Hey everyone. Wow! I have 500 reviews! Thank you all. I never once imagined this thing would make it to 500 reviews when I wrote it originally. I expected maybe something around a hundred, or maybe slightly more, but over 500 is just unbelievable. You all are awesome, and for that reason, I'm going to post two chapters today. Time to answer some reviews.
Ultimate Legendary Master: Not quite everyone. Illidan and a few others guess 4, but some guessed higher, like Seto. Normally though, as many suggested in the story, four is the logical number. Since there are some higher level monsters than that in decks, it's possible to be wrong.
Isis the Sphinx: It's no prob about not reviewing last time. It happens. Thanks, and hopefully it will be a surprise at the end.
Ryon Nakura: I'm in the book. Just look under Half Demon Protection Agency. Oh yeah, and you dialed the other Illidan's number, not mine. That place has a wonderful set of messages. Sure Ryon, Ryou robbed a bank… Laughs Looks to see Ryon disappear into the floor. He'll be back… possibly.
Berry Kisses: Lol, at least you know you're loved. Looks at note again. You can just feel his love coming from it.
Fire Princess: Hmm, the devil costume don't match you Ryou. It's more of a Marik or Bakura type of costume. I have a better one for you though. Throws him a Marik costume. Try that one, but make sure you show Ryon too, hehe.
Strawberry Cake: Nurse, can I pull the plug? She looks around and then nods. Yay! Jerks plug out of wall on old woman. Nurse: "NOT HER!" Old lady croaks. Oh well, she was old anyways. What was she in for? Nurse: "Constipation…"
Brianna Ishtar: Nah, he cares deeply for Ryou. It's just to the level that he wants to kill him, lol. I have the same deal with my step mother's dog. I tell it I want to kill it, yet it knows I care… I think, hehe.
sweetxokissesxo: Rips off Bakura costume. Sorry, but only Bakura has that right. Well, him and Marik, hehe.
Metal Overlord 2.0: Yeah, Illidan finally made up his mind and took it to Gozaburo hard and fast. There could be cards not known of in his deck, but who knows, well, other than me, lol. Yeah, Cindy said that was rather cruel of me to have Marie say that, but as I told her, she's being controlled. Can't help what you say when you're controlled. I'm sure she'd make it up to him. It's over five actually. I'll let the number be a surprise though.
Tomb Robber Vicky: Indeed he did do some major blasting, but most of Marie is gone due to it. You know, I never realized that I had those two's monsters out and that the two monsters were working together. Lol, that is a bit ironic.
x-knight20: Yeah, this duel is the saddest of the entire story.
Well, that's that. Thanks everyone for your continued reviews, and to those who read but don't review, don't feel shy. I enjoy comments, so feel free to leave some feedback, good or bad. At any rate, I'm outta here for the morning everyone. Enjoy the chapters. Later.
Chapter 131
Gozaburo suddenly began to laugh manically. He just continued to laugh and laugh, like it was an uncontrollable fit. Finally, he settled down and pointed at Illidan, saying "You're so foolish Illidan! You think you have this duel won by attacking me twice, but you only have hurt yourself and Marie. Now I'll show you how much I care about Marie by playing the magic card Spell Absorption! This magic card allows me to gain 500 life points every time a magic card is played. Next I play the magic card Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw 2 new cards. Also, it allows me to gain 500 life points thanks to Spell Absorption, so I not only helped my hand, I helped Marie regain part of her body."
Slowly, due to the 500 point boost, part of Marie's body returned to the field. She smiled at Gozaburo and said "Thank you my love. I knew you'd be there for me, unlike that other fool Illidan!"
Gozaburo only smiled back at her and said "I'd always help you my dear. Now watch as I play yet another magic card Illidan, called Contract with Exodia! Since all five pieces of Exodia are now in the Graveyard, I can play this card. It allows me to special summon the monster known as Exodia Necross (1800/0)!" Suddenly a large black figure then appeared on the field. Unlike its name sake, it was black, and possessed few powers. It struck a pose as it finally was fully on the field. Gozaburo grinned evilly as his powerful monster appeared.
"Next, thanks to Spell Absorption, I get 500 life points back, thus helping Marie even more." Slowly, more of Marie's body then returned to her. Gozaburo then smiled and said "I now play this magic card, the card known as Terraforming! This card allows me to add one field card from my deck to my hand, and then I shuffle. So, I add Necrovalley to my hand. As well, I gain 500 life points again thanks to Spell Absorption. Next I shall play Necrovalley!" Suddenly the scenery of the Shadow Realm began to change. A large valley appeared with a setting sun. It was almost like they were back in Egypt.
Gozaburo lightly chuckled, seeing Illidan's slight confusion. "Thanks to this field card, neither of us can now use magic, trap, or monster effects on our Graveyard. Also, any Gravekeeper type monsters gain 500 attack and defense points from this field card. Finally, I gain yet another 500 life points due to Spell Absorption." Again, slowly Marie regained some more of her body. In this turn alone, Gozaburo had regained 2000 life points, bringing him back up to 4900.
Chuckling lightly, Gozaburo then held yet another two cards in his hand. "Now I play the magic card known as Dark Room of Nightmare! This card allows me to do another 300 damage to your life points when I do damage to you other than battle damage. As well, I gain yet another 500 life points, thus reviving more of Marie." Marie then regained yet more of her body thanks to the life point boost.
"Now, I'll summon Gravekeeper's Curse (800/800) in defense mode." A man in a black robe then appeared. He had a bit of an aura around him, and a sparkle of mischief in his eyes.
Gozaburo then said "Don't forget that Necrovalley now boosts his points by 500 (1300/1300)." The robed man then glowed with more power as his points increased.
"But that's not all Illidan. Now for the best part. When summoned, his effect kicks in. His effect allows me to do 500 damage to your life points. Also, Dark Room of Nightmare kicks in, thus doing yet another 300 damage, for a grand total of 800 damage to your life points!"
The man in the black robe then put his hands together and pointed them at Illidan. He then closed his eyes and energy began to glow around him. Suddenly a burst of energy struck Illidan, causing Illidan to slightly flinch.
Gozaburo only laughed at Illidan and said "Now that you lost 800 life points, the Shadow Game kicks in. That roulette in the center will now spin around and select the first person to be sent into the Shadows!"
Illidan looked in horror as the flaming sphere began to circle around his friends. "LEAVE THEM ALONE GOZABURO!" he quickly screamed.
Gozaburo only laughed at him. Slowly, the sphere of flame slowed till finally it stopped. Everyone gasped as it nearly stopped right in front Joey, but then it slowly moved over to Bandit Keith.
"COME ON, THIS THING IS RIGGED!" screamed Keith. Joey let out a sigh of relief, but Keith was extremely upset.
"Well Keith, looks like you're heading for the Shadow Realm. You just have the worst luck. Anyways, good ridden, muwhahaha!" called Gozaburo.
Slowly, Keith was disappearing. He screamed, for he was in terrible pain. Finally, the Shadow Realm completely engulfed him.
Illidan growled out of frustration. "I'm sorry Keith…" he said lightly.
"Don't get downhearted Illidan. There is yet another person to head for the Shadows, muwhahaha!" called Gozaburo.
The sphere of flame then began to move around again. Illidan watched with eyes of sadness as it continued to circle. For what seemed an eternity, it circled till it slowed and completely stopped on Odion.
"NO, NOT ODION!" cried out Marik.
"Farewell Odion, you fool!" called Gozaburo. Slowly, Odion began to fade away. He screamed in pain as his body slowly drifted into the Shadow Realm.
"I'm sorry Master Marik, please forgive me!" he called out as he disappeared.
"ODION!" screamed Marik. Tears were flowing down both Marik and Ishizu's face as finally Odion disappeared.
Gozaburo only laughed at their reactions, saying "You can only blame one person for your friend's destruction, and that's Illidan!"
Illidan looked at both with the most sorrowful look. He knew how much Odion had meant to both, and wished he'd been able to save him. Both looked at him with tears still in their eyes.
Slowly, Marik said with defiance in his voice "I could never blame Illidan, for he did all he could to save Odion! It is you who is at fault Gozaburo! Take him down Illidan, for Odion!"
Ishizu nodded with her brother's statement and said "We believe in you, so do all that you can to make Odion's sacrifice not be in vain! You can do it!"
Illidan nodded, and said "I will. Now finish up Gozaburo!"
Gozaburo only frowned that those two didn't blame him for their loss. Shrugging, he then said "I place one card face down and end my turn. Make your move, if you can Illidan!" (Gozaburo 5400, Illidan 7300)
Illidan drew from his deck and looked at the Cyber Harpie Lady he had just drawn. "It's Mai's favorite card. I'll have to put it to good use." "I summon the monster I won from Mai, Cyber Harpie Lady (1800/1300), in attack mode!" A woman like creature with wings on her arms, claws, and talons for feet appeared on the field.
"Next for the fun part of this turn. I activate the trap card Metalmorph, and equip it to Red-Eyes Black Dragon, raising his points by 300 (2700/2300)!" Suddenly the black dragon began to be coated in metal. He let loose a loud roar once he was made up of solid metal.
"Now he's Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, and he's a machine monster, thus activating Perfect Machine King's special ability. When a machine monster other than himself is on the field, he gains 500 more attack points (3200/1500)." The powerful robot then glowed as his power increased.
"Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon, attack Exodia Necross now with Flash Flare Blast!" The powerful metal dragon then aimed for the large black monster and fired a powerful blast.
"By the way, I forgot to mention what Metalmorph's other effect is. It raises Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon's attack points by half of the monster I attack during my turn. That means Red-Eyes gains half of Exodia Necross's attack points (2700 + 900 3600/2300)! This one is for Odion and Keith!"
About this time, the blast struck Gozaburo's powerful monster. Marie screamed out in pain as part of her body disappeared again back into the Shadow Realm. Joey and a few others cheered on the wall, thinking that it was over, but it wasn't. Slowly, as the smoke cleared, they saw Exodia Necross still standing.
"What is going on?" called out Joey.
Gozaburo only laughed and said "It's simple. My Exodia Necross can't be destroyed due to battle. That means he's going absolutely nowhere."
Illidan only lightly chuckled and said "Yes, that means he's going nowhere, and that he's a huge target for my two monsters. Now Perfect Machine King, attack his Exodia Necross with Missile Decimation!" The huge robot then fired all his missiles, striking the huge black monster yet again, causing it to howl in pain. As the smoke cleared, it was obvious that the huge monster was still there.
"Cyber Harpie Lady, attack Gravekeeper's Curse with Cyber Slash!" The powerful Harpie then took to the sky and slashed the robed monster with her sharp talons. Easily, the robed man was destroyed by the slash.
Gozaburo only chuckled though. "You've just triggered my trap card Illidan! I activate Rite of Spirit, which allows me to bring back one Gravekeeper from my Graveyard…"
Illidan interrupted with "Wait, Necrovalley keeps us from using out Graveyards. How can you even expect that trap to work then?"
Gozaburo only chuckled again and said "Because in Rite of Spirit's text, it says it works even with Necrovalley out! Now I revive the monster you just sent to the Graveyard. Return my Gravekeeper's Curse (800 + 500 1300/800 + 500 1300) in defense mode!" Suddenly the black roped man that was just destroyed reappeared on the field. The man grinned evilly at Illidan and then began to glow.
"Oh yeah, did you forget Illidan? When I special summon Gravekeeper's Curse, I can automatically do 500 direct damage to you, plus 300 more thanks to Dark Room of Nightmare. Now you lose 800 life points!"
The man then brought his hands forward and fired a blast at Illidan. It hit him, causing him to slightly slide back, but like only an inch or so.
Gozaburo then laughed and said "Now you know the penalty for losing life points, and you just lost 800 more, meaning you lose two friends. Watch as the roulette selects which two!"
Slowly, the sphere of fire began to circle around the group. Illidan watched it carefully, afraid of whom it might land on. At last, it slowed down and finally stopped nearly on Seto. Then it slightly moved over to Mokuba.
Gozaburo smiled and said "So much for little Mokuba. I never liked him anyways. Now be gone!"
Mokuba cried out in pain as he slowly was being sent into the Shadow Realm. "SETO, HELP ME!" he screamed.
Seto desperately tried to get free and reach for Mokuba, but his efforts were in vain. Finally, Mokuba disappeared, leaving Seto screaming "NOOO! MOKUBA, WHERE ARE YOU?" He looked and looked around, but couldn't find Mokuba. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM GOZABURO?" screamed Seto quite angrily.
Gozaburo only looked up at Seto and laughed, saying "You're a fool Seto. Can't you tell he's gone? Now, onto more important things. Roulette, spin again!"
Suddenly the small sphere of flame began to move again. Seto was still looking around desperately for Mokuba, but realized he was no where to be found. Suddenly, the sphere slowed down and stopped in front of Tristan.
"Ah man, just my luck…" Tristan said flatly. He then began to disappear, slowly fading into the Shadow Realm. He screamed in pain as his body slowly faded.
"NO, TRISTAN!" called out Serenity. Tears formed in her eyes as her friend slowly faded away. All of his friends were shocked it was him this time. Tea lightly sobbed for her friend, as did Joey and the others. Yugi even shed tears, for his friend didn't deserve that.
"If you're looking for one to blame, blame Illidan. If he had just given up, no one would have to suffer like this. Hate him for what he's done!" Gozaburo said evilly.
The group all looked down at Illidan, who had tears in his eyes, for Tristan had been his friend as well.
"No, it's not his fault. You're the one who started this whole Shadow Game, so it's your fault! You're the one who sent Tristan to the Shadow Realm! It's your fault Gozaburo!" screamed Tea.
Gozaburo only chuckled, replying with "Think what you will, but I believe Illidan could have saved you all. If he'd have given up when we started, you wouldn't have suffered. None of you would."
Illidan only looked at Gozaburo with anger flaring up in his eyes, saying "What, you'd have wanted them to serve you as mindless slaves the rest of their lives! How stupid are you to think something like that?"
Gozaburo only chuckled, replying with "Think what you want Illidan, but when you're left all alone, you'll see. Now finish up."
Illidan looked at his field for a second and then said "I place one card face down and end my move." (Gozaburo 2200, Illidan 6600)
Gozaburo drew and smiled evilly. "First, in my Standby Phase, Exodia Necross gains 500 attack points (2300/0)." The large black creature then glowed with an eerie black glow, slowly increasing its strength.
"I now play the magic card known as Card of Demise. This card allows me to draw till I hold 5 cards in my hand. Also, I must discard my hand in five turns. But that won't matter soon enough. Also, I gain 500 life points thanks to Spell Absorption." A small piece of Marie's body then returned as Gozaburo gained some life points.
"Next I place one card face down, and now I play this magic card. The magic card called Emergency Provisions. Now I can destroy the card I just placed face down in order to gain 1000 life points. Also, I gain an additional 500 life points thanks to Spell Absorption. Finally, the trap card I just destroyed is known as Statue of the Wicked. When this card is destroyed, I'm allowed to special summon one Wicked Token (1000/1000) to the field, and I'll place it in defense mode." A serpent like creature then appeared on Gozaburo's field in a defensive stance. As well, Marie gained more of her body back from the Shadow Realm.
"Finally, I'll set one monster in defensive mode. That shall end my turn." (Gozaburo 4200, Illidan 6600)
On the wall, the others looked on, hoping Illidan could win. "Man, every time Illidan makes headway, Gozaburo raises his life points back up to where they were. Illidan just has to find a way to make Gozaburo hit 0 life points." commented Duke.
Joey then said "He'll find a way, but I hope he can forgive himself for what he had to do in order to get there. After all, it's Marie that suffers when Illidan attacks, not Gozaburo."
Everyone nodded, hoping that Illidan could pull off a win in this duel, for their own fates, along with the world's hung in the balance.