Card Spirits 3

"Whew," Yarden swiped the sweat building on his forehead, "What a riot." he laughed. They sure were an exciteable bunch, Spirit of The Breeze even gave him a lingering peck on the cheek before she turned into card form.

"I must say, well done Yarden," Petite Dragon, congratulated him "When you convinced me earlier when you were talking about the possibilities of using me in a duel, I had no idea you could come up with such comprehensive card combinations just from seeing multiple cards in one place."

Making his way around the cavern, Yarden started lifting up the spell and trap cards that had no spirits to automatically levitate or appear in his palm. "I've played with loads of different cards in loads of different duels," he explained, and he had, only in his old world against friends and in the tag force games, not exactly real duels, "A lot of the combo's I think of just come from experience using the cards I've had before."

"Well I do say, you appear much better prepared than my previous owner," the small dragon commented, "Now what are your plans from here on out now that you have obtained enough cards to make a deck?" he questioned.

"First, I'll make a rough deck on the way to class, I'll probably have a duel today," he responded, "Second I wanted to ask you something." he continued on. Time to plant the seeds for his growth.

"Oh?" Petite Dragon hummed.

"I've heard interesting rumours about Duel Spirits," Yarden carried on seamlessly, "That they can bond to a duellist and make them more powerful."

Petite Dragon nodded his head, "It is indeed true," he replied casually. There was no implication of anything in his voice, so Yarden counted that as a win.

"Is it possible for me to bond with you guys?" Yarden continued on to ask.

Before Petite Dragon could say anything, there was a shimmer of dark shadowy light to his left and the gracefully large form of Serpent Night Dragon appeared beside him, Yarden almost jumped in fright at the sudden appearance, "Not possible with me at the moment my master," the graceful dragon commented casually as if he'd been there all along, "The power of your soul is not yet powerful enough to sustain a bond with me, and even most of the monsters that come from this cave."

Yarden tsked in disappointment, "So no chance then?" he asked.

The serpentine dragon shook his head, "Not at all master, I merely mean that you must grow stronger in the soul if you wish to bond with those such as myself." he inclined his head towards the smaller green serpentine dragon on Yarden's shoulder, "Start with the little dragon, bonding with him will allow your soul to grow slightly more powerful, then when you are used to the strain of the bond, continue with the other monsters such as that Decoy Dragon you showed me earlier, build up your strength form the bottom until you gain enough strength to support a bond with myself and other powerful monsters." And with that said, the dragon disappeared back into his card as casually as he appeared.

"Useful to know." Yarden commented before turning his attention to the dragon on his shoulder, "So you up for it buddy?" he asked.

Petite Dragon pursed his draconian snout for a moment before closing his eyes and nodding in agreement, "Very well, I see no problem with bonding to you." the small dragon said.

Floating up into the air, before Yarden could react, the small dragon rested his head against his forehead and then there was a bright flash of lime green that caused him to flinch back slightly. "Gah!" A sudden feeling of lightness swept through his body and he almost fell before he caught himself and it passed. When he opened his eyes from when he reflexively closed them to shield them from the flash, he noted that Petite Dragon was gone.

"Eh?" he grunted in confusion, "Petite Dragon, where'd you go?" he asked, looking around himself and finding no sign of the little dragon.

"Relax Yarden," the familiar voice of Petite Dragon resounded throughout his mind, causing him to whirl around again looking for the duel spirit, "I have taken up residence in your soul, but until you adapt to the bond and grow more powerful you won't have the power to manifest me outside your body." the duel spirit explained to him.

Yarden frowned thoughtfully, throwing a quick few jabs in front of him and then jumping in place for a bit, testing his body out. "I don't really feel any different," he commented, disappointment appearing in his voice.

"I'm a very weak spirit remember? As a dragon I cannot even breathe fire yet," Petite Dragon responded, "There won't be much benefit to a bond with me as I am now besides allowing your soul to grow a little bit more powerful and maybe slight instincts of the draconian nature, I doubt it will be much though, I'm not much of a dragon right now."

Oh, well that was cool at least.

"Indeed," the spirit within his soul agreed.

Even more cool, they could communicate without him speaking aloud. This was definitely the start to something epic.