Author's Note: I ended up working on a good chunk of this chapter last night before I went to bed. It's been a long time since I've had this kind of energy writing a fanfic.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

Chapter 7: Wrath of the King

"I'll end my turn there." Reggie announced. "If I were you, I'd forfeit. That is if you really want to know how to bring back those girls."

"You can't just give up this duel." Yubel told Jaden. "For all we know, Reggie doesn't really know how to bring those girls back. But more importantly, she and these other ritual duelists seem to be playing for keeps. Even if she did know the truth, you and I wouldn't be around to hear it."

"I know." Jaden quietly agreed. "But still…"

"There's something else to consider too." Yubel continued. "Say Reggie does have some kind of way to take your power if she beats you. Think what might happen if she gets her hands on it. I highly doubt that she'd use it to bring world peace. It's up to you, but I think we both know what the right thing to do is."

"…Yeah, you're right." Jaden agreed.

"So what's it gonna be?" Reggie asked. "Are you going to take a dive, or are you going to fight to the end to try and save those girls?"

"Jaden! Would it be so bad if… if you just gave up and let Reggie win this one?" Sheila asked. "I mean then we just might get Sophie and all the others back. Doesn't that seem more important than just winning some duel?"

"Sheila… I know how you feel, believe me. But there's a lot more at stake on this duel than you realize." Jaden told her. "If I let Reggie win, then it could mean I'd be putting the whole world in danger. Besides, I'm a duelist. It's might nature to fight right up until the end."

"But if she goes into a coma…" Sheila attempted to argue.

"For all we know, Reggie could be lying." Jaden pointed out. "And even if she isn't we'll find another way to bring back Sophie and the others. I promise you that."

"Jaden…" Sheila responded.

"So you're going to fight to the end, huh?" Reggie responded. "I guess it doesn't really matter. There's no way you can win with Ishtar on the field. It's a shame you won't be able to keep your promise to your friend."

"We'll see about that!" Jaden told her as he drew his next card. "I activate the Spell card, Pot of Greed. This card lets me draw two more cards from my deck!"

"Go ahead and draw all the cards you want. Nothing you do can help you defeat Ishtar." Reggie confidently declared.

"We'll see about that! I summon Neo-Spacian Grand Mole!" Jaden announced. The space mole appeared on the battlefield. "I attack Ishtar with Grand Mole! And when Grand Mole attacks a monster, I can return both him and that monster to our hands!"

Grand Mole's shoulder armor rotated upward and turned into a drill bit that covered his head. The mole dove into the ground and created a large hole on the battlefield. Soon after, a large hole appeared beneath Ishtar and sucked the war goddess into the ground. With both monsters gone and the field empty, the two holes closed up.

"I activate the effect of Domain of Rituals!" Reggie announced. "Since Ishtar was returned to my hand, I can get her Ritual Spell back from the Graveyard. In other words, Ishtar will just come back later."

"Maybe. But since you can use Splendid Venus as a sacrifice for the Ritual, Ishtar won't have her effect that lets her destroy Special Summoned monsters." Jaden pointed out.

"Don't be so sure." Reggie told him with a smug expression.

Suddenly a dazzling flash of golden light appeared behind Reggie. The light died down and Venus reappeared to hover behind the blonde duelist.

"What just happened?" a surprised Jaden asked.

"When I got Awakening of Ishtar back from the Graveyard, its secondary effect was activated and let me summon Splendid Venus from the Graveyard." Reggie explained. "In other words, I can use Venus to summon Ishtar all over again. That little move with Grand Mole accomplished nothing."

Jaden gritted his teeth in frustration. "In that case I'll lay down a face-down and end my turn!"

Reggie chuckled as she drew her next card. "I activate Awakening of Ishtar and sacrifice Venus to summon Splendid Ishtar!"

The four torches golden torches reappeared on the battlefield around Venus and struck her in the torso with streams of blue flames. Venus exploded in a dazzling flash of golden light and pieces of her armor shattered away. The light died down to reveal that Venus had transformed back into Ishtar.

"This duel ends now! Ishtar, attack Jaden directly!" Reggie commanded. "Divine Feather Strike!"

"I activate my Trap, Negate Attack!" Jaden announced. "This card cancels Ishtar's attack and ends the Battle Phase!"

Ishtar flapped her four wings and sent a barrage of glowing feathers at Jaden. But before they could hit, every single one of the feathers was sucked into a vortex that appeared in front of the wandering pro duelist.

"Guess I'll end my turn then." Reggie announced. "Looks like you've managed to buy yourself a little more time. Not that it'll help. There's no way you can turn this duel around."

"As long as there are still cards in my deck, I still have a shot at taking you down!" Jaden declared.

"Fine, say you do somehow beat me. Then what?" Reggie asked. "You'll be back to square one on finding out how to bring back those girls. Are you really willing to just throw away their lives just so you can beat me? And some people say I'm cold."

"I've had enough of this!" Sheila interrupted. "Look, it seems like you've pretty much won already anyway. So if you really know how to bring back Sophie and the others, why don't you just tell us?"

"Well… I guess I could tell you since there really isn't any way for Jaden to turn this around." Reggie agreed. "The truth is I don't know how to bring them back. I don't know if those girls can even be brought back at all. Hell, I don't even know how they were turned into cards. For all we know, the process could've destroyed their bodies. Which means those girls are pretty much dead."

Sheila's eyes widened in horror at the possibility Reggie suggested. "That… that can't be true!"

"Face it, that friend of yours is probably gone for good." Reggie told her. "But hey, at least her death wasn't a total waste. She probably does make a pretty decent card. Maybe if I find it, I'll give it to you as a souvenir."

"NO!" Sheila responded.

"I've had just about enough of you!" Jaden shouted.

Suddenly Jaden's body began to give off a massive black aura, surprising both Sheila and Reggie. Jaden's brown eyes began to glow, flashing to gold before his right eye turned orange and his left eye turned teal.

"What… what are you?" a somewhat frightened Reggie asked.

"I am the one who wields the Darkness of Justice." Jaden responded in an echoing voice. "I am the Supreme King!"

"Well whatever you are, you still don't have a chance at winning." Reggie insisted.

"We'll see about that!" Jaden told her as he drew his next. "Since I have no monsters on the field, I activate the Spell card, Convert Contact! By discarding Grand Mole and sending Neo Spacian Flare Scarab from my deck to the Graveyard, I can draw two more cards!"

Jaden drew two more cards from his deck. As he did, his deck seemed to give off a sound like that of a sword being drawn.

"I activate another Spell card, Ancient Rules!" Jaden announced. "With this card, I summon Elemental Hero Neos!"

"And I activate Ishtar's effect!" Reggie announced. "Which means Neos is destroyed!"

Jaden's white hero of space materialized on the battlefield. But as soon as he appeared, Ishtar shot a beam of green light from her helmet that hit Neos in the chest and blew him away. Jaden's life points dropped to 600.

"You can only use Ishtar's effect once per turn!" Jaden pointed out. "So I activate another Spell card, Swing of Memories! With this card, I summon Neos back from the Graveyard!" In a flash of white light, Neos reappeared on the battlefield.

Reggie began to chuckle. "So what? Neos will go back to the Graveyard at the end of the turn due to your Spell's effect. And thanks to Ishtar, he only has 1500 ATK."

"Not for long!" Jaden told her. "I equip Neos with the card, Sword of the Supreme King!"

A large black sword dropped down from the sky and landed next to Neos with the blade sticking in the ground. In the center of the crossguard was a round gemstone that resembled a red demonic eye. Neos drew the sword from the ground and used it to slash the air. The hero's eyes began to glow gold and his body started giving off a massive black aura.

"Sword of the Supreme King can only be equipped to Neos or one of his other forms." Jaden revealed. "And as long as he wields the sword, he's unaffected by the abilities of other monsters. Which means his ATK returns to 2500."

"Even so, Ishtar still has 3400 ATK." Reggie reminded him. "There's no way Neos can defeat her."

"When a monster equipped with Sword of the Supreme King attacks a monster with higher ATK, that monster loses 2000 ATK during the battle!" Jaden revealed.

"What?" Reggie exclaimed.

"Neos! Cut Splendid Ishtar to shreds!" Jaden commanded. "Wrath of the King!"

Neos swung his sword and sent a massive blade of black energy at Ishtar. The war goddess was cut down the middle and the two halves shattered apart into bits of light. The attack continued on and struck Reggie, blowing the hat off her head and reducing her life points to 2300.

"You may have destroyed Ishtar, but I've still got plenty of life points left!" Reggie pointed out. "And Neos goes back to the Graveyard at the end of this turn which means this duel isn't over yet."

"Wrong!" Jaden responded. "I activate another effect of Sword of the Supreme King! Since Neos destroyed another monster in battle, I can send Sword of the Supreme King to the Graveyard to allow Neos to attack again this turn!"

Reggie's eyes widened in shock and horror. "But… that means…"

"Neos, attack Reggie directly!" Jaden commanded. "King's Sword Throw!"

Neos threw the black sword at Reggie. The sword pierced her through the center of her chest and stabbed her all the way through. Her remaining life points dropped to zero. With a look of shock on her face, Reggie's trembling hand touched the area around the wound and saw that there was blood. Her lips moved as if she was trying to say something.

Suddenly Reggie became enveloped in a massive pillar of white light that washed out the entire area. In moments the light vanished along with Neos and the area around the duel returned to normal. Jaden's body had stopped giving off its black aura and his eyes had returned to their normal brown. He walked over and knelt down next to Reggie's fallen form. The sword had disappeared from her body and there was no sign of a wound.

"Is… is she dead?" an unsettled Sheila asked.

"No, she's alive." Jaden assured her after noticing she was still breathing. "Sorry if I scared you."

"Uh, no. It's fine." Sheila assured her. "Actually that was kinda cool… in a frightening sort of way I guess."

"You really lost your temper there." Yubel remarked as she reappeared next to Jaden.

Suddenly Reggie stirred and opened her eyes. She looked up at Jaden with a frightened look in her eyes.

"Looks like you didn't end up in a coma after all." Jaden observed as he got back to his feet. "Now it's time you give us some answers!"

"W-what are you talking about?" a delirious Reggie asked. "Who are you?"

Jaden took a closer look at Reggie's expression. He immediately noticed that there was something different about her eyes. Her eyes no longer showed the same darkness that they had during the duel. Nor did they show any signs of recognition.

"Great! So she's no longer brainwashed, but now it looks like she doesn't remember anything from when she was being controlled." Yubel observed.

"Hey!" a familiar voice interrupted. Jaden and the others looked to see Atticus quickly approaching. "What the hell is going on here?"

"Atticus?" a still delirious Reggie identified. "What… are you doing here?"

"Mac, are you okay?" a very concerned Atticus asked. "What happened?"

"I… I don't…" Reggie responded before passing out.

Atticus glared at Jaden and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "What the hell did you do?"

"Whoa! Atticus, chill!" Sheila told him as she quickly moved to stop Atticus from punching Jaden in the face. "Reggie came after us! She was brainwashed or something just like Mick and that other guy!"

A surprised Atticus let go of Jaden. "You mean… Reggie was working with those other guys?"

"Atticus, I think we should take Reggie with us back to the guesthouse." Jaden suggested. "After that, I'll explain to you what happened."

Atticus agreed and carried Reggie himself as he and Jaden headed back to the guesthouse with Sheila. After helping to get Reggie settled into one of the room, Sheila left to go back to the dorms. Soon after, Jaden and Atticus headed to the balcony where Jaden told Atticus about what happened during the duel. Though he left out the part where Reggie was impaled through the chest.

"And she really doesn't remember anything?" Atticus asked.

"At least not anything about the stuff she did while under the influence of whatever we're up against." Jaden answered. "She remembers you at least. But she didn't seem to have any idea who I was."

"How long do you think this has been going on?" Atticus asked.

"No clue." Jaden replied. "But at least she isn't in a coma like Mick or Trent."

"Yeah. Thank god for that." Atticus agreed. "Whatever's going on, I'll take care of looking after Reggie. In the meantime, you just focus on figuring out who or what the hell is behind all this."

"You got it." Jaden replied. And with that, Atticus went back into the house.

"Well this sure was an interesting day." Yubel remarked as she appeared.

Jaden pulled the Sword of the Supreme King card out of his deck. "I'd still like to know why Reggie isn't in a coma like Mick and Trent."

"That card you used to beat her was made using your power." Yubel pointed out. "And it looks like it completely severed whatever was controlling Reggie's mind. I can only think of one force that's that vulnerable to your power."

"You don't mean…" Jaden responded.

"I'm afraid so." Yubel replied. "I think we might be dealing with the Light of Destruction."

Electra stormed into Principle Mackenzie's office and slammed the door shut behind her, causing the principle to look up from his paperwork. She screamed and threw one of the pictures hanging on the office wall to the ground. The glass in the frame instantly shattered.

"What happened?" Principle Mackenzie asked as he rose from his chair.

"Jaden Yuki has defeated Reggie." Electra explained. "Not only that, he managed to destroy the fragment of the master's power that I placed in Reggie when she was a child!"

"Well… I suppose it's only a minor loss." Principle Mackenzie responded as he approached. "The important thing now is getting Reggie back before she ends up causing problems for us. So I suggest we…"

Before Principle Mackenzie could finish his sentence, Electra grabbed by his throat with her right hand and lifted him off the ground. The principle gasped for air as Electra looked at him with murderous rage.

"Don't forget your place, Mackenzie!" Electra told him. "I may have given you power to help with the master's revival, but you are no more than a slave to my will just as your daughter was! Our only concern right now is destroying the Supreme King! As of now, your daughter is expendable!"

With that, Electra threw Principle Mackenzie to the floor. He remained on his knees coughing as Electra stormed out of the room.

Reggie shot up in her bed with cold sweat on her brow. She had just had a nightmare, though she couldn't seem to remember what it was about. Looking around, she saw that she was in a room that was unfamiliar to her. Reggie could tell from the light of the moon streaming in through the large window on her right that it was night out. Suddenly the door opened and Reggie saw Atticus enter the room.

"Oh, hey Mac." Atticus greeted upon noticing she was awake. "Glad to see that you're up. I was starting to worry a little."

"Rhodie?" a confused Reggie responded. "Where am I? What is this place?"

"You're at the guesthouse on Duel Academy America grounds." Atticus explained as he went over to sit in the chair by the bed. "My friend Jaden and I have been staying here for the last few days."

"I… I think I remember coming back to the academy a few days ago." Reggie recalled. "Yeah… my dad asked me to come for a visit after I had just won this tournament. I remember… I remember not wanting to come back, but I couldn't say no for some reason. But I can't remember what that reason was. It's just a big blur."

"Try not to think about it too much." Atticus told her.

"It's not just that time though." Reggie continued. "It seems like there are a whole bunch of gaps in my memory. I… also feel like I've done some bad things. It's almost like I was another person."

"It's okay now." Atticus assured her. "You're safe."

"Rhodie… do you know what's happened to me?" Reggie asked.

Atticus looked at her for a moment before giving a heavy sigh. "Look, my friend Jaden and I think that you were brainwashed. We don't know by who or why. We don't even know for how long. But my friend Jaden was able to break whatever spell you were under."

"So… for all I know I could've done some really terrible things and not even know about it." Reggie realized.

Atticus placed his hand on Reggie's. "Hey. Don't worry about it. Believe it or not, I've kind of gone what you've been through. Though my experience was pretty different."

"What do you mean?" Reggie asked.

"I was a few years ago back when I was an academy student." Atticus began. "I ended up begin possessed by a demon called Nightshroud."

"A demon? Are you serious?" Reggie asked.

"I know. It sounds ludicrous." Atticus admitted. "I don't blame you for not believing me, but it happened. And I ended up putting Alexis and a whole lot of others in danger because of it. I felt pretty bad about the things I did while under that demon's control when it was all over, but I reminded myself that I wasn't in control of my actions during that time. Just like how you weren't in control of what you did during that time. So don't worry about it, okay?"

"Yeah… okay." Reggie replied.

"Well, it's gotten pretty late." Atticus spoke as he rose from his chair. "I should let you get some rest. Goodnight, Mac."

"Rhodie, wait." Reggie spoke as she grabbed Atticus' arm.

Before Atticus could respond, Reggie pulled him in and gave him a firm kiss on the lips. She pulled away and Atticus was left trying to figure out what happened. It was as if the world had stopped moving for several moments.

"I… I've been wanting to tell you this for a long time now Rhodie." Reggie somewhat nervously began. "I love you. I've been love with you for a long time now. But whenever I had the chance, it seemed like something would always stop me. I don't know if it was whatever was controlling me all these years or just my own nerves. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that."

Atticus smiled and sat down on the side of the bed. "I'm in love with you too. Heck, I have been for a few years now, but you've always given me the cold shoulder."

"I kind of had a feeling you were interested in me too." Reggie admitted with a half-smile.

"I still am." Atticus assured her. "How 'bout we pick this up tomorrow? Like I said, you should get some rest."

"Yeah, okay." Reggie replied. With that, Atticus kissed her on the forehead and left the room.

Atticus stood under the shower as hot water cascaded all around him. The sound of the water helped him collect his thoughts. It had certainly been a notable day. The best part of it was that Reggie had finally returned his feelings for her. But he never expected that the reason why she had been so cold towards him in the past was because of whatever evil force that had taken control of her mind. Atticus couldn't help but wonder how long she had been under that control. He tried to remember the very first time that Reggie had started to act differently towards him.

Before Atticus could figure anything out, he was started to hear the door the shower open behind him. Turning around, Atticus saw a completely nude Reggie standing before him.

"Uh, Mac!" a blushing Atticus spoke. "What, uh… what're you…?"

"I don't feel like resting right now." Reggie told him as she walked up.

Before Atticus could say anything else, Reggie planted a hard kiss on his lips and jammed her tongue into his mouth. As their tongues moved against one another, Reggie's right hand went down and began stroking Atticus' already hardened rod.

After a few moments, Atticus finally managed to break away from her. "Mac, are you sure you want to go this far? I mean…"

"Please Rhodie." Reggie begged with the most seductive pout he had ever seen. "I need you to help me feel like my old self again."

After a moment, Atticus gave Reggie a rather cocky smile and the two continued to kiss. At the same time, Atticus' right hand moved and began to gently squeeze Reggie's breast, causing the blonde to moan into his mouth. They continued like this until Atticus could take no more. He pushed Reggie against the wall of the shower. Reggie wrapped her left leg around Atticus' waist, and Atticus responded by pushing his hardened manhood into her.

Reggie winced as the rod penetrated her. Atticus began to suck on her neck to take her mind off the pain. At the same time, and with every fiber of restraint he had, Atticus moved his hips very gently to allow Reggie to get used to the sensation. Before long though, Reggie wrapped her arms around Atticus's shoulders and her other leg around his waist. Atticus took the signal and began bucking his hips harder.

They continued on like this for what seemed like forever. There were a few brief moments that Atticus wonder if what he was experiencing was only a dream. Though he was fairly certain that it wasn't. No dream could possibly feel so good. Eventually Atticus could feel Reggie's inner walls tightening around him, and he knew he was coming close to the edge as well. Atticus thrust hard into Reggie one last time before they both came to a hard climax at the same moment.

When it was over, Atticus felt like his legs had turned to rubber. They both remained in the same position for some time as they caught their breath.

"That… was a ten-star performance." Atticus finally declared.

At this, Reggie chuckled a bit. "If you're up for it, we can continue this in my room."

Atticus gave Reggie a cocky grin. "Sounds good."

Author's Note: One thing I've found that I like to do when writing these Yu-Gi-Oh! related stories is mix things from the anime and manga together. In the case of this story, I've basically transferred a few things from the GX manga into the anime universe. I'll be honest, I'm actually not a huge fan of the manga. I mean it has some cool cards in it, and Reggie and David made interesting characters. I also like that the main villain was connected to the atrocity that created the Millennium Items. But really the manga couldn't hold a candle to the anime.

One other thing I did like from the manga though is this implication that Atticus and Reggie had some kind of romantic relationship. Though for much of the manga it seemed pretty one-sided. But there was something about that pairing that kind of struck me. So I decided that I'd try and incorporate it into a future GX story. I also really wanted to do a fanfic where the anime version of Jaden kicked David and Reggie's butts.

Please review and let me know what you think.