Hey everybody! Well, this weekend wasn't so bad. Friday, I saw my grandfather, who was doing pretty well. Apparently, he's been doing well in his home physical therapy, which is always a plus. Saturday, me and my mate headed out to the store and all, and did a little more of our Christmas shopping. I'm to the point now that I only have one very special person to buy for, well, that and my sister's boyfriend, lol. Otherwise, I'm pretty much done. Now I just have to send out my Christmas cards tomorrow… I had to fight with my computer and printer to print off some pics to send everyone, but last night at 2 A.M., and this morning when I got up for work, I finally got it done. I just need three addresses and I'll have everyone's ready to send, so happy day, lol.
Story wise, Another keeps rolling along, and so does Minutes to Midnight. Me and ardee talked out some more stuff on MtM, so it'll continue moving forward. Other than that, not much is new.
Last time, Illidan's duel with DMoC took a turn for the worse while he struggles to fight off Anubis. The Egyptian God continues to make things harder on him than ever, but the question is can Illidan hang on? And what is this new field spell, Chaos Control, that he played, and why has it affected DMoC so much?
Ok, time for the reviews!
Nathan: True, you would think he would have known about Dark Flare Knight and Mirage Knight, but then again, he's been away from Illidan for nearly eleven years, so he may have forgotten or didn't know. Yes, Illidan continues to destroy Anubis in spectacular ways, but the problem is as it was with Gozaburo, the Egyptian God nonstop returns the following turn. Yep, the original cards is something I tried on this story. I was trying to figure out how to keep Anubis at bay and realized something: there are not cards that can do it, so I figured why not make some of my own. Yes, Chaos Control will be nice once you see it. Heh, yes, Metal Overlord's duel continues to stay interesting. Thanks for the review!
pink-kiss-candy: LOL! Aren't you tired of waving that flag? Yes Ryon, this is a twisted religion. Perhaps you should hire me to get you out of it?
x-knight20: Thank you. You fought Chaos Control's effects!? No way! (/Checks to see if there was a story leak.\) NOOOO!!!
Knives91: Yes, me and my evil cliffhangers shall always rule the world! Or at least my imaginary one, lol. Thanks for the comments.
Metal Overlord 2.0: Very nice duel thus far. I rather like it. And Janemba keeps getting crazier and crazier effects. Thanks about the duel looking up. Yes, the new created cards seemed to work pretty well thus far. They are all original ideas of my own, so don't look for them to come out anytime, lol. Yes, this new field spell has quite a few unique abilities, hehe. I know, it's unusual to run to field spells in a deck, but then again, I realized that Jaden had like 3 or 4 in his. I mean, Skyscraper, Skyscraper 2, Neo Space, and Fusion Gate are all in the man's deck, yet he only uses 2 of them mostly (Skyscraper and Neo Space). Thanks for the comments!
Ultimate Legendary Master: Heh, I know, it seemed like the duel would end this time around, but no. This chapter it will, one way or another! Yeah, it was nice and cold last week, but hilariously, this week it's in the 60's… and it's to rain. But next week they're calling for snow, so yay! I kind of like snow, although I dislike driving in it. Lol, that sucks about having to do your Christmas shopping. I'm nearly done, other than my gifts for a certain half cat demon… Thanks for the review!
Isis the Sphinx: Thanks. Lol, yes, fun times when it snows. LOL! Eh, I wish I could say I wasn't fire crazy, but I play with my mate's lighters all the time. I set them up pretty high, till they're flamethrowers. She doesn't like that for some reason… Thanks for the review!
Alright, that's the reviews for right now. Thank you everyone for your reviews this time around. I really enjoyed seeing them. It's so much fun to always get a chance to see what everyone is thinking about the story. Thank you again for all of the reviews.
Ah yes, one bit of info to pass along that I just noticed Friday after I had posted. I noticed that word wise, this story has surpassed TWS, meaning this story is technically longer than it. Well, it is longer chapter wise also… oops, didn't mean to spill the beans, lol. Anyways, this story has a legitimate chance at having more words (meaning length really, just not chapter wise) than ToP. I know, I could actually do a comparison and find out which is longer, but I'm lazy. Half demons can be lazy too you know! Especially one's that are programmers…
Lol, anyways, thank you everyone for the continuous support. Till next time, enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 64
"Yes, you do." Illidan encouragingly said. "It's the place where I found you and the others. This is the very place that you and the others dwelled in for centuries due that you all rejected everyone, but me."
"Help me." the white mage said in a pleading whisper. Without warning, the mage began screaming once more, throwing his head into his hands. His body began to glow with a white aura before finally he stood up, sneering.
"Nice try my former master, but you will not fool me so easily." the white mage boldly stated.
Sighing, Illidan responded with "It's not a trick. You'll be free soon. I promise."
Returning his full attention to the duel, Illidan said "Thanks to Chaos Control, I gain a rather unique effect. Once per a turn, I can special summon from my deck, hand, Graveyard, or removed from play pile one monster with the word 'Chaos' or 'Envoy' in it's name to the field, and neglect their summoning requirements. Of course, there is one draw back to this card, which is I'm not allowed to partake in my Draw Phase, but I won't need it to beat you."
Pausing for a moment, Illidan continued, saying "Alright, here goes! I activate Chaos Control, and I pick my deck."
Pulling his deck out, he began searching through till finally he found the card he wanted. Shuffling his deck, he jammed it back into his deck slot and slapped the card to his Duel Disk horizontally, calling out "I call forth my Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning (3000/2500) in defense!"
The storm over the field began to build up furiously, striking the ground randomly. Finally, a strong bolt of lightning struck right in front of Illidan. From the lightning, a figure appeared. Bit by bit, it was revealed to be a warrior with black ebony shiny armor with a mixture of gold trim, as well as a few blotches of red, mostly around his helmet. In his right hand was a powerful bronze colored sword, and in his left was a strong shield with black and gold coloring. On his shoulders were two golden backward sweeping spikes. His face had a light shade of green. The helmet that protected his head had three flowing spikes pointing behind him, and coming out from under it in the back was a braid of brown hair. Once fully on the field, he took a kneeling position with his shield protecting his body.
Laughing manically, the white mage pointed at the warrior, saying "Pathetic that you'd come to shield my former master! Anubis, show this fool what happens to those that protect Illidan!"
Raising his left hand, the dog headed god formed a white sphere within his hand and threw it straight at the black armored soldier. The blast struck the soldier, causing a loud explosion to fill the air and a cloud of smoke to appear. Slowly, the smoke vanished, revealing the soldier with a cracked shield and many scratches covering his armor. His own face had a few scratches with some blood slowly dripping from the wounds (3000/2500 – 2000 500).
"See, this is what happens when you protect one that doesn't care about you." the white mage gloated.
Staring at the white mage, the warrior shook his head, saying "No, you're wrong."
Looking into the mage's eyes fully, the warrior continued. "Why have you left our Master?"
"Simple. That fool tricked me, and is tricking you into following him. He uses us as slaves, yet says he doesn't." the white mage responded with a tint of anger.
Shaking his head, the warrior remarked "You are wrong. Master Illidan does not use us that way. I know why you think that though."
Slightly sighing, the warrior continued on, saying "Each of the four of us was charged with the duty of protecting an Egyptian God Card. Master Illidan did his best to protect us from everyone, but may have made one fatal mistake with the sealing. He left us alone with powerful cards, cards that have desires of their own."
Pausing for a moment, the warrior stood up, saying "Each of those cards, they had desires to be the ones in control of their own destinies. I know this due that I have spoken to the others. Each of us has agreed, the cards tested us, and tried to force their will upon our own. The three of us resisted though. True, it was tempting to obey and believe the Egyptian Gods, but we resisted due that we knew how dishonorable it would be to Master Illidan, not to mention we would be threatening the world with our own selfish desires."
Staring the mage down, the warrior added "I know that you took on the largest task of the four of us, but apparently, it was too much for you."
"You don't know what you talk about! Anubis freed me from Illidan!" the mage screamed.
Nodding, the warrior agreed, saying "True, but he only freed you from your duty from Illidan only to allow you to serve himself. Anubis wanted you to free yourself so you would obediently become his servant."
"It's not true!" the white mage snapped.
"No, it is true. Can you not see what Anubis has had you do? He has turned you against your friends, along with our Master. Illidan cares for you, more than you know." the warrior calmly said.
"You're lying!" the mage weakly said.
Sadly smiling, the warrior shook his head, saying "You know I'm right. A master that hates his slaves, or despises them, would not shed tears for them when leaving them. I know this because I saw our Master shedding tears when he left me to do my duty. It was harder on him than I think any of us knew."
Holding his head in his hands, the white mage screamed in pain, yelling "It hurts!"
"Please my friend, fight Anubis's control. Come back to me." Illidan said with raw emotion in his voice.
After a long few moments, the white mage glanced up with a menacing look, saying "I will not be tricked!"
Sighing, Illidan calmly said "Soon my friend, you'll be free. Just hang on. I end my move for now." (DMoC 1900, Illidan 1000)
Softly growling, the white mage drew, saying "My move, and your last turn!"
"Doubtful. Don't forget, Chaos Control activates! Thanks to it, I'm going to bring out another old friend, so Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End (3000/2500), rise up to help defend me!" Illidan called out.
Lightning once again filled the field and soon struck a spot in front of Illidan. Slowly, from the lightning, the form of a large black dragon with an orange mane appeared. Stretching it's wings, the dragon roared loudly, attempting hard to strike fear into the field, but was taken aback by the dog headed god.
Grunting, the white mage said "He is nothing. Anubis, show that fool what happens when you stand with my former master. Strike him with Energy Blast!"
Stretching his left hand out, the dog headed god released a sphere of white energy at the black dragon, which roared in pain from the explosion that ensued. Slowly, the debris and smoke vanished, revealing the dragon still standing, but feeling the affects of the blast by slouching a good bit.
"Fool, that is what happens to those who stand against Anubis (3000/2500 – 2000 500). Anubis, destroy that pathetic soldier with Judgment of Death!"
Without hesitation, the dog headed god raised his right hand and instantly formed a sphere of white energy. With no motion, the blast was sent forward and crashed into the soldier with black armor. The warrior simply screamed out in pain, but was quickly silenced by the blast.
"I place this face down. Come now my former master, are you finished yet?" (DMoC 1900, Illidan 1000)
"Not yet." Illidan confidently said. "Due to the effect of Chaos Control, I can't draw, so I automatically move to my Standby Phase. Time for me to once again activate Chaos Control, so I choose to special summon my old friend, Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning (3000/2500) once more in defense mode!"
Lightning once again struck the field randomly, till finally a large bolt struck right in front of Illidan. From the bolt, the black armored soldier rematerialized in a defensive stance.
"Fool, have you yet to learn!? Anubis, weaken that creature!" the white mage called out.
Once more, the dog headed god released a white sphere from his left hand, causing a large explosion upon hitting the black armored warrior. When the smoke vanished, the warrior once again was covered in scarred up armor with minor cuts on his face.
"It's not over yet Dark Magician of Chaos." Illidan calmly said.
Smirking, the white mage sarcastically replied "You could have fooled me. This duel was over long ago, but you've yet to accept that."
Lightly smiling, Illidan responded with "We'll see. For now though, I activate Black Luster Soldier's special ability. Instead of attacking this turn, he can remove one monster from play, so farewell Anubis!"
Aiming his damaged shield at the dog headed god, the soldier released a beam of white energy. The beam struck the dog headed god easily, which only looked at the beam and cocked his head to the side. Letting out a loud yell, the soldier pushed a large pulse up the beam into the dog headed god, who vanished upon impact.
"It's time I end this! I switch my dragon to attack mode. Finish this now Chaos Emperor Dragon with Chaos Blaster!"
Roaring loudly, the black dragon spat out a black fireball of energy at the white mage, who only stood watching the blast coming head on.
Smirking, the white mage held out his hand, saying "Not so fast, my former master, I activate the trap Negate Attack!"
Appearing in front of the white mage was a black hole, which instantly sucked in the black fireball of energy. The sphere instantly vanished, and the black hole soon followed.
"Negate Attack completely negates your attack and ends your Battle Phase. Just admit it Illidan, it's over." the white mage boasted.
Shaking his head, Illidan simply said "No, it's not over yet. I end my move." (DMoC 1900, Illidan 1000)
Picking up a card, the white mage sneered, saying "This turn, it ends!"
"I agree." Illidan calmly replied.
Sneering, the white mage said "It begins with Anubis's mighty return (2000/2000)!"
A white glow filled the field, and slowly, the dog headed god rose up from the floor. Standing firmly on the field, his white aura began to flow off of his body in waves.
"True, Anubis returns first, but don't forget my Chaos Control! Thanks to it, I get to special summon this from my removed from play pile, my Chaos Sorcerer (2300/2000)!"
The field once more began filling with lightning, with multiple strikes hitting in random spots. Finally, it struck a large spot on Illidan's field. From the strike rose up the mage with purple skin and black leather armor.
"You never learn Illidan! Smash that mage with Energy Drain!" the white mage commanded.
Aiming his left hand at the purple skinned sorcerer, the dog headed god sent a white sphere of energy flying at the creature. The blast hit, causing a small explosion to fill the air. Once the smoke cleared, it was obvious that the purple skinned sorcerer was in great pain, for he was hunched over panting hard.
Glaring up at the white mage, the sorcerer said "You can destroy my body, but you will never destroy our Master's will!"
"Oh please, quit wasting your breath." the white mage arrogantly said. "Time to end this."
Interrupting, Illidan called out "Your right, it is! I activate Chaos Control's final effect! When I have three Chaos monsters on the field, by sending Chaos Control to the Graveyard, all monsters on your field are destroyed."
Lightning suddenly began to pour over the field, striking closer and closer towards the dog headed god, who calmly stood his ground. Soon enough, a strike hit him, sending a large surge of energy across the field. After a moment, the dog headed god exploded into millions of pieces.
"Not a problem, Anubis will return next turn." the white mage nonchalantly said.
Smirking, Illidan replied "Not quite. There won't be a next turn, because I'm ending this duel here and now!"
"How? You can't do anything now. Just admit it, you've lost." the white mage boasted.
"Wrong! Thanks to Chaos Control's last effect, once all of your monsters are destroyed, my monsters switch to attack mode. I'm then allowed to direct attack with all three, regardless of whose turn it is."
Fear suddenly crept into the white mage's eyes, as he yelled "NOT POSSIBLE!"
"It is. Check the card text if you want. In the mean time, Black Luster Soldier, switch into attack mode." Illidan called out.
Rising up, the black armored warrior swung his sword about, showing his readiness to fight.
Shaking his head rapidly, the white mage said in shock "It can't be! You can't win! Anubis told me I would win and rid you of my mind!"
"Sorry, but Anubis lied. Once I defeat you, you'll be free of his control, and free to make your own decisions once again." Illidan kindly said.
Hardening his expression, Illidan called out "Black Luster Soldier, finish this with Chaos Slash!"
Rushing forward with a mighty leap, the ebony armored warrior quickly crossed the field, blade raised. On his final approach, he took another leap into the air and began his descent with his sword pulled in for a slash. Finally falling to the ground, he slashed the white mage, who could do nothing but scream in pain and fall to the ground.
"It's over." Illidan firmly stated while the last of the white mage's life points drained, causing his Duel Disk to vanish. Illidan's Duel Disk soon powered down as well, but the three monsters that were on his field remained behind.
The trio of monsters stared at the white mage, who was on the ground panting heavily and holding his chest. Slowly, bit by bit, the white on his body began to fade into black. No longer did he have white battle armor, but black. His eyes changed as well, reverting from the ghastly white to a red color.
Looking up at the three, and then back at Illidan, the mage stood, saying "Anubis has left my mind."
Averting his eyes, he turned around, putting his back to the group. Seeing this, Illidan walked forward and placed a hand on the black armored mage's shoulder.
"It's alright. It's over my friend." he kindly said.
Shaking his head, the black armored mage replied "No, it's not alright."
Slowly, he turned to face Illidan, showing tears streaming down his face. "I failed you. I failed to stay loyal to you, and was tempted by Anubis to betray you. You should destroy me." he said with raw emotion.
Sadly smiling, Illidan shook his head, saying "No, I could never destroy you. You're one of the closest people to me, past and present. I knew Anubis would be hard for you to keep under your command, but I had hopes that you would find a way. None of that matters now though."
"But I …"
"But nothing. You have nothing to be sorry for." Illidan sternly said. Softening his expression, he smiled, saying "I'm just glad you're free and back to normal."
Lightly sighing, the blue skinned mage softly smiled, saying "I missed fighting along your side Master Illidan."
"And I've missed you as well. Now, come, I ask for your help once more."
Nodding, the mage replied "Of course. I shall help you till I draw no more breath."
Realizing he was holding something, the mage looked at his hand and then held out a card to Illidan, saying "Master, this belongs to you since you won. Please, take it up once more."
Taking the card, Illidan examined it and saw it was Anubis. "I take this card and promise to use it to help all those who have been harmed by it."
"Good to hear my Master. Tell me, what has happened to Marie?" the mage asked.
Sighing, Illidan replied "She was kidnapped by Zell, but I'm going to save her. We have everything we need now to free her from him."
"I see. I will help you to the best of my abilities in saving her Master. It is the least I can do for you saving me." the mage responded.
Smiling, Illidan pulled out a blank card, saying "I'm glad to hear that. Come, let us get started."
Nodding, the black armored mage began glowing. He soon vanished, but the card Illidan held out glowed in response. Jaden, Chazz, and Alexis looked at the card and saw that slowly, the image of the blue skinned mage reappeared.
"Welcome back old friend." Illidan mumbled while placing the card into his deck.
The three monsters that had been in front of Illidan all three nodded to him and vanished themselves, leaving only the group of four behind.
"So…" Jaden began.
Smiling, Illidan said with a smile "My monsters are all back."
"Awesome!" Jaden replied with a goofy smile.
"Now we have all four Egyptian God Cards also." Illidan added.
Chazz nodded, asking "That means we can go after that Zell guy now, right?"
"And save Professor Marie, and all of the others?" Alexis added.
Nodding, Illidan quickly responded with "Yep, that means we can do all of that. Soon, the others will all be back with us, and Marie will be free."
Looking towards the exit, Illidan smiled once more. "Marie, it won't be long now. I'll make sure Zell pays for what he has done to you. I promise, I will save you, no matter what the cost. Soon my love, we will be together once more."
Smiling, he said "Let's go."
"Right!" the three chimed in. Together, the four began exiting the dorm, hoping that what they had received within the dorm would help save all the people they cared about.