Hey there everyone. I'm glad everyone liked that little chapter about the origins of Anubis and how Gozaburo came to claim both him and the crown. As everyone has seen, so far, Anubis has demonstrated he is a bit more powerful than Illidan originally thought. Is it possible Illidan could lose this one? That's a question that will be answered this week. For now though, I'll answer reviews.
Isis the Sphinx: Yeah, he does, but wearing him down is hard when he has to deal with Anubis popping up. Also, Gozaburo is somewhat careful about how low his points get seeing how he keeps boosting them.
Ryon Nakura: True, you've hit the very rock bottom. Getting cursed by Ryou is just bad. Pats him on back, which distracts him while stealing Ryon's wallet. It's alright Ryon. I have a feeling things can't get too much worse. Evilly grins as he walks away with wallet.
Berry Kisses: Lol, poor Ryou. At least you're gaining weight. Sees Ryou begin shaking and twitching. Oh yeah, the reaction. Well, that just sucks to be him. Pokes Ryou with stick. Come on now, don't die yet. If you did, who would keep those crazy fan girls company?
Fire Princess: I'll tie him to the wall for you next time. Also, just get some pure lard and start funneling it into him. That works just as well, hehe.
Strawberry Cake: Fetches Ryon a lawyer, none other than Harvey Birdman. Harvey: "I'll take the case!" Btw, he's yet to win a case. Good luck!
Brianna Ishtar: There is more left Ryon. Hands him the bill for his protection services. It's a bit more than I originally said it'd be, but don't worry, I'll continue to do a great job. Just start paying soon. You know, half demons do need money.
sweetxokissesxo: LOL! Poor Ryou. Walks over and picks large weight up with one finger. Hell, this is only 30 pounds!
pink-kiss-candy: Hmm, just a crazy guess here, but I think it was Ryon. Ryou: "IT WAS ME! YOU KNOW, ME, RYOU! THE GUY WITH WHITE HAIR AND SAYS 'CHAP!'" Looks at Ryou. Nah, couldn't be you. Had to be Ryon.
Metal Overlord 2.0: Yeah, it could be a bad thing. He so far has the abilities of both Ra and Slifer, which is rather bad to start with. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to find time this weekend to read. Saturday, I was busy, then today I had to go do quite a few things. Sheesh, I need a vacation so I can just read.
RedemptionWarrior: Yes, I did add one. Anubis has been done so many ways though, which is odd. One fic I've read had him gaining attack points by removing monsters from play and adding their attack and defense to create his own. Another had the three Egyptian Gods fused together to create him, and his points were infinite. There were others, but for the most part, Anubis is done many ways. The way I did it seemed easy, and simple enough to keep track of.
Tomb Robber Vicky: Indeed that does describe the duel, lol. But yes, this duel is action packed, and it's going to be a wild one till the end.
Alright, now that that's done, I should tell you all that most likely, I'll post the ending of this story Thursday rather than Friday now. This is due that I'm going to drive up to my fiancé's on Thursday evening when I get home from work. So, I'll post it Thursday evening for everyone. I wanted to post it Friday originally, but due that I can't, Thursday will do. Till then though, do enjoy the story. Trust me, it'll be good till the very end. Later all.
Chapter 135
Gozaburo smiled evilly and drew his card. "Now I shall play the magic card known as Mystik Wok. This magic card allows me to sacrifice one monster on my side of the field in order to increase my life points by that monster's attack or defense points. So, I shall sacrifice Anubis in order to increase my life points by Anubis's attack points!" Anubis then began to disappear. Slowly, Gozaburo's life points then increased by the 4050 attack points that Anubis had had. With this development, Marie's body then began to reform. Most of it returned to her thanks to this boost to Gozaburo's life points.
Gozaburo smiled evilly as the boost also gave him more life points to work with when Anubis was back. Then he said "I summon my Gravekeeper's Cannonholder (1400/1200) in attack mode!" A man in a black set of robes that held a cannon then appeared on the field.
"Now Gravekeeper's Cannonholder, attack Illidan's pathetic The Creator with Cannon Fodder Shot!" The man then aimed his cannon at The Creator and fired a blast from his cannon. A cannon ball zoomed quickly towards Illidan's weakened golden monster.
Quickly reacting, Illidan said "I don't think so Gozaburo! I now activate the trap card known as Magic Cylinder. Now your attack will be fired directly back at your own life points!" Twin barrels then appeared on the field. The cannon ball entered on barrel and then came flying straight out the other that was pointed at Gozaburo. Gozaburo was struck by the flying cannon ball and slid back slightly. He only grinned evilly at the blast that struck him. Marie then cried out in pain as part of her body once again disappeared.
Chuckling, Gozaburo then said "Not bad Illidan, but of course you just made Marie suffer instead. Finally, I'll place one card face down. Now I'll end my move. Expect my Egyptian God Card though to return to the field and he will annihilate your monsters on my turn." (Gozaburo 4700, Illidan 8450)
Sighing, Illidan drew his card. Looking at it, he let out a sigh at the sight of his Yamata Dragon. In a way, it was useless to summon this monster. He then decided there was something he could do with it. After all, he could sacrifice two monsters and then use his Precious Cards from Beyond to draw two new cards.
Before he could say anything though, Gozaburo's Graveyard glowed with a brilliant white aura. Once again, Anubis then returned to the field, taking an attack mode position. He seemed to almost be taunting Illidan to attack him. Growling slightly, Illidan figured he'd better try something and soon. Suddenly an idea hit him. If it worked, he might be able to at least slow Gozaburo down somewhat.
"Now I play Monster Reborn, allowing me to bring back my powerful Red-Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) in attack mode!" The mighty black dragon then returned to the field and let out a powerful roar.
Gozaburo only laughed and said "Have you forgotten Anubis is out? I guess so, cause now you've triggered his special effect. Anubis, drain that pathetic dragon's attack points with Energy Drain!" Anubis then brought his fist back and then sent a blast of pure white energy flying at the black dragon. The blast hit the dragon hard, tearing through a wing completely and causing him to fall to the ground. Screeching in pain, the once strong dragon lay down on the ground (400/2000).
Joey looked at his once powerful dragon and felt a great sadness in his heart. "Red-Eyes didn't deserve that." he said sadly.
Back on the field, Illidan then continued by saying "Next I activate The Creator's special effect. By discarding one card, I can now special summon one monster from my Graveyard. So, I discard my Sinister Serpent to the Graveyard in order to special summon my Perfect Machine King (2700/1500) to the field in attack mode!" The golden monster then glowed and shot a blast of energy at Illidan's Graveyard. Suddenly, the Graveyard glowed and the powerful machine monster card came out. Then the powerful machine monster reappeared on the field and let out a mechanized moan.
Gozaburo chuckled again and said "Thanks Illidan. That means I can once again weaken your monster with Anubis! Now use your Energy Drain Anubis!" Anubis then fired yet another powerful burst of energy at the huge machine monster. It moaned loudly as part of it's side was disintegrated by the blast. There was a gaping hole through the monster, with circuits and wires hanging out, each sparking from where the connections were broken.
Keith yelled out "Why you little! Why did you let my monster get shredded?"
Illidan only ignored Keith and then said "I'm not done yet. Now I sacrifice both of these weaker monsters in order to summon the powerful monster I won from Noa, which is known as Yamata Dragon (2600/3100) in attack mode!" Both torn up monsters then disappeared from the field and the powerful twelve headed dragon appeared in their place.
Gozaburo only let loose a huge laugh at Illidan and said "You wasted my time to make that move! How pathetic! Anubis, use your Energy Drain on that pathetic dragon!" Anubis then fired a blast of pure energy at the multiple head dragon. The blast destroyed half of the dragon's heads and left open wounds all over (600/3100).
Noa gasped as his dragon was now half the dragon he once was. Illidan then said "I'm sorry Yamata Dragon for putting you through that, but you'll be healed soon. Now thanks to my double sacrifice, Precious Cards from Beyond activates, thus allowing me to draw two new cards!" Illidan then drew his two new cards and smiled at the sight of Raigeki and King's Knight.
"Sweet!" he said silently to himself. He then looked at Gozaburo and smiled. "Watch this Gozaburo. I now play the magic card Raigeki, thus destroying your powerful Egyptian God Card and Gravekeeper's Cannonholder!" Gozaburo watched as his powerful God Card was struck by lightening, as well as his weaker Gravekeeper. He only smirked at the sight of both being destroyed.
Illidan then said "Dark Magician of Chaos, direct attack his life points with Chaos Scepter Blast!" The powerful mage then aimed his staff at Gozaburo and fired a beam of black energy at him, easily striking Gozaburo and causing him to go to one knee. Marie screamed in agony as her body began to disappear again. Illidan kind of seemed sad to have attacked, but he knew he had to.
"Now Yamata Dragon, time to get even for that earlier shot. Direct attack his life points with Ancient Flame!" The wounded dragon then aimed the remaining heads at Gozaburo and let loose a powerful fire attack. The blast slightly wasn't too strong, but it was enough to make Gozaburo slightly slide back. Marie cried out in pain once again as part of her body once again disappeared.
Illidan then said "Thanks to Yamata Dragon's special ability, I'm allowed to draw till I hold five cards in my hand, so I get to draw two new cards." Illidan then picked up two more cards from his deck. He smiled greatly at the two cards he had just drawn. "Now I'll place two cards face down, and end my turn. Since I'm ending, my Yamata Dragon now returns to my hand." The powerful dragon then returned to the card on Illidan's Duel Disk and then he added it to his hand once again. (Gozaburo 1300, Illidan 8450)
Illidan then watched as Gozaburo drew his next card, and then suddenly Anubis returned to the field in attack mode.
Illidan only smiled and said "It's time to put Anubis down once and for all! I activate the trap card Ring of Destruction! Now this card will allow me to destroy one monster on the field, and I choose Anubis! Once he is destroyed, his attack and defense points shall be deducted from both our life points. Since you only have 1300, you'll automatically lose!" A ring then appeared on the field. On the sides of it, it carried many explosives. It then quickly crossed the field and attached itself to Anubis. Anubis remained still. He didn't attempt to grab at the collar or anything. He just stood there like a statue.
Gozaburo then burst out loud laughing. "I don't think so Illidan. I reveal my trap card, Altar for Tribute! Now I use this trap to sacrifice my Anubis in order to add his attack points to my life points! Nice try Illidan, but not nice enough." Suddenly an altar then appeared under Anubis. Anubis then disappeared just as the collar was exploding.
Illidan slightly growled as he watched Gozaburo's life points climb up instead of going to 0. As well, Marie regained some more of her body with this boost.
Gozaburo only laughed and then said "I now play this magic card called Card of Sanctity. This card allows us both to draw till we hold six cards in our hand. So, go ahead and draw Illidan!"
Illidan then drew two more cards from his deck. He gasped at the draw of Obelisk the Tormentor and Snatch Steal.
"Now I play the three magic cards known as 7. When there are three are on the field at the same time, I'm allowed to draw three more cards from my deck. Next, all three of the 7 magic cards are sent to the Graveyard. When they go to the Graveyard, I gain 700 life points from each, so I gain a total of 2100 life points!" Gozaburo's points then went up by 2100, and a good portion of Marie's body was then returned to her for that large gain.
Smiling, Gozaburo then said "I now play the magic card known as Premature Burial. I now must give up 800 life points in order to resurrect a monster from my Graveyard. So, I give up 800 life points in order to resurrect Gravekeeper's Curse (800/800) in attack mode!" As Gozaburo lost life points, a small portion of Marie's body disappeared again. She screamed in pain, but seemed to do better than she had in the past with the loss of her body. Suddenly then the man with black robes then appeared again on the field.
"Next Gravekeeper's Curse's special effect kicks in. You now lose 500 life points Illidan!" The man in black robes then brought his hands forth and sent a blast of energy at Illidan. The energy smacked into Illidan, barely doing much damage.
"Now for the roulette. Let's see who you'll lose this time!" Slowly, the flaming sphere circled the field.
Finally, it slowed down nearly on Joey. Like before though, it slightly slipped on over to Keith, who screamed "NO, NOT AGAIN! IT'S RIGGED! I KNOW IT IS!" Quickly though, Keith began to disappear back into the Shadow Realm again.
Illidan growled at the fact he had just lost Keith again, but then returned his attention to Gozaburo. "Next, I shall sacrifice my Gravekeeper's Curse in order to summon Gravekeeper's Chief (1900/1200) in defense mode!" As the black robed man disappeared, a new monster in white and black colored robes appeared. He held a staff in one hand as he moved to a defensive stance.
"Thanks to my summoning of Gravekeeper's Chief, I'm now allowed to resurrect another Gravekeeper from my Graveyard, and I shall choose yet another Gravekeeper's Curse (800/800) in defense mode!" Suddenly another black robed man then reappeared on the field. He smiled as his aura powered up.
Gozaburo then said "You know the drill though Illidan. Now Gravekeeper's Curse, do 500 damage to him!" The black robed man then fired a blast of energy at Illidan. The blast wasn't too severe, so Illidan just stood his ground.
"Ah, time for yet another game of roulette. I love this game!" called out Gozaburo. Slowly, the flaming sphere started circling once again. This time, it stopped shockingly right in front of Seto.
Gozaburo then maniacally laughed, saying "GOOD RIDDENS SETO, YOU UNGRATEFUL BRAT!"
"No, not Seto!" called out Illidan with a look of great worry.
"SETO!" screamed Mokuba as Seto slowly began to disappear.
"WHAT IS THIS?" screamed Seto as his body began to disappear. The others all gasped as Seto slowly began to fade away. Finally, Seto then disappeared completely with his final words being "You'd better not lose Illidan!"
Illidan bowed his head, for he had just lost a good rival, as well as a friend. Growling, Illidan then looked up and glared at Gozaburo who could only laugh.
"Easy come, easy goes, eh Illidan?" Gozaburo taunted.
Illidan continued to growl, and then said "You won't get away with this! I promise you, I'll take you down!"
Gozaburo only laughed and then said "I place one card face down and end my move." (Gozaburo 4600, Illidan 7450)
Illidan quickly drew, but as soon as he had, Gozaburo's Graveyard lit up with the brilliant white aura. Soon enough, Anubis then appeared on the field in attack mode again. Illidan slightly growled at this, but figured he'd better do all he could this turn.
"First, I return my Sinister Serpent to my hand from the Graveyard. Now Dark Magician of Chaos, attack Gravekeeper's Curse with Chaos Slice!" The powerful black armor clad mage then brought his staff up and made a cutting motion with it, sending a powerful blade of energy flying at the black robed man. The man was easily sliced right in half and blew up into many pieces.
Illidan then smiled and said "I now play the magic card called Snatch Steal. This magic card allows me to take one of your monsters and make it my own. The monster I choose is your Gravekeeper's Chief!" Suddenly the white and black robed man then stood and shifted sides, making Gozaburo raise an eyebrow to the development.
"Why bother taking my monster? He's useless to you."
Illidan only chuckled and said "Maybe so to you, but not to me. Now I activate The Creator's special effect. By discarding one card from my hand to the Graveyard, I can now bring one monster back from the Graveyard. So, I choose to send Sinister Serpent to the Graveyard, thus allowing me to revive Perfect Machine King (2700/1500) in attack mode!" The golden monster then turned towards Illidan and fired a small beam that shot into his Graveyard. It then glowed and the powerful machine monster returned to the field, letting out a small mechanical moan.
Gozaburo only laughed and said "You've triggered Anubis's special effect Illidan! Now use your Energy Drain on that pathetic scrap heap Anubis!" Anubis then pulled his hand back and fired a beam of pure white energy at the machine monster. Like last time, a hole was blown completely through the machine monster, causing it to groan as it fell to it's knees, showing that it had lost a great deal of strength (700/1500).
Illidan then bowed his head to where his bangs hid his face and he silently said to himself "I'm sorry Keith, I didn't mean to disrespect your card, but soon I'll make it up."
Up on the wall, the others were trying to figure out what Illidan was doing. "Why did he bother to bring back a monster he knew would get blasted?" asked Duke.
Suddenly, it hit Yugi why, as well as Yami. Looking at one another, Yugi said "He's about to summon another, isn't he?"
Yami only smiled and said "Yes, I believe he is."
Back on the field, Illidan then looked up at Gozaburo, and said "Now I sacrifice Gravekeeper's Chief, Perfect Machine King, and Dark Magician of Chaos in order to summon the Egyptian God Card known as Obelisk the Tormentor (4000/4000)!" Suddenly all three monsters disappeared in a brilliant flash of light and the Shadow Realm seem to grow darker yet again. In a flash of blue lightening, the huge blue skinned Egyptian God appeared in front of Illidan. It let out a small roar to try and strike some fear into Gozaburo.
Gozaburo only laughed at Illidan and said "You fool, you think by summoning your second Egyptian God Card you'll have a chance? How pathetic. Now Anubis, use your Energy Drain on Obelisk the Tormentor!" Anubis then glared at the powerful blue Egyptian God. The glare seemed to make Obelisk tremble in fear, but he still stood his ground. The God of Life and Death then fired a powerful blast of pure white energy at Obelisk, causing the Egyptian God to cry out in pain. His strength was then cut in half (2000/4000).
Illidan only chuckled, saying "You do realize, this isn't permanent, unlike how you have done my The Creator. Unlike him, monster effects only last one turn on Egyptian God Cards."
Gozaburo only laughed and said "Yes, I do realize that. Now hurry up and finish so I can crush you."
Illidan only then said "I shall then. Thanks to my summoning of Obelisk the Tormentor, my Precious Cards from Beyond activates. Now I draw two new cards." Looking at his newly drawn Waboku, and more importantly his The Winged Dragon of Ra, Illidan smiled. "I shall place two cards face down and end my move." (Gozaburo 4600, Illidan 7450)