welcome back, guys! thanks for the reviews, and I know I need help on my writing, but I have a very, very, very short attention span.
Maya: It's true! I've seen her try to do homework, it never ends well...
Jess: thanks for the support, dude.
Maya: I support your relationship with Jessie.
Jess: We're just friends, and quit making me go on dates! I can get a boyfriend on my own!
Maya: Really, how many boyfriends have you had?
Jess: Nunya
Maya: Jess, you had Ace use that same trick on Chazz in chapter 1. I'm not falling for it.
Jess: If you don't stop, I'll hide your plush Kuriboh.
Maya: You wouldn't dare!
Jess: try me! Anyways, can you the disclaimer?
Maya: Fine, Jess doesn't Yu-Gi-Oh GX or any other products, shows, games, or anything related to that. Can I have my Kuriboh back?
Jess: Only if you admit I'm the awesomest girl to walk the earth.
Maya: I'm not gonna get him back for a loooonnnggg time...
"And underneath the full moon, I see a path to a cavern that seems... abandoned," Syrus spoke. Do I need to hear this? I know I'm in episode 5, because Jaden suggested a scare-a-thon in the slifer dorm. Now I have to hear Syrus' scary story that only scares him. "Then at the back of the cavern, I see a mysterious lake. So I go in to look very carefully and under just the right angle of light... At the very bottom of the lake, beyond my reflection, I see a rare and powerful card. Naturally I go to grab it, but when I reach for it, an arm shoots out, grabs me and begins to pull me into the lake. Ahhhhhhh! Help me! Not the water, anything but the water!" He was so into it, he waved him hands in the air like he was drowning.
"Water isn't that scary" Jaden interjects.
"I gotta agree with him there," I said, pushing my glasses by the bridge, "I love to swim. I'm no pro swimmer, but do love to just swim like a mino"
"Uhh? Dirty swamp water?" Syrus says, "Ohh you're right. Only a chump would be sacred of that". I looked over to see a scared Chumley hug the wall. Wow, I get scared easy, but I'm never that scared.
I decided to draw a card, and it turned out to be Wynn the wind charmer. 3 stars, I guess I talk about my ghost encounter.
"Ok, I guess I'll talk about it," I said, " keep in mind this story is 100% true: It was the middle of summer, and we had nothing to do. My parents decided to take up the idea of going to a cabin up in Onekama-"
"O-what-ama?" Jaden interrupts. Right, I forgot to tell them I'm from Detroit. Whoops.
"Right," I said, "I'm from Detroit, Michigan, so it was like a 3 hour drive to Onekama, a calm little town that had a few stores. Anyways, the cabin was a nice little thing. Two bedrooms, a bathroom, a livingroom, a porch with bed, and a kitchen. It was what any normal person would have for a family of 3-4. But, then I notice strange things going on. Doors were opening on their own, creepy chills at night, and my aura senses could feel other people in the house"
"Auras? Can you really feel them?" Syrus asks. Great, I forgot about my aura sensing. Brain, work dammit!
"Yeah, I can, but it depends on how much I focus" I told him, "If it was just in one room, it's easy, but when its outside, I have to focus a lot more to get a greater area. But I as I was saying, I could feel other people in the house. So, I talked my friends into trying to have a sayonce to draw the ghost and/or ghosts. At first I didn't think it worked because they were laughing and eating. But, I could sence an extra presence, so I knew the ghost was there. Plus, One night when I had a really bad sun burn, I asked for the ghost to heal it, and I felt all tingley on my left side. The next morning, the pain mostly went away. And that's what happened to me in Onekama". The boys looked at me awestruck. What can I say? I love the idea of the paranormal. The idea of ghosts is a very interesting thing to look in to. Just the thought of being a ghost hunter sound cool.
"Ok, your turn, Jay" I say. Just like the anime, he drew a sinister serpent, which was a level 1 monster. So he decided to talk about "hearing voices" which I knew was him hearing duel spirits. Then I heard Banners laughter, and him asking to join the "frightfest". What was sad was that we kept drawing low-level cards. Lucky for Banner, he drew a 12 star monster. He went off about the "abandoned dorm". What I don't get why they didn't tear the bastard down if it was so freakin' dangerous. Looks like I found a plot-hole. Of course Jaden wanted to go to it, which I gave to thought. Do I want to go? Maybe I can tell Susan (haha, abridged series) off about the fake mellenium puzzle. But will they figure it out? I can't take that chance.
"Sign me up!" I said loudly and enthusiasticly, "Maybe I can add another ghost encounter to the list". I almost can't believe I'm doing this. If a freakin' a watch a horror movie, I stay up all night. Now, I'm dragging myself to an abandoned dorm that's suppose to hold a fake shadow duel. How do I get myself into these situations? I guess I'll never know. We left the dorm with flashlights and I snuck some snacks. What? I eat a lot, and they were nutri-grain bars. Oh fuck! I forgot about Crowler! I could have stopped this. DAMMIT! We were about half way there when I brought out one of the nutri-grain bars. The noise of the wrapper had the boys swarming at me for a bar. Not being able to say no, I was cleaned out. I really have to work on my nerve to say no to people. It'll really hurt me one day.
We made it to the dorm, and to be honest, it was scarier in real life than in anime form. A twig broke, scaring the crap out of the boys. I shined my flashlight at Alexis, who I knew was laying a flower for her brother. I felt bad for her, even though I knew he was alive. Jaden asked why she was here, and she responded as so: "funny, I was about to ask you the same thing".
"We heard about the abandoned dorm and wanted to check it out." I informed them, stealing Jaden's line.
"Well that's not very intelligent. Didn't you know that kids have a habit of disappearing around here?" Alexis filled us in.
"Ahh come on. Who believes in that kind of stuff?" Jaden stated.
Alexis looked at her with a frown. "It's all true. Believe me I know. Why else would the academy make this place completely off-limits? They catch you guys here and they'll expel you in a flash."
"Yeah sure. Ok, so then why are you here?" Jaden asks, his stupidity kicking in.
"I have my reasons! That's why!" she replied rather loudly to Jaden's inquiry. Wow, remind me to never piss off Alexis.
"Whoa Alexis! No need to snap." Jaden says in surprise, "We just came here to check the place out. But hey, we'll stay out of your way. Don't worry about it"
"Look. It's just that… One of the kids who disappeared here… Was my brother". Ok, cue my heart snapping. I heard it in the anime, but I felt worse being here to feel the power of her voice. I hugged her out of my guilt. If I told her about Atticus, I'd screw everything up, but I could comfort her.
"Don't worry Alexis, he's out there somewhere" I said, giving her my support. The boys knew we needed a moment, so they went ahead of me. Alexis pried me off her and was about to go, but Susan stopped her. Now my best friend instinct kicked in. I kicked him in the crotch and said, "Alexis, run! Run like hell, I'll be fine". Good thing I've got my personal space issues, so I can fend him off. He got over the initial shock and started to try to grab me. I kept walking away, since he was crawling. He eventually got over all the shock and grabbed my left arm, my good arm. I would have kicked, punched, and freaked all I wanted if he didn't pull out some cloroform. So I found out how Alexis was kocked out. I was trying to fight off the drug, but it was too strong. I soon gave in and blacked out.
Jaden POV
I didn't know Ace could be so emotional. We just decided to go ahead of her so she could comfort Alexis. I never could guess she was like that. I mean, she was never really the girly type, I guess. I thought the place was cool, just needed to be fixed up.
This place is sweet!" I exclaimed. "You know, a little paint, a couple of cardboard boxes, maybe a throw rug and we could so totally move in here."
"What? Are you kidding? This is even worse than the Slifer dorm. I mean, what's all the stuff on the walls?" Syrus asked.
I started to wonder if it was somthing to do with the shadow games, maybe. I'm not sure.
"Jaden, don't stand so close." Chumley warned me.
I ignored him and checked out the walls. It had seven different carvings of items with an eye on each one.
"Hey. I think it shows the seven Millennium Items." I turned my flashlight towards another wall, on which showed a picture of a boy with brown hair and an Obelisk Blue blazer.
"And that shows someone I've never seen before." I commented.
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
That scream, it sounded like Ace. She must be in trouble! "Ace!" I screamed. We ran in the direction of the scream, and we found a card. It was Dark Magician, Ace's card. "This is Ace's card!" I announced.
"She must be in trouble" Syrus says.
"Well there's only one way that she could have gone." Chumley pointed in the direction of a tunnel that looked like one from a mine.
"Then that's the way we're going." I commanded.
The tunnel looked like an old mine shaft, but we had to find Ace. She could be in major trouble. We kept going and ended up in a creepy room full of fog. Ace was on the other end of the room, unconscious in a coffin. "Ace! Wake up! Ace" I kept shouting, but she whouldn't get up.
An unknown voice spoke from the fog. "HAHAHAHAHA. She can't hear you. She's far away, locked in the Shadow Realm."
"Who's there?" I asked.
The man in black rose from the fog. "Your worst nightmare come true"
"Oh gimme a break." I moaned.
"Then let me prove it to you. In a shadow game." he replied.
"Let Ace go, or else" I demanded.
"The only way I will free her, is if you defeat me in a shadow game."
"Look I'm not afraid of dueling you, but shadow games aren't real."
"The others didn't believe in the shadow games either, but they were soon convinced. For you see, when you lose in a shadow game, you don't just pay with your life-points, you pay with your soul."
"So you're the one behind the dissaperences. Well you're not getting us"
"Unless you win, she'll be mine forever and so will you."
Chumley reached into his back pack and handed me a duel disk. "Good luck Jay."
"Thanks. Now get your game on whoever you are."
"Shadow game that is and you can call me Titan."
A part of his armband extended to form a duel disk. I inserted my deck into the disk. I looked over at Ace, and said, "Don't worry Ace, I'll save you".
"Duel!"
Jaden: 4000
Titan: 4000
"Prepare you fool to enter into, the shadows. I summon Infernalqueen Archfiend in attack mode (900/1500) in attack mode."
"An archfiend monster?"
"Yes and now that this card's out, each and every monster with 'Archfiend' in its name, gains one thousand attack points."
The Infernalqueen glowed purple as it powered itself (1900/1500).
"Uh yeah, actually, I already knew that. And I also know that to keep those archfiends on the field, you have to pay lifepoints during every standby phase of your turn."
"No I don't. Not after I activate the field spell card Pandemonium." As he inserted the named card into his disk, a small pool of lava appeared in the centre of the field. From there, a bunch of red bone shaped lines spread out and at each extremity was a differently shaped skull.
"Pretty cool."
"And it doesn't just change the scenery. It changes the rules. Now I don't have to pay any life-points for my archfiends and if they're ever destroyed outside of a battle I get to add another one right into my hand. I know what you're thinking; your friend's fate is all but sealed. Well you're right."
Just then, Ace's coffin was swallowed into the ground.
"That's not fair." I shouted.
"Yeah! What have you done to her?" Syrus asked.
"The same thing I will do to the both of you, if you do not cease to pester and annoy me." Titan snarled.
"Hey! Just leave my friends out of this. My draw. Ok. I don't have any card that can beat 1900 attack points, but maybe if I do this. Elemental Hero Avian (1000 attack/1000 defense) I summon you in attack mode." My green feathery hero landed in front of me.
"And I'm gonna throw down two facedown's as well."
"Too bad you won't have a chance to use them. I summon Terrorking Archfiend (2000/1500) in attack mode."
"Now you have two vicious archfiends to contend with. And thanks to the special ability of the Infernalqueen, the Terrorking's attack increases by a thousand, making him an even more fiendish force to be reckoned with (3000/1500)."
"3000 attack points!" I shouted.
"That's right. And now I'm going to put them all to use. Terrorking Archfiend, attack Avian. Locust Storm Barrage."
The powerful monster's ribcage split open and a swarm of locust shot out towards the green hero.
"No way. You forgot about my facedown card, Mirror Gate. This trap card causes our monsters to trade places in battle. My Avian for your Terrorking. So now all those 3000 attack points are gonna be going to work for me."
Titan simply smiled at this. "You really thought you could bait me into a trap? Look around you and tell me who's trapped."
"Wadda you mean?" I asked.
"I mean your trap won't work against my Terrorking. It simply activates his special ability. An ability that will determine our monsters' fate by way of chance." For some reason, 6 diffrent colored balls with the numbers 1-6 came out of the lava pool. Meaning, I might be in trouble.
"You see when he's targeted by an opponent's effect; Terrorking's special ability gives me a gambling chance. A number between one and six is selected at random. And if it happens to be a two or a five, then your traps destroyed and my archfiend stay's on my side. So, let's spin the wheel of fate and see what happens shall we?" One of the balls was surrounded by fire which moved around the circle.
"It's okay. The odds are way in Jaden's favour."
"You flunked math Chumley." Syrus reminded him.
"No. I got a 54."
When the fire stopped, it had landed on the two.
"It seems as though chance has favoured the Terrorking Archfiend. Mirror Gate is shattered."
The light around Avian broke apart, giving way for the swarm of locust that hit Avian.
Jaden: 2000
Titan: 4000
No! That's half my lifepoints. I can't lose; I need to save Ace.
Well that stinks. But at least it lets me use my other trap. Hero Signal."
"When my monster is destroyed in battle, this trap let's me summon another from my deck or my hand with 'Elemental Hero' in its name. And I summon Elemental Hero Clayman (800/2000) in defense mode."
"Way to duel!" Syrus shouted.
"That Clayman should keep him safe." Chumley commented.
"I don't think so. At least not from this."
He pulled a pyramid shaped puzzle from his pocket and held it so the eye was 'looking' at me. Light shone from it as it dangled from his hand.
"Now the shadow games have truly begun. Don't your lifepoints seem insignificant when it's your very life that's at risk?"
I looked down and saw that a part of my arms and my chest were gone, as if someone had dragged an eraser across me. This was not good.
"Hey! My arm."
I was scared. My body can't be vanishing.
"It is the way of the shadows, transcending the game, attacking your body."
"I can't move my feet."
"Of course not. As the shadow fog rolls past, you all will feel the darkness take you into its grip. You are at the mercy of the night now."
"I can't feel anything," Syrus said.
"Treasure the numbness, for it will not last. Soon you will be drawn into an infinite chasm of eternal darkness where every waking moment will be filled with-"
"Gimme a break. How bad can it be? So what? Back at our dorm we have blackout curtains so we can sleep in later. I'm not scared of the dark." I stated.
"But your blackout curtains do not wield the same kind of mystic power as my millennium item does. It's your move. But make it count. It may be your last."
"Wow. Millennium Items, a shadow fog, who could ask for a better challenge?" I grinned.
"What's he smiling about?" Syrus asked.
"Here goes buddy. For my move I play the spell card Pot of Greed. Next I'll fuse Elemental Hero Sparkman with my Clayman on the field. Now say hello to Elemental Hero Thunder Giant."
My two monsters disappeared into a vortex. A fork of lightning then struck the ground, from which rose a new one. (2400/1500) "And now I'll use his special ability, which lets me destroy a monster whose original attack points are less than his own. Now Thunder Giant, let loose, Static Blast."
A stream of electricity erupted from the palm of his hand and flew towards Terrorking, but stopped a meter short.
"I activate Terrorking's special ability once again. Spin Roulette." The numbered balls formed a circle again and fire went around them. This time when it stopped, it was on a five. "Hahahahaha. I win again. It seems as though fate isn't on your side even half the time. And now you will pay the price."
The blast of electricity turned around and struck the monster from where it came. "This stinks! Talk about a run of some really rotten luck."
"Your destiny is set. Soon my archfiend deck will finish off all your monsters. And my millennium item will finish off your soul."
"This match isn't over yet. I've still got a few cards up my sleeve. Like this one, Mirage of Nightmare. And I'll throw down a couple of facedowns while I'm at it."
"Don't waste my time. Your lifepoints won't last long enough for you to use anymore of your cards. Jamie's soul will soon be gone and so will yours. It's my turn."
"Hold on. I think you're forgetting something. Mirage lets me draw cards until I have four in my hand."
"So go ahead then. You could have four million and it wouldn't defend you against the crushing power of my monsters. Allow my Terrorking to give you an example. Attack with Locust Storm Barrage." Terrorking opened his chest to thousands of locusts.
"Talk about having butterflies in your stomach" I comment, "Good thing I played a trap. Mirror Force. Say goodbye to all your monsters in attack mode."
"Totally lishus. If Jaden keeps this up we can finally get out of here." Chumley comments.
"How dare you!"
"How? Cause I'm daring I guess". That might lighten the mood. It was true, I never back down from sothing like that.
"Well let's see how daring you are after this. I'm using Desrook Archfiend's special effect. By sending him to the graveyard, I can resurrect Terrorking Archfiend. Say hello to a not so old friend."
Terrorking Archfiend (2000 attack/1500 defense) appeared once again, though without its extra attack points
"Him again?" I asked.
"And now I activate the effect of the field spell card Pandemonium. Its magic allows me to draw a new archfiend, if one of my archfiend monsters is ever sent to the graveyard by an effect. Of course this new archfiend can't be as powerful, but then my Terrorking is already packing more than enough power as it is. Now let's try this again. Locust Storm Barrage." I was getting sick of the locusts comming out his freakin' chest. Wait, did I say freakin'? I must be hanging out with Ace so much, I'm picking up the way she talks.
"Go Emergency Provision. This spell card allows me to sacrifice another spell or trap card and gain a thousand lifepoints for each one."
Jaden: 3000 "
Titan: 4000
I put my disk in front of me before the locust swarm made contact.
Jaden: 1000
Titan: 4000
"You still stand?"
"As long as I've got two good legs." I grinned.
"But your legs are not good. And now with this latest strike on your life-points, neither are your arms." More parts of me faded as the millennium item shone.
"Aww man. Jaden's fading really fast." Syrus moaned.
Talk about hanging on by a limb. Better make this turn count.
"All right. I use the spell card The Warrior Returning Alive, which brings back Elemental hero Avian. Now fuse with Burstinatrix and create the Elemental Hero Flame Wingman."
They both jumped into a vortex to create one of my best monsters.
"Now what do you say we turn up the heat in here wingman? Attack with Infernal Rage."
The Flame Wingman burned the archfiend by shooting fire from its dragon shaped arm.
"Oh by the way, did I mention his super power? Your monster won't be the only one hurting, you will too. You take damage equal to your destroyed monster's attack points."
Wingman never lets me down and it brings me one step closer to winning this duel.
Jaden: 1000
Titan: 1900
Parts of Titan's body disappeared as he was hit with the wingman's fire.
"Parts of him are starting to disappear too Chumley." Syrus stated.
"You think that could work on my waist line?"
"It matters not. Because I have yet another Desrook Archfiend. I simply discard him to bring back my Terrorking (2000 attack/1500 defense). There's no escaping him. Rise again." The muscular archfiend appeared once again from the graveyard.
Man this monster just won't give up.
"I'm gonna protect myself with Dark Catapulter (1100 attack/1500 defense) in defense mode. Now come on and do your worst."
"You want my worst? You should be careful what you wish for. Because you just might get it. Especially when this card is in the midst. I sacrifice my Terrorking Archfiend and call forth the Skull Archfiend of Lightning (2500/1200)."
The persistent monster disappeared and was replaced by another resembling the Summoned Skull, except with a darker more fiendish look.
"You wanted my worst? Well now you have it. Every last supercharged volt."
The new archfiend hurled forward a stream of lighting which destroyed my monster.
Jaden: 600
Titan: 1900
"Look into my millennium item and feel yourself drifting even further into the shadows. You are defeated; your life-points are all but gone. Soon you will be nothing but a hollow soulless shell. Feel yourself drifting… Drifting… Drifting."
'I can see anymore. What's happening to me?' I fell down to one knee, feeling too weak to stand.
My deck glowed, though only he could see it. A ball of light formed and flew around him. "Kur!"
'Hey, that you Winged Kuriboh? What is it pal? You trying to tell me something? Whoa! Stay steady will you? With that bright light you're gonna hypnotize me quicker than you help me. Wait! That's it. That's what you're trying to tell me. We're not playing in the shadows; he's playing with my mind.' I stood up again.
Winged Kuriboh has saved my butt again.
"Well no more. I got this shadow game scam figured out."
"Did he just say 'shadow game scam'?What's he mean?" Syrus asked.
"I mean, my soul's not on the serving plate anymore. Let's keep going."
"My turn." A small ball of light appeared on Catapulter's forehead as I drew my card.
"First, I'm gonna activate my Dark Cataputer's special ability. It allows me to remove one card from my graveyard, for every turn he was in defense mode. Then for every card removed, I get to destroy one trap or spell card out in play. So seeing as he's been in defense mode for one turn, I'll remove Avian and destroy your Pandemonium card. Storm Shower Blast."
"So what? You still haven't destroyed this." Titan held out his millennium item.
"You otta be careful what you wish for. You might just get it." I threw my Avian card which flew towards Titan and stuck into the puzzle. When it did both our bodies reappeared.
"Alright Jaden" Syrus cheers, "You got your body back."
"I never lost it Sy. This whole shadow game was just a big fake. It was all just hypnosis. A whole lot of smoke and mirrors to make me think I was losing my soul. This guy's probably just some out of work carnie."
"No I'm not. I can get my job back at the fair anytime I want." Titan placed his hand over his mouth immediately after saying those words.
"You're a sideshow phony."
"You fool! You forget. Your friend's soul is still imprisoned in the shadow realm. That proves this Millennium Pendant is real. What do you say to that?"
"Besides that you're a big fake? See all the Millennium Items were sketched on the inside of this dorm. And yours would be called The Millennium Puzzle, not Pendant. You don't have Ace's soul. You never did. So hand her over and all the other kids you snatched."
"Other kids? I don't know what you mean. And because of your carnie comment, you can find your friend by yourself."
He threw a ball on the ground which exploded into smoke. No! I'm not letting him get away with Ace still missing!
"No way! You're not getting outta here that easy."
I rushed into the smoke, but as he did so, spheres of light appeared in the mouths of the snakes carved in the walls around us. It then flowed into the middle of the room, dispelling the smoke, monsters and creating an eye on the floor like those on the Millennium Items. "Whoa! How'd you do this?"
"I didn't."
We were then surrounded a dome of purple light that prevented anyone from seeing through. Inside it, we could only see ourselves. Everything else was only a strange darkness as far as our eyes could see.
"What is this place? Where am I?" Titan asked bewildered. Oh please, doesn't he get it? I figured him out, he can stop now.
"Come on! Enough tricks already."
"A trick? I can't do something like this."
Small black blobs appeared around Titan and swarmed him.
"Help! They're attacking. Jaden, save me."
"What in the-"
I looked down and saw that I was surrounded by the same kind of creatures. Then I heard a voice coming from my disk followed by Winged Kuriboh squeezing his way out.
"Now that's weird. First I hear you, now I see you. What in the world's going on here?"
Kuriboh flew down and shooed the blobs away from me. Looks like Kuriboh's still got my back.
"Way to show em whose boss, pal. Too bad he doesn't have a friend like you."
Some of the other black blobs swarming Titan had dived into his mouth. When they stopped, his eyes shone red. "Jaden Yuki. The shadows crave for a soul. Only one shall survive." He spoke in a different voice then before.
"Oh come on now! Red contacts? You've really gone overboard setting up for this."
I'm getting sick and tired of his tricks. I've proven he's a phoney so why doesn't he just give up and release Ace.
"This duel shall now continue in the Shadow Realm." The blobs dispersed to form a circle around us and our monsters reappeared.
"So you're sticking with the Shadow Realm thing. Fine, at least we get to finish our match. I play the spell card Monster Reincarnation. So by discarding one card, one of the monsters in my graveyard comes back. And I choose everybody's favourite golden boy Sparkman (1600/1400)."
The blue and gold hero kneeled beside me with its arms crossed against his chest to show he was in defense mode.
"Very well. My turn."
"But don't forget Mr. Tall, Dark and Scary, without your Pandemonium field card, having an archfiend out costs you 500 lifepoints per turn."
Jaden: 600
Titan: 1400
"500 lifepoints is nothing compared to a soul. Skull Archfiend attack."
The Summoned Skull mimic obliterated my Catapulter. "I now place one card face-down and summon the Desrook Archfiend (1100 attack/1800 defense) in attack mode to end my turn.
"Kuri! (Be carful!)" Kuriboh said.
"Don't you worry. I'm totally still in this. Here goes."
They say the best defense is a good offense. But what's cool about this card is that it can let me have both.
"Sparkman, I'm putting you in attack mode." The electric hero rose from its crouching position.
"And arming you with the spell card Spark Blaster." A rectangular gun appeared in the heroes' hand. "It has three blasts, each of which lets me change the battle mode of one monster on the field."
"So be it. Change the mode of my Skull Archfiend. His 1200 defense points should make for easy conquest, unless his effect negates your own."
"Sorry, but that's not the monster I was talking about. In fact he's not even gonna use it yet. He's attacking your Desrook Archfiend with Static Shockwave." The Sparkman shot a blast of electricity from its free hand at the smaller fiend.
Jaden: 600
Titan: 900
"And as for who he's gonna use the Spark Blaster on, the Sparkman himself. From offense to defense." The hero aimed his weapon at his feet and fired it, causing him to kneel down.
"Coward. First you have your Sparkman attack my lifepoints and then you have him switch to protect your own. But it matters not. Nothing can protect you from the trap card Battle-Scared. Now the 500 lifepoint per turn cost of my Skull Archfiend of Lighting affects not only me, but you too. And for as long as he's out on the field."
Jaden: 100
Titan: 400
"Kuri. (Jaden.)"
"Don't worry. It's all good. We've still got Sparkman."
"Wrong! Skull Archfiend destroy that peon. Blast Stream of Fury."
Another blast of lighting destroyed my only monster.
"Next I place a face-down and activate Double-Spell. Now by discarding a spell card in my hand, I can now use a spell card from your graveyard. And I select Emergency Provision. Then I sacrifice one meaningless card and regain a total of one thousand life-points."
Jaden: 100
Titan: 1400
"Your fate is sealed. You have no cards left in your hand. Battle-Scared will drain your last life-points next turn. Then you'll join the rest of the students I've taken. In the Shadow Realm."
"Better make this turn count. Cause one way or another, It'll be my last. Here I come! I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode. If there's nothing else on the field when he's summoned, I get to draw two more cards. And wouldn't you know. I drew his favourite. Bubble Shuffle. See, it works like this. I switch him and one of your monsters to defense mode, then I sacrifice Bubbleman and summon a hero."
"If my Skull Archfiend's counter effect does not render your card useless that is. If the roulette lands on a one, three of six, your Bubble Shuffle spell fails to activate." The fireball spun around the numbered balls.
"Ahh, I've had bad luck with this thing."
Fortunately, it stopped on the two.
"All right. Finally I win! Now let's give a big Shadow Realm welcome to Elemental Hero BladeEdge."
Bubbleman disappeared and was replaced by a tall hero covered completely in golden armour with blades attached to his arms and jet wings on his back. (2600/1800) "I know what you're thinking, he looks pretty sharp. Well you're right. So sharp, that when he cuts through your defending monster, all extra attack points go to you. Now Hero Blade Edge, show him how you got your name. Slice and Dice attack."
He dashed towards the crouched archfiend and passed through it. Cracks formed over it before exploding.
Jaden: 100
Titan: 0
"NOOOOOOO!" Titan was then submerged by the black blobs and when they were gone, so was he.
"Now those are some sweet special effects. So realistic."
"Kuri.(Look, over here)"
I could see an opening in the darkness.
"Huh! Think that's an exit? Well, works for me. Come on, let's get outta here." The purple dome shrunk into nothingness just after I escaped.
"Jaden!" Syrus shouted.
"You okay?" Syrus asked.
"Never better guys." I replied
"So what happened?" Chumley asked.
"He did this cool magic trick. There were these little monsters and vortexes-"
"Magic trick? You don't think that was the real Shadow Realm?"
"It's just like I said. Just mirrors and fog machines. Though I'd give my entire deck to know how he did it. I've never seen anything like it."
"Well at least you're back. Now we can find Ace and get out of this place." Syrus smiled.
"Finally, I'm coming for you Ace!" I shouted.
Ace POV
I woke up to shaking and some one yelling, "Wake up, Ace". I just turned on my side and moaned.
"Give me 5 more minutes" A asked sleepily. I'm like this everytime someone wakes me up. I tell them a few more minutes, and have my eternial clock do all the work. I kept getting shaken, so I had to get up. "What? if I don't get enough sleep, I'll go into Ciel mode" I groaned. What? I like black butler, sue me.
"Ace, are you Ok?" I hear Syrus ask. At that moment, my eyes snapped open. My memoery started to flow back. Susan got me, and now I'm mad.
"Where's the Jackass who kidnapped me!? I swear, I'll kick his ass so hard, he'll need surgery to get my shoe out!" I screamed, even though I knew Susan was in the shadow realm. I really didn't care, I still wanted to kick his sorry ass. The boys sweat-dropped at my discribive words.
"Well, we don't know" Syrus reasponds. I just sighed.
"I think we need to go to bed, it's like 3 o'clock in the freakin' morning" I said, stuck in Ciel mode. Oh man, I hoped the guys didn't have to see me in Ciel mode, but I was way worng. The boys and I got back to the Slifer dorm, ready for sleep. That is, until I got a wierd dream...
Dream
I was sitting in a room all alone. It had a blue couch on the left wall, and I was sitting infront of an oak desk. The room had white walls and grey carpets. I was sitting in a wooden chair, while a black office chair was on the other side of the desk. The room seemed to be littered with toys, drawing, and other things of the sort. "where am I?" was the first question in me mind.
"Well, to start, you're in your soul room" A man's voice said. It sounded familliar, but I can't be sure. The chair spun around to the most surprising person.
"Dark Magician!" I screached.
Ohhhh, the dreaded cliffie. Hope you had as much fun reading as I did typing.
Maya: Jesse's coming over, better get ready ;)
Jess: Maya, remember when I said I'd put you through hell
Maya: Yeah, why?
Jess: Becuase your Kuriboh is in abby's jaws. (A/N: Abby's my dog)
Maya: WHAT!? WHERE IS THAT MUTT!? (Runs off)
Jess:(holding Kuriboh) SUCKER! Ya'll know I whould never hurt Kuriboh, but more on that later. Anyways R&R!
Maya: (Off somewhere) I'M GONNA KILL THAT FURBALL!