Hey again everyone! Well, not much new this week. Heh, we had lots of rain the last two days, with tornado watches and flood watches in effect. It wasn't too bad though. Lots of rain, but that was about it. Other than that, nothing really that new going on in real life.
Writing wise, things are progressing, so that's about all I have to say on it, lol.
Last time, Jaden and Jesse continued their duel against Kevin, who revealed he had control of all three Legendary Demons. To counteract this, Jaden brought out Chaos Neos, and Jesse summoned his long sought after Rainbow Dragon. With the pair seemingly taking control of the duel, is this the end of Kevin, or only the beginning for whatever is controlling him?
Moving along, it's Review Time!
Aelsthla-Mental: Yep, Rainbow Dragon is fighting off two Legendary Demons. The real fight looks like it's just beginning, but who'll win, no one knows. Well, other than me as always, lol. Thanks for the review!
Vyser Dragoon: LOL! Too bad about not being able to think well. Yep, Rainbow Dragon made it's grand entrance at long last and flexed it's muscles. It might be just you for Stardust Dragon, lol. Hmm, Yubel a part of Kevin? Never know, could be, or it could be something else entirely different. It'll be made clear this chapter, at long last. Lol, nice attack name. Thanks for the review!
Ultimate Legendary Master: Yep, you were right, Pegasus gave Jesse the Rainbow Dragon card. Heh, you could be right about Yubel possessing Kevin, but you never know. She may not even be in this story… or she could be… I know, quit being so mysterious! Thanks for the review!
Well, that's it for the reviews. Thank you all for the three I received. They were helpful and nice to read. To anyone who hasn't reviewed, but has comments, questions, suggestions, etc, feel free to review or PM me. I'll try and answer anything that is sent, minus stuff that gives away the plot, lol.
At any rate, I'm done for today. I'm out. Enjoy!
Chapter 21
Staring at the white dragon, Kevin sneered and in his feminine voice confidently declared "Your pathetic dragon won't win you this duel!"
"We'll see." Jesse remarked. "Why don't you quit hiding behind Kevin's face and show us who you really are!?"
Smirking, Kevin's female voice asked "You want to know what I truly look like, eh?"
"We do." Jaden replied. "If you're someone I know, then prove it. Thus far, I don't even recognize your voice or anything, so prove who you are!"
Once more smirking, Kevin closed his eyes and the female voice said "Very well, if I must show you Jaden, I will."
Slowly, Kevin's body began to glow with a dark aura. Without warning, Kevin fell to the ground, but in the wake of where he fell, an orange energy in the form of a human like creature stood. Glaring at the fallen form of Kevin, the form pointed at him with it's finger and slid his body away across the dueling ring to the edge.
Seeing Kevin had been freed, the rest of the gang watching rushed to his side and dragged him away from the dueling ring. Alexis carefully examined him for a moment and checked his vitals, finding that he was still alive.
"He's alive, but worn out." she informed.
The group all returned their view to the dueling ring, where the orange form stood completely still. After a moment, the form began to glow brightly with a darker orange aura. Slowly, the orange energy began to recede, beginning at the form's feet. The aura receded upwards, revealing first a pair of legs, with the right being covered in sickly dark pink skin, the left in what looked like black clothing. At the form's right upper thigh, the same black clothing that was on the left leg appeared and ran up to the form's hips. The clothing formed a V off of the hips, leaving a great deal of skin exposed. Continuing to move upwards, the failing aura revealed more sickly pink skin from the creature's hips, along with it's stomach. Just above the creature's midsection, the black material formed once more, with a strip going across it's left rib cage, but only a strip. On the right side, the material formed covering for what looked like a breast, while the left side remained flat. The material snaked over the creature's right shoulder and formed two spikes on it's shoulder, while two spikes formed on it's left one. The material ended on the creature's right arm at it's elbow with two spikes, but it's arm was clawed and had brown skin on the top half of it's arm. On the left arm, much scalier brown skin formed with claws at the end. Moving to the creature's back, the aura revealed a pair of bat like black wings with a dark shade of purple inner part of it's wings. Reaching past it's neck, the aura vanished from the creature's head, revealing a feminine face with light blue lips, white spiky hair on the right side of it's head, with purple spiky scales on the left side. The creature's left eye was aqua colored, while the left was orange. In the center of it's forehead was a single eye that had a yellow cornea with a red iris. On the creature's left hand, a strange Duel Disk, looking like it was made of flesh, appeared with the two monster cards still on it and the two cards in it's Spell/Trap Slots. On the life point meter, a yellow eye symbol appeared.
Smirking at the pair, the female demon asked "Do you remember me now Jaden?"
Staring wide eyed at the demoness before him, Jaden felt sweat running down the side of his face. Weakly, he said "It can't be… Is that really you Yubel?"
"Ah, so you do remember me now, don't you Jaden?" Yubel asked with a victorious sneer.
Glancing back between Jaden and Yubel rapidly, Jesse asked "You know that thing Jaden?"
"Yeah… But it's been almost twelve years since I've seen her." Jaden unsteadily answered. "I… I don't understand, why are you back, Yubel?"
Frowning, Yubel looked downwards with a scowl. "You sent me away, and for what Jaden!?" she asked accusingly.
Looking away, Jaden felt tears in the corner of his eyes, but held them back. Glancing back up, he sadly whispered "Because you were a threat to everyone I knew."
"I was protecting you! You had no right to send me away!" Yubel angrily snapped. "Do you know how it felt, being away from you!? Not knowing if I'd ever see you again!?"
Hiding his eyes below his bangs, Jaden quietly replied "I did…" Slightly looking up at her, he added "But you were a danger to not only my friends, but everyone else around me. If I hadn't of done what I did…"
"You got rid of me like I was nothing." Yubel ground out with anger. "I was protecting you, and you sent me away."
Feeling his heart ache, Jaden bit his lower lip. "I just wanted you to learn from Neos, that was all…"
"Neos!?" Yubel questioned harshly. She burst out loud laughing, pointing at the black and white warrior on the field. "That fool knew nothing to begin with! Why think I'd learn something from him!?"
Clenching his right fist, Jaden quietly replied "He was to help you, and teach you all he knew about helping others. You only wanted to hurt others…"
"Nonsense! I only wanted to protect you! Do you not even remember the promise you made me!?" Yubel fiercely asked.
Thinking for a moment, Jaden finally shook his head, earning him a low growl from the demoness. Clutching her chest, she closed her eyes. Looking up at Jaden, angry tears slid down her cheeks while she yelled "You swore to me that you'd only love me and belong to me alone! You swore it, and then you evilly broke your promise!"
Shocked at Yubel's words, Jaden closed his eyes and began to search his mind for any hint to him making that promise to her. After a few moments, he opened them and looked sorrowfully at her. Voice full of emotion, he slowly said "I still don't remember what you're talking about Yubel. I never made that promise. If I had, I'd remember."
"YOU LIAR!" Yubel accused. "YOU'RE LYING! WHY WON'T YOU ACCEPT THAT I'M RIGHT!"
In a low, remorseful tone, Jaden replied "Because I just don't remember it, and can't accept that I'd make a promise like that without any memory of it."
"Jaden…" Alexis lowly whispered while staring at Jaden. "That thing can't be right, can it? No, Jaden would never make a promise like that and never remember it. He would never be that cold hearted."
Clenching her fist tightly till a small trickle of blood dropped to the ground, Yubel uttered "Fine then. If you refuse to remember, then I'll force you to!"
Snapping the top card of her deck off, Yubel glared at it and then pointed at her face down card. "I reveal the trap Undying Class. This allows me to sacrifice the two remaining Phantasm Tokens in order to revive my Uria, Lord of Searing Flames (4000/4000)!"
Without warning, a tower of flames shot up out of the ground. Rising from the flames was the red snake like dragon, which roared loudly.
"Next, I activate Uria's special ability, allowing him to destroy one face down spell or trap on the field. I choose the one on the right on your field Jaden!"
Opening it's jaws, the red dragon let out another massive roar, sending sound waves straight at the face down card. The card instantly flipped up, revealing a trap and then shattering.
"NO! My Negate Attack!" Jaden exclaimed with worry.
Smirking, Yubel smoothly said "I wouldn't worry about it Jaden. After all, once I play this next card, you are mine. It is time for me to summon the monster that will decide your fate Jaden! I activate the spell Death by Dimensional Fusion! This card is rather simple in how it works. I remove from play all three of my Legendary Demons now, so be gone, and reveal your fusion form, the almighty Armityle the Chaos Phantom (0/0)!"
Lifting up into the air, one by one, the three large creatures were pulled into the sky towards a green shimmering portal. The three slowly slid into the portal, with all three of them vanishing completely. The portal slightly shimmered upon this and suddenly began glowing even brighter. Descending slowly from the portal was a creature with yellow nearly see through wings like the large dull yellow creature had had, a set of blue and yellow horns, large red shoulder pads with spikes sticking out, an arm that had the red dragon like creature on it, the other arm corresponding to the large blue and purple creatures, and the rest of the body appeared to be a blend of the three creatures combined into one. Upon landing onto the field, the new creature let out a horrendous roar, shaking the entire island and sending debris falling within the dueling arena.
Staring at the combo creature, Jaden felt his knees give out and he fell onto them and his hands. Squeezing his eyes shut, he felt despair flowing throughout his mind.
"There is no way to win now! If it was my turn and I could activate Chaos Neos's second special ability, I'd be safe, but with it being Yubel's turn, there is no way to win! I'm about to fail in defeating her... What about Jesse? What will happen to him, and the others? What about Alexis?"
Opening his eyes, he weakly sat back onto one knee and moved the other leg into a better position so he could stand. "Yubel, I want you to leave the others out of this. This promise, whatever it is, isn't worth hurting my friends. Please, just let them go." Jaden weakly pleaded.
Looking at Jaden, Yubel sneered and replied "No. They will suffer horrible fates, much like your own, my dearest Jaden. I must punish them for trying to take you away from me."
"But they did nothing!" Jaden argued.
"It makes no difference to me." Yubel flatly remarked. "They tried to come between us, and thus I must destroy them all."
"You two haven't forgotten about me here, now have you?" Jesse interjected, earning him attention from the pair. "I don't know what kind of crazy thinking is going through your head Yubel, but if Jaden made a promise like you proclaim he did, he'd remember it, without a doubt. Jaden is just that kind of person. When he makes a promise, he keeps it. I know you're angry, but let it go."
Flashing a smile towards Jaden, Jesse added "Besides, Jaden is my friend, and I won't let you harm him any longer! Like I said earlier, you'll have to go through me to get to him!"
Glaring daggers at Jesse, Yubel's jaw clenched while she ground her fangs into her other teeth. "You want to protect Jaden, eh?" she ground out. "Then we shall see how willing you are to protect him! I activate Armityle's special ability! During my turn alone, his attack points rise to 10000 (10000/0)!"
Letting out a massive roar, the entire dueling arena shook while pieces of the arena shuttered and fell to the ground. The others quickly realized the arena maybe no longer safe to remain in and quickly gathered Kevin up and took refuge in the mouth of the tunnel where duelists would enter the arena.
"You will lose this turn Jaden. Can you feel the fear yet?" Yubel purred out.
Jaden couldn't even bring himself to look at Yubel upon her declaration. Seeing he couldn't, Jesse turned towards Jaden and called out "Jay, don't give up! You're stronger than that! Remember what you told me? A duel isn't over till the last card is played! And last I checked, we each had a few cards to play!"
Feeling a small bit of strength return to him, Jaden lightly nodded and stood back up and glanced at Jesse with a small smile. "Thanks Jesse…" he mumbled.
"No problem partner. That's what I'm here for, to help you and for you to help me! We're a team, no matter what! And I think it's time we showed Yubel what teamwork is all about!" Jesse declared.
Sadly nodding, Jaden returned his gaze towards Yubel, who scowled at him. "Yubel, I'm sorry for this, but you're too dangerous. We… we have to stop you no matter what."
"So, that's how it is, eh Jaden?" Yubel growled. With a fierce yell, she pointed at the black and white warrior and screamed "Armityle, send his Chaos Neos to Hell so I can have my beloved Jaden back!"
Letting out a massive roar once more, the combination creature's jaws opened, exposing a dark orange energy beginning to build up in it's mouth. The energy continued to build larger and larger, and seemed as if it would be larger than the creature's entire head. In an earth shattering blast, the combo creature finally released a stream of dark orange energy straight for the black and white warrior, who stared at it coming towards it.
Lowering his head, Jaden fell to one knee once more. "I... I failed you, Illidan. I tried, I really tried, but I couldn't stop Yubel. Now she's free to run amuck. I'm truly sorry."
"I play my face down card!" a voice called out, waking Jaden from his thoughts. Glancing over at Jesse, he saw that the green haired young man's face down card was rising up. "It's time I prove that I am going to protect Jaden no matter what you say or do Yubel, and here is my proof! I'm activating my spell Prism Wall."
Shooting up out of the ground in front of the black and white warrior with no warning was a glass wall. A series of walls began shooting up also, seemingly building a pathway towards the large white dragon.
Glaring at the walls, Yubel yelled "What have you done!?"
Chuckling lightly, Jesse calmly said "I just saved Jaden. See, my Prism Wall forces your monster's attack to be redirected towards my Rainbow Dragon. But I'm not going to allow you to destroy Rainbow Dragon either, by no means. I play his special ability! By sending all my Crystal Beasts on my field to my Graveyard, I can add a 1000 attack points to my dragon for each one."
Eyes widening, Yubel asked shakily "You mean you can raise that dragon's strength!?"
"Sure can!" Jesse confidently remarked. "I send all six of my Crystal Beasts on my field to my Graveyard, thus raising the strength of Rainbow Dragon (4000 + 6 1000 10000/0)!"
Glowing one after another, the four crystals on the field in front of Jesse vanished, causing the gems on the sides of the dragon's body to begin to light up with a bright glow each. The two weaker gem creatures on the field then transformed into crystals as well and vanished, causing two more gems on the dragon's body to glow to life. Letting out a heavy roar, the white dragon's power increased greatly while rainbow energy began to gather in it's jaws.
"Let's finish this! Rainbow Dragon, counter with Rainbow Refraction!" Jesse cried out.
The dark orange energy that had been traveling towards the white and black warrior suddenly hit the glass walls and began snaking it's way towards the white pristine dragon. Opening it's jaws, the white dragon fired a beam back of it's own rainbow energy. The two blasts struck one another, causing a fierce explosion to erupt onto the field and through the roof of the dueling arena, sending debris flying everywhere.
Jaden was instantly thrown off the dueling ring and into a nearby wall that was fifteen feet away. Immediately, he lost consciousness while the battle in the dueling ring continued on.
Growling lowly, Yubel screamed "Your pathetic dragon can't win! I will have Jaden, no matter what you do!"
"That's where you're wrong." Jesse informed. "You see, this duel was over the moment I activated my Prism Wall. Even though our monsters are evenly matched, Prism Wall's secondary effect will take the last of our life points. When the battle ends between the two monsters, Prism Wall inflicts damage to the controller of the card and my opponent equal to the total of the monster's attack points that got the attack redirected to it. In other words, we're both about to lose 10000 life points. Not even I will survive this, but Jaden will."
Eyes widening in shock, Yubel's mouth was hung open and asked "Why would you go so far to protect Jaden!?"
"Because, he's my friend, and I swore I'd protect him. I know for sure he'd do the same for me." Jesse answered.
Glaring at him, Yubel's jaw clenched while hatred poured out of her eyes. Fisting her hands, she snarled out "I will not lose Jaden thanks to you! For your interference, I will take you away from him, like you took him away from me!"
Opening her right hand, she pointed it upwards with her palm flat. Above the pair, a blue shimmering portal opened, seemingly sucking everything into it's domain.
Staring at it in shock, Jesse yelled out "What are you doing!? You'll destroy us both to get rid of me!?"
"Not destroy, take away." Yubel corrected with a smirk. "Come, we will go to a world where you will forsake your precious friend."
With Yubel's words spoken, the two began to be sucked up towards the portal. The two warring creatures vanished slowly into the portal first, soon followed by Yubel. Jesse was nearly to the portal, but glanced down at the unconscious Jaden.
Feeling sadness in his heart, he sadly smiled and said "Jaden, be strong, and thanks for everything."
Upon his final words being said, Jesse was pulled into the portal, vanishing completely from sight along with the portal. Once the portal closed, the building completely collapsed in on itself, effectively burying Jaden and all of his friends.
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Running at an inhuman speed thanks to his own Shadow Powers, if not on pure adrenaline, Illidan raced towards the Obelisk Blue House where Yugi and his family had been residing. Ignoring the fact that the others were far behind him, he pushed his body harder than he thought possible.
"DAMN IT! I NEED TO MOVE FASTER!" he groaned within his mind.
After another minute, he finally arrived and ran up to the front door. He slammed into it heavily with his shoulder, knocking it off of it's hinges due that he had been using his Hidden Flame technique to increase his speed and strength.
Seeing an unconscious Tea in the middle of the room, Illidan gasped and rushed to Tea's side. He noted a small bit of blood was leaking down the side of her lip, but nothing too nasty. Checking her vitals, he let out a small sigh of relief.
Seeing a letter on her stomach, Illidan picked it up and carefully examined the envelope that held it. After a moment, he glanced across the room and saw Yoshi laying on the ground. Throwing the letter onto the coffee table, he ran to her side, checking her over. Finding she was alive as well, Illidan stood up and moved to Arya's playpen.
Looking into the playpen, he saw no signs of his daughter. Glancing around the room, he looked for any signs of her, but found none. Beginning to slightly panic, he closed his eyes and began to reach out with his senses, searching for his daughter using his Shadow Powers. With fear and panic racing through his mind, he couldn't even begin to concentrate.
"Calm down! If you want to find her, you need to calm down!" he chided.
Snapping his eyes open, he began taking in a few deep breaths. Finally calming himself, he closed his eyes once more and reached out with his Shadow Powers. He could feel the rapid approach of his wife and Yugi, along with Seto, Pegasus, and the others. In the distance, he could sense Jaden's fight with Kevin, who had tremendous power within his body, but it wasn't natural. Still searching, he combed the island for his daughter's signal, but found none. Beginning to feel fear once more, he expanded his search to his outer limits, but still found nothing.
Falling to his hands and knees, Illidan's eyes opened. Hot tears began trickling down his cheeks upon realizing that he couldn't find his daughter at all.
"There is no way they would... No, they wouldn't kill her! What good would it be for them to do that!? But she's not even on the island, or anywhere close by! So where is she!?" he screamed in his mind.
About this time, he heard a gasp of shock and opened his eyes. Glancing up, he saw his wife and the others arriving. Yugi quickly rushed to Tea's side and pulled her into his arms carefully.
"TEA, TEA! CAN YOU HEAR ME TEA!?" he yelled near her ears with shimmering eyes.
There was no movement from her, but Illidan slowly stood and wiped the tears from his eyes and lowly mumbled "She's alive, Yugi. She's just knocked out."
Nodding, Yugi tried to swallow the lump in his throat when he saw Yoshi nearby laying on the ground. He carefully laid Tea down onto the floor once more and rushed to Yoshi's form. Gently, he lifted her into his arms and stared at her, his violet eyes letting tears run down his face at long last.
"My daughter… no, why would someone do this to my daughter!" he whimpered.
Glancing at Yugi once more, Illidan quietly said "They're both alive, Yugi. Each are just knocked out."
With a light nod, Yugi scooped Yoshi up into his arms and walked towards the loveseat and laid her down onto it. Walking back to Tea's side, he lifted her up and sat her down onto the nearby couch. Staring down at his wife and then over at his daughter, Yugi rushed off to the back, leaving the others behind.
"Illidan… where is she?" Marie soft tone asked.
Illidan felt his entire body tense upon her asking him her question. Clenching his fists, he lowered his face to below his bangs and turned away.
Staring at him, tears began to rush down her face and she whispered "No…"
Feeling his wife's pain, he turned back to her and walked over, embracing her tightly. "I can't find her…" he whispered in a broken voice. "I can't find her anywhere on the island…"
Both broke out in to heavier sobs, with the group looking on feeling their hearts go out to the once happy couple. Yugi soon returned with two damp wash clothes and placed them onto both Tea and Yoshi's foreheads.
After a few moments, the group took up seats and all had saddened looks on their faces while Illidan and Marie still clung to one another. Finally, Illidan's tears stopped and he pulled back.
"I swear we'll find her Marie. I vow on my life to never stop until I have found our daughter once more and she's back with us!" Illidan promised.
Weakly nodding, Marie embraced him once more and laid her head on his shoulder. "My sweet daughter… Why would they take her?"
"I don't know, but when I find the person that did, they will pay for it." Illidan lowly growled out.
Separating once more, the two looked back to the group and finally sat down. The entire group's looks were grim, for each felt a touch of anger and despair at the recent events.
"What could they possibly want with Arya?" Illidan finally questioned aloud.
Thinking for a moment, Seto finally said "To maybe get to you. After all, it could be you they are after."
"I have nothing though that they could want!" Illidan grunted out. "My Shadow Powers are strong, true, but even you have to admit that I was nothing compared to Legato last year. Hell, my powers aren't even a match for Marie once she taps into her inner power."
"Still, you have to admit, as of right now, you are the strongest person in this world with Shadow Powers." Seto countered.
Sighing, Illidan nodded. Suddenly, the entire group felt a massive outpouring of energy on the island. The entire group stood and ran to the windows. Looking out, they saw rainbow energy and dark orange energy ripping open the dueling arena, followed by a blue shimmering portal appearing above the blasts.
"Jaden!" Illidan screamed while running out of the house, with most of the group quickly following behind him.
Yugi hesitated for a moment to go with the group till Mai put a kind hand on his shoulder and softly smiled. "I'll stay with Tea and Yoshi. You go ahead, hun." she commented.
Throwing a thankful smile at her, Yugi replied "Thank you Mai."
Rushing off in the direction of the now collapsing building, Yugi put more speed out, hoping like all of the others that everyone would survive the disaster.
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Reaching the wreckage of the former dueling arena, Illidan gasped in shock. Looking around, he yelled out "Is anyone still here!?"
Hearing nothing, he tried to calm his mind. Closing his eyes, he took a few deep breaths and pushed everything out of his mind that he could. Finally feeling calm, he began reaching out with his Shadow Powers, searching for any survivors within the rubble.
"I have to concentrate and just stay focused. Someone could be in there."
Suddenly, he sensed a few signals within the rubble. Remaining focused, he reasoned out after a few moments that one was Zane, which seemed to be the strongest of the signals. Next, he decided two others were Alexis and Chazz, but the final one caught his attention the most. It was without a doubt in his mind Jaden's, but it was extremely weak, as if he was unconscious or hurt.
Opening his eyes, he heard the others approaching rapidly, most panting heavily. Slowly, he walked into the rubble, watching to make sure none fell onto him.
"Are there any survivors?" Joey asked hesitantly.
Nodding lightly, Illidan carefully made his way towards where he had sensed most of the signals. The signals had mostly been together, but Jaden's had been separate. Finally arriving at the place where he decided was once the area for duelists to come out of the tunnel, he called on his Shadow Powers. Feeling his powers flaring up, he activated his Hidden Flame technique and began throwing larger slaps of concrete and metal out of the way.
The others quickly entered into the rubble and began helping him move it to the side and out of the way. After digging for a few minutes, the group finally found a person who was holding a weak barrier up. Upon removing the remains covering the barrier, it fell, revealing a dirty Zane.
"Zane!" Illidan yelled and quickly moved to him. Pulling him closer to himself, he checked his vitals, but Zane lightly groaned.
Opening his eyes, he softly smirked and said "I knew you'd come…"
"Where are the others!?" Illidan quickly asked, afraid for them now.
Motioning towards the remains of the tunnel, Zane coughed lightly and whispered "They're in there. Jaden and Jesse didn't make it in there though…"
Nodding, Illidan gently pulled Zane on out and carried him to the outside of the rubble and laid him down onto the ground flat. Looking over his shoulder, he saw Marie was already behind him.
"Marie, can you try and heal him?" Illidan softly asked.
Replying with a nod, Marie dropped to her knees and turned her palms towards Zane. A moment later, her hands glowed to life with light black colored energy. She leaned forward and placed her palms gently onto his chest, making him grunt with a touch of pain.
Sadly smiling, she sympathetically said "I know, it hurts. Don't worry, I'll fix you up."
Weakly nodding, Zane relaxed his body best he could. Seeing Marie was hard at work on trying to heal Zane, Illidan stood up and returned to the group who were trying to carve a path into the tunnel.
Arriving back, Illidan brushed the others aside, saying "Allow me. Since I'm still using my Shadow Powers to enhance my strength, I should be able to clear this out."
The group only nodded and watched while Illidan threw the heavy rubble aside. After digging for ten minutes, Illidan reached out with his powers and found he could sense several people within the rubble.
Clawing his way through a little quicker, he finally removed one last piece, revealing Alexis at long last. "Alexis!" he gasped in shock and quickly threw more of the rubble aside, freeing her at long last.
She weakly stepped out of the rubble. Behind her, the others that had been trapped were slowly pushing rubble out of their way to fall in line with her. At long last, Bastion, Chazz, Adrian, Jim, Axel, Hasselberry, and an unconscious Kevin finally all filed out, each with minor scratches.
Looking the students over, Illidan asked "How did you all manage to get that far back!?"
"It was Alexis. She told us to run when the dueling arena began to collapse. If not for her, we'd have been buried." Bastion responded.
Blushing lightly, Alexis regained her composure and glanced around. "Where are Jaden and Jesse?" she worriedly asked.
"We're still looking for them." Illidan answered. Seeing the sadness appear in her face, Illidan softly smiled and added "But we'll find them. Don't lose hope."
"Alright…" she mumbled.
"Guys, go over and have Marie check you all out. I don't think any of you are really hurt, but it wouldn't hurt to have yourselves checked on just in case." Illidan suggested.
The group of students all nodded and walked out of the rubble towards Marie, leaving the others behind, who were searching slowly for Jaden. After calming himself once more and searching again, Illidan picked up on Jaden's weakened signal and began digging for him.
After nearly ten minutes of digging, Illidan found the young man unconscious. His body seemed a bit beat up, but other than that, he was alive. Carefully lifting him up out of the debris, he rushed Jaden to Marie, who quickly healed him.
Even after being healed, Jaden remained asleep. Out of the entire group, Zane had had the worst injuries, with a nearly broken arm, but he had protected the group from the collapsing tunnel was why. Jaden was second worst, with him being unconscious, while everyone else only had minor injuries.
Some of the press that had been on the island quickly swarmed around Seto not long after everyone had been pulled out, but Seto sent them away. He was already infuriated at the loss of the dueling arena and needed no more attention.
At long last, everyone decided to meet up later at Illidan and Marie's home to discuss what had happened and where to go from there. Illidan had decided also to take Jaden with him to their home so he could rest comfortably. Alexis volunteered to stay with him, which the pair allowed.
Splitting up, the groups headed back to their dorms and homes to get cleaned up and rest slightly before they would meet to discuss what happened.