Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Season 1
Last time, Jaden and the others got worried since they couldn't find Banner anywhere on the island even though there were no evidence of him leaving it, so Chazz took matters into his own hands, and so he convinced Jaden, Syrus and Chumley to come with him to look for Banner. At the same time Alexis went to see how it was with Atticus, only to find out that he was gone, she then saw how a person ran away from the dorm and after she managed to catch up with him she realized that he was the last Shadow Rider, she dueled him but lost and her key was taken and she got sealed inside of a book. Chazz who later found Banner's clothes on the ground, also ran into the Shadow Rider and dueled him as well, but he was also defeated and got sealed inside the book. Jaden who had discovered Alexis's defeat, had tried to find Chazz in time but came too late, then soon so appeared six beams of light around the island, and Jaden figured they must come from the spirit gates, meaning that six of them were unlocked now and that he had the last key. What will happen next?
Chapter 37- Jaden vs Amnael, time to end this
Chazz slowly was waking up, "What happened?" He sat up as he remembered that he faced the last Shadow Rider but lost, he then looked around, "Where am I?" He noticed that he said in some kind of energy sphere that was hanging in midair, he then noticed two other spheres.
He looked closely at the one closest to him, as he saw that someone was in it, he then widened his eyes when he saw who it was, "Alexis?" He then looked at the other sphere, "Atticus is here too?"
He was confused, "Where on earth am I?" he then noticed a light next to him, he then gasped in shock as his eyes widened, "Actually, let's make that… where OFF the earth am I?" He could see the planet earth next to him, he wondered what the Shadow Rider had done to them, and how the heck they would get back.
WITH JADEN AND THE OTHERS,
Syrus and Chumley looked at the six beams of light completely confused, "What's going on around here guys?" Syrus nodded, wondering the same thing Chumley did, "Yeah, those six laser beams just shot out of nowhere".
Jaden shook his head as he narrowed his eyes, "No, they didn't you guys, these are the lights of the spirit gates, and that must mean, six of them have been opened, but even so, I just can't believe it".
He then heard a voice from his hand, "You better believe it Jaden", Jaden looked down, he was still holding Chazz's deck in his hand, and the bottom card facing him was Ojama Yellow, the little duel spirit looked out from his card with tears in his eyes, "That seventh Shadow Rider is really vicious, he took down Chazz with almost no trouble at all".
Jaden looked up at the six beams of light again, "I was afraid of that, if he's that good then he must have taken them all down, Alexis, Chazz and Banner, and…" he narrowed his eyes, "That also means that now…"
Syrus caught onto what Jaden was trying to say, "That now all have lost except for Jaden", he looked at Chumley, "He has the last key now". Chumley looked at Syrus troubled, "Oh man, this seventh Shadow Rider truly must be really good if he managed to take Alexis and Chazz down".
Then both of them looked at Jaden, "No joke, we better get out of here", Syrus said with a scared look on his face, "This last Shadow Rider got to be looking for you so that he can unlock the final spirit gate, you must hide immediately Jaden, or you will end up like the rest and he will finally be able to free the three Sacred Beasts".
Jaden slowly shook his head, "Sorry Sy, but I'm not gonna hide", Syrus looked at him shocked, Jaden looked at them and they saw that his eyes flashed golden for a second, which showed that he was really angry, "Listen, our friends need our help and we're gonna give it to them, we have to, they would do the same thing for us".
Syrus got a troubled smile on his face, "Yeah, I guess you're right", Jaden looked up in the sky again, "And besides you guys, we don't have to worry about this Shadow Rider finding me, because I'm gonna find him first". Chumley looked at him nervous, "Uh, when you say I, you don't mean we right?"
Jaden looked at his friends with a smirk, "Of course I do Chum, I mean come on, this is the final battle, this is the battle that will put an end to the threat of the Shadow Riders once and for all, and I want you guys to be there when I beat this creep and protect the world from the release of the Sacred Beasts". Syrus and Chumley looked at each other and nodded, they knew that if anyone could beat this guy, Jaden could, and they would follow him and support him throughout this final battle.
AT THE SAME TIME UNDERNEATH THE ABANDONED DORM,
The last Shadow Rider stood in front of what looked like a coffin as he laughed, he then turned around, "All is going according to my plan, Jaden will come here, and then he will have to face, a dueling trial unlike anything he has ever faced before, a trial that he will have to push past his limits, to surpass himself is he wants to succeed".
The Shadow Rider laughed again as a mark of green light appeared in the center of the room, and then a giant mark of Amnael appeared around the abandoned dorm for a few moments before it disappeared, the Shadow Rider chuckled, "And now, it begins".
MOMENTS LATER WITH JADEN AND HIS FRIENDS,
A lightning bolt came down from the sky and the three boys covered their eyes from the blinding light as it hit the tree next to them, they then looked up and saw that the tree slowly fell towards them since it had been snapped in half. They all moved out of the way and the tree fell into the lake.
Syrus sighed relieved, Oh man, that was way too close", Jaden then looked at the tree as energy from the lightning still went through it, then his eyes widened as he saw a familiar mark appear on it, "Hey look guys", Chumley's eyes widened too, "It's the mark of Amnael".
The mark then vanished and appeared again a little further away, and then it did it again. Syrus looked troubled, "It's like, the mark is trying to lead us somewhere", Chumley gulped, really nervous now, "Totally not licious you guys". Jaden narrowed his eyes, "Looks like it will be real easy to find this guy now, come on you guys".
Jaden then ran after the mark with Syrus and Chumley after him while Chumley carried Pharaoh, they followed the mark and after a few minutes they stopped since the mark stopped at their destination, the abandoned dorm, the other two looked worried as Jaden narrowed his eyes before entering.
INSIDE OF THE ABANDONED DORM,
Jaden walked through the hallways of the abandoned dorm with Syrus and Chumley behind him, "I should have known that this would be the place, after all it all started at the abandoned dorm, and now it looks like it will all end here as well, anyway, let's just hurry and find the last Shadow Rider".
Then a lightning flashed by, Pharaoh meowed in horror and jumped out of Chumley's arms, "Pharaoh, come back", Pharaoh didn't listen and just ran out of the hallway and down a few stairs, Jaden sighed, "Well we better go after him, we should find him now rather than after finding and dueling the Shadow Rider.
They then walked through the hallways calling out to Pharaoh, but they didn't find him anywhere, it was like when they were in the forest, only in a creepier place, at least according to Syrus and Chumley.
Jaden then saw a hole in the wall, "Hey there is another passageway here", Chumley then pointed down, "Yeah and there are Pharaoh's paw prints". Syrus tried to talk them out of going in there as he was scared, Jaden completely ignored him and walked in, hoping to find Pharaoh fast and then find the Shadow Rider so he could end this once and for all.
They walked through the passageway, then stopped, they all looked shocked as there were a door in front of them, "Okay, this door was definitely not here the last time we were here, that I'm certain of", Jaden said, Syrus and Chumley hid behind Jaden, "Well in that case, let's ignore it shall we?" Chumley nodded, just as nervous, "Yeah I agree with Sy on this".
Jaden ignored them and just walked through the door, with Syrus and Chumley close behind him, really nervous. Jaden saw that the room they had entered were covered in shadows and darkness, he aimed his flashlight in front of him and gasped.
Syrus leaned out next to him, "What's wrong?" He looked forwards and saw large stone tablets with what looked like carvings of monsters on them, "Wow, wonder why would make carvings like that and then leave them down here".
Jaden looked at stone tablets, "That's not carvings Sy, those are stone tablets from ancient times, remember how ancient Pharaohs used to fight in shadow games? Well they used stone tablets that monsters were sealed into, and I'm pretty sure… that these are the stone tablets of the three Sacred Beasts".
The other two looked at him in shock when he said that as he moved his flashlight around and looked at the rest of the room, "Wow this place it pretty creepy, it kinda looks like a lab from a horror movie", Chumley was getting pretty scared, "Yeah well then, where is the mad scientist hiding then?"
Syrus looked to his left and then his eyes widened before he started to tremble a little, "I'm not sure, but… if it is where my guts telling me where it might be…" he pointed, "I'm seriously gonna need a change of shorts". Jaden and Chumley looked in the direction and pointed their flashlight there as well, Jaden's eyes widened while Chumley gasped in horror, "It's a coffin".
Chumley and Syrus moved closer to Jaden, "Or maybe it's a refrigerator box", Chumley said even though he didn't believe it himself, Syrus nodded, "Yeah, that must be it, right guys".
Yubel who had appeared shook her head as Jaden gave his flashlight to Syrus before he and Yubel moved towards the coffin while Syrus and Chumley told him to be careful.
When Jaden reached it he turned towards Chumley, "Hey Chum, come on give me a hand here", Chumley scratched the back of his head, "Uh sorry, I'm only good at opening pickle jars and potato chips Jay", Syrus nodded.
Jaden sighed, "Why am I not surprised? well no matter", Jaden placed his hands on the stone lid and slowly but surely pushed it until it fell off scaring the other two, Jaden looked inside of the coffin, "It's a mummy, but the question is why is it here?" Syrus looked at him, "The better question is why are we here?" Chumley nodded, Jaden then looked at the mummy again, "Hey wait a minute", his eyes widened as he noticed something, he held out his hand towards Syrus, "Give me my flashlight back".
Syrus handed it to him, not really liking the scared tone in Jaden's voice, "Why, what's wrong?" Jaden took the flashlight and aimed it at the mummy, "I tell you what's wrong, it's that this mummy looks really familiar". Syrus and Chumley looked at him confused as Jaden didn't like it when he noticed the clothes that the mummy had on, "Well, there is only one way to know for sure".
Jaden took and lifted a little on the white coat the mummy had on, looking underneath it, there sewn into the shirt was a name, Banner. Jaden took a step back, "It really is him, Professor".
Syrus looked at Jaden shocked, "Wait, what do you mean?" Jaden turned towards him, "This is, or to be correct, was Professor Banner", Syrus gasped in shock and came over and looked at the mummy seeing that it really looked like Banner, "No way, Professor Banner couldn't have mummified this fast, I can't even make jerky in the time he has been missing" Chumley said.
Jaden looked at him, "So then what, you think it might be a fake?" Syrus nodded, "Of course, that's it, it's a fake, probably made out of wax or something, right you guys".
"Wrong!" All of them got shocked when they heard the new voice, and then suddenly the lights got turned on, "That really is the body of the man you know as Professor Banner".
Jaden turned around, "Who's there? Show yourself!" Jaden said as Syrus walked closer to Chumley scared. A man in cloak and had a black mask appeared, "The seventh Shadow Rider". Jaden narrowed his eyes and Ojama Yellow appeared, "that's him there, he's the duelist that took down Chazz, and he's extremely good, but you have to beat him, to get Chazz back you just have to Jaden", Jaden looked at the Shadow Rider again as he narrowed his eyes.
The Shadow Rider looked at Jaden, "It's true Jaden, to get any of your friends back, you'll have to beat me, Amnael". Jaden looked at him shocked, "So wait, you're Amnael? As in the `mark of Amnael´ Amnael?"
Amnael reached inside of his garb and took out a strange looking stone book with the Millennium symbol on, "That's right, and I have your friends right here as well Jaden, and if you cannot defeat me, you will be joining them, all of you will".
Jaden glared at Amnael and pointed behind him, towards the coffin, "But what Professor Banner? How do I get him back, or is it too late?" Amnael just looked at him, "It was always too late for him, it's best that you forget about the one you knew as Banner, he is no more".
Jaden's eyes turned golden, "What do you mean with no more? Why did you take his life? Answer me!" Amnael continued to look at him, "To understand everything, you must just do one thing, and that is… duel and defeat me Jaden, only then will the truth be revealed to you, only then will this tome and the secrets it holds be unlocked, will you accept this challenge? Will you face me?"
Chumley looked at him, "Yeah no, I don't think so", Syrus looked at him, "He's talking to Jaden Chumley", Jaden narrowed his eyes, "Of course I will face you Amnael", Amnael nodded, "Excellent, I knew you would accept this challenge, after all, it's the only way for you to get your friends back, though since how pathetically weak they were, I don't understand why you would bother with them".
Jaden growled as he felt his anger rise, Yubel tried to tell him to calm down but he couldn't hear her anymore, Syrus and Chumley looked worried as dark energy gathered around him, "Don't talk trash about my friends, they are some of the rare people who still treats me as a normal person despite knowing about my powers, so I won't let you insult them do you hear me Amnael?"
But then he suddenly grabbed his head, Syrus and Chumley were about to ask what was wrong, when suddenly they jumped in shock as Jaden yelled and a massive burst of dark energy came out of him before it calm down and he once again was only covered in a dark aura.
Syrus and Chumley came up to him, "Jaden! What's wrong?" Syrus gulped however when Jaden looked at him, the normal friendly Jaden now had a cold and uncaring look on his face, and his eyes which were completely golden a dangerous look in them, like they were saying `if you get in my way I will crush you´.
He looked back at Amnael, then a twisted smirk appeared on his face, "So you're the one huh? You were the one who filled the kid with so much rage that I was able to gain control". Syrus and Chumley looked at each other shocked, with how this person was talking they knew it couldn't be Jaden, but his darker half, the Supreme King.
Amnael looked at him, "So, you're the infamous Supreme King huh?" The Supreme King's smirk grew, "Looks like you have heard of me, I'm surprised", Amnael jus looked at him, "I'm interested in stories of old, and I found the stories about you must intriguing, I never believed I would first get to meet your reincarnation, and then you in person".
The Supreme King chuckled, "Well, Jaden is nothing special, me however, I'm something very special, and I'm gonna enjoy ending you", but at that moment Syrus spoke up, "Hey not so fast, you're not doing anything except giving Jaden back to us, you got that?" Chumley nodded.
The Supreme King turned around and glared at them, he lifted his arm, "Well then, I guess I will take both of you down first, and there won't be anything left of you once I'm done with you". Syrus and Chumley took a step backwards, they didn't think that both of them together would be able to take this guy down, they looked worried as he moved his hand towards one of the two deck boxes with his hand covered by darkness.
But before he could reach it, he suddenly grabbed his head, groaning, Syrus and Chumley looked at him shocked, wondering what was happening now.
INSIDE OF JADEN'S HEAD,
The Supreme King stood in front of Jaden, he growled, Jaden had recently started fighting back against his control, he glared at him, "Don't you see this is for the best Jaden? That guy is someone you won't be able to take down by yourself, so I will take control and destroy him, and then take down everyone who stands in our way to power".
Jaden narrowed his eyes, "I don't want to gain power, I just want to duel and have fun together with my friends, and the way you do things are not right, and so I will force you back into the very corner of my mind you have been in until now".
The Supreme King glared at him and sent a burst of darkness towards Jaden, who barely managed to stay on his legs, "You may possess the same powers I did when I was alive, but do you think you can defeat me alone when I have many more years of experience of using these powers than you have?"
Then suddenly a third voice could be heard, "He's not alone", They looked behind Jaden and Yubel were there, the Supreme King narrowed his eyes, "Oh please, even with you he won't be able to stop me".
Yubel's smirk grew bigger, "Oh you misunderstand, it's not me who is supporting Jaden", Jaden then felt happening, he looked behind Yubel and saw all the monsters in both of his decks appear behind her, and he felt their energy filling up his body. He felt a smirk appear on his face, he looked at the Supreme King who growled at him, "We can do this the easy way, just return to the part of my mind you came from, or we will force you to return".
The Supreme King glared at him, "This isn't over Jaden", he then vanished, Jaden then turned towards all of his monsters who nodded at him with a smile on their faces.
OUTISDE OF JADEN'S MIND,
The dark aura surrounding Jaden disappeared, he opened his eyes and they were brown again, he smiled at his friends, "Sorry guys, I never meant to let him get out, ever, I'm just glad I managed to get back control before he did anything to either of you".
Syrus and Chumley nodded, still shocked over having met Jaden's dark half, they could see what Yubel had meant with him having gotten corrupted, if they hadn't known about his story, they wouldn't have believed that he had been good at one time in his life.
Jaden turned towards Amnael, "Sorry for the interruption, now how about we start this duel?" Amnael took off his hood and revealed white hair, he activated his Duel Disk, "Prepare yourself key keeper", Jaden activated his Duel Disk as well, "I have been prepared to end this since you Shadow Riders first showed up, and now Amnael, get your game on". Both of them then drew their first five cards.
"Alright, time to throw done, because no matter what it takes, I'm gonna win my friends back from you Amnael", Amnael looked at him, "Is that so? But what if you don't possess what it takes to win Jaden? Because in order to beat me, you'll have to reach a whole new echelon of dueling, now we begin".
Amnael drew his sixth card and looked at it, "And now I activate, the spell card, Alchemic Kettle – Chaos Distil", then a orange brown kettle like machine appeared behind Amnael while steam came out of it.
Jaden narrowed his eyes, Syrus looked confused at it, "What does that thing do?" Chumley rolled his eyes, "Oh yeah, like I'm supposed to know that", Amnael looked at them, "Though to the effect of my Chaos Distil, all of my cards that would normally go to the graveyard, is instead removed from the game".
Jaden's eyes widened, Why the heck would he want to remove his own cards from the game, could it be that he has cards that has effects that needs cards to be removed? He wondered.
He then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I activate my second spell card, Steel Lamp", the card then flew into Chaos Distil and then fire appeared in front of Amnael, "And when Chaos Distil is on the field, I can use Steel Lamp to summon forth the Alchemy Beast – Salamandra the Steel", what looked like a metallic dragon appeared on the field, Atk: 500.
Jaden narrowed his eyes, "You see Jaden, Alchemy Beast can't be summoned in a normal manner, but they can on the other hand wage direct attacks on you, which is a big problem for you…" he then grabbed two more cards in his hand, "Because with the two spell cards, Bronze Scale and Lead Compass, I can now summon two more Alchemy Beasts since I have Chaos Distil on the field, Ouroboros the Bronze, and Leon the Lead".
Two more pillars of fire appeared and out of them appeared two more creatures, one was a serpentine stone creature and the other was a gray lion like creature with yellow mane Atk x 2: 500.
Amnael then placed a card into his Duel Disk, "And I now end with a face down", Jaden gritted his teeth, "Oh come on, three monsters, on the very first turn?" Amnael nodded, "That is correct, and if you think that's impressive, just wait until you see them attack".
Jaden took and drew his next card, "Don't think I'm gonna give them that chance", Jaden looked at his card, "I now start of with Elemental Dragon Hero Burstwing in attack mode", an explosion of fire happened behind Jaden and out from the explosion flew Burstwing before he landed in front of Jaden, Atk: 1700.
"Now let's see how durable your Salamandra's metal body is, Burstwing, attack Salamandra the Steel with Burning Slash", flames came out of Burstwing's mouth and covered his wings, he, then kicked off the ground hard and flew fast towards Salamandra the Steel.
Amnael chuckled, "That's one flame I'm afraid I'm have to put out, because I activate this, Elemental Absorber", his face down trap got activated and a metal device with four spikes on the top and one on the bottom appeared, "Now with this card, I can remove a monster in my hand from play, to negate the attack of your monster, as long as they both have the same attribute".
Jaden's eyes widened when he heard that, "Well. that's not good", Amnael chuckled, "No it's not, especially not when the card I remove from play is Spirit of Flames". the card in Amnael's hand went inside of Chaos Distil, the metal device then began to spin and one of the spikes on the top turned red, a wall of fire then appeared in front of Salamandra, blocking Burstwing's attack,
Jaden narrowed his eyes, "No my attack it…" Amnael took and placed his fingers on his deck, "Has been stopped, and it's my turn now, so now go my Alchemy Beasts attack Jaden directly, now Salamandra the Steel, let lose Flame Shot of Ore".
Salamandra opened its mouth and unleashed a fireball that struck Jaden as he covered his face, Jaden LP: 4000-3500.
Amnael then pointed at him, "Now Ouroboros and Leon attack as well", Ouroboros unleashed a blue beam from its mouth while Leon fired metal shards towards Jaden, Jaden LP: 3500-2500.
Syrus looked troubled, "Jaden just got clobbered by that guy", Chumley looked at Jaden, "Just hang on Jaden, he's only got one card left in his hand, if you can hold on through this turn, you will have the upper hand and he'll be the one on the ropes".
But Chumley got shocked when Amnael just shook his head while chuckling, "Is that what you think? You should have paid better attention in class, then you would have known that against my Alchemy deck, things are not what they seem, I activate the spell card, Black Process Negledo, when Chaos Distil is on my field, and there is no cards in my hand, this card allows me to remove all Alchemy Beasts on the field from play, and then I draw two new cards, per beast".
Jaden looked on shocked as Amnael's three monsters were destroyed, "So then you're taking out your own monsters?" Amnael looked at him, "That's the way of the Alchemist, destruction and rebirth, but I assure you Jaden, that if you're destroyed here, there will be no rebirth for you".
Jaden gritted his teeth, this was not going so well, "Now then, since I just removed three Alchemy Bests from play, I get to draw six cards from my deck", he then drew until he had a full hand again.
He then grabbed three of them, "And now let's play some of them, I activate Tin Spell Circle, Mercury Hourglass and Sliver Key, and just like with my other three spell cards, with Chaos Distil on the field, I can now summon three new Alchemy Beasts to the field".
The three cards flew into Chaos Distil and three pillars of fire appeared on the field like before, "So now, welcome the Alchemy Beasts – Aretos the Tin, Ekenas the Mercury and moonface the Silver", an eagle looking creature appeared on the field, along with a mutated shark like creature and finally, the third one looked like a smaller and rockier version on the moon, only it had arms and legs, Atk x 3: 500.
Amnael then looked at Jaden, "And with that, I shall end my turn, now it's your move", Jaden gritted his teeth, "Alright, my turn now", Jaden took and drew his next card and looked at it, he then nodded, "I'm now gonna summon Elemental Dragon Hero Terradrake in attack mode", the ground cracked open and Terradrake came up from it before he pulled his stone sword out of the ground, Atk: 2000.
Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "But I'm not done, now I activate, the spell Quick Summon, so now I can summon another monster as well, so I also summon Aqua Blast in attack mode", A water tornado appeared and out of it came Aqua Blast who landed next to his Hero Dragon brothers, Atk: 1800.
"Next, I'm gonna attack with both of them, now Terradrake and Aqua Blast, attack Moonface and Aretos". Aqua Blast fired his Hydro Blast towards the eagle looking monster Aretos while Terradrake flew towards Moonface.
Amnael chuckled, "nice try Jaden, go Elemental Absorber, now I remove both The Rock Spirit and Aqua Spirit, to negate both of your attacks", the metal device spun and a blue and yellow triangle appeared as one spike turned blue and another yellow. Both attacks then got blocked before they reached their targets, a rock wall blocked Terradrake s he swung his sword and a wall of water blocked the Hydro Blast, "Your Aqua Blast's special ability to prevent the opponent from activating traps during the battle phase is quite dangerous, however, he can't stopped effects that is already active on the field".
Jaden gritted his teeth over his bad luck that Amnael had both a water attribute monster and a earth attribute monster in his hand, but what made him a little shocked that not only so did Amnael know about Aqua Blast's ability, he also knew about how to bypass it, Man, it seems like he not only has a card to stop every attribute in my deck, but also knows the weaknesses of the ones I have, he thought frustrated.
Amnael looked at Jaden, "I told you Jaden, to be triumphant, you need to use your cards in ways you never used them before, you need to become a better duelist than you have ever been, if not, you will soon join your friends".
Jaden narrowed his eyes, "Oh I will be joining my friends alright, as soon I win and I free them", Amnael chuckled. "Then it's best that you get your game on, because you have already fallen far behind, and you're about to fall even further".
Jaden took a card from his hand, "I don't think so, I place a card face down and end my turn", Amnael chuckled, "Is that all? Very well then, observe", he drew his next card and looked at it, "I now activate the spell card White Process Albedo, now thanks to this card, I can now summon Golden Homunculus in attack mode", another pillar of fire appeared next to the three Alchemy Beasts, then a gigantic, golden golem appeared on the field, Atk: ?
Jaden didn't like the fact that the monster's attack points were undetermined, Amnael looked at Jaden, "Forged in fire, Golden Homunculus doesn't work like any other card you have ever seen before, his attack and defense points are equal to the number of cards I've removed from the game, and then multiplied by 300 points, so since I have removed fourteen cards from the game, his attack and defense points are 4200, and your points… will soon be 0". Golden Homunculus Atk & Def: ?-4200.
Jaden looked at Golden homunculus's, had this been why Amnael chose to remove his cards from play instead of letting them go to the graveyard? So that he could power up this Golden Homunculus?
Jaden then noticed how Amnael looked at him, "It is now over Jaden and quite frankly I'm disappointed, I expected so much more from you", that made Jaden confused, from how Amnael talked about him, it sounded like Amnael knew him personally, or that Amnael at least had at least heard a lot about him, "Now attack Jaden directly my Alchemy Beasts, Sonic Shears, Screaming Stream and Shockwave Slivers".
The three Alchemy Beasts unleashed their attacks, Aretos unleashed a raging stream of fire, Ekenas unleashed a stream of fire and Moonface sent glowing scythes, all of these attacks went straight towards Jaden and hit him directly, Jaden then stumbled in pain from the attacks, Jaden LP: 2500-1000.
Syrus and Chumley looked at Jaden as he went down on a knee from the pain, "Oh man, he got nailed, this could be it", Chumley nodded also nervous, "I know, if Jaden takes another hit, then this duel will be over, and worst of all, that Golden Homunculus hasn't attacked yet".
Amnael held up his hand, "Hurts doesn't it, but I'm not finished yet, just like your friends said, I have one attack left, now Golden Homunculus attack, Stone Shard Storm, destroy Elemental Dragon Hero Burstwing".
Golden Homunculus then unleashed golden shards from his hands towards Burstwing, "You're defeated Jaden Yuki, perhaps it would have been better if you had let the Supreme King duel in your place". Syrus and Chumley were horrified and was about to close their eyes since they couldn't watch their best friend lose and get sealed into a book.
But just as they were about to close their eyes, they suddenly saw chains appear, they then watched as the chains wrapped themselves around Golden homunculus, trapping his arms next to his sides, and his shards fell harmlessly to the ground before they could reach Burstwing.
Amnael looked at his monster shocked, he then heard Jaden laugh, and so he looked at the brown haired boy as he got back up on his feet, "Sorry, but before you attacked I activated this, the trap card Shadow Spell", he pointed at his trap which had pictures of chains on it, "So not only did I stop your attack, but now Golden Homunculus can neither attack or change battle mode anymore, oh and did I mention that he also loses 700 attack points?" Golden Homunculus, Atk: 4200-3500.
Amnael looked at him, "Impressive, you have lasted longer than either of your friends did against me, I end my turn now", Jaden then took and drew his next card and looked at it, "First, I play the spell card Pot of Greed, so now I 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 on the field and Quickclaw flew out of it and landed next to Burstwing, Atk: 1600. Jaden drew the top four cards, and if I find a level 6 or below monster, I can summon it to the field and the remaining three cards get shuffled back into the deck, so let's see what I got". He then took looked at his cards and a smirk appeared on his face.
"I now summon Elemental Dragon Hero Archangel in attack mode", a bright light appeared above them as Archangel descended down, with his golden sword in his right hand, Atk: 1000. Jaden then shuffled the other three cards back into his deck.
Archangel landed next to Quickclaw and roared as all five of them got covered in a golden aura, "And as long as Archangel is on the field, all Elemental Dragon Heroes gains 100 attack points multiplied by their level, so all five of them now gain 400 attack points". Archangel, Atk: 1000-1400. Burstwing, Atk: 1700-2100. Aqua Blast, Atk: 1800-2200. Terradrake, Atk: 2000-2400. Quickclaw, Atk: 1600-2000.
A card then came out of Jaden's deck, Jaden grabbed the card and held it up and showed it, "Also when Archangel is summoned, his other special ability allows me to add an Elemental Dragon Fusion from my deck to my hand", he placed Elemental Dragon Fusion in his hand.
Jaden then pointed at Aretos, "Now Quickclaw, attack Aretos the Tin with Shadow Slash", Quickclaw grabbed his sword and vanished in high speed, he appeared with behind Aretos with his sword drawn and lifted it, preparing to strike down the creature.
Amnael grabbed the last card in his hand, "I remove Garuda the Wind Spirit, to negate the attack of your wind monster", Just as Quickclaw's sword would hit Aretos so appeared a wall of wind and repelled Quickclaw and he returned to Jaden's field, "And since another card has been removed from the game, Golden Homunculus's attack points once again increase". Golden Homunculus Atk & Def: 3500-3800/4200-4500.
Jaden got a smirk on his face, "Getting rid of that last card was what I wanted to happen, now you can't use Elemental Absorber to negate the attacks of anymore attributes, and while I wished that Quickclaw's attack would have hit so I could deal a little more damage, Archangel will have to do, now Archangel attack Aretos with Sword of Justice".
Archangel roared and then flew towards Amnael's side of the field, Archangel then slashed the eagle creature twice with his sword before he got destroyed, Amnael LP: 4000-3100. Amnael looked at him, "Now since another monster has been removed from the game, Golden Homunculus's power increases again", Golden homunculus Atk & Def: 3800-4100/4500-4800.
Jaden's smirk then grew, "It doesn't matter since he can't attack and now, since my battle phase is over, I can activate Terradrake's special ability, so now you take 300 points of damage for every Elemental Dragon Hero on my field, and since I have five, you take 1500 points of damage.
Terradrake stomped with his foot on the ground a few times, he then slammed his sword into the ground, cracking the ground and the crack continued towards Amnael as rocks flew up from the ground, the rocks hit Amnael as he covered his face and a crack appeared in his mask, Amnael LP: 3100-1600.
Jaden then held up a card, "And if that's not enough, I activate Special Hurricane, so now by discarding one card in my hand, all special summoned monsters on the field is destroyed, meaning all three of your monsters have to say sayonara, of course that also means that my Archangel also has to go, and I'm really sorry for that". Archangel looked at him and growled, telling him not to worry about it and just do what he had to do to win and get his friends back.
Jaden placed a card into his graveyard and then a hurricane appeared, destroying Amnael's three monsters along with Jaden's Archangel and his Shadow Spell since Golden Homunculus was now gone. Jaden's smirk grew even bigger, "It seems like I have caught up quite a bit now, and are not so far behind anymore, of course with Archangel gone, my other Hero Dragons attack points return to normal, but it's not a big problem". Burstwing, Atk: 2100-1700. Quickclaw, Atk: 2000-1600. Terradrake, Atk: 2400-2000. Aqua Blast, Atk: 2200-1800.
Syrus and Chumley cheered, "Alright, way to play Jay", Syrus said before he and Chumley smiled at each other, "I knew that he would turn this duel around sooner or later", Chumley nodded as he was just as happy as Syrus were, after all, Jaden had four Elemental Dragon Heroes on the field, and the opponent had not a single monster or card in his hand, now if Jaden could get rid of that Elemental Absorber, then this duel would end on Jaden's next turn, or at least draw a dark attribute monster, which since Amnael hasn't removed a dark attribute monster, it would be able to attack, and if that wouldn't be enough he then also has Terradrake's ability, which for now could deal 1200 points of damage".
But then both of then got shocked when they suddenly heard a meowing right next to them, they looked down and saw Pharaoh next to them, Syrus bent down so he sat, "Pharaoh! Are you here to help cheer Jaden on in this duel against the final Shadow Rider, that's great, you can watch the duel together with me", Syrus smiled as he grabbed a hold of Pharaoh and stood back up with Pharaoh in his hands.
But Pharaoh only got a irritated look on his face and lifted both of his front paws, he then took out his claws on both of them, he then scratched Syrus in the face, making him drop the cat in pain as Chumley looked shocked over that Pharaoh had hurt Syrus for no reason, sure Pharaoh could scratch people but then there were always a good reason for it, but Syrus hadn't done anything that would make Pharaoh want to scratch him.
Once Pharaoh landed on the ground, he immediately ran out on the field the two duelists were on, Jaden watched shocked as the fat cat ran towards Amnael, "No, Pharaoh! Come back here please, that guy's is dangerous, he will only hurt you if you get to close".
But Pharaoh didn't listen and ran up to Amnael, then to the three boys shock so started Pharaoh rubbing himself against Amnael's leg while purring, "Uh, Pharaoh? What are you doing?" Jaden asked, since he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Chumley looked really shocked, "But… Pharaoh is never that friendly with strangers".
Jaden looked at Chumley, "Yeah you're right about that Chumley, took him over a month to stop trying to use Sy as a scratching post after we first got to the academy", Jaden then turned back the Shadow Rider who Pharaoh was rubbing himself against while purring happily, "So that must mean that, Amnael is…"
Amnael looked at Jaden, "Is no stranger to Pharaoh, or to you either Jaden", Amnael then grabbed his black mask that had gotten cracked, he then took it off and Jaden gasped then narrowed his eyes, he had suspected it when he saw that Pharaoh showed so much affection for Amnael but he still had thought it was just an crazy idea, but now he had been proven wrong.
Syrus looked really shocked, "But… no it can't be", Chumley gasped, "Professor Banner?" Indeed, the face behind Amnael's mask was no other than their teacher, Lyman Banner, only now he had white hair, and veins were visible on his face, he looked at them with a smile.
Jaden looked at him, "But wait hold on a minute here, if you're Banner then…" Jaden pointed towards the coffin, "Who's that mummy over there? You did say that it was you but how is that possible if you're Banner?"
Banner bent down and started patting Pharaoh while he laughed, "Well it's very simple Jaden, that mummy is also me, or maybe I should say, it used to be me", Jaden now felt more confused than before.
Banner rose back up while he now held Pharaoh in his arms, "Oh my children, there is so much more going on here right now than you could possibly imagine, but trust me, the truth, will be revealed soon enough", he then laughed again while Jaden narrowed his eyes a little.
"Hold on Banner, there is just one thing I want to know, how did you unlock the spirit gate your key belonged to? I mean, the keys can't be used unless you win them in a duel".
banner chuckled as he continued to pat Pharaoh, "It's quite simple Jaden, I gave my key to Atticus, you see, I recently left it in his room and waited until he would find it and the fake message I left for him, I told him that the last Shadow Rider had appeared and had his sight set on me, so I needed to go into hiding. But to trick the Shadow Rider, I would leave my key with him, so it would be safe since it would now have a new key keeper so that even if I was defeated, it would not unlock a spirit gate and it would be in the hands of another of the school's best students. Then I appeared as Amnael, and defeated him, then soon after that I defeated Alexis, then Chazz, and now there is only you left to defeat Jaden".
Jaden had a hurt look on his face, "But why Professor? Why are you doing all of this?" Banner had a smile on his face as he continued to pat Pharaoh, "Well, I guess I should explain everything to you before I defeat you".
Jaden nodded, "You can beat that I'm all ears Professor, why did you become a Shadow Rider?" Banner looked up, "Well you see Jaden, like you I was once a young duelist with an almost unlimited potential, I searched the world for the rarest and most powerful cards, and finally, my travels led me to the ultimate prize, a lost tomb, hidden and buried in a ancient desert and within it was a duelist's dream, because it held the very first, duel cards".
Jaden's eyes widen in shock, "It was you, you were the one who discovered the hiding place of the Sacred Beasts", Banner nodded, "Indeed, and just like Pegasus years before with the Egyptian Gods, I s sought out their powers, but the tomb was cursed, and it caused me to get a disease that science had no answer to, I tried everything, but soon I realized that to save my life, there was only one thing to do, I had no choice but to create a new body, so therefore, I used alchemy to create a homunculus, an artificial life form, and then I transferred my soul into it once my body had run out of time".
Chumley looked completely confused, "Uh say what?" He looked at Syrus who shook his head, "Don't look at me Chum, I don't understand either", Jaden however understood, even though it was hard to believe.
Banner then looked at them all, "But even this new body, is only temporally, it won't be long, before I'm nothing, but s pile of dust in the wind, you see, I don't, have very much time left now" cracks appeared on his right cheek, and what looked like small pieces of clay fell down to the floor.
Jaden looked at him, "So wait, you are trying to tell me that, you're actually a clone, or at least your body is?" Banner nodded when Jaden asked that, "That's right Jaden, and in order for me to live, I need the power of these three cards, the three divine Sacred Beasts, and once I defeat you, their power will finally be mine".
Jaden's arms fell down next to his sides, "Even if you end up destroying the world in the process? You're willing to risk all that just to save your life? I can't believe you Banner, I truly thought you were a better person than that, I respected you, and because of that…" Jaden lowered his head a little, "I won't duel you, not like this, I have too many fond memories of you, that makes it hard for me to believe all of this despite you telling it to me".
Banner chuckled, "Oh yes you will, after all have you forgotten?" He then placed Pharaoh on the ground, the fat cat looked at his owner with a sad expression on his face before moving away from the field, Banner looked at Jaden, "If you don't, your friends, will remain my prisoners, so if you walk away now, their souls will be mine for eternity. So you see, you have no choice, you have to duel me Jaden, pretend that this is your final exam". He then said with a confident smile on his face.
Jaden narrowed his eyes as he lifted his arms, knowing that even though he didn't like it, Banner was right, Jaden had to duel and win this, for the sake of his friends, and the entire world, "Well then, let's continue", Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Now, I activate the spell card Elemental Dragon Fusion, and with it I will now fuse together my Terradrake and Quickclaw".
An explosion of fire happened, then a vortex formed and Terradrake and Quickclaw got sucked into it, "Now dragon warriors of wind and earth, combine to form a creature that will help me bring down this Shadow Rider once and for all, now I summon forth, Elemental Dragon Hero Terrastorm Drake in attack mode".
Terrastorm Drake appeared on the field, Atk: 2600, Banner got a smile on his face, "Not bad Jaden, but remember that Terrastorm Drake is a earth attribute monster, and as long as I have Elemental Absorber, none of your Elemental Dragon Heroes can attack". Jaden nodded, "I know, and I'm done".
Syrus looked at Chumley. "Why did Jaden fuse Terradrake and Quickclaw? Wouldn't it have been better to wait with that? And even if not, wouldn't it have been better to fuse Aqua Blast and Burstwing instead?" Chumley nodded, "I know, but I don't think that Jaden could think about that clearly, he must still be in shock". Jaden who heard them silently talk to each other knew that they were right, he was still in shock from finding out that Banner was the last Shadow Rider, so he hadn't really thought his last move through.
Banner nodded, "Very well, then I believe, that it's my turn now", he drew his next card and looked at it, "And I activate, Chaos Greed, with this, if there is no cards in my graveyard, and four of mine is out of play, I can draw two times", he then looked at the cards, "And both of them, are placed face down on the field, now then Jaden, it's your turn now".
Jaden looked at Banner, Banner doesn't have any have anymore cards with hands, but even so, with that Elemental Absorber on the field, he can negate any of my attacks unless I draw a dark attribute or a light attribute monster, if I ever needed a lucky draw it's now, he thought.
"Now let's see what I got", Jaden looked at his card and a smirk appeared, "And the card I drew is Mystical Space Typhoon, and I think we all can guess what's in its path, so now destroy that Elemental Absorber". Elemental Absorber got hit by the typhoon and exploded, Chumley and Syrus smiled as they saw this, "Licious, take him Jaden, you have him on the ropes now".
Banner who had covered his face when Elemental Absorber got destroyed looked at Jaden with a small smirk, "Impressive, but I'm afraid, it will take a whole lot more, if you want to get all your friends back from me".
Jaden narrowed his eyes, "You want more Banner? Then how about this? Terrastorm Drake, attack him directly with Raging Terra Sphere", Terrastorm Drake lifted his hand and rocks began to gather in it, then a sphere of intense wind formed around the rocks, he then took and prepared to toss it at Banner, who had a smirk on his face.
"You fool, it will be I who takes you to the Great Beyond, I activate Macro Cosmos", a trap card got revealed, "This allows me to remove Chaos Distil from play, and now, I'll be removing you from this world".
Jaden looked shocked, "Say what? What are you talking about?" Syrus and Chumley looked confused as well, then they saw how Chaos Distil turned red and began to shake until a blinding light appeared and the three boys had to cover their faces.
Jaden then opened his eyes and got shocked when they were in what looked like space, he and his friends looked around shocked, Banner chuckled when he saw their faces, "The power of alchemy flows through me, it has broken our earthly bonds and taken us here".
Jaden looked at him, "Well it's not gonna shake me Banner", Banner took a card from his deck, "Well then, perhaps this will Jaden, due to Macro Cosmos, I'm allowed to summon this card, Helios – The Primordial Sun", A creature that looked like a woman wrapped in bandages and with a sun for a head appeared, Atk: ?
Banner looked at the shocked Jaden, "Helios – The Primordial Sun gains 100 attack and defense points for every monster removed from the game, and thanks to Macro Cosmos, all of my cards that would go to the graveyard, will still be removed from play, and so with eleven monsters removed, her attack and defense points are 1100". Helios – The Primordial Sun, Atk & Def: ?-1100.
Jaden then noticed three energy spheres, and he then noticed Chazz banging on the wall of his, "Chazz!" He then looked at the other two and saw Alexis and Atticus, and both of them were unconscious, "Alexis! Atticus!"
Banner chuckled, "They can't hear you, they're my prisoners now Jaden, like you will be soon, for all of eternity", banner then took out his tome and held it up, "Just face it Jaden, this tome is your destiny now, soon you will be locked in its pages, a prisoner, a pathetic footnote in my saga, of my ascension to greatness, you don't have what it takes to win, you and your friends are finished".
He then placed the tome back inside his garb, "I paid for this book, with my own flesh and blood, I won't lose it to a pathetic Slifer red slacker". Jaden looked at Banner, "Hey hold on a minute here Banner, did you forget all the matches I have won?"
Banner chuckled, "Well I have a theory about that, what if, that darker half of yours, the Supreme King, have been taking over every time you have been in a tight spot without you realizing it?" Banner then for the first time opened his eyes and they saw to their shock red eyes as he stared a Jaden with narrowed eyes, "I mean he took over before, so what if he's the great duelist while you yourself are nothing but a loser, Jaden?"
Jaden looked at him with narrowed eyes, "Wait, what are you saying? That you believe that I have only won because he has been secretly taking over and not by my own skills?" Banner nodded with a smirk, "Don't give me that crap, that short time earlier was the first time he ever took over, and I'll prove it right now, now go Terrastorm Drake, take down that Helios and then one of the others will end this".
Terrastorm Drake then unleashed his attack but Banner didn't look worried, "Not so fast, I activate, Planet Alignment", the planets aligned and then the space around then got distorted, "This card is so powerful that it actually warps time and space itself, and then destroys all your monsters, while dealing 300 points of damage to you", banner said as his normal voice got distorted and sounded deeper.
Jaden could only watch as his three Hero Dragons got destroyed, Jaden LP: 1000-700, Jaden gritted his teeth, Elemental Dragon Fusion may protect his fusion monster from being destroyed in battle and through card effects, but only during the turn it was summoned, if he had waited with summoning Terrastorm Drake until this turn, he would have been safe.
The planets moved out of the alignment and back to their normal orbits and the distortion stopped, Banner looked at Jaden with a smirk, Jaden gritted his teeth and grabbed his last card, "I guess I will end my turn with one face down".
Banner chuckled. "That's all? Very well then, my turn now Jaden, and I play, a spell, that is a mouthful, Yellow Process – Kitolenics, but…"he added with a smirk, "It is also a handful, Jaden, for now thanks to it, I can sacrifice Helios – The Primordial Sun, to summon Helios Duo Megistus".
Helios – The Primordial Sun disappeared and got replaced by a shorter and fatter version of itself, only except for the large sun it had for a head, it also had a smaller sun orbiting around the bigger one, Atk: ?
Banner had a smirk on his face, "And now, it gains 200 attack points for every monster card removed from the game, and that's twelve cards, Duo Megistus now gain an extra 2400 attack points". Duo Megistus, Atk: ?-2400.
"now attack Jaden directly, with Solar Singer", Banner ordered, and Duo Megistus's entire body got covered by flames, Jaden quickly pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I play my trap, Call of the Haunted, with it, I can bring one monster back from my grave to the field in attack mode, so let's welcome back my Terrastorm Drake", Terrastorm Drake reappeared on the field.
Jaden looked at Banner, "And he has more attack points, than your Duo Megistus", Banner just looked at Jaden, "That may be, but even so, I continue with my attack", Jaden got shocked when he heard that and saw the blast of fire come towards Terrastorm Drake who unleashed his Raging Terra Sphere, the two attacks met and then the sphere of wind and rocks overpowered the fire and then destroyed Duo Megistus, Banner LP: 1600-1400.
Banner looked at Jaden, "And now I will activate, her ability, you see Jaden, if she's destroyed, she's immediately resurrected, with an extra 300 attack points", Jaden looked shocked as Duo Megistus reappeared on the field, Atk: 2400-2700, "Now Duo Megistus, attack again, with Solar Singer".
Duo Megistus attacked again, and now since she had grown more powerful, Terrastorm Drake didn't stand a chance against her and exploded, Jaden LP 700-600.
Jaden looked at Banner, "You planned that, you wanted me to destroy her", Banner looked at him, "Yes because now she can destroy you, but before that, I end my turn now".
Jaden gritted his teeth and drew his next card and looked at it, "I now summon Reinforcement Dragon in defense mode", Reinforcement Dragon appeared as he almost lied down on the ground, Def: 2000, Jaden then held out his hand, "Next I will activate his special ability".
The ground cracked open and Reinforcement Dragon got pulled down into it, then five orbs of light came up from the ground and entered Jaden's deck, "If I send Reinforcement Dragon from my field to my graveyard during my turn, I can draw five cards, and then I can normal summon another monster if it's possible".
Jaden drew five cards and looked at them, he then held one up, "Now I play the spell card The Warrior Returning Alive, so now I can add one warrior monster from my grave to my hand, and since Elemental Dragon Heroes are also warrior monsters, I now add Burstwing back to my hand".
Burstwing came out of the grave and Jaden added him to his hand, "And next I will once again summon Burstwing", Burstwing appeared on the field, "Next I activate his ability, so by discarding Dragon Caller, Until the end phase of your next turn, I decrease your Duo Megistus's attack points with 800 and then for every two level she has Burstwing gains 300 points, and since she's a level 6, he gains 900 more points".
The glow from Duo Megistus's died down a little as she got covered by the red aura, Atk: 2700-1900. Burstwing then roared as he got covered by the red aura and his power rose, Atk: 1700-2600.
Jaden then pointed at Duo Megistus, "Now get her, Burning Slash", flames came out of Burstwing's mouth and covered his wings, he took and flew towards Helios Duo Megistus and slashed her and destroyed her, Banner LP: 1400-700.
Banner smirked at him, Impressive, perhaps you're not the completely loser I thought you were". Jaden looked at him, "I'm a loser? At least I am not some weirdo with facial problems". Banner looked at him, "All you ever do is make jokes, and that's the reason why you will never be a great duelist, you lack the strength, the discipline, look at me, at my power, it's cosmic you cannot defeat me, and proof of that is that now my Duo Megistus returns with 300 more attack points than before".
As he said that Duo Megistus returned to the field, Atk: 2700-3000, Jaden narrowed his eyes, he grabbed two of his last three cards, "I place two cards face down, and then…" two cards appeared in front of Jaden as he grabbed his last card, "I play the spell Card of Demise, so now I get to draw until I'm holding five cards, but then during the standby phase on my fifth turn from now, I have to discard my entire hand".
Jaden then took and drew five new cards and looked at them, "And that now ends my turn". Banner looked at Jaden with a smirk, "Like I said before Jaden, you cannot defeat me, the difference in our powers are too great, you would be better of joining me, yes, as my servant perhaps, what do you think?"
Jaden narrowed his eyes, "Thanks but no thanks, I don't plan on joining any nutcase, besides I plan on joining my friends, as soon as I win them back", Banner chuckled, "Oh yes Jaden, you will be seeing those friends of yours, in oblivion, just watch".
Banner took and drew his next card and pointed at Burstwing, "Megistus, attack that Burstwing now". Duo Megistus took and unleashed her attack against Burstwing, Jaden got a smirk on his face, "Thanks, I was hoping you would do that, I activate Backfire, so now, since I have Burstwing on the field, if one of my monsters gets attacked, I can negate its destruction and then any battle damage if reflected back to you".
Chumley got a smirk on his face, "Licious, if this works, then Banner will only have 300 points left, and while Burstwing's ability will end the moment Banner ends his turn and Burstwing's power will return to normal, if Jaden has a spell card in his hand he can just discard it to activate it again, which will win him the duel". Syrus nodded, with a huge smile since this was Jaden's big chance to end the duel.
Banner had a smirk on his face as he held up the only card in his hand, "I play, a spell, Grand Convergence". The space around them once again got distorted, and Banner's voice once again got deeper, "It's powerful gravity waves, destroys all monsters on the field, and deal 300 points of damage to you".
Both Burstwing and Duo Megistus got destroyed and Jaden groaned in pain as shockwaves went through his body, Jaden LP: 600-300. Banner looked at Jaden, "And now my Megistus, return with even more attack points". Duo Megistus once again returned to the field, Atk: 3000-3300.
"Now Megistus attack", Duo Megistus prepared her attack, Jaden quickly pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate Negate Attack", the blast of fire was blocked before it reached Jaden, "Now not only is your attack negated, but Negate Attack also ends your battle phase",
Banner got a smirk on his face, "Not bad Jaden, I end my turn", Jaden then took and drew his next card and looked at it, his eyes widened slightly, this card could seriously turn this around, but he didn't have all the pieces he needed yet. He took and placed it into his Duel Disk, "I place one card face down, next I summon Dark Blade in defense mode and that ends my turn". A card appeared in front of Jaden and Dark Blade appeared on a knee with both his swords crossed in front of him, Def: 1600.
Chumley nodded, "Yeah, exactly the move I would have done in this situation", Jaden gritted his teeth a little troubled, That's all I can do at the moment, I just don't seem to be able to beat that Megistus, every time I destroy it, it just comes back stronger, so all I can do is try and buy some time, Jaden thought.
Banner then drew his next card, "My turn now, and if… you thought Helios Duo Megistus was formidable, just you wait, I play Red Process – Rubedo, and with it, I sacrifice Duo Megistus, to summon Helios Trice Megistus".
Jaden watched in shock as Duo Megistus disappeared in a pillar of flames, then a creature that looked like three smaller copies of Helios – Primordial sun appeared on the field, Atk: ?
Banner looked at the shocked Jaden, "Now Jaden, for every monster removed from play, my Trice Megistus gains 300 attack points, and since thirteen monsters has been removed from play so far…" The suns that Trice Megistus's three bodies had for heads glowed even brighter, Atk & Def: ?-3900.
Jaden, Syrus and Chumley's eyes widened when they saw that, "It has 3900?" Jaden couldn't believe this, now Banner had an even stronger monster on the field. Banner just held pointed at Dark Blade, "It's a shame that you just can't duel as well as you add Jaden, now Trice Megistus, attack with Phoenix Flare".
Fire covered the three bodies of Trice Megistus and the three blasts of fire combined and took the shape of a phoenix, it then flew towards Dark Blade and destroyed him, Jaden at that moment grabbed a card in his hand, "During the battle phase on either players turn, if a monster on my field is destroyed in battle, I can summon this level 6 monster from my hand, now come forth Avenge Warrior in defense mode".
A burst of fire appeared in front of Jaden and a warrior with brown spiky hair in red armor with a scar across his nose appeared wielding a sword in his right hand before he went down on a knee, Def 1600.
Jaden then pointed at him, "And… until the end of my next turn, Avenge Warrior's attack points increases with half of the original attack points of my monster that just got destroyed, he since Dark Blade has 1800, he now gains 900 more points", Avenge Warrior, Atk: 2000-2900.
Banner got a smirk on his face, "Avenge Warrior huh? It summons itself to the field during the battle phase from your hand if one of its comrades fall and boost its own power with half of its fallen comrade's power for a short time, it's an impressive card, but now that he's on the field, I get to attack again, that's right Jaden, thanks to Trice Megistus's very special ability, it can attack once more if you have a monster on the field".
Jaden saw how Trice Megistus's bodies once again got covered in fire, "Say what?" Banner held out his hand, "Phoenix Flare!" The phoenix made out of fire flew towards Avenge Warrior and destroyed him, making Jaden troubled, Ok so I got no monsters on the field, one trap I can't use and no spells, and even if I managed to summon something that thing can attack, right now I don't know how I should turn this around, Jaden thought.
Jaden looked at his face down trap, he still needed an important piece of the puzzle to use it, and he had only two cards in his deck that could make that piece appear, and the chances of him drawing either of them was quite low.
Banner looked at Jaden, "Good bye Jaden, this has been quite a year", Jaden looked at him, "Hey, I'm not finished yet", but then Jaden looked down at his deck, Or maybe I really am, what if Banner was right before? Could it be I won all those matches because of the Supreme King part of me? He wondered.
But at that moment he felt a light slap at the back of his head, he looked behind him and saw Yubel stand there with an irritated look on her face, "Why do you even consider that the garbage he said earlier is true Jaden? All those matches you won you did on your own, you had no help from the Supreme King, now calm down, believe and take Banner down".
Jaden looked at his friends, Jaden could see that they were worried, but still had faith that he could turn this around, She's right, I'm not a loser, and I believe in my deck just as my friends believes in me and I believe in them, Jaden thought.
During this time, Banner had been watching Jaden, sensing Jaden's aura grow stronger as his confidence got restored, All of your training, all of your matches has led up to this, this moment of truth, now make your move, and make me proud Jaden, he thought as a smile appeared on his face.
Jaden gave Syrus and Chumley a smile which they return, Jaden then could feel the spirits of all his friends and duel spirits supporting him, and so he knew, that there was no way banner would defeat him now.
"Alright Banner, get your game… on", he said as he drew his next card, he looked at it and a smirk appeared on his face, "Alright here we go Banner", he grabbed a card in his hand, "First I play Monster Reborn to bring back Terrastorm Drake in attack mode".
Terrastorm Drake appeared on the field once again, Jaden then held up a card with a picture of the Elemental Dragon Heroes flying into a giant vortex, "And next I activate, the spell card Final Elemental Fusion".
Banner looked shocked, "Final Elemental Fusion?" Syrus and Chumley looked just as shocked while Jaden had a smirk on his face, "Yeah by paying half of my life points, this card lets me send monsters from my hand deck and field to the graveyard that is part of an Elemental Dragon Hero fusion monster, of course if any of the materials are in the grave they're included as well, however, if all of the materials is already in the grave I can just summon my fusion monster to the field to the field".
Banner looked shocked when he heard that, Jaden LP: 300-150, "So now I fuse Burstwing and Aqua Blast in my graveyard together, in order to summon Elemental Dragon Hero Aquaburst in attack mode", Burstwing and Aqua Blast flew into the giant vortex that had formed in the sky and down came Aquaburst who landed on the field, Atk: 2800.
Jaden pointed at Aquaburst, "And thanks to his special ability, all Elemental Dragon Heroes on my field gain 300 points for every Elemental Dragon Hero in my grave, and since I have five, both of them gain 1500 attack points". Aquaburst, Atk: 2800-4300. Terrastorm Drake, Atk: 2600-4100.
Banner looked at Jaden, "So, do you plan on using one of them to finish destroy Trice Megistus and then use the other to finish me off?" Jaden shook his head, "I do expect that Trice Megistus has a similar reviving ability as Duo Megistus had, and while I could have finished this by just summoning Aquaburst and not revive Terrastorm Drake, I have wanted to try this trap card".
He pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate Fusion Ally, I can activate this trap when I have two fusion monsters on the field and the difference between their original attack points is less than 500, now I can send one of them to the graveyard, and then I can add that fusion monsters original attack points to the other one, as well as its special abilities, until the end of this turn, and if they happen to have any abilities that activates when going to the graveyard, it's not activated".
Banner looked at him while Jaden looked at Terrastorm Drake, "Sorry for doing this to you", Terrastorm Drake looked at him and growled, telling him that as long as they took down Banner and put an end to the Shadow Riders, he didn't mind Jaden doing this.
Jaden then looked back at Banner, "Alright time to get down to business, I sacrifice Terrastorm Drake to add his 2600 attack points to Aquaburst, and since there will be one more Elemental Dragon Hero in the grave, he will also gain another 300 points as well". Terrastorm Drake went back to the graveyard and Aquaburst roared as his power rose, Atk: 4300-7200.
Banner's eyes widened, "An attack strength of 7200?" Syrus and Chumley cheered as Jaden had won, Jaden then pointed at Trice Megistus, "Now Aquaburst, attack Helios Trice Megistus with Scorching Water Burst". Aquaburst roared before he began to form an orb of water between his hands, some fire came out from his wings and entered the orb, heating it up until it was boiling hot.
Aquaburst then unleashed a stream of boiling hot water towards Trice Megistus, the stream of water hit her for a few seconds before she got destroyed, Banner covered his face to protect it from the water, Banner LP: 700-0. Banner fell down on all four as his tome fell to the floor and the Millennium symbol that was on it shattered, leaving a hole shaped after it.
Jaden deactivated his Duel Disk and Aquaburst disappeared, he was relieved that he had managed to win, then he and the other two looked shocked as the room started to shake violently.
OUTSIDE OF THE ABANDONED DORM,
The six beams of light slowly disappeared as the six spirit gates that had been unlocked closed again.
At the same time, the duelists that had been defeated by Banner got released, Chazz appeared next to the lake where he had been defeated, Alexis appeared in the clearing there she had been defeated and Atticus appeared on the couch in his dorm room.
BACK TO JADEN AND THE OTHERS,
Jaden walked over to his former Professor, the man he had used to respect, "That's game Banner", Jaden said. Banner who had gotten up in a sitting position looked at him, "Jaden, listen carefully to me my boy, I lied… you won all those other duels, I only said you didn't…" he looked up at Jaden as pieces of his faces crumbled away, "To test you, and to… prepare you for the real evil to come".
Jaden looked at him shocked, "Wait, the real evil?" Banner nodded, "That' right, the one who gathered all the Shadow Riders, that's the real reason why I became one, not to take over the world. but to stop… the one who's truly trying to, to stop him, by forcing you to become an even greater duelist Jaden, so that you could face him and hopefully, defeat him".
Jaden looked at Banner with a sad and troubled face as Syrus and Chumley came up to them and listen to the story, Banner had gone through all this troubled to try and improve Jaden's skills in hope that he would be able to stop the leader of the Shadow Riders?
Banner then held a hand under his face, as if he tried to catch the clay like flesh that fell off his face, "You see, for a threat this grave, I had to deceive you, to become a villain you had to push yourself even further than before to defeat", Banner looked at Jaden as he closed his eyes and gave him his usual kind smile, "I hope that you can forgive me, and now my boy…" he picked up his tome and held it towards Jaden, "Please take this".
Jaden bent down, "But… it's your book", Banner held it out more towards him, "It's mine, no longer", Jaden grabbed a hold of the book the second before Banner's entire body crumbled and he turned to dirt and dust, "PROFESSOR BANNER!"
The moment later they turned around when they heard a noise and saw Banner's original body also turn into dirt and dust, "It's over, he's… gone, dead", Jaden said depressed, now that he had learned about Banner's true reasons for being a Shadow Rider, he had regained his respect for his deceased Professor.
Pharaoh at that moment walked over to the clothes that were all that was left of Banner, he meowed sad until he saw an tiny ball of light appear from the clothes, he then began to chase it.
Syrus looked at the other two, "So what now?" Chumley looked at the other two, "Well from what Banner told us, I guess we should be on the lookout for some terrible evil that wants to take over the world and probably destroy us all while he's at it".
Syrus looked at them, "Okay but when aren't we doing that really?" Chumley nodded, "Well I guess you have a point there Sy", Jaden however shock his head as he looked at the tome Banner gave him, "No" This is different you guys", they looked at him and he looked back at them, "I mean, Banner sacrificed his own life to prepare us for the evil that is coming".
Pharaoh at that moment swallowed the small ball of light, making it rest within his stomach.
Jaden looked down at the tome again, thinking about the warning Banner had given them about the coming evil, I just hope that we're ready, because whatever we're about to face, is gonna be unlike anything we have ever faced until now, he thought.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER,
Jaden stood next to Syrus and Chumley, he looked at them, "Alright, you guys go and check at the lake and see if Chazz has return there, I will go to where I found Alexis's deck, and speaking of which…" Jaden took out Chazz's deck from his pocket and handed it to them, "If he's there return this to him, will ya?" Syrus and Chumley nodded before Syrus took the deck and Jaden went in a different direction than the other two.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER,
Jaden arrived at the clearing, he stopped as he was catching his breath, he looked around and then felt a smile appear on his face when he saw Alexis lying there on the ground.
He ran over to her and shook her slightly, "Alexis, hey wake up, come on Lex", Alexis's eyelids twitched before she slowly opened them, she got a shocked look on her face when she saw Jaden's face above her, "Jaden? What happened? Why are…?"
But she got quiet as she got shocked when Jaden suddenly hugged her, "It's good to have you back", he then took and kissed her, they kissed for a few seconds before Jaden pulled away with a smile, "What is the last thing you remember Lex?"
Alexis thought for a second, her eyes then widened, "I dueled against the last Shadow Rider, but he defeated me, what happened after that?" Jaden looked a little troubled, "Chazz got defeated by him as well, then he led me to the abandoned dorm to face me there, and I managed to defeat him, but it was close a few times".
Alexis smiled at him, "Good job, you took down the final Shadow Rider, but what about Professor Banner? Did you guys find out what happened to him?" Jaden looked troubled, "Well, that's a bit complicated, you see…"
But at that moment a ringing tone came from Jaden's student PDA, he took it out and when Jaden answered the call he saw Syrus's face appear on it, "Jaden, we just arrived at the lake and we found Chazz, he's okay, a little confused maybe, but otherwise not hurt or anything".
Jaden smiled when he heard that, "That's good, I found Alexis as well, and she's fine too, get Chazz back to the Slifer dorm and I will follow Alexis to the girls dorm", Syrus nodded and they ended the call.
Jaden then looked at Alexis, "Are you ready to go Lex?" Alexis shook her head, "I can't I need to make sure that Atticus is okay, he was taken by the Shadow Rider as well".
Jaden nodded, "Wait a moment", he made a call on his PDA and soon so appeared Atticus's face on it, "Hey Atticus, you feeling alright pal?" Atticus nodded, "Yeah I do, but the last Shadow Rider came after me for the key I had".
Alexis looked at him shocked and confused, "The key you had? But the only keys left was mine, Jaden's, Chazz's and Banner's", Atticus looked shocked over seeing Alexis next to Jaden, "He told me the last Shadow Rider was after him and was gonna try to trick them by giving it to me, hoping they would think he still had it".
Jaden looked at them both, "I will explain all of it later, we just wanted to make sure that you were okay Atticus before I followed Alexis to the girls dorm before returning to the Slifer dorm". Atticus nodded and thanked them before they ended the call.
Jaden looked at Alexis, "Ready to go now Lex?" Alexis nodded and Jaden helped her back up on her feet, then they held hand as they walked towards the girls dorm while Jaden told Alexis everything that had happened, that Banner had been the last Shadow Rider and the reasons while he had joined them.
Alexis looked at him worried, "Who do you think this new evil is Jaden? And he must be quite powerful if Banner had to go through all of this trouble just to make you improve your game".
Jaden nodded, "I have no idea who this new evil might be Lex, the only ones who knew was the Shadow Riders, and the only one we would be able to ask is Atticus, but he was Nightshroud at that time, so he most likely won't remember that".
Alexis nodded, knowing that he most likely was right, as they continued towards the girls dorm while thinking about the warning Banner had given Jaden about the coming danger.
So Jaden dueled against the last Shadow Rider which turned out to be Banner, and no matter what kind of strategies Jaden tried, Banner's alchemy deck managed to always get the upper hand, especially when Banner brought out his three Helios cards, Jaden had troubled against the second one, Helios Duo Megistus, and then its upgraded form, Helios Trice Megistus appeared. In the end, Jaden managed to win the duel and the others that had been taken returned, Jaden then learned that Banner had actually become a Shadow Rider to stop the one who gathered them from getting the Sacred Beasts so that he could rule the world, Jaden then shocked as Banner's cloned body fell apart. Then Jaden and his friends went to check up on the ones that had been taken and explain what had happen to them. What will happen next? Continue reading to find out and please review