Hello once more everyone. Well, this week has been interesting, to say the least. First, I've had a few nights at my apartment, and so far, I like it. It's still kind of a shock to be living alone once more, like how it was at school, but I'm slowly getting used to it. Soon I won't be alone though, thankfully, due that my mate (wife) will be living there too. She gets to come visit for a week this Friday till a week from Sunday, thankfully. After that, it's only two weeks till she's permanently going to be living in the same apartment with me. I hardly wait till that day. It's coming up soon, and I'm excited.

Also, I've been putting away all of my stuff, and realizing I have too much junk, lol. But that's alright, seeing how I knew this before I moved and threw out what I could and didn't need, and put whatever else I wanted in storage. So, it's all good. I just need to finish putting stuff away the next day or two before Marie arrives.

Last time, Blue and Rebecca continued battling the twins, Shino and Shina, and only managed to get in deeper and deeper. Now the twins have the advantage, while Blue and Rebecca are struggling to keep alive. Can they manage to pull it together, or will the twins manage to fulfill their mission?

Lol, I'm not too, well, a little bit, surprised that no one got the answer to who Shina and Shino are. Hmm, perhaps one last clue. They are in one of my favorite animes, and are pretty dominant characters. Both are/were in love with the same man, with each apparently not too happy that the man can't decide between the two. As I said before, the two look similar, and the man in their lives has been confused on which the two are before. If I give much more than that, I might as well blurt it out, lol. If anyone can guess the identities of these two, I'll reward everyone with another chapter.

Ok, back to doing what I love doing, which is my reviews. So, it's time once more to answer them.

Ultimate Legendary Master: No, they don't look too good, but you never know. With Blue's turn coming up, possibly she can get something going, if she's lucky. Actually, if I said Dragon deck, I mean Dinosaur deck, lol. It's the one like Hasselberry's from GX. I don't duel too much, but I do duel my mate off and on. Sometime in the near future, I hope, I can get back into dueling again with my friends. Thanks for your comments

Mark Machine: Well, no, it's not Ino and Sakura. Mostly, I say that due to the hair coloring and eye color. The twins actually look rather similar. But yes, I thought about using Sakura and Ino as the second set of duelists, but I changed my mind. Yes, I had ninja on the mind at the time, lol, plus I had just watched Naruto's transformation episode. Actually, Mindless Banter does exist still, hopefully. It was there a month or two ago, lol. But anyways, yes, it does exist, and as I said, I based Deadman off of my real friend from there. He's actually in the Philippines at the moment, but will be returning this coming January. I can't wait to show him the chapters I used his character in. Lol, yeah, I did kind of tone down Rebecca's brat level, but she wasn't as bad when she appeared in the Seal season. Very true, but we'll find out soon enough. Well, everyone other than me will find out soon enough, lol, due that I did write the ending of it. But yes, the Wolf Pack are out in the wild blue yonder at the moment, so who knows when and where they'll strike. As for Illidan and crew meeting Darcia, possibly. They most likely have to go through Kiba and Toboe though to get to that point. Cheza could be either, but who knows with Kiba. Actually, I don't think Yugi and crew went to Florida actually. They got off track on the train, then went to a nearby city via Kaiba due that his men got to the research and the Kaiba Corp. computer could clear up the pictures. I was assuming that much, but I could be wrong. Actually, when I was working on Illidan's deck, I'm not sure if GX was out or not. I had ideas prior to seeing it, and then seeing GX, I got more ideas to add to it. His primary monsters, the Chaos monsters, are still within the deck, but I added some major support as well in the form of all of the LV monsters. And the addition of Anubis to Illidan's deck did make it that much harder to beat him. But as you've seen, Illidan has had a few close calls. His deck isn't perfect, but it's pretty durable and tough. Thanks for your comments.

Tomb Robber Vicky: It's alright, you'll maybe get it this time. But yes, they're getting on one another's nerves. That disrupts team work, and to win against Blue and Rebecca, they need it. Why can't you hire me Bakura? Just rob a bank or use some of your ancient loot to pay me off. I take credit, check, and cash, as well as gold, silver, or other expensive stuff.

Isis the Sphinx: Well, as I told you in the PM, I never said Yami didn't have one of the Dragons in his deck. I just never said he had used it around Illidan. Don't forget, he drew one card that kind of shocked him before losing to Illidan, which makes you wonder, if maybe, just maybe, it was his Dragon. Btw, I thought I'd just PM you the other day just to go ahead and answer your questions, and let you know that the Dragons could be in this story. As I said, I never said they're not in it, but didn't say they are. Yes, I'm using more mysterious language, lol.

Metal Overlord 2.0: Yeah, they're in quite a pickle at the moment. Lol, nice name for the twins, but yeah, Blue and Rebecca are losing points while the twins are getting points. But yeah, you never know, Blue and Rebecca could make a power move and get back into the game. Who knows with the sisters there. I saw you had updated, and as soon as I get a spare moment here at work (I'm not hard pressed, lol), I'll read it. I have to do it at work temporarily due that I have no internet at the apartment yet.

pink-kiss-candy: Armed, dangerous, and crazy eh? I think I should check to see if any kind of reward is out for him. (//Calls police and asks about reward. Is told there is a million dollar one out for Ryon.\\) Time to go hunting for Ryon. (//Smells air and picks up Ryon's scent.\\) Hmm, he seems to be heading for the doctor's house. Perfect.

ardee: Thanks for your comments. I try hard to make my story stand out a little bit from the show, and I didn't try to follow the show perfectly. ToP was on it's own, but TWS went parallel with the show, which nobody at first noticed, hehe. But thank you again for your comments. I appreciate them.

Wow, that has to be the longest review session I've worked on so far! Yet, it makes me so happy to answer it. Like I always say, I love answering my reviews. I'm glad everyone likes this story so far, and I hope that you all continue to like it. Right now, I'm unsure of what I'll do once this story ends, but I'll figure that one out sooner or later. Hopefully sooner than later, lol. Anyways, till next time, everyone enjoy this chapter, and if anybody guesses the identities of Shina and Shino, I'll post the new chapter for everyone. Later all.

Chapter 39

Blue looked worriedly over at her sister, knowing that her next turn, if she didn't draw something, they'd be finished. Closing her eyes, Blue felt the worry and the fear hit her mind. "If I don't draw something now, we'll lose our souls. I can't lose Rebecca though. She's my sister, and I love her! I can't let her fall at the hands of these two. No, I refuse to let my sister fall in battle. I've got to find a way to beat these two, but how?"

She then heard a familiar voice, the same one she had heard in her previous duel, say "Believe in yourself Blue. Remember, I am always with you." Eyes still closed, Blue realized immediately who it was. She knew that it could only be one person, the same one person she wished to save.

Mentally, she said "I have to believe. Not for just my sake or Rebecca's, but for Marie's! I can't quit now, no matter what. I will win, and I'll start doing it right now!"

Blue then felt the one who had spoke to her smile, and say "I know you can do it."

Nodding mentally, Blue opened her eyes and drew her next card. She smiled at the sight of it and said "I'm a long ways from being defeated yet, and you two should watch out, because I'm coming for you both! First in my Standby Phase, I gain 200 life points thanks to Marie the Fallen One. Next, I play the spell card known as Card of Demise! This spell card allows me to draw till I hold five cards, but I must discard my entire hand in five turns."

With ease, Blue picked up five new cards and smiled at the five. "I now play the ritual spell card Shinato's Ark, which makes me send monsters totaling eight stars or more to my Graveyard from my hand or field. So, I discard my Moisture Creature, which is a nine star monster, to the Graveyard. This allows me to now special summon Shinato, King of a Higher Plane (3300/3000) to the field in attack mode!" A large blue skinned angel with regal looking white robes, and powerful golden wings then appeared on the field.

"I'm not through yet, for now I summon Asura Priest (1700/1200) in attack mode!" A man with blue hair, light grey skin, four arms, and draped in red then appeared on the field.

"Next up, I play the equip spell card Megamorph, and equip it to Asura Priest, thus doubling the attack points of my Asura Priest (3400/1200)!" The grey skinned monster glowed brightly with multicolor glow, making it's strength instantly double.

Shina and Shino slightly cringed, but Shina then broke out laughing, saying "You're a foolish one Blue. That monster will only cut down one of our monsters, and at most, you can do only 3400 damage. What a pathetic move!"

Smirking, Blue replied "Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Asura Priest's special ability. You see, he can attack all your monsters on the field in the same turn."

Shina immediately stopped laughing and her face turned a pale white. She slowly said "That can't be true…"

Blue lightly smirked and said "But it is, and to prove it, I'll show you right now! Asura Priest, attack all of Shina and Shino's monsters with Daggers of Demise!" The four armed monster grabbed onto four daggers that materialized in it's hand. It then threw a dagger at each of the three goat creatures and the white dressed monster. Each was cut down easily by the attacks, and exploded into many pieces. The monster then created two more daggers and threw them at the black dressed monster and the doll creature, easily destroying each monster.

"I'm not through with you two yet! Shinato, attack Shina directly with Cosmic Halo!" The large blue skinned angel extended his arms and spread them, causing twelve spheres to appear in front of himself. The twelve spheres then began to spin in a circle till finally a halo seemed to appear. With a pointing finger, the angel sent the sphere flying across the field, causing it to strike Shina hard, making her fall to her knees in pain.

"This shall do it for my turn, and since I'm ending my move, Asura Priest now returns to my hand since he's a Spirit type monster. That does it for me." (Shina, Shino 4100; Rebecca, Blue 1050)

Rebecca gave Blue a big thumbs up and a happy smile, saying "Great job sis!"

Nodding back, Blue replied "Thanks."

A loud growl was then heard as Shina stood up and screamed "HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO ME!? I'LL DESTROY YOU!"

Shino was quick to say "Shina, calm down. You're losing…"

"I DON'T CARE! I WILL ANNILATE BLUE AT ANY COST!" screamed back Shina with fire flashing her eyes. The seal was reacting to her anger, and began to flicker into brighter shades of green.

The professor and Duke watched this, and Duke asked "Why is it doing that professor?"

Thinking for a moment, the professor finally said "My only guess is that the seal is driven by emotions. The angrier a person gets, the more the seal reacts."

Nodding, Duke replied "Looks like she is pretty mad then."

Back in the seal, Shina was seething with anger still. She drew her card and angrily said "I place one card face down and end!" (Shina, Shino 4100; Rebecca, Blue 1050)

Smirking, Rebecca drew her next card and said "I'll first activate Weapon Change's effect in my Standby Phase. Now I choose to pay the points, but due to Spell Economics, I pay nothing. Next, I use Weapon Change's effect on my Millennium Shield again, meaning it keeps it's 3000 attack points…"

Shina suddenly interrupted Rebecca, screaming "PERFECT! YOU LOSE LITTLE GIRLS! I play the trap Ring of Destruction, and use it to destroy your pathetic Millennium Shield! Farewell fools!" A huge collar with explosives attached appeared on the field and quickly spun across the field and squeezed itself around the large shield. The explosives then began to glow bright red.

The professor only gasped, screaming "NO!!!!"

"Rebecca, Blue!" screamed out Duke as he knew what would happen to them.

Shina only laughed evilly, saying "Farewell you fools!"

The large collar then exploded, destroying the large shield in a single blast. Before the damage could hit Rebecca though, she called out "I activate a trap card known as Barrel Behind the Door! I was saving this for that Curran, but I think this is more fitting! Now my trap sends the damage I'd receive flying back at you instead!"

Shino gasped and Shina simply screamed "NOOOO!!! This can't be happening!"

Shina's screams and protests were simply ignored though, for the blast from the destruction of the large shield struck her first for the damage her collar would inflict originally. Then the second wave that was meant for Blue and Rebecca struck her again, making her scream in pain loudly as she fell to her hands and knees.

When the last of Shino and Shina's life points drained away, the seal began to react instantly. It began to retract around the two girls and began to glow brighter.

Shino let a silent tear fall down her face as she looked up to the sky and softly said "I'm so sorry Iya that I won't be able to tell you I lov…"

That was all she got out before the seal glowed bright green and her soul was taken. Shina only screamed in agony as the seal swallowed her soul as well. The seal then vanished from the ground, and the two girls fell to the ground with a soft thump.

Once it was over, Blue and Rebecca each fell to one knee panting hard. The professor and Duke were quick to run to the field and check on the girls, making sure they were still alright.

The professor gently gathered Rebecca up in his arms, worriedly asking "Are you alright Rebecca?!"

Smiling, Rebecca softly said "Yeah, I'm fine Grandpa. I'm just a bit worn out. That duel was the most physical duel I've ever been in."

Letting out a sigh of relief, the professor smiled and said "I'm proud of you for helping Blue. You did a good job."

Rebecca only smiled back and slowly stood up with her grandfather's help. With Blue, Duke offered her a hand, which she gladly took. Blue let out a sad sigh as she saw that the two girls were on the ground. Slowly, Blue made her way over to check on both.

As she had predicted, both had lost their souls. She gently picked Shino up and walked towards the trailer, intent on getting her into some shelter. Seeing what Blue was doing, Duke went over to Shina's body and did the same. Both were taken into the living room and set on the couch and loveseat.

Walking back outside, Blue slumped down onto the ground. She looked up at the sky, hoping against all things that Vash, Ryou, and Illidan were safe. As if reading her mind, Duke said "They'll be fine blue. Each is strong, and I know Illidan will for sure be back from his duel. Ryou is tough as well, and I know he'll keep Vash with him."

She sadly smiled at him and nodded her head. "He better be alright. I've yet to tell him how I feel about him. I… I don't know if he feels the same way, but I have to tell him somehow. I don't want to lose Vash without him knowing how I feel at the least."

Sighing, she then walked back inside and grabbed something to drink. She then took her usual waiting spot again.

After about two hours, a jeep appeared in sight. It was coming from the direction Vash and Ryou had been dragged, and was driving slightly erratically. Unsure of whom it was, Blue grabbed a pair of binoculars from her the professor's trailer and checked to see who it was really. She instantly recognized the two grey headed youths that were upfront, and her heart skipped a beat as she knew they were both fine. "Thank goodness." she silently said to herself.

The jeep soon pulled up to the trailer, and a dusty Ryou and Vash hopped out. "YOU SHOULD NEVER DRIVE AGAIN! YOU COULD HAVE KILLED US!" screamed Vash.

Ryou only chuckled and said "You were the one who got in the passenger seat, not me."

Vash only gave a death glare at Ryou, but that was subsided as he saw Blue running towards him. His face immediately softened as she embraced him, pulling him into a tight hug. He gladly returned the hug, thankful that she was also fine.

Ryou about this time cleared his throat and said "It's nice to watch you two hug and all, but we have more pressing things to take care of, or do you not care about these two?"

Reluctantly, Vash let go of Blue, who did the same to Vash. She looked at the jeep and saw the two youths that had been driving the jeep earlier. "Haru and Suke." she lightly said above a whisper.

Looking at her, Vash said "You knew these two?"

Nodding sadly, she said "They were part of another group that was training. These two and the two in the house were all part of another group that has been training for only a year. They were the younger group, mostly the group that would be called on if something went horribly wrong with the other two groups."

Understanding what she was saying, Vash replied "They fought hard. I was surprised at how good they were actually."

Blue lightly smiled and said "Yeah, they were a good group. I never got to watch them duel, but I heard good things about them. It's such a shame to see them like this though."

Ryou then interrupted, saying "For heaven's bloody sake, let's get them inside already!"

Waking up from their conversation, both Blue and Vash nodded. Vash picked up Haru gently, as Ryou picked up Suke. The two then slowly walked into the trailer and gently sat them on the floor next to Shina and Shino.

"That should do it for now." Vash said.

The three then returned outside to see a cloud of dust following a vehicle. After picking up the binoculars, Blue excitedly said "It's Illidan! He's back!"

Both Blue and Vash smiled, and Ryou even let a small one appear on the corner of his lips. The three patiently waited for the jeep to pull up to the trailer. Within a moment, the jeep pulled in and Illidan jumped out, shaking the dust off his body.

He smiled at the group and said "Glad to see you all made it out alive as well."

Each nodded and said "We all won our duels."

Nodding back, Illidan pulled the body that was in the back into his arms. He slowly carried it inside and set it down in the recliner gently. Looking at the body, Blue slightly gasped and said "Deadman…"

Looking back at Blue, Illidan replied "I take it you knew him and the others then."

She nodded back, saying "Yes I did. They were the third group training. Deadman there was their leader. They've only been training for a year though."

Nodding with understanding, Illidan said "I knew him as well. He was a friend I met online. He was supposed to be in the Philippines, but instead he got caught up in this war."

Closing his eyes, he sadly said "How many more people are going to be dragged into a war that none of them started!? It is ridiculous of this group to be hurting innocent people like this. Randy should never have been put in that position. You shouldn't have been forced into it. None of the Wolf Pack or this other group should have ever been forced."

Opening his eyes and turning towards Blue, she saw fiery determination burning in his eyes as he said "I vow to put an end to this! Too many people who didn't deserve this have already suffered, and I won't stop till I put an end to the ones pulling the strings! They have no right to use everyone as pawns. If they want me, then they should come and get me. Since they're too cowardly to, I'll find them, at any cost, and put an end to this game!"

Blue was semi-shocked at his bold statement, but not entirely. She knew Illidan would do anything and everything to save Marie, and now he was saying he would put an end to the hunt altogether. Nodding, she said "You know that means you'll have to find Kiba and Toboe too, don't you?"

With fire still in his eyes, he said "Yes, I do know that, but I'll try to persuade them to just give me the location I need. Once the puppet master is out of the way, I have a feeling the others will let things go as well. At the least, I hope they do."

Blue lightly nodded and asked "What now?"

Looking at the others as well as Blue, he said "We go ahead to Santa Barbara. It's obvious they're waiting for us, and I won't put anyone else in danger in the meantime."

Rebecca was about to argue back, but Blue shook her head and said "No sister, don't. We can't keep putting you all in danger. You'll be a lot safer if we go ahead of you all."

Sighing, Rebecca nodded sadly and said "Just be careful."

Nodding back, Rebecca said "We will, I promise."

Illidan then said "Guys, let's head on out. We need to try and get there soon."

Each nodded and then said their goodbyes. Blue hugged both Rebecca and the professor goodbye, telling each she'd return to them soon as possible.

Before leaving, Illidan asked the professor "Do you think you can keep a watch over these five?"

Looking at the five in the living room of the trailer, the professor smiled and nodded, saying "Yes, we'll keep an eye on them. Safe journey to you all."

Nodding back, Illidan said "Safe journey to you all too. Let's move out guys!"

With that said the group of four got into two of the four jeeps, with Illidan and Ryou in one jeep, and Blue and Vash in the other. They let the engines roar to life and then tore off in the direction of Santa Barbara, hoping to find answers from the remaining Wolf Pack members.