Ruler of the Gentle Darkness (Chapter Sixteen)
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX.
With Jaden's duel with Kaiba over a break was announced; Jaden would get one hour to rest before his duel with Yugi. He spent it wisely and ran over to a refreshment table with all his friends and while chowing down and relaxing they were all excitedly gossiping about Jaden's duels.
"Well Kaiba, what do you think" Yugi asked.
Kaiba didn't respond for a moment as he stared at Jaden before smirking "I think you're about to be dethroned."
"Typical Kaiba response" Joey said dryly.
"He might be right Joey" Mai said softly next to him.
"No way, do you really think you'll lose Yugi" Joey said in disbelief. Joey didn't think it would be physically possible for Yugi to lose if his opponent played fair.
"I don't know Joey" Yugi admitted. "I've studied Jaden's deck from all the duels he's been in and I can spot no weakness or set pattern. His deck is too versatile and the amount of combinations and abilities he can throw out are too complex to form a counter strategy against."
This was the first time in a long time anyone had ever heard Yugi admit that he might not win. "Then… what are you going to do" Tea asked her husband.
Yugi turned to his wife, who was carrying his daughter, his pride and joy, and smiled. "I'll do what I've always done. I'll leave my fate to the Heart of the Cards."
"You'll win, right daddy" Allison asked softly with innocent eyes.
Yugi smiled and patted her head "I'll certainly do my best."
ONE HOUR LATER
Now it was upon them all; the final duel was about to begin. Jaden would now be facing off against the undefeated Duel Monster's World Champion, Strongest Duelist and King of Games Yugi Muto. The two of them walked out into the center of the field and stared at each other before smiling. "It's been three years right" Jaden asked.
Yugi nodded "Yes… three years since I gave you that card." Jaden pulled out his deck and plucked the top card off revealing Winged Kuriboh. "In the last three years you have become incredibly strong. I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time."
"Well I hope I can live up to 'The Strongest Duelist's' expectations" Jaden replied before Yugi pulled his deck out and passed it to Jaden with Jaden doing the same. While Jaden began to shuffle Yugi's deck right away Yugi had paused as he stared at Jaden's deck. He could see a massive black aura pouring off of Jaden's deck making him choke back a gasp. "You know I can feel something from you" Jaden said making Yugi look back at him. "It almost feels like the gaze of a stern guardian watching me; weird huh" he grinned.
"Heh" Yugi chuckled slightly as he finished shuffling Jaden's deck. They handed their decks back and went back to their sides of the field. As they walked back a spirit appeared next to Yugi.
"As expected of the Supreme King; Jaden was able to sense my presence" Dark Magician said to Yugi.
'Yeah' Yugi replied mentally.
"And that Deck of his will be a major problem" Dark Magician continued casting a meaningful look back to Jaden.
'I know' Yugi replied again. 'The energy I sensed coming from that deck was enormous. That Deck holds the power of the three Wicked God's.'
Jaden was also having his own spiritual conversation "Are you worried" Yubel asked.
'You're kidding right' he replied with a grin. 'To face the strongest deck in the world and the strongest duelist. Only a faker would wilt in the face of it.' The two of them made it back to their side of the field before turning to face one another with their Duel Disks activating. The power of their spirits were radiating casting an aura around them that only they could see. This would be a duel between the most powerful.
"GAME ON" they both shouted. Everyone on the sidelines was looking back and forth waiting withheld breaths and anticipation for the greatest duel ever to commence.
"I'll start this off this time" Jaden said drawing a card. Looking at his hand "I activate Polymerization. With it I fuse together Elemental HERO Avian and Burstinatrix in order to summon the Elemental HERO Flame Wingman." Both monsters fused together to create one of Jaden's favorite monster's; it appeared on the field with a roar (2100/1200). "To end my turn I place one card facedown. Your move Yugi."
"Very well" Yugi said drawing a card. "I summon Mystical Elf in defense mode" he said summoning his monster (800/2000). "Next I play the spell card Magical Dimension. With it, as long as I have a Spellcaster type monster on my field I can sacrifice that monster and summon a new Spellcaster type monster from my hand. I now sacrifice my Mystical Elf in order to summon Dark Magician."
Mystical Elf vanished into the Magical Dimension and in her place appeared Yugi's headliner card; the Dark Magician (2500/2100).
"It's the real Dark Magician" Jaden said with amazement while his friends held similar amazement. Jaden was beside himself with excitement "I'm so pumped."
Yugi smiled a bit "I activate the other effect of Magical Dimension; I get to destroy one monster on the field. Say goodbye to your Flame Wingman." A blast of magic shot from the card and hit Flame Wingman and destroyed the monster. "And don't think I'm done yet; Dark Magician attack his life points directly."
"Nice try Yugi, Negate Attack will save my life points" Jaden said. His trap card activated just in time and saved him. 'Such a ruthless attack so early; definitely he's good.'
"I place two cards facedown and end my turn" Yugi said. 'Good move Jaden, but you're gonna have to do better if you want to beat me.'
"Alright, my move again" Jaden said drawing a card. "I summon Elemental HERO Bubbleman in defense mode." Jaden's Bubbleman appeared on the field in defense mode (800/1200). "And since Bubbleman is the only one out on my field I can draw two new cards." Jaden drew his two cards and looked at his hand. "I place three cards facedown and end my turn."
"Hmm" Yugi hummed looking at the field "My move then." Drawing a card Yugi looked at his hand "I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in attack mode." Yugi's monster made its appearance (1400/1200). "Next I play the spell card Thousand Knives." Countless amount of knives appeared on the field floating around the Dark Magician. "When Thousand Knives is played and Dark Magician is on the field I can destroy one monster on your field." The thousand knives shot forward and impaled Bubbleman destroying him. "And since you're wide open I'll attack you directly. Dark Magician, Dark Magic Attack."
"Not so fast Yugi, I have a trap card" Jaden called. "A Hero Emerges. When you attack me you have to choose a single card from my hand at random and if it's a monster then I get to summon it. I only have one in my hand so show yourself, Elemental HERO Neos." Jaden's headliner then appeared on the field with a grunt (2500/2000).
The Dark Magic attack vanished while Yugi smirked. "Of all your cards it seems that Neos is your ace."
"Yugi, if the symbol of your deck is the Dark Magician then mine is Elemental HERO Neos" Jaden replied with a grin. "The real duel has just begun."
"Bring it on Jaden" Yugi said with a grin. "Neos and Dark Magician have the same attack points so I cancel the battle and end my turn."
"Is it just me or is Yugi really pumped up" Joey asked.
"No it's not just you" Tea said also surprised. "I haven't seen him this excited for a duel in a long time."
"Go daddy" Allison cheered loudly.
"My move" Jaden said drawing a card. "I summon Card Trooper" he said bringing forth a monster that looked like a children's toy (400/400). "The effect of Card Trooper lets me send up to three cards from the top of my deck to the graveyard and in return his attack points increase by 500 for each one I send." Jaden took the top three cards from his deck and discarded them and his Card Trooper got stronger (400+1500=1900/400). "Next I activate my facedown card Neos Force. With this card equipped to Neos it will increase his attack points by 800." Neos glowed blue as his attack points rose as well (2500+800=3300/2000).
"3300 attack points" Yugi murmured knowing his two monsters didn't have the strength to stand up to that.
"And there's more. When Neos destroys a monster you will take damage equal to that destroyed Monster's attack points" Jaden told him. "Go Neos, attack the Dark Magician." Neos charged the Dark Magician.
"Too hasty Jaden; I activate the trap card Mirror Force" Yugi said revealing is trap card. "Now Neos' attack is reflected back to you and destroyed along with your Card Trooper." The attack reflected and Neos and Card Trooper were both destroyed in an explosion.
Jaden grunted from the backlash "I activate Card Trooper's special ability; when he's destroyed I can draw one card from my deck." Jaden drew his single card "Next I activate my trap card Death and Rebirth. When a normal monster on my field is destroyed I can destroy one monster on your field and then I can call back the monster that was previously destroyed."
"What" Yugi gasped.
"Say goodbye to your Dark Magician" Jaden smirked as his trap card shot at the Dark Magician.
"I see your trap and I'll counter it with another; go Shift" Yugi said activating his other trap card. "With this I can change the target of Death and Rebirth to my Obnoxious Celtic Guardian." The two monsters shifted places and the Obnoxious Celtic Guardian was destroyed instead.
Jaden grunted as Death and Rebirth took place "Come on back Neos." Neos reappeared on the field with a grunt (2500/2000). "Due to the effect of Death and Rebirth, the monster revived with it must attack this turn. Go Neos, attack the Dark Magician."
"Dark Magician attack" Yugi ordered. Both Monsters jumped in midair and collided and both were destroyed in a mighty explosion.
"Neos/Dark Magician" both Yugi and Jaden shouted. 'Just as expected; he was able to counter my traps flawlessly' Jaden thought.
'To read my Mirror Force so accurately and have a perfect counterattack; excellent Jaden' Yugi thought. "My move" Yugi said drawing a card. "I summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior." One of Yugi's famed Magnet Warriors came to the field (1400/1700). "Now Alpha the Magnet Warrior, attack his life points directly." The Magnet Warrior charged at Jaden sword raised high.
"Not so fast; I activate the effect of Necro Gardna" Jaden said as a card slipped from his graveyard. "If I take him out of my graveyard I can stop your attack." Necro Gardna appeared in spectral form and stopped the attack.
'Back then' Yugi thought remembering Jaden's previous move. 'He sent Necro Gardna to the graveyard with Card Trooper's effect. As I thought he can manipulate his deck to his advantage.'
"My turn" Jaden said drawing a card. "I summon Elemental HERO Sparkman." Jaden's hero made his appearance onto the field (1600/1400). "Sparkman attack his Magnet Warrior with Spark Flash." Sparkman roared and launched a massive blast of electricity that struck Yugi's monster and destroyed it.
Jaden: 4000
Yugi: 3800
Yugi shielded his face from the blast "Early lead eh Yugi" Jaden teased.
"We'll see about that" Yugi smirked in return. "My move" Yugi drew a card and his smirk widened. "I summon Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight." On the field Yugi's knight appeared with his horse roaring (2300/2100). "As you know when Swift Gaia is the only card in my hand I can summon him to the field automatically without sacrificing. Now attack his Sparkman with Spiral Shaver." The attack hit Sparkman and he was destroyed.
Yugi: 3800
Jaden: 3300
"What was that you were saying about early leads" Yugi teased.
"Heh, my words got thrown back at me" Jaden said sheepishly. 'Jeez, just when I think I have his strategies figured out.' "My move" Jaden drew his next card. "I activate the effect of my Elemental HERO Necroshade. When he's in the graveyard I can summon an Elemental HERO to the field without a sacrifice just once. I summon Elemental HERO Bladedge." Bladedge appeared on the field with his blades sharp (2600/1800). "I'm not done yet; I equip Bladedge with the spell card Impact Flip. Now whenever Bladedge destroys one of your monsters you must discard one card from the top of your deck." Yugi scowled slightly "Bladedge attack his Knight with slice and dice attack." Bladedge charged forward and slashed down Yugi's knight.
Yugi: 3500
Jaden: 3300
Recovering from the blast Yugi plucked the top card from his deck and discarded it. "They're matching each other move for move" Jesse commented in awe.
"I know" Alexis agreed. "Whenever Yugi summons a monster Jaden brings out a more powerful one and the process just repeats itself."
"My move Jaden" Yugi said drawing a card. "I activate Card of Sanctity. Now we both draw until we each have six cards in our hands." Both Yugi and Jaden drew a full six cards. "I now call out Watapon" he said. A small monster shaped like a puffball appeared on the field (200/300). "Since Watapon was added to my hand via the effect of a card I can special summon it. Now I sacrifice Watapon in order to summon Dark Magician Girl."
And on the field appeared the one and only beautiful Dark Magician Girl (2000/1700).
"Ah, the real Dark Magician Girl" Syrus said with a bright smile and blush. The Dark Magician Girl heard him and gave him a flirty wink and blew a kiss making Syrus blush. His friends laughed at him.
"As you know Dark Magician Girl receives an extra 300 attack points for every Dark Magician in either graveyard" Yugi told him. Since his own Dark Magician was in the graveyard Dark Magician girl got stronger (2300/1700). "Now Dark Magician Girl attack his Bladedge now."
"What, but Bladedge has 2600 attack points and Dark Magician Girl only has 2300" Jaden said in shock.
Yugi smirked "Are you sure about that? Perhaps you should look closer." Jaden gasped when a massive fiend monster appeared on the field behind Bladedge and gripped onto him.
"What the…" Jaden gaped.
Yugi smirked "The card sent to the graveyard with Impact Flip was a monster known as Archfiend of Gilfer. When he's sent to the graveyard he becomes an equip for one monster on the field. That monster loses 500 attack points." That meant that Bladedge was weak enough for the enhanced Dark Magician Girl to destroy (2600-500=2100/1800). The attack hit and Bladedge was destroyed.
Yugi: 3500
Jaden: 3100
Recovering Jaden spoke "Due to the other effect of Impact Flip… when it's destroyed both of us draw one card."
Both Jaden and Yugi drew their one card "I place three cards facedown and end my turn" Yugi said.
'As I thought, his moves are unpredictable' Jaden thought. 'He's truly a duelist who can't be predicted.'
"Hmph, are you scared" Yubel asked.
'Scared' Jaden responded confused.
"Look at your hand" Yubel pointed out. Jaden did indeed look at his hand; it was trembling.
'Am I… afraid' he thought silently to himself. His hand didn't stop trembling until he clenched it into a fist 'No… it's not fear I'm trembling with. It's… excitement. It's been such a long time since I could truly enjoy a duel without the fear of the world on the line being through my mind. It reminds me of my first year at the Academy. It was so simple back then; the only worry I had was if I passed a test or not. Then I had to worry about the fate of the world and the universe itself. Being able to duel for the fun of it again… is such a euphoric experience… and I get to share it with the strongest duelist. It's a great feeling.'
The two of them stared at each other for a moment before Jaden and Yugi snorted. Then they both started laughing; a joyous almost childish laugh that had everyone else blinking in confusion. They wondered if it was some kind of personal inside joke.
"I'm sorry" Yugi said wiping a tear from his eye. "I don't know what came over me."
"Same here" Jaden said with a bright grin. "Yugi you're amazing, the absolute strongest. I don't think I've ever come across a duelist as powerful as you."
"But that's you as well" Yugi told him. "I have seen a duelist with such a deep bond to his deck."
Jaden smiled before looking at his deck 'This will be my most important duel. It will show how much I have grown and matured.' "My turn; here I come Yugi."
"Bring it Jaden" Yugi said his spirit completely pumped. Jaden drew his card and withheld a wide eyed look when he saw one of his Wicked God's. Withholding a look that would give it away Jaden reached for another card.
"I now activate Hero's Guild" Jaden said. "With this both of us draw the top card of our deck; if it's a Warrior card we can add it to our hand. If not it's sent to the graveyard." Jaden drew a card and 'tsked' 'Grand Mole is a good card especially considering its effect, but it's a Rock-Type.' Looking at his hand Jaden saw another card 'There's still a way.'
Grabbing another card he called out "I now activate Code Change. With it I can change the text written on any card to whatever I want. I chance the 'Warrior' written on Hero's Guild to 'Rock' type."
"I don't think so" Yugi said. "I activate my trap card; Mystical Refpanel. Now the effects of Code Change are sealed within this mirror." A Goddess holding a mirror appeared with Code Change locked inside. Jaden had no choice, but to discard his cards. Yugi drew a card and frowned "Unfortunately my card isn't a Warrior-Type either" he said discarding the card.
"Don't think I'm finished yet; I activate Sup-Space Battle" Jaden said. The entire area glowed a purplish blue color "Now we each pluck three monsters from our deck and reveal them one by one. The one with the higher attack gets to add the monster to the hand while the one with the weaker monster must discard the card to the graveyard and receive 500 points of damage." Both of them plucked their cards from their decks before reshuffling "Alright Yugi, let's do it."
"Yeah" Yugi said.
"These are my monsters" Jaden said revealing his cards.
"And these are mine" Yugi said revealing his three. Jaden's monsters were Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab (500/500), Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin (600/800) and Elemental HERO Clayman (800/2000). Meanwhile Yugi's monsters were Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (3500/3850), Black Luster Soldier (3000/2500) and Buster Blader (2600/2300).
It was painfully clear who had the stronger monsters. "Alright Buster Blade, Sword Flash." Buster Blader struck down Clayman. "Black Luster Soldier, Chaos Blade" his soldier struck down Aqua Dolphin. "Valkyrion, Magnet Saber" he ordered and Valkyrion struck down Flare Scarab.
All of Jaden's monsters were destroyed in a mighty explosion.
Yugi: 3500
Jaden: 1600
"I send my three monsters to the graveyard" Jaden said discarding his cards.
"And I add my three to my hand" Yugi said putting his cards in his hand.
"Mommy, why did he use those weak monsters against Daddy" Allison asked innocently.
"I… don't know" was all Tea could say. It was clear no one else had an answer either.
Jaden was smirking "Everything's ready now."
'Oh no, Jaden send those cards to the graveyard on purpose' Yugi realized too late.
"Now here comes the true power my deck can produce" Jaden said. "And it starts with Miracle Fusion. With this I banish certain Elemental HERO's from the graveyard to summon a Fusion Monster. I banish Flame Wingman and Sparkman to summon the Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman." Both of Jaden's monster's fused together and formed a monster so shiny that the entire area was glowing brightly (2500/2100). "And thanks to his special ability he receives 300 extra attack points for every Elemental HERO in the graveyard." Shining Flare Wingman let out a grunt of power as his attack points rose (2500+1800=4300/2100).
"I'm far from done; now I activate Miracle Contact" Jaden said. "With this I must send certain monsters back to my deck in order to summon a Neos Fusion Monster. So I'm returning Elemental HERO Neos, Neo-Spacian Grand Mole and Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab to my deck… to perform a triple contact fusion." All three monsters jumped into the air and began fusing getting awed looks "And now welcome to the field Elemental HERO Magma Neos" Jaden called as one of his most powerful Neos monsters appeared on the field (3000/2500).
"Next I play the Field Spell card Neo Space" Jaden said activating the card. The entire area was surrounded in multi-colored space. "With it all Neos monsters gain 500 extra attack points and in addition Magma Neos gains an additional 400 attack points for every single card on the field." Magma Neos attack points then shot off the charts (3000+3300=6300/2500).
"Two monsters with 4300 and 6300 attack points" Yugi gaped in shock at the monsters.
"Wow, no wonder we lost eh Kaiba" Joey said just as impressed as Yugi was.
"Speak for yourself Wheeler" Kaiba grunted although secretly he was also impressed.
"This is only a partial sample of how powerful my deck is Yugi" Jaden said victoriously.
"Amazing, simply amazing" he gushed in awe.
Jaden grinned sheepishly at the compliment before turning serious "Magma Neos, time to attack. Destroy the Dark Magician Girl with Super Heat Meteor." Magma Neos launched a massive fireball at Dark Magician Girl.
Yugi smirked "You forget, my Dark Magician Girl can redirect any attack. Go trap card, Magic Cylinder."
"Oh crap" Jaden cursed.
"Magic Cylinder absorbs your attack and sends it right back at you" Yugi told him as his trap absorbed the attack and fired it right back at Jaden.
"I activate Contact Out" Jaden said quickly. "Magma Neos now defuses." Magma Neos defused thus nullifying the attack since the monster who created it was gone leaving Neos (2500/200), Grand Mole (900/300) and Flare Scarab (500/500) on the field.
"My Magic Cylinder… he dodged it" Yugi said shocked and amazed.
"And I can still attack with Shining Flare Wingman" Jaden reminded him. "Go" he ordered. Shining Flare Wingman charged at Dark Magician Girl forming a massive attack "Shining Flare Wingman deals damage to you equal to the attack points of the monster you destroyed Yugi. It's over, I've won this duel."
"NO WAY" Joey and Triston said in shock while others were silent in shock. Yugi was… actually going to lose.
"Is that what you think" Yugi said with a tiny smirk his voice getting more serious making Jaden pause. This wasn't Yugi's usual voice, it was much more serious. Yugi looked up and his eyes seemed to glow red slightly with massive power. Jaden's own eyes turned gold as a reflex "Here comes my real power Jaden" he said with a fierce tone. "Trap card activate; Dark Renewal. Since you summoned a monster just now I can activate this trap card; now I tribute one of the monsters you summoned and one of mine to summon a Spellcaster monster to the field. So I sacrifice your Neo-Spacian Grand Mole and the Dark Magician Girl." Both monster's vanished into the dark coffin.
"Summon a Spellcaster… is it the Dark Magician" Jaden asked with trepidation.
"Not quite" Yugi told him. "I'm taking the chance to activate the Code Change I have sealed in the Mystical Refpanel. With it I'm going to change the text written on Dark Renewal to a new type."
"Wait, it can't be…" Jaden gasped thinking back to the only card Yugi discarded that Jaden didn't know about. "That card you discarded back then…"
"Right" Yugi's smirk widened. "The monster I'm going to revive isn't a Spellcaster… IT'S A GOD. RETURN TO THE FIELD, SLIFER THE SKY DRAGON." The skies then began to turn dark and spark with lightning and boom with thunder. Out of the sky descended one of the Egyptian God Cards, Slifer the Sky Dragon. The massive God Card roared shaking the entire earth with its power (5000/5000).
"It's really… Slifer" Jaden gasped in awe at the massive God Card.
Yugi smiled "Jaden" he said with honesty in his voice. "Only a God is worthy of being an opponent for a duelist like you." None of Yugi's friends could believe what Yugi just said. That was a compliment that none of them had ever heard before and for Yugi to say it like that…
'Yugi… I will never forget this moment. This wonderful feeling you've given me at this very moment' Jaden thought with pure excitement and joy running through his veins. "Yes, this is what I've been waiting for. To face one of the Egyptian God Cards; this is the most exciting moment of my life."
"That's the spirit" Yugi said with joy. "Now our true duel can begin."
"Right" Jaden said with a nod. Looking at the last card in his hand Jaden knew what he must do "Well with your surprise summoning I guess I have no choice, but to bring my turn to an end. All I need to do now before that is call one final monster to the field."
Yugi knew what was coming and his smirk widened "I sacrifice my Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab, my Elemental HERO Neos and my Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman." All monsters vanished in a flurry of darkness as the ground began to shake again. "And now make way for The Wicked Eraser." Out of the darkness appeared Jaden's Wicked God standing behind him before releasing a loud roar.
"Unbelievable" Mai gasped in awe.
"Both of them have their God Cards on the field" Kaiba said also with wide eyes.
"As you know Yugi The Wicked Eraser's attack points are determined by the mount of cards you have in your hand and since you have 5 The Wicked Eraser's attack points are the same as Slifer" Jaden said. The Wicked Eraser growled at Slifer (5000/5000). "And the best part is that Slifer will go back to the Graveyard at the end of my turn since he only lasts until the end because of your trap card."
"That's right" Chazz remembered. "All God cards, when special summoned by Card effects, only last one turn on the field. When Jaden ends his turn Slifer goes back to the graveyard."
"That means Yugi will be defenseless and I highly doubt he can summon a monster to combat against Jaden's Wicked Eraser in one turn" Axel said.
"You never know mate, he IS the King of Games" Jim said.
"Well my turns over now" Jaden said. Slifer then began to vanish "Which means Slifer the Sky Dragon goes back to the graveyard."
Slifer vanished leaving Yugi's field completely empty; despite that Yugi still looked as confident as ever. 'I don't know if you realize this yet Jaden, but you've already eliminated one of my God Cards because of your Hero's Guild, but you still have two more to face.'
"My turn" Yugi said drawing a card. Looking at the card he drew Yugi let a smirk grace his face. "The card I just drew will protect me from your Wicked God."
"Oh really now" Jaden said. "I'd sure love to see it try."
"Very well; I activate Magician's Fortress" Yugi said. He slammed it into his Field Spell slot. Jaden's Neo Space began to dissipate and in its place came a massive tower behind Yugi with two slightly smaller towers next to it. A dark energy was ejecting from the towers and blanketed the field.
"What is this" Jaden asked looking around.
"It's a card that I was saving for this special occasion" Yugi told him. "I had a feeling I would need it to face against the opponent that would face me. And now behold its power."
"Bring it" Jaden said confidently.
"I activate the effect of Magician's Fortress" Yugi said. "For every Spellcaster monster in my graveyard I can call out a new Spellcaster to take their place. All I have to do is give up 500 life points for each Spellcaster I want to summon. Since I currently have three Spellcaster monsters in the graveyard I can summon up to three Spellcasters."
Jaden narrowed his eyes 'He can summon as many Spellcasters as he wants; it won't stop my Wicked Eraser.'
"So I give up 1500 life points" Yugi said as his life points went down.
Yugi: 2000
Jaden: 1600
"And in return I summon my Magician's Valkyria, my Skilled White Magician and my Skilled Blue Magician" Yugi said as three monsters appeared out on the field. His Magician's Valkyria (1600/1800) looking like a more armored version of the Dark Magician Girl. His Skilled Dark Magician (1900/1700) very shrouded in mystery as well as his Skilled Blue Magician (1800/1800).
"You may have built up your field again, but your monsters don't compare to my monster's attack points" Jaden told him.
"That may be true" Yugi conceded. "But attack points don't mean everything. To end my turn I play the spell card Magical Hats." Four massive hats appeared on the field and they completely covered Yugi's monsters and shuffled rapidly around the field. "Now you have to guess where my monsters are Jaden; you get only one chance, but if you guess right then you win the duel. Guess wrong and I'll summon a monster you can't defend yourself against."
Jaden grunted slightly at the ominous promise before looking at the field. "Gutsy move on Yugi's part" Chazz commented. "He only has a 25% chance of Jaden guessing wrong; if Jaden guess right on any of those monsters then he'll win the duel."
Everyone was silent waiting for Jaden to go "Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained" he finally said drawing a card. "Wicked Eraser, attack the hat on the far left" he ordered. His Wicked God roared before launching a massive blast of dark energy that hit the hat and destroyed it in a mighty explosion. "Did I get it" he asked out loud with trepidation.
The smoke cleared revealing a blank field making Yugi smirk "You guessed… poorly."
"Ah, no way" Syrus gasped along with everyone else. "Jaden actually guessed wrong."
Jaden growled slightly at his bad guess "Like I told you Jaden, you had only one chance to guess right. Now you face the most powerful monster in my deck." Yugi drew a card and a golden aura surrounded his body with the wind picking up. "I now sacrifice Magician's Valkyria, Skilled Dark Magician and Skilled Blue Magician." The hat's vanished as did all three of Yugi's monsters. When Yugi began to chant everyone knew what he was summoning:
Almighty protector of the sun and sky
I beg of thee, please head my cry
Transform thyself from orb of light
And bring me victory in this fight
I beseech thee, grace our humble game
But first I shall call out thy name
"Winged Dragon of Ra" Yugi shouted. A golden glow surrounded the entire area "Behold my Egyptian God" he bellowed slamming the card on the duel disk. The disk sparked erratically and Ra's orb appeared on the field and began to transform.
"Now what's Jaden going to do" Jesse said in shock as Ra appeared in all of his magnificent glory with a massive roar.
Yugi called out "Jaden your true test begin; Ra's attack and defense are determined by the totaled points of the monsters I sacrificed."
'Let's see… 1600+1900+1800 equals' Jaden did the math in his head and gasped. "5300 attack points" he shouted in shock.
"Exactly" Yugi said as Ra's attack showed (5300/5300). "Now Winged Dragon of Ra attack his Wicked Eraser." Ra gave a loud roar and launched a massive blast of golden energy that enveloped Jaden's monster and nearly blew Jaden off the field and the side of the mountain.
Yugi: 2000
Jaden: 300
Jaden recovered himself and panted slightly from the effects of Ra's attack "And with that I'll end my turn" Yugi told him.
Jaden still panted slightly his body shaking from the attack "Jaden, are you okay" Yubel asked concerned.
"I'm good" he replied silently before standing up and breathing in slightly. 'That was a powerful attack; how did he know he'd draw Ra at that exact moment' Jaden wondered. Looking at the one card in his hand Jaden knew if he didn't draw the right card he'd be finished. 'Alright deck, it's now or never. Come through for me.'
Jaden drew a card and smiled slightly. "I place one card facedown and play Card of Sanctity. Now we both draw until we have six cards in our hand." Jaden got to draw six cards while Yugi only drew two cards. Looking at his hand Jaden smirked "I summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode" he said summoning out the very card Yugi gave him. "And that's it for now."
Yugi frowned slightly at the move; that was it. "Your Winged Kuriboh mighty protect you for this turn, but your defenses will still be ripped to shreds." Drawing a card Yugi said "Alright Winged Dragon of Ra destroy his Winged Kuriboh." Winged Dragon of Ra launched its attack.
Jaden gave a smirk "Nice try Yugi, but I knew you'd make that move, which is why I was prepared with this facedown card."
"You know effects don't work on Winged Dragon of Ra" Yugi reminded him.
"Who said it's for Ra" Jaden smirked making Yugi frown. "My facedown card is Transcendent Wings."
Yugi gasped "Oh no."
"And with this card comes The Winged Dragon of Ra's defeat" Jaden said victoriously. "I send two cards to the graveyard and in return Winged Kuriboh evolves into Winged Kuriboh LV 10." Winged Kuriboh glowed brightly and once it died away there was Winged Kuriboh with a mighty pair of wings and armor around its body (300/200).
"And what do you plan to do with that" Yugi demanded.
"I'll show you" Jaden smirked. "By sacrificing Winged Kuriboh LV 10 all monsters on your side of the field are destroyed and you take damage equal to the attack points of the monsters destroyed. I've won Yugi." Winged Kuriboh LV 10 charged at the Winged Dragon of Ra and hit making the God monster roar before it was destroyed in a mighty explosion.
"Yugi/Daddy" Tea and Allison shouted in worry for Yugi. When the blast cleared Yugi was still standing with life points intact making the cheer.
"What, that attack should've finished you" Jaden said in shock.
"Normally yes" Yugi said calmly. "However, I had my Kuriboh in my hand. So by simply discarding my Kuriboh I negated all battle damage."
Jaden 'tsked' slightly at Yugi's comeback "Alright then, I place two cards facedown and that ends my turn."
"My turn now" Yugi said drawing a card. "I now activate Black Luster Ritual."
"Oh no" was all Jaden could say.
"Oh yes" Yugi replied with a smirk. "As you remember from your last duel, the Black Luster Ritual works by me tributing some monsters. I sacrifice my Buster Blader and my Magician of Faith." Yugi discarded the two monsters in his hand "And now I summon Black Luster Soldier." The legendary ritual monster appeared on the field with a grunt (3000/2500). "Now Black Luster Soldier attack his life points directly."
Black Laster Soldier lifted its blade and launched a blast of energy at Jaden. "Hold the attack Yugi, I activate the spell card A Hero Lives" Jaden called activating the card just in time. "Since I don't have a monster on the field I can summon a level 4 or lower Elemental HERO monster from my deck. I just have to give up half my life points."
Jaden lost half his life points.
Yugi: 2000
Jaden: 150
"I summon Elemental HERO Stratos" Jaden called as his monster appeared on the field in defense mode (1800/300). "And when Stratos is summoned to the field I can take 1 HERO monster from my deck and add it to my hand." Jaden took his card and reshuffled his deck.
"Not a bad move Jaden, but your monster is still destroyed" Yugi reminded him as Black Luster Soldier destroyed his Stratos. "I end my turn with one card facedown."
"My move" Jaden said drawing a card. "I summon Evil HERO Infernal Prodigy" and so he did. Out came on of Jaden's Evil HERO's (300/600). "Since you control a monster Infernal Prodigy counts as a special summon. I now sacrifice Infernal Prodigy in order to summon Elemental HERO Neos Valkyrie." On the field appeared the female version of Elemental HERO Neos (2000/1500). "And since Infernal Prodigy was sacrificed on the same turn he was summoned I get to draw an additional card from my deck."
Jaden drew his one card before gasping when he saw what it was. Then he smirked almost maliciously at Yugi. "Alright Yugi I think it's put your soldier down" he smirked.
"And just how do you plan to do that" Yugi asked inquisitively.
"It starts with this" Jaden said showing Yugi the card making Yugi wide eyed. "I play The Armor of Gilgamesh." On the field appeared a massive golden colored lion with a loud roar. "And with this card my victory is coming closer for now I merge Neos Valkyrie with the Armor of Gilgamesh." Both the large lion and Neos Valkyrie merged together and the monster that came out was Neos Valkyrie wearing ancient robes reminiscent of Egyptian times while riding atop the large golden lion. "Say hello to Neos Valkyrie the Lion Queen" Jaden smirked (2500/1800).
Yugi's mind suddenly flashed with visions of his time in the past when dealing with Dartz and the Orichalcos. He was reminded of the Legendary Dragons "Your monster may be unique, but she's not strong enough to take down my Black Luster Soldier."
"Not right now, but when I activate her special ability she will be" Jaden smirked making Yugi frown. "Her ability allows me to remove from play one 'Neos' Monster in my graveyard and in she gains half of their attack points."
"What" Yugi gasped.
"You heard me" Jaden smirked. "I remove Elemental HERO Magma Neos from my graveyard and now my monster gains half of Magma Neos attack points." Jaden's monster let loose a grunt while the lion growled as the attack strength went up (2500+1500=4000/1800).
"4000 attack points" Yugi said in shock.
"And you're Soldier's about to feel them all" Jaden said. "Now Neos Valkyrie attack his Black Luster Soldier with Legend Strike." His monster charged forward while the rider formed a massive ball of energy. Together they struck Yugi's monster and destroyed it in a mighty explosion.
Yugi: 1000
Jaden: 150
Off the field Joey frowned slightly "Wait a minute; I'm seeing a pattern here."
He got confused looks in response "What do you mean Joey" Serenity asked.
"I mean look at what he's played in the last three duels" Joey said. "First he plays a card 'The Dagger of Hassan' against me. Then he played 'The Chains of Enkidu' against Kaiba and now this card called 'The Armor of Gilgamesh' against Yugi. It's a pattern."
"You're right Wheeler" Kaiba agreed with him, shocking right. "There is a pattern here; these are new cards that Jaden never had before and I can think of only one place where he got them from." Kaiba turned to Pegasus as did the others.
Pegasus merely laughed slightly "Oh well, I've been found out. Yes I gave Jaden those cards as a gift for him saving the world and stopping the great evil. I figured it was the least I could do."
Well there was that mystery solved; now all that was left was to see how Yugi would deal with this threat. Yugi recovered from the blast "I see" he murmured out loud. "These cards of yours; they're quite deadly."
"That's because they're based off of legendary heroes of real life" Jaden told him. "The Heroes of real life are more powerful than any."
"That is very true" Yugi conceded as he drew one card. "I play my Pot of Greed to draw two more cards." Yugi drew his two cards and widened his eyes when he saw the card he drew. Then he smiled slightly "I play the spell card Emergency Previsions. Now I destroy my facedown card" he said revealing his Dark Magic Retribution before it was destroyed. "And gain 1000 life points."
Yugi: 2000
Jaden: 150
"Next I summon my Queen's Knight" Yugi said summoning his female knight (1500/1600). "And now I'll show you my own heroes of legend. A legend that dates back 10,000 years ago."
Kaiba and Joey widened their eyes "Does he…" Kaiba said shocked.
"He does…" Joey said equally shocked.
"Now I play Legend of Heart" Yugi said playing the spell card. A fire lit the field and three swords appeared "I give up 1000 life points and sacrifice my Queen's Knight." Yugi's monster vanished and his life points dropped.
Yugi: 1000
Jaden: 150
The fire increased "And now this lets me summon the Legendary Dragons" Yugi called. Out of the fire appeared three knights, one in teal armor, one in blue armor and the other in red armor all with the same attack and defense points (2800/1200). "Allow me to introduce Legendary Knight's Timaeus, Critias and Hermos."
Jaden didn't know why, but he gulped slightly when he saw those monsters and their deadly gaze. "Those knights of yours may be powerful, but my monster is still stronger."
"That's only for right now" Yugi smirked. "I activate the other special ability of my Magician's Fortress. For every spell card I've activated since I've activated that card my Magician's Fortress has gained spell counters. And I've activated three spell cards since then meaning I have three spell counters on it."
"Okay, and what does that mean" Jaden asked.
"It means I can summon a Spellcaster monster from my graveyard for each counter I have; all I have to do is remove the spell counter for every monster I summon" Yugi said making Jaden gasp. "I remove Spell counter and summon back the Dark Magician."
Yugi's Dark Magician came right back to the field (2500/2100). "Next I activate the special ability of Legendary Knight Timaeus. Timaeus absorb the power of my Dark Magician." Dark Magician disappeared into energy and was absorbed into Timaeus' sword. Timaeus' attack power rose rapidly (2800+2500=5300/1200).
"5300 attack points" Jaden gasped in shock.
"Yes, you fought a good duel Jaden, but it's over now" Yugi said. "Timaeus attack his monster with your Sword of Justice." Timaeus roared as he charged at Jaden's monster before slashing it down in a mighty explosion. "Game over."
"Not quite" Jaden's voice called making Yugi frown. The smoke cleared showing Jaden was still there with his life points intact.
"Explain yourself, how are you still standing" Yugi demanded.
"It's the other special ability of my monster" Jaden told him. "When she's destroyed I can send three cards from my hand to my graveyard. In return all battle damage becomes zero." Yugi's frown increased "And to make it better I also get two 'Armor Tokens.'" Two tokens made of floating golden armor appeared on the field (0/0). "So my life points are safe from your other two knights."
"Your life points may be safe, but your defense is about to be wiped out. Critias, Hermos attack" Yugi ordered. Critias and Hermos charged and roared as they slashed down the armor tokens. "And with that I'll end my turn."
Jaden breathed in slightly; he was in a tight situation facing Yugi and his Legendary Knights while he himself had no monsters on the field and only two cards in his hand, none of which would help him.
Drawing his card Jaden looked surprised "Well what do you know; it's the same card you drew your last turn. I think I'll play it; go Pot of Greed. Now I get two more cards" Jaden drew his two cards and his eyes widened before he let loose a small chuckle that gradually grew in volume, but still remained relatively calm.
"This will truly be a battle of hero against hero" Jaden said. "I activate Legend of Hero's." The spell card depicted a single set of lion eyes with three spiral swords. A massive wave of light blanketed the entire area "First I must send five cards from my deck to the graveyard." Jaden discarded the top five cards from his deck and sent them to the graveyard. "And now with this spell card I can summon out Enkidu, Hassan and Gilgamesh in their true forms."
Out of the light three lions jumped and roared before exploding with energy and then when the energy finally cleared three beings stood. The three beings were each dressed in very thick armor, but each were a different color; one gold, one silver and one bronze. Each of their hair colors symbolized with their armor color with all of them having eyes of fire.
"Allow me to introduce Legendary HERO Gilgamesh, Legendary HERO Enkidu and Legendary HERO Hassan" Jaden said as all three knights drew their spiral swords with all of them having the same attack (3200/2000).
"IN THE NAME OF THE SUPREME KING WE ARE BORN" all three of them said.
"Legendary HERO's, oh no" Yugi gasped as he was outmatched again. Then all three Legendary HERO's swung their swords up before slamming them to the ground. A shockwave shot from their swords and hit Yugi's Magician's Fortress towers and they were destroyed. "My Fortress… what did you do?"
"When all three Legendary HERO's are on the field they can destroy all Field Spell cards on the field" Jaden said with a smirk. "And now it's time to end this; Gilgamesh attack Critias with Sword of Rupture." Gilgamesh roared as his spiral sword rotated before he launched a massive beam at Critias.
"Critias defend" Yugi said. Critias' sword blocked the attack. "Now I shall use Critias' special ability. An ability that allows me to call back the power of one spell or trap card." Jaden didn't even look worried "And the trap I call back is Mirror Force. Now Critias launch the attack back." Critias roared as he launched the attack back with the help of Mirror Force.
"Enkidu defend" Jaden commanded. "Use your power and stop the attack with your Sword of Conquest."
"Yes my king" Enkidu said jumping in front of the others with his sword raised. The rebound attack of Critias hit before it was dispelled.
"What, but how" Yugi said shocked.
"Enkidu's special ability is that he can merge with a spell card from my graveyard" Jaden smirked. "Since I discarded five cards in order to summon him I also ended up discarding Mystical Space Typhoon and I had Enkidu call upon its power to stop your Mirror Force." Yugi grunted as his attack was stopped "And now Enkidu attack Critias." Enkidu roared and charged forward before slashing right though Critias making the Legendary Knight roar before he was destroyed.
"Critias, no" Yugi shouted.
Yugi: 600
Jaden: 150
"One down and two knights to go" Jaden smirked. "Hassan it is your turn now. Attack Hermos with Sword of Emulator." Hassan charged towards Hermos sword glowing with energy.
"Hermos activate your special ability; absorb the power of my monster" Yugi ordered as his Obnoxious Celtic Guardian appeared briefly before being absorbed into Hermos' sword. Both monster's clashed creating a massive out wave of energy, but they still stayed staid on the field unharmed. "Thanks to my Obnoxious Celtic Guardian Hermos is safe form all monsters with 1900 points or more."
Jaden grunted in frustration; no matter what he tried Yugi kept stopping him and since he had attacked with all his knights he had no choice, but to end his turn. "Fine, your move Yugi" he said.
"Thank you" Yugi drew a card. "Legendary Knight Timaeus attack Legendary HERO Gilgamesh." Timaeus charged at Gilgamesh his sword glinting.
"Hassan, defend" Jaden ordered. Hassan jumped in front of Gilgamesh and intercepted Timaeus' strike ending in another stalemate before Timaeus was pushed back.
"How did you stop Timaeus" Yugi demanded.
"With Hassan's special ability" Jaden explained. "He can assimilate the special ability of any monster that has been played, put in the graveyard or removed from play in either graveyard. So I had him use the power of my Necro Gardna; that's how he was able to stop Timaeus' attack."
Yugi was also getting frustrated, but also having fun. Every move that he made was countered perfectly by Jaden "I guess I have no choice, but to end my turn with one card facedown."
"My move" Jaden said drawing a card. Eyes narrowing he said "I place one card facedown and I activate Gilgamesh's special ability. An Ability known as Rule of the King."
"Rule of the King" Yugi said in confusion.
"What it does is allow me to take one monster in my graveyard and remove it from play and all monsters whose level are lower than the monster I removed play are removed from play as well" Jaden explained.
"Removed from play" Yugi said shocked.
Smirking he replied "Oh yes Yugi and now it's time to say goodbye to those knights; I remove from play my Wicked Eraser and since he's a level 10 monster and your knights are only level 8 both of them are removed from play." Timaeus and Hermos screamed before they exploded leaving Yugi defenseless. "In exchange for using that ability Gilgamesh is forbidden from attacking this turn, but my other knights can. Enkidu end this."
Enkidu gave a battle cry and charged at Yugi ready to end the duel. "Not so fast Jaden, Negate Attack will save my life points" Yugi called activating his trap card. Enkidu's attack was absorbed "My life points are safe and your battle phase is over."
"Good counter, but it won't help you again; next turn my Legendary HERO's will finish you" Jaden said.
Yugi looked at his deck 'Unfortunately Jaden is right; I don't have a card that can save me next time. If I don't draw the right card this turn than the duel is over.' Looking over at his friends and family he saw them all with supportive, encouraging and loving looks. Smiling Yugi thought 'Heart of the Cards… guide me.'
Drawing his card Yugi looked at it "I think it's time for a new hand don't you Jaden?" Jaden frowned "I play Card of Demise." Yugi discarded the three cards in his hand "I draw five new cards from my deck, but if I have cards in my hand after five turns I must discard them."
"This duel won't last five more turns" Jaden told him confidently.
"You're right, it won't because I plan on ending it in two turns or less" Yugi said just as confidently. "I play the spell card Dark Matter Illusion." Yugi's spell card depicted transparent monsters coming out of a dark matter hole. "With this spell card I can bring back every monster of mine that was destroyed or removed from the field in the last three turns."
"What, every monster" Jaden gasped in shock.
"Exactly" Yugi responded. "So I recall back to the field Legendary Knight's Timaeus, Hermos and Critias." Timaeus, Critias and Hermos all appeared back on the field (2800/1200). "And not only them, but Dark Magician and Queen's Knight both return as well." Yugi's famed Dark Magician (2500/2100) and Queen's Knight (1500/1600) also appeared back on the field.
"You may have built your field back up, but none of them can match the power of my Legendary HERO's" Jaden told him. "And even if they could they're not allowed to attack this turn because of your Dark Matter Illusion."
"That's true I can't attack this turn, but that doesn't mean I can't summon a monster or activate monster effects" Yugi reminded him making Jaden frown nervously. "Now behold my final beast; I sacrifice Legendary Knight Timaeus, Critias and Hermos." All three of Yugi's knight's vanished from the field and Jaden knew what was coming next. "Now I summon Obelisk the Tormentor."
Out of a mighty pillar of light Obelisk the Tormentor appeared looking as menacing as ever with a glaring face and massive muscles with fists clenched at his side (4000/4000).
Jaden had a bad feeling that he was about to find out why Obelisk was known as 'The Tormentor.'
And he was right "Obelisk might not be able to attack, but he can use his special ability. To activate it all I must do is offer my Dark Magician and my Queen's Knight." Obelisk reached down and grabbed onto both Dark Magician and Queen's Knight before assimilating their power. "Now Obelisk destroy all the monsters on Jaden's field." Obelisk let loose a mighty blast and Jaden's monsters let out their own screams before they were destroyed. The backlash was so powerful it knocked Jaden to the ground.
"JADEN" all his friends shouted to him. Jaden groaned slightly as he really felt that one. He pushed himself back onto his feet and stared at the imposing monster that was Obelisk the Tormentor. He didn't have a card in his hand that could defeat Obelisk nor did he have a monster that could defeat it. His facedown card couldn't help him until he got a powerful enough monster out on the field.
"You're not giving up are you" Yubel asked him.
Jaden didn't respond for a moment as he was still regaining his breath before smirking 'Not a chance' he responded. Jaden put his fingers on his deck, idly noting he had maybe 15 cards left until he was out of cards, which meant he had to finish this soon.
Drawing his card Jaden looked at it before looking to his hand. "Okay Yugi I'm about to make my final move" Jaden called. Yugi frowned slightly "First I play Monster Reborn to bring back Elemental HERO Neos." Neos reappeared on the field with a grunt (2500/2000).
Yugi smiled "Bringing your ace back to the field. Although I'm afraid he won't help you."
"Alone he won't, but with another he will" Jaden rebutted. "I play the spell card Fusion Recovery and with it I can bring back polymerization and a monster that was used for fusion. And the one I'm choosing… is The Armor of Gilgamesh."
"What, but that's a spell card" Yugi pointed out.
"Not quite; it's also treated as a monster card" Jaden told him. "So the same principals apply. Now I activate The Armor of Gilgamesh and use it on my Elemental HERO Neos." The golden lion appeared on the field once more. Both it and Neos then began to fuse together and then formed a monster shaped like Neos, but with golden plates of armor over its body along with a long golden sword in the right hand. "And together they form Armored HERO Neos" Jaden said as his monster glowed with power (2900/2600).
"Your monster may be powerful, but it only has 2900 attack points while my Obelisk has 4000 attack points" Yugi pointed out.
Jaden closed his eyes slightly "I know Yugi, I knew that the moment you brought Obelisk out, but tell me… aren't you forgetting the card I placed facedown two turns ago."
Yugi widened his eyes before spotting the facedown card on Jaden's field "That card."
"Yes, it's time I reveal it" Jaden said. "Trap card activate; Neos Spiral Force. This trap card doubles the attack points of one monster out on the field and I choose my Armored HERO Neos." Armored HERO Neos' attack points doubled (2900+2900=5800/2600).
"5800 attack points" Triston gaped in awe.
"But Obelisk has only 4000" Joey said in disbelief. "And Yugi only has 600 life points left and no trap or spell cards on the field, which means…"
"As soon as Jaden attacks…" Mai continued.
"It's over…" Tea said quietly in shock.
Unlike his friends Yugi had a small smile on his face with his eyes closed 'This was the greatest duel of my life. It's been an honor Jaden' he thought before opening his eyes. "Go on Jaden, make your move" he encouraged when Jaden stood there.
"Alright… Armored HERO Neos, ATTACK" he roared. Armored HERO Neos roared as he jumped into the air armor gleaming in the sunlight before dive-bombing Obelisk the Tormentor and laying a single strike on the mighty Egyptian God. A massive explosion littered the entire area that could be seen from the beaches of Kaiba Island.
When it died down Yugi stood there silently.
Jaden: 150
Yugi: 0
It was officially over; Yugi had lost and Jaden had won. The holograms disappeared and Jaden felt like all the strength had been drained from his body. Falling to his knees he was in a somewhat state of shock. Yugi walked towards him "Congratulations, you did it" Yugi said. Jaden was still in a small state of shock "Jaden, a champion and King of Games does not belong on his knees."
Finally everything seemed to set in as Jaden stood back up with Yugi next to him. With that Yugi turned and faced everyone present and all the cameras "It is my pleasure to announce my successor as World Champion and the Second King of Games, Jaden Yuki."
At once the cheers just exploded; next thing Jaden knew all his friends rushed at him. Then after that Chazz, Jesse, Axel and Jim all tossed him into the air still cheering. Everyone around the world had seen the victory from Domino all the way to Duel Academy. All of Jaden's friends that remained there were cheering as were his old teachers.
Finally everyone else began to clap as well as Jaden was let down and being clapped upon by everyone with the cheers still being so loud and deafening that he couldn't hear right.
After about ten minutes of nonstop cheering Jaden stood in front of Yugi and Kaiba. "With your victory over Yugi Muto you are now crowned World Champion and Second King of Games" Kaiba told him. "And as such you have earned what denotes you as the King of Games."
Kaiba stepped aside allowing Yugi to step forward. Yugi reached into his deck and pulled out three cards before handing them to Jaden. Jaden took the cards and was wide eyed when he saw that it was the Egyptian God Cards. He looked at Yugi with shock and confusion.
Yugi smiled "The Egyptian God Cards is what denotes a duelist as the King of Games for only someone of that caliber has the strength necessary to wield those cards. Hold onto them, take care of them, and use them in duels until the one duelists that comes that will take over when your time is done."
Looking back the cards Jaden felt a smile come to his face before looking back up "Thank you Yugi." Yugi smiled and nodded to Jaden.
"So as the next King of Games, what are you going to do now" Yugi asked.
Jaden looked over to his left at Alexis with a smile before turning back "I have a previous engagement that needs to be done" he replied.
13 DAYS LATER
"Do you, Alexis Rhodes, take Jaden Yuki to be your husband" a minister asked.
Jaden and Alexis stood next to a beautiful Cliffside dressed in a tuxedo and white dress respectfully. Sitting in the seats behind them were all of their friends and family that were invited to the wedding. Both Jaden and Alexis' mother were crying in happiness while their fathers were smiling. Atticus was snapping photos left and right.
"I do" Alexis replied lovingly staring into Jaden's eyes.
"Do you, Jaden Yuki, take Alexis Rhodes, to be your wife" the minister asked him.
"I do" Jaden replied just as lovingly staring into Alexis' eyes.
"Then by the power invested in me, I pronounce you man and wife; you may kiss the bride" the minister said stepping back. Jaden and Alexis leaned in and kissed and the entire area exploded into cheers. Jesse, playing as Best Man, was happily clapping behind Jaden, as was Jasmine, the Maiden of Honor.
Then came the bouquet toss and the Garter toss. Everyone laughed when it was Jesse who caught the Garter and Jasmine who caught the Bouquet. The two of them blushed, but secretly smiled at each other.
After the toss both Jaden and Alexis ran towards the cliff waving goodbye to everyone before jumping off. Everyone watched as the Rainbow Dark Dragon came to life and flew off with both Jaden and Alexis riding atop. Riding off into the distance towards their honeymoon site at Atlantis Paradise Hotel Jaden and Alexis shared one last kiss together that expressed all of their love.
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