Author's note: I'm back with this story! Ugh...Finally, after working with one of my finals and helping out with my mom's shop, I get to settle down and finish this chapter. Me and my freakin' schedule and tiredness. Anyway, onward to this chapter.
Guest Review: Honestly, I don't know when am I going to start Crimson Star again, because I ended up getting writers block on that, and I put my full motivation on this story, instead. Just don't worry, I'll get back to it whenever I can. It's not like I'm gonna delete or anything.
Disclaimers: Property of all the Yugioh series officially goes to the director, Katsumi Ono. Everything else is fair game, since I only own my OCs and this story plot. Enjoy!
Chapter 13
Awaken the Hidden Power
What seems to be like few moments later, Yusei managed to wake up out of his unconscious and felt the sharp pain on the back of his head as he tried to get up.
"Nggh…What in the world just happened?" He muttered as he rubbed the back of his head, feeling the bump bruising. He looked around and noticed that he was inside the metal grating of some sort inside the building, with the lid shut tightly (which happened to be the only way out). Then, he heard a soft moan beside him, and looked to the left, only to see a young dark hair woman beside him, laying down unconscious. Yusei went over to her and gently shook her by the shoulder.
"Yuna. Yuna, wake up!"
Yuna groaned and noticed the raven hair duelist in front of her. She got up slowly and rubbed the side of her head.
"Nnn…Yusei? Where are we?" she asked.
"I don't know." He answered. "But I think we both were knocked out all of a sudden and suddenly got dragged here."
Yuna felt the bruise on the side of her head and winched slightly when she touched it. That was when realization hit her and she swore. "Shit. I just remember sensing someone behind us, and I was about to turn around to see who it was, only to get hit by something really hard. Possibly a crowbar or something."
Suddenly, they heard the sound of running water and looked around, only to find out that the pipes have started to shoot water everywhere. It was only mere seconds later, that the two duelists were standing in about an inch of water…and it was rising.
"What the heck?! Someone set off the pipes!" Yuna yelled.
"Stay calm. We got to get out of here." Yusei reassured her. "The only question is…how?"
"You can stand there and die, obviously." A voice said.
That got the two people to look up, only to see a man with malicious, lizard-green eyes and auburn hair that was styled to cover the right side of his face. This man's appearance happened to hit both Yusei and Yuna in realization.
"You're…You're the one who was with Aki during the Fortune Cup!" Yusei said.
"Divine…" Yuna sneered at him, trying to hold back her anger.
"Indeed, it is I." Divine jeered at them before turning his full attention to the dark hair guardian. "And I'm bit surprise to see that you still remember me, Tsukina. You were only six-years old the last time I saw you."
Yuna glared up at the auburn hair man, coldly. She spoke in a calm, yet anger tone. "How could I forget about the man who abused me back when I was still at the Arcadia Movement? One of a few reasons why I'm glad my parents got me out of there."
Divine clicked his tongue at her. "Tsk tsk. Then I'll say that both of your parents are foolish enough to take you out of the Arcadia Movement. Though, your late mother was the one who was more foolish by butting into my business."
That caught the dark hair psychic off-guard, hearing him mentioning about her mom. "W-What do you mean by that?"
Divine laughed maliciously at her in response and replied. "By the extent of your knowledge, Tsukina, it's best if you don't know. Especially, since you and Fudo there are going to die, anyway."
With a snap of his fingers, Yuna's eyes widened as if she was stabbed by a knife and collapsed to the wet ground on one knee and one hand over her chest. She started coughing violently as she felt the pain spread.
"Yuna!" Yusei cried out as he kneeled down to see Yuna's conditions in shock before glaring at the man above him. "What did you do to her?!"
"Simple. I used part of my power to weaken hers, so that she won't use any of her psychic abilities to get out of here. I'm afraid to say that this is a farewell, Fudo. At least, I won't have to deal with either of you anymore."
Divine swiftly slapped the card on the disk, which materialized into a fireball, and let it hit the top of the metal grate, sealing it from either of them to use to escape. As the water filled the area around the two teens, Divine laughed at them maliciously before exiting the building.
Somewhere else in the amusement park, Aoi woke up out of his unconscious, feeling what seems to be a million volt shocked him, and struggled to get up on his feet. Shaken from that electric shock he received earlier, Aoi looked around only to find himself in the hall of mirrors.
"What in the world? How the heck I ended up here?" He wondered out loud.
"By having me to drag you here, of course." A female voice said.
Aoi tensed up a bit and looked around to see where that voice was coming from. However, he didn't see anyone around him. All of a sudden, an image of a blonde girl with Dark Signer violet eyes appeared as an reflection on one of the mirrors, which crept out the blue hair psychic, but not as much as recognizing her appearance.
"Alexandra…"
The blonde Dark Signer glared at him, before laughing. "I lost my chance to take you down completely, thanks to her. But this time, I will get my revenge!"
The blue hair psychic looked around again, only to notice that a certain Rose duelist was nowhere to be found. "Where's Aki?"
Alex smirked. "Don't worry. As of now, she's safe, but Misty might've gotten to her. She is keen to her as a target after all. You, on the other hand, are mine to deal with."
After a few seconds of standing there, Aoi quickly activated his duel disk. "I really don't want to do this to you, Alex. But I have no choice. If it's a duel you want, then bring it!"
"Then you better prepared to experience my hell!" Alex replied as she brought out her own duel disk. On cue, multiple of Alex's reflections began to fill on all mirrors."
"DUEL!"
With the water so high, neither Yusei or Yuna could touch the ground and their heads almost hit the ceiling. They both tried to floated and keep their heads above the water, but it was getting to be more and more difficult with the passing seconds. At this rate, they will drown.
"Yuna! Can't you do something to get us out of here?!" Yusei yelled through coughs of water.
"Sadly…no." Yuna replied, struggling to keep her head above the water. "I'm more of a mind reader and telepathic. Not a telekinesis. Secondly, even if I do have telekinesis, Divine have already reduce my powers to about ten percent. Plus, I need more energy to use Emergency Teleport to get us out of here!"
Soon, their heads hit the metal grate and there was only a little bit of the room still had air. Once the room was completely filled with water, the two were sinking to the ground.
'Dammit! I…I feel useless again!' Yuna thought in dismay. 'Is this really it for both of us?'
"Yuna…Yuna…" A mysterious voice called out in her mind.
Yuna's eyes snapped opened. 'Eh?! That voice…!'
"Are you sure you want to give up like this? Especially when one of your friend's life is on a line?"
'W-What am I suppose to do?' Yuna asked mentally. 'My psychic powers have already weakened. I…I feel hopeless! I can't do anything!'
"Is that what you really think?" The voice asked. "You don't know this, but you hold a larger power inside of you. Something that exceeds to your extent of your ability."
'A power that exceeds to the extent of my ability?'
"By giving up hope like this, is that what you really wanted?"
As she thought about that question being asked, Yuna shook her head. 'No…No, that's not what I want. I…I still have to make amends with one person! Even though he still hate me for what I've done, I have things to settle with him!'
"Then by all means, Yuna, let yourself become stronger by dissolving the deep sleep," the voice replied. "Let your true power awaken!"
Suddenly, Yuna's star mark began to glow, and she felt the surge of energy filling inside her. Knowing what she must do, Yuna closed her eyes, trying to concentrate on that surge of energy inside her. While she was concentrating, her oxygen ran out, and she was surprised at herself that she was able to keep concentrating. After what seems to be like few seconds later, Yuna finally released what seems to be like waves of crimson light around her, causing parts of the building to break with a loud 'CRACK!', which finally drains out the water underneath the grate.
Soon, she and Yusei were on the drenched floor, coughing, trying to get the water out of their systems. They were both completely soaked. Though, Yuna have a hard time maintaining her consciousness and her vision went black before passing out.
Alex's LP: 3000, Aoi's LP: 2500
Aoi skidded backwards as he felt an impact from the attacks of Alex's monster, Ritual Beast Ulti-Apelio, which consists of a young blonde hair girl riding on the back of the red lion. Not only that, Alex had already played a field spell card, Dimension Fissure, and used another spell card, Field Barrier, to protect that field spell. Much to Aoi's dismay, this gives Alex an advantage to summon out an Earthbound Immortal soon. The blonde Dark Singer smirked in satisfaction as she slapped couple of cards on her disk.
"I place two cards face down and end my turn!" She yelled. "You're going to have to do better than that, Akiyama! Cuz that was a pathetic move you just made earlier!"
Aoi growled under his breathe as he tried to maintain his balance. "Then I guess I'll just have to keep coming at ya! Draw!"
He quickly drew a card and stared at his hand for a moment. 'At this point, I can only stall for just a moment.' He thought. 'Chances are, Alex can use Ulti-Apelio's effect to return it to her extra deck, and fished out two banish monsters to the field and use them to summon that Earthbound Immortal of hers. This is a bit of a gamble, but all I can do is to play defense for now until I can draw a right card."
"I summon Kaminari Aji-Suki-taka-hiko-ne in defense mode and place three cards face down. That'll end my turn."
Kaminari Aji-Suki-taka-hiko-ne ATK 1500, DEF 1800 LV. 4
A man in long black hair and blue Asian robe appeared in front of Aoi along with two face down cards on the Spell/Trap card zones. The blonde Dark Signer threw a cocky smirk at him.
"Hmph! You just wasted that turn! Draw!" Alex swiftly drew a card. "I activate ritual Beast Ultl-Apelio's effect! I can return this card to an extra deck and special summon two banished, Ritual Beast monster in defense position. I choose to special summon "Ritual Beast Tamer Lara" and Ritual Beast Tamer Wen"!
Ritual Beast Tamer Lara ATK 100, DEF 2000 LV. 1
Ritual Beast Tamer Wen ATK 1500, DEF 1000 LV. 3
As the red lion with a rider on top turned into a ball of red light an went into Alex's duel disk, a small girl with blonde hair and another small girl with blue hair, each holding a staff, appeared in front of Alex.
"Then, I release both Ritual Beast Tamers for a Tribute Summon!" Both Alex's monsters turned into rainbow orbs and shot through the sky, transforming themselves into a shell-like devices. Countless of purple souls are sucked into the shell, making it larger and larger. "Souls of the living dead, let your cries of sorrow be heard through the darkness. Arise, Earthbound Immortal Yoru no Okami!"
Earthbound Immortal Yoru no Okami ATK 3000, DEF 2400 LV. 8
The device exploded, revealing the giant, black wolf outlined in white. It flashed its white eyes and howled to the moonlight. Aoi flinched at hearing that Earthbound Immortal howls so loudly. Plus, it also breaks his heart to see the same exact monster that killed Crystal.
"Heh…Not surprising that you would still be scared of this Earthbound Immortal, Aoi." Alex glared at her. "Plus, if only that wretch wouldn't have gotten in my way, I would've gotten my revenge."
Aoi's blood began to boiled once he heard the last sentence and glared at Alex coldly. "Don't you dare call her that, Alex! Besides, I thought you look up to Crystal as your older sister!"
"No, not anymore." Alex retorted. "Earthbound Immortal Yoru no Okami, attack his life points directly and make him experience my hell! Dark Howling!"
One cue, the wolf Earthbound Immortal opened its mouth, revealing its fangs, and ready to take a bite out of the blue hair psychic. But…!
Me: And that's that. Btw the way, that mysterious voice is important foreshadowing friends who is important in the next few chapters.
Crystal: Seriously? You're going to end this chapter with cliffhanger, just like that?
Me: Hey, cut me some slacks, will ya? I'm tired now. Plus, I'm not in the mood to argue.
Crystal: Oh...well, whatever. Write the rest of the duel. I want to see how it goes.
Me: I'll see what I can do. Oh, a lot of people are going to hate me for the next couple of chapters.
Crystal: Why?
Me: You'll find out why. R&R? :)