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Takeover
Chapter Two
Trapped in the Forest
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"Hurry up Amaya," Shizuka said impatiently. They were going on a trail in the forest. It was the trail that the students in an advanced Attack Class took to practice without everyone looking. Yugi and Yami thought that it was a good idea to familiarize Shizuka and Amaya with the trail since they were new to the school.
"I'm almost done," Amaya answered.
"What are you doing in there that's making you take so long?"
"Right now I'm braiding my hair"
"It takes you that long to braid your hair?!?"
"Yup"
"Why?"
"'Cause it has to be completely perfect."
"Just hurry up, okay?"
"Done!" Amaya said walking out of the bathroom. "Let's go." They walked down the stairs and into the Main Hall to find Yugi, Rebecca, Yami, Jounouchi, Honda, Otogi, and Mitsu waiting for them. It looked like they had been waiting for a while too since they looked bored to death.
"What took you so long?" Yami asked.
"Let me guess," Mitsu said, "you were braiding your hair?"
"Yup," Amaya answered
"As always," Mitsu said.
"C'mon let's go," Yugi said, "If we go now we might actually get back in time for dinner." The group went to the forest which was near the lake in back of the school. Yugi led them along the path just outside the forest until they reached a very large tree. They went into the forest that way and continued along the trail.
Suddenly they heard a big explosion behind them. They whirled around to see what it was. They saw a dark cloud surrounding the school. There was lighting from all different kinds of mages, even mixed mages, coming from the cloud and hitting the school and grounds near it starting different types of fire eating at each other.
"I sense a Dark Mage at work" Yami said.
"How do you know?" Rebecca asked.
"All mages of the same type are connected to one another… some are even connected to other types of mages… those are just the super powerful mages though." Yami looked at Yugi who didn't look like he was listening. "I can only sense other dark mages, but Yugi can sense almost anything." Now everyone was looking at Yugi, who didn't even notice.
"Hey Yug, somethin' the matter?" Jou asked waving his hand in front of Yugi's face. Yugi didn't respond. "What's up with Yugi?"
"All I know is that his mind is not here right now. He's trying to find out what's going on over their." Yami looked toward the school.
"How do you know this?" Otogi asked.
"Yugi told him," Rebecca said, "He told Yami a lot over the summer."
"Like what?" Amaya asked curiously.
"Like… the real truth about the last Light Mage… Her name was Annot… something."
"Oh…" Amaya started, but couldn't say anymore because that was when Yugi 'woke up.'
"What did ya find out Yugi," Honda asked.
"Not much… All I know is that a Dark Mage took over the school and he was looking for me… but someone was dangerous to him. I think theirs is supposed to be one person that knows his secret or something."
"Anything else?" Amaya asked.
"Well, he wanted me to be out of the school when he attacked… and that other person. I have no idea why though."
"What about all the other people in the school?" Shizuka asked.
"I don't know… We'll have to get them out, so that no one gets hurt."
"Not everyone is in there," Rebecca said.
"Yeah that's right," Yami chipped in, "I saw a few other groups of people go out for a walk on the trails."
"Then we should find them first." Yugi said, "If we want to get inside the school to get everyone else out we're gonna need more than just us."
"We shouldn't go out of the forest though," Otogi said, "It would be a lot easier for them to find us."
"Yeah, we should probably go to the clearing farther ahead. Another trail leads to the same place; someone might have taken that one." Honda said.
"That's a good idea," Yugi said.
The group headed down the trail – Yugi leading. Before they could walk very far a net flew out of nowhere falling on Yugi. Said person summoned his Light Sword and cut the net open so he could get out. Just as he stepped out a score of green monkeys fell from the trees and surrounded him. More monkeys came down and surrounded the rest of the group who surrounded Shizuka and Amaya because they were inexperienced.
"These are Earth Monkeys… they're weak against fire. Otogi, Jounouchi you have the upper hand here." Yugi said.
"The vines are attacking me!" Shizuka screamed.
"Don't try to get rid of the vines!" Yugi yelled… But it was too late Shizuka already had already conjured a Wind Gust to try and blow the vines away. "If anyone except a fire mage attacks the vines there will just be more of them. Especially wind mages… they're weak against earth." By this time everyone was tangled in thick vines. The vines were so thick that hard for anyone to move. "Joey, Otogi… use fire." At this point Yugi was weakening a lot because the vines were blocking the sun from view completely and since he was a light mage it took a lot of his energy.
Everything was silent for a moment. Suddenly there was a huge blast of fire that came from Jounouchi's direction. The vines immediately dissolved into nothing and everyone fell to the ground from where they had been held up by the vines. Jou was completely made of fire. He charged at the monkeys in a burning rage killing more than just a few. When all the monkeys were gone, or dead, Jou looked back to see everyone staring at him. It was then that he calmed down.
Jou walked over to where the others were standing and saw Yugi laying on the ground. Yami followed his stare and answered the question he never asked. "The monkey's did something to him… it wasn't coincidence that they attacked us, they were sent to do that."
"What did they do to him?"
"I don't know… but it was more than just blocking the sun."
"Why would someone want to do this to Yugi?"
"So that he would be weak and easier to catch."
"We'll protect him," Jou said.
"We won't always be there for him Jou… As Yugi gets weaker whoever is behind here also learns of our weaknesses," Otogi said.
"I expect there will be a lot of tests ahead," Honda commented, "for both Yugi and us."
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There's a hint at the beginning of this chapter for those of you who are trying to guess who the mystery people are. I hope that you guys liked it and, as always, one review to continue. Thanks, see ya next time.