The After Shock (Issy/Takuto)

[Takuto Starwind]

Takuto immediately knew what Alexander was thinking of but right before he could say anything to persuade him to leave the demons alone for the moment Takuto closed his mouth. He had no right, as he had done the same when he left in search of the fire demon by himself. That is precisely why Takuto could not say anything except, "Good luck. But remember this: it is a death wish to duel a demon by yourself, I did and would have most likely died while I was unconscious if it had not been for you. Try to find a person who is willing to go with you and as soon as we fully recover we will try to find you unless Issy needs to do something first."

[Alexander Siphon]

Alexander nodded grimly, he knew where he intended on going, the Earth Demon had thus far managed to evade all of them and so that was the one he would go after. His decks were still at his side and his duel disk was on the ground at his feet. As he bent down to pick it up he wondered if he would end up like that student teh Light Demon had taken. What would happen, was that student gone forever. These weren't exactly normal shadow duels... and normal shadow duels were bad enough.

He stood up again and attatched the duel disk to his arm before looking over Issy and Takuto once more. He felt guilty leaving them here but there wasn't much that could harm them as long as they stuck together. He just hoped Takuto wouldn't black out again. You could never tell with the after effects of a shadow duel what might happen. An idea flashed in his mind and he removed a pda from his pocket.

"Send me a message if anything happens ok? Ill come back as soon as I get one from you. I'm going to the mountains by the way. I want to see if I can find that Earth Demon."

With that, he turned around and made his way ttowards the nearest gate. Without even looking back he continued along his path, fear and excitement meshing into one as he considered what to expect when he found what he was looking for,

[Takuto Starwind]

Giving a small laugh Takuto said, "Give him a message? I don't have anything to send one to him! Hopefully his recklessness won't endanger him too much, he could have taken my supplies with him." Giving a short glance at Issy he said, "So Issy, what do you want to do? I won't blame you if you feel the need to do something concerning the present situation but could I at least follow you along if you intend to do so?"

Takuto didn't know why, but he just wanted to show his support Issy, more for his sake than for hers. Takuto remembered how good he had felt when he had Alexander supporting him in the library. He also wanted to ensure that no more casualties would occur, as one was more than enough for Takuto. In the end, Takuto realized that his choices led him in this predicament but couldn't help but feel slightly content with himself.

[David Frost]

It was around that time when the door to the Infirmary slowly opened and a trio of strangers stood in the doorway. One was a tiny little man who wore a fancy business suit and spectacles. Another was the same white-hooded Obelisk boy who had fallen before the power of the Spirit of Light and had been turned into an earring as a result. But since he didn't seem to be sporting a 24k diamond finish anymore, it seemed that the Spirit's power had been broken over him and he had returned to his usual human self. All thanks to the little man standing oh-so-imperiously in front of them all.

And leaning against David with an arm around his shoulders was poor Roxxan Greenfield. The same girl who had been possessed by the Spirit of Light, Alichino. And judging from the way her legs were shaking, it was probably safe to say that the Spirit of Light had done a fair number upon her mind and body. But then again, that was probably only to be expected. One didn't just walk away from a 10,000 year old Attribute Spirit without having anything to show for it.

Just ask anyone else within this very room.

"All right, let's find you an open bed." David said gently to Roxxan before moving her towards an open bed near the side of the room. Luckily, a pair of nurses had come along and had taken the poor girl off of David's shoulders in order to see her into bed. Probably a good thing, considering how phobic of men Roxxan apparently was. The last thing David needed now was to be stabbed by a stray scalpel after changing back from a goddamn piece of women's jewelry! It wasn't exactly the best way to end a day like this one.

After Roxxan had been placed safely in bed by the nurses, David turned his attention to the little man in the suit. "So what now? As far as I know we've got one Attribute Spirit that's still running amok. What do you propose?" he said to him in a polite tone that was still yet tinged with bitterness and annoyance. Naturally, the Obelisk left out the phrase "O great-and-tiny Swami?" from his words. Although, it certainly would've made him feel better. Even if only for a moment.

[Alan Padmore]

And of course, Ethan was supposed to be in this room too. But otherwise, Alan wasn't occupied by David's question of the remaining spirit. In fact, he swiftly made his way towards the other three within the room, leaving David, Ethan and Roxxan to their own devices. He moved surprisingly fast for such a small man. He stood in front of them and then looked at both Takuto and Issy in concern.

"Are you quite alright you two? Don't tell me you were involved in that little mess..." He said to them both gracefully.

[Takuto Starwind]

Somewhat startled by the new arrivals, Takuto took a while before responding "Aside from me receiving a minor scratch and Issy spraining her ankle, we are perfectly fine." Remembering them that someone had said one spirit was left Takuto asked, "Which spirit is left? I heard from a classmate both the Light and Earth spirits were running free and that Light had even taken a prisoner." Things were happening at such a speed that Takuto could hardly believe his ears.

Now that there was only one spirit left Alexander might be the one who could finish the last one off if the Light Spirit had indeed been defeated. Truthfully a small part of Takuto hoped that it had been the Earth spirit that had been defeated, if only to assuage Takuto's worries about Alexander confronting an attribute spirit.

[Alan Padmore]

"You're looking at Alichino's prisoner." Alan said wearily as he jabbed his thumb at the bitter and completely irrational David Frost. He smiled a little at Takuto and tilted his head.

"The Light demon has been defeated." He had of course heard the story as he had come to the infirmary with Roxxan and David. "Your person left that I believe you want is Earth, is it not?" He looked at David. "And it seems this one over here is at least energetic about defeating the demons. That's good..." He wasn't moping, but he didn't finish that sentence that way.

[Daishi Omega]

"Thank you for transporting me this far...."

The voice would be coming from the necklace dangling from Alan's hand, the blue diamond in it shimmering lightly just before a red smoke began to swirl around within it with unknown fervor. Suddenly, a crack formed in the jewel and then it shattered completely, leaving the smoke to flow freely and then coalesce into a humanoid form. As the smoke solidified, Daishi stood within it, flicking particles of diamond dust from his shoulder.

"Now, what to do next......?" He looked around and noticed the students around him, then smirked. "Ah, yes, I remember the lot of you from outside."

[Issy Kentra]

Issy watched quietly, and then looked back down at the floor as she began to realise that Alexander was planning on going out again. She didn’t want to see anyone else get hurt, but couldn’t bring herself to stop him either, she just didn’t want to move. Looking down at the ground, she felt quite insignificant, quite weak, it was horrible really. She wasn’t really listening to anything going on around her now, not listening incase anyone was speaking to her; she just caught herself up in her own thoughts and mind.

When she did eventually look up, and re-enter reality around her, she was quite surprised to see that all of a sudden there where so many people around, and they seemed to be taking someone else into the hospital. This meant that someone else was hurt because of there demon things. She began to cry into the blanket around her, she didn’t like it anymore; it was too horrible, it was just too much for her now, and Issy knew that she couldn’t cope. She just wanted to try and make sure that everything would be back to normal, no more demons, no more bad things, just plenty of normal.

[Takuto Starwind]

Feeling better now that there were more people, Takuto began thinking about Alexander and his hike in the mountains. Would it prove to be fruitful? If so, would he be able to beat the Earth spirit? Getting slightly nervous, Takuto said, "Thanks for the informaton, I'll be going towards the mountains shortly, as one of my friends has ventured there in hopes of ending this." Grabbing his backpack and heading out the door, he hoped he wouldn't arrive too late.

Time was of the essence and Takuto walked in a fast pace towards the mountains, as he feared if he pushed himself to run he would lose consciousness again for overexerting himself after dueling Farfarello.

[Alan Padmore]

"Whoa whoa, where in the world are you-!" Alan snapped as he saw Takuto leave, and then he sighed. "-going." Damn kids... the whole bloody lot of them were out of their damn minds. He hung his head and grit his teeth with fury, trying to collect his composure, but then he shook his head and looked towards Daishi.

"Not an issue, good sir." He commented as he looked up and over. He inclined his head and then bowed to the rest of them.

"However... I must check on the other students. I think I will take my leave. If you'll excuse me." He said, and then he was off and out. If he met Takuto on the way, he would bring him back, however his first stop was to the dorm that the Dark Girl had been taken to, and then after that the Water... were he not intercepted by the man taking over the island.