Hello for the last time everyone. Well, this week has been a crazy one, lol. Tuesday, I took my car and had it's oil changed and tires rotated, and was supposed to get it's fuel filter changed too… Unfortunately, they didn't have any of the fuel filters on stock, nor did anyone else apparently within the close by region. They had to special order it from the factory, meaning I had to go back Thursday. Anyways, I went back yesterday and they put it on, but damn, it was expensive. Freaking 60 some bucks for the filter itself! At least it's good for another 30k miles. Other than that, yesterday was a pleasant day to spend with my mate. We went out for Valentines Day, which was fun. I bought her flowers online, but they didn't arrive before we left for dinner. When we got back, our neighbor brought them over, which was so nice. The rest of the night… well, that's for me and my mate to know, hehe. Work has been busy though, with us doing a whole lot this week. It's all due today, so joy, lol.
Writing wise, I'm working on both Another and MtM as fast as I can, but it takes time, lol. As for the release date on MtM, I'm unsure right now. Me and ardee talked about posting in April, but we'll see. Time will tell for sure. For now though, I am posting Another once a week. Until I'm sure I'm far enough ahead, I'll probably keep it that way. I don't want to catch up with where I am writing wise with posting, lol. It becomes stressful if I do.
Last time, Illidan and Jaden continued their battle, with neither gaining the upper hand still. How much longer can the two keep this up, and who will come out of this duel the winner?
Ok, it's time once more to do reviews. It's sad it'll be the last time for this story, but it happens. Alright, let's do it!
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thanks. Yeah, Jaden almost had Illidan with Chaos Neos, but no such luck. Heh, yep, anything could happen now. This chapter does decide it all, so get ready for it! I'm guessing that that's the problem with the link. I'll try to send you an email if I get time today. If that don't work, eh, I don't know, lol. Thanks about the chapter and for the review!
Knives91: Lol, true, they had to be running out of cards. Thanks for the review!
Nathan: Eh, yeah, it's another expensive hobby. No thanks, lol. Yep, Jaden survived Chaos Control, much like Legato did. Yes, Jaden has his own Chaos Monster to control. Heh, it would be hilarious if Jaden had used Chaos Control to summon Chaos Neos. Thanks for the review!
x-knight20: Thanks. It's very close, and it only gets closer. Thanks about the stories and for the review!
Well, that's the last of the reviews. Thank you everyone who has submitted reviews to me over the course of this story. I enjoyed reading and responding to all of them, and look forward to the last ones for this story. Thank you all for them once again.
As everyone knows, this is the last chapter, but not the end of the series. No, there is one last sequel. Once it ends, that will be the last of the Illidan and Marie series. The series shall be discontinued, lol. Actually, it'll just be finished due that I've decided not to go any further, hehe. But anyways, this story has done great. I was a little unsure how it would do since it was moving from Yugioh to Yugioh GX, but I'm very happy with how it turned out. It had almost as many reviews as ToP did, which was really exciting and surprising. Plus, it did it with half as many hits, which was really surprising. Not to mention, this story does have more words than ToP, thus it is my longest story technically. I'd like to thank everyone who has helped me in keeping this story going by reading it and reviewing, adding it to favs, etc. It always helps when I know my stories are being read.
There will be one last post before this story completely concludes, which will be responses to the reviews. Other than that, this story is complete.
From here, where I go is to write on MtM and AnotherAnother will continue to be posted once a week, most likely Wednesday still. It just depends on how much more I get wrote on it if I bump it up to two posts a week or not. Also, by request by one reviewer, I'm going to do a one-shot soon that accompanies the ending of this story.
Other than that, that's all I have for now. Thank you everyone once again for your reviews and support. Without it, heh, who knows how far I'd have continued this series. Thanks for everything everyone. Enjoy!
Chapter 93
Drawing a card, Illidan quickly said "Good, because I have all I need on my field already. Go Chaos Emperor Dragon, attack Air Hummingbird now with Chaos Blaster!"
Roaring loudly, the black dragon fired a blast of black flames in a sphere straight for the bird warrior.
"Not so fast Illidan! I play my Card Blocker's effect! I can now force him to take the hit for Air Hummingbird, so go block that shot!" Jaden declared.
The purple armored warrior quickly sprang to action and leapt in front of the red bird warrior. Immediately, the blast of black flames struck the warrior, incinerating him easily.
Lightly chuckling, Jaden called out "I'm not through yet, for I play a trap! Go Call of the Haunted, which lets me bring back from my Graveyard Hero Kid (300/600)!"
A kid in red and white futuristic armor with some black on it's legs and arms, with jet boots, a domed helmet, a red mask that covered most of their face, an orange bandanna, and messy purple hair appeared onto the field.
Slightly confused, Illidan remarked "I'm unsure why you'd use that monster Jaden. I mean, he hardly has any attack points."
"True, Hero Kid may not look like much, but I have my reasons for picking him." Jaden admonished.
Shrugging, Illidan continued on, saying "Very well, so be it. Go Black Luster Soldier, attack Hero Kid with Chaos Slash!"
Rushing forward, the black armored warrior pulled his sword off to the side and prepared to strike the weaker kid monster.
"Not gonna happen Illidan, because I play a trap! Go Kids Guard, which lets me sacrifice one Hero Kid in order to negate your attack!" Jaden bravely called out.
Nodding, the purple haired kid leapt up into the air and sent out a wave of barrier energy that surrounded his body. The black armored warrior struck the barrier, but was thrown backwards off of it.
"Kids Guard comes with another sweet effect. I can now take an Elemental Hero from my deck and add it to my hand. My choice is obvious, I pick Elemental Hero Neos."
"No big surprise there." Illidan remarked while Jaden pulled his card from his deck and then reshuffled.
Smiling, Illidan calmly added "Still, you're about to be defenseless. Dark Magician of Chaos, attack Air Hummingbird with Chaos Scepter Blast!"
Pointing his staff at the red bird warrior, the mage took aim and released a black sphere of magical energy from it.
Before the blast could hit, Jaden called out "Not a bad plan Illidan, but I have one last trap up my sleeve! I play A Hero Emerges! Thanks to this card, you now get to randomly pick a card from my hand. If it's a monster, I can special summon it. If it's not, the card goes to the Graveyard. So go ahead Illidan, pick a card."
Looking at the three cards in Jaden's hand, Illidan pondered on a choice for a few moments. After a long deliberation, he finally pointed towards Jaden, saying "The middle one."
Grabbing hold of the card, Jaden smirked, saying "Good choice. You just picked Elemental Hero Neos (2500/2000)!"
Upon Jaden placing the card onto his Duel Disk, the white warrior reappeared onto the field and took up a fighting pose.
"Your Air Hummingbird is out here still!" Illidan growled out with great frustration showing on his face.
The black sphere of magical energy immediately struck the red bird warrior, shattering it into millions of pieces and sending some of the blast back to Jaden, making him cry out in pain and begin panting heavily.
"And don't forget, when Dark Magician of Chaos destroys a monster, it's removed from play instead of being sent to the Graveyard. And on that note, I end my turn." (Illidan 100, Jaden 150)
Looking on gravely, Hasselberry muttered "Come on Serge, hang on."
"Jaden…" Syrus mumbled lowly.
"Come on Slacker, are you gonna lose now after all the work we put in this year!?" Chazz surprisingly yelled out.
Looking up at the stands, Jaden smiled while regaining his breath. After a moment, he finally called back "Thanks Chazz, but I'm not done."
Turning back to Illidan, he added "A duel isn't over till the last card is played, and last time I checked, it was my move, so here goes!"
Picking up a card, he smiled, saying "Let's end this."
"Give it your best shot." Illidan responded firmly.
"I'll kick things off by playing the spell Burial from a Different Dimension, allowing me to place my Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird back into my Graveyard. Next, I'm activating Contact Soul! When I have Neos on my field, I can special summon a Neo-Spacian from my deck, hand, or Graveyard. I'll pick my Graveyard, so welcome back Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird (800/600)!"
Flashing back onto the field in a small gust of wind was the red bird warrior with white wings.
"Next, I'll summon my Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin (600/800) to the field!"
A tower of water suddenly flowed up from the field. Coming out of the tower was a dolphin warrior with blue and white skin, fins on his elbows and a fin on his head, and a pair of space boots with fins sticking out on his back. Once out of the water, the dolphin warrior folded his arms and smirked lightly.
"Guys, you know what to do! Time for some Contact Fusion, so Elemental Hero Neos, Aqua Dolphin, and Air Hummingbird, merge together to create my newest Elemental Hero! Rise up Elemental Hero Storm Neos (3000/2500)!"
The three monsters instantly took to the air with the white warrior moving to the middle and the other two to each of his sides. Slowly, the three melded into one and a brilliant flash of light filled the arena. The light died down gradually to reveal a mostly blue warrior with large pink wings with blue trim on the top parts. The blue armor appeared to be mostly sleek with spiked like points coming at the warrior's joints. Wind slightly swirled around the new warrior, with a small mist of rain seemingly in the air.
Slightly shocked, Illidan quickly regained his composure and stated "That monster is impressive Jaden, but he won't be enough to end this duel."
"I'd have to disagree, Illidan." Jaden remarked. "It's time I activated Storm Neos's special ability! User your Hurricane Typhoon to clear away all of our spell and trap cards Neos!"
Nodding, the large blue warrior rose into the air and began sending out bolts of electricity from between it's wings. Slowly, a storm rose up around Illidan and Jaden, sending out great gusts of wind.
Lightly smirking, Illidan calmly said "This plan of yours may succeed Jaden, but not entirely. I play my face down trap, Chaos Formation. When I have three Chaos monsters on my field, I can destroy all monsters on your field. Say farewell to Storm Neos."
The black armored mage, the black armored warrior, and the black dragon all three at once began glowing with a dark energy aura. Without warning, the three sent out a beam of dark energy that formed into a single beam and struck the powerful blue warrior. After a moment of crying out in pain, the warrior exploded into pieces, but not before completing the storm that shattered all of the remaining spell and trap cards on both Illidan and Jaden's fields.
"Due to the effect of Chaos Formation, you can draw one card. But for now, it looks like this duel is over Jaden. You played well, but it's time you accept it's over with now."
Drawing his card, Jaden began chuckling loudly and boldly before he replied to Illidan with "You crack me up Illidan! Don't forget, I told you before, a duel isn't over till the last card is played. Last time I checked, I still had a card left that can beat you. You see, I was prepared in the case of Storm Neos getting destroyed."
Sweat lightly trickled down Illidan's cheek as he asked "You were?"
Nodding, Jaden responded with "Sure was. I activate the spell Rebirth of Neos! When a Fusion monster with the name Neos goes to the Grave, well, I can special summon Elemental Hero Neos (2500/2000) from my deck to the field!"
Instantly, above the field, a rainbow glow appeared as the white warrior from before remerged into the field in a fighting stance.
"And here's the sweet part. Other than being special summoned by this card, he gains a 1000 extra attack points (2500 1000 3500/2000)!"
The white warrior instantly began to glow with a light white energy, making him flex his muscles a bit and take up another offensive pose.
Staring at the white warrior, Illidan softly smiled and closed his eyes. "Finish it Jaden."
Seeing the resolve Illidan had put forth, Jaden nodded, kindly saying "It was a real honor to duel you Illidan. Neos, attack Dark Magician of Chaos with Cosmic Crush!"
Taking to the air, the white warrior pulled back his right fist to prepare for his attack. Blue energy began coursing down towards the fist, building up slowly over time. At long last, the warrior began his descent towards the black leather armored mage.
Reopening his eyes, Illidan sadly smiled at his mage, saying mentally to it "I'm sorry Dark Magician of Chaos. I failed you."
Glancing over his shoulder, the blue skinned mage sadly smiled back, whispering in Illidan's mind "No Master Illidan, you have not failed me. I hold no regret over this loss."
Looking back towards the oncoming warrior, the black armored mage braced himself for the incoming pain. The white warrior finally landed on the ground in front of the mage and unloaded his right fist into the mage's gut, making the mage scream out in pain before exploding into millions of pieces. A small sliver of the energy from the warrior flew on past the mage, striking Illidan hard enough to knock him to one knee.
All at once, the arena became quiet with the holograms dissolving into nothingness. One by one, the students and teachers stood and began clapping their hands till the applause was deafening.
Each and every one of Jaden's friends smiled happily at him, with most of them starting to make their way out of the stands and towards the Dueling Ring.
Standing up and taking to the middle of the ring, the Chancellor turned on his microphone and declared "Here is your winner of the Graduation Duel, Jaden Yuki!"
Rushing to Illidan's side, Marie quickly fell to her knees and put a hand on Illidan's shoulder. "Are you alright?" she asked with a small bit of concern.
Softly smiling, Illidan nodded and stood up. Upon standing up, he saw Jaden standing in front of him.
"Totally sweet duel Illidan! You're the best I've ever faced!" Jaden happily exclaimed with a big goofy smile.
Lightly chuckling, Illidan remarked "And you're by far the best I've dueled Jaden. Congratulations on the victory."
Offering his hand, Jaden smiled, saying "Thanks."
Taking it, Illidan graciously said "You deserve it."
Separating, the two were each hugged. Marie embraced Illidan from the side and kissed his cheek, while Alexis shyly hugged Jaden's side. Both Alexis and Jaden blushed furiously, but she didn't let go.
Finally letting go, she mumbled "Congratulations."
"Thanks Alexis." Jaden shyly said.
Hearing chuckling, the pair turned to Illidan and Marie, finding it was them that were chuckling. "What!?" both asked.
"Ah, young love." Marie teased.
Both Jaden and Alexis's blushes deepened, with each turning away from one another. The Chancellor then intervened and carted Jaden away, dragging Alexis along with them.
Turning to Illidan, Marie asked in a serious voice "Are you alright with the loss?"
Smiling happily, Illidan replied "Yes, I'm fine with it. This duel has taught me that the next generation is truly strong. I've learned that throughout this year by watching our students. Through hard work and perseverance, each has achieved a strength of their own."
Smiling once more while glancing at Jaden and Alexis, Illidan added "The future is bright Marie. Jaden shall lead the way from now on. I'm sure the road for his ultimate goal shall be bumpy, but if anything, today has proven to me that he can accomplish his dream."
Beginning to walk off the stage, the pair left the arena, allowing Jaden to soak in his great victory and the events afterwards.
Smiling while walking out of the arena, Illidan whispered in his mind "Never give up on your dreams Jaden."