Hello once again everyone! Well, this past weekend was an interesting one. To start things off, Saturday morning, I grudgingly went and got my hair cut. It was somewhat long, not too long, but longer than I had ever let it grow before. My bangs were in my eyes all the time, and I was kind of too lazy to trim them, lol. My mate loved my hair, but everyone else in my family hated the look, and kept badgering me to cut it. I finally gave in and got it cut. It's shorter, but not too short. I still prefer it longer…
At any rate, I ended up cutting my mate's mom's yard for her later that morning before it got too hot, which wasn't too hard. I went home and spent a little time with my mate, then went to my dad's. I was less than a quarter of a mile away when some kind of large golden colored cat darted out in front of me. Needless to say, I couldn't get stopped, and hit the thing head on. It mostly straddled my car, except for apparently it's head, which hit off my front license plate and then off of my radiator. I looked back to see it lying in the road, unsure of what it was. Well, I went down to my dad's house and pulled in and got out to look at the damage. My front plate had a very nice dent at the bottom of it, plus I could smell something. Getting down to look, I discovered my radiator was busted open, with antifreeze leaking out. My dad was luckily home, and after talking it over, decided to move my car out of the way and to call it in Monday, since there was nothing we could really do over the weekend. We went back up to the accident site to see if we could find what I hit, only to discover no blood, no animal, no nothing. Well, dad questioned me about what I saw, and I described it best I could: a big golden looking cat, lol. Our best guess was it was a mountain lion, which is very rare in West Virginia. The point of the story is, yesterday, I found out through my grandma that she talked to a friend of hers that picked up the creature. It turned out to be a bobcat that weighed 45 lbs! Bobcats are normally much smaller than that, so it was a shock to find out how heavy the thing was. Needless to say, a 45 lb bobcat is more than enough to damage a car, lol. But that was my interesting weekend.
Thank you to all of the people who have been reviewing! I appreciate it very much. Also, I wish to thank all of the people who have been reading my previous stories recently and adding them to their favorites. It means a lot to know my older stories, along with my newer, are getting looked at.
Last time, Marie and Zane's duel continued to heat up, with Marie summoning her Tyrant Dragon. It lasted a while, only to be destroyed. The question is, has Zane finally backed Marie into a corner, and what of her Mudora card? Can it win the duel for her? Those questions and more to be answered in this chapter!
But for now, it's my favorite part of the morning! (//Cranks up review music.\\) It's review time!
x-knight20: Thanks for the comment. Yes, Mudora. Eh, I could probably slap something together for a Fairy deck, if I wanted to. I've mostly let rl Marie have part of my Fairy cards, seeing how I don't use them. True, she's going up against one of the strongest monsters.
Isis the Sphinx: Lol, good possibility that she is going to kick Zane's butt. That's cool that things have finally slowed down. I wish they would in my life, but with going to the beach, my car, and everything, it's kind of impossible, lol.
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thanks. Yep, Marie's deck has slightly changed as I said, but at the core, it's mostly the same. Eh, I didn't mind the slowness of the Orichalcos season, due that it was rather good. Even though it was a darker season, I think that's what made it interesting. It showed the almighty Yami could be tempted into darkness even. The site where I get most of my info on cards is this: http://www.janime.info. It has all the seasons of GX so far, plus when I need to do some old Yugioh season looking, I go to There, they have all the seasons for Yugioh listed out and have part of the cards Yugi used. But that's where I get most of my stuff. Yeah, I had no idea that the Jaden/Aster tag duel was on till the next week, when I saw the 2nd episode of it. Too bad it hasn't aired here. Thanks again for the comments.
pink-kiss-candy: Hmm, odd. Usually if I see any kind of reviews, I post them, although I'm not always right. I may have missed a review. Sorry if I did.
ardee: Yep, it is, lol. Thanks for that comment about ToP days, lol. Actually, my mate brought that fact up to me. She commented on my writing, saying all ToP was was one great big duel. My second story, TWS, turned more plot like, along with a bit of dueling. According to her, this last story, it has more plot than before, and less dueling, so I don't know, lol. Yes, I had to use the anime effect for a few cards like Future Fusion. Lol, I wish it was true too. We'll see about how funny the match up is soon, hehe.
Well, that's it for me. Thank you everyone for your reviews so far. I enjoy each and every one of them. I encourage people to comment, review, question, etc, anything you like about my story. I enjoy hearing comments, the good and the bad.
It's time once again for me to get to work, but for now, enjoy this chapter. Later!
Chapter 11
Drawing his card, Zane said "Cyber End Dragon, attack her Bountiful Artemis with Super Strident Blaze!"
In a flash, the three dragon heads had energy formed within their jaws. Simultaneously, the three released their blasts into one large stream of pure energy, which easily shattered the odd looking fairy.
"That's all for now." (Marie 5400, Zane 4900)
As Marie drew, she softly smirked, saying "Thanks for that last attack Zane. With it, you helped me achieve my goal."
Raising an eyebrow, Zane asked "What do you mean?"
Lightly giggling, Marie simply replied "You see, the monster I wanted to summon needed one more Fairy type monster in the Graveyard in order to truly be successful, and since you just helped me, I can now take that dragon of yours down."
Softly chuckling, Zane calmly replied "I'd have to see that to believe it."
Smiling back, Marie simply said "Glad you said that, cause here it is! I summon Mudora (1500/1800) in attack mode!"
A man wearing an ancient Egyptian golden mask that covered his whole head to his chest, which was then covered by grey armor that left his arms and legs bare then appeared. In the man's left hand was a large sword, seemingly very sharp. The man's arms were very muscular, and his skin tone was tan.
"Now for the best part! Mudora's effect is a very special one. You see, he gains 200 attack points per a Fairy type monster in my Graveyard. Right now, there are currently thirteen in my grave, meaning he gains 2600 attack points (1500 + 2600 4100/1800)!"
The ancient man on the field began to slightly glow golden as Marie's Graveyard slot glowed the same color. In an instant, the man was given great power and was poised to attack.
Zane softly gasped, shocked at the turn of events.
"Way to go Marie. I knew you'd turn things around." Illidan silently said with a smile on his face.
"Mudora, carve that tin can up with Ancient Fairy Slash!" The ancient man rushed forward, not slowing one bit. In a single flash, he jumped onto the three headed machine dragon and slashed each of the heads of the dragon, causing it to let out a loud roar as the body and heads completely exploded.
"I think that'll be it for me. You're up Zane." (Marie 5400, Zane 4800)
Softly growling at his loss, Zane picked up a card and said "I play the spell card Monster Reincarnation. This card allows me to send one card from my hand to the Graveyard and then I get to transfer a monster back to my hand, so I'll send my Photon Generator Unit to the Graveyard and return one Cyber Dragon. Next, I'll special summon it to the field in defense mode (2100/1600)."
The one headed mechanical snake like dragon reappeared onto the field and curled up into a tight coil.
"Unfortunately, that is all I can do for now." (Marie 5400, Zane 4800)
As she drew, Marie called out "Surely you can do better. I'll start by sacrificing my Mystical Shine Ball for Airknight Parshath (1900/1400) in attack mode."
The small sphere of light vanished from the field and was replaced with a half angel, half horse creature. The angel half wore blue and gold armor, and had wings draping across it's body in different places. In his right hand was a sword, while his left held a shield. The horse half was white, and had wings on it's back.
"Don't forget Zane, since I just added another Fairy to my Graveyard, Mudora gets stronger (4100 + 200 4300/1800). Airknight, attack his Cyber Dragon with Fairy Slash!"
Rearing into the air, the angel quickly charged forward sword raised. In a simple motion, the dragon was slashed into half, causing a shower of sparks to fly from it's corpse as it exploded. The sparks flew straight at Zane, causing him to cover his body slightly from them.
"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, my Airknight has trample as well, so you lose 300 additional life points. Plus, when he does Battle Damage, I get to draw one new card. Mudora, you're on! Attack directly with Ancient Fairy Slash!"
With lightning quick speed, the ancient man ran across the field. His speed was so great that Zane lost track of him, only to find him reappear while making a downward slash. The slash threw Zane to the ground, causing him to pant hard from the impact.
"I'll place a card face down and call it a turn. You're up Zane. Better make it count, cause there won't be a next turn." (Marie 5400, Zane 200)
Panting hard as he stood back up, Zane struggled for a moment to draw his card. Finally, he drew it and smirked, saying "I'm not through yet, for now I play the spell card Turnabout Treasure. I can only play this card when I have nothing on my field and hold no cards in my hand. Thanks to this card, I get to draw one card for each face up card on your field, and my last count, you have four. That means four new cards for me."
Struggling less with each card, Zane glanced over his new hand and smirked confidently, saying "It's time to finish this duel. I play the spell card Power Bond. As you remember, this spell card allows me to fuse together monsters to form a Machine type monster. The monster I'll be creating will be my Cyber End Dragon."
Puzzled, Marie asked "How do you plan on doing that when you don't even have any of the three Cyber Dragons you need to create it?"
Smirking once more, Zane replied "Simple. I plan on playing this spell card also, known as Cybernetic Fusion Support! By paying half of my life points, I can now remove from play from my Graveyard the Fusion Material monsters needed to summon my dragon. So, say farewell to three Cyber Dragons and hello to my Cyber End Dragon (4000/2800)!"
Slowly, the three Cyber Dragon cards slid out of Zane's Graveyard slot. Zane grabbed up the cards and placed them within the removed from play slot, and then slapped his dragon card onto his Duel Disk. The large three headed machine dragon quickly appeared onto the field, letting out a massive roar.
"Don't forget, thanks to Power Bond, it's attack points are doubled (4000 2 8000/2800)!" The dragon was suddenly struck by lightning, causing it to roar loudly as it's strength doubled.
Lightly chuckling in her head, Marie mentally said "Zane may have pulled out a good move, but it's pointless. As long as my field spell is in effect, I'll lose zero points when he attacks one of my monsters. Plus, during his End Phase, his Power Bond's effect will take the remainder of his life points. Even if he gets past them, I have a card ready and waiting on him."
Seeing what was happening, Illidan lightly frowned. "Zane knows he can't beat Marie with that dragon right now, so why bother? I don't like this. It's like he's setting her up."
Continuing his move, Zane said "And for the cherry on top, I play the spell card Limiter Removal! This spell card now doubles my Machine monsters attack points (8000 2 16000/2800)!" The dragon roared loudly once more as it's body glowed with a powerful white light, signifying it's rise in power.
Watching this, Illidan silently realized something was definitely wrong with the current picture, and knew for sure Marie was in trouble. "There is no way he'd play that spell card if he didn't think he could win. First off, he played Power Bond, which means he'll lose 4000 points in his End Phase. Second off, Marie's field spell card keeps him from doing damage."
Seeing he had one more card in his hand, Illidan quickly figured out what it could possibly be. "It's got to be some kind of spell/trap removal! He wouldn't dare go this far without having something to get rid of her field spell."
Back on the field, Marie prepared for Zane's attack. "If he attacks, my field spell will resolve the Battle Damage. If he destroys my field spell, I'll just spring my trap on him. Either way, this duel is going to end this turn."
"It's time I finish this duel, and the way I'll finish it is with my last card. I play the spell card Heavy Storm! Now your entire set of spell and trap cards destroyed!"
Marie could only watch in horror as typhoons lashed out across the field, each picking a target. The first struck her trap card, then her face down card, revealing that it was Spirit Barrier. Finally, the last typhoon struck the building standing behind her, which shattered, returning the background of the field to the dark night.
It then struck her that the duel was over. With her Fairy monsters out, even in attack mode, and no field spell to back them up or her trap card, she was defenseless against Zane's dragon. Seeing this, she heavily sighed and lowered her head, knowing she had lost. She then raised her head though, deciding to go out with her pride at the least.
Nodding lightly, Zane called out "Cyber End Dragon, attack Mudora with Super Strident Blaze to finish this duel!"
The large three headed machine dragon let out a primeval mechanical roar from each head. Each opened their jaws showing a bright glow of white energy in each mouth. In an instant, the three headed dragon released a stream of white energy from each mouth, which then merged into one large stream. With incredible force, the blast struck the ancient fairy, incinerating it within seconds of the blast touching it. The remainder of the blast continued on straight for Marie, easily engulfing her in the blinding light, which followed by a large explosion.
As the smoked cleared, Marie was visibly seen on her knees as the remainder of her life points drained to zero. Upon hitting zero, her Duel Disk powered down, and the remaining monsters on the field vanished as well. Zane's own Duel Disk powered down as well, as he simply stood looking over at Marie.
Illidan casually walked down to Marie and stooped down. Seeing she was panting hard, he gave her a moment to catch her breath.
Once she finally caught it, she looked up at him and smiled. Smiling back, Illidan kindly said "Good try Marie. You almost had him."
He then offered her his hand, which she gladly took. The two stood back up as Zane slowly walked over to the two.
Extending his hand, Zane smiled, saying "That was a good duel Marie."
Smiling back, Marie gladly accepted and replied "It was a great duel Zane. You're pretty incredible at dueling."
Lightly chuckling, Zane commented back "As are you. I can see now that the Slifer Dorm is indeed in capable hands."
Both smiled at the comment, and Illidan replied "Thank you Zane. That means a lot coming from you."
Checking his watch, Illidan sighed and said "Well, it's late, so we'd all better get some rest. No need to be exhausted when the students get here tomorrow."
Nodding back, Zane replied "True. I think I'm going to stay out here a little longer. I'll see you two in the morning, probably around eleven. The students shouldn't get here till afternoon."
Illidan simply nodded and said "Alright Marie, let's head back."
She smiled at him, but was completely shocked as he scooped her up in his arms in bridal style. It was so shocking, she let out a small eep. Without another word, Illidan walked off, carrying Marie in his arms.
As Zane turned to look back out at the sea, he smiled softly, saying "This year should be truly interesting."
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Lying in bed, Illidan slowly awoke to the sun filtering through the window. He felt Marie snuggle up closer to him at that moment, knowing she was still in deep sleep.
Looking over at her sleeping form, he smiled softly as he idly ran a finger though her soft brown hair. Sighing in content, he pulled her closer and closed his eyes, preparing to fall back asleep.
Before doing so though, his logical mind decided to check the time. He quickly glanced over at the clock and saw it read nine-thirty-six.
Groaning, Illidan knew he had to get up soon, for the alarm was set for ten. Carefully, he slid away from Marie and out of the bed. He wanted to badly return to bed though as Marie seemed to be looking hard for his body so she could snuggle back up against it. Instead, she managed to wrap herself deeper into the covers, making him slightly sigh.
Staying his course though, Illidan quickly grabbed some clothes and a turned off the alarm clock so not to wake up Marie. Slowly, he made his way into the bathroom and closed the door behind him. Finding a towel and washcloth, Illidan threw them in front of the shower and proceeded to get ready for the day.
While under the steamy water, he simply stood there pondering what all would happen through the year. "Will this be easy? Doubtful… Nothing is easy in life, but then again, I wouldn't have it any other way either. I just hope this job isn't impossible to do."
After about ten more minutes, Illidan finally stepped out and dried off. Slowly, after completely drying his hair, Illidan put on his black slacks and black undershirt that the school, or more or less Seto, had provided him. His official school coat would be last to put on, but he didn't want to wear it till he was ready to go.
Finally satisfied that he was ready, he opened the bathroom door to see what looked like a brown eyed angel lying on her side in a sexy black and silver silk chemise and thong, and was looking straight at him with a seductive smile. She had her head propped up with one arm and the other arm and hand on her hip.
Feeling the temperature rise about a hundred degrees, all thoughts left Illidan's mind as he just simply stared at the beauty. He could almost feel his tongue falling out of his mouth.
"Are you going to just stare or come and get me?" Marie purred as she lay completely still.
Without hesitation, Illidan simply replied as he started ripping his shirt off "To hell with being on time for the first day."