Anonymous Review: Thanks for the spelling correction. Actually, the clapping is needed, because one of the things that annoys me about how Duel Monsters Tournaments are treated is that you have your audience, but when someone makes a really brilliant move, nobody ever cheers for the person or claps like it's an actual tournament like if it were baseball, Tennis, Golf, etc. Even actual Yugioh tournaments have cheering. In fact, Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's is the only one I know with tournaments where tons of people are cheering and applauding whenever Yusei summons his Stardust Dragon and the tournament is treated like an ACTUAL tournament. I know there's alot of cheering brought up over and over, but this is realistic. Another thing is how I do my duels is by being simple. Many people get bored off of duels just because it focuses on the duel monsters and less of what they look like or the fights. My target audience are people that already know the monsters by heart, including attack and defense points. Not exactly all of them, but a good number of them of them like Dark Magician (he's a dark attribute, spellcaster type, normal monster, has 2500 attack and 2000 defense). I knew this without looking it up on google. So, when people put indexes next to the monsters that include attack and defense, I'm just rolling my eyes, thinking, "I think every Yugioh fan knows that. We don't need to be told." The only time I ever include this kind of junk is if they're monsters I made up. Besides, I find it poor writing skills if you put the index of the monster, even just attack and defense points, in the middle of the story. Indexes are supposed to be written in the back of the novel or the bottom of the page where the person can easily just skip over if, if he/she doesn't want to read it. In my case, I don't think I need an index, since it already tells enough about the monster for my audience to understand it and which one is going to win or lose; being descriptive without being a boring index.
Here's the first Shadow Game Jaylin plays against Nightshroud! Let me tell ya, it's going to be both epic and intense at the same time. Now, one of the things I will absolutely NOT do is have the Red-Eyes Black Dragon in his deck, or have it as his main deck. I find it annoying when ace monsters of characters we love just turn evil and work for someone else as a side monster for no reason. I mean, it'd be different if Atticus did use that dragon in his deck and it was turned into a darker version by someone else like with Malific Red-Eyes Black Dragon or Dark Rainbow Dragon.
Also, I have created a YouTube and Skype account for Jaylin. If you wish to roleplay, you can PM me and I'll see what I can do. I might need help, since this is the first time of me using Skype. You might also find Jaylin on YouTube. Just know that when I roleplay as her and commenting on anything not related to Yugioh, I'm keeping in continuity to her character, since I see her watching things on YouTube outside of Yugioh or Duel Monsters. Review please!
Jaylin stood across from Nightshroud, who smirked evilly, then laid out the ground rules of the Shadow Game. Each player is aloud to summon up to three monsters at any given time, but no more or less. The winner of the game is the one that can destroy all of his/her opponent's monsters first or kill/knock out the opposing player, unless knocking out the player summons out his/her Ka, but that Ka monster cannot go over three monsters or this would automatically be cheating. Lastly, nobody outside of the game, is allowed to interfere and couldn't, if they tried, since there was a shield surrounding Jaylin and Nightshroud.
Because of the commotion that was happening right in front of the Obelisk Blue Dorm, terrifying the students, the teachers began getting involved. Chancellor Shepard, Dr. Crowler, and Fonda all ran to the area, Dr. Crowler gasping in terror.
"Oh my god, it's Atticus!" Dr. Crowler almost cried out like a girl.
"I was afraid this would happen," Chancellor Shepard muttered.
"What the hell is going- is that Atticus!?" Ms. Lindsey asked in utter shock. She had believed that Atticus was dead. She ran to where he was. "ATTICUS!"
"Tinoa!" Chancellor Shepard cried out before Ms. Lindsey bumped right into the shield, giving her a shock, while also hurting her head.
"Wha..." Ms. Lindsey muttered, feeling the invisible shield made by the darkness. "What's this?"
"Tough crowd, but let us start the game, shall we? We already have our audience," Nightshroud said as Jaylin smirked in response, her eyes glowing bright gold.
"Protector of the light and items, come I command you and bring light to the world once fallen!" Jaylin cried out and Ma'at instantly appeared from Jaylin's body with all of the millennium items.
"Wow, didn't know she kept a variety of monsters inside her. We've got nothing to worry about!" Chancellor Shepard responded cheerfully.
"Except if he starts kidnapping or harming more students!" Dr. Crowler cried out in fear.
Nightshroud spoke in an ancient language, which Jaylin could swear was Ancient Egypt, then some sort of dark plant that was like an ugly flower with green petals and some sort of black whatever in the middle. Then, Nightshroud chanted a second time and some sort of huge black creature with wings that with claws and bigger claws on its hands and feet. Nightshroud showed an evil smirk as his monsters began attacking and going for Jaylin's monster.
"Activate effect and Defend!" Jaylin cried out.
Ma'at revealed, "Winged Kuriboh, Swords of Revealing Light, and Shining Angel," then defended itself against the two monsters, throwing them aside as Nightshroud took the hit, glaring at his opponent in annoyance before showing a smirk.
"This is what I've been waiting for," Nightshroud smirked quietly.
"Ma'at attack the ugly dark flower!" Jaylin commanded as Ma'at pointed its millennium rod at the dark plant Nightshroud summoned.
"Darkness Bramble, dodge!" Nightshroud commanded as the dark plant, Darkness Bramble, slipped away from the attacker. "Use effect to return my Ba!" Darkness Bramble hooked its roots on Nightshroud and his Ba returned. "Darkness Destroyer, attack!" Darkness Destroyer, the other monster, began to attack Ma'at.
"Dodge!" Jaylin commanded as Ma'at avoided the attack, only to be attacked again from behind. "You never commanded another attack!"
"Darkness Destroyer can attacks twice when I command it to attack, so one dodge won't work on him," Nightshroud explained. Defend had only worked against Darkness Bramble the first time, because it was a different maneuver than dodge. Dodge included avoiding the attack, while defend included self defense by shielding or attacking back to avoid damage. Of course, defend could only be use, if the monster's defense points is higher than the attacker's Ka points. "Speaking of attacking, he attacks your Ma'at again."
"Dodge!" Jaylin commanded, then crossed her arms as soon as Ma'at dodged the attack. A cyclone appeared just as soon as a glowing alchemy circle appeared, imprisoning the cyclone, much to Jaylin's dismay.
"Nice try, but Darkness Bramble includes a special ability that lets me see through your traps before you activate them, so I created a trap of my own. Being that I've played diaha for so many years, I know how to signal my Ka through emotion when to activate an effect" Nightshroud smirked as soon as Darkness Destroyer clawed right into Ma'at, who cried out in pain before disappearing from the field.
Jaylin grasped onto her shoulders, blood seeping out of each of them and showing scratch marks.
"OH MY GOD!" Syrus cried out, Carl trying not to vomit again like last time when she saw the video of Jaylin's first Shadow Game against Nightshroud.
"What the hell is this!?" Ms. Lindsey cried out in horror.
"This is a Shadow Game, where lives are at stake," Nightshroud replied.
"Just what the hell are you!? I know you're not Atticus!"
"He's Nightshroud and I'm about to take him down!" Jaylin cried out angrily, taking off her red vest and throwing it across the ground. Blood was still leaking from her shoulders, but the pain was ignored quite easily.
"You're one tough little bitch, I'll give you that. Though, I can still attack you now, unless you summon out another monster."
"With the heart of man and wings of an angel. I summon Winged Kuriboh!" Jaylin summoned as Winged Kuriboh appeared onto the field.
"Darkness Destroyer, attack!" Nightshroud shouted.
"Multiply with ease!" Jaylin chanted as Winged Kuriboh began multiplying by the numbers, much to Nightshroud's annoyance. "Guess you can't predict spells, since they're never set like traps are! Ma'at, you have fought well, now distribute your life to Winged Kuriboh, so he shall win victoriously!" The original Winged Kuriboh on the field had its Ka points raised up to the number that Ma'at had when Jaylin performed the effect. "Attack Darkness Destroyer!" The original Winged Kuriboh began charging.
"Dodge and counter attack!" Nightshroud shouted as Darkness Destroyer dodged the attack and was going to attack when it hit a different Winged Kuriboh. "Damnit, you-"
"Attack!" Jaylin shouted again and Winged Kuriboh attacked Darkness Destroyer once more, biting it on its side as it disappeared and Nightshroud cringed in pain, blood seeping out from his side.
"Jaylin, be careful! That's still Atticus' body you're harming!" Ms. Lindsey cried out.
"Don't worry! I got this under control," Jaylin promised, looking back at her coach, who was almost taken aback by the glowing gold eyes. Jaylin spat onto the ground, then smirked with such demonic lust for blood.
Nightshroud chanted in Ancient Egyptian once more, then suddenly Darkness Bramble disappeared and some monster slim spirit left from Nightshroud's body, then some half angel half demon appeared before Jaylin, who could almost chuckle at the suspense she was feeling from looking at the monster. She could feel the darkness flowing through her veins like breathing.
"I shall give you a little taste of the darkness set before you. I can already see the thrill inside your blood, as it is felt with every dark magic user that plays a Shadow Game. Though, let's first get rid of those little pests!" Nightshroud brought out his hand and the original Winged Kuriboh began wearing the Ring of Distruction. It was shocked with volts of electricity, which electrocuted Jaylin, making her scream bloody murder before she fell on her hands and knees.
"Hey, it's Jaylin!" Crystal cried out, who just came out of the Obelisk Blue Dorm. The other dance team members from Obelisk Blue slowly came out, watching in horror as Jaylin coughed out blood from her mouth.
Jaylin licked the blood from her lip, then smirking, "You didn't get my other Kuribohs, you son of a bitch. Shining Angel and Explorer Dragon, distribute your Ba and let Winged Kuriboh shine once more." Jaylin's body began to glow and one Winged Kuriboh clone became Winged Kuriboh Level 9.
"That's not enough, my Darkness Neosphere is still stronger than your little pest with wings!" Nightshroud smirked. "Attack that Kuriboh with armor!" Darkness Neosphere flew over to the little Winged Kuriboh with armor.
"Dodge," Jaylin ordered as Winged Kuriboh Level 9 dodged the attack. "Shine with wings and appear in shining glory!" Winged Kuriboh Level 9 instantly became Winged Kuriboh Level 10. "I use his ability!" Then, Winged Kuriboh Level 10 instantly self destructed, destroying Darkness Neosphere instantly as Nightshroud coughed blood from his mouth. "You wasted your three monsters... I win."
"And what do you plan on doing to me? Your powers are no match for mine!" Nightshroud smirked, then the shadows instantly pinning him down against the invisible shield, his eyes blasting right out of his eye sockets.
"No powers huh?" Jaylin asked rhetorically, then her laugh echoed the entire field. In an instant, her eyes glowed brighter, her smirk almost matching that of the Joker's from Batman. "PENALTY GAME!"
Nightshroud screamed bloody murder as the shield to the shadow game began breaking like glass and bursting from the diaha field. A huge gust of dark wind pushed passed the dance team, Chazz, the teachers, and Jaylin's friends. Zane put his hand over his face, wondering if he should run to Jaylin or when the time would be right to. It was not long before the wind finally stopped.
Atticus' body fell onto the ground as Jaylin gasped for breath, holding onto her chest, then panting as she began feeling slightly dizzy. Zane caught her by the shoulders as Jaylin kept panting and trying to gain her vision back.
"Are you okay?" Zane asked as Jaylin nodded.
"I'm fine," Jaylin replied, eyes returning to their normal brown, then coughed up more blood from her mouth. "I think you're going to need to hold me up for a while."
"Atticus?" Alexis called to her brother, shaking his body.
"He needs to go to the Nurse's Office. My penalty game might've done a number on him. It took alot of dark magic to get that son of a bitch out of him," Jaylin said in a hoarse tone.
"You gonna be okay?" Carl asked.
"I'm cool, I just-" Jaylin replied, then began falling over before Zane caught her.
"She's out," Zane sighed. "I guess when she uses dark magic, it puts so much strain on her and wipes out so much energy. The same thing happened when she went up against Titan. I figured it wasn't just the blood loss, being that she seems to be used to that kind of thing."
"Poor thing," Carl said, clasping her mouth.
Chazz slowly came to the others, already noticing that Jaylin had passed out, then cried, "I'll take Jaylin to the Nurse!" Everyone turned to Chazz, then Zane placed Jaylin's body in his arms. Chazz picked Jaylin up over his shoulder and began hightailing it to the Nurse's Office, Fonda running with Chazz. Zane picked Atticus up over his shoulder and carried him to the same place Jaylin was being taken.
While running to the Nurse's Office, Zane whispered, "thank you, Jaylin."
The dance team were in shock, muttering to each other about what they should do. They decided to call the rest of the team and check on Jaylin as much as they can. There seemed to be more to her that they had no idea about. Then again, they wouldn't have believed it, if either of them hadn't seen it before their eyes.