Hey guys. Thanks to the two new reviewers from last week. I'm glad to get some feedback, whether bad and/or good. Both help me with my writing.

Isis the Sphinx: I know what you mean about the duels. Most of the fan fictions I've read that had duels in them have either been mediocre or horrible. Still, there are a few stories that I've found who have done good jobs with the duels. Those few though don't write much anymore, lol. Ah yes, trust me, there are a few surprises to come.

Metal Overlord 2.0: Thanks for the compliment about the details. Lol, I've seen some duels where not many details were given, and if you weren't into the game, you had no clue what the monsters looked like, so I took as much time on details when I thought necessary. Hehe, Illidan is a bit laid back, but as you said, semi serious. He's kind of just letting things unfold. His deck is quite unique. Most of the cards in his deck are real, or were played a good bit from the show.

Alright, now that I've done a little bit of response, on with this chapter. Remember, feel free to leave me a review. All feedback, good and/or bad is appreciated. Enjoy.

Chapter 28

"I'll start this duel off by summoning my Revival Jam (1500/500) in defense mode." declared Marik as he had drawn his first card. The blob of blue jelly then appeared on the field with a wiggle and jiggle.

Smiling, Marik continued, saying "Next I'll play Masked Doll! This magic card keeps me having to pay life points for any of my magic, trap, and monster effects, as well as my Deck Master's effect. I think that will do for my turn." (Marik 4000, Marie 4000, Yugi 4000, Illidan 4000)

Looking over at Marie, Illidan nodded to her, signaling her to go ahead and do whatever she could. He then quickly thought "I bet she wants to win just as much as me. She knows that all four of us have a destiny to fulfill."

Nodding back, Marie drew her card and said "I summon my Shining Friendship (1300/1100) in attack mode." A small green ball monster with golden wings and blue eyes then appeared. It appeared to have small arms and legs as well that barely stretched out from it's body.

Upon seeing Marie's monster, Illidan felt like doing an anime fall over. "What was she thinking!" he silently questioned in his mind.

Marie looked over and saw Illidan shaking his head, but smiled and said "Next I'll set two cards face down. That ends my turn." (Marik 4000, Marie 4000, Yugi 4000, Illidan 4000)

Realizing then that maybe Marie had a plan, he quickly thought "Maybe she's trying to make her monster look weak. She did always seem to fool me in duels, so maybe she has a plan."

Yami then drew his card and said "I summon Big Shield Guard (100/2600) to the field in defense mode." A warrior with a huge shield then appeared. The warrior then took a one knee stance and moved his shield in front of himself.

"I'll end my turn at that." (Marik 4000, Marie 4000, Yugi 4000, Illidan 4000)

Illidan drew his next card and looked at his hand. It consisted of two Slate Warrior's, Spirit Reaper, Snatch Steal, Exchange, and he had just drawn Gamma the Magnet Warrior. Smiling, he thought "Not too shabby, if I do say so myself."

He then turned his attention to the field and said "I'll set one monster in defense mode. That shall end my turn." (Marik 4000, Marie 4000, Yugi 4000, Illidan 4000)

Marik then said "Back to me then Illidan. Looks like you and Marie need a better team strategy. Now I summon my Berserk Gorilla (2000/1000) in attack mode!" A huge brown gorilla then appeared on the field. It began beating its chest wildly as it's red eyes seethed with anger.

"Berserk Gorilla, attack Marie's Shining Friendship with Gorilla Beam Blast!" The large gorilla then jumped into the air and fired a powerful blast of energy from it's mouth directly at the small green fairy.

As the blast neared, Marie smiled and said "Not so fast Marik! I activate my trap card called Blast with Chain! It increases my Shining Friendship's attack points by 500 (1800/1100)!" A little rocket then appeared on the field and blasted the small green fairy, causing the fairy to glow with power.

Chuckling, Marik said "Marie, that isn't going to win this battle! My monster still has more attack points!"

Chuckling herself, Marie replied with "You're right Marik. That's why I also activate my Rush Recklessly magic card! It gives any monster I choose 700 bonus attack points for one turn! That means Shining Friendship now has 2500 attack points (2500/1100), more than enough to defeat that overgrown monkey! Shining Friendship, counter attack with Friendship Head-Butt!" Suddenly, the small green fairy glowed with more power as it's strength climbed higher than the attacking gorilla's.

Smiling, Illidan had a thought of "So that is what she was up to. She knew Marik couldn't resist. What a smart strategy."

With its new incredible power, the green fairy dodged the blast from the gorilla and head-butted the large gorilla in it's chest, causing the gorilla to scream out in pain as it was destroyed easily by the fairy.

"Now thanks to my Deck Master, Guardian Angel Joan, I gain 2000 life points. See, once one of my Fairy type monsters destroys a monster, my life points go up by the defeated monster's attack points."

Half smiling, Marik said "Not bad Marie. I wasn't expecting that move to come from you. I'll end my move." (Marik 3500, Marie 6000, Yugi 4000, Illidan 4000)

"Good move Marie." congratulated Illidan.

Smiling back at Illidan as she drew, she said "Thanks Illidan. Now I summon Hysteric Fairy (1800/500) in attack mode!" A female fairy with bluish hair and glasses then appeared on the field. She had long white wings and a book also in her hand. To say the least, she looked like a bit of a secretary instead of a fairy.

"Next I equip Shining Friendship with Silver Bow and Arrow. It is a magic card that raises the attack and defense of a fairy monster by 300 points (2100/1400)!" The small fairy then grabbed a silver bow and arrow that materialized in front of it and took on a semi serious face.

"Shining Friendship, destroy Marik's Revival Jam with Silver Arrow Blast!" The small green fairy pulled the arrow back on the bow string and fired a the silver arrow straight at the blue plasma monster. Instantly, the arrow pierced the monster, causing it to splatter all over Marik's side of the field. But as it had in Illidan's duel from earlier in the day, the splatters slowly pooled back together and reformed into the small blue monster.

Unsure of what happened, Marie asked "What's going on?"

Lightly chuckling, Marik said "Simple Marie. If you'd have paid attention to my duel with Illidan, you'd have noticed that I played the same monster during that duel. And you'd also know that this monster can regenerate itself by me giving up 1000 life points. But since I have Masked Doll in play, I don't have to pay. So, you wasted your move."

Smirking lightly, Marie replied "Not really. Since I technically destroyed your monster, I gain 1500 life points. I place one card face down now and end my turn." (Marik 3500, Marie 7500, Yugi 4000, Illidan 4000)

Yami then drew and said "I play the magic card Polymerization, allowing me to fuse my Gazelle the King of Mythical Beast (1500/1200) and Berfomet (1400/1800) from my hand into Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast (2100/1000)!" Suddenly two beast looking monster then appeared. One looked like a lion that had evolved somewhat and had a horn on the top of it's head. The other was a monster with four arms and had two horns on the top of it's head. Then the two swirled together and a new monster appeared. This one was a two headed beast with horns on each head, and massive wings on it's back. It mostly resembled a lion in a way, except with twin heads and wings. The new two headed beast then roared at the field, trying to make itself seem stronger.

"Next I play the magic card Quick Attack! This allows my new monster to attack this turn. Chimera, destroy Marie's Hysteric Fairy with Pulverizing Pounce!" Rapidly approaching Marie's weaker fairy, the two headed beast appeared to have the edge, but suddenly Marie smirked.

"Not so fast Yami, I activate my face down magic card known as Book of Moon! This magic card allows me to now flip your monster into face down defense mode, thus canceling out your attack. Nice try though Yami."

Slightly growling, Yami replied "I end my turn." (Marik 3500, Marie 7500, Yugi 4000, Illidan 4000)

Smiling slightly, Illidan was thinking "That was close, but she had it under control all along."

Marie noticed his smile and slightly smirked back at him for it. He got the hint that she could take care of herself and decided he needed to worry more about himself.

Drawing his Kuriboh, Illidan said "I'll summon my Slate Warrior (1900/400) in attack mode." The blue headed fiend with golden armor then appeared on the field with his hand on the hilt of his huge halberd on his back.

"Slate Warrior, destroy Yami's face down monster with Fiend Slash!" Quickly the large blue headed fiend flew across the field and pulled his halberd off his back, and with ease slashed through the face down card image, which revealed the weaker twin headed beast Yami had played earlier.

After the small explosion, Yami smiled and said "Well Illidan, even though Chimera is destroyed, I still get his special effect. That means I can special summon one of the two monsters that was a part of Chimera, and I'll choose Berfomet (1400/1800) in defense mode." With that, the weaker four armed beast like monster then appeared on the field in a kneeling position.

Nodding, Illidan said "That'll end my turn then." (Marik 3500, Marie 7500, Yugi 4000, Illidan 4000)

Assessing the field, Illidan thought "From what I can tell, things are going to be alright, I hope. I only hope neither summons their Egyptian God Cards. If they do, we're both sunk."