Songs of Aurelius Chapter Thirteen
So many readers actually read this story… I won't let you guys down!
Also, we're finally at Pegasus' castle so guess what that means… A RECURRING CHARACTER! Here we'll see that from one of the opponents Ailis previous faced will also be in the semi=finals! We have Garu who was unable to defeat Ailis do to that fact that she had Reflector on her side of the field. Then we have Aquarius Sapphire, the cousin of Mako Tsunami, who used a Mermaid deck against Ailis. However, Ailis' Dark Magician prevailed in the end winning the duel for her. Next is that FakeGhostSeto who summoned the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon against Ailis but, she quickly managed to summon a powerful card, the Ultimate Dark Magician Girl! Then her last duel, the mysterious Hayato who challenged Ailis by kidnapping her and taking her to a duel arena placed away from her friends. Ailis had won by countering Hayato's Mirror Force with Mystical Space Typhoon and attacked his life points directly with her Dark Magician Girl by using the effect of Tribute Attack.
Anyway, sad memory last chapter huh? All of Hikari's memories aren't all happy so more plot twisting memories will be revealed much much later. Although, please enjoy the remainder of Duelist Kingdom… well probably most of it.
Featured in this chapter: Ailis' Magical Girl Deck
Songs of Aurelius
"Alright, we finally made it to Pegasus' castle!" Joey cheerily exclaimed as we were all running to the door.
"There's no way you four brats won ten star chips. Get lost, this isn't some clubhouse; it's a place reserved for the dueling elite." The guard, Kemo, had said as Mai hummed, "I guess that means we fit right in." Each of us held our dueling glove up to show our ten star chips. "Would you mind telling the housekeeper I like my pillow extra fluffy," Joey smirked as he passed Kemo and Mai passed him as well. Yugi didn't say a word to the guard as I stop to say something, "Thank you,"
"Voila," The door to the castle opened as I realized what about Tea, Tristan and Bakura? They didn't have ten star chips each or a dueling glove for that matter. I watched as Tea exclaimed, "But we're the cheerleaders!" My hand shot up to my mouth to stifle the laughter that was about to explode. Cheerleaders, imagine Tristan and Bakura in skirts holding pompoms… priceless. I felt Yugi's arm grab mine to pull me out of the way before the door closed and everyone quickly ran in. "That was a close one," I mumbled as everyone started running. 'Hurry before they leave you Ailis,' Hikari appeared in spirit form to push my back as I stumbled but sprinted to catch up.
"Hey isn't that…" "Bandit Keith, I can't stand that guy!" I stopped running and skid to a stop next to Yugi as I saw someone familiar. It wasn't just Bandit Keith I saw, I saw Hayato. Before I could speak, Joey immediately started conversing with Bandit Keith. Then he charged at him, "Well we meet again, Ailis." I hear Hayato speak as I saw the smirk on his face. "I'm not really sure if it's nice to see you again but I will say it anyway, nice to see you again Hayato." I waved slightly as I hear a voice behind us. He was Croquet, basically Pegasus' butler in a way and he somewhat reminded me of Weevil physically. Odd but true, 'That's a little creepy isn't it…' I nod at Hikari's remark as Croquet told of the current situation.
TIME SKIP (I'd rather not input the duel between Pegasus and Seto because… well, laziness.)
"Seto's gone… he's practically... dead," I bit my lip to stop the tears from flowing out. I still remember, I remember everything that happened back then Seto… I'm sorry.
How did I know Seto? I didn't just duel him in the past, I knew him since I was born.
FLASH (Ailis' Memories)
"Seto, guess what!" Four year old Ailis had exclaimed as the blue eyed boy looked up from his book. "What is it Ailis?" He asked as the girl smiled brightly, "I got a new card from a box that was delivered to me!" Ailis exclaimed as Seto blinked and saw the girl quickly pulled out the card. "Dark Paladin, 2900 ATK and 2400 DEF!" The girl continued to smile as Seto pat her head, "You sure surprised me there Ailis but do you know who sent you that box?" Ailis hummed in thought.
"It was sent from Egypt where I was born; although my parents left me here they're coming back for me today." She mumbled as she shuffled her feet. "You're leaving?" Seto's eyes widened as he quickly stood from his seat. "Yeah… but I'll come back to see you and Mokuba next year okay?" Ailis smiled as Seto frowned, "Next year… that's so long Ailis," The girl still smiled as she wrapped her arms around the blue eyed boy. "I'm going to miss you and Mokuba…" She whispered in his ear as Seto returned her embrace. "I'll miss you too but, are you sure that you only want to tell me?" Ailis frowned and replied, "I don't want to see him crying before I leave… but I'll still come back. Goodbye, cousin."
FLASH (In the Dining Room)
I picked at the food with my fork as I sigh, I could only eat sugary foods after all. "Why aren't you eating Ailis?" Joey asked with his mouth full of food, "I can't digest regular foods remember?" I reply as I sigh and take out some Starburst I've been saving.
"I'd like to congratulate the six finalists who've made it to the finals. I trust all of you have your playoff entry cards?" I blink as Croquet began to explain about the cards we received along with the dueling glove and starter star chips/
"To make tomorrow's tournament interesting, the host has added a special ingredient to your soup." I glanced at my untouched soup and a replica of a Millennium Eye had come up. "Glad I didn't eat it…" I murmur as Joey complained to Croquet. "Open up the eye and look inside it if you will." Having no other choice, I quickly opened the eye and a piece of paper popped out. 'E,' I hummed as a screen had slid out from the ceiling. "A against B, C against D and E against F; these matches will be held tomorrow."
"Looks like we're going to duel once again Ailis," Hayato smirked as he waved his paper that had an 'F' written on it. "I'll make it quick and easy," I reply and popped an orange Starburst into my mouth.
IN HIKARI'S AND AILIS' TEMPORARY ROOM
"Tomorrow is the next match Ailis," I sense Hikari appear in semi-spirit/ human form next to me. "Yeah, for tomorrow I want to modify our deck a little more." I grin as I sat down on the nearby couch and lain out all my cards from my deck. "Let's see… I think we should put in our trump card," Hikari had taken out a card from the card trunk I carried. "I don't think we'll need to do that just yet, although this card will be really helpful."
"Have you gotten any memories back since… that memory?" I asked as I slump on the comfortable bed. Hikari shook her head and glanced out the window, "Not at all… although, I wonder who Alaes really is. She seemed really… strange, but… there was also that static in that memory as well. Yami's real name…" Hikari sighed as she sat next to me, "We should rest for tomorrow, and it'll be an important day after all!" I cheerily smiled and let my hair loose. "I guess so,"
NEXT DAY (SKIPPING THE TWO OTHER DUELS BECAUSE I'M TOO LAZY)
"We will now start the next duel between Ailis Kainarous and Hayato Yumara," Croquet announced as I held up my Glory of The King's Opposite Hand and I placed my deck in its correct place.
Ailis: 2000 LP
Hayato: 2000 LP
"You go first," Hayato spoke as I nodded and drew my next card. "I summon Magical Girl Alice (1600 ATK 1000 DEF) in attack mode," A small girl in a blue and white dress and a bright white staff that had a red orb on the top. "Now isn't that so adorable?" Hayato smirked from across the arena as I returned it with one of my own. "Not for long since I activate Magical Chainsaw, it allows me to transform Magical Girl Alice into something greater." I put Magical Girl Alice into the graveyard and placed a monster card on the field. "Come forth, Magical Girl Kyoru Chainsaw (2300 ATK 1000 DEF)!" A small girl in a red dress with a small matching top hat that was on the side of her head, Magical Girl Kyoru Chainsaw also wields a chainsaw nearly two times as tall as she is. "I place one card facedown and end my turn,"
"Alright Ailis, I think that your little magical girl will have a fright from the monster I'm going to summon." Hayato had grinned widely as I stare warily. "I summon the Ravenous Swordsman (1700 ATK 1200 DEF) in attack mode!" A swordsman in red armor had materialized onto the field and held his sword by his side. "Now since I successfully summoned him, I can special summon a card from my deck with the same name." Hayato pulled out another Ravenous Swordsman and special summoned it onto the field. "That's not all, now I'll activate the Adonis Swordsman Ritual! By sacrificing both my Ravenous Swordsman I can ritual summon the Adonis Swordsman (2400 ATK 2100 DEF)!" A swordsman in a long dark red two tailed coat with a large sword held over his shoulder had appeared on the field. "Now Adonis Swordsman, attack Magical Girl Kyoru Chainsaw!" The swordsman had held his sword up high and was about to bring it down.
"I activate Magic Eyes, since I have a monster with the name of Magical Girl I can stop your attack and have Magical Girl Kyoru Chainsaw to gain half the ATK points you swordsman has for the rest of your turn!" I watched as Magical Girl Kyoru Chainsaw had powered up to 3500 ATK points and the chainsaw had become spikier. "Now attack Magical Girl Kyoru, Lovely Chainsaw Slash!"
Ailis: 2000 LP
Hayato: 900 LP
"I activate Adonis Swordsman's special effect, when he's sent to the graveyard from battle I can special summon a Swordsman from my hand to defense mode. Defense Swordsman (900 ATK 2000 DEF), guard me!" A swordsman with large armor and a short sword had appeared onto the field in the defense position. "Now I'll put two cards facedown and end my turn."
The Magical Girl Kyoru Chainsaw's ATK points dropped to their original as I drew my next card, "I summon Magical Girl Carol (1500 ATK 1000 DEF) in attack mode," A small girl in a green dress appeared next to Kyoru Chainsaw. "I activate Magical Academy, it lets me turn the field into an academy and whenever I call an attack the ATK points of every Magical Girl on the field by 200 points! Now attack Magical Girl Kyoru Chainsaw!"
"I activate my trap, Roulette Destroyer. Whenever you call an attack, I can spin the roulette and whichever monster it lands on it is destroyed! Now Roulette Destroyer, spin!" I watched in anticipation as the roulette spun and spun eventually landing… on my Magical Girl Kyoru Chainsaw. "Looks like your Magical Girl Carol is all left alone," Hayato smirked as I glanced at my facedown card.
"I activate my trap card, Magical Girl Unity, it allows me to special summon a Magical Girl card from my deck and I pick Magical Girl Misty (1400 ATK 1000 DEF)!" A small girl with a baby blue dress appeared on the field next to my Magical Girl Carol. "I end my turn," Hayato slightly frowned as I drew my next card.
"I activate the Magical Girl Menhit Ritual, by sacrificing both my magical girls I can ritual summon Magical Girl Menhit (2600 ATK 2100 DEF)!" A small girl with robes and a bow and arrow had materialized onto the field in place of the two. "Now I'll activate her special effect, I can bring back one Magical Girl from the graveyard and I choose Magical Girl Kyoru Chainsaw!" The two Magical Girls stood side by side, "Now it's time to activate Magical Girl Apprentice, now since I used my Alice to create Kyoru Chainsaw I can now summon her back to the field!" Magical Girl Alice appeared back onto the field as I smile, "I summon Magical Girl Maria (1600 ATK 1000 DEF) in attack mode!" A small girl in a yellow dress appeared next to all my other Magical Girls. "For my next move, I'll use Polymerization to fuse my Alice and Maria to create Magical Girl Jasmine (2400 ATK 2100 DEF)!" A small girl in a floral dress with a lance had been fused to the field.
"Now I'll attack with all 7300 points!" I shouted as Hayato smiled, "I'll activate Mirror Force which destroys all of your monsters!" I widened my eyes as all my Magical Girls had been sent to the graveyard. "I place one card facedown and end my turn," I frown as Hayato had grinned and drew.
"I summon Devious Knight (2000 ATK 1300 DEF)," The knight had a mask that had a mischievous grin and held a lance in his hand. "Now I'll attack you directly!" He exclaimed as I smirk, "I activate my trap, Magical Girls Fusion Miracle!" I yelled out as I smiled widely, "Since I have Magical Girls that can be used as Fusion Material I can special summon a Fusion Monster! Can you guess what monster I'm about to summon?" Hayato frowned as I special summoned my chosen monster. "I summon Magical Girl Claire (3100 ATK 2000 DEF) in attack mode!" A small girl in a cream colored dress and a golden gauntlet had materialized onto the field. "Now I activate my other trap when you declared an attack, it's called Magical Girls' United! All of my Magical Girls in the graveyard has their attack points all combined and by halving it I can add it onto Magical Girl Claire's! Now she has 9800 ATK points and I'm going to use them to attack your Devious Knight, Magical Girl Gauntlet Destroyer!"
Ailis: 2000 LP
Hayato: 0000 LP
"And that's the match," I smile as Magical Girl Claire returned it and she disappeared. "I guess I really can't beat you but, did you switch decks? You used a different deck the last time we dueled and you beat me in three minutes!" Hayato had exclaimed as I simply smile, "Well I just didn't really want this duel to end quickly so last night I decided to construct a new deck, it's my first time using this deck so thanks for helping me test it." Everything went quiet as Hayato blinked twice, "Wait… you played against me with a deck that you constructed overnight?" I nodded and he sighed, "I guess you really ARE a champion, like, the Queen of Games."
"Don't go anywhere just yet Hayato," I clenched his jacket before he left as he turned to look at me. "Please watch the next duel Hayato; I'm going to make it memorable!" Hayato patted my head and replied, "I have somewhere to go but I have a feeling that I'll see you sometime soon." I watched him walk away as Yugi crept up behind me, "That was a really great duel Ailis!" Yugi smiled as Joey nodded and added, "We're gonna have a great time dueling you!" I blinked as I asked, "What do you mean by 'we'?"
"It means that all three of you will duel against each other," Croquet explained as we three had glanced at each other, "I guess it doesn't matter who wins so let's have fun!"
END OF CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Yay, Ailis made it to the finals! How's the Magical Girl deck? It's not going to be the only time you'll see that deck but it's going to be quite a while before it's used again.
Anyway, this chapter was pretty duel-y and next chapter will be the same but next time it's a tri-duel!
PREVIEW OF CHAPTER FOURTEEN (Only one line because I don't want to reveal too much)
"I summon Dark Sorcerer Girl (3000 ATK 2300 DEF) in attack mode!"