Hello everyone! Well, I had a decent weekend. Not the best, but eh, oh well. Hmm, not too much going on in my life really. Did go looking at my old stomping grounds from when I was a kid, which was still the same for the most part. The house I grew up in has changed so much on the outside. I only wonder how the inside looks now. Oh yeah, I saw GX and Naruto this weekend, which both were cool. I missed GX last week, sadly, which is the second episode I have now missed… Damn Cartoon Network and their odd moving around of schedules! Anyways, Naruto was pretty awesome. Sasuke surprisingly is so different from how he was. It should be interesting to follow.
Anyways, last time, Marie and Illidan's battle raged on, with Illidan finally deciding to fight back and try to tie Marie. But the big question is, does his deck have any cards that could help tie her, and if he does, can he draw them in time before he's defeated? And if Illidan fails, what will happen to the others? These and many more questions are to be answered soon enough!
For now though, it's time to start answering the reviews!
Isis the Sphinx: Too bad about the review button not working, but I'll answer you're review the same way. Too bad about not getting to go to Eragon. I have thought about going, but meh, I don't know. Lol, good that you're going to go to see Harry Potter this summer. I think the date is set for July 13th… I could be wrong though. Wow, the next book comes out only six days before. Interesting… But yeah, it's unlikely Illidan can tie Marie. After all, his deck is built to destroy opponents, not tie them. Never know though. Hopefully you'll be able to review next time.
ardee: Yeah, it's different from ToP. Marie isn't a puppet this time. Not only has her attitude and clothes changed, but her deck matches it as well. As for reviving DMoC, there is a reason to it. It's not apparent at the moment, but give it time. As for Marie being back, there is an explanation coming. But yes, the duel between the lovers is coming to an end soon.
pink-kiss-candy: Wow, Ryon is back! Hey Ryon, go buy flowers from that cart and give them to pkc. (//Ryon: Glares at Illidan, but finally goes to pick them up. Goes to pkc's door and gives her flowers.\\) There you go. (//Watches Ryon hand her flowers that transform from roses suddenly.\\) That can't be good… Oh hell, they just turned into poison ivy! (//Watches pkc itching. She then kicks him out.\\) Uh, Ryon, why did the flowers transform? (//Ryon: "GET AWAY! YOU DID THIS AGAIN!"\\) Sure, blame me when I'm innocent...
Ryon Nakura: (//Watches Ryon talking with a stranger and then receiving a piece of paper.\\) Ryon, wait, let me read that first. (//Ryon: "HELL NO! YOU'RE THE REASON THINGS GO WRONG ALWAYS!"\\) Alright... (//Listens to Ryon read letter to pkc.\\) That doesn't sound good... (//Watches stranger snickering. Then sees pkc punch Ryon in the mouth and Ryon ask what it was for. Pkc then kicks him in the nuts and watches him fall to the ground in pain.\\) I told him not to read that to her, but no, the half demon don't know anything! Hmm, come to think of it, doesn't Ynve spelled backwards spell Envy? Uh oh... (//Ryon talks with stranger and then freaks out when he puts two and two together.\\)
x-knight20: Good question about what Dartz did. It's not apparent to what he's done yet, but I'm sure whatever it was can't be that good for Marie. Lol, you'll find out soon enough.
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thank you. Yeah, lots of dueling action. Thanks for pointing out the error. You were right, it was one. I had copied the name, and didn't edit it before I posted, but it's corrected now. Hopefully you had a good weekend though.
Well, that's it for today. Thanks for all the reviews everyone. Maybe, just maybe, we'll hit 400 before too much longer. Btw, if anyone has questions, comments, etc, feel free to post them in a review, or even pm me. I'd be more than happy to answer them.
Alright, that's it for today. Everyone enjoy the chapter. Later.
Chapter 54
Back on the field, Illidan drew his card and said "First, as you know, Anubis (2000/2000) returns in defense mode!" The dog headed god then rose up once more, with his white aura flaring out.
Looking at his card, Illidan smiled and then said "I next transfer 200 life points to Anubis, thus raising his stats by 200 (2000 + 200 2200/2000 + 200 2200)." The dog headed god's white aura slightly flashed as it's power increased slightly.
Marie only chuckled at this, saying "Pitiful Illidan. You've done nothing but defend with your Egyptian God Card, while you should have taken the offense. You're pathetic!"
Slightly smirking, Illidan replied "I may have been defending up till now, but no more hiding or running. It's time I face you head on, and I have just the cards to do that now. I activate Anubis's Judgment of Life effect! Now by sacrificing 2100 of his attack points and 1600 of his defense points, I can bring back from my Graveyard my Cyber Dragon (2100/1600) in attack mode!"
The dog headed god's aura flared up and then sent a burst of it into Illidan's Graveyard slot on his Duel Disk. It glowed as the Cyber Dragon card came out and Illidan picked it up and slapped it back onto a monster zone. The mechanical snake like dragon then appeared and let out a loud roar.
Laughing yet again, Marie said "That was stupid on your part Illidan. Your dragon doesn't have nearly enough attack points to defeat Demise!"
Nodding, Illidan replied "You're right Marie, my dragon doesn't, but he's not going to fight Demise. In fact, Demise isn't even a part of my plan. That face down monster is though, so now I play the spell card Polymerization, fusing the Cyber Dragon on the field with the two in my hand, forming the Cyber End Dragon (4000/2800) in attack mode!"
Two more mechanical snake like dragons then appeared on the field, each letting off a soft mechanical moan. The three then swirled together, causing a bright light to form. Once the light died down, a three headed mechanical dragon with large mechanical wings and a large tail then appeared on the field. Each head let out a loud roar, causing the ground to slightly tremble.
Marie just lightly gasped at the large mechanical dragon, but Illidan soon said "Now I attack your face down monster with Cyber End Dragon. Attack with Super Strident Blaze my dragon!"
The large three headed dragon's heads each opened their jaws as bright white energy formed in each of their mouths. Each then spat a blast of high powered energy at the face down monster, causing the three beams to blend together into one large beam. The blast struck the face down card head on, shattering the card image. This action revealed a brown koala bear with leaves in it's mouth and it's pouch. The creature easily shattered though from the intensity of the blast.
Marie growled, saying "You destroyed my Des Koala (1100 + 500 1600/1800). Darn you, with no cards in your hand, it's effect was pointless."
Nodding, Illidan then said "That's not all though. You see, Cyber End Dragon has a special ability of his own. When he attacks a monster in defense mode, the difference in his attack points and your monster's defense points are then dealt to you directly. In essence, he has trample!" The blast that struck the koala then came on through, striking Marie as well. She slid backwards, but remained standing.
"Wow, what a shot!" Tristan said with an excited voice.
Tea smiled back at him, saying "Yeah, Illidan really took it to her that turn!"
"Impressive." Kaiba silently said so that no one could hear him.
On the field, Illidan said "Now that my Battle Phase is over, I sacrifice my Cyber End Dragon to Anubis to add his points to Anubis's (100 + 4000 4100/600 + 2800 3400)." The large metallic dragon glowed with a white aura as the dog headed god began to absorb his strength. The dragon finally vanished, and the white aura surrounding the dog headed god increased in brightness.
"Now I'll activate Anubis's Judgment of Life again by sacrificing 2800 of his attack points and 2600 defense points (4100 – 2800 1300/3400 – 2600 800), so now I can bring back my Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600) from the removed from play pile to the field in defense mode." The power dog headed god's white aura flared up and sent a beam straight for Illidan's removed from play slot on his Duel Disk. The slot opened and the mage's card glowed. The black armored mage then reappeared on the field in a kneeling stance with his arms crossed.
"Next, thanks to being special summoned, Dark Magician of Chaos returns one spell card from my Graveyard to my hand, so I pick Pot of Greed, which I'll now play, allowing me to draw two new cards."
He picked up two more cards, but frowned at the fact neither was the card he needed to win the duel. "Still haven't found it yet. I need one card in order to win this duel. I guess till then, I'll just keep stalling."
"I now place one card face down, and play the spell card Mirage of Nightmare. Now during your Standby Phases, I draw till I hold four cards in my hand, but during my Standby Phases, I must discard the same amount I drew. I think that'll do it for me, so feel free to attack me." (Marie 2700, Illidan 4000)
Softly growling at the predicament Illidan left her in, Marie drew and said "I move…"
"Not so fast Marie!" called out Illidan. "During your Standby Phase, I now draw four new cards." He picked up four new cards to see that he had D.D. Survivor, Dark Renewal, Mirror Force, and Snatch Steal.
He frowned and silently said to himself "Still not the card I need. Hopefully I'll find it soon."
Marie then woke him from his thoughts, saying with annoyance in her voice "As I was saying, I move to attack Anubis. Demise, use Armageddon Slash to obliterate his Egyptian God Card!" The large black armored monster rushed forward with his axe pulled back in order to swing it. With ease, the monster then swung his axe, striking the dog headed god, causing a massive explosion.
"Next, I'll place one monster in defense mode. Make your move Illidan." (Marie 2700, Illidan 4000)
"That's odd…" Tea said with curiosity.
Looking at Tea, Tristan said "What do you mean Tea?"
"Well, Marie didn't use her monster's effect again. I wonder why." she replied.
"That's simple you dorks. She would have been wide open for Illidan this turn, and she couldn't afford that." Seto cut in with a rude voice.
"Oh, I see now." Tea responded.
Illidan heard this, but ignored it and drew his card. Looking at the card, he saw it still wasn't the one he was looking for. Turning his gaze back up at Marie, he said "First, Anubis (2000/2000) now returns in defense mode." The dog headed god reappeared with a streak of lightning filling the sky and took his usual defensive stance.
"Next, I must discard four cards randomly from my hand for Mirage of Nightmare." Four cards in Illidan's hand then glowed and he picked each of them, placing them in his Graveyard.
"Now I'll sacrifice Dark Magician of Chaos to Anubis to add his points to Anubis's (2000 + 2800 4800/2000 + 2600 4600)." The black armored mage vanished in a white aura haze as the dog headed god's white aura flared up to become stronger.
"And now, I activate Judgment of Life again. Now I give up those new attack and defense points (4800 – 2800 2000/4600 – 2600 2000) to bring back Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600) in defense mode again." Once more, the white aura appeared around the dog headed god, and the black armored mage reappeared on the field in a kneeling position.
"I now return the spell card Pot of Greed to my hand and then play it, allowing me to pick up two more cards." He picked up two more cards and glanced over them. He slightly sighed, seeing they weren't what he was looking for.
"What is he doing?" Tristan asked Yami.
Yami only shook his head, saying "I'm not quite sure. I think he's looking for a certain card from his deck, but what card, I don't know."
"But what could be so important he'd waste all these cards?" Tea chimed in.
Seto silently said in his mind "It has to be a card he knows can tie the game. But what card is in his deck that has that power?"
"No idea Tea, but we have to have faith. Illidan knows what he is doing." Yami replied, trying hard to be optimistic.
Within the seal, Illidan took a moment to decide what to do with his cards and finally said "I'll place two cards face down, and end my turn." (Marie 2700, Illidan 4000)
Marie drew her next card and lightly chuckled, and was about to say something, but Illidan called out "Now that you're in your Standby Phase, I get to draw four new cards." He picked up four new cards, but let out a sigh that none were what he wanted.
"Where is it?" he questioned himself mentally.
"If you're finished now, I'll continue." Marie chimed in rudely. Nodding back, Marie then said "I now must discard my card, which was useless anyways due to Card of Demise's effect. I now attack your pathetic Egyptian God with Armageddon Slash!" The large black armored clad monster rushed forward and easily slashed the dog headed god in half as usual.
"Now I move to my Main Phase 2, and flip up my face down monster, known as Stealth Bird (700 + 500 1200/1700)!" A nearly invisible bird with large wings then appeared on the field. It let out a small squawk, but was clearly weak.
"Thanks to me flip summoning this monster, I get to inflict 1000 points of damage to you, so use Stealth Burst now my Stealth Bird!" The bird flapped it's mighty wings and sent a gust of energy at Illidan, striking him easily, making him fall to one knee.
"Stay down Illidan like the dog that you are!" Marie cried out.
After a moment, Illidan finally stood back up, saying "I won't ever stay down Marie. I'll fight till my last breath to save you!"
Growling, Marie replied "You're a fool! I don't love you anymore! Just leave me alone! I'll now activate Stealth Bird's other effect, which allows me to flip it back to face down defense mode." The bird image faded and a horizontal defense mode card appeared on the field.
"I'll end my turn at that. You're about to lose your soul and your Egyptian God Card to me!" (Marie 2700, Illidan 3000)
Illidan quickly drew his next card, and said "Due to Card of Demise's effect, I have to discard my entire hand as well, so farewell cards. Also, Anubis (2000/2000) returns in defense mode." The familiar white aura of the dog headed god then filled the field once more as it took a kneeling stance.
"I end my turn." (Marie 2700, Illidan 3000)
Marie lightly laughed mockingly at Illidan as she drew, saying "Pathetic! I've seen better duels with three year olds. Now watch a real move. I play the equip spell card Big Bang Shot, which now I equip to Demise, raising his attack points by 400 (2900 + 400 3300/2000), and granting him trample ability. Now Demise, attack Illidan's pathetic Egyptian God once more with Armageddon Slash!"
The large black armored monster rushed forward and struck the dog headed god with it's large axe. In a single sweep, the Egyptian God was gone, and explosion struck Illidan, making him slide backwards. He lightly growled, for now his strategy was ruined.
"As I told you earlier, you can't defend against me all day. My monster will prevail! Now I moved to my Main Phase 2, and flip up my face down monster, known as Stealth Bird (700 + 500 1200/1700)!" A nearly invisible bird with large wings then appeared on the field. It let out a small squawk, but was clearly weak.
"And now, you're hit for another 1000 points worth of damage due to Stealth Bird!" The bird sent yet another gust of wind at Illidan, forcing him to slide backwards yet again.
"I think I'll end it at that. You're going down next turn Illidan, and in a bad way!" (Marie 2700, Illidan 700)
"He's in trouble." Seto stated.
Nodding, Yami replied "He is that indeed. With that Big Bang Shot equipped to her monster, Marie can easily chip away at Illidan's life points and win the duel. She only has to strike another of Illidan's defensive monster's next turn and flip that Stealth Bird card up one more time in order to win."
"But Illidan can't lose, can he big brother?" Mokuba asked Seto with worried eyes.
Slightly smirking, Seto replied "He's tough, he may make it. Who knows, he may find the card he was looking for this turn."
Looking at his deck, Illidan let out a sigh. "If I don't draw the right card this turn, I'm finished. I can't afford to let Marie win, so this is it. If I'm to succeed in saving her, I have to do it right here, right now! Heart of the Cards, please, guide me!"
He drew his card and then brought it up to look at it and smiled. "At last, you're a sight for sore eyes!"
Slightly smiling, he said "I first get Anubis (2000/2000) back in defense mode." The dog headed god then reappeared on the field in a kneeling position with his white aura flashing about.
"Next, I activate the face down spell card known as Emergency Provisions. Now by sacrificing a spell or trap card on the field, I gain 1000 life points, so I'll just sacrifice my Mirage of Nightmare! Now I don't have to discard for Mirage's effect, which is a good thing." The card image of the spell card vanished in a light flash as Illidan's life points jumped up slightly.
Lightly chuckling, Marie said "You just made a foolish mistake Illidan. Since you have very little life points, you should have sacrificed all three of your cards on your field."
Slightly smirking, he replied "True, I could use the life points, but this duel is about to end soon, so I don't need them. Now, I sacrifice Dark Magician of Chaos to Anubis, thus increasing his power (4800/4600)!" The black armored mage vanished, and the dog headed god's aura glowed brighter.
"But he won't be keeping those points for long, for now I activate Judgment of Life, and sacrifice 4000 of his attack points and 2800 of his defense points (800/1800), bringing back my Cyber End Dragon (4000/2800) in attack mode!" The dog headed god's white aura flared up once more and sent a burst of white energy into Illidan's Graveyard slot. The three headed machine monster card then shot out and Illidan slapped it onto a monster zone, causing the large three headed machine dragon to appear with a loud mechanical roar.
"Cyber End Dragon, attack Marie's face down monster with Super Strident Blaze!" The three heads each let out a loud roar and let loose a powerful stream of white energy. The three blasts merged into one and the card image was blown away. The nearly invisible bird image then appeared and was easily shattered. The remainder of the blast then struck Marie, making her fall down to one knee. She sat there panting hard, trying to catch her breath.
"I'm sorry to do that to you Marie, but in order to save you, I have to be rough. Now, I'll place one card face down and end my turn." (Marie 400, Illidan 1700)
Finally catching her breath, Marie stood up and growled loudly at Illidan, yelling "I'll destroy you yet, and it will end right here and now with your Egyptian God Card!"
She angrily drew her card, but before she could say a word, Illidan called out "It's over Marie!"
Looking up at him, she laughed, saying "It's only over when I say it's over, and it's not yet over!"
Shaking his head, he replied "You're wrong, for I have a card to finish this duel, once and for all."