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Chapter 41: Ayato's New Deck Part 2
Ayato: 2400/ Kazama: 3000
"Since your little card stopped me from entering my battle phase until next turn, you'll just have to wait for my Artillery Dragon to crush you." Kazama looked around, the entire stadium was quiet.
"Well, it's your turn, Oh Great One." Kazama said mockingly.
Ayato looked down at his deck, then back at Kazama. 'Okay Ayato, keep your cool. You've been in worst situations than this.'
Ayato pulled the top card from his deck and quickly added it to his hand.
"I play Neo the Magic Swordsman(1700/1000) in defense mode. Next I'll switch Vandorgaron's Servant in defense mode and activate his second special effect. When I have a monster with the name Vandorgaron in it's name in my graveyard 4 stars or lower I can special summon it in defense mode."
Vandorgaron's Sneaky Spy emerged unto the field.
"And that's it for my turn."
"Hmm, Ayato's playing defense now." Syrus said wearily.
"That's all he can do right now Sy." Jaden remarked.
"Yeah, things aren't looking too good for him right now." Alexis agreed.
Kazama swiftly drew his next card. "It's useless, I activate my dragon's second special effect! By discarding my entire hand I can remove all cards on your side of the field!"
Artillery Dragon's battle armor chest compartment opened up, a rocket launcher emerged from it. "Now destroy everything!" A missle shot out of it destroying everything on Ayato's side of the field and knocking him off his feet.
Kazama smirked, "Luckily, I can't attack when I use his effect. So it's your move."
"C'mon Ayato! Don't let this guy bully you around! Take him down!"
"Hey I don't need you to tell me that!" Ayato shouted back.
"Yes you do! Your getting your ass handed to you!"
"You! Shut up!" Ayato drew a card, "I place two cards face down and summon Zeo the Magic Swordsman in defense mode(1000/1700)."
A warrior that looked exactly like Neo the Magic Swordsman appeared on the field, the only difference was that his hair was black and his cape was red.
"And when Neo the Magic Swordsman is in the graveyard he gains an extra 1700 defense points."
"That won't make a difference at all, you loser." Kazama said as he drew a card from his deck. I play Upgraded Artillery, this card increases my dragon's attack by 200 every turn. Now attack his Swordsman! Artillery Barrage!"
Artillery Dragon roared as all the compartments on it's new battle armor opened up, several weapons emerging from all of the compartments.
All the weapons were shot off at once.
When the smoke cleared Ayato was laying flat on his back, 'Geez. I gotta do something about this dragon. It hits hard.'
Ayato got up and smirked as he drew a card, "I play two cards face down and end my turn."
Kazama, quickly drew a card, "I'm not stupid, those are traps! I discard my hand to use my dragon's special abilty!"
"Oh no you don't, I activate my trap! Vandorgaron's Castle Defense! With this card I can reverse the effects of a spell, trap, or monster back to you!"
Kazama had a look of utter shock. Artillery Dragon roared as it exploded in a fiery blast. Ayato smiled, "Ha! Say good bye to your-"
When the dust settled, Artillery Dragon was still standing there, growling angrily, it's new battle armor lay in a heap at it's feet.
"What the heck happened?!" Ayato asked.
"If my Artillry Dragon is equipped with Upgraded Artillery, and is about to be destroyed, the upgraded artillery is destroyed instead"
Kazama began to laugh, which was a strange sight to the entire audience. "If only you could see the look on your face now."
Ayato frowned, 'Damn. I can't lose to this guy.'
"If I were you I would just give up. You can't beat me, no matter how hard you try."
"I won't lie to you. You are good, much better than I expected. But I refuse to lose to you."
Kazama watched as Ayato drew a card from his deck. "Finally! I play the spell card Tribute to the Doomed!" Ayato discarded a card from his hand into his graveyard.
"Damn!" Several mummy hands grabbed onto Artillery Dragon pulling it into the ground.
"I summon Vandorgaron's Healer(1500/1000) in attack mode!" A woman with an all white robe on and long red hair emerged from the card.
"Now attack Kazama directly!" The healer ran over to Kazama and slapped him so hard that he fell to the ground.
Ayato: 2400/ Kazama: 1500
Kazama got up, looking pissed. "Your lame monsters are really starting to piss me off. I play the spell card Temporary Function!"
The field began to shake as Artillery Dragon Lv10 rose from the ground.
"What the-?!" Ayato looked on in shocked as the dragon stared at him.
"Oh no! He brought it back!" Syrus exclaimed.
"This card allows me to bring back any Artillery Dragon that was destroyed my previous turn for three turns if my life points are 1500 and below, the good news is, for you, is that he can't attack until next turn. I'll end my turn by placing one card face down."
"Well, first off my life points increase by 500 points thanks to my Healer's effect."
Ayato: 2900/ Kazama: 1500
Ayato smirked, "Next I'll sacrifice my Healer to summon Dark Magician Girl(2000/1700) in defense mode, then I'll play the spell card Sage's Stone!"
A giant stone emerged from the card, it gleamed brightly.
Kazama looked at the stone, "So you plan on summoning him, huh?"
"That's right, as long as a Dark Magician Girl is on my side of the field and I play this card I can summon the Dark Magician from my hand or deck!"
The Dark Magician appeared out of the stone, joining Dark Magician Girl.
"I love you Dark Magician Girl!" Syrus called out, along with a few other people in the stadium.
Syrus sweat dropped, "Uh-oh." He turned to Nico who was looking furious.
"Really, what is the point, I'm just gonna destroy them both." Kazama said plainly.
Ayato sweat dropped, 'That's exactly what I want him to do, I hope this works.'
Kazama drew a card, "Finally! Just what I was looking for, this will be a perfect way to end our duel."
"What are you talking about?" Ayato asked slightly nervous.
"I play the spell card Polymerization to fuse Artillery Dragon Lv10 and Armed Dragon Lv10 from my hand together to create Destruction Dragon(4000/4000)!"
The two dragons were pulled together, the ground started to shake as the newly merged monster was summoned unto the field.
This new dragon towered over the field at nearly 20 feet, it's claws were razor sharp, it's silver armor shined, covering nearly the entire body of the dragon. It's tail swung widly, it's scales were a dull gray color, drool spilled from it's fangs as it reared it's ugly head towards Ayato.
"I've never seen a monster like that before," Jaden looked on in awe.
The entire stadium was silent. Ayato looked up at the dragon that was looking down on him, 'Damn, there goes that plan.'
Kazama smirked, "So how do you like my ultimate monster? For every dragon monster in my graveyard with the name Lv in it my monster gains 400 extra attack points. Seeing as I have 5, that's 2000 extra attack points."
"Damn I didn't expect for him to have such a powerful monster."
"The bad thing is, he can't attack the turn he is summoned, which, would have meant the end of the duel for you, thanks to his guard crush ability. But, I can still discard my entire hand to destroy your two Magicians."
The dragon lifted one giant foot and stomped on both Magicians, which made the arena tremble.
"Well, it's your turn...your last turn." Kazama added as an afterthought.
Ayato looked down at his deck, a new plan already forming in his mind, there was only one card that could save him now. 'Please let my next card be Fusion Gate!'
Ayato placed two fingers on the card, a tiny electrical tingle shot through his hand. 'This is it.' He pulled the card from the deck slot, and sure enough it was Fusion Gate.
"I play the field spell card Fusion Gate!" A swirling vortex appeared over the field.
"And with it's power I fuse Pitch-Dark Dragon(900/600) and Bright-Light Dragon(600/900) together to create Twilight Dragon(1700/1700)."
A tall dragon appeared on the field, it's body was half black and half bright gold, it's bright gold wing was on the black side of it's body and vice-versa.
"Next I'll use the power of the gate again to fuse Dark Blade(1800/1500) and Blade Knight(1600/1000) together to create Twilight Knight(2800/2500)."
The new warrior's sleek silver linings on his black armor shined brightly, his two long blades, shined as well, his cape came all the way down to his ankles.
"And finally I'll fuse my two monsters together to create Twilight Dragon Knight(3200/2800)." Twilight Dragon Knight jumped onto the dragon's back.
"Man, and I thought Jaden used fusion too much." Alexis said.
"Hey what's that supposed to mean?" Jaden defensively said.
"When my Knight faces a dragon type monster with more attack points than him, then he cuts that monster's attack in half, bringing your dragon's attack points to 3000!"
"Now Twilight Dragon Knight attack Kazama's dragon, Twilight Blast!"
The Twilight Dragon Knight flew high up, before stopping, the dragon's mouth opened, specks of energy began swirling together before it accumalted into a massive ball.
In an instant the ball slammed into Kazama's dragon, which let out one final cry before the ball of energy shattered the hulking creature into a million pieces.
Ayato: 2900/ Kazama: 1300
The Knight jumped off the dragon, raising his swords high into the sky.
"And when a monster is destroyed on your side of the field you take damage equal to that monster's attack."
Kazama looked up, "No way!"
The Knight came down with his two swords, slashing Kazama, depleting his life points to zero.
Ayato: 2900/ Kazama: 0
The entire stadium went into an uproar. Chants of "Ayato rules!" could be heard.
Sartorius walked towards Chazz, who was currently yelling at his duel monster spirits.
"Ah, duel monster spirits."
Chazz turned, "Huh?! You can see them?!"
Sartorius shook his head, "No. But I can hear them."
Chazz looked over in the direction of the academy, "Well, I've gotta go. My duel is next."
"If you go now, you will lose."
Chazz turned to look at Sartorius, "What did you say?"
"If you want power that can defeat Jaden, then you must duel me now."
"Tsk. I don't have time for this. I'm gonna be late."
"Imagine, power beyond anything you've ever seen. And it could be yours." Sartorius' duel disk activated.
Chazz activated his own, "I'll make this quick."
Sartorius smirked, "Yes. This duel won't last long at all."
"So, what happened? Did he win or-"
"He won Lina, it was...quite impressive. The brat's improving, but right now he shouldn't be our main concern."
"Oh really, then what should be our main concern be?"
"Sartorius, he's making his move. I'm afraid he might go after Kazama."
Lina sat in silence. Hitaki pressed on, "If he gets him, then his little group will expand quickly."
"So then, you mean, that he has that...power?"
Hitaki nodded, "Yes. The power that opposes dark, light."
"And Jaden?"
"He'd be a lot more useful to us than Ayato would be right now."
Lina nodded, "I see."
"And also," Hitaki's voice went into a low whisper. "I think Ryon's trying to start something."
"Yes, I never did really trust him, have Number XIII keep an eye on him for now."
Hitaki nodded, "Sounds good to me."
"Chazz Princeton you have five minutes to report to the arena or you will lose by default!" Dr. Crowler called out.
Jaden was tapping his foot impatiently, "Where is he? I'm itching for a duel!"
Ayato took a seat next to Syrus, "So where is Chazz?"
Everyone shrugged. "It's strange. Chazz and Jaden are like rivals, I don't understand why Chazz isn't here right now." Alexis said.
"Yeah, that's what I was thinking." Ayato agreed.
"Ayato Mutou! Come down to the arena."
"Well, wish me a good duel!" Ayato got up and made his way down to the arena.
Hikari walked over to Dr. Crowler and whispered something to him. Shock was evident on his face. "Ahem, please advert your attention to the giant screen on the west wall."
The screen turned on to show the face of Chancellor Shepard. "Hello students, I have finally returned after my little adventure."
"Let me first say that the school duel this year is canceled, so there's no need to pick a canidate for it."
"I've been informing select duelists about the GX tournament."
"GX tournament?!" Syrus looked around, "Did anyone else know about this?!"
Ayato looked at Jaden, who nodded in return before bringing his attention back to Chancellor Shepard.
"Each and everyone of you will be given a GX coin, you will have one month to collect ten of these coins through duels, those who suceed will be entered into the GX tournament."
The entire stadium bursted into conversation.
"Wow, this is even better than the school duel!" Syrus exclaimed brightly.
"This is gonna be just like Duelist Kingdom." Alexis said thoughtfully.
Kazama looked out to the sea, "I've failed."
"You have lost, but I can help you redeem yourself."
Kazama turned around, "You! Your Aster's manager. What do you want?"
"To offer you power," Sartorius held out a badly burned hand, which was holding a deck of cards.
Kazama looked at his hand, "What happened to you?"
"Nothing much." Sartorius lied. "Take this deck, and you will become strong."
Kazama's duel disk activated, "If you can beat me in a duel, then I'll accept your offer, because If I lose to you, then truly I have lost my way."
Sartorius shook his head, "No. Right now your duel energy is confused, it has never experienced a lost before now, has it?"
Kazama deactivated his duel disk, "How do you know I've never lost a match until now."
"I know a lot more than you think. Take the deck, You will become stronger. Just take Aster for example."
Kazama took the deck from Sartorius, "Okay. We'll see if your telling the truth."
Sartorius smiled, "Good choice."
Alexis sighed as she made her way towards the Slifer Red dorm. 'Okay Alexis. This is it, just tell him how you feel.'
"Hey Alexis!"
Alexis turned around. "Chazz! Where were you? You missed a lot."
"That doesn't matter."
"Why are you dressed in all white? What happened to your Obelisk Blue uniform?"
"I am no longer who I once was, I am now with the Association of Light!"
"What are you talking about."
"You will be the first I will recruit. Duel me now Alexis."
"I don't have time for your games Chazz I have to be somewhere."
"Duel me, win, and I'll let you go, lose, and well...you'll see."
Alexis rolled her eyes, "Whatever. Let's just get this over with."
Both Chazz's and Alexis' duel disk activated.
"Duel!"
Jaden sat around in his dormroom, "Man am I bored. Nobody has come to challenge me yet. I wonder why?"
Suddenly there was a knock on his door, Jaden jumped up. "Finally!" He walked over to the door and opened it, it was Syrus and Nico.
"Hi Jaden! Me and Nico won our second coin today. How many have you won today, I bet you've won a lot."
Jaden sighed, "I haven't won any."
"Oh, sorry."
Jaden grinned, "Ah don't worry about it Sy. After all we've got an entire month to win as many coins as possible."
Syrus nodded. "Hey look there's Exion." Nico said.
"Hey where's Rachel?" Exion asked as he made his way towards the group.
Everyone shrugged. "Beats me, I haven't seen her in a while now." Nico replied.
"Darn, oh well. I guess she'll show up sooner or later. So how many coins have you won Jaden?"
Jaden sighed.
"It seems Lina is on to us." Ryon said seriously.
Kaena glared at Ryuji, "I knew it was a bad idea to trust him."
Ryuji merely shrugged. "It wasn't me, honest."
Kaena clenched her fist, "I'm sick and tired of you."
"Calm down Kaena it isn't him, it was Hitaki, I was spying on her and Lina. It seems we have Sartorius to worry about as well."
Ryuji nodded, "So what are we gonna do about him?"
"The best thing to do is just forget about him for now. We need to worry about being a lot more careful in the future. If Ayato enters that tournament one of us will have to enter too."
"Don't worry about it, he said he wouldn't enter."
"And how do you know that?" Kaena asked.
"I have my ways." Ryuji replied smoothly.
Ryon smirked, "Good. Once the tournament starts we'll have to start devising a plan to get him here if my plan is going to work."
"And what are we going to do until then?" Kaena asked, not taking her eyes off Ryuji."
"Simple, were gonna have to get rid of Number XIII, but we have to make it look like an accident otherwise we'll be in trouble."
Anna and Ayato were making their way towards the girl's Obelisk Blue dorm. "So what did you want to talk to me about."
Ayato sighed deeply. "This is..gonna be kinda hard for me to say."
Anna watched him nervously.
"Something happened that day, the day that I had disappeared, and because of it, I have to make some changes in my life."
"What are you talking about Ayato?"
Ayato sighed again, "I'm talking about me and you."
"I don't understand."
"I'm ending it Anna, I can't be with you."
"But why?" Anna asked, fighting back tears that were starting to form.
"I can't tell you."
"But I love you."
Ayato looked down at the ground, "But I don't feel the same way. I'm...sorry Anna, I never meant for this to happen."
Anna wiped some of the tears out of her eyes, "I don't believe this."
"Anna, it's...over." Ayato turned to walk away but Anna grabbed him by the arm. He turned just in time to see a right hand flying towards his face."
He caught her arm, "Anna stop it."
"You, I still have a left hand!" Anna's left hand connected with Ayato's cheek, knocking him off his feet.
Ayato looked up, Anna stared at him for a few seconds, tears were pouring down her face. "Goodbye Ayato." she said as she ran off.
A man fell face first as his life points depleted to zero. Zane walked up to the man and picked up a small silver coin, 'Hmmmm. My second one.'
He looked to his right. "Who's there?" He asked.
Blair stepped out from the shadows, a duel disk strapped to her arm.
Zane studied the girl's face. "I know you. Your Blair. I hope you don't plan on dueling me."
"I...have to..it's the only...way I can...see Jaden again."
Zane smirked, "So you've heard of the tournamnet too. I hope you know what your getting yourself into."
Zane tossed the coin to her. "Hope to see you there," he said as he stalked off.
Blair sighed a sigh of relief, "This is just the first step. I have to get nine more, and there not going to be as easy to get as this one was."
Blair looked up towards the night sky, "I'm coming for you Jaden."
Well that's it for this chapter, I hope you like it. Please review!
I have no idea when the next one's gonna come out but, as usual, I hope to have it out as soon as possible. Until next time I'm out!