Chapter 9: Spirit Calling

It was finally winter break as most of the students left by boat to go home. The few that were already stayed at the island were already at their dorms or hanging out with each other, being nice and warm in the rooms. There was another person also staying around for the break, but he wasn't having the time of his life…

"Help! HELP!"

The guy was running for his very life through the forest, like a monster was after him.

'I can't believe this is happening!' He thought, glancing over his shoulder as he kept running, 'I can't believe he came alive! He took my friends…' And then, out loud… "PLEASE! SOMEONE HELP ME!"

But as he ran, the sound of footsteps was made right behind him. 'Run as fast as you can mortal; you won't back out of our deal…'


At the Slifer dorm, Davis, Rachel, and Alexis decided to hang out with Jaden, Syrus and Chumley at the Slifer dorm. The normally loud Slifer dorms were now rather quiet as only a few Slifers occupied it now. Professor Banner was the only faculty member left to chaperone them, so the Obelisk Blues regularly had to check in with him.

"With most of the people gone for winter break, the whole island seems deserted…" Rachel said as she looked out the window to watch the snowflakes falling while cooking something with Davis. Rachel was cooking fried rice, teriyaki chicken and stir–fried vegetables consisting of shredded lettuce, carrots, and broccoli, all drizzled with teriyaki sauce while Davis was making takoyaki or octopus balls.

"Not really, because there's us." Alexis added.

"True, and besides we'll have the rest of the break to have fun." Davis said turning a takoyaki ball over so it can fully cook.

"And also more duels for us!" Jaden cut in. The Obelisk girls and boy turned to see Jaden having a friendly duel with Syrus with the latter having the field advantage so far.

"And that also means more cafeteria food for us!" Chumley added his input. Everyone was currently in the main eating hall of Slifer Red dorm. Professor Banner, Chumley and Pharaoh were sitting near a small barbecue grill roasting marshmallows while Rachel was cooking fried rice, teriyaki chicken and stir–fried vegetables consisting of shredded lettuce, carrots, and broccoli, and Davis was making takoyaki or octopus balls.

Next to him Chumley was nearly drooling at the food. "The takoyaki smells lishus man," he complimented. "And that fried rice, teriyaki chicken, and stir–fried vegetables smells awesome too Rachel," Davis lightly smacked the boy on the forehead causing him to flinch back.

"Down, Chumley. Sit." Davis said to the Koala Boy.

"Yeah, you may get some drool on the food," Rachel frowned. Humberto and Sam appeared behind him and nodded their heads.

"No one wants drool tasting food," Sam muttered.

"Si," Humberto agreed. "That would be bad."

"It's good you two are cooking something healthy and a good thing that we're starting to run out of marshmallows…" Professor Banner said. "Because after all, all we're eating are marshmallows."

"Well, we've already downed the grilled cheeses." Chumley pointed out.

"We?" Professor Banner asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah man, as far as I know, you're the only one I know who would scarf down grilled cheese sandwiches in a matter of seconds like a vacuum." Kurogasa said. Meanwhile, Pharaoh watched the marshmallows grow bigger until…

*POP POP!*

Pharaoh freaked out as the two large marshmallows exploded, sending bits of melted white goo at them.

"Lunch is on Pharaoh, guys!" Rachel joked while Davis laughed.

"And speaking of food, dinner is served." Davis said as they finished cooking. Everyone then sat down at the tables with Davis and Rachel serving the food. And after serving the food…

"Dig in!" Davis and Rachel cheered. Everyone then started eating. Jaden and the others had their eyes widened at the taste of the food.

"Wow, this tastes great!" Jaden smiled. "I can definitely go for seconds with this kind of food."

"Yeah, delish!" Syrus added.

"The takoyaki is really chewy." Chumley commented.

"And your fried rice, chicken, and vegetables are good too." Alexis said.

"Yes. Not to mention very healthy too." Professor Banner added. "You really have outdone yourselves you two."

"Thanks guys." Rachel thanked.

"Glad you like it." Davis grinned.

*CRASH!*

A loud crashing sound made everyone jump and stop eating as they turned to the source. Another student, an Obelisk Blue, had crashed through the door and now lay on bits of wood and glass, groaning in pain. Everyone ran towards the fallen Obelisk kneeling down and picking up the Obelisk off the debris to sit him down on a chair.

"Are you okay, can you hear me?" Alexis asked in concern.

Jaden walked up to the guy next and asked, "You ok, bro? You look like you've seen a ghost."

The boy picked his head up and looked at them with a terrified look in his eyes. "I… I have…"

"Uh… what are you talking about…?" Rachel said, nervously.

"Jinzo!" The boy cried out, "The Duel Monster card!" Everyone exchanged looks, and then turned to the Slifer Dorm head.

"Professor Banner, you might wanna call Miss Fontaine…" Jaden told the tall man.

Banner walked up to them, and looked closely at the boy. "I know you… you're Torrey. You were in my Para–Dueling class,"

The boy, Torrey, looked up at him and nodded, "That's right…" He reached over and grabbed Banner's legs and pleaded, "That lecture you gave about Duel Spirits being real… it's all true! We ended up bringing one to life…" He whimpered.

"Forget Miss Fontaine, he needs the school therapist." Chumley said.

"More like psychologist." Davis corrected.

Banner knelt down and placed his hands on the boy's shoulders, "Just calm down, Torrey. Tell us what happened, from the very beginning."

"Yes, Professor…"


Flashback

'A while back, I told some of my friends about what you said and that under certain conditions, Duel Spirits can come to life.' Torrey narrated. 'Well… we started to try and create those conditions… even though the Academy forbids it. We did it a couple of times, but nothing happened… until yesterday.'

In the library, three Obelisk boys stood in front of a table, each one holding a set of candles while wearing robes. One was Torrey, another was a shorter boy, and the last one was a plump boy wearing glasses like Torrey. The smaller boy placed a board on the table and looked at his friends.

'Maybe it was because we used our bed sheets as robes, or that we used Doctor Crowler's bath candles, but anyway, this time something was different! You see, we all put our hands on a Mystic Box and said the incantation…'

"From vapor to flesh, from wind to a roar, come Jinzo from the Land of Yore!" The three chanted in unison, their hands planted firmly on the box. All of them stood there in silence, looking around to see if anything happened. Everyone turned their heads to see a book falling from the second floor shelving, and immediately began to grow nervous. Then they heard an eerie and ominous voice.

End Flashback


Torrey lowered his head. "We heard a voice and it said, 'Give me three, and I'll be free'. But we thought that he meant cards!"

Banner frowned, "Dear me… mere cards alone won't satisfy Jinzo's appetite. This is just awful!"

"What did Jinzo mean by, give me three and I'll be free?" Syrus asked.

Torrey looked at him and said, "He meant people!"

"People!?" Syrus and Rachel freaked out.

"The worst thing was that we had already agreed…" Torrey lowered his head again, "…before we knew better. Now my friends…"

"What about them? Torrey, what happened?" Alexis asked kindly.

"They're both gone!" He answered. "I've looked everywhere, but it seems like that vanished into thin air. First there was one, then the other… and I know that it's going to be me next!" Everyone looked at each other in concern.

"You sure they didn't just leave to go home for Winter Break, Torrey?" Jaden suggested.

Torrey shook his head. "No, I called their parents, but they had no idea where they were. I doubt that they would even make it home anyway. After all, I tried to leave the island by getting on the ferry, but I couldn't. You see, when I got to the ferry, there he was, on the boat waiting for me! There's no escape!"

Jaden frowned. 'Well at least the Slifer Dorm is safe…' Suddenly, the lights went out and the whole room was dark. A loud scream and a cat screech were heard, followed by rapid thumping of footsteps and kitchenware being knocked over.

"Okay, now I'm scared." Rachel shuddered hugging Davis tight. "What's going on?"

"Don't know… but stop squeezing me so hard… can't… breathe…ACK!" Davis got out. Rachel loosened up a bit, but she's still hugging tight.

Banner held up his hands as Pharaoh let out a hiss. "Relax everyone, maybe it was just a fuse going out."

"Or maybe it was just a light bulb?" Chumley offered.

"Or maybe… it was me!"

Everyone yelled and turned to the door, seeing a tall man in a black leather coat and hat standing just outside, holding an unconscious Torrey under his arm. Everyone including the cat freaked out.

"What the–! Who the hell is that?!" Davis yelled.

"Let Torrey go, Jinzo!" Jaden snapped.

"We have a deal!" Jinzo cackled before turning and running off into the woods.

"No you don't!" Jaden shouted as he ran after them.

"Jaden!" The rest of the gang ran after them.

"Ben, go into XLR8! Pikachu, use Quick Attack! Bart, use the Cheetah Medal! Sam, light the way and stop him!" Davis ordered as they ran.

Ben pressed the Omnitrix's button and turns into the reptillian alien, Pikachu charged up as he ran, looking as if he's teleporting from one spot to another, and Bart switched the Grasshopper Medal with the Cheetah medal and scanned them. With Sam giving off light on the lead, they chased after Jinzo in a blur of speed. Jaden let out a whistle when he saw that. "That was cool man! I didn't know duel spirits could run that fast!" he exclaimed. Davis turned to look at Jaden who was smiling.

"Jay, I don't think we're supposed to be complimenting the evil spirit," Syrus stuttered.

"Huh? Oh no, I was talking about Davis' Avengers. Four of them just went VROOM!" Everyone looked surprised and a bit worried as Jaden made car sounds.

"Not to be a party pooper and all, but shouldn't we be chasing after said spirit?" Rachel asked.

"Oh right!"

Just then Ben appeared as he ran back towards Davis and the others and turned back to normal. "Davis we found Jinzo," Ben told him. "We've managed to hold him down at the generators for the island. He won't let go of Torrey though."

"Got it." Davis looked at the others as Ben disappeared. "Hey guys I know where Jinzo went."

"Where to?" Jaden asked.

"The generators; the spirits told me so."

"Got it. Let's go gang!" Jaden shouted as they all ran towards the destination. But while that happened, a shadowed figure stepped out from behind a tree.

"Soon, I shall take what belongs to me. Soon."


The kids and Professor Banner and the cat ran towards the generators for the island. It wasn't very far to say the least. When they got there, Sam, Pikachu, and Bart were there with Jinzo in a shimmering, static, like sort of state and the unconscious Torrey.

"Just give us the kid," Sam shouted.

"If you do we won't kick your ass and let you be on your way," Bart told the metal monster.

"Piiiikaaa...," Pikachu said as he makes sure Jinzo doesn't try to escape.

"You think a bunch of spirits such as yourselves can hold me down? When I'm on my own territory! You are so naïve!" Jinzo shouted. As he did bolts of electricity was shot down from the large towers causing the spirits to scatter to dodge them. "Now I want you to stay back while I take what rightfully belongs to me."

"You won't be doing anything Jinzo!" Jaden hollered as they arrived.

"Thanks guys, we'll take it from here." Davis said. Sam, Pikachu, and Bart nodded as they disappeared. "Hey Jinzo, move aside so we can get Torrey back!"

Jinzo laughed at the demand. "Fool… as I said, he made a deal and I am just fulfilling it."

"What's going on?" Syrus turned to Banner, pointing to the shimmery creature, "Why does Jinzo look like that?"

Banner looked at Jinzo, and then looked at the towers which still sparked electricity, putting two and two together. "He's using the power of the supply station to keep himself in this world until he can get Torrey's soul. He's a crafty one…"

"Well, if you want a third soul Jinzo…" Jaden stepped forward. "Take me!"

"Jaden are you crazy?!" Rachel shouted.

Jinzo looked at Jaden for a bit. "Hmm… you do seem to have more vitality than this pathetic human…" He glanced at Torrey's form. "Very well, I'll take you up on your offer."

"Fine, on one condition: we duel!" Jaden stated.

"Saw that one coming." Alexis noted.

"If I win, you release Torrey and the other kids you took and if you win, you can have me."

"A duel?" Jinzo seemed to think for a few moments, "Very well. I should be sustained long enough by this electrical limbo for a match." He laughed as more white arcs appeared around them, cutting Jaden off from the rest of the group. "First I'll beat you, and then I'll consume you!"

"Like that'll ever happen…" Jaden remarked, as he activated his duel disk and drew his starting Hand. "Get your game on, Jinzo!"


Jaden: 4000

Jinzo: 4000

Five large holographic cards appeared behind him, serving as his opening hand, "Let's…" Electricity crackled as a sixth card appeared in front of Jinzo. "First, I summon Malice Doll of Demise in ATK Mode!" A very creepy looking doll in overalls with a large axe appeared on the field. The doll's wide eyes were looking at Jaden with bloodlust (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1700). "Next, I'll play the Spell Card, Ectoplasmer!" Another card was revealed from behind Jinzo, and stood in front of him. "This fiendish spirit allows each player to sacrifice a Monster on their Field at the end of their turn. Then, half of the monster's ATK is dealt to the opponent as Direct Damage!" A long, white worm–like spirit rose from the Doll, and flew right through Jaden's chest. The Slifer winced as his points went down.

Jaden: 3200

Jinzo: 4000

"Jaden's already falling behind and it's not even his first turn yet!" Syrus gasped.

"And it's gonna get worse, that doll can come back to life since it was sent to the grave by a Continuous Spell." Alexis added.

Jaden rose to his feet, looking on at the Field, 'Alexis's right: Ectoplasmer's a Continuous Spell Card. Jinzo will be able to use its magic every turn.' He then smiled. 'But luckily, so will I.'

"Alright spooky, my draw!" Jaden drew his card and looked at his Hand. "Aw man… I only have one Monster. Oh well… guess it'll have to do. I summon Elemental Hero Avian in ATK mode!" The green–feathered winged Hero appeared on the Field (3/ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000). "And then I'll throw down four face downs…" Four reverse cards appeared near Jaden's feet.

"And next, I'll play a Continuous Spell Card of my own!" Jaden grinned as he inserted the last card in his hand. "Mirage of Nightmare! Now, when it's your turn, I get to draw four cards, but when it's my turn I'll have to discard four cards. But before all that, I'll have Avian attack you! Windstorm Strike!" Jinzo growled as Avian's punch, literally, went right through him, leaving a hole before Jinzo reformed.

Jaden: 3200

Jinzo: 3000

"And I'm not done yet, Jinzo!" Jaden grinned wider. "Now I'll use your own Ectoplasmer sacrifice effect against you. I'll sacrifice my Avian and deal you Damage equal to half of his own ATK Points!" Avian fell to his knees, but a spirit form of itself rose from the body and punched Jinzo in the chest, just like its physical counterpart did.

Jaden: 3200

Jinzo: 2500

"Aw yeah!" Davis cheered.

"Lishus!" Chumley grinned.

"Go get 'em Jaden!" Rachel yelled happily.

"Way to play Jay!" Syrus cheered as well.

Jaden pumped his arm, "Yeah, we got ourselves a game now!"

Jinzo growled as electricity crackled again making another holographic card appear in front of him. "A game that you will soon lose; since Malice Doll of Demise was sent to the Graveyard thanks to an effect of a Spell Card, he automatically resurrects…" The possessed doll, armed with his axe reappeared, with the same menacing look (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1700).

"Great… Chucky's back…" Davis muttered.

"And speaking of Spells, mine now activates… Mirage of Nightmare!" Jaden drew his four new cards. "Then, I'll play one of my other face downs, the Quick–Play Spell Card, Emergency Provisions! As long as I give up a Spell or Trap Card, I can gain 1000 Life Points, so I'll ditch Mirage of Nightmare to do it!" The card in question then disappeared into pixels as Jaden glowed a green aura translating as gaining Life Points.

Jaden: 4200

Jinzo: 2500

Chumley smiled. "Lishus! Not only did he get 1000 more points, he got rid of Mirage of Nightmare so he won't have to ditch his cards when his turn comes up!"

Jinzo wasn't worried though… "I summon Emissary of the Afterlife in ATK Mode…" A fiendish grim reaper like monster in a black cloak, wielding a scythe floated next to the doll. (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 600)

"On second thought, maybe it would've been better to play some defense…" Chumley whimpered.

"Don't count Jaden out yet." Davis said. "I'm sure those four facedowns are gonna help him somehow."

Jinzo pointed to Jaden, "Since you have no Monsters out, I can attack you directly with Emissary of the Afterlife; Sickle Slasher!" The Emissary raised its scythe into the air and it glowed, ready to strike.

"Not so fast!" Jaden cried as another card was revealed. "I play my Trap Card, A Hero Emerges! Now, you can pick a card from my Hand, and if it's a Monster, I can Special Summon it out instantly. So go ahead and pick!"

Jinzo lifted a finger that sparked the card he pointed to. "Far right!"

Jaden looked at the card and placed it on the field, "Nice pick… for me, anyway. Say hello to Elemental Hero Sparkman!" A burst of electricity appeared in the air and out came the electric hero (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400) As soon as that happened, Sparkman and Emissary of the Afterlife rushed, attacked, and destroyed each other into pixels.

"Foolish mortal!" Jinzo snapped, "By sending Emissary of the Afterlife to the Graveyard, his special effect is activated. Now, each of us can take a Level 3 or lower Monster from our Decks and add them to our Hands. I choose Thousand–Eyes Idol." A card image of the famous blob with many eyes with hands and legs, a striped pointy hat and blue cape that Maximillion Pegasus used to fuse with his Relinquished to make Thousand–Eyes Restrict, appeared and was sent to the Jinzo's Hand.

Jaden looked through his Deck as well. "And, I choose good ol' Burstinatrix!"

"So be it, now to continue with my turn," Jinzo said, "Doll of Demise, attack him directly with Cleaver Heaver!" He commanded. The doll laughed darkly before throwing its axe at Jaden. The Slifer groaned in pain as it passed right through him.

Jaden: 2600

Jinzo: 2500

"And I end my turn, but don't forget the effect of my Ectoplasmer…" Jinzo reminded. "I'll send him to Graveyard and inflict half of its ATK points to you as Damage!" His doll vanished and its spirit wrapped itself around Jaden's body, damaging him.

Jaden: 1800

Jinzo: 2500

Jinzo laughed again. "Having this duel was a wonderful idea. It's much more fun, enjoying something… slowly tasting it instead of taking it all in at once."

"Jaden, your legs!" Alexis yelled out.

The Slifer looked down to see that his legs were looking like Jinzo's body, shimmery and fading out. "What's happening?!"

"What's happening is that I'm cashing in on our duel, boy. You lost half your Life Points, so I'm taking half of your life force," Jinzo explained, "And it feels good!"

"I'm not gonna let you take me Jinzo… I'll duel to the end!" Jaden drew his card, "I summon Elemental Hero Clayman in ATK Mode!" The big, bulky rock hero appeared in front of Jaden. (4/ATK: 800/DEF: 2000). "Next, I'll play from the field, Clay Wrap and equip it to my Clayman!"

"Clay Wrap?" Davis wondered. "Never heard of that card before."

"…and I'll just keep on going with Polymerization! I'll fuse Elemental Hero Clayman with my Elemental Hero Burstinatrix in my Hand to create the Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster !" Burstinatrix appeared and she and Clayman went into a clear vortex to fuse together. When finished, the feminine, rocky, fiery, fusion monster appeared, readying the missile launcher (6/ATK: 2000/DEF: 2500).

"Here's the sweet part. Since Clayman was used in the Fusion, both he and Clay Wrap are sent to the Graveyard and that activates the latter's ability. The ability to destroy a Spell Card on your side of the Field!" Jaden pointed to the one that mattered, "I choose the Ectoplasmer card!" Davis and Rachel looked at Jaden in shock as the mentioned card exploded on impact.

"Lishus. Now Jaden won't have to deal with Effect Damage." Chumley cheered.

"Jaden! What the hell are you doing?!" Davis freaked out making Jaden turn to him.

"What?" Jaden asked.

"You would've won this turn!"

"Whaddya mean?" Jaden asked confused.

"What he meant was, you should've attacked directly with Rampart Blaster and used Ectoplasmer effect's after to win. But that chance was gone thanks to you using Clay Wrap's effect." Rachel clarified. Jaden looked at the two Obelisks for a while taking in what they just said and then…

"You know, you're right, I should've done that." Jaden said calmly. Davis and Rachel fell down anime style before getting back up.

"REALLY?!" Davis and Rachel yelled making Jaden cower.

"Yeesh… Sorry…" Jaden muttered. "But who cares now? At least I won't get Effect Damage from Jinzo's sacrifices. Now it's time to let Blaster do what he does best. Attack directly with Rampart Barrage!" Jaden ordered. Jinzo didn't even flinch as multiple missiles shot from Rampart Blaster and struck the machine head on.

Jaden: 1800

Jinzo: 500

"You should be lucky you didn't have a body to feel that one… Now I'll end my turn with a face down." Jaden said.

"My draw," Jinzo raised his arm and electricity crackled making another holographic card appeared in front of him. "Hehe… and I couldn't have asked for a better one. With this card, my resurrection is all the more closer!"

"I got a bad feeling about this…" Davis muttered.

"What card?!" Jaden demanded.

Jinzo chuckled. "First, I'll activate Malice Doll's effect again and have him come back from the Graveyard, but only to sacrifice him in order to conjure…" the spirit laughed as his newest card turned around and revealed itself to the others, "JINZO!"

The field came to life all the electricity from the nearby power stations gathered into the air, and then struck the card point blank. The card disappeared and a large figure rose, crackling with dark pink energy before the light disappeared and its place, was the spirit itself: Jinzo, not even a hologram, he was actually real! (6/ATK: 2400/DEF: 1500)

"Aw c'mon! You can't just draw and summon yourself!" Jaden protested.

"I just did…" Jinzo shot back with a hint of deadpanning in his voice. "Now I can attack you personally, or rather your Rampart Blaster for now… Cyber Energy Shock!" He launched an orb of crackling power straight at the Fusion monster, blowing her to pieces. Not only that Jaden started to lose more of his body.

Jaden: 1400

Jinzo: 500

"You're next…" Jinzo said, ending his turn.

"Aw no. Jaden's Rampart Blaster is gone. And with Jinzo on the Field, Jaden won't be able to activate any of his Trap Cards." Chumley said.

"Yeah, and with no Monsters on the Field, Jaden's in a tough bind." Davis said. "Hopefully, the next card he draws is something good."

"Alright! It's my move!" Jaden drew his next card, "I summon Wroughtweiler in DEF Mode!" He declared as the metal dog jumped in front of him, crouched in defense. (3/ATK: 800/DEF: 1200) "And there's a reason why he's called Man's Best Friend…"

Chumley nodded. "Lishus, If Wroughtweiler is destroyed; Jaden can get an Elemental Hero and Polymerization back from the Graveyard and add it to his Hand."

"It's still a risky move, I hope he knows what he's doing…" Syrus murmured.

"He better know. Because who knows what'll happen when Jinzo's turn comes up." Alexis stated.

"Are you ready for more pain, mortal?" Jinzo inquired as another card appeared in front of him, "I summon Spirit Caller!" An elderly looking person in tan robes appeared. (3/ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000)

'Here it comes…' Jaden thought as he gritted his teeth getting ready for the upcoming attacks.

"And then, I'll attack your Wroughtweiler with Cyber Energy Shock!"

Jinzo fired another shot. Jaden looked away as the cyber–dog was destroyed, then grinned, "Oopsie… now I get Clayman and Polymerization back from my Graveyard and add them to my Hand!" He held up the two cards to show him.

"It doesn't matter… you have no Monsters on the Field to use them with." Jinzo taunted. "And now, Spirit Caller, attack the mortal directly with Breath from Beyond!" The elderly figure's face changed into a horrid one as it let out a high–pitched screech that passed right through Jaden, making more of his own body turn shimmery and transparent.

Jaden: 400

Jinzo: 500

"Not good… he's down to his last points." Chumley whimpered.

"Aw man…" Syrus said.

"C'mon Jaden, you can do it." Davis gritted.

"Finally, I'll equip myself with the Equip Spell Card, Amplifier!" Jinzo paused as a large, metal helmet appeared on his head, feeding him energy. "With this, I'm not bound by my own Special Ability any longer. Now I can use any Trap Card I please. So I bet you can guess what this facedown is…" He cackled as the said card appeared in front of him.

"This is bad… Now Jaden's behind on points, Monsters, and Traps." Rachel said.

"Your demise is imminent…" Jinzo said cryptically.

"I don't think so!" Jaden drew his next card, "I'm playing the Spell Card, Pot of Greed! This lets me draw two cards from my Deck." He drew two more cards, "Next, I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in ATK mode!" The blue water theme armored Hero came to his side. (4/ATK: 800/DEF: 1200) "Next, I'll give him more pop by equipping him with Bubble Blaster! This raises his ATK Points by 800!" A large, blue water cannon with a glass target shield appeared in Bubbleman's hands.

Elemental Hero Bubbleman (4/ATK: 800–1600/DEF: 1200)

"Now, attack Spirit Caller with Bombarded Bubble Barrage!"

Bubbleman took a knee and shot a huge bubble from the cannon at the Spirit Caller. The bubble burst as soon as it connected, wiping Spirit Caller from the field.

Jinzo chuckled. "Well done… but since you destroyed my Monster, I can activate my Trap Card, Spirit Barrier!" Jinzo raised his arm to reveal his face down card, "This keeps me from taking Damage as long as there's a Monster on my Field, and in case you've forgotten, it's me!"

"You're just a phantom to me, Jinzo and this card…" Jaden took a card from his hand, "… is going to keep it that way! I play the Spell Card, Fairy of the Spring! With it, I can take one Equip Spell Card from my Graveyard and add it to my Hand. I choose my Clay Wrap!"

"Clay Wrap?" Syrus wondered.

"That's the card that sends a Spell or Trap card to the Graveyard if it's sent to the Graveyard. It could come in handy."

"I'll throw down a facedown and call it a turn." Jaden inserted a card into a slot and a reverse card appeared on the Field.

Jinzo laughed. "Well I call that pathetic." Electricity crackled as another holographic card appeared on the Field. "Almost as pathetic as I'm going to make your Bubbleman look!" He launched another energy blast directly at the Hero, but all it did was destroy the Bubble Blaster instead of the Bubbleman.

Elemental Hero Bubbleman (4/ATK: 1600–800/DEF: 1200)

Jaden grinned. "Whoops, guess I didn't mention that when Bubbleman is equipped with Bubble Blaster, he doesn't burst. It's his weapon that does."

The spirit seethed as he set a card on the field beside him. "But that buys you only one turn… that's all!"

"And hopefully, that's all I need…" Jaden drew his card and looked at it, smiling. 'Winged Kuriboh!' Jaden watched as his spirit monster appear beside his head cooing. 'I'm with you there, pal… that is one ugly dude.'

He wasn't the only one who could see Kuriboh…

"A spirit?" Jinzo looked on.

'So that's Jaden's spirit partner. Winged Kuriboh.' Davis thought.

"He's a friend first and a spirit second!" Jaden said defensively. "Which is probably why he doesn't need to snack on human souls to chill out in the Land of the Living! Now back to work… I bring out the Hero Clayman to the Field!" The bulky rock hero appeared again. "And I'll equip him with Clay Wrap, just like last time!" And like last time, the slimy wrap covered Clayman before disappearing from sight. "That's not all! Next, I'm gonna bust out Polymerization and fuse Bubbleman with Clayman to create the Elemental Hero Mudball Man!"

Jinzo looked nervous as a big round bulky hero with the face of Bubbleman appeared (6/ATK: 1900/DEF: 3000)

Jaden smiled. "And, since Clay Wrap was sent to the Graveyard, I get to use its effect to destroy one Spell or Trap card on the Field, like that Amplifier of yours!"

"NO!" Jinzo roared as the helmet exploded into pieces and as he reverted to his transparent form, flickering in and out of the living world.

"Lishus! And when Amplifier is destroyed, the Monster equipped with it is destroyed too!" Chumley cheered.

"Nice! Way to play Jay!" Syrus cheered as well.

"NO! I HAVE COME SO CLOSE! I WILL NOT LET IT END LIKE THIS! I REFUSE!" Jinzo shrieked before disappearing from sight.

Jaden looked around. "Where'd he go?"

"Uh… guys…" Rika said pointing her finger at something. Everyone looked at her, pointing to Torrey. Everyone followed his finger to see Torrey standing up, his eyes glowing red.

"Torrey, are you ok?!" Jaden asked.

"I'm… not Torrey," the Obelisk looked at them all, speaking with two voices; his and… "I'm Jinzo, and I bring myself back with my Call of the Haunted card…" He declared, looking down at the face down on the Field.

"No you don't!" Jaden pushed a button on his disk, "I activate the Trap Card, Solemn Judgment! It may take half of my Life Points to use it, but that's ok, because it takes that Trap Card you were about to play and destroys it!"

Jaden: 200

Jinzo: 500

"Nooo!" Jinzo moaned as the card was destroyed before it activated.

"Now, Mudball Man, finish him with Fire Shockwave!"

The Hero jumped into the air and let loose a red beam filled with dozens of rings that rained down upon the possessed Obelisk. As it made contact, a bright light appeared making everyone shield their eyes as it engulfed the whole area.

Jaden: 200

Jinzo: 0


When the huge burst of light faded after Jinzo's defeat, Jaden and the others took their arms as they now see that Jinzo was gone and they looked to see the now unconscious Torrey and just a few feet from him were the other two unconscious boys.

"Thank goodness that's over," Alexis sighed. Davis nodded and walked over towards Jaden.

"You okay bro?" he asked.

"Never better!" Jaden smiled. This had the Obelisk Blue nodding and smiling as well. Kurogasa then went to check on the other unconscious students.

"They're alive at least."

"They're all back; safe and sound." Professor Banner said.

"Think they'll remember what happened?" Syrus asked.

"Probably be best if they forgot." Jaden said. "But I sure won't. Duel Spirits aren't just real, they're dangerous. Well… some of them are, but not all."

"I hear ya on that." Davis agreed. "Chumley, Prof. Banner, can you help me take these guys back to campus?" The two guys nodded and went to grab the students. After picking up the other two, while Kurogasa grabbed Torrey, they started to head away from the generators. Suddenly, the hairs on the back of Davis' neck stood up. Something was wrong. "Jay catch!" Davis yelled as he lightly shoved Torrey towards the Slifer.

"Wha–?!" Jaden shouted as he managed to catch the Obelisk blue student.

"Syrus, toss me your Duel Disk!"

"Huh?" Syrus asked confused.

"Just do it!" Davis yelled. Syrus complied. He took off his Duel Disk, and his Deck out of it and threw at it Davis, to which the latter caught. It was a good thing too, because the moment Jaden got out of the gate and Davis catching the Duel Disk, purple flames surrounded the fence, cutting off Davis from the others.

"What now!?" Rachel demanded.

"A Shadow Game?!" Chumley shouted. A dark laugh filled the area and Davis looked behind him. Stepping from out of the purple flames was a figure holding up a brass metal wristband with a Millennium Eye symbol on it that was glowing gold. And the one wearing it was none other than the cloaked man with the fisherman hat on.

"Narutaki!" Davis growled.

"Good evening Eitoku," he greeted.

"What are you doing here again?"

"And as a professor of this Academy I demand you leave this island immediately!" Banner commanded. In his arms, Pharaoh meowed in agreement.

"I think not. I have some unfinished business with this young man here," Narutaki stated. He then turned to Davis. "I am here to take your Avenger deck."

"Over my dead body!" Davis replied coldly.

"My thoughts exactly." Orpheus chuckled.

"Why don't you just stay the heck away from me?!" Davis frowned.

"Oh I will, after I get those cards that is."

"You'll have to beat me first!" Davis took out his deck out of his deck box. The duel disk activated as he slotted his deck in it.

"Davis don't do this!" Rachel cried out. "It's too dangerous!"

"It's not like I have a choice Rach, I can't escape unless this duel is over."

"Indeed." Narutaki stated as he too slotted his deck into his duel disk. "Let the Shadow Game begin." Both players drew their starting Hands.


"DUEL!"

Davis: 4000

Narutaki: 4000

"I'll go first!" Davis declared drawing his sixth card. "I summon Spider-Girl!" Our friendly neighborhood hero appeared (4/ATK: 1650/DEF: 1200). "Then I play two facedowns and end my turn!" he said as two reversed cards appeared on the Field. "Your move!"

"It's my turn now. And I draw." Narutaki said as he drew his sixth card. He chuckled at what he got.

"What's so funny?" Davis growled.

"It's time for you to face eternal Hell. I summon Bartman Eternity in ATK mode!"

"WHAT?!" Davis and May asked shocked.

A silhouette of a woman appeared. Around her waist was a belt that looked like an L. The figure raised up her right hand and held out a white Gaia Memory with a stylized golden E in the middle and pressed the button on it.

ETERNITY!

"Let's ride," the woman calmly stated as she slotted the memory in and pushed the driver to the side.

ETERNITY!

It made a fast paced beat box sound before a white and red ring of electricity around the figure before white armor appeared on her. Her forearms and legs were designed with red flames. Her helmet had two horn shaped on her head with a yellow eye (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1200).

"Hello, Avenger," Eternityl greeted.

"Another Bartman?" Spidey said shocked.

"Whoa! There were more Bartmen?!" Jaden said in disbelief.

"I thought you had the only one!" Chumley added.

"I was thinking the same thing. Where did you get the dark Bartmen?!" Davis demanded.

"Wouldn't you like to know." Narutaki chuckled.

"ANSWER ME!"

"Tell you what, I'll tell you if you beat me." He then gestured to the dark Bartman. "But for now, I'll show you Eternity's power, but first I activate Heavy storm to destroy your face downs!" A furious gust of wind blew all around the two destroying Davis' cards.

"Oh no! His defenses are gone!" Rachel shouted.

"Now Eternity, show him some pain."

"Gladly," Eternity agreed. She pulled out a cyan blue Gaia Memory and activated it.

UNICORN!

"That doesn't sound so bad," Syrus shouted.

"It's rather bad kid," Eternity replied and one could hear the smirk in her voice She then placed it into her right side to activate a maximum drive.

UNICORN! MAXIMUM DRIVE!

Her right fist was covered in a blue spiraling energy and the Bartmen smashed it into Spidey.

Davis: 3950

Narutaki: 4000

"Bartman Eternity's Effect activates," Narutaki exclaimed. "When she destroys a Monster on the Field, it is sent out of play instead of the Graveyard." Suddenly Spidey was dragged away into a swirling void.

"May!" Davis shouted.

"Good riddance," Eternity laughed.

"I put one card face down and end my turn."

"Grr…" Davis growled and drew his next card. "I play Pot of Greed to draw two cards." Davis drew two.

"Davis. Get me on the field." Bart said from his card. Davis nodded at this.

"I play Double Summon to bring out two monsters instead of one. And I'm sure you're familiar with these Avengers! I summon Bartman OOO and Marceline the Vampire Princess in ATK mode!"

Marcelne (LV4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 0) appeared with a silhouette of a man with the OOO Belt in front of Davis. The figure took out the traffic light coins and inserted the coins in the slots. Taking the scanner from the side of his belt and scanned them making three chiming sounds. "Let's Ride!"

HAWK! TIGER! GRASSHOPPER! TATOBA!

TA–TO–BA TATOBA TA–TO–BA!

The silhouetted man became surrounded by spinning colored Medals which accompanied the transformation. Images of the three Medals he was using appeared. Hawk was on the top, Tiger was in the middle, and Grasshopper was at the bottom. The three images then combined into one large crest which flew backwards and into his chest. His body then became enveloped in energy which swiftly hardened into solid armor. Becoming Bartman OOO (4/ATK: 2000/DEF: 2000).

"Ah, if it isn't Marceline. I haven't seen you in a while," Narutaki said casually. Both Davis and Marceline glared at him.

"Brother...how nice to see you again." Eternity greeted to the traffic colored Avenger.

"Not in the mood for a hello, Julia. I defeated you once and I can do it again." Bart said. Apparently there's some sort of connection to these two Bartmen.

"Now I use OOO's special ability. He gains 100 ATK for every monster on the Field and I count three. Bart, do your thing!" Davis shouted.

"I got it!" Bart took out his Medal Scanner before swipes it onto his belt for a finisher.

Bartman OOO (4/ATK: 2000–2300/DEF: 2000-2300)

SCANNING CHARGE!

He then jumped and, as three circles corresponding to his Medals appear, went through them before ending with a powerful kick at his sister. Instead of exploding immediately Eternity laughed.

"Hahaha! Don't think this is the end Brother!" Eternity shouted before turning to some sort of white dust.

"I activate my trap card! Dimension Wall! Even though my Monster is destroyed, you are the one who takes Damage instead!" Narutaki shouted. From behind Davis a large flame explosion occurred. He also felt pain coming onto his back, causing him to scream out.

Davis: 3350

Narutaki: 4000

"Davis!" everyone shouted.

"Did you forget this was a Shadow Game Davis?" Narutaki laughed. This caused Davis to glare before putting one card in the trap and spell area.

"I place one card face down and end my turn by having Marceline attack." He finished as he placed a reverse card on the Field and Marceline struck a blow at Narutaki with her Ax.

Davis: 3350

Narutaki: 2400

"I always wanted to get back at this man," Marceline stated.

"My move." Narutaki said drawing his next card. "I summon Fuzzy Lumpkins in ATK mode!"

A large, husky, furry, pink, bear-like hillbilly monster with a wide jaw, a bulbous green nose, red-pink eyes, two antennae on his head and big, blue overalls appeared, wielding a gun as he was ready to shoot something (4/ATK: 2100/DEF: 1100).

"What!?" Rachel shouted. "What is that thing!?"

"Not lishus at all," Chumley stated.

"I'll blast 'em good!" Fuzzy said. "This makes things a lot easier then."

"Fuzzy go destroy Marceline!"

"Okey dokey." Fuzzy prepared his gun and shouted, "Ay, YOU! GET OFFA MAH PROPERTY!" One blast destroyed the vampire into pixels. Davis flinched a bit as the purple flames licked at his body.

Davis: 2850

Narutaki: 2400

"I put one card face down and end my turn." Narutaki said as he end his turn.

"My move!" Davis drew his next card. "I play another Double Summon! Now I summon Stinger in ATK mode and set a monster in DEF mode!"

Cassie (3/ATK: 1500/DEF: 750) appeared along with a facedown card.

"I'm not done yet! I play Card of Sanctity!" Davis declared playing his last card. "This lets us both draw until we have six." Davis drew the full six while Narutaki drew three. "Now I'll tribute Stinger in order to Special Summon Stature!"

Cassie underwent a costume change with the black being replaced with white and she took off her mask when growing a few feet taller (6/ATK: 2200/DEF: 1700).

"Now Cassie, attack Fuzzy!"

"Right!" Cassie said she was about to charge.

"Hold it right there! I activate the trap, A Hero Emerges! Now you pick a card, and if it's a Monster, I get it summon it."

"The far left…" Davis answered.

"Hahaha… Nice choice… , for me that is. I Special Summon Scorpion in ATK mode!"

"What?!" Davis, Cassie and Bart shouted.

A man in a yellow ninja outfit with some sort of deathly motif appeared (7/ATK: 2600/DEF: 1900)

"We meet again Avengers. Your souls will be mine!" Scorpion growled. This caused the Avengers to step back and get into a ready position to fight.

"Will you continue your attack Davis?" Narutaki asked.

"Of course I will!"

"I thought so. I activate Scorpion's special ability, once per turn when a Monster on my field is targeted by an attacking Monster I get to change the target to Scorpion. Then his attack becomes equal to that of the attacking Monster until the end of that battle, luckily for you though neither is destroyed. Scorpion, do your thing!" Scorpion just nodded and hellfire gathered as his feet.

Scorpion (7/ATK: 2600-2200/DEF: 2000)

Then Scorpion teleported and sent a kick towards Stature. Cassie was then bounced off and back onto Davis' side and Scorpion's stats returned to normal.

"I still get to attack with OOO! Bart, attack Fuzzy!" Davis commanded.

The same with Eternity happend again with Fuzzy dstroyed into pixels.

Davis: 2850

Narutaki: 2100

"Lishus! He's in the lead." Chumley cheered.

"I'll end my turn with a facedown." Davis concluded placing a reverse card on the Field.

"It's my move." Narutaki said drawing his card making his Hand at seven. "I also play Double Summon, which allows me to summon twice this turn. "Then I play Cost Down. By discarding one card from my Hand, I can lower the level of all Monsters in my Hand by two." He discarded a card. "Now I can Normal Summon Bartman Strika and Sheeva in ATK mode!"

A four-armed woman in some bathing suit appeared, cracking all four of her knuckeles. This was Sheeva (6–4/ATK: 2250/DEF: 1800). Next to her was a silhouette carrying a case with a cobra on it. "Let's Ride!" he shouted and slotted his case in his belt. Grey blur covered him before they revealed a purple snake based Bartman. His armor was dark purple with yellow designs on them making it look similar to a pattern found on a cobra. His helmet was also bigger very reminiscent of a cobra's hood. In his hand was a small staff, his visor, where he would slot in his cards. This one was Bartman Strika (6-4/ATK: 1900/DEF: 1500). Strika looked around and grunted at everything and everyone around him. "You all vex me," he muttered.

"Strika…" Bartman OOO growled. On the other hand, he coward a bit when he saw Sheeva. "Sheeva...ummm, it's nice to...see you?"

"Oh, OOO. Nice to see you, too. Even when I'm about to kick your (bleep)in ass!" Sheeva sneered.

"And you still have that grudge about that last date we had. Great." Bart replied in a sarcastic, yet cowardly tone.

"Now I activate Strika's ability," Narutaki continued. "When he's successfully summoned, I cut one of your Monster's ATK in half! And I choose Stature!"

Strika frowned at being commanded to do stuff but listened anyway, he get to kill people after all. Drawing a card from his deck holder he put it into the staff and slammed it down.

ADVENT!

From the shadows a massive purple armored cobra emerged, getting Syrus and Chumley to scream out in terror at the sight of the monster. It spat poison onto Stature.

"Ah!" Stature shouted as the poison started to hurt her.

Stature (6/ATK: 2200–1100/DEF: 1700)

"Cassie!" Davis gasped.

"Oh, it's going to get worse for him," Narutaki chuckled. "Scorpion, destroy Stature!" Scorpion snickered before sending out a rope with a tipped Kunai at the end, which it impaled itself into Cassie's chest, then allowing Scorpion to pull her through the air towards him as he shouted,

"GET OVER HERE!"

He slammed his fist full of hellfire into Cassie as she screamed in pain as she exploded, taking some of Davis' life points with him. As he lost more Life Points, Davis screamed out in pain.

Davis: 1350

Narutaki: 2100

"Now Bartman Strika, attack the facedown card! Final Vent!" Narutaki ordered. Strika snickered and drew a card from his buckle before popping a hidden chamber in the head of his Veno Visor. Slipping the card inside, he shut the chamber again with the machine calling,

FINAL VENT!

Once again the giant purple snake slithered out from a reflective surface of yet another generator, this time the one next to Narutaki. Strika started running in front of it, while it followed him. Right as he got in between the two duelists Strika jumped up and the snake spat out poison as he did scissor kicks on the facedown monster, revealed to be Kanan the Swordswoman(4/ATK: 1400/DEF: 1400), destroying her. At least it didn't hurt Davis.

"Heh!" he snickered, rolling his head.

"I end my turn." Narutaki said.

"Before I draw I activate my trap card Call of the Haunted to bring back Stature!" Davis' face down card flipped over and revealed itself. Then from out of the ground Cassie came out. Oddly enough she was panting. "You okay?"

"That last attack hurt more than I thought it would," Cassie replied. "I'll manage though."

"Okay. Now I draw!" Davis got his next card making it five cards and then examined his hand. "First off I activate the Spell Card, Magical Stone Excavation! By discarding two cards I get to add one Spell Card from my Graveyard to my hand and I choose Double Summon!" Davis discarded two cards before the graveyard slot of his duel disk spat out Double Summon. "Then I play Double Summon to bring out both Monkey D. Luffy and American Dream!"

This time the Straw Hat (4/ATK: 1900/DEF: 1700) and the Star Spangled Avenger (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 2100) appeared on Davis' side.

"Well it seems like we may have some trouble , eh Davis?" Luffy asked.

"You got the right Luffy, but we can handle him," Davis replied.

"You're hurt again Davis," Dream mentioned. "This Shadow Game is taking its toll you isn't it?" When Davis didn't answer Shannon nodded her head. "I thought so. Let's finish this quick so you may get your answers and rest."

"I know that, so here I go! First I attack Bartman Strika with Luffy!" Davis declared.

"Nice try , but Scorpion's effect activates!" Narutaki replied. Scorpion glowed for a second and his ATK points lowered itself to match Luffy's, before teleporting forward to give a fiery punch.

Scorpion (7/ATK: 2600–1900/DEF: 2000)

In response, Luffy did his signature attack.

"GUM GUM PISTOL!"

Both fighters meet at the center with their moves causing an explosion. Luffy fell to the floor with a thud and rolled, while Scorpion landed on his feet and the latter's stats returned to normal.

"Ow… How can we even beat that guy?" Luffy asked as he stood up.

"Teamwork," Davis explained. "Next I attack with Stature and destroy your Scorpion now that his effect is used! And when she battles a Monster, she gains 1000 ATK points!"

Stature (6/ATK: 2200–3200/DEF: 1700)

"Finally, revenge for blocking my previous attack!" Stature shouted as she charged and pounded Scorpion down.

"I will have my revenge…" Scorpion muttered before he exploded.

Davis: 1350

Narutaki: 1500

This time the man did flinch in pain as the flames licked at his body.

"Not so tough are you?" Davis taunted. "Bartman OOO attacks Sheeva!"

"Yeah!" Bart does the same thing yet again,as he was powerful enough to defeat Sheeva.

Bartman OOO (4/ATK: 2000–2600/DEF: 2000-2600)

SCANNING CHARGE!

He then jumped and, as three circles corresponding to his Medals appear, went through them before ending with a powerful kick, destroying the monster.

Davis: 1350

Narutaki: 1150

"And finally, Dream destroys Strika with a help from my Hand, the Spell card Rush Recklessly, giving her 700 more ATK points until the end of my turn!"

American Dream (4/ATK: 1800-2500/DEF: 2100)

Dream charged at the Bartman before slammin her shield into him and sent him flying in the air. Strika let out a scream before exploding.

Davis: 1350

Narutaki: 550

"And with that I end my turn," Davis stated.

"I draw!" Narutaki looked at his hand, seeing that he now had three cards. "I play Pot of Greed to draw two more cards!" Now that he had four cards he started laughing.

"G–Guys, he's laughing," Syrus stuttered.

"I don't think that's a good thing," Jaden agreed.

"That is true young one," Narutaki agreed. "I summon Bartman Punch Hopper in ATK mode!"

Another silhouette appeared, and this time the belt looked like some sort of platform on the belt. Suddenly there was a thumping noise.

"Hey what's that?" Rachel asked. They all looked on the ground and saw red pulses moving around on the floor before it jumped into the air and into the silhouette's hands. They saw it was robotic grasshopper, a Hopper Zector. One side was completely rusty red and the other side was green. The silhouette was holding out the red side of it and said "Let's ride!"

CHANGE PUNCH HOPPER!

Brownish red honeycomb like energy encased the figure as the armor materialized itself. There was a standard black body suit on him and his armor was grey and brown on the chest piece with protrusions on the shoulder. His helmet was designed into a grasshopper's head, although more spiked on the front and on the side. He also had brown gauntlets that went up to his wrist, with a yellow V shaped device, an anchor–jack, on his right hand. Thus, Bartman Punch Hopper is on was on the Field. (3/ATK: 1200/DEF: 800)

Punch Hopper looked onto the field and sighed and hung his head almost melancholy. "I don't like this place," he sighed. "OOO is here and Lux isn't here."

"Don't worry, your brother will be here. Due to Punch Hopper's effect, if he is successfully summoned, I can Special Summon Bartman Kick Hopper from my Hand or Deck." Narutaki took his deck out and rifled through it looking for the right card. After finding it, he nodded to before summoning the card and shuffling his deck back into the duel disk.

This silhouette had a twin belt similar to that of Punch Hopper. Again that odd bouncing noise was heard and another Hopper Zector bounced into his hand. This time the green side was showing. "Let's Ride," the guy shouted and placed the device onto his belt.

CHANGE KICK HOPPER!

Just like Punch Hopper, green honeycomb shaped energy engulfed his body as the armor appeared. It looked exactly the same as Punch Hopper's but with a different color scheme. Instead of brown and grey, this one was silver and green. The yellow anchor-jack was on his right leg though. Bartman Kick Hoper seemed to glare at everyone. (3/ATK: 1200/DEF: 800)

"Brother," Punch Hopper greeted almost longingly. Kick Hopper looked at him before nodding his head at him. Kick Hopper then glared at Davis.

"Have you come to laugh at us?" he asked. "You're more than welcome to, just be prepared to face hell."

"My thoughts exactly," Narutaki agreed. "Next I activate Magical Stone Excavation to regain my Heavy Storm." Just like Davis he discarded two cards and took Heavy Storm out of the Graveyard. "Then I activate it to destroy all our Spell and Trap cards. Sadly you're the only one with them." A strong gust of wind destroyed Call of the Haunted and took Stature with it.

"Cassie!" Davis shouted. He thought he was okay though, he still had Bartman OOO, Dream, and Luffy.

"Oh don't think you're safe just yet. I activate the abilities of both Punch and Kick Hopper. By skipping my Battle Phase, I can inflict damage equal to half of their original ATK Points. Show him hell boys." Kick Hopper glanced at Narutaki before grunting.

Bartman Punch Hopper (3/ATK: 1200–600/DEF: 800)

Bartman Kick Hopper (3/ATK: 1200–600/DEF: 800)

"Let's do this," Kick Hopper stated.

"Right!" Punch Hopper agreed. Both of them lifted up the hind leg portion of the Zectors and lifted them up.

RIDER JUMP!

Both men bent their knees as their respective colored energies went into their feet. Then the two were propelled high into the air. Everyone followed them with their eyes and as they reached the apex of their jump they flipped back the legs.

RIDER KICK/PUNCH!

Kick Hopper was the first to attack as he soared over the Avengers. As he landed green electricity powered both his feet and he landed on Davis' chest. The anchor–jack then bent down and a pulse of energy sent both men away from each other. Kick Hopper landed back on his side of the field, while Davis was sent into the flames.

"GAAAAH!" Davis shouted as the pain engulfed him. As he staggered forward, Punch hopper landed in front of him punched him in the gut. Just like Kick Hopper before him, the anchor–jack reacted and sent of pulse of energy through his fist, allowing him to land a several more blows before jumping back. Unlike last time, Davis spat out blood and fell onto both knees.

Davis: 150

Narutaki: 550

"Davis!" everyone shouted. The boy was clutching his chest and he was panting heavily. After a few more seconds he coughed up more blood.

"This is bad," Rachel gasped. There was a lot more worry in her than she thought she had for him at the moment. "We need to go save him!"

"That's it!" Jaden shouted getting up from his seat, obviously angry. "No one does that to my friend and gets away with it!" He ran towards the purple flames but was bounced back by it and Jaden flew back hitting the ground.

"Jaden!" Syrus cried out running over to him.

"I'm sorry, but as I said, boy, these flames will only die out when one of us wins!" Narutaki explained.

"Guys," Syrus stated as he looked at his friend in Obelisk Blue. "I don't think Davis is doing so well." The group looked back on their friend as they saw him on his hands now as he tried to stop from coughing up more blood.

"This is so not lishus," Chumley said as they watched their friend in pain. Unlike the students, Prof. Banner was silent not saying anything, but he was really worried.

"Hahahahahaha!" Narutaki laughed. "How does it feel Davis? How does it feel to be in pain? Don't worry though; this will be all over soon. When I win, I'll take your Avengers to add to my dark Bartmen and other villains I created." Everyone gasped at this.

"You… created them?" Davis got out trying real hard not to cough out more blood.

"Yes. I suppose I should tell you now. I worked with your mother on the Avengers Project. I thought that the cards your mother was producing were too weak and unimpressive. I wanted to make cards with more power and stronger effects, thinking it would make them more famous and popular. But what happens, my idea got turned down because they thought of my idea 'unsuitable' for the game. Your mother and I clashed on it for days on end until I left the project to start my own. Thus, the villains were born."

"That explains one question." Jaden commented.

"And with that said, when I take your Avengers, I'll be even more powerful than ever! Power and cunning are all that's needed for Duel Monsters! Who cares about skill?!"

"Power…? Cunning…?" Davis gasped out through the pain. "You think skill means nothing?" Slowly he made it to his feet. "If skill meant nothing, then Yugi Moto, Joey Wheeler, and Seto Kaiba would've not been considered three of the best Duelists in the world! Power and cunning are nothing with the skill to wield it properly!" Davis shouted, even though he coughed up more blood. "The Avengers used their skills and talent to win their battles, battles against the villains themselves! They are what put them in such high places!"

"What are you going on about child?"

"I'll show you what it means to have skill… and heart in Duel Monsters! Draw!" All time seemed to slow down as he did so. When he looked at it, his eyes widened at what he got.

"THIS IS IT!"

"What?!" Narutaki yelled starting to grow nervous.

"He called it!" Rachel exclaimed.

"He's got this won! Narutaki is going down this turn!" Jaden cheered. "Get 'em Davis!"

Davis nodded at this. "I play the card I drew! Dark Hole! This destroys all Monsters on the Field!"

"NO!" Narutaki yelled.

"Guys… sorry to do this, but…"

"It's okay Davis…" Shannon assured.

"Don't worry about us." Luffy said.

"Do what you need to do." Bart nodded. Davis nodded as a black vortex opened up and sucked in all the monsters into the black vortex.

"And with no Monsters on the Field, Davis just has to summon a strong enough Monster to take out Narutaki's Life Points!" Syrus cheered.

"Now I summon Nova in ATK mode!" Davis said playing his last lone card. The cosmic armored hero appeared glowing bright (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1000).

"He's got this!" Jaden cheered.

"Let's finish this!" Nova yelled as he flew towards Narutaki as blue energy flowed through his body. When his attack connected with Narutaki's body, Sam took a moment to glare at the man before clashing into him. He was thrown back into the fire as his Life Points dwindle down to zero.

Davis: 150

Narutaki: 0


The purple flames disappeared, the duel disks deactivated, and Sam disappeared. As soon as that happened, Davis started to collapse, but before he felt the cold ground on his face, he felt someone catch him. As he tilted his head up, he found Rachel staring down at him with great concern in her eyes, almost to the point of tearing up while his friends and Professor Banner gathered around him.

"Thanks," he told her.

"We have to get you to the infirmary," she told him.

"No, not yet." His eyes glared at Narutaki who tried to stand up. "I need to speak with that bastard. I need to know more about what happened between him and my mother."

Rachel then helped Davis up and just as the two started to approach him, Narutaki started laughing. "What's up with him?" Jaden asked.

"This doesn't feel right," Davis mentioned.

"You may have defeated me Davis, but this is not over just yet," Narutaki stated as he now stood up. "I will have your cards soon enough." He pulls out a smoke pellet from his sleeve and threw it on the ground hard. White smoke puffed out of the pellet and the smoke cleared, Davis and the others saw no trace of Narutaki was left there.

"Damn… he got away again…" Davis said but then coughed out a little more blood.

"We'll worry about him later, for now let's concentrate on getting you back to the infirmary." Professor Banner said. 'And as soon as we get there, I'll have to call the entire faculty for an emergency meeting. I know Chancellor Sheppard will not like this at all.' He added in his thoughts. Everyone nodded and everyone slowly went back to the Academy with Rachel helping Davis walk and Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley carrying the unconscious Torrey and the other two Obelisks.