I hope your super ready for this!
Chapter Six
The Duel to Kill a Future
Holding out the duel discs in front of them. Jaden activated his duel disc "You better get your game on!" The rain couldn't poor harder, it felt like it was crying for them. Irysh started to grind her teeth stand on Rai's side. Her soul couldn't be more burden by this battle. She knew that Rai had a fancy for Jaden. Even if she didn't want her too. She was willing to pretend there was nothing just for Irysh. Now, she had no choice. It was her future and her close friend or a boy. The choice was a hard one. Rai gave a nod as she activated her duel disc.
"I hope your ready." The lightening started to light up the sky. Halloween was suppose to be full of fright. This duel gave enough of that for years. Drawing their first five cards, Jaden spoke again.
"Ladies first." Still with his manners even at the point that his future with the Academy being threatened. Glancing down at her hand for a second she started her turn.
"I place one face down, and I put Mirage Dragon in attack position!" There was nothing more she could do from the hand she pulled. "Your turn." Jaden gave a quick nod drawing one more card. His eyes ran across his hand.
"I place two face downs, and I summon Elemental Hero Airman!" He moved his hand over to his deck "Airman has two effects but I choose to activate his second effect. This one allows me to pull one of my monster cards from my deck and pull it to my hand as long as it has hero in the name." Though the idea of any monsters being in his deck with out Hero in the name was doubtful. He picked his card and slipped it into his hand. Shuffling his deck and placing it back he replied "Now Elemental Hero Airman destroy her Mirage Dragon." Rai shook her head quickly flipping her only face down.
"Unlike you Mirage Dragon allows me to play my trap cards. I activate Magic Cylinder." She head her hand out "You take the damage of your Hero! 1,900!" The sound of Jaden's life points dropping made Alexis flench. This only left Jaden with 6,100. Rai pulled her next card "And its my turn." Glancing at her hand she quickly placed one face down again. "I summon Dread Dragon to the field in attack position." Jaden took a deep breath then pulled his next card. His goofy smile come cross his face.
"I summon Elemental Hero The Heat." Rai flinched at the sight of their highest being the same attack power. "Before that I use the spell Brain Control." Things couldn't be worse as Mirage Dragon disappeared from Rai side of the field and appeared on his side. "Mirage Dragon take out Dread Dragon!" Rai gritted her teeth as her life points started to drop. She was still ahead, but there was nothing to defend against it. "Seeing how Mirage Dragon is on my side, I think I will activate this trap card now. Ability Limitation!" His life points dropped by 500 more. It was simple to pay way out of Mirage Dragon's effect to keep him from playing traps. Now even if she had control over Mirage Dragon again, its effect was just words with no meaning. "I then activate A hero's Bond. This allows me to summon a Hero straight from my hand. As long as they have four stars or lower." It couldn't make insult to injury as he summoned his Hero. " I summon Elemental Hero Lady Heat! Then I add the spell card Megamorph to her." The attack points start to sky rocket stopping at 2600. Rai hand started to shake. "Lady Heat Attack directly." Her life points dropping to 4,900. "Now Elemental Hero the heat, Attack Her directly again." Rai was only left with 3,300. Jaden snapped his fingers in front of him "And you know Lady Heats effect at the end of my turn you take 200 damage for every Hero I have on my side of the field. As you know, then I will place two face downs." Rai snapped as Mirage Dragon disappeared from Jaden's side and appearing back on her side.
"Are you done?" In one turn he had brought her down to 2,900. There was a reason he was here at the Academy for sure. Drawing her card she glanced at her hand. "I place one face down, then I summon Masked Dragon! As for your Lady of heat, its funny you hurt her the worse." The fact that Rai now had the lower life points. The Megamorph worked in the opposite effect sending her half her attack. "So Mirage Dragon attack Lady Heat!" As the Elemental Hero Lady Heat Disappeared Jaden smiled. Even though he took a minor hit his life points where still way above Rai's. 5,150 to 2900 didn't look like good odds at the moment.
"I activate a Hero's Signal. Lady Heat is gone but not forgotten. Seeing how you destroyed my Hero monster this gives me the option to pull another Hero from my hand and special summon it to the field." Flipping a card around his finger Jaden continued "And I summon Elemental Hero Gaia!" It was almost Jaden's turn again and he would have a chance to pull out another monster. Irysh hung her head low if Rai was going to be pulled from Duel Academy what was she going to do. Staring his turn with a draw of a card. He placed two more face down. "I use the spell card Hero Returns." It was like a night mare as Elemental Hero Lady Heat appeared back on the field. "Then I use the card Miracle Fusion!" In that moment both Lady Heat and The Heat both disappeared as the new Hero was brought to the field. "Elemental Hero Flame Blast!" Sending both his monsters to attack her dragons in attack position. Her Dragons exploding and her life points dropping quickly. 5,150 to 700 this couldn't get any worse for her.
"I have to win." Rai whispered under her breath drawing her card to start her turn. "Please." It was like fate was going to grant her with one last chance. "I play the card Hand Destruction, both of us will throw out two cards from our hand to the graveyard and draw two cards." There was only one way now she had a chance of even winning. She needed her red eyes black dragon. "I play the card Monster Reborn. As you know we just tossed two cards away. One of them is your worse night mare. I choose my Red Eyes Black Dragon!" This was her last chance to hit him hard. "Now Red Eyes Black Dragon attack his Elemental Hero Flame Blast." Jaden shook his head as he flipped his face down.
"Guess we both did some precautionary measures. I activate the trap card Responsibility, I get to destroy your attacking monster as long as I have a level 5 or higher hero monster in my grave yard." Jaden lifts up one of the cards he threw away. He held it so she could see it was Elemental Hero Blume, with a star level of 6. A tear trickled down Rai face as her Red Eyes Black Dragon disappeared in front of her. The dragon's screams echoing in her head. As Jaden took his final draw, he placed no face down and attack directly with Elemental Hero Flame Blast. It was as if fate was now mocking her. The one monster she dressed up as, helped to finish her off. The sound of her life points hitting zero made Irysh drop to her knees. Alexis gave a small fist pump as she cheer
"Alright Jaden!" There really wasn't much else to say. Rai turned to Irysh with a weak smile. It was like she was trying to say 'oops' with out actually saying it. Jaden gave a thumbs up with his normal silly smile.
"Good game Rai." He was always so nice. "You had me scared for a minute there." The idea of that was a joke to Rai, it was kind words none the less. Alexis loved every minute of what was going on. Even the great Chazz Princeton was a little upset on the out come. Then again he watched from a distance. He didn't want to make his present known until he knew it would work out for his benefit.
"I will get my bags pack, I will be gone tomorrow." Rai was a woman of her word there was no way she was going to turn back down. The thought of leaving so early was hard on her, but she had to do as she said she would. It was crazy, her dreams where crashed by the person she had a fancy for. Life was truly a cruel mastermind. Jaden tapped his finger to his forehead as if he was signaling a thought airplane to his head for landing. His eyes turning back to Rai, her body flinching as if it was a physical attack.
"That was your condition in winning, I am pretty sure I won. So don't I get to choose what happens to you and when you leave?" Rai turn giving him a sigh. It was some what of a relief, the idea of him having anything good to say was lost to Rai.
"I guess that would be the fair way." The idea of him choosing sooner made her cringe. Even if it was just enough time to soak in the fact she actually made it here. She wanted to have those minutes to herself. Even a small walk around the campus to give her mental pictures of her time here. So short but never the less, she was here. Rai turned her eye contact to Irysh, waiting for Jaden to speak again. Irysh wanted so bad to speak up. Her mind scrambling for things to save Rai from leaving. There was nothing to do or say. If she took Rai punishment for losing, that would only spit in Rai's face. Irysh could only hope for one thing. It was the only thing that would save her, that was Jaden.
"Well, seeing how you're my first girlfriend. I think I would prefer you to stay closer. So I say your not aloud to leave Duel Academy until I leave." His words so kind it was unexpected for Rai. Irysh felt as if a large weight had been lifted off her chest. It was true he was always kind but even though Rai had plans to kick him out. He would surely know that Rai would have never looked back on her judgement. Yet, Jaden still gave Rai something she could not give to him. The idea he still wanted her near him was enough to bring Rai to tears. Alexis mouth dropped shouting
"How can you let her stay? She wanted you to leave." Jaden threw his arms behind his head in a joking like tone he answered. The idea of Rai leaving was like an early Christmas present for Alexis. Then she would only need to remove Irysh and things would run smoothly again.
"I don't know, maybe I am crazy? But I guess we all have our reasons right?" Rai stepped closer to Jaden as a tear dripped down her face. Jaden opened his arms towards to her. There was no fighting it as she rushed into his arms again. Rai clenched her eyes closed
"I promise to beside you as long as Crowler will let me." She thought to herself. It was truly beautiful. The troubles now laid on Irysh. How could she alow her friend to continue through with this. It was obvious it would only bring tears to her. There had to be some way to get her out of the combination. If Crowler would only let it be her. It was truly Irysh's fault alone for not getting a Oblisk blue jacket. Why hurt her friend so much for her own mistakes. The one at fault for this whole mess was her. In that reason alone she was ready to pull Rai from the operation. She gazed around as if to look for Crowler hiding around the corner. He was very good at being nosey, not to mention there at the right times for him. The worse times for them. If he where to see this right now, it was for sure both would go packing. There was a little rustle in the bushes not to far from them. Irysh found her feet as she ran off in the direction, who ever was behind it seemed to take off running. This made things look even worse. Either they where very frightened of her or they knew that what they saw was good information. The figure stayed a good distance from her no matter how much she tried to catch it.
"I can't believe this." Irysh grumbled picking up a rock thinking it was her only choice. Her plan was to hit the shadow hard enough to slow down. Her aim was for its back or at least anything lower then its head. The idea was good but the second the rock landed it hit the back of the shadow's head. It sent the person forward into the ground. Her eyes widen racing forward as she saw figure it only made matters worse. "Chazz?" She placed her head on his chest to make sure his heart was still beating. "No, what if I gave him a concussion if he goes to sleep he will die." There was nothing worse that could happen to night. The idea of slapping him didn't sound like a good idea either. She needed to move him way as the sound of foot steps started to rush towards. It could have been people looking for Jaden or Alexis. Her eyes dart downwards knowing they could even be out looking for Chazz. She pulled him over to a bush tossing him behind it as she pinned her body down on top of him. She placed one hand on his mouth, and another patted his cheek softly. Voices creeping closer as she pushed her body closer to Chazz's praying not to be seen. Her wig hair was slicked close to her body, but the costume was clinging as well. It wasn't bad enough the costume was a little bit showy. She watched as the foot steps started to head off in the direction of Rai and the others. It was like a worry was lifted but the second she saw Chazz's eyes open. Irysh had more to explain. His voice was muffled as she held her hand tightly over his mouth. "Please shh." A blush washed over his face. "You can't talk about what happened here." She blushed deeply as she moved her hand away Chazz spoke quickly.
"Can you get off me now." Moving away from him, she gave a soft sigh. She rubbing her two index finger together as if she was nervous. "Now, what is in it for me if I don't tell? Last time I was promised something and didn't get it, now."
"I am sorry, we didn't know that the teachers would announce something and ruin your thunder." Irysh spouted looking towards the ground. The rain was slowing down, that was a good sign. Chazz gave a strange look.
"I want to know why you didn't tell me it was you." Irysh's face turned beat red. "I mean back there when I was confessing, why didn't you tell me it was you and not Alexis." It wasn't much to ask for but at the same time it was to much to ask for from Irysh.
"I did tell you, I slapped you didn't I." There was a cocky answer. Chazz moved in closer lifting her head up so she was looking at him.
"I can't stand it when someone doesn't look at me when they are talking to me." Irysh turned her head away again. Her eyes closed tightly as if to wish him away.
"Well life is harsh sometimes." Chazz kept a firm hold of her chin. He could feel her getting frustrated. The look on his face was that of an unsatisfied one. It was like he wasn't getting the right answer.
"Tell me why you didn't tell me it was you in the beginning, why did you go along with it. Then I will keep your little secret." Irysh looked around to make sure no one was around to hear her. Her mind scanning her options. "Did you think it was just funny? Was it some kind of joke for you?" If she split right now it would make things to obvious. If she did tell him the truth what would it matter. If she told him a lie then he wouldn't know either way.
"I didn't know it was you, I thought someone actually pulled me a side and loved me." She gave her cockiest smirk she could muster. "I thought someone wanted me, then come to find that it was you, and if matters could be worse you thought I was Alexis." Crossing her arms over her chest in a disgusted look. "I look nothing like Alexis. Plus she is like a freaking giant come paired to me!"
"That we both can agree on that one, I blame it on the dim lights and the darkness that helped." Chazz got up brushing off his coat. It was worse then telling a girl that she got dressed in the dark. He was telling her that Irysh only looked good in the dark. "Cause if I didn't know better, I would think you had a crush on me." Irysh eyes jolted open, jumping to her feet she pushed a hand on his chest.
"Don't flatter yourself." Chazz grabbed her hand pulling her in close. His lips so close Irysh could taste them already. She wanted so bad to lean in and know what it felt like. Her face extremely red as he whispered in her ear.
"Being with you is not flattering." Irysh gritted her teeth. His hands moved away from her. It was like a stab in the back as she raised her hand to hit him. His eyes closed ready to take the slap in the face. Something else seemed to hit first. Irysh didn't care, if he was going to say that, then try saying that after they kissed. Her lips pressed softly against his. Chazz's face lit up in shock.
"The idea of me wanting to be with someone like you is a joke!" As Irysh got to her feet, she ran her fingers down her body. "I am more then you can even handle. I could school you any time in duel monsters. I have looks to kill, you wish you could land a girl like me." She pointed to Chazz with a cocky laugh. "You should be glad that I am even talking to you." Irysh turned her eye contact away from him while she thought to herself "Challenge accepted Chazz Princeton. I am going to make you love me."
"I guess I got my answer, your head over hells for me. Its pretty sad, I wont say either of your secrets. Just don't get in my way of the real girl I want." Irysh gritted her teeth there was the perfect ending to a horrible night. She watched as Chazz walked away. There was now more then one thing that she planned on doing, keeping Rai and her in this Academy and teach Chazz how much he actually wanted her. He wasn't going to make it easy on her at all. For now she needed to find Crowler and strike up a new deal.