LC; Okay! It's here!
Angry Mob; *Puts away pitch forks and torches*
LC; Chappie 4 of Blue Jay!
Jay; About time!
Sy; Yeah, I was getting bored!
LC; Be quiet, you'll make the mob angry again!
Angry Mob; *Reaches for pitchforks and torches*
LC; Let's get on with it then, shall we!
*Puts away pitch forks and torches*
Disclaimer; Nope, Jay doesn't belong to me. I wish it did though, that'd be cool.
Chapter 4; Dueling the Shadows. Part 1!
"Makes your Sparkman look like a bunch of spark plugs huh?" Chazz taunted her mercilessly. "Or at least, it used to." Jay gasped in disbelief as Sparkman vanished before her eyes.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Chazz said mockingly. "Did I forget to mention his special ability? Once per turn, he's allowed to remove one of your cards from play."
Jay's face scrunched a little in concentration as she tried to think of a way to counter Chazz's dragon. "But wait, there's more! Just take a good look at his attack!"
"Not so fast Chazzie-boy!" Jay cried automatically. "Because I got a trap! A Hero Emerges!" Chazz was too busy thinking about the nickname to realize what that card did. However, when he got over the shock, he was almost thrown over in disbelief.
"Now you have to pick a card in my hand, and if it's a monster, I get to play it."
"The far right!" Chazz chose instantly.
Jay smirked and showed him the card. "So let's call out Chazzie's choice! The lovely Virstinitrix in defense mode!"
"Not so fast Little-girl-Blue!" Chazz cried. "Because thanks to my dragon's special power, I choose the mode of your monster. And guess what, I pick attack mode! Now it's not just her thats biting the dust, but your life points as well!"
Chazz's dragon attacked, destroying Virstinitrix and lowering Jay's points down to 1000.
"Oh no Jay!" Sy cried despairingly. It was completely impossible! No way Jay could beat an Obelisk blue like Chazz! This test was rigged!
"AW!" Chazz crooned meanly. "What's wrong Blue-Bonnet, got a little test anxiety?" Jay growled at the use of the name Blue but quickly let it go. She couldn't afford to lose her cool for this spoiled little rich boy.
"Don't worry, it'll be over soon." Chazz assured her.
"That's what you think, but the truth of the matter is, it's just barely begun." She vowed. Drawing her next card, she had a sudden flash back to when the nice lady in the shop had given her that rare card.
"I summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode!" She announced, much to the pleasure of the female populous. "Then I throw down this face down and end my turn."
"That's it!" Sy demanded. "That's all she can do? All she's been doing is playing defense!" A few rows away Alexis was thinking much the same.
"I sure hope poor Jay knows what she's doing." She thought sadly.
"All done?" Chazz challenged her. "Good, because I'm getting hungry and I like my Kuriboh well done! There's about to be a fried hairball on the field!" He announced conceitedly. "Slifer scum."
"Sorry Chazzie, but the slifer bathroom is scarier than you!" Jay taunted him. "Trust me, I have to take a shower there." Seriously, the place was like a septic tank without the pleasant odor.
"It's not my job to scare you." Chazz pointed out. Smirking, he pounted to his monster. "It's his. Dragon Catapult, attack that little hairball!"
"Oh no!" Syrus cried hopelessly. "Without that Kuriboh Jay's defenseless!" Down below, Jay took a deep breath to calm herself.
"Sorry to interrupt, but I sacrifice two cards to activate the spell card, Transcending Wings!" A bright light flashed through the arena followed by the shrieks of the girls of the school as they saw what had taken place.
"No, it can't be!" Chazz shouted angrily.
"Oh, it be!" Jay assured him happily, giggling to herself. "Transcending Wings has evolved little Kuriboh into a level 10 monster! And by sacrificing himself, he negates your attack, and then sends it straight back to you as damage!"
"But don't take my word for it." She told him. "Chazz, meet my little friend. Say hello!" The Dragon Catapult was instantly destroyed by the resulting blast, dragging down Chazz's points all the way to 1000.
"Lucky punk." Though he was obviously thinking of a much stronger word than punk.
"Lucky?" Jay repeated, crossing her arms. "Nah, I just got a soft spot for little old ladies with trucks. Too bad I can't say the same for you. Sadly, with my turn coming and 1000 points apiece, all I need is the right monster."
The entire crowd was on the edge of their seats as Jay drew out her next card. With Jay's grin came the instantanous doom of Chazz.
"Looks like lady luck is smiling on me!" Jay announced. "Because it looks like Avion gets to say bye-bye to you!" Summoning him to the field, she ordered an immediate attack.
Chazz screamed in horror as his thousand points vanished right before his eyes.
"Set, game, and match!" Jay announced. "That's game!"
The crowd cheered in glee! Syrus was cheering the loudest of them all. However, in the Teacher's box, Crowler was absolutely fuming.
"HOW!" He demanded to no one in particular. "How could he lose with all those rare cards I gave him!"
"Rare cards, what are you talking about?" Chancellor Shepard asked him suspiciously, hiding a smile.
"Ah, nothing." Crowler said defeatedly, turning to leave. "I have some tests to grade."
Chancellor allowed himself a chuckle as he looked down at the hyperactive crowd beneath.
"Jay Yuki, congratulations on your inspiring victory." Chancellor announced over the intercom. "Never before has a Slifer red student ever gone up against an Obelisk Blue. Your victory over outstanding odds is truly inspiring. It is with great pleasure I announce your asscencion to Ra yellow dorm."
Syrus and Bastion both ran down to congratulate her.
Syrus immediatly pounced on his young friend, embracing her in a bone crushing hug. He was rather strong for someone who barely reached over her waist.
"Allow me to be the first to welcome you to the Ra dorm." Bastion told her, sticking out his arm. Jay shook it happily, unaware of Sy's suddenly demure mood.
'I always knew Jay wouldn't be a Slifer for long.' He thought bitter-sweetly. 'I hate to see her go but I know it's for the best. Hopefully we can still be friends.' He thought as he watched Jay flashing victory signs to the whole school, who all seemed to be still cheering and looked to never quit.
Later that day in the Slifer dorm, Chummly was trying to figure out a way to get a new roommate.
"How's this, no one named Chazz, rare cards a plus?" Chummly asked curiously, looking over his drawing. "If your not going to do anything worth while why don't you make me some grilled cheese sandwhiches?"
"I just wished she'd have come to say good-bye." He sighed sadly, laying his head on his arms on the desk.
The door suddenly opened to reveal a still-in-red Jay.
"Hey guys, what's up?" She greeted cheerfully. Syrus gasped, trying to get his voice to work. He was amazed that she was still here and still in red.
"Jay, what are you doing here?" He asked curiously. "Shouldn't you be moving in to the Ra dorms?"
"I thought I'd come by to say congrats on the pass." She said cooly, leaning against the doorframe. "Plus, in case you've forgotten, I live here!" She finished.
"Sure Ra's nice and all, but without my best bud it's just not home." She said cooly, her hands on her hips. Overcome by his emotions, Syrus rushed up and gave Jay another big hug, tears streaming down his face.
"Sy!" Jay whined cutely. "Your staining my uniform!"
"Wah!" Sy cried. "I thought I'd lost you forever! Now I'm never letting go!"
"Sy! Enough with the tears!" Jay said, trying to pry him off and wondering where she'd put that crowbar.
"Please Jay just a few more hugs!" Sy pleaded.
"It's not the hugs it's the waterworks!" She argued, grinning despite the tears soaking through her clothes at a fast rate.
Late that night, the trio sat in the cafeteria, sharing scary stories over a single candle and a deck of cards. It was Syrus' turn, and he was just getting to the really exciting part.
He told of how he'd gone into a cave and been lured to the bank of an underground lake. A lake where a rare card lay undisturbed, just beneath the surface.
Reaching for the card from the shore, he was completely unaware of the encroaching danger. Not until a horrid black limb flew out of the water and began to drag him inside.
"No, not the water!" Jay felt herself jump slightly from the sudden intensity of his voice. Seemed she wasn't the only one since Chummly had jumped all the way to the opposite side of the room.
"Yeah right Sy, only you would be afraid of water!" Chummly laughed, trying to regain his self respect. "That isn't scary!"
"Alright Jay, it's your turn." Syrus pointed out dissappointedly. He had really wanted to scare everyone.
Jay picked a card and immediatly groaned in dissappointment. It was such a weak monster! She hardly got to scare them at all!
"So tell us your story." Chummly prompted bravely, no way he'd get scared from a level 1 story!
"Well, it's more of a memory." She said hesitantly, watching as both her friends leaned forward eagerly. "You see, when I was a little kid, sometimes I would hear voices in the middle of the night. But I didn't recognize them. It sounded almost like they were speaking another language." Chummly and Syrus both gulped at the creey beginning. "It always came from my play room, but when I opened the door, no one was there. Not a single human being, nothing, but my cards." She paused, leaning into the candle light, emphasizing her features. "But the strange thing is, I always made sure my cards were put away. But when I walked in the room every night, my cards would be strewn all over the floor in neat little rows."
"I always gathered them up and put them back on my little table." She continued, watching her friends' eyes grow wider. "And I always went straight back to sleep. But lately, I've been hearing those voices again. Voices speaking in some language I didn't know I knew."
Jay blinked when she realized Chummly had moved to the opposite wall again. She hadn't meant it to be that scary. It was only a memory anyway. It wasn't that bad, probably nothing in fact.
"Are you kids telling scary stories? May I join in?" Everyone nearly had a heart attack as proffessor Banner apeared out of nowhere behind them.
"I think you already did." Jay gasped, trying to calm her beating heart. "You almost gave me a heart attack!"
"My, my, I didn't mean to." He said worredly.
"Relax, getting scared is the point of these stories!" Jay assured him offhandly.
Banner drew a card from the deck and was pleasantly surprised to have picked a level ten monster. He had just the story to tell too.
"Well, let's see." He had to tell it in a way that would make little Jay want to go there, so he had to be careful. "Have you ever heard of the abandond dorm?"
"Abandond dorm?" Jay repeated, mystified. "Yes, deep in the forest." Banner continued in a slightly creepier voice. "It was condemned though. Because numerous students went missing."
"It is said that they went missing playing shadow games with mellenium items." Jay's eyes sparkled as she thought about the amazing power and thrill from a duel like that.
"But shadow games aren't real." Syrus argued half heartedly, trying to make himself feel better.
"Sy, it's the mystery of the thing, not the means for the game." Jay berated him. "Besides, real or not, the students vanished! I bet they had an awesome duel before they went though."
As soon as proffessor Banner left, Jay turned a mischevous smile to her pals. "Guys, we're going there, tommorrow night!"
"What!" Chummly demanded. "We don't even know where this dorm is!"
"Actually, I got lost in the woods once and saw this creepy old building." Syrus said nervously, not liking where this was going.
"Then tommorrow you'll lead us there!" She said determinedly.
"What!" Chummly and Syrus gasped.
Just outside, Crowler giggled to himself and ran off to make a few phone calls. If little Blue wanted an adventure, he'd give her one. If she wanted a horror story, he was more than happy to oblige.
He was going to call in someone who never lost. A man he'd heard about from someone when he was on the mainland during the exams. Now all he had to do was get in touch with him and 'convince' him to scare Jay out of school!
Later that night, he waited on the pier for his guest to arrive. This man was one of the best, no way little Blue-bird could defeat someone from the major leagues! It was all a matter of time before she dropped out of school!
A fog rolled in, harolding the arrival of a large cruisor. Down the gangplank walked a cloaked man in a mask. He stopped a few feet from Crowler, his face an emotionless mask.
"I presume your the man I hired." Crowler said formally. "Your being payed to scare away a certain student. A young lady by the name of Blue Jay Yuki."
"I've never turned my back to a challenge before." The man stated. After a quick test to see if it was true, Crowler had to admit the man was good. Great even. "I just won't scare the girl, I'll lock away her soul forever in the shadow realm!"
Crowler watched smuggly as the man seemed to vanish before his eyes.
"Alright, if you insist." He sighed happily, thinking about how much better the academy would be after she left.
Back in her dorm, Jay felt chills race up her spine as she stepped out of the Slifer showers. Shrugging it off, she walked in her pj's back to her room where her friends were waiting.
Completely unaware that she was, at that moment, being watched. That her very future rested in the turn of a card.
The next night, Jay, Chummly, and Syrus were walking through the forest, trying to find the lost dorm. Or, really they were arguing about wether or not they were lost.
"Really we just found a lot of places where it's not." Jay said, not letting the damp forest dim her mood. Then again, it was a rare thing to see her depressed or disheartened.
"We've been looking for places it's not all night!" Chummly complained. He was tired, hungry, and his feet hurt from all the walking! It couldn't be easy carrying his weight around for so long.
"Come on guys, think about the amazing things we could find inside the-" Jay stopped aruptly as she layed eyes on the very thing they had been searching for all night.
"Whoa." Just whoa. The building was old and decaying, it seemed to be falling apart before their very eyes. The paint had dimmed to a light grey. The gates were held closed with chains, with warning and condemned signs hanging all over them.
Jay glanced down and happened upon a single red rose. Walking closer, she bent to get a closer look at it. Something seemed eirie about this place. Maybe it really was haunted.
Wondering what she'd find inside, she turned to her two friends.
"What are we waiting for?" She asked them, unaware of the figure stepping out of the shadows of the trees.
"What are you guys doing here?" The whole gang jumped a mile before landing in a group hug, staring at Alexis. Who, by the way, had just entered the light.
"We could ask you the same thing." Jay said. "If, you know, you hadn't thrown us into cardiac arrest!"
"Sorry." She didn't sound sorry though. "But what are you doing here?"
"We're looking into the story about missing students." Jay explained, miraculously untangling herself from her friends' death grips. "Do you know if it's true or not?"
"Yes I do." Alexis said mournfully. "Because one of the missing students, was my brother."
Jay instantly regretted saying anything. It must be hard, losing your brother like that. She didn't know how she would react to that. Alexis must have really looked up to him. (She does not know Atticus yet)(Poor, naive, girl)
"If you go in there there's a chance you'll dissappear too." Alexis pointed out grumpily, thinking of her poor brother. (Does she not remember her brother? Seriously.)
Despite her urgings for the gang to leave the dorm alone, Jay managed to convince her friends to go in with her. There was no way she'd be able to sleep after leaving behind such a huge mystery! Besides, she'd come here for the thrills. May as well start here!
Inside the empty dorm, Jay led her friends through the reception hall. It had once been a place of granduer. Most likely an Obelisk dorm by the looks of these weird art works. No way Slifer would have something like this.
On the walls were these intricate hyrogliphics. Like the kind in ancient Egypt or mueseums. Jay knew how to read them though. Her father had long ago insisted on teaching it to her. "As a precaution" He had said. Now she was grateful.
"Wow, this place is creepy." Syrus moaned, looking at the weird pictures. He didn't like being here. He wanted to be back in his nice, safe, unabandond dorm room right now.
"These depict the seven millenium items." Jay informed them, going over the pictures slowly with her flashlight. "The ring, the key, the scales, the necklace, the rod, the eye, and the most powerful, the puzzle."
Syrus and Chummly looked over the same pictures in awe. They didn't know how Jay knew that, but it was majorly cool.
"Wait! There's a millenium EYE!" Until Syrus ruined it.
LC; The end!
Syrus; What! But that's only four chapters!
LC; I meant the end of this chapter!
Jay; Yeah Sy, I've never read a four chapter book before.
LC; Have you ever even gotten to the fourth chapter in a book?
Jay;...
LC; That's what I thought.
