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Chapter 8: Duels, Mind Slaves, and Daggers
Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh: Coming of the Destined
"Very well I agree," Marik's mind slave said.
"Let's duel!" both of us said.
Now on Yu-Gi-Oh…
Marik: 4000 Jhada: 4000
The mind slave's deck leader was the Giant Soldier of Stone and he chose to go first. He played Garoozis (1800/1500) in attack mode and two face down cards that I knew were trap cards. The play got handed to me. I looked at my hand and saw two pieces of Exodia, my Dark Magician, Morphing Jar #2, and Waboku. I drew my next card and saw Pot of Greed.
"I play Pot of Greed allowing me to draw 2 cards," I said drawing two new cards.
'Hmm another piece of Exodia and Spirit of the Harp,' I thought to myself.
"I play a monster in defense and another one face down," I said laying my Spirit of the Harp down, "I end."
Marik: 4000 Jhada: 4000
"Very well I play Gearfried the Iron Giant in attack mode," he said as the image of Gearfried appeared, "Gearfried attack her face down card."
The image of Gearfried attacked my card and the Spirit of the Harp appeared, unharmed.
"Smart girl, but the same trick won't work twice on me," he said.
"I won't need to repeat myself again after the next couple of turns," I told him smirking.
"Very well I end my turn," he said
Marik: 3800 Jhada: 4000
I drew my next card and saw my Ookazi card, "I play Ookazi to attack your life points directly, 800 direct damage."
The card activated and threw fireballs at the mind slave causing him to stagger momentarily. I smirked and ended my turn.
Marik: 3000 Jhada: 4000
Marik's mind slave drew his next card and ended his turn. I knew he had something up his sleeve. I still needed to worry about his two face down cards. I drew my next card and saw the fourth piece of Exodia. Now all I needed was the last piece, but it may take awhile to retrieve.
"I lay another card in defense and end," I told him.
Marik: 3000 Jhada: 4000
The man drew another card and just smiled, "I tribute my two cards to bring out Serpent Night Dragon (2350/2400). And because I cannot attack yet I will lay down one card as well and end my turn."
'Hikari I thought his deck wasn't powerful,' Jhada said a twinge of worry in her voice.
'' It isn't. Don't worry we only need one more piece plus we can tribute to bring out DM next turn if we want, '' I said.
'Okay, but the Morphing Jar…' Jhada began and then it hit her, use it's effect.
Marik: 3000 Jhada: 4000
I drew my next card and saw Monster Reborn," I activate Morphing Jar #2, that means your Serpent is reshuffled into your deck and so are my two cards."
I shuffled them into my deck and began drawing cards and luck have it my first two cards were what I needed, Island Turtle and Spirit of the Harp.
"And now since I haven't summoned yet I tribute to bring out Dark Magician in attack mode. And I end my turn," I told him.
Marik: 3000 Jhada: 4000
He drew his next card and laid it down in defense before ending his turn. I drew my next card and saw that I had Harpy's Feather Duster.
"I play Harpy's Feather Duster to get rid of your trap cards. And now Dark Magician, Dark Magic attack," I said.
Dark Magician destroyed his face down card and returned to stand in front of me. I felt Tai shift besides me and I realized he wanted to offer one of his leader abilities.
"I now activate one of my deck leader's abilities. Any spell caster can attack twice during the battle phase. It is only good though once per duel," I said, "Dark Magician attack his life points."
Dark Magician attacked the mind slave and I then ended my turn.
Marik: 500 Jhada: 4000
The man drew a card and set one monster in defense. He then ended his turn. I drew my card and saw the last piece of Exodia. My heart leapt and I knew this duel was over.
"Marik remember our deal," I began, "I play the unstoppable Exodia. Exodia, Obliterate."
The mind slave stared in utter amazement at what just occurred. He walked towards me and handed me his locator card and rare card, Serpent Night Dragon (2350/2400).
"You may have won this round, but this is far from over," Marik said through his slave, "Now a little something to remember me by."
At that I felt the sharp, cold steel of a knife cut into my left side. I let out a small gasp of pain before the man left. I blocked out my pain so my dark wouldn't worry about what had happened.
'Hikari are you okay?' she asked me knowing something happened.
'' I am fine, just a little scratch is all. I think we should find Seto, '' I responded.
I left the alley way feeling a little weak from the blood seeping into my shirt. It's a good thing I wore black today. As I made my way towards the town square, a few people would stare at me before continuing their walking. Right now I only wanted to sit down and rest, but I didn't want anyone to know I was hurt. Tai watched me concerned, but even he didn't know how bad it was.
I saw Seto up ahead in a duel. Just as I walked next to Mokuba, Seto's Blue-Eyes won the duel for him. I smiled at the CEO happy that he won. He came up to me and saw the blood on my hand covering my left side. His eyes flashed with concern as he led myself and Mokuba away from the crowd.
"Jade are you okay? What happened?" he asked me.
"I'm fine. It's just a scratch," I told him not mentioning what happened, "Come on I have to meet up with Yugi."
"But…" he began but saw both myself and Mokuba performing the dreaded puppy dog eyes, "Very well."
"Yay!" Mokuba shouted out excited.
"They're by the hot dog stand," I told Mokuba.
The younger Kaiba sibling ran down the street leaving Seto and myself alone. I walked slowly feeling my energy being sapped by the pain and the effort to keep the mind link closed. Soon we arrived at the hotdog stand where Mokuba was already eating a hotdog. Yugi and company saw us coming and came up to the two of us. I saw Yugi eyeing my side suspiciously and realized that it was actually Yami standing before me. My head swam momentarily before I regained my sense of balance.
"Jade are you okay?" Yami asked me softly so the others wouldn't hear.
"Yami I am fine. It's just a scratch is all," I told him weakly and staggered on my feet.
Yami grabbed me to prevent me from falling, but in the process he set his hand right on my hurt side. I yelled out as white hot pain shot through my very being. I saw darkness as I went limp in Yami's arms. When I came to I saw I was in the hospital. It was also night and I saw Yugi asleep on the chair. My duel disk and deck were sitting on the table beside my bed. I shifted to grab the system and felt a jolt of pain run through my side. I ignored it and activated my deck leader. Tai looked at me worry in his eyes. I heard a soft rustle of clothing and saw Ergos, Yugi's Dark Magician standing by my bedside. Yugi must of put his deck leader on stand-by mode.
"Sorceress, are you feeling better?" Tai asked me.
"Yes much better. How did I get here anyway?" I inquired.
"Kaiba brought you after her heard you shout out," Yami said, "I am sorry for harming you."
"Yami it is not your fault. I was too stubborn to realize just how much I needed help," I told the spirit, "Where is Seto?"
"Out in the hallway on the phone most likely," Yami commented dryly.
I heard the door open and saw Jenni come running in followed by Seto Kaiba. Yami was surprised to see her and stood between us. I set my hand on his arm and he moved to the side. Both our deck leaders watched silently.
"Jenni?" I began hoping that Marik had kept his end of the bargain.
"You did it. You beat Marik at his own game and freed me," she said excited, "Now I can't wait until you beat him for real."
I just shook my head, "I don't plan on facing anyone anytime soon. I may possibly withdraw from the tournament."
"What?!" Yami and Seto yelled at the same time.
"Why do you with to give up?" Seto asked as he stepped to the side of my hospital bed.
I looked down at my hands refusing to make eye contact, "I don't think I can… um … face Marik again. Even if it is one of his mind slaves. That and I am going to be behind in getting locator cards by the time I get out of here."
"Nonsense," Seto began coldly, "I have never heard of someone giving up as easily as you are. Do not make me renege what I told you a week ago."
I felt tears of shame roll down my cheeks at our conversation, "I am sorry Seto, Yami, but I cannot put any of you in harms way."
"Jade think about reconsidering," Yami said, "I will see you in the morning."
He left the room, Ergos also vanishing from the room. Seto sat down on the edge of my bed and took my hand into his. Tai vanished leaving us to have a private conversation. I did not make eye contact with the CEO as we sat in strained silence.
"Jade…" Seto began softly, "I… um …"
I looked up at Seto Kaiba my eyes looking into his cold blue ones. I saw many rampant emotions hidden within their depths. I wondered he was thinking to cause such a look in his eyes. He took a deep breath trying to control the emotions threatening to escape.
"Seto, I'm afraid that I will not be able to fight off Marik and Osiris for very much longer," I began quietly, "I got lucky today on beating him. He wants me as his mind slave and if I hadn't been luck enough to win I would have been. I don't think I will be able to win again."
Seto took me into his arms, "Jade remember that you are not alone in this. You have Yugi, the dog, and the others to help you through this. Prove to Marik that he cannot scare you and that you are stronger than him and Osiris. Do not quit."
I looked up at Kaiba surprised at such deep thoughts, "Seto what about you? Will you be there for me?"
"I am not sure is I will be good for you, especially in this time of raw emotions," Seto began quietly.
"Seto, I cannot do this alone…" I began but Kaiba interrupted me.
"You aren't alone, Yugi and …" but I interrupted Kaiba anger and hurt in my eyes.
"I don't care about Yugi and them. I need you to be there for me. Please," I pleaded with him.
"I have to go. I will be by in the morning to see about getting you out of here," he said getting up from the bed.
"Seto, tell me from the bottom of you heart that you don't want me to quit," I told him.
He turned from and quietly said, "I don't want you to quit."
I knew he meant it as I watched him leave my room. I laid down and lost myself in my thoughts. I felt Jhada step into my soul room and I entered my room. She watched me carefully as I sat on the chair there.
"Hikari you care for the Sorcerers reincarnation don't you," she said.
"I do not know of what you speak of," I commented.
"You do," she said confirming her statement.
'Do I?' I thought to myself, 'I mean he is intelligent, handsome, and an enigma needing to be solved. I must care about him, especially if I only wanted him to be there for me.'
"Jhada do you think I should continue on with the tournament?" I asked my dark.
"I think that you should allow your heart to decide," she said, "And now rest would be the best for you."
"Thanks and I am sorry that I did not tell you that I was hurt," I told her.
"I would of done the same though," she said, "Now good-night aibou."
"Good-night," I said appearing back into my body.
I laid down and fell asleep dreaming about Osiris and Marik torturing my friends…
JK: *sitting down on the edge of the bed waiting on angry, rabid fans* Okay so another cliffy people.
YJK: *carrying in a authoress mallet taken from JK's closet* get ready troops and attack…
JK: EEP! *takes off running again*
Angry Mob of Rabid Fans: Get her *running after JK with pitch forks, knives, rocks, sticks…*
JK: Well people I'll let Duke Devlin, Tristin, and Serenity give you the low down on what's to come.
Duke Devlin: Alright people the first episode of Yu-Gi-Oh is slowly coming to a close…
Tristin: And if you guys have been good little boys and girls maybe you will get the finish by Christmas…
Serenity: And still review no matter what… JK loves to read them…
Yugi: And as always have a good night…
JK: *running in the distance* Have a good holiday peoples and listen to Seto Kaiba…
Seto: *pulls out a script* Oooo sneak peak at the next story…
Sneak Peak: Jade, Seto, and the YGO gang have to deal with a new evil even worse than Osiris. How can the crew defeat an enemy that they can't even see and seems to know about Jade's origins. Stay tuned for the next episode: Yu-Gi-Oh: Prophecies Crumble, Destinies Destroyed.
JK: Ja Ne