" With that, the huge sphere began to transform. Arms, wings, legs, and a head then all appeared to form the dragon's mighty body. Once finished, the mighty golden dragon landed on the field, shaking the tower upon it's reaching the ground. The mighty dragon then roared straight at Illidan, seemingly shaking Illidan down to his core. Somewhere in his lost mind, he felt as if he had stared down this monster once before.
"Since I sacrificed my Sangan again, I also get to pick yet another monster with 1500 or less attack points from my deck to add to my hand. And I'll pick once again my Revival Jam. This is it Illidan. You will now fall before the power of The Winged Dragon of Ra! Winged Dragon of Ra, destroy Illidan's pitiful Sangan with Blaze Cannon!" The mighty Egyptian God obeyed and powered up. A huge fireball formed on it's back. Then slowly, the energy of the fireball was sent into the dragon's mouth, where a new fireball formed. Then the mighty dragon opened it's jaws and released a devastating blast. The blast struck the small orange fur ball creature, causing it to scream in sheer pain. The explosion caused Illidan to fly backwards as well. Once the blast subsided, Illidan stood up and went back to where he was standing.
Shaken quite badly, he thought "I've never seen anything like that!"
Smirking, Marik said "Now Illidan, use your Sangan's effect so I can end my turn."
Nodding, Illidan looked through his deck and pulled out his Spirit Reaper.
"That ends my turn Illidan. Next turn, you won't survive." (Illidan 900, Marik 1100)