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Also, a huge thank you to EndlessNight025 for being an awesome beta-reader. This chapter would not have turned out like it did were it not for her suggestions so thank you, Misha!
And I know that Fabled Valkyrus is a Synchro monster but Misha and I have changed it to a Ritual monster for the purposes of this story; the changed stats are posted at the end of the chapter.
I hope you enjoy chapter 17 and reviews, as always, are much appreciated.
17
Chained
The air between Kaage Naka and Jaden Yuki was extremely tense. Kaage was watching Jaden with a sadistically satisfied as well as confident look on his face whereas Jaden had a mixture of fury, hatred and worry mingling in his eyes. The source of his worry was the blue-black haired girl who was lying unconscious between Chazz, Arina and Atticus, all of who were attempting to stop the bleeding from the vicious wound in the girl's abdomen. They were covered in blood and Chazz was using his own shirt to attempt to, at least, slow down the bleeding.
Somehow, the girl was still alive, though Chazz wasn't entirely sure how. She was breathing, but her it was rather slow and she was losing blood quickly. Chazz knew that her chances of survival were slimming by the second but he kept those thoughts to himself. He could only hope that Jaden could end the duel as quickly as possible.
Or, perhaps, he, Arina and Atticus could get Kasumi to the hospital while Kaage was focused on his duel.
It was an idea. The only problem was that Chazz had no idea where he and the others had ended up. Kaage said they were on the outskirts of Honolulu and they were in a cove with the only way to get back to the top of the bluff was using a very rocky path. And getting up there with an unconscious, bleeding Kasumi would take a lot of time they didn't have.
Chazz gritted his teeth as he tried to think about what he could do to help ease Jaden's mind so that he could focus on winning against Kaage, and not on the fact that the longer the duel lasts, the more likely Kasumi wouldn't survive.
Calling the police might be the best thing to do. At the very least, they might have a way to get Kasumi to the hospital without making her injury worse, a helicopter or something. But, as Chazz pulled out his phone, he realized he didn't have any service. He glanced at Atticus, who must have thought the same thing because he was looking at his own phone.
"No service. I might be able to call from the top of the bluff and get help," Atticus suggested.
"Arina and I can stay here and give our support and try to, at least, slow the bleeding as best we can," Chazz said.
Atticus nodded.
"Oh you three aren't going anywhere," Kaage said with a smirk; the Shadow Charm around his wrist glowed and a wall of dark purple-black appeared in front of them. Atticus tried to go past it but found that it acted like an actual wall; there was no way to get past it.
Chazz growled, glaring at Kaage who simply smirked at him and then returned his attention to Jaden. "Shall we continue, little monster?"
Jaden glared at Kaage and briefly glanced at Kasumi.
"We'll do what we can for Kasumi, Jaden. Focus on your duel," Atticus called.
Jaden bit his lip but nodded and then transferred his gaze to Kaage. "Let's get this over with," he said as he and Kaage drew their opening hands.
Jaden: 8000
Kaage: 8000
"I'll start this duel off," Kaage said, drawing his sixth card. "And I start by activating The Gates of Dark World, which means all Fiend-type monsters gain 300 Attack and Defense," A moment later, a large monstrous looking gate rose from the ground behind Kaage. "And then I summon Fabled Ashenveil in Attack Mode."
A large pale-purple skinned fiend with a pale-purple tail and black bat-wings dressed in black appeared on the field (A: 1600-1900/D: 1200-1500).
"Fabled?" Jaden repeated, startled. When did he start using Fabled monsters? he thought.
"And then I will place this card facedown and end my turn. Your move, little monster," Kaage said coolly as a facedown card appeared at his feet. "And best make it quick. Don't want your precious little sister to bleed out, do you?"
Jaden scowled as he drew a card. "That was because of you," he spat, glancing at the card in his hand.
"Well, you took away my only family and ruined my damn life, so I'm simply returning the favor," Kaage snapped back. "Now make your move, little monster."
Jaden glanced at his hand, inwardly trying not to think about Kaage's words, since they were true. He needed to win this duel as quickly as possible. Kasumi's life was hanging by a thread at the moment, after all.
"I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in Attack Mode," Jaden said and his blue-armored hero appeared on the field with a white cape around his shoulders (A: 800/D: 1200). "And since Bubbleman was summoned when I have no other cards on the field, I can draw two cards." He did so before adding, "And then I equip Bubbleman with Bubble Blaster, which increases his Attack by 800." Bubbleman was suddenly wielding a blaster that he pointed at Kaage (A: 800-1600).
"And I also activate Polymerization and fuse Elemental Heroes Avian and Ocean to Fusion Summon Elemental Hero Absolute Zero in Attack Mode," Jaden added.
A green feathered hero and a blue hero with a shark's fin on his head appeared before fusing together. In their place was a tall white armored warrior with a white cape appeared on the field (A: 2500-3000/D: 2000).
"And Absolute Zero gains 500 Attack for every Water monster on the field."
"Now,"—Jaden pointed at Fabled Ashenveil—"Absolute Zero, take out Fabled Ashenveil."
Absolute Zero unleashed a blast of ice that surged across the field toward the Fabled monster.
"I activate Fabled Ashenveil's effect. By sending one card in my hand to the Graveyard, Ashenveil gains 600 Attack during damage calculation only," Kaage said, discarding a card (Ashenveil 1900-2500) and then Ashenveil was enveloped by a blast of ice before he shattered into icy pieces.
Jaden: 8000
Kaage: 7500
"Fine then, Bubbleman, attack Kaage directly," Jaden ordered and Bubbleman shot forward.
"I activate my facedown Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Bubble Blaster," Kaage said, revealing his facedown.
A mini cyclone spun across the field and destroyed the blaster that had been in Bubbleman's hand but Bubbleman's attack still connected with Kaage.
Jaden: 8000
Kaage: 6700
"And then I'll place this facedown and end my turn," Jaden added, inserting the card into his duel disk and a facedown appeared at his feet.
Kaage wordlessly drew a card. "So you got in a few lucky shots, little monster, but it won't last long. I will avenge what you did to my brother and my friends one way or another. I'll start by activating The Gates of Dark World's effect and banish Scarr, Scout of Dark World from my Graveyard to discard Fabled Lurrie from my hand to draw one card." He did so and then added, "And because Fabled Lurrie was discarded to the Graveyard, it is Special Summoned to my field."
Rising out of the ground was a small purple creature with large black bat wings, an orange mask with green eyes and a wide sharp-toothed grin on its face (A: 200-500/D: 400-700).
Another Fabled monster? Jaden pressed his lips together as he observed the new monster. He really hadn't expected Kaage to use other monsters besides Dark World, but he had always been the adaptable sort of duelist.
"And next, I tribute Fabled Lurrie in order to summon Fabled Dianaira in Attack Mode," Kaagea added and the little creature vanished in a cloud of darkness. Out of the cloud stepped a muscular monster with purplish-pink skin, black-and-gray armor with golden accents and a black helmet with a golden winged mask over its eyes and large black wings (A: 2800-3100/D: 100-400).
"And I can summon Dianaira with only one tribute so long as the tribute is a Fabled monster," Kaage added. "Now, Dianaira, wipe that pathetic Warrior off the little monster's field. Attack!"
"Hold it right there," Jaden called as the muscular Fabled monster went to attack. "I activate my facedown card, Bubble Shuffle. This allows me to switch Bubbleman and Fabled Dianaira to Defense Mode and then Tribute Bubbleman in order to Special Summon an Elemental Hero from my hand, like my Bladedge."
Bubbleman and Dianaira knelt down before Bubbleman vanished and was replaced by a golden armored warrior (A: 2600/D: 1800) (Absolute Zero A: 3000-2500).
"Fine then, I place two cards facedown and end my turn," Kaage added and two facedowns appeared at his feet.
"Not a bad counter," Chazz mused before glancing down at Kasumi, who was still unconscious, though the flow of blood wasn't quite as fast as it had been beforehand. Chazz wondered at that; the duel had been going on for several minutes but, somehow, Kasumi was still alive.
"If only we could get past this then we could get help for Kasumi," Atticus said, studying the wall of shadow in front of them that was preventing them from leaving the arena. "How is she?"
"The wound's still bleeding but she's still alive, barely. The Slacker's gonna have to hurry, though," Chazz said, glancing down at the pale Lightsworn duelist, who was stubbornly clinging on to life.
"Yeah, who knows how much longer Kasumi has?" Arina said quietly.
Chazz returned his attention to the duel, watching as Jaden drew a card and his eyes flickered toward them.
Kaage noticed as well and smirked. "How does it feel, little monster?" he sneered. "How does it feel to know that your precious sister is dying on you? Know that it was all your fault? That you're the reason why she is going to be dead soon, just like your precious brother?"
"Shut up, you bastard," Chazz snapped. "We all know that what happened to Raiden and Kasumi was not Jaden's fault at all, it was yours."
Kaage scoffed. "What happened to my brother was all his fault. He murdered my brother so I murdered his and his precious sister as well. An eye for an eye," he retorted and then glanced at Jaden. "So, this is all his fault. His precious girlfriend and his friend are lying soulless in the hospital, his brother is dead and his sister is dying, and it's all his fault."
Jaden cringed at that as his thoughts went to his brother and his girlfriend and friend and—he briefly looked toward his friends—his sister Kasumi. They had all gotten hurt because of him, because Kaage was going after him because he had killed Kaage's brother and friends.
'You know it's not your fault, Jaden,' Yubel said firmly. 'It was Haou's, not yours.'
Jaden had to push that self-loathing away because, despite Yubel's assurances, he still did blame himself for everything that had happened. He shook his head; he couldn't focus on that right now, he had to focus on the duel.
He didn't have much time left.
"It's my turn," Jaden said, glancing at the card he just drew and then pointing at Fabled Dianaira. "Bladedge attacks Fabled Dianaira, and when he attacks a monster in Defense Mode, he deals piercing damage."
Bladedge darted forward and cut through Dianaira's body with his blade, destroying him.
Jaden: 8000
Kaage: 4500
Kaage, shielding himself from the shower of golden pixels, scowled. "I reveal my facedown," he spat and his facedown flipped up. "Fiend Griefing. This allows me to target Elemental Hero Avian in your Graveyard and shuffle it back into your deck and then I can send one Fiend-type monster from my Deck to the Graveyard and I choose Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World."
After Avian was shuffled back into Jaden's deck, Kaage retrieved the card from his deck and placed it in his Graveyard slot.
"I still have one more monster to attack, though," Jaden said, gesturing to Absolute Zero. "Absolute Zero, attack that bastard directly."
Absolute Zero nodded and then dashed forward, ready to attack.
"I activate my other facedown, Gateway to Dark World and use it to Special Summon Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World from my Graveyard in Attack Mode," Kaage said, revealing his second facedown and his large monstrous dark-gray and black dragon appeared with a roar (A: 2700-3000/D: 1800-2100).
Damn! Jaden thought, calling off Absolute Zero's attack. "I end my turn with that," he said.
Kaage was not happy, to say the least. He had lost almost half of his Life Points in the span of only a few turns. I need to turn this duel around, he thought, reaching for his deck to draw a card.
'Hmph, it seems to me that you're having quite a bit of trouble defeating Jaden Yuki. Psychologically, you're getting under his skin but, through this duel, it doesn't appear as though you're having much luck beating him,' Dark Shadow said, sounding infinitely amused. 'Perhaps I should take over...'
No! I can and will defeat the little monster on my own, Kaage snarled silently.
Dark Shadow laughed. 'You aren't having any luck in that department, are you? I've let you have your fun since this whole charade began. Now it's time for me to have my fun and make sure Jaden Yuki loses,' he sneered.
"It's your move, bastard," Jaden said from across the arena.
"Oh, I know that, little monster. Hn, I rather like that nickname my current host gave you," Kaage said, his voice now layered by that of another voice and Jaden frowned for he was sure he recognized the voice that was speaking with Kaage's. He could tell that someone else was in control at the moment.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Don't recognize me, little Judai?" the voice said mockingly.
Jaden's eyes widened at the nickname and his mind flashed back to the duel he had with his brother back when he had been a Shadow Rider, and who had been in control of his brother at the time. "Dark Shadow?" he repeated, stunned.
"Him? I thought he vanished when you beat Raiden back when he was a Shadow Rider," Chazz exclaimed.
"Hmph, as if one loss can really destroy me," Dark Shadow laughed through Kaage's lips. "I simply sought another host to house me and my power and Kaage Naka was more than willing to let me help him on his quest for vengeance. He had his fun, now it's time for me to finish this up and make you rue the day you ever defeated me. When you lose and die, both Kaage Naka and I will have our desire for vengeance satisfied. It's my turn." He drew a card and glanced at it before holding it out. "I play Card of Sanctity. Now we each draw until we're holding six cards in our hands."
Jaden narrowed his eyes as he drew four cards. If I'm going against Dark Shadow then winning this duel is going to be harder since I don't know enough about Dark Shadow to know just what he will do, he thought.
On the arena side, Chazz was thinking along the same lines. None of us know anything about Dark Shadow, other than he is an entity who can possess others, so predicting his moves is going to be a bit difficult. Good luck, Slacker, you're gonna need it. He returned his attention to Kasumi before frowning for she seemed to be losing what little color she had left on her face.
He reached over and felt for her pulse, noticing that it was much slower than it had been when he checked it last and blood was still gushing out of the wound in her abdomen. How is she still alive? he wondered silently.
"She doesn't have much time left," Atticus murmured.
Arina bit her lip and then smoothed Kasumi's hair out of her face. "Hold on, Kasumi," she said quietly, though it sounded like she was trying hard not to cry. Chazz awkwardly wrapped an arm around Arina's shoulders in an attempt to comfort her and she leaned against him, closing her eyes as a few tears fell from them.
Chazz turned back to the duel as the Dark Shadow-possessed Kaage went on with his turn.
"And next I activate Lightning Vortex and discard one card to destroy all face-up monsters on your field," he said and, after he discarded a card, various strikes of lightning shot from the sky above, obliterating all of Jaden's monsters.
"Absolute Zero's effect activates, since it left the field, all monsters that you control are destroyed," Jaden said as ice surged across the field and froze Grapha, causing the dragon lord to roar as it was frozen solid before it shattered into small crystals of ice.
"A minor inconvenience," Dark Shadow said dismissively. "I summon Zure, Knight of Dark World, though he won't be here long." The knight emerged on the field (A: 1800-2100/D: 1500-1800). "Since I activate Grapha's effect from my Graveyard and return Zure to my hand to Special Summon him back to the field in Attack Mode."
He retrieved the card from his duel disk and then returned the other card from his Graveyard to the field. The monstrous dark gray and black dragon lord returned to the field with a roar (A: 2700-3000/D: 1800-2100).
"And next, I activate the Ritual Spell, Roar of the Demon Gods," Dark Shadow added, holding up the card in his hand. It depicted a masked demonic being rising out of the shadows. "I tribute Fabled Urustos and Zure, Knight of Dark World from my hand in order to Ritual Summon Fabled Valkyrus (1) from my hand in Attack Mode."
A large demonic monster with large black demonic wings and wearing black, gold and red armor with a mask on its face stepped onto the field (A: 2900-3200/D: 1700-2000).
Jaden's eyes widened. Oh boy, this is going to hurt, he thought.
"Grapha, attack the little monster directly," Dark Shadow commanded and the dragon lord roared before lashing out with a giant clawed paw that crashed into Jaden, causing him to scream in pain as he was knocked off his feet.
Jaden: 5000
Dark Shadow/Kaage: 4500
"And that's not it. Fabled Valkyrus, attack as well," Dark Shadow ordered and the large Fabled monster flew forward and slammed a punch into Jaden almost as soon as he got to his feet, knocking the breath out of him and sending him back to the ground. His body ached from both direct attacks.
Jaden: 1800
Dark Shadow/Kaage: 4500
"Jaden!" Atticus called.
"He just knocked out more than three fourths of Jaden's Life Points in one turn," Arina whispered, concerned.
"I end my turn with that. Well, are you just going to lay there, little monster?" Dark Shadow asked as Jaden struggled to get back to his feet. "I hope not. It wouldn't be quite as fun killing you if you just gave up."
"I'm not...defeated yet," Jaden snapped, pushing himself to his knees, breathing heavily as his body screamed in protest. "I've still...got Life Points left."
"Then get on with your turn," Dark Shadow said.
Jaden managed to get to his feet. "My turn, I draw," he said and drew a card. He glanced at it and then at his hand. Not much I can do, he thought. "I activate Dark Fusion and use it to fuse Elemental Heroes Burstinatrix and Clayman in my hand in order to Fusion Summon Evil Hero Infernal Sniper in Defense Mode."
Burstinatrix and Clayman appeared before fusing together to create a large fiend-warrior in dark-red armor with a two prong blaster trained on Dark Shadow (A: 2000-2300/D: 2500-2800).
"At least he has a monster with a pretty high Defense as well as a good effect," Atticus said thoughtfully and then looked down at Kasumi. "Huh, looks like the bleeding's stopped...?"
Arina and Chazz looked down as well and, like Atticus had said, it didn't look as though the wound was bleeding anymore. Chazz checked Kasumi's pulse to find that it was still there, albeit weaker than before. "She's still alive. I don't know how she's still alive, but she is," he said.
"She must be really stubborn," Atticus said thoughtfully.
"Maybe."
"And next I activate Infernal Sniper's effect, inflicting 1000 points of damage to you, Kaage, Dark Shadow, whatever the hell you want to be called," Jaden said and Infernal Sniper fired off a blast of blue energy that slammed into Dark Shadow, sending him skidding back a bit.
"And then I summon Wroughtweiler in Defense Mode, place one card facedown and end my turn," Jaden added and his black metal dog appeared on the field before sitting down (A: 800/D: 1200).
"That's it? Fine. I draw," Dark Shadow said, drawing a card and glancing at it. "I activate The Gates of Dark World's effect and banish Fabled Lurrie in my Graveyard to discard Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World from my hand to draw one card." He did so and then added, "And since I discarded him by a card effect, Beiige now returns to the field."
The purple vanguard with the spear and white bone-like armor appeared on the field (A: 1600-1900/D: 1300-1600).
"And then I activate the Continuous Spell, Solidarity," Dark Shadow added, inserting another card into his duel disk. "Now, since all monsters in my Graveyard are Fiends, all face-up monsters of the same Type on my field gain 800 Attack."
Beiige, Grapha and Valkyrus's power jumped up (Beiige A: 1900-2700) (Grapha A:3000-3800) (Valkyrus A: 3200-4000).
"Now, Beiige, attack that black metal dog," Dark Shadow ordered and Beiige shot forward before striking Wroughtweiler with his spear.
"Since you destroyed Wroughtweiler, I can add one Elemental Hero and Polymerization from my Graveyard to my hand," Jaden said and retrieved said cards from his Graveyard.
"Now, Grapha, attack Infernal Sniper," Dark Shadow ordered, not acknowledging Jaden's words and Grapha lashed out with a clawed paw that struck Infernal Sniper, destroying her.
"I activate my Hero Signal Trap. Since you destroyed my monster, I can Special Summon Elemental Hero Woodsman from my Deck in Defense Mode."
A warrior with a tree branch for an arm appeared on the field before kneeling down (A: 1000/D: 2000).
"Fine then. Valkyrus, take out Woodsman," Dark Shadow ordered and Valkyrus shot forward and slammed a fist into Woodsman, destroying him.
"I will end my turn with that," Dark Shadow added.
"I draw," Jaden said, drawing a card and glancing at it. This could work. He glanced toward his friends and sister.
"She's still hanging on, Jaden," Arina called when she caught Jaden's look.
"Yeah, so beat this clown so we can all go home, Slacker," Chazz called.
"You certainly are confident that your foster brother can win," Dark Shadow mused.
"I know he can win. If he can face the three Sacred Beasts and win against them, he can win against you," Chazz retorted.
Dark Shadow scoffed.
Jaden, however, smiled a little at his foster brother's confidence in his ability to win and then returned his attention to Dark Shadow. "I activate Graceful Charity so I can draw three cards as long as I discard two," he said and did so before adding, "Next, I activate Polymerization and fuse Elemental Hero Clayman and Elemental Hero Knospe in order to Fusion Summon Elemental Hero Gaia in Attack Mode."
The clay warrior and the little rosebud monster fused together to create the large black armored warrior with a gauntlet on which were three blasters on each arm (A: 2200/D: 2600).
"And when Gaia is Fusion Summoned, I can target your Fabled Valkyrus and reduce its Attack by half and then increase Gaia's own Attack by the same amount," Jaden added as Valkyrus got weaker (A: 4000-2000) and Gaia got stronger (A: 2200-4200).
"Now, Gaia, take out Fabled Valkyrus," Jaden ordered and Gaia shot forward before slamming a fist into Valkyrus, causing him to cry out as he shattered.
Jaden: 1800
Dark Shadow/Kaage: 1300
"And then I place two cards facedown and end my turn and Gaia's strength returns to normal," Jaden added, inserting two cards into his duel disk as Gaia's power powered down (A: 4200-2200). He was starting to get tired and his body still ached but he had to win this duel, and quickly.
"Then it's my turn," Dark Shadow said, drawing a card. "I activate The Gates of Dark World's effect and banish Zure from my Graveyard to discard one card from my hand and draw a card." He did so and then added, "And since I discarded Gren, Tactician of Dark World to the Graveyard by a card effect, I can target one Spell or Trap card on the field and destroy it and I choose the facedown on your right." He pointed.
"I'll activate it first, my Elemental Recharge Trap, to regain 1000 Life Points for every face-up Elemental Hero I control," Jaden said, revealing the facedown and he was surrounded by a white light that eased the ache in his body for a bit right before the card shattered.
Jaden: 2800
Dark Shadow/Kaage: 1300
"I still have my two monsters. Grapha, take out Gaia," Dark Shadow ordered and Grapha attacked, slamming a clawed paw into Gaia and destroying the Fusion monster; the aftershock sent Jaden to the ground once again.
Jaden: 1200
Dark Shadow/Kaage: 1300
"Beiige, end this and attack the little monster directly," Dark Shadow ordered as Jaden pushed himself to his knees.
"I activate my facedown, The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh to Special Summon Winged Kuriboh from my Deck in Defense Mode," Jaden said quickly, pressing a button on his duel disk and his winged duel spirit partner appeared on the field with a little coo (A: 300/D: 200).
"Beiige, take out that winged furball instead," Dark Shadow said flatly and Beiige attacked Winged Kuriboh, destroying it.
Jaden mentally apologized to Winged Kuriboh.
"I end my turn. I'll just take you out next turn," Dark Shadow said.
Jaden drew a card and looked at it before holding it out. "I activate Fifth Hope and I can use it to return Elemental Heroes Burstinatrix, Clayman, Bubbleman, Woodsman and Ocean from my Graveyard to my deck and draw three cards instead of two since I have no cards in my hand or on my field right now." He did just that and then added, "And next I activate Pot of Greed to draw two more cards." He did so and held out another card. "I also activate E-Emergency Call to add Elemental Hero Burstinatrix from my Deck to my hand." He retrieved said card.
"You're certainly using up a lot of time and, by the looks of it, your sister doesn't have much time left," Dark Shadow mused, glancing at the group watching the duel.
"I'm ending this here and now," Jaden said firmly, holding up one of the cards he had drawn. "I activate Double Fusion and pay 500 Life Points so that I can Fusion Summon twice this turn." He winced as his Life Points fell a little.
Jaden: 700
Dark Shadow/Kaage: 1300
"First off, I use the effect of Double Fusion to fuse Elemental Heroes Avian and Burstinatrix in order to Fusion Summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman in Attack Mode," Jaden added and Burstinatrix and Avian fused together to form a large red and green warrior with a white wing jutting out of its back and a dragon's head in place of one of its arms (A: 2100/D: 1200).
"And next, by using the effect of Double Fusion, I fuse Flame Wingman with Elemental Hero Sparkman in order to Fusion Summon Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman in Attack Mode."
Flame Wingman and a blue-and-gold armored warrior fused together to create a new monster. This one seemed to glow so brightly that everyone had to shield their eyes; it was a warrior in shining silver armor with large silver wings (A: 2500/D: 2100).
"It's still not strong enough to beat me," Dark Shadow said.
"Shining Flare Wingman's effect allows him to gain 300 Attack for every Elemental Hero in the Graveyard and I currently have nine," Jaden said and Dark Shadow's eyes widened in shock and anger as Shining Flare Wingman began to glow brighter than before (A: 2500-5200).
"This duel is over! Shining Flare Wingman, destroy Beiige and end this! Solar Flare!" Jaden shouted.
Shining Flare Wingman glowed brightly as he shot forward to attack.
Dark Shadow snarled in fury. I can't believe that little brat beat me again! I will get him back for this, one day, I will, he thought and then pushed Kaage back into control before fleeing himself, intent on regaining some of his power and come up with yet another plan to defeat the little brat once again.
Even if he had to team up with an old ally again in order to do so.
Kaage, himself, was not happy that Dark Shadow had not been able to pull out a victory but he was determined to take the little monster with him. "Even if you do win, you've still lost. You may get your little girlfriend and friend back but your brother and sister are dead," he shouted at Jaden, removing the remote and then pressing it to ensure that even if he died, he was taking the little monster with him.
"Kasumi ain't dead yet, you bastard," Chazz shouted. "She's still alive."
"What?!"
How is that possible? She should have died by now with the lack of medical attention. There is no way she could still be alive, Kaage thought.
"She is," Atticus said firmly.
Kaage scowled furiously and then yelped as the blast of light from Shining Flare Wingman struck Beiige and destroyed him. The resulting aftershock sent Kaage flying off his feet and knocked out the last of his Life Points.
Jaden: 700 WINNER
Kaage: 0
The psychopath fell to the ground, motionless, and the eight crystals around his neck shattered. Eight orbs of light flew into the air and shot off in the same general direction, heading toward the hospital in Honolulu. Then the wall of purple-black shadows that was preventing Arina, Atticus and Chazz from leaving vanished.
Atticus bolted, phone in hand as he ran toward the path to the top of the bluff in the hope of finding a place with service to call for help.
Unfortunately, while Kaage had fallen, he had done one last thing to try to take out Jaden. Before the exhausted Slifer could grab the key, the countdown hit zero and the anchor fell, sending up a large splash of water and, with a yelp, Jaden was dragged along with it.
Chazz was in motion even before the countdown hit zero. He removed his deck box and then ran toward the platform as the final seconds ticked by.
"Jaden!" Arina cried.
Chazz snatched the key Jaden had been unable to grab in time. Wordlessly, he then dived into the ocean after the rapidly falling anchor.
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1: This is originally a Synchro monster but my beta-reader and I have changed to a Ritual monster. The changed card stats as well as the Ritual Spell stats that was created for the changed card are listed below.
Roar of the Demon Gods
Ritual Spell
This card can be used to Ritual Summon any "Fabled" Ritual Monster. You must also Tribute monsters from the field or your hand whose total Levels equal the Level of the Ritual Monster you Ritual Summon.
Fabled Valkyrus
8
LIGHT
Fiend/Ritual/Effect
ATK: 2900
DEF: 1700
This card can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Spell Card, "Roar of the Demon Gods". Once per turn, you can discard 1 Fiend-Type monster to draw one card.
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A/n what do you think?
Blaze: oh man, I'm only one chapter away from finishing this story!
Chazz: yeah and only seven chapters into White Radiance
Blaze: well, I'll still at least be ahead and I have decided that I will post the first chapter of White Radiance on the same day that I post the last chapter of Chained. In other words, when I finish Chained next week, the first chapter of White Radiance will be posted within minutes of that.
Darth: awesome. What about your ARC-V story?
Blaze: I'm rewriting a portion of chapter 1. Once I have it to where I am satisfied with it, I will post it
Yuya: cool so anything else you want to tell us about this story?
Blaze: well, other than the fact that I am planning on creating a series of oneshots set in the universe I created with this series, nope
Yuto: very well, then will you be ending the chapter now?
Blaze: yup. I have to end it now anyway and go stop Bakura from blowing up the Hover Dam again. So I hope that you enjoyed this chapter (and please don't kill me for yet another cliffhanger. I do like them) and the next chapter will be posted next Sunday or Monday (depending on when I get it back from my beta-reader). As always, reviews are much appreciated.