Hello once more everyone. I'm so glad everyone is enjoying the ten way duel so far. If all goes well, I should have all of this duel posted this week. Now, time to get down to answering some reviews.

Strawberry Cake: He sure is. All he does is order people, lol. Marik was bad, but Gozaburo is most definitely more bossy.

Brianna Ishtar: Indeed they are outnumbered. Lol, yes, Ryou sounded dark and evil like Bakura. Ryou: "Yes, I'm cute, sweet, bad, and I'm going to for sure kill everyone now!" Ryou evilly grins. That's nice Ryou. Points to shovel in hand. Get out of control again buddy, and you know the results, lol.

Isis the Sphinx: Yep, it will be fun. It was rather difficult to keep up with ten people at once, but it got easier and easier as it went along due to people losing. Lol, yeah. I'll try to get to work on your chapter soon. This week looks like another crazy one though, due that the weather is pretty and we have a weeks worth of hay to finish up. Sigh We'll see though.

Tomb Robber Vicky: Lol, feel free to call him anything, other than buddy. He don't like that name, lol. But yeah, Gozaburo will probably send people out after the ones that care for them. After all, being an evil ego maniac gives you that right, lol. Seto's attitude isn't completely helping, but at least he's being somewhat useful. Someone may get free, or no one may not get free. We'll see sooner or later, hehe.

Ultimate Legendary Master: It was no problem. I had planned on posting 2, so I went ahead and posted both for Sunday's mishap. Hmm, I could be wrong about it, but I was thinking they would only gain 600. The cards gave 300 and 300 I thought, but I could be wrong. Kaiba could have used Obelisk's ability, but for the most part, I didn't use that effect in this story. He only like used it once in the show, and the effect was slightly confusing. He said it would deal 4000 points of damage to everything in Obelisk's path, including Yami's life points and field. Well, Slifer was just as strong as Obelisk at that time and point, but Obelisk didn't hit him, so I was slightly confused on what happened. Thinks for a moment. He could have done it, and Illidan would have probably survived. More than likely, Yami as well. Joey, nah, he wouldn't have made it.

Metal Overlord 2.0: Yep, Gozaburo is pulling out all the stops for this duel. If he's ever going to stop Yami, Illidan, Seto, or Joey, the time is now. Snickers due that he would want to stop Joey. And yes, for once, Seto is listening to people. It is very scary, lol. Very nice that you're close. Damn, I forgot to review your last chapter. I need to get back to reading some, if I can find the freaking time! I have a stack of things to do, but have yet to get to them. Soon I will though, soon.

Don't you hate when you have hardly no time to do stuff? I do, lol. I'm going to be so busy this week, which sucks. Well, at least most of it. Let's see, I have to work in the hay till probably Wednesday, then I have an interview for a job Thursday evening, then Friday I'm due to go get some of my fiancé's things from her house, and finally Saturday, I'll be back on the road up to see her once more. Not to mention work isn't going to be too fun this week. Sigh Oh well, it's alright. It's got to be, lol. Anyways, enjoy the chapter, and leave a review to express your opinion, good or bad. I enjoy them either way. Later!

Chapter 109

Bandit Keith let out a stupid chuckle as usual. "Fool, you shouldn't struggle against the master. Now watch as I make my move. First thing I'll do is play Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw 2 new cards. This was exactly what I needed, muwhaha. Now I use my Deck Master's second special ability. I discard 2 machine monsters in order to special summon my Perfect Machine King (2700/1500) in attack mode!" Suddenly, the powerful machine then appeared on the field. It groaned as it stretched out.

"Next, my Deck Master gives him an additional 200 attack points (2900/1500)!" Machine King then powered up and fired a blast from his eyes at Perfect Machine King. Slowly, the stronger monster grew in strength yet again.

"I'm far from done though you fools. Now I summon this monster, my Heavy Mech Support Platform (500/500) in attack mode." A small like weapon platform then appeared. It looked semi like a plane, but was a platform more than anything.

"Now my Perfect Machine King gains 500 additional attack points thanks to me summoning another machine monster (3400/1500)." The powerful machine then glowed as its power went up.

"Next, my Deck Master raises Heavy Mech Support Platform's attack points by 200 (700/500)." The small platform was then blasted by Keith's Deck Master, instantly boosting its power.

"Now for the fun part. I activate Heavy Mech Support Platform's special ability. I can now treat it as an equip card for Perfect Machine King, which I will do. So, I equip it to Perfect Machine King, raising his attack points by 500. Of course, due that I moved my monster off the field, he really gains no points since he'd lose 500 due to the missing machine monster, but gains 500 due to the equipment of it." The mechanical platform then moved towards Perfect Machine King and then split apart. Slowly, the parts of the platform attached to Perfect Machine King, making him no stronger, nor no weaker.

Keith only laughed as he held 2 cards in his hand. "Now I activate this magic card, the card of someone's destruction. I play the magic card known as Limiter Removal! This card allows me to double the attack points of all my Machine monsters! Muwhaha, that means Perfect Machine King now has twice its original strength (6800/1500)!" The powerful machine monster glowed as its power doubled. Now this monster was the strongest on the field.

"Is Keith insane? His magic card will destroy his monster at the end of the turn, thus wasting this entire turn, unless, he has something else to play." Illidan's fears were confirmed within the minute as Keith chuckled evilly.

"It's over for one of you. Watch as I play the last card of someone's destruction. I play the Quick Attack magic card! This means my powerful machine can attack this turn! Now, who shall I attack?"

Keith only chuckled as he looked over everyone's fields. Gozaburo then sent him orders mentally to attack Joey.

"Destroy that fool so we can easily obliterate Seto, Yami, and Illidan." ordered Gozaburo mentally. Keith only grinned.

He then replied back mentally, saying "Nope, I don't think so! I have a much better target! It will be Illidan!"

Gozaburo was taken a back by this comment. He quickly shouted back at Keith mentally "NO YOU FOOL! ATTACK WHEELER!" Keith ignored him and the pain he was inflicting him. This is what Keith had been waiting for the entire tournament, ever since he'd lost his title. Now he'd exact his revenge on Illidan.

"Now Perfect Machine King, obliterate Illidan's pathetic Thunder Nyan Nyan and his life points with Missile Barrage!" The powerful machine locked on and fired his barrage of missiles. Row upon row of missiles fired from Perfect Machine King's arsenal at Thunder Nyan Nyan.

Illidan smiled, knowing that Keith had ignored Gozaburo more than likely. Mostly he knew he had due to the look in Keith's eyes. They were no longer glazed over, but were clear. Also, Gozaburo seemed extremely angry at this moment. As the missiles neared, Illidan shook his head.

"Nice try Keith, but I don't think so. I activate the trap known as Waboku! Now my monster will remain as she is and I'll receive no damage!" Three robed mages appeared in front of the blast and held up their hands.

Suddenly, Mai laughed. "I think not Illidan! I reveal my trap known as Trap Jammer! This instantly negates your trap card, meaning you're still in danger, muwhahaha!" The three mages then dissolved away, and the blast continued on towards Illidan.

Growling, Illidan realized Gozaburo was pulling out all the stops to make sure Keith's attack did make it through. "Fine then, I reveal my next face down trap, my Magic Cylinder. Now Keith's attack shall be fired right back at him!" Two large cylinders then appeared on the field. The blast would go into one and then come out the end of the other.

Suddenly, the cylinders dissolved. Looking over, Illidan saw why. There was Bakura with a face down revealed. "Sorry chap, but I won't allow that either. I reveal my Trap Jammer, instantly destroying your Magic Cylinder!" said a semi calm Bakura.

Illidan was flustered now. He had nothing else to defend him. The final face down he had was just Scapegoat, which wouldn't block the attack! As the missiles neared, Illidan was becoming more and more worried. "It can't end like this. No, not like this…"

Just as the blast was about to hit, Illidan saw a huge ring fly across the field and land snuggly on Perfect Machine King's neck. The ring had explosives attached to it. Illidan looked over to see it had come from Seto.

"Kaiba saved me?" he silently said. Seto laughed as he saw Perfect Machine King's attack fizzled out.

"Well, well, looks like I just stopped your assault Keith. Nobody destroys Illidan Stormrage but me, so never forget that! Now my Ring of Destruction trap shall blow away your pathetic Perfect Machine King and do 6800 damage to each of us. Of course, I have no intention of losing."

Suddenly, the collar that was on Perfect Machine King exploded, doing 6800 direct damage to Keith. Keith screamed in pain as he hit the floor. He then laughed, saying "You're a fool Kaiba. Now you shall lose for saving Illidan!"

He looked up at Seto to only see Seto smiling. Seto replied with "I think not. I activate my face down card, Ring of Defense! This magic card shall defend my life points from the blast! Sorry, but I'm going no where, unlike you."

Keith was speechless. He'd lost due that he'd disobeyed Gozaburo's orders. Now he'd pay the price for failure. He screamed in agony as suddenly he started disappearing.

Illidan stared in disbelief as Keith slowly faded away. Finally, nothing was left of Keith, except for his Perfect Machine King card.

"Where is he Gozaburo? You said he wouldn't be sent to the Shadow Realm if he lost!" cried out Illidan, who was extremely curious to know where Keith had gone.

Suddenly, Gozaburo laughed and pointed at the wall. It slightly glowed and Keith reappeared on it. He was bound to the wall like the others. He was quiet, for he still had the Millennium Symbol on his forehead.

"Happy now Illidan?" asked Gozaburo in a taunting voice.

Illidan growled but was happy Keith was still alright. Even if he was still being controlled, he was alive at the least.

"Now that that fool is gone, it is a 9-way duel, so please continue this duel now." Gozaburo said in a smug voice. In all honestly, he was angry beyond reason at Keith. The plan had been to slowly take out people one by one. They would pick off the weakest first, not the strongest. Not to matter though. There were still five mind slaves to do his bidding, and not to mention he doubted that the four had formed any kind of an alliance. He was shocked though that Seto had defended Illidan, but that didn't matter. Now he had to continue to focus on wearing them all down and watch for an opening.

Back on the field, Illidan sighed and drew his next card. It was his Change of Heart magic card. Smiling, Illidan realized he could now get his Dark Magician of Chaos out now.

Then suddenly, he received a mental message from Seto. "Illidan, can you hear me? Listen, if this thing works, tell me now."

Illidan smiled and responded with "Yes, I can hear you. What is it Seto?"

Seto then replied with "Who are you going after now?"

Illidan scanned the field quickly. From what he saw, Marie was a possible target. Marik had an impenetrable defense. Bakura had four face down cards, not to mention a face down monster. Noa had a powerful defensive monster, plus 2 face down cards. Mai was the weakest one left, but she had a Cyber Harpie Lady with 2400 attack points, so she was not touchable either.

"I'm not sure." replied Illidan.

Seto seemed to grumble in the link and responded with "Go after Mai. If you can summon another monster and attack her, then I have your back. I have a face down card that will weaken her monster by half its strength. If you attack, I'll spring the card. Then you can attack her two more times thanks to your Deck Master."

"Wait!" cried out another voice. This one was soon recognized as Joey.

"Wheeler, don't bother us." replied Seto.

Joey ignored him and said "Listen, I think Mai is struggling to get free like Marie. Notice last time when she attacked, she seemed to be having a hard time choosing whom to attack. I think she's still fighting hard to break free. Maybe we should wait and let her continue to try to get free."

Seto only gave responded with "Feh, are you kidding me?"

Illidan thought for a moment about things. Joey did have a point. Then he realized he could do a different strategy.

"Seto, what if I used Change of Heart to get another light monster and sacrificed both for Dark Magician of Chaos. Then I could maybe wipe out Marik."

Seto thought for a moment about Illidan's statement. Realizing that one of the Egyptian God Card holders would be out, he quickly replied with "Yes, that would be better, but can you pull that off?"

Illidan quickly responded with "I should be able to. Once I grab one monster from Marie and sacrifice it along with mine for Dark Magician of Chaos, I can return Change of Heart. Then I can grab Marik's Revival Jam and attack him with both."

Seto silently said "Whatever you feel, but if we lose, trust me, you'll regret it."

Illidan chuckled mentally and then returned to the duel.

"I now play Change of Heart, and I use it to take Marie's Venus!" Suddenly, Marie's monster shifted sides. Illidan grinned and then said "I sacrifice both to summon my Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600)!" Suddenly, both monsters disappeared and a pentagram of fire appeared on the field. Slowly rising out of the pentagram was a mage with blue skin and tight fitting black armor. He glowed with power. Finally, he reached the top of the pentagram and opened his eyes. His mystical eyes caused the flames to die down and he swung his staff into a fighting stance.

Marie suddenly found herself gazing at the monster. Memories flooded back to her, ones of when she had faced Illidan in her final test. He had told her during her training how much this monster had meant to him, how it had been the creature that he was bonded with, and how she'd find a monster one day much like he did. This was the same creature that he had used to try and hold off the Egyptian God's when they had stormed Cairo. The same creature that would defend him till the end of time. She then realized how much she loved Illidan. Many memories began to flood back, causing her to fight against the restraints that held her to Gozaburo's control.

Gozaburo growled in frustration as he noticed Marie fighting his control again. Normally, he didn't have to worry too much, but this girl's power was continuously struggling against him. He had lost the battle to her over control a few times before. He had learned not to underestimate her, but still, she was so strong willed that it took a lot of his concentration to hold her under his control. Never had he heard of someone fighting against such powerful control before this. The memories he had of Gozaburo of ancient times told him she had always been a strong willed one. She never would give up he knew, but still, he was far stronger than her. The problem was, he had six people under mind control, and with her taking all his concentration, it was difficult to keep total control of all six. She was the worst of them all to keep controlled, and knew she'd slowly drain him if he didn't get her restrained properly.

In Marie's mind, the battle was on. The small light that was enclosed in such a deep darkness began to glow. The light was her, and the darkness was the power of the Millennium Crown. Slowly, she began to pour out her power as she had before, forcing the darkness out of her mind. Still, the stubborn darkness remained. She continued to pour out more and more power.

While this struggle continued on, Gozaburo didn't notice Illidan was continuing his turn. Illidan had seen how Marie had gasped when he'd summoned Dark Magician of Chaos. This was after all the first monster he'd shown her in ancient times. When he'd been teaching her how to summon monsters, he showed her his favorite. This monster was not only his favorite, but was bound to him forever, much like how Dark Magician was to Yami and Blue-Eyes White Dragon was to Set. He realized she was struggling, and decided to force Gozaburo to tear his attention in 2 directions.

"Now thanks to my Dark Magician of Chaos, I can return one magic card to my hand, and I choose my Change of Heart. Next I activate Change of Heart, and I take control of Marik's Revival Jam!" With that, the blob of plasma switched sides. Marik was speechless and realized he was defenseless now.

"Time to wipe you out once and for all Marik. Forgive me for this, but I must! I switch Revival Jam into attack mode. Revival Jam, direct attack Marik with Plasma Tackle!" The small blue blob flew straight at Marik and smashed into him. Marik was knocked backwards, but wasn't hurt. He growled and realized the one controlling him was busy.

Suddenly, Gozaburo saw what had happened. There was nothing he could really do, unless he diverted someone else's monster to save him. He decided he would send in one of Marie's monsters if Illidan attacked again.

"Dark Magician of Chaos, attack Marik directly with Chaos Scepter Blast!" The powerful mage brought his staff up and fired a huge blast of dark energy at Marik. Gozaburo then tried to grab control of Marie's mind with all his power. He needed to keep Marik in this duel at all costs. He poured a great deal of his power onto Marie and took control once again. As before, the light was now buried deep within the darkness of her mind.

Quickly, Marie then yelled out in a controlled voice "I send in one of my Mystical Shine Ball's to defend Marik's life points!" One of the small balls of light jumped in front of the blast and exploded. Marik was safe, for now.