The main characters will be using their manga-version decks in this. Not enough fics that are based around the manga.
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Coming towards the island, a small boat made its way across the water. The rider was a blond muscular man wearing brown clothes that appeared to be made of leather and fur. He gave off a wicked grin when he saw he was almost to his destination.
"Soon. Soon I will find and destroy my target. I hope you can put up a fight, Jaden Yuki."
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At the Slifer Dorm, the resident slacker was in his bed sleeping. That was until his friends came barging into the room.
"Jaden! Get up before you're late!" yelled his small light green-haired friend.
"He's right, Jay. You don't want Crowler to get on you again, right?" questioned his Scandinavian friend.
Jaden grudgingly opened his eyes and looked at his two friends. He let out a yawn before he spoke.
"Syrus, Jesse? What are you guys talking about? It's Saturday. There are no classes. Now let me get some sleep," said the Slifer King as he closed his eyes.
"…Jaden, you do remember that Crowler gave you Saturday detention because you were sleeping in class, right?" asked Syrus.
"Crap!"
Jaden quickly got out of bed and got dressed. When done, he grabbed his MP3 player and ran out the door.
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Walking down the road, a blonde-haired girl dressed in an Obelisk girl's uniform was making her way towards the Slifer Dorm thinking of the boy she had to see. Speaking of which, she could see said boy heading her way. She also heard mambo-like music coming from his direction.
A little bit of Monica in my life!
A little bit of Erika by my side!
A little bit of Rita's all I need!
A little bit of Tina's what I see!
A little bit of Sandra in the sun!
A little bit of Mary all night long!
A little bit of Jessica, here I am!
A little bit you makes me your man!
The girl could feel her eye twitch at the words of the song. It sounded like something her brother would listen to, not the boy coming her way. The boy was about to pass her without stopping when she reached out and grabbed him by the back of his red jacket.
"Gah!"
"Jaden, what are you doing?" questioned the girl.
"Huh? Oh! Hi, Alexis!" grinned Jaden. "What's up?"
"I came to tell you that your detention has been canceled. Principal Samejima figured Crowler was just overreacting again. Now tell me, what were you just listening to?"
"Like it? Its got a petty sweet beat to it, huh?" grinned Jaden, happy that he doesn't have to go to detention.
"…Jaden do you even know what the song is about?" questioned Alexis with a sigh.
"Not really, but Atticus said I'd like it none the less. He was right!"
Alexis felt a headache coming. She was going to kill her brother for trying to turn Jaden into a pervert. Luckily, Jaden was dense when it came to things like this.
"Hey, Alexis? Since I don't have detention, you want to have a duel?" asked Jaden.
"Is dueling all you think about?" asked Alexis.
"Is that a trick question?"
"Jaden!"
"I'm kidding, Alexis," laughed Jaden. "So what do you want to do?"
"Wouldn't you rather hang out with Syrus and Jesse?" asked Alexis, surprised that Jaden wanted to hang out with her, but she didn't show it.
"Couldn't even if I wanted to. They probably already made plans thinking I was going to be in detention for the day," explained Jaden, scratching the back of his head.
"Oh," said Alexis, a little disappointed that Jaden didn't want to hang out with her by choice.
"So?"
"Huh?"
"What do you want to do today, Alexis?"
"…I don't know, Jaden. What did you have in mind?" asked Alexis.
Jaden thought about it for a moment before his face lit up with a grin.
"How 'bout we head to the beach for a swim?" suggested Jaden.
Alexis blushed faintly at the thought of seeing a shirtless Jaden. She was not going to pass this up. She just had to make sure Atticus didn't find out about it.
"Okay. I'll meet you there. Just let me get what I need," said Alexis.
"Sure thing."
Jaden and Alexis went off to their respective dorms to change into their beachwear. When they were done, they both made it to the beach at around the same time. Jaden was wearing a pair of red swim trunks and was carrying a duffle bag; while Alexis was wearing a white cotton robe that stopped at about mid-thigh and was carrying her own duffle bag. Alexis took off the robe to reveal a light blue two-piece bikini.
"Wow, Alexis! You look pretty good! Bet Chazz would have a heart attack if he saw you like that," grinned Jaden.
"Th-Thank you, Jaden," said Alexis; trying to hide her blush she got from when Jaden said she looked good. "How about we go swimming now?"
"Okay!"
The two teens set their bags down and ran to the waters. The cool waters were refreshing on such a hot day and they had even more of a cool down when Jaden started a splash fight with Alexis. Not one to back down, Alexis fought back. They were having a good time, until…
"Avast!"
Jaden and Alexis looked over to the ocean see to who was shouting, but suddenly a net came down on Alexis
"What the?" exclaimed Alexis.
"Alexis!"
"Hohohoho! It is about time I found you, Jaden Yuki!" yelled the blond muscular man.
"Who are you and what are you doing with Alexis?" demanded Jaden.
"I am Erik Asvaldsson and as to why I have your woman, it is to make sure that you have a reason to duel me with everything you have!" explained Erik.
"A duel, huh? You're on! If I win, you have to let Alexis go!" said Jaden as he made his way to shore.
"Very well," grinned the large man as looked at the trapped girl on his boat. She just glared at him.
Jaden went over to his bag and took out his duel disk and deck, preparing them for his duel.
"…You brought your duel disk and deck to the beach with you?" questioned Alexis, momentarily forgetting that she was a hostage.
"You never know when you'll need 'em. Why, didn't you bring yours?" asked Jaden.
"Let us begin this duel!" yelled Erik
Jaden: 4000
Erik: 4000
"I shall start this duel by placing two cards face down and then summoning Viking Warrior in attack mode!" said Erik.
Name: Viking Warrior (Looks like standard Viking, minus the beard)
Attribute: Water
Type: Warrior
Level: Four
ATK: 1600
DEF: 1400
"Your turn."
"Right! I'll play Thunder King Rai-Oh!"
Name: Thunder King Rai-Oh
Attribute: Light
Type: Thunder
Level: Four
ATK: 1900
DEF: 800
Effect: Neither player can add cards from their hand except by drawing them. You can send this face-up card to the Graveyard to negate the Special Summon of 1 of your opponent monsters, and destroy it.
"Next, I'll place two cards face down and then have Thunder King Rai-Oh attack Viking Warrior!"
Jaden's monster charged up with electricity and blasted the pent up energy at Erik's monster, destroying it.
Jaden: 4000
Erik: 3700
When the smoke cleared, it was revealed that Erik had activated one of his trap cards.
"What card is that?" questioned Jaden.
"This is my Viking Ship Trap Card. With this continuous trap card, I can Special Summon two Viking monsters to the field every time a Viking monster on the field is destroyed. So I shall summon two Viking Warrior cards!"
Just as Erik said, the two Vikings appeared on the field.
"Grr, I guess I'll end my turn then," said Jaden.
"Good," said Erik as he drew his card. He let off a grin. "I shall start this turn by playing the Field Spell, A Legendary Ocean!"
The area around the three started to rumble and then a bright light flashed. When the light died down, the three were in an underwater city.
"I remember this card. That Admiral guy used it when I dueled him," said Jaden. "Though I did forget what it does."
"Allow me to explain it then. Treated as the card Umi, this card downgrades all WATER monsters in both players' hands and on the field by 1 Level. In addition, all WATER monsters gain 200 Attack and Defense points!" grinned Erik as his monsters went from 1600 ATK to 1800 ATK and 1400 DEF to 1600 DEF.
"But your monsters are still weaker then mine," pointed out Jaden.
"Foolish boy! You shall see that my deck is anything but weak! Thanks to my Field Spell, I can summon this monster easily! I shall Tribute one Viking Warrior to summon Giant Pod!"
Name: Giant Pod (Large orange squid-like creature with long tentacles)
Attribute: Water
Type: Aqua
Level: Seven
ATK: 2100 (now 2300)
DEF: 1800 (now 2000)
"Next I shall use this Spell Card, known as Iceberg!"
When Erik activated the card, Thunder King Rai-Oh became trapped in ice.
"What just happened?" exclaimed the Slifer King.
"Iceberg is a card that freezes my opponent's monsters and negates their effects by placing an Ice Counter on them. Now I can use this next Spell Card. I activate Pod Pot, which allows me to search my deck for any monster with "Pod" in its name and add it to my hand," explained Erik, rummaging through his deck. He found the card he was looking for and placed his deck back in the duel disk to be reshuffled. "Now, Giant Pod, attack his monster!"
"Not so fast! I activate Negate Attack! That ends your Attack Phase!" smirked Jaden.
"Damn you, boy," growled Erik, ending his turn.
Alexis watched helplessly as she was still trapped in the net. She was worried for Jaden, but knew that he would win. She was also trying to think why would this Erik guy want to duel Jaden.
'Come on, Jaden. Beat this guy! I know you can do it!' she thought to herself.
"My turn! I'll use Polymerization to fuse both Elemental Hero Heat and Elemental Lady Heat from my hand to summon Elemental Hero Inferno!" exclaimed Jaden.
Name: Elemental Hero Inferno
Attribute: Fire
Type: Pyro/Fusion
Level: Eight
ATK: 2300
DEF: 1600
Effect: This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Fusion Summon. If this card battles a WATER monster, this card gains 1000 ATK during the Damage Step only. When this card is destroyed, you can add 1 Spell Card from your Graveyard to your hand.
"So you think you can beat me with fire, huh? Too bad for you, that won't be happening!" taunted Erik.
"We'll see about that! Inferno, attack Giant Pod!"
"Interesting that you'd sacrifice your own monster in battle, but I need my monster later on. I activate my face down Trap Card, Ice Shield!"
Jaden was surprised when his frozen Thunder King Rai-Oh went between Inferno and Giant Pod, taking Inferno's attack.
Jaden: 3600
Erik: 3700
"In case you haven't noticed, when Ice Shield is activated, all cards with an Ice Counter are used as a defense to protect me. Seeing as how it was your monster, you lost Life Points," grinned Erik.
"This could be bad," said Jaden. "I end my turn."
"And it will only get worse. First I shall summon Octo Pod to the field!"
Name: Octo Pod (Medium-sized red octopus)
Attribute: Water
Type: Aqua
Level: Four
ATK: 1750 (now 1950)
DEF: 300 (now 500)
"Next, I activate the Spell Card, Defense Pod. All Pod monsters on my side of the field are sent out of play for three turns," said Erik as his two monsters disappeared from the field.
"But now you only have your Viking Warrior," pointed out Jaden.
"Not for long, as I shall summon this monster. By sending Viking Warrior to the Graveyard, I can summon Viking Lord!"
Name: Viking Lord (A much bigger version of Viking Warrior except has a red beard and his armor is more royal-like)
Attribute: Water
Type: Warrior
Level: Eight
ATK: 2600 (now 2800)
DEF: 2200 (now 2400)
Effect: This card can be Special Summoned to the field by sending 1 face-up "Viking Warrior" on the field to the Graveyard.
"Viking Lord! Attack his Inferno!" bellowed Erik.
"I activate my Trap Card, Hero Barrier! When I have an Elemental Hero on the field, I can negate your attack!" said Jaden as the Viking's attack was stopped.
"Grah! Damn you!"
Alexis was really getting worried now. Jaden could only play on the defense, as Erik seemed to be able to keep up the attacks. Plus, what was Erik planning with his Pod monsters? He seemed to favor those more than his other monsters, judging from how he was making sure they were safe.
"My turn again. I'll place two cards face down and summon Elemental Hero Ocean!"
Name: Elemental Hero Ocean
Attribute: Water
Type: Warrior
Level: Four
ATK: 1500 (now 1700)
DEF: 1200 (now 1400)
Effect: While "Umi" is face-up on the field, this card can attack your opponent directly.
"Ocean, attack him directly!"
"What?" exclaimed Erik.
Ocean swam forward and passed Viking Lord to land a direct hit on Erik with his trident lance.
Jaden: 3600
Erik: 2000
"You little punk!" bellowed Erik. "I will not lose to someone like you!"
"Then try and beat me! Its your turn!" said Jaden.
"Viking Lord! Attack his Ocean!"
"I activate my Defender Hero Trap Card!"
As the Viking charged after the smaller Hero, Inferno stepped in the way and took the attack instead, saving Ocean.
Jaden: 3100
Erik: 2000
"Thanks to Inferno's Effect, I can bring one Spell Card to my hand from my Graveyard," explained Jaden.
"It won't do you any good. You've only used Polymerization," said Erik.
"That's all I need. Now that it's my turn, I activate Polymerization to fuse Ocean from the field with my Elemental Hero Woodsman in my hand to summon, Elemental Hero Terra Firma!"
Name: Elemental Hero Terra Firma
Attribute: Earth
Type: Warrior/Fusion
Level: Eight
ATK: 2500
DEF: 2000
Effect: This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Fusion Summon. You can Tribute 1 face-up "Elemental Hero" monster have this card gain ATK and DEF equal to the Tributed monster's ATK and DEF until the End Phase.
"Hohohoho! Its still no match for my Viking Lord! You have no hope!" laughed Erik.
"That's why I'm not done. Next I'll summon, Elemental Hero Voltic!"
Name: Elemental Hero Voltic
Attribute: Light
Type: Thunder
Level: Four
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1500
Effect: When this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent, you can Special Summon 1 of your removed from play "Elemental Hero" monsters.
"Next I equip Voltic with Voltic Spear! This raises his attack by 1000!" grinned Jaden.
"Stupid boy! He still doesn't have enough to beat my Viking!" yelled Erik.
"No, but Terra Firma will. I activate his effect and have him absorb Voltic's power, raising his attack from 2500 to 4500!"
"No!"
"Terra Firma, attack Viking Lord!"
The Hero charged forward and drove his fist into the Viking's stomach, destroying the warrior and sending him the Graveyard.
Jaden: 1400
Erik: 300
"Hey, how did I lose Life Points just now?" questioned Jaden.
"It is because I activated a Spell Card from my hand," explained Erik. "Its called Ocean Water Crystal. Whenever a WATER monster on my field is destroyed, I can send the Spell Card from my hand to the Graveyard to give my opponent the same amount of damage he gave me. Your time is now up, Jaden Yuki."
"Why's that?"
"Not only is your monster going to lose his Attack Points when you end your turn, but my monsters will be returning to the field as well," said Erik with an evil grin.
"Then I'll just have to end my turn by placing a card face down," said Jaden.
"It is time for this to end. Come forth my creatures!" called out Erik as Octo Pod and Giant Pod returned to the field. "You seem to like Fusions, Jaden Yuki. Let's see how you like this! First, since you destroyed Viking Lord, I shall Special Summon from my deck two Viking Life Boat cards."
Name: Viking Life Boat (Looks like a small Viking gondola)
Attribute: Water
Type: Warrior
Level: Two
ATK: 500 (now 700)
DEF: 1000 (now 1200)
Effect: Once per turn, during your Standby Phase, Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Viking" monster from the Graveyard to the field in face-up Defense Mode.
"Next, I shall Tribute both of them so I may summon to the field my all mighty Colossal Pod!"
Name: Colossal Pod (A squid-like creature that is larger than Giant Pod. Its fin at the top of its head is more leaf-shaped than triangular, like the Giant Pod's)
Attribute: Water
Type: Aqua
Level: Eight
ATK: 2300 (now 2500)
DEF: 2100 (now 2300)
"And finally, I play this! Polymerization! To fuse my three Pods into the most terrifying creature of the deep! Rise, Ancient Pod Kraken!"
Name: Ancient Pod Kraken (A extremely large rust-colored beast with the body and eight tentacles of an octopus, two long tentacles and head of a squid, and serrated suction cups and hooks on all of its tentacles)
Attribute: Water
Type: Aqua/Fusion
Level: Ten
ATK: 3600 (now 3800)
DEF: 3200 (now 3500)
Effect: If the Fusion Material monsters used to make this card were on the field, Special Summon them to the field in face-up Defense Mode at the end of the turn this card was summoned.
"That's a big monster," said Jaden, looking at the monster with wide eyes. It was twice as big as the temple of A Legendary Ocean.
"Jaden! I know you can beat that thing!" yelled Alexis. "Show him what you're made of!"
"Right!" smiled Jaden.
"The ocean shall be your grave! Ancient Pod Kraken! Destroy his monster!" bellowed Erik, glaring at Jaden.
"I'll stop your attack by activating my De-Fusion Spell Card!" exclaimed Jaden.
The spell caused Terra Firma to glow and then split back into Elemental Hero Ocean and Elemental Hero Woodsman. This caused Erik's monster to stop as its original target was no longer on the field.
"How foolish. You could have used that card to take apart my monster. Maybe you are not as great as I though you would be," said Erik, sounding disappointed. He ended his turn, causing his three Pod monsters to appear on the field.
"Don't need to when I have this!" said Jaden, holding up a card.
"A second Polymerization?" questioned Erik. "There's nothing in your deck that can beat my Ancient Pod Kraken!"
"Wanna bet?" smirked Jaden. "I play Polymerization to fuse Elemental Hero Ocean and Elemental Hero Woodsman to create…"
"Nothing! Your Terra Firma is in the Graveyard and that's where it shall stay!" bellowed Erik.
"Elemental Hero Absolute Zero!"
Name: Elemental Hero Absolute Zero
Attribute: Water
Type: Warrior/Fusion
Level: Eight
ATK: 2500 (now 2700)
DEF: 2000 (now 2200)
Effect: This monster cannot be Special Summoned except by Fusion Summon. This card gains 500 ATK for each WATER monster (other than this card) the field. When this card is removed from the field, destroy all monsters your opponent controls.
"What?" exclaimed the Viking duelist, surprised by this turn of events.
"I can summon this guy by fusing an Elemental Hero and a WATER monster together," explained Jaden.
"It does not matter! He's still no match for my army and I! Hohohoho!" laughed Erik. He then stopped when he heard Jaden start to laugh. "What is so funny?"
"You seem to forget that as an Elemental Hero, Absolute Zero has a special ability. He gains 500 Attack Points for every WATER monster on the field aside from himself and with four WATER monsters on your side of the field, he gains 2000!"
Like Jaden said, his monster did indeed become stronger as his Attack Points went from 2700 to 4700. Erik couldn't believe what was happening.
"No! I was to win this! How could I lose to a kid?"
"Sorry, Erik, but its time to end this duel. Absolute Zero, attack Ancient Pod Kraken!"
The Frozen Hero blasted the large aquatic beast with an icy gale. Once the beast was frozen, Absolute Zero shattered it to a million pieces, dropping Erik's Life Points to zero and winning the duel for Jaden. Erik dropped to his knees in shock.
"No. This wasn't supposed to happen."
While Erik was in shock, Jaden took this opportunity to rescue Alexis from her confines.
"You okay, Alexis?" asked Jaden as he got the net off of her.
"Yes. Thank you, Jaden."
"No problem, Lex. What are friends for?" smiled Jaden and doing his signature pose.
"Jaden!"
Jaden and Alexis turned to see Syrus and Jesse running towards them. When they stopped, Jesse gave the bikini clad Alexis a once over.
"Looking good, Alexis," grinned the Insect Duelist, raising his eyebrows suggestively. This of course earned him a slap from the Cyber Ice Duelist.
"Eyes to yourself, pervert!" she yelled, glaring at him.
"Okay, okay!"
"Jaden, what happened? We heard rumbling earlier and it came from this direction," wondered Syrus.
"Oh, I was dueling this guy over here. He captured Alexis in a net so I had to beat him so I could free her," explained Jaden.
Syrus and Jesse looked over to Erik and Jesse's eyes widened in shock.
"Erik?"
Jesse ran over to the still-shocked Viking as Jaden, Alexis, and Syrus became confused.
"Wait, you know this guy, Jesse?" asked Jaden, following his friend.
"Ja, he's from my home country. He commands a Viking's Ocean Deck and is pretty powerful. I'm surprised that you beat him!" exclaimed Jesse.
"He actually gave me the advantage. Absolute Zero became stronger because of his own cards," explained Jaden.
"Hmm. Hey, what's this card?" asked Jesse as he picked up the fallen Ancient Pod Kraken card.
"That was his most powerful card. At least, that's what he said," answered Alexis walking up to them.
"That's not right," said Jesse, shaking his head. "His most powerful card is a toss up between Colossal Pod and Viking Lord. I've never even heard of this card!"
"Maybe Principal Samejima might know something about it," suggested Syrus.
"Then let's go ask him!" grinned Jaden, already starting to walk to the Principal's office.
"Uh, Jaden?"
"Yeah, Alexis?"
"Don't you think you should change into normal clothes first?"
Jaden looked down to see that he was still in his swim trunks. He looked back up and gave an embarrassed grin as he scratched the back of his head.
"Maybe your right. I'll meet you guys at Samejima's!"
With that, the Slifer King ran off to the Slifer dorms.
"I'll meet you guys there too. I need to change as well," said Alexis.
"Do you have to?" asked Jesse. This earned him another slap.
"…You do know she likes Jaden, right?" asked Syrus when Alexis was far away enough.
"Ja, but it is fun to tease her!" grinned the Scandinavian boy.
"What are we going to do with him?" asked Syrus, pointing at the now fainted Erik. His brain must have finally caught up.
"Hmm…get me the rope from his boat."
Syrus did as he was told and gave the rope to Jesse, who then tied Erik up to the point that no one would be able to free him without cutting the rope. He then took out a pen and piece of paper and started to write something. When done, he pinned the paper to Erik's back and started walking to Samejima's. Syrus quickly read what Jesse wrote before he caught up and sweatdropped at what it said.
Do not free unless given orders to do so by Principal Samejima. That is all. Signed, Jesse Anderson.
Syrus could only shake his head. He then ran to catch up with Jesse.
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"What do you think, Winged Kuriboh? Any ideas on what that card Erik had really is?" asked Jaden, looking at his flying fuzz ball of a duel spirit as he walked to Samejima's.
'Not really. It did look ancient though, as its name implied, and it gave me a creepy feeling,' shuddered Wing Kuriboh, in words that only Jaden could understand.
"I just hope Samejima knows then. Jesse seemed upset that Erik had that card when I guess he shouldn't have."
He arrived at the main building of Duel Academy and made his way to Samejima's office. When he entered, the grim face of the bald principal, as well as Alexis, Jesse, and Syrus greeted him.
"Jaden, from what your friends told me, you dueled someone who was using this card?" asked Samejima, holding up the Ancient Pod Kraken card.
"Yeah. I'm guessing that's a bad thing?" questioned Jaden.
"Very. This card is part of a set of cards that were based on creatures of myth."
"Um, but aren't most Duel Monster cards based on mythical creatures?" questioned Syrus.
"Yes, but what makes this set different is that its said they contain the essence of the actual creatures they portray," continued Samejima.
"You mean that card holds the actual Kraken from Icelandic myth?" exclaimed Jesse. "Man, I remember hearing stories about that thing when I was a kid. Never thought they'd be true."
"So how many more cards are there, Principal Samejima?" asked Alexis.
"It is unknown how many were made exactly, Alexis, but if memory serves correctly there should be at least seven to ten cards that I know of, but I can't be sure. Whoever gave Erik this card, will most likely have more and had given them to other duelists."
"Don't worry, Samejima, if there are anymore duelist who have these cards, I'll take care of them," said Jaden.
"Count me in," said Jesse. "These guys need payback for what they did to Erik. There's just something different about him and they've got to be the cause."
"I'm in as well," said Alexis. "I'm not going to let you two run head first into trouble without some backup."
"I'll help too! Don't know how much help I can be, but I won't that stop me!" exclaimed Syrus, a look of determination on his face.
"Just be careful, you four. These cards have been rumored to rival the Egyptian God Cards in terms of power," said Samejima, worry in his eyes.
"Don't worry, Samejima. We'll be careful, but they can't be that much trouble if I was able to beat one so fast."
"There are others stronger than the Kraken, Jaden," said the Principal.
"Right!"
The four young duelists then left the room, leaving Samejima with Kraken card. He stood up and went over to the bookcase and pulled out a book. This revealed a hidden passage behind the bookcase that led to an electronic safe. Samejima opened the safe and placed the card inside, sealing it away.
"I just hope nothing truly bad happens," said Samejima as he closed the bookcase and walked back to his desk.
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In an unknown location…
"It seems that Erik has lost to Jaden Yuki," said a voice.
"And Jaden took the Ancient Pod Kraken card as well! How could that fool, Erik, lose such a powerful card?" yelled another voice.
"Erik will be dealt with soon. In the meantime, we still have to go through with our plans," a third voice. The voice owner turned to a figure hidden by the darkness. "You know what you must do."
The figure nodded and then vanished.
CHAPTER END
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Next time: An armored duelist comes for Jaden and his friends. Will Jaden and the others win against this mystery duelist or will they fall to his medieval deck?
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First things first, there will be a poll on my profile for who you, the readers, would like to see duel against the next villain. This poll will be up until next Thursday, so vote on that poll!
While doing research on some of Jaden's cards for this, I looked up some of the other characters and found out some interesting things. For instance, Jesse is actually from Scandinavia in the original version. Just goes to show that 4kids is anti-anything not American. Another thing I found out, Jesse is a villain in the manga and so is Jim Crocodile Cook! TT^TT They're two of the best characters in the series though. Luckily, the real villain of the manga is just possessing them, so there is a chance they'll become good guys once freed, which is why Jesse is good in this. Let's just say he was freed from the darkness.
What I don't get though, is that Adrian Gecko is a good guy in the manga…why?
Anyway, as said earlier, the characters will use their manga version decks. So Alexis will use an Ice Deck, Jesse will use an Insect Deck, and so on. Reason? As said, not enough fics based on the manga. There might be some references to the animé, but not often.