Episode(s): 49

"Daunting, isn't it? Fear not. My Sacred Beasts will end this for you soon," said Kagemaru with a taunting smirk.

"We'll just see about that. My turn!" said Jaden as he drew a card. "And I summon a duelist's best friend, go, Wroughtweiler! Good boy, just heal for now."

"I don't know how I feel about him making jokes at a time like this," sighed Rose with a found smile. Alexis laughed.

"Next I'll throw down a facedown."

"A facedown and a duel doggy. That's your big move?" laughed Kagemaru. "That's how you plan to stop my two sacred beasts? Please, don't insult them. After all, it's these monsters that will soon empower me to rule the world!

"Now then, where were we?" he said as he drew a card. "Ah, yes, due to the effect of my field spell, I can get two extra cards. And next I'm going to wage an attack with Hamon, go, Cerulean Skyfire!

"And now," he continued as Jaden's monster was destroyed, "and now I activate Hamon's special affect. You see, when he destroys a monster, he also deals 1,000 damage points, straight to you, Jaden!"

"Hang on Jay!" yelled Syrus as his friend was attacked. The attack shot Jaden up into the air and pushed him back. Once he fell, he got back up, his life points going down to 600.

"Jaden!" yelled Rose in fear for her friend.

"Nice special effects, but I got one too, my Wroughtweiler! It activates when he's sent to the graveyard, now I can add one Elemental Hero and one Polymerization from my grave, to my hand, and the hero I'm picking is Bubbleman!" said Jaden as he ran back to the fields.

"Ha! To bad you won't ever get the chance to summon him," laughed Kagemaru.

"We'll see about that. Now finish your turn!"

"Fine, but it's not just my turn that's about to be finished. It's you as well, Jaden. Attack, Urai! Hyper Blaze!"

"It's all over!" yelled Sheppard in fear.

"We're done for!" said Bastion.

"Jaden, no!" cried Syrus.

"You can still win this Jaden! I believe in you!" yelled Rose. 'You have to win this, for everyone!'

"Not so fast! I play my spell card Flute of Summoning Kuriboh! It lets me summon Winged Kuriboh from my deck!" said Jaden, saving himself.

"Pure luck," said Kagemaru in annoyance.

"Nah, that's pure Kuriboh!" said Jaden as he started to talk about how Banner must have given him a card to help him win.

"He was a pawn. Like you are. And I will prove it once I win your soul!"

"That's why I won't let you win! I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman! And since he's alone, I can draw two more cards. And now I'll play one of them – the spell card Metamorphosis! Now I can sacrifice my Bubbleman to summon up a fusion monster that's the same level as he is, such as Elemental Hero Neo Bubbleman!"

"What is he planning?" asked Crowler as Jaden attacked Hamon.

"That wont make a difference! Hamon, strike back!" called Kagemaru. He was shocked with Hamon was destroyed. "What?"

"It's Neo Bubbleman's special ability. When he battles with a monster, that monster is destroyed," explained Jaden.

"But he was stronger, so you should still take damage!" yelled Kagemaru.

"Someone's ready to throw a tantrum," scoffed Rose, causing Zane and Atticus to chuckle.

"Should've, would've, could've. Sorry, but by just destroying Bubble Blaster, all damage you would have done becomes zero," said Jaden.

"Nice move," complemented Sheppard.

"Good job, Jaden!" said Rose with a smile. Jaden smirked.

"Next, I'll throw down a facedown and call it a turn."

"Your last turn," called Kagemaru as he got three cards, "Urai, attack!"

"Do your stuff, Bubble Illusion! With this I can play a trap card directly from my hand. And I'll play this one: Hero Rule One, Five Freedom. Five traps now leave the graveyard!"

"They what!?"

"That's right! Removed from the game! So, go ahead and say your final goodbyes!"

"Well done. With those traps now gone Urai's attack points will go down dramatically," said Bastion with a smile.

"Yeah, 1,000 per trap card," said Chazz with a smirk, "which means Urai's new attack points will be-"

"Zero, nothing, a big fat goose egg," said Crowler with a smile.

"Alright, now Neo Bubbleman has got the edge in this fight, So go! Let him have it!" said Jaden as his monster attacked. Kagemaru's life points went down to 2,100.

"You're only postponing the inevitable!" yelled an angered Kagemaru. "You can't stop the beasts, especially with this! I play Resurrection Tribute. Since one of my monsters was destroyed, that means I can destroy one of yours! That means that Bubbleman will now burst!

"But there's more Jaden! Now I get to summon back a monster from my grave to the field in defense mode. So, rise again, Hamon! And by discarding a trap from my had, Urai resurrects!"

"Oh great," whined Jaden.

"Not again," said Rose in anger as she watched.

"And then I'll activate the spell Phantasmal Martyrs! When Urai and Hamon are both out, I can send two cards in my hand to the graveyard and then I can summon three of these; Phantasmal Martyr Tokens!"

"And Urai's points increase to 2,000," said Bastion threw gritted teeth.

"Just like that, my two beast are out again," smirked Kagemaru. "It's like your back where you started, except your not. I'm sacrificing my tokens and summoning my last Sacred Beast. So, you see, things are not the same. They're much, much worse!"

Everyone covered their eyes as a bright light shown on the field.

"Behold Raviel, Lord of Phantasms!"

"Okay, definitely not friendly," said Jaden, trying to lighten the mode.

"Not good. He's gathered all three of them out at once," said Zane with narrowed eyes. Kagemaru laughed.

"Yes! Come to me! Come to me! Come to me!" yelled Kagemaru as he started to glow.

"That's freaky," commented Jaden.

"Oh my! It's as if Kagemaru is somehow absorbing duel monsters and using their energies," said Sheppard in shock.

"That's not in the rules," complained Crowler.

"I don't think this guy cares about any rules," commented Rose.

"The spirits sense you're close to defeat. Already they're surrendering themselves to me, yielding to me their might so that I can free the three sacred beasts and rule the world with a new life that will be eternal," said Kagemaru with a crazy smirk.

"So, if Jaden loses this," started Chazz with a glare.

"Every duel spirit out there will be sucked up," finished Zane as he glared.

"Sorry, Kagemaru, but there is no way I'm letting you do that to my friends!" declared Jaden.

"Spirits aren't for being friends with. They're for using to get what you want. And right now, I'm going to use them Jaden, to destroy you!" declared Kagemaru.

"That's not true! Spirits have their rights! And you will pay for what you are doing to them!" yelled Rose in anger. 'My friends don't deserve to suffer like this!'

"Time to step up. My draw," said Jaden as he drew a card. "I play the spell card Dark Factory of Mass Production. So now I can take two monsters from my graveyard and add them straight to my hand, and the ones that I'm picking are Burstinatrix and Avian!

"And next, I'm gonna play this: Polymerization, to create the Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!"

"Very well, but now Raviel's special ability activates. You see, when you summon a monster, I get to summon a Sacred Beast Token," said Kagemaru.

"Jaden, Jaden!" said a voice. The group turned to see Pharaoh chasing a ball of light.

"Is that Banner?" whispered Rose to her friends.

"Not now Pharaoh!" said the voice.

"It is," said the students. The ball of light went toward Jaden and started to talk to him, only to be cut off my Pharaoh, who ate him.

"And there he goes," said Rose with a sigh.. Jaden's life points then went down to 300. "What happened?"

"I'm activating the spell card Fusion Recovery!" said Jaden.

"So, what, that won't change a thing!" called out Chazz.

"It could! It all just depends on how he plays it," said Rose.

"Now Polymerization and Sparkman return to my hand from the graveyard. Next, I'll activate Polymerization, and that means the Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman is created!" said Jaden as he got an even stronger monster.

"Then I get another token," said Kagemaru, uncaring.

"Cool, because I get something, too – 300 attack points for Flare Wingman for each hero that I have in my graveyard, and right now there's a total of seven!"

"That can't be! 4,600 points!" cried out Kagemaru in shock.

"That's right! And he's got a special ability to boot! You see when Flare Wingman destroys a monster in battle, he deals damage to you directly, equal to that destroyed monster attack points."

"Wait, so-"

"So, go and get him, Shining Flare Wingman! Shining Emerald Orb!" called out Jaden as his monster destroyed Hamon. "And now Wingman, light up Kagemaru with your special ability!"

"He's got this!" said Rose in happiness.

"Or not," said Chazz.

"A good try, but if Hamon is destroyed while in defense mode, all damage to me becomes Zero," said Kagemaru with a smirk.

"Okay, I'll throw down a facedown, and end my turn," said Jaden as his life points went down to 150.

"And I'll begin mine. I switch Urai from defense mode to attack mode. Then I'll play Raviel's effect. By sacrificing two monsters on my field, for this turn only, I can and their attack points to Raviel's."

"So that's why he summoned those tokens, to power up Raviel and power down Jaden," said Bastion.

"Go Raviel! Clean your claws with that Shining Flare Wingman!"

"I play a facedown, De-Fusion!" said Jaden as his monster split into two.

"Very well, but De-Fusion counts as two summoning's, which means to tokens. Now Raviel, go on and destroy the Elemental Hero Flame Wingman with Shivering Scrapper. And now Urai will finish off the other one, Hyper Blaze!"

"I summon Elemental Hero Clayman!"

"Another beast token for me!"

"I play Miracle Fusion! With this, I can take monsters from my field and grave and combine them to create a fusion monster. So, I remove the Bubbleman, Avian, and Burstinatrix that are in my graveyard and the Clayman that's on the field to summon Elemental hero Electrum!

"Alright, next I play, Sabatiel the Philosopher Stone! And it says here, that when it's equipped onto Electrum, his attack points are multiplied by the number of monster that you have on your field, and that would be five! So, Electrum's attack points are now-"

"14,500!" said Kagemaru in shock.

"Yes! You got this Jaden!" yelled out Rose with an excited smile.

"It's over. Now go, Hero Electrum! Seal his fate!" said Jaden as his monster attacked and destroyed the monsters.

"Impossible! The Sacred Beasts can't be defeated. No!" yelled out Kagemaru as his life points went down to zero.

The group watched as monster spirits flew out of Kagemaru and went back to where they had come from.

"You're back," said Chazz with a smile, though that smile quickly vanished when Ojama Yellow started to annoy him. Rose giggled as Rose Guardian appeared next to her.

"What's happening to Kagemaru?" asked Alexis in shock as the man glowed blue and then started to scream.

"Dear me," said Sheppard in shock.

"Look at him," yelled Bastion, Chumley, and Syrus.

"It's true, I'm an old man. Wanting simply what every old man wants, to be young again, and harnessing the power of those Sacred Beasts, that was the only way I found to do it," said Kagemaru as Jaden walked toward him.

"Yeah, and take over the world," said Jaden sassily.

"Can't you forgive a decerped old soul and his delusions of grandeur?"

"Yeah, I guess, but don't you see, old-timer – stealing power from something or someone isn't anyway to feel alive again. You've got to find the strength in yourself."

"I can't! It's too late for that!" cried Kagemaru as he held onto Jaden.

"Okay, now I feel somewhat bad," whispered Rose to the others who nodded.

"It's never to late. Come one. Try and get up. Right now, just go for it. Give it your all!" said Jaden as Kagemaru used him to stand.

"Hey, look, I'm standing!" said Kagemaru with surprise. He then smiled and looked at Jaden who nodded. "It must have been our duel. Yes, that's it. All the excitement but the spring back in my step. Thank you!"

"Jaden! Don't hug him! You're gonna hurt him!" yelled Rose when she noticed her friend bear hugging the old man.

"Right! Sorry!" yelled Jaden in return with a sheepish smile.

~A Few Minutes Later~

"I guess old people and bear hugs don't go together," laughed Jaden sheepishly.

"Hey, you may of bruised some of his ribs, but I'm sure his heart is all healed!" said Atticus encouragingly. Chazz scoffed.

"Some bruised ribs? He's lucky that's all he's got after everything he's put us through," he said, annoyed.

"Later Kagemaru!" said Jaden with a smile as he waved.

"Get well soon, I guess," said Syrus, unsure of what he should be saying.

"It's over. From now on the Sacred Beasts will be under my guard and mine alone," said Sheppard as he put the cards away.

"Sure, is gonna be quite around here now," said Syrus.

"Oh, I wouldn't be so sure. You see, next week are the Duel Academy's Promotion Exams," said Crowler with a smirk.

"Promotion Exams!" yelled out Jaden in shock and fear.

"Yes."

"I totally forgot!" cried Jaden as he kneeled on the ground.

"Pathetic," said Chazz as Atticus played his ukulele. Zane looked somewhat confused by Jaden's reaction.

"Saving the world is one thing but making the grade?" asked Atticus with a smile.

"Not really Jaden's cup of tea," said Bastion with a smile.

"That's true," laughed Alexis.

"Better get studding!" laughed Rose.

"Rose! Help me!" yelled Jaden as he tackled the girl, knocking her to ground.

"Hey! Get off of me!" yelled Rose as Jaden held her around the waste.

"Looks like you have a study buddy Rose," said Zane with a smirk.

"Wait! I need help too!" yelled Syrus as he turned to his brother. "Zane! Help me!"

"No," said Zane as he held his left hand out onto his brother's head to hold him back. Everyone else laughed.