Chapter 9: The Dept of Sorrow
"Hi I'm Molly Yuki, Jaden's older sister. I am so happy to be joining you at you amazing home. It is very big and beautiful." Molly had introduced herself and stared at our house for a while.
"Melissa be a dear and take Molly to her room" My dad called Melissa and Melissa nodded at took Molly to her room. Molly smiled at me and understood what was going to happen.
I called Jaden and told him that Molly was with Atticus and I and she'll be staying here for the whole winter break. He was surprised that I invited her. I told him I didn't, Atticus did.
It was an abnormally cold this winter. I spent most of my time in my room on my laptop searching for a way to improve my deck. I had few interactions with my family; which is how I liked it.
"Hi how are you doing sweaty? Are you affected by his change in attitude? I know you feel something is still not there I feel it too." My mom knew how Atticus regularly acted and this was a little different not a little a lot. I was a shell of him. He was acting as if he was the 3 days before he disappeared which was different from normal.
"I'm fine, Jaden's fine and Atticus isn't. He is a shadow or shell of himself. Amy always told me a soul, a body, and a mind are all different but they need each other. Atticus doesn't have a mind, he can't duel anymore, he only cares for girls and he thinks of me as that 10 year old child he left his eyes are not open to the now." I looked down and she left me to work.
I felt the presence of someone entering my room. "The academy changes everyone. You're not the same person you were before you left miss." It was Melissa. She rarely talked but it was important when she did.
"What else? Come on." I said.
"You are love stuck and less serious. More free spirited, and you enjoy the things you have. You listen with your heart and not your ears. That Amy girl is right and the mind can change but the soul can't, maybe it's not that he remembers little but the little understanding he has and how he is influenced."
She was right if we were all love struck and less duel concentrated than he would follow that example. He is like a baby; he starts from what observes with his senses. "Melissa you are the best." I gave her, her present and went off to teach my brother what he should know.
I taught him how to duel starting with his old deck. I covered rules, positions, and types of cards. Then I took him to duel me in the courtyard. He was dueling well. I invited Melissa to duel him. She was a great duelist and sent by my coach as a competitor. She gave Atticus a run for his knowledge.
He was acting just as I did, when I dueled Melissa. He was learning, and he was progressing. Molly came, watched, and was happy by his progression. She had a lot to say to me.
"I'm sorry Alexis, I took advantage of you're brother. I didn't mean to, I thought he was back to normal. That's not the only thing I didn't tell you." Molly was really sweet and kind and generous to others but not to me until now. "Jaden is the only family I have left and I didn't want to lose him. I just wanted to make sure he was doing okay and was successful."
"But why do you hate me so much. It's like 2+26, it doesn't add up. I don't get it. You had no hatred for me when you first met me, what changed?" I was content on finding out why hated me so. I began to listen as she explained.
"When I first met you, you weren't a threat. I wanted to stay with Jaden and I didn't know you also did." She looked at me and was about to cry. "I heard you and Jaden talking and you sounded so serious and well I thought something big was going to happen so I made a plan. The plan was, to try to get you in trouble and it showed that separating you and Jaden wouldn't be enough. There were others who hanged out with Jaden, so I tried to expel him." I looked at her, as she cried.
"I knew I shouldn't have done it. Jaden is a promising young duelist and taking him out would be a crime to everyone except that Dr. Crowler character. He hates Jaden, don't know why." She was become apologizing again so I told her to continue. "I met Atticus later, I found out he was just like Jaden. Happy, confident and he didn't like how you and Jaden hanged out. He told me…"
"I know what he thinks about Jaden in this form, it's because he's angry at Jaden for improperly freeing his soul but I'll get him back, don't you worry, alright?" I told her.
"I made all those evil plans, started rumors about you and even told Atticus to tell that stuff to your parents. It didn't change until you got an A-." She stopped and breathed. "Jaden and you took a hit, Jaden lacked in his dueling and you just sat there blankly. It hurt Jaden so much that I decided to try to help and convinced teachers to give out extra credit so Jaden could get you back and go back to his normal self."
"You helped me and did that all for Jaden. You are an awesomely nice person. Jaden needs someone like you." She was ready to correct me.
"No, he needs someone like you; someone who understands him and likes him. Moreover, cares for him the way you do. You have always been there and cared for him and Atticus. You are a better person than I am. You love Jaden, you're meant for each other." Molly sat there as I went off.
"Who said I like Jaden. I didn't say that did I. Was that in a rumor you started…"
"Be quiet Alexis. You know you do. You have done so many things I could never have done. I owe you so much and Jaden deserves to have someone like you. I will never stop him. I will try to undo all I have done and I hope that will cover that." Molly started to cry again.
"You don't owe me anything. You have given Jaden so much I couldn't. I can take care of him here but we're really not dating so I can't give him the love that you can." I had to prove her worth to herself and to Jaden.
"I wish you saw yourselves, you guys might not call it boyfriend and girlfriend but you are. The love and care you give each other is more important that what you call each other." She walked to the boat dock and took a ride back home. I never knew how she felt toward Jaden and I but now I do.
"Before you go promise that you won't tell Jaden anything about this over the last few days." She smiled and I didn't understand. Then she yelled, "I won't but you're going to have to tell him".
I started to walk home when I saw Atticus. "Alexis, I know I have done wrong and I'm sorry. I don't remember anything before the hospital. I have little knowledge and no memory. Do you thing you can help me get it back?" I ran up to him. He was weak and on the ground from the duel and I just started to cry. He might not understand what I could do but he knew what I had done so far and he had hope and so did I.
I had a lot of people who believed I could do it but the weight of my friends is heavy. I needed help so I grabbed my key. I ran up to Jaden's dorm. I knew he had the help I needed. Jaden was the top duelist next to Zane who I also had brought here to help me. I called Amy, She told me "Alexis, sorry but neither Zane nor Jaden can help you at this stage it's you're hearts battle and you're heart has to fight it. It's on pg. 17 under the chart.
I looked at the chart once again. It showed the sign meaning relation or love to happiness. I took that to mean I had the motivation that it took to save Atticus and get his memory back.
I was off to the Shadow Realm for the final duel; me vs. whoever had Atticus's memory. I looked at the guy. He saw the key I had. He said, "So I see you are a guardianess. I have my eye set on you're key. I see that you want something I have." It was Tonx; the evil guardian that took me into the shadow realm during Jaden's first shadow duel. I remember how much it took out of me. I ended up sitting outside of the abandoned dorm.
"Maybe I am a guardianess, and maybe I am looking for something. How do know what I want?" I stared at him.
"All things must be done in a duel here. So to find out what we duel for, there are no secrets in the Shadow Realm." I looked him, I didn't know they read thoughts, I knew they could read feeling I guess thoughts and feelings are closely related.
"So let's go, and let's duel. Here are the stakes. If I win, I get my brothers memory back."
"But if I win this duel. I get your soul and the key, got it guardian."
It was a dark battle he played Dark Dimension and that weakened all my monsters and with his special effect Chance Wheel, it was hard. My monsters were weakened and I kept get attacked my own effects. Dark Dimension strengthens all Dark monsters and weakens all Light monsters. Chance Wheel is a wheel numbered from 1-6, if it lands on any even number it goes back on me. I kept getting attacked and then by the almost end I was out of it.
It seemed like hours but it was a few seconds. I heard my brother, he always told me never give up, and you can do it. Therefore, I got up and battled. I used my special effect to destroy one spell card, Dark Dimension. All his monsters lost points and mine gained points. I attacked and it was over. The dust cleared out of the area where we dueled and I climbed up the ladder to my room. Then I saw a strange mark appeared near the book and somehow I knew my brother's memory was returned.
Then I heard how I got to the duel in the first place because I had no recollection of how I got to the shadow duel. I sat down and heard it at different points from different people.
Jaden starts to talk, "I woke up and Chazz was knocking on the door. He said that something strange was going up at the nurses' office and I thought Atticus was going into the Shadow Realm so I ran up there and Zane told me you didn't show up at the dock or something. So I ran in the room and Atticus was yelling out your name so we ran to your dorm and only Mandy and Jasmine were there and I asked them what happened to Alexis."
"We were in shock; you saw something in the forest and jumped off the patio. Then you ran into the forest and you were gone. We ran back to the dorm and found Zane. He said that you didn't show up at the dock. Then we met up with Jaden, Syrus and everyone." Mandy looked scared and freaked out.
"Then Atticus who was having some sort of heart attack started yelling out To…nx. He was trying to say Tonx. Jaden recognized him to be the guy in the first shadow duel. So we ran to the abandoned dorm. Then we watched the duel and here we are now. I'm so glad you're okay." Jasmine hugged me and was so happy I was okay.
"You're duel was awesome. He's one of the most difficult duelists and you still beat him." Jaden always did appreciate others dueling abilities.
"My dear sister Alexis, how I missed you I know it's only been 3 days but I missed you." He had finally registered his memory to good use.
"Actually it's been 5 years and 6 months since you've actually remembered me. Why were bothering with the shadow realm anyway? We had a lot of problems trying to get you to remember me and everyone." I was so happy, we out in a forest and it was kind of light.