Hey everybody! Ouch, it hurts to type. Lol, kidding. Yesterday was a blast at work. We had our in house Christmas party, which consisted of having pizza and opening Secret Santa gifts. I got a CD player, which was cool, and the guy I bought for got a gift certificate to the China Buffet across the street. Lol, it's kind of a long story to explain that one. Afterwards, we had a great game of basketball. Man, it was awesome, but I thought I was going to snap my left ankle. I kind of slid on the floor, but managed to maintain my balance. Still, it hurt like hell. When I went home, I was somewhat sore. Then my silly mate of a half cat decided I wasn't worn out enough yet, hehe. Afterwards, I was exhausted, and somehow dragged myself up to my feet again. We then watched Cars, which I must say was pretty cool. It's not a kid movie, well, completely. It was really nice. Afterwards, we watched Transporter 2, which I had seen a bit of, but not all of it. Lots of action, lots of guns firing, and lots of stunts. To say the least, it was great!
Well, let's see, last time Marie finished the vision, but Illidan had a sneaking suspicion that she's hiding something from him due that the visions skipped around. Marie also continued her assault on Illidan, whom was overwhelmed, and totally unsure of what to do. Finally bored with him, Marie began the duel, preparing the two for a battle that won't end well.
Time to start answering some reviews. I see I got plenty of them this time, which is so cool guys. Well, let's get down to it!
Ultimate Legendary Master: Yep, the duel is starting, but how will this one end. I thought about naming it different, but decided to keep the current title. ASAP huh? Well, you got it! I'll do it today! In fact, I'll do it after the reviews!
x-knight20: Thanks. True, it will be a depressing duel, but you never know. Illidan may finally get through to her.
pink-kiss-candy: He is supposed to be in the asylum, but I guess he escaped. Ryon, I think you need help. There are no such thing as shape-shifters. Now, if it were a demon, or a homunculus, then I could understand, but I doubt it is. (//Throws straight jacket at him while he's lying on ground.\\) Put that back on and go back to the asylum.
Ryon Nakura: LOL! You're losing it man. Btw, those are my footsteps. You dropped this. (//Hands him box of mouse traps, that some how jump out and latch onto his body.\\) (//Ryon:\\) "Ouch…" Oops, sorry about that.
Isis the Sphinx: Yep, the duel started suddenly. Yes, it goes further into detail on what happened. Actually, THotMI will explain it later on, but still, I'm going to be first to cross the finish line, hehe. I wish my brain would get cranked up too, but alas, it isn't, yet…
ardee: That's pretty cool. Yeah, it was kind of foreseeable that there would be a duel. No way was Illidan going to get her to back down. But as for how it plays out, you never know. He could give up like Marie did, and she goes on to save him, or maybe Illidan will defeat Marie and continue on to save her. As for what happens afterwards, you never know about it. It could be Illidan facing Dartz, or some kind of combo team facing him. Thanks for the add.
Metal Overlord 2.0: Lol, yeah, it's kind of like ToP again, but with a twist. Marie isn't being controlled, so she says. Now he has to duel her and hope that not only he can make it out, but Marie. True, Marie's memories or past visions were messed up, or possibly tampered. Maybe Illidan can get through, but so far, she seems determined to ignore Illidan. Yes, with both of those cards out, things aren't looking good one bit for Illidan. Marie's monsters already get a 1000 points boost, and to top it off, Illidan's Light attribute monsters lose 400 points. Lol, yeah, the drama is kind of thick, but this is one of the biggest things in the story. All story long, Illidan has worked to get Marie back. Now he has to face her of all things, with her seemingly hating him. Thanks, and it's not a litter! It's just a pup, that's all. Not litter! Sheesh, I have to educate everyone on demon terms. But thanks for the comments.
Ok, that's all for now. The big question this chapter is what will become of Illidan and Marie. Will Illidan manage to get her to come to her senses, or will Marie do what no one else has done, which is take that Dartz wants from Illidan. This and more shall soon be answered.
In the meantime, you all enjoy yourselves while reading this. I hope to see plenty of reviews as always. Later everybody!
Chapter 52
With a worried voice, Illidan said "I don't want to duel you Marie! One of us will lose our souls if we duel."
Marie only laughed, saying "Don't worry, it won't be me who loses. Now, if you don't want to lose your soul, I suggest you draw your cards and duel me, or else you'll lose your soul."
Growling slightly, Illidan realized he would be no use to anyone if he lost his soul at the moment, and pulled out his deck. He shuffled carefully and then placed his deck in his Duel Disk. He then activated his Duel Disk and drew six cards. He saw he had his two Cyber Dragons, De-Fusion, Polymerization, Waboku, and his newly drawn Tyrant Dragon.
His eyes were glued to the card he held. It was Tyrant Dragon, the card he had taken from Marie's deck before he left to save her. "This has to work. I only pray this monster wakes her up from whatever is controlling her. If it doesn't, then I don't know what to do. I can't beat her, for she'll lose her soul again. If I lose though, I lose my soul… I wonder what would happen if we both lost. Possibly we'd both lose our souls, or we'd both be spared I suppose. Either way, I can't do that. It's too risky. I just have to hope this monster wakes her up. If anything can, it will."
Looking up, he said "I play the spell card Polymerization, fusing the two Cyber Dragons in my hand to form Cyber Twin Dragon (2800 – 400 2400/2100) in attack mode!" Two metallic snake like dragons appeared on the field and then swirled together, forming a twin headed metallic, snake like dragon with a single tail. It let out a mechanical roar, showing it's readiness to fight.
"Next, I play the spell card De-Fusion, separating my dragon back into the two Cyber Dragons (2100 – 400 1700/1600)!" The twin headed dragon let out a small roar and transformed back into a set of mechanical snake like dragons.
Placing her hands on her hips, Marie said "I'm unimpressed Illidan. You summoned a good strong fusion monster, and then separate it. What a foolish move!"
Slightly smiling, he said "Maybe it was foolish, but possibly this card will change your mind. I sacrifice both Cyber Dragons in order to summon Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500) in attack mode!" Both mechanical dragons vanished as a large dark orange dragon with massive wings, powerful arms and legs, as well as a strong tail then appeared. It stared at Marie, and let out a mighty roar, seemingly trying to force her to recognize it.
Marie stared at the dragon for a moment as it once again roared loudly. She finally looked away, but Illidan called out "Don't look away! This is the monster you used to defeat me at your final test to become a Shadow Court member! The same monster that no one else could tame but you! Look at it and tell me now you don't remember how I felt about you!"
Looking up, Marie stared at the dragon and laughed, saying "Pathetic… I can't believe you'd try to use that weak dragon against me. How sad!"
Illidan could hardly believe his ears. The same monster that was her soul monster, she now called weak. Slightly shaking his head, he said "Marie, snap out of it! Can't you remember how much I loved you, and how much I still do!?"
Marie only looked away and said "That was before. Now I know my true destiny, and it doesn't involve you."
Illidan could almost feel his heart breaking with those words said. Bowing his head to where his bangs hid his eyes, he said with a sad voice "I place one card face down and end my turn." (Marie 8000, Illidan 8000)
Smirking, Marie drew and said "I play the spell card Pot of Greed, and now draw two new cards."
She picked up two more cards and grinned evilly and then said "I now place one card face down and next play the spell card known as Card of Demise! This spell card allows me to draw till I hold five cards in my hand, but I must discard my hand in five turns."
Marie then drew her five cards and grinned evilly again, saying "Now I summon Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands (1400 + 500 – 400 1500/1200) in attack mode!" A grey skinned monster with thousands of hands on his body then appeared with a small moan.
"Thanks to this monster's effect, when he's summoned, I get to add one ritual spell card or ritual monster from my deck to my hand. The ritual monster I'll choose to add is Demise, King of Armageddon. Next, I reveal the card I placed down this turn, which is the ritual spell card End of the World! Now I must send monsters from my hand or field to the Graveyard that total eight stars, so I'll sacrifice both Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands and Marie the Fallen One to special summon Demise, King of Armageddon (2400 + 500 + 500 3400/2000) in attack mode!"
Both of the monsters vanished from the field as a creature with black armor, golden shoulder pads, a large axe, and a skull for a head appeared on the field. It swung it's mighty axe, showing it's readiness to destroy everything.
Smiling evilly, Marie said "Now Demise, attack that pathetic dragon with Armageddon Slash!" The large black armored creature rushed forward, axe ready to swing, but the dragon remained calm.
Not even looking up to where his eyes could be seen, Illidan said "I play a trap card, Waboku! Now all damage is reduced to zero, and my monster survives." Three female mages in blue robes then appeared on the field and held out their hands, forcing the large black armored monster to retreat for the moment.
Growling loudly, Marie replied "You're only delaying the inevitable! You can't beat me like this you pathetic fool! I end my turn." (Marie 8000, Illidan 8000)
As she ended, the sound of a helicopter could be heard coming towards the island. Illidan didn't even bother to look as he heard it land on the ground behind him and Marie's duel. The next thing he heard was it open and heard a few familiar voices.
"Look guys, it's Illidan and Marie!" called out a female voice that Illidan instantly identified as Tea.
Not even turning to look or bother saying a thing to his friends, Illidan drew his card and glanced at it. Not even looking up, he said "I play the spell Pot of Greed myself. Now I draw two more cards."
Picking up two cards, Illidan glanced at them and said "I now play the spell card Double Spell, allowing me to discard a spell card from my hand in order to play a spell card of yours in your Graveyard, so I discard The Graveyard of the Fourth Dimension in order to play your Card of Demise. So now, I draw till I hold five cards in my hand."
Illidan then picked up five cards from his deck at once and looked them over. He saw he had Armed Dragon LV5, Level Up, Silent Magician LV8, Return From a Different Dimension, and Change of Heart.
Still refusing to show his eyes from underneath his bangs, Illidan said "I play the spell card Change of Heart, taking control of your Witch's Apprentice. She won't be around long though, for I sacrifice her for Armed Dragon LV5 (2400/1700) in attack mode." The woman with white wings vanished in a flash of light and a large dark orange skinned dragon with sharp clawed hands, dull grey steel armor, stubby wings, and covered in spikes appeared with a roar.
"I next play the spell card Level Up, allowing me to transform Armed Dragon LV5 into Armed Dragon LV7 (2800/1000) in attack mode!" The orange skinned dragon roared loudly as it began to glow and then transformed into a much larger dragon. It still had dark orange skin with dull grey armor, but it's wings were now incased in steel, it's many spikes missing, it's tail now a large spiked club, it's claws much sharper, and it's body much stronger.
Not even bothering to look up, Illidan said in a cold voice "I now activate Armed Dragon's special ability. By discarding one monster from my hand, I can now destroy all monsters on your field with equal or less attack points. So I now send Silent Magician LV8 to the Graveyard, which has 3500 attack points. Now destroy her monster Armed Dragon with Serrated Saw Discs!" The large orange dragon roared as an energy disc glowed to life on it's belly. The disc spun rapidly till finally it flew across the field and slashed into the black armored monster. It instantly exploded, leaving Marie exposed.
"I…I end my turn." (Marie 8000, Illidan 8000)
"What are you doing you fool?!" came an obnoxious voice that Illidan easily identified as Seto Kaiba.
Not even turning, Illidan replied "You wouldn't understand…"
He then heard another familiar voice, which he quickly realized was Yami's, saying "Illidan, what is happening? Why are you and Marie dueling within the seal? And why does she have the Seal of Orichalcos on her side? I thought she lost her soul already."
Illidan still refused to turn. He refused to show anyone what was clearly to be seen if a person looked in his eyes. There was much pain, sadness, and confusion within them, so rather than show them, he hid his eyes while he tried to decide what to do. "I… I can't do this to her. If I win, she'll lose her soul. If I lose, I lose my soul, my Egyptian God Card, and put the whole world in jeopardy. What am I going to do? I can't take her soul, but I can't sacrifice my own. Why am I always made to make these kinds of decisions!? It was a choice between what I wanted and what was right in Tournament of Power, and now I'm back in the same boat."
He was broken from his thoughts by an evil laugh. Glancing up through his bangs, he saw it was Marie laughing. She pointed to Seto, saying "Don't worry about him Seto, for once I'm done with him, I'll obliterate you. If you were afraid of me before in ancient times, wait till I duel you this time. You'll wish you never were reincarnated."
Seto only replied with annoyance in his voice "Please, don't try to spoon feed me the same mambo jumbo Yugi here does every time we duel."
Smirking, Marie replied "Sure, dismiss it as mambo jumbo, but you'll see soon enough how terrifying I can be."
Then pointing a finger at Yami, she said "And don't think I've forgotten you my love sick Pharaoh!"
Looking at Marie with a confused look, Yami asked "Love sick? I don't know what you're talking about."
Laughing evilly, she replied "Oh, but I remember. You were infatuated with me! All those years in the palace, you loved me secretly! I know all about it, Pharaoh!"
Yami only looked at Marie with uncertainty in his eyes, and said "I don't know what you're talking about Marie."
Laughing again at Yami's reaction, Marie replied "Don't worry, once I dispose of this fool who claims to love me, I'll dispose of you and Kaiba, once and for all!"
"Stop it!" Illidan called out suddenly, causing Marie to stop laughing evilly.
Looking up at her with a broken hearted look, he yelled "Marie, just stop it! This isn't the woman I knew my entire life five millennia ago! You aren't even the person I fell in love with in my new life!"
His right fist was clenched till his knuckles turned white, and slowly said "The woman I loved was a caring, understanding, and warm hearted person who devoted her life to help save the world. She used the powers of her Millennium Necklace not for malice, but for good. She refused to take a single soul, and vowed years ago to never take one. I still remember that day."
Tears began to fall down his face as he continued saying "That day, she witnessed an innocent man sent to the Shadow Realm for no reason. He was convicted of a crime by a guard, whom was misinformed on who the true culprit was. On that day, she took an oath to never take a soul, to always find another way. Sure, I thought it was an oath that she would have to break, but she never did. Throughout her training, throughout her years on the Shadow Court, she never once took a soul! Oh sure, she could have a few times, but not once did she."
More tears came out as he said "She carried that same oath over into this lifetime, and even sacrificed herself to save a girl that deserved to lose her soul probably, yet she refused to break her oath. No matter the cost, she always found another way. That was how the woman I loved was."
Stopping for a moment, he then glared at Marie, yelling "Yet YOU stand here, now threatening to take souls! I realize now that something has happened, what, I'm not sure, but I know you're not Marie! Whoever, or whatever you are, leave her body now and return her to the way she was!"
Marie suddenly burst out loud laughing and doubled over due to it. She continued to laugh till she was in tears and said "You sure are dense Illidan! You just don't get it. This is the way I truly am. This is what I hid from you all those years. Being a goody-goody was fun and all, but it grew tiresome. Now I'm ready to show who I truly am."
"At a cost of your own soul!?" Illidan yelled.
Smiling, she replied "If it costs me my soul, then so be it. The Great Leviathan hungers for power, and if it happens to be my power, then so be it. You'll soon see just what I'm truly capable of doing."
Illidan lightly growled and then sighed, saying "Then I truly have lost you, haven't I Marie?"
Smirking, she replied "You never had me to begin with. Once I win this duel, I'll possess your soul and the fourth Egyptian God Card. Then I'll take those two's souls and my task shall be completed. Soon, very soon the Great Leviathan shall rise once more and bring about the end of this world and usher in a new age for Paradise!"