Hello again everyone! This week has been nice so far. Yesterday, my mate went and took her mom home, which is good. Her mom had surgery Monday, and she had no problems at all. My mate was happy that her mom was alright. The rest of yesterday was very enjoyable, especially when I got home. Let's just say, me and my mate feel much happier today, lol.
Story wise, Another has begun to pick up steam again, as well as Minutes to Midnight. Things are moving along with both, which is very nice to see. I will warn everyone now, MtM will more than likely not be posted immediately following the end of FG. I hate that, but in all honesty, I knew it wasn't possible probably. If it is posted, more than likely, it will be like only a chapter, maybe two, a week. We'll just have to see how far things are when FG end. It could be up to a month or two after this story ends, or it could begin immediately. Again, like I said, it just depends on how far me and ardee get along with it. So, don't lose hope, lol.
Last time, the duel between Illidan and DMoC began, with the two looking very even. In a last ditch effort to keep Anubis from being summoned, Illidan played Prohibition, making sure that Anubis can't be played. Now the two are locked in a battle for field supremacy. Will Illidan liberate his Duel Spirit, or will the power of Anubis make DMoC do something that he will regret?
Alright, moving along, time for reviews!
Nathan: True, DMoC isn't really insane in a deranged-lunatic sense, but he isn't in his right mind obviously. He appears to be controlled… Glad you like this duel thus far. The pair are evenly matched it seems. Yes, I've used the tactic of using Chaos Sorcerer's own effect to get rid of itself also. True, Illidan managed to keep Anubis away by using Prohibition. Lol, yes, Metal Overlord's card is rather interesting and weird. Thanks for the review!
Metal Overlord 2.0: Nice review/duel, lol.
Isis the Sphinx: Thanks. I'm not sure why weekdays take so long and weekends go so fast either. I think the time-space continuum speeds up on weekends, thus making things go faster, but slows down on the weekdays. Thanks for the comments.
x-knight20: Thank you. Yes, DMoC is somewhere within his mind, but Anubis doesn't seem to want him out on his own. Thanks for the review!
pink-kiss-candy: LOL! Thanks for the flag waving. Eh, Ryon, need some help with that pike? (/Picks up pike and holds it over Ryon's heart.\) Like this, right? I'd do anything to help a friend. (/Evilly smiles at words.\)
Knives91: Thanks for the comments.
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thanks. True, I may have overdone it with Jaden this time around, but the boy does seem to like watching interesting duels and making comments like "Sweet duel!" Lol, but as I said, I may have overdone it a bit. Possibly DMoC might need to destroy Prohibition, but that will take time. Illidan just needs to hang on. Thanks for the review!
Well, that's it for today. Thank you all for your reviews. I really liked this round of them. To any and all who haven't reviewed, do feel free to make a review. I won't bite if you do… well, not hard anyways. (/Flashes fangs.\) Hmm, although, that last reviewer was rather tasty… Eh, I mean, I always like new reviewers! Lol, but seriously, if anyone that hasn't reviewed wants to, don't be shy about it. And to those that do review, thank you again. It helps so much with my writing when I see reviews.
Ok, I'm done for today. Thanks everyone again, and enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 62
"I really thought Illidan would take a chunk out of his life points that time." Chazz commented.
"Me too. He was close, but that mage is too smart for that." Alexis added.
Staring at the duel, Jaden smiled, saying "Things sure are exciting though. I can't wait to see what else Illidan and this mage can do."
Both Alexis and Chazz sighed at this, with Alexis muttering "Men…" and Chazz mumbling "Idiot…"
On the field, the white mage drew a new card and slapped it face down onto his Duel Disk horizontally, saying "I set this monster and end my turn." (DMoC 3800, Illidan 5100)
Picking up a new card, Illidan studied the card for a moment before saying "I set this monster in defense. Luster Dragon, take out his defensive monster with Ruby Blaster!"
Letting out a light roar, the dragon opened up it's jaws and released a ruby colored fire ball, which struck the face down card quickly, but a dense fog appeared upon contact.
"What's going on?" Illidan asked with confusion evident.
Chuckling darkly, the white mage confidently responded with "Oh, you just ran into my monster. Show yourself now, Aqua Madoor (1200/2000)!"
A mage with blue hair, a white mask with only red eye holes, a yellow collar, and a green set of robes appeared onto the field. The mage had his white hands with long red finger nails held out, creating a wall of water to protect itself.
"Seems your little dragon bit off more than it could chew." the white mage said with a smirk.
Lightly growling, Illidan replied with "Very well, I shall end my turn for now." (DMoC 3800, Illidan 5000)
Drawing quickly, the white mage called out "I summon my second Peten the Dark Clown (500/1200) in defense."
A similar clown to the one that had been summoned earlier, with a white and black striped face, with yellow and blue-green baggy clothing, a blue vest with a white collar, a large red hat with a long pink flowing wig materialized onto the field.
"That should do for now." (DMoC 3800, Illidan 5000)
Picking up a new card, Illidan smiled, saying "It's time you met a new one of my monsters. Meet my new friend, Allure Queen LV3 (500/500)."
Slowly, on the field, a sparking began to materialize. From it, a woman with short brown hair, a black round hat, mischievous eyes, black gloves that reached up to her armpits, a silver and red sort of collar that attached to a long black dress with a maroon colored corset appeared. In her right gloved hand was a staff with a golden ring like object on the end, encrusted with jewels, and a single red jewel on the inside of the circle. Raising her right hand, the mischievous woman's left index finger caught fire. She only stared at it with the flames bouncing off of her eyes.
"As you can see, she's quite a looker, but there is more to her than that. Allure Queen, why don't you show Peten what I mean."
Smiling with a smug grin, the woman put the flame out on her left hand and took hold of her staff with both hands. Pointing it at the puzzled clown, the red jewel began to glow brightly. A bright red beam suddenly shot out of the staff, striking the clown, who cried out in pain, but then instantly vanished. The jewel soon glowed brightly and dimmed, but was still glowing nonetheless.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO PETEN!?" the white mage roared in anger.
Smirking at the response, Illidan nonchalantly said "He's just fine. Allure Queen, why don't you display that little crystal?"
Holding it up, the woman projected an image from the crystal. From it, the sight of the clown was seen. He was trapped within the gem, banging his fists against the walls.
"Let him go!" the white mage snarled.
Waving him off, Illidan only casually said "No need to get snippy about it. He's just fine. You see, Allure Queen just turned him into an equip card to herself. He'll be perfectly fine. For now though, I end my turn." (DMoC 3800, Illidan 5000)
"Nice move Professor Illidan!" Jaden called out.
Illidan glanced over his shoulder and winked at the group with a small smile. Seeing this, the white mage fumed and angrily drew his card. Glancing at it, he jammed it roughly into his spell/trap card zone, saying "I play the spell The Dark Door, which allows us to only attack with one monster a turn. I end at that." (DMoC 3800, Illidan 5000)
"That so, well let me improve upon this situation!" Illidan called out while quickly drawing a card. Turning his attention to his female mage, he said "First of all, Allure Queen's special ability kicks in during my Standby Phase. You see, I'm allowed to send her to the Graveyard, along with the monster equipped to her, but at a bargain price. I get to special summon her next form, so farewell Allure Queen LV3 and hello Allure Queen LV5 (1000/1000)!"
Waving farewell to Illidan, the female mage began glowing white. Slowly, the white light vanished and a new version of the female mage appeared. She still wore the same dress and black gloves, but she had changed. Her hat grew in height, but shrank a bit in width. Also, her staff changed shape slightly, becoming more oval and a bit more reinforced, except at the top where it was still thinner. The crystal changed from red to green also. As well, two long straps with a golden ring at each end came off her back and flowed freely in the air. Her hair grew out a bit too, but was still only at the bottom of her neck in length. Opening her palm, flames began to fill it, making her smile with mischief.
Grinding his teeth at this new development, the white mage snapped out "That maybe so, but she triggered Peten's effect. When he goes to my Graveyard, I'm allowed to remove him from play and special summon a new Peten from my deck or hand, so I pick the last one in my deck. Rise up Peten the Dark Clown (500/1200) in defense!"
A new clown that looked exactly like the last two took up a defensive stance on the white mage's field.
"No matter." Illidan calmly said. With a smile, he nodded to the female mage, saying "Allure Queen, why don't we show Dark Magician of Chaos your new ability?"
Smiling mischievously, the female mage pulled her staff up to take aim at the field. "Thanks to her ability, she can take control of a level five or lower monster on the field, so take control of his Aqua Madoor."
Pointing her staff at the blue haired mage, the female mage released a burst of green energy from her green jewel. The blue haired mage cried out in shock when he was struck, but instantly vanished in a flash of green, ending the beam from the staff of the female mage.
The white mage growled loudly at this, but Illidan smirked, saying "Finders keepers. Now your little friend is an equip card to Allure Queen. Luster Dragon, why don't you introduce yourself to Peten. Nothing says hello like Ruby Blaster!"
Roaring with a happy nod, the dragon fired a blast of ruby energy at the weaker clown, who screamed out in pain. Within a moment, he was incinerated and shattered into millions of pieces.
"I believe that shall do it for now. Let's see what all you can do." (DMoC 3800, Illidan 5000)
Lightly growling, the white mage drew his new card. Examining it, he frowned and said "I'll summon my Witch of the Black Forest (1100/1200) in defense."
Materializing onto the field was a woman with long mid-back length purple hair, pale skin, and a set of black flowing robes.
"Your move." (DMoC 3800, Illidan 5000)
With a quick motion, Illidan drew a card and lightly smirked. "First of all, Allure Queen's special ability kicks in. During my Standby Phase, I get to send her to the Graveyard with your monster in order to summon her next level, so come on down Allure Queen LV7 (1500/1500)!"
Waving goodbye, the female mage glowed for a moment. Her clothing and body began soon began to change, most noticeably to start with her hair. It grew in length, soon reaching her butt. Next, the hat on her head shrank, becoming much smaller than it ever was, and had a golden pin through it. Her dress changed also, ridding itself of the strange silver collar, and losing some length. It now came up to her knees, had a slit on the left side, which revealed a black strip of fabric. On her hips, a golden belt like chain with a strange watch appeared, and a silver belt like chain appeared above the golden one. Around her neck, a golden necklace appeared that appeared to be a solid chunk of gold. The black gloves that ran up her arms vanished, and a new maroon colored piece of fabric ran up from her wrist to her elbow. On the bottom of the fabric, a piece of maroon fabric fell down about two feet with a bit of golden fabric on the end of it. The loops that had been freely hanging off to the side of her now connected to her arms, about halfway in between her elbow and shoulder. Finally, her staff transformed as well, becoming larger in size, and the jewel became a blue crystal. Looking up, the female mage smiled seductively.
"Unlike her previous forms, Allure Queen LV7 can absorb any level of a monster. Allure Queen, why don't you show him by starting out with his Witch of the Black Forest?"
Nodding with a sly smile, the female mage pointed her golden staff at the purple haired witch. The blue crystal began to glow brightly and without warning released a blue laser beam at the purple haired woman. She was struck immediately and vanished into thin air, but the crystal only continued to glow.
Growling with frustration, the white mage threw a hot glare at Illidan, who ignored it, saying "Luster Dragon, direct attack with Ruby Blaster!"
Roaring with acknowledgment, the sapphire dragon spat a blast of ruby energy straight at the white mage. The blast struck the mage hard, making him fall to one knee.
Glancing up at Illidan, his irises changed color once more from white to red. With desperation in his voice, he said "Help me."
"I'm trying old friend." Illidan replied with kindness and a sad smile.
The white mage shook his head violently upon hearing those words. Standing back, up, the mage revealed his eyes, showing that his irises were no longer red, but white once more. "Leave me alone!"
"I'll never leave you alone old friend. I promise you this, I will save you!" Illidan genuinely said.
"Just hurry up so I can crush you." the white mage muttered.
Sighing lightly, Illidan said "I end my turn." (DMoC 1900, Illidan 5000)
"You can do it Illidan!" Alexis called out, trying to lend him encouragement.
"Do it for Dark Magician of Chaos!" Jaden added in, hoping to help his friend.
"Just get it over with." Chazz muttered.
Chuckling, the white mage sharply asked "You fools think he can actually win? You're truly pathetic."
Picking up a card, he smirked evilly, saying "The end has come for you my former master. I play the spell Card of Demise, which allows me to draw till I hold five cards in my hand. Of course, in five turns, I must discard all cards within my hand, but I plan to win by then."
Grabbing four cards off the top of his deck, the white mage studied them momentarily before saying "Time to end this little game of hit and miss. I start by playing this, my spell card Heavy Storm! Say farewell to all of our spell and trap cards!"
"No, not that!" Illidan said with sweat slipping down his face.
"But yes that! Go, clear our fields!"
A series of twisters began forming on the field, each identical to the other. Each soon began to seek out spell and trap cards sitting on the field. One by one, the spell and trap cards on both Illidan and the white mage's fields were destroyed, leaving only Illidan's three monsters behind.
"Since I destroyed my Witch of the Black Forest, her effect kicks in. I can move one monster with 1500 or less defense points from my deck to my hand."
Pulling his deck out, the white mage scanned through it till he found the one card he was looking for. Taking it out of his deck, he showed it, saying "I pick this, my Giant Orc."
Shuffling his deck, the white mage placed it back within the deck slot. Grabbing a new card from his hand, he said "I play the spell Quick Summon, allowing me to summon this, my Giant Orc (2200/0) to the field!"
A large gray looking orc creature with a brown cloth acting like a pair of pants and a large bone club in his right hand materialized onto the field.
"It is time to introduce you to your end Illidan. This card has craved revenge on you since you left it behind. I summon the monster that is truly the only Egyptian God Card!"
The room darkened greatly, and thunder boomed down into the cavern from the top of the dorm. "RISE UP ALL MIGHTY ONE! COME FORTH ANUBIS, THE GOD OF LIFE AND DEATH (2000/2000)!!!" the white mage cried out while slapping the card to his Duel Disk, sending out white energy lightning.
Slowly, a sarcophagus with the dog head where the face should have been rose up from the ground and onto the field. The sarcophagus lid slowly crept open, revealing a mighty white aura spilling out from within it. The lid finally opened all the way and out stepped a man with a black dog head where a normal human head would sit. His muscles were tone, and he was dressed in ancient Egyptian garb. His eyes flashed white as his aura continued to flow out. Each and every monster on the field began trembling with fear, showing that this creature was truly the strongest.
"Man, it's just not possible." Chazz whispered.
Staring at the strong Egyptian God, Alexis shook her head slowly, saying "It's not possible.
"Hold on Illidan." Jaden murmured.
Laughing manically, the white mage pointed at Illidan, saying boldly "You are finished! Giant Orc, attack his pathetic Allure Queen with Bone Club Crusher!"
Leaping into the air, the large orc let out a battle cry and began falling quickly down towards the female mage, who stared in shock. Bringing his bone club forward, the orc prepared to crush the fragile mage, who raised her staff to defend herself. The staff instantly snapped when contact was finally made, and the petit mage only screamed in fear at the orc, who took no mercy and crushed her with the bone club, instantly destroying her. Using his momentum, the orc struck Illidan hard in the side with the club, making him fall to one knee.
Quickly standing, Illidan glared daggers at the white mage, saying "I won't let you suffer in the darkness anymore."
"You're too late! Anubis, I sacrifice Giant Orc to you, so increase your strength (2000 + 2200 4200/2000 + 0 2000)!"
Stretching his hand out, the powerful dog headed creature sent out a white pulse towards the grey skinned orc. The orc began glowing white instantly, and slowly, bit by bit, vanished. The powerful dog headed monster closed his eyes once the orc had vanished, only to reopen them immediately, causing it's aura to suddenly begin spilling out even more.
"Finish his pathetic dragon now with Judgment of Death!" the white mage commanded.
Turning his right hand straight at the sapphire dragon, the dog headed creature began building up power within the hand. Opening it's palm, the dog headed creature began forming a sphere of white energy. Finally, the sphere was the size of the dog headed god's hand. Taking aim, the dog headed god released the blast straight at the sapphire dragon, which stood frozen in it's tracks. The blast tore through the dragon even before it could utter out a cry, and instantly shattered into millions of pieces. The remainder of the blast went straight for Illidan, striking him hard, making him scream out in agony. Falling to his knees, he landed on his palms, panting hard, before finally falling to the ground, screaming out in more pain.
"It hurts, doesn't it my former master? This creature, which you once commanded, now seeks your own destruction. How ironic, is it not?" the white mage mused.
Smirking, he added "I end my move. Please, do try to continue. I wish to thoroughly destroy you." (DMoC 1900, Illidan 2000)
Staring at their teacher and friend laying on the ground was almost too much for the three students. Each stared wide eyed, afraid that Illidan was down for the count.
Finally breaking the silence, Jaden called out "Illidan, come on, you have to keep fighting! Remember what you're fighting for! It's not about just this monster's freedom, but about saving Syrus, Hasselberry, Marie, and everyone else that wacko Zell has hurt!"
The white mage flinched momentarily, placing his head within his right palm. He screamed out in pain, growling as if something was bothering him. Finally looking up at Jaden, the mage weakly asked "What happened to Marie?"
"You'll… find out… soon." a raspy voice called.
Everyone turned their attention immediately to Illidan, who was barely standing on his feet.
"Illidan…" Alexis mumbled with shock in her voice.
"How can he stand after taking a shot like that?" Chazz pondered silently.
Staring at the white mage with a fierce glare, Illidan slowly said "Once I save you, you'll know what is wrong with Marie."
The dog headed god threw a quick glare over his shoulder at the white mage, saying in a booming voice "He is trying to trick you."
Grabbing his head once more, the white mage screamed out in pain. Finally lowering his hand, the white mage sneered, saying "Nice try Illidan, but I won't fall for it."
"I will save you from Anubis's grasp old friend. I promise, and I never go back on my word." Illidan boldly stated. "I've yet to break a promise, and this is one I will fulfill!"