Hey gang! Well, the past few weeks have been relatively stressful. Work is a mad rush to finish our current project, which is due to come out in another week or two. We're nearly done, but there seems to be so much to do still. Ack, it's just crazy, but we're getting there, thankfully. Besides that, life is about as busy as ever.
Writing wise, I'm trying to find time to work on my stories, but it's difficult still. I worked on Another this week due that I finished working on this chapter last week. Still, I have much to do on both stories, but little time to do it in. (/Sighs\) Never again will I do 2 stories at once, lol. Too much work.
Moving along, it's time for the best part, the reviews!
Supreme King Haou: Glad you like this fic, and that you read all of my other three stories leading up to this one. Thank you for your comments about my stories. Yes, things are shaping up to get a lot more complicated with a power struggle between all three titans it seems. Haou does seem to be talking a bit more in my story. I guess I'm thinking more of when Jaden was using Haou's power against Yubel, where he was talking a lot more than the Supreme King was. Thanks for your comments, I truly appreciate it, and your review!
Sun angel and Earth Angel: Thanks for your review, and adding me to your fav stories and authors list.
Supreme-Chaos-Angel: Yep, wonderful times, hehe. And yeah, the corrupted monsters have made their appearance, with Illidan backing up his boasting and taunts, plus some. Heh, Lucifer has surprises of his own, so don't count him out yet. You just never know what he may have. True, Illidan's opponents have yet to get their A game on, but at the same time, it's hard to compete with creatures like what Illidan has thrown out there as well. Hmm, I was thinking Ultimate Offering extended to your opponent as well… That may have been an old ruling, or just bad info I got from someone long ago. So, I goofed on it. My bad. Thanks for the review!
Raymond: Heh, yeah, Illidan is fighting both Haou and Seto. This makes things complicated, if not more dangerous for both sides. True, Illidan didn't hesitate to kill his own monster, which shows just how truly cruel he has become. Thanks for the review!
Metal Overlord 2.0: LOL! Is the blanket warm? Yes, poor CED got knifed by his own master. Heh, true, Illidan has become probably the most powerful villain, if not the cruelest villain, thus far in this story. Yes, Illidan is demonstrating just how far he has strayed from his path of life with his actions. Oh, he can still use his Chaos monsters, trust me. I ensured that they would remain useful with his deck. It may seem he has nothing but darkness within his deck, but trust me, he would not abandon his Chaos cards. Those are the cards that give him his true power, so he isn't about to throw those out, unless they cross him, hehe. The bar on this chapter was set by ardee, so you have him to thank for that, but we'll see with future duels how much more the bar can be raised, hehe. Glad you like what's going on. Thanks for your review!
Well, that's it for the reviews. Thank you, all five of you, for your reviews. I really appreciated all of them. I'll continue to try and keep posting this story on time, but there maybe some weeks where I can't, so bear with me. I know it's irritating and frustrating for me to not get chapters done, but I'm trying, so just hang in there. Thanks once more to all of you for your support.
At that, I'm done for today. Thank you, all of you, once again. Enjoy!
Stats from previous chapter:
Life points: (Illidan 13000; Seto 8000, Haou 7400)
Number of cards in hand:
Illidan 0
Seto 1
Haou 1
Number of monsters in play:
Illidan 0
Seto 1
Haou 2
Monsters on the field:
Illidan: None
Seto: XYZ-Dragon Cannon (2800/2600)
Haou: Phantom Gunner (1100/800), Evil Hero Malicious Edge (2600/1800)
Number of face down Spell/Trap:
Illidan 0
Seto 1
Haou 0
Number of face up Spell/Trap:
Illidan 1
Seto 0
Haou 0
Face up Spell/Trap on the field:
Illidan: Ultimate Offering (t)
Seto: None
Haou: None
Number of Dark Attribute monsters in Illidan's Grave: 8
Number of Dark Attribute monsters in Illidan's removed from play pile: 3
Chapter 39
Quietly drawing, Illidan glanced at his new card and smirked evilly. "I activate the spell Graceful Charity, allowing me to draw three new cards, but discard two when I'm done!"
Picking up three cards, he examined the three and selected two and slid them into his Graveyard Slot. "It looks like you two are in for one hell of a ride! I remove from play Prime Material Dragon and Apprentice Magician, which are the two cards I just discarded. By removing them, I'm allowed to special summon this, my Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End (3000/2500)!"
Eyes widening upon realization what Illidan was summoning, Seto yelled "Don't do it Illidan!"
Ignoring Seto's words, Illidan slapped the monster card onto his Duel Disk, causing a dark burst of energy to form on the field. Rising up out of the energy with a tremendously loud roar a moment later and taking to the air was a large black dragon with sharp clawed hands and feet, massive wings, a strong tail, and an orange mane growing from it's head down to it's neck. Landing back on the ground, the dragon let out a massive roar once more, seemingly shaking the entire area.
Staring at the dragon, Seto felt his mind begin filling with panic and fear. "NO! I wasn't ready to face his Chaos Emperor Dragon just yet! This creature is equal in strength to my Blue-Eyes White Dragon, with a powerful effect to boot. If Illidan pleases, he could destroy my XYZ-Dragon Cannon and then use his dragon's effect to send every card on the field to the Graveyard, including our hands, leaving me top decking, which will not work well."
"No, he won't leave himself that exposed. Besides, he'd only do very little damage if he used that strategy at the moment. I would bet he'll keep holding onto his dragon until he has no choice but to use it's effect."
Casting a glance at his stone faced partner, Seto grumbled "I can't expect any help from Jaden. He's so caught up in his own personal victory that he doesn't seem to care what happens to me. If we're going to win, we'll need to work together, which pains me to say."
"Where is your mighty Blue-Eyes White Dragon now, Seto!?" Illidan coldly asked, waking Seto from his thoughts. "Nowhere to be seen from what I can see. Even if you summon that card, it won't help you one bit!"
Pointing at the machine creature before Seto, Illidan smirked evilly and said "Chaos Emperor Dragon, send that scrapheap to the Graveyard! Chaos Blaster!"
Releasing another powerful roar, the dragon opened it's jaws, revealing black energy leaking out. Rearing back it's head, the dragon spat a black fireball straight at the machine creature. The machine stood it's ground and wailed out in pain when the blast struck it, sending out a huge explosion, forcing Seto to cover his face from the blast.
With the dust and debris settling, Illidan began manically laughing and said "I think that's enough damage for now. Go Seto, if you can!" (Illidan 13000; Seto 7800, Haou 7400)
Preparing to draw his card, Seto felt a trickle of sweat run down the side of his face while placing his trembling fingers onto the top card. Pulling his hand up to look at it, he frowned upon realizing he was trembling in complete fear.
"If I don't draw the right card here, I'll be wide open to Illidan's attacks. And it's not like I can depend on Jaden, or should I say Haou, to defend me."
"And then there is the possibility that if we beat Illidan, Haou will try to take Illidan's soul. That might mean I have to face Haou myself…"
Shaking himself mentally, he glanced back down at his deck and placed his finger tips back onto it. "Cross that bridge when you get there. There is still a lot of work to win this duel, so don't get scared now!"
Picking up his new card, he glanced at it and smirked. Taking the remaining card in his hand, he slid it into a Spell/Trap Slot, saying "I set this card and activate the spell Card of Demise! With this, I draw till I hold five cards in my hand, but in five turns, I must discard my entire hand."
"Hopefully that will be enough time." he grumbled within his mind while picking up five new cards.
Examining the new cards, he smirked at the possibilities. Eyeing two cards in particular, he glanced up at the field before him once more. Making his decision, he picked two cards and slapped one horizontally onto his Duel Disk and placed the other into another empty Spell/Trap Slot.
"I set this monster and one more card face down. I end at that." (Illidan 13000; Seto 7800, Haou 7400)
Casting a warning glance at his partner, Seto said "Play carefully."
Ignoring Seto, Haou drew his new card and frowned lightly. Pointing at his small winged creature, he called out "Since it's my Standby Phase once more, Phantom Gunner deals you another 300 points of direct damage!"
Letting out a small laugh, the blue winged creature's small cannon slid out of the skin on it's back. Aiming at Illidan, the creature fired a small sphere of energy at him, scoring a direct hit on his target.
"Now then, I summon Elemental Hero Clayman (800/2000) in defense."
Materializing onto the field in a kneeling position was a large round gray and black like creature with a red domed head and gold bands on it's feet. Crossing it's arms, the creature let out a small grown.
"I switch Evil Hero Malicious Edge and Phantom Gunner to defense as well."
Both the creatures kneeled down and crossed their arms, with a horizontal card image forming under each instantly.
Placing a card into a Spell/Trap Slot, he smoothly said "I set this and end my turn." (Illidan 12700; Seto 7800, Haou 7400)
Drawing a new card, Illidan smiled morbidly at the pair, saying "Believe me, when you two dueled me before, you never tasted the true might of the darkness."
"We're not afraid of you!" Seto shot back.
Darkly chuckling while turning the card he held towards Seto, Illidan darkly said "Oh but you will be. I activate Pot of Avarice! This spell allows me to take five monsters in my Grave and add them back to my deck, then I shuffle and draw two new cards. My selections are these: Darklord Zerato, Dark Crusader, Darknight Parshath, and the two Apprentice Magicians."
One by one, the five cards slid out of Illidan's Graveyard Slot till all five were laying on the slot. Picking them up, Illidan pulled his deck out and shuffled them into his deck. He quickly finished shuffling and replaced his deck in it's own slot. Instantly, he drew two new cards from it.
"Time for more fun. I summon Mystic Tomato (1400/1100) in attack mode!"
Appearing onto the field immediately was a red tomato creature with sharp fangs, a long tongue, crazy yellow corneas with red irises, and veins appearing on the top of it's forehead.
Pointing at Seto's face down monster, he yelled out "Chaos Emperor Dragon, crush Seto's monster!"
Roaring loudly, the black dragon reared back it's head. Throwing it's head forward, it opened it's jaws and shot out a blast of black flames. The flames struck the brown backed card, shattering it instantly and revealing a strange looking clown with a white and black painted face, yellow and blue-green baggy clothing, a blue vest with a white collar, and a large red hat with a long pink flowing wig. The blast easily incinerated the clown, leaving nothing behind.
Smirking, Seto held his palm out and said "You just destroyed Penten the Dark Clown (500/1200)! When he goes to the Graveyard, I can remove him from play and special summon another one from my deck to the field, which I place in defense mode."
Pulling his deck out, Seto searched through it for a moment before selecting a card. He silently returned his deck to it's slot and slapped his new card horizontally onto his Duel Disk. Immediately, a clown that looked exactly like the one that had just been destroyed appeared onto the field and took it's hat off and stuck it's tongue out at Illidan.
"That pathetic creature won't last long. Mystic Tomato, chow down on his creature!" Illidan declared.
Racing forward, the tomato slammed it's body into the clown, making the clown scream out in pain before shattering.
"I activate Peten's effect and summon my final one."
Once more pulling his deck out, Seto found the card he was looking for and slapped it onto his Duel Disk, causing another clown creature to appear sitting on a horizontal card image.
Visibly angry, Illidan jammed a card into a Spell/Trap Slot and growled out "I set this and end! You two will pay for delaying me, trust me!" (Illidan 12700; Seto 7800, Haou 7400)
Wordlessly drawing, Seto smirked and said "It's go time! I reveal my face down spell, White Dragon Ritual! This spell has me sacrifice a monster or monsters with four stars total to the Graveyard to summon a certain ritual monster. I send this, Rare Metal Dragon, to the Grave and summon Paladin of White Dragon (1900/1200) to the field!"
Appearing onto the field in a flash was a sky-blue dragon with a knight wearing light blue armor with golden outlines, a sword in hand, and a helmet on his head. On the knight's back was a flowing white cape that blew in the wind.
"I'm far from done, for I summon Kaibaman (200/700) to the field!"
Slowly materializing onto the field was a human like monster that had a pair of black leather pants on, a white trench coat, a long black sleeved shirt that reached his black spike tipped gloves, a red vest, long butt length red hair, and a white dragon shaped helmet covering his head.
Haou completely ignored the creature while Illidan lightly chuckled. "Yes, summoning that ridiculous creature is most likely the most intelligent move you've made all day."
Ignoring Illidan, Seto plucked the strange monster card off of his Duel Disk and slammed another onto it, saying "I activate Kaibaman's special ability! By sacrificing him, I can special summon this, my mighty Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500)!"
Leaping into the air, the red haired warrior shimmered and vanished into millions of light particles while a rift appeared above where he was. Flying out of the rift at high speed was a large white dragon with blue eyes. Spreading it's wings and hovering above the field, the dragon let loose a mighty roar while displaying it's sharp clawed hands and feet, along with it's massive wings. Glaring at Illidan, the dragon released another mighty roar, trying hard to instill fear into the duelist, but failing to do so.
Lightly growling, Illidan muttered "I didn't expect our dragons to face one another again so soon. This time however, my foolish dragon doesn't have a choice in the matter."
"It doesn't matter, because Blue-Eyes is about to unleash all of it's fury! Go, blast his Mystic Tomato with White Lightning!" Seto commanded.
Releasing an earth shattering roar, the majestic white dragon took aim while it's jaws opened, revealing bright white energy shimmering out of it's maw. Opening it's jaws fully, the dragon shot out a searing hot white stream of energy at the weaker orange tomato creature. The beam struck the tomato hard, not even allowing the tomato to shriek out before it was incinerated, causing a cloud of smoke to form on the field.
"The handicap you started with is almost gone." Seto smartly remarked while watching the smoke clear from the field.
Hearing maniacal laughter fill the air, Seto lightly gasped when the smoke cleared, revealing an evilly grinning Illidan. "Not bad Seto, but I'm far from through. Did you honestly think I needed those extra 8000 life points to defeat you two fools!? Bah, you only made this duel more difficult for yourselves! And now, I play Mystic Tomato's effect, allowing me to special summon a Dark Attribute monster to the field from my deck, so long as it has 1500 or less attack points."
Pulling his deck out, Illidan sifted through it till he found a card. Slapping it onto his Duel Disk, he said "I choose another Mystic Tomato (1400/1100)."
Rising up onto the field was a tomato creature that looked exactly like the previous one had.
"Crush that rotten vegetable now Paladin of White Dragon with Ionic Spear Strike!"
Watching the incoming attack from the knight on the white dragon, Illidan blandly commented "It's a fruit."
Ignoring Illidan, the knight on the dragon pieced it's sword through the tomato creature, causing it to explode into millions of pieces.
"Don't forget, my monster's effect kicks in, allowing me to special summon my final Mystic Tomato (1400/1100)." Illidan remarked while slapping the new monster card onto his Duel Disk, causing a similar tomato creature to appear.
Nodding, Seto calmly said "I move to my Main Phase 2, allowing me to sacrifice Paladin of White Dragon in order to summon a second Blue-Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500) from my deck!"
Upon Seto slapping the monster card onto his Duel Disk, the smaller dragon with a rider on his back glowed brightly with a white light. The rider vanished while the dragon grew larger. The light soon died down, revealing an identical white dragon on the field to the one that had already been played. Both dragons let loose a mighty roar, each directing the roars towards Illidan.
"At that, I end my turn. Come Illidan, face my Blue-Eyes, if you dare!" (Illidan 10600; Seto 7800, Haou 7400)
Snapping off a new card, Haou glanced at it with a blank look and quietly said "My creature now shaves off another 300 of your life points."
Hearing it's master's words, the small blue winged creature turned it's small cannon towards Illidan and fired a small sphere of energy. The blast hit him gently, not causing any real damage.
Without another word, he slid his card into one of his Spell/Trap Slots. "I end." (Illidan 10300; Seto 7800, Haou 7400)
Closing his eyes, Illidan drew his card and slid it into one of his empty Spell/Trap Slots without looking at it, saying "I think it's time to play a card that will change the shape of this duel. I activate this card. I think it'll be a real shocker for both of you."
Materializing onto the field before Illidan instantly was a spell card that Seto instantly recognized, along with Haou. "HOW ON EARTH… How did you know what it was!?" Seto demanded.
"The powers that Yami had, over fate, are not so elusive Seto." Illidan blandly replied. "I activate the spell known as Card of Sanctity! This allows all of us to draw till we hold six cards in our hands, so draw gentlemen!"
Clenching his hands tightly into fists, Seto roared in his mind "NO! This move of his will mean he'll have just enough cards to take us down with Chaos Emperor Dragon!"
Eyeing Illidan, Haou mentally muttered "It is surprising that Illidan has the power to influence fate. Only the legendary Pharaoh who was one with Yugi Moto was supposed to be able to do this. Yet Illidan has learned to do what the Pharaoh did. The darkness within him has given him great power, but in the end, it took his sanity and logic, which shall be his downfall."
"Draw some cards you two, unless you both want to forfeit this duel." Illidan commanded, breaking Kaiba and Haou out of their thoughts.
Grudgingly, the two drew six cards each, with Illidan then picking up six himself. Upon finishing, he evilly grinned towards the two, saying "I could end this duel right here and now with my Chaos Emperor Dragon. After all, we each hold six cards, plus I have two monsters, and each of you two have three monsters a piece. Then there are the face downs, with me having one card and a face up one, then each of you have two face downs. That gives would mean altogether, there is a total of 32 cards on the field and in our hands. Wiping both of you out with Chaos Emperor Dragon would be easy, since neither of you most likely can stop me."
Darkly chuckling, he added "But due that you two have held me up for so long, I have come to realize that giving both of you a quick death would not be the wisest thing. No, I'm going to make the two of you an example to anyone who dares to interrupt matters that don't concern either of you."
"It is foolish to underestimate your competition." Haou blandly remarked.
Glaring at Haou, Illidan hissed back "Such criticism is unwise, supposed Supreme King, especially when your opponent has the power to crush you under his heel."
"Perhaps you have forgotten our previous duel, Illidan." Haou smartly replied. "Since that duel, my powers have since doubled. I have manipulated the darkness wisely, while you have allowed the darkness to take full control of you and manipulate you into a twisted form that no longer resembles what you once was. You are nothing but a shell of your former self, while I have become the most feared and powerful being in this Dark World."
Glancing between the two, Seto spoke up, saying "Don't do this Illidan! You can't beat the two of us. Surrender the duel and let the darkness go. Once you do, the two of us will go save your daughter, together."
"Your words and actions, they cannot change your meaning of life." Illidan coldly remarked while casting his red eyes on Seto.
Unsure of his former friend's words, Seto shot back "What do you mean!?"
Before he could get an answer, the area suddenly began to be enveloped by a dark purplish fog. The three suddenly found themselves floating in mid-air, with all the monsters, trees, and everything they had seen before gone. The mist filling the air itself radiated nothing but pure evil it seemed.
"Your life is unchanged by the illusion you desire, Seto Kaiba." Illidan slowly spoke while glaring at the duelist in his white trench coat. "An illusion is a single, major flaw that drives humans to defeat; that drives them into the ground; that provides them with a false will to fight. Humans prefer illusion to despair; they wish to instead wallow in false hope that is produced by endless misery then accept reality. By desiring an outcome, it cannot happen.
Confused at the serious tone Illidan was speaking in, both Seto and Haou pondered if possibly the sanity that seemed to have eluded Illidan was now back in control.
Glancing from one to the other, Illidan added "You have not faced your problems. Instead, you have masked them with a mirage, a false reality that helps you walk away from the pain that haunts your mind. These illusions, they just won't be denied any longer, and this is no one's fault by your own. Believing in a non-existent force that will alleviate your suffering will not solve your problems. Faith is useless, Kaiba, and is nothing more than an illusion. I know this much thanks to the darkness."
Looking at Illidan, Seto suddenly saw that the duelist's crimson eyes were losing their bloody tinge and slowly becoming brown once more. Before he could speak, an illusion appeared, making Seto gasp in shock.
"This is…"
Before him was the inside of a temple, with himself, Illidan, and Yugi standing side by side in a duel. Across the field stood a figure with long teal colored hair that reached his calves in length, and wore a set of white robes.
"That's the duel between Dartz and the three of us. And from what I can tell, this is the part I can never forget."
On the field, a large creature with two smaller ones before itself, created a halo like saw disc above it's head. The creature launched the ring towards a dark brown dragon that was before the past version of Seto. With ease, the ring sliced through the dragon, making it howl out in pain before shattering while the ring continued on and struck Seto, throwing him backwards against the green barrier that held the four of them in the duel.
"You simply believed that because you were driven by some false sense of hope and righteousness, you would win that duel. It was but luck that allowed Yami to draw the correct card combination to end that duel. No, one must go beyond moral boundaries, and stop believing in false hope if they are to make it to their goal. You are a weak and pathetic human who is defined by the illusionary morals that you stand by in an attempt to acquire a non-existent goal. Fool, you must fight your problems by facing them head on."
"Illusion is what your life is defined by, Kaiba. You have decided to not face me with your full power due to the false hope that I will give up my clear sight and return to your pathetic moral school of thought. That is why you will never be truly powerful, which is what you have always desired. You can't use your full might when it matters the most, and that will be your downfall."
Grinding his teeth together, Seto yelled out "This duel is still on Illidan. And if you haven't noticed, I have the advantage still!"
Sighing slightly, Illidan closed his eyes, and muttered "Still you choose to stay in that illusion, and that will be your undoing. As a weak human, you are defined by your flaws and weaknesses, not by your strengths and powers because you've yet to learn how to use them. Had you known this before standing in my path, you would have not signed your own death warrant."
While Illidan spoke, the images of all of their friends, starting with Yugi, Joey, Tea, Mai, Marie, Illidan's past self, Jaden, Alexis, Zane, Syrus, Mokuba, and Rebecca all appeared, but were all grayed out with exception of Yugi.
After a moment, the image of Yugi moved and grabbed hold of Tea's hand, causing color to appear on her and she came to life. Yugi soon clapped a hand onto Joey's shoulder, who reached out for Mai, who touched Marie, who grabbed Illidan's arm. Things continued to progress, with Illidan touching Jaden's shoulder, who grabbed Alexis's hand while grasping Syrus's with his other hand. Mokuba came to life on his own and touched Joey's other shoulder while holding Rebecca's hand, and Zane touched Syrus on the shoulder.
"A clear pattern exists in this, Seto, one that even a fool like you can see." Illidan calmly explained.
Glancing at the images of his friends, Kaiba began to realize the meaning to Illidan's words. "For years, I've declared I needed nobody, that I was happy to be alone. Over the years, I mellowed out and became friends with Yugi and the others. It was hard, for the years of hardship, despair, and pain on my own always came to mind when I tried to depend on others. Even now, I'm not extremely close to any of them, but I'm closer than before. All my life, I've had nothing but loneliness. Even when I tried to escape it, I always slipped back into it. Does this mean I can never save anyone, even someone like Illidan that I called a friend…"
"Your hope of escaping the void of your own selfishness and loneliness is nothing but an illusion. You must accept the non-existence of hope and faith, and confront problems with your own might, no matter how bleak the situation, for it is the only way for it to happen."
"No, my mission has not yet failed! I will do everything within my power to save him! If I must give my own soul, so be it, but I will not allow him to wander the darkness like this!" Seto screamed in his mind.
Angrily glaring at Illidan, Seto fiercely said "You have lost your mind, Illidan. When this is over, I will bring you back to your senses. Now make your move, so I can get one step closer to winning this duel and restoring your mind to the way it was."
Watching Illidan look at himself, Seto gasped in surprise when he noted his friend had an expression of sadness within his eyes for a moment. That moment quickly faded, with the crimson red refilling his eyes and a glint of evil reappearing within them. The darkness soon faded, with the group returning to the dueling area where they had begun.
"FINE SETO!" Illidan angrily snarled. "If you will continue this façade of victory beyond reality, I have no choice but to ram your words of false courage back down your throat with all the might of my deck! If you will not listen to reason, then you will listen to the power of my cards! I activate the spell Chaos Fusion!"
Eyes widening in shock, Seto watched and listened to Illidan intently as he held one card up from his hand, revealing it to the pair. "I fuse my Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End along with my Dark Magician of Chaos (2800/2600) together."
Materializing onto the field immediately was a blue skinned mage with black demonic markings on his face, with long black hair, and red eyes with yellow corneas. He wore black leather armor with a strange mage's hat on his head and held a long staff in his hands.
Glancing sadly back at Illidan, the mage looked to the dragon and the pair vanished into a black haze. A swirling began within the haze, and slowly sliding out of the vortex was a beast like creature that radiated a dark, evil energy. The creature had a core body that resembled a torso with solid black coloring. It had a metallic and futuristic look to the creature, for it swayed in the wind, showing it was made up of a plasma like material. The creature barely resembled anything human like, for it had a blood red dragonic head, with a pair of black wings on it's back, two legs that looked like a hybrid of a dragon and human's legs, and two small forearms that were hidden mostly by it's wings. The creature's eyes were cruel, animalistic yellow.
Pointing at the new creature, Illidan smartly called out "Meet my newest Chaos monster, Chaos Demon Chimera – Envoy of Judgment (0/4000), in defense!"
Gasping in surprise, Kaiba muttered "Four thousand defense points?"
"Only a few monsters have more attack points than that, not to mention, very few monsters have that many defense points. More than likely, that thing has many special effects too. All of Illidan's Chaos Fusions always have some kind of special ability, or abilities for that matter." Seto grumbled within his mind.
Noting Haou was examining his creature with a stunned look as well, Illidan smugly said "I set this card face down and end my move." (Illidan 10300; Seto 7800, Haou 7400)
"What could he plan to do with that thing?" Seto pondered within his mind. "It has zero attack points, but makes an excellent defensive wall. If that's all it's for, then it's pointless, but that's unlike Illidan. No, that creature has a few effects I'd have to guess, meaning we need to take it out, and fast."
"Are you going to take your turn today or not?" Illidan asked with irritation in his voice.
Growling lowly, Seto snapped off the top card on his deck and examined it before sliding it into a Spell/Trap Slot. "I play the equip spell Shooting Star Bow – Ceal, and equip it to my Blue-Eyes. By doing so, this lowers my dragon's attack points by 1000 (3000 – 1000 2000/2500)."
Letting out a small growl while it's body glowed with a light red aura, the dragon glared at plasma creature and let out another mighty roar.
"By lowering my dragon's points, I'm allowed to direct attack you with him, so go, blast him directly with White Lightning!"
Releasing a mighty roar, the white dragon took to the air and opened it's jaws. White energy instantly began shining out from the dragon's maw, revealing the destructive force within them. Taking aim, the dragon released it's payload, sending a beam of searing hot white energy straight at Illidan. The blast was about to hit him till he reached out and knocked it away with his fist, sending it slamming into the ground nearby and sending smoke into the air.
With the smoke settling, the plasma creature before Illidan let out a small cry while a hatch on it's torso opened, revealing a tentacle that reached out and touched Illidan. Suddenly, it's stats changed, showing the creature gaining strength (1000/4000).
Seeing confusion on both Seto and Haou's faces, Illidan calmly said "Whenever a player is dealt Battle Damage, Demon Chimera gains attack points equal to half the Battle Damage. That means the more I damage the two of you, or the more you damage me, the more strength my creature gains."
"An intriguing, but powerful card. Although it's just a big wall at face value, it can turn into a massive offensive weapon in an incredibly short time span. He doesn't have to wait on us to attack him, but he can just summon a powerful card and attack us with it, allowing him to chip away at our life points while powering up his creature. It's like he expected me to bypass his monsters and direct attack him! But is that possible?"
Shaking himself mentally, Seto hardened his stare and gruffly said "Fine then Illidan."
Examining his hand, he eyed the cards he had and mentally said "I can just lie in wait till the time is right. One way or another, I'll drag you back to your senses before this is all over."
"I end my turn." (Illidan 8600; Seto 7800, Haou 7400)