A/N: Yay, thank you for all the reviews! Now we get to see how all of the OCs interacts with each other and start out their first night at DA! ONTO THE INSANITY OF MY MIND!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh GX. I own my OCs and people own the OCs they submitted. Please R&R but do not flame. I also don't own any songs I may mention.
Chapter III
Lose Control
"Now when I call your name, please state that you are present." Alicia said as she opened a small purple notebook. "Tyler?"
"Here…" came a very small squeak from beside Hazel.
"Hazel?"
"What do you think?"
"K'van?"
"Present and accounted for."
"Arya?"
"Here!!"
"Lilly?"
"Right here,"
Alicia's face turned pink as she muttered, "Raiden…"
Raiden looked slightly confused, "Here…"
"Emerald?"
"Present!"
"Kiyoshi?"
"Yo."
Blushing and stammering this time, "V-Virgil?"
Virgil gave her a peace sign, "Here."
"Rae?"
"Yup!"
"Matt?"
"… I'm here."
"And Noah?"
"Here!" Said boy then had his arms around Alicia in a huggle, "Hug!"
"FOR THE LAST TIME! STOP HUGGING ME!" Alicia shouted, squirming out of the tall boy's grasp.
Breathing heavily, she turned to retrieve her fallen notebook. During this time period, Raiden sent glares that would murder anyone on the spot at Virgil and Noah, who both got question marks over their heads. Alicia brushed her bangs out of her eyes as she looked back around the Ra Gazebo.
"Okay, who knows people in this group from somewhere other than DA?" Only a couple raised their hands. "Alright… let's try and get this worked out…"
"Matthew and I know Raiden from San Francisco, where we're all from. We're childhood friends." explained Rae.
K'van spoke up, "I grew up in Russia."
Lilly gave a sheepish grin, "Florida."
"New York." Arya answered.
"Denmark, with my cousin." Emerald responded, "Until I moved to Scotland for a bit and met you and Ty."
Virgil looked at Kiyoshi and Noah, "We all grew up in Domino."
Rae raised an eyebrow, "But you look like you're from the states." She pointed out to the blonde skater.
"We-ll… thing is I'm half-American. Mom's from Alabama. Dad's from Domino." Virgil replied. "Guess I take after my American ancestors."
"Alley-cat and I grew up in a remote village of Scotland until Mother took custody of us when we were ten…" Tyler spoke up, the room growing quiet. "That's when… that's when she did that awful experiment on Alicia and me…" Tears gathered in the corners of her eyes, "She manipulated us…"
Lilly fell silent for a second, "My brother died when I was trying to save him from her. I blame myself for it… Your mother went around the world and did something… something that changed all of us."
Virgil lowered his head, his blonde bangs hiding his mint green orbs, "She turned us into "special beings", as your father calls us. All of us have the hearts of an animal and can use these "gifts" to help mankind…"
"That's what I want to do. The right thing!" Arya exclaimed.
Hazel scoffed from her secluded spot of leaning on the gazebo's entrance with her foot propped up and her arms crossed over her stomach, "What is the right thing? What if the right thing is considered the opposite of the side you're on? There is neither good nor evil."
Matt raised an eyebrow, "But you can certainly tell when some things are the wrong choices right, Hazel?"
"I am neutral. There is neither good nor evil in my perspective." She simply murmured in response.
Rae bit her lower lip, "But, Hazel, you can't really believe that, can you?"
Hazel's head whipped in Rae's direction. They all jumped at the intensity of her hazel-brown orbs. Her hands started to glow an eerie shade of green and vines started to wrap around the posts of the gazebo.
"Hazel, control." Alicia ordered sternly. "Now."
The glow died away and the vines stopped growing instantly. Rae hugged her brother, trembling slightly, and hid her gaze away from the Native American girl's.
Matt coaxed his sister gently, "So, what else are we here for?"
"These." Alicia held up her Amazon Archer. "The cards that glowed during our duels, and I have the feeling that these are going to play an important part in our future."
Tyler pulled out her deck and pulled out Nanobreaker, staring at the machina woman intensely. Hazel lazily pulled out her Warrior Lady of the Wasteland as K'van located his Dark Magician of Chaos. Arya and Lilly exchanged a look before looking at their Mystical Elf and Gemini Elf. Raiden paused and looked at two separate decks before holding up a card titled United Pandorym while Emerald found her Magician of Faith. Virgil and Kiyoshi flipped through their decks and came up with Harpie's Brother and Black Luster Solider. The Andrew Twins slowly looked down at their Fire Sorceress and Celtic Guardian. Finally, Noah pulled out his Blue Eyes White Dragon.
"Can you feel it? Can you feel a power within you've never felt before as you gaze down at these creatures?" Alicia continued, her ice green eyes burning, the cerulean blue rim catching the light. "These creatures are bound to us by spirit! We must unleash this power!" Her hand covered her heart, "We must lose control…"
Jolting, they all gazed down in amazement as an array of colors consumed the gazebo and each and every one of them.
Spirit Realm
"Ow…" Moaning, all thirteen duelists sat up while rubbing the backs of their heads in pain.
"That hurt." Lilly said before she looked down and jumped, "What the-?! Why am I dressed like the brunette Gemini Elf from my card?!"
Looking down, each and every one of them realized they too were dressed like their Duel Monsters. Alicia let out a squeak of horror and her face turned blood red as she tried to cover up her stomach. Tyler examined her strange machina blade and looked around the group slowly.
"This… this is the Spirit Realm." She gasped in awe.
A soft melody reached their ears as they all got to their unsteady feet. Hazel staggered, allowing Matt to steady her, and they both chibi-blushed awkwardly. Kiyoshi looked around in bewilderment.
"Okay, once again somethin' weird happens." He said dryly.
Raiden looked around and optimistically said, "Well, it can't get any-" He had a pair of hands clamped over his mouth in a heartbeat.
Virgil glared, "You complete that sentence and you're gonna end up killing us, Raiden."
Rae looked around, "Hey, where's Ty?"
Alicia whirled around and they saw Tyler walking slowly across the plain of white flowers that surrounded them, dragging her sword behind her, and she looked entranced.
"Butterfly!?" Alicia cried out.
Tyler's eyes widened and her amethyst rim expanded, making the ice green disappear, as she held her arms out and began to levitate slightly. Alicia was about to rush forward when Virgil snatched her arms.
"Wait! It could be dangerous!" He hissed.
"That's my little sister!!" Alicia struggled.
No one dared to breathe as a spirit formed in front of Tyler and the field of flowers turned from white to black. The spirit was that of a little girl wearing a black simple gown. Her long limp black locks fell to her thighs and her hollowish black orbs switched to a blood red in a heartbeat. She then levitated and touched Tyler's forehead with her palm, sneering as she did so.
"Yes, lose control, Tyler Alixandria!" She exclaimed before blasting Tyler back.
"Tyler!!" Many exclaimed.
Landing limply in the flowers, Tyler's eyes flickered open, the pupils slitting. Before their eyes, Tyler's body began to change rapidly.
"T-Ty…" Alicia choked out.
In place of her sister was a white timber wolf. Her amethyst eyes landed on them and the she-wolf snapped her jaws menacingly before howling. The clouds parted and day became night, the full moon shining. The girl smirked.
"What'd you do to Tyler?!" Raiden shouted in rage.
"She lost control, just like Alicia Anne wanted." replied the child, "And as Sorrow, it was my duty to allow that."
"How can you be an emotion?" Lilly demanded.
Rae thought about it, "No! Sorrow is her name!"
"Correct, Maria Raven!" Sorrow laughed before she teleported and struck Alicia in the back. "Lose control like your sister, Alicia Anne!"
Howling like mad, Alicia gripped her head and started to thrash violently, her body morphing into the form of a dark brown wildcat. Her cerulean blue rim expanded like Tyler's had and soon Alicia was a wildcat too. She bared her fangs, her cerulean blue orbs locking on Raiden.
"Fight her!" K'van ordered. "Don't let her transform you!"
Before they could even move, Arya, Lilly, Emerald, and Rae were struck as well.
"Hehehehe." giggled Sorrow, watching them transforming. "Aryana Sabina, Lilith Destiny, Emerald Atilea, and Maria Raven have lost control as well."
An auburn red fox, a black panther, a white tiger, and raven all formed before the remaining duelists eyes. The transformed ones started to approach, Rae flying above the mammals.
"Your turn, Matthew Ryan." Sorrow whispered from behind him.
Matt gasped in pain as his body lurched forward.
"Matt!" Raiden cried, hastily catching his falling companion.
Soon, a pale brown lion was in Raiden's arms.
"Virgil, do something!" K'van shouted, dodging Sorrow.
Sorrow teleported right in front of said boy, "Yes, do something. Lose control, Virgil Kotaro." Blasting him, Sorrow watched as Virgil transformed into a leopard. "That leaves five." She turned her blood red orbs on Raiden, Hazel, Kiyoshi, K'van, and Noah. "Hazel Naminé… you're next."
"Like heck I am." Hazel did a back flip and dodged Sorrow.
"Cockiness will only bring you down faster!" exclaimed the child before striking Hazel.
A large black moonbear was soon in Hazel's place. Panicked, Kiyoshi and Noah both let their guards down, transforming into a black jaguar and a vampire bat. K'van let out a curse and stood back-to-back with Raiden. The eleven animals surrounded them.
"Any ideas?" K'van dared to ask.
Raiden shook his head fiercely.
"Wonderful. This has all gone to the dogs." K'van rolled his eyes.
Sorrow smirked as she watched the animals advancing on the boys. Just a few more feet and they would strike…
"Stop this immediately, sister!"
A blinding white light expanded throughout the field of flowers, restoring them back to their once pure snow white shade. Sorrow twirled around to find another girl appearing. Her long flowing locks were a pale silver-purple hue and her eyes were a shade darker. They shifted to a white as she tapped into her full powers, her simple white gown flowing eerily.
"Rosalind." Sorrow sneered. "This doesn't concern you."
"It does when Mr. Raiden and Mr. K'van are in danger!" the girl, Rosalind, shouted at her twin.
Sorrow narrowed her blood red orbs at Rosalind, "K'van Ithros and Raiden Aloysius must lose control."
Rosalind held her palms out, "Not while I protect them."
Raiden and K'van watched Rosalind send a glowing orb at Sorrow. It consumed the dark child and she vanished without a trace. Unshielding his eyes, Raiden saw all the animals had collapsed.
"Ali!" Raiden rushed forward and ran his hand through her dark brown fur, "Ali…"
"Miss Alicia will be alright. So will the others." Rosalind reassured them, "Mr. K'van, thank you for keeping your head."
K'van nodded slightly, "Why are we here?"
Rosalind paused and said, "I will explain once I restore the others."
She then took a bouquet of the flowers, twirled, and tossed them in the breeze. The flowers surrounded the group and a melody filled the air. Rosalind began to hum a hymn melodically. Raiden and K'van watched in awe as their friends' shapeshifted back into their human form. The girls all gasped slightly while the boys moaned in pain. Each and every one's animalistic orbs flickered open.
"Ugh…uh…?" Alicia's view came into focus and she smiled, "Raiden…?"
Without a reply, Raiden hugged Alicia close, stroking her locks, and crying, "Thank goodness you're okay!"
Lilly smiled at the sight, "Everyone okay?"
K'van nodded, "Thanks to Rosalind."
"Miss Emerald," Rosalind helped the Slifer girl, "How are you feeling?"
"Like I want to beat Jesse with my kendo sword…" groaned Emerald.
Tyler laughed and said, "She's okay."
Rosalind stood in the circle of the duelists. Matt and Hazel were trying to keep Rae, Kiyoshi, and Noah steady while Tyler, Lilly, and Arya took over on Emerald. K'van and Virgil both watched Rosalind closely as Alicia and Raiden finally snapped back into reality, blushed, and scrambled into separate directions.
"Each of you are warriors." Rosalind began, "Duelists and special beings. With these gifts, you must defeat the shadows trying to destroy your world. One of those enemies is my twin, Sorrow." Arya ground her teeth slightly, "As you saw, you have the ability to enter the Nether Realms and take the form of a Duel Monster. You also can transform into the animal of which you bear the heart of."
"Nether Realms?" Emerald couldn't help but ask.
Rosalind smiled, "The realms are that of Spirit, Memory, Dream, Fantasy, Light, and Shadow. You are currently in the Spirit Realm." She explained softly.
"This is what Sheppard meant…" Arya realized.
"Yes." Rosalind said.
K'van thought about it, "We need a leader."
At that, everyone turned and looked at Alicia, who blinked while looking bewildered.
"Huh?! Me?! Why me?!" She exclaimed.
"Face it, your mother is the one who did this, and you have the leadership qualities." Hazel said.
Alicia's face fell, "B-But, b-but-"
Kiyoshi spoke, "You are our leader. Deal with it."
"'Sides… you'll be a great leader." Virgil said with a grin.
Blushing, Alicia looked down, "O-Okay…"
Raiden sent another glare at Virgil that said: "BACK OFF!"
Noah hugged Alicia, "You're gonna be great, Alici!"
"Ah-lee-cee." sang Arya, "Sounds like a Neopet. It's cute!"
Alicia sweatdropped, "STOP HUGGING ME, BAT-BOY!"
Noah released her instantly.
Rosalind giggled and said, "Good luck."
A light consumed them once more…
End Chapter
A/N: Hardly ordinary and even more non-ordinary than before! Will these freshmen be able to save the world and still be normal teenagers? And what will happen when Jaden and the others get involved? Find out in chapter 4! Please REVIEW! (pauses) PH34R M3 I IZ H0N3YT0457!
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