Hello once again. Glad everyone liked the confrontation with Gozaburo. Obviously, there is no loss of love between Illidan and Gozaburo, and as for Illidan's weakness, well, it becomes more and more obvious throughout the story. Now, time to get some reviews answered.

Metal Overlord 2.0: Yep, it'll be a heck of a fight, if he is the chosen one… Thanks for the comment about the action. I tried not to totally focus on the game itself, but to have some focus on events surrounding it. As for some new people dueling Illidan, there are only three days of dueling left, which means three people are left, which is Mai, Marie, and Yugi/Yami. Mai might not be trouble, or she could be, hehe, but the others as you know are tough. Just wait, for it'll be fun. As for adding EEN and EOJ cards in, well, I kind of wrote this story before them, lol. I mostly wrote this story during the early stages of the Seal series, although I practically had to force myself to finish, lol.

Anonymous: Nice name, lol. But anyways, his weakness is becoming apparent. It's his greatest strength, as well as his greatest weakness at the same time. As for eliminating Keith, I wish, but he makes up the ten duelists, so I couldn't, sadly… Poor Keith, this tournament is worse than Duelist Kingdom for him, lol. He lost his title, and not to mention every duel so far. Could it get worse? We'll see, hehe.

pink-kiss-candy: Thanks. Later on in the story, there is a bit of history on them, so then you'll see how they got together. Yes, deal with the spirit being gone, but don't eat too much chocolate. Lol, almost the same, but not quite. And thank you, lol.

Well, that's all I have today. Enjoy the tag team duel.

Chapter 53

Seto drew and smirked, saying "I'll begin things with the magic card called Pot of Greed. Now I draw 2 new cards from my deck. Hmm, very nice. Now I summon Lord of Dragons (1200/1100) in attack mode." A creature draped in an outfit that sort of looked like a dragon then appeared on the field.

"Next I play the magic card known as The Flute of Summoning Dragon, which allows me to special summon up to two dragons directly from my hand, so I choose 2 Blue-Eyes White Dragons (3000/2500), each in attack mode!" A golden dragon shaped flute then appeared above the dragon armor wearing mage. He grabbed hold of it and blew, causing two large white metallic dragons to appear. Each roared loudly as they spread their wings and stared down at the field.

Lightly laughing, Seto said "I hope you two weren't counting on winning, because I have one more thing to play. I play the magic card Reasoning, which allows whoever I choose to guess a monster level. Then I draw from my deck till I pick up a monster. All other cards are sent to the Graveyard. If the monster is the same level that that person guessed, then that monster is sent to the Graveyard, but if it isn't, I get to special summon it to the field. So, I'll have Marie choose the level of a monster."

Thinking for a moment, Marie finally responded by guessing level 4.

"A nice number to guess at for a monster Marie. We'll see if you were right though. I draw, and first I pick up my Ring of Destruction, meaning I must discard it. Next I draw Card of Demise. Next I draw Ring of Defense, which also goes. Ah, now I draw my 3rd Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) and summon it in attack mode!" A third white metallic dragon roared as it appeared on the field.

"Finally, I'll play the magic card Polymerization, allowing me to fuse my three Blue-Eyes White Dragons together to create the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (4500/4200)!" The three dragons began to swirl together till an explosion happened. A new dragon then appeared that had three large heads, massive wings, and was white and metallic like the previous dragons. It's three heads then roared at Illidan and Marie, trying hard to instill fear.

Laughing manically, Seto said "See Noa, I don't need your help. Now, I end my turn. Do what you want Illidan and Marie, but you'll never win!" (Seto 4000, Marie 4000, Noa 4000, Illidan 4000)

With a smirk, Marie said "Are you done now Seto?"

Seto glared at Marie for making that kind of comment and yelled "Who do you think you are? I am an elite duelist, a World Champion …"

"A former World Champion. Remember Seto, Illidan beat you." interrupted Marie.

Still growling, Seto looked at Marie with hateful eyes and said "Just make your move!"

Drawing, Marie said "Gladly. Well, well, what have we here? I play the magic card Fissure, which destroys the monster with the least attack points on your side of the field, so that means it's your Lord of Dragons." A hand then came up through the ground and grabbed the mage, making him scream in pain as he was squeezed till he exploded.

"Now I can use magic and trap cards on your dragon, and I know exactly what to play. I play the magic card De-Fusion. Now your mighty dragon is split into the monsters used to create it!" The three headed dragon then began to glow till it suddenly split apart and three large white metallic dragons reappeared.

With fire in his eyes, Seto spat "HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT MY DRAGON?"

Slightly smirking, Marie replied innocently "I'm not disrespecting it. I'm just simply taking it down. Now I'll summon Petit Angel (600/900) in attack mode." A small orange ball with little wings, a hallo, and small arms and feet then appeared on the field. It's small brown eyes seemed so full of happiness. The summoning of his monster made Illidan, Noa, and Seto all three give off a classic anime sweat drop.

Seto then began his usual arrogant laugh. Marie only smiled though. Suddenly Illidan realized what she was up to. "If she does what I think she does, Seto will be having kittens in a second."

Still smiling, Marie said "Now Seto, I play the magic card Creature Swap. This allows me to swap one monster on my field for one of yours, and since I only have one monster and you only have three of the same dragon, I get one of your dragons and you get my Petit Angel."

Seto stopped laughing immediately and began to fume, screaming "NO!"

Lightly giggling, Marie said "But it is true Seto."

Marie then crossed the field to Seto. Once there, she handed her Petit Angel card to Seto. Grudgingly, Seto handed one of his Blue-Eyes White Dragon's to Marie. Marie only smiled at Seto and walked back to her position. The two monsters on the field then switched sides, with the small orange angel moving to Seto's side of the field and the one large white metallic dragon moving to Marie's side.

Turning back to face him, she then said "Now that I have a Blue-Eyes White Dragon, I play this magic card, Raigeki!" Suddenly, lightning struck the two remaining white dragons on Seto's side of the field and the small orange angel, which destroyed all three in a flash.

"NO!" screamed Seto.

Lightly giving off another innocent giggle, Marie said "Sorry Seto, but I had to. Now, I get my Petit Angel back into my Graveyard since it was my card. Next I play one last card, which is Monster Reborn! And I'll use it to bring back another Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500)!" Suddenly then one of the dragon cards shot out of Seto's Graveyard and flew straight into Marie's hand, who then slapped the monster card onto her Duel Disk. The mighty white metallic dragon then rose, letting loose a roar at it's former master.

Smiling, Marie then said "I end my move. Too bad Seto, you had a great start." (Seto 4000, Marie 4000, Noa 4000, Illidan 4000)

Growling loudly, Seto said "I'll make you pay Marie, I swear I will!"

"Quiet Seto, and let a true duelist show you how to duel." berated Noa.

Seto glared at his step brother, yelling "How dare you chide me you fool! I'm an elite duelist, a …"

"Blah, blah, blah Seto. You're everything, but nothing now. So can it, while I work my magic." taunted Noa.

Noa then drew and grinned, saying "I set two cards face down, and then set one monster in defense. That ends my turn." (Seto 4000, Marie 4000, Noa 4000, Illidan 4000)

"Is that all you can do? You idiot!" screamed Seto. The two then continued to bicker, but all Marie and Illidan could do was laugh. Their opponents were great duelists on their own, but as a team, they just weren't too good.

Finally deciding to end this senseless bickering, Illidan drew. Looking at his hand, he saw he had Monster Reborn, Thunder Nyan Nyan, D.D. Warrior Lady, Call of the Haunted, Jinzo, and he'd just drawn Change of Heart. Slightly smiling, Illidan said "Alright, I'll start by playing Change of Heart, meaning I can take control of Noa's monster. Now, let's see what I got."

Noa took the card off of his Duel Disk and threw it to him. Catching it, Illidan glanced at it, seeing it was Giant Soldier of Stone (1300/2000).

Throwing the card back, Illidan said "I sacrifice your face down monster for Jinzo (2400/1500) in attack mode!" The powerful machine monster in green and black then appeared on the field. His eyes glowed red as usual, and he crossed his arms into his traditional stance.

"Next I play Monster Reborn, bringing back Seto's final Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) in attack mode!" Seto's Graveyard glowed once more as the final dragon shot out towards Illidan. Illidan caught the card like Marie had and then slapped it to his Duel Disk. This caused a large white metallic dragon to then appear. It roared towards Seto, which ticked Seto off even more.

"HOW DARE YOU ILLIDAN? I'LL DESTROY YOU FOR THIS!" spat an angry Seto.

Slightly chuckling, Illidan said "Right Seto, right. Now, I set one card face down, and end my turn. Your move Seto." (Seto 4000, Marie 4000, Noa 4000, Illidan 4000)

Drawing, Seto growled slightly and said "I summon my Different Dimension Dragon (1200/1500) in defense mode." A white and light blue dragon with four wings for arms and a long tail then appeared. It was considerably weak by all standards.

"That ends my move." (Seto 4000, Marie 4000, Noa 4000, Illidan 4000)

"Come on Seto, tell me you can do more." taunted Noa.

Seto glared at Noa for the comment, and was about to say something when Marie interrupted him.

"If you two are done arguing, I'll continue. Hmm, I'll set one card face down, and have Blue-Eyes White Dragon attack Seto's Different Dimension Dragon with White Lightning!" Roaring, the dragon let loose a powerful stream of energy straight at the weaker dragon, who was easily incinerated by the blast.

"Now I'll have my other Blue-Eyes White Dragon attack Seto directly with White Lightning!" The other white dragon then opened it's jaws and let a powerful stream of energy loose that struck Seto hard. The blast knocked him off his feet and backwards about five feet. Slowly, Seto struggled to get up, but was wisps of smoke were pouring off of him.

"That ends my turn. This isn't over yet Seto. I'd get ready to say good bye to your final 1000 life points when Illidan's turn comes around." (Seto 1000, Marie 4000, Noa 4000, Illidan 4000)

Noa began to draw, saying "It's my move…"

"Noa! You'd better have something good, because if I lose this duel due to you, you'll pay for it!" declared Seto.

Noa then stared at his step brother who had somehow gotten the words out of his mouth, but was still covered in wisps of smoke from the last attack.

Glaring at Noa, Seto said "Don't mess this up!"

Lightly chuckling, Noa replied "I wouldn't worry about me Seto. Now, I move my Deck Master, Shinato, King of a Higher Plane (3300/3000) to the field." Slowly, the blue skinned angel then made his way to the field. Finally he appeared out in front of Noa, seemingly being a protective barrier for him.

"Next I set one monster on the field. Shinato, attack Illidan's pathetic Jinzo with Cosmic Halo!" Holding out his hands, the blue skinned angel made twelve spheres appeared. Suddenly, the spheres began to move in a circle that looked like a disc. The disc then went flying towards the cyborg monster, who was instantly sliced in half, causing a massive explosion.

"Thanks to Shinato's Deck Master ability, I gain the life points you lost. Now that that tin can is gone, I can activate this trap card known as, …"

Interrupting, Illidan said "I don't think so Noa!"

Scratching his head, Noa said "What?"

"I activate my face down card, Call of the Haunted, bringing back Jinzo (2400/1500)!" The cyborg then once again reappeared on the field, and crossed his arms.

"So, you brought that tin can back for another round. I'm sure Shinato would be glad to slice him in half again, but I'll have to decline for now. Now, I'll end my move." (Seto 1000, Marie 4000, Noa 4900, Illidan 3100)