((I'm not sure if anyone noticed, but I messed up the first time I posted this chapter. So, I have re-posted. If you reviewed already, namely Sonic, please review again. Thankies!))
TCG: Well, I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and will have a Happy new year!
Yugi: What if there Jewish? (Peeking out from underneath a pile of wrapping paper).
TCG: Must we always be politically correct?
Yugi: Uh…yes?
TCG: (sighs) Happy Hanukah…Happy Kwanza…did I miss anything?
Yugi: You forget Festivus!
TCG: Oh yeah, Happy…-hey wait, Yuge, that isn't a holiday!
Yugi: It is on that one show. GASP!!!
TCG: What?
Yugi: We need a Festivus Pole!
TCG: Here, use this wrapping paper role cardboard thing…
Yugi: (sighs) Ok, I guess that will do. Festivus for the Rest of us, people! (Hides underneath pile of wrapping paper again)
TCG: Yugi, why are you under a pile of wrapping paper…
Yugi: Uh…no reason…
TCG: (Quickly grabs off wrapping paper) AHA!!! O.o Hey, Yugi…
Yugi: Yeah…
TCG: Is that a suit your wearing?
Yugi: (Is wearing a fancy white tuxedo) Um…no…
TCG: What's the occasion…
Yugi: Um…my funeral?
TCG: OMIGASP! Are you dieing Yugi?
Yugi: I will once you see this…(Holds up TCG's new MP3 player covered in melted Kit Kat bites…
TCG: (twitch, twitch)
Yugi: I'm sorry! I didn't mean to! It was an accident!
TCG: That's ok…
Yugi: Please don't kill…what?!? I just ruined your Christmas present!
TCG: Watch the magic of warranties, my friend…(dials random phone number) Yeah, hi, my MP3 player is defective, can I get it replaced? Thank you! (hangs up) It should be coming right about (package flops in front of TCG) now! Ta-da! (Holds up brand spanking new MP3 player.)
Yugi: TCG, that wasn't even defective! It was covered in chocolate and wafers!
TCG: It didn't work, did it?
Yugi: No, but…
TCG: Then it was defective.
Yugi: If you say so.
TCG: Anyway, we've got a good chapter for you today, so Yugi, may we have the honor of the disclaimer.
Yugi: I should make use of this tuxedo…hmm… (in game show like voice) This fan fiction is brought to you by TCGgirl124, who owns this story and Alexa!
TCG: (There's audience clapping and wooting coming from a magical button she pressed out of nowhere).
Yugi: (In really fast voice, like on radio commercials with all the official rules.) TCGgirl124 does not own or have anything to do with YuGiOh or it's characters. These such events are completely fictitious and any relations thereof are completely coincidental. YuGiOh and it's related characters were invented by Kazuki Takahashi.
TCG: Good job Yugi! Now, on with the story!
Yugi: (is bowing in front of audience that appears out of nowhere.)
TCG: PS, the two last songs are Linkin Parks "Breaking the Habit" and Avril Lavignes' "Take me Away". I do not own either of them at all.
Alexa struggled to stand but she was so tired…so…tired…Soon just the strain of staying-to was too much to bear, and soon she lost consciousness.
"Alexa!"
"I'll give her 5 minutes…if by then, she doesn't awaken, the "فوز1" is mine!"
"You coward! You used magic in that attack to do that to her!" Yugi yelled.
"So what, she's got her own! If she's half of what she seems to be, she'll عن؛2" Bakura answered.
"No way! I won't just let her lay there…"
"Nuh-uh, cause if you do…" At this point Bakura pulled out the millennium puzzle. "I'll smash this to pieces.
Yugi grunted. But what could he do?
Alexa lay there….
Was she awake? Or was she dreaming? Was she even alive?
Then, Yugi was there…
He didn't really just appear out of nowhere, but it wasn't gradual either. It was like she just noticed him, like he'd just came into focus.
"Yugi…"
"Alexa. You have to get up. Our whole journey is counting on you…"
"I can't…I'm sorry…" Alexa made out.
Yugi held up his hand in an arm-wrestling kind of way, but not for arm wrestling. It was in that way for that hand-clasp similar to a high five he often did with his friends.
What happened next was a blur…
Alexa raised her hand to clasp his, when suddenly Yugi said "Alexa, I promise this won't hurt a bit." Before Alexa had time to question him, Yami took over. Since it had all happened so suddenly, Alexa ended up clasping his hand. As soon as she did, a surge of electricity surged through her. She wondered what was going on, but as soon as that thought entered her head, it was over.
"Alexa, are you alright?"
"She only has 2 minutes left. It looks like this duel's mine." Bakura laughed at Yami.
"No, she'll make it. Her will is strong." Yami added. It was true, since she had done a remarkable job trying to fight off the shadows. But the longer they waited, the more it seemed impossible to happen.
Alexa lay there, stunned. As soon as her mind went through all that happened, she answered Yami. "Yeah…"
"How do you feel?"
Now, if he hadn't asked that, Alexa wouldn't have noticed that she felt a ton better. "Great…but…how did an electric shock make me feel better?"
Yami shrugged. "Just part of the magic I guess…" he smiled, like he'd done something he could always do yet no one noticed.
Alexa understood. He'd used some magic…but…
"It won't last long Alexa. That's why you have to hurry, before we all lose…"
Alexa nodded. "But, how do I get out of here?"
The millennium symbol suddenly showed up on Yami's forehead. "Open your mind!!"
Alexa gasped, because suddenly she was awake in reality.
Yugi was the first to notice. "She's awake! And with out a moment to spare!"
Alexa smiled at her welcome and got back on top of the podium. "Now, Bakura. That Shadow Spell isn't effective anymore!" She said excitedly. "And I believe it's my move?"
Bakura grunted, but let her proceed.
"Now, I use the summon of "Graceful Charity"! This wonderful ca- summon, allows me to gain three summons to my hand, as long as I discard two after words."
Perfect! Exactly what I needed to take him down!
"Now, I summon "Maha Vailo", in attack mode!" Alexa shouted. "And I enforce it with the help of three more summons, two "Malevolent Nuzzlers" and one "Axe of Despair", raising my Maha Vailo's power to an unheard of 5450!"
"What?! How did your monster get that many ه�وم3 points? I can see it getting stronger, but only up to 3950!"
"My Maha Vailo has a very powerful special ability! For every equip card I use on it, it gains an extra 500 attack points! Now, since I used three summons, it gained 1500. Got it?" Alexa smiled. On his first move he had failed to summon anything else. He had no monsters, and no magic or trap cards on the field. And she had a 5450 attack power monster. This duel was in the bag…
"Hehehe…go ahead and attack…cast your blow." He once again put the millennium puzzle into clear view. "Just know that the second you do, I'll smash this puzzle!"
"What! That's low, Bakura. That's real low…then, I guess I must end my turn…"
I can't believe it! Now he'll be able to manipulate me by using the millennium puzzle as a shield! I have to find some way of winning the duel without the millennium puzzle turning into smithereens!
"My move then, I suppose? Well, this one summon will definitely put an end to that strategy. I activate "Eternal Rest!"
"Cracker monkey's! How the heck did you have that card when you needed it?" Alexa yelled.
"Alexa, what does that card do?" Yugi asked.
"It's definitely not a friend of mine, that's for sure. It destroys all monsters on the field with equip cards attached to them!" Alexa answered.
The evil Bakura chuckled. "Well then, I summon لح�مه4! And, don't be fooled by it's zero attack power, because due to Axe of Despair, it will not be that way for long."
No way! No possible way! I have that card, too! It's Mucus Yolk! Although it has zero attack power, it can attack an opponent directly! And every time it does, it gains 1000 attack points the next turn! If I don't destroy it on my next move, it'll destroy me!
Yugi suddenly felt very nervous. He knew that Bakura would obviously attack Alexa, leaving her with a good 2000 life points left. But for some reason, he felt like this attack would hurt him, but he had no idea why.
"Now, Mucus Yolk, attack her directly!"
"Uh…"
The large jelly-like blob started to glow…
Yugi tried to calm himself, but he was shaking from nervousness.
The large Mucus attacked.
"AAHH!"
Suddenly, Yugi fell to the ground, seemingly unconscious. Alexa, who had hardly suffered from the blast, cried out. "Oh my gosh, Yami, is he ok?"
Yami stopped the boy from falling flat to the ground, but shook his head at Alexa's question. "No…he's in…he's in the shadow realm…"
Alexa gasped. "No…Yugi…" Then she shouted loudly at Bakura. "You creep! When did Yugi's soul become part of the deal!?!?"
"Hehehe…haven't you figured it out…?"
"Huh? Figured what out?"
"Hehehe….every time you lose 1000 life points, something unbearable happens. The first one didn't get you, so why not take the one you love?"
Alexa swallowed hard. "Yami, take care of Yugi…I'll finish the duel…"
"No Alexa. Even with Yugi in the Shadow realm, I know he'd want to be here cheering you on. Even without his soul, I know he's here in spirit…"
Alexa nodded. "Right. Thanks, Yami…"
"So, Alexa, have you decided to hand me the فوز5, or are you going to suffer more?"
"There's no way I'll suffer any more then Yugi…and I'll save him and the millennium puzzle! Just you wait! My move!" Alexa had the next summon move from her deck to her hand, and she was ready for the next move…
Alexa's LP: 2000
Bakura's LP: 4000
"First, I'll play one monster in defense mode. Then, I'll put one card face down and end my turn…" Alexa sighed. That was all she could do, for now…
Yugi, I can't believe it…you got sent to the shadow realm! I swear, I'll save you. I'll do it and then no one will be able to stop us. Because I know once I have the millennium puzzle, and give it to you, that we'll be able to get us out of here. Just give me some time… "I promise I'll rescue you…" Alexa said quietly to herself. "It's the least I could do after you rescued me…"
"My move? Alright, I'll finish you off with Mucus Yolk!" Bakura yelled overconfidently.
"Activate trap summon! Trap hole!" Alexa countered. The monster Bakura attacked with disappeared. "There's no way I'd let you win that easily!"
Bakura looked shocked, as if he couldn't believe he hadn't been successful. He scowled, and then laughed, that evil cackle of a laugh that tells you he either has a counter for it, or was about to add another stake to the duel to prevent her from winning. Now with a quick glance at the field (Bakura has nothing, Alexa has one face down defense mode monster.) Alexa could tell that Bakura was laughing for a new stake of the game.
Bakura finished his cackle, then said a complete phrase in Arabic.
"What?" Alexa panicked. Was he going to start talking completely in Arabic?
"Alexa! Bakura said…"
Bakura yelled at him, obviously making a threat to smash the millennium puzzle. Darn it! Alexa thought. Yami is the only other one here who can speak Arabic…and I'm positive he just told Yami he'll smash the puzzle to smithereens!
"Well, I'm going!" Alexa said, "drawing a card". Let's see, I've got a monster reborn, and two fairy of the spring cards. I could activate my fairy's this turn, and put monster reborn face down for next turn…but will that seem too obvious? As long as Bakura knows English, I can't bluff like he can in Arabic. Oh, there must be a way…I could try speaking that little bit of French I know…no, I don't know enough of it. She looked at Yami, who was trying to decide whether to risk the fate of the puzzle or not. Whenever Yami spoke, it was always formal. It was polite and slightly fancy, but not old and ancient, like the "thee, thy and thou" as she'd learned in English class. That's it! Bakura only knows formal English! So if I used slang, he'd have no idea what I'm saying! Well, neither will I for that matter, but I know enough to make some sense of it.
"Yo, dawg! You showing me beef? Cause I'll give you beef, fo' sho'!" (translation: Hey, dude! Are you giving me problems? Cause I'll give you problems, for sure! I think that's what it means, anyways…)
Both Yami and Bakura looked at her like she'd grown an extra head. Alexa couldn't help but have to laugh, but she hid it behind a smile. "Man, I use da summons "Fairy of the Spring" squared, ta get back two Equip summons, my foe!" When did the Brooklyn accent get in there? "Yo, and before you move, I am gonna put one card facedown. Down with that? Peace out!" Alexa just had to add that last line. Not only did it strike her as funny, but she couldn't think of another way to say "I'm done".
Yami smiled. He couldn't understand half of what she was saying (since the other half was English), but it was better than her speaking fully in English giving away her plans.
Bakura did his turn speaking completely in Arabic. However, he did something unlike what Alexa had planned. He activated a summon that blew Alexa's monster reborn away! Then, he activated what Alexa knew as Dark hole, blowing away her monster. Now she was completely defenseless. He ended his turn with a face down monster.
"My time, fo sho? Word!" Alexa looked at her hand as she drew a card. That's it! That's what she needed! "I summon one monster face down, and I'm outtie."
Bakura seemed to get the message this time. He summoned a monster with 1500 attack points (Alexa didn't catch the name) He attacked her face down monster and…
"Activate Magician of Faith!" Alexa said, forgetting about the slang. "I use it to bring back my Monster Reborn from the grave! Then, I use that to summon up Maha Vailo, in Attack mode!" Now, my life points are safe. Maha Vailo has 50 more attack points then his monster, so it's enough to keep him at bay until I can equip him.
Bakura chuckled. Then he laughed, then it ended up being a full blown roar of laughter.
"Oh, and what's so funny, you creep?"
"You may have the upper hand, you may have driven me to my limits, but I still have one thing left…one thing left that'll keep you so devastated you won't be able to win!" Bakura cackled.
A shiver went up Alexa's spine. What was possibly left for him to do?
His millennium ring began to glow, and it almost instantly sent a blast right at Yami.
"No! Yami!" Alexa looked at the Pharaoh. "Are you alright?"
Yami got up. "I'm fine, I don't see what he did to me…"
Bakura laughed again. "You won't be for long! Now, whatever damage, whatever stress either she or I go through, you'll feel it twice as bad!"
"Bakura, leave him out of this!" Alexa cried. Her heart sank, but she struggled to keep her hopes up, afraid of the hurt Yami was in for.
He's right…Yami thought. I can feel Alexa's anger, her fear. I can feel her struggling…trying to stay strong…
Yami gasped.
All for my sake…she's trying not to hurt me…
Alexa wanted to cry. She wanted to admit she failed, and yell apologies that eventually would go void. But, knowing that whatever she did would only hurt Yami, she held back, and as a result only caused confusion in the chaos she was in already.
"Alexa! Don't worry about me! You have to win, and holding back will only confuse you! Alexa, it's natural to be afraid, and not know what to do. But if you don't admit that you're wrong, it'll only cause more pain!" Yami yelled.
But if you don't admit that you're wrong….
Yami suddenly realized one very important thing. He'd possibly been wrong about Alexa, and although the risk existed, although it was there…
Alexa had done that for him. She'd risked being let down. But now, he felt, it was too late. Now that he'd gone on so long trying not to trust her, he couldn't get himself to admit he was wrong…
Yami suddenly felt pain. Felt sorrow. The kind that had been held back, and now it didn't bother to stay there. Alexa was crying on the inside, and had an attempt that was about to fail outside.
Bakura cackled. "Now, what are you going to do, Alexa? You're powers are being used to keep your strategy on the field, and if you use them on your friends, you'll allow me to see and ultimately lose! If you keep concentrating, they'll just suffer! There's nothing you can do, so just cry in defeat! Save them the agony, and surrender!"
Yami realized he'd always been like this. He had to have been, why else would he be so stubborn. He had to stop…he had to learn how to trust again.
Memories consume like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume, I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again
I don't want to be the one the battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize that I'm the one confused
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight...
Clutching my cure, I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more, than any time before
I have no options left again
I don't want to be the one the battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize that I'm the one confused
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight…
I'll paint it on the walls
'Cause I'm the one at fault
I'll never fight again
And this is how it ends
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity
To show you what I mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight...
Alexa thought about what Bakura said, and although she hated that man for all he was worth, she knew he was right. She, Yami, and Yugi were all dead. And most likely, that statement was literal. Wasn't this always the time when Yami or Yugi would step in? No, they were suffering too. It was all her fault. She had never truly won a battle alone…Now, her two best friends and her would die. She realized no one would come…to save her from nothing she's become…
I cannot find a way to describe it
It's there inside, all I do is hide
I wish that it would just go away
What would you do, you do, if you knew
What would you do
All the pain I thought I knew
All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said
Back and forth inside my head
I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable, come and take me away
I feel like I am all alone
All by myself I need to get around this
My words are cold, I don't want them to hurt you
If I show you, I don't think you'd understand
Cause no one understands
All the pain I thought I knew
All my thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said
Back and forth inside my head
I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable, come and take me away
I'm going no where on and on and
I'm getting no where on and on and on
Take me away
I'm going no where on and on and on and on
and off and on and off and on
All the pain I thought I knew
All my thoughts lead back to you
Back to what was never said
Back and forth inside my head
I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable, come and take me away
Take me away
Break me away
Take me away
Take me away
"I'm sorry…" Alexa whispered between sobs. "I'm sorry I couldn't do it…that I helped to be your downfall. You were right; I should never have been trusted. But now, we shall all suffer at my fault…"
Arabic Translations:
1. Victory- Self Explanatory.
2. Recover- Self Explanatory.
3. Offensive- Attack Points.
4. Monster- Couldn't find "Mucus Yolk" So I just used monster.
5. Victory- Self Explanatory.
Eep, not only did I only get 3 reviews that chapter, but everyone's changing there Pen name on me. Please people, I know fan fiction got messed up at the time I posted this, but please review to this chapter as well as Chapter 10! Please. I worked really hard. Now, I'm guessing who everyone is, so tell me if I'm wrong, k?
Klaus Lover Girl: Um, Yugi's lover girl? Anyway, thanks for the review! No, I didn't poison that brownie, and I'm glad you liked the chapter.
Lost in Reality: At least you told me your Tayla. Thanks for the review, and thank WOAP, he/she/it gave them to me.
Ice-neko-girl: Um, DevilDo? Is that you? Anyway, good like with the game and the Kit Kat bites. Thanks for the review!