Chapter 7: Path to redemption

Jackie had called Uncle to come up with a spell to reverse Jades skin and eyes. Uncle could only return her skin to normal, but her eyes are remained red. Uncle responded to her eye condition. "Jade used evil card and dragon now does not trust Jade. Eyes will remain until duelist is redeemed by dragon goodbye!" Uncle had hung up on Jackie. Jade was glad that she wouldn't look like a shadowkhan anymore, but sad that she had failed her friends. She hasn't used her dragon card yet because she hasn't been in a corner like that before.

Yami Yugi stood up. "We must recue Yugi and all the souls that Dartz has captured." Everyone was puzzled. "Earth to Yugi, we don't even know where to find him." On cue, Kaiba called. "Yugi, You must come immediately. Dartz has taken over Kaiba Corp. and is ruining my reputation."

Yugi responded. "Kaiba, why would Dartz be after your company?" Kaiba scoffed. "How am I supposed to know? Just get here now!" The call ended. "Looks like we're heading home." Joey said.

The heroes boarded the train except for Duke to look after Jackie and Arthur. The train was silent as no one was on it and before long, the train was separated. Yugi, Jade and Tea were speeding forward while Tristan and Joey were slowing down. Joey encountered Rex Raptor and Yugi fought Weevil Underwood which both had won, causing their opponents to lose their souls again. Yugi, Jade and Tea fell off a cliff as the train crashed over.

Jade was unconscious while Yugi and Tea recovered from the crash. with Jade on his back, Yugi walked to find any trace of life. Before long, they had come across a home with a young girl around jades age and an elderly man and a dog. "oh my, it looks like you've been through much. Come inside." The man invited Yugi and Tea inside.

Once inside, Yugi lied Jade on a bed and waited for her to wake up. Their injuries were pretty bad but they'll live. Yugi only had a few cuts and scratches, Tea had a few bruises and Jade had a couple of bad cuts and a concussion. "It sounds like you three were in a pretty bad crash." The elder said, bringing out medicine and bandages for their wounds and begun working on Jade to stop the bleeding.

Yugi told the man about the four legendary dragons and how Jade had no choice in activating the seal of orichalcos due t the trap "force spell". The elder sighed and looked at her eyes to see that they are as red as rubies. "It would seem that Jade was tricked in more way than one."

Yugi was confused. "What do you mean?" The elder took out a force spell trap card. "This card has another ability. Even if your opponent has the same card in their hand, they can choose to activate it, or lose the duel. It would seem that whoever she was dueling, didn't tell her about that part and made her believe that she had no choice. And now, her dragon has forsaken her until she can redeem herself." They left the room to let Jade sleep.

Hours went by as Jade finally awaken to see an unfamiliar setting. She adjusted her eyes and walked outside to see Yugi and Tea sitting outside. "What happened?" Jade asked Yugi. Tea filled her in on the duel between Yugi and Weevil and how they ended up here when they fell off a cliff.

The elder walked along a path. "The path to redemption lies below this cliff. Descend to the hallowed grounds and face your demon. Only then, will you be able to call upon the dragon."

Jade climbed down the cliff, duel disk at hand. Once she touched the ground, numerous spirits erupted from the ground. Then in the distance, a figure was walking towards her. Yugi, Tea and the elder watched. "What is the purpose of this place?" Yugi asked the elder. "This is where Jade will face her fears and vanquish that which torments her the most." He replied which made Yugi and Tea nervous as the figure waling was none other than Yami Bakura.

"My, my. What do we have here? The mouse that I lost to against the meddling Pharaoh. Now that he is not able to save you, I can have you to myself. But unlike last time, I say let's make this more sporting in a duel." Jade shuddered as she activated her duel disk. "Let's duel!"

Yami Bakura: 4000

Jade: 4000

"My move!" Jade drew a card.

Jade's hand:

Flame Ninja: ATK 1400/DEF 500 [warrior/effect] ***

Dragon Ninja: ATK 2000/DEF1500 [warrior/effect] ****

Flaming Kunai: equip spell

Mirror Force: normal trap

Double Summon: normal spell

Shadow Ninja: ATK 500/3000 [warrior/effect] ***

"I place 3 cards face down and summon Flame Ninja in attack mode!" Flame Ninja appeared after three cards were laid face down on the spell and trap card zone. "Now you take 500 points in damage for every card on my side of the field, which means, you get hit with 2000 points in damage." Flame Ninja took out four kunais and tossed them at Bakura.

Yami Bakura: 2000

Jade: 4000

"Next I activate one of my face down cards, Double Summon! With this, I can summon another monster to the field, come on out, Dragon Ninja!" Dragon Ninja appeared. "And his ability allows me to summon a Ninja monster from my deck with level that is equal to or lesser than the cards on my field." Jade searched her deck and summoned Flame Ninja in attack mode which dealt more damage to Bakura, ending the game.

"No! This can't be, how can I lose to a mouse?" Bakura shouted as he began to vanish. Jade responded. "Because I fight for is right, and no one can stop me." Her eyes returned to normal as the spirits faded. Rafael was watching from a distance. He threw the stone to the ground and on cue, a soldier appeared before Jade.

The soldier activated the seal of orichalcos and demanded Jade a duel.

end of chapter. I wanted to get this out there ASAP so apologies for the cliffhanger.