(New illustartion available on deviantart. Heather Rasun)
"Is it true what the Chazz said? Billy Jobs is back?!"
"Yeah, he's the one who tried to kill Sakura before she was even born."
"Shush!" said Ojama Yellow "Yubel is in there… we don't want to make any noise."
"What?!"
"I said…. SHUSH!!!"
All too late Ojama Yellow realized his mistake.
"Will you three bumbling idiots be quiet?!"
"Sorry!"
"… Great, you woke the baby."
Sakura was surprised that she could only see her mommy and Yubel there, she was used to seeing her daddy there with them.
"It's okay sweetie…" said Alexis trying to comfort her crying daughter "Mommy's here…"
Sakura was glad that her mommy was with her, but where was her daddy?
"Everything's going to be alright Sakura…" said Yubel "Your daddy just went out to fight all the bad guys."
Jaden made his way across the island to the Ra Yellow dorm where he was told his next opponent would be waiting for him.
"What's next, a giant dueling squirrel?"
At that moment he heard voices over the P.A.
"Billy, you can come out now, he's gone."
"Just a minute I'm in the middle of something… What?! Wild Pokemon can't use potions! That's it, have a taste of my Garchomp's dragon rush! … I said, have a taste of my Garchomp's dragon rush! … COME ON!!! Okay got it… Awesome it's super effective! GOTCHA!!! Okay I'm coming I just need to turn this thing off… Aw crap! Forgot to save my file! Now I've gotta catch Dialga and Palkia all over again!!! Oh forget it… Hello Jaden, I hope you're not too tired from your first duel… I'm just getting you warmed up for the main event."
"Why on earth is he having me run this gauntlet?" thought Jaden "Last time he just locked me in a cage and forced me to duel him, there must be more to this then simply getting his henchmen off the bench and into the game…"
Suddenly Jaden's phone started ringing.
"What have you guy's found out?"
"Well we had no problem accessing the school's computers, Billy is broadcasting this all across the planet, he doesn't seem to care if we try to email for help. The authorities believe his threat to blow up the island, I think it's safe to say we're on our own here…" said Chazz.
"Anything on his new girlfriend?"
"Nothing yet, but we're still looking."
"Let me know when you find something, I've got to go, I'm almost at the dorm."
When Jaden made it to the Ra Yellow dorm he found that there was a huge runway with Egyptian hieroglyphics all over it, there was also background around it that displayed ancient Egypt.
"I take it this wasn't here before." said Jaden.
Suddenly lights shown on the arena and there was a huge cloud of smoke, from it emerged an unbelievably beautiful young woman with long dark hair.
"Welcome to my stage Jaden. It will be your honor to duel me."
"Holy cow!" exclaimed Aster "It's the world famous duelist/model, Heather Rasun!"
"Mamma mia, that's a spicy meatball!" said Hassleberry.
"Wait a minute… that's Heather Rasun? It can't be!" said Mindy.
"Why not?"
"Heather used to be student at this school, only the girl I remember was a lot less attractive."
"No way, I never forget a girl." said Atticus "That's definitely Quasimodo all grown up."
"Quasimodo?"
"That's what they called her when she was a student here, she looked like she had a flippin beach ball on her back, but apparently she got herself an extreme makeover."
"To those of you that remember me, don't let your eyes fool you… I am indeed the same Heather Rasun that went to this school… True I used to be the most unattractive girl on campus, but then my tutor, the very wealthy and generous Billy Jobs, had pity on me and paid to get me plastic surgery and liposuction, now I am one of the most desirable women on the planet, men worship me like a goddess, I owe everything to Billy Jobs… And so now I will be the instrument of his vengeance…"
"You're saying that as if you think you can beat me." said Jaden
"Oh I know I can."
"Well we'll just see about that Heather… Prepare to get your game on."
"The pleasure is all mine."
"Let's duel!"
"The rules say ladies go first, so I guess after you."
"Thank you, I wouldn't have it any other way. I'll summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn. Don't be shy Jaden, step right up…"
"Sorry lady, I'm happily married, but here's something you can have. I play Polymerization! And I'll use it to fuse the Elemental Heroes Avian and Burstinatrix in my hand to summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!"
(ATK: 2100 DEF: 1200)
"Flame Wingman, attack her face down monster!"
Jaden's Wingman didn't have any trouble destroying Heather's monster.
"And that's not all, when Flame Wingman destroys a monster, you lose life points equal to your monster's attack points."
(Heather: 2600)
"Nice, but my monster as a special effect as well. When my Giant Rat is sent from the field to the graveyard I can special summon an earth attribute monster from my deck, as long as it has 1500 or less attack points, and the card I choose is Criosphinx!"
(ATK: 1200 DEF: 2400)
"Why would she summon a monster that is clearly weaker than Jaden's?" asked Chazz.
"Well the way I see it there are two possibilities." said Zane "One: She's planning on switching it to defense mode. Two: She's planning to sacrifice it."
"It's my turn, and I think I'll sacrifice my Crisophinx so I can special summon Exxod Master of the Guard in defense mode!"
(ATK: 0 DEF: 4000)
"Is it just me, or does that thing look just like Exodia?" asked Jaden.
"Think of him as Exodia's long lost brother, but don't worry Jaden, I don't plan on summoning the Forbidden One, Exxod is powerful enough to deal with you. I'll end my turn by summoning this monster in defense mode."
"What good is that thing if it can't engage Jaden's heroes in combat?" asked Hassleberry "It's got no attack points."
"Attack points aren't everything." said Aster "Exxod's defense points will make it very difficult to get to Heather's life points, and if I remember correctly he's got a pretty deadly special ablity."
"If Heather thinks that hulking big wall of a monster will prevent me from reaching her life points she's got something else coming." thought Jaden "I summon Elemental Hero Lady Heat!"
(ATK: 1300 DEF: 1000)
"Now I'll attack your face down monster with my Flame Wingman!"
Jaden's Wingman destroyed Heather's face down monster, but a beam of energy flew from the smoke and struck Jaden.
(Jaden: 3000)
"What just happened?! Did I just attack myself?!"
"It's Exxod's special ability, whenever one of my earth attribute monsters is flipped face up, you lose 1000 life points."
(Please note: In real life Exxod's effect only activates when you flip summon an earth attribute monster, when you switch a face down defense position monster to face up attack position. Flipping a monster face up as a result of battle isn't the same thing, but to make this fanfiction easier for me to write, we're going to overlook that rule just this once)
"Well thanks to my Flame Wingman's effect I'm not the only one who loses life points. Since he destroyed your monster you lose life points equal to your destroyed monster's attack points."
(Heather: 2150)
"Very nice, but thanks to my Man-Eater Bug's effect your Flame Wingman is destroyed with it!"
Jaden's Wingman was destroyed.
(Please note: It's debatable how this situation would play out in a real duel since Man-Eater Bug's effect would activate after the damage step. It's difficult to say if Flame Wingman's effect would activate before he's destroyed, but to keep this simple let's just assume it would)
"You'll pay for that with your life points Heather, during my end phase Lady Heat's effect activates, causing you to lose 200 life points for every Elemental Hero on my side of the field."
(Heather: 1950)
"Awesome! Jaden found a way to get around that thing to Heather's life points!" said Syrus.
"That's my Jaden." said Alexis.
"It's my turn! I remove the Man-Eater bug in my graveyard from play to special summon Gigantes!"
(ATK: 1900 DEF: 1300)
"But he won't be sticking around for long, because now I'm sacrificing him to summon this monster in defense mode."
"Is that all? In that case I'll place two cards face down, and summon Elemental Hero Knospe in attack mode!"
(ATK: 600 DEF: 1000)
"When I have another Elemental Hero on the field you cannot select Knospe as an attack target, and it can attack you directly!"
(Heather: 1350)
"When Knospe deals battle damage it loses 100 defense points, but it also gains 100 attack points!"
(ATK: 700 DEF: 900)
"And I think I'll call it a turn, which means Lady Heat's effect activates, causing you to lose 200 life points for every Elemental Hero I have out!"
(Heather: 950)
"Darn it! He's shaving my life points down to practically nothing! Time to take it up a notch."
Heather drew her card.
"First I'll summon a monster in defense mode, then I'll place these two cards face down, next I'll flip summon my Nobleman-Eater Bug!"
(ATK: 900 DEF: 1200)
"And since I just flip summoned an earth attribute monster Exxod's effect activates, causing you to lose 1000 more life points!"
(Jaden: 2000)
"And that's not all. When Nobleman-Eater bug is flipped face up, I can destroy two monsters on your side of the field!"
Both of Jaden's monsters were destroyed.
"Now you're wide open for my bug's attack!"
"Not so fast Heather! I activate A Hero Emerges! Normally you'd have to pick a card in my hand, and if it's a monster I get to summon it, but since I have only one card in my hand you have to pick it, and the card I'm holding is Elemental Hero Woodsman, and I think I'll summon him in defense mode!"
(ATK: 1000 DEF: 2000)
Heather dared not continue her attack, she would've lost the duel.
"It's my turn, and I'll activate Woodsman's special effect, during my standby phase I can add a Polymerization card from my graveyard or deck to my hand, and I'll use it to fuse my Woodsman on the field with the Clayman I just drew to summon Elemental Hero Gaia!"
(ATK: 2200 DEF: 2600)
"And when Gaia is successfully summoned, I can cut the attack points of one of your monster's in half, and since Exxod doesn't have any attack points, I'll take some from your bug."
(ATK: 450)
"But that's not all, Gaia now gains an attack bonus equal to the amount of points he just took from your monster!"
(ATK: 2650)
"Now Gaia, attack her bug and end this duel!"
"Not so fast! I activate the trap card Staunch Defender, with this card I can force your Gaia to attack my Master of the Guard, and since he has 4000 defense points, you're about to lose a whole lot of life points!"
"Don't think so Heather, it seems you forgot about the card I played face down on my last turn. I activate Trap Jammer! And with this I can cancel out your Staunch Defender's effect!"
"Very well, then I'll activate Hallowed Life Barrier!"
Heather's Nobleman-Eater Bug was destroyed, but her life points remained untouched.
"Thanks to Hallowed Life Barrier, by discarding a card from my hand, I can prevent myself from taking any damage from your attack. And now that your turn is over your Elemental Hero Gaia loses the 450 attack points it gained."
(ATK: 2200)
"Now it's my turn, and I think I'll flip summon my face down Medusa Worm!"
(ATK: 500 DEF: 600)
"Now Exxod's effect activates, causing you to lose 1000 life points!"
(Jaden: 1000)
"And that's not all, when Medusa Worm is flip summoned I can destroy one monster on your side of the field!"
Gaia was destroyed.
"Now my Medusa Worm, attack!"
(Jaden: 500)
"And that's not all, once per turn I can flip my Medusa Worm face down, and when it's flipped face up again I'll be able to wipe you out with Exxod's effect!"
"This is not good!" exclaimed Syrus "One more blast from Exxod and Jaden's a goner!"
Sakura was crying again.
"It's okay sweetie." said Alexis "If I know your father he's got some kind of plan… I hope."
"Okay, since there are no other cards in my hand, I can special summon my Elemental Hero Bubbleman to the field in defense mode!"
(ATK: 800 DEF: 1200)
"And since there are no other cards on my side of the field or in my hand, Bubbleman's special effect lets me draw two more cards from my deck. Next I'll play Pot of Greed, which lets me draw two more cards. Now I'll place two cards face down and play my Mirage of Nightmare!"
"Is that all? Very well then, I draw!"
"Don't forget Heather, during your Standby Phase my Mirage activates, allowing me to draw until I have four cards in my hand. Next I'll activate my face down Emergency Provisions, now by giving up my Mirage and my face down Spark Blaster, and in doing so gain 2000 life points."
(Jaden: 2500)
"Err… You're only delaying your eventual defeat!"
"I really wish I had a rare card for every time I heard that."
"Sorry, I don't have any rare cards for you, but I do have this, I flip summon my Medusa Worm again!"
(ATK: 500 DEF: 600)
"Now Exxod's effect activates, causing you to lose 1000 life points!"
(Jaden: 1500)
"And that's not all, now my Worm's effect destroys your Bubbleman, allowing it to attack you directly!"
(Jaden: 1000)
"Now you're just one move from losing!"
"Too bad there is no next move for you."
"You're bluffing!"
"I don't think so, I play the spell card Raigeki!"
"You can't! The card's illegal in tournaments!"
"Well then it's a good thing this isn't a tournament, I'm just running Billy's gauntlet. Now all the monsters on your side of the field are destroyed!"
Lightening rained from the sky and down upon all of Heather's monsters, reducing them to dust.
"No! My Master of the Guard!!!"
"Now I activate my Fusion Recovery, which I'll use to bring back my Polymerization and Bubbleman back from the grave to my hand, now I'll fuse the Elemental Heroes Bubbleman and Ocean in my hand to summon my newest hero… Now let's give a big warm… or should I cold welcome to Elemental Hero Absolute Zero!"
(ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000)
"Elemental Hero Absolute Zero, attack!"
Absolute Zero blasted Heather with an icy beam.
(Heather: 0)
"Stay frosty." said Jaden.
"Err… You may have defeated me… but you'll never defeat my fiancée…"
"Your fiancée?"
"Yes… He's your next opponent… and I think you know where he'll be…"
"The Obelisk dorm… Alexis! Sakura!"
Jaden started running in the direction of the Obelisk blue dorm, when suddenly a strange green gas erupted out of the ground enveloping him.
"Can't… kaff-kaff… see… can't… breathe."
Jaden heard Billy's voice over the P.A.
"Are you ready for your next duel Jaden? I hope so… Because when this next guy is through with you… YOU WON'T KNOW WHERE TO FIND YOUR MIND!!!"
(To be continued)
