Hey everyone! Well, not too much new. This past weekend, my mate and I went and saw "Dark Knight." I must say, it was an excellent movie, probably my second favorite Batman movie, if not tied for first, with "Batman Begins" as my favorite. But again, it was an excellent movie, and I advise anyone who is thinking about going or likes Batman at all, I'd say go. It's well worth it. Heath Ledger did an excellent job in it as the Joker, and I think he played the best version of the Joker that I've seen since I've watched the series. At any rate, other than that, nothing else really happened. I went and saw my grandfather, who is doing well enough still. I sometimes worry about him due that he mentions he saw or talked with people who have been dead for a while. It isn't too worrisome, but just a little I suppose. I joked with my grandmother once I talked with her, saying she had a few messages according to grandpa from her parents. (/Shrugs\) I don't know, I guess I just worry for him. I'm thankful that he's still here, but I always ponder what will happen when he's gone. I guess I'll just be thankful for the time with him.
Writing wise, things are moving along nicely for both of my stories. I've hit a great part in Another that I've had lots to write on, plus I've hit some interesting chapters in this story. I've been inspired to write in each, so we'll see how that goes.
Last time, Illidan gave into his own darkness in his heart, allowing it to take him entirely and grant him more power than he's ever had. With his new power, he crushed Beelzebub quickly and showed a new Chaos Fusion monster, which decimated Beelzebub completely. The question now is, what will Illidan do from here on?
Moving along, time for reviews!
Metal Overlord 2.0: LOL! That's a strong possibility that Haou is no longer the most powerful force in Dark World since Illidan has become dark. Heh, yes, I'm sure many have pondered what would happen when Illidan finally snapped, and honestly, I was thinking the same thing. He's been tempted in the past, but never to this degree, and this time it was too much. True, he became far more powerful than many though probably, hehe. Yeah, I guess I can see the similarities between Illidan and Anakin Skywalker. Both had good intentions, but the darkness consumed each. The question is, will Illidan let it rule him forever, or will he meet the same fate as Anakin. But yes, I created a new fusion of the Chaos monsters to prove just how dark and ruthless Illidan now is. Heh, yep, the previous versions of the Chaos cards seem weak compared to this new one, lol. I'm glad you really liked this chapter, and I'm sorry I had to have Illidan blow away your Kozaky strategy, but here is some consolation: it took Beelzebub's deck and mind games to push Illidan to this point, so he gets some credit, lol. True, there are so many sides now, making the future very unsure. You have the remaining Fallen Angels (down to two now, lol), Yubel and her accomplice, Haou, the others trying to stop them all, and now a darker Illidan has joined in the mix. Oh, you'll see what this darker Illidan is capable of soon enough, that is for certain. Thanks for the great review!
Ultimate Legendary Master: Yep, he turned dark, lol. Oh, Beelzebub was right about what, that it will consume and destroy Illidan eventually? Thanks for the review.
Aelsthla-Mental: Yes, Illidan wanted cookies. He needs cookies! True, you have to wonder if anyone can stop Illidan now that he's become dark and ultra powerful. No, not the dreaded commercials! Thanks for the review, lol.
Well, that's it for the reviews. I appreciate all three of you for sending in your reviews. They were very helpful in giving me some feedback on what happened. Again, I thank each of you for your reviews once more.
I'm officially done for today, so I hope you all like this chapter. The person in this chapter was the original reason I began this whole sequel since I left it as unfinished in TFG. Enjoy!
Chapter 29
Glancing around the woods, Zane let out a huff. "Great, I'm lost…" he muttered.
"I'm an excellent duelist, but my directional skills just plain suck. If Illidan or Jaden were around, they could just use their Shadow Magic to summon some monsters or find their way out, but my powers are so weak and underdeveloped that I have no clue what to do."
Hearing a roar off in the distance, he felt his pulse quicken. Moving in the direction of the roar, he powered up his Duel Disk and prepared to make his move. Approaching the place where he had heard the roar, he drew four cards. Glancing at them, he saw they were his three Cyber Dragons and Power Bond.
"Cyber End Dragon should be able to deal with whatever I run into, so long as it isn't Kaiba's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon." he mused to himself.
Getting closer, he felt his mind begin racing as random thoughts struck him. The loss of Syrus had deeply changed his way of thinking, plus the coupled loss to Seto Kaiba recently in the tournament made him that much more frustrated. "I was simply swept aside by Kaiba so he could go on and face Yugi Moto. If it wasn't for that, I'd be fine, but to lose in such a way fully infuriates me."
Arriving on the outskirts of a clearing, he found a tree and hid behind it. Glancing further into the clearing, he saw a gigantic moth like creature that had dark-blue-patterned wings, a green, plump, cocoon-shaped body, with yellow bulged out eyes and vicious stinger like claws.
Eyeing the creature, he quickly identified it as Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth. Scanning the area before the moth, he saw a solemn short figure wearing a black set of robes with a hood drawn. The moth began flapping it's wings, spreading out a deadly poison towards the figure.
Readying himself to call upon his dragon, Zane gasped in shock when instead, a sphere of black Shadow Magic formed in the hand of the figure. Aiming it at the moth, the figure launched the Shadow Magic, scoring a direct hit on the moth and causing a large explosion. Falling from the sky, the remains of the moth slammed into the ground, knocking a few trees over in the process before slowly dissolving away.
Brows furrowed, Zane stepped out from behind the tree while holding onto his four cards tightly. Making his presence known, he gruffly asked "Who are you?"
Standing still, the figure slowly turned towards Zane and pushed the hood back off of his head, revealing teal colored locks and glasses. In a gasp, Zane muttered in disbelief "It can't be…"
"I'm here, big brother." the soft voice of Syrus said.
Staring at his brother's face for a few moments in total shock, Zane couldn't find any words to say. He wished to run to his brother and hug him to himself, just to make sure he was real, but the hardened, logical part of his mind told him not to.
Smirking at Zane's shocked gaze, Syrus's eyes suddenly changed into a light blue color, and his voice changed into a harder drawl. "Or should I say… Hello, Mr. Truesdale."
Eyes widening even more, Zane clenched his jaw tightly upon recognition of the owner of the voice. In a tight, clipped tone, he coldly said "Zell…"
"Precisely." the voice declared while folding Syrus's arms over his body.
In a heated tone, Zane growled out "I should have expected it. Only a coward like you could do something like that to my brother."
"But of course, and I'm sure you're dying to know how this happened." Zell smugly remarked. "For now though, I'm not going to tell you. You should know, I've come to dislike this body. It's weak. This brat has a lot of migraines, that much I can inform you of."
Smirking at Zane's reaction and seeing the anger and fury burning within his teal orbs, Zell smartly said "How about a deal? We'll have ourselves a duel. If you win, I'll abandon this body and be destroyed forever, and you can have your little brother back once more. I'll even fill you in on our adventures together."
"Why am I not seeing the flip side?" Zane snarled.
Smirking once more, Zell smugly replied "Ah yes, if I and when I win, I get your body for a vessel, and your little brother will still be free. Sounds like a win/win situation for you, doesn't it? It's a good deal, and you know it."
Remaining quiet for a few moments, Zane pulled his deck out and shuffled it and jammed it back into his Duel Disk's Deck Slot. "Very well, I accept your challenge."
"Excellent."
"Be fully aware though Zell, that I will crush you for your insolence towards my little brother! For what you did to him, you will pay dearly!" Zane growled out with anger flaring in his eyes.
"We shall see, but the question is, do you have the guts to harm your baby brother? It is his body after all, so any pain you inflict upon me is his pain." Zell commented while moving into position. Activating his own Duel Disk, he placed his deck into it and readied himself.
Clenching his fists tightly till his nails dug into his palms, Zane powered up his own Duel Disk. "Shut your mouth! When I'm done with you, you're going to wish you had never inhabited mine or my brother's bodies!"
"Talk is cheap, so allow me to show you that you should not meddle in things that are bigger than yourself." Zell remarked with a sneer.
The pair drew five cards simultaneously, with each saying "Duel!"
"I'll make the first move." Zell said while drawing a new card. Setting a card onto his Duel Disk horizontally and sliding a card into his Spell/Trap Slot, he calmly said "I set this monster and a face down card. I believe that'll do, so let's see your ultimate machine deck defeat me." (Zell 8000, Zane 8000)
Drawing his sixth card, Zane snarled out "It will and I'll free my brother! Since you have a monster out and I don't, I can special summon this card, my Cyber Dragon (2100/1600)!"
Materializing onto the field quickly was a silver machine snake like dragon, which curled up part of it's body while letting out a small growl.
"Next I summon Infernal Dragon (2000/0)!"
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 an offensive 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.
"Not bad." Zell commented. "Two monsters with at least 2000 attack points, and in just one turn. There is a problem though: I know your strategies, inside and out. Lest you forget, I used your deck when I was in your body and learned every aspect of it before I dueled that foolish slave girl. That is why I built this deck to counter your own."
"SHUT UP!" Zane snapped. "Infernal Dragon, incinerate his creature with Inferno Blaze!"
Letting out a small roar, the dragon opened up it's jaws, allowing a sphere of flames to begin forming within it's mouth. The sphere continued to grow and grow till it was much larger than the dragon's head. In a roar of anger, the dragon spat the blazing sphere of energy at the face down card image on the field.
The image instantly vanished and was replaced by a orange-red tomato with sharp fangs protruding from it's mouth, a long tongue, crazy yellow corneas with red irises, and veins on the top of it's forehead. In a loud shriek, the tomato was hit, causing it to splatter all over the field before fading away.
With a slight smirk, Zell declared "You just destroyed Mystic Tomato (1400/1100). When it is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, I get to special summon a Dark Attribute monster with 1500 or less attack points in it's place. My choice is this, another Mystic Tomato (1400/1100)!"
Searching out his deck, Zell finally found the proper card and slapped it to his Duel Disk, causing another tomato creature to form before him.
"They help one another, much like brothers, although that can't be said for Syrus, eh Zane?"
Clenching his right fist tightly, Zane yelled "SHUT UP!"
Smirking at the reaction, Zell simply asked "Strike a nerve?"
Feeling his heart pounding within his chest and the anger coursing through him, Zane attempted to reign in his emotions, knowing they would be his downfall if he let them continue to rage within him. Regaining some control, he pointed at the tomato and declared "Cyber Dragon, blast that thing with Strident Blaze!"
Roaring loudly, the machine dragon took aim and fired a stream of white energy at the tomato, destroying the tomato rather easily.
Clapping his hands mockingly, Zell nonchalantly said "Well done big brother, but your good dueling doesn't account for the fact that you were unable to save Syrus, isn't that right?"
"Just shut up!" Zane snarled while grasping his head in his hands. "I am going to make you pay for what you did to my little brother, I swear it!"
Sneering, Zell smugly said "Well, you'll have to get through my third Mystic Tomato (1400/1100) first, which seems beyond your means at this point."
Materializing onto the field in the place of the old one, a new tomato smirked evilly at the two dragons across from it.
Grunting irritably, Zane muttered "I end my turn, in which my Infernal Dragon's effect kicks in, destroying it."
Letting out a soft roar, the black dragon exploded into millions of pixels, leaving only the machine dragon behind. (Zell 7300, Zane 8000)
Drawing his card without a word, Zell smirked and slapped the new card onto his Duel Disk, saying "I summon Brron, Mad King of Dark World (1800/400)."
An insane cackling echoed from somewhere in the clearing, and then a tall, gangly form materialized immediately into sight in front of Zell. He had long, spiky hair and an insane grin. However, he looked a little skeletal, and his legs seemed a little unbalanced. He was also covered in a dark-green cape that looked to be made out of royalty.
"It's too weak to battle my dragon." Zane commented confidently.
"Perhaps, but he'll still be a thorn in your side. I equip him with spell Axe of Despair, boosting his attack points by 1000 (1800 + 1000 2800/400)!"
Appearing above the gangly fiend was a long axe with a sharp blade on it. Reaching up and taking hold of it, the fiend let out a sinister cackle while swinging it about in readiness to fight.
"Brron, show him what you're made of and destroy that pathetic Cyber Dragon! Axe of Madness!"
Letting out a loud cackle, the crazed fiend raced across the field and leapt high into the air. Coming down at a blinding speed at the weaker machine dragon, the fiend buried it's axe into the dragon's forehead, making it howl in pain for a moment before it split in two and exploded.
Darkly chuckling, Zell tauntingly asked "It hurts, doesn't it Zane? And it's only the beginning, for once I attack with Brron, his special ability has me discard a card from my hand."
"Discard a card? What kind of crazy effect is that!?" Zane questioned.
"A handy one, for I send this, my Broww, Huntsman of Dark World (1400/800) to my Graveyard, which triggers his own special ability. Now I may draw one extra card."
Picking up a card, Zell smirked and pointed at Zane, saying "Mystic Tomato, direct attack him!"
Letting out a loud shriek, the tomato creature rushed forward at a fast pace. Reaching Zane, it slammed it's full weight into him, forcing Zane to slide backwards and grunt from the flash of pain running through his body.
"I set two face down cards and end my turn." (Zell 7300, Zane 5900)
Grabbing a new card, Zane glanced at it for a moment before slapping it onto his Duel Disk. "I summon Proto-Cyber Dragon (1100/600)!"
Rising onto the field was a snake like machine dragon with dull grey skin and wires hanging out of it's body. It let out a soft growl and glared at the two monsters across from itself.
"Pathetic move Zane. If you wanted to lose, why didn't you say so?" Zell taunted.
Smirking, Zane remarked "You're about to find out what I'm truly made of. I play the spell Polymerization, fusing Proto-Cyber Dragon with the Cyber Dragon (2100/1600) in my hand, creating Cyber Twin Dragon (2800/2000)!"
Materializing onto the field beside of the older machine dragon was a silver machine snake dragon. The pair swirled together instantly, creating a blinding light. The light soon dulled, revealing a twin headed machine snake like dragon with a single tail.
Sneering at the new creature, Zell smugly commented "What do you intend to do with that? It's even with Brron, meaning if you attack, it'll be a draw."
"I'm not through!" Zane barked back. Grabbing another card from his hand, he showed it, saying "I activate my spell, Pot of Greed! Now I draw two new cards!"
"Sorry Zane, but I chain my two traps! Go Solemn Wishes, and then Appropriate! Appropriate first activates, allowing me to draw two cards whenever my opponent draws cards outside of his own Draw Phase."
Picking up two cards, Zell smirked and pointed at his next trap card. "Next, Solemn Wishes allows me to gain 500 life points each time I draw cards."
Growling softly while he watched Zell's life points increase, Zane drew his two cards and fired back "It won't help you in the end, because I'm playing my Mystical Space Typhoon! This spell allows me to rip up one of your spell or trap cards, so I pick your Axe of Despair (2800 – 1000 1800/400)!"
Gusting up, a spiraling typhoon raced across the field and slammed hard into the fiendish monster, shattering his axe instantly upon impact.
Shrugging, Zell calmly said "I play Axe of Despair's special ability. When it goes to the Graveyard, I'm allowed to sacrifice a monster and then place it back on top of my deck. I send Brron to my Grave and place my spell back on top of my deck."
Vanishing in a flash of light, the fiendish monster let out one last insane cackle before he completely disappeared. Holding his hand over his Graveyard Slot, Zell patiently waited for the spell to slide out, which did after a moment. Slipping the card on top of his deck, Zell smirked victoriously at Zane, who only glared back.
"You may have returned Axe of Despair to your deck, but you're wide open now! Go Cyber Twin Dragon, blast that tomato with Double Strident Blaze!" Zane declared.
With each head roaring loudly, the twin heads of the machine dragon opened their jaws and released a stream each at the crazed tomato creature. The streams hit hard, shattering the tomato into millions of pixels and making Zell cover his face from the backwash of the explosion.
Smirking slightly, Zell calmly said "Thanks to you destroying my Mystic Tomato, I get to special summon a new Dark Attribute creature from my deck, so long as it has 1500 or less attack points."
Pulling his deck out, Zell thumbed through it till he found the proper card. Slapping it to his Duel Disk, he said "Come forth Gren, Tactician of Dark World (300/500)."
Materializing onto the field instantly was a short fiend with dull grey skin, a large oddly shaped head, and a lean build. The creature wore a green cloak and held a book in it's right hand to it's chest.
"It doesn't matter what you summon to defend you!" Zane roared. "Cyber Twin Dragon's special ability allows it to attack a second time, so go blow that thing away with Double Strident Blaze!"
Roaring loudly, the twin headed dragon fired a pair of golden streams of energy at the grey skinned creature.
Smirking, Zell called out "Hold on there, brother! I play my trap, Draining Shield!"
A golden energy shield suddenly formed before the weaker gray skinned creature, which took the full force of the twin streams of golden energy. The barrier held and finally dissipated and sent a stream of golden energy to Zell's Duel Disk.
"Whenever I play Draining Shield, your attack is negated and I gain life points equal to your dragon's attack points. Nice try, big brother." Zell snidely commented.
"Great, he's found many ways to counter my dragons furious power. I heavily rely on beatdown tactics, and he's planned that out. Now what?" Zane pondered.
Taking a calming breath, he smoothly said "I set a card and end my turn." (Zell 9200, Zane 5900)
Picking up a new card, Zell smirked and said "Since I just drew, Solemn Wishes grants me 500 life points. Next, I sacrifice Gren to summon Caius the Shadow Monarch (2400/1000)!"
Immediately, the gray skinned fiend vanished from the field, only to be replaced by a towering figure in tattered black robes with gray armor. His shoulder pads were rather thick, with a helmet covering it's head. In the creature's hands before him was a black sphere of energy.
"Now for Caius's special ability. When summoned, he removes one card from play on the field. Your dragon looks like a nice target."
Glaring at the machine dragon, the large gray armored warrior tossed his sphere of black energy straight at the dragon.
With only a short distance left, Zane pointed at his face down card, saying "I think not! I activate the spell De-Fusion! Now my dragon separates into my two Cyber Dragons (2100/1600) in defense!"
Glowing with a white light, the machine dragon split off into two beams of white light, which soon took up the forms of two machine snake like dragons coiled up.
A touch irritated, Zell said "Fine then, Caius, destroy one of his Cyber Dragons!"
Raising his hands up once more, the gray armored warrior formed a new black sphere before itself. Aiming at one of the machine dragons, the warrior tossed the sphere of energy at the weaker dragon, making it howl in pain before shattering.
"I think that's enough damage for now." (Zell 9700, Zane 5900)
Drawing a card, Zane lightly growled to himself and grunted out "I pass." (Zell 9700, Zane 5900)
Once more drawing, Zell smirked and said "Come out Zure, Knight of Dark World (1800/1500)!"
Rising up onto the field was a silver skinned demonic creature with a long flowing purple cape, a purple mohawk, and a long sword in his right hand.
"Zure, eliminate his pathetic Cyber Dragon!"
Crossing the field quickly, the demonic warrior quickly slashed through the machine dragon with a clean cut, slicing it completely in two, causing it to roar out in pain before shattering.
"Caius, show Zane your true power! Direct attack!"
Forming a new sphere of black energy in his two hands, the large gray armored warrior threw it towards Zane, who quickly crossed his arms in front of his of his face. Closing his eyes, he felt the impact hit him and pain flow through his body. It took all of his strength and pride to keep from being knocked backwards upon impact from the blast, but once it subsided, he quickly fell to his knees, panting hard.
Smirking at Zane, Zell smugly asked "How can you hope to defeat me? This entire duel, I've been simply playing with you. Your pathetic beatdown strategy can never overcome my new deck. Surrender now, and you will spare yourself from all kinds of hellish pain. When I take your body back as my own, I'll give you the pleasure of watching me eliminate your pathetic brother's body. I hate this lump of flesh, but it is what keeps me here. Last time you were saved by the pharaoh's whore, but this time, there is no one to save you!"
Weakly standing, Zane hid his eyes below his bangs. Raising his face to look at Zell, he snarled out with fury in his eyes "I will defeat you this time!"
"Really?" Zell challengingly questioned. "Feel free to try. I end my turn." (Zell 10200, Zane 3500)
Clenching his right fist, Zane stared at his deck for a moment. "This duel has barely even begun and yet Zell has pulled out a large lead. I cannot allow him to defeat me! I have to take him down and free my little brother, no matter the cost."
Drawing his card, Zane slapped it to his Duel Disk, saying "I special summon my final Cyber Dragon (2100/1600)!"
Rising up onto the field, another machine snake like dragon let out a low mechanical roar, seemingly warning that it was prepared to fight.
"Cyber Dragon, take out his Zure! Strident Blaze!"
Roaring loudly, the machine dragon fired a stream of white energy straight for the silver skinned warrior. The stream struck the warrior hard, making howl in pain. Finally, the blast destroyed the warrior, leaving Zell shielding his face while growling with irritation.
"I'll set a face down and end my turn." (Zell 9900, Zane 3500)
"Defiant till the end, eh Zane?" Zell questioned while drawing a card. "Fine then, be that way. I'll crush you and destroy what is left of your pride. Caius, destroy his pathetic dragon!"
Forming a sphere of black energy quickly, the warrior flung it straight at the weaker dragon.
"Not this time!" Zane declared. "I play my trap, Attack Reflector Unit! By sacrificing Cyber Dragon, I'm allowed to special summon my Cyber Barrier Dragon (800/2800)!"
Glowing with a bright white light, the dragon suddenly began to transform, with it's body growing in length, several spikes shooting out of it's body, a pink colored hood formed around it's neck, and it's eyes turned green.
"Whatever, I'll crush it still!" Zell snapped out.
Smirking, Zane smugly replied "Not quite, for I play Cyber Barrier Dragon's effect. If it's in attack mode, I'm allowed to negate one attack during each round."
Pulling it's head back into the hood, the machine dragon let out a screeching sound as a green barrier formed before it. The black sphere of energy slammed hard into the barrier, but the barrier held, causing the blast to dissolve.
Grunting, Zell slid a card into his Spell/Trap Slot and said "I'll set this and end my turn." (Zell 10400, Zane 3500)
Drawing his new card, Zane examined it and smirked a bit. Slapping the card to his Duel Disk, he declared "It's time I turned up the heat! I summon the mighty Cyberdark Horn (800/800)!"
A 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.
Staring at the creature, Zell took a step back and gasped in a bit of shock. "I remember that creature… But I thought from the reports I had heard that you no longer used the Underworld Deck that Legato gave you!"
"True, I did quit using it." Zane remarked with a smirk. "But when I decided to come to this world to find my little brother, I knew I'd need all the power I could find to defeat whoever had control of him. That's why I decided to use the Underworld Deck once more, and now it is far more powerful than ever, so don't think I'll be using the same cards I had when you used it."
Pointing at his new creature, Zane promptly said "Now then, it's time I refreshed you on Cyberdark Horn's special ability. When summoned, I may equip him with a level four or below Dragon Type monster from my Graveyard. At this moment, I only have one in my Graveyard, so I equip my Infernal Dragon (2000/0)!"
Rising up onto the field once more was the black dragon with a hood around it's head. It let out a small roar before the machine creature reached out and wrapped it's arms and connected wires to the dragon's body. The dragon let out a loud screech from the pain it felt, but soon settled.
"I'm sorry for your pain, Infernal Dragon." Zane whispered while staring at the dragon that had quieted. Raising his voice, he said "I will do whatever it takes to save my little brother, so watch as Cyberdark Horn's secondary effect kicks in. My Horn now gains the attack points of my Infernal Dragon (800 + 2000 2800/800)!"
Letting out a soft growl, the bug like creature glowed with a dark aura as it's strength quickly increased.
"Cyberdark Horn, destroy Caius with Horn Needle!"
Aiming all four of it's pronged arms at the gray armored warrior, the bug like machine creature fired a stream of black energy from each prong. The energy quickly crossed the field and slammed heavily into the warrior, making it scream out in pain before shattering completely into millions of pixels. The remainder of the attack struck Zell, making him grunt out with the minor amount of pain.
Watching Zell flinch from the pain, Zane almost took an involuntary step forward towards his brother's body, but stopped when he saw Zell's dark smirk.
"I can see it in your eyes. You're like an open book to me." Zell commented. "You are having doubts about fighting me. True, you want vengeance, but at the cost of hurting your own little brother? Even if you somehow win this duel, will little Syrus's body be able to withstand the damage that you've inflicted upon me?"
Feeling the sting of Zell's words, Zane fired back "Shut up!"
"I hate to say it, but he's right. The more I drag this battle out, the more than likely Syrus's body will be injured by me. Can I actually do this to him?"
Closing his eyes, he reopened them slowly. Staring into the arctic blue eyes of his brother, Zane knew his answer immediately. "I must stay the course and save my brother, no matter what I have to do."
"Cyber Barrier Dragon, give him a taste of your Defensive Strident Blaze!"
Roaring loudly, the machine dragon sucked it's head back into it's hood once more and let out a loud screech as a wave of green energy shot forward, striking Zell head on. As the impact hit, Zell let out a scream of pain.
In a small voice, Zane heard his brother's voice say "Help me, brother!"
Unable to keep his emotions from rising to the surface, Zane looked away with a pained look and muttered "I end my turn." (Zell 9200, Zane 3500)
Picking up a new card, Zell smirked at it and said "I'll begin with this spell, Graceful Charity, allowing me to draw three more cards, but forces me to toss out two when I'm done."
Grabbing three cards, Zell examined them for a moment before picking two and placing them into his Graveyard. Sneering, he smugly remarked "You're in serious trouble now Zane, for I just discarded a powerful monster known as Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World (2300/1400). When discarded, I'm allowed to special summon him to my field. Rise up Goldd!"
Forming on the field before Zell was a large, skeletal like monster that was clad in heavy golden armor, with enormous shoulder pads, spike like golden wings on it's back, a blackish-yellow torso, and carried a large axe with both hands. The creature's eyes instantly glowed crimson upon stretching out.
"It's a strong monster, but not nearly strong enough to battle my Cyberdark Horn." Zane sternly commented.
Smirking, Zell cocked his head to the side and replied "Really? Well then, I suppose you shouldn't have any problems in defeating him. It's pointless for me to attack you due to your Cyber Barrier Dragon, so I end my move." (Zell 10200, Zane 3500)
Snapping off a card quickly, Zane pointed at the golden creature and yelled "Cyberdark Horn, tear that thing apart with Horn Needle!"
Roaring loudly, the machine creature fired four black streams of dark energy at the golden creature, who only merely growled out at the attack.
"So predictable." Zell wistfully commented. Rising up next to him, he pointed at his new card, saying "I play my spell, Rush Recklessly. This grants Goldd an additional 700 attack points for this turn (2300 + 700 3000/1400). Looks like your little machine dragon bit off too much. Counter now Goldd!"
Letting out a disgruntled grunt, the golden creature raced forward, using it's axe to slice through the oncoming black energy. The energy went spraying randomly across the field as the golden armored creature continued rushing towards the bug like machine creature. Finally reaching it, the golden creature swung it's axe at the machine creature, striking it hard in the chest, causing a massive explosion with smoke hiding the results.
The smoke soon dissipated at the golden creature landed back on Zell's field. Out of the smoke reappeared the bug like machine creature, but the dragon that was attached to it was missing.
"Ah yes, I remember now. Whenever Cyberdark Horn would have been destroyed, it's equip card takes the fall instead (2800 – 2000 800/800)." Zell commented. "Still, your dragon is left rather weak, not to mention, you only have that pathetically weak dragon. Not like you can do much now."
Slightly growling, Zane looked over his two monsters. "Damn, I can't switch Horn to defense now that it's weaker. I could switch my Barrier Dragon to defense, but I need Horn more than it. I guess I have no choice, but I'll still lose a good bit of life points either way. I only hope he picks off Barrier Dragon if he does anything."
"I end my turn." (Zell 10200, Zane 3300)
Drawing a new card quickly, Zell chuckled darkly and smugly said "Perfect! I summon Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World (1600/1300)!"
A grey skinned creature with light golden armor and a spear in hand materialized onto the field and glared at Zane.
"Beiige, destroy his pathetic Cyberdark Horn!"
Letting out a hearty battle cry, the silver skinned creature raced forward with it's spear ready to pierce the insect like machine.
Clenching his jaw, Zane called out "I activate Cyber Barrier Dragon's special ability, allowing me to negate your attack."
Pulling it's head back into the hood on it's neck, the dragon let out a howling screech as a green barrier formed before it. The silver skinned warrior slammed his spear heavily into the barrier, only causing sparks to form. At long last, the creature gave up and leapt back to Zell's field.
"You just sealed your Barrier Dragon's fate! Goldd, crush that dragon!"
Sneering, the creature raced forward with it's axe glowing a dark golden color. Reaching the machine dragon, the golden fiend slashed at the dragon's head, decapitating it in a single swipe. The dragon's head went flying and smashed onto the ground with a heavy thud while the remainder of it's body exploded. Continuing on forward, the golden creature slammed the heavy end of it's axe into Zane's gut, making him cry out in pain and fall to one knee and try regaining his breath.
"Hah!" Zell laughed. "My life points are over six times your own life points, not to mention I have a powerful monster on my field. How do you plan to survive my wrath? If you give up now, I'll spare you ego and pride from complete defeat."
Clenching his right fist tightly, Zane forced himself up to his feet, but suddenly felt a sharp pain course over his heart. "Not this! Not now, of all times!" he groaned in his mind.
Pushing the pain to the back of his mind, he snarled "I will never give up!"
Shrugging, Zell smugly commented "It's your loss, so very well. I end my turn." (Zell 11200, Zane 1800)
Drawing his card slowly, Zane examined it and slid it into one of his Spell/Trap Slots, then picked up his monster card and shifted it to a horizontal position. "I set this card and switch Cyberdark Horn to defense. That's it." (Zell 11200, Zane 1800)
"How pathetic." Zell scoffed while drawing a card. "Beiige, destroy his pathetic excuse for a monster!"
Racing forward, the spear wielding creature reached the machine creature and plunged it's spear deep into the machine. The machine creature instantly howled out in pain and exploded, leaving Zane wide open.
"Goldd, end this!"
Rushing across the field, the golden creature readied to swing it's axe at Zane's chest while sneering in the process.
"I'm not done yet! 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 by 100 points."
Picking up several cards from his deck, Zane closed his eyes for a moment and finally reopened them, revealing a bit of coldness in them. "I send 23 cards to my Grave, meaning I take zero damage."
A golden colored barrier suddenly formed before Zane, taking the hit for the duelist in the black leather coat. The golden creature slammed it's axe hard into the barrier, but the barrier didn't budge or buckle. Instead, it repelled the attack, leaving Zane unharmed.
"You're just delaying the inevitable." Zell coolly said. "I end." (Zell 11700, Zane 1800)
Picking up a card, Zane glanced at it and smirked. "I activate Graceful Charity! Now I draw three new cards, so long as I toss out two."
Snapping off three cards, Zane examined them, only to hear Zell say "Don't forget about Appropriate. Since you just drew, so do I. Also, I gain 500 life points for my troubles."
Watching Zell pick up two cards, Zane shrugged and placed two cards into his Graveyard Slot. "I toss these two cards, and activate the final card to my ultimate strategy. I play the spell Cyberdark Impact!"
Without warning, a cloud of darkness suddenly began to envelop Zane's field, obscuring his body for the most part. Within the cloud, three shadowy creatures appeared.
Holding his hand over his Duel Disk's Graveyard Slot, Zane smirked as two cards slid out. Picking them up, he grabbed a third from his hand and turned the three towards Zell to see.
"By sending Cyberdark Keel (800/800), Cyberdark Edge (800/800), and Cyberdark Horn (800/800) from my hand, field, or Graveyard back to my deck, I can then summon my almighty Cyberdark Dragon (1000/1000)!"
Instantly, the cloud dissipated, revealing three black machine creatures. The first was the strange insect like machine monster from earlier. Beside of it, another strange looking creature with long metallic wings that head sharp blade feathers. The metallic creature looked like a large bug with a long tail that had a pincher type tail, pinchers on its mouth, and two stick like arms. The wings on the creature were massive, even larger than its main body. The final one was a black metallic snake like dragon with wires hanging off of its body.
Once fully on the field, the three began swirling together, causing a bright blinding light to fill the air. 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. The roar that left its mouth shattered the silence of the dark forest.
Staring at the dragon, Zane smirked triumphantly, but cringed when he felt a small jolt of pain run through his body. Pushing the pain away, he said "Now then, you're familiar with my dragon's effects. Thanks to it, I can equip a Dragon Type monster to it, allowing my fusion monster to gain that monster's attack points. The dragon I choose is Felgrand Dragon (2800/2800) (1000 + 2800 3800/1000)!"
Rising up onto the field slowly was a golden dragon, which spread it's wings out fully and let out a loud roar. Wires instantly sprang from large black combination creature, attaching to the golden dragon and reeling it back to it's body. Firmly pulled up against the black creature's body, the dragon tried to free itself, but eventually succumbed to it's captor's hold.
"And now, Cyberdark Dragon's final special ability kicks in, granting it an additional 100 attack points per a monster in my Graveyard. Right now, I have a grand total of thirteen monsters in it, giving my dragon 1300 bonus attack points (3800 + 13 100 5100/1000)!"
Letting out a massive roar, the black machine creature's body began glowing with a black aura while it's power increased.
"There is no way you'll win now." Zane coldly declared. "You foolishly stole my brother from me, and now you'll pay for it. Cyberdark Dragon, blast his pathetic Zure with Darkness Strident Blaze!"