Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! Here we'll be seeing the duel between Jaden and Zane, along with a few different changes. So, without further ado.
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"Man, these Duel Request Forms are such a pain." Jaden muttered, as he filled out a form requesting a duel against Zane.
After learning more about Zane, it only made Jaden want to duel him more and show Syrus that he did deserves to use Power Bond. Along with the chance of teaching Zane a lesson for tearing apart Syrus's confidence in himself.
Normally, Jaden would have just marched up to the Obelisk Dorm and asked Zane to duel him. Unfortunately, he couldn't do that and had to fill out a form requesting a duel from him. While it'd take longer, Jaden was fine with it, as long as he got to duel Zane and help his friend.
"Duel Request Form?" Crowler said, while grabbing the paper after seeing Jaden and hearing him mention said form.
"Hey!" Jaden said, while looking at Crowler, annoyed that he suddenly grabbed his form.
"Planning a duel, are we? Against whom?" Crowler questioned, only to be shocked at seeing the Slifer Slacker was requesting a duel against Zane.
"You must be joking?!"
"No I'm not, I'm dueling Zane to help Syrus with his confidence, so he'll be ready for out tag match. Now can I have that back?" Jaden asked, while holding out his hand.
"Oh please, like Zane would waste his time on a Slifer Slacker like you!" Crowler said, before tearing up the form, to Jaden's shock and growing annoyance.
Plus, this way, their chances of winning their Tag Match will only go down, and then Crowler won't have to worry about changing his name!
"Oh yeah?! This coming from the guy who got beat by two students who were placed in Slifer Red! So, I don't think you can really anything, Mid-Boss!" Jaden retorted, before getting up and leaving the Card Shop.
Meanwhile, Crowler gritted his teeth in anger at the reminder and the nickname, while the other students in the Card Shop laughed at Crowler.
"Yeah! Jaden's right, you aren't really one to talk, Mid-Boss!"
"Who said that, I'll give you in detention for a year!" Crowler shouted but couldn't figure out who said it.
*With Jaden*
Jaden stomped back to the Slifer Dorm, grumbling about Crowler tearing up his form and trying to stop him from dueling Zane. Now he had to think of some other way to duel Zane or find another way to help Syrus's confidence.
Though suddenly, Jaden stopped when he saw Naruto and Yugi standing across from each other, and they were dueling!
'Ah man!' Thought Jaden, upset at missing the chance to see the King of Games in action.
Looking at their fields, Jaden was amazed to see Naruto had Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Dark Paladin on the field. While Yugi, who was also using the Solid Light Duel Disk, only had his own Dark Magician and a face down. Jaden also took a glance at their life points to see who was winning.
Naruto-1000
Yugi-1500
'Woah.' Jaden thought, not having seen Naruto be pushed this far in a duel before, and despite Naruto having two stronger monsters, Yugi didn't even look phased.
"Alright Dark Paladin, attack Dark Magician!" Naruto said, as Dark Paladin swung his sword staff, unleashing a wave of dark magic.
"I don't think so! I activate the Trap Card, Magic Cylinder! Not only saving my Dark Magician but sending your Paladin's attack right back at you!" Yugi said, activating his trap as two cylinders appeared in front of him, with Dark Paladin's attack going in one and coming out the other, straight towards Naruto.
Magic Cylinder
Card Type: Normal Trap.
Effect: Negate the attack of 1 of your opponent's monsters and inflict damage equal to the attacking monster's ATK to your opponent's Life Points.
Naruto grunted as his Paladin's attack hit him, destroying the last of his life points.
Naruto-1500 – 3400 = -1900
"I lost again." Naruto muttered, having hoped that he would be able to beat Yugi a second time with his Spellcaster Deck, but the older duelist just had the luck of the draw on his side.
"Don't take it too hard Naruto, you've managed to master your new deck in a short amount of time, despite using cards you haven't used before. Give it some time, and I'm sure the next duel's conclusion will be very different." Yugi said, having enjoyed the duel, and if he hadn't drawn Magic Cylinder, then Naruto would have won.
Nodding to his teacher, Naruto and Yugi's attention turned to Jaden as he walked up to them and nodded in greeting.
"Hey, why are you and Kaiba still here? I mean not that there's anything wrong with that Yugi, I mean Mr. Muto, sir! It's just I thought you'd both be pretty busy, you know!" Jaden said quickly, after thinking that his question sounded rude, and didn't want to offend the guy who gave him Winged Kuriboh.
Not to mention Naruto might also take offense, given he knew Yugi and Kaiba personally.
Thankfully, they just waved it off.
"It's fine, and I understand what you mean. But Kaiba and I decided to stay for the Tag Duels, and he also figured that now would be a good time for him to personally look into how Duel Academy is holding up and look some things over." Yugi answered, while looking forward to seeing the Tag Duels.
He remembered the last Tag Duel he saw, which was when Atem teamed up with Kaiba to duel against Lumis and Umbra during Battle City.
"What about you, Jaden? Did you turn in that form request to duel against Zane?" Naruto asked.
"No, I was going to, but then Crowler showed up and ripped it up, saying that "like Zane would waste his time on a Slifer Slacker like you"." Jaden said, imitating Crowler's voice, with Naruto and Yugi frowning at hearing this, the latter of whom is really starting to not like Crowler's attitude.
It reminded him too much of some of the duelist he's gone against, like the Big Five and Noah in the Virtual World.
"Then just duel against Zane." Naruto stated, making them look at him.
"What?" Asked Jaden, not sure if he heard right.
"Just go up to the Obelisk Dorm and challenge Zane to duel, forget the request form." Naruto answered, with Yugi nodding in agreement with his words.
"He's right. You want to duel Zane in order to help Syrus, right?" Yugi asked, with Jaden nodding.
"Yeah, I want to show Syrus that he can be a great duelist and that even his brother can lose." Replied Jaden.
"Then that's all the reason you need. Whenever my friends needed my help, I didn't wait around filling out some form. I just went and helped them, while taking on anyone who tried stopping me." Yugi said.
Duelist Kingdom, Battle City, fighting against Dartz and the Orichalcos, Yugi always rushed to save his friends if they were in danger, and didn't need permission or filling out some paper to do it.
"Yeah, you're right! If I'm gonna help Syrus, I'm not going to wait around, I'm going to go straight to the Obelisk Dorm and challenge Zane!" Jaden said determined.
Without another word, Jaden ran off to the Obelisk Dorm to find Zane and challenge him to a duel, and he won't let anything stop him!
*Later*
Jaden grunted as he was thrown onto the ground by two Obelisk students.
"Hey what's your problem?! I'm just here to challenge Zane!" Jaden said, glaring at the two Obelisks for throwing him out.
"I don't have a problem, but you will if you don't beat it." One sneered.
"Yeah, Zane wouldn't waste his time on a Slifer. You're probably still wet behind the ears from Pre-Duel School." Added the second.
"I am not!" Jaden said, only to growl in anger when they splashed a bucket of water on him.
"Now you are!"
'First Crowler ripped up my form, now these guys throw me out and splash water on me?!' Jaden thought, with his temper reaching its boiling point.
He just wanted to help Syrus, and yet it seems that the universe itself was punishing him for it!
Unknown to Jaden, his eyes briefly turned a malicious gold color as he stood up.
"Fine then! You think I'm not worth Zane's time! Then why don't you prove it?! I'll even duel both of you at once!" Jaden said, pulling out his duel disk and deck, as the Obelisks scoffed at the thought.
"Please, just one of us would flatten on you on the first turn." One said smirking arrogantly, only for both of them to freeze at hearing a new voice.
"Oh, you two sound so confident, and yet here you are running from a challenge." Said Kaiba, stepping out of the Obelisk Dorm, while giving the two Obelisks a cold stare.
"If you two are so confident in your dueling skills, then prove it right now. Or perhaps you simply don't deserve those jackets. Maybe yellow would be more fitting, or perhaps you'd like red." Kaiba said, while crossing him arms, daring them to try and refuse the challenge.
Besides, this'll give him a good chance to see how corrupt the Dorm Ranking System is at his school, and see if any Obelisk Blues need to be demoted to Ra Yellow, or even Slifer Red.
One thing that Kaiba won't tolerate, are weaklings daring to besmirch the dorm that carried the name of his God Card.
The two Obelisks gritted their teeth at their pride being damaged and being stared down by Seto Kaiba.
"Alright Slacker, you're on! Both of us against you! Just don't start crying, when you lose." One of the Obelisks said, as they pulled out their duel disks.
"Alright, get your game on!" Said Jaden.
*With Syrus*
Syrus sat on his bed, while staring at his Power Bond card sadly.
'Zane was right, I don't deserve this card, and I don't deserve to be Jaden's partner in the Tag Duel.' Syrus thought.
He just imagined making a mistake, with one of their opponents taking control of his monster and using to attack Jaden, making him lose the duel. Even worse, one of the opponents was Zane!
"Because he doesn't belong here!"
"AH!" Syrus screamed, pulling himself from his own fear-induced vision.
'I can't stay at Duel Academy! If I do, I'll just get Jaden expelled, he needs a Tag Partner that won't drag him down!' Syrus thought, before grabbing a bag to pack his stuff and leave a note for his friends.
*Later*
*With Jaden*
"Elemental Hero Thunder Giant, attack with Voltic Thunder!" Jaden said as Thunder Giant unleashed a blast of lightning at the two Obelisks, taking out the last of their life points.
The Obelisks cried out as they were thrown back, landing at Kaiba's feet, with the Blue-Eyes duelist looking at the two in disgust and anger.
Not only did they not defeat Jaden on their first turn like they claimed, they failed to even deal any damage his life points, or destroy any of his monsters, and they lost before their third turn!
"You two are pathetic! Just from the first moves you made; I knew you both didn't get into Obelisk Blue for your dueling skills. You both probably couldn't even tell the difference between Graceful Charity and Graceful Dice. How you even got into this Academy is beyond my comprehension, and I won't even waste my time trying to figure it out, because I could literally be doing a million better things than waste even a second of my time thinking about a couple of amateur duelists like you two. In fact, I've seen better dueling from Wheeler, and he's about as competent as a monkey with a duel disk. And also, after that pathetic display, it's clear that neither of you deserve those jackets. Pack your things and turn in your blazers, because as of this moment, you're both being demoted to Slifer Red." Kaiba said, tearing into the two duelists, before demoting them.
This made Jaden laugh at not only getting to teach the Obelisks, or should he say Slifers, a lesson. But now they were getting demoted personally by Seto Kaiba!
The two former Obelisks, meanwhile, gaped at being demoted, before scowling.
"You can't do that! You aren't a teacher!" One of them shouted, momentarily forgetting just who they were talking to.
Though they quickly remembered, when Kaiba walked up and glared down at them.
"Can't I? I have full ownership of this Academy, I helped build this Academy and I created the Dorm System. If I tell you to do something, you don't ask why or how, you just do it. And now, you'll also be having two months detention, and if you have a problem with that, you're more than welcome to challenge me to a duel. But here's a friendly warning; challenge me, and I'll make sure you face all three of these." Kaiba said, while pulling out his three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, making the two former Obelisks pale in fear at going against those beasts
Knowing they were beaten, the now former Obelisks stormed off to their rooms to pack their stuff and turn in their jackets.
"Wow, thanks for the help, Mr. Kaiba." Jaden said, with Kaiba nodding and returning his prized dragons to his deck.
"It's nothing, I refused to have those weaklings sullying Obelisk Blue any more than they already have." Said Kaiba.
Jaden that noticed the sun was starting to set and figured it was time to head back to the Slifer Dorm. Kaiba joined him, given how the two ex-Obelisks had shown that they were sore losers, and tried jumping Jaden in retaliation for their loss and demotion.
As they walked, they also met up with Naruto and Yugi, with the former having shown Yugi to the Abandoned Dorm to look at the Hieroglyphs and see if they could find anything else.
Arriving at the Slifer Dorm, they stopped when they saw Blair suddenly running out of Jaden and Syrus's room.
"Naruto, Jaden! Quickly you have to-woah!" Blair said, running down the stairs, only to stumble on the last few steps.
Thankfully, Naruto ran forward and was able to catch her, before she could fall down the stairs.
"Blair, are you alright?" Naruto asked, worried she might have hurt herself, while Blair blushed slightly as Naruto held her close.
"I-I'm fine! But you have to see this, it's from Syrus!" Blair said, handing Jaden a piece of paper.
"Huh, from Syrus?" Jaden asked, looking and seeing it was a letter, and was shocked at what it said.
"What's it say?" Naruto asked.
"It says Syrus is leaving the Academy!" Jaden said, before immediately running off to find Syrus, with the others following after him.
*Pier*
Meanwhile, on the pier, Zane stood by the lighthouse, watching the sunset, before hearing footsteps and saw Alexis.
"So, any new leads?" Zane asked about her trying to find Atticus, whom Zane had also been good friends with before he disappeared.
"No, I still can't believe he's still gone. I keep looking for some sign, but it's like Atticus vanished into thin air." Alexis said.
Though she did have some hope with Naruto being tasked with investigating the Abandoned Dorm and hoped that he'd be able to find her brother.
"Don't give up, you'll find him." Said Zane, having faith that they'll find Atticus one day.
"I hope so. Speaking of brothers, I saw yours the other day." Alexis said, while looking at Zane.
"Did you now." Stated Zane, while having a feeling he knew what it was about.
"Yeah, he lost in a practice duel against Jaden Yuki, after he drew Power Bond. After that your name came up, and not in a friendly way." Alexis said, with Zane not giving any outward reaction, though he was frowning on the inside.
"The big bad brother. What, should I expect a scolding from Jaden and Naruto?" Zane asked indifferently.
Though on the inside, he began wondering if perhaps he had been too hard on Syrus when they were kids. He's willing to admit that there were times where he could have taken it easier on Syrus, but Zane always believed in tough love and believed that would help Syrus grow as a duelist. And maybe on some level, he just expected Syrus to be a naturally talented duelist like him, and he got annoyed whenever he'd see Syrus making obvious mistakes that he should know not to make; like when he would have lost that duel as a kid, if he used Power Bond.
"Actually, Jaden wants to duel you." Alexis replied.
"Stay back Jaden!"
The shout got their attention, and they went over to look, only to see Syrus next to a raft.
"Is that Syrus?! What's he doing with a raft?!" Alexis asked.
Syrus looked back and saw Jaden running towards him, and quickly jumped on his raft before they could stop him. Unfortunately, before he could, Jaden suddenly jumped onto the raft, with the impact causing it to fall apart, with for Jaden and Syrus to falling into the water.
"Help me, I can't swim!" Syrus said, while grabbing onto Jaden.
"And you were about to take a raft out into the ocean?! Yeah, that makes sense!" Jaden said, as Syrus dragged them both under.
The others saw this, with Naruto and Blair about to jump in to help their friends, only for Yugi to stop them.
"You both do realize you're still in shallow water, right?" Kaiba said annoyed, as Jaden and Syrus stood up, showing that the water only came up to their knees.
"Why won't you just let me go, Jaden? I'll just drag you down. Besides, with me gone, they'll assign you better partner for the Tag Match." Syrus said, while looking down.
"Sy, that's your brother talking! You can't let him keep you down." Jaden said.
"And he's right, I'm a lost cause." Muttered Syrus.
"Syrus." Zane said, after he and Alexis walked over.
"Zane!" Said Syrus, surprised at seeing his brother here.
"So, that's the school's top duelist." Jaden muttered, as he remembered seeing Zane when they first arrived.
"You're dropping out?" Zane asked, while looking at his brother neutrally.
"Well, yeah, kinda." Syrus said.
"Well, I guess Duel Academy just wasn't right for you, after all." Stated Zane, making it seem like he's dismissing his brother.
Though on the inside, Zane was angry at himself. He knew Syrus had confidence problems, but he just didn't think they were bad enough to push him to try and leave Duel Academy.
Syrus lowered his head, and moved back to the remnants of his raft, tears filling his eyes at his brothers words. Seeing this, Jaden glared up at Zane.
"What's your deal?! You're his brother, how can you say that?!" Jaden demanded.
"Because I know him." Zane stated.
"Then you obviously don't know him as well as you think you do, and I'll prove it right now! Let's duel, here and now!" Jaden said, with Zane actually being a little surprised by Jaden openly challenging him.
"Duel a Slifer? Alright, it's been a while since I've practiced." Zane said smirking.
"Then get your game on, Zane!" Said Jaden.
*Later*
*Pier*
Everyone stood on the pier, with Zane and Jaden standing across from each other with their duel disks activated.
"DUEL!"
Jaden-4000
Zane-4000
"Hey Alexis, what kind of deck does Zane use?" Naruto asked, since he's never seen Zane duel, nor asked anyone about what deck he uses.
"Zane uses the Cyber Dragons Archetype, along with the Chimeratech fusion monsters. That's part of the reason why he's the top student, and because he always has a plan for whatever opponent he'll face." Alexis said.
"Cyber Dragons?" Kaiba asked, now even more interested in the duel, after hearing that Zane used the Cyber Dragon series.
Given that the Cyber Dragon Archetype is the successor to his own Blue-Eyes White Dragons, Kaiba was interested to see how good they were in a duel. Plus, he wanted to see if the Cyber Dragons could rival his Blue-Eyes, as while they didn't have 3000 ATK points, their abilities allowed one to instantly be summoned, if their opponent already had a monster.
"Okay, here I come Zane! And I'm gonna start by summoning Elemental Hero Avian in attack mode!" Jaden said, summoning the wind hero to the field.
Elemental Hero Avian
Attribute: Wind
Level: 3
Card Type: Normal Monster.
Monster Type: Warrior
Card Text: A winged Elemental Hero who wheels through the sky and manipulates the wind. His signature move, Featherbreak, gives villainy a blow from sky-high.
ATK/1000 DEF/1000
"And I'll throw down a face down and end my turn." Jaden said, as Zane drew a card.
"That's all huh? Okay, because you have a monster on the field, I'll start by special summoning Cyber Dragon in attack mode!" Zane said as his dragon burst out of the ground.
Cyber Dragon
Attribute: Light
Level: 5
Card Type: Effect Monster.
Monster Type: Machine
Effect: If there is a monster on your opponent's side of the field and there are no monsters on your side of the field, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
ATK/2100 DEF/1600
"And now I'll play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your face down." Said Zane, playing the spell card as a typhoon shot out and destroyed Jaden's face down.
Mystical Space Typhoon
Card Type: Normal Spell.
Effect: Destroy 1 Spell or Trap Card on the field.
"That was fast." Jaden muttered at seeing how quickly Zane took control of the duel.
"Not as fast as your life points going down! Cyber Dragon, attack Avian with Strident Blast!" Zane commanded, as Cyber Dragon unleashed a blue beam destroying Avian and damaging Jaden's Life Points.
Jaden-4000 – 1100 = 2900
"Next I activate the Spell Card, Different Dimension Capsule, allowing me to remove one card from play, and in two turns, if my capsule is still here, I get to put it right into my hand." Zane said, putting the card inside his capsule.
Different Dimension Capsule
Card Type: Normal Spell.
Effect: Select 1 card from your Deck and remove it from play face-down. During your 2nd Standby Phase after activation, destroy this card and add the removed card to your hand.
"Your move." Zane said, while crossing his arms.
"Okay, first I'll play Polymerization, to fuse together Sparkman and Clayman to fusion summon, Elemental Hero Thunder Giant!" Jaden said as his two heroes fused together, and Thunder Giant appeared in a bolt of lightning.
Elemental Hero Thunder Giant
Attribute: Light
Level: 6
Card Type: Effect Monster.
Monster Type: Warrior/Fusion
Effect: This monster cannot be Special Summoned except by Fusion Summon. When this card is Fusion Summoned, select and destroy 1 face-up monster on the field with original ATK less than the ATK of this card.
ATK/2400 DEF/1500
"And thanks to his ability, Thunder Giant can destroy a monster with less ATK points than him, so Cyber Dragon is going down!" Jaden said, as Cyber Dragon was blasted by lightning, destroying it.
"And that was just his ability, now Thunder Giant can attack you directly!" Said Jaden, with Thunder Giant launching a blast of lightning at Zane, with the Obelisk not even flinching from the attack.
Zane-4000 – 2400 = 1600
"You could at least flinch. I set one card face down and end my turn." Jaden said, while setting a card.
"Nice moves, but with my field empty again, I can just summon another Cyber Dragon." Zane stated, while doing just that.
"But why only have one, I play Monster Reborn to bring back the Cyber Dragon you destroyed!" Said Zane, reviving his first Cyber Dragon.
Monster Reborn
Card Type: Normal Spell.
Effect: Target 1 monster in either GY; Special Summon it.
"But they won't be sticking around, at least as they are. I play Polymerization, now dragons unite and form Cyber Twin Dragon!" Zane said as his dragons fused together into a two headed version.
Cyber Twin Dragon
Attribute: Light
Level: 6
Card Type: Effect Monster.
Monster Type: Machine/Fusion
Effect: A Fusion Summon of this card can only be conducted with the above Fusion Material Monsters. This card can attack twice during the same Battle Phase.
ATK/2800 DEF/2100
"And Cyber Twin Dragon has its own ability, it can attack twice in one turn. Meaning that not only is Thunder Giant destroyed, but it can launch a direct attack on your life points, also! Cyber Twin Dragon, attack!" Said Zane.
"Not so fast, I activate A Hero Emerges!" Jaden said.
A Hero Emerges
Card Type: Normal Trap.
Effect: You can only activate this card when your opponent declares an attack. Select 1 random card from your hand. If it is a Monster Card, Special Summon it on your side of the field. If not, send it to the Graveyard.
"Now normally you'd choose one card in my hand and if it was a monster, I'd get to summon it. But I only have one card, so I summon Wroughtweiler in DEF mode!"
Wroughtweiler
Attribute: Earth
Level: 3
Card Type: Effect Monster.
Monster Type: Machine
Effect: When this card is destroyed, you can add 1 "Elemental Hero" card and 1 "Polymerization" from your Graveyard to your hand.
ATK/800 DEF/1200
"You may save yourself from a direct attack, but you can't save your monster! Cyber Twin Dragon, Double Strident Blast!" Zane commanded, with Cyber Twin Dragon destroying both Thunder Giant and Wroughtweiler, with only the former being in ATK mode and resulting in Jaden's Life Points being damaged.
Jaden-2900 – 400 = 2500
"Thanks! Because with Wroughtweiler destroyed, his ability activates, bringing back one Elemental Hero and one Polymerization back to my hand. And I bet you thought you didn't have to worry anymore." Jaden said, taking back Polymerization and Elemental Hero Clayman.
"I don't worry." Stated Zane.
"Okay, now I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in ATK mode!" Jaden said.
Elemental Hero Bubbleman
Attribute: Water
Level: 4
Card Type: Effect Monster.
Monster Type: Warrior
Effect: When this is the only card in your hand, you can treat this card's Summon as a Special Summon. When it is Normal Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned, if there are no other cards on your side of the field, draw 2 cards from your Deck.
ATK/800 DEF/1200
"And because he's the only monster on my field, I get to draw two cards." Jaden said, and saw he drew Winged Kuriboh and Transcendent Wings, one of the cards he got from Dorothy.
'Yeah! With these, I can summon Winged Kuriboh next turn and use Transcendent Wings to evolve him and destroy Cyber Twin Dragon, dealing Zane damage equal to his dragons ATK points. But I can't summon him this turn. But that doesn't mean I can't play another card.' Jaden thought.
"Okay, I play Polymerization and fuse Bubbleman and Clayman together to fusion summon Elemental Hero Mudballman in DEF mode!" Jaden said.
Elemental Hero Mudballman
Attribute: Earth
Level: 6
Card Type: Effect Monster.
Monster Type: Warrior/Fusion
Card Text: This monster cannot be Special Summoned except by Fusion Summon.
ATK/1900 DEF/3000
"Alright, give me your best shot Zane!" Jaden said, confident that he'll last to his next turn and win.
"My best shot? Okay, but you asked for it! But don't forget, two turns have passed, meaning I get to bring back Different Dimension Capsule, along with the card I put in it and add it to my hand." Zane said as his capsule rose up and took the card, he placed inside.
"You fought well Jaden, a good duelist should always know when to play their cards and when to use them. And you know when to use your cards." Zane said smirking, while Syrus's eyes widened as he finally realized what Zane told him years ago.
"But now I'm ending this duel, first I play De-Fusion, separating my Twin Dragon back into two Cyber Dragons." Zane said, as his dragon split back into two.
"And now I activate Power Bond and fuse together the two Cyber Dragons on the field with the one in my hand! And together they create the Cyber End Dragon!" Zane declared, as all three of his Cyber Dragons appeared and fused together into his mightiest monster.
Cyber End Dragon
Attribute: Light
Level: 10
Card Type: Effect Monster.
Monster Type: Machine/Fusion
Effect: A Fusion Summon of this card can only be conducted with the above Fusion Material Monsters. During battle between this attacking card and a Defense Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points.
ATK/4000 DEF/2800
Cyber End Dragon rose onto the field and unleashed a roar from all three of its heads, with everyone being amazed at sight of the powerful monster. With Kaiba and Yugi even comparing it to the former's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
"And thanks to Power Bond, my Cyber End Dragon's ATK points are doubled to 8000!" Zane said, as his dragon roared as its power grew exponentially.
Cyber End Dragon: ATK/4000 DEF/2800 – ATK/8000 DEF/2800
"That's not all, when Cyber End Dragon attacks a monster in DEF mode, you take damage equal to the difference between their ATK and DEF points! Now Cyber End Dragon, attack Mudballman with Super Strident Blaze!" Zane said, as Cyber End Dragon unleashed three powerful blasts of energy from all three of its heads, destroying Mudballman and wiping out the rest of Jaden's life points.
Jaden-2400 – 5000 = -2600
"Hmph, good duel Zane." Jaden said smiling, with Zane nodding, having actually enjoyed the duel, before looking at his brother.
"Syrus." Zane said, making Syrus gulp.
"Uh yeah, Zane?" Questioned Syrus.
"I'll be watching yours and Jaden's Tag Match, and I look forward to watching you win." Zane stated, with Syrus's eyes widening at his brothers words, before nodding rapidly with determination in his eyes.
If his brother believed he could help Jaden win their Tag Duel, then he will!
"Zane." Said Kaiba, while walking up to Zane, who stood up a little straighter.
"Sir." Zane said.
"As an older brother myself, I can understand that there are times where we have to show tough love to help our siblings grow on their own. But you should know, if you're too tough, you'll only end up doing more harm than good." Kaiba stated, with Zane nodding in acknowledgement and understanding.
"I know, it took me a while to see that, but I've always known my brother had what it takes to be a great duelist." Zane said, surprising Syrus once again, while also being happy that Zane has believed in him, even if he didn't really show it.
*Later*
After the duel, everyone had headed back to their dorms, with Yugi bunking in the Slifer Dorm and Kaiba staying in the Ra Dorm. He would have stayed in Obelisk, but he still needs to clean in out of the wannabes.
Meanwhile, Naruto was awake in his and Blair's room, talking with Mana about his duel with Yugi.
"How did I do? Was there something I could have done better?" Naruto asked, still feeling like he could have done better in the duel.
"You did great Naruto, the best that you could do, given you still only recently finished your Spellcaster Deck. If it had been anyone else, they wouldn't have gotten nearly as far as you did" Mana said, knowing that her crush is one of the very few that can really challenge Yugi.
Nodding, Naruto moved to lay and prepared to go to sleep. But before he could, Mana immediately leaned in and gave him a peck on the lips, before smiling at Naruto with a faint blush.
"Good night, Naruto." Mana said, before vanishing.
Naruto blushed at Mana's action, while Blair, who was awake as well, glared at where Mana was; angry, jealous, and confused by why she felt this way.
'Does…does Mana like me more than as a sibling?' Naruto thought as he lied down on his bunk.
'Why am I angry at Mana kissing Naruto? It's not like I like him as more than a friend or brother-figure. Right?' Thought Blair.
So, what did you think, good. Yeah not that many changes here besides Jaden dueling the two Obelisks and beating them, with Kaiba demoting them to Slifer Red, along with Zane not being as cold and uncaring. We also see Mana being bolder in showing her feelings for Naruto. So, review if you liked go away if you didn't.
Storm out
