Hey there everyone! Well, it's the end of the week, meaning I'm almost free! Lol, but it's been a fun week. I've gotten lots done at work, plus yesterday, we had our free day, which wasn't bad. After a good lunch, we came back and did what they call a Yankee Swap. Pretty much, our names were drawn from a hat. We got to pick a gift that was left, or take someone else's gift. Heh, I got the lucky last draw, but I decided to find out what the last mystery gift was. It was a fountain, which was cool, lol. Yes, I know, I'm an odd one. Anyways, no one traded, which spoiled our boss's fun. He wanted to see a free-for-all over the gifts, and no one traded. I almost did take someone's gift, but curiosity got the better of me. The rest of the day, I got to spend time playing Warcraft 3 on There is a pretty sweet game on there called 3rd Shinobi Wars, where you play as a Naruto character. They have the jutsus and all. It's really nice, and the people who designed the level made the characters look pretty close.
Last time, the duel raged on with Crowler getting knocked out. Only Illidan and Curry Mask remain, meaning one or the other is going down this round. Will it be the paper mask wearing hero who is victorious, or does Illidan have this one in the bag?
Ok, it's time once more, so let's do it! Review time!
Ultimate Legendary Master: Yeah, I had thought about ending it last chapter, but there was stuff to still do, so no dice. Yep, I kept Magical Hats like the show. Correct about the effect. I knew about it, but I was like, eh, that sucks. Thanks for the comments.
Metal Overlord 2.0: Lol, yes, Crowler got a good butt whooping this round. Heh, very true, make sure Crowler doesn't take the loss too hard. Nah, I don't think those are real cards he used. I think they were just nicely made up cards, lol. Cool that you built a deck with Kozazky. Eh, I never liked that card, so I never tried, hehe. Lol, an overpowering hunger for Curry you say? Strange, I'm hungry for something else myself. Too bad I can't have it right now…
Isis the Sphinx: Lol, that's cool. Yep, no one likes Crowler, hence he is the weakest link! Goodbye! (/Watches Crowler go away crying.\) Ah, I love my job.
x-knight20: Thanks. Lol, nice, you got a healing potion. Just watch your comments. After all, Marie is within an ear shout always. Lol, yes, I bet it is one of the weirdest duels Illidan has been in. Well, other than the one where him and Marie strip for life points. OO Oops, didn't mean to say that one out loud. Not like me and Marie really do that. - - Moving on then…
pink-kiss-candy: Thanks. I'm glad it's getting exciting.
ardee: You can pay it. After all, you did entice her to break the shield and thoroughly hurt you. Great, you have enough strength to read! I'd guess an angry Marie is scarier… Yes, I never try to get on her bad side. It's not pleasant, and it's usually painful… Yep, that's one strong chef. Yeah, a food deck is original. The GX writers did a good thing with it. Heh, the Egyptian Gods are somewhere… Where, I'm not sure. True, Illidan did have them last. To be truthful, that is explained soon, so no worries. Marie doesn't do "sit boy" on random people. That works on me, but not random people.
Alright, that's it for me. I hope you all enjoy this chapter. Thank you all for your reviews. Answering them is so much fun every morning. I hope to continue to see lots and lots of them. Thanks again everyone. Enjoy!
Chapter 17
Chuckling, Curry Mask drew, saying "That pathetic face down card won't slow me down! I play the spell Silent Doom! I can now revive one monster to the field in face up defense, so I bring back Bean Soldier (1400/1300)!"
The green bean warrior reappeared on the field in a kneeling position. "Curry Fiend, fry up whatever his monster is!"
The chef creature flung yet another spoon load of hot material at it's target. The face down card image glowed and a young mage clad in purple armor that covered all of his body but his arms and head. The mage had blonde hair with a red bandana in it, and held a green staff. He appeared in a kneeling position, protecting his master. The flaming material easily destroyed the young mage, vaporizing it in seconds.
Slightly smirking, Illidan said "Thanks for that. You just triggered my mage's special ability. When sent to the Graveyard due to battle, I get to special summon a new level two or lower Spellcaster type monster to the field in face down defense."
Pulling his deck out, he searched for a moment and finally slapped a new card face down onto his Duel Disk, saying "I pick this one."
Seemingly a bit frustrated, Curry Mask huffed out "I end." (Mask 1500, Illidan 1200)
Illidan quickly drew his next card and smiled as he held out in front of his face. Turning it towards Curry Mask, he said "I play Pot of Greed! I get to draw two cards now."
Picking up two more cards, Illidan lightly chuckled, saying "You're through! First, I flip my face down monster up. Meet my Old Vindictive Magician (450/600)!"
An old mage with bronze, wrinkled skin and black hear, wearing bronze armor and robes with a bit of a blue tattered cape and a green staff appeared onto the field. He let out a small dark chuckle, as if foretelling a bad omen.
"There's something I should warn you about my mage. He really dislikes people looking at him. So when he's flip summoned and forced to look at people, his effect goes off. He gets to automatically destroy one monster on the field. I think your Curry Fiend is a perfect target!"
"NO!!!" cried out Curry Mask.
Grinning menacingly at the chef creature, the old mage held out his bronze skinned hand and released a sphere of purple light. The blast struck the chef creature head on, causing it to howl in pain. Slowly, the sphere entered into the chef's body. Once fully engulfed, the stomach of the chef creature glowed brilliantly till finally an explosion ripped completely through, easily destroying the creature.
"My Curry Fiend! You'll rue the day you did that Señor Stormrage!" snarled Curry Mask.
Smirking, Illidan said "I doubt that. Next, I reveal my face down spell card, Magical Dimension!"
A small golden statue, held up with four chains that were anchored to a square metal frame made of pipes that formed a cube around the statue slowly arose.
"Thanks to this card, I can now sacrifice my Old Vindictive Magician. Next, I get to special summon any Spellcaster type monster to the field, of course, pending it's summoning requirements. So now, I summon my Silent Magician LV 4 (1000/1000)!"
The statue's top half opened up and sucked the old mage in using a laser and closed it's doors once more. The entire statue opened the next time with a small white mage with silver hair coming out onto the field.
Pointing at the young mage, Curry Mask heartily laughed, saying "You sacrifice one weak and feeble old mage in order to summon another weak mage! You are incredibly foolish Señor Stormrage!"
Illidan only smirked at the comments, saying "There is another catch to my move. You see, my spell card has one last ability to use up. It can now destroy one monster on your side of the field, so that means your Bean Soldier goes away now!"
Curry Mask immediately stopped laughing as a beam shot out from the statue. The beam easily struck the bean warrior, causing it to explode instantly, and leaving Curry Mask wide open. Sweat instantly appeared rolling down Curry Mask's face from his face, showing signs he was truly worried.
After a moment, he finally regained his composure, saying "True, you may have destroyed my monster, but I've got more life points than that runt has attack points, so I'm still safe!"
Nodding, Illidan replied "True, you're right there, but who said my mage would destroy you? Don't forget, I'm holding one last card in my hand."
Gasping, Curry Mask shakily said "You lie! You can't beat me!"
Grabbing the card from his hand, Illidan boldly said "Wanna bet! I play the spell card Level Up! Thanks to this, I get to sacrifice my mage for his next form, which happens to be Silent Magician LV8 (3500/1000)!"
The small mage glowed brightly for a moment, and then began to grow in height. As the glow died, the smaller mage was seemingly older and stronger looking. His face now showed more adult like looks, and his body matched his new rise in power.
"Impossible!" Curry Mask blurted out in shock.
"Silent Magician, finish this duel with Silent Scepter Blast!"
Aiming his staff, the mage fired a sphere of white energy at Curry Mask, who could do nothing but take it on the chin. The blast threw him backwards to the edge of the ring, where he laid there. Even though it was a powerful blast, the blast somehow managed to keep from knocking off his mask.
As the life points drained away, the monster images faded and the Chancellor rose, saying "The winner of the three-way duel is Professor Stormrage!"
Every one of the Slifer Dorm students rose and heartily applauded their professor. Even Chazz stood up and applauded with a smug look on his face. A majority of the other dorms students stood up and applauded as well.
Walking over to Curry Mask, Illidan extended a hand to him. "Good duel." he kindly said to the masked man.
Smiling as he accepted the hand, Curry Mask slowly stood back up. "Yes, it was a good duel amigo."
Leaning in close so only Curry Mask could hear, Illidan said "Nice disguise by the way Vincent."
Pulling back to look Illidan in the eyes, Curry Mask asked "How long have you known?"
Lightly chuckling, Illidan patted him on the back and replied "Since the beginning of this duel my friend, since the beginning. Don't worry though, I won't blab."
Smiling back, Curry Mask nodded, saying "Thank you."
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The next day, classes officially began. Illidan and Marie got up a few hours earlier, hoping that it would be enough time to make breakfast, as well as get them woke up.
Breakfast went over well for once. Nothing was burnt, and the students didn't grumble at all. Zane volunteered to put the dishes in the washer since his class to teach was much later in the morning.
Illidan's first class of the day started at 9 A.M. He was in good spirits, and hoped that things went well. Walking into the class room, he saw many faces that he knew he'd have to memorize over time.
To start class, he asked everyone in the class to fill out some usual information cards that the academy always had filled out at the beginning of the year. Once that was done, he had everyone stand up and say who they were, and where they came from. After it had finally finished, Illidan decided he should tell them about himself.
"I'm from Kyoto, Japan, and have lived there most of my life. About six years ago, I went to college to study up on Egyptian History. This past May, I finally managed to graduate with a Master's Degree in Egyptian History. Also, in case everyone wonders, I've dueled in many tournaments and won several. Finally, so no one gets confused, my wife is Professor Marie Stormrage, which I'm sure many of you will have sometime today."
The students for the most part nodded, making Illidan smile lightly. Clearing his throat, he said "I guess I should tell everyone what you'll learn here. In this class, we'll begin with the study of Egyptian History, followed up with many other civilizations. I'm a fair teacher, and believe in making sure everyone gets what I'm talking about. I'll try my best to translate in simplest terms."
Thinking for a moment, Illidan continued with "Now, I'll discuss how you all will be graded. There will be a quiz every two weeks on Friday, going over what all we've discussed the previous two weeks. Our first quiz will be in two weeks time, so I suggest you study up. Also, we will have a test every six weeks. On the week of tests, there will not be any quizzes. I'll also be taking up some kind of homework from time to time, but for the most part, I want you all to have some good practice. Finally, if anyone has any problems, questions, or wish to talk, feel free to speak with me after class or come to my office. My door is always open."
Seeing the students take this all in, Illidan nodded and said "Alright, since it's your first day, I'm letting you all out early. So, go enjoy your day. We'll get to work tomorrow."
All the students picked up their stuff and began leaving. A few stayed behind, mostly to talk with one another.
Finally leaving, Illidan walked back to his office and sank into his chair with a heavy sigh. "That was easy enough."
"It gets easier." a voice said, making Illidan fall out of his chair.
Looking over, he saw that it was Chancellor Shepherd, whom was standing in his doorway chuckling at his actions. Catching his breath, Illidan stood up and straightened his uniform, saying "Chancellor, what may I do for you?"
Chuckling, the Chancellor simply waved him off, saying "Nothing really. I just figured I'd come check up on you. So, your first class wasn't too bad?"
Softly smiling, Illidan nodded, replying with "No, it wasn't bad. I'm just getting used to the students."
Nodding back, Chancellor Shepherd kindly said "Don't worry. Over time, you'll come to know each of them, and like me, miss them when they do head out."
"True, I'm sure I will. Till they're gone though, I'll have to treasure that time with them." Illidan replied as he turned to look out the window.
"I shall leave you for now then. By the way, there I'll be making an important announcement later this week. I figured I'd warn you ahead of time this time." Shepherd said as he stood in the doorway, ready to leave.
Turning back, Illidan nodded, saying "Alright. Thank you for the heads up."
As the Chancellor left, Illidan sank into his chair once more, letting out a heavy sigh. "I wonder what kind of announcement he'll make this time."
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The remainder of the day went over well. Both Illidan and Marie got to know their students a little, and enjoyed a wonderful lunch together with the Slifer students.
At the beginning of Marie's last class of the day, Marie sat in the classroom, reading over a few things for the class. The students were slowly filing in, and she was just waiting for a few to finish rushing in so she could begin class.
Down the hall, a large, fat cat with light brown fur with some dark brown stripes on it's legs and on it's back, with one set of stripes on his forehead, and a dark brown strip of fur on the end of his tail was waddling down the hall. Mentally, the cat was singing the song "Everybody Wants to be a Cat" as he walked along, somewhat grooving to the song. Even though the cat was singing it, nobody heard the words at all.
Marie heard someone singing out in the hall, but paid no heed to it. She decided it was time to start class. She noted that Chazz and many other Slifer's were in her class. Turning around, she walked up to the chalk board and began writing her name up on the board.
While this happened, the cat came to the doorway where the class was being taught. Looking in, the cat mentally said "Wow, she's a pretty one."
Hearing the comment, Marie looked over her shoulder at the students. She saw them still talking, but didn't hear anymore comments. "Strange…"
The cat walked into the room, slowly slinking towards Marie. Looking her over, the cat slowly continued marching forward. "She sure would be a nice girl to have at night."
"Whoever is making those comments about me had better shut up now!" Marie snapped.
The students immediately stopped talking and looked at her curiously like she had grown a third head.
"No one said anything about you." Winry slowly commented.
Confused, Marie gave an annoyed look and turned back to the board and began writing again. "I know I heard someone!"
"I wonder what color underwear she has on." came a voice again.
"IF I HEAR ONE MORE COMMENT LIKE THAT, WHOMEVER IT IS THAT IS TALKING ABOUT ME WILL SOON BE EXPELLED FROM MY CLASS!" Marie roared loudly at the students.
All of the students shrank back, except a semi brave Chazz, who dumbly replied with a small bit of anger in his voice "No one said anything about you!"
"I bet she has a thong on."
Marie was about to explode when she noticed a cat inching it's way towards her. She noted that it was looking straight at her.
"Who's cat?" she asked gruffly.
"That's Professor Banner's cat, Pharaoh. He wonders around the campus now. He usually smells awful, so no one keeps him anymore." Chazz said with annoyance in his voice.
"I don't stink! Sure, I eat sardines all day, but I take a bath daily too!"
Staring straight at the cat, Marie could barely believe what she had just heard. "Class is dismissed. We'll pick up tomorrow."
The students all grumbled and left, leaving Marie and Pharaoh behind. Bending over, she picked Pharaoh up and sat him on her desk.
Turning around, she started erasing the board, when she heard a voice once again.
"Ah, what a nice view from here."
Immediately, she turned back around with her jaw dropping. "I know I'm not crazy now. It's you I hear."
Pharaoh looked at her intently, as if he actually understood. Finally, she heard "Can you actually hear me?"
Nodding, Marie replied "I can. So, it's you that was making all those perverted comments!"
Finding this new discovery, she picked Pharaoh up by the scruff of his neck and headed out of the room. She quickly hurried to Illidan's office, where he sat at his desk reading something in a folder. As she entered, she shut the door behind her and dropped Pharaoh on Illidan's desk.
Looking up, Illidan raised an eyebrow and asked "Why did you bring me a cat?"
"Illidan, you're not going to believe this. The cat, he talks!" Marie said with exasperation.
Raising his eyebrow once again, Illidan slowly asked "Did you go drinking again? Or did the students put something in your drink?"
Growling in anger, Marie snarled "I'm telling you the truth! I heard this cat talk!"
Illidan could only sweat drop at this, and sarcastically said "Sure he did dear."
"I'll prove it! Say something Pharaoh!" Marie demanded.
Not knowing what to do, Pharaoh meowed. "Wow, I understood exactly what he said! He said 'Meow!'" Illidan said with laughter in his voice.
Marie quickly smacked Illidan in the back of the head for the comment, causing Pharaoh to say "That had to hurt."
Still holding his aching head, Illidan stared at Pharaoh more intently now. Finally, Illidan said "I do believe you're right. I just heard him say something. And that voice, it sounded familiar."
Staring at Illidan, Pharaoh finally said "You look familiar as well. We may have met when I was human."
Frowning, Illidan replied "So, you were human. Perhaps the reason we can understand you is due to our Shadow Powers. Who were you as a human?"
"Wait, you have Shadow Powers? I thought only those who had a Shadow Charm could use Shadow Powers." stated Pharaoh.
Folding his arms, Illidan closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. After a moment, the voice registered in his head.
"You're Professor Banner! Your voice finally came back to me." he exclaimed.
Pharaoh backed up a little, but sat down, saying "How do you know of me?"