Why hello again everyone! Well, this week has seemingly flown by. So, not much has really happened since last time, other than my mate finally found out that the one job she's been waiting on forever has finally been decided. She got it! I'm so happy for her, although that means we'll be moving, lol. I don't mind too much I suppose, although it does make a bit of a mess of things, but oh well. That happens, I suppose, lol. Anyways, she is very excited, which I am too. She is going to check on another job first though before anything else, since she said she'd need a month to get setup and all. We'll just have to see what happens. Other than that, not much has happened I suppose.
Writing wise, it's kind of slowed down. Heh, I've barely worked on Another since early this week. Oh well, that happens, plus I've been waiting to finish up a chapter on Another before going back and working on MtM. (/Sighs\) I'll get to it today, I hope. Speaking of Another, for any who are interested, I'm going to begin posting it today, so if you're interested in an Inuyasha fic, feel free to check it out.
Last time, the duel between Jaden and Illidan began with Jaden taking an early lead with a powerful card combo. Illidan quickly retaliated for it, only to take damage once more and be taken down to his last 500 points. With only 500 life points left, can Illidan rally back and win this duel, or has Jaden done beat him?
WOW! This story has 501 reviews! Excellent job everyone! Thank you so much for these reviews and support on this story! I guess I've decided also what to do with the remainder of the story. Next week, I'll post 2 chapters, one on Monday and one on Friday. I'll do the same the following week, thus finishing out the story. I know, I just gave away how much longer the story is, but oh well, lol.
At any rate, let's do the reviews!
DuelistBlake1852: That's alright about not reviewing. I understand, life happens and you can't read/review all the time. I had no problem with it at all. Heh, I'm still far behind on reading some fan fics myself. Like one ended and I've yet to read what happened, lol. Yes, the duel is by far thus far intense. True, Jaden's skills have grown tremendously since he dueled Yugi. Also true that Illidan is far from done. He maybe weakened, but he won't quit. Yeah, it is kind of sad that this story is coming to an end. The series isn't over due that I have one more sequel left. I originally was going to end the series with this story, but I realized there was so many things left that a sequel was needed. I know some people who finish up a series never to write again, but that's not me. I may not do Yugioh fics again after this last sequel, but it's not been decided yet. I'll know for sure once I finish Minutes to Midnight I suppose. I don't intend on quitting writing. Heh, too many ideas in my head to just up and quit, so no worries here. Good luck on writing on your story! And don't worry about not reviewing. It happens, lol. Thanks for the review!
x-knight20: OMG! You're the 500th reviewer! Ardee will be so jealous that you got the last benchmark, lol. Thanks about the chapter. Heh, yeah, the car thing is always a bother, lol. Thanks for the review!
Ultimate Legendary Master: LOL! Yeah, this duel is very hard to figure out who will win. I mean, both are so strong. A draw, eh? It could happen. True, Illidan lost a large amount of life points quickly. Jaden did sleep, but just a little I suppose. Heh, he was working hard on his deck while Illidan was probably detained as well, hehe. Btw, here is the url. I hope it goes through this time. Thanks for the review!
Raymond: Thanks. Yeah, Illidan had better do something and soon, but again, this is Illidan. He'll find a way to make it. Thanks for the review!
Nathan: Yep, the epic duel has begun at last. True, both are in rather top form thus far, with Jaden seemingly doing better. I'm unsure how many Jaden has, but I can promise you Illidan has more than 40. Actually, I think Jaden has never gone over 40 cards ever, so it's believable. Thanks for the thoughts though, and for the review!
sirbj: Yep, Jaden took the lead early. He sure has progressed since the early part of the story. I wonder if his loss to Illidan and Marie with Chazz in the beginning of the story possibly made him work to get better… Something to think on I suppose, lol. But yes, don't count out Illidan yet. He's a survivor, and he's faced some of the strongest duelists in the world. Heh, yeah, Seto didn't hire him without knowing he could do the job, and rather well at that. Thanks for the review!
Well, that's it for this time around. Thank you everyone for your reviews, and I really do thank all of you for helping this story reach 500 reviews. It was one of my goals to reach when this story started out, and I'm so very happy that this story reached this kind of height. Heh, I suppose I'm really surprised though that it did it in less time than ToP. What I mean is, ToP has 33,861 hits, while FG only has 14,099. That's a big difference, especially since ToP has 580 reviews and FG has 501. Finally, I'm really happy that this story surpassed ToP in number of words. It had already surpassed it and I didn't know till this morning. ToP had 349,289 total words, while FG has a total of 361,650 so far, plus the story isn't over yet! Those are some great things!
Lol, I know, I probably bored everyone with all those number, hehe. At any rate, I'm very happy with this story so far. It's surpassed all my expectations. I wasn't sure how it would do in the GX section, but I can see it worked out well. Thank you everyone for your reviews and help in making this story so great.
Ok, well, I'm done for today, so enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 89
Laying on his back, Illidan lightly moaned from the pain inflicted upon him. "He's far better than I thought."
Squeezing his eyes shut, he pushed the pain to the back of his mind and slowly sat up. Reopening his eyes, Illidan gradually stood up, but staggered a bit upon standing fully and ended up hunched over.
"You ok?" Jaden asked with a bit of concern.
Softly chuckling, Illidan slowly straightened his body and revealed his face. With a smile, he replied "Yes, I'm fine. Your move was very impressive Jaden."
"Thanks!" Jaden happily responded.
Smiling once more, Illidan then turned serious and said "But don't think you've won yet. I'm far from done."
Drawing his card, he showed it to Jaden, declaring "First, I play Pot of Greed. Now I draw two cards, so let's see what I have in stored for you!"
Picking up another two cards, he smiled. "Ok, here goes! I remove from my Graveyard my Magician's Valkyrie and Rapid-Fire Magician in order to special summon another of my Chaos monsters!"
One by one, the two monster cards slid out of the Graveyard Slot and into Illidan's awaiting hand. Taking both up and placing them in his removed from play slot, he immediately held one card out and smirked.
"Another one!?" Jaden quietly asked. In his mind, he frantically thought about which of Illidan's monsters it could be. "Chaos Emperor Dragon is ruled out, so that only leaves two. The soldier or the sorcerer, but either one is trouble for me right now."
Seeing Jaden's worried look, Illidan lightly smirked. "Chaos Sorcerer (2300/2000), I summon you!"
Slowly materializing onto the field was a creature with purple skin, two large ivory white horns on the side of his head, and yellow eyes. On his chest were a few straps that crisscrossed his body. His shoulders were covered by a set of shoulder pads made up of leather. He had armbands that went from his elbow to his wrists that were black as well, and finally wore a pair of black leather pants and a battle skirt as well. Once fully on the field, the monster let out a small battle cry and took his place beside of the large black dragon.
"Chaos Sorcerer, let's show Jaden what we can really do! I activate your special ability. So long as Chaos Sorcerer doesn't attack this turn, I can remove a monster from the game that is on the field, and guess what Jaden, I choose your Shining Flare Wingman!" Illidan cried out while pointing a finger at the white armored warrior.
Raising his right hand above his head, and lowering his left to his stomach, the purple skinned mage sent power coursing into his palms. A black glow appeared in his right hand, while a white glow appeared in his left. Widening his golden eyes, he shot a beam of energy from each hand at the white armored warrior. The twin blasts scored a direct hit, making the warrior cry out in pain. In a flash, he was shattered and vanished completely from the field, leaving only the white caped warrior.
"Chaos Emperor Dragon, take down Bubbleman now with Chaos Blaster!"
Roaring loudly, the large black dragon spat a black fireball at the white caped warrior. The fireball easily incinerated the warrior, shattering him into millions of pieces.
"I'll place this face down and let you have a turn." (Illidan 500, Jaden 3900)
"Impressive." Bastion calmly said. "Even after a major shot like last turn, Illidan still keeps fighting on."
"That's my uncle for you. He won't give up, ever, no matter how bad things look." Mariah added.
Crossing his arms, Chazz grunted out "That Slacker better not lose."
"Oh come on Chazz, get over yourself. Jaden is fighting as hard as he can to win this duel." Alexis admonished.
"Whatever." Chazz responded.
Lightly giggling at the pair, Marie turned her concerned eyes back to Illidan. "Good, he's still in this duel. Don't give up now Illidan. I know you can do this. Just keep on believing you can."
On the field, Jaden lightly chuckled and said "Nice move there Professor Illidan. You managed to get rid of Shining Flare Wingman, and left me defenseless. But I'm not done yet!"
"I know, so make your move Jaden." Illidan calmly remarked.
Nodding, Jaden drew his card and smiled. "I'm going to activate a sweet spell. It's called Hope of Fifth, and boy is it helpful. First, I take five Elemental Heroes from my Graveyard and add them back to my deck. The five I choose are Avian, Burstinatrix, Bubbleman, Clayman, and Sparkman."
Each of the five cards slowly slid out of Jaden's Graveyard Slot and stacked up on top of one another. Once all five were out, Jaden grabbed them up and shuffled them back into his deck.
"Next comes the sweet part. I get to draw two new cards, plus since I had no cards in my hand or on my field when I played this card, I can draw three cards instead of two."
Picking up three new cards, Jaden examined them before showing one. "I summon my Neo-Spacian Dark Panther (1000/500)!"
Materializing instantly onto the field was a black panther creature with a black cape on his back. The panther let out a low growl, showing it was ready to pounce.
"I'll throw down two face downs and activate Dark Panther's special ability. You see, he's a bit of a copy cat. He likes to take my opponent's monster's special effect and copy them for himself. Dark Panther, why don't you go and copy that Chaos Emperor Dragon!"
The black panther instantly began gazing upon the large black dragon. His eyes immediately turned bright red and his body melted away into a black puddle. The puddle soon enough came to life and an exact copy of the black dragon appeared onto the field.
"Alright, let's do this! Dark Panther, I pay a 1000 life points in order to activate your new effect. Time for Infinite Blaster!"
Roaring loudly, the copy of the large black dragon moved to the center of the field and began glowing brightly.
"School's out for you Illidan!" Jaden said with a big smirk.
Pointing at his face down card, Illidan replied hurriedly "Not yet it's not! I activate the trap Chaotic Energy! Thanks to this trap, for every monster on my field with the word 'Chaos' or 'Envoy' in it's name, I gain a 1000 life points. Since I have two, that means I gain two grand!"
Both the purple skinned mage and the large black dragon lightly glowed with a golden light. Once the glowing died from around them, Illidan began to softly glow with a golden light while his life point counter increased.
Softly growling, Jaden was quick to respond with "No matter, you're still losing your monsters! Do it Dark Panther!"
The copied black dragon roared loudly once more and began to glow with a blinding white light. Slowly, bit by bit, the dragon's body began to glow so bright that it became unbearable to look at. At long last, the dragon gathered all the energy it needed and exploded, shattering the real black dragon, the purple skinned mage, the two face down cards, and the fake dragon itself. The explosion sent up a plume of smoke, covering the field in it, making it hard for anyone to see what had happened. Slowly, the smoke lifted, revealing Illidan still standing, as well as Jaden, but each were facing empty fields.
"Thanks to Dark Panther, you now take 300 points of damage for each card that was on our fields. Since I had three, and you had two, that means a total of 1500 life points."
A dark black glow instantly surrounded Illidan, making him cry out in pain and fall to one knee panting heavily. Slowly, he rose up, but with a great bit of difficulty.
"Plus, I gotta show you my face downs. First, there was the trap Dummy Marker. When it goes to the Graveyard, I get to draw one new card. Also, there was another trap, Hero Medal. When it's destroyed, it instead goes back to my deck and I draw new card."
Placing the one trap within his deck, Jaden shuffled and drew two cards. Frowning, he sighed and with a hint of sadness in his voice said "I'll call it a turn I suppose." (Illidan 1000, Jaden 2900)
"That was a close one." Marie said while letting out a sigh of relief.
"Jay was so close." Syrus grumbled.
Nodding, Hasselberry added "The Serge is still in the hunt, but that was an unlucky break for him."
"My, my, what skillful play! Professor Illidan plans out his moves so brilliantly!" Bastion complimented.
Smiling, Mariah proudly said "That's my uncle for you. He knows how to hang on and take a person down."
"Still, this duel isn't over yet." Chazz darkly muttered. "That Slacker better keep his head in the game, or he'll lose."
Back on the field, Illidan picked up his new card and softly smiled. "Alright Jaden, check this out! I summon Silent Magician LV 4 (1000/1000) in attack mode."
Upon Illidan slapping the card to his Duel Disk, a young, childlike mage dressed in white robes with an odd mage's hat and a scepter appeared.
"Silent Magician, take a shot at his life points with Silent Scepter Blast!"
Nodding happily, the young mage pointed his staff at Jaden. With little effort, the mage fired off a white sphere of magical energy. The blast slammed into Jaden, making him grunt out in pain, but he managed to stay standing.
"I end." (Illidan 1000, Jaden 1900)
Drawing, Jaden called out "It's time I get my game on!"
"Sounds like a plan Jaden, but first my mage gets his on. You see, when you drew a card, you activated his special ability! He now gains a Spell Counter, which grants him 500 additional attack points (1000 500 1500/1000)." Illidan calmly explained.
The young mage instantly glowed with a white aura, and seemingly took on a small growth spurt, for his height rose somewhat.
Growling with a touch of frustration, Jaden sighed and grumbled "So much for my plan. I summon Elemental Hero Wildheart (1500/1600) in defense mode."
Appearing onto the field with a wild battle cry, a tan skin warrior with jet black hair pulled into a pony tail, a black goatee, and a strange set of red tattoos on his chest and shoulders emerged. The warrior wore a simple loin cloth and had a large sheath with a massive sword on his back. Sitting down into a one knee position, the warrior crossed his arms.
"I'll leave it at that." (Illidan 1000, Jaden 1900)
"Not much of a choice but to." Illidan calmly said as he drew. Examining the card for a moment, he finally said "I'll place a card face down and call it a turn." (Illidan 1000, Jaden 1900)
Drawing once more, Jaden slightly smiled, but then frowned. While waiting on Jaden, Illidan calmly said "Don't forget Jaden, by drawing, my mage gets stronger (1500 500 2000/1000)."
Sighing lightly, Jaden nodded, saying "Yeah, I know… I'll summon Elemental Hero Avian (1000/1000) in defense."
Appearing onto the field in a defensive stance was the green fur warrior once more with his large white wings.
"I'll throw down a face down and that'll do it." (Illidan 1000, Jaden 1900)
Nodding, Illidan calmly drew and said "Right. First off, to start this turn out, I activate my trap. It's called Pitch-Black Power Stone."
Materializing onto the field in front of Illidan, but off to the side, was a small pedestal with a black seeing stone that had a golden triangle within it.
"This trap starts out with three Spell Counters. Once each turn, I can remove a counter and add it to any card on the field that can hold one, such as Silent Magician. I'll now remove one Spell Counter and add it to Silent Magician, thus strengthening him further (2000 500 2500/1000)."
"Next up, I summon my Mythical Beast Cerberus (1400/1400)!"
Instantly materializing onto the field was a large blue and purple large dog like creature with sharp fangs, claws, and fur that was floating off of his paws and neck. The fur seemed almost like purple energy that floated about.
"Alright, time to clean the field up! Go, Silent Magician, attack Jaden's Wildheart with Silent Scepter Blast!"
Aiming his staff perfectly at the tanned warrior, the white mage launched a white sphere of energy straight at the warrior.
Pointing at his face down, Jaden called out "Not happening! I play a trap, Negate Attack! Just like the trap sounds like, it negates your attack and ends your Battle Phase!"
A small black hole instantly emerged in front of the white sphere of energy, easily sucking up the blast before it could even harm the tanned warrior.
"Oh well." Illidan said with a sigh. "I end my turn." (Illidan 1000, Jaden 1900)
Picking up a new card, Jaden slightly smiled. He was about to say something when Illidan interrupted. "Don't forget, my mage just got stronger thanks to your move Jaden (2500 500 3000/1000)."
Lightly growling, Jaden remarked "Yeah, I haven't forgot. I'll activate the spell Mirage of Nightmare. This let's me draw during your Standby Phase till I hold four cards, but during my Standby Phase, I have to discard the same number of cards I drew."
Softly smiling, Illidan mentally guessed Jaden's plan. "He'll throw down Emergency Provisions and gain a 1000 points by giving up Mirage of Nightmare. Heh, a similar move to what I make usually."
Turning his attention back to the duel, Illidan calmly said "Jaden, by playing that spell, you've activated Cerberus's effect. Each time a spell card is played, he gains a Spell Counter, which raises his attack points by 500 (1400 500 1900/1400)."
The blue and purple dog creature lowly growled as the purple fur that looked like flames increased in size.
Rubbing the back of his head and grinning innocently, Jaden responded "Oops, my bad. Well, to finish up, I'll throw down a face down." (Illidan 1000, Jaden 1900)
"Good, then it's move draw!" Illidan calmly said as he picked up a card.
Jaden nodded, and replied "Yeah, and it's mine thanks to Mirage of Nightmare. Now I can pick up four new cards."
Picking up four, he then pointed at his face down, saying "Time to play my spell, Emergency Provisions. This lets me sacrifice a spell or trap on my field and gain a grand in life points. Alright, I'll give up Mirage of Nightmare and gain a 1000 life points."
The spell card image instantly turned into sparkly particles and Jaden's life points increased, making Illidan slightly smile.
"I figured as much. Don't forget Jaden, by playing a spell, you just activated Cerberus's special ability. He now gains a Spell Counter, giving him another 500 attack points (1900 500 2400/1400). And let's not forget Silent Magician, for drawing those cards granted him Spell Counters also, like one for each card."
Instantly becoming nervous, Jaden exclaimed "Oh no, not four new counters!"
Chuckling at Jaden's fright, Illidan replied "Relax Jaden. My mage can only have five Spell Counters on him at one time, so he only gained one more (3000 500 3500/1000)."
Letting out a big sigh of relief, Jaden calmed down a bit. "Phew, that was close. I thought for a moment your mage just gained 2000 attack points."
Lightly chuckling once more at Jaden, Illidan nodded and replied "That would most definitely be bad for you, but true, you're lucky, but not completely lucky. You see, when Silent Magician has five Spell Counters on him, I can remove all five and sacrifice him to special summon his next form! Silent Magician LV4, I release you from your duties in order to bring out Silent Magician LV8 (3500/1000)!"
Glancing back at Illidan, the white mage smiled and simply nodded before vanishing into a white light. A moment later, a new mage, similar in looks, except older and more mature with more height and strength appeared. The mage's silver hair was a bit longer than when he was younger, and his brown eyes still showed great innocence, but great power as well.
"Cerberus, attack Avian with Mythical Pounce!"
Letting out a loud snarl, the blue and purple dog leapt into the air and came down hard onto the green furred warrior. The dog pressed the warrior flat to the ground, shattering him upon impact.
"Unfortunately, whenever Cerberus attacks, he loses his Spell Counters, thus weakening him (2400 – 1000 1400/1400)." Illidan stated with a small frown. Perking up instantly, Illidan added "But easy come, easy go. Silent Magician, show your new strength by taking down Wildheart! Silent Scepter Blast!"
Pointing his staff instantly at the tan skin warrior, the mage released a blast of white magical energy. The blast easily shattered the warrior, who let out a small cry of pain before vanishing.
"To end, I'll place a card face down and activate Pitch-Black Power Stone. With this, I can transfer a Spell Counter to another card on my field, and I pick Cerberus (1400 500 1900/1400). That'll be all." (Illidan 1000, Jaden 2900)
Taking a deep breath, Jaden drew his new card and smiled. "Sweet, this should work. I'll kick this turn off by summoning an old favorite, my Elemental Hero Bubbleman (800/1200)!"
Instantly materializing onto the field once more was the blue armored warrior with a white cape and a bubble gun strapped to his wrist.
"You know the drill. Since Bubbleman is all alone, I get two new cards!"
Quickly grabbing two cards, Jaden placed one within his left hand and showed the other, saying "First up, I play the spell Monster Reincarnation! All I have to do is toss a card into my Graveyard and bam, I get a monster back. I'll toss Polymerization and grab Neo-Spacian Dark Panther."
Placing the card simply into his Graveyard Slot, Jaden patiently waited for the card already in his Graveyard to come out. After a moment, the slot glowed and the monster card slid out into Jaden's awaiting hand.
"Don't forget Jaden, you just helped Cerberus get stronger (1900 500 2400/1400)." Illidan calmly warned while his dog creature lightly glowed with a purple aura.
Nodding, Jaden remarked "It's all good! Next up is this, Fusion Recovery! This spell let's me take one Fusion material monster and a Polymerization card from my Graveyard and put them back in my hand. The monster I pick is my fine feathered friend, Elemental Hero Avian."
Once more, Jaden's Graveyard slot glowed to life and pushed out the single monster card and spell card into his waiting hand.
"I hope you know what you're doing Jaden, because you just strengthened Cerberus once more (2400 500 2900/1400)." Illidan warned.
Lightly chuckling, Jaden was quick to say back "It's all good! Now then, I play the spell Polymerization, fusing Bubbleman along with the Elemental Heroes Sparkman (1600/1400) and Avian (1000/1000) in my hand to create the mighty Elemental Hero Tempest (2800/2800)!"
Without warning, the blue and gold warrior and the green fur warrior from earlier in the duel both reappeared beside of the white caped warrior. Together, the three swirled together and vanished. Appearing in their place was a mighty warrior in mostly blue spandex and some gold armor that obviously came from the blue and gold warrior. On his right arm, instead of a hand, there was a single gun point. On his left hand was a claw like piece of armor. His back had a pair of metal white wings with green at the top. He had a pair of silver shoulder pads, and his muscular arms were bare. His face has a small blue visor covering his eyes with golden tips at the ends over his ears. He had long green hair lightly swayed with the wind surrounding his summoning.
"Not bad, but rather pointless." Illidan calmly said. "You completely forgot about Cerberus's special ability, meaning he gets stronger once more (2900 500 3400/1400)."
Chuckling, Jaden replied "True, but who said I was done yet. I activate the special ability of a new Elemental Hero in my hand. I discard Elemental Hero Captain Gold in order to activate his special effect. I can now transfer one Skyscraper card from my deck to my hand."
Once placing the monster card into his Graveyard, Jaden pulled his deck out and began searching through it. After a few moments, he finally found the card and placed it within his hand and shuffled his deck. He then placed it back and smirked.
"Alright, it's time for a change of scene. I play the field spell Skyscraper!"
Upon placing the card into the slot on the end of his Duel Disk, the field instantly began to tremble as large skyscraper buildings shot out of the ground and a night sky with a large moon appeared. The platform instantly became blacktop, and the familiar glow of city lights filled the field.
"In here, when an Elemental Hero battles a stronger monster, then that hero gains a 1000 attack points. Since both of your monsters are stronger than Tempest, he gets a wing up on both (2800 1000 3800/2800)!"
The green haired warrior's body instantly began to lightly glow with white energy, causing his hair to sway slightly.
"Don't forget Jaden, each time you play a spell, Cerberus only gets stronger (3400 500 3900/1400)." Illidan chastised.
Nodding, Jaden replied "Yeah, yeah, I know, but don't you forget that Tempest is now strong enough to fight."
"I wonder if he'll attack..." Alexis mumbled.
Frowning a bit, Bastion responded with "I'm not sure, but I would assume he'll go after Cerberus. It keeps growing stronger, meaning Jaden will have real trouble soon."
"But his monster won't survive." Mariah protested.
"True, but Tempest can survive the battle if Jaden gets rid of a card on his field." Bastion responded.
Lightly nodding, Mariah replied "Still, you have to remember Silent Magician will always have 3500 attack points. Jaden should take it out since Illidan went to a lot of trouble in summoning it."
Looking on with a worried face, Syrus quietly mumbled "Jaden."
Seeing Syrus's look of worry, Hinata gave his hand a small reassuring squeeze, all the while blushing furiously at it. "He'll make it Syrus." she mumbled to him.
"The Serge will make the right decision, I know it." Hasselberry trumped in.
"Yeah right." Chazz darkly muttered.
Staring down at Illidan, Marie quietly awaited Jaden's move. Glancing at Illidan's field, she softly smiled. "I thought so. He's ready."