Hello once again everyone! I'm coming off one heck of a weekend today. Friday, I went to the western part of Kentucky to visit some friends I had met online a few years ago. Two of them had created a forum, which I became a global moderator on later. The other was a person I had known for at least four years online as well. All these people I met through Yugioh duels online and a forum for Yugioh. It was a great time altogether, although I missed my mate dearly. I sort of was half there, half home. But overall, it was a great time. One of them said they may come see me sometime in the near future, so that's pretty cool. I know I have plenty of fun memories from the trip at the least, lol.
Alright, so last time, the duel raged on, with Seto and Illidan seemingly mostly even, till Seto decided to summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Facing off with a dragon of incredible strength, can Illidan win, or is it over for him? The answers shall soon be revealed.
Till then, it's time for my favorite part of these updates. You've got it, it's REVIEW TIME!
Metal Overlord 2.0: Lol, what is ? Kidding of course, hehe. True, Seto is taking it to Illidan, but the duel isn't over yet. As for Seto gaining a personality resembling a living person, yeah, that's a bit of a change, lol. Yeah, I thought I'd kick things off with an old rivalry being rekindled. Lol, yeah, I think the Kaibaman idea went over well too. I can't imagine what kind of poses Pegasus would want Kaiba in… But yes, Illidan's deck is different. Remember, in The Wolves Seal, he had changed it there too from Chaos to Chaos/LV, with more LV than anything. Yeah, I do miss his old deck somewhat too, but I thought I'd try a new deck. (/Growls loudly\) I'm not a demi-doggy! I am a half demon!
bobmanv2.0: Wow, it's been a while since I've heard from you. As for the Chaos cards, that will be found out sooner or later.
Ultimate Legendary Master: True, Kaiba and Yami's rematches were during Kaiba's disbelief of the past. Yeah, when I ended TWS, I didn't mention it going to GX or anything. Remember though, I did write a one-shot to fill in the gap. There is a reason that there was a ten year gap, which will be explained. Yeah, the two will connect, it just takes a bit of time.
Isis the Sphinx: Lol, I know. It's like, you want Kaiba to succeed for once now that he's happy, but at the same time, you want Illidan to wipe the floor with him, lol.
Ryon Nakura: The tree didn't move. (/Slashes it into firewood.\) See, it won't move, ever again. (/Ties fishing line to a piece of firewood and drags it behind him, making Ryon scream.\)
ardee: Wow, you updated quickly! Like, not even a few minutes after I posted, lol, which is cool. Yes, his deck has changed drastically. In Tournament of Power, it was mostly a Chaos deck, with a few odds and ends of other cards I liked, like the Magnet Warriors. TWS changed his deck yet again, with him dropping the Magnet Warriors, but keeping the Chaos cards, and picking up a bunch of LV monsters, which I found rather cool at the time. This time around, in Forgotten Guardians, I decided to go with a Spellcaster deck. As for the Chaos cards, well, we'll see. They're not seen yet for a reason is all I can say. Yes, Seto's deck was changed a bit to refocus his attention on his best monsters out, and fast. It is kind of odd with the XYZ cards in his deck. That's why I focused more on his dragons instead.
Alright, that's all the reviews for this time. If anyone else wants to see me answer their questions, comments, and/or remarks, feel free to review and I'll answer them the best I can. For now though, I believe this shall do it. Take care all, and enjoy the chapter. Till next time!
Chapter 5
Softly chuckling, Illidan walked back forward to where he had been previously standing before the blast. "So typical of you Seto, thinking I'd surrender when facing impossible odds. Well, here is a news flash for you. I don't give up! As long as I know I can win, and there is breath in my body, I'll fight to the bitter end!"
He moved back to where he had been standing and looked Seto square in the eye. Seto only smiled at this, saying "That's what I wanted to hear. Never say die! Now, come on and give me what you got!"
Nodding, Illidan drew his card as he said "With pleasure."
Looking at the card, Illidan placed it in his hand and picked up the other card he held, saying "I place a monster in defense mode and call it a turn." (Illidan 4000, Seto 6900)
Smirking slightly, Seto drew his card, saying "That was kind of short and sweet. Too bad it won't help you. Now I summon my Spear Dragon (1900/0) in attack mode." A blue and white pterodactyl like dragon then appeared on the field, letting out a loud screeching roar.
"Spear Dragon, take out that face down monster with Tornado Blast!" The blue pterodactyl dragon let out a roar and opened up it's jaws, allowing a green tornado to escape from it's mouth.
Before the blast hit, the face down monster card image flipped up, revealing a mage with long flowing purple hair. It was up in small ties on the sides, but for the most part was flowing behind her. She wore a purple cape with some kind of odd purple armor on her shoulders, and held in her right arm a glowing sphere. The mage looked up for a moment, allowing her teal eyes to flash.
Slightly smiling, Illidan called out "Thanks Seto, you just triggered my Tsukuyomi's special ability. When flipped face up, she automatically can flip one monster on the field into face down defense mode, so I'll chose your Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"
The mage's eyes flashed a brighter shade of teal once more, but was glaring at the mighty white dragon. The dragon instantly roared loudly, but then vanished into the card image. The image then flipped face down and horizontal.
Seto could only snort loudly, but quickly said "No matter, my Spear Dragon can still take out that mage! And by the way, when Spear Dragon attacks a monster in defense, the difference in my dragon's attack points and your monster's defense points are dealt directly to your life points!"
Slightly gasping, Illidan said in a bit of shock "Trample effect? Not good!"
Lightly laughing, Seto replied "True, not good, for you at least!"
The dragon's green twister then struck the purple haired mage, causing her to cry out in pain and explode. The remainder of the blast the continued on, striking Illidan head on, making his cry out in pain.
"Of course, my dragon's second effect then kicks in. After attacking, he has to switch to defense mode." The blue dragon then silently roared as it pulled in it's wings and crouched down. A horizontal face up card image of the dragon then appeared underneath of it's feet, signifying it's defensive stance.
"I think I'll end my turn at that. Your move Illidan." (Illidan 3500, Seto 6900)
Looking back up from the slight pain he still held, Illidan called out "About time!"
Quickly drawing a card, he stared at it momentarily and smiled. "Time for me to turn this duel around, and it starts with this card. I play the spell card Pot of Avarice. Here's how it works. By sending five monsters from my Graveyard to the top of my deck, I can shuffle them in and then draw two new cards. So now, I'll send my Tsukuyomi, Silent Magician LV4 and LV8, Apprentice Magician, and Rapid-Fire Magician."
As he held up his Duel Disk, five monster cards then slid out of the Graveyard slot. Picking all five up, Illidan then took his deck out and placed the five on top. He then shuffled the deck for a minute, and then placed it back in the deck slot.
"Now, I get two new cards, so let's see what I get!" With ease, Illidan picked up two cards and looked them over with a small smile.
"I now place one monster in defense mode, and call it a turn." (Illidan 3500, Seto 6900)
Chuckling softly at first, Seto hunched over till finally he let out a mighty maniacal laugh, which was reminiscent of his old laughter. Finally calming down, Seto pointed a finger at Illidan, saying "You wasted your turn to make that pathetic move! That was sad Illidan, and for making such a lousy move, you deserve to lose! Now, watch a true move!"
Drawing a card, Seto looked it over and placed it back in his left hand, then picked up his horizontal face down monster, saying "I now flip summon my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (4500/3800) back into attack mode!" The horizontal card image on the field flipped over quickly, revealing the mighty three headed white metallic like dragon once more. It let out a mighty roar, showing it was ready to continue it's onslaught.
Taking hold of his other monster, he switched it from horizontal to vertical, saying as he did so "I switch my Spear Dragon back into attack mode now." The dragon's card image shattered as it stood back up. It let out a small roar, showing it's readiness to battle once more.
"End of the road Illidan! Go Spear Dragon, annihilate his face down monster with Tornado Blast!" The pterodactyl like dragon roared loudly as it opened up it's jaws and shot a powerful green cyclone straight for the face down card image.
"This can't be it…" Marie thought silently as she watched in horror.
Smirking smugly, Mokuba silently said to himself "Seto, you've finally done it. You've accomplished your goal of beating Illidan."
The green cyclone struck the face down card image, shattering it instantly and causing a big plum of smoke to appear. Through the smoke though, the group saw that the cyclone seemed to be striking something, but was being deflected. Then suddenly, through the smoke, a stream of the cyclone came flying back, striking Seto in the chest.
"What happened!?" Seto demanded.
Smirking, Illidan called out "My move wasn't a total waste Seto, because I drew this monster."
Illidan then pointed towards the smoke, which was dissipating. From the dissipating smoke stood a large cylinder, if not octagon, like building then appeared on the field. A doorway in the front part of the building was open, revealing the inside to have several levels. At each level was a shelf, which incased many books. Also on the levels, there was a piece of flooring sticking out with a place to stand, as well as a table for sitting at. The flooring was held up by green spheres, which appeared to be small antigravity engines, which kept the flooring aloft.
"You see Seto, your dragon just attacked my Royal Magical Library (0/2000), which had just enough defense points to weather your dragon's attack. I knew you couldn't resist finishing this duel, so I counted on the fact that you'd attack with your Spear Dragon first, and boy did it pay off. Thanks to your attack, your dragon failed to get through my defenses, you lost 100 life points, and your dragon was forced to switch back to defense. I couldn't have asked for anything better."
Growling slightly as his blue dragon switched back into it's defensive mode, Seto called out "If you're done gloating, then it's time I eliminated that stupid library! It may have stopped my Spear Dragon, but let's see it stop this! Neutron Blast now my Blue-Eyes!"
With each head roaring loudly, the three headed dragons charged up for their devastating attack. The three simultaneously fired a stream of powerful white energy, with the three combining at a specific point. The stream then continued on, striking the cylinder like building, causing it to instantly be crushed by the blast. With a thunderous explosion, the building came toppling down, leaving nothing in front of Illidan.
"I'll end my turn for now. I'd be weary Illidan, for next turn, I will get to your life points!" (Illidan 3500, Seto 6800)
Sighing slightly, Illidan looked at his hand and then at his deck. "I have to make this turn count. I know Seto will have the advantage next turn. All I have in my hand right now is Polymerization and Diffusion-Wave Motion. Neither spell card are of use to me at the moment, but I know there has to be a card that can help me. There just has to be."
As he drew, Illidan silently thought "As Joey would say, come on deck, show me some love!"
Picking up his new card, Illidan examined it and smiled. Looking back up at Seto, he grinned, saying "It's time I take control of this duel. I now place one card face down. Next, I play the spell card Double Spell! By discarding one spell card from my hand, I can now activate a spell card from your Graveyard and use it as my own."
Placing his spare card in his hand on the Graveyard slot, Illidan said as the card slid in "So now, I send Diffusion-Wave Motion to my Graveyard, and I chose to activate your Card of Demise! Now with it, I can draw till I hold five cards in my hand. Of course, I do have to discard my entire hand in five turns, but that's a small price to pay at the moment."
With a fluent motion, he picked up five new cards and examined them. His grin became even wider at the sight of his cards.
Grabbing hold of three cards from his hand, Illidan then pointed at his face down card, which revealed it. "Now, I activate my face down spell card known as Polymerization, allowing me to now fuse from my hand the two Cyber Dragons (2100/1600) and The Light – Hex-Sealed Fusion (1000/1600) to create the Cyber End Dragon (4000/2800) in attack mode!"
Two metallic snake like machine dragons and a round rock like creature with one arm and emitting light then appeared on the field and began to swirl together. A brilliant white light then appeared, and a new monster appeared from the light. As the light dimmed, a large three headed machine snake like dragon with large metallic wings and a long tail then appeared. It had some lights running up and down the side of each dragon's head, along with a set of large green lights on the corner of the inner part of the dragon's wings. On the dragon's chest, right below where the head had connected, was a large green light as well. The three headed dragon roared loudly with a machine growl.
"How could you form that dragon without the third Cyber Dragon?!" asked a shocked Seto.
Lightly chuckling, Illidan quickly explained, saying "Simple Seto. My Hex-Sealed Fusion acts as a substitute for a Fusion-Material monster. Since I didn't have my third Cyber Dragon, I just subbed in my Hex."
Seto only nodded but frowned. "Even though he's formed a powerful fusion monster, it's still no match for my dragon. So why bother?"
Seeing Seto's confusion, Illidan smirked at it and then called out "You'd better pay attention Seto, cause I'm not done. Cyber End Dragon, let's even the playing field for earlier in the duel! Attack his Spear Dragon with Super Strident Blaze!"
The three headed machine dragon roared loudly as it each head opened it's jaws. The glow of silver light then appeared in each dragon's mouth, causing a bit of electricity to come out as well. Each dragon then spat a beam of energy forward, with the three beams twisting together to form one large beam.
"Oh, by the way Seto, just so you know, my dragon has a special ability! Like Spear Dragon, it has a trample effect, meaning the difference in my dragon's attack points and your dragon's defense points is dealt directly to you!"
In shock, Seto quickly replied "But my dragon has no defense points!"
Nodding, Illidan yelled back "Exactly, meaning my attack is like a direct attack on your life points! Say adios to 4000 life points!"
The blast then struck the pterodactyl like dragon head on, making it roar loudly in pain as it shattered. The entire blast then traveled on past the shattered monster and struck Seto directly, making him scream out in pain as he was thrown backwards to the ground.
As the blast subsided, Seto was laying on the ground, slightly trembling from the force of the attack. Slowly, he stood back up, but stumbled a bit as he stood.
"That should be enough damage for one turn. To end, I'll place one card face down. Back to you Seto." (Illidan 3500, Seto 2800)
Marie only could gasp in shock. "He just turned the tables on Seto! In one turn, Illidan has gone from far behind in the duel to back on top! That shot really shook Seto I think, which is what he needed to get back in the game."
Staring at his brother, who was panting in a slouched over position with his hands on his knees, Mokuba only silently pondered what just happened. "Seto had the duel won I thought, but just when it looked like he was in the clear, Illidan pulled this strategy out of the air. Man, this is bad!"
After a few moments, Seto finally caught his breath and a small smile appeared across his face. He stood back up straight and smirked, and said "Very nice execution Illidan. I wasn't expecting you to hit me with an attack like that, but then again, I knew you'd make a comeback. You always seem to find someway to beat the odds. Even with your back against the wall, you find a way to make a comeback."
As he drew his card, he then said in a more serious tone "But that doesn't mean I'm through just yet! No, I'm far from done with this duel!"
Looking at the card he just drew, Seto then called out "Time to get back at you for taking my dragon out! Go Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack that scrap heap with Neutron Blast!"
Each of the heads of the white dragon roared loudly and began building up energy within their mouths. With great force, the three dragons then fired their energy beams, which formed into one large beam as it approached the machine dragon.
Seeing this, Illidan let a small smile grace his face and called out "The jokes on you this time Seto! I reveal my face down spell card, Rush Recklessly! Now I get to add 700 attack points to my dragon for this turn, meaning it's stronger than your dragon now (4000 + 700 4700/2800)!"
The large three headed machine dragon roared loudly as it began to glow with new power, signifying it's readiness for the oncoming onslaught.
"Cyber End Dragon, counterattack with Super Strident Blaze!"
With a mighty metallic roar, each head opened their jaws and took aim at the three headed white dragon. In a simple motion, the three dragons released a blast of pure silver energy from their jaws, which combined together, forming a large beam as the other dragon had. The two blasts met head on, seemingly drawing even at first. After a moment though, the silver blast pushed the white energy blast backwards. Finally the three headed white dragon could no longer sustain the blast and was forced to stop firing energy. That caused the machine dragon's attack to come flying back into the large dragon, which slammed into the dragon hard, making it roar in great pain. In a thunderous explosion, the three headed white dragon exploded, sending out small shock waves from it.
Seto only growled loudly as he saw the end results. Grabbing both cards with his right hand, he said "I place these two cards face down and end my move (4000/2800)." (Illidan 3500, Seto 2600)
Nodding, Illidan drew his next card and called out "Time to end this duel! Cyber End Dragon, direct attack with Super Strident Blaze!"
The machine dragon heads all three roared to life and each sent a surge of silver energy out their mouths, which formed another large beam. The blast then headed straight for Seto, intent on ending the game once and for all.
Smirking, Seto yelled "I'm not going down that easy Illidan! I reveal my trap card, Call of the Haunted! Now I can special summon one monster from my Graveyard to the field in attack mode, so I'll be picking the one monster I need to take you down. Return now my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (4500/3800)!"
With a brilliant display, the mighty dragon reappeared on the field, letting out a mighty roar, which caused the blast to instantly vanish. The dragon then landed on the field and let out another loud roar, seemingly challenging the machine dragon to try and attack it.
"The way I see it now Illidan, you have two choices since I interrupted your little attack. Continue your attack and lose your dragon, or end your move and still lose your dragon. Your choice."
Lightly chuckling at this, Illidan replied "I chose my third choice, which is to place one card face down and end my turn." (Illidan 3500, Seto 2600)