Hey gang! First off, I'm so sorry for not posting last week. I was extremely busy all last week and had no time at all to prepare the chapter for posting, so I apologize for that. I finally got time Friday night, but didn't post. The reason was I was still swamped with lots of things, plus I went to my grandparents' house for the evening. Time I got back, I was wiped out. Then Saturday, my dad kept me busy and that evening I went to town with my mate to get groceries. Anyways, I'm so sorry for not posting. Life has just been hectic, especially at work, so I have like nearly no time to post or work on my stories. I apologize heavily for that. I had not anticipated being this busy, and it doesn't look like it'll get any better for the next two weeks, at least. I'll try and get free to post, but I can't make no promises. I will try though to post on time from here on, but again, no promises. Till then, bear with me if I do miss another posting date.

Moving along, time for reviews!

Ultimate Legendary Master: Heh, glad you liked the surprising chapter. Yep, Yugi won and the conflict between Illidan and Seto has just begun, with someone else seemingly entering that fray. I don't know if they'll ever air episode 156 and the final season of GX. It's rather irritating that they stopped on 156. I mean, it was the last freaking episode of season 3, why bother!? I would think they'd stop after 156 if they were going to. It seems more logical. I've not watched 5D yet, but from what I saw of it, no thanks. Too weird to put them on motorcycles and have them duel. Just stick to a Duel Disk, lol. Thanks for the review!

Supreme-Chaos-Angel: Heh, true, Illidan seems to be quite evil. As for the mistakes, a few were my listing of the cards, lol. Yugi had one face down before the chapter began. That was his Quick Summon card, while the other was his Magnet Reverse spell that he set at the beginning of that turn. Actually, the Electromagnetic Turtle wasn't a cheat to get it in there. That was the card left in Yugi's hand when Darcia played his Dark World Dealings card. True, it doesn't go with the theme that Darcia has, but it was all I had at the time, lol. It was that or some other card that forced them to discard. True, I didn't think about Heraklinos being just a fusion, so the field spell wouldn't have gotten stronger. My bad there. Heh, no, Seto found someone worse than Lucifer possibly at the moment in the form of Illidan. Lol, never know, but someone showed up at the end of that little fight. Thanks for the review!

Well, that's it for the reviews. Thank you, both of you, for your reviews. I appreciate both of them.

Anyways, I should have another chapter next week, so I'll try to keep on schedule from here on, but no promises. Enjoy!

Chapter 38

Before Illidan could say a word or turn to face the person who had said their words, a sphere of black Shadow Magic slammed into his back, breaking his grip on Seto's neck and forcing him to lurch forward and nearly fall over. Growling lowly, he regained his footing and angrily turned back to face the person who had struck him, finding a person in black and gold armor, wearing a black cape with red interior and a helmet on his head. The figure had dark golden eyes, with evil itself seemingly pouring out of them.

Smirking slightly, Illidan silkily said "Jaden, what a nice surprise for you to join us."

Gasping lightly while inhaling fresh air, Seto glanced up and noted the new figure. "Is it possible!? That's the kid's name that Illidan said was his descendant from his ancient family. Is it possible he turned to the darkness as well!? Great, now I have two opponents possibly."

"Actually, my name is Haou." the Supreme King corrected. "I see you've given yourself to the darkness."

Sneering, Illidan confidently replied "Indeed, for it has opened up so many possibilities."

"But with it, you seemed to have sacrificed all that you held precious." Haou remarked while folding his arms across his chest. "My army will be here soon. Either you can be eliminated by me now, or you can allow them to take your prisoner. They will kill you in a far more merciful manner."

Weakly getting up while rubbing his sore throat, Seto called out in a raspy voice "I don't know why you're dressed up like that Jaden, but I don't care. Still, you should know, your army was just destroyed by Illidan."

Casting a fierce look at Seto, Haou smartly said "Seto Kaiba, you too have invaded my kingdom, thus you will perish also."

"ENOUGH OF THIS!" Illidan roared loudly, making both of the others glance back at him. "You have only a few seconds to move out of my way, both of you, or I'll kill you both where you stand!"

A moment of silence filled the air before Illidan let out a battle cry and leapt into the air, screaming "Should have moved! Now you both die!"

Coming down fast and reaching Haou, he launched a fist forward, connecting with the Supreme King's face and knocking him off balance. Spinning around, Illidan attempted to deliver a powerful blow to Haou's ribs, only to have his foot barely be caught by Haou's gloved hand and pushed away.

Slowly pacing around a kneeling Illidan who eyed Haou intently, the Supreme King smirked and mumbled in his mind "You have become powerful, Illidan."

Watching Haou pace around Illidan, Seto lowly growled to himself. "I have no idea if I can trust Jaden now. He seems to want to fight Illidan. Perhaps I should let him."

Shaking his head, he answered "No, I can't. He might beat Illidan, and then I'll be in a fine mess. I have to bring Illidan back to his senses somehow, otherwise he'll get himself destroyed or worse, destroy someone."

Leaping forward once more, Illidan swung a heavy fist at Haou. At the last moment, the Supreme King sidestepped the attack and raised a hand. Black energy began swirling within his hand till it took the form of a sphere. With his sphere formed, he slammed it up against Illidan's chest, sending him sliding backwards with the sphere trying to destroy his body.

Coming to a stop five feet away upon digging his heels in, Illidan cruelly smirked and reached out to the sphere and knocked it away, sending debris flying into the air from the force of the impact.

Grimacing in his mind at this, Haou mumbled in the back of his consciousness "I put so much energy into that attack. He shouldn't have been able to stop my attack with such ease. This is absurd! It's like he's not even trying yet."

"Since you two seem to not like listening to reason, I say we finish this in a civilized manner." Illidan spoke up with an evil grin plastered on his face. "We shall have a Shadow Game. The two of you shall team up against me. Should you two win, I shall leave you be and leave this so called kingdom of yours forever. However, when you two lose, I get your souls and shall take your power to feed my own."

With a glare, Haou harshly replied "Very well, but I would much prefer it that the same clause applied to you losing as well."

Shrugging, Illidan replied "It is unlikely that either of you two will win. I suppose the stakes are fair then. The winner shall choose the loser or losers' fate."

"Illidan, you don't want to …" Seto began, but was cut off by Illidan saying "I know what I wish to do, and that is to rescue my daughter, and to do that, I will destroy anyone, friend or foe, that gets in my way."

Growling lowly, Seto fiercely shot back "If that's the way you feel, then so be it! I'll save you, so don't give up hope! Blue-Eyes, return!"

The white dragon let out a small roar before vanishing completely. Smirking, Illidan snidely remarked "Hope is for the weak."

Extending his left arm, a black pulse of Shadow Magic appeared while a black Duel Disk formed on his wrist. Pulling a deck out of a battered deck holder, he shuffled the cards and jammed them roughly into the deck slot, causing the Duel Disk to power up and push out it's arm and extend itself.

Both Seto and Haou held out their own left arms, with each retrieving their decks. Seto's Duel Disk was pearly white in color, with a tinge of sky blue mixed in. The deck slot had a white dragon head with it's jaws containing the deck. Near Seto, Haou's saw blade like Duel Disk whirled to life and finally came to rest as one piece. Both placed their respective decks into their slots, causing both Duel Disks to power up.

"Since it is two on one, we shall give you a life point handicap." Haou smugly remarked.

Casting a fierce glare at the Supreme King, Illidan growled out "I don't need more points."

"Regardless of whether you need them or not, you get them." Haou firmly remarked while Illidan's Duel Disk's life point counter increased.

Glancing at his partner, Seto fiercely remarked "I wouldn't test him. You have no idea just how strong he truly is now. After all, he took out your entire army without breaking a sweat."

"Perhaps you are right, or perhaps you are wrong and you're just afraid of him." Haou coolly responded with a cold smile. "Either way, I don't care. I'm only concerned with winning this duel and gaining his power. And don't expect me to protect you, for I have little patience and do not expect you to protect me either. Now just stay out of my way."

"If you two are done yet, I have a debt to collect." Illidan spoke up with anger flaring in his voice. "You two have delayed me for far too long, so let's do this."

"Very well, let's see how powerful you have become, my old teacher." Haou smugly commented. "Take the first move."

All three drew five new cards, with all calling out "Duel!"

Drawing his sixth card, Illidan slapped it horizontally onto his Duel Disk, saying "I set this monster and one card face down. That completes my turn. Come Seto, let's see what you can do. I expect something great, after all these years of dueling with you." (Illidan 16000; Seto 8000, Haou 8000)

Picking up a new card, Seto glanced it over before saying "You want a powerful move, well careful what you ask for! I summon Vorse Raider (1900/1200)!"

Materializing slowly onto the field within a moment was an olive skinned ogre wielding an axe like spear in black leather.

"Since I can't attack this turn due that this is two versus one, I set one card and end my turn. And now, it's time for my partner to pick up where I left off!" (Illidan 16000; Seto 8000, Haou 8000)

Ignoring Seto's words, Haou drew his top card and examined it for a moment before placing it silently onto his Duel Disk horizontally. "I play Elemental Hero Wildheart (1500/1600) in defense."

Appearing onto the field with a soft battle cry was a tall tanned warrior with multiple red tattooed stripes on his body with long black hair held back in a ponytail and wearing a simple cream colored loin cloth with a large sword in a wooden sheath on his back. Crouching into a kneeling position, the warrior crossed his arms and sat down upon a horizontal card image.

"Playing defense is not my style, but with Illidan's strategy unknown to me, it's best to play it safe for this turn." Haou mentally noted. "End turn." (Illidan 16000; Seto 8000, Haou 8000)

Snapping off his new card, Illidan sneered and slapped the card onto his Duel Disk while placing the other monster he had into his Graveyard Slot. "I sacrifice my face down monster to summon Darknight Parshath (1900/1400)!"

Immediately, the horizontal card image on the field vanished, and taking it's place was a purple glowing black and purple half angel, half horse creature. The horse half of the creature had black fur with purple guards on it's legs, while the half angel half had a black set of wings rolling down it's back, with long orange hair, wearing purple armor with a purple gauntlet attached to it's right arm with a silver blade protruding from it, a silver shield with orange wings hanging off the sides of it, and a purple helmet with wings sticking out the sides of it. Upon fully appearing, the angel let out a crazed yell while swinging his sword like lance into ready position.

Frowning, Seto challengingly questioned "Only nineteen-hundred attack points and it required a single tribute?"

"Very perceptive of you, Seto." Illidan remarked with a smirk. "My monster has a very special ability. For every Dark Attribute monster in my Graveyard, he gains 100 attack points. I just sacrificed Chthonian Soldier to summon him, meaning Darknight gains 100 more attack points (1900 + 100 2000/1400)."

Pointing at the tanned warrior, Illidan called out "Darknight, crush Wildheart with Dark Mystic Blade!"

Racing across the field at a quick gallop, the half angel and half horse creature reached the tanned warrior quickly. Pulling back it's sword like arm, the angel slashed through the tanned warrior without hesitation, making the warrior howl in pain before shattering into millions of pixels.

Smirking at the damage he had done, Illidan smoothly said "Since Darknight just destroyed a monster, by removing a Dark Attribute monster from my Graveyard, I can draw one new card. I remove Chthonian Soldier for this effect (1900/1400)."

Picking up a new card, he examined it for a moment before selecting another card from his hand and placing the two into two empty Spell/Trap Slots. "I set these two cards. Now then, it's your move, Seto." (Illidan 16000; Seto 8000, Haou 8000)

Slowly drawing his new card, Seto examined it for a moment before confidently smirking and saying "Not bad Illidan, but watch this! I summon my powerful X-Head Cannon (1800/1500)!"

Materializing immediately onto the field beside of the olive ogre was a yellow and blue machine creature. It had a pair of cannon barrels sticking out of it's chest, with an orb for a bottom instead of feet, and a pair of strong robotic arms.

"Next I equip Vorse Raider with the equip spell known as Axe of Despair! This raises his attack points by 1000 (1900 + 1000 2900/1200)!"

Appearing before the olive ogre was a strangely curved wooden axe with a red aura emanating from it. Tossing his lance to the ground, he reached out and took hold of the axe, causing his body to glow with a red aura as well and pulled it into an attack position.

"Crush his Darknight with Despairing Slash!"

Racing across the field with his axe held out from it's body, the ogre creature let out a feral roar while charging the purple and black creature. Before the ogre could reach it's target, a totem pole suddenly materialized in front of the half angel, half horse creature. The top carving of a bird shot two wings out and a loud screeching sound filled the air, forcing the ogre to back up while holding it's head.

"Not quite there Seto, I activate my face down spell, Command Silencer." Illidan smugly said. "With it, your attack is negated, plus I draw one new card."

Growling lowly while watching Illidan draw a card, Seto grunted out "I end my turn." (Illidan 16000; Seto 8000, Haou 8000)

Snapping off his top card, Haou glanced at it with a disinterested look. Turning it towards Illidan, he said "Dark Fusion, activate!"

"Dark Fusion?" Seto asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Ignoring Seto, Haou took two cards from his hand and showed them to his opponent and smoothly said "This spell allows me to fuse Elemental Heroes Avian (1000/1000) and Burstinatrix (1200/800) from my hand to create Evil Hero Inferno Wing (2100/1200)."

Materializing onto the field first was a green furred warrior with white wings coming out of his back and wearing a mask. Beside of him, a female warrior wearing a skin tight red jumpsuit with long black fan like hair emerged. The two swirled together, causing an inferno to suddenly appear.

Emerging from the flames was a black winged female warrior and long wild green hair that stood up. She wore a mostly red body suit, with a pair of silver stripes appearing at her mid-thigh, a pair of black boots with two clawed toenails, large green paws with four sharp claws, although her human like fingers tuck out of the bottom of the claws, a red trailing like cape falling from her lower back, and finally a blue visor covering most of her face but her mouth.

"I see, a darker version of the Flame Wingman." Illidan coldly remarked.

Not even bothering to respond to his challenger's comment, Haou calmly said "Inferno Wing, destroy his pathetic Darknight with Infernal Flame!"

Evilly smiling, the female creature raised it's large clawed hands, causing green flames to form within them. Without hesitation, she cast them towards the weaker half angel, half horse creature with a wicked grin on her face.

"Foolish mistake Haou." Illidan commented. "I activate my trap card…"

"You are the fool, Illidan." Haou interrupted. "On the turn that Dark Fusion is activated, any spell, trap, or monster effects that target my fused monster are negated. "

Evilly smirking once more, Illidan replied "You're a bigger fool than you look. I never said my trap targeted your monster, or any monster for that matter. My trap, Mine Blasting, forces me to send the top five cards in my deck to my Graveyard, but during my next turn, I must skip the Draw Phase."

Looking on in confusion while Illidan selected the top five cards from his deck and shoved them into his Graveyard Slot, Seto mumbled in his mind "That move made absolutely no sense! His monster is still weaker than Haou's, so why bother tossing out five cards from his deck!?"

Watching the flames continue on towards the black and purple angel creature, Haou sneered when the flames encircled it and a sea of flames exploded around it. His smile was quickly replaced with a heavy frown upon seeing the black and purple angel creature was still standing with no damage and a dark purple aura flaring around it's body.

"What is the meaning of this Illidan?" Haou questioned with a hint of irritation.

Still smirking, Illidan calmly replied "It's rather simple, Haou. Remember, I sent five cards to my Graveyard just a moment ago. In those five cards were some Dark Attribute monsters."

Holding his left arm out while his Graveyard Slot glowed to life and pushed five cards out, Illidan held them up, showing the cards. "As you can clearly see, among those five cards were three Dark Attribute monsters. That automatically triggered Darknight's special effect. Since three new monsters were added, he gained 300 more attack points (1900 + 100 3 2200/1400), meaning he was stronger than your Inferno Wing. Counter with Dark Mystic Blade!"

Letting out a battle cry, the half angel, half horse creature raced across the field through the remainder of the green flames. Reaching the female creature with green hair, the angel slashed out at her, burying her silver blade deeply into her body, making the creature scream out before exploding into millions of pixels.

"Since Darknight destroyed another monster, I'll remove from play my D.D. Survivor in my Graveyard to draw one card (2100/1400)."

Glaring at Illidan while he drew his card, Haou picked up a card and slid it into an empty Spell/Trap Slot and muttered "I set this and end." (Illidan 16000; Seto 8000, Haou 7900)

"Since I used Mine Blasting last turn, I cannot draw a card." Illidan informed. "Still, I activate this spell, Allure of Darkness. I can now draw two new cards, but once I'm done, I must send a Dark Attribute monster from my hand to the removed from play pile. Should I not, I must discard my entire hand."

Picking up two cards, Illidan placed them into his left hand and selected another card wordlessly. "I remove from play this, The Dark Creator, who is most definitely a Dark Attribute monster."

Placing the card into his removed from play slot, he added "And now, I activate face down trap, Ultimate Offering. With this, I may pay 500 life points to have an extra Normal Summon. With that, I pay 500 life points to summon Armageddon Knight (1400/1200)!"

Slowly materializing onto the field was a tall tan warrior with jet black hair, with a red cape draped over his back that came around to the front of his face and covered it up to his nose, and a pair of silver glasses covering his eyes. He wore thick set of chain-mail like armor on his chest, with metallic like pants and a gray handled sword in hand.

"Once this monster is summoned, I am allowed to discard one Dark Attribute monster from my deck to the Grave."

Pulling his deck out, Illidan searched it for a moment before selecting a card and showing it to the others. "I send Vampire's Curse to the Graveyard."

Shuffling his deck, he returned it back to it's slot and smirked. "I again activate Ultimate Offering, so I pay another 500 life points in order to summon the mighty Dark Crusader (1600/200)!"

While Illidan's body glowed with a light red aura as his life points drained, black smog appeared onto the field. From the smog, a figure in black leather armor with a red tattered cape, spikes jutting out from his knees and upper arms, a large halberd black sword with silver blades, and a skull like head with red hair on top of it. The creature let out a small demonic laugh while glaring at it's opponents with red eyes.

"With this new creature, I may send a Dark monster from my hand to the Graveyard to raise his attack points by 400 points. Oh, and just so you know, I can reuse this throughout my turn, and it doesn't lose any of it's points once my turn is over."

"NO WAY!" Seto declared while sweat slid down his face. "That means he can keep powering that thing up till it can tear either of us apart."

Smirking at Seto, Illidan smugly replied "But yes way. I begin now by sending this, my Apprentice Magician, to the Graveyard (1600 + 400 2000/200)."

With the monster card being sucked into it's master's Graveyard Slot, the demonic like warrior let out a laugh while his power increased.

"Since I now have more than four Dark Attribute monsters in my Graveyard, I can now sacrifice Armageddon Knight in order to summon Darklord Zerato (2800/2300)."

Vanishing from the field in a flash was the weaker warrior creature, only to be replaced by a gray skinned muscular warrior wearing a red loin cloth and guards on his calves and arms up to his elbows. On the creature's back were a pair of red skinned wings that formed a collar around his neck, and on his head was a red helmet with black horns coming out the sides of it. In his left hand was a powerful sword with jagged edges on the backside of the blade.

"Hold on, that monster requires two sacrifices!" Seto declared angrily.

Lightly chuckling, Illidan nodded, saying "Normally, you'd be right Seto, but due to his special ability, you're wrong. When I have four or more Dark monsters in my Graveyard with different names, I can summon Zerato with only one Dark monster sacrifice. And speaking of Zerato, it's time I activate his special ability! By sending a Dark monster to the Grave, I can destroy all monsters on your two's field. I send another Apprentice Magician to the Graveyard, so say farewell to your monsters Seto."

Upon the card entering Illidan's Graveyard Slot, the red winged creature let out a loud scream and spread both wings out. Both glowed with a red glow for a moment before thousands of needle like blasts came pouring out and struck the olive ogre and blue and yellow machine creature, destroying both instantly.

"Too bad Seto, you can't return Axe of Despair back to the top of your deck since you have no monsters. Not to worry though, it wouldn't have helped." Illidan snidely remarked, earning him a glare from both his opponents. "Since I now have six monsters in my Grave, Darknight gains 600 attack points (2500/1400)."

Watching his half angel, half horse creature's body glow with a dark aura, Illidan cast a glare upon his two opponents. "Now I have amassed three monsters with 2000 or more attack points each. The question is, who do I attack? Whoever I strike will lose nearly all of their life points."

Lazily pointing a finger in both duelists direction, he began pointing between the two till finally it landed in the direction of Haou, who did not say a word but still showed a sign of annoyance with a slight tightening of his jaw.

"Yes, you have annoyed me for long enough. I will have revenge for that embarrassing loss you handed to me last year. You will have nearly no life points after this, meaning you will be an easy target for me once it is my turn once more. Now attack my monsters!"

Taking to the air, the red winged warrior raised his sword in preparation for an attack while the black angel and horse combination creature galloped forward. The lone demonic warrior began racing forward himself with his halberd on his shoulder, but nonetheless ready to swing.

In a flat tone, Haou said "Unacceptable. I reveal the trap Negate Attack, which simply cancels out your attacks and ends your Battle Phase."

Out of nowhere, a black swirling hole appeared before the three creatures, forcing all three to come to a screeching halt. The three thought for a moment on their next move and finally retreated to the safety of Illidan's field.

Letting out a small growl of frustration, Illidan slightly chuckled and said "You may have escaped my monsters' wrath for this turn, but you and your pathetic heroes will fall at my hands. I move to my End Phase, in which Zerato's effect kicks in. During the turn that he used his special ability, he goes to the Graveyard (2600/1400)."

Grabbing his head while howling in pain, the red winged creature fell to his knees before letting out one last howl. Upon doing so, he shattered into millions of pieces, leaving only the other two creatures behind.

"I'm done for now." (Illidan 15000; Seto 8000, Haou 7900)

Drawing a new card, Seto glanced at it and smirked. "I activate the spell Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two new cards."

Picking up two new cards, he once more smirked. Selecting one of his new cards, he turned it towards Illidan, saying "I'll begin things by activating my Silent Doom spell card! This allows me to revive my X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) in defense!"

Rematerializing onto the field in a defensive stance was the blue and yellow machine creature with two large cannon barrels sticking out of it's chest.

"Next I summon my Y-Dragon Head (1500/1600) to the field!"

Appearing onto the field in a flash of golden light was a red machine dragon that let out a low mechanical roar. The machine dragon spread it's red wings, displaying a large but impressive wingspan.

"I'm not through, for I activate another spell, Quick Summon! This allows me to have another Normal Summon, so I play Z-Metal Tank (1500/1300)!"

With a light glow of energy, a blue and yellow tank with thick black treads appeared onto the field with a small mechanical groan.

Lightly grunting, Illidan remarked "I see what you're up to now."

"That's right Illidan, you do, so watch as I combine my three machines to create an unstoppable machine creature! X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head, and Z-Metal Tank, combine to form XYZ-Dragon Cannon (2800/2600)!"

All three machine creatures instantly fired their thrusters, sending them skyward. The sphere on the bottom of the blue and yellow robot creature began rapidly spinning while the wings on the red dragon broke off and a small port on it's back opened. The two slowly linked up together, forming a bond. Slowly, the two lowered till they were on top of the blue and yellow tank and finished syncing up together. The new machine creature soon landed onto the field and let out a mechanical moan.

"Time for me to take revenge for the loss of Vorse Raider! XYZ-Dragon Cannon, blast his Darknight Parshath with Cannon Burst!"

Aiming it's twin barrels at the half horse, half angel creature, the tank creature opened up a set of guns on it's lower third of it's body, exposing another set of cannon barrels. All of the barrels instantly began glowing with life while yellow energy began filling the barrels to the brim. In a flash, the barrels released their blasts and scored a direct hit on the half horse, half angel creature, who screamed out in pain before shattering into millions of pieces.

Receiving no comment or grunts of pain from his opponent, Seto smirked and smoothly said "I end my turn at that." (Illidan 14700; Seto 8000, Haou 7900)

Preparing to pick up a card, Haou stopped and coldly said "Before I begin, I activate your trap Illidan. I pay 500 life points in order to summon this to my field, my Phantom Gunner (1100/800)."

With a light black glow, a creature with blue skin wings, with green skin and stick like arms with three fingered hands and short legs with two toes, an ugly face, and a red circle on it's hunched over back that appeared to be made of flesh materialized.

"When Phantom Gunner is summoned, I can special summon Gunner Tokens (500/500) to my field for each monster I control. Since I just have one, I get one Gunner Token."

Appearing beside of it's comrade was a small look alike of the blue winged creature, with a small difference in the color schemes, with it's wings being green and it's body being blue.

"Now then, I draw."

Picking up his new card, Haou pointed at his two creatures, saying "During my Standby Phase, my creature's special ability activates. It deals you 300 points of direct damage for itself and each Gunner Token I have. That means you take 600 points of direct damage, right now."

Aiming the circles on their backs at Illidan, a cannon came out of each of their backs. A moment passed and a small sphere of energy fired from each creature's cannon. The twin blasts struck Illidan head on, but he showed no signs of damage while standing strong.

"Next, I sacrifice my Gunner Token to summon Evil Hero Malicious Edge (2600/1800)."

Vanishing from the field in a small flash was the smaller double ganger of the blue winged creature. Replacing him instantly was a tall, thin warrior with skin tight black armor, adorned with many spikes. The creature wore a dark blue helmet over it's face, with exception of it's mouth being hidden. On his hands, there were sharp spikes, three on each hand, sticking out, and on his back were a pair of blade like wings.

Noting the frown on Illidan's face, Haou blandly said "Whenever you have a monster on the field, I can summon Malicious Edge with one sacrifice. Now then, Malicious Edge, cut down his pathetic Dark Crusader with Needle Burst!"

With an evil smirk, the black leathered warrior leapt into the air and brought it's arms in close to it's body. Swinging them out, he threw all of his needles straight at the weaker demonic creature, which tried to shield itself with it's halberd, only to have the needles slide through the halberd. The needles instantly pierced through the creature, making it scream out inhumanly before exploding.

"Since you have nothing to protect yourself with now, I direct attack with Phantom Gunner!"

Pushing it's cannon out of the fleshy hole once more, the small creature released a beam of red energy straight at Illidan. The blast hit hard, making him growl out in pain while wisps of smoke poured off his body.

"End turn." (Illidan 13000; Seto 8000, Haou 7400)