Chapter 6 True Love VS Worship; A Duel for Love

Song Splinter Of Sadness

Brett forced his eyes slightly open, despite his weakened state just after he had lost consciousness. Brett forced them open to see Blair in Jaden's arms; his heart caused sharp pain with each beat. Brett was unhappy with this; but if she was safe then nothing else mattered, even if she chose Jaden.

Brett awoke moments later to find him self in a white room; barren of any life. It had no ceiling, no walls, no floor, no beginning, and no end. Brett turned around looking for anything, and then he turned back to see a man completely shrouded by darkness. "So you continue to defy you're purpose. You have taken the first step now you shall begin to awaken. That is if you want to have the strength to protect that which you love. I will unlock your true power; so that one day I will claim it."

The shadow leapt at Brett; he woke, sitting upright at an alarming rate. Slowly his heart rate returned to normal; he calmed him self wondering if the dream was real. Brett questioned who that man was; he calmed his mind before he came back to reality. He looked around and saw that he was in the infirmary; it was late in the day, but the sun was just beginning to set.

Despite Brett's wounds; his body did not feel pain from his wounds. He un-bandaged his hand, to see the cut on his hand vanished; his hand was completely fine. Brett was still in his normal clothes, but was bandaged up where the cuts were on his body. Brett saw his duel disk on the table; he got out of bed getting his duel disk and putting on his shoes. Suddenly Blair came around the corner, gasping at the sight of Brett being so soon after his last duel. "Brett are you ok, you should not be out of bed so soon after what happened."

"Oh, so the hero is up so soon." Mrs. Fontaine appeared as well; giving a small laugh after she spoke. "So you are feeling well? You've only been asleep for six hours, and that is not nearly enough rest for your wounds." Brett gave no pause; he immediately responded showing his hand to both ladies. "I'm fine, there's no need to worry about me. My wounds have healed; I will stop being a burden and leave."

Blair was sad to see him just leave; her head tilted down, she was very concerned with Brett. Mrs. Fontaine saw Blair looking sad, and realized what was happening between the two. Mrs. Fontaine spoke up to Brett, trying to stop him from making a mistake. "Brett I'm sorry but I cannot let you go by yourself. Everyone has heard all about what you did; so if I just let you go and something would happen I would be to blame. Maybe Blair should go with you; and you two should just go somewhere should go somewhere private to talk. I mean Blair probably has to thank you, and I'm sure she would not mind taking care of you."

Blair's head perked right up; she nodded and Brett stopped looking back at them. "See Blair wants too and I will not take no for answer from you Brett. You are putting yourself in far too much danger; it would be good to have someone looking after you. Even a hero needs someone to help him." Brett looked down knowing that he was not a hero, but Blair soon latched onto his arm leading him somewhere.

Brett had no time to protest; he was quickly swept away by Blair. Mrs. Fontaine sat down on the bed; hopping that this would break the barrier between the two. "Well that should give them some time alone. I hope Blair is able get close; those two are cute couple."

Mrs. Fontaine had spoken with Blair while Brett was asleep; Mrs. Fontaine knew at that point Blair had feelings for Brett. She had her reasons mainly because she thought they were a good match; Brett obviously cared deeply for Blair as well. Mrs. Fontaine also thought about the other girl who came who continually to the infirmary; proclaiming her love for Brett. Blair only appeared to be sad each time that this girl pretending to be in love with him. But she had given them a chance to be alone away from everyone.

Suddenly the door burst open; Britney came in, shouting. "Oh Brett, your girlfriend is here." She came over to Brett's be; but she only saw Mrs. Fontaine sitting on the bed questioning the older woman. "Where is Brett?" Mrs. Fontaine shrugged trying to slow the girl's pursuit.

Britney was no fool; Blair was not here either and she was not going to let that runt win. "That shrew, she's trying to steal him from me. That's it; I'm going to teach her a lesson, and then Brett will be mine." Britney's eyes filled up with fiery fury as she ran out the door. Mrs. Fontaine knew there was going to be trouble eventually; hopefully Blair would return the favor for Brett. Hopefully Blair and Brett had a big enough lead.

Song End

Song Lucrecia Cresent

Both Blair and Brett arrived at the abandoned dorm. It was dark and creepy; but students were not supposed to be there, so it would be peaceful place for the two to talk. Blair led him deep into the old dorm; they sat down on the main floor, backs against the wall.

As they sat Blair leaned her head on Brett. Blair was enjoying being beside her hero; Brett was still lost in thought about everything that was going on. Blair broke the silence, speaking in gentle voice that grabbed Brett's attention. "Brett thank you so much for saving me yesterday, I can never repay you for what you did. You should not have put your self in so much danger for me, you could have been seriously injured."

Brett still sat there quietly for a moment; he was even more depressed that he had caused Blair more grief. "It was my fault you were in that position in the first place. If I had left the island you would have been safe. Blair I'm sorry for putting you in that situation; you do not have to accept me as your burden."

"No it's not you're fault Brett!" Blair shouted getting right in front of him. She knew Brett was beating him self up because he thought he was the only reason she was in danger. Suddenly a hand came right across Brett's face as a loud smack was heard snapping Brett out of his mood. Blair's eyes watered as she spoke in a trembling voice. "You did everything in your power to save me, and you did it by yourself. You belong here with us."

Blair was almost crying right in front of him; Brett got up bringing her back over to the wall as they sat back down. He put his arm around her shoulders; she leaned against him. Brett spoke again "I'm sorry Blair, thanks for being hear with me, it really does mean a lot to me." Blair stopped crying; she closed her eyes relaxing against Brett, she loved to be by her hero.

They sat there for a few minutes before Blair began speak to Brett. "Brett? Last year when we dueled in the tournament, did you surrender to me because you liked me?" Brett paused for a moment before responding; "yes that is why I surrendered. When we dueled; I wanted to show you how good I was, but I never wanted to hurt you. Then afterwards when Chazz beat you and I heard about Jaden, he became my obsession. I wanted to beat him to prove I was better so I could get your attention."

Brett smiled before he continued; "but I became a monster because of my obsession. That's why the way I was at the start of the year, I cannot say how…"

Blair pulled on his arm tight, enough to get Brett to stop and look over at Blair. She began to speak to Brett still in a soft voice; "Brett I do not want you apologizing. I know the others all like you; they know you were not yourself. You do not have to apologize for anything that has happened. You never had to apologize for me getting kidnapped because you did everything to save me." Blair looked up at him; she smiled as Brett pulled her in tight.

Blair was shivering since the dorm was cold; the sun had gone down and it was getting even colder. Brett got up taking off his sweater, all he had under was tee shirt on underneath. He threw his sweater over Blair's shoulders; Blair immediately felt much warmer. "Thank you Brett" Blair said before Brett sat down; putting his arm over her shoulder.

Blair loved how nice Brett was being, he was such a gentleman. Blair looked up at him as she saw a silver necklace on Brett. "Brett I never knew that you had a necklace." Blair sounded surprise; Brett took his free left hand, taking off the necklace giving it to Blair to look at.

Blair took the necklace; it was a normal silver necklace but attached was a ring. The ring was a fair size; but light as a feather. In the center was a gem Blair had never seen before, and was surrounded by eight other gems. They each where a different color but where all square, most were recognizable. The center gem was black, but it looked like cracks of light green light appeared. They soon disappeared as more little gleams of green light appeared. Blair's eyes lit up as she spoke; "this is the most beautiful ring I have ever seen, where did you get this."

"I've had this since I could remember. The day the person who adopted me found me; they found me with this. Doctors guessed I was thirteen but I had nothing but the clothes on my back and my ring. There was no information but I had knowledge of everything; except for where I came from. That was four years ago; but then I was introduced dueling. My name just came to my mind; but through dueling, I found purpose and some other things that became important." Blair was staring directly at Brett, while he was telling his story.

Brett snapped out of his retelling; looking at Blair who was focused on him holding the ring tightly, trying not to drop it. Brett closed his eyes, knowing Blair liked it; "why don't you hold onto it for me." Blair shook her head; "No I could never hold onto something so important for you. I just never knew that about you, you never had any parents?"

"None that I can remember. I was never close to adoptive father either." Brett shook his head; Blair handed him his necklace back. While Brett put his necklace back on Blair began to speak. "I really enjoyed this time alone with you. I have not had any real time with you." Blair knew she had to thank Mrs. Fontaine; she continued to speak wanting to express more of her feelings to Brett. "You know Brett we need to spend more time together. I would really like to spend more time with you, and get to know you better."

Song End

Brett felt his cheeks go red with embarrassment; Brett had wanted to get close but did not know how to, and now Blair had done what he could not. The room was silent; but the silence was short lived by Britney who burst into the room, shouting loudly. "You boyfriend stealing little witch; why did you kidnap Brett away from me. You just want to steal him away because you cannot have him, so back off!"

Britney became erratic; continuing to shout at the top of her lungs with passion inhabiting her vice. "I'm going to kick you're ass unless you leave Brett alone. He is MY BOYFRIEND! You could never be as perfect for him as me." Blair got up of the ground; she began to counter Britney's statements with passion inhabiting her own voice. "Brett does not want to be with you, he never liked you. You are just a stalker, he would rather be with me because I care about him as a person, not some promotional tool."

Britney was angry, but so was Blair. They both stood across from one another, a fair distance apart. Brett quickly got up running in between the girls saying; "girls stop this there is no need to fight."

Britney prepped her duel disk as she spoke "no, we end this now, and when I win Blair is never allowed near you again! I want Brett for myself." Blair laughed, before yelling at Britney. "You win? You are going to lose because the power of true love is on my side. And I accept but when I win you are to stop this fake love thing with Brett and leave him alone. My love deck will be you; I care too much about Brett to let you have him."

"Oh how cute you think you like him more then me; how amusing to think an ugly runt like you could give" smirked Britney. Brett was still in the middle trying to stop a brawl that might break out. "Girls I am not worth this much trouble. I'm not worth fighting over;" but he was silenced as both girls shouted at the top of their lungs, the words "YES YOU ARE!"

Brett stood their shocked and embarrassed; he had two beautiful girls fighting over him, and they both wanted him a lot. Brett could take on duelists with swords but there was more danger in getting in the way of this fight then his previous one. He slowly turned getting out of the way; he moved over to a nearby pillar. He arrived at the pillar; turning around and leaning against it. He figured it wise to stay out of this; both started the duel as Blair said "I will go first. Since the saying goes, ladies first." Britney snarled shooting back "you little witch, go first it does not matter. I will win whether you go first or second."

Blair drew her sixth card; she placed a monster facedown defense position, while placing two traps face down as well. Blair ended her turn, leaving Britney to start the insulting. "That is it" Britney gave pause letting a small feminine laugh. "You're not very good at anything are you? It's a disgusting thought, you with Brett. He would rather a pretty girl anyway." Blair did not hesitate to join in the game; "No you haunting him for the rest of his days is a disgusting thought. And Brett has already chosen me over you; so he has a beautiful girl by his side, now duel."

Britney drew a card before playing Cost Down magic card. She discarded a card from her hand allowing her to make the requirements for stronger monsters negate. She then summoned the Dark Magician Girl in attack mode. "You know this card is so me; so beautiful, so popular, so smart, and graceful and she is going to crush you. Just like I'm going to do right now; so attack DMG."

The magician raised her staff summoning dark magic to gather above her staff. It was hurled towards Blair's hidden monster. When the monster exploded Blair laughed, "You just destroyed my D. D. Warrior Lady. So now both of our monsters are removed from play. Looks like you are pretty upset; course my monster just trounced a version of you. Just like I'm going to do to you."

Britney scowled before ending her turn; Blair quickly drew her next card. She summoned her old deck's signature card. The Maiden in Love appeared in attack mode and began to attack; taking away 400 life points from Britney. But it barely hurt Britney, and Blair ended her turn again.

Britney took this as an opportunity of a weak monster being Blair's only defense. She drew the card she needed to really put the hurt on this opponent. Britney smiled before saying; "you know there is a reason why my deck is called bodyguards. I have filled my deck with strong monsters that worship me; and strong knights who would give their lives for me. While you beat the card that is supposed to be me; but how will you do with the card I consider to be Brett."

"I activate my Black Luster Ritual, so all I do is send my Gate Guardian to the graveyard so I can summon this, the Black Luster Soldier. He is so good looking he just screams Brett; my strong and brave knight in shinning armor. Just like in real life he is with me." Blair smiled while she began to speak; "well he may be on your side, but love will open his eyes to the truth. I promise you just like in real life I will bring him to me."

Britney just brushed Blair's comment away; she played one trap card declaring an attack with her soldier. The monster came down on Blair's monster, but she only lost 1100 life points. "What, you cheated, why did that happen, your monster should be destroyed." Blair laughed again saying "Well my monster cannot be destroyed if it is attack mode, next I activated shrink causing your monsters attack power to be cut in half. Last your monster get's a heart counter too; and as for what it does, you shall find out."

Britney ended her turn; Blair drew another card. She started by saying, " first I use the spell card Snatch and Steal" but Britney interrupted. "No you will not, because Magic Jammer stops you're card after I discard a card to the grave. You honestly never thought that would work; did you?" Blair shook her head; "of course not. You cannot force someone to love you; I wanted to show you that before I beat you. I saw your trap but now real love will bring Brett to me. Now I play my Cupids Kiss magic card and it attaches to your Black Luster Soldier. Next I end my turn."

Britney took over drawing a monster that was no use to her; she scowled at her hand of monsters that needed sacrifices. She commanded her Black Luster Soldier to battle again. Again Blair activated another Shrink magic card; cutting the damage down to 1100 life points. But as the battle ended, the Black Luster Soldier came over to the Blair's side of the field.

"Why is my protector siding with you?" Britney questioned as her turn ended. The score was now 1800 life points for Blair while Britney had 3600 life points; but Britney had no defense against what was about to happen.

When Blair picked up her next card, she looked at Britney speaking in a calm and collected manor. "Do you get it now, you cannot force someone to change their heart but true love has brought Brett to my side. Brett knew that attacking a real lady was wrong. Now it's time to end this! I play my Happy Marriage Card which gives my maiden the attack points of Brett; I mean the Black luster Soldier. This is the true power of love and there love right now between these two duel monsters; as real as my feelings for Brett."

Blair commanded the two to attack causing the 6400 points of damage; ending the duel with an absurd amount of damage. Blair started to speak; confident and proud of how she had fought and won for Brett. "I won so leave Brett alone…" The bands around their wrists activated cutting Blair's statement off.

Blair began to fall to the ground; Brett ran over grabbing her, and holding her in his arms. Then Britney collapsed; Brett ran over grabbing Britney with his left hand softening her landing, while Brett still held Blair in his right. Brett paused for a second, questioning to himself the situation. "What's going on? Their bracelets activated as they collapsed;" but Brett shook off his curiosity, wanting to get the girls somewhere safe.

It was pitch black outside, but it bothered Brett little. Brett carried both girls; one over each soldier, and it took him well over an hour to get to his destination. Brett arrived back at his dorm; he was tired and worn down from carrying the girls. Brett set Britney down on the ground in his room, her back to a wall. While he put Blair in his bed putting the bed sheets over her; carefully tucking her in. Brett turned to see Britney up and about to leave. "Britney are you ok?"

"I'm fine Brett; I just wanted to apologize for my rudeness. I did start to go out with you for the publicity, but I did start to like you as something more. Brett you're lucky to have her; take good care of her. She really does have a strong heart; so do not break it." Brett looked at her speaking in a quiet voice so not to awake Blair. "Britney thank you; you are a better duelist then I give credit for. But I would be honored to have you as my friend. I worry with the attempts on my life something big is about to happen. I promise though to protect my friends, and especially Blair."

Britney smiled, "I'll take you up on that, from now on will be friends ok, tell Blair she is a very lucky girl. Be careful Brett; I still do not want anything to happen to you." Britney left the room shutting the door after she left. Brett sat down in a nearby chair; soon falling asleep hoping tomorrow would be peaceful for a change. The words of that dark shadow from earlier, still haunting him.

The next morning came; Blair woke up; she put her hand on her head as she tried to remember what happened. She soon realized she was not in her room. Blair sat up as she saw Brett asleep in the chair near the bed in the middle of the room. She slowly remembered everything about the duel, including passing out afterwards. She realized that Brett must have carried her back and took care of her. She offered a gentle smile at Brett; she saw that there was no one else to be seen.

Blair was happy, ever since the duel she had come to realize how strong her feelings were for certain people. She got up taking her time; she stretched her arms and legs before sitting back down on the bed. She just sat there watching Brett sleep peacefully; he was cute asleep and he deserved the rest.

Slowly she worked up the courage to do something she had wanted to do since yesterday. She walked over to him slowly getting closer and closer. Soon she felt brave enough as she planted a kiss on Brett's lips. Just then Brett woke coming out of his sleepy state, feeling Blair's soft lips on his. Brett was completely caught of guard; he leaned back to the point his chair began to tip backwards. He fell backwards; came crashing down on the ground.

Blair walked to his side letting her hand out to help him up. Brett grabbed Blair's hand; he slowly got up Blair began to speak to him. "I finally figure a way to thank you and this is how you act. Don't tell me my face scarred you, or that you are embarrassed a pretty girl kissed you?" Brett could only come up with partial words; his face turned beat red with embarrassment. Blair grabbed onto his arm; tightly grabbing on to him, giving no way for him to escape. "Come on class will start soon and we cannot be late." Blair smiled at him; leading him out the door towards the school.