Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Season 2 – The Gentle Darkness vs The Light of Destruction
Last time so went Jaden and Alexis on a date, while some trouble happened because of a girl who's name was Jessica that had gotten feelings for Jaden after he had saved her some time before he went to Duel Academy, the situation were explained and they went to the water park. There they had a fun time, but after Jaden came back after getting his wallet so he could buy them ice cream he saw some guys hitting on Alexis and trying to get her to come with them. The situation ended up with a duel which Jaden won, they then noticed that Atticus were there and found out that he had been following them the whole day and Alexis punished him while Jaden bought them ice cream. Later as Alexis got home she found out that Atticus had recorded their date, and decided to punish him again, what will happen next to the gang?
Chapter 3- Last day of summer, facing legends
It was the last day of the summer break and tomorrow Jaden and the others would have to go back to Duel Academy by boat, but for the moment so were the gang sitting in Jaden's living room, they had just watch a movie, an old recording from the Kaiba Corp Grand Championship, the second tournament Kaiba Corp organized.
All of them had been irritated over how that guy Zigfried Von Schroeder had taken advantage of his little brother Leon and made him play a card that spread a virus through Kaiba Corp's computer system, but as usual so did Yugi not only find a solution to the problem, he also won the duel and kept his world champion title.
Now all of them was just sitting in the living room and were relaxing, well Alexis had just rammed her fist into the top of Atticus's head recently for one of his stupid comments, Chazz leaned back in his chair with closed eyes while Syrus watched as Jaden and Bastion dueled on the table between them.
Jaden currently had 2300 life points left and Bastion had 2400, Jaden had Clayman and Elemental Hero Heat in defense mode while Bastion had Conduction Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus on the field.
Bastion drew his next card and looked at it, he then looked at Jaden, "I now sacrifice my Linear Magnum in order to summon my Plasma Warrior Eitom in attack mode" Bastion sent Linear Magnum to the graveyard before placing the card of the purple machine looking monster on the table, Atk: 3000.
Bastion then grabbed three cards in his hand, "Next I send the three Magnet Warriors, Alpha, Beta and Gamma directly to my graveyard, which lets me summon Valkyrion the Magna Warrior Jaden saw how he sent the three cards to the graveyard before placing Valkyrion on the table, Atk: 3500.
Jaden looked impressed, "Wow, what a sweet move Bastion". Bastion looked at him, "If you liked that then you're gonna love this, by cutting his attack points until the end of this turn, Eitom can attack your life points directly this turn".
Jaden got a smirk on his face as that was a good ability, Eitom, Atk: 3000-1500, Bastion pointed at Jaden, "Now I attack you directly Jaden", Jaden sighed as he wrote down his points on his paper, Jaden LP: 2300-800.
Bastion then pointed at Heat, "And now, I will attack your Hero Heat with my Valkyrion", Jaden took and placed Heat among the other cards in the graveyard. Bastion looked at Jaden, "I end my turn, which means that Eitom's points return to normal", Eitom, Atk: 1500-3000.
Jaden got a smirk on his face, he were facing one monster with 3000 attack points, and another with 3500, he knew it would be difficult to get out of this situation, but the challenges were also what made dueling so much fun, also he had faith in that his deck would help him out.
He drew his next card and looked at it, "I play Pot of Greed, so now I draw two more cards". Jaden drew two more cards and looked at them, he got a smirk on his face, "I now play Polymerization, and I use it to fuse Avian and Necroshade together in order to summon Elemental Hero Great Tornado".
Jaden placed both Avian and Necroshade along with Polymerization in the graveyard, and then placed the card of the hero with green and yellow armor and cape around him on the field, Atk: 2800. Jaden looked at Bastion, "And when this guy is successfully fusion summoned, the face up monsters my opponent currently has on the field attack and defense points are cut in half".
Bastion gritted his teeth a little as he heard that, Eitom, Atk: 3000-1500. Valkyrion, Atk: 3500-1750. Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "And since Necroshade is now in my graveyard, I can use its special ability to one time summon an Elemental Hero without a sacrifice, so come on out Elemental Hero Bladedge".
Jaden placed Bladedge's card on the table, Atk: 2600. He then grabbed Clayman's card, "And I also switch Clayman into attack mode". He turned Clayman's upright, Atk: 800.
Jaden then pointed at Valkyrion's card, "Now great Tornado, attack Valkyrion the Magna Warrior now", Bastion took and placed Valkyrion into the grave and wrote down the damage he had taken, Bastion LP: 2400-1350.
Jaden then pointed at Eitom's card, "Now Bladedge, attack Plasma Warrior Eitom with Slice and Dice attack". Bastion placed Eitom's card into the grave and wrote down the damage, Bastion LP: 1350-250. Jaden then looked at Bastion with a smirk, "And finally I make a direct attack with Clayman". Bastion sighed as he crossed over his remaining life points, Bastion LP: 250-0.
Bastion looked at Jaden with a smile, "I gotta say Jay, you're using your new Heroes pretty well", Jaden nodded and held up Great Tornado's card and looked at it, "Yeah I guess, I just want to fight more with these guys and connect more with them".
The others looked at each other with a small smile on their faces (except for Chazz), when they learned about Jaden's powers, they also learned about the strong bond he had with his deck and the monsters in it since he could see, hear and communicate with duel spirits.
Then suddenly the door open and Jaden's mom came in carrying a few plastic bags. Jaden looked at her, "Hey mom, want some help with the groceries?" Amanda just looked at her son and shook her head, "It's okay, I got this, you guys should hurry instead".
They all looked at her confused, Jaden then asked her what all of them wondered, "What do you mean mom? I mean, there is nothing we were supposed to do today other than chilling here".
His mom looked at him, "Well, as I were at the grocery store, I heard something I thought you might find interesting, apparently at the Kaiba Dome, Yugi Muto and Joey Wheeler takes on anyone who wish to challenge them so…"
She however didn't get to finish the sentence and had to move out of the way as Jaden and Bastion gathered their cards before all six of the teens rushed out of the house to get to the Kaiba Dome, hoping to get to face at least one of two Duel Monsters legends.
LATER AT THE KAIBA DOME,
Jaden and the others arrived at the Kaiba Dome and looked inside and saw how Yugi and Joey were in a tag team duel against a pair of twins. They watched as Yugi's Dark Magician did a direct attack on one of the twins, bringing their life points down to 500, and then ended his turn with one face down.
The other twin then drew his next card and looked at it, he then gritted his teeth and then had no choice but to end his turn. Joey then took and drew his next card and then ended the duel with a direct attack from his Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
Jaden and the others then heard loud cheering, they then looked at the spectator seats, there were quite an audience there. While this thing weren't something that had been officially organized and were more like something Yugi and Joey decided to do on their own, there were still quite a few fans that came to watch and challenge them to duels.
Yugi then turned towards the entrance and saw Jaden and his friends, he smiled at them and said something they couldn't hear to Joey before pointing at them. Joey then looked at them with interest, especially Jaden, then the two Duel Monsters legends walked towards them.
Yugi stopped in front of Jaden and smiled at him as he held out his hand, "Hi Jaden, it has been a while hasn't it? Has things been calm for you?"Jaden smiled and grabbed his hand and shook it, "Nice to see you as well Yugi, and as for if things has been calm… well let's just say that our first year of Duel Academy was unforgettable, I might tell you some stories later".
Yugi smiled and nodded, if Jaden and his friends had had some adventures like Yugi and his friends used to end up in he would like to hear about it. He then moved out of the way and Joey walked up to Jaden, "Yo Jaden, I heard you beat Yugi's deck, that's an amazing thing to pull off, even if Yugi weren't the one who used it at that time".
Jaden smiled, "Yeah well, the guy I faced, Dimitri, was able to copy Yugi perfectly, so no matter what kind of move I made, he always had a counter move ready", Joey narrowed his eyes, "I still can't believe it, did he really believe he would be as good as Yug if he copied him and used his deck".
Bastion nodded and answered for Jaden, "Indeed, I have known him since I joined the Ra dorm, and he had never dueled with a deck he designed himself and always tried to use a copy of someone else's deck, and also by copying their dueling style, thought he would be as good as they were".
Joey shook his head, "Man that kid truly don't understand dueling, duelists share a special bond with their deck, and only they can bring out the deck's full potential". Yugi looked at him, "Well maybe he learned his lesson after Jaden defeated him".
Jaden shook his head while he sighed, "Well no such luck, not long after he tried to copy me and my deck, heck he even made his hair look like my hair and put on a Slifer jacket, even though he made a horrible trying to copy me".
Jaden's friends laughed a little at his misfortune while Yugi shook his head with a smile that said that he couldn't believe it while Joey laughed as he heard the story. Yugi then looked at them, "I guess you guys came here to challenge us to a duel",
Jaden nodded excited, Yugi looked at Joey with a troubled smile, "Well we will have to leave soon, so we decided that we would have one last duel each against anyone who wanted to challenge us". Jaden and the others looked disappointed, knowing that not all of them could challenge Yugi and Joey, they wished they had heard about this earlier, maybe then they all could have challenged the two legends in front of them.
Syrus then stepped forward, "Then I Syrus Truesdale, would like to challenge Joey to a duel, I would like to test myself, and while I would like to face you Yugi, if you will only duel one more time then someone else should have that honor", Syrus looked at Jaden who smiled at Syrus.
Yugi nodded and then looked at Joey, "Well then, you ready old friend?" Joey smiled and activated his Duel Disk, "I'm always ready for a duel Yug", Jaden let Syrus borrow his Duel Disk and he put his deck into it and then activated it, then the others backed away as the two duelists drew their first five cards.
Syrus looked at Joey, "You can begin Mr Joey", Joey just chuckled, "just call me Joey Syrus, also you said you're last name is Truesdale right? Are you possible related to the new pro, Zane Truesdale?" Syrus sighed, "Yeah he's my older brother".
Joey looked at him, "Well, I did see him duel some year ago and he was quite impressive, but he is he and you are you, so I'm looking forward to see your dueling style".
Syrus looked at Joey shocked since Joey didn't try and compare him to Zane like everyone else did, he then smiled at Joey. Joey smiled back at Syrus before he drew his sixth card and looked at it, "I now summon Alligator's Sword in attack mode".
An armored Alligator appeared with a sword in its hand, Atk, 1500, Joey then grabbed two cards in his hand, "Next I place two cards face down and end my turn".
Syrus took and drew his sixth card, he looked at it, he then placed it into his hand and grabbed another, "I now summon Submarineroid in attack", what appeared on the field were a cartoon submarine with arms and eyes, Atk: 800.
Joey raised an eyebrow, "A monster with 800 attack points? I guess it must some kind of special ability". Syrus nodded, "Yeah, this card can bypass your monsters and attack you directly, and then he switches into defense mode".
Joey's eyes widened a little before he got a smile on his face, Syrus then pointed at him, "Now Submarineroid, attack Joey directly with Subterranean Sneak Attack". Submarineroid dove down underneath the concrete and then flew towards Joey like a torpedo and an explosion appeared, Joey LP: 4000-3200.
Submarineroid then appeared next to Syrus again and crossed his arms in front of himself, Def: 1800. Joey looked at Syrus with an excited smirk on his face, "That's quite a tricky monster, being able to make a sneak attack on the opponent and then change to defense mode where it has 1800 defense points, sure it might not have much power, but if used right it could quite troubling, this sure is quite different from your brothers dueling style".
Syrus got a troubled look on his face, "Yeah, while I'm decent at dueling I don't have true potential like he does". Joey looked at him confused, "What are you talking about? I can see a lot of potential in you, all you have to do is believe in yourself and your deck, with some more practice you can become quite a troublesome opponent, right Yug?" Joey looked at Yugi who nodded at Syrus with a kind smile on his face.
Syrus looked at them shocked, he could see that both of them were serious with what they were saying and were happy that great duelists like them thought he had potential. Syrus then looked at Joey, "Alright now I end my turn, so give me your best shot".
Joey smiled when he heard that, "Oh you're gonna wish you hadn't said that, I draw", he drew his next card and looked at it, "Now I play the magic card Pot of Greed which lets me draw two more cards".
Joey drew two more cards and looked at them, he smiled, "And both of them are going into immediate action, I play Polymerization and fuse the Baby Dragon I just drew with Alligator's Sword on my field in order to summon Alligator's Sword Dragon".
the small orange Baby Dragon appeared on the field next to Alligator's Sword before both of them got sucked into the vortex then out came Baby Dragon that had gotten a little bigger, big enough for Alligator's sword to ride on its back, Atk: 1700.
Syrus looked confused, "Uh well, what can he do?" Joey looked at him with a smirk, "Well let's say he can be as sneaky as your Submarineroid, if you only have monsters on the field whose attribute is water, fire or earth, Alligator's Sword Dragon can bypass them and attack you".
Syrus looked shocked as Alligator's Sword Dragon flew past Submarineroid since he were a water attribute monster and then swung its sword towards Syrus. Syrus held up his arms to shield himself and sword slashed him, Syrus LP: 4000-2300.
Chazz sighed. "And now Syrus lost the small lead he had, we all know that he will lose so why not just get it over with and let the Chazz face the king of games and show all of you that Yugi's crown will be mine one day".
Jaden looked at Chazz, "Let them duel, this is a chance for Sy to test his abilities so that he can learn and improve himself", Alexis nodded since she agreed with Jaden while she and the others looked at Chazz irritated because of his attitude.
Joey looked at Syrus, "Now I end my turn, now let's see what you got up your sleeve Sy". Syrus nodded and drew his next card, he looked at it, "This should look familiar to you, I play Polymerization, and I use it to fuse together my Steamroid and Gyroid in other to form Steam Gyroid".
Steamroid and Gyroid got sucked into the vortex and out came the helicopter train, Steam Gyroid, Atk: 2200. Syrus then grabbed Submarineroid's card, "Next I switch my Submarine back into attack mode, Submarine uncrossed his arms, Atk: 800. Syrus then looked at Joey, "Now let's see if your dragon can handle my little friend, now Steam Gyroid attack Alligator's Sword Dragon with Train Twister".
As Steam Gyroid prepared to attack so pressed Joey a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate the trap card Kunai with Chain and activate both of its abilities, the first one switches your attacking monster to defense mode". A kunai came out of the card and wrapped itself around Steam Gyroid and forced him down and cross his arms, Def: 1600.
Joey smiled and pointed at Alligator's Sword Dragon, "And then I can choose one monster on my field and it gains 500 attack points", the chain attached to the kunai wrapped itself around the free arm of Alligator's Sword Dragon, Atk: 1700-2200.
Syrus narrowed his eyes a little, "Fine, but now Submarineroid will attack you directly with Subterranean Sneak Attack". Submarineroid dove underneath the concrete again and flew towards Joey like a Torpedo and slammed into him again which caused an explosion, Joey LP: 3200-2400. Submarineroid then crossed his arms in front of him again, Def: 1800.
Syrus then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I place one card face down and end my turn". Joey nodded and drew his next card, he looked at it, "I summon Little-Winguard in defense mode", the small blue clad masked with a cape warrior appeared while being on a knee and held out his shield in front of him, Def: 1800.
Joey then looked at Syrus. "So, am I right to assume that Steam Gyroid is an earth monster?" Syrus nodded, Joey got a smile on his face, "Then you'll know what will happen next, Alligator's Sword Dragon can attack you directly, now sic him boy, take away almost all of his remaining life points".
Alligator's Sword Dragon flew past both Submarineroid and Steam Gyroid towards Syrus, but Syrus pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate No Entry which stops your attack and forces your monster into defense mode". A fence and repelled Alligator's Sword Dragon and he flew back to Joey and landed on the ground, Def: 1500.
Syrus then looked at Joey, "And then, you have to discard one card from your hand", Joey grabbed one of his three cards and placed it into his graveyard, he then looked at Syrus as he grabbed a card in his hand, "I end my turn with a face down".
Syrus took and drew his next card, "Now I play Pot of Greed which lets draw two more cards", he then took and drew two more cards and looked at them, "Next I switch Submarineroid and Steam Gyroid into attack mode and attack you directly with Submarineroid". Both monsters changed back to attack mode and Submarine then dove underneath the concrete and attacked Joey, Joey LP: 2400-1600. Submarineroid then appeared next to Syrus again and then crossed his arms, Def: 1800.
Syrus then pointed at Alligator's Sword Dragon, "Now Steam Gyroid attack his dragon with Train Twister", Steam Gyroid formed a tornado that hit Alligator's Sword Dragon, then Steam Gyroid rode through the tornado and hit the dragon and destroyed it.
Syrus then held up a card, "Next I play the spell card Quick Summon, which lets me summon another monster, even during the battle phase, so now I sacrifice my two monsters and summon my Dragonroid in attack mode". A red mechanical dragon appeared on the field with a roar, Atk: 2900.
Chazz looked shocked when he saw that monster and Jaden had a huge smile on his face, "Sweet, didn't know Sy had a powerful monster like that since like my Elemental Heroes, the most powerful forms of his Vehicroids are their fusion forms".
Joey looked at the mechanical dragon impressed, "Not bad, not bad at all", Syrus smiled, "Thanks, now Dragonroid attack Little-Winguard". The mechanical Dragon opened his mouth and unleashed a stream of fire that destroyed Little-Winguard.
Syrus looked at Joey, "Now I end my turn, so let's see what you got Joey", Joey drew his next card and looked at it, he got a smile on his face, "Now let's see if Lady Luck is on my side, I activate the magic card Roll of Fate, so now I roll a dice, then I get to draw as many cards from my deck as the number I roll, of course I then also have to remove the same amount of cards from my deck and from the game".
Joey then took and rolled a dice, then it landed on… a six. Chazz couldn't believe his eyes as Joey drew six cards before he removed six, "How damn lucky can you get?" Bastion wondered the same thing as Jaden shrugged his shoulders and Alexis and Atticus smiled and looked at the duel.
Joy grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I summon my Hayabusa Knight in attack mode", an eagle warrior appeared on the field with its sword ready, Atk: 1000. Joey then pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "And since I'm still feeling very lucky, I play my Star Blaster magic card, so now I choose one monster on my field, and then whatever I roll gets added to that monster's level, then by sacrificing that monster I can summon a monster from my hand that has the same level".
Chazz narrowed his eyes, "There is no way he can get that lucky again", Bastion nodded, "I have to agree with Chazz, the odds of this going well is not good". Jaden looked at them with a smile, "I don't know, Joey is not known as the legendary gambling duelist for no good reason, because unlike Pierre he's a true gambler that is not afraid of taking risks, right Lex?" Jaden looked at Alexis who nodded and Atticus who had heard about Pierre's visit to the island and how he dueled also had to agree.
Joey then took and tossed the dice again and it landed on a four, so now Hayabusa Knight went from being a level 3 to a level 7. Joey then grabbed a card in his hand, "I now sacrifice my now level 7 Hayabusa Knight to summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon".
Hayabusa Knight disappeared and then the mighty Red-Eyes Black Dragon appeared in front of Joey with a mighty roar, Atk: 2400. Bastion and Chazz couldn't believe what they were seeing while Jaden chuckled impressed, Alexis and Atticus also looked impressed.
Joey then pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "And next I play my Metalmorph card, now good old Red-Eyes will get a 300 points boost, and also when he attacks one of your monsters, his attack points will increase with half the amount of your monster's attack points".
As he said that so did Red-Eyes's body turn metallic as he roared, Atk: 2400-2700. Joey then took and pointed at Dragonroid, "Now Red-Eyes, attack Dragonroid", Red-Eyes then flew up and prepared his attack, which activated the second effect of Metalmorph, Atk: 2700-4150. Red-Eyes then fired his attack towards Dragonroid and destroyed him, Syrus LP: 2300-1050.
Joey then held out his hand as Red-Eyes landed in front of him, "And now since the battle is over, Red-Eyes's attack points return to normal", Red-Eyes, Atk: 4150-2700. Joey looked at Syrus, "And that will now end my turn, so show me what you got".
Normally Syrus would get worried here, but now he just narrowed his eyes and drew his next card, his eyes widened, he then got a smirk on his face, "First I play Fusion Recovery, so now I can add one Polymerization and one monster I used in a fusion to my hand, and so I choose Steamroid".
Polymerization and Steamroid came out of the graveyard and Syrus added them to his hand, he then grabbed another card in his hand, "Next I use Silent Doom, and with it I can now bring back one monster in defense mode, so return Submarineroid". Submarineroid then appeared and crossed its arms, Def: 1800.
Syrus then grabbed the three remaining cards in his hand, "Next I play Polymerization to fuse Steamroid and Drillroid in my hand with Submarineroid on my field, in order to summon Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill".
The three Vehicroids got sucked into the vortex and out came a large purple and pinkish red drill with eyes and arm that the top looked like a submarine, Atk: 3000. Joey looked impressed, "Not bad, bringing out a monster with 3000 attack points to face my enhanced Red-Eyes".
Syrus smiled and pointed at Red-Eyes, "Now Jumbo Drill, attack Red-Eyes Black Dragon", Jumbo Drill then dug itself underneath the ground with its drill nose, Red-Eyes looked around after it until it felt something underneath him, he looked down in time before Jumbo Drill appeared underneath him and rammed his drill into him, destroying him, Joey LP: 1600-1300. Syrus looked at Joey, "And in case you think you can defend yourself think again, Jumbo Drill can inflict piercing damage if he attacks a monster in defense mode".
Joey gritted his teeth a little, "Now this is a troublesome situation", he then smiled at Syrus, "I'm impressed with how well you're doing against me, in fact you're one of the more skillful duelists I have faced today".
Syrus looked at him shocked before getting a really happy expression on his face, he forced himself not to cry as he said with a smile, "Thanks, it means a lot for me hearing something like that from a great duelist like you, now I end my turn, so let's see how you will get out of this situation".
Joey nodded and drew his next card, he looked at it before placing it into his Duel Disk, "Now I play Monster Reborn, and I'm using it to bring back my Sword Hunter in attack mode". An armored warrior appeared on the field with one sword in each hand and then a large one on his back, Atk: 2450.
Syrus looked shocked, "Hold on, I never sent him to the graveyard", Joey smiled, "Don't you remember? When you played No Entry I had to discard one card from my hand, the card I discarded was Sword Hunter".
Joey then grabbed another card in his hand, "Next I summon Blue Flame Swordsman in attack mode", then a blue clad Flame Swordsman with a blue sword appeared on the field, Atk: 1800.
Joey then pointed at Blue Flame Swordsman, "And now by moving to my battle phase I can activate my Blue Flame Swordsman's special ability, once per turn during either of our battle phase, I can decrease my Swordsman's attack points by 600 and then increase the attack of another warrior monster on my field by 600.
Blue Flame Swordsman's points decreased, Atk: 1800-1200. He then touched Sword Hunter with his sword, and Sword Hunter then got covered by a blue aura, Atk: 2450-3050.
Joey then pointed at Jumbo Drill, "Now Sword Hunter, attack his Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill", Sword Hunter then slashed Jumbo Drill with both of his swords, destroying him, Syrus LP: 1050-1000.
Joey then looked at Sword Hunter, "Also, at the end of the battle phase, if Sword Hunter destroyed a monster in battle and sent it to the graveyard, the destroyed monster is equipped two him and he will gain 200 attack points, however, he won't get a chance to use his special ability".
Joey then pointed at Syrus, "Now Blue Flame Swordsman, attack Syrus directly and end this duel", Blue Flame Swordsman's sword got covered by blue flames and then he rushed towards Syrus and slashed him with his sword, ending the duel, Syrus LP: 1000-0.
Joey walked over to Syrus with a smile, "You did really well during this duel, it was quite fun". He held out his hand, Syrus had teary eyes as he shook Joey's hand. Then the audience went crazy, chanting both of the duelists names, Jaden forced himself not to laugh when he saw how embarrassed Syrus got. He knew Syrus wasn't used to be the center of attention, but he had dueled well against Joey Wheeler so he deserved the attention. Yugi then stepped forward, "So who will be the one to face me?"
Chazz were about to step forward but got pulled back by Alexis and Atticus as Jaden walked forward as Syrus handed back the Duel Disk to him. Yugi smiled, "I figured it would be you, in fact, I have wanted to test your skills since I heard that you beat my deck". Jaden smiled as he placed the Duel Disk on his arm.
Chazz looked irritated at Alexis and Atticus, "Why did pull me back?" Alexis looked at him, "You do know that we all want to face Yugi right? But just like Sy said, Jaden should be the one to face him, also Yugi himself just said that he wanted to face Jaden, so we should let him duel Yugi". Atticus and Bastion nodded as Syrus came over to them, Chazz then crossed his arms with a really irritated look on his face.
Jaden walked over to Yugi and Joey, Jaden smiled at Yugi like a kid on Christmas, "I have been dreaming about the day that I would challenge you to a duel, so I will really enjoy this". Yugi chuckled and held out his hand, "And I have been interested in testing you since I heard about you, so I'm going to enjoy this too", Jaden's smile grew bigger as he shook Yugi's hand.
Joey nodded, "Yeah and I have been looking forward to seeing this match since Yugi told us everything about you". Jaden froze when he heard Joey said that, he looked at Yugi, wondering if everything truly meant everything.
Yugi rubbed the back of his head with a guilty look on his face, "I didn't intend to let them know, but Joey, Tristan and my wife Tea accidently heard me talk about your powers and your destiny for myself, and since I couldn't talk myself out of the situation I had to explain what I meant with what I had said".
Jaden swallowed and a look of worry flashed through his eyes, which didn't go unnoticed by either Yugi or Joey. Joey looked at Jaden worried, "Hey, what's wrong?" Yugi placed a hand on his forehead, "I really should have kept my mouth shut about that even if I thought I was alone".
He looked at Joey, "At one time, a bully found out about Jaden's powers by seeing him summoning a creature, and so he and his friends began treating Jaden as a freak, while no one believed the bully other than his friends so was the other kids worried about being called freaks as well by being near him so they avoided him. This treatment lasted a year until the bully and his friends was forced to move to different schools because they began to beat Jaden up in order to make him summon another creature to prove that the bully was right, which caused Jaden to be unable to tell the people close to him about what he could do, out of fear of being rejected".
Joey's face immediately darkened when he heard that, he clenched his fists which trembled a little as he got angry, "Man, I really hate people like that, so what if someone is different? It doesn't mean they can treat them like that, it only means that that person is special". He looked at Jaden and got a sad smile on his face, "I'm sorry to hear what happened to you, but you should know we don't think you're a freak, heck freaky things are pretty normal for us considering all the weird things we went through".
Jaden gave Joey a thankful smile, he then opened one of his deck boxes, it was at that moment Yugi noticed something, "Hold on, I remembering you having two decks. So why do you have three deck boxes?"
Jaden smiled as he held out his deck towards Yugi, "Well I got my hands on some… very special cards, and now I'm trying to make a deck to work well with them, it's not done yet so I'm not gonna use it". Yugi smiled at him and held out his deck towards Jaden who took it while Yugi took his, they shuffled the other one's deck before handing it back and making some distance to each other while the audience cheered loudly since it were time for Yugi to duel one on one again.
Yugi and Jaden then took and drew their first five cards, Yugi looked at Jaden, "You can go first Jaden", Jaden nodded and drew his next card, he looked at it, he then placed it into his hand, "First I summon Luster Dragon in attack mode", Luster Dragon appeared on the field with a roar, Atk: 1900.
Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I throw one card face down and end my turn". Yugi took and drew his next card with smile, "A Luster Dragon huh? Well let's see if he will be staying for long".
Yugi looked at the card he had drawn, "I now play Polymerization and use it to fuse Curse of Dragon with Gaia the Fierce Knight, in order to create Gaia the Dragon Champion". Curse of Dragon and Gaia the Fierce Knight got sucked into the vortex and out came Gaia who was riding on Curse of Dragon's back, Atk: 2600.
Jaden widened his eyes, "A monster with 2600 attack immediately?" Yugi pointed at Luster Dragon, "Now Dragon Champion attack Luster Dragon with Double Dragon Lance". Gaia the Dragon Champion flew towards Luster Dragon and slashed him with both of his lances, destroying him, Jaden LP: 4000-3300.
Jaden then pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate my trap card Hero Signal, and with it I summon Sparkman in defense mode", Sparkman appeared on the field on a knee and crossed his arms, Def: 1400.
Yugi grabbed a card in his hand, "I now place one card face down and end my turn". Jaden took and drew his next card and looked at it, "I play Pot of Greed, now I can draw two more cards". Jaden drew two more card, he placed them in his hand and then grabbed two cards in his hands.
"Now I play Polymerization and merge Sparkman on my field with Necroshade in my hand in order to create Elemental Hero Darkbright", Sparkman and Necroshade got sucked into the vortex and out came Darkbright, Atk: 2000.
Jaden then grabbed another card in his hand, "And with Necroshade in the graveyard, I can summon one Elemental Hero without a sacrifice, so come on out Bladedge". Bladedge appeared on the field, Atk: 2600.
Alexis smiled as she heard excited cries from the audience as Jaden brought out two tough monsters, "Looks like the audience is really getting excited now", Bastion and Atticus smiled and nodded, while Chazz muttered that it would be more exciting if he dueled.
Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I play the spell card H – Heated Heart, so now my Bladedge gains 500 attack points for this turn". Bladedge got covered by a blue aura, Atk: 2600-3100.
Jaden pointed at Gaia the Dragon Champion, "Now Bladedge, destroy his Gaia the Dragon Champion with Slice and Dice attack". Bladedge took and flew towards Gaia, Yugi took and pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate the trap card Shadow Spell, now not only is Bladedge's attack stopped, he can't change battle modes and he also loses 700 attack points".
Chains came out of the card and wrapped themselves around Bladedge and stopped him, Atk: 3100-2400. Jaden gritted his teeth a little, "Fine then, Darkbright attack Gaia the Dragon Champion". Yugi looked shocked as Darkbright unleashed its Dark Flash, Gaia knocked it away with one of his lances and then flew over to Darkbright and slashed him with both of the lances destroying him, Jaden LP: 3300-2700.
Jaden then got a smirk on his face and Yugi then saw a ghostly image of Darkbright appeared, "When Darkbright is destroyed, I can destroy one monster on my opponent's side of the field, so say good bye to Gaia the Dragon Champion".
The ghost of Darkbright flew towards Gaia the Dragon Champion and entered his body, a few moments later so did the Dragon Champion explode, Yugi covered his face with a smile, "Sacrificing a few points to take down my Dragon Champion, pretty clever".
Jaden smiled and grabbed both of the cards left in his hand, "Next I throw one card face down and then I play Mirage of Nightmare, so now during your next standby phase I get to draw until I have four cards in my hand, but I have to discard the same amount during my standby phase, and with that I end my turn, which means that H – heated Heart's effect ends". Bladedge, Atk: 2400-1900.
Yugi nodded and drew his next card, Jaden then took and drew four cards, he then pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "And now I play Emergency Provision, so now for everyone of my own spell and trap cards I destroy, I will gain 1000 life points, and of course the card I destroy is Mirage of Nightmare", Mirage of Nightmare got destroyed, Jaden LP: 2700-3700.
Yugi smiled, Jaden had not only destroyed one of his toughest monsters, he had managed to draw four new cards and restored his life points to 3700, he sure had a lot of potential. Yugi then looked at the card he had just drawn, He grabbed it, "I summon Big Shield Gardna in defense mode". The big shield wielding warrior appeared on the field on a knee, Def: 2600. Yugi looked at Jaden, "And that will end my turn".
Jaden nodded and drew his next card, he looked at it, "I now play Monster Reborn to revive Sparkman", Sparkman reappeared on the field, Atk: 1600. Jaden grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I sacrifice him and Bladedge in order to summon Buster Blader in attack mode".
Bladedge and Sparkman disappeared and out came the mighty dragon hunter Buster Blader, Atk: 2600. Yugi smiled, "A Buster Blader huh?" Jaden nodded, "And he gains 500 attack points for every dragon on your side of the field or your graveyard, so with Curse of Dragon and Gaia the Dragon Champion, he gains 1000 attack points". Buster Blader, Atk: 2600-3600.
Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I play the equip spell card Big Bang Shot, so not only does Buster Blader gain 400 more attack points, he also can inflict piercing damage, now Buster Blader, attack Big Shield Gardna with Dragon Sword Attack".
Buster Blader then rushed towards Big Shield Gardna, he then took and with one swing of his sword cut the shield in half and slashed Big Shield Gardna and destroyed him, Yugi LP: 4000-2600.
The audience gasped in shock as they saw Jaden deal a lot of damage to Yugi, Alexis had a smile on her face, "He's doing pretty well against Yugi", the others nodded, except for Chazz he were growling a little.
Jaden then looked at Yugi, "And with that I end my turn", Yugi took and drew his next card and looked at it, he then grabbed another card in his hand, "I summon Skilled Dark Magician in attack mode". A magician in a blue robe appeared the field while holding out his staff in front of him, Atk: 1900.
Yugi then grabbed one card in his hand, "Next I play Pot of Greed, so now I draw two more cards", he drew two more cards, a light appeared on Skilled Dark Magician. Jaden felt a little troubled, since he had a Skilled White Magician he could guess which effect this Skilled Dark Magician had, and if he were right he might be in trouble.
Yugi then placed both of the cards he had drawn into his Duel Disk, "I place one card face down and then activate Mystical Space Typhoon, which I use to destroy Big Bang Shot". A card appeared face down in front Yugi and then the spell card appeared and a typhoon came out of it and destroyed Big Bang Shot, another light appeared on Skilled Dark Magician.
Jaden gritted his teeth as he placed the card in the graveyard, "When Big Bang Shot leaves the field, the monster it was equipped to is removed from the game", Jaden then took Buster Blader and placed it into his back pocket.
Yugi then grabbed the last card in his hand, "And finally I play this, Card of Sanctity, now thanks to this magic card we both have to draw from our decks until we both are holding six cards in our hands".
Jaden drew four cards while Yugi drew six, Jaden then gritted his teeth as he saw that a third light, which he knew were spell counters, appeared on Skilled Dark Magician.
Yugi looked at him with a smirk, "From the expression on your face, I think you can guess what's coming next, now I sacrifice my Skilled Dark Magician to summon a certain monster from my hand, deck or graveyard", he sent the spellcaster to the graveyard and took out his deck and looked through it, he then grabbed a card before he shuffled his deck and placed it back into his Duel Disk.
Yugi then looked at Jaden as he held up the card with a smirk, "I believe you can guess which monster this is, right?" Jaden nodded, "Your most famous monster",. Yugi nodded, "You guessed it, so come on out Dark Magician". Dark Magician then appeared on the field, Atk: 2500.
The audience cheered really excited when they saw Dark Magician, Syrus looked troubled, "Looks like Jaden has lost his advantage now", the others nodded troubled. Yugi then pointed at Jaden, "Now Dark Magician, attack Jaden directly with Dark Magic Attack".
Dark Magician took and unleashed the magical blast from his staff and it hit Jaden directly, Jaden LP: 3700-1200. Yugi then grabbed a card from his hand, "Now I play the magic card Bond between Teacher and Student, with Dark Magician on the field I can special summon Dark Magician Girl from my hand, deck or graveyard to the field in defense mode".
Yugi grabbed a card from his hand and placed onto his Duel Disk, Dark Magician Girl then appeared on the field, she winked at Jaden before she sat down on a knee, Def: 1700.
A loud and excited cheer came from the male half of the audience once they saw Dark Magician Girl, of course no one cheered as loudly as Syrus did, making his friends look on him with a troubled look.
Yugi then looked at Jaden, and with that I end my turn, so show me what you can do Jaden". Jaden took and drew his next card and looked at it, "Now I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in defense mode". Bubbleman took and appeared on the field, Def: 1200.
Jaden then drew two more cards, "Since he was alone on the field when I summoned him, I get to draw two more cards", he looked at them before placing one into his Duel Disk, "Now I play Hero's Bond, since I have an Elemental Hero on the field, I get to special summon two Elemental Heroes from my hand, so come forth Clayman and Lady Heat", Clayman appeared on the field on a knee and crossed his arms, Def: 2000, Lady Heat then appeared on the field next to him on a knee as well, Def: 1000.
Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I play the spell card Quick Summon which lets me normal summon another monster, so come on out Elemental Hero Knospe", A plant like creature appeared on the field, Atk: 600.
Jaden then pointed at Knospe, "Now I like to inform you Yugi that thanks to Knospe's special ability, as long as I have another Elemental Hero on the field, he can attack you directly, now attack him Knospe", Knospe then attack Yugi directly, Yugi LP: 2600-2000.
Jaen then looked at Knospe, "And now his other ability activate, when he deals battle damage he gains 100 attack points but loses 100 defense points", Knospe, Atk & Def: 600-700/1000-900.
Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Now I place one card face down and end my turn, which activates Lady Heat's special ability, so now you take 200 points of damage for every Elemental Hero on my field, and I have four", Lady Heat's hands got covered by fire and she fired four fireballs at Yugi who covered his face as he got hit, Yugi LP: 2000-1200.
The audience got really shocked to see that Jaden had managed to bring down Yugi to almost 1000 life points, not many had managed that today, not only that but he had also four monsters.
Yugi took and drew his next card, he then looked at it and placed it into his Duel Disk, "I place one card face down and then summon Beta the Magnet Warrior in attack mode", another card appeared in front of Yugi as a yellow magnet creature appeared in front of Yugi, Atk: 1700.
Yugi then grabbed Dark Magician Girl's card, "Now I switch Dark Magician Girl into attack mode, Atk: 2000. Jaden then pointed at Knospe, "Dark Magician, attack Knospe", however Dark Magician didn't make a move.
Jaden took and explained to a confused Yugi, "As long as I have another Elemental Hero on the field, you can't attack Knospe", Yugi narrowed his eyes, "Alright, then Dark Magician attack Clayman". Dark Magician fired his Dark Magic Attack towards Clayman.
Jaden pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I play Hero Barrier, I can block one of your attacks as long as I have an Elemental Hero on my field", a barrier formed in front of Clayman and blocked the attack, Yugi then looked at Lady Heat, "Dark Magician Girl take out Lady Heat with Dark Burning Attack".
Dark Magician Girl unleashed her attack and destroyed Lady Heat, Yugi then pointed at Bubbleman, "Now Beta the Magnet Warrior attack Elemental Hero Bubbleman", Beta attacked and destroyed Bubbleman.
Jaden looked at Yugi, "And now since all of your monsters has attacked I assume you will end your turn", Yugi smiled as he showed a spell card in his hand, "Not so fast, I play Dedication through Light and Darkness, so now I can sacrifice Dark Magician in order to summon Dark Magician of Chaos".
Yugi grabbed a card in his hand and placed it on the field, Dark Magician disappeared and Dark Magician of Chaos took its place, Atk: 2800. A card then came out from the graveyard, "And since I managed to successfully summon him, I get to add a magic card from my graveyard to my hand". Yugi showed him that the card he had taken back was Card of Sanctity.
Yugi smiled, "Also, since I sent Dark Magician to the graveyard, Dark Magician Girl gains 300 attack points", Dark Magician Girl, Atk: 2000-2300.
Yugi then pointed at Clayman, "Now Dark Magician of Chaos, destroy Clayman with Scepter Strike". Dark Magician of Chaos took and unleashed a magical blast from his staff and destroyed Clayman, Yugi looked at Jaden, "Now I end my turn".
Jaden looked at Yugi, he knew Yugi had Card of Sanctity in his hand but didn't use it, probably because he didn't want to increase Jaden's hand again, Jaden took and drew his next card, he had now three in his hand but no monsters, also since Knospe were the only Elemental Hero on his field right now he couldn't make any more direct attacks and were not safe from attacks anymore either.
Jaden looked at his hand, he had A Hero Emerges, hero's Backup and Fusion Recovery in his hand, so there was really only one thing he could do now if he wanted a chance to maybe win.
He grabbed Fusion Recovery, "Now by using Fusion Recovery, I can add one Polymerization and one monster I used in a fusion summoning and add them to my hand, so come on back Necroshade". Polymerization and Necroshade then came out of the graveyard and Jaden grabbed both cards before looking at Yugi.
"Next I use Polymerization and merge Necroshade and Knospe to fusion summon Elemental Hero Escuridao in attack mode", Knospe and Necroshade got sucked into the vortex and out came Escuridao, Atk: 2500.
Jaden then pointed at his new Hero, "And thanks to his special ability, he gains 100 attack points for every Elemental Hero in my graveyard, so since I have eight, he gains 800 more attack points". Escuridao got covered in a dark aura, Atk: 2500-3300.
Jaden then pointed at Beta the Magnet Warrior, "Now Escuridao, destroy Yugi's Magnet Warrior and end this", the audience gasped as Escuridao prepared his attack, and if this succeeded then Yugi would be defeated.
But Jaden noticed a smirk on Yugi's face the moment Escuridao unleashed his attack, he pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "Reveal face down card, Mirror Force, now your attack bounces back to your side and destroys all of your monsters in attack mode".
A barrier formed in front of Beta and reflected Escuridao's own attack right back at himself and he got destroyed, Jaden sighed with a smirk on his face, "Should have known it wouldn't be that easy, well I can't do anything else so I end my turn now".
Yugi looked at Jaden with a smile, "Well you really did well Jaden, it has been a while since I faced a duelist as skilled as you are", Jaden smiled as he got a compliment like that from the king of the games himself.
Yugi then drew his next card, he felt strong presence in his hand which he immediately recognized, he noticed that he weren't the only one who felt that as Jaden gasped and he saw Jaden's eyes flash golden for a second.
Yugi looked at the card with a smile, "Seriously, you guys usually don't show in my duels, are you guys also interested in this boy as well?" Jaden narrowed his, he knew already what Yugi must have drawn considering the incredible power he felt from the card, one of the Egyptian Gods.
Yubel appeared next to him with a smirk on his face, "Who would have believed you would end up in this situation? If you're lucky you might get to meet one of the Deities of Domination", Jaden nodded too, while he could feel the frightening power from the card Yugi held in his hand he still wanted to stand face to face with it.
Yugi saw the look on Jaden's face and laughed, "From how you look it seems like you already know what I have drawn, and yet it seems like you want me to summon it". Jaden nodded excited, "Totally, I mean, meeting one of them would be just as much of an honor as dueling you".
Yugi laughed even more, "You really are an interesting duelist Jaden, as well as a powerful duelist, one worthy of facing a god, so I will let you". Yugi grabbed the three monsters on his field, "I sacrifice my three monsters to summon the Egyptian God Slifer the Sky Dragon".
Jaden covered his eyes as lightning came down from the sky, he felt something incredibly powerful up in the sky before he saw a large red serpentine body. Jaden gulped a little as he saw Slifer coming down from the clouds, he then open his mouth and roared, the sheer force of his roar almost knocked Jaden off his feet.
Jaden looked at Slifer in amazement, Incredible, he's just an hologram and still he possess so much raw power, so I'm almost afraid to think about how much power he would have if someone would summon him for real.
Yubel who also looked a bit shaken by the raw power the holographic Slifer possessed said, "Unless someone wants to destroy entire cities in just a few minutes no one should use their powers for real".
Syrus were trembling, "I-i-it's S-Slifer! It's actually Slifer the Sky Dragon". The others nodded, not able to say anything, Slifer's presence alone had made them unable to say a single word, and even the audience was silent.
Yugi then held up his hand, "Now, as you might know Slifer gains 1000 attack and defense points for every card in my hand, so with two he has 2000", Slifer Atk & Def: 0-2000.
Yugi then grabbed one card in his hand, "Now I play Card of Sanctity, so now we both draw until we're holding six cards", Jaden drew four while Yugi drew five. Yugi looked at Jaden, "And now, since I'm holding six cards instead of one, Slifer gains 5000 more attack points". Slifer Atk & Def: 1000-6000.
However the next moment, both Jaden and Yugi noticed that Slifer glared at Jaden as he growled and an intense pressure came out of him as lightning came down again.
Jaden then noticed that Slifer's attention wasn't on him, but on something else, his third deck. At the same time he felt a strong pulsation coming from his third deck, and it was getting stronger.
Jaden understood what was going on, Slifer sensed Sacred Beasts in Jaden's third deck which he and the other two gods, Obelisk and Ra had to fight when the Beasts were destroying everything in their paths many millennia's ago, and the Sacred Beasts were also reacting to Slifer's presence.
Jaden's eyes turned golden as he placed his hand on his third deck box, "Sacred Beasts calm down this instant, you are no longer bringers of destruction, so there is no reason to fight them, so calm down now". Jaden then felt how the powerful pulsation from his third deck slowly began to stop at Jaden's command.
As soon as it stopped Jaden turned towards Slifer who were still growling, "Egyptian God of the Sky, please hear me out, I know about the history between the Egyptian Gods and the Sacred Beasts, but they're no longer bringers of destruction, I cleansed them of their darkness and now they serve me in my mission of helping people and spirits alike".
Slifer looked at Jaden and sensed a great power inside of the boy in front of him, and also sensed that the darkness inside of the Sacred Beasts were gone, the lightning stopped and the pressure Slifer were giving off stopped.
Yugi looked at Jaden, Jaden gave Yugi a look that said that he would explain later, Yugi nodded before he looked at Slifer, "Now Slifer, attack Jaden directly with Thunder Force Attack". Jaden saw how Slifer began to charge up before he unleashed his Thunder Force and Jaden covered his face and used his powers to shield himself a little from the intense energy of Slifer's attack, Jaden LP: 1200-0.
The audience then cheered as loudly as they could, not only had they seen a good duel, they even got to see the Egyptian God Slifer the Sky Dragon. Yugi walked over to Jaden and held out his hand, Jaden smiled and shook his hand before both of them laughed happily.
AN HALF HOUR LATER,
Jaden and his friends were now alone outside of the Kaiba dome along with Yugi and Joey, Jaden had just told Yugi what happened with Slifer and as well as the history about how they learned about the existence of the Sacred Beasts.
Yugi looked at him interested, "So you're telling me that before the gods were sealed in stone, they fought against three mighty demons called the Sacred Beasts which were almighty bringers of destruction. Also the battle lasted for almost an whole day? And you had to face these creatures?"
Jaden nodded, Joey looked both shocked and impressed, "Man, anyone who can last that long against the gods must be really powerful, it can't have been easy to beat them". Yugi nodded and looked at Jaden, "And you're telling me you have these cards now?"
Jaden nodded and opened his third deck box, "They are the special cards I was talking about, I managed to cleanse them of their darkness and now they have agreed to help me with the destiny I was born with".
Jaden took out the three Sacred Beasts cards and handed them to Yugi who took them and both he and Joey looked at them, Joey looked a little shocked when he saw them, "They look a lot like the gods", Yugi agreed and looked at the Beasts a little more.
He then handed the Sacred Beasts back to Jaden, "Looks like you and I have something in common now, we both have now decks with god like creatures in them", Jaden smiled and placed the Beasts back into his deck box and closed it, "Yeah I guess so".
Yugi smiled, "It was nice seeing you again Jaden, and the rest of you as well", Joey nodded and the others smile. Yugi looked at Jaden again, "You really are a special existence Jaden Yuki, I know you will accomplice great things in your life". Jaden smiled and thanked Yugi before they took farewell of the two legendary duelists and began to make their way home again.
Alexis looked at Jaden, "So Jaden, how did it feel to get to duel against the king of games himself and getting praised by him like that?" Jaden smiled at her, "It was sweet Lex, now this were the perfect way to end the summer". Alexis took his hand as they continued to walk, all of them intended to spend this last day of summer together for as long as they could.
THE NEXT DAY,
Jaden and the others stood on the docks, Jaden were currently saying good bye to his parents while Alexis and Atticus said good bye to theirs. Amanda looked at her son, "We hope you get a good second year at Duel Academy Jaden, promise us you'll work hard".
Jaden chuckled, "I hope you're not talking about my school work, because you know what the answer to that would be", his parents sighed and shook their heads while Yubel were laughing.
Jaden then said good bye to them as he and his friends walked onto the boat that would take them back to the academy, as they waved at their parents as boat left the docks, Jaden wondered what new adventures waited for them on the island.
So on the last day of summer the gang found out that Yugi and Joey were at the Kaiba Dome accepting challenges from anyone who wanted to face them. Syrus then faced Joey but of course Joey won the duel but Syrus was still happy because both of the legendary duelists were impressed with his dueling skills. Jaden then faced Yugi in a duel that went back and forth, but the duel ended with Yugi ending the duel with Slifer the Sky Dragon. Now summer vacation is over and it's time to get back to the academy, what will happen next? Continue reading to find out and please review.