Finally, the duel begins and I know that in the original Japanese version of this episode, Dimitri never pretended to be Yugi and just copied his dueling strategy, but I thought it'd be so wrong to not make fun of Dimitri portraying himself as Yugi. Besides, I've always wondered what would happen if Yugi actually saw the whole thing. Review please!
Jaylin took her deck and shoved it into her duel disk, which she retrieved from her book bag. Dimitri had a duel disk on his arm from the beginning. They checked the bottom of their decks to decide who would go first, then drew five cards from their deck to their hand after shuffling them. Jaylin already knew this guy was failing at impersonating as Yugi and not just because he didn't call her Princess.
"Looks like I go first!" Jaylin smirked. "Get your game on!"
"It's time to duel!" Dimitri shouted in his impersonating voice.
"No, no, no, he says right before or while drawing his first five cards!" Jaylin said, facepalming herself. Yugi was on the cliff chuckling to himself. "Also, speaking of going first, he always lets his opponents go first, unless they're rivals like Seto Kaiba or Joey Wheeler!"
"Uh... I knew that, I was just-"
"Save it!" Jaylin spat, drawing her first card. "I summon Elemental Hero Flash in defense mode!" Elemental HERO Flash appeared bright in blue in a defense position. "I end!"
Dimitri drew his next card, then declared, "I fuse Berfomet and Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts to create Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast!" showing Polymerization in his hand.
"Wrong again! Yugi never fusion summons right off the bat, unless it's against his rivals! He usually summons Gazelle or Berfomet before fusing them! He likes to give his opponents a sporting chance!" Jaylin corrected, facepalming again.
"Uh Jaylin, it's kinda hard to notice that when most of the duels we see with Yugi are against his rivals," Syrus pointed out.
"I don't care! If this guy did his homework, he'd know this!" Jaylin snapped, rolling her eyes. "The guys at the Dueling Conventions are better at impersonating Yugi than this dumbass!"
"It also doesn't help that that thing is going to clobber your Flash."
"Now, go attack Jaylin's Flash!" Dimitri declared as Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast pounced on Elemental HERO Flash and burst him from the field.
"At least you got that one right," Jaylin muttered.
"Oh man. I know Dimitri is a copycat duelist. One of the things he's good at is copying dueling skills and cards. He's already got Yugi's deck, now the question is if there's a way to beat it," Alexis commented.
"The only way that will happen is if Jaylin knows the weaknesses of Yugi's dueling strategy and deck. The question is if there is one," Carl commented.
"There's always a weakness to every strategy, you can ask Kaiba," Yugi said, showing a confident smirk across his lips. "If there's anyone that can beat this kid, it's Jaylin. She's one of the only students in this school that's actually dueled against me more than once."
"Wait, seriously?" Carl asked, eyes bulging wide open.
"Yep. If there's any way to beat Dimitri, it would have to be a duelist, who already planned a strategy on how to beat me."
"Do you think she has a strategy on how to beat you and, if she does, will it be enough to defeat Dimitri?" Ronda asked.
"Dimitri yes. The problem with him is that he relies on his winnings by the duelists he copies, which already creates the problem. A strong duelist doesn't just rely on his normal strategy, he comes up with a number of different ones, including me. A duelist that always relies on his only set strategy will less likely win, compared to ones that always change his strategy."
"So Jaylin might have a chance."
"Not might. Dimitri is the one that has no chance at all. He's dueling against a duelist that's had plans from day one on how to defeat me. The only way for Dimitri to actually have a chance against Jaylin is for him to conjure up a strategy on his own without copying mine."
The girls gave each other glances before setting their sights on their friend, who was dueling against Dimitri. There were students slowly appearing alongside Yugi and the girls to watch the duel, seeing that it was a student dueling against another one with Yugi's deck. There was such curiosity, especially considering that Dimitri was a duelist that copied off of other decks (concluding he was copying Yugi's). Yugi watched with pure confidence, wanting to see how long Dimitri would keep up with this charade before realizing he was being watched by the student body and guy he stole the deck from.
"Anyways... I use Polymerization as well to fuze Heat and Lady Heat to create Elemental Hero Inferno!" Jaylin declared, showing Polymerization, Elemental HERO Heat, and Elemental HERO Lady Heat in her hand before sending them to the graveyard and getting out Elemental HERO Inferno from her Extra Deck. The two Elemental HERO's in Jaylin's graveyard fused into the light and became Elemental HERO Inferno. "He destroys your Chimera!" Elemental HERO Inferno's fist showed the glowing molten lava, which burst out of its hands and right at Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast, leaving Dimitri with 3700 life points remaining.
"Nice ability, now let me show you mine! By destroying Chimera, I'm able to bring back Berfomet from the graveyard!" Dimitri glared, pumping his fist, as Berfomet appeared boldly onto his field.
"Are you even trying!? Yugi never gets intense when he duels, unless the duel gets heated and we're only five minutes into the duel! Even I could make a better impersonator than you and I'm a girl!" Jaylin cried out as the students on the cliff raised their eyebrows. "By the way, I play Master Magician's Reincarnation and use it on my other spell card Hero's Return to bring out Elemental HERO Heat!" Elemental HERO Heat appeared bold and brave with 1800 attack. "He destroys your Berfomet!" Elemental HERO Heat shot a wave of fire at Berfomet, who also pounced on the Elemental HERO, while on fire, and they both burst from the field at the same time. The students quietly gasped, being highly impressed with Jaylin's performance.
"Wow, Jaylin was three steps ahead of Dimitri," Alexis said.
"As I stated before, Jaylin has planned ways to defeat me. If Dimitri doesn't start coming up with his own strategy, he won't stand a chance against her," Yugi stated.
"Alright, for my turn-" Dimitri said before being cut off.
"No, no... no. He says 'my turn'- you know what? Forget it! You suck at this. You let a real pro show you how it's done!" Jaylin said, pointing to herself with her thumb.
"Anyways... I place one card face-down, then I play this, Monster Reincarnation! Now, by discarding one card, I can get back one monster from my graveyard. Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts return!" Dimitri smirked, discarding one card and bringing back Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts, who appeared with a loud roar. "And now, I activate the magic card, Swords of Revealing Light!" Glowing swords appeared in front of Dimitri's field.
"That is a good move Dimitri, but I knew you would summon back my Gazelle the moment you summoned Chimera. Anyways, I believe it's my turn," Jaylin smirked in a more calm voice, showing a confident smile, before drawing her card. Everyone's eyes widened. Was Jaylin trying to impersonate Yugi Moto? Yugi, from the cliff, showed a wide smirk. Now, he was interested in how good Jaylin was at impersonating him. Knowing her, she would most likely pull it off better than Dimitri was trying to pull. "I summon Shadow Mist." Elemental HERO Shadow Mist appeared onto the field before...
"I'm afraid Shadow Mist won't be around long, because I have a trap card out, Dark Renewal!" Dimitri revealed as Elemental HERO Shadow Mist and Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts were sent to the graveyard.
"And you summon Dark Magician from the graveyard, very good, but very poor that you're copying my duel with Pegasus during the Prime Minister's birthday party," Jaylin responded with a low and disappointing voice, making the students turn speechless, especially when Dark Magician was summoned to the field out of the dark red casket. "You need to be less obvious than that Dimitri, if you plan on defeating me. I place Inferno in defense mode and end my turn."
"Okay, now Jaylin is starting to scare me," Ronda commented with widened eyes.
"That's the point of trying to impersonate me. She's trying to scare Dimitri through guilt, since he did steal my deck and probably knows he's going to be in deep shit when I find him with it," Yugi said.
"I choose to play the magic card Thousand Knives to destroy one of your monsters," Dimitri declared, seemingly unfazed by the fact Jaylin was impersonating as Yugi. Thousands of knives appeared around Dark Magician and shot out at Elemental HERO Inferno, bursting him from the field. "Still starstruck? Let's see what happens when you're struck, by your star! Dark Magician dark magic attack!" Dark Magician twirled its wand and shot a blast of dark magic at Jaylin directly, leaving her with 1500 life points. "Give up?"
"Of course not!" Jaylin replied. "I use the effect of Inferno to add a spell card from my grave." She searched and added Polymerization to her hand.
"That's the spirit! Never give up, always believe in the heart of the cards, that's what I say."
"How can you say that when you don't even believe in yourself?" Jaylin asked rhetorically in a serious, but disappointed voice. Yugi showed a wider smirk, thinking, 'give it to him, Princess.' "When I said that line, I didn't just use it as a catch phrase. It was a proverb. My grandfather believed every monster were like spirits with the heart to fight and protect their master. If you believe in those monsters to defeat their opponents, you will believe in yourself. It's not the main motto to winning a duel, but it's one to help you keep your spirits up. Your spirits are poor. You choose to believe in strategies, many people have worked though hard work and sweat, to win your duels, but you refuse to believe in yourself. Unless you believe in yourself and your own strategies, you will never have a chance to win in any duel." It was now that Dimitri was starting to show some response. He shot a glare at Jaylin, who kept her confident expression that matched Yugi's during a duel. Jaylin drew her next card. "I summon Frost Blade to the field in defense mode and end my turn."
"Don't forget, with the Swords of Light out, you can't attack."
"It's Swords of Revealing Light and I am aware of that, which is why I placed my monster in defense mode."
"-But I can. Dark Magician attack!" Dimitri shouted as Dark Magician twirled his wand and attacked Elemental HERO Frost Blade with a blast of dark magic. Dimitri's eyes widened when he saw the Elemental HERO still on the field.
"I believe you missed Frost Blade's special ability. He can't be destroyed by any monster that's a level 4 or higher monster."
"Uh... I knew that."
"Then why did you attack? It's okay, if you make a mistake. There is no need to cover it up, Dimitri," Jaylin assured, then searched through her hand and placed a card into her Spell and Trap Card Zone. "I place one card face-down and end my turn. That also ends your Swords of Revealing light... well mine anyways, but being that you're playing it, I suppose it's yours. Now, I can defeat you next turn."
"That's assuming that you even have a next turn. I play Diffusion Wave Motion!" Dimitri declared before...
"Then, I reveal my trap card, Magic Jammer!" Jaylin declared, revealing her trap card. She discarded one card and Diffusion Wave Motion was destroyed and sent to the graveyard. "I knew you would try to play that card, being that it's the only card that could destroy Frost Blade and negate its effect."
"Very well, then I play Dedication Through Light and Darkness!" Demitri smirked as Dark Magician disappeared and appeared as Dark Magician of Chaos. "Now, just by successfully summoning him, I'm allowed to bring one magic card from my graveyard." Demitri brought back Diffusion Wave Motion. "Now, I can successfully activate this card!" Dimitri's life points dropped to 2700 life points, then Dark Magician of Chaos twirled its wand, then shot a blast at Elemental HERO Frost Blade, bursting it from the field. "Face it! This deck and I fit perfectly. Always have always will."
Jaylin applauded, much to the students' shock. She responded, "well played, Dimitri. Even I haven't used that move yet. That is a move you played with on your own terms and not by the one you're copying from." Dimitri began sweating a little, knowing that Jaylin was right, that move wasn't from copying Yugi. Though, he didn't know what other moves to play at the time. Jaylin drew her next card, then looked at it with such confidence that made her smile. "I summon my old friend Winged Kuriboh in defense mode."
Winged Kuriboh appeared on the field in defense mode. Dimitri almost jumped, turning completely pale. Jaylin knew that, compared to most of the students at Duel Academy, Dimitri knew about Winged Kuriboh. If he was so desperate to copy Yugi's strategies, he would've known that Yugi won Winged Kuriboh, a one-of-a-kind duel monsters card, from the HKGT and even watched the tournament to copy his strategies. Just seeing Winged Kuriboh summoned by Jaylin would make Dimitri almost shit his pants.
"W-Where did you get that card?" Dimitri asked, trying to keep his impersonating Yugi Moto voice.
"I won this at the Hong Kong Grand Tournament about eleven years ago, of course. I thought you knew that, being that you watched all my strategies. Would some of those strategies be from that tournament?" Jaylin asked rhetorically with a confident smirk, making Dimitri sweat and tremble.
Yugi smirked, enjoying how Jaylin was scaring this guy to the point of trembling in fear. What Dimitri never realized was what Yugi did after he won that card. Of course, even if Dimitri did his homework, he wouldn't have known what Yugi did with that card after winning it. Yugi had visited the Domino Orphanage and adopted a beautiful five-year-old girl as his daughter, giving her that Winged Kuriboh card as a special gift. Dimitri wouldn't have calculated that, since that part wasn't on the News or anything.
The students murmured among themselves, some of them knowing about the Winged Kuriboh card, the fact Jaylin owns that card in her deck, and that Yugi Moto did win that one-of-a-kind card eleven years ago. Even Chazz Princeton himself grew speechless. They all began to wonder if Yugi had given Jaylin that card before arriving at Duel Academy and, if he had, if it meant they had met at some point. From the look on Yugi's expression, it would seem like maybe Jaylin had met Yugi Moto at some point.
"I place one card face-down and end my turn," Jaylin declared.
Dimitri shook off what he just witnessed and said, "Winged Kuriboh, good to see you. Of course, there's nothing like the original. Say hi, Kuriboh!" He summoned Kuriboh in attack mode. "But first thing's first! Kuriboh, attack Winged Kuriboh!" Kuriboh flew at Winged Kuriboh and destroyed it. "You got off easy, but next time, you won't. I end with a face-down."
Jaylin drew her next card and declared, "I play Pot of Greed!" She drew two cards from her deck to her hand. "Then, I summon out Bubbleman!" Elemental HERO Bubbleman appeared in a blue underwater suit, a white cape, and a wrist gun on his right wrist. "Then, I play the field spell Skyscraper." Buildings of New York City appeared all around Jaylin and Dimitri.
"What the... what's the meaning of these buildings!?" Dimitri asked baffled in his impersonated voice.
"If you were the real me, you would know. Though, if you would like me to explain, this raises any Elemental Hero's attack points by 1000, when it reaches the damage step. I also play my face-down card Bubble Blaster to equip it to Bubbleman!" Jaylin declared as a huge dark blue bazooka appeared on Elemental HERO Bubbleman, raising his attack points to 1600. "Go Bubbleman! Attack Kuriboh!" Elemental HERO Bubbleman launched an attack with Bubble Blaster at Kuriboh.
"But which Kuriboh? I activate the magic card Multiply!" Dimitri declared, tributing Kuriboh to summon out four Kuriboh tokens. The attack continued and blasted one of the Kuriboh tokens.
"Very well, then I shall place one card face-down and end my turn."
Dimitri drew a new card, glancing at it, then said, "then, I'll throw this, the magical Card of Sanctity!" Him and Jaylin drew until they each had six cards in their hand. "Excellent! I drew the monster, Watapon! I can use its effect to special summon it to the field!" Watapon appeared on the field as a cute fluffy pink ball.
"You know, that is my little Princess' favorite card. She used to cry out for me to play it when a duel would commence," Jaylin said, which made Dimitri turn even paler. He did remember, watching the duels, that there was a little brown-haired girl crying out for Yugi to summon Watapon. Though, it could've been anyone, even a niece, though she was at the very front and Yugi would occasionally look at her from the corner of his eyes. How would Jaylin know about that? Sure, she'd know Yugi had a daughter from the assembly, but how would she know that particular little girl was the daughter? Maybe Jaylin was just guessing and trying to intimidate Dimitri. He wasn't going to let that chick scare him no matter what!
"Wait, how does she know that?" Alexis wondered.
"That's something you're going to ask Jaylin yourself," Yugi replied as Alexis looked down at the field.
"Now, I'm going to sacrifice Watapon and bring out Dark Magician Girl!" Dimitri declared as Watapon disappeared and out came out Dark Magician Girl.
"Wow, she's even pretty in person!" Syrus responded happily.
"Yes, she has beauty and brawn," Dimitri smirked as Dark Magician Girl's attack rose to 2300. "And on the subject of Dark Magicians, don't forget about this one, Dark Magician of Chaos!" Dark Magician of Chaos rose its wand in the air and shot a blast of dark magic at Elemental HERO Bubbleman, destroying Bubble Blaster instead, and bringing its attack down to 800. "Now, what he started, should finish. Dark Magician Girl, attack Bubbleman!" Dark Magician Girl twirled her wand and shot a blast of dark magic at Elemental HERO Bubbleman, bringing Jaylin's life points down to 800. "The heard of the cards are indeed powerful, aren't they, Jaylin?"
Jaylin chuckled, then responded, "you still continue to use that? Even when I say it, I don't say it twice in a duel. In fact, I never said that during any of my duels, at Duelist Kingdom or Battle City. I only say it during my interviews or to Kaiba to annoy him a little bit. I wish my grandpa and Joey were here to play a drinking game out of the amount of times you say heart of the cards."
Dimitri began turning pale again. How would Jaylin know that Yugi said that to Seto Kaiba off camera? I mean yes, she would know Yugi said "heart of the cards" during his interviews, but what about to his rival? Now, Jaylin was just making things up... right? No, she had to be making things up! Yet, the way Jaylin was looking at Dimitri, that confident smirk, the Winged Kuriboh, there... it's almost as if Jaylin really was... no, no, this can't be it!
Jaylin was enjoying torturing Dimitri like this. She was going to have to remind herself to arrive at Duel Monsters Conventions and coseplay as Yugi Moto to trick people to make her sign them autographs and take pictures with her. That'd be the greatest prank yet!
"I believe it's my turn," Jaylin said, drawing her next card. "First, I activate my trap card Call of the Haunted to bring back Shadow Mist." Elemental HERO Shadow Mist appeared on her field. "Then, I use Polymerization to fuse it and Ocean, from my hand, to bring to you, Escuridao!" Elemental HERO Shadow Mist and Elemental HERO Ocean fused together in the light and appeared as Elemental HERO Escuridao. "This is also my personal favorite. In case you didn't know, since you didn't know any of the effects of several of the cards in this deck, this monster gains 100 attack points for each Elemental Hero in my graveyard and I have eight!" Elemental HERO Escuridao's attack points rose to 3300. "I knew you would continually attack my monsters, relying on the strategies that I created to defeat my opponents, so I waited until enough of Jaylin's Hero monsters were destroyed before summoning it, which is why I saved Polymerization I got from my graveyard with the effect of Inferno. I don't even need to use Skyscraper. I also use Reinforcement of the Army to add Stratos to my hand before summoning it to the field." Elemental HERO Stratos appeared gracefully onto the field.
"What? But then, that means..." Dimitri said, still trying to impersonate Yugi's voice, but his voice was starting to crack slightly, sweat was pouring on his face, and he was turning very pale.
"That's right! It's enough to get rid of your Dark Magician of Chaos!" Jaylin shouted, pointing to Dark Magician of Chaos as Elemental HERO Escuridao created a ball of dark energy and blasted it right at Dark Magician of Chaos, bringing Dimitri's life points down to 2200 and Dark Magician Girl's attack up to 2600. "Stratos attack Dimitri's Kuriboh Token!" Elemental HERO Stratos flew into the air, then shot a gust of wind from its hands, bursting a Kuriboh Token from the field. "I place two cards face-down and end my turn. Your move."
"You've got this, Yugi!" Syrus cheered, deciding to play along, since Jaylin's impersonation of Yugi was freaking Dimitri out, it seemed.
"Jaylin is not Yugi! I'm Card Game Jesus and my deck is prepared for all contingencies!" Dimitri shouted in anger.
"I'm going to ignore the fact I just heard that," Jaylin muttered in a slightly embarrassed voice. She then smirked confidently automatically, while crossing her arms. "And speaking of facts. It seems you're starting to lose your cool, Dimitri? Though, my life points maybe low, the winner isn't decided until one of our life points drops down to zero and I'm definitely not going to lose this one."
Dimitri began shaking again, then drew his next card. He declared, "first, I will switch Dark Magician Girl to defense mode, then place two cards face-down! Next, I will activate the spell card Monster Reincarnation to bring back the Kuriboh I just lost, so did you follow all of that!?"
"Not really. I wasn't very good at math in High School," Jaylin said, then chuckled a little. "Just messing with ya. I got it." This annoyed Dimitri a little bit, since Jaylin was impersonating as Yugi joking during his duel. She drew her next card. "I hope you didn't forget about Escuridao." Elemental HERO Escuridao conjured up a huge dark energy ball before blasting it at Dark Magician Girl, bursting her from the field and leaving Dimitri with 1500 life points remaining. "Now, I use the spell card, De-Fusion on Escuridao to return it to my Extra Deck and bring Shadow Mist and Ocean!" Elemental HERO Escuridao split itself back to Elemental HERO Shadow Mist and Elemental HERO Ocean. "Shadow Mist and Ocean attack your Kuriboh Tokens!" Elemental HERO Shadow Mist and Elemental HERO Ocean each attacked a Kuriboh Token. "Now, you're wide open, Dimitri! Stratos attacks you directly!" Elemental HERO Stratos flew into the air, about to wipe out the rest of Dimitri's attack points when...
"Sorry, but you're forgetting about someone!" Dimitri shouted, discarding his Kuriboh from his hand to make his battle damage 0. "Thank you Kuriboh. That move takes me back to our duel against Seto Kaiba at Battle City. Those were some good times, weren't they, old friend?" He seemed to be talking to the Kuriboh on his card before he sent it to the graveyard. Then, the real spirit of Kuriboh appeared, looking at Jaylin with confused and glaring eyes.
"I'm afraid the real Kuriboh isn't too happy with your speech. He knows you're not his old master and is angry that you stole him from his real master," Jaylin said plainly.
"But I AM his real master."
"No, you're not, Dimitri. His real master is my daughter," Jaylin replied, making Dimitri turn pale, sweating. He had forgotten that this deck was supposed to be passed down to Yugi's kid. "You didn't steal something that belonged to me, you stole something I was going to give to someone more precious to me than my own soul. When I realized you stole that deck, my heart was immediately crushed. I didn't know what I was going to tell my little girl when she realizes that the deck I built my heart and soul upon would no longer be in her possession. How is a father supposed to tell their child that he can't keep a promise set to her?"
This was the speech that Jaylin had been wanting to save for the last part of the duel. Dimitri froze in horror, sweat poured down his neck and guilt sweeping all over him. Jaylin's words began tormenting Dimitri, looking up at her and seeing Yugi's face behind it. He was shaking, sweat pouring. Had Yugi's spirit really taken over Jaylin during the duel to avenge the criminal that stole his heart and soul? It was too bad Dimitri wasn't looking up to see the real Yugi smirking proudly at his daughter reminding this guy the dishonor he put on Jaylin and Yugi. They were not related, but their spirits connected through one thing: love. Yugi would never forget the first time he met Jaylin at the orphanage and she saw him with such gleaming eyes. It was love that would always be stronger than blood and Dimitri was seeing this through Jaylin's face that matched Yugi's.
"Anyways, I place a card face-down and end my turn," Jaylin declared in a sad voice.
Dimitri drew his next card, then a smirk appeared on his face. He declared, "the heart of the cards has served me again..."
"I think I'm gonna need a bottle of vodka," Yugi smirked quietly.
"I sacrifice a dark monster and a light monster from my graveyard to bring Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning!" Dimitri shouted as he removed Kuriboh and Watapon from his graveyard and out appeared Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning.
"Hey, I have that card," Ronda responded in a grin.
"Buster Blade attack!"
"I activate my trap card Negate Attack," Jaylin declared plainly as Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning was bounced back to Dimitri's field.
"Fine then, I'll just finish you off next turn. The heart of the cards will see to that!" Dimitri glared.
"No, because you're not even using your own cards... in fact, you're not using mine," Jaylin replied plainly, folding her arms with a disapproved look on her face. Dimitri shook in fear, trembling and sweat began pouring down his neck once more. "If the heart of the cards is on anyone's side, it's on mine. Though, I'm not using my own deck, Jaylin believes in me. She believes I can use her deck to defeat you, letting my spirit control her, so that I may gain back what was stolen from my heart." Dimitri grew speechless once more, seeing Yugi's face on Jaylin's once more. Jaylin may not be related to Yugi, she may not look anything like Yugi, but there was one thing she did have: Yugi's spirit. Syrus could also see that too. Though, Syrus knew Jaylin was trying to scare Dimitri with impersonating as Yugi, it was only now that Syrus could truly see Yugi inside Jaylin as though she really did share Yugi's blood in her veins. Jaylin drew her next card. "I summon out Elemental Hero Woodsman to the field, then activate Miracle Fusion to banish Woodsman and Ocean to use Jaylin's ace monster Elemental Hero Terra Firma!" Elemental HERO Woodsman and Elemental HERO Ocean fused into the light and appeared as Terra Firma.
"But Black Luster Soldier has 3000 attack!" Dimitri shouted.
"Then, you haven't been paying attention! Did you forget about Skyscraper?" Jaylin asked as Dimitri's eyes bulged. Elemental HERO Terra Firma was found on the highest building of Skyscraper. "Terra Firma attacks your Black Luster Soldier, or should I say my Princess' soon-to-be Black Luster Soldier!" Elemental HERO Terra Firma swooped down, his attack points rising to 3500, then attacking Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning, leaving Dimitri with 1000 life points remaining. "Now, Stratos attacks you directly!" Elemental HERO Stratos shot a huge gust of wind directly at Dimitri, wiping out the rest of his life points. Jaylin decided to stop with the act, since she won and returned back to her old self, shooting her fingers from her forehead to Dimitri. "GOTCHA!"
Unfortunately, Dimitri was too busy bowing his head to the ground and crying guilty tears to notice that Jaylin quit the act. Jaylin questioned if maybe she went a little overboard with her act or not. Then again, Dimitri did steal something that was precious to Yugi.
"I'm sorry, Yugi! I'm sorry! I never meant any harm toward you or your daughter! I just wanted to be a better duelist!" Dimitri wept as Yugi turned and signaled everyone to leave.
"You can meet with your friend later," Yugi promised as Ronda and Alexis nodded, then backed up a little bit to let Yugi talk with Dimitri.
Yugi replied aloud from above the cliff, "apology accepted!"
Dimitri shot his head toward the cliff, seeing the real Yugi Moto, who then jumped from the cliff to the bottom, then climbed to the rock where Jaylin was standing. He smiled at Jaylin.
"That was a great act you put up there Princess, though I think you may've gone too far and scared him a bit in the process," Yugi smirked.
"Sorry Daddy," Jaylin apologized. Dimitri's jaw dropped and his eyes bulged wide open. Jaylin was the daughter that would inherit Yugi's deck!?
"Now, can I have back Jaylin's soon-to-be deck?" Yugi asked kindly as Dimitri got up on his feet and returned the deck he stole to Yugi.
"So wait, you're his... daughter?" Dimitri asked, confused since he expected Yugi's daughter to be at least five years old right now, then realized that the footage of the little girl with brown hair was taken eight years ago. Of course Jaylin would've been young during the time! He began seeing the resemblance of the little girl's face in Jaylin's. "But wait, there's no way, because then that would mean you had her at 15 or something! Not to mention you two look nothing alike."
"That's because I adopted her eleven years ago," Yugi said, putting his hand on Jaylin's shoulder.
"That's still hard to believe," Syrus stated quietly. "When Jaylin pretended to be you, I could see your face in hers, but she's not related to you at all."
"I see myself in her as well: when she duels, the way she treats her friends, her optimistic nature... we don't share the same blood, but she's my daughter. That is what you're seeing, Syrus. Unfortunately, not everyone can see that," Yugi explained as Syrus began looking down at the ground.
"Why did you adopt her?"
Yugi rubbed the back of his neck and replied, "when I was in college, my friends left for different colleges and I was alone in a small apartment. I had nobody with me. I tried hiring a roommate, but non of them cared enough to want to be my friend. I waited for an entire year before considering adopting a child. My family thought it was a bad idea, because of the slander I would get, but loneliness was too much for me to handle and I wanted to find someone that I could care for and would care about me. I searched inside the Domino Orphanage and looked around for a child that would be a friend to me and whose parents lost custody over. Jaylin found me and begged me to be her father. I did deny her at first, being that her parents did not lose custody of her, but... she kept begging and pleading, jealously wanting to get to me first before all the other kids. She even cried pleading tears on my pants. I finally agreed and fought for custody over her in court. I was hated by all of the friends I thought I made in college because of that, even beaten. I knew that was the punishment I would receive and I received it proudly. I'm not sorry for fighting for Jaylin's custody, because she asked for me among everyone else and her real parents never cared to keep their dog from almost eating her alive."
"Oh... I'm really sorry about that," Syrus said as Yugi nodded.
"Me too. I promise I won't tell anyone about that. I can see why Jaylin never told anyone about you two being father and daughter. I mean... wow," Dimitri said, wiping his tears. "It's also my way of hoping to regain back your honor."
"No more copying other peoples' decks. You did have a few ideas during the duel that not even I could've thought of. Also, why do you have to go through the trouble of copying someone else's deck and getting their specific cards when you can use the cards you do have to create your own? Don't you think it'd be easier?" Yugi asked rhetorically.
"I suppose. I'll try to create a deck of my own. I don't want to dishonor you or anyone ever again!" Dimitri promised, running on his way back home.
"I also need to get back home. You keep your grades up, okay Princess," Yugi winked.
"I will," Jaylin promised before watching her father leave.
"He's a good father," Syrus commented. He said to himself, 'when I first realized that Yugi adopted a child, my brother and I thought he was doing it to find a sneaky way of molesting a young child. This will be the last time I ever make assumptions like that about any adopted parent! I know now that a parent doesn't have to share the same blood as his or her child.'