Recap....
"since they hurt Amy, they are right. I will not obey them anymore.”
“Why betray them?” I asked.
“I have nothing more left to loose Entrez; they tortured her—I will help you if it means they will die.”....
Now it all made sense, why he was seeking me out, Entrez had been his friend, not his rival, now he wanted to team up, so we could take down the S.O.B's at Oracalcos faster.
“I understand, but I can’t help you;” I said and stood up, looking away from him.
“Yes you can!” he said and stood and walked next to me.
“No I can’t—I’m not strong enough. I was exhausted just from walking through a mob of crazed fans….You expect me to kill the dark energy that comes from the bracelet that found me?”
“I’m expecting nothing from you Hope; but Entrez.”
“We are practically the same! The only difference is she has a really distant past!”
“Exactly; you’re so fused with her—which means you can separate.” He said and stepped towards me and I growled.
“If you try and take this bracelet off me Roran—I will kill you.”
He stopped, his yellow eyes regarding me with frustration, “That’s not what I meant—it means in a duel you can separate from her to duel. She can be the monster and you can lay magic and trap cards down for her or combine her with other creatures.” Roran insisted—as if the wolf side of me was a simple card that could be played.
“She isn’t a duel monster—”
“No but when you’re dueling Shadow—the Oracalcos leader—he’ll be dueling with only one monster and so will you.”
“So what—we can only duel once and then the other will attack each other until Shadow or my wolf Entrez is sent to the graveyard?”
“Yes, except you two won’t be entirely separated. You’ll still be in wolf form—only your spirit will be able to pick up magic and traps and lay them down on the field for Entrez and yourself. This game will hurt much more though it’s linked to the shadow realms—and you’ll feel like you’re on fire.”
“That’s comforting—so this means we’ll have attack and defense points?” Roran looked regretfully at me as I spoke.
“Yes, and that’s the hard part—he has a total attack points of 3,000.”
“What!? That’s as much as a Blue Eyes White Dragon!” I said thinking of Seto’s favorite card. Saying the blue eyes white dragon sent chills down my spine, and shivers down my back, but I did not understand why.
“You know about the card—but you don’t know the legend behind the card.” Roran said and I stared at him in annoyance.
“What is up with all legends and stuff? Is that all my life is? Based on old legends and magic?”
“Sadly, yes—but let me finish speaking. Its eyes are said to have been made of sapphire and its heart beats as one with whoever controls this card. This Vicinity tribe tried to control its power—for its greatness was originated from Egypt—but before that it was from the Realms I just mentioned. Fire and Ice ruled their worlds until a portal—an image of another land appeared in a cloud. They flew to that—and to earth.”
“What? A portal—” I said stunned. A portal the clouds—the rain the lightning…it sounded like a bad case of de ja-vù. Maybe this was part of the key to get home…
I held my breath as I listened to what else he had to say…understanding its importance.
“The Vicinity tried to hold its power inside a single individual. They tried to hold it inside you… Entrez.”
“What!? They didn’t. You’re making this up as you go you stupid fox!” I said rejecting the idea, and trying to reject the fact that I was a blue eyes, white wolf.
Roran frowned, obviously he hadn't taken a liking to his nickname. “No I’m not. Explain how you’re eyes are blue. Shape-shifter’s eyes, Flyer’s eyes, Travelers eyes are all yellow, green or red. Not purple, not brown, not blue, and not even orange, Entrez.”
“How did it work—were they able to hold the energy inside me?” I asked and he took in a deep breath before he spoke.
“Yes, they were able to, but the energy was so powerful in the end they broke it off—eventually into cards and a bracelet. Unite these things—you’ll have the greatest chance of actually winning. You’ll be Shadow’s equal to duel—then let the better wolf win.”
“Is that all you have to tell me?”
“Afraid so—it’s all I know…” He said calmly and looked at my weary figure.
“Listen—you look like you could use some rest—come to my place and I’ll have a couch ready for you until you are ready to leave.”
“I accept, if you plan to kill me in my sleep—I warn you I am a very light sleeper.” I lied.
He took me to his place. I was able to manage dozing off for a while and then I fell into a deep sleep.
It was so hard to think…there was a portal. I never even thought I had a chance of getting home—staying here seemed so…natural. It seemed to suit my lifestyle for the moment. I never considered it was possible…figuring there was a way in—but no way out… Trapped like a rose between two thorns—on one side there is my regular life that was nice in its own way—but now it seemed so ridged—so plain. On the other side was this world…with Shadow Realms—which seemed very concerning considering my duel with the Leader Shadow—was going to be linked to the realm that could probably kill me. The middle was the rose…it could be both sweet and bitter—thus it held my future that was both brutal and too beautiful to be true.
In the end my thoughts became faded and I dreamt of wolves, Roran’s eyes glimmering yellow in the shadows and the sound of a cell phone ringing…
The phone continued to ring. I growled to the sound of someone flicking on a lamp and I heard shuffling around the room. In distress I sat up and flicked my eyes open just to see Roran turn away from me, his stressed eyes glinting yellow in the lamplight.
I couldn’t help but feel bad for Roran—all he had done was for his sister. He never wanted to turn into the man he was today—but he had to commit to it if it made his sister safe. Now he had a taste for revenge—but what worried me was if I couldn’t commit to his expectations.
He stopped on the other side of the room—trying not to wake me up but the deed was done—and picked it up, “Hello,” The other line began talking so fast that I couldn’t even hear it all. I could sense the tension build in all of Roran’s sense’s as he had an angry fire build in him—he acted as he was ready to scream.
“What!? They were waiting until later tonight!” He snarled in frustration, his eyes gleaming a haunting yellow. His eyes flicked to mine as mine became an icy blue tornado when I understood what he was saying.
“What is it?” I snapped—even though I knew the disturbing truth. Roran held his finger over the speaker to block out my shouting.
“They’re going after him—right now! They changed plans because Kaiba has been wandering out onto the roof all day! If they can get him they will!” I growled in frustration my body quickly shape-shifted to wolf form.
He quickly slapped his phone shut, staring at me desperately, “I’m sorry Entrez—I didn’t know.”
I could not explain why, but I felt it was my fault Seto was out on the roof. I had just been up there the other day, or maybe it was he was going out there to think, probably blaming himself for me being “dead.”
Not only were the three Blue Eyes White Dragon cards in his deck that I needed to win the war, but they were going to kill him! At any rate I was well beyond the point of annoyance.
I snarled and burst out of Roran’s door that toppled to the ground as its hinges broke. I escaped from the house and dashed across the road.
Cars honking and beeping—I swerved to dodge them as I lunged onto the other side of the road.
I ran to Kaiba Corp; everyone’s lives were depending on it. I heard Roran shout at me to come back. Like Roran was going to stop me from moving any faster to get to Seto. I kept running each agonizing step—taking me closer to him.
I had a brand new attitude—it was of pure rage. I lunged into the Kaiba Corp sliding doors, shattering them as I burst through the glass. I didn’t even flinch as I felt the glass dig into my paws. Nothing hurt—I felt like I could jump off the roof without a bruise.
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