Hey there everyone. So, this week has been decent, if not cool, thus far. Thus far, I've had mostly meetings this week, other than Monday and Tuesday where I had to work hard on replacing some code in a 45 files, lol. Other than that, things have been pretty cool. My mom and sister are coming in today to my grandparents to stay for a few days. I may head up there tomorrow to visit, which should be fun. Sunday, we're going to go see my mate's family, which shouldn't be so bad. I suppose Monday, nothing is really going on… yet, lol. I'm off Monday (taking off) thru Wednesday (taking off Wednesday, of course), so I only work 2 days this coming week, which is nice. I do have a bit of work to do unfortunately though, which sucks, but oh well, lol.
Ah yes, me and my mate had a most interesting duel last night. We once and a while break out the cards and get our game on (or clothes off, pending on the situation and amount of alcohol, lol). Anyways, we dueled a set, with her winning the first round. I white washed her the second time around, which sucked for her. The third round was interesting. She played a combo of White Magician Pikaru (1200/0) (During your standby phase, gain 400 points for every monster on your field), the equip spell Heart of Clear Water (made her monster survive any battle), and the permanent trap Spirit Barrier (reduces all battle damage to 0 so long as a monster is out on your field). To begin with, this little combo isn't so bad, so long as you have spell/trap removal. The problem was, I had used mine already… Plus, she already had over 10k in life points due that she used Draining Shield to protect herself once… Anyways, she had me cornered. I couldn't reduce her life points, and mine were going down. We managed to put one another in a stalemate pretty much. I had a defensive setup using Jetroid equipped with Heavy Mech Support Platform, giving it 2300 defense. She couldn't get past it due that her higher level fairies were gone (she runs a fairy deck, hence the idea for Marie in the story to use one). Then it became apparent to her that she would deck out before beating me. All seemed lost for her till she drew Mage Power, which made Pikaru invincible… I had next to nothing to combat that, lol. Btw, her Pikaru had been on the field forever by now. She had over 20k in life points, while I had freaking 1200 or so! I was like, what the hell am I going to do now!? Luckily, I held on somehow with a nice combo of destroying Pikaru with Mystical Space Typhoon. See, she had used Premature Burial to get Pikaru out earlier when she made her insane defense/life point gainer. With Pikaru gone, things seemed hopeful, till she pulled out another big gun or two. Luckily, I managed to hang on for dear life till she decked out. The final total, which is insane, was this: she had 21,900 life points, while I had a meager 50… I kid you all not on my total. That was how many I had left in the end, lol. It was insane! The duel was the best I've had with her in a long time, with every turn being heart stopping! Sheesh, I never thought I'd win, but I did, somehow…
Story wise, things are moving with Another, and are getting ready to move with Minutes to Midnight. I've been focusing more on Another due that I was going to start posting it once I had enough chapters wrote up and to the point I deemed that the storyline wouldn't change too much in the early chapters. Posting on it should begin within the near future. When, I'm not sure, lol.
Last time, Illidan defeated Zane once and for all, but now someone has arrived onto the island. Who is this mysterious stranger that has arrived, and are they friend or foe?
Ok, time for the reviews!
Metal Overlord 2.0: Of course, you'd be disappointed Marik! (/Shoots spit wad at him and laughs when it hits him in the head.\) What, it wasn't me? Lol, but anyways, nice job on the duel. Things look interesting at the least. Yes, the new arrival is a mystery. It seems to have thrown everyone off. Heh, I figured everyone would know though… I can't wait for the end of your duel. Thanks for the review!
Knives91: Yep, so long Zane, lol. Thanks. LOL! Yes, the last line could have been more obscure, hehe. Thanks for the review.
x-knight20: Thank you. Lol, glad you got out of the door. (/Watches truck flip due that two tires fly apart.\) Umm, I wonder if I should have told him I slashed those tires and they were leaking air? Nah!
Thanks everyone for the reviews. I appreciated them all! Well, next time it will be Christmas Eve, so till then, everyone enjoy this chapter. Later!
Chapter 69
Waking up at first light, Illidan decided to examine his deck, as well as prepare his mind and body for the upcoming duel that day while the students slept. Leaving a note explaining he was out training, he grabbed his Duel Disk, and left the house quietly.
Once out to his usual training spot, he began stretching his body out. Finally happy that he had limbered up enough, he took off running.
"Ten miles should do for now." he silently decided.
After an hour of running, Illidan returned to his training spot and opened a bottle of water he had brought with him. Deciding to rest for a few minutes, he laid down upon the ground, allowing the cool morning breeze to blow over him. Staring up at the clouds, he saw a storm was approaching the island.
"How appropriate." he mused.
Standing up, he slowly began practicing many offensive moves he had learned over the years on a tree. Bit by bit, his intensity of movement and speed increased, till finally he unknowingly began calling on his Shadow Powers. Unconsciously, he ignited his Hidden Flame technique, enabling him to move much faster than normal, and increasing his strength as well.
Images of his last fight with Zell flashed through his mind within moments of using his Hidden Flame technique. Infuriated by the fact he had failed, he hunched over and began gathering Shadow Magic within his left hand.
Roaring out loudly, he screamed "Shadow Blade!"
The tree instantly shattered at the impact point, toppling the top half over onto the ground. Standing there panting with his hand still letting black bolts of electricity come from his hand, Illidan glared at the remains of the tree.
"Haven't you heard of an ax?" a mysterious voice asked.
Turning quickly in a defensive stance, Illidan turned to become wide eyed. Examining the person before him, he saw a young man with mostly black spiky hair that had a pink outer band, with blonde bangs, and the most mysterious, if not kind, set of violet eyes. The violet eyed stranger had on a pair of black leather pants, black boots, a belt that hung off his hip, a black muscle shirt, and an older version of a Duel Disk on his left arm.
Gasping, Illidan asked "Yugi, is that you?"
Smiling, Yugi nodded, saying "Yep, it's me."
Powering down his Shadow Powers, Illidan walked forward and offered a friendly handshake to Yugi, who gladly accepted and turned it into a hug. Separating, the two smiled at one another.
Smiling, Illidan kindly said "It's good to see you again Yugi."
"And it's good to see you once again." Yugi replied.
"So, why are you here? I figured you were still searching the world for places where Shadow Powers were popping up."
Nodding, Yugi remarked "Yes, I was, but I had a vision recently. The vision was from Yami."
"Yami? How is it possible for him to contact you at all?" Illidan asked with curiosity.
Frowning, Yugi replied "I'm not sure, but maybe due that we were once connected. Anyways, he warned me about the fight you're about to become involved in. He told me to go to Pegasus and get a card from him, and then return it to you."
"So, he knew about Zell returning then?" Illidan asked with a small sigh.
Shrugging, Yugi simply said "I don't know for sure, but he said you'd need a certain card. So, I went to Pegasus and told him what Yami told me. Pegasus agreed and gave me the card, sending me in response to you. Anyways, here I am, with a card for you."
"What card?"
Smirking, Yugi responded "I can't tell you till you duel me for it."
Frowning, Illidan replied "I don't have time for this Yugi. What is the card?"
Holding his arm out, Yugi's older Duel Disk powered up and immediately unfolded into a blade. "I told you, I can't tell you till you earn this card."
"Yugi, I won't duel. I don't have time for this, so keep the card." Illidan sternly said while turning away.
"That's right Illidan, turn away if you intend on losing to Zell and failing Marie." Yugi sternly remarked.
Stopping in his tracks, Illidan stood still for a moment, his hands clenched into fists, making his knuckles turn white. "I will not fail Marie." Illidan coldly stated.
"Then duel me. If you wish to save her, duel me, and take the card I offer. If not, don't even bother facing Zell." Yugi stated.
Still clenching his fists, Illidan finally began walking forward, saying "I'll save Marie my own way."
"Pigheaded fool!" Yugi angrily called out. Holding his right hand out, Yugi summoned his Shadow Powers, creating a barrier to keep Illidan contained.
Halting at the barrier, Illidan turned to face Yugi and threw an icy glare. In a cold tone, Illidan growled out "Yugi, let that barrier down now before I really get mad!"
"No." was all Yugi stubbornly said.
"Do you have a death wish or something!? You know I can rip this barrier apart within a minute, or cut you down, so why do this!?" Illidan snapped.
"I don't have a death wish, but Yami made me promise to make you face me and earn this card. I won't defy his request, so come on and face me, unless you're afraid." Yugi tauntingly said.
Infuriated, Illidan prepared to power up his own Shadow Powers, but stopped. With a heavy sigh, he walked over and grabbed his Duel Disk and strapped it on. Taking his deck out, he shuffled it and replaced it into the deck slot of his Duel Disk.
"I don't want to waste the Shadow Magic to break your barrier, so let's do this." Illidan sternly said.
Holding his Duel Disk out, the blade pushed out vertically and then a new blade came out horizontally. Lighting up, the Duel Disk whirled to life.
Simultaneously, the pair drew five cards, saying "Let's duel!"
Picking up a sixth card, Yugi lightly smirked, saying "Since I'm visiting, I'll begin. I start by summoning Gamma the Magnet Warrior (1500/1800) in defense mode."
A pink metal magnet creature with strange wings, large pink feet, a big blue S on it's chest, silver spring like arms, a magnet around it's neck, and a strange pink head appeared onto the field with it's arms crossed.
"I'll place a face down card to end my move." (Yugi 8000, Illidan 8000)
Drawing a new card, Illidan examined it for a moment before saying "I special summon this, my Cyber Dragon (2100/1600)."
A mechanical snake like dragon appeared onto the field with a loud mechanical roar.
"How did you summon that? It's a level five monster." Yugi asked, unsure of what was happening.
Lightly smiling, Illidan responded kindly with "Simple there Yugi. Cyber Dragon has a special ability that allows him to be special summoned to the field when I have no monsters and you have at least one. Since he was a special summon, I can still have a normal summon, so I pick my Luster Dragon (1900/1600)!"
Materializing onto the field was a sapphire dragon with bone like wings, a powerful set of clawed hands and feet, and a set of sharp teeth.
"Luster Dragon, go ahead and make quick work of Gamma with your Ruby Blaster!"
Letting out a small roar, the sapphire dragon began opening it's jaws, revealing ruby colored energy gathering up into a sphere.
"Not so fast Illidan, I have a trap! Go Zero Gravity! This forces our monsters to switch their current modes, so my Gamma goes to attack mode while your two monsters go to defense." Yugi declared.
Standing up, the pink magnet creature uncrossed it's arms while the horizontal card image under it shattered. Meanwhile, the sapphire dragon stopped gathering energy within it's jaws and crossed it's arms, while the machine dragon coiled up. Both had a horizontal card image form under their bodies.
Lightly frowning, Illidan muttered "I place a face down card and end." (Yugi 8000, Illidan 8000)
Picking up his next card, Yugi smiled, saying "Here we go. I start by playing the spell Ties of the Brethren. I pay a 1000 life points, and now I can special summon two level four or lower monsters from my deck in defense. I pick Alpha the Magnet Warrior (1400/1700) and Beta the Magnet Warrior (1700/1600)!"
Placing both monster cards horizontally onto his Duel Disk, Yugi watched as a grey magnet creature with a sword and shield, followed by a yellow magnet creature with magnets for it's hands, feet, and had a magnet wrapped around it's head.
"I now send Alpha, Beta, and Gamma to the Graveyard in order to special summon Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (3500/3850)!"
Each of the three magnet creatures let out a small moan and began to split apart. Slowly, the pieces began to form a new single creature. The creature had a sword, powerful arms and feet, a strong set of pink wings, and a yellow masked face with magnets on it. Letting out a new moan, the creature took an offensive stance.
"Next, I summon Skilled Dark Magician (1900/1700)!"
A mage in black robes with large shoulder pads, a green staff held in two hands, black gloves, a black helmet, and only his face visible appeared.
"And before you can even think about activating that face down card, I activate the spell Mystical Space Typhoon, allowing me to destroy your card!"
Gusting across the field, a funnel cloud struck Illidan's face down card, revealing it to be a trap card.
Lightly growling, Illidan muttered "Great, no Magic Cylinder to help out."
"That's not all." Yugi declared. "Valkyrion, attack Illidan's Cyber Dragon with Magna Slash! And Skilled Dark Magician, destroy his dragon with Dark Magic Burst!"
Rushing across the field, the large magnet creature brought it's sword forward, preparing to attack. With a single sweep, it slashed the machine dragon completely in half, leaving a shower of sparks in it's wake. The remains of the dragon exploded quickly, leaving a small plume of smoke in it's wake. At the same moment the magnet creature returned, the dark robed mage pointed his staff at the sapphire dragon. A single sphere of black energy came flying from the staff straight for the dragon, which was unable to resist the blast, easily blowing it into pieces.
"I'll end with a face down. That's all for now." (Yugi 7000, Illidan 8000)
Drawing his new card, Illidan examined it before slapping it onto his Duel Disk horizontally face down, saying "I set a monster. I think I'll leave it at that." (Yugi 7000, Illidan 8000)
"You're going to have to do better than that to win that card from me Illidan." Yugi boasted while drawing his next card. "I start things off with the spell Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two new cards."
When Yugi picked up two cards, the mage in black robes suddenly reacted. A small symbol on his right shoulder began glowing light purple, making Illidan raise his eyebrows.
"Curious to what's going on? Well, let me explain." Yugi calmly said. "When a spell card is played, my Skilled Dark Magician's special ability is triggered. He gains one Spell Counter per a spell card played. He now has one, and when he has three, I can activate his special ability, but more on that in a few moments. Next up, I play the spell Graceful Charity, allowing me to draw three cards, but I have to get rid of two from my hand when I'm finished."
Picking up three new cards, Yugi lightly grinned while the symbol on the mage's left shoulder began glowing light purple. "Alright, now I'll discard these two cards, my Summoned Skull and Swift Gaia The Fierce Knight. Time I played another spell card, so I activate Monster Reborn, allowing me to bring back my old friend, Summoned Skull (2500/1200)!"
Slowly, the monster card slid out of Yugi's Graveyard Slot and into his eagerly awaiting hand. Once in his hand, he picked it up and slapped it to his Duel Disk. Lightning suddenly struck the field without warning, and from it came a demon like creature made of white bone with red muscle surrounding most of it's body. It's hands had three claws, it's feet the same way, and on it's back were a pair of blue wings. The head of the creature had a pair of horns, and looked mostly like a skull.
"I'm not through yet, for thanks to playing Monster Reborn, my Skilled Dark Magician gained his last Spell Counter. Since he has three, I can now remove all three of his counters and sacrifice him to special summon from my deck my favorite monster, Dark Magician (2500/2100)!"
The black robed mage vanished in a small flash of light, but replacing him was a stronger mage in purple armor with flowing purple robes. He wore a strange set of armor, with a strange mage's hat, and had a powerful green staff that was nearly as tall as his body. His long hair that could be seen hanging out of his hat was purple and his eyes were the color of lilac.
"Alright, here goes! Summoned Skull, attack with Lightning Strike!"
Raising it's arms, lightning began flowing out of the white bone creature into a huge sphere above the field. The electricity was instantly drawn towards the face down monster, striking it over and over. The card image soon vanished to reveal a young mage in a kneeling position. The mage had blonde hair that stood up somewhat, a red bandanna that was somewhat long in the back, purple body armor that covered it's body, except for it's arms, and had a green staff positioned defensively in front of itself. The lightning struck the mage, making it cry out in pain till it finally exploded into millions of pieces.
Smirking, Illidan calmly said "Too bad you just destroyed my Apprentice Magician (400/800). Thanks to it's special ability, I'm allowed to special summon a new level two or lower Spellcaster Type monster to the field in face down defense mode."
Picking his deck up, Illidan examined it before choosing a card and slapping it horizontally to the field, saying "I pick this card, so give me your best shot."
Smiling at Illidan's confidence, Yugi shot back "Best shot, eh? Well, we'll see about that! Dark Magician, show him your Dark Magic Attack!"
Raising his staff, the purple armored mage fired a blast of green energy straight at the face down card image. Upon impact, the card image shattered, revealing a girl with mid-back length dark orange hair. She wore a blue dress that nearly touched her knees and wore dark orange shoes. The blast completely destroyed her, making her cry out in pain before vanishing.
"You're wide open now Illidan. Valkyrion, direct attack with Magna Slash!"
Rushing forward, the large magnet creature pulled back it's right arm with the sword in hand and prepared to slash Illidan, but was stopped by a strange barrier. Behind the barrier, the orange haired girl was seen with a depressed look.
"Huh? Why did my attack get blocked?" Yugi asked with a look of bewilderment on his face.
Smiling at Yugi's curiosity, Illidan replied "Kind of easy Yugi. You attacked The Unhappy Maiden (0/100), and destroyed her. When she goes to the Graveyard due to battle, your Battle Phase is automatically ended."
Frowning, Yugi sighed, saying "I see. In that case, I'll place this face down and let you have a shot." (Yugi 7000, Illidan 8000)
Drawing a new card, Illidan examined it momentarily before saying "It's time I turned up the intensity of this duel! I play the spell Premature Burial. To activate it, I pay 800 life points, but now I'm allowed to special summon one monster from my Graveyard and equip this card to it. I think it's time I brought an old friend back, so rise up once more Cyber Dragon (2100/1600)."
Reappearing onto the field, the mechanical snake like dragon took to the field and let out a mechanical roar.
"Next, I play Polymerization! This spell let's me fuse together my Cyber Dragon on the field with the one in my hand and The Light – Hex-Sealed Fusion (1000/1600) to form Cyber End Dragon (4000/2800)!"
Materializing onto the field beside of the single machine dragon was another machine dragon along with a round rock like creature with one arm and emitting light. The three creatures immediately began swirling together, forming a bright light. From the light, a large three headed machine snake like dragon with large metallic wings and a long tail then appeared. It had some lights running up and down the side of each dragon's head, along with a set of large green lights on the corner of the inner part of the dragon's wings. On the dragon's chest, right below where the head had connected, was a large green light as well. The three headed dragon roared loudly with a machine growl.
"Impressive dragon Illidan." Yugi simply stated.
"Thanks, but I'm not done this turn." Illidan slyly replied. "I play the spell Card of Sanctity, which let's us both draw till we're holding six cards. Since neither of us have any cards in our hands that means we both pick up six cards, so good luck."
Together, the pair drew six cards, each examining their new hands. Finally satisfied, Illidan called out "I continue my move by removing from my Graveyard Apprentice Magician and The Unhappy Maiden, which lets me special summon this, an old friend, Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning (3000/2500)!"
Placing the monster card onto his Duel Disk, Illidan watched while his black ebony armored warrior emerged onto the field. In his right hand was a powerful sword, and in his left was a strong shield. Stretching out, the soldier let out a small battle cry.
"I'm far from done yet, for I next play this, my Silent Magician LV4 (1000/1000)!"
Materializing onto the field was a very young mage with light brown eyes and silver hair, dressed in white and blue robes, holding a small white staff.
"He maybe a young mage, but he's about to hit a growth spurt thanks to this spell, my Level Up! My mage now jumps up a level, from his current form to Silent Magician LV8 (3500/1000)!"
Glowing momentarily, the young mage suddenly started growing in height. His boyish features melted away to adult features, including well toned muscles that were formed within the blue body suit underneath of his robes.
"Here we go! Cyber End Dragon, send Valkyrion on a one way trip to the recycling bin with Super Strident Blaze!"
Each head of the mechanical dragon roared loudly and took aim upon the magnet creature. Opening their jaws together, the dragons' mouths began to fill with white energy. Together, the three fired a stream of white energy, which combined into one single stream. The single stream tore through the magnet creature easily, making it cry out before exploding into millions of pieces.
"One down, two to go. Black Luster Soldier, attack Summoned Skull with Chaos Slash!"
Letting out a ferocious battle cry, the warrior in black ebony armor rushed forward with his sword held out away from his body. Upon reaching the white skull creature, he made a diagonal slash on the creature, cutting the creature from one shoulder to it's hip. All the skull creature could do was cry out in pain and fall apart, but before either half hit the ground it's body exploded into millions of pieces.
"Thanks to my warrior's successful attack, his special ability kicks in, allowing me to attack a second time with him, so take out his Dark Magician!"
Still standing near where the white skull creature had once stood, the soldier turned to the purple armored mage, who readied himself for battle. Bringing his sword in front of his body, the warrior let out a battle cry and made a slash at the mage, who used his staff to block. Unfortunately for the purple armored mage, his staff wasn't strong enough to withstand the strike and broke, allowing the warrior to pierce the mage, instantly destroying the mage.
"Now you're defenseless, so go take a chunk out of his life points Silent Magician!"
Nodding, the white mage leapt into the air and aimed his staff at Yugi, who only smirked.
Pointing at his face down card, Yugi called out "I'm not that easy to direct attack Illidan. I activate a trap known as Mirage Ruler! Thanks to this handy trap, I can return all the monsters that you just destroyed to my field, plus return my life points to what I had when the turn started."
Reappearing onto the field from small ripples was the magnet creature, along with the purple armored mage, and finally the white skull creature. At the same time, Yugi's life point counter increased.
Frowning, Illidan sighed, saying "Very well, you may have brought back all three of your monsters, but one is still going away."
After a moment of deciding, he called out "Silent Magician, take out Summoned Skull with Silent Scepter Blast!"
Aiming his staff, the white robed mage fired a sphere of white energy from his scepter straight at the white bone creature. The blast made the creature howl out in pain, but soon vanished in a thunderous explosion. With the smoke settling, Illidan lightly smirked at his handiwork.
"I place a card face down to end my move." (Yugi 6000, Illidan 7200)