☆12: Easy Apology

Slifer Red Dormitory, Room 204.

Yuji was lying on his body, staring at the card in his hand.

Dark Magician Girl (LV.6)

ATK/2000 DEF/1700

Effect: Gains 300 ATK for every "Dark Magician" or "Magician of Black Chaos" in the GYs.

Dark Magician Girl, a Duel Monster spirit that has been the idol for every male duelist.

There is a rumor that state because of the difficult and rarity, only The Duel King Yugi Muto has this lovely female spellcaster card in his deck.

"Duel King..."

Yuji didn't know if he must happy or not because he acquired Dark Magician Girl's card.

Her last words before she departed from this world still ringings in his head.

[I'm sorry... take care!]

In return of reviving him, one's life must surrender.

According to Dark Magician Girl, she should have died when she revived him, but thanks to a miracle, after she revived him, she can help her sisters to sealing The Pitch-Black card alongside the card Yuji had picked up inside The Abandoned Dorm, and meeting him after the whole ordeals.

The card he picked up in The Abandoned Dorm, the darkness that stained Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, had been purified and now can be use normally.

But the biggest problem is The Pitch-Black card.

It has no name, level, type, attribute, effect, ATK/DEF, nothing! Only pitch-black blank sides.

But after sealing its power, The Pitch-Black card now has many strange glowing symbols etched on top of it.

After listening to her story, without wasting any time. Yuji picked up the card, and throws it off to the ocean, only for the said card to return into his pocket after he comes back.

[You have been cursed by it, no matter how much you threw it, it'll come back eventually]

That was Dark Magician Girl has said.

She also said if Yuji didn't meet her and get the card sealed, The Pitch-Black card would drain his duel energy.

The side effect of it already comes, as Yuji can't summon any Elemental HERO in his arsenal.

If longer, it won't only stop at Elemental HERO cards but also to the other cards, and eventually the card itself would swallow him whole.

Thinking about the card made him frowning, but what can he do? He was killed by the said, and if he didn't meet Dark Magician Girl sooner or later he'll be killed too.

Yuji didn't know what kind of reason he gave the card to him, but he knew he must find, returned, and beat the shit off Trueman or Mr. T!

Thanks to today's event with her, he knew that Trueman is a fraud and an enemy.

Plus it is unknown how long the seal can hold its dark power, according to Dark Magician Girl at least once a year the seal must be reapplied.

At least he can relax for the time being.

That what he thought, until an Onee-san from Ethics Committee drags him to Court of Inquiry alongside Jaden.

There, they've had been punished by doing a tag-team duel, with their expulsion from The Duel Academy on the line.

"Dang it..."

Yuji closed his eyes, as the memory of Dark Magician Girl's Farewell is still ringings in his mind.

-●-●-●-

"Your body!!", told Yuji as shocked and fear filled his eyes.

In front of him, cracks appears on Dark Magician Girl's skin, oozing a dark smoke from her body as various cracks emerges.

"It's okay... this is the price I must pay in order to revive you!"

Told her with soft smile, as she then continues.

"Hey, what is your name?"

Yuji raised his eyebrows, looking at her with an unbelievable expression.

"Huh?! Why are you asking, right-"

"Please, can you answer it?!", insisted her, as more cracks appeared and the smokes accumulate in his room, which made Yuji quickly opened the windows to let out the thick black smoke.

"It's Yuji... Yuji Kusanagi", answered him.

Listening to his answer, Dark Magician Girl slowly shakes her head.

"No... that isn't your real name. Let me told you something, beside detecting a dark creature, I can also detect someone who's lying", told her.

She continues.

"That's also one of the many reasons why, I didn't believe you back there", told her.

Yuji slightly grits his teeth, he doesn't want more people to know, nor wanted to use his original name again.

"Araki... it's Yuji Araki", answers him with burdened heart.

"I see...", nods Dark Magician Girl, as she was smiling while closing her eyes slowly.

"What a cute name, it's cuter than Kusanagi", replies her.

Yuji clicked his tongue, after receiving her feedback.

"In what part of the name is cute?", grunts him.

Dark Magician Girl patted his shoulder, staring at Yuji with her weakened gaze.

"I'm sorry, but... can I request something from you?", asked her.

Yuji closed his eyes, thinking if he should accept it or not? But in the end he accepted it.

"Alright, what is it?"

The corner of her mouth bend upward, as she's then holding Yuji's hand, which made him slightly blushed.

"Here!"

Dark Magician Girl then gave Yuji a single card, a card with the image of a youthful girl standing in front of lovely heart-shaped magic, a card with the same name as her.

Looking at this, Yuji is totally confused. But she already expected such reaction.

"I said before, that the longest time the seal can hold is up to one year"

Yuji immediately reacts by asking her a question, "Then, how can I re-sealed it back?!"

"That's why I entrusted my card to you", told her.

"Why?!", asked him.

Dark Magician Girl took a deep breath, then answering him with her body gradually broken down.

"The spell I used to revive you had a very heavy cost that it'll kill me", laughs her.

"That's why... my sisters used a spell to halted my demise, by sealing my soul into the card to help me recuperate until I regained my full strength, so that WE can re-sealed the card", explained her with a melancholic tone.

Yuji slowly took her card, examined it, then shifted his sight to the real Dark Magician Girl who smiled in front of him with a face full of cracks like a bisque doll.

"Are you... sure about this?", asked Yuji.

"Umu!", replied her without any hesitation.

"Well, I'm technically killed you before, so think of it as an apology", laughs her as she scratched her head.

Yuji let out a smirk, "Heh! What an easy apology!!", remarks him.

Both of them laugh, after that Yuji put Dark Magician Girl's card into his side deck.

"It's time...", told her softly.

They both get up, then stood up in front of each other with their gaze interlocking.

"I leave my self (card) to you, Yuji", told her, as she's extending her right hand for a handshake.

Yuji shake her hand, and slowly nods.

"I promised, I'll take care of you (card) with my utmost capability, and If met that Bastard, I'll give him a beating he won't forget until the day he dies"

Dark Magician Girl nods, as parts of her body starts to fall off.

"I'm sorry... take care!"

Told her, as she's breaking away into broken fragments like glass that slowly dissipate into thin air.

"No... I'm the one who should apology"