Hello once more everyone. Well, today was alright. Lol, just about like any other day I go to work, other than it rained pretty hard all day. Hmm, nothing really new, so I'll get to the reviews now.

Metal Overlord 2.0: Yeah, Bakura put up a valiant effort, but came up short still. I thought why not throw UOF in for the heck of it. His effect is all that kills him, but like you said, use Skill Drain, and boom, strong monster. Oh joy, we can't have Seto sad due that he lost again. Lol, who knows though, he could win… I thought about putting BESD in his deck in this story, but the scenario for the movie probably hadn't had time yet, not to mention, I'm kind of didn't know about it at the time, lol. I was about done when I saw the card, and just ignored it then. Too much work to write in about the Pyramid of Light and all is mostly why, lol.

Isis the Sphinx: Thanks for the congrats, and yeah, I'll hit 100. Lol, I remember when I started this thing. I thought easily I could be done in 50, but that then changed to 100. You don't want to know where I finally ended, lol.

Tomb Robber Vicky: He sure did for a while, but being tag teamed wore him down finally. Lol, both are a possibility with Kaiba's personality.

thehyperactivecow: Yep, she hadn't used those creatures to attack yet. Thanks for the comments.

pink-kiss-candy: Yeah, he did rather well, all things considered. Lol, yes, much longer than last time. Pulls out baseball bat. Want me to fix that stuttering problem Ryou?

Well, that's all I have this morning. My fiancé finally received word that she'll start work on the 10th of July, so the 8th or 9th, she is headed up towards her new job. Sighs heavily I guess I'll just have to find a way to keep from missing her so much.

Anyways, enough about me. Here is the chapter, so enjoy.

Chapter 84

Illidan drew his next card and smiled at it, knowing it would come in handy. "Now I summon D.D. Warrior Lady (1500/1600) in attack mode." A blond headed woman in grey and black armor then appeared on the field. She drew her sword from her sheath and swung it down, showing her readiness for battle.

"Now thanks to Marie's field card, she gains an additional 500 attack points, but of course loses 400 defense points (2000/1200). Time to eliminate an opponent, and it happens to be you Noa. Jinzo, attack Noa's Gear Golem the Moving Fortress with Cyber Energy Shock!" The cyborg raised his hand, which was facing the fortress monster, and fired a single blast of dark energy from it.

Just as it was about to make contact, Noa called out "I reveal my face down The Reliable Guardian magic card! This card allows me to increase my monster's defense points by 700 points for the duration of the turn (800/2900)." The fortress monster glowed with power, raising its defensive strength. The blast crashed into it's large shield walls, but the blast was easily canceled out.

Sighing slightly, Illidan said "Fine then Noa, I'll attack your Gear Golem now with Valkyrion the Magna Warrior. Use your Magna Slash Valkyrion!" The large magnet warrior let out a small moan and charged the fortress monster.

As the attack was about to hit, Noa yelled "Not so fast there Illidan, I reveal my other face down The Reliable Guardian, once again giving my monster an additional 700 more defense points (800/3600), which is just enough to beat your Valkyrion." The fortress monster once again glowed with more defensive power. The magnet creature swung his sword hard into the wall of the fortress monster's armored shield walls, but the sword only broke in half.

Lightly growling, Illidan realized he needed to now focus on Seto instead, so he said "D.D. Warrior Lady, attack Seto's Giant Germ with Dimension Slash!" The lady warrior jumped into action and quickly ran across the field. She then slashed the purple blob monster with her sword, making it explode. The explosion sent goop flying to the floor and onto Illidan's Duel Disk.

Seto chuckled, saying "You may have destroyed my Giant Germ, but you triggered its special effect. When sent to the Graveyard due to battle, I can do 500 direct damage to your life points!" The small bit of goop on Illidan's Duel Disk then began pouring electricity out, which shocked Illidan, making him yelp in pain. Finally, it burned off and Illidan shook his arm to cool it.

Still smirking, Seto said "Next I can now special summon up to two more Giant Germs from my deck, so I'll summon both to the field in attack mode (1000/100)." Two more purple blobs with brown speckles then appeared on the field.

Realizing that to win this duel he had to lose a few points, Illidan said "Since I successfully destroyed your monster, I can now use my Deck Master's special ability. D.D. Warrior Lady, attack another Giant Germ of Seto's with Dimension Slash!" Once again the agile lady warrior dashed across the field and slashed another purple blob. This one exploded and sent another piece of itself flying at Illidan. It landed on his Duel Disk again and began shocking him like the last had. He gritted his teeth till finally the shock ended.

Seto only chuckled at this, saying "Thanks for helping me lower your points Illidan. All I had to do was watch!"

Lightly growling at the comment, Illidan slowly said "I'll end my move now Seto." (Illidan 3400, Seto 4000, Marie 4000, Noa 4000)

Seto drew and smirked, and said "Now prepare to be crushed Illidan! First I play Monster Reborn, bringing back my Paladin of White Dragon (2400/800)!" The dragon with a knight on its back reappeared on the field, roaring just as it had before.

"It's time to end this silly duel. I sacrifice my Paladin of White Dragon, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and Giant Germ in order to summon Obelisk the Tormentor (4000/4000)!" All three monsters disappeared from the field, and suddenly, the sky darkened and lightning flashed. Then lightning struck the ground behind Seto and slowly a blue creature began to rise behind him. The large Egyptian God rose from the ground and stretched his arms and wings out, letting out a horrible roar in the process.

Still laughing, Seto said "Obelisk the Tormentor, show Illidan why he should fear you by crushing his pathetic Jinzo with Fist of Fate!" The blue Egyptian God let out a small roar again and pulled his fist up as it began to glow with power. He then pushed it forward, slamming it hard into the cyborg monster, which could only let out a scream as the powerful Egyptian God crushed it. The force of the explosion from the cyborg's destruction pushed Illidan back slightly.

Laughing again, Seto said "That's enough punishment for now. I end my move." (Illidan 1800, Seto 4000, Marie 4000, Noa 4000)

Illidan was lost in thought immediately. "Ah man! This is not good. Maybe now that our traps do work, Marie might have a plan."

Glancing over at Marie, he saw her smile as she drew and said with confidence in her voice "I'm not afraid of your God Card, Seto Kaiba. And to prove it, I'll first, sacrifice my two Mystical Shine Ball's and The Agent of Creation – Venus in order to summon my Moisture Creature (2800/2900) in attack mode." A black sphere with two yellow eyes and what looked like a hair dryer and a morocco shaped object appeared on the field.

"When I sacrifice three monsters to summon Moisture Creature, its effect is triggered. Now I can destroy all magic and trap cards on my opponent's field. So, say good bye to whatever you two had planned!" The black sphere creature then aimed its hair dryer at Noa's face down cards and fired, then turned to Seto and fired yet again Both growled in frustration due that Marie had out smarted them.

"Also, my monster now gets the power bonus thanks to my field card (3300/2500). Moisture Creature, attack Noa's Gear Golem with Dry Out Blast!" The sphere monster then pointed its hair dryer at the fortress creature. With a mighty roar, the dryer powered up and blew away the fortress monster's defensive walls, easily destroying the creature as well.

"Thanks to my Deck Master, I now gain life points equal to your monster's attack points, so I get an 800 point boost to my life points. That ends my move." (Illidan 1800, Seto 4000, Marie 4800, Noa 4000)

"Noa, you know what you have to do. Eliminate Illidan fast, before he can recover from my blast with Obelisk!" commanded Seto.

Noa only smirked, saying "Yeah, yeah Seto. Like I'll take orders from you, but you have a point. Now I make my move. I first move my Deck Master to the field. So, Shinato, King of a Higher Plane (3300/3000) is in play now." The large blue skinned angel slowly glided from his Deck Master position to the field. It then took up a fighting stance.

Marie quickly called out "Before you continue Noa, I activate my face down card. I reveal my trap called Compulsory Evacuation Device, which returns a monster from the field to a player's hand. So, I'll return my Manju back to my hand now." A little box then appeared around the grey skinned monster. The box then blasted off from the field and disappeared.

"That will do it for me." commented Marie.

In a slightly irritated voice, Noa said "As I was about to say before Marie interrupted me, Shinato gains a power boost thanks to Marie's own field card (3800/2600). Next I summon my Inaba White Rabbit (700/500) in attack mode." A rabbit on top of a rocket engine then appeared on the field.

"Next I play my magic card called Spring of Rebirth. Whenever a monster is now returned to someone's hand, I'll gain 500 more life points. Time for an attack, and I have the perfect target! Inaba White Rabbit, direct attack Marie's life points with Rocket Blast Off!"

Shocked at what he heard, Seto screamed "WHAT?"

Seto glared at Noa, yelling "You moron, I told you to attack Illidan, not Marie!"

Smirking, Noa said with a face that pretty much stated his feelings "I don't really care. It's too late."

The rocket the rabbit was sitting on then powered up and blasted off. It began zooming across the field wildly, seemingly out of control.

Just as it was about to strike, Noa said "Behind you my friend."

Marie was distracted by what Noa said for a second, but soon felt pain from the rocket slamming into her back, which nearly knocked her to the ground.

"Now the life points you lost are transferred to my points thanks to my Deck Master. Shinato, attack Marie's pathetic Moisture Creature now with Cosmic Halo!" The blue skinned angel held out his arms, causing twelve spheres to appear in front of him. They began to spin in a circle till they looked like a disk, if not a halo. Finally, the angel threw it at the black sphere creature, intending on slashing it in half.

Realizing he couldn't let Marie lose her monster, Illidan yelled "I don't think so Noa! I reveal my trap card known as Mirror Force, protecting Marie's monster with it. Now Mirror Force, repel the attack and destroy all of Noa's attack mode monsters!" A shining multicolored wall of light appeared in front of the halo attack, causing the attack to bounce off of it and head straight back from where it began.

Shocked as the attack came barreling back at him, Noa said "I activate Shinato's final Deck Master ability, Reversal! This moves Shinato back to his Deck Master position, but I can't use him on the field ever again." The large angel then disappeared off the field, but soon enough rematerialized beside Noa. The rabbit creature was not as lucky as the returning attack tore through it and it's rocket.

"I end my move." (Illidan 1800, Seto 4000, Marie 4100, Noa 4700)

Smiling, Illidan saw his chance he was looking for to get rid of Noa. He quickly drew and said "I'll play Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two new cards from my deck." He picked up his two new cards to see his Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End and Monster Reborn.

Smirking, he looked over at Marie, who nodded, seemingly saying she had something to help him out. Getting the picture, he said "Valkyrion the Magna Warrior, attack Seto's Obelisk the Tormentor with Magna Slash!" The large magnet creature quickly zoomed across the field at it's target.

Seto only laughed evilly, saying "What a foolish move Illidan! Obelisk, crush his Valkryion now with Fist of Fate!" The battle of the two monsters looked like a fly battling a human. As the blue monster prepared to strike the magnet creature down, Marie only smirked.

She then said "Now I activate my face down trap cards in order to help Illidan's monster out. I reveal first Blast with Chain, which raises Valkyrion's attack points by 500 points (4000/3850). Next, I reveal my other card, Reinforcements! This card raises Valkyrion's attack points by 500 during this turn (4500/3850)! Say good bye to Obelisk, Seto!" The two cards caused the magnet creature's sword to glow with new found power, fixing it and repairing it from it's previous encounter. It then dodged the huge blue monster's fist that was coming down at it and struck the large monster in the heart with it's sword. It seemed to then pour power into the sword.

"NOOO!" screamed Seto as he watched his Egyptian God howl in pain from the attack. At long last, the mighty monster exploded, causing a huge tremor throughout the tower.

Smirking at his handy work, Illidan said "It's time invoke my Deck Master's special ability. Since I just destroyed your monster, I can attack again. Valkyrion, direct attack Seto's life points with Magna Slash!" The large magnet creature quickly flew straight for Seto, preparing to strike him in order to finish him off.

Seto was seething with great anger and screamed "I REFUSE TO LOSE THIS DUEL! I ACTIVATE MY DECK MASTER'S SECOND SPECIAL ABILITY, ALLOWING ME TO DRAW FROM MY DECK! IF I DRAW A LIGHT MONSTER, ITS SPECIAL SUMMONED, SO LET IT BE REVEALED NOW!"

Picking up a card, he smirked and said "I special summon my Blade Knight (1600/1000) in defense mode. Also, thanks to Marie's field card, he gains 500 attack points, but loses 400 defense points (2100/600)." A white knight in full body armor then appeared in a defensive stance.

Slightly smirking, Illidan said "That won't matter Seto. Valkyrion, attack Blade Knight now with Magna Slash!" The magnet creature quickly changed its target from Seto to white knight, which it easily slashed in half with one quick swipe of it's sword.

"D.D. Warrior Lady, direct attack Seto's life points with Dimension Slash!" The lady warrior quickly dashed across the field and slashed Seto with her sword, making him slide backwards, but he remained standing.

"I'll end my move now." (Illidan 1800, Seto 1500, Marie 4100, Noa 4700)

Growling loudly, Seto yelled as he drew "You may have gotten a few good swipes in on me Illidan, but I'm far from done. Now watch as I play my Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two new cards. Next I set one card face down, and then thanks to my Deck Master, summon my Different Dimension Dragon (1200/1500) in defense mode due that his level was cut down by two. He gains the power bonus of course (1700/1100)." A light blue and white dragon with four wings appeared on the field. It's snake like body seemed to curl up in a defensive stance.

"Next I use my Deck Master's second special ability to draw for a light monster to special summon to the field. So, I now draw." Seto drew and looked at the card and instantly smiled.

"I drew my Hyozanryu (2100/2800), and I'll place him in defense mode. It as well gets the power bonus (2600/2400)." A beautiful white dragon that looked like it was made of diamonds then appeared. It let out a soft roar and then pulled it's wings and arms and legs in to a defensive stance. It had a long diamond horn on it's nose, making it look that much more fierce.

"I end my move." (Illidan 1800, Seto 1500, Marie 4100, Noa 4700)

Marie drew her new card and was about to make her move when suddenly Seto interrupted her, saying "Hold on Marie, I activate my Deck Master's second special ability. Now I draw a card from my deck. If it's a light monster, I can summon it automatically."

Seto drew his card and began laughing, saying "I drew Kaiser Glider (2400/2200) and I summon him in defense mode. By the way, he gets your little bonus (2900/1800). Now continue on Marie." A golden metallic looking dragon then appeared on the field.

Slightly annoyed, Marie said "As I was about to say before I was so rudely interrupted, I shall summon my Hysteric Fairy (1800/500) in attack mode. Now she gets a boost due to my field card (2300/100)." A fairy with glasses, blue hair, and books in her arms then appeared on the field. She looked more like a secretary with wings than a monster really.

"Direct attack Noa's life points Hysteric Fairy with Fairy Beam!" The fairy quickly adjusted her glasses and a beam of energy fired from behind them, heading straight for Noa.

Seto quickly interrupted with "You owe me for this Noa! I activate my face down trap known as Attack Guidance Armor! This allows me to switch the target of your attack to whatever monster I wish. So, I'll redirect the shot from my step brother to Illidan's Valkyrion the Magna Warrior!" A sudden chunk of grey armor appeared on the large magnet warrior. The beam suddenly redirected it's target straight for the large warrior.

Marie quickly said "Oh no! If it hits, my monster will be destroyed!"

Illidan only flashed a smile at Marie, saying "Don't worry Marie, I have a plan. I reveal my face down Mystical Space Typhoon! This allows me to destroy the armor you gave my Valkyrion, thus redirecting the attack back at Noa!" Seto only stood in horror as the armor was destroyed and the beam redirected yet again, this time straight back at Noa.

Growling with anger, Seto yelled "I move my Hyozanryu in to defend Noa's life points now!" Everyone was shocked as the diamond dragon jumped in the way of the attack that was about to strike Noa. The blast struck the dragon, making it roar, but it managed to survive the blast.

Shocked, Illidan's mind screamed "No way! Seto actually helped Noa. Why is he protecting Noa? Has he finally figured out it will take both of them to win this duel?"

Noa weakly said "Thanks Seto."

Slightly growling, Seto replied "Don't thank me yet. I unfortunately need you in order to win this duel, so you'd better start helping me out." Noa only nodded towards his step brother with that knowledge in mind.

Marie slightly growled at this and said "Fine, since you want to defend him Seto, I'll have Moisture Creature now attack your Kaiser Glider with Dry Out Blast!" The black sphere creature then took aim at the golden dragon and fired its hair dryer, which instantly vaporized the dragon.

"Now I gain the life points equal to your monster's attack points thanks to my Deck Master. That'll end my move." (Illidan 1800, Seto 1500, Marie 6900, Noa 4700)