All's Fair in Love and War

by Tensa-Zangetsu102

Cousins, Yusuke and Kagome, have been brainwashed by a new evil bent on destroying the balance of Light and Darkness. Inuyasha and Keiko are the only ones that can save them, will they succeed or will they be engulfed by the darkness of their pasts?

40. The Clash of the Elemental Heros

Disclaimer: see chapter one

Author's Note: PLEASE REVIEW THIS CHAPTER!!

Chapter 40: Clash of the Elemental Heroes

Bastion sat in audience and took off his Duel Disk attached to his left arm, "Tight duel, Bastion!" Jaden said, which in response Bastion turned to him

"I agree," Yusuke added

Bastion turned away from the boys, "Thank you"

"Yeah, one of the best duels that there," Yusuke said, "But, I was wonderin' do you have a Ring of Defense spell card to go with that combo?"

Bastion let's out a chuckle, "Of course," he replied and showing his deck to the three boys and scanning it and takes out the Ring of Defense card out, "No deck with Ring of Destruction should go without Ring of Defense."

"The best way to end a duel quickly," Yusuke said with a glee

"Is that so?" Jaden said, "From what I saw from Bastion, he could be the second best duelist here!" he added, which surprised Bastion

"Jaden Yuki, please report to Exam Field 4?" the announcer said, over the speakerphone

"Go time, wish me luck guys!" The brunette boy said walking away to his dueling field

"Hey wait," Bastion said, stopping Jaden in his tracks, "If I'm the second best than who's first?" Bastion added

Jaden pointed his thumb to his chest, "Yours truly, it's what I'm best at!" he said, while walking away from the teens.

Yusuke snorted, "Well, let's see how this guy duels?"

"He sure looks confident," Syrus added

"Yeah, I'm wondering if he's any good," Yusuke added

"He's going to have to be," Bastion said, "Look who he's dueling."

Jaden arrived to his dueling field and saw his proctor, which happened to be Dr. Crowler, "All right test time!" he declared, "So son, your name?"

Jaden snapped to attention, "Uh…Jaden Yuki!"

"Well uh……Jaden Yuki," Dr. Crowler said, with sarcasm, "I'm Dr. Vellian Crowler Head of Obelisk Blue Dorm and Department Chair of Techniques, here at Duel Academy."

Jaden was both surprised and pleased, "A department chair? I had no idea," he said, "From how you were dressed; I'd say that you were so weird academy mascot, majorette or a cheerleader." He said, while scratching the back of his head and Dr. Crowler sweat dropped.

-With Chazz-

"Now that you mention it……" the blunette Obelisk started

"…this kid has some lip, huh, Chazz?" the brunette Obelisk finished

Chazz growled and glares at Jaden, who was putting his deck into his duel disk

-With Yusuke-

"You know," Yusuke said, "Jaden does have a good point about him."

"Yeah, he does look a bit of a man and a lady." Eri said.

"Keiko!" Just then, Ryoko and Mia were running by the brunette, "Who was that guy, who was with you guys?"

"What do you mean?" Keiko asked

"I mean your twin." Mia said.

"Twin?" Keiko inquired, "What are you talking about? I don't have a twin!"

"But that guy looked a lot like you." Ryoko said.

"Now that you mention it," Kagome said, looking at Keiko then Jaden, who was putting his Deck into his Duel Disk, "You guys do look alike."

"Could he be your fraternal twin?" Ayumi asked

"You mean like Yusuke, Kari and Kira." Keiko said, while blinking twice, "But that's ridiculous, I'm an only child."

-Dueling Arena-

"Duel Vest on!" Dr. Crowler said, patting his Duel Vest and drawing five cards

"That's pretty sweet, teach," Jaden said, with child smile, "How do I get those blue blazers?"

"Oh a lot of hard work and high points," Dr. Crowler replied, 'Of course, you'll have to get into Duel Academy and I'm here to make that not happening.' He thought

"Well, I'm ready!" Jaden said, with glee, "So let's duel!" (CLP: 8000/JLP: 8000)

"Ore no turn!" Jaden said, drawing a sixth card. He placed it in his hand, and took out another one, "Sweet, I'm gonna summon Elemental Hero Avian in defense mode!" In front of Jaden, the green-clad birdman appeared and sat on one knee (DEF: 1000), "And I'll throw down a facedown, turn endo!" Jaden said, "All right, get your game on!"

"Yes, very good, ore no turn draw!" Dr. Crowler caught a card as it flew off his duel vest and placed it in his hand, "Hm…okay I'm going to start nice and easy, I chose to play the spell card, Confiscation!"

"Okay, what's it do?" Jaden asked

"Well, what it does is allows me to see your hand and place one card from it to the graveyard at the cost of 1000 life points." (CLP: 8000)- (CLP: 7000)

Just then, the cards in Jaden's hand were holograms for Dr. Crowler to see, "Ah yes, I remember these card when I was a naïve rookie," he said, surveying them, "Ah yes, Monster Reborn to the graveyard!" the holographic card Monster Reborn was destroyed

-With Chazz-

"Confiscation?" the brunette said, "Such a card can't be in an exam deck," the blunette added, "Crowler must be using his own deck."

"Then, this duel is over," the brunette Obelisk said, "No one can beat a deck of an expert like Dr. Crowler, huh, Chazz?"

Chazz simply chuckled, "You know what I think," he said, "I think that I'll enjoy watching Crowler mop the floor with our mouthy little friend their. I just wish that the other second rate duelists were treated the same way."

-In the observation room-

"What an elite snob," Alexis said, "Bullying some amateur with his own deck."

"You're too soft, Alexis," Zane said, "Besides, I want to see that rare monster that Crowler has stashed in his deck."

"Hey Zane, doesn't that kid look familiar?" Kari asked.

Zane looked at Jaden for a bit, "Now that you mention it, yes he does." He said.

-With Yusuke-

"Whoa, hold on!" Kagome exclaimed, "I might be a first year but I know for a fact that Confiscation can't be in an exam deck!"

"But isn't that illegal?" Keiko asked

"Well, it gets out of control, we could just report this to the official." Syrus said.

"It wouldn't matter, besides Jaden will be the winner of this duel." Yusuke said.

The others looked at him as if he was crazy, "How could you be sure?" Keiko asked

Yusuke narrowed his eyes to a glare, "It's a feeling and it predicted that Ryoko would win her duel." He said.

"This duel should be another interesting one," Kurama said

"But, he's using his own deck," Shizuru said, "That's overdoing a bit!"

"Hey guys!" Kira said, "Doesn't that guy, with the brown hair look a lot like Keiko?"

The others looked at Jaden for a bit, "Now that you mention it." Hiei said.

"They do look a lot." Genkai said.

-With Jaden-

"Next, I'll play two cards facedown," Crowler announced as two cards materialized, "And next, but not least, I'll play Heavy Storm, with destroys every Spell and Trap Card on the field." Just then a tempest of winds appears and destroyed all two of Crowler's Statue of the Wicked traps and Jaden's Draining Shield trap card, "Oopies! Did ya know you had two cards set yourself?" Jaden asked

The storm disappeared, "Now, now, you mustn't speak out of tone, young scholar," Crowler said, as two giant snake monster appears (ATK: 1000)x2

-With Kurama-

"How did those monsters get there?" Kuwabara asked

"He destroyed his own two trap cards known as Statue of the Wicked." Kurama added, "Which special summons two snake tokens onto the field, when destroyed."

-With Yusuke-

"I don't get it," Syrus said, "Could someone fill me in?"

"Could someone explain it to him?!" Ryoko asked, in annoyance

"I can," Bastion said, "The two trap cards that Dr. Crowler set were Statue of the Wicked."

"Which produces two snake tokens onto the field, which it's destroyed," Yusuke added, "That's why he played Heavy Storm."

-With Jaden-

"Ready for your next lesson?" Dr. Crowler asked

Jaden laughed, "You bet, I can't remember the last time that learning was this fun!" he exclaimed

Dr. Crowler hummed in annoyance, "Yes, well I'm quite an excellent teacher thank you," he said, "Now I'll sacrifice my two Wicked Tokens and summon Ancient Gear Golem!" A titanic metallic construct rose up on the field, easily very tall fifty feet in the air.

-In the observation room-

"Look there it is!" Alexis said, seeing the legendary monster being played.

"Legendary rare monster!" Kari added

"I think, we're going to see what makes it so legendary," Zane said as a monster of a mass of clockwork gears and brown metal, with a one red eye on its head appears on the field. (ATK: 3000)

-With Jaden-

"Now, now, I hope that you're not too afraid of my Ancient Gear Golem," Dr. Crowler said, sarcastically

"Ha! No way!" Jaden said, "I always wanted to take one on."

Everyone gasped in the crowds, "Either Jaden is brave or nuts!" Syrus said

"I think he's a little bit of both, Sy," Keiko replied

-In the observation room-

"He's staring down that legendary monster like he doesn't have a care in the world," Zane said, "I guess that youth and inexperience has its benefits, huh, girls?"

"Come on, give it a rest, Zane," Alexis said, in annoyance, "At least the kid is showing some backbone."

"There won't be much left if it's a show after this,"

Kari sends a sly smile at Alexis and the blonde picks it up, "What?" Alexis inquired

Kari looks away from Alexis with her sly grin widened, "If I didn't know any better, Lex, I'd say that you have a crush on that brown haired kid."

Alexis blushed fiercely and glared at Kari, "Hikari, I don't have a crush on him!" she barked

Zane sends a sly smile, "Then, why are you blushing like a schoolgirl?" he asked

Alexis's face was getting redder, "Shut up! Dammit!" she barked

Dr. Crowler laughed, manically, "Golem attack, Mechanized Melee!" Golem's gears whirled, and it lunged forward, slamming one huge fist into Avian, instantly smashing him into pixels

"Jaden's monster didn't stand a chance!" Syrus cried, "His monster's defense points were way too low! This isn't looking too good."

"And it looks about to get worse," Bastion said, "When that Ancient Gear Golem attacks a monster in defense mode, the difference between its attack and the defending monster's become damage to the opponent's life points."

"If that's the case then Jaden's life points are gonna take a huge hit!" Ryoko cried, as Dr. Crowler's Golem's fist went through Jaden, taking more than 1/3rds of his life points with it. (JLP: 8000)-(JLP: 6000)

Dr. Crowler laughed triumphantly, seeing Jaden shaking, "Don't feel too bad," he goaded, "This is the top dueling school in the country, some people cut out to……" he was cut off when he said Jaden's head looking at him with a grin on his face, "Man I really want to come to this school," he said, "You really know your stuff there, teach!"

Dr. Crowler was taken back what Jaden had said and growled, 'Can't he take a hint?' he thought, 'He won't be allowed to pass this exam and he certainly won't make a mockery of my deck.'

Jaden smirked, 'Just look at him tremble,' he thought, 'He must be really impressed with me.' "Ore no turn draw!" he said, pulling the top card in his deck and when he looked at it, he was surprised, "Winged Kuriboh?" he said, and was followed by 'coo' sounds, "I'll take that as a sign to play ya," he said, "I'll summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode!" shouted Jaden as he placed the card on his duel disc and the winged fuzzball appeared in front of him. (DEF: 200), "And play one cards facedown!" he added as the card materialized behind Winged Kuriboh.

Yusuke blinked twice as Winged Kuriboh appears behind him, 'Another Winged Kuriboh,' he thought in surprise, 'Where did Jaden get that card?'

Dr. Crowler just laughed again, "No, not bad," he said, sarcastically, "But you must understand that I'm a master technician. A Kuriboh, to me, is either pedestrian, even with wings, you see. Its defense points are much lower than my Golem's attack. It's textbook mistake, don't feel too bad. Now, let's move on. Ore no turn, draw!" he caught the card from his vest, "With the legendary Ancient Gear Golem, attack with Mechanized Melee!" Golem's fist smashed into Winged Kuriboh, completely destroying it.

"Sorry Winged Kuriboh," Jaden said

"Check your gear, your life points haven't changed," Dr. Crowler barked

"My gear is fine," Jaden said, "Whenever Winged Kuriboh is destroyed, I receive zero damage this turn."

Dr. Crowler was stunned and cursed himself for not noticing.

"Why don't you look at that?" Alexis said, "A technique that the good doctor didn't know."

"Fine, fine, I guess your lame little monster saved you, there," Dr. Crowler sneered, "I'll play one card facedown and end my turn!"

"Whoa, slow down there, teach," Jaden snapped, "He might've beaten him, but that doesn't give you the right to call him lame."

"Oh yes, I forget how attached you new duelists are with your monsters, I'm sorry."

"Yeah, you should be," Jaden said, with a smirk, "Because when you destroyed my Winged Kuriboh, you activated a trap and one of my favorite ones too, Hero Signal!" Jaden's facedown trap opened up and an E-Hero sign appeared in the ceiling, "And that brings out my second, Elemental Hero, Burstinatrix!" in a burst of crimson fire, a lady in a red jumpsuit appears on the field (ATK: 1200), "Ore to turn, draw!" Jaden pulls out a card from his deck and looks at it, "First I'll play Graceful Charity, which allows me to draw three cards as long as I discard two to the grave!" Jaden draws three cards and discards two to the graveyard slot, "Okay Winged Kuriboh, this one's for you." He said, pulling the card that he drew in his hand and pull out one, "I'll bring Avian in my hand, with the spell card, The Warrior Returning Alive!" The Elemental Hero Avian card was brought to from Jaden's duel disk slot, "And now I'll summon him on the field." Avian appears once again (ATK: 1000)

"Oh okay, another amateurish mistake," Crowler said, "But this is good, this is good, now would any tell me what our little friend did wrong here……"

"……actually I wasn't done, yet," Jaden interrupted, "You see, I knew that my heroes aren't strong enough on their own, but when they're combined it's another story. And I have the perfect spell card to unite them, Polymerization, join Avian and Burstinatrix, fusion summon……" an evil-looking chimera, with a dragon head that seemed to be forged of fire and blood, a heavily muscled body of green, a single immense wing on his left shoulder, and a horrific claw on that side (ATK: 2100), "There he is the Elemental Hero Flame Wingman! I hope your Gear Golem is ready for a clash of the titans! So teach, who do ya think?"

"I think you're dueling well, for an amateur," Dr. Crowler said, "Next try, playing a monster that has more points than what's out."

"What does he mean?" Syrus asked

"He means that Jaden's Wingman is no match for his Golem's 3000," Bastion said, "Shame, too, because when the Flame Wingman destroys a monster in battle that monster's attack points is considered damage to the opposing player's life points."

"Wait, you're saying that it's taken out of the owner's life points," Syrus said, "Then, that would a good way for Jaden to turn this duel around."

"Don't worry," Bastion said, "If your friend is as good as he says he is then he might find a way."

"Of course he will," Yusuke said, "Jaden will find a way to beat that Golem."

Keiko looks at Yusuke, strangely, "How could you be sure though?" she asked, "That monster is way too strong for Flame Wingman."

"All right, young scholar, I am a busy man and don't mean to rush you, are you done yet?" Dr. Crowler said, irritating

"No, of course I'm not done and I knew that your monster was stronger than my Wingman," Jaden replied, "Which is why I have this, Skyscraper, go!" he declared as he slaps the card in the field spell slot and a bunch of buildings appears out of now where and on top of the building, stood the Flame Wingman, "Okay Flame Wingman, go show those heroics and attack that Ancient Gear Golem!" Flame Wingman jumped from the building and lunged at the Golem, "Go ahead, bring him on! This silly little Skyscraper hasn't lowered my Golem's attack points by a point!" Crowler goaded

The Flame Wingman continued his assault, "You somethin' teach," Jaden said, "You're right, it hasn't lowered your Golem's attack, but what it did was raise my Elemental Hero Wingman's up by 1000!" (ATK: 2100)-(ATK: 3100)

Dr. Crowler was alarmed and chuckled, "Don't think that's going to happened, young scholar!" he said, "I'll activate my Rush Recklessly, which increases my Golem's attack by 700 points!" (ATK: 3000)-(ATK: 3700)

"Then, I'll play two quick-play spell cards from my hand, Battle Fusions!" Jaden said, "During a battle phase, my Wingman's attack increases by my opponent's monster's attack points!"

"Wait time out!" Dr. Crowler cried

"Go Skydive Scorcher!" Jaden declared as his Flame Wingman (ATK: 3100)-(ATK: 10500), charges and destroys it bring Dr. Crowler's life points to zero, which was a surprise to everyone watching, except for Yusuke, who was smiling at this because he predicted that Jaden would win.

"That's game," Jaden declared, thrusting his fingers to the fallen Dr. Crowler, "I guess I pass the test, huh, teach?"

Dr. Crowler was baffled on what Jaden said, "Impossible," he said, with distain, "How could this delinquent defeat me?"

Chazz and his toadies looked at the duel with surprise, "It must be dumb luck," Chazz said, "There's no way that Crowler could lose to some flunky."

-In the observation room-

"Wow, that guy has a good future here," Alexis said, which was followed by Zane leaving, silently, with Kari following

-With Yusuke-

"Wow Jaden, won!" Syrus cheered

Bastion smirked, 'Nice, I could use the computation,' he thought

"Well I'm glad that I was right," Yusuke said, walking off, "Later!" he added, with Syrus and Kagome running towards Yusuke, "Wait up!" Syrus said.

Keiko looked at Yusuke, Kagome and Syrus's departing backs, 'How did Yusuke knew the outcome of the match?' she thought, 'That's never happened before.'

The next day, all the dorm assignments had been handed out, people had said their goodbyes and farewells, and all those skilled or lucky enough to be accepted flocked to one place, a helicopter.

Atsuko was hugging her three children, while crying, "I'm gonna miss you guys!" she cried.

"Yeah mother, we'll miss you too!" Kira said, while feeling crushed by her mother's strength

"You can let go of us, mom," Yusuke said, "The helicopter is going to leave without us!"

Atsuko let's go of her triples, "See ya!" Kari said, as she and her siblings left.

Keiko watched the triples' retreating backs, mostly Yusuke's, "Yusuke!" she called out, but got no response. Keiko knew that he was ignoring her. The brunette ran towards Yusuke, "Yusuke, wait!" she called again.

Yumi appeared by Yusuke, "Yo Yusuke, let's humor her some more before we actually leave."

Keiko grabs Yusuke's sleeves of his trench coat and made him turn around to meet with her, "If you came here to waste my time, then you're doing a good job." Yusuke sneered, in a cold tone.

"Yusuke, I want to let you know that, I still care about you!" Keiko cried, "I don't understand why you would actually say that I don't care about you! Besides, you've done your share of mistakes and that doesn't meant for me that you didn't care about me. I did just one mistake!"

Yusuke yanked his wrist from Keiko's grip, "If your referring to those days that I had to leave you on our dates for Pacifier Breath's little demon hunting errands than you must be the most selfish person that I've ever known. Did it ever occurred to you that I didn't enjoy leaving you! And for your information, Keiko Yukimura, that one mistake really did some damage to me! I admit I don't have one romantic bone in my body, but kissing another guy, while playing with my emotions is ten times WORSE than the shit that I've been though in my LIFE!"

Keiko got this realization into her head just now. Sure Yusuke's ditched her on her dates, because of Koenma. That meant that Yusuke enjoyed having her company, the same that she enjoyed his company.

"Here…" Yusuke threw a card at Keiko and the brunette caught it. She looked at it and her eyes widened, "Blast Magician…" she murmured and looked at Yusuke, "Yusuke, why are…"

"It seems that you didn't have me in your heart, so what's the point of holding this card? I used to have a special place for you in mine, before you showed your true colors to me that night. Maybe you should give it to your new boyfriend," Yusuke explained

"Yusuke, you're not making any..."

"In case you're a bit slow to get this…YOU DISGUST ME AND I WANT YOU TO GET OUT OF MY LIFE, PERMENANTLY!!" he yelled, as he ran away from the now broken Keiko and towards the helicopter.

"……YOU DISGUST ME AND I WANT YOU TO GET OUT OF MY LIFE, PERMENANTLY!!"

Those words echoed in Keiko's head and it made her aching heart even worse. Her insides were too sore. She felt so horrible, because she felt that it was her fault. She had the images played in her head over and over again.

"Keiko, why…" Yusuke whispered.

However hearing her soon-to-be ex-boyfriend whisper her name, even though the fireworks were fired, Keiko eyed where Yusuke was, which was enough to push Reginald away from her.

"Yusuke…" Keiko said, looking at the ex-spirit detective's brown eyes, tainted with hurt, anger and betrayal as she got on her feet, "It's not what it looks like."

Keiko took a step to Yusuke, but Yusuke took a step back, "How could you……I trust you……."

Keiko shook her head wildly, "No Yusuke, it's not…" she took another step to him.

Yusuke took another step back, "Stay away from me……" he whispered, with a little tear coming from his eyes, "Just stay away from me……Keiko Yukimura…just stay the hell away from me, it's over!"

Keiko couldn't believe the words from her now ex-boyfriend, "No Yusuke, please just…"

It was too late, Yusuke dashed away from Keiko as fast as he could.

In all the dates that she was mad at Yusuke for missing, Keiko wished that Yusuke would have forgotten it, so she did have to look at that hurt and pain filled look on his face that he gave her.

From the helicopter, Yusuke was walking in the aisle and sat next to Kira.

Kira had witnessed the event that just happened with her brother and Keiko.

Flashback

The telephone rung in the Urameshi residence and Kira picked it up, "Hello Urameshi residence." She said

"Kira, it's me, Keiko."

"Hey Kei, what's up?"

"Could you, Kagome and Kari meet me by my house, now?"

"Sure, but Kagome's out with Yusuke, so we'll tell her about it."

The Urameshi sisters ran down to the Yukimura diner and spotted Keiko, Ryoko, Zane and Syrus by there, "So, Keiko why did you want to meet us here?" Kari asked

Keiko sighed, "It's about Yusuke's behavior," she said, "You guys know that I care about Yusuke, more than anything right?"

"Of course, we know," Zane said, with his arms crossed

"What's this all about?" Ryoko asked

"Someone has been feed Yusuke lies about me," Keiko said, with venom, "He thinks that I never cared about him from the get go."

"Feeding Yusuke lies." Syrus repeated

"Who would do that?" Kira asked

"I don't know, now he's not talking to me, anymore," Keiko said

"But Keiko, it was just one mistake," Ryoko said, "I'm sure that Urameshi has done his share of mistakes and you've ended up forgiving him."

"Didn't you hear her!?!" Syrus yelled loudly, "She said that someone's been feeding Yusuke lies!!!"

"So, the reason that Yusuke's changed his wardrobe to black and threw everything that's tied to his old life with you away, was these lies." Kira said.

"Now that you mention it," Kari said, "Kagome's the same thing."

"Of course, back when school was at session, everytime a guy flirts with her she sends a sharp cold glare and tells him in a rude way to 'get lost I'm in love with dueling'." Keiko said, "Plus, Kagome's new wardrobe is completely black and Yusuke's the same as well. I want you guys to do this favor for me, I want you guys to watch over Yusuke and not to hold any grudge against him, because he's driven by these lies to hate me."

"Don't worry about that," Kari said, "Now that we know that Yusuke's driven by these lies, the person, who's feeding these lies to him, will pay dearly for doing this to you two."

Keiko smiled and looked at Ryoko, "Ryoko, I know about those rumors about Yusuke's infamous rep. That he kills for fun and can whistle ten thousand bad guys with knives and guns. Those are completely false and never could happen. Plus, I know if he finds out the truth, he'll pound the person, who told him this lie. So, don't be afraid of him, even with his infamous rep., he knows not to hit girls, much less kill them."

"Yeah, so knock it off!" Syrus barked

Ryoko sighed and wanting to hit Syrus now, "Okay, but only because ask me to." She said, "But how are we going to convince Urameshi that he was fed lies to?"

"Don't convince him," Keiko said, "The last thing that I want to happen is Yusuke hating you guys as well, because of me. Plus, this meeting is completely secret, I don't want Yusuke to know about this."

"Okay."

End Flashback

Kira didn't harbor any grudge to Yusuke or Keiko, neither did Syrus, Zane, Kari or Ryoko, even though she's a little wary of Yusuke. However, she did curse the character, who's been feeding her brother lies about her best friend.

-Jaden's Deck List-

New Cards Used

Battle Fusion (S), Draining Shield (T), Elemental Hero Avian (M), Elemental Hero Burstinatrix (M), Elemental Hero Flame Wingman (FM), Graceful Charity (S), Hero Signal (T), Polymerization (S), Skyscraper (S), Winged Kuriboh (M)

-Dr. Crowler's Deck List-

New Cards Used

Ancient Gear Golem (M), Confiscation (S), Heavy Storm (S), Rush Recklessly (S), Statue of the Wicked (T)