Songs of Aurelius Chapter Ten

I have been watching anime nearly nonstop recently and I enjoyed it very much so but- I still have a story to write! This chapter may end pretty short or pretty long depending if my writer's block hits early. Anyway, let us begin a new chapter of Songs of Aurelius!

(P.S: For those who haven't watched Yumeiro Patisserie… you should.)

Songs of Aurelius

"Wait Bakura, don't step there!" I warned but it was too late as Bakura set off a trap. Although, nothing happened as everyone stopped in dead silence. "Well, everyone seems to be okay so… let's get moving." I awkwardly broke the silence as everyone began walking again.

"I'm just going to step right in," A voice exclaimed from the shadows and I could feel an arm grab my waist. "Ailis!" Out of the corner of my eye, I could see a glimpse of blonde hair before I breathed the chloroform.

LATER

'I should've been on my guard…' I thought as I opened my eyes. "I see you're awake." I turned to the sound of the voice to see the same blonde hair I saw before I inhaled the chloroform. "Who are you?" I ask as I sharply stood up and distanced myself from him. He had brown eyes and wore a simple black and gray graphic shirt and cargo shorts. "The name's Hayato, nice to meet you Ailis Kainarous." Hayato let out a hand to shake. I hesitated but accepted the hand shake. "I see you already know my name… I'm guessing you want to duel?" His grip hardened around my small hand and I watched his lips form into a grin. "How'd you know… say how 'bout you and I duel just for a little bit." I shook my head and let my arm fall in place as I reply,

"I would if I could but I have somewhere I need to be," I scanned the area I was in to look for an exit, "You'll never find the exit you're looking for, plus, if you won't duel me you'll never get yourself out of here." Hayato swiftly appeared in front of me as the dust flew up and clouded the area surrounding us. "So, will you give me the honor of dueling you?" I bit the inside of my cheek and thought about it. There was no escape route found so far, chances are that I'll be stuck here for the rest of my life if I don't duel him. "Fine, but promise that if I win you'll lead me to my friends and no fingers crossed." Hayato nodded and impishly grinned as he asked, "How many star chips do you bet?" I glanced at my duel glove and counted the star chips I had so far.

"Since you have eight star chips so far you should bet two, you worked pretty hard on your duels so don't waste anymore star chips." I could hear Hikari's voice echo through my mind from the Millennium Mirror as I decided. "Two star chips," Hayato nodded and a duel stadium had sprung up from the ground. Hayato quickly took his place at the blue spot and got his deck out and ready as I stood a little dumbfounded. "Aren't you gonna take you spot?" He asked as I slowly nodded and stepped onto the platform.

Ailis- 2000 LP

Hayato- 2000 LP

"Ladies first," Hayato announced as I nodded and added, "Alright that settles it, you're going first Hayato." He pouted and we both drew our five starting cards. "Fine, be that way…" I giggled silently at his expression and he drew his sixth card.

"I play Yumetari the Axe Warrior (1700 ATK 400 DEF) in attack mode!" A monster in a traditional warrior outfit held an axe and stood confidently. "Now I place three cards facedown and end my turn." I nodded and drew my sixth card.

"I set one monster facedown and three other cards facedown as well!" I placed the cards down and ended my turn.

"I summon Axe Raider (1700 ATK 1150 DEF) in attack mode and I'll attack your set monster!" My set monster flipped up and shown itself as I commented, "My Mystical Elf (800 ATK 2000 DEF) has a higher defense than Axe Raider's attack. The difference will now be dealt to you!"

Ailis- 2000 LP

Hayato- 1700 LP

"Ah, you got me there. Well, I end my turn." Hayato dismissed his mistake and I nodded.

"I activate Look and Eliminate!" I scanned the top five cards from my deck and placed them in the graveyard. "I summon Dark Magician Girl (2000 ATK ? DEF) in attack mode!" The Dark Magician Girl materialized onto the field. "Now using her special ability, she gains 300 attack for each Dark Magician in either players' graveyard! She now has 2600 ATK!"

"Now I activate Tribute Attack which allows me to tribute one monster," I put Mystical Elf in the graveyard and finished, "Now I can use my Dark Magician Girl to attack your life points directly!"

"I activate Mirror Force which destroys all your monsters in attack mode!" Hayato countered and smirked but I smiled. "Alright, then I activate Mystical Space Typhoon which allows me to destroy one of your spell or trap cards. So I'll destroy your Mirror Force so you can't destroy my Dark Magician Girl!" I countered his counter as I watched his Mirror Force shatter and my Dark Magician Girl attacked his life points directly.

Ailis- 2000 LP

Hayato- 0000 LP

"And that's the match, so please show me the exit." Hayato smirked and sighed. "Alright Ailis, I'll keep my promise." He grabbed my wrist and dragged me towards some type of… hole!

"Have a great fall!"

END OF CHAPTER TEN

Sorry it's super short but it's kind of late and I'm really distracted with Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series! Also with Eyeshield 21 and Aikatsu as well, sometimes I'm just tired with fatigue. Anyway, I promise a good chapter next time so I hope that everyone waits for it! Plus, Ailis now has ten star chips so she can qualify to enter Pegasus' castle! By the way, this isn't the last time we'll see Hayato…