Hello again everyone! Well, I had a decent weekend I suppose. Nothing really happened, other than I wrote and played video games, spent time with my mate (which I'm sure no one wants to hear about, lol), and did nothing really of importance, lol. It did get rather cold yesterday and this morning. Yesterday, it was 6 degrees when I woke up and went to church, and only 2 this morning when I got up. Heh, I felt the cold from our bedroom this morning once my mate left for work, which really sucked. I hate laying in bed and feeling cold. I know, that's kind of dumb, but it's the truth. You can't sleep very well if it happens.
Writing wise, I did get a good bit done on Another this weekend. I should have enough to begin posting on the second of February (special day is why the second, hehe). As for MtM, I have plans to work on it possibly today or tomorrow, pending on how I feel. I have plenty on it to work on, so I may begin today. Just depends, lol.
Last time around, Jaden returned and crashed his own funeral, thus having everyone that cared for him grateful that he was alive. Not long afterwards, Chancellor Shepherd met with Illidan and Marie to discuss what to do about the new attacks, which pointed to Zane. After the meeting, Illidan demanded Marie not help in the search for Zane, infuriating Marie that he was being unfair about it. Unwilling to allow his wife's welfare become a factor for Zane to target, Illidan walked over, leaving a fuming Marie. She soon enough heard a duel and investigated, only to find Zane and Syrus battling, with Syrus losing his soul in the end. Fueled with anger due that she found out the perpetrator is none other than Zell, who has commandeered Zane's body by force, Marie has challenged Zell to a duel. Can Marie defeat the man that has put her life in jeopardy twice, or will she fall at his hands once more?
Alright, moving on, time for the reviews!
x-knight20: Thank you. Yep, that snake Zell has targeted Marie, once again, lol. Hopefully she'll kick his butt this time around, now that she's not poisoned, hehe. LOL! Nice banner, hehe. Thanks for the review!
DuelistBlake1852: So very true! Illidan for sure won't be happy to hear that his pregnant wife is taking on psycho Zell in a Shadow Game. Lol, yeah, maybe she'll kick Zell's body snatching butt! LOL! Welcome back Yami. Thanks about the chapter. Yeah, I only made Yugi lose to Jaden to prove that the next generation is strong, much like the older one, and that they can do what is necessary. Yep, Chazz has a softer side obviously, since he considered Jaden a friend. Good luck with that duel. Thanks for the review!
Nathan: Thanks. Yeah, Jaden crashed his own funeral and didn't understand that's what was going on, lol. Yep, Marie vs. Zell should be good. Heh, yeah, no one better stand in her path when she's on the warpath. I don't think you have to worry, she took the comment in stride. (/Watches her tail swish back and forth roughly.\) I could be wrong though, lol. Thanks for the review!
Raymond: Heh, Syrus is starting to get frequent Shadow Realm miles, lol! He's kind of like Grandpa Moto actually. The old man lost his soul like twice too, and then there is Yami Bakura, who stayed lost so often, lol. But yeah, the sex slave comment is all in Zell's mind. He had thoughts that Marie was that way due to the past (check out the chapters on when Zell kidnapped Marie in the past to grasp why he constantly calls her that). Illidan for sure isn't going to like this. Thanks for the review!
Knives91: LOL! I don't think the ninjas could help with that operation. Yep, the lovers quarrel is nice, hehe. LOL! I bet you're right that she comes out on top. She always seems to… Uh, I mean, thanks for the review!
Ultimate Legendary Master: Yep, there is more to this story than you originally thought there would be. I kind of did setup last duel to seem like the end, but it's not. Heh, yeah, when this story doesn't show completed, it's not completed, plus I did leave clues, like about the reviews beating ToP out, hehe. Yeah, it was kind of obvious that Zell was returning with my chapter title I suppose. As for Illidan joining Marie in the duel, heh, I don't know. Well, I do know, but can't say, lol! Thanks for the review!
JudaiAsuka-fan: Yep, Jaden returned while crashing his own funeral, lol. Thanks about the cute part with Jaden and Alexis. Heh, they had to have their cute moment somewhere or another. Yep, a duel between Zell and Marie is about to begin, making thing interesting. If she loses, she loses her memories and becomes Zell's slave, but if she wins, Zell is out of here! Thanks for the review!
sirbj: Yep, from heated battle between Jaden and Yugi to Marie battling it out with Zell. LOL! Yes, poor Syrus can't seem to escape the Shadow Realm ever, hehe. Yeah, first Zell that sent him with the Sacred Beasts, then Zell sent him again, but this time in Zane's body. Poor man, he just can't catch a break. Heh, you think you know who's going to win, eh? Well, don't be so sure, because a duel can go either way, hehe. Thanks for the review!
Thank you everyone for your reviews this time around. I appreciate all of them. We're still making progress towards the goal of beating ToP in reviews, so there is hope to beat it. At least we have a nice second place record if nothing else happens, which is good enough for me either way. Thank you all again for your reviews. They are truly helpful.
Well, I'm off to go do stuff. I hope you all like the chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 83
"I'll begin." Zane calmly said while drawing. "I summon Infernal Dragon (2000/0) in defense mode."
A tower of flames shot up from the ground without warning, and slowly from it, a dragon with black skin and a white under belly materialized onto the field in a defensive hunched over stance. It had sharp clawed feet and hands, with a strong tail that had a sharp pitchfork like end, large blade like spikes sticking out from it's knees and backside, mighty wings with black on the outside and red on the inside, and an iguana like hood on it's face.
"To end, I'll place these two cards face down. Let's see what you can do slave girl." (Zane 8000, Marie 8000)
Drawing, Marie examined her new card and smirked. "You're going to regret all of those comments momentarily Zell. I'll begin by playing the ritual spell End of the World. To summon the monster I want, I must discard a monster or monsters totaling eight stars, so I'll send Majestic Mech – Goryu to my Graveyard. Now I can special summon this, my Ruin, Queen of Oblivion (2300/2000)!"
Gradually, a beautiful woman with white long hair that fell right below her butt, wearing black gloves that came up right above her elbows and a long sleeveless dress that went around her neck and dropped to the ground materialized. Her dress had red on the top part, followed by white and finally black from her hips down. A pair of gold bracelets hung off of each of her wrists, and a strange mostly gold staff with a red somewhat forked design on the end. On her head sat a black and partially red crown that stuck up, but had a bit of a plate in the back.
"Ruin may have a pretty face, but she's much more. First though, I have something else to play. I activate the spell Premature Burial, forcing me to give up 800 life points in order to bring back a monster …"
In mid-sentence, black bolts of electricity began striking Marie, making her scream out in pain. She instantly doubled over, covering her stomach with her one arm.
Breathing hard, she asked "What was that?"
Sneering, Zane remarked "That was the penalty for taking life point damage. Every time one of us loses life points, we receive a shock to our systems. Of course, I think so much more of it."
"And why is that?" Marie questioned with a bit of a ragged breath.
Smiling evilly, Zane replied "Because the more damage I inflict upon you, the more it will harm your child. Just think, those zaps to it's body can't be good. After all, it's within your womb, filled with fluid. The child will cook to death, thus severing you even farther from Illidan once I erase your memories."
Clenching her right fist, Marie closed her eyes and lowly growled. "I can't allow that to happen. But how am I going to protect my child from my mistakes? I know I can't keep my life points safe forever, that's for sure. Still, I have to find a way to protect this little one."
Thinking hard, Marie pondered on ideas till one came to her. "The barrier I used to protect the baby from the poison, I could expand it to keep all currents out. If I do this though, I'll be weaker, meaning the bolts will have more of an affect on me due that'll be giving the baby all of my energy."
Without even thinking any further, she began summoning up her Shadow Powers within her body and reformed the barrier she had once used a week ago. Slowly, the barrier formed around the baby till finally it was completed.
"Don't worry little one, I swear, I'll protect you with my life."
Reopening her eyes, Marie steeled her resolve and said "You may have made this duel a death trap for mine and Illidan's child, but I won't let you harm it."
"I see you're using a barrier again to protect that brat. Foolishness my little sex slave, for you'll leave yourself open to more damage from the bolts of electricity." Zane chastised.
Smirking, Marie coolly replied "We'll see about that. In the meantime, my Premature Burial's effect kicks in, so now I bring back Majestic Mech – Goryu (2900/1800)!"
Instantly, a white dragon like creature materialized onto the field. It had many bands of white on it's body, with it's mid-section, which was close to it's head, having a pair of metal wings attached. A majority of it's body appeared to be golden sparkling energy, which was somehow retained in the white bands.
"I'm far from through yet, because next up, I play the spell Quick Summon! This let's me bring out another monster, so I choose my Kaiser Seahorse (1700/1650)!"
Materializing onto the field was a blue and purple water warrior with a spear in his left hand.
"Don't get too familiar with my monster though, because I'm activating his special ability. By sacrificing him for a Light Attribute monster, he counts as a double sacrifice, so meet my Guardian Angel Joan (2800/2000)!"
The blue and purple creature instantly vanished in a small flash of light and a female angel with pink skin, a white dress that showed her many curves and golden wings took the creature's place.
"Time to see how you like the pain! First, let's start with Joan, so go attack Infernal Dragon with Golden Wing Burst!"
The pink skinned angel's wings instantly began to glow a bright golden color as energy began building within them. Bolts of energy instantly began pouring off of the wings and into a sphere in front of the pink skinned angel. Slowly, the golden sphere formed and began to glow brightly. Pushing her hands behind the sphere, the angel gave a shove, sending it hurtling towards the weaker dragon. The sphere scored a direct hit, making the black dragon howl out in pain before shattering into millions of pieces.
"Joan's effect kicks in now. My life points increase by the attack points of your destroyed monster, meaning I get two grand."
Closing her eyes, Marie slowly felt the golden glow wash over her body as the pink skinned angel sent out energy to her.
Reopening her eyes, Marie smiled, saying "I'm not through yet. Ruin, attack him directly with Oblivion Strike!"
Glancing over her shoulder at Marie, the white haired woman nodded and rushed forward with her staff in hand. Pulling back, the woman prepared to strike Zane.
Sneering at the woman, Zane called out "Not happening Marie. I play my trap, Power Wall! For every card I send from my deck to the Graveyard, I can lower the Battle Damage I receive from your attack by 100 points."
Grabbing a pile of cards from his deck, Zane coldly tossed them into his Graveyard. "I toss out 23 cards, meaning your attack was useless!"
Instantly, a barrier formed in front of Zane, in which the white haired woman struck with her staff, sending out a shower of sparks of energy while her staff continued to grind away on the barrier. After a few moments, she finally backed away to Marie's field and sighed.
"Why would you toss out half your deck!?" Marie asked in exasperation.
Once more sneering, Zane remarked "I don't need those cards. That's why."
Lightly growling, Marie fired back "But that's a complete disrespect for your deck! To throw away such great cards, that's so illogical!"
"Call it what you want, but it will win me the duel." Zane coldly replied.
Clenching her fists, Marie called out "You may disrespect your deck, but I'll show you why you shouldn't! Attack him directly Goryu with Golden Radiance!
The white and gold dragon like creature softly roared and raised it's head to stare at Zane. Opening it's jaws, the white and gold dragon released a stream of golden energy, striking Zane hard and causing a large explosion. Afterwards, bolts of dark electricity began striking his body, but Zane only stood strong till the bolts stopped and smoke began pouring off of his body.
Shocked, Marie asked "Didn't that even hurt?"
Sneering at her, Zane coolly remarked "Not at all. After a while, this body got used to the pain. Now it don't hurt one bit. Instead of pain, I feel the urge to win a duel and accomplish my greatest victory!"
Slightly shocked, Marie scowled at Zane and said "How sad that your victory won't be attained. Soon enough, you'll lose. I end my turn." (Zane 5100, Marie 9200)
Picking up a card calmly, Zane looked at it and smirked evilly. "Time to pay for last turn Marie. I play the spell Polymerization, letting me fuse the Cyberdark Edge (800/800), Cyberdark Horn (800/800), and Cyberdark Keel (800/800) from my hand to form the Cyberdark Dragon (1000/1000)!"
Slowly materializing onto the field were three black creatures. The first was a strange looking creature with long metallic wings that had sharp blade feathers. The metallic creature looked like a large bug with a long tail that had a pincher type tail, pinchers on it's mouth, and two stick like arms. The wings on the creature was massive, even larger than it's main body. The next was another metallic bug like creature with many sharp spiky wings, a series of spikes, four pronged spiked arms, a sharp tail, and a strange set of jaws with a three purple spots on it's head appeared with a primitive roar. The final one was a black metallic snake like dragon with wires hanging off of it's body.
Once fully on the field, the three swirled together, forming a bright blinding light. From the light came 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 dragon's special ability, I can now equip a Dragon Type monster to it and my dragon shall absorb that monster's attack points. I choose my Diablos, King of the Abyss (2800/1000) (1000 2800 3800/1000)!"
Roaring loudly as it appeared was a large black dragon with a massive wingspan, powerful clawed hands and feet, and a strange spiked head. Reaching out with wires and it's wings, the large machine dragon wrapped it's wires around the large black dragon and integrated it into it's being. The black dragon howled in pain, but then roared as if it enjoyed it.
"Oh yes, there is one more effect that I forgot to mention of Cyberdark Dragon's. It gains 100 attack points per a card in my Graveyard, and right now, all told, I have twenty-nine, meaning a 2900 point boost for my dragon (3800 2900 6700/1000)."
Roaring loudly, the black machine dragon glowed with a dark aura as it's strength increased to incredible heights.
Marie only gasped at the new creature. "It's too strong for all three of my monsters…" she murmured lowly.
"Exactly! Cyberdark Dragon, obliterate that pathetic Goryu with Darkness Strident Blaze!" Zane ordered with great coldness in his voice.
With a mighty roar, the powerful black machine dragon took aim and released a powerful stream of black energy at the weaker white and gold dragon. The white and gold dragon took the hit head on and blew up with a massive explosion that sent smoke and debris everywhere on the field. The blast quickly shredded through the smoke and struck Marie, making her cry out in great pain and sink to one knee from the force of the blow.
"Oh yeah, don't forget Marie, you have to take a little shock therapy now!" Zane evilly laughed.
With his words spoken, the bolts of dark electricity began striking Marie, making her scream out in even more pain. Tears began to well up in her eyes as she tried hard to withstand the pain. After a few minutes that felt like an eternity, the bolts stopped and Marie fell forward onto her hands and knees, panting heavily with sweat pouring off of her. Smoke rose up from her uniform, which showed a few small burn marks from where the bolts had hit her and singed her skin.
"Where's that cockiness you had earlier? Did you learn that your place is on your knees after all?" Zane cruelly asked with an evil laugh.
Gritting her teeth, Marie forced herself up and glared at Zane, saying "I wouldn't get too confident if I were you."
"Really? The way the things look right now is you're going to lose. Come, show me if you can last much longer Marie. I like feisty girls, so show me you can still struggle." (Zane 5100, Marie 5400)
"Yeah, well I'll enjoy it even more when you're out of Zane's body! My move!" Marie quickly said while drawing a card.
Examining the card in her hand, she glanced out at Zane's field and pondered on what to do. "I can't attack him, and nothing in my deck has enough attack points to match Zane's Cyberdark Dragon. Still, I have to devise a way to beat him."
Glancing at Zane's deck, she softly smiled. "That little maneuver of his really cost him, and could be what I need to win. My best guess right now is he only has ten to twelve cards left in his deck. Once he runs out, I automatically win. Maybe I can stall him till that point. It's all I can do for now."
"I'll kick things off this turn by switching my remaining monsters to defense mode."
Both the pink skinned angel and the woman with long white hair took up kneeling stances and crossed their arms while horizontal card images appeared underneath of them.
"Next, I'll summon Barrier Statue of the Heavens (1000/1000) in defense mode."
Instantly, a white and gold statue made of marble and gold appeared onto the field. On it's back was a large golden wing like circle. The statue's head had a strange hood covering it's head and had a pair of white golden eyes.
"I'll end my turn at that." (Zane 5100, Marie 5400)
"How desperate you are." Zane coldly stated.
Glaring daggers at him, Marie replied "Better than a coward who attacks kids who can't defend themselves against you. Why are you doing this anyways Zell?"
Darkly chuckling, he remarked "Simple really. I need more Duel Energy in order to complete my goal. The more people I defeat, the more my Shadow Powers increase. I take their very souls and add it to my Shadow Powers, thus increasing my strength each time."
"So, you use souls to get stronger rather than train. How pathetic you've become." Marie smartly stated.
Sneering while drawing, Zane remarked "It's gotten me rather far Marie. Just think, once I defeat you, I'll have your memories erased and all of your power at my disposal. I'll be invincible, and crush Illidan once and for all!"
"You won't get the chance since I'm destroying you here!" Marie argued back.
"We'll see." Zane confidently replied. Looking at his new card, he said "I activate this, my spell Pot of Greed. This means I get two new cards, plus my Cyberdark Dragon gets stronger (6700 100 6800/1000)."
Picking up two cards, he smirked. "I play the spell Fusion Recovery. With this, I can take a Polymerization card and one Fusion Material monster from my Graveyard. Watch carefully as I return my Proto-Cyber Dragon, which weakens my dragon (6800 – 200 100 6700/1000)."
Slowly, the monster card and the spell card slid out of Zane's Graveyard Slot and into his awaiting hand. Picking both up, he placed the monster card into his hand and then turned the spell towards Marie, saying "I play Polymerization, allowing me to fuse Proto-Cyber Dragon (1100/600) and Cyber Dragon (2100/1600) from my hand to create the Cyber Twin Dragon (2800/2100) (6700 300 7000/1000)."
Two machine snake like dragons appeared onto the field in a flash. The first was an older dull grey colored metal and had many wires hanging out of it's body, as if it wasn't finished being built. The other dragon was had a sleek silver body that was finished with a simple strong head.
Together, the pair swirled together to form a twin headed silver machine dragon that looked snake like. With a loud roar, each head made it's presence known.
"Cyber Twin Dragon has a very unique ability. You see, it can attack twice in one turn." Zane bragged.
"That means I'll lose all of my defenses…" Marie mumbled in somewhat shock.
Opening his eyes wide, Zane yelled "Exactly! Cyber Twin Dragon, attack that pathetic statue and pink angel with Double Strident Blaze!"
Roaring loudly, each head opened it's jaws and shot out a white stream of energy straight at the white and gold statue, and the pink skinned angel. The blasts struck the two creatures quickly, shattering each instantly.
"Now Cyberdark Dragon, get rid of that remaining monster!"
Letting out a loud thunderous roar, the dragon fired a powerful stream of black energy straight for the woman with white hair. The beam blew her apart within moments of the blast hitting. Smoke filled the field from the destruction of the monster, making Marie lightly cough while Zane smiled crazily at her.
"You're defenseless now Marie. What ever shall you do now?" Zane taunted. (Zane 5100, Marie 5400)
Glaring at Zane, Marie yelled out "Don't think I'm done yet! Watch this!"
Drawing, she smirked at the card and turned it towards Zane, saying "I play the spell Card of Demise! This lets me pick up cards till I have five in my hand."
In a quick motion, she grabbed five cards from the top of her deck and placed them within her left hand.
"Of course, there is a cost associated with this. In five turns, I must discard my entire hand, but I intend on winning by then. For now, I discard Zeradias, Herald of Heaven to the Graveyard, whose special ability kicks in. Thanks to his ability, I can add the field spell The Sanctuary in the Sky to my hand."
Placing the monster card into her Graveyard Slot, Marie pulled out her deck and began searching it. Finally finding the card she wanted, she placed it within her left hand and shuffled her deck and placed it back in it's slot.
"Let's have a change of scenery, shall we? I play The Sanctuary of the Sky!"
A slot on the end of the Duel Disk popped open and she stuck the card onto the open slot. It then pulled back in and the Duel Disk slightly glowed. Quickly, the scenery of the duel changed. A blue sky with large white fluffy clouds appeared and a large stone building appeared behind Marie.
"If you have Zane's memories, then you'll know this place isn't a vacation spot. Every Fairy Type monster that battles in here and is destroyed takes zero Battle Damage. But I'm not through yet, for I summon Warrior of Zera (1600/1600)!"
A man with green gloves, a green helmet with dog like ears sticking up from it, a green piece that covered part of his chest and shoulders, a pair of blue pants, a red scarf wrapped around his neck, and dark brown skin with well toned muscles appeared. In his right hand was a blue sword and his left held some kind of chain that hooked to the sword.
Darkly chuckling, Zane pointed towards Marie, smugly saying "Stupid move there Marie. You played a field spell meant for Fairy Type monsters, only to summon a Warrior Type. What a waste!"
"Really, is that so?" Marie taunted. "Well then, you won't mind when I sacrifice him in order to special summon Archlord Zerato (2800/2300), now will you?"
The green armored warrior instantly vanished in a flash of light. A new light immediately began emerging from the ancient building and shot out onto the field a creature with large white wings, that formed around his upper chest and a red scarf covered his neck, a white helmet with red horns, a blue skirt like appeared around the waist, a powerful curved blade in his right hand, and purple skin that lightly gleamed.
Growling lightly, Zane calmed himself and smirked. "Not bad Marie, but your creature isn't strong enough to do any damage."
"True, but watch this." Marie remarked. Pulling a card from her left hand, she placed it within her Graveyard Slot, saying "I discard Radiant Jeral, which has a Light Attribute, allowing me to activate Zerato's effect. He can now destroy all of your monsters on your field, so say farewell to them both!"
The purple skinned warrior pulled back his saber, and in a single stroke, the sword made an energy wave in the direction of the two machine monsters.
Sneering, Zane calmly said "Very nice Marie, but you're going to have to do better than that! I play my face down spell, De-Fusion! Now I can split apart my Cyberdark Dragon into it's three original forms. Welcome back Cyberdark Horn (800/800), Cyberdark Edge (800/800), and Cyberdark Keel (800/800)."
The large dark metal dragon let out a small mechanical roar and instantly turned into three beams of light that were missed by the energy wave coming at them. The wave slashed through the twin headed machine dragon, which let out a massive roar before exploding into millions of pieces. Once the wave passed, the three beams of light landed onto the field, returning the three strange looking dark metal machine creatures.
"Since I just special summoned the three of them, their effects activate, which allow me to equip a level four or lower Dragon Type monster to each. First, I'll equip Rare Metal Dragon (2400/1200) to Cyberdark Horn (800 2400 3200/800). Next, Cyberdark Edge gains Infernal Dragon's (2000/0) attack points (800 2000 2800/800). And last but not least, Cyberdark Keel is equipped with Cave Dragon (2000/100) (800 2000 2800/800)."
One by one, the three dark metal machine creatures roared loudly as three dragons suddenly appeared onto the field. The first was a powerful heavy set metal dragon with no wings. Materializing next was the powerful black winged dragon from earlier in the duel. Last to appear was a powerful heavy set green dragon with long green scales.
Once all three appeared, one by one, they were absorbed and wired up to the three machine monsters, each making their wired up dragon's squeal with pain.
"STOP IT!" Marie cried out. "YOU'RE HURTING THEM!"
Glancing at Marie, Zane sneered. "So?" he mockingly asked.
Glaring at Zane, Marie angrily spat out "You are despicable! To hurt your own monsters just to increase the strength of another one of yours, that is truly cruel! You will pay for this."
"You haven't the power to stop me little slave girl." Zane confidently said.
Growling, Marie shot back "I will stop you and save Zane, and all the others! Just you watch Zell!"