Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Season 2 – The Gentle Darkness vs The Light of Destruction
Last time the others continued to look for Jaden, while wondering what was wrong with Chazz. Jaden who had been on the sea thinking, was then transported to a place called Neo Space. There he met the Neo Spacian Aqua Dolphin. He then had to face an alien robot that worked for the Light of Destruction, and he got to use cards he had designed himself when he was younger, he then managed to defeat the alien robot and then was transported back to Academy Island with the two Neo Spacians he had met along with the guardian of Neo Space, Elemental Hero Neos. What will happen next?
Chapter 14- Syrus vs Hassleberry & the Underground
Jaden was walking through the forest, it had now a few days since his little trip to Neo Space, he was currently staying away from the dorm in order to reconnect with the spirits that he had lost his connection to after he lost his duel against Aster.
He had recently found the spirits of his Elemental Heroes, which had been felt quite good for both him and them, then their spirits glowed and flew into their deck, he had then taken it out and now so could he see all of them again, both their original forms and their fusion forms.
Jaden walked around for a bit, wondering if he should wander around a bit more or return to the ruins they had visited last year with Banner there he was currently staying.
But moments after he thought that he felt something were closing in on him. He looked in the direction he felt the presence but couldn't see anything since it was so dark. He then saw a black paw appear out of the shadows.
He then saw how a black panther with a cape attached around its neck walking towards him, it looked at the shocked Jaden, "Yo man, I'm the Neo Spacian of Darkness, I'm Dark Panther". Jaden smiled at him, "It's nice to meet you, I heard from Flare Scarab, Neos and Aqua Dolphin that there was more Neo Spacians on the island".
Dark Panther nodded, "Yeah, there is a few more to meet Jaden", he then nodded his head in another direction, "Now come with me kid, I've found four duel spirits I think will be happy to see you". Jaden raised an eyebrow wondering which ones he meant before he followed Dark Panther.
He was then lead into a lounge and then he smiled when he saw four familiar creatures, Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End and Gandora the Dragon of Destruction.
He was happy to see them, including the Chaos Emperor Dragon who used to not listen to him at all. He walked towards them, Dark Magician Girl was the first to notice him and looked at him and got a smile on her face, "Jaden!" She then flew over to him and hugged him while the other three spirits came over to him.
He looked at Dark Magician who smiled at him and nodded at him, he could feel that both Gandora and the Chaos Emperor Dragon were both happy to see him as well, even though the Chaos Emperor Dragon tried to hide it.
Dark Magician Girl then kissed him on his left cheek, "I'm glad you're back to normal again". Jaden had a smile on his face, "Me too, although I have to reconnect with my spirits again, although it would happen on its own, I figured that if I wandered around, it might happen a little faster". Dark Magician Girl giggled a little, then all four of the spirits in front of him went into their respective decks, the two magicians went into the deck with the Sacred Beasts while the two dragons went into the deck with the Elemental Dragon Heroes, which Jaden hadn't reconnected with yet.
AT THE SAME TIME AT THE DORM,
Alexis sighed as she prepared to go to bed, they hadn't found Jaden at all during the past few days, though a few times the last two days it felt like someone was watching her from the forest when they were around the Slifer dorm.
Suddenly she heard the ringing tone from her PDA which meant that someone was calling her. She picked it up and saw that it was Bastion, she answered the call, "Hi Bastion, why are you calling now?"
Bastion looked at her worried, "I just heard from Hassleberry that Syrus has gone missing, I believe he might be looking for Jaden even during the night". Alexis looked shocked and worried, "But… if Sy doesn't take some rest, he might collapse". Bastion nodded, both feeling worried about their little blue haired friend.
AT THE SAME MOMENT WITH JADEN,
Jaden was currently walking with Dark Panther right next to him, he were about to say something when he heard Dark Panther growl, "Hey, what's the matter?" The black panther exposed his fangs as he growled, "I feel someone coming, and who is normally out at this time?"
Jaden understood what he meant, he then moved behind a tree, to wait and see who it was. His eyes then widened when he saw that it was Syrus who was holding a flashlight, Dark Panther saw his expression, "You know that kid?" Jaden nodded, "Yeah, it's Syrus, he's my best friend here at the academy". Dark Panther looked at Syrus, "Then I guess he must be looking for you".
Jaden nodded, looking a little troubled when he saw that Syrus looked troubled, he knew he had been gone for only a few days, but it looked like Syrus hadn't gotten much sleep at all during that time.
He saw how Syrus was walking slowly while looking around. His eyes then widened as he saw Syrus stumbled before he fell to the ground, he quickly ran over to see if Syrus was okay.
Jaden sighed relieved that Syrus was not hurt, he just guessed that he collapsed because of lack of sleep. Dark Panther looked at Syrus, "He must really care about you to push himself this far". Jaden nodded with a troubled look on his face.
Neos then appeared next to him, "I know it must be hard for you Jaden, but like you said yourself Jaden, you should wait with returning until you are back at full strength, if the Light learn that you're back before you're back to full strength, it will try to attack before your bond with duel monster spirits is fully restored".
Jaden nodded, he then took and picked Syrus up on his back, he then began walking towards the Slifer dorm, he looked at Syrus whose head was resting on his right shoulder as he had fallen asleep, I want to leave a message to the others that I'm okay, but how should I do that? He wondered.
He then remembered something he had in his pocket, he had it with him to remind him of what he and his friends had gone through together and the bond it had form between them, he had it with him to tell himself to work as hard as he could to recover so he could return to them, he now knew who needed it more than him.
After a while so did Jaden arrive at the Slifer dorm, he then walked up the staircase and put Syrus down next to the door. He then reached inside of his pocket and took something out, he opened his hand and it was the Medallion Shadow Charm that he and Atticus used to have two pieces of before they were joined together again.
He sat down next to Syrus and placed it around his neck before he put it inside of his jacket so no one would see it immediately so he would have some time to get out of there before they found out he was still around there somewhere, he just wanted them to know that he were okay.
He then took and knocked on the door to his former room which was now Syrus and Hassleberry's room. He then quickly ran down the staircase a bit until he could safely jump down the rest and then hid as he heard the door open. He heard Hassleberry come out and getting shocked as he found the sleeping Syrus, once he heard the door close he walked from underneath the staircase and saw that Hassleberry had brought Syrus inside.
He smiled and then began to walk away, Neos appeared next to him, "That was a good idea, giving them something they belongs to you so they will know that you're okay, although they will probably be really angry at you for hiding yourself", Jaden chuckled nervously, he realized that.
THE NEXT DAY DURING SCHOOL HOURS,
Syrus was sitting in a staircase, he was looking at the medallion that was hanging around his neck, he knew would have known it anywhere considering it saved them once last year, he thought back to the morning when they learned he had it on him.
FLASHBACK,
Syrus slowly woke up and found himself back inside of his and Hassleberry's room, he looked and saw Hassleberry sitting at one of the desks and looking out through the window, "Hassleberry, how did I get back here?"
Hassleberry looked at him when he spoke and got a relieved look on his face, "Good to see that you're okay Private, I was a bit worried when I found you leaning against the wall next to the door".
He then stood up, "Just lie down a little longer, I promised I would get the others as soon as you woke up". He then left the dorm the moment after he said that, while Syrus was lying in his bed while wondering how he had gotten back, after all the last thing he remembered was falling to the ground after stumbling.
A few moments so came Hassleberry back into the room with Alexis, Bastion and Atticus. All of them looked at Syrus and said that they were relieved that he was okay. Syrus smiled at them, "Sorry, we are all worried about Jaden, and then I make things worse by making you worry about me as well".
He then sat up a little, however the moment the sheet fell of his chest, Alexis's eyes widened, "Syrus! That thing around your neck, that's…" Bastion and Atticus looked as well and their eyes also widened in shock.
Syrus looked down and his mouth hung open when he saw Jaden's Shadow Charm medallion around his neck. Hassleberry looked at them a little confused, "When I changed him into his pajamas I found it inside of his jacket, so I just put it around his neck after I had finished changing him into his bed clothes, what's with your reactions?"
Alexis looked at him, "That medallion around his neck… it belongs to Jaden". Hassleberry's eyes widened in shock, "Then… why does Sy have it?" Syrus looked placed the medallion in his hand and looked at it.
He then got a smile on his face, "It must have been Jaden who found me, after all this thing was gone after he left, so he must have given it to me, maybe to show us that he was okay or something".
Bastion nodded, "Yeah that must be it", Alexis looked troubled, "But even so, why hasn't he shown himself to us?" Atticus crossed his arms, "I believe he might still be in recovery from his lost against Aster and being infected by the Light, but at least now we know he's okay". The others nodded, understanding what he meant and agreed with him.
Syrus looked at the medallion again and had a sad smile on his face, Jay, hurry up and recover and return soon, we need you here, he though as he tightened his grip around the medallion.
END OF FLASHBACK,
Syrus continued to look at the medallion when he heard someone call out to him, he looked up and saw that Alexis and Bastion came towards him. Bastion looked at the medallion in his hand, "Still looking at the medallion huh?" Syrus nodded, "Now that I know that he's out there, I just want to search the entire island until I find him and drag him back, but I know that if he was ready to return, he would've already".
Alexis nodded with a sad smile on her face, "Yeah I know, he until he feel ready, he won't return even if we would find him". She then narrowed her eyes, "Although, I will give him a piece of my mind when he does return".
Syrus chuckled a little, but then they saw Hassleberry coming towards them, "Yeah, soon the Sarge will return to us, and as his best friend, I will be ready to welcome him back as soon as he does".
Syrus glared and stood up, "I'm Jaden's best friend dino brain!" Hassleberry and Syrus then glared at each other as sparks flew between their eyes. Bastion sighed, but Alexis had finally had enough of their arguments.
She went between them and pushed them apart, "That's enough! You have been arguing about this since the day Hassleberry moved in to the Slifer dorm, how about you two settle this the old fashion way, with a duel?"
Hassleberry and Syrus who had looked at her shocked when she got between them then looked at each other, they narrowed their eyes and nodded their heads, and decided to duel later that day in front of the Slifer dorm.
AT THE SAME TIME WITH JADEN,
Jaden was walking through the forest, he had recently reconnected with most of the spirits in his Elemental Hero deck, even the cards he had put out earlier like Buster Blader, Des Volstgalph and the others, however, not Winged Kuriboh. He had found a few more of the creatures from his Elemental Dragon Hero deck, however not his Elemental Dragon Heroes, also he hadn't found Yubel or Winged Kuriboh yet either.
However during the night however as he was returning to the ruins, he ran into the spirit of Red-Eyes, Meteor Dragon and Summoned Skull from his deck with the Sacred Beasts, he also met another creature from that deck, Clone Dragon.
Now he was walking, hoping to find the rest of his spirits, suddenly however the ground began to tremble, he looked down and saw how the ground split apart, he jumped back a little and saw what looked like a drill coming up from the ground.
However the drill continued upwards and he discovered that a brown hairy body was attached to it with claws in its hands and feet. The drill then split apart and a mole's head appeared as the parts of the drill was at each side of his head.
Jaden looked at the mole, "You are a Neo Spacian aren't you, after all you do look a little familiar". The mole nodded, "That's right, I'm the ground Neo Spacian, Grand Mole".
Jaden smiled at him, "Nice to meet you Grand Mole, hey just curious, how many more Neo Spacians is there?" Grand Mole put a claw to his chin as he was thinking, "Hmm, well, I know that four of us was on the island, the Neo Spacian of darkness, the Neo Spacian of light, me and the Neo Spacian of wind".
Jaden looked at him, "Well I met Dark Panther last night, and now you today, so that means I only have two more to meet right? After all, I have already met Neos, Aqua Dolphin and Flare Scarab".
Grand Mole nodded, "Yup that should be correct, now then I think we should get going then". He then turned into energy and flew into his card. He looked at Gran Mole's card. he got a smile on his face, looking forward to meeting the last two Neo Spacians.
A FEW HOURS LATER,
Jaden was walking towards the Slifer dorm, the school day should have ended recently, he wanted to see if Syrus was feeling better, and he also hoped to see the faces of his other friends and his girlfriend as well.
He arrived at the edge of the forest right next to the dorm, he stood behind a tree and looked out from behind it. His eyes widened in shock when he saw Hassleberry and Syrus activated their Duel Disks. He wondered what was going on when he suddenly heard a very familiar voice which could be very annoying sometimes.
He looked a bit away from Syrus and Hassleberry, he saw Alexis, Bastion and Atticus who was talking very loudly with a huge smile, "Now then, the big battle to decide who Jaden's right hand man is is about to start, who will be victorious and claim the title of being Jay man's best friend?"
Jaden saw how Alexis had an embarrassed look on her face as she sighed while Bastion shook his head with a troubled look on his face. Jaden had managed to understand the situation however thanks to Atticus. He knew this duel was kinda pointless, but it could be interesting to watch to see how it would go, so he decided to stay until the match was over.
And after deciding that, he leaned against the tree with his arms crossed, watching his two friends that were about to duel with a lot of interest as they drew their first five cards.
Hassleberry placed his fingers on his deck, "I'll start, now let us start this war". He drew his next card and looked at it, "Now Gilasaurus, report to the field in attack mode". Gilasaurus appeared on the field and roared, Atk: 1400. Hassleberry then grabbed another card in his hand, "And since that was a special summon, I can dismiss him to call on a stronger soldier, like Dark Driceratops".
Gilasaurus disappeared and then Dark Driceratops appeared on the field, Atk: 2400. Hassleberry, "Alright, it's your turn now Private, let's see what you got". Syrus narrowed his eyes, "My turn, I draw".
He drew his next card and looked at it, "Now I play Graceful Charity, so I draw three and then discard two". Syrus drew three more cards and looked at them, he then grabbed one of them and another from his hand and placed them into his graveyard.
Syrus then grabbed a card in his hand, "Now I summon my Submarineroid in attack mode". Submarineroid appeared on the field, Atk: 800. Syrus then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I play the spell card Monster Reborn, and use it to bring back one of the monsters I just tossed, so come back Dragonroid".
Dragonroid then appeared on the field as it roared, Atk: 2900. Hassleberry narrowed his eyes, "He summoned his Dragonroid on the first turn? It's his decks heavy hitter that is not a fusion monster".
Syrus then pointed at Hassleberry, "Now I activate my Submarineroid's special ability, so now it can attack your life points directly". Submarineroid dove underneath the ground and flew towards Hassleberry and rammed into him, Hassleberry LP: 4000-3200. Syrus then smiled, "And after he attacks, he switches to defense mode". Submarineroid crossed his arms in front of him, Def: 1800
Syrus then pointed towards Dark Driceratops, "And now Dragonroid, destroy his Dark Triceratops". Dragonroid then opened his mouth and unleashed a stream of flames that hit Dark Driceratops and destroyed him, Hassleberry LP: 3200-2700. Syrus looked at Hassleberry who gritted his teeth, he got a smirk on his face, "And with that I end my turn, so let's see what you got Hassleberry".
Alexis nodded her head, "Not bad, Sy took away 1300 life points and destroyed one of Hassleberry's powerhouses". Atticus pointed at Syrus, "And best friend candidate Syrus has taken an early lead, now will he be able to keep it?" Alexis sighed, "What did I do to deserve a ridicules brother like him?"
Jaden chuckled as he heard what Alexis said, wondering the very same thing, he looked at Syrus, he was impressed over his opening move considering that Hassleberry had summoned Dark Driceratops from the beginning, however, he didn't think Syrus should relax just yet.
Hassleberry looked at Syrus, "That was just a lucky move, it's my turn now", he then drew his next card and looked at it, "I start with Pot of Greed, so now I draw two more cards".
He drew two more cards and looked at them, "Now I summon Archeonys in defense mode", Archeonys appeared on the field and spread his wings, Def: 1300. He then grabbed another card in his hand, "Next I use my Earthquake spell card to force all monsters to defense mode".
Syrus looked troubled as Dragonroid went into down on a knee and crossed his arms, Def: 1000. Hassleberry then grabbed another card in his hand, "Now I activate the spell card New Ultra Evolution, and now by sending Archeonys to the graveyard, I can call forth a dinosaur, like my Dark Tyranno". Archeonys disappeared and Dark Tyranno appeared with a mighty roar, Atk: 2600.
Jaden narrowed his eyes a little when he saw that, "That's not good for Sy, after all if Sy only has monsters in defense mode, Dark Tyranno can attack his life points directly".
Hassleberry, "It's too bad for you Private Truesdale, but I'm about to take the lead in this battle, now Dark Tyranno, strike the enemy commander, Syrus directly". Dark Tyranno roared and ran past Dragonroid and Submarineroid and then slammed his tail into Syrus, sending flying on to his back, Syrus LP: 4000-1400.
Hassleberry got a smirk on his face and then grabbed a card in his hand, "Now I end my turn by placing one card face down". Syrus looked at him and gritted his teeth as he got back up on his feet.
Atticus looked excited, "And now best friend candidate Hassleberry has taken the lead by dealing twice the damage to best friend candidate Syrus". He then suddenly groaned in pain, Jaden noticed that Alexis had punched him in the side.
Alexis growled at him, "Dear brother, I do love you, but if you value your teeth, please keep quiet". Atticus looked really scared and nodded quickly with a nervous chuckled.
Syrus took and drew his next card and looked at it, "I start by switching both Dragonroid and Submarineroid back into attack mode". Dragonroid rose back up on his feet, Atk: 2900. Submarineroid then went into attack mode as well, Atk: 800.
Syrus then pointed towards Hassleberry, "Now Submarineroid, attack him directly with Subterranean Sneak Attack". Submarineroid once again dove underneath the ground and flew towards Hassleberry and hit him, Hassleberry LP: 2700-1900.
Syrus looked at him, "And once again, Submarineroid switches to defense mode", Submarineroid crossed his arms, Def: 1800. Syrus then pointed Hassleberry's Dark Tyranno, "And now Dragonroid, destroy his Dark Tyranno". Dragonroid took and unleashed a stream of flames towards Dark Tyranno.
Hassleberry got a smirk on his face, "Not so fast Private, because I'm fortifying myself with this, my Amber Pitfall trap card, so now your mechanical dragon's fire is about to be put out as he's about to be forced into defense mode".
Sand flew towards Dragonroid as it overwhelmed his fire, it then hit him and forced him down on a knee with his arms crossed, Def: 1000. Hassleberry had a smirk on his face, "And as long as this card remains on the field, your dragon is forced to remain in defense mode".
Syrus gritted his teeth and looked at his cards, he grabbed the one he had just drawn along with three others, "I'm now placing four cards face down and end my turn".
Hassleberry nodded and then drew his next card, "Alright then, I guess this war to decide whose Jaden's best friend will be over very soon, and as I thought, it will be me". He then placed the card he had just drawn onto his Duel Disk, "I now special summon another Gilasaurus". Another Gilasaurus appeared on the field, Atk: 1400.
Syrus then pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "Now I play My Cyber Summon Blaster". Hassleberry looked at him a little confused, "What's that do?" Syrus looked at him with a smirk, "Well you see Hassleberry, this card takes away 300 of your life points every time a monster is special summoned".
Syrus then pointed at Gilasaurus, "And thanks to your Gilasaurus, since you special summoned him, I can choose one monster in my grave and summon it, and I choose the Drillroid I discarded because of Graceful Charity". Drillroid then appeared on the field with a smirk on his face, Atk: 1600. Syrus then held up his hand, "And now, Cyber Summon Blaster will take away 300 of your life points". A blast was fired towards Hassleberry, Hassleberry LP: 1900-1600.
Hassleberry gritted his teeth, looked his hand, "I now play the spell card Card of Demise, so now I get to draw until I'm holding five cards in my hand, of course I have to discard my entire hand during the standby phase on my fifth turn from now".
Hassleberry drew five cards and looked at them, "Next I activate Big Evolution Pill, so now by Sacrificing Gilasaurus…" Gilasaurus disappeared from the field, "I can normal summon any dinosaur from my hand for three turns without having to do any sacrifices, so now I summon Ultimate Tyranno".
A black tyrannosaurus with yellow spikes on its nose and forehead, as well as large black spikes on its back appeared on the field, Atk: 3000. Hassleberry, "Also I hate to break it to you, but my Tyranno can attack every single one of your monsters at once, so now go Ultimate Tyranno destroy Submarineroid". Ultimate Tyranno ran towards Submarineroid and was about to grabbed it with its powerful jaws.
Syrus pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I now play my trap, Supercharger, so now since one of my machine monsters was destroyed, I can draw two cards from my deck". Syrus drew two more cards, so now he had three in his hand. Syrus then quickly pressed a button on his Duel Disk "Sorry, but I'm activating my Sakuretsu Armor trap card, so now I can destroy an attacking monster".
Hassleberry's eyes widened in shock as he saw his Tyranno getting destroyed, he gritted his teeth, "Oh yeah? Well my Dark Tyranno can still take out your Drillroid". Dark Tyranno ran towards Drillroid and slammed his tail into him, Syrus LP: 1400-400.
Hassleberry then grabbed one card in his hand, "Next I place one card face down and end my turn". Alexis looked impressed, "Syrus destroyed one of Hassleberry's most powerful monsters right away and then when Drillroid got destroyed, he could draw two more cards".
Syrus then drew his next card, "I now play Pot of Greed which lets me draw two more cards". Syrus took and drew two more cards, he then placed one of them into his Duel Disk, "Next I play Polymerization, and uses it to fuse my UFOroid and my Dark Blade in my hand, in order to form UFOroid Fighter". Dark Blade and UFOroid got sucked into the vortex and out came UFOroid fighter, Atk: ?
Syrus looked at Hassleberry, "UFOroid Fighter's attack and defense points become the combined amount of the two monsters that formed him, and since Dark Blade has 1800 and UFOroid has 1200, he now has 3000 attack points". UFOroid Fighter, Atk & Def: ?-3000.
Syrus then pointed at Hassleberry, "And since a fusion is a special summon, you take another 300 points of damage thanks to my Cyber Summon Blaster". Another blast was fired towards Hassleberry, Hassleberry LP: 1600-1300.
Alexis looked shocked, "I didn't know that Syrus had a warrior type monster". Bastion looked at their blue haired friend, "I guess he added at least one or two in order to form UFOroid Fighter, since it requires a warrior monster as a fusion material".
Jaden got a smile on his face when he saw UFOroid Fighter, it just made him remember the tag duel he had Syrus had been in against the Paradox Brothers for trespassing in the abandoned dorm, it was quite nice to see it again".
Syrus then pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "Now I play my trap card Call of the Haunted, so now I can bring back my Drillroid in attack mode". Drillroid reappeared on the field, Atk: 1600.
Hassleberry looked shocked, "Wait, your last card face down was Call of the Haunted?" Syrus nodded with a smirk, "That's right, only I didn't need to use it thanks to you special summoning another Gilasaurus, also now my Cyber Summon Blaster activates again". Another blast was fired towards Hassleberry, Hassleberry LP: 1300-1000.
Syrus then grabbed Submarineroid's card. "Next, I switch Submarineroid back into attack mode once again", Submarineroid then uncrossed his arms and went back into attack mode, Atk: 800.
Syrus then pointed towards Dark Tyranno, "And now UFOroid fighter, destroy his Dark Tyranno with Cosmic Flux Blast". UFOroid Fighter fired his attack towards Dark Tyranno and destroyed him, Hassleberry LP: 1000-600.
Syrus then pointed towards him, "Well then I guess this Duel is over, now Submarineroid…" However Hassleberry pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate my trap, Survival Instinct, so now for every dinosaur I remove from the game, I gain 400 life points, and so I remove the five dinosaurs I have in my grave to regain 2000 life points, which is just enough to save me". The five dinosaurs came out of Hassleberry's graveyard and he placed them into his back pocket, Hassleberry LP: 600-2600.
Syrus pointed at him, "Submarineroid attack him directly", Submarineroid dove underneath the ground and flew towards Hassleberry and slammed into him, Hassleberry LP: 2600-1800.
Syrus then grabbed Submarineroid's card, "Now I switch him to defense mode", Submarineroid crossed his arms again, Def: 1800. Syrus then pointed at Hassleberry, "Now Drillroid attack his life points directly". Drillroid drove over Hassleberry and hit him with his drills, Hassleberry LP: 1800-200.
Syrus then grabbed the last two cards in his hand, "And now I place two cards face down and end my turn". Hassleberry then took and drew his next card, he then got a smirk on his face, "Well then, looks like this duel really is over now, because I'm about to summon my Super Conductor Tyranno". Super Conductor Tyranno then appeared on the field, Atk: 3300.
Alexis looked shocked when she saw the cyborg tyrannosaurus, "He summoned a monster with 3300 attack points at this moment?" Bastion looked troubled, "This really could be the end for Syrus". Atticus nodded, too scared to make anymore comments since he knew that his sister most likely wasn't joking about her threat earlier.
Hassleberry looked at Syrus with a smirk, "Well then, looks like this duel is finally going to end". Syrus looked at him while narrowing his eyes, "Oh yeah, well a duel is not over until the last card is played Hassleberry".
Hassleberry looked at him, "Oh really? That must have been the most ridicules advice I have ever heard". Syrus narrowed his eyes even more when he said that, "For your information, the one who taught me that was none other than Jaden".
Hassleberry looked shocked before he got a sheepish smile on his face, "Oh well, now then I think about it so does it make a lot of sense". Syrus just rolled his eyes over how quickly Hassleberry changed his mind once he learned that Jaden had said that.
Hassleberry then pointed at Drillroid, "Anyway, time to end this, Super Conductor Tyranno, destroy Drillroid". Super Conductor Tyranno took and fired a multicolored blast from his mouth towards Drillroid".
Syrus got a smirk on his face as his face down got flipped face up, "Remember what I just told you about that a duel is not over until the last card is played? Well my face down is Ring of Life, so now by sacrificing Submarineroid, I gain life points equal to his defense points". Submarineroid then got sent to the graveyard, Syrus LP: 400-2200.
Super Conductor Tyranno's attack then hit Drillroid and destroyed him, Syrus LP: 2200-500. Hassleberry then gritted his teeth and grabbed a card in his hand, "Fine, I end my turn". Syrus then looked at his deck, "You want something else Jaden taught me Hassleberry?" Hassleberry looked at him, silently telling him to continue.
Syrus got a small smile on his face, "You see, he also taught me to believe in my deck with everything I have no matter how hopeless the situation looks, since if you truly believe in your deck, it will most of the times answer your feelings and brings forth a miracle".
Syrus then got a sad look on his face, "I've been having a hard time since Jaden disappeared, which is why I have continued to look for him most of the night since he disappeared". Hassleberry looked shocked when he heard that, he knew that Syrus had been gone the night he found him, but not before that.
Syrus looked at Hassleberry, "And so now, I will believe in my deck, and bring forth a miracle, here goes". He took and drew his next card, all of them watch in suspense as Syrus looked at his card.
Hassleberry's eyes then widened as he saw a smirk appear on Syrus's face, Syrus then placed the card he had drawn into his Duel Disk, "Now I activate the spell card Limiter Removal, so now the attack points of all my machine monsters".
Hassleberry looked as both his monsters strength increased, UFOroid Fighter, Atk: 3000-6000. Dragonroid, Atk: 2900-5800. Hassleberry had a smile on his face now, seeing that Syrus had been working harder to find Jaden than he had.
Syrus then pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "Next I play my spell card Mystical Space Typhoon, which destroys your face down". The typhoon came out of the card and destroyed his face down Jurassic Impact, even though he hadn't had much plans on using it anyway now.
Syrus then pointed at Super Conductor Tyranno, "Now UFOroid Fighter, destroy his Super Conductor Tyranno and end this". UFOroid Fighter then unleashed his Cosmic Flux Blast and it hit Super Conductor Tyranno, destroying him. Hassleberry closed his eyes still with a smile on his face as the blast then hit him, Hassleberry LP: 200-0.
Jaden nodded with a smile on his face as he moved away from the tree and started walking away, feeling proud that Syrus had defeated Hassleberry, he could also hear the others congratulating him, which caused his smile to grow bigger.
Neos appeared next to him, "That was an incredible duel, right Jaden?" Jaden nodded, "That's right Neos, Hassleberry has been that good for as long as I have known him, but Syrus has really come a long way since the first time I met him", Jaden told him mentally.
LATER THAT NIGHT,
Jaden was walking through the forest, about to return to the ruins again, now the only monsters he couldn't see was his Elemental Dragon Heroes, Reinforcement Dragon, Yubel, Winged Kuriboh and he also hadn't met the last two Neo Spacians yet. But as he walked through the forest strong winds hit him.
He looked up and saw what looked like a large humanoid woodpecker with large white wings fly down in front of him. He looked at it with a smile as it landed in front of him, "I take it you're the Neo Spacian of wind right".
The woodpecker nodded, "That's right, I'm Neo Spacian Air Hummingbird". Air Hummingbird then looked up in the sky, "And I have a surprise with me, look up Jaden". Jaden looked up and his smile grew bigger because Reinforcement Dragon came down towards him.
Jaden looked him as he landed, and felt that the dragon was just as happy to see him as he were seeing him again. Reinforcement Dragon and Air Humminbird then turned into energy and entered their cards.
Jaden looked at his decks, "Now I just need to find the last Neo Spacian, as well as reunite with my Elemental Dragon Heroes, Yubel and Winged Kuriboh and then I can return to the others". But as Jaden walked through the forest, his foot hit something, he looked down and saw some dueling magazines that had been left there.
He sat down next to them and picked one of them up and saw that it was about Zane, "The promising newcomer Zane Truesdale that has not lost a single match yet". Jaden narrowed his eyes, "These are pretty old, from before his duel with Aster, I wonder how things are looking for Zane right now?" He looked up in the sky, "Oh well, I'm sure he recovered from that defeat and beat his next opponent".
Jaden then stood up again, "Well then, I guess I should return to the ruins now, and hope that I find the last Neo Spacian soon along with my Dragon Heroes, Yubel and Winged Kuriboh". He smiled as he continued towards the ruins.
THE NEXT DAY INSIDE OF THE SLIFER CAFETERIA,
Syrus sighed, he was currently reading one of the newest dueling magazines, it was about his brother who had been on a losing streak since Aster defeated him, "Zane can't win anymore, there is as a part of him got broken when he lost to Aster, which cost him his spot in the pro league".
Hassleberry, Alexis and Bastion stood at the entrance to the cafeteria and were looking at Syrus troubled. bastion then looked at the other two, "Well, it must have been a shock for Zane, considering that he got beaten so badly, Aster were practically playing with him". Alexis looked at him and nodded while Hassleberry looked at Syrus with a troubled look on his face.
They all then heard a laugh, they saw Chazz coming towards them with a smirk, "Well that's what happen when a normal person like Zane, faces a person like Aster who is a follower of master Sartorius, but it's not too late for any of you guys, join the Society of Light, and you will become even greater than you could ever…"
He couldn't finish the sentence however since Hassleberry stomped him on his right foot at that moment. Chazz began jumping around on one foot in pain, Hassleberry glared at him, "Get out of here you jerk". Alexis held her hand out towards Chazz, "Yeah that's right".
She gave him a flick to the forehead, and since he was currently only standing on one foot, it caused him to lose his balance and falling down on his back. The three of them then walked in while Bastion closed the door to the cafeteria.
Alexis then walked towards Syrus who was looking at the magazine depressed, "Oh big brother". Alexis took the magazine from him and rolled it together, she then smiled at Syrus, "Come on Sy, don't read these stupid things they say about him, I mean, he's your brother right? You know he will recover from this, and even though the match later today will be his last chance to enter the minor leagues, it's will be the perfect chance for him to make his comeback and then climbed back up to the pro leagues".
Hassleberry and Bastion came over to them and Bastion nodded at Syrus with a smile, "That's right, he's Zane after all. the only one here who ever defeated Jaden, so how can you of all people doubt him when you know the best how strong he really is?"
Hassleberry nodded as well, "That's right, I might not have known him myself, but I saw some of his duels before he faced Aster and he was quite powerful, I know that he will recover from this and come back stronger than before". Syrus smiled weakly at them. "Thanks you guys, it means a lot to me". However, he was still worried about Zane, seeing how he had been crushed over being so overwhelmed in the end my Aster".
LATER THAT EVENING WITH ZANE,
Zane were currently taking a shower, he sighed depressed, he had once again lost a duel, the small crowd that had even showed up had ridiculed him as he left the arena.
Zane opened his eyes, remembering how his manager had told him that the company he worked for didn't want to sponsor him anymore since he wasn't the image their company needed, and the fact that he became like this after one defeat disappointed them.
Zane turned off the water and looked up at the ceiling, It's no good, losing to Aster like that has cost me my confidence, every time I duel now I end up thinking about my duel with Aster and I lose my concentration, Zane thought as he closed his eyes again.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER,
He was walking through the hallway with his things, to leave the building and then try to find out what to do to regain his former fighting spirit. He then stopped as he saw a man with a cape, a hat and a cane appeared in the hallway.
The man looked at him with a smirk, "I saw the match today Mr Truesdale and I have to say it was quite a boring one, it's sad to see how far the powerful Cyber duelist Zane Truesdale has fallen".
Zane narrowed his eyes, "Who are you, and what do you want with me?" The man walked towards him and held out a card, "My name is Mr Shroud, I'm a promoter who gives the ones who has fallen from grace a second chance, of course they will have to earn that chance".
Zane now looked at him a little interested, "Really? And how would I earn this chance you're talking about Shroud?" Shroud's smirk grew bigger, "Well, duels in the light is no good for someone like you, so how about dueling in the darkness, In the underground arenas that is".
Shroud placed a hand on Zane's shoulder, "So what do you say Zane? Are you willing to let me handle you, so that you will once again shine? After all it would be such a waste to let your skills go to waste just like that".
Zane lowered his head, "I was a pro league professional, and I graduated at the top of my class, underground dueling doesn't seem like the place for me". Shroud narrowed his eyes, "Well then let me say it to you straight Zane, you don't really have a choice if you want your career back". Zane looked troubled about this but in the end nodded, and then he followed Shroud.
A WHILE LATER,
Zane and Shroud appeared in a shabby neighborhood and then walked towards two suspicious looking men that stood at each side of a door. Shroud looked at them and they nodded before one of them opened the door and let Zane and Shroud in and they walked down the stairs, Zane wondered if he had made the right decision here, but it was not like he could back out now, after all like Shroud had said, he didn't really have a choice right now.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER,
The audience was sitting at the tables with masks on their faces that covered the top part of their faces while drinking as they waited for the next underground match to begin.
Then all of them looked up as the announcer spoke, "And now ladies and gentlemen, from today on, the main matches will be death matches, and now on the red side of the cage arena, I introduce the Guard of Hell, the one who is undefeated in 20 duels, Mad Dog!"
A large muscular man with scars on his shoulders and chest came into the cage with a Duel Disk on his arm as he let out a ferocious roar. A few in the audience clapped their hands when they saw him since they had enjoyed seeing him totally crush his opponents.
The announcer then spoke again, "And now on the blue side, the young challenger who is not so experienced here in the underground, the former pro league duelist Zane Truesdale".
A lot of people began to whisper to each other and looking at Zane with mocking smiles as he entered the cage, but he ignored them and looked at the opponent and the situation around him, So this is an underground duel. Although while it seems to partially be to amuse people here, the duel itself should be the same, he thought.
But then he saw how some men walked over to Mad Dog and placed some black collars around his biceps and neck, Zane then noticed that some other men was doing the same thing to him, "What's going on?"
Shroud chuckled, "Oh it's nothing really, just a few damage amplifiers, so now even small damages will fill your body with pain". Zane looked at him in shock as one of the men put the last collar around his neck, "What?" Zane gritted his teeth since he hadn't agreed to this.
Shroud looked at him with a smirk, as he had figured out what Zane were thinking right now, "This is how a duel in the underground is, also the cage won't be opened until the duel is over, of course, even if you win you might not get out safely". Zane gritted his teeth before he heard Mad Dog laugh and looked at him.
Mad Dog looked at Zane with a cruel smirk on his face, "Now come on loser dog of the pro league, of course down here no one even cares who you are, or maybe I should say who you used to be".
Zane gritted his teeth as both of them activated their Duel Disks and drew their first five cards. Mad Dog placed his fingers on his deck with a smirk, "I'll go first, I draw". He looked at the card, "Next I summon Acid Slime in defense mode". A blue slime creature with four legs, which made it look like a table, appeared on the field, Def: 1000.
Mad Dog then placed a card into his Duel Disk, "Next I place one card face down and end my turn, now it's your turn loser". Zane gritted his teeth when he called him that, "It's my turn. I draw", he looked at the card he had drawn as well as the cards in his hand, "First I place one card face down, next I play the spell card Different Dimension Capsule, so now I'm allowed to choose any card I wish from my deck and remove it from play, and then in two turns I can add it to my hand".
A card appeared in front of him, he then took out his deck as the capsule appeared in front of him, he then picked a card and shuffled his deck, he then placed the card into his back pocket as the hologram of the card entered the capsule which then sank into the ground.
Zane then grabbed another card in his hand, "And now, I also summon my Cyber Dragon in attack mode". Cyber Dragon appeared on the field with a mighty roar, Atk: 2100.
Mad Dog looked at him with a smirk, "Oh, so Cyber Dragon has appeared on the field huh?" Zane didn't say anything and just looked at Acid Slime, I have to be careful, because if Acid Slime is destroyed in battle I'll take 800 points of damage, Zane thought to himself.
Mad Dog chuckled, "What's wrong loser dog? Are you too scared to attack? You really have lost your way". Zane gritted his teeth, he wasn't scared, he was just taking a look at his current situation".
Mad dog then got a horrible smirk on his face, "Not that it will really matter, since Cyber Dragon won't be around for much longer anyway". Zane looked at him confused and saw how his face down got flipped up, "I activate my Last Machine Acid Virus".
Zane's eyes widened in shock, Mad Dog chuckled as he pointed towards Acid Slime, "Now by sacrificing a water attribute monster on my field, then for three turns, any machines on your field, hand and the cards you draw, will be destroyed". Zane gritted his teeth, since that was one of the worst cards that could be used against him.
Acid Slime then disappeared and Mad Dog got a sinister smirk on his face, "Now to send your pathetic Cyber Dragon to the junkyard". Cyber Dragon then rusted as acid spread across its body, it then roared before it got destroyed.
Mad Dog chuckled, "Also, every time a machine monster is destroyed due to this effect, you lose 500 life points". Zane then cried out in pain as the shock collars activated and an intense pain filled his body, Zane LP: 4000-3500.
Zane stumbled a little while the crowd clapped a little, Zane who tried to ignore that the people here enjoyed seeing him in pain, looked really confused, "What's with this pain?"
Shroud looked at him with a smirk, "Come Zane, I think you should be able to understand by now. In an underground duel, whenever your life points decrease, you will feel real pain because your points decreased".
He looked at Zane with a smirk as he had a shocked look on his face as he grabbed the collar around his neck, "So that means, in this duel your life is calculated as well, so any weak duelists won't be able to stand up again once the match is over".
Zane turned towards him and glared at him, "You're insane, this is not a real duel, you tricked me". Shroud chuckled, "What are you talking about? I mean look at them". He pointed towards the audience and Zane looked at them.
He got a sick feeling in his stomach over the amusement and excitement he saw on their faces as they had watched him in pain, Shroud continued, "These people is watching your every move in excitement, there is nothing more exciting than to watch a life and death match. The pro league on the surface is like playing in warm water compared to this entertainment".
Zane glared at him, "You're wrong, this kind of duel are…" But Zane got interrupted as one from the audience suddenly yelled at him, "What the hell are you doing? Stop wasting time already". Then another one yelled, "That's right, we don't want to see a boring duel, so if you want to get out just lose beautifully and then get lost loser". Zane gritted his teeth in frustration as he heard the comments from the audience.
Mad Dog looked at Zane, "Now then, what are you gonna do next?" Zane took and revealed his hand to him, "Since I don't have any more machine monsters, your trap's effect is over for this turn, also since there is nothing I can do right now I end my turn", Zane said through gritted teeth.
Mad Dog placed his fingers on his deck, "My turn I draw", he drew his next card and looked at it with a smirk, "Next I activate the spell card, Contingency Fee, so now you have to draw until your holding six cards, and then for every card you draw, I gain 1000 life points".
Zane gritted his teeth, that card would not only make the opponent stronger, but thanks to Last Machine Acid Virus, if Zane draws any machine monsters, they will be sent to the graveyard and he will lose 500 points for each of them.
Zane took and drew three more cards, Mad Dog LP: 4000-7000. Mad Dog then looked at Zane and waved with his finger, "Alright, don't stall and just show your cards to me".
Zane revealed the three cards he had drawn, "Too bad, not a single machine monster here". He had drawn Card from a Different Dimension, Battle Fusion and Damage Polarizer.
Mad Dog chuckled, "That's too bad indeed, but don't think you're in the clear yet punk, because I now play the spell card Card Destruction, so now we both have to discard our hands, and then draw the same amount of cards from our decks".
Zane gritted his teeth as he was forced to draw again, and this time it would be six. He and Mad Dog sent their cards to the graveyard and Mad Dog drew three cards while Zane drew six.
Mad Dog waved at him with his finger again, "Now then, show them to me", Zane gritted his teeth and looked at his card before he showed them to Mad Dog. Mad Dog got a huge smirk on his face as he saw four machines in Zane's hand, Cyber Laser Dragon, Cyber Barrier Dragon, Cyber Phoenix and Cyber Kirin, while the other two cards was Power Bond and Burial from a Different Dimension.
"Now then, thanks to Last Machine Acid Virus, your four machine monsters are destroyed and sent to the graveyard, and you will receive 2000 points of hurt, emphasize on hurt". He added with a cruel smirk.
Zane gritted his teeth as he sent his four machine monsters to the graveyard and then screamed as the shock collars activated again, Zane LP: 3500-1500. Zane swayed greatly, but managed to remain on his feet.
The audience looked on with excitement, "This is incredible". A woman then added, "So beautiful". Shroud chuckled, he knew that Zane had incredible talent, but since he refused being ruthless and played with honor and respected his opponent, it held him back, he hoped that this duel would release the true power of Zane Truesdale.
Mad Dog then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I play Pot of Greed so I now draw two more cards from my deck". He drew two more cards and looked at them. He held out one of them, "Now I summon Clone Slime in defense mode", a green ball of slime appeared before it morphed into a humanoid shape, Def: 0.
He then placed two cards into his Duel Disk, "Then I end my turn with two face downs, now it's your turn loser". Zane gasped in pain for a few seconds before he glared at him, "Alright then, I draw", Zane looked at the card he had just drawn, which was Future Fusion.
Zane looked at Mad Dog, His Last Machine Acid Virus only affects cards that I draw, which means this can help me make a comeback, he thought to himself.
He then placed Future Fusion into his Duel Disk, "I activate Future Fusion", He then grabbed his deck and looked through it, he then grabbed two cards and sent them to the graveyard and then shuffled his deck and placed it back into the Duel Disk, "Now by sending two Cyber Dragons from my deck to the graveyard, I can special summon Cyber Twin Dragon".
Zane knew that if he managed to get Cyber Twin Dragon on the field, he might be able to turn this around. Mad Dog however had other plans, "Like I will allow you to do that, I activate the trap card Jammer Slime, so now by discarding a monster with Slime in its name, I can negate the effect of your Future Fusion and destroy it".
He then placed the last card in his hand into the graveyard, Future Fusion then got destroyed before Cyber Twin Dragon could appear on the field, "And I'm afraid I have more bad news for you, the card I discarded was Draw Slime so now I can draw one card from my deck since it was sent to the graveyard". He then drew a card from his deck.
Zane gritted his teeth, Mad Dog chuckled, "If you're so desperate to summon a machine monster, then I might allow you to do it". Zane looked at him shocked as Mad Dog pressed a button on his Duel Disk and his last face down got flipped up, "I activate. Despised Reality! Now you can choose if you want to summon a level 4 or below monster from your deck, if you do then I get to draw two cards, but if you choose not to then I'll lose 1000 life points". He looked at Zane with a smirk, "So which will it be?"
Zane looked at the trap card, If I don't choose to do it, he will finally lose a few life points, but then I will be defenseless, in order to win I need to bring out Cyber End Dragon no matter what, he thought to himself.
Zane took out his deck and looked through it, "I choose my Proto Cyber Dragon, and I summon him in attack mode", a prototype version of Cyber Dragon appeared on the field with a roar, Atk: 1100.
Zane shuffled his deck and placed it back into his Duel Disk, "As long as this card is on the field, it's treated as Cyber Dragon". Mad Dog then placed his fingers on his deck, "Then I'll draw two cards", he drew two cards and looked at them.
Zane then pointed at Clone Slime, "Now Proto Cyber Dragon, destroy his Clone Slime" Proto Cyber Dragon roared as it flew towards Clone Slime. Mad Dog chuckled, "To bad for you, but when Clone Slime is targeted for an attack, it can switch places with a Slime monster in my graveyard, so return Acid Slime".
Zane gritted his teeth as he saw that Acid Slime replaced Clone Slime, Def: 1000. Mad Dog chuckled. "Now the battle continues". Proto Cyber Dragon fired a blue blast from its mouth which destroyed Acid Slime. Mad Dog got an evil grin on his face, "And I'm sure that you remember Acid Slime's effect, when it's destroyed in battle, you take 800 points of damage".
Zane then screamed in pain as he was once again shocked by the collars, Zane LP: 1500-700. The audience looked on in amusement while Shroud chuckled. Zane groaned in pain, "I… end my turn now".
Mad Dog chuckled, "My turn, I draw", he looked at the card, "I will force you to continue dancing this dance of death with me", he placed a card into his Duel Disk, "I activate the spell card Slime Vase, so now I can special summon a Slime monster from my hand, so then, I think I summon Multiple Slime in attack mode".
A orange slime creature on four legs appeared on the field, Atk: 1500. Mad Dog then pointed at Proto Cyber Dragon, "And now, Multiple Slime, destroy his Proto Cyber Dragon". Multiple Slime unleashed a bullet of orange slime that hit Proto Cyber Dragon, it covered his whole body before he exploded. Zane then screamed in pain again as he got shocked once again by the collars, Zane LP: 700-300. Mad Dog then placed two cards into his Duel Disk, "I end my turn with two face downs".
Zane stumbled, he then heard Shroud speak to him, "Good reaction, the expression of ignorance is like a picture". Zane glared at him while Shroud just continued talking calmly, "If you want to make up for failing in the pro league, you have to do this",
Zane's glare got more intense, "I never had the intention on falling so low to make up for it by taking part in a sick duel like this". Zane turned towards him, "I quit, so let me out of here". Shroud just looked at him with a smirk, "If you want to get out of that cage, just win the duel. I don't know why you can't understand that even though it's really simple".
Zane looked down at the floor, "But… it's impossible, I only have 300 life points left, and if I draw a machine monster, I will take 500 points of damage, which will finish me off, what can I do in this situation?"
Shroud laughed a little, "You're true nature is beginning to show itself, once the situation gets tough you just give up. tell me, haven't you ever truly thought about winning?"
Zane looked at him, "What the hell are you talking about?" Shroud looked at him, "If you don't choose victory, there is no chance for you to survive, that's the true nature of dueling, you have to win no matter what method you have to use".
Zane looked down again, "But, that's not my dueling style…" Shroud sighed, "Alright then fine, just lose the duel then". Zane raised his head a little when he heard that, "Lose? Me… lose?"
Mad Dog looked really bored now, "Enough talking, draw your card already loser". Zane looked at him and gritted his teeth, "My turn, I draw". Zane looked at the card, he held out his hand, "Now since it has gone two turns, my Different Dimension Capsule returns, and the card I placed in it is added to my hand".
The capsule came up from the ground and fell apart, Zane took the card he had placed in his back pocket and added it to his hand, he then showed the card he had just drawn, which was Pot of Greed, "Now I use Pot of Greed to draw two more cards".
Mad Dog chuckled, "You're an idiot aren't you, you do realize that if either of them are machine monsters you will lose right?" Zane just kept quiet with an angry expression on his face as he drew his cards, he then revealed them to Mad Dog and showed that both of them where spell cards.
Zane then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I play Power Bond, so now I can use send monsters from my hand and my field to the grave, in order to summon a machine type fusion monster".
He held up his hand, "However, we both know that I don't have any monsters in my hand right now, nor do I have any on my field, but it doesn't matter, after all I have this".
He grabbed a card in his hand, "I now play Cybernetic Fusion Support, so now by paying half my life points, I can remove monsters in my grave from play in order to use this card as a substitute for my lack of monsters, so I remove my three Cyber Dragon's from play in order to summon Cyber End Dragon". Zane gritted his teeth as he felt the pain from the shocks from the collar, Zane LP: 300-150.
His three Cyber Dragons got removed from play and Cyber End Dragon appeared on the field, Atk: 4000. Zane looked at Mad Dog, "And now, since I used Power Bond to summon it, its attack points are doubled". Cyber End Dragon, Atk: 4000-8000.
Zane looked at Mad Dog with nothing but rage in his eyes, "Of course, at the end of this turn, I will take my dragon's original 4000 attack points as damage thanks to Power Bond's side effect, however, you won't be around that long, because I'm ending this now".
Mad Dog chuckled, "Oh please, like I will allow you to do that, I activate my face down, Slime Hole, This card is activated when a monster is special summoned, now I gain life points equal to that monster's attack points, and then the monster is destroyed", Mad Dog LP: 7000-15000.
Zane then covered his face as Cyber End Dragon rusted and got destroyed, Mad Dog looked at him with a smirk, "You are down to your last 150 life points, I have 15000, and you just lost your last chance to make a comeback, just give up already you loser dog".
Zane gritted his teeth, "Not yet…" Mad Dog looked at him, "What did you say?" Zane removed his arm from his face and he had a face of pure rage on it, "I refuse to accept it… I'M NOT GONNA LOSE!"
Zane narrowed his eyes at Mad Dog who had a surprised expression on his face, "I don't care how I do it, I'm gonna win, and completely crush you". He lowered his gaze, I finally understand, I have been in a state of confusion ever since I lost to Aster, I always thought that if I respected my opponent, it didn't mattered if I won or lost, sure it would not be fun, but as long as it was a duel where the duelists respected each other, it would be enough".
Zane then glared at Mad Dog again, "I desire victory no… I hunger for it, and I will claim victory even if it means that you won't stand up again after this battle", Mad Dog looked a little worried now over Zane's sudden change in attitude.
Zane then pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate Call of the Haunted, and I use it to bring my Proto Cyber Dragon back from the grave to the field in attack mode". Proto Cyber Dragon once again appeared on the field, Atk: 1100.
Zane then placed a card into his Duel Disk, "Next I use Burial from a Different Dimension, and with it I bring my three Cyber Dragons back to the graveyard". His three Cyber Dragons returned to the graveyard.
Zane then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I use Overload Fusion! Now I remove monsters from either my field or grave in order to summon a machine fusion monster, and I choose to summon Chimeratech Overdragon".
Mad Dog looked shocked, "Chimeratech Overdragon you say? You still had something you could do in this situation?" Then all the monsters in Zane's graveyard came out, "I can summon Chimeratech Overdragon by using Cyber Dragon and at least one other monster as fusion material, but you won't get away that easy, I'm gonna use all nine of my monsters as fusion material".
All of the monsters in his grave along with Proto Cyber Dragon got removed from play, "This is my struggle for my own survival, come forth Chimeratech Overdragon". A mechanical body appeared on the field, then nine mechanical dragon heads appeared out of the body, Atk: ?
Zane looked at Mad Dog, "My Overdragon gains 800 attack points for every monster I used to fusion summon it", Chimeratech Overdragon, Atk: ?-7200. Mad Dog got a shocked look on his face, "It has 7200?"
Zane then pointed towards Multiple Slime, "Now it's time for payback Overdragon, destroy his Multiple Slime!" Overdragon lifted his middle head and fired a blue blast towards Multiple Slime and destroyed him, which for the first time activated Mad Dog's shock collars as he cried out a little in pain, Mad Dog LP: 15000-9300.
Mad Dog looked at Zane with narrowed eyes, "That's nothing, because when my Multiple Slime is destroyed in battle, three Slime Tokens are summoned to my field in attack mode".
Three small slime creatures with red eyes and mouths appeared on the field, Atk x 3: 500. Mad Dog then revealed his last face down, "And next I play my Trap Trip, so now I can add a trap card from my graveyard to my hand". Last Machine Acid Virus came out of his graveyard and he chuckled.
Zane looked at him with a sinister smirk, "Last Machine Acid Virus right? That card has been giving me quite a lot of trouble throughout this match, so don't think I'm gonna allow you to use it again".
Mad Dog chuckled, "You seem to have forgotten, I have three water monsters on the field now, as long as only one of them remain, I can use it as a sacrifice to activate my trap, and then it's game over for you, you managed to make a decent move in the end but it didn't change anything".
Zane chuckled, "You seemed to have a very short memory, I told you, I'm ending it this turn, I'M GONNA WIN!" Mad Dog looked at him with narrowed eyes, "Don't joke like that, there is no chance for that". Shroud also narrowed his eyes, "It's impossible".
Zane looked at Mad Dog, "Well then I guess I should tell you about my Chimeratech Overdragon's special ability, you see, he can attack as many times as the number of fusion materials I used to summon him".
Mad Dog and Shroud both looked shocked when they heard that, "What did you say?" Both of them cried out, that meant that it could still attack eight more times. Zane looked at Mad Dog as he held up his last card, "You have tormented me throughout this entire match, so I guess it's time for me to return the favor, you have seen the cards I have drawn so you should know what this card is right?"
Mad Dog looked at him confused before his eyes widened in fear, "oh no! That card is…" Zane then turned the card around and it was Limiter Removal, "That's right, it's my Limiter Removal and with I now double my Overdragon's attack strength". Chimeratech Overdragon, Atk: 7200-14400.
Mad Dog now looked completely terrified, "A monster with 14400 attack points and it can attack eight more times?" Zane now had a cruel smirk on his face, "That's right, now Overdragon, attack him eight more times and end this!" Chimeratech Overdragon's other eight heads then each fired a blast towards Mad Dog, the first three hit the three Slime Tokens while the other five hit Mad Dog, which filled his body with an enormous amount of pain because of the shock collars, Mad Dog LP: 9300-0.
A massive explosion appeared, it created a powerful shockwave that not only blew a hole in the cage, but also nearly sent the audience flying as well, Once the smoke cleared, Mad Dog was lying on the floor on his back, out cold, which Zane standing there triumphant while glaring at Mad Dog coldly.
Shroud took a sighed deeply before a smirk appeared on his face, "Zane has been reborn, he's now a dueling monster", he then laughed.
A FEW DAYS LATER,
The gang was sitting and watching the pro leagues on the TV, somehow Zane had made a miraculous comeback, and was now defeating one opponent after another. However what concerned Syrus was how he was doing it, he was now dueling so ruthlessly that his opponent was often left in such a bad state that they had to be carried out of the arena for medical treatment, and the opponent today was one of them.
The announcer then spoke up, "And yet another win for Zane Truesdale, so overwhelmingly powerful, like now it looks like no one might be able to stand up to him".
Syrus looked at Zane sadly, he was now dressed in black with a black overcoat with while trimming and sharp edges, he didn't like the smirk Zane had on his face, like he enjoyed hurting the opponent, Zane, what happened to you big brother? He wondered sadly.
AT THE SAME TIME WITH JADEN,
Jaden was lying on his back in the ruins, looking up at the sky, he had now finally reconnected with his Elemental Dragon Heroes, now it was just the last Neo Spacian, Yubel and Winged Kuriboh left to find.
Just as he thought that a bright light appeared, he sat up and saw what looked like a glowing alien with a lean white body and big eyes land in front of him, he smiled at him, "You are the Neo Spacian of light, am I correct?" It nodded, "Yes, I'm Neo Spacian Glow Moss".
Jaden smiled and stood up, "It's nice to meet you, I hope you will lend me your strength in the battle against the Light of Destruction". Glow Moss nodded, "Of course, I along with the others from Neo Space, will stand by your side until the end". Glow Moss then turned into energy and entered his card.
Jaden then looked at his deck, now there was only Yubel and Winged Kuriboh left, and he had to say that he really looked forward to meeting those two again, he had missed them a lot. He looked up in the sky again, smiling as he looked forward to returning to the others, which he hoped would be soon since he had been gone for a while now.
So to make his friends who were worried about him calm down and know he was okay, he left his Shadow Charm medallion with Syrus who he had helped back to the dorm after he collapsed. Syrus and Hassleberry then dueled to decide who was Jaden's best friend, which Syrus ended up winning. Zane however was on a losing streak since Aster defeated him. He had lost his spot in the pro league, and failed to enter the minor league. Then a man named Shroud offered him to duel in the underground and while he hesitated, Zane soon agreed since this might be his last chance to get back what he had lost. Throughout most of the duel against the opponent Mad Dog, he was losing and receiving shocks from the damage amplifiers. However soon Zane lost all his desire to duel with respect and decided to crush his opponent anyway necessary, and finished the duel with Chimeratech Overdragon. What will happen next? Continue reading to find out and please review.
P.S. Kaiser the Hero (guest) I have done one fusion with Yubel with the Elemental Dragon Heroes, and that's about what I planned on doing with her. I'm planning on doing a Neos/Dragon fusion, but not until season 3, also the dictator will be the main villain in season 3, season 4 I might do (only low on possible ideas) but not a chance about season 5.
Also for everyone who wonders if I will make a lemon, I'm not sure about that, while I plan on making them cross the final line, maybe even in this season (it's not decided yet) it will wait until after Alexis is freed from being brainwashed and even then it will be off screen.