Hey there everyone! Well, this week so far has been interesting so far. I've come up with a new idea for a one-shot based off a song I heard while on my vacation last week. It's been stuck in my mind since I left, and made me especially think of how I felt while away from my mate. It's the song "When You're Gone," written by Avril Lavigne. Lol, why sad songs get stuck in my head for some reason, and why they inspire me, I'll never know, hehe.
Last time, the duel between Illidan and Seto heated up, with Illidan managing to strike back and even summon his own powerful fusion monster. Now at a standstill, with both having their most powerful monsters out, what will happen next?
Alright, it's time once again! Queue the review music! (/Finds Naruto theme music to listen to.\)
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thanks. Yeah, in the one shot, I had hinted that Seto had changed, which he had really. Nope, the duel didn't end, but will it this time?
x-knight20: That is explained soon enough. Sorry to be vague, but it kind of ruins things if I just say yes or no.
Isis the Sphinx: Thank you. Well, I decided to do this story in GX due that I had finished up with the Yugioh series. I mean, my last one-shot ended with the Pharaoh crossing over, so there was nothing left from the Yugioh series to work with. Besides, I've yet to tell everyone what Illidan and Marie were up to during their ten year journey. Sure, they got through grad school, which took six years, but what about the other four? Don't forget, Yami charged them with one last task before he left, so they had some stuff to do. I know, kind of vague, lol.
ardee: Yeah, I figured the alerts were going to you pretty quickly. Yep, he still has his Cyber Dragons. I had thought about dumping them, but to compete with Seto, he needed them. As for original cards, I'll be honest, yes, later on. Thanks again for your comments.
pink-kiss-candy: Thanks for the compliment. Don't worry about Ryon, he'll be fine. (/Slips shrink another $50. Screaming increases.\)
Ok, that's all for the reviews today. I hope you all enjoy this next chapter. I look forward to all the reviews I'll get from it. Later everyone!
Chapter 6
Nodding, Seto then drew his card, but Illidan quickly called out "Don't forget Seto, you're Card of Demise's effect goes off this turn. Now you have to discard your entire hand to the Graveyard, so say farewell to whatever card you just drew."
Looking at the card, Seto only shrugged, showing Illidan that the card. "It's just my useless Rare Metal Dragon (2400/1200). Oh well, goodbye my dragon." With effortless motion, he placed the card in the Graveyard slot, where the card easily was pulled in.
Smirking, Seto then said "I next activate my trap card, Jar of Greed! Thanks to this card, I get to draw one card from my deck."
"So, you had a backup plan I take it." Illidan said aloud as Seto drew his card.
Nodding as he glanced at his card, Seto replied "I always have a backup plan, just in case. Speaking of backup plans, it looks like I'm about to finish this duel."
Still smirking, Seto pointed at Illidan, saying "You're about to meet your end Illidan. You see, as powerful as this dragon is, there is an even stronger Blue-Eyes in my deck!"
Not understanding, Illidan playfully chuckled and replied "You must have hit your head pretty hard or something Seto. There are only two types of Blue-Eyes, and you've played both so far."
Smirking once more, Seto countered with "You're not quite correct Illidan. There is a third Blue-Eyes, and it's in my deck thanks to Pegasus! Now I reveal it, so I first must sacrifice my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"
The large three headed dragon roared loudly as it vanished from the field in a flash of white light. "And now," continued Seto, "I reveal my strongest monster in my deck! Come forth and show yourself, my Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon (3000/2500) in attack mode!"
A blinding white light then filled the field, everyone, except Seto, cover their faces. Illidan glanced back up, only to see a figure forming in the black light. Slowly, large wings, with a long neck and powerful head formed. Finally, the light died down enough to reveal the figure was a mighty dragon made of silver metal. It had no arms, but powerful metallic legs, along with mighty metallic wings, and a powerful metal tail. It's head was powerful and coated in the same metal, and it had several blue half spheres on it's body. One on each of the top of it's wings, then one in it's chest, one on the top of it's head, and several down it's back. The dragon let out a higher pitched screech than the other previous Blue-Eyes dragons had.
Illidan was awestruck at the new dragon. "It's a monster I've never seen before, or even heard of! What is this thing!? And more importantly, what can it do!?"
Marie only stared on as well, unsure of what to make of the new dragon. "This is trouble, with a capital t. That thing maybe weaker than Illidan's dragon, but I have a feeling that dragon has a special ability that will make it real trouble. Stay strong Illidan, for you can't falter now."
"I'm sure you're quite shocked Illidan, but please stay in the game." Seto said, instantly breaking Illidan's gaze at the new dragon.
"Where…" Illidan began.
Interrupting quickly, Seto said "Did I get it? I got it from Pegasus. You see, right after Battle City, I wanted to battle once more with the Pharaoh, but of course, with him controlling the three Egyptian God Cards, I had to find a new way to beat him. I researched strategies and cards for a few weeks before I finally decided there was only one way to beat the Gods, and that was by asking the one person I hated to for help."
Slightly smiling as he looked up into the sky, Seto continued saying "I went to Pegasus for help. I asked him directly if he had anything to stop the Egyptian God Cards, and he hinted he did, but he wasn't willing to give them to me. No, he said I wasn't worthy of them, so I made a proposition. I told him if he could beat me in a duel, I'd give him my three Blue-Eyes White Dragons. But if I won, Pegasus would give me whatever he had to beat the Egyptian God Cards. He of course agreed to this deal, and so we had our duel.
Lightly chuckling, Seto looked back down at Illidan, saying "I beat him in the duel, and ended up getting the Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, as well as another card, but that card wasn't his. Anyways, me and the Pharaoh dueled again, and I used this card against him. In the end, he won the duel due that someone interrupted it, but oh well. Ever since, I took that card out of my deck. I felt it was to improbable to draw the card while I had the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon out again, so I put it away in my card safe."
Smirking, Seto then said "Today, before you arrived, I was preparing my deck, when I suddenly felt the urge to add the card back to my deck. Something told me I'd need it, and I see now I did."
"Still, your dragon is awfully weak. After all, it only has the same number of attack and defense points as your Blue-Eyes White Dragon had." Illidan quickly pointed out.
Laughing, Seto replied "True Illidan, but as you know, things aren't as they always seem. I now activate my Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon's special ability, which is quite a shocking one. Now, for each Dragon type monster in my Graveyard, my dragon gains 300 attack points."
Illidan lightly gasped, thinking back to how many Dragon type monsters he had destroyed, or Seto had sent to the Graveyard. "This won't end well." was the only thought that came to his mind.
"Time to do a dragon role call. First, there are my three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, plus Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, making the total of four dragons. Next, there was my Rare Metal Dragon, then my Spear Dragon which gives me six dragons so far. Then there was my Paladin of White Dragon, and finally my Luster Dragon #2, which means I have a total of eight dragons. Altogether, that means my Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon now gains 2400 total attack points (3000 + 2400 5400/2500)!" declared Seto.
The powerful metal dragon roared softly as it's body began to glow light blue. Slowly, it's strength increased, bit by bit, till finally the blue light dimmed and the dragon let out a mighty screech.
"No way!" Illidan cried out in shock. "That dragon just gained 2400 points. Still, there is hope." he silently said to himself as he eyed his face down card.
Laughing manically, Seto replied "Yes way! And it's about to get worse! Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon, annihilate his pathetic Cyber End Dragon with Shining Neutron Blast!"
With a small screech, the dragon opened it's jaws, allowing a rainbow colored sphere of light to form. Quickly, the dragon released a beam of rainbow energy straight at the machine dragon.
Before anything else could happen, Illidan let a smile cross his face, and said "Sorry Seto, but I'm not through with you yet! Forget about my face down card? Well, if you did, now it's time to remember it!"
Pointing at the face down card as it flipped face up, Illidan said "I activate my spell card known as De-Fusion, which now splits my monster back into the original monsters that formed him, so return now my two Cyber Dragons (2100/1600) and The Light - Hex-Sealed Fusion (1000/1600), all in defense mode!"
The three headed dragon roared softly as it began to glow. Finally, after a moment, the dragon split apart into three separate lights as the blast of rainbow colored energy struck the spot where the machine dragon once stood, causing a large explosion. As the explosion subsided, two snake like machine dragons and a large boulder like creature with light glowing off of it's body and a large arm were left on the field.
Seton only softly growled, but then smiled, saying "Oh well, I'll just have to take you out next turn. Your move." (Illidan 3500, Seto 2600)
Marie softly sighed, feeling a little relief that Illidan had once again survived another turn. "Still, he's not in the clear."
Illidan quietly drew a card and smiled softly at it. Looking back up at the field, Illidan called out "First, I'll activate the effect of my The Light - Hex-Sealed Fusion. You see, Hex allows me play it as Polymerization when creating a Light attribute monster. So now, I use Hex's effect to fuse itself and the two Cyber Dragons in order to bring back my Cyber End Dragon (4000/2800) in attack mode!"
The boulder like creature suddenly glowed brighter, and then the monster along with the two machine dragons began swirling together till finally then vanished. In their place stood a three headed machine dragon, which let out a powerful machine roar.
"Now for the fun part. You played this card earlier, but I stopped it with my mage's effect, so now I'll try it against you! I play the spell card Shrink, which now cuts your dragon's attack points in half!"
A beam of energy then shot from the spell card straight for the dragon. The dragon seemed unafraid though, as well as Seto. The beam was about to strike the dragon when suddenly the dragon began to glow light blue. The light blue aura then repelled the beam coming at the dragon, and the spell card instantly was shattered.
"What!?" Illidan said in total shock.
Lightly chuckling, Seto called out "Don't think I'd be foolish enough to summon a monster without another special ability. My dragon has the special ability to allow me to choose which spell, trap, or monster effects that affects it. Since it's my choice, I chose to not allow your spell card to affect my dragon."
Illidan could only gasp, quickly realizing he was in real trouble. "Not good, at all! Now I can't beat that dragon unless I can outmuscle it! And I just made the stupid mistake of bringing back my dragon, which means I'm trapped."
Knowing he had no way out of his current predicament, he just sighed and sadly said "I end my turn." (Illidan 3500, Seto 2600)
Smirking like he had already won, Seto said triumphantly as he drew "Blue-Eyes, attack his pathetic dragon now with Shining Neutron Blast!"
The powerful dragon screeched loudly and opened it's jaws, causing a sphere of rainbow energy to come pouring out. After a moment, the dragon then shot the powerful sphere of rainbow energy straight at the weaker machine dragon. The blast struck the machine dragon, making it roar loudly in pain as it's body was turned into scrap. Within a few moments, the dragon was finally shattered, allowing the remainder of the dragon's blast to go flying at Illidan. The blast struck him hard, throwing him into the air a short ways backwards.
Still smirking, Seto said smartly "I'll place one card face down, and end my turn. Your move Illidan." (Illidan 2100, Seto 2600)
With some difficulty, Illidan slowly rose to his feet. He wasn't hit too terribly hard, but the blast had inflicted a good bit of damage to his life points, so he had taken a decent hit. On shaky legs, Illidan slowly walked back to his position on the field and looked at the scenario in front of him.
"Hmm, right now, I only have 2100 points and one spell card in my hand, which is useless. After all, I have nothing to use my Double Attack card on. Not to mention, I have to discard a card just to use it. If I'm going to get out of this mess, I need a good card, and I need it now. Time to see if I've got what it takes to take that dragon down."
He then drew and looked at the card, but before he could say anything, Seto called out, saying "Before you do anything Illidan, I'm activating a trap card. I activate the trap known as Destruction of Destiny. Here is how it works. I now send three cards from the top of my deck to my Graveyard. For each spell or trap I draw, I take 1000 points of damage."
"That's kind of foolish. If you draw three spell or trap cards, you lose, so why chance it?" Illidan asked, unsure of what Seto was doing.
Smirking, Seto quickly replied "It's really simple Illidan. If I draw monsters, which happen to be Dragon types, my dragon will get stronger. Of course, the risk is great, but I'm willing to take it. After all, if I'm to beat you, I need any kind of advantage I can take, so this is one risk I'll be willing to take."
Looking at his deck then as he picked up three cards, he said "Let's see what we have here."
Turning them to face Illidan, Seto said "Well, I just drew two Dragon type monsters, which are Spirit Ryu and Hyozanryu. The third card is the trap card known as Crush Card Virus, so I do take a little damage."
Seto's Duel Disk then sparked, sending out a small jolt of electricity, simulating the punishment for picking the wrong card. Still smirking, Seto then placed the three cards in his Graveyard slot, allowing all three to slowly be pulled in. The metal dragon on the field then roared loudly as it's strength increased once more (5400 + 600 6000/2500).
"Continue on Illidan, although I doubt you'll have any chance of beating me." Seto said as he smirked triumphantly.
Looking again at the card he just drew, Illidan softly smiled and said "I think this card will help. I place one monster in defense, and end my turn." (Illidan 2100, Seto 1600)
Picking up his new card, Seto smiled once more, saying "I activate the effect of my Thunder Dragon that I just drew. Now by discarding this monster to my Graveyard, I get to add up to two more Thunder Dragon's from my deck, but instead, I'll just add one. So now I send this card to the grave, and get my new dragon."
After placing the card in his Graveyard, Seto pulled his deck out and looked through it till he found the card he wanted. He then shuffled his deck and placed it back in it's slot, but was quick to say "I now do the same thing again, and send this Thunder Dragon to the Graveyard. Time to once again pull out another new Thunder Dragon."
Once more repeating the process, Seto said "I finally send this last dragon to my Graveyard, but since I have no more Thunder Dragon's in my deck, I get to just shuffle it up."
"Why did he just waste his turn sending those dragons to the Graveyard?" Marie pondered.
As if knowing what she was thinking, Seto called out "In case you didn't know what I just did, I'll tell you Illidan. I just deposited three more dragons into my Graveyard, and you know what that means. My dragon gains yet another 900 attack points (6000 + 900 6900/2500)!" The powerful metal dragon softly roared as it's body began to glow a light shade of blue and it's strength once more increased.
"Now, to send whatever monster you have on a one way trip to the Graveyard. Shining Dragon, annihilate that monster with Shining Neutron Blast!" With a brilliant flash of rainbow light, a blast of rainbow energy was sent streaking towards the face down monster.
Before the blast hit, the card image flipped up, revealing a young female mage with long pink hair held back in a pony tail appeared. She wore purple and pink robes with a yellow cord belt. In her left hands was a long golden staff with a crescent moon at the top of the staff. She was in a one kneed position with the staff held defensively in front of her body.
Right before the blast could incinerate her, Illidan called out "Thanks for flipping my Magician of Faith (300/400). Now I get to add one spell card from my Graveyard to my hand, so I pick my Pot of Greed card."
As he added the card to his hand, the dragon's blast hit the young mage head on, easily causing her destruction within a second of the blast hitting.
"You may have added a card to your hand Illidan, but it won't help. I'll end my turn now." (Illidan 2100, Seto 1600)
As Illidan was about to draw, Seto chimed in, saying "Don't forget Illidan, after your next turn, the following turn marks five turns since you activated Card of Demise, which means you'll lose your entire hand. I have a feeling this turn will quite possibly be your last turn."
Growling softly, Illidan drew his next card, thinking silently "If I don't draw something here and now to help me win, I'll for sure lose next turn. Come on Heart of the Cards, guide me."
Raising the card to his face, Illidan softly gasped at the card. It was one he had added to his deck that could actually help him win the duel. Looking at the other two cards in his hand, he decided to give this turn everything he had.
Picking up another card from his hand, Illidan called out "I now play the spell card Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two new cards."
He quickly picked up two new cards and flashed a smile. He then said "I next play the spell card Fusion Recovery. Here is how it works: I get to add one Polymerization and one fusion material monster from my Graveyard to my hand, so I add The Light - Hex-Sealed Fusion back."
His Graveyard slot then glowed lightly as both cards were pushed out of the slot. Picking the two up, Illidan then said "I next play Polymerization, allowing me to fuse my Buster Blader (2600/2300) and The Light - Hex-Sealed Fusion together, to create the one and only Dark Paladin (2900/2400) in attack mode!"
Everyone only stood in shock as they watched the boulder like monster with light pouring off it's body and a purple warrior with a large lance on it's back appear on the field. The two then began to swirl together, causing a black sphere to appear. The sphere touched down on the ground, and then finally dissipated to reveal a new mage. He had blue skin, long grey hair which was flowing out of his odd shaped helmet, and red eyes. He wore powerful looking blue armor with orange stripes all over it, and held a large magical staff that had a lance like sword on the top of it.
Seto only stared at the creature wide eyed. Images of his battle with Yami at Battle City flashed through his mind, which is where he saw this monster for the first time. "That was the monster that beat me! The monster that put me out of the tournament for good!"
It then struck him that it was the same monster that was about to take him down once more. "IT CAN'T END LIKE THIS, NOT AGAIN!" his mind screamed.
Seeing Seto's reaction, Illidan smirked and said "I take it you've seen this monster before. Well, just to remind you, here is how his effect works. My Dark Paladin gains 500 attack points for each and every Dragon type monster in our Graveyards and on the field. Last count I had, you had 13 dragons in the Graveyard, plus one on the field, meaning my Dark Paladin now gains 7000 attack points (2900 + 7000 9900/2400)!"
The mage then let out a mighty battle cry as his body began to glow with a dark aura. Finally, his strength finished increasing as his body crackled with dark electricity. He stared at the metal dragon in front of himself that was giving off a blue aura, seemingly wishing to tear it apart.
"It's time to end this, once and for all. Dark Paladin, attack his dragon now with Magical Lance Blast!"
The mage let out a mighty battle cry and leapt high into the air. Seto watched wide eyed as the mage aimed his staff straight at his dragon. The mage then pushed power into this staff, forming a large black sphere of energy. Pulling his staff back, the mage swung the staff in front of himself, throwing the sphere of dark energy from the lance. With a mighty force, the black sphere struck the dragon head on, making it screech loudly in pain. After a few moments, a thunderous explosion followed, shattering the dragon's body into millions of pieces.
Seto fell to his hands and knees as the last of his life points drained away, leaving him with the knowledge that he had once again lost.