Hey everyone. Well, this weekend was pretty cool. I got back Friday without a scratch, even though I had little sleep, lol. But anyways, I made it back, safe and sound, so all good. I went Christmas shopping Saturday and picked up my mate's gifts. I think I did pretty good on my selections. Also, on the way home, I stopped to see my grandfather. He was sleepy, like majorly sleepy, lol, but at least I did see him I suppose. I'm due to go back today also. Anyways, yesterday, it snowed once more, with insane speed winds also. To me, it was alright, but my mate hates the wind and the cold. She's a house cat demon I suppose, hehe. (/Gets smacked in the head from behind.\) I mean she's a lovely mate who just hates the cold. (/Patted on head.\) Ah yes, and today was a great start. I overslept a bit for work, lol. I made it an hour and a half late, only to find most of my coworkers were out. Two are sick, one had an eye appointment, and the other was snowed in at Pennsylvania. Joy…
Oh yeah, big note here. Today is my mate's birthday! I got her a few gifts, but didn't give them to her yet. Heh, I'm going to give them to her either this afternoon or tonight. I think more than likely tonight, due that I came in late for work and need to leave early. Oh well, lol.
Writing wise, things are moving along. That's all I'll say since I haven't had too much time to write recently.
Last time, Illidan and Zane's duel moved on, with Zane revealing that Legato beat him in a duel and now he works for him. He also revealed that he saw Marie and Pharaoh (Banner), but did nothing about it. Fueled by the rage of knowing Zane has betrayed everyone, Illidan fights on, hoping to defeat him. Still, will it be enough to beat Zane's new Underworld deck, or will Zane be the one to put Illidan down for good?
Alright, time once again for the best time! That's right, it's review time!
Metal Overlord 2.0: Wow, that duel sure is heating up! Excellent job thus far on it. Thanks about my chapter. Yeah, poor Zane didn't stand a chance against Legato, but now we know what went wrong. Thanks for the happy holidays thing, and I wish you a Merry Christmas as well!
x-knight20: Thanks. Yep, he Zane left Marie with Banner and has gone to the dark side, lol. LOL! (/Pokes you in chest, making you fall over backward.\) Maybe a few less weapons there… Thanks for the review.
Isis the Sphinx: Yep, it was Zane, lol. Thank you for the review.
Knives91: LOL! Good luck with the tank. Thanks for the review.
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thank you. Hmm, he might not be able to do anything next turn. Never know. Yes, I made Reversal Quiz kind of a surprise card for him. True, he never does seem to get CED's effect to work quite right anymore, but it happens. Yeah, only Masked Dragon and Twin Headed Behemoth were decent level 3 dragons, but that's due to their effects. Still, like I said, there are really no helpful dragons that are level 3, so I chose to follow the show's example and cheated with level 4, lol. Thanks for the review.
Nathan: Lol, yeah, Zane was bad in the show, but I gave him an extra dose of bad for my story. Very true, it's good that Syrus don't see Zane like this. Glad you like the duel thus far. Yeah, no one thinks about Magical Hats ever having any kind of bad effect, but if someone has a Trample monster out, watch out for the damage, hehe. Lol, yeah, it was good for once that someone guessed which hat was which. Yes, I used creativity on the Cyberdark monsters, but only what the show used, lol. At least this effect gave Zane a bit more bang for his buck with his creatures. Yes, Metal Overlord's duel is insane and excellent. Thanks for the review.
Ok everyone, I'm done for now. I hope everyone enjoys this chapter. Thank you all for the reviews btw. I'm glad the story is still liked. For now, take care and enjoy!
Chapter 67
"This isn't good." Chazz darkly muttered.
Nodding in response, Alexis replied "Tell me about it. Both only have a few life points left, but more than that, they're both wide open."
"Yeah, this is the danger zone for Illidan. If Zane draws a monster, it's over for Illidan." Jaden nervously added. "All we can do now is hope for Illidan's victory."
Staring at Zane, sweat slipped down Illidan's brow. Standing there, he pondered would happen now. "I'm wide open. Zane can eliminate me this turn if he draws a monster. Of course, that requires him drawing a monster. If he fails, it maybe up to me to finish this duel. I just have to trust in fate that I'll survive. I can't fail now, no matter what!"
Sneering at Illidan, Zane coolly asked "Worried Illidan?"
"Maybe just a little." Illidan calmly replied.
Picking up a card at the same time, Zane remarked "You should be."
Examining his card, Zane lightly smirked, saying "I play Pot of Greed. This spell let's me draw two more cards."
"Great, that makes his chances even better." Illidan silently groaned in his mind.
"I place two cards face down, and end my turn." (Illidan 1100, Zane 800)
Letting out a sigh of relief, Illidan drew his own card and frowned. "I place a face down card, and that's it for me too." (Illidan 1100, Zane 800)
"Man, both didn't draw a monster. How ironic." Chazz pointed out.
Lightly chuckling, Jaden nodded, saying "It sure is. What does ironic mean anyways?"
"You're hopeless Jaden." Alexis said with a heavy sigh.
Drawing a card calmly, Zane simply said "I pass." (Illidan 1100, Zane 800)
"Too bad for you!" Illidan said upon drawing his next card. Looking it over, he called out "I activate Graceful Charity, meaning I can draw three cards now. Of course, I have to discard two, but that's the breaks."
Picking up three cards, Illidan examined them before saying "I discard Silent Magician LV8 and Rapid-Fire Magician. Next, I activate a handy spell known as Level Modulation. First, you get to draw two cards, so go ahead."
Calmly drawing two cards, Zane placed them within his hand silently. Once he finished, Illidan continued, saying "I next get to bring back one LV monster, and my pick is this, my Silent Magician LV8 (3500/1000)!"
A white light began to fill the field, which revealed a figure within. Slowly, the light dimmed, revealing a tall mage in white robes with white gloves, blue boots, an odd white hat with a little blue on an ornament, blue spandex like material covering it's arms, and a small scepter. His long silver hair hung down low and was unbound.
"Unfortunately, my mage can't attack this turn, but next turn he'll be all over you. (Illidan 1100, Zane 800)
Calmly drawing, Zane let out a small chuckle, saying "There won't be a next turn for you Illidan! I first activate the spell Pot of Avarice, which lets me transfer five monsters from my Grave to my deck. The five I choose are Cyberdark Edge, Cyberdark Horn, Cyberdark Keel, Infernal Dragon, and Exploder Dragon."
One by one, the five monster cards slid out of Zane's Graveyard Slot. Picking all five up, he shuffled them into his deck and softly smirked.
"Next, I get two draw two cards."
Picking up two cards, Zane examined them before saying "I play Future Fusion. This spell lets me fuse together monsters that create a Fusion Type monster from my deck and send those Fusion Material monsters to my Grave. I send Cyberdark Edge (800/800), Cyberdark Horn (800/800), and Cyberdark Keel (800/800) to my Graveyard in order to create my Cyberdark Dragon (1000/1000)!"
Materializing onto the field was a creature that was a combination of the metallic looking bugs and machine snake like creature. It had a massive wingspan filled with sharp metal wings, a long metallic tail, and the head of the creature was a strange combination of the three creatures' mouths. It let out a loud roar, showing it's hate for other monsters.
"Thanks to my monster's special ability, I'm allowed to equip a Dragon from either of our Graveyards to it. The dragon I choose this time is yours Illidan, your Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End (3000/2500)!"
Staring in shock, Illidan watched his mighty black dragon with an orange mane appear onto the field and let out a small roar. The combination machine dragon soon wrapped it's metallic arms around the black dragon, making the black dragon roar and struggle. Wires soon ran into the dragon, hooking it to the machine dragon.
"Of course, your dragon's points become my dragon's (1000 + 3000 4000/1000)."
The black dragon roared out in pain when suddenly it's body began to glow red. Energy seeped from the black dragon that was in great pain into the machine dragon, which seemed to enjoy the torture it was inflicting upon the black dragon.
"STOP IT!" Illidan cried out, finding it hard to watch his dragon in pain.
"Not till every ounce of energy is gone from your dragon." Zane coldly responded.
Staring at his dragon in pain, Illidan yelled again "STOP IT ZANE! YOU'RE HURTING HIM!"
Darkly chuckling, Zane asked "Why do you care about that useless dragon?"
"Because me and that dragon have been friends for nearly five millennia! That dragon took care of me, helped me protect the ones I love, and has fought by my side, no questions asked! To not care would be a betrayal of our friendship!" Illidan said with full emotion clearly in his voice.
The dragon managed to look down at Illidan and let out a soft growl, only to get a painful jolt of energy from the machine dragon.
"Heh, useless dribble." Zane muttered.
"You should understand Zane! You and Cyber End Dragon share a similar bond! I watched as you took care of your dragon."
Chuckling darkly, Zane remarked "That dragon is nothing to me. This dragon though, it has served me far better than that useless dragon."
"That dragon trusted you Zane! Don't fully betray it!" Illidan called out, hoping to break through to the Zane he knew.
Sneering, Zane replied "You're wasting your time Illidan. I no longer respect that dragon. It's useless! Now then, where was I? Ah yes, my Cyberdark Dragon has another ability. For each card in my Graveyard, my dragon gains 100 attack points. So far, I have twelve cards in my Grave, meaning my dragon gets a 1200 point boost (4000 + 1200 5200/1000)."
The machine dragon let out a loud roar while it's body began to glow purple. Once fully energized, the dragon let out another roar, showing it's readiness to destroy.
"Unfortunately, Future Fusion keeps my dragon from attacking this turn, but that's alright. I have another idea for ending this duel. I summon my Proto Cyber Dragon (1100/600)."
With a loud clanking, a snake like machine dragon with many wires hanging off of it's body appeared, letting out a small mechanical roar.
"Next up, I activate the spell Overload Fusion! I now remove from play my Proto Cyber Dragon along with any other Machine Type monsters I want from my Graveyard, so I send Cyberdark Edge, Cyberdark Horn, Cyberdark Keel, Cyber End Dragon, and Cyberdark Dragon."
Slowly, one by one, the monster cards slid out of Zane's Graveyard Slot. Picking the four up, along with the other two machine monsters on his field, he placed the six into the removed from play slot.
"By doing that, I can special summon one Dark Machine Type Fusion monster. My choice is this, my Chimeratech Over Dragon (?/?)!"
A black shroud of darkness formed onto the field, and slowly up from it, a machine snake like dragon with six heads appeared, with each head letting out a loud mechanical roar.
"For each Machine Type monster I sent to my removed from play pile, my dragon gains 800 points. Due that I sent six, that means my dragon has 4800 points (800 6 4800/800 6 4800)!"
The six headed machine dragon let out a massive roar while it's body was covered in a black aura. The aura soon died down, with the dragon boasting it's new strength.
"Oh yes, I forgot to mention, for each Fusion Type monster I removed from play, my dragon gets to attack that many times. Since I sent two, my dragon can attack twice in a turn!"
"No way…" Illidan muttered in disbelief.
Pointing at Illidan, Zane coldly said "Chimeratech Over Dragon, finish this duel by wiping out his mage with Over Kill!"
Each head of the six headed dragon roared loudly, with one head taking aim on Illidan. Opening it's jaws, it released a stream of flames straight for the white mage.
Seeing the oncoming blast, Illidan called out "I'm not through with you yet Zane! I reveal Spellbinding Circle!"
A green circle with strange golden symbols with formed on the top, left, right, and bottom formed, with a white question mark like symbol in the center appeared above the field. The circle took up a defensive stance in front of the white mage, quelling the flames. Pushing the flames backwards, the circle finally wrapped around the machine dragon's seven heads, holding it steady. The dragon struggled, but was unable to free itself.
"Thanks to this trap, your dragon is unable to attack or switch it's mode." Illidan calmly said.
Lightly shrugging, Zane nonchalantly remarked "I set a card face down and end my move." (Illidan 1100, Zane 800)
Letting out a sigh of relief, Illidan eyed the dueling field. "That was close. Now what do I do? Unless I get something good right here, I'm finished. There has to be a way to stop that junkyard dragon, but how? Come on deck, I need you more than ever, so please, don't fail me now!"
Drawing a card, Illidan softly smiled at it. "Perfect." "I activate Pot of Greed, so two new cards for me!"
Picking up two cards, Illidan continued on, saying "Next, I remove from play my Rapid-Fire Magician and Magician's Valkyrie, allowing me to special summon this, my Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning (3000/2500)!"
Emerging onto the field, a warrior in black ebony shiny armor with a mixture of gold trim, a black helmet, with a bronze colored sword in his right hand and a powerful black and gold shield in his left let out a small battle cry.
"I activate my Black Luster Soldier's special ability, so now I can remove from play one monster on the field. I choose your only monster, so say farewell to your Chimeratech Over Dragon!"
Aiming his shield at the mechanical dragon, the powerful soldier's shield began to glow golden. After a moment of gathering energy, the shield released a burst of golden energy. The blast struck the mechanical dragon with six heads, making it roar loudly before vanishing from the field.
Sneering, Zane calmly said "Not bad Illidan, but I'm not so easy to destroy. I activate my trap, Cyber Shadow Guardna. This trap acts like a monster now (?/?)."
A strange sphere like creature with metallic blade like wings, hands, and a few metallic spikes appeared onto the field with a mechanical growl.
Frowning at this, Illidan asked "What does that thing do?"
"Kind of simple really. Whenever you attack, Cyber Shadow Guardna's attack points become whatever that monster's attack and defense points are." Zane coolly remarked.
Lightly growling, Illidan said "I have no choice then but to place a face down card and end." (Illidan 1100, Zane 800)
Picking up a new card, Zane calmly said "Good, because I think I'll end this duel, once and for all. I activate my trap card, Return from a Different Dimension, allowing me to special summon as many removed from play monsters as possible, so long as I pay half my life points. Prepare to say hello to your worst nightmare Illidan."
Holding his arm out, Zane gave up half of his life points, causing a powerful electric shock to begin striking him. After a moment, he smirked, saying "Come to me my Cyberdark Dragon (1000/1000) and Cyber End Dragon (4000/4000)!"
A multicolored rift opened above the field, sending out many rainbow colored rays. Descending from the rift was the large combo dragon like creature, along with a powerful three headed machine dragon with a snake like body and large metallic wings. Both landed onto the field, each letting out a mighty roar.
"What a totally sweet move! Zane brought back both his dragons!" Jaden exclaimed.
Lightly glaring at Jaden, Chazz darkly muttered "Hello, we're supposed to be cheering for Illidan!"
Rubbing the back of his head, Jaden sheepishly smiled, saying "Oh yeah, but you got to admit, that was a great move."
"Why do I bother some days…" Chazz said with a heavy sigh.
On the field, Zane smirked evilly, saying "Thanks to Cyberdark Dragon's return, I can take a Dragon from either of our Graveyards once again, and guess what, I want your Chaos Emperor Dragon (3000/2500) once more (1000 + 3000 4000/1000)!"
Rematerializing onto the field, the large black dragon with an orange mane roared onto the field. The strange combo creature immediately sent out wires and entangled the black dragon, ensnaring it and dragging it till it fit up against the metallic dragon's body. A red aura surrounded the black dragon immediately, making it howl in pain.
"I SAID STOP IT ZANE! STOP HURTING MY DRAGON!" Illidan yelled, anger flaring from his eyes.
Sneering at this, Zane smartly replied "It hurts to see your dragon in pain, doesn't it Illidan? Well, don't worry, soon enough, that dragon will be your downfall. Now then, before your destruction, my dragon's other special ability kicks in. For each card in my Graveyard, my dragon gains 100 attack points. At this moment, I have nine cards in my Graveyard, meaning my dragon gains 900 more attack points (4000 + 900 4900/1000). Cyberdark Dragon, wipe out his Black Luster Soldier with Darkness Strident Blaze!"
Roaring loudly, the powerful combo creature began draining energy from the black dragon, making it squeal in pain. Opening it's jaws, the combo creature released a stream of black energy straight at the black armored warrior.
Pointing at his face down card, Illidan spiritedly called out "I don't think so Zane! I won't allow you to harm my monsters like that! I activate the trap Waboku, meaning all Battle Damage is reduced to zero! Now your attacks are useless, seeing how our monsters won't even be harmed!"
Three female mages in blue robes appeared in front of the black armored soldier and white mage. Each of the three began to softly chant, causing a nearly transparent barrier to appear. The barrier was immediately struck by the black energy blast, but held up to the attack.
"Looks like you wasted your turn Zane." Illidan smugly said.
Sneering, Zane countered with "Not quite, for I activate one of my face down cards, the spell De-Fusion. This will separate my Cyberdark Dragon back into it's three Fusion monster forms."
Chuckling, Illidan responded "Only if those monsters are in your Graveyard, which they're not."
"True Illidan, but I intend to have them back." Zane pointed out. "I activate another card, the spell Burial from a Different Dimension, which allows me to select three monsters from my removed from play pile and transfer them to my Graveyard. Since I chained this card, it activates first, which lets me transfer Cyberdark Edge, Cyberdark Horn, and Cyberdark Keel back to my Graveyard. Next, De-Fusion is triggered, meaning I can now bring back Cyberdark Edge (800/800), Cyberdark Horn (800/800), and Cyberdark Keel (800/800) all three to my field in defense."
The large combo monster slowly began to glow, sending the large black dragon away. Once the glow died down, the two metallic looking bug creatures and the machine snake like dragon appeared onto the field, with each taking up a defensive position on horizontal card images.
"Before I end, I activate the spell Different Dimension Capsule."
Rising up from the ground slowly, a coffin settled in front of Zane. Slowly, it opened with the lid facing Illidan.
Taking his deck out, Zane examined it before picking a card, saying "I place this card within my capsule and remove it from play for two of my Standby Phases."
A vertical card image slowly slid into the coffin like structure, which immediately closed it's lid and slid back into the ground.
"We'll see if you can take on what I have planned in two turns, now won't we Illidan?" Zane taunted. "I end my move." (Illidan 1100, Zane 400)
Calmly, Illidan drew his next card and said "It's time I got rid of those three nuisances on the field. Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning, take down Cyberdark Edge with Chaos Slash!"
Leaping forward, the ebony armored warrior swung his sword out to the right side of his body. Once within range, he made a simple slash across the first metallic bug like creature, making it howl in pain before exploding into millions of pieces.
"One down, two to go. Now I activate my warrior's special ability. He's allowed to attack twice within a turn if he destroys a monster, so go and destroy his Cyberdark Horn!"
Acknowledging Illidan's words with a nod, the warrior let out a grunt and made a beeline for the remaining metallic bug creature. With a simple slash, the machine creature howled out in agony before meeting the same fate it's mechanical brother had.
"Silent Magician, show Zane what you've got by attacking Cyberdark Keel with Silent Scepter Blast!"
Leaping into the air, the white robed mage aimed his scepter at the snake like dragon. Energy began to gather at the end of his staff, causing a white sphere of energy to appear. Without warning, the energy was launched from the tip of the staff and sent sailing towards the machine dragon. The blast struck the dragon hard, causing a large explosion to form with smoke billowing. Once the smoke settled, it was clear the machine dragon had not the strength to withstand the blast.
"I'll place this card on the field and end my turn." (Illidan 1100, Zane 400)
Smiling, Jaden happily said "Nice, Illidan has Zane down to his trap monster and that's all."
"Get a clue you Slacker! This duel is far from over. I'm sure Zane didn't just bring those three monsters of his back for defense." Chazz sharply said.
Frowning, Jaden shrugged, saying "Yeah, but you have to admit, those two are pretty even."
"At one time, they were so similar." Alexis mumbled.
"Yeah, and now they're opposites." Chazz added.
Looking at the two, Jaden nodded, saying "It's a shame that it had to come down to this."
"Yeah." Alexis and Chazz both mumbled together.
On the field, Zane drew his card and smirked. Suddenly, the coffin that had been on the field before slowly rose up from the ground and opened.
"Hold on Zane, it's only been one Standby Phase. You can't add that card to your hand yet!" Illidan declared.
Sneering, Zane nodded, saying "True Illidan, but this isn't Different Dimension Capsule's fault. It's the card I placed within it that is at fault. You see, I placed Card from a Different Dimension within it. This spell automatically activates the following turn it was removed from play. We each now get to draw two cards."
Picking up two cards simultaneously, the pair looked over their hands. "I'm ending this duel now Illidan. First, I summon Cyber Kirin (300/800)."
Materializing onto the field, a silver machine dog with many spikes going down it's back, a spike on the end of it's tail, sharp clawed hands and feet, and a set of sharp teeth took the field.
"By sending this monster to my Graveyard, I can now negate the damage I'll receive due to effects this turn."
In a flash of green, the dog like creature vanished from the field without a trace.
"Next, I activate the spell Power Bond, allowing me to create a Machine Type Fusion monster."
"But you need monsters to do that." Illidan calmly reminded.
Smirking, Zane simply replied "True, but I have a way around that. I activate another spell, Cybernetic Fusion Support. By paying half my life points, I can now just remove the Fusion Material monsters I need from my Graveyard instead. So, I send Cyberdark Edge, Cyberdark Horn, and Cyberdark Keel all to my removed from play pile, allowing me to bring this back, my Cyberdark Dragon (1000/1000)!"
One by one, the three monster cards slid out of Zane's Graveyard Slot. Picking the three up and placing them within his remove from play slot. Almost immediately, the strange combination of the three monsters appeared. It let out an evil roar, shaking the field slightly with it.
"Thanks to Power Bond, my dragon's strength is doubled (1000 2 2000/1000). Now then, as you might remember, I can now equip a Dragon to my Cyberdark Dragon from either of our Graveyards, so I pick your weak Chaos Emperor Dragon (3000/2500), whose attack points are now added to my dragons (2000 + 3000 5000/1000)!"
Appearing wrapped up within wires once more, the black dragon squealed out in pain when a red aura appeared around it's body. The combo dragon roared loudly at the same time as it's power increased.
"Remember, thanks to every card in my Graveyard, my dragon also gets another boost (5000 + 14 100 6400/1000)." Turning a cold glare to Illidan, Zane angrily yelled out "Game over Illidan! Cyberdark Dragon, end this by obliterating his pathetic soldier with Darkness Strident Blaze!"
Letting out a massive roar that sent out shockwaves, the dragon fired a black stream of dark energy at the black armored soldier, who only stood his ground.