Ho boy...sorry for taking so long on this one. The duel...oi vey...enough said. Now for some review answers.
Xero LotCN - The Dark Scorpions in the anime did it behind the scenes. In my story, they did the same thing but during certain filler chapters.
shirkahn - Yeah. I figured since the kid gets in everyone's way in X, he'd do it here too!
Enjoy!
The ancient temple sat, silent as the grave. The silence was broken when several people walked in, holding a torch. One by one, the torches were lit. The new light revealed it was a massive tomb, Egyptian at that. In the center was a sarcophagus. Several beings in royal garb walked to the stone casket, two of them pulling the lid away. Inside was a young man, a mask hiding his face. He slowly sat up, looking around.
"Why has my slumber been distrubed?" The masked man asked.
All around him was another voice, speaking form the air.
"It is time for your end of the bargain with the shadows you made."
The young man nodded, slowly getting up and stepping out onto the floor. His mask's eye glowed brightly, bathing everyone and everything in a golden light.
EODGX
Jaden sat with everyone in Banner's class. Today, they were going over the generations greatest duelists. On the projector, two faces were shown. One of the faces was a man with spiky hair and something around his neck. Banner explained that this was Yugi Muto, the former King of Games. He was one of the best known duelists of their time.
The second image was of Yugi's friend, Joey Wheeler. While not a professional like Yugi, the man did have quite a few accomplishments to his name. Placing Second in Duelist Kingdom and fourth in Battle City. Despite not being a pro, many still regarded him as a well known duelist. Banner placed the two sheets away, smiling.
"Of course, we have our own legends right here at this school. Professor Jason Sweet, formerly the Red-Eyed Hellfire Duelist and of course, Jaden Yuki, the Supreme King of the Ring. And let us not forget our own founder, Seto Kaiba himself. Each one of them has many achievements to their name which would take all class to discuss."
That made everyone start to comment, many of the girls trying to flirt with Jaden. The boy ignored it all, simply listening. Banner quieted everyone down and continued his lesson. He stated that there were legendary duelists of old too. However, the games back there much more serious. There was a pharaoh several hundred years after the Great Pharaoh Atem defeated the forces of the Shadow Realm who was called the Undefeated Pharoh.
More commonly called Abidos the Third. Chazz smirked.
"Shame he didn't live in modern times. Anyone of us here could probably beat him."
"I believe you may be correct Chazz. Many of you have taken training from Jaden after all."
The lesson continued after that.
EODGX
As the day turned to the night, the sound of the lighthouse's foghorn was a blessing for Alexis. It reminded her of simpler times before the Shadow Riders and her near rape. The sound of Zane's voice made her look up.
"Hey Zane."
The boy stood beside her, looking out at the ocean.
"So, anything on Atticus?" The boy asked.
Shaking her head, Alexis told him that he would wake up, but not say anything. It was giving her a lot of despair. Zane frowned, touching her shoulder slightly.
"I cannot say anything that can take the pain away or make the despair disappear. But you have friends here, a boyfriend too who are with you every step of the way to helping Atticus."
Alexis smiled, brushing her hair to the side. She thanked Zane for his kind words. The two lapsed into a comfortable silence. Sadly, it didn't last very long. The sound of breaking stone made the two look around. A low groan made them spin around, eyes wide in shock.
"How-?!"
"Mummies?!"
Indeed, several mummies crawled out of the concrete dock, growling low. They approached the two with a shambling walk. Zane got in front of Alexis, scowling.
Jaden, Chazz, Syrus, and Bastion were all walking back to the Red Dorm for another brainstorming session on how to counter the remaining three shadow Riders. Syrus was currently teasing Bastion about his constant sessions with Tania which was making the genius blush. That all stopped when there was a loud scream. Jaden's head snapped up, recognizing the voice.
"Alexis!"
The group hurried to the cliffside and looked down. They saw Zane and Alexis trapped by the mummies. Zane looked up and saw the group charging at them. He shouted up at them to save themselves. All that did was piss Jaden off.
"You think I'm gonna leave my girlfriend alone to those corpses?! What are you smoking Zane?!"
The 'rescue' was cut short as several more mummies appeared before the group. They skidded to a stop, scowling. One of the mummies opened its mouth, a rough dry voice escaping its lips.
"Give us the spirit keys."
"You can have them when you pry them from my cold dead hands, and even then good luck, because I'll have glued them to my cold dead hands." Jaden quipped.
There was a bright flash of light above and the group all winced. The glow consumed them all.
EODGX
When Jaden woke up, the first thing he noticed was that Professor Jason, Bastion, and Kaiba were with them. He sat up, getting greetings from the group. Bastion explained that he was grabbed by the mummies while outside practicing with some Ras. The Ras were safe thankfully, but spooked. Jason and Kaiba's tales were similar; several mummies attacked them when they were others. A merry chase away and they woke up here.
"Where is here?" Jaden asked.
"My personal boat." A voice said.
The group turned to see several guards standing at the ready, a man dressed in royal garb standing among them. Bastion gasped.
"That looks like the man Professor Banner showed us in class today during his lecture on legendary duelists."
"Abidos?!" Alexis gasped out.
The minute the king's eyes laid on Alexis, his voice changed. It became low and husky, obviously an attempt at wooing her.
"My, you would make a perfect palace girl, my lovely doll."
Jaden's power slipped a little, Alexis scowling.
"My name is Alexis, you masked freak! And I will NOT be your plaything!"
Jason demanded to know why the king was here in modern times. Kaiba pointed out the obvious; the king was a shadow rider and after the Sacred Beasts. Everyone noticed it looked like Jaden was jumping into the fray and he looked mad.
"You dare challenge me!? The unbeaten Pharaoh?!" Abidos shouted in shock.
"I dare. I know Alexis is able to hold her own, but I will not stand idle when she is made as nothing more then an object! I told Harrington that she is not some prize!"
"Jay..." Alexis whispered.
Everyone looked at her confused. Giving a sigh, she gave a summary of the Harrington chapter. Needless to say, Kaiba was not amused at all. He went on a tangent about self-entitled little punk ass bitches. Here, Jason gave a smirk.
"Are you talking about Harrington or yourself, Mister Kaiba?"
The man stopped his tangent, blinked for a moment as he recalled how he was the first time he met Yugi and the rest before laughing.
"Fair enough. Jeez, now I know how Wheeler felt when dealing with my old self."
The group all heard a cry of Duel and turned to see both Abidos and Jaden deploying their duel disks. Drawing their opening hand, the match got underway.
Jaden: 8000/Abidos: 8000
"I'll start this off." Abidos said drawing.
He added the card to his hand and then revealed another.
"I play Call of the mummy and then use its effect to bring out my Giant Axe mummy in attack mode!"
(Giant Axe Mummy – LV/*****, Attribute/EARTH, ATK/1700, DEF/2000, Type/Zombie/Effect.
You can flip this card into face-down Defense Position once per turn during your Main Phase. If the ATK of a monster on your opponent's side of the field that attacks this card in face-down Defense Position is lower than the DEF of this monster, the attacking monster is destroyed.)
A massive mummy appeared with a giant axe in its hand. It groaned in challenge, staring Jaden down. The boy didn't flinch, staring at Abidos. The king continued his move, playing Graceful Charity. He drew three cards and then discarded two. After, he played Monster Reborn, bringing back one of the discarded monsters.
"I bring forth my Royal Keeper in attack mode!"
(Royal Keeper – LV/****, Attribute/EARTH, ATK/1600, DEF/1700, Type/Zombie/Effect.
You can flip this card into face-down Defense Position once per turn during your Main Phase. When this card is flipped face-up, increase the ATK and DEF of this card by 300 points until the end of the turn that this card is flipped face-up.)
Another mummy appeared holding a spear and shield. Like the king, it was wearing royal garb.
"Finally, I summon my Wandering Mummy in attack mode."
(Wandering Mummy – LV/****, Attribute/EARTH, ATK/1500, DEF/1500, Type/Zombie/Effect.
You can flip this card into face-down Defense Position once per turn during your Main Phase. After you use this effect, shuffle all face-down Defense Position monsters on your side of the field and return them in face-down Defense Position to your side of the field.)
Abidos placed two facedown cards in his S/T zone. Then he shocked everyone.
"I activate the effects of my three mummies. The first allows me to flip them all in face-down defense mode. But now my Wandering Mummy's effect triggers, allowing me to shuffle them on them field."
The three became their facedown holograms, making Jaden scowl. Zane nodded.
"Not a bad move...now Jaden doesn't know which one to strike at first."
"No joke. If its that Giant Axe Mummy, it'll carve up his monster AND he'll take the damage." Chazz pointed out.
"Indeed..." Bastion muttered.
The king ignored it as he drew. He added the card to his hand and then played Evil Hero Talon. The twisted version of Avian appeared, glaring. Jaden followed that up with a spell card H-heated heart.
"Isn't that part of the Elemental Hero line?" Syrus asked.
"Yes, Jaden does use the cards. Just not as often as his Evil Heroes." Kaiba said, explaining that the effect increased Talon's power by five hundred as well as deal pierce damage.
Looking at the facedowns, Jaden ordered Talon to attack the middle one. The monster charged forward, the face down flipping up.
"Royal Keeper! Its done for!" Syrus cheered.
"No, its not."
Everyone looked on as Talon crashed into the shield of the Keeper, only for the monster to hold. Talon flew back, grunting in anger.
"W-what?"
Jaden explained Royal Keeper's effect allowed it to gain three hundred extra attack and defense points. Since its defense was originally seventeen hundred, the boost made it two thousand, same as his Talon. Keeper survived. Jaden placed another two cards but before he ended his turn, Abidos activated a trap, The First Sarcophagus. Since Jaden was ending his turn, he could play a spell from his deck, The Second Sarcophagus.
A spell appeared next to the trap, Abidos smirking behind his mask. Jaden ended, letting the man continue.
"My draw!" Abidos shouted.
Adding the card, he flipped his three monsters up, all of them groaning. Next, he summoned Regenerating Mummy in attack mode.
(Regenerating Mummy – LV/****, Attribute/DARK, ATK/1800, DEF/ 1500, Type/Zombie/Effect.
When this card is sent from your hand to your Graveyard by an opponent's card effect: Return this card to the hand.)
A mummy appeared with several parts floating around it. Next, the Pharaoh played Tribute to the Doomed, discarding another monster. He targeted Talon, the monster becoming ensnared and then dragged into the ground. Jaden activated one of the two facedowns.
"I use Monster Emergency!"
(Monster Emergency – Type/Trap/Normal. When 1 monster is destroyed by a your opponent's card effect, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster. Destroy it at the End Phase.)
"I summon from my Deck, Evil Hero Nautilus in defense!"
The monster appeared, crossing its arms. Abidos scoffed, choosing a card.
"I equip my Regen Mummy with three Violet Crystal cards, one of them being the second facedown. These increases its attack power by three hundred!"
Regenerating Mummy – ATK/1800 → 2100 → 2400 → 2700
Ordering his mummy to attack, the monster easily closed in on Nautilus. Jaden revealed his facedown, Masked Corruption and used it on Nautilus. From the ooze came Wicked HERO Fear, the monster roaring. Abidos actually fell back on his ass, trembling at the sight of the monster. Seeing that it didn't have the needed points, he ordered his mummy to stand down. Ending his turn, he looked at the king.
Jaden drew his card, ordering Fear to attack. The monster easily tore through the Regenerating Mummy, making it lose points.
Regenerating Mummy – ATK/2700 → 1700
Abidos: 7000
"Hm, clever...your monster must have an ability that takes away attack points." Abidos mused, seeing Jaden nod. The king of Duel Academy set another monster, following that up with another card facedown. The golden eyed boy ended his turn, the third and Final Sarcophagus appearing.
"Now that I have the first, second, and third sarcophagus in play. I send them to the grave to summon...Great Spirit of the Pharaoh!"
(Spirit of the Pharaoh – LV/******, Attribute/LIGHT, ATK/2500, DEF/2000, Type/Zombie/Effect.
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by the effect of "The First Sarcophagus". When this card is Special Summoned, you can Special Summon up to 4 Level 2 or lower Zombie-Type Normal Monsters from your Graveyard.)
"Thanks to my Spirit, I summon my Pharaonic Protector in attack mode!"
(Pharaonic Protector – LV/**, Attribute/EARTH, ATK/900, DEF/0, Type/Zombie.)
A small man appeared, Abidos drawing his card.
"My Protector will be a sacrifice for my Pharaoh's Sphinx!"
(Pharaoh's Sphinx – LV/*****, Attribute/EARTH, ATK/1900, DEF/2800, Type/Rock/Effect.
Once per turn, you can flip this face-up card into facedown defense mode. When this card is flipped face-up, increase this card's ATK by 1000 until the End Phase of the turn.)
A massive lion with the head of Abidos on its top appeared. He had it attack the facedown monster. The card flipped up to reveal it to be Evil Hero Jester. The destroyed monster allowed Jaden to add a card from his deck. Abidos activated the effect of his Sphinx, flipping it facedown. He flipped up Wandering Mummy and then flipped it down, shuffling the four facedown monsters. Jaden drew, seeing it was one of his other Hero cards.
"I play E-Emergency Call. I add one elemental Hero from my deck to my hand. Wildheart joins. Now...I have what I need to win this duel. I play Dark Fusion, fusing Wildheart with Malicious Edge!"
The two monsters appeared, roaring. They entered a vortex and what came out was a spiky monster.
"Meet Evil Hero Slicer!"
(Evil Hero Slicer – LV/********, Attribute/DARK, ATK/2800, DEF/2000, Type/Fiend/Fusion/Effect.
"Elemental HERO Wildheart" + 1 Level 6 or Higher Fiend-type monster
Must be Special Summoned with "Dark Fusion" and cannot be summoned any other way. This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls, once each. If this card attacks a Defense position monster, inflict the difference as Battle Damage. When this card destroys a Defense position monster by battle, inflict damage equal to its original DEF.)
The monster was covered head to toe in spiky armor, two long curved blades on its arms. Chazz smirked seeing the monster.
"Looks like that Mutant Cutter from the Second live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Foxes."
Slicer took offense to that, glaring at the boy. Said boy held up his hands, sweating a bit. Jaden explained that Slicer was like Wildedge...only much more powerful. For starters, he could attack all of Abidos monsters at least once, deal pierce damage...and could inflict damage equal to the monsters original defense points. He then followed that up by equipping Ballista of Rampart Smashing onto him.
"That card increases the attack points of an attack monster by fifteen hundred if its facedown!"
"Quite! Most of Abidos monsters are in facedown defense mode!"
Jaden ordered his Evil Hero to attack the far left facedown. Slicer nodded, charging at it. The card flipped up to reveal Giant Axe mummy, it's power growing.
Slicer – ATK/2800 → 4300
The blades slashed right through the corpse, turning it to dust. The backwave of energy struck the Pharaoh, making him fall to a single knee.
Abidos: 4700
Slicer then launched two knives at the the Pharaoh. They struck deep, making him stagger back.
Abidos: 2700
Jaden ordered Slicer to attack another facedown. The monster flipped itself up to reveal it to be Sphinx. Slicer cut through the rock, the energy passing through and striking the Pharaoh.
Abidos: 1200
"This...was a pleasure." Abidos said smirking.
"Come again?" Everyone asked.
"I always wondered how I would fair against modern duelists...now I know I am outclassed. You are truly a legend of your own making...it was an honor to duel my inspiration...Supreme King."
Jaden looked taken aback, Slicer launching another two knives. Abidos took the blow and went sprawling on the ground, his mask flying off.
Abidos: 0
The King of Darkness looked at the King of Sands, hearing the man chuckling before it became full blown laughter. Abidos sat up, laughing still. He told them that it had been a long time since he was beaten. The young man looked up.
"I was not always this unbeatable legend the modern day makes me out as. I...was a pitiful duelist."
He had spoken with the spirits as a younger man and they told him about the legend of the Supreme King.
"That was my inspiration to take up dueling."
Abidos explained that many of his servants gave him his victories in the hope of not being fed to the lions. But he found out and demanded that they stop letting him win. He may be a Pharaoh, but that didn't mean to hold back. His argument was if an invading force came and he met them in the field of battle, all of Egypt would lose. His advisors helped him create the 'unbeatable' force he had in regards to the Mummies and Spirit monster.
"But I knew it could be beaten if enough time passed. So...I had my mages weave a spell to put me in an enchanted slumber when Egypt falls. I slept until such a time a duelist would appear. Or the Supreme King, whichever came first." Abidos explained, taking off his headband.
The young king handed it over to Jaden, frowning hard.
"I was many things in my lifetime, Surpeme King...but one thing I NEVER wanted to be was a murderer of children. There is a stone tablet deep within the place you call the Abandoned Dorm. It is a bastardized version of the Millennium Stone that Pharaoh Atem locked away thousands of years ago."
Jaden nodded, understanding what Abidos was getting at. He would have to return the Shadow Charms to the tablet...IF the date hadn't passed. There was a bright light and Abidos looked skyward.
"I must return to the Afterlife...yes, I have been dead for over thousands of years. The sleep spell was a one time use but it required my physical form to die. Good luck, all of you."
The light consumed them all.
EODGX
The group looked to the skies, all frowning. The fifth member of the shadow riders was bested and had left on good terms. But the information they had gained was disturbing to say the least. Jaden looked down at the headband, frowning hard.
The greatest battle was still in the future. But for now, they had chased away the creeping shadows.
Like i said, the duel in both versions was...weak. VERY weak. So I mixed it up some by having Abidos use Mummies as well as a few OC cards too. And I made Abidos aware of his own weaknesses. Hope you all liked.