Hello once again everyone. I had a pretty good weekend. I went to see my coy kitty as usual, and had a pretty good time. We loaded up my car with as much of her stuff as we could yesterday and I brought it all home to our apartment. Hmm, not much really happened while I was up there. I just kind of relaxed as much as I could, and laughed a lot at Naruto. We both had a good laugh at that episode (Shikamaru (I think that's how it's spelled) was up in the Chunin exam. It was classic, lol). Nothing else really notable happened this weekend.
In the last chapter, Illidan and friends arrived at a building that Dartz owns to find Darcia waiting for them. He allows both Illidan and Ryou to take him on, feeling confident in his abilities. So far, he's holding his own, and Illidan and Ryou are trying anything to slow him down. How long though before Darcia shows his true power, and will it be enough to take down both Illidan and Ryou?
For now though, it's time to answer some reviews!
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thanks! It's alright about not reviewing. It happens at times to everyone. Yeah, he managed to beat Kiba without the seal. Hehe, I wanted everyone to think he would use it, but thanks to a certain girl, he managed to keep from it. As for the sphinxes, we'll have to see, hehe. But yeah, that's who Cheza was. She was the woman Kiba loved, who was taken away. True, but you never know. Ryou may survive while Illidan loses or both may lose. You just never know, hehe.
Isis the Sphinx: Lol, well, he has one sphinx so far. True, Darcia isn't that easy a pushover on holding info. Well, Ryou does want Bakura back. If not for his own stupidity, he'd have possibly saved Bakura. That fact is gnawing away at him, hence the emotional outburst.
x-knight20: True, it is about time. They only took forever like Illidan and Marie. It took him nearly killing her to finally admit his feelings for her. Nah, his deck was before that structure deck came out actually.
ardee: Possibility there on the cards. After all, they are sphinx cards, hehe. As for using it on Anubis, who knows as well. Thanks for the comments about Anubis.
Metal Overlord 2.0: You may know a few, lol. True, they're in for a world of hurt, but that's as always, lol. Lol, yeah, it could be interesting to see how Ryou and Illidan react as a team. Yep, Blue and Vash are finally opening up to one another, letting how they actually feel. Lol, interesting with the filling up your mind with gas.
Well, that's all for this morning. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and send me lots of reviews. It's so fun to answer them. Later everyone.
Chapter 48
Darcia smirked as he drew, saying "Not bad you two, but you'll need more than that to beat me. Now watch as I play my trap card known as Pyramid of Light!" A blue beam then shot up into the higher part of the field. Four beams then shout out of the beam when it reached the top of the field. The four beams then began to fill in with blue energy, to where the seal and the pyramid were within one another. The walls took the sight of everything outside of the duel away, as well as those outside of the duels sight from the duel.
"ILLIDAN, RYOU!" called out Vash in shock as the pyramid now took any chance of them seeing what was going on.
He slightly growled in frustration as clung onto Vash's arm tighter. "Please be alright." she silently said.
Within the pyramid, Darcia laughed at the shock on Illidan and Ryou's faces. Both just glanced at the pyramid walls, seemingly trying to figure out what the card was doing to them.
Darcia then interrupted their looking by saying "Curious about the Pyramid of Light, aren't you both? Don't worry, it'll help me destroy you soon enough. I now play the spell card Pot of Greed, drawing two more cards. And now that I have the Pyramid of Light out, I can special summon these two monsters by paying 500 life points each! I give up 1000 life points to special summon Andro Sphinx (3000 + 500 3500/2500) and Sphinx Teleia (2500 + 500 3000/3000), both in attack mode!"
The first creature to appear was a monster that looked like it had the head of a lion, with a long flowing sandy blonde mane. It stood on two powerful brown legs, with blue armor covering it's torso to it's shoulders. On it's two powerful arms, at it's wrists, it had blue sleeve wrist pads. It's hands had sharp, powerful claws, seemingly sharp enough to tear through anything or anyone.
The second creature that then appeared had the head of a young woman with long pink hair. Her eyes were golden colored, and she had a small chain around her forehead that some girls wore for decoration. From her neck down though, she had a grey fur covered body of what looked like a lion that had wings. Around the bottom of her neck, there was a thick collar with a broken chain hanging from it. Her feet bore strong, powerful sharp claws that would cut anything it attacked into ribbons.
Illidan only gasped in shock, seeing that both monsters had 3000 attack points or more. "Great, now we're facing down two strong creatures. Still, we can do it. I know we can."
Smirking, Darcia then said "Luckily for both of you, the turn my two sphinxes are played, they can't attack. But that don't mean my Guardian Sphinx can't have it's fun. I now activate it's special ability, which allows me to flip it into face down defense mode." The image of the large stone sphinx then vanished from the field, only to become a horizontal card image that was face down.
Curious, Illidan asked "Why bother to flip it face down? We already know what it is."
Ryou only nodded in agreement, silently pondering why Darcia would make such a dumb mistake.
Chuckling, Darcia replied "It's simple, because I can now flip summon it back up! To rise up again Guardian Sphinx (2200/2400) in attack mode!" The card image then turned vertical, and then rose up, revealing the powerful stone sphinx once more.
"When Guardian Sphinx is flip summoned, his effect kicks in. Now all monsters on your two's fields are return to your hands!" That said, the sphinx shot a beam from it's eyes at each monster on the two fields. Slowly, each monster image vanished and both Illidan and Ryou's hands glowed as the cards returned to them.
"Not good…" Illidan said aloud.
Ryou only growled in frustration, knowing now he was wide open as well. "Why not pin a sign on both of us and say easy targets." he said in a foul manner.
Darcia only chuckled at the two's predicament, and said "And now, attack Illidan directly Guardian Sphinx with Stone Block Smash!" Several small stone blocks slowly lifted up from the stone sphinx's feet and then flew across the field straight at Illidan.
Before they could hit though, Ryou called out "It pains me to do this, but I activate the trap card The Regulation of Tribe! I can now declare one monster type, and that type of monster cannot attack for the duration of the duel so long as this trap is in play. So now, I declare that Rock type monsters can't attack!" The trap card image sent out chains from itself, which wrapped around the stones that were flying through the air. They were quickly destroyed, and then the chains attached themselves to the great stone sphinx.
Slightly growling, Darcia said "I'll end my move then." (Ryou 4000, Illidan 4000, Darcia 7000)
Smiling as he drew, Ryou said "You'd better be thankful that I saved your butt Illidan."
Smirking back, Illidan replied "I could have done it myself."
Chuckling, Ryou then said "Whatever you say. Now, on with my turn, and first, since it's my Standby Phase, I must sacrifice a monster to keep The Regulation of Tribe in play, but due that I have none, and that I don't really care, I don't sacrifice a monster, hence destroying my trap. Next, I summon my Scarr, Scout of Dark World (500/500) back in defense mode." The red skinned creature that was on all fours then appeared once again.
"I'll have to end my turn at that." (Ryou 4000, Illidan 4000, Darcia 7000)
Nodding, Illidan drew his card and said "I play the spell card Graceful Charity! Now I can draw three new cards, so long as I discard two from my hand when I'm done." Illidan quickly picked up three more cards to find his Armed Dragon LV5, Premature Burial, and Waboku.
With a smile, he said "I send Armed Dragon LV5 and Fusion Recovery both to the Graveyard. Next I play the spell card Premature Burial, allowing me to give up 800 life points in order to equip this card to one monster in my Graveyard. Then I can special summon that monster in attack mode, so I choose my Armed Dragon LV5 (2400/1700)!" A dark orange skinned dragon with dull grey metal armor, sharp clawed hands, strong legs, many spikes covering it's body, short stubby wings, a tail with a spiked ball on the end, and powerful eyes appeared with a loud roar.
"Now to take care of that one sphinx, once and for all! Armed Dragon, attack Guardian Sphinx with Infernal Roar!" The large orange skinned dragon rushed forward and slashed the large stone sphinx with both clawed hands, easily demolishing it to dust.
"Next, I summon Sasuke Samurai #4 (1200/1200) in defense mode." The small yellow headed samurai reappeared on the field in a one kneed position.
"Finally, I place three cards face down and move to my End Phase. Thanks to Armed Dragon LV5's effect, I can now sacrifice him in order to special summon Armed Dragon LV7 (2800/1000) in his place!" The large dragon glowed as it became larger. The glow died and a larger dragon with darker orange skin, the same dull grey armor, which now covered more of it's body appeared. It's wings were now encased in steel, it's hands still sharp with claws, it's tail now consisted of a spiked club. The dragon let out a loud roar, showing it's new founded power.
"I think that will end my turn." (Ryou 4000, Illidan 3200, Darcia 6800)
Darcia only smirked at this as he drew his next card, saying "You think just due that you destroyed my sphinx, you have a chance? Fools, you're terribly wrong! I now play the spell card called Card of Demise! Now I can draw till I hold five cards in my hand, but I must discard my hand in five turns. Next, I play my face down trap card, Call of the Haunted! I can now raise one monster of mine from the Graveyard back to the field, so I bring back my Guardian Sphinx (2200/2400)!" The stone sphinx then rose up once more, letting out a stony growl.
Seeing this, Illidan called out "Not this time! I reveal a trap card, Ring of Destruction! Now my trap card will destroy your sphinx, and each of us will have the attack points of your monster inflicted to our life points." A large ring made of metal with explosives attached then appeared and quickly began spinning rapidly. It then flew across the field and slipped over the sphinx's head till it was secure around it's neck.
Darcia only laughed at this, saying "You fool, you'll only lessen your chances at winning!"
Smirking, Illidan replied "Actually, I won't due to another face down card. I reveal my face down spell card Ring of Defense! Now I take zero damage while you still lose points!"
Darcia glared at Illidan and let a growl escape his throat, but he then calmed down and began chuckling evilly. He then said "You fool, it doesn't matter, I'll finish you this turn anyways! I play a spell card, Emergency Provisions, which allows me to sacrifice cards on my field in order to gain 1000 points each. So now, I'll sacrifice both my face up Pyramid of Light, Call of the Haunted, and my face down trap Statue of the Wicked to gain 3000 life points! And in case you didn't know, now your trap has no target, so take that!"
All three card images vanished instantly, forcing the blue pyramid surrounding the field to vanish as well. Then the rock sphinx exploded, due that the card that had brought it back was gone. Then suddenly, the large sandy blonde haired sphinx and the pink haired sphinx each exploded.
Shocked at this, Illidan asked "What happened?"
Laughing evilly, Darcia replied "When Pyramid of Light is destroyed, if either Andro Sphinx and/or Sphinx Teleia are on the field, they are both destroyed and removed from play. But in doing that, I'm allowed to special summon another monster that can only be summoned when both of those creatures are destroyed. Sure, I have to pay 500 life points, but I get to special summon the monster known as Theinen the Great Sphinx (3500 + 500 4000/3000) in attack mode!"
A monster that looked like a combination of the two sphinxes that were just destroyed then appeared. It's torso up was made up of the blonde haired sphinx, but on his back was the female sphinx. Below his torso, the sphinx had the female sphinx's body. To say the least, the creature looked rather fierce.
Illidan just stared in awe, now slightly afraid of the creature. "This is not good. That thing has 4000 attack points right off the bat!"
Darcia then interrupted his thoughts, saying "There is more, for now my monster's special ability is activated. By paying an additional 500 life points, I can now add 3000 additional attack points to Theinen for this turn (4000 + 3000 7000/3000)!" The large sphinx roared loudly as it's strength increased even more.
"Oh, and don't forget, now I get to special summon a Wicked Token (1000 + 500 1500/1000) to the field due to Statue of the Wicked being destroyed, so I summon it in attack mode!" A golden serpent creature with small arms then rose up on the field with a flickering tongue.
"And now, I play the spell card Dimension Fusion! This spell card allows me to pay 2000 life points, then we all special summon all the removed from play monsters we can to the field, but since only I have two, I bring back both Sphinx Teleia (3000/3000) and Andro Sphinx (3500/2500) in attack mode each!" The pink haired sphinx and the sandy blonde mane sphinx then rose up once more, letting out a horrible roar each.
"Of course, neither can attack this turn, but they'll tear you both apart soon enough! Now I summon Berserk Gorilla (2000 + 500 2500/1000) in attack mode!" A large brown gorilla with red eyes appeared on the field and began to smack it's chest hard with it's large hands.
Smirking evilly, Darcia then continued, saying "I now place one card face down, and it's time to finish you fools. Theinen the Great Sphinx, destroy Illidan's pathetic Armed Dragon with Great Sphinx Slash!" The large combo sphinx creature bounded across the field, eyes a blaze with evil.
Before the sphinx could strike though, Illidan called out "Not this turn you don't, for I have a trap! Go trap card, Waboku! Now I get to reduce the damage down to zero, and nothing basically happens to me, so take that!" Three female mages then appeared in front of the charging sphinx and held out their hands. The sphinx came to a stop and was forced to retreat for the time being.
Growling loudly, Darcia angrily spat "You'll pay for that! For now, I'll end my turn. You're both mine next turn though!" As Darcia ended, the large combo sphinx's points then began to go down to it's original points (4000/3000). (Ryou 4000, Illidan 3200, Darcia 6800)
Both Blue and Vash let out a sigh of relief, for they had seen the large blue pyramid vanish, but what they saw within when it had frightened both of them. There stood a large sphinx, but then two more sphinxes appeared, as well as a powerful gorilla.
"I'm afraid Vash." she said with a small voice.
He put his arm around her, trying his best to comfort her. "Don't worry Blue, those two can do it. I know they can." he said, trying hard to be positive.
Back on the field, Ryou drew his next card and looked at it and slightly growled. He then said "I summon Earthbound Spirit (500/2000) in defense mode." A dirt covered creature then erupted from the ground to take up a crouching position on Ryou's field.
"I think I'll end my turn at that." (Ryou 4000, Illidan 3200, Darcia 6800)
Illidan drew his next card and smiled saying "I play the spell card Pot of Greed! Now I can draw two new cards." He picked up his next two cards and smiled even bigger.
"I now place one card face down, and activate my Armed Dragon's special ability! By discarding a monster from my hand, I can now destroy all monsters on your field with attack points equal or less than the discarded one, and the one I'm discard is Silent Magician LV8, which has 3500 attack points! So say goodbye to four out of five of your monsters! Armed Dragon, use your Serrated Saw Discs to cut down Darcia's advantage!"
The large orange skinned dragon roared loudly as four glowing discs appeared on it's stomach. They then began to spin rapidly, till finally all four discs flew across the field, each disc cutting into one of Darcia's monsters. The sandy blonde mane sphinx was first to fall, next was the pink haired sphinx, then the brown gorilla, and finally the golden serpent creature. Each of the monsters exploded, causing a massive shock wave and a large cloud of smoke to appear.
Darcia was loudly growling, but then switched to a loud laughter, saying "You just triggered a spell card of mine! I reveal A Deal with Dark Ruler, which activates when I lose an eight star or higher monster to the Graveyard. Now I get to special summon from my deck Berserk Dragon (3500 + 500 4000/0) in attack mode!" A large brown, nearly black dragon that had silver flowing hair, red glowing eyes, a long tail, powerful legs and arms then appeared. It let out a loud roar, showing it's ferocity.
Slightly growling in frustration, Illidan sighed and said "I'll summon Emissary of the Afterlife (1600/800) in defense mode." The black cloaked grim reaper creature then reappeared on the field, taking a defensive stance instead this time.
"Finally, I'll switch my Armed Dragon LV7 into defense position. That does it for me." (Ryou 4000, Illidan 3200, Darcia 6800)
Darcia sneered and drew his next card, saying "You two are pathetic. But what else could I expect from a pair of ancient Egyptians who almost destroyed the world with their Shadow Magic."
Growling slightly, Illidan replied "We never once tried to! We all did our best to save Egypt, as well as the world, not destroy it!"
Laughing, Darcia replied "Don't take me for a fool, I was there! I saw how you and the others mishandled your Shadow Powers! I watched as the so called Shadow Court took it upon themselves to seal away all the Shadow Magic, but only to nearly use it to destroy everything!"
Slightly shocked, and curious, Illidan asked "What do you mean you was there?"
Chuckling evilly, Darcia replied "I was there five millennia ago in ancient Egypt, as was my master. We watched you Egyptians set up for the end of the world. Luckily, you fools did find a way to stop from destroying the world, but you nearly did destroy it nonetheless. It was sad to see what the world has become. After all, only ten thousand years ago, the world was nearly perfect."
Not understanding, Illidan asked "Do you mean you are five millennia old?"
Shaking his head, Darcia replied "No, I am ten millennia old!"