Hey guys. Sorry if I don't seem too energetic like always. Eh, it's been a rough weekend since last week. (/Heavily sighs.\) I was going to discuss it, but I think I'll pass. I'll just move onto the reviews.
Last time, Illidan and Marie's tag team class began, with them explaining things and promising a prize to the winners of their tag team tournament. Plus, the Dorm Wars were set in motion. Finally, two random duels are due that weekend, with Marie already being matched up to the female headmaster of the Ra Dorm, Izumi. Can Marie overcome this headmaster, or will she be overwhelmed instead?
Ah yes, quick question. Can anyone guess where I got the idea for the Dorm Wars? Heh, it's not hard if you read much or watch the movies instead. If anyone figures it out, post it in your review and I'll post an extra chapter tomorrow in your name.
Ok, time for reviews.
Very Swampeh: Lol, I understand what you mean. Crazy school, hehe. Yep, Ed and Al are here for this story. Eh, as for lots of dueling for the Dorm Wars, yes and no. Thanks. I'm glad you liked the three way duel. Glad you liked the twist. It was something that hit me when the show never talked about his past, so I thought what the hell, why not make him Illidan and Marie's descendant. This duel should be fun, and yes, hehe, fun tempers, lol.
Metal Overlord 2.0: Heh, true, catfight! Lol, yes, a terrific opportunity to prove her dueling skills also. It should be an entertaining thing for the year round event. Yeah, I added a few branches to the story so to keep things going. I guess I kind of in a way copied the first season's methods somewhat. Yes, you never know what I have up my sleeves. (/Shakes out a rabbit.\) How did he get there?
x-knight20: Thanks. Yep, a dorm cup, lol.
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thanks. Very true, I added a new side to Banner that no one knew of, lol. Nah, I actually looked up Shepherd's name, and it came out the way I'm spelling it. I thought it was different too, but all the stuff I've found has shown it the way I spell it. Go figure, eh?
ardee: It does a bit I suppose remind me of ToP also. Yeah, this duel should be fun. Heh, I just know not to anger a certain half cat demon. That and offer her tuna, and that usually keeps me safe, except from her cat breath. (/Waves away funky tuna smell.\) Heh, I had to think about the deck she used myself, but I finally came up with something. It'll look familiar, lol.
Well, there you are guys. Thanks for the first 100 reviews btw. I'm glad everyone has liked my latest addition to the Illidan and Marie series. I think the further along it gets, the more everyone will like it also. There is an actual plot, so stay patient, hehe.
Alright, till next time guys. Hopefully I'll be more up to this then, or maybe I'll just tell you all what's bumming me out. Later.
Chapter 20
"This should be fun." Izumi commented cheerfully as she drew five cards.
Smiling back, Marie replied "I totally agree. Good luck to you."
Drawing her sixth card, Marie said "I summon The Forgiving Maiden (850/2000) in defense."
A woman dressed in a black dress with her hands pressed together in a praying position materialized onto the field.
"Next, I'll place this card face down. That's all for now." (Marie 8000, Izumi 8000)
Smirking, Izumi said as she drew "That's all, too bad. I play the spell card Polymerization, which fuses my Steamroid (1800/1800) and Gyroid (1000/1000) from my hand to create the Steam Gyroid (2200/1600)!"
A black and red steam powered train with a cartoon like face and a blue and pale white helicopter with a face both appeared on the field. The two soon began swirling together, causing a blinding light to form. When it died down, a locomotive with a large set of helicopter blades sticking through it's midsection was left. The train had a smile on it's face and steam coming from it's smoke stack.
"She played Vehicroids!" Syrus said in shock from the stands.
Looking carefully, Jaden nodded, saying "She sure did! Wow Sy, someone else plays the same kind of deck as you do!"
"Although, she apparently knows what she's doing, unlike Syrus." Chazz darkly added.
Glaring at Chazz quickly, Zane returned his attention back to Syrus, saying "Watch her little brother. You may pick up a few things."
Syus solemnly nodded, and returned his attention to the duel. Illidan though smiled, pondering how Marie would fare against the odd machines.
"I know she'll do alright. She just has to keep fighting, like she always has."
On the field, Izumi smiled, saying "I'm not through yet, for now I summon Submarineroid (800/1800)!"
A blue and yellow submarine that had a face and had small arms holding onto a torpedo appeared beside the fused creature.
"Let's do it guys! Go attack that old maid with Cyclone Locomotion my Steam Gyroid!"
Letting out a train whistle, the fused creature raced towards the older woman with helicopter blades spinning wildly.
Unafraid, Marie calmly said "Not happening! I reveal my trap card, Castle Walls! Thanks to this, I can raise the defense points of one monster by 500 for the duration of this turn, so I choose my Forgiving Maiden (850/2000 + 500 2500), meaning you're not coming through!"
The woman in black glowed lightly in a dim white light. Once the glow was gone, she caused a barrier to surround her body just as the powerful machine was trying to strike her. The machine's blades grinded against the barrier, but finally the train creature backed up to it's original position.
"Not bad. Not bad at all, but I'm far from done! Submarineroid, attack with Submersible Sneak Attack!" Izumi ordered.
"That is kind of foolish. Your machine can't hurt my monster." Marie stated.
Lightly chuckling, Izumi was quick to reply with "True, but it has a special ability. It can direct attack you instead!"
The submarine dove into the stage, vanishing in an instant. A moment later, it's periscope came up from the stage as it steamed towards Marie. Movement was made as something came flying towards Marie. She was then struck, causing her to "eep" in surprise as a blast struck her.
"Since Submarineroid successfully attacked you, it now goes to defense mode."
The blue submarine remerged from the ground beside the train creature, revealing that it no longer had a torpedo in it's hands. It then crossed it's arms, causing a holo-card image to appear under it.
"To end my move, I'll leave this face down." (Marie 7200, Izumi 8000)
Picking up a new card, Marie smirked, saying "Time for me to take that scrap heap down! I play Polymerization, fusing The Forgiving Maiden on the field with Marie the Fallen One (1700/1200) in my hand to create St. Joan (2800/2000)!"
An angel with black skin and wings, along with a pink dress, appeared onto the field. Her and the woman in black began to swirl together till a blinding light formed. From it appeared a short orange haired woman wearing white armor and had a large broad sword in her two hands.
Pointing at the train creature, Marie called out "Joan, attack Steam Gyroid with Saint Slash!"
Lifting her sword, the woman charged forward, blade ready to slash through her foe. As she charged, she let out a small battle cry.
"You didn't think it'd be that easy, did you Marie?" Izumi taunted.
Pointing at her face down card, it lifted up, revealing a spell card. "I'm using De-Fusion, which can separate one Fusion type monster. Now, which will it be?"
Marie lightly growled in irritation, knowing her monster was in danger. "I should have known she'd play that."
"I choose my Steam Gyroid to split apart! Return to me Steamroid (1800/1800) and Gyroid (1000/1000)!" declared Izumi, shocking Marie and the crowd.
The locomotive creature with a helicopter blade sticking through it split into two. A steam locomotive and a small helicopter were left on the field in defensive stances.
"Strange… Why didn't she separate Marie's monster?" Illidan thought silently to himself.
Smirking, Izumi said "Since you have no target anymore, your attack is stopped."
The armored woman quickly stopped her advance and leapt back to the safety of Marie's field. She seemed to look for what to do now.
Sighing, Marie took another card from her left hand and placed it in her Duel Disk spell/trap zone, saying "I place this down." (Marie 7200, Izumi 8000)
Drawing with a smirk, Izumi showed her card, saying "I play the spell Pot of Greed! So that's two more cards for me!"
A large green pot with blue trim, an evil smile and red eyes appeared onto the field and let out a small laugh. It instantly shattered as Izumi drew her new cards.
"Next, I'll play the spell Graceful Charity! Thanks to this, I get to draw three new cards, but I have to discard two from my hand when I'm done."
Picking up three more cards, Izumi slightly squealed with enthusiasm as she picked up two cards and dumped them into her Graveyard slot. Pulling a third card, she slapped it to the Duel Disk, saying "I summon Expressroid (400/1600)!"
A white subway train appeared on the field with a bit of a stern look on it's face. It had a few cars behind it, but they were empty.
"Check out his special effect! When I summon him, I get to automatically add two Machine type monsters from my Graveyard to my hand. Time to pick up my Truckroid and Stealthroid from the Graveyard!"
Placing her hand in front of the Graveyard slot, the slot glowed as it pushed the two cards out. Taking them back in her hand, Izumi placed them back in her left hand.
"How did they get to the Graveyard?" Syrus asked aloud.
Sighing, Chazz gruffly said "Yo dork, don't you pay any attention!? When she played Graceful Charity, she had to discard two cards. She obviously sent those two to her Graveyard, knowing that her Expressroid would bring them back."
"Oh…" was all Syrus could say in reply.
Looking on, Illidan felt a bit of a sweat drop forming on his face. "She gathered those monsters for a reason. I have a feeling Marie is in real trouble now."
On the field, Izumi smirked once more, saying "Now I play the spell card Vehicroid Connection Zone! Here is how it works. I take monsters that are Vehicroids from my hand and/or field and create a Fusion type monster! So I send Expressroid, Truckroid, Stealthroid, and finally Drillroid all to the Graveyard in order to create Super Vehicroid Stealth Union (3600/3600)!"
A truck like creature with a smiling face, a stealth bomber plane with no real face, and finally a drill like creature with a drill for a nose and two drill hands with it's bottom part of it's body looking like a tank each appeared. The subway train joined them as they flew up into the air. Each began to break apart into different pieces. A pair of legs formed from the drill creature, a midsection and shoulders were formed with the jet, while the subway made shoulder pads. The truck tucked into the midsection as arms were formed from the remaining pieces of the creatures. Finally, the pieces linked together. A large head shot out of the top to take it's place. The new creature struck a battle pose, showing it's eagerness to fight.
"WHAT THE HECK IS THAT THING!?" Marie asked in complete shock.
Chuckling, Izumi answered with "This is Super Vehicroid Stealth Union. It's a fusion of four of my monsters. Oh yeah, and it's going to be your undoing. Now, I switch my remaining Vehicroids on the field into attack mode. Time to begin your end! Attack her St. Joan with Spinning Fist Strike now Super Vehicroid Stealth Union!"
Pointing it's fisted hand at the armored woman, the hand began to rapidly spin at incredible speed. Soon enough, it was pushed forward by a rocket, sending the fist flying straight for the armored woman, who looked on horrified.
Marie calmly smiled and pointed to her face down card, saying as it lifted up "Go De-Fusion! Split that tin can up into it's four pieces!"
Laughing, Izumi said "Hunny, I was waiting for you to do that. There was a reason I fused my monster together with Vehicroid Connection Zone. It passes a special effect on to the monster I created. It keeps the monster from being effected by spell, trap, and monster card effects. In other words, the only way to beat it is through brute force!"
All Marie could do was gasp in horror as she watched her De-Fusion be destroyed. The blast continued on, leaving the armored woman in the target zone.
"Not good! I'm a wide open target this turn! This is very bad! I have to hang on though, somehow." Marie thought frantically as a sweat drop slid down her face.
The fist finally crossed the field and made connection with the armored woman, who cried out in pain as she exploded. The wind from the explosion pushed back against Marie, making her shield her face slightly.
"Now that you're wide open, it's time my Vehicroids stampeded you! Steamroid, Gyroid, and Submarineroid, direct attack her!"
In a fury, the steam powered train rushed forward and shot steam at Marie, causing her to cover her face. The helicopter was next, coming in and crashing into her. Finally, a torpedo under the ground exploded, throwing Marie backwards a few feet and onto her side.
As the smoke cleared, it was obvious Izumi's attacks had done their work as Marie struggled to stand. Slowly, she made it to her feet, but was still wobbly.
"Since Submarineroid attacked you, he of course goes to defense. For now, that's all I have. The end is coming Marie, and it's not looking good for you." (Marie 2800, Izumi 8000)
All of the crowd was shocked at the mere loss of points Marie had suffered in one turn. She went from nearly all of her points down to almost none. In one turn, she had lost over half her life points, and now left with a field full of stronger monsters to face.
Sweat dripped down Marie's face as she stared down Izumi. "Well, this doesn't go well for me. What ever am I going to do against those things? If it was just that fusion monster, it would be bad enough, but I have to contend with three other monsters too! I need to find a way to hang on till I can figure out what to do."
Staring over the cards in her hand, Marie saw she had a bit of hope left. "If I can stall long enough, I might be able to take her down. It just depends on my luck."
Up in the stands, Illidan looked on intently. "She lost so many life points last turn. Now she has to find a way to stop Izumi's monsters, but it won't be easy. Still, I know Marie. This is nothing she can't handle."
"Poor Professor Marie…" Syrus said sympathetically said.
"I figured as much. Our headmaster is pathetic." Chazz flatly said.
Growling, Jaden snarled "Take that back Chazz! She's not through yet! After all, a duel's not over till the last card is played!"
Smiling, Illidan added "Very true Jaden. You underestimate Marie, Chazz. She has a very strong will, and won't let something like that fusion monster stop her. She'll fight on till she wins. Just watch."
Back on the field, Marie wiped her brow. Taking a deep breath and closing her eyes, she began to calm down and looked for her center. After reaching it, she felt much calmer and reopened her eyes. Smiling, she drew her next card.
Looking at it momentarily, she smiled again and placed it in her left hand. "To begin with, I gain 200 life points thanks to Marie the Fallen One being in my Graveyard."
A small bit of light erupted from the Graveyard and surrounded Marie, increasing her life points. Smiling at this, Marie grabbed a card from her hand and gently placed it on her Duel Disk and said "I summon Shining Angel (1400/800)."
A blonde haired young man with large golden wings sticking out his back and a white tunic and shorts appeared onto the field. His skin was rather bronzed, like he had been tanning for days.
"Shining Angel, attack Gyroid with Angelic Fist!"
Rushing forward, the angel's right hand began to glow brightly white. Upon reaching his target, he struck the helicopter creature hard with is right hand, sending the helicopter backwards somewhat, and leaving a dent in it's forehead.
Seeing the helicopter still standing, Marie asked "Why is it still here?"
Lightly chuckling at Marie's question, Izumi quickly answered with "Gyroid has an interesting special ability. Once per a turn, he can survive any battle. So, as long as he's attacked once, he stays on the field. Of course, I take the difference in our monster's points, but that's a small price I'm willing to pay."
Frowning, Marie said "Very well. I place one card face down." (Marie 3000, Izumi 7600)
Drawing her card quickly without looking at it, Izumi called out "Super Vehicroid Stealth Union, let's end this duel by leveling that angel with Spinning Fist Strike!"
The large combination machine monster released it's spinning fist straight for the blonde angel, who only stood his ground.
Before the blast could hit, Marie smirked and said "Not so fast! I have a trap card!"
Laughing loudly, Izumi countered with "You're foolish! Don't you remember, my monster is unaffected by spell, trap, and monster effects! So don't waste your breath!"
Smirking back, Marie replied "Who said my trap would affect your monster directly?"
Izumi stopped laughing and her face turned to concern. Seeing this, Marie pointed to her face down card, which raised up. "I activate Spirit Barrier! Thanks to this trap card, as long as I have a monster on the field, I take zero Battle Damage!"
A golden barrier formed around Marie as the spinning fist struck the blonde angel, who was easily destroyed. As he was destroyed, a small amount of light was left behind.
"Thanks to your attack, you activated Shining Angel's special ability! When sent to the Graveyard due to battle, I get to special summon a new Light attribute monster from my deck, so long as it has 1500 or less attack points."
Pulling her deck out, Marie quickly searched it before pulling a card out and slapping it to her Duel Disk, saying "And I pick this!"
A new blonde angel, who looked exactly like the previous appeared onto the field.
"Another pathetic Shining Angel (1400/800)? Fine, I'll crush it too! Go Steamroid, attack with Locomotion!" Izumi commanded.
The train creature steamed forward on a ramming course for the angel.
With the train nearing, Izumi said "By the way, when Steamroid attacks a monster, it gains 500 more attack points (1800 + 500 2300/1800)!"
That said, the train picked up more speed, ramming straight into the blonde angel, who could do nothing but get hit hard. As before, with the loss of the angel, a small bit of light appeared on the field.
Smirking once more, Marie called out "Keep attacking and I'll keep using my monster's special ability! Now I summon another Shining Angel (1400/800) to the field!"
Yet another blonde haired angel appeared on the field. He fluffed his wings out, showing his eagerness to fight.
Biting her lower lip, Izumi called out "I switch Gyroid to defense, and place this card face down." (Marie 3000, Izumi 7600)
Picking up another card, Marie confidently said "First, I get a small boost to my life points thanks to Marie the Fallen One. Next, I summon The Agent of Creation – Venus (1600/0)!"
A fairy with golden skin and blonde hair, as well as golden wings appeared onto the field. She wore a green dress with some gold mixed into it. In front of her were three spheres, one which was blue, another red, and finally a purple one. They were hovering in a triangle like position in front of her body.
"Time for the fun part. I activate the special ability of Venus. By paying 500 life points, I can special summon a monster known as Mystical Shine Ball to the field from my hand or deck. I pay 1500 life points, and special summon all three of my Mystical Shine Balls (500/500) to the field in defense!"
Pulling her deck out, Marie searched for all three creatures and then placed each onto the Duel Disk in a horizontal position. Three spheres that were holding a shining glow within themselves, and were surrounded by swirling white clouds.
Izumi lightly growled in frustration, but Marie lightly giggled at it. "Sorry if that makes you mad Izumi, but a girl has to do what a girl has to do. Oh, by the way, I know the secret to your Steamroid! When you attack with it, he gains 500 points during your turn, but if I attack it during my turn, it loses 500! I've seen the card in action before, and just remembered when you attacked last turn, so thanks for the reminder."
Pointing at the train, Marie called out "Venus, attack that scrap heap with Tri-Angel Blast!"
The three spheres in front of the golden angel moved into a closer triangle and began to glow with power. Once they touched one another, they glowed even brighter. Finally, energy poured out from the middle of the small amount of space between the three.
Before the blast could strike the train, Izumi pointed to her face down card, saying "I activate my trap card, Super Charge! Thanks to it, I get to draw two cards since you're attacking one of my Vehicroids."
Izumi picked both cards up just as the blast started striking the train head on. All it could do was whistle loudly as it exploded into many pieces.
"To end, I'll switch Shining Angel into defense. Your go." (Marie 1700, Izumi 7300)