Chapter 78

Illidan drew his next card and glanced at Yami's field. "He has a face down waiting on me. I have to finish this duel though, and I can end it now if his trap don't stop me. I have to take the chance. Here goes…"

"I'll summon Slate Warrior (1900/400) to the field in attack mode." The blue fiend with his gold armor and large halberd on his back then appeared, showing his readiness to win the battle.

"Next I switch all three of my Magnet Warriors into attack mode." All three warriors stood up and shook off their defensive stances, showing a signs of offense.

"Slate Warrior, attack Queen's Knight with …"

Yami interrupted, saying "Not so fast Illidan, I reveal the trap card Zero Gravity! When this trap is activated, all face up monsters switch their battle positions. That means attack mode monsters go to defense and defense mode monsters go to attack mode. So, that means your monsters all go into defense, while my monsters all switch to attack mode." All of Yami's monsters then stood up and drew their weapons, while all of Illidan's went to one knee defensive stances.

"Great… Now my monsters are back in defense. To make matters worse, Slate Warrior is in danger now of being destroyed by the wrong monster. That's just typical." Illidan thought with sarcasm. Illidan only sighed and said "I end my move then." (Yami 100, Illidan 5500)

Yami drew slowly and smiled. "I play the magic card called Poison of the Old Man! This magic card now allows me to gain 1200 life points. Next, I invoke my Deck Master's special ability, allowing me to return one magic card from my Graveyard at a cost of 500 life points, and I chose to bring back Poison of the Old Man again. Next I play it again, gaining another 1200 life points. So, I may have lost 500 points total, but I gained 1900 altogether. Now I switch Queen's Knight to defense mode. Jack's Knight, attack Illidan's Gamma the Magnet Warrior with Royal Slash!"

The blue armored knight quickly leapt across the field and struck the pink magnet creature, easily causing it to moan as it exploded into millions of pieces.

"King's Knight, attack Illidan's Slate Warrior with Royal Slash!" The red armored knight quickly leapt across the field and brought his sword down hard onto the blue skinned fiend, which was easily slashed. Before exploding though, the fiend stabbed the knight in the shoulder with is halberd, causing the older knight to scream in pain. The blue fiend then exploded, leaving the older knight in pain.

Yami was surprised by this action and asked "What did your monster do to my King's Knight!"

Illidan only lightly chuckled, replying with "Since you destroyed Slate Warrior with King's Knight, Slate Warrior's special effect kicked in. Your King's Knight now loses 500 attack and defense points (1100/900)."

Nodding, Yami said "Very well then, I end my move." (Yami 2000, Illidan 5500)

Illidan drew his next card and smiled slightly at Waboku. "I'll place one card face down, and then switch Beta the Magnet Warrior to attack mode. Beta, attack his King's Knight with Magnetic Polarity Punch!" The yellow magnet creature quickly glided across the field and struck the red armored knight, causing him to scream as the heavy magnet hand had buried deep into his gut. The knight then exploded from the punch, leaving Yami with only two knights.

"My Deck Master's special ability kicks in now! Since I destroyed a monster with Beta, he can now attack again. Beta, attack his Queen's Knight with Magnetic Polarity Punch!" Again the yellow magnet creature glided across the field and this time struck the female knight in pink with his fist. His fist crushed through her shield and then into her body, making her cry out in pain as she exploded.

"You're down to one monster now Yami. It won't be too much longer till you have none. I end my move." (Yami 1400, Illidan 5500)

Yami only concentrated his eyes on his deck and then drew, slightly smiling at his new card. "I play the magic card known as Spell Absorption. This continuous magic card allows me to gain 500 additional life points each time a magic card is played. Next I activate my Deck Master's special ability, allowing me to return one magic card from my Graveyard to my hand, and I chose my Poison of the Old Man. Now I play it, gaining 500 life points instantly from Spell Absorption and then 1200 life points from Poison of the Old Man! Jack's Knight, wipe out Illidan's Beta the Magnet Warrior with Royal Slash!" The blue armored knight quickly leaped into action and was about to carve the yellow magnet creature up for scrap metal when Illidan spoke up.

"I don't think so Yami. I activate my trap card Waboku, protecting my monsters for one turn. Nice try though." Three female mages in blue robes then appeared and held out their hands, instantly stopping the blue armored knight. He was forced to return to Yami's side of the field and wait things out.

Yami only frowned, saying "Fine then, I shall end my move." (Yami 2600, Illidan 5500)

Illidan then drew his card. Looking at it, he only sighed due that it was Thunder Nyan Nyan. After a moment, he finally said "I'll set one monster on the field in defense. That ends my move." (Yami 2600, Illidan 5500)

Yami drew and said "I play the magic card known as Card of Sanctity. This allows us both to draw till we hold six cards in our hands." Both drew till they held the right amount of cards. Illidan examined his five new cards. He'd drawn Waboku, Mystical Space Typhoon, Painful Choice, Imperial Order, and Sangan.

Yami then continued, saying "Now then, I activate my Deck Master's special ability. I pay 500 life points in order to bring back my Swords of Revealing Light. Next I play them, revealing your face down monster with it's effect!" Several swords of light then rained out of the sky again and landed in front of Illidan, blocking his way to Yami. Then the face down monster card image disappeared to reveal a blue skinned fiend with golden armor and a large halberd on his back.

Slightly growling, Illidan said "You revealed my Slate Warrior, but in doing that, you've activated his flip effect. He now gains 500 additional attack and defense points (2400/900)."

Yami slightly smiled, saying "Well, that's not what I would have guessed you had down, but it's alright. Also, thanks to my Spell Absorption magic card, I didn't lose a single point since I gained back the 500 I would have lost. Next I'll play the magic card called Five Star Twilight! Since Jack's Knight is a five star monster, I can sacrifice him in order to special summon the Five Kuriboh Brothers (300/200) x 5!" Five fur ball monsters with small green arms and feet, along with purple eyes, then appeared on the field. Each was a different color. There was a brown, white, blue, pink, and yellow fur ball.

Shocked, Illidan said "I've never seen that card before."

Yami only smirked at this and said "Then I guess you don't know much about their special abilities. First of all though, I gain 500 life points due that I played a magic card. Next, I will first show you the effects of my Five Kuriboh Brothers. I'll discard a trap known as Dark Renewal in order to activate their first ability on your Beta the Magnet Warrior. Kuriboh Brothers, become Kuriball!" The white fur ball turned to his friends and slowly began eating each of them. Finally, nothing was left buy a huge white fur ball. It then went flying across the field and plowed into the yellow magnet creature. When they collided, the white creature fell apart and the five fur balls reappeared. Unfortunately though, the yellow magnet creature was seemingly hurt by the run in, instantly losing half it's strength (850/1600).

Surprised by the display and mostly by what was wrong with his monster, he asked "What did you do to Beta?"

Lightly chuckling, Yami replied with "He was weakened by my monster. When I use Kuriball, the monster I choose to be struck by him loses half its strength. I'm not done yet though, for now I combine my Kuriboh Brothers again, but this time to become Kuribabylon (1500/1000)!" The five fur balls then leapt into the air in a star formation and a puff of smoke appeared. Out of the smoke stood a large bluish looking fur ball with a horn and a bit of a fierce face.

"Allow me explain this new form to you Illidan. Kuribabylon's attack and defense point's is a combination of my Five Kuriboh Brother's attack and defense points. So, if I had increased one of the brothers attack points, Kuribabylon would have had more strength as well. Kuribabylon, attack Beta the Magnet Warrior with Horn Strike!" The large fur ball let out a small shriek and rammed it's horn into the weakened yellow magnet creature, instantly crushing it.

"Before I end, I play this magic card, Meteor of Destruction! As long as you have 3000 or more life points, I can play it and it reduces your life points by 1000! Finally, I gain another 500 life points thanks to Spell Absorption." A huge meteor then fell from the sky and struck Illidan, making him slip down to one knee from the hit. Illidan stood back up quickly, but was definitely slightly shaken.

"I'll place two cards face down and end my move." (Yami 3600, Illidan 3850)

Sighing, Illidan's thought "Great. Now I have to deal with the powder puff of doom. Why me?"

Finally done sulking, he drew and saw he had Breaker the Magical Warrior. Smiling, he said "I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior (1600/1000) in attack mode." A maroon robed mage wielding a sword and shield appeared on the field.

"Now that I summoned Breaker, his special effect is activated. He gains one spell counter when normal summoned, and while he has that counter, he gains 300 additional attack points (1900/1000)." The mage's sword then glowed as a small ring of energy formed near the back of the sword's blade.

"Next I switch my Slate Warrior into attack mode. Then I'll play the magic card Mystical Space Typhoon, destroying your Swords of Revealing Light!" A powerful whirlwind then appeared and tore through the swords of light, instantly destroying them.

Yami slightly chuckled, saying "You still triggered my magic card's effect. I gain 500 additional life points."

Nodding, Illidan only replied with "Yeah, I know that. Next I'll use Breaker's special effect. By removing his spell counter, I can destroy one spell or trap card on your field, and I choose your left face down card." The mage's sword glowed as the small ring of energy coated the blade of his sword. He then swung his sword in the direct of the card image, sending out a blade of energy from his sword. The blade slashed through the face down card, causing it to reveal itself as the magic card Book of Moon.

Yami quickly said "I use Book of Moon's effect to chain. Now I'll use it on your Slate Warrior, switching him to face down defense mode. Also, I gain 500 additional life points due to my Spell Absorption." With that said, the blue fiend was forced to disappear from the field and a horizontal card image took his place.

Growling softly, Illidan then looked at his field. "I still have Breaker, and that fur ball has to go, no matter what." "Breaker, attack Kuribabylon with Magical Sword Slash…"

Before Illidan could finish, Yami said "I don't think so Illidan. I activate my face down trap card, Raigeki Break! This trap forces me to discard one card, but it destroys any card on the field. I'll use it on Breaker, so my Kuribabylon is safe. I now discard Sword of Deep-Seated in order to use Raigeki Break!" Lightning flashed on the field and the maroon mage was struck, instantly destroying him.

Smiling, Yami added "By the way, my Sword of Deep-Seated has a special ability. When it's sent to the Graveyard, I can automatically return it to the top of my deck." The card then came back out of the Graveyard slot and Yami placed it on top of his deck.

Illidan only growled in frustration at what had happened, but slowly calmed down. regaining his composure, he said "I'll set two cards face down and end my move." (Yami 4600, Illidan 3850)

Yami drew without looking at the card, saying "Kuribabylon, attack his face down monster with Horn Strike!" The large fur ball zoomed quickly across the field.

The fur ball was about to smash into the card image when Illidan said "I activate my trap card Waboku!" Three mages in blue robes appeared in front of the horizontal face down card, which was then flipped up to reveal the blue fiend monster in golden armor with his large halberd on his back.

Yami slightly growled, saying "Still, I flipped your monster face up. So, your Slate Warrior is flipped face up, with its effect activated now (2400/900). Now, I'll activate my Deck Master's second special ability and return Pot of Greed. Next I play Pot of Greed, drawing two new cards. Now I'll play another Meteor of Destruction, dealing you 1000 life points of damage!" A large meteor then appeared in the sky above Illidan. It came crashing down onto him, making him drop to one knee. As the wisps of smoke cleared off his body, Illidan stood up again.

"Finally, I'll set one card face down on the field and end my turn." (Yami 4600, Illidan 2850)