Hey there everyone. I'm glad everyone liked the duel between Illidan and Gansley. Gansley was sort of at a disadvantage due to his Deck Master's ability and the rules of the Shadow Game, but he managed to hang on, for a while, lol. Anyways, I'm glad you all liked it, and I hope you continue to enjoy the rest of the duels, as well as the stuff in between. Now, time to get down to answering the reviews.

Tomb Robber Vicky: Yeah, his Deck Master's ability did give him an edge, but due to the rules of the Shadow Game, it was a costly edge. Oh, an idea? Feel free to PM it to me if you like.

Isis the Sphinx: Lol, it's alright. I understand people have a life outside of the internet. I hope they do at least. But it's all good, so enjoy yourself.

CWATZ: Lol, yeah, he hit him hard. I know the feeling about when writing and it feels like it'll never end. Then when you get to the end, you're sad due that you want it to continue on. Oh well, it happens.

Fire Princess: You'll figure it out, eventually, lol. In the meantime, don't worry about it too much in here. I understand you so far, so it's all good. Indeed, he'll get tired eventually. What an odd show… Throws straight jackets to the guards. You guys may want to put them all in one. Ryon: "Not me though, due that I'm dark and sexy, right?" Uh, put an extra one on him. Damn, that room has to be getting cramped, unless it's the deluxe suite.

Strawberry Cake: Lol, sounds like a good idea about quitting. Too bad I can't quit my current job and take up that other job. Oh well, that'll come one day, I'm sure. And yes, you should have stuck with it rather than sit in a cell with the loonies. Well, Ryon isn't that loony. He reminds me how much fun Bakura was when he was evil. Sighs He made being evil look fun, lol.

Brianna Ishtar: Yep, it has to suck for you all. And of course that is my real name Ryou. If it wasn't real, I'd be invisible like you, now wouldn't I? Good job there Ryon.

pink-kiss-candy: You could be right about the lineup, although I did spice it up later on. You'll see. He's happy, can't you see the happy face he has? And it could be, or not. After all, he's sealed away. Looks at the Illidan from the story. Right? Story Illidan shrugs. Sigh Good characters that keep track of evil is so hard to find these days.

Metal Overlord 2.0: Yep, Gansley played decently. He just didn't anticipate the Shadow Game, which hurt him more than helped. I liked Crump as well, for he was a good wise cracking penguin. That's probably what made people like him so much, other than the fact he was a penguin. But it'll be interesting, that is for sure.

Ultimate Legendary Master: Lol, maybe he wants to take a vacation there. I hear it's nice this time of the year, or so the travel brochure that Ryon gave me said so. Wait, why would he have one? … Oh well, no worries, for now. Ouch, that had to hurt in the duel. I know how it feels when you finally get the upper hand and think you have it won, only to be smacked in the face and end up losing the duel. I used to duel a great deal, but now, meh, due that I write, read, and do many other things, I have no time. I should get back into it though, if I find the time.

Well, that's all I have for today. I'll probably post my one-shot for Inuyasha tonight or tomorrow morning. I've yet to decide if I want to post it now or wait till Cindy has proof read it for me. I'll decide, eventually. Later all.

Chapter 117

Once down in his main room, Gozaburo waited for his associates. In all honesty, he had resurrected the Big 5 in order to destroy Illidan, but he had told them one thing.

"IF ANY OF YOU FAIL ME, I GUARANTEE YOU WON'T LIVE LONG!" he had yelled at them once they were all resurrected. They had worriedly nodded then, but the proof wasn't apparent till today when Gansley failed his mission. Now that Gansley had failed, he was pondering if his associates did truly have what it took to take Illidan down. After all, Illidan had made a fool out of Gansley on the dueling field. The idiot had basically kept summoning and setting monsters, kept losing them and feeling the full effects of his Shadow Game, and still didn't manage to make too much of a dent in Illidan.

About this time, his 4 remaining associates walked in. "Crump, I do hope you can take Illidan down tomorrow, for if you fail, your fate will be the same as Gansley's." stated Gozaburo in a grumpy voice.

Crump replied "Don't worry Mr. Kaiba, you can count on me. I'll have Illidan counting forever with my strategy. I'm 99.9 sure I'll win the duel with no problems."

Gozaburo only said "I hope you're right Crump, for if you fail, you know the penalty. I just hope you factored in for the Shadow Game that I have planned."

Crump smirked and replied "Don't worry sir, unlike that fool Gansley, I factored in all variables and even Illidan's new cards. I'll take him down faster than the stock market crash in 1929!"

Gozaburo only shook his head and said "Dismissed." All 4 then left the room.

Back in Illidan's room, Illidan held Obelisk the Tormentor in his hand. He then laid it on the table beside his other 2 God Cards.

"Well, I won today and actually summoned Obelisk, so that was a good start. Now I just have to beat the other 4 that are left, and defeat Gozaburo in order to free the others."

He then stared at the three God Cards lying on the table.

He then remembered the last time he had faced the three in ancient times in Egypt. Slowly, the memories of that clash came back.

Illidan was of the age of 20 at the time. He and Marie had been happily married for almost a year at that time, and their love was quite famous through out Egypt. As agreed, Marie became a part of the Shadow Court, taking up a position amongst the others. Once Illidan had finished teaching Marie, he had taken up the position on the court known as Royal Seal Master. He basically made seals to protect the people from certain things. Mostly, he sealed away an occasional monster that had gotten out of control. As well, he had taken up part time teaching still, and was used as a healer at times as well. Marie had taken up a position as a part time teacher, part time healer, and mostly still helped Yami out with advising. Both were quite the happy pair, and would occasionally disappear during the day. Most knew where they went, but only shrugged it off due that the duties the 2 had to do weren't too important. At times, Yami would gripe, but usually he'd laugh it off.

One day during a session of his court, Yami and the other Shadow Court members found out that an army was invading Egypt. Rather than let this invasion reach Cairo, Yami decided to put an end to it quickly. He ordered Bakura, the new overall general of the Egyptian Army, as well as one of the best healers, to take a battalion out to get rid of these invaders. He told him to do what was necessary, but to offer peace as well for them.

Bakura soon left the capital with his battalion. He journeyed three days to a safe area where there was no chance of losing innocent people. The invading army had to come this route in order to reach main Egypt, so Bakura made camp in this area. Soon enough, the invaders came.

Bakura placed a young commander, whom had an arrogant streak within him, in charge of the front lines. Bakura had faith in the commander, but warned him to be careful and to not use excessive force. The foolish commander ignored Bakura for the most part, for he thought this was a chance to prove how much more worthy of the position of general he was than Bakura.

On the day of the battle, the commander rode to the front lines with orders directly from Bakura to offer peace first, and if that failed, to only engage in battle once attacked. Instead, the foolish commander told his men that he would prove the might of Egypt by crushing the invaders with the true power of Egypt. Foolishly, the commander began to use his Shadow Powers to summon forth the most powerful monster in all of Egypt, The Winged Dragon of Ra. The Egyptian God was called forth and arrived. When Ra arrived, the portal that Ra had been summoned remained open, for the remaining two Egyptian Gods forced it to remain open and came out as well. The commander was nervous, but didn't back down.

When Bakura saw this, he growled in anger, knowing that the commander had more than likely sealed his own fate. This was due that the Gods were so powerful. Only the Shadow Court appeared to have the real strength to summon and control the three Egyptian Gods. Anyone else would normally fail to remain in control. This had been noticed quite a few times by the Shadow Court and Yami had decreed that only the Shadow Court could summon them, but the commander was so arrogant that he ignored even the Pharaoh.

Now the three Gods stood before the invading army. The invaders cowered in fear and began to flee. Bakura sighed with relief that they were, but the commander then ordered Ra to attack the invaders. Ra obeyed and powered up his Blaze Cannon. Then let loose it's devastating attack and wiped out the entire fleeing invaders army.

Bakura yelled "NOOOO!" as he saw the blast wipe out all the invaders. He was furious at the commander and jumped on his horse. He began to ride for the lines when he suddenly saw the three turning towards the Egyptian Army. Halfway to the lines, he stopped, letting his horse canter. Suddenly it hit him.

He gave the order "RETREAT!" None of his men heeded his word though. The commander suddenly realized what the general had. Ra, Obelisk, and Slifer began to power up attacks. Screaming and yelling for the three Gods to return to their realm, the commander was panicking. He continued to try and order them back, attempting to use his Shadow Powers to force them in. Instead, the three Gods closed the portal and then stared down the army.

In the meantime, Bakura had turned his horse and had it at full pace away from the battle. He was sweating, knowing what was about to happen. The attack suddenly came then. Ra let loose it's Blaze Cannon, Obelisk his Fist of Fate, and Slifer his Thunder Force. The entire battalion was wiped out in a single sweep. That blast was so powerful that it knocked Bakura and his horse into the air. They both landed about 100 feet or so away from where they had been. His horse was killed on impact, and Bakura had a broken arm.

Looking back, he suddenly saw the Gods coming. In his weakened state, he'd never be able to quell their rampage, and even at full power, he wouldn't be able to stop them. With full knowledge of what they would attack, he used his Shadow Powers to call forth Archfiend of Gilfer. The monster in red and blue with mighty wings then appeared. Bakura quickly hopped on his back and ordered him to fly as fast as he could to the capital city. With that, the mighty monster flew back towards Cairo with all three Egyptian Gods in hot pursuit.

For nearly three days, Bakura had his Archfiend of Gilfer dodge the attacks that the three Gods would spit at him off and on. Slowly, Bakura got a mile or 2 ahead, but he was losing strength. He finally was reaching a range to which he could contact the Shadow Court members with his mental powers.

About this time, the Shadow Court were relaxing, for the morning courts had ended. Yami and Set were enjoying a Shadow Game. Yami's Dark Magician was fighting it out with Set's Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Each were pouring a good bit of power into their monsters, for neither wanted to lose. During the earlier part of the duel, Marie and Illidan had snuck away from watching the battle to their own personal chambers. Pegasus, Gozaburo, and Shadi watched with interest as Set and Yami fought one another with great intensity.

"You're going down this time Yami!" said Set in a happy mood.

"We'll see about that one Set. Now Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack!" called out Yami.

"Blast his mage with White Lightening Blue-Eyes!" commanded Set to his dragon.

Both monsters let loose their blasts at the same time. Both blasts met one another in the middle of the field. Their blasts seemed to stay at a stalemate once there. Neither Yami nor Set seemed to have the upper hand when their monsters' blasts met. Both kept adding more and more power to their monsters, for neither duelist wanted to give up.

Suddenly in the middle, Yami received a mental communication from Bakura.

"Set, we need to stop. Bakura is contacting me telepathically." called out Yami.

Set immediately halted his Shadow Powers as Yami did the same. Both their monsters then disappeared from the field and the darkness of the Shadow Game dissipated. The three watchers then came over to see what the message was.

"Bakura, I'm here. Is the battle over already?" asked Yami curiously back through the mental channel.

He heard Bakura chuckle and him reply with "Yes, it is, in a way."

Yami only frowned and asked "What is so funny?"

Bakura then replied "It's over, but we have a bigger problem. You see, I sent the young commander that I had under me to the front lines to lead the army. Well, foolishly, he tried to summon The Winged Dragon of Ra."

Yami only gasped at the name of Ra. "What happened?" he asked with concern in his voice.

Bakura began again with "Well, when he summoned Ra, both Slifer and Obelisk came on through the portal with him. That fool of a commander ignored that they had come through and thought he still had control. The invaders turned and started to run, but the idiot ordered Ra to blast them. I rode towards the front lines as fast as I could to stop it, but it was too late. Ra obliterated the entire invading force in one blast."

Yami winced slightly, for he wanted no bloodshed for no real reason. They were retreating after all, for that was enough to end the battle. "Go on." Yami finally replied.

Bakura continued then, saying "Well, I was half way when I suddenly saw Ra and the other two turn towards the army. I knew the look they had was one of destruction. So, I stopped my horse and changed directions. Before I left, I ordered a retreat. The men disbelieved me. To make matters worse, that foolish commander only advised the men to celebrate their great victory. The three Gods then powered up. That foolish commander attempted to send them back to their realm, but it was too late. The Gods crushed the entire army with a blast each. Me and my horse were thrown about a 100 feet or so from the blast. When I got up, I saw the devastation. Not one man survived. I then saw the three coming onwards. I quickly mounted Archfiend of Gilfer and started running towards Cairo. I was careful to miss any villages along the way. Now the three continue to pursue me. They're coming, and they are in the mood for destruction. You all have to stop them!"

Yami slightly frowned, for he knew this was a difficult task. "We'll be ready when you arrive. How far are you?" he called back to Bakura.

Bakura then replied "About an hour or so. I have a mile or 2 advantage on the God's for now, so we'd have a few minutes before they arrive. That is if they don't blast me first. They keep firing a blast or 2 at me once and a while. I guess taking shots to try and get rid of me. Anyways, I'd say you have an hour. Unfortunately, I can't fight due to my broken arm, not to mention I'm a good deal dizzy as is. I'd say I have a concussion or something else."

Yami nodded slowly and replied "Just get here in one piece. We'll be at the gates when you arrive. Make it safe my friend."

Bakura replied back "I'll try to." Yami and Bakura then severed their talk and Yami looked at his Shadow Court.

"The Gods are coming." he said in a serious tone. All four seemed shocked.

"You mean our Egyptian Gods?" blurted out Set.

Yami only nodded.

"This is bad Pharaoh, for I doubt all of us can hold them back." said a nervous Pegasus.

"What do you suggest we do then Pegasus?" asked Yami in an irritated voice.

"Well, I'm not sure." Pegasus slowly replied.

"There is no time to evacuate the city. We must stop them." Shadi said slowly.

Yami nodded, saying "I agree. We must put this rampage to rest now before Egypt is left in ruins."

All nodded in agreement.

Yami then said "All four of you, prepare to move out to the north gates. The Gods will be here in the hour. We must be ready to intercept them so that they don't go into the city. We will devise a strategy on the way."

All nodded in agreement once more.

Then Set asked Yami "What about Illidan and Marie?"

Yami then looked towards the inner palace. Quickly, he said "I'll go get them. You must all hurry to the northern gates though. Meet at the main one. Now hurry!"

All then went their own ways. Yami ran into the palace, hurrying towards Illidan and Marie's chamber. Once there, he banged on the door.

Inside, Illidan and Marie laid in bed, wrapped in one another's arms while under a sheet. Illidan stirred slightly at the banging, but ignored it.

Another large banging came, causing Illidan to say "GO AWAY!"

A third one came and again, Illidan ignored it. The next one though he couldn't ignore. The door was blown right off it's hinges. There stood Yami with his hand stretched out. He had used a huge blast of Shadow Magic to just simply knock the door off it's hinges.

Marie woke up and pulled the sheets closer to herself. Illidan remained covered, but was now was showing his bare chest. Yami then averted his eyes, trying not to see anything. Even though they had a sheet, sheets were made up of such thin cloth.

"If you two are done rolling around in the sheets, we have real work to do!" yelled Yami in an irritated, yet angry voice.

"What is it that was so important to blast our door off the hinges?" asked an angry Illidan.

"The three Egyptian Gods are nearing the city. The fool of a commander of the army summoned Ra and the other two followed out. He lost control, and now they're on a rampage. They followed Bakura all the way back here. I'll leave you to dress, but hurry up so we can stop them!"