Hey everybody! Listens to them say "Hi Doctor Nick." Wait, wrong place for that, hehe. Well, hmm, dumb problems have yet again delayed my post, so I'm posting all three chapters (I planned on posting two Friday, but now it's three for Saturday). Anyways, time for reviews.

Isis the Sphinx: Lol, as am I for replies.

thehyperactivecow: Illegal indeed. Noa had that many, well, close to that many, at one time, but Yami/Yugi still beat him. Btw, if they ran out of cards, they lose. That's the biggest challenge with the Tag Team Gauntlet. It's to test them to their fullest abilities, which means conserving cards, and defeating opponents quickly without wasting too much time.

pink-kiss-candy: Lol, they maybe fighting hard, but as you'll see throughout the duel, it does wear them down. They only dueled once that day anyways, so they got to rest up somewhat between the matches. Smacks Ryou one more time with baseball bat. Just making sure, hehe.

Well, that's all for this morning, so till tomorrow. Btw, I've posted 2 chapters today, so enjoy them. I'll post the next one tomorrow, so till then.

Chapter 86

Mai drew and smiled at her card. She glanced over at Joey, seeing he only had his two Scapegoat Tokens out for a defense. Smiling again, she said "It's my move, and I begin by playing Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two new cards. Now I play the field card known as Harpie's Hunting Ground! Since I'm playing a field card that means Marie's field card is instantly destroyed!" Suddenly the light of Marie's field card died down and was destroyed, instantly lowering the attack and raising the defense of all of the light attribute monsters out (3000/2500) (3300/3000) (1400/800) (1800/500) (1400/1200). A new field appeared to replace the old one, this one full of green grass and tall trees.

"Now I summon my Cyber Harpie Lady (1800/1300) in attack mode. And thanks to my field card, she gains an additional 200 attack and defense points (2000/1500)." A woman like bird creature appeared, screeching. She then spread her arms that had wings attached to them.

"Also, thanks to my Cyber Harpie Lady being summoned, Harpie's Hunting Ground's other effect is triggered. When a Harpie Lady or Harpie Lady Sisters is summoned or special summoned, I can destroy one trap or magic card on the field, and I know the one I want gone. I choose Marie's new face down card." The bird woman leaped into the air and came down hard on the face down card, which was instantly smashed and revealed to be a card called Negate Attack.

Marie only let a slight bit of irritation cross her face as she said "You destroyed my Negate Attack card."

Mai only laughed, saying "Too bad you couldn't use it against me hunny. I'm not done yet, because Harpies are so much fun. But one Harpie is never enough, so I now play the magic card known as Elegant Egotist! This allows me to triple my Harpie Lady force into the Harpie Lady Sisters (1800/1300), and each gain 200 attack and defense points thanks to my Harpie's Hunting Ground (2000/1500)." The one bird lady then leapt into the air and began glowing. After the glow died down, three bird women appeared, each looking nearly the same except for their hair color. There was a pink haired one, a blue haired one, and an orange haired one.

"And thanks to me special summoning my Harpie Lady Sisters, I can destroy yet another magic/trap card on the field. So I'll choose Marie's Blast with Chain, which was boosting Illidan's Valkyrion's attack points (3500/3850)." The three bird women then flew at the trap and then struck it with their talons. Once they did, a rocket suddenly appeared on the field, flying madly.

Shocked, Mai screamed "What is that?"

Marie only laughed, replying with "You should have known my trap had more than one effect. Since you just destroyed Blast with Chain, its second effect kicked in. Now I can destroy one card on the field, and I think I'll choose your Harpie's Hunting Ground field card. Now Blast with Chain, destroy her field card!" The rocket flew straight into the field card, instantly blowing it up and lowering all three bird women's points (1800/1300) x 3.

Mai only growled softly at this, but finally sighed and said "Oh well, I guess I'll have to make due without my field card. Now my first Cyber Harpie Lady, attack Marie's Manju with Cyber Slash!" The pink haired bird woman took off into the air. She then came down and slashed the grey multi-handed monster with her talons, which instantly destroyed it.

"Now my second Cyber Harpie Lady, attack Marie's Shining Angel with Cyber Slash!" The second of the flock took off, bearing down hard on the male angel. He was instantly destroyed with one sweep of the blue headed bird woman's talons.

As he disappeared, a new light formed on the field from him, causing Mai to ask "What is this!"

Marie only lightly smirked, saying "It's my Shining Angel's special ability. When he's destroyed in battle, I get to automatically special summon one light monster from my deck to the field in attack mode. Of course, it must have less than 1500 attack points, but that's not a problem. And the monster I'll pick shall be Goddess of Whim (950/700)." A woman with green leaf like hair and a teal dress then appeared on the field. She leaned back and yawned at the duel.

Mai only laughed, saying "If that's all you got, then watch this. My third Cyber Harpie Lady, use Cyber Slash on her Goddess of Whim!" The orange haired bird woman took to the air and started circling the green haired monster. It then dove in for the kill. When it was about to make the slash, the green haired woman began to glow.

Surprised and unsure of what was happening, Mai asked "What is happening!"

Marie smirked and replied "Goddess of Whim's special effect has been triggered. Here is how it works. I can now flip a coin. If I call it right, my monster's attack points double for the turn. I call it wrong and they're halved for the turn. So, feeling lucky Mai?"

Mai only laughed, and said "Give it you best shot hun."

A large coin then appeared on the field. It then flipped up into the air. As it was falling down, Marie said "I call heads!" The huge holo coin then clanged to the ground, causing everyone to gasp at the site. It was heads!

Grinning great big, Marie giggled innocently and screamed "Yes, that means Goddess of Whim's attack points double this turn (1900/700), which means your Harpie is going down!" The green haired woman glowed with new power and opened her eyes up for the first time. She revealed envy green eyes and quickly slapped the bird woman's talons away with a stiff hand, and then jumped into the air and struck the bird woman in the gut with a strong kick, causing the bird woman to explode.

Mai only growled in frustration and said "I end my move." (Illidan 2800, Joey 2000, Marie 18500, Mai 3900)

Illidan looked over at Marie and gave her a thumb up. She only smiled sweetly back at him and Illidan returned to drawing his card. He smiled at his Dark Magician of Chaos he now held and glanced over the field. Deciding he'd better not summon his monster just yet, he decided to clear out Mai and Joey before he done anything else.

"Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack Joey's Scapegoat Token with White Lightning!" The dragon roared and opened it's jaws, releasing a stream of white energy at the little red goat. It was easily blown away by the fierceness of the attack.

"Now I'll use my Deck Master's special ability and have Blue-Eyes attack your other Scapegoat Token with White Lightning!" The dragon fired once more, instantly vaporizing the pink goat. Suddenly, Joey found himself without any monsters to defend himself with.

"Time to end this Joey, and I'll do it with Valkyrion. Valkyrion, direct attack his life points with Magna Slash!" The magnet creature let out a small moan and moved towards Joey with a quick pace.

Within moments of striking Joey, Mai yelled "I move my Cyber Harpie Lady to block the attack!" The female bird quickly jumped in the way of the magnet creature as it swung it's sword down, easily slashing the bird and destroying it easily.

Deciding that was enough for the turn, he said "I end my move." (Illidan 2800, Joey 2000, Marie 18500, Mai 3900)

Joey quickly drew his next card with fire in his eyes, saying "Alright, let's see what Joey Wheeler can do! I play Pot of Greed first, allowing me to draw two new cards. Now I play the magic card known as Roll of Fate!" A die then appeared on the field. It was rapidly spinning.

"See, whatever the roll of the die becomes is the number of cards I can draw from my deck, but I must also discard that many cards from my deck as well. So, go Roll of Fate!" The die soon hit the ground, and rolled and rolled till it finally landed on a five.

"Yes, a five! That means I can draw five cards. Next I send five cards from my deck to the Graveyard."

"What in the world is he up to? That is a dangerous move considering he could lose some important cards due to this card." pondered Illidan.

"Alright, now I'll play the magic card known as Dark Dragon Ritual! This card allows me to sacrifice my Panther Warrior from my hand in order to summon Knight of Black Dragon (1300/800)." A ritual table then appeared on the field. The panther creature then appeared and was instantly destroyed. Then a new monster, a knight draped in black appeared.

"But I'm not done yet, because as quick as he got here, he's leaving. I can now sacrifice my Knight of Black Dragon in order to special summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) from my deck!" The knight then disappeared and the huge black dragon with red eyes appeared, roaring down at the field.

"Of course, I know he's not too strong yet, but watch as I play the equip magic card Dragon Nails, raising his attack points by 700 points (3100/2000)." Long metallic nails then appeared on the dragon's hands, raising it's strength even more.

"Finally, I'll set one card face down, and then play the magic card known as Quick Attack! This allows my Red-Eyes to attack this turn. Red-Eyes Black Dragon, wipe out Blue-Eyes White Dragon with Inferno Fire Blast!" The black dragon roared, and glared at the white dragon. With all it's fury, the black dragon released a powerful sphere of red and black energy at the white dragon, easily causing the white dragon to moan in pain as it exploded.

"No, I lost Blue-Eyes! Kaiba is going to kill me for this." he thought mentally as he also chuckled inwardly.

"I'll end my move." (Illidan 2700, Joey 2000, Marie 18500, Mai 3900)

Marie drew and said "It's time I take down that dragon. I start by summoning The Agent of Wisdom – Mercury (0/1700) in defense mode. Then I play the field card known as Sanctuary of the Sky." A huge stone building then appeared behind Marie. It was an ancient building, for sure. The field then turned blue as clouds appeared as well.

"Shinato, attack Joey's Red-Eyes with Cosmic Halo!" The blue skinned angel held out a palm at the dragon and a disc of energy formed, which whirled directly towards the black dragon.

Moments before it was ready to strike, Joey said "I activate my face down trap known as Metalmorph! Now my Red-Eyes Black Dragon gains 300 additional attack and defense points (3400/2300)! Not to mention he gets a nice new shiny coat of metal armor, transforming him into Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon!" The black dragon roared as it's body was coated in metal instantly. Once fully coated, it's metallic eyes glowed red and it let out a mechanical roar. The disc then struck the dragon, only to be cancelled out.

"Red-Eyes, counter attack with Flash Flare Blast!" The dragon swung it's head side to side and let loose a powerful burst of red energy straight at the blue skinned angel, which destroyed it on the spot as it yelled out in pain.

Sighing, Marie said "Very well Joey, I'll end my move." (Illidan 2700, Joey 2000, Marie 18500, Mai 3900)

Mai drew and smirked, and said "My move. I summon another Amazoness Swords Woman (1500/1600) in attack mode." Another Amazon with wild red hair and a sword then appeared on the field.

"Like my other Amazoness Swords Woman, she gains an additional 300 attack and defense points (1800/1900). I'll place one card face down and end my move." (Illidan 2700, Joey 2000, Marie 18500, Mai 3900)

Illidan drew his next card and sighed at the sight of his Ring of Destruction. Due that life points truly mattered in this duel, he knew he couldn't use it. "I activate Valkyrion the Magna Warrior's special ability. By sacrificing him, I can now special summon my Alpha, Beta, and Gamma the Magnet Warriors (1400/1700) (1700/1600) (1500/1800) from the Graveyard!" The large monster then began to split apart as the three smaller magnet creatures reappeared on the field.

Mai only laughed, tauntingly saying "Breaking your big warrior into smaller ones won't save you Illidan, or did you not know that already?"

Illidan only smirked and replied with "I guess not, but I'm not done yet. I now sacrifice Alpha and Gamma to summon my Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600)!" The grey and pink magnet creatures then vanished as a pentagram formed on the field. Slowly, a black armor clad mage with blue skin rose from it. He then opened his haunting yellow cornea eyes with red irises and swung his staff into a fighting stance.

"Thanks to me summoning Dark Magician of Chaos, I can now return one magic card from my Graveyard to my hand, and I choose Harpie's Feather Duster!" Mai and Joey both gasped at the choice of a card Illidan chose.

Smiling at their reaction, he said "Now to put it to good use. I play the magic card Harpie's Feather Duster! Now say good bye to all your magic and trap cards you two!" A huge feather appeared on the field and shot several gusts of wind at Joey and Mai's magic and trap card zones. Instantly, the metal dragon roared as it's metallic coat of paint disappeared, as did it's long metal claws. Mai's face down cards then flipped up and were destroyed. The black dragon was left now as he started out, just a simple black dragon.

In a taunting voice, he said "Looks like you should have gotten a nicer coat of metal and some extra sturdy nails for that dragon, Joey. Dark Magician of Chaos, attack his Red-Eyes Black Dragon with Chaos Scepter Blast!" The powerful mage pointed his staff at the dragon and released a powerful sphere of dark energy at the dragon. The dragon howled in pain as it was crushed by the blast. All Joey could do was watch in horror as his dragon completely vanished.

"Thanks to Dark Magician of Chaos's special effect, your dragon is removed from play. Next, thanks to my Deck Master, I can attack again. Dark Magician of Chaos, attack Mai's Cyber Harpie Lady now with Chaos Slice!" The mage turned towards the bird woman with pink hair and made a cutting move with his staff. An energy blade formed from the end of his staff, which raced towards the bird woman. She was easily struck and cried out in pain as the blade totally slashed her in half, causing a massive explosion.

"Now your Cyber Harpie Lady is removed from game. Beta the Magnet Warrior, direct attack Joey's life points with Magnetic Polarity Punch!" The remaining yellow magnet creature zoomed across the field with it's hand pulled back, ready to deliver a punch into Joey.

With only a few feet left, Mai yelled "I move my Amazoness Swords Woman in to defend Joey's life points!" The female warrior quickly moved in and took the blow for Joey, making the magnet creature have to back off.

Illidan only slightly growled out of frustration, thinking "Those two keep saving one another. I have to get all their monsters off the field or I'll never be able to hit either directly. I only hope Marie can do something on her turn."

Sighing, he finally said "I'll end my move." (Illidan 2500, Joey 1600, Marie 18500, Mai 3900)

Joey drew and sighed, saying "I'll summon my Alligator's Sword (1500/1200) in defense mode." An alligator warrior with black armor and a sword then appeared in a one knee defensive stance.

"That's it for now, so I end my turn." (Illidan 2500, Joey 1600, Marie 18500, Mai 3900)

Marie drew and said "And it starts my move. First, my Mercury's special effect kicks in. I get to draw one extra card this turn now. Next I'll sacrifice my Goddess of Whim in order to summon my The Agent of Judgment – Saturn (2400/0) in attack mode." A beautiful angel with purple skin and blue wings and in a white and purple dress appeared on the field.

"Now I'm going to finish you off Joey, so watch out. Saturn, attack Joey's Alligator's Sword with Judgment Blast!" The purple skinned fairy held out both her hands and released a blast of purple energy straight at the alligator warrior, which was easily struck and blown way.

"Thanks to that blast, I can now add your gator's attack points to my life points. Hysteric Fairy, direct attack Joey's life points with Fairy Beam!" The blue haired fairy straightened her glasses and let a powerful blast escape her eyes. The beam was on course straight for Joey.

Mai quickly interrupted the attack though, yelling "Amazoness Swords Woman, defend Joey's life points now!" The female warrior was barely able to hold off the fairy's shot, but finally knocked the attack away.

Marie only lightly growled, but soon enough smiled and said "Very well then Mai. Luckily, since my field card is in play, I take no damage. I'll set one card face down and end my move." (Illidan 2500, Joey 1600, Marie 20000, Mai 3900)