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?

83. A New Breed of Heroes

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, Yu-Gi-Oh, Yu-Gi-Oh GX, Inuyasha, Monster Rancher, Digimon, Naruto, Ranma ½, Beyblade, and Death Note.

Author's Note: Jordan Rhodes, Karen Higurashi, and Ganryu Masaki belongs to BEWK! Plus, the duel between Jaden and Aster goes to Michael the Archangel

Chapter 83: A New Breed of Heroes

After Aster's global declare to challenge Jaden, we find Sasuke Uchiha lying on his bed, in his room, which was in the Obelisk Blue dorms, while looking in his grasp a Leaf ninja headband, which belonged to Naruto Uzumaki, when he lived in the Leaf Village.

Sasuke looks at the headband, thinking, "It's been a year, since I've seen Naruto! It's partly my fault for Naruto's leaving as it is with Sakura's and Kakashi's. Naruto knew what was it like to be alone, like I did, and I had to belittle him the way that I did, even though it is true. True, he may be a fool and a loser, but at least that he tried to work really hard, with a little help from the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra. I was even surprised that someone like Naruto could even control the Nine-Tailed Fox. My relationship or rivalry with Naruto began in the Ninja Academy, when we were kids. I've tried to be the best, so one day that I'll be strong enough to kill my brother, Itachi, and avenge my fallen clan, while Naruto did work hard, but ended up as a dead last, when we graduated. Then, we were placed in Squad seven with Sakura, who wanted to be 'my girlfriend' and was VERY annoying! Naruto and I were always competing against each other. As time passed, Naruto, Kakashi, and Sakura started to grow on me as much as I hated to admit, but I thought of Naruto as if he was my second brother. Then, during the Chunin Exams, Leaf Village rogue ninja, Orochimaru came back to place his Curse Mark on my neck and tried to 'seduce' me with power to avenge my clan. When Naruto saved Sakura, while I was injured from my fight with Gaara of the Sand, I was started to get a little jealous of him. I wondered how a dead last was able to take down something that I, the number one student and last of the Uchihas, couldn't defeat. Then, my brother came back to the village and in my life, again, and wanted Naruto, without knowing the reason why, which was to get the Nine-Tailed Fox. I went to attack Itachi, wanting to kill him, but I couldn't he was too strong and placed me in his Mangekyou Sharingan. Later, with the help of Lady Hokage, I was revived and went on many adventures, where I was beat down by every rogue ninja and it's Naruto that saves the day. My jealously towards Naruto had grew more and more until I challenged him to a fight, where I was confident that he'll never make a mark on my forehead. Of course, Sakura tried to get in the way and Kakashi stops the fight. I was so angry that Naruto was starting to get too strong and I wanted power so badly that I abandoned the Leaf Village. Naruto tried to stop me as we resumed our fight that was started at the hospital in the Leaf Village. The fight went from my, to Naruto's, since he had the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra, while I had Orochimaru's curse mark. I was going to finish off Naruto to calm the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan like my brother did, since it needs an amazing sacrifice, like a dear friend, but I chose not to do it my brother's way. So, I went to Orochimaru's place for power and I've trained under him for two and a half years, knowing full well that he wanted my body for his Eternal Life Jutsu. I met up with Naruto, Sakura, Sai, and Captain Yamato, knowing that they've come to get me back, but I was far too strong for them, especially when I knew for the first time about Naruto's secret. I wanted more power to defeat my brother. When Orochimaru didn't have anything to teach me, I killed him, when he tried to take my body. Then, I formed a squad called the Snake to help me find my brother. After finding Itachi, we fought, while using every jutsu that we knew, and in the end I killed him. After I've lost consciousness, I was rescued by Madara Uchiha, the first Uchiha that has ever activated the Mangekyou Sharingan and was told about it was him that helped Itachi kill off the Uchiha clan. Madara also told me that Itachi killed off the Uchiha clan under the upon the orders of the Leaf Village. At first, I was doubtful, but Madara continues, explaining that the only four that know the truth are Danzo, the Third Hokage, Homura and Koharu, the two elders from Konoha. After hearing his story, I renamed my former team to the Hawk with one purpose to destroy the Leaf Village starting with the elders. I've captured the Eight-Tailed beast and went an all out attack on the Leaf Village, but it ended up with Naruto saving everyone, again. After everything that I've done, Sakura, Kakashi, and especially Naruto, had forgiving me, even when the villagers haven't. Then as months passed, things between Naruto and me were back to normal and it got worse. Namely, I kept belittling Naruto, saying that he'll never beat me and he only beat me with the Nine-Tailed Fox's power as always." Sasuke increased his grip on the headband and he thinks, with a little tear from his eye, "Damn it! I shouldn't have done that! It's my fault! I allowed Sakura to belittle Naruto and started to be a little cold to her, because she called Naruto a 'demon' comparing him with the Nine-Tailed Fox. I knew that she didn't mean it. Naruto, where are you!?"

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Inside of the mysterious room with white marble walls and floors with Sartorius sitting down in front of the white marble table looking down at his Tarot cards, we find Aster Phoenix walking up behind him.

Sartorius tells Aster, in a plain tone, "Wise choice."

Aster tells Sartorius, in a serious tone, "Yeah, you were right. I have to beat that Jaden kid. It's the only way. My entire career is on the line here!"

Sartorius tells Aster, in a plain tone, "Glad that you agree, but it wasn't my idea. This rivalry was decided by the hands of fate."

Aster tells Sartorius, in a serious tone, "That may be true. But we already know that fate has already chosen me to be the best."

Sartorius tells Aster, in a plain tone, "Your pride serves both as strength and a weakness. Now, bring me your deck! I would like to peer through the doors of destiny." Aster hands his deck to Sartorius, he puts into one hand, his eyes gives off a bright violet glow, and sinister purple energy goes into Aster's deck.

Aster asks Sartorius, curiously, "Well?"

Sartorius tells Aster, as he returns Aster's deck to him, "It seems you already knew the future."

Aster says, with a confident sly smile, "Then you don't have to wish me luck." Soon enough, Aster walk off to his transport that will take him to Duel Academy.

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At the Duel Academy harbor, we find Chancellor Crowler and Vice-Chancellor Bonaparte standing in the, while shivering in the cold.

Bonaparte says, in annoyed and shivering tone, "I'm freezing my crowsons here! Where's Aster, already? He better not has stood us up again!"

Crowler says, in a shivering tone, "All I know is that I've lost all feeling in my legs!"

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

While up in the clouds in a plane, we find Aster putting on his sky board, goggles, and parachute bag on his back.

The pilot calls out, "Alright, Mr. Phoenix, we've reached the target!"

Aster replies, "Yep!" Just then, the door opened and Aster jumps off the plane and sky surfs his way to Academy Island.

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In Bastion's room at the Ra Yellow dorms, we find Bastion Misawa, Keiko Yukimura, Hilary Tachibana, Ryoko Lyon, Kenny, with his laptop open, and Kurama were assembling by Bastion's computer with Bastion by it, while Jaden and Tyson were just lying on the bed, with Tyson's feet by Jaden's head and the same with Jaden's feet.

Bastion says, in his logical tone, "According to my research, there isn't a sport that Aster Phoenix hasn't mastered."

Kenny nods his head and he says, in a serious tone, "That's right! Plus, there's more…he's got a high IQ and a photographic memory."

Syrus says, in a plain tone, "I've got a photographic memory too…when I remember to reload the film!"

Ryoko says, plainly, "Too easy!"

Jaden and Tyson yawned loudly as their friends, old and new, looked at him and Tyson says, in a plain tone, while shuffling his deck, "We'll you guys chill out! If you want, I have some homework that needs some finishing! Otherwise, cool it with the spy mission."

Keiko tells Jaden, in a serious tone, "This is important, Jaden! We're trying to figure out Aster's weakness and so far there is none."

Jaden says, with a smile, "Keiko, you're taking all the fun out of this, sis."

Tyson says, with a smile of his own, "No joke, Tyson!"

Hilary states, in a droll tone, "They are so alike."

Dizzi says, in a droll tone, "What gave it away? The fact that they aren't taking this seriously."

Jaden and Tyson yawned in unison as they lay down and Jaden says, sleepily, "You just got to love these Ra Yellow beds…"

Everyone of Jaden's and Tyson's friends sighs in annoyance and Keiko says, plainly, "You're right, Hilary! They are so alike."

Syrus looked out the window to see a phoenix figure coming down, what he doesn't know if that 'phoenix figure' was Aster Phoenix coming down from the sky. Aster pulled the cord, which brought his parachute out.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Meanwhile, another plane with the mark of Paradius on the side is seen flying in the air, in the cockpit is Michael and Allie flying the plane. With Light, Tai, Agumon, and Naruto put on their parachutes and goggles, with Inuyasha, Melody, and Holly, in their modern clothing and half demon forms, looking at them with blank looks.

Inuyasha asks, in a dark curious tone, "Uh! What are those things that you're putting on!?"

Light says, in a dark cold plain tone, "You see, us humans have a sport in this time called Sky Diving, you put on a parachute bag and you jump from a plane."

Holly yells out, surprised, "Jump! You're kidding!"

Naruto says, with a dark smile, "Yeah, but you have to pull on the cord of your bag to open the parachute, so you'll land safely."

Tai notions at the two parachute bags and he says, "Those are yours!"

Michael calls out from the cockpit, "Okay, guys, we've reached our target!" Inuyasha and his sisters placed their parachutes and goggles on with help from Tai and Allie, who got out of the cockpit to help Melody and Holly. Tai and Naruto got out their sky-driving boards.

Michael yells out, "Are you guys ready?"

Naruto replies, "Yep!" Tai looks at Inuyasha, who was shaking a bit, Holly, and Melody and he asks Inuyasha, with a dark sly smile, "You're not scared about jumping aren't you?"

Inuyasha says, in his usual tone with a hint of darkness, "Feh!? Me scared!? Unlikely!? In case, you haven't notice, kid, I've killed and faced many demons, before, when I was with that traitorous bitch and my so-called friends! So, what makes you think that I'm scared of doing a human's sport!?" Just then, the door opened to Inuyasha's shock and he thinks in his mind, fearfully, "Humans in this time can come up with the most dangerous things!"

Light, Tai, Agumon, and Holly jumps off the plane to Inuyasha's shock, Naruto and Melody jumps, afterwards, while pulling Inuyasha out of the plane. While in the air, Inuyasha screamed in fear, while Tai and Naruto sky surf their way to Academy Island.

While falling, Light looks at Inuyasha, who was falling and screaming at the same time, and he calls out, "Inuyasha, relax! The current in this altitude will slow down your falling!"

Inuyasha yells out, in a fearful tone, "Why the hell do you humans have to create this 'Sky-Driving' thing!?"

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At the Duel Academy card shop, we find a male figure, which appeared to be a thief wearing a duel disc and a brown coat, with tan pants, with a helmet with and goggles. Grabbing a bag full of booster packs and he says, with a sly smile, "Jackpot!"

Soon after, we see him leaving the school, thinking that he's won, except just then, a dark laugh was heard, which made Inuyasha, Melody and the thief turn to see a monster that's revealed to be Destiny Hero Doom Lord (ATK: 600/DEF: 800) on top of Duel Academy. Just then, the male activated his duel disc to duel…which was followed by an explosion and the thief screamed as he fell to the ground.

Soon after, Aster Phoenix hovering over the thief's body was wide-eyed shocked and horrified while shuffling through a deck of cards in his hand.

Aster says, with a nasty sneer, "If you want free cards, then here! They won't be much use to you in jail!" Aster throws the deck of cards on the stunned person's stunned form, who is twitching and has the look of horror in his eyes.

Soon after, Sakura, Hinata, Tenten, Neji, Lee, and Sasuke using their ninja super-speed appear first on the scene.

Sakura yells out, angrily, "Okay! Who is the wise guy?! I need my beauty sleep, you know!"

Hinata gasps, points to Aster, and says, in her shy tone, "Isn't that…?"

Sasuke says, with a serious tone, "Aster Phoenix."

Aster looks at Sasuke and states, with his sly smile, "Well, what do you know? Sasuke Uchiha, the last of the Uchiha clan. What's someone like you doing in these parts?"

Sasuke states, with a serious and plain tone, "What is it to you?"

Aster shrugs his shoulders and says, with a sly tone, "Nothing really. And besides, this isn't why I'm here."

Sasuke says, plainly, "Your challenge to Jaden Yuki." Just then Ranma, Akane, Ukyo, Genki, Izumi, Tyson, Hilary, Kenny, Max, Kai, Ray, Daichi, Jaden, Davis, Sayu, Bastion, Ryoko, Mia, and Syrus, and Yusuke, Kagome, Hikari, Keiko, Kira, Kuwabara and Kurama, along with Crowler and Bonaparte from the harbor, arrive.

Tyson yells out, angrily, "Okay, what's the deal!? Where's the creep, who woke me up in the middle of the night!?"

Yusuke yells out, angrily, "What in the hell is the idea?! Who's the ass that screaming their head off when we are trying to get ready for some sleep?!"

Kira calls out, annoyed, "Somebody who is getting their ass kicked!"

Daichi says, annoyed, "That's for sure!"

Aster says, amazed and with his sly smile and tone, "Wow! The infamous Yusuke Urameshi, the most notorious street punk of Sarayashiki Junior High, is here as well as Kagome Higurashi AKA the Sick Girl and Tyson Granger and the rest of the G-Revelations? My, this school attaches quite the crowd."

Yusuke and Kagome think in their minds, in a cold annoyed tone, "I really hate that rep!"

Kuwabara yells out, looking at Aster, "Hey, it is that Aster Phoenix kid!"

Yusuke tells Kuwabara, annoyed, "We can see that Kuwabara!"

Daichi looks at Aster and yells out, angrily, "You!? Haven't you caused enough trouble, already, Aster Phoenix!?"

Bonaparte calls out, annoyed, "So, I've got icicles on my eyebrows for nothing?!"

Kira tells Bonaparte, with an annoyed tone, "Why don't you keep it down, short stuff?!"

Ryoko says, annoyed, "No joke!"

Sayu tells Aster, with an annoyed tone, "You've got some nerve to show your face here!"

Aster tells Sayu, with a sly smile and tone, "And why is that?"

Tyson calls out, angrily, "You damn well know why?!"

Ranma says, in an annoyed tone in her voice, "You've got some nerve to accuse Jaden of copying your deck when you are the one that copied his!"

Yusuke yells out, angrily, "No joke, jackass! And on national television, no less!"

Hikari yells out, angrily, "Not to mention, humiliating Zane!"

Aster shrugs his shoulders and says, with a sly tone and a sly grin, "What can I say? That's my true deck and that's all there is too it!"

Davis calls out, angrily, "Cut the crap, Phoenix! You were just jealous of Jaden and you pulled that stunt on purpose!"

Aster says, with a sly tone, "Not quite, kid. Don't knock it until you are a pro, rookie."

Davis thinks in his mind, "All right, this jerk is starting to really piss me off!"

Syrus then points to the thief lying on the ground and asks, curiously, "Who is that guy?"

Aster says, with a sly smile and tone, "Him? He is just some punk that thought that crime would pay. Turns out he was wrong." Soon after, Ukyo, Bastion, Syrus, and Ryoko run over to him.

Ukyo puts her fingers on his neck and she says, seriously, "He is alive, but I think that he is in a comatose state."

Syrus says, nodding his head in agreement, "I'll say, Ukyo. It looks like that he knocked him out cold."

Bastion yells out, demandingly, "What did you do to him?"

Aster ignores Bastion's question and Aster asks Jaden, with a sly grin and tone, "Hey, Jaden! How you've been, bro?!"

Genki yells out, angrily, "Hey, answer Bastion's question, jerk!"

Jaden tells Aster, annoyed, "Genki's right, Aster! Now, fess up!"

Ranma says, annoyed, "Before things get ugly if you know what we mean!"

Aster tells Jaden and Kento, with a cool sly grin and tone, "Whoa! Slow down! Save it for the duel!"

Bonaparte tells Aster, in his French accent and tone, "Bonjouer, Monsieur Phoenix! I am Chancellor Bonaparte!" Bonaparte motions to Crowler and he says, plainly and lowly, "And here is my personal assistant." Crowler yelps in shocked and annoyance at Bonaparte's 'antics'.

Aster tells Bonaparte, "Sorry, pal, but I'm not supposed to talk to managers. All business deals go through my agent. Guys like me don't have time to deal with the little people." Bonaparte gives out a loud growl of annoyance and Crowler looks at Bonaparte with a serious look.

Crowler tells Bonaparte, plainly, "Correct me if I'm wrong, but are both of us are in charge here?"

Aster passes Jaden and he tells him, with a serious tone, "I'll see you bright and early for our duel! Oh, by the way, other than your friends, there are no spectators!"

Bastion asks, curiously, "No spectators?"

Tenten asks, perplexed, "Why would he not allow others to watch him duel?"

Aster says, with a serious tone, "You see, I'm a pro! People pay for me to see me duel! There is no way that I'm going to give a free show to a group of amateurs!"

Kagome yells out, annoyed, "Amateurs?!"

Ranma says, cracking his knuckles, "I'm about to mess up pretty boy here!"

Daichi tells Kento, while cracking his knuckles as well, "Get in line, Ranma."

Jaden tells Aster, annoyed, "That's not cool, bro! A lot of the students here look up to you and you are going to say that they can watch you duel?! Come on!"

Sayu tells Aster, with an annoyed tone, "No kidding, Jay! How selfish can you get?! You've got plenty of fans, here, through I don't know why a person like you would have fans!"

Sakura says, with an annoyed tone, "Yeah! That so not fair, Phoenix!"

Keiko nods her head and says, "I agree, Sakura! That's just stuck up and selfish even for an egotistical jerk like you!"

Aster says, with a sly tone, "Are you for real?" Aster gives a loud amused laugh and he says, with a sly smile and tone, "You've got a lot to learn about the biz, boys and girls." Aster then walks away for our heroes and heroines, who have serious, angered, and annoyed looks on their faces.

Ranma says, angrily, "Okay, that's it!" Just as Ranma was going to give Aster a piece of his mind, Akane held him back, and she tells Ranma, "Ranma, this isn't the time!"

Crowler calls out, worriedly, "Wait! Aster!"

Bonaparte states, begging tone in his voice, "What about this agent?!"

Crowler yells out, worriedly, "We have business to discuss!"

Sasuke thinks in his mind, plainly, "Those two are pathetic! If Naruto was here, I'll be rolling on the ground if he sees this! Naruto is a fool and a loser, but he is far better in character and as a duelist than him! Personally, I'm surprised that he managed to control that creature living inside of him! I was surprised to learn that Naruto had the Nine-Tailed Fox, the creature that the Fourth Hokage sacrificed his life to stop, inside of him, sealed by the Fourth Hokage, but then again, it explains where he gets that unusual fearful power inside of him. I'm surprised that someone like Naruto could control it, but compared to those pathetic idiots, if they had the Nine-Tailed Fox inside of him, the fox would take control of those weaklings in no time."

Ukyo yells out, perplexed and annoyed, "What does Aster Phoenix mean by that?"

Kira says, annoyed, "He is just a damned jerk."

Kai says, with a serious and plain tone, "Yes, he is. However, he is a very talented and famous 'jerk'."

Akane whispers to Ranma, who was looking at Aster's deck pouch, curiously, "Is something wrong?"

Ranma whispers back, serious tone, "I'm getting a weird feeling from him. More specifically his deck."

Kurama thinks in his mind, "I think I know what Ranma is talking about. I've felt it too ever since he got here. I'm sensing a weird aura coming from his deck and I'm not sure that it is friendly." While Aster goes off to find somewhere to sleep for the night before the duel, he and the others don't know is that Hiei is watching, unnoticed, from a nearby tree.

(The following morning; within Obelisk Arena)

That following morning, we find Genki, Izumi, Ranma, Akane, Ukyo, Tyson and his friends, our Digidestined, except for Tai, Sayu, Jaden's friends, Chazz, Alexis, Jordan, Bastion, Hassleberry, and Syrus, Naruto and his fellow seven Shinobi, and Yusuke, Kagome, Catherine, Kelly, Kira, Kuwabara, Keiko, Mina, Kino, Kurama, Hiei, and Yukina sitting down in the stands as Jaden, with a duel disc that has his dueling deck inside attached to his left wrist, starts to enter into the room.

Kuwabara whispers to Hiei, "Hey, short stuff, I thought that you were interested in duels like these!"

Hiei replies, in a low tone, "I'm not, fool. The only reason that I'm here is because of the weird aura that I sense."

Kuwabara asks Hiei, perplexed, "What do you mean?"

Kurama thinks in his mind, "I know exactly what Hiei means! I'm sensing a mysterious new aura and I think I know where it is coming from!"

Akane says, concerned, "I hope that Jaden will be okay."

Kari asks her friends, "Do you think that Jaden has a chance against Aster Phoenix?"

Yolei tells Kari, with a smile, "That guy is a poser! He might have beaten Zane Truesdale, but Jaden can't be beat by someone who copied his deck!"

Ken tells Yolei, concerned, "Well, Aster's Elemental Hero deck is somewhat different than Jaden's deck, including with that Phoenix Enforcer, Elemental Recharge, and Destruction of Destiny cards. And he used them masterfully! Even Jaden has proven to be good, Aster has won tons of pro-level duels!"

Kenny says, in a serious tone, "Ken's right! Jaden might have a real challenge, since Aster defeated Zane and Jaden tied with Zane."

Just then, a familiar male voice calls out, "Hey gang!" Everyone turns to see Jesse Anderson, Aaron and Moon Lee, as well as Kagome's 'former' friends, Yuka, Eri, Ayumi, three other people walking towards them.

The first was a teenage girl around the age of 14, with brown hair, tied to a ponytail and blue eyes. She was wearing a Ra Yellow blazer, that covered her pink shirt, blue jeans, as well as yellow sneakers.

The second was a teenage boy around the age of 14, with white spiky hair, similar to Davis's, and green. He was wearing a Ra Yellow blazer, which covered his red shirt, grey jeans as well as yellow sneakers.

The third and final was a girl, who was around the age of 15, with blonde hair, in the same style as Edward Elric from Full Metal Alchemist with brown eyes. He was short for his age, an inch shorter than Syrus with a Ra Yellow blazer, which covered his green shirt, black jeans as well as yellow sneakers.

Mina says, with a smile, "Hey Jesse!"

Catherine sends a cold angered scowl at Aaron and Moon and she says, coldly, "Who invited you two!?"

Kagome sends a cold glare at her 'former' friends and she says, in a cold annoyed tone, "More especially the three of you!"

Jesse tells Catherine, "Actually, I've invited them, since Jaden counts me as a friend and he has already counted them as friends."

Yusuke and Kagome notices the brown haired girl and they says, shocked, "Karen!"

Kira asks, curiously, "Karen, where were you!? We couldn't find you anywhere!?"

Sakura tells the white haired boy, "And the same for you, Ganryu!"

Ganryu says, nervously, "Hey, cousin Sakura!"

Karen says, with a kind tone, "I was trying to find you guys as well!"

Davis notices the short girl and he says, amazed, "Tiara!"

Joe asks Davis, "You know her?"

TK says, with a smile, "She's a good friend of Davis and mine!" TK thinks in his mind, plainly, "Not to mention a part of our spirit detective team, along with Karen and Ganryu!"

Ryoko tells Syrus, looking at Tiara, "Wow, looks like you're not the shrimp of this group anymore."

Tiara gains a red anime mark on her forehead and she says, annoyed, "Shrimp!"

Davis and TK thinks in their mind, worriedly, "Uh oh! You just had to say the 'S' word around Tiara, did you, Ryoko!"

Tiara yells at Ryoko, angrily, "WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SMALL THAT I'D BE SEEN THROUGH A MAGNIFYING GLASS, YOU BITCH!?" Just as Ryoko was going to talk back, Davis goes to Tiara and he says, nervously, "Tiara, Ryoko didn't mean any of that! She was only kidding!"

TK tells Ryoko, in a serious tone, "A word from the wise, don't talk about anything that relates to Tiara's height! She's quite sensitive about it!"

Alexis says, nervously, "Yeah, I'll keep that in mind!"

Jordan says, worriedly, "Oh wow! She's scary!"

Yusuke says, in a cold serious tone, "We can do the introductions after Jay kicks that poser Phoenix's ass to kick to next week!"

Karen notices the coldness from Yusuke's voice and she thinks in her mind, seriously, "Oh no! Koenma was right about this! Yusuke and Kagome are under the control of this Sartorius asshole! Koenma already told us about how Sartorius played a part on breaking up Inuyasha and Kagome as well as Yusuke and Keiko, just to get Yusuke and Kagome under his control! Well, that jerk is going to pay!"

When Jaden comes onto the dueling platform, Alexis says, worriedly, "They are about to start."

Hassleberry calls out to Jaden, "Your back-up troops are right here, Sarge!"

Davis yells out, seriously, "Crush that jerk, Jay!"

Tyson says, with a serious tone, "Davis means that literately, Jay!"

Ranma calls out, seriously, "Yeah, pal, no mercy to that jerk or I will kick your butt!"

Akane tells Ranma, with a sly smile and tone, "Nice words of encouragement, Ranma."

Ranma tells Akane, with a sly smile and tone of his own, "Yeah, I thought so, Ranma."

Keiko notices someone was missing and she asks, curiously, "Do you know where Kari is? She was just here."

Yusuke, Kagome, and Kira become nervous, look at each other, and Yusuke yells out, stunned, "Oh no! She wouldn't!"

Kira tells Yusuke, with a serious tone, "Knowing how much pissed off that she got when Aster humiliated Zane, I would think yes!"

Keiko, knowing what the Urameshi siblings and Kagome were implying, yells out, stunned, "Oh no! She wouldn't!"

Yusuke, Kagome, and Kira tell Keiko in unison, "She would!"

Chazz overhears them and he asks, in his usual snobbish tone, "What are you, dweebs, yapping about now?"

Kuwabara yells at Chazz, annoyed, "Nothing that you should know, punk!"

Kira and Yusuke rise from their seats and TK asks, seeing them, "Where are you, two, going? The duel is about to start."

Yusuke tells TK, nervously, "We…We'll be right back!" Soon enough, the two of them started to rush out of the stands as quickly as they can.

As the others watch them leave, Ranma asks, perplexed, "What's was that all about?"

Mimi replies, perplexed as her friend, "Maybe they had to hit the lavatory."

Sora tells Mimi, annoyed, "In the middle of a duel?! Yeah, right, Mimi!"

Jaden then looks at his deck and says, silently, "Come on, boys. We can do it."

Just then a pair of familiar female voices calls out in unison, "Aster! Aster! We love Aster! Yes, we do! We love Aster! How about you?!" Jaden looks up in confusion, sees Aster waving to his right, and everyone looks to see Mindy and Jasmine pinning over the Pro Duelist.

Kagome says, annoyed, "You are kidding me!"

Mindy yells out, pinning over Aster, "He waved at me!"

Jasmine calls out, pinning over Aster, "He totally winked at me!"

They look at each other, annoyed, and tell each other at the same time, annoyed, "It was me! In your dreams!"

Tenten says, annoyed, "Yuck!"

Ranma yells out, annoyed, "You've got to be fucking kidding me!"

Alexis says, annoyed, "How pathetic."

Syrus says, annoyed, "They are supposed to be on our side."

Sakura says, annoyed, "Rotten traitors. They see a cute guy and they go all out on him. How pathetic."

Hinata says, in a sneer unlike her with a hint of coldness, "Look who's holding the kettle black, Billboard Brow!" Sakura winces at Hinata's harsh words as Neji shook his head in disappointment.

Kai notices this and they think in his mind, curiously, "What was that all about!?"

Yolei says, shaking her head, "I might have been boy-crazy before Ken became my boyfriend, but I never would ditch my friends just because of a cute boy."

Davis, TK, and Kari give a sly grins and Davis states, slyly, "Oh, really?"

Yolei yells out, annoyed, "Cut that out, Davis!"

Ukyo tells everyone, with a smile, "Don't worry, Alexis and I will talk to them."

Alexis nods her head and says, seriously, "Right. We will talk some sense into them."

Just then Ranma and Hassleberry yell out in unison, "Oh no, you don't!" Just then everyone blocked Alexis's and Ukyo's path.

Neji tells Alexis and Ukyo, with a serious tone, "You can't fool us, girls!"

Kagome says, with a serious tone, "Yeah, you two just want to sit by Aster!"

Alexis sits back down with a blush on her cheeks and coughs. Bonaparte calls out through the microphone, "Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Aster Phoenix, one of the biggest stars of our time!"

Crowler growls and says, annoyed, "With an ego to match."

On the meanwhile, Dartz's new henchmen, Inuyasha, Melody, Holly, in their half-demon forms, Naruto, Light, Tai, and Agumon, walked inside the building through the bottom, while Inuyasha, Melody, Holly, and Naruto casted a genjutsu and charms from Melody's Demonic Priestess magic to protect them from being sensed by Yusuke and his sisters, Jaden, Davis, and TK, especially Kagome and Sakura, since Sakura could sense a genjutsu a mile away.

Inuyasha says, in a dark serious tone, "The scent of that rotten asshole stops right here!"

Holly points at Aster and he says, "And it's coming from him!"

Naruto says, amazed, "It's Aster Phoenix!"

Melody says, in a dark serious tone, "Well, I'm picking up a nasty smell from him!"

Inuyasha says, in a dark plain tone, "And it's from Sartorius as well!"

A janitor wearing white working nearby is talking on a cell phone and he says, with a cold plain tone, "Yes, Master Sartorius. The duel is about to start."

On the other side of the line is Sartorius on a speak phone and he says, with an evil smile, "And then it is only a matter of time that we will acquire our latest member. Jaden Yuki. Afterwards, I'll move to capture the other 'Chosen Duelists' Daisuke Motomiya. For when young Jaden and Daisuke loses, they will see the light!" Sartorius stands on his feet and he says, with an evil smile, "Everyone does, eventually." Back to Obelisk Arena, Aster and Jaden were facing each other and Aster puts his deck into his duel disc causing a slight purple aura to come from it, which is sensed by Keiko, Davis, TK, Ranma, Mina, Kino, Karen, Ganryu, Tiara, Hiei, Sasuke, Neji, Kurama, and Kuwabara.

Kuwabara thinks in his mind, "What the heck? What was that creepy aura that I just felt?"

Davis thinks in his mind, seriously, "There is a big stink and it is coming down there somewhere."

Kurama thinks in his mind, seriously, "I think Hiei and I were right. There is a mysterious aura coming from Aster's deck and it isn't friendly." When Kurama looks at Hiei, he just gives a slight nod and closes his eyes.

Keiko thinks in her mind, seriously, "This…feeling! I'm feeling that there's something wrong here!"

Mina tells Keiko, seriously and mentality, "Lady Keiko, Aster Phoenix is carrying with him the same aura as the power that Sartorius has!"

Keiko yells out, shocked, "What!?"

Yami Keiko's voice calls out, in a dark cold serious tone, "Mina's right! I can recognize this stench a mile away and it's same as those three assholes, Tyku, Reginald, and Rose!"

Keiko says, in an angered tone, "Damn it! That would mean that Sartorius knows now that Jaden's a 'Chosen Duelist' and if he loses the duel then he'll be brainwashed like Yusuke and Kagome!"

Sakura whispers to Sasuke, seeing his serious look, "Sasuke, what's wrong?"

Sasuke tells Sakura, in a whisper, "Tell the others to keep their eyes open for anything weird or suspicious, Sakura."

Neji whispers, with a serious tone, with his Byakugan activated, "Sasuke's right. There is a nasty aura, but I'm not sure where it is coming from. Keep your eyes open."

Just then the spirit of Winged Kuriboh comes out of its card and Jaden asks Kuriboh, silently, "What's up, pal?" Kuriboh chirps while pointing to Aster like the little fairy monster was giving Jaden a warning. Jaden tells Kuriboh, silently and reassuringly, "Don't worry, pal. I know that he is tough and very good, but we beat him once and we can do it, again. It's all good. However…" Jaden uses his new senses to detected the purple glow and he thinks in his mind, "There's something up with Aster's deck and it's not exactly friendly!"

Aster thinks in his mind, seriously, "I'll show him what a deck of real heroes can do!" On the meanwhile, what they and everyone else didn't realize is that Hikari was hiding near the dueling platform, ready to pound Aster for his defeat of her boyfriend, Zane, and what he said about her good friend, Jaden, begin a 'fraud'. Hikari prepares to strike when Yusuke and Kira appear and tackle her to the ground, hard.

Everyone that can looks to the source of the voice to see Yusuke and Kira holding back their elder twin sibling and she yells out, angrily, "Let me go! Let me go! I want to give that bastard a piece of mind or my fist for what he has done!"

Kira tells Hikari, with a serious tone, "Not this time, sis! We are just as pissed off as you are, but you are not going do this! Let Jaden kick his ass!"

Hikari yells out, angrily, "He has no right to duel Jaden! He's nothing, but low down, egoistical, back-stabbing, self-centered, SOB that deserves to kick back into the juniors where he belongs! He is a no talent asshole that thinks he is so great!"

Yusuke tells Hikari, with a serious tone, "Well, let Jay prove that he is the loser that he truly is. But he can't do that if you break him in half!"

Aster asks Jaden, a bit annoyed at Hikari, "What's her problem?"

Jaden tells Aster, seriously, "Well, bro, you just pissed her off by defeating Zane. She was a student with him during my first year and his final year here. plus, she's Zane's girlfriend."

Aster says, in a rare surprised tone, "Whoa! No way! Zaney's girlfriend!"

Jaden nods his head and he says, " Yeah, and you never want to make her mad."

Aster tells Jaden, with a sly tone, "Is that supposed to scare me?" As Yusuke and Kira pull an enraged Hikari away, she slams her right fist into the stands creating an impression in the barrier between the stands and the stage, and greatly cracking the barrier causing Aster to become wide-eyed with surprise, which is quite rare.

Crowler slaps his right hand on her head and says, in disbelief, "Not again! That girl and that unusual strength of hers!"

Bonaparte asks Crowler, "Why don't you punish her or something?"

Crowler tells Bonaparte, with a serious tone, "Trust me, Bonaparte. Messing with Hikari Urameshi, sister to Yusuke and Kira Urameshi, isn't something that you want to do. She isn't rebellious trouble-maker like her two siblings are rumored to be, but when you get her mad, she can be very dangerous. She especially hates bullies, especially Obelisks picking on Slifers. If she finds an Obelisk picking on a Slifer, you are most likely to find them in two places: The infirmary or the trash can and they are not in a good way. Rumor has it that she can crush steel with her bare hands."

Bonaparte yelps in shock and he says, lowly, "No wonder you don't make her mad."

Crowler tells Bonaparte, seriously, "No joke, Bonaparte."

Aster thinks in her mind, "Okay, that was a surprise!" However, Hikari breaks free from the grip of her two siblings, but before she charges Aster, Mina and Kino appears, through super-speed, make it through the crowd and one well-placed karate chop from Mina, enhanced with her demon and spirit energy, knocks Hikari into unconsciousness. Before Hikari could fall to the ground, Yusuke and Kira catch her by the shoulders.

As Yusuke and Kira carry Hikari on their shoulders back to the stands, with Mina and Kino following, Alexis sighs and says, solemnly, "That's Kari for you."

Chazz nods his head and says, with a sigh, "No joke. When she is mad, she is like an unstoppable tank and there is no reasoning with her."

Syrus says, with a sly smile, "You should know, Chazz. You've got the scars to prove it."

Chazz tells Syrus, annoyed, "Thanks for reminding me, twerp!"

Keiko says, with a sigh, "It seems she hasn't changed ever since our younger days. Kari isn't like Yusuke or Kira, but when she gets mad, she can scare even them with what she does, especially to bullies."

TK tells Keiko, a bit nervously, "I believe you, Keiko."

Yolei tells Keiko, nervously, "Remind me never to get on her bad side."

Davis nods his head and says, "No kidding, Yolei." After the unconsciousness Hikari was put in the stands with her brother, sister, and their friends, Yusuke and Kira sit down on either side of her to make sure she didn't try anything when she woke up.

Jaden tells Aster, with a serious tone, "Okay, Aster, with that done and over with, it is time to roll up those sleeves and get your game on!"

Aster tells Jaden, with a sly smile and tone, "Please, I won't even break a sweat! You are going down, man!"

Jaden tells Aster, "Well, there is only one way to find out!" Jaden and Aster activate their duel discs, their life-point counters displays 8000 life-points, and they draw five cards from their decks.

"Let's do this!" the two duelist say in unison as their duel begins.

Starting Scores:

Aster: 8000

Jaden: 8000

Aster draws one card from his deck and says, "I'll start things off!" Aster puts one card on his duel disc and calls out, "Check this out! Look familiar! It's Elemental Hero Clayman in defense mode!" Elemental Hero Clayman (ATK: 800/DEF: 2000) comes to the field in defense mode. Aster says, with a sly smile and tone, "Guess I will let you off the hook for now."

Bastion says, amazed, "This is incredible. Now, Jaden has to face some of his favorite monsters."

Davis says, in a serious tone, "No joke, Bastion! It's like Jaden is dueling himself!"

Yusuke says, seriously, "Yeah, but I know that Jaden will take out that poser!"

Genki cheers out, "Go get him, Jaden!"

Jaden draws one card from his deck and says, "Pretty sweet move. But watch this!" Jaden looks at the card that he drew and says, "Not bad." Jaden puts the card in the spell/trap slots and calls out, "Now, I play Polymerization!"

As a fusion vortex appears on the field, Syrus calls out, excitedly, "Yes, time for some fusion action!"

Hassleberry says, with a smile, "Now, the Sarge can summon some high-level soldiers to the field!"

Kira says, lowly, "Yes."

Jaden calls out, "Now, I fuse my Avian with my Burstinatrix! So, Elemental Hero Flame Wingman come on down!" The two named monsters appear on the field, go into the fusion vortex, and out of the fusion vortex, Elemental Hero Flame Wingman (ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200) comes to the field in attack mode. Jaden calls out, with a smile, "All right, Wingman, attack with Inferno Rage!" Flame Wingman launches a beam of flames from its dragon right hand, it slams into Aster's Clayman, and it is destroyed. Jaden then calls out, "And that's not all! Thanks to Wingman's super-power, you lose life-points equal to your destroyed monster's attack points! Take it away, Wingman!" Flame Wingman fires a beam of flames into Aster and he yells out in shock as he loses 800 life-points. When the attack is over, he growls in annoyance.

Jaden displays a spell card with a picture of Elemental Hero Flame Wingman rushing towards a burning building, where a group of people are calling for help, and he says, with a sly grin, "But, why stop there!? I activate my spell flame rush!"

Aster asks, curiously, "What's that do?"

Jaden says, with a smile, "It's simple, it lets my monster attack again!"

Aster says, stunned, "You're kidding!"

Jaden calls out, "Go flame wing man set Aster's world a blaze!" Then, Flame Wingman fires another beam of flames into Aster and he yells out in shock as he loses 2100 more life-points.

Chazz says, with a sly smile and his usual snobbish tone, "Well, it looks like the pro took the first blow."

Current Score:

Aster: 5100

Jaden: 8000

Aster says, with a sly smile and tone, "Lucky shot. But that's all about to change." Aster puts the card that he drew in the spell/trap slots and he states, "Guess what I just drew?!"

Jaden asks Aster, perplexed, "How should I know?"

Aster tells Jaden, with a sly tone, "Because it is the same thing that you just played! Polymerization!" Just then a fusion vortex appears behind Aster and our heroes and heroines gasp in shock.

Bastion states, annoyed, "Oh, please. Why don't you play something original?"

Sayu says, annoyed, "Yeah, something that Jaden hasn't already played!"

Hilary says, annoyed, "No kidding, Sayu! What a copycat!"

Aster says, with a sly smile, "Like you, I'm fusing my Avian and my Burstinatrix, but unlike you, I'm summoning my Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer!" Soon after, the two named monsters go into the fusion vortex and out of the fusion vortex, Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer (ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200) comes to the field in attack mode.

Jaden yells out, excitedly, "Awesome! I was hoping that I would see him again! This is so cool!"

Aster tells Jaden, seriously, "Oh, really? How this for cool? Attack!" Phoenix Enforcer gains a rainbow sphere of energy around his body and he attacks while Flame Wingman counterattacks, but when the attack slams into Phoenix Enforcer, the shockwave destroys Flame Wingman and Phoenix Enforcer survived.

Hassleberry yells out, shocked, "Hold it! It should have been a tie!"

Bastion tells Hassleberry, "One small problem, it can't be destroyed in battle."

Yuka says, nervously, "Yeah! Thanks to that ability it has."

Jaden tells Aster, with a sly smile, "Way to one up me."

Aster says, with a sly smile and tone, "What did you expect? Our decks are similar, not equal."

Jaden says, perplexed, "Huh?"

Tyson asks, perplexed, "What does he mean?"

Kenny tells Tyson, in a logical tone, "I think that he is implying that his deck is superior to Jaden's."

Tyson jumps out of his seat and calls out, angrily, "Okay, that's it!"

Kai tells Tyson, in a very annoyed tone, "Would you sit down, already!?" Tyson yelp in fear as he obeyed Kai's order.

Aster tells Jaden, with a sly smile and tone, "Think of our decks as a mirror, they reflect who we are and what motives our actions."

Jaden asks Aster, curiously, "Come on, do you really have to go so deep?"

Aster tells Jaden, with a sly smile and tone, "That rests my case. In simple terms, my deck is better!"

Sayu calls out, annoyed, "What a real jerk!"

Yolei says, annoyed, "No joke! Jaden's deck is way better than that jerk's!"

Ranma says, seriously, "That's right! And Jay's going to teach that lesson to that creep the hard way."

Hikari's voice calls out, annoyed, "Yeah! It has been through a lot more than that poser!" Everyone looks to see Hikari has woken up and with one cross look on her face.

Keiko says, nervously, "Kari, you are awake!"

Hikari calls out, angrily, "Yeah! And I didn't like it when my family and the Tucker twins stopped me from giving that ass a piece of my mind!"

Kira tells Hikari, in a serious tone, "Sorry, sis, but we didn't want you to ruin the good reputation, outside of your 'feared one', with going crazy on Phoenix."

Sakura tells Hikari, in a reassuring tone, "We know that you are mad about what happened to Zane, but Jaden will get him some payback!"

Hikari scoffs and says, in a plain tone, "Fine! But it doesn't look that way!"

Kagome tells Hikari, reassuringly, "You know that Jay will turn this duel around!"

Jaden draws one card from his deck and says, putting the card on his duel disc, "I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman!" Elemental Hero Bubbleman (ATK: 800/DEF: 1200) comes to the field in attack mode and Jaden tells Aster, seriously, "And since it is the only card out on my field, its special ability activates, allowing me to draw two more cards from my deck!" Jaden draws two cards from his deck, puts one card in the spell/trap slots, and he calls out, "Now, I play my Warrior Returning Alive spell card! So, if you don't mind, I will be getting back a Warrior-type monster from my graveyard!" Jaden's Elemental Hero Avian (ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000) monster card returns from the graveyard to his hand, Jaden puts one card in the spell/trap slots, and says, "My Elemental Hero Avian to be more exact! Now, I fuse him with my Sparkman and my Bubbleman!" Elemental Hero Sparkman (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400) appears on the field with Avian, the three monsters go into a fusion vortex, Jaden calls out, "In order to form…drum roll please…the mighty Elemental Hero Tempest!" Out of the fusion vortex, Elemental Hero Tempest (ATK: 2800/DEF: 2000) comes to the field in attack mode. Jaden then calls out, "Now, attack with Glider Strike!" Tempest gives a war-cry as it fires a beam of blue energy from its cannon-like right arm at Phoenix Enforcer, it slams into Phoenix Enforce, and through it isn't destroyed, Aster still loses 700 life-points.

Genki yells out, excitedly, "All right! Jaden just nailed him! Big time!"

Alexis says, with a wide smile, "Aster's monster might be indestructible, but he isn't!"

Bastion tells Alexis, "Don't stop celebrating just yet. This duel has a long way to go."

Izumi tells Genki, with a plain tone, "Yeah, Genki. So, please sit down, Naruto. Do you want to jinx Jaden or something?"

Eri then exclaims, "But Jaden made one awesome move! He show who the real Master of those Elemental Hero cards really is!"

Kenny tells Eri, with a smile, but a logical and serious tone, "However, Bastion is right, Eri. This duel has a good ways to go, but Jaden is doing very well.

Current Score:

Aster: 4400

Jaden: 8000

Aster draws one card from his deck and says, with a sly smile and tone, "Back to me." When Aster looks at the card, he says, with a sly smile and tone, "Well, here's a card that we haven't seen in a while: Polymerization!"

When a fusion vortex forms behind Aster, Syrus yells out, worriedly, "Oh, man! That's only cool when Jay plays it!"

Sayu says, annoyed, "No joke!"

Kira says, seriously, "And trouble for Jaden when Aster plays it!"

The black-clad version of Elemental Hero Sparkman (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400) appears on the field, goes into a fusion vortex with Phoenix Enforcer and Aster says, with a sly smile and tone, "I take one part Phoenix Enforcer and add a pinch of Sparkman and out comes Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer!" Out of the fusion vortex, Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer (ATK: 2500/DEF: 2100) comes to the field in attack mode. Aster then says, with a serious tone, "Now, he gets three hundred attack points for every hero monster in my graveyard!" Shining Phoenix Enforcer's stats rise from 2500/2100 to 4000/2100, thanks to its ability and five Elemental Hero monsters in the graveyard!

Jaden says, amazed, "Whoa. That's a whole lot of hero."

Hassleberry says, amazed, "That thing is going to be all over Jaden like flies on a cow pie!"

Tyson says, nervously, "I don't know what that means, but something tells me that isn't a good thing."

Max tells Tyson, "Got that right, Tyson."

Aster calls out, seriously, "You are way out of your league! Shining Phoenix Enforcer, attack with Shimmer Kick!" Shining Phoenix Enforcer leaps into the air, its right foot starts to glow, it back-flips, and dives on Tempest slamming its right foot into Tempest's chest, causing it to be destroyed while Jaden loses 1200 life-points.

Hinata asks, worriedly, "Is he okay?"

Tenten yells out, confidently, "Sure, he is, Hinata! Jaden won't get kicked down by one hit!"

Mia says, with a serious tone, "But one serious hit."

Kira tells Mia, nodding her head, "You know it, Mia."

Aster puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, "That will be enough for now."

Current Score:

Aster: 4400

Jaden: 6800

Hikari calls out, angrily, "Come on, Jay! You can't lose to that jerk! Show who the real boss is!"

TK tells Hikari, nervously, "Real encouraging, Hikari."

Kari nods her head and says, also nervously, "No kidding, TK."

Jaden draws one card from his deck and he says, with a serious tone, "Not bad." Jaden puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, "I play Pot of Greed! Now, I draw two more cards from my deck!" Jaden draws two more cards from his deck, puts one card in the spell/trap slots, and he says, "Next, I play my Miracle Fusion! Here's how it works: I remove Fusion-Material Monsters from my field or my graveyard and then I combine them to form something stronger!" Jaden takes his Elemental Hero Flame Wingman (ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200) fusion monster card and Elemental Hero Sparkman (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400) monster card from his graveyard, puts them in his pocket and out of play. Jaden calls out, as the two monsters appear on the field and go into a fusion vortex, "All right, here goes! I fuse my Flame Wingman with my Sparkman! In order to summon Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman!" Out of the fusion vortex, Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman (ATK: 2500/DEF: 2100) comes to the field in attack mode. Jaden tells Aster, with a sly smile and serious tone, "And if you think that he is strong now, wait until he gains twelve hundred life-points, thanks to the heroes in my graveyard!" Shining Flare Wingman's stats then rise from 2500/2100 to 3700/2100!

Aster says, with a sly smile and tone, "Are you done? I thought after that big production that you would summon something that would accomplish something. But no, you spent five minutes summoning a monster that's weaker than mine."

Jaden tells Aster, with a sly smile, "Not exactly. You see, attack points aren't everything. So, if you excuse me, I would like to continue my move with this!" Jaden puts one card in the spell/trap slots and says, "With this! Light Laser! This card can only be equipped to a Light warrior-type monster and when my Wingman attacks your monster, it is automatically removed from play!" Just then the laser appears in the right hand of Shining Flare Wingman and he activates it showing a bright blue glowing blade.

Chazz says, with a sly smile and his usual snobbish tone, "Not bad, Slacker. Not bad."

Hilary says, excitedly, "Jaden has a chance now!"

Ray tells Hilary, seriously, "It would seem so."

Bastion says, with a sly tone, "Yes, what would his fans think? Now, we know why he wanted the arena to be empty expect for us."

Genki calls out, "Yeah, Bastion! To make sure that his fans don't see his butts get kicked by a so called 'Prep School Boy'!"

Hikari tells Jaden, excitedly, "Take on home, Jay!"

Jaden's Field Spell slot open, he puts a card in the slot, and Jaden tells Aster, with a sly smile, "Next, I play a Field Spell! It's called Skyscraper!" When the slot closes, huge buildings come on the field and Jaden says, with a sly smile and tone, "I thought that a change of scenery is in order! And since my Wingman is weaker than your monster, he gains one thousand more attack points!" Shining Flare Wingman's stats rise from 3700/2100 to 4700/2100 and Jaden calls out, seriously, "Now, Shining Flare Wingman attack!" Shining Flare Wingman leaps forward to attack Shining Phoenix Enforcer.

Aster calls out, seriously, "Fine! We'll go out with a bang!" Shining Phoenix Enforcer moves in to counter the attack Shining Flare Wingman.

Jaden calls out, seriously, "Wingman, activate Light Laser!" Shining Flare Wingman slams his laser into Shining Phoenix Enforcer while Shining Phoenix Enforcer slams its foot into Wingman's chest, but Phoenix Enforcer is gone while Flare Wingman returns to Jaden's side and Aster loses 700 more life-points.

Current Score:

Aster: 3700

Jaden: 6800

Alexis asks, excitedly, "Awesome! Who is the pro now?"

Syrus says, just as excitedly, "Jaden!"

Genki calls out, excitedly, "You know it, Syrus!"

Sakura calls out, excitedly, "You know it, Naruto! Excellent move, Jay!"

Ryoko yells out, excitedly, "Way to go, Jaden!"

Keiko calls out, with a smile and excited tone, "You know it, Ryoko!"

Hikari exclaims, excitedly, "Sweet move, Jaden!"

Ranma asks, with a smile, "Jaden is the pro, but who is the asshole opponent?"

Tyson says, with a sly smile, "Times a million!"

Yusuke says, with a smile, "Aster!"

Jaden exclaims, excitedly, "This is one sweet duel! I mean, hero monsters going head to head! What could be better?! This is so chill!"

Just then Aster growls in annoyance and unexpectedly yells out, angrily, "What's with you?! You think that this is some kind of big joke!" Jaden and the others gasp out in surprise and when Aster raises his head, his expression changed within an intense look in his eyes. Aster then says, in a real serious tone, "Well, I've got news for you, joy-boy, dueling isn't just for fun! Well, not for me! But someone like you would never understand. I duel for justice and…revenge."

Going into the 'audience', Keiko asks, perplexed, "Justice? Revenge?"

Tyson states, shocked at Aster's change of attitude, "Whoa! His attitude has taken a total one-eighty."

Kira tells Tyson, with a serious tone, "You know it, Tyson. He is totally serious and all business now."

Yusuke nods his head and says, seriously, "You're right, Kira. I can see it in his eyes and his tone."

Ganryu says, plainly, "Something tells me we are seeing the true Aster Phoenix."

Karen asks Ganryu, "What makes you say that, Ganryu?"

Ganryu states, plainly, "Behind that sarcastic attitude, I saw a look deep within his eyes that he tried to hide. The one of someone on a mission…a mission of justice and vengeance. Then I knew there was more to this guy than meets the eye."

Sasuke tells Ganryu, with a plain and serious tone, "You took the words right out of my mouth, Ganryu. I saw that spark in his eye. The spark of someone out for revenge."

Sakura asks Sasuke, surprised, "Revenge?"

Sasuke nods his head and says, with a plain tone, "That's right, Sakura. I know that look anyway because I've seen that same look in my eyes when I think about HIM."

Back on the dueling field, Aster growls and says, "Ah, forget it."

Jaden tells Aster, seriously, "Too late for that now, bro."

Aster tells Jaden, in a serious tone that he didn't use until now, "I chose my hero cards for a reason. And punks like you that use them just because they look cool, make me sick."

Jaden tells Aster, perplexed by his change in attitude, "Come on, bro, chill out."

Aster yells back, very annoyed, "Look, these cards are everything to me! They are my whole life! So, you chill out!"

Jaden tells Aster, "I'm always chill."

Aster says, annoyed, "Whatever. I told you that you wouldn't understand."

Within the stands, Kagome says, with an annoyed tone, "He is more of a jerk than ever."

Neji states, in a serious tone, "It is more than that, Kagome. Kiyone's right. His voice is full of anger and rage. Someone who wishes for vengeance. But what does he want revenge for? And who or what does he have this anger and rage against?"

Down the stands, with Dartz's associates, Holly asks, curiously, "I wonder who he's talking about?"

Back on the dueling field, Aster says, in a serious tone, "I was destined to build this deck! And here's proof! I play my D-Time trap card!" Aster's face-down card is revealed to be the D-Time trap card and Aster says, as two cards comes out of his deck, "Thank you. You've triggered this trap when you destroyed my Phoenix Enforcer! When he leaves the field, it allows me to unleash a new breed of heroes from my deck!" Aster puts the cards from his deck into his hand, revealing one of them to be Destiny Hero Doom Lord (ATK: 600/DEF: 800), and declares, "They are known as the Destiny Heroes!"

Jaden asks, stunned and perplexed, "Destiny Heroes?!"

Back in the stands, Chazz nearly leaps out of his seat and asks, confused, "What heroes?!"

Hassleberry tells Chazz, "Destiny, son! They already said it twice."

Syrus asks, curiously, "What are they?"

Jaden's friends look at Bastion and he says, "Don't look at me."

Syrus asks, worriedly, "You don't know?"

Max asks Kenny, "What about you, Kenny?"

Kenny tells Max, "I wish that I knew, but I never heard of any cards known as the 'Destiny Heroes' in any card database. However, they do sound familiar from a story that I read about, but I'm not exactly sure where I heard that story before."

Sakura yells out, perplexed, "I've never heard of 'Destiny Heroes' before!"

Hinata says, perplexed, "Neither have I!"

Keiko says, confused as her friends, "Same here!"

Izumi says, perplexed, "Neither have I?"

Ukyo says, "Same here."

Matt asks Izzy, "What about you, Izzy?"

Izzy shakes his head and he says, "I've never heard of them!"

Tyson asks Dizzi, "What about you, Dizzi?"

Dizzi says, in a serious tone, "I wish I knew about those cards, Tyson. But I'm totally clueless."

Kari says, worriedly, "I'm worried. If Izumi, Bastion, Kenny, Izumi, Ukyo, Keiko, Dizzi, or anyone else has never heard of these cards, who knows what they can do?"

Dizzi says, in her sarcastic tone, "Here's an idea! I think it's time for Jaden to call home!"

Alexis yells at Dizzi, angrily, "This isn't the time for jokes, Dizzi!"

Back with Dartz's associates, Tai asks Light, "Hey Light, do you have information about these Destiny Heroes?"

Light replies, in a dark cold plain tone, "Well, Tai, I don't know anything about them at all."

Back on the dueling field, Aster tells Jaden, "Now, it is time for you to open your eyes to the true power of the Elemental Heroes."

Jaden tells Aster, "Enough of the dramatic speeches, bro."

Aster says, with a sly smirk on his lips, "Fine. Then I won't tell you my secret then."

Jaden gives a perplexed look and asks, "Huh?"

Aster tells Jaden, "Unless you want to know the truth."

Jaden asks Aster, "What truth?"

Aster tells Jaden, "About a secret series of hero cards created by Industrial Illusions, but never released to the public. It is known as the D-series." Aster then draws one card from his deck and says, "But how about I show you instead?"

Upon hearing that Ukyo yells out, in a logical tone, "Of course! That's it! Since those cards were created and not released, it is no wonder we never heard about them!"

Hikari asks Ukyo, "What makes you say that, Ukyo?"

Ken says, with a serious tone, "Since those cards were created, but never released, only those in Industrial Illusions have ever heard about them and most likely, they rarely talked about them with others or posted them in the internet. So, the information about these cards would be slim if there is any at all."

Kari asks, curiously, "So, does that mean that Jaden is in trouble?"

Max tells Kari, concerned, "Based on how powerful these cards are, Jaden might be in real deep trouble, Kari."

The Field Spell slot opens on Aster's duel disc, he puts a card in the Field Spell slot, and says, "First, I play my Clock Tower Prison Field Spell." The Field Spell slot on Aster's duel disc closes, causes Jaden's Skyscraper spell to fall apart since a new Field Spell was played, and as a huge clock tower appears behind Aster with Jaden, Aster, and Shining Flare Shining being in the center of some kind of courtyard to some kind of prison connected to the clock tower behind Aster. Aster tells Jaden, "This clock tower is the key ingredient."

Jaden asks, perplexed, "It is? But why?"

Aster replies, sarcastically, "Oh, now you want to hear my speech. Let's just say that with every tick of this clock, I come closer to victory. Now, hands of fate turn and usher in the doom!" Soon after, the needles on the clock tower move backwards to the twelve o'clock position and when they do so, it gives off loud clock-like bongs. And just then a figure is seen on top of the clock tower.

Syrus exclaims, shocked, "Look! On top of the tower!"

Aster then calls out, "Jaden, meet Destiny Hero Doom Lord!" Soon enough, the figure on the clock tower is Destiny Hero Doom Lord (ATK: 600/DEF: 800) in attack mode.

Jaden tells Aster, "No offense, but he seems weak."

Aster says, with a sly smirk, "Let's test that theory. Doom Lord, show him your stuff!" Doom Lord leaps from the clock tower and moves towards Flare Wingman, seemly going to attack.

Chazz says, "That was dumb."

Bastion says, in his logical tone, "I concur, Chazz. Why would Aster play that? He clearly has the weaker monster."

Izzy says, plainly, "He must think that he can't win."

Ryoko states, plainly, "No joke. Flare Wingman has three thousand seven hundred attack points to that Doom Lord's just six hundred. It's going to get crushed."

Genki nods his head and says, "No joke, Genki! That card is going to get crushed and Aster is going down!"

Hilary says, worriedly, "Unless it has a special ability that we don't know about."

Keiko states, worriedly, "That could be a problem, Hilary."

Yusuke says, seriously, "And knowing Aster, it most likely has a powerful ability, if that guy played that."

Back on the dueling field, Aster exclaims, "Oh, did I mention his ability? Destiny Hero Doom Lord, send him packing with Impending Doom Grip!" Doom Lord slams his right claw into Shining Flare Wingman and Aster says, "See ya! In the future, that is." Soon after, Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman vanishes, dropping Light Laser, and sending that card to the graveyard.

Jaden exclaims, shocked, "Hey, what do you to my Wingman?! He's gone!"

Aster tells Jaden, "Yeah, but not for long! Each turn, he can send one of your monsters into the future by removing them from play for two turns!"

Jaden tells Aster, "That doesn't even make sense."

Aster tells Jaden, "To you. That's because you've got a lot to learn about destiny. And unfortunately for you, right now, I'm controlling yours. And your future is looking pretty grim." Aster then starts to laugh in dark satisfaction as the duel turns in Aster's favor. And as the duel continued on, Aster's 'prediction' looks like it is coming true and with each new Destiny Hero monster, including Destiny Hero-Diamond Dude (ATK: 1400/DEF: 1600), Destiny Hero-Captain Tenacious (ATK: 800/DEF: 800), and traps and spell like D-Shield that made Destiny Hero monsters invincible and Misfortune spell card that drained Jaden's life-points away. Jaden was getting into serious trouble.

Tai says, with a dark serious tone, "I don't know about you guys, but this Jaden kid is going down fast!"

Light says, in a dark plain tone, "I knew this would happen! I've taught Jaden, along with my sister, Ranma, Davis, and Tyson Duel Monster, before I was 'Kira'. Jaden's good, but there's no way that he could take on a pro duelist like Aster Phoenix. He might have tied with Zane Truesdale, but Aster made Zane look like a novice last night."

Inuyasha asks Light, in a dark curious tone, "In short, the kid's toast?"

Light replies, in a dark plain tone, "Pretty much."

Holly says, in a dark serious tone, "If this Jaden kid loses, then he'll be another duelist under that asshole's control!"

Melody tells Light, in a dark serious tone, "Hey Light, in case that Jaden loses, you may need to put his name in the 'Orichalcos Note', so that Sartorius won't have anymore 'Chosen Duelist'."

Light tells Melody, in a dark cold serious tone, "That's not a good idea, Melody! If I were to write Jaden's name right now, then Sartorius may know what's up and that would make Master Dartz unhappy, since he doesn't want us to reveal ourselves to that asshole, until the time was right! If Jaden's lose is going, then Sartorius would add it up that the Orichalcos has returned and that'll destroy Master Dartz's plans on revealing the Great Leviathan."

Inuyasha says, in a dark cold plain tone, "And in order for that to happen and make the Great Leviathan so powerful that, the traitorous wench's Ma-zoku cousins, including Yukimura and her Da-jinn servants can't defeated is we can snatch the jewel from that wench, Kagome's, hands!" Inuyasha says, with an evil sly grin, "Since, she has no control over me, anymore, and Urameshi is far below me for him to defeat thanks to my Taigoku powers and Kekkai Genkai. Speaking of my Kekkai Genkai, thanks for that witch's 'generous' donation of giving me her DNA from her hair, I can sense that she has the jewel in her grasp."

Holly says, with an evil sly smile, "Taking that jewel will be too easy for us!"

Light says, in a dark cold serious tone, "However, we need to wait before we take the jewel from that witch's hands. We have to think of the alternative if Jaden were to lose!"

(Sometime later; returning to Sartorius's lair)

As Jaden continues his struggle against Aster and his Destiny Heroes deck, we find Sartorius looking over his Tarot card deck and he turns over one card.

Sartorius says, evilly, "I can see your struggle. Every thing that you believe in turns out to a lie. They are no choices and freedom is nothing, but an illusion. For you see, my young friend, destiny has led you to me. I have infused Aster's deck with the Light of truth! And when you lose this duel, your eyes will finally be opened! Soon, you will walk along the path of light by my side."

(Sometime soon after; Back to the duel between Jaden and Aster in Obelisk Arena)

We return to Aster's and Jaden's duel where Jaden has only 150 life-points left with Elemental Hero Thunder Giant (ATK: 2400/DEF: 1500), Elemental Hero Necroid Shaman (ATK: 1900/DEF: 1800), and Elemental Hero Flame Wingman (ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200) while Aster has 800 life-points left, Destiny Hero Doom Lord (ATK: 600/DEF: 800), Destiny Hero Captain Tenacious (ATK: 800/DEF: 800), Destiny Hero Diamond Dude (ATK: 1400/DEF: 1600), and Destiny Hero Dreadmaster (ATK: 2800/DEF: 2800). Jaden tried to prevent defeat by using his Thunder Giant's special ability to weaken Dreadmaster by getting rid of Diamond Dude, but Dreadmaster's effect stopped Thunder Giant's ability and now, Aster's last attack is about to finish when he starts his turn.

Aster tells Jaden, with a sly smirk, "I've got to admit, your dueling skills aren't half bad, but I have something that you don't! Purpose! A reason to duel other than having fun!"

Jaden asks, perplexed, "What else is there?"

Aster tells Jaden, in a serious and strong tone, "Typical. You've just proven my point, once again. The reason I duel is to bring justice to the world by punishing people that think they are above the law!"

Jaden asks, confused, "Come again?" Everyone widens their eyes in shock at this revelation about Aster Phoenix.

Keiko asks, perplexed, "What does Aster mean by that?"

Sasuke says, with a plain and serious tone, "It means that Ganryu and I were right about Aster Phoenix. There is more to him than meets the eye."

Aster says, a bit nervously, "Guess you need an explanation: My father was a duelist, too. He was a card designer for Mr. Maxamillion Pegasus at Industrial Illusions." Aster smiles at this memory and says, "He put his heart into every card he designed. He was my hero."

Jaden asks, curiously, "What happened to him?"

Aster's expression then becomes one of rage and he states, angrily, "Some punk came and took him away!" Aster thinks about what happened and says, solemnly, "They must have broken into my house and now, he's gone."

Jaden says, horrified, "That's awful." Just then a realization comes to him and Jaden asks, "Wait! Did your father…?"

Aster says, seriously, "That's right. My father…created and designed the Destiny Heroes! They were the last cards that he ever made! My father taught me that justice would always prevail. But he was wrong. Justice was a lie. My father is still gone. And whoever took him away is still out there, another criminal whose actions went unpunished. It's not fair. So, I made a choice: I duel to bring lawbreakers to justice." With the fire of anger, rage, and determination in his eyes, Aster says, with a serious and determined tone, "And in the honor of my father, I use the very same cards that my father created to punish these lawbreakers. And that's why I duel. And someday, I will find the scum that took my father away and make him pay. And I'll know him when I see him. He will have a rare card the one he stole when he took my father away. It was the last card that he ever made. Whoever has that card will regret the day that they were born!"

Everyone in the 'audience' were awe-struck and surprised by the story and Kelly says, stunned, "Oh my. I never thought that someone like Aster went through this."

Tenten tells Ganryu, with a serious tone, "You were right, Ganryu. Aster Phoenix is dueling for revenge and vengeance for his father."

Lee tells Washu, nodding her head, "However, I was surprised that he deep his anger and rage goes. I can see it in his eyes. He means every word that he said and that last statement, directly towards that person that caused him so much sorrow: Aster Phoenix will most likely carry out that promise."

Sakura says, horrified, "That's horrible!"

Hikari tells Sakura, with a serious tone, "No joke, Sakura! If my siblings and I have gone through that with mom, we would keep searching for the asshole that took her away from us and make him pay for what he did!" Hikari thinks in her mind, seriously, "However, it didn't give Phoenix the right to do what he did to Zane or what he is doing to Jaden!"

Hilary says, shocked, "Whoa. I never thought a guy like Aster could go through something so horrible."

Kelly nods her head and says, "It's terrible."

Keiko nods her head and says, with a serious tone, "I thought Aster was a jerk, but now, I can see him for what he truly is. He is full of anger and rage with probably no one else to support him. His father was someone that he really loved, and when he left his father, his heart was full of anger and rage."

Daichi says, "But it still doesn't give him the right to take it out on Jaden."

Ayumi calls out, seriously, "No joke, Daichi! He still a major jerk, purpose or no purpose! Plus, wrong to look for revenge, since it's going to make things for him to go bad!"

Kai tells Ayumi and Daichi, "Don't judge him too quickly, Daichi, as well as you, Ayumi. His heart is full of anger and rage. His desire for revenge and justice is overwhelming. And anyone that stands in his way to find his father is nothing, but an enemy to Aster. Aster will not stop until he finds the person that took his father away from him when he was young and this desire encompasses him. He shouldn't take a part of his revenge out on Jaden, but you have to understand what has happened to him. His only family member that he had was taken away from him when he was just a young child and you've got to understand how scaring it can be."

Ray tells Kai, "You do have a point, Kai, but still Aster shouldn't be using others for 'guinea pigs' to test his skills for the duel against the person that took his father."

Back on the dueling field, Jaden tells Aster, "Aster, your father created the Destiny Heroes so that people could have fun with them. He wouldn't want you to use them for revenge."

Aster yells at Jaden, angrily, "You don't anything about him! So, butt out! Look, my father deserves justice! And I'm going to see that he gets it! Didn't you hear what I said?! He was my hero and now, I get a chance to be his!" Aster draws one card from his deck and says, with his voice full of anger, rage, and sarcasm, "Now, where were we?! Oh, I remember, we were at the end! It has been blast, Jaden!" Just then Aster's Dreadmaster card begins to glow with a violet light, Dreadmaster's eyes glow a bright violet, and his body was encompassed by a violet aura. Kuwabara, Hikari, Kira, Keiko, Mina, Kino, Ganryu, Karen, Tiara, Davis, TK, Kurama, and Hiei, quickly sense the evil aura coming from Aster's card.

Kira thinks in his mind, "What is that aura around Aster's monster? I can sense pure evil coming from it!"

Hikari thinks, worriedly, "An evil aura is coming from that card!"

Kuwabara thinks in his mind, perplexed, "What in the hell?! Where is that freak evil aura coming from?!"

Kurama thinks, seriously and worriedly, "Oh no! I was right! That evil aura is coming from Aster's cards and he is ready to finish off Jaden! I'm not sure what will happen when Jaden loses, but there is nothing we can do!"

Keiko thinks in her mind, worriedly, "Oh no! Once that finishing blow hits, then Jaden will be Sartorius's puppet!"

(Back in Sartorius's lair; around that moment)

Around that exact moment, back in Sartorius's headquarters, his right hand starts to glow with an evil violet and he gives an evil smile from that.

Sartorius says, with an evil smile, "At long last, the Chosen Duelist Jaden Yuki belongs to me!"

(Back at Obelisk Arena; shortly thereafter)

As Dreadmaster continues to glow a slight bright violet color with an evil aura, only noticed by, Kuwabara, Hikari, Kira, Keiko, Mina, Kino, Davis, TK, Ganryu, Karen, Tiara, Kurama, and Hiei, with a serious look on her expression, Aster calls out, "Dreadmaster, send Jaden out with a bang! Dread Fist!" Dreadmaster leaps towards Jaden's monsters, stops in front of Thunder Giant, slams his left palm into Thunder Giant, destroying it, and taking 400 life-points with it, ending the duel in Aster's victory. Aster gives a sly smirk, turns his back to Jaden with an image of Dreadmaster forming over his form, and says, "Oh, well. Told ya. You can't hide from destiny." After Jaden's life-points go to zero and the final holograms fade away, everyone is shocked.

Final Score:

Aster: 0800

Jaden: 0000

Alexis, Bastion, Sakura, Keiko, Hinata, Mia, Ray, Tyson, Hilary, Kenny, Daichi, Max, Kari, Yolei, Ken, and Chazz say in unison, shocked, "Jaden lost!" Just then Jaden gives out a loud groan of pain as an evil power tries to enter his body and his cards fly out of his duel disc.

Syrus, Ryoko and Hassleberry calls out, stunned, "His cards!"

Yusuke, Kagome, Catherine, and Kelly yells out in their minds, "What in the…!"

Jaden thinks in his mind, weakly, "Something…Something doesn't feel right inside…" Just then Jaden's witness every one of his cards go blank before his eyes and he collapses to the ground on his stomach, rendering him unconsciousness.

Izumi exclaims, shocked, "He fainted!"

Davis yells out, stunned, "Jaden!" Immediately, Davis leaps from the stands and onto the ground. Soon after, much to the other's shock and surprise, TK, Kai, Ray, Ganryu, Karen, and Tiara leap down from the stands, land safety on the ground, and all of run towards Jaden's fallen form.

Bastion says, amazed, "Oh my. Those guys are quite talented."

Alexis states, stunned, "I didn't know they were athletes."

Kira asks, with a whisper and in a serious tone, "Did any of you sense that like I did?"

Hikari tells Kira, in a whisper and seriously, "Like that freaky negative aura that came from Aster's card, then yes, I did!"

Kurama tells his friends, in a whisper and worried tone, "You didn't imagine it! I've sense that weird energy since Aster arrived on the island. That evil energy has infected Jaden when he lost the duel. He needs help."

Kino says, in a whisper and serious tone, "And that's not all, the aura that hit Jaden is the same one that belongs the evil light from Sartorius!"

Yuka, Eri, Ayumi, Hikari, Kira, and Kuwabara yell out in shock and in unison, "What?!"

Kira then calls out, shocked, "Then what are we standing around here for?!" Soon after, Keiko, Mina, Kino, Hikari, Kira, Kuwabara, and Kurama run to the end of the stands and leap off to follow onto the dueling platform, while Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi got down the stands their own way and Keiko, along with the Tucker twins, went to the same direction that Aster went to.

Chancellor Crowler yells out, shocked, "Hey, that's dangerous!"

Mina yells out, annoyed, "Can it, Crowler! Can't you see that Jaden is in trouble?! Something's wrong with him!"

Kino calls out, seriously and annoyed, "No duh, Crowler! Do you think that his cards exploding from his deck and a duelist fainting to the ground is normal?!"

Jaden's friends get out of their seats and exclaim in unison, "Jaden's in trouble?!" Without saying another word, Jaden's friends and sister run out of the stands and towards Jaden's fallen form, while Ranma and Ukyo jumped from the stands and rushes towards the dueling arena. Davis puts the unconscious hero in his arms and the others look at his unconscious form.

TK whispers to Davis, asking him, "What do you sense?"

Davis tells TK, in a serious tone and whispering, "We were right. Jaden was attacked from within by an evil force when Aster's monster destroyed his monster and he lost the duel."

Karen gasps in shock and asks, whispering, "What can we do for him?"

TK whispers in reply, "All we can do is to get Jaden to infirmary as quickly as possible."

By this time, Yusuke's siblings, and his friends arrive and Hikari whispers to TK, seriously, "Are you nuts, TK? The infirmary doesn't know how to treat infections by evil powers!"

Kurama tells Hikari, with a serious tone, "Unless we want to reveal ourselves to Crowler and Bonaparte, it is the only thing that we can do right now."

Karen says, in a whisper, "Tiara and I will pick up all of Jaden's cards."

Kira says, plainly, "The rest of us will go with you."

Eri whispers to her friends and Catherine's 'former' friends, "And we have our own agenda to attend to, guys!" They nod their heads, as they noticed that Keiko was no where to be found.

Ayumi asks, curiously, "Where's Keiko?"

Yuka gasps in shock and she says, seriously, "She wouldn't!"

Eri says, in a serious tone, "Knowing that asshole took her boyfriend away from her and who majorily pissed off she was at Sartorius! Uh Duh! Come on!" They went to search for Keiko.

Davis then puts the unconscious duelist into his arms and races off with TK, Sayu, Ranma, and Tyson following them.

Syrus exclaims, worriedly, "Hey, wait for us! We're Jaden's friends!"

Hassleberry states, "Yeah! We don't leave any member of our platoon behind!"

Kira yells out, seriously, "No joke, Hassleberry!" Soon after, Hikari, Kira, Kuwabara, Kurama, Hiei, Hassleberry, Alexis, and Syrus, along with the rest of our heroes and heroines, except for Chazz, follow the rest of the group. Chazz decides to follow Alexis, Hassleberry, and Syrus to the school infirmary while Bastion goes over to aid in picking up all of Jaden's cards scattered on the ground.

Lee shouts out, seriously, "Hold up! Wait for me!" Soon after, Lee uses his ninja skills and agility to leap off the stands and follow the group.

Tenten calls out, stunned, "Lee!" Soon after, Tenten, Neji, Lee, Sakura, Sasuke, and Hinata leap out of the stands with their ninja skills and agility to leap down and follow the group of heroes and heroines taking Jaden to the infirmary.

Kari calls out, seriously, "Hey, hold up!" Soon after, Kari and the other two younger Digidestined run to get out of the stands and head for the infirmary where our heroes and heroines are heading with the unconscious Jaden.

Karen thinks in his mind, "I wonder: Since Aster is so consumed for a desire for revenge, could he have made a deal with an evil power to make sure he gets his father back from whoever who took him? Or was he a pawn for someone's sick game?" Soon after, Tiara, Karen, and Bastion began to pick up Jaden's cards scattered across the dueling platform. On the meanwhile, Jaden, in Davis's arms, moans as he lies unconscious.

Alexis thinks, worriedly, "Jaden, what happened to you when that duel ended?"

Hikari thinks in her mind, angrily, "That son of bitch! He used the same aura that Sartorius had." Just then, a realization came into Hikari's mind and she says, "That asshole! Sartorius must be the one, who came to Yusuke and Kagome, a year ago! With Kagome dueling, whoever, Sartorius sent towards her and Yusuke dueling Kaiba! All of them had collapsed and they're deck were shoot out from their duel discs! That's it! Sartorius pays! I'll make sure that he pays, once and for all!!"

Ranma thinks in his mind, angrily, "Damn asshole! I knew that I never should have felt sorry for that punk! He did something to Jaden with that weird evil energy! He must be agent for some wacko wanting to destroy or take over the world!"

Kira thinks in her mind, angrily, "When I get my hands on Aster Phoenix, I'll make sure that he pays for this if anything happens to Jay!"

Ukyo thinks in his mind, seriously, "What was that weird evil energy from Aster's deck? Did he mean to do this to Jaden? Or is he some kind of pawn for a game for another great evil?"

With Dartz's new associates, Light says, in a dark serious tone, "Okay, everyone let's go!" The Orichalcos warriors dashed off to the distance.

With in the stands, Yusuke, Kagome, Catherine, and Kelly were pondering this in thought and Kelly asks, in a cold curious tone, "Why would Jaden's deck just explodes from his disc!?"

Yusuke says, in a cold serious tone, "I don't know! Maybe Sartorius knows something! Come on!" Yusuke, Kagome, Catherine, and Kelly follow the rest of the heroes and heroines to the infirmity.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Outside of the school, Keiko and the Tucker twins are seen running from the building, hot on Aster's trail. Keiko thinks in her mind, seriously, "Where's Aster!? Those cards exploding from Jaden's deck has to be Sartorius's work! I bet he knows where Sartorius is hiding! I've got to find him!"

A few moments later, at the harbor, Aster is seen going to his plane.

Just then, a familiar feminine voice calls out, "Aster!"

Aster turns to see Keiko and the Tucker twins running towards him and he asks, smugly, "What do you want!?"

Keiko stops and she says, seriously, "I ask the questions here! I know that you're getting Sartorius's help!"

Aster yelps in shock and he asks, seriously, "How do you know about him!?" Just then, Yuka, Eri, Ayumi, Aaron, and Moon came running and Aster asks, curiously, "If you're asking for a photograph, guys, then you'll have to wait! I'm busy!"

Eri says, in a serious tone, "We don't want your photograph!"

Yuka yells out to Aster, "What did you do to Jaden!?"

Aster asks, "What are you talking about? I beat him!"

Ayumi says, in a serious tone, "No! You did something to him to get him to faint like that!"

Aaron says, seriously, "Out with it!"

Aster says, perplexed, "Jaden fainted after our duel!"

Moon says, in a serious tone, "That's right, pal! Furthermore, where's Sartorius!"

Yuka says, seriously, "Yeah, we have a bone to pick with him for what he did to our friend, Kagome!"

Just then, a familiar feminine voice calls out, in a cold annoyed tone, "And since when did I ever call the three of you my friends, again, you traitorous bitch!" Everyone turns to the source of that voice, which appeared to be Yusuke, Kagome, Catherine, and Kelly walking towards them with cold angered and annoyed looks on their faces.

Aster says, in a sarcastic tone, "Gee must be that famous today!"

Aaron says, lowly, "Catherine…"

Catherine says, in a cold plain tone, "We heard that you're going after Sartorius now, mates!"

Yusuke says, in a cold serious tone, "Well, let me be the first to tell you that you're getting to him, over my dead body!"

Kino says, in a dark sneer, "Don't tempt us, Urameshi!"

Mina says, with a dark sly grin, "Keep in mind that we're stronger than you and I have a magic that's superior your weakling of a priestess cousin."

Kagome says, in a cold angered tone, "What's that!?"

Mina says, in a dark serious tone, "You heard us, witch! Step aside if you know what's going for you!"

Aster says, in a plain tone, "Look, I really love to see the guys fight over me, but I have an agenda of my own to attend to!" Aster gets to his plane as he goes over to close the door.

Kino lungs after the door and he says, "Oh no! You don't!" Using super-speed, Yusuke intercepts Kino and bashes him in the face hard, throwing him to the ground, but bounces back up to his feet.

Aster's plane starts and beginnings to take off and Mina says, in a dark annoyed tone, "Damn it, he's getting away!"

Kino swipes the blood from his lips and he says, in a dark annoyed sneer, "You're gonna pay!" Kino lunges after Yusuke and Yusuke does the same thing. Yusuke's fist collided with Kino's left cheek as Kino's fist collided with Yusuke's right cheek, pushing them back.

Then with incredible speed, Yusuke vanishes and nearly instantly, reappears in front of Kino. Yusuke launches a powerful right hook at Kino's face, but Kino, having somewhat stronger powers, manages to block with both arms crossed against his face. However, the force of the impact shook the ground, but Yusuke wasn't stopping there! He then launches a ferocious assault with rapid-fire punches against the younger Da-jinn twin with every bit of power at his disposal, but Kino's defense stands firm against Yusuke's assault without any trouble. Yusuke then drops down and does a low kick sweep, but Kino easily leaps high into the air and out of the way.

Kino yells out, with a dark sly smile, "You will have to do better than that!"

Yusuke replies, with a cold serious tone, "I intend too!" Yusuke forms his right hand to a gun-like pose as blue and sickly white had produced into his right index finger and he yells out, "Spirit Gun!"

Yusuke fires his trademark attack right at Kino, but Kino held his right hand out to catch the blast and negates it, causing an explosion, creating smoke. Just then from the smoke, Yusuke charges at Kino, with a spirit energy charged and sickly white colored right fist, behind him. Yusuke yells out, coldly, "Eat this, asshole! Spirit Wave!"

Yusuke's fist hits Kino's chest hard, making him cough out blood, throwing him to the warehouse hard, making a hole in the wall.

Kelly yells out, in a cold excited tone, "Nice one, Yusuke!"

Mina gives a dark smirk of satisfaction as Kino emerges from the wall, unharmed, with his Obelisk uniform dirty.

Yusuke yells out, surprised, "What the hell!?"

Catherine yells out, shocked, "No way!"

Kagome says, stunned, "Yusuke's attack…"

Keiko says, surprised, "…didn't do a thing!"

Yusuke yells at Kino, in a cold angered tone, "Get back on the ground! I hit you too hard for you to get up!"

Kino steps forward as he dusts himself and he says, in a dark sly tone, "Too bad! That attack actually hurt me!" Kino yells out, in a dark strong tone, "Now, it's your turn!" Kino disappears from sight, using super-speed and appears behind Yusuke. Kino gives a powerful kick to Yusuke's back, through him to the wall of the warehouse, making another hole with Yusuke's body print.

Kagome yells out, horrified, "Yusuke!" Kagome runs to towards her cousin's aid as Catherine and Kelly followed, but Mina 'teleports' in front of them.

Mina says, with a dark sly smile, "Going somewhere!"

Catherine charges at Mina and she yells out, in a cold angered tone, "Get out of our way, bitch!" Mina dodges Catherine's fist and smashes her fist to Catherine's chest, breaking a rib and making her cough out blood, and bashes her face hard, throwing her to the ground, stunning her.

Kelly yells out, shocked, "Catherine!" Kelly is kicked in the chest and thrown the ground.

Kagome yells out, shocked, "Kelly!" Kagome then feels a powerful blow to her chest from Mina as she slumps to the ground and Mina says, with a dark sly grin, "Sweet dreams, whore!"

Yusuke sees this as he got up and he yells at Mina, in a cold angered tone, "You'll pay for that!" Yusuke charges at Mina, but Kino intercepts him, and gives 20 hard punches to the chest, breaking his ribs, and he was thrown to the ground, losing consciousness.

Keiko asks Mina and Kino, "Was that all necessary?"

Mina says, in a dark serious tone, "They have the same disgusting scent as Sartorius, so they had to be dealt with! I know that was your boyfriend and best friend, but we're only doing this for their own good." Mina and Kino then walked off, with Keiko giving them a serious glare at the back as she followed them by to the school…