Hey everyone. Well, it's time for another review session. Last time, Illidan and crew finally met up with Yami and his group. Illidan took the time to fill them in , while Yami filled them in on his own loss. Taking it upon himself, Illidan challenged Yami to a duel to try and help him out. Will Yami snap out of the funk he's in, or will Illidan get him to realize he still has a chance?
For now though, let's get to the reviews.
Mark Machine: True, this duel is happening, but how it turns out may surprise you. Illidan is trying to help in his own way, but as you know, sometimes that's not enough. The results of this duel may surprise you, you never know. Actually, my story is running parallel with the show. No one seems to have realized that one yet, but the beginning started the same day as the show. I carefully measured out the time for the show, and tried to keep consistent with it in my story. As for the quirks, Tea knew it was Ryon by his looks and actions. Obviously, Illidan would possibly say or do something if he hid. For Blue and Rebecca, yeah, I could have done more, but I wanted to portray the two as close. Finally, the dragons, well, no one has had a chance to see them. Yami, Joey, and Kaiba were the ones that had them, so they could show them off to Illidan and others. Thanks for the feedback.
pink-kiss-candy: Ryon, that is just pitiful. (//Snatches knife away.\\) Come on, is that the best you got? And to lie about your grandma, man, that's just low.
Brianna Ishtar: (//Slashes off pig's wings.\\) There, there is no such thing as flying pigs now. Btw, enjoy the bbq. (//Points to the roasting pig over a pit.\\)
Berry Kisses: Most likely, they're in a box somewhere, or in Hawaii. (//In Hawaii, Ryon's parents sit out in the sun and are filthy rich.\\) Ryon's dad: "I say dear, I hear Ryon has gotten in quite a jam in America. So sad…" Ryon's mom: "Yes, sad indeed. Let's go swimming in our pool of money."
Fire Princess: It's alright. I'll come visit you at the cell. And I'll make sure to bring you some escape supplies. That or I'll bust you out.
Strawberry Cake: Lol, that is definitely catching some attention. Very nice job on the sells. Just remember to pay me to keep the competition off. Never know when they'll try to get back in the picture.
sweetxokissesxo: Sure you did Ryon. You picked it up to defend yourself from what? (//Laughs as Ryon's tied up.\\) The ropes tight enough? Let me tighten them up for him. (//Snugs them tightly till Ryon's turning blue in the face.\\)
Ryon Nakura: (//Knocks on bathroom door.\\) Hurry up in there Ryon. (//Smashes door down to find Ryon looking at some kind of pictures.\\) Ryon, how could you look at porn!? (//Slashes pictures into millions of shreds. Watches Ryon fall screaming to the ground.\\) That'll teach you to sit in the bathroom and look at smut.
Tomb Robber Vicky: Yeah, they finally got there to find everyone. But yes, they're right at the part before the trains. Calm down Bakura. Btw, your tongue is kind of hanging out like a dog.
Ultimate Legendary Master: Yeah, I thought I'd throw in Illidan making a challenge. Thanks for the congrats. Yeah, I haven't gotten any emails for the last two or three times. Usually I get them, but nothing the last few times. I have no clue what is up with them, but I think I'll post about it.
Metal Overlord 2.0: Very true, things get worse and worse. Hopefully the duel will snap Yami back into things, but you never know. Yep, Blue and Rebecca are back together, although nothing happened like everyone thought.
Well, that's it guys. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Pretty soon, the next chapter will be coming out, so enjoy this one. And always remember, I love feedback, good or bad, so feel free to post a review. Till next time, take it easy everyone. Later.
Chapter 30
Shaking his head, Duke said "Illidan could have done a lot more damage if he had wanted to. I just don't understand why he didn't."
Turning to Duke, Joey said "That dragon, it has a special ability, don't it?"
Nodding, Duke said "Yep, it does have one. It's a powerful one at that. He could have destroyed Yugi's monster."
Turning back to the duel Joey said "I bet Illidan is going easy on him. He wants the Pharaoh to get back into the swing of things, but Illidan can't go easy forever either."
The group only nodded at this as they turned their gaze back to the duel. Yami drew and seemed to contemplate his move.
At last, he said "I summon Big Shield Guardna (100/2600) in defense mode." A human warrior with long black hair and a large shield then appeared on the field in a one knee stance.
"That'll end my move for now." (Illidan 8000, Yami 7000)
Sighing lightly at Yami's move, Illidan drew and smirked. "It's time I kick this duel up a notch, and what better way than by summoning my Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4 (1600/1000) in attack mode." A silver dragon that looked much like a large silver bird then appeared on the field.
"Next I'll play the spell card Level Up, allowing me to evolve my Armed Dragon to the next level, which is Armed Dragon LV7 (2800/1000) in attack mode!" The large orange dragon roared as it glowed brightly. When the glowing light died down, a larger dragon with orange skin, dull grey metal armor, armored wings, powerful clawed hands, a tail with what looked like a club, and a strong set of legs appeared.
Yami lightly growled in frustration, but Illidan quickly said "Now Armed Dragon, attack his Big Shield Guardna with Dragon Talon Terror!" The large armored dragon roared as it drew back it's large arm and then stepped forward, pushing it's arm out. It then drilled it's claws into the warrior's shield, but the shield easily cracked, allowing the warrior to be struck and cause him to explode.
"I'm not through with you yet Yami. Horus, attack Obnoxious Celtic Guardian with Darkness Flame Stream!" The silver dragon screeched and opened up it's jaws, letting loose a black flaming stream of energy. The stream struck the elf easily, causing it to yell out in pain as it was burnt away.
"Next I'll move to my End Phase, where I can now activate Horus's special ability. You see, when Horus destroys a monster in battle, in the End Phase of the same turn, he evolves, so I sacrifice Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4 in order to summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6 (2300/1600) in attack mode!" The silver dragon glowed and grew larger. When it finished, the dragon now had the look of a much more vicious bird, most likely an eagle or hawk. It screeched loudly, daring any monster to challenge it.
"I end my move now." (Illidan 8000, Yami 7000)
Looking at his deck, Yami sighed and drew his next card. He then smirked and said "I'm not done yet Illidan, for now I play the spell card Monster Reborn, bringing back my Obnoxious Celtic Guardian (1400/1200) in attack mode." The elf in a brown shirt, tan pants, green armor shoulder pads and a green helmet then returned to the field.
"He won't be here for long, for I now sacrifice him in order to summon Cybernetic Magician (2400/1000) in attack mode." The elf vanished in a flash of light, and in return a silver mage appeared in his place. He held a staff, and looked like he was made of silver.
"By discarding one card from my hand to the Graveyard, I can now lower the attack points of one monster on your side of the field to 2000 for the duration of the turn. So, I'll discard my Dark Magician in order to lower your Armed Dragon LV7's attack points (2000/1000)!" The silver mage aimed it's staff at the dragon and sent out a blast of silver energy, causing the dragon to roar in pain as it was weakened.
"Now Cybernetic Magician, attack his Armed Dragon with Cyber Scepter Blast!" The mage aimed his staff once more and released a powerful blast of silver energy in the shape of a sphere. The sphere smashed into the dragon, making it roar in pain as it was destroyed.
Illidan only smirked at this while Yami said "I now place two cards face down and end my move." (Illidan 7600, Yami 7000)
Tea cheered on the Pharaoh at his last attack, saying "Way to go Pharaoh!"
Vash only shook his head, mentally saying "They don't get it. Illidan is going easy on him. Why, I'm not sure. It's like Illidan's tempting him to play hard."
On the field, Illidan lightly chuckled as he drew, feeling slightly happy that Yami was finally getting into the game. "Still, this is no where near the level he needs to be at to defeat his enemies. I think it's time I turn up the heat."
Smiling, Illidan called out "I hope you're not going easy on me for my sake Yami, for I'd hate to embarrass you."
Lightly laughing, Yami replied "Trust me Illidan, I'm playing with all I have."
Smirking, Illidan replied "Is that so? Well, let's see how you well you do with this then! I first summon my Shining Angel (1400/800) in defense mode." A male angel with blonde hair, golden wings, and a white shirt with white shorts appeared on the field in a kneeling position.
Yami quickly said "You've triggered my trap card Illidan! I reveal Dark Renewal, which now sacrifices your Shining Angel and my Cybernetic Magician. Then I'm allowed to return one Spellcaster type monster from my Graveyard, so I return Dark Magician (2500/2100) in attack mode!"
A maroon colored coffin then appeared on the field. It opened up it's four doors and then sucked in both the blonde headed angel and the silver metallic mage. The doors closed once both were back in, and it then glowed with a bright maroon color. The doors then reopened and a purple robed mage with a green staff flew out onto the field.
Slightly smirking, Illidan chuckled and said "I was hoping you'd waste your trap card on my move."
Confused, Yami asked "What do you mean? You only have your Horus left on your field, so why were you hoping I'd do that?"
Smirking, Illidan replied "Why don't I show you! I play the spell card Level Modulation, which now allows you to draw two new cards. Next, I get to special summon from my Graveyard any monster with 'LV' in it's name to the field, so I'll pick my Armed Dragon LV7 (2800/1000)!" The powerful orange skinned and grey armored dragon roared back onto the field, showing it's readiness to fight once more.
Yami lightly growled, but Illidan was quick to say "Of course, during this turn, he can't attack or use his special ability, but that's quite alright. Next, I'll reveal my trap card, Call of the Haunted! Now I get to special summon in attack mode one monster from my Graveyard, and I pick Armed Dragon LV5 (2400/1700)!" The weaker orange skinned and grey armored dragon then reappeared on the field and let out a mighty roar, trying to show it wouldn't be outdone by it's counterpart.
Again, Yami growled, but Illidan smirked and said "That's not all. I now invoke Armed Dragon LV5's special ability! You see, by discarding one monster from my hand to the Graveyard, I can destroy one monster on the field with the same number of attack points or less that I sent to the Graveyard. So, I'll now send Silent Swordsman LV7 to the Graveyard, which has 2800 attack points, so say farewell to Dark Magician! Armed Dragon LV5, hit him with Shrapnel Needle Blast!"
The weaker of the armored dragons roared loudly and launched all the spikes off of it's body into the air. The shower of spikes then came flying straight for the purple robed mage, but the mage remained calm.
"I'm not through yet Illidan! I activate the spell card Magical Hats, allowing me to now place four Magical Hat Tokens (0/0) on the field, and hide my Dark Magician within one. Now hats, materialize and protect my mage!" called out Yami.
A black top hat with a yellow question mark on it appeared above the purple robed mage. The hat then descended down and covered the mage. It then spread out into four identical hats once, and then back into one hat, and then spread back out again into four hats.
Slightly growling, Illidan said "I'll have to end my turn then. Nothing I can do about those hats at the moment." (Illidan 7600, Yami 7000)
"That was a close one." Tristan said, stating the obvious.
"Yeah, but he can't keep dodging Illidan all day." Joey added.
"He can do it." Tea said calmly.
Sighing, Vash only looked back on at the duel, ignoring the others. "It seems that they still haven't noticed that Illidan isn't going at full force. He did turn it up a notch, but just a notch. I have a feeling he'll really be playing for keeps soon."
Back on the field, Yami drew his next card and seemed to go wide eyed. Watching this, Illidan pondered what Yami had. Yami seemed to just stare at the card, till finally he put it back in his hand and pulled out another.
Holding the card, Yami said "I now summon Queen's Knight (1500/1600) to the field in defense mode." A female knight with long blonde hair, pink armor, and a sword and shield then appeared on the field in a kneeling defensive position.
"Next, I'll place her within the safety of one of my Magical Hats, so hats, cover my monster and then shuffle." One of the black top hats then lifted up off the ground and covered up the female knight. The hats then all spun rapidly around on Yami's field till they then took up the same formation they once had.
"Finally, I'll switch my Dark Magician to defensive mode. That ends my move." (Illidan 7600, Yami 7000)
Growing tired of the game of charades, Illidan drew his next card and smirked. "I play the spell card Graceful Charity, allowing me to draw three new cards, but I must then discard two when I'm done." He quickly added three more cards to his hand to find his Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8, Pot of Greed, and De-Fusion.
"I now send De-Fusion and Polymerization to the Graveyard. Next, I play the spell card Pot of Greed, drawing two more cards into my hand!" He picked up two more cards to find his Monster Reincarnation and D.D. Survivor.
Looking at his field, he assessed if he could win this turn. "Let's see, I have three monsters out, and by my calculations, I have enough. The monsters in my hand are enough to end this duel too. Too bad for Yami, but it's over."
"It's time to end this duel. I now activate my Armed Dragon LV7's special ability. You see, by discarding a monster to the Graveyard, I can now destroy all monsters on your side of the field with the same number of attack points equal or less than the discarded monster. Since your Magical Hats have zero attack, I can blow them away easily, exposing your mage. So now, I discard D.D. Survivor, allowing my Armed Dragon to destroy all four of your hats! Armed Dragon LV7, rid the field of those hats with Serrated Saw Discs!"
The large orange skinned dragon roared loudly as four discs on it's belly formed. The discs then began to rapidly rotate till finally they flew from the dragon's belly. With blinding speed, they flew across the field and slashed through each of the four hats, instantly revealing the locations of each of the monsters in them.
Smirking lightly, Illidan said "Now it's time to put the final nail in the coffin. I activate my Armed Dragon LV7's special ability again. I now discard Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8 to the Graveyard, allowing me to destroy all your monsters with 3000 or less attack points, which is all of them. Now use your Serrated Saw Discs again Armed Dragon!"
The dragon roared loudly again as two discs began to spin on it's belly and then fired. Zooming across the field, the two discs then struck their targets, instantly crushing the purple robed mage and the pink armored warrior. Yami was now exposed.
Yami only fell to his knees, knowing he had lost again. He closed his eyes, waiting for the attacks to hit, but nothing happened. Only silence was heard. He then heard the holograms vanishing and looked up, seeing Illidan shutting down his Duel Disk.
Walking over to Yami, Illidan coldly said "Let that be a lesson to you Yami. Just think if I was a person using the Seal of Orichalcos. You'd have lost your soul, and lost your chance to save Yugi. If you aren't going to fight at your best, you'd best not fight. Risking your own soul for no reason and putting the world in danger is not worth it if you're not going to fight hard."
Tea and the others soon came running over, and went to Yami's side. He only sat there, eyes now downcast. Looking up at Illidan, Tea said "That isn't fair to say what you said Illidan!"
"Isn't it though?" Illidan countered. "I lost someone I loved very much, and I know how it feels to lose the person that completes you. Marie was a part of my soul, and without her, I'm not complete. Still, I realize if I'm to save her, I can't mope around and feel sorry for what I did or didn't do for her. To beat the Wolf Pack and reclaim Marie's soul, I must be at my best. If Yami is to save Yugi, he has to be at his best. The same goes for anyone attempting to duel within the seal. Fight halfheartedly, you'll lose halfheartedly."
Turning, Illidan then kindly said "Yami, I understand you're sad and lost on the inside due to Yugi being missing, but if you want to save him, you must try to put that aside. To use the pain of loss as a reason to get Yugi back is a good idea, but don't let it push you into bad decisions."
Illidan then began to slowly walk away towards the trailer, but heard Yami call his name. Stopping, he heard Yami approach him and ask "Was I an evil person in ancient times?"
Slightly shocked at this question, Illidan turned towards him with a smile and replied "No, you weren't evil. Why would you ask that?"
Looking down at the ground, Yami replied "Raphael told me he knew my history that he read and heard from his master about my cruelty."
Sighing slightly, Illidan placed a hand on his friend shoulder and kindly smiled at him. With gentleness in his voice, he said "You were never evil. The Yami I remember from that time, which is you, was one of the kindest, gentle kings of that time. You never once tried to start wars, or do anything that I would have questioned. Yes, I disagreed with a few decisions, but those were my opinions. You were a great king, and that much I know. There was never once anything you did that I considered evil."
Yami lightly nodded and quickly asked "But what if your memories were tampered with?"
Sighing again, Illidan said "Yami, my memories are as they always were which is crystal clear. Marie has even confirmed my memories with her Millennium Necklace and her own memories. So please, don't let this Raphael confuse you. You weren't evil. If you were, I'd never have allowed you to possibly return. As I say though, don't worry about it. It's a lie."
Nodding, Yami softly replied "Thank you. And thank you for the duel. Hopefully that is what I needed."
Smiling lightly at his friend, Illidan said "Yami, I'm not meaning to be mean to you, for you are my friend, my brother-in-law, and my pharaoh. I would never do anything to hurt you, but I can't have you go out and lose your soul either. If your soul is captured, I fear that the rebirth of that evil creature might happen."
Yami only nodded and replied "Trust me, I don't intend on letting my soul be captured… I just wish I had been able to save Yugi."
Noting the sadness, Illidan said "Try not to hang onto that sadness. It is alright to miss and cry for him, but don't let it cloud your feelings. Use the pain of loss as something to push you forward, something that you will be working towards."
Yami simply nodded to this, and Illidan lightly smiled, and said in an apologetic voice "And I'm sorry I punched you. I shouldn't have, but you needed it I think to snap you out of your funk."
Lightly chuckling, Yami replied "It helped. Thank you too."
The two then lightly laughed and rejoined the group. Together, they went back towards the trailer, thinking about what they wanted to eat.
The professor had awakened during the duel to find a familiar girl sitting beside his bed. Lightly smiling, he saw that the young woman noted that he was awake. She smiled at the man with silver hair and a mustache.
"Hello Pro… No, I always called you Pops. Hello Pops." Blue said warmly, hoping he wouldn't yell at her momentarily.
Smiling back at her warmly, he reached over and hugged her, pulling her in close as tears fell from his eyes. He softly said "Blue, you've returned. I'm so happy."
She smiled as he continued to hug her. Finally, they pulled apart and he looked into her eyes. "My, you've grown up so much in a year's time." he said with a smile.
"Pops, I'm sorry about last time…" Blue began, but was cut off.
"No need to apologize. It's alright my dear. I'm sorry if you felt I was treating you unfairly…" Professor Hawkins began, but was cut off by Blue then.
"No, I'm the one who should be sorry. You did nothing wrong. It's me who said those words. I'm very sorry for them. Hige had convinced me at the time that they were true, but now I realize they weren't. I'm sorry for ever saying them, so can you ever forgive me?" she said with tears lightly falling from her eyes.
Smiling, the old man gently wiped away the tears with his thumb from Blue's face, and replied "You have nothing to be sorry for my dear. I've never stopped loving you. To me, you will always be my little girl that could always make me smile."
Blue gently smiled as she sniffled, and felt like the world had been lifted off her shoulders. She embraced him again, feeling the warmth of his fatherly love. True he was old enough to be her grandfather, but she considered him her father. She would always feel that way.
"Thank you." she whispered.