October 12, 2006
Disclaimer: I do not own YGO GX
Title: Baby Come Back to Me
Author: PurificationArrow
Rated: Teen
Genre: Romance/Drama
Summary: Alexis is still bothered by the fact that Zane has been transformed into this new, dangerous Zane. While at the lighthouse one dark night, someone comes, the last person Alexis would expect, then and there. Potential spoilers. Hints of Alexis and Aster.
Notes: Not much really. Just enjoy the chapter!
Itaclis - thoughts
Bold - emphasis on words
Bold, underline, and parentheses - authors note
Chapter 2: Pro Leagues
A gentle shaking on her shoulder awoke Alexis. Her golden eyes opened, and she raised her head from the glass that it had been pressed against.
She looked to her left and saw Aster's silver hair, "We're almost there." He told her without looking.
She closed her eyes and nodded. She looked out the window, and she could see Domino City underneath them. Quietly, she readjusted her bag in her lap, and stared out with window with determined eyes.
Aster looked at her for a few seconds, then turned his attention back to the helicopter.
"We'll get settled in a hotel not too far from the stadium. Then I'll go and get things ready." The lack of emotion in his face and tone reminded Alexis of Zane.
She looked back to her side window, "Alright." She agreed.
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Alexis's legs still felt like jello from the ride there, at least a half day's ride.
It was about 5 in the after noon, and she was waiting in the lobby of a hotel while Aster stood at the front desk and was talking to the manager.
She sighed.
I guess I'm going to be seeing a lot of him now. Since he's my manager and all. She smirked, and laughed quietly to herself. Kinda funny I think. The person who, in a way, caused all of this is going to be managing what I do until I get matched up with Zane. I'm esctatic.
She thought sarcastically.
"Rhodes." She looked up.
Aster stood there, "We're all set." Was all he said. She rose to her feet and took her bag in her right hand. She ignored the bone-chilling stares that she was getting from the men around the lobby.
Thankfully, they should stay away because of Aster well known... Asteryness.
They boarded the elavator and were quiet, speaking naught a word to each other, even when they got to the room and Aster tossed Alexis the key to her room.
He passed by her and slid the card key into the slit on the lock that was on the door next to Alexis's room.
He entered, closed the door, and was gone.
This'll be fun. I can tell, we're going to be great friends.
She entered her room and locked the door behind her. The scent of cleaning products was overwhelming, and she coughed. Alexis walked over to the window next to the vanity set and queen sized bed, and opened it.
The fresh city air filled the room and took out the suffocating scent.
She took a large breath, and closed her eyes.
When she opened them, she looked out the window. She could see the humongous Kaiba Corp building a good distance away. Also, she caught just a small glimpse of the legendary Yugi Moto's game shop not too far from their hotel.
At the base of the hotel was a group of quickly growing camera men and women.
She could catch tidbits of their loud voices, "Is it true that Aster Phoenix is staying at the hotel? What about the girl that he was seen with coming in? Are they an 'item'?" That word nearly made her gag.
Her and Aster, and item?
She resisted the urge to shout, "Only in your dreams!" Down to the papparazzi.
Alexis stepped back and let herself fall onto the soft goosefeather bed. It was so comforting, it nearly lulled her to sleep instantly. She was about to drift off when the telephone in the room rang loudly, and she was forced to pick up.
"Hello?" She said groggily into the machine.
"ALEXIS!" The voice made Alexis jump at least three feet into the air.
When she had recovered from the inital shock of 'ALEXIS' she put her ear back to the reciever. "Atticus?" She asked timidly, hoping that her brother wouldn't be too steamed at her.
"Jeez, Alexis. I was worried.Why did you lie to me? Did you think I wasn't going to let you go? That I was going to try and stop you?"
She stopped hi, before he could bombard her with any more questions, "Atticus. Listen to me please." The silence on the other end told her that she had his attention, "I have to do this. You and Syrus couldn't do it. And you guys are the closest anyone's ever been to Zane, I--" "Not true."
She gave a start, "B-but..." She protested.
"Not true." Came her answer again, "You're just as important to Zane. You probably don't remember too well, but when we were little, you had climbed a tree, and accidentaly had fallen. Thankfully, Zane dove and caught you before you were too badly hurt. Ya see?"
Alexis searched her mind for when it happened, but she could find to recollection of the event.
But because of the gentle tone in her brother's voice, she decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Someone suddenly knocked at the door, "Rhodes, open up." Aster voice commanded.
She rolled her eyes, and whispered back into the phone, "I need to leave now Atticus. Bye..." She placed the phone back down, and stood up.
The blonde unlocked the door and let Aster in.
"Here's the plan." He said. She stayed silent and listened carefully.
"We're going to stay in the City for the rest of the day, and tomorrow. After that, it would probably be best to brush up on your skills. Understand? Then that's when the duel is. You're going to be dueling someone called Canace Arashi. Japanese, 18 years old. Uses wind cards. Hopefully you'll be able to defeat her with that information alone."
She nodded almost robotically.
He stood, and went to the door and stepped out. Then, it hit her, "Hey! Whadda ya mean hopefully?" She snapped. His reaction surprised her.
Instead of being the emotionless person she had normally seen him as, he smiled, and closed the door.
She sat there in shock, and analyzed her mind's image of his eyes before the door shut them off. His blue eyes were actually friendly, like he really wanted to know her better. Also, she had seen this in Zane's eyes before once. Weakness.
Heat rose to her cheeks, and she shook her head.
No! I'm not here to get a boyfriend. I have to save Zane, and I won't let Aster's prety-boy looks get to me like they have with the majority of the female population.
She crossed her arms and sighed.
Alexis walked over to her suitcase and opened, staring at the clothes and items she had brought along.
Because of the papparazzi crowding outside of the hotel, she would have to think up a disguise to get past them and out into the city. She smiled, and bent over her clothes.
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The reporters seemed to be either getting discouraged, bored, and even more angry because their shouts became louder, with impatient tones in them.
Alexis walked towards the doors, her head low, allowing the blue cap to cover her blonde hair.
She wore a tight white V shirt with tan pants and a belt. The automatic dorrs opened, and she slid through the mobs. As she was jostled around, and held her breath, hoping that she wouldn't be found out.
She nearly yelped as she was tossed out onto the sidewalk, the reporters still clamoring about.
She smirked, and began to walk away as fast as she could from the hotel. It was half past five, so she could be back by 7 to get ready for bed.
Well, here we go.
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The lights on a black duel disk glowed brightly, then shut off.
Dust cleared from a white field, and a duelist was slumped over onto the white ground. His cards were scattered everywhere, and he looked like road-kill that had been sent from hell and back. (Okay, well not THAT bad. But still, pretty bad.)
Zane brushed dirt from his black uniform, and turned.
The crowd was cheering loudly, reacting powerfully to Zane's new dueling technique.
He smirked, and vanished beyond the blackness of the stadium doors.
In Zane's room
The sun was beginning to set slowly, and the shades were drawn open to their fullest.
The blue walls gave the room a frightening haze-like feel. Zane stared out the window with his critical blue eyes, scanning Domino City. The only reason that he was here was beacuse 1: He had a duel the next morning with some person called Lucas Kenosha. and 2: Because Alexis was in the city.
He was fully aware of the fact that she had come here to participate in the pro-leagues despite her young age.
Atticus had ruined it when he and Alexis had met at the lighthouse, but her brother wasn't there to save her this time. Unfortunately, there was one person.
He gritted his teeth at the memory of him.
Aster Phoenix, the first one to have truly defeated him. Much to his annoyance, Phoenix was to be Alexis's manager. How a 16 year old punk could be Alexis's manager was besides him.
Zane grinned.
He had a very good idea as to why the both of them were here. They were here to supposedly, 'help' him. To get him back from the darkness that had consumed him when he had lost respect for the game of Duel Monsters.
He admitted, he no longer had respect for the card game. But that is what now made him strong.
Thanks to this new change in him, he's never lost a duel since Aster. It was because he had abandoned his Cyber Monsters that things were the way they were now.
Despite the fact that he admittedly grew lonely, he was a winner.
Money was pouring in, and he was famous once more. The rise and fall, and rise again of the great Zane Truesdale.
He had left behind his friends. Bastion, Chazz, Atticus, Syrus, Jaden, and even Alexis. When he had left them all behind in that underground duel with Mad Dog, he became strong.
Zane was no longer afraid to duel, and he wasn't afraid to defeat Alexis when his chance came.
"Just you try it Alexis." He growled to himself.
The true Zane sat in the dark corners of this new Zane. Chained and barricaded in a dark cell. He had tried many times before to escape, but everytime he found the willpower to try, it faded away when his dark mind showed him how he had lost all those duels. It had been several months since he had been in there, and he found he no longer had the strength to try and escape. Still, he remembered that when he saw Alexis had the pier, something had reawakened. His dull blue eyes regained their shine, and the true Zane began to fight again.
Sadly, he had lost this battle again. So, he was trapped once more, in bonds that he seemingly would never escape from, ever.
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Hooray! I actually got done the second chapter in almost record time for one of my YGO GX stories! Well, thanks for all the reviews people, I really appreciate them. Here's to a great continuing story!
-PurificationArrow