Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Season 2- The Gentle Darkness vs The Light of Destruction

by dragonicdevil

sequel to Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Season 1 Jaden and his friends return to Duel Academy for their second year, but things soon starts to go wrong as the Light of Destruction is about to make its move, what will happen? Will Jaden be able to defeat it and protect his friends or will he fail? Also will he gain a new power to help him in his misson?

10. Jaden vs Aster, the clash between Heroes

Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Season 2 – The Gentle Darkness vs The Light of Destruction

Last time, Jaden had finally finished his third deck and asked Bastion to help him test it out which he agreed to. Bastion managed took an early lead but it then help Jaden bring out Dark Magician Girl and then he later summoned Dark Magician as well. Bastion fought well but Jaden later won the duel after he summoned two of the Sacred Beasts, Uria and Raviel. Then the next day they watched as Zane dueled against Aster and was shocked to see that Aster also used Elemental Heroes. Despite Zane dueling with everything he had, Aster was the winner in the end, what surprise is waiting for the gang next?

Chapter 10- Jaden vs Aster, the clash between Heroes

Jaden along with his friends and the entire Duel Academy watched on the TV how Aster was surrounded by reporters after he defeated Zane.

A female reported smiled at Aster and held out her microphone towards him, "That was a very impressive victory, but please tell us, why did you decide to use your prized deck that we have had heard rumors about but have never seen". Aster got a smirk on his face, "Well there is a special reason that I decided to use it today".

He looked directly at a camera that was filming him, "I recently paid a visit to Duel Academy, and there I discovered something, another duelist who used Hero monsters just like I do".

Jaden narrowed his eyes, Hassleberry looked at him, "He's talking about you, right Sarge?" Jaden nodded, "Without a doubt, I'm the only one here on the island that is using Hero monsters".

Aster at that moment looked at him, "And now Jaden Yuki, I'm speaking directly to you, tomorrow I will come back to Duel Academy, and then, I will take you down and prove that I'm the true master of using Hero monsters".

Jaden narrowed his eyes, Syrus looked at him worried, "Will you be okay Jaden? I mean I know you beat him during your last duel, but this time he will be dueling against you with his real deck".

Alexis nodded, "Yeah, who knows what other Elemental Heroes he might have that we don't know about". Jaden looked at them, "I know this will be tough, but against a deck of Elemental Heroes, I think I'll do pretty good, since I have used them for years, but I need to prepare a little anyway".

Crowler on the other hand were pretty nervous, "Aster is coming? This time I have to talk to him". Bonaparte chuckled however, "He will beat the pants off Jaden, which means that there will be one less slacker in my way, soon that red dorm will be nothing more than a bad memory".

THE NEXT DAY WITH SARTORIUS,

Sartorius sat and shuffled his cards and Aster walked in to the room, Sartorius looked at him over his shoulder, "It was voice of you to decide to really take on Jaden again, so are you about to leave?"

Aster nodded, "Yeah, as much as I like to postpone this, I can't waste too much time, I mean, not only do I have my career to think about, but I also have to find that person and once I do, he will pay for what he did".

Sartorius looked at Aster as he placed a card on the table, "You shouldn't be in such a rush, the door to your destiny will open when it's time, and along that path you will find that person". He then looked at Aster, "So, you're gonna use that deck against him this time?"

Aster nodded with an angry look in his eyes, "Yeah, that kid is using those Heroes just because he likes them since they look cool and that makes me sick, so I'm gonna teach him a lesson by showing him what real Heroes looks like".

Sartorius chuckled a little, "I see, so you just can't accept his pride as a Hero user because of your mission, while most people wouldn't agree with your reasons for being angry at him, I do understand your feelings".

Sartorius then turned towards Aster slightly, "Then let me see your deck, I will have a look at the deck's fighting spirit, as well as the destiny that dwells within it". Aster took out his deck and walked over to Sartorius and placed it in his hand.

What Aster didn't notice however was that Sartorius's eyes began to glow completely white, and that a dark purple energy came out of the hand he held Aster's deck with, he then placed his other hand on top of the deck and the energy got sucked into it as Sartorius's eyes stopped glowing.

Aster looked at him, "So what did you see, is my destiny looking good?" Sartorius turned towards him and handed back the deck to him, "It looks like I didn't need to predict the future, since I'm sure you already knew what it would be". Aster got a smirk on his face, "Alright, then this won't take long at all, I'll be back soon".

Aster then walked away, Sartorius chuckled, now everything was in place, all Aster had to do was win and then the only one who could stand in his way would join him instead, or he would lose his connection to the spirits because of the two opposite forces that would battle within his body.

Sartorius however were a bit troubled, while he had seen that Aster would be victorious in this duel, the demon cards had once again appeared, as if trying to block him from seeing Jaden's future. He however chuckled, whatever those creatures that tried to block him was, they would not help him in this match, since he knew that after hearing that challenge on TV, Jaden would face Aster with only his Elemental Heroes, and that, will be his downfall.

LATER LATE IN THE EVENING AT DUEL ACADEMY AT THE DOCKS,

Crowler and Bonaparte stood there waiting for Aster to arrive, however they hadn't seen the slightest sign of a boat and they had been standing there for hours now. Bonaparte was grumbling irritated, "I'm freezing, where is Aster already? It's best that he hasn't stood us up again Crowler".

Crowler stood and tried to rub his arms, "Yeah I know, but we have to wait and see, I just wish we have brought something warmer to put on, I have last the feeling in my entire body except for my face".

At the same time so flew a plane over the island, then out from the plane jumped Aster who shouted in excitement as he air surfed through the air towards the island, he had a determined look in his eyes, Alright Jaden, time to settle this once and for all.

After falling for a while so kicked he off the board from his feet and released a parachute, he looked down on the island, planning on ending this quickly.

AT THE SAME TIME AT THE RA DORM,

Jaden sat on the bed in Bastion's room at the Ra dorm and looked through his deck, Bastion wanted to do some research about Aster before Jaden's duel with him. Bastion narrowed his eyes as pictures of Aster from different sports competitions appeared on the screen, "So far, I haven't found any sport that Aster Phoenix hasn't mastered, he also seems to have a very high IQ since he has skipped grades and already has two PhDs as well as a photographic memory". Syrus looked at him troubled, "Oh man, while Zane is looked as a prodigy, it seems that Aster is a prodigy among other prodigies, no wonder Zane lost to him".

Jaden looked at his deck, "I don't care about things like that, right now all I have to do is get my deck ready to face him". Both of them looked at Jaden and Syrus then spoke up, "What are you saying Jaden? Bastion is just doing some research to see if he can help you come up with a strategy".

Jaden looked at them, "I know that and I'm really grateful for it, but this duel will be decided by who uses his Elemental Heroes best", Syrus looked at him, "Speaking of that, you really won't use your Dragon Heroes in this duel?"

Jaden shook his head, "Normally I might have, but seeing Aster on TV I decided to use only my Elemental Hero, one reason is because I am an Elemental Hero user I can't really accept how Aster is using them to humiliate people like he did with Zane, he was just toying with him, and also there is these guys".

Jaden who had just taken out Buster Blader which was the last of the non Elemental Heroes held up his deck, "They want to face Aster and his Heroes on their own, to see whose better at using their power is". Bastion sighed, "I guess that makes sense in some ways, besides I'm sure you have some strategies to face his Heroes". Jaden nodded, "I might have a few".

Yubel appeared next to him, "Well a part of me think that you should add the Dragon Heroes, but I also think you should do as you plan, not only because that the Elemental Heroes want to do this on their own, but also to show that guy that you shouldn't use them to completely humiliate someone like he did with Zane, it gave all of us in your decks a bad taste in our mouths since we have a good relationship with your Elemental Heroes".

Jaden nodded, he looked at his deck, "Yubel, why do you think he got so angry when Zane said his deck might be a rip-off of mine? I mean, from how he reacted during that discussion and his challenge t o me, he seemed pretty pissed over that I use Hero monsters", he mentally asked. Yubel shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know, and honestly I don't care what his problem is, because you're gonna win this duel and show him that you're the better Elemental Hero user". Jaden smiled and nodded as he looked through his deck and as he took out a few cards and placed a few others into it.

AT THE SAME TIME AT THE MAIN BUILDING,

A man with a helmet and protective glasses smashed a window and entered the card shop, he then saw packs with cards, he chuckled, "Jackpot!" He quickly filled his bag with the packs and picked up the few that fell out.

He soon ran out with the bag in his arms while chuckling, since he would get away before anyone even noticed him. But then he heard a creepy laugh behind him, "Stealing cards from the card shop in the middle of the night huh?"

The thief turned around and looked after the owner of the voice, his eyes then went up to the roof of the academy as he saw something up there and saw the figure of a creature with a red cape up there, "I will make repent for your crime through a duel". The man gritted his teeth, he activated his Duel Disk.

A few moments later a large explosion happened, the thief was knocked to the ground as his monster got destroyed, he then looked up a little scared at the creature in front of him, it like the one from the roof. Aster who sat behind it on a stone structure with his Duel Disk activated chuckled, "Well it seems like you don't know when to give up, but your struggles are hopeless, because destiny is not on your side". The creature then jumped up and prepared his attack, and a few seconds later the man's scream could be heard throughout the entire island.

This cause Crowler and Bonaparte who was still at the docks, to looked towards the main building before each other before they began running towards the building to find out what was going on.

Jaden who had just finished working on his deck heard the scream along with Syrus and Bastion, tthey quickly ran out of the Ra dorm and towards where they had heard the scream.

AT THE SAME TIME AT THE MAIN BUILDING,

After Aster had defeated the thief, he walked over to him as he now was unconscious, "Now then, time to take a look at your deck", Aster took it out an looked through it, he narrowed his eyes, "Huh, what was I thinking anyway? There is no way a person like you could have that card, oh well, now you will get time to chill, in prison that is". He tossed the thief's deck to the ground next to him.

Moments later Jaden and his friends arrived as well as Crowler and Bonaparte, all of them got shocked when they saw Aster standing there, Syrus then noticed the man lying on the ground, "Hey who is that guy over there".

Aster closed his eyes with a smirk, "Oh no one, just some punk who tried to steal cards from your card shop, no need to thank me". Syrus and Bastion ran over to the man, Syrus looked troubled, "Oh man, you knocked this guy out cold". Bastion looked at Aster, "What did you do to him? I know he was a thief, but you could have just detained him and then contacted one of the teachers at the dorms".

Aster just looked at Bastion for a second before a smirk appeared on his face, he then turned towards Jaden, "Jaden, it's been a while, how's it been?" Syrus came over to him and looked at him irritated, "Hey don't ignore Bastion".

Jaden looked at Syrus, "Calm down Sy, while I do agree with Bastion that he could have just detained him, he did stop a thief after all, still, doing that seems to have gone a little overboard". Aster chuckled, "I couldn't care less about that scum, now then how about we settle this".

At that moment so spoke Bonaparte up, "Excellent idea, and to make it more interesting how about we put the fate of the Slifer dorm on the line in this duel as well?" Crowler looked at him both shocked and irritated.

Aster looked at him, "Well if you want to make use of my talents then you will have to become my sponsor". Bonaparte looked at him shocked, "Huh, your sponsor?" Aster closed his eyes and then walked past him, "However, with the salary you get, I guess that's impossible". Bonaparte gritted his teeth in anger, Crowler looked down at him, "Calm down Bonaparte, he's right you know".

Aster stopped and spoke to Jaden who was behind him, "Well then, I will see you in the duel arena first thing in the morning, oh and by the way, aside from your friends, there will be no spectators allowed". Bastion looked at him confused, "No spectators?"

Aster looked at them, "This duel will not be anything special, and so, I don't plan on revealing all my secrets to some amateurs at this school". Jaden narrowed his eyes, "Fine then, if that's how you want it, but listen closely, I will win tomorrow, my Hero monsters are like my family and they won't let me down".

Aster looked at him, "Your family you say?" Aster then began to laugh, he turned towards Jaden, "You really are a weird person Jaden Yuki, well then I hope you'll remember that after you lose, I'll see you tomorrow". Aster then walked away while Crowler and Bonaparte chased after him to talk to him.

THE NEXT DAY,

Alexis, Syrus, Hassleberry, Chazz and Bastion sat in the spectator seats and watched as Jaden walked up on the stage, Alexis looked a little worried, "It's about to start, I hope that Jaden will win". Syrus nodded, "Yeah so do I".

Jaden looked at his deck that were shuffled and placed into his Duel Disk, "Alright guys, this is it, so let's do this". His Elemental Heroes appeared around him and nodded while smiling at him before they disappeared.

But then Jaden's eyes widened as he heard, "We love Aster yes we do, we love Aster yes we do". He looked in front of him and saw Aster walk up on the stage while waving at Mindy and Jazz who was sitting in the spectator seats, they both let out an excited squall when he did and Jaden sweat dropped when he saw this.

Hassleberry looked at them with narrowed eyes, "Looks like we have some deserters", Syrus nodded, "No kidding, they should be here together with us, cheering for Jaden". Alexis sighed and nodded, "I'm going to have to talk to them after this, but for now we have a duel to watch".

Aster then took and placed his deck into his Duel Disk, Jaden then narrowed as he as they flashed golden as he sensed something, his eyes then widened as he saw some kind of energy coming out of Aster's deck.

Yubel appeared next to him, "Jaden, this is not good!" Jaden looked at her through the corner of his eye, "What so that means… that energy is part of the Light of Destruction?" Yubel nodded, "Yeah, also while it seems like that only the deck has been affected, it's still very dangerous since it will still affect you if you lose. So now you have to win this duel, but since this is a duel between Elemental Heroes the odds of you winning is pretty high, especially with the changes you did to your deck". Jaden nodded, knowing that now he had to win.

Aster looked at Jaden with narrowed eyes since it seemed like Jaden was listening to someone invisible, Looks like he's listening to the voices in his head, I wonder why Sartorius is so concerned about this kid, oh well he might relax a little once I'm done with him, he thought.

Jaden pointed at Aster, "Alright, are you ready to roll up your sleeves and get your game on?" Aster got a smirk on his face, "Please, I won't even break a sweat on you, you're going down hard man". Jaden looked at him with narrowed his eyes, "Not a chance, before this was just about our prides as Hero users, but now I have to win for a more important reason".

Aster looked at him with narrowed eyes, "What does that mean?" Jaden activated his Duel Disk, "you'll find out later, now let's duel!" Aster nodded as he activated his Duel Disk as well, they then both drew their first five cards.

Aster placed his fingers on his deck, "I'll go first". He then took and drew his next card and looked at it, "Now I summon Bubbleman in defense mode", Bubbleman appeared on the field on a knee and crossed his arms, Def: 1200. Aster looked at Jaden, "And since you also uses Hero monsters, I'm sure you know that since he's alone I get to draw two more cards now".

He drew two more cards and looked at them, "Next I place one card face down and end my turn". A card appeared in front of Aster, Jaden looked at Bubbleman, Well this feels weird, I have never faced any of my pals as an enemy before, but I will duel with everything I have, he thought for himself.

Bastion had a look on his face as he seemed like he was in deep thoughts, "This must be awkward for Jaden, facing some of his best cards which he has a strong bond with". Alexis looked at Jaden worried, "What's troubling me however is what Jaden said a few moments ago, why did he need to win this match no matter what?" Syrus looked at Jaden worried, wondering the same thing.

Jaden placed his fingers on his deck, "Alright, my move", Jaden drew his next card and looked at it, "It's fusion time, so I use Polymerization to fuse my Avian and my Burstinatrix to form Elemental Hero Flame Wingman". Burstinatrix and Avian got sucked into the vortex and out came Flame Wingman, Atk: 2100.

Jaden then pointed at Bubbleman, "And now, Flame Wingman, attack his Bubbleman", Flame Wingman nodded before the mouth on his dragon arm opened up and he fired his Infernal Rage towards Bubbleman and destroyed him.

Jaden pointed at Aster, "And thanks to my Flame Wingman's special ability, the attack points of your Bubbleman is subtracted from your life points". Flame Wingman then landed in front of Aster and unleashed a stream of flames at him from his dragon arm, Aster LP: 4000-3200.

Chazz chuckled, "Well would you look at that, the pro took the first blow in this duel". Bastion nodded, "Indeed, but this duel is far from over, so Jaden can't relax just yet".

Aster looked at him, "Lucky move, but now I activate my trap, Hero Signal, so now I can summon a level 4 or below from my deck", he took out his deck and looked through it, he then took out a card and shuffled his deck before he placed it back into his Duel Disk.

Aster looked at Jaden, "And the Hero I chose should also be another familiar face, come forth Elemental Hero Avian". Avian then appeared on the field, Atk: 1000. Jaden looked at him, "I end my turn". Aster then took and drew his next card, "Well then, it's time for you to see a monster that looks familiar, here's a hint, I used him during my duel with Zane Truesdale".

Jaden narrowed his eyes, "You that means that he's coming?" Aster nodded with a smirk, "Exactly, now I play Polymerization and fuse my Avian on the field with the Burstinatrix in my hand to form Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer". Avian and Burstinatrix got sucked into the vortex and out came Phoenix Enforcer, Atk: 2100.

Jaden looked at him, "He's a really cool Hero, though I prefer my Flame Wingman", Aster looked at him, "Oh really? Let's see if you're still saying that after this, attack him with Phoenix Blaze". Phoenix Enforcer jumped up in the air and formed a multicolored sphere that he tossed towards Flame Wingman.

Flame Wingman counterattacked with his Infernal Rage, the two attacks met and caused an explosion that destroyed Flame Wingman, Jaden gritted his teeth as Phoenix Enforcer landed in front of him, "I assume that you remember that my Hero can't be destroyed in battle?" Jaden nodded, "Yeah and I have to say, that was a good move".

Aster closed his eyes, "I should warn you, you said you had to win this, but you have no chance at winning at all", Jaden raised an eyebrow confused before Aster continued, "You see, just like our decks are similar but still different from each other, there is a big difference between us as Hero users that will make me the winner". Jaden looked at him, "And what reason is that?" Aster chuckled, "Trust me, you'll find out soon enough, but for now I end my turn".

Jaden then took and drew his next card and looked at it, "First I play Pot of Greed so I can draw two more cards", Jaden then drew two more cards and looked at them, Jaden then grabbed one of them, "Next I will summon my Bubbleman in attack mode", Bubbleman then appeared on the field, Atk: 800.

Jaden then placed his fingers on his deck, "And now, I get to draw two more cards", Jaden drew another two cards and looked at them, "Next I play another Polymerization, and use it to fuse Bubbleman with Necroshade to form Elemental Hero Escuridao". Bubbleman and Necroshade got sucked into the vortex and out came Escuridao, Atk: 2500.

Jaden looked at Aster, "And as you most likely remember, he will now gain another 100 attack points for every Elemental Hero in my grave, and I count five", Escuridao, Atk: 2500-3000.

Aster looked uninterested, "So what, my Phoenix Enforcer won't be destroyed in battle, so I can just switch him to defense on my next turn". Jaden had a smirk on his face, "I don't think so, I now activate the equip spell card Rainbow Veil to Escuridao". A rainbow colored aura surrounded Escuridao.

Jaden pointed at Phoenix Enforcer, "Now then, when I attack your Phoenix Enforcer, his special ability will be negated because of my Rainbow Veil". Escuridao then took and unleashed his Dark Diffusion towards Phoenix Enforcer, and with a powerful explosion so were he destroyed, Aster LP: 3200-2300.

Alexis got a smirk on her face, "Well done, thanks to Rainbow Veil, Jaden got rid of that Phoenix Enforcer since it negated his special ability which prevented him from being destroyed by battle".

Bastion had a smile on his face, "Indeed, this duel might be far from over but that was an impressive move", Chazz smiled as well and nodded his head.

Aster took and drew his next card and looked at it, "I start by summoning the monster King of the Swamp in attack". A green slimy monster appeared on the field, Atk: 500.

Aster then took out a card from his extra deck and revealed Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer, "Now, King of the Swamp can be treated as a specific Fusion material, which means that he's now treated as Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer". King of the Swamp then took the form of Phoenix Enforcer.

Aster then grabbed two cards in his hand, "And now to say hello to a card we both know well, Polymerization, and with it I fuse my King of the Swamp with the Sparkman in my hand to form Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer". King of the Swamp and Sparkman then got sucked into the vortex and out came Shining Phoenix Enforcer, Atk: 2500.

Aster then looked at Jaden with a smirk, "And now, he gains 300 attack points for every Elemental Hero in the graveyard, and just like you I have five", Shining Phoenix Enforcer, Atk: 2500-4000. Jaden narrowed his eyes a little when he saw how powerful Shining Phoenix Enforcer had become.

Hassleberry narrowed his eyes, "Oh man, Aster brought out an even more powerful soldier to the battlefield", Syrus nodded, "Yeah, and with that he has the upper hand".

Chazz looked at them, "Uh hello, Escuridao is still equipped with Rainbow Veil, so if Shining Phoenix attacks he will only destroy himself since whenever the equipped monster battle an opponent monster that monster loses its special abilities". Bastion narrowed his eyes, "Yes and I'm sure that Aster knows that".

Aster grabbed a card in his hand, "Now I play the spell card Mystical Space Typhoon, and with it I destroy your Rainbow Veil". A storm came out of the card and destroyed the equip spell card.

Aster looked at Jaden who was troubled, "You're way out of your league, now attack him with Shining Enforcement". Shining Phoenix Enforcer got covered by a white glow before he flew towards Escuridao and slammed into him, destroying him, Jaden LP: 4000-3000.

Aster had a smirk on his face, "That will do for now, I place this face down and end my turn". Jaden drew his next card, he looked at it, "Not bad at all, but check this out, first I summon Sparkman", Sparkman appeared on the field, "And next I activate the spell card Miracle Fusion, so now I can remove Elemental Heroes from my field and grave, and then I can summon a fusion monster".

Jaden grabbed Sparkman and Flame Wingman came out of the graveyard, "So I remove Flame Wingman and Sparkman from play in order to summon Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman". Sparkman and Flame Wingman got sucked into the vortex and out came Shining Flare Wingman, Atk: 2500.

Jaden looked at Shining Flare Wingman, "And now, my Shining Flare Wingman will gain 300 points for every Elemental Hero in my grave, and just like you I have five", Shining Flare Wingman, Atk: 2500-4000. Aster chuckled, "So he finally appeared, the other form of Shining Phoenix Enforcer, however, just he can be destroyed in battle, unlike Shining Phoenix Enforcer, and since I doubt you have another Rainbow Veil, Flare Wingman will only cause his own destruction if he attacks since they have the same attack strength".

Jaden got a smirk on his face, "Not exactly Aster, you see there is more than one way to get rid of a monster, and I'll prove it by playing my Light Laser equip spell card". A handle appeared in Shining Flare Wingman's hand. Jaden looked at Aster with a smirk, "Now whenever my Shining Flare Wingman attacks another monster, that monster will automatically be removed from play", Aster gritted his teeth when he heard that as he saw a laser saber appear out of the handle.

Chazz got a smirk on his face, "Not bad at all slacker, even if Shining Phoenix Enforcer can't be destroyed in battle, he can still be removed from play".

Bastion nodded with a smirk, "Indeed, Jaden has the upper hand in this duel now, no wonder Aster wanted the arena to be empty, what would they say if they saw this?"

Jaden then grabbed the last card in his hand, "And finally I play this, the equip spell card Mage Power, here's how it works, for every spell and trap card on my side of the field, the equipped monster gains 500 attack and defense points, and I have two". Shining Flare Wingman, Atk & Def: 4000-5000/2100-3100.

Jaden then pointed Shining Phoenix Enforcer, "And now, Shining Flare Wingman, attack that Shining Phoenix Enforcer with your Light Laser and take him out". Shining Flare Wingman flew up in the air and towards Shining Phoenix Enforcer, Aster held out his arm, "We will not go down without a fight, counterattack Shining Phoenix Enforcer".

Shining Phoenix Enforcer flew up and landed a hit on Shining Flare Wingman as he slashed him with the Light Laser, the next moment an explosion appeared and Shining Phoenix Enforcer got removed from play, Aster LP: LP: 2300-1300.

Alexis had a smile on her face, "Alright, it seems like Jaden is the true pro duelist here", Syrus nodded with a smile.

Hassleberry had a smirk on his face, "True that Private Lex, the Sarge just got rid of his highest ranking officer the turn after he was summoned, also Shining Flare Wingman also has 5000 attack points thanks to Mage Power and Light Saber. I doubt that Aster can bring out something that can beat that with only two cards left in his hand".

Bonaparte looked shocked, "Is it just me or is Jaden actually doing quite well against him?" Crowler looked at Jaden, and while he didn't admit it he was just a little proud over seeing how well Jaden was doing, "Well he was the one who managed to tie with Zane in the Graduation match, and it seems like he might have gotten a bit better since then".

Jaden looked at Aster, "I have to admit that I really enjoy this duel, despite it being an important match, I can't get excited over seeing our Heroes clash with each other like this". Yubel appeared next to him, "Jaden, just remember how serious this match is", Jaden nodded, "Yubel I won't forget that, but even so I can't help feeling excited as well", he said mentally.

But then he heard Aster growl, he saw how Aster gritted his teeth as he glared at Jaden, "Enjoy this? Don't even joke like that, dueling is not about having fun at all, at least not for me, I'm dueling with my Hero cards to get justice and revenge".

Jaden looked at him with narrowed eyes, "Justice, revenge? What are you talking about Aster?" Aster looked at his deck, "I chose the Heroes in my deck for a very special reason, and punks like you who only use them because they look cool and have cool effects make me so sick that I can't even stand it, and that's not even the worst of it".

He looked at Jaden's waist, "You also have two other decks, so when you get bored with the Heroes you'll just use another deck for some time until you don't feel bored with them anymore".

Jaden looked at him with narrowed eyes, "Now hold on a second here, I don't do things like that, sure I may have more than one deck so I won't be too predictable, but I share the strongest bond with my Hero deck since I have had it the longest, so just chill out a little".

Aster glared at him, "Look these monsters are everything to me, they give my life a purpose, so don't you dare tell me to chill out, of course you who has lived without any hardships would never understand".

Aster then pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "Now since my Shining Phoenix Enforcer left the field, I can activate my D – Time trap card, now since an Elemental Hero left the field, I can add certain monsters from my deck to my hand as long as their total level is either equal or less than the level of the Elemental Hero that just left the field, so I will show you a new breed of Heroes from my deck that you have never seen before, they're known as the Destiny Heroes".

Jaden's eyes widened confused as two cards came out of Aster's deck and he added them to his hand, "Wait, did you say Destiny Heroes?" He had never heard about the Destiny Heroes before.

Chazz looked confused, "Excuse me, but what Heroes?" Hassleberry looked at him, "Destiny Heroes, they have already said it twice". Syrus looked confused, "But what kind of monsters are they?" All of them looked at Bastion, Bastion noticed that all of them were looking at him. He shook his head, "Don't look at me, I have never of them". Syrus now looked really troubled, "Wait, even you don't know about them, oh man, this could be bad".

Aster looked at Jaden, "It's time that I show you the true power of the Elemental Heroes". Jaden looked at him with narrowed eyes "Their true power?" Aster nodded with a smirk, "That's right, you see there were a secret series of Hero monsters that were created by Industrial Illusions but never released to the public, in fact, they're actually one of a kind cards, and it's known as the D-Series".

Jaden looked at him, "Alright that sounds interesting and all but back to what we talked about earlier, you said you dueled for justice and revenge, what did you mean by that? You said I wouldn't understand because I have lived without hardships, well you're quite wrong about that, so maybe I could understand if you just explained".

Aster narrowed his eyes, "Don't even try, whatever trouble you might have had in your life can't even compare to what I have had to endure", he then drew his next card and looked at it, the slot for field spells opened up and he placed a card into it, "I activate the field spell card Clock Tower Prison".

A large clock tower rose up behind Aster and large stone walls surrounded them and soon so were they standing in an inner yard, Jaden looked around, "So what does this do?"

Aster had a smirk on his face, "You'll see soon enough, now I summon this to the field". He then placed a card onto his Duel Disk.

Soon the arrows on the clock began to turn backwards until they stopped at 12.00. Then the clouds over the tower began to clear and they could see something up there.

Aster had a smirk on his face, "Jaden, allow me to introduce Destiny Hero Doom Lord". On top of the tower was a warrior with a black armor with claws on the hands of it as well as a torn red cape over his shoulders, Atk: 600.

Jaden looked at Doom Lord a little confused, "Alright, no offense Aster, but he seems pretty weak compared to my Flare Wingman", Aster got a smirk on his face again, "Well then let's see if he's really weak, now show him what you got Doom Lord".

The others looked shocked as Doom Lord jumped down from the clock tower and towards Shining Flare Wingman, Chazz narrowed his eyes, "What is he thinking?" Bastion, "I agree Chazz, why would he send that thing after Flare Wingman, it's obvious that Flare Wingman is much more powerful".

Aster chuckled, "Alright I forgot to mention, my Doom Lord will now send that Wingman packing with Impending Doom Grip". Doom Lord touched Shining Flare Wingman with the claws on his right arm, and then Shining Flare Wingman suddenly vanished and both Light Laser and Mage Power were sent to the graveyard since Shining Flare Wingman was gone.

Jaden's eyes widened in shock, "What? What happened to Flare Wingman?" Aster looked at him with a smirk, "Well he's in the future, you see once per turn my Doom Lord can send one of your monsters into the future, so he won't appear until my second standby phase from my, although Doom Lord can't attack the turn he used this ability".

Jaden now looked confused, "So wait, once per turn he can remove one of my monsters from play and it then returns during your standby phase two turns later, also Doom Lord then can't attack the turn he used his ability? So what's the point in doing all of that that?"

Aster looked at him with a smirk, "Oh you will understand soon enough, but let me just say something, right now I control your destiny, and it looks pretty grim for you, but for now I place one card face down and then it's your turn". Aster then laughed after he said that.

Syrus looked troubled, "I can't believe Shining Flare Wingman disappeared just like that, Jaden is in trouble now", Bastion nodded, "Indeed, one of Jaden's best monsters is gone, and while it might came back after two turns, since he has no cards left in his hand, he might not last that long". Alexis looked at Jaden, "He'll find a way, remember Jaden always draws what he needs in the nick of time".

Jaden looked at his deck, he didn't know exactly what Aster's Destiny Heroes were capable of doing, but he knew that he had to do draw something good now. Jaden placed his fingers on his deck, "Alright here we go, it's my move", Jaden drew his card.

Aster then pointed upwards towards the clock tower, "Now Clock Tower Prison's effect activates, during each of your standby phases, a clock counter is placed on my field spell and my clock moves ahead by a total of three hours". The arrows on the clock then began to spin until they stopped at 3.00.

Jaden narrowed his eyes and looked at his card. he then placed it into his Duel Disk, "I now play the spell card Fusion Recovery, so now I can add one Polymerization and one monster I used as fusion material from my graveyard back to my hand, and I choose Bubbleman", Bubbleman and Polymerization came out of the graveyard and he added them to his hand.

Jaden looked at Aster, "And next I summon Bubbleman in attack mode". Bubbleman once again appeared on the field, Atk: 800. Jaden then placed his fingers on his deck, "And since he's alone on my field, I get to draw two more cards". Jaden looked at cards he had drawn, he then looked at Doom Lord, "Now Bubbleman, attack his Destiny Hero Doom Lord with Bubble Blast", Bubbleman fired a stream of water from the cannon on his arm, the stream of water hit Doom Lord and destroyed him, Aster LP: 1300-1100.

Aster at that moment pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "Now I activate this trap card, Destiny Signal". A signal beam appeared and a big letter D appeared in the sky, Jaden looked at him, "That's just like Hero Signal". Aster looked at Jaden, "You know, it's actually thanks to you that I can now play this trap, now since you destroyed one of my monsters, I can summon a level 4 or below Destiny Hero from either my deck or hand to the field, so come on out Destiny Hero Captain Tenacious".

A muscular man with orange hair, green armored legs and large broad shield like blades on his arms, Atk: 800. Aster looked at Jaden with a smirk, "Of course, he has a special power too, but you will have to wait until my next turn to see it".

Jaden narrowed his eyes and looked at his hand and grabbed a card, "I throw one card face down and end my turn".

Aster then took and drew his next card, "Alright, time to show you want my new friend Captain Tenacious can do", the moment after he said that a gear appeared and began to spin counterclockwise. Then moments later a light appeared and Doom Lord stood there, Atk: 600.

Hassleberry looked shocked, "Hey hold on a sec, that's Doom Lord, what's going on here?" Bastion looked shocked, "It looks like Aster is actually manipulating the future with the help of his Destiny Heroes".

Aster looked at his hand, "And now, I will summon another one of my Destiny Heroes, so come on out Diamond Dude". A warrior monster that had gray hair, black clothes, a green cape, diamonds on his legs, arms shoulders and back and a vizier of diamonds covering his face appeared on the field, Atk: 1400.

"And now I activate his special ability, once per turn I get to check the top card of my deck, and if I happen to find a normal spell card, it goes to my graveyard, but if it's not, it goes to the bottom of my deck". Aster drew his next card and looked at it, he then showed it with a smirk on his face, "Well would you look at that, it's the spell card Misfortune, so now it goes to the graveyard, but then it will activate from the grave during my next main phase".

Alexis looked troubled, "A spell that activates from the graveyard? That could mean trouble since any spell or traps Jaden might place face down won't be able to negate them". Bastion and Chazz nodded while narrowing their eyes while Syrus and Hassleberry looked a little worried.

Aster looked at Jaden, "Now then, how about I put that Bubbleman out of his misery?" Jaden pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "Before you do that, I activate Elemental Recharge, so now I gain 1000 life points for every Elemental Hero on the field, so since I have Bubbleman out I gain back 1000 points". Jaden LP: 3000-4000.

Aster looked at him, "Like that will do you any good, now Diamond Dude, attack his Bubbleman", he held out his left arm and winds formed around it before he rammed the large diamond sticking out over his hand into Bubbleman destroying him, Jaden LP: 4000-3400.

Aster then pointed at Jaden, "And next, Captain Tenacious and Doom Lord will both attack your life points directly", Then both of them flew towards Jaden, Captain Tenacious struck him with the protective blade on his right arm while Doom Lord slashed him with the claws on his right hand, Jaden LP: 3400-2000.

Aster then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I throw one card face down and end my turn". Jaden then drew his next card, "It's about time". Aster pointed above him, "Speaking of that, it's time for my clock to move ahead another three hours", the arrows then began to spin until they stopped at 6.00.

Jaden looked at Aster, he then grabbed a card in his hand, "Alright, time to use my Warrior Returning Alive, so now I can bring back a warrior from my grave to my hand, and I once again bring back Bubbleman which I then summon". Jaden took Bubbleman out of his graveyard and then placed him onto his Duel Disk, and Bubbleman reappeared on the field again, Atk: 800.

Jaden looked at Aster, "And like before I draw two more cards". Jaden drew his cards and looked at them, "Next I play Bubble Rod and equip it to Bubbleman which increases his attack points by 800", Bubble Rod appeared on Bubbleman's hand, Atk: 800-1600.

Jaden then pointed towards Captain Tenacious, "And since that guy will become quite troublesome if he stays on the field, I will get rid of him right now, Bubbleman, attack Captain Tenacious". Bubbleman then took and unleashed a wave of water towards Captain Tenacious from his Rod.

Aster took and pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate my D – Counter Trap card, so now since you're attacking one of my Destiny Heroes this trap destroys your attacking monster". The attack then stopped before it reached Captain Tenacious and Bubbleman got destroyed.

Jaden looked at Aster, "Yeah, but since Bubble Rod just got destroyed, I get to draw one card from my deck", Jaden drew one more card and looked at it. he then placed it along with another card in his hand into his Duel Disk, "I place two cards face down and end my turn".

Aster looked at Jaden with a smirk, "Well then, looks like this could be the end for you", He then drew his next card. Jaden smiled, "Not exactly, because since two turns has passed, I now get my Flare Wingman back". Shining Flare Wingman then appeared on the field, Atk: 2500-4000.

Aster chuckled, "I know that, but don't forget, now the effect of the Misfortune in my graveyard activates, of course the card is only misfortune for you I'm afraid. Because now by skipping my battle phase this turn, I choose one of your monsters, and then you lose life points equal to half of your monsters original attack points, and since you only have one, the choice is obvious".

Jaden saw how Shining Flare Wingman fired his Shining Emerald Orb, then a barrier formed in front of Aster and then a beam shot out of it and hit Jaden who covered his face, Jaden LP: 2000-750, Jaden gritted his teeth, "You actually turned my own monster against me?"

Aster looked at him with a smirk, "And I'm afraid to tell you but your little reunion will be short, since my Doom Lord will once again send your Wingman two turns into the future with Impending Doom Grip". Doom Lord then jumped towards Shining Flare Wingman and touched him with the claws on his right arm again and he disappeared once again, Jaden narrowed his eyes a little.

Alexis looked troubled, "Poor Jaden, his Flare Wingman came back only to deal Jaden damage against his will, and then he lost him again for another two turns, this is getting out of hand".

Bastion looked troubled as well, "This duel is just remarkable, since Aster brought out his Destiny Heroes, Jaden has been unable to do anything like he has planned".

AT THE SAME TIME WITH SARTORIUS,

Sartorius flipped one of the cards on the table face up, he chuckled, "That's it Jaden, struggle as much as you want, but it won't matter since I have already predicted your defeat, and when Aster defeats you in this duel, the power I infused with his deck will guide your destiny and you will become my servant, and then the universe will feel the power of the Light since the one to stop it will help me". He laughed since everything was going according to the plan.

BACK TO DUEL ACADEMY,

Aster then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I play the spell card Graceful Charity, so I draw three cards as long as I discard two from my hand", Aster drew three more cards and looked at them, he then grabbed one of them along with another one from his hand and placed them into his graveyard.

Aster then placed his fingers on the top of his deck, "And now I'm gonna use Diamond Dude's special ability, so if this is a normal spell, I'll place it in my graveyard and then I can activate it during my next main phase". He drew his card and looked at it, "Well would you look at that, it's my Card of Sanctity spell card, so it goes to the grave". Aster then placed it into his graveyard, "And with that I end my turn".

Jaden then took and drew his next card, and then the arrows on Clock Tower Prison began to spin again and stopped at 9.00. Jaden looked at the card he had drawn, he then took and looked at Aster, "Before I make my move, mind if I ask you something Aster?"

Aster looked at him with narrowed eyes, "What?" Jaden held down his arms and looked at Aster, "Who was it that asked you to come after me?" Aster raised an eyebrow, "Why would you believe that someone asked me to face you?" he wasn't planning on telling Jaden that he was right just like that.

Jaden looked at him, "Well for one thing, remember the deck you used when we first met? Well Dorothy told me afterwards that you had put it together for a test, and also, for an pro to come and face me to test my abilities, you must have heard about me from someone, with the intention to face me but not win the first time apparently".

Aster closed his eyes, "Well I can definitely see the logic in what you're saying, but let me now ask you something, even if it's true that someone asked me to face you, why would I say who it is, just make your move already?"

Jaden narrowed his eyes and grabbed a card in his hand, "I now summon Elemental Hero Ice Edge in attack mode", a small creature with ice spikes on his head and shoulders appeared on the field, Atk: 800.

Aster chuckled, "Bringing out yet a new Hero monster huh? Well then let's see what you have planned". Jaden looked at Aster, "I could simply discard a card from my hand and then Ice Edge would be able to attack you directly, and if he would deal you damage from a direct attack, he can destroy one of your face downs".

Jaden looked at Aster's field, "However since you have no face downs, that effect would be useless, also I have other plans that will take away more of your life points". Jaden then placed the card he had drawn into his Duel Disk, "Next I activate the spell card Element Sword".

A sword handle appeared in Ice Edge's hand, Jaden looked at Aster, "Now whenever he battles another monster with a different attribute, his attack points increases by 800, and now Ice Edge attack his Doom Lord now with Element Sword Slash". A laser saber came out of the handle. Atk: 800-1600.

Ice Edge then moved towards Doom Lord as he lifted the Elemental Sword as it began to release extreme cold because of Ice Edge's power, he then slashed Doom Lord freezing him before he shattered, Aster LP: 1100-100. Ice Edge, Atk: 1600-800.

Jaden looked at Aster, "And that will end my turn now". Aster then drew his next card and looked at it, "Now Captain Tenacious's special ability activates, so let's welcome back Doom Lord". Doom Lord then reappeared on the field, Atk: 600.

Aster then looked at Jaden, "And now Card of Sanctity activates, and we both draw until we're holding six cards". Aster drew three cards while Jaden drew five. Aster then drew another card, "And now I use my Diamond Dude's ability and check if the top card of my deck is a normal spell or not".

Aster looked it and got a smirk on his face, he showed it to Jaden, "And it is, it's the spell Magical Stone Excavation, so now I place it into my grave for now". Jaden narrowed his eyes, during Aster's next standby phase, Flare Wingman would return to Jaden's field, then Magical Stone Excavation would activate, and with it he could discard two cards two from his hand to add a spell card to his hand.

Jaden looked at his hand, considering the situation it was obvious that Aster would bring back his Misfortune spell card, and with it, if he skips his battle phase, Jaden would take damage equal to half of one of his monsters original attack points, and with Flare Wingman, that would be 1250 life points of damage. He got a smile on his face however, since Aster helped him get six cards, he now had cards that would help him stop that plan.

Aster looked at Jaden, "Now I remove my Destiny Hero Malicious in my graveyard that I discarded earlier from the game in order to summon another one from my deck", a card came out of his graveyard and he placed it into his back pocket. A card then came out of his deck and he placed it onto the field, a demonic looking warrior with horns on his head and wings on his back and it also had a mark on its chest shaped as a D, Atk: 800.

Aster then grabbed a card in his hand, "And next I sacrifice my Destiny Hero Doom Lord in order to summon my Destiny Hero Dasher". Doom Lord disappeared and a new warrior appeared on the field, it had a lean black armor and had and had wheels under its feet and right under its hands as well, making it look like a roller skater, Atk: 2100.

Aster looked at Jaden, "And now I activate Dasher's special ability, so by sacrificing my Destiny Hero Malicious, Dasher will gain 1000 more attack points until the end of this turn". Malicious disappeared and Dasher got covered by a red aura, Atk: 2100-3100.

Jaden's eyes widened, "3100 attack points?" Aster looked at him with a smirk, "That's right and that means that we won't reach my next turn now, after all even if Ice Edge's attack points is increased by 800 you will still take 1500 points of damage, which is almost twice as much as you have".

Aster then pointed towards Ice Edge, "And now Dasher, attack Ice Edge and end this once and for all with Pyro Electric Shock", Dasher moved towards Ice Edge with incredible speed by using the wheel on one of his arms and his opposite leg, he then jumped up in the air and came down towards Ice Edge with a kick.

Jaden quickly pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I play the trap card Negate Attack, now not only are your attack negated, but your battle phase is over". Dasher was blocked by a force field, he then jumped back to Aster's side of the field, Aster looked at Jaden, "I end my turn, which means that Dasher's attack points now return to normal". Dasher, Atk: 3100-2100.

Jaden sighed, "That was close, those Destiny Heroes are pretty tough monsters", Aster had a smile on his face, "Of course, my Destiny Heroes are the most awesome cards in the game, there is no other Hero monster that can overcome them".

Syrus stood up when he heard that, "I would have liked to see if you would still say that if you had faced Jaden's Dragon Heroes". Aster looked at Syrus confused and then at Jaden again while he narrowed his eyes, "What does he mean?"

Jaden opened up his second deck box and took out seven cards, he showed them to Aster, "These cards are called the Elemental Dragon Heroes, which combines the power of the Elemental Heroes with the power of dragons, one of the cards that Pegasus did for me as a request from the king of games himself, as both a reward for saving his deck when it was stolen by a student, and as a test to see if I could master them, and so far they have never let me down".

Aster narrowed his eyes even more and gritted his teeth, "So you're taking it easy on me right now?"

Jaden shook his head, "No not at all, there has been times when I have used their powers together with my Elemental Heroes, but from your reaction from when you dueled with Zane I figured that this would be a contest purely between Elemental Heroes, also I wanted to test my original strength against you since you also used Elemental Heroes, I didn't expect these Destiny Heroes".

Aster gritted his teeth, "Just make your move already", Jaden sighed as he placed his Dragon Heroes back in to their deck, "Fine, I draw", Jaden then drew his seventh card, at that moment the clock's arrows began to spin again and then stopped at 12.00. Jaden saw how the space around the clock seemed to get distorted, he didn't know what that meant, but he knew that he should end this now while he still could.

Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Now I since I have Necroshade in my graveyard, I can summon Elemental Hero Bladedge without sacrificing anything". Bladedge then appeared on the field, Atk: 2600.

Jaden then pointed at Dasher, "Now Bladedge, attack his Destiny Hero Dasher with Slice and Dice attack!" Bladedge flew towards Dasher and slashed him, destroying him, however Jaden then noticed that Aster had not taken any damage.

Aster had gotten a smirk on his face again, "Well, it looks like I'm still standing, well of course we can thank my field spell for that, when four clock counters are placed on it, all battle damage is reduced to 0". Jaden narrowed his eyes, he didn't expect that, he then looked at Captain Tenancies, "But I can still destroy your monsters, so now Ice Edge, attack his Captain Tenacious with Element Sword Slash".

Ice Edge held his sword high up, Atk: 800-1600. He then rushed towards Captain Tenacious and slashed him with his sword that emitted extreme cold, freezing Captain Tenancies before he fell apart, ice Edge, Atk: 1600-800. Jaden then grabbed two cards in his hand, "Next I place two cards face down and then I end my turn".

Chazz narrowed his eyes, "So, now Jaden can't deal any battle damage to Aster?" Bastion nodded, "Indeed, and that's not good, because now Shining Flare Wingman will return to Jaden's field during Aster's standby phase, and Aster can activate the Magical Stone Excavation spell card he sent to the graveyard during his last turn".

Aster then drew his next card, "And now, the return of a dear friend of yours", as he said that so did Shining Flare Wingman reappear on the field, Atk: 2500-4000. Aster then looked at Jaden, "And now to end this, now I can activate Magical Stone Excavation, so by discarding two cards from my hand, I get back one spell card from the graveyard".

Aster placed two cards in the graveyard and then a card came out of the graveyard, Aster then placed it into his Duel Disk, "Now I activate the spell card Misfortune, so now I skip my battle phase and then I choose one of your monsters, and you loses life points equal to half of its original attack points, Shining Flare Wingman! Finish him off"

A beam shot out of Shining Flare Wingman and hit the force field in front of Aster and then it got redirected towards Jaden, but Jaden had a smirk on his face, "Oh man, could you have been more predictable, first I activate De-Fusion, and then Burial from a Different Dimension".

Two of Jaden's face downs got flipped face up, "First with Burial from a Different Dimension I can return up to three monsters that has been removed from play back to my graveyard, which allows me to use De-Fusion to split Shining Flare Wingman back in to Sparkman and Flame Wingman".

Shining Flare Wingman then disappeared and Sparkman and Flame Wingman reappeared on the field, the beam then got cut in two as it passed by Jaden harmlessly, Jaden looked at Aster with a smirk, "And with that your Misfortune has no longer a target, so its effect got cancelled out".

Aster looked at him and grabbed a card in his hand, "I place two cards face down and end my turn". Jaden then took and drew his next card and looked at it, "First I play Polymerization to fuse Sparkman and Flame Wingman to once again summon Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman".

Sparkman and Flame Wingman got sucked into the vortex and once again formed Shining Flare Wingman, Atk: 2500. Jaden looked at Aster, "And now I have seven Elemental Heroes in my grave", Shining Flare Wingman, Atk: 2500-4600.

Jaden then held up the card he had just drawn, "And next I play the spell card Mystical Space Typhoon, and with it I now destroy that Clock Tower Field Prison". The field spell then began to crumble, but to Jaden's shock so laughed Aster, "Thank you, I wanted my field spell to get destroyed, however you just saved me the trouble of doing it myself, now I can activate its third effect, releasing the creature trapped inside of it".

The clock tower along with the walls crumbled to the ground, then out of the rubble jumped a giant muscular man, he had an metal mask covering his entire face, long black hair, scars all over the top part of his body, he had a locket with a D shaped keyhole around his neck in large chain, he also had torn purple pants and broken chains on his arms and legs, Atk: ?

Aster looked at Jaden with a smirk, "Jaden, allow me to introduce you to Destiny Hero Dreadmaster, and when this guy is summoned, he destroys all non Destiny Heroes on my field but since I only have Destiny Hero Diamond Dude on the field it won't activate, I can also summon two Destiny Heroes from my graveyard, so say hello to Destiny Hero Dasher and Destiny Hero Dunker which I discarded with Graceful Charity along with my second Malicious". Dasher returned to the field, Atk: 2100. And then a muscular man with black armor on his body, Atk: 1100.

Aster then looked at Jaden, "Oh yeah I almost forgot, Dreadmaster's attack and defense points are equal to the combined original attack points of every Destiny Hero on the field". Dreadmaster, Atk & Def: ?-4600.

Jaden smiled, "Not a bad move, but I also have a good one, so now I activate this", he then grabbed a card and placed it into his Duel Disk, "Gift of Martyr, so now I can sacrifice one monster on my field, and then I can add its attack points to another one until the end of this turn".

Jaden then pointed at Bladedge, "And so I sacrifice my Bladedge to add his attack points to Flare Wingman, and so now he will gain his 2600 attack points plus another 300 since there will be another Elemental Hero in my grave now". Bladedge disappeared and Shining Flare Wingman got covered by a blue aura, Atk: 4600-7500.

Jaden then pointed at Dreadmaster, "And now Shining Flare Wingman will attack your Dreadmaster with Shining Emerald Orb". Shining Flare Wingman then unleashed his Shining Emerald Orb and launched it towards Dreadmaster. It then hit him and exploded, but Jaden's eyes then widened when he saw that Dreadmaster was unharmed.

Aster looked at him with a smirk, "Sorry to inform you about this, but when during the turn Dreadmaster is summoned, my Destiny can't be destroyed and I take no battle damage". Jaden gritted his teeth, he then grabbed Ice Edge's card, "I now switch Ice Edge to defense mode", Ice Edge went down on a knee and crossed his arms, Def: 900.

Jaden looked at his face down, it was A Hero Emerges, but it was of no use for him now, and neither were the two remaining cards in his hand, he looked at Aster, "I end my turn now, which means that the effect of my Gift of Martyr end's and Flare Wingman's attack returns to normal", Shining Flare Wingman, Atk: 7500-4900.

Aster looked at Jaden with a smirk, "Come on man, no matter what you do it's useless, though I have to admit, your dueling skills are quite good, and most of the duelists in the pro league wouldn't stand a chance against you. However, there is a big difference between us that makes you unable to beat me, I duel using my Heroes to bring lawbreakers to justice, and for revenge".

Jaden looked at him, "You said that before, what do you mean that you're dueling for revenge? What happened to you Aster?" Aster looked at him, "Alright, I guess I owe you that much of an explanation after saying all of that, you see, my dad was a card designer that worked for Industrial Illusions, he put his heart into every card he designed, he was my hero, I admired him more than anyone".

Jaden got a concerned look on his face, he didn't like the way Aster was telling the story, he had a feeling he knew what had happened now, but he still asked, "So what happened?"

Jaden could clearly see the pain in Aster's eyes, "10 years ago, someone broke into our house to steal some of my father's latest cards, and my father was murdered".

Jaden looked at Aster with a sad look on his face while feeling sorry for him, Aster looked at him, "I remember waking up, I walked into my father's workroom, and then I found him lying there on the floor, dead".

Jaden looked at him, he could hear Aster's pain in every word he said, "Aster". His eyes then widened, "Wait a minute! If your father was a card designer, did he design…?"

Aster looked at his deck, "That's right Jaden, the last cards my father ever made were the Destiny Heroes I use today". Aster closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, "My father was a man who believed in justice and I did as well at that time, so I truly believed that the man who killed my father would be caught soon".

He then opened his eyes and pure rage and hatred could be seen in them, "But I was wrong, he was never caught, yet another criminal who got away with committing a horrible crime, and so, if the laws of society wasn't enough, then I would become a Hero of Justice that would bring criminals to justice through dueling".

He looked at his deck again, "That's why I became a pro in the first place, so I could travel the world, and while I never used my Hero deck in an official duel, I used it in the underground duel arenas to bring criminals to justice and to find the scum that killed my father, I will know him as soon as I find him, because you see, the card he stole from my father was the ultimate Destiny Hero card, and when I find him, he will pay for what he did".

Jaden looked at Aster with a troubled look, "But Aster, do you think that's really what your father would want you to do? I mean, he made those Destiny Heroes to make kids happy, not to hunt criminals, nor would he want you to completely humiliate people on purpose like you did with Zane".

Aster glared at him, "You have no idea about how I feel so just be quiet! I knew you wouldn't understand, you have never experience anything like this". Jaden closed his eyes, "It's true, I don't know how it is to lose a parent, but I have experienced bad things in my life as well, some of them were traumatic things, and others were life threatening things I faced with my friends over there, so Aster, while I duel for the fun of it, I also duel for the sake of others as well when I have to".

Aster's glare got harder, "Give me a break, do you seriously think I'll believe a story like that? If you were anything like me, you would agree with what I'm doing, just proving my point that you're not worthy of being a Hero user".

Aster then placed his fingers on his deck, "Now to end this", Aster drew his next card, then one of his face down cards got flipped face up, "I activate Hero's Rule 1: Five Freedoms, and with it I can remove up to five cards from the graveyard, so say good bye to five of your Elemental Heroes". Jaden gritted his teeth as Flame Wingman, Sparkman, Escuridao, Bubbleman and Necroshade came out of his graveyard, he put them into his back pocket.

Aster looked at him with a smirk, "And with that, Shining Flare Wingman loses 1500 attack points". Shining Flare Wingman, Atk: 4900-3400. Aster then pointed at Shining Flare Wingman, "Now Dreadmaster, attack his Flare Wingman". Jaden narrowed his eyes concerned as he saw a purple aura appear around Dreadmaster.

Dreadmaster then jumped towards Shining Flare Wingman and landed in front of him, Dreadmaster then rammed his fist into Flare Wingman, destroying him, Jaden LP: 750-0. Jaden suddenly felt intense pain as he felt an foreign energy enter his body, his looked at Aster as his vision was getting blurry, Aster turned around with a smirk while the shadow of Dreadmaster overshadowed him, "Oh well, I told you, you were destined to lose this".

Aster then walked out of the arena while Jaden still stood on the stage while his whole body trembled because of the pain, he then fell down on the stage as his deck flew out of his Duel Disk, the last thing he saw was his cards turning blank and Yubel fading away before he lost consciousness while his friends ran towards him worried.

AT THE SAME TIME WITH ASTER,

Aster walked through the hallway, he then stopped and gritted his teeth before he slammed his right arm in to the wall, he knew he should feel satisfied that he had beaten Jaden in a duel between Heroes, but with what he found out during the duel, how could he?

He growled, "Decided to use only your Elemental Heroes huh? Well it only hurt my pride that you didn't use those Dragon Heroes, also I can't believe it, why would the king of games himself be interested in a guy like Jaden?"

Aster took a deep breath and closed his eyes, "Well it's not my problem anyway, I did what I came here to do, even though I can't be satisfied, I won't duel him again unless I get a very good reason to do that". Aster then began to walk again. He wanted to get off the island as soon as possible so he could get back to finding his father's murderer.

So Aster decided to face Jaden again and this time use his most prized deck, his Hero deck, Jaden hearing Aster challenging him live on TV decided to use only his Elemental Heroes to face Aster in the coming duel. Then once the duel began it went back and forth as both of them summoned some of their strongest Elemental Heroes. But after Jaden managed to remove Aster's Shining Phoenix Enforcer from play, Aster brought out his true main monsters, the Destiny Heroes. Jaden fought with all he had but it wasn't enough, then before Aster finished the duel so did he tell Jaden that the reason he became a pro duelist was so he could travel the world to find his father's murderer. Then once Jaden lost, he lost consciousness as a foreign energy entered his body, what will happen next? Continue reading to find out and please review