Yugioh GX: Battle of North

Episode 10: A Fiery Love in War

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5th Day of Grand Battle…

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Ray woke up in the Osiris Red dorm. The sun was shining in his face, waking him up. He started to get up slowly. He sat up on his bunk bed; he was at the top. He noticed that no one else was there. Everyone has already gone to breakfast… he thought. He felt a bit sad that no one had taken the time to wake him up to tell him that everybody was leaving for breakfast. He got his usual clothes on, and went over to the cafeteria…

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Ray got to the Duelist Academia cafeteria. Dozens of students of all the different dorms; Obelisk Blue, Ra Yellow, Osiris Red, a few of the more moderate North Schoolers and even some White students were already there. He went to the counter and got his food.

Ray looked around for a table to sit at when he got his food, and noticed Judai, Sho and Kenzan at a table, eating their breakfast. He walked over to them and sat down. As he sat down, he noticed that Judai had already eaten his food, and apparently Sho's too, as Sho seemed to be hungry with nothing on his plate.

"Hi Sho, Kenzan, Judai" Ray said when he sat down, putting his plate onto the table.

"Good morning-dino." Kenzan said.

"Hey." Sho said

"You're finally up, sleepy-head." Judai said, laughing.

Ray smiled weakly, and looked down at the floor. Sho noticed this, and looked a bit worried. "Are you okay, Ray?" Sho asked.

"Yeah," Ray said weakly, and started to eat his food slowly.

After breakfast, Sho, Judai, Kenzan and Ray all went their separate ways. "See you at class!" Judai said, as they all left. Ray nodded, and looked around where he was. The early duels were just beginning around the area. He sighed a bit, and looked to duel someone…

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In Duelist Academia, a young girl was dueling a North Schooler. The girl had long, pretty, brunette hair that flowed down to her neck, and she had small, caring brown eyes. She had lots of tiny freckles all over her face and she had a thin body. She wore the female version of the Obelisk Blue uniform. Her opponent was a North Schooler. The score was 500 to 2000, in the North Schooler's favor. It was the girl's turn, the girl looked at her hand and the field, and looked a bit hesitant. The North Schooler scowled at this, "Hurry up and play!" he yelled.

The girl hesitated more; finally she started to play a card. "I summon…"

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Ray was dueling a North Schooler. His lifepoints were at 2000, and the North Schooler was at 3000. Ray had no field, while the North Schooler had a frost giant on his side of the field and one facedown card. The frost giant had a large, blue cape and was mainly white. It was Mobius the Frost Monarch.

"My turn!" Ray declared, drawing. He looked at the card he drew and smiled, "I summon Apprentice of Time!" he declared, to which the young-looking magician with big glasses came to the field.

"I now tribute Apprentice of Time to summon Ruler of Time!" Ray declared once more, and the giant, old magician came to the field.

"Ruler of Time, double your attack," Ray yelled out, as Ruler of Time grew twice as large and looked like a huge skyscraper. The old magician looked down on the frost giant with narrow eyes. Ray smiled, "Now Ruler of Time, attack Mobius! Time Blast!"

The old wizard took his staff, and out of the staff came a blast of raw energy, which blasted the frost monarch, leaving a large, holographic crater in the earth, but that disappeared shortly afterwards.

"Activate trap card," the North Schooler said, "Overturn Blast!"

A card showing a large crater in the earth came to the field…

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The girl was finishing up her duel against the North Schooler. She had an angel monster on the field. The angel had large, beautiful white feather wings, and the angel's eyes were a bright golden. She had a small staff, and all around her was a small aura of light.

"I attack directly with Morning Star! Heaven Blast!" the girl declared, to which the angel monster lifted up its staff, and suddenly, a white blast blinded the North Schooler and the girl, and evaporated the North School's monster.

The girl smiled and gave a peace sign at her opponent; "I win!"

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Ray breathed heavily; he had just won his duel against the North Schooler. He looked at the North Schooler he had beaten, who had dropped to the floor. The North Schooler lifted up his head a bit, went through his pocket, and threw a GC to Ray. Ray caught it, and looked around for more people to duel against, obviously a bit excited after his duel. The next person I see, he thought, will be my opponent!

Ray looked around for an opponent, but everyone around him seemed to be dueling. He kept looking around until he saw a girl jumping up and down in happiness. She held a GC in her hand, which she held raised in the air. Ray ran over to her, "Hey you!" he yelled, "I'm going to beat-" Ray was about to finish what he was saying, but he noticed who the girl he was challenging was. The girl he was challenging was the girl with the long brunette hair. The girl turned around and looked at him, and when she did, she looked rather shocked to see him. "Ray?" she asked quietly.

Ray instantly blushed and looked flustered, "A-Adel?" he asked.

Both of them looked confused for a second, and then, suddenly, they both yelled in happiness. "Adel!" Ray cried, "Ray!" the girl named Adel cried.

"What are you doing here!?" Ray asked, "I thought you left to America after Junior School!"

Adel laughed a bit, "My parents agreed to let me go to Duelist Academia." She blushed a little at the outfit. "I'm not that good and they still put me in Obelisk Blue!" she said rather shyly. She looked at his Osiris Red uniform, "You're in Osiris Red?" she asked. Ray blushed a bit at this, "Yeah, promotions have been postponed till after Grand Battle apparently, too much work with a tournament going on…" Ray said, to which Adel laughed at, to which Ray laughed too.

"So, how long have you been in Grand Battle?" Ray asked, looking around at the amount of duelists around dueling.

"Oh, I just got here today," she said. She held up the GC she had just won from the North Schooler. "And I already got my first GC!" she said, smiling.

Ray laughed. "Hey," he said, looking over at the cafeteria, "Lunch is about to start soon, want to come with me to get something to eat?"

Adel nodded, and they both ran off to lunch.

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Adel and Ray were at the lunch table, with their food on the table. Ray was eating his food, some rice with a fish in the middle, as did Adel. Both seem rather excited to be talking to each other.

"So," Ray began, "I heard back in Junior School that you were related to someone important. Is that true?" Ray asked.

Adel nodded her head, "Yeah, my great-uncle, he used to be the ruler of my home country. Apparently, he's not liked much anymore."

"Huh, who was he?"

"He was…" As Adel said the name, someone spilled his or her plate onto the floor, making it loud enough that one could not hear what Adel said, expect Ray.

"And that's him," Adel said.

Ray smiled, "That's cool! My grandfather met him once, my grandfather even met the emperor!" Ray placed his face on his hand and slouched a bit, "Too bad your uncle isn't liked anymore"

"Yeah, I know." Adel said, laughing.

Ray looked like he was searching his memories, "Hey, do you remember that mean old teacher in Junior School?" Ray asked, "Seriously, I did not like her at all."

"You mean the one who always yelled at us when we didn't know a Field Spell? Yeah," Adel said, "She always used to get angry at me because I would keep getting Continuous Spell and Normal Spell mixed up." Adel ate some more of her food, "And compared to the food there, the food here is five-stars!" she said, sticking out her tongue in good-humor.

"Thanks for the compliment!" an elderly woman said, coming out of a door. A plump, elderly woman with thin glasses on suddenly appeared in front of Adel and Ray. She held a bowl of food in her hands. She chuckled in good-humor when they noticed her.

"Hello Tome-san," Ray said, waving to Tome.

"I heard someone say that my food was five-stars!" The woman named Tome said, looking at both of them.

"Yeah, this food tastes great compared to-!" Adel said.

Tome smiled, and interrupted Adel before she could finish, "Thank you for the compliment! I'm Tome, and here's some more food!" Tome said, to which she poured more food onto Adel's plate. Looking at the amount of food on her plate, Adel looked slightly nervous. Ray laughed. As Tome started to walk away, Ray pointed to Adel's food. "Don't worry. I'll help you eat some of that!" he said with a smile.

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Ray and Adel had just finished lunch. Ray was giving Adel a tour through Duelist Academia.

"Here's the Ra Yellow dorm," he said, pointing to the dorm that was Ra Yellow's dorm. "And over here is Obelisk Blue dorm, a.k.a., your dorm." Ray whispered to Adel, "I also heard that it was painted white last year, some crazy cult thing, you can ask around." Adel laughed at that. She pointed to an old, broken dorm near the woods. "What's that?" she asked.

Ray looked at it, slightly confused until it suddenly hit him. "Oh!" he said, "That's the Abandoned Dorm. It was apparently a dorm for honor students, but all of the students disappeared years ago, and no one has been allowed to go in since."

As he said this, Adel was already running toward the Abandoned Dorm. "Let's go check it out!" she said. Ray looked a bit stunned, "Check it out? But it's off limits…"

"Oh, but it'll be so much fun. And think if we can find something hidden in there…" she said. Ray sighed, and nodded, "All right, all right, lets go. But lets not get caught, ok?" Adel nodded and they both headed toward the dorm.

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Adel and Ray got to the front of the Abandoned Dorm. There were two stonewalls near it, and a large chain serving as a blockade, with a wooden sign on it that said, "Forbidden." Ray and Adel went under the chain and onto the area of the dorm. It was rather spooky, as they got closer, with cobwebs on the windows of the dorm. They both headed into the dorm. When both Ray and Adel were inside, they looked around the dorm.

The inside of the dorm was even spookier then the outside, with spiders and cobwebs nearly everywhere, and floors that looked like they were about to break. All the furniture was covered with sheets, and the walls looked like they were breaking down. They started to move around the dorm, looking around it. They saw on the wall two tablets that showed pictures of the Seven Sennen Items. Ray looked at it in surprise, "What is this…?" he asked quietly. Adel also looked shocked to see it. They both looked at it in wonder, and both of them tried to read it but in vain. The words were too foreign to them, so they decided to go look at other things in the dorm.

Ray and Adel started to look through the rest of the dorm. They noticed a small door as they looked around, which wasn't beat-up like everything else in the dorm. They both went inside it, and they noticed the room was relatively new. On the wall of the room, were dozens and dozens of pictures of people. Each showed someone different. Most of them were Obelisk Blue students, but a few were Ra Yellow students.

Ray and Adel looked at it in surprise. "Who are these people?" Adel asked. She noticed a small plaque on the floor, underneath all the pictures. She read it out loud, "This is a Memorial to all the students who were lost in this dorm." Ray and Adel looked at the plaque sadly, and looked at all the pictures.

"A memorial?" she said sadly, "But so many…"

"These are the people who were lost in the dorm…" came a sudden voice. Both Ray and Adel jumped, and turned around slowly to see Fubuki with a bouquet of flowers in his hands.

"Fubuki…?" Ray said, "What are you doing here?"

Fubuki looked sadly at the memorial, with the dozens and dozens of pictures. He looked at Ray and Adel, "You know these grounds are off-limits, you shouldn't be here."

Adel protested, "What about you! You shouldn't be here either!"

Fubuki looked softly at the memorial again, "Many of these people…were my friends," he said softly. Ray and Adel looked shocked and confused, to which he explained, "I was lost in the Abandoned Dorm once, four years ago. During that time, I gained the power of Darkness, which helped me survive when I fought daily in Monster World. Yet, I'm the only one to come back, the only one to survive. I come here every day to give my respect to these missing people."

Ray and Adel looked sadly at Fubuki, whose eyes were soft. "What happened to the students here?" Ray asked.

"I don't know…" Fubuki said. He walked up to the memorial, and laid down the bouquet of flowers on the floor in front of the memorial, "Yet I hope every day that they will come back. Every day." Fubuki sighed and looked at Ray and Adel, "We should be getting out of here." He said, to which Ray and Adel nodded. They both headed outside the room, and ran to get out of the dorm. As Fubuki walked out, he took one last look at the wall, thinking. Chairman Kagemaru and Amnael both tested me when I gained the power of Darkness, to which I was able to escape from Monster World with. But I don't know where the others went…He thought. He gave one last sorrowful look, and left the dorm.

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Adel and Ray got out of the dorm, with Fubuki slowly following. Ray looked at the sky; it was nearly sunset, and the sun was slowly going down. "Time to nearly go back to the dorms," Ray said. Adel nodded, "Let's go to the beach," she said, "Before the sun goes down." Ray nodded, and they headed toward the beach…

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Adel and Ray got to the beach. They went near the tide, and they sat down next to each other on the warm, soft sand. Both of them looked out to the sparkling, beautiful sea. It was nearly sunset; the sun was giving off one last beautiful, orange glow to the sky. Ray stretched out his arms over his back, "Long day," he said. He smiled at Adel, who smiled back at him.

Ray looked directly out at sea and talked, "You know Adel, I'm glad you're here." He said, without taking his eyes off the sparkling sea. Adel looked at him, slightly confused, and then she smiled. "Yeah, me too. There's no other place I'd rather be right now."

Ray turned and looked, "So we agree!" he said with a large smile, to which they both laughed at.

Adel looked out at sea again, "Ray, do you think I'll survive this tournament?" she asked.

Ray looked at her, slightly confused. "Why do you ask that?"

"Because…I don't think I'm good enough to fight in this Grand Battle…All these duelists…all these North Schoolers…"

"You'll do fine Adel! There's no duelist who has more dedication to the duel that I know then you," Ray said, giving a thumbs-up.

Adel blushed, "Thanks Ray." Adel said, and looked back out a sea. Suddenly, Ray spoke softly, "I also think there's no girl prettier then you…"

Adel looked at him, surprised, and blushed. She spoke softly, "I think there's no guy who understands me more then you…" This time, Ray blushed, which he looked down on the ground. He slowly lifted his head up and looked at Adel.

Both Ray and Adel stared at each other. Then, Ray slowly leaned forward, and Adel also leaned forward, and they both kissed under the sunset…

- Chapter End

Notes:

-Abandoned Dorm reference! XD

-I'm silent on how Fubuki got Darkness in BoN (Remember, my fanfic, I can do whatever I want) but I'll let you decide, and give vague hints on possible answers (So you can leave it up to yourself for the answer).

-Since dueling seems to be life in DA, it's not that unreasonable to assume they go to some Junior School with a crazy teacher. Remember, Cyber-Dojo XD (or random past-life, or Spacesaurus; all sorts of crapiness…)

-The whole uncle thing with Adel is actually a joke, if anyone actually gets it XD

-Think that Ray got a Judai-like scenario with his dorm. Good duel, bad grades. And Grand Battle halted any chance for promotion for now.

-I couldn't really find a quote from GX to put on this chapter, so I decided to take a quote from within the chapter and make it the "Quote of the Chapter." So if I can't find a quote fitting from outside the chapter, I'll make a "Quote of the Chapter", otherwise, I'll probably have the usual quotes on top that's from GX or something.

Quote of the Chapter:

"You mean the one who always yelled at us when we didn't know a Field Spell? Yeah."

- Adel