Hey all. Glad I got some more reviews, as always. Time to answer some of them now.

Isis the Sphinx: Yes, he's getting his butt kicked as always, lol. Seems like since he lost his world championship bout with Illidan, he's on a downhill slide. Could it be he's finally become a third rate duelist? 'Gasps at that thought of him being like what he describes Joey as.' Lol, I'm joking of course. Seto could turn things around, you never know.

pink-kiss-candy: Obviously, the brothers are no where near a good team. Good that you got over Bakura, but poor Ryou. 'Watches Ryou run away, screaming "Save me!"' "Keep running man!" Silly Ryou, hehe.

Well, that's all I have for reviews. I'll post again tomorrow and Friday of course, seeing how I'm putting five chapters out a week now. So, till then, enjoy this chapter. It's a short one, but a decent one.

Chapter 54

Illidan looked at his deck and drew his card, saying with a smile "I'm not done yet, so check this card out! I play the magic card United We Stand! Now, I equip it to Jinzo, raising his stats by 800 per a face up monster on my side of the field. Since I have 2, he gains 1600 (4000/3100)!" The cyborg's body began to glow with a multicolored light, signifying he'd become much stronger.

"Next I summon my D.D. Warrior Lady (1500/1600) to the field in attack mode." A female warrior in grey and black armor then appeared. She pulled her sword from her sheath and held her sword in an offensive stance.

"Thanks to my summoning of my monster, Jinzo gains another 800 points (4800/3900)." Once again, the cyborg glowed with a multicolored lightly, showing his strength improved again."

"Time to take you down Noa. Jinzo, attack Shinato with Cyber Energy Shock!" The cyborg collected energy into a sphere in his hands and then threw the ball straight at the blue skinned angel.

As it neared, Noa cried out "No, not Shinato!"

As the blast was about to hit, Noa then smirked, saying "I activate Shinato's Deck Master effect! Reversal!" Suddenly, the blue skinned angel then disappeared off the field to finally reappear beside Noa.

Curious, Illidan asked "What is going on?"

Noa grinned, saying "It's really quite simple Illidan. I activated Shinato's final Deck Master effect, Reversal. It allows me to move Shinato out of danger and back to his Deck Master position. In exchange, Shinato can't ever return to the field, but I don't need him to win this duel. So, please continue."

Sighing, Illidan then smiled and said "Well Noa, I seemed to almost have you beaten, but that's alright. It's your partner who will suffer instead now. D.D. Warrior Lady, attack Seto directly with Dimension Sword Slash!" The female warrior quickly crossed the field and prepared to strike her target, which was Seto himself.

Just as the attack was about to hit, Noa called out "I activate the magic card called Card Guard! Now I must discard 1 card to defend Seto's life points!" A card then suddenly appeared in front of Seto, acting as a shield. The female warrior then struck the card, causing the image to shatter, which saved Seto.

Slightly smirking, Illidan said "Ah, so you two are finally working together. Good to see that, but I'm not finished. Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack Noa's monster with White Lightning!" The white metallic dragon roared and opened it's jaws, letting loose a stream of white energy straight at the small card image. The image was shattered and a female monster with orange-red hair appeared. She wore what looked like a violet colored top and skirt. When she disappeared, suddenly the white dragon put his arms up in a defensive like stance and pulled his wings in to protect itself.

Shocked by what his dragon was doing, Illidan asked "Why did Blue-Eyes go to defense mode?"

Noa laughed and replied "You attacked my Otohime (0/100). When flipped, she changes one monster's battle position, so I chose Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

Understanding now, Illidan said "I see why now. You chose him so I couldn't attack you again. Nice move. I end my turn." (Seto 1000, Marie 4000, Noa 4900, Illidan 3100)

Drawing, Seto seemed to slightly grow and said "I set one monster in defense and end my turn." (Seto 1000, Marie 4000, Noa 4900, Illidan 3100)

"Come now Seto, tell me you had better than that. You were so worried that I'd hold you back, when in all actuality, you're the one holding me back. That's just rather pathetic." taunted Noa.

Seto began growling, but that's all he could really do. Noa was right about his point, and unless some miracle happened, would remain right.

Interrupting the brotherly love, Marie said "It's my move boys. I play Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw 2 new cards. Next I'll play the magic card known as Nobleman of Crossout on Seto's monster. This magic card allows me to remove from play whatever monster you had face down, and if it's a flip effect monster, we all must get rid of the same monster from our decks. Now, say good bye to whatever monster you had Seto!"

"NO!" cried out Seto as a young blonde headed knight in armor with a sword appeared on Marie's side of the field. He swung his sword in an X type pattern, causing a beam in the shape of an X to head straight for Seto's face down monster. The card image was struck and the monster was revealed to be Cyber Jar (900/900). With it's revealing, the monster exploded and disappeared.

"Now all of us must remove Cyber Jar from our decks. I have none, so no big deal to me." stated Marie.

Noa then confirmed he had none. Illidan searched his deck and then placed the card in the removed from play pile.

"It's time to finish you once and for all Seto. I summon Shining Friendship (1300/1100) to the field in attack mode." A small green ball like monster with blue eyes, golden wings, and small green arms and feet then appeared.

"Shining Friendship, finish off Seto with Friendship Head-Butt!" The small green fairy zoomed across the field and head butted Seto in the gut. Seto's life points then dropped to zero.

When they hit zero, Seto screamed "HOW COULD I LOSE TO HER?"

Seething with anger, Seto then quickly marched off the field, leaving everyone laughing at his outburst.

"He's rather grumpy today." commented Noa.

Marie giggled, saying "I'd say so Noa. Now, to finish this duel. Blue-Eyes White Dragon, direct attack Noa's life points with White Lightening!" The white dragon roared and released it's devastating stream of energy, which made Noa slide backwards, but he remained standing.

"My second Blue-Eyes, direct attack Noa with White Lightening to finish the duel." The second dragon roared and released it's powerful attack, which again knocked Noa backwards, but he remained standing still. His Duel Disk then powered down, showing the duel was over.

The judge then proclaimed Illidan and Marie the winners. Marie then walked over to Noa, saying "Good duel Noa."

Nodding, Noa replied "Good duel. You two dueled great out there."

Marie slightly blushed at the comment, replying with "You did pretty good yourself."

Lightly chuckling, Noa said "Funny. Me and Seto just couldn't get along. Without teamwork, we just couldn't win."

Illidan nodded and then offered his hand, saying "Good duel though. At least you tried to work with him."

Smiling, Noa replied "Thanks Illidan."

The three then celebrated with the others in the stands as they all usually did.

Elsewhere in the tower though, Gozaburo smiled, saying "I see he won again. I'll just have to make sure he loses tomorrow, muwhahaha!"