Chapter Nineteen:
Damaja walked into a seculded area on the island, near the middle of the forest. On his shoulder was the lifeless body of Darien. He dropped it down onto the ground, stepping back into a tree, leaning against it. "Dartz.." Damaja said. A glowing green light appeared in front of him.
"Good work Damaja." Dartz said, the green light going into Darien's body. The body stood, smirking. He opened his eyes, a shade of green replacing his normal eye color. "And his soul?" Dartz asked. Damaja pulled out the card containing Darien's trapped soul. Dartz reached for it, Damaja slipping it back into his pocket, shaking his head.
"Uphold your end of the bargain. Bring Alexis back." Damaja said.
"The deal was, you get me a body and the soul of the Pharoah." Dartz said. "And then I bring Ms. Rhodes back." He said.
"Excatly, I don't have to give you shit outside of those two things." Damaja spat, looking rather angry.
"Boy, who do you think you're talking to?" Dartz snapped, looking at Damaja. "I am your master. Understood?" He said.
Damaja lunged foward, grabbing him by the throat, slamming him against the tree behind him. "NO, YOU DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND ME!" Damaja shouted in his face. "I COULD BREAK YOU RIGHT NOW AND NOT EVEN FLINCH!" He shouted again.
"Bu..but then I wouldn't be able to bring Alexis back." Dartz said, a hint of fear in his voice.
Damaja lifted his free arm up, swinging it to the side, punching him in the right side of the mouth, knocking him to the ground. "Drop the act Dartz. Alexis is dead. DEAD! SHE IS NOT COMING BACK! NO KIND OF MAGIC CAN MAKE HER! I'M ON TO YOUR LITTLE SCHEME!" Damaja shouted down at him. "I ought to kill you right now for even trying to control me like that." He said, the green tint in his eyes slowly fading.
"Trying to control you?" Dartz said, getting back to his feet. "I did control you. I made you do my bidding." He said, smirking. "And by breaking my control, you're losing the power I gave you." He said.
"Well, as the last act I commit with this power is this." Damaja said, reaching into his pocket, pulling out the Orichalcos stone. He gripped it tightly, placing his free hand in front of Darien's body, moving it to the side, a rush of green light flying from it. "Get your own fucking body." Damaja said, pulling out the card containing Darien's soul, removing the soul from the card, transporting it into Darien's body.
"YOU FOOL!" Dartz screamed.
"Mane, if anyone's the fool here, it's you." Darien said.
"My boy, Darien, is right. You see, I knew you would be watching our duel closely, making sure I didn't screw up. But what you failed to watch was my actions before hand." Damaja said.
Darien sat in his dorm room on his bed, shuffling through his cards. Damaja walked in, breathing heavily. "Damaja?" Darien jumped up, asking.
"There isn't time. I'm going to duel you later today. But I'm not going to be myself. I'm going to beat you and seal your soul in a card. But trust me, I will make sure you make it through this alright." Damaja said, rushing out of the room.
"Who the hell has been smuggling drugs onto the Island?" Darien asked out loud, going back to shuffling through his cards.
"Clever huh?" Darien asked.
"I'll get the both of you, just wait." Dartz said.
"No..you won't." Damaja said, opening his hand up, showing the Orichalcos stone. It was completely black. "I mearly did a trick. I switched the anger in my heart with the raw power of the Orichalcos energy within it. Here, take some pissed off energy." Damaja said, throwing the stone past the green light, it shattering against a rock. "Oh and as for the Seal in my deck. I don't need to the rock or the anger in my heart to use it. Because well...I basically am Orichalcos." Damaja said, smirking.
"You'll pay for this Damaja and you too Darien. I'll find someone with low enough self-esteem to control. Just you wait.." Dartz said.
"Chazz." Darien and Damaja said in unison, laughing.
"Enjoy your fun and games for now boys. I'll be back, just wait." Dartz said, the green light vanishing.
"Hm, so how ya feeling Damaja?" Darien asked.
"I feel great, it feels like a heavy burden has been lifted off my shoulders. I'm more..calm." Damaja said, smiling.
"Good." A female voice behind them said. They both spun around quickly looking at Kira standing there.
"You gotta stop doing that. I'ma die from a heart attack before I hit Twenty." Darien said.
"I wish." Kira said with a smirk.
"Why's she so mean to me and nice to you?" Darien asked, looking at Damaja.
"Cause I look better than you." Damaja said, smirking.
"Darien, leave. I need to speak with Damaja alone." Kira said.
"Fine by me. Having my soul stripped from my body builds hunger. Later you two." Darien said, walking off.
"WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING?" Kira shouted at Damaja. "Do you know what you did to me? You cost me another duel against Brad." Kira said, looking at him. "I thought I was going to lose you Damaja. I won't lose you again, do you understand me?" Kira said, tears welling up in her eyes slightly. Damaja stepped foward, wrapping his arms around her, holding her securely.
"I'm sorry. I don't know what happened to me." Damaja whispered. "And you won't lose me. I promise. I'll always be right here by your side Kira." He said softly.
"Good, now I have to go challenge Brad to get my respect back." Kira said. "Come with me?" She asked. Damaja nodded.
"And finally, Red-Eyes attacks Mermaid Knight, and you lose Mindy." Brad said.
"Great job, you've gotten so much better since we've been praticing. You seem more confident too." Mindy said, smiling.
"I couldn't have done it without you." Brad said, blushing slightly. Mindy leaned into him, seemingly to want to press her lips against Brad's, if only the door didn't swing open. Kira stood in the doorway, a determined look on her face.
"Brad. You. Duel. Outside. Now." Kira said plainly, walking outside.
"I should really learn to lock my door." Mindy said to herself, following Brad outside.
Kira stood waiting on the outside, shuffling through her deck. The second she caught a glance of Brad, she slid the deck into it's slot. Brad made his way across from her, looking at her. "This time, I'm actually gonna finish the duel." Kira said.
"Hopefully." Brad said, drawing his five cards. Kira drew hers. "So, who's going to go first?" He asked.
"I will if you don't mind." Kira said, Brad nodding.
Kira Artemis: 4000 Lifepoints. Six cards in hand.
Brad Drovin: 4000 Lifepoints. Five cards in hand.
"I'll start off by setting a monster and a card. End turn." Kira said, the two cards materalizing in front of her.
"Draw." Brad said, pulling the top card of his deck off.
"Chain, activate Sacrifice Limit. This cards makes it so that we can only sacrifice one monster per turn." Kira said, nodding.
"That won't be a problem." Brad said.
"We'll see." Kira said.
"I'll summon Gearfried The Iron Knight in attack mode." Brad said, the metallic warrior materalizing in front of him. "Hm. If I attack, her monster's defense might be higher then Gearfried's attack. Better play it safe." Brad thought to himself. "I'll set a card and end my turn." He said.
"I'll set another monster and end my turn." Kira said.
Kira Artemis: 4000 Lifepoints. Four cards in hand.
Brad Drovin: 4000 Lifepoints. Six cards in hand.
"I'll summon Big Shield Guardna in defense mode." Brad said. "And then I'll discard my Blade Knight to special summon The Tricky!" Brad said, a caped figure with a question mark on it's face and chest appearing on Brad's side of the field. "Now Tricky, attack her first facedown monster!" Brad commanded, Tricky flying foward, attacking the facedown monster, only to get knocked back.
"You attacked my Backup Guardian." Kira said, smirking.
"I end my turn." Brad said.
"Now, I'll activate the equip magic card, Gravity Axe-Grarl to my Backup Guardian. And when I activate the Axe, it allows me to special summon GUARDIAN GRARL!" Kira shouted, the giant dinosaur appearing in front of her, roaring out loudly. "And Backup Guardian's effect allows me to transfer an equip magic to another monster." Kira said, Grarl snatching it's axe from Backup Guardian, raising it high above his head, roaring out loudly.