Here's the next chapter! Don't worry, Nightshroud will arrive soon. There's a reason he hasn't arrived yet. Also, Bastion's deck is going to be the one from the manga, since I found it to be badass than the one from the anime. Review please!
It had been five days since Jaylin and her friends were warned about Nightshroud. They knew he was only waiting for the right moment to strike, probably when they were least expecting it. They all kept training and learning how to handle being challenged to a Shadow Game and playing it. Jaylin was more than relieved that there was a dark user on the island and she didn't have to call her father up to arrive. She needed her heart to darken before she could actually control the dark powers. Her father told her that a true dark heart will give the user better control over his/her emotions when starting a shadow game, which is why someone that's tooinnocent should never start a Shadow Game.
This was still the first week of the first round of the competitions. Chancellor Shepard stated that, for the next two weeks, there would be the first round dueling and each duel held a thirty minute time limit. Rarely did any duel go over thirty minutes and, so far, non of them did. Chazz was dueling on his turn against a Slifer Red student named Tamual. While they were having their duel, Jaylin was dressing in the Girl's Locker Room for her next duel with Bastion Misawa.
Jaylin heard her phone ring. She got her phone as she was pulling her pants up, putting the phone to her ear, and holding it with her shoulder.
"Hi guys!" Jaylin responded.
"Hey Jaylin!" The twins and Shon replied together.
"You just love breaking into Yugi's place, don't ya?"
"Well, someone's gotta keep this place occupied, while he's gone and make sure this food don't go to waste," Shon replied with his mouth full.
"You guys are something else!"
"Word."
"So, have you guys ran into any attacks yet?" Kathle asked.
"Not yet. I am going to be dueling against Bastion very soon."
"Nice!"
"Personally, I'd be bursting those Abandoned Dorm doors! He's sure taking his freakin' time to appear!" Shon stated.
"Which is why it's a good thing you're not there," Katal glared as Shon snorted in response.
"You know, it's too bad you can't see me duel. The duels don't start airing the duels live until the duelist representative goes against other schools," Jaylin stated with disappointment in her voice.
"It's fine, Jay! You can still tell us how the duels are going and update us on how far you're going. I'm wishing you the best of luck to making it as the duelist representative," Katal said.
"Thanks!" Jaylin replied, looking at the mirror and putting on her vest. She started putting on her makeup, placing on ruby red lip gloss. "You know I'm going to be the duelist representative!"
"You got that right! You are the daughter of Yugi Moto. It only makes sense!" Kathle agreed.
"Yeah."
"Hey Jay, it's almost time for you to show up!" Alexis called Jaylin.
"Coming!" Jaylin replied, then spoke on the phone. "Gotta go. I'll tell you how the duel goes, kay."
"You better! See ya!" Kathle replied before Jaylin hung up.
Jaylin appeared inside the auditorium, located at the bottom of the stage. She shuffled her deck, waiting until Chancellor Shepard made his announcement. It was about five minutes before Jaylin heard him.
"Now, for our next duel, we have Jaylin Yuki versus Bastion Misawa! Would you both please step forward!?" Chancellor Shepard announced as Jaylin climbed on one side of the stage and Bastion on the other. They both walked toward the middle and shook hands.
"May the best duelist win," Jaylin smirked, showing a wink.
"Touché," Bastion replied before him and Jaylin walked away from each other, making sure they were on each side of the duel stage. It was only now that Jaylin began noticing her friends at the very front of the auditorium and others in the middle or back, who were rather aquantances or those that knew/heard of her. Because Jaylin was on the Dance Team, Spirit Club, and Student Council, she had grown in popularity. Seeing other people she didn't know appearing to watch her duel was no surprise.
Bastion and Jaylin turned on their duel disks. Of course, because this was a tournament, they were to decide on who would go first by playing Rock-Paper-Scissors. Bastion won, so he went first. He and Jaylin drew five cards, then Bastion drew his first card.
"I summon Fox Fire in defense mode," Bastion started as a bright orange fox appeared on the field with a small flame at the tip of its tail. "Then, I place one card face-down. Your turn." Bastion could hear his friends clapping for him, being that the audience, who cheered for a certain duelist to win, would clap after his/her turn like it was golf.
"I place one card face-down, then summon Elemental Hero Knospe in attack mode," Jaylin declared as her plant Elemental HERO appeared boldly on the field. "He attacks and destroys your Fox Fire!" Elemental HERO Knospe ran over and punched Fox Fire, bursting it from the field. She could hear her friends and other people in the back and middle applauding, being that the audience also applauded for whoever he/she was cheering for whenever the duelist destroys a monster, and even louder when the duelist summons his/her famous or ace monster.
"I play my trap, Graveyard of Wondering Souls!" Bastion declared as he then summoned a Fireball token to the field.
"I guess that ends my-"
"Hold it! I use Fire Fox's special ability!" Bastion shouted, holding his hand out as Fire Fox appeared back on the field. Since it was the end of Jaylin's turn, the whole crowd clapped for the girl's performance. "Now, it's my turn!" He drew his next card, showing a smirk on his face. "I'll have my Fire Fox attack Knospe!"
Jaylin began bursting out laughing, then declared, "I activate Rose Bud by tributing Knospe to special summon Elemental Hero Poison Rose!" Knospe's top bud began blooming and opening as a flower. Elemental HERO Poison Rose appeared from the purple flower all glamorous, yet poisonous. It sent out razor-sharp peddles, which instantly destroyed Fire Fox. The crowd began laughing aloud at the fact Bastion just had his monster commit suicide. "Oh my god, are you commit suicide!?" Jaylin was laughing so hard, tears burst from her eyes and she was coughing. Bastion's life points had dropped to 2400. "Wow, I am LMAO! I am literally lmao."
"Anyways, I activate Graceful Charity from my hand," Bastion declared, the crowd had quieted down by this time. He discarded two cards and drew three more. "And due to the effect of my trap card, I can instantly special summon three Fireball tokens!" Three more Fireball Tokens were instantly special summoned to the field. "I place two cards face-down, then special summon my Fire Fox from the graveyard, due to its effect." Fire Fox was instantly special summoned from the graveyard. Bastion's friends began clapping after that.
"Okay, then I go!" Jaylin declared, drawing her next card. She showed a huge smirk, which made Bastion's eyes furrow. "I summon Ocean to the field!" Elemental HERO Ocean was instantly summoned to the field. Jaylin could hear about half her crowd cheering, since a few of them knew this monster. "I use Poison Rose to attack one of your Fireball Tokens!" Poison Rose lifted her hands and razor-sharp peddles shot toward Bastion's Fireball Token second to the left when...
"I activate my trap, Negate Attack!" Bastion declared as he activated his trap card, which created a cyclone that sucked in the attacking peddles.
"Not bad! I place one card face-down, then end!" Jaylin ended, hearing her friends and audience clapping afterwards.
Bastion drew his next card, looking out at the crowd from the corner of his eyes. Bastion could see his friends cheering both him and Jaylin on, Alexis smiling and waving at him, which made him blush cherry red. Bastion smiled and declared, "I activate Reload!" I place three of my cards to my deck, shuffled it, then drew three more cards. "I activate Gathering of Malice by fusing three of my Fireball Tokens to create Goka the Pyre of Malice!" Three of Bastion's Fireball Tokens fused together in the light and appeared as a huge furnace that was two inches taller than Bastion with huge flames bursting from the top, which held a terrifying face.
"Whoa, that is just the most bizarre monster I've ever seen," Jaylin responded with widened eyes.
"Glad that you're impressed with my monster. Now, I reveal my face-down card Card Destruction!"
"Oh f**k!" Jaylin cursed, placing her hand into her graveyard, then drawing the same number of cards. "And here I just drew my Polymerization card!"
"You should try holding in your expressions, whenever you draw your best cards, or I just might take them out," Bastion smirked, also placing his hand into his graveyard and drawing the same number of cards. Jaylin blushed a slight pink, since she did get excited when she drew Polymerization. "Because I discarded two monsters, I can special summon two more Fireball Tokens!" Two extra Fireball Tokens appeared on the field. "Now, I activate Goka's ability!" Three Fireball Tokens flew into the furnace and strengthened Goka the Pyre of Malice and raising its attack to 2500. "And Goka destroys your Poison Rose!" Goka the Pyre of Malice opened the furnace door and shot a huge blast of fire at Elemental HERO Poison Rose, burning it to a crisp and leaving Jaylin with 3400 life points remaining. Bastions friends applauded for his success in destroying one of Jaylin's monsters. "I end!"
Bastion's friends clapped for their friend's performance. Jaylin drew her next card, then declared, "I summon Elemental HERO Woodsman and place Ocean in defense mode." Elemental HERO Woodsman appeared on the field in a defense position as a few of the crowd applauded, also being familiar with that monster. Elemental HERO Ocean, then changed into defense mode. "I place one card face-down! That ends my turn!" The crowd clapped for Jaylin's performance.
"I summon Rigrass Leever!" Bastion declared, summoning a brown wooden monster with a vertical mouth, pointy silver knuckles, and holding a scythe in both hands. "Then, I activate Nobleman of the Extermination to destroy your face-down card on the left!" A warrior man, who looked like an Ancient Roman Soldier, appeared in front of Jaylin's face-down card on the left and sliced it in half with its sword, bursting it from the field. Jaylin searched through her deck to remove any cards, like the one that was destroyed, from play, which was one, then shuffled her deck. "Now, my Goka destroys your Woodsman!" Goka the Pyre of Malice shot open its furnace door to shoot heavy flames at Elemental HERO Woodsman, only for Winged Kuriboh to appear like a wall. Bastion's eyes widened, looking at Jaylin's field and noticing her face-down card revealed as The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh. The crowd laughed and cheered at the same time. Winged Kuriboh was one monster everyone in school knew Jaylin for. "Shit! I guess that ends my turn!" Bastion heard his friends clap afterwards.
"Damn right!" Jaylin smirked. "I activate Woodman's special ability and bring back my Polymerization from my graveyard and use it to fuse my Woodsman and Ocean!" Elemental HERO Woodsman and Elemental HERO Ocean fused into the light and appeared as Elemental HERO Terra Firma. As soon as the monster appeared, the whole crowd in the auditorium stood up and screamed, applauding for Jaylin's known ace monster in the school, being that Jaylin talked about that monster ALL the time and summoned it in over half her duels. "I use De-Fusion on your Goka!" Bastion's eyes widened as he watched his Goka the Pyre of Malice burst from the field, since his Fireball Tokens didn't come from the graveyard like most fusion material monsters do. "I place one card face-down and end my turn!" Everyone clapped afterwards.
Bastion drew his next card, then declared, "I place my two monsters in defense mode."
"Not so fast, because I activate my trap card, Terra Firma Gravity!" Jaylin declared as Bastion's monsters were forced into attack mode, then both attacked Elemental HERO Terra Firma, leaving Bastion with 0 life points remaining. "GOTCHA!" The crowd stood up and cheered for Jaylin's victory over Bastion. A chart of the duelists dueling were shown on the screen at the very end of the auditorium across from the entrance. Jaylin's name was highlighted and the line attached to her highlighted name connected to Chazz Princeton. "Well, wha do ya know?"
"I suppose you'll have a more decent crowd than this," Bastion said.
"That was a fun duel, Bastion. We can celebrate! How's it we meet at Alexis' place with the boys and have our own little party."
"I-I don't know. I've never actually been in Alexis' place before," Bastion replied, showing a hint of blush on his cheeks.
"Don't puss out! Besides, Alexis would love it if you came."
"She would?"
"Hm-hm," Jaylin replied, nodding her head slowly.
"I suppose it won't be any harm then."
"Great! I'll go tell her!" Jaylin said, running off the stage, leaving a nervous Bastion. She arrived at the edge of the wall that separated the audience seats from the stage below. "Hey Lex!"
"That was an amazing duel, Jay!" Alexis stated cheerfully.
"Yeah. It'd also be interesting to see ya go up against Chazz," Carl smirked. "You'd probably get a wider audience."
"Yeah. Oh, Bastion and I decided we could celebrate and have a party at Alexis' place. What do ya say?"
"Sure, sounds like a plan," Alexis replied.
"Great! Let me know, if you need me to bring the birth control pills," Carl smirked as Alexis' face flushed cherry red and all the girls laughed.
"You are so mature, Carl!" Alexis glared, hearing her friends laugh continuously.
"Co'mon guys, let's go to Alexis' room already!" Jaylin cried.
"Okay, but I won't forgive you for killing my joke," Carl smirked as Jaylin stuck her tongue out in response.
Jaylin and all of her friends walked on their way to Alexis' dorm room, the others in Ra Yellow or Slifer Red Campus getting an invite. The Obelisk Blue Dorm wasn't too far away, so it didn't take long to walk to the campus like it was for the Ra Yellow, especially the Slifer Red Campus. On their way, the gang talked and laughed about pointless things, when Jaylin and Ronda instantly froze in place. At this point, everyone was at the entrance to the building.
"Something wrong?" Alexis asked, waving her hand in front of the two dark users.
"That feeling I get when Professor Banner starts a Shadow Game... it's hitting me like a ton of bricks, only there's so much of it, I..." Ronda explained, then gasped, falling on her hands and knees, panting at the same time.
"Hey, something wrong?" Chazz asked.
"Get out of here..." Ronda staggered, clasping onto her chest.
"Chazz, you need to get out of here now. Ronda's fine!" Jaylin warned Chazz, snapping out of her frozen state.
"Look, I don't know what's going on here, but-" Chazz said before Jaylin's eyes instantly turned gold, which made him jump.
"I said get out!" Jaylin shouted before Chazz ran off, though paused as soon as the darkness enclosed the entire field, making the other Obelisk students run to their campus. "I hate it when I have to do that, especially when Shadow Games have to start in public areas! Why couldn't they start in libraries or somewhere nobody goes to!?"
"Ronda, are you okay?" Alexis asked as Ronda got up and nodded her head, still somewhat in shock.
"It's okay, Ronda! The darkness just shocked you for a moment!" Jaylin assured as she helped Ronda on her feet. "Okay Nightshroud, you can show up or I can make up the game for you!"
"There has to be an opponent in order for a game to start, young lady," Nightshroud replied, appearing in a black top and pants with a black leather trench coat, his face covered in a purple mask.
"What's it with rivals, bad guys and trench coats? Is it like the hottest fashion for them to wear trench coats? I guess that must make Sherlock Holmes my mortal enemy," Jaylin complained.
"Wait, it's Atticus!" Alexis cried. Nightshroud chuckled darkly, removing his mask and revealing a similar male version of Alexis' face, only with glaring chocolate brown eyes and a sickly smirk. Alexis glared angrily. "GET OUT OF MY BROTHER, YOU SON OF A BITCH!"
"Ah, so you're his sister. I suppose that explains that face you're giving me. It was the same one he gave me before I defeated him," Nightshroud replied, then turned to Jaylin. "Though, this one is the one I'm really looking for."
"Guess you're still pissed about me kicking your ass," Jaylin smirked with cockiness written on her face.
"More like I'm satisfied. You see, that shadow game gave me such excitement. I wanted to go against you again, a rematch you might say," Nightshroud stated as Jaylin shot a glare. "It's funny, only Tragoedia has ever fought anyone, whose powers could be compared to ours. Of course, he felt almost just as much excitement when he played a game with Prince Atem. We knew better than to tackle with him or his pimp when either one came on the island."
"I'll give you points for having a brain," Jaylin stated. "It's too bad you're not very good at distinguishing eye color."
"Huh?" Ronda asked.
"Cute! Funny thing is Tragoedia wanted to test him and almost did," Nightshroud stated.
"Good thing you didn't, because the last thing we want is Yugi's corpse on the island," Jaylin responded.
"Such sarcasm. How about we start the game, shall we? This time, it won't be duel monsters," Nightshroud smirked as Jaylin felt the barrier only surrounding her and her opponent. "I did come to notice you playing diaha with Atem, so I am to assume you know the rules. It sounds like a fitting game for us."
"Bring it! Get cha game on, Nightshroud!"
Chazz was at a very far distance, but close enough to be able to see and hear what was going on. He began muttering, "this has to be a dream."