Ch.9: The End of a Curse
"Tiffany?" said Jack " what are you doing here?"
Paying no attention to the former king Tiffany walked up to an injured Mange and helped him into a sitting position. The poor black-haired boy coughed for a while, then opened his eyes to lay his gentle blue irises on Tiffany.
"Tiffany?" Mange choked weakly.
" I'm so glad you're alright," said Tiffany, hugging Mange.
"Where are we?" said Mange, confused about his surroundings " this doesn't look like Nazca,"
"I'll explian everything later" said Tiffany " but right now I believe that they need some help,"
Mange looked to see Tiffany staring at a group of people who circled the dead body of what seemed to be a young girl. There was a young blue-haired boy who looked really sad. Judging by the features Mange concluded that this boy and girl were related.
The Crimson Dragon was still hovering overhead and roared to Kita. Taking her cue the fox socceress pulled out her diamond staff and placed it on Luna's body. After chanting a few mystic words both Kita and the staff started to glow blue. Yusei and the others had to back away a few steps because of the bright light.
When the light faded Kita removed her staff and looked up at the Crimson Dragon, who gave a roar and disappeared. As soon as it disappeared all the Signers saw the return of Luna's dragon claw birthmark, a few minutes later she completely woke up.
While Yusei and the others cheered for joy, Leo immediately trapped his injured sister in a tight bear hug making her yell out in pain. Tiffany smiled as she watched Leo apologize up and down for his mistake, but soon focused her attention back on helping Mange stand up.
"Need a hand," said Akiza, helping Tiffany stand up Mange.
"Thanks for all your help" said Yusei, walking over with the others " we couldn't have saved Leo without your help,"
"No" said Tiffany " it is me who should be thanking you for your help. My friend Chazz a.k.a Mange would have been lost to the shadows forever if the Fifth Dragon didn't save him,"
"Chazz?" said Jack " as in Chazz Princeton? One of the top ranked pro duelists in America?"
"Nice to see I'm so well known in Japan still" said Chazz, with a smirk " I first met Tiffany when she interviewed me for one her articles. We became close friends and eventually started dating. I had a month long vacation coming up so we decided to travel to this weird tourist attraction called the Nazca Lines,"
"It wasn't very impressive, just big pictures that someone had decided to draw in the dirt. But one local we ran into said they were more than just pictures, they were seals. Preventing some kind of great evil from springing forth and take over the Earth. I thought the whole idea was crazy until Tiffany decided to take us to the temple,"
"What temple?" asked Yusei.
"There was old temple just South of the Nazca Lines" said Tiffany " I wanted to explore. Chazz was reluctant, but I forced him to come anyway. Inside the temple were an array of very interesting artifacts, but the thing that interested me most was a mural carved on the wall. It depicted strange dragon facing off agianist a huge jackal with a star glowing between them,"
"Power Tool Dragon and Jakal Rasca?" thought Leo, looking at the star mark on his arm.
"Yes" said Tiffany, looking at Leo " once I saw you're Power Tool Dragon I knew without a doubt, it was the one I saw carved on the wall. Unforunately, while I was looking at the mural Chazz had found Jakal Rasca's card, unleashing the dog demon's spirit, which, unlike the other Immortals had not been sealed in the Earth. It turned Chazz evil and took him away,"
"I didn't see him again until I had this very strange dream where I was taken to another world, where duel monsters seemed to be real. Chazz's eyes had grown cold, and now he called himself Mange. His Earthbound Immortal had captured Red Eyes Darkness Dragon's spirit and used it to transform himself to look exactly like the dragon. There was a great power emerging in Neo Domino City, and he wanted my help so that he could claim it,"
" I agreed to help in hopes on getting the old Chazz back. So I told my cousin Carly I was coming over to Japan for a visit. I sacrifced two of my own cards once I figured out that Chazz had forced they Fifth Dragon and his partner to join our fight. I'm sorry for all the bad things I have done during my visit, but if its any consulation, thank you for saving my friend,"
"No problem" said Yusei, shaking Tiffany's hand " saving people is what we do,"
"Jack" said Tiffany, smiling shyly at her cousin's boyfriend " tell my cousin I'm sorry about this whole thing and that I've returned to America. She doesn't have have to worry, I promise I'll be back to visit again in a few months,"
"I'll tell her," said Jack.
"Good" said Tiffany, shaking hands with Jack " because if any bad happens I'll know. Me and Carly trade e-mails every night. I already know all about the shower and cherry pie incident,"
"Shower?" said Yusei.
"Cherry pie?" laughed Crow.
"What's this all about Jack?" asked Akiza, smiling devilously.
"Nothing!" Jack shouted, but try as hard as he could the former King couldn't hide his blush.
"Jackie's in love! Jackie's in love!" chanted Leo and Luna, dancing around the room.
" No I'm not!" yelled Jack, but that statement just seemed to make everyone around him laugh.
Jack just hmphed and grunted in response, which only made Yusei and the others laugh louder. Sometimes it just doesn't pay to be the center of attention.
