Hey everyone! Sorry about the lateness of the post, but I've had a busy morning and afternoon today. I had a meeting at noon that lasted longer than expected, plus I've had some other stuff to do, plus I had to do the reviews for Another in order to post a chapter for it. Needless to say, it's been busy, and I plan on doing chapter posts for the two stories on different days, lol. Anyways, life is normal here, other than all the rain we've gotten the last few days or so. Eh, oh well, don't bother me none. I like the rain myself, especially listening to it. Oh well, I'll get to do that eventually.
Last time, the story began with Illidan dueling Keith and winning the Japanese National Championship. At the end, Yugi, along with Seto, have come to pay a visit to our love birds and their new daughter Arya. What could Seto have to say, and how will it impact their lives?
Thank you to all that have sent in reviews and added me to their favs and alerts. It means a lot to me to see this story starting out so well. Thank you all again. And now, it's time to answer them all! Review Time!
DuelistBlake1852: Glad you're happy to see MtM up. It's finally here and starting off. It's cool about not reviewing the final chapters of Forgotten Guardians. It happens when real life takes over. I really don't mind it. Heh, like I tell everyone, real life comes first, then fun time on here. LOL! Yes, reality sometimes just sucks, but we have to live with it, for better or worse… I think I heard that one before come to think of it. Oh yeah, when I got married… But anyways, yes, Illidan's deck has once more changed, but don't get too comfortable with it. This is a familiar deck, in a way, if you think about it. Other than the Cyber Dragon enhancements, like Power Bond and Cybernetic Fusion Support, it's the same basic deck he had in TWS. Shocking, right? Eh, I like beatdown decks myself, which is what I grew up on. I came in when the game only had two real strategies, which was beatdown and Exodia. I prefer beatdown due that you know you fought hard and can be judged on the strength of your deck, not sneaky maneuvers. Glad you liked the duel with Bandit Keith. He never seems to learn, lol. Yeah, his final attack could have killed Illidan, but Illidan was more than clever enough to think a step ahead. Hmm, Yugi and Kaiba paying a visit is mysterious. One has to wonder what they're there for… No, no one can get a break in this story, lol. Thanks for the adds to your lists, and for the review!
x-knight20: Thanks. Yep, I wanted to introduce Arya to everyone, so now everyone knows about their daughter, hehe. We'll find out more on her later, hehe. Thanks for the review!
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thanks. Good question on Yugi and Kaiba. Maybe a new adventure, or maybe about a sale on diapers! True, it would make a little more sense to do Tuesday and Friday, but after today, finding out that it's hard to do two sets of reviews, no thanks. Too much work, lol. I'll do it on Tuesday and Thursday still. Thanks for the suggestion though, and for the review!
sirbj: Congrats on being the first review! Yep, the opening duel was decent. Heh, Keith lived a while at least, hehe. Nope, he can't learn to play well with others, that one is for sure. True, I ponder what Kaiba wants with Yugi, Illidan, and Marie. Glad you liked the first chapter. Thanks for the review!
Thank you all for your support on the first chapter. I'm glad everyone liked it well enough. I hope you all have a good weekend, and enjoy this chapter. Later!
Chapter 2
Seeing the tension between the three males, with Illidan and Yugi starting down Seto, Marie giggled and said "You know, it's not like you guys are enemies or anything. Just relax!"
Noting none of the three heard her, or just ignored her, she let out a loud huff and grumbled "Men…"
Shaking his head, instantly breaking the staring match, Illidan mumbled "Sorry about that. It's a male thing."
Yugi instantly burst into fits of laughter, while Seto cracked a rare smile himself. The mood instantly lightened, with the group of four taking seats. Reaching over to the coffee table, Seto picked up the clear pitcher of water and poured himself a drink of in a nearby cup. Taking a long drink, Seto set the cup down and let out a tired sigh, revealing dark circles underneath of his eyes.
Noting Kaiba was extremely tired, even more so than usual, Illidan pondered on it. "I know he loves to work, but still, even for him, he seems more tired than usual."
Knowing Seto wouldn't say a word, Illidan finally asked "What's wrong?"
Leaning back into the chair he sat in, Kaiba closed his eyes and calmly said "You have no idea how bad this week has been. It's been rather crazy. There are chaotic problems at Duel Academy."
Grasping Marie's hand, Illidan leaned forward and asked "What's going on?"
Sitting back up, Kaiba revealed his dark blue eyes and said "It started out at the beginning of this past school year. There have been a few mysterious attacks on students."
Flinching instantly, Marie timidly asked "Physical ones?"
"I wish." Seto grumbled. "We'd have a better chance at finding whoever done this to them then. The students just mysteriously disappear, then eventually turn up at their dorms with no knowledge of what happened. Then there is the kicker to this problem, which is their bodies seemed drained of their energy to the point they're just left with enough to keep their vitals at normal."
Anger instantly spread throughout Illidan's mind at hearing this. Calming himself, he asked "What kind of sicko would do that to those young kids?"
"That's what we've been trying to find out." Kaiba replied with a sigh. "After the first week of this problem, Chancellor Sheppard took notice and realized that at the rate things were going, Duel Academy would be shut down by those idiot Princeton brothers if the culprit isn't caught."
Frowning, Illidan asked "You mean Chazz's brothers, right?"
"Yes." Kaiba grumbled lowly.
Marie looked lightly confused, so Illidan said "The brothers, Jag and Slader, are Chazz's older brothers. One is a politician and the other a businessman. Both have a lot of power behind them. They've been trying to take control of Duel Academy for a while through several schemes. From what I read in a report while at the school, they tried to do it through a duel against Chazz, which failed."
"They've tried hostile takeovers as well, but I blocked them rather easily from that option." Seto smugly added.
"So, needless to say, they've been rather unsuccessful?" Marie asked curiously.
Getting a nod from Kaiba, he added "Strangely enough, the attacker has only been targeting mainly Obelisk Blues, but whoever it is moved onto some of the better Ra Yellows. When they're found, their condition resembles that of that loser Wheeler when he lost his duel against Marik at Battle City."
Earning a glare from Yugi, Kaiba only smirked. Yugi only looked downwards, anger seemingly swirling within his violet eyes.
"For twelve years… all the sacrifices I made in my efforts to eradicate Shadow Magic, and still this kind of evil exists! I want my child and all of the others in the world to live free of this scourge! And still, this person somehow has gone about ruining their future!" Yugi angrily growled out.
Sighing, Seto replied "You know we all feel this way. Remember what Mokuba said a few months ago at his wedding to Rebecca? Shadow Magic shouldn't have existed in the first place."
Illidan lightly nodded, but couldn't help but smile in his mind at the thought of Seto's little brother. Mokuba and Rebecca had just started dating right before they left Duel Academy, and not long after his twenty-second birthday passed by, he proposed to Rebecca, shocking the entire group. When the couple had married, Illidan, along with Yugi, Marie, and Seto, mostly thought that life had perhaps returned to normal and that the children of the future would be free of the legendary Shadow Games.
"I wanted to mention that Syrus Truesdale, in particular, was one of the first to be attacked." Seto said, instantly breaking Illidan out of his thoughts. "Illidan, both you and Marie were close to his brother Zane, if I'm not mistaken, correct?"
"Yes, we were." Illidan mumbled lightly.
Getting his answer, Seto continued on and said "He was on his way to class one day, and took a detour to go to the bathroom. He never came back, and never showed up for class after that. Jaden Yuki alerted Professor Crowler, and that's when the true nightmare began."
Slightly worried about their former student, Marie asked "What do you mean?"
"Crowler looked into the matter. He talked with all of Truesdale's friends, with Zane himself, and anyone who had seen him that day. No one knew anything about him, and no one could find him. Crowler himself then began a search for the boy, but mysteriously vanished the very next day. He just completely vanished, without a trace. Like Syrus, we've yet to find him." Seto explained.
Quietly, Yugi asked "When was this?"
"Six months ago." Seto flatly stated.
The three instantly gasped at this answer, with Illidan exclaiming "You're joking!"
"I never joke, as you've most certainly learned after all of these years." Seto remarked. "We've yet to find Crowler, and the same goes for Syrus. It's really quite disconcerting. Not long after Crowler's disappearance, students began to disappear. All of them though were found a few days later, but like I said before, were completely drained. Chancellor Sheppard has been looking into it. Luckily I suppose, there has been no attack on himself yet."
Pausing for a moment, Seto finally said "He eventually called me. Things were getting rather bad, with about twenty Obelisk Blues and Ra Yellows already being attacked. When I arrived, I suspended classes. Along with a Kaiba Corp. team of professional duelists and guards, we combed the island. Nothing turned up at all, which infuriated me further. Finally, I was ready to leave, but before I did, I felt something."
Interested, Illidan leaned forward to look his long time rival and friend in the eye, asking "What?"
"As I'm sure you remember, five millennia ago, I had the ability to sense traces of Shadow Magic even after it had been used." Kaiba explained.
Getting a nod from Illidan, he continued on, saying "I began feeling something, so I followed the trail. I finally found some residual traces of Shadow Magic in a small area near the volcano. The Shadow Magic had screwed up the entire area. All of the vegetation within five feet of the spot was rotten. But this gave me a clue at the least. I immediately began to think of who on Earth still uses Shadow Magic."
"As of now, that I know of, only the former members of the Shadow Court can use Shadow Magic." Yugi interjected.
Nodding, Seto remarked "That's true, but don't forget that Zell and Legato were defeated just last year, meaning someone with Shadow Powers could be lurking about. If someone with them wanted to, they could sneak onto Duel Academy and prey upon the students. They could be a student even, or a teacher, or just a stranger."
"That could include anyone on the island!" Marie uttered in a bit of shock.
"Unfortunately, that is true. There are about three hundred students and eighteen teachers there now. I made sweeps of all the students and teachers while there with my Shadow Powers, but came up empty, other than with three students, but you and I both know why they have Shadow Powers, right Illidan?"
"Yeah, because they have Shadow Charms." Illidan replied calmly.
Nodding in reply, Seto added "Yes, that's correct. Anyways, my point is, anyone can hide their powers and disguise themselves as a student or teacher."
Silence blanketed the room for a moment before finally Illidan asked "What do you want us to do?"
"Well, I'd like you and Marie to return to your posts at the school as Headmasters of the Slifer Dorm." Seto calmly said. Turning to Yugi, he added "Yugi, I'd like to ask a favor of you."
Smirking, Yugi remarked "It must kill you to have to do that."
Grunting in irritation, Seto said "I'd greatly appreciate it if you would be so kind as to become the temporary headmaster for the Obelisk Dorm."
Thinking on it for a moment, Yugi finally replied "I'll think about it."
Shrugging, Kaiba grumbled "Whatever."
"What makes you think we'll have any better luck at tracking this mystery person than you did?" Marie quietly asked.
Sighing lightly, Seto replied "I don't think that you'll have much more luck, but at least you'll be there if someone is attacked. I can't permanently stay there, so I need someone there just in case. You see, the things are about to get a bit worse."
Taking a deep breath, he added "Since the summer of last year, I began planning on hosting my Genex Tournament at the school for the beginning of this year. I have postponed it for this long due that the school was having it's difficulties. The champions of the sister schools to Duel Academy are getting antsy, so I need to have the tournament. It will begin in a few weeks. The champions, Adrian Gecko, Jesse Anderson, Axel Brodie, and Jim Crocodile Cook, respectfully champions of the east, north, west, and south branches, will be arriving soon, like the next week or so."
"The other parties in the Genex Tournament, who are unaware of the situation, thought it would be fun to make it more exciting and decided to invite some of the strongest duelists in the world to the tournament. You three were all included and should be getting invitations soon, although it doesn't matter. I'm expected to participate also. If any of the guests or champions are attacked, Duel Academy could be shut down for sure."
Frowning, Illidan asked "Can't you just cancel the tournament? I mean, things are kind of in a bind as is."
Snorting, Kaiba replied "Are you kidding me!? This tournament will be the biggest thing to happen in Duel Monsters since the Battle City Tournament! Cancelling is not an option due that it would be classified as a scandal, thus ruining my reputation along with the school's! The media would dog my every step, and my partners and shareholders would want to know why. If it came out about the attacks, then Duel Academy would be taking a long dirt nap."
Heavily sighing, he calmed a bit and said "That's why I want you three there. It would make me feel a bit safer knowing that there are three competent duelists on the island that can take care of things. The four of us are the strongest people alive with Shadow Powers…"
"You're forgetting some of us…" Marie mumbled lowly, hinting at their other friends.
Grumbling lightly, Seto continued on. "We are some of the strongest people with Shadow Powers, thus I am confident that the three of you can subdue any such threat immediately."
Turning to Yugi, Seto sighed and said "You'll have a house to yourself, like Illidan and Marie. You and your family should have more than enough room in it. Think about it, eleven long years of dealing with this crap and finally you can settle down with your family. Spend some time with Tea and Yoshi, enjoy yourself. God knows they deserve it, along with you. And just so you know, I will pay for this whole thing, including moving you and your family there. And since we all three know one another rather well, I'll hike up your salaries to a one hundred thousand dollars a year, a piece. Anything else you need for your home will be provided complimentary."
Silence enveloped the room instantly. After what seemed like forever, Illidan said "I'll do it. I grew fond of the students last year, so it'd be nice to see them again."
"With Syrus taken, I'm definitely coming." Marie added and squeezed Illidan's hand.
All eyes immediately moved to Yugi, who sat with his arms crossed. After a long few moments, he said "I'm sure that if we find the perpetrator, we might actually wipe out the Shadow Magic finally, I can only hope. The idea of finally getting to stay constantly with Tea and Yoshi again is so very nice also. And having Illidan and Marie around would be very comforting. I'll do it on one condition."
Irritably, Seto snarled "What, you want another hundred grand!?"
Chuckling, Yugi shook his head, saying "That would be nice, but no. It's not about the money for me. It's been a while since I've had a good duel, so I want to duel the three of you!"
"Are you kidding? I'm all for that motion!" Illidan exclaimed with a grin.
Smirking, Seto folded his arms and closed his eyes and said "Another chance to prove my superior dueling skills seems like such a small price to pay to get the three of you to work for me."
Turning to Marie, he opened his eyes and asked "What about you, Marie? A four way duel would be even more interesting."
Sighing, Marie shook her head and replied "I would love to, but I better not. Arya has been rather cranky as of late during duels. I'll stay with her."
Shrugging, Seto remarked "Alright. You two, get your Duel Disks then."
"Mine is in my car downstairs." Yugi commented.
"Fine then, Kaiba Corp. has an office here in Tokyo with a private dueling ring. I use it when I'm bored and want to show off my incredible dueling skills." Kaiba arrogantly said.
Illidan, Marie, and Yugi all three burst out loud laughing at Kaiba's arrogant comment, which only made Kaiba grunt. Chuckling still, Illidan walked towards his and Marie's bedroom to retrieve his Duel Disk.
Entering it, he began rummaging around for it. "I just put it in here, come on, I couldn't have lost it already…" he grumbled.
Finally finding it under a nearby shirt, Illidan smiled and strapped it on. Pulling his deck out from his deck holder, he examined it quickly and nodded lightly.
Marie meanwhile walked into the room and pulled out Arya's stroller. Gently, she took the sleeping baby into her arms and tried to put her into her stroller, only to fail at keeping the child asleep. Arya woke up and began letting out a howling cry.
Groaning inwardly, Illidan walked over to his cranky daughter and moved down to a kneeling stance. Gently, he tried to soothe the child, but she would have none of it. She only screamed just as loud and began waving her fists lightly.
Reaching out to touch Arya's face, Illidan softly cooed "There, there Arya, calm down."
Instead of Arya calming down, a small wave of Shadow Magic went racing into Illidan's chest, shoving him roughly across the room and into the wall.
Feeling the breath knocked out of him, Illidan sank to the floor for a moment. Getting it back, he looked up at his daughter. "Damn, her Shadow Powers are slowly developing0020into a major problem." he grumbled within his mind.
Seeing her father laying on the floor across the room, Arya finally quieted and then began to lightly giggle. Glaring at their child, Marie harshly scolded Arya with "No! No! Bad girl! You don't throw Daddy across the room!"
Arya only giggled again and Marie heavily sighed. Groaning, Illidan slowly began to rise up and received a friendly hand from Marie. Taking it, he grumbled "Good thing Seto wasn't in here to see that. He'd never let me hear the end of it."
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The four friends and Arya finally made it across town to the large, private dueling ring at Kaiba Corp. Leaving Marie and Arya in a few seats that were near the dueling platform, Illidan formed a triangle with both Yugi and Seto.
In a trash talking mood, Kaiba mockingly asked "Tell me Yugi, do you like dragons?"
"Never have really." Yugi commented back, knowing where the whole conversation was going.
"A pity you don't. Perhaps you'll learn to like them when they crush you." Seto teased.
Shrugging, Yugi remarked "Oh, they can try and make me like them, but me and my magicians will just blast them."
Illidan only remained quiet while Marie grumbled in her mind "What is it with men and their urge to trade trash talk?"
All three were finally in position and had their decks in their Duel Disks. Activating each, the three drew five cards and called out "LET'S DUEL!"
"I'll begin, with Yugi following me, and Illidan being last." Kaiba calmly stated while picking up his sixth card. Examining it, he finally placed it onto his monster card zone and said "I start things off by playing Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands (1400/1000)."
A slimy silver looking creature with thousands and thousands of hands sprouted out everywhere throughout it's body appeared onto the field with a small grunt.
"Disgusting." Illidan muttered.
Ignoring Illidan, Kaiba said "I activate Manju's effect, allowing me to transfer White Dragon Ritual from my deck to my hand."
Pulling his deck out quickly, he sifted through it till finally he found the card he wanted. Shuffling his deck back, Seto replaced his deck into it's slot and smirked. "I activate the spell White Dragon Ritual, in which I sacrifice Manju for. Now I can special summon my Paladin of White Dragon (1900/1200)!"
A white dragon with large golden eyes and large warrior on it's back with white armor, cape, and a powerful sword and shield then appeared on the field. The warrior had greenish skin, but his face was hidden by a helmet that covered all but his chin and mouth.
"Next, I activate my dragon's effect and sacrifice him! With that, I can special summon the mighty and unbeatable Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500)!" Kaiba declared with maniacal laughter.
The warrior on the dragon's back instantly shattered, leaving the dragon alone. The dragon's eyes flashed blue and the smaller dragon instantly began to grow in age till it was much larger. It's wings spread wide, arm's increasing in size, along with it's feet. The dragon had metallic scales now covering it's body, and a set of dangerous teeth were flashed when it opened it's mouth. Letting out a mighty roar, the dragon took position over it's master, seemingly protecting him.
Sighing, Yugi asked in a low mutter "Why must you always laugh like you're insane when you summon that dragon?"
Ignoring Yugi, Seto placed a card within his Spell/Trap Slot, saying "I end by playing a face down card." (Seto 8000, Yugi 8000, Illidan 8000)
Drawing his card, Yugi looked at Seto's field and then back at his hand. After a moment, he pulled a card from his hand and said "I activate the spell called Spell Economics. With this, I no longer have to pay life points for spell cards I activate. Now that it is in play, I activate the spell Dark Magic Curtain, allowing me to special summon from my deck my Dark Magician (2500/2100), so long as I give up half my life points, but that's not a problem thanks to Spell Economics. Rise up my old friend!"
Materializing onto the field was a platform with a large red curtain, the top half of a skeleton with a red collar, and a pentagram design etched circle. The curtain creature glowed with a dark black aura and suddenly the skeleton pulled open the curtain, allowing a figure to escape from it.
The figure soon became visible, revealing a mage wearing dark purple robes with some battle armor. In his right hand was a long green staff. His hair was purple, and his eyes the color of lilac. He had pale skin and wore a strange mage's hat. The mage simply crossed his arms and took up a position before Yugi.
Scoffing at the mage, Seto asked "Am I supposed to be impressed?"
"Maybe." Yugi slyly remarked. "I activate the equip spell Magic Formula, adding 700 attack points to my Dark Magician (2500 + 700 3200/2500)."
Instantly, the mage glowed with a light purple aura and let out a soft growl while his power increased.
"I'll end with two face down cards." (Seto 8000, Yugi 8000, Illidan 8000)
Glancing at both Seto and Yugi's fields, Illidan lightly chuckled to himself. "Nothing like reminiscing over old times, eh guys?"
Both Seto and Yugi smirked at this. Seeing that, Illidan drew his card and said "Why don't I make this duo a true trio! I play the spell Graceful Charity, letting me draw three cards, but discard two when I'm done."
Picking up three cards, Illidan examined them before placing two into his Graveyard Slot, which sucked the two down instantly. "Next up, I activate the spell Monster Reborn, bringing back my Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600)!"
A flaming pentagram instantly formed onto the field with smoke coming out of the middle of it. Rising slowly in the middle of the pentagram was a mage with black tight fitting armor, wearing a strange mage's hat, and held a long black staff in his right hand. His skin color was blue, and he had some black markings. While rising up, his eyes remained closed. Finally fully on the field, the mage opened his eyes, revealing yellow corneas with red irises. Upon opening his eyes, the flames extinguished, seemingly showing his abilities with magic.
"With me special summoning my Dark Magician of Chaos, I can activate his special ability, allowing me to return a spell from my Graveyard. I think Monster Reborn should do nicely."
Receiving his card from his Graveyard Slot, Illidan calmly said "To end, I place two face down cards myself. Your go Seto." (Seto 8000, Yugi 8000, Illidan 8000)
Looking at the dueling field, Marie lightly smirked while gently rocking Arya to sleep. "The stage is set now." she murmured in her mind.
Looking at both Illidan and Yugi's fields while drawing a card, Kaiba tried to analyze both for a weakness of some kind. Determining Illidan's might be the weakest, Kaiba called out "Blue-Eyes White Dragon, destroy Illidan's Dark Magician of Chaos with White Lightning!"
Roaring loudly, the white dragon opened it's jaws and took aim at the black armored mage. White energy began building within the dragon's jaws till finally it shot a beam of white energy straight at the mage, who only stood confidently looking at the blast.
Smirking at the blast, Illidan pointed at one of his face down cards and said "Nice try Kaiba, but you'll have to do better than that. I play my trap, Waboku. All Battle Damage is reduced to zero, meaning my mage isn't going anywhere."
Materializing onto the field in front of the black armored mage were three female mages wearing blue robes. Each began chanting a spell, which formed a blue barrier. The white energy stream struck the barrier and grinded against it for a few minutes before finally fizzling out.
Grunting in irritation, Kaiba slapped a monster card horizontally onto his Duel Disk, saying "I summon Peten the Dark Clown (500/1200) in defense mode."
A clown with a white and black striped face, with yellow and blue-green baggy clothing, a blue vest with a white collar, a large red hat with a long pink flowing wig materialized onto the field in a sitting position. He sat on top of a horizontal card image that had his image, making the clown smile a bit more.
"I end my move." (Seto 8000, Yugi 8000, Illidan 8000)
Drawing, Yugi examined his card momentarily before sticking into his spell/trap slot, saying "I play the equip spell Dark Spear onto my Dark Magician."
Swinging his staff downwards to the right of his body, the mage's staff instantly transformed into a long and sharp green spear.
"With his Dark Spear equipped, when my Dark Magician strikes a defensive monster, the difference in his attack points and your monster's defense points are dealt directly to your life points, or better known as Trample Damage."
Pointing towards the clown sitting on Seto's field, Yugi called out "Dark Magician, take down that clown with Dark Spear Strike!"
Leaping into the air, the purple mage let out a small cry and began his rapid descent. Pushing his spear forward, he prepared to strike the clown.
"I don't think so Yugi." Seto grumpily said. "Go Negate Attack!"
Instantly, a blue and purple hole appeared before the clown, taking the hit from the spear that the purple mage wielded. Falling back, the mage landed onto Yugi's field and folded his arms.
"My trap not only negates your attack, it ends your Battle Phase." Seto smugly said.
Lightly sighing, Yugi calmly remarked "I end my turn." (Seto 8000, Yugi 8000, Illidan 8000)
Picking up his next card, Illidan smirked lightly and slapped the card to his Duel Disk. "I summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4 (1600/1000)!"
Emerging onto the field was a silver dragon that looked more like a large silver bird. It had large silver wings for arms that were tucked in and large talons on it's feet.
"Horus, attack Seto's Peten the Dark Clown with Darkness Flames!"
Letting out a small screech, the silver dragon flapped it's wings roughly till it lifted up into the air. Finally airborne, the dragon took aim and released a stream of black flames at the weaker clown. The clown was engulfed by the flames and let out a cry of pain before shattering.
Growling lightly, Seto barked out "Peten may have been destroyed, but he has a very special ability! By removing him from play from my Graveyard, I can now special summon a new Peten the Dark Clown (500/1200) to my field in defense."
Taking the monster card out of his Graveyard Slot, Seto placed it within the removed from play slot and then grabbed his deck. Thumbing through it, he found the new monster card and slapped it horizontally onto his Duel Disk, causing a duplicate of the clown that was just destroyed to appear.
"Not bad Seto, but you forget, I still have another monster. Dark Magician of Chaos, attack that clown with Chaos Scepter Blast!"
Twirling his staff a bit, the blue skinned mage took aim at the clown creature and fired a blast of black magical energy. The blast tore through the clown easily, shattering him on contact.
"Unfortunately for you Seto, when my mage attacks and destroys a monster, the monster is removed from play instead of being sent to the Graveyard. That means you can't bring out another clown." Illidan chided, earning a growl from Seto.
Taking another card from his hand, Illidan placed it into his Spell/Trap Slot and said "I place this face down and move to my End Phase. Now I can activate Horus's special ability. Whenever he destroys a monster in battle, I can sacrifice him to special summon his next form, Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6 (2300/1600)!"
Aiming it's head at the ground, the silver dragon released a stream of black flames at the ground, which instantly engulfed the small dragon completely. After a moment, silver metal wings poked out of the flames, along with an eagle like head. With strong wing beats, the new creature pulled itself out of the flames, revealing that the silver dragon had metamorphosed from a smaller dragon into a dragon that looked very much like a predatory bird with a long silver tail. Landing onto the field, the dragon let out a screech.
"Your move Seto." Illidan calmly said. (Seto 8000, Yugi 8000, Illidan 8000)
Glancing at Illidan's new monster and then at Yugi's mage, Seto drew his next card and smirked a bit. "Yugi, that Dark Magician of yours has been around for far too long! Time to cut him down to size! I activate the spell Shrink, cutting your Dark Magician's strength in half!"
A hologram image of the spell card instantly formed onto the field and shot out a white beam of energy at the purple robed mage, who stood perfectly still and waited.
"Sorry Kaiba, but my mage isn't going anywhere! I play my Bounce spell, which transfers the effect of your card to a different monster!" Yugi declared.
Eyeing the field, he smirked and said "And I choose to redirect your spell's effect at Illidan's Dark Magician of Chaos!"
The spell card image on Yugi's field instantly intercepted the white beam of energy and redirected it to the blue skinned mage, who doubled over in pain from the shot (2800 / 2 1400/2600).
Growling with irritation, Illidan shot a glare at Yugi, who only smirked. Seto grumbled lightly, but smirked too and said "Blue-Eyes, send that weakened mage on a one-way trip to the Graveyard with White Lightning!"
Roaring loudly, the white metallic dragon opened it's jaws and began gathering energy quickly within it's mouth. In mere moments, the dragon had enough energy gathered and fired a stream of the energy at the weakened mage.
Watching it approach, Illidan pointed at a face down card and called out "I'm not losing my mage that easily! Go trap card, Covering Fire!"
Rising up, the trap glowed instantly with a red glow. The black armored mage first began to glow with the same red aura, then the silver dragon reciprocated the act.
"When I play my Covering Fire, I'm allowed to raise the attack points of the monster being attacked by another of my monster's attack points. Since I only have Horus, that means he sends Dark Magician of Chaos all his strength (1400 + 2300 3700/2600)!"
Instantly, the mage recovered from his doubled over state and stood tall once more, making Seto break out in a sweat.
"Counter with Chaos Scepter Blast!" Illidan declared confidently.
Aiming his staff at the oncoming white energy stream, the black armored mage released a powerful blast of black magical energy. The blast went straight through the white beam, sending a shower of energy everywhere. After a moment of flying backwards, the blast slammed into the white dragon, making it howl in pain before exploding, sending smoke billowing over the field.
Slowly, the smoke cleared, leaving a growling Seto in it's wake. Glancing at his hand, he slapped a card to his Duel Disk horizontally and gruffly said "I summon Pitch-Dark Dragon (900/600) in defense."
A black dragon with many spikes covering it's body and black wings furled up appeared in a sitting stance before Seto.
"I place a card face down and end my turn." (Seto 7300, Yugi 8000, Illidan 8000)