In Academia, there was an emergency meeting being held. The School's Professor, Leo Akaba, was sitting on his 'throne' as several teachers were present to discuss what to do about the the recently escaped students.
"I don't see why we need to put extra thought towards these students." one teacher, Mr. Cutter (or was it Solo?) , said. "Wouldn't they just be with the others that left us? We can catch them when we catch all those previous traitors."
"It is very unlikely they will be with the others" Leo replied, "Do to the size of the Boat they took, it is clear that the trip they wanted to take was planned and will not be as short as the others who went on a whim."
"I can find them." One man replied, stepping forward, "I already saw there ship, and know how there strategies tend to work, I am certain I can find them and lead the Juvenile Officers to catch the whole lot of them."
Leo thought about that for a second before saying, "I feel confident in your ability to find them, but catching them and out dueling them is going to be rather difficult, especially for Jaden Yuki, who skills in a duel have on record have shown to easily be in the upper percentage of any of our students, despite the dorm he chose to stay at. You may not be able to get him alone Sanders."
The Man nodded, "In that case I shall bring in my best student to assist me." he replied, "I assure you, they will not be able to get away once BB and I get on there trail."
"Very well then." Leo replied, "Any objections?" He then said turning to the other teachers, when no one said anything, Leo turned back to Sanders and said "Then I shall leave this to you."
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On the Boat, Jaden was sleeping away soundly, not getting disturbed by anything... not even the two other residents in the room who were trying to wake him up for breakfast.
"Come on Sarge, chow time." One rather muscular boy said as the other tried to tickle his nose with a feather, "If you don't get up, there won't be any left for you."
"You know what?" The other said, putting the feather down, "let's just leave him more for us that way."
"Oh, come on Chazz." The first one said, "We got to get him up, if at the very least so he can explain how he caught back up to us."
"He can always do it latter." The second one, Chazz replied. "besides it not like we are in a duel against Acedemia right now, I want to go eat."
Suddenly, Jaden's eyes opened up a bit as he mumbled, "Did I hear someone say 'Duel'?"
Chazz almost fell over upon hearing Jaden's voice, then turning back to the sleepy teenager, "How dose that wake you up, while me tickling your nose with a feather while Tryanno blows an AIR HORN in your ear not!?" he then said rather pissed.
"Was the air horn shouting out the word 'Duel' when you set it off?" Jaden replied, before yawning as Chazz had to get held back by Tryanno from yanking Jaden's head off. "By the way, what is it with the Getup?" He then asked upon noticing that the two in front of hi weren't in the Academia uniforms they had when they got on the boat. Tryanno Hasselbery, the muscular one, had on a Jurassic Park T-shirt instead of the Yellow uniform, while Chazz had a Black jacket on in place of the Blue uniform.
Chazz, still a little angry but mostly calmed down, replied saying "I figured that for defecting from Academia we probably shouldn't keep on wearing there uniforms, so I made sure there were plenty of clothes we could change into come morning so were not advertising that we were from Academia when we get off... Hasslebery you can let go now."
"Huh, that's a good idea." Jaden muttered as he looked down to see the red uniform he slept in, "Is there a red jacket available?"
Hasslebery gave Jaden a look, "You are going to get out of one Red outfit to get in another?"
Jaden shrugged, "What? I look good in red, part of the reason why I stayed in that dorm."
Chazz rolled his eyes, "Yeah, we have one, get changed and meet us over for breakfast." He said walking out.
"Breakfast sounds good." Jaden commented, as he got out of the bed. Once he switched out of the Academia uniform and into a different red jacket, he walked to the kitchen when a wonderful smell of eggs and bacon hit his nostrils. "Oooo, something smells good." He then stated as he walked into the kitchen.
"Is it possible for eggs and bacon to not smell good?" Syrus asked upon seeing Jaden enter, as he then put some bacon in his mouth. Instead of the red uniform he had last night he was wearing a yellow shirt with blue shorts and black sneakers.
"Ah, good to see you up Jaden." Bastion replied, now wearing a white shirt himself as well as apparently cooking the bacon and eggs. "With how Chazz was when he got back here I couldn't be sure if you had gotten up like he said, or if he lied so he could start eating."
"Whatever." Chazz muttered as he shoved more scrambled eggs in his face.
Jaden then turned to Bastion asking "So, got any for me?"
Bastion smirked as he addressees a full plate next to him "Right here."
"Awesome!" He remarked as he then grabbed the plate and went to the table they had set up, taking a seat.
"So Jay," Syrus started once he swallowed the bacon he was on "Can you please explain how you did whatever you did to catch up to us without Academia following you."
After taking another bite, he answered saying, "Sure, Okay, so first up, anyone here besides he Chazz and Jesse familiar with the concept of duel spirits?"
"Duel spirits?" Tryanno repeated, "Dose that have to do with the whole, duel-monster-cards-having-souls thing a few of the teachers went on about."
"Yeah, that's about it." Jesse said, as Jaden noticed the light blue shirt he was wearing.
"I brushed upon the topic a few times in my reading," Bastion said as he walked up to the table with his own plate "but I never went into detail as there was little to no proof of there existence." He then turned to Jaden saying "I'll take it I'll have to suspend some disbelief if this is where we are starting."
"Yeah, that's a good bet." Jaden started, "Because they are real, but only certain people are able to see them."
"And your one of them?" Syrus asked.
"Yep." Jaden replied, "But I'm not the only one here that can, Jesse and Chazz can see them as well."
"And hear them" Chazz added, "Though I do wish couldn't hear mine." he latter mumbled.
"Okay, I think I get where this is going." Tryanno stated as Jaden took another bite, "Since they can't be seen or heard by most people, they serve as ultimate recon guys, giving you a heads up when people are on your trail, or telling you when the coast is clear. While any on board with us can shout really loud or something to make it easier for you to find us."
"Well, that is one way they can help." Jesse stated, "Kinda wish I thought of that to be honest. But for Jaden here, it can go a lot further then seeing and hearing them."
"I'd imagine." Bastion said as he looked back at Jaden. "With the exception of your duel disk, you had no device helping you out, no boat, no plane, but you got here with no problem, and without even getting wet either so you certainly didn't swim all the way here. So unless your duel disk is able to keep a hologram solid enough to use that the thole distance through, which I highly doubt as keeping it active can give Academia a signal to track, then you would need to do more then just see and hear duel spirits for them to help you get to us."
"Yeah," Jaden said sighing, "and here is where things get a little..." he paused for a second, "not so sure what the word is." He then put a hand to his deck slot and pulled something out, "But here, take a look at my Extra deck." he then said gently tossing the fusion monsters onto the table.
Chazz blinked at that, saying "Why would they need to see that?"
"I'll look," Tryanno said as he grabbed a few cards, "but you'll have to explain what looking at your Elemental Heroes is going to t-" he then paused when he saw the cards, "These aren't your Elemental Heroes."
"Say what?!" Everyone, except Jaden, said as they then tried to grab a few cards themselves to see.
"Within me is some sort of power I can't really explain." Jaden explained as he picked up one card 'Elemental HERO Rampart Blaster', "But it connects me to the duel spirits in ways way beyond what any machine can read. It has it's perks, like manifesting duel monsters into reality without needing a duel disk, but it also means things happening to me can effect my cards." His eyes then barley flashed gold as a dark aura burst from his hand to the card he was holding, catching everyone off guard as the card was dropped. Once the aura faded, the card that was Rampart Blaster was now 'Evil HERO Infernal Sniper'.
"I- I see then," Bastion stated trying to stay calm but obviously creeped out as seeing a card change right before his eyes. "So I take it that something about Academia's effect on it's students caused your cards to be influenced this way." Jaden nodded, silently grabbing another bite of eggs.
"That's kinda creepy." Syrus stated.
"And one of the main reasons why I decided we needed to leave." Jaden added, "After all, I may not have as high an IQ as Bastion, but I don't need one to guess that something that indirectly causes my Elemental Heroes to turn into something called 'Evil' Heroes," putting emphasis on the word 'evil' "probably isn't the best influence."
Bastion gulped, "Agreed."
"I should probably get back to steering the ship." Tryanno said, though it was no secret that he wanted to get away to proses what he just learned. "We have been in safe waters for a while now, but someone needs to make sure we don't crash into something when it we start getting near land."
"Alright," Bastion said, "and that might be soon anyway, so me might want to finish eating and get ready to dock soon anyway."
"Okay then." Everyone else agreed as they gave Jaden his cards back.
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Once they hit ashore, everyone left the boat and took a quick look around "Not a single Juvenile officer in sight." Syrus commented.
"For now at the least." Bastion replied, "I chose this as our first stop as it is the furthest from Academia while still sending students there, and thus has the least amount on influence from it, best choice to get a foot hold in how getting people to stop going."
"I get it." Tryanno said, "Stop more troops from going in, and they can't pull out there plans without there strong arm force."
"It'll do more then just stop more from coming in," Chazz noted, "After all, Academia is still a school, how many parents do you think will let there kids stay in there once they learn what is happening?"
"Yep," Jesse stated, "But we need to convince the Mayor or whoever is in charge of that thing first. Who's our sweet talker that will do that again?" He latter asked.
"Bastion." Jaden, Chazz and Syrus responded in unison.
Bastion blinked at hearing that response, turning to Jaden saying "You really think I'll be able to do it."
Jaden smirked saying "Dude, beyond, 'We got to get off this island' I had no idea what we were to do in getting everyone off. You thought up of the plan to get off, how we are to oppose Academia, and even grabbed evidence needed to convince the guys. Out of everyone here, if anyone can figure out what needs to be said to get the job done, it would be you. Your way more qualified for it them me at the very least."
A smile appeared on Bastion's face "OK then, lets get going." He then said as they set off. It took them a while, but they were eventually able to figure out the the mayor of the city is in fact the one who makes the call and has the power to stop kids from this city from going to Academia.
"Aw sweet," Jaden said once they learned the info. "and his current location doesn't seem to far away either. Which means this is our chance to get the ball rolling."
"Yep, nothing will be able to stop us now." Chazz stated.
"Stop right there!" Some voices from behind the group called out. The gang turned to see five Juvenile Officers with there duel disks ready one of them saying, "Your coming with us, abandoning Academia is a first class offense that you will all have to pay for."
"You just had to say something, didn't you?" Syrus muttered to Chazz.
Chazz growled back at the little boy but didn't comment on it, instead saying "You all go get to the Mayor, I'll take care of these nitwits."
"Five on one?" Jesse commented, "Not even you can go with those odds, I'll help you out."
"Whatever," Chazz said.
"Good Luck." Tryanno said.
"Kick there buts." Jaden said as they started to leave.
"Hang on there-" On Juvenile Officer began, but got cut off by Chazz and Jesse activating there duel disks. "Oh, so that's how it is going to be then, huh?" The five officers then activated there duel disks, ready to duel.
As the other four then raced off to find the Mayor, a sharp object then flew passed them, not hitting any of them but almost making Syrus trip, "What was that?" He then asked.
"You all are about to answer for your abandonment." Came a voice.
Tryanno looked up to the voice expecting more Juvenile officers but widened his eyes at what he saw, "What the? Sanders?"
Everyone then looked and saw the instructor, "Uh oh, we're in trouble."
Bastion looked at Sanders and said, "So I guess you used your battle field know-how to figure out where we went."
"Correct," Sanders replied, "So you all should know that by now, all you worked up to is just about gone, so you can either do this the easy way or the hard way." He then said activating his duel disk.
"Sorry, but were not going to be waving a white flag any time soon." Tryanno said activating his duel disk, then turning to his friends, "Oh on ahead, I'll hold him off."
"I'll help." Syrus stated, activating his duel disk, "That way we'll win."
"Alright then." Tryanno responded. "Okay, you two go at it."
"Got it, let's go Bastion." Jaden said as he and Bastion went off.
"Your not getting away that easily." Sanders said to himself before Shouting "BB, Don't Let Those Two Escape!"
A Blur happened in front of the two non-dueling former students, knocking them off a small bridge down below, "What was that?" Then in front of him, he saw someone with reddish brown hair, a well built lean frame and a familiar blue blazer on him. "A student?"
"Your not going anywhere." The student stated, activating his duel disk.
Jaden then picked himself up as Bastion did the same, "Bastion, go on ahead. The Mayor shouldn't be to far from here." Jaden then said activating his duel disk, "I'll take care of..." he then paused, "What was your name?" He asked the student.
"You can just call me BB." The student replied.
"Okay then." Jaden replied.
"Good Luck Jaden." Bastion said as he went off.
"Same to you pal." Jaden answered as he then turned back to BB. "Ready to get your game on BB?"
"Oh, it's on." He replied as Jaden activated his Duel disk. "And soon, you will suffer the fate all traitors must suffer."
"Then let's do this." Jaden said.
"DUEL!"
(note, Duel uses pre-link rules)
"I'll start things off." BB stated. "I'll set one monster and one card and end my turn." As he said that, the image representing a set monster appeared in front of him along with one for a set card.
"Starting defensively?" Jaden remarked, "Okay then, I draw! And since I have no monsters backing me up right now, I can special summon my 'Evil HERO Infernal Prodigy'." He declared as a demonic monster appeared on his field.
Evil HERO Infernal Prodigy... Attribute:Dark, Type:Fiend, Level:2, ATK:300 DEF:600
"Not that he'll be around for long." Jaden continued grabbing another card, "As you control a monster, This one can be summoned with only one tribute." BB widened his eyes at that, "Let's go, I tribute Infernal Prodigy to Tribute Summon 'Evil HERO Malicious Edge'!" The prodigy faded as a new monster appeared, stronger and edgier (as in, actual edges and spikes) then the last.
Evil HERO Malicious Edge... Attribute:Earth, Type:Fiend, Level:7, ATK:2600 DEF:1800
"Now Malicious Edge, skewer his face down monster, Needle Burst!" Jaden declared as his monster obeyed, firing several large spikes at the face down monster that was revealing itself.
Gladiator Beast Hoplomus... Attribute:Earth, Type:Rock, Level:4, ATK:700 DEF:2100
"Trap activate!" BB declared as his face down came up, "'Impenetrable attack!' This card's effect can allow me to either prevent all battle damage this turn or prevent my monsters from being destroyed in battle this turn, I chose to save Hoplomus." As he finished that a blue barrier of sorts appeared around his monster protecting it as the Spiked bounced off.
"Okay then." Jaden commented, not worrying to much about the trap card, "Malicious Edge has an ability to inflict piercing damage, so while your monster is safe..." the deflected spiked then turned in mid air, now moving straight at BB "You sure aren't!" The spiked landed there mark, dropping BB's life points.
BB's Life points: 8000 - 7500
Jaden then grabbed another card from his hand saying, "And now I'll play-"
"Not so fast!" BB Interrupted "At the end of the battle phase, When a 'Gladiator Beast' battled, I can return it to my deck!" As he said that, his monster vanished from the field.
"It's retreating?" Jaden asked, intrigued.
"And then I can summon another Gladiator Beast from the deck," BB finished, "come forth Murmillo!" He then delared, as a small aquatic monster appeared to his field.
Gladiator Beast Murmillo... Attribute:Water, Type:Fish, Level:3, ATK:800 DEF:400
"And When Murmillo is summoned by the effect of a Gladiator Beast monster, I can destroy any face up monster on the field!" BB then declared.
"That's not good." Jaden commented as his monster got destroyed by a torrent of water coming from the small enemy. "Huh so that's how you play." He then stated, "Well, good thing heroes have been known to overcome all sorts of enemies. I play my spell card, 'Dark Future'!" As the giant image of his card appeared, a dark mist crept out from the card and into his deck a he explained, "This card lets me take all the fusion material monsters that are specifically listed on a dark fusion monster of mine and move them straight from the deck to the graveyard." Three cards then came out of the deck for Jaden to grab, "I'll send away, The Elemental HEROes, Avian, Sparkman and Bubbleman."
"Looks to me like there walking straight to the grave instead of overcoming me." BB commented, a smirk on his face.
"Just wait till next turn." Jaden replied, "and to help me last that long, I'll throw down 2 face-downs, and during my End Phase, since Infernal Prodigy was tributed for the tribute summon of a 'HERO' monster, I can draw one card." he concluded, drawing from his deck. But his eyes widened when he saw the card. "Well, haven't seen you in a while." he muttered "Was it Academia keeping you away? Because I can't blame you for not wanting to be apart of that place."
"It's my turn!" BB stated drawing a card. "I'll summon, 'Gladiator Beast Bestiari'!" He declares as a winged monster appeared on his field.
Gladiator Beast Bestiari... Attribute:Wind, Type:Winged-Beast, Level:4, ATK:1500 DEF:800
"And Now." BB started, "I'll return both Bestiari and Murmillo to my deck to fusion summon!"
Jaden's eyes went wide at hearing that, "You have Contact Fusion!?"
BB Ignored that he he instead chanted "Fighting bird of prey that lived in ancient times! Merge with the souls of gladiators and become a warrior of legend! Fusion Summon! Come! Gladiator Beast Gyzarus!" A new monster appeared on the field with powered armor ready to strike Jaden down.
Gladiator Beast Gyzarus... Attribute:Dark, Type:Winged-Beast, Level:6, ATK:2400 DEF:1500
"When Gyzarus is summoned I can destroy any 2 cards on the field." BB explained as two green tornadoes erupted from nearby his new monster and wiped out Jaden's face down cards revealing them to be 'Supreme Power' and 'Negate Attack'.
"This isn't good." Jaden muttered to himself.
"Go Gyzarus! Direct attack!" BB ordered as his gladiator obeyed. Launching another tornado straight at Jaden.
Jaden's Life Points: 8000 - 5600
"At the end of my Battle Phase," BB continued, "Gyzarus can return to my extra deck to summon 2 more Gladiator Beasts from my deck." As his big monster fell back BB then continued saying "Come forth, Gladiator Beasts Hoplomus and Laquari!" Coming down were two more monsters one familiar one in defense position that Jaden recognized from last turn, and a new one primed and ready in attack position.
Gladiator Beast Laquari... Attribute:Fire, Type:Beast-Warrior, Level:4, ATK:1800 DEF:400
"When summoned by a Gladiator Beast, these two have there base attack and defense change." BB explained as his monsters powered up.
Gladiator Beast Laquari... ATK:1800 - 2100
Gladiator Beast Hoplomus... DEF:2100 - 2400
"I set one card and end my turn." BB concluded.
Jaden coughed a bit as he got up, "Okay, this is going to be tougher then I thought." He said to himself. He then turned to BB saying "Okay, what's your story?"
"What are you talking about?" BB asked.
"I know first hand that Academia takes 'special' care of duelists that show extraordinary talent for an advanced fusion summoning technique like Contact Fusion." Jaden explained, "And don't even bother trying to lie to yourself and say you like it. Why do you keep siding with them when you could get away? We can even help you with that."
"Like I need to explain my self to you." BB snapped, trying not to show any fear as the answers popped up in his mind. "Now shut up and take your turn."
"Fine then, I draw." Jaden announced drawing a card, "At this moment, the second part of 'Dark Future's effect can unfold." Jaden began as the ghostly images of three specific Heroes showed up in front of him.
"Second Part?" BB asked.
"Those three Heroes I sent to my graveyard last turn," Jaden answered, "They can now undergo a Dark Fusion right now." BB eyes widened as Jaden Chanted, "Aquatic Gadgetry Hero, Electrical Savior, Hero of the Skies, now at your breaking points, merge and bring vengeance with an unending storm. Go! Dark Fusion! Descend! Evil HERO Stormbringer!" The skies Darkened and the wind Picked up as he chanted, Thunder Boomed as a new monster came descending from the clouds. Jaden's new fusion roared, letting the city know it has come to fight.
Evil HERO Stormbringer... Attribute:Wind, Type:Fiend, Level:8, ATK:2800 DEF:2800
"And to join him." Jaden continued, "I'll summon out an old friend of mine. 'Neo-Spacian Grand Mole'!"
"A Neo-what?" BB asked, only to be answered when a drill commanding mole of sorts popped out of the ground.
Neo-Spacian Grand Mole... Attribute:Earth, Type:Rock, Level:3, ATK:900 DEF:300
"Now Stormbringer, attack Laquari! Storm Strike!" Jaden called as his monster gathered a ball of Wing, Water and Lightning in it's hands as threw it at the target Beast.
"Hold it! Reverse card Open!" BB declared, "'Shrink' With this, your monster's attack is halved!" He continued as the ball shrank and Laquari jumped up to counter attack. Releasing flames to deflect the ball and go towards Jaden's monster, however the winds were to strong, the flames were knocked down hitting Jaden a bit as his monster was untouched.
Evil HERO Stormbringer... ATK:2800 - 1400
Jaden's Life Points: 5600 - 4900
"Stormbringer can't be destroyed in battle." Jaden explained, "But so I don't have to worry about Laquari there tagging out again, I'll attack it with Grand Mole."
"Your doing what?" BB asked not expecting that move. "But it will be wiped out."
"Nothing is ever that simple pal," Jaden answered, "When Grand Mole battles I can use it's effect to prevent all battle damage and return both battling monsters to the hand."
"Say what?" BB asked, even though he heard the answer and then saw it unfold in front of him as both his beast and the mole got shot back into there owner's hands.
"And with that I'll end my turn, allowing 'Shrink's effect to wear off." Jaden concluded as his monster got back it's lost strength.
Evil HERO Stormbringer... ATK:1400 - 2800
"I draw." BB said as he drew a card and looked at it, "Hmm, I'll activate 'Raigeki' to destroy your monster."
"You think a Lightning bolt will phase this guy?" Jaden smirked, "He's got them all around him, in fact once per turn he can protect any monster on my field from being destroyed by card effects for the whole turn, including himself." He then explains as Stormbringer easily deflected the Lightning bolt caused by BB's spell as though it were a pesky mosquito being swatted at.
BB growled at that, "I set a monster and end my turn."
"My go then." Jaden said drawing a card, "and with Stormbringer covering the sky's here my pal covering the ground. Come on back Grand Mole!" The mole from before re-emerged on Jaden's field again.
"Stormbringer, strike down that Gladiator, Storm Strike!" Jaden then declared as his monster obeyed, taking down Hoplomus without any trouble. "And now Grand Mole will keep his drill a spinning and use his effect on your face down with another attack." The little Mole like monster drilled right toward the face down monster, revealed to be Laquari again, as both were shot back to the hand again. "and with that I'll end my turn. Sure you want to keep this up?" Jaden then asked, "I can tell that your relationship with Academia is shaky at best, and that's being optimistic about said relationship, we will have no issue helping you out if you want to walk away from them now."
"Don't act like you know me, I draw." BB then stated.
"I'm not." Jaden then said, "I'm just stating what I can tell from the duel, what I can hear from your cards."
"My cards?" BB asked, caught off guard by that.
"They have there own souls you know." Jaden stated, "And they are begging you to step away from Academia, while very frustrated that your are not one of the beings you can hear or see there spirits. They've been through something similar before, and they don't want you to fall for that same fate."
"Oh, shut up already." BB said, in slight disbelief that his opponent could hear them, if what he said is true, but part of him wanting to believe it. "I play 'Reload' to shuffle my hand up and redraw." He then said as he did just that drawing three new cards, smirking when he saw them. "And now I'll play 'Card Destruction'! So we both discard our hands and re-draw!"
"Wait, that means-" Jaden began.
"Yep," BB concluded " your little mole is out of the game, so no more bouncing my monsters back."
Jaden looked down at his hand, Grand Mole was there, along with, 'Elemental HERO Bursiatrix', 'E-emergency call', and 'Necro Gardna'. "Sorry guys." he then muttered to his cards, as he had to discard them all for 4 new ones.
"Now I'll set a monster and a face down and end my turn." He said smirking, despite having now emptied his hand.
"Then it's my turn," Jaden said drawing a card, "I'll start things off with 'O-Oversoul' so I can resurrect hero from the graveyard." He declared as a Light shined from his Graveyard, "Come on back, 'Elemental HERO Sparkman'!" As he said that, the Hero erupted from the graveyard, ready to fight.
Elemental HERO Sparkman... Attribute:Light, Type:Warrior, Level:4, ATK:1600 DEF:1400
"And to join him, I summon out 'Evil HERO Dark Prism'!" He then declared as a monster made of tinted prism's appeared on his field.
Evil HERO Dark Prism... Attribute:Dark, Type:Warrior, Level:4, ATK:1700 DEF:1100
"With Dark Prism's effect, I can send 'Elemental HERO Clayman' to the graveyard so when I play 'Dark Fusion'," he then stated while revealing the spell card, "He can be treated as such when I merge him with Sparkman."
"So another Fusion." BB stated.
"Yep, " Jaden replied as he chanted, "Clay Guardian, Lightning Hero, Become one force to wipe out those who did wrong! Dark Fusion! Rise Up! Evil HERO Lightning Golem!" Coming from this fusion vortex was a large giant sized monster, with black lightning arching all over it's body.
Evil HERO Lightning Golem... Attribute:Light, Type:Fiend, Level:6, ATK:2400 DEF:1500
"Lightning Golem's effect let's me destroy one monster each turn." Jaden explained.
"What?" BB replied, not liking what that meant.
"Go, Voltic Ball!" Jaden declared as the Golem shot an electric ball at the face down monster vaporizing it before it identity was even revealed. "And that was just his effect," Jaden continued, "Here comes the attack. Go! Hell Lightning!" Jaden commanded as the golem shot black lightning down at BB, electrocuting him.
BB's Life points: 7500 - 5100
"And don't forget about Strombringer, he's got a direct attack coming your way as well!" and the named monster shot another ball of wind, water, and... more lightning at BB, electrocuting him further.
BB's Life points: 5100 - 2300
"And with that I'll end my turn." Jaden said.
"I draw." BB declared, drawing a card, "And I play 'Pot of Greed'!"
"No need to explain that one." Jaden said as he saw his opponent draw 2 more cards off of the card just played.
BB smirked when he saw the cards he drew, "Now I'll activate 'Dark Hole' to wipe out your monsters!" He then declared as a giant vortex appeared to suck up Jaden's field.
"Not all of them." Jaden pointed out, "Stormbringer's effect let's me save one of them of my choice."
"Your choice doesn't matter!" BB declared, "by banishing the 'Breakthrough Skill' in my graveyard I can negate Stormbringer's effect!"
"What?" Jaden declared, not recalling that card going to the graveyard, then deciding it must have happened when BB played 'Card Destruction' last turn.
"Now come forth, Murmillo!" BB declared once Jaden's field was clear, summoning forth the small Aquatic Gladiator Beast from the beginning of the duel.
Gladiator Beast Murmillo... Attribute:Water, Type:Fish, Level:3, ATK:800 DEF:400
"Now Murmillo, Direct Attack!" BB declared as his monster obeyed, shooting a water stream right at Jaden.
Jaden's Life Points: 4900 - 4100
"Guess I should be glad you didn't get a stronger one." Jaden said once the attack subsided.
"At the end of my battle phase, Murmillo returns to my deck to summon out a different Gladiator Beast." BB Explained as his monster vanished, "Come back Laquari!" Re-emerging was another monster BB used earlier, one Jaden knew got stronger when summoned by the help of it's allies.
Gladiator Beast Laquari... Attribute:Fire, Type:Beast-Warrior, Level:4, ATK:1800 DEF:400
Gladiator Beast Laquari... ATK:1800 - 2100
"I end my turn." BB announced.
"Then it is my go, I draw." Jaden declared, drawing a card. "I activate, 'Monster Reborn'!" He declared revealing the card he drew. "So now I can bring back an old friend, 'Evil HERO Malicious Edge'!" As he said that, the monster he played on his first turn came up again, ready to fight.
Evil HERO Malicious Edge... Attribute:Earth, Type:Fiend, Level:7, ATK:2600 DEF:1800
"And now that he's back, here is some back up for him." He declared, "Come on out 'Evil HERO Infernal Gainer'!" As he said that, another monster came out, not as imposing as the revived monster, but still just as menacing.
Evil HERO Infernal Gainer... Attribute:Earth, Type:Fiend, Level:4, ATK:1600 DEF:0
"Although, he ain't support in your typical fashion." Jaden began to explain, "With his effect, I can banish him until my second standby phase from now to give one monster I have out the ability to attack twice every Battle Phase." As he said that, his new monster vanished from sight, as the older one got a deep crimson glow for a second, indicating the effect's target.
"Time to end this." Jaden declared, "Malicious Edge attack Laquari! Needle Burst!"
"Not so fast, reverse card open!" BB declared as his face down flipped up. "'Half Shut'! This card render's a monster indestructible in battle, but also halves the attack stat!"
"Not good." Jaden said as his monster's strength was cut. Allowing the Gladiator to overpower it and repel it with a fire blast.
Evil HERO Malicious Edge... ATK:2600 - 1300
Jaden's Life Points: 4100 - 3700
Jaden growled a bit as his predicament, as he knew the second attack from Infernal Gainer's effect wouldn't help him out much anymore. "I end my turn."
BB grinned at that, "At the end of the Battle Phase, Laquari's effect activates, retuning to my deck to bring Murmillo out again." As he said that, the monster's swapped places again, showing the tiny guy back out again. "And this sets off Murmillo's effect to destroy Malicious Edge again." A repeat of what happened so early on in the duel took place again, laving Jaden without a monster on the field yet again.
"And now, It's my turn, I draw!" BB declared drawing a card, grin not faulting when he sees what it is. "I summon, 'Gladiator Beast Bestiari'!" He then declared as a winged gladiator took to the field again.
Gladiator Beast Bestiari... Attribute:Wind, Type:Winged-Beast, Level:4, ATK:1500 DEF:800
"This is looking familiar." Jaden stated, recalling what BB showed that he could do earlier in the duel.
"And Now." BB started, "I'll return both Bestiari and Murmillo to my deck to Fusion summon! Fighting bird of prey that lived in ancient times! Merge with the souls of gladiators and become a warrior of legend! Fusion Summon! Come! Gladiator Beast Gyzarus!" BB's Fusion monster then reappeared on to the field again ready to strike.
Gladiator Beast Gyzarus... Attribute:Dark, Type:Winged-Beast, Level:6, ATK:2400 DEF:1500
"Gyzarus! Direct Attack!" BB then declared, as the monster obeyed, launching a green tornado right at Jaden again.
Jaden's Life Points: 3700 - 1300
"At the end of my Battle Phase, Gyzarus returns to the extra deck to summon 2 Gladiator Beasts from my deck!" BB continued as Gyzarus vanished, "Come forth, Laquari and Darius!" Coming forth were two more monsters, one Jaden recognized as he saw it many times before in this duel, but the other was a new, more horse like gladiator that he didn't recognize.
Gladiator Beast Darius... Attribute:Earth, Type:Beast-Warrior, Level:4, ATK:1700 DEF:300
"When Darius is summoned by the effect of another Gladiator Beast, I can revive one from the graveyard with it's effect's negated." BB then continued. "So come back, Hoplomus!" The monster Jaden destroyed so long ago returned to the field in defense position again, but BB did not seem done yet. "I now return all three of these monsters to the deck to Fusion Summon!"
"This isn't good." Jaden told himself as he saw the triple contact Fusion happen before his eyes.
"Flaming Tiger of Power that lived in ancient times!" BB started to chant as the three monsters vanished "Merge with the souls of gladiators and become a warrior of legend! Fusion Summon! Come! Gladiator Beast Heraklinos!" Emerging from the fusion portal was a large Gladiator, ready to seemingly destroy everything that came and challenged it.
Gladiator Beast Heraklinos... Attribute:Fire, Type:Beast-Warrior, Level:8, ATK:3000 DEF:2800
"I end my turn." BB concluded.
'I need to end it this turn' Jaden thought to himself, 'Otherwise I'll be caught in the same condition my monsters are in once this guy here rolls over me, but unlike them, I won't get the luxury of seeing what's happening around me or get any chance to speak with anyone or, be able to do anything really.' He then looked down at the only card left in his hand, 'Elemental HERO Wildheart', 'and as good as Wildheart is, he can't be of any help here, I need something big.' He then felt a dark presence from his extra deck emerge, checking it with his duel disk, he saw that another one of his heroes was changing. 'Well, I guess that's my play then.'
"It's my turn I draw!" Jaden declared, drawing his card immediately playing it. "I activate the spell card, 'Dark Calling'!" A card then came out of his duel disk, covered in a Dark Aura, "This card let's me preform a dark fusion by banishing the appropriate fusion material monsters from my hand, field or graveyard."
BB's eyes widened as Jaden's glowed gold. "I now fuse the Elemental HEROes Avian, Bubbleman, Burstinatrix, and Clayman that are in my graveyard together." Jaden then declared as the four heroes appeared again to merge in the Dark Fusion vortex, "Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, may original Heroes of your elements unite to form a strength unlike any other!" Jaden's eyes glowed brighter during the chant as the sky darkened and the dark aura from the card vanished revealing it's new name and identity. "Release your long repressed anger to bring ruin to all those that deserve it and more!"
He put the card on his duel disk, time for the new hero to show themselves. "Go! Dark Fusion! End This! Evil HERO Shadow Spectrum!" Coming from the portal was a cloaked figure who's only see-able features underneath the cloak was it's Golden eyes, and several multicolored veins that somewhat resemble the appearance of a human being.
Evil HERO Shadow Spectrum... Attribute:Dark/Fire/Earth/Wind/Water, Type:Fiend, Level:10, ATK:2900 DEF:2600
"What in the world?" BB asked, not sure what to make of the monster before him, or Jaden's glowing eyes.
"Shadow Spectrum gains 300 attack points for each banished card, and right now there are 5." Jaden stated as the attack points of his monster got adjusted.
Evil HERO Shadow Spectrum... ATK:2900 - 4400
"Furthermore, when it battles a monster," Jaden continued "If I have at least 4 cards banished, and the monster it is battling shares an attribute with them Shadow Spectrum reduces the attack points and defense points of your monster to zero during the battle."
"Wh-What?" BB asked, not sure a monster like that could even exist.
"Battle." Jaden continued, "'Evil HERO Shadow Spectrum' attacks 'Gladiator Beast Heraklinos', Spectrum Oblivion!" He then declared as his monster obeyed. Gathering several multicolored lights in between it's 'hands' including a stream of Red form it's attack target, before firing it in one big blast of Red, Blue, Green, Brown, and Black right at the Gladiator Beast, who did not stand a chance.
Gladiator Beast Heraklinos... ATK:3000 - 0
BB's Life points: 2300 - 0
BB was thrown back by the attack, hitting a wall and passing out. Jaden then turned his attention to where he thought Sander's was dueling his friends. Then he looked at his new Evil HERO, whom had not vanished at the Duel's conclusion "Let's go help the other's then check on Bastion." He told it, and they nodded.
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A few hours latter back at Academia, mission to capture the escape students failed, Sanders was now kneeling in front of professor Leo Akaba. "Please forgive me professor." He pleaded, "With another chance I can deliver the punishment that Slifer and his friends deserve for leaving us."
"There is no need," Leo said, voice not showing a hit of anger. "It is clear to me that Jaden, while in the Slifer Dorm during his stay, was one of the best duelist we had at our disposal, and by the looks of it, he is much stronger then what he lets us know about. As strong as you and those you teach are, I have high doubts that Jaden will be defeated by anything you would use for this type of job." Leo Paused for a bit as Sanders nodded in understanding. "I will think of something to get Jaden out of the way, but we should not put to much effort into this right now, we have more important things to do then chase after this boy."
"Then what shall I do?" Sanders asked.
"Continue training the students, getting them ready for the battlefield like you did before." Leo answered calmly, "If anything else comes up that will need your assistance, I will call then."
"Yes sir." Sanders replied.
"Very well then, you are free to move on with your duties." Leo said, dismissing Sanders.
As Sanders walked out of the meeting room, BB was there outside right where Sanders told him to wait. "OK, listen up BB, Professor Akaba has decided not to give us any punishment, but we are still on call if we are needed again." BB nodded quickly, while trying not to shrink down due to the fear he felt from the man in front of him. "As such when that happens, to avoid a failure like what happened with that slacker, I shall be giving you a special training course to improve your strength to the point of crushing all your enemies."
"U- Understood." BB replied. Doing his best not to shudder in his speech.
"Good." Sanders said as he turned to walk down the hallway, "Now follow me. We shall begin immediately, and once all is done, you truly shall be worthy of the codename 'Battle Beast'."
BB did as he was told and started following Sanders to whatever room the special training session would take place in, but with each step he took, he felt the dread in him build up more and more. Whatever the 'Special Training' entailed, he was sure he would not be liking it one bit.
Whew, here's the part 2 for everyone, out before college picked up again. That having been said I am open to the possibility of making a Part 2 for other stories I did as well, if anyone wan't some, just tell me (PM, comment on story, doesn't really matter to me) Though for those commenting again, may I suggest having an account or at least giving a name I can identify you as when you do comment, I got a couple comments on this story's part 1 and on SW,DD that I couldn't reply to and I wanted to reply to that person (or people) but I don't even know if it is the same guy/girl or not.
Also why I am open to the idea of a part 2 to several one-shots I have out, ANY update from me will take a while, new college semester is kicking up next semester, and my mom is wanting me to get a Job preferably by the summer, then that will be something taking up time. and then a few other things will also be taking up time and that's without factoring in my procrastination. All of this is why I'm not doing any Big stories, just one-shots and (as in this case) an occasional follow up.
Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed, have a nice day everyone. :)
