Songs of Aurelius Chapter Fourteen
I only have one thing to say, a tri duel is possibly possible because… I'm going to make it possible!
Anyway, enjoy the tri duel!
NOTE: italics are basically snippets of Aurelius' memories
Songs of Aurelius
"Alright… should I use our Magician deck or our Magical Girl deck?" I bit my lip and glanced back at the two again and again. 'You want to have fun right? Maybe our Magician deck will spark things up,' Hikari suggested as I picked it up and scanned the contents. "Here… all our Magician Girls in one deck," A smile crept up to my face as I put my Magical Girl deck back into my trunk and took my Magician Girl deck with me. "Alright, let's have fun out there Hikari!"
Hikari's POV
"Let's have an honorable duel," I smiled as we each had walked onto our duel platforms. Yami nodded and Joey had exclaimed, "Alright, I'm gonna win this!" I shuffled my deck and glanced up at Yami, 'He seems really different from the one in my memories… are they really the same person?' He seemed to glance up but I quickly looked at my deck and put it in its respective place. 'Calm down Hikari, I'm here with you and you're here with me so let's win this duel together!' Ailis cheered in my mind and I felt a small smile appear across my expression. 'That's right; we're going to win this duel together!'
Hikari/ Ailis: 2000 LP
Yami/ Yugi: 2000 LP
Joey: 2000 LP
"I draw," Yami drew his card and looked up, "I summon Celtic Guardian (1400 ATK 1200 DEF) in attack mode!"
"My turn," I scanned my hand and thought, 'Who should I take out first… sorry Joey but I guess it's going to be you as much as I don't want to.' I set one monster facedown and three other cards facedown onto the field and ended my turn.
"Alright, I summon Giltia the D. Knight (1850 ATK 1500 DEF) in attack mode and I'll attack your Celtic Guardian!"
Hikari/ Ailis: 2000 LP
Yami/ Yugi: 1550 LP
Joey: 2000 LP
"I summon Gaia the Fierce Knight (2300 ATK 2100 DEF) in attack mode and I'll destroy your Giltia the D. Knight!" Yami commanded as his knight destroyed Joey's own.
Hikari/ Ailis: 2000 LP
Yami/ Yugi: 1550 LP
Joey: 1550 LP
"Alright my draw," I smirk and decided to take my chances. "I flip summon the Dark Magician (2500 ATK 2100 DEF) in attack mode and I play Look and Eliminate from my hand." The first five cards of my deck were sent to the graveyard and I frowned a little. "Now I'll summon another Dark Magician (2500 ATK 2100 DEF) in attack mode and end my turn,"
"Alright I summon Armored Lizard (1500 ATK 1200 DEF) in defense mode and end my turn!"
"I summon Summoned Skull (2500 ATK 1200 DEF) in attack mode and I'll attack your Armored Lizard!"
"My draw," I bit the inside of my cheek as I glance at all the cards I had out and my hand. "I summon Magician's Valkyria (1600 ATK 1800 DEF) in attack mode and end my turn,"
"Alright I summon the Flame Swordsman (1800 ATK 1600 DEF) in attack mode and I activate the spell card Shield and Sword switching the ATK and DEF of each monster out on the field." I glance at my monsters breathing out a sigh of relief; they will be safe for now.
"Now I'll attack your Summoned Skull with my Flame Swordsman!"
Hikari/ Ailis: 2000 LP
Yami/ Yugi: 1150 LP
Joey: 1550 LP
"I summon Curse of Dragon (2000 ATK 1500 DEF) in attack mode and activate Polymerization to fuse both Gaia the Fierce Knight and Curse of Dragon together to create Gaia the Dragon Champion (2600 ATK 2100 DEF) and I'll attack your Flame Swordsman!"
Hikari/ Ailis: 2000 LP
Yami/ Yugi: 1150 LP
Joey: 750 LP
"I summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon (2400 ATK 2000 DEF) in attack mode! Now I'll activate Graverobber which allows me to take a monster from your graveyard and summon it on my side of the field and I'll take Summoned Skull (2500 ATK 1200 DEF)!" I pursed my lips as I wonder what he was about to do.
"Now I'll activate Copycat to copy the effect of Polymerization to fuse Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Summoned Skull to summon Black Skull Dragon (3200 ATK 2500 DEF) in attack mode and I'm going to destroy Gaia the Dragon Champion!"
Hikari/ Ailis: 2000 LP
Yami/ Yugi: 550 LP
Joey: 750 LP
I bit my lip as I glance at all of our life points so far, I'm in the lead but I'm not exactly on the offensive yet.
"Hey At—I summon the Dark Sorcerer Girl in attack mode to destroy…" "!"
I clutched my head with one hand; a shockwave had seemed to go through my head. Although, I shook it off and breathed out calmly.
"I summon the Dark Magician (2500 ATK 2100 DEF) in attack mode and I activate Magical Hats!" The large top hats appeared onto the field and Yami's Dark Magician was hidden under one of them. Too bad my luck is almost horrible, especially with cards that rely on dice or coins.
"Alright then I'll have my Black Skull Dragon attack that hat!" The Black Skull Dragon unleashed its attack, only to find that the hat was empty and the Dark Magician occupied another hat. "I guess I'll summon Garoozis (1800 ATK 1500 DEF) in attack mode and end my turn." I suppressed the urge to giggle, there's no way anyone would fall for that… except maybe Joey himself but besides that. So, Yami drew his next card and placed a facedown into one of the three remaining hats.
'Alright, anything I can do…' I drew my next card and placed it facedown.
"I'll use my Black Skull Dragon to attack that hat!" The hat vanished only to reveal Spellbinding Circle in its place fully activated. It deceased the Black Skull Dragon's ATK by 700 points and forbid Joey from changing it to defense mode or attacking. For his next move, he switched Garoozis to defense mode and ended his turn.
"I activate Book of Secret Arts and equip it to my Dark Magician increasing its ATK and DEF by 300 points!" I hummed from hearing Yami's move and glanced at the card in my hand as I hear the Black Skull Dragon be destroyed.
Hikari/ Ailis: 2000 LP
Yami/ Yugi: 550 LP
Joey: 450 LP
"I summon Baby Dragon (1200 ATK 700 DEF) in attack mode and I set down a facedown and end my turn." I furrowed my eyebrows as I look at the facedown card Joey had set, obviously it's a trap but out of all the traps I know he has which would it be? "I activate Kunai with Chain!" I nodded to myself and glanced at the card in my hand again and Yami ended his turn.
"Alright I summon Time Wizard (500 ATK 400 DEF) and I'll try my luck, Time Roulette go!" I watched anxiously as the roulette spun and spun and landed perfectly. Now, his Baby Dragon can evolve into Thousand Dragon (2400 ATK 2000 DEF) but I still have my two Dark Magicians out. "Now I'm gonna attack your old Dark Magician!"
"I activate Makiu, the Magical Mist to negate your attack! The Baby Dragon may have aged powerfully but that doesn't mean the Dark Magician has aged weakly. You see, in those thousand years that have passed he learned to master the ultimate spell. Come to the field, Dark Sage (2800 ATK 3200 DEF)!" I widened my eyes as I glance at my own Dark Magicians but they've aged.
"Now it's my turn and I'll activate Monster Reborn to summon Black Skull Dragon (3200 ATK 2500 DEF) back on the field to destroy your Thousand Dragon!"
Hikari/ Ailis: 2000 LP
Yami/ Yugi: 550 LP
Joey: 0 LP
"That was a good match Joey," I complimented as both boys glanced at me. "Wait I just realized… WE NEVER TARGETED AILIS AT ALL!" Joey exclaimed as I shrug and look back to Yami, "Looks like it's my turn now so be prepared!" He nodded and I drew my card.
"I activate Polymerization and I fuse both my Dark Magicians to create the Dark Sorcerer (3000 ATK 2300 DEF)! Like Dark Sorcerer Girl, he gets 500 ATK for every spell-caster in either player's graveyard and guess how many ATK points he gains." I smile as I list them off the top of my head. 'Yami's Dark Magician and my two Dark Magicians are the only spell-casters in our graveyards so he gains 1500 ATK!'
"Now I'll-"
"Aurelius, you haven't eaten in days… are you okay?"
"Amunet, I'm just fine. All I'm doing is light reading is all…"
"I wouldn't call that light reading; you cooped yourself in these archives for days and never even came out once!"
"I'm sorry Amunet, but here… I made this for Yami. Do you think I did I good job?"
"You cooped yourself down here for days just to make his Pharaoh attire!?"
"Robes… attire… songstress… Yami…"
"Duel won by Yugi Mutou from default!"
SOMETIME LATER (Ailis POV)
"We're not going to start the duel until I know she's okay!"
"Yug, I'm sure she'll be fine. From what you told me, Ailis is a strong girl right? She'll be able to take care of herself…"
My eyes fluttered open and I saw Yugi leaning over me, "Yugi?" I blinked a few times as I sat up from the bed I seemed to have been lying on. "Ailis I was so worried about you! You passed out in the middle of our duel," I silently gasped and I glance at the Millennium Mirror that had been put on the nearby table. "So… you won by default?" I ask as I straighten my hair and clip the Millennium Mirror back on. "Yeah… I'm sorry that things turned out that way Ailis." Yugi looked down and I simply smiled, "That was just one duel and besides, we're here to save Grandpa Mutou right? I'll come cheer you on!" He immediately looked up as I was about to slip out of the bed, "No you're going to rest here Ailis, you passed out just recently so you have to take it easy okay?" Yugi gently gripped my shoulders and pushed me back down. "Okay… but you better not get your soul taken or I might have to get up and rescue you and the others!" I pout as Yugi gave me a small smile, "I'll do my best Ailis and bring Grandpa and the Kaiba brothers back." As the door was beginning to close I let out a soft whisper,
"Be careful Yugi…"
A FEW MINUTES LATER (NOTE: italic will now be portraying Hikari's dialogue)
"I'm sorry Ailis, I suddenly lost consciousness and now you won't be able to look after Yugi." I shook my head at the spirit form Hikari and played with the ashen gray rabbit. "I'm not really the one who looks after him; it's rather the other way around really…" I yawned slightly and Hikari hummed in thought. "By the way… do you think I'll find this girl called 'Amunet' in this time period?" Hikari asked as I suddenly remembered something. "Oh! I used to have a friend named Amunet back in Egypt, she had green hair and it had sandy brown streaks in it…" We both widened our eyes in unison. "Do you have any way to contact her!?" I sighed, "I don't know her number and I don't want to leave Yugi or Seto again…" Hikari's eyes soften as she smiled, "That's alright… I'm sure we'll find her soon. I have a feeling we will,"
"Hikari… do you feel that?" It seemed like… something was missing. "I don't know Ailis; I am a spirit you know." "I didn't mean it literally! But… it feels like Yugi is just… gone, you don't think Pegasus took…" I trailed off not wanting to hear myself say it. "Here, use the power of the Millennium Mirror to find out." Hikari suggested and I nodded trying to scan for Yugi. "W-What…" I can't find him… does that mean Pegasus already took his soul? "I… I told him to be careful…" I could feel my eyes sting and tears slip out. "Let's go check ourselves before jumping to conclusions…" I nodded and slipped out of the bed carrying the ashen gray rabbit with me.
"W-What is this!?" I nearly dropped the rabbit as I had a glimpse of a large purple-black mist of some sort. "Ailis, what are you doing out of bed!?" Tea yelled as I ran over to the entrance to the dueling platform Yugi and Yami was supposed to be on. There wasn't a clue of him being here but… the mist in front of me seems so odd. "Ailis, try touching it." I reached out with my fingers but felt nothing and frowned. Tristan tried running through it but only to have gone to the other side. "Yugi's definitely in there Ailis… can you do something?" Tea asked as I hummed in thought. "We already tried a surplus of things but there's one thing I want to do…" I could feel Hikari nod and we manually switched places. "Now, maybe we can get through by using the Millennium Mirror…" Hikari's fingers reached out as well but she resulted in failure. We switched back again and I huffed out, "This mist sure is stubborn…" Suddenly, a shock went through my mind somehow alerting me. Somehow… Yugi's in danger!
"Grr… go Rabbit!" I tossed my ashen gray rabbit into the mist hoping for some result.
"What the…?" I widened my eyes to see the rabbit bounce off not Yugi's but Yami's head. "Oh looks like you got passed my barrier," Pegasus huffed childishly but grinned, "But you won't be able to help your dear Yugi for his mind is now lost within the Shadow Realm!" I blinked as I could feel Yugi's presence somewhere near. "I think I found him…" I could feel myself enter Yami's mind and saw Yugi somehow unconscious within himself. "You idiot… I told you to be careful." I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and I could feel the Hikari's presence also standing behind me along with everyone else.
'I don't know what's going on but… I feel as if we're all connected… Yugi, this time we'll protect you!'
OUT OF THE SHADOW REALM
"Ailis, I told you not to get out of bed…" Yugi sighed as I sheepishly grin and grip the ashen gray rabbit. "Well I was worried you know… you could've lost your mind in that 'Shadow Realm' Yugi." I hid my face behind the ashen gray rabbit and I heard Yugi shift. 'W-What?' Yugi's arm wrapped around my small shoulders as he mumbled, "You never really gave the rabbit a name you know…" I blinked and looked down at the rabbit. "I'll call him… Aiyu,"
END OF CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Looks like I'm finally finished with that… HOORAY! KANPAI! CHEERS!
Damn… already so early in the morning and I haven't slept yet.
Anyway, I want to know if anyone knows why Ailis named the rabbit Yugi gave her a long time ago 'Aiyu'. It's actually kind of obvious but I'll congratulate the first person to point it out in the reviews!
Also, the 'date' is going to come up soon so I also want to know if you guys want Hikari to replace Tea because I already have ideas for it.
Yay, fillers will be coming soon before Battle City but fear not for Battle City is very close. Man, I love Battle City.
Lastly, I finally reached over 30,000 words! That's actually quite an achievement for me but maybe someday it'll surpass 100,000 words!