Hey there everybody! Well, the last day or so has been pretty nice. Yesterday, I spent about all day home, watching it snow, lol. Nothing else really happened, other than I took my mate to work and back.
Writing wise, yesterday was a great day for Another. I made great headway, with me completing a chapter and getting part of another chapter done. For now, things are moving along, which is what I wanted. MtM is still moving along too, so no worries there.
Last time, the duo of Illidan and Jaden nearly won with Illidan using his Chaos Control to nearly take out Legato. At the last moment, Legato saved himself with his Spirit Barrier, putting the duo in a tough spot. Now they face off with Uria, who alone has 6000 attack points. Can Illidan and Jaden hang on to defeat Legato, or is Legato merely biding his time to destroy them both?
Alright, time again for the greatest part of Wednesday! That's right, it's review time!
x-knight20: Thanks. Yeah, Illidan and Jaden both are in big trouble due that they can't keep the Sacred Beasts from returning. As for anime on the airwaves, eh, I don't know. CN is about the only network that I know of right now with any anime that I watch. I'm sure there are more out there, but where, I don't know. Thanks for the review!
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thanks. I know, the dubs just suck for GX. I saw about them saying that instead of dying they went to the stars. I'm just waiting to see how badly they do screw up Supreme King Jaden. I hate that they screwed up Viper's history and death though. I think that it was far better than what 4Kids came up with… Very true, Illidan depends a lot on Chaos Control, but it has it's bad side effects, like no Draw Phase. Thanks for the Happy New Year, and again for the review!
DuelistBlake1852: LOL! I hate driving across Kentucky myself. I have some friends that live on the opposite side of it than me. Sheesh, I never knew the state was so wide till I was like almost there. I got out of West Virginia in like 2 hours, but it took 6 to get to their house! (/Shudders at the thought of this summer's trip.\) Oh well, it's well worth it to see some friends I suppose. Thanks for the Happy New Year, and same to you. Yes, Jaden had some Contact Fusion finally, and it kicked some butt while it was out. And true, Cocoon Veil did come into effect. Lol, I know, they're a tough choice to see who you like the most. Yes, Illidan nearly had Legato, but Spirit Barrier once again ruined that plan. LOL! Nice to see someone else has a split personality, hehe. Thanks for the review!
If I missed anyone, I'm sorry. site is acting odd. It wouldn't give me my reviews for some reason, so I used my email updates to do the reviews, so if I missed anyone, I do truly apologize. At any rate, thank you all for your reviews. I enjoy each and every one of them. I continue to hope to see more each time. Thank you all. At any rate, I need to go now, so enjoy this chapter. Later!
Chapter 75
Sneering at the pair before him while drawing, Legato coolly said "You two are pathetic. Nothing in your decks can stop me, and you know it be true."
Lightly growling at this, Illidan calmed himself and smiled, saying "You're wrong Legato. We will take you down, no matter what."
"Exactly! Don't you know the good guys always win, not the bad!?" Jaden chimed in.
Darkly chuckling, Legato remarked "Is that so? Well then, I'll have to go against convention! I activate Card of Demise. Thanks to this spell, I can draw till I hold five cards in my hand."
Picking up five cards, Legato smirked once more and said "Things are about to get worse for the two of you. I play the spell Mystik Wok, allowing me to sacrifice Uria and add his attack points to my life points."
The large red dragon roared as it slowly transformed into an energy stream, which flowed straight into Legato's Duel Disk. Soon enough, the dragon was gone, and Legato's life points increased.
Lightly growling, Illidan glared at Legato. "He only had 1500 life points before and was holding us, now he has 7500, meaning we still can't touch him! There has to be a way to bring him down, there just has to!"
Laughing at Illidan's glare, Legato calmly said "Now, now Illidan, no need for that kind of glare. After all, I'm not through yet. It's time I rid the field of your creatures, and to do it, I activate Dark Hole! This mighty spell will destroy all monsters on our fields."
"No…" Illidan mumbled in shock.
"Not so fast there big mouth, I have a spell card! It's the same one you played a moment ago, so go Mystik Wok! I'll sacrifice Elemental Hero Neos for it, meaning I gain 2500 life points." Jaden called out.
The white warrior instantly transformed into a stream of energy and flowed into Jaden's Duel Disk, raising his life points immediately.
"No matter, your other monsters are gone." Legato pointed out.
A large black hole instantly materialized onto the field and began sucking in all of the creatures. All of the monsters, including Illidan's stronger black creatures were sucked in, along with Jaden's remaining creatures, leaving an empty field behind.
"Now that they're gone, I can do this. I discard the trap Final Attack Orders, allowing me to bring back Uria, Lord of Searing Flames (6000 + 2 1000 8000/8000)!"
A large tower of flames immediately shot up from the ground, seemingly reaching into the highest parts of the sky. Emerging from the flames was the large red snake like creature, which roared loudly, sending out terror across the field.
Laughing manically, Legato asked "What shall I do now? With both of you wide open to a direct attack, this duel will have one less person in it."
Turning to Illidan, Legato coolly said "I could get rid of you now. You've been a thorn in my side for a while, and to leave you alive would be dangerous. Of course, Marie and this boy will be devastated, but I'm willing to take that risk."
"But…" Legato began as he turned to Jaden. "I should destroy you just as well boy. You have been a resourceful one, and have so far been more trouble than I thought you'd ever be. You are truly powerful, hence I can't ignore that. Then there is also the fact that taking you out would cause great pain to Illidan."
Closing his eyes for a moment, Legato soon began to darkly chuckle. Opening them once more, he coldly said "I choose to make you suffer Illidan! Uria, obliterate that brat with Hyper Blaze!"
Letting out a massive roar, the large red dragon threw back it's head as flames licked it's lips.
Quickly pointing at his face down card, Illidan called out "Sorry to disappoint you Legato, but I won't allow you to harm Jaden! Go Spellbinding Circle!"
Without warning, a large 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 Illidan's side of the field. The circle without warning quickly flew across the field and slid over the dragon's head and around it's neck. Upon doing this, it wrapped itself around the dragon, stopping the flames immediately in it's jaws.
"What have you done to Uria!?" Legato demanded.
Lightly chuckling, Illidan remarked "I stopped him from attacking. You see, my trap, Spellbinding Circle, stops your attack. From now on, so long as my circle is on the field, Uria can't attack or switch it's mode."
Grumbling, Legato smirked, saying "Very well Illidan. I shall place this card face down and end my turn." (Illidan 1500, Jaden 5500; Legato 7500)
Preparing to draw his next card, Illidan stopped and smirked, saying "I activate the effect of a card in my Graveyard. This spell card is known as Magical Blast, and I can return it to my hand instead of drawing."
Watching with bewilderment as Illidan picked up the card that slid out of his Graveyard, Legato darkly chuckled. "You've already given up I see." he taunted.
Placing the card back in his hand, Illidan shook his head and slyly said "Not quite. You see, there is a reason for doing this. Allow me to show you why! I play my Spell Reproduction spell card. To activate it, I must discard two spell cards to my Graveyard. My choices are Magical Blast and Polymerization."
Pulling both cards from his hand, Illidan gently laid them in his Graveyard Slot, where the two were quickly pulled in. "Next, I get to transfer one spell card from my Graveyard to my hand, and my choice is Pot of Greed."
Picking the card up as it quickly slid out, Illidan showed it to Legato, saying "I now play it, meaning I draw two new cards."
Grabbing two cards, Illidan brought them up to examine only to gasp. "No way! I drew both at once!?"
Watching Illidan eye the cards for a few moments, the group all began to ponder what could make Illidan think about his cards so much.
"I bet he drew nothing good." Chazz grumbled.
Staring at Illidan, Alexis silently said in her mind "Please be the cards he needs to end this nightmare."
"Illidan, did you draw something to help us win?" Jaden pondered.
Watching Illidan, Marie silently hoped he drew what he needed. "Please Illidan, have what you need to end this. I know you can do it. I believe in you. We both do."
"Well?" Legato chimed in irritably.
Tearing his view away from his cards, Illidan smirked and said "It's time I showed you this card. I earned it several years back, not to mention, you and this card have a history together. I think it's time the two of you got reacquainted."
A small sweat drop slipped down Legato's face as he asked "You don't mean…"
"I do mean it! It's time you faced the creature that once sealed you away! Come forth my mighty Egyptian God Card, the almighty Anubis, The God of Life and Death (2000/2000)!" Illidan cried out as he slapped the card to his Duel Disk, causing multicolored electricity to sizzle off of it.
The sky darkened even further than it had all day, with lightning and thunder filling the sky. Lightning suddenly struck the ground, causing a large sarcophagus with a dog head where the face of a person should be to appear. The sarcophagus slowly began to open, allowing a powerful white aura to flare out. In slow motion, the door seemed to finally open on the sarcophagus, and out stepped a man with a black dog head where a normal human head would sit. His muscles were tone, his skin bronzed, and he was dressed in ancient Egyptian garb. His eyes flashed white as his aura continued to flow out.
Legato stared with a frightened look at the powerful creature before him, his eyes seemingly full of past memories. Shaking his head, he glared at the creature, saying "I will not be defeated by a decrepit old creature! That Egyptian God is far weaker than he was six and half millennia ago, so don't think I will bow down before it!"
Smirking at this, Illidan calmly said "I wouldn't be fooled by first impressions. This Egyptian God is far stronger than you think and more than likely remember. Allow me to demonstrate."
Closing his eyes, Illidan began concentrating, seemingly summoning up some of his strength. Slowly opening his eyes, he slowly said "I activate one of Anubis's most devastating effects. I shall give up 1000 life points in order to destroy all of your monsters. Anubis, let my strength become your own!"
A dark aura instantly surrounded Illidan, making him grunt out in pain as he sank down a bit. He remained standing, but struggled to. As Illidan's body glowed with the dark aura, the powerful creature's body began to glow with it's brilliant white aura. Without warning, the brilliant white aura suddenly had a black aura flare up within it, slowly changing it from brilliant white to a powerful dark aura. With the change, the color of the body of the mighty creature began to change as well. The whiteness vanished, and suddenly the creature's body began to turn solid black. Finally, a dark aura surrounded the mighty monster and it's body was a solid dark black with brilliant white eyes.
Struggling to stand back up fully, Illidan slowly said "Now that Anubis has my own strength, I can wipe out your Sacred Beast. Anubis, take down Uria with Judgment of Death!"
Holding it's hand up at the large red dragon creature, the mighty black dog headed man released a black sphere of energy. The sphere hit home on the large red dragon, making it howl in an inhuman howl for what seemed forever. Finally, the howl died down and the large snake like dragon fell to the ground with a huge thud, instantly smashing into millions of pieces, but shaking the ground tremendously. Upon the creature hitting the ground, the powerful black creature's aura returned to white, as did part of his body.
Legato's eyes told the story, as fear, terror, and many other horrified emotions fell out of them. He was lightly shaking, as if consumed by what he had just seen.
"I'm not done with this turn yet Legato! It's time you start paying for your crimes, and it begins now! Anubis, direct attack with Judgment of Death!"
Raising his right hand, the powerful creature released a white sphere of energy, which quickly sailed across the field. Waking from his fear, Legato stared at the sphere coming on and squared himself up to take it on. The blast hit him hard, making him fall to one knee, panting hard.
"I'll place this card face down and end my turn." (Illidan 500, Jaden 5500; Legato 5500)
Smiling great big, Jaden gave Illidan a big thumbs up and exclaimed "Sweet moves Illidan!"
"Thanks, but this duel isn't over yet Jaden." Illidan commented back.
Nodding, Jaden said with a smile "True, but that move turned things around. Now it's up to me to keep thing moving!"
Picking up a card quickly, Jaden smiled once more, saying "I play the spell The Warrior Returning Alive, which lets me transfer a Warrior Type monster from my Grave to my hand. I pick this one, my Elemental Hero Bubbleman."
At a snail's pace, the monster card slid out of the Graveyard Slot and into Jaden's waiting hand. Once in hand, he slapped it to his Duel Disk, saying "Now it's time I play him, so welcome back Bubbleman (800/1200)!"
In a spray of bubbles, the man in a blue costume outfit with a long white cape reappeared onto the field.
"Since Bubbleman was the last card in my hand, he was a special summon. Also, due that he's all alone on my field, I get to draw two new cards."
Quickly picking up two new cards, Jaden smiled even more, saying "Sweetness! I play the equip spell Bubble Blaster, raising my Bubbleman's attack points by 800 (800 + 800 1600/1200)!"
Appearing above the field, a bazooka with what looked like a container holding bubbles in it fell towards the ground and into the waiting hero's hands. Taking a one kneed position with the water bazooka aimed, the monster let out a small battle cry, showing his readiness to fight.
"Next up, I play the spell Dark Factory of Mass Production, letting me return two Normal Type monsters from my Grave to my hand. The two I pick are Elemental Heroes Sparkman and Clayman."
Slowly, the pair of monster cards slid back out of the Graveyard Slot. Picking the two up, Jaden smiled, saying "How about a warm welcome for an old friend, so Elemental Hero Sparkman (1600/1400), you're on!"
A small electrical storm without warning flared up, from which the blue and gold warrior with wing like structures on his back appeared.
"Sparkman, go reintroduce yourself with Static Shockwave!"
Leaping into the air, the gold and blue warrior launched an electrical blast of energy from his right palm. Legato shrank back slightly from the blast, making him grunt out in pain.
"I'm not through yet with introductions, so Bubbleman, hit him with Bubble Bursting Slam!"
Taking aim, the white caped warrior launched a stream of bubbles from his bazooka at Legato. He stood there, taking the hit, seemingly unfazed by the strikes.
"Gee, you could at least flinch a bit." Jaden commented. "That does it for me for this turn." (Illidan 500, Jaden 5500; Legato 2300)
Glaring at the pair, Legato drew his next card, but he darkly began chuckling. "You two shall pay for last turn. To begin things, I activate my face down card, the spell A Feather of the Phoenix. By discarding a card from my hand, I can return one card to the top of my deck. I'll send this, my Broww, Huntsman of Dark World."
Placing the monster card onto the Graveyard Slot, the card was slowly dragged in. "Now, I return this, my Chaos Form, to the top of my deck."
Gradually, the card slid out of the slot and into Legato's hand, who took it and placed it on top of his deck. "Since I just discarded Broww, Huntsman of Dark World, his effect activates, allowing me to draw a new card from my deck."
Smirking as he drew, Legato calmly said "Next, I play Graceful Charity, allowing me to draw three new cards, so long as I discard two."
Picking up two cards, Legato smirked evilly, saying "I discard my two copies of Broww, Huntsman of Dark World. Thanks to their special ability though, I draw two cards to replace the loss."
Tossing two cards into the Graveyard Slot, Legato smirked as the cards were sucked in. He then grabbed two cards from his deck and smirked once more.
"It's time I showed you two what true power is. I activate the spell Premature Burial, forcing me to pay 800 life points."
A dark aura instantly surrounded Legato, but he never flinched as his strength left. "Thanks to this card, I can now bring back my Dark Summons God (0/0) in attack mode."
Slowly rising up onto the field, the strange looking creature that had large red wings with grey in them and a strange head spread it's wings to take up an offensive position.
Lightly chuckling, Illidan pointed at the creature, saying "That was very foolish Legato. By summoning your monster, you've triggered Anubis's special ability. He now can blast your creature with a blast of pure energy that will drain your monster of 2000 attack points, with the difference coming out of your life points. You lose, so Anubis, wipe out that thing with Energy Drain!"
Raising his left hand, the dog headed creature opened it's palm and began sending energy into it. Gradually, a sphere of white energy formed that looked like a typhoon within it. With little effort, the dog headed creature released the sphere straight at the strange looking red winged creature.
Smirking, Legato calmly said "Not quite Illidan. I activate the spell known was Mirage Spell! With this, I can negate your monster's special ability and instead increase my life points by 2000."
A small rainbow colored barrier appeared in front of the weaker red winged creature, seemingly shielding it. The white sphere struck the barrier soon enough, causing a shower of rainbow colored sparks to pour off of it. After a few moments of grinding away on it, the blast was reflected towards Legato's Duel Disk, where the blast was slowly sucked into it.
Cursing under his breath, Illidan just glared at Legato, who chuckled, asking in a taunt "You didn't think it would be that easy to get rid of me, now did you? Well, I hope not, because I'm not done with you yet. I activate Dark Summons God's special ability, meaning I can sacrifice him now to bring back my Sacred Beasts. Rise up once more Harmon, Lord of Striking Thunder (4000/4000) in defense, Raviel, Lord of Phantasm (4000/4000), and Uria, Lord of Searing Heat (8000/8000)!"
Without warning, the sky darkened once more, causing a large bolt of lightning to strike the ground, while a large purple cloud formed, and finally a huge tower of flames came flowing from the ground. One by one, the large creatures came from their elements, each letting out a soft growl.
Scowling for a moment, Illidan suddenly lightly chuckled and said "That was a foolish mistake."
"How so?" Legato taunted.
Smirking, Illidan calmly remarked "Did you forget Anubis? He now drains 2000 points from each of their modes!"
Holding up his left palm, the dog headed creature formed three spheres of swirling white energy. His eyes flashed white, signaling the three spheres to launch. Each sphere crashed into their intended targets, making the creatures howl out in pain (4000/2000) (2000/4000) (6000/8000).
Lightly growling, Legato scowled at Illidan, but soon softly smirked. "No matter. I activate this spell, Magical Stone Excavation, which has me discard two cards from my hand. I send these two to the Graveyard, and now I can return a spell from my Graveyard, which I know exactly what I want. I choose my Card of Demise!"
Placing the cards into his Graveyard Slot, Legato impatiently watched them slide in. Once the two were in, he held his hand out and waited for the new card to slide out, which it did finally.
Smirking evilly, he called out "I first place this card face down, and now play Card of Demise, letting me draw till I hold five cards in my hand."
Picking up five new cards, Legato examined them thoroughly. "I place these three cards face down, and shall end my turn." (Illidan 500, Jaden 5500; Legato 3500)
Softly growling in frustration, Illidan drew his next card and examined it. Glancing over his shoulder at Marie, he noticed she was barely holding her head up, like she was weakening even further than before.
"I have to end this duel, and soon. Marie seems to be in great pain, like she's using up more energy than she needs to. I don't know what Legato did to her, but I have to save her, no matter what the cost. Even if that means I have to make the ultimate sacrifice to save her, I will."
"You should be hurrying along Illidan if you wish to save your wife and child." Legato chimed in.
Looking at Legato with a confused expression, Illidan asked "What?"
Smirking evilly, Legato coolly replied "Your wife carries your first child Illidan."
"You lie! Marie would have told me!" Illidan snapped.
Chuckling darkly, Legato shook his head and coolly said "She didn't know till she was under my care. Heh, she had no idea she was till I was healing her from the effects of the poison. Imagine the shock she received when she found this out."
Staring in shock, Illidan shook his head and argued back with "You're lying."
"She's exhausted Illidan. Think of why she would be. She is protecting the child with a barrier, filtering out the poison so that the child may live. Why else would she be so exhausted by now?" Legato slyly asked.
Looking in the direction of Marie, Illidan reached out with his Shadow Powers, attempting to find out if Legato spoke the truth. Sensing Marie, he examined her body, finding she was focusing her powers on a certain area. She seemed to be forming a barrier, as if protecting something.
"He... he wasn't lying! Marie is pregnant, meaning she's exerting all her energy on the barrier! No, I don't want to lose two people I love, even though I don't know one."
Steeling his resolve, Illidan looked back at Legato with a glare of anger. "You will pay for harming my family." he coldly hissed.
"You don't worry me. You're nothing compared to me Illidan." Legato coolly remarked.
"We'll see." Illidan snapped. "I activate this, my trap card, Call of the Haunted! With it, I bring back Magical Scientist (300/300)."
The older man with purple hair, a set of goggles, a white lab coat, and a yellow set of robes instantly reappeared onto the field.
"Next, I summon Skilled White Magician (1700/1900)!"
A mage in white robes and cloak with a white hood and staff appeared onto the field in a crouching position. On his cloak, there were three half spheres: one on each shoulder, with one on his chest.
Sneering, Legato said "Thanks to summoning your monster, Raviel's effect kicks in, allowing me to special summon a Phantasm Token (1000/1000) in defense."
Appearing beside of the large blue and purple creature was a miniature version of itself with it's arms crossed.
"What do you plan on doing with those two weak monsters?" Legato coolly asked.
"I plan on beating you!" Illidan gruffly commented back. "I sacrifice both to Anubis, thus activating another of his special abilities. When I make a double sacrifice, his points become infinite!"
Holding out both hands, the dog headed creature began sucking in the energy of the two mages. Both began to glow with a brilliant white aura as their bodies began to fade away. Bit by bit, their energy became the powerful creature's, whose aura began to flare up with a brilliant white light. Soon enough, the pair of mages vanished, leaving the mighty dog headed creature alone with his white aura flaring wildly.
"Anubis, end this duel by attacking Raviel with your Judgment of Death!"
Lifting both arms up to turn both palms towards the large blue and purple creature, the dog headed monster's palms began to glow with a blinding white light. In an instant, a beam of pure white light was fired straight at the large blue and purple creature.