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Chapter 13 The Weapon of Light's Rage

"Hail Weiss;" a man shrouded by darkness said to a monitor before him. "Nero; report on the current status of you mission." The man on the monitor sat a perched a throne surrounded by green energy; his spiky silver hair shown in the green light.

Nero stood there; perfectly still while he reported to Weiss. "My brother; I was able to recover the information we need; despite the mental blocks that were in place. Whoever put them there was ensuring that no one; not even the Weapon of Light could access the information. It took many hours to slip by it." Weiss laughed in his deep mighty voice; "Excellent Nero. We now have the information that we need to be free from that demon."

"Yes my brother; I have the information, but no way to re-create it. Their creator made sure that only he could do it; to cure us, we need the weapon of light to cure us from our aliment. This will be difficult to achieve for many reasons." Weiss scowled at the statement of his brother; "how is this so? What exactly is making this so difficult Nero? You are the only one I would trust with this mission; I trust you can finish this mission."

"The mission has become complicated; another group has been trying to kill off the Weapon of Light. I was forced to destroy the darkness shrouding his power and his memories, so that he could awaken and defend himself. This has proven to be a double edged decision; he has the strength to fight off anything that threatens his friends' lives, but I can no longer be in his mind with his light protecting him. And every time his friends and that girl he loves are in trouble; he will evolve beyond what he once was. I unlocked his evolution; and it is proving to be a blessing wrapped in a burden…"

"So Nero; do your power have no more effect? Can we even get into his mind and control him?" Weiss questioned Nero, who turned his head to side while waves of darkness circled his body. "You give me no credit brother. His light is strong but I can still be his shadow; waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike and regain control. If his power was to diminish even slightly then I would easily be able to control him for our purpose."

"Excellent Nero! I commend you on your confidence; with a weapon on our side we will be able to achieve so much. We will crush anything and rule everything without mercy. Is this Weapon truly as mighty as Balance tells us he is?" Nero looked back to the monitor; his eyes fixed with Weiss's; "He truly is brother. His power must surely be stronger then all of the other Weapons; and with his heightened evolution path he may be stronger then all combined."

"What does he know about himself?" Weiss asked causing Nero to laugh with an insane style. "I left him with nothing but doubt and fear of himself; but he will to survive. His mind has so much knowledge that it would kill me if I tired to absorb a small fraction of its contents. His power and mind are locked away behind a suit of Black Armor; who ever did it knew that his light could become a destructive force if he did not learn what was right and wrong. I had to crack the armor to get the info we need; he has the ability to destroy it and become so much more, but it will take much to break it."

"He has Black Armor in his mind? What is this armor?" Nero rotated his head around; he let a small chuckle before continuing to speak. "The armor is simply invincible; it blocks everything inside, and everything out. His power is seeping out the crack in the armor; commanded by the Weapon when the people he cares about are in trouble. He will always try to throw his life away for that girl; that train of thought will unleash its rage form. The form of limitless power; but his true from will not be revealed. His true form will be incased in the same armor that blocks him from everything; the same armor I now know how to create."

"Wonderful Nero! You have truly done a magnificent job; this is much better then expected." Nero nodded in agreement; "yes I thought you would enjoy the idea of invincible armor. Till then I shall stay with The Weapon. I will stay his shadow till he weakens; then I shall take control and we shall be free…"

Brett awoke in the middle of the night; his eyes slowly opened to see the ceiling high above. Brett's mind was killing him; pulsing with furious pain with each beat of his heart. He could now move his right arm; he moved it up to his head trying to stop the pulsing. He could not tell if what he had experienced to this point was truth or fiction; the battle before seamed like a dream that he could never live up to. Everything came flashing back to Brett; different sides of him, and he was questioning who he really was.

Brett turned his head to his left when he saw Blair peacefully a sleep next to him. She looked so happy and peaceful; a smile was across her face with. A arm under Brett's neck and the other over his chest. Blair moved slightly in her sleep; she came even closer to Brett pressing her forehead to his chin. Blair gave a slight and small sound of content when she touched Brett; causing him to smile as well.

She was so happy to be with him; he could feel Blair's body so close to him. This was what he had dreamed about for so long; and for once he thought he might disserve it. Nothing he ever did seemed good enough for her; and yet she was so happy to be with him. Brett fell back a sleep; he was completely a drift in a happy feeling that he felt nothing could destroy. He was going to repay Blair for saving him from himself, the only way he thought could possibly work. He was going to stay by her and keep her this happy forever if he had too.

The next morning came and the students pushed outwards into the school. They took what places they could, and slowly they were retaking back the school with few problems. Everyone was helping and doing their part in recapturing the school, or building barricades to ensure areas were taken back. The only person who was not helping was resting from the battle he had previously fought.

Blair, Jaden, and Jesse all watched over Brett while he slept. He was still sleeping more peaceful then ever they had seen him last little while. Everyone was quiet around him; he had earned this brief period of rest from all that he had been going through. Jaden and Jesse conversed between one another; but Blair just sat their watching Brett with a sad expression.

"This is my fault; everything so far that has happened has been my fault. If it wasn't for me then…" Blair started to say when she was cut off by Jesse. "It's not your fault Blair. You shouldn't say things like that; that's Brett's line anyway. He is always blaming himself for stuff that he did not cause; Brett just does not realize that he does not have to prove himself to us. We will eventually get it through his thick head."

Jaden was about to throw his two cents in when Brett slowly came to. Brett sat upright; he held his chest when he was fully upright from the pain from his wounds. Blair, Jaden and Jesse all rushed to his side; they tried to get him to lie back down, but Brett brushed off the concern. The pain receded when Brett felt a rustle at his feet before he whipped off the covers to see Jaden's and Jesse's duel spirits fighting.

Jaden and Jesse scowled their spirits for misbehaving when a little roar came from behind Brett. Red floated came right to Brett's side giving little roars; he turned his head to see his duel spirit coming towards him. The spirit circled around Brett before heading over to Blair and staying by her; "where have you been Red? I really could have used your help a while ago."

"Brett how are you feeling; do you need anything?" Blair asked Brett getting close to Brett's face; but when she tried to get really close Red got in between them. The little dragon roared at Blair; although a tiny roar it was with all the effort that was in the small dragon. Blair backed off from Brett when she saw how angry the creature was; Brett watched and tapped the dragon's head. The dragon spun around looking at Brett looking very angry; "what Red? Why are you being so mean to Blair; you better leave her alone. Red you are going to have to except that Blair is the most important thing to me…"

Brett cut his speech off when he realized what he said causing both him and Blair to blush; Jaden and Jesse laughed a little. The little baby Dragon got angry and flew off and out of the gym; Brett stood up so fast that he stumbled in pain. Blair and Jesse got up to support Brett from falling back to the ground. "He is mad at me; that dragon does not like to share me with anyone. He is going to be mad for sometime; but he is going to have to learn to share me."

Brett smiled at Blair and Blair smiled back; they both knew how the other felt and they were happy to be together with a little time of peace. They all sat down by the wall; letting Brett rest against it. Jaden and Jesse filled Brett in on what was going on; Brett was starting to feel a little like dead weight. "Wow you guys are really taking command; I got to say I feel bad for not helping with the efforts."

Blair grabbed Brett's hand, gently squeezing it when Jaden began to speak. "You have done more then enough for all of us. You have also been through enough; you just relax with your girl and leave this all to us." Jesse agreed with Jaden; Blair was just happy to be with him still. "Brett you are just going to relax; I promise you are not going to lift a finger. We will find who ever is doing this and stop this madness. You are going to get better and leave every thing to us."

Brett protested but no matter how much he wanted to help, Blair and every one was not going to let him do anything strenuous. Brett eventually gave up on the subject; time passed and the four conversed with one another about things that crossed their minds. Brett soon found him self enjoying the company of all of them. Time passed and soon Brett started to rest a little and Jesse and Jaden left him and Blair to rest together.

"You know, it's good those two are finally having some time together. Hopefully Brett gets left him alone from anything so he can fully recover." Jesse finished whispering to Jaden when Jaden began to speak. "Well Brett and Blair have been through a lot even though they are new to this school. They should not have to deal with anything else; but hey now that Blair has a boyfriend so maybe she will leave me alone. It's time for the rest of us to be the hero."

Brett woke to the sound of Axel yelling for everyone to stop fighting; then Blair's voice came from the silence. "Hey move out of the way; Brett disserves a banquet after everything he has done for all of you." Blair squeezed through the crowd getting to the front of the line; Ms. Dorothy gave two plates to Blair. The young girl turned around only to see her path blocked by large men from higher dorms.

"Hey why should she get two plates; she probably going to eat both for her self!" shouted an Obelisk Blue male student. Jaden and Hasleberry cleared a path for Blair; she ran through before she got back sitting down beside Brett, smiling at him. "Please; that guy is no hero. He even has admitted it was his fault that all of this has been happening. He is the reason all of this is happening; and he did nothing but rest all day, some hero."

Blair yelled to them to shut up before she told Brett not to listen. He knew it was his fault; he had tried to forget everything but this was just another reminder. "Brett please do not listen to them; he is just mad because he can do nothing to really help anyone." Brett was not interested in eating anymore; "you eat my food then. I'm not that hungry anymore, so why do just go…"

Blair put her finger to Brett's mouth; he was silenced with that single motion. Blair began feeding Brett and he soon began to eat; the crowd dispersed after getting their food. Blair kept forcing Brett to eat; he ate in order to stop Blair from worrying about him but he was truly unhappy with the sad truth behind matters. "Brett please do not listen to him; you really disserve to eat more then anyone. I promise I will take care of you till you are better."

"She is right Brett!" Brett heard Jesse's voice; he looked up to see him, Hasleberry, Jaden, Alexis, and Axel coming towards him. Blair forced another bite into Brett's mouth while the others sat down. Alexis smiled as she watched Blair feed Brett; "so how is the hero?" Jaden smiled and said; "He is doing alright; Blair is taking care of him and he is getting better. Just wish that guy would have kept his mouth shut. We really do not need that kind of talk at a time like this."

Brett wanted to do more but his body was still weak from before. "Well Brett you just rest and we will keep you safe all night. Eventually things will be back the way they were;" Hasleberry said to him. Blair gave him the last bite of his food before he fell asleep.

Everyone laughed a small bit; Hasleberry continued his statement. "Geez he is out like a light after that; he must still be one roughed up soldier. Good thing he has us looking after him." Blair put his plate down before she finally started to eat her own meal. "Guys could we keep talking; I'm not in the mood to sleep just yet. Tomorrow I promise I will help out with every one out."

Everyone chatted and talked to one another about things that took their minds off the danger they were experiencing. Slowly Blair and Brett fell asleep together; they both sat up against the wall with Blair resting on Brett's shoulder. Everyone left but Alexis; she got up and put a blanket over the two and put pillows behind their heads. Alexis wanted them to sleep peacefully even though she still had some lingering feelings for Brett.

"It's nice you do care about them." Alexis turned to see Samantha coming into the gym towards her. "I have been busy all day and I had hoped to get back here sooner so I could see how he is healing. You like him don't you; its ok I'm not going to tell anyone. I know because I like him too; that is why I came to help him." Alexis looked at this new girl not really enjoying her presence; "so you came here just to get close to him? You better not try and break them up just for your own reason."

"So you really like him too? You must have a bit of a crush on him, don't you? That is sweet that you care for him enough to let them be together; but you must have another guy you like other wise you would go for him too. That must make you their guardian angel looking after them." Alexis was starting get angry about the threat implied in Samantha's statement. "Just leave them alone; you act sweet but you are never going to be with him."

"And neither will you; you know you keep your feelings for him and you may lose that other guy you like. Just a warning; if Brett breaks up with him then I'm going after him. Just a friendly warning for their protector." Samantha gave a slight smile to Alexis before going off into the distance to sleep. Alexis set up her bed by Brett and Blair; she kept an ear on her surroundings all night, just in case and soon most everyone was asleep.

"Their breaking through the door!" shouted a male student. Brett slowly came out of his sleepy state; he was still weak from his fight but he had more strength then before. Brett felt a palm on his head before he heard a familiar voice. "Brett stay calm the Duel Ghouls are breaking down the door, but I will protect you. I made a promise to Blair that you would be safe."

A red flag went up in Brett's mind; he fully woke up before he scanned around him. Mrs. Fontaine was at his side with her palm on his head; crouched beside her was Britney and Samantha. But Blair was no where to be seen and neither where any of his other friends. "Mrs. Fontaine where is Blair?"

"She went to go help Jaden and the others stop Marcel; he is behind the whole thing!" Shouted Britney; Brett slowly got up, despite his weakened state. The girls tried to stop Brett, but he was far too stubborn. Mrs. Fontaine got up and got in front of Brett; "Brett please stay back; I promised Blair I would keep you safe and that you would not do anything dangerous. I cannot betray her…"

Before she could finish her statement Brett pulled her behind him. "No; I have to help and protect everyone. I have the strength to stand and I can protect you all. I will end this madness no matter the cost." All of the girls could find no word to express their amazement at Brett's commitment and dedication.

Brett watched a few brave duelists that were trying to keep the others safe. Brett asked for his duel disk and Samantha gave it to him. Brett equipped it and set it; he knew he was not going to be able to put up a prolonged fight. He had to do this quick and go protect all of his other friends.

Ghouls surrounded Brett and the girls; they covered behind him while Brett waited for the right time to strike. Suddenly gunfire came from above; multiple shots hit the zombie duelist legs. They fell to the ground; "such a weak dark power controlling them. I doubt they can recover so quickly from that."

Down floated the man Brett had scene in his mind. Black waves of energy circled his body; darkness emanated from the man, pushing the ghouls back away from Brett and the girls. "You; you are the man that I saw those times. Why are you helping us? Why are you out here now?"

The man gently landed on the ground; he rotated his head before looking at Brett. "You should be grateful I saved you; I rarely ever help someone other then a select few. I was forced out by your light; my darkness does not enjoy your light." Brett starred at the man; he was still shielding the girls since he did not trust this man. "I want to know why you are helping me; you have helped me several times. You have been with me for so long but you have been helping me so selflessly."

Slowly the man took a single step forward; "My name is Nero. It is true I have been with you for some time; I slipped aboard you when you battled Jaden, but your power of light forced me out. It is true I have helped you to this point, and now I will continue to help you. I gave you the power you needed and have unlocked your evolution. This time I need your help; and I will continue to aid you if you aid me."

"What do you want from me?" Brett asked; prompting Mrs. Fontaine to whisper a warning to Brett. Nero stood there; perfectly still with no emotion showing on his face because of his mask. "I shall take you to all of your friends; and later you will give me something of great value. Do not worry though; I will not harm any of your friends or you. You simply agree to this and I will take you to her."

There was no need for any though on Brett's part; he simply nodded to the man. Nero metal wings collapsed into themselves; he gave a motion with his head and darkness pored from underneath Nero. The darkness surrounded and swallowed the girls, Brett, and Nero in mere seconds.

"We have to get to that rocket and get that Rainbow Dragon card or we will never get home." Jesse stated just when Nero's darkness swirled behind them, sending chills down Jaden and the others spines. They all turned to see Brett, Britney, Samantha, and Mrs. Fontaine appear from the darkness.

Blair saw Brett and at the first instant of the sight of him, she ran towards him. She jumped at him hugging him; "Brett you are ok! I'm sorry I left you; but I had to try and help Marcel, please forgive me." Brett shook his head at Blair's remarks; "it's ok Blair. I know you were just trying to help him; but this has to end. I'm glad your ok; I was pretty worried about you, I was ready to duel those Ghouls to get to you."

Nero came from the darkness causing Jaden to warn Brett, and Brett turned and began to explain about what had happened. "He saved you all; then he has my thanks" Blair said, causing Nero to respond. "You are the one he has always been protecting; you are the key to his strength. No my dear I must thank you; you are the reason he has survived, I owe you my thanks. I am here to help Brett achieve his true power; that scientist had locked it all away."

With no warning Duel Ghouls appeared from every side of the group. Brett set his duel disk; "everyone go on ahead. I'm the weakest so I will stay behind and keep these zombies at bay. I will be right behind you;" but no sooner then Brett stated his noble intentions did everyone protest.

"No offense soldier but you are in no condition to duel; you go with everyone else and leave this to me." Hasleberry said before summoning a dinosaur to his aid. Alexis was next to jump in and aid Hasleberry, followed by Jim. Everyone else took off down the pipe; Jaden and Blair helped Brett with moving.

Brett protested to leaving some of his friends behind; but Blair was not going to leave him again and neither was Jaden. They came out of the pipes into the desert outside of Duel Academy. Jaden could see the monument and knew that is where he would find Marcel. "Alright Jesse you go find that rocket and the rest of us will stall Marcel and give you time."

Jesse nodded to Jaden; Axel told Jesse that he was coming to help him. Nero looked at them from behind; "you are all truly something, but I'm afraid I will be no use to you in this fight. My methods are not desirable to you, so I will come only upon desperation or if you or your girlfriend needs me." Nero vanished into a wave of darkness before the team split up.

Axel and Jesse left to find the rocket; while the others went to the monument. Duel Ghouls came across there path every so often but their friends stayed behind so the rest could move on. Only Brett, Jaden, and Blair reached the large monument while the others stayed back to do what they could.

All three of them reached the top to see Marcel standing their with his demon arm. "Stop" Brett commanded to his friends. "What's wrong Brett?" Jaden questioned in a concerned voice. Brett stood up on his own; with no aid from his friends. "Jaden go duel that thing inside Marcel. I need to help everyone else; this is your fight, I have to do what I can."

Before anyone could say anything, Brett drew the top five cards from his deck. "Time to do my part, and I use my Polymerization magic card to fuse Queen, King, and Jacks Knight. Now they form my Alkana Knight Joker; and get out there my knight!" Brett shouted to his duel monster and it left out into the field.

Each attack it made sucked energy from Brett; after only a few attacks Brett removed the card from his duel disk. Brett fell to his knees; nearly all of his recovered energy was gone. Blair and Jaden dropped down behind Brett; Brett looked out onto the battlefield feeling like he failed. "Brett you are still too weak. You really need to stop putting yourself at risk; we can protect you to." Jaden stated with Blair nodding in agreement; "Brett please do not strain your self. I do not want to see you in a state like this ever again."

The voice of Marcel shattered the moment between the two; he had snuck up behind the group while they were distracted with Brett's collapse. "The mighty Weapon of Light. I'm still trying to figure out why you are deemed as such a threat. That man who came to me for aid was so terrified, but it seems like you could not even protect that girl from me."

Marcel reached and grabbed Blair with his right arm; he lifted his arm and but one of his sharp claws to her throat. Brett turned around and cried out Blair's name; "Let her go whoever you are. Please I will do anything, just let her go." Marcel laughed manically; "don't you ever tire of being the hero? All I ask is that the mighty Weapon stand by him self."

Brett forced him self up; Jaden offered his help but Brett needed to do this one thing. His mind commanded him upwards; but his body was heavy and useless. His body slowly moved upwards in a desperate attempt to save Blair. Gravity seemed almost ten times stronger then he could ever remember; but soon he found him self on two legs. He had done the task, but his body was completely unresponsive beyond that point.

Marcel laughed and threw Blair over into Jaden's arms; Brett breathed a quick sigh of relief as he closed his eyes, till he felt his chest explode. He heard Blair scream and Jaden gasp; everyone in the area froze. They all looked upwards to see Marcel's demonic arm through Brett's chest. Blood dripped off Marcel's arm and Blair was in tears; while Jaden was completely speechless. "Now I think I will kill Blair so you can die together" Marcel said to Brett.

Song Chaotic End

Marcel swung his left arm; throwing Brett's lifeless body off the monument to the sand below. Blair screamed and Jaden was still completely in denial; Blair ran to the edge to go be by Brett when Nero appeared and stopped her. Marcel backed away from this new man who looked like he was incredibly bad news. Nero looked down onto Brett with the hole in his chest; "stop Blair. Marcel I believe they call you; you have just unleashed the creature I have been waiting for. Now you can repay me Brett; follow my plan like the slave that you will inevitably become."

Blair looked at Nero for a second before her attention returned to Brett. Brett's body glowed with a pure white light; a chain shot down from the heavens above and wrapped around Brett's neck. Brett was bulled up into the air before another ten chains warped around his body. Pieces of black armor came together; all bonded by the chains forming a knight that was easily ten times the size of Brett. The hole where the eyes were flashed red briefly, before the knight summoned a long sword to his hands. Last; a red cape formed around its neck that went down to the sand below.

Nero was quick to notice that the hole in the knights back was still there. "You see what you have unleashed upon you. It will not stop till every threat has been exterminated." Blair looked onto Brett; "this is his true form?" Nero shook his head in response; "no this is a binding to stop his true power. The real thing is bound by those sealing chains; the real rage form still lies in wait and he will have control if you stay by him. You are the key to all his strength."

The knight moved quickly and swiftly; it scanned the area looking at every person in the area. Threats were chosen amonst Brett's friends and were targeted. The knight gave a mighty swing of its sword; sending a torrent of wind that kicked up sand with the wind. The sword span in the knights hands before being plunged into the ground. The massive arms traveled upwards before sending massive beams of light out of his arms.

Two beams hit the desert floor kicking up wind and sand with violent force. Only Brett's friends were spared from the blast; while the Duel Ghouls were sent flying in every direction before they crashed to ground below. The knight gave no pause between beams; every hit was followed with the Ghouls rising, and every time the knight would continually pound them with more. It was as Brett feared; he had lost complete control.

Nero stood by; he let his arms free from their restraints and put one to Blair's shoulder. "He has lost control Blair; you must stop this form or he will eliminate everything that is a threat. He will use that sword if he must to extinguish their lives; even Marcel over there, and the only way is to get is to the hole in his back."

Hand connected with blade's handle and was ripped from its earthy placement. The movement of the cape revealed to Blair's eyes the hole; it was at eye level and she could see the chains. She gave no pause; she ran back a meter before running forward and jumping off the monument. Jaden shouted for Blair to stop when Nero blocked his path; "I need this to happen. Brett owes me and I intend to collect; she is the only one who can free him. I will later and finally be able to claim the Weapon for my self; my plan has almost come to pass."

Blair was able to grab onto the open whole with both hands; she tried to pull herself up when the knight shook violently. Blair screamed when she nearly lost her grip, but managed to hang on. Alexis, Jim, and Hasleberry had summoned their strongest creatures and were trying to fend the knight off.

The knight slowly began to move forward; each footstep and each attack made it difficult but Blair persisted. She remembered Nero's words about how only she could stop Brett; she also remembered her promise to Brett. She was determined and set on being the hero; slowly she pulled herself up and was able to slip through the hole in his back. Jaden was puzzled about Nero's words and began to question; "what do you mean your plan? What are you really after?"

Nero pushed Jaden back; "you will not interfere with my plan. I have worked far too hard to achieve this. She will awaken him and destroy the armor; their by allowing me to collect a piece of his armor. I will later capture his soul and claim him as my own; I never once had any plans of truly helping him, but I could never let him die. Hail Weiss; my brother soon we shall be invincible." Nero finished by raising his guns and pointing one at Marcel and another at Jaden.

Song end

Song Terminus

Blair crawled through the hole in the armor; she dropped down on the other side into a room that was far different from her expectations. She gazed at the wide open space that surrounded her; the horizon stretched beyond forever. She turned around to see the hole she had crawled through, in the middle of the air. Nothing existed beyond the borders of the hole; it simply floated there not attached to anything. She poked her head underneath; but the hole had no depth.

She turned back around; there were absolutely no visible boundaries to his seemingly infinite space. Blair tilted her head upwards and beheld the deep Blue sky; it only had a few clouds and they slowly moved in a hypnotizing fashion. The effect was so calming that Blair forgot completely about her reason to be here for a moment, before snapping back to reality.

The chain she was able to see earlier hung above her; she looked behind her, and the chain traveled into the sky. It appeared that the chain never stopped; it only continued onwards into the endless heavens. The other direction it traveled downwards into the floor. Blair eyes continued downwards till she was looking at her feet; the floor rippled around her feet like she stood in a pool of water.

The floor was un-darkened; it shown like liquid diamond; perfectly clear and illuminated to Blair's eyes. It was not water, but it was not solid either and Blair had no idea of what to make of it. She took an unnerving first step forward; her foot touched down and the surface rippled outwards from the imprint of her foot. It felt like she was walking on water and every step felt as dangerous as the last. Blair soon came to the conclusion that what ever this floor was made out of; it was safe for her to travel on.

Silver chains traveled onwards beneath the surface; they shown with the illuminated depths beneath the floor. Multiple chains traveled under the surface to a single destination. Blair began to follow the chains like a path that would lead her to Brett. Soon more chains became visible and appeared to be converging on a single point a head of her.

Blair continually walked forwards in search of Brett amidst this strange dimension. Her head gazed upwards to the sky again; the calming skies all around her seamed to south her troubled soul. The clouds almost seamed to be putting her in a trance; she began to wonder how all of this could fit inside a Knight so small. She wondered if she could stay here forever with Brett away from all of the trouble and hatred. Blair's mind snapped back to reality when she remembered the others; she had to find Brett immediately.

She arrived at the point where all of the chains gathered; bellow the surface she could see Brett. He was still ensnared by all of the chains; his head was still visible but he was completely unconscious. Hundreds of chains held him in place; Blair looked around for some king of switch to release him. Nothing was in the area and she needed to free him quickly.

Blair wandered into the direct center when something under her shirt began to shine. She removed the necklace with Brett's ring still attached; the gems all glowed and the ring began to float upwards. The necklace attached to the ring broke at a segment; the ring traveled high into the air.

When the ring stopped floating upwards; it shot nine beams of light out from each gem. Eight pierced the water while the last shot into the sky; slowly the chains began to lift Brett from his tomb. Blair backed up till she found a place where the chains would not disturb her. Brett was raised to her level before she ran forward.

Chains stopped when Brett was fully free from the liquid surface. His face was covered in small black symbols that had no meaning to Blair. She ran up to him and called his name, but there was no answer. Brett slept there and did not answer at all; Blair immediately checked his pulse on his neck to see if he was alive. Strangely he still had a pulse; Blair breathed a sigh of relief when a mysterious voice came from above.

The Language was unlike that which Blair had ever heard before. It finished its sentence giving a brief pause before restarting again. "Let me have Brett back!" Blair shouted to the empty heavens. Eight symbols appeared in the sky; the voice returned but this time in a different language. "You called him by his first name. You must care for him the way I did; you may be the one who he is destined to be with. You must prove yourself though; I could only protect him this way. I could only contain him; that was the only power I ever had over him. You must show me your power over him; wake him and set him free, and I will entrust his safety to you."

Outside the strange dimension; Alexis, Jim, and Hasleberry were struggling to keep the knight at bay. "I'm going to help" Jaden stated but Nero only shook his head while his gun aimed at Jaden's forehead. "No; you two shall no interfere with this. Time must continue and you two must duel; so go ahead and start."

"Jaden you have to duel Marcel and get us back to our dimension; you cannot waste energy on this. We soldiers can handle this knight by ourselves." Hasleberry said before sending his Ultimate Tyranno in for an attack. Marcel walked to the other side; "come on Jaden; I have been waiting to play with you for some time."

Jaden cringed at the thought; but he had to buy time and keep Marcel occupied. The knight renewed his attack upon the three duelists; he pushed the giant dinosaur backwards and high into the air. The knight had just stood there taking the beating till now. The knight gave a mighty battle cry and swung its sword crushing Alexis's Cyber Angel Dakini.

The force of the attack nearly knocked Alexis unconscious; Mrs. Fontaine healed her with a spell card before Britney took over. "Normally I would not feel right about harming Brett; but you are not him." Britney summoned her Black Luster Soldier and then commanded him to attack. The knight leapt forward while Britney searched through her deck. "This is not a duel; and I have a real treat for you."

She took six cards and held them up high to the sky; the Five God Dragon formed from the cards giving a fierce battle cry. Britney pummeled the knight with attacks while the other duelists recovered from their failed attempts. The Knight could not swing his sword fast enough to get the soldier and could not reach the dragon above.

Jesse and Axel returned safely with the Rainbow Dragon card safely in their possession. Jesse could not believe what had happened while he was gone. He glanced away from the knight to see Jaden dueling his hardest to buy time. He wanted to go aid him but Axel held him back; "sorry but you will never make it past. You are to important now that you have that card; let me distract him then you go to Jaden."

Axel left without another word being said; Jesse did not even have time to protest the plan. Axel ran forward and used his duel disk to summon his Blaze Accelerator; the machine began by firing a Volcanic Shell into the knight. The knight did not even budge; it only lifted it's sword before lightning tore Britney's monsters apart.

Song Last SND

Britney fell to the ground; all of them soon realized that there was no chance that they could defeat it. Every attack hit with as much force as possible; yet no damage was visible on the black armor. "We cannot give up; if we do then we die!" Alexis yelled at the top of her lungs before drawing another card.

Blair stood there unaware of what to do; she could not think of what power she had over Brett. Then she heard Alexis's yell from outside; Blair had to think fast to save everyone, but then it hit her. The only power she had over Brett was the fact that he loved her; she knew what she had to do. She put one hand behind Brett's head and the second on his cheek; she took one last deep breath. "This woke him up once; Brett please wake up. I need you back with me; I never want to lose you again."

Blair began to move forward and get ready to awake him from his sleep; when black chains began to wrap around her left arm. The chains came from below and quickly began to wrap around Blair's body. Pulling her away from Brett; she struggled against them with all her might trying to get to Brett and wake him.

The ropes began to pull harder and harder against, negating Blair's strength. She whipped around and struggled while more chains wrapped around her incasing her. With all of her remaining strength she leapt forward and broke free of the chains. She wrapped her arms around Brett's neck before their lips met; Blair's eyes closed as she fell into a deep kiss.

Brett' eyes opened to see Blair in front and their lips together; all the chains fell off Brett like they were to lose. The symbols disappeared and Brett closed his eyes and pulled Blair into the kiss. They had never felt happier in their lives; then dark chains wrapped around them sealing them together in darkness. The voice returned from nowhere; "I shall not let the weapon be free. The weapon will stay sealed away from his creator for all time."

Brett and Blair were together snared by the dark chains; they pulled away but still hugged one another. "Blair; you came for me." Blair's eyes watered when she heard his words; "of course I came for you. I promised I would protect you; know you have to go destroy this armor and save our friends." "No Blair we are going to destroy this thing."

Song Longing

Light shown through the black chains; the light then shot out of the hole in the knights back. A powerful aura emanated that everyone could feel; the symbols disappeared along with the light that emanated from the room. The knight stopped dead in its tracks; not showing any signs of life. The entire area collapsed in around the chains before the chains around Blair and Brett exploded.

A beam of light shot out from the explosion; the beam traveled upwards and swallowed the ring inside of it. It traveled out wards at high speeds; eight wings grew out from the beam of light. Chains tried to ensnare it but were melted by the intensity of the light. The beam stopped and the light faded revealing Blair in Brett's arms.

She had the ring in her hand and her head was over Brett's shoulder. Brett landed on the ground momentarily and asked Blair to get on his back. She ran around and put the ring deep in her pocket; she jumped on to Brett's back in between his wings. She firmly grabbed onto Brett and checked that he was ok. Brett nodded before taking off into the sky and summoning blades of light around his hands.

Chains shot out from other directions trying to recapture Brett; each approached and was slashed away by Brett. Blair watched her guy fiercely slashing chains; she held on tightly while Brett slashed the chains away. The floor turned pitch black and shadow figures of warriors formed from the ground. The new figures wasted no time, before the new knights jumped into the air with weapons formed from the dark abyss.

Brett's wings continued to shine their gentle yet harmful light to the shadows. Blair was able to hang on with no problem; each time Brett moved was fast but seemed to be slowed down for her. Brett had no problem though with keeping up with the number of enemies. He sped up and collapsed two of his wings around Blair so she would be fine.

He began to attack at the speed of light; his swords crushing the shadows before they could come close. Blair tried to stay back but she was amazed at his skill; no one was guiding him this time. Nero was lying; he had never been giving Brett aid on how to fight, it had always been him. Beams of light shot out from his wings, and traveled into the hordes of shadows below him. None of the shadows survived the assault and Brett continued to move faster and faster through the attackers.

His wings gave a mighty thrust downwards and sent Brett and Blair into the infinite heavens. Shadows evolved more and more into massive beasts and dragons; creatures flew and chased Brett along the ground. Their power and speed somehow seamed to match his. A dragon flew down onto Brett; but he simply thrust his wings to evade the dragon's teeth. He passed the mouth and shoved his blade into the dragon before it exploded from the light.

More shadow dragons came from every direction; Brett collapsed all of his wings before he dropped from the sky leaving the shadow beasts to collide into one another. Brett approached the ground and beat his wings before he landed safely. Snarling shadow beasts growled and snarled bearing their fangs to Brett and Blair, but Brett was doing the same.

Two blades of light were slammed together to form a single long sword; Brett jumped forward slashing through the beast in front of him. His wings still were collapsed and held Blair tight against his body. Beast came from every directions and Brett turned to meet each one wit his blade. The sword continued to cut through beast after beast.

Shadows consumed the sky; wails of doomed souls came from every direction. Blair was not afraid now that she was with Brett, and he was never afraid. His wings lit the area around them; he could sense each shadow beast and strike them down. He was determined but still in control and he was not going to let Blair get hurt.

Brett flapped his wings and took off into the air; he let his blade disappear to boost the light from his wings. He dodged airborne enemies by going closer to the ground; then was forced to dodge the beasts that jumped at him. Brett boosted his wings to illuminate further and further away. "Brett we need to find the crack in the armor; it is way to dangerous to stay here."

Brett nodded in agreement; "I know Blair but it is hard to find it. We are going to get out of here, so hold on tight." Blair nodded and Brett took off in search of their exit. Brett continued to dodge between enemies but more continually came and there was no exit anywhere.

The number of enemies multiplied every second; Brett was forced to re-summon his blade and renew his attack. His vision ability dropped and he slashed through a dragon; he turned when he heard a fierce roar from behind. He turned to have a dragon land a front pair of claws into his upper chest. Brett screamed in pain before he whipped his long blade and separated the beast from him.

Brett took off in the opposite direction and avoided the next set of shadow creatures. "Blair are you ok back there?" Blair was fine and the claws did not make it through to her. "I'm fine but you are hurt badly; we cannot stay here. We have to find the exit quickly." But Brett knew the truth; the exit was gone; what ever created this was not going to let anyone escape.

Suddenly Brett stopped and looked around; "Blair there is only one way out; but I will have to enter rage form. You will be fine no matter what…" Blair did not even give Brett a chance to finish. "I know Brett; and you will not lose control because I'm here to protect you. You do not have to worry; let's end this thing and go save Marcel."

Song Summoning Alexander

The knight had long since stopped its rampage; everyone looked on waiting for the behemoth to do something. It's back began to glow bright blue when the back shattered in a hundred pieces. Two long wings spread out and stretched out; Each wing was twice the size of the knight. A dragon's tail also was sticking out of the suit of armor that whipped from side to side.

With a single flap of the wings, a ball of light traveled high into the sky. It came to a stop high above and it just hovered there for a few seconds. The creature emitted a bright light that was far too intense for any to make out what it was. Every one shielded their eyes from the creatures light. The wings glowed a bright blue, and the feathers in the wings rippled violently.

The wings stretched as far as possible before shooting out millions of tiny beams. Each beam locked in on the half destroyed suit of armor and hit it. The armor dissolved into the beams of light and disappeared from existence. The beams continued onwards; they separated into two groups. One group passed through Duel Ghouls on the outside of the school; while the other group of beams went inside and passed through every other corrupted duelist.

Steam came from the mysterious ball of light before the light faded. Brett and Blair fell from the heavens above together. Brett looked below him to where they were going to land. Then he realized Blair was going to be the one to hit the ground; he tried to flip but had lost to much energy to have the strength. Brett quickly though of his only option to stop Blair from getting hurt; he tucked his wings in on one side and he slowly span around.

Everyone watched Brett crash into the sand behind Jaden. Brett took the major impact; Alexis was the first to run to his side. His wings slowly disappeared into the wind revealing Blair in perfect condition on his back. Alexis dropped onto her knees just as Blair woke up. Alexis helped her up to her knees. They both turned to their attention to Brett who gave no signs of being alive.

Everyone else except Jaden and Jesse made it to Brett's side. Alexis flipped Brett up onto her lap. She flipped him up to see her arm covered in blood; everyone gasped at the sight of the three holes in his chest. Mrs. Fontaine dropped down and checked his pulse; "he is still alive."

Jaden and Jesse breathed a sigh of relief when he saw everyone else looked relieved at the news. Nero walked slowly over to a fragment of black armor that had survived. He slowly reached down and picked it up; "finally my reward is given to me. Brett I will return for you later; till then enjoy these last moments with your friends."

Nero disappeared into a black wave of darkness just when Brett woke. His eyes opened to the sight of everyone; they looked a little rough but still alive. "Is everyone ok? You all should stop worrying about me; we need to get back to our world, right?"

Jesse was glad to see he was alive but he had to go get them back to their own world. A single grey feather floated down onto Brett's chest; his body glowed a gentle blue before the wound healed. The blue light faded and Brett was perfectly healed again; Blair was in tears and so were the other girls; "sorry about worrying all you guys. But this should finally be over."

Brett stood up like almost nothing had happened; Blair got up protesting against it, but Brett was fine. "Did you enjoy that healing feather of mine? I cannot let you die; your creator would just kill me."

Brett and everyone turned to see a scantily clad girl with long grey hair flowing down her back. Brett was thrown into a state of shock when he saw her; "you… you are my creator; Jenova!" Brett shivered at the mere thought; the woman offered a slight sensual chuckle to Brett and Blair grabbed onto him. "I'm not your creator; just a remnant of hers. You have grown so much in such a short time; it is almost impossible to believe."

Blair got in front of Brett; "What do you want with him?" The woman's face changed rapidly to a serious expression; "I'm here to bring him to her. She needs him to perform a task; and in return I shall stay here and make sure that things transpire as they should. You have drawn many enemies that should never have been here; join me and I shall guarantee none of those enemies shall interfere with your friends."

Brett though about the proposal for a minute's time; it was a difficult choice. He had been the one who had brought these enemies to his friends. "I will come with you; but you must leave with me as well. I do not want you ever to set foot on this planet again, and that includes any of the Jenova clones or the real thing."

Blair turned around and grabbed Brett's arms; "you are not going to leave us again. I do not want to lose you." Brett looked to the monument and saw the Rainbow Dragon for the first time; "you have all been great friends. Blair you are the best thing in my life; but I cannot stay here; I have to do this so this world will be at piece. Just promise me you keep that ring and I will my way back to you."

Brett quickly jumped over Blair without even allowing his words to sink in. He landed on the other side and ran over to the clones side. "You have made a wise deal and now let us leave." The clone melted into a puddle that Brett began to sink into; Blair turned to see Brett vanish into the puddle before she screamed out his name at the top of her lungs.

Everyone still conscious turned there attention to Blair, and quickly realized that he was gone…

TO BE CONTINUED IN CHRONICLES OF INFINITY…