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Chapter 36: Clash! The Power Of A True Hero!
Jaden stepped off the jet. "Man it's so good to be back at Duel Academy again!"
"Yep, it sure is." Syrus agreed.
"I wonder if anything important happened since we've been gone." Ayato says.
Kazama shrugged, "Does it really matter? Whatever it is, it is of no consequence to me."
A vein throbbed on Ayato's forehead. "Nobody asked you!"
Kazma smirked, "Your hopeless. I'm starting to think that maybe you weren't worth coming here after all."
"What did you say!" Ayato yelled angrily.
"Well you would know what I said if you would clean your ears out every once in a while." Kazama retorted.
"That's enough you two." Akari grabbed both of the males by the ear.
"Ouch Akari, that hurts." Ayato whined. Kazama winced in pain from his ear being stretched out further than it was supposed to.
Akari let the two go. Kazama rubbed his ear as he grumbled something indignant. Ayato tended to his ear, his eyes slightly watery from the pain.
Rachel had a small smile across her lips. Exion noticed, 'I wish I could get her to smile like that.' Exion thought to himself.
"Okay let's go!" Hikari exclaimed as she marched off towards the direction of Duel Academy.
The others followed. Hikari was in front. Ayato, Jaden, Syrus, and Exion were following closely behind her. Akari, Alexis, Rachel, and Anna not too far behind them. And Kazama in the back.
Anna notices that Alexis was staring at Jaden. "Hey Alexis." Anna whispered. "Hm?" Alexis replied.
"This isn't like you, usually when you want something you go for it, so why don't you go for Jaden already?" Anna asked. Alexis sighed, "I don't think Jaden is really interested in anything besides dueling."
Akari overhearing the conversation decided to join in. "I'll help you if you want." she replied. Akari let her mind wander back to the deal Hikari and her had made.
"I don't know." Alexis said unsure.
"Well what's the worse that can happen?" Akari asked trying to persuade her.
Alexis imagined almost a 100 different ways of what could go wrong.
(A/N: Just for the fun of it, let's see two of the ways Alexis is thinking about.)
One Way
"Um Jaden, I have something I have to tell you." Alexis says to a Jaden with his back turned to her.
Alexis suddenly hears Jaden making kissing noises. "Um Jaden?" Alexis questions. Jaden turns around with a Elemental Hero Burstcinatrix card in his hand, his lips covered with lipstick.
Another Way
"There's something I have to confess." Alexis says.
"Really?" Jaden says.
"I really do like you and I was hoping that we coul-"
Jaden cuts Alexis off, "I'm sorry Alexis. I like you but, not in that way."
"But I-"
Alexis was cut off again by Jaden saying, "I'm a homosexual."
Alexis eyes grow wide in shock. Jaden smiles and runs to his closet and pulls out a pink dress with diamonds on it. "Do you think pink is a good color for me? I really want to impress Chazz." Jaden says.
(A/N: Heh, I just couldn't resist that one, now onwards with the story!)
Alexis shook her head trying to clear her mind of such disturbing images.
"You'll never know until you try." Akari says. Alexis sighes, it was either now or never. "Okay, Akari. Just promise me you won't have me doing anything embarrasing."
Akari gave her a thumbs up, "Don't worry. The thought won't even cross my mind. I promise."
When the group arrrived at the famed building Mindy and Jasmine were there waiting for them. (A/N: Alexis' friends. I bet you thought I forgot about them. Okay so maybe I did.)
"Hey Alexis it's good to see you again." Jasmine says.
"What are you two doing outside?" Alexis asks confused.
"We were waiting for you silly!" Mindy replies.
"So did anything happen while we were gone?" Jaden decides to join the conversation. Jasmine and Mindy nod at the same time. "You won't believe who came by." Jasmine declared.
Kazama frowned, "Why don't you just enlighten us then?" Kazama practically demands.
"Only if you promise to go on a date with me." Mindy says. Alexis frowns, "Mindy."
"Oh alright, I was only joking anyway." Mindy lies. "Anyway, that hot rich guy Ed Phoenix came asking for Jaden."
Kazama has a look of complete suprise on his face, but only for a few seconds. Luckily, Ayato catches the look. "You know something Kazama?"
"Maybe." Kazama says smugly. Ayato smirks, "Well from the look that you had on your face I say you know a lot more than any of us do, so why don't you enlighten us." Ayato mocks.
Kazama frowns, "Ed Phoenix. He's a pro, he's beaten a lot of duelists. I've never had the chance to duel him myself but he's the reason why Zane became Hell Kaiser. You should consider it an honor that he asked for you Jaden."
"Hell...Kaiser?" Syrus asked confused. "My, brother?"
"You mean you didn't know? Zane joined the Pro League and won a couple of matches. But when he went against Ed he was defeated."
"My brother was defeated?" Syrus asks, not really believeing what he was hearing.
"Yes, after that he had a steady losing streak. But then one day he completely changed, he became ruthless. He had completely destroyed the guy he was dueling, and every other duelist after that. If you don't like the way I duel, wait to you see him."
The group just stood there soaking in the new information. Kazama's frown deepened, "Ed Phoenix and Hell Kaiser are two people you don't want to mess with."
"I wonder what he wanted with Jaden?" Ayato voiced his question aloud. "He wants to duel him." Kazama says.
"How do you know?" Exion asks.
"Why else would he ask for Jaden, after all they do have the s-"
"Come on guys, you can finish discussing all this dueling stuff later." Hikari says impatiently.
"Okay." Everyone says in unison as they follow her inside. Kazama smirks, 'Things are going to actually get interesting around here for a change.'
Once inside the group walks passed a lot of girls pointing and giggling at pictures in a magazine. Akari being the curious one walks over to the group of girls. "Is that the newest issue of Duelist Hotties?" Akari whispers.
The three girls nod their heads. Akari looks at the page that the girls are looking at. There's a close up picture of Ayato kissing a girl, the title of the picture says Ayato gives out kisses for ice cream.
A vein appears on Akari's forehead. She looks at another picture. It has Ayato handing an ice cream cone to another girl. Akari frowns. Another pictue has a close up of Ayato licking the ice cream. Akari forgets her anger and blushes at the picture as several images pop into her head.
'Well I can't really blame him for the other pictures, he did lose his memories.' She thought to herself as she caught back up with the group.
Suddenly Dr. Crowler ran up to Jaden. "Ah Jaden, there you are. I have just informed Mr. Phoenix that you have returned. He shall arrive tommorow to duel you. I wish you best of luck." Dr. Crowler said as he walked away.
Everyone's sweat dropped except for Rachel, Kazama, and Exion. 'Did Dr. Crowler just wish Jaden best of luck?' Was the thought going through their minds.
Kazama was going to hate himself for what he was about to do. "You guys can come over to my house if you want to." Kazama said.
"House?" Everyone questioned.
"Yes." Kazama replied sounding annoyed. "I don't have a dorm room, I have a house. My sponsor insisted on it. So do you all want to come or not?"
Everyone nodded, except Hikari. Ayato frowned, 'I'm the son of Yugi and I didn't get a house.' He thought. Hikari smiled, "Well I'm gonna leave you kids alone. Have fun!"
"Hey Jaden!" Bastion walked up to the group.
"Hey Bastion, we were just about to go to Kazama's house. Wanna come?"
A vein throbbed on Kazama's forehead.
At Kazama's House
"Could you explain to me again why you get your own house?" Bastion asks the moody teenager.
"None of your business." Kazama replies.
"I see." Bastion says in response.
"You guys can stay here if you like, I have a couple of guest rooms."
"Wow, your sponsor really hooked you up." Akari says. She looks over at Ayato who has a frown on his face. "What's wrong Ayato?"
"Oh nothing." He says, still a little upset that Kazama gets a house. "Make...yourselves at home." Kazama said, trying his best to sound polite, why he was being so nice he'd never know.
"Wow! Look at this plasma tv!" Syrus and Exion says as they stare at the giant screen on the wall.
Bastion walks over to the computer and beckons Jaden to come over. Alexis, Mindy, Anna, and Jasmine indulge in gossip. Rachel stares out the window and Akari walks over to Ayato.
Anna looks at the two questioningly, but decide she's getting worked up over nothing. "So how do you feel?" Akari asks. Ayato looks at her confused, "I'm fine."
"So you don't remeber." Akari sighs, she was hoping that he would. "Remeber what?"
"You lost your memory, but you and I were able to get it back."
"I lost my memory? I didn't do anything embarrasing did I?" He asked.
"Besides fondling me while I was asleep? No." Akari laughed as Ayato turned as red as a tomato. Everyone looked at the two curiously.
"What!" They both said in unison. Anna got up and walked over to them. 'If I didn't know any better I'd say Akari is trying to take Ayato away from me. Well I'm not gonna let that happen.'
"You see Jaden, Ed uses a slightly different Elemental Hero deck."
"So it's gonna be a hero vs. hero duel! That is so cool!" Jaden exclaims.
"Yes well, I will study it further so I can give you a list of weaknessess." Jaden smiled, "You don't need to do that."
"I know, but it will help you defeat him."
Jaden frowns, "I don't care who wins or lose, as long as I have fun then I'll be okay." Jaden says as he joins Exion and Syrus to watch some anime cartoons.
"So have you asked Jaden out yet?" Mindy askes her blonde friend. "No, but I will. Very soon." Alexis replies slightly annoyed that her friends are so interested in her love life. "What's stopping you from asking him now?" The red head asks.
Just then Kazama walks into the room, "I have three guest rooms. The girls will stay in one, the guys in the other. The last room is for Jaden."
"Hey why does Jaden get to have his own room?" Syrus asks.
"Because he'll need all the rest he can get if he wants to beat Phoenix." Just then there was a knock on Kazama's door. Everyone blinked in confusion, who could that be? Syrus walks over to the door and opens it to see Nico standing there.
"Nico! Your back!" Syrus says embracing the girl. Nico smiles, "Well of course silly. I promised I would!"
"Who's that?" Jasmine and Mindy both asked. "That's Syrus' girlfriend." Alexis replies. "Aw, and he was so cute too." Mindy says. Alexis and Jasmine rolled their eyes.
"Are you sure you don't want me to find a weakness in his deck?" Bastion asked his headstrong friend. Jaden nodded, "I don't care whether I win or lose, as long as I have fun then I'll be alright."
Later At Night
"Heh, these sure are some great cards." A balding man said to his short chubby friend. His friend snickered, "Those suckers won't even know what hit em'." The two exited Duel Academy's card shop and went outside.
Suddenly the two heard laughter behind them. The two turn around and look up at the school building. A young man with blue eyes, short silverish-gray hair, and a silver tuxedo is staring down at them. "It seems card burglars are everywhere these days." The young man replies.
The two thieves see the shadow of a monster behind the young man. "Your crimes will be appealed through a duel." The young man says. The two thieves smirk and activate their duel disks.
Syrus looks out the window and sees an explosion. "Whoa!"
The two thieves fall down to their knees as the monster stares down at them. The young man smirks, "It's not possible for you to give up now, your destinies has already been determined." The monster attacks the two thieves directly.
The two thieves scream so loud that everybody can hear it. People start to make their way towards the school, wondering what happened.
The young man checks the two thieves deck and frowns, he looks at the two and throws the cards back to them. People have finally arrived. "Hey it's Ed Phoenix!" Someone in the crowd says.
Syrus runs to the two guys laying on the floor, "Hey! Are they alright?" Ed says coldly, "Their just trash that tried to sneak into the store and steal cards."
"What did you do to them?" Bastion asks. Ed ignores Bastion and turns to greet Jaden, "So I finally get to meet you." He says with a smirk gracing his features.
Ed shifts his gaze to someone he recognizes, Kazama. He smiles. Kazama greets him with a nod of his head. Ayato and Exion sees this and looks at him questioningly.
Ed turns back to Jaden, "Tommorow we will duel. Besides I don't want an excessive audience, but your friends are welcome to come. A pro doesn't expose his skills or duels recklessly."
Jaden has a serious look on his face, "That's fine with me. As a duelists with a hero deck I won't lose to another. My deck is everything to me."
Ed laughs. "Don't forget your words Jaden." Ed then leaves. Dr. Crowler and Hikari follows Ed. Ed smiles as he remebers his early meeting with his sponsor.
Flashback
In a white hallroom Ed walks up to his sponsor. He gives his cards to him. "What is my fortune." The man takes his deck and a black aura comes from the deck as the man's eyes begin to glow purple.
After he finishes he returns the deck to Ed. "So what is my destiny?" Ed asks. "It shouldn't be a problem." Ed smirks, "I'll be back soon."
End of Flashback/The Next Day
Ayato, Jaden, Exion, Kazama, Alexis, Akari, Anna, Jasmine, Mindy, Rachel, Bastion, Chazz, Nico, and Syrus are at the stage. Ayato smiles, 'There's no way Jaden will lose.' Syrus looks worried. Dr. Crowler and Hikari are there to watch the match as well.
Jaden walks up to the stage while his friends take their seats. "I'm counting on you, my heros!" Jaden says looking at his deck. Ed walks up to the stage as Mindy and Jasmine cheer for him. Ed looks at the two girls.
"Did you see that! He looked at me!" Mindy says. "No he didn't! He was looking at me!" Jasmine declared. "As if!" Mindy replies. "What are you trying to say!" Jasmine retorts.
Everyone's sweat drops. Ed sets his deck up with his duel disk. Winged Kuriboh appears from Jaden's deck and talks to him, telling him not to become reckless. Jaden nods, "Let's do this Ed! The battle between Hero and Hero! Let's make this an extreme duel!" Ed nods in agreement,
"We shall see who is using the true Hero."
Ed: 4000/ Jaden: 4000
Ed draws a card, "I summon Elemental Hero Clayman(800/2000) in defense mode and end my turn!"
"Alright it's my turn, I play Polymerization to fuse Elemental Hero Burstcinatrix and Avian to create Elemental Hero Flame Wingman(2100/1200.) Now attack his Clayman with Sky Dive Scorcher!"
Flame Wingman jumps high into the air before he comes crashing down into Clayman in a blazing fury. "And thanks to his special effect you lose life points equal to your monster's attack points." Jaden declares.
Ed: 3200/ Jaden: 4000
Ed draws a card, "I too play Polymerization to fuse Elemental Hero Burstcinatrix with Avian to create Elemental Hero Phoenix Guy(2100/1200)."
Jaden has a huge grin on his face. "Wow he's so cool!"
"Now attack his Flame Wingman, Phoenix Blast!" Jaden orders Flame Wingman to attack as well. The two attacks collide and Elemental Hero Flame Wingman is destroyed.
"Hey what happened! Why wasn't his Phoenix Guy destroyed too!"
"They may have the same attack points, but Elemental Hero Phoenix Guy's special ability protects it from being destroyed in battle"
Bastion remarks.
"You will not win this game Jaden, although we play the same Hero deck there is a difference, you will see that difference soon." Ed says firmly.
"Well I can't wait." Jaden draws a crad. "I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman(800/1200) in attack mode. And when he's the only card on my side of the field I can draw two more cards!" Jaden takes two cards from his deck and adds it to his hand.
"Next I play the magic card The Warrior Returning Alive to bring back E-Hero Avian back into my hand. And now I'll use Polymerization to fuse E-Hero Avian, Bubbleman, and Sparkman to create E-Hero Tempest(2800/2800)! Now attack his Phoenix Guy with Tempest Blast!"
"Even if Phoenix Guy can't be destroyed in battle Ed still takes the damage." Alexis says.
"E-Hero Tempest would be hard to destroy anyway thanks to his high attack points." Exion adds.
Ed: 2500/ Jaden: 4000
Ed draws a crad, it's another Polymerization. "I play Polymerization to fuse my Phoenix Guy with E-Hero Sparkman to create E-Hero Shining Phoenix Guy(2500/2100). His special abilty gives him an extra 300 attack points for every E-Hero in my graveyard." Shining Phoenix Guy's attack points are now 4000.
"Now attack his Tempest with Shining Phoenix Blast! Tempest is destroyed by the attack.
Ed: 2500/ Jaden: 2800
"I'll end my turn with a face down."
"Okay." Jaden draws a card and gets Pot of Greed. "I play Pot of Greed to get two more cards!" Jaden draws Skyscraper and Miracle Fusion. "Next I play Miracle Fusion, I can remove the monsters determined by a fusion from the game to summon that fusion monster. So I remove Sparkman and Flame Wingman to summon Shining Flare Wingman." Due to Shining Flare Wingman's special effect his attack points are now 3700.
Ed smirks, "You may be playing a similar monster but mine still has higher attack points."
"You shouldn't come to conclusions so fast. I play Light Eraser and equip it to Shining Flare Wingman. When he battles a monster it is removed from play after the battle."
Chazz smirks, "Hey that was a pretty good move." Bastion agrees.
"And now I'll play Skyscraper, since your Phoenix Guy is stronger than my monster, Shining Flare Wingman gains an extra 1000 attack points, giving it 4700! Now attack his Shining Phoenix Guy!"
Shining Phoenix Guy is destroyed by the blinding light coming from Shining Flare Wingman.
Ed: 1800/ Jaden: 2800
"And thanks to Light Eraser he's removed from the game." Jaden declares. Alexis smiles, 'About time he got rid of Phoenix Guy.'
"Ya know. I'm really enjoying this duel, I haven't felt this good in a long time."
Ed seems annoyed by Jaden's words. "You don't understand the burden of a Hero, the suffering and hatred that I am carrying on my shoulders. This is the power of a Hero. You play Hero just for fun, while Hero is neccessary for me to live, so mine is the real Hero."
"Hm!" Jaden looks confused by this sudden outburst, as well as everyone else.
"Now begins the gear of destiny, I activate my trap card! D-Time! Since my E-Hero was removed from play I can put two Destiny Heros from my deck into my hand."
Destiny Hero!" Everyone exclaims. Syrus turns to Bastion. "I'm sorry Syrus, but I have never heard of this term before." Bastion replies.
"You haven't realized the true power of Elemental Hero yet. This is the sleeping evolution power of Destiny, Destroy, and Death that surpasses the power of your Elemental Hero." Ed exclaims.
"Now it is my turn. I play the field spell card Clock Tower Prison. Jaden's Skyscraper is wiped out by Ed's new field card. The clock tower buildings appear, surrounding the whole field.
"This is the battlefield of D-Hero, now it's time to turn the clock of destiny." The time is turned to 12:00 with the appearance of a monster on the top of the clocktower. D-Hero Death Guy(600/800).
"Now Shining Flare Wingman will be overpowered by destiny."
Chazz and Bastion look confused, it's clear that this new monster doesn't stand a chance against Shining Flare Wingman.
"D-Hero Death Guy's special effect makes Shining Flare Wingman disappear. You see, he can send Shining Flare Wingman two turns in the future. The handling of future destiny is what D-Hero is all about. Jaden your destiny has already been determined." Edo says smirking.
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