Yawns Good morning everyone. It's not that early here. Actually, it's only seven A.M., but I went to bed at midnight, so I'm tired, lol. Anyways, I'm glad everyone liked the opening chapter to the beginning of the duel. Now to get to some of those reviews.
Tomb Robber Vicky: I tried hard to show everyone's viewpoint before beginning, that way you'd have a clue that they were alive, lol. Yeah, the platform is covered. There is a small portion of it uncovered, but it's far away enough from the area that it doesn't really matter.
thehyperactivecow: He may win, but he could lose. That's the funny thing with destiny. You never know what it will do, hehe.
Ultimate Legendary Master: Glad you finally caught up. As for how Noa's name is spelled, I believe it's without an h. I originally used the h, but then I read an episode guide that had it without an h, so I corrected the spelling. As for that tag duel, Marie had to destroy Lord of Dragons in order to use Creature Swap, I think. The effect of Creature Swap may target a monster specifically, and if that's the case, her plan wouldn't have worked. Hope that answered your questions.
Metal Overlord 2.0: Lol, yeah, it's on. Two enter, one leaves undefeated. We'll see about Gozaburo. He wanted a closer view of the duel, which he probably figured would distract the two even more. We'll see though, hehe.
pink-kiss-candy: Lol, it was difficult. Checks Ryou. He's both, lol. They fused back together… Ryou: "Someone save me!" Silly Ryou, hehe.
Yawns again. I should have slept more yesterday with my fiancé. Yes, we slept, you perverts, as in took a nap. Still, I could have used some more sleep than we got, but nearly two hours was good enough.
Btw, my fiancé has finished another chapter of her History of the Millennium Items, so I'm going to post it for her soon. Thought I'd just let everyone know before I did it. Lol, I have to run through it before I post it and try to find her grammar mistakes. That'll take a while, hehe. Gets smacked in the head as usual by fiancé.
Anyways, I'll post once again tomorrow. I hope everyone enjoys the duel. Till tomorrow, good day.
Chapter 75
Yami slowly drew his sixth card and seemed to examine his hand. After a moment, he smiled, saying "I'll begin the duel by summoning my Skilled White Magician (1700/1900) to the field in attack mode." A mage dressed in white robes then appeared on the field. He then smacked the end of his white scepter on the ground, signifying he was ready for a fight.
"Next I'll set two cards face down on the field and end my turn." (Yami 8000, Illidan 8000)
Staring at the monster on the field, Illidan tried hard to determine something. "I've seen that monster before, but I don't know where. Wait, it was Skilled Dark Magician that I've seen before. That's why I don't remember seeing this one. That means this one has some kind of ability as well. Hmm, I just don't know what yet. I'll have to be careful in this duel. Yami could have a few surprises in stored for me."
Illidan drew his sixth card and examined his hand. He had drawn Thunder Nyan Nyan, and already had Mirror Force, Scapegoat, Thunder Nyan Nyan, United We Stand, Change of Heart, and Kuriboh.
Looking up from his hand, he said "Alright Yami, I'll start by summoning my Thunder Nyan Nyan (1900/800) in attack mode." The female monster with red hair and leopard print leotard then appeared on the field with her drums in front of her. She then pulled out two drumsticks and began to bash the drums loudly.
"Now I'll set two cards face down as well. Thunder Nyan Nyan, attack Skilled White Magician with Drum Bashing!" The female monster jumped up from behind her drums and charged towards the white robed mage.
Midway there, Yami smirked and said "You activated my face down magic card, Book of Moon! Now you're monster is flipped to face down defense mode, thus ending your attack." A large blue book then appeared on the field and slammed into the red headed monster. She was stopped in her tracks and instantly disappeared. Then a face down defensive monster card image appeared on Illidan's side of the field.
Illidan lightly growled in frustration at Yami, which caused Yami to only lightly chuckle. Yami then said "Also, thanks to the activation of my magic card, Skilled White Magician's effect is activated. Each time a magic card is activated, he gains one spell counter. So, since I just used Book of Moon, he now has one spell counter." One of three weird looking buttons on the mage then glowed. He had a button on each shoulder and one underneath his collar. The one on his left shoulder had glowed, which Illidan understood was representing the spell counter.
Sighing, Illidan said "I end my turn…"
Before Illidan could finish, Yami interrupted, saying "Not quite Illidan. Before you end, I reveal my face down magic card Mystical Space Typhoon! Now I can destroy one magic or trap card on your field, and I'll use it on your left face down card!" A typhoon then flew across the field and smashed through the face down card image, which was forced face up to reveal Mirror Force.
"So, that was Mirror Force. Next my Skilled White Magician's special effect is triggered. He now gains yet another spell counter." Yet another one of the three buttons glowed. This time, it was the one on the right shoulder of the mage.
Sighing, Illidan said "I'll end my turn then." (Yami 8000, Illidan 8000)
Yami drew and smirked at the card in his hand. He then looked up at Illidan, saying "I know exactly what I have to do this turn. First I play Skilled Dark Magician (1900/1700) in attack mode." A mage, who looked somewhat like the white robed mage, then appeared on the field. The main differences were this mage was wearing black robes and had more attack points, but less defense points.
"Next my Deck Master adds 500 attack points to Skilled Dark Magician (2400/1700) since he has the name "Dark Magician" in his name." The mage in purple robes then aimed his staff at the black robed mage and fired a beam at him that increased the black robed mage's power.
"I'm not done yet Illidan. Watch as I play the magic card known as Monster Gate!" A shimmering rift then appeared on the field. It was multicolored, and appeared to lead to another place.
"This card allows me to sacrifice one of my monsters on the field in order to draw from my deck till I find a monster. So, I'll sacrifice my Skilled Dark Magician to Monster Gate." The black robed mage then jumped into the rift, causing the rift to glow brighter as it seemed to prepare for something else.
"I draw now, and the first card I draw is Dust Tornado, which is automatically sent to the Graveyard. Next I draw Jar of Greed, which as well goes to my Graveyard. The next card is a monster known as Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700)! She is now summoned to the field in attack mode." The rift rippled as a young beautiful girl in a skimpy blue and pink dress with an odd magician's hat and blue boots popped out. She let out a small giggle and twirled around and struck a pose.
Smiling at his new monster, Yami then said "Thanks to my Deck Master, Dark Magician Girl now gains 500 additional attack points as well (2500/1700)." The purple robed mage smiled at the young girl and aimed his staff at her and let out a small blast of energy, which the young girl bathed in. Magical energies seemed to build around her as her power increased. Once she finished bathing in the power, she opened her eyes up and brought her staff out in front of herself in an offensive stance.
"And let's not forget my Skilled White Magician, shall we Illidan. Thanks to my move, he gained yet another spell counter, making him a total of three." The final button under the white robed mage's collar glowed, showing that all three buttons were now lit up.
"Thanks to that final spell counter, I can activate Skilled White Magician's special effect. When he has three spell counters, I can remove all three and sacrifice him as well in order to special summon Buster Blader from my hand, deck, or Graveyard. So I choose to summon Buster Blader from my deck." Yami then pulled his deck out and looked through it till he found his monster. He then shuffled his deck and reinserted into his Duel Disk.
"And now, I remove all three spell counters and sacrifice Skilled White Magician in order to summon Buster Blader (2600/2300) in attack mode!" All buttons glowed brighter as the mage disappeared from the field. Then the white light died down as a purple warrior with some gold outlining his body and a large lance on his back appeared in the mage's place.
Illidan lightly growled, thinking "Just great… Now he has two powerful monsters out. Perfect…"
Yami admired his field, and then said "I'm not yet done Illidan. I now play the magic card called Premature Burial. This allows me to bring back a monster from my Graveyard in attack mode at a cost of 800 life points. So I choose my Skilled Dark Magician (1900/1700)." A glow appeared on the field as the black robed mage once again reappeared on the field.
"And again, my Dark Magician's Deck Master ability is triggered, granting the mage another 500 attack points (2400/1700)." Again, the purple robed mage pointed at the black robed mage and let an energy boosting beam hit the black robed mage, who gladly accepted as his power rose.
"Now my magician duo and warrior are ready for battle. Skilled Dark Magician, take out his face down monster with Skilled Dark Magic Attack!" The black robed mage aimed his staff straight at the face down card image and let a powerful blast of dark energy fly from his staff. The blast instantly crushed the card image, and the red headed female monster that had been on the field before was easily destroyed.
"Dark Magician Girl, attack Illidan directly with…"
Illidan only lightly smirked, saying "Hold on Yami, I activate my face down magic card, Scapegoat! This magic card allows me to special summon four Scapegoat Tokens (0/0) to the field in defense mode." Four colored goats then appeared on the field. A blue, pink, orange, and red set of goats each took a place in front of Illidan.
Lightly frustrated obviously, Yami only said "Fine then Illidan, have it your way. Dark Magician Girl, attack a Scapegoat Token with Burning Magic Attack!" The female mage twirled her scepter around in front of herself and finally fired a blast of black energy directly at the blue goat, which was easily blown away by the attack.
"Buster Blader, now attack a Scapegoat Token with your Dragon Blade Slash!" The purple warrior let out a small cry and dashed across the field. As he neared the goat, he pulled his large lance off his back and slashed the orange goat in half, which easily exploded.
"That will end my turn. Consider yourself lucky this turn Illidan. I have many plans in stored for you during this duel." (Yami 7200, Illidan 8000)
Sighing, Illidan now examined what he could do. "I'm down to two Scapegoat Tokens, so I'm safe for the moment. There has to be a monster in my deck that can save me now though. I just have to believe in the Heart of the Cards."
He drew and looked at his Spirit Reaper card. Sighing slightly, he placed the card in his hand and smirked at a thought. He then lightly chuckled and said "Alright Yami, time for me to turn things around this turn. First, I start things off by summoning Kuriboh (300/200) in attack mode." A little brown dust bunny like creature with short stubby green hands and feet and large purple eyes then appeared on the field.
Shocked, Yami asked "But why would you play Kuriboh, especially in attack mode? You know as well as I do that Kuriboh isn't that strong."
Illidan only smirked at the confusion on Yami's face, and replied "Yes, I know the Kuriboh isn't that strong, but who said I was going to leave it at this. Next I play the magic card Change of Heart, allowing me to take control one of your monsters for the turn, and I'll pick your Dark Magician Girl!" The female mage let out a small shocked gulp as she suddenly moved from Yami's field to Illidan's field.
Yami only growled lightly at this, fearing for his monster. Illidan reassured him with "Don't worry Yami. I'm not going to sacrifice her. In fact, I can't now that I summoned Kuriboh, but I do have plans for her."
Yami only lightly smirked though, and said "By the way Illidan, since she's now on your side of the field, she loses the 500 bonus attack points she gained from my Deck Master (2000/1700)."
Illidan only nodded, replying with "But of course Yami. I knew that from the start."
In the stands, Marik suddenly said to his sister "I know what he's going to do now. He did the same thing against me and my Winged Dragon of Ra. He played Kuriboh, making me think it was weak, but he then played that magic card, United We Stand. That's his plan I bet sister. He's banking on United We Stand to strengthen his monster enough to combat Yami's monsters."
Ishizu only nodded, knowing the pharaoh was now in for a surprise from his friend from ancient times.
Meanwhile, Yami only looked on, conversing with Yugi in his mind. "I don't get it Yugi. Why play Kuriboh? It isn't strong enough to beat any of our monsters, unless he's planning on setting a trap for us."
Yugi only replied with "I don't know either Yami. It doesn't make sense to play Kuriboh, especially in attack mode. As far as I know, he doesn't have a Multiply magic card, so that can't be his plan. Then what is it?"
They were then interrupted when Illidan said "I now equip Kuriboh with the equip magic card known as United We Stand! This magic card increases his points by 800 for each face up monster on my side of the field. Since I have four at the moment, that means he gains 3200 additional points (3500/3400)." The brown monster then glowed with a multicolored light as his power increased, making him the strongest on the field.
Yami then realized what was happening and mentally said to Yugi "Of course, that's what he was up to. I should have known that was Illidan's plan, and now he has the ability to take both our monsters down and do damage to us directly."
Yugi only sighed and replied with "Yeah Yami, he sure did. Now we're at his mercy, for now."
Back on the field, Illidan studied the field quickly, making sure his plan would work. Smiling due that Yami had left himself wide open, Illidan said "Kuriboh, attack Yami's Buster Blader with Self Contact Explosion!" The small brown fur ball quickly leapt across the field and smashed into the purple warrior, causing a large explosion. The warrior moaned as it exploded, and from the debris appeared a charred black fur ball.
Smirking at the condition of his monster, Illidan then refocused and said "Now that Kuriboh attacked and destroyed one of your monsters, my Deck Master's special ability kicks in. Now he can attack a second time. Kuriboh, attack Yami's Skilled Dark Magician with Self Contact Explosion!" The fur ball quickly shook off the charred fur off his body and bound across the field again. This time, he plowed straight into the black robed mage, causing an instant explosion which blew away the mage easily. Again, a little charred fur ball flew back out of the debris.
"Dark Magician Girl, direct attack Yami with Burning Magic Attack!" The female mage seemed to sigh slightly and then fired it's dark energy blast straight at the pharaoh, causing him to slide backwards slightly.
Smiling at what he had accomplished, Illidan said "That ends my turn. Of course, Dark Magician Girl now returns to your side of the field, thus weakening Kuriboh slightly (2700/2600)." The mage quickly bounded back across the field, seemingly instantly happy that she was where she had started from. (Yami 3200, Illidan 8000)