Yu Gi Oh GX AU
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
Thanks to several Obelisk girls that were all too enthusiastic to help, the school had the designs for the new uniforms done within a week…thanks to some of the girls connections with the fashion industry, Jaden had an all new wardrobe of the red and yellow blazers in less than two weeks.
They suited the girl in disguise pretty well to many peoples surprise, they thought that Jaden pulled off the fire red Slifer blazer nicely but turns out she could pull off almost anything. They even slipped her a few blue outfits when the teachers weren't looking, much to her amusement.
Right now though she was having a bit of a spooky story contest with Bastion, Chumley, and Syrus at the Slifer dorm. All the Slifers had gotten used to the occasional Ra bunking at their dorm with Jaden ever since her promotion to the aptly dubbed 'Halfa' level.
"Then he dragged me in!" Syrus finished his tale about a pond monster that lured in and captured the souls of duelists with images of powerful cards.
"Who would be scared of that?" Jaden asked while Bastion shrugged his shoulders only for them both to look at Chumley who was shivering and cowering a few feet away.
"Aw man I got a level two." Jaden complained as he picked up the card, Syrus and Chumley both sighed in relief. Whenever Jaden got a higher level card, she told stories that would give them nightmares. Even Bastion looked a bit relieved at the low level monster!
"Hmm…I know!" Jaden said after thinking about it for a second.
"You three know about the Millennium Items right? The ancient Egyptian artifacts that are said to grant their wielders power over the shadows?" Jaden asked making the guys blink but nod as they leaned forward interested, none of them seeing Jaden touch her jacket's inner pocket for a moment.
"Then do you know how they were made?" Jaden asked her eyes glinting in the low light from the lantern as she recalled the stories her uncles told her. Of course when she had nightmares about it and her mom learned what her brothers had done, Marik and Malik had both ended up hanging by their ankles over a snake pit for more than an hour.
"You see the Pharoah's advisor at the time was a wicked and corrupt man who wanted the power to over through the pharaoh and the gods. Without the Pharoah's knowledge, he gave the approval for the Items to be made but they came with a price…a very large devastating one." Jaden said making them lean forward eagerly.
"What price is that?" Syrus asked curiously.
"Lives." Jaden said dead serious and blunt, causing her friends to pause wide eyed.
"What?" Chumley whimpered out as he looked at her wide eyed.
"Lives, human lives. Hundreds of them. Countless small villages burned and destroyed so that the corrupt advisor could get the souls and lives needed to make the Items. Men, Women, Old ladies and men, even children and infants…all their lives stolen for the golden items." Jaden said making her friends turn either pasty white or an impressive shade of sickly green.
"The Pharaoh and his priests knew none of this however as they were given the items and began to play what we now call Duel Monsters. However…what no one knew was that the souls didn't take it lying down and neither did the Thief King who was the sole survivor of one of the villages…but he thought it was the Pharaoh who had ordered the slaughter." Jaden continued as the light got lower and lower as she talked.
"For you see, everyone has a Spirit Beast. A duel monster spirit that reflects their soul perfectly, the beast is usually of the same type a duelists bases their deck on. But what no one, even the advisor, knew was that even with their souls sealed into the Items…the slaughtered people lived on as their spirit beasts…they became the very cards that we use today. And they despise those who disrespects their card selves." Jaden said as the light became extinguished, the only thing visible for a moment were her swirling purple and gold eyes.
"Hey I wanna join the Fright Fest!" Banner said appearing out of nowhere with a flashlight shining underneath his face, making the three boys of the group scream and panic while Jaden snickered at them as her eyes returned to brown.
"You kinda already did teach." Jaden said snickering as she looked at the damage.
"You scared us right out of our seats." Syrus said sweating and gripping the table hard from where he fell out of his chair.
"Totally not lishus." Chumley said panting and pale from by the door, several turned over chairs and tables in his wake thanks to his mad dash to escape Banner.
"Hey where did Bastion go?" Jaden asked looking around for the Brit.
"I'm up here." A rather embarrassed British boy called down making everyone look up and causing Jaden to laugh at the sight. Bastion looked like a cartoon character as he hung upside down from one of the ceiling beams like a koala.
"Damn Bastion can jump!" Jaden said alternating between whistling and laughing as the other three gaped at the embarrassed Brit.
"So can I join?" Banner asked as they got Bastion down from the ceiling, well the other guys did. They refused to let Jaden help for fear of pushing her condition too far.
"Sure. Just draw a card. Higher the level the scarier the story has to be." Jaden explained quickly, causing Banner to draw a card.
"Twin Headed Fire Dragon! Jaden why did you put that in there?" Chumley asked shivering already as he saw the card Banner drew.
"I'm going to bed…" Syrus said pale faced as he stood up. He stopped and everyone's attention was immediately caught by what Banner asked next. Jaden's eyes narrowed in thought at the question and what it could imply.
"What you don't want to hear about the Abandoned Dorm?"