Chapter 11: The Final Hours

With only 7 hours to the end of the year. We got to sign our yearbooks. I walked around and I had a picture of our group in my own yearbook.

Good Luck next year Alexis, Zane Truesdale

See ya next year Lex, Jaden Yuki

Congratulations on your final ending duel, Bastian Misawa

Thanks for everything, Syrus Truesdale

You're a great duelist, Chazz Princeton

I also signed others books

Jaden: Hope to see you next year, Alexis Rhodes

Bastian: Hope to see you at Obelisk Blue next year, Alexis Rhodes

Syrus: Try not to get pushed around this summer, Alexis Rhodes

Chazz: You can do better next year, Alexis Rhodes

Zane: Hope to see you again, Good-Bye, Alexis Rhodes

I was very open to the comments I walked around the campus down to the Obelisk Blue Boys' Dorm.

"Hey Lex, are you getting packed up for this summer. See you later Alexis." Zane walked out the door and I thought about the first time I met him. It was on entry day and I passed my exam at first move. I remember the first thing he said, "So you're the amazing Alexis Rhodes I've heard so much about." After that, I wondered around and occasionally I would walk out by the dock and talk to him, now I do it daily.

Then I walked out of campus down to the Ra Yellow Station where Syrus and Bastian were just packing up. "Hey Alexis, aren't you packing up to leave soon." Syrus always did wonder why Zane and I wondered the hallways and looked for anything to do when we had things to do.

"Yes Alexis, you only have a few hours to prepare. What are you doing wondering around the dorms?" I sat there quietly as they kept packing up. I remember how happy Jaden was when he defeated ME and got to be a Ra Yellow. He was so happy and ME kept yelling at him that how the whole you get beaten and you trade places wasn't fair. He replied when you work as hard as he does it is. Bastian always doubted Jaden or Syrus would win, and they always won and he just sat there. He was one of the first to suspect I was in love with Jaden.

I sat by the ocean and thought about all the people I had met. Kari Kamiya, queen of the Digi-world, a queen of strange knowledge and having strange abilities and friends. TK Spenser, a flunky at duel academy. He was a charmer to young Obelisk Blue girls. He was nice and could've done better as a duelist. Lisa Penn, a royal pain, she is acquainted diplomat for the south dueling school and after beating Zane her first year she returns and they start dating. Blair: a girl with total duel skills and dresses like a boy. Tai Kamiya a boy who caused an eclipse of the dig world and the earth. He is the Atticus of Kari's family.

I then thought about a family, mine; which consists of my parents, Atticus and myself. Atticus: the boy who is fault for the tri-renewal of the shadow realm.

The Truesdale family consists of their parents. Zane Truesdale: the best duelist at duelist academy and mostly everywhere. Syrus Truesdale, a self confident less, short duelist, who has self-confidence problems because of his brother's pressuring to work harder. ME Truesdale: the youngest and smarty girl of the family, a real brainiac.

The Yuki Family is just Molly and Jaden. Molly is an overprotective sister because her parents died I still feel sorry for her. Lastly, Jaden of course; a real life person who had an exciting life and gave hope to everyone, who started a shadow duel.

I also had a few other friends. Mandy Hamaguchi, a girly girl and sure fire gossip columnist. Jasmine Makita, a girl with the sense to love every boy in the school every year. Chumsley Huffington, a crazy food hungry boy who has his eyes set on the world of card creating and has no eye for dueling whatsoever.

I had made many friends and had spent a lot of time thinking about them and how they are and what they did I was never about my personal life. I hid it like a treasure and hoping for it's secretly for my whole life. I realized after spending a few hours on the dock that I had not seen Jaden and I got up from the dock.

Then I walked over to the Slifer Red dorms where Jaden was. "Hey Lex, what ya doing? You're already packed. I bet you room's a lot cleaner and a lot easier to clean than mine."

"Actually I'm not responsible for cleaning it. Someone's coming to run over our dorms and keep them clean till September. I'm just thinking about what's happened in the last few months. There's really a lot to remember. The friends I've made, people I met, duels I've had." I always enjoyed wondering about things like that.

"Ya I've been thinking about that while I've been cleaning." I looked into the dorm and looked around.

"You've sure worked hard on cleaning this place up. I will have someone clean it up later for you." I sat down while Jaden and listened to him as he talked.

"Well I tried to clean it but I was busy thinking. It's great here, the island, the ocean, the excitement, all of this has. It's amazing how fast this year went by. I almost forgot to give you this back." He went in his room, picked up a card, and handed it to me. I looked at it was my Etoile Cyber card. I had lost the card 2 weeks ago in the shadow realm saving my brother.

"Thanks and Jaden…" I closed my eyes and decided not to say what I wanted to. "Thanks for all the help with the shadow Realms problems and saving my brother."

"Ya, it's no big. So all see ya next year and probably this summer, right."

I thought about how I'd never left my neighborhood during the summer. I'd get lost. "Ya, but you'll have to visit me. I've got all free time and not very busy." Then I realized I had just blown my secret. I ran off.

I knew I forgot something I ran to the abandoned dorm. I just ran away and I remembered all the strange things that were happening. I smiled, it would be over soon and then it would be at peace, well at least for a while.

I screamed. "Hello, my dear. You thought you could get away with defeating 6 of 7 guardians. I wished that I could let you go home, but sadly, I need to battle someone and you're the perfect lour, for him." I was put in a coffin, the same one that I was put in for Jaden's first shadow Duel. I went to sleep then I heard yelling. It was Jaden. "Alexis, where are you?"

"So you want the girl well I hear you know the rules to shadow duels so shall we. I'm Kymoracti, the strongest of the shadow duelists. You and she might be strong but you won't defeat me and this ways I can kill 2 guardians with 1 duel." I looked worried for Jaden's sake. I hoped with all my heart that he would win this duel still alive.

I heard the duel began, within minutes the duel was beyond bad. Kymoracti had summoned all 3 dark empire dragons. Jaden was in a tough situation and I fell back to a deep sleep. I heard sounds of pain from both sides. I couldn't seen anything and barely hear anything.

I feel into a deep sleep again. I realized I was going thru Arête or shadow sleep. What we saw was just a body and a small heart pulse, but what the person was going on with them was Arête. That's why a loud spell yelled at them would wake them up. I'm just glad I wasn't dying. I heard nothing for a while, I was scared was it over.

I heard nothing; did Jaden win? Did he lose; what was going on? I tried to open my eyes; it felt like they weighed pounds. I was hard and then I squinted thru a crack. The real Shadow Duel had just begun.

We were in the place… I couldn't remember what it was called. I remember that it was written on a piece of paper in one of Atticus's books.

I just knew this wasn't good. He gained more power and more power for the Kymoraci. That meant that Jaden's elemental heroes lose points. It was going from worst to worst and almost hopeless. I remembered what Atticus told me when we were younger. "It's not over or hopeless until someone loses. Then we learn and begin a new adventure and journey." If I gave up Jaden would, and I had believe that Jaden could do it. Jaden had a similar quote. "The duel's not over until the last card's played."

I thought about all the duels Jaden had done and how he always pulled himself out of the toughest situations. A spell card, a trap, a reversal, or just a simple polymerized monster. He never had the same ideas for his duel. I went back to Arête.

I woke up and still heard battle sounds. I had never remembered a duel this long. This was the final battle and I guess that made this a big time duel and big duels could take a few hours. At least that the length was a good thing, Jaden was holding out. I hoped he was okay.

My mind had cleared and finally the field had started to disappear. I knew what this meant Jaden had played "Skyscraper" a card that gave Jaden a big plus on any one of his monsters. I heard the sounds of Jaden's favorite monster. Elemental Hero "Suburbia" He was the strongest monster in the deck and I heard a crashing boom. It was finally over I had awoken but fallen into a recovery stage.

I woke up. I was back at the academy and Jaden was talking on the phone or something. "Hi Atticus, Alexis is kind of been kidnapped and I need to know where I can drop her off at." It was horrible everything was over. Molly was right, Jaden would've found out everything anyway so why hide it?

I was on my boat; it was quiet. I heard the intercom person come on. "Welcome to Vilonia; the richest city in the world. Password… The gates opened to the dock. I awoke a few minutes after the boat stopped moving and got up. I walked home wondering where Jaden and everyone were then I saw them. I walked inside everyone was talking to Jaden. This is so bad…