Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Season 2 – The Gentle Darkness vs The Light of Destruction
Last time, Jaden and Aster went to Kaiba Land and got trapped inside of an virtual reality there they had to face Sarina in order to get out and set free everyone else she had taken. The duel went back and forth but in the end so managed Jaden and Aster to win the duel, and then Sarina revealed she had done all of this to see if they could help her save her brother, which they promised to do, will they be able to do it?
Chapter 26- A game show duel
It had now gone a few days since they had returned to the island, and since then Jaden had faced two members of the Society and freed them from the Light's control, Syrus had then faced another one and then Atticus had defeated one as well.
And currently Hassleberry prepared to face one, he then looked at the former first year Obelisk as he placed his deck into his Duel Disk, "You know, you still haven't told us your name soldier".
The first year placed his deck into his Duel Disk while he glared at Hassleberry, "It's James but it doesn't matter, the only thing you need to know is that I'm the one who will bring you down, and then Jaden Yuki as well".
Hassleberry chuckled, "You won't be able to take me down, which means you would be chanceless against the Sarge". James gritted his teeth and then both he and Hassleberry activated their Duel Disks
Jaden then came over to Hassleberry, "Let's not forget the most important thing". His hand got covered by a golden aura and he touched Hassleberry who gasped as Jaden's power flowed through him. He looked at Jaden and nodded before both he and James drew their first five cards.
James placed his fingers on his deck, "I'll start, here I go". He drew his next card and looked at it, "I now summon my Blackland Fire Dragon in attack mode". a green dragon on four legs appeared on the field with a roar, Atk: 1500.
James looked at Hassleberry, "And now I end my turn". Hassleberry, "Alright then it's my turn". He then drew his next card and looked at it, "I'll start by summoning Two-Headed King Rex in attack mode". A purple dinosaur with two heads and horns with wings appeared on the field, Atk: 1600.
Hassleberry then pointed at Blackland Fire Dragon, "And now to wage war, Two-Headed King Rex, attack his Blackland fire Dragon now". Two-headed King Rex rushed towards Blackland Fire Dragon before he slammed down his right foot down on him and crushed him, James LP: 4000-3900.
James gritted his teeth while Hassleberry grabbed a card in his hand, "And next I end my turn with a face down card". A card appeared in front of Hassleberry as he ended his turn.
James took and drew his next card and looked at it, "I'll now play Graceful Charity, so now I get to draw three more cards as long as I get rid of two in my hand". James drew three more cards and then looked at them.
He then grabbed one in his hand and one of the cards he had just drawn and placed them both into his graveyard. He then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I play Monster Reborn, so now I can revive a monster from the grave".
Hassleberry looked at him, "Go ahead and revive Blackland Fire Dragon, it won't do you any good". James however got a smirk on his face as a card came out of his graveyard, "Whoever said I'm gonna revive Blackland? Now come forth Darkblaze Dragon".
Hassleberry looked shocked as a large red and black dragon with two large wings and two smaller ones appeared on the field, Atk: 1200. Hassleberry looked at James, "You must have discarded him when you played Graceful Charity".
James nodded with a smirk on his face before he held out his hand, "And now Darkblaze Dragon's special ability activates, you see whenever he's summoned from the graveyard, his attack and defense points are doubled". Darkblaze Dragon roared while he was surrounded by fire, Atk & Def: 1200-2400/1000-2000.
Hassleberry looked shocked when he saw the dragon's new strength. James then grabbed another card in his hand, "And next I also summon Luster Dragon in attack mode". Luster Dragon then appeared on the field with a roar, Atk: 1900.
James grabbed another card in his hand, "And next I activate the equip spell card Dragon Treasure, so now my Darkblaze Dragon will gain 300 attack and defense points". Darkblaze Dragon roared as his power increased once again, Atk & Def: 2400-2700/2000-2300.
James then pointed at Hassleberry, "And now I attack you with my Darkblaze Dragon". Darkblaze Dragon opened his mouth and a intense stream of flames came out of it which then hit Two-Headed King Rex and destroyed him, Hassleberry LP: 4000-2900.
James then held out his hand, "And now Darkblaze Dragon's other special ability activates, so now you take damage equal to your monsters original attack points". Hassleberry looked shocked as Darkblaze Dragon unleashed a new stream of flames that came towards him and he covered his face before it hit him, Hassleberry LP: 2900-1300.
Syrus looked at Jaden troubled, "This isn't good, it seems like this might be the end right now". Jaden looked at Hassleberry, he had faith that he would be able survive this turn and then win the duel.
James pointed at Hassleberry, "And now to end this, Luster Dragon end this with Breath of Fire". Luster Dragon began to gather fire in his mouth before he unleashed a steam of fire towards Hassleberry.
Hassleberry narrowed his eyes, "I was hoping to save this for later, but I guess I have to use it now". He held out his hand, "I activate my Jurassic Impact trap card, alright, since I have lower life points than the enemy, all monsters on the field will be destroyed, and then each player will take 1000 points of damage for each of their soldiers that is destroyed".
James gritted his teeth as he looked up and saw meteors fall down before they crashed down on the field and destroyed both Luster Dragon and Darkblaze Dragon and James gritted his teeth as he covered his face to protect himself from the explosions created by his monsters destruction, James LP: 3900-1900.
Hassleberry then pointed at James, "And one more thing, neither of us can summon any of our soldiers for a whole turn". James gritted his teeth before he closed his eyes, "I guess I'll end my turn".
Hassleberry nodded, "Then it's my turn then". Hassleberry drew his next card and looked at it, "I'll play Pot of Greed, so now I'll draw two more cards from my deck". Hassleberry took and drew two more cards and looked at them, "I'll end my turn".
James then drew his next card and looked at it, "I end my turn with a face down card". A card appeared in front of James as he ended his turn.
Hassleberry then took and drew his next card, "And now it's time to summon some troops". He looked at the card he had drawn, "First I summon my soldier Archeonys". Archeonys appeared on the field and spread his wings, Atk: 300.
Hassleberry then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I activate my New Ultra Evolution spell card. which allows me to sacrifice my feathered friend in order to summon a dinosaur from my hand, like my Ultimate Tyranno".
Archeonys disappeared from the field and Ultimate Tyranno appeared with a mighty roar, Atk: 3000. Hassleberry pointed at James, "Well it looks like I'm the one who will be ending this war, now Ultimate Tyranno, direct assault, end this now".
Ultimate Tyranno roared and ran towards James, James however pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "Not so fast, I use Call of the Haunted to revive Darkblaze Dragon in attack mode".
Darkblaze Dragon then reappeared on the field with a mighty roar, Atk: 1200. James looked at Hassleberry, "And like before, since he was special summoned from the graveyard, his attack and defense points are doubled". Darkblaze Dragon roared once again as he got surrounded by fire, Atk & Def: 1200-2400/1000-2000.
Hassleberry narrowed his eyes, "Fine, Ultimate Tyranno, take out Darkblaze Dragon now". Ultimate Tyranno then ran towards Darkblaze Dragon and slammed his tail in to him, destroying him, James LP: 1900-1300.
Hassleberry then grabbed a card in his hand, "And next I end my turn with a face down, so now it's your turn".
James looked at him, "I know". He then drew his card and looked at it, "I now play Pot of Greed which lets me draw two cards from my deck". He then drew two more cards and looked at them.
"I now summon Spirit Ryu in attack mode". A purple dragon with large wings and no legs or arms appeared on the field, Atk: 1000. James then pointed towards Ultimate Tyranno, "And now Spirit Ryu, attack his Ultimate Tyranno with Sonic Flash attack".
Spirit Ryu opened his mouth and began charging up his attack, at that moment James grabbed three cards in his hand, "Now thanks to the special ability of my Spirit Ryu, I can discard any number of dragons that I want from my hand during the battle phase, and until the end of this turn Spirit Ryu gains 1000 attack points for each one I discard, and I discard the three dragons in my hand". He placed the three dragons into his graveyard and Spirit Ryu then got covered in a white aura, Atk: 1000-4000.
Hassleberry gritted his teeth since now Spirit Ryu was stronger than Ultimate Tyranno. Spirit Ryu then unleashed his attack and it hit Ultimate Tyranno and destroyed him, Hassleberry LP: 1300-300.
James then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I activate my Premature Burial spell card, so now by paying 800 life points and sacrificing my Spirit Ryu, I can special summon Tyrant Dragon from my graveyard". James LP: 1300-500.
Spirit Ryu burst into flames and disappeared before the massive Tyrant Dragon appeared on the field, Atk: 2900. James looked at Hassleberry, "And with that I end my turn".
Syrus looked at Jaden, "Well that's not good, unless Hassleberry can bring back Ultimate Tyranno or summon a monster more powerful than him he'll be in trouble". Jaden nodded, but he still believed that Hassleberry could win this.
Hassleberry was about to draw his next card when James spoke, "Hey, why don't you just give up already? I mean there is no way that your extinct reptiles can beat my powerful dragons".
Hassleberry narrowed his eyes, "Don't underestimate my dinosaurs". He then drew his next card and looked at it, he looked at his hand and got a smirk on his face, "I now use the spell card Graceful Charity, so now I draw three cards but then I need to discard two".
Hassleberry drew three more cards and looked at them, he then placed one and another card from his hand into his graveyard. Hassleberry then pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "Next I activate my trap card Survival Instinct, so now for each dinosaur in my graveyard that I remove from the game, I will gain 400 life points, and I choose the two dinosaurs I had there, along with the two I just sent there".
Four cards came out of his graveyard and he showed Gilasaurus, Dark Driceratops, Ultimate Tyranno and Two-Headed King Rex before he placed them in to his back pocket, Hassleberry LP: 300-1900.
James looked at him while he narrowed his eyes, "So what if you managed to restore some of your life points? It won't help you win this duel". He was sure that Hassleberry was just putting up a pointless struggle.
However Hassleberry held up a card, "Actually, this duel is already over, now I summon forth one of the mightiest dinosaurs in existence, come forth Tyranno Infinity". Tyranno Infinity appeared on the field with a roar, Atk: ?
Hassleberry looked at James, "You made fun of my dinosaurs, right? Well just wait until you see the power of my soldier right here, you see he gain 1000 attack points for each dinosaur that is removed from the game". Tyranno Infinity roared, Atk: ?-4000.
James took a step backwards in shock, "This… this can't be happening!" Hassleberry then pointed towards Tyrant Dragon, "And now to end this war, Tyranno Infinity, attack his Tyrant Dragon and end this now".
Tyranno Infinity roared and ran towards Tyrant Dragon and sank his teeth into the dragon's neck, they struggled for a few seconds before Tyrant Dragon pushed Tyranno Infinity away before he slammed his tail in to Tyrant Dragon and destroyed, James LP: 500-0.
James gasped as he grabbed his head, then he got surrounded by a white aura before the piece of the Light inside of him came out of his body and exploded. James then collapsed when he lost consciousness.
Hassleberry, Jaden and Syrus ran over to him, Hassleberry then placed him on Jaden's back so they could take him to the infirmary. Hassleberry then turned his head around as he heard two loud roars and saw the spirits of Dark Tyranno and Ultimate Tyranno behind him, he smiled at them happy to see them.
LATER THAT EVENING,
Jaden, Hassleberry and Syrus was sitting on the couch in the rebuild part of the Slifer dorm, Jaden looked up at the ceiling, "We have managed to save a few of the brainwashed students since we came back, it's going slow but we are making progress".
Hassleberry nodded and then looked at Syrus, "What are you doing Private?" Jaden looked at Syrus confused and saw him sitting with his PDA with look on his face that told them that he was in deep thoughts, "Yeah Sy, what are you looking at buddy?"
Syrus looked at them, "Well there is this awesome website where people post their problems and then they'll get advices". Jaden got a curious look on his face and came over to Syrus along with Hassleberry and both of them looked at Syrus's PDA.
Jaden read the post over Syrus's right shoulder, "I have my sights set on someone who's out of my league, when we're face to face, I back down, whattya think I should do?" Jaden got a smile on his face, "Well that's easy".
Jaden then began to write an answer, "If you just believe in yourself, you can win any match". Syrus looked troubled as he tried to take the PDA but Jaden just sent his answer to the one who posted the question.
Syrus sighed since it was too late now, "Jaden, what this guy wants is not dueling advices". Jaden and Hassleberry looked at Syrus confused while he took back the PDA, "It's a site for guys who need help with romance".
Jaden looked at him shocked, "Seriously, well why didn't you say that from the beginning?" Syrus rubbed the back of his head, "Yeah I guess I should've done that, sorry".
Jaden held up his hand, "Don't worry about it pal, also there is a chance that the advice might be useful this guy anyway, like maybe give him some confidence to try and see if he has a shot".
Syrus smiled a little troubled, "Yeah maybe". Hassleberry chuckled before Syrus put away his PDA so they could discuss about their plans about what to do now.
AT THE SAME TIME AT THE WHITE DORM,
A guy with black hair and glasses sat at his computer, he then saw that he had gotten a message, he opened it and looked at it, "Dear lonelyguy, if you just believe in yourself, you can win any match".
The guy looked at the screen and then got a smile on his face, "Wow this guy must be an expert on love, well I should take his advice since I got nothing to lose".
He then sighed and looked up on his wall with a blush on his face and looked at a poster with Alexis on it, "My sweet Alexis, I will finally show you that we're a perfect match and win your heart".
THE NEXT DAY,
It was pretty early in the morning and Hassleberry had once again dragged Syrus and Jaden out to do a little morning exercise. Jaden wasn't so bothered by it, but he looked at Syrus behind them who looked really tired with a troubled look on his face.
Syrus glared at Jaden, "You know Jay, it's at times like this that I think it was better when only you and I shared a dorm room, at least them we didn't have to run early in the morning". Jaden chuckled a little nervously while Hassleberry ignored Syrus as they continued running.
AT THE SAME TIME AT THE WHITE DORM,
The guy with the glasses sat in a tree with binoculars and looked at a window, he sighed while he watched as Alexis was looking at her computer, "Oh Alexis, you're so beautiful, today is the day I'll tell you my feelings".
But then he sighed depressed and took out his deck, "Oh who am I kidding, I'm just gonna faint like last time I tried, I just wish love was as easy as dueling". He then gasped as one of his cards fell out of his deck and towards the ground.
At that moment Jaden and his friends was passing by the white dorm, Jaden looked at it troubled for a second before he looked forward and stopped shocked as a card slowly fell down in front of his face.
Jaden grabbed the card with one of his hand, "A Duel Monsters card?" He turned the card around and got a little confused when he saw the picture. It was blue in the back while the form of Obelisk the Tormentor could be seen, but the most confusing was the number 30 that was in front of the picture of Obelisk.
Hassleberry came over and checked the card as well, "What's Quiz Panel?" Syrus looked at the card as well, "Just read the text guys, it says 'Name three special ways to win a duel' it must mean an automatic victory".
Syrus then held up a finger, "Well one is gathering all five pieces of Exodia". Jaden nodded, "And then there is Destiny Board, and the final one is…" All three of them rubbed the heads since they couldn't remember the third one.
They then suddenly heard someone chuckle, Jaden looked around before Syrus jumped behind him in shock as a guy jumped down from the tree next to them, he stood up and had a smirk on his face, "Well since like you need to study more, the answer is Final Countdown".
Jaden snapped with his fingers, "That's it". Syrus looked at him, "Hold on, I think I have seen you somewhere before". The guy looked at Syrus troubled and then took a step backwards when Hassleberry glared at him, "More importantly, what were you doing in that tree? Spying on us for Sartorius?"
The guy looked really nervous now, "No, that's not it, I was just… but he couldn't come up with something, he then grabbed his card and ran away. Jaden held out his hand, "Hey, come back here".
But before they could follow him all three of them heard Yubel say, "Look out". They turned their heads around in time to see water coming towards them before it hit them.
Jaden shook the water out of his hair and saw a bucket coming towards him just in time to catch it before it hit him in the face. Hassleberry looked at it, "Who did this sneak attack on us?"
Jaden looked up and saw an angry Alexis coming towards them, "There is the answer I'm afraid". Syrus and Hassleberry followed his gaze and got troubled looks on their faces.
Alexis stopped in front of Jaden and glared at him, "Did you just spy on me? How immature can you get? Now come with me so we can get you expelled".
Jaden however took a step backwards when she tried to grab him, "Now wait a minute here Lex, I have no reason to spy on you so why should I?" Alexis glared at him and reached out to once again try and grab a hold of Jaden's arm.
However at that moment they heard a shout, "Don't worry Alexis I will protect you against this guy". Then the guy that had run away came back and got between Jaden and Alexis.
The guy looked at Jaden, "Stop bothering Alexis and leave". He cast a quick look at Alexis over his shoulder, he hoped that if he helped her here it might make her notice him.
Jaden looked at the guy with a raised eyebrow, "Uh newsflash, we were talking to you a moment ago". Alexis looked at the guy with a smirk, "Well well, and who might you be?"
The guy turned around with a blushing face and stammered nervously, "Um, m-my n-name is Bob, Bob Banter". Alexis shrugged her shoulders while still having a smirk on her face, "You know what, even though you just said your name, I realized it doesn't really matter".
Bob looked at her confused as she walked out from behind him and looked at Jaden, "All that matters are that lame…" She then looked at Bob, "And lamer is gonna duel".
Jaden felt a bit hurt that Alexis called him lame, but he could see that this Bob character looked quite depressed over being called lamer. Jaden looked at Alexis, "I just have a question, why am I gonna duel against this guy?"
Alexis looked at him, "Otherwise I will report that you spied on my and you will be expelled and maybe your friends too". Jaden sighed, "Yeah there is just a small problem with that, we didn't spy on you, we were just doing some morning exercises".
Jaden then noticed that Bob looked at Alexis with a longing look on his face, he narrowed his eyes, "But I guess I could take this guy on". Hassleberry and Syrus looked at him confused before Alexis walked towards the main building while she pulled out her PDA and the others followed her.
A WHILE LATER AT THE MAIN BUILDING, AT THE OBELISK ARENA,
Jaden and Bob stood in front of each other while they prepared their Duel Disks while Chazz walked over to Alexis and sat down next to her, "Alright I'm here, so you're gonna tell me what's going on now?"
Alexis looked at him with a smirk, "A duel, and if he loses he will be forced to join us or his friends will be in trouble, and if he didn't agree to duel then he would've been kicked out of the school". Chazz looked towards the stage, "Okay, so who is he dueling?"
Alexis shrugged her shoulders, "Just some guy from our dorm, I think he said his name was Bob". Chazz looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "You don't mean Bob 'Game Show' Banter right? I mean the guy is nuts".
Bob looked towards Chazz when he heard that, So I'm nuts huh? Well I'm gonna show them, wait until they see my game show deck, he thought before he looked towards Jaden.
Jaden and Bob then both placed their decks into their Duel Disks and activated them before both of them drew their first five cards. Jaden then placed his fingers on his deck, "Alright then, I'll go first".
Jaden then drew his next card and looked at it, he narrowed his eyes while he looked at his hand. He then felt that Yubel appeared next to him, he looked at her and saw her nodding at him, he gave a short nod in return before he looked at Bob again.
"I now activate Graceful Charity, so now I'll draw three more cards as long as I get rid of two from my hand". Jaden drew three more cards, he then grabbed one of them as well as another from his hand and placed them into his graveyard.
Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "And next I'm gonna summon Dark Blade in attack mode": Dark Blade then appeared on the field with both of his swords ready, Atk: 1800.
Jaden then looked at Bob, "And that's all for now, so let's see what you got in your deck now Bob". However Jaden saw how Bob looked at Alexis for a moment and narrowed his eyes while Bob turned his eyes back to Jaden.
"You want it? Then you got it". Bob then drew his next card and looked at it, "And I'll start with Search Shock, so now by discarding a monster from my hand to the grave, I can add a Quiz Hour spell card from my deck to my hand".
He sent a card to the graveyard while a card came out of his deck and he grabbed it, "And now, are you ready for your ultimate challenge?" Jaden got a smirk on his face, "We'll see, now come at me with everything you got".
Bob nodded, "If that's what you want then I now activate Quiz Hour". Then a board with hands, eyes and feet appeared, it had three number 10, three number 20 and three number 30.
Jaden then looked in front of him and saw a table there with a button for him to press, "Okay what's going on here?" Bob looked at him with a smile, "You know what time it is now folks, it's quiz time!"
Syrus looked at Hassleberry, "Wait so then, is this a game show duel?" Hassleberry looked at him, "It sure looks that way, I just hope that Jaden will be okay with this".
Jaden looked at Bob a little confused, "So what's gonna happen now?" Bob turned around looking at board, "Well first look at the board, okay little bunny, show our contestant what the categories are".
A little bunny with a mask and wings flew down from the top of the board, "It's Slifer 10, Ra 10 and finally Obelisk 10". The bunny pressed the three 10s and they began to glow. Three cards then came out of Bob's deck and he grabbed them.
"And now to explain things to you, all three of these cards are level 1 monsters with 0 attack and defense points, and all three of them will be placed face down on the field".
All of the audience looked at him shocked when he placed the three monster cards face down in defense mode, wondering how he would duel with those cards. Jaden had a smirk on his face, he had always wondered how it would be to be a part of a game show, and this might be the closest he would get to be in one so he would enjoy it for as long as he could.
Bob looked at Alexis, thinking that she most likely would be impressed if he could beat Jaden here and now, he then looked back at Jaden, "And that was all from your dueling host for now, so it's your move again Jaden".
Jaden placed his fingers on his deck, "Alright then here goes". He drew his next card and looked at it, "I'll start by summoning Elemental Dragon Hero Archangel in attack mode".
Intense light appeared above them while Archangel descended and landed on the field while he held his sword with both of his hands and roared, Atk: 1000.
Jaden pointed at Archangel, "And now every Elemental Dragon Heroes will gain 100 attack points for every level they posses, and Archangel is a level 4 monster". Archangel roared while he was surrounded by a golden aura, Atk: 1000-1400.
A card then came out of Jaden's deck, "And whenever he's summoned, I can add an Elemental Dragon Fusion from my deck to my hand". Jaden revealed the spell card before he added it to his hand.
Jaden then held out his hand, "And now Dark Blade, take out Obelisk 10". Dark Blade then slashed the face down Obelisk 10 and it then jumped up into its spot on the board which lit up.
Bob looked at Jaden with a smile, "And now for your first challenge, name the three cards that needs to be on the field in order to activate the trap card Big Revolution, you have ten seconds".
Jaden looked at Bob shocked and confused, "Uh say what, I have never heard of that trap before". Jaden began thinking, but not long after he heard a loud beeping noise.
Bob shook his head, "Too bad, it looks like you're out of time now, which means that the monster you attacked with will now be destroyed, and you will also take 500 points of damage".
Jaden narrowed his eyes when Dark Blade exploded right next to him, Jaden LP: 4000-3500. Bob then held out his hand, "And the correct answer was, People Running About, Oppressed People and finally United Resistance".
Jaden raised an eyebrow, "Oh come on, who could have possibly guessed that?" He then sighed, but then his eyes widened when Bob continued, "Now let's see what's behind curtain number 2, unfortunately is not a car, it's Obelisk 20". Obelisk 20 then appeared where Obelisk 10 had been and its number on the board began to glow.
Chazz chuckled, "Oh I see now, I thought I made a mistake when I accidently made that geek join the Society of Light, but it seems like he has found Jaden's greatest weakness, forcing him to use that peanut he calls his brain".
Alexis nodded, "Yeah it sure looks like it, maybe he's not so bad after all". Chazz looked at her a little shocked while Bob were so happy that he wanted to dance, It's working, I'm impressing her, now if I can just keep it up I will win her heart in no time, he thought with a happy expression on his face.
Jaden looked at Bob, "Hello Bob, my turn is not over yet, now Archangel attack Ra 10". Archangel roared as he flew towards the face down Ra 10 and slashed it with his sword twice before it jumped up in its spot on the board.
Bob looked at Jaden, "And here's your next challenge, say these monsters names three times, Gagagigo, Giga Gagagigo and Gogiga Gagagigo".
Jaden had a smirk on his face, "No problem at all, Gagagigo, Giga Gagagigo, Gogiga Gagagigo, Gagagigo, Giga Gagagigo, Gogiga Gagagigo, Gagagigo, Giga Gagagigo, Gogiga Gagagigo!"
Bob groaned as he got surrounded by a green aura, Bob LP: 4000-3500. Bob had not expected Jaden to succeed there, usually no one managed to clear that challenge. Bob looked at Jaden, "Congratulations, and now the prize, let's welcome Ra 20 to the game". Ra 20 then appeared on the field and its spot on the board began to glow.
Jaden looked at Bob, "Alright, I end my turn now". Bob nodded and placed his fingers on his deck, "Alright then, let the show continue". He drew his next card and looked at it.
"And now it's time to activate, a classic Right or Left Quiz". Jaden looked at him, "Okay so how does that card work?"
Bob placed the spell card behind his back, "It's simple, I hold the card behind my back, and all you have to do is guess if it's in my right hand or in my left hand. If you guess right you'll gain 500 points, but guess wrong and you'll lose 500".
Jaden looked at Bob, trying to guess which hand he held the card in behind his back. Jaden then pressed the button in front of him, "It's in your left hand". Bob sighed, "Correct". He held out his left hand and revealed the card in his hand.
Jaden got a smirk on his face, "Alright". Jaden LP: 3500-4000. Bob looked at Alexis troubled, Now the situation is reversed with him having more points than me, if this keeps up I'll never win Alexis's heart, he thought to himself.
He then took a deep breath and looked at Jaden while he grabbed a card in his hand, "Well now I place one card face down, and that's all from your host at the moment folks". Jaden placed his fingers on his deck, "Then it's my move now". Jaden then drew his next card and looked at it, "And next I summon Reinforcement Dragon in attack mode". Reinforcement Dragon then appeared on the field with a roar, Atk: 500.
Jaden looked at him with a smile, "Usually this guy helps me out when I'm in trouble and I need a few more cards in order to make a comeback, but I figured I would give him a chance to shine today as well".
Jaden then pointed towards Slifer 10, "And now Reinforcement Dragon, attack Slifer 10". Reinforcement Dragon unleashed a stream of flames towards Slifer 10 and it jumped up in to its spot on the board.
Bob looked at Jaden with a smile, "And the challenger has picked the Slifer challenge, now do five pushups, with only six seconds on the clock". Jaden got a smirk on his face, "No problem, just watch me".
He pressed the button before he went down on all four and quickly did five pushups, he looked at Bob, "And that's five, with time to spare". Bob groaned as he took damage, Bob LP: 3500-3000.
Bob looked at Jaden, "Yeah well no prize for you yet, because now Slifer 20 is joining us as well". Slifer 20 then appeared face down on the field.
Jaden looked at him, "Alright then, Archangel, attach Slifer 20 now with Sword of Justice". Archangel then slashed Slifer 20 and it jumped up in to its spot on the board.
Jaden looked at Bob, "So what's my next challenge?" Bob looked at him, "The question is, what round is this?" Jaden thought for a second before he pressed the button, "It's round five Bob".
Bob had a smile on his face, "Correct again Jaden, but unfortunately you're not done yet, because now I activate, my trap card Question Change, so now if you guessed right, instead of me taking damage, I can flip another Quiz Panel face up and activate its effect".
Jaden eyes widened as Slifer 30 appeared on the field as well as Obelisk 20 got flipped up, "No way, how is that far?"
Bob looked at Jaden with a smirk, "Sorry but no complains allowed, now the question is, what's the total level of all monsters in the graveyard?"
Jaden thought for a second, earlier when he had played Graceful Charity he had sent Yubel to the graveyard, and then Dark Blade had gotten destroyed as well, so that was 14.
He was about to answer that when he remembered Bob's graveyard as well, the question was the total level of all monsters in the graveyard, not just the monsters in his own graveyard.
Jaden began to think, with the activation of Obelisk 20 there was now five Quiz Panels in Bob's graveyard, and each of them was a level 1 monster.
Jaden pressed the button in front of him, "With five Quiz Panels in your grave that's five, and the total level in mine is 14 since I discarded a high level monster earlier, so the answer is 19".
But Jaden then got shocked as he heard the beeping noise that meant he had given the wrong answer. Bob looked at him with a smile, "So sorry, but you seem to forget that there is another monster in my graveyard, and with him there the total amount is 24, which means your monster is destroyed and you lose 800 points".
Jaden then gritted his teeth as Archangel exploded, Jaden LP: 4000-3200. Jaden gritted his teeth, "Ah man that was so not cool". Bob looked at him, "Like we said, no complains allowed, after all by agreeing to be in our show you have to follow its rules".
Jaden sighed, "You wanna know something Bob, you definitely watch WAY too many game shows, just believe in yourself, that's the only way to win". Bob was shocked over what Jaden said, since it was almost identical to the message he had gotten last night.
Alexis stood up irritated, "Come on, this isn't a commercial break, so just get on with it already". Bob looked at her, thinking she was rooting for him which filled him with happiness and energy.
Jaden looked at him before he grabbed a card in his hand, "I now place one card face down and end my turn". A card then appeared in front of Jaden's feet as he ended his turn.
Bob then placed his fingers on his deck, "We're back folks, so it's time to see what new challenge is waiting on our contestant". He drew his next card and looked at it, "And it's Hunter Channel, which allows me to activate another Quiz Panel for our contestant, so here's Ra 20".
Ra 20 got flipped up and jumped up in to its spot on the board. Bob looked at Jaden, "And now for the challenge, draw a card from your deck, and if it has less than 50 letters in its card text then I'll lose 800 points, but if it has more you'll lose 800".
Jaden had a smirk on his face, "Well then, let's see which one of us are luckier". Jaden drew his next card and looked at it, "I drew Legendary Fiend, and it says, during each of your standby phases, this card gains 700 Atk, so I count less than 50 letters".
Bob groaned as he took damage once again, Bob LP: 3000-2200, "Alright but we're not done yet, so let us all welcome Ra 30 to the game now". Ra 30 then appeared on the field. Bob then grabbed a card in his hand, "And then I end my turn, and now it's the challenger's turn once again".
Jaden placed his fingers on his deck, "Alright then, here we go". Jaden drew his next card and looked at it, "I play Pot of Greed which lets me draw two more cards".
Jaden drew two more cards and looked at them, "And next I summon Elemental Dragon Hero Quickclaw in attack mode". A hurricane appeared behind Jaden and Quickclaw flew out of it and landed on the field, Atk: 1600.
Jaden then drew the top four cards of his deck, "And next, I get to check the top four cards of my deck and if I find a level 6 or below monster I can summon it, any other cards are returned to my deck which is then shuffled".
Jaden looked at the cards and a smirk appeared on his face, "And now I summon Elemental Dragon Hero Lightningstorm in attack mode". Lightning appeared in the sky before Lightningstorm flew down and landed next to Quickclaw, Atk: 2300. Jaden then shuffled the other three cards back into his deck.
Syrus looked excited, "Awesome, haven't seen Lightningstorm for a while". Hassleberry nodded, "Yeah, he's an impressive soldier, now let's see if Jaden can cause some damage".
Jaden then held out his hand, "And now Reinforcement Dragon, attack Slifer 30, Reinforcement Dragon then attack Slifer 30 and it jumped up in to its spot on the board.
Bob looked at Jaden, "Now for your challenge, hold your breath under water for 1 minute, succeed and I lose 1200 points, fail and you'll lose 1200 points". A bowl of water appeared in front of Jaden, "No problem, see you in one minute".
He then placed his face down into the water while Bob took out a watch and began to count down. Soon he was down to under ten seconds, "And 3, 2 and 1…" Then the noise that said that Jaden had cleared the challenge was heard and Jaden came up with a smirk, "How's that?"
Bob groaned as he got surrounded by the green aura again, Bob LP: 2200-1000. Alexis watched Jaden, she didn't understand why but she wanted to cheer for Jaden. She held her head and once again as she saw images of her and Jaden going through her head.
Chazz looked at her, "You okay Alexis?" Alexis just nodded, once again trying to convince herself that what was going on between her and Jaden meant nothing to her now, even though a large part of her said that it was a lie.
Jaden had a smirk on his face, "And now it's time to take out Ra 30 Lightningstorm". Lightningstorm drew both of his swords and charged them up with electricity, he then flew towards Ra 30 and slashed the card with both of his swords.
Ra 30 then jumped up in to its spot on the board, "Your challenge, I'm gonna draw a card from my deck, and then you have to guess how many monsters there is on the picture".
Bob drew a card and looked at it before he held it out, "And the card is The Big March of Animals". Jaden looked at the card shocked, since there was too many monsters to count in such a short time, he then gritted his teeth as the beeping noise could be heard which meant that he was out of time.
Bob shook his head, "Too bad, and now for your penalty, normally you would take 1200 points of damage, but now I play this, the trap card Double It, so while the damage is doubled now, your Lightningstorm will get to stick around for a while".
Jaden narrowed his eyes, if the damage was doubled then he would take 2400 points of damage, which was too dangerous right now. He pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate the trap card Trap Jammer, and it will now negate your trap card and then destroy it".
Bob didn't look happy when Double It got destroyed, and with it gone Lightningstorm got destroyed, Jaden LP: 3200-2000. Jaden then pointed towards the last face down Quiz Panel, "And since there is only one Quiz Panel left… Quickclaw let's find out what it is".
Quickclaw grabbed his sword and vanished in high speed, he then appeared in front of the card with his sword drawn and slashed it with it. Obelisk 30 then jumped up and in to its spot on the board so now the whole board was full.
"Now for the final question, name three special ways to win a duel". Jaden raised an eyebrow, "Hey, I have heard this one before".
Bob got a horrified look on his face, "Huh? Oh no, don't tell me…" He looked at the card, "It's the card I dropped earlier".
Syrus held up his hand, "Alright, Jay already knows the answer to this Quiz Panel, so it should not be a problem for him". Hassleberry nodded.
Jaden held up his hand, "Well first is Exodia the Forbidden One, then there is Destiny Board…" Jaden then watched as Bob was panicking and calling himself stupid for not realizing this in time, Jaden knew he was acting like this because if Jaden just answered Final Countdown as well, he would win the duel here and now.
Even so Jaden was troubled, he didn't want to win in this way, after all if they hadn't run in to Bob earlier after he dropped the card, he wouldn't have known the final answer.
Yubel appeared next to him, "I know you don't win like this, and frankly, winning because of information we got from this crazy guy will make me feel weird, also you have other methods to stay in the game so you won't have to worry about losing just yet". Jaden nodded at her and she nodded back.
Syrus and Hassleberry looked as Jaden talked to Yubel, they couldn't hear what she said but it seemed to have to do with the final answer, they then saw that Jaden nodded and Yubel nodding back.
Jaden then looked at Bob with a sheepish look on his face, "I'm sorry, I 'forgot' the final answer to this question". Bob looked at Jaden shocked as did Syrus and Hassleberry before Quickclaw exploded, Jaden LP: 2000-800.
Bob looked at him, "I don't get it, how could you have forgotten the answer?" Jaden looked at him with a smirk, "What, that the final answer was Final Countdown? I didn't forget it I only said I did, I might not be the smartest person on the island, but I'm not an complete idiot".
Bob looked at him shocked, "You mean that you answered wrong on purpose?" Jaden closed his eyes, "I wasn't going to win the duel by using the answer you gave me, I mean where's the fun in that? Whenever I duel, I will win by using my own skills, after all if I just believe in myself and my deck, I can win any match I face".
Bob's eyes widened in shock, That's almost identical to the message I got last night, could he have sent it to me, he wondered.
Jaden then grabbed three cards in his hand, "And now I'm gonna end my turn with three face down cards". Jaden looked at him, "And I guess this might be the end for you, since you have no more Quiz Panels to use against me, even though you dueled quite well Bob".
Bob looked at him with a smirk, "Thank you, but you can't beat me Jaden". Jaden looked at him with a raised eyebrow, "And how are you gonna beat me when you're out of Quiz Panels and your show is over?"
Bob chuckled, "Jaden, you really don't watch enough game shows, because if you did you would know that there is often…" He then drew his next card, "A bonus round".
Bob looked at the card he had drawn, before he placed it into his Duel Disk, "And now I activate Question, and the question is, what is the name of the monster at the bottom of my graveyard".
Jaden raised an eyebrow, "Say what?" Bob looked at him, "If you guess right, then it's removed from the game, but if you're wrong, the penalty is that the right monster will be summoned to the field".
Jaden narrowed his eyes, normally he would say Obelisk 10 since that was the first Quiz Panel he answered, but he from an earlier Quiz Panel knew that it wasn't the right answer.
He looked at Bob, "You know I can't answer it since you sent a monster to your grave at the beginning of your first turn, a monster I don't know the name of". Bob nodded and then the beeping could be heard, "And now you're out of time, so now I can summon Quizzer Panel 9".
Then what looked like a solar panel appeared on the field with eyes and a mouth, Atk: 1900. Bob looked at Jaden, "And when Quizzer Panel 9 is successfully summoned, all previous Quiz Panels are returned to my deck".
Jaden watched as the nine Quiz Panels came out of Bob's graveyard and he shuffled them back into his deck, "So Quizzer Panel 9 is a monster that returns the already used Quiz Panels huh? Well since most of them are questions with answers, the opponent would most likely have learned them if they managed to survive that long".
Bob looked at Jaden, "And now I'm sorry to inform you that we're out of time Jaden, but as a consolation prize, with Reinforcement Dragon's mere 500 points, he will get a paid trip to the graveyard, and since you only have 800 points left, how about we make it a trip for the both of you? Now Quizzer Panel 9, attack Reinforcement Dragon and end this".
However Jaden held up his hand, "Not so fast, now I have a question for you". He then pointed at one of his face downs, "Can you guess what's behind face down number 1?"
Bob looked at Jaden shocked, "Wait, are you asking the host questions?" Jaden then pressed a button on his Duel Disk with a smirk, "Oh I'm sorry, you're out of time, and the right answer is Call of the Haunted, and I use it to bring back Yubel from my graveyard".
Yubel appeared on the field with a smirk on her face, Atk: 0. Another of Jaden's face downs then got flipped up, "And next I activated Staunch Defender, so now all of your monsters that can attack have to attack a monster that I choose, and I choose Yubel".
Bob then watched as Quizzer Panel then fired a blast towards Yubel, but she was unharmed and her smirk grew bigger as green thorny vines flew towards Bob and began moving around him, "What's going on here?"
Jaden looked at him with a smirk, "Yubel's special ability is that she can't be destroyed in battle, and any battle damage I would take is sent your way instead".
Bob looked at him in horror, Chazz then stood up, "Oh well, I guess that this duel is over". Alexis stood up as well, "I guess you're right". She then tried to get rid of the relief she felt that Jaden were gonna win the duel and then they both began to leave the arena.
Bob looked down, "Oh man, I guess I failed to win her heart", Jaden looked at him, "This is the end of this Bob". The vines then wrapped themselves around Bob who screamed, Bob LP: 1000-0.
Bob then screamed again as the part of the Light inside of him came out of him and exploded. Jaden ran over to him as he collapsed and once he reached him, he placed him on his back while Syrus and Hassleberry ran down towards him.
Jaden looked at the unconscious Bob on his back, hoping that he would be able to end this madness soon.
So Both Jaden and Hassleberry managed to free two duelists that had been brainwashed, however Jaden had quite a bit of trouble with Bob Banter's game show deck, what is waiting for Jaden and the others next? Continue reading to find out and please review.
P.S. The next chapter is the one where Bastion will get brainwashed, and while it will still happen, it will be different, Bastion will confront Sartorius and tell him to free their friends and are ready to face him in order to do it (he knows he won't be able to get rid of the Light inside of him, but still does it) and he will face Alexis, and just a hint, he won't throw the match.