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Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Spirit Caller

Chapter 24: Camula and Blair?

I felt someone is hugging me. I still feel a little groggy because it's too early for the sun to rise. I move my right arm to feel who the person is; the person seems to be small because I could feel his/her head up to my chest, I also felt that this person has long hair that seems to reach his/her waist, and, I know it sounds wrong, the person's butt seems to be child size. Do I know anyone who fits the description that I'm feeling?

Then a familiar voice asks, "Sora, can you stop feeling my butt?"

I slowly look at the person's face and I gasp, "Blair!" Which causes me to jump and hit my head at the second bed on top of me.

Blair got off from the bed and asks, "Are you okay? Do you need an ice pack?"

I shook my head as I rub off the pain. "Blair, what are you doing here? And how did you get in my room?"

She just giggles with her face blushes red. "I snuck on a boat a week ago and I just got here yesterday. The reason why I'm here because I wanted to see you! Oh, and also, I sort of use a lock pick to get into your room."

"Why does a little girl have a lock pick and know how to use it?" Then I blink when I realize that there's something wrong here. "Blair, why do you call me by my name? You saw me as a boy when we first met and when you left… So how come you know that I'm Sora?"

She explains, "When we crash into each other, I sort of felt your chest during the collision. I didn't say anything about that before I headed back home because I'm more worried about my secret than yours."

Thinking about the collision from that time makes me cover my chest with my face being red. I sigh and said, "You shouldn't be here… Your folks must be really worried if you come here without telling them."

"I actually did told my folks that I'm going to visit you and they allow me to go," Blair happily spoke.

I nearly drop down from my bed, but I was able to keep myself from doing that. I just couldn't believe her folks actually allow her to come this island. I notice that the time is now 4 o'clock in my PDA as I suggested that Blair should go to sleep because it's too early for a little girl. She argues why she goes to sleep when I'm not going to sleep, which I use the "I'm older than you" excuse. Blair got angry and pounces on me like she's a lion, which I got to admit; she has amazing strength to push me down on my bed.

"Get off me!" I said as she pins me down by using her entire weight.

Blair shook her head. "No way! If I'm going to sleep, then you're going to sleep with me! Besides your chest is a perfect pillow for me!" We keep arguing until sunrise, which signals us to take a bath together despite our arguments.

Blair and I went to Professor Banner and told him about Blair's "situation." Professor Banner couldn't believe that Blair actually snuck on a boat and to make matters worse, another boat won't be arriving to Duel Academy for another two weeks. Which means that Blair is going to be staying with me until the boat arrives.

When Professor Banner left, Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley greet us. They notice Blair and they are shock to see her. After I finish explaining them how Blair got here and her reason during breakfast, they understand and hoped that Blair won't cause too much trouble. Though I'm more worried about the Shadow Riders using Blair as their hostage. After all, she is a little girl.

I decided to change the subject by saying, "Well, I'm going to see Atticus at the nurse's office."

Syrus asks, "Why are you going to visit Atticus?"

"I'm visiting him because I know Alexis is going to be there," I answer as I got up from my seat.

Blair notices me leaving as she quickly finishes her meal and follows me.

I saw Alexis sadly staring at her brother who is sleeping on the bed. Blair and I enter the room as I said, "Alexis! Good morning!"

Alexis looks at me as she replies, "Good morning, Sora." Then she notices Blair and asks, "Who's the little girl?"

"She's Blair Flannigan," I answer, "the little girl who disguises herself as a Slifer student just like me." The two girls greeted each other, which made me really happy.

Blair notices the unconscious Atticus and asks, "What's wrong with him?"

I lied by saying, "Let's just say he has a weak health." I know Alexis may hate me for saying that, but I don't want Blair to know about the Shadow Riders. "Is he doing okay?"

Alexis said, "He's recuperating. He's still unconscious, but they say he'll be okay. It's just a matter of waiting now."

Then I notice the time and said, "Whoa, it's almost time for class! Blair, here's my key and I want you to stay in my room till I get back."

Blair nods her head and she replies, "Okay!" She takes the key from my hand and leaves.

"Blair is living with you?" Alexis asks. I explain to her what happened this morning and she angrily mutters, "I see… I understand…"

Why does she sound so angry? I can see her murdering aura and it scares me.

When school is over, Natsuo Tanaka, a Slifer Red student, comes up to Ryouta Katou. I wonder what he needs as he asks, "Hey, have you heard?"

"Heard what?" Ryouta asks.

"There's a beautiful girl down by the lake!" he excitedly answers. "A total knockout!"

I rolled my eyes when I heard that. Boys will be boys…

"However," Natsuo spoke, "once you lock eyes with her…" He pauses for dramatic effect, which causes Katou to be anxious. "Fangs come out of her mouth!"

Fangs…? He saw a vampire?

Katou doesn't believe what Natsuo said as he replies, "Whatever! There are no such things as vampires."

As soon as the two Slifer students left the classroom, Bastion spoke, "A beautiful girl… Interesting…"

I glare at Bastion and wonder what he's thinking.

Bastion gasps, "No, this isn't the time for that." He regains his composure and said, "Jaden, Sora! Let's meet up at the Chancellor's office." Jaden and I agree as we follow Bastion to the Chancellor's office.

We arrive at the Chancellor's office and we saw the whole gang here. Alexis is also here as Jaden asks, "How's your brother doing?"

I told Jaden what had happened in the nurse's office earlier. Alexis even added by saying, "I'm happy that he's back, but…"

"Don't worry," I reassure her by saying that. "He'll wake up soon."

Alexis nods her head and she replies, "You're right. But I hope nothing like this happens again."

"Unfortunately," Chancellor Sheppard spoke as he enters the room and take his seat. "I can't make that promise. The rumors going around may not be rumors after all."

Rumors…? Wait! Could he be talking about the vampire?

"There really is a vampire," he spoke and everyone gasps out of confusion and shock.

Bastion reassures everyone by saying, "It could be another Shadow Rider."

Zane nodded and said, "There's a high probability that another Shadow Game await us."

Chancellor Sheppard nodded. "Yes, so I want you all to be very careful." We all nodded as walk out of the office.

As soon as I got back in my room, I saw Blair sleeping on my bed. I notice that she's still wearing that Slifer Red uniform from before and it makes me wonder where is her luggage. I look around and saw nothing that looks like a luggage or bag. I decided to look at the top of the triple-bunk bed and found a backpack and a suitcase, which I believe those are her luggage.

Looking at Blair, I have to admit, she's pretty cute when she's sleeping. Then I remember her exact words from the time that she was heading back home. Thinking about her words got my face turn red.

No way! I shook my head to regain my usual composure. There's no way I'm into that sort of thing, especially towards a girl who is younger than I am!

Blair woke up and said, "Welcome back, Sora. How was school?"

"The same as usual," I answer with a smirk on my face. "Are you hungry? We should go grab some food at the cafeteria."

Blair smiles and nods her head as we walk out of the room and headed downstairs. When we walk into the cafeteria, we saw Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley. We then giggled when we notice that Syrus is wearing a headgear that has a bunch of garlic all over it, a Christian Cross necklace, and a straw doll in his hand.

"Syrus, what's with the getup?" I ask as I try to calm myself down.

Syrus panicky said, "Jaden told us the next Shadow Rider is going to be a vampire! So I thought I should protect myself with all of these things to prevent the vampire to come after me!"

I glare at Jaden and he become nervous. "You had told these two about the next Shadow Rider."

Jaden nervously chuckles as Blair wonders what we're talking about. She asks me about the Shadow Riders, but I told her a lie that would make her stop wondering about them. Blair becomes angry for keeping things from her, but she calms down when starts eating her food.

We then started chatting about something else to get Blair to stop asking us about Shadow Riders, which actually works because she hasn't ask me until nighttime.

Blair is sleeping with me on my bed. Though I'm not really sleepy as I slowly crawl myself out of my bed so I can't wake her up. I brush her hair and hope she has a nice dream while I go out to fight the Shadow Rider.

I met up with Syrus and Chumley at the lake. Chumley looks panicky, as he said, "Not lishus I saw her!"

"On the lake!" Syrus exclaims.

Then Jaden shows up and shouted, "Hey! Chumley, Sora, what happened?" The water of the lake begins to move upward and it surprises everyone. "That happened!"

A small island with a huge castle appears out of the water. The castle looks like a castle from a certain video game. It's also taller than the school.

"What in the grilled cheese is that?" Chumley asks.

"What's wrong?" Zane spoke as we notice that he's here.

The castle lowers its large drawbridge in front of us. Coming out of the castle and walking down the bridge is a woman who has green, long hair and a figure that makes her to look like a model. She also pointed ears and fangs. She wears a long, red dress that shows her cleavage and a golden duel disk.

"Lovely to see you," said the woman, "Welcome to Castle Camula."

Syrus jumps out of being scared. "Ah! It's her! The vampire!" He runs behind Jaden, which makes me think about his age.

The woman named Camula isn't happy as she responds by saying, "Watch your tongue! Or I will feast on you!" She makes a scary face that makes her face look like a monster, which even scares me. Syrus screams and her face reverted back to normal with a pleased look on her face.

Is this woman a sadist? I ask myself with a nervous chuckle.

Jaden steps up and said, "Hey you! Face me!"

"Such harsh language," Camula spoke, "That's no way to treat a lady. I shall introduce myself. I am Camula. Camula the Vampire!" Bats come out of her castle that gives us an image of her being a vampire.

Zane doesn't seemed impress as he said, "We don't care."

Camula giggles. "Aren't you the feisty one? You will be my first victim."

Zane smirks. "Try it." He follows Camula to her castle, which got Syrus to be worried. "It's okay, Syrus. I'll be right back." He disappears inside the castle as the castle's doors shut closed for us to know.

"What's going on?" a familiar voice asks.

I turned around and saw Blair standing behind me. "Blair! How long were you standing there?"

"Since the castle comes out of that lake," she answers, "I was wondering why you left your room earlier and I see why. So that woman is a Shadow Rider?"

I sigh because I know that there's no way to lie my way out of this. So Jaden and I explain to her about the Shadow Riders and the situation that is happening. She couldn't believe what we're saying, but she likes to stay to see what happens.

Some time has passed and we saw the castle's doors opening. Coming out of the castle is Zane and we ask him what happened inside that castle. Zane didn't say anything as we gasped to see Camula coming out of her castle.

She's alive? Does that mean that Zane lost?

Camula hovers above us and said, "He lost to me in a duel." We then notice that Zane fell down to the ground as Jaden tries to wake him up. The vampire lady chuckle at what Jaden is doing as if she's entertained. "It's futile! Those that lose to me… are turned to dolls!" We gasped as we saw Zane's body turning into a doll.

Syrus kneels down to look at the doll and couldn't believe it. He glares at Camula and said, "Give me back my brother!"

We all look at him with sad look on our faces. Jaden glares at her and shouted, "You're dueling me next!"

She shook her head. "No. I don't take orders from lower life forms. And don't fear. I will take good care of him in my doll collection. Very good care." The doll rises from the ground and flies towards Camula's hands. "It's time to take my second prize. And, that will be… you." She points at me and everyone is shock.

Blair tugs my arm and exclaims, "Don't do it, Sora! If you lose, you'll become a doll too!"

"But not today," Camula spoke, "I'm exhausted from the other duel." Camula flies back to her castle with the Zane doll in her hands.

Syrus makes a sad look, which got Jaden burning mad. "Duels are…" Jaden angrily spoke. "Duels are supposed to be fun! So why did you have to make Syrus cry? Why did Zane have to end up like that?"

Jaden… I look at him and understand how he feels. Even I don't like what's happening here.

Then the castle sinks back into the lake, which cuts off our only way to get to Camula. Though it's most likely the castle will appear tomorrow and I'll be ready for the duel. I will beat Camula! And I will save Zane!

But first, we decided to rest up and talk to the others tomorrow. I'm pretty sure that they'll be surprise and when I tell them the bad news.