Hey everyone! Well, it's another day, and another chapter, lol. This week so far has not been too bad. I'm mostly trying to catch up on my work, but also working on writing when I can. Other than that, nothing has really happened so far, so happy days, lol.
Last time, Illidan and Marie each began interviewing the student body for the Slifer Dorm and found out the goals and dreams of their students. Now that they're nearly done, what does the future hold?
Alright, it's time once again, so let's do it! (/Queues up some music.\) It's review time!
Ultimate Legendary Master: Yeah, it was a slow chapter, and mostly just a filler chapter. I did use it though to introduce some of the cast from the Slifer Dorm. Yeah, I had a good vacation. The underlining thing was an accident. Apparently, a link I had made got cut out and from there on everything was underlined. So sorry about that.
Isis the Sphinx: Good eye on Fullmetal Alchemist and Naruto names, but semi wrong on the Digimon. True, there was a name from it that is similar, but not the same person. And no, original names were hard, lol. After all, I picked out several characters, making it hard to name them all, so I cheated and borrowed names. As for the miscount, I think I had it right when I went back. I pm'ed you about it. I didn't mean to sound rude or anything in it btw if you thought that. Thanks for the comments.
x-knight20: Thank you. (/Sweat drops at Marie chasing you.\) I'm not getting in the middle of that. You're on your own when dealing with her. (/Notes she has you cornered now and is grinning evilly.\) Good luck...
ardee: Yep, updates everyday! Heh, nice that it ties up some of your time, lol. I know the feeling about getting addicted to the games. Thanks about it being funny. I tried, lol. Yeah, it was frustrating not being able to post, although I think I figured out what happened now. Hmm, a Illidan vs. Jaden duel you say? Never know, it could happen.
pink-kiss-candy: Yep, Winry has entered the building, along with Ed and Al. Lol, yes, yayness!
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Chapter 14
After nearly another hour, the interviews were finally over. Marie jumped out of her chair and did a happy dance, but didn't know Illidan was in the doorway watching.
"Nice dance." he commented, making her jump out of her skin.
"ILLIDAN! Don't scare me like that!" she scolded.
Illidan only chuckled and pulled her into his arms. He gently placed a kiss on her forehead and said "Sorry."
Feeling bit bad over scolding him, Marie replied "It's alright. I kind of overreacted a bit."
"A bit?" Illidan asked with dripping sarcasm.
Softly growling, Marie replied "A bit too much, yes."
Lightly chuckling, Illidan said "Ok."
The two walked down to the kitchen to find Zane already hard at work cooking. Looking back at them, he smiled, saying "I thought I'd cook this time."
Both shrugged, with Illidan asking if he needed help. Zane simply shook his head no and continued cooking.
Seeing no need to stay in the kitchen anymore, the couple moved to the cafeteria area and sat down, waiting on Zane to finish up. While waiting, they chit chatted about the students, and what they hoped would happen.
"Each of them seems talented, but just lack the confidence or drive to keep moving forward." Illidan commented.
Marie shook her head, saying "Actually, a few have the drive in my groups, but they just need a chance. I think we should talk to the Chancellor about possibly making that happen."
Nodding in reply, Illidan was about to say something else when he saw smoke coming out of the kitchen area. Groaning, he quickly leapt to his feet and took off to find the source.
Marie waited and finally saw Zane and Illidan come out of the kitchen. Zane was coughing heavily and finally fell onto the table, looking completely dejected.
Chuckling, Illidan simply stated "He can't cook either."
The comment earned a glare from Marie, but he only chuckled. Finally, Marie's glare faded into a smirk and she let out a small chuckle herself.
After letting the smoke completely vacate the kitchen area, Illidan walked in and quickly fixed several pepperoni pizzas. Finally finishing, he pushed them into the ovens, letting them cook.
Not long afterwards, the pizzas finished cooking and dinner was set out for the students. All enjoyed the food, with no one complaining at all about it. As everyone finished their meal, the intercom buzzed to life.
"Attention students, I have a special announcement to make." called out the voice of Chancellor Shepherd. "Tomorrow night at seven o'clock, there will be a special three-way duel for your entertainment."
"Wow, that'll be awesome to see!" Jaden said with pure excitement.
"This should be interesting." Zane commented with his interest peaked.
Continuing, the Chancellor said "The duel shall be between three of the headmasters. One from each dorm has been selected, and shall compete."
"He never told me there would be a duel! Will it be me or Marie?" Illidan silently pondered.
"This duel shall be pitting the following three headmasters against one another. They are, in order by dorm, Dr. Crowler, Professor Satyr, and Professor Illidan Stormrage." announced the Chancellor.
Looking at Illidan, Marie whispered "Did you know about this?"
Shaking his head quickly, Illidan whispered back "No, I had no idea."
"Wow, our own headmaster will be in a duel. That hasn't ever happened before really. I hope he doesn't lose too badly." Chazz said out loud, which caused Illidan to grow slightly annoyed.
"Ah, come on Chazz, don't be that way. I'm sure Professor Illidan will do great!" Jaden chimed in.
"Yeah right." Chazz mumbled.
"That is all for now students. I hope all of you will be out tomorrow night to watch the duel. I assure you, it will be one to remember." the Chancellor said as the intercom finally silenced.
Picking up his dishes, along with Illidan and Marie's, Zane said "This should be good. I hope you're ready to face the other two headmasters."
Nodding, Illidan smiled and replied "Of course. I'll have to start preparing tonight though, just to make sure."
"Need any help?" Zane asked.
Shaking his head, Illidan simply replied "Nah, I'll be good. Anyways, can you take care of the movie tonight?"
Zane simply nodded in response, which caused Illidan to get up and say "Come on Marie, let's get started."
The two then quickly left the cafeteria, leaving Zane alone with the students. After piling the dishes up in the kitchen, Zane quickly pulled out a pack of DVDs and pulled one out after much consideration. He placed the DVD into the player and flipped out all the lights.
Two hours later, the students headed towards their room. As Jaden was heading back, his Duel Spirit, Winged Kuriboh, appeared and began squeaking at him. It was pointing off in the distance towards the bottom of the cliffs.
"What's that pal? You say there is a duel going on, and you sense another Duel Spirit?" asked Jaden. Winged Kuriboh simply nodded and vanished.
Thinking for a moment, Jaden finally said "I'm going to go check this out!"
Syrus, who had been ahead of Jaden, heard his friend exclaim and gave chase after him. "WAIT UP!"
Sighing, Chazz followed behind the running pair, mumbling to himself "Why do I bother some days."
The three students quickly made their way to the top of the cliff and looked down to see what was going on. Upon looking down, a spray of flames erupted into the air, causing the three to jump back.
Winged Kuriboh reappeared at that moment, squawking loudly and pointing at the origin of the flames. There stood a large dark orange dragon with large wings, sharp clawed hands and feet, and a powerful looking head. It's head had some kind of fins on the side of it, with two large horns on the top of it.
"WOW! That's a Duel Spirit! Man, that thing is huge!" Jaden exclaimed.
"Why can't my Duel Spirits be that cool looking?" Chazz said with depression in his voice.
His three Duel Spirits, the Ojama Brothers, suddenly appeared beside of him, with the yellow one saying "Ah, come on Boss, you don't mean that! You know we could take that thing easily!"
"Yeah, he's nothing compared to the three of us!" added the green brother.
"We'd take him in a fight to the finish!" the black brother added as well.
Growling softly, Chazz swatted at the three, saying "Zip it!"
Looking back over the cliff, the three saw that it was a duel between both headmasters of the Slifer Dorm. Marie had only 100 life points, but had the large orange dragon out on her field. Illidan's field only had one face down card, and he had 1100 life points left.
"You can't win this one Illidan. To beat me, you'll have to go through my Tyrant Dragon, which has 2900 attack points." Marie boasted confidently.
Smirking, Illidan replied "We'll see, won't we. Don't forget, it's my move now, so it's time to see if I can beat you!"
Drawing his card, Illidan lightly chuckled, saying "It's time to end this Marie. I summon Silent Magician LV4 (1000/1000) to the field!"
A mage dressed in white and blue robes appeared onto the field. It was a very young mage by the looks of his face. He had light brown eyes, with silver hair.
Chuckling, Marie said "If that's the monster that's going to end things, I don't think I have much to fear."
Smirking at her overconfidence, Illidan pointed to his face down card, which lifted up to reveal itself, causing Marie to stop chuckling and gulped with worry reflecting in her eyes.
"I know you've seen this spell card a million times before. Meet my Level Up! Thanks to this card, I can now sacrifice my Silent Magician LV4 for Silent Magician LV8 (3500/1000)!"
In a flash, the mage vanished only to be replaced by a stronger mage that looked similar. It was like the mage had aged from a child into an adult. He was still dressed the same, but his muscles were most definitely more toned, and his hair hung lower down his back.
"Let's wrap this up! Go Silent Magician, attack with Silent Scepter attack!" Upon getting his orders, the mage leapt into the air and fired a sphere of white magical energy straight at the orange dragon, which was hit head on by the sphere. The dragon shrieked out in pain, but couldn't escape and was blown into millions of pieces. The remainder of the blast streaked forward, slamming into Marie, who stood her ground barely. As the smoke dissipated from the explosions, Marie's life points dropped to zero, causing the remaining holograms to vanish.
Quickly running to Marie, Illidan asked "Are you alright?"
Smiling up at him, she nodded. Illidan offered a helping hand, in which Marie took hold of, but pulled him down instead. Once falling down, she rolled over on top of him, pinning him to the ground. She leaned over, draping her hair over the two of their faces, giving them a curtain of privacy. Under the curtain, she pulled in close, locking lips with him in a passionate kiss.
On the cliff, Jaden, Syrus, and Chazz were giving off a quiet "Eww!" sound, causing the three to quickly leave the area. As they were walking back, Jaden put his arms behind his head.
Noting Jaden's posture, Syrus asked "What's up Jay?"
Smiling, Jaden replied "Not much. Just thinking about how awesome the end of that duel was. I wouldn't have guessed that the headmasters had those kinds of cards."
"Well duh they'd have powerful cards!" interrupted Chazz.
Thinking for a moment, Jaden finally replied "I guess so. Still, I wonder what kind of decks they run, and if Professor Marie even realizes she has a Duel Spirit."
The three only continued on till they reached the Slifer Dorm, with both Syrus and Jaden going to their room and Chazz entering his own.
Back on the beach, Marie slowly pulled back and smiled at Illidan, who only smiled back. "I see we drove our company away." he simply stated.
Lightly chuckling, Marie said "Yes, we managed to drive them away. Just think, in another year or so though, they'll be all over stuff like this."
Nodding in reply, Illidan then suddenly flipped Marie over onto her back, catching her by complete surprise. He pinned her arms down to the soft sand and stared into her chocolate orbs.
He quickly drew her into a kiss that was long and deep. After a few moments, he drew back and started kissing down the side of her neck, causing a small moan of pleasure to escape her lips.
"We shouldn't here. Someone will find us." she pleaded while struggling to keep from stopping him.
Knowing she was right, Illidan got off of her body, which was feverishly warm, much like his own. In a single swoop, he lifted her bridal style and ran off towards the dorms.
In the shadows of the cliffs, a figure watched and smirked evilly. "Enjoy your time now, for soon it will end, and our time shall begin." the figure said softly.
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"ILLIDAN!" Marie screamed as she sat up in the bed.
Illidan had woken up a few moments before, when he noticed Marie's restless sleep, and now held her in a warm embrace from behind. Her face was drenched in sweat, and tears were rolling down her cheeks. Her body was also shaking uncontrollably.
"It's alright, I'm here." Illidan cooed to her, trying hard to calm her down.
Marie just grasped onto his arm and let her tears flow freely, as her body shuttered with sadness. For almost thirty minutes, she just sat there in Illidan's arms, softly sobbing.
Finally, once finished, she dried her tears, and turned around, hugging Illidan tightly. Letting go, Illidan lightly touched her cheek and kissed it.
"Now, what is wrong dearest?" he asked softly.
Sighing, Marie slowly said "It was a horrible nightmare."
Thinking for a moment, Illidan asked "Are you sure it was a nightmare and not a vision?"
Shaking her head, Marie quickly replied "No, it couldn't have been a vision. Too many things were out of place. Trust me, I don't believe it was a vision. I considered that thought already, but too many things didn't fit in."
Sighing, Illidan nodded and said "Why don't you tell me about it then."
Nodding lightly, Marie started. "Well, for some reason, you were dueling. I'm not entirely sure, but your opponent looked somewhat like Zell…"
Curious, Illidan asked "You mean Zell from ancient times?"
Marie slowly nodded, saying "That's the part I know means it wasn't a vision. He died all those years ago, so I know he's not going to be dueling you anytime soon. Anyways, I saw you and him dueling, well, at least a glimpse of him as Anubis…"
"Anubis?" Illidan asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes, Anubis. For some reason, it was on your field, and it was destroyed, defending you I guess. I watched as Anubis exploded, with the remainder of the damage striking you. It was a Shadow Game, and you were almost instantly gone. All I could do was watch as you faded away. I wasn't able to move or anything, but just had to stand there and watch you fade away."
Illidan noticed tears forming in her eyes once more, and was quick to draw her into his warm hug. Stroking her hair gently, Illidan softly said "Don't worry, it was just a dream. I'll never leave you, I promise."
Nodding slowly, Marie snuggled into his chest, sighing softly as her tears stopped. She softly smiled as she felt his protective arms surround her, pulling her closer to his chest.
Within minutes, Marie fell fast asleep. Smiling at his wife, Illidan softly kissed the top of her head. "Not just my wife, but my best friend, my lover, my soul-mate."
Soon enough, Illidan laid the two of them down and pulled the blanket back over their bodies. Slowly, sleep overcame Illidan, allowing the two to fall into a deep asleep.
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The next day went smoothly. The students mostly stayed in their rooms, with most of them catching up with old friends or making new ones with the freshmen. The day was just peaceful for the most part.
During the day, Mariah dropped by Illidan and Marie's little house. The two kindly let the young girl in and welcomed her to their home.
"So, what brings you here Mariah?" Illidan asked.
Smiling nicely, Mariah handed the two a letter that had been in her clutches since she came to their home. "Mom and Dad asked me to give this to the two of you. Yesterday, there was really no chance to, but since the two of you are together today, I thought I'd better get it to you."
Taking the letter from Mariah, Illidan kindly said "Thank you very much Mariah. By the way, how are your parents?"
"They're doing good. They were a bit sad that I was going to Duel Academy this year, but were happy to learn the two of you would be here." she nicely said.
Bowing, Mariah said "I'll be leaving now. I'll see you all later at dinner."
With that said, Mariah walked out of the house before the two could say another word.
"She's a sweet girl still." Marie commented.
Nodding, Illidan replied "Yes, she is. I'm happy that Ishizu and Shadi have such a lovely daughter. She'll be a heart breaker one day soon. I can only imagine Shadi's reaction when she starts dating soon."
Both lightly chuckled, and Illidan then turned his attention to the letter. Opening it, he pulled it out and began to read aloud to Marie.
"Dear Illidan and Marie,
I'm sorry that I could not personally deliver this letter, but I figured Mariah could handle the job. It hasn't been long since we saw the two of you at your graduation. I'm happy that you each have a job with the school. Mariah was really surprised to hear that the two of you would be working at the academy. We were somewhat relieved ourselves to find out that she'd at least have a few friendly faces there.
It is time I get down to business. As you know, I've been recording your family's history for five millennia. I kept records of all the Tomb Keepers, along with the ones that were ruling Egypt for a short time. I have discovered that one of your descendants is actually one of your students. It is… Mariah!"
Illidan only grumbled as he read this part of the letter. Marie couldn't help but giggle lightly, as Illidan finally smiled as he returned to reading out loud the letter.
"… I know, that joke wasn't too funny, but I had to try. You know me and my dry sense of humor. You'd think after five millennia I'd learn a good joke or two. Anyways, in all seriousness, there is another descendant. He came directly from your family line, although his last name has changed of course. He was born from your son's, Fahd, side of the family. The name of the descendant is Jaden Yuki. I'm sure you've heard of him seeing how he is in your dorm according to my records.
Before you start pondering if I'm sure or not, remember whom you're questioning. I am one hundred percent sure that he is your descendant. I've tracked each and every family member that has come into your family for five millennia, and I know for sure that he is a descendant.
I'm unsure what you will do with this information. I just wanted you two to know who was there. Also, I have not made contact with this boy. The rest of your past family members, I did make some kind of contact, either in person or by letter. I may have to finally break down and start using email eventually if your family line continues on as long as it has, but then again, it's no longer my job to keep track, hehe. I do hope that this information is helpful.
In closing, I hope all goes well for the two of you. I look forward to seeing the two of you whenever it is possible. Good bye for now.
Shadi"
Upon ending his reading, Illidan folded the letter up and placed it on the coffee table.
"So, Jaden is part of our family…" he said softly.
Thinking for a moment, Marie finally said "It does make sense I guess. The incident last year with the Shadow Riders and Sacred Beasts, the fact he can see Duel Spirits, and the fact he is able to control the Shadow Charms he has. I'm amazed that our blood line flows that strongly through him."
Shaking his head, Illidan replied with "No, I think that's not it. Our blood line is very thin now. I'd say it was more heart than anything. Jaden fought off of that I bet. Much like us, he fights to protect the ones he cares about. I am glad that that lesson wasn't lost over time."
"What should we do about this?" Marie asked timidly.
Taking a few seconds to think, Illidan finally said "We'll wait on telling him. Possibly this winter break we'll tell him. From what I understand, he doesn't go home very often, if ever. Anyways, we'll talk to him then about it. That should give us time to think of what to say to him."
Nodding in reply, Marie kissed Illidan on the cheek and walked out of the room. He only stood there, thinking about the new news.
"Shadi, you always are full of surprises." Illidan thought silently.