-1Chapter 16: Adam and...Eve?

Izual walked around the plane he had seen in his dream again. "How did I get here?" asked Izual to himself.

"Yo Izzy."

Izual turned around trying to find who said that. He knew there was only person other than here in this plane. Then, he felt something on his body. In an instant, he was wrapped by wires, immobilizing him completely. Then, his body turned around to face Shade. He seemed to keep his "no-emotion" face like last time.

"Hey Izzy, how's things?" asked Shade, swinging the sword from the Neos around a bit. Izual's eyes widened.

"Shade! Are you…are you alive?" asked Izual. He needed to ask, and needed to get an answer.

"Wrong question." said Shade as he lifted his sword and pointed at the middle of Izual's forehead.

"What are you doing?" said Izual, trying to move, but couldn't because of the wire.

"You'll thank me later." said Shade as he pulled back his arm and rammed the sword into Izual's forehead. The sword seemed to pierce directly then all turned black, and Izual's memory started playing in his mind. He saw the fight between him and Shade and just as it passed it all turn black once more.

…

Izual opened his eyes, the thoughts of his dream pushed aside to the back of his minds. He sat up, and scratched the back of his head.

"Man, it feels like if I had brought sexy back" said Izual as he examined his chest. He noticed the place where arrows were was healed, with a single stitch. Then, he looked at his location. He was sitting on a bed like the ones in the hospital, except the room had five beds with other injured people. He assumed it was the people from the injured duels that got there. He wondered why there were only five people here. He knew a lot more people would have gotten injured. Maybe a tad too injured, or so Izual thought about it. It was possible, he supposed, that they could have been sent out of the island for better care. Regardless, Izual stood from the bed and looked the other people. It was people he didn't recognize except for one person. He walked to the bed and looked at her.

"Suri." he said, looking at Suri sleeping peacefully. She had an innocent face in her slumber , with her hair pushed to the sides gently. Her shirt seemed to be rolled up to her chest, thus showing the skin of her abdomen. Izual wondered why she was there until he saw it. A long deep slash on her the right side of her abdomen. He noticed it stitched up. He wondered how long had he been in this place, and what was the current time. He could tell by the overall darkness in the room, except for the few lights, that it was night. "Even while she's sleeping, she's cute." said Izual as he softly placed his hand on the left side of her abdomen. Then, he felt something. As if with instinct, he moved his hand a bit and pressed on a bit with his thumb, while moving in a circular motion. Suri gave an unconscious smile, enjoying the feeling. She mumbled a few unclear words but there was one that seemed clear enough.
"mm...Izzy" said Suri, in her sleep then Izual stopped and took a few steps back. No one called him that except that people who were close to him, and even then, all those of were either far away or just plain dead. He stumbled back, as he started thinking of his past memories with Suri, trying to think back. And finally, the light started glow. He was about to get a flashback, but he stumbled upon a small glass on the floor. He fell on a chair with wheels on the bottom. The chair moved rapidly against the wall and crashed, where Izual hit his head and fell unconscious.

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The rays of light shined brightly as the crowd waited for the next duel to commence. Bastion took a seat and waited.

"I'm surprised people are still participating in this tourney. It's insane." said Bastion to himself. He had been one of the lucky ones. Due to the nature of his opponent's deck, the injuries were minimal. Not everyone was so lucky, so he thanked luck for it. For once, Bastion actually thanked luck. One of the unlucky ones was Culex, which was already complaining. It seems as many people have dropped out of the tourney after witnessing the first round, and because of this the brackets were mixed. Now, Culex wasn't exactly hurt from the duel of the other day. He had minor injuries, but nothing too bad. However, after the duel in the afternoon, he was quite bloody. Some of his uniform with slashes, bleeding from each slash. This also left him exhausted. He felt drained out his energy, as he was facing a duelist with a Chain Energy deck. He was complaining how he had to duel AGAIN that same day, but the administrators wouldn't listen. However, that was not what made him so angry. Sure, he was exhausted, but when he found out that those who were in the nurse's room did NOT have to duel that day, angered him a lot. He knew Izual was in that group of people, and felt that Izual not participating was incredibly unfair. He growled.

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Meanwhile, Izual opened his eyes to find a nurse looking at him.

"You okay?" asked the Nurse. Izual looked around, noticing the bright daylight. He also noticed everyone in the room had left, except for this nurse. He scratched the back of his head as he realized he was in the same place as before.

"Where's everyone?" he asked to the nurse. She shook her head.
"They left. You should probably leave as well." said the Nurse. Izual agreed. He stood up, thanked her for her kindness and started walking away. He tried to remember the events of last night, though he could only remember the bump. Both the dream and anything before the bump were a tad blurry. Then, because he wasn't paying attention, he didn't notice a certain brunette sticking out her foot which caused him to trip. His eyes widened in surprise as he fell to the ground and sighed.

"Love that dirt, eh Izual?" asked Jasmine, standing next to him. He smiled a bit as he stood up.

"Can't get enough of it…" said Izual, a bit angry then he recalled the events after the duel with Tainji, or at least he remembered fainting near her. "What happened last night?"
"You fainted." said Jasmine, recalling the events. "Those arrows pierced deep, though I managed to get some help, so it's all good."

"Thanks…" said Izual. He need to come up with some way of repaying her back one of these days.

"Hey, no problem. Life would be boring with out ya, pervert." said Jasmine, grinning. Izual sighed.

"This again?" said Izual but an idea came to mind. The grin in Jasmine soon disappear as Izual started tickling her.

"Hey, wait, I'm ticklish!" she said, trying to fight him off, but to not avail. Izual was too skilled at tickling. Meanwhile, Suri was walking she noticed Izual. She was about to talk to him but then noticed he was busy with Jasmine. She seemed a bit disappointed but walked a different way, to not disturb them. It shouldn't bother her anyways, so she walked, many things on her mind. She finally settled on a tree and decided to take a nap. Hours passed.

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Suri was awoken by the sounds of struggle. She yawned a bit as she looked around. "Hmm?" she said, as she noticed Culex holding an unconscious Obelisk Blue student. Culex chuckled.

"Poison works excellently." said Culex to himself as he looked at the Obelisk Blue student. "With you out of the way, I won't have to duel today. Much easier win." Suri seemed curious but angry.
"Hey, that's cheating." said Suri as she walked near him. Culex turned around.

"It's you." said Culex, grinning. "Just forget you saw anything, 'kay?" Suri wasn't pleased.

"How about no?" asked Suri. Culex sighed as he snapped his fingers as poison-tipped senbon popped out of nowhere, hitting Suri's back. She bit her lip to not shout in pain, then noticed that she felt limp and fell back. Culex chuckled. He picked up Suri and the Obelisk.
"What's going on? Where are you taking us? Why can't I move?" asked Suri as Culex arrived at an old small warehouse. He opened the door and through the unconscious obelisk at one side then Suri on the other side, making her land on her back, facing the roof.

"I am going to leave you here for now." said Culex. "Till I win." Suri looked at him.

"You are evil, you know that?" said Suri, glaring at him. Culex chuckled.

"I am, aren't I?" said Culex, proud of himself. He walked towards her and looked down at her.
"You were always pretty hot girl." said Culex, looking at her body. He was about to leave when she said something.

"You hit me with poison then hit on me?" asked Suri, giving him a strange smile. Culex chuckled.

"Just stating a fact." said Culex, recalling past events. "Besides, it doesn't matter. You already got enough guys on your back, you don't need me." He turned around and started heading towards the door.

"Cu…" said Suri, almost as if an playfully upset tone. "Don't say that." Culex turned around and rose an eyebrow.
"Hmm?" said Culex. He had to be careful, Suri was a clever one, and with a body to match.

"It's just things with Shade…and…and…" said Suri, unable to find another reason.

"And Izual?" asked Culex. Suri sighed.

"Izual is… I don't know. He won't remember who I am, it's like I am nothing to him now." she said, obviously upset.

"Izual was never good at seeing what he already had." said Culex. "What about Shade? He is dead." Suri sighed.

"Just…leave." said Suri. "Please." Culex looked almost upset. He sighed as well as he dropped a small sphere which released some gas. With that, he left. He ran through the forest, thinking about all the things then he felt a blast of sound hitting him against a tree. He groaned in pain.

"Damn it." said Culex, then he noticed Izual coming.

"Who is in that house you just gassed?" asked Izual. Culex growled.

"None of your concern. It's all for Lilith's sake." said Culex, chuckling. Izual lifted his hand so his palm would face Culex.

"Why do you help that demon?" asked Izual. "You have already seen what happens to her helpers."

"Do you even know who she is?" asked Culex and Izual looked at him.

"A succubus, the worst of them." said Izual. Culex shook his head.

"Yes, but do you know who she is? Her story? her life?" asked Culex, and Izual seemed unable to provide an answer.

"She's a demon who has caused me, and the whole world great pain." said Izual, angry at Culex.

"How can you judge someone without even knowing their past?" asked Culex and he was right. Izual knew this.

"Then tell me her past." said Izual. Culex chuckled as he walked towards Izual.
"Do you remember your bible stories? I am sure they taught you some of them. Do you recall the story of Adam and Eve?" asked Culex as he neared Izual. Izual started taking steps back.

"Yes…" said Izual as he moved back, away from Culex.

"What if I were to tell you that Eve was not the first woman?" asked Culex, as he started moving faster.
"What are you saying?" asked Izual, moving back even faster.

"What if I told you that Adam's first woman was not Eve but actually Lilith?" asked Culex. Izual seemed confuse but then he felt a sharp point on his feet. He looked down. It was a senbon, tipped with venom, similar to that used against Suri. In a few seconds, Izual fell down, limp and paralyzed.

"You are crazy." said Izual, looking at Culex as he picked him up.
"No. Lilith was Adam's first woman, and man, was she gorgeous. She would leave you breathless." said Culex as he arrived at the gas house.

"Aren't you going to tell me the rest of the story?" asked Izual as he noticed Culex stopped talking.

"I would, except it be info dump, and Agent Eye would kill me for it. So, you'll have to wait." said Culex. Izual sighed. Then, he noticed Suri and the other Obelisk on the floor. They both had this drugged-look to their faces.
"What did you to them?" asked Izual, shocked. The obelisk seemed to squirm around a bit, mumbling unclear words while Suri just giggled, while laying on her back.
"Just so they won't complain." said Culex.
"Are you going to drug me too?" asked Izual, a bit scared. With his paralysis, he knew he'd be unable to move.

"Nah, I got something more comical for our readers." said Culex as he threw Izual on top of Suri. He landed on her sloppily, unable to respond due to the paralysis. Due to the way Culex threw him, his face landed right on her chest. Izual's face turned red almost instantly. Suri stopped giggling and looked at him confusedly for a moment. Then started giggling again. "You're funny, Izzy!"

"Well if that doesn't scare Agent Eye's female reviewers away, then nothing will." said Culex. He looked at Izual one last time. "Lucky loser." he sighed. "Maybe one of Agent Eye's fan will make some side story with some one-sided CuSu, hmm yeah." Then he chuckled. "Wow, never thought I would use the words "Agent", "Eye's" and "fan" all in the same sentence. Agent eye having fans, ha!" He chuckled as he left to claim his victory.