Ch. 38 The Queen and The Gambler
Jaden yawned as he began to rise out of bed. As Jaden rubbed his eyes, he looked over towards the calender. 'Tomorrow's the day everyone experiences the true Duel Monsters Spirit Day.' Jaden thought as he then looked at the time, 12:30 in the afternoon. 'Wow, good thing it's Saturday. Looks like we all stayed up a little too late.' Jaden felt movement besides him and turned to see Alexis waking up. "Good morning, beautiful." Jaden said as he leaned down and kiss Alexis on the lips.
"Morning Jay." Alexis said with a contnet smile as she full sat up. Once again, the two lovers only had the blanket covering their naked bodies. Alexis streched as she said, "Next time we plan to make love until the crack of dawn, remind me how sore my body was the next morning."
"I doubt that would stop you." Jaden said with a perverse smirk. Alexis returned that smirk before she was lifted bridal style out of bed by Jaden. "I'll take you to the hot tub to relax your sore muscles." Alexis could only sigh in content as she buried her head further into Jaden's chest. Once they entered the bathroom, Jaden sat Alexis on a stool while he prepared the hot tub. After a few minutes, Jaden once again lifted Alexis up before setting her inside of the hot tub, sitting next to her a moment latter. Alexis released a pleasurable moan as she felt her body relax. "Hey, Alexis."
"Yah." Alexis asked as she looked over to Jaden, his expression serious.
"I been thinking about this for a while, and I think I should give you the Wicked God Cards." Jaden said.
"What?" Alexis gasped, not expecting this. "Why would you do that?"
"Soon, I may be in the possession of the Sacred Beast Cards." Jaden began his explanation. "It would be hard to fit all nine cards into my deck and the Sacred Beasts would be easier for me to summon since Raviel, Lord of Phantasms requires the sacrifice of three Fiend-Type monsters."
"Oh." Alexis said, still sounding surprised. "Are you absolutely sure you want to give them to me?"
"Of course." Jaden said with a smirk. "I already trust you with two Signer Dragons. Plus, your my girlfriend." Alexis smiled and agreed to take the cards before they continued to relax in the hot tub.
"So, that is Duel Academy." a man with a French accent said as he watched Duel Academy from his position on a yacht.
"Indeed it is Pierre." a man said as he approached the French man. "They say that duelists of only the greatest skills are allowed to enter. Makes you think that their card game has high stakes in it." The man laughed, closing his eyes for a few moments as he did. When he openned them, Pierre was gone. A few seconds later, he noticed Pierre on a jet ski heading towards Duel Academy.
'Finally.' Pierre thought as he went straight towards Duel Academy. 'I will finally be able to seak my revenge upon the one person who ever beat me at anything.'
Sheppard sighed in his office. 'Peace and quiet. I'm not exactly sure if I should be greatful or if I should worry that the leader of the Shadow Riders has not made a recent attempt at gaining the Seven Spirit Keys.' Sheppard's thoughts were interrupted when he heard Crowler's voice yelling at someone from behind his door.
"Hey!" Crowler shrieked. "You can't just go in their! Are you even paying attention to me? Listen when I am speaking to you, you ungrateful little..." Whatever Crowler was about to say stopped as Sheppard's office doors opened to reveal a French looking man with a briefcase. "Forgive me Chancellor Sheppard, but he would not listen to a word I said." Crowler actually apologized as he stepped next to Sheppard.
"It's alright Crowler." Sheppard said, his voice revealing that he just wanted to skip straight down to business. "So, what do you want Mr..."
"Call me Pierre." the French man said as he set the briefcase on Sheppard's desk and opened it, revealing that it was full of money. "I am here to duel one of your students. If you had thoughts of disagreeing, then surely this money will change your mind."
Outside of Sheppard's office, Jaden, Alexis, Zane, and Atticus were heading to speak to Sheppard about their progress concerning locating Banner, the last Shadow Rider, and current attacks that may have happened from people in the Society of Light. They all stopped when they heard Sheppard's voice raising in anger. "If you actually believe that you can storm into my office and demand to duel one of my students, then you are mistaken!" Jaden, Alexis, Zane, and Atticus all looked at each other in confusion. "I don't care how much money you are offering. To show up like this is disrespectful."
"I suggest you leave before we get our Shadow Duelists to escort you out of here." Crowler threaten. Now Jaden and the others were really confused.
"Ah, but it is the one known as Alexis Rhodes that I want to duel." Jaden and the others heard from a man with a French accent. Alexis gasped before her eyes narrowed. Alexis then marched to Sheppard's office doors as they slid open.
"Pierre." Alexis practically growled out as she glared at the man.
"Ah , Alexis." Pierre said as he tossed her a rose. Before the rose could even reach Alexis, it burst into flames from her shadow powers.
"What are you doing here?" Alexis asked, sounding more annoyed then anyone ever heard from her.
"You know him?" Sheppard asked.
"We used to be friends." Alexis answered. "But that quickly ended when he stole something from me."
"He did what now?" Jaden said, his eyes immediately turning gold.
"Alexis, all I want is a duel." Pierre said, sounding kind, but Jaden, Alexis, Zane, and Atticus could see the true malice behind those eyes.
"Fine." Alexis accepted. "But if I win, you return what you stole and I never see you again."
"I accept." Pierre said. "But if I win, you leave Duel Academy and become my fiancé." Jaden's eyes turned a dark gold as pure furry shown in them. Alexis's eyes quickly reflexed Jaden's in both color and emmotion. Everyone in the entire island suddenly shivered upon feeling the pure hatred radiating throughout the entire area, originating from Sheppard's office.
"Now you just raised the stakes to something you can't take back." Alexis stated s she turned to leave. "Meet me in the Obelisk Blue arena in half an hour." With that, Alexis, Jaden, Zane, and Atticus all left.
"Is everyone here?" Sheppard asked as he looked all around. He saw Jaden and his group of friends, Team 5D's, and Yugi and his group. "Good. Now, let this duel begin!"
"Let's duel!" Pierre said as he drew five cards from his deck.
"Get your game on!" Alexis said as she added five cards to her hand.
Alexis-4000/Pierre-4000
"I'll start." Alexis said as she drew. "I activate Polymerization to fuse Etoile Cyber and Blade Skater to bring out Cyber Blader!" Etoile Cyber and Blade Skater jumped into the vortex before Cyber Blader appeared on the field. "Next, I summon Witch of the Black Rose!" Black Rose appeared on the field. "Now, I must draw a card and reveal it. If it's not a monster, both that card and Black Rose are sent to the graveyard." Alexis drew a card and revealed it to be Rose Fairy. "When Rose Fairy is added to my hand by card effect, I can automatically summon her to the field." Rose Fairy appeared next to Black Rose. "I now tune my level 4 Witch of the Black Rose with my level 3 Rose Fairy!" Witch of the Black Rose transformed into 4 gren rings before they surrounded Rose Fairy, changing her into 3 stars. "Let the spirit of the earth intertwine with the essence of the sky. Pitch-dark flower, set into bloom!" A pillar of light erupted behind Alexis. "I Synchro Summon the Black Rose Dragon!" Black Rose Dragon roared as she appeared behind Alexis. "I set two cards face down and end my turn." Two cards appeared in front of Alexis.
"It's my turn." Pierre said as he drew his card. "I summon Gamble Angel Bunny in attack mode!" Angel Bunny appeared in front of Pierre. "Next, I activate a card known as Second Coin Toss." Another card appeared on the field. "Now, I use Gamble Angel Bunny's effect. I flip a coin and if it's heads, you lose 1000 life points. If it's tails, I lose 1000." Pierre then took out a coin and tossed it. The coin landed tails up.
"Guess your luck as a gambler isn't so great after all." Alexis said.
"Now the effect of Second Coin Toss is activated." Pierre said. "I can negate one coin toss and toss again." Pierre tossed the coin again and this time heads was face up. "Now, you lose 1000 life points."
Alexis-3000/Pierre-4000
"Is that all you got?" Alexis asked, examining her nails. 'To tell the truth, this is a perfect oppertunity to see how well I can control the Wicked God Cards. Luckily, I feel the presence of one coming up very soon.' Pierre seem to become angry upon seeing Alexis looking bored.
"Why aren't you paying attention to me?" Pierre asked. "We're in the middle of a duel."
"I don't pay attention to thiefs." Alexis said. "I tried to be your firend and you stole the gift my mother gave to me!"
"You mean this." Pierre said as he picked up a red cloth from his shirt pocket. "You know, this has become some what of a lucky charm for me over the years."
"Well, I'm about to take it back." Alexis replied.
"We'll see." Pierre said as he placed a card face down on the field. "I place on card face down and end my turn."
"Draw!" Alexis said as she drew. "I activate Card of Sanctity so we each draw until we hold six cards in our hands." Alexis and Pierre drew until they held six cards in their hands. "Next, I activate De-Fusion to bring back Etoile Cyber and Blade Skater!" Cyber Blader separated into Etoile cyber and Blade Skater. "I know sacrifice all three monster!"
"What?" Pierre asked, shocked. "What do you possible have that requires you to sacrifice all three monster?"
"I summon out The Wicked Dreadroot!" Alexis shouted as she slid Dreadroot's card into her duel disk. Dreadroot towered over Alexis from behind as he glared Pierre.
"Since when does Alexis posses the Wicked God Cards?" Chazz gasped.
"Gave them to her this morning." Jaden said with a wicked smirk, already making plans for Pierre after Alexis's duel with him. "She's proven more than once that she has earned them."
"Dreadroot halves your Gable Angel Bunny's attack!" Alexis said as Angel Bunny's attack dropped to 600. "I use Monster Reborn to bring back Black Rose Dragon!" Black Rose Dragon as she reappeared with 1200 attack points. "I attack Gamble Angel Bunny with The Wicked Dreadroot!" Dreadroot easily took out Gamble Angel Bunny.
Alexis-3000/Pierre-400
"I now attack with Black Rose Dragon!" Alexis said.
"I activate Fairy Box!" Pierre said. "If I call a coin toss right, the attcking monster losses all of their attack points until the end of the Battle Phase."
"I use the Quick-Play Spell Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Second Coin Toss." Alexis said as the spell card was destroyed. "Now, let's test how good you truly are at gambling."
"I'll prove it to you!" Pierre said; however, he sounded nervous. Pierre then tossed the coin into the air. "Tails." Everyone watched as the coin dropped and landed on heads. "No!"
"Pierre, then one thing you were good at was gambling and you weren't even great at that!" Alexis said. "Black Rose Dragon, finish him off!" Black Rose Dragon attacked Pierre directly.
Alexis-3000/Pierre-0
Pierre dropped to his knees as Alexis approached him. Alexis than took the red cloth from him. "A gift I recived from my mother and you stole it. I never want to see you again." Alexis then began to walk away before she remembered something. "Oh, I think Jaden has a few things to say to you before you leave about trying to take me as you fiancé." Out of nowhere, Jaden appeared in front of Pierre, took him by the back of his collar, and began to drag him away into a near by storage room filled with extra parts for the Dueling Platform just in case a part of it gets damaged.
"We need to talk." Jaden said in a voice that had everyone, even Kaiba, sweating in fear. A few seconds later after Jaden entered the storage room, shouts of terror could be heard emitting from Pierre.
"Should we stop him?" Syrus asked, sounding more terrified then ever before.
"You can try." Chazz said. Everyone agreed right their and then that they would leave Jaden alone. After about five minutes, Jaden came out of the storage room. Pierre soon followed with his eyes as wide as they can be, his clothes completely drenched in sweat, and a look of pure horror frozen on his face. Everyone once again agreed together, agreeing not to ask what Jaden had said or done to Pierre. "Hey Carly, make sure to let the media know that this is what will happen to anyone that thinks they can win over another person in a duel, especially if that person happens to be Alexis."
"R-right Jaden." Carly said as she laughed nervously. Alexis giggled as Pierre seemed to snap out of whatever state he was in and ran away as if a demon was chasing him and with an angry Jaden, it may as well be a demon.
"So, what did you do to him?" Alexis asked with a wide smirk.
"Penalty Game, Illusion of Death." Jaden replied. "I had him experience death several times with that." Everyone except Alexis once again began to sweat excessively upon hearing that. "Anyway," Jaden began as he clasped his hands together with a wide smirk on his face, "I want everyone to met me inside of the boy's public bathhouse at noon." All the girls suddenly blushed at the thought of them entering the boy's public bathhouse. "Oh and Carly, if you can start filming live at that time then you will get the scoop of a life time."
"Alright." Carly said, starting to plan how she will get live feed to every network station. After that, everyone headed off to their dorm rooms or where ever they were staying so that they could prepare for tomorrow.