Sakura was still crying, that's when Yubel appeared beside her.
"It's okay Sakura, I'm still here, and so is your father."
When the smoke cleared Jaden was still standing, and his life points were untouched.
"Let me guess. Necro Gardna?" said Billy.
"That's right, you sent him to the graveyard when you played Hand Destruction."
"I'm not surprised, after all I've watched you for almost a year since Elizabeth brought me back, and I know that you never defeated the Sacred Beasts without help. And thanks to all my hard work I've already taken out your best cards."
"Know thine enemy eh? Then you should know that Yubel and Divine Neos were only two of my best cards, seems you're forgetting someone."
"What to do you mean?"
"Remember our last duel?"
"NO! YOU DON'T MEAN…"
"That's right, let me reintroduce you to my little friend, Winged Kuriboh!"
(ATK: 300 DEF: 200)
Much to everyone's surprise, Billy seemed to be terrified of the little fur ball with wings.
"What's he so afraid of?" asked Crowler.
"Don't you remember Crowler? Winged Kuriboh is how Jaden beat Billy in their last duel, and as a result he got his head bitten off by crocodiles." said Sheppard.
"Only this time there are no crocodiles, they're just dueling over a lake of hot molten lava."
Billy shook off the fear he was feeling and tried to focus.
"I activate the trap card Anti-Spell Fragrance! From now on we both need to play our spell cards face down, and we can't use them until our next turn."
For a moment Jaden just looked at the cards in his hand.
"Okay, well in that case I'll just attack Armityle with Winged Kuriboh!"
"What?! What is he thinking?!" said Chazz.
"Will you relax? Look." said Aster.
(ATK: 0)
"Armityle only gains 10,000 attack points during its owner's turn, during the opponent's turn it goes back to zero."
Armityle roared at Winged Kuriboh, but the little guy wasn't scared at all. He just flew up to the ultimate Sacred Beast's face and swiped his claws across its eyes.
"Have you forgotten? Armityle can't be destroyed in battle!"
"Maybe not, but you'll still take some damage."
(Billy: 1200)
Everyone started to applaud, and Winged Kuriboh actually took a bow.
"I'll place two cards face down and end my turn."
"Billy… Billy… Billy…"
Billy looked down and saw what appeared to be a face in the lava, an evil grinning face.
"Did you really think you could escape me? No one ever escapes from me. All your little girlfriend did was buy you time…"
Billy ignored it and tried to think.
"One of those cards he played must be Transcendent Wings, and the other is obviously a decoy, but which one?"
Thanks to Unholy Powers from Beyond Billy could destroy one spell or trap card on Jaden's field, but if he didn't get Transcendent Wings then Jaden could activate it during his battle phase and use it to summon Winged Kuriboh LV 10, who could then be used to destroy Armityle and wipe out the rest of his life points.
"Okay… It's decision time… I activate the effect of my Unholy Powers from Beyond! And I'll use it to copy Uria's trap destruction effect! Armityle, destroy the card on the right!"
The card revealed itself before it was destroyed.
"YES!!! Armityle, destroy Winged Kuriboh!"
Since Armityle got its 10,000 attack points back it was no trouble at all.
"Don't forget, the turn in which Winged Kuriboh is destroyed I don't take any damage!"
"It doesn't matter, that card was your last hope. And just to show you how hopeless it is I'll play this card face down."
"Winged Kuriboh, Yubel, and Divine Neos… that is just about everything but the kitchen sink." said Jesse.
Alexis hated to admit it, but this was starting to look a lot like the time she and Jaden dueled on their wedding night, the only time she had actually beat him fair and square. But back then she and Jaden were just dueling for fun, here Jaden's life was on the line.
"Jaden! If you have that card, now is the time!" said Chumley.
"What exactly do the cards you gave him do?" asked Zane.
"I can't tell you, it'll spoil the surprise."
Jaden just looked at his friends and gave them a thumbs up.
"Here it comes!"
"Okay Chumley… Let's see what these cards of yours can do… I activate my face down spell card, Elemental Hero Special Forces!"
"What? I've never seen that card before, what is that?!" exclaimed Billy.
"It's brand new, and it's from my good friend Chumley."
"What does it do?"
"Well, first I can only use this card when you have a level nine or higher monster on your side of the field, such as your Armityle, next I need to pay half my life points."
(Jaden: 1500)
"Now I can special summon five monsters that have Elemental Hero and Force in their names from my hand, deck, or graveyard!"
"Force?"
"Yes, hence the name Special Forces. They're five armored vehicles piloted by my Elemental Heroes. Now let's get this show on the road. From my graveyard I special summon two monsters that you sent there with Card Destruction, Elemental Hero Defender Turtle Force!"
(ATK: 1500 DEF: 3000)
"Elemental Hero High Speed Pursuit Tiger Force!"
(ATK: 2000 DEF: 1000)
"And now from my hand I special summon Elemental Hero Aqua Ambush Shark Force!"
(ATK: 1800 DEF: 800)
"Elemental Hero Aerial Attack Phoenix Force!"
(ATK: 1900 DEF: 500)
"And last but certainly not least, from my deck I special summon Elemental Hero Heavy Frontline Assault Dragon Force!"
(ATK: 3000 DEF: 2800)
Everyone was staring in amazement at Jaden's new cards.
"Way to go Chumley." said Alexis.
"Yes! Now that Jaden can attack Billy with any one of those five monsters, and since Armityle's attack points have gone back to zero, he'll wipe out the rest of his life points!"
"Not if I can help it! I activate the trap card Spirit Barrier! From now on as long as I have a monster on the field, all battle damage I take is reduced to zero!"
Jaden checked his monster's effects, unfortunately Phoenix Force's effect could only destroy set spell or trap cards, and none of the other had a special ability to automatically destroy a monster.
"For all your big talk I'm still going to win this duel!" laughed Billy "On my next turn I'll attack with Armityle and wipe out anyone of your monster's and the rest of your life points, then you'll plunge straight into Hell! MWAH-HA-AH-AH-HA-AH-AH!!!"
(To be continued)
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