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(Since you guys had to wait for a while for the last chapter to be done, I did my best to get this chapter up as soon as I could and here we are; chapter 8! Now before we get to the chapter, there are a few important things that I want to say first. First off, I like to thank everyone for getting this story up to 50 favs and almost 40 follows! Some people might not count that as a lot but for me, that is! And in only 8 chapters too! That's amazing! Thank you everyone for putting up with my madness XD Also, remember back when I asked everyone who Jaden should be with? Yeah everyone want either Jaden to be with Alexis or Kia in this story so I decided just to put a poll up on my profile and whoever gets the most votes before the Shadow Riders come into the picture gets to be with Jaden! So please cast you vote everyone! Until the poll over, it's just going to go back and forth between Fianceshipping and Titaniumshipping. Okay now that we got those out of the way, let's start talking about the chapter! Now I know a lot of you want Jaden to win against Zane in their duel but *spoiler* Jaden isn't going to win. This duel was character development for him to show everyone that he wasn't unbeatable. You guys have got to remember that Jaden has to lose every so often for him to grow in character. If you want to see him unbeatable then wait until season 4. Now one last thing, the next few chapters after this one are going to be fan made ones so I can add in some OC that you guys have sent me and so I can add in some more character development. Yeah, I know, I'm evil but don't worry; you'll guys get to see Jaden and Haou's tag duel soon and boy, that's going to be a chaos match. So sorry about this giant message and let's jump into chapter 8! Read, review, and enjoy!)
"I still can't believe this Zane guy…" Jaden mumbled in pure annoyance for the at least tenth time now making Kia sigh. Jaden and her were once again back in the card shop but this time not to buy cards but to get a Duel Request form. Jaden was sitting down at a table in the back of the shop and Kia was sitting on top of it with her legs hanging off the sides, watching him fill it out while Jaden was complaining about the said 'brother of the year' who surprise wasn't Haou this time. "Thanks to him, Sy's got no confidence what's so ever in himself."
"Well if my big brother told me that I wasn't good enough to use a good card, I'll be insecure too." Kia pointed out which made Jaden stop writing for a second to look over at her.
"I didn't know you had a brother?" The Slifer questioned.
Kia shrugged. "Yeah, he was the one that give me most of my deck before I found the Duston gang but I don't see him much these days anymore. He's always working since my parents aren't around."
"Oh…." Jaden said before he asked; "So how did you get your English accent then?"
"I went to an English Prep-School for dueling before I came here. I picked up the accent there I guess but let me tell you something, Jay, never go to Prep Schools. Those places are filled with nothing but spoiled brats." Kia rolled her eyes. "Plus there no place to have fun. Like one time during Halloween, I poured a giant glass of fake blood over this one girl's head and I got kicked out for two weeks. Well then again…." Kia put on a fake thinking face. "Maybe it wasn't the best idea to do that in the middle of class….oh well, totally worth it." She grinned. "And you know the best part, I got pictures!"
Jaden chuckled at that. "You are totally showing me them later." He told her before he turned his attention back onto the request form as he tapped his cheek with his pencil. "I wonder…do you spell Zane with two N's? Man, these Duel Request forms are such a drag…."
Before Kia could repay to that, Crowler, who so happened to be walking right passed the two students, stopped when he noticed what Jaden was writing.
"Duel Request form?" Crowler reached over and swiped the form away from over Jaden's shoulder and started to scan over it. "Planning a duel, are we? Against who?" His eyes then bugged out when he saw the name. "You must be joking…"
"No actually I'm not." Jaden replied with his arm reached out, waiting to get the form back. "I'm taking Zane on to help Syrus get over his confidence problem."
Crowler shook his head at that. "Shouldn't you be with your brother, preparing for the big tag duel? You know, the one where if you lose, you'll both be expelled?"
"They got it taken care of, Dr. Crowler." Kia told him while trying to not hiss the words. God, she hated how this guys picked on Slifers just because of their low ranking but in Jaden's case, it made her even madder to think that Crowler hated him just because he was beaten by Jaden.
Jaden nodded in agreement to what Kia said. "I just want to help a friend out for the time being if you don't mind….."
"Well that's too bad for you because there will be no duel!" Crowler declared as he ripped the Duel Request form to bits and pieces, laughing like a mad man as he did so.
Jaden swore his eyes must have changed to Yubel's for a second from anger and annoyance as he took a deep breath to calm himself down. Kia, however, looked ready to jump off the table and punch Crowler right in the face. As much as Jaden wanted to see that happen at the moment, he decided to do something a little more….civilized. "Dr. Crowler!"
Crowler stopped as he was about to leave. "What?" He asked rudely.
Jaden took a piece of folded paper out of his jacket's pocket, stood up from his seat, walked over to Crowler, and handed it to him before he started out of the room. Kia raised an eyebrow at this before she followed after him.
"What the heck is this?" Crowler questioned as he unfolded the paper and read what it said. The only words that were on the paper were his name, volcano, and death note. Crowler's eyes widen at this as he fainted.
Meanwhile outside of the card shop….
"So what did you hand Crowler back there?" Kia asked Jaden as she was walking beside him.
Jaden smirked. "One of Haou's old death notes that I might have keep just for emergencies."
"Oh so you do have a dark side huh?" Kia questioned making Jaden's smirk widen. Kia rolled her eyes but with a amuse grin. "Well let me be the first one to welcome you to the dark side. We have been expecting you. Also…we got cookies."
Jaden burst out laughing at that. "Oh man, Kia, where have you been all my life?"
"Like I said living life on the edge on the dark side of the universe; otherwise known as hell." Kia joked with a small chuckle before she added; "Now come on, Zane isn't going to duel himself you know…well he could but that would just be sad and lonely."
….
Meanwhile in the Slifer Red dorm, Syrus was sitting in his bed with the covers pulled over his head. He was staring at his Power Bond card in deep thought. All he could think about was what Zane said to him when they were little and when he first tried to play Power Bond. That's where their whole troubles began because of this card.
"I never would have given you that card if I knew you would have miss played it like that. Sure you may know how to use Power Bond but there's more to dueling then just that." He had told him which Syrus couldn't take it anymore as he grabbed his head from frustration before he threw the covers all over his body to hide himself.
"Zane's right; I don't know anything about Duel Monsters. I am wasting my time here." Syrus mumbled to himself as he started thinking of what would have happened if he was Jaden's tag partner instead of Haou. All he could see was them losing and Jaden's blaming him for it. "Maybe….I should do what Zane said."
…..
"Look, it's not you, it's me. I'm sorry but I just can't use you in my deck anymore. I gotta make room for another koala….yeah fifteen ought to be good."
Chumley was sitting in a tree, how he got up there was something he was even asking himself, and he was going through his deck. His cards were spread all across the branch he was sitting on and he was holding a Des Koala, the card he was just talking too.
"Okay even though we got cookies…" Jaden started but paused to take a bite from the said food item. "I still can't believe Dr. Crowler…I had every right to duel Zane."
Kia rolled her eyes once more as she took a bite out of her chocolate chip cookie. Let's just say after their little dark side joke, Kia ran to the Girls' dorm, she should be on track for how far she could run, grabbed a box of a dozen chocolate chips cookies from the mass hall, yes they were serving cookies, and ran right back to share them with Jaden since sharing was caring after all. They were now walking in the forest, trying to figure out a way for Jaden to duel against the Kaiser of Duel Academy.
"Jaden, no offense, but it's pretty easy to tell that Dr. Crowler doesn't like you and you know very well that's true. Plus, I think he hates you more now because of that death note." Kia pointed out.
"But I'm a pocket full of sunshine; how can someone not like me?" Jaden asked sarcastically with a sheepish grin that only got him a punch in the arm, playfully, from Kia.
"Because you say things like pocket full of sunshine, idiot." Kia answered in a joking way before she looked up when she heard a yelp and the next thing she saw was cards falling out of a tree. "What is that?"
Jaden looked up at that and noticed that Chumley was clinging to the tree for dear life, making him really look like a koala more than ever.
"Well that's either a really giant tree sloth or its Chumley." Jaden spoke before he raised an eyebrow in question as to why his friend was in a tree.
Chumley looked down at them with a sheepish smile. "Uh hey guys…what up?"
"Apparently you," Kia answered looking like she was trying not to laugh as Jaden bent down to look at some of the cards that had fallen from out of the tree.
Jaden couldn't help but smile at the cards he saw. "Wow Chumley, there's like a zillion koala cards down here."
"Yeah they so rule!" Chumley replied with a smile. "You want to have a pick up duel against them?"
"Hey…a pick up duel! Why didn't I just think of that in the first place?!" Jaden smacked himself in the face before he turned around and started to run off to somewhere.
"Hey, where are you off too?!" Chumley yelled.
"To the Obelisk Blue dorm!"
"Why are you going there?!"
"To have a pick up duel against Zane!"
"What?!" Chumley yelled from shock before he fell off the branch. Kia didn't know whether to laugh, in a joking way, or to help him. "Aren't you going to go after him?" Chumley asked the tomboy as he rubbed his aching back since he landed right on it.
"I'm not his keeper." Kia said plainly before she looked over her shoulder at the place where Jaden took off at. "But I did say I would help him…" Kia sighed as she placed the box of cookies next to Chumley. "Here free cookies." She said before she took off after Jaden.
…..
It didn't take long for Jaden to get to the Blue dorm but the first thing that happened to him when he got there was that he was pushed to the ground by two male blues. One of them had spiky brown hair while the other had short black hair. "What your problem?!" He demanded from annoyance as he stood up and dusted himself off.
"I don't have a problem but you're gonna have one if you don't beat it!" The spiky brunette warned.
"Yeah, Zane wouldn't waste his time with you. You're probably still wet behind the ears from Pre-Duel school." The short black hair added.
"I am not!"
Jaden knew something bad was about to happen as soon as Yubel appeared next to him and said; "Duck," but Jaden was to slow and ended up getting soaked from head to toe as one of the Obelisk threw a bucket of water at him. Jaden let out a small growl under his breath.
"Now you are…" The Obelisk laughed at the sight before they started walking off.
Jaden grit his teeth. "We will duel, Zane…" He vowed in his spirit voice, giving more meaning to the words he just said.
Yubel sighed at this as she placed a hand on his shoulder. "If I could make a suggestion; I say first get a change of clothes before you catch a cold and then duel Zane."
Jaden sighed. "Fine mom," He grumbled while Yubel chuckled at that, softly.
….
During when all the Zane chaos was going on, Haou, who was being the smart one and decided to stay out of it, was sitting at the beach shore arena of the island, watching as the sun slowly started to set with a sigh of relief. He truly did hate the sun. People thought it was warm, kind, and what give everything on earth life. Haou wanted to laugh in their faces at that. The sun and anything that had to do with the word Light made Haou sick. Light was nothing but evil that wants to take over everything. If people wanted something that was like Light but wasn't evil, they should take a look at the moon. It was the light that allowed things to see in the darkness, it was kind to all of its creatures, and it was something that wouldn't burn you alive if you even tried to touch it. Plus the moon was always changing every night.
Suddenly, Haou turned his head around when he heard the bushes in the forest started making noise since someone was moving around. Somehow, he wasn't all that surprised anymore to find out that it was Masika but unlike him, Masika was taken by surprise to find him here.
"What are you doing here, moody?" Masika asked at the same time Haou said; "Are you stalking me?"
Masika's face turned bright red at that. "I am not; I just came down here for a relaxing swim!"
Haou raised an eyebrow at that until he noticed she was dressed in a silver bikini. "Don't you have a swimming pool or a hot spring at the Girls' dorm?"
"Yeah but during this time of the day, it's pretty crowded with everyone getting out of class and all and the last time I went swimming in a pool with a large group of people, I got kicked out for hitting people in the face with beach balls every five seconds." Masika giggled softly at that before she sighed and shrugged. "So what are you doing down here, moody?"
"I thought you were over that annoying nickname." Haou grumbled.
"Nope," Masika stated as she took a seat next to him in the sand.
Haou sighed. "I just wanted to find a calm place to clear my head. I can hear Jaden through the walls at my dorm and everywhere else at this place is filled with students so I just decided to come here."
"Do the sounds of waves going back and forth help?" Masika questioned which kinda took Haou by surprise.
"Yeah….kinda…" Haou answered as he bit his lip, not believing what he just said.
Masika smiled at that as she leaned closer to him.
"Uh what are you…" Haou stopped himself and blinked as Masika took off his sunglasses, revealing his fake amber brown eyes to her.
"You know it's better to see the world in all its color then just black, white, and grey right?" Masika said with a giggle. "Besides, it's getting dark and I don't want you to walk home and accidentally walk into a tree or something."
"I can see just fine," Haou told her as he went to take his glasses back but Masika moved them out of his reach. "Okay, jokes over, Masika, give me my glasses back."
"Uh no," Masika giggled as she stood up, with them in hand, just before Haou went to grabbed them from her again. "Oh come on, Haou, can't you not wear them just this once."
I could but if you make me mad, then you'll see the monster that I'm truly am. Haou thought as he stood up. "I'm really not joking, Masika, I want them back now."
Masika frowned at him. "Sorry moody but no sunglasses are allowed in Masika's Paradise!"
"Masika's Paradise?" Haou questioned before he shook his head with a sigh. "Wow, you're a unbelievable stupid fool."
"And yet, you put up with me." Masika said with a grin which shocked Haou when he realized she was right.
Oh god, what the hell has happened to me? Haou wondered before a low growled escaped him when he heard Magician laughing in the back of his head.
"Oh how sweet; Haou is falling in love. I never thought I see the day." Magician laughed.
"You know something, Magician, I'm the one that's going to be laughing when I burn you alive and then feed your remains to the demons of hell." Haou growled at her in a whisper, thanking the Gentle Darkness itself that Masika wasn't paying attention to him anymore. Wait…why wasn't she paying attention?
"Hey isn't that Syrus over there?" Masika asked pointing to the rocky cliffs, that you could see from the beach, where a blue and red blob was moving across the rocks.
Haou took the chance and took back his sunglasses from her, getting him a frown in return from Masika, but he still looked to where she was pointing. Indeed, Syrus was there and looked to be making something with pieces of wood and some string. Just what the heck is that idiot doing? Haou wondered.
….
"So what are you going to do now?" Chumley asked looking at his side at Jaden and Kia. The Gentle Darkness ruler still looked annoyed after what happened at the Blue dorm. He had a towel on his head, trying to get his hair dried after he got changed out of his wet clothes and then met back up with Kia and Chumley. The three students were now heading back to the Slifer dorm to check up on Syrus who locked himself in the room for the whole day as far as they know.
"Well I'm going to tell you one thing that I'm not going to do and that's give up." Jaden informed them as he handed Chumley his hair towel. "I'll get Zane to duel me one way or another."
"You're stubbornness to all of this amazes me, Jaden." Kia said which made Jaden smirk in her direction.
Soon the group was standing in front of the Slifer's dorm room and Jaden opened the door. Jaden and Chumley were surprised to see that Syrus was under the covers still while Kia raised an eyebrow in question.
Jaden sighed at this. "Syrus, you're still in bed? Look, I know that you're down but that isn't any excuse to act like a lazy slob. Even Chumley got up today and that's saying something." He added as he walked over to his friend's bed.
"Yeah lazy bladder;" Chumley agreed while Kia bit back a replay to him that Jaden just kinda called him lazy.
Jaden grinned as he pulled up the covers on Syrus's bed but was totally surprised to see that Syrus wasn't under them. "Where did he go?"
"Look, he left a note." Chumley called from the desk which then Jaden walked over to look over his shoulder to read the note. Kia come over and looked over Chumley's other shoulder.
"Dear Jaden and Chumley; I'm leaving Duel Academy. Don't try to stop me. It's for the best you guys. Zane was right; I don't deserve to be…."
Jaden grabbed the note out of Chumley's hands before he finished reading what was left and crushed it in his fist. "Sy is not going anywhere." He stated with a small growl since he was a little mad at his friend for making the worst mistake ever just because his older brother didn't see the true duelist that Syrus was.
"Yeah…let's go stop him…after dinner that is…" Chumley decided.
"No now!"
"But today is grilled cheese day!"
"If we don't hurry then it will be Syrus's last day!" Kia pointed out before she grabbed the older boy by the arm and pulled him out of the room with Jaden quickly following behind them.
"Syrus?!" Jaden yelled looking around the island for their leaving bluenette friend.
"Syrus, its grilled cheese day!" Chumley yelled as well while looking around.
"We miss you, Syrus, so come on out little buddy!" Kia yelled also as she searched the island with the help from her Duston monsters.
While the group was looking for Syrus, the said bluenette was next to the ocean with a large stick in his hand and a wooden raft that he made in front of him. He was going to use it to leave the island. "So long, Duel Academy;" He mumbled.
Where can Syrus be? There has to be somewhere that we're not looking. Jaden thought but he soon was surprised when Yubel appeared before him.
"Jaden, I found your friend but I don't think you're going to like what you'll find." Yubel told him with her arms crossed.
"You're making it sound like he's dead, Yubel, but still, as long as he's here then lead the way, old friend." Jaden said which Yubel nodded to as she started off to somewhere. Jaden called Chumley and Kia over to follow him before he followed after his soul partner.
….
As the sun started to set, Zane was at his usual spot at the lighthouse. Hearing footsteps coming his way, Zane turned his head to see Alexis walking over to him before he turned away again to look at the sunset. "Any new leads yet?" He asked.
Alexis sighed at that as she shook her head, standing next to the top student. "I can't believe he's still gone, Zane. It's like he just disappeared from the face of the planet altogether. "
"Don't give up; you'll find him." Zane told her.
"Speaking of brothers…." Alexis looked over at Zane. "When I was in the Girls' dorm cafeteria, I had a run in with one of my new friends, Kia Macy, who brought a box of a dozen cookies. I asked her what was up with all the cookies and she said that she and Jaden Yuki were going to have them as a snack for the man hunt."
"And what does this have to do with brothers?" Zane questioned, wanting her to get to the point.
"Well I ask her what she meant by man hurt and she said that Jaden and her were hunting you down because of something that happened between you and your younger brother, Syrus." Alexis answered. "She also said that it made Syrus pretty upset and that Jaden wants to teach you a lesson."
"The big bad brother huh? What? Does Jaden want to scold me now?" Zane asked not even flinching one bit at the news.
"Actually, he wants to duel you and just to warn you, for the short time that I known Jaden, I know for a fact that he won't take no for an answer. That boy is too stubborn for his own good." Alexis answered before her and Zane both turned when they heard someone yell…
"Stay back, Jaden!"
Both of the Obelisks looked closely at the rocky beach and the both saw Syrus next to a wooden raft looking ready to jump onto it.
At the cliff mountain part of the beach, Jaden was running down a path to get to Syrus on time. Syrus looked freaked out before he jumped onto the raft, grabbed the stick and started to row away by using it. Jaden, using his powers of the Gentle Darkness and Yubel's, jumped onto the raft and made the landing which even surprised him more than Syrus. But what surprised the two boys the most was that after Jaden landed on the raft; it broke into pieces making him and Syrus fall into the water.
Both of the Slifers' head come to the surface but Syrus started freaking out a second later.
"Help me! I can't swim!" He screamed before she grabbed onto Jaden.
"And you were going to raft your way out of here? Yeah that makes sense." Jaden said sarcastically before he and Syrus went under the water again which made Yubel appear, hovering above the water.
"Uh Jaden…" Yubel started before she stopped when she heard….
"I'm coming guys!" Chumley yelled as he and Kia finally caught up with Jaden and he jumped right into the water to save his friends.
Kia, however, just stood there and said. "Guys it's…."
"Shallow water, idiots;" Someone finished for the two females. Kia looked up higher up the rocky cliffs to see Haou and Masika standing there. It wasn't hard to guess who just made that comment.
After that was heard, Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley resurfaced, all of them trying to catch their breath. Yubel shook her head as she disappeared.
"Now you tell the guy." Jaden grumbled in annoyance since he just got changed out of his wet clothes from before five minutes ago.
"Why are you trying to stop me, Jaden?" Syrus mumbled with his head lowered. "Zane right, I'm no good. If I can't even use one card then I shouldn't be called a duelist. So please, just let me go."
"Syrus, that's your brother talking. I did not just get drowned for the second time today just to save you to hear all of this. Beside, Haou makes fun of me all the time but you don't see me crying in a corner about it." Jaden told him.
"Yeah you stopped doing that about a year ago." Haou added with a smirk which got him a glare from his younger twin.
Kia pointed a finger at Haou. "You are not helping so shut up."
"My point is;" Jaden continued looking back at Syrus. "You have got to start believing in yourself! Sticks and stones might break your bones but don't let Zane's words break your spirit!"
"Titanium much?" Kia questioned at the same time, Syrus yelled. "You got to believe me! I'm a lost cause!"
Jaden looked so ready to hit something by now because of Syrus's attitude but his angry was soon turned into surprise when he heard someone else join into this fight.
"He's right you know." A male voice said that made Jaden and the gang look up at the cliff side, higher up from where Haou and Masika were standing. Jaden wasn't all that surprise anymore to see Alexis standing there with her arms crossed but the other guy made him confused until Syrus answered his question for him.
"Zane!?" The small bluenette voice was filled with shock from seeing his older brother standing there. Like seeing him early today wasn't bad enough.
"So that's the school's top duelist huh?" Jaden whispered to himself, half impressed and half not since he knew that this guy was a jerk to his little brother. It was the pretty much the same way he felt about Haou but at least his brother had his reasons for being an asshole 24/7. Zane on the other hand didn't.
Haou raised an eyebrow in question when he heard Jaden said that. He really loved having super hearing at times like these since he barely had any idea what was going on. "Top duelist huh?"
"Yeah and he's as good as his reputation precedes…maybe even better." Masika whispered to him.
Well he's going to be de-throne before this year is over. Haou thought with a small smirk as he glanced up at the Kaiser.
"You're finally dropping out huh, Syrus?" Zane asked looking at his little brother.
"Uh…yeah…kinda…." Syrus mumbled back not really knowing what else to say right now.
"Well it's about time." Zane noted which made Syrus turn around so his back was facing him as he stared at the water.
"Syrus, your brother is wrong." Jaden said but when he heard Syrus start crying, he finally lost it as he turned to glare at Zane, his eyes flashing to Yubel's every few seconds. "You're his big brother! How could you say that?!"
"Yeah what did you do? Take brother classes from that asshole over there?" Kia answered pointing with her thumb at Haou, causing the Gentle Darkness ruler to flip her off while Masika frowned at Kia.
"Because I know him;" Zane answered which even made Alexis look at him now from shock because of what he was saying.
"Yeah I bet you know it all so called Kaiser. Well you know what, your highness? You don't and you never will!" Jaden snapped at him, knowing in the back of his mind that he was letting his anger get the best of him but right now, he didn't care as he added; "And I'm going to prove that right now. Let's duel, Zane."
Now that was what made Syrus stop crying for a second to look at his friend. "Jaden, no don't."
"Well if I knew things were going to turn out like this I would have made popcorn." Haou said his smirk widen while Masika's eyes widen at what Jaden said.
"Duel a Slifer?" Zane closed his eyes before a small grin formed on his face. "Sure why not? After all, it's been a while since I went slumming." Alexis sighed at that.
Jaden smirked. "Then get your game on, Zane."
"Jaden, he's good!" Syrus put in trying to stop him from doing something stupid and what would be called suicide in Duel Monsters.
Jaden looked over his shoulder at him. "I'm sure he is." And I'm sure this duel will solve Syrus's confidence problem….and hopefully without hurting mine.
"You scared?" Yubel teased in his mind.
'The only one that can scare me in a duel is Haou since I never know what he's planning. Zane, on the other hand, just has me worried a little.' Jaden answered back in his head. 'But he's nothing I can't handle.'
….
A few minutes later as the sun had gone completely down and the only light was from the lighthouse; Jaden, Zane, and the rest of the group were at the docks. Jaden and Zane both had their duel disk on and ready while Alexis, Syrus, Chumley, Kia, and Masika were standing off to the side to watch. Haou was also there but he was watching the duel away from the others.
"Alexis, do you think Jaden can win this?" Chumley asked the blond who out of all of them looked to be the most calm.
"Jaden is really good but if he's as good as Zane is something we're about to find out, guys." Alexis answered with her arms crossed over her chest before she looked down at a freaked out Syrus.
"Oh man; my big brother taking on my best friend. There's no way this could turn out good." Syrus commented while holding his head in panic mode.
Yeah because Jaden going to destroy the Kaiser of Duel Academy; Haou thought looking over at Jaden. But if he does lose then we got some problems to fix.
"Okay now we can find out what's going on between Sy and his bro and see how we'll I rank up against the best; finally something going right for me today." Jaden said with a grin as Yubel appeared next to him.
"Careful Jaden; the last time you got a big head in a duel, Haou destroyed you in only three times." Yubel told him causing Jaden to roll his eyes from that reminder.
(Jaden: 4000 Zane: 4000)
Jaden went first as he drew his sixth card. "Here I come, Zane! First I gonna summon Elemental HERO Lady Heat in attack mode!" The female pyro warrior appeared in a show of flames (Atk: 1300 Def: 1000).
"Oh yeah! It's good to be back in the spotlight!" Lady Heat said with a grin as she looked at Zane before she looked back at Jaden. "He doesn't look so tough."
"Looks can be deceiving, Lady." Jaden told her as he took a card from his hand and placed it in his spell and trap card zone. "Now, I think I'm gonna throw down a face down while I'm at it and end my turn so you lose 200 life points because of Lady Heat's ability."
"Take this, pretty boy." Lady Heat smirked as she fired off a small fireball at Zane who didn't flinch from the attack.
(Jaden: 4000 Zane: 3800)
Zane drew his card. "That's all huh?" He questioned like the attack he was just dealt with was nothing. "Okay, for my first move, I summon Cyber Dragon in attack mode!" Everyone watched as a metallic dragon rose from the ground and curled up behind its master (Atk: 2100 Def: 1600).
"What?!" Jaden exclaimed from shock and surprise. "How can you bring out a level 5 monster on your first turn?"
"He can play Cyber Dragon because it is his first turn, Jaden." Kia told him. "Since Zane has no monsters on his field, he can summon it without a sacrifice." She shook her head as she remember how she was just as surprise as Jaden when she faced against that thing.
"Now I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your facedown card." Zane said as he continued his move.
Jaden watched in shock as his face down was destroyed by a miniature tornado. "Well that was fast…" He mumbled.
"Not as fast as your life points will go down. Cyber Dragon, attack Lady Heat with Strident Blast!" Zane commanded his monster which then the metal dragon rose and sent out a stream of fire at the E-HERO.
"This is going to hurt." Lady Heat said as she was blasted and destroyed.
(Jaden: 3200 Zane: 3800)
I tried to warn him that Zane was good…. Syrus thought watching as his friend was already losing.
"Next…" Zane held up a card. "I'll activate the Spell Card, Different Dimension Capsule!" A strangle looking sarcophagus with a clock emblazoned in the center rose up from the ground. "This allows me to take a card from my deck and place it into the capsule. In two turns I can add that card to my hand."
The capsule opened up as a holo-card went inside of it before it closed up and sink back into the ground. "Wow," Jaden said from amazement. "That's gotta be the best card in his entire deck! I can't wait to see what comes outta there!"
I can because it's not gonna be pretty… Syrus thought miserably.
"It's your move, Jaden." Zane finished.
Yeah and I better make it count because I'm starting to see why he might be as good as everyone says he is…maybe even better…but still, that doesn't mean he's better than me. Jaden thought before he drew and smirked.
"You got something planned, Jaden?" Yubel asked.
"Oh yeah;" Jaden answered grinning. "Alright Round Two and I'm gonna kick it off with Polymerization and I'm going to fuse my old buddies Elemental HERO Sparkman and Elemental HERO Clayman to create Elemental HERO Thunder Giant!"
The Warrior of Thunder appeared on the field, letting out a mighty roar (Atk: 2400 Def: 1500). "Time to drop the thunder!" Thunder Giant roared.
"You got that right; pal, since thanks to his special ability, he can destroy a monster whose original Atk points are less than his own so your Cyber Dragon is vaporized!" Jaden explained as Thunder Giant struck Cyber Dragon with a huge bolt of lightning, destroying it. "Yes, looks like Thunder Giant just made the big man on campus a little bit smaller, wouldn't you say?"
"Yeah, I'd say that!" Chumley agreed.
"I second that." Masika nodded with a smile.
"Ditto," Kia added.
"And you know what the best part about all of this is?" Jaden grinned widen. "Since that blast was just Thunder Giant's special ability, he can still use his attack and since you're now defenseless, he's going to use it directly on you!"
"Fire in the hole!" Thunder Giant yelled as he gathered a large amount of energy in his hands before he fired it all at Zane. However, Zane didn't even try to move. He just stood there calmly as his life points went down.
(Jaden: 3200 Zane: 1400)
"You know you could at least flinch a little..." Jaden muttered as he played a face down before he glanced at Zane. This guy made fun of his little brother, he had amazing duel skills, and he didn't even flinch when he was attack. If Jaden didn't know any better, he would have sworn he was dueling against Haou at the moment. "Oh well…maybe these face down cards will get you to later."
Yeah….if Jaden last long enough to use them… Syrus thought as he turned towards his brother.
"Nice moves, kid." Zane said as he drew. "But since my field is now empty again, I can just bring out another Cyber Dragon." An identical metallic dragon appeared in front of Zane. "Or better yet, two!" Zane held up a card. "I play Monster Reborn and with just one monster in my graveyard, you can guess who I'm bringing back!" His duel disk glowed as the first Cyber Dragon reappeared on the field right next to the other one.
"Two copies of the same monsters? This can only mean one thing, Jaden." Yubel stated and Jaden nodded to it. Jaden might not be the best student in the world but when he came to fusion summons, he could get top A's if he tried.
"But neither one will be here for long…" Zane took another card from his hand and Jaden and Yubel's suspicions were confirmed. It was Polymerization. "In present from anyway; Dragons unite!" He commanded as both monsters swirled together into a black void. "Cyber Twin Dragon emerge!"
From the dark void, a twin headed version of the two Cyber Dragons appeared; each head had a different color circle, one was yellow while the other was blue (Atk: 2800 Def: 2100).
"Twin Dragon?!" Chumley stared at the new metal dragon in awe and fear. "One was tough enough already!"
"Haou's Infernal Orthrus is scarier if you ask me." Masika stated but she couldn't help but agree that two Cyber Dragons might have been better than having to deal with this thing.
"My Twin Dragon can attack twice in a round, Jaden." Zane then pointed at his monster. "Which means double trouble for your monster and your life points; Twin Dragon attack!"
"Not so fast!" Jaden pushed a button on his duel disk. "I've got a trap, Hero Barrier! Since I have a face up Elemental HERO on my field, I can block one of your attacks!" Jaden was just mad he couldn't block the second one.
Cyber Twin Dragon roared as both heads fired off a blast of fire at Thunder Giant. The first one was blocked by a shield but the second attack broke through it and destroyed Thunder Giant.
(Jaden: 2800 Zane: 1400)
"Well so much for Thunder Giant." Jaden grumbled. "Oh well, he's going to get payback in a smaller form. I play my other face down, Fusion Recovery! With this, I can take back Polymerization and Elemental HERO Clayman from my graveyard and put them right back into my hand and just when you thought you could stop worrying about them, huh Zane?"
"I don't worry." Zane said evenly as he ended his turn with a face down.
Jaden couldn't help but laugh a little before a smile formed on his face. "Aw man! You're chill…not even worrying or flinching….you're like Haou on happy pills!"
Haou raised an eyebrow at that. "Excuse me?" He questioned while Kia burst into laughter, Masika was giggling a little, and even Yubel had a small smirk forming on her face from that comment. "What's the supposed to mean, Jaden?" He questioned his younger twin.
Jaden grinned in his direction. "It means that I think I found someone that might even be a challenge for you. Zane is good!"
Zane smiled slightly at that. "Thanks, you too, Jaden;"
Huh?! Syrus blinked in surprise from what he just heard. Since when does Zane give props? When Alexis noticed the surprise look on Syrus's face, she smiled slightly.
"Now….where was I? Oh yeah!" Jaden drew his card before he played it on his duel disk. "I was about to summon Elemental HERO Bubbleman in attack mode!" Appearing on Jaden's field was an E-HERO in a blue suit with some kind of water hose machine hooked up to him. He was wearing a blue mark that covered his eyes, a white cape, and light blue boots (Atk: 800 Def: 1200).
"I was starting to think you replaced me with Ocean, Jay." Bubbleman said which Jaden replied with a shake of his head.
"Hey, you were one of my first Elemental HEROES, Bubbles old pal, I can never replace you. Plus, if I replaced you then I can't do this." Jaden looked back over at Zane. "Since Bubbleman is the only card on my field when he was summoned, I get to draw two more cards." Jaden did just that but he didn't look at the cards he just drew just yet. "Now for the fun part, I'm playing Polymerization to fuse E-HERO Bubbleman with E-HERO Clayman that's in my hand to create Elemental HERO Mudballman in defense mode!"
The two monsters fused together and what came out of this fusion was a giant monster that was made up of mud and clay with a blue head that kneed down to protect his master in defense mode (Atk: 1900 Def: 3000).
"Lishous! Mudballman's got 3000 Def points! That Twin Dragon attack won't get through to Jaden!" Chumley smiled.
I can't believe it…Jaden might actually win! Syrus thought stunned.
Well it's about time you start making a comeback, Jaden. Haou thought.
Okay, I got a perfect defense with Mudballman guarding my life points. Now I just got to figure out how to take down that Cyber Twin Dragon. Jaden thought as he looked down at the cards he drew from Bubbleman's effect and he got his answer when he saw what he got but Jaden didn't like it. The first card was De-Fusion and the other was Yubel's card.
"If you can just make it through Zane's next turn with Mudballman still on your field, you can play De-Fusion during your next turn to summon out Bubbleman and Clayman and then sacrifice them to summon me onto the field and thanks to my effect, all the battle damage that I get dealt with will come right out of Zane's life points." Yubel explained as Jaden frowned at this plan. "Jaden, I know you don't like to summon me unless you don't have any other choice but our hands are tied at the moment."
Jaden sighed. "I know, Yubel." He took a card from his hand and placed it face down. "I'm throwing down a face down and I end my turn. Now gimme your best shot, Zane!" He challenged.
"My best shot huh? You got it, Jaden." Zane replied as he drew just as his capsule rose from the ground.
Oh no, this isn't going to be pretty. Syrus thought having a really good guess on which card his brother put in it.
"It's been two turns since I first active Different Dimension Capsule and now I can take the card I first placed into it and add it to my hand." Zane explained as the capsule broke open and Zane added the card into his hand before he looked straight at Jaden. "You played well but not well enough…"
"Hey just gimme what you got, Zane. I can take whatever you throw my way." Jaden told him hoping he didn't make a mistake from saying those words.
"I'm sure you are. A good duelist is ready for anything even knowing the difference between using a card and playing a card. And you play your cards well, Jaden." Zane said closing his eyes.
"That's a nice compliment, Zane, and I have to say you're one of the toughest duelists I ever faced. But I should warn you, the only person that's allowed to beat me is my brother plus I'm still mad at you for what you said to Syrus." Jaden replied looking over at his said friend with a smile. "So bring on the pain! I can take anything you throw my way!"
Zane reopened his eyes at that. "First, I'll play my De-Fusion spell card to split my Cyber Twin Dragon into the two separate Cyber Dragons." The monster divided back into its two halves before Zane continued with his move. "Next, I active the magic of the spell card, Power-Bond! This card allows me to summon a Machine-Type Fusion monster and with two Cyber Dragons on my field and the final one in my hand, I can fuse them altogether to create….the Cyber End Dragon!"
Everyone watched in amazement, even Haou which surprised him, as through a torrent of blue flames, a winged metallic dragon with three heads appeared on the field (Atk: 4000 Def: 2800).
"And because I summoned my dragon with the effects of Power-Bond, Cyber End Dragon's attack points are doubled!" Zane added as Cyber End Dragon roared as its attack power went up (Atk: 4000-8000 Def: 2800).
"8000 attack points?! No way!" Chumley gasped in disbelieve.
"And keep in mind, Jaden. When my Cyber End Dragon attacks a monster in defense mode, the differences between his attack points and your monsters defense points are dealt to you as damage!"
"But that would mean Jaden would be taking 5000 points of damage if Mudballman is destroyed!" Masika gasped.
"Guys relax; Jaden still has that face down of his." Kia told them.
"Wait that's right; if Jaden can use that face down to protect himself, he'll win the duel thanks to Zane's spell card!" Chumley remembered.
Alexis nodded. "Chumley's right; at the end of the turn Power Bond is used; the one who used it gets dealt damage equal to the attacking monster's original attack points."
Yeah….but that won't matter if you play it right; Syrus thought. And Zane has; I just wish it wasn't at Jaden's expense….
"Cyber End Dragon, attack E-HERO Mudballman with Super Strident Blaze!" Zane ordered. "Finish this duel!"
"Sorry Zane but as long as I still have a card to play this duel isn't over! I play my trap, Half or Nothing." Jaden smirked as his face down trap card rose up. "Now you get to choice whether or not to continue your attack but if you do choice to continue, you dragon's attack points will go right back to 4000 so I'll only lose 1000 life points once Mudballman is destroyed."
"So whether or not if Zane chooses to continue his attack or not, Jaden will still have life points left over and Zane will lose the rest of his from Power Bond's effect!" Masika gasped before she smiled.
"Jaden has got this won!" Kia cheered.
Haou sighed as he shook his head at this before he started to walk away. "No…Jaden lost…" He mumbled as he disappeared into the night.
"Clever move, Jaden, and it would have worked too if I didn't play this face down." Zane said as his face down rose up and Jaden's eyes widen when he saw what it was.
Trap Jammer….
Jaden couldn't even speak as his watched his trap, the only thing that could have saved him, get destroyed as well as his E-HERO Mudballman from Cyber End Dragon's attack and him getting dealt with the leftover damage, knocking him to zero. After the blow, Jaden fell to his knees, his head hung low.
(Jaden: 0 Zane: 1400)
"Jaden!" Chumley and Masika both yelled from shock.
"I never thought I would see the day…" Alexis said but she already knew that Jaden couldn't have beaten Zane.
"And he was so close too." Kia mumbled in shock too before she ran over to the fallen Slifer.
Jaden lifted his head as Syrus started to run over to his friend as well and smiled at the Kaiser. "Thanks for the great duel, Zane." Was he mad that he lost? Yeah who wouldn't be when they were so close to winning but he gave it his all so Jaden counted that as a victory. The only thing that made him a little mad was that he couldn't make Zane apologize to Syrus for what he said early.
Zane said nothing to that before he looked over at Syrus. His younger brother's eyes met with his and Zane just gave a small nod which took Syrus by surprise before the still top duelist of the school started to walk away. Alexis shook her head at her friend's silences. She waved bye to everyone before she went after Zane.
"So what do you think?" Alexis asked walking alongside him with her arms at her side.
"I think Syrus has chosen some good friends." Zane answered in his usual calm voice but with a tiny hit of happiness for his little brother that Alexis caught and smiled at.
Kia helped Jaden to his feet. "Sorry that you didn't win, Jaden." She said honestly.
Jaden shrugged. "You win some you lose some." He then glanced over at Syrus. "You're brother got some mad skills."
Syrus smiled a little at that as he looked up at him. "Well….at least I got the looks…"
Both boys looked at each other from that before they burst out laughing.
Kia shook her head with a chuckle. "Yeah looks will get you far in this world, you two idiots."
"Just let them have their little guy moment." Masika said walking over to stand next to Kia.
"Fine but there has been something I want to ask you, Masika." Kia raised an eyebrow at her. "Why are you wearing a bikini and furthermore, why were you with Haou?"
A large blush spread across Masika face but before she could answer, a loud rumbling sound made everyone turn to see Chumley holding his stomach.
"Well you know what I could use? A couple of grilled cheese sandwiches;" The hungry Slifer groaned.
Kia smiled at that. "I'll do you one better…." She took out something from her jacket pockets which turned out to be a box of cookies. "How about some cookies from the dark side?"
Masika, Syrus, and Chumley blinked at that. "Dark side?" They all questioned.
"Inside joke," Jaden laughed as he threw an arm over Kia's shoulder.
"Yeah inside joke;" Kia agreed before she started laughing too.
