Hey everybody! So, not much new now. Oh yeah, did I mention I started my new job? Well, I have, and it's fun! So far, we have no internet connection… Well, we did get one today, but it's like dial up… Kind of sad, lol. Anyways, it's a great job so far, and I like it. The people there are friendly, and since we're all starting at the same time, we're all on the same level, which is great. So, happy days!
Alright, now it's time to get down to answering a few reviews.
Isis the Sphinx: Yeah, kind of short. I thought about adding on, but it seemed like too much if I kept adding on like how I usually did, lol. Indeed, better chances.
bobmanv2.0: Thanks, and hopefully you will like this one also.
MarkMachine: Yeah, it's kind of odd Joey got Red-Eyes back. I gave it back to him for Tournament of Power, just so he'd have something. It is odd though. Why they gave it to him, I have no clue. No way he beat Yami in a duel, so maybe Yami felt guilty and gave it back. As for your hunches, they're possible. Yes, lots of questions, yet no answers, yet, lol. The questions you ask though are great though, and though I do have answers, I'd rather not spoil the surprises I have in stored for everyone. It'll be very interesting to say the least what will happen. Thanks for the comments though, and I do hope you enjoy the chapters to come.
Metal Overlord 2.0: Indeed, I figured I'd jump start the dueling mojo with Mako. Lol, I couldn't think of anyone else to really pick to be there, seeing how most of the characters are in Japan. There was Esparoba, but he was with his brothers, which were hopefully still in Japan. Wevil and Dino Idiot (Rex) were too busy to be there, seeing how they were always trailing Yugi. I thought about Pegasus, but if he's to meet Illidan and Marie soon, doubtful he'd be out. Marik and crew are in Egypt, so that left few options. Finally, I just figured why not pick Mako. He was the only one left that wasn't trapped in limbo of Japan, lol. And yes, there are plenty of long duel chapters. The duels are maybe not several chapters long, but they're longer chapters. So, two, three chapters maybe, and that's a duel. Btw, Marie's hair isn't completely pink. She just put highlights in her bangs, much like how Illidan highlighted his bangs as well in silver.
Tomb Robber Vicky: They could be major characters… or not, lol. Wow, Bakura, you're back! Hugs him We desperately need someone evil here, and thank God you're here to fill that void. Finding evil people just isn't that easy anymore. How about me and you go hit the bars and kill several people along the way? Bakura: "Sounds good. Just make sure we stop by the hospital. There are plenty of life support victims there, hehe." Btw, beating Mako isn't a big accomplishment for your vessel. Bakura: pouts "You didn't have to point that out…"
Lol, that was fun. Anyways, there are plenty of surprises left for everyone to see, and I'm sure this story will leave some of you on the edge of your seats. That is if you have seats. Some of you maybe standing… or crouching. Either way, it's really exciting! Till next week, enjoy everyone.
Chapter 3
The two then strode forward towards the silver haired youth, who had turned to look out at the sea. He heard the two approaching and turned to greet them.
He smiled to show his eyes, which were green, which puzzled Illidan greatly. Still, he said "Hey there Bakura, long time no see."
With a puzzled look, the youth sighed and smirked, and responded with "Why does everyone always confuse me with my brother?"
Curious now, Illidan looked closer at the youth. He then noticed a few things instantly on closer inspection. One was the eye color. Bakura's eyes were brown, not green. Another was the shirt color, which didn't matter too much, but it was a difference. The last thing he noticed was the absence of the Millennium Ring which Bakura usually was wearing.
Smiling, he said "You know, I see now that you aren't Bakura. Sorry about that. By the way, did you just say you're his brother?"
Smiling back, the youth replied with "Yep, I'm his older brother, only by a year though. My name is Vash Ryou, and you two must be Illidan Stormrage and Marie O'Dell. I've heard so much about you both."
Shocked that he knew who both of them were, Illidan asked "How do you know who we are?"
"My brother was in the tournament with you. He told me all about it and about his new friends he had met while there." Vash quickly replied.
Silently in her mind, Marie was thinking "I've heard that name before, but where?"
While Marie was aimlessly thinking, Illidan and Vash continued on talking. "I thought you lived in England somewhere, or that's what Bakura had told me." Illidan commented.
Vash nodded and said "Yes, me and my brother used to live together in Manchester. Of course, as Bakura probably told you, he moved out a few years ago and moved to Japan with my father. Me and my mother remained in Manchester till Bakura returned…"
He seemed to physically flinch, as if when he said those words, bad memories were stirred up. Noticing this, Illidan was quick to say "You don't have to talk about it. I have a feeling I know what happened."
Vash seemed to snap back into reality, and smiled sadly and nodded. Sighing, he then smiled happily and said "Anyways, I was wondering… Would you like to duel me?"
Illidan was caught off guard by this question. After a moment, he smiled and replied "Sure, I'd be happy to duel you, but I must warn you, I'm not an easy opponent."
Lightly laughing, Vash replied "Neither am I. Do you have a Duel Disk with you, or even your deck?"
Smirking, Illidan replied "Yeah, I keep both with me almost always. The Duel Disk is in my backpack here and my deck is in the same place it always is, which is it's holder."
Nodding, Vash said "Good then, we can duel."
Illidan grabbed onto the straps of his backpack and let them slip off his shoulders. Still holding onto one of the straps, he then whirled it around and unzipped it. He reached in and pulled out the blue and silver colored piece of machinery, which was known as a Duel Disk.
He went to hand Marie his backpack, but noticed she was dazed. He kindly said "Marie?"
Her eyes seemed to refocus as she came back from her thoughts and replied "Yes?"
Shaking his head, he said "And you complain about me daydreaming. Such a silly girl you are."
She lightly laughed and lightly punched him in the arm, playfully saying "I'm not silly!"
He smirked at her and exaggeratedly said "Ow… that hurts. Now I won't be able to duel Vash."
Curious, she asked "You're dueling Vash?"
Sighing, Illidan replied with a smirk "Yes, I'm dueling Vash. If you weren't dreaming, you'd have heard him ask me to duel him sweetie. Some days I wonder how in the world I got such an absent minded fiancé."
She again playfully punched him in the arm again and whispered in his ear "You'll pay for those comments when we're alone later."
He softly whispered back in her ear "I hope so."
With a little giggle, Marie took the backpack from Illidan's hands and walked over to the sidelines. Smirking at his fiancé's actions, he strapped on the Duel Disk and reached for his deck holder. He opened it and pulled out his deck. Ever since Tournament of Power he had been working on a new deck, one that would out do his last. The week Pegasus had called, he finally finished it at long last. Of course, one card from that tournament still lurked within it, but he tried to rarely play it, due that he worried about hurting people with it.
Shaking his head, he tried to not let that bother him now. "No need to worry about that card at the moment. I've only played it three times, but still… Those three times, all three people were out of it for a short time. They weren't physically hurt, but just worn out. I'll just have to always be careful with it I guess."
His thoughts were interrupted by Vash walking over to him and saying "Hey, ready?"
Smiling, Illidan nodded and said "Yeah, let's go ahead and shuffle."
The two took one another's respective decks and shuffled. Once each was satisfied, they handed one another their decks back and shook hands.
"Good luck there Illidan. Let's have a good duel." Vash said happily.
Nodding, Illidan replied "Good luck to you too Vash."
The two then walked away from one another and stuck their decks in their deck slots on their Duel Disks. After moving fifteen feet apart, the two turned back towards one another. A small crowd gathered to watch the duel, hoping to see which one would win.
The two then activated their Duel Disks, each unfolding and lighting up. Their life point counters climbed up till they each had 8000 points. The two then drew their first five cards and simultaneously said "Let's duel!"
Illidan smiled at Vash and politely said "You can go first there Vash."
Vash flashed a smile and drew his card, saying "Why thank you Illidan. Now, it's time I show you what I'm made of, and this first card will do exactly that. I play the spell card Final Countdown! In order to play this all powerful spell card though, I must give up 2000 life points in order to unlock it's power. So, I'll now give up the points, and this allows Final Countdown to set into motion your downfall!"
The field in front of Vash then began to glow purple as spheres suddenly appeared in front of him. The spheres then went flying all around the field, seemingly creating a circle around the two. When finished, the spheres sat above the field, seemingly hovering and waiting for something.
Illidan stared at the spheres and realized something quickly. "It's the same spheres that were surrounding Vash and Mako a while ago. But what do they do, and how do they work?"
Vash lightly laughed at the curious eyes of Illidan, which were staring up at the spheres. He interrupted Illidan's staring by saying "If you're curious to know what my card does, why didn't you ask? Anyways, I'll now explain myself. Those spheres you see represent turns. There are twenty spheres in all. From the turn that I activate that card, which is now, till the turn the last sphere is lit is how long you have to beat me. It equals out to twenty turns for you to beat me. During each of our End Phases, a sphere ignites. Once all twenty spheres ignite, I automatically win. Oh, and just so you know, once I pay the points for this card, it can't be stopped, so don't go getting any ideas you can stop this card. Only way you can stop it is by defeating me within the time limit."
This shocked Illidan and most of the crowd. Silently, he said in his mind "I have to work with time constraints now. Just wonderful, and here I was worried about what monsters, spells, and traps he'd play."
"Next, I'll place five cards face down on the field, and end my move." (Vash 6000, Illidan 8000)
As Vash had ended his turn, one of the spheres in the sky ignited into an orange fireball, signifying the first turn was over and nineteen were left.
Illidan sighed, but didn't lose hope. "I can win this duel if I try. Now, let's see what I've got for him!"
He drew his next card and looked over his hand. He held his Silent Magician LV4, Magic Cylinder, Luster Dragon, The Graveyard in the Fourth Dimension, Dark Renewal, and his newly drawn Masked Dragon. "Well, it seems my deck modifications are already showing up. I just hope this new deck can hold it's own."
Smiling, he said "I'll start this duel off by summoning a new monster of mine. Rise Silent Magician LV4 (1000/1000) in attack mode!" A flash of white light then appeared on the field as a mage dressed in white with small amounts of blue on his robes, with what looked like blue spandex under his robes, with white skin and a hint of blue eyes then appeared on the field. He was small by all standards, but that didn't mean he had no fight within him. He simply crossed his arms and held his staff closer to his body.
"Now, I know, you're thinking he's awfully weak, right? Well, you might be right at the moment, but just wait till later, he'll show you just how strong he really is. In fact, how about now I show you what he can do. Silent Magician, attack Vash's life points directly with Silent Scepter Blast!" The mage uncrossed his arms and pointed his staff at Vash directly. The end of the staff glowed for a moment till finally a sphere of white energy came rushing from it, flying straight at Vash.
Vash only smirked at this and said "Well, I do have something to stop that blast. I activate the trap card Draining Shield! Now your attack is negated and the attack points of your monster is added to my life points, so thanks for the instant boost." A large shield of golden energy then formed in front of Vash, easily taking the blast head on. The blast then seemed to be absorbed into the shield, and then the shield shot a beam at Vash's Duel Disk, causing his life point counter to climb by 1000 points.
Illidan only smiled at this, knowing Vash had most likely played some kind of trap card. Still, it wasn't a major risk for him to have played his mage. "I'll end my turn by placing two cards face down." (Vash 7000, Illidan 8000)
As Illidan ended his turn, yet another sphere ignited, showing the tell tale signs that he was one step closer to losing the duel.
Vash was about to draw when he said "Before I draw my next card, I activate the trap card Solemn Wishes. Now when I draw a card or cards, I gain 500 more life points. Now I'll start my turn."
That said, he drew his card, instantly getting a boost in life points. At the same time, the white mage began to glow with a blinding white light, seemingly increasing it's strength.
Shocked at this display, Vash asked "What is your mage doing Illidan?"
Lightly chuckling, Illidan replied "It's really simple Vash. I told you earlier that as this duel drags on, my monster would get stronger. Well, that's exactly what happened. You see, each time you draw a card or cards, he gains a spell counter. For each spell counter my mage gains, he is granted an additional 500 attack points, meaning he just gained 500 more attack points on your draw (1500/1000). He'll only continue to increase in strength through out this duel."
Vash lightly chuckled and replied "Strength isn't everything Illidan, and I'll soon show you that. First this turn, I activate the trap card known as Pyro Clock of Destiny. This trap allows me to move the turn count up by one, which means yet another sphere is lit." A clock with no numbers on it, but just a flaming hour hand appeared. It then rotated on full turn, causing a sphere above Vash's head then ignited, as if on by queue by the clock.
Illidan lightly growled at this, but accepted it, for the moment. Vash smiled at the growl and said "Next I'll place a monster in defense and call it a turn." (Vash 7500, Illidan 8000)
With the turn ending, yet another sphere ignited, seemingly burning away at Illidan's time left in the duel.
Illidan drew his next card and looked at his Monster Reincarnation. "Useless at the moment, but let's see what I can do about Vash's monster first." "I'm going to summon up my good old friend Luster Dragon (1900/1600) in attack mode!" A sapphire dragon appeared on the field with it's ruby colored eyes glued on Vash.
"Luster Dragon, attack Vash's monster with Ruby Blaster!" The dragon let out a roar and opened it's jaws as it built up power. A glow of ruby energy appeared as it's jaws were fully opened and the blast was then spat out at the small monster card image.
As the blast neared it's target, Vash smirked and said "I activate the trap card Enchanted Javelin! Now this trap allows me to add your attacking monster's attack points to my life points. Of course, it don't stop your monster's attack, but I get a nice bonus from your own attack." A javelin then appeared on the field. It had a set of wings attached to it and slightly glowed. The blast struck the javelin, but continued on past it's target. Soon, the blast found it's target in the face down card image, easily shattering it. From the debris appeared a jar with a creature inside of it that had one eye. It let out a cry and exploded.
Vash only laughed and said "Oh yeah, I should have warned you, that monster you just attacked wasn't the friendly type. The monster you just destroyed is known as Morphing Jar, and now each of us must discard our entire hands. Then we each draw five new cards. Of course, I have no hand, so it is no problem for me, unlike you who has three cards in his hand. Also, since I'm drawing cards, my Solemn Wishes activates and grants me an additional 500 life points."
Illidan growled at this as he quickly sent his hand to the Graveyard. He then drew five new cards. Looking at his new hand, he saw he had Return from the Different Dimension, Card of Sanctity, Ring of Defense, Sasuke Samurai #4, and Silent Swordsman LV5.
Looking up, Illidan said "I'm not done yet Vash, because now my mage gains another 500 attack points thanks to your draw (2000/1000). Silent Magician, direct attack Vash with Silent Scepter Blast!" The white mage took aim with his staff and released a blast of white energy, easily striking Vash this time. Vash was pushed back slightly, but not by much.
"That shall end my move." (Vash 7900, Illidan 8000)
As Illidan ended, yet another sphere ignited, signifying Illidan's time was shortened even more.