Turn 5: Charming Light

'''Yu-Gi-Oh! Infinity Hunter''' ARC 1 “Rising Star.”

Turn 5 “Charming Light.”

Jasmond – 2300 Opponent – 500

Two opponents were facing each other. One was the famous Jasmond Davids, this time dressed in a black tank top and a green skirt. On her field was a Familiar-Possessed – Eria (1850/1500), a woman dressed in a blue dress holding a staff, and a face down card.

Her opponent was a boy with black hair and an earring in the left ear. He had blue eyes and wore a black t-shirt with  Metallica on it. He had a Mystical Elf with her defense reduced to 1000 by an unknown card. He had no face down cards at the back row.

“Now you have to pay dearly for your mistake to get into this challenge,” Jasmond held her right hand in front of her face, aligning it between her eyes. “Eria! Magical Water Surge!” Eria lowered her staff on to the Mystical Elf and fired.

“I know about your special effect so I send my Kuriboh from my hand to the graveyard and lower the damage to 0,” the opponent discarded a card from his hand.

‘ I wish you had not done that.’

“I wish you had not done that.”

The opponent widened his eyes as he could swear the moment he heard that last sentence, it was not Jasmond who spoke, but he heard is quiet good, it came from the field of Jasmond. As he looked around, he saw Eria was looking straight at him.

‘ ''Correct. It is me. You should not have done that.''’

“Correct. It is me. You should not have done that.”

“What is this kind of magic?!” the opponent widened his eyes as he had seen Eria moving her mouth as it was said. He looked at Jasmond, as she had not moved an inch, but she did pick a card from her hand. “What are you doing?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am playing this game,” Eria and Jasmond spoke at the same moment. It was impossible to understand for the opponent, but somehow Eria seemed to speak really. This had to be a joke. “And you are about to lose this same game.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Okay, I am on candid camera. You scared the hell out of me. Now cut the crap and play this duel,” the opponent replied, irritated and annoyed by the happening of Eria and Jasmond speaking at the same moment. “Now finish your move so I can finish you off next turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“There will be no next turn for you,” Jasmond and Eria spoke again at the same time as she inserted a card in her dueldisk. “I activate Hinotama and deal 500 lifepoints of damage to you as damage. That is game.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“That is no way to win a duel.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“But I did win,” Jasmond spoke, this time not with Eria at the same time. “As I said, you should never have challenged me into this challenge. Though it was a nice warm-up for the match with Ms. O’Hare.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jasmond – 2300 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Opponent – 0

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now,” Jasmond turned to the opponent, who was in fact thrown on the ground by the impact of the blast that Hinotama caused. “Tell me, worm. Why did you challenge me?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I wanted to test out my new magical elf deck,” the opponent replied to Jasmond. They were in fact standing in large public garden and there were a few spectators. “And besides you look pretty and I would have loved to go on a date with you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No chance,” Jasmond replied. “Not even if you would have won the duel, which is pretty much impossible anyway.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Please, we were playing by the ante rule,” the opponent begged and he handed Jasmond his deck. “Please don’t take away any of my treasured cards. They are my life and I collected them with great care.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I can see that,” Jasmond picked a card from his deck. “I’ll be taking this card. You are right, we did play by the ante rule and you lost, so I can take one of your cards. That is the way it is. And you are right about another thing, I am pretty.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">With those words she put down the deck of the opponent and left the garden without any remorse or explanation of what happened at the end of the duel.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">---

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I can’t believe Justin won that duel,” Grace sighed. She, Blake and a couple of their friends from school were sitting outside on a terrace in the city, drinking some drinks. “I mean he was formidable against me, but he beated Lance with little trouble.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah, he was good,” Blake had to agree on that. “If you would have altered your Fortune Lady deck a little different you would have won as well.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You mean more focusing on the timing of turns and stuff?” Grace asked her friend and Blake nodded. “Well yeah, that might have worked, but I am still not sure whether I would have won. I mean I haven’t used that Fortune Queen card in my deck much. Against Justin was for the first time after a couple of months.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah well. I don’t think it would have helped anyway, since Justin was just to powerfull,” Blake ponders and he looks at his own dueldisk. “I would love to get my hands on that guy. But I’ll have to wait on my turn to duel with him.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“There are enough things to worry about though,” one of their fellow friends broke into the private conversation Blake and Grace were having. “Yesterday, a couple of hours before that examination, the police force stationed in the park with that silvery orb was attacked by an unknown man.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“The whole force that was there to research on that orb?” Grace wondered.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah, even though they were reinforced by officers from all over Chicago when it turned ugly,” the boy continues. He sat straight as he was now involved in the conversation with. “Grey here even was there on the scene. He was passing by.” The boy pointed to another boy with black hair and sunglasses on.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Luckily I did not get hurt,” Grey answered as Blake, Grace and the first boy smiled. “Hey! It was serious out there. I have no idea who had the idea of doing whatever caused the orb to float there, but it was seriously cold and stuff.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hey guys!” a girl came running down to the group and Blake and Grace turned around, smiling. Blake recognized the girl as the girl from next door. She was the daughter of some card designer.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hey Yuni!” Both Blake and Grace excitedly greeted the girl. She was wearing pigtails and had blonde hair. She wore worn-down pants, as she most liked it. “How is it going?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The others from their group were a little more distant from Yuni, as she was known to be a little extraordinary, mostly dreaming and such about places in fantasy land. She made up her own fairytales and stuff and even based a deck around them.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am fine thanks,” Yuni picked a chair and put it near Blake and Grace as the others started whispering between each other. “And what are you guys whispering about?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well, we …… uhm ……. we were just ……… uhm ………….. thinking how well your hair was,” one of the boys replied to Yuni, stuttering and Blake, Grace and Yuni shared a smile. “It really looks well today.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh shut up, you have seen it this morning at school already,” Yuni snapped back and the boy turned red a little. “So are you going to the duel between Gillian O’Hare and Jasmond Davids this evening?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We got invited by Jason,” Grace explained and shoved Blake. “Even though Blake does not want to go to the duel, since he and Gillian have a history together, he has decided to come with us anyway.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Says who?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Me,” Grace taunted Blake. “Come on, it will be fun. You, me, Jason, maybe we can get Kaito to join us. Lance will obviously be there too.” Blake nodded and sighed, before sitting back in his chair.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Very well then, I will join the party too.” They all laughed and sat back to drink their drinks.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">--

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ Now where are they?<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Justin was walking through the streets of Chicago wanting to find his opponents, Blake and his friends. He was wearing his casual outfit, green shirt with black pants and a white jacket over it. There was no notice of him being a member of the Aurora Remnant.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Then he noticed a virtual billboard with the announcement of the official duel between Jasmond Davids and Gillian O’Hare. He looked at it with interest as he smiled and nodded. Some people noticed him looking at the billboard, but spent no attention to it.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ So there you are.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">--

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Welcome, ladies and gentlemen! To this exciting match between fan favorite Gillian O’Hare and newcomer to the Pro Circuit, Jasmond Davids!” the MC introduced the duel about to occur in the Aurora Arena. “We are getting this match started in a few minutes so please, get to your seats and prepare for a heated battle.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Behind the doors of the red entrance into the Duel Arena, Mr. Gerardson and Gillian were waiting for the doors to open. Mr. Gerardson had his casual black suit with red tie and his grey hair was combed back. Gillian was dressed in white jeans and a white jacket with a red top below it. Her red hair was bend back in a ponytail.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What do we know about my opponent?” Gillian asked her manager.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well, surprisingly a very little. We know from previous records that she uses a deck based around the Charmer monsters and their partners and that she somehow is able to communicate with her monsters and through her monsters, which is extraordinary.” Mr. Gerardson shrugged as two people, a man and a woman, were watching them from a distance. “Now I expect you to win this duel. Your parents expect you to win this duel.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah, of course they expect me to win this duel.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">******

''”You hear me, Gillian! You will abandon him. You will force him to stand down from the competition. Otherwise we will do it and that won’t be nice for him.”

Gillian, a little younger then present day Gillian, was sitting in a couch with a man with black hair opposite of her. He was wearing a business suit and in the opening of the door a woman in a purple dress was standing there.

“I don’t want to!” Gillian argued with the man opposite of her.

“You will have to. Otherwise we withdraw our support for you and you are all alone in the big bad dueling world. Sometimes you need to make sacrifices and sacrificing your friendship with that midget Connoly is the one you need to make.” The man pointed his finger in her direction as she looked down. “Look at me when I am talking to you.”

“I am not alone in the dueling world.” Gillian responded against the man. “I have friends, dad. Friends that will support me no matter how no matter what.”

“Do they finance your cards? Do they finance your travels to foreign tournaments?” the father asked Gillian and Gillian shakes her head. “You are pathetic if you believe they will support you when it goes downhill with you. Dueling is about power and the strongest survive and the weakest die out. Your socalled friend Connoly is nothing more but a weak duelist, that craves onto his father`s reputation.”

“His father is dead!”

“Like father like son. He may have been a famous card creator once, but there were more that were better then him. I agree that after Industrial Illusions lost his creator, after Duel Monsters lost their creator, his father was one of the first and best card creators in his generation, but he was nothing more. Now you dispose of his son or I will do it.”

“I will not do so!” Gillian went in against her father.

“Aha, so you want your friend to get hurt?” her mother replied and she walked into the room. “Do you want your friend to suffer? And what does it matter? When he gets famous, he will forget you. Do you really think he will keep an eye on you, while he can get anyone as a friend then?”

“I …… I don’t know,” Gillian replied. She straightened her back as she stood up. “I like him a lot. And I know he likes me as a friend. And yeah, I want to become a famous duelist, but on my own terms.”

“No,” her father interrupted. He showed no sign of understanding, just the harsh look on his face. “You want to be the best, you give him up. Because I know there are Pro Contractors after Blake, Gillian, they are not coming after you, they are going after Blake. You need to abandon him, we take care of the rest.”

“They are after him?” Gillian asked and her father nodded. “He never told me.”

“That is because he does not want you in his way. He knows you are his biggest rival. His Raging Gale Condor beated you last time, remember? He won with 2000 lifepoints against 0. His Black Feather deck attracts far more attention from Contractors then your Judgment Dragon or Avenging Knight Parshath. You need to abandon him if you want to go through. Abandon him, and we will take care of the rest.” Her father sat down opposite of him. “Trust us Gillian, you will become the best……”''

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">******

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“….. of the rest yeah,” Gillian spoke the last sentence out loud, realizing she was pondering out loud. Mr. Gerardson had retreated back to the two people that were watching Gillian, while the red lights on the wall, turned from red to green. ‘[i]My father was right on one thing. I had to abandon Blake in order to become better. However my actions in the past caused a rift between us so big, we can no longer heal it. I have messed things up, I agree with myself. But what did Blake say after our duel?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">******

''“Gillian, you have a choise. I would forgive you if you would return to me. If you would become the lovely Gillian I once knew, not the cold and hard Gillian you are now, only focused on the championship dueling,” Blake told Gillian. Gillian looked at him for a brief moment, lost for words, and then felt a hand on her shoulder as Mr. Gerardson took her with him to backstage.''

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">******

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ I had a choise?<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Gillian pondered about Blake`s words. ‘ ''Blake tells me I have a choise, a choise to make. He called me to be lovely, the lovely me I once was, back in the times that we were friends. When the rift between us two was not as big as it is now.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">As the double doors of the red corner slowly started to open, the familiar intro tune (“ <u style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Eye of the Tiger <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">”) sounded and the voice of the MC sounded through the stadium as she slowly walked out.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Dueling hero and dueling marvelous superwoman! Gillian O’Hare!” the MC introduced the fan favorite duelist. As Gillian walked out of the red corner, her eyes shot to the right side of the red corner, in the stages. Previously, when she was younger, Blake would sit there when she dueled in a friendly tournament. Of course, he did not sit there now.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake, in fact, was eyeing Gillian with interest from one of the highest corners in the Aurora Stadium. As the stadium was round and the roofs went down from the top, he could hide in the shadows as his friends were sitting lower in the stands.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''Now, Gillian. I did not want to come here, but I did. Proof to me that you still are the duelist you have been once. The duelist I once knew.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ He looked with interest as he caressed the medallion he had around his neck, big enough to hold a card. ‘ I never told you, Gillian, but I never used it anymore since I dueled you for the last time.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And now coming from the blue corner, a relatively unknown duelist, but she made it through the rounds. Charmer of audiences, ladies and gentlemen, I present you! Jasmond Davids!” The MC jumped up and down from his chair as the blue corner opened up as well. Jasmond came out in her dark blue jeans, yellow top and green jacket. She wore a dueldisk on her right arm, meaning she was a left handed duelist. They both walked to the center of the arena.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Pleasure to meet you,” Gillian extended her hand, to the disgust of the two people who were sitting right behind her. Jasmond smiled and shakes the hand. At her side suddenly a monster appeared. It was wearing a blue dress with a staff as it eyed Gillian.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hello, my name is Eria,” Eria spoke, while Jasmond was moving her mouth, but no sound came from her. “And my master`s name is Jasmond. It is indeed a pleasure to meet you too.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“How do you do that?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My master is a Psychic duelist,” Eria/Jasmond spoke again and Jasmond smiled, raising her dueldisk. “And she likes to use her powers in order to speak through her Duel Monsters.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ A Psychic duelist?!<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Gillian slightly panicked. “Wait, isn’t it illegal what you do?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No, as long as I do not manifest my powers to hurt you.” This time Jasmond was the only who spoke as Eria the Water Charmer disappeared into her deck. “It is indeed a pleasure to meet you. Now let’s have a good game!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Indeed we shall,” Gillian activated her dueldisk as did Jasmond. “Now let us duel!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Duel!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian – 4000 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jasmond – 4000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I start out with Double Summon, bringing out both Jain, Lightsworn Paladin (1800/1200) and Jenis, Lightsworn Mender (300/2100).” Gillian directly kicked off with her two monsters. One was a white armored warrior with golden crests over her armor. Next to it was a woman in white robes, holding a golden staff with a green jewel on it. “Next I end my turn with setting two cards face down.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Which activates the effect of your Jain, sending two cards to the graveyard, which in turn activates your Jenis` effect, giving you 500 lifepoints and dealing me 500.” Jasmond did not even shiver while her lifepoints went down.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian – 4500 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jasmond – 3500

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I start my turn,” Jasmond picked a new card from her deck as her Field Spell Card slot opened and she placed a card in it. “I activate my field spell A Legendary Ocean!” The arena became flooded by water and ancient structures appeared around them. “Not only do my Water monsters gain a power boost, I can easily summon stronger monsters. I summon Armed Sea Hunter (1800/400) in attack mode.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hey, does you being a Psychic duelist mean I really have to get wet?” Gillian protested.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am a Psychic duelist after all.” Jasmond joked.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">In front of her a creature jumped out of the sea. It had a green long back body as the front was a humanoid fish. It had brown skin, was carrying a harpoon like staff. “Now it gains 200 attack and defense points thanks to A Legendary Ocean (ATK/DEF: 1800/400 -> 2000/600). Armed Sea Hunter, attack her Jain, Lightsworn Paladin!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ I should have considered putting a counter trap in play.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian – 4300

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I place this card face down and let you go now,” Jasmond offered the turn back to Gillian, who was trying to keep herself a little warmer then she was thanks to the washing water around her.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good my turn,” Gillian picked up her next card and smiled. “I activate one of my face down card, Call of the Haunted, bringing back Jain, Lightsworn Paladin and I activate Pact of Honesty which was also already on the field, allowing us both to draw 1 card and I gain 500 lifepoints.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian – 4800

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I activate Ancient Coral,” Jasmond kicked in and her face down card flipped up. “You’ll see what it does when you summon a monster.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah, well I am not too worried about it,” Gillian placed one more card on her dueldisk. “I summon Chaos-End Master (1500/1000) to the field.” A white winged and armored angel appeared on her side of the field. “Now I activate Level Pact, which allows me to discard up to three cards from my hand and increase my monster`s level by 1 level per card discarded. I throw out 1 card.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And my Ancient Coral kicks in,” Jasmond explained as all of a sudden Chaos-End Master`s attack power lowered (ATK: 1500 -> 750). “When a monster is summoned to the field, it`s attack power is halved. However all Battle Damage is halved as well.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">As the coral had fired some shards from beneath the seas, Gillian all of a sudden felt a stitching pain in her feet. As she looked at her feet, that was still beneath the water, she saw some cuts in it. ‘ ''Great, Psychic duelists can inflict lifelike damage. Why does she do this?''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Why do you in fact allow this game to go this far? I feel real damage on me!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am so sorry,” Jasmond apologized and smiled. “I do not have total control over my own powers.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah, well anyway. I now tune in my Chaos-End Master with my Jain, Lightsworn Paladin! End of the tunnel, there is light! Light will guide us through Darkness! Synchro Summon! Rise, Light End Dragon!” Gillian chanted as the big white dragon appeared on her side of the field (2600/2100). Its golden head dress and four wings made it almost majestic looking. Ancient Coral fired shards at the dragon, lowering the Dragon`s attack power (ATK: 2600 -> 1300), but hitting Gillian as well, resulting in some scratches around her face and some dirt at her white jacket.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hey! This jacket was really expensive!” Gillian argued and Jasmond shakes her head, laughing. ‘ ''Pity this dragon now is too weak to beat Armed Sea Hunter. But I have a card that can help it.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ She inserted a card into her dueldisk. “I equip my Light End Dragon with Armlet of the Lightsworn. For every Lightsworn monster in my graveyard, the equipped monster gains 200 attack points (ATK: 1300 -> 1500). This still is not enough now. But I activate Gracefull Charity, allowing me to draw 3 cards, and discard 2.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Probably Lightsworns.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And you are correct. I ditch two of my Lightsworn monsters to the graveyard and increase my Light End Dragon`s attack power by 400 (ATK: 1500 -> 1900). And now to conclude my turn, I set this card face down.” Gillian placed one more card face down and lowered her dueldisk.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I know you are trying to lure me into a trap, which is why I won’t react on this.” Jasmond picked a new card from her deck. “Now I activate my Double Summon spell and summon Amphibious Bugroth MK-3 (1500/1300) to the field.” A machine appeared on her side of the field, with two big tanks above it and claw like tentacles below it. “Now since my A Legendary Ocean counts as a Umi as well, my Bugroth MK-3, can attack you directly!” The machine launched two missiles from below.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian – 3950

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Of course that I can only deal half of the damage is also for me, so that is a pity.” Jasmond smirked as she looked at her hand. “And I can still summon another time because of Double Summon, which results in bringing out my Bottom Dweller (1650/1700) to the field.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Not interesting still,” Gillian replied and she looked at her Light End Dragon and her face down card.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Armed Sea Hunter, attack her Light End Dragon!” Jasmond ordered and the fish-like warrior threw it spear right in the heart of dragon. The dragon was destroyed and Gillian held her hand in front of her eyes as the wave of water that came up, drowned her a little. As the large sea serpent was swimming around in the water, Gillian stepped up a stone to get to higher ground.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I activate End of Light!” Gillian flipped over her face down card, with a bright light enveloping from the card. Armed Sea Hunter suddenly became a lot weaker (ATK: 2000 -> 500). “When Light End Dragon is destroyed, I can lower the attacking monster`s attack power by 1500.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“That does not matter,” Jasmond picked a card from her hand. “You see, when my monster`s attack power lowers due to the effect of a card of my opponent. I can send my Electric Eel from my hand to the graveyard to deal 800 points of damage to you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian – 3150

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I set this card face down and end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I draw and since Armlet of the Lightsworn was destroyed with Light End Dragon, I had to place it on top of my deck, which means I draw it now.” She picked the card up again and looked at the rest of her hand. “Now I summon Starlight Unicorn (1400/1000) in attack mode.” A unicorn appeared on her side of the field. “Now I can Special Summon 1 Level-4 or below LIGHT attribute monster to the field. Come out! Gellenduo!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Ah! A two tribute monster,” Jasmond recognized the monster.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Gellenduo, attack her Armed Sea Hunter!” Gillian ordered as the fairy attacked the sea hunter, whose spear broke as the owner was destroyed. “Now I play Mystic Space Typhoon and destroy your Umi!” The water disappeared in an instant.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jasmond – 2900

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Ouch!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">One of the shards had hit her head, resulting in a cut below her right eye. She dapped at it, trying to stop the blood from coming out. That Ancient Coral card seems to attack her each time she deals damage to Jasmond.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next due to my Starlight Unicorn, I can deal 500 lifepoints of damage to you!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jasmond – 2400

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Once again the shards flew at Gillian, but this time she was able to dodge them. She breathed heavily as the duel continued. At that moment she noticed some people moving outside the arena, including her father and Mr. Gerardson. They were approaching the referee.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I end my turn,” Gillian concluded.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My turn,” Jasmond picked her next card from her deck. “Card of Sanctity! Now we both can draw cards until we hold six.” They each draw, Jasmond draws six and Gillian draws five. “Now I set this card face down and then play Dark Hole, destroying all monsters on the field!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jenis, Starlight Unicorn and Gellenduo were all sucked into a black hole along with Bugroth MK-3 and Bottom Dweller. Jasmond now picked a new card from her hand. “Now I summon Tribe-Infecting Virus (1600/1000) in attack mode.” A green egg like specimen appeared with a horn sticking out of it and tentacles all around it. “Tribe-Infecting Virus, attack her directly!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian – 2350

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian lowered herself onto one leg as she was hit by the attack, which felt really real and the shards of Ancient Coral of course. She was wondering why Jasmond could not keep her powers under control and why they even let her duel in the Pro Circuit.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I end my turn. This is enough for now,” Jasmond ended her turn as a bit of blood fell from the wound Gillian got just below her eye. “I am very sorry, Gillian. I never meant to hurt you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“This is enough!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian acted surprised as well as Jasmond was very surprised who suddenly intervened in the duel. It was Gillian`s father, who along with the referee came walking down on the arena. The father had a stern expression on his face.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Dad?!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What are you talking about?” Jasmond wondered.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What the hell is Mr. O’Hare doing on the arena, folks?” the MC wondered through the microphone, putting his hair straight. “This is some unexpected surprise!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You are illegal in this tournament. The official guidelines say Psychic duelists are not allowed into official tournaments if they cannot keep their powers in touch. You definitely cannot,” Mr. O’Hare threatened Jasmond who smirked. “Therefore I call this match invalid and the victory goes to Gillian, my daughter.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Wait,” the referee started and the father of Gillian looks at him. “Not so fast. We do not know whether she really cannot keep her powers in control. You do not have the right to do this, Mr. O’Hare.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh really?” Gillian`s father asked the referee before pulling out a piece of paper from his pocket. “Here is the official document already. Signed by the attorney general and officials from the board of the Bond.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The referee picked the piece of paper from the father and looked at before nodding to Jasmond, who shakes her head. She shakes it again and lowers her head. The referee walks down to her as her hair falls over her face.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am sorry, miss. But Mr. O’Hare is right. We cannot allow you to continue with this duel.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Dad, what did you do?” Gillian asked her father directly. Her father turned around to her.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am doing what is necessary, Gillian. You would not have won if we would have allowed this to continue.” Mr. O’Hare walks down to his daughter, taking her by the hand, dragging her down to the stairs, when they hear a noise and both turn around.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I …… I am afraid –“ the voice of Jasmond sounded through the arena and it sounded rough as all of a sudden the wind started to get stronger. “ – I cannot allow you to do that!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">All of a sudden she shoots up in a standing position, her arms wide spread and her eyes glowing with an ominous blue glow. Her outfit started morphing to the grey robes the five members of the Aurora Remnant usually is outfitted in. Scaring the hell out of Gillian, she let go of her father, who was thrown back against the wall behind them, getting a serious blow against the head.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now will you look at that!” the MC commentated being surprised himself. “I don’t know, I don’t wanna know what kind of stunts she can pull, but this is the most surprising one! What is she exactly?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Security!” the referee shouted, but it was too late as a cocoon of blue light surrounded and enclosed Jasmond, while walking down to Gillian. Her eyes were still glowing with the blue glow. She pointed to the referee blasting him with the invisible force she used against Mr. O’Hare against the wall as well. From both of their heads blood was dripping.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Dad!” Gillian wanted to run to her father, but she could not move. She was frozen. She looked down as she saw the tentacles of the Tribe-Infecting Virus keeping her at her place. “Let me go!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No.” Jasmond raised her dueldisk. “We have a duel to finish.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I don’t wanna duel you!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You have no choise,” Jasmond pointed up as a cube appeared from one of the highest terraces of the stadium. It expanded into a dome shaped sphere, enclosing Gillian and Jasmond inside it. The security that had come in, could not get in.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You have no choise.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Very well then,” Gillian draws her next card. “I will avenge you, dad.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">---

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now what the hell is happening here?” Grace asked Lance, Yuni and Kaito who were sitting next to her. “What happened? Why is she not kicked out as it should be done?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Because they seem to be unable to get to her,” Kaito pointed out as security tried to get into the dome created by the cube launched from one of the upper terraces. “Whatever organization she is in, they must be full of powerfull Psychic duelists if they are able to do this.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We have to get Gillian out of there,” spoke the surprising voice of Blake above them. He walked back to them after the dome appeared. “Even though I am not on friendly terms with her, I don’t like to see her get hurt. Let`s go.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“But what can we do?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I don’t know, but I’ll think of something,” Blake turned around to walk towards the nearest exit to the main rooms. Without hesitation Lance and Grace followed her, while Kaito and Yuni joined them a little later.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">--

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Who are you or where are you from?” Gillian wanted to know.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I belong to the creators of this stadium. I am a duelist representing the Aurora Remnant!” Jasmond spoke and the ground started rumbling. “Now continue!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I summon Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress (1700/200) in attack mode!” Gillian kicked off her new turn as a new lady appeared on her field. She was donning white robes, with the usual golden crests again. “Next I set this card face down.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I activate the card, Washing Away!” Jasmond kicked in, activating her face down card. “For every card you have in your graveyard, you lose 100 lifepoints. You have currently 12 cards in your graveyard, so you get 1200 points of damage!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian – 1150

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“That does not matter to me,” Gillian picked a new card from her hand. “I play Charge of the Light Brigade. By sending 3 cards from my deck to the graveyard, I can add 1 level-4 or lower Lightsworn monster to the hand.” She first discarded 3 cards and then selected and added one card to the hand. “Now Lyla, attack her directly!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jasmond – 1550

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jasmond brushed some of the dust away from her cloak as she looked at Gillian, not fearing the eventual threat Gillian might form. She noticed the far left card in her hand and smirked. That would be the card she would require to win this match.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I set this card and end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well then it is my turn.” The blue glow had disappeared from Jasmond`s eyes but the dome around them was still active. “I summon Eria the Water Charmer (500/1500) in defense mode. Now I play Watering Merger, allowing me to remove all monsters required from my field and graveyard from play in order to fusion summon a Water attribute Fusion Monster! I remove my Eria from play along with five other monsters in my graveyard.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You are summoning a Fusion Monster?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah.” Jasmond raises her hand. “Unleash your power onto the earth. Ocean Lord – Hydra (?/?)!” The new fish appeared, having 12 heads with yellow fangs. The yellow big eyes on the heads all aimed for Gillian, wanting to tear her apart.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Ocean Lord – Hydra?! I never heard of that monster!” Gillian panicked.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well you have now. First it gains 500 attack and defense points per monster used to fusion summon it (?/? -> 3000/3000). Ocean Lord – Hydra! Roaring Tsunami!” Jasmond ordered and the water went up high and fell at Gillian. However when Jasmond was to declare her victory, she noticed a shield protecting Gillian. “What!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Negate Attack!” Gillian kicked in and she smiled. ‘ Even though, I don't know whether I can hold her off next turn.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I utilize my Ocean Lord – Hydra`s special ability and annihilate your other face down card!” Jasmond pointed to the other face down card, which flipped over revealing it to be Mirror Force. ‘ I wonder why she did not choose to use it.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My Mirror Force!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My turn,” Gillian picked a new card from her deck. ‘ ''I have to hold myself together. Do not get distracted too much.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ She looked at her hand and shakes her head. ‘ ''But what can I do now? I have nothing that can help me against that Ocean Lord.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What is the matter? Are you unaware of what danger you are in? Your last protection has disappeared, your last chance of survival is gone. There is no-one that can protect you now!” Jasmond spoke against Gillian, laughing.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“That is where she is wrong.” Gillian heard the one voice she never expected to hear at this moment as she turns around, seeing Blake, Kaito, Lance, Grace and Yuni approach her. “You have friends, Gillian. Maybe from far, but when you learn to appreciate them, you learn to know them again.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Blake!” Gillian realized.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Give up this duel, Gillian,” Jasmond pressed into her opponent. “Either give up or be washed away.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I end my turn with a face down card and I switch my Lyla to defense mode. Which allows me to annihilate your Ancient Coral.” Gillian breathed heavily, being exhausted by the duel, while the coral broke down and fell into pieces into the water. “Now I don’t give up, but I won’t lose without a fight.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“That`s the spirit!” Blake and the others encouraged her.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Which reminds me to send two cards to the graveyard due to Lyla`s effect,” Gillian deployed two cards into her own graveyard.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“This is the end for you,” Jasmond started her turn by sweeping of a card from her deck. “Now I activate my Ocean Lord – Hydra`s effect and destroy your face down card. And now destroy her Lyla! Roaring Tsunami!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I still have a turn later on,” Gillian kept reminding herself of that.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah, hang onto that.” Jasmond smirks as she pointed to Hydra. “There is only one tiny problem. My Hydra. It can attack twice during the Battle Phase. Roaring Tsunami!” As the water was released, it washed away the last of Gillian`s lifepoints, but also the dome disappeared, making the water wash away everywhere, taking Gillian, Blake and the others with it, slamming them against the wall, and knocking them out.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Gillian – 0 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Jasmond – 1550

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I hope you had fun.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">---

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake wakes up on the cold floor of the arena again, realizing the last he remembered was the attack of Ocean Lord – Hydra and him being knocked out against the wall. He also realized the reason why he was inside the arena. He looked around, jumping up. However there was no Gillian, no referee, no Mr. Gerardson and no Mr. O’Hare. They had disappeared. As he stood on both legs he looked around, seeing as how Kaito crawled up, Jason appeared and helped up Grace and Yuni and Lance was already around talking with officials and cops.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hey, has anyone seen Gillian O’Hare?” Blake asked around but no-one could give him an answer or simply just shook their heads. “Anyone?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">He looked around again and then up to the upper balconies of the stadium. He noticed the shadows of two figures, holding a blue cube in their hands as they disappeared from sight. He had no idea who they were, he couldn’t see them either.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">---

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">At one of the upper balconies Jasmond and Justin were watching over the scene below in the arena. Jasmond had a quite confident smirk on her face. Justin was rather a little more serious, not the face he had back then when he had a Turbo Duel against Grace. A third man joined them, having black hair and green eyes.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“The Ener-D coming from the duels is nearly enough each time to feed the Silent Core. Soon we will find the Sacred Temple Gate.” The man sits down next to Justin and Jasmond on the balcony edge. “We need a few more duels and we need to get rid of the people who have been exposed to our identities, along with their friends. I suggest we get onto it directly.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Be careful, Tyson.” Jasmond touches the new man`s hand and Tyson smiles, before giving her a small kiss. “They have appeared to be more powerfull then we anticipated.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Once we unlock the Sacred Temple Gate with the Silent Core, we have a free pass to the other one.” Tyson walks away, but notices a fourth Aurora Remnant member appearing. “What is it?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You don’t have to boss me around,” the fourth member reacted rather irritated and agitated. “The sister has arrived in town.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good,” Tyson turns back to the double doors. “Then maybe it is time to pay her a visit. After all, their grandfather has done a lot more research on the second one. The Infinity Core.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">To be continued…….

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">RANDOM INFINITY HUNTER TRIVIA:

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">No, Tyson is not the leader of the Aurora Remnant. Neither is the fourth member in the last scene of Turn 5. You have already met him, the man with the dark red hair coming from under the hood.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">What more to say. Well yeah, Jasmond`s deck was originally a Charmer deck, but due to problems with me using it, I changed it first to a Mythological deck, using elements of all kinds of mythology, including cards from a deck I once used in Rise of Evil (which got cancelled after Turn 3). Then I decided to go for a socalled Ocean Lord deck, of which the first card has been shown already. Don’t worry, Jasmond will be back.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">See you for Turn 6!