I apologize for the late update of Chapter 28! But I do have good news: my science project is all done and finished it! I just have the History, English, and PE project to do. So to celebrate this great event, I have decided to post up my oneshot (Valon/Serenity) and chapter 28 for Yu-Gi-Oh! Waking the Dragons since you all have been absolutely wonderful and I have the time to do so now!
This story is almost over. -cries- But there will be a sequel!!! I promise you all that!!!
Also in progress is a Yami Bakura/Serenity(Or OC) story for another friend of mine. She likes, no, LOVES Yami Bakura to death (Can't blame her though, he is hott. Right?). And I do need to improve my writing skills. But I won't have it posted - not until I finish with this story, so no worries!
I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! nor its characters. I am Alister's Girlfriend. No, seriously. I AM HIS GIRLFRIEND. OK, maybe not... but one day he will be mine, whether he enjoys it or not.
Please, enjoy chapter 28!
Lynn tilted her head to the side, curious as to whom this 'Ironheart' fellow was. By the Pharaoh's reaction, though, she had a good guess that he was just introduced into this season – hopefully. "Well, I feel slightly safer knowing that it wasn't you." Dartz smirked, before glancing back down at his hand and deciding what card he should play. "But who's Ironheart?"
"OK, I'm totally lost now." Tristan stated plainly, as he, Mokuba, and even Tea glanced over at the three. "Does anyone else believe this…?"
Tea was the one who spoke, "The Pharaoh and me met a man named Ironheart. But to believe that there's a whole other world like ours… it just doesn't seem possible and yet…" She paused, placing a hand over her heart and looking towards Yami. "Even with these types of things, it doesn't seem possible either. Our luck seems to have the opposite of a normal day."
"Yeah, I guess…"
Lynn turned her attention back to Alister and Valon – both seemed to be staring at her, but the expressions on their faces informed her that they were lost in their own thoughts. "Do you two happen to know who this Ironheart guy is…?" She asked, hesitantly, watching the two carefully with her hazel eyes. "If you don't, that's fine. I'm just really curious to who he is and all—"
"Is that why you didn't want to talk about it?" Valon kept his head low, his spiky brunette bangs covering his sapphire eyes. "And also why you seemed so upset when I mentioned that, once this was all over, I would drag Alistar along with me to visit you?" At this the red head seemed to glance at him with a glare, but other then that stayed silent – turning his gray orbs back to Lynn.
The girl nodded slowly. "I just… it's complicated." She sighed, staring at Valon with her hazel eyes. "Valon, I swear I would have told you sooner, along with Alister." She quickly glanced over at the red head, before back at Valon who seemed to need more reassurance. "If it wasn't so complicated, I would have… but I just don't know whether or not I should have." Gosh, why is this so hard?
The Australian lifted his head, his sapphire eyes showing the look of slight betrayal. "So you just thought it better to keep your mouth shut and not even bother telling me any of that? We're mates, Lynn!" Valon placed his hands on top of her shoulders – shaking the girl lightly. "Even if I might not have believed you until now, you still could have told me anyway!"
Guilt was forming in the girl's stomach, as she gave an apologetic look. "I'm sorry—"
"So what's your world like?" Valon suddenly seemed to brighten, trying to make the mood into a lighter one. "By the way Dartz said it, sounds like you chums don't have much of a time. You people do have duel monsters, right? Of course you do, otherwise you would have been clueless about it from the start and continually asking questions about the game and all." Lynn glanced at Alister, who seemed to be keeping his aloof demeanor.
"Umm… sorta… in a way, you could say. Mostly people are working and the kids go to school, including myself. Basically it's not as fun as this place, is all." She tried, as Valon made an 'Oh' sound and seemed a little more curious then before. "But besides that, it's just the same as here really. So I believe anyway."
He gave a look of slight annoyance. "They just work? Don't you people do anything fun besides work? Or do you just die from over working, mate?" He gave a small laugh, as Alister seemed to roll his eyes at his questions.
"Well, yeah. So they can pay for food, gas, electricity, books, sometimes rent, taxes, the supplies they need… but we do fun things, not just work. The only thing we lack is Kaiba's fancy duel disks and hologram monsters… along with a few other inventions." Lynn finished as she watched Valon's facial expression slightly change. "What…?"
The Australian's sapphire orbs pieced her hazel ones. "I was just wondering, what's going to happen once this is all over? Will you be… going back or staying here, with us?" He folded his arms across his chest, seeming to think over the possibilities of what would happen once this mess ended – for good. The spiky haired brunette turned his head slightly to the side, gazing down at the stone floor. "Will you just disappear…? Without us having a chance to say good-bye?"
"I honestly have no clue, Valon."
She glanced to the red head, who continued to remain silent as the grave.
"I really do wish you told me sooner, Lynn, mate." The Australian spoke once again, causing the teenager to turn her attention to him. "Even if it was far fetched… I would know that it was true after now. What else have you been keeping from me, hmm?" His eyebrows rose thrice, before a large grin appeared on his face. "Like… did you and Alistar happen to have—"
"What?" Alister's gray eyes turned to the shorter man's form, narrowing sharply. His comrade gave a face of slight worry, feeling the red head's gaze throw daggers at him.
Valon seemed to quickly go and stand by Lynn's side – away from the red head, who looked like he was about to murder him. "Ah, don't take it so seriously Alistar. I was just joking is all, lighten up." His sapphire eyes noticed that Lynn's face was, again, red from his little 'joke' therefore letting out a small chuckle.
"But seriously," his tone lost the playfulness as his eyes darkened, "will we be able to say good-bye and watch you leave? Maybe even figure out how to visit now and then?" Lynn gazed down at her shoes – wishing, even hoping, that she could somehow be able to visit them all again. "Better yet, maybe you'll get to pick if you want to go back or not! And if so, you can chose to stay here with us!" His attention was on Lynn, sapphire orbs brightening at the thought.
"Valon, if you were in her shoes would you pick your family or the opposite?" Alister questioned.
The shorter man gave a slight shrug. "Never really had a family, mate, so yeah… I would pick the new place I was at."
The man in the black trench coat kept his eyes from rolling in annoyance.
"I would love to stay here…" Lynn finally spoke up, as Valon beamed with happiness. "Only…" Her head lifted to watch as the Australian gave a small sigh, the happiness around him slowly beginning to fade.
"You'll miss your family and friends." He finished for her. "Well, no matter what happens… Lynn… you'll always be our friend. Well… to me, that is. Alistar's probably thinking of another definition of 'friend'." He couldn't help, but let his laughter out and echo in the room – having everyone stare at him in worry except for Alister. The red head looked as if he was trying to hold himself back from hitting the younger man across from him. Finally, he calmed himself. "But really mate," He turned back to Lynn, trying to ignore the death glare Alister was giving him. "No matter what, you'll always be our friend."
"Valon…?"
"Yes, mate?" He tilted his head to the side.
Lynn gave him a smile, "Don't go all Tea on me now. I really hate it when she starts going on about her friendship speeches." Tristan held back a laugh as Tea growled at this and tried to calm her from losing her temper.
The Australian blinked in response, before giving a light chuckle. "I won't give you a friendship speech, mate. That isn't my thing." He winked at her, ruffling her hair lightly.
The girl nodded, before looking at Alister who seemed unfazed by this whole ordeal. However the spiky haired man gave a small smirk before letting it fall and clearing his through slightly – knowing exactly what it was he was going to do. "Look fellas… you two should have a little 'heart-to-heart'. Just because Lynn and I did, Alistar, doesn't mean you get to miss out on yours with her." He started walking over to the small group who were cheering for Yugi, along with Kaiba. "So I'll just give you fellas a few minutes to sort this out for yourselves." He hurried his pace – the small smirk plastered on his face once more.
Lynn felt like smacking her forehead, knowing very well what Valon was up to. Her hazel eyes turned to glance back at the red head. "Well… um…" She nearly sighed, as Alister's gray orbs turned to her form – an eyebrow raised in silent questioning. "Like I said before, I'm sorry for not telling you earlier."
He gave a small 'hmph', glancing from the corner of his eye back at the dueling field. "Stop worrying about it, will you." He changed his attention back to Lynn, who seemed slightly confused. "It doesn't really matter, does it? So you don't tell us you're from a different world, big deal. We have bigger problems to attend to." He halfway turned to gaze back at the duel, watching as Kaiba merged his Critias with Yugi's Mirror Force card – attacking one of the mirror knights that still had their shield.
"Wait, if Kaiba destroys Dartz's Mirror Knights then that means…" Lynn's eyes widened, remembering from what Dartz said about them being destroyed. "Joey, Mai, Yugi, and Pegasus souls are lost forever…!"
"Do you honestly believe Dartz would do let something like that happen?" Alister snapped, making her gaze up at him. "Dartz wouldn't have souls destroyed when he needs them for the Leviathan. He was just holding the Pharaoh back with his lies." His placed his left hand inside his pocket, watching as Kaiba activated his Dragon's special ability. "Kaiba has the right idea destroying them, that way they can have a chance."
"Wow, Alister… why didn't you say something sooner then?"
He remained silent, informing her that he wasn't in the mood to answer any of her questions. The gang watched as Mirror Force Dragon used its special effect on the four Mirror Knights, destroying them. Dartz gave a small laugh, as he said that he would be fine.
"Now Mirror Force Dragon destroy his Kyutora!" Kaiba ordered, as he gave a chuckle. "Looks like you have no monsters to protect you after this, Dartz." He stated in a smug tone.
"Tsk, really Kaiba." Dartz shook his head lightly. "My Kyutora has another special ability, you see. Once it's destroyed, it simply evolves." As soon as he finished, a light seemed to engulf the spot where his Kyutora had once been – only to have a gigantic monster arise.
"Say what?" Kaiba growled, as he and Yami stared at the newest creature on the field.
"Pharaoh, Kaiba… Meet Orichalcos Shunoros."
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"It has an attack of 20,000!" Yami exclaimed, staring up at the monster that seemed to tower over them. "It can wipe us out in one strike." He glanced at Dartz, who nodded and agreed that it, indeed, could and would.
"Unbelievable…" Lynn muttered, as Dartz started to explain his new creature's special ability. She quickly glanced over at Valon and the others, watching as each of them seemed to be saying something to one another in slight awe and panic. "If those two don't come up with something soon, then…" The girl trailed off, glancing back at the enormous beast and gaining a bad feeling. There's no way they'd let the Pharaoh lose to Dartz! They wouldn't have them make Yami come so far only to fail here and now.
"This is really bad." The short haired teenager said, putting her hand over her mouth and staring at the Pharaoh in worry. "If Dartz actually wins this thing, then…" She trailed off as Tristan tried to reassure her.
Lynn turned back to Alister, taking note how he seemed completely calm with this whole change of event happening. "Kaiba better watch it, otherwise he's going to lose." He murmured, his gray orbs staring at the dueling field intently.
"He's got Critias though. It helped him get out of the last two duels with you, remember?" Lynn reminded, glancing at Kaiba's dragon. Maybe I should've given him or the Pharaoh my dragon card. After all, I never dueled with it because I have no idea about its abilities… but I bet either of those two would figure it out.
Turning to glance to see how Mokuba was handling this, she couldn't help, but feel her heart break from the look on his face. He seemed torn and completely worried about his brother's safety.
It only got worse as soon as Dartz had called out an attack, Mokuba shouting his brother's name in worry.
Everyone seemed to freeze as Kaiba seemed to be thrown back – hitting the invisible wall of the Orichalcos – and being pushed back by the same force. He seemed to be a statue, unmoving. Finally he activated his trap card, adding that he wasn't finished with his turn and playing a trap card. Before falling to his knees.
"SETO!!" Mokuba cried his eyes wide in disbelief.
Lynn watched as Yami had rushed over to him, kneeling down beside the CEO. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed how stiff Alister suddenly became as he saw his foe lose his soul. Poor Kaiba… poor Mokuba…
Suddenly Kaiba had reappeared, lying on the ground in the center of the small group a few feet away. His younger brother demanding that he open his eyes at that instance – Valon placing his hands on the younger boy's shoulders and seeming to try and confirm him.
"We're one more step closer to awaking the Great Beast!" Dartz's voice rang out, as he spread his arms out to his sides.
The Australian seemed to be holding back the frantic boy. "Give my brother back! Tell your lizard to spit his soul out right now and give him back!" Mokuba's pleas seemed to fall on deaf ears – at least, to Dartz that is.
"Silence!" Dartz ordered, as an eye seemed to suddenly came out of nowhere.
Green waves suddenly flew at the group and everything went black for them.
I liked how this chapter came out compared to the last chapter. Sorry if you all didn't. Next chapter, should, hopefully be alot better. After all... this basically only has a few chapters left before the end. Makes me sad, but happy that I'll be completing this story after... what? Two, three years now? Time to move on to bigger stories. Like the sequel.
Alright, I'll shut up now since Alister is yelling at me to go do my homework. Not really, it's more my mom telling me that. I just wish I lived with the three awesome Doma bikers. And Ryo and Bakura. It would be pretty cool living with these five guys. Even Kaiba. Enough of my day dreaming now.
NOTE: I might not update this weekend because we have to take my computer in. I'm afraid something went wrong with the stupid hard-drive. I'll try to do my best.
Thank you for taking the time to read my work. And to all my supporters and reviewers! Feel free to review.
