Hey all. Thanks for the great reviews so far.

Metal Overlord 2.0: Yami is finally doing a little bit of dominating of his own, but as you know, things can always change. I'll get around to reading the rest of your story soon, I hope. I have a day off tomorrow, so I'll be free at last to read, I hope.

Isis the Sphinx: Yeah, Slifer's only weakness is it's greatest strength. The more cards Yami holds, the stronger Slifer is, but the less, the weaker. Only thing is, Illidan has no way to really eliminate Yami's hand, sadly, lol. His deck was built to fight, not take cards away. And I liked the little comment you made on Winged Kuriboh. My fiancé, the real life Marie, likes the card too, and thinks it's cute. I just happened to see it when I was writing, and thought, why not, lol.

pink-kiss-candy: Shhhh… Don't tell him the secret, lol.

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Chapter 41

Yami drew with what looked like beaming confidence, and then said "I'll start by summoning Beta the Magnet Warrior (1700/1600) in attack mode." The yellow magnet creature then appeared on the field. It let out a slight moan as it stood there.

"Beta the Magnet Warrior, attack Marie's Shining Angel with Magnetic Polarity Punch!" The yellow magnet warrior then charged across the field and punched the golden winged angel, causing him to yell out in pain as he was destroyed.

Slightly smiling, Marie said "Why thanks Yami, cause now I get to special summon one light attribute monster from my deck with 1500 or less attack points straight to the field in attack mode, and I'll choose Absorbing Kid from the Sky (1300/1000)!" A kid like fairy then appeared. He had smaller wings on his back, and looked a bit big for his white t-shirt and shorts.

Lightly chuckling, Yami then said "That was rather foolish Marie, for now Slifer the Sky Dragon destroys that monster with his second mouth ability! Do it now Slifer!" The large red dragon then roared as it opened up it's second set of jaws, releasing a powerful blast of energy directly at the kid. The blast struck the weaker angel, causing it to scream and explode from the power of Slifer. Marie only slightly growled at this, but seem to let it go quickly.

"That ends my move." (Yugi 7200, Illidan 8000, Marie 6700, Marik 0, Seto 0)

Illidan slowly drew his next card and looked at it to see it was his beloved Chaos Emperor Dragon.

"I've been saved! I can beat Slifer with this now. Only problem is, I'll be taking Marie down too… Well, I have no choice really if I want to win this duel, so I have to do the best thing that I can for now, and that's win this duel."

Then suddenly something hit Illidan in his mind. "I HAVE NO DARK MONSTERS IN MY GRAVEYARD! Man, what a let down…"

Suddenly another idea struck him though. "Oh yeah, I can still summon a monster since Chaos Emperor Dragon is a special summon. Silly me!"

Smiling, Illidan said "I'll start by summoning Sangan (1000/600) in defensive mode." A small orange fur ball with three eyes and green arms and legs then appeared in a defensive stance in front of Illidan.

Lightly laughing, Yami yelled out "Illidan, you just triggered Slifer's special effect. Now Slifer, attack Sangan with your second mouth!" The red dragon roared once more and fired a powerful blast of energy from it's second mouth, easily destroying the weaker orange fur ball creature.

Chuckling, Illidan said "Thanks to your move Yami, Sangan's effect was triggered. Now I get to draw one monster with 1500 or less attack points from my deck and bring it my hand. And I'll pick Gamma the Magnet Warrior. Next I shuffle my deck. Now it's time to put Slifer down, once and for all. I now remove from play from my Graveyard my Sangan and Thunder Nyan Nyan in order to special summon Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End (3000/2500) to the field!" A large black dragon with orange hair then appeared on the field. It spread it's mighty black wings out, mostly to just stretch and to show off how large it was. Compared to Slifer though, he was a rather small dragon.

Laughing, Yami pointed a finger at Illidan and said "Illidan, you know Slifer will just blast away 2000 of its attack points with it's second mouth! Do it now Slifer!" Roaring to life once again, the red dragon let loose another blast from it's second set of jaws, easily striking the black dragon, seemingly crippling it completely, and knocking away 2000 of it's attack points (1000/2500).

Illidan could only chuckle, and say in response "That's alright Yami. I'm not going to attack with him anyways."

Raising an eyebrow, Yami looked confused and asked "Then what are you planning to do with that dragon Illidan?"

Smiling, Illidan replied "Simple Yami, I plan to use my dragon's effect. I now give up 1000 life points in order to trigger this effect. Thanks to this, my Chaos Emperor Dragon will now send everything we have on the field as well as all the cards in our hands to the Graveyard." The large black dragon then roared as it moved towards the center of the field.

Yami was completely speechless as he watched the dragon take to the center of the field.

"Chaos Emperor Dragon, use your Infinite Blaster!" The dragon then began to glow brightly. Bit by bit, it seemed to glow brighter and brighter. Finally, the glowing had become so bright, no one could look on. Then without warning, the dragon exploded, causing every monster on the field to explode as well. Even the mighty Slifer the Sky Dragon howled in pain as it was destroyed by the explosion. The explosion caused quite a huge thick smoke to form on the field. As the smoke began to clear, it was seen that nothing was left. The dragon itself had been destroyed by it's own blast, and nothing was left for any of the duelists.

Yami growled in frustration at his loss, saying "Slifer's gone…"

Smiling, Illidan then said "Now, all the cards are counted up from what we held in our hands and had on the field. I held 5 cards, with 5 monsters on the field, making me a total of 10 cards. Then Marie had 1 monster and 6 cards in her hand, making her 7 cards, totaling so far 17 cards. Next, you had 3 monsters and 6 cards in your hand Yami. That gives you a total of 9 cards, making a total amount of cards 26. Now I take that number and multiply it by 300, and I get the total number of life points to be subtracted from both of you."

Sighing slightly at those words, Illidan then turned to Marie, saying "I'm sorry Marie, but I had to do it in order to beat Slifer."

Marie looked at him sadly, but shook her head signifying a yes that she understood.

After a moment, Illidan then said "My calculations show you each lose 7800 life points, meaning you both lose the duel." Both Marie's and Yami's Duel Disks then powered down as their life points hit zero, and Illidan's Duel Disk next powered down, signifying he'd won.

The judge then stepped in and said "The winner of this duel, Illidan Stormrage!"

Illidan slowly walked over to Marie and hugged her, and then whispered in her ear "I'm sorry."

She drew back to look at his face, and then kissed him on the check. She then whispered in his ear "It's alright. You had no choice."

Smiling, the two then walked over to Yami, who stood still in shock of losing like he did. Illidan offered his hand to Yami, who gladly took it.

Illidan then smiled and said "You did great Yami. You almost had me."

Smiling back, Yami said "I was close, but not close enough yet. Good duel Illidan and Marie."

Meanwhile, in his office, Gozaburo was tearing his office apart.

"HOW DID HE DO IT! I MUST MAKE HIM LOSE!" screamed Gozaburo. He then proceeded to punch his desk in half, showing his intense rage.

After a few more moments of silence, an evil laughter began to fill the office. Gozaburo then yelled "I will make him lose tomorrow against Bakura, but first, he'll have to do a tag team duel tonight! He'll be too exhausted to win, and surely never survive!"