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Episode Twenty Five
Duelist Island Four Way Duel Part III
Zane laughed hysterically, this was gonna be great…perfect. Zane smiled as two Cyber Dragons appeared on the field. Zane silently analyzed the field before he continued his move. Master was in the lead with a barely touched 7000 life points. Jaden took second with 5600 life points. Zane, trailing slightly behind in third with 4800 life points, and Honcho brining up the rear with 4600 life points.
Jaden had one card in his hand and Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster (2000/2500) on the field in defense position. Master had four cards in his hand, and on the field was White Knight Champion (2600/2400). Zane had one card in his hand and two Cyber Dragons out (2100/1600). Honcho had three cards in his hand and Spiked Lizard-Hard Defense (2000/3000) on the field in defense position, with Fusion Gate activated.
Zane laughed, "Now I am going to fuse together my two Cyber Dragons in order to create…Cyber Twin Dragon (2800/2100)!" The two Cyber Dragons let out a powerful roar before they quickly merged into one being. Light sprouted from Zane's side of the field as a new, much larger monster emerged.
Cyber Twin Dragon had a large, metal body. It had two, long, thin heads and two long and viscous tails.
Zane laughed, "Cyber Twin Dragon, attack Rampart Blaster, Double Cyber Blast!" Each of Cyber Twin Dragon's heads rose up and emitted a long beam of white energy straight at Rampart Blaster. Rampart Blaster held up its shield and tried to protect it self but when the attack hit, Rampart Blaster was completely consumed, obliterating it to pieces.
Jaden stared at his empty field; he knew what was coming next.
"I am now going to activate Cyber Twin Dragon's special ability, allowing him to attack twice in the same battle phase!" Cyber Twin Dragon unleashed the same attack as before, only this time Jaden was completely defenseless.
The attack overwhelmed Jaden and sent him flying off of the stage. Honcho cried out in surprise as Jaden landed at the foot of the duel stage. It took him a second to rise but when he did, he smiled, "Nice attack Zane!"
Zane gave him the thumbs up and Jaden smiled back, all the while his life points reduced to 2800, placing Jaden in last place for the first time this entire duel (Jaden: 2800 Master: 7000 Zane: 4800 Honcho: 4600). Zane ended his turn with one card in his hand.
Honcho smiled, Zane clearly wanted Jaden out first. And while Zane was distracted by Jaden, Honcho would be attacking Zane. But now that Jaden was in last place, if Honcho did too much damage Jaden and Zane might lose, forcing Honcho to go up against…Master. Honcho swallowed, that was the last thing he wanted. He had to go about his attacks very cautiously. Would his best bet be to attack Master since his life points were so high?
Honcho shrugged, and drew a card, giving him a total of five in his hand.
Honcho smiled mischievously and summoned…"Chemical Lizard (1500/1000)."
A small lizard with large green eyes and scaly skin appeared on the field. But Honcho wasn't done yet, "I am now going to activate the special ability of my Chemical Lizard. At the cost of 1000 of my life points…" Honcho's life points shot down to 3600, only 800 above Jaden (Jaden: 2800 Master: 7000 Zane: 4800 Honcho: 3600).
Honcho continued explaining the effect of Chemical Lizard. "Now, I can destroy one monster on the field whose attack is double the attack of Chemical Lizard (1500)!"
All three duelists took a step back in fear; Honcho could now choose to destroy any monster on the field. Honcho snickered, "And I think I'm gonna have to choose…Cyber Twin Dragon!
Zane winced, he was always the target. A sudden explosion erupted beneath Cyber Twin Dragon and it was immediately consumed by the flames. Zane looked away, as the smoke cleared and he was completely defenseless.
Honcho smiled, and switched Spiked Lizard-Hard Defense into attack position. "Now," Honcho continued. "Spiked Lizard-Hard Defense, attack Zane directly!"
Jaden looked away; he couldn't help but feel guilty for what was happening to Zane, if Jaden had teamed up with him this wouldn't be happening. But Jaden had to versus Master, he had to.
Spiked Lizard-Hard Defense lurched forward and tackled Zane to the floor, bring his life points down to 2800, leaving him tied in last with Jaden (Jaden: 2800 Master: 7000 Zane: 2800 Honcho: 3600).
Zane struggled to stand back up. The duelists (Excluding Master) were down to their last thousand life points, the end was near, soon the semi-final pairing would be chosen. It seemed clear that Master would be one of the winners, since there was a 4400 point difference between him and the third place duelist (Honcho), unless a miracle occurred.
Honcho knew he had to bring Zane's life points down even further, to separate him from Jaden, making Jaden versus Master. Once Zane was down, it would be pretty easy for Honcho to make himself lose (Even though surrendering was prohibited).
Spiked Lizard-Hard Defense returned to defense position. Honcho ended his turn, giving him two cards in his hand.
It was now Jadens turn, he had three cards in his hand. He had a pretty good idea of what he had to do, keep his defenses up, and let Honcho destroy Zane.
"I summon Neo Spacian Air Hummingbird (800/600)." A tall, red, bird appeared in front of Jaden. "And thanks to my monster, I gain 500 life points for every card in my opponent's hand." Since Master was the one standing across from him the effect activated according to Master's hand…which had four cards in it. Jaden's life points drastically increased to 4800, placing him in second place, just what Honcho wanted (Jaden: 4800 Master: 7000 Zane: 2800 Honcho: 3600).
"And I'll place a card facedown, before ending my turn." Zane winced; he knew he was in trouble.
It was Master's turn, he chuckled and drew. "I am going to order White Knight Champion to attack Zane directly!"
White Knight Champion sprinted, at full force, towards Zane. Zane took a step back and tensed his body, in preparation for the attack.
White Knight Champion knocked Zane over, leaving him in a crumpled mess on the floor. Zane groaned loudly, and his life points dropped down to 200 (Jaden: 4800 Master: 7000 Zane: 200 Honcho: 2800).
But Zane quickly recovered and shouted, "I will not give up! I will not quite fighting until my last life point is deflated!"
Master laughed, "That wouldn't be so hard to do." Zane growled, and Master ended his turn.
Zane smiled and drew, giving him two cards in his hand. Zane chuckled softly to himself; he might be able to stall his defeat. "I summon Cyber Giraffe (300/800) to the field in attack mode." A short, metal giraffe appeared on front of Zane.
Honcho chuckled and Master exploded into a horrendous laughing fit. Zane smiled, "You won't be laughing…after I activate Creature Swap!"
Master froze, this could mean serious trouble.
Jaden smiled, "Yeah Zane, go Zane, and Chazz began clapping wildly."
Zane beamed brightly, "Creature Swap allows me to select one monster on my field, Cyber Giraffe, and my opponent gets to select one monster on their side of the field and those creatures swap. Since all players only have one monster on the field it's obvious which they would choose."
Zane paused for a moment to analyze the field. "Stealing Neos Spacian Air Hummingbird would allow me to use its special ability but it wouldn't provide a good enough offense or defense. So it's between White Knight Champion of Spiked Lizard-Hard Defense. Spiked Lizard-Hard Defense has a good defense…but in terms of offense it wouldn't be able to take down White Knight Champion, and because of Jaden's face down card, attacking him might be stupid."
Zane smiled, and pointed at Master, "You push me, I push you harder…revenge is bitter sweet."
Master growled, but he couldn't prevent a white light from consuming both White Knight Champion and Cyber Giraffe. When the white light dispersed, White Knight Champion stood at Zane's side, and all Master had was Cyber Giraffe.
Zane smiled and Jaden shouted, "Go Zane!"
"Now," Zane began. "My White Knight Champion, attack Cyber Giraffe!" White Knight Champion swiftly crossed the field, and for the first time it wasn't headed at Zane.
White Knight Champion raised its two swords and deftly sliced Cyber Giraffe in half. Master cried out as his life points raced down to 4700 (Jaden: 4800 Master: 4700 Zane: 200 Honcho: 2800). Jaden smiled, it was the first time he was in the lead in a long time, but just barely.
Zane smiled confidently and ended his turn with nothing in his hand.
Honcho grinned and drew, giving him three cards in his hand. "First I am going to switch Chemical Lizard into defense position, and after that I'm going to have my Spiked Lizard-Hard Defense in attack position and have him attack…Jaden."
Jaden pondered this move, but he had little time to think as Spiked Lizard-Hard Defense was seconds from bulldozing Neos Spacian Air Hummingbird.
Jaden laughed, "Too bad for you Honcho, but I'm going to activate Draining Shield!"
Spiked Lizard-Hard Defense was sent flying back to Honcho, by an invisible barrier that negated its attack. Jaden smiled, "Not only does Draining Shield negate your attack, but my life points increase by the attack of your monster!" Jaden's life points shot up to 6800, placing him firmly in the lead (Jaden: 6800 Master: 4700 Zane: 200 Honcho: 2800).
Honcho quietly ended his turn, and Jaden drew. Jaden analyzed his hand silently, "I activate Pot of Greed!" Jaden quickly drew two cards, giving him a total of three cards in his hand. Then Jaden activated Graceful Charity, discarding two cards and drawing three.
Jaden looked at his hand, and stared at the field.
"Jay, are you all right," Zane asked.
A small tear crawled down Jaden's cheek and his knees buckled. "Jaden," Zane cried out but Jaden held up his hand.
"Please forgive me Zane…forgive me." Zane grew silent, he understood. Jaden had something in his hand that could knock Zane out of the duel.
"Do what you have to Jaden," Zane said gravely. "May the best man win, you didn't team up with Master, and for that I am thankful…do what you have to. You didn't turn to the darkness, do what you have to do."
Jaden stood up, "Thank you." Jaden cleared his throat and began, "First I would like to activate the effect of Neos Spacian Air Hummingbird." Now that Master had five cards in his hand Jaden's life points skyrocketed to 9300 (Jaden: 9300 Master: 4700 Zane: 200 Honcho: 2800).
Jaden slowly continued, "And I am going to use Fusion Gate in order to fuse together my Elemental Hero Burstinatrix and Avion, and after that I will fuse them with my Elemental Hero Sparkman in order to summon…"
The two Elemental Heroes appeared on the field. They slowly combined in a flash of red and green light. Jaden shielded his eyes from the light as Elemental Hero Flame Wingman emerged.
Then Flame Wingman suddenly returned to the vortex, this time adding Elemental Hero Sparkman to the mix. All duelists were silent during this process.
Then, suddenly, Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman (2500/2100) emerged. Shining Flare Wingman had a radiant, metal armor. It had large steel wings and a sharp green face.
Suddenly though, his attack rose up to 3100. "Shining Flare Wingman gets a 300 point bonus for every Elemental Hero in my graveyard. And when I activated Graceful Charity I discarded Elemental Hero Clayman and Bubbleman."
Jaden closed his eyes…it was time. Jaden whispered, "Shining Flare Wingman, attack White Knight Champion!"
Shining Flare Wingman blasted into the sky, and Zane closed his eyes. It came down in a mass of radiant white light. Shining Flare Wingman hit White Knight Champion in a massive explosion, Zane stepped off the stage.
Yugi and Kaiba swung their hands down in total synchronization, "Zane is eliminated!" The smoke cleared…and then there were three (Jaden: 9300 Master: 4700 Zane: 0000 Honcho: 2800)!
Honcho beamed, "Oh yeah, great work Jaden!"
Jaden just stared off into space, as Zane trudged off to take his seat next to Chazz. Then, silently, Jaden ended his turn.
It was Master's turn and he drew, giving him six cards in his hand. "I summon White Knight on a White Horse (1700/800)," marking the monsters second appearance in the duel.
White Knight on a White Horse smiled maliciously as Master commanded him to attack Chemical Lizard. White Knight on a White Horse rode swiftly forward and chopped Chemical Lizard in half. Reducing a happy Honcho to 2600 (Jaden: 9300 Master: 4700 Zane: 0000 Honcho: 2600). Then Master ended his turn.
Honcho swiftly drew, switched Spiked Lizard-Hard Defense into attack position, and ended his turn.
It was now Jaden's turn. Jaden knew what Honcho, Master, and even himself, wanted himself to do. It was time to end the duel; it was time to force Jaden and Master to duel, and Zane and Honcho.
"Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman," Jaden declared. Honcho and Master were beaming brightly; this was just what they wanted.
"Attack Spiked Lizard-Hard Defense…now!" Shining Flare Wingman shot, like a bullet, across the field. Shining Flare Wingman's effect stated that when it destroyed a monster, the monsters attack was reduced from the owner's life points. That, on top of the normal battle damage would be enough to eliminate Honcho.
Shining Flare Wingman rammed right into Spiked Lizard-Hard Defense in a massive explosion. Master clapped…and then it was done.
Next Time on Battle City GX…
The pairings for the semi-finals are set. First Jaden will face Master, and after that Zane will take on Honcho. Kaiba reveals his newest project and the dueling field drastically changes. But nothing will steer Jaden off course with his objective within sight. It's time for Jaden to shine, nothing can stop him, it's time to reach for the stars, or else… Next time on Yugioh!