Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Season 2 – The Gentle Darkness vs The Light of Destruction
Last time, Sartorius's lawyer X who also was a pro duelist appeared on the island on his employer's orders to duel Jaden and defeat him. The next day after defeating a white student whose name was Eric Rand and freeing him from the Light's control, Jaden found a map and a note that told him to go to a cave down at the coast. He Syrus and Hassleberry went there and met X, Jaden refused to duel him however when he heard that the fate of the dorm was at stake but was forced to when X's henchmen took Syrus and Hassleberry hostage. Jaden was in trouble because of X's deck destruction tactics, but managed to turn things around and win after he summoned Uria to the field, what will happen next to Jaden and his friends?
Chapter 20- Dinosaurs vs Arcana Force
Sartorius were currently sitting in his plane on the way to the island, he was sitting at his table, he had the Wheel of Fate card face up while three other tarot cards were face down below it.
He flipped two of them face up, The Fool that represent Jaden, and the King that represent Aster, it seems like both of them will try to stand in my path and defy destiny, but who could this be? He wondered as he grabbed the third card.
He flipped it face up and saw a picture of a mechanical creature with a blue head burst out of the ground in a ruined city, The strength card, this card symbolizes a great power that cannot be swayed, I must discover the source of this power which I suspect is at Duel Academy, and it will be the perfect time to test me one of my newest servants, he thought as he looked to the far right side of the table.
There three Duel Monster cards were lying on the table, there was no picture on them but a weak stream of light came out of them at the moment, which meant that they were in the process of being created by the Light, though one of them seemed to be closer to completion than the other two.
A FEW HOURS LATER,
Hassleberry were currently were taking a nap after a long school while Jaden and Syrus had joined Bastion in his room at the Ra dorm, usually when they did research and discussed things about it they did it there.
Suddenly Hassleberry had a nightmare about some of the dinosaurs in his deck fighting each other and it caused him to wake up instantly and fall out of his bed and on to the floor painfully.
Hassleberry then sat up as he groaned in pain while rubbing his head, he then walked out of the room he had moved into in the rebuilt part of the Slifer dorm and then saw to his shock a man he didn't recognize sitting on the couch and looking straight at him, unaware that it was Sartorius.
Hassleberry glared at him, "Identify yourself immediately!" Sartorius just smiled at him, "Hello, this is where Jaden lives is it not?" Hassleberry, "Well that information is classified soldier".
Sartoriusnarrowed his eyes as he sensed a great strength inside of Hassleberry, "He's the one I was warned about, he is the strength card". Hassleberry who had walked over to him raised an eyebrow while he now felt even more suspicious about this mysterious man, "I have no idea what you're talking about, but you better inform me about your business here buddy".
Sartorius closed his eyes with a smile on his face while he stood up, "While of course, I apologize for my late introduction, my name is Sartorius, and I manage several professional duelists, like Aster Phoenix". He then placed his hand inside of his jacket and then held out a card to Hassleberry.
Hassleberry's glare immediately intensified, "Wait, so you're Sartorius? The one who brainwashed Chazz and caused him to brainwash most of the Obelisk dorm? Among them was another one of our friends Alexis".
Sartorius looked at him, "Why I have no idea what you're talking about young man". Hassleberry glared at him as he held up his right fist, "Don't play dumb, I know about the Gentle Darkness and the Light of Destruction".
Sartorius closed his eyes while he chuckled, "Well then, you must be quite well informed then". Hassleberry gritted his teeth as his pupils turned into a reptile's, "Listen here, first you send Aster Phoenix after Jaden to get him out of the way, then you brainwashed Chazz, then you have him brainwash a lot of students including Alexis, and then you said that crazy lawyer of yours after us who took me and Syrus hostage to force Jaden to duel against him. You're the one person that I, Tyranno Hassleberry will never forgive".
Sartorius looked at him as he narrowed his eyes, I can sense it even more now, the great force that's inside of him, I must get my hands on it, he thought as he got a smirk on his face since he had an idea.
He looked at Hassleberry with a smirk, "Let's make a deal here Mr Hassleberry, if you defeat me in a duel, I will give you what you want". Hassleberry looked at him shocked, "You mean you will release all of the people you have brainwashed?"
Sartorius shook his head, "First of all I never brainwashed them, I only showed them the truth, also not quite, but I will give you a chance to win your friends back to your side, that's what you want the most right?" Hassleberry gritted his teeth, he wanted to get everyone back to normal, but he couldn't deny he wanted Alexis and Chazz back to normal the most.
He looked at Sartorius, "Fine, you got yourself a deal then, just wait a little and I will get some Duel Disks". He then left while Sartorius stood there and chuckled.
AT THE SAME TIME WITH JADEN AND THE OTHERS,
Jaden, Syrus and Bastion were walking back towards the Slifer dorm, Jaden sighed, "In the end we couldn't find any details about this Sartorius other than he is a dueling manager and apparently also a fortuneteller, too bad I couldn't really find a picture of him".
Bastion looked at Jaden, "I know it's not much, but since we figured that he was probably the one who sent Aster after you, at least now we have an idea why Aster listened to him".
Jaden nodded when he suddenly sensed something at the dorm, Bastion and Syrus saw how Jaden suddenly got a really serious expression on his face before he began to run towards the dorm.
They followed him and once they reached the dorm they saw Hassleberry standing across to someone with a duel Disk on his arm, "It's Hassleberry, but wait, who is that person that he's facing?" Even though Jaden asked, he couldn't help but get a bad feeling about this.
Jaden then heard footsteps next to him and saw Aster there, "That's my dueling manager. Sartorius, he's the one who asked me to come after you Jaden, and it seems like he has been doing somethings behind my back". Aster narrowed his eyes, "And if I had to guess, I would say he's about to brainwash another one of your friends Jaden".
Jaden and the others looked at each other worried, they then ran towards them while they saw Hassleberry activate his Duel Disk, Jaden called out to him, "Hassleberry wait, don't you realize that that's Sartorius himself? You can't face him, remember what happened when Chazz faced him?"
Hassleberry looked at Jaden with a smirk, "Don't worry Sarge, he won't brainwash me, also when I win we might get Chazz and Alexis back to our side, which will make things easier for us".
Hassleberry then looked towards Sartorius and then got a confused look on his face as he saw how Sartorius looked at his Duel Disk from different angles and pressing different buttons.
"What the heck are you doing?" Sartorius looked at him with a troubled smile on his face, "Forgive me, but could you please tell me how I start this thing?" Hassleberry looked a little troubled now, "You mean you've never used a Duel Disk? There is a button near the top, that's the On Button".
Sartorius pressed the button Hassleberry had said and the Duel Disk was activated, he then looked at Hassleberry with a smirk, "Truth to be told, even though I'm an excellent duelist I have never used a Duel Disk before well then, I think I will let you begin Mr Hassleberry".
Syrus looked at Jaden, "He has never used a Duel Disk before? Isn't that weird Jaden?" Jaden shook his head, "Well not really, I guess there is just some people that prefer to use tables instead of Duel Disk, of course we also can't forget that this person is not normal, so that might also have something to do with it".
Hassleberry placed his fingers on his deck, "Alright then, let this war begin now". He drew his next card and looked at it, "I'll start with Pot of Greed, so now I'll get to draw two more cards". He drew two more cards and looked at them. He then placed one of them on to his Duel Disk, "Next I summon Giant Rex in attack mode".
Giant Rex appeared on the field and roared, Atk: 2000. Sartorius looked at him with a smirk, "Well well, quite a powerful monster on the first turn, of course, the side effect of it is that if I have no monsters, it can't attack me directly".
Hassleberry narrowed his eyes, "I'm well aware of that, now I activate…" However Sartorius interrupted him there, "It's your Dino Blast spell card right?" Hassleberry looked at Sartorius shocked that he knew what he were about to play.
Sartorius looked at him with a smirk, "Dino Blast allows you to choose one of your dinosaurs on the field, and then I take 300 points of damage times its level". Hassleberry narrowed his eyes, "I have no idea how you knew that, but it doesn't matter, because you're right, and since my Giant Rex is a level 4 monster you'll now take 1200 points of damage".
Sartorius grunted as it looked like wind slashed him, Sartorius LP: 4000-2800. Hassleberry looked at him, "And with that I end my turn". He however felt a bit troubled over that Sartorius had known about Dino Blast even before he played it.
Syrus looked at Jaden troubled, "How did he know that Hassleberry would use Dino Blast?" Jaden looked at him, "Did you forget Sy? He's a fortuneteller". Syrus rubbed his head sheepishly, "Oh yeah, I forgot about that, but I always things like that were either tricks or just lucky guesses, not real".
Aster looked at him, "you better believe that it's real when it comes from Sartorius". Jaden looked at him, "How long have you known him". Aster narrowed his eyes, "He appeared before me after my father's funeral". Jaden, Syrus and Bastion looked at each other shocked, it would mean that Aster had known Sartorius for 10 years.
Sartorius looked over his shoulder at Aster, Just watch Aster, and you will see the power of the Light, he thought to himself. He then looked towards Hassleberry, "Alright then, it's my move". He took and drew his next card and looked at it. He placed it on his Duel Disk, I start with Arcana Force I – The Magician in attack mode".
A creature that looked a bit like an alien with black and red clothes appeared on the field, Atk: 1100. Hassleberry then looked shocked as The Magician's card appeared above it and began to rotate, "What in Sam Hill is that?"
Sartorius looked at Hassleberry, "Do you believe in destiny? You see everything in life is predetermined, but fate often gives us the illusion of free will, here is an example, this card has two different special abilities, and you're the one who will decide which one is used. See how the card is rotating? It can stop either upright or upside down, if it stops upright then whenever a spell card is played, its original attack points are doubled until the end of the turn, but if it's upside down however, you'll gain 500 life points every time a spell card is played, and it will only stop when you tell it to, which is why its ability will be determined by you".
Hassleberry narrowed his eyes, "I get the point, it's a game of chance, so let's do this, stop now". The card then began to slow down and then it stopped upright, "Since it's upright, The Magician's original attack points will be doubled until the end of the turn whenever a spell card is played".
Hassleberry rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "Oh well, I guess I just have bad luck". Sartorius chuckled, "That's what all people who haven't seen the Light thinks, but you see, you have a lot to learn about the forces of destiny my friend".
Hassleberry glared at him, "I am NOT your friend, and also if that card is not about luck, when why have it spin at all?" Sartorius chuckled again, "It's very simple Hassleberry, human beings needs to have the illusion that they have their own free will and can make their own choices, but the tough truth is that nothing happens by chance, it's all meant to be, just like the extinction of your beloved dinosaur friends".
Hassleberry glared at Sartorius, "Guess again pal, the dinosaurs are not extinct, their spirits lives on inside me". Sartorius smiled and closed his eyes when he heard that, "That's really sweet, quite sad but sweet none the less, but your feelings towards your precious dinosaurs don't change the fate they got, and your destiny awaits you as well, allow me to demonstrate with this card".
Hassleberry gritted his teeth while Sartorius grabbed a card in his hand, "Enough with your fancy talk about destiny, nothing is written in stone". Sartorius held up a spell card, "I now activate the spell card Fusion Vision, so now since you have a monster on your field, I get to flip the cards on the top of your deck, until another monster card appears". Hassleberry looked shocked, "Are you serious?"
Sartorius walked towards him with a smirk on his face, "Is there a warrior waiting for you in your future, or perhaps a spellcaster, or maybe just a puny little insect?" Hassleberry narrowed his eyes as he took out his deck and handed it over to Sartorius, "I already knows what's it gonna be, a dinosaur, so now just flip the cards".
Sartorius chuckled, "You seem quite confident, but are you correct I wonder?" Hassleberry gritted his teeth as Sartorius flipped the top card, then he flipped a second card. Then after he had flipped the third card he stopped with a smile, "Well well, it's indeed a dinosaur, that's very good for you, since it is the same type as the monster that is on your field, you will automatically gain 1000 more life points, and then the card I flipped returns to you in the same order they were in".
Hassleberry chuckled, "Thanks for the boost to my points". Hassleberry LP: 4000-5000. Sartorius then returned the cards to the deck in the order they had appeared in before handing it back to Hassleberry, "My pleasure". He then walked back to his dueling corner.
Jaden narrowed his eyes, "Okay, that's not good at all". Bastion nodded while Syrus looked at them a little confused, "Well I do know that Sartorius got to see his top three cards, but he still doesn't know what Hassleberry have in his hand, and Hassleberry also gained some points, so I would think it helped him a little more than it hurt him".
Aster narrowed his eyes, "Well then you need to think again, him seeing his cards gives him a huge advantage, and not only can he use it to his advantage the coming turns, but since a spell card was used, the Arcana Force I's special ability activates and it's attack points are doubled".
All of them looked at Arcana Force I –The Magician who got covered in a green aura, Atk: 1100-2200. Hassleberry looked shocked and worried since he obviously had realized that that ability would activate because he got so frustrated with Sartorius.
Sartorius then pointed at Giant Rex, "And now Arcana Force I, attack his Giant Rex with Spheroid Stream". A green sphere of energy formed in Arcana Force I's hands and then dark mist appeared around him and flew towards Giant Rex, it then surrounded him and he disappeared, Hassleberry LP: 5000-4800.
Hassleberry gritted his teeth as he watched Sartorius grab two cards in his hand, "And then I end my turn with two face downs, which means Arcana Force I's up right ability now ends since it's the end phase". Arcana Force I – The Magician, Atk: 2200-1100.
Hassleberry placed his fingers on his deck, "Finally, then it's my move". He looked at the card and a smirk appeared on his face, "Alright, now Archeonys, report to the field in attack mode", Archeonys appeared on the field and spread his wings, Atk: 300.
Hassleberry, "Then I'm pretty sure you know this is coming, but I also activate my New Ultra Evolution spell card". Sartorius chuckled, "Indeed, and as I'm sure you know by now, since you just played a spell card my Arcana Force I's attack points is doubled". Arcana Force I – The Magician, Atk: 1100-2200.
Now it was Hassleberry's turn to chuckle a little, "That doesn't matter, since my spell allows me to change my frontline, so now I dismiss Archeonys…" Archeonys then disappeared from the field as Hassleberry grabbed a card in his hand, "In order to call Dark Tyranno to the field".
Dark Tyranno then appeared with a mighty roar, Atk: 2600. Hassleberry then laughed, "You see, even with his attack points double, your Arcana can't defeat my hungry dinosaur, alright buddy, time for battle, get him". Dark Tyranno roared as he ran towards Arcana Force I before he turned around and slammed his tail in to him which destroyed him, Sartorius LP: 2800-2400.
Hassleberry looked at Sartorius with a smirk while Dark Tyranno looked at Sartorius and growled, " and with that I end my turn, so Mr Destiny, I bet you didn't see that coming, I guess you should spend less time talking nonsense, and spend more time trying to defend yourself from be, because I'm packing the strength of a dinosaur". He said with a smirk as he lifted his arm to show his muscles.
Syrus sighed, "And, and the brain of a dinosaur as well". Hassleberry turned towards Syrus while a vein appeared in his forehead in anger, "I heard that Private!" Syrus looked nervous and hid behind Jaden when he saw the glare Hassleberry gave him while Jaden chuckled nervously and both Bastion and Aster sighed tired.
Sartorius placed his fingers on his deck, "Let's move on, it's my turn now". He then took and drew his next card and looked at it, he then got a smirk on his face, and Aster also noticed a certain look in his eyes, which he knew meant that Sartorius had some kind of trap ready for Hassleberry.
Sartorius placed the card in his hand and grabbed another, "I activate Pentacle of Ace". The spell card appeared on the field and it began to rotate.
Sartorius looked at Hassleberry with a smirk, "And now destiny moves forward once again, and like before, it's up to you to stop it". Hassleberry narrowed his eyes, "Alright stop now". The card then stopped upright. Sartorius laughed a little, "Since it's upright I now get to draw a card, and then I gain 500 life points". He drew a card and looked at it, Sartorius LP: 2400-2900.
Hassleberry had a bitter smirk on his face, "Well, lucky you then". Sartorius looked at him, "Lucky? You still don't get it do you? Well you will soon find out, I end my turn". Hassleberry looked completely shocked when he heard that.
Syrus looked at the other three boys around him, "Why didn't he summon a monster? Dark Tyranno looks pretty hungry to me, and I'm guessing that Sartorius looks like a tasty snack to him".
Aster looked at Sartorius, "He didn't need to summon anything right now, he have some kind of trap ready for your friend, I could see it in his eyes, and I know your friend will walk straight into it".
Hassleberry drew his next card, "Well if you won't go on the offensive or defensive in this war right now, then I guess I should go on the offensive while your defensive line is absent". He then pointed at Sartorius, "Alright Dark Tyranno, time for a direct assault on Sartorius". Dark Tyranno roared as he ran towards Sartorius.
However Sartorius laughed as he grabbed a card in his hand, "Whenever you declare an attack, I can summon this card from my hand directly to the field and then it becomes the target of your attack, so come forth Arcana Force IX – The Fire Demon".
A pillar of fire came out of the ground, then out of it came a demon that looked like a red and black serpentine dragon without arms or legs, large wings and flames that burst out of its body from time to time, Atk: 2600. The Fire Demon's card then appeared above it and it began to rotate.
Sartorius looked at Hassleberry who looked really irritated now, "Before you tell it to stop, allow me to tell you what this card's abilities are, if it lands upright, the monster that this card is battling with is destroyed before the battle is finished, and then I gain life points equal to half your monster's attack points. If it lands upside down however, this card loses 500 attack points, and if it's destroyed you will gain life points equal to half this card's original attack points".
Hassleberry narrowed his eyes, if he were really lucky here, he could take away 500 more life points from Sartorius while gaining 1300 life points himself, but if he wasn't lucky he would lose his Dark Tyranno and Sartorius would gain 1300 life points instead.
Hassleberry took a deep breath and held out his hand, "Stop!" He looked as the card slowed down and then gritted his teeth as it landed upright. He then watched as his Dark Tyranno got surrounded by fire and got destroyed and then how Sartorius got surrounded by a red aura, Sartorius LP: 2900-4200.
Jaden narrowed his eyes when he saw that, but then his eyes widened as he felt a pulsation from his deck with the Sacred Beasts that were at his waist. He looked at it, and could feel that Uria had gotten angry when that thing appeared on the field.
Syrus looked at him, "What's wrong? I can feel a strong anger coming out of one of your decks". Bastion had heard what Syrus had said silently since he was close enough and looked at Jaden.
Jaden looked at them, "For some reason, Uria got upset when that Arcana Force IX appeared on the field". Bastion and Syrus looked troubled at each other, upsetting even one of the Sacred Beasts were one of the stupidest things a person could do.
Hassleberry gritted his teeth as he grabbed a card in his hand, "I place one card face down and end my turn". He didn't like that he had lost Dark Tyranno, but thanks to the card he just placed face down, his friend wouldn't be extinct for long.
But at that moment so were The Fire Demon surrounded by fire and once it cleared he was gone. Sartorius held up his card, "If Arcana Force IX – The Fire Demon was summoned because of his own ability, he returns to my deck at the end of the turn and then I have to shuffle the deck". He placed The Fire Demon into his deck and shuffled it before he placed it back into his Duel Disk.
He then placed his fingers on his deck, "Alright then, my move". Sartorius drew his card, at that moment so pressed Hassleberry a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate Call of the Haunted, and with it I can bring back one monster from my graveyard to my field in attack mode, so let's welcome back my Dark Tyranno".
The ground cracked open and Dark Tyranno came out of it while letting out a ferocious roar, Atk: 2600. Sartorius chuckled, "Just as I predicted, now then, I summon Arcana Force VII – The Chariot".
A black mechanical looking monster with yellow lines on its body appeared, it had multiple arms, eyes on the middle part of its body, it had no legs as it was hovering and it also had long thin cable like blasters on its lower body half, Atk: 1700.
The Chariot's card appeared above it and it began to rotate. Sartorius looked at Hassleberry with a smirk, "Go ahead, you know what to do". Hassleberry narrowed his eyes, "Stop right now".
The card slowed down and then stopped upside down, Sartorius looked at Hassleberry with a smirk, "It's upside down ability activates so if The Chariot is destroyed in battle it will reappear on your side of the field".
Hassleberry laughed a little with a satisfied look on his face, "No complains here, looks like luck is finally on my side". Sartorius smiled at him, "We'll see about that, now Arcana Force VII, attack his Dark Tyranno". Hassleberry looked at Sartorius shocked, "Huh? But why would you attack me on purpose when my Tyranno is stronger?"
Aster looked at him, "Because like I said, he can actually see the future, he has giving me predictions before and they have never been wrong, he has even predicted my opponents before they had been announced, without a chance of knowing beforehand".
Aster looked at Jaden, "You're the only person he has ever been wrong about Jaden, I'm afraid to say it, but your friend doesn't stand a chance against Sartorius". Jaden looked at Hassleberry, hoping that Aster would be wrong.
The Chariot then moved towards Dark Tyranno and lifted its blasters and fired some kind of substance towards the Tyranno. However Dark Tyranno just roared and spun around and hit the substance and sent it right back towards The Chariot and destroyed it, Sartorius LP: 4200-3300.
Sartorius looked at Hassleberry, "Well then, since The Chariot was upside down it will reappear on your side now". Hassleberry looked as The Chariot appeared next to Dark Tyranno, Atk: 1700. The Chariot's card then appeared above it and began to rotate.
Sartorius chuckled. "Well then it looks like the future of this duel is now in my hands". He then looked at the card, "Stop, right there". The card slowed down and then it stopped upside down once again. Hassleberry chuckled a little while having a smirk on his face, "Was there even a point to all of this? Now if it gets destroyed in battle we will just be back where we started, you should just stick to managing while leaving dueling to people like us who has skill".
Sartorius chuckled however and placed a card in to his Duel Disk and it appeared on the field and it began to rotate, "This spell card might change your mind, it's called…"
Hassleberry now looked really irritated, "Oh come on, not another card like that". Sartorius looked at him with a smirk, "I would listen if I were you, you should know what you're up against if you plan on winning this duel. You see, it's called Suit of Sword X and if this card lands upright, then all of your monsters all destroyed, but if it lands upside down then all of my monsters are destroyed".
Hassleberry's eyes widened, "Say what? That means my Tyranno might get destroyed again, along with the Chariot I got from you". He closed his eyes, he then took a deep breath and looked at the card, "Stop right now!" The card then began to slow down and then it stopped upright, Hassleberry placed his hand on the backside of his head, "Oh man, I'm really unlucky today". He then watched as The Chariot and Dark Tyranno got destroyed and Call of the Haunted was also destroyed since Dark Tyranno had left the field.
Sartorius then held out his hand and one of his face downs got flipped face up and began to rotate, "And next I play this, my Ace of Wand, I can activate this when monsters are destroyed due to a card effect, now if it lands upright, you will gain life points equal to the combined attack points of your two monsters that were just destroyed, if it lands upside down however, then you take damage equal to their points instead". Hassleberry looked really worried when Sartorius said that.
Jaden looked troubled as well, "Wait, but their total points are 4300". Syrus nodded, "Yeah, which means he will either lose or gain 4300". Aster narrowed his eyes, "Actually you're wrong there, Sartorius knows what will happen remember? So he wouldn't do something like this if it would actually help Hassleberry".
Sartorius looked at Hassleberry who gritted his teeth with a smile, "Oh come on, don't be so angry, don't you see? You're the one who's in control over what position the card will land in, now choose your fate". Hassleberry gritted his teeth and held out his hand, "Alright stop right there!"
The card slowed down and then finally stopped upside down, "Since it landed upside down, you will take direct damage, don't you see, you can't stop what's meant to be". Hassleberry covered his face from the strong winds that hit him, Hassleberry LP: 4800-500.
Sartorius looked at Hassleberry, "Don't be so hard on yourself Mr Hassleberry our stories has already been written, you can't do anything to stop destiny". Hassleberry gritted his teeth but then heard Jaden call out to him with a serious tone in his voice and he looked towards him.
"Hassleberry listen to me, don't let his destiny talk get to you, if you just believe in yourself you can overcome his predictions, I mean look at me, I have overcome them, and if I can then so can you too".
Hassleberry looked at Jaden a little shocked before he closed his eyes before he turned towards Sartorius with determination burning in his eyes, "Alright my move, now let's see which dinosaur you saw earlier when you flipped the top cards of my deck".
Hassleberry drew his next card and a smirk appeared on his face as he saw that it was Ultimate Tyranno, "So it was you huh? Jaden's right, I can still do this". His pupils then turned into a reptile's again and Sartorius's eyes widened as he felt the enormous strength inside of Hassleberry once again.
Jaden's eyes widened as well as his eyes turned golden, he noticed a really strong aura around Hassleberry, which represented his inner strength. He was speechless for a second before he mentally spoke, "Yubel, Neos, are you guys seeing this?" Yubel appeared next to him and nodded, just as shocked as he was.
Neos then appeared after her, "It appears that your friend is more powerful than we expected". Jaden nodded, as he was shocked over seeing Hassleberry's true inner strength for the first time.
Hassleberry grabbed a card in his hand, "Attention, now it's time for Dyna Base to report to the field in attack mode". A mechanical vehicle appeared on the field, Atk: 0. Hassleberry had a smirk on his hand, "And thanks to my Dyna Base's special ability, I can sacrifice it along with a dinosaur from my hand in order to fusion summon a Dyna Tank from my extra deck".
He held up the card he had just drawn, "And as you know, I just drew my Ultimate Tyranno, and now I sacrifice it along with my Dyna Base to summon my Dyna Tank".
Ultimate Tyranno appeared next to Dyna Base and then both of them disappeared, and then Ultimate Tyranno appeared while sitting in a vehicle, Atk: ?
Hassleberry looked at Sartorius, "And now, my Dyna Tank gain attack points equal to the attack points of the dinosaur I just sacrificed, and since my Tyranno had 3000, my Dyna Tank have 3000 attack points as well". Dyna Tank, Atk: ?-3000.
Hassleberry then pointed at Sartorius, "Alright Dyna Tank, time for a direct assault, hit him with everything you have". The Ultimate Tyranno on the vehicle roared as it fired a blast of fire towards Sartorius who covered his face as it hit him, Sartorius LP: 3300-300. Hassleberry held up his right fist with a smirk, "And with that I end my turn".
Hassleberry looked at Jaden with a smile, "Thanks for that speech Jaden, I needed that". Jaden nodded with a smile, "No problem Hassleberry, just take him down". Aster however, looked on with a neutral look on his face, since he knew that this was far from over, and Sartorius was far from defeated.
Sartorius placed his fingers on his deck, "It's my turn, I draw". He drew his next card and looked at it, "I now activate my Necro Sacrifice spell card, so now I can choose a level 5 or higher monster in my hand and summon it to the field, as long as I special summon monsters from my grave to your side of the field that is equal to the number of sacrifices I needed to make for my monster, of course you're the one who will decide which mode the monsters will be in".
Hassleberry looked shocked when he heard that, Sartorius chuckled, "Of course there is not really a choice to begin with, but let's just move on, since I plan on summoning a level 5 monster, I special summon Arcana Force VIII – The Chariot to your side of the field".
Hassleberry narrowed his eyes, "Okay fine, I choose attack mode". The Chariot then appeared on Hassleberry's field once again, Atk: 1700. Its card then appeared above it and began to rotate. Sartorius looked at it, "Alright, stop right now".
The card slowed down and then stopped upside down, "It's upside down activates so once it's destroyed in battle it will return to my side". Hassleberry glared at him, "Not to be rude, but I already know that".
Sartorius looked at him with a smile, "Very well then, now I summon Arcana Force VIII – The Strength". A mechanical looking monster with long thing arms and round hands with claws appeared on the field, Atk: 1800. Its card appeared above it and began to rotate.
Sartorius looked at Hassleberry, "Now then, if this card lands upside down, you will gain control over all of my monsters except for this card, but if it lands upright, then I will get to control one of yours".
Hassleberry narrowed his eyes, "Stop now!" The card slowed down before it stopped upright, "Its upright ability now activates, so I'll gain control over your Dyna Tank".
Hassleberry got a smirk on his face, "Not so fast Sartorius, you see my Dyna Tank has a special ability as well, I now get to change the target of your monster's effect from my tank to one of your monsters, in other words, I'm taking control of your Strength card instead of you taking control of my Dyna Tank".
The Strength card then disappeared from Sartorius's side and then appeared on Hassleberry's side of the field, "Thanks for that, now you're defenseless, so once I attack you with any of my three monsters, this war will be over and I will have freed our comrades from your control".
Sartorius didn't look worried at all, "It's a little early to be saying thanks, after all, I knew that The Strength would get taken and so I was prepared, just like the life can change for a person if they make just one mistake, the outcome of a duel can change with just one card".
Hassleberry looked at him confused and a little worried as Sartorius held out his hand and his last face down got flipped face up, "Now I activate my Reversal of Fate trap card, so now everymonster on the field with Arcana Force in its name changes from upright to upside down, and vice versa".
Everyone watched as The Chariot's card changed to upright while The Strength changed to upside down, Sartorius chuckled, "Since The Strength is now upside down I gain control over all of your other monsters, how quickly things change".
Hassleberry watched worried as both The Chariot and his Dyna Tank disappeared from his field and went over to Sartorius's side of the field. Sartorius looked at him with a smirk while both monsters got surrounded by a white aura, "Now it's time for you to see the Light, now Dyna Tank, end this duel". Dyna Tank then took and fired a blast of fire towards The Strength and destroyed it while Hassleberry was sent flying to the ground, Hassleberry LP: 500-0.
Sartorius began to walk towards Hassleberry, "Don't feel so sad, this was your fate all along, but now that you have seen the Light, your fate will change and you will walk down on the path of the glorious Light along with your friends".
Jaden, Syrus and Bastion ran up next to them, "Hey Sartorius, stay away from Hassleberry". Sartorius turned one of his eyes towards them when Jaden said that and it glowed with a purple light for a second.
Jaden gritted as he felt an incredible pressure coming from Sartorius, he could feel that it tried to keep him from moving, and he could see that Syrus and Bastion couldn't move because of it.
Jaden's eyes turned golden and saw the white aura around Sartorius, Jaden's eyes began to glow as he shielded himself from the pressure of the Light's power. Yubel appeared next to him, "Now even if there had been the slightest doubt then he just erased them, Sartorius is without a doubt the current vessel for the power of the Light of Destruction".
Jaden nodded since he knew she was right, they then all watched as Hassleberry began to push himself off the ground, "Impressive tactics soldier, you're quite powerful Sartorius".
Syrus and Bastion who could move again since Sartorius had released the pressure he put on them looked at Hassleberry worried, "Oh no, come on Hassleberry, did he really brainwash you too?" Syrus asked worried, however Jaden who had seen Hassleberry's inner strength, just looked at him without worry.
Hassleberry now sat on his right knee, he then looked up with a smirk, "However, you can forget about me joining your little Society of Light club". Sartorius looked at Hassleberry shocked, "But how? No one can resist the power of the Light".
While Syrus and Bastion looked at each other while looks of both shock an happiness Jaden had a smirk on his face, since he knew that Hassleberry could resist the Light with that kind of inner strength, even though he was confused since it were far stronger than normal people usually have.
Hassleberry chuckled, "Well I'm not just a normal person either, look at this scar on my leg". He pulled up the left leg of his pants and revealed a large scar on his leg, He looked at all of them, "A few years ago when I was helping digging up dinosaur fossils at an excavation, a land slide happen and it nearly broke my leg in two. They needed to fix it quickly, so they used of the dinosaur bone I had just dug up to save my leg, and by putting that dino bone into my body, some dinosaur DNA got mixed into me".
Syrus looked at him with doubtful eyes, "Could, something like that really happen?" Bastion nodded since he wondered that to, on the other hand, Jaden's smirk grew even bigger when he heard that, if it was true then it would explain the inner strength Hassleberry had a bit, since the power of a dinosaur was flowing through his veins.
Hassleberry then stood up while his pupils once again turned into a reptile's for a few second before changing back, "So even though I lost here today, I won't be joining you, and I'm gonna tell you this right now, the Sarge will take you down and save everyone and stop your plans, believe it".
Sartorius turned around with a smirk, "We'll see about that my young friend, well then, have a nice day all of you". He then began to walk away while all of them glared after him.
Jaden walked over to Hassleberry, "Sweet duel Hassleberry, it sure looked like you had the duel won a few times there, but the important thing is that you wasn't brainwashed".
Hassleberry looked at him with a smirk, "Thanks Jaden, and while I wish I had won so that we might have gotten Chazz and Alexis back, I know taking that guy for good is your job".
Jaden looked after Sartorius, "Oh I'll take him down alright, and I will save everyone who have been brainwashed because of him, I promise you that". All of them then watched as Sartorius disappeared out of sight.
THE NEXT DAY AT THE AUDITORIUM,
All the students had gathered in the auditorium because Crowler had an announcement for them. Crowler stood at the podium and held up the mike, "Settle down students, there will be a new transfer student starting here today, and so treat him well".
Jaden sighed, "Oh come on, does he think we're in first grade or something?" Hassleberry looked at Syrus with a smirk, "Well, one of us is actually". Syrus glared at him, "You should be thankful that I'm gonna ignore that". Hassleberry laughed while Jaden sighed with a tired smile.
Crowler held out his hand, "Now then, all of you give a big warm Duel Academy welcome to Sartorius". Jaden and his friends immediately directed their full attention towards the podium as they saw Sartorius walk out on it with a smirk on his face.
Crowler looked at them with a smile, "Because of his skills and age, he has been admitted into the school as a third year student, now I want you all to show him respect and that you treat him well".
Jaden narrowed his eyes as he glared at Sartorius while Sartorius turned his head in his direction and looked straight at Jaden with a smirk, he had no idea what Sartorius was planning by getting transferred into the school, but he knew that he had to make sure to stop whatever he was planning.
So Sartorius appeared once again on the island since his tarot cards predicted that a great strength were on the island and he wanted it. It turned out that it was Hassleberry and so in order to try and make him come over to his side, he challenged Hassleberry to a duel with the promise that they would get a chance to get their friends back if Hassleberry won. Hassleberry thought with everything he had but in the end Sartorius's Arcana Force cards as well as his ability to see the future was too much for Hassleberry. But even though he lost, he still wasn't brainwashed, and he said it was because he had dinosaur DNA in him because of that he had gotten a dinosaur bone placed into his leg when it had gotten broken during an excavation. Sartorius then left them but then the next day it was revealed that he turned out to be a new transfer student, what will happen next? Continue reading to find out and please review.
P.S. The Fire Demon might look like a dragon but it's a fiend type monster. Also the next chapter will be to decide where they will go on their field trip, I was planning on either making Jaden have a rematch with Derek, or have either Bastion or Hassleberry face him in Jaden's place since Sartorius chose not to face Jaden himself, I'm still thinking about how to do it and thought I would listen to what the readers would like to read before I make my decision.