Hey there once again everybody. Glad you all liked the last chapter and have an idea now where the story is related to the show. The groups are now headed out, and are splitting up. As in the show, Yami and crew are train bound for Florida, while Illidan and crew are headed towards Santa Barbra with the professor, Duke, and Rebecca. Also, a new group has moved in to take over for the Wolf Pack's mistakes. Can this group do what Kiba and his pack couldn't, or will Illidan and friends manage to stave off the new group? This and more shall be answered in the next chapters.
Alright, enough of that for the moment. Hmm, possibly next week, I may, or may not, be able to post chapters. It all depends really on how things go this week. See, I'm in the process of preparing to move out to my own place, so getting internet there may take a short time. I may do the reviews from work, pending of course on how busy I am. Anyways, I'll keep you all posted on it.
Ok, now that that's over, time to get down to answering some reviews.
Tomb Robber Vicky: Yeah, more evil people are after the group. This road trip could turn out to not be as much fun as it could be. Sure Bakura, it's just a bodily function… One that you seem to do a bit too often, lol.
Ultimate Legendary Master: Alright, it's cool. Lol, sometimes the voice things do get hard to do. Cheza, well, let's just say that person is to be explained soon enough by Kiba.
pink-kiss-candy: Yep, she has a crush. More like a stalking problem really, hehe. Hehe, thanks. (//Loves being the hero.\\) Poor Ryon, he's never the hero. Well, he could be now. Hmm, a good hero name for him would be Super Toilet! Yeah, that'd work. Don't you think so Toilet Nakura? (//Hears a flushing sound that makes him think otherwise.\\)
Brianna Ishtar: Uh, I don't think she's alright there Berry. (//Helps Brianna breathe again.\\) Better?
Berry Kisses: True, it's no wonder Ryon is so bad off. Actually, I think we have a tape of what happened. (//Flashback begins.\\) Doctor: "Say aww." Ryon: (//Punches doctor in the mouth.\\) (//Flashback ends.\\)
Fire Princess: Yeah, someone who won't stop smiling is SO MUCH better. (//Sees Tea still smiling.\\) Ok, that's just plain freaky. And here I thought being a half demon freaked people out. She's a million times worse.
Strawberry Cake: Right, there should be more people like me! Hmm, maybe to balance out the equation, I need to go on a slashing rampage and get rid of the people like Ryon. Yeah, that'd do it. Who's with me!?
sweetxokissesxo: I'm no jerk. I think he was better a person as the toilet fusion. Anyone up for me fixing that?
Ryon Nakura: Damn Ryon, why are you showing these pictures that are so freaking odd, if not disturbing. You need a new hobby. Take a vacation or something to get this doctor and evil half demon syndrome out of your system. It'd do you some good.
Isis the Sphinx: Yay! It was Friday, it was Friday… Now it's Sunday… I hate Monday… (//Gets depressed.\\) Oh wait, I like work! Never mind, hehe. At least the people and the place I work at I should say. Not everyone was headed for Florida I thought… I thought the professor, Rebecca, and Duke were headed elsewhere. Hmm, maybe I'm wrong. Anyways, the others had to go to the airport, which happens to be on the same direction, so it's all good. Lol, yes, I thought it'd be some nice humor if Blue and Rebecca had a bit of sisterly rivalry.
Metal Overlord 2.0: Yeah, the next crew is coming in, and coming in fast. But yeah, it's going to be interesting to see what happens now. Will the new crew hit Illidan and friends before they make it to Santa Barbra, or after? And will they even have any success? That's one of many questions to be answered.
Ok, that's it for tonight. Hopefully if all goes well, I'll be able to post like normal next week. If I can't, I'll let you all know. Well, till next time everyone, enjoy the chapters, and remember, I love reviews! Later all.
Chapter 32
The first few hours of the trip were uneventful. They had left at eight in the morning from the train station, and it was now approaching ten. The radio between the truck and the trailer had been quiet since nine, and the others had taken this time to speak to one another.
The professor had been talking with Blue and Vash since they had hit the road, with Vash mostly listening and smiling and adding in occasionally. Illidan though, sat in silence by himself with Ryou close by. Illidan appeared to be meditating while just had his eyes closed, seemingly listening and keeping a small watch of things.
Up front, Duke and Rebecca were making small talk, mostly Rebecca complaining. "I can't believe that idiot would be so stupid as to use the seal!" complained Rebecca.
Duke only sighed, for he had heard the same thing for the last two hours non-stop since they pulled out. "Rebecca, you know the Pharaoh didn't mean to risk Yugi that way. He was reckless, yes, but he is sorry beyond belief now. Why can't you let it go for now?" asked Duke, hoping his words had at least settled her slightly.
Tears formed in her eyes as she said "I just can't forgive him. What he did was irresponsible, reckless, and the most foolish thing he could have ever done. Yugi didn't deserve to lose his soul. That idiot Pharaoh did, not Yugi!"
Sighing, Duke kindly replied "I understand your anger and sadness Rebecca, but blaming the Pharaoh now won't help. We have to remember that the Pharaoh is bound and determined to rescue Yugi. Just like our friends in the back, they're determined no matter what to save their friends."
Rebecca lightly sniffled at that, but only looked away out the window. She then noticed a vehicle out in the desert kicking up dust. "Duke, do you see that jeep there?" she asked.
Looking over, Duke nodded, and then looked out his side. He saw another jeep running parallel with the other jeep as well as their vehicle. "Odd, there are two of them, and they're keeping even with us." he commented.
After his comment, Duke suddenly put two and two together, and gunned the engine. The others in the back felt the sudden jolt, and Illidan lightly growled as he came out of his meditative state. He walked over and picked up the radio, and said "Duke, quit going so fast. There are people back here, you know!"
Duke picked up his radio, but noticed that the two jeeps were still parallel with them. "I would take it easy, but we have two jeeps running side by side with us. I'm trying to lose them by speeding up." he replied.
Illidan only chuckled and said "You're trying to lose them when you have a heavier load than them. Not very bright there Duke."
"Oh shut up Illidan!" Duke replied as he threw the radio back in the seat. He then noticed another jeep ahead that was blocking the road. Growling, Duke began to slow down, knowing he had no choice since the other two jeeps had him boxed in now.
Feeling the slow down, Illidan radioed back "What's going on Duke? Why are we stopping?"
He soon got his reply back from Rebecca, who said "Illidan, three jeeps have us boxed in. We've got to stop in order to keep from hitting the one blocking the road."
Sighing, Illidan grabbed his Duel Disk and told the others "Better get your gear ready. I have a feeling we're in for a fight."
The others only complied and grabbed their Duel Disks, making sure they were ready for anything. The professor only walked up to Blue as she prepared, and kindly said "Please be careful Blue."
She lightly smiled at him and replied "Don't worry Pops, I don't intend on losing my soul to anyone in a duel."
He lightly nodded, with worry still on his face. Blue then walked forward and hugged him, whispering to him "Remember, I'll always love you Pops."
He only squeezed her tighter into the embrace and finally released her. The group then headed for the door as they felt the truck completely stop. They then opened the door, not knowing what danger awaited them outside.
As soon as the truck stopped, five figures surrounded the truck and trailer. When Illidan stepped out, he saw two were young women, two were young boys, possibly around the age of fifteen, maybe sixteen, and then one lone figure at the head of the truck. Silently, Illidan said in his mind "This isn't the Wolf Pack. Who are these people?"
Blue lightly gasped at the sight of the five, making Illidan realize they might be some friends of the Wolf Pack's then. The one lone figure at the front of the truck smirked at the gasp and slowly strode forward towards the truck.
Before anything could happen though, Duke jumped out of the truck and stood protectively in front of the others. "What do you want?!" he asked in an irritated voice.
"Step aside." the lone figure said.
Duke refused to move though, and said "Listen, I don't know what you want, or who you are, but I'm not moving till I get some answers."
The figure continued to only stand there, so Duke simply said "Well, I guess I won't get answers from you. In that case, I'll just beat them out of you!"
That said, Duke charged forward, fists balled up. He swung in with a right hook, but the figure dodged and kicked Duke hard in the chest with a front kick, making Duke cry out in pain as he fell to the ground with a thud. He laid there writhing in pain as the figure simply said "Stay down, if you know what's good for you."
Illidan then stepped forward, and said "That's enough. I'm the one you want, so leave them all out of this."
The figure smirked and shook his head, saying "The other four are involved in this too you see. Each has something we desire, so I suggest surrendering your souls now, and your Egyptian God Card."
Illidan only slightly smirked and said "If we don't?"
The figure only smirked back and snapped his fingers. Suddenly, four nets were fired into the air from one of the women in the group. The nets ensnared Illidan, Vash, Ryou, and Blue quite easily. Each of the group struggled to free themselves, but the nets were too thick.
The figure only cackled as he took the rope to Illidan's net and hooked it to the jeep in the front of the truck. He then hopped back into his jeep and fired it back up, and took off, dragging Illidan behind him in the net. The net had a padded bottom side, keeping Illidan from being injured, which Illidan was rather thankful. He glanced back as he saw Ryou and Vash being done the same way by another two, and then only Blue remained with the two young women. That was the last thing he saw as the dust became too thick to see through.
Illidan stopped struggling in the net once he realized he had no way out. He only remained calm, letting the maniac driving the jeep take him wherever they were going. Thinking quickly, he timed the trip, hoping to know how far he might be from the others. He also tried to look to see if he could noticed any markers, but the dust was too thick, not to mention they were in the desert, making it that much harder to find markers. Finally, he just relaxed and let the trip continue on.
After about thirty minutes, Illidan felt the jeep slow and finally they stopped completely. Knocking the dust away from his eyes, he opened them to see they were still in the desert. The one who had dragged him away came back and opened the net, allowing Illidan to get out.
"Here, take this and clean your face off." the figure said as he threw a wet cloth to Illidan. Illidan amazingly caught it with closed eyes and noted the cloth was just soaked with water.
Illidan gladly scrubbed the dirt off his face till he could see well. He checked his body as well, making sure he had no cuts or bruises. He only noted one or two minor scratches, but nothing a day or two wouldn't heal.
He then glanced over at the figure, which stood with arms crossed. Illidan now looked him over, seeing he had on a black leather jacket, a black muscle shirt, black leather pants, and finally black boots. He had black shoulder length hair and green eyes. His expression was that of calm, which his personality seemed to suite.
Slowly, Illidan walked towards him, saying "I take it you're a part of the Wolf Pack?"
The figure lightly laughed, saying "No, I'm not. I am friends with most of the members, or I should say used to be friends since you took away part of them. I'm here from a different group, to finish what the Wolf Pack started. I'm part of the Vampire Flock."
Illidan only lightly chuckled, saying "The end crew huh, cute. So, I guess you dragged me out here to duel."
The figure nodded, saying "Yes, I have. Your other friends will be dueling at the same time, so this problem of them will be eliminated all at once."
Illidan lightly growled at this, but quickly resumed his icy cool face and said "Well, let's get to it. Who are you, by the way?"
"You may call me Deadman for now." the figure replied.
"Nice name. It's proper for the place you'll be headed if you use the Seal of Orichalcos against me." Illidan was quick to say.
Deadman only lightly chuckled and said "We'll see."
The two then pulled out their decks and shuffled. Once satisfied, each stuck their decks into their Duel Disks and then powered them up. Deadman's black Duel Disk, much like the other Wolf Pack members, powered up and shot out a blade to duel on. Illidan's as usual unfolded and powered up. Each then drew their first five cards and called out "Let's Duel!"
Drawing his sixth card, Deadman said "I'll start, so I'll begin by summoning Pyramid Turtle (1200/1400) in attack mode." A turtle with a pyramid on it's back as it's shell then appeared on the field. The pyramid had an odd red eye in the center of it, making the creature look just that much odder.
"To end, I'll place one card face down." (Deadman 8000, Illidan 8000)
"That it? What a shame!" Illidan called out as he drew his sixth card. Examining his hand, he saw he had Armed Dragon LV5, Dimension Wall, Waboku, Shining Angel, De-Fusion, and his newly drawn Cyber Dragon.
"I'll start by using my Cyber Dragon's special ability. Since I have no monsters, and you have at least one, I can special summon him to the field in attack mode, so rise Cyber Dragon (2100/1600)!" A metallic snake like dragon then appeared on the field, letting off a metallic roar.
"He won't be around long, for now I sacrifice him for a stronger dragon, my Armed Dragon LV5 (2400/1700) in attack mode!" The metallic dragon vanished as an orange skinned dragon with dull grey armor appeared in it's place. It's stubby wings lightly flapped as the spikes on it's body popped out into position. The dragon flexed it's claws, readying itself for a fight.
Smirking, Deadman said "You don't waste much time, do you Illidan?"
Illidan only lightly chuckled and replied "I prefer to take my problems head on. Now, Armed Dragon, attack with Infernal Roar!" The orange dragon roared loudly as it charged the turtle. With a quick swipe of both claws, the dragon easily tore apart the turtle's pyramid shell, making it explode.
Deadman chuckled as he said "Thanks there Illidan, for now you've activated my monster's special ability. When Pyramid Turtle is sent to the Graveyard due to battle, I can special summon one Zombie type monster from my deck to the field with 2000 or less defense points. The monster I'll choose is my Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower (400/1500) in defense mode." A tower made up of bones and black goop then appeared on the field. At the top was a small white light, where souls appeared to be swarming.
Illidan lightly smirked at the monster, but knew better than to underestimate it. Looking at his hand, he said "I place two cards face down, and then move to my End Phase, in which I can now activate Armed Dragon LV5's special ability. You see, the turn Armed Dragon LV5 destroys a monster, during that End Phase, I can sacrifice him in order to special summon Armed Dragon LV7 (2800/1000)!" The orange skinned dragon vanished as a new orange skinned dragon with dull metal armor reappeared in it's place. It was larger, had sharper claws, silver metallic wings, and a large tail. It let out a horrifying roar, trying hard to frighten it's competition.
"That'll end my move." (Deadman 6800, Illidan 8000)
Smirking, Deadman drew his next card and said "You may have done some damage, but that won't matter soon. Now I activate my trap card, Call of the Haunted. I can now special summon one monster from my Graveyard to the field in attack mode, so since I only have one, I'll revive my Pyramid Turtle (1200/1400)!" The brown colored turtle with a huge pyramid on it's back then reappeared, letting out a small grunt.
"Now for the fun part. You see, as long as Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower is out, whenever I special summon one Zombie type monster successfully, you're forced to send two cards from the top of your deck to the Graveyard."
Illidan was slightly shocked at this, but nodded and drew. He showed his Dark Magician of Chaos and Silent Magician LV8 was the cards he had drawn and then placed them in his Graveyard.
Deadman lightly chuckled, saying "Now your favorite monster is trapped in the Graveyard. Not that he'd have made a difference in this battle. It's just like that time the vampire cows battled the half demon minions, eh Illidan? Of course, a vampire vs. a half demon was in the makings, but we never did settle things, did we?"
Slightly curious to what he meant, Illidan said "Huh? What are you talking about?"
After thinking for a moment, Illidan realized he knew what Deadman was talking about. On a website he used to frequent, called Mindless Banter, he called himself a half demon after a friend of his there called himself a vampire. His friend had also built an army of vampire cows, so not to be left out, Illidan recruited half demon minions. It was all just a fun game, and the two would say a war was going on, but it was all just fun and games.
"How he knows about this, I'm not sure." Illidan silently thought.
"What's wrong Illidan can't put two and two together yet?" Deadman mockingly said, which interrupted Illidan's thoughts.
Looking back up, Illidan realized then what was going on. "You think by confusing me and talking about that place you can actually get me off kilter." he stated.
Deadman smirked and said "No, I'm just giving you a hint on who I really am."
Illidan shook his head and lightly chuckled, saying "You're not the one I knew. My friend is gone on a mission trip, and won't be back for another year."
Smirking again, Deadman replied "I guess I'll just have to prove it to you, but you always were a hard headed one. Some personal things you told me should convince you that I truly am who I say I am."
Closing his eyes, Deadman then said "Ah yes, some personal things about you. I remember you trying to help me when I was mobbed on Etc. You bravely jumped in, saying what was going on was wrong, that they should leave me be. You then so boldly stated later what had happened, and to why many of the people there were being mistreated by the moderators. You then went to Mindless Banter, where you became a moderator, and eventually a Global Moderator. Want me to get more personal, or that close enough?"
Illidan was shocked that the guy standing before him knew this much. It was true, he had helped a friend that was nicknamed Deadman on Etc, and had eventually gone to Mindless Banter where Deadman was an admin. Illidan then said "That information could have easily been hacked out of Etc and Banter, so don't think you can convince me that you're really him."
Smirking, Deadman opened his eyes and said "Very well, I see you need more proof. You once told me that Marie is the best thing to ever come into your life, that if it wasn't for her, you'd be lost. Another interesting tidbit you told me about was you were frightened of one day losing her, that you would say or do something that would drive her away."
Illidan's eyes widened at this information. What was being said was true. He had told some of his close personal friends this information, but only a few knew the other stories, especially only one. "But it can't be…" he mentally said.
Smirking still and seeing Illidan's reaction, Deadman continued on, saying "You also once told me that if not for your family, you'd have married Marie long ago, that you are happiest when you're with her. Also, that you vowed to never break her heart, to always do the right thing, and to lay down your life if it came down to protecting her. Do you know who I am yet?"
In a shocked voice, he said barely over a whisper "Randy…"