Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Season 2 – The Gentle Darkness vs The Light of Destruction
Last time, Alexis moved into the Slifer dorm since he disliked Crowler's idea about her becoming a dueling pop star, she then decided to share a room with Jaden in the rebuilt part of the Slifer dorm, which Chazz reluctantly agreed to. Moments later so showed Bastion up and informed that tomorrow Syrus was gonna duel a girl from Obelisk blue named Missy. Syrus got nervous and wanted to avoid the duel, but after Hassleberry had a talk to him, Syrus decided to face his fears, so the next day he asked Chazz to give Jaden an envelope that contained his Power Bond card. Syrus then dueled Missy, if he won he would become a Ra yellow and if she won she would be allowed to join the pro league, since she wanted to be near Zane who she seemed to be a little obsessed with. However after an intense duel so were Syrus the winner, but both he and Jaden decided to stay at the red dorm to protect it from being torn down, the others agreed to help and Bastion also moved in so he would be close when needed.
Chapter 9- Sacred Beasts unleashed & Zane vs Aster
Jaden walked up on the stage in the Obelisk arena and saw Bastion standing there waiting for him, Jaden smiled at him, "Hi Bastion, thanks again for agreeing to this, since I'm finally done with my third deck, I wanted to test it as soon as possible".
Bastion smiled at him as he put his deck into his Duel Disk and activated it, "Of course, I would like to see how well I can do against the Sacred Beasts". Jaden smiled as he put his deck into his Duel Disk and activated it, they then both drew their first five cards.
Jaden then placed his fingers on his deck, "I'll start, so here we go", Jaden drew his next card and looked at it, "I now summon my Gil Garth in attack mode", a fiend monster in a purple and blue armor with a large sword appeared on the field, Atk: 1800. Jaden then grabbed two cards in his hand, "Next I place two cards face down and end my turn".
Bastion looked at Jaden's monster, "A Gil Garth huh? Not a bad start", He then drew his next card and looked at it, "Of curse I will start big as well, first I summon Hydrogeddon in attack mode". Hydrogeddon appeared on the field, Atk: 1600. Bastion then held up a card, "Next I play Rush Recklessly, so for this turn only, my Hydrogeddon will gain 700 attack points". Hydrogeddon got covered in an aura, Atk: 1600-2300.
Bastion then pointed at Gil Garth, "Next I attack your Gil Garth, now destroy him with Hydro Gust", Hydrogeddon fired a blast from its mouth and it hit Gil Garth and destroyed it, Jaden LP: 4000-3500. Bastion then looked at Jaden with a smirk, "Next Hydrogeddon's special ability activates, as I'm sure you remember, when he destroy a monster in battle I can summon another Hydrogeddon from my deck".
A card came out of the deck and Bastion grabbed it and placed it on the field and a second Hydrogeddon appeared on the field, Atk: 1600. Bastion then pointed at Jaden, "And now Hydrogeddon attack his life points directly with Hydro Gust". The second Hydrogeddon fired a blast from his mouth as well that hit Jaden, Jaden LP: 3500-1900.
Bastion looked at Jaden, "Looks like you had a bad start Jaden", Jaden got a smirk on his face, "No not really, I was hoping you would summon your Hydrogeddons and deal some damage". One of his face downs then got flipped face up, "I activate Damage Condenser, so now I can summon a monster that has 2100 attack points or less".
He looked through his deck and grabbed a card before he shuffled his deck and placed it into his Duel Disk, "And now I summon Dark Magician Girl in attack mode". Dark Magician Girl appeared on the field with a wink, Atk: 2000.
Bastion looked at him with a smile, "So you added Dark Magician Girl to this deck huh? Then I guess that you have Dark Magician in it too". Jaden got a smirk on his face, Bastion then looked at his hand, "I end my turn now, so the effect of Rush Recklessly ends now", Hydrogeddon 1, Atk: 2300-1600.
Jaden drew his next card and looked at it, "I activate the equip spell card Black Pendant, so by equipping it to Dark Magician Girl, she gains 500 attack points". Dark Magician Girl, Atk: 2000-2500.
Jaden pointed the first Hydrogeddon, "Now destroy his Hydrogeddon with Dark Burning Attack", Dark Magician girl took and fired her attack towards Hydrogeddon and destroyed him, Bastion LP: 3100. Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I summon Bowganian in defense mode".
A green creature with a large eye, arms and a crossbow appeared on the field, Def: 1000. Jaden then looked at his three cards and grabbed one of them, "I place a card face down and end my turn".
Bastion then took and drew his next card, he then placed it into his Duel Disk, "First I play Graceful Charity, so I draw three cards and then discard two from my hand". Bastion then drew three cards and looked at them, he then grabbed one of them and then another from his hand and placed them into his graveyard.
Bastion then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I summon Oxygeddon in attack mode".
Oxygeddon appeared on the field, Atk: 1800. He then pointed at Bowganian, "I happen to know about Bowganian's ability, to deal 600 points of damage to the opponent during each of your own standby phases, so I will take him out with Vapor Stream".
Oxygeddon took and unleashed its attack towards Bowganian, Jaden pressed his Duel Disk, "I activate Negate Attack, so now not only is your attack negated, but your battle phase is over". The Vapor Stream was blocked right before it could touch Bowganian.
Bastion narrowed his eyes and looked at his cards, he grabbed one of them, "I place a card face down and end my turn". Jaden took and drew his next card, "And like you said, now that it's my standby phase, Bowganian takes away 600 of your life points". An arrow appeared on Bowganian's crossbow and he fired it towards Bastion and it hit him, Bastion LP: 3100-2500.
Jaden then looked at the card he had drawn, he placed it into his hand, "Dark Magician Girl, attack his Oxygeddon with Dark Burning Attack". Dark Magician Girl took and unleashed her attack towards Bastion, however a card came out of Bastion's graveyard and the Dark Burning Attack disappeared.
Jaden's eyes widened for a second in shock, but then he remembered a similar situation when they dueled to see who would be in the school duel, he looked at Bastion, "You placed Electromagnetic Turtle in the graveyard earlier when you played Graceful Charity, right?"
Bastion nodded and showed the card he had taken out of his graveyard, it was really Electromagnetic Turtle, "As you know, by removing this card from play during the battle phase so can I automatically end it". He placed it into his back pocket.
Jaden looked at his cards and then grabbed one of them, "I end my turn one card face down". Bastion took and drew his next card, he looked at it, "I play Pot of Greed and draw two more cards". Bastion drew two more cards and looked at them, a smirk then appeared on his face, "I now summon my third Hydrogeddon". His last Hydrogeddon appeared on the field, Atk; 1600.
Bastion then showed Jaden a card, Jaden narrowed his eyes as he saw that it was his Bonding H20, Bastion smirk grew bigger, "I see that you remember what's coming next, by sacrificing my Oxygeddon and my two Hydrogeddons so can I summon my Water Dragon". He sent his three cards to the graveyard while a card came out from his deck.
Oxygeddon and the two Hydrogeddons disappeared from the field and a large pillar of water appeared and Water Dragon then appeared on the field, Atk: 2800. He then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I play the spell card Shrink, so now you're Dark Magician Girl's original attack points are cut in half". Dark Magician Girl, Atk: 2500-1500.
Bastion pointed at her, "Now Water Dragon, attack Dark Magician Girl with Tidal Blast". Water Dragon took and unleashed a blast of water towards Dark Magician Girl and destroyed her, Jaden LP: 1900-600. Bastion looked at Jaden, "Of course since I sent your Black Pendant to the graveyard, I'll lose 500 life points". Bastion LP: 2500-2000.
Bastion then grabbed a card in his hand, "next I play Fissure, and destroy your Bowganian", the ground under Bowganian cracked open and Bowganian got dragged down into the hole.
Bastion looked at Jaden as he grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I place one card face down before I end…" However Jaden pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I now activate my continuous trap card, Solemn Wishes".
Bastion narrowed his eyes a little as he ended his turn. Jaden then took and drew his next card, "At this moment, Solemn Wishes activates! You see every time I draw a card, I gain 500 life points". Jaden LP: 600-1100.
Jaden looked at the card he had drawn, he then grabbed one of the cards in his hand, "Now I play Monster Reborn to bring back Dark Magician Girl back to the field in attack mode". Dark Magician Girl returned to the field as she turned her head towards Jaden and gave him a grateful smile before giving him a wink.
Jaden then grabbed one of the last two cards in his hand, "Next I place one card face down", a card appeared in front of him. He then grabbed his last card, "And finally I play Card of Demise, so now I get to draw until I'm holding five cards, of course I have to discard my entire hand during my standby phase on my fifth turn from now, also, every time I draw cards, I gain 500 life points". Jaden drew five more cards, Jaden LP: 1100-1600
Jaden then looked at the five cards he had just drawn, "Next I play the spell card Sage's Stone, and now since I have Dark Magician Girl on the field so can I summon my Dark Magician from my hand or deck". A card came out of Jaden's deck and he placed it on his field and Dark Magician appeared on it, Atk: 2500.
Jaden then grabbed another card in his hand, "And now I activate the equip spell card Magic Formula, so now my Dark Magician gains 700 extra attack points". Dark Magician got covered in a purple aura, Atk: 2500-3200.
Jaden pointed at Water Dragon, "Now Dark Magician, attack Water Dragon with Dark Magic Attack", Dark Magician unleashed the magical blast from his staff and it flew towards Water Dragon and destroyed him, Bastion LP: 2000-1600.
Bastion looked at Jaden, "Well my Water Dragon's special ability activates now, so I can summon back one Oxygeddon and two Hydrogeddons from my graveyard to my field", Oxygeddon appeared on the field again, Def: 800. Then two of Bastion's Hydrogeddons appeared on the field as well, Def x 2: 1000.
Bastion then pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "Next I play Last Magnet, so since Dark Magician destroyed my Water Dragon, this card is equipped to him and he loses 800 attack points". Dark Magician saw a large magnet fall down towards him and he caught it and barely remained standing, Atk: 3200-2400.
Jaden pointed at Bastion, "Doesn't matter, now Dark Magician Girl, attack his Oxygeddon with Dark Burning Attack", Dark Magician Girl took and unleashed her attack and destroyed Oxygeddon. Jaden then grabbed two of the last three cards in his hand, "Next I place two cards face down and end my turn".
Bastion took and drew his next card so he had two in his hand, "Now I activate my Lithmus Doom Ritual, so now by sacrificing monsters with a total level of at least 8, like my two Hydrogeddons, I can summon my Lithmus Doom Swordsman in attack mode from my hand".
Both Hydrogeddons disappeared and out came Lithmus Doom Swordsman, Atk: 0. Bastion looked at Jaden, "And as you know, if there is at least one face up trap card on the field, his attack and defense points increases to 3000". Lithmus Doom Swordsman, Atk & Def: 0-3000.
Bastion then pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "And next I play the trap card Call of the Haunted, so now I can bring back one monster in attack mode and then this card is equipped to it, so appear Prime Material Dragon", A golden dragon appeared on the field and roared, Atk: 2400.
Jaden quickly pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I now activate the trap card Threatening Roar, and with it you cannot attack this turn", Bastion narrowed his eyes, "Alright, then I end my turn".
Jaden looked at Bastion with a smile before he spoke with an excited tone, "You added Prime Material Dragon to the deck not only because he's a level 6 with 2400, but also his special ability right?"
Bastion nodded his head with a smile, "That's right, in both your Elemental Hero and Elemental Dragon Hero deck, you have at least one card that inflicts effect damage to the opponent, so I added Prime Material Dragon because of his ability which makes the players gain points equal to the damage they would've taken instead, not to mention that if you would try destroy one of my monsters with a spell, trap or special ability, I can discard a card from my hand to negate the effect and destroy the card that activated the effect".
Jaden placed his fingers on his deck with a smile still on his face, "It's my turn, I draw". He then drew his next card, which activated Solemn Wishes, Jaden LP: 1600-2100. Jaden looked at his card, "I play Pot of Greed which lets me draw two more cards". Jaden drew two more cards, which once again activated Solemn Wishes, Jaden LP: 2100-2600.
Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I summon Juragedo in attack mode", a purple creature with horns and large claws on his hands without legs hovered in front of Jaden, Atk: 1700.
Jaden looked at Bastion, "Good thing for you that I didn't get a chance to use this guy's special abilities, he can be special summoned from my hand during either of our battle phases and if he is I gain 1000 life points, and I can also during either of our turns sacrifice him and then one monster I choose will gain 1000 attack points until the end of the turn, however I have other plans".
Jaden then pressed two buttons on his Duel Disk, "Next I activate both of my face down trap cards, DNA Surgery and Final Attack". The two trap card got flipped face up. "First DNA Surgery will turn every creature on the field into any type I choose, and I choose the fiend type".
Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl, got claws on their hands, red eyes and purple skin, Prime Material Dragon turned dark purple and looked more demonic, Lithmus Doom Swordsman armor and cape turned black, his swords became more twisted and horns appeared on his head, the only one who looked the same was Juragedo who were a fiend monster from the beginning.
Jaden then pointed at Final Attack, "And thanks to my Final Attack trap card, all monsters has to be in attack mode". Bastion looked at him a little confused, "Even so, I don't see the point in using those trap cards, how will that help…?" Bastion suddenly got quiet while he looked at Jaden's field again and then at the two cards in his hand.
Jaden got a smirk on his face, "I guess from the look on your face that you have figured out what monsters I have in my hand, and you will get to see them right now". Jaden grabbed one of the cards in his hand, "I now sacrifice my three fiend creatures to summon Raviel Lord of Phantasm". Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl and Juragedo disappeared and Raviel appeared on the field and strong winds formed from his summoning, Atk: 4000.
Jaden then held up Magic Formula, "Also since Magic Formula was sent from my field to my grave, I'll gain 1000 life points". Jaden placed it in his graveyard, Jaden LP: 2600-3600
Jaden then grabbed the last card in his hand, "And now, I sacrifice my three trap cards to summon, Uria Lord of Searing Flames". The trap cards turned into fire and flew together and formed a pillar of fire, then out of the pillar came Uria who unleashed a roar that were so powerful that it almost knocked Bastion off his feet, also Prime Material Dragon and Lithmus Doom Swordsman got back their normal appearance.
Jaden then pointed at Uria, "And as you know, Uria's attack and defense points depends on how many continuous trap cards I have in my graveyard. So with three in my grave he has 3000 points". Uria, Atk & Def: 3000.
Jaden then looked at Bastion, "And I guess this is the end Bastion", Bastion looked at him with a raised eyebrow, Jaden got a smile on his face, "Come on, I know you must've figured it out, Last Magnet disappeared when Dark Magician did, my three traps were sacrificed to summon Uria, the only trap left on the field is Call of the Haunted, and it will disappear once Prime Material Dragon do".
At the same moment so ran Syrus into the Duel Arena looking for Jaden, he then stopped in his tracks in shock as he saw Jaden and Bastion down on the stage dueling, well Jaden dueling was not what was a shock for him, but the fact that Uria and Raviel was right behind him on the field sure was a shock to see.
Jaden then pointed at Prime Material Dragon, "Now Uria, attack Prime Material Dragon with Hyper Blaze". Uria unleashed an intense stream of flames towards Prime Material Dragon and destroyed him, sending both him and Call of the Haunted, Bastion LP: 1600-1000. Jaden looked at Bastion, "And now that the last face up trap card on the field is gone, Lithmus Doom Swordsman's attack and defense points returns to 0". Lithmus Doom Swordsman, Atk & Def: 3000-0.
Bastion then looked at Jaden, "Well, I guess this really is it, finish this buddy". Bastion said with a smile.
Jaden nodded his head before he looked at Raviel, "Now Raviel, end this duel with Shimmering Scraper", Raviel lifted his right arm and the claws on his hand began to glow, he then swung his arm towards Lithmus Doom Swordsman, even though the swordsman couldn't be destroyed in battle, Bastion still took the damage, Bastion LP: 1000-0.
Jaden did his usual pose as the holograms disappeared, "And that's game, and a pretty good one Bastion", Bastion nodded and came towards him, "Yeah, even though you won big in the end, now you would be the top student in the school if you actually paid attention to class".
Jaden scratched his cheek, "Who needs class?" Bastion chuckled, "All I'm saying is, good grades help, you are hoping to become a pro one day right?" Jaden nodded and took out the latest volume of the duel magazine, it had a picture of Zane with Cyber End Dragon behind him.
"I plan on becoming a pro one day, but to do that, I don't need class, but a good challenge to improve my skills, problem is that I have beaten most of the best duelists in the school, and Zane has already won 10 matches in the pro league, he's really earning a name for himself"
Jaden then heard someone call out to him, he and Bastion looked next to them and saw Syrus coming towards them, "That was awesome Jay, you summoned two of the Sacred Beasts, why didn't you tell me you would test the deck today?"
Jaden shrugged his shoulders with an apologizing smile, "I looked for you so I could tell you that I would test it, but I couldn't find you, by the way Sy, did you want me something?" Syrus suddenly snapped out of his amazement and looked at him, "That's right, guess who's dueling tomorrow?"
Bastion looked at him, "Uh, Zane", Syrus then looked at him irritated, "Hey, way to ruin my surprise", Bastion apologized, "Alright fine, but you will never be able to guess who he's facing".
Jaden looked at him, "It's Aster Phoenix right?" Syrus now looked really depressed, "No fair, I just heard about it, how did you know it already?" Jaden held up the magazine, "There was an interview in this there they discussed who Zane's next opponent could be and most of it pointed towards Aster, it also said that his next duel would be sometime this week, so it was pretty easy to guess".
Syrus looked a little depressed, Jaden then put a hand on his shoulders as he looked at his two friends, "Come on you two, let's find the others so we can talk about tomorrow's match", The other two nodded with a smile on their faces and they then left the arena.
LATER THAT EVENING,
Jaden and the others sat and looked on the TV in the rebuilt part of the Slifer dorm, on the screen was pictures of both Zane and Aster, Alexis looked at the screen, "So Zane is really gonna duel Aster Phoenix?"
Chazz looked at her with an raised eyebrow, "Don't tell me that you're actually thinking that Aster is gonna win this duel, I mean come on, that overrated punk kid couldn't even defeat Jaden".
Jaden looked like he was in deep thoughts, "But remember, he didn't use his real deck when he dueled me, he just put one together with random cards, and even then he dueled really well".
Syrus looked at him, "You're not saying that you think that Zane will lose right?" Jaden shook his head, "I didn't say that, though I don't think he should let his guard down if he's gonna win this". Bastion nodded, "You're right, remember we still haven't seen Aster's true deck, this could be the greatest challenge of Zane's career". Jaden looked at the picture of Aster, wondering why he had been testing him earlier, and if he had some connection to the Light of Destruction like he and Yubel had a theory about, either if he knew it or not.
IN DOMINO CITY IN THE EVENING THE NEXT DAY,
Zane walked with his new manager next to him towards a limousine that stopped in front of them, the sponsor looked at Zane with a smile, "We're expecting great things from you in the coming match, more than the earlier ten matches, our company, your sponsors, has invested quite a lot of money in you, Mr Truesdale".
He held out his hand and Zane shook it with a smirk, "You can count on me, I never lose, the one that came the closest to defeat me was my greatest rival at Duel Academy, the one duelist I respected the most there, and he managed to make our second duel a tie, after losing to me in our first match".
The manager held out his hand towards the car as the driver opened the door, "Do you want a ride?" Zane shook his head, "Thank you for the offer, but I prefer to walk, especially before an important duel".
The manager nodded and got into to the car, but at the same time said, "Just be careful out there kid". Zane looked at him confused, "Careful, why?" The window rolled down and the manager held out a news paper towards Zane, "Don't you read the papers kid? There is some kind of demon on the loose in the city".
Zane took the paper and looked at it and saw the shadow of a creature on the page he looked at, he looked his manager with a smirk, "Come on I mean for real, a demon?" He handed back the paper and the manager looked at him with a smirk, "Don't forget, we expect a victory". The window rolled up again and the car drove away.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER,
Zane was walking through the street to get to his hotel, he thought back to the manager's warning, he narrowed his eyes, I have bigger things to worry about than some kind of imaginary creature in the paper, he thought for himself.
But then as he passed by an alley he heard a scream, he looked into it and saw a muscular man collapse, he then saw someone or something standing next to the man, he then heard the figure say, "You can't hide from destiny". The figure then dropped the man's next to him and disappeared.
Zane rushed into the alley and turned the man around and held him in his arms, "Hey. are you alright? Speak to me". The man looked like he was in pain as he spoke slowly, "That thing… it… it wasn't human". The man then passed out.
Zane then looked up at the rooftops, he then saw the figure again only this time clearly, and it looked exactly like the shadow of the creature from the news paper, he then saw how it vanished.
He then heard footsteps, he saw how two police officers came up to him and the unconscious man, one of them looked at him, "Mr Truesdale, are you alright sir?" Zane just looked up at the rooftops again while the other officer went down on a knee and checked the unconscious man, "This guy is a wanted card burglar, but what could have done this to him?" Zane narrowed his eyes. "A demon, that's what". He didn't know what was going on, but one thing was for sure, after tomorrow's duel, he was going to find out.
A WHILE LATER,
Sartorius sat and looked at his cards with a smirk, "Welcome back my friend, I guess your evening were fruitful?" Aster nodded with a smile, "You can say that, at least now another scumbag will be off the streets, so what's up?"
Sartorius placed a few new cards on the table in front of him, "I wish you would spend less time on your juvenile games, and more time preparing for your duels, you're on the edge of the greatest challenge of your life Aster".
Aster just looked at him with a smirk, "Please, you know I'll win, I always do". Sartorius picked up a card and looked at it, "Yes, the cards do predict victory in tomorrow's duel, however Zane is only one of many steps towards your true destiny".
Aster looked at Sartorius, "Is there a chance that you're gonna tell me what my destiny might be?" Sartorius shook his head, "No, but fear not, you will find out in due time, and until then you must have complete faith in me".
Aster then narrowed his eyes, "And what about that Jaden kid? I threw that duel against him because you asked me to, but do you know how embarrassing that was for me? I have to think about my career you know, and even so, not only did you make me enroll at that lame school, but also asked me to lose to that Jaden kid, what does that have to do with my destiny?"
Sartorius closed his eyes, "It was the only way to test his abilities, he has many that you're not aware of", Aster raised an eyebrow, "Why do you say that? I mean he's not even a pro, sure he might have enough skill to enter the pro league, but I doubt he would last long in it".
Sartorius chuckled, "Trust me when I tell you, sometimes the greatest power can appear where you least expect, he could be quite a hindrance to you in the future". Sartorius then looked over his shoulder at Aster, "Now then, after your match tomorrow against Zane, you will return to Duel Academy, and you will challenge Jaden Yuki to another duel".
Aster nodded, "Alright fine, but at least tell me that I'm allowed to win this time? Because I can't handle losing on purpose again", Sartorius got a smirk on his face, "Of course, this time it to truly test him, but first things first, your public awaits".
Aster nodded, "yeah good point, it's time that I unveil my real deck, the one I usually only uses when I bring justice to the scum in this world, and once I use it to crush Zane, I will settle the matters with Jaden", He then left, to get ready for his match with Zane,
A WHILE LATER AT DUEL ACADEMY,
All the students and teachers in the auditorium, there the duel between Aster and Zane would be broadcasted to the entire school. The gang however knew why Crowler had done this, Alexis looked at the others, "Zane was Crowler's star pupil, so it only makes sense that he wants everyone to see him duel Aster Phoenix". The others nodded and turned back to the big screen as the duel was soon to begin.
Also at the Kaiba Dome so were the audience there getting ready for the match between two big names in the pro league, the newcomer Zane Truesdale and Aster Phoenix.
"It will be a amazing evening here tonight, as the new rising star of pro league, the Cyber duelist, Zane Truesdale". A commentator announced, then smoke appeared as Zane appeared on the field on an elevator platform.
Chazz gritted his teeth when he heard a lot of girls cheering when they saw Zane, "What does he have that I don't?" Syrus looked at him, "Well a career for starters, he has won all ten matches he has been in so far, he also has a good personality, something you need to work on a little bit, especially with that ego you have, and finally, he has a good looking little brother". All of them got a troubled look on their faces as Syrus said that last part.
Then the other commentator spoke up, "And now for the youngest dueling protégé in the pro league, the duelist of destiny, Aster Phoenix!" Then smoke and fire appeared as Aster also appeared on the field on a elevator platform.
Hassleberry got a smirk as he heard just as many girls cheer when they saw Aster as when Zane had appeared in the arena, "Looks like Zane is not the only one that's popular with the ladies". Chazz just growled a little as he hugged his legs.
Zane looked at Aster with a smirk as he placed his deck into his Duel Disk, "I have heard a lot about you Aster, thirty professional duels and not even a single defeat, that's not bad for a little kid". Aster placed his deck into his Duel Disk as well, "You're too kind, thanks gramps".
Zane gritted his teeth, "Alright, let's do this, bring it on", They then both activated their Duel Disks and then drew their first five cards, Aster looked at Zane, "Alright, I'll start things off". He t hen drew his first card and looked at it, he then got a smirk on his face. He then lifted the card up, "I think I'll start by summoning, this little lady, Elemental Hero Burstinatrix".
The gang's eyes widened as they saw that it really were a Burstinatrix card he was holding, Jaden was more shocked when he could explain, "Hold on, he's summoning Burstinatrix?" He had wanted to see Aster's real deck since their duel, but this was the last thing he expected.
At the same time Zane looked shocked as well as Burstinatrix appeared on the field, Atk: 1200, "No way! You have Hero deck?" Aster nodded, "That's right, just like your old academy pal Jaden, of course his rip-off deck is nothing compare to mine".
Zane looked at Aster and then began to chuckle, Aster narrowed his eyes, "What's so funny?" Zane looked at Aster, "From how you're talking, you have met Jaden right? So I wonder whose deck that's really a rip-off".
Aster gritted his teeth, "What did you say?" Zane looked at Aster, "I have done some research about you and among the duels I looked through I never saw anything about you using Hero monsters, and then you meet Jaden and suddenly you use them? It just makes a person think that your deck might be a copy of his".
Aster gritted his teeth, "Be quiet! I have had this deck for a long time, however I only use it for a worthy cause, using it against unworthy opponents in the pro league is just a waste of time".
Jaden and the gang were shocked by Aster's reaction, in fact all of the students were shocked, Jaden narrowed his eyes, So aster also uses a Hero deck and they mean so much for him huh? I just wonder what that worthy cause he mention before was, Jaden thought for himself.
Aster then grabbed two cards in his hand, "Anyway, now I end my turn with two cards face down on the field". Two cards then appeared in front of him, the first commentary then spoke, "What an opening move by Aster Phoenix, and we finally get to see his most prized deck that we have heard rumors about".
Zane then took and drew his next card, "Alright then, my move", He looked at the card he had drawn, "I now summon my Cyber Dragon in attack mode". Cyber Dragon then appeared on the field and roared, Atk; 2100. Zane looked at Aster, "Since you're the only one with monsters on your field, I can summon him from my hand without a sacrifice, and now Cyber Dragon, attack his Burstinatrix with Strident Blast".
Aster held up his hand, "I now activate my Draining Shield trap card", one of his face down got flipped face up and a barrier formed in front of him, Aster looked at Zane, "Not only does my trap card stop your dragon's attack, but I now also gain life points equal to its attack points, which raises my points to 6100.
Zane looked at him with a smirk, "Nice move, but I will show you a better one, so now I activate a spell from my hand, it's Trap Booster, so now, after I discard a card from my hand, I can activate a trap card directly from my hand". He sent Photon Generator Unit from his hand to the graveyard and then grabbed another card in his hand.
"Now I activate the trap card Trap Jammer, and with it, I can destroy your Draining Shield", Aster chuckled while he had regained his smirk, "That's you're move? Come on Zaney, there is quite a few copies of that card, I activate my other face down, my own Trap Jammer, which I use to destroy your Trap Jammer, ruining all your hard work while I still gain life points". Zane's Trap Jammer got destroyed while he gritted his teeth, Aster LP: 4000-6100.
Bastion had a smile on his face, "What an even duel", the others nodded as they agreed, but Jaden was a bit worried, he didn't know why, but he had a bad feeling that this match would not end well for Zane, he just hoped that he was wrong.
Aster then drew his next card, "Alright Zaney, my move, and I start by activating my Pot of Greed, which I'm sure you know means that I can draw two more cards from my deck". Aster drew two more cards and looked at them.
He then held one of them up, "Next I activate the spell card E – Emergency Call, so now I can add an Elemental Hero from my deck to my hand", Aster looked through his deck before he grabbed a card, he then shuffled his deck and placed it back into the Duel Disk.
He then looked at Zane, "And the card I chose is Elemental Hero Avian, but he won't be in my hand for long, because now I use Polymerization to fuse my Burstinatrix on the field with Avian that's in my hand".
Avian appeared on the field, then both he and Burstinatrix got sucked into the vortex, Aster then held out his hand, "And now give a big warm Kaiba Dome welcome to my Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer". A creature that looked like a muscular man came out of the vortex, he had Avian's wings, a red tail and red legs, as well as three large claws on his right arm, his top body was black other than two red spots on his chest, and had grren spikes on the top of his head, Atk: 2100.
Syrus looked really shocked and confused when he saw this creature, "Hold on, Elemental who? Aster fused Avian and Burstinatrix, so where is our good old friend Flame Wingman, well at least when Jaden uses him".
Chazz sighed, "Someone just tell him", Syrus looked at Chazz confused, "Tell me what Chazz?" Bastion looked at Syrus, "It's simple Syrus, whenever you fuse Elemental Heroes, you can choice which high level monster they will become".
Alexis nodded, "That's right, so even Burstinatrix and Avian who we are used to see form Flame Wingman can create other monsters, like Phoenix Enforcer, and each has different powers". Syrus got an understanding look on his face.
He then looked at Jaden, "Did you know about this Jay?" Jaden looked at it, "Well I have heard about Phoenix Enforcer but I have never actually seen the card before, looks like Aster choice the other option instead of Flame Wingman".
Zane looked at Phoenix Enforcer, not worried at all, "Pretty cool outfit right Zaney, now check out its attack, go Phoenix Blaze". Phoenix Enforcer then flew towards Cyber Dragon to everyone's shock.
Hassleberry stood up shocked, "Why would he do a foolish thing like that when they got the same attack strength? His soldier will get destroyed along with Cyber Dragon". Bastion narrowed his eyes a little, "Not exactly Hassleberry, just watch".
Phoenix Enforcer then slashed Cyber Dragon and he exploded, but to everyone's shock so wasn't Phoenix Enforcer destroyed as he landed in front of Aster again, "I guess you didn't know about Phoenix Enforcer's special ability so allow me to explain, he can't be destroyed in battle". Zane gritted his teeth a little when he heard that.
Aster then grabbed a card in his hand, "Oh well, I guess I end my turn by placing this card face down on the field", Zane looked at Aster, "Alright then, my move", he then drew his next card, he then revealed that it was Pot of Greed, "Well look at that Aster, with Pot of Greed I draw two more cards".
He drew two more cards from his deck and looked at them, he then got a smirk, "And now I'm gonna play an old favorite of mine, the spell card Power Bond, and with it, I fuse the two Cyber Dragons in my hand to summon a machine type fusion monster, or to be more correct, the Cyber Twin Dragon".
The two remaining Cyber Dragons in his hand appeared on the field, intertwined with each other and then a blinding light appeared, then the twin headed Cyber Dragon was there in their place, Atk: 2800.
Jaden got a smirk on his face, "Alright, he summoned his Cyber Twin Dragon, I remember how bothersome that thing was during our first duel". Syrus nodded, "Yeah, and he used his best card, Power Bond to summon it, and you know what that means". Jaden nodded, he knew about Power Bond's other effect all too well.
Zane looked at Aster, "Hate to tell you this but this duel is about to end, because now thanks to Power Bond, my Cyber Twin Dragon's attack points are doubled", Cyber Twin Dragon got covered in a blue aura, Atk: 2800-5600.
Zane then pointed towards Phoenix Enforcer, "And while your monster can't be destroyed, you will still take battle damage, so now, Cyber Twin Dragon, attack his Phoenix with Double Strident Blast". Cyber Twin Dragon unleashed a blast of blue energy from each of his mouths, both blasts hit Phoenix Enforcer, Aster LP: 6100-2600.
Zane looked at him, "Remember that I said that this duel is over? Well this is the reason, my Twin Dragon can attack twice each battle phase, so now it can attack Phoenix Enforcer again".
Chazz looked at the TV with an almost bored look on his face, "Just like I said, Aster is about to lose this duel". While the others seemed to agree, Jaden focused on Aster's face down card while Cyber Twin Dragon prepared his second attack, wondering if that was a card that Aster could use to save himself.
Cyber Twin Dragon then unleashed his second attack and it flew towards Phoenix Enforcer, and the blasts hit him full on, the entire audience gasped in shock, "I can't believe it, we have just witnessed Aster Phoenix's first defeat", the first commentator said.
But once smoke cleared so stood Aster there with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face, Aster LP: 2600-500, "It's unbelievable! He's still standing after that attack". The other commentator said.
Zane however were more shocked than them, "But how? I should have defeated you with that last attack". Aster just shook his head with a smirk, "Just look at my field Zaney", Zane looked and got shocked when he saw a Shrink card on Aster's field.
Aster looked at him with the smirk still on his face, "Before your second attack hit, I activated my Shrink card, which cut your dragon's original attack points in half until the end of this turn, and that was just enough to save me", Cyber Twin Dragon, Atk: 5600-4200.
Zane gritted his teeth, "I end my turn", Aster closed his eyes as his smirk grew, "And since it's now the end of your turn, Power Bond's side effect activate and you will now lose life points equal to your Twin Dragon's original attack points, and that is 2800".
Zane gritted his teeth, Zane LP: 4000-1200. Aster then looked at him, "But you shouldn't be too depressed, after all, Cyber Twin Dragon now gets back the attack points it lost because of my Shrink card". Cyber Twin Dragon, Atk: 4200-5600.
Syrus looked a little confused, "I don't get it, if he had used Shrink earlier he would have had almost 2000 life points left now, so why didn't he?" Bastion crossed his arms as he narrowed his eyes, "Well, it looks to me like he's actually toying with Zane". Jaden nodded, he had that feeling as well, and he didn't like it one bit.
Aster then drew his next card and looked at it, "And now things are about to get tougher for you since I'm summoning my Sparkman in attack mode". Sparkman appeared on the field as electricity appeared around him, Atk: 1600.
Aster then grabbed a card in his hand, "And now I activate the Equip spell card Spark Blaster, and I equip it to Sparkman". A gun appeared in Sparkman's right hand and cables got connected to his arm.
Aster then placed his last card into his Duel Disk, "But I'm not done yet, lastly I activate my Guard Penalty spell card, so now get to choose any monster on the field, and if it would change into defense mode, I'll get to draw one card, and I think I'm gonna pick your Cyber Twin Dragon. And would you look at that, with my Spark Blaster I can force your Twin Dragon to defense mode".
Sparkman pulled the trigger on the Spark Blaster and an blast came out and hit Twin Dragon, it then curled together as it went to defense mode, Def: 2100. Aster then drew a card, "And since he just switched to defense mode, I get to draw a card, were that too fast for you to keep up? Then maybe I should show again by switching him back to attack mode". Sparkman fired another blast and Twin Dragon rose back up as he returned to attack mode.
Aster nodded with a smirk, "Now then, how about an instant replay? Time to go back to bed little dragon", Sparkman fired a third shoot and Twin Dragon went back to defense mode".
A little girl laughed as she pointed at Twin Dragon while her mother laughed, "Look, look mommy, that dragon is doing tricks". Aster looked at the audience as he heard the laughter and his smirk grew bigger, "Do you hear that laughter? It seems like the audience has realized that you're nothing but a joke". Zane gritted his teeth when he heard that.
Syrus looked a little worried, "I have never seen Zane like this, no one has ever gotten under his skin like this before". Chazz narrowed his eyes, "He can't lose to some cocky kid". Bastion looked at the screen with crossed arms, "His more than just a kid Chazz, just look at what just happened, he made a laughingstock of our number 1 graduate in just one turn".
Aster looked at Sparkman, "Now, since I used Spark Blaster's effect three times, it's automatically destroyed", Spark Blaster then got destroyed while Sparkman was still holding it, Aster then looked at Zane, "However, since Twin Dragon switched to defense mode again, I'm allowed to draw one more card". He then drew another card.
He looked at the card, "Now I play Graceful Charity, so now I draw three more cards and then I discard two cards from my hand". He drew three more cards and looked at them, he then placed two of them into the graveyard.
Aster then looked at Zane, "I have to tell you something Zaney, when I first heard about you winning ten matches in a row, it made me think you would be tougher than you are right now, because I'm just getting starting here, and I prove it by using Polymerization, and now I will fuse my Phoenix Enforcer and my Sparkman in order to form, Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer".
Sparkman and Phoenix Enforcer got sucked into the vortex and out came a creature with a green and silver armor, with large silver like metallic wings and silver spikes on its head, Atk: 2500. Zane stared at it, "Oh great".
Hassleberry looked shocked, "Oh man, that is one tough looking soldier". Jaden also looked at it amazed, "So this is the alternative form of Shining Flare Wingman huh?" He looked at it, wondering if it had both the ability of the original Phoenix Enforcer and also like Flare Wingman, also had the same second ability that Flare Wingman has.
Aster looked at Zane, "However the fun is not over yet Zane, because Shining Phoenix Enforcer gains 300 points for every Elemental Hero in my graveyard, and when I activated Graceful Charity, I sent both Necroshade and Bladedge to the grave, and with them there I have six, meaning he now gains an additional 1800 points". Shining Phoenix Enforcer, Atk: 2500-4300.
Aster then pointed towards Twin Dragon, "And now, it's time to show that dragon what you're made of, Shining Enforcement!" Shining Phoenix Enforcer got covered by a bright light before he flew towards Twin Dragon and flew straight through its body, causing it to explode, Zane covered his face as smoke appeared when Twin Dragon exploded.
Aster then grabbed the last card in his hand, "Alright, and then as my last move I place this card face down and then I end my turn, so go ahead and make you're final move Zaney". A card appeared in front of Aster and Zane gritted his teeth.
"That was an impressive move of Aster Phoenix, he took down Zane Truesdale's Cyber Twin Dragon like it was nothing at all, and unless Zane manage to pull off a miracle here, the duel might end very soon". One of the commentators said and the other one nodded as he agreed.
Zane looked at Aster as he laughed, Aster was by far the toughest opponent he had faced, he were even tougher than Jaden, but that were exactly why he would win this, "Sorry Aster, but this duel will end with my victory, alright, my move". Zane then grew his next card and looked at it, he then got a smirk on his face when he saw which card it was.
He held up the last two cards in his hand, "Alright first I activate this, my second Power Bond, and then in response to that, I activate the spell card Cybernetic Fusion Support, so now, by cutting my life points in half, I can remove monsters from my hand, field and grave that is the fusion materials for a machine type fusion monster, and now I remove my three Cyber Dragons from play", Zane LP: 1200-600. His three Cyber Dragons then got sucked into the vortex.
Jaden got a smirk on his face, "Alright, fusing those three can only mean one thing". Bastion nodded with a smile on his face, "That's right, his best monster is about to make its grand appearance in this duel".
Zane held out his hand, "And now, it's time for you to meet, Cyber End Dragon". Then out of the vortex came the menacing three headed Dragon, Cyber End Dragon, Atk: 4000. Zane looked at Aster with a smirk, "And as you most likely remember, since I used Power Bond to summon it, its attack points is doubled", Cyber End Dragon, Atk: 4000-8000.
Cheers then could be heard throughout the entire stadium, "And it has finally appeared, Zane Truesdale's most trusted monster, the Cyber End Dragon! And with its attack points doubled, it's twice as dangerous, could this be the end for Aster?" The second commentator wondered as Aster stared at Cyber End Dragon as it roared towards Shining Phoenix Enforcer.
Zane then pointed towards Shining Phoenix Enforcer, "Alright, this has been a real blast Aster, but all good things must come to an end, now Cyber End Dragon, attack Shining Phoenix Enforcer with Super Strident Blaze". Cyber End Dragon began to charge up an attack in each of his mouths.
Zane looked at Aster with a smirk still on his face, "And now it's over", Aster closed his eyes with a smile on his face, "I have to say, you really talk big, but as your superior in the pro league let me give you an advice, if you loses your focus in the pro league, it will only end with your own defeat".
Zane looked confused when he heard that, but then he remembered something, he looked down at Aster's face down card, "Damn it, your face down card". Cyber End Dragon then unleashed its attack and it flew towards Shining Phoenix Enforcer.
Aster pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate the spell card Battle Fusion, sorry Zaney, but because of your mistake you're about to lose, now since there is a battle going on involving a fusion monster on both sides of the field, this spell card allows me to add the attack points of your Cyber End Dragon to my Shining Phoenix Enforcer". Shining Phoenix Enforcer got covered in a blue aura, Atk: 4300-12300.
Zane looked completely shocked, "What!?" Aster looked at him with a smirk, "That's right, your little dragon just picked the wrong fight, so tell me, which of our monsters has more points now Zaney?" Zane looked really troubled as he answered, "Your monster has". Aster then pointed at Cyber End Dragon, "That's right, now Shining Phoenix Enforcer finish that Cyber End Dragon off and end this".
Shining Phoenix Enforcer then flew to meet Cyber End Dragon's attack, he then tore right through it and flew towards Cyber End Dragon and smashed right through his body, destroying him, Zane covered his face as smoke appeared from his dragon's destruction, Zane LP: 600-0.
As the smoke cleared the entire stadium was silent in shock as Zane went down on a knee, "This is unbelievable ladies and gentlemen, Zane Truesdale has lost the duel and his most trusted monster has been destroyed for the first time since he joined the pro league", the first commentator said as he was shocked as well about the outcome.
Crowler stood up, not believing what he had just seen, Bonaparte, who knew about Zane's reputation was just as shocked, not to mention how shocked all the students that knew Zane were.
Zane gritted his teeth, he could not believe what had just happened, "How can this be?" Aster looked at him, "It's simple really, you can't hide from destiny", Zane looked up at Aster shocked when he heard that, he remembered earlier that evening, when he ran into the demon that took out that card burglar, it had said the same thing, and now that he thought about it, it had looked just like Phoenix Enforcer.
His eyes widened, "Hold on a second, that demon, it's you". Aster just looked at him for a second before he turned around and walked out of the stadium while a smirk slowly appeared on his face.
Syrus looked really troubled now, "I can't believe that Aster defeated Zane", the others nodded, Jaden looked at Aster on the screen as he left the stadium, "So that's the power of his real deck". He then remembered when Aster said that he only used this deck for a worthy cause, he wondered what he had meant by that.
Yubel appeared next to him, "I don't know, but I have a feeling, that we might find out soon", Jaden nodded since he agreed with her, he just wondered when, and why Aster had seen so angry when Zane suggested that his deck was a copy of his, it seemed like the anger was not directed towards Zane, but it was actually aimed at Jaden himself.
So Jaden dueled against Bastion to test the third deck he had created for the Sacred Beasts, Bastion took an early lead but it allowed Jaden to summon Dark Magician Girl, he then used her in combination with Sage's Stone to summon Dark Magician. And even though Bastion had managed to gather both Water Dragon and Lithmus Doom Swordsman, so won Jaden the duel once he summoned both Uria and Raviel. Later the next day, Zane would have his eleventh pro league duel, and it would be against Aster Phoenix. Jaden and the others then got shocked when they discovered that just like Jaden, Aster used Hero monsters, but not the same fusion monsters like Jaden. Zane dueled with everything he had, but even though he summoned Cyber End Dragon by using Power Bond he still lost, what will happen next? Continue reading to find out and please review.
