Ruler of the Gentle Darkness (Chapter Fifteen)
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX.
Night had befallen Kaiba Island and Jaden was currently lying asleep in bed sweaty, tired and absolutely glowing; next to him was his equally radiant, glowing and sweaty fiancé Alexis. It was clear what the both of them had done.
After the final defeat of Reiner Jaden couldn't remember much; all he could really remember was that he was grabbed onto by pretty much everyone with so many cheers going around the area. He finally came back to reality when he was saved by Kaiba of all people who ordered Jaden to go and get some rest.
Jaden didn't know what possessed him, but he asked "Why?"
Kaiba's response was like a hammer to the gut "Because you need to be rested for your duels tomorrow. You may be crowned champion, but if you want a real title then you have to defeat us." He, of course, was referring to himself, Joey and Yugi.
But Jaden did nothing that made him relax as he took Alexis with him back to their room, which remained intact even after Reiner's final attack. He didn't respond at all to her calling his name and when they finally got to the room he practically threw her on the bed and kissed her.
Alexis was so caught off guard that she could do nothing, but lie there as Jaden pinned her down and kissed her so roughly. His hands touched and groped every part of her body and all Alexis could do was moan and give tiny whimpers at his rough, pleasurable treatments.
When she finally managed to breathe for a moment she saw Jaden's face properly. Just by looking into his eyes she could see how truly distraught he must have been to see her vanish like that. The emotion he was going through just to be able to hold her like this again must have driven him overboard. Immediately after thinking that Alexis surrendered herself to him in mind, body and soul.
That night they made love to each other so passionately that everything else just melded away from their minds except each other.
Jaden didn't wake up until ten o'clock the next morning and when he did he had never felt so refreshed and so at peace with himself. Looking to his right he saw his oh so beautiful fiancé Alexis curled up next to him with her head resting on his chest and her arm draped across his torso.
Smiling at her glowing face Jaden placed a single kiss on her forehead before gently getting out of bed without disturbing Alexis. The sun was shining softly through the window and once more Jaden had a perfect view of the ocean. Putting his pants on Jaden stared out at the ocean for a bit.
Remembering a bit of yesterday Jaden went to his deck and plucked three cards from them; the Wicked God's. 'I never would've guessed. A set of God cards for myself' he thought staring at the three cards.
Yubel appeared next to him in spirit form "Like the Legendary Pharaoh Atem, who was the chosen King of Ancient Egypt that could control the Egyptian God's. You are the Supreme King who controls all darkness; the God's of Darkness obey you and you alone until you eventually hand off the power to your descendants."
Once more Jaden stared at the three cards before smiling. "Past, present, or future… either way with the world now safe from the light… I have one more target left… before I can finally live in peace." An image of the most powerful duelist in the world came to Jaden's mind.
A small yawn interrupted Jaden from his thoughts as he saw Alexis waking up. Walking back over to her he sat on the bed. Yawning once more Alexis opened her hazel eyes that Jaden loved so much "Good morning Jaden" she said sleepily.
"Morning" Jaden said with love before leaning down and giving her a kiss. Of course the simple good morning kiss began to evolve into, what looked like, a morning shag. Then there was a knock on the door making them both look up sharply. "I'll get it" he told her.
Alexis got up and went to the bathroom with a new set of clothes while Jaden grabbed a simple black wife-beater shirt and put it on. When he answered the door he was surprised at who responded "Mr. Pegasus" he said.
"Good morning Jaden-boy" Pegasus said with his usual smile and exuberance. "I trust you slept well."
"Better than I have the last couple nights" Jaden admitted.
"That's good" Pegasus said with a small nod. "I stopped by because I wanted to personally congratulate you Jaden. The will power you displayed and dueling you did has far outshined anyone I have seen. Not since my own duel with Yugi Muto have I ever seen such strength of will."
Jaden blushed slightly "Thanks Mr. Pegasus" he said with a sheepish grin.
"But more than that" Pegasus said. "I admired that you kept on dueling not only for the world, but for your own lover as well. It's rare nowadays to see a duelist with such passion in their hearts."
"Yeah, well… what was I supposed to do" Jaden said softly. "She's been with me through a lot and probably the only woman, besides my mother, who truly loves me for me."
Once more Pegasus smiled reminded of his own dear love. "That's a response I wanted to hear" Pegasus said before reaching into his jacket. Jaden looked curious as Pegasus pulled out a small black book. "I think these will come in handy for you; after all only a true hero can wield heroes of legend."
Jaden looked confused before accepting the black book "Thanks Mr. Pegasus… I'll do my best." Pegasus gave him one more smile before departing. When he did Jaden shut the door and looked at the black book that was given to him. Opening it up Jaden's eyes widened to near impossible proportions at the contents.
"Jaden" Alexis called to him nearly making him jump. Closing the book he turned back to her "Who was at the door?"
"It was Mr. Pegasus" Jaden replied. "He wanted to congratulate me and… he gave me a gift."
"What kind of gift" she asked curiously.
"I think it'll be all the sweeter when I show them off in a duel" Jaden said with a grin making Alexis pout slightly. Jaden laughed slightly at her expression before smiling "But before we get back into Duel Monsters I want to show you something." He ushered her over to his computer "Something I wanted to show you after your last duel."
Alexis leaned over his shoulder as Jaden typed on his computer before he brought up what he was looking for. Alexis gasped "Atlantis Paradise; I've always wanted to go there ever since I was a little girl."
"I'm glad to hear that" Jaden said with a smile. "Because two weeks from now… I've got us booked on a seven day stay there; honeymoon suite."
Alexis gasped with her hands covering her mouth. Tears made their way to her eyes "Oh Jaden" she said happily before kissing him. They say rarely do a man and woman ever find their one true soul mates, but at this moment Alexis truly realized that right now she was with her one true soul mate. This man would be the only man she would ever love; Jaden Yuki.
ONE HOUR LATER
This was the moment everyone was waiting for; the chance that only came around once in a lifetime. The winner of Kaiba's Ultimate Tournament would now get to face off against the top three duelists in the entire world.
They had moved to a brand new area now. Now everyone stood atop a dueling arena atop the tallest mountain on Kaiba Island. Jaden and his friends were on one side and everyone else was on the other side. Cameras were all around them focusing on them as this was being broadcasted all around the world.
Currently both Jaden and Joey were standing in their designated spots with their duel disks ready. Kaiba then addressed them both "Today on Kaiba Island we could possibly be facing history. Jaden Yuki, the winner of my Ultimate Tournament will now have the chance to make history. The duel that he will participate in will be against the 3rd best duelist in the entire world; Joey Wheeler. Should Jaden be victorious he will get a chance to face me in a duel. If by a miracle he wins then he will have a chance to face Yugi Muto. We'll see how far he goes; the first duel will now begin."
Joey and Jaden walked out into the middle of the field and handed their decks to one another before they began to shuffle. "Well it's time for the finale to begin" Joey said to Jaden. "Hope you're ready."
"I can say the same to you" Jaden countered as they finished shuffling. Handing the decks back to their owners Joey and Jaden walked back to their own side of the field. Both of them activated their duel disks and faced one another. Kaiba had already informed Jaden that these three duels wouldn't be like the previous duels. There would be no deck master and no ante rules.
On the sidelines everyone was beside themselves with absolute excitement as a great duel was about to commence.
"GAME ONE" Joey and Jaden called to one another. "I think I'll start this out" Joey said drawing a card. Looking at his hand he smirked "I summon Red-Eyes Black Chick in attack mode." On the field appeared a small black dragon inside an egg shell (800/500). "He's cute ain't he, but he won't be around for long. All I have to do is send him to the graveyard and I can summon his daddy. Say hello to the Red-Eyes Black Dragon." On the field Joey's chick vanished and in its place appeared the signature card of Joey's deck (2400/2000).
"The Red-Eyes Black Dragon" Jaden whispered quietly remembering when he faced this card before. It was powerful and tough.
"And to end my turn I place one card facedown" Joey said placing his card down. "You're move Jaden."
"My move" Jaden drew a card. "I activate Polymerization. "With it I fuse together Elemental HERO Ocean and Elemental HERO Woodsman in order to summon Elemental HERO Terra Firma." On the field a brand new HERO monster of Jaden's appeared with a mighty grunt of power (2500/2000).
"Oh wow, it's another new hero" Syrus said excited.
"Terra Firma attack his Red-Eyes Black Dragon" Jaden ordered.
Joey gave a tiny smirk "Nice try Jaden, but I knew you'd summon a fusion monster to combat my red eyes, which is why I had this card handy." He revealed his facedown card "Go Metalmorph."
"Oh boy" Jaden said nervously.
"Oh yeah, with Metalmorph equipped to my Red-Eyes I can tribute it and summon out my Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon." Joey's Red-Eyes transformed into a more metallic looking monster that was even more powerful than Terra Firma (2800/2400). "Now counterattack, Flash Flare Blast."
Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon launched a blast that hit Terra Firma and destroyed it in a mighty explosion.
Joey: 4000
Jaden: 3700
'Just what I'd expect' Jaden thought. "Pretty good, but I'm not done yet. I summon Neo-Spacian Glow Moss in defense mode." Jaden's Neo Spacian appeared on the field crouched down (300/900). "And to end my turn I place one card facedown."
Joey drew a card and looked at his options 'Hmm, one monster and one facedown card. Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing earned' he thought. "Red-Eyes, attack his Glow Moss now."
Jaden smirked "You've activated Glow Moss' special ability."
Joey scowled slightly "I knew it" he muttered to himself.
"When Glow Moss is attacked you draw one card and depending on what type of card it is will depend on what happens" Jaden explained to Joey. "So go ahead and draw your card."
Joey reached to his deck and drew a card "I drew Rocket Warrior." Joey showed him the Rocket Warrior card.
"And since you drew a monster card your battle phase comes to an end" Jaden said. The attack of Red-Eyes disappeared leaving Glow Moss unharmed. "Oh well, better luck next time."
"Heh, nice save, but it won't help you next time" Joey said placing one card facedown and ending his turn.
"My move" Jaden said drawing a card. "I play Pot of Greed to draw two cards." Jaden drew his two cards and looked at his hand with a smirk. "I activate my facedown card; Miracle Contact. With this I can send certain monsters back to my deck and in return I can summon a fusion monster. I send Glow Moss back to my deck along with the Neo-Spacian Dark Panther and Elemental HERO Neos in my hand in order to summon a new monster. Go Triple contact fusion." All three monsters appeared briefly before jumping into the air and converging together. "Show yourself; Elemental HERO Chaos Neos." On the field one of Jaden's most powerful Neos monster's appeared (3000/2500).
Joey looked at the powerful monster 'Come on attack me and my Red-Eyes will dominate.'
"Now I activate Chaos Neos' special ability" Jaden said. He pulled a quarter from his pocket "Chaos Neos' ability revolve around me flipping a coin; depending how many times I get heads depends on what happens. I flip it three times; if I get heads once all monsters on my field return to my hand, if I get heads twice then all your monster effects are negated for the rest of the turn and if I get heads three times then all monsters on your field are destroyed."
"Gutsy move" Tea commented. "He's relying on luck."
"Reminds you of someone doesn't it" Triston smirked a bit as he looked at Joey.
"Here goes nothing" Jaden said flipping a coin. It landed in his hand revealing it to be heads "That's one" he said. Jaen flipped it a second time and it landed on heads once more "That's two" he smirked. Joey narrowed his eyes as Jaden flipped the coin once more where it landed. Joey's eyes widened while Jaden smirked "And that's three; Chaos Neos, do your thing."
Chaos Neos spread his wings and spectral bats flew at Red-Eyes Metal Dragon and destroyed it. "And the best part is that Chaos Neos can still attack; go attack his life points directly." Chaos Neos launched the same attack once more and it struck Joey directly.
Jaden: 3700
Joey: 1000
"Joey/Dad" both Mai and Michael shouted seeing Joey blasted.
"And to end my move I play Contact Out" Jaden said. "Defuse Chaos Neos." Chaos Neos defused himself into Elemental HERO Neos (2500/2000), Neo-Spacian Dark Panther (1000/500) and Neo-Spacian Glow Moss (300/900). Both Neo-Spacians were in defense mode while Neos was in attack mode.
Joey gave a small laugh "Nice move; I haven't seen someone who has been able to defeat my Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon in long time. You're good Jaden."
"Thanks Joey; you're pretty good too" Jaden complimented him.
"But it's not over yet" Joey said drawing a card. "Because I now play my own Pot of Greed. Now I draw two cards." Joey drew his two cards and looked at his hand; he currently held four cards. "I summon Rocket Warrior" he said summoning his monster to the field (1500/1300). "Next I sacrifice my Rocket Warrior to activate Dark Dragon Ritual." Rocket Warrior vanished and a new monster took its place; one with black armor and a blade. "I summon Knight of Dark Dragon" he announced (1900/1200).
"Cool looking knight, but he won't help that much" Jaden said.
"Oh he helps a lot, just not the way you would think" Joey smirked at Jaden. "I activate his special ability; all I have to do is sacrifice him and I can summon out another Red-Eyes Black Dragon from my deck." Jaden's eyes widened as Joey's Knight vanished and in return out came another Red-Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000).
"Don't worry" Joey said seeing Jaden's look. "My Red-Eyes can't attack because of the way he was summoned. But I'm not done yet; I'm now activating the magic of Card of Demise. It lets me draw five new cards from my deck, but in five turns if I have cards in my hand I must discard them." Joey drew a whole brand new set of cards to his hand.
Looking at his hand he widened his eyes slightly before sighing. "Oh man" he sighed.
"What, you get a bad hand" Jaden asked.
"Not exactly; it's just… well I was planning on saving this new card I got to use against Kaiba" Joey said getting confused looks. "But oh well; I guess I'll have to use it on you so Kaiba can get a sneak peak on what he has to look forward to."
'I got a bad feeling about this' Jaden thought.
"First I play Monster Reborn to bring back the Red-Eyes Black Dragon I sacrificed earlier" Joey said and his first Red-Eyes reappeared on the field. "And now I'll bring out my brand new monster; I activate Red-Eyes Fusion."
"Red-Eyes Fusion" Jaden said confused.
"It allows me to fuse a monster together that has 'Red-Eyes' in its name" Joey explained to him. "With it I fuse together the two Red-Eyes on the field and the third Red-Eyes in my hand in order to summon the Red-Eyes Supreme Dragon."
On the field three Red-Eyes fused together in a massive flurry of energy and out of the energy appeared a massive Red-Eyes dragon with three heads with red marks on their foreheads. The large dragon unleashed a mighty roar (4200/3600).
Joey and his monster were on the receiving end of some very wide eyed looks. "Since when did Wheeler have a card like that" Kaiba was the one showing the most shock. For good reason too; that monster looked like a black version of his Blue-Eyes.
"I've had this card stacked away in my deck for about three years now" Joey said in response to Kaiba's shock. "This is the first time I've ever gotten to play it. And you Jaden get to be its first attack, more specifically your Neos. Red-Eyes Supreme Dragon attack with Inferno Hellfire."
Red-Eyes Supreme Dragon roared as all three heads launched a massive stream of black fire from their mouths. Their attacks enveloped Neos making Jaden grunt from the massive backlash and unbearable heat.
Jaden: 2000
Joey: 1000
"Oh and I should probably mention; when a monster that is destroyed by Supreme Dragon you take damage equal to half of your monster's attack points" Joey said. Jaden gave another yell as a backlash hit him again dropping his life points even more.
Joey: 1000
Jaden: 750
"Well that's Joey Wheeler for you" Chazz said. "He's not the third best duelist in the world for nothing."
"No kidding; he completely turned the tide of the game in just one move" Axel agreed.
"It's not over yet; Jaden can still make a comeback" Alexis said believing in Jaden's skills.
Jaden got back up looking at Joey's imposing beast "Well Jaden let's see what you can do about this; I place one card facedown and end my turn" Joey said.
"Believe me I am far from beaten" Jaden said drawing a card. "I play Card of Sanctity; now we both draw until we have six cards." Jaden drew six new cards while joey drew three cards. Jaden looked at his hand with wide eyes "I sacrifice Neo-Spacian Dark Panther in order to summon Elemental HERO Neos Valkyrie." Dark Panther vanished and in its place appeared a female looking Neos monster with white armor over its body with a mask covering the lower portion of the face with a staff in its right hand (2000/1500).
"Next I play the spell card Stone of Neos" Jaden said. The spell card depicted a stone glowing with the power of Neo-space. "When Neos Valkyrie is on the field and Stone of Neos is played it allows me to automatically summon Elemental HERO Neos." Once more Jaden's headliner made its way to his field (2500/2000).
"That's not gonna help you" Joey pointed out.
"So you think" Jaden smirked. "I play the spell card Double Summon. You know what that means; I give up 200 life points and I can summon a new monster."
"Oh boy" Joey said now feeling a bad feeling.
Joey: 1000
Jaden: 550
"Now I sacrifice both Neos monsters in order to summon the Sorcerer of Neo Space" Jaden called. Both Neos and Neos Valkyrie vanished in a flurry of light revealing a brand new monster. This monster was depicted just like Neos only dressed in the armor of a magician, turquoise in color with a long teal colored cape and a teal colored staff in its right hand (3200/2800).
"And with my magician's rise to power comes the Red-Eyes fall from power" Jaden smirked. "Because for every one of my 'Neos' monsters in the graveyard your dragon loses 400 attack points." Joey gasped as did the others "And right now 3 Neos monsters have been given a proper burial" Jaden said counting his Neos, Neos Valkyrie and his Chaos Neos. "So your precious Red-Eyes Supreme Dragon's attack points decrease by 1200 points." Red-Eyes got weaker (4200-1200=3000/3600).
"But that means my Red-Eyes…" Joey gasped.
"Is done for" Jaden finished for him. "Attack Sorcerer with Celestial Cosmos." His monster launched a large blast of multi-colored magic that struck the Red-Eyes Supreme Dragon destroying it.
Joey: 800
Jaden: 550
"And with your powerful monster gone you don't have another one left to combat against me" Jaden said arrogantly.
"That's what you think" Joey grunted drawing a card. He looked at the card and let loose a small laugh. The laugh unnerved Jaden as he knew whatever Joey drew was nothing good for him. "I activate my trap card Red-Eyes Spirit. Return to the field Red-Eyes Black Dragon." Joey's Red-Eyes reappeared on the field once more. "Next I sacrifice my reborn Red-Eyes to summon a new monster."
"Say what" Jaden gasped.
"Oh yes Jaden; I have a whole new monster to show you, compliments of an old friend of mine" Joey smirked. "A really dark dragon; the Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon." Joey's Red-Eyes Black Dragon began to crack apart as black energy seeped from it before exploding with a roar and a new dragon flew out in the darkness. This dragon was indeed very dark and very menacing looking especially when it released a mighty roar (2400/2000).
"Could it be… the Red-Eye's most powerful form" Yugi murmured in awe at his best friend's card.
"And for every dragon in my graveyard the Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon gains an additional 300 attack points" Joey explained to Jaden. "I have five dragons in the graveyard so that's an extra 1500 points right off the bat, for a punishing grand total of 3900 points." Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon got even stronger (2400+1500=3900/2000). "And that's just enough to wipe you out."
"Hold on, don't forget my Sorcerer's power" Jaden called to him. "You're Darkness Dragon's power decreases by 1200."
"I don't think so; thanks to my dragon's Darkness Destruction" Joey said as Darkness Dragon launched a transparent blast of energy that struck the Sorcerer of Neo Space, but didn't destroy it. Darkness Dragon remained untouched.
"What, your monster still has his attack points" Jaden gasped.
"That's right because my Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon lets me choose which monster, spell or trap cards can be used against him" Joey told him with a smirk. "It was a good duel Jaden and you came pretty close, but not close enough; it's time for me to end it. Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon attack his Sorcerer with Inferno Dark Fire." Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon launched a massive barrage of black fire that enveloped Jaden's monster in a massive explosion.
"JADEN" Alexis and Jesse shouted.
The others were silent either in shock or in anticipation, waiting for the smoke to clear, but when it did everyone was amazed to see Jaden still standing with his Glow Moss still on the field and his life points intact.
Joey: 800
Jaden: 50
"What, that attack should've wiped your life points away" Joey shouted to him. "How did you still have life points?"
Jaden smirked a bit "Because of my Sorcerer of Neo Space. You see whenever he's attacked by an opponent's monster his attack points increase by 200 giving him a total of 3400 attack points. Your Darkness Dragon with an attack power of 3900 only dealt 500 points of damage leaving me with only 50 points left. This duel's not over yet."
"Oh man, what a lucky save" Syrus said breathing a sigh of relief.
"It was a good save, but Jaden's going to need to pull off a big time miracle in order to beat that Darkness Dragon" Aster said.
"It's my move now" Jaden said drawing a card. Looking at the six cards in his hand Jaden only had one move he could really make. "Alright first I activate Fusion Gate." Putting the field spell card in the slot the field changed slightly. "Now I can fuse monsters without the use of Polymerization. Now I use Fusion Gate to fuse Elemental HERO's Avian, Bubbleman, Clayman and Burstinatrix in order to summon Elemental HERO Electrum." A shining golden colored monster appeared out on the field ready to battle (2900/2600). "Next I place one card facedown and that ends my turn."
"My move then" Joey said drawing a card. "Darkness Dragon destroy his Electrum with Inferno Dark Fire." Darkness Dragon launched another massive blast at Jaden's monster.
"Not so fast; go trap card" Jaden announced.
"Traps don't work on Darkness Dragon, remember" Joey called to him.
"Who said it was on your Darkness Dragon" Jaden smirked making Joey go slightly wide eyed. "The trap card known as Electrum Value works on Electrum." The trap card depicted Elemental HERO Electrum standing tall with Avian, Burstinatrix, Bubbleman and Clayman behind him. "What this trap card does is allow me to take the attack points of one of the monsters used to fuse him and add them to Electrum's attack points for one turn only during damage calculation."
"Oh no" Joey gasped.
"Burstinatrix add your attack points to Electrum" Jaden ordered. A spectral Burstinatrix appeared and launched a fire beam at Electrum powering him up. Electrum roared as his attack increased (2900+1200=4100/2600). Joey gasped realizing his Darkness Dragon was doomed "Counterattack Electrum; Elemental Blast." Electrum launched a large blast of golden energy that hit Darkness Dragon destroying it in a mighty explosion. "And Darkness Dragon is destroyed."
Joey: 600
Jaden: 50
Joey stared wide eyed 'Just like that, my most powerful dragon… it's gone' he thought in shock. Others also had shocked looks on their faces as Joey's strongest monster was destroyed just like that. Joey snapped out of his shock and gave a small smile "Well I didn't see that coming, but I guess I should've. You're an unpredictable guy Jaden, with an even more unpredictable deck."
"Thanks Joey" Jaden said with a sheepish grin.
"But I'm done yet" Joey said plucking two cards from his hand. "I place one card facedown and play my Copycat card." Everyone recognized one of Joey's most famous cards "And with it I'm going to have it copy my Red-Eyes Black Dragon." Copycat took the form of Joey's Red-Eyes (2400/2000). "You can't get rid of my dragon's that easily."
"I guess not" Jaden said. "Thanks to that the effects of Electrum Value Electrum's attack points go back to their original 2900." Electrum lost the attack points it gained from Burstinatrix (4100-1200=2900/2600). "But thanks to Electrum Value's other effect I'm allowed to draw one card from my deck." Jaden drew his card and gasped 'It's one of the cards Pegasus gave me' he thought.
"Earth to Jaden" Joey called to him a moment later. "Are you in there; it's your move."
"Right, my draw" Jaden said drawing a card.
"And with that I activate my trap card" Joey said revealing his trap card. "Go Graverobber and with it I can steal one card from your graveyard. I think I'll steal your Polymerization card."
"Not my Polymerization" Jaden said.
"Yes and with it I'm fusing my copycat Red-Eyes with the Meteor Dragon in my hand" Joey said. Both Monsters flew up into the air and began to fuse together forming a massive monster "And with them combined I summon to the field Meteor Black Dragon." Meteor Black Dragon released a loud roar (3500/2000). "With 3500 attack points your Electrum can't attack me."
"Another Red-Eyes fusion monster" Chazz said. "Just how many of those does Joey have?" No one answered.
Jaden looked at his hand and saw the only two cards he had 'Alright; I can do this' he thought. Smiling at Joey he called "This was a great duel Joey, but now it's time for me to end this."
"And just how do you plan to do that" Joey asked.
"It all starts with this card" Jaden said showing it to Joey. "Say hello to my new card The Dagger of Hassan."
"The Dagger of what…" Joey said confused. Jaden played the card and a large bronze colored lion appeared on the field with a mighty roar. "The Dagger of Hassan works by me sending one fusion material monster in my hand or on the field to the graveyard. So I send my Rainbow Dark Dragon to the graveyard." He discarded the monster "And in return The Dagger of Hassan fuses with the mighty monster to form Rainbow Dark Dagger."
Both the Rainbow Dark Dragon and Hassan fused together in a massive show of bronze colored light and floating down from the sky was a massive black dagger with rainbow jewel studs all over the handle and in the middle of the blade (4000/0). "And the best part is that when I summon Rainbow Dark Dagger I can equip it to Elemental HERO Electrum and in return Electrum gains 1000 attack points." The Dagger flew to Electrum's hand and he glowed with power (2900+1000=3900/2600).
"3900 attack points" Joey gasped.
"And it gets better" Jaden smirked. "Thanks to Rainbow Dark Dagger he also gains 500 extra attack points for each DARK attribute monster in both of our graveyards. Last I checked the total amount of DARK Attribute monsters in our graveyards… was 10."
"Ten monsters… that means" Joey said wide eyed as Electrum grew even stronger (3900+5000=8900/2600).
"8900 attack points" Serenity gasped. "Joey." All of Joey's friends, family and acquaintances were silent knowing that this was it. Joey stood tall and proud knowing he had lost; with a nod to Jaden he smiled.
Jaden knew what he had to do "Elemental HERO Electrum, attack his Meteor Black Dragon." Electrum charged forward and stabbed Meteor Black Dragon making the large dragon roar before he exploded in a mighty boom. That was all she wrote.
Jaden: 50
Joey: 0
"And the winner is Jaden Yuki" the MC announced in a loud voice.
Jaden breathed a huge sigh of relief, but it was drowned out when all of his friends rushed at him with cheers. Joey chuckled slightly before clapping softly as well; the others were silent at Jaden's comeback victory before Yugi had begun to clap. Slowly the others did as well.
Joey walked up to Jaden "Good duel Jaden" Joey said to him. Jaden turned back to Joey "No matter what I threw at you, you had a perfect comeback and not to mention it looked like luck was on your side. What I'm saying is… good job and good luck when facing Kaiba."
Jaden shook hands with Joey "Thanks Joey" he smiled.
Kaiba was scrutinizing Jaden the whole time during all of his duels and just when he thought he had a strategy to beat Jaden's deck it was proven ineffective. 'That deck of his is as unpredictable as Yugi's. He can summon out Elemental HERO's, Neos Monsters, Evil HERO's, those Wicked God cards and now this new card.' Kaiba then smirked 'To beat him I'll have to crush him before he can even blink.'
With that Kaiba stepped up to the platform "Don't start celebrating too soon Jaden" Kaiba said to him. "Now it's our turn to duel."
Jaden chuckled a bit as he faced Kaiba "And I'm looking forward to it" Kaiba smirked at him as he walked over to his spot on the dueling platform.
"Kaiba" Joey said as he walked past him. "Don't underestimate him."
"I underestimate no one" Kaiba told Joey in his usual serious tone. With that Joey went back and stood with his wife and son. His son looked sad at seeing his father lose, but Joey comforted his son telling him that he did his best and Jaden was just better. Michael was still sad, but he understood what his father said.
Jaden exchanged a few words with his friends as they wished him luck before he stepped up and faced Seto Kaiba himself. Jaden breathed in a big breath; he remembered when he faced the spirit of Kaiba's personally created card 'Kaibaman' during the incident with the Shadow Riders.
Jaden and Kaiba met in the middle of the field much like he and Joey did earlier. Both of them handed their decks to one another and while Jaden began shuffling right away Kaiba paused as he could sense the power of the three Wicked Gods in the deck he was holding. He felt excitement welling inside his body.
Finally he shuffled Jaden's deck and handed it back to him as Jaden handed Kaiba's deck back to him. Then the two of them walked back to their own sides of the field. 'I've faced the Blue-Eyes White Dragon before and I did terrible against it; I won't let this be a repeat of last time.'
'Alright Jaden, you've beaten everyone you've faced before, but I'm not like everyone else' Kaiba said mentally as he stared at his opponent. 'My Blue-Eyes White Dragon will crush you to dust.'
Both of them put their decks into their duel disks and activated them. "GAME ON" both of them called. "I think I'll start this off" Kaiba said drawing a card. Looking at his current hand he let out a smirk "I summon Kaibaman" he said. On the field appeared Kaiba's personal card that was made in the likeliness of him (200/700).
"Of course Kaiba would have a card named after him" Joey said dryly. His friends just nodded dryly with him.
"And now time for you to face a monster that is feared by all duelists everywhere" Kaiba smirked. "I tribute Kaibaman in order to summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon." Kaibaman vanished and in its place appeared Kaiba's signature card; the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. The legendary dragon let loose a loud roar (3000/2500).
Jaden gulped nervously as he was staring down Kaiba's legendary dragon and this time it was the real deal.
"Kaiba's ruthless" Axel commented.
"No kidding; this just like the last time in the spirit world right Chazz" Syrus said.
"Yeah" Chazz said quietly remembering the time he was with them in spirit world when Jaden faced off against Kaibaman.
"You're move Jaden, unless you wish to just give up now" Kaiba smirked.
"Not on your life" Jaden said drawing a card. Looking at his hand Jaden already saw a way to counter the Blue-Eyes. "You're Blue-Eyes is powerful, but not invincible. And I'll prove it with this. First I play Polymerization to fuse Elemental HERO Avian and Necroshade in order to summon Elemental HERO Great Tornado." Both monsters appeared briefly before merging together and forming a new hero monster with a mantle around its neck. A great wind suddenly blew through the area as Great Tornado settled itself on the field (2800/2200).
Kaiba wasn't impressed "You summoned a new HERO monster, but it's still not strong enough."
"Are you sure" Jaden smirked. "Why don't you look at your dragon?" Kaiba gasped with narrowed eyes as he saw his dragon become weaker (3000-1500=1500/2500-1250=1250).
"My dragon, what is the meaning of this" Kaiba demanded.
"Great Tornado has a special ability; when he's summoned to the field all the monsters you currently control lose half their attack and defense points" Jaden explained. "Which means your Dragon is now weak enough to destroy; Great Tornado attack his Blue-Eyes White Dragon with Gusting Tornado."
Great Tornado formed a massive tornado before launching it at Blue-Eyes White Dragon. The attack hit and the massive dragon was destroyed making Kaiba grunt from the backlash.
Jaden: 4000
Kaiba: 2700
"And to end my turn I place two cards facedown" Jaden said. "You're move Kaiba."
"Hmph" Kaiba grunted drawing a card. He then smirked "Don't forget Jaden, I have more than one Blue-Eyes. I summon Maiden with Eyes of Blue." On the field appeared a very beautiful looking woman with long white hair, blue eyes and wearing a robe with Blue-Eyes White Dragon parts on it (0/0).
'Whoa, that's even cuter than the Dark Magician Girl' Syrus thought privately blushing slightly. He was really happy no one noticed.
"Okay, what are you going to do with her; my Great Tornado can destroy her in a single blast" Jaden asked.
"True, but she's not used for attacking" Kaiba said. "I now activate the spell card Enchanting Blue-Eyes." The spell card depicted the eyes of Kaiba's monster; her blue eyes were indeed very enchanting. "Since I have Maiden with Eyes of Blue on my field I can take a Blue Eyes White Dragon from my deck, or graveyard and add it to my hand." Kaiba's first Blue-Eyes ejected from his graveyard and into his hand.
"Ah man, I just got rid of that" Jaden grunted.
"Well he's about to come back to haunt you" Kaiba said dangerously. "Because no I activate the special ability of my maiden. When a card effect is used on her I can change her position on the field from attacking to defending." His Maiden with Eyes of Blue crouched down in a praying position "And not only that I can also summon my Blue Eyes White Dragon."
And just like that the same Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared on the field that Jaden previously destroyed (3000/2500).
"And I hate to be the bearer of more bad news" Kaiba said without remorse. "But your Great Tornado won't be around for much longer. In fact he's about to be destroyed; I play Burst Stream of Destruction."
'Oh no, not that one' Jaden thought remembering that card.
"I assume you know what it means" Kaiba said with his usual arrogant smirk. "Since I have a Blue Eyes on the field all monsters on your field are destroyed. Attack Blue Eyes, Burst Stream of Destruction." Blue-Eyes roared and launched a massive blast of energy that completely destroyed Great Tornado. "Luckily for you I can't attack when I activate that card so you're safe from my Blue-Eyes true wrath until next turn."
"Thanks for that, in the meantime I activate a trap card" Jaden said. "Go Tornado Storm." The trap card depicted Great Tornado in the middle of a massive tornado. "Since Great Tornado was destroyed this turn I can bring back the monsters used to fusion summon him. Avian, Necroshade return to the field." Elemental Hero Avian (1000/1000) and Elemental HERO Necroshade (1600/1800) returned to the field in defense mode.
"All you can do is defend; this won't take much longer" Kaiba said. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"My move" Jaden drew a card and looked at his field and current hand. He smirked "I sacrifice Avian and Necroshade in order to summon Elemental HERO Neos." Both of Jaden's monster's vanished and Neos appeared on the field with a roar (2500/2000).
Kaiba got a smirk on his face 'Just like Yugi' he thought remembering Yugi's Dark Magician. "Big deal" he scoffed out loud.
"Oh it is" Jaden smirked. "I activate my other facedown card; Wrath of Neos. This spell card works by me returning Neos to my deck." Neos vanished and Jaden put Neos into his deck and reshuffled. "And in return all cards on the field are destroyed."
"What" Kaiba gasped as his Dragon roared and was destroyed. His Maiden released a small scream before she was destroyed as well. Kaiba growled "I will make you pay for that."
"No doubt" Jaden whispered to himself.
"He took down Kaiba's Blue-Eyes twice, but now he's left himself defenseless" Jesse commented. "He must have some kind of plan."
"Well, let's find out" Chazz said.
Jaden was looking at his hand now or more specifically a card that was at the far left of his hand. This was the card he had used to help bring Yubel back to normal when he first pulled them both into a separate dimension.
"What are you waiting for Jaden" Kaiba called to him. "Finish up you move or is the great Supreme King afraid to play a card."
Jaden grunted slightly "I'm not afraid to play any card; I play Dark Castle of the Supreme King." Eyes widened as no one, NO ONE, had ever seen Jaden play that card. Jaden placed the card in his Field Spell slot and his disk sparked with black sparks. The entire field got dark and now, instead of a dueling arena Jaden and Kaiba were standing on a rocky causeway. Behind Jaden was a massive and very daunting castle.
Jim, Axel and Syrus gave a small shiver as they were reminded of when they saw the Supreme King on this very causeway in the other dimension.
"The Dark Castle of the Supreme King" Kaiba murmured quietly. "I never imagined a card like this."
"I activate the special ability of my Dark Castle" Jaden said. "It's lets me summon one level 4 or lower fiend-type monster from my deck or my hand. So I summon Evil HERO infernal Gainer in defense mode." On the field Jaden's Evil HERO appeared with its arms crossed (1600/0). Looking at the remaining two cards in his hand Jaden said "I now place one card facedown and end my turn."
"Man, how does Jaden have all of these amazing cards" Joey asked out loud. "Pegasus did you give him these cards?"
"Hmm, in a way you could say that" Pegasus said. "The HERO cards were one of my favorite cards to make; nearly all of them are mass-produced with a select few being on the rare side. Those are the Elemental HERO brand. The Destiny HERO's are a special breed made by a former top designer of mine; Aster Phoenix's father."
"However" Pegasus said a moment later. "Of all the HERO cards I created the ones that are the most dangerous and most powerful are the Evil HERO cards."
"Those cards" Yugi said remembering them.
Pegasus nodded "The Evil HERO's, as said by Reiner during his duel with Jaden-boy, are the personal guards of the Supreme King. Nine of them in total; they're specialty is power and quick beat downs. They strike so fast and so ruthlessly that no opponent can properly defend themselves. Their powers were so mighty I never had them mass produced and kept them singly with me."
"Then how does Jaden have them" Mai asked curiously.
"Because my dear he is the Supreme King" Pegasus said simply. "The Evil HERO's will answer to him and him alone, no one else. However that castle that he just played. The Dark Castle of the Supreme King; I only made a prototype of that card when I first discovered the ancient scriptures of the Supreme King. Much like the Golden Castle of Stromberg I had never intended to release that card because its power is massive. I'm afraid to say that with that card on the field then Kaiba doesn't stand a chance against Jaden-boy."
With that last ominous statement everyone turned back to the duel. Kaiba heard them all, but didn't react at all "Powerful castle or not this duel is not over; my move."
"And with that I activate my spell card" Jaden said. "It's called Gainer's Gain." The spell card depicted Infernal Gainer's face up close. "With this spell card during every one of your standby phases, as long as Infernal Gainer is on the field, I can draw two cards from my deck." With that Jaden drew two cards from his deck "Go ahead and continue now."
Kaiba growled slightly "Don't get so full of yourself yet; I play Pot of Greed." Kaiba drew two cards from his deck and widened his eyes slightly before smirking. "Take this Jaden; I play the spell card Blue-Eyes Fusion." The spell card depicted three Blue-Eyes flying together in a Polymerization design.
"I can hazard a guess at what this does" Jaden said.
"I bet you can; like Wheeler's Red-Eyes Fusion I can use Blue-Eyes Fusion and fuse my Blue-Eyes together to form my ultimate monster" Kaiba said. "And the best part is that I can do it from my graveyard, hand and deck."
"Oh no" Jaden gasped.
"Oh yes" Kaiba smirked. "I fuse from my graveyard, deck and hand my three Blue-Eyes White Dragon's and summon to the field my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon." All three Blue-Eyes roared before fusing together and creating Kaiba's ultimate beast of legend; the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (4500/3800). "Your life points may be safe, but your Infernal Gainer isn't. Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Neutron Blast Attack." Blue-Eyes Ultimate roared and launched its devastating attack that hit Infernal Gainer and enveloped Jaden in a massive explosion.
Then it died down Jaden looked a little woozy.
Kaiba: 2700
Jaden: 1100
Now everyone was confused "What is the meaning of this; is your disk malfunctioning" Kaiba demanded.
"No malfunction here" Jaden informed him steadying himself. "It's the effect of my Dark Castle; all my monsters are susceptible to piercing damage while in defense mode."
"If that's true then with your Gainer having zero defense points and my Ultimate Dragon having 4500 attack points then you should've lost" Kaiba glared at him.
"Normally yes, but the other effect of that is that when a monster of mine is destroyed by that effect I gain life points equal to their attack points" Jaden informed Kaiba. "So in other words this duel is still going strong."
"Hmph, lucky move" Kaiba grunted. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"My move" Jaden said. "And thanks to the effect of my Dark Castle, instead of conducting my draw phase I'm allowed to take one random fiend monster from my deck and add it to my hand." A random card poked from Jaden's deck making him slightly wide eyed before he smirked. "Well I haven't had a chance to officially play this one yet."
"Play what yet" Kaiba said eyes narrowed.
"I'll show you, but first I play Monster Reborn to bring back Infernal Gainer" Jaden said. Jaden's Infernal Gainer reappeared on the field. "Next I sacrifice Infernal Gainer and send Dark Ruler Ha Des from my hand to the graveyard." Jaden discarded his card and Infernal Gainer vanished "And in return I summon Darkness Neosphere."
On the field in a massive swirl of Darkness appeared Jaden's new monster that he won from Nightshroud (4000/4000). "And with that I'll end my turn." The moment Jaden said that his life points shot up.
Jaden: 4000
Kaiba: 2700
"What, your life points went up" Kaiba said shocked.
"That's the special ability of Darkness Neosphere" Jaden said. "At the end of each of my turns while he's on the field if my life points are below 4000 then they automatically shoot back up to 4000."
Kaiba growled at that; no matter what he threw at Jaden, he always seemed to have a comeback. "My move" Kaiba said drawing a card. He smirked "I play Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands." An ugly looking monster with a lot of hands appeared on Kaiba's field (1400/1000). "And since I normal summoned him I can now activate his special ability. I'm allowed to take one ritual card from my deck and add it to my hand."
"Let me guess; your White Dragon Ritual" Jaden said. "It's useless since all your dragon's are in the graveyard." It was well known that Kaiba's only ritual monster was Paladin of White Dragon.
"You're wrong" Kaiba said surprising Jaden. "I do have another Ritual Monster; I've had him for a while, but never played him. In fact I haven't had a chance to see this card in action in ten long years."
Yugi narrowed his eyes before they widened 'No, he couldn't have… that card.'
"I activate the magic of Black Luster Ritual" Kaiba said playing the card. Jaden, Yugi and everyone else gasped as they knew of that famous card. "With it I sacrifice Manju of Ten Thousand Hands and the Des Feral Imp in my hand in order to summon Black Luster Soldier." On the field out of the ritual appeared one of the most powerful and rarest ritual monsters in all of duel monsters (3000/2500).
"No way, I thought only Yugi had that card" Jaden gasped wide eyed.
"You thought wrong" Kaiba smirked maliciously at him. "Now then let's get rid of that pesky Darkness Neosphere; Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack with Neutron Blast." Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's hit Darkness Neosphere and destroyed it making Jaden grunt.
Jaden: 3500
Kaiba: 2700
"And Now Black Luster Soldier attack him directly" Kaiba ordered. Black Luster Soldier charged forward and hit Jaden directly sending him flying back onto the ground.
Kaiba: 2700
Jaden: 500
Jaden grunted as he forced himself up from the massive attack while Kaiba chuckled arrogantly. "Get up Jaden; you're in the duel of your life. No isn't the time to be on the ground like a dog."
Jaden growled slightly before forcing himself up "My move" he said drawing a card. "I play Card of Sanctity; now we both draw until we have six cards." Kaiba drew five cards while Jaden drew four. Jaden looked at his hand and his eyes widened slightly "Alright Kaiba; I think it's time I put an end to your monsters once and for all."
"Oh really, can you say when I activate this" Kaiba said revealing his facedown card. "Go Polymerization; with it I fuse my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon with my Black Luster Soldier." Black Luster Soldier jumped into the air and landed atop Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon as the dragon roared loudly. "Meet my most powerful monster; the Dragon Master Knight" Kaiba said victoriously (5000/5000).
"5000 attack points" Alexis gasped.
"That's way too much power" Jesse agreed with her.
"No matter what strategy you come up with Jaden; you can't bring out a monster that can beat my Dragon Master Knight" Kaiba said victoriously.
"Well… in a way you're right, but also wrong" Jaden said cheekily.
"What" Kaiba said eyes narrowed.
"It's true, with my current hand I can't bring out a monster with enough attack points to defeat the Dragon Master Knight, but with the right special ability I can" Jaden said.
"You lie" Kaiba hissed.
"Watch me" Jaden said. "First I place one card facedown and then I play this; The Chains of Enkidu." With that a massive roaring silver lion appeared on the field.
Kaiba narrowed his eyes "What are you going to do with that?"
"What this allows me to do is fuse together a fusion monster of mine with one trap card" Jaden said. "And I reveal that trap card; the one I placed facedown. Change of Hero – Reflector Ray." With that the massive lion and Jaden's trap card fused together creating a mighty lion with light platinum armor over its body "With both cards fused together I summon the one and only Reflector Ray Lion" Jaden finished as his lion roared loudly (2500/1500).
Kaiba grunted "That monster only has half the strength of my Dragon Master Knight."
"Did you not hear what I said earlier; it's the effect that counts" Jaden smirked. "For you see my Reflector Ray Lion has all the special abilities of the trap card used to summon it."
"What ability" Kaiba demanded.
"I can now destroy one Fusion Monster on your side of the field" Jaden said making Kaiba go wide eyed. Jaden's lion roared as silver energy built all around it before it launched a massive beam that hit Kaiba's monster destroying it in a massive explosion.
"… My Dragon Master Knight" Kaiba said in absolute shock as his most powerful monster was destroyed.
"That's not all Kaiba" Jaden said. "For you see you also take damage x300 equal to the level of the monster that was destroyed."
"I what" Kaiba gasped.
"I'll break it down; your Dragon Master Knight was level 12 so multiply 300 times 12 and you lose 3600 life points" Jaden said simply as the backlash from the attack struck Kaiba and that was it.
Jaden: 500
Kaiba: 0
"And that's game" Jaden said with a smirk. 'Two down and one more to go.'
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