Why hello once again everyone. This week has been an interesting one to say the least. Wednesday, we got snow, which accumulated to about 2 inches, which wasn't too bad. The problem with it was it was slushy, and the temps took a nose dive, thus turning it to ice. Getting home Wednesday was interesting, but not too bad. I had little trouble, although my one coworker, well, he had an awful time. His car went over an embankment, but he wasn't hurt. He jumped ship right before it went down the hill. Since he lives near me, I've been giving him rides to and from work since he's a good guy and a friend. Anyways, his car wasn't hurt that badly. They pulled it out Wednesday night, and found it had only some body damage for the most part. When we went in Thursday morning, man, it sucked. The drive was treacherous due that the snow had packed and iced over, plus it was in the teens when I got up. Not to mention, my car's doors were frozen shut… I had to use hot water to open them, lol. Anyways, we made it to and from work with no problems at all. Other than that, nothing else has happened. I still have Christmas shopping to do… I got my dad and grandfather's gifts, and ordered my mate's birthday gift (a complete DVD box set of Rurouni Kenshin). I wish I had ordered her a box set of Yu Yu Hakusho instead, but eh, oh well. Oh yeah, did you all know her birthday is on the 17th of this month? It's always fun when birthdays and holidays are close together, lol.
Story wise, me and ardee are still at it on writing up Minutes to Midnight, plus I've been working on Another a bit also. I'm finding it interesting to go between the two, because I constantly confuse Illidan's name with the character from Another. He has an 'I' on the beginning of his name, so I have accidentally called Illidan that character's name, but not vice versa, lol. Anyways, work is progressing on both, so no worries.
Last time, the duel between Illidan and DMoC raged on with Illidan losing his advantage and DMoC summoning Anubis. Illidan now faces the Egyptian God Card that nearly destroyed him in ToP, but unlike last time, he doesn't have the three Egyptian God Cards to help him, and he doesn't have all of his Chaos Monsters. Can Illidan prevail against the awesome force of Anubis, or will this truly be the end of him?
Time once again for the best part of the day! That's right, it's Review Time!
Nathan: Yeah, it's been a while since Anubis has been seen or heard of. Yep, Anubis is the only Egyptian God Card that requires no sacrifices and starts out with a base of 2000/2000 points, which isn't great, but isn't bad either. True, DMoC's deck is a bit random, seemingly put together from multiple cards, mostly consisting of Spellcasters. Yep, Illidan added Allure Queen to his deck. I'm sure Marie wasn't thrilled about him having such a racy looking card, lol. True, most of the newer LV cards are underpowered, and Allure Queen is one of them, but she is decent enough to work somewhat… Thanks about how I portrayed her. When I looked at the card's picture, I was like how the hell am I going to do this. Then I figured she took what she wanted, and that was that, lol. Yes, I almost chocked when I saw Kozaky's Sexy Kitty myself. Thanks for the review!
Metal Overlord 2.0: Nice part of the duel. Lol, Kozaky's Sexy Kitty is very interesting, plus it has nice effects. Your duel writing is nice. Yes, Illidan is fighting for DMoC's freedom and sanity, not to mention to retrieve the Egyptian God Card himself. Things are going to continue to stay interesting, which I'm sure your story will too. Thanks for the review.
x-knight20: Thanks. Yep, Anubis has at long last arrived, meaning things will really get interesting now.
Knives91: Lol, yes, the butt kicking is beginning, but whose butt shall it be? Thanks for the review.
Ultimate Legendary Master: Nope, the duel didn't end. Can't without Anubis making his appearance, lol. Very good question, how will Illidan defeat Anubis once more? Yeah, you were right about Prohibition vanishing. Thanks about my mate's mom. She's still doing well. Thanks for the review.
Isis the Sphinx: Yes, friendship fluff, lol. Thanks about the characterization. Yes, I've seen Monty Python before. Very funny and interesting, lol. Thanks for the comments.
Well, that's all this time around. Thank you all for your reviews. I do truly appreciate them for the insight you all give me of my chapters. Plus, I look forward to seeing what kind of comments I get, hehe. Thank you all again for your continuous support and help. For now though, I'm out for the weekend, so enjoy!
Chapter 63
Quickly drawing a card, he declared "It's time I started keeping that promise to you!"
Looking at the card, Illidan smirked, saying "I play this, my Double Spell! Now, like you did early on this duel, I'll send a spell card to my Graveyard in order to activate a spell from your Graveyard. The card I discard is this, my Polymerization, and the card I choose to use from your Graveyard is the card you played last turn! I activate Card of Demise, meaning I get to draw till I hold five cards in my hand, but in five turns, I have to send my entire hand to the Graveyard."
Picking up five cards, Illidan smiled. "I think it's time for a change of scenery."
Holding his Duel Disk up horizontally, he tapped the end of the Duel Disk, causing a slot to slide out. "Let's take this duel to a place that you maybe more comfortable with. I play the field spell Magician's Sanctuary!"
With gentleness, Illidan placed the card within the slot. It slid back in and the Duel Disk lightly glowed. Suddenly, the field began changing into what looked like an ancient library, with stacks upon stacks of books in the room. Many were in the shelves of the shelves of the library, but there were many more on the floor in large stacks.
Looking around, the white mage asked "What is this place?"
"A place where most mages are comfortable. It's a library, full of books on magic, but I'll explain it more momentarily." Illidan responded with a small smile. "For now though, I summon this, my Magical Scientist (300/300) in defense mode."
An older man with purple hair, a set of goggles, a white lab coat, and a yellow set of robes appeared onto the field in a defensive stance.
Bursting out loud laughing, the white mage pointed an accusing finger at Illidan, saying "You are truly foolish! You know that my monster will destroy that creature, so why bother! Now suffer the consequences! Since you summoned a monster, Anubis strikes it with a blast of 2000 points, pending the mode of the monster. Anubis, destroy that thing with Energy Drain!"
Opening his left palm towards the weaker mage, the powerful dog headed god began building power up within it's left palm. A sphere of white energy soon formed that was the size of his palm. Once fully completed, the dog headed god released the sphere, sending it flying towards the strange looking mage, who only looked on at the oncoming blast. The blast was very near when suddenly a tower of books shot out of the ground, taking the blast seemingly head on, causing a large explosion and causing smoke to fill the field.
"Not possible…" the white mage said with a gasp.
Glaring at Illidan, he yelled "Why is that thing still there!?"
"It's really simple." Illidan said with a chuckle. "My field spell, it protected my Magical Scientist. You see, this place, it's very special to Spellcaster Type monsters. During the turn they are summoned or special summoned, they're unaffected by spell, trap, or monster effects, meaning Anubis has no jurisdiction on any of my freshly summoned monsters."
"Impossible!" the white mage snapped.
"Very possible, thanks to an old friend at Industrial Illusions. He gave me this card, knowing it would be helpful if ever I had to face this Egyptian God Card once more. Plus, it's just a handy card all around." Illidan smugly said.
Smirking lightly, he added "Oh yeah, I forgot to mention something else about my field spell. It adds 500 additional attack points to my mages (300 + 500 800/300)."
The purple haired old mage smirked a bit while his body glowed a soft golden color.
"Too bad about Anubis being disabled by my field spell, but we should move on. I activate my mage's special ability, so by paying a 1000 life points, I can special summon a Fusion Type monster that is level six or lower for one turn. My choice of monster is this, my Dark Flare Knight (2200/800)!"
The older man got a gleam in his goggles as he began to glow. A purple glow slowly began forming on the field, and bit by bit, a warrior holding a flame orange sword dressed in black robes outlined with red materialized. In his left hand was a shield with flaming designs. His helmet was in the design of a dragon's scaly head, with flame red designs burned in along the black. The only skin to be seen was his face and hands, which were uncovered.
"Fool, summoning that creature has brought more pain upon you. Your little field spell may have protected your mage, but this monster is a Warrior Type, hence it is open season on him! Anubis, strike that creature with Energy Drain!" the white mage commanded.
Taking aim once more with his left hand, the dog headed god released a white sphere of energy straight at the black robed warrior. The blast hit the warrior hard, making him cry out in pain. Smoke filled the air upon impact. Slowly, it vanished, revealing that the warrior still lived. His shield was broken, his robes tattered, numerous cuts were on his body, and his sword was cracked. Still, the warrior stood tall.
Bowing his head, Illidan mumbled "I'm sorry Dark Flare Knight (2200 – 2000 200/800)."
Glancing over his shoulder, the black robed warrior only nodded slightly, as if saying for him to continue. Taking his warrior's words to heart, Illidan said "You may have weakened my Dark Flare Knight, but he's still got plenty of fight left! Prove it now Dark Flare Knight by attacking Anubis with Flare Slash!"
Rushing forward, the black robed warrior brought his sword up to prepare for an offensive strike to the dog headed god.
Seeing this, the white mage burst out loud laughing, saying "You are a true fool! Your warrior is far too weak, and you don't have the life points to weather this attack! Anubis, annihilate that pathetic creature and Illidan's life points with Judgment of Death!"
Raising his right hand only, the dog headed god built up power within his right hand, forming a white sphere of energy. The knight was only five feet away when the sphere was released, striking the knight hard in the gut. He never even got a chance to scream in pain, for the blast tore him into millions of pieces instantly. The remainder of the blast headed straight for Illidan and exploded seemingly on Illidan, causing a large cloud of smoke to appear.
"You lose Illidan! That was the most foolish move you could ever have made!" the white mage declared.
Staring at the cloud of smoke, the white mage gasped when the smoke vanished to reveal Illidan standing there perfectly calm and with all of his life points intact. "Why haven't you lost yet!?" the mage demanded.
Lightly chuckling, Illidan replied "Kind of easy really. My Dark Flare Knight protected me. You see, my warrior has a very unique special ability. Any damage I'd take when that card battles is reduced to zero automatically."
The white mage could only growl in frustration from this fact, but before he could say anything, Illidan continued, saying "Oh yeah, there is a second effect I should mention. When my warrior is destroyed due to battle and sent to the Graveyard, I get to special summon this new monster, my Mirage Knight (2800/2000)!"
Slapping the card to his Duel Disk, a golden armored knight with a blue cape, large golden shoulder pads, a golden helmet that covered all but his mouth, and a large sickle like weapon in hand materialized onto the field.
"Again, you foolishly fall into Anubis's effect Illidan! Use your Energy Drain now Anubis!" the white mage cried out.
Raising his left hand once more, the dog headed god released a white sphere of energy straight at the golden armored warrior. The blast struck the warrior, who was immediately surrounded by an explosion and smoke. The smoke slowly ebbed away, revealing the warrior still standing, but with badly scarred up armor.
"Pathetic, your warrior can't harm anything now (2800 – 2000 800/2000)." the white mage boasted.
Chuckling, Illidan slyly responded with "We'll see about that one. Mirage Knight, attack Anubis with Mirage Scythe Slash!"
Rushing forward, the golden armored warrior leapt into the air, it's scythe like sword poised to strike.
Darkly chuckling, the white mage smugly said "Foolish Illidan, your creature cannot win. Anubis, destroy that creature and eliminate Illidan's life points with Judgment of Death!"
Raising his right hand up, the dog headed god released a white sphere of energy straight for the golden armored warrior, who showed no fear whatsoever yet.
Seeing this, Illidan called out "I forgot to mention something about my warrior apparently. When he attacks, his attack points increase by the number the opposing monster has. Since Anubis has 4200 attack points, Mirage Knight's strength increases by the same amount (800 + 4200 5000/2000)!"
The golden armored warrior suddenly glowed with a golden aura, making his weakened body seemingly grow in strength. Using his scythe, the warrior slashed the white energy sphere in half and moved forward with a burst of speed.
"Not possible!" the white mage said with shock.
With a wide swing, the golden warrior slashed through the dog headed god cleanly, splitting it in half. In a thunderous explosion, the dog headed god vanished, leaving behind a nearly empty field.
"Way to go Illidan!" Jaden shouted with excitement.
"I knew he could do it." Alexis said with a large smile.
"Not bad." Chazz commented nonchalantly.
Loudly growling and grinding his teeth, the white mage seethed with anger, yelling "I'm not finished with you yet Illidan!"
Nodding, Illidan lightly smiled, saying "I know, that's why I still have some work to do this turn. I play the spell known as Instant Chaos! Thanks to this, I can remove from play a Light and Dark Attribute set of monsters from my field and special summon one monster with the word 'Chaos' or 'Envoy' in it's name from my deck or hand. Of course, I must equip this card to it, but that's alright. At any rate, I remove from play my Mirage Knight and Magical Scientist in order to special summon from my deck my Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End (3000/2500)!"
Roaring onto the field was a massive black dragon with an orange mane, massive wings, powerful clawed hands and feet, and sharp teeth. Glaring at the white mage, the dragon let out another mighty roar, trying hard to reach the mage's subconscious.
"Why do you betray our Master for that Egyptian God!?" the dragon questioned the white mage.
Seemingly uninterested, the white mage replied nonchalantly "I woke up from my dream of slavery and realized I was a prisoner. I serve no one now."
"You could have fooled me! You serve that accursed Egyptian God now! Wake up and realize he's using you!" the black dragon angrily spat.
Lightly chuckling, the white mage simply responded with "I care not for your words. They do little to me."
"Easy Chaos Emperor Dragon." Illidan gently said. Staring at the white mage, he added "He'll wake up soon enough, but we have to work to free him."
The dragon sighed lightly, saying "Very well, but for his sake, I hope he realizes what he has done soon."
"As do I, as do I." Illidan softly said. Turning full attention back to the duel, he added "I place a card face down. That's all for now." (DMoC 1100, Illidan 1000)
Softly growling when drawing a card, the white mage glared at the card for a moment. Finally done, the mage called out "To start with, Anubis's effect kicks in. If destroyed, he resurrects the following turn, so rise up once again Anubis, The God of Life and Death (2000/2000)!"
The Graveyard Slot of the white mage's Duel Disk suddenly began to glow with a bright white glow. Slowly, the Egyptian God Card slid out of the slot, allowing the mage to pick the card up and slap it onto a monster slot. A white aura suddenly appeared, and bit by bit, the dog headed god returned to the field.
"Perfect…" Illidan mumbled to himself. Smirking, he said "It's time I end this duel! I activate Chaos Emperor Dragon's effect! By paying a 1000 life points, I can send all cards on the field, along with the ones in our hands, to the Graveyard. The cards are counted up, and the total is multiplied by 300. The total is then taken out of your life points, so it's over!"
Sneering, the white mage responded with "Not quite. You only have 1000 life points, meaning you lose automatically."
Lightly chuckling, Illidan said "Not true! I chain to Chaos Emperor Dragon's special ability with this, my spell card Emergency Provisions! Thanks to this, I can sacrifice a spell or trap card and gain a 1000 points. I'll send this, my Magician's Sanctuary, to the Graveyard, so chalk up 1000 extra life points for me!"
The strange library room suddenly began to vanish slowly, leaving all of the field open to the dark room once more.
"It's over! Finish this now Chaos Emperor Dragon with Infinite Blaster!" Illidan called out.
Roaring loudly, the large black dragon flew to the middle of the field and began glowing slightly with a bright light. Bit by bit, the dragon gathered energy within it's body, preparing silently to deliver the final blow to the dog headed god and his former friend.
Letting out a massive roar, the powerful dragon began to release his energy, but was interrupted before he could.
"I'm not done with you yet my former master!" the white mage declared. "I play the spell Mystik Wok, which allows me to sacrifice a monster from my field and add that monster's attack or defense points to my life points. I add Anubis's attack points, meaning I shall weather whatever you are throwing at me!"
Vanishing in an instant, the dog headed god's energy was immediately transferred to the white mage's life points, leaving the field nearly empty.
"NO!" Illidan growled out with frustration. Looking at his dragon, he mentally did the math and knew the answer already. "I needed four cards to beat Dark Magician of Chaos since he had only 1100 life points, but now that he has 3100, there is no way Chaos Emperor Dragon's effect will wipe him out!"
Within moments, the black dragon exploded, destroying Illidan's face down monster, which was revealed to be a young male mage with blonde hair that stood up somewhat, a red bandanna that was somewhat long in the back, purple body armor that covered the mage's body, other than his arms, and had a green staff. The explosion stirred up a tremendous amount of dust and dirt, blocking everyone's view of the field.
Once the smoke cleared, the field was seen empty with the white mage smirking. Lightly growling, Illidan said "Since Chaos Emperor Dragon's effect is over, the damage is calculated. I had three cards on the field, plus one in my hand, meaning four cards altogether for me. You had no cards, meaning the damage you take is four times 300, which is 1200 points of damage."
"A small price to pay." the white mage said with a triumphant smirk.
Lightly sighing, Illidan asked with annoyance "Are you done?"
"Since Anubis is no more, I suppose so, but rest assured, he shall return on your turn, as always. I end." (DMoC 1900, Illidan 1000)
"Professor Illidan…" Alexis murmured, unsure what to say or do.
Clenching his fist, Jaden called out "Come on Illidan, you can do this!"
"Just let it go Slacker. He's finished thanks to his last turn." Chazz muttered.
Glaring at Chazz, Jaden shook his head, defiantly saying "A duel isn't over till the last card is played! Professor Illidan has plenty left, so just you watch!"
"Yeah, watch him lose." Chazz darkly said.
"Come on Chazz, he needs our support!" Alexis admonished.
"Whatever. I'm just pointing out the obvious outcome of this duel." Chazz soundly said.
Growling in frustration, Jaden tore his eyes to the ground, feeling the fear that he knew he had felt since finding out Illidan was a relative. "Like all of my family, he may lose..."
Shaking his head, he tried hard to clear the thoughts. "No, Illidan will win! He promised to save Marie and the others, and Illidan never breaks a promise! I just have to believe."
Back on the field, Illidan stared at his deck. "Can I win now? I thought that last attack would finish him and Anubis, but he managed to survive. What now? Is this really it?"
Closing his eyes, Illidan continued to ponder. "I… I don't know if I can win. Whatever I draw has to have more than 2000 attack or defense points, not to mention be capable of being summoned or special summoned to the field this turn. And whatever I summon will get blasted by Anubis. Is it possible I can win?"
Without warning, an image of Marie flashed through Illidan's mind, making him open his eyes immediately. "NO! I can't give up! I promised Marie I'd always be there to protect her! If I lose now, then I break that promise! The others, Marie, and the world, they're all counting on me to save them! I have to do it! I can't quit now!"
Staring once more at his deck, Illidan silently mumbled in his mind "It's now or never! Please Heart of the Cards, help me! Please be the card I need to win!"
"You are finished Illidan. Just admit your defeat and surrender your soul." the white mage simply stated.
Tearing his eyes away from his deck, Illidan replied "Never! This duel isn't over yet! My move!"
Drawing a card quickly, Illidan brought it about to see it. Upon seeing the card, he began chuckling, saying "This is exactly what I needed to finish this."
"Maybe so, but don't forget, Anubis won't have that. He returns now to the field (2000/2000)." the white mage emotionlessly said.
Rising up onto the field once more, surrounded by the white aura, was the dog headed god who took his customary offensive stance.
"He won't make a difference." Illidan calmly said. Holding his Duel Disk up horizontally, he continued, saying "You see, I have a card that will help me bring Anubis down, not to mention free you."
Tapping the end of his Duel Disk, a slot shot out. Placing the card in it, Illidan said "It's time I play a field spell that will change the shape of this duel! I activate Chaos Control!"
Sliding shut, the slot locked back into place on the Duel Disk. The room suddenly began to change immediately. Dark clouds formed in the top of the room, with lightning streaking through them. Thunder could be heard, and the ground changed into a barren wasteland with only a cave in the distance.
Seeing the cave, the white mage's eyes went wide. Immediately, he grabbed his head and began screaming. He fell to one knee, still holding his head tightly. After a moment, he glanced up, mumbling "I know this place."