Chapter 11

Authors Note: Well here's the big duel between Jaden and Tyriel. I might do some daily update because of Easter Break.

Tyriel sat in Bastion's room, contemplating several things. He had yet to find the Millennium Scale, and with Magnus popping up it only makes things harder. Now that dream, it seems things just weren't on his side. Maybe Hadriel can shed some light on this thought Tyriel as he pulled the card from his deck and summoned it.

"Greetings Tyriel, have you found the Millennium Scale?" asked Hadriel.

"No luck, with Magnus appearance I have yet to find it."

"Don't let Magnus get in your way, all he wants is for the Shadow Realm to collapse"

"Whatever, Hadriel I had a vision of my past in my dream."

"Its normal. I took out the mental barrier that stopped you from seeing your past, now your mind is slowly playing it on your subconscious." said Hadriel.

"Is that so? Hmm... listen I saw this girl in a dream, light brown hair, she looked from the past, do you know who she is?"

"I don't really know a lot about your childhood, at least your private one. Me and Shadi weren't that good of friends"

"I thought you and Shadi were really close?" asked Tyriel

"We are, we just are not good friends."

"How can you be close and not be friends?"

"I don't wanna talk about it."

"Okay... so you have no idea who she could be?"

"Umm... oh! It could be Christina, she was sometimes around with you in the olden days" said Hadriel. Tyriel was silent. He could make the connection, between Christy and Christina.

"Christina?"

"Yeah, you used to be hanging out when me and Shadi talked." said Hadriel. Tyriel couldn't believe it, could Christy be Christina. "I don't think she is alive though."

"What do you mean?" demanded Tyriel.

"Easy there. Remember Magnus destroyed the Tomb Guardians' hideout. You are the only known survivor." said Hadriel. Tyriel frowned.

"But how?"

"How what?"

"How did I survive Magnus' attack?" asked Tyriel.

"You had sneaked out of the hideout with Christina, later that day she had returned however she told the people you were still gone. You missed the entire attack."

"So she must be dead?" asked Tyriel.

"Well, there is a chance... she could possibly be alive. There have been some rumors about some Tomb Guardians surviving the attack, but that was a couple of years ago. " This gave Tyriel new hope. She must have survived but why doesn't she remember me? thought Tyriel.

"Do you think that if she was safe, she wouldn't know her past?" asked Tyriel.

"Umm, the only way she could forgot her past would be with a mental block, otherwise no. Why?" asked Hadriel.

"Do you think anyone could have gave her a mental block?"

"I doubt it, it takes a powerful being to do so, what's with all the questions?" asked Hadriel. Tyriel ignored it.

"Okay, do you know her card?"

"Her card?"

"Yes, like you are my card."

"Oh, it must have been either Garuda the wind spirit, or Aqua Spirit" he said. Aqua spirit...that does it. thought Tyriel.

"Listen Tyriel, things are really crazy here in the shadows, I have to go back and deal with them. I bid you good bye." said Hadriel as he disappear.

Tyriel slowly walked through the grass to the place where he and Jaden were supposed to duel. As he arrived he noticed Jaden was there already.

"You ready?" asked Jaden.

"As ready as I will ever be" said Tyriel.

"Alright, let's go. You want to go first?"

"Sure" said Tyriel as he drew his cards. "I set 1 monster. End."

"That's all? I special summon E. Hero Bubbleman and since he was the only monster on the field, I draw 2 new cards." said Jaden as E. Hero Bubbleman appeared and he drew 2 cards." Then I play my new magic card, Tainted Souls!"

This can't be good thought Tyriel as everything around them turned dark. All vision was cutoff except for the game. Tyriel noticed Jaden's life point were reducing.

Tyriel: 4000

Jaden: 3000

Tyriel looked around. Darkness. Looks a lot like a shadow duel. thought Tyriel.

"So what does do?" asked Tyriel.

"It makes every monster I play a Tainted monster." said Jaden.

"What's the point of that?"

"Every time you play a monster, I add attack points to my monster equal to your monsters attack points, then I take a life point damage equal to 1/4 of your monsters attack." said Jaden. "Anyhow, I play Polymerization and fuse my E.Hero Avian and E.Hero Burstinatrix to summon E.Hero Flame Wingman!" As E.Hero Flame Wingman appeared, the shadows engulfed him. Then it spitted him out into a dark version of him. A Tainted version of him.

"Shadow Magic" whispered Tyriel.

"Then I play Share the Pain! By giving my Bubbleman, I can destroy your face down card!" said Jaden. Tyriel face-down monster was destroyed.

"Hmm" said Tyriel as Jaden smiled.

"You are wide-open, Flame Wingman attack him!" said Jaden. Flame Wingman ran towards Tyriel's field and what happened next shocked Tyriel. His dragon-mouth-hand thing grabbed Tyriel by the neck and lifted him. He started to struggle as he was losing oxygen. Then the Millennium Key started to glow and it slowly levitated towards the chest of E. Hero Flame Wingman. Then it slowly touched him and it sent him back to his field as he dropped Tyriel. Tyriel started to breath quickly as he clenched his fist. The Millennium Key stopped glowing and lost its levitation.

"What the hell was that ?" shouted an angry Tyriel.

"What do you think make Tainted so cool?" said Jaden with a sadistic smile.

"Who are you? You are not Jaden!" shouted Tyriel.

"But of course I am. I am just following orders." said Jaden.

"Who's orders? Oh no it cant be..." said Tyriel as he saw the Egyptian eye glow forming on Jaden forehead.

"My orders. Hello Tyriel." said Jaden in a different voice. It was Magnus using Jaden as a puppet.

"Magnus! Let him go!" said Tyriel.

"Why should I? In any case he is doing this because he chose too. This is just me controlling him now, but before its him. All him."

"You brainwashed him!"

"Oh well, you got a duel to lose so i wont interrupt anymore. Good bye." said Jaden as the Egyptian eye faded.

"Jaden! You have to fight it!" said Tyriel.

"Its your turn, go." said Jaden. Tyriel knew he couldn't get to Jaden except by winning so he had to win this.

"I play Masked Sorcerer!" said Tyriel as a masked Sorcerer appeared.

"Thanks to Tainted Souls, my Flame Wingman gains 900 attack, and i take 225 damage." said Jaden.

"Next I play Secret Pass to the Treasure. With that my monster can attack you directly!" said Tyriel as a hidden passage underground appeared." Masked Sorcerer attack Jaden directly!" The masked Sorcerer sent a blast towards the hidden passage, it went through and came out on Jaden side hitting him. "And because of his effect I draw a card."

Tyriel: 1900

Jaden:1875

"Not bad eh? I set 2 magic or trap cards and end." said Tyriel.

"Eh, pathetic. My monster is 2900, and yours is 900, you lost." proclaimed Jaden.

"Wrong! I activate Rush Recklessly! Powering my Masked Sorcerer all the way up to 1600" said Tyriel.

"Not strong enough, Tainted Flame Wingman, burn that sorcerer to hell!" said Jaden as flame wingman busted black fire at masked sorcerer. However, just before it him, a giant Mirror Wall appeared.

"Ha. Mirror Wall. Making your monster to 1450, weak enough for Masked Sorcerer to take him down!" said Tyriel as Masked Sorcerer counter fired destroying Flame Wingman.

Tyriel: 1900

Jaden: 1625

"And because of Masked Sorcerer's effect, I draw another card!" said Tyriel.

"Ha, by killing my Tainted Flame Wingman, I can play my magic card, Tainted Destruction!" said Jaden. " I destroy your Masked Sorcerer and you take half his attack points as damage and I take only 1/4 of his attack points as damage" The masked Sorcerer was engulfed by the shadows and it exploded hurting both Tyriel and Jaden.

Tyriel: 1050

Jaden: 1200

"Grr.." said Tyriel.

"I'll throw down a face-down and E. Hero Clayman in defense mode." said Jaden.

"My turn. I set a monster, 1 magic/trap. End." said Tyriel.

"I play Fusion Recovery! I will get back Burstinatrix and a Polymerization. Then I'll play Polymerization and fuse Clayman and Burstinatrix to make E. Hero Rampart Blaster! I will put him in Defense. And with his effect I will attack you directly!"

"I activate Draining Shield. Thus i get 2000 life points in return. Thanks!" said Tyriel.

Tyriel: 3050

Jaden: 1200

"No problem." said Jaden. " I set 1 magic or trap and end."

"I play Pot of Greed!" said Tyriel as he drew 2 cards" Then I will flip Magician of Faith and i can get Pot of Greed back" said Tyriel.

"Don't forget, my monster attack increases by 300 because of you summoning Faith. But i take 75 damage." said Jaden.

"Don't matter, I tribute Magician of Faith for Magical Marionette!" said Tyriel as faith disappeared and Magical Marionette appeared.
"Good, my monster gains 2000 attack."

"Not like it matters its in defense, let me show you. First I will play Axe of Despair on the Marionette. And because of its effect, it gains 200 attack + 1000 because of Axe of Despair."

"So?"

"So... Marionette attack!" said Tyriel.

"Enough! Negate attack!" said Jaden. As the puppet crashed into an invisible wall.

"Oh no." said Tyriel. A monster with 4300 attack that can attack directly by giving half his attack was not good.

"Now let me show you why Draining Shield don't matter to me. I attack you directly with my E. Hero Rampart Blaster!" said Jaden. The hero ran towards Tyriel then was right in front of Tyriel and put his blaster at his face. Tyriel quickly put his arms up protecting himself from the blast. The blast hurt his arm so much he dropped his cards as he shouted in pain.

Tyriel: 900

Jaden: 1125

"You... are going to pay!" said Tyriel. He slowly picked his cards, his arms still in pain." I will play Graceful Charity and draw three." Tyriel looked at his cards. "I will give these 2 magic cards."

"Is that all?" asked Jaden

"No, its just the beginning. Because I played Graceful Charity, a spell card, my monster gets a spell counter, thus boosting him all the way up to 3400 hundred, however that doesn't matter. "

"It doesn't?" asked Jaden.

"Nope, because you see, if i give 2 spell counters i can destroy one monster on the field, in this case your Rampart Blaster!" said Tyriel as the puppet started to glow as Magical Marionette's attack points lowered. The puppet pulled his axe and hurled it with extra power destroying Rampart Blaster.

"Now since I never declared an attack, I will attack you directly for game." said Tyriel confidently.

"Close but not close enough. I flip Waboku!" said Jaden.

"Grr..Close. I set 1 one card and end."

" I play my Pot of Greed" said Jaden as he drew 2 cards." I will also play Graceful Charity " Jaden looked at his cards" I will give my E. Hero Necroshade and this useless trap. And since I gave E. Hero Necroshade i can summon my E. Hero Bladedge! Then I will play my Axe of Despair!"

"No!" shouted Tyriel.

"Yes! Bladedge destroy Magical Marionette!" said Jaden. Bladedge ran destroyed the puppets.

Tyriel: 300:

Jaden 1175:

"I set 1 monster and another magic/trap." said Tyriel.

"Did you forget E. Hero Bladedge special ability? It has trample! Let me show you. Bladedge destroy his face-down!"

"I flip my trap card, A Feint Plan! Because of it, you can't attack face-down monsters." said Tyriel.

"Alright, I will set a magic or trap." said Jaden.

"I play Card Destruction." said Tyriel as he sent his card to the graveyard, and so did Jaden.

"Yes! Now suffer the power of the Shadows. I remove 10 magic cards from my Graveyard to summon Shadow Magic Lord- Hadriel!" said Tyriel as the shadows were engulfing his fields. Then as in from the sidelines appeared Hadriel.

"And because you used, 4 magic's he becomes 3400."

"And because of Tainted Souls, my Bladedge becomes 7000 attack!" said Jaden.
"Yeah, your life points drop 850." said Tyriel.

Tyriel: 300

Jaden: 325

"And because this is a shadow game, Hadriel as another ability!" said Tyriel.

"What?" shouted Jaden.

"You see, the Shadow Realm is like his field card, a very special field card. For you see, I can remove all dark monster in my graveyard then increase his attack by the added sum of their attack points, bring him all the way up to 6300!"

"A good try, but not close enough"

"Wrong again, I flip my monster, White Magical Hat!" said Tyriel.

"What's the point, its only 1000 attack."

"The point is this. I play Gift of Martyr. By sending White Magical Hat to the graveyard I can increase Hadriel's attack by 1000, making 7300!"

"Grr..." said Jaden.

"Hadriel, destroy his E. Hero Bladedge!" shouted Tyriel as a enormous blast came from Hadriel's staff destroying E. Hero Bladedge.

Tyriel: 300

Jaden: 25

"Its almost over Jaden, one more turn." said Tyriel.

"No Tyriel, it ends here. I play Miracle Fusion! I will give my Sparkman that i discarded through Card Destruction and my Flame Wingman in order to summon E. Hero Shining Flare Wingman!" shouted Jaden as a great shining knight in armor appeared however the Shadows engulfed him tainting him into E. Hero Tainted Flare Wingman.

"Since i have 7 E. Heroes in my graveyard his attack goes up by 2100!" said Jaden.

"That is close but not enough."

"It will be enough because i flip my trap card, Soul Union! Because of it, i can add the attack of a monster in the graveyard to my shining Flare Wingman , and i will pick Bladedge. This makes my monster 7200!" said Jaden.

"It can't be."

"But it is. Tainted Flare Wingman destroy Shadow Magic Lord- Hadriel!" said Jaden as his hero headed towards Hadriel.

"Tyriel, I am sorry." whispered Hadriel before he was slashed and destroyed. "And because of my monster effect you take 6300 extra damage, making it game."

Tyriel: 0

Jaden: 25

Tyriel stared at the shadows. They were getting closer as they started to entering him. Then he noticed the Egyptian eye appeared on Jaden's forehead again.

"Don't worry Tyriel. The shadows wont take you. I realized you can serve some use to me before I send you to the shadows." said Jaden in a darker voice.

"You wont ...get me Magnus!" said Tyriel as the shadows weighed him down and more started to engulf him.

"You will be like Jaden, but i cant take control of you just yet, just in due time ... in due time."

Then Tyriel slowly became blur as the shadows engulfed him completely leading to one thing. Darkness.