Chapter 9
"Nice work Jaden!" Yusuke commented
"Yeah and Jaden managed to control his temper and not flip out." Syrus added causing Jaden to laugh. "It was nothing, I've seen Crowler duel so many times that it was easy.'' he voiced with a smile, while ignoring the SOL cry to wake Crowler up.
"Impressive Jaden, I never knew you had it in you," a voice said from the bushes. "Zane?!'' Syrus freaked seeing his brother step out with that sick smile on his face.
Kari's expression was softening seeing her crush, before her. Zane looked at Kari, "Kari, you look good in black."
Kari's cheeks flared up, hearing the comment. Zane looked at Jaden, "I've watched your duel and I must say I'm impressed that you managed to stay true to yourself while embracing the darkness.'' Zane smirked walking up to the black clad duelists.
"Wow I just got a compliment from Zane, the Hell Kaiser of Duel Academy," Jaden laughed rubbing the back of his neck embarrassed. "Perhaps we should team up Jaden, together we could rule the world of dueling and make a name for ourselves," Zane voiced holding out his hand to shake Jaden's.
"You got it Zane, old pal,'' Jaden laughed shaking Zane's hand and turning back to Atticus, Alexis, Jordan, Ryoko and Bastion with a smirk, "So Atticus, you're up," Jaden smirked, activating his duel disk. "No Jaden, I will duel him. It's been awhile since I've had a decent duel." Zane voiced activating his duel disk and sliding his underworld/cyber dragon deck.
Jaden shrugged, "Sure, as long as I can hear his screams of agony," he said, eying at Alexis and Jordan's shocked expressions.
Zane smirked, "For that, you'll have to give us the shackles, Jay," he said.
"What!" Ryoko yelled, "You guys can't be serious!"
"Oh believe me, Ryoko," Zane sneered, fixing his glare at Ryoko, "Unless, of course, Atti, here is too chicken to duel with these shackles and to prove which is stronger light or darkness!"
"CHICKEN!" Atticus yelled in outrage
"Atticus, don't do it!" Jordan begged
"Fine!" Atticus declared, clenching his fists, "I'll duel you, Truesdale! I've always wanted a rematch with you! Just give me the damn shackles, Jaden!"
"Your funeral," Jaden scoffed, handing Zane and Atticus their shackles. The former Obelisks students place the shackles onto their persons.
"The conditions still stand," Keiko declared, "If Zane wins then Atticus leaves the Society of Light for good, however if you freaks win then you'll get a new member."
"Game on!" they both yelled and their epic duel began.
(Z: 4000)
(A: 4000)
"I'll begin," Zane voiced drawing a card, "I activate the field spell card Fallen Ruins!'' he called placing the card into the slot and watching as the field warped into the ruins of a ancient temple, "This field spell allows me to draw two cards during my draw phase, and next I summon Cyber Dark Guardian in attack mode (Atk: 0/Def: 2400)!'' A larger metal Golem appeared standing tall in front of Zane.
'Why would Zane play a monster with 2400 defense points in attack mode? He must be up to something.' Atticus thought looking at the creature, "Next, I play the spell card, Damage Reproduce," Zane voiced as he slid a card to his disc, "Now whenever, my points increase, you take 500 points of damage!"
Atticus gaped his mouth open, hearing those words, "And as you know, you're wearing those shackles and when you lose points, you'll feel the pain and anguish! Finally I place three cards face down and end my turn." Zane voiced as two cards appeared behind his golem.
"My turn!" Atticus said drawing his card, "Come out, Purple-Eyes White Chick (Atk: 800)!"
Just then, a white egg appeared on Atticus's side and cracked out a purple eyed white baby dragon, "Now check out his special ability, if I send it to my grave, I can summon Purple Eyes White Dragon (Atk: 2400)!"
A monster similar to Red Eyes Black Dragon appeared, before Atticus, except it had white skin and purple glowing us, "Now I activate it special ability, it allows me to look at your face down card and destroy it."
Zane's facedown flipped up revealing, Mirror force, it shattered and Atticus smirked, "Now Purple Eyes, attack with Luminous Blast!"
The Dragon roared and sent a huge ball of flaming red energy flying from its mouth. Zane didn't flinch as the attack hit his golem dead on, obliterating him. Zane (Z: 1600) isn't affected by the shock and he laughs madly, "You fool! By destroying Cyber Dark Guardian in attack mode you activated its special ability. When sending it to the graveyard I can select a monster in my deck and place it in my hand, the only down side is I have to tell you what it is. It's my Cyber Dark Horn!" Zane said, showing his card to Atticus.
"I'll end my turn, now!" Atticus declared, sliding a card into the disc.
"Before I draw, I'll activate this card, Solemn Wishes! Now whenever, I draw I gain 500 points! And now, let the destruction, begin!" Zane said (Z: 2100), whipping two cards from his deck. "And thanks to Damage Reproduce, you take 500 points of damage!"
Atticus screamed in pain, as he was charged with red lightening from the black shackles and his points decreased (A: 3500).
"Atticus!" the SOL members yelled.
Atticus staggered for a moment. He picked his head up, glaring at his opponent as the electricity subsided.
"I summon Cyber Dark Horn in attack mode (Atk: 800). Now I can take one dragon that's level four our below and remove it from either of our graveyards. Then, I can add it to my Cyber Dark Horn!" Zane smirked darkly, "So, I can drain its attack points!" Zane points at Atticus, "So, I'll be taking your Purple-Eyes White Chick!"
Just then, Atticus's graveyard glowed yellow and light shot out to Zane's side of the graveyard, to take form of Purple Eyes White Chick. The black baby dragon was stabbed by Dark Horn's tentacles, draining its strength (Atk: 1600). Zane smirked, "Every ounce of energy that your dragon had is about to be transferred to a real monster, then if its target is in defense mode, then the extra damage is taken out on your life points!"
Atticus frowned, knowing that he's in big trouble, "And then, from my hand," Zane said, pulling a card from his hand, "I play Megamorph, when I have fewer Life Points than you, then this card doubles the original attack points of one of my monsters." (Atk: 2400) "As you know, if I sacrifice you little chick, it can't be destroyed in battle. Now Cyber Horn, attack his Purple Eyes with Dark Sphere!"
Dark Horn's six horns glowed and shoots towards Purple Eyes. Atticus pressed the button on his disc, "I activate Negate Attack!" he declared, "Now your battle phase ends!"
"I'll place this facedown! Looks like you're safe for now!" Zane said, as a card appeared behind Dark Horn.
"My move!" Atticus draws his card from his deck, "Time to bring out my A game, later, pal!"
Atticus's dragon glowed white, "I summon Purple-Eyes White Night Dragon (Atk: 2400)!" His dragon glowed and took form that looked like the original Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, but this one had golden stripes along its body and head, as well as six strange wings on its back.
Yusuke whistled at the new dragon, "That's a dragon, alright," he commented.
"Yeah, but Zane will destroy it in no time," Kari said, "along with its loser of an owner!" Chazz added.
"Since, I send my Purple-Eyes White Dragon to the graveyard, my Purple-Eyes White Night Dragon gains 300 attack points (Atk: 2700). Cyber Dark Horn is going down! Night Dragon attack! Infernal Light Fire!"
Atticus's new dragon fires a white fire blast at Cyber Dark Horn and destroys only Purple-Eyes White Chick. Zane's shackles electrocute him as his points decreases (Z: 1700), but he didn't feel a thing, "Oh come on!" Ryoko gawked, "He's got to be feeling the pain of those things."
Zane chuckled as the electricity and the smoke subsided, showing that Cyber Dark Horn survived the attack, but lose some of its strength (Atk: 1600) "Hate to break it to ya, dork, but I don't feel a thing at all!" Zane sneered
Atticus frowned, "Since my chick has gone to the graveyard, my dragon gains 300 more attack points (Atk: 3000) next, I play a spell card, Super Rejuvenation, now for every dragon I sacrifice, I get to draw one card from my deck." Atticus said, as he drew a card.
"I assume that you're finished," Zane said as his points grew (Z: 2200), "And thanks to my spell card, you lose 500 points and that means you feel the sting of pain, Atticus!"
Atticus howled in pain in pain as electricity was ripped through his body and his points decreased (A: 3000).
"Next, I'll switch my Cyber Dark Horn to defense mode (Def: 800) and I play Cyber Dark Edge (Atk: 800) in attack mode! Now I activate its effect, it'll steal your Purple-Eyes White Chick again to drain its power!"
Purple-Eyes White Chick appears from Atticus's graveyard to Zane's side of the field and Cyber Dark Edge attached its tentacles onto the baby dragon, draining its attack to his own (Atk: 1600, "And with that little scrub back on the field, your Night Dragon loses 300 points. (Atk: 2700) And now Dark Edge's special effect activates, by diving its attack points in half, it attacks you directly!" Zane declares, pointing at Atticus.
Dark Edge rises up and flaps its wings (Atk: 800) and blows wind to Atticus's way. The wind hits Atticus and he screams in pain as electricity ripped through his body once again, "Atticus!" Alexis yelled, seeing her brother on his knees and his points decreasing (A: 2200).
"I'll place two cards facedown and end my turn!" Zane said, as two cards appeared and his monster landed behind him.
Atticus slowly stood up and glared at Zane, "You'll pay for that! Mark my words!" he said, drawing a card and looking it, "Perfect, I activate Pot of Greed, now I can draw two cards from my deck!" Atticus draws two cards and looks at them, then nodding, "Now you pay! I activate spell card, Dragon Heart! For this turn, I can't summon a monster to the field, but I select three dragons from my hand and send to the graveyard to increase Night Dragon's attack by a thousand (Atk: 3700), but wait, since I placed three dragons inside the graveyard my dragon gains 900 more attack points!" (Atk: 4600) "To make my dragon even more deadly, I'll activate the spell card, White Veil!"
"Awesome!" Jordan cheered, "That'll give Atticus the win!"
"Hate to break it to ya, twerp, that's not gonna happen!" Zane pressed the button on his duel disc, "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy it, sorry 'bout that."
Atticus growled, knowing that his tramp card didn't work.
"Now Zane can counter White Veil too!" Alexis gawked.
"You'll pay for that, Zane!" Atticus yelled, "Night Dragon, attack Dark Edge!"
The white dragon blasts a stream of white fire at Dark Edge, but destroys only Purple-Eyes White Chick, "Even though, your monster survived, you still lose 3000 points!"
"You might want to recheck your math," Zane said, as he pressing the button on his disc, "I place Power Wall and trash 30 cards from my deck!" Zane grabs thirty cards and throws them away.
"So, you're still trashing your cards to gain more power, huh?" Atticus sneered.
"You're just jealous, because you don't have a powerful card, like this," Zane sneered back.
"What did he play?" Darren asked.
"It's called Power Wall, kid," Zane replied, "Whenever a monster threatens my points and for each card I throw away, Power Wall decreases the damage by 100 points!"
"What a good card?" Elisa commented.
"This is totally messed up!" Alexis yelled, "Atticus, you should have known that Zane's facedown would be a trap to negate the damage to his Life Points! You were given the power to see things before they happened!"
"Yeah, but something is wrong here, sis!" Atticus said, "Somehow something's blocking my power to see Zane's facedown cards."
"Something blocking your powers," Alexis repeated.
"How could that be?" Jordan asked, "The Light shows all, doesn't it!"
Alexis hits Jordan's head, "Of course, dummy!" she yelled, glaring at her cousin, "Don't you dare doubt Master Sartorius's words, Jordan Walter Rhodes or you will leave to regret it!"
Jordan was now scared of his now angry cousin, "Yes, ma'am!" he squeaked, holding his aching head.
"Time to move on!" Atticus said, pulling a card from his hand, "I'll activate the spell card, Dragon's Gunfire, now a monster with 800 defense points or less is destroyed. That's right, now your Dark Edge is no more!"
Atticus's dragon blasts a huge fireball towards Zane's monster, destroying it completely, "I think I allowed you to suffer enough." (Atk: 3900) "With three cards left, there's not much you can do!"
"You'll be surprised, dork," Zane draws his card, "I activate my trap, Call of the Haunted! Now I can bring back Cyber Dark Edge from the graveyard! (Atk: 800) Next, I'll play Cyber Dark Keel in attack mode (Atk: 800) Then, I'll play Polymerization to fuse all three of my monsters to summon Cyber Dark Dragon!" (Atk: 1000) "Thanks to its special talent, I can steal one monster from any of our graveyards and strip it of its power, now hand over your Purple Eyes!"
Atticus took a step back, in shock as his graveyard slot glowed and shot out a ball of yellow energy to Cyber Dark Dragon (Atk: 3400), "No!" Atticus yells as his monster gets weaker (Atk: 3600)
"What's the big deal?" Alexis asked, "Atticus's dragon is way stronger!"
"I guess that your so called 'Master' didn't teach you anything, dork," Zane sneered, "My dragon has another effect, for every card in my graveyard my dragon gains 100 points!"
The SOL members gasped, "Great Scott!" Bastion said, "That's 39 cards, which means that…"
"We know the math, Bastion!" Alexis groaned and exclaims, "Master Sartorius won't like this at all!"
Zane's Cyber Dark Dragon's attack points skyrockets (Atk: 7500), "No way! 7500 attack points!" Jordan gawked.
Alexis calls out, worriedly and fearfully, "Atticus, surrender the duel, now! We can't afford you to get hurt!"
Chazz, Jaden and Keiko places their duel discs onto the left wrists, inserts their decks into their duel discs and Chazz calls out, "Not on my watch, dork!" Chazz, Jaden and Keiko fires black energy at the SOL members and trapping them into a dark net.
Bastion exclaims, shocked, "We're trapped!?"
Alexis yells out, in a cold nasty tone, "What was your first clue, genius!?"
Atticus shouts out, in horror, "Alexis! Jordan!"
Chazz calls out, in a dark nasty tone, "Hey dork, listen up!" Atticus looks at the youngest Princeton brother and Chazz says, "If you even think about trying to get those shackles off, then your fellow Society Dweebs, as well as your worthless sister and loser cousin, pays the price!"
Atticus shouts out, in a cold and serious tone, "What do you mean, Princeton!?"
Jaden snaps his fingers and replies, darkly, "He means this, dweeb!" Just then, Alexis, Jordan, Ryoko and Bastion scream in pain and agony as they are shocked by dark red electricity flowing into their bodies through the net,
Atticus sees this, gasp in horror and calls out, "Alexis! Jordan! No! Please stop this!"
Chazz snaps his fingers, the electricity stops and Chazz says, darkly, "This duel ends, properly or you'll be short on a sister and a cousin."
Atticus yells out, "But you were in love with her once, Chazz and you worked with her, when you were part of the Society of Light!"
Chazz gives Atticus, a threaten glare, which would be a mixture of Youko Kurama and Sesshomaru, that frightens the eldest Rhodes sibling and roars out, "DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE MENTION THE TIME THAT I WAS ONE OF YOU BRAINLESS DORKS, EVER AGAIN OR YOU EVEN THE SLIGHTEST WORD THAT I WAS EVEN LAME ENOUGH TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THAT WORTHLESS SAC OF GARBAGE, YOU CALL A SISTER, RHODES, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU WILL NOT LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO REGRET! DO YOU HEAR ME, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE?!" Chazz's outburst caused his friends and the SOL members to jump in shock, including Alexis, hearing Chazz insult her for the first time.
Zane shouts out, in a dark command, "Now Cyber Dark Horn, attack and finish this loser off!"
Cyber Dark Dragon roars and sends sound waves at Atticus's dragon, destroying it. Atticus screams as the large jolts of electricity rip through him from the tips of his fingers to the tips of his toes and his Life Points went to zero. Atticus fell to the ground, unconscious. Jaden snaps his fingers and the dark net trapping his former friends disappeared.
"Atticus!" Alexis and Jordan ran to the eldest Rhodes sibling, but was blown off their feet and knocked away from Atticus, hitting the wall of the white dorm by dark energy, "Sorry!" Jaden sneered, as he lowered his arm, where his deck, which was covered with dark light, was.
The Urameshi twins carried Crowler onto their shoulders and Zane walked towards Atticus's unconscious form and picked the young man up over his shoulder, "He's coming with us!"
Alexis jumped onto her feet and charged towards Zane, "The hell he is!" she roared, but her stomach was rammed an elbow by Kagome, "On the ground, mutt!" she said, pushing the blonde back
"Seeya!" Jaden said, as he and the other black clad students, along with the unconscious forms walked away from the white dorm.