I start my term at ITT Tech on Tuesday, so updates may not be as frequent. Oh, and besides the duel in this chapter and the eventual Grand Graduation Duel, there is only one duel in this story left.
Disclaimer: If I owned Yu-Gi-Oh GX this story would be animated.
Me: My addiction to sugar cookies are unhealthy, so as of today, I will no longer eat them.
Jaden: (munching on a sugar cookie) What's up?
Me: (tackles Jaden to the ground) Mine!
Chapter Forty-Nine: Manipulation, Light Versus Darkness!
Lina walked along the empty corridors of the Order's hideout, with her brother gone she was the only member left. A single tear slides down her cheek, 'I'm sorry brother, but in order for me to awaken the Light of Ruin within that boy, someone had to use that deck against him...and die.'
Lina suddenly smiles, 'But don't worry, when this is all over, I'll recreate this world for the better. Just you wait brother, the time has nearly come.' Lina thinks to herself as she makes her way towards her room.
Jaden looks up towards the cloudy sky from his resting spot near the Slifer Red dorm. "It's nice to just relax like this every once and a while." Jaden says, Winged Kuriboh agreeing with him.
Jaden abruptly sits up as a jet passes over Duel Academy, startling his spirit partner. Jaden blinks in confusion. "Wasn't...that Kazama's jet?" He asks himself. Jaden quickly gets to his feet, "What's he doing here?"
"Hey where's Jaden?" Ayato whispered to Alexis. "I think he's skipping class again." Alexis whispered back. Ayato returns to doing his assignment. 'How does he expect to pass if he keeps skipping his classes?' Ayato briefly thinks to himself.
Crowler watches as his students work hard on the pop quiz that he had arranged. His smile turns into a sad one once his eyes roam over the third year students, it was going to be hard for him to see them go.
Crowler turns towards an empty seat. 'Jaden Yuki...you are the one who has changed the most...but at the same time you are also the one who hasn't changed at all.' Crowler thinks to himself as he remembers the first time he had laid eyes on the young duelist.
"Um, finished!" Ayato declared as he scribbled the last answer on the sheet Crowler had given him. Crowler looked vaguely surprised, "Ah Ayato, you've finished before everyone else again." He says as Ayato makes his way towards the man.
Ayato nods, ever since he had finished his training with Hikari he had found that he had a lot of extra time on his hands, time he spent studying. "Yeah, I've been studying a lot lately." He says as he hands the sheet of paper to the man.
Jaden finally makes it to the area where Kazama's jet has landed, which wasn't too far from the Academy building. Kazama and Anna unboard the jet, stepping unto the soft grass of the island.
Jaden waves to the young man, "Hey Kazama! What are you doing here?" Jaden asks as he runs up to the pro duelist. Upon seeing Jaden, Kazama activates the duel disk already strapped to his arm.
Jaden looks confused as Kazama's duel disk shifts into place. "Um...what's going on?" Jaden asks, justs as confused as Anna was at Kazama's behavior. Kazama's eyes glow a bright yellow, surprising Jaden.
"Those...those eyes...the Light of Ruin!" Jaden exclaims, remembering that Sartorius' eyes were the same way when he dueled him in his second year at Duel Academy. Kazama begins to laugh hysterically, which was an odd sight.
"I cannot be extinguished by the darkness you possess so easily." Kazama exclaims, or rather, the Light of Ruin exclaims. "Humanity must perish, and you will be the first to fall!" Kazama says as a bright light bursts from his body, several tendrils shooting towards Jaden.
A wave of dark energy emerges before Jaden, pushing Kazama's power away from him. Jaden's left eye was now green in color, his right eye was orange. "I won't allow that." Jaden says as a dark mass appears on his arm.
The mass of dark energy solidifies, becoming Jaden's red and white Academy-issued duel disk. Jaden crossed his arm with the duel disk on it over his chest, his duel disk shifting into place.
Kazama looks slightly surprised, "It seems you've gotten a bit stronger." Jaden glares at Kazama, "I've went through some changes since the last time we met, this time I'll make sure to get rid of you for good!" Jaden declares.
Kazama draws six cards while Jaden draws five. "No...this time I shall purge this world of darkness!" Kazama exclaims as the duel between light and darkness begins.
Jaden: 4000/Kazama: 4000
"By paying half of my life points I activate the continuous spell card Tree of Sephiroth!" A giant radiant tree slowly rose from the ground behind Kazama, the mere prescene of it seemed to strengthen the Light of Ruin.
Jaden: 4000/Kazama: 2000
Jaden looks up in awe at the beautiful tree before him, he had never seen Kazama's deck in action before. "I activate the continuous spell cards Fruit of Life and Fruit of Wisdom!" Kazama declares as two seeds appears on the tree, eventually becoming two weird looking fruits.
"When Fruit of Life is on my field, Fruit of Wisdom can't be destroyed and vice-versa. When both Fruit of Life and Fruit of Wisdom are on my field my Tree of Sephiroth can't be destroyed." Kazama explains as his tree shines even brighter, causing Jaden and Anna to shield their eyes.
"I summon Sahaquiel, the Angel of Skies(1900/400) in attack mode." Kazama says as he places the monster card on his duel disk, the monster appearing as a result.
As the massive and bizarrely-shaped creature appears on Kazama's field he continues his turn, "Fruit of Life increases my life points by 500 points times the number of angel-type monster on my field."
Jaden: 4000/Kazama: 2500
Jaden draws a card from his deck, his eyes reverting back to their normal color. "I summon E-Hero Bubbleman(800/1200) in defense mode." The blue armored caped hero appears on Jaden's field, crouching defensively. When this card is summoned and it's the only card on my field I can draw two cards."
Jaden moves to draw two cards but pulls his hand away from his deck when Kazama's monster shoots a small beam of light where his hand once was. "What's going on?" Jaden asks, dumbfounded.
"As long as Sahaquiel is on the field the effects of all non-angel-type monsters on the field are negated." Kazama says smugly. Jaden frowns, looks like he was going to have to go with plan B. "When I have at least one E-Hero on my field I can special summon this card, and since this effect activates from my hand and not the field, your Sahaquiel can't stop me."
A giant light blue monster wearing a dark blue toga with one eye and a huge club in it's right hand appears next to Jaden's weaker hero monster, a big grin on it's face. "E-Hero Steropes(2300/100) is strong enough to destroy your Sahaquiel, so I'll have it attack!"
The smiling monster stomps over to Kazama's monster and smashes it's club unto it, causing a massive explosion despite the small amount of damage it caused Kazama.
Jaden: 4000/Kazama: 2100
"I set one card face-down and end my turn." Jaden says as a card appears in his spell/trap card zone.
"My Tree has different effects depending on the number of my standby phases it stays on my field, this is the first one, Malkuth-Power of Accomplishment! This effect allows me to increase my life points by 500 points times the number of cards in my hand or on my field." A wave of light washes over Kazama, restoring some of his life points.
Jaden: 4000/Kazama: 3600
Jaden frowns as he watches his opponent's life point counter rise. "I summon Kou, the Angel of Poetry(1700/1500) in attack mode, when this card is summoned in any way I can special summon Otsu, the Angel of Music(1700/1500) no matter where it might be." Kazama says as his deck shines brightly, his second monster emerging from it.
"I activate the spell card Gift of the Angels. For every angel-type monster on my field I'm allowed to draw a card from my deck." Kazama swiftly draws two more cards from his deck.
"I tribute my Kou in order to summon Matariel, the Angel of Rain(2000/0) in attack mode." A massive opilinoid-like creature with numerous eyes appears next to Kazama's lone monster.
"Now I'll activate my Monster Reborn." Kazama holds up the spell card, returning his Kou to the field. "By tributing Kou and Otsu I can special summon Isfarel, the Twin Angel of Poetry and Music(2500/2500)." Kazama's two monsters merge, forming a massive vaguely humanoid creature with a mask over it's face, the symbol of yin and yang on it. It brandished it's razor sharp claws at Jaden.
"During my main phase Matariel can reduce the attack of my opponent's monsters by 500 points." Kazama says as the monster unleashes a wave of acid that seems to weaken the two hero monsters, bringing their attack points down to 300 and 1800 respectively.
"Isfarel, attack E-Hero Steropes!" Kazama commands. Jaden's set card flips upward, "Hero Barrier negates your attack!" Jaden says as a barrier appears in front of his E-Hero Steropes, blocking Isfarel's claws from slicing the monster to ribbons.
Kazama smirks, "Isfarel can attack twice during a single battle phase, his second attack will destroy your monster!" Jaden watches as the grinning monster is sliced in half, effectively killing it.
Jaden: 3300/Kazama: 3600
"Now Matariel will destroy your Bubbleman!" Kazama's monster once again unleashes a wave of acid, which burns through the monster this time. "Fruit of Life increases my life points by 1000 points." Kazama declares as his life points increase once again.
Jaden: 3300/Kazama: 4600
Jaden slips a card from his deck, ready to make his counter strike. He smirks once he sees the card he has drawn, Polymerization. "I activate Polymerization, fusing E-Hero Avian(1000/1000) and E-Hero Burstcinatrix(1200/800) together to create E-Hero Flame Wingman(2100/1200) in attack mode!" Jaden declares as his favorite monster appears on his field.
"Next I summon E-Hero Sparkman(1600/1400) in attack mode!" Jaden declares as the blue jumpsuit wearing hero emerges on his field. "Now I'll have my Flame Wingman attack your Matariel, Flame Shot!" Jaden's favorite hero flies high into the sky, unleashing a powerful wave of fire that burns Kazama's monster to a crisp.
Jaden: 3300/Kazama: 4500
"Now you have to take damage equal to your monster's attack points." Jaden explains as E-Hero Flame Wingman unleashes a smaller wave of fire, that slams into Kazama, taking a chunk out of his life points.
Jaden: 3300/Kazama: 2500
"I set one card face-down and end my turn." Jaden says as he places the last card in his hand into his spell/trap card zone. Kazama frowns as he draws a card from his deck, "I will not lose again! Yesod-Power of Manifesting allows me to special summon an angel-type monster from my hand regardless of summoning conditions!" Kazama slaps the card he has just drawn on his duel disk.
A large floating creature with a malformed skull/face, folding foil-like arms, and armor-like skin appears, ready to crush Jaden's two hero monsters. "Zeruel, the Angel of Strength(3500/3000) attack Flame Wingman!"
Jaden motions to his set card, which activates. "I activate the trap card Another Fusion! This card allows me to fuse two or more monsters on my field together!" Jaden says as his two hero monster merge. "E-Hero Shining Flare Wingman(2500/2100) emerges!" Jaden declares as the shining monster appears on the field, it's attack points rising to 4300 due to it's special effect.
Kazama grimaces upon seeing the powerful monster. "Fruit of Wisdom switches my Zeruel to defense mode and Fruit of Life increases my life points by another 1000 points." Kazama says as he ends his turn.
Jaden: 3300/Kazama: 3500
Shining Flare Wingman suddenly vanishes, surprising Kazama. "What's going on?"
"The fusion monster summoned by the effect of Another Fusion is sent to the graveyard at the end phase." Jaden informs his opponent. Kazama frowns, that meant he didn't need to put his Zeruel in defense mode.
Jaden draws the only card in his hand from his deck, starting his turn. "I activate Kuriboh's Calling Flute!" Jaden says as Winged Kuriboh(300/200) emerges from his deck in defense position. "I end my turn."
Kazama draws a card from his deck, "Hod-Observational Power activates, until the end of your turn you must play with your hand open, not that it matters much now, since you have nothing in your hand."
"I switch Zeruel to attack mode, attack that pathetic monster!" A powerful beam of energy emits from Kazama's monster and slams into Jaden's spirit partner, destroying it.
"When Winged Kuriboh is destroyed any battle damage I would take afterwards is reduced to zero." Jaden slides the card into his graveyard, 'Thank you my friend.'
Kazama begins to laugh, "But I can still attack you."
Jaden looks confused, "But it won't do you any good, why bother?" He asks. Kazama doesn't answer, pointing a finger at Jaden Isfarel dashes towards him, "You may not be able to take battle damage but you can still feel the pain of my attacks!" Kazama shouts.
Yubel suddenly appears in front of Jaden, pushing Kazama's monster back, surprising him. "What is that?" He asks, glaring at the arrival of another duel monster spirit.
"As long as I exist you shall not harm Jaden." The spirit of Yubel says. Kazama snickers, "So this is where your new found power has come from, I will crush this bond, and force you into submission, and then eradicate all life!" Kazama declares madly.
Jaden stands by Yubel, "Just like we promised Yubel, together we shall defeat the Light of Ruin!" Yubel nods in agreement. "Fruit of Life increases my life points by another 1000 points, it's hopeless to struggle against me."
Jaden: 3300/Kazama: 4500
Jaden draws the only card in his hand, "I activate Fifth Hope, I select five E-Hero monsters in my graveyard and add them to my deck, then shuffle it." Avian, Burstcinatrix, Steropes, Bubbleman, and Sparkman slid out of Jaden's duel disk.
Jaden takes his deck out of it's holster and adds the five monsters into it, shuffling it quickly, and placing it back into his deck compartment. "Since I activated Fifth Hope when it was the only card in my hand and I didn't have any cards on my field I'm allowed to draw three cards from my deck, instead of two." Jaden slips the three cards from his deck.
"By removing one spell card in my graveyard from play I can special summon Magic Striker(600/200) in attack mode." Jaden says as the small monster appears on his field, his Polymerization sliding out of his duel disk as a result.
"I activate Graceful Charity." Jaden says as he draws three cards, getting Yubel, Monster Reborn, and Repayment of Losses. "Then I have to discard two cards." Jaden says as he discards Yubel and his Repayment of Losses to his graveyard.
"Since I discarded Repayment of Losses to my graveyard I am allowed to draw a card from my deck. Now I'll activate my Monster Reborn!" Jaden declares as Yubel(0/0) appears on his field next to his Magic Striker.
"My Magic Striker can attack my opponent directly!" Jaden explains as his monster shoots a small burst of energy from it's staff, which didn't seem to bother his opponent that much.
Jaden: 3300/Kazama: 3900
"Now I'll have Yubel attack your Zeruel!" Jaden declares as Yubel prepares to strike. Kazama begins to laugh, "My Zeruel will crush her!" He says as his monster unleashes a beam of energy at Jaden's seemingly weak monster.
Yubel holds her left hand out, the blast being deflected off of it and slamming into Kazama, causing him to slide back from the force of the attack and dealing a great deal of damage to his life points.
Jaden: 3300/Kazama: 400
"What happened? Your monster should have been destroyed!" Kazama practically growls, his glowing eyes only glowing brighter. Jaden smirks, "Yubel can't be destroyed by battle, and any battle damage I would take in a battle involving her is redirected to my opponent instead. At my end phase I have to tribute a monster on my field in order to keep Yubel on my field." Jaden explains as Magic Striker vanishes.
Kazama frowned as he drew a card from his deck, getting Negate Attack. "Netzach-Power of the Eternal protects my monster from destruction until my next turn." Kazama says as a white aura encases his field. "I set one card face-down, Fruit of Life increases my life points by 1000 points!" Kazama exclaims as his life points recover somewhat.
Jaden: 3300/Kazama: 1400
Jaden draws a card from his deck, getting Pot of Greed which he immediately activates, drawing two more cards from his deck. "I summon E-Hero Sparkman(1600/1400) in defense mode." Jaden says as the hero appeared on his field, crouching defensively.
"Tag Request allows me to special summon a hero monster from my hand with the same attack points as a monster on my field." Jaden says as E-Hero Necroshade(1600/1800) appears next to Sparkman, crouching defensively as well.
"I set one card face-down and I'll have Yubel attack!" Jaden declares as Yubel prepares to attack once again. Kazama signals to his set card, "Negate Attack stops your monster's attack and ends the battle phase.
"I tribute my Necroshade in order to keep my Yubel in play." Jaden says as his monster vanishes.
Kazama draws a card from his deck, "At this time Tipheret-Creative Power would activate, if I had only one monster on my field, but I have two, so it doesn't."
Kazama looks at the card he had just drawn, "This duel is over." He says confidently, his eyes glowing even brighter, if that was possible. "I tribute my Zeruel in order to summon Bardiel, the Angel of Haze(0/0)." An ominious cloud appears over the field, "That's it?" Jaden asks.
"This monster can equip to a monster on my opponent's side of the field and allows me to take control of it and increases that monster's attack and defense by 500 points." Kazama says as the purple cloud engulfs Yubel, who struggles against it's power.
Jaden frowns as his monster joins his side of the field. "I summon Ramiel, the Angel of Thunder(3000/0)." A translucent octahedron appears on Kazama's field, a drill emerges from it's apex, slamming into the ground. Jaden looks surprised upon seeing the four star monster with 3000 attack points.
"Ramiel can't attack but that's not what I summoned it for, now, I'll have Yubel attack your Sparkman!" Kazama declares as Yubel charges forward. Jaden's set card activates as a result, "Astral Shift changes your target to me!" Jaden says as he catches Yubel's punch with his right hand, though thanks to Bardiel increasing Yubel's attack points, he still had to take damage.
Jaden: 2800/Kazama: 1400
"Afterwards I am allowed to draw one card from my deck." Jaden says as he draws a card, looking at it briefly. "Yubel, I will definitely take you back." Jaden says. Yubel nods, "I would expect no less from you."
"My attack with Yubel may have failed, but Isfarel can attack twice!" Kazama declares as his monster bounds over to Sparkman, easily cutting him in half. Jaden steps back as the monster readies itself for it's second attack, the orb in it's center glowing brightly before unleashing a cross-shaped beam that slams Jaden into the ground.
Jaden: 300/Kazama: 1400
"I tribute my Ramiel in order to keep Yubel in play and Fruit of Life increases my life points by 500 points." Kazama says as his turn ends, his powerful four star monster vanishing in order to substain Yubel.
Jaden: 300/Kazama: 1900
Jaden draws a card from his deck, getting Treasure of Destiny. "Treasure of Destiny allows me to roll a six-sided die." Jaden says as a blue die emerges from the card rolling and landing on a three. "Since the result is a three I can draw three cards from my deck." Jaden says as he draws three cards, "And I have to remove three cards in my graveyard from play." Jaden says as his Astral Shift, Graceful Charity, and Tag Request slides out of his duel disk.
Jaden smiled once he saw the three new cards he had just drawn, Super Polymerization, E-Hero Neos(2500/2000), and his last Repayment of Losses.
"I activate E-Hero Necroshade's special ability from my graveyard, I can normal summon a E-Hero monster from my hand without tribute." Jaden says as E-Hero Neos(2500/2000) appears on his field.
"By discarding one card in my hand I can activate this card, Super Polymerization!" Jaden declares as he discards his Repayment of Losses. "Since I discarded my Repayment of Losses to the graveyard I can draw a card from my deck." Jaden says as he slips another card from his deck, giving him two cards in his hand.
"Super Polymerization allows me to fuse any two monsters on the field!" Jaden says as Yubel joins Jaden's side of the field, a fusion vortex hovering above the field.
Kazama frowns as he slides his Bardiel into his graveyard, Jaden's new fusion monster emerges. "This is E-Hero Neos Wiseman(3000/3000)." Jaden says as he introduces his new fusion monster to his opponent.
"Hey, Jaden!" A voice calls out from nearby, causing the two duelists and Anna to turn towards the source. Ayato, Akari and Alexis emerge from the clearing. The two girls seemed to be out of breath.
"I thought I heard an explosion earlier, Kazama, what are you doing here?" Ayato asks. Jaden shakes his head, "He's no longer Kazama, right now he's the Light of Ruin." Jaden declares angrily, his eyes once again taking on the form of Yubel's.
"Light of Ruin?" Ayato asks, "But...how?"
Jaden shakes his head, "I don't know, but don't worry, I'm going to save him." Jaden says as he continues his turn, his friends watching worriedly.
"Neos Wiseman, attack Isfarel!" Jaden declares.
"When Isfarel is attacked I can tribute him in order to special summon Kou, the Angel of Poetry(1700/1500), and Otsu, the Angel of Music(1700/1500) from my graveyard." Kazama says as the monster splits into two smaller ones.
Jaden frowns, "I end my turn."
Kazama draws a card from his deck, "When this card is drawn from my deck it is immediately placed into my opponent's deck." Kazama says as the card vanishes somewhere into Jaden's deck.
Jaden looks confused, "What did you just do?" Kazama smirks, "You'll see soon enough. "Now, Gevurah-Power of Intention activates, which means you can't activate any spell or trap cards in response to my attacks, which doesn't matter much because I won't be attacking you this turn."
"I switch my monsters to defense mode and end my turn, which means I gain another 1000 life points from my Fruit of Life." Kazama says as his life point counter increases once again.
Jaden: 300/Kazama: 2900
Jaden draws a card from his deck, "I set one card face-down, and then I'll have Neos Wiseman attack your Kou!" Jaden's new monster punches Kazama's, who withstands the attack.
"Why wasn't your monster destroyed?" Jaden asks. "While my two monsters are on the field together neither one can be destroyed as a result of battle." Kazama explains.
"When Neos Wiseman battles you take damage equal to the targeted monster's attack and my life points increase by the targeted monster's defense points." Jaden says as his life points increase and his opponent's decrease.
Jaden: 1800/Kazama: 1200
"This is the power that a strong bond can create, you can't destroy that no matter how hard you try!" Jaden declares as he ends his turn. Kazama draws a card from his deck, "But not everyone in the world has such a bond, which is why many humans hearts are dyed with darkness. I shall destroy this world and eradicate all existence, that way, there will no longer be any suffering."
Jaden glares at his opponent as he declares the next effect of the Tree of Sephiroth. "Chesed-Power of Vision allows me to view all set cards on the field." Kazama says as Jaden's set card flips upward, revealing his Future Vision.
"Hmmm...I summon Sandalphon, the Angel of Tears(1500/0) in defense mode." An aquatic creature with flexible lobes on the side of it's body and a large head with one pair of compound eyes and a disk-like mouth appeared on Kazama's field.
"When this card is summoned in any way I gain 500 life points for every angel-type monster in my graveyard." Kazama says as his life point counter began to rise.
Jaden: 1800/Kazama: 4200
"I end my turn, which means I gain 1500 more life points due to my Fruit of Life." Kazama says as he gains even more life points.
Jaden: 1800/Kazama: 5700
Jaden draws a card from his deck, he looks surprised upon seeing what it was, "Ireul, the Angel of Terror(0/0)?" Jaden questions upon seeing the card in his hand. "This must be the card you put into my deck two turns earlier." Jaden says.
Kazama nods, "And now his effect activates, you have to discard all cards in your hand." Jaden grimaces as he discards the two cards in his hand. "Then I draw cards from my deck equal to that amount." Kazama says as he draws two cards from his own deck. Ireul then goes to my graveyard." Kazama says as the card vanishes from Jaden's hand and materializes into Kazama's, who slips it into his graveyard slot.
"Well I'll just attack your Kou again!" Jaden declares as his monster attacks once again.
Jaden: 3300/Kazama: 4000
"I end my turn."
Kazama slips another card from his deck, his tree shining brightly, "Binah-Power of Love allows you to draw up to seven cards, for each card you draw I gain 500 life points." Kazama explains. Jaden frowns, there was no way he was going to let that happen. "I refuse to draw any cards." Jaden says.
Kazama merely shrugs, "That was the last shred of mercy that I was going to give you. I set one card and activate Angel's Conditional Resurrection, this card allows me to tribute an angel-type monster on my field to special summon an angel-type monster from my graveyard regardless of summoing conditions at the cost of discarding every card in my hand and stripping that monster of it's effects." Kazama says as his Zeruel(3500/3000) returns to his field, his Sandalphon vanishing as a result.
"Now I'll switch my Kou and Otsu to attack mode, and have my Zeruel attack your Neos Wiseman, destroy the bond he shares with that pathetic duel spirit!"
Jaden's powerful fusion monster is finally destroyed as a wave of light washes over it.
Jaden: 2800/Kazama: 4000
The spirit of Yubel appears before Jaden. "Jaden, you have to activate the special effect of Neos Wiseman by removing me from play to call back E-Hero Neos."
Jaden hesitates upon hearing his partner's words. "Don't worry, you still have your friends supporting you, if you do this, I'm sure you'll be able to finally rid the world of the Light of Ruin." Yubel encourages him.
Jaden nods as the spirit of Yubel vanishes, "When E-Hero Neos Wiseman is destroyed I can remove Yubel from play in order to special summon E-Hero Neos(2500/2000) from my graveyard in attack mode." Jaden says as his signature monster reappears.
"Why don't you just stop this useless struggling, you have no chance of winning, I have already severed your bond with that duel monster spirit."
"The bonds of friends who support and fight together can't be cut off so easily." Jaden responds, looking back at his friends, who nod in agreement.
"Fruit of Life increases my life points by another 1500 life points." Kazama says as a wave of light washes over him.
Jaden: 2800/Kazama: 5500
"I activate Spell Retreival, which costs me 1000 life points to activate!" Jaden declares as his Pot of Greed slips out of his graveyard, which he adds to his hand.
Jaden: 1800/Kazama: 5500
"I activate Pot of Greed!" Jaden says as he draws two cards, getting Polymerization and Neo Spacian Dark Panther. "I summon Neo Spacian Dark Panther(1000/500) in attack mode." Jaden says as the cape wearing black panther appears next to Neos.
Jaden's set card activates, "Future Vision allows me to send a Fusion in my hand to my graveyard..." Jaden starts as he sends his Polymerization to his graveyard. "Then I can select one Fusion monster using E-Hero Neos as a Fusion Material from my Fusion Deck and send any number of Fusion Material Monsters listed on that card from my deck to the graveyard."
Jaden selects Neo Spacian Aqua Dolphin, Flare Scarab, Air Hummingbird, Grand Mole, and Glow Moss, sending them to the graveyard. "This is the ultimate contact fusion between Neos and all the Neo Spacians! E-Hero God Neos(3000/2500)!" Jaden declares as Neos grows in size, golden armor attaching to his body.
"For each Neo Spacian I remove from play God Neos gains 500 attack points." Jaden says as his monster's attack points increase to 6000. "God Neos also inherits the effects of the Neo Spacians removed from play, Flare Scarab's effect increases my monster's attack by 400 points for each spell or trap card on your field." Jaden says as his monster's attack increases to 7600.
"Now I'll attack your Kou and end this duel!" Jaden declares as his most powerful monster prepares to destroy the weaker monster. Kazama motions to his set card, "Shift changes the target of your attack to my Zeruel!"
God Neos punches through his opponent's monster, causing a massive amount of damage.
Jaden: 1800/Kazama: 1800
"Air Hummingbird's effect allows me to gain 500 life points for every card in my opponent's hand." Jaden says as his life points increase.
Jaden: 2300/Kazama: 1800
"I end my turn."
Kazama draws a card from his deck, glaring at his opponent's monster as it's attack points decrease to 6000, due to it only being able to copy the effects of the Neo Spacians removed from play for one turn.
"Chokmah-Power of Wisdom activates, this effect allows me to add one card in my deck, graveyard, or one that was removed from play to my hand." Kazama says as a card materializes in his hand.
"I activate Treasure from Heaven! This card allows both of us to draw six cards from our decks." Kazama says as he draws five cards from his deck, while Jaden draws six cards.
"I activate White Moon, by negating the effects of Fruit of Life I can special summmon Adam, the First Angel(5000/0) from my hand." Kazama says as a giant being consisting of pure light and having four wings on it's back appears on the field.
"This monster cannot become an attack target as long as a have an angel-type monster on my field and it is unaffected by the effects of my opponent's spells, traps and monsters. I switch Kou and Otsu to defense mode and end my turn."
Jaden slips a card from his deck, giving him seven cards. "I activate the continuous spell cards Spell Economics and Renewal of the Discarded Spell." Jaden says as the two spell cards appear in his spell/trap card zones.
"I activate the spell card Burial From a Different Dimension! This card allows me to return three monster that were removed from play back to my graveyard." Jaden says. "Renewal of the Discarded Spell would cost me 500 life points to activate but Spell Economics allows me to activate it's effect without cost."
"Any spell card that goes to my graveyard during this turn is returned to my hand." Jaden says as Burial From a Different Dimension returns to his hand. "Now I can the three Neo Spacians that I returned from play once again, increasing my monster's attack by 1500 points." Jaden says as his monster's strength increases to 7500.
Jaden smirks as he once again activates Burial From a Different Dimension, returning the cards to his graveyard. Kazama looks surprised as Jaden's Renewal of the Discarded Spell returns his Burial From a Different Dimension to his hand, "But that means it's an infinite loop combo!" He exclaims.
"That's right!" Jaden says as his monster's attack strength increases by large amounts, finally resting at infinity. "Now no matter what you do you won't be able to surpass my monster's strength." Jaden says.
"Air Hummingbird's effect allows me to gain 500 life points for every card in your hand." Jaden says as his life point counter increases.
Jaden: 4300/Kazama: 1800
As Kazama draws a card from his deck a dark portal emerges next to Ayato, Akari, and Alexis, surprising them. Lina steps through the portal, a pleased smile on her face.
"What are you doing here?" Ayato asks, stepping back. She turns to him, "It's time." Ayato blinks in confusion, momentarily forgetting his anger, "What?"
Jaden winces as the Tree of Sephiroth shines intensely, "The final effect activates, Keter-Supreme Power, this effect increases my monster's attack points to infinity!" Jaden's eyes widened in surprise as Kazama's monster's attack strength matches that of his own.
Kazama smirks as he shows his opponent his Turn Jump. "By tributing an angel-type monster on my field Adam cannot be destroyed as a result of battle, which means after my monster destroys yours, Turn Jump will skip ahead three turns and allow my monster to attack again, you lose this duel, Adam, attack with Divine Judgement!"
Kazama's powerful monster unleashing a massive beam of pure energy that surges towards Jaden's equally powerful monster. Jaden grits his teeth as he calls for his monster's counterattack, "God Neos, attack with Neo Spacia Wave!" The combined attacks of the monsters used to fusion summon God Neos slams into Kazama's monster's attack.
Kazama laughs hysterically, "You will lose and the universe shall be eradicated!"
"I don't think so!" Jaden responds, "I'm not going to lose alone! I activate the quick-play spell card End to Rivalry! This card can only activate when two monsters attack each other with equal attack points, we both take damage equal to the combined attack points of the two monsters!" Jaden declares.
A massive explosion ensues as the two powerful attacks explode violently, Jaden and Kazama shielding their eyes from the massive amount of dust that issued forth as a result.
Jaden: 0/Kazama: 0
As the last of their life points drain away Kazama screams in agony, a massive amount of light energy erupting from his body, floating up towards the sky. Jaden holds his chest in pain as a large amount of dark energy shoots out of his body, floating up towards the sky as well.
Jaden and Kazama fall to their knees, Alexis and Anna running over to them. "Are you alright?" Alexis asks. Jaden breathes heavily, 'Was that...my powers of darkness leaving my body?' He thinks to himself.
Kazama looks up, a confused look on his face as he breathes heavily, 'What the hell am I doing here?' He asks himself.
Ayato looks up as the wave of darkness that left Jaden's body surges towards him. Lina smiles as she looks up, the wave of light that had erupted from Kazama's body flowing towards her.
Ayato grits his teeth as the mass of darkness slams into him, surprising Akari. Lina smirks as the Light of Ruin's power flows through her. Ayato collapses as the last of Jaden's energy enters his body, rendering him unconscious.
Ayato groans as he pushes himself up. He looks surprised once he surveys his surroundings. He was no longer at Duel Academy Island, he now seemed to be flowing through space. "Where...am I?" He asks no one in particular.
A voice answers him, "The ritual is complete, the universe has returned to what it once was."
Ayato turns, spotting Lina a few feet behind him. "What do you mean? Where is everybody?" He asks.
"Everybody? We are the only ones left, there is nobody else."
Well, this chapter was long, wasn't it? Anyway, please review, I worked extremely hard on this chapter. (Not that I don't work hard on all my chapters...)
Next Time: Ayato battles against Lina and is forced to ask himself this question, "Are Lina's motives pure?"
New Cards Played (Kazama)
Matariel, the Angel of Rain: (Water/Angel 6/2000/0)
Once during your main phase this monster can reduce the attack of all monsters on your opponent's side of the field by 500 points.
Sandalphon, the Angel of Tears: (Water/Angel 4/1500/0)
When this card is summoned in any way increase your life points by 500 points times the number of angel-type monsters in your graveyard.
Ireul, the Angel of Terror: (Dark/Angel 4/0/0)
When you draw this card from your deck immediately send this card to your opponent's deck and shuffle it. When your opponent draws this card it is immediately sent to your graveyard. Your opponent discards all cards in your hand and you draw cards from your deck equal to the number your opponent discarded.
Angel's Conditional Resurrection (Quick-Play Spell)
This card can only be activated by tributing one angel-type monster and discarding all cards in your hand. Special summon one angel-type monster from your graveyard regardless of summoning conditions. Any effects that monster may have are ignored.
White Moon (Spell)
Negate the effects of one face-up Fruit of Life. Special summon one "Adam, the First Angel" from your hand or deck.
Adam, the First Angel: (Light/Angel 12/5000/0)
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This cannot be Special Summoned except by the effects of "White Moon." This card is unaffected by the effects of your opponent's spells, traps, or monsters. As long as another angel-type monster exists on your field this monster cannot be chosen as an attack target. If this monster would be destroyed as a result of damage tribute one angel-type monster on your field to prevent it's destruction. (Damage caculation is applied normally.)
Tree of Sephiroth (Continuous Spell)
This card can only be activated when you have 4000 or more life points and by paying half of your life points. If this card would be destroyed you can discard one card from your hand or remove one card from your graveyard from play. If a "Fruit of Wisdom" and "Fruit of Life" exist face-up on your side of the field this card cannot be destroyed. If this card is destroyed choose a card in your deck, all other cards in your deck go to the graveyard. This card gains a different effect for each standby phase that occurs after it's initial activation.
-Malkuth (Power of Accomplishment): Increase your life points by 500 times the number of cards in your hand, OR the number of cards on your field.
-Yesod (Power of Manifesting): Special summon one Angel-type monster in your hand, regardless of it's summoning conditions.
-Hod (Observational Power): Your opponent must play with their hand open until the end of their next turn.
-Netzach (Power of the Eternal): Your monster(s) can't be destroyed by any means until your next turn. In the case of battle, damage caculation is still applied.
-Tipheret (Creative Power): This effect can only be activated if you have one monster on your side of the field. Select one monster on your opponent's side of the field and add it's attack or defense points to the selected monster's attack or defense points until the end of your opponent's next turn.
-Gevurah (Power of Intention): Your opponent cannot chain spell or trap cards in response to your monster's attack.
-Chesed (Power of Vision): Check all set cards on your opponent's field.
-Binah (Power of Love): Your opponent can draw up to seven cards from their decks, for each card drawn, gain 500 life points.
-Chokmah (Power of Wisdom): Add one card in your deck, graveyard, or one that was removed from play to your hand.
-Keter (Supreme Power): Increase the attack points of one monster to infinity, at your end phase, destroy the Tree of Sephiroth.
When the Tree of Sephiroth is destroyed by it's own effect select one card in your deck, all other cards are sent to your graveyard.
Jaden
End to Rivalry (Quick-Play Spell)
This card can only be activated when two monsters of equal attack strength battle. Inflict the combined total of their attacks to both players.
Until next time, I'm out!
