Disclaimer: I disclaim Yu-Gi-Oh GX.
Chapter 43: Ayato's Mission
"Hey Ayato." Akari called to get Ayato's attention, who was tending to his ear in the corner of the room.
"Hm?" was his reply.
"You did remember to get everything out of your room right?" Akari asked.
Ayato sat deep in thought trying to remember if he had forgot anything. "I'm pretty sure I got everything."
Akari looked at him skeptically. "Are you positive?"
Ayato jumped up with a look of annoyance on his face, the Millenium Puzzle around his neck jingled at the sudden movement. "Of course...I...did."
Ayato looked down at the puzzle. He looked back to Akari, panic spread across his face. "I forgot the Millenium Items!"
"WHAT?!" was the reply of nearly everyone in the room.
"I've got to get into the dorm and get them back!" Ayato ran for the door.
The black coated figure was about to open the door when it suddenly swung open, slamming him into the wall with a loud THUD.
Ayato sprinted out of the dorm, jumped down the steps and quickly made his way towards the "white" dorm.
Akari sighed, "I swear. He's such an idiot sometimes."
"Do you think he'll be okay, maybe one of us should have gone with him." Syrus worriedly said.
"He'll be alright." Aster replied still angry that Ayato would think that he was with Sartorius.
The black coated figure literally pried himself off the wall. He took a few steps foward, obviously dazed, and fell right down the steps.
"Did you guys hear something?" Syrus asked.
Everyone shrugged.
The man cursed under his breath as he got up, walking up the steps and reaching the door, once again it flung open, knocking him off his feet and launching him down the stairs.
Exion got up, "Man that must of been some strong wind." He said as he closed the door.
Ayato hid in a bush as two girls walked by, fully clad in white uniforms. "Man that was close."
The girls quickly turned in Ayato's direction. Ayato froze up, "Did they hear me?"
The two girls just shrugged and kept walking. Ayato leapt out the bush and rolled into another one.
A burly man in a white uniform looked over at the bush Ayato had just jumped into. He looked around to make sure no one was looking and tip-toed over to the bush.
The man squatted over the bushes. 'What is he doing?' Ayato thought to himself. The answer to that question was quickly answered as the man pulled down his pants and underwear. Ayato had a horrified expression on his face. "Get away!" He yelled.
The man quickly jumped away from the bush. "W-who's there?"
Ayato's sweat dropped, "Uh, I am, uh, the Dark Bush, all light will be wiped out by my power! How dare you try and defile me with your disgusting crap. If you don't leave now I will...uh, make you constipated!"
"AIIIIIIIEEEEEE!" The man shrieked and quickly ran into the building. Ayato sighed as he wiped the sweat from his brow, "Man that was scary. I almost got crapped on."
He made sure the coast was clear before he jumped out of the bush and entered the building.
Once inside Ayato looked around, nearly everything was white. "Man, this is going way overboard." Ayato heard footsteps. He looked around and spotted a tall plant and jumped behind it.
The man that had almost crapped on Ayato was being followed by a smaller teen. "It called itself "Dark Bush" and said that it would wipe out the light."
"Really?" The teen asked, obviously not convinced.
After getting smacked by the door eleven times and falling down the steps another eleven the man decided that it would be best to just teleport into the dorm.
Everyone in the room jumped back when the portal suddenly appeared in the center of the room. Syrus stepped in front of Nico, "Stay back! I won't let them take you!"
The man stepped out of the portal and looked around, he fixed his gaze upon Akari. "Are you Akari, younger sister of Hitaki?" He asked.
Akari glared, "So what if I am?"
"Then today you will die." The man pulled down his hood to reveal the face of a man in his early-thirties. He had long brown hair and beard and green eyes. His face was long and narrow. But his most noticeable feature was his squashed nose.
Moments passed as everyone in the room was staring at the intruder's nose.
"What?! What are you all staring at?!"
"Dude...what happened to your nose!?" Akari asked.
"THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" The man yelled.
He held his hand out and a duel disk that was made out of rocks appeared on his arm. "I am Number XIII: Tazuna of the Order. And I'm going to kill you." Tazuna pointed his long slender finger at Akari.
Akari's sweat dropped. "Your kidding, right?"
Aster handed Akari a duel disk, "I don't know what's going on. But this guy annoys me, just duel him."
Akari took the duel disk and strapped it on her arm, "Okay. I'm ready."
Tazuna smirked, "Oh your far from ready." A black dome began to envelop the two as the others looked on in shock.
Akari looked around at her new surroundings. "What's going on?"
Tazuna smirked, "This is a high stakes shadow game." Tazuna's duel disk activated.
Akari activated her duel disk, "I'm no amateur when it comes to this kinda stuff."
"DUEL!"
Ayato made his way towards his room. He looked around wearily. Ayato heard footsteps and quickly hid into the broom closet that was conviently right next to him.
Chazz walked passed the broom closet. Ayato sighed. Chazz turned around and walked back to the broom closet, which was partly opened. He was about to swing the door open when somebody called him.
It was Bastion, "Master Sartorius wants to see you." Chazz left and followed Bastion.
Ayato slumped up against the wall. "Man, I'm getting way too many close calls." Ayato stepped out of the closet accidently banging the door against the wall. "Hey did you hear that!?"
"Crap." Ayato replied. He looked up and saw an air vent. Two teens in white quickly came from around the corner. "What's the broom closet doing open?" The shorter one asked. The taller one shrugged.
Ayato looked down from inside the air vent. Suddenly the James Bond theme song started playing. The two teens looked around, looking for the source of the song.
Ayato pulled out his cell phone and answered it. "I'm kinda busy right now. Who is this? Jaden? What's up? A what?!"
The two teens looked up and pointed at the air vent. "Uh-oh. Listen I'm kinda busy right now." Ayato opened the air vent and jumped down, and kicked the two teens below before landing.
"Listen Jaden I'll try to get back as fast as I can."
"Hey you!"
Ayato turned to see three more teens in white.
"Crap!" See you later Jaden." Ayato broke off into a run as the three teens gave chase.
"And I'll end my turn." Akari had just played her first turn, she had two cards face down and a Harpie Lady on the field.
"Hmph, you and her play the same deck, of course she's much better."
A vein throbbed on Akari's forehead.
"Temper. Temper. Just like her in more ways than one."
"What do you want?" Akari asked.
"I've already told you. To kill you."
"Why?"
"In order for the Order to survive we need Jaden and Ayato alive. Jaden is safe, but Ayato certainly isn't."
"And killing me will help how?" Akari asked looking pissed and annoyed at the same time.
"Your existence is a danger to Ayato, through your fits of rage you hurt Ayato on a daily basis. You being alive is a danger to his life."
"WHAT!? ARE YOU STUPID!?"
"Of course not, after this you'll never hurt him again."
Akari just stared dumbly at him while he drew a card from his deck slot.
Ayato turned the corner and hid behind a tall plant. The three teens turned the corner and stopped. "Where did he go!?"
"You, come with me. Billy you take the left. Let's Go!"
Billy sprinted down the hallway Ayato was hiding in, as soon as he was a few feet from the tall plant Ayato jumped out and punched his lights out.
"Gotta hide this guy." Ayato dragged Billy behind the tall plant. "Man was he heavy."
Ayato looked at his clothes and then at Billy's. "Hmmmm."
"And I'll end my turn with just that." Tazuna declared.
Akari eyed Tazuna's face down monster card. 'That's it? What could that monster be?'
Akari swiftly drew a card. "Harpie Lady attack his face down monster."
The face down monster was Guardian Statue(800/1400). Harpie Lady, having less attack than the Statue's defense, attack bounced off of it.
Akari: 3900/ Tazuna: 4000
Tazuna smirked, "Hmph. Guardian Statue's special effect sends your monster back into your hand."
"Fine. I end my turn."
"Good, now I activate my monster's other special effect, which means I can flip it back to face down defense position. Now I summon Griggle(350/300) in attack mode.
A small plant like creature appeared on the field. "Attack."
The small creature jumped at Akari. "I activate my trap, Harpie's Prey,
when I'm attacked by a monster with 1000 or less attack points I'm allowed to summon a Harpie from my deck and I choose Cyber Harpie(1800/1300), furthermore your monster is forced to attack her."
The small plant is easily destroyed by Cyber Harpie Lady.
Akari: 3900/ Tazuna: 2550
Akari smirked, "Is that all you got?"
"I end my turn."
"Good, I play the card I just drew Elegant Egotist, which allows me to summon Harpy Lady Sisters(1950/2100) in attack mode."
"Now Cyber Harpy attack his Guardian Statue."
"I activate his effect and use it on your Cyber Harpie, putting her back into your hand."
"Whatever. Now Harpie Lady Sisters attack his face down monster."
"Hah! You fell into my trap, my face down monster is Dummy Golem(800/800), which means you have to switch your Harpie Lady Sisters with my Dummy Golem.
"What?! No way!" Akari watched as the two monsters switched sides.
"Dammit! I end my turn."
"I switch my Statue into attack mode and attack you directly!"
The statue made it's way towards Akari and hit her square in the jaw.
Akari: 3100/ Tazuna: 2550
Now let's see how you like it when your attacked by your own monster!
The Harpy Lady Sisters created a tornado and sent it towards Akari. Having nothing to hold on to Akari was whipped up by the tornado before falling a good couple of feet.
Akari: 1150/ Tazuna: 2550
Tazuna smirked, "Once you are gone we'll be safe again."
Akari staggered as she got back up, "I activate my trap card! Cross Heart! When I'm attacked by one of "your" monsters I gain control of it."
Harpy Lady Sisters jumped over to Akari's side of the field.
"I end my turn."
Akari smirked, "Man you weren't much of a challenge. I guess you guys are lacking real talent."
"We aren't chosen because of talent, were chosen by blood."
Akari looked at him confused, "O...kay. Well you know you've lost right?"
"That's impossible, your Harpie Lady Sisters doesn't have enough strength to deplete my life points."
"I summon Cyber Harpy in attack mode. Remember her? You sent her back to my hand. Big mistake. Returning Harpy lady Sisters to my hand would have been a better choice."
"Now Harpy Lady Sisters attack his Statue."
The Statue crumbles within the giant tornado.
Akari: 1150/ Tazuna: 1550
"Finish it Cyber Harpy!" Cyber Harpy flew over to Tazuna and slashed him with her claws.
Akari: 1150/ Tazuna: 0
Tazuna smirked, "To think that I would lose, this quickly, this badly. You really are just like her. I have failed the Order, thus I deserve what is to befall me. To be banished to the deepest depths of the Shadow Realm."
Suddenly three grotesque monsters sprung from the ground clawing at Tazuna's flesh, which easily tore under their strength.
Akari looked on in horror as they continued to tear at him as he sunk into the ground.
"Ahhhhhhh!" another teen fell to the ground. "What do you know those lessons from Joey are finally paying off." Ayato said.
Ayato, now wearing all white, thanks to our friend Billy, made his way to his room, "Man getting here with this uniform sure was easy!"
A girl and her friend were talking but stopped when they saw someone KO'ed behind a tall plant.
The girl pulled him from behind the tree. "Oh God, Billy!"
The other girl just looked at him, "Why is he only wearing boxers?"
Ayato looked under his bed. "Good, it's still here." He pulled the box from under the bed. "Man am I an idiot, to leave something so important in a box under my bed." He scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
Suddenly five more teens in white jumped from their hiding spots. "We knew you would come here." They all said in unison.
Ayato's sweat dropped as the five teens were in mid-air closing in on him. He quickly uppercutted one of them while he was still in the air, knocking him into another teen, knocking them both out.
He rolled away from one that nearly landed on him and tripped him before slamming into him with his elbow. He looked up just in time to see another teen trying to stomp on him, he rolled out the way and got up.
He quickly knocked him out with two quick punches. Suddenly Ayato felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around to meet a fist. Ayato staggered back seeing stars.
The guy punched him a few more times. Ayato slammed against the wall. He opened his eyes just in time to see a fist flying towards him. He ducked which made the guy miss, his fist slamming into the wall. "Ahhhhhhh!"
The guy held his fist in pain. He turned to face Ayato. Ayato kicked him in his "jewels", instantly flooring him. The guy rolled on the floor. "My BAAAALLLLLSSSS!"
Ayato's sweat dropped. Suddenly the door burst opened ten more teens running in. "Give up, we've caught you."
"Not yet." Ayato picked the box up and jumped off the balcony, he winced as he landed. He looked up, "See ya!" he said as he ran off.
"Akari are you alright." Jaden asked.
Akari looked at Jaden, the horror that she had witnessed had not left her mind. "I can't believe what I just did."
"What? You won right? You should be happy." Jaden replied.
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!!" Akari yelled.
"Huh, what are you talking about?" Jaden asked.
"I know what she's talking about." Nico said calmly. "He must have made that a high stakes shadow game, the one where, when you lose, you are banished to the deepest depths of the shadow realms. The one when grotesque monsters appear to claim the victim. Am I right?"
Akari simply nodded. Suddenly Ayato stepped in grinning. "Hey guys I'm back. Akari looked up. "See I told you I'd be alright." Ayato said.
"You look pretty beat up to me." Aster replied.
"Well I did have to knock out a couple of guys along the way." Ayato said, obviously pleased with himself.
"Hm?" Ayato looked at Akari, who was now standing right in front of him, tears forming in her eyes.
"Akari? What's wrong?"
Akari embraced Ayato.
The end of chapter 43, I got a little lazy with the duel(shrugs), anyway this chapter is a little shorter than usual, but I hope you all liked it. Please Review! Oh and for those of you interested read on!
Okay, basically the Order hasn't really had a big role in this story, but that's because I'm not really ready to reveal their secrets yet. They'll be really important for the last few chapters of part two and they'll play a much bigger role in part three, although I'll be implementing story implements from the anime still. Expect to find out their origins in part three as well as a couple more suprises, one being the way part three will start off. Of course you'll have to wait a few more chapters before then. So stick with me and you won't be dissapointed. Well don't forget to review!