{A/N: Wow. I got a review! Now I know what everyone's talking about when
they get all hyper and crazy from those! It's really cool. ^^ Ok, I'll try
not to make this story crawl.}
I slowed my run to a jog, and finally to a stop in front of Ivy's porch. Running half a mile in an intense heat wave was not something I usually enjoyed, or wanted to make a habit of. Leaning up against the softly painted white wall to catch my breath, I once more reflected upon the time. Now I was about a half an hour late, enough time to make someone as worrisome as Ivy conclude that I had been abducted by aliens or brutally murdered.
I suddenly remembered why I had come there, and slipped the plastic box out of my pocket. Gently taking out my Blue Eyes, I slipped it into the middle of my deck.
Straightening up and pushing open the door, the soft melody of a wind chime deep with in the house reached my ears. Within seconds, a very flustered Ivy had come out to greet me.
"Ebon! There you are! I was very worried, you know. where were you?" she said, rushing over and giving me the look equivalent to that of a long-lost sibling.
"Ivy, sorry you know, I met Kennie at the park and lost track of time." I said, rubbing the sweat off the back of my neck.
"Well, at least that's all you did!" she reprimanded, turning to walk through the living room.
I followed, shuffling my deck idly as I walked. Sometimes, for fun, I would shuffle my deck until I felt a pang of. something, and draw a hand of 5 cards from the top, just to see if I could really trust my instincts in a duel.
Flipping the first 5 cards off of the top, I felt my mouth drop open slightly.
Dark Magician, Ultimate Blue Eyes, Black Magic Curtain, Doma the Angel of Silence, and 1000 knives. What were the odds of getting all of my favorite cards in one hand?
Shrugging it off, I re-shuffled and sat down on the reclining white chair in Ivy's well-furnished den.
Ivy brushed a lock of blond away from her face, and pulled her deck out of an old, ancient looking box. I chuckled; I could always count on Ivy to have some new ancient artifact up her sleeve. While other girls spent their money on perfume of clothes, Ivy could always be found tearing through rickety antique stores or raiding the library for books on the past.
After we followed the traditional rule of shuffling each other's decks, I drew my hand of cards.
Black magic curtain. With that, I could summon my Dark Magician from my deck in the blink of an eye. Summoned skull, Ryu-Kishin Powered, Bottom Dweller, Ring of Magnetism. With that I could make all of Ivy's monsters on the field attack only one monster. Pretty good. Pretty good.
Ivy lay down a trap, and the perfect card. For my benefit, anyway. The Dark Magician's Assistant. If I lay down my Dark Magician, I could get a bonus of 300 attack points.
Smirking, I lay down my Black Magic Curtain, and said, "I use this card to directly summon my Dark Magician!"
With that, I shuffled through my deck, and pulled out my Magician triumphantly.
. Only to see Ivy holding up a de-spell card in my face.
Damn. "Well, fine then. I put Ryu-Kishin Powered in defense mode."
A long and grueling duel later, we had both dwindled each other's life points down to 300.
I drew from my deck, and held my breath as I flipped my only hope face up.
"I think this would be an opportune time to use my Eye of Truth." Ivy stated.
Wha-?!
Ivy playfully reached over the table and nabbed my hand, pulling it gently down.
I felt revealed. There, in plain view was my Musician King, Germ Infection, Immortal of Thunder, Dark Magician and.
"Blue Eyes Ultimate? Wow, I'm in trouble." Ivy murmured, aqua eyes going wide.
I snapped my head up, shocked. "Ivy, you know I can't use this card!"
"You can't?" she blinked, brow furrowing. "Why not?"
". It's a fusion card. I need. three Blue Eyes White Dragon."
". Oh."
I lay down my Dark Magician, a little disgruntled. "Attack mode on that defense mode card you just placed down."
She flipped up the defense card, looking a little shaken up. Not nearly as much as I was though.
Blue Eyes White Dragon.
Having wiped out my own Dark Magician by attacking a monster more powerful than it, my life points dropped to zero.
"Well, that was a great duel, Ebon! Thank you!" Ivy said.
I nodded, smiling and scooping up my deck. I'd always known that she had a Blue Eyes, but it wasn't until I got my own Blue Eyes Ultimate that I'd started to envy it slightly. Without three Blue Eyes White Dragon and a polymerization card (all of which were pretty rare) the very best card in my deck, with level twelve, attack of 4500 and defense of 3800. was utterly useless.
**BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM!** A horribly loud whamming on the door grabbed my attention.
"Uh!" Ivy started, leaping up. "I'm coming!"
I followed her to the door, but not before stopping to put my Blue Eyes back in its holder. An angry male voice followed by a flustered Ivy sounded from the front of the house.
Rounding the corner, I knew what was going on the second that the scene met my eyes. A VERY angry Will was interrogating Ivy, black eyes narrowed and looking like the very depths of hell. Behind him, Blaine tried futilely to calm his brother down.
"Will, don't yell! Will, calm down. Ivy, I'm so sorry, but you see- "
"Shut up, Blaine! This is important, and I'll yell all I want!" Will snapped at his brother, whipping to face him like a provoked scorpion.
"What's going on? Where's Kennie?" I asked, stepping out and giving him a warning look. If he thought that Ivy had done something to Kennie, he had poorer judgment than I had previously thought possible.
"THAT'S what I'm here for!" He snarled, turning on me, his new victim. "You. You were with him today, right? You must have been. You said you were going to the park today, and that's where he was last!" I had to admire how hard he worked to find someone to blame. The guy had gumption.
Glancing over from the worried Blaine to the warpath Will, I was once again struck by how different from each other they were. Blaine was blonde with green eyes, gentle and soft-spoken, who never liked to make waves. He was also quite people-friendly, but a bit too much for his own good.
Will, he was black haired, brown eyed, with a dark fire in his gaze to match it. He was suspicious, antisocial and quite brash.
I didn't realize that I had gotten wrapped up in my thoughts until Will exploded again.
"Tell me, Ebon!"
"Huh! Wha, oh right. Yeah, I was at the park. Kennie was there. And I did send him home. That was the last time I saw him. I'm not a kidnapper, you know. He should be home by now, did you check there?" I challenged, giving him a stoic glare.
This time Blaine calmly supplied the answer. ". Yes. He wasn't there."
"That's horrible." Ivy murmured, looking off to the right to think. I knew that she was probably upset at being accused like that, but if someone were in possible trouble, she would get mad at Will later. "We'll help you look for him, okay Will?"
"...." I guess Ivy took his silence as a "yes. Thank you".
"Where was he headed last?" Blaine asked me, with worry etched deeply into his features.
". Heading out of the park and heading east. Toward your home, I guess." I said, ripping my eyes from Will, who had turned Bing cherry red.
"Let's go." Will stated with finality in his voice that no one argued with.
*** {A/N: Ok, ok. I failed miserably at making this story go a little faster. **Sigh** you must be wondering now, if they will EVER become their favorite cards?? Next chapter. I PROMISE. X_X}
I slowed my run to a jog, and finally to a stop in front of Ivy's porch. Running half a mile in an intense heat wave was not something I usually enjoyed, or wanted to make a habit of. Leaning up against the softly painted white wall to catch my breath, I once more reflected upon the time. Now I was about a half an hour late, enough time to make someone as worrisome as Ivy conclude that I had been abducted by aliens or brutally murdered.
I suddenly remembered why I had come there, and slipped the plastic box out of my pocket. Gently taking out my Blue Eyes, I slipped it into the middle of my deck.
Straightening up and pushing open the door, the soft melody of a wind chime deep with in the house reached my ears. Within seconds, a very flustered Ivy had come out to greet me.
"Ebon! There you are! I was very worried, you know. where were you?" she said, rushing over and giving me the look equivalent to that of a long-lost sibling.
"Ivy, sorry you know, I met Kennie at the park and lost track of time." I said, rubbing the sweat off the back of my neck.
"Well, at least that's all you did!" she reprimanded, turning to walk through the living room.
I followed, shuffling my deck idly as I walked. Sometimes, for fun, I would shuffle my deck until I felt a pang of. something, and draw a hand of 5 cards from the top, just to see if I could really trust my instincts in a duel.
Flipping the first 5 cards off of the top, I felt my mouth drop open slightly.
Dark Magician, Ultimate Blue Eyes, Black Magic Curtain, Doma the Angel of Silence, and 1000 knives. What were the odds of getting all of my favorite cards in one hand?
Shrugging it off, I re-shuffled and sat down on the reclining white chair in Ivy's well-furnished den.
Ivy brushed a lock of blond away from her face, and pulled her deck out of an old, ancient looking box. I chuckled; I could always count on Ivy to have some new ancient artifact up her sleeve. While other girls spent their money on perfume of clothes, Ivy could always be found tearing through rickety antique stores or raiding the library for books on the past.
After we followed the traditional rule of shuffling each other's decks, I drew my hand of cards.
Black magic curtain. With that, I could summon my Dark Magician from my deck in the blink of an eye. Summoned skull, Ryu-Kishin Powered, Bottom Dweller, Ring of Magnetism. With that I could make all of Ivy's monsters on the field attack only one monster. Pretty good. Pretty good.
Ivy lay down a trap, and the perfect card. For my benefit, anyway. The Dark Magician's Assistant. If I lay down my Dark Magician, I could get a bonus of 300 attack points.
Smirking, I lay down my Black Magic Curtain, and said, "I use this card to directly summon my Dark Magician!"
With that, I shuffled through my deck, and pulled out my Magician triumphantly.
. Only to see Ivy holding up a de-spell card in my face.
Damn. "Well, fine then. I put Ryu-Kishin Powered in defense mode."
A long and grueling duel later, we had both dwindled each other's life points down to 300.
I drew from my deck, and held my breath as I flipped my only hope face up.
"I think this would be an opportune time to use my Eye of Truth." Ivy stated.
Wha-?!
Ivy playfully reached over the table and nabbed my hand, pulling it gently down.
I felt revealed. There, in plain view was my Musician King, Germ Infection, Immortal of Thunder, Dark Magician and.
"Blue Eyes Ultimate? Wow, I'm in trouble." Ivy murmured, aqua eyes going wide.
I snapped my head up, shocked. "Ivy, you know I can't use this card!"
"You can't?" she blinked, brow furrowing. "Why not?"
". It's a fusion card. I need. three Blue Eyes White Dragon."
". Oh."
I lay down my Dark Magician, a little disgruntled. "Attack mode on that defense mode card you just placed down."
She flipped up the defense card, looking a little shaken up. Not nearly as much as I was though.
Blue Eyes White Dragon.
Having wiped out my own Dark Magician by attacking a monster more powerful than it, my life points dropped to zero.
"Well, that was a great duel, Ebon! Thank you!" Ivy said.
I nodded, smiling and scooping up my deck. I'd always known that she had a Blue Eyes, but it wasn't until I got my own Blue Eyes Ultimate that I'd started to envy it slightly. Without three Blue Eyes White Dragon and a polymerization card (all of which were pretty rare) the very best card in my deck, with level twelve, attack of 4500 and defense of 3800. was utterly useless.
**BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM!** A horribly loud whamming on the door grabbed my attention.
"Uh!" Ivy started, leaping up. "I'm coming!"
I followed her to the door, but not before stopping to put my Blue Eyes back in its holder. An angry male voice followed by a flustered Ivy sounded from the front of the house.
Rounding the corner, I knew what was going on the second that the scene met my eyes. A VERY angry Will was interrogating Ivy, black eyes narrowed and looking like the very depths of hell. Behind him, Blaine tried futilely to calm his brother down.
"Will, don't yell! Will, calm down. Ivy, I'm so sorry, but you see- "
"Shut up, Blaine! This is important, and I'll yell all I want!" Will snapped at his brother, whipping to face him like a provoked scorpion.
"What's going on? Where's Kennie?" I asked, stepping out and giving him a warning look. If he thought that Ivy had done something to Kennie, he had poorer judgment than I had previously thought possible.
"THAT'S what I'm here for!" He snarled, turning on me, his new victim. "You. You were with him today, right? You must have been. You said you were going to the park today, and that's where he was last!" I had to admire how hard he worked to find someone to blame. The guy had gumption.
Glancing over from the worried Blaine to the warpath Will, I was once again struck by how different from each other they were. Blaine was blonde with green eyes, gentle and soft-spoken, who never liked to make waves. He was also quite people-friendly, but a bit too much for his own good.
Will, he was black haired, brown eyed, with a dark fire in his gaze to match it. He was suspicious, antisocial and quite brash.
I didn't realize that I had gotten wrapped up in my thoughts until Will exploded again.
"Tell me, Ebon!"
"Huh! Wha, oh right. Yeah, I was at the park. Kennie was there. And I did send him home. That was the last time I saw him. I'm not a kidnapper, you know. He should be home by now, did you check there?" I challenged, giving him a stoic glare.
This time Blaine calmly supplied the answer. ". Yes. He wasn't there."
"That's horrible." Ivy murmured, looking off to the right to think. I knew that she was probably upset at being accused like that, but if someone were in possible trouble, she would get mad at Will later. "We'll help you look for him, okay Will?"
"...." I guess Ivy took his silence as a "yes. Thank you".
"Where was he headed last?" Blaine asked me, with worry etched deeply into his features.
". Heading out of the park and heading east. Toward your home, I guess." I said, ripping my eyes from Will, who had turned Bing cherry red.
"Let's go." Will stated with finality in his voice that no one argued with.
*** {A/N: Ok, ok. I failed miserably at making this story go a little faster. **Sigh** you must be wondering now, if they will EVER become their favorite cards?? Next chapter. I PROMISE. X_X}