Hey there everyone! Well, me and my mate survived Thanksgiving Day, although, it was a very interesting day. When she got off from work, we headed out to my dad and step mom's house, where there, I found a very grumpy dad. I knew immediately he was mad about something, and I joked with my step mom he needed a nap, lol. Well, I came to find out, that wasn't the half of it, hehe. Apparently, they had an argument about her family coming (I won't go into details). Plus, my step brother's girlfriend was there, which didn't matter to me, lol. Anyways, I talked with dad later, and found out what a good bit of the problem was. It wasn't the family thing for the most part, but more of someone didn't know when to shut up that morning. He'd been talking non-stop since he got up, plus didn't wash his car very well with the help of his girlfriend. Anyways, dad was irritated by it, which I can relate. My step brother has pushed me to that point before, but I think dad could have handled it better. Oh well, that's just how family goes sometimes, lol.
Story wise, eh, not much new other than I've partnered up with ardee to do the final sequel. We'll see how things go from here, but I can't make any promises, one way or another, lol. As for Another, I'm thinking about posting it's first chapter in maybe a week or so. I want to write up 25 or so chapters first, and I'm past halfway, so I may begin posting next week or the one after, pending on how far I get. So, for any Inuyasha fans, or just curious people, it's coming out soon.
Last time, Jaden began battle with Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning, who rather quickly summoned Slifer the Sky Dragon. Now Jaden is holding on desperately (maybe not so desperately, lol) with the use of Elemental Hero Tempest, but how long can Tempest hold out?
Time for that most wonderful time again! Review Time!
Metal Overlord 2.0: (/Sighs\) Damn Marik. Maybe I should release the always lovable mate who likes to maul things… Eh, I'll save her for later, hehe. Nice little scene there. Thanks about the chapter. Yes, I had BLS be much more courteous than the other two. I mean, one was a dragon who liked to scare people and the other was a sorcerer who liked to throw spheres of magic at you. Of course you get a nice courteous soldier, lol. Very true, Jaden needs to get some good fusions out to beat Slifer, but how…
x-knight20: Thanks. That's cool about it being a while. No rush, lol. Yeah, BLS is a great card. I used to use him a good bit back in the day before the bans, and even after for a while. I actually got him and DMoC the same day long ago. That was one of the best draws I ever had from looking for cards.
pink-kiss-candy: Thanks, and lol at Ryon. (/Sky yells back: "Die!" Thousands of little clay birds rain down onto Ryon, who puts up a small umbrella and waves good bye.\)
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thanks. Yes, Jaden is clinging to Tempest for dear life for now. Hopefully they'll be some contact fusions, but with Slifer out, doubtful at the moment.
Alright, that's it for now. Thank you everyone for your reviews. At this rate, we may yet beat TWS amount of reviews, but if not, then everyone gave it a good try. Thank you everyone once more, for your reviews are rather helpful and inspiring to keep at it. Now, I must be off. I have to ready myself to go see my grandfather. Enjoy everyone, and I'll be back Monday!
Chapter 57
Picking up a card, the soldier smirked once more, saying "Slifer's points increase once more for this new card (5000 + 1000 6000/6000)! Attack his pathetic Tempest now Slifer with Thunder Force!"
Roaring in response to it's master, the mighty red dragon opened it's bottom set of jaws and released a mighty stream of golden energy.
Knowing he had no choice, Jaden called out "I send my face down, my trap Hero Medal, to my Graveyard! Of course, it has an effect, which makes it a sweet card. Instead of going to my Graveyard, it goes back to my deck, and once it is back, I get to draw a new card."
Shuffling the card into his deck quickly, Jaden drew a new card and defiantly glared at the oncoming attack. The blast struck the green haired warrior, and like always, he managed to stop most of the blast, but not all of it. The remainder of the blast continued on past, striking Jaden hard this time. Falling to his knees, Jaden leaned forward onto his hands, panting hard.
"JADEN!" Alexis gasped.
"He can't keep going on like this. If Jaden has any plans on winning, he needs to make a move." Illidan mentally thought.
Smirking at his handiwork, the soldier calmly said "Mortal, surrender why you still can. This duel will end soon enough, one way or another. I offer you an easy way out now, so take it."
Panting hard still, Jaden didn't answer. After a few minutes, he finally slowed his breathing and began to stand up once again. Hiding his eyes with his bangs, Jaden struggled to stand. Finally standing, his breathing continued to slow till finally it was no longer ragged.
"I can't give up." Jaden spoke slowly.
Sneering at this, the soldier mockingly stated "There is no shame in giving up."
Looking up with conviction in his eyes, Jaden emotionally said "I can't give up! I swore to myself I wouldn't! My friends, my family, and the world, they're all depending on me to win, so I cannot and will not give up! I vowed to save Syrus, Hasselberry, Professor Marie, and everyone else that Zell threatens, and I will keep that vow!"
Drawing a new card, Jaden examined it and smirked. "I play the spell Fusion Sage, which lets me transfer a Polymerization from my deck to my hand. Next, I play Polymerization, allowing me to fuse the Elemental Hero Burstinatrix (1200/800) and Elemental Hero Clayman (800/2000) together to form the Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster (2000/2500) in defense!"
A female creature with pale white skin in a red body suit that covered most of her body except part of her arms appeared. She had red gloves that came up to her elbows, but the fingers of the gloves were cut off revealing her skin instead. She had long black hair that fanned out with a bit of white at the ends. On her head was a golden flared out helmet, and her face was partially covered with a red mask that didn't cover her cheeks or mouth. Beside of her, a large grey creature with gold feet and some on his shoulders, with a red dome head and black stripe surrounding his neck appeared. The creature had large legs and arms, seemingly meant for defense.
The two then swirled together, vanishing completely. From the swirling came a new figure in grey with golden feet and some on it's shoulders and it's domed helmet. In the creatures left hand was a red plate like shield, and it's right arm consisted of a large blaster looking gun instead of a hand. The creature was easily seen that it was female by it's chest and face underneath of it's helmet. For the most part, the creature's body was covered in dull grey armor. Once fully on the field, the monster took a one knee position and placed it's shield protectively in front of it's body.
Shaking his head, the soldier smirked, saying "You are rather foolish. Did you learn nothing from your last turn? Slifer will only weaken your monster!"
Raising it's head, the dragon roared loudly and released a purple sphere from it's top set of jaws at the new creature. The sphere struck the shield of the creature, which struggled to hold it up. A large explosion soon ensued, causing a large cloud of smoke to appear. Slowly, the smoke cleared, revealing the grey armored warrior still stood, but barely. Her shield was broken, her body covered in scorch marks, and part of her helmet was cracked open, revealing her eyes.
"I'm sorry Rampart (2000/2500 – 2000 500)…" Jaden whispered.
Turning back to the soldier, Jaden growled out "You'll pay for that right now! I activate Rampart's special ability! By cutting her attack points in half 2000 / 2 1000/500), I can direct attack you, so get some revenge now with Rampart Barrage!"
Nodding, the female warrior took aim with her right arm. Several missiles soon came firing out of the gun, each streaking by the large red dragon and striking the soldier, who lightly cried out in pain.
Flashing a smile, Jaden picked the last card out of his hand and said "I'll throw down a face down, and switch Tempest to defense. I think that's enough for now." (BLS-EOTB 6000, Jaden 2000)
"Nice move Jaden!" Alexis called out.
Smiling, Jaden nodded back. Seeing this, Illidan smiled. "He's not done yet. I know you can do this Jaden. Just hang on a bit longer."
Picking up a card, the soldier smirked, saying "You're still in this duel, eh? Well then, I suppose I'll just have to turn up the heat! Slifer (6000 + 1000 7000/7000), eliminate that Rampart Blaster with Thunder Force!"
Roaring loudly, the red dragon reared it's head back and began to build energy within it's mouth. Lowering it back down, the dragon released it's stream of golden energy at the grey armored female warrior.
Smirking, Jaden raised his hand to his face down card, saying "I don't think so! I play my trap, Hero Halo! Thanks to this card, I can equip it to Rampart Blaster. Since it's equipped, Rampart Blaster can't be attacked by monsters with 1900 attack points or more!"
The blast immediately dispersed when it struck the grey armored warrior. The female warrior lightly smirked at this and glared up at the red dragon.
Infuriated, the soldier mumbled "I place a card face down (6000/6000) and end my turn." (BLS-EOTB 6000, Jaden 2000)
Drawing, Jaden smiled great big, but before he could say anything, the soldier called out "I activate the trap card Final Attack Orders! With this, all monsters are forced into attack mode, so no more hiding your monsters!"
Both the grey armored woman and the green haired warrior stood up, each taking up offensive stances.
"The end is coming mortal. Prepare yourself for it."
Lightly chuckling, Jaden responded with "Nah, it's all good. I'm not licked yet. Especially since I'm about to take down your Egyptian God Card."
Laughing, the soldier sarcastically asked "And how do you propose to do that? Slifer has 6000 attack points. Compared to your warriors, he's twice as strong."
"Exactly." Jaden shot back. Showing a card he had in his hand, he added "That's why I'm playing the spell Battle by 2! With this, I can choose a monster on my field that's twice or weaker than your Egyptian God Card. If it is, then I can double that monster's attack points for this turn, so I choose Tempest (2800 2 5600/2800). And don't forget about my Skyscraper field spell, which grants him an additional 1000 points (5600 + 1000 6600/2800)."
Sweat formed on the soldier's forehead when he watched the green haired warrior begin to be surrounded by a powerful aura. "No…" he mouthed.
"Oh yes! Tempest, show Slifer the way to the Graveyard! Glider Strike!"
Leaping into the air, the green haired warrior took aim and released a stream of blue energy from his blaster arm. The blast quickly traveled the length of the dueling field and struck the mighty red dragon hard in the chest, making it roar loudly in pain. Without warning, the dragon suddenly began tumbling down from the air and struck the ground hard, sending out many shockwaves. The soldier only looked on in shock, completely surprised by the results of the battle.
"JADEN DID IT!" Alexis squealed with excitement.
Smiling, Illidan added "Nice work Jaden."
Staring at the disarrayed soldier, Jaden rubbed his index finger under his nose, saying "Wow, I actually did it! Sweetness!"
Seeing the soldier still speechless, Jaden added "I'm not done by the way. Rampart Blaster, reintroduce yourself with Rampart Barrage!"
Bringing her right arm up to firing range, the grey armored female warrior let out a small battle cry and released a barrage of rockets at the stunned soldier. Each rocket scored a hit, shocking the soldier back into reality.
"To end, I'll throw down a face down, and that's it for me." (BLS-EOTB 3400, Jaden 2000)
Drawing a card, the soldier surprised Jaden with a smile, kindly saying "Well done descendant of Stormrage."
"Wait, you know that I'm Illidan's descendant!?" Jaden asked in a bit of shock.
Nodding, the soldier simply replied "Yes, I've known for quite a while. I saw it before this duel even began. When I first saw you, I knew it then that you were his true descendant. I felt it immediately."
Curious, Alexis asked Illidan "What is he talking about?"
"It's… complicated. I'll explain later." Illidan assured Alexis.
Frowning, she nodded. "You better, because this is confusing."
Lightly chuckling, Illidan replied "Indeed."
Back on the field, the soldier kindly said "You know, I always wondered if the blood line of Illidan and Marie would survive to present day. Now I know it has."
Turning serious, he added "I won't surrender though. Even though you are the true descendant of my Master, I must fight due to my duty. So then, I shall continue."
"I play the spell Pot of Avarice. With this, I can send five monsters from my Graveyard to my deck, shuffle, then draw two new cards. The five monsters I pick are my three Gadget creatures, Morphing Jar, and Cyber Jar."
One by one, the monster cards slid out of the soldier's Graveyard Slot and into his awaiting hand. Picking all five up, he placed them within his deck and shuffled. Once finished, he drew two new cards and slightly smirked at them.
"It is time I took back control of this duel. I send two cards to my Graveyard in order to special summon this, the monster that shall help me defeat you! Rise up my mighty Candela, the Beast of Light (0/0)!"
Materializing onto the field was an orange creature with two large clawed forearms, a massive tail, twin heads with a light blue light coming from their foreheads, and a large circular like beam of light blue light in it's chest.
"A level twelve monster? But how!?" Jaden asked nervously.
Chuckling at this, the soldier replied "Simple really. Candela can only be special summoned by sending two cards to my Graveyard from my hand."
Examining the creature further, Jaden chuckled, saying "Ok, but your monster has zero attack points."
"Correct, but that's why he has a special effect."
Frowning, Jaden muttered "I was afraid he was going to say that."
Holding his cards up, the soldier said "For each card I hold in my hand, Candela gains 1000 attack points. Since I have five at the moment, that means Candela has 5000 attack points (5000/0)."
Softly growling with frustration, Jaden muttered "It's a weaker version of Slifer…"
Smirking, the soldier replied "Yes, it is. Unfortunately, the turn that Candela is summoned, I can't attack, so for now, I place a card face down, and end my turn (5000 – 1000 4000/0)." (BLS-EOTB 3400, Jaden 2000)
Drawing a new card, Jaden smiled at it, saying "I play the spell Hero Dice!"
On the field, a pink die with arms, thrusters, and a small head with a mask appeared.
"Thanks to this spell, I get to roll a die. Pending on the result of the die is what happens. If it is one, I inflict damage to my life points equal to one of my Elemental Heroes. Two lets me destroy a spell card on my field, with three letting me destroy a monster on my field. Four lets me destroy one of your monsters. Five destroys a spell on your field, and finally six lets an Elemental Hero direct attack you. So, let's see what happens!"
Flying into the air with help from it's thrusters, the die pulled it's arms and head inside and began to fall towards the ground. Hitting the ground, it began to roll like crazy. Finally, it began to slow and landed at last on a six.
"Sweetness! I get to direct attack you with one of my monsters, so I choose Tempest! Attack him with Glider Strike!"
Aiming his blaster, the green haired warrior fired a shot of blue energy at the soldier, who raised his arms to protect himself. The blast hit hard, knocking the soldier to one knee. Slowly, he stood back up and growled in anger.
"I think that's enough punishment for now." (BLS-EOTB 600, Jaden 2000)
"Jaden has almost got this duel won!" Alexis exclaimed happily.
Not saying anything, Illidan only stared on. Seeing this, Alexis asked "What's wrong?"
"It's too early to celebrate. I think Jaden's fight has only begun." Illidan commented.
On the field, the soldier prepared to draw his card, but stopped. "Unfortunately, due to Candela's effect, I can no longer draw cards on my turn, but that's alright. Now then, I activate the trap Reckless Greed, allowing me to draw two new cards, but I must skip two of my next Draw Phases, but that is fine since I can't use them anyways. Since I just added two cards to my hand, that means Candela gets stronger (4000 + 2000 6000/0)!"
Roaring loudly, the orange creature's light blue lights glowed brighter, showing it's power had increased once more.
"Candela, let's finish this! Attack his pathetic Tempest with Light's Destruction!"
Letting out another roar, the twin headed creature released a powerful set of twin pink beams of light at the green haired warrior.
Eyes widening, Alexis exclaimed "Jaden can't survive that blast!"
"Jaden…" Illidan mumbled.
Pointing to his face down card, Jaden called out "I activate the spell Emergency Provisions. Thanks to this, I can sacrifice a spell or trap card and gain a 1000 life points, so I'll send Hero Halo to my Grave. Next, I sacrifice Rampart Blaster to Tempest for his special ability, so Tempest will survive this fight!"
With the two cards vanishing from the field, the green haired warrior crossed his arms and took on the pink blast, but part of the blast was deflected towards Jaden, who cried out in pain and fell to his knees, panting hard. He then fell forward onto the gorund, letting out a small moan of pain.
"Very well boy, I play the spell Smashing Ground (6000 – 1000 5000/0). Thanks to this spell, I can destroy the monster with the strongest defensive points, which happens to be Tempest!"
A large human fist came out of the ceiling and struck the green haired warrior with great impact, instantly smashing the warrior into nothing.
"To end, I play the spell Mystical Space Typhoon (5000 – 1000 4000/0), destroying your Skyscraper!"
Without warning, a large twister formed on the field and struck all of the buildings on the field. With incredible winds, the twister destroyed each and every building till nothing was left on the field except Jaden laying on the ground.
"Let's see what you can do now boy." (BLS-EOTB 600, Jaden 800)
Seeing Jaden wasn't getting up, Alexis called out "Jaden, get up."
Jaden appeared to not hear her, ignored her, or just couldn't respond. Knowing this, Illidan mentally contacted Jaden with his Shadow Powers.
"Jaden…" he whispered.
After a moment of silence, Jaden slowly stood up on the field with great difficulty. Staring at the soldier, he calmed his breathing and said "I'm not finished with this duel yet. After all, a duel isn't over till the last card is played, and I still have one more card to play!"
Drawing his next card, Jaden smiled, saying "I play the spell Hope of Fifth! This card is pretty sweet because I can take five Elemental Heroes from my Graveyard and shuffle them back into my deck. Since I have no cards in play and no other cards in my hand, I can then draw three cards. The five monsters I'll send back are Elemental Heroes Burstinatrix, Clayman, Sparkman, Bubbleman, and Avian."
Slowly, one by one, the five monster cards slid out of Jaden's Graveyard Slot. Picking the cards up, Jaden shuffled them back into his deck and drew three cards when he finished.
Grinning at his new cards, Jaden called out "I play Pot of Greed, so two more cards for me!"
Picking up two cards, Jaden called out "Next, I activate the spell Fake Hero, allowing me to special summon this, my newest Elemental Hero, Elemental Hero Neos (2500/2000)!"
A flash of light appeared in the sky and suddenly a powerful white warrior with a slicked back horn on his head and spikes coming out from his elbow joints appeared. He had a bit of red lining on his body, along with a bit of blue as well. On his chest was a blue circle.
"Of course, Neos can't attack this turn, and he goes back to my hand when this turn is over, but it's all good because I have another plan for him. I summon Neo-Spacian Dark Panther (1000/500)!"
Leaping onto the field was a black panther with a flowing black cape on his back.
"Now, how about some fusion action! With Neo-Spacians, I don't need a Polymerization card, but I do have to send both the monsters I merge back to my deck. I merge Neo-Spacian Dark Panther and Elemental Hero Neos together to create Elemental Hero Dark Neos (2500/2000)!"
Both the panther and the white warrior launched themselves into the air. Hovering over top of the white warrior, the panther slowly lowered into the warrior. A bright blinding light then filled the room to reveal a new warrior. This warrior had black wings, with black skin with a few blotches of white on his chest and legs. The creatures also had clawed hands now, along with clawed feet.
Chuckling, the soldier mockingly said "Your warrior is weak. He's no stronger than your other hero was. Besides, at the end of this turn, your creature shall vanish, leaving you weak."
"True, but strength isn't everything." Jaden slyly replied. "You see, Dark Neos has a special ability that makes him more than enough of an opponent for your dragon. I'm allowed to select one monster on the field and negate that monster's effects for this whole turn. Now Neos, negate Candela's special ability, meaning his attack points go back to zero!"
The soldier's eyes went wide with realization when he saw his monster glow darkly. Instantly, the creature's points changed (0/0).
"No, it can't be! Candela is defenseless!" the soldier cried out in shock.
Nodding, Jaden smiled, saying "Exactly, meaning Neos can finish things. Dark Neos, attack Candela with Dark Slash!"
Leaping into the air, the black warrior flew straight towards the weakened dragon. With a swipe of it's claws, the warrior beheaded the twin headed dragon, leaving nothing but two stumps behind. Smashing into the field simultaneously, the dragon's heads shattered, along with it's body.
With the shattering of the dragon's body, an explosion followed, knocking the soldier to one knee. His life points quickly drained away, leaving him with zero points. Once this happened, the cards and creatures on the field slowly vanished, and Jaden's Duel Disk powered down.
Smiling great big, Jaden pointed at the soldier with a small v-shaped hand motion, saying "And that's game!"
Chuckling, the soldier stood back up and walked over to Jaden, saying "Well fought. Even in the most adverse situation, you didn't give up. Impressive."
Lightly blushing from the compliment, Jaden smiled back, saying "Actually, I almost gave up, but someone reminded me that you should never give up, even when things look their worst."
"Yes, Master Illidan always has that way with people."
Suddenly, Jaden felt a pair of arms wrap around him and hug him, saying "You won Jaden!"
Blushing again, Jaden replied "Thanks Alexis."
Releasing him, she lightly blushed herself, but turned to Illidan and smiled. Smiling back at the group, Illidan patted Jaden on the shoulder, saying "Good job."
"Thanks. I couldn't have done it without your encouragement." Jaden remarked.
Shaking his head, Illidan responded with "You could have. I know it."
"Thanks again though." Jaden humbly said.
Grabbing Jaden's attention, the soldier pulled a card out of his deck and said "This is for you. You've earned it. You are now the guardian of the Egyptian God Card, Slifer the Sky Dragon."
Examining the card, Jaden smiled and took it, placing it within his own deck. "Thanks. I'll make sure to not lose this card."
Turning back to Illidan, the soldier said "I have completed my task Master. What now shall I do?"
Warmly smiling, Illidan placed hand on the soldier's shoulder, saying "Rejoin me in our struggle to save Marie and the world."
"Save Marie?" the soldier asked, unsure what Illidan meant.
Sadly smiling, Illidan told the soldier what had happened. Once he finished, the soldier knelt down in front of Illidan, saying "Master, I swear to you, we shall find her. I humbly ask to go with you."
Offering his hand to the soldier, who accepted it and stood, Illidan replied "I accept it. Welcome back old friend."
Holding a card out, Illidan smiled. The soldier merely nodded and turned into a small sphere of light. The sphere soon landed on the empty card and merged with it. Bit by bit, an image of the soldier appeared on the card till the sphere was fully reabsorbed, revealing the soldier completely.
Putting his arms behind his head, Jaden smiled, saying "Well, that's that."
"Yes. Now then, let's get out of here." Illidan said as he turned and led the way out of the shrine.