Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Season 1

Last time, as Jaden and Alexis spent some time at the Slifer cliff, they noticed that a person arrived on the island, they later found out that the person called himself the Gambler, and that he had come to the island to duel Alexis and to get the Sacred Beast cards. Alexis during the duel revealed that they had been classmates when they were younger and that his name was Pierre, and despite that she and her classmates tried to make him feel at home with them, he gambled with them and took their toys from them, and that he also later stole Alexis's scarf which she had gotten from her mother despite winning against him. He used a gambled based deck, but his luck wasn't that great as he would have failed all the times without his Second Coin Toss spell card which let him redo a coin toss once per turn if he needed to. Alexis in the end managed to win, and found out that Pierre were in love with her, but turned him down, she later sat on the Slifer cliff with Jaden again and they had an passionate moment with each other, what will happen next?

Chapter 36- The final Shadow Rider appears

Jaden was and his friends were currently sleeping, it was already past the time for them to get up to get ready for breakfast. While Syrus and Chumley slept peacefully, Jaden was turning around in his bed, groaning in his sleep with a troubled look on his face.

JADEN'S DREAM,

Jaden was currently standing in a ruined village, he had been forced to see how the Supreme King and his army of fiends destroyed anyone in their path, no matter if they were innocents of criminals, and he had seen how the Supreme King had also been willing to have one of his fiends finish of small children, much to his horror.

Jaden then felt a presence next to him, he looked next to him and saw his darker half, the Supreme King, stand there as he watch the same scene as Jaden with a neutral look on his face before the scene disappeared.

He looked at Jaden with his golden eyes, "Did you enjoy what you saw?" Jaden's felt his anger flare up as his own eyes turned golden as well, "Enjoy it?! I had to watch how you, someone I'm a reincarnation of, destroyed an innocent village, how you even finished off children, and you actually asks me if I ENJOYED it?!"

The Supreme King just shrugged his shoulders, which only made Jaden even angrier. The Supreme King got a small smirk on his face when he saw this, his plan was to try to fill Jaden with negative emotions during his sleep when his mental defense would be the weakest, and it seemed to be working, if he continued like this, he might be able to claim Jaden's body as his own pretty soon.

He looked at Jaden, "I wasn't gonna let anything stand in my way to gain absolute power and rule over everyone and I definitely won't let someone like you stand in my way Jaden".

Jaden then noticed how darkness was closing in on him, he tried to get away from it but it reached him and he gasped as it grabbed a hold of him, he glared at the Supreme King who came up to him so they were face to face, "Don't you see? You and I are the same being, you will one day end up like me, and then no matter who they are, friend, foe or even lover, it won't matter, you will crush anyone in your path".

Then Jaden suddenly saw pictures in front of his eyes, how he stood over a defeated Syrus with cold and uncaring eyes, how he closed in on a hurt Chumley, how he chased a scared Alexis with his Elemental Dragon Heroes and so on.

Jaden started feeling scared, and the Supreme King felt that, he felt his smirk grow bigger, but then he heard a roar and looked up, he then quickly jumped backwards as two blasts of fire hit the spot he had been standing in, even though the fire were dangerous for him, it caused no harm for Jaden, since it had not been meant to hurt him from the beginning.

Jaden looked behind him and saw how Yubel landed next to him, Along with Flame Wingman and Burstwing, both of them were glaring dangerously at the Supreme King as he glared back at them as the two Hero monsters moved in front of Jaden to protect him from the Supreme King.

Yubel looked at the Supreme King with narrowed eyes, "Listen to me closely, because I'm only gonna say this once, we will never allow you to corrupt Jaden, we will stand in your way as many times as we have to in order to protect him". Both Burstwing and Flame Wingman nodded.

The Supreme King growled as he quickly left, the darkness that held Jaden in place disappeared, Yubel caught him and looked at him with a smile, "Good thing I managed to get in contact with Flame Wingman and Burstwing when I felt what was happening, Jaden you can't listen to him, he will only try and trick you so you will be filled with negative emotions so he can take over".

Jaden sighed, "I know, I'm sorry Yubel", Yubel shook her head with a kind smile on her face, "Don't worry about it, I know you have been worried that you will end up like him, but that will never happen, right you two?" She looked at Burstwing and Flame Wingman and both of them nodded their heads again.

Jaden smiled at them and thanked them, Yubel then looked at him, "No problem, now I think you should wake up, Syrus and Chumley has been trying to wake up for some minute now, worried over how scared you're looking and that you're covered in cold sweat. The next moment Jaden knew, he got blinded by a bright light.

MOMENTS LATER,

Jaden opened his eyes, he sat up completely covered in sweat, he looked next to him and saw Syrus and Chumley looked at him, "Jay, are you okay?" Jaden nodded to the worried Syrus, "Yeah, Sy, I just had a really bad dream, so what's up?"

Syrus looked at him, "Well we have overslept, so the breakfast might be gone if we don't hurry", Jaden immediately got up when he heard that, "You get dressed while I take a quick shower", Syrus and Chumley nodded, as Jaden went to take a shower.

A LITTLE WHILE LATER,

Jaden and his friends entered the Slifer meal hall, Jaden smiled when they saw plates and bowls on one of the tables, "Looks like we're in luck guys, there is a little left for us, now let's dig in". The other two nodded as they sat down, only to find the plates and bowls empty.

"Looks like… there isn't much to dig into after all", Syrus lifted his plate, "Someone has cleaned our plates", Chumley looked like someone had committed a horrible crime, "What kind of selfish slime would do something like this?"

The moment Chumley, all of them looked towards Chazz who was the only other person in the meal hall, sitting on the far side of the room drinking tea at the moment, all three of them walked up to him and glared at him.

Chazz sat there with a smirk on his face, "You snooze you lose, by the way, thanks for the extra breakfast", Syrus placed his hands on the table, "That's it, give us our food back right now or I'm telling", Chazz chuckled, "I would give it back, only I ate it all, and it was good, so once again, thanks for oversleeping".

Syrus closed his eyes, "Professor", Chumley nodded irritated, "Banner", Jaden looked at Chazz with narrowed eyes, "Chazz is being Chazz again". But then all of them looked towards the curtain doorway they usually saw Banner walking in through with Pharaoh in his arms, however, they saw neither him or the overweight cat come in when they yelled.

Jaden narrowed his eyes as all four all of them looked towards the curtain doorway, "Wait, does this mean that Banner is still MIA? This really can't be a good sign", the other three boys nodded, wondering what had happened to the headmaster of the Slifer dorm that now had been gone for days.

LATER IN BANNER'S CLASS,

All of the students sat in the classroom looking at the empty teacher's desk, Jaden had his arms on the table in front of him while lying with his head on them, looking at the desk troubled, Syrus looked at him worried, "Please cheer up, it will be okay Jaden".

Chumley nodded, "Yeah totally, after all, Chancellor Sheppard has a whole crew out looking for Professor Banner, they'll find him soon enough", Syrus nodded, "It's just a matter of time". Jaden sighed as he looked troubled, "I sure hope so". He had been worrying about Banner for some time now, also, the part of him wondering if he has any connection to the Shadow Riders resurfaced, but he refused to believe that, Banner were a good man, he would never work with them.

Chumley looked at the desk, "On the bright side, looks like we will get a break from this class again", that also made Jaden a little confused, why had they been told to come here if they hadn't found Banner yet?

But then the doors to the classroom opened up and everyone got shocked before they groaned as they saw Dr Crowler walk in, he looked at the students, "Good morning students, guess what?" He walked over to the desk and sat down, "Due to Professor Banner's absence, I will be your substitute teacher for the day, aren't you lucky? Because I'm certainly not, it was supposed to be my day off", Crowler said as he slammed the books he was carrying onto the desk in irritation.

Yubel appeared next to Jaden, "Well then, don't show up here then you freaky looking clown", Jaden barely managed to hold back a laugh, Chumley had to cover his mouth to stop himself from laughing, and even though Chazz tried to ignore it, even he got a smile on his face when he heard Yubel's comment.

Crowler growled a little before placing a picture of a mark that were a nearly complete circle with a dot in the middle drawn in marker, "Now let's see here, the mark of Amnael, yes it looks like… there's where Professor Banner left off…that's more duel alchemy nonsense I'm sure… hmm well, according to these tomes, the basis of this is…hmm well not that and…. that doesn't even make any sense, I don't even know how to pronounce that word".

Jaden looked at the others, "Either he was just told to take over and didn't have time to look through Banner's notes and books, or he just didn't bother looking through it even though he got a heads up about it, I'm guessing, option B", Syrus and Chumley nodded, and all three of them knew that Crowler would explode any second now.

Crowler looked through the book, looking at was written in it while getting more and more irritated, then finally he slammed the book shut, "What gibberish, it makes absolutely no sense at all, and he's actually teaching this stuff to you? Then perhaps it's a good thing that he's missing, after all, he's polluting your young minds with this nonsense that has no academic proof behind any of it, I can't believe Chancellor Sheppard allowed him to…"

Jaden chuckled with a nervous look on his face as Crowler continued to complain, "Oh boy, he must really hate this stuff", Syrus shook his head with the same expression on his face, "I don't think it's that Jaden, I think it's more like, he doesn't understand anything of it either, in fact I think we would understand more about it since we have listen to Banner talking about it, sure we might not know much, but it would at least be more than Crowler". Chumley and Jaden nodded as they agreed.

Later on Crowler looked at them, "Alright, now it's time for some lab work, according to the syllabus anyway", he said as his right eye twitched in irritation, the class prepared themselves, Banner who was used to doing this usually ended up with an explosion, so that were obvious to happen now as well.

Crowler lifted a curved metal utensil, he then took and placed into a jar with a purple liquid, "I think this is right…" they got the answer soon enough as the utensil began to glow red before an explosion happened, once the smoke cleared Crowler had gotten the burning hot utensil attached to his forehead. He quickly pulled it off while he screamed, a mark after the utensil could be seen on his forehead.

Crowler then started screaming and ranting about how much nonsense duel alchemy was as the class laughed at the scene, Jaden then sighed when he calmed down, "Oh boy, I sure wish Banner would return soon". Syrus looked at him, "yeah, of course, Banner usually blew himself up too Jay". Jaden looked at him, "Well that's true, but at least he is a fun teacher, unlike Crowler".

Chumley looked at them, "uh, heads up guys", Jaden looked at him, "Huh? What's up Chum?" He then heard Crowler's voice yelling at him, "Mr Slifer slacker!" Jaden quickly turned towards Crowler, "Uh yes sir?"

Crowler stood there looking at him, "Chancellor Sheppard would like to have a word", Jaden stood up confused, "With me?" he couldn't remember having done something so that he needed to see Sheppard. Crowler nodded and then pointed at the rest of their friends in the classroom that either had or used to have a spirit key, "That's right, and the rest of the gang as well, report to him at once". Jaden looked at Syrus and Chumley realizing that this could not be good news as all of them together with Crowler left the classroom, while Crowler told them to go through what Banner had already taught them.

A FEW MINUTES LATER AT SHEPPARD'S OFFICE,

The entire group, except for banner obviously, were standing in front of Sheppard's desk and looked at him, he had just told them about the result of their search, "What do you mean he's still lost? I mean, Professor Banner couldn't have vanished into thin air, right?"

Sheppard sighed, "Who knows? The bottom line is that we have searched everywhere on the island and can't find him anywhere", Crowler nodded, "And there is no log about him leaving the island either, so the logical conclusion would be that he's still here, except for the fact that we can't find him at all".

Chazz closed his eyes, "So then I think we all know must have happened to him, Banner lost a duel to the final Shadow Rider and got sucked into the shadows". Alexis glared at him, "Don't say that Chazz".

Sheppard shook his head, "No, that's not either Chazz, if he had lost a shadow game, a spirit gate would have been opened, and there has been no new activity down at the gates". Jaden looked at Sheppard, "But even if that's the case, I still have a feeling, that the Shadow Riders has something to do with his disappearance", the others looked at him before looking at each other, worried that he might be right.

Jaden narrowed his eyes. "Now the only question, what happened? That's what we gotta find out".

LATER,

Jaden walked with Syrus and Chumley out of the school and he was telling them about the conversation in Sheppard's office, Chumley looked at Jaden, "So how will we find out what's up if we can't even find Banner Jaden?"

Jaden sighed as he stood with his arms crossed, Syrus looked at Jaden, "You know Chum has a point, I mean Chancellor turned all of Duel Academy inside out", Chumley nodded, "Don't get me wrong, I would love to help find him, but what can the three of us do that hasn't already been done, let's focus on just finding some more food".

Jaden looked at them, "Come on you two, I mean we can't just give up even if it does look hopeless, we owe it to Banner to keep looking for him, I mean after all, he would do the same thing for us right?"

Then he heard Chazz's voice, "Right", they all saw him standing behind Syrus with his arms crossed just like Jaden, "What are you doing here Chazz?" Chazz looked at Syrus with a smirk, "Relax, I'm not here to cause trouble, I'm her... to save the day, to find Professor Banner". Jaden and the other two looked at each other before they all sighed, which made Chazz really irritated before he began walking as he told them to follow him, Syrus and Chumley then followed him while Jaden took out his student PDA.

After a few seconds Alexis's face appeared on the screen, "Hi Jay, what's the matter?" Jaden sighed with a tired smile, "Well Chazz is playing detective again, and he wants us to come with him and see if we can find out what happened to Banner".

Alexis gave him a look that said that she felt sorry for him, "Well, I wish you look, while hoping Chazz won't drive you guys nuts, well I'm gonna go and see Atti ina little while, so uh… I guess I'll... talk to you later". She then cancelled the call and Jaden got a small smile on his face, after the thing at the Slifer cliff, Alexis would from time to time get really nervous when looking at him, no matter if it was through a call or in person, well with what happened, he understood completely, after all, he also would get a little nervous when he remembered about it.

He then looked up when he heard Chazz yell at him to hurry up and saw that he and the others had stopped, he sighed as he put his PDA away and hurried after the others, hoping this wouldn't get to bothersome.

A LITTLE WHILE LATER,

The four Slifer boys walked towards their dorm with Chazz in the lead, "Alright, the first you have to do when searching for a missing person, is to go to the scene of the crime", Syrus looked at him, "Yeah uh, just one thing, we don't know where that is, isn't that the whole problem here?"

Chazz came up to them and glared at Syrus irritated, "It's just a figure of speech okay? Now come on, we just have to retrace Banner's steps, starting by searching his room". He continued towards the dorm, while the other three sighed, knowing this would be a long day.

Syrus looked at Jaden, "Remind me again, why did we allow him to talk us into this?" Jaden looked at him, "Because we hope to find any clues about Banner, I know that he can be a bit… too much when playing detective, but we're desperate Sy, so let's just go along with it and let's see if we can find anything". Syrus and Chumley sighed before following the Slifer in the black coat.

LATER AT THE SLIFER DORM, BANNER'S ROOM,

Syrus and Jaden looked through the shelves while Chazz looked through his desk, "No clues here you guys", Jaden nodded, "Yeah, I mean, if he thought something was gonna happen to him, you'd think he would a note of something".

Chumley who was looking at the shelf under the phone, suddenly saw a piece of paper between the books, he took it out and looked at it, "He did, look at this". He held it out, Jaden took it and looked at it, "Yep, it's Banner's handwriting alright, because it's not very clear, something about tree?"

Chazz took the note, "it must be code, give me that", Chazz grabbed the note and looked at it for a few seconds before nodding, "Of course, I see". Jaden didn't understand a thing, "Uh, see what Chazz?" Chazz looked at Jaden as if he thought he was the biggest idiot in the world, which Jaden figured, he might actually think, "The clue, duh".

Jaden looked at him, "Oh, okay", Jaden had no idea what Chazz was talking about, Chazz closed his eyes, "You see Jaden, tree must have some kind of secret meaning, a way for Banner to tell us what happened to him". Syrus looked at him shocked, "Really? You think so?" Chazz opened his eyes with a smirk, "Oh come on, it's so obvious, at least for a genius like me".

Chumley looked at him, "Okay okay, so what does it mean then?" Syrus nodded, also wanting to know, Chazz looked at them, "What it means boys… is that Banner took on the seventh Shadow Rider".

Jaden looked at him, "Are you sure of that Chazz?" After all, like Sheppard said, if Banner had lost a shadow game, another spirit gate should have open, but it hadn't.

Chazz chuckled as he looked up at the ceiling, "Of course I am, an there is more too Jaden, I have also figured who the Shadow Rider is, oh man, I am just too good". Jaden sighed, Chazz's ego had if possible, just grown even bigger, "Yeah yeah you're great, we know, so then who is it already?"

Chazz looked at them again, Who indeed, well the note were at the phone, so he must have wrote it while talking to someone", the others looked at each other, thinking that that might make some sense, but Chazz wasn't finished, "Someone whose… name sounds like tree, now then, whose does we know that has a name that sounds like that? Let me give you a hint, she works in the cafeteria".

Jaden raised an eyebrow, hold on, you don't mean…" Chazz nodded, "That's right, Dorothy, she's a Shadow Rider, and she's the one who took out Professor Banner", Chazz said as he stood up.

Jaden, "You seriously think it's Dorothy, but she doesn't even know the rules of the game Chazz", Winged Kuriboh appeared next to Jaden, squeaking something, Jaden nodded, agreeing with his little hairy friend that Chazz had probably gone nuts. Chazz looked at Winged Kuriboh, suspicious about what he had just said to Jaden since he couldn't understand it, but he decided not to bother with it right now, "I now it's her, she has just been faking that she doesn't know the rules, and I'm gonna call her on it right now".

But as he called her, he soon discovered that she didn't have a single clue about what he was talking about, so he ended the call before she could figure out that it was him, "Okay… so maybe… I was just a little off with that conclusion".

"JUST A LITTLE OFF?!" Jaden, Syrus and Chumley screamed at the same time, freaking Chazz out since it was so sudden, he then regained his posture and looked at them, "Let's keep digging you guys, there must be a clue here somewhere".

They continued looking for quite some time, not finding anything, but then Syrus found some rolled papers, he rolled them out and saw that it was a map, "Hey check this out", Chazz pushed him out of the way and looked at the map, "Of course it's obvious, this explains it all".

Syrus looked at him, "Explains what? Do you see another tree clue?" Chazz ignored his sarcastic comment and pointed at the map, "No, I mean this", he pointed at the map, and on it was the symbol that had been shown to them in class today, "Check it out, it's the mark of Amnael, the one we learned about in class earlier today". Jaden nodded, "Yeah, you're right Chazz".

Chazz got a smirk on his face, "See? This is a clue, I mean think about it, Banner is so into all that alchemy stuff that must be where he is", Syrus looked at him, "Yeah and it's a forest too", Jaden nodded, "Yeah one with trees too, maybe that's what the note meant, that he would go into the forest to check that place out". Chazz looked at him, "Just shut up and let's go".

A FEW MINUTES LATER IN THE FOREST,

"So tell me again why we are letting Chazz lead us? I mean, he were stupid enough to think that Dorothy was a Shadow Rider", Jaden looked at Syrus. "Well if we didn't follow him, he would just argue about how he was the one who figured it all out, so instead of having to listen to all of that, let's just get there and see if we can't find anything out, and then maybe we can go get some chew". The other two nodded at that idea since they hadn't had any food all day.

Syrus looked at Chazz, "So Chazz, is there a plan here? I mean other than following you?" Chumley nodded, "Yeah, once we get to the place there the alchemy mark was drawn on the map, how are we gonna find Banner?"

Chazz looked at them, "That's easy, we'll just find…" he took out a cat toy, "His cat Pharaoh, and with this". The other three sighed, "Come on Chazz, I mean, haven't you already tried this before?" Jaden asked, Syrus then lifted his arm and Jaden could see he was doing his best to hold back a smirk, "Hey, I have an idea".

Chazz looked at him like he didn't believe him, "Do you? Well then what is it then?" Syrus walked over to Chazz with a smile, "Well Chazz, since calling out to Pharaoh hasn't helped very much, let's try a different method". Chazz closed his eyes, "And what method would that be?"

Syrus then took out a marker out of his pocket, "Here let me show you, a little like this, more there, and also some here", he said as he was drawing Chazz in his face so fast fat his hand looked blurry, he then walked back with a smile on his face, "There all done, now Pharaoh will think you're a cat, of course, you have to develop… a convincing meow".

Jaden and Chumley were doing their best, and failing miserably not to laugh when they saw that Syrus had drawn cat whiskers and a cat nose on Chazz, soon both of them laughed hard along with Syrus while Chazz growled before he started chasing them, "You want to hear a meow, I have a better idea, how about I show you my CLAWS instead?!" The three Slifer boys kept running while laughing while their comrade in the black coat chased them.

None of them however, noticed that a figured appeared on a branch above them, looking down on them, he had a tan cloak with a hood and a black mask on his face, he decided to take care of them later and to take care of his other targets first.

A LITTLE WHILE LATER WITH ALEXIS,

Alexis walked towards the Obelisk boys dorm, to check up on Atticus, because even though he was allowed to be moving around, he still hadn't fully recovered, and she wanted to see how he was feeling right now.

Alexis then also thought back to Jaden, and the moment they had had on the Slifer cliff, her face heated up as she thought back to that, after having heard Jaden say all that, she lost control over herself, while she had enjoyed it, it had also been really embarrassing.

But then at that moment as she reached the Obelisk boys dorm, she heard a window getting smashed right above her, she got worried since it was Atticus's room. She then hurried into the dorm to see if he was okay.

She threw the door to his room open and ran into the room, "Atticus!" She then saw that the windows had been smashed and glass covered the floor, his TV had been tossed to the floor, and Atticus was nowhere to be seen.

Alexis were worried that he were gone, but then she noticed something on the floor on the other side of the bed, a glowing mar, the mark then disappear, "Okay, who's there?" She then ran over to the balcony and saw a figure running away, she jumped off the balcony and ran after the figure, "Come back here, where is my brother?"

She continued to chase the figure until she came out to a large clearing, she looked to the other side of it there the figure stood in the shadows of some trees before walking out, she saw a masked man with a tan cloak with a hood, he had dark clothes underneath with red sashes and hard, leather gloves, he stared at her as the eyes on his mask glow yellow.

Alexis got a determined look on her face as she held up her Duel Disk, "So let me guess, you're the final Shadow Rider right?" The man didn't answer as he activated his Duel Disk, Alexis narrowed her eyes as she activated hers, "Alright let's do this, because I know you have Atticus, and I'm not leaving here without him, so now, let's duel".

Both of them drew their first five cards, the Shadow Rider drew his sixth card and then placed a face down, and that was all. Alexis looked at him confused, but then she narrowed her eyes, "Alright, here I come Rider", she drew her next card and looked at it, "First, I activate Polymerization, and fue Etoile Cyber with Blade Skater, in order to summon, Cyber Blader".

Etoile Cyber and Blade Skater got sucked into the vortex and out came Cyber Blader, Atk: 2100. Alexis glared at him, "You chose to mess with the wrong key keeper, now Cyber Blader, attack him directly".

Cyber Blader moved towards the Shadow Rider, but his face down got revealed, "A trap card?" Alexis shocked question got answered as the Shadow Rider removed a card and Cyber Blader's attack got negated, "Cyber Blader's attack didn't work, well this is not good".

AT THE SAME TIME WITH JADEN AND THE OTHERS,

The four boys were looking for Banner, they had split into groups of two, Jaden were with Chazz while Syrus and Chumley looked in another direction, Chazz looked around, "Banner? You around here?" Jaden also called out to Banner, but didn't get an answer either.

Then suddenly they heard Syrus scream and saw him and Chumley coming running towards them, "Jaden… we… saw a snake, a snake!" Syrus said as he and Chumley fell down on the ground to catch their breath. Chazz looked at them, "Yeah so what?" Jaden had to agree here, "Well yeah after all we are in the forest, you know, the nature? There are chances of running into one out here".

Chumley looked at them, "But this wasn't natural you guys", the next thing the four boys new, snakes fell down from the trees and landed all around them, and all of them decided to get out of that place and ran away while Syrus and Chumley screamed.

AT THE SAME TIME WITH ALEXIS,

The sun was starting to go down and Alexis was still dueling the Shadow Rider, she still had Cyber Blader on the field, but no matter what she tried, nothing worked, she then saw how the Shadow Rider drew his next card and looked at it, she then narrowed her eyes in suspicion as he looked at her before placing it into his Duel Disk.

She then noticed a red light in the sky, she looked up and looked shocked and worried as she saw meteors coming down towards her, she covered her face as they made impact with the ground, she then saw how her Cyber Blader started to dissolve before she exploded.

Alexis looked worried towards the Shadow Rider who had two creatures behind him, "Oh no, with my Cyber Blader gone, I'm now wide open for an attack", only a moment after she said that the creatures a yellow blast and a blue blast that combined into a green beam that hit Alexis, who fell down on the ground, Alexis LP: 1000-0.

Her cards fell down on the ground next to her, her key vanished from around her neck, the Shadow Rider stood next to her and opened a book, a green light came from a mark of Amnael that was on the book and Alexis disappeared. The Shadow Rider then left the clearing after looking at his book for a few seconds, leaving Alexis's cards on the ground.

WITH JADEN AND THE OTHERS,

Jaden and the other three boys sat around a camp fire since it had gotten dark, Syrus sighed, "This area of the forest sure is weird", Jaden nodded, "Yeah for sure". Syrus could see that Jaden was still worried about Banner, he smiled at him, "Don't worry Jaden, I'm sure we will find Banner soon".

Jaden nodded as he looked at the fire with a small smile, "I really hope so, because I really miss him you guys, the little things he did, like he gave me his chili sauce to my rice since he knew I really liked it, now that's a real pal". Chumley got an awkward look on his face, "Of course… there is also the fact that he were allergic to chili sauce". Jaden looked at him shocked, "He was?" Chumley nodded, "Yeah but… I'm sure that had little to do with why he gave it to you".

He then looked at Syrus, "What about you Sy? He was always nice to you", Syrus looked troubled, "I suppose but still, he usually forced me to drink up the milk in the meal hall, even expired ones, while saying I loved it, well I don't hate milk, but still, that's going a bit too far".

Chumley chuckled a little nervous, "Okay, so he could be… a little weird sometimes", Chazz snorted, "Weird? I will tell you what's weird, he usually forced his carrots onto my plate, even though I kept telling him that I didn't even like carrots, he on the other hand said that I did and there were no need to thank him, but that I could repay him latter by giving him my dessert, he sure could be shifty sometimes", Chazz said as he gritted his teeth a little.

Syrus nodded, "Yeah it's true, like when he tried to teach me how to swim, I used ended up catching fish for his dinner". Jaden smiled, "Yeah, he might have had two sides to him, but that doesn't make him a bad person", Syrus agreed with a smile, Chazz also nodded, "Yeah I guess so, which is why we're looking for him".

All of them got up to continue looking, then they heard a familiar meowing, "Pharaoh?" Jaden looked around, looking for the fat cat, Chumley moved towards a few bushes, "It came from over here", but nothing was there, then the four all of them began looking for the cat, hoping that he could led them to his owner. Chazz looked at the others, "He sounds close, quick guys, this could be our only chance so let's split up and find him", They all nodded and then left in different directions.

Chazz later walked through the forest, looking for Pharaoh, "Oh come on, where can he be+ Pharaoh, come out kitty". Ojama yellow, "Something is not right here boss, I'm getting scared". Chazz looked at him, "Yeah well what else is new?" Ojama Yellow looked at on, "You have to trust me on this okay boss? I can sense something dangerous nearby". Chazz only swapped him away as he continued walking.

He then stopped with a smile as he moved his flashlight and saw Pharaoh lying on the ground, but what he didn't notice was that the mark of Amnael was on the ground in front of him before it disappeared.

Chazz walked up to the cat, he noticed something next to him, "What the… these are Banner's glasses", he then noticed the mark of Amnael appearing on the ground a bit in front of him, he lifted his flashlight a little more and saw Banner's necktie, he followed the trail, he next found Banner's shirt, the trails finally led to a lake, he then found one last piece of clothing on the ground.

"Well I found all of Banner's clothes, unfortunately", he growled as he lifted up the pair of underwear he had found before tossing it all to the ground, "But where is the Professor himself?" The three Ojama Brothers appeared, "Uh, let's not worry about that right now boss, because we have company, the bad kind".

Chazz, who wondered what Ojama Yellow meant, looked out over the lake and saw a man standing on the lake, the Ojama Brothers hide behind Chazz as the man activated his Duel Disk, Chazz activated his own, "So you're the one who took Banner, well, I'm gonna win him back". Chazz carefully stepped out on the water and got amazed when he noticed that he also could stand on it, he looked at the Shadow Rider, "Alright, now, it's time to Chazz you up, let's duel".

A FEW MOMENTS LATER,

Jaden walked out on a large clearing, he had walked further away than he intended, but since he was here, he decided to look around and see what he could find. He then noticed something on the ground, he then got worried when he saw that it was Duel Monsters cards.

But as he got closer and looked at them, he got really worred when he saw one card in particular, it was Etoile Cyber, which meant that this was Alexis's deck, he picked the card up, "Hold on, then does this mean that Alexis… no it can't be", Jaden felt his worry increase even more, Yubel appeared next to him, "We'll get her back Jaden, I promise, but we should find Chazz, if the Shadow Rider is here, then you or Chazz could be his next target, he might already have gotten his hands on Banner".

Jaden nodded, he picked up Alexis's cards, he then took and left the clearing, to get back to Syrus and Chumley and to find Chazz before it was too late.

A LITTLE WHILE LATER,

Syrus and Chumley had met up recently and looked round, then suddenly Chumley saw Pharaoh, he bent down and picked him up, "Hey look, I found Pharaoh", Syrus came up to him, "Wow way to go Chum", but then both of them looked shocked at each other when they heard Jaden's voice crying out for them, "SYRUS! CHUMLEY!"

They looked around and saw Jaden come towards them, he stopped to catch his breath, Chumley held out Pharaoh, "Hey look Jaden we found Pharaoh but…" he got troubled when he saw the look on Jaden's face, "What's wrong?" Jaden looked at Pharaoh, "Hey Pharaoh, you have any idea where Professor Banner is?" Pharaoh just meowed, then Jaden noticed how his Shadow Charm, his medallion, started to glow, his worry now increased, he looked at the others, "Come on you two, we need to find Chazz right now!" Syrus and Chumley looked shocked after Jaden as he started running and soon followed him.

AT THE SAME TIME WITH CHAZZ,

Chazz gritted his teeth, he was down to his last 800 life points and his opponent had two monsters on the field and a face down, but he also had Armed Dragon LV 7 on his field, he then drew his next card and got a smirk on his face, "Alright Shadow Rider, I'm about to Chazz you up, now I sacrifice my LV 7 Dragon, to bring out Armed Dragon LV 10".

Armed Dragon LV 7 disappeared and got replaced by its upgraded form, Atk: 3000, Chazz then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I activate my Armed Dragon's special ability, so now by discarding a card, I can destroy all of your monsters".

The dragon let out a powerful screech that destroyed both of the Shadow Rider's monsters. Chazz looked at him with a smirk, "And now I will attack you directly, any last words Shadow Rider?" The Ojama Brothers appeared around, "I do, I never should have doubted you boss" Ojama Yellow said.

Chazz held out his hand, "That's right, now Armed Dragon LV 10…" but then the Shadow Rider's face down got revealed.

Chazz gritted his teeth when he saw that it was Ordeal of the Traveler, The Shadow Rider took a card in his hand and held it up with its backside towards Chazz, Chazz gritted his teeth. Now that Ordeal of the Traveler was activated, every time he wanted to attack, the Shadow Rider would pick a card in his hand and Chazz had to guess if it was a spell, trap or monster card, if he guessed right, his attack would continue, but if he was wrong, his Armed Dragon would return to his hand, making it nearly impossible to summon him again.

Chazz growled, "Fine then, I guess I end my turn now, it's your move then Shadow Rider", the Ojama Brothers looked worried again, this had been Chazz's big chance to turn things around but it didn't work, and they had a feeling, he wouldn't get another one.

AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE OTHERS,

Jaden kept running as he turned his flashlight around, looking for Chazz, Syrus and Chumley was running behind him, "Jaden, you mean to tell us that the final Shadow Rider has finally arrived? And that he took down Alexis?" Jaden nodded and placed a hand into his pocket and took out a card and held it up and the other two gasped when they saw that it was Etoile Cyber, "I found her cards on the ground but didn't see her anywhere. And since my medallion is glowing, it must mean another shadow game is happening as we speak, we should never have split up, let's just hope that we'll get to Chazz in time".

AT THE SAME TIME WITH CHAZZ,

Chazz saw how the Shadow Rider drew his next card, meaning that now he had three cards in his hand, Chazz didn't think he could do anything to him with only three cards. But then he saw how a huge stone like creature appeared behind the Shadow Rider, Atk: 0-3300.

Chazz looked shocked when he saw that the creature were stronger than his ultimate dragon, "What the… what is that thing?" The Shadow Rider then placed his final card into his Duel Disk, Chazz then noticed a red light in the sky, he looked up and his eyes widened in horror as he saw meteors come down towards him, he covered his face as an explosion happened when the meteors made impact, he then saw to his horror how his dragon started to dissolve until it exploded, leaving him wide open for an direct attack, and with only 800 points left, he wouldn't be able to survive this.

He looked at the Shadow Rider, then he noticed that he had a book in a pocket inside of his cloak, then the mark of Amnael appeared on it, Chazz's eyes widened in shock, "It's that mark, again… but why?"

The Shadow Rider didn't answer, he just pointed at Chazz, the creature behind him lifted its arm and a blast of fire came out of its hand and towards Chazz, Chazz's eyes widened in horror before he screamed in pain as the attack made contact and an explosion formed, Chazz LP: 800-0.

AT THE SAME TIME WITH JADEN AND THE OTHERS,

Jaden and the others looked around worried when they heard Chazz scream, they looked at each other and then followed the sound of his voice, they begged that they would get there in time, but feared that they were already too late.

A FEW MINUTES LATER,

Jaden, Syrus and Chumley reached the lake, and gasped in shock and horror, they saw the mark of Amnael… and Chazz's cards floating in the water, as well as the three Ojama Brothers crying. Jaden dropped his flashlight, he went over to the lake and picked the cards up, "No… we're too late, CHAZZ!"

AT THE SAME TIME UNDERNEATH THE SCHOOL,

The final Shadow Rider stood in front of the pillar there the spirit keys was to be placed into, he held up his right hand a flash of light appeared, then two of the remaining four spots lit up.

The Shadow Rider then took out a third key and placed into another slot, it to lit up, now the only spot that hadn't been lit up was the one in the center, which Jaden's key belonged to. Then six beams of light appeared from the pillar.

THEN BACK UP TO THE SURFACE,

The island suddenly began to tremble, Jaden grabbed his head in pain as his eyes turned golden and he saw the three Sacred Beasts as they roared and he felt their terrifying might like they were right next to him.

He took a stumbling step, Syrus and Chumley asked if he was okay while Chumley continued to hold Pharaoh in his arms, Jaden was about to answer them when he suddenly felt something, he looked up and saw six beams of light appeared from the ocean surrounding the island.

Syrus looked worried, "Hey, what's going on here?" Jaden didn't answer, but he had a bad feeling he could guess, he believed he had figured out why he suddenly had sensed so much of the Sacred Beasts power.

Yubel appeared next to him, equally troubled, "Yes I believe that you're right Jaden, those beams of light must have appeared from the spirit gates, which must mean that six of them must be unlocked now". Jaden gritted his teeth, knowing that if that was true, then it was not good.

So Jaden and his friends found out that Sheppard still hadn't found Banner, despite having searched the entire island, so Chazz convinced Jaden and his friends that they should try and find him themselves, so they searched for clues and then found a map with a marked area in the forest, they began making their way there to see if they could find Banner, at the same time the final Shadow Rider appeared, he first made Atticus disappear and then challenged Alexis, and defeated her. He later challenged Chazz to a duel, Jaden at the same time found Alexis's cards, realizing that Chazz might be in trouble, but didn't make it in time as the Shadow Rider defeated him as well. Then six beams of light came out from the spirit gates, showing that six of them had been unlocked, what will happen next? Continue reading to find out and please review.