Hello everyone. Well, it's a day before Christmas, aka Christmas Eve, and everything is cool. Later today, me and my mate are off to see my grandparents (mom's side), which should be fun. Grandpa gets out of the hospital later today, which is good, meaning he'll be home time we visit. It sucks that my mom didn't get to come in this weekend, but I'm more thankful that she's alive than anything. She got in a car accident Thursday, and the front end of her car was pretty much ruined. She's very lucky really that the driver hit her front end and not her driver's side door. Anyways, she's fine. She said she had a concussion, but the doctor at the ER took care of her. Lol, her car though, well, it's not going to have a very Merry Christmas. The engine from what she told me was steaming and spewing liquids at the accident scent, thus saying it was totaled. At any rate, she's fine and decided not to come till next weekend, which is cool and all. On Christmas, I'm to go to my grandma's (dad's side) and celebrate with his family. Once my mate gets off of work at 2, I'm going back to my dad's house and have dinner there with her (she's meeting me there). Other than that, this weekend has been cool. Heh, I built a new deck to take on my mate, while she modified her own. I bought the recent structure deck and cannibalized it, taking what I needed for my own deck. Me and my mate tested out our decks, with me winning the sets thus far. Heh, we had a fun set tonight, in which I didn't think I'd win with very much on the line. But that's more of a MA rated story, hehe.
Story wise, I'm working on both Another and MtM, but I had a slow weekend, so not much got done. Oh well, I have tomorrow morning and some of Tuesday. We'll see, hehe.
Last time, Yugi arrived on the island to find Illidan and tell him he had a card for him, only to tell him he had to earn it first. Furious, Illidan decided to not accept the card, but Yugi gave him no choice. Not wanting to waste his time on physically hurting Yugi, Illidan accepted the challenge, with the pair each summoning some of their best monsters quickly. The question is, who will win now?
Alright, time to move onto the reviews. I see some new faces in them, which is always a bonus. Ok, let's do this!
DuelistBlake1852: Wow, I'm glad you've been a fan for so long. It's nice to know that you got to read from the beginning to the current thus far. Heh, yeah, that duel I had with Marie was one of the toughest I think I've ever really had. It'd be in the top three at the least. Ouch, that sounds like a nasty set of duels. But yeah, on with the review, lol. Yes, Yugi is playful at times, but he's loyal and doesn't want to see something happen to Illidan. The card he is dueling for is that important, and it seems Yami wanted Illidan to earn the card. Yes, a ridiculous Yami has to have his way once and a while, lol. Cool that you like Yami/Yugi. The duel did start off with a bang, with each summoning some of their best cards. I'm glad you like the duel thus far. Have a Merry Christmas yourself. Thanks for the review.
Nathan: Yep, Metal Overlord's duel is over. Heh, it was interesting, to say the least. Yes, I'll remember my duel with Marie forever and ever. It was one of the toughest I must say. At least it wasn't like that one other duel I can't forget. The one where me and her dueled and I used Scapegoat, then played Sword of the Deep-Seated and Horn of the Unicorn on one of them. Heh, she freaked out when I attacked with it and won the duel, lol. She drew me a card after that called Scapegoat Powered. Lol, it was a Scapegoat with a sword sticking through it and a horn on it's forehead. Very interesting time we had, lol. But anyways, back to the review. Yes, nice to not have a duel to the death. Thanks for the review!
Knives91: LOL! You're right, she's stuck in a cave with an insane ancient pedophile, an evil spirit, and a perverted cat, hehe. Couldn't get any worse I suppose… LOL! I do pity him when he finally rescues her. She'll beat the hell out of him for not coming sooner to save her from those weirdo's, lol. Thanks about the dueling, hehe. Yeah, my hidden skills are somewhat rusty though. I haven't dueled anyone (other than my mate) online in… hell, I don't know. Maybe 2 years, or so. Heh, I don't even have a deck made for online anymore, lol. But thanks again about the skills. I have enough to subdue mine, apparently due that I won tonight's duel, high stakes and all, hehe. Thanks for the review, and glad the review ninja approves, lol.
pink-kiss-candy: That looked painful, lol. Need those popped back on?
sweetortonlover86: Why thank you, and I'm glad you've enjoyed my stories thus far. Btw, thank you very much for pointing out my error. I had no idea I had used the wrong card name. I knew which card I wanted, but put the wrong one in. Thank you very much again for pointing that out, and I have gone back and corrected it. Don't worry, the next story will be great too! Has to be with me getting help for it, lol. Thank you for the review.
Metal Overlord 2.0: That was a rather climatic ending there. Nicely done. Yes, duels are harder to write than you think they are. Over time, you get better and better at it. Lol, I know I do so much description anymore that I ponder if I'm getting the card's image through to people still. Yugi's deck is a bit like his ToP deck, but then again, I just used the same deck he had for most of the show. Yes, the new card sounds interesting. Thanks for the review, and Merry Christmas to you also.
Ok, that's it for the reviews everyone. Thank you all for your thoughts, remarks, and so on. They're very helpful, and thank you very much sweetortonlover86 for pointing out my mistake. I had no idea I had done it till you mentioned it. Heh, I proofread the chapters before I post, but I didn't catch that error. Thank you for pointing it out. But again, everyone, thank you for the reviews. And to the two new reviewers, thanks a lot for your reviews.
Next time you guys will see me post again will be Christmas Day for my Christmas chapter. That's right, there are 4 chapters this week, so yay, lol. But anyways, I hope you all enjoy Christmas Eve and have a Merry Christmas. Enjoy!
Chapter 70
Picking up a new card, Yugi smiled, saying "That was a nice move Illidan. By the way, thank you."
Puzzled, Illidan asked "Thanks for what?"
"You spared Dark Magician last turn. You could have taken him out instead of Summoned Skull." Yugi responded.
Nodding, Illidan smiled and replied "True, I could have, but he is your favorite. Besides, your Summoned Skull could have been trouble as well."
"I guess so." Yugi remarked. "Still, you may regret that move. I play these two equip spell cards and use them on Dark Magician. The first being Book of Secret Arts, raising his attack and defense points by 300 (2500 + 300 2800/2100 + 300 2400). Next is my Magic Formula, which grants Dark Magician another 500 attack points (2800 + 500 3300/2400)!"
The two spell cards appeared in front of mage and began transferring multicolored energies into his body, making the mage slightly cry out before giving a stronger sound.
"I'm not through yet, for I have another spell, this one called Dark Magic Attack! With Dark Magician on my field, this card destroys all of your spell and trap cards!"
Pointing his staff into the air, the purple armored mage gave out a small cry as green energy shot out in a streak of energy. The streak hit Illidan's face down card, shattering it upon impact.
Growling lowly, Illidan muttered "There goes Spellbinding Circle…"
Pointing at his magnet creature, Yugi called out "Next, I activate Valkyrion's special ability, so separate to form my three Magnet Warriors (1400/1700) (1700/1600) (1500/1800)!"
The large magnet creature let out a small groan and began glowing. Upon glowing, three separate beams were fired, making the large creature vanish. In his place, three smaller magnet creatures, with one being grey, another yellow, and the last being pink, took the field, each showing signs of ready to fight.
"Time to take that dragon of yours down, and to do that, I play the spell Brave Attack! Alpha, go, attack his Cyber End Dragon!"
Letting out a small mechanical moan, the grey magnet creature with a sword leapt into the air towards the three headed dragon.
"But it's too weak." Illidan stated.
Ignoring the comment, the grey magnet creature struck the machine dragon, leaving a slash mark on the dragon's neck, before exploding.
"Beta, you're up next!" Yugi declared.
The yellow magnet creature simply leapt into the air and punched the same spot where the grey magnet monster had slashed, and like it's friend, exploded upon impact.
"I don't understand what you're up to Yugi." Illidan calmly said.
Smirking, Yugi replied "I'm beating your dragon. Haven't you noticed that large scratch on it's neck?"
Looking at his machine dragon, Illidan frowned, asking "Why does it have that scratch? Your Magnet Warriors shouldn't be able to do that."
"That's right, they shouldn't, but my spell card lets them." Yugi remarked. "You see, the attack points of each of my Magnet Warriors is added together, allowing them to in essence attack as one monster. So far, I've let Alpha and Beta attack, with a total strength of 3100. Only one more monster should be needed to bring down your dragon, and that's what I have left. Gamma, take it to him!"
Lurching forward, the pink magnet creature let out a small moan. With it's right arm extended, it punched the large mechanical dragon but exploded on impact. After the explosion, the large mechanical dragon roared out in pain and blew up in a thunderous explosion of it's own, throwing smoke and debris throughout the field, forcing Illidan to cover his face from the explosion.
Once the smoke settled, Illidan glared at Yugi, but his expression softened. "Nicely executed there Yugi. Are you done?"
Smiling, Yugi replied "About. I'm at least done battling. Now then, I activate my Magnet Reverse spell card. With it, I can bring back one Rock or Machine Type monster back to the field in defense mode that was sent to the Graveyard this turn, so I pick Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (3500/3850)."
Re-emerging onto the field, the large combo magnet creature took a kneeling position onto the field.
"I'll place these two cards face down. Now give me your best shot." (Yugi 6000, Illidan 6600)
"My best, eh?" Illidan taunted. Picking up a card, he smirked, saying "Well then, here it is. I activate Black Luster Soldier's special ability. Instead of attacking this turn, he can remove a monster from play, and I pick your Valkyrion!"
Pointing his shield at the large magnet creature, the warrior began building up energy within the shield. Within moments, the shield was glowing light blue and ready to fire. Without hesitation, the warrior released a stream of light blue energy at the magnet creature.
Seeing it coming, Yugi smirked, saying "It's not that easy Illidan, for I have a trap! Go Magnet Force!"
Just as the blast was about to hit the large magnet creature, a rippling effect appeared to stop the beam in it's tracks, making it hold it's position.
"Thanks to my trap, when a Rock or Machine Type monster on my field is targeted by a monster effect, I can redirect the blast to a monster on your field, and I choose to redirect this blast straight at your Silent Magician!"
With that said, the blast suddenly launched forward once more, but this time at the white robed mage. The blast hit the mage, who cried out in pain. After a moment or two, he began to fade away till nothing was left of him.
Growling with frustration, Illidan said "Very well then Yugi, I play this, my Rapid-Fire Magician (1600/1200) in defense mode."
A mage with long flowing purple hair, a black pair of leather pants, a short sleeved cloak with black flowing cloak, an odd black hat, and two black finger cut off gloves then appeared. In each hand he held a staff with bird like claws, which clutched small orbs. To top it all off, around nine different colored spheres formed an arch around him. Once fully on the field, the mage took a defensive crouching stance.
"I end my turn." (Yugi 6000, Illidan 6600)
Nodding, Yugi drew his next card and lightly smirked. "I start things off by playing the equip spell Dark Spear, which goes straight to my Dark Magician."
The large green staff in the purple armored mage's hands suddenly changed into a long green spear, which he swung out into an offensive stance.
"With the power of Dark Spear, Dark Magician can now deal damage to your monsters even when they're in defense. The difference in his attack points and your monster's defense points are dealt to you directly."
"Trample…" Illidan darkly muttered as a drop of sweat rolled down his forehead.
"That's right." Yugi responded with a nod. "Next, I switch Valkyrion into attack mode."
Standing up, the magnet creature stretched it's wings and arms out and took up an offensive stance.
"Valkyrion, take his Black Luster Soldier down with Magna Slash!"
Letting out a loud moan, the magnet creature launched it's body forward. Pulling it's sword out to the right side of it's body, the creature prepared to strike. Upon moving into range, the magnet creature slashed the warrior in black ebony armor straight across the chest, easily destroying the warrior.
Seeing Illidan's light growl, Yugi called out "Dark Magician, take his Rapid-Fire Magician out now!"
Launching into the air, the purple armored mage let out a battle cry and came down upon the weaker mage. Before anyone could blink, the large green spear was thrust through the weaker mage, making him lightly gasp out in pain before exploding, making Illidan cover his face lightly.
"I end my move." (Yugi 6000, Illidan 4000)
Drawing his next card, Illidan examined it momentarily before saying "I play the spell Mirage of Nightmare. This lets me draw till I hold four cards during your Standby Phase, but during my Standby Phase, I have to discard the same number I drew from my hand. I'll also set one card face down, and summon Royal Magical Library (0/2000) in defense."
A large octagon like building with a doorway in the front part of the building that was open, revealing the inside had several levels. At each level was a shelf, which incased many books. Also on the levels, there was a piece of flooring sticking out with a place to stand, as well as a table for sitting at. The flooring was held up by green spheres, which appeared to be small antigravity engines, which kept the flooring aloft.
"Go ahead and give me your best shot." Illidan calmly stated. (Yugi 6000, Illidan 4000)
Picking up his new card, Yugi lightly smirked, saying in a taunting voice "You want my best, then here you go!"
"Not quite yet! You haven't forgotten my Mirage of Nightmare have you? I haven't, so I get to draw four new cards now."
Grabbing four cards at once, Illidan examined them before saying "I'm not through either, for I activate my face down card, Emergency Provisions! Thanks to this spell, I can send a spell or trap card from my field to the Grave and gain 1000 life points, so farewell Mirage of Nightmare. And since it's gone now, next turn I won't have to discard."
Yugi smiled at this and commented "Nice strategy Illidan, but it won't be enough to save your life points. Dark Magician, attack his Royal Magical Library!"
Leaping into the air, the mage came flying back down towards the ground at an alarmingly fast amount of speed. Pushing his spear forward, the mage rammed it roughly into the building, easily puncturing it. Once he pulled his spear out, the building crumbled to the ground, leaving nothing behind but smoke.
"I'm not done yet Illidan. Valkyrion, direct attack!"
Letting out a mechanical battle cry, the large magnet creature launched it's body across the field. With a swift motion, the large magnet creature slashed Illidan across the chest, making Illidan slide backwards and fall to one knee and begin panting heavily.
"I shall place a face down card to end my turn." (Yugi 6000, Illidan 200)
Watching Illidan panting heavily, Yugi said "You know, you can quit."
Standing up on shaky legs, Illidan shook his head in a no motion, saying "I don't quit!"
Closing his eyes and taking a few deep breaths, he steadied out his breathing finally. Reopening his eyes, he quickly drew a card and examined it.
Lightly smirking at the card, Illidan calmly said "Here goes! I play the spell Chaos Revisited! To play this card, I must first give up half of my life points. Next, I can special summon any monster with the word 'Chaos' or 'Envoy' in it's name from my deck, hand, Graveyard, or removed from play pile. I choose from my Graveyard, so rise up once more Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning (3000/2500)!"
Rematerializing onto the field was the warrior in black ebony armor with his sword and shield raised for battle.
"Next, I remove from my Graveyard my Rapid-Fire Magician and The Light – Hex-Sealed Fusion in order to special summon my Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End (3000/2500)!"
Letting out a massive roar while appearing, a large black dragon with an orange mane, massive black wings, strong arms and legs, a powerful tail, and sharp clawed hands and feet made it's entrance to the field.
Smirking lightly, Yugi calmly said "Nice monsters so far, but none of them have the strength to defeat my Dark Magician or Valkyrion."
Nodding, Illidan remarked "True, but I'm not done yet. I have one last monster to summon. First though, I play a field spell known as Chaos Control!"
Holding his Duel Disk vertical, Illidan tapped the end of the blade, causing a new slot to open. Placing the card within the slot, it closed and the Duel Disk glowed momentarily. Instantly, the sky above the field began to darken even more than it had previously. Lightning began flashing throughout the sky, and a single cave surrounded by wasteland appeared onto the field.
"Thanks to my field spell, I can now special summon one monster with the word 'Chaos' or 'Envoy' in it's name to the field once per a turn from my deck, hand, Graveyard, or removed from play pile. So, to start things off, I pick my Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600) from my deck!"
Lightning without warning struck the field in between the large black dragon and the black ebony armored warrior. From the strike, a figure slowly rose up from a kneeling position. The figure had tight fitting black leather armor, a strange mage's hat, a black staff in his hands. The only part of the figure that showed skin was his face, which appeared to have some kind of black markings on it. His skin was blue, and he had strange eyes with yellow corneas and red irises.
"When Dark Magician of Chaos is special summoned, allowed to add one spell card from my Graveyard to my hand, so I pick Pot of Greed."
Picking up the spell card as it slid out of his Duel Disk's Graveyard Slot, Illidan returned it to his hand. Pointing at Yugi, Illidan calmly stated "It's time to end this duel, once and for all Yugi. I activate Chaos Control's special ability. When I have three Chaos monsters on my field, I can send Chaos Control to the Graveyard in order to destroy all monsters on your field. Say farewell to your monsters!"
Lightning began striking the field more and more violently. A streak suddenly struck the large magnet creature, making it moan out in great agony. Arcs of lightning began forming closer and closer to the purple armored mage, who only kept looking around, trying to guess where the strikes would happen.
With only moments before the next strike would hit, Yugi cried out "I'm not through with this duel yet Illidan, for I activate the trap Dark Illusion!"
The next strike hit the ground where the purple mage stood, but a purple defensive barrier appeared around the mage, keeping him safe from the strike.
"Thanks to Dark Illusion, my Dark Magician can't be harmed by spell, trap, or monster effects till the end of this turn. So, you can't beat me, not just yet." Yugi smugly said.
Lightly chuckling, Illidan wagged a finger at Yugi, saying "Not quite. You see, Chaos Control has one other special ability. When sent to the Graveyard by using it's destructive force, I can direct attack your life points with each of my Chaos monsters. That means you lose."
Yugi only stared wide-eyed, his mouth hanging open in surprise. "I… I can't believe it." he mumbled in shock.
"Well, start believing, cause here come my monsters! Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning, Dark Magician of Chaos, and Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End, let's end this! Direct attack!"
Leaping onto action, all three monsters took to the air. The first to strike with his sword slashing was the black ebony armored warrior, who struck Yugi across the chest with his sword, making him grunt out in pain. Next up, the black armored mage pointed his staff at Yugi and released a black sphere of energy at him, striking him hard and making his knees slightly buckle. Last up, the large black dragon reared it's head back and released a blast of black flaming energy. The blast hit Yugi head on, knocking him completely to his hands and knees.
With the last blast, Yugi's life points dropped to zero, causing the holograms to begin to fade on the field. Before fading away completely, the purple armored mage smiled at the three black creatures on Illidan's field, saying "I believe in you three. Make us all proud."
The three in correlation nodded back. The four monsters completely faded from the field then, causing both Duel Disks to power down.
Walking over to a smoking Yugi, Illidan offered a friendly hand. Smiling graciously back, Yugi took hold and stood back up with Illidan's help.
"Good duel Illidan. I see you haven't lost your edge over the last few years." Yugi said with a smile.
Smiling back, Illidan calmly replied "And I see you haven't lost yours either."
"Now then, since you beat me, I owe you a card." Yugi kindly said.
Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a small card holder and opened it. Inside was a single card. Taking it out, he handed it to Illidan, saying "There you are."
Examining the card, Illidan frowned, asking "This is it?"
"Yes, this is it." Yugi reiterated.
Placing the card into his deck, Illidan sighed, saying "I figured the card would have more to it than that. Yami said I needed it, right?"
"He said you would most definitely need it. It could be what tips fate into your corner. You never know." Yugi remarked.
Sighing, Illidan nodded, saying "True. Thank you for bringing me the card. Maybe now I can worry a little less about Marie."
"Marie?"
Looking at the ground, Illidan mumbled "Zell has her."
"Oh, I see. Don't worry Illidan, it will work out." Yugi consoled.
"I hope so. I'll do whatever it takes to save her. I promised to protect her with my life, and I intend to do that if necessary." Illidan calmly stated.
Staring at Illidan, Yugi kindly replied "Don't give up your life if not necessary. You know she would die without you."
"If she could live on, I'd do it." Illidan remarked calmly. Slightly smiling, Illidan continued on, saying wistfully "Besides, there are two people that love you very much that you need to go see."
Frowning, Yugi nodded. With sadness in his voice, he replied "I know. I hate being away from Tea and Yoshi, but as long as there is a threat still out here, I have to do it."
"I wish there was another way Yugi. I hope one day there is no need for you to ever have to stay gone." Illidan kindly said while placing a hand on Yugi's shoulder.
Sighing, Yugi nodded, saying "Yeah, me too. For now though, I will do what I must. It is my responsibility."
"Don't worry, it'll end one day."
Weakly nodding his head, Yugi simply responded with "Yeah…"
Looking up once more, he glanced at the position of the sun and said "I need to go. You have your own things to prepare for."
"Thank you Yugi." Illidan kindly said and bowed. "And, I apologize for …"
Shaking his head, Yugi interrupted, saying "No need to. I understand. You wanted to prepare for your upcoming battle. I just hope this card helps you win it."
"I do too."
"Stay safe Illidan." Yugi calmly stated while turning away.
"You too Yugi. Till next time." Illidan said with a wave.
Watching Yugi walk away towards the docks, Illidan lightly sighed. "Marie… I promise, I will save you, no matter what happens."