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Chapter 11: Clash of the Titans

Bastion yawned as he woke up. "30...31...32", Bastion looked over in the direction of the person counting. Ayato was doing push-ups. "Well I see your up early," Bastion said.

"Yeah, I gotta stay fit," Ayato said while still doing push-ups.

"Well try not to get too much sweat on the floor."

"I will, now what number was I on?"

Bastion looked at Ayato's digital clock and noticed the Millenuim Puzzle was next to it. He walked over to it and examined it. "I don't ever remember you having this Ayato."

Ayato stopped doing push-ups and looked at what Bastion was holding. "Yeah well I uh...my dad sent it to me as a gift." Bastion looked at it again.

Ayato stood up, "I'm challenging Jaden to a duel today." Bastion looked at Ayato with a smirk on his face. "Really?"

"Yep," Ayato said while stretching.

Bastion thought for a bit, "I doubt push-ups will help you beat Jaden," Bastion smirked.

Ayato frowned, "Ha Ha very funny."

Jaden yawned as he woke up. "I got a feeling today will be great!" He shouted.

"Hey keep it down, I'm trying to sleep here," Chumley complained from his spot on the bed.

Syrus frowned, "C'mon guys, were gonna be late to class."

Ayato was making his way to class, his Millenuim Puzzle around his neck. Ayato frowned, he was getting some stares from people who were looking at his Millenuim Item.

"Hey Ayato wait up!" A voice called.

Ayato turned around to see Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley running towards him. "Hey Jaden, what's up."

Jaden grinned, "Not much," Jaden yawned, "Ya ready for another one of Doctor Crowler's boring lessons."

"I guess." Aayto replied.

The group walked into the classroom one by one and sat in their seats. Dr. Crowler stood up, "Okay class, are you ready to start today's lesson?"

Ayato leaned over to Syrus, and whispered something in his ear. Syrus laughed, and Jaden, who overheard it laughed too. Dr. Crowler frowned, "What's so funny Slifer Sludge?"

Jaden grinned, "You are Dr. Crowler, I mean honestly, who could look at you and not want to laugh."

The entire classroom laughed. Dr. Crowler's face turned red, 'Wait till I get my hands on you Slifer Slacker.'

Classes had gone by with nothing special going on during the day.

After classes Akari walked towards an unsuspecting Ayato. She reared her fist back, "Hey Ayato," Ayato turned around and his face met Akari's fist.

He sat up and rubbed his throbbing cheek. "What I do this time," he sighed.

Akari shrugged, "I just felt like it."

Ayato stood up, "Well I feel like punching you and I don't do it."

Akari smiled, she loved messing with him. "That's because your too soft."

Ayato glared, if looks could kill, Akari would have died 100 times over. "Glare all you want, your still soft."

Ayato shrugged, "I guess your right."

"You bet I'm right."

Ayato walked off with a frown plastered on his face, 'What is her problem, I bet I'm the only one she picks on, I have no idea why I like her, I must be going crazy!'

Jaden and Syrus had just finished their practice duel, with Jaden winning of course. Just then their was a knock on their door. Jaden got up and opened it. Ayato was standing there, "Hey Jaden, I need you to meet me at the docks."

Jaden looked confused, "Why?"

Ayato smirked, "It's a suprise."

Ayato left and Jaden followed, 'A suprise, I wonder what it is?' Once at the docks Ayato's duel disk activated.

Syrus and Chumley were watching. "I challenge you to a duel Jaden."

Jaden grinned, "I knew today would be a great day, alright Ayato, let's throw down!" Jaden's duel disk activated. "Get ready to get your game on!"

Ayato: 4000/Jaden: 4000

"I'll start Jaden, I summon Dark Blade(1800/1500) and place one card face down." A warrior clad in black armor wielding two curved blades appeared.

"My draw, I summon Elemental Hero Clayman(800/2000) in defense, and then I'll throw down two face downs." The warrior made of stone crouched before Jaden defensively.

"Well your off to a good start, I play Polymerization in order to fuse Dark Blade and Pitch Dark Dragon to create Dark Blade the Dragon Knight(2200/1500), next I'll play Poison of the Old Man to increase my life points by 1200!"

Ayato: 5200/ Jaden: 4000

"And now I attack your Clayman, "Dark Bombardment!" The Dragon Knight charges at Clayman, sword at the ready.

"Not so fast Ayato, I activate the trap card Hero Barrier, as long as I have one Elemental Hero on my side of the field, your attack is negated." A powerful shield deflects Ayato's attack.

"Well it's your move Jaden."

"Right, I play Polymerization and fuse Clayman and Elemental Hero Sparkman to create Elemental Hero Thunder Giant(2400/1500), and thanks to his special abilty I can destroy your Dragon Knight because he has less attack points than him, now Thunder Giant, SHOCKWAVE!"

Thunder Giant charges with electricity and then shoots it forward at Dragon Knight, destroying him.

"And that's not all, he still has his attack, now Thunder Giant, THUNDER FIST!"

Thunder Giant's fist crackles with electricity as it collides with Ayato's gut.

Ayato: 2800/ Jaden: 4000

"Pretty sweet huh."

Ayato draws a card, "Yeah, I play two cards face down, then I play Dian Keto the Cure Master to raise my life points by 1000."

Ayato: 3800/ Jaden: 4000

'Then I activate my face down, Compulsory Evacuation Device to remove your Thunder Giant from your field, and finally I summon Strike Ninja (1700/1200) and attack you directly!"

The Strike Ninja jumps and kicks Jaden in the chest causing him to stumble back a little.

Ayato: 3800/ Jaden: 2300

"Sweet move, but I bet mine will be even sweeter."

Ayato smirked, "Looks like we have company." Jaden turns around and sees a large crowd of students.

"I hope you two don't mind, but I figured some students would want to see this," Bastion said.

"Now everyone can see me defeat you Ayato, I summon Winged Kuriboh(300/200) in defense mode and place one card face down, your draw."

"Good, I sacrifice Strike Ninja in order to summon Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700), now attack Winged Kuriboh, DARK MAGIC WAVE!"

Dark Magician Girl twirls her staff and shoots a wave of magical energy at her target.

"I activate the trap card Draining Shield, this card negates your attack and I gain life points equal to your monster's attack points!" The female magician's attack was absorbed by Jaden's trap card.

Ayato: 3800/ Jaden: 4300

"Nice move Jaden."

"Yeah I know, now it's my turn, I place one card face down and then I summon Elemental Hero Wildheart(1500/1600) in defense mode and end my turn." The tribal warrior crouched before Jaden.

"Have'nt you ever heard of the old saying, the best defense is a good offense, Dark Magician Girl attack his Winged Kuriboh!"

"I activate my face down, Transcendant Wings, I discard two cards from my hand in order to level up my Winged Kuriboh to level 10, then I activate it's special abilty, I can sacrifice him during battle in order to destroy all of your monsters on your field, and you lose life points equal to your destroyed monster's attack points." Ayato braced himlf as a blast of energy rocked his field.

Ayato: 1800/ Jaden: 4300

"Your not looking too good there Ayato."Jaden commented.

"Maybe not, but that's about to change, I activate my face down, Monster Reborn to bring back Dark Magician Girl, and then I activate my other face down, Sage's Stone, when Dark Magician Girl is on my side of the field a can summon a Dark Magician to the field from my hand or deck." Dark Magician Girl smiled as the Dark Magician joined her.

"That's not good."

"Your right, Dark Magician Girl attack Wildheart with DARK MAGIC WAVE!"

The attack blows Wildheart away.

"Now I attack you directly with Dark Magician, DARK MAGIC ATTACK!"

Jaden puts his hands over his chest in an attempt to defend himself, he skids back a couple of feet from the force of the blast.

Ayato: 1800/ Jaden: 1800

"Looks like it's all tied up, your turn."

"Right, I play Monster Reborn to bring back Wildheart, and then I play Polymerization to fuse him with Elemental Hero Bladedge to create Elemental Hero Wildedge(2600/2300), and with his special abilty both of your monsters are history!"

Wildedge charges at the two Magicians, he swings his sword and cuts both in half.

Ayato: 1100/ Jaden: 1800

"My turn, I play Tribute to the Doomed and discard one card from my hand to destroy your Wildedge, and then I summon Ancient Elf(1450/1200) and attack you with MAGICAL BLAST!" Ayato declares as the magicain prepares it's attack.

Jaden braces himself as the blast hits him.

Ayato: 1100/ Jaden: 350

"Now your not looking so good." Ayato said.

Jaden smirked, "I summon Wroughtweiler(800/1200) in defense mode and end my turn." The mechanical dog appeared before Jaden, growling at his opponent.

"Mystical Elf destroy his Wroughtweiler!" Wroughtweiler is destroyed by the attack.

"Wroughtweiler doesn't rollover that easy, when he's destroyed I can return one Polymerization and one Elemental Hero from my graveyard into my hand."

"Well let's see what you got, it's your move Jaden."

"Okay, I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman(800/1200), next I'll play Double Spell, this card allows me to use one of your spell cards that is in your graveyard and I choose Tribute to the Doomed!"

"Uh-oh."

"Now I discard one card from my hand in order to destroy your Mystical Elf, then I'll play Bubble Blaster to increase his attack points to 1600, and now I'll attack you with BUBBLE GRENADE!"

The giant blast of water hits Ayato.

"And that's game."

"Not quite yet," Ayato says while holding Kuriboh in his hand, "I sacrificed Kuriboh to turn battle damage by your monster to zero!"

"Oh well, I place one card face down and end my turn."

"I play Mystical Space Typhoon to get rid of your Bubble Blaster, next I remove one light monster and one dark monster from my graveyard in order to summon Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning(3000/2500), and I attack with SLICE AND DICE!"

"Not so fast Ayato, I activate my face down, Negate Attack!" The common trap card produced a barrier that blocked the attack of Ayato's monster.

"You just won't stay down will you." Ayato commented.

"Never learned how." Jaden replied.

"I see, your draw." Ayato says.

"Right, I play four cards face down, then I play Emergency Provisions, I discard my four face down cards in order to gain 4000 life points." Jaden closes his eyes as a wave of energy washes over him, increasing his life points.

Ayato: 1100/ Jaden: 4350

"And that's it."

"My turn, Black Luster Soldier destroy his Bubbleman with SLICE AND DICE!" Ayato commanded.

Black Luster Soldier cuts Bubbleman in half vertically.

"And thanks to his special abilty he can attack again!"

Black Luster Soldier cuts Jaden.

Ayato: 1100/ Jaden: 1350

"Alright it's my draw, "I play Oversoul, this card allows me to bring back an Elemental Hero from my graveyard and summon it to the field, and that monster is Elemental Hero Bubbleman, next I summon Elemental Hero Clayman that I brought back with Wroughtweiler's abilty earlier, and finally I place throw down two face downs."

"Black Luster Soldier attack!"

"I activate Negate Attack!" Ayato's attack was once agian blocked by the common trap card.

"Fine, I play Ookazi to deal 800 points of damage to your life points." A wave of flames assaulted Jaden.

Ayato: 1100/ Jaden: 550

"My turn, I summon Elemental Hero Avian(1000/1000) in defense mode, then I play Goblin's Secret Remedy to gain 600 life points." Jaden says as his hero appeared and his life points increased slightly.

Ayato: 1100/ Jaden: 1150

"Then I end my turn."

"Once again Black Luster Soldier attack!"

"I activate another Negate Attack!" Ayato frowned as his attack was once again blocked by the same card.

"Alright, I play Tremendous Fire to deal 1000 points of damage to you and 500 to me." Ayato said, the two duelist being engulfed in flames as a result.

Ayato: 600/ Jaden: 150

"And I'll end my turn by playing Goblin's Secret Remedy in order to increase my life points by 600."

Ayato: 1200/ Jaden: 150

"I summon Elemental Hero Burstinatrix(1200/800), and then I activate my face down Polymerization in order to fuse Avian, Burstinitrix, Clayman, and Bubbleman to create Elemental Hero Elixier(2900/2600), next I activate the field spell card Skyscraper, with this card on the field my monster gains 1000 extra attac points, now Elixier, COSMIC KNOCKOUT!"

Elixier punches Black Luster Soldier and destroys him.

Ayato: 300/ Jaden: 150

"I place two cards face down and end my turn, your turn Jaden." Ayato says.

"Elixier attack Ayato!"

"I activate my face down, my own Negate Attack!" Jaden's attack was halted by Ayato's trap card.

"Cool, I throw down a face down and end my turn." Jaden replies.

"This is it Jaden, I play Mystical Space Typhoon to get rid of Skyscraper, then I activate my face down, Return from the Different Dimension, I can bring back any monsters that were removed from play on my side of the field by paying half of my life points."

Ayato: 150/ Jaden: 150

"And now that I have my Dark Magician Girl back I play Double Spell so I can use your Monster Reborn to bring back my Dark Magician, and then I sacrifice my two magicians in order to summon Sorcerer of Dark Magic (3200/2800)!" The most powerful monster in Ayato's deck appeared before him.

'If my Elixier is hit by that then I lose the duel, unless I activate my face down that is.' Jaden thinks to himself. "I activate my trap card Final Fusion, this forces our two monsters to battle." Jaden declares.

Ayato looked confused, "But your monster will be destroyed."

"Yeah, but we will lose life points equal to the combined attack points of both of our monsters, now Elixier attack with COSMIC FORCE!" Jaden's monster charges at Ayato's.

"Sorcerer attack with SUPREME DARK MAGIC ATTACK!" Ayato's monster readied itself for the ensuing clash.

Both of the monster's attacks collided producing a massive explosion.

Jaden was lying on the ground staring up at the sky. Ayato was sitting on the floor. Jaden sat up, "I guess that's game, you got mad skills!"

Ayato grinned, "Well it was a tie, so I can't really brag now can I?"

The crowd broke out into a roar. "I haven't seen a duel that intense since Yugi versus Marik!", someone in the crowd said. Jaden and Ayato grinned sheepishly as they waved to the crowd.

Exion smirked, his squadron of rare hunters was finally complete. "So the Egyptian God Cards are still in existence, I think I should pay the former vessel of the pharoah a visit."

Ayato sat at the docks admiring the sea one last time. He pulled out a cell phone and dialed in a number.

"Hey what's up Mokuba."

"Ayato?"

"Yeah it's me, could you do me a favor?"

"Sure, after all your father did for me and my brother how could I refuse."

"Could you send a jet to Duel Academy?"

"Your planning on leaving?"

"Yeah, something important has come up and I hhave to get back home."

"Alright, I'll see what I can do, but Seto won't be too happy about this, you know how he is."

Ayato chuckled, "Yeah, well thanks and bye!"

Syrus, Jaden, Akari, Anna, and Alexis were rushing towards the docks.

"See I told you guys, Ayato's getting ready to leave!"

The group runs toward Ayato who is about to board the jet.

"Ayato what's going on here!" Jaden asks.