I am SO sorry it took so long to do this one guys. I was lazy and working on school and stuff so yeah, here it is and it was a sudgestion from Luiz2400 where Jazz goes on a game show like Jounochi in the manga/season 0. Things are a bit different so yeah. Enjoy!
Ch. 24:
"You're gonna WHAT?" Shelen and Kyla exclaimed together. Jazz stood in front them, ginning like an idiot.
"Yup! I'm goin' on this hit TV show called 'Million Game Challange 2'! The first one was a scam but now that they're back on, I have chance to win 20,000,000 yen!" She exclaimed excitedly.
"20,000,000 yen'?" All four of the others in the group gasped.
"I dunno, Jazz. It seems kinda farfetched, don't ya think?" Shelen asked with a raised eyebrow.
"What? How could you say that to your best friend?" Jazz cried and shook Shelen by the shoulders fast.
"I'm just saying this might also be a scam. I mean come on! 20,000,000 yen? That's insane! And for them to let YOU compete, that's even more insane."
"You are the worst best friend ever!" Jazz cried again, fake tears streaming down her false hurt face.
"And proud to be." Shelen replied dully. Jazz let go of Shelen as though giving up and turned to Crystal.
"Cristy! You're ma new best friend!" Jazz said and slung an arm over the emerald eyed teen. Crystal protested.
"I ain't gonna be a second pick!" Crystal said in annoyance.
"Oh come on!" Jazz wailed. Shelen rolled her eyes and glanced to her right to see Yami watching the exchange in mild boredom.
"Well, anyway..." Kyla said and everyone looked back at her, "How about we all go and watch to support Jazz!"
"Yeah!" They all agreed. Jazz grinned and thought of the possibilities she could do with that amount of cash.
...
"So, which SUCKER do we have paying for the twenty million today?" A man asked. He was dressed formally but his expression was one of evil and greedy.
"Well sir, we selected this young lady from the entry forms," The host of the game said. On the screen was a picture of Jazz. She was posing like a pole dancer and winking at the camera, "We did a thorough background search and she lives alone with a younger sister and they have little money. She needs the money to pay off her debt and for her sister who is in the hospital."
"Perfect!" The manager said as he looked over the information, "This is fool proof! A nice sob story to win the audience affection! But we all know she'll never win the twenty million." The manager grinned evily, "Though I may be able to make an alternative."
He wrung his hands together in a greedy way as he eyed the picture of Jazz again. Then burst into maniacal laughter.
...
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! BOYS AND GIRLS! PEOPLE OF ALL AGES!" The announcer began as Jazz got ready to play the game, "WELCOME TO WIN THE MILLION!"
There was a roar of applause from the audience. Jazz's friends clapped loudest.
"Can this young lady win the 20,000,000?"
More applause.
"Alright! The first game to win 100,000 yen by pressing that buzzer when you want this wheel to stop!" The host of the game show explained and Jazz stood ready with the buzzer under her palm. The spinner had an arrow at the top and most of the wheel was the WIN slot while there was a tiny sliver that said LOSER.
Ready...Go!" The spinner began to turn rapidly. Jazz waited for a few moments then pressed down on the buzzer. The wheel stopped just barely on the green, almost on the red.
"Th-That was close..." Jazz said shaky with relief.
"On to the next round!" The host said and Jazz stood at a life-sized balance tester. The game where you have a metal hoop attatched to a stick and you have to get it to the other end of a winding metal wire without touching the metal. Jazz was supposed to be the hoop and the 'metal' she had to weeve through was made with electricity.
"Ready! GO!" The host yelled. Jazz ran through the electric metal with a helmet that was the cencore in case she touched the electric wire. She reached the end without touching.
In the audience Shelen got up.
"I'm going to the bathroom. Tell me what happens while I'm gone." She said then snuck up the stairs and out to the hallway, "Now where is that bathroom..."
As she walked she passed the manager who was talking to someone from the tech group.
"When the girl reaches the final stage you know what to do. There's no way she'll get the 20 million the easy way!" The manager was saying, not even noticing the blond that had paused to listen, "Hehe, I bet she's great in bed."
Shelen froze, shocked and a wave of fury hit her. NO ONE talked about Jazz or any of her friends like that. She forced herself to move and hurried to the bathroom. She stood at the rows of sinks and splashed some water on her face to calm herself down. There was no way Jazz would be dumb enough to sell her body for prize money. Then again...
Shelen glanced at the puzzle which was lying next to her, motionless. She then looked back at her reflection and jumped when instead of herself, she saw Yami staring back at her, concern was evident on his face.
"Yami!" She clutched her chest where her heart was and took deep breaths, "Don't. do. that!" She huffed as she tried to calm her heart rate. She had never known he could manipulate her reflection.
"Sorry, Aibou. I sensed you were upset so I wanted to know why." Yami apologized as Shelen calmed down.
"Jazz. This whole game show was a scam and now she's caught up in the middle of it. And what's worse, the manager of the whole thing is a greedy pig that just wants her in bed as well as for her to lose!" Shelen explained. Rage was hinted in her voice. Yami's eyes narrowed.
"Do you want me to take care of it?" He asked her.
"Be my guest. I'd like to see what you do to him though, so let me watch."
"So if it doesn't concern you, you are eager to see people suffer?"
"No, I just want to know if he gets fired. Then it'll be his own fault."
"Alright." Yami said, then he disappeared from the mirror and Shelen looked back at herself once more. She picked up the puzzle and placed it around her neck. The Eye of Horus on the front began to glow and then the shadows consumed her.
...
It was the final round of the game show. The game was 'Wheel of Chance' where if it landed on the strip that said 'WINNER!' then the person won the game.
"Ready...Spin!" The wheel began to spin and Jazz crossed her fingers.
In the back the manager and the tech worker watched the wheel.
"Alright, when I give the signal press that button." The manager said. The techy nodded. Neither noticed Yami standing behind them with his arms crossed. He studied the area and thought back to some memories he had managed to keep. There was a rope, a paint bucket, and the switches. It looked like the bucket was filled with red paint and was supposed to do something. Yami had his plan sorted then and smirked. He then grabbed both ropes and waited for the two men to notice him.
The Techy turned and saw Yami standing there with the ropes in one hand, the other hand in one of his front pants pockets.
"Wh-What the! Who're you?" The manager demanded.
"I thought you'd want to play a game." Yami said and held up the ropes, "A game of chance."
"What? We don't have time to play with you! Scram!"
"The odds are 50-50, and I'm sure you wouldn't like people to find out about the 'Wheel of NO chance at all' would you?" Yami's smirk widened a bit.
"H-Huh?" How'd he find out about that? The manager wondered, beginning to panic.
"You!" He pointed to the Techy, "Pick a rope!"
"Y-Yes sir!" The Techy grabbed the rope on the left.
"The rules are simple. On three we each pull the rope. One is attached to the paint bucket, so there's a chance it's going to land on one of us." Yami said and the Techy held the rope, sweating a bit.
"On three. 1...2...Three!"
They both pulled their rope. Yanking it down. Yami's fell to the floor without anything attached and the Techy wasn't as lucky. His rope was attached to the paint bucket and the contence splattered all over him and the control box.
"You moron!" The manager yelled, he then turned to the buttons. The paint had covered them and the correct button was impossible to find.
"No!" The manager began to panic again.
"The doors to darkness have been opened, your fate is now sealed." Yami said, the glowing Eye of Horus symbol appearing on his forehead. There was a bright light then all that the manager could think about was his greed for money, power, everything.
"Greed is a strange thing. And it sometimes leads to your demise." Yami smirked and turned to walk away, "Keep that in mind, Mr. Producer."
...
Meanwhile with Jazz, the wheel had stopped spinning and the arrow had landed on the WINNER! slot.
"A-Amazing!" The host cried, "She won the 20 million!"
Jazz cheered with the crowd. She jumped up and down in excitement. They then handed her the check. She had won the game show. She had won the 20 million.
...
Unfortunatly, Jazz's enthusiasm was short lasted. Once again the whole thing was just a scam and the show went bankrupt. So the check was now just a useless piece of paper. She didn't recover from her depression for a week.
Finished with this chapter. The last paragraph, that was in Shelen's POV. This story is being told mainly by her since it's about her life, so when the words are slanted like that from now on, it's narration like in mangas where the people have boxes they tell the story like it's a memory or something. I dunno. The next chapter is coming soon.