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Episode Eleven
Syrus' Decision
"You are the last of my team. The last of my army. The last of my people. And it is up to you, to assist me in our dream. A world ruled by us."
"Yes master, we live to serve you."
"Hm, I have one more thing planned before the Battle City Finals."
"What is it master?"
"Oh nothing that concerns you really, I'm putting Clarissa in charge of this operation."
"Thank you master."
"This is your opportunity to make up for your failure against the boy Jaden Yuki. Now is your time for revenge. Nevedoc has done a little research and found a friend of the boy Jaden Yuki. His name is Syrus Truesdale. They go to school together. Taking out Jaden is as of now, besides preparing for the battle City Finals, my one goal. This boy is not only an exceptional duelist, having defeated three of our members, but he seems to be leading an assault against our group. He has defeated three of us like I said and I have information leading me to believe he is friends with many of the other duelists whom have defeated other members of our organization. He is friends, according to Nevedoc, with the boy who defeated Mr. Magician and the boy who defeated Number Three and Four. He is too be stopped."
"Clarissa, you will take Nevedoc, Isabella, and Horgoth."
"Yes master, now what is it you want us to do?"
Syrus sat on a bench in Domino Park. The big yellow clock in the center of the park rang. It was four forty. Good, Syrus thought. He didn't like being out at night. Daylight was a couple of hours away and Syrus only had one more locator card to go until he had enough to make it to the Battle City Finals.
Syrus had tried calling Jaden many times to see how things were going for him but his cell phone's battery was dead. Syrus looked over his deck once more; Patroid, Drillroid, Gyroid, Decoyroid, he kept flipping threw his cards trying to come up with new combos and strategy. After a few minutes though he stopped because a beautiful girl approached him.
She had hot pink spiky hair. A pink blazer with a white T-shirt under it. And she had on a black skirt going above her knees. She was holding a pink denim handbag with the words Duel Monsters on it.
"Hello," the girl said her voice the sweetest thing Syrus had ever heard. She reminded him of his love, the Dark Magician Girl.
"I'm Clarissa," she continued. "Clarissa Hart," she said and she held out her hand which Syrus shook, noticing her hot pink fingernails.
"H-hi," Syrus said and his face turned red.
"Well look at you, blushing over little ol' me." Clarissa said laughing.
Syrus felt butterflies in his stomach. He couldn't believe it. This girl was amazing. She was a figment of Syrus's best fantasies. This couldn't be real.
"I-I'm Syrus." Clarissa waited.
"Syrus Truesdale."
Her face lit up like a Christmas tree and she studied Syrus. He had on a yellow mustard blazer that was open with a black T-shirt under it. And he also had on tight black pants. "Well Syrus Truesdale I'm soooooooo happy to meet you.
She then (pretended to notice) noticed Syrus's duel disk. "Oh you're a duelist, hey are you by any chance competing in the Battle City Finals?"
Syrus nodded happily and noticed her glamorous hot pink duel disk.
"Well I'm sure someone as strong as you already has twelve locator cards."
As impossible as it seemed, Syrus's face got a little but redder.
"Well no," Syrus said quietly. "I only have twelve."
"Aww," Clarissa said sympathetically. "Well don't worry I only have ten cards," she lied. She grabbed the cards in her pocket and as she took them out she left two in there. She showed Syrus ten and he felt a little bit better.
"Soooooooooo Syrus," Clarissa said slowly. "You wanna duel me?"
Syrus was astounded, "Y-you w-want to d-duel me?"
Clarissa laughed, "I'm sure you'll beat me in one turn but don't worry, I won't feel bad."
Syrus opened his mouth to explain that he wasn't the duelist she thought he was but Clarissa interrupted, "Well great then!"
"We'll play for two locator cards, along with our rarest cards. And to make sure you give it your all, I'll even go in a date with you if you win." Syrus felt like fainting. But (if you remember at the beginning of the story) he was in a relationship with Alexis and wouldn't want to hurt her.
"Um, a duel would be fine; I'll pass on the date." Clarissa's eyes grew fiery but then she calmed down.
"Fine," she said and the duel began.
Clarissa: 4000
Syrus: 4000
"You can go first Pokey-Bear," Clarissa said. Syrus tried to protest, but well secretly he liked it when Clarissa said sweet things like that. Although he wouldn't tell Alexis.
Syrus drew a card and looked over his hand. "I summon Patroid (1200/1200) in attack mode!"
"Oh how cute," responded Clarissa as a small black lively car appeared on the field standing on it's hind wheels.
"But my Harpie's will tear it apart," Clarissa said malevolently and Syrus was surprised. It was a lot harsher then anything Syrus expected Clarissa to say. But he guessed she was just really competitive.
Syrus continued his move, "I now activate the magic card Limiter Removal, doubling my Patroid's attack points but causing him to be destroyed at the end of this turn (Patroid: 2400/1200). But now I activate Mystical Space Typhoon, to destroy Limiter Removal. So my monster can keep the attack bonus and doesn't have to be destroyed." A heavy wind lifted up Limiter Removal and broke it into two. Syrus ended his turn with three cards in his hand.
Clarissa began laughing manically, throwing her head back and let her hair run wild in the wind.
"What's gotten into you," Syrus asked. A mixture of concern and fear was detected in his voice.
Clarissa finished laughing, "Oh nothing Syrus. Just the thought of taking your soul is so enjoyable to me."
Syrus was puzzled, "My soul," he asked.
Clarissa laughed a bit more and took a small golden plate of off a chain around her neck. The plate was shining in the moonlight and had some weird hieroglyphic inscriptions on it. In the center was an Amethyst jewel that was glowing brightly.
"It's called a Shadow Amulet; it transports us into the Shadow Realm. Little Syrus, this is a Shadow Duel." Syrus gulped and remembered all the Shadow Duel he had seen while at Duel Academy. He especially remembered the ones with Camilla, a member of the Shadow Riders. Syrus had been caught in the middle of her duel versus Zane and he had almost lost his soul. Syrus shivered and realized that if he didn't win, his soul was gone.
Clarissa drew and laughed, "Phase one completed," she muttered to herself.
Jaden parked his motorcycle a block away from the Kaiba Corporation Duelist Coliseum. There were no other duelists around. Which made Jaden both nervous and happy. Either he was the first duelist there or the last. He walked across the street, a block away from the Battle City Finals. The giant coliseum loomed ahead. The words 'Kaiba Corp' and 'Duel Monsters' could be read in big letters.
Suddenly from the side street Jaden was grabbed by a pair of small arms. He was surrounded by three people, a woman with a purple veil, purple robes, and purple bracelets on. A very short man (Shorter then Jaden) with blonde hair wearing a tight black shirt and pants. And the third man, a little bit above average height, had a green Mohawk. A black leather jackets and pants with chains handing down from almost every possible spot.
"Hello darling,' the woman said and Jaden presumed she was smiling under her veil.
"Shadow Conquerors," Jaden assumed and began fighting them. He punched the Mohawk boy, dodged one from the short boy and a kick form the woman. Twisted the short boy's arm and escaped down the street.
Jaden was almost home free; the boys would never catch up with him. But the woman was unnaturally fast. She tackled Jaden and the boys caught up and each one grabbed him. The world went black and Jaden saw nothing.
Clarissa prepared for her move. She surveyed the cards in her hand and placed one on her hot pink duel disk.
"I summon Harpie Girl (500/500) in attack mode!" A small girl with big pink wings, long blonde hair, talons, pink pantyhose, and a long piece of black leather covering her upper body.
"Now I'll activate the magic card Elegant Harpie Wings. Thanks to this card by sacrificing one Harpie Girl from the field I can special summon one card (Level 4 or below) with 'Harpie' in the name. Also that monster gets a 700 point attack boost for the turn it's summoned only. And I choose Cyber Harpie," Clarissa broke out into a crazy laughing fit that scared Syrus.
On the field at the same time Harpie Girl was sprouting huge wings. Her hair became red and longer, she became bigger, had a thorn whip was in her hand, and had golden armor on. It was the Cyber Harpie (2500/1300).
"Now, Cyber Harpie attack Patroid, demolish that hunk of junk!" Cyber Harpie let out a shrill cry and flew forward. She lashed out her whip and Patroid was sliced in half. Syrus' life points dropped down 100 to 3900.
"Haha," Clarissa taunted. "This is just a taste of the pain you'll feel in this duel."
Syrus said nothing and drew; he now had four cards in his hand. "I summon Steamroid (1800/1800) in attack mode." A small train puffing out billows of steam appeared on the field.
"Now I'll activate Pot of Greed," Syrus announced, giving him five cards in his hand.
"Now Steamroid, attack Cyber Harpie!"
Clarissa began to laugh, throwing her head back and getting lauder and lauder. "Fool," she said. "Even though my Cyber Harpie's 700 point bonus is no longer in effect, my monster's attack is equal to your. There'll both be destroyed. You'll be defenseless and I'll summon a monster and attack you directly."
But Steamroid was rolling full speed ahead towards Cyber Harpie who didn't move an inch. He unleashed steam, after steam. He got faster and faster and rolled right over Cyber Harpie. Cyber Harpie was destroyed, Steamroid was unharmed, and Clarissa's life points were dropped to 3500.
"What," Clarissa asked sincerely concerned.
"You see," explained Syrus. "When Steamroid attack it gains 500 attack points. Never judge a train by it's size," Syrus said and Clarissa scowled.
"Feel the wrath of my Harpies," Clarissa said. She drew and now had four cards in her hand.
"I activate the magic card Back to Square One. By discarding one card from my hand I can place your Steamroid on top of your deck." Steamroid disappeared and Syrus was left defenseless.
"The card I discarded was Harpie's Vengeance. When this card is discarded directly from my hand to graveyard I can return one monster with Harpie in it's name to the field I attack mode."
In a flurry of feathers Cyber Harpie re-appeared. She opened her mouth wide and let out a shrill caw! "Now I'll summon Harpie Lady 1 (1300/1400) in attack mode!" Another Harpie appeared on the field. Except this one had green wings and was wearing all purple.
"Thanks to my Harpie Lady 1, Cyber Harpie and she get a 300 attack point bonus (Cyber Harpie: 2100/1300 Harpie Lady 1: 1600/1400)!" Both Harpie Ladies let out a cry of shear delight.
"Now Cyber Harpie and Harpie Lady 1, attack!" The two Harpies flew in union, holding each other's hand. The headed straight for Syrus and hit him in the stomach. He was knocked back into the distance. He was groaning, as his life points dropped to 200!
Clarissa was now in the middle of a laughing fit. Syrus' pain was her delight. "I end my turn," Clarissa said through bouts of laughter and slowly but surely Syrus got up.
Syrus drew; he had five cards in his hand and thought up his next move. "I activate the magic card Polymerization, to fuse Steamroid and Gyroid to create-."
"Let me guess," Clarissa rudely interrupted. "Gysteam, Steamgy, Steam Gyroid, a pathetic name like that?"
Syrus glare, "…Steam Gyroid (2200/1600), and it's not a pathetic name," argued Syrus passionately but Clarissa just rolled her eyes.
Syrus continued with his move, "I activate the magic card Ragieki!" A giant thunder bolt purged Clarissa's side of the field. It fried and obliterated both of Clarissa's monsters. Leaving her completely defenseless for Steam Gyroid's attack.
"Now," yelled Syrus. "Steam Gyroid attack Clarissa directly!" Steam Gyroid was a little train with helicopter propellers on him. He let out a puff of steam and started up his propellers. They zipped across the field towards Clarissa and hit Syrus' opponent, knocking her over and sending her skidding across the ground.
Clarissa's duel disk's life point counter was going wildly. The number's finally stopped on 1300. She was still 1100 ahead of Syrus.
"And now," Syrus began. "I activate the magic card Dian Keto the Cure Master, bringing my life points up to 1200!" Now Clarissa was only ahead of Syrus by 100 life points!
Gradually Clarissa got up and she drew one card. "I activate Mirage of Nightmare," Clarissa picked up four cards, giving her five in her hand.
"I'm now going to send one Harpie lady 1, one Harpie Lady 2, and one Harpie Lady 3 from my hand to the graveyard so that I can special summon Harpie Lady's Queen, my rarest and ultimate monster!"
The three Harpie Ladies briefly appeared on the field but were soon lifted up into the heavens. A light penetrated the shadows and from it emerged a beautiful monster. It was a big Harpie Lady, in a long dress with a multi colored head dress. She carried with her a staff, on the tip of her staff was the face of a Harpie.
"Meet my Harpie Lady's Queen (3000/2200), one of the last monsters you will ever see. Now I activate the magic card Rule Air Bender, this card can negate the effect of one WIND monster. And I chose Harpie Lady's Queen, so she can attack even though not all of the Harpies in my deck are destroyed."
"Now Harpie Lady's Queen, attack Steam Gyroid!" Harpie Lady's Queen spun herself around and thrust her staff out towards Steam Gyroid. A rainbow colored beam flew from Harpie Lady's Queen's staff. It pierced Steam Gyroid and the explosion sent Syrus flying. His life points dropped to 400.
Clarissa started laughing at the destruction her queen had caused. But their duel was abruptly interrupted.
A purple light came from one corner of the Shadow Game and from it four people stepped through. One was wearing purple robes, one was short and wearing black and another looked like a punk, tight outfit and a Mohawk (no offense). Each one had a Shadow Amulet that was glowing fiercely. They were dragging none other then Jaden.
"Syrus," Jaden called out and noticed Clarissa too.
"Well it's about time," Clarissa said rudely. "I thought I might have to actually beat him." Syrus was confused, what did she mean? And what was Jaden doing here?
The punk snorted, "Let's get this show on the road." They three Jaden into the middle of the field. The punk placed his Shadow Amulet around Jaden's neck.
Clarissa began mumbling and chanting so low neither Syrus nor Jaden could hear her. Suddenly a long yellow lone connected Clarissa's Shadow Amulet and the one on Jaden's neck. Another identical 'string' connected the Shadow Amulet on Jaden with Syrus's soul. The string went through Syrus's chest and reached into his soul.
Clarissa laughed, "Syrus this is your choice." Suddenly Clarissa stopped and looked at the woman in purple robes (Isabella duh!). She was floating in the air and electric sparks were shooting form her body.
"Ah Izzy," asked the short one (Nevedoc).
She began talking, "I knew this would happen. I didn't listen. I knew not to meddle with time."
"Izzy, what did you do," asked the punk.
"I was in a duel," Isabella floated higher up. "And in that duel my prediction showed me how my opponent wins. I wouldn't accept defeat. So I changed the future. I changed my next move to counter his trump card. And it worked, he lost instead of me. But I knew there would be consequences, for changing fate. Master always told me to tell the future, not change it. But now I crossed the point of no return. Time is getting its revenge, so you all better run!"
Many purple lightning bolts spewed from Isabella. Time was having it's revenge. She began shaking violently and suddenly the punk and Nevedoc were in the air too. Isabella let out a massive thunderbolt that blinded Clarissa, Jaden, and Syrus. When they could see again, the three Shadow Conquerors were gone.
Clarissa was shivering, "Master warned her. She didn't believe him, how tragic, how tragic," she kept saying.
"Now I activate Ragieki," Clarissa said and Syrus was surprised for two reasons. One, she never explained what the yellow string was for and two, why was she destroying her best monster? Harpie's Lady's Queen w as gone in a thunderbolt and Clarissa began to explain her actions.
"Syrus," she said, "This is the deal. These strings connect us, so that if you win, Jaden loses his soul." Syrus went dead pale in horror. "Unfortunately if you win, his soul is fine just yours is gone." Syrus realized he was just a pawn in Clarissa's scheme to get Jaden. He assumed they had met before and she was out for revenge.
Clarissa continued, "Just answer this one question Syrus; do you like being Jaden's shadow?" Jaden opened her mouth to protest but she continued. "Always following in his wake. Just being his footsteps. Being known as Jaden's friend or that kid who hangs out with the good duelist. Do you like that? I'm sure you get enough of that since your brother is a superstar, so do you really want it from your friend? Attack me now Syrus I'm wide open. Win the duel and send Jaden and me to the Shadow Realm. Then you will go on to defeat my master. And you will be known as Syrus Shadow Conqueror Slayer, not Jaden's friend. Just attack me."
Syrus looked down at his duel disk. Jaden couldn't believe it. Syrus was reaching for a card. Jaden never knew he felt that way. Jaden was devastated, as Syrus reached for a card.
Syrus placed his hand on top of his cards and left it their. He looked up, straight at Clarissa. "Jaden's my friend, the choice is clear. I surrender."
Suddenly Jaden screamed, "Syrus no, don't do it!" But it was too late. His life points dropped to zero and he fell to the ground.
"No," screamed Clarissa and she threw her duel disk at him. "Jaden was supposed to lose his soul not you!" Her Shadow Amulet shined brightly as it consumed Syrus's soul. The shadows cleared and the string disappeared. Jaden ran over to his friend, or now, his friend's soulless body.
To Be Continued…
Next Time on Battle City GX…
I know, a powerful chapter. Jaden his speechless aster the loss of his friend but none other then Zane Syrus's brother and Alexis his girlfriend comes over. They're all in tears and Zane demands a duel with Clarissa for his brother's soul. But to prove her loyalty to her boyfriend Alexis ends up dueling. But Alexis is a mess after losing Syrus. Can she pull herself together to defeat Clarissa? Or will she join him in the Shadow Realm? Find out next teem on Yugioh…
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