Chapter 33

Illidan looked at his deck, thinking "Please Heart of the Cards, guide me." He then drew and looked at his Cyber Jar. "Perfect!"

Smiling, Illidan said "I'll set one monster on the field and end my turn." (Illidan 6900, Joey 8000)

Nodding, Joey drew and said "Ok Illidan, watch out, cause now I'll play the magic card Change of Heart, allowing me to take control of your monster!" Illidan's monster then quickly switched sides, leaving him completely wide open to a direct attack.

Glancing at what the monster was, Joey chuckled and said "I see you had a Cyber Jar. That would have destroyed my two monsters and allowed us both to draw five new cards and special summon any level four or lower monsters to the field. Oh well, too bad it's not going to happen now. Now I'll sacrifice it to Panther Warrior, allowing him to attack you. Panther Warrior, direct attack with Panther Slash!" The panther roared as the face down card image disappeared in a flash of light, allowing the mighty panther to attack. The panther quickly rushed over to Illidan and slashed him hard with his sword, knocking Illidan backwards slightly.

"Rocket Warrior, direct attack with Invincible Strike!" The small green warrior then transformed back into a rocket and quickly blasted off and struck Illidan hard, knocking Illidan down to one knee and leaving him there panting. Slowly, Illidan struggled back up to his feet. The two blasts had taken more out of him than he guessed.

Smiling, Joey said "That will end my turn Illidan." (Illidan 3900, Joey 8000)

Slowly, Illidan drew his next card and saw it was Spirit Reaper. Slightly smiling, he said "I'll set one monster and end my turn." (Illidan 3900, Joey 8000)

Joey nodded and drew and said "Good, cause now I'll summon Little-Winguard (1400/1800) in attack mode." A small warrior with a blue flowing cape and a small shield and sword then appeared on the field.

"Since I don't want to sacrifice a monster for my Panther Warrior, he won't attack. Rocket Warrior, attack his monster with Invincible Strike!" Once again the small warrior transformed into a rocket and blasted off into the sky. It then came down onto the small card image on the field with a tremendous force, causing a great amount of smoke to appear. When the smoke started clearing, sounds of metal grinding metal was heard. To Joey's surprise, there sat a small grim reaper like creature with a scythe that was holding the small rocket back from harming it. The rocket then left the attack and flew back over to Joey's side of the field and transformed back into it's normal warrior form.

Curious, Joey asked "What the heck is that thing?"

Lightly chuckling, Illidan replied "That thing is a monster known as Spirit Reaper (300/200). It can't be destroyed due to battle. Only way to kill it is with a magic, trap, or monster card effect."

Slightly growling, Joey said "I'll place one card face down and I end my turn." (Illidan 3900, Joey 8000)

Sighing, Illidan silently thought "I bought myself some time, but how much? I have to find a way to stop his monsters before I lose all my life points. Heart of the Cards, guide me."

Illidan drew and stared at his Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End. Smiling, he said "Get ready to experience some chaos Joey! I remove from play from my Graveyard my Cyber Jar and Reflect Bounder in order to special summon Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End (3000/2500)!" A large black dragon with orange hair then appeared on the field, roaring rather loudly. It then looked down at Joey and roared again. Joey stood his ground though, showing no fear.

"Chaos Emperor Dragon, attack his Panther Warrior with Chaos Blaster!" The black dragon then took flight and fired a huge ball of black energy from it's mouth at the weaker panther creature. The panther roared as it was easily incinerated by the blast.

"Time to activate my Deck Master's special ability! Since Chaos Emperor Dragon destroyed one monster, it can attack again. Dragon, attack his Little-Winguard with Chaos Blaster!" Once again, mighty beat it's wings hard, becoming airborne. It then took aim at the small blue creature and launched it's powerful black energy from it's mouth, easily incinerating that creature as it screamed in pain. The two blasts had pushed Joey backwards slightly, but he still stood tall.

"That ends my turn." (Illidan 3900, Joey 5400)

Smiling and lightly chuckling, Joey looked at Illidan and said "Not bad Illidan. This is what I figured this duel would come down to. I knew you wouldn't be out of this duel after only a few attacks, but you should have destroyed my Rocket Warrior while you had the chance! Now watch the master as I play Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two new cards."

Joey drew his two cards and then put a big grin on his face. "Alright Illidan, get ready to lose your dragon, for I play Monster Reborn, bringing back my Little Winguard (1400/1800) in attack mode." The small blue caped monster then reappeared on the field with it's weapons raised for battle.

"Next I'll activate the magic card known as Star Blaster. I sacrifice my Little Winguard to activate this card." A little monster that resembled the Skull Dice card then appeared. This one instead was in a yellow, red, and pink outfit. It held a large green die in it's hands. As the creature appeared, the small blue caped monster disappeared.

"This card allows me to sacrifice a monster to it and then I roll a die. Whatever the die result is becomes the star level of a monster I can special summon from my hand. So, I already can summon a level 4, and at the least I can summon a level 5, but at most a level 10 monster! So, I need a 3 for my plan to work. Go Star Blaster, roll that die!" The creature then dropped the die it was holding. Slowly, the die rolled and rolled till it at last stopped on a three.

Joey smiled great big and yelled "Sweet! That's exactly what I needed. Now I can special summon my Red-Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) in attack mode!" A large black dragon with leather like wings then appeared on the field. It let out a terrifying screech as it then landed back onto the field.

Slightly chuckling, Illidan said "That dragon maybe powerful Joey, but it's not strong enough to take on my Chaos Emperor Dragon."

Chuckling himself, Joey replied "You're right Illidan, but wait till I reveal my face down card. It's the powerful trap card called Metalmorph, which now boosts my dragon's attack and defense points by 300 points (2700/2300)! Not to mention, this card gives my dragon a spiffy new metallic paint job, which transforms him from Red-Eyes Black Dragon into Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon!" Suddenly the black dragon let out a roar as it was slowly covered head to toe in a new metallic armor. It's red eyes still glared through the new armor, and it let out a new metallic roar.

"Thanks to my Metalmorph, Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon is stronger than ever now. Sure, he may not look it now, but just wait till I attack. Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, attack his Chaos Emperor Dragon with Flash Flare Blast!" The metallic dragon roared as it took flight and then twisted it's head as it let loose a powerful stream of energy at Illidan's black dragon.

As the blast neared Illidan's dragon, Joey said "Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you something else about my Metalmorph card. During my turn when I attack, my dragon gains half the attack points of the monster he's attacking, meaning your dragon is no longer the strongest (2700 + 1500 4200/2300)!" The metallic dragon then poured more power into it's blast, easily crushing the black dragon it was attacking. The dragon let out a cry of pain as it was blown away by the powerful blast. A huge cloud of smoke then appeared as the blast fully destroyed the dragon.

After the smoke cleared, Illidan was left standing with only his face down card and his grim reaper like creature.

Sneering slightly, Joey said "Rocket Warrior, transform into your invincible mode and attack Spirit Reaper with Invincible Strike!" The green warrior then transformed and blasted off into the air and smashed into the grim reaper creature, thus activating the warrior's effect, instantly destroying the small grim reaper monster.

"That ends my turn." (Illidan 2600, Joey 5400)