Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh GX
Chapter 9: Legend or Legendary?
First off, to Alex Parker: Yes, I realize the idea is a little far-fetched even for an anime (or a fan-fic for that matter) but I felt like trying something different. Plus, I wanted to get to it before anyone else. But don't worry, nobody will transcarnate until near the very end, and maybe not even then.
Also, yeah, I've tried hard not to make anyone too powerful. If there's one thing that annoys me about the show, it's that Yugi and Jaden hardly ever lose, and if they do it's by a hair. Everyone in my fic at least will bite the dust at least once if not more.
OK, OK, I know I've been gone for a long time...again. but I just bought The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion...need I say more? But as this chapters title suggests, prepare for the return of a legend...
"I would like to announce that as of today there is a new teacher for the Slifer Red dormitory"
The entire school buzzed in the wake of Chancellor Rhodes announcement.
"We have a teacher before?" Rusty asked. Issac shrugged.
"I happen to know this person personally" Rhodes continued "And rest assured, there are few Duelists in the world who are better"
"So who is this new teacher?" An Obelisk asked.
Rhodes was about to say, when her cell phone rang. She turned away to answer it and when she turned back she was smiling.
"Go see for yourself" She said. "His helicopter just arrived"
The students flowed out of the class room with Rusty and Issac caught in the current. When they reached the landing pad Sandra was already there, mixed in with the crowd.
"About time you got here" She snapped over the heads of a pair of Ra's "See who it is"
As she spoke the door opened and a figure stepped out. He was tall, with unruly brown hair. To everyone else, he appeared to be no one special. But only Issac, Rusty and Sandra could see the small army of Duel Spirits assembled around him. Most appeared to be an animal of some kind or another, but three in particular stood out.
The first was a tall winged Fiend with wild hair and bi-chromatic eyes.
The second was a muscular figure dressed in a white costume adorned with a single blue gem on his chest.
The third was a small, brown, puffball.
Jaden Yuki had returned to Duel Academy.
The Slifer Red lunchroom was buzzing late that evening with students clustered around their new teacher, bombarding him with questions which he took in good humor.
Only Issac and Rusty sat in a corner, deep in discussion.
"I don't know" Rusty said, looking over his shoulder at Jaden. "He doesn't seem anything special..."
"Special?" Issac cried. "He's defeated more Shadow Duelists and faced more threats than even the Elder ever did! He took out almost all the Shadow Riders singlehandedly..."
"The who?"
"...he brought down the Society of Light..."
"Sounds like an especially bad boy band"
"...and he took out Darkness"
Rusty thought for a moment. "O.K. I kinda remember that, but I was kinda young"
They both turned to look at Jaden again who was busy laughing at some joke.
"Look at all those spirits around him" Rusty marveled, not for the first time. Issac nodded. "From what I've heard, almost half the monsters in his deck are duel spirits"
Rusty furrowed his brow. "Just how do you know so much about him anyway?"
Issac rolled his eyes "Please. Someone with that much of a connection to the Spirit world? Duel Monsters is the Clan's entire life! We've been watching him since day one"
Rusty made a non-committal noise in his throat.
One of the Duel Spirits floating around Jaden's head floated lower. The hairy puffball seemed to whisper into Jaden's ear as he looked up, straight into Rusty's eyes. They held each others gaze for a moment, then Jaden gave him a small smile.
Rusty returned it half-heartedly.
"He knows" He said without looking at Issac. Issac just stared at him. Rusty turned back to him.
"He knows" He repeated.
Issac banged on the bathroom door. "Rusty, would you hurry up in there?"
The day was a Saturday, meaning everyone had the day off to do as they pleased. Unfortunately for Issac, it seemed all Rusty wanted to do was stay holed up in the restroom.
Rusty walked out, still damp, drying his hair with a towel. "All yours, Prima Donna"
Issac shot him a look before hurrying in. Rusty chuckled, tossed his towel on his bunk and sat with his back against the wall and began to thumb through his deck. He was still making adjustments when Issac came out.
"Hey" Issac asked. "You have any classes with Sandra?"
Rusty shook his head. "Nope. why?"
Issac shrugged. "Just wondering, we don't really know too much about her, do we?"
Rusty shook his head "No, but I think we can trust her"
"Why?"
Rusty Smirked. "She's too pissed off at the Clan to help them"
Issac groaned, then a thought seemed to occur to him. "Hey" He said. "What did you mean last night when you said 'He knew'?"
Rusty bit his cheek. "Just a gut feeling, when he looked at me he looked like..." He shook his head. "I just know he knows, all right?"
Issac sighed. "If you say so. C'mon let's go get some breakfast"
The two boys trooped down to the lunchroom to find it empty, except for Jaden sitting at a table, munching on a piece of toast.
"Hey you two!" He called cheerily as he waved them over. "How do you like Slifer?" He asked as they sat.
"It's a..." Rusty searched for the right word.
"A dump?" Jaden supplied.
Rusty chuckled and nodded sheepishly.
"Don't worry about it" Jaden grinned. "Slifer was like this back in my day too"
He took another bite of toast. "So how long've you been able to see Duel Spirits, Issac?"
Issac shot Rusty a look. "All my life I guess, you?"
"Same here" Jaden said as the brown furball appeared at his shoulder. "Winged Kuriboh was the first one I met though" Kuriboh hooted happily and floated closer to Jaden.
"And speaking of Duel Spirits" Jaden continued, turning to Rusty. "Since when did you get one?" Issac looked from Jaden to Rusty so fast his neck popped.
"You knew Mr. Yuki?" He asked, surprised.
Rusty nodded. "Jaden ran a small card shop near where I lived, he was the one who got me into Duel Monsters, taught me everything I knew. It's thanks to him that I even have most of the rarer cards in my deck"
Jaden shrugged casually. "One of the professors who taught here back in my day ran Ancient Gears himself" He explained. "When Rusty expressed interest in them, I called him up and he helped me get the cards Rusty couldn't get himself."
"What was the professor like?" Rusty asked. Jaden hesitated.
"You know the song 'Dude Looks Like A Lady?"
Rusty shrugged "Yeah"
"Dude looked like a lady"
They all laughed at that.
"One thing's for sure though" Jaden said. "That spirit I saw with you wasn't one of the ones I gave you. Where'd it come from?"
Rusty took a deep breath and told about his encounter with Torego as the Ancient Gear Demon appeared at his back. When Rusty finished Jaden glanced up at the Demon and nodded appreciatively.
"Impressive" He said as he stood. "That does it, I've been itching for a duel ever since I got here. So what'd you say?"
Rusty grinned eagerly "I say bring it. I've been wanting to show you what I've learned"
Jaden and Rusty faced each other outside of the Slifer Red dorms.
"Hope you're ready Jaden" Rusty said. "'Cause you've never faced anything like my Demon before"
Jaden smiled easily "I haven't said this in a while, but get your game on!"
Rusty: 4000 LP
Jaden: 4000 LP
"Good luck, Jaden!" Issac called from the steps.
Rusty shot him a look "Oh, thanks" He said sarcastically.
Jaden chuckled. "Just for that, I'll let you go first"
"Fine by me" Rusty said. "Draw!"
Time for something a little different.
"I'll summon the Ancient Gear Knight in Attack mode!"(1800/500)
A metal arm holding a long sword reached up out of the ground and stabbed the tip of the sword into the earth. The monster used the sword as a brace as it pulled itself up out of the ground, revealing a robot carrying the aforementioned sword as well as an oversized gear as a shield.
"With that I'll set a card facedown, and end my turn"
Jaden grinned. "Playing it safe, huh?" He drew his card and studied his hand.
Be careful, Jaden. I can sense that spirit of his even from inside his deck!
You worry too much.
It's my job. YOU don't worry at all, so I have to do it for you.
Jaden chuckled. "Sorry, Rusty. But this is gonna hurt" He held up three cards.
"I'll play Polymerization to fuse Elemental Hero Sparkman and the Elemental Hero Clayman..."
The two monsters in question glowed for a moment before being sucked into the purple fusion portal.
"..to summon the Elemental Hero Thunder Giant! (2400/1500)"
The titan shot from the portal and crashed to the ground. It rose, sounding a roaring bellow, forks of lightning shooting from it's chest and hands.
"And now his super-power kicks in!Wheneverhe's summoned, I get to destroy a monster whose original attack points are less than his own!"
Rusty groaned, he didn't even have to ask.
"Elemental Hero Thunder giant! Static Shockwave!"
The giant raised his arms above his head and gathered an absurdly giant ball of electricity before hurling it at the Knight who was unceremoniously fried.
"And since that was just his special ability, that mean's he's still got an attack waiting in the wings"
Jaden pumped a fist. "Go to it big guy"
The giant didn't bother with any flashy thunder balls this time, instead he simply fired a stream of electricity from the lightning sphere embedded in his chest.
Issac winced and turned away in anticipation of the blow, but Rusty was unfazed.
"Activate Trap! Stronghold the Moving Fortress!" (0/2000)
A massive robot appeared on the field for a moment, before being struck by the energy stream and exploding.
Jaden batted away sheets of smoke. "What was that?"
"That was a type of card known as a Trap Monster. It's normally played face-down as a Trap card, but when activated it becomes a monster"
"And that was what took the hit for you"
Rusty nodded."You haven't changed a bit, Jaden" He said. "Only problem is..." A Smirk spread across his face. "..I have"
"So after my draw, I'll play Monster Reborn, giving my Knight a brief vacation from the scrap heap."
The Knight rose from the ground again, only this time he was covered in stray wires and other assorted souvenirs from his trip of the junkyard.
"And so long as I've got a monster with 'Ancient Gear' in it's name on the field, I can summon one of the same from my hand!" (100/800)
A jumbled bunch of gears and scrap metal disengaged itself from the Knight and clattered onto the field where they swiftly assembled themselves into a small machine.
"But as impressive as both of them are..."
Issac snorted.
"I'm gonna trade them in to summon the Ancient Gear Golem! (3000/3000)"
The armored giant rose from the ground by simply straightning up, as if he had simply been laying under the soil the whole time. As he grew however, he clipped both the Knight and Gear, who both shattered.
Jaden viewed the Golem calmly. "I should've expected this" He said heavily.
Rusty Smirked evily. "Got that right"
The Golem hefted a giant fist and brought it crashing down on the giant who vanished into a storm of electricity.
Rusty: 4000
Jaden: 3400
Rusty pumped a fist. "Yeah! First blood!"
Jaden looked up from underneath his hair. "Yeah, but not the last. My Draw! And now I'll activate the spell card Fake Hero! So now I get to Summon an Elemental Hero from my hand, but he's gone at the end of the turn"
As Jaden spoke a column of fire rose from the ground, dying down to reveal the figure of Burstinatrix. (1200/800)
"And now that I've got one of my Heros on the field, I can play Hero's bond to bring out another!"
This time there was a gust of wind as birdman Avian swooped down onto the field. (1000/1000)
"So now I can tribute them both to summon, the Elemental Hero Neos! (2500/2000)"
Both Avian and Burstinatrix dissolved into beams of light which shot up into the sky. As they watched, a rip in the sky appeared, and the light vanished into the stars. As they did so, one of the stars grew larger until Neos himself came hurtling in, landing with a crash onto the field.
Rusty grimaced. Not. Good. "Impressive" He commented. "But he still won't be enough to take down my Golem"
Now why do I feel like I've heard that somewhere before?
Aw, shut up.
"He will with this!" Jaden said. "I'm playing Neos Force, which gives him an attack boost of 800 points!"
A silver sphere of energy materialized around Neos' fist.
Elemental Hero Neos (3300/2000)
"Neos! Take 'em out! Cosmic Crush!"
With a grunt Neos leapt into the air, fist poised to strike at the golem.
"Fat chance. Rusty scoffed. "Activate Mystical Space Typhoon!"
A blue tornado erupted from behind the Golem and struck Neos head-on.
It vanished as suddenly as it appeared. Leaving Neos unscathed.
"What was that all about?" Issac asked. "Neos didn't get a scratch"
"Can't say the same for his attack boost" Rusty said smugly.
Issac looked again, and sure enough, the silver aura had vanished from Neos' hand.
Rusty Smirked evily again. "Ancient Gear Golem, Mechanized Meele!"
The Golem crossed a hand over and slapped Neos back-handed as if he was no more than an annoying fly.
Neos gave a surprised grunt before exploding into nothing.
Rusty: 4000
Jaden: 2900
Jaden groaned. "Oh, come on! Not Neos!"
Rusty laughed as he Set a card face-down. "You're slipping, old man"
Jaden drew. "I wouldn't count on it" He said as he considered his hand. "I'll start off by playing Fusion Recovery! Now I get back one Fusion Material monster and a Polymerization card!"
He held up the recycled cards saying. "Now I'll activate my Polymerization to fuse Sparkman and Bladedge to to create..."
A flash of golden light shot from the portal.
"The Elemental heroH Plasma Vice! (2600/2300)"
Plasma was looked as though Sparkman had bulked up and donned a set of golden armor, electricity flashing off its surface.
"And he's got a pretty sweet special ability too!" Jaden informed Rusty. "By discarding one card, any one of my opponents monsters in Attack Position get's crushed!"
Plasma gathered a sphere of energy as Thunder Giant had, and fired, taking the Golem's head clean off. The body wobbled for a moment before collapsing.
Rusty winced as the last of the metal components of the Golem hit the ground. He sucked in his breath even harder as Plasma Vice struck, this time with a devastating upper-cut.
Rusty: 1400
Jaden: 2900
Rusty was smiling as he got back up.
"What're you grinning about?" Issac asked. "He just wiped out over half your Life Points!"
"Exactly" Rusty said as his facedown activated. "He also set off my Damage Condenser Trap! So now I get to summon any monster with attack points equal to or less than the Damage I took! So now I get to summon the Ancient Gear Beast! (2000/2000)"
A large mechanical dog burst from the ground, shaking it's hindquarters to pull them free of the earth.
Jaden raised and eyebrow as he set two cards. "Not bad, but Plasma Vice'll still fry him"
"Not with this he won't!" Rusty held up a card after drawing. "It's called Limiter Removal, and for the duration of this turn, all my Machines have their attack points doubled!"
Ancient Gear Beast: (4000/2000)
Electricity crackled cross the Beast's metal armor and his eyes pulsed blood red. He lifted his head and let loose an earth shaking roar.
Rusty Smirked. "Yep, that's man's best friend, always ready to play. But he doesn't like to play fetch. He prefers Seek and Destroy!"
The mechanical animal bent it's legs and sprang across the entire field, it's rusted claws tearing right through Plasma Vice like tissue paper. Jaden ducked as a piece of shrapnel from the giant's armor went whizzing past.
Rusty: 1400
Jaden: 1000
"Nice going, Rusty" Jaden commented. "But you've forgot one thing, any monster targeted by Limiter Removal get's destroyed at the end of the turn, and you'll be completely defenceless"
Rusty's Smirk didn't waver for a moment. "Is that so?" He asked. "Well before our little playmate goes bye-bye, he's got one last game he wants to play"
Rusty slid a card into a slot on his disk as he spoke. "This is a little number called Ancient Gear Explosive! And it let's me destroy one Ancient Gear on the field, and in return you take a hit equal to half it's original attack points!"
"What?!"
The Ancient Gear Beast bent it's legs and sprang again, claws outstreched at Jaden this time. Jaden instinctively raised his arms to protect himself. Just before the claws reached him however, the machine exploded, pummeling Jaden hard.
Rusty pumped a fist as Jaden's life points dropped. "Yeah! Take that, Jaden! I finally beat you!"
"Is that so?" Jaden's voice sounded through the smoke.
Rusty looked confused for a moment, before a horrified look entered his eyes.
"Don't tell me.." He groaned.
"Yep" The smoke thinned, revealing Jaden still standing tall, his Emergency Provisions card next to him.
Issac frowned. "I don't get it"
Emergency Provisions restores 1000 Life Points for every Spell or Trap sent to the graveyard by it's effect.
Issac nodded. Useful
Quite so.
Rusty: 1400
Jaden: 1000
Fool! I told you not to let your guard down.
Jaden narrowed his eyes. Thing is, he's let his down too, and it's my turn
Issac's eyes were fixed on the two duelists before him. One, his idol, the other, his best friend. This was what dueling was all about...
Boy. He thought. That was quite a move Rusty made.
Indeed, it only goes to show just how much Rusty has improved. It's no small wonder he defeated you.
Issac ignored that last comment and returned to the duel.
"I'll set another card facedown and end my turn" Rusty said.
Talk about a risk, I've left myself wide open. One good hit could finish me! But if I know Jaden I've got just the thing to help me survive.
"My draw!" Jaden wasted no time pondering his choices. "I summon Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird! (800/600)
There was a flash of green light and a red jump-suited bird man fluttered down to Jaden's field.
Looks like I got here just in time.
You know it. Let's do this!
"Now I activate Air Hummingbird's special ability, and I'll gain 500 life points for every card in your hand. Honey Suck!"
The bird-man spread his wings and took flight.
Rusty wagged a finger. "Ah, Ah, Ah. I knew you'd try something like that, so I took some precautions. I activate my Trap card, Divine Wrath! All I need to do is discard one card and your bird is toast!"
A bolt of lightning forked from the sky and fried the Air Hummingbird in mid-air, leaving only a few lonely feathers to float down to the ground.
He's better than I thought.
You sound surprised, forgetting who taught him? In any case, we're in big trouble. Rusty just turned the entire table on us.
Jaden looked at his hand.
Fourtnately, for us, that will prove to be his undoing.
"I'll throw down two face downs and call it a turn. Your shot, Rusty."
"And I'll take it" Rusty said, drawing.
Time to show Jaden the true extent of my power.
Do you have to sound so dramatic?
Why not? It's more fun that way.
If you say so...
"Time for you to go mano-a-mano with power it self, Jaden. I'll remove from play my Golem and Beast, to Summon the Ancient Gear Demon!" (4600/500)
The ghostly apparitions of the two monsters vanished to be replaced by the Demon, rising from what seemed to be Hell itself.
Now he's in trouble. Rusty thought
Now he's in trouble. Jaden thought.
"Give'em a taste of your steel!" Rusty shouted. "Mechanical Hellfire!"
A needle of white hot fire lanced out from the palm of the demon, angling straight for Jaden.
"I don't think so!" Jaden cried, slashing the air with one hand. "Activate facedowns!" Both brown backed cards rose, revealing their identities.
"The first is called Flute of Summoning Kuriboh" Jaden explained. "And this let's me summon Winged Kuriboh from my deck straight away!" (300/200)
The brown puffball from earlier, floated from the card, hooting softly.
"The second" Jaden continued sliding a pair of cards into his grave. "Is called Transcendent Wings, and by discarding two cards, I can evolve Winged Kuriboh into Winged Kuriboh LV 10!"
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Rusty contradicted. "I'll activate a facedown myself! Short Circut! Thanks to this, by cutting my Demon's attack points in half your spell card is negated!"
Electricity crackled across the Demon's bare gears and shot out, outracing the fire stream and striking Transcendent Wings. The card sparked for a moment, then exploded.
"Now the Demon's attack points drop.." Rusty said as a sickly green pallor surrounded the monster.
(Ancient Gear Demon: (2300/500))
"...But he's still got plenty to spare"
The needle of flame finally found it's target. Winged Kuriboh barely had time for a semi-indignant, semi-startled squawk before it was fried.
Jaden half-turned away from the force of the blow.
"Fortunately, thanks to Winged Kuriboh's special ability, I don't take a point of damage"
Rusty folded his arms. "Fine by me, I'll just have to fry you next turn"
He's got a point. I need some serious firepower now, or else I'm toast!
Do you require my assistance?
It sure couldn't hurt!
"My Turn!" Jaden barked, drawing. "And I'll start by playing the spell card O - Oversoul! This lets me revive an Elemental Hero from my graveyard. So, back for an encore performance is Neos!"
Neos shot from the ground, landing straight across from the Demon, both eyeing each other warily.
"Nice try..." Rusty said cautiously. "...But..."
"But he still can't beat your Demon?" Jaden laughed. "Mabye not alone, but I'm summoning the Neo-Spacian Grand Mole!" (900/300)
The earth quivered slightly and a brown mole with a split drill for a pair of shoulder pauldrons burrowed up from the ground.
Rusty swallowed. Oh, boy.
Issac's eyes widened. Is this...?
"Neos? Grand Mole?" Both monsters nodded as Jaden spoke their names. He shoved a fist into the air. "Contact Fusion!"
A rip appeared in the sky again and Neos and Grand Mole shot into the stars.
"Grand Neos! Come on down! (2500/2000)"
Neos emerged from the stars and returned to Jaden's field with a crash. Neos had grown several feet, and had donned a set of dusky brown armor as well as gained an oversized drill.
"First things first" Jaden said. "Can't do a thing with Demon of yours on the field, so let's get him off. Grand Neos, the honor is yours"
Grand Neos hefted the drill up and stabbed the tip into the ground, sending a rift cracking throught the ground. Just before it struck the Ancient Gear Demon however, he gave a shout, transformed into a stream of fire and returned to Rusty's hand.
Issac opened his mouth to ask but Rusty beat him to it.
"Grand Neos' ability returns one monster on the field to it's owners hand" He explained.
Jaden nodded in satisfaction. "And now that I've got a clear shot, Neos?" The monster nodded. "Time for a spot of payback"
Grand Neos drew the drill back and charged forward, stabbing Rusty with the very tip of the drill.
Rusty cried out as the drill drew the last of his Life Points from him, before collapsing to the ground.
"That's game!"
Rusty: 0000
Jaden: 1000
Issac got up and hurried over to Rusty as Jaden turned off his disk and did the same.
"Now that was a duel!" Issac exclaimed, hauling Rusty to his feet.
Jaden nodded. "You did good! You've definitely gotten a lot better since the last time we dueled"
Rusty still seemed depressed "I still couldn't beat you..."
Jaden laughed. "Don't worry about it, you came a lot closer to beating me than most people ever did"
Rusty brightened a little at that. "I guess that's true" He grinned at Issac. "Those Clan guys better watch out, cause I'm ready for 'em now"
Issac's eyes widened in panic as did Rusty's as he realized what he'd said.
Jaden raised an eye brow. "Clan guys? What--?"
He was interrupted by a shout. "Hey, Issac! Rusty! Some of the guys're going down to the swimming hole! You coming?"
Both nodded energetically and raced off before Jaden could react.
He narrowed his eyes at their retreating backs. Somethings up.
Meanwhile, thousands of miles away...
Damien strode through the halls of the clan's home.
On the outside, the place looked like a slum area fulled with abandoned and crumbling apartment buildings. And it was, the true home for the clan was a series of tunnels located in an expanse underneath the ground. While the original tunnel's themselves were quite plentiful, the clan had added on over the years, until a veritable maze of caverns existed.
Damien was tall, with blond hair and cool grey eyes. His steps were long, swift and sure.
As he walked, he caught glimpses of his fellow clan members scurrying about. Gathering up supplies and other items in case the traitor Issac decided to reveal their existence and they had to flee. Damien smiled cruelly inside. Fools. Thy had no clue. It was insultingly easy to convince the masses that Issac was the one who had slain the Elder. All they had ever been concerned about was survival. He had bigger things in mind.
Damien's hand rested on the hilt of the Black Luster Soldiers' sword which was strapped to his hip. Even without his incredible charisma it no one would dare to question his version of events, not with the power that he wielded.
He finally reached the area he half sarcastically called his "office". It was a massive cube of poured concrete the size, lengthand height of a football field. There was not a single decoration or splash of color in the gargantuan room. Only a simple business desk and rolling chair, with no amenities sat in the exact middle of the room.
It took Damien several minutes to reach his desk,enjoying the feeling of being dwarfed by the massive room. He sat down and pulled out several large books and sheafs of paper and got to work.
Several hours later, he was still pouring over the books, comparing them to what was written on the papers, making corrections and taking notes. With the size of the room, the sound of footsteps reached him long before the sight of the owner appeared. Damien knew who it was and didn't look up until the person stood right in front of his desk.
He finished reading the sentence he was on, put his pencil down and looked up.
"Ah, the lovely Ms. Danor" He said, the words flowing from his lips like water, a warm smile on his face. "What can I do for you? Any report on our little renegade?"
Danor was pretty, in a cold sort of way. Her pale face was totally expressionless, and her pale blond hair was pulled out in a short ponytail. She clutched a sheef of papers in one arm of her own.
"Not to good, Mr. Damien" She said in her business-like tone, her only tone."Our reports indicate that Jaden Yuki is now on the island. I believe it is safe to assume he has allied himself with the traitor Issac" She handed a piece of paper to Damien who studied it in silence for several moments.
"I'm assuming there is no-one in the Clan who is confident enough to take on the great Jaden Yuki, is there?"
Danor shook her head. "Noone apart from you or me Mr. Damien. You are needed here. However, I--"
"--are needed her as well" Damien cut off. He smiled up at Danor. "If not for you, my dear, I would be unable to function properly and without me, the clan. So, ipso facto, you are the most important person in the Clan right now"
"You are far too kind, sir" Danor said emotionless. "But if neither you nor I can go than who will?"
Daminen shrugged. "Earlton might be willing"
Danor stared in shock for a moment. "Surely you must be joking, sir"
"Why?"
"Well" Danor spluttered "Because Earlton is--"
"--Insane?" Damien chuckled warmly. "He may be that, but he is still undoubtedly one of the best duelists in the Clan"
"With all due respect how would you know that, sir? Who could be foolish enough to give him a deck?"
"I was" Damien said, still smiling at the look at the look on Danor's face. "He very nearly beat me too"
Danor started to protest again but Damien held up a hand.
"I've made my decision, Ms. Danor. Earlton is currently our best hope of defeating the traitor Issac"
Danor opened her mouth to protest once again, but she thought better of it and closed it, deciding to simply nod instead.
Damien's eye's narrowed and his voice hardened. "Get me the Forbidden One"
Dun, Dun Dahhhhhh. (I say that way to much, don't I?) This is my longest chapter yet, and I almost put two Duels in, but that'll have to wait to next chapter. Anyone else besides me glad to see Jaden back? The only flaw with setting GX at a high school was that it could'nt last longer than four seasons. I thought I'd be interesting to see what happened to the cast afterwards (Sorry, but not everyone will be back for an encore) Once again, sorry for the long wait (it's starting to turn into my trademark) but I got kinda bogged down on the duel. XD Hope you liked it! It's probably one of my favorites yet. If you check out my profile, I'll have a poll up soon where you can vote for your favorite duels too!.
So now for the usual, please-review-any-suggestion-please-criticize message before I sign off. Oh. It's already done? Man, I'm good! Till then.
GAME ON!
