Hey everyone! Well, this week has been a quiet one. Nothing really going on for the most part, other than Marie keeping me busy, hehe. But seriously, nothing is going on, so moving on…
I've been working like mad on Another, but I feel bad due that I can't get the sequel to this story going. (/Sighs\) I figured one or the other would suffer from my focus being on one story or the other, lol. Oh well, I'll figure it out, I suppose…
Wow, I'm up to chapter 50! I had no idea I was. Cool! Heh, this story has done rather well for itself. I mean, 268 reviews already, and a favorite of 12. That's pretty nice stats, although they continue to change! Thanks everyone for your comments and reviews on this story.
Last time, Illidan and crew came out of the Obelisk Shrine after Alexis won. On their way back, they were confronted by Namine. She challenged Alexis to a Shadow Game for Obelisk and her soul. So far, Namine has basically dominated Alexis, but Alexis managed to at last seemingly even things up. Still, she is weak from her last Shadow Game, plus the duel is much more real. Can she keep this up, or will Alexis fall at Namine's icy hands?
Ok, time once more for the reviews!
Knives91: Glad you liked it. Thanks for the comment.
x-knight20: Thanks. Yeah, I have been using some of the KH characters, mostly due that I was playing it at the time originally. Heh, I actually had some different characters in originally, like Aster and a few others, but I changed my mind. I figured, why not use some KH characters since I really liked the game. There is a rumor about a movie, but that's been around forever. Heh, I tracked it down to back in 2005 or so. I'd like to see a movie, but if it ever comes out, I don't know. It'd probably be pretty good. I can't wait to see if it does though. Truthfully, I'm holding out for the 3rd game, hehe.
pink-kiss-candy: Odd, I didn't see it… Stupid Thanks for the comment.
Isis the Sphinx: She is? I didn't know she could tie… Eh, as for the Inuyasha question, I honestly don't know. I read the magna, but so far, both are alive and well. It's nearly over, at least the English translated part is. It's close to ending though, so we'll see. Thanks for the comments.
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thanks. Yes, she's using Alexis's Ice deck from season 2. Heh, well, no shrine match yet, just some good old Zell scheming, lol.
ardee: Yeah, her Ice deck as much better, but oh well. Seems like Namine has a handle on the deck though, and is punishing Alexis (irony anyone, lol). I didn't figure anyone expected Namine to lash out. Hmm, good question, how many others could Zell/Legato have recruited? Ah, I'm just kidding about Kaiba. He's one of the better characters. Well, Illidan didn't get much say in whether Alexis could duel or not. I mean, she just jumped in and took it up. Lol, I suppose I do like messing with everyone's heads. It's fun! (/Smiles evilly.\) But yes, the 50th chapter is today. I hadn't realized it till today. Eh, I think I'll skip on the 2nd chapter this time around though. I'm trying to stretch this out so I have time to begin the sequel, but that's looking like it may not happen anyways, lol. Thanks for the comments.
Metal Overlord 2.0: The episodes with Alexis using her Ice deck were pretty cool. She royally screwed Jaden up in them. True, I wonder how many more Zell/Legato swayed to join him… LOL! Maybe they should get the robes and hoods from Organization 13… Eh, nah! It's cool. I really liked KH's too, hence why I used some of it's ammo on my story. Eh, no ties to the Heartless to be honest. Thanks for the comment about the duels.
Well, that's it. Thanks to everyone for your reviews. I look forward to reading the next set. For now though, I'm out, so enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 50
Smirking at this, Namine drew her next card and chuckled, saying "You'll regret those words. I activate the spell card Monster Reborn! Now I can bring back my powerful dragon, so rise up once more Blue-Ice White Night's Dragon (3000/2500)!"
The mighty icy blue dragon rose up onto the field once more. With a massive roar, it seemed to dare Alexis to challenge it.
"Next, I activate the spell Heavy Storm, so say goodbye to our spell and trap cards!"
A massive set of twisters formed on the field, each seemingly seeking a target. One struck Namine's ice sculpture, causing it to crumble away. Two more tornados formed on Alexis's side, one striking the crossbow weapon the woman was wearing (3100 – 1500 1600/3500 – 1500 2000), and the other striking her face down card.
"No, my Hallowed Life Barrier!" Alexis called out as it was destroyed.
A fierce arctic wind began blowing up, causing snow to suddenly fall. The blinding snow focused around Alexis, seemingly keeping her from moving an inch. She pulled her arms in close, trying to find warmth, but little was found.
Laughing at Alexis, Namine yelled out "Blue-Ice White Night's Dragon, finish her pathetic creature now with Ice Lightning!"
Roaring loudly, the dragon took aim and released a blast of ice and lightning. The combo attack struck the female creature hard, shattering her into nothingness. The remainder of the blast continued on past, striking Alexis hard once more, making her cry out in pain and fall to the ground. As before, small cuts appeared on her skin, and more of her crimson life force began to ooze out.
The roaring winds kicked up and began pouring snow onto Alexis, who only shivered even more. Her body was slowly turning blue, causing her to blend in with her uniform. The blood on her body soaked into the snow, making her look more and more like a blood red snowman.
"ALEXIS, GET UP!" screamed Jaden and Chazz together.
Instead of getting up, she only lay there. "No… She can't be…" Jaden said with fear in his eyes.
Seeing her laying there, Illidan reached out with his Shadow Powers to check her. Sighing with relief, he mentally said "She's alive, but barely. She's lost so much blood, plus she's exhausted. I don't think she can last any longer."
Namine cackled at the fallen Alexis, saying "You fool, you will fall before my might. Look at all you've tried to do, and yet you fail. You will lose that card to me, along with your soul! And then, I shall once more have my memories!" (Alexis 1000, Namine 7900)
"Alexis…" Chazz lowly murmured. Looking at the ground, he then suddenly fiercely looked up, yelling "Get up! I know you're stronger than that! Get up, please!"
Still, Alexis lay still, making Namine arrogantly say "She's finished. This duel is as good as over."
Fiercely, Jaden spat back "No it's not!"
"Just admit it, that girl doesn't have the heart or strength to win. It's officially …"
"No…" called out a small voice.
Everyone looked to the small pile of snow to see Alexis slowly sitting up. With ragged breaths, she moved till she was finally on her hands and feet. Pain flashed over her face as she slowly began to stand. With a straggled growl, she stood back up, but nearly fell back down.
Looking up as the blood flowed down from her forehead and between her eyes, she softly spoke. "I'm… not giv… giving up... No… not now!"
Namine only gasped in shock at this, but steeled her resolve. "You will lose. Just fall already!"
Glaring at Namine, Alexis slowly said "No… I won't… give up!"
With great difficulty, she drew her next card. Once she had it in her hand, her face lit up a small bit. "I… play the spell… The Warrior Returning Alive! With it… I can return… a Warrior … Type monster from my … Grave to my hand. I choose… Blade Skater!"
Placing her hand in front of her Graveyard Slot, Alexis waited for the card to slowly shoot out. Pulling two other cards from her hand, she called out slowly "Now I play… the spell Polymerization, and … fuse Blade Skater (1400/1500) and … Etoile Cyber (1200/1600) together 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, the purple skinned woman with some lighter purple blotches formed onto the field once more.
The two suddenly 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.
"Pathetic… That creature isn't strong enough to beat my dragon either." Namine said with disgust.
Smirking slightly, Alexis panted for a moment and finally said "You'll see… I now play the spell… Fulfillment of the Contract! With this… I can bring back a ritual… monster from my Grave by paying 800 … points. I pay … it, and return Cyber… Angel Idaten (1600/2000)!"
The woman with a red headdress with a black leotard and a pair of red boots and gloves reappeared onto the field with a small battle cry.
"Thanks to doing this… I get a spell… card back from my Grave. I … pick Stray Lambs."
Slowly, the card slid back out of Alexis's Graveyard Slot and back into her waiting hand. Placing the card back in her left hand, she picked another, saying slowly "I play… the spell De-Fusion. Thanks to this, I can… split apart… my Cyber Blader… back into Etoile Cyber (1200/1600) and … Blade Skater (1400/1500)."
Once again, the woman in a red body suit with chestnut colored hair and the bald purple skinned woman reappeared onto the field.
Brow furrowing, Namine arrogantly pointedly said "That was pointless. Your monsters don't have nearly enough attack points to beat mine. Why summon three useless monsters…"
Stopping in mid-sentence, Namine's eyes went wide, and she yelled "You're not going to summon it, are you!?"
Chuckling raggedly, Alexis grinned, saying "I told you… I wouldn't… lose."
"No way, she can't be thinking of doing that! Illidan, can she even summon it!?" Jaden asked hurriedly.
Pondering the question, Illidan slowly replied with "I'm not sure. I think she can, but I don't know for sure. Her charm may give her power to."
Back on the field, Alexis pulled a card from her left hand and eyed it warily. "I don't know if I can summon this card, but I have no choice. To save everyone, I have to do this!"
Slapping the card to her Duel Disk, Alexis called out in an exhausted voice "I sacrifice… all three of my monsters… to summon the Egyptian… God, Obelisk the Tormentor (4000/4000)!"
The three female monsters on the field each vanished in a flash and lightning began to flash over the island. The cold wind and snow were completely blown away. A streak of lightning struck the field, causing a bright blue glow to form. Slowly, a large blue creature with massive wings, strong arms, powerful legs, and a strange head appeared. He let out a small moan, seemingly spelling out the impending doom.
Looking up at the Egyptian God wide eyed, Namine screamed "It's not possible! She shouldn't be able to summon it!"
Softly smiling, Alexis slowly mumbled "Obelisk, I don't… know if you'll obey me or not, but I ask of you to. I need… your help. I don't ask for myself… but for Marie, and for the world. Please, help me."
The large blue creature let out a small groan, which Alexis thought was a possible answer. Staring at Namine again, she slowly said "I play the spell Stray Lambs. With this, I get two new Lamb Tokens (0/0)."
A white and a pink set of round lamb creatures with golden horns appeared onto the field in front of the large blue creature.
"Obelisk… I sacrifice both tokens to you to increase your strength." Alexis said in a mere whisper while her eyes seemed to be dimming.
Looking down, the large blue creature grabbed hold of the two creatures. Holding them, one in each hand, he began absorbing their power. They finally vanished, and he began to turn red.
Namine glared at the large red monster with fear, but glanced down at Alexis and smirked, saying arrogantly with worry "You don't have the strength to do it. You fool, you will lose!"
Seeing that Alexis was about to pass out, Jaden yelled "You can do it Alexis! We believe in you!"
Gathering what strength was left, Alexis softly whispered "Obelisk, attack with Fists of Fury…"
Hearing the orders, the large red monster let out a loud groan and lifted it's large fists to point straight at the blue dragon. Power began to swirl around the fists, making them glow bright red.
"NO! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" screamed Namine with great fear.
Releasing the blast, the swirling energy stream struck the icy dragon, shattering it with little effort. The blast continued on, striking Namine, making her release a blood curdling scream. With amazing force, the blast drove her into the barrier that still stood, making her torturous scream even louder than thought humanly possible. The blast continued to grind away on her while her life points drained to zero.
Once Namine's life points fell to zero, Alexis fell face first to the ground, hitting the ground with a sickening thud. Namine soon fell to the ground also with a louder thud. As she did, her body glowed black, and then it returned to normal. The barrier quickly vanished, and the red creature returned to it's blue form. Looking down, he let out a small groan before vanishing.
Rushing to her side, Jaden turned Alexis onto her back, yelling "ALEXIS! ALEXIS, ANSWER ME! OPEN YOUR EYES!"
"No…" Chazz said with mist filling eyes.
Shaking her lightly, Jaden tried again, yelling "Please, please, just open your eyes!"
Seeing no reaction, tears began to form in Jaden's eyes as he pulled Alexis closer, placing his face into her hair. "Please, I'm begging you, come back!" he whispered miserably into her hair.
"Ja…"
Pulling back to see Alexis's eyes barely open, Jaden smiled as tears continued to glisten down the side of his face. Pulling her into an embrace again, he let out a sigh of relief and sobbed. "You're still here." he mumbled as he held her gently.
Checking Namine, Illidan sighed. "Another one lost…" he mumbled as he softly closed Namine's hollow eyes.
Turning back to Alexis, Illidan moved behind Jaden and kneeled down. Placing a hand on his shoulder, he calmly said "Jaden, let me have her."
Worriedly looking at Illidan, he asked "Why?"
"I can heal her. Please, let me take her." Illidan calmly persuaded.
After a moment, Jaden nodded and backed off, allowing Illidan to lay Alexis flat on the ground. She moaned in pain, making Illidan coo to her, calmly saying "Easy now. Lay still."
With a dissatisfied groan, Alexis complied and laid still. Her eyes were drooping heavily, and her breath was still ragged.
"She's lucky to be alive with the amount of blood she's lost. I have to act quickly, or she may die. My only hope is she'll recover."
Placing his hands gently on her stomach, Illidan closed his eyes and began concentrating on sending out his healing powers. After a moment, his hands began glowing black, sending out healing waves into her body.
"Well?" Jaden impatiently asked with worry clearly in his voice.
Brows knitted in concentration, Illidan ignored him and continued sending out his healing waves. Keeping his calm, Illidan tried hard to keep a constant amount of healing energy flowing out of his body. Little by little, he could sense Alexis's wounds were slowly closing.
"Come on, is it working or not!?" Jaden prodded.
Growling with frustration, Illidan opened his eyes, but kept his focus on healing Alexis. In an irritated voice, he hissed "Quiet! I need to concentrate."
Taken aback by Illidan's words, Jaden sighed and nodded. Returning his full concentration to Alexis, Illidan closed his eyes once more. Pushing more energy into his healing powers, he sighed.
"I never was the best healer of the group. I could heal people, but Marie and Bakura were always so much better at this than me. I only have myself to blame for that, but I was a fighter mostly, not a healer." he chided to himself.
After nearly an hour, all of Alexis's wounds had healed, and her body appeared to be completely bruise and scratch free. Letting out a relieved sigh, Illidan stood up, but nearly fell over.
"Whoa, I used a bit too much power." he admonished.
Moving beside Alexis, Jaden stared at her for a while and asked "Why isn't she awake?"
Slowly standing back up, Illidan replied "She's exhausted. She needs rest, so let her. I'll take her back to her dorm for now. You all head back to your own dorms as well."
Chazz nodded and began to walk off, but noticed Jaden staring intently at Alexis. "Come on Slacker, you heard him." Chazz called out.
"I just…" Jaden began, but was cut off by Illidan. "Jaden, you need rest. Go back to the dorm. I'll take care of her. I promise."
Defeated, Jaden nodded and walked off. Sighing, Illidan gently lifted Alexis into his arms and carried her to the Blue Dorm. Quickly finding her room, he used his Shadow Powers to unlock the door and carefully placed her on the bed.
Pulling the covers up over her, Illidan smiled at her, saying "You did well Alexis. I'm proud of you. Take a good rest."
Closing the door behind him, Illidan softly smiled. "One out of four down, three to go. I just hope things turn out alright. I'm coming Marie. Just hang on."
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Frowning, Legato stared out at the cloudy night. "She failed us." he mumbled.
In the back of his mind, Zell called out "Master, have patience. We will defeat Illidan and claim all of the Egyptian God Cards. Once we do, we shall fully reenergize the Sacred Beasts!"
Still frowning, Legato replied "Still, that is one less card that we have acquired. The others better not fail."
"Master, have faith in them..."
"I have no faith in anyone!" Legato roared.
Pausing for a moment, Zell finally said "Even if they fail Master, we shall take the cards from Illidan. Don't worry, I promise we shall have the Egyptian Gods' powers!"
"We'd better, or all that I have worked for will fall through. Do not fail me Zell!" Legato icily warned. "You will regret it if you do."
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Silently pondering what the fate of Illidan was, Marie once again reached out with her senses. Finding nothing like before, she sighed in defeat.
"Damn barrier…" she miserably muttered.
Glancing down at her stomach, she sighed with her thoughts turning to the child within her. "I wonder will we make it through this little one?"
Shaking her head, she sighed once more and softly smiled. "I know we will. Your father will come and save us. He's never let me down before, and he won't let either of us down, I know. I just have to have faith in him."
Softly smiling, she remembered her past life when she had become pregnant the first time. It was the day that the battle with Gozaburo had happened. That morning, she had found out she was a month along in her pregnancy. When she had found out, she had been so happy and surprised. She had planned on sharing her secret with Illidan after they had dealt with the issue of the Millennium Crown that day.
Sadly, instead of getting to tell him the joyous news that day, it was a day of death and torture. Gozaburo had gone insane due to the Millennium Crown's power, and fatally wounded Yami. He had nearly killed the others as well, but luckily, no one of the group was killed due to the battle. Only Gozaburo himself was the other casualty thanks to Illidan's heroism.
After Yami's funerals and burial, plus the sealing away of the Millennium Items did she share her secret with Illidan. He had been furious that she hadn't told him the day of the battle, but that fury was soon overcome with happiness that she had survived, and that their child had not been hurt.
Her first pregnancy had been gentle, and Madan, their first daughter, had been born with no complications. Smiling at the thought of seeing Illidan's reaction to their daughter warmed her heart. She had not seen Illidan smile that much throughout the day since before Yami's death. Their daughter had truly seemingly saved Illidan from himself, and brought the pair great joy.
Each child after that was yet another miracle added their wonderful lives. Illidan still blamed himself for Yami's death, but the children helped him move on, and to deal with it better than before.
Sadly sighing, she silently said "Please little one, hang on. He'll come for us. He promised to always protect me, and he will always protect you. So please, hold on. He will come."