Hey there everyone. Glad you all liked the last chapter. Vash is quite a duelist, isn't he? I think so at the least, lol. Btw, in case everyone was wanting to know, real life Vash was a user off of a Yugioh site called Yugiohetc. His screen name there is Vash Ryou, so it's not hard to figure out who he is, lol. Thought I'd just throw that in.
Also, I forgot to mention that Cindy finished another chapter of her story, The History of the Millennium Items, and posted it Monday. In it, it explains a little more about what Marie was doing between the time Yami found her and the time her and Illidan met. I think you all will like it.
As well, work on my sequel to The Wolves Seal is coming along nicely. I finished the one shot I had been hoping to finish, and now it's full steam ahead on work for the sequel, entitled Forgotten Guardians. See, I even had time to think up a name at last, lol. But more on that at a later date.
As for now, time to get down to work and answer some reviews.
Tomb Robber Vicky: Yes, you do say that a lot, lol. That's alright though, due that I say it a good bit too in my reviews. Yep, Vash keeps his life points piled up, so Illidan can barely hit him, not to mention those cursed spell cards slow him down. Looks at Bakura I'm sure you'd love to do that, but he's under my protection, free of charge. Shocks world with statement.
Ultimate Legendary Master: Yeah, I thought I'd change his deck around. I saw a lot of great new monsters come out about the time I was writing ToP, but I didn't have a chance to add them to Illidan's deck due that Gozaburo wasn't keen on changing people's decks. This new deck is a lot better, and more varied. Nah, Dark Sanctuary isn't a real card, to my knowledge. As for how it's played, I changed it, seeing how it made no real sense to send Dark Necrofear to the Graveyard just to activate it. Yes, cliffe's are good, hehe.
Metal Overlord 2.0: Yep, it's a nasty deck indeed. I thought why not combine Final Countdown and Dark Sanctuary. To start with, Final Countdown wouldn't be in the way like FINAL was. Lol, sic someone on Vash, never. I'm updating pretty fast as is for now, but I may take my updates up to five chapters a week. It just pends, seeing how I've yet to finish my other sequel, and I was using this story as padding to finish it.
sweetxokissesxo: Ah, poor Ryou, his tummy hurts. Fixes him some stir fried demon and rice. Bon appetite! Uh, Ryon, don't mess with that bear. Ryon… Ryon! Covers ears as large explosion ensues. That had to hurt. Sees Ryon alive and let a big puff of smoke out of his mouth. Also notices Ryon is charred black. See, I'd have protected you if you had used your coupon, but you let it expire instead.
Fire Princess: Your card was played Ryou. Don't you remember, Illidan discarded it. Be happy he used it at all, hehe. But seriously, I just didn't use it, for some reason…
pink-kiss-candy: Sure… His ancient past consists of… Oh wait, I can't ruin it, hehe.
Isis the Sphinx: No problem on Cindy's story. She gave it to me actually a week before, but I kind of forgot… Sorry about that.
Well, that's all for now. I hope everyone enjoys this next chapter. We'll finally find out who Vash really is… Wait, I already know! Laughs Ah, but I spoil the surprise… Oh well, enjoy the chapter. Later.
Chapter 5
Looking over at Marie with a confused look, Illidan said "Yeah, I know who he is too Marie. He's Bakura's …"
"You idiot, will you listen to me for once!" she said with a tint of anger in her voice.
Sighing, Illidan nodded and Marie continued, saying "Now, I know who you are Vash. It took me a while to recognize it, but I remember. The reason you didn't go to the Tournament of Power with everyone else was you was competing in another tournament, one in Europe. It was the tournament for the European Championship, right?"
Vash smirked and nodded, replying with "Yes, you're right Marie. I went there, and won. When I left, I was crowned European Champion. So, I decided to take a trip to different countries. I left like a week after winning the title, deciding to fight different ranked duelists. This very deck I'm using was the deck I won with. I began to travel then, planning to face any strong duelists along the way. I easily defended my title at each duel, and then I heard from my brother that Illidan had beaten the famous Yugi Moto in Tournament of Power. I was going to stop in Japan anyways, so I decided to face you, Illidan, while there."
He then sighed, and said "Unfortunately, I arrived last week, only to find out you had left for America. Well, I wasn't going to be deterred while there, so I faced off with Yugi Moto. He didn't accept my offer for it to be for my title, so we dueled for fun as he said. Still, it wasn't fun for me, for I had something to prove. I had him beat almost, but I lost in the last turn my Final Countdown was about to win me the duel."
Vash looked up at the sky, remembering his duel with Yugi. He had a commanding lead almost all duel long, but was down to his last 4000 life points. Of course, that didn't matter, due that Yugi was about to lose on his next turn. Yugi had three monsters out, that didn't concern Vash though. Due to The Dark Door spell card and his Dark Sanctuary field card, Yugi couldn't really attack him. Besides that fact, all three of the monsters combined didn't even have 4000 attack points combined. He only had Big Shield Guardna (100/2600), Gamma the Magnet Warrior (1500/1800), and Kuriboh (300/200) out, meaning there was not way for Yugi to win, so Vash thought.
On Yugi's last draw, he smirked and sacrificed all three of his monsters to summon an Egyptian God Card, Obelisk the Tormentor. The large blue monster stared down Vash, who was speechless. He then noticed the monster had 4000 attack points, exactly what Yugi needed to win the duel. Vash had nothing to stop Yugi either, for in his hasty turn before, he had arrogantly left nothing out for protection. Yugi took full advantage of this and had his Egyptian God Card strike Vash directly, causing Vash to lose for the first time ever with the deck he had.
Vash had taken it hard, but his brother had tried to comfort him. He then even relayed that even Yugi had lost to Illidan a few times, and that got Vash to perk up. He then asked to see where Illidan had gone to, and found out him and Marie were both in San Francisco, which was in America. Taking Bakura along with him, the brothers made their way towards America, where Vash hoped to find Illidan and beat him, proving that he was a great duelist once and for all to the world.
Waking from his flashback, Vash pointed a finger at Illidan, saying "I will beat you and prove how great my deck is, as well as how great a duelist I am! I won this title through much hard work, and I intend on proving I'm worthy of it! That is why I'm here, to face off against you and prove myself to the world that I can beat the best of the best!"
Illidan only lightly chuckled and said "Is that why you wanted to duel me? Due that I'm the best of the best? That's rather interesting, because I'm not the best of the best. I have a lot to learn to ever be that good."
Vash only still pointed with a serious face at Illidan, replying with "No, you're the best, for you have beaten the top two duelists in the world. One being Yugi Moto, the other being Seto Kaiba. Both are known as the top duelists, yet the world don't know that you won that tournament and beat both to do it."
Illidan only chuckled inside at this. It was true that the results of Tournament of Power were never released, mostly thanks to Seto. When the tower had been destroyed, all records of the duels and so on were not released, so only the ones there at the tournament knew the actual results. Still, it didn't matter to Illidan. In his heart, he knew he was a great duelist, and had walked away with the Intercontinental Title, which he didn't care too drastically much about. He had been World Champion, but gave that title to Yugi in order to not draw too much attention to himself. Him and Marie were still Tag Team Champions as well, but those were the only things the people knew about the tournament. They only knew who the new champions were, and that was it. No other results were released, and many pondered what had happened, but none questioned it.
Turning his attention back to the duel, Illidan sighed and said "Vash, it really don't matter. To me, that tournament was so much more than titles and beating the best. There was only one person there I wanted to beat, and I did, thus saving everything in the world. That was all I cared about."
Vash nodded, and said "True, but now I want to be the best, and to be the best, I have to defeat you! Now, let's continue. It's my move, and since I just drew, I gain yet another 500 life points."
As Vash's life point counter went up, the white mage glowed with power, causing Illidan so say "Don't forget, my mage just got 500 points stronger too (3500/1000), making him an even better match to take you down."
Vash only lightly laughed and said "As if he matters. At the moment, he can't even attack me thanks to my Ghost of Dark Sanctuary. Now, where was I? Ah yes, in my Standby Phase, I return my Sinister Serpent to my hand. Next I'll summon Sinister Serpent (300/250) in defense mode." A green serpent with wings in a tight coil reappeared once more on the field.
"Now I'll activate the trap I set last turn, my final Pyro Clock of Destiny. Now the turn count is sped up, meaning you lose yet another turn to save yourself!" A clock then appeared on the field with a flaming hour hand. It then quickly rotated around the clock, causing yet another sphere above the field to ignite.
"I set one card face down, and I'll sacrifice my Sinister Serpent to keep Dark Sanctuary alive in my End Phase. You have only eight more turns to beat me Illidan, so you better think of something, cause if you don't, I'll win this duel." (Vash 13350, Illidan 4050)
Illidan drew his next card to find his familiar Breaker the Magical Warrior. Smirking, Illidan knew what he was going to do. "First, during my Standby Phase, I activate Silent Magician's special ability. He now has five spell counters on himself, thus allowing me to activate his special ability. Now by sacrificing Silent Magician, along with his spell counters, to the Graveyard, I can special summon from my deck Silent Magician LV8 (3500/1000) in attack mode!"
The smaller white mage vanished in a flash of light to only be replaced by a new white mage, but this one was slightly different. He was taller, and his robes now had some blue on it. Underneath his white robes could be seen blue material that clung to his body like spandex. His hair was now longer, and it seemed to float in the air. His eyes were a mysterious blue, as if they were unreadable.
Vash looked at the new mage and said "You forgot something Illidan. As long as Stumbling is in play, your mage has to go to defense on his first turn."
Illidan only lightly chuckled and said "Unfortunately, you're wrong there Vash. You see, like my Silent Swordsman LV5, he's unaffected by your spell cards effects, so that means he'll be staying in attack mode."
Vash lightly grumbled at this, but then smirked. He slowly had his ghost circle around the field and picked out the sapphire dragon as his target to equip to.
Looking at the field, Illidan realized Vash only had two monsters on his field that Vash could target with his ghost. Knowing this, Illidan decided to play something to save himself from losing more points and allowing Vash to gain more.
"I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior (1600/1000) in defense mode." A maroon robed mage with blue skin then appeared. He had a flowing cape with an odd hat covering most of his head, and a sword and shield in his hands. Once appearing, he took a one knee defensive position.
"Since I just summoned Breaker, his effect kicks in. He now gains one spell counter due that he was normal summoned, and the counter raises his attack points by 300 (1900/1000)." A small band of energy then appeared around the back part of the mage's sword.
"Next, I activate his special ability. Now by removing his spell counter, I can destroy one spell or trap card on the field, so I choose to destroy your face down!" The mage stood up from his defensive stance and held out his sword straight into the air. The small band of energy glowed and absorbed into the blade, coating the blade in a brilliant white glow. The mage then pointed his sword at the face down card on the field and slashed his sword in a downward motion at it, making a blade of energy go flying from the blade. The blade instantly struck the face down card, revealing the card.
Vash growled, saying "Not my Draining Shield trap!"
Illidan only lightly chuckled and said "Be thankful I didn't destroy your field card. But now back to business. Luster Dragon is the only monster capable of hosting that ghost of yours, so I'll just have to not have him attack. Now Silent Magician, attack Vash directly with Silent Scepter Blast!" The white robed mage uncrossed his arms and pointed straight at Vash with his staff. His eyes glowed as he pushed power into his staff, which released a powerful blast of white energy that struck Vash hard, making him slide backwards. Vash remained standing, but was noticeably shaken slightly.
"Silent Swordman, attack him directly with Silent Slash!" The black clad warrior let out a cry and rushed forward. Nearing his target, he pulled the large halberd from his shoulder and took firm hold of the hilt with both hands. He then struck Vash hard in a slashing motion. Vash raised his arms up in a defensive position, taking the brunt of the blow on his arms. The slash forced Vash to slide backwards, but he remained standing still.
"That shall end my turn. Just watch out Vash, I'm coming for you, and there isn't much you can do to stop that." (Vash 7550, Illidan 4050)
While Illidan had ended his move, yet another sphere ignited, leaving him only seven more turns to finish up the duel, or lose fighting.
Vash seemed slightly shaken by Illidan's attacks, but his calm resolve took back over. He soon said "Not bad there Illidan, but I'm not through yet. Now that I'm drawing, I gain back 500 life points thanks to my Solemn Wishes. Next I return my Sinister Serpent to my hand during my Standby Phase. Now I'll summon Sinister Serpent (300/250) in defense mode." As before, the small green serpent with wings reappeared on the field in a tight coil, and stuck out it's tongue like any other snake would.
"Now I'll play the spell card called Card of Demise, allowing me to draw till I hold five new cards, so long as I discard my hand in five turns. Next, I gain 500 life points thanks to Solemn Wishes due that I drew cards. Hmm, now I'll place one card face down. Next I play the spell card Smashing Ground, destroying your strongest defensive monster and that happens to be your Luster Dragon!" A huge hand in the air then appeared. It came flying down, striking the sapphire dragon hard, making it explode on impact.
Illidan lightly growled, but Vash smirked, saying "Now I play the spell card Reasoning. The way this card works is you get to guess a monster level. I then draw from my deck till I find a monster. If you guessed the monster level right, I discard that monster to the Graveyard, but if you guessed wrong, I get to special summon that monster to the field in whatever mode I want. So, go ahead and guess a level if you care to."
Thinking for a moment, and almost without hesitation, Illidan said "I'll guess level four."
Nodding, Vash said "Very well Illidan. The first card I draw is Spirit Reaper, who is a monster, and is a level three. Now I special summon him in attack mode (300/200)." A creature in purple with some red inside of it's cloak appeared. It looked like the grim reaper for the most part, even with it's scythe.
"Think he's scary, then you haven't seen anything yet Illidan. Now I play the spell card Polymerization, fusing Spirit Reaper on my field with the Nightmare Horse (500/400) into Reaper on the Nightmare (800/600) in attack mode!" A blue flamed horse with bandages and red eyes then appeared on the field. The horse and the grim reaper creature then swirled together and formed a new creature. This creature looked like the horse with the grim reaper on it's back.
"Reaper on the Nightmare has a very special ability too Illidan. He is able to direct attack you even when you have monsters out! Now Reaper on the Nightmare, direct attack Illidan's life points with Nightmare Slash!" The horse let out a ghostly neigh and charged towards Illidan.
The grim reaper prepared to slash Illidan with it's scythe, but Illidan smirked and said "You seem to have forgotten the two face down cards I placed down earlier in this duel there Vash. You must be getting sloppy. I activate the trap card Magic Cylinder! This trap negates your attack and fires your own attack right back at your own life points!" Two pink cylinders with golden question marks appeared in front of the reaper/horse combo, forcing the two to go galloping into the first cylinder. The second cylinder was pointed straight at Vash, and the creature came galloping back out the other end, slashing Vash as it came into view.
Vash growled at this as he clutched his chest lightly, but said "I'll end my move for now Illidan. Since I'm ending my move, I'll sacrifice Sinister Serpent to keep Dark Sanctuary alive. It's only a matter of time. You only have six turns left now, so make the best of it while you can." (Vash 7750, Illidan 4050)
Illidan let out a sigh, knowing Vash was right. "If I don't wipe him out quickly, I'll lose this duel. Come on deck, I know you have something in you that can beat Vash. I just have to believe."
He quickly drew then to see he had his Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6 in his hand. Smirking, he said "I'll begin my move during my Standby Phase. Since my Silent Swordsman LV5 direct attacked you last turn, I can activate his special ability. Now he evolves a level, from level five to level seven. So now, I sacrifice Silent Swordsman LV5 to become Silent Swordsman LV7 (2800/1000) in attack mode!" The warrior disappeared in a flash of light, but then reappeared. He appeared a little taller, and a lot stronger. He was still wearing his flowing black coat, and for the most part, he looked the same. His halberd had grown even longer now, and he held it out in front of himself in a downward position with one hand. The halberd it self only had one tooth like notch.
Vash looked a bit shocked, but only smirked, saying "He won't matter much Illidan, for you still have to worry about my Ghost of Dark Sanctuary, not to mention my spell cards are keeping me safe."
Illidan smirked and replied "That's where you're wrong Vash. Silent Swordsman LV7 has a very special effect. As long as he's on the field, he negates any and all spell cards. That means my own spell cards are negated, as well as yours, so your Ghost of Dark Sanctuary is useless now!"
At that moment, the swordsman's large halberd began to glow. He held it up over his head, causing it to glow even brighter. The invisible ghost then was made visible, and it was screaming in pain as it fell to the ground on the field. It was in pain, due that it was now powerless. Vash's Stumbling spell card glowed too, and turned to a dull grey color, as did his The Dark Door spell card.
Vash was in shock, and said "This can't be! My spell cards!"
Illidan let a smile play upon his face and said "It's far from over though Vash. Now, I'll switch both my Horus the Black Flame Dragon and Breaker the Magical Warrior into attack mode. Silent Magician, attack that Reaper on the Nightmare with Silent Scepter Blast!" Looking at it's target with a smirk on it's face, the mage pointed his staff at the reaper/horse combo and let loose a powerful blast of white energy. The blast struck the creature, making it wail in pain and causing an explosion. As the smoke disappeared, the creature was still standing.
Curious as to why, Illidan asked "How did your creature survive that attack?"
A smirk appeared on Vash's face, as he replied with "Oh, sorry, I forgot to mention my monsters special ability. Besides being able to direct attack you, he is also not destroyed due to battle. That means any monster that battles him, he'll survive."
Sighing, Illidan then smiled, and said "Well, that's too bad for you, due that you still receive the battle damage. Silent Swordsman, attack that monster with Silent Slash!" The swordsman quickly ran across the field with his halberd still held out in front of himself with one hand. He then grabbed the hilt with his other hand and slung the halberd hard at the combo creature. The reaper raised it's scythe, causing metal to clash with metal. The swordsman pushed the creature backwards, but the scythe withstood the strike.
"Since you no longer have use of your ghost, I don't have to worry about my two remaining monsters when they attack. Breaker, attack his monster with Magical Sword Slash!" Raising his sword, the maroon robed mage charged the combo monster. The mage's sword and the reaper's scythe clashed as the mage pushed the creature backwards, but obviously it was to no avail as the reaper creature survived the attack.
"It's your turn now Horus! Attack that creature with Darkness Flame Stream!" The silver dragon let out a small cry and opened it's silver mouth, letting loose black flames that struck the reaper/horse creature yet again, making it howl in pain as before. As the smoke disappeared from the attack, the creature still stood.
"That'll do it for me this turn Vash. You'd better come up with a plan soon, because you won't last much longer if you don't." (Vash 1450, Illidan 4050)
When Illidan ended his move, yet another sphere ignited into flames above the field. The few remaining symbolized that Illidan only had limited time, which was growing more and more limited.