Episode(s): 18 – 19
"Did you hear?" asked Mindy.
"Hear what?" asked Rose.
"About Yugi Moto's deck? It's going to be here on display!"
"Yeah, I already got tickets for it," said Rose like it was no big deal.
"She's more interested in Lilly Kaiba's deck," said Alexis.
"Isn't that one on display too?" asked Jasmine.
"It is!" said Rose with sparkles in her eyes.
"I can't wait!" said Jasmine.
"So, is Lilly really your idol?" asked Mindy.
"Yeah! I love her dueling style and how kind she is!" said Rose with a smile.
"It also helps that she is like Cinderella, but instead of the evil step mom and sisters, she got two new stepbrothers and an awesome boyfriend!" said Alexis.
"Yugi Moto!" said the for girls as the giggled.
"Anyway, I have a report to work on," said Alexis as she started to walk toward the dorms.
"I have homework," said Mindy in defeat.
"Same," said Jasmine as they fallowed Alexis.
"Rose," said a male voice. Rose turned around to see Zane standing by a tree.
"Hi Zane!" said Rose as she walked up to him.
"I was wondering if you wanted to come with me to see Yugi's and Lilly's deck tonight," said Zane with a smirk.
"You want to sneak in?" said Rose as she raised her eyebrow.
"Yes."
"I'm down!" said Rose with a smile.
"Then I'll see you tonight.
~That night~
"Rose, you ready to go?" asked Zane as he stood outside the girls' dorm.
"Yeah," said Rose as she walked up to him. The two then walked to where Yugi's and Lilly's decks were being held.
"So, what's the chances of someone stealing them?" asked Rose.
"With the decks being the King and Queen of Games, high," said Zane as they neared the museum, only to see Crowler freaking out. "And it looks like it has already happened."
"Well we better go look for them," said Rose as the two went to Crowler to ask what happened. Once they found out everything, they went looking around.
"So apparently Jaden and his friends went to stop them," said Zane.
"Hmm. Makes sense," said Rose as the two walked around. They then came upon the duel about to start between Jaden and Ra Yellow student Dimitri.
"Well, we best watch," said Rose as the two stooped to watch the duel that was about to start.
"Alright, here I come!" said Jaden as he drew a card. "First off, I play Elemental Hero Burstinatrix in defense mode. And that'll do."
"Wil it?" asked Dimitri. "I fuse Gazelle, The King of Mythical Beasts and Berfomet to create Chimera, the Flying Mythical Beast!"
"Why dose he change his voice?" asked Rose to Zane.
"Who knows," said Zane.
"Looks like more people are here."
"Hmm."
"Uh-oh," said Jaden. "This isn't gonna be pretty."
"Now go. Attack! Pulverizing Pounce!" said Dimitri.
"Do you think we will see Kariboh?" asked Rose with starts in her eyes. Zane just chuckled.
"Perhaps," he said to her.
"Fucking Bastion owes me a Winged Kariboh plushie!" cried out Rose as she looked at the duel.
"I know the exhibit is selling a regular Kariboh one, we can get it tomorrow."
"Really?" asked Rose with pure happiness.
"Yes," chuckled Zane as he patted her on the head. "Now let's watch."
"Alright!" said Jaden as he drew a card. "So, you like fusing monsters, do you? Well, then, you'll love this! Elemental Heroes Sparkman and Clayman combine to create Elemental Hero Thunder Giant!
"And now I'm gonna use his special ability! It let's me destroy a monster whose original attack points are less than his own."
"Nice ability! Now, let me show you mine!" yelled Dimitri "When Chimera's destroyed, I'm allowed to summon back Berfomet from the graveyard."
"Yeah, well he won't be back for very long!" cried Jaden "Thunder Giant, attack! Voltic Thunder!"
"Who do you think will win?" asked Rose with curiosity.
"I'm not sure, Yugi's deck is legendary," said Zane.
"But Yugi isn't the one using it."
"True. We will have to see if Dimitri knows how to play his cards right."
"Alright. For my turn, I place one card facedown and play this: Monster Reincarnation," said Dimitri. "Now, by discarding one card, I get back one monster from my graveyard, Gazelle, The King of Mythical Beasts, return!
"And now, I activate the magic card, Swords of Revealing Light!"
"Hey, what's happening?" asked Jaden.
'How does he not know about this card?' thought Rose with a sweat drop.
"Not your attacks, that's what! For three turns, your monsters are useless," said Dimitri.
"Three turns?!" yelled Jaden.
"You should really make him study," said Zane to Rose.
"Why me?" asked Rose.
"Because he's scared of you," said Zane as he looked on. 'He also happens to have the biggest crush on you.'
"Fine," said Rose in defeat.
"I gotta find a way to break that spell!" said Jaden as he drew a card. "Go, Dark Catapulter!"
"Dark Catapulter has the ability to destroy that spell card," said Zane impressed.
"I have a trap card out: Dark Renewal, it activates when you make a summoning." Said Dimitri. "Now, by sacrificing one of your monsters as well as one of my own, I can bring back a spell-caster monster from the graveyard!"
"It's too bad you don't have any there then," said Jaden. "By my count, the only two monsters in your grave are Chimera and Berfromet."
"Then you may want to double-check your work. Remember when I played Monster Reincarnation?"
"Smart move," said Zane.
"Now, to bring back that spell-caster," said Dimitri as his coffin showed up. "Alright, Gazelle and Catapulter, make some room for the one, the only, my friend, Dark Magician!"
"No way!" said Rose in shock.
"Amazing," said Zane in shock. "That's Yugi's trump card. It's said to have gotten him out of a lot of situations."
'How odd,' thought Rose a she looked at The Dark Magician, 'he looks angry.'
In response to her thoughts, Rose Guardian appeared behind her, getting Dark Magician's attention. He then glanced at Rose who looked back at him in shock.
"Well, Thunder Giant," said Jaden after he got over his star-struck state, "you may not be able to attack yet, but you can still defend! And that's exactly what I'm going to have you do, buddy! You're go Dimitri."
"That's Yugi," said Dimitri.
"Do we need to get him help?" asked Rose.
"Hopefully not," replied Zane.
"I choose to play the magic card Thousand Knives!" said Dimitri. "And when I activate it with Dark Magician on the field, they can be used to destroy any one of your monsters!
"Let's see how you like getting struck by your star! Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack!"
"He doesn't want to do it," said a voice. Rose turned to see Rose Guardian. "He is angry he is being forced to fight with someone who is acting like Yugi."
"That makes sense," mumbled Rose as she saw how Dark Magician attacked Jaden and reduce his life points to 1,500.
"Give up?" asked Dimitri.
"NEVER!" yelled Jaden.
"That's the spirit! Never give up," said Dimitri as he started to give Jaden a pep talk. Jaden just gritted his teeth and drew a card.
"Wroughtwiler in defensive mode. And that's it."
"He might have a plan," said Zane as they watched on. "The question is if he can get the cards he needs to execute it."
"Did you forget? With swords of Light out, you still can't attack," said Dimitri. "But I can! Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack!"
"Hey, congrats!" said Jaden as his monster was attacked. You've just activated Wrouvhtweiler's special ability! You see, once he's sent to the graveyard, I get to bring back an Elemental Hero and Polymerization."
"Way to play!" said Dimitri with a smile.
"Good play! You really show promise," said Dimitri.
"This is getting weird," said Rose.
"It past weird a long time ago," replied Zane.
"This guy is really starting to bug me!" said Jaden as he grabbed a card. "Rise, Burstinatrix! Then I'm gonna throw down a facedown and call it a turn."
"It's been three turns," said Zane as the Swords of Revealing Lite disappeared.
"Jaden," said Rose as she watched on. 'You need to win this, Dark Magician and more than likely, the others, don't want to be dueling right now.'
"Dark Magician, attack Hero Burstinatrix!" yelled Dimitri.
"Not so fast, Dimitri!" yelled Jaden in return. "I played a trap: A Hero Emerges! And it activates as soon as you declare an attack!
"Now, you have to pick a card at random from my hand," said Jaden as he showed his hand, "and if it's a monster, I get to summon it to the field! Now choose!"
"So be it," said Dimitri as he pointed at a card. "I choose, the far left."
"Good choice," said Jaden as he grabbed the card, "for me that is! Come on out, Bladedge!"
"Go Jaden," said Rose as she watched.
"The Dark Magician is the strongest monster card in my deck, but as a duelist, you must know that it's rarely just about the card its what you do with it," laughed Dimitri. "And what I'm going to do is play this: Dedication Through Light and Darkness. It takes Dark Magician and turns him into something even more powerful!"
'He looks scared,' thought Rose as she watched the Dark Magician get absorbed. 'I hope this duel ends soon.'
"The legendary: Dark Magician of Chaos!" said Dimitri with a smirk. "I'm about to unleash him on you, Jaden! Chaos Magician, rise!
"Now, just by successfully summoning him I'm allowed to bring one magic card from my graveyard to my hand. Oh, and in case you haven't done the math yet, Bladedge doesn't have the most attack points anymore. Chaos Magician does!"
"2,800?!" yelled Jaden in shock.
"Yes! Now, watch them all in action! Scepter Strike!" yelled Dimitri as his monster attack, reducing Jaden's life points down to 1,300. "Just face it this deck and I fit perfectly. Always have and always will!"
"This doesn't look good for Jaden," said Zane as he and Rose watched on along with all the other students who showed up.
"I'm sure he has a plan," replied Rose. 'At least I hope he does. Dimitri still has 4,000 life points.'
"My turn!" said Jaden as he drew a card. "Alright then. I play my pal Winged Kuriboh!"
"So cute!" squealed Rose.
'Note to self, buy Rose the Kuriboh tomorrow,' thought Zane.
"And while he's chilliin' in defense mode, I'll also throw down a facedown!" said Jaden, In response Dimitri played Kuriboh.
"KURIBOH!" said Rose with hearts in her eyes. Zane just glanced at her with a sweat drop.
'Definitely should get her the toy after this,' thought Zane as he looked back at the duel.
"But first things first Jaden, Dark Magician of Chaos, attack Burstinatrix!" said Dimitri as his monster attacked.
"Ha! I've got a trap! Super Junior Confrontation!" said Jaden as he revealed his card. "Yeah, I know what you're thinkin'. Sounds kinds weak, doesn't it? Well, that's just the point, this trap calls of your Magician's attack and forces both of our weakest monsters to do battle, weakest in points, that is. So, it's gonna be your Kuriboh against mine!"
"How cute!" said Rose.
"Ha. You got off easy, but next turn you won't," said Dimitri as he placed a card facedown. "I end with a face down."
"My go!" said Jaden as he drew a card. "And I play Pot of Greed! It lets me draw two cards."
He grabbed two cards and looked at them with a smirk, "and they're two sweet ones! Hope ya like playin' with bubbles cuz I'm summonin' Elemental Hero Bubbleman! And I'll play a field spell one ya might need a hard hat for! Skyscraper!"
"Good job Jaden," said Rose.
"What the? What's the meaning of these buildings?!" said Dimitri in shock as building grew around him.
"Here, an Elemental Hero gains a thousand attack points if it's weaker than the monster it's attacking!" explained Jaden.
"But that would mean that," said Dimitri in shock.
"You're in trouble! Especially since I'm gonna play this too: The equip spell Bubble Blaster! And this thing packs some pop!" said Jaden with a smile. "800 points worth! Plus, if Bubbleman ever gets attacked, Bubble Blaster takes the hit for him! Now, to give him those extra attack points and now, to use 'em!"
"I play the magic card multiply!" said Dimitri as a number of Kuriboh's appeared.
"Dreams come true!" said Rose with happiness causing Zane to chuckle.
"Shit," said Jaden.
"By sacrificing one Kuriboh, I can now summon Kuriboh Tokens on all open spaces in my monster card zone," explained Dimitri. "Of course, your blast is still in play, but its significance has been deflated."
"Fine. Then I'll just end my turn by throwin' down a facedown," said Jaden.
"Very well!" said Dimitri as he drew a card. "And I'll throw this: The Magical Card of Sanctity! It forces each of us to draw until we both have six cards in our hand!"
The two drew cards until they each had six, with Jaden having to draw the most amount of cards.
"Excellent," said Dimitri as he showed a card. "I drew the monster Watapon! You see, if Watapon is drawn to my hand by way of magic, trap, or monster effect, I can summon it to the field. But still, he won't be out for long because now I'm going to sacrifice him and bring out Dark Magician Girl!"
"How cool! I wonder if it will be like this to see Light Magician Girl too! I wish I could see Lilly's deck in action too!" said Rose with a smile.
"They have a poster of the two monsters at the exhibit," said Zane. "We can get that tomorrow too."
"Yay!" said Rose in happiness.
"Wow, She's even cuter in person!" said Jaden as he looked at the monster. "Though Rose is cutter."
"What?" asked Rose in shock as Zane smirked and chuckled.
"She has beauty and brawn," said Dimitri with a smile. "You see, for every Dark Magician in the graveyard, she gains 300 attack points! And on the subject of Dark Magicians, don't forget about this one: Dark Magician of Chaos, attack!"
Lucky for Jaden, just the Bubble Blaster was destroyed.
"Now what he started, she'll finish. Dark Magician Girl! Dark Burning Attack!" said Dimitri with a smirk. The attack lowered Jaden's life points to 800. "The heart of the cards are indeed powerful, aren't they Jaden?"
"Alright. So, you got me with a couple good shoots," said Jaden as he rubbed his nose. "Now it's my turn!"
"Your turn?"
"Yeah, that's right!" said Jaden as he drew a card. "To return the favor. And with this card I just drew, I'll be able to return it and then some!"
"Hmm," hummed Zane as Avian appeared on the field.
"I fuse Avian and Burstinatrix to summon the Elemental Hero Flame Wingman! But I'm not done!" said Jaden as he showed a card. "Next I play The Warrior Returning Alive! It lets me bring back a past warrior monster, like Sparkman! And don't forget Skyscraper's still out, Which means Flame Wingman gets an extra thousand attack point in battle!"
"But wait. 3,100 attack points, that's –" started Dimitri as he was cut off by Jaden.
"Yep! Enough to take out your magician, either one. But since I have a soft spot for the girl because of my girl, we'll start with him," said Jaden as his monster destroyed Chaos Magician.
"His girl?" asked Zane as he looked at said girl.
"Shut up," said Rose with a bush. "I'm not his girl." 'At least he never asked me.'
The attack only lowered Dmitri's life points to 3,700.
"Oh yeah, and I also have Wingman's super power!" said Jaden. "It causes you to take damage to your life points equal to the attack points of your destroyed monster!"
This lowered Dimitri's life points to 900.
"Crazy! I'm beatin' Yugi's deck!" smiled Jaden as he rubbed his nose.
"And admitting you like Rose," said Bastion with a smirk causing both Jaden and Rose to blush.
"I wonder if he would still say anything if he knew you were right here?" asked Zane to the blushing girl.
"Shut up!" said Rose as he looked at the duel.
"SHUT UP BASTION!" yelled Jaden with a huge blush. "Anyway, Sparkman, attack! Spark Storm!"
His monster destroyed one of the Kuriboh Tokens.
"Nest, I'll throw down two face downs and use the spell card Emergency Provisions! Now by sacrificin' one a' those face downs, I get back a thousand life points!"
This raised Jaden's life points up to 1,800.
"Sweet, Dontcha think?"
"You got this Jaden!" yelled Syrus so that everyone could here.
"You have nothing! My deck is prepared for all contingencies!" said Dimitri as he drew a card. "First, I'll switch Dark Magician Girl to defense mode. Then I'll activate Spider Web!"
"Huh?" said Jaden as w light came toward him.
"It allows me to take one of the cards you sent to your graveyard last turn and place it directly into my hand! And soon it will go directly into my life points because I choose Emergency Provisions!"
"Shit," said Jaden.
"Next, I'll place two cards facedown. Then I'll activate the spell card Monster Reincarnation! And next, I'll make three sacrifices, Which lets me play emergency provisions," said Dimitri as his life points went up to 3,900. "Finally, thanks to Reincarnation, I'll take back the Kuriboh I just lost! So, did you follow all of that?!"
"Not a word of it!" yelled Syrus confidently, causing his friends, brother, and others watching to sweat drop.
"Well, I did. Sweet moves," said Jaden to make everyone focus back on the duel as he drew a card. "But they won't save you from the Flame Wingman! Skydive Scorcher! And don't forget his super power! You get hit for damage equal to the attack points of The Dark Magician Girl!"
"Ahh!" screamed Dimitri when his life points went down to 1,600. "Good thing I padded my points last turn."
"Yeah? Well, good thing I have a couple a' attacks left!" said Jaden a she played a card. "I use the spell card De-Fusion! Now, Flame Wingman, defuse!"
"Good move," remarked Zane.
"Avian, attack! Talon Tear!" said monster attacked and destroyed a Kuriboh Token. "And now, Burstinatrix! Flare Storm!"
"Go Jaden," said Rose with a smile.
"Go Sparkman, attack! Spark Storm!"
"Sorry, but you're forgetting about someone: Kuriboh!"
"What the?"
"By discarding Kuriboh from my hand, I don't take any damage from Sparkman's little firework display! Good thing Monster Reincarnation let me bring him back from the graveyard last turn."
"Oh yeah, my bad," said Jaden in disappointment.
"Okay, so he might need some help," said Zane as Dimitri start to talk about Battle City.
"Ya think?" asked Rose sarcastically. 'Lots of help if you ask me.'
"Perfect," said Dimitri as he drew a card. "The heart of the cards has served me again! I remove one dark monster and one light monster from my graveyard."
"Pause and rewind," said Jaden as he looked in the shock. "You're removing them, why Dimitri?"
"You don't think he has one of those cards?" asked Rose to Zane in shock.
"I don't know," said Zane in shock as well.
"Black Luster Soldier, Envoy of the Beginning!" said Dimitri.
"So, then Yugi really did have that card!" said Jaden in shock. "I always thought it was a rumor."
"I'm afraid not," smirked Dimitri as he again started to speak as if he is Yugi.
'I hope this ends soon,' thought Rose as she looked at the duel. 'It feels like Black Luster Soldier doesn't want to be here either.'
"Luster Blade attack!" said Dimitri as his monster attacked, knocking Jaden's life points to 800. "That was just the beginning! Now I'll show you the true power of this card! You see, if the Black Luster Soldier is able to destroy your monster in battle, he's allowed to attack again!"
"No way!" cried Jaden.
"And now! Black Luster Soldier, end this! It's over!"
"Not yet!" cried Jaden. "I played the card Hero Spirit!"
"What's this?!"
"it's not the end of the duel cuz if a hero is destroyed and I play Hero Spirit, I can turn all the damage received from your monster to zero!"
"Fine, then," said Dimitri in annoyance. "I'll just finish you off next turn. The heart of the card will see to that!"
"Is that Winged Kuriboh?" mumbled Rose as she watched the duel spirit try to encourage Jaden.
"Ha!" yelled Jaden as he drew a card. "Sorry, Dimitri, but I believe!"
"What?" asked Dimitri in confusion.
"I activate Silent Doom!" said Jaden in confidence. "This very handy spell card allows me to summon from my graveyard in defense mode! So, come on back, Avian! Next, I'll play this: it's called Double Spell! Now by discardin' one spell card from my hand, I can use one spell card from my opponent's graveyard! If ya need more info, just look in the official rule book under the heading, 'How'd I lose?'"
"Yes! He's got a plan!" said Rose with a smile.
"So, I'll discard this and help myself to you Polymerization!" said Jaden as the card appeared on his side. "Now I'll fuse Avian and Burstinatrix to create my deck's headliner one more time: The Elemental Hero Flame Wingman! And since my Skyscraper field card is still out, he gains an extra 1,000 attack points! Now, Flame Wingman! Attack Black Luster Soldier with Skydive Scorcher!"
"He's gone! My Luster Soldier's gone!" screamed Dimitri in shock as his life points went down to 1,500.
"Don't sweat it, he was never yours to begin with," said Jaden in annoyance. "Besides, if yaw anna worry about somethin', worry about Wingman's super power!"
"AHH!" yelled Dimitri as his life points went down to zero.
"Why can't I ever win?" cried Dimitri.
"The answer to that is obvious," said Zane as he and Rose walked around the corner.
"Hey, you're Zane."
"Big bro?" said Syrus in shock.
"What are you guys doing here?" asked Jaden. 'More like what are you two doing together?'
"Why else? To see the deck, but it was gone," said Zane.
"We snuck into the event hall and saw Crowler freaking out, he told us what happened," said Rose.
"Which lead us here. We found you a while ago but didn't want to interrupt the duel."
"How kind of you," said Bastion with a laugh.
"Wait then, you saw it all?" question Jaden as he stared at the two with a blush on his face. "Me and Dimitri? The whole thing?"
"Not just us. Your match attracted quite a bit of attention," said Zane with a smile as he and Rose turned around to look at everyone who was watching.
"Uh, Hi! Glad you all could make it," said Jaden as he looked at everyone. 'Shit, everyone heard me saying that Rose is cute. Or maybe it's a good thing.'
"What now?" asked Dimitri.
"Well, kid. The punishment for stealing has always been crystal clear – Straight up expulsion. But still, since I think everyone here enjoyed seeing Yugi's deck in a duel instead of in a display case, I doubt anyone will turn you in," said Zane with a smirk.
"What difference does it make? I lost."
"You didn't lose. The person you were pretending to be did," said Jaden as he tried to explain it to Dimitri.
"He's confusing himself, isn't he," said Rose with a giggle.
"Yeah," said Zane with a chuckle.
"Should you help or should I."
"Let me attempt to interpret for him, Dimitri," said Zane out load. "You'll never win or lose until you put yourself out there, and that means creating your own deck and your own strategies. Not piggy-backing off of someone else's. After all, there is no amount of studying you can do to be able to use someone else's deck as well as they can."
"Yeah! What Zane said, that's exactly what I meant!" said Jaden with a smile. "Just 'cuz I beat you doesn't mean I can beat Yugi. So, let's go put the deck pack."
"Yeah, okay," said Dimitri.
~The Next Day~
"So now Dimitri is acting like Jaden," said Zane as he held a bag with a poster of Dark Magician Girl and Light Magician Girl as well as a plushie of Kuriboh. 'I'm not all the surprised that she got the biggest plushie they had. I guess it's a good thing that Bastion offered to pay half.'
"I don't know if I should be scared or not," said Rose with a sweat drop as the two watch Jaden try to correct Dimitri.
"I wonder how he's able to make such quick outfit changes."
"That's a good question," said Rose as she looked at him. "Well, I better go and make sure they stop."
"Good luck with that," said Zane as he saw Rose walk to Jaden and Dimitri, only to hit them both. 'Let's hope Jaden and handle you.'