Hello again everyone! Well, yesterday's visit with grandpa went alright. Lol, he slept pretty much all evening. They just put him back on Ritalin the other day, but it's yet to fully kick in apparently since he has to build it up in his system. Anyways, he was good. He goes home Friday, which I'm sure he's more than ready for. He's been away since the end of August, which was a little over 2 months ago. I just hope my grandmother can handle him being home.
Well, today's chapters are dedicated to both ardee and Metal Overlord 2.0 since they answered the question about who Legato was. Legato is indeed from Trigun, and was the leader of the Gung-Ho Guns. So, in honor the pair that got this right, this chapter is dedicated to both of you. Thank you once more for answering it.
Eh, as for my progress on my other stories, Another seems to be all I can work on till I get a good starting point for the sequel to FG. I have one, but it's just getting it started… (/Sighs\) Maybe 2 stories at once was a bad idea, lol. Oh well…
Last time, Illidan led the group of three (Jaden, Chazz, and Alexis) to the Obelisk Shrine, in which they discovered the guardian was none other than a monster that once served Illidan; Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End. Now Alexis must duel this Duel Spirit in order to claim hold on Obelisk the Tormentor, but not before facing it in her duel. Can she survive Obelisk's fury, or will Alexis fall trying to help?
Alright, time for my favorite part of the morning! (/Cranks up Bleach OST.\) It's Review Time!
Isis the Sphinx: LOL! Yes, I know, the dragon doesn't have a Duel Disk. Heh, you know, it was hard to figure out what to do with him. I mean, making him appear human was an option, but I didn't like it. Making him have some kind of Duel Disk sucked, and then I remembered Jinzo's duel with Jaden, where he just used card holograms, so I figured that would work. Yeah, I know the feeling about it's hard to write different reviews for chapters. Eh, I don't mind if you ramble on about random things, lol. Thanks for the review.
Knives91: Thanks. I'm glad you liked the idea of CED dueling.
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thank you. Yep, Obelisk is already out. She may pull it off, is she survives Obelisk's fury. True, if she don't, Marie and everyone else are totally doomed, lol. Thanks for the comments.
pink-kiss-candy: Thanks. LOL! Poor Ryon. Yes, it could get worse Ryon. Would you like to be a puppet? I think that big guy in the corner with the same clothes as the other guy would like that. (/Big guy nods eagerly.\)
x-knight20: Thanks. LOL! You shouldn't do things like that to poor Marie. After all, she hates it when stuff she likes is destroyed. I got her calmed down though… for now.
ardee: Lol, thanks. Heh, yes, the guardian for the Obelisk Shrine is a Chaos monster, but are the others for other shrines, you never know. Yeah, it's sort of what I was talking about. Illidan had his reasons for using his Duel Spirits to guard the Egyptian God Cards (explained later). But yes, it was much safer for him to entrust monsters to guard them than himself. Eh, I wrestled with what to do with CED when I wrote this duel. I thought originally to make him appear human, but that seemed somewhat dumb to me. Then I remembered Jinzo's duel with Jaden, and was like, I guess I could do it like that, so I did. Yes, I know, I kind of got Obelisk's effect wrong. I was following the anime's use of it like always, although they got it right once from what I saw. Hmm, Anubis you say? Maybe he'll be back, but you never know. Maybe Illidan got rid of him… or not, lol. Yeah, I know, odd that CED was using a Rock deck, but like you guessed, I did it for the Magnet Warrior combo, thus making it easier to summon Obelisk. I know, the Sacred Beasts aren't easy to summon. They're just very difficult to summon, not to mention, like most monsters, hard to keep safe. But that's the way the game is, lol. Thanks for the comments as always.
Thank you all for your reviews. I'm glad to see so many people liked this past chapter. I'm sure it kind of shocked everyone that CED was the guardian, but that was my intent, lol. Thank you all though for your comments and reviews. Without you reviews, I don't know what I'd do, lol. But thanks again. Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 48
The red swirling blast struck the barrier within seconds of Alexis making her declaration. As it struck, a large shockwave was produced, shaking the room itself. The blast continued to grind against the barrier, seemingly not ready to concede.
"She's safe!" Chazz said with relief.
Looking at the barrier, Jaden worriedly responded with "Not quite, look!"
Seeing what Jaden was looking at, Chazz slightly gasped. Cracks were forming in the barrier at the point of origin where the blast was hitting.
Looking on at the situation, Illidan silently said "Alexis, please hang on!"
Back on the field, Alexis watched in horror as the barrier was cracking more and more. Closing her eyes, she silently pondered "Is this how it ends? Am I really going to lose like this?"
"Come on Sissy, don't give up now! Remember, fight for what you believe in. If you do that, then nothing can stop you!"
Realizing it was her brother's words, Alexis mentally smiled. "Thanks Atticus. I needed that."
"I'm fighting for too much to give up that easily. I refuse to lose this duel! Everyone is counting on me! I can't give up yet!" she silently thought as she reopened her eyes.
The dragon was somewhat shocked by the new expression in Alexis's eyes. "She's determined to win. The fear has vanished. This should be interesting."
Raising her arms up, Alexis yelled out "This duel isn't over! I won't give up!"
With her new confidence, the barrier seemed to respond. The cracks that had been widening by the second suddenly stopped widening. Instead of breaking, the barrier held strong. Moments later, the blast finally subsided, leaving an intact barrier still guarding Alexis.
As the blast faded, so did the red in the large creature. Slowly, with the red receding, blue returned to the monster till finally it was totally blue once again, and it's attack points returned to normal (4000/4000).
Letting out an interested growl, the dragon simply said "I see you are stronger than I thought. Most impressive that a mortal girl could survive the fury of Obelisk the Tormentor. Perhaps you are worthy of this card, but you've yet to fully prove that." (CED 7000, Alexis 8000)
Smirking at that declaration, Alexis drew her next card, saying "I'm not afraid of you anymore. I was a bit at first, but now I see I have nothing to fear. Now I'm ready to show you what I can really do!"
Looking at her new card, her lips curved upwards. Turning her attention back to the battle, Alexis called out "I activate my trap, Call of the Haunted, so let me reintroduce you to my old friend, Cyber Tutu (1000/800)!"
The young woman with shoulder length pink hair reappeared onto the field and made a small twirl to display her skills.
"Cyber Tutu, attack him directly with Pounding Pirouette!"
Launching herself into the air, the young ballerina began to spin rapidly. As before, she bypassed the large blue monster that blocked the way and struck the black dragon in the head, making him roar out in irritation more than pain.
"I'm not through yet, for I activate the spell card Prima Light! With this, I can send my Cyber Tutu to the Graveyard and special summon from my hand my Cyber Prima (2300/1600)!"
The pink haired dancer vanished instantly and was replaced with a new female creature. She had long blonde hair with six pony tails around her face, wore a red mask, a silver skintight body suit, a small white tutu, and pairs of golden rings, with one being at her waist, coving the tutu, and the others on her wrists and shoulders.
"Cyber Prima, take out Beta the Magnet Warrior now with Pirouette Strike!"
With a small nod to her master, the blonde haired woman leapt into action. Stopping a short distance away from the yellow magnet creature, the woman began spinning rapidly. Without warning, she went crashing into the yellow magnet creature, smashing it into pieces.
"I'll lay a card face down to end. Let's see what you have dragon!" (CED 6000, Alexis 8000)
"Sweet moves Alexis!" Jaden exclaimed with a big smile.
Darkly, Chazz muttered "She's not safe yet dork. Don't forget, she's still facing an Egyptian God Card…"
"Still Chazz, you gotta admit, she's doing great!"
Illidan only shook his head at the two and stared back at the duel. "Careful Alexis, for I highly doubt Chaos Emperor Dragon will allow this to continue."
A new card appeared in front of the powerful dragon, making it roar out "You will fall! Obelisk, attack her monster now with Fist of Fate!"
Letting out a roar, the powerful blue monster pulled back his large fist. Taking a step forward, the creature sent his fist flying towards the blonde haired monster, which seemed somewhat afraid.
"Not quite! I activate my trap, Doble Passe! Thanks to this trap, you can attack me directly!" declared Alexis.
The dragon, along with Illidan, Chazz, and Jaden all looked in shock at Alexis, pondering what she was doing.
"Alexis, that's crazy! You'll get hit head on!" Jaden cried out with great worry in his voice.
"DON'T DO IT ALEXIS!" Chazz added with the same amount of concern.
Taking a moment to ponder the decision, the dragon finally roared back "Fool! You will lose like that! Obelisk, direct attack her!"
The blonde haired monster looked back at Alexis as she leapt out of the way. Her eyes were filled with worry and great concern, but obeyed her orders.
Seconds later, the blue creature launched his fist forward. Small swirls of energy could be seen around the creature's fist. With ease, it struck Alexis, causing her to scream out in pain. The force of the hit knocked her backwards into the air about ten feet. She came crashing down hard onto the ground on her back. There she laid still, seemingly never to move again.
"ALEXIS!" Jaden screamed. Seeing she wasn't going to move, he ran towards her. Chazz quickly joined him, knowing Alexis was in serious trouble.
Nearing her, they each heard the dragon roar, saying "Leave that girl be. If you interfere, her soul is lost automatically to me."
Growling with fury flashing in his eyes, Jaden yelled "CAN'T YOU SEE SHE'S HURT!?"
Seemingly smirking, the dragon replied "I can, but she knew the risks coming into this duel."
"WHY YOU…" Chazz snarled with anger flashing through his eyes.
Chuckling, the dragon spread it's wings, saying "I knew that mortal was weak, but she foolishly allowed my Egyptian God to direct attack her. For that, she has paid the ultimate price, and will now lose by default. It's a shame, she was making things interesting to say the least."
"It's … not… over…" called out a raspy voice.
Everyone's attention suddenly turned to Alexis, who was weakly sitting up. A trickle of blood was coming from the corner of her mouth, and she had a few cuts and bruises on her body. With pain flushing over her face as she stood up, she slowly walked forward towards the spot where she had been standing before she was hit.
With labored breaths, she said "I'm… not done… yet. My trap, it… it has a second… effect. I can now dire… direct attack y… you with … Cyber Prima! Do it…"
Looking at her master, the blonde haired warrior smiled and turned her attention to the dragon. Leaping into the air, she rushed past the large blue creature and began to spin. With tremendous force, she throttled her foot into the dragon's head, making it howl out in pain.
With her creature landing back on her side of the field, Alexis softly smirked, saying "See, I'm not… done with… you ye… yet."
Softly growling, the dragon silently thought of the girl staring determinedly at him. "She is an impressive mortal. To survive a direct attack from an Egyptian God, that is impressive. I ponder what else she is capable of."
Tuning back into the duel, the dragon snorted and said "I shall end my turn." (CED 3700, Alexis 4000)
Letting out a sigh of relief, Illidan glanced at Alexis. Her body had multiple cuts, plus she had several bruises forming. Not to mention, her uniform was ripping in a few places. "To be able to take a direct shot from an Egyptian God and be able to stand back up, that takes guts. Alexis, I know you're tough, but how long can you hold out? I hope long enough to win this duel."
Taking a deep breath, Alexis drew her next card and frowned. "I play the spell Stray Lambs, which lets me special summon two Lamb Tokens (0/0) in defense."
A white and pink set of round goat creatures materialized onto the field. Each had golden horns that curved inwards.
"Finally, I'll switch Cyber Prima to defense. That's it for me." (CED 3700, Alexis 4000)
With a new card image appearing in front of the dragon, it darkly chuckled. "Seems like you're running away from me now. Let's see how long you can last. I summon Rocket Jumper (1000/800)."
A rock like creature attached to the bottom of a red rocket appeared onto the field. The rocket appeared to be attached to the creatures head and back, and was already holding it in the air.
"I activate Rocket Jumper's special ability. When you have nothing but defense monsters, he can direct attack, so go! Rocket Slammer!"
The flames on the back of the rocket shot out greatly as the rocket launched in Alexis's direction. With ease, the creature went past her monsters and struck her head on, making her cry out in pain. She sank to one knee, panting heavily.
"Obelisk, decimate Cyber Prima with Fist of Fate!"
Pulling back his large fist, the blue creature stepped forward and released his fist, smashing it into the blonde haired creature. It cried out in great pain, but the pain was for only an instant, and then the creature was gone.
Smirking with satisfaction, the dragon growled out "I end." (CED 3700, Alexis 3000)
"She lost the lead…" Chazz muttered with a troubled voice.
Nodding, Jaden added "She's still there though. I know she can do it."
Drawing her next card, Alexis somewhat sighed, and said "I place a card face down. That's it." (CED 3700, Alexis 3000)
A new card appeared in front of the dragon, who let out a laugh. "Foolish mortal, did you think you could destroy an Egyptian God!?"
"I will beat you!" Alexis piped up with anger rising in her voice.
Chuckling once again, the dragon simply replied "Doubtful. Rocket Jumper, direct attack her again with Rocket Slammer!"
The flames on the back of the rocket flared out greatly as it gained altitude. Turning itself towards Alexis, it came tearing down out of the sky and slammed into her, making her scream out in pain once more. Falling to one knee, she began panting heavily. A bit of fresh blood began to leak from the corner of her mouth.
"Obelisk, destroy one of those tokens with Fist of Fate!"
With great ease, the large blue creature slammed it's fist into the white goat creature, shattering it immediately without a sound.
"Come now girl, stop wasting my time." (CED 3700, Alexis 2000)
Staring at the worn out figure, Jaden called out "Hang on Alexis! I know you can do this!"
Looking up at Jaden, she lightly nodded and stood up. Wiping the blood away from her lip, she glared back at the dragon and drew her card. Seeing it, she lightly sighed, saying "I end." (CED 3700, Alexis 2000)
"Girl, you are finished! Admit your defeat!" the dragon growled out as a new card image appeared before him.
Glaring at the dragon, Alexis spat back "Never!"
"Have it your way. Rocket Jumper, knock some more sense into her with a direct attack!"
Launching up into the air, the creature reached it's maximum height and then began plummeting down towards Alexis. Crossing her arms in defense, she waited for the hit, which came soon enough. The hit once more knocked into her hard, making more blood flow down from the corner of her mouth. She fell to one knee, but then collapsed face down.
"ALEXIS!" screamed Jaden and Chazz in unison.
"Obelisk, finish off her last monster with Fist of Fate!"
Without hesitation, the large blue creature struck the final goat creature with it's fist, smashing it into millions of pieces.
Staring at the girl laying on the ground, the dragon snorted, saying "I knew a weak mortal girl like you could never beat me." (CED 3700, Alexis 1000)
Seeing Alexis down, Jaden began to run to her till the dragon spoke up, saying "Remember, if you interfere, her soul is forfeit."
Grounding his teeth together, Jaden growled out "How can you do this to her!? You're killing her! Don't you care!?"
"Her fate is none of my concern. She knew the risks going in." the dragon remarked evenly.
Jaden was about to angrily reply when he saw Alexis moving. "Alexis!"
Slowly, she raised her body up off the ground with her head down. Gasping in pain as she fully stood up, Alexis finally looked up at the dragon with her piercing tan colored eyes.
Wiping a bit of blood off her lip, she yelled out "This weak human girl is far from done! My move!"
Picking up her next card, Alexis looked at it and smirked. "It's time I wrap this duel up. I play the spell Graceful Charity! With this, I get to draw three new cards, but have to send two to my Graveyard when I'm done."
Drawing three new cards, she finally picked two and placed them in her Graveyard Slot. Once the cards had slid in, she pointed to her face down card, saying "I activate the trap Disgraceful Charity, allowing me to now recover those two cards I just got rid of."
Slowly, the two cards slid back out of the Graveyard Slot and into Alexis's waiting hand. Picking another card from her hand, she called out "I next play the spell Pot of Greed, which means another two cards for me!"
With a quick motion, she picked up two new cards and smiled. "This duel just isn't your duel. I activate the spell card Polymerization! With this, I can fuse together Etoile Cyber (1200/1600) and Blade Skater (1400/1500) to form Cyber Blader (2100/800)!"
A woman with blue skin, butt length chestnut colored hair, a red body suit with a white tutu and white flowing ribbon on her hands and a red eye patch appeared. Beside of her, a purple skinned woman with some lighter purple blotches formed. She had no hair, and had two long blades on the underside of her arms, and a pair of ice skates on.
The two began to swirl together till a blinding light formed. From the light came a new woman with long calf length blue hair, who had pink, dark purple, and light purple skin and a skin tight body suit. She had a small tutu on like one of the previous monsters, and had a pair of purple ice skates. On her shoulders was a pink spike that was as tall as her head. Her eyes were covered by a pink pair of glasses that were not transparent to people looking at her.
"Sweet move Alexis!" Jaden cheered. Chazz slightly smirked, but still worriedly watched.
"My new monster maybe a pretty face, but there is more to her than that, but more on that in a minute. Next, I activate the spell card Pot of Avarice. With this card, I can send five monsters from my Graveyard to my deck, and then draw two new cards. I'll send Cyber Tutu, Cyber Gymnast, Cyber Prima, Etoile Cyber, and Blade Skater all to my deck."
Slowly, all five monsters slid out of Alexis's Graveyard Slot. Once all were out, she picked them up and placed them in her deck, and shuffled. Finishing up, she picked up two new cards and smirked.
"This duel is over."
"It's only over when I win!" roared the dragon with some anger in his voice.
Smirking again, Alexis replied "You're wrong. I play the equip spell card Fusion Weapon, and use it on my Cyber Blader!"
A red weapon that had a claw like design attached itself to the blue haired monster, who took the time to bring it into an offensive position.
"With this equipped, my Cyber Blader's points grow by 1500 (2100 + 1500 3600/800 + 1500 2300)!"
Chuckling darkly, the dragon replied "It does little good to you. Obelisk is still stronger!"
Nodding, Alexis replied "Maybe so, but not for long. I play another spell card called Double Attack! By discarding a monster from my hand, I can choose a monster on my field. If the card I discard had more stars than the monster I chose, the one I chose can attack twice this turn! So, I'll send my Cyber Angel Dakini (2700/2400) to my Graveyard, which has eight stars, so more than enough to allow Cyber Blader to attack twice this turn!"
When Alexis placed the monster in her Graveyard slot, the blue haired monster glowed a bit, showing her new abilities.
"That was foolish. Obelisk is too strong, yet you waste your cards." the dragon bragged.
Smirking, Alexis shook her head, saying "Not really. Remember, I told you I'd mention my Cyber Blader's special ability? Well, it's time I tell you! Pending on how many monsters you have out is what her ability is. When you have one out, she can't be destroyed due to battle. If you have two out, her attack points double. Finally, if you have three out, she negates all monster, spell, and trap effects. Guess what, you have two monsters out, meaning her points are doubled (5700/2300)!"
The dragon only roared as he watched the blue haired woman's strength double. "I've underestimated her desire to beat me. Hmm, perhaps it is for the best…"
Looking at the girl, the dragon softly said "Do it."
"As you wish! Cyber Blader, attack Obelisk the Tormentor with Skating Blade Slash!"
Nodding to her master, the monster skated forward with great speed. Leaping into the air, the monster kicked the mighty blue creature in the chest, making it howl in pain. As the blue haired woman dropped away, there was a visible gash seen where she had struck the powerful creature. The mighty monster then began to glow brightly as it howled loudly, and finally exploded, sending out a thunderous shockwave and a large plume of smoke.
Once the smoke cleared, it was obvious the blue monster was gone. The group only gawked at the view in the wake of the loss of the mighty monster.
"She… she actually did it!" a shocked Chazz muttered.
Grinning widely at Alexis, Jaden yelled out excitedly "You've done it!"
Keeping her attention on the dragon, Alexis said "Since you only have one monster now, my Cyber Blader's effect changes. She no longer has double the points, but can't be destroyed due to battle (5700 – 2100 3600/2300). Still, she has plenty of fight left in her!"
Seeing that the end was coming, the dragon softly sighed, saying "Yes, it's over. Even I can see that. Come mortal, finish this duel."
Nodding, Alexis remarked "Very well. Cyber Blader, attack Rocket Jumper with Skating Blade Slash!"
Rushing forward on her skates, the blue haired monster leapt into the air and came crashing down onto the red rocket creature with her skates. The creature couldn't hold it's own and was easily crushed, sending a blast back at the dragon.
His life points quickly dissipated, leaving him with zero, causing the card images that were in front of him to vanish and Alexis's Duel Disk to power down. Falling to all four legs, the dragon pulled it's wings back in and slowly walked forward towards Alexis.
She stood her ground, showing no fear. Slightly chuckling, the dragon kindly said "Well met girl. I see now you are worthy of owning this card. It is yours."
Standing up slightly, the dragon pointed at the girl's hand. Slowly, a bright light formed in her left hand. Shocked, Alexis stared at it curiously, not knowing what was forming. The light slowly transformed into a rectangular shape. Finally, the light died down, revealing a card in Alexis's hand.
Flipping the card over, Alexis slightly gasped at it. "It's… it's Obelisk the Tormentor!" she said in shock.
"Yes. You now possess the Egyptian God Card. I admit I was wrong about you. You're no weak mortal woman. The strength you displayed, it was greater than I thought it was possible. I apologize for my foolishness."
Staring the dragon in the face, Alexis softly smiled and patted him on the head, saying "It's alright. Thank you, I'll make sure to use this card wisely."
Turning to Illidan, the dragon asked "Master, what will happen to me now?"
Softly smiling, Illidan said "You will continue to journey with me. I have need of you once again. After all, we have to save Marie."
Chuckling, the dragon asked "Why does it seem we're always rescuing her?"
"Because, she gets into the worst situations ever." Illidan replied with a small laugh.
Becoming serious, he added "But I truly need your help. Will you once again fight by my side?"
"It would be an honor Master." the dragon replied with a humble growl.
Glowing brightly, the dragon turned into a small sphere of light. It floated in front of Illidan for a few moments while Illidan dug into his back pocket. Pulling out a card, he held it towards the sphere, which floated into it. The card glowed for a moment till finally the light died down. With the dying light, an image of a black dragon became visible on the card where a white square had once been.
Seeing this happen, Jaden asked "So, that dragon, it was a card of yours?"
"Yes." Illidan simply replied. "I've had this card for a long time, but ten years ago, when I built this shrine, I used it to place the Duel Spirit as a guardian here."
Looking up at the ceiling, Illidan added "Each time a guardian is beat, I will bring them back, and together, with their help, we will save Marie."
"Yeah..." Jaden said with a smile.
Turning to Alexis, Illidan softly smiled, saying "Well done. Alexis, thanks to you, we're one step closer to putting an end to Zell's evil. Thank you."