Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Season 1
Last time so did Jaden find out that someone was stealing the eggwich during the night for sandwich day, he and his friends then spent the night in the card shake waiting for the thief, which turned out to be a Obelisk Blue student whose name was Damon that had spent a whole year living in the forest to try to be one with nature in order to get better at drawing cards, Jaden then dueled with him, Jaden was pushed into a corner pretty soon during the duel as Damon managed to predict the cards pretty well for a while, but then messed up with his guess which allowed Jaden to turn the duel around and win the match, Damon then decided to come back to the Obelisk dorm, what will happen next to our heroes?
Chapter 14- Jaden vs the copycat duelist
Jaden walked through the corridors in the academy when he arrived at the cared shop, he then noticed that a big group of people had gathered there and then he saw Bastion and ran up to him, "Hey what's up? Is it eggwich day?" Bastion made a awkward smile over how excited Jaden was over the thought that it might be eggwich day, "No Jaden, only a little lunch time tussle".
Jaden then noticed that a duel was going on, "A duel?" Jaden then looked to his left and saw a Ra student with hair similar to Yugi Muto's but still some difference, "Well who is throwing down then?" Bastion looked straight forward as he answered, "Well to the left is Dimitri", Jaden looked at Bastion, "Never heard of him until now, is he good Bastion?" Bastion sighed, "Well he studies real hard and is good in class, but when it comes to really dueling it's a bit difficult for him since… well once you see how he duels you will understand".
Jaden looked at bit confused but decided to listen and just wait and see, "Okay… so who is the other… huh? Syrus?" Jaden had looked to the right to see who Dimitri's opponent was only to see that it was one of his best friends, Syrus Truesdale, Syrus looked at him as he heard Jaden, "Hi there Jay".
Jaden made his way through the other students to get closer, "What's going on here Sy?" He was wondering why Syrus was dueling this Ra yellow that he had never heard about until now, "A high stake duel, that's what Jay, check it out". Jaden looked where Syrus was pointing and his eyes widened when he saw the many posters of Yugi Muto, the king of games, that had been put up on the walls in the card shop during the night, "Yugi's deck is going on a tour, and the first stop is here at Duel Academy, isn't that the coolest".
Jaden got a smile on his face as he got really excited, "Yeah it is, the king of games very own deck? And to get to see it with my own eyes?" Syrus smiled at him, "Yeah and if I win this then I will get… Uh hello Jaden?" Syrus had walked up to Jaden and waved with his hands in front of Jaden's face, but Jaden didn't react as he was in a trance of happiness, "Oh man, I was afraid this would happen once he heard about it".
But then Jaden heard a chuckle, "Calm down Jaden, you're only going to get to see Yugi's deck, it's not like you're going duel him you know", Jaden looked at Yubel with a smirk and mentally told her, "Yeah I know that, but even so, it's like getting an early Christmas present to only get to see his deck you know?"
Jaden then apologized to Syrus for spacing out as they once again looked at the posters, "But still I can't believe it, Yugi's deck will come here? It's unbelievable, it's a piece of history, all the things it has been through". Syrus nodded, "Yeah just think about it, it was the deck he had with him to Duelist Kingdom, there he defeated Pegasus, the inventor of Duel Monsters".
Jaden nodded, "Yeah and let's not forget about Battle City, where he used it to defeat both Seto Kaiba and Marik Ishtar and where he claimed the three Egyptian God cards". Syrus smiled excited when he said that, "Yeah and the way he used those god cards, oh wow, so amazing". Syrus then looked at Jaden, "Well, of course the deck will not go on the tour with the Egyptian Gods, but it will still have all the other classics like Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl", Jaden got a small smile on his face when he saw Syrus blush when he thought about the Dark Magician Girl, of course he could understand that the god cards wouldn't be in the deck when it was on the tour, it would be bad if someone would try and steal them considering those monsters would only allow someone they deemed worthy to use them and punish the ones who weren't worthy and still tried to use them.
Syrus looked at Jaden with excitement written all over his face, I can't wait, this will be the most awesome thing ever, we have to go, we just have to go", Jaden smiled at him, "I totally agree with you Sy, so why are you dueling? Let's go and buy tickets". Dorothy and the card shop girl stood and watch on and Dorothy smiled, "Jaden, that's the reason why Syrus is dueling because there is only one ticket left, and the winner will get it, can you imagine a duel with a greater prize than that?"
When Jaden heard that so gave he Syrus a little irritated look, "Yeah, one with TWO tickets", Syrus looked at him confused, "Two tickets? Why you're bringing a third person? I mean I already have my ticket, see?" Syrus showed his ticket and now Jaden understood what was going, he grabbed Syrus's shoulders with a huge smile on his face, "You're… dueling for me Sy?"
Syrus looked at him, "Of course I am Jaden and I will get win and get you that ticket", Syrus walked back in front of Dimitri as Jaden cheered him on, Dimitri then drew his next card, "My turn", he looked at it, "And I play Heavy Storm, and that young scholar will destroy every spell and trap cards on the field".
Jaden looked on in shock since he saw that Dimitri had two face down cards, he recognized that tactic, "Wait a second, that's one of Crowler's tactics, does Dimitri also use an Ancient Gear deck and decided to try one of Crowler's tactics?" Bastion sighed and looked at Jaden.
"No Jaden, you see Dimitri is a copycat duelist, he studies how great duelists duel and then copies their decks, he believes that if he knows how they duel then he will be as good as they are at dueling, and this time he decided to copy Dr Crowler", Jaden looked at Bastion shocked before he looked at Dimitri, "That's nuts, thinking he could be as good as someone else just because he's copying them? That's impossible". Bastion agreed as they saw two Wicked Tokens appear, proving that Dimitri's face down cards really were Statue of the Wicked like they thought.
Then Dimitri grabbed a card in his hand, "And now I sacrifice the two Wicked Tokens that were created and summon forth, the legendary Ancient Gear Golem", Jaden then saw how Ancient Gear Golem appeared on the field, Atk: 3000. Seeing that Dimitri used the same tactic that Crowler had used against him during his entrance exam made Jaden realize that Dimitri didn't really understand the mistake he was doing by copying other people's decks.
He then noticed that Syrus had Jetroid on the field, Atk: 1200. When he saw that he figured out what Syrus was planning, he knew that if Dimitri attacked Jetroid then he would get a nasty surprise.
"Attack Mechanized Melee", Ancient Gear Golem prepared to throw his mechanical fist towards Jetroid, but that's what Syrus was waiting for, "Not so fast, because when Jetroid is attacked his ability activates, an ability that let's me play a trap from my hand, like Magic Cylinder".
Jaden smiled when he saw the two cylinders appear, he knew that this duel was over before Syrus said, "It takes Mechanized Melee and put it in reverse", Dimitri looked worried, "Time out". But he didn't get a time out as one cylinder absorbed Ancient Gear Golem's attack and the other cylinder sent it right back at Dimitri, causing him to take damage equal to Ancient Gear Golem's attack points, Dimitri LP: 1000-0.
Dimitri went down on all four in shock and frustration while Syrus raised his fist into the air, "Yeah that's how you duel", Jaden came up to him, "Sweet duel, you sent that Golem straight to the junkyard, good job", Syrus scratched his head as he laughed a little, "It was easy, I had already seen how you beat Dr Crowler's Golem and since Dimitri copied his deck, I knew the perfect strategy to win the match".
Syrus then remembered that he had just won the last ticket and ran over to Dorothy and she gave it to him before he ran back to Jaden, "Here's your ticket Jaden", Jaden smiled at him as he took the ticket, "Sy, you do know you're the best right buddy?" Syrus smiled as they walked away right before Dorothy told everyone that since the show was over so was it time to return to their classes.
Dimitri was still on all four on the floor while the others walked away and he heard the Ra students making fun of him, he heard one say, "Yet another stunning performance by the loser Dimitri", he gritted his teeth as he heard another say, "A Ra yellow like him should have been able to take down that Slifer loser easily", he then heard how some of them called him a joke and some wondered why he was still at the academy and he clenched his fists on the ground and they began to tremble.
Bastion had stayed behind and looked to see if all the other students had left before he smiled at Dimitri, "Well then, that should be the worst of it", Dimitri stood up in anger, "Sure, until the next time I lose, but I have had enough, not that you would understand since you're practically an Obelisk blue but only chooses to remain in Ra yellow for some stupid reason", Dimitri ran past Bastion who looked after him as Dimitri ran away in anger, he figured that Dimitri most likely didn't plan to go to the rest of the days classes after losing to Syrus and hearing what the other Ra students said about him.
LATER THAT EVENING AT THE RA DORM,
Dimitri was sitting at his desk with notes all around him as he trembled in anger, "I don't get it, it doesn't make any sense, I watch, and I study, and still I lose every time", he then pushed all the books and notes to the floor in anger as he stood up, "Crowler's deck, it was just as useless as all the rest, Kaiba's or Zane's, it doesn't matter who I copy, I always just lose, what else is there left to do? After all if copying the best duelists in the world can't help me win, what can?"
Then something fell down in front of Dimitri and he looked at it and saw that it was his poster of Yugi, then he got a smile on his face, "Of course it's so obvious, to become the greatest duelist", Dimitri then took and left his room, thinking he had just discovered the way to become the greatest duelist of them all.
A FEW MINUTES LATER AT THE SLIFER DORM,
Jaden was sitting and was holding his Winged Kuriboh card as he looked at it while Syrus told Chumley about his duel with Dimitri, he was still thinking about Yugi's deck and the fact that it was Yugi who gave him Winged Kuriboh, he always wondered why Yugi did that and why he had said that something had just told him that Winged Kuriboh belonged with Jaden.
Syrus then called out to Jaden who turned around and looked at him confused, "Huh? Did you say something Sy?" Syrus looked at him, "Jaden, you have been looked at your Winged Kuriboh the whole evening, what's up did he tell you something?" Jaden shook his head while he gave Syrus a small smile, "No Sy, I just can't stop thinking about Yugi's deck", Chumley looked at him, "Why?"
Jaden stood up and smiled at him, "Why? Why do you like grilled cheese?" He then held up his Winged Kuriboh, "Besides when I was on my way to the entrance exam I ran into Yugi himself, he was the one who gave me Winged Kuriboh". Syrus and Chumley looked at him in shock, they didn't know that Jaden had actually met the king of games himself and that he had actually gotten a card from him.
Jaden came over to them, "You know I can't wait until tomorrow to see the deck, how about we sneak in and take a peak at those legendary cards at the exhibit right now?" Chumley sat up in his bed while he smiled, "While they setting it up? That's a great idea, then we will avoid the rush". Syrus looked shocked at Jaden, "Wait so I duel to get you that ticket and you're not even going to use it?"
Jaden smiled at him, "Syrus, we will first in the line tomorrow as well, come on now buddy", Jaden said as he poked Syrus on his cheek, Syrus then sighed and agreed with the other two and the three of them left their dorm room and then walked towards the campus.
AT THAT MOMENT RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE EXHIBIT ROOM,
Two security guards gave the key to the display case in the exhibit hall to Crowler, "There, everything is now set up Mr Crowler", Crowler glared at him, "It's Dr Crowler", the man corrected himself, the other one looked at Crowler, "Thanks again for letting us off early sir, we will see you tomorrow bright and early for the big opening, have a good one Mr… Uh Dr… Uh good night sir", both of them made a salute to Crowler as they walked away and Crowler walked towards the exhibit hall, "Yes good night, quite a night indeed, after all how many people can say that they are in the presence of greatness, the world's most famous dueling deck", Crowler opened the door to the exhibit hall and walked in, but then he got a horrified when he saw that the display case was destroyed and the deck was gone, "THAT IS NOT HERE?!"
At that moment so ran Jaden and his friends through the corridors towards the exhibit hall after waiting for the security guards to have passed them in order to not get caught. But just as they arrived there so did they run into Bastion, "Bastion".
Bastion stopped in front of Jaden, "Jaden, ha ha, fancy meeting you here, taking a sneak peak at the deck?" Jaden smiled at him, "I guess great minds think alike huh?" At that moment so did they hear a scream come from the exhibit hall, the four of them ran towards it and threw up the doors and saw Crowler standing next to the destroyed display case, he looked horrified when he saw them, "Crowler", Chumley then pointed at the display case, "Look, the deck, it's gone, he stole it", Syrus looked at Crowler, "How could you do that Dr Crowler".
Crowler began to panic, "No I uh… I didn't…" Jaden then snuck a look to his right side as Yubel appeared next to him, "Jaden, I have a feeling that Crowler didn't steal it, I mean as a teacher he wouldn't need to destroy the display case", Jaden nodded as he agreed with her, he looked at the others, "Come on you guys", he then turned around and was about to leave with Bastion close behind him and with Syrus and Chumley close behind them, but Crowler threw himself at them and made them all trip, Jaden turned around and looked at Crowler, "Dr Crowler listen, we have to…" But before Jaden could finish so interrupted Crowler him, "I know how this looks, but believe me I didn't steal the deck".
Syrus and Chumley looked at him with doubt in their eyes while Bastion just looked at him, "Look Dr Crowler we..." Crowler began to cry now, "Come on you can search me if you need to", Jaden just looked at him, "Well I think that I speak for all of us when I say we don't want to touch you, and for the record, we know you weren't the one who stole the deck", Bastion nodded as Syrus, Chumley and Crowler looked at them in confusion, Jaden pointed at Crowler, "As a teacher you should have the key to the display case, so you wouldn't need to destroy it if you wanted to take the deck".
Crowler let go of them as he took out the key and showed it to them, "Yes that's true, you're smarter than I thought", Jaden ignored the comment as he stood up, "Meaning we have to hurry, we have to find the real thief because if he get the time to hide the deck it might take forever to find it, if we ever do find it", the others nodded as they also stood up, Crowler nodded eagerly, "Yes yes, we have to find this wrong doer this pillager, and when I say `we´ I of course mean `you´"- Jaden and the others quickly left the exhibit hall and went different ways, Jaden looked at Yubel and Winged Kuriboh as both of them appeared next to him and mentally told them, "You both look as well, we need to find this guy fast", both of them nodded and flew in different directions.
A FEW MINUTES LATER,
At the coast on a large stood Dimitri, he looked at what he was holding, Yugi Muto's dueling deck, "It's done, now that I have the greatest deck I will be the greatest duelist", he got a smirk and then Syrus appeared on a rock behind him, "Hey someone just stole Yugi's deck, do you know anything?"
Dimitri turned around and looked at Syrus and said as he imitated Yugi's voice, "Stole? What do you mean? This is my deck, and if you don't believe me then let me show you, right here right now". He tossed a Duel Disk towards Syrus who caught it as he got nervous as he saw Dimitri put Yugi's deck into his Duel Disk while Syrus put on the Duel Disk and put his deck into it before they activated them.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER,
Jaden ran towards the meeting place and saw Chumley and Bastion come towards him, "The dorms are clear", Bastion said, "And so is the classrooms", Chumley said, Yubel and Winged Kuriboh then showed up and told Jaden they hadn't found the thief either, Jaden was about to ask what they should do now when he heard a scream, "that was Syrus", the three of them ran towards where the scream came from.
At the same time so was Syrus lying on his back on the ground next to the rock he had been standing on, Dimitri was still standing on his rock as he chuckled, "Ah yes, it's good to be the king of games", he laughed as Jaden and the others came down to the coast and ran over to Syrus and Jaden went down on a knee next to him worried.
"Syrus, you okay?" Syrus looked at Jaden, "He… has it", he then took and moved so that he sat up, "Yugi's dueling deck", Jaden looked up and saw to his shock Dimitri standing on the large rock in front of him, he hadn't noticed him since he got worried when he heard Syrus scream, Syrus then looked at Dimitri with both a frustrated and a troubled look on his face, "And he beat me with it".
Jaden stood up and glared at Dimitri. "Alright you thief, you have had your fun", Jaden then took and jumped up on the rock next to him so he stood at the top of it, "But now it's over, hand over that deck right now Dimitri", Dimitri chuckled, "Dimitri?" Jaden narrowed his eyes, "Yeah".
"I think you're mistaking, I'm Yugi, you see Dimitri was just a child who would study other people's decks and then copy, you see with these cards I'm not copying the king of games, I AM the king of games, and if you want this deck back then you need to prove I'm not by defeating me in a duel".
Jaden got a smirk on his face, "You have truly gone off the deep end, but have can I possible back down from this challenge? Facing this deck is like every young duelist's biggest dream". Dimitri had a smirk on his face, "Good, then let's go", he once again activated his Duel Disk, Jaden then heard Syrus call out to him and saw him toss the Duel Disk he had used towards him, he caught it and put it on and then put his deck into it, "Now get your game on", Dimitri smirk got bigger, "It's time to duel".
Both of them drew their first five cards, "Alright, I'm first", Jaden drew his next card, I start with Elemental Hero Wildheart in defense mode" Wildheart appeared on a knee, Def: 1600. Jaden knew he had to be careful, even though the duelist was a big fake, so was this the king of games deck, he had to be prepared for a tough challenge, "And that will do it for now".
Dimitri drew his next card, "Will it? I fuse Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts, and Berfomet to create Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast". Gazelle and Berfomet got sucked into the vortex and out came Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast, Atk: 2100. Jaden looked nervous, "Uh oh, Chimera looks even scarier in person", the others also looked worried, "Now go, attack, pulverizing pounce", Chimera took and attack Wildheart and destroyed him , Jaden growled a little as he looked at Chimera who was in front of Dimitri.
Chumley looked at Syrus, "Syrus, you just dueled this guy, got any advice for Jaden about how to defeat him?" Syrus looked at him with an apologizing look, "None at all, I tried everything but nothing worked". Chumley got a worried look on his face, "So what are you saying Sy, that Jaden don't got a chance here?" Syrus looked at Dimitri, "I'm just saying that against Yugi's deck, it's very possible that even Jaden don't stand a chance".
Bastion looked on as he said, "It's more than that I'm afraid", the other two looked at him confused, "You see Dimitri is a copycat duelist, so in order to beat him you must exploit the weaknesses of the one he's copying, just like you did when you first dueled against Dimitri Syrus, you knew that he was copying Crowler's deck and knew what weaknesses it had, that's how you won that match, but the problem here is that now he's copying Yugi, a duelist whose weaknesses are not so well known, that is if he has any at all. You see there is no known formula for how to beat the king of games, so therefore there is no formula for how to beat Dimitri now", Syrus and Chumley looked on worried, that hoped that Jaden would win or else they would not get the deck back.
Jaden took and drew his next card, "Alright, so you like fusing monsters do you? Well then you will love this, now Elemental Hero Sparkman and Clayman combined to create Elemental Hero Thunder Giant", Sparkman and Clayman stood next to each other as electricity covered both of them and soon so stood Thunder Giant there in their place, Atk: 2400, "And now I will use his special ability", Jaden took one of the cards in his hand and placed it in his graveyard, "By discarding one card so can Thunder Giant destroy one monster whose original attack points are less than his own".
Thunder Giant took and unleashed his Static Blast and destroyed Chimera, but Dimitri wasn't worried, "Nice ability now let me show you mine, when Chimera is destroyed so can I summon back one of the two monsters I used to form him, so now I bring back Berfomet from the graveyard", Berfomet returned to the field on a knee while he crossed his four arms in front of him, Jaden narrowed his eyes a little, "Yeah well he won't be back for very long, now Thunder Giant attack with Voltic Thunder".
Thunder Giant took and unleashed his attack and destroyed Berfomet, even though Jaden knew the stakes of this duel so couldn't he help but smile a little as he thought, Chimera's ability saved Dimitri's life points from taking a big hit, that deck lives up to its reputation alright.
Dimitri drew his next card, "Alright for my turn I place one card face down", a card appeared in front of Dimitri, "And next I play this, Monster Reincarnation, so now by discarding one card from my hand, I get back one monster from my graveyard to my hand". Dimitri placed one card into his graveyard and another one came out of it, "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts, return", Gazelle returned to the field, Atk: 1500.
Then Dimitri grabbed the last card in his hand, "And now, I activate the magic card, Swords of Revealing Light", Jaden's eyes widened as he saw the swords of light come down from the sky and surround Thunder Giant and trapping him, "What's going on here". Dimitri got a smirk on his face, "No attacks from you that's what, with the swords your monsters are useless for three turns, "Three whole turns? I need to destroy that spell", Jaden took and drew his next card, "Dark Catapulter, appear in defense mode", Dark Catapulter appeared on a knee with his arms crossed, Def: 1500.
Chumley got a smile on his face, "What a totally licious move", Bastion nodded his head with smile on his face, Syrus looked at them confused and Chumley looked at him, "You seemed to have forgotten Dark Catapulter's special ability Sy, Jaden can use him to destroy Dimitri's sword spell card", Syrus got a smile on his face but then they noticed that Dimitri had a smirk on his face.
"That may be true but not until next turn and Catapulter won't be around that long since I reveal my face down card, the trap card Dark Renewal", the face down trap card got revealed and a coffin appeared out of it, "You see Dark Renewal activates the moment you make a summoning, now by sacrificing one of your monsters along with one of my own, I can bring back one spellcaster from my graveyard".
Jaden narrowed his eyes a little, "Well then it's too bad that you don't have any there then, because by my count you have only two monsters in your graveyard, Chimera and Berfomet". Dimitri's smirk got bigger, "Then you might want to double check your work, do you remember when I played Monster Reincarnation?" Jaden's eyes widened as he remember that when he played Monster Reincarnation so did he discard one card to the graveyard, "Oh right", Jaden had a feeling he knew what was coming next, or rather who.
"Now to bring back that spellcaster, alright Gazelle and Catapulter, make room for the one, the only, my friend Dark Magician". Dark Catapulter and Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts got sucked into the coffin and Jaden and his friends got excited when they saw Dark Magician appear on the field, Atk: 2500.
Jaden couldn't help but smile, "I'm totally star struck, the Dark Magician is like the headliner of Yugi's entire deck", Syrus smiled, "think he will give an autograph?" Chumley looked a little sad, "Man I wished I brought my camera with me". Bastion smiled as he thought, Well done, I doubt Yugi could have done it any better himself, Dimitri is copying him perfectly, and that's really not good for Jaden.
Jaden looked at the cards left in his hand, right now so couldn't he do anything, "Alright Thunder Giant, You might not be able to attack yet but you can still defend, and that's exactly what I will have you do old buddy", Jaden switched Thunder Giant to defense mode, Def: 1500, "It's your turn now Dimitri".
Dimitri drew his next card. "That's Yugi, and first I play the spell card Pot of Greed which lets me draw two cards". Dimitri drew two more cards, "Next I place one card face down, and finally I play the magic card Thousand Knives, and when I activate it with Dark Magician on the field, it can be used to destroy anyone of your monsters". Dark Magician pointed his green staff forward and the magical knives that had appeared flew towards Thunder Giant and destroyed him.
Syrus and the others looked worried and Syrus said, "Jaden's Thunder Giant just got cut down to size", Chumley then said, "Size zero maybe since he's now gone Sy", Bastion agreed with the two Slifer boys, he knew that this would get ugly now.
Dimitri looked at Jaden with a smirk on his face, "Still star struck, well here, let's see how you like to get struck… by your star, Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack", Dark Magician took and unleashed a green magical blast from his staff that hit Jaden, Jaden LP: 4000-1500
The others got worried when they saw Jaden lose more than half of his life points and Jaden groaned, "That really hurt", Dimitri looked at him with a smirk, "Give up?" Jaden looked at him with narrowed eyes, "Never", Dimitri's smirk got bigger, "That's the spirit, never give, always believe in the heart of the cards, that's what I always say".
Jaden narrowed his eyes, "Yeah yeah, the heart of the cards sure", he then thought, it's his cards I'm worried about, if I can't beat them then we will lose them, Jaden drew his next card and looked at it, "Now I play Fusion Recovery, with it I can bring back one Polymerization and one monster I have used in a fusion summon".
Out of his graveyard came Polymerization and Elemental Hero Sparkman, "But they won't be back for long because now I use Polymerization and fuse Sparkman with Elemental Hero Necroshade in order to summon Elemental Hero Darkbright in defense mode", Sparkman and Necroshade jumped into the vortex and out came Darkbright who landed on a knee and crossed his arms in front of him, Def: 1000, "And that ends my turn".
Syrus looked at Jaden confused, "What are Jaden doing? Elemental Hero Darkbright is no match for the Dark Magician no matter what mode he's in, he will just destroy him", Bastion looked at Jaden as well, "Yes and If my hunch is right so is that what he wants, also while there might not be any known blueprints for defeating Yugi so is Jaden trying to design one, and I think he might have a plan, which most likely begins with taking down Dark Magician and I believe that's why he summoned Darkbright". Jaden looked at Dimitri, hoping that he would attack Darkbright, because if he did then Jaden would be able to take down Dark Magician.
"Remember with swords of light out you still can't attack, but I can, Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack", Dark Magician took and destroyed Darkbright, which made Jaden smile, "That was a bad move Dimitri, you see when you destroyed Darkbright, you activated my hero's special ability which means, the Dark Magician is destroyed as well".
A ghostly image of Elemental Hero Darkbright appeared from the smoke from Dark Magician's attack, Syrus smiled, "I see, Jaden summoned Darkbright in order to have Dark Magician attack him so that Jaden could destroy him as well", Chumley nodded excited, but Bastion looked troubled, "Well I get the feeling that Dimitri have a plan to protect Dark Magician", the other two looked at Dimitri and saw him smirking despite the ghost of Darkbright was flying towards Dark Magician.
"Good move but it won't work, I reveal my trap, Dark Illusion", the ghost of Darkbright came in contact with Dark Magician but he repelled it and it disappeared, "With Dark Illusion my Dark Magician will be safe from all monster effects and cannot be destroyed in battle for this turn, of course Dark Illusion also allows you to draw one card from your deck, so draw Jaden", Jaden growled over that his plan had failed and drew his next card.
Dimitri looked at Jaden with a smirk on his face and his arms crossed, "I end my turn, that was an excellent strategy, you really show promise", Jaden growled as he drew his next card, "This guy is really starting to irritate me", Jaden looked at his card and got a smirk on his face, "Well Dimitri, I might not be able to attack yet, but it doesn't mean that I can't build up some offense, so I summon Elemental Hero Bladedge in attack mode", Bladedge appeared on the field, Atk: 2600.
Dimitri narrowed his eyes, "Bladedge is a level 7 monster so he needs two sacrifices to be summoned", Syrus smiled, "Not with Necroshade in the graveyard", Jaden smiled and nodded, "That's right Dimitri, when Necroshade is in my graveyard so can I summon one Elemental Hero from my hand without a sacrifice", Dimitri smiled and nodded, "I see, a very good ability, but I already told you that I'm not Dimitri, I'm Yugi".
Jaden sighed, "Give me a break, you're just imitating the king of games, that doesn't mean that you have his skills, that's the whole problem with your way of dueling", Dimitri looked at him with narrowed eyes, "What are you saying?" Jaden looked him in the eyes, "I hope you will understand once I win and this duel is over, but for now I end my turn, and since it has gone three turns, your swords will now disappear", as Jaden said that so did the effect of Swords of Revealing Light end and the swords of light disappeared.
Syrus smiled, " Now Jaden will be able to attack on his next turn, and while he might not have been able to do much this turn, he did summon a monster that can stand up to the Dark Magician", Bastion nodded with a smile, "And any other monsters in Yugi's deck after all, with no Egyptian God cards, that Dark Magician is the strongest card Dimitri has".
Dimitri drew his next card and looked at it before he began to laugh, Jaden looked at him confused, "Sorry, but I couldn't help overhearing your friends, they are quite wrong", Jaden looked at in shock and confusion, "While it's true that the Dark Magician is the strongest monster, as a duelist you should know that it's rarely just about the card, it's about what you can do with it, and what I'm going to do is play this, the magic card Dedication through Light and Darkness".
The spell card appeared on the field and a dark energy came out of it and it began to cover Dark Magician, "It takes my Dark Magician and turns him into something even more powerful, the legendary Dark Magician of Chaos". Syrus looked on confused, "Of Chaos?" Chumley looked a little worried, "Boy, that doesn't sound good", Bastion had a grim look on his face, "Yes well it's not, it's one of the mightiest creatures you will ever see", Dimitri smiled, "That's right and I will unleash him on you Jaden, Chaos Magician, rise".
Dark Magician of Chaos took and appeared on the field, "Now just by successfully summoning him, I'm allowed to bring back one magic card from my graveyard to my hand", he took and added Monster Reincarnation back to his hand, "Oh and in case you haven't done the math yet, Bladedge doesn't have the most attack points anymore, Chaos Magician does", Dark Magician of Chaos, Atk: 2800.
Syrus and Chumley gasped in shock and Jaden widened his eyes in shock, "2800?" Dimitri pointed at Bladedge, "Yes, now watch them all in action, Scepter Strike", Dark Magician of Chaos took and attacked Bladedge and destroyed him, Jaden LP: 1500-1300, Dimitri got a smirk on his face, "Also every monster defeated by Dark Magician of Chaos is not sent to the graveyard but are instead removed from play", Jaden narrowed his eyes as he took Bladedge's card and put it into his pocket, "Just face it Jaden, this deck and I fit perfectly, always has, always will".
Jaden looked at him frustrated, "Not if I can help it", however Jaden wondered what he could do as things were right now, Dimitri then placed one card face down before he ended his turn,
Syrus had a troubled look on his face, "Jaden is in deep trouble", Bastion narrowed his eyes, "Unfortunately that's the understatement of the year, look at what he has against him, the Dark Magician of Chaos, full life points, the deck of the king of games, the trouble is not deep, it's subterranean".
Jdsen looked at Dimitri, "I have to get my game on, Dimitri don't just have Yugi's deck, but he think he's Yugi, and the only way I can prove him wrong is to beat him", Jaden then got a smirk on his face, "Well I have always wondered how well I would do against my idol, this might be the closest I will ever get, my turn".
Jaden took and drew his next card and looked at it. "I now play Pot of Greed which lets me draw two more cards", Jaden drew two more cards, "Next I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode", Bubbleman appeared on the field, Atk: 800.
"And since he's alone on the field when I summon him I can draw two more cards", Jaden drew two more cards and looked at them, "I now put both of them into action, I equip Bubbleman with both Bubble Blaster and Bubble Rod, and each of them increases his attack points by 800", Bubbleman Atk: 800-2400.
Dimitri chuckled, "Impressive, but I'm afraid that Bubbleman is still weaker than my Magician of Chaos", Jaden held up another card, "Which is why I also play H- Heated Heart, with it I can give another 500 points to Bubbleman until the end of this turn", Dimitri's eyes widened when he heard that, Bubbleman, Atk: 2400-2900. Dimitri narrowed his eyes, "I'm afraid not, I activate Mystical Space Typhoon and destroy your Bubble Rod", Jaden gritted his teeth as he saw the typhoon destroy Bubbleman's rod, Bubbleman Atk: 2900-2100, Jaden looked at his final card, "I throw one card face down and end my turn", Bubbleman, Atk: 2100-1600.
"Very well", Dimitri drew his next card, "And I throw this, the magic card Card of Sanctity, it forces both of us to draw until we have six cards in our hand", Dimitri drew five cards while Jaden drew Six, Dimitri smiled, "Excellent I drew the monster Watapon, you see,, if Watapon is added to my hand through the effects of monsters, spells or traps, I can instantly summon him to the field, but he won't be out there for long, because now I'm going to sacrifice him to bring out… Dark Magician Girl". Dark Magician Girl appeared on the field, Atk: 2000, Jaden got amazed when he saw the beautiful female magician, "Wow she's even cuter in person".
Dimitri smiled, "She has beauty and brawn, you see she gain 300 attack points for every Dark Magician in the graveyard", Dark Magician Girl, Atk: 2000-2300. Syrus was dancing around as he was really happy, "I can't believe it, I can't believe that I'm actually seeing Dark Magician Girl, she is SO cute", Bastion looked at Syrus awkwardly while Chumley scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
And then Dimitri pointed towards Bubbleman, "And now she will be allowed to show you her strength, Dark Magician Girl, Dark Burning Attack, destroy Bubbleman", Dark Magician Girl took and fired her attack towards Bubbleman, but instead of hitting him so did it hit Bubble Blaster and the water cannon shattered but Bubbleman remained, Bubbleman, Atk: 1600-800, Jaden then explained what happened to the shocked Dimitri, "It seems I forgot to mention that when Bubbleman is attacked while equipped with Bubble Blaster so isn't it he that takes the hit but his weapon and I take no damage".
Dimitri quickly recovered from his shock, "That won't help you, now my Magician of Chaos will not only finish what she started but also finish you, since you only have 1300 points left and once I attack you will take 2000 points of damage so is this duel over, now Dark Magician of Chaos, attack with Scepter Strike", Dark Magician of Chaos charged up his magical blast and fired it towards Bubbleman, but Jaden pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate the trap Hero Barrier, with this I can block one of your attacks as long as I have an Elemental Hero on my field", a barrier formed in front of Bubbleman and blocked Dark Magician of Chaos's attack.
Dimitri gritted his teeth, "I end my turn, but next turn I will end this duel once and for all", Jaden took and drew his next card and smiled, "Sorry Dimitri but it won't happen, because I will end this now, and I start with Burial From a Different Dimension, with it I can return up to three monsters that has been removed from play to my graveyard, so welcome back my Elemental Hero Bladedge", Jaden took and placed Bladedge back in to the graveyard, he then grabbed one card in his hand, "Next I sacrifice my Bubbleman in order to summon Des Volstgalph in attack mode". Bubbleman disappeared and Des Volstgalph appeared on the field, Atk: 2200.
Jaden grabbed another card in his hand, "Next I play the spell card Miracle Fusion, with it I can remove Elemental Heroes from either my field or grave from play in order to summon one fusion monster, so I remove from play Elemental Hero Wildheart and Bladedge in order to summon my Elemental Hero Wildedge in attack mode", Wildheart and Bladedge got sucked into the vortex and out came Wildedge, Atk: 2600, "And since I played a spell card so does Des Volstgalph gain 200 attack points until the end of this turn", Des Volstgalph, Atk: 2200-2400.
Syrus looked at the Wildman that had some of Bladedge's armor on him confused, "Why would Jaden summon two monsters that is weaker than Dimitri's Dark Magician of Chaos?" Bastion looked at him, "Well Wildedge has a special ability, you see he can attack every monster on Dimitri's side once per turn and if my calculations are correct so does he plan to attack with Des Volstgalph when both Dimitri's magicians are gone". Chumley looked at him, "That's a good plan and all but the only monster Wildedge can defeat is Dark Magician Girl, he can't beat Dark Magician of Chaos", Bastion looked at Jaden and said, "Well I'm pretty sure Jaden will change that soon enough".
Dimitri chuckled, "Good move, but your strongest monster can't beat mine", Jaden grabbed two cards in his hand, "We will see about that. now I throw two cards face down and then I equip Wildedge with Mage Power, so now he gains 500 attack and defense points for every spell and trap card on my side of the field, and with three he gains 1500 points", Dimitri widened his eyes when he heard that, Wildedge, Atk: 2600-4100".
Jaden's smile widened, "And now just Like Bastion said so is Wildedge going to attack both your Dark Magician of Chaos and your Dark Magician Girl", Wildedge drew his sword and took and slashed Dark Magician of Chaos and destroyed him before he turned towards Dark Magician Girl and destroyed her as well, Dimitri LP: 4000-900.
Dimitri gritted his teeth, "If Dark Magician of Chaos leaves the field while being face up then instead of being sent to the graveyard so is he removed from the game", Dimitri put Dark Magician of Chaos into his pocket and Jaden's friends began to cheer, Syrus smiled a little sheepishly, "While it's a little sad that Dark Magician Girl is gone so is it good that Jaden has finally been able to do some damage to Dimitri".
Bastion nodded, "Yes and with just one attack from Des Volstgalph so will he also end this match", Syrus nodded excited, "Yeah and Yugi's deck will be saved", Chumley then lifted his fist into the air with a smile on his face, "And Jaden will be one of the few guys who beat it".
Jaden pointed towards Dimitri, "Now Des Volstgalph, attack Dimitri directly and end this duel", Des Volstgalph opened his mouth and fired his blue fire towards Dimitri, but at that moment so did Dimitri toss a card into his graveyard and Kuriboh appeared on the field and blocked the attack, much to Jaden's shock, "Sorry, but if I discard Kuriboh from my hand I won't take any damage from Des Volstgalph's attack".
Jaden sighed, "Man, I thought I had you there, I guess I have no choice but to end my turn now and with that so does Des Volstgalph's attack points return to normal", Des Volstgalph, Atk: 2400-2200. Dimitri looked at his Duel Disk, "Thank you Kuriboh, that move takes me back to our duel against Seto Kaiba in Battle City, those some good times weren't they old friend".
Jaden could barely see Kuriboh's duel spirit when it appeared since he was so small and because of the distance between him and Dimitri but he could still see the big sweat drop that appeared at the side of Kuriboh's head and he couldn't say that he blamed the little fur ball, Dimitri had almost completely lost it.
Syrus looked at Dimitri with a shocked look on his face, "Battle City? He's completely nuts", Both Bastion and Chumley nodded their heads, Dimitri looked at Jaden, "Now let's us continue, for Kuriboh, his sacrifice will not be in vain, it's my turn, I draw".
Dimitri took and drew his next card and looked at it, a smile appeared on his face, "Perfect, the heart of the cards has served me again", he then grabbed one card in his hand and put it into his Duel Disk, "I now activate the magic card, Soul Taker, now this card might give you 1000 life points, but in exchange I get to destroy one of your monsters, so say good bye to your Elemental Hero Wildedge, Jaden covered his face as strong winds surrounded Wildedge before he got destroyed, then he saw himself get covered by a white glow, Jaden LP: 1300-2300.
Jaden then looked at Dimitri, "Yeah well don't forget that because you activated a spell card my Des Volstgalph's special ability activates and he gains 200 attack points", Des Volstgalph, Atk: 2200-2400. Syrus looked at both Chumley and Bastion, "I understand he wanted to get rid of Wildedge, but even so wasn't it foolish of Dimitri to give Jaden 1000 extra life points", Chumley agreed with Syrus but Bastion looked on with a serious face, "I'm afraid that Dimitri most likely have a plan so I don't think it matter that Jaden got those extra points".
Dimitri then held up a card, then both Kuriboh and Watapon appeared, "I remove one light monster and one dark monster from my graveyard", Jaden got a confused look on his face, "Hold on and rewind, you're removing them why Dimitri?" Jaden wasn't sure why but this felt familiar for some reason.
Syrus was confused, "I have never seen this, is it a summoning?" Chumley shook his head, "Nah, there is no way", but at that moment so did Bastion gasp, "You're wrong, there is a way, there is two monsters that can be summoned this way, two rare cards with such power that duelists have searched the world in order to add them to their collection".
When Jaden heard this he remembered why it felt familiar and he immediately knew which cards Bastion meant, he after all he had personally seen the power of one of them himself, and he also remembered a rumor he had heard, "Bastion, do you mean THOSE two?" Bastion nodded and Syrus and Chumley looked at them confused.
Bastion looked at them, "The first one is Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End, a card so very powerful that it has been banned to use in official Duel Monsters tournaments, the only copy that has been seen so far is in the ownership of Seto Kaiba", at that comment so looked Jaden a little nervous, but no one noticed that as Bastion continued, "The other one has powers comparable to the Chaos Emperor but has never been forbidden because it's so rare, some even believe that not a single copy still exist, but there is a rumor that Yugi Muto by chance got his hands on one of the cards for the second monster".
Syrus and Chumley looked at Bastion in shocked and then looked at Dimitri as they heard him laugh, "Oh yeah, well it's not just a rumor because I have it right here, Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning". Jaden's eyes widened when he saw the legendary warrior appear on the field, "So then Yugi really had that card, I also thought that it was just a rumor".
Dimitri had a smirk on his face, "I'm afraid not, this card has been a part of my deck for quite some time now, but I only bring him out on special occasions", Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning, Atk: 3000, "Like NOW! Luster Blade Attack", Black Luster Soldier made some quick stabbing motions with his sword and destroyed Des Volstgalph, Jaden LP: 2300-1700, Jaden who had covered his face from the shockwaves looked up, "That hurt".
Dimitri held out his arm to his side, "Well that, was only the beginning, now I will show you the true power of this card", Black Luster Soldier prepared his sword again, "You see if Black Luster Soldier manage to destroy your monster in battle he's allowed to attack again". Jaden narrowed his eyes, "No way", Syrus began to tremble in fear, "Oh man, now I understand why monsters like this is outlawed".
Dimitri held out his hand, "And now, Black Luster Soldier, end this, attack Jaden's life points directly". Black Luster Soldier rushed towards Jaden, Bastion looked worried, "He's through, Jaden's life points can't take another hit". Dimitri now had a huge smirk on his face, "IT'S OVER!"
Jaden pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "Not yet I play the spell card Flute of Summoning Kuriboh, this lets me summon Winged Kuriboh from my deck to the field in defense mode", Winged Kuriboh appeared on the field with his arms crossed in front of him, Def: 200. Black Luster Soldier took and stabbed Winged Kuriboh and destroyed him, Dimitri narrowed his eyes a little shocked, "What's this?" Jaden smirked, "The duel is not over yet, because thanks to my spell card I managed to summon my friend Winged Kuriboh to defend me, and since he was destroyed I won't take any damage this turn".
Dimitri gritted his teeth, "Very well, I will just have to finish you off next turn, the heart of the cards will see to that Jaden", while Dimitri laughed so wiped Jaden the sweat from his face as he thought, He might actually be right, Yugi's deck is so powerful, it has managed to stop all of my tricks and tactics, I thought I could win this, but I'm not so sure anymore.
At tht moment so did he see a faint glow from his graveyard, then Winged Kuriboh appeared in spirit form looking at him, "Kuriboh, I'm sorry but what can I do, he has the heart of the cards on his side", when he said that so did Winged Kuriboh poke flew in his face while squeaking, he then pointed at Dimitri, Jaden looked at him, "What do you mean no? Come on that's Yugi's deck".
But the moment after he said that so widened his eyes in realization, Yubel appeared next to him, "Seems like you have understood what Winged Kuriboh means Jaden", Jaden nodded and then mentally said, "I know, there is no way the heart of the cards can be on Dimitri's side since that's YUGI'S deck, the heart of the cards comes from believing in your own cards, not someone's you stole, and I believe in my deck so if the heart of the cards is on anyone's side then it's on mine".
Yubel and Winged Kuriboh smiled and nodded, Jaden took and drew his next card, he looked at it before he looked at Dimitri with a smirk, "I'm sorry Dimitri, but I believe", Dimitri got a shocked look on his face, "What?" Jaden put his card into his Duel Disk, "I activate my Card of Demise, with this card I can draw until I'm holding five cards, of course during the standby phase on my fifth turn from now I have to discard my entire hand, but it doesn't matter since I'm ending this now".
Jaden drew four cards and looked at them, "Next I play Polymerization and merge Elemental Hero Burstinatrix with Avian in order to summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman", Avian and Burstinatrix got sucked into the vortex and out came Flame Wingman, Atk: 2100.
Jaden then held up a card, "Next I play a field spell, Skyscraper", Jaden put Skyscraper into the slot for field spells, soon the tall skyscrapers appeared on the field surrounding the players and their monsters, Dimitri got shocked, "What the… what's the meaning of these buildings?" Syrus smiled, "The meaning? To finally kick your butt Dimitri", Jaden nodded and then looked at Dimitri as Flame Wingman flew up to the top of one of the skyscrapers and stood there with his arms crossed.
"you see Dimitri, when Skyscraper is out, an Elemental Hero will gain 1000 attack points if it it's weaker than the monster it's attacking", Flame Wingman, Atk: 2100-3100, Dimitri took a step back in shock, "But wait, 3100 points? Then that means…"
Jaden held out his hand, "Yep, it's now enough to take out your monster, now flame Wingman, attack Black Luster Soldier with Skydive Scorcher", Flame Wingman jumped of the skyscraper and his body got covered by fire as he dove towards Black Luster Soldier and aimed his dragon arm at him. Black Luster Soldier held out his shield to block the attack, Flame Wingman collided with the shield, after a second of struggle so shattered the shield and Flame Wingman rammed his dragon arm into Black Luster Soldier and destroyed him, Dimitri LP: 900-800.
Dimitri looked on in shock, "He's gone, my Luster Soldier is gone", Jaden looked at Dimitri, "Take it easy, he was never yours to begin with, and if you want to worry about something then worry about Flame Wingman's special ability, it take and deal damage to you equal to your destroyed monster's attack points, so in other words, say hello to 3000 points of hurt", Flame Wingman landed in front of Dimitri and opened the mouth on his dragon arm and unleashed a stream of flames that hit Dimitri, Dimitri LP: 800-0.
Jaden took and made his signature pose, "That's game, and the end of you using that deck Dimitri", Dimitri closed his eyes and trembled in frustration, "I have been beating, even with my… with Yugi's legendary cards", they noticed that he had stopped imitating Yugi's voice and looked at him, "What's wrong with me? Why can't I ever win?"
At that moment so did they hear a voice, "The answer to that question is really obvious", they looked in the direction they heard the voice and saw Zane and Alexis coming towards them, Dimitri looked at them in shock, especially Zane as he was the one who has spoken, "Hey, you're Zane Truesdale", Syrus looked at them in shock as well, "Big Bro?"
Jaden looked at them, "What are you doing out here?" Zane looked at them, "Why else, to see the deck of course, but it was gone". Alexis smiled at them, "We snuck into the event hall and saw that the display case was destroyed and the deck was gone, we knew the thief couldn't have gotten far, so we decided to take a look around", Zane nodded, "Which led us here", he got a small smile on his face, "We found you a while ago but didn't want to interrupt the duel".
Bastion got a smile on his face and said sarcastic, "Very kind of you", Jaden then got nervous, "Wait then... you saw it all? Me and Dimitri, the whole thing?" Zane's smile got a little bigger, "Not just us, your match attracted quite a bit of attention", they turned their heads around to look behind them which caused Jaden and the others to look around them as well and then noticed dozens of students that were around them that they hadn't noticed until now because of the intense duel.
Jaden's got amazed over how many was there, "Wow, uh… hi, glad you all could make it", the students began to clap their hands and one Ra student rubbed the back of his head, "Wow, that Jaden can duel", another Ra student smiled sheepishly as he too rubbed the back his head, "Think he tutors? I'm failing in fusion and he seems like a fusion expert".
Dimitri looked at them, "What now?" Zane smiled at him, "Well kid, the punishment for stealing has always been crystal clear, straight up expulsion, but still… since I'm sure pretty much everyone here enjoyed seeing Yugi's deck in a duel rather than a display case, I doubt anyone here will turn you in".
The first Ra student who had spoken earlier smiled when Zane said that, "Don't sweat it Dimitri, but you have to tell us, how were you so good with those spellcasters?" The other one nodded with a smile, "I'm failing in that too".
Dimitri looked down, "What difference does it make, I lost", Jaden smiled at him, "No you didn't, after all you can never truly win or lose until you start to really play", Dimitri looked at him confused, "What do you mean with that? When I start to really play?"
Jaden smiled at him, "I mean you will never reach your true potential until you play as yourself, with your own deck and your own skills, the reason you never win is that you try to be someone that's not you". Zane nodded, "he's right Dimitri, you WILL never truly win or lose until you duel as yourself, and that means making your own strategies and your own deck, after all, there is no amount of studying that you can do, to be able to use someone else's deck as well as they can, that' because they put both their heart and soul into making it so only they can bring out their decks true power".
Jaden nodded when Zane said that, "Yeah that's right, I mean no offense Dimitri but just because I beat you, I most likely would have been crushed by the real Yugi, so what do you say Dimitri? How about putting that deck back where it belongs?" Dimitri stood up and nodded and everyone then tried to come up with an good excuse to fool Crowler when they returned the deck.
But what no one knew was that Chancellor Sheppard had seen the whole thing, once he learned about the situation he went out to look as well and arrived at the duel before the students did, he smiled and thought, What a touching scene, I know that if the school decides then he most likely will be expelled and after seeing this I feel like giving Dimitri a chance to change, so before this gets out I need to make a call to our owner.
LATER THAT EVENING AT THE SLIFER DORM,
Jaden was sitting at his desk and looking out through the window with a troubled look on his face, Yubel appeared next to him, "Jaden, you have been acting weird for a while now, has it anything to do with Bastion talking about the Chaos Emperor Dragon?", Jaden sighed and then whispered so he wouldn't wake Syrus and Chumley, "Yup it's about him Yubel, and not just him".
Yubel sighed, "Jaden, it's has been six years since then, you need to get over that fear", Jaden sighed and quietly moved to where he kept his stuff and pulled out the box he had his reserve cards in, he took out two and looked at them, one of them was Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End and the other one was Gandora the Dragon of Destruction, Jaden sighed.
"I couldn't believe it when I by chance got my hands on Gandora since he's an extremely rare card, and even less when I got my hands on one of the few copies that exists of the Chaos Emperor Dragon, so I did the foolish thing and tried to summon them for real".
Yubel looked at Jaden sad, "You were only 10 years old then Jaden, your powers weren't as strong as they are now, and you know that neither of us really understood how powerful those two really were", Jaden nodded, "Yeah well while Gandora was powerful so wasn't he so ferocious, but the Chaos Emperor Dragon, he was so ferocious that he was hard to control, I barely managed to keep control over him long enough to call him back and even during that time he fought me, one more second and he would have broken free from my control and gone on a rampage".
Yubel nodded, "And since then you have not dared to summon either of them again, even though Gandora wasn't ferocious so were you afraid he would later try to break free from you control if you summoned him like Chaos Emperor did, it took even four years before you even dared to touch their cards again, but you need to master their powers Jaden, they might come in handy someday, which also makes me think that you should do what we discussed before we left for the island".
Jaden looked at her, "You mean making a second deck that does not mostly focuses on Elemental Heroes?" Yubel nodded, "Jaden I know you have a bond with them almost as strong as the one you have with me, I'm not telling you to put them away, but you need another deck, while you have other cards then the Elemental Heroes if someone find a way to seal away your ability to fuse then it could become difficult for you, so I think you should make another deck so you will be unpredictable do no one an prepare for you, and it's not just me, the others think so too".
When she said that so did his Elemental Heroes and most of his other monsters appear around him and they nodded, then Sparkman spoke up, "We all know how much you care about us and we will always be there for you no matter what, we're more than partners and friends, we're like your family, and therefore we are sometimes worried about you, like then it comes to those two", Sparkman pointed at the two dragon cards Jaden was holding in, "You should really try to use them and tame Chaos Emperor".
Jaden sighed and then smiled, "I will think about it, I will start working on a second deck, but at the moment I might just put Gandora in it first, I will start trying the least ferocious duel spirit first before trying to tame Chaos Emperor you guys". His monsters nodded, thinking that might be wise to do before they all returned to his deck and Jaden went to bed.
THE NEXT DAY IN DOMINO CITY,
The king of games, Yugi Muto arrived at a café, he had suddenly been called there by his biggest rival and one of his friends (at least from his point of view), he then saw the person he was looking for, a tall young man with brown hair and in a business suit for a change, Yugi sat down in front of him, "You said you had something you needed to talk to me about Kaiba?"
The man in front of him was no other than Seto Kaiba, the owner of Kaiba Corp and the owner and founder of Duel Academy, Kaiba looked at him, "A incident happened at Duel Academy last night, and that student you gave Winged Kuriboh to was in the middle of it", Yugi smiled, "Oh yeah Jaden was, so what happened?" After giving Jaden Winged Kuriboh he had asked Kaiba for information about him, he found him very promising and wanted to keep an eye on his development.
Kaiba looked at him, "Well a student apparently stole your deck", Yugi almost fell off his chair when he heard that, he looked at Kaiba, "Why did he?"Yugi was not unfamiliar with this since it was not the first time it had happened, most of the times someone stole it they tried to sell it to collectors since they knew it would be worth a lot of money, Kaiba told him about Dimitri and why he took it and what had happened last night.
"So Sheppard wants to give this Dimitri a second chance, I for one thinks he should be expelled since he did an unforgivable crime by stealing your deck, copying is one thing, stealing is another, but Sheppard wanted you to decide so he asked me to talk to you, even though I was pretty sure I could have told him your answer right then and there, since I know you wants to give him another chance too right?"
Yugi smiled, "And here I thought you didn't pay attention to me Kaiba, and yes I think we should ignore it this one time, I mean he was just a misguided duelist who can come far if he just learns to duel as himself instead of trying to be someone else, he never meant anything bad with taking it so he should at most get a warning and a punishment in order to warn him to not try something like that again".
Kaiba sighed and said he would do as Yugi wanted since Sheppard has asked him to, Yugi smiled and then pulled out his cell phone, making Kaiba look at him confused, Yugi smiled at him, "Hearing what Jaden did gave me an idea, so I need to talk to Pegasus", the moment Kaiba heard the name he got a disliking look on his face, "Yugi, you know how much I don't like him".
Yugi smiled at him, "Yeah well I just think I should give Jaden a little gift for saving my deck and at the same time give him a test", Kaiba looked at him as Yugi dialed Pegasus's number which the older man had forced on him, he then noticed that Kuriboh had arrived next to him, he then smiled and mentally said, "Hi there little buddy, I have a job for you, I need you to go to the Duel Monsters Spirit World to find someone", Kuriboh looked at him with a wondering look on his face.
A FEW DAYS LATER AT DUEL ACADEMY,
Jaden arrived at his dorm room and shut the door behind him as he sighed, he was currently alone since Syrus and Chumley was at the campus, he was currently carrying a package he had gotten from Industrial Illusions, he wondered why he had gotten it so he decided to open it in peace.
He sighed, he had been forced to deal with Dimitri trying to imitate him next despite what he and Zane had told him and he couldn't even imitate him right, but he decided to not think about that and just see what he had gotten.
Jaden opened the box and the first thing he saw was two letters, he picked up one, his eyes widened as he read it:
Hello Jaden boy, this letter is from me, Maximillion Pegasus, you see I got a call from my old friend Yugi boy and he asked me for a favor, to send you a little present but it's also so much more than that, but he asked me to let him explain the rest.
Greetings by Maximillion Pegasus.
Jaden looked at the letter in shock before he put it down and picked up the other one, he looked through it, knowing who had written this letter:
Hello Jaden, this letter is from me Yugi Muto, I'm sure you remember us meeting before you got to the entrance exam for the academy, I heard what happened a few days ago and decided to reward you a little but also give you a test, I asked Pegasus to make some cards for you, some you know and some that is exclusive to you and you alone, I want to see how you will be able to use these cards, the blue pack is the cards you most likely knows about while the red pack is the newly created cards, so show me your strength with these cards Jaden.
Greetings by Yugi Muto.
Jaden put down the letter and picked up the blue pack, he opened it and picked out some cards, he turned them around and looked at them and got shocked when he saw what they were, especially two which was two of Yugi Muto's most famous cards, Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.
At that moment so did Jaden's eyes glow as he sensed a duel spirit before Dark Magician Girl's card glowed and her duel spirit appeared much to his shock, she looked at Jaden and smiled at him, "Hi there, are you my new master? The one master Yugi talked about?"
Jaden looked at her a bit confused, "Uh… maybe? My name is Jaden Yuki", Dark Magician Girl smile grew bigger, "Oh then you're the one master Yugi talked about, also…" she flew closer to his face, "You're quite cute, just like master Yugi", Jaden felt him blush a little as he rubbed the back of his head nervously.
Dark Magician Girl smiled at him, "Well it's nice to meet you master Jaden, I hope I will be able to serve you well in coming battles", Jaden calmed down a bit when she said that and smiled at her, "I think you will do fine and please either just call me Jaden or my nickname Jay okay?" Dark Magician Girl giggled a little when she heard that, "Alright I will do that then Jaden, well I need to go now so see you later"; however before she left she flew over to him and give him a kiss on the cheek, causing him to get shocked again and she left while she giggled as she left.
Yubel then appeared and gave Jaden a weird look she hadn't given him before, "Looks like you're having fun", Jaden quickly denied that and was about to explain when she made a smile, "Hey I saw everything okay, no need to explain, looks like we just got a new wild family member huh?" Jaden made a sheepish smile and nodded, Yubel then pointed at the other pack, "So are you going to open that one now?"
Jaden picked up the red pack, he noticed that it was a bit thicker than the other one, meaning there were more cards in this one, he opened it and looked through the cards, both his and Yubel's eyes widened as they saw the new cards Pegasus made for him, Jaden felt a smirk appearing on his face, "This looks interesting Yubel, now I guess I really need to start working on that new deck of mine". Yubel noticed the look on Jaden's face and smiled, seeing him back to his old self made her feel relieved and so Jaden took out his reserve cards and got to work on building his second deck.
Jaden was so excited about seeing Yugi's deck with his own eyes, but that never expected that the Ra yellow student Dimitri would steal it and that he had to duel Dimitri who used Yugi's deck in order to get it back, Jaden then managed to win but one event in the duel caused him to remember some bad memories, but then the biggest shock he got a few days later was that he got a package from Industrial illusions with cards made by Pegasus by request of Yugi, now Jaden was planning on really making a second deck like Yubel had suggested before, so what will happen next? Continue reading to find out and please review.