Demon of Darkness

by Tensa-Zangetsu102

After our heroes and heroines heal Bastion, another 'Chosen Hanyou' is reveal and more arrivals from the Leaf Village appear on Duel Academy. Xover YYHXYGOXInuyashaXTenchiXBeybladeXNarutoXGundam Wing and now, adding Ranma 1/2 ***Chapter 12 revised!***

1. Joyful to Painful Memories Pt 1

Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade, Inuyasha, Naruto, Tenchi, Yu Yu Hakusho and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

Author's Note: Hi! It's me! Inu-yusukekaiba 102, after so thinking and a few Tenchi episodes, I've decided to make a Yu-Gi-Oh! GX fic like this one here. It's similar to my 'The Demon' and 'Darkness Powers Unleashed' fic. For those, who read my 'Old faces, Tournaments and School Duels' fic, it's not quite done yet. However, some of the situations like Team 7's arrival at Duel Academy will be mentioned in this story.

Chapter 1: Joyful to Painful Memories Pt. 1

Today, we find ourselves in a beautiful sunny Friday morning near the edge of the school, Duel Academy, Seto Kaiba's school of Duel Monsters and number dueling school in the world. We found a young teenage male of 16 years of age with messy black hair with some strands of hair hanging up in the hair with dozen strands of black hair hanging over his forehead, deep brown eyes, and wearing a male Obelisk Blue uniform with blue jeans that has a matching black belt and black sneakers. He was sitting by the edge of the top of the school, staring at the White Dorm, which was pretty far. However, the person, known as Yusuke Urameshi, Age 16 and former spirit detective of the Earth, can see it perfectly.

Yusuke says, in his mind, in an angered tone, "Damn him! Damn the Society of Light! Damn that fucking freak, Sartorius! Damn them!" Yusuke never have felt this much anger, before in his life, even when his fellow peers and his teachers back at Sarayashiki Junior High as well as the villains back when he was a spirit detective didn't angered him this much and filled his heart with pure anger, rage and hatred. Yusuke says, in his mind, angrily, "He needed me since I'm a Chosen Duelist like Kari, Jaden, Kagome, Aster, Tyson, Kai, Sasuke, Naruto and Tenchi! Why the hell did they need to get HER!? She had nothing to do with it!"

Ever since Chazz brainwashed the Obelisk Blue dorms, Yusuke and Jaden were losing friends one after one. First, it was Alexis Rhodes, top student of Obelisk Blue and the girl Jaden loves, even through he is unable or unsure, with his carefree attitude, lost to Chazz and was brainwashed. Next, Sartorius, who was revealed as the evil leader of the Society of Light, had enrolled himself as a student in Duel Academy.

Then, when the students were in Domino for a school trip, Syrus, Keiko, Hilary, Kenny and Hassleberry, were captured by Serena, which unravels a side of Jaden that's never seen, when he was angered by the action of the Society of Light. Yusuke and Tyson had to duel two members of the Light Brigade, Frost and Thunder to get Keiko and Hilary back.

As you already now, if anyone messes, hurts or kidnaps Keiko, you would know that Yusuke Urameshi will be there to 'kick some asses', which Frost and Thunder learned the hard away after they lost. After, Yusuke and Tyson had their duel with Frost and Thunder, Jaden and Aster and he were forced to duel Serena in order to save their lives. After the duel ended and Yusuke's, Tyson's and Jaden's friends were saved, Aster and Jaden learned about the terrible truth about Sartorius.

However, after that duel, things didn't get better for our 'Chosen Duelists', it got worse. Bastion Misawa, top student from Ra Yellow, was also brainwash into the Society of Light after he dueled Chazz. Then, Jordan, Ryuko (A/N: I decided to change the way to spell it for this story, since one of the character from Tenchi, Ryoko, will be in this story.), Tenten, Ino, Sakura soon fell victim to Sartorius's brainwashing powers, not to mention two members of the Bladebreakers, Max and Ray, with Hilary were brainwashed which made Tyson feel what he never had before; pure rage, anger and hatred. The only people he had left were Kai, Kenny and Daichi. Later, Sartorius sends Alexis to lure Jaden, into the Society of Light, willingly, by seducing him. She tried that and when Jaden found out about this, Alexis got another glimpse of the side of Jaden that she never knew and didn't like at all. Then, Sartorius and the Society of Light did a devastating act towards Kagome, Sartorius had Sota captured and brainwashed as well kidnap Kagome's friend from her old school, Hojo.

Then, Kagome is forced to duel against her brainwashed brother, Sota, in a duel that for every life point Kagome loses, Hojo gets a shock to the system. Kagome won, however, it came with a price, Hojo was sent to the medical office of the school, because he received too many electric blots. Kagome's anger had reached its maximum when Sartorius and the Society of Light had pulled Hojo and Sota into this mess.

Tenchi, himself, was forced into a similar duel like Kagome has, except this time after Mihoshi and Kiyone was taken to the SOL to become a member, the Society of Light managed to kidnap Sasumi, Ayeka's younger sister, to lure Tenchi, Ayeka and Ryoko to the SOL's trap. They blackmailed him that if he doesn't duel then Sasumi will be taken to Sartorius to 'see the light'.

Soon after, Syrus was challenged to a duel and he gave up when Sartorius went into Syrus's mind somehow and convinced him to give up…for the reason that Sartorius promised to return Zane Truesdale, who has become the 'dark' Hell Kaiser, back to his 'old self' as well as Hinata fell victim to Sartorius's power. But the worst came for Yusuke, when he's seen Keiko being defeated by Alexis in a duel and joined the ranks of the Society of Light, after hearing that she came to stop the Society of Light and Sartorius and protecting Yusuke and Hikari from them. Overcome by anger, rage and hatred, Yusuke transform into his Ma-zoku form, Naruto had tapped into the Nine-tailed Fox's power and a bit of 'demonic power' mixed with Jurian was unlocked within Jaden's body. Yusuke, Naruto and Jaden, while in demonic and Jurian form, gave Sartorius, the beating of a lifetime. However, Ayeka's servants, Azaka and Kamidaki, came and held them back from killing Sartorius. Soon after, Jasmine, Mindy, and Atticus, the only members of Obelisk Blue, other than, Yusuke, Kai, Hikari, Sasuke, Tenchi, Ryoko and Neji, that weren't brainwashed were 'pulled' into the Society of Light. Jasmine and Mindy through a duel with Alexis and Atticus with a duel against Sartorius in an attempt to get his sister back from the Society of Light. And then, even the temporary chancellor of Duel Academy, Dr. Crowler, was pulled into the Society of Light, but Chancellor Sheppard recently returned and that made sure that no 'serious damage' is done. All their was left was Tyranno Hassleberry, the 'Military Duelist' that had a dino bone inside of his leg, and the power from the spirit of the dinosaurs inside, thankfully, made Hassleberry immune to Sartorius's brainwashing powers, Yusuke, Jaden, Hikari, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Tyranno Hassleberry, along with Tenchi Masaki and his friends, Ryoko Hakubi, Ayeka and Sasumi Masaki Jurai, Washu Hakubi, Rock Lee, Neji Hyuga, Kagome Higurashi, Tyson Granger, Kai Hiwatari as well as the demons and half demons in Prof. Banner's room.

And by this time, the situation on Duel Academy is terrible with everyone from the Obelisk Blue dorms, minus Yusuke, Sasuke, Neji, Tenchi, Ryoko, Hikari and Kai, and Ra Yellow dorms, except for Lee, Jade, Ayeka, Kagome and Hassleberry, in the Society of Light. The only non-brainwashed dorm was the Slifer Red dorm and Yusuke, Jaden and the others, including the demons and half demons, Inuyasha, Jin, Chu, Rinku and Touya can only do so much to protect them and it will be a matter of time until the Society of Light starts to brainwashed Slifer Red students. The good news is other than Dr. Crowler and Kiyone, none of the other teachers and Chancellor Sheppard are in the 'grip' of the Society of Light, but the bad news is that it will be only a matter of time before Sartorius targets them and Chancellor Sheppard, feeling 'bad vibes' from Sartorius, is practically powerless to do anything unless there is evidence of any wrongdoings by Sartorius or the Society of Light.

Yusuke sighs and says, in his mind, "This all started with Jaden's duel with Aster Phoenix, even though we didn't recognize him at all."

Flashback

Jaden Yuki says, with his usual smile, "Hey kid, I don't know, who you are, but let's duel!" Jaden rubs his head, laughs and says, "I mean…wrong catchphrase, what I meant to say is 'Get Your Game On!'!"

Jaden was starting a duel with a young man of sixteen to seventeen years of age with dark grayish-silver hair, dark blue eyes, and wearing a silver business suit, white and dark blue tie across his neck, and dark brown business shoes at the bottom of the cliff, while Yusuke Urameshi, Hikari Urameshi, Kagome Higurashi, Inuyasha, Syrus Truesdale, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Ryuko Lyon, Dorothy, while holding Pharaoh in her arms were at the top watching the duel.

Dorothy says, "Day one and Jaden is already dueling!"

Kagome says, "Figures, he'll do this…"

Ryuko asks, perplexed, "But, who is he?"

Syrus says, nervously, "Beats me! But he definitely looks familiar!"

Yusuke says, "Now that you mention, Sy, he does look familiar!"

Kagome then says, "I know what you mean, guys, he does look familiar!"

Inuyasha asks, in his usual tone, "You guys know him or something!"

Kagome tells Inuyasha, "We don't know, Inuyasha, but I think I know him from somewhere…"

Jaden asks the young man, "So what's you name, freshman?"

The young man replies, with a smile, "You can call me, 'A.P.!"

Suddenly, Yusuke, Hikari, Kagome and Ryuko say, in their minds, "A.P.! That's a familiar initial!"

Jaden says, "Alright, Ap! Let's duel!" Jaden asks, in a determined tone, "Okay, you ready, freshman!?"

A.P. nods his head and says, "Bring it!"

Up at the cliffs, where our heroes and heroines were watching, a familiar feminine voice boomed, "Wow Jaden doesn't waste anytime, does he?"

They turned to see Botan, Alexis and Jordan Rhodes, Keiko Yukimura, Jade Truesdale and Chazz Princeton walking towards them and Chazz says, in his usual 'charming' tone, "Figures that he'll challenge a freshman."

Syrus says, "Actually, it's more like that guy challenged him."

Yusuke says, "Yeah, he showed up in the dorm and was like…" Yusuke says, imitating A.P., "I'm here to throw down with the best duelist in Slifer Red and that's Jaden Yuki!"

Syrus says, "And that's brings us to here!"

Ryuko says, "Now take a look, guys! There's something familiar about that guy Jaden is dueling!"

Kagome says, "Yeah, I can swear I've seen that guy before!"

Starting Score:

A.P.: 4000

Jaden: 4000

A.P. draws his card and Jaden says, with a gleefully smile, "Well, let's see what you got, freshman!"

Keiko gasped and says, "You're right!"

Chazz says, "Yeah, he does like familiar!"

Dorothy says, "Hey Chazz, maybe he graduated from the snobby prep school of yours!"

Jordan tells Chazz, with a sly smile, "Yeah, good call! He does seem rich enough and stuck up enough!"

Chazz snaps, in an annoyed tone, "Look shrimp, he's nothing like me!"

A.P.'s voice boomed out, "Ojama Yellow in defense mode!"

In response, Chazz pulled a classical anime fall as Ojama Yellow (A: 0/D: 1000) appears in defense mode.

Jaden says, slapping his forehead, "Ojama, in defense mode!"

Chazz says, in an annoyed tone, "Told ya we're nothing alike! That's got to be the dumbest move, I've ever seen! I'll never start out with a lame card like that!" Just then, the spirit of Ojama Yellow appears beside Chazz and says, with glee, "You'll save the best card for last, right, boss, right!?"

Chazz tells Ojama Yellow, with annoyance, "Wrong, now beat it, pit stain!"

Ojama Yellow says, not minding the insult that Chazz said, "Love it, when you use my pet name!" Soon after, Ojama Yellow disappears and Alexis glares at him and says, thinking that Chazz was talking to her, "Excuse me!?"

Chazz blushes and says, lovingly, "Oh...uh…nothing!"

Jordan rolls his eyes and says, "Really smooth, Princeton!"

Chazz glares at Jordan and yells out, annoyed, "Shut up!"

Keiko says, "I wonder what else that freshman has in his deck."

Dorothy replies, "Not much, I bet!"

Syrus asks, perplexed, "Wait, how do you know that?"

Dorothy says, "He just dissembled that deck of cards just this morning with random cards in the campus card shop!" Dorothy tells the story about A.P.'s visit to the card shop and Chazz asks, "You're kidding me!"

Jade asked, perplexed, "Who would duel with leftover cards!?"

Alexis replies, plainly, "Uh…that guy!"

Jaden draws his card and says, "Alrighty, here goes! It looks like class is in session!" Jaden places a card onto his disc and says, "And here's your teacher, Elemental Hero Sparkman!" Soon after, Elemental Hero Sparkman (A: 1600/D: 1400) appeared in attack mode. Jaden says, with a sly smile, "Okay, freshman, I think its time for your first Duel Academy lecture!" Sparkman lunges forward at Ojama Yellow. A.P. looked to see Sparkman shooting an electricity blast at his monster, causing a huge explosion and Jaden says, "Something's you got to learn the hard way, right? But trust me, I can teach you better than some lame school lecture."

A.P. rubs the back of his head and says, with a nervous smile, "Wow, I guess it's true, you are good as they say."

Jaden says, with a smile, "Thanks for the props, but when you use cards like Ojama, you don't make them so tough!"

Chazz says, with a sly smile and armed crossed, believing Jaden is actually making sense, "He's right!"

Jaden asks, teasingly, "What did ya do? Take lessons from Chazz or something!?" In response, Chazz pulled another anime fall, which made Yusuke, Syrus and Ryuko giggle a little.

A.P. draws his card and says, in a serious tone, "Let's try this again, shall we?" A.P. looks at his hand and thinks, "Soon, I'll have known all of Jaden's strategies! All I have to do is play weak cards!" A.P. slids a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "I'll toss this facedown and…" Just then, a dramatic music was heard, with disturbed the duel.

Jaden asks, perplexed, "What's the deal?"

A.P. waves his hand in the air and says, "It's cool! Just my cell phone!" He picked up his cell phone and says, "Hello!" Jaden groans in annoyance.

A.P. says, to the phone, "What's up!?"

This was starting to tick Jaden off a lot and Chazz says, clenching his fist and in anger, "Who whips out a phone during a duel? That's obnoxious!"

Syrus says, in agreeable tone, "Yeah! No joke! He's like you, Chazz!"

Kagome says, with a smile, "Yeah, an obnoxious, spoiled rich boy!"

Jaden tells himself, while calming his anger a bit, "Calm down! He's a freshman! You were a crazy kid like him last year, Jaden!" Jaden takes a deep breath and says, lowly, "You know, I didn't think that we get good reception here."

A.P. says, to the phone, "Yeah, I'm dueling him as we speak…" A.P. nods his head and says, with a sly smile, "All right, thanks for the call!" A.P. puts his phone away and Jaden says, with a smile, "All right, put your phone off and your game on!"

A.P. looks at his hand and Jaden asks, curiously, "So, you're gonna play a good card, this time, right?"

A.P. says, sliding a card into the spell/trap slot, "Oh you mean, like this! It's the spell, Reload and here's how it works! First, I put all cards that I have in my deck then I shuffle and redraw the same amount of cards that I placed!"

Jaden asks, perplexed, "Wait, so, you're doing a do-over?"

A.P. says, shuffling his deck, "You said it, yourself that I needed new cards, right?"

Jaden says, nervously, "I knew that! Way to follow my advise, freshman!" Jaden says, to himself, "Boy, being a mentor is hard work!" Jaden asks, "So, tell me, what you have learned from your upperclassmen?"

A.P. says, in a serious tone, "This! I play the Sanctuary in the Sky!" A.P. pulled a card from his hand, as his Field Spell slot opened and he places a card onto it. The slot closes and a column of light erupts around A.P. and when Jaden's vision clears, they're standing on clouds, with a huge ancient temple behind A.P.

Jaden says, perplexed, "So, you…uh…played a card with a few clouds…exactly what I've done. Glad that I could help."

A.P. displays Warrior of Zera (A: 1600/D: 1600) monster card and says, "So, I guess that you were expecting me to play this! Warrior of Zera!" Soon after, Warrior of Zera appears on the field and A.P. says, in a serious tone, "But here's a little twist for ya! I'm sacrificing him to summon Archlord Zerato!" Warrior of Zera vanishes in light as Archlord Zerato (A: 2800/D: 2300) comes to the field in attack mode. A.P. sends a Mystical Shine Ball (A: 500/D: 500) monster card into the graveyard slot and says, with a sly smile, "And here's something else that you might not have expected, I decided to send my Mystical Shin Ball to the graveyard to activate Zerato's special ability. By sending one Light monster from my hand to the graveyard, I can destroy every monster on your side of the field." Light flares from the pillar atop the Sanctuary and blast Sparkman into nothingness. A.P. yells out, seriously, "And now, Archlord Zerato, shrike his life points directly, Scared Surge!" Zerato's wings glow yellow and waves them as a barrel of green feathers shoot down around Jaden, causing him to lose 2800 life points in one shot.

Syrus says, solemnly, "That's gonna leave a mark…like this one time, at Duel Camp, when an Archlord attacked me…"

Chazz snaps out, in annoyance, "Zip it, twerp!"

Current Score:

A.P.: 4000

Jaden: 1200

A.P. says, "And that's all for now! Hey are you okay!?"

Jaden, who was on his knee with his arms covering his head, says, "Okay? Are you kidding me!?"

A.P. says, with a smile, "Uh…no!"

Jaden got on his feet and says, "I've been waitin' all summer for a match like this…" Jaden draws his card and says, excitedly, "And now it's my turn!" Jaden places a card onto the disc and says, "So, I'll summon Elemental Hero Clayman in defense mode!" Soon after, Elemental Hero Clayman (A: 800/D: 2000) appears in defense mode. Jaden slids a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "Then, I'll activate the spell card, Metamorphosis, so I'll sacrifice Clayman to summon Elemental Hero Clayguardian!" Clayman vanishes in light as Elemental Hero Clayguardian (A: 0/D: 2800) appears on the field in attack mode. Jaden calls out, "Patrol Penalty!"

Before, A.P. realized it, a gust of wind hits him as he loses 600 points from his life points and asks, perplexed, "What's that!? Tell me!"

Jaden says, with a sly smile, "I'll be glad to! You see, you just lost six hundred life points, two hundred for each of your cards!" Jaden slids a card into the slot and says, "Then, I'll throw down a facedown and then, I'll call it a turn! Now let me lay it down for ya. Your first problem is that you managed to use up every card in your hand. Exhibit B: Your Archlord has many attack points as my Clayguardian, so your chances of winning are like ninety-five percent!"

A.P. asks, with a hint of annoyance, "Excuse me, o' wise one, but aren't those good odds!?"

Jaden rubs the back of his head and laughs, nervously, saying, "I was just teasing ya!"

Alexis says, with a nervous glee, "Real smooth!"

Keiko says, with annoyance, "In his second year, he's still an idiot."

Chazz mutters, annoyance, "How did this guy make it to this reviewing board!?"

Syrus says, lowly, "So, his math was wrong?"

A.P. says, in a serious tone, "So, all I have to do is play a monster that's stronger than yours! Now, let's see what fate has in-store for me!"

Jaden says, in a serious tone, "It's not about fate. Take me, I've always listen to what my cards have to say!"

A.P. yells out at Jaden, seriously, "You really are nuts! You expect me to listen to my cards!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "Yeah, try using your cell or maybe send a text message…" Soon after, the spirit of Winged Kuriboh appeared beside Jaden's shoulder and Jaden says, "Hey, they might just answer!"

A.P. thinks in his mind, seriously, "This Jaden kid isn't what I expected at all. I mean, he gives useless advises, he couldn't even solve a simple math problem and what's worse is that he could talk to his cards! I guess I should finish this duel and move on with my life."

Elsewhere in the world, we find ourselves in a large white marble room with a male figure standing sitting a white chair in front of a pure white table with only Tarot cards in his hands. The male figure had long flowing dark blue hair that goes down to his buttocks, a stack' of grey hair that goes up from the end of his forehead slightly into the hair and above his scalp, deep violet eyes filled with darkness and evil in them, a pair earrings attached to hi ears with the earrings being three small spheres with white animal fangs attached to the ends of them, he is wearing an adult version of third-year Obelisk Blue uniform with black pants and black boots. The male figure turns over a Tarot card and finds that it was The Chariot, upside down.

The male figure says, "AH…the inverted Chariot, a foreshadowing the end is near."

The male figure draws nine cards of the Tarot cards, placing them on the table and finds that they are The Fool, The Temperance, High Priestess, The Magician, Justice, The Empress, Judgment, World and The Moon tarot cards.

The male figure says, with an interested tone, "Interesting. There seems to be possibly three more duelists that could be other 'Chosen Ones'. The Moon, a being of purity, kindness, and light even in the deepest shadows. The World, a being that combining forces and joining together working in unison. Judgment, a being that takes a stand. I wonder: Who can these represent?" Just then the male figure hears a cell phone ring, he gets a cell phone out of his pocket, 'activates' it, and says into the speaker, "Yes?"

A male voice calls out from the other end, "Master Sartorius, we have found three people that you should see. The data has already been sent to you."

The male figure, Sartorius, replies, plainly, "Thank you." Sartorius hangs up the phone, snaps his fingers, a large view screen comes from the ceiling and stop in front of Sartorius, and the screen activates, revealing data from the Duel Academy Entrance Exams for this year with pictures of three teenage boys. One was a sixteen year old boy with blue hair with a red and blue baseball cap, with brown eyes with determination. Another one was a seventeen year old boy with light blue hair and blazing crimson eyes, with gruff and emotionless facial expression, similar to Sasuke Uchiha's and Hiei's. The last one was seventeen year old boy with black short hair with brown eyes, with a cheerful expression on his face.

After Sartorius reads the information, his eyes widen in slight surprise and wonderment. Soon after, the view screen displays the duel between the three boys and the examiners, for the field test and Sartorius's eyes widen even more. Sartorius says, "Yes, I can feel it! These boys are The Moon, The World and Judgment cards. A great power flows through them. They might also be 'Chosen Duelists' like The Fool, which I believe to be Jaden Yuki. The Temperance, Yusuke Urameshi. The High Priestess, Kagome Higurashi. The Magician, Sasuke Uchiha. Justice, Naruto Uzumaki and finally, The Empress, Yusuke Urameshi's elder sister, Hikari Urameshi." Sartorius then begins to glow a white light and says, evilly, "I need them. These boys must be tested to find if they are 'Chosen Duelists' and if indeed they are…they must be made to see the light!" Sartorius gives out an evil laugh that would scare any regular boy or girl right out of their pants.

(Back at Academy Island: Where Jaden and A.P. are dueling)

Current Score:

A.P.: 3400

Jaden: 1200

Jaden calls out, "Remember, freshman, listen to your cards!"

A.P. draws his card, while muttering 'whatever' and looks at his hand. Jaden says, "Bad card, huh? Maybe you should work on that poker face a bit."

A.P. says, with a sly smile, "Perhaps, or maybe I want you to think that I've drawn a bad card. Or could it be that I don't want to win?"

Jaden says, "And you can me 'nuts'."

A.P. asks Jaden, "When you accepted my challenge, did you ever stop to ask yourself, what do I want? Why did I come here? And of the other duelists out here, why did I challenge you? Well, the truth is I heard that you're one of the best, so I came here to test ya!"

Jaden says, "Come on, you can't be serious! Hello, this is Duel Academy, bro! They give us tests everyday, but they're not as sweet as this!"

A.P. says, with a sly smile, "Of course, they're not, but this isn't about grades, it's about destiny!"

Jaden says, perplexed, "Uh…what?"

A.P. presses a button on his disc and says, "Maybe, my Beckoning of Light could clear things up! Here's the deal, once I've toss out my hand, a Light attribute monster returns to my hand!" A.P. sends his only card to the graveyard and gets out Mystical Shining Ball (A: 500/D: 500) to his hand. A.P. calls out, "Then, I'll use Zerato's effect again and you know what that means!" A.P. sends the monster card back to the grave and says, "Your Clayguardian is a goner! Seeya!" Soon after, light flares from the pillar atop the Sanctuary, again, and blasts Clayguardian into nothingness, living Jaden defenseless.

Jaden says, amazed, "Hey, not bad!"

A.P. says, in a serious tone, "You think that's impressive, watch this! Archlord, attack him directly! Sacred Surge!" Zerato's wings glow yellow and waves them as a barrel of green feathers shoot down towards Jaden.

Jaden presses a button and calls out, "Your Archlord has to chill for a sec, because I activate Flute of Summoning Kuriboh, which you could tell…summons a Kuriboh!" Soon after, Winged Kuriboh (A: 300/D: 200) appears in defense mode and was destroyed. Jaden says, "Thanks for taking the hit pal." Jaden asks A.P., "So, tell me, what this talk about 'destiny' is?"

A.P. replies, as his monster comes down, "It's simple, everything that happens to us, is planned out, from the moment we were born. Losers are born to be losers and legends are born to be legends."

Jaden points at himself and says, perplexed, "Legend? Who me?" Jaden places his hand at the back of his head and calls out, "Oh come on, hero, perhaps or teen idle!" Jaden laughs nervously.

Keiko says, in annoyance, "Somebody, please stop him!"

Syrus says, with a nervous glee, "Glad to see that he's having fun!"

Chazz says, with annoyance, "Glad someone is!?"

Naruto says, plainly, "You know this 'destiny' thing is similar to that junk that Neji Hyuga told me about at the Chinin Exams."

Jaden laughs out, "I'm a superstar, who knew! I guess I did!" Jaden draws his card and says, "It's the 'legend's' turn so stand back!" Jaden looks at his card, which was Elemental Hero Bubbleman (A: 800/D: 1200) and calls out, "Sweet! I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode!" Soon after, Elemental Hero Bubbleman appears on the field, in attack mode. Jaden calls out, "If my field's empty, which happens to be now! I can draw two cards!" Jaden draws two cards from his deck and places them his hand. Jaden slids a card onto the spell/trap slot and says, "I'll throw down a facedown!" Jaden slids another card onto the spell/trap slot and says, "Then, I'll activate the Warrior Returning Alive! Which returns a warrior…you know…alive." Soon after, the Elemental Hero Sparkman (A: 1600/D: 1400) monster card is taken from the graveyard and placed in Jaden's hand. Jaden says, sliding another card into the spell/trap slot, "And then, I'll play Polymerization! How about that!" A.P. remains silent and smiles and Jaden says, "Oh the legend rendered you speechless, huh? Well this will get a reaction from ya! I'll fuse together Elemental Heroes Avian, Bubbleman and Sparkman to form Elemental Hero Tempest!" Soon after, Elemental Heroes Avian (A: 1000/D: 1000) and Sparkman (A: 1600/D: 1400) appears on the field and they, including Bubbleman go into a fusion vortex. Soon after, Elemental Hero Tempest (A: 2800/D: 2800) appears on the field. Jaden calls out, "Ready, attack!" Elemental Hero Tempest jumps to the sky and Jaden calls out, again, "Put him away with Glider Strike!" Tempest powers up his blast and fires at Zerato.

Syrus exclaims, horrified, "He'll lose!"

Alexis says, "Uh…no! He won't!"

Yusuke asks, perplexed, "Didn't you know this by now?"

Chazz says, irritated, "No wonder, you haven't been promoted."

Jaden says, "I'm sure you know, when I send one of my field cards to the grave, my Tempest can't be destroyed!" Jaden's facedown card had disappeared and sent to the graveyard, which insured Tempest's safety as it destroyed Zerato, causing an explosion. Jaden slids a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "Then, I'll play this, De-Fusion! It splits my Tempest to Avian, Bubbleman and Sparkman!" Soon after, Tempest glows and splits back to Avian, Bubbleman and Sparkman. A.P. looks up and Jaden calls out, "Bubbleman, you're up first, Bubble Blaster!" Bubbleman shoots a barrage of bubbles at A.P., hitting their mark and costing him 800 life points. Jaden calls out, "Avian, Quell Cascade!" Avian shoots a barrage of feathers at A.P., causing his life points to decrease by 1000 points. Jaden calls out, "Now, Sparkman, finish this up with Static Shockwave!" Sparkman shoots an electricity blast at A.P. and hitting its mark, costing A.P. 1600 life points, ending the duel immediately.

Final Score:

A.P.: 0000

Jaden: 1200

Soon after, the final images disappear and A.P. falls onto his knees. Jaden calls out, in his usual tone, "That's game!" Jaden tells A.P., "Sorry, if my triple threat rocked you that hard."

A.P. smiles as he gets up and says, "Nah! I'm fine, good game!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "Right on! You had pretty sweet moves!" Jaden thrust his fingers to A.P. in his usual winning pose and says, "Not too shabby for a freshman!"

A.P. says, "Gee…thanks!"

Jaden says, in a serious tone, "You just kept practicin', kid! Then, you'll be a legend…like me!" Jaden laughs a bit and says, in a serious tone, "First, you gotta stop being overconfident…I mean…I'm great but you don't see me bragging…"

Dorothy says, with a gleeful smile, "What a duel!? Uh guys! And that new mystery duelist is quite the looker!"

Yusuke mutters to himself, "Yeah…right."

Dorothy asks, curiously, "Did anyone get his name?"

Syrus replies, perplexed, "Uh…A.P.!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "I guess that I'll see ya around Ap!"

Elsewhere near the Slifer Red dorm, three teenaged boys were wondering around with the first boy was sixteen years old and had blue hair to the mid-back, with brown eyes burning with determination. This boy was wearing a Slifer Red jacket, unbuttoned, like Jaden's style, with a yellow shirt and blue jeans. This boy also wore a red and blue baseball cap, while carrying a red dufflebag.

The second boy was sixteen years old and had blonde hair, with innocent dark blue eyes. This boy was wearing a Slifer Red jacket, with a green shirt underneath, with jeans. He was holding a light blue briefcase.

Finally, the last boy was sixteen, short and the same size as Syrus, with brown hair, covering his eyes, which had weird style of glasses. He also wore a Slifer jacket and blue shorts, while carrying a grey backpack.

The first boy exclaims, horrified, "This is OUR dorm! This totally stinks!"

The short boy says, "Yeah, it's more like an outhouse with deck!"

The blonde boy says, "Come on, you guys, let's make the best of it. At least, we actually made it to this school."

The brown haired boy says, "I suppose, you're right, Max."

Jaden's voice boomed, "So, how did you guys like my first duel of the year? It was pretty sweet, huh?"

The boys looked to see our heroes and heroines seeing Jaden walking with his friends and Syrus says, "You rocked out there!"

Yusuke says, with a smile and nods, "Totally!"

Chazz says, in his usual tone, "Anyone, who thinks you're a legend isn't that sharpest tact in the box!"

Alexis says, "Maybe…but he was cute."

Jaden says, with a bit of jealously and nervousness, "Uh…didn't notice…"

Yusuke, Hikari, Kagome and Ryuko gasped in shock and Syrus calls out, "Wait…!" Syrus's friends like at him and he says, "He said that his name was 'A.P.'!"

Yusuke says, in a serious tone, "And if I'm not mistaken…"

Syrus grabs a magazine and looks at it and says, "I knew it…he's Aster Phoenix!"

Yusuke, Hikari, Kagome, Keiko, Jade, Alexis, Jordan and Ryuko yells out, in unison, stunned, "Aster Phoenix!"

Jaden says, perplexed, "Uh…okay, he has a strange name…" Suddenly, Jaden feels a so familiar blow to the head, from Keiko's duel disc and she says, in an annoyed tone, "Baka! Don't you know anything!?"

Alexis tells Jaden, seriously, "Jaden, think! Aster Phoenix is the number duelist in the pro-league…"

Kagome finishes, "As in he's a pro…"

Chazz yells out, stunned, "You're kidding me…uh...I mean…you didn't know that!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "It looks like the pro took a school from the student."

Hikari sighs and mutters, "Should we tell him…"

Dorothy tells Jaden, "Jaden, that wasn't actually his real deck. Those were cards that he just stacked together."

Jaden suddenly felt sick to his stomach and says, lowly, "You mean…that I just dueled a guy…WHO WAS JUST USING LEFTOVER CARDS!"

Syrus says, "Cheer up!"

Alexis says, "At least you won…"

Chazz says, in a sarcastic tone, "That's right, you legend, you…"

Just then a gasp from a young man rings out and a familiar male voice rings out, "Whoa! No way! Jaden Yuki, is that you?!" Everyone looks to the source to see the three teenaged boys, who were wondering the Slifer dorm.

Yusuke asks Jaden, "Hey Jay, anyone you know…"

Jaden exclaims, amazed, to the blue haired teenaged boy, "Tyson?! Tyson Granger?!"

Just then, our heroes and heroines gasped in shock and Syrus exclaims, amazed, "Tyson Granger!"

Chazz says, in shock, "No way! The Beyblading World Champ!"

Yusuke says, amazed, "I never thought that the Bladebreakers best blader is here!"

Kagome says, in shock, "Yeah…and Jaden knows him!"

The blonde haired boy asks the blue haired boy, known as Tyson, perplexed, "Hey, Tyson, you know this guy?"

Tyson tells the blonde boy, "I sure do, Max, you see, Jaden and I were best friends when we were young."

Jaden says, with a smile, "Yeah, no joke! You see, guys, Tyson is good in two things. One was playing duel monsters and the other is beyblading."

Syrus asks Jaden, perplexed, "If he's anyone good in dueling, Jay, how come he's a Slifer."

The brown haired boy says, drolly, "Because Tyson barely pasted his written exam."

Tyson snaps at the small boy, "Kenny!"

Jaden asks Tyson, "So, Tyson, are these guys part of your beyblading team?"

Tyson replies, "Yep! The blonde haired guy is Max Tate, the defensive blader on our team and the small guy, Kenny or Chief, is our beyblade technician."

Jaden says, with smile, "And these are my friends…" Jaden then says, pointing to Yusuke, "This is one of my best friends, Yusuke Urameshi."

Just then, Tyson and Kenny give a freaked out look and Kenny yells out, fearfully, "You mean THE Yusuke Urameshi, the infamous Great Urameshi, the top street punk from Sarayashiki Junior High?!"

Chazz tells Yusuke, with a sly tone, "Gee, slacker, you really had a very famous rep. as a street punk!"

Yusuke says, drolly, "I'm trying so hard to lose that rep."

Tyson says, a bit fearfully, "I've heard that Great Urameshi give his life to save a kid from being road kill, but ended up living."

Max points at Yusuke and says, "But isn't the Great Urameshi can't duel to save his life and this guy is an Obelisk Blue."

Yusuke says, a bit annoyed, "You can image how much practice I've gotten during the months."

Kenny points at Sasuke and asks, curiosity, "Hey, aren't you Sasuke Uchiha!"

Tyson asks, curiously, "Who?"

Kenny yells at Tyson, in annoyance, "You mean you don't know!? Sasuke Uchiha is the survivor of the massacre the entire Uchiha clan in the Shinobi village Hidden in the Leaves!"

Max says, seriously, "Word has it that one of their own was responisible for the massacre!"

Jaden says, "Now moving on…" Jaden then says, pointing to Syrus and Jade, "This is another of my best friends, Syrus and Jade Truesdale…"

Max says, disbelief, "No way!" Max points at Syrus and Jade then asks, "You mean that you two are related to Zane Truesdale the pro-duelist!"

Syrus says, a bit proudly, "That's right! He's my big brother."

Jade says, "And my cousin."

Jaden says, "That's right and he's was our top student from last year…" Jaden then points at Hikari and says, "This is Hikari Urameshi, Yusuke's older twin sister…"

The three members from the Bladebreakers says, in unison, "Older twin?"

Hikari holds up two fingers and says, with a sly smile, "Born first by two seconds and make sure that Yusuke never forgets it!"

Yusuke says, a bit annoyed, "And that's a lot."

Jaden says, "That's right…" Jaden then points to the rest of his friends, "These are my friends, Alexis and Jordan Rhodes, Keiko Yukimura, Yusuke's girlfriend, Ryuko Lyon, Naruto Uzumaki, Chazz Princeton, Inuyasha, Dorothy and Kagome Higurashi…"

Tyson and Kenny got disgusted looks and Kenny asks, winching back slightly, "Kagome Higurashi? You mean the girl that they call the 'Sick Girl'?"

Tyson says, fearfully, "The one that has gotten every sickness known to man!"

Kagome was trying so hard not to lose her temper and Inuyasha whispers to her, "Does that grandfather of yours have a better excuse that?"

Alexis tells Kagome, "Seriously, I mean…malaria, stroke and rabies…your grandfather can really take his stories a bit too far, Kagome."

Kagome says, trying not to lose her temper, "I keep asking him that question, ever since I discovered the well at my shrine…" Kagome thinks in her mind, angrily, "Grandpa, thanks to you, now a few members from the Bladebreakers know me as the 'Sick Girl'! Can't you come up with something else?"

Return to the Present

Back in the present, we find our heartbroken former spirit detective and descendant to the Ma-zoku clan, looking in the sky and thinks, "And that's how my second year in Duel Academy started. Daichi was overly excited to see Tyson, Kenny and Max again and eventually, we found out that like Jaden, Chazz, Keiko, Hikari, Sasuke, Naruto, Kagome and I, Tyson and Max can see and have their own duel spirits. Tyson's duel spirits were a Red-Eyes Black Chick and a Baby Dragon, while Max's duel spirit was an Island Turtle. Then, we had to watch Chazz's duel with a snot nose freshman, who was a lot like Chazz, met up with friends of Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura and Hinata and the rest of the Bladebreakers, Ray Kon and Kai Hiwatari, as well as Hilary Tachibana, a friend of the Bladebreakers and Tyson's crush."

Past

In the arena, we find a short, stocky, bald guy, wearing a green jacket, in the middle of the platform, while Chazz Princeton and a short boy, with spiky brown hair and wearing an Obelisk uniform.

The brown haired boy says, with an annoying voice, "Look, who it is? The guy, who got booted from the Blues! You're goin' down."

Chazz tells the brown haired freshman, with a sly smile, "Look, kid, you're an obnoxious little punk and I can respect that, but no snot nose freshman can stand up to The Chazz!"

Meanwhile, in the hallways, Yusuke and Hikari Urameshi, Inuyasha (in his human form), Hiei, Jaden Yuki, Keiko Yukimura, Ryuko Lyon, Alexis and Jordan Rhodes, Syrus and Jade Truesdale, Tyson Granger, Kenny, Daichi Sumeragi, Kagome Higurashi, Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki and Max Tate were running in the hallways.

Jaden tells his friends, "Come on, guys, we gotta hurry if we're going to see the first duel of the year!"

Syrus asks Jaden, "How come you're not going this fast, when you're late for your classes."

Keiko replies, "Because he saves his energy for sprinting out of class!"

Alexis asks Hiei, "Hey Hiei, why are you coming with us? I thought you didn't want anything to do with Duel Monsters."

Hiei says, in a plain tone, "Believe me, onna, I wouldn't have came if it's one of those pointless duels, in case it's a Shadow Game. The only reason why I'd even come along with you humans was because I sensed some unfamiliar energies from the arena."

Yusuke says, in a serious tone, "Now that you mention it, Hiei! I feel them, too!"

Tyson asks, perplexed, "Uh…what are you guys talking about?"

Yusuke blurts out, nervously, not wanting to tell them about their secrets, "It's nothing!"

In the arena, we find the short bald guy on top of the platform, with a microphone in his hands and says, in his French accent, "Bonjouer, I'm sure all by now, you know, mioa…"

Just then, our heroes and heroines approached the arena and Syrus asks, perplexed, "Who's the short, stocky, bald guy?"

The small man says, in a French accent, "For those who don't…I'm your Vice-Chancellor Jeans Louis Bonaparte." The small man, known as Vice-Chancellor Bonaparte, tosses the mic and points at Chazz and says, "But enough about me…this is about, former Obelisk Blue student, Chazz Princeton. If he wins, he goes back to the Blue dorm! Trust me! This is a duel that you don't want to miss."

Yusuke, Jaden and their friends were walking along the back of the platform and Jaden asks, "Did you guys hear that? If Chazz wins this duel, he gets a free shot as an Obelisk Blue."

Keiko says, winching, "Chazz? An Obelisk again?" Keiko let's out an annoyed grunt, remembering Chazz's days as an Obelisk, a year ago and mutters, "I'm going to be sick."

Syrus says, "No joke! If you ask me, it should have been Jaden…"

Tyson says, carefree, "Yeah, what boob will pick Chazz!?"

Just then, a familiar male voice boomed, "This boob!"

Everyone turned to see the temporary chancellor, Dr. Crowler, standing behind them and Syrus exclaims, horrified, "Dr. Crowler?"

Dr. Crowler says, in his usual tone, "It's 'Chancellor Crowler' now and there's a reason why I pick quite a brilliant one, in fact."

Alexis says, drolly, "Somehow, I doubt it…"

Kagome nods her head and says, drolly, "You said it…"

Crowler asks, in an irritated tone, "What was that!? Do you slackers know, who enrolled here in our freshman class? Duelist pro-league, Aster Phoenix!"

Tyson gasped in shock and exclaims, "Aster Phoenix!?"

Max says, stunned, "He enrolled in this school!"

Jaden asks, perplexed, "So, where is he?"

Dr. Crowler says, while having a white handkerchief in his mouth and pulling it in his teeth, in a distress tone, "That's just it! For some reason, he didn't show up!" Crowler told them the story and then Chazz's duel, with a proud smile on his face.

Alexis says, with an annoyed tone, "That's got be the most selfish, egotistic thing, I've ever heard!"

Keiko says, with an annoyed tone, "No joke!"

Crowler says, ignoring the comments, "Thank you!"

Just then, our heroes and heroines gave a sweat drop and Yusuke says, drolly, "I don't think he cares."

Just then, a familiar feminine voice boomed, "Hey Sasuke, Naruto!"

Just then, everyone turned to see Sakura Haruno and Hinata Hyuga running towards them and Sakura says, with a smile, "You guys will not believe, who just showed up!"

Naruto asks, perplexed, "Who did?"

Just then, a male voice boomed, "Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun! It's nice to see you two again!"

Sasuke and Naruto twitched in annoyance, recognizing the voice and Sasuke says, winching, "Please tell me…that…not…"

Our heroes and heroines turned to see four of the Konoha 11, Neji Hyuga, Tenten, Ino Yamanaka and Rock Lee coming out to face our heroes and heroines.

Neji was wearing a male Obelisk Blue uniform, while Lee was wearing a male Ra Yellow uniform and Tenten and Ino were wearing a female Ra Yellow uniform.

Naruto yells out, in shock, "Bushy brow!? What are all of you doing here!?"

Ino replies, with a sly smile, "We figured that we should give the entrance exams to Duel Academy a shot."

Neji points at Tyson, Max and Daichi and asks, "Hey aren't you three members of G Revelation?"

Tyson says, with a proud smile, "The ones and only, pal!"

Tenten says, stunned, "G Revelation, formerly known as the Bladebreakers! I thought you guys were into only beyblading!"

Max says, with a smile, "Not only we're into beyblading, we're love dueling as much as blading!"

Neji points at Yusuke and asks, "Aren't you Yusuke Urameshi, the infamous street punk from Sarayashiki Junior High!"

Lee, Ino and Tenten gasp in shock and Tenten yells out, fearfully, "THE Yusuke Urameshi!"

Ino says, stunned, "The one that if you get him angry, he'll whistle ten thousand more thugs with weapons to kill you!"

Yusuke slaps his forehead and yells out, annoyance, "Does everyone know that rep!?"

Just then, a familiar feminine voice boomed, "Hey, Tyson, Max, Kenny!"

Everyone turned to see three teenagers walking towards them. One was a seventeen year old boy with two tune blue hair and blazing piercing crimson eyes. He was wearing a male Obelisk Blue uniform with blue baggy pants. Another one was a seventeen year old boy with golden cats' eyes, fangs and black hair, tied to a ponytail. This boy wore a red headband with a yin and yang sign, a Ra Yellow jacket with black pants. Finally, the last one was a sixteen year old girl with short brown hair and crimson eyes, wearing a female Ra Yellow uniform.

Syrus exclaims, stunned, "No way! Two more members of the Bladebreakers are here in front of us, guys!"

The boy with the golden cats' eyes says, with a smile, "We've look all over for you guys!"

The brunette girl looks at Daichi and asks, perplexed, "Hey, Daichi, what are you doing here!?"

Daichi says, in his usual tone, "None of your business, grandma!"

The brunette growls in anger and yells out, "WHAT!"

Tyson says, with a nervous smile, "Sorry, guys, hey I want to introduce a few friends of mine." Tyson points at Jaden and says, "This is a childhood friend of mine, Jaden Yuki…"

The brunette girl and the boy with the golden cats' eyes gasped in shock, with the two tuned haired boy's eyes widened in shock. The brunette girl says, stunned, "No way! You're Jaden Yuki! The 'Miracle Duelist' with an Elemental Hero deck and one of the best duelists in this school!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "The one and only!"

The boy with the golden cats' eyes says, "Not only that, Hilary, I've heard that Jaden Yuki, even though was a first-year Slifer Red has beaten most of the Obelisk students and even Chancellor Crowler and the only person that rivals Jaden Yuki, is the infamous street punk from Sarayashiki Junior High, Yusuke Urameshi a.k.a. the Great Urameshi!"

The brunette girl, known as Hilary, gasped in shock and fear and Hilary exclaims, "You're kidding me! I didn't know that THE Yusuke Urameshi was here, Ray!"

The boy with golden cats' eyes, known as Ray, says, "It's true!"

Yusuke says, with a bit of annoyance, "You do realize that I'm here and I have you know that I've beaten Obelisks in duels, when I was a Slifer and Ra, last year! Plus, I've dueled with Jaden's help against Zane Truesdale and tied with him."

The two tuned boy says, stunned, "You tied with Zane Truesdale, with Jaden Yuki's help?"

Jaden says, with a smile, "That's right! Out of the many duelists around here, Yusuke is the only one that I'll have trouble to beat. Plus, we never had a winner decided."

Keiko says, with a cheesy smile, "Plus, deep down Yusuke isn't that bad and I should know."

Yusuke mutters to himself and hoping that his girlfriend wouldn't hear him, "Yeah, your right hook says it all."

Tyson says, "Now moving on…" Tyson then points at Hikari and Keiko and says, "The Ra Yellow girl is Keiko Yukimura, one of the top duelists in Ra Yellow and Yusuke's girlfriend and Obelisk Blue girl is Hikari Urameshi, Yusuke's older twin sister and one of the top duelists in Obelisk Blue, but friends and family call her 'Kari' for short."

Hilary says, "Older twin?"

Hikari holds up two fingers and says, with a sly smile, "Born two minutes and makes sure that Yusuke never forgets it." Yusuke gives a dark glare at his sister for that comment.

Tyson says, pointing at the others, "Then, the small guy here is Syrus Truesdale, a good friend of Yusuke and Jaden's and the younger brother of Zane Truesdale, a pro-duelist and former top student of Duel Academy and his cousin Jade Truesdale, another top duelist in Ra Yellow. Ryuko Lyon, a duelist who, recently, went to Ra Yellow. Alexis Rhodes, another top duelist in Obelisk Blue and her cousin, Jordan Rhodes, a second year from Slifer Red. Sasuke Uchiha, another top duelist in Obelisk Blue."

Kai, Ray and Hilary gasp in shock and Ray says, stunned, "The Sasuke Uchiha!" Hilary looks at Sasuke and says, "The survivor of the massacre of the entire Uchiha clan!"

Tyson says, "That's right…any who, moving on! The pink haired girl is Sakura Haruno, another top duelist in Ra Yellow. Hinata Hyuga, a second year from Slifer Red, along with Naruto Uzumaki. Finally, the last Ra Yellow girl is another top duelist and one of the best in her dorm, Kagome Higurashi."

Ray and Hilary got disgusted looks and Ray asks, winching back slightly, "Kagome Higurashi? You mean the girl that they call the 'Sick Girl'?"

Hilary says, fearfully, "The one that has gotten every sickness known to man!"

Kagome was counting in her head to bring down her anger and thinks in her mind, "Grandpa! Seriously! Come on, people! Do I look sick to you!?"

Tyson says, "Now guys, here's my friends and I'm sure you know. The girl with the brown hair is Hilary Tachibana, she can really bossy, loud, annoying…" All the words were making Hilary, turn red with anger as she glared at Tyson and Tyson says, "But despite that, she can be thoughtful and caring." Those words were making Hilary blush red. Tyson says, "The guy with the red headband is Ray Kon, now he's an okay guy, a great beyblader and duelist. Finally, the guy with the two tune hair is Kai Hiwatari, he's a great beyblader and duelist. Kai was our team captain of the Bladebreakers."

The two tune boy, Kai, huffs as he walks away from our heroes and heroines and Jaden asks Tyson, "What's his problem, Tyson?"

Tyson tells Jaden, a bit nervously, "Don't worry about him, Jay. Kai's always like that with everyone, including us, his own team. He's also not the socialable type."

Yusuke says, drolly, "Then, he, Sasuke and Hiei have something in common."

Just then, Bonaparte's voice boomed, "All right, class! Give it up for our top freshman student!" Everyone turned their eyes at Bonaparte as he pointed at the short boy that Chazz will be dueling. Bonaparte says, "He's our top freshman, Reginald Van Howell the third!"

Jaden says, in a serious tone, "This Reginald kid must be pretty good if he's able to get into Obelisk Blue."

Syrus says, in a serious tone, "Yeah, no joke!"

Ryuko says, in a serious tone, "He's like Chazz…well before he became a has-been."

Kenny squeals in shock and yells out, "Oh no!" Kenny gets out from his backpack a laptop and he opens it. Kenny says, "Guys, meet Dizzi!"

Just then, a feminine voice from the laptop boomed, "Don't worry, Kenny! I've got the duel recorded!" Just then, our heroes and heroines, except for the Bladebreakers, Hilary, Daichi and Kenny, gasps in shock and Syrus yells out, stunned, "Whoa! Is it me or did that laptop just talked!?"

Ryuko yells out, stunned, "It isn't you, Sy! I heard it too!"

Jaden asks, perplexed, "How did you manage to do that, Kenny?"

Kenny replies, in his logical tone, "There's a reason for that! Dizzi, short for Dizzialia, is a bit beast that was trapped in my laptop when I was plugging it in y room. Dizzi has data on other beybladers as well as duelists in the world, including the Pro duelists like Zane Truesdale."

Syrus says, in an amazed tone, "Data on my brother?"

Dizzi says, in a sarcastic tone, "Hey Kenny, you forgot to put down the most beautiful!"

Bonaparte announces, through the microphone, "All right, you know the drill: no direct attacks below the belt, but trash talk is allowed."

The short boy, known as Reginald, points at Chazz and yells out, "Then, allow me to kick up the insults! You a lousy, stuck-up snob and no here likes you!"

Chazz says, in his usual tone, "I'm waiting for the insult!"

Reginald says, perplexed, "Huh?"

Chazz tells Reginald, in a serious tone, "Maybe, you haven't picked up on this, Little Reggie, but I do things my way and I didn't come here for any popularity contest!"

Jaden says, drolly, "Tell us something that we don't know."

Syrus says, in a serious tone, "Yeah, Chazz! How do you take all those nudges as a sign of friendship?"

Chazz says, in his usual tone and ignoring Syrus, "All right! Let's get on with it! Talk is cheap and unlike you! I don't do cheap!"

"Game on!" Reginald and Chazz yell in unison

Starting Score:

Reginald: 4000

Chazz: 4000

Return to the Present

Back in the present, we find our former spirit detective thinking about the about the events before and thinks in his mind, "Then, Chazz won that duel and then it was my turn to duel. It turned out to be a friend of one of Jaden's childhood friends. Then, the unfamiliar energies from the arena."

Past

After the chants of 'Chazz it up!', Chancellor Crowler announces, through the microphone, "All right, students! We'll commence the second duel of the year. For the second duel will be a student new to Obelisk Blue, Yusuke Urameshi!"

Yusuke exclaims, stunned, "What! I'm dueling!"

Crowler says, "That's right! This is a promotion duel of the freshman that you'll be dueling."

Keiko takes out a duel disc and gives it to Yusuke and tells him, "Go on, Yusuke! If you lose, I'll kick your butt!"

Hikari tells Yusuke, in a serious tone, "No joke, bro! Don't you dare lose to any freshman!"

Yusuke nods his head and says, "Not a chance!" Yusuke inserts the duel disc to his arm and his deck to it. He walks towards the platform as a girl in her late teens, with long, semi-spiky cyan hair to the back and piercing golden eyes. She wore a female Ra Yellow uniform, with a duel disc attached to her left wrist.

Syrus asks, worriedly, "I hope Yusuke wins this duel."

Jaden says, with a smile, "Are you kidding me, Sy?"

Chazz says, in his usual tone, "Yusuke wouldn't want to lose to any lousy freshman!"

Kagome says, in a serious tone, "I hope that he doesn't go hard on the poor kid."

Just then a gasp from a young man rings out and a familiar male voice rings out, "No way! Jaden Yuki! Tyson Granger! Is it you guys!?" Everyone looks to the source to see a young man of 17 years old with well combed black hair, with a small ponytail, deep brown eyes and wearing a male Obelisk Blue uniform with black pants that has a matching black belt and black sneakers.

With this young man is a girl, in her late teens, with purple well combed hair, which she wore some kind of crown on her forehead, and pink eyes. This girl wore a Ra Yellow uniform.

Next to the purple haired young woman was a girl, with long reddish, pink, semi-spiky hair with piercing green eyes. She was as tall as Hiei and wore a female Obelisk Blue uniform, similar to a teacher's uniform.

Syrus asks Jaden, "Hey Jaden, do you know these guys?"

Tyson says, amazed to the young man, "No way! I can't believe it!"

Jaden says, with amazement to the young man, "Tenchi Masaki!"

Chazz asks, "Hey, slacker, you know this guy!?"

Jaden tells Chazz, "I sure do, Chazz! You see, Tenchi is a childhood friend of Tyson and mine."

Tyson says, with an amusing smile, "I remember some of the things that we used to do when we were young!"

The young man known as, Tenchi, says, with a sly smile, "Yeah, including the pranks that you two did when I was taking a nap."

Tyson says, with a sly smile, "But that was your fault for sleeping, Tenchi!"

Alexis notices one of the girls with the pink hair and says, "Wait a sec…aren't you our newest teacher, Miss Washu Hakubi!?"

Chazz yells out, in disbelief, "You kidding me!" Chazz points at the young female, known as Washu, and says, stunned, "This little squirt is our new teacher!"

Washu says, in her logic tone, "That's right! But, I'd appreciated of you guys call me 'Little Washu'!"

All our heroes and heroines sweatdropped at this and Tenchi says, frantically, "Don't let it bother you guys, she's always like that!"

Just then, the purple haired female asks Tenchi, "Excuse, Lord Tenchi, would care to introduce me to your friends?"

Tyson says, perplexed, "Lord?"

Tenchi blurs out, frantically, "Don't worry about that, guys! This is one of my friends, Ayeka Jurai!" Tenchi points at Tyson and Jaden and says, "This is my friends when I was a kid, the one in the Slifer jacket and brown hair is Jaden Yuki. Jaden loves dueling more than anything, hates homework and always getting into mischief! The one with the Slifer jacket and red and blue baseball cap is Tyson Granger. Tyson loves beyblading and dueling as much as Jaden, like Jaden, Tyson hates homework and is the current World Champion Beyblader." Tenchi looks at Sasuke and asks, curiously, "Hey wait! Aren't you Sasuke Uchiha?"

Ayeka asks Tenchi, curiously, "Who?"

Tenchi says, seriously, "Sasuke Uchiha is the survivor of the massarce of the entire Uchiha clan and word has it that Sasuke's elder brother, Itachi Uchiha, was responisible for the mass bloodshed."

Jaden replies, plainly, "That's right. These are my friends. The Obelisk girl, who was talking to 'Little Washu' is Alexis Rhodes. She's considered one of the best duelists in her dorm and considered to be a good person at heart. Her cousin Jordan Rhodes is in Slifer Red and plays with a machine deck. Syrus and Jade Truesdale, brother and cousin of Zane Truesdale, the famous Pro League profession and former top duelist in this school. Syrus plays using a 'Vehicle' deck. Syrus was at first shy and had little confidence, but he's improving somewhat. Jade is considered one of the best duelists in Ra Yellow. The guy, who's in black and that you saw dueling out there is Chazz Princeton, he isn't the friendliest around, but he's an okay guy. The girl with the pink hair is Sakura Haruno and she's known as one of the best duelists in Ra Yellow. The blonde haired boy in the Slifer Red uniform is Naruto Uzumaki. The Ra Yellow girl, with the black hair is Kagome Higurashi."

Tenchi yelps and says, winched, "You mean…that she's referred as the 'Sick Girl'!"

Kagome pulled an anime fall, while cursing her grandfather and his phony baloney 'sick granddaughter stories' and Tenchi says, "Yeah! Kagome Higurashi is called the 'Sick Girl' since back at her middle school, she's gotten sick with every disease known to man and she was out a lot back then!"

Washu thinks in her mind, "That's highly unlikely because she wouldn't be here if she's able to be sick a lot. She would have died."

Ayeka looks at Kagome and says, "She doesn't look sick to me…"

Jaden eyed Yusuke and says, "The Obelisk guy that's dueling that girl from Obelisk Blue, is Yusuke Urameshi."

Tenchi yelps in fear and shock, looks at Yusuke, who was giving his deck to his opponent to shuffle, and exclaims, "You mean that THE Yusuke Urameshi, as the 'Great Urameshi', the infamous street punk from Sarayashiki Junior High! Jaden, are you crazy hanging around with someone like him!"

Keiko says, in a plain tone, "There's really nothing to fear. Yusuke is not as bad as rumors about him."

Tenchi asks Keiko, "And you are…?"

Keiko says, in a serious tone, "I'm Keiko Yukimura, I'm Yusuke's girlfriend and one of the top duelists in Ra Yellow."

Hikari says, in a serious tone, "And I'm his older twin sister, Hikari Urameshi, one of the top duelists in Obelisk Blue."

Ayeka looks at the female that is shuffling Yusuke's deck, while Yusuke is shuffling hers and says, "So your boyfriend is the one that's facing Ryoko."

Jaden asks Tenchi, "Wait, you know that girl…"

Ayeka snorts and says, annoyed, "I prefer not to…"

Just then, Crowler's voice boomed, "May I have your attention, please! We'll commence the duel between one second-year student, Yusuke Urameshi and our freshman student, Ryoko Hakubi!"

Alexis gasped in shock and Hikari asks, "Something wrong, Alexis?"

Alexis says, stunned, "That girl that Yusuke's dueling is Ryoko Hakubi! She's really good and from what I heard she blow her proctor away."

Syrus says, stunned, "Blow away!? Then, she must be that good!"

The cyan haired female, known as Ryoko, says, "Yusuke Urameshi. I've heard about you in this school. You're the one student that rivals the Slifer Red, Jaden Yuki."

Yusuke says, in a plain tone, "You've heard about me do you, freshman? Well, you also need to know that I won't be so easy to defeat."

Both duelists activates their duel discs and their life point meteor went to 4000 life points and they drew 5 cards from the top of their decks, saying in unison, "Game on!"

Starting Score:

Ryoko: 4000

Yusuke: 4000

Dizzi says, in a plain tone, "Don't worry, Kenny, I've got this recorded as we speak!"

Ryoko draws one card and says, "Ladies first!" Ryoko draws one card from his deck, puts one card on her duel disk, and exclaims, "I summon Harpie Lady One in attack move!" Soon after, Harpie Lady 1 (A: 1300/D: 1400) comes to the field in attack mode. Ryoko says, with a sly grin, "And check out her special ability, she gains three hundred more attack points!" Soon after, Harpie Lady 1's stats increase from 1300/1400 to 1600/1400. Ryoko then puts one card into the spell/trap slot and says, "Next, I'll activate Elegant Egotist! My Harpie Lady One is counted as a 'Harpie Lady'!" A card came from Ryoko's deck and towards her hand. Ryoko puts the card onto the disc and says, "And here they are! Harpie Lady Sisters!" Soon after, Harpie Lady Sisters (A: 1950/D: 2100) appears next to Harpie Lady 1, giving a battle screech. Ryoko says, in a serious tone, "Now, thanks to my Harpie Lady One, my Harpie sisters gain three hundred more attack points." Soon after, Harpie Lady Sisters' stats increased from 1950/2100 to 2250/2100. Ryoko then puts two cards into the spell/trap slot and says, "Finally, I'll place two facedowns and end my turn!"

Yusuke draws one card from his deck and says, "Okay, my move." Yusuke looks at his hand and thinks in his mind, 'Even though she's an Obelisk, she's still a first year student and I have to go easy on her.' Yusuke places onto the disc and calls out, "I summon D.D. Assailant in attack mode." Soon after, D.D. Assailant (A: 1700/D: 1600) appears on the field in attack mode.

Ryoko says, perplexed, "But that monster doesn't come close to my Harpie Lady Sisters!"

Yusuke says, with a sly smile, "I'm not aiming towards them! I'm aiming for Harpie Lady One!"

Ryoko gasps, in shock and Yusuke calls out, "D.D. Assailant, attack Harpie Lady One!" D.D. Assailant rushes in, slashes Harpie Lady 1 with his sword and Harpie Lady shrieks in pain as it explodes costing Ryoko 100 life points. Yusuke says, in a serious tone, "Since your Harpie Lady One is gone, your harpie sisters lose points!" Soon after, Harpie Lady Sisters' stats are decrease to 1950/2100. Yusuke puts two cards into the spell/trap slot and says, "Finally, I put two facedown cards and end my turn!"

Current Score:

Ryoko: 3900

Yusuke: 4000

Jaden exclaims, excitedly, "Way to go, Yusuke!"

Chazz tells Jaden, in an annoyed tone, "Are you kidding me!? Yusuke took only a chip of her life points!"

Ryoko draws one card from her deck and says, "It's my turn!" Ryoko presses a button on her disc and says, "Next, I'll activate my facedown trap, Call of the Haunted!" Ryoko's facedown card revealed to be Call of the Haunted Continuous Trap and Ryoko says, "Now, I can summon a monster from my graveyard in attack mode and I choose my Harpie Lady One!" Soon after, Harpie Lady 1 (A: 1300/D: 1400) appears onto the field. Ryoko places a card onto the disc and says, "Then, I'll summon Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon in attack mode!" Soon after, Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon (A: 1200/D: 600) appears onto the field in attack mode. Ryoko tells Yusuke, with a sly smile, "Now, the special ability of my Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon activates. Whenever, I have one monster with the name 'Harpie' in their name, I get to choose your attack target. Whenever, I have three monsters with the name 'Harpie' in their name, I get to destroy one of your cards on the field. Whenever, I have two monsters with the name 'Harpie' in their name, my dragon's attack and defense points are doubled."

Yusuke gasped in shock and calls out, "No way!"

Ryoko tells Yusuke, in a sly tone, "I'm afraid so!" Soon after, Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon's stats increase from 1200/600 to 2400/1200. Ryoko then says, "There's more! You remember my Harpie Lady One's effect, all my wind monsters gain three hundred points!" Soon after, Harpie Lady 1's stats increase from 1300/1400 to 1600/1400. Next, Harpie Lady Sisters' stats increase from 1950/2100 to 2250/2100. Finally, Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon's stats increase from 2400/1200 to 2700/1200.

Our heroes and heroines gasps in shock at this and Kagome yells out, "No way! That's enough to knock Yusuke's life points by a half!"

Ryoko calls out, "Now Harpie Lady Sisters, attack his D.D. Assailant!" The Harpie Lady Sisters rushes in, slashes D.D. Assailant with their claws. D.D. Assailant cries out in pain as he was destroyed and costing Yusuke 550 life points.

Yusuke calls out, in a serious tone, "Thanks for that! Now I activate the special ability of my D.D. Assailant! Whenever he's destroyed in battle, I get to remove him from play!" Soon after, Yusuke grabs his D.D. Assailant and places it in his deck holder, behind him.

Ryoko asks, perplexed, "Okay…what's the point in that?"

Yusuke says, with a sly smile, "I'm glad you asked, freshman, because whenever my D.D. Assailant is removed from play, by his effect, the monster that destroyed him is also removed from play!"

Ryoko gasps in shock and calls out, worriedly, "You're kidding me!" Ryoko looks at the Harpie Lady Sisters as they explode into pieces.

Ryoko places the card into her deck voucher and Yusuke calls out, "Now your dragon loses a lot of points!"

Ryoko growls in anger, as Harpie Pet's Baby Dragon's stats decrease to 1500/600 and Ryoko yells out, angrily, "You're gonna pay for that! Hey Harpie Lady One and Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon attack him directly!" Harpie Lady 1 rushes in and Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon fires a blast towards Yusuke.

Yusuke presses a button on the disc and calls out, "Thanks for that! Now, I can activate Draining Shield!" Yusuke's face-down card is revealed to be the Draining Shield trap card and Harpie Lady One's claws slam into a dome like shield surrounding Yusuke. Yusuke calls out, "Not only does it block your attack, but it gives life points equal to its attack points!"

Yusuke's life points increases by 1600 points and Ryoko says, "But my dragon can still hurt you!" True to Ryoko's words, her dragon's blast hits Yusuke's chest as he loses 1500 life points in one shot. Ryoko says, in a serious tone, "I end my turn!"

Current Score:

Ryoko: 3900

Yusuke: 3550

Yusuke draws one card from his deck and looks at it to see that it was Winged Kuriboh (A: 300/D: 200). Soon after, the spirit of Winged Kuriboh appeared onto Yusuke's shoulder, which Tenchi took to notice as the spirit of White Magician Pikeru appears onto his shoulder and says, "Lord Tenchi, that boy has a duel spirit also!"

Jaden notices it and exclaims, "No way! Tenchi, you have a duel spirit too!" Soon after, the spirit of Winged Kuriboh appeared onto Jaden's shoulder, as well as Kuriboh onto Kagome's right shoulder, a second Kuriboh and Vampire Lady by Hikari, Red-Eyes Black Dragon appears by Sasuke's side, Magician of Faith by Naruto's side, Fox Fire and Hiita the Fire Charmer on both of Keiko's shoulders, Red-Eyes Black Chick and Baby Dragon on both of Tyson's shoulders, Island Turtle by Max's side, Chazz's Ojama Trios, Vampire Lord besides Ray and finally, Darkfire Soldier appears by Kai's side.

Tenchi says, in an amazed tone, "So, you guys have duel spirits too, huh!?"

Kagome says, with a smile, "Yeah, they tend to grow on you…well except for Chazz that is…"

Ojama Yellow says, in his usual tone, "It's like we're one big happy family!"

Chazz yells at Ojama Yellow, annoyed, "Would you zip it, already!?"

Kagome says, in a droll tone, "See what I mean…"

Meanwhile, Alexis, Syrus, Ryuko, Tenten, Ayeka, Washu, Neji, Lee, Ino, Sakura, Hinata, Hilary and Kenny sweatdropped at this and Alexis says, "One of this days, I really need to know what are they talking about."

Yusuke's Winged Kuriboh chirps to Yusuke, telling him that he wants to get on the field and Yusuke asks Kuriboh, mentally, "So, you want to get out there!?" Winged Kuriboh nods in reply as it returns to his card and Yusuke calls out, placing the card onto the disc, "I summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode!" Soon after, Winged Kuriboh (A: 300/D: 200) appears on the field, in defense mode and Yusuke says, "That'll do for now!"

Ryoko calls out, drawing a card, "That monster won't save you from me!" Ryoko presses a button on her disc and says, "I activate my facedown trap, Reckless Greed!" Ryoko's facedown card appeared to be the Reckless Greed trap card and Ryoko calls out, "Now I can draw two cards from my deck!" Ryoko draws two cards from her deck and Yusuke calls out, "But then, you can't draw for the next two turns!"

Ryoko calls out, placing a card onto the disc, "I'll manage! I summon Sonic Duck in attack mode!" Soon after, Sonic Duck (A: 1700/D: 700) comes to the field in attack mode and Ryoko says, "Now he gains a few life points!" Sonic Duck's stats increase from 1700/700 to 2000/700 and Ryoko puts a card into the slot, saying, "Then, I activate Lightning Vortex!" Ryoko slids her Roc from the Valley of Haze (A: 2400/D: 1400) monster card to the grave slot and calls out, "I toss card from my hand to destroy your winged fuzzball!"

Yusuke grunts and tells Winged Kuriboh, mentally, "Sorry, pal!" Winged Kuriboh chirps as it was hit by lightning, destroying it and Yusuke calls out, "Sorry, freshman, because my furry little friend has a sweet effect! Whenever, he's destroyed and sent to the graveyard, I don't lose any life points this turn!"

Ryoko growls in annoyance and thinks, "Damn it! I didn't think of that one! Now, thanks to that fuzzball, I can't attack! I won't make a fool out of myself in front of Tenchi!" Just then, Ryoko's grave slot of her disc glows and the Roc from the Valley of Haze monster card slids out. Ryoko grabs it and says, "Thanks to my Roc from the Valley of Haze's effect, whenever I discard it from my hand to the graveyard, I get to add it to my deck and then shuffle!" Ryoko puts the card to the top of the deck, takes out the deck, shuffles it and sends it back to the disc. Ryoko calls out, sliding another card into the spell/trap slot, "Finally, I'll place a facedown and I end my turn!" Ryoko thinks in her mind, seriously, "At least I have three monsters lined up to protect my life points!"

Yusuke draws his card from his deck and says, "My turn!" Yusuke places a card onto the disc and says, "I summon forth Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in defense mode!" Soon after, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian (A: 1400/D: 1200) appears onto the field in defense mode. Yusuke says, placing a card into the spell/trap slot, "And a card facedown to end my turn!"

Ryoko says, "Just because I can't draw doesn't mean that I can't end this duel now!" Ryoko slaps a card onto the disc and says, "I summon Birdface in attack mode!" Soon after, Birdface (A: 1600/D: 1600) appears onto the field in attack mode. Ryoko says, with a sly tone, "Thanks to my Harpie Lady One, my monster gains three hundred points!" Birdface's stats increase from 1600/1600 to 1900/1600 at the shock of our heroes and heroines.

Chazz says, stunned, "With those kind of points, Yusuke's lose!"

Ryoko calls out, "Now, my baby dragon, attack his Obnoxious Celtic Guardian now!" Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon fires its attack towards Obnoxious Celtic Guardian and it connects, blowing the guardian away. Ryoko calls out, "Now, my monsters, attack him directly and end this duel!" All of Ryoko's wind monsters charges towards Yusuke, with Harpie Lady 1 slashing Yusuke's chest, costing the former spirit detective 1600 life points, Birdface's sonic waves hitting Yusuke hard as he screams as he loses 1900 life points and Sonic Duck's own sonic waves heading towards Yusuke, but Yusuke had other plans as he pressed a button on his disc. Yusuke calls out, "I activate another Draining Shield!" Yusuke's facedown card appeared to be another Draining Shield to Ryoko's annoyances as a transparent barrier appears and Sonic Duck's attack hits it. Yusuke calls out, "Now your attack is cancelled and I gain life points equal to your monster's attack points!" Yusuke's life points increases by 2000 points and Yusuke says, "Sorry, Ryoko, you remember that I won't be that easy to beat!!"

Ryoko growls and says, "You did! I end my turn!"

Current Score:

Ryoko: 3900

Yusuke: 2050

Tenchi tells Jaden, "Hey Jaden, your friend is pretty stubborn."

Ayeka says, "I agree! I think he's probably getting into Ryoko's skin."

Ryoko thinks in her mind, "Damn it! No matter how I attack, this kid keeps coming back for more! I've been underestimating him!"

Yusuke draws his card from his deck and says, "It's my turn now!" Yusuke puts one card into the spell/trap slot and says, "First, I'll activate The Warrior Returning Alive! Now I can bring a warrior from my graveyard to my hand!"

Ryoko yells out, in a serious tone, "I don't think so! Reveal trap! Magic Jammer!" Ryoko's facedown is revealed to be the Magic Jammer counter trap card.

Yusuke yells out, "Damn it! Not that!"

Ryoko discards her last card from her hand and says, "Now, you can't revive a monster!"

Keiko says, worriedly, "Now Yusuke's left without any protection!"

Yusuke puts a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "I'll end with this!"

Ryoko says, with a sly smile, "You played a good game, Yusuke! But this duel has to end!" Ryoko calls out, "Now, my monsters, attack and end this duel!"

Yusuke presses the button on his disc and says, "Activate trap! Negate Attack!" Yusuke's facedown revealed to be the Negate Attack counter trap card and Yusuke calls out, "Now, you can't attack for the rest of the turn!"

Ryoko growls and thinks in her mind, "Damn it! He did it again! What will it take to get this guy to lose!?"

Hikari says, with a smile, "What do you know!? My brother is still in this duel!"

Ryoko says, in a serious tone, "I end my turn!"

Yusuke draws his card and says, "My turn!" Yusuke puts a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "I activate Pot of Greed to draw two cards from my deck!" Yusuke draws two cards and puts one into the spell/trap slot and says, "I activate my Mirage of Nightmare! Now when your standby phase starts, I get to draw until I'm holding four cards in my hand!" Yusuke puts two cards into the spell/trap slot and says, "Finally, I'll play two facedowns and call it a turn!"

Ryoko draws one card from her deck and says, "Now, Reckless Greed's side effect has expired, now I get to draw!"

Yusuke calls out, in a serious tone, "Now the special ability of Mirage of Nightmare activates, now I get pick up four cards remember!"

Yusuke draws four cards from his deck and Ryoko calls out, "But you have discard the number of cards that you picked up!"

Yusuke presses a button on his disc and calls out, "I don't think so! I activate my Thunder of the Ruler trap card!" Yusuke's facedown trap appeared to be the Thunder of the Ruler trap card and Yusuke says, "Thanks to this, you can't attack this turn!"

Ryoko says, in a serious tone, "That doesn't matter! You still have to discard four cards!"

Yusuke presses another button on his disc and says, "Not when I activate my Emergency Provisions!" Yusuke's facedown card was the Emergency Provisions quick-play spell card and Yusuke says, "Now for every spell or trap card I sacrifice, my life points are increased by a grand!" Soon after, Yusuke's Mirage of Nightmare, Thunder of the Ruler and facedown card, which was revealed as a trap card with a picture of a ring with four black grenades were sacrificed and Yusuke's life points went up by 3000 points.

Ryoko says, in a serious tone, "So, what that you were able to gain life points!?" Ryoko places a card onto the disc and says, "I sacrifice Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon and Sonic Duck to summon forth Simorgh, Bird of Divinity!" Soon after, Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon and Sonic Duck disappears in a whirl of wind and Simorgh, Bird of Divinity (A: 2700/D: 1000) takes their places on the field in attack mode, while spreading its wings and giving a loud sharp screech.

Syrus says, nervously, "Oh man! That's one big bird!"

Ryuko says, nervously, "Yeah! No kidding!"

Ryoko says, in serious tone, "Now, there's my Harpie Lady One, she gives my big bird a power bonus!" Simorgh's stats increase from 2700/1000 to 3000/1000 and Ryoko says, "Just because you stopped my attacks doesn't mean that I can't lower your life points! Whenever, Simorgh stays on the field, both of us lose one thousand life points!"

Yusuke gasps and yells out, stunned, "You're kidding!"

Ryoko says, "No joke! But, I have an advantage! The damage decreases by five hundred points for every spell and trap card that both of us controls! Since I have my Call of the Haunted out, I only lose five hundred and since you don't have any spells or trap cards out, you lose one thousand points! I end my turn!"

Yusuke says, with a sly smile, "Good I was hoping for that!"

Ryoko says, perplexed, "Huh?!" Just then, a huge ring with black grenades appeared onto Simorgh's neck to Ryoko's surprise. Ryoko cries out, "What's the hell's that weird ring on my monster's neck!?"

Yusuke says, with a sly smile, "The card that I sacrifice, while back was Ring of Kamikaze! Whenever, it's destroyed with a card effect, its effect kicks in! At the end of the turn, it was destroyed, I can destroy one monster on your side of the field and you lose life points equal to the attack of your destroyed monster!"

Ryoko gasps in shock as her monster explodes and she screams as she loses 3000 life points in one shot.

Current Score:

Ryoko: 0900

Yusuke: 5050

Jaden exclaims, excitedly, "What a shot!?"

Tyson adds, excitedly, "Yeah! No joke! Yusuke totally turned to the duel to his favor!"

Yusuke draws one card from his deck and says, "Now!" Yusuke places a card onto the disc and says, "I summon Marauding Captain in attack mode!" Soon after, Marauding Captain (A: 1200/D: 400) appears onto the field in attack mode. Yusuke places another card onto the disc and says, "Now, his ability activates, now I play D.D. Warrior Lady!" Soon after, D.D. Warrior Lady (A: 1500/D: 1600) appears on the field besides Marauding Captain. Yusuke puts a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "Next, I play this…Monster Reborn to summon back Obnoxious Celtic Guardian!" Soon after, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian (A: 1400/D: 1200) appears on the field.

Ryoko asks Yusuke, perplexed, "What's the point? Their attack points aren't higher than my monsters!"

Yusuke puts another card into the spell/trap slot and says, with a smile on his lips, "Oh how clumsy of me! Just I have to activate my Allied Forces spell card! Now, for every warrior on my side of the field, my warriors gain two hundred attack points!"

Ryoko counts her fingers to do the math and gasps, and then yells out, stunned, "That would mean that…!"

Yusuke's spell card increases the stats of Marauding Captain from 1200/400 to 1800/400, the stats of D.D. Warrior Lady from 1500/1600 to 2100/1600 and the stats of Obnoxious Celtic Guardian from 1400/1200 to 2000/1200. Yusuke calls out, "Now, Marauding Captain, attack!" Marauding Captain rushes in, slashing Harpie Lady 1 as she shrieks in pain and was destroyed, costing Ryoko 200 life points. Since, Harpie Lady 1 was destroyed, Birdface's stats decrease to 1600/1600 and Yusuke calls out, "Now, Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, Celtic Blade Slash!" Obnoxious Celtic Guardian rushes in, slashing Birdface as it shrieks in pain and was destroyed, lowering Ryoko's life points further by 400 points. Yusuke yells out, "Now, D.D. Warrior Lady, finish her off!" D.D. Warrior rushes over to Ryoko and slashes her chest as she screams as she loses 2100 life points, ending the duel, immediately.

Final Score:

Ryoko: 0000

Yusuke: 5050

After the duel ended, the final images had disappeared and Ryoko fell limply to her knees and she says, solemnly, "Oh man! How could I have lost!?"

Yusuke tells Ryoko, "That's game, freshman!" Yusuke notices Ryoko's saddened expression and asks, perplexed, "Hey, are you okay?"

Jaden asks Tenchi, perplexed, "Why is she like that?"

Tenchi says, dryly, "She takes losing badly."

Ayeka says, dryly, "She's pretty much a sore loser!"

Just then, a feminine voice boomed, "Tenchi, I didn't think to find you here!"

Everyone turned to see two young women behind them, which was Mihoshi Kuramitsu and Kiyone Makibi, wearing adult-sized and purple versions of a female Obelisk Blue student uniforms.

Tenchi tells the young women, "Mihoshi, Kiyone, it's been awhile!"

Chazz tells Tenchi, "More women you knew and they're older!" Everyone laughed at Chazz's comment.

Just then, Ryoko and Yusuke walked towards their friends, then Ryoko grabbed Tenchi into a forceful hug and says, "Tenchi, I'm sorry that I lost!"

Tenchi tries to get away from Ryoko's arms, while Ayeka was seethed with jealously and anger, and Tenchi says, nervously, "No…need!"

Yusuke walks up to his friends, sister and girlfriend and says, "So, was that, guys!?"

Before anyone could speak, Hiei walked ahead towards Ryoko, who was still hugging Tenchi, and says, in his usual stoic tone, "Hey!"

Ryoko lets go of Tenchi stares at Hiei hard and Hiei says, in a serious tone, "So, we finally met, Ryoko Hakubi!"

Ryoko asks, in a serious tone, "So, you saw me duel?"

Hiei says, in a serious tone, "Even more than that, space pirate!"

Ryoko gasps, as well as Tenchi, Ayeka, Washu, Mihoshi, Kiyone and as well as the rest of our heroes and heroines and Ryoko asks, "How did you know that?"

Jaden tells Hiei, "Hey Hiei, what do you mean by 'space pirate'?"

Hiei tells Jaden, "I'm sure that Yusuke, his sister, Kagome, Jade and Inuyasha could have sensed the three unfamiliar energies from the arena, before."

Ray says, perplexed, "Unfamiliar energies?"

Jade tells Hiei, "Hey Hiei, I think you're reveal too much about us!"

Hiei tells Jade, in a plain tone, "Don't worry, detective, I think our new friends the 'Bladebreakers' have some secrets that they are hiding from us."

Kai asks, in a serious tone, "What do you mean?"

Hiei says, "I meant you as well as your 'beyblading' team posses the four 'Sacred Bit-Beasts'!"

The members of the Bladebreakers, including Hilary, Daichi and Kenny gasps in shock and Tyson asks, "How did you know that!?"

Jaden asks, "Hey Tyson, what does Hiei mean?"

Tyson takes out something from his pocket and shows every one of our heroes and heroines his Dragoon Beyblade and says, "He's talking about this…"

Present

Back to the present, we find our former spirit detective thinking about those events and thinks in his mind, "Soon after, the Bladebreakers told us about their secrets about their bit-beasts. Tyson's bit-beast is a blue dragon called Dragoon, Max's bit-beast was a purple turtle called Drecial, Ray's bit-beast is a white tiger called Driger, while Kai's bit-beast was a red phoenix named Dranzer. Then, we then realized that Tenchi and Ayeka are from a bloodline of Jurian royalty. Those Jurians have a weird wedding ritual that you have to marry your own sibling of the opposite sex. Of course, we though that's pretty weird and disgusting, especially if your own grandaunt as the hots for you. Ayeka isn't the only one that was after Tenchi's heart, Ryoko was the other one. They tend to fight over him to his distain. Then, we later discovered that Washu was the one, who created Ryoko. Washu created her 'lab' by the Slifer Dorm and was the new alchemy teacher, in Banner's place. While Kiyone and Mihoshi were made as gym instructors, under Ms. Fontaine. Plus, I noticed that Mihoshi and Tyson have bottomless pits of stomachs. Then, we told Tenchi and his friends about our secrets, including Kagome's days in the Feudal Era, my days as a spirit detective and the 'Shadow Riders and Sacred Beast issue' from last year. Soon after, Ryoko was given another chance to get into Obelisk Blue and she won her duel with an Obelisk Blue. Afterwards, Jaden and I discovered from Syrus and Ryuko that Crowler and Bonaparte were going to tear down the Slifer Dorm. I knew it was a really bad idea for Sheppard to give all power to the school to Crowler from the very beginning. Then, we met another duelist named Tyranno Hassleberry."

Past

In the mid-afternoon after class, Yusuke, Tyson, Jaden and Syrus were walking in the forest while carrying duel discs in bags. Crowler assigned this as punishment for Tyson, Jaden and Syrus for sleeping in class, while Yusuke monitors them.

Jaden cries out, "This is so unchill! I sleep through Crowler's boring lectures and he makes us lug around these replacement duel discs across campus."

Yusuke says, in a serious tone, "Makes you wonder what's happening to the other duel discs."

Syrus says, nervously, "Well…uh!"

Jaden says, in a serious tone, "You know something about this do ya!? Well speak up!"

Syrus says, nervously, "I don't know for sure…but I've heard things!"

Yusuke asks, "Like…"

Syrus says, "Well…you know the west river, right?"

Jaden says, perplexed, "Yeah, what about it?"

Syrus says, in a serious tone, "There's this bully, who hangs around there…so I've!"

Yusuke gasps, in shock and says, "Wait! I've heard about too!"

Jaden asks, perplexed, "What else?"

Syrus says, in a serious tone, "This bully and his gang hang out by that bridge in the west river. This bully forces you to duel him and when he beats you, you lose your duel disc."

Tyson yells out, angered, "What!? That's so uncool!"

Jaden says, in a serious tone, "No joke! How can someone be that selfish!?"

Yusuke says, while thinking, "This reminds of some myth I've heard. It involved a Japanese swordsman and nine hundred ninety-nine swords."

Tyson says, "Yeah, I know that story! It was a Japanese folktale about Saito Musashibo Benkei, popularly called Benkei. He was a Sohei warrior monk, who has stationed himself at Gojo Bridge in Kyoto, where he deprived every passing swordsman of his weapon, eventually collecting nine hundred ninety-nine swords. On his one thousandth duel, Benkei was defeated by Minamoto no Yoshitsune, a son of the warlord Minamoto no Yoshitomo. Henceforth, he became a retainer of Yoshitsune and fought with him in the Genpei War against the Taira clan."

Yusuke, Jaden and Syrus look at Tyson, perplexed and Tyson says, "My grandfather told this story a lot of times."

Jaden asks Syrus, "So, where's your duel disc?"

Syrus tried to come up with an answer and Yusuke says, "Sy, don't tell me that you dueled and lost to that guy!?"

Syrus wails out, "Yes! He did!"

Jaden says, lowly, "In that case, we take the long way home!" Jaden chuckles and walks ahead.

Syrus says, timid, "Wait! Do you…"

Jaden says, with his usual smile, "I sure do! Let's go! We have some duel discs to find!" Jaden dashes away from his friends. The others, except for Syrus, followed Jaden and Syrus says, warily, "I was afraid this would happen!" Syrus runs behind his friends and yells out, "Before, he also steals lunch money…uh…so I've heard!"

A few moments later, our heroes and heroines approached to the west river bridge and a male voice, with a military accent boomed, "Stop right there, civilians!"

They looked up to see a young male of the age of sixteen, with black hair is braids, brown eyes, wearing a cap in the form of a dinosaur head on his scalp, Ra Yellow blazer with the sleeves torn off, dark green military jeans, and black military boots. This young man had his arms crossed, with a backpack full of duel discs.

Syrus gasps, in shock and says, "That's him, guys! Maybe, we should go back! I mean, who needs lunch money, anyways!"

The young man yells out, in a firm military tone, "Draw your duel discs!"

Jaden shrugs and says, "Sure!" Jaden takes off the backpack full of duel discs.

The young man asks, perplexed, "Hold on! Aren't ya scared!?"

Jaden says, in his usual tone, "Of a duel? No way! Now, let's throw down!"

The young man yells out, while Jaden's friends got out of the way, "But I haven't given my speech, yet!"

Jaden asks, perplexed, "What speech?"

The young man yells out, "My intro! The name's Hassleberry, code name, Tyranno!"

Jaden shrugs, again and says, "Whatever, you say!"

Yusuke asks, pointing at the group of Ra Yellow boys behind Hassleberry, "Hey, what's with your goon squad?"

Hassleberry scolds out, "Show some respect, son!"

One of the boys says, in a serious tone, "That's right! You tell him, Sarge!"

Tyson says, lowly, "This guy has been living in the military too much."

The second boy, with Hassleberry, tells Jaden, "State your name!"

Jaden says, "Well, I'm…"

Syrus says, interrupting Jaden, "…was just leaving!"

The second boy yells out, "Recall boys!"

The first boy yells out, "Who are we?"

The group of Ra Yellow boys yells out, in unison, "Troup Tyranno!"

Yusuke says, drolly, "Okay, they're nuts. Since, when was Duel Academy a military school?"

Hassleberry yells at Yusuke, angrily, "Son, what do you have against the military!"

Yusuke replies, drolly, "Nothing, I just the terms mixed up and stop callin' my 'son', you military obessed freak!"

Tyson yells at Hassleberry, angrily, "We know that you and your goon squad have been taking duel discs from other students!"

Hassleberry yells out, "What are you gonna do about, little man!?"

Tyson yells out, "You can't just take duel discs! What's the matter with you!?"

Jaden says, nervously waving Tyson off, "Does it really matter now? Let's just throw down!"

Hassleberry says, while the backpack for of duel discs is taken from his back, "Let me lay down the grounds of battle, you lose them duel discs are mine."

Jaden says, in his usual tone, "If I win, then you give up the ones you stole."

The group of Ra Yellow boys yells out, stunned, "Say what!? Who are you!?"

Hassleberry unfolds his arms and says, nastily, "Just another wimp!"

Jaden asks, "So when can we duel?"

Hassleberry says, in a serious tone, "Give me your name first, private!"

Later, Yusuke, Syrus, Tyson and Hassleberry's gang were on the bridge as they saw Jaden and Hassleberry facing each other and Hassleberry yells out, "Ready for boot, son!"

Syrus yells out, "Hey, you! Don't call him 'son' it's his second year!"

The second Ra boy yells out, "Then, he's number two!"

The first Ra boy says, "Then, who's one!?"

The Ra Yellow boys yells out, "Troop Tyranno!"

Tyson yells out, angrily, "Well you give it up! This isn't the army!"

The Ra Yellow boys yell out, in unison and ignoring Tyson, "Who's the best? Troop Tyranno! Who's gonna win!?"

Tyson and Syrus yell out, in unison, "Troop Jaden!"

Jaden pulls his deck into his disc and activates it and says, "Game on, general!"

Hassleberry yells, angrily, "Are you mocking me!? I'm a sergeant, junior! And this aint no game! This is combat!" Hassleberry's duel disc is activated and Jaden says, "All right, then get your combat on!"

Starting Score:

Hassleberry: 4000

Jaden: 4000

Present

Back in the present, why find our heartbroken former spirit detective looking in the sky and thinking in his mind, "It turned out that Jaden won that duel, just like in that Benkei story. And just like in the story, Hassleberry became Jaden's wingman, like Benkei was the servant of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, which Syrus gained a rival for 'Jaden's sidekick' title. It wasn't long before Hassleberry knew the real truth about us and for some reason he understood it. Then, we learned about Crowler's plans for this school, after an arrival of Inuyasha and Kagome's little friend from the Feudal Era."

Past

At the Slifer Red dorm and a few days after Jaden and Hassleberry's duel, we found Yusuke, Hikari, Kagome, Tyson, Max and Jaden watching an argument between Syrus and Hassleberry.

Syrus yells at Hassleberry, angrily, "I've got one word for you, Sarge! Shower! Try using it! It actually gets you clean!"

Kagome asks, drolly, "How long can this go on!?"

Hassleberry yells at Syrus, angrily, "Oh yeah! Well, you talk in your sleep and what's with the nightlight! And for your information, I showered last week!"

Syrus yells out, "Well, next time stand under the water!"

Hikari says, drolly, "Syrus is right! Hassleberry really does need a shower."

Kagome says, drolly, "I can actually smell the stink."

Jaden says, "Come on!" Jaden gets up from his seat and says, "If we're gonna be roommates, we're gonna need to compromise! Now, I how about a group hug!"

Hassleberry says, in a serious tone, "I don't do hugs!"

Syrus says, with disgust, "Because, your stink scares everyone away!"

Just then, a familiar male voice booms with annoyance, "What will it take for you people to shut up!?"

Everyone looked to see a pissed off Inuyasha enter the room and Inuyasha yells out, "You've been arguing about this 'sidekick' thing and it's getting old fast!" Just then, a cat's meow was heard, coming from Inuyasha.

Kagome thinks in her mind, stunned, "That sound! It can't be!"

Just then, something came out of Inuyasha's shirt and to his shoulder, which appeared to be a tiny yellow cat. Kagome gasps, stunned, "Kirara!"

Everyone, except for Inuyasha, looked at Kagome and Jaden asks, "You know that cat, Kagome?"

Hassleberry says, perplexed, "That's a strange looking cat, ma'am!"

Kagome tells her friends, "This cat belongs to a friend of mine from the Feudal Era. Her name's Kirara and she can be a fateful helper in our adventures."

Jaden asks, perplexed, "But how? I thought no one, except you, Inuyasha and Melody, could cross over to this time from that well in the forest."

Just then, a familiar male voice boomed, "And there you have it, folks! The dweebs in their natural habitat."

Everyone looked at Chazz Princeton, while holding a camera in his hands, filming the room.

Tyson asks, annoyed, "For forget how to knock and what's with the camera, Philini?"

Chazz takes the camera away from him and says, in his usual snobbish tone, "I'm picturing my life as a reality show. It has a great summary, one talented young duelist, forced to live in a dorm full of slackers and freaks. Talk about a ratings grabber! It'll make me into a big star!"

Syrus says, in a teasing tone, "With a big head!" In response, Yusuke, Hikari, Kagome and Hassleberry giggle at this.

Jaden says, "I think you may be on to something here, Chazz. But I think your show needs a plot twist."

Chazz says, in his usual snobbish tone, "What could be interesting than watching me?" Chazz notices Kirara on Inuyasha's shoulder and asks, "Hey, dog face, what's with the cat?"

Inuyasha flexes his claws and was about to shrike, until Kagome got into between and Kagome says, "This is Kirara, she's a friend of ours from the Feudal Era."

Chazz asks, perplexed, "Feudal Era, I thought that no one, except you, Inuyasha and Melody could cross over to this time through that weird well in the forest. So, how did this little furball get through?"

Kagome replies, "I don't know."

Just then, a familiar feminine voice boomed, "Am I interrupting something?"

Everyone turned to see Alexis Rhodes, in front of them, while holding a bag in her hands. Hassleberry says, "Jaden was right! Your show got a whole lot better."

Jaden asks, perplexed, "What's up?"

Alexis says, with a hint of anger, "I left my dorm for good or until Crowler has been stripped of power of this school, so do you have room for one more?"

Jaden replies, "Uh…yeah…but what happened with the Obelisk Blue dorm?"

Chazz tells Alexis, happily, "I've got a better idea!"

Inuyasha says, drolly, "The little man doesn't know when to quit, does he?"

Kagome nods and says, "You said it."

Later, Chazz showed everyone his new room, which was as big as a living in a normal house and Chazz says, in his usual tone, "I gave you 'Shade Chazz' the ultimate in dorming elegance."

Tyson says, perplexed, "A spa with a waterfall. Don't you think that's overkill?"

Max says, stunned, "I think we way past overkill, somewhere between the bowling alley in the basement and the three ringed circus in the living room!"

Alexis says, with a smile, "High ceilings, marble doors…I never thought I'd say this, Chazz, I'm impressed. It's awesome and tons of space, so do you mind if I crush here."

Inuyasha says, perplexed, "Weren't you going to stay in your friend's room?"

Chazz tells Inuyasha, hostility, "Zip it, dog boy! You can't argue what she wants!"

Jaden says, uncomfortably, while Kirara was sleeping on his right shoulder, "I guess, if you like high ceilings…"

Chazz says, in his usual tone, "Let's see! Stay in a decent room or stay in a room with a family of roaches."

Syrus asks, "Why did you leave your dorm in the first place?"

Alexis gets out a red dress and Hassleberry says, "Uh…nice uniform, ma'am!"

Alexis says, with a snort, "Oh please, this was all Crowler's idea. He actually wanted me to where this and sing while I dueled!"

Inuyasha asks, perplexed, "Why would he do that?"

Yusuke says, in his usual tone, "Yeah, we all know that you can't pick up a tone!" In response, Alexis's right fist mysteriously was thrown to Yusuke's face, hard enough for the former spirit detective was fall back to his behind.

Hassleberry, Tyson and Max winched at that and Hassleberry says, "Damn! That's gotta hurt!"

Max says, amazed, "Yeah, no kidding! She's the same as Hilary, once Tyson gets her mad!"

Alexis, with a red anime-style vein on her forehead, her eye twitches, asks, annoyed while cracking her knuckles, "Anymore smart-assed comments, Urameshi?!"

Yusuke groans in pain as circles of stars went around his head and blood came from his nose.

Hikari turns from her brother's injured form and asks Alexis, "Seriously, why would Crowler put you through it, 'Lex?"

Alexis replies, in annoyance, while Yusuke gets up holding his nose, "Something about me, being a dueling pop star, with this damned dress! Can you picture me wearing that?"

Chazz gets a dreamy facial expression, once he imagines Alexis in that dress and Alexis says, in confused annoyance, "Uh…guys!"

Jaden says, cluelessly, "You're right! Who wants to see you in that thing?"

Yusuke mutters, "Or si…" Yusuke had to shut up, when he sees Alexis's death glare at him telling him to 'shut the hell up'.

Chazz tells Jaden, annoyance, "Real smooth, dork! Don't you get it! This isn't about the dress, it's about Chancellor Crowler!"

Jaden says, in a gleeful manner, "He's gonna wear the dress!"

Chazz groans in annoyance and pure disgust and Kagome says, "Nobody's wearing that dress, Jaden!"

Alexis says, in a serious tone, "Now that Crowler is head of the school, he want further his career and he's using us, so we have to stop him!"

Just then, a male voice boomed, "Syrus! Syrus!"

Everyone turned to see Botan, Bastion Misawa, Tenchi Masaki, Ray Kon, Ryoko Hakubi, wearing a female Obelisk Blue uniform, Keiko Yukimura, Ryuko Lyon, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno came into the room and Jaden asks, "Hey, guys what's up!?"

Syrus asks, "You guys are looking for me! What for?"

Bastion says, in a serious tone, "A duel?"

Syrus asks, nervously, "A duel? Who am I dueling?"

Keiko replies, "Her name's Missy, she's an Obelisk Blue student and she duels with a deck full of insect monsters."

The Urameshi twins yell out, in unison, "Oh no! Not her!"

Alexis says, with disgust, "Missy? Okay, that girl totally freaks me out."

Sasuke says, in a serious tone, "Despite all that, she's really good."

Chazz tells Syrus, in a low sarcastic tone, "Congrats, you're Crowler's next victim…"

Jaden tells Syrus, "Wait, Sy! This duel could be your big break!"

Tenchi says, with his gleeful smile, "Yeah, you're gonna win and prove everyone wrong! There gonna see the brave Sy!"

Syrus says, in a lowly timid tone, "Jaden, Tenchi, one question: when you see the 'Brave Syrus', can you tell him that the wimpy one is looking for him!?" Syrus wails out as he ran from his friends and Hassleberry yells out, "Hey Truesdale!"

Bastion yells out, perplexed, "Syrus!" Syrus ran out of the door and Ryoko jumps up from her seat and yells out, "Where do you think you're going, twerp!?" She, Yusuke and Hassleberry ran after the little blue haired Slifer.

Ryuko says, lowly, "Sy…"

Ray asks, no one in particular, "Could someone please fill me in here?"

Botan replies, "Well…Syrus, he's has a confidence problem…"

Keiko adds, "Meaning he thinks that he can't win…"

Flashback, after Syrus's run

In Jaden, Syrus and Hassleberry's room, we find Yusuke and Ryoko, with their arms crossed and Hassleberry on his bed above Syrus's, which had the youngest Truesdale brother, hiding in the covers.

Hassleberry says, in a serious tone, "Come on, solder! Up and at him!"

Yusuke says, in a serious tone, "That's right, Syrus! You can't possibly stay in there forever!"

Syrus's voice boomed in the covers, "Of course not! Just for a few days, a weeks tops! But don't worry! I've got everything that I need here: bottled water, candy hams, Mr. Fudgy Bear…"

Ryoko says, annoyed, "I'm not gonna ask…" Ryoko grabs hold of Syrus's covers and yells out, "Come on!" Ryoko pulls hard enough to have the covers pulled from Syrus as Syrus came out, spinning in the air and fell onto the ground.

Hassleberry says, in his usual manner, "Listen up, soldier! Fear is your mortal enemy and fear needs to be destroyed! Now get up and fight that fear! Fight that fear!"

Syrus sits up and says, "But…I'm afraid to!"

Hassleberry says, seriously, "Then, you've already lost the war. Is that what you want? No! You want win and not against that Missy girl, but against your own fear! Now, what scares you the most, Truesdale!?"

End Flashback; Return to the Present

Returning to our current situation with our former spirit detective resting and 'weeping' on a roof of the Academy, Yusuke thinks in his mind, "However, Syrus conquered his own fears and dueled Missy then kicked her ass with some great moves and skills. Her obsession with Zane, really pissed Kari to the brink of punching her in the nose, if it wasn't for Alexis and I hold her back. After Syrus's win allowing him into Ra Yellow, Jordan Rhodes and Max Tate got their own promotion duel and made to Ra Yellow shortly thereafter Syrus's duel with Missy. And talking about Zane, the first duel that I saw him in would be when his descent into darkness began…when he dueled the pro duelist, Aster Phoenix…"

Flashback; Inside ofone of the classrooms of Duel Academy

Inside of one of the large classrooms within the main building of Duel Academy, we find Yusuke Urameshi, Hikari Urameshi, Jaden Yuki, Syrus Truesdale, wearing a Ra Yellow uniform, Ryuko Lyon, Bastion Misawa, Tyson Granger, Kenny, Max Tate, wearing a Ra Yellow uniform, Ray Kon, Kai Hiwatari, Hilary Tachibana, Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Neji and Hinata Hyuga, Rock Lee, Tenten, Ino Yamanaka, Kagome Higurashi, Chazz Princeton, Tyranno Hassleberry, Alexis Rhodes, Jordan Rhodes, wearing a Ra Yellow uniform, together as the students prepare to take their seats as the duel between Aster Phoenix and Zane Truesdale is about to begin.

Just then a familiar male voice calls out, "Don't mind if you have some more friends over?" Jaden and his friends look to see Tenchi, Ayeka and Ryoko.

Jaden tells Tenchi, with a smile, "No problem! The more the merrier!" Tenchi and his friends gather around Yusuke, Jaden and their friends with Ayeka sitting down by Alexis, Tenchi sitting down by Bastion Misawa, and Ryoko sits down by Tenchi.

Hilary asks Syrus, "So, your brother is dueling against Aster Phoenix, Syrus?"

Syrus tells Hilary, nodding his head, "Yep. That's my big brother, Zane. He's the best and I know that he will win."

Ino asks Syrus, "How can you be so sure, Syrus? From what I hear, Aster Phoenix is good."

Bastion states, plainly, "Ino brings up a good point. We haven't seen the power of Aster's true deck, yet, so, we can't be certain of Zane's victory."

Chazz exclaims, annoyed, "Oh, come on! We are you so worried? Zane can't lose to that punk and true deck or not, he couldn't even beat Jaden."

Kenny tells Chazz, "Bastion has a point, Chazz. From what you told us, Aster just used a deck that he created with random cards. If he is using his true deck, who knows what skills he will use."

Bastion nods his head in agreement and states, "Indeed, Kenny." Just then television screen went on and it displays the show that showing Zane's and Aster's duel. It gives a view of the Kaiba Dome with the pictures of Zane and Aster display the words 'Aster Phoenix VS Zane Truesdale' in-between the two pictures.

As the students gossip about the upcoming duel, Alexis says, "I can't believe that Crowler sprung for cable."

Ryoko says, in her usual matter, "What does it matter? This way, we will know what's happening and see if Zane Truesdale or Aster Phoenix wins."

Soon after, the announcer on the television tells about the crowd is split in popularity between Zane and Aster Phoenix and the screen shows the dueling arena in the Kaiba dome with the classic theatrical fireworks' for Zane's arrival. After Zane is seen, the picture switches to dozens of young girls cheering and swooning over the former top student of Duel Academy.

Chazz says, annoyed, "Argh! What does he have that I don't?!"

Jaden's laughs at Chazz's 'question' and Syrus retorts, with a smile on his lips, "A career, personality, and oh yeah, a good looking little brother." Soon after, the picture on the television shows Aster's entrance into the dueling arena with some other young girls also swooning over him, too.

Hassleberry says, with a smile, "I guess that Zane isn't the only lady killer over there." Chazz growls in annoyance and looks away in pure annoyance as well. Soon after, the two of them started their duel and Aster went first by drawing one card from his deck.

Starting Scores:

Aster: 4000

Zane: 4000

On the television, Aster smirks at the card and says, "I think I will start with this guy." Aster then displays the card to be Elemental Hero Avian (A: 1000/D: 1000) monster card and everyone is shocked by this.

Jaden then says, also surprised, "Hey, that's mine."

Aster shouts out, "Go, Elemental Hero Avian!" Soon after, Elemental Hero Avian (A: 1000/D: 1000) appears on the field, but unlike Jaden's Avian, this one is black skin and green fur/feather with grey wings instead of white skin and green fur/feathers with white wings.

Zane says, stunned, "No way! I deck full of heroes!"

Aster says, with a sly tone, "That's right! Just like your Academy chum, Jaden!"

Jaden says, in annoyance, "Hey, come on, bro! That's not cool!"

Yusuke says, in annoyance, "No joke! Try something more original!"

Aster puts two cards in the spell/trap slots and says, "Next, I place these two cards face-down and end my turn." When the screen turns to Zane, he has his eyes closed and then he opens his eyes and gets a smile on his lips, which is a rarity for Syrus' older brother.

Syrus says, plainly, "He's smiling."

Bastion tells Syrus, "Wouldn't you? Zane has the advantage. He has already fought against Jaden's deck."

Keiko nods her head and states, "That's right! So, Zane knows how to beat it! If it is like Jaden's deck…"

Back inside of the Kaiba dome, Zane draws one card and says, "Hey, Aster! Watch this!" Zane puts one card on his duel disk and says, "I play my Cyber Dragon in attack mode!" Soon after, Cyber Dragon (A: 2100/D: 1600) appears on the field in attack mode. Zane tells Aster, "I can summon my Cyber Dragon since all of the monsters in play are on your side of the field. A trick that I learned back in the academy." Zane then calls out, "Now, Cyber Dragon, attack with Strident Blast!" Cyber Dragon fires a beam of blue energy right at Elemental Hero Avian.

Aster then calls out, "You've just triggered my Draining Shield trap!" Aster's face-down card is revealed to be the Draining Shield trap card and Cyber Dragon's attack slams into a dome like shield surrounding Aster and Avian. Aster then says, sarcastically, "Isn't that special? But not does this card stop your attack, I gain life-points equal to your monster's attack points."

Zane puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, "Nice move. But here's a better one! It's the spell card known as Trap Booster! By discarding one card from my hand, I can play one trap card from my hand!" Zane discards his Photon Generator Unit quick-play spell card, puts another card in the spell/trap slots, and calls out, "And I choose my Trap Jammer! It cancels out your trap, junior!"

Aster gives a sly smirk and replies, in a sly tone, "Is that all? Come on, Zaney! Don't you know that card is a dime a dozen?" Aster's other face-down is then revealed to be the Trap Jammer counter-trap card and Aster says, "I've got a Trap Jammer, too! And it cancels out all of your hard work." Zane's Trap Jammer is negated by Aster's and Cyber Dragon's attack is negated as Aster's life-points increase by 2100.

Back in Duel Academy, the students, especially our two groups of friends are amazed by this play, and Bastion says, "What an even match."

Tyranno says, with a smile, "They're neck and neck. This is what I call combat."

Jaden asks, very interesting and curiously, "I wonder: What other surprises that Aster has in his deck?"

Back in the stadium, things began to heat up as Aster beings his turn.

Current Score:

Aster: 6100

Zane: 4000

Aster draws one card from his deck, puts one card in the spell/trap slots, and says, "All right, Zane! Get this! Now, I play Pot of Greed! And I'm sure you know that it allows me to draw two more cards from my deck!" Aster draws two more cards from his deck and says, putting another card in the spell/trap slots, "Then I'm kicking it Polymerization Style!" A hologram of a darker version of Burstinatrix to appear on the field, goes into a fusion vortex with Avian, Aster says, "I'll be fusing my Avian on my field with the Burstinatrix in my hand! Now, give a Kaiba Dome welcome to Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer!" Out of the vortex, Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer (A: 2100/D: 1200) appears on the field in attack mode.

Back in the classroom, Syrus asks, confused, "Elemental Hero Who?! But, he fused Avian and Burstinatrix! Hello! Where is good old Flame Wingman?!"

Chazz asks, annoyed, "Could someone tell him?"

Syrus asks, perplexed, "Tell me what?"

Bastion tells Syrus, "It's simple, Syrus! When fusing Elemental Heroes, you get to choose what high-level monster they fuse into."

Kenny tells Syrus, "That's right, Syrus! And each fusion monster has different powers."

Keiko states, "So, when you fuse Avian and Burstinatrix, you can form Flame Wingman or Phoenix Enforcer, right?"

Kenny tells Keiko, "That's right, Keiko."

Jaden asks, amazed, "Wait! I can? Who knew?" Everyone then does a classic anime sweatdrop and fall at Jaden's statement.

Chazz tells Jaden, "Wow, you are even dumber than I thought. And that's saying a lot."

Jaden says, with a smile, "What do you know? My deck has a new trick. Why didn't someone tell me sooner?"

Chazz exclaims, annoyed, "How did this spazz ever beat me?!"

Back within the Kaiba Dome, Zane stares down the new Elemental Hero that he never saw before.

Aster tells Zane, "Cool outfit, huh, Zaney? Now, check out his attack!" Aster then commands, "Go, Phoenix Flame!" Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer then charges right at Cyber Dragon.

Back in the school, Hassleberry yells out, shocked, "Hold on! They've got the same attack points! It's a wash!"

Bastion tells Hassleberry, "Not exactly."

Returning to the Kaiba dome, Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer slashes through Cyber Dragon destroying it while it remains totally unharmed.

As his monsters returns to his side, Aster tells Zane, sarcastically, "Oops. Did I forget to mention his ability? He can't be destroyed in battle." Zane growls in annoyance, while back at school, Hikari gave a scowl look at Aster and says, lowly, "I'm beginning to really hate that kid, Aster."

Returning to the Kaiba dome, Aster puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, "Oh, well. I'll end my turn with this card face-down."

Zane tells Aster, as he draws one card from his deck, "All right, kid, settle down." Zane puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, "Well, what do you know, Aster? Pot of Greed. I'll draw two." Zane draws two cards from his deck, puts another card in the spell/trap slots, and he says, "Next, an old favorite: The spell card, Power Bond!"

Back in the school, Hikari says, with a smile, "Wicked!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "Awesome."

Syrus says, with a smile and excitedly, "That's the best card he's got."

Within the Kaiba Dome, Zane tells Aster, "Listen up because Zane's going to win. I'll send two machines to my graveyard in order to summon a new machine." The two Cyber Dragons (A: 2100/D: 1600 X2) appear on the field and fuse together, Zane says, "I'll fuse my two Cyber Dragons to summon my Cyber Twin Dragon!" Out of a bright light from the fusion of the two Cyber Dragons, Cyber Twin Dragon (A: 2800/D: 2100) appears on the field on attack mode. Zane then says, "And thanks to Power Bond's effect, my Twin Dragon's attack points are doubled!" Cyber Twin Dragon roars and sparks as it stats increase from 2800/2100 to 5600/2100! Zane then calls out, "And now, Cyber Twin Dragon, attack his Phoenix Enforcer! Double Strident Blast!" Cyber Twin Dragon launches a powerful blast of energy at Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer, it slams into him, but thanks to its ability, it isn't destroyed, however, Aster loses 3500 life-points with this attack. Zane tells Aster, "And my dragon has another surprise for you, it can attack again!"

Back in Duel Academy, Chazz tells his 'associates', "Just like I thought! Aster's going to lose!"

Hikari says, with a wide smile, "Big time!"

Cyber Twin Dragon launches another attack right at Phoenix Enforcer and Aster growls as he secretly pushes a button on his duel disk just before the attack slams into Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer, covering him and Aster in a large amount of smoke. The announcer yells out Zane's victory, "Good night, Irene! It's over!"

But then Aster appears out of the smoke with 100 still remaining.

Zane gasps in shock and exclaims, "Hold on! I won!"

Aster tells Zane, with a sly grin, "Afraid not. Did you ever hear the expression: 'The Duel Monsters card is quicker than the eye'?"

Zane asks Aster, in a serious tone, "What are you trying to say?"

Aster tells Zane, "What I mean is I used my Elemental Recharge and it gives me an extra one thousand life-points for every hero on the field." Aster tells Zane, "Now, as for you, your Power Bond comes with a price and it is time for you to pay up with your life-points. Actually, make that twenty-eight hundred of them. Right?! The same amount as your dragon's original attack points." Zane's Cyber Twin Dragon glows as Zane loses 2800 life-points, thanks to the negative effect of Power Bond.

Current Score:

Aster: 0100

Zane: 1200

Aster draws one card from his deck and says, "Tough break." Aster puts one card on his duel disk and says, "And now things are getting tougher with my Sparkman!" Soon after, a darker version of Elemental Hero Sparkman (A: 1600/D: 1400) appears on the field in attack mode. Aster puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, "Next, I'll add this! Spark Blaster!" Just then a hologram of a blaster connected to Sparkman's right arm appears in Sparkman's right hand and Aster puts the last card in the spell/trap slots, "But I'm not done yet! Next, I'll add my Guard Penalty spell card! Thanks to this, I get to pick one monster on the field and if it switches to defense mode, I get to draw a card! So, I'll choose your Twin Dragon! And what do you know! I can use my Spark Blaster to do just that!" Sparkman uses his Spark Blaster to switch Cyber Twin Dragon to defense mode. Aster then draws one card from his deck and says, "While he is taking a nap, I get to draw a card. Did you get all that? How about I switch him back to attack mode for a reply?" Sparkman uses Spark Blaster to switch Cyber Twin Dragon back to attack mode and Aster says, "And now, for an instant reply. Back to bed little dragon." Sparkman uses Spark Blaster to switch Cyber Twin Dragon back to defense mode and everyone in the audience starts to laugh.

One child in the audience says, "Look, mommy. The dragon is doing tricks."

Aster says, tauntingly, "Listen to that Zane, looks like the crowd is on to you. They know that you are a joke."

Zane yells out, angrily, "Shut it!"

Back in Duel Academy, Hikari yells out, angrily, "I hate that guy!"

Syrus says, worriedly, "Whoa. I've never seen Zane that angry before."

Chazz says, annoyed, "He can't lose to some kid."

Bastion tells Chazz and his friends, "He is more than a kid. In one move, he has made our top graduate into a laughing stock."

Hikari says, annoyed, "Defeating Zane is one thing, but doing this…It is just plain wrong. What a jerk."

Returning the Kaiba Dome, Aster says, "See you later, Blaster! Thanks for everything!" Sparkman's Spark Blaster is destroyed since it has been 'used up', Aster draws one card from his deck, thanks to Guard Penalty, and says, as he puts one card in the spell/trap slots, "Well, I'm disappointed with you, Zaney. I thought you would be tougher! Because I'm just warming up! Ready! Now, I play Polymerization! I fuse Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer with Sparkman!" The two monsters go into a fusion vortex as they are sent to the graveyard, Aster exclaims, "This creates my Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer!" Out of the fusion vortex, Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer (A: 2500/D: 2100) comes to the field in attack mode.

Zane says, drolly, "Oh, great."

Back in Duel Academy, everyone is awe-struck and Hassleberry tells Jaden, "Sam hill! That critter is bigger than any heroes in your deck, Jaden!"

Returning to the Kaiba Dome, Aster tells Zane, "The fun doesn't stop there, Zaney. My Shining Phoenix Enforcer gets three hundred attack points for every hero in my graveyard for a grand total of thirty-seven hundred points!" Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer's stats increase from 2500/2100 to 3700/2100! Aster then calls out, "Now, show him how you got your name! Shining Enforcement!" Shining Phoenix Enforcer then rams right through the chest of Cyber Twin Dragon, destroying it, and shattering to nothingness, Zane was getting really angry at Aster. Aster puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, "All right. I'll place one card face-down and that will be it."

Aster nastily laughs at Zane and Zane tells Aster, seriously, "Sorry, Aster, the joke's on you. And it is time for the punchline. My move!" Zane draws one card from his deck, looks at the two cards in his hand, puts one card in the spell/trap slots, and says, "First, I play a little spell card known as Polymerization!" Zane then puts the other card in his hand into the spell/trap slots and says, "Next, I'll play Cybernetic Fusion Support! Here's how it works: I play half of my life-points and then I can fuse monster in my graveyard! So, I fuse my three Cyber Dragons in my graveyard!" The three Cyber Dragons cards in Zane's graveyard come out and are removed from play, the holograms of Zane's three Cyber Dragon appear on the field and go into a fusion vortex.

Back in Duel Academy, all of the students were beginning to celebrate and Jaden says, "Talk about a sweet comeback!"

Bastion says, "Nice. He just bought himself a victory!"

Hikari yells out, "Yeah! Zane!"

Ryoko asks Yusuke, "Hey Yusuke, does your sister have a thing for Zane?"

Yusuke says, with a sly smile, "Oh yeah!"

Back within the Kaiba Dome, Zane shouts out, "Meet my Cyber End Dragon!" Out of the fusion vortex, Cyber End Dragon (A: 4000/D: 2800) appears on the field in attack mode and the crowd starts to cheer. Zane tells Aster, "It has been fun, Aster. But all good things come to an end!" Cyber End Dragon then prepares to attack and Zane says, with a smile, "Nice knowing you."

Aster smiles and says, "I've got to say, you talk a wicked game. But when dueling the pros, I'm afraid going to get you two things: Beaten and fast."

Zane wonders what Aster is talking about, he then gasps, remember Aster's face-down card, and exclaims, "Wait! Your trap card!"

Aster yells out, "Destruction of Destiny to be more exact!" Aster's face-down card is revealed to be the Destruction of Destiny trap card and Aster says, "Nice try, Zaney! But thanks to this card, you're about to lose! Because, I can send five cards from my deck to the graveyard! And I choose Clayman, Bladedge, Wildheart, Bubbleman, and Hero Signal!" Aster takes the said cards from his deck, puts into his graveyard slot, and says, "Oh, did I mention Enforcer's special ability? He gets three hundred attack points for every hero in the graveyard!" Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer's stats rise from 3700/2100 to 4900/2100!

Zane yells out, shocked, "What?!"

Aster tells Zane, with a sly grin on his lips, "That's right. Your little dragon picked the wrong fight. Now, who's got more points now, Zaney?"

Zane says, solemnly and shocked since he knew what was coming next, "You."

Aster exclaims, "That's right! And don't you forget it!" Shining Phoenix Enforcer counters Cyber End Dragon's attack, charges right through Cyber End Dragon's chest, and Cyber End Dragon explodes with a huge explosion, costing Zane 900 life-points and ending the duel.

Final Score:

Aster: 0100

Zane: 0000

Within the halls of Duel Academy, all of the students, Yusuke, Jaden, Tenchi, Tyson and their friends are shocked to see what happened. Back in the Kaiba Dome, Zane falls to his knees in shock.

Zane says, shocked by his loss, "How can this be?"

Aster replies, in a plain tone, "Simple. You can't escape from destiny."

Zane looks at Aster, gasps in shock since he heard that saying before, and he says, stunned, "The demon! It's you!" Aster gives a serious look, turns around, and walks away. Back in Duel Academy, all of the students and teachers, including our heroes and heroines, looked in stunned silence at Zane's loss to Aster.

Ryoko exclaims, "Whoa! Zane Truesdale lost!"

Ayeka says, amazed, "Well, it looks like that Aster is as good as he says."

Tenchi states, "He might be a jerk, but you are right, Ayeka."

Syrus says, stunned, "I just can't believe that he took out my brother."

Bastion says, plainly, "He can't be beat."

Jaden says, in a plain tone, "We'll see."

Hikari clinched her fists and thinks, angrily, "I'm gonna beat him to a pulp when I see him again!"

End Flashback; Return to the Present

Back to the present, Yusuke thinks in his mind, "It was totally beyond belief. Zane, who never lost one duel, lost to Aster Phoenix in a total and humiliating defeat. After that, Zane would be a losing streak and when he started winning again, he won't be the same Zane Truesdale that we, except for the Bladebreakers, Kenny, Hilary, Tenchi and his friends, originally knew. On the meanwhile, Aster announced his plans to duel Jaden Yuki, through he did it in a way to make Jaden look bad, including saying that Jaden copied his deck! That rotten asshole! And then when he arrives, he only allows us to come to see the duel! Jaden prepared for his duel against Aster Phoenix and his deck of heroes with warning from Jaden's Duel Spirit, Winged Kuriboh, warning him of danger, but Jaden was confident of victory. However, even through it was an even match, Jaden would soon wish he had…"