A/N: I hate this episode, moving through the duel as fast as I can. Lol.

Episode(s): 40

"You all know Yugi Muto, Lilly Kaiba, and Seto Kaiba as dueling legends," said Banner as he showed the students hand drawn pictures of the three legends. "Far and away, the very best of their generation."

"And best looking too!" said one of the girls.

"The guys are total dreamboats!" said another.

"Lilly is sexy as hell," said one of the Obolisk Blue boys.

"But you do realize, class," said Banner as he put some papers away, "that there were other great duelists well before all of them."

"How is that, Prof?" asked Jaden while he rest his cheek in the palm of his hand. "I mean, duel monsters hasn't been around all that long."

"Guess you were asleep during that class, Jaden," said Syrus, causing Jaden to look at him. "They used to play back in ancient Egypt."

"Huh," said Jaden in wonder.

"That's right," said Banner as he showed another picture, "and one of the best way back in those days was a powerful Pharaoh named Abidos the Third. Abidos was undefeated."

"Undefeated?" question Jaden, perking up. "That's so sweet! He must've been somethin' else. Of course, it's a good thing he's not around today, cuz then that undefeated record would go adios."

"Sure, it would, Slacker," said Chazz with a smirk, "and then you'd probably take down Yugi, Lilly, and Kaiba too."

"Ya think?" said Jaden with a smile as he turned to look at Chazz behind him. "Well, thanks! I had no idea that you believed in me so much, Chazz."

"It's sarcasm," said Chazz angerly as he lifted his hands, as if to strangle Jaden. "Got that?"

"Sure, but if you want to change your name, Chazz, you can do a lot better than 'Sarcasm,'" said Jaden with a smirk on his face as he turned to face forward, putting his hands behind his head.

"You know what I mean!" yelled Chazz as he tried to strangle Jaden, who only laughed.

"Hey, come on, guys," said Syrus with a nervous smile. "You're gonna get us in trouble."

"Wanna see trouble?" said Chazz as he started to pull on Jaden's ears, causing said boy to cry out in pain. "Fine! How about this?

"Stop. He's gonna hear us," said Syrus in desperation.

'That's funny,' thought Rose as she looked at the two boys fight from behind Syrus.

"He sure will," said Banner in anger. "You can continue in detention."

"Aw man," said Syrus in disappointment, "fifth time this week."

~That Night~

"Thanks for coming, you guys," said Alexis as Rose and Zane showed up at the dock in front of the light house. Zane stood to Alexis' left while Rose stood to his left.

"No problem," said Rose with a smile.

"I just needed someone to talk to. I thought having my brother back would make everything ok again, but it seems like there's even more questions than ever now, and then with these Shadow Riders, I just don't know what to do, Zane, Rose."

"Yeah, nor I," said Zane as he looked forward, causing the two girls to look at him in shock. "But know that right now, you're safe, Alexis."

"He's right," said Rose as she smiled at her, causing Alexis to smile in return.

"Yeah," she said.

The tranquility was interrupted when the three heard the ground around them start to crack. They gasped as mummies sprang out of the ground. Zane grabbed the two girls and put them behind him.

"Not good," said Zane.

"Ahhhhhhhh!" Alexis screamed as the mummies got closer.

"Alexis!" screamed Syrus as he, Chazz, and Jaden showed up and saw the monster surrounding their friends.

"Zane!" screamed Chazz.

"Rose!" yelled out Jaden.

"Mummies?" questioned Syrus in shock and fear.

"Save yourselves!" yelled Zane as he noticed the other three.

"No way! You need," yelled Jaden as he and the other two ran to try and get to there friends, only to get cut off by mommies appearing in front of them, "help?"

"Huh?' said the students as some sort of ship came from the sky and glowed brightly. The light was so bright that the students had to cover their eyes.

"Duelists," said a voice as the light got even brighter, completely blinding everyone, "I have come for you."

~Sometime Later~

"What happened?" said Rose as she sat up, to see the other asleep. "Banner's here too?"

"What?" said Zane as he sat up from where he was laying next to Rose. The two decided to talk for a little bit as the others slowly woke up, leaving only Jaden still asleep.

"Welcome back, Jaden," said Zane as he noticed said boy was finally awake.

"Huh? What the," started Jaden, when he noticed Banner. "Professor?"

"Those mummies found me and brought me here," said Banner with a frown. "That Spirit Key that I have must've led them to me."

"Yes," agreed Zane. "That must be how they found all of us."

Everyone gasped when they heard a gong. They ran to the edge of a stage to see a man in Egyptian clothing sitting on a seat.

"Hello there," said the man as he looked at the group.

"Ahh," yelled out Banner as he fell backward.

"I dunno," said Chazz, uncaringly. "Looks like he's seen a ghost."

"What's this?" said the man as he sat up. The group of academy students saw Jaden climbing onto the stage.

"Jaden," they all yelled.

"Hey, what's the bid idea?" yelled out Jaden.

"And why does your voice sound like you've had way to much helium?" mumbled Rose to herself, making her friends who heard her, laugh.

"That's not how one should address an Egyptian Pharaoh," said the man as he started to walk toward Jaden.

"Egyptian Pharaoh?" asked Jaden in shock.

"He looks just like the picture Banner showed us in class today," said Chazz.

"Abidos," said Alexis in shock.

"You'd make a fine palace girl, my beautiful dove," said man said to Alexis.

"The name's Alexis, you masked wierdo!"

"And you would make a fine bride, my beautiful kitten" said Abidos to Rose, causing said girl to glare.

'He better back the fuck off,' thought Jaden and Chazz to themselves.

"I'm Rose, not your kitten," said Rose in anger.

"He's a Shadow Rider," said Zane. "After those Sacred Beasts, like the rest."

"And it seems like the punk's got us outnumbered," said Chazz.

"That's right," said Abidos. "So just leave your keys and walk away. You don't want to duel me."

"I do!" yelled Jaden as he raised his hand. "Over here! Please pick me! Come on!"

"Jaden," said Syrus, disappointed.

"And lemme show ya' how we duel in the 21st century," said Jaden with a smile as he pointed his thumb to his face.

"You can't talk to me like that," declared Abidos.

"You can't talk to him like that," said one of his followers.

'Um, okay?" thought Rose with a sweat drop.

"Jaden, you realize, this will be a shadow game," said Zane in a calm voice.

"He's right," said Rose as she held her left elbow with her right hand, "your souls on the line."

"And this guy's undefeated," whined Syrus.

"Not for long!" declared Jaden as in anger, only to then smile. "I mean, once I'm done with him, I'll be the legend! So, get your game on!"

"My game is always on," said Abidos in a calm voice. "Now prepare yourself, key-keeper, for-"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! We get it! Not our first Shadow Game exactly. Catch!" said Chazz as he threw a duel disk at Jaden.

"Hey, that duel disk looks just like mine," said Syrus as he looked at his backpack, only to notice it open.

"Alright! Time to throw down!" said Jaden with a smile as he put his deck in the disk.

"Duel!" declared the two.

"First, I think I'll summon Pharaonic Protector in defense mode," said Abidos.

"No defense points?" asked Syrus in shock.

"And I'll lay down a facedown. Your turn."

"Then here I go," said Jaden as he drew a card.

"Does anyone wonder how old beings are able to use duel disks and have decks like we do?" asked Rose to her friends as they watch the duel.

"I've been wondering that too," said Chazz as they all started to think about.

"YouTube?" suggested Syrus.

"Maybe," said Alexis.

"It must be hard to find the cards they need," said Zane as he watched Jaden make his move.

"True," said Rose as they watched Abidos complain about Jaden destroying his monster.

"It looks like Jaden's gonna win this one easy," said Chazz. "There goes my shot at a new room."

"Your move, Abidos," said Jaden, but Abidos didn't respond. "hello? Hellooooo?"

"Wait," said Abidos as he finally came to a realization, "could it be that all my servants let me win?"

"Let you win?" asked Jaden, surprised.

"Wow, what a giant loser this guy is," said Chazz with his arms crossed.

"You know what? I wouldn't mind having some servants like that," said Syrus.

"But his whole life has been a lie," said Alexis, feeling sorry for him.

"Top of the world in your home, but nothing out in the real world," said Rose with a frown.

"You never really dueled?" asked Jaden.

"I guess not," said Abidos in a dejected voice.

"Then lets start your first lesson right now!" declared Jaden with a smirk.

"What?"

"You heard me right. Now get your game on again, but if this is gonna be your first real duel, lets do this right and ditch that mask."

"Hmm," hummed Abidos as he took off his mask and smiled.

"That's it!"

"Wow," said the two girls, thinking he was attractive.

"Jaden, just promise me you'll give it your best," said Abidos.

"That's all I ever give!" declared Jaden. "Now let's duel!"

"I wonder why they faked dueled him," wonder Rose outload.

"It might have something to do with the fact that he was the Pharaoh. No one wanted to disappoint him," said Zane as they watch Jaden duel.

"Even so, to lie for so long?" asked Alexis in wonder. She then sighed as Abidos activated his third sarcophagus. "Leave it to Jaden to pep-talk a Shadow Rider."

"No Joke. Bad idea," said Chazz, angerly.

"And I sacrifice all three to finally summon Spirit of the Pharaoh in attack mode," said Abidos with a smile.

"Spirit of the who what?" asked Jaden in confusion.

"Oh!" said everyone in shock.

"Well, guess he looks cool, but I gotta admit, I expected a whole lot more than 2,500 attack points."

"I'm not done!" declared Abidos. "A Pharaoh is nothing without his servants. You see, whenever he's summoned, I get to call up his friends up to four level two Zombies from my graveyard. And now, my draw!"

"Not so fast!" declared Jaden. "Go, Invincible Hero."

"A trap card?"

"For this one turn, you can't destroy my Sparkman."

"Then I suppose it's a very good thing I have this card."

"Huh?" said Jaden in shock.

"I activate The Powers of Thousand Energy. Now, all Level-2 monsters on the field gain 1,000 attack points."

"No way!"

"Aw, man!" freaked out Syrus.

"'Aw, man' is right because that is 300 more attack points than Sparkman, meaning the extra damage goes right to-" said Banner, only to be cut off by Syrus.

"Jaden!" yelled Syrus.

'When did he wake up?' thought the others in regard to Banner.

"Sparkman may survive the battle, but Jaden still takes damage! 300 points for each of those Zombies," said Rose as she watched worriedly.

"For each of them?" said Syrus in shock. "But that'll be like 1,200 life points!"

They watched as Jaden's life points went down to 1,900.

"There's more," said Abidos, "I still have Spirit Pharaoh himself. Attack!"

"Jay!" yelled Syrus as Jaden's life points went down to 1,000.

"Now I think I'll sacrifice one of my monsters to activate a little card I like to call Soul Guide. It gives me life points equal to the attack points on the card I lost, but it's about to get a whole lot better," said Abidos as his life points went up to 3,700. "Soul Guide also lets me put a copy of the card I just sacrificed right back in my hand, and even though Thousand Energy will most certainly destroy my monsters, from how your life points will turn out, it will be worth it! My record shall stand!"

In response, Jaden just laughed, causing Abidos to look at him confused.

"What's so funny?" asked Abidos. "You know you're about to lose your soul."

"Not yet," said Jaden with a grin.

"Is that so?"

"That's right! And you're about to see why," said Jaden as he drew a card. "I summon Elemental Hero Clayman in attack mode and then I'll play this here card. It's called Oversoul, and, boy, is it sweet.

"I get to summon an Elemental Hero back from the graveyard, and I think I know just the one: Elemental Hero Avian!"

"So what?" asked Abidos in an arrogant voice. "You've got three weak monsters. They can't beat my Pharaoh. He'll take them apart one at a time."

"Sorry, but he won't be getting' the chance. See, Abidos, your three-card combo was pretty sweet."

"Hmm?"

"But I got a four card one! Heated Heart, Emergency Call, then there's Righteous Justice, and last, but not least, Oversoul, and together, they're activatin' this: the one and only spell card known as Hero Flash."

"Never heard of it."

"Well, you're never gonna forget it! First, I get to summon Elemental Hero Burstinatrix from my deck in attack mode, but that's not all, Abidos. Now all the heroes I have out get to attack your life points directly!

"Now, Elemental Heroes, let's put a blemish on that perfect record a' his: Hero Flash!"

"He won!" yelled Rose as Abidos life points went down to zero.

"That's game!" said Jaden with a pose. "And a pretty good one, too. You've got moves!"

"Yeah, but not like yours, Jaden!" said Rose with a smile.

"Big, fat, hairy deal," declared Chazz, causing Rose and Alexis to look at him weird. "Ojama Hurricane's just as good."

"Abidos doesn't look so hot," said Syrus as he looked at their enemy.

"Hey, what's the matter?" asked Jaden as he walked up to Abidos.

"I used to think I was the best duelist of all time, but now I know I need a lot of practice, if I want to be a true dueling legend," said Abidos from where he was kneeling on the floor.

"Hey, anytime!"

"Well, I was thinking right now," said Abidos as he stood up.

"Right now? You want a rematch?"

"No," said Abidos as he grabbed Jaden's hand. "Jaden, you could come back with me."

"Huh?"

"Jaden!" said Syrus in fear of losing his friend.

"You're too good for this place. Listen. Come back to my kingdom and I promise you power and fame," said Abidos as he moved closer to Jaden, causing the boy to freak out.

"Uh, nice offer," said Jaden, freaked out.

'I can't tell if he means that in a gay way or as a friendship way. So many questions,' thought Rose.

"J-Jaden! You can't leave!" yelled Syrus.

"Sweet! So, I will get his room!" yelled Chazz.

"Chazz!"

"Sounds nice, but I think I prefer it right here, but, hey, drop me a line if you're ever in my 'hood, ok?"

"Same with you, that is, if you ever find a time vortex warping loop hole or you know what? I'll just call you."

Abidos took the group back to the school and took them back to the island.

"Farewell!" said Abidos as his ship flew up to the sky and disappeared.

The group then decided to walk back to the school. Tired from their experience that day.

"Ya know, Abidos wasn't such a bad guy," said Jaden as he showed everyone the necklace Abidos gave him. "I mean, hey, look what he gave me. I'm starting to get quite a collection, but where's the Shadow Rider with a skateboard?"

"I don't see why Jaden gets all the free stuff?" grumbled Chazz.

"Prolly cuz I beat a dueling legend."

"Oh, so now he's a legend cuz you beat him?" yelled Chazz.

"Well Chazz, that is what the history books say that he is, right?" said Syrus with a smile.

"Well we know the truth!" yelled Chazz, scaring Syrus and causing the Obolisk Blue to smile at each other. "He was a sham, a fake!"

"Jaden the Legend Slayer. I like the sound of that," said Jaden with a smile.