Darkmaster10000000: Yeah I understand. It is and always has been my main problem.

NinjaFang1331: Thanks. Hope you keep reading.

Xerzo LotCN: Yeah again I understand your reasoning. As for why he didn't use Yubel to see his hand. I will never have Jaden cheat. It's just not how I visualize his character. I can get how it seems like he should, but meh.

We open to see Crowler, sitting in his seat, holding his head in his hands. He rubbed his temples as he looked over documents of collapsed and broken duelists that lost their best cards. "And worst of all they are MY Obelisks!" Crowler groans and leans back. "Whatever this … Duel Giant is, when I get my hands on him, I will tear him apart." He tears at a blank sheet of paper and bites it slightly.

"Crowler!" The said man jumps as his intercom rings off, Chancellor Shepherd's voice rings out.

"Y-yes sir?" Crowler replies, a hard gulp and his voice slightly high.

"Have you completed those assignments that I handed you?"

"Yes sir, I have. I have them in my outbox right now, and just waiting for some time to deliver them to your office."

Over the intercom, Crowler could hear Shepherd humming, and thinking that he was scot free before, "And this … Duel Giant? Have you been able to find who this is?"

Crowler freezes, a cold sweat dripping down his face, his body shaking slightly. "N-not yet s-sir. For starters, it's d-difficult to find him a-as he only attacks at night."

Once again, Crowler could hear Shepherd humming before a sigh echoes slightly. "Right. Please keep an eye and ear out there, for this giant. From the reports that I am getting from other teachers, the victims of the giant have lost their wills to duel and even study." Crowler flinches at this.

"I know sir, I just haven't had the time to find and defeat him." And with that, the intercom cuts off, resulting in Crowler banging his head against his desk.

Later that night, we follow a large man, wrapped in Obelisk blue jackets, specifically wrapped around his head to hide the identity. The large man was standing just over 6' 9", and before him, lay an Obelisk blue whose cards were scattered around him. "You lost." The man states flatly, his voice a deep baritone like voice.

"N-no! I-I don't want to lose my card, please!" The Obelisk cries out as the man approaches, trying to grab the strongest and rarest card in his deck. The giant easily moves the student's hand, pulling the card up, grumbling.

He pockets it in one of his many jackets as he starts walking off, leaving the student behind, who shakes softly.

The large man keeps walking, and grumbles into his hood, almost specifically, like he was talking to someone. He then tilted his head and grumbled before heading out, leaving the student shaking and crying on the ground.

During the same night, we drift to the Slifer dorm, to a specific room showing a twisting and turning Jaden. Sweat drips off of him as he then bults upright, his eyes, the burning gold of the Supreme King glowing. He pulls his legs into a small hug, shaking softly as he flexes his hands, his eyes gleaming as they slowly turn back to the normal brown. With an audible gulp, Jaden stumbles from his bed, going to the sole desk in the room, turning on a dim light, Jaden starts to go through his deck.

Yubel, Avian and Malicious Edge appear, each of them beside or behind him. Yubel wraps their arms around Jaden's neck, setting her chin on Jaden's head. "Jaden, you have to calm down."

"I don't want to Yubel." Jaden grumbles out and reaches up, trying to pull their arms away from Jaden. "I-I can't sleep right now." Jaden chokes out, his hand shaking as he sets his cards down. "I don't want to think of … that."

Avian rests his normal hand onto Jaden's shoulder, kneeling next to him. "My king, you know we understand more than anyone what you are-"

"Yes! We know more than anyone, after all, we evil heroes were born from your fear and anger!" Malicious Edge poses stupidly, almost shouting which causes the other hero, the king and the guardian to cringe at the yell.

"Malicious, how many times have I told you to not shout!" Avian calls out, glaring at the Evil Hero, seeming to forget about what happened with Jaden.

"I am just trying to encourage our king!" Malicious Edge takes a step forward with a mad grin just under his black mask. "When that feral light attacked our king, the Evil Heroes were born from your shadows, because you couldn't protect him!" Malicious growls out and glares at Avian from under his mask.

The Elemental Hero freezes at this, his eyes narrowing as he lets out a primal like growl. "What could we do! That damn light tricked us!" Avian calls out, his fists clenched as wind starts to go through the room.

Yubel sighs at this, placing their head into their hands as they glare at the two fighting heroes, growling slightly. Neither of the other spirits seem to notice Yubel as they keep bickering, a few tick marks appearing on their head. Right when Malicious Edge raises his spiked arm to attack Avian, two thorny vines shoot from the ground, wrapping around both of their bodies.

"Will you two stop bickering." Yubel growls out, in a calm yet cold tone, causing them both to freeze. "This is not about you two, this is about Jaden. No." Yubel raises the vines and glares at both of them. "Avian brings out Burstinatrix, and Malicious grabs Flare."

"Yubel, you don't-"

"I was just-"

"NOW!" Yubel growls out, their three eyes glowing harshly and shutting the two down as they both gulp and the spirits fade. "Idiots!" Yubel scoffs before turning back to Jaden, who just so happened to have passed out during this whole exchange. Yubel sighs at this as Burstinatrix and Evil Hero Infernal Flare Swordswoman appear, both looking rather pissed as they look at Yubel.

"So what happened and why did Avian bring me out, I was just getting ready for bed." Burstinatrix growls at this before looking at Jaden and her face softening. "Oh, did those two fight again?"

Yubel nods as they rub Jaden's back, Flare growling and shaking her head. "Those two are complete idiots. I mean I don't think any of us really argue, right Bur?"

"Exactly Flare." Burstinatrix nods her head as they each pat Jaden's head before fading off once more, more than likely to kill the other two heroes.

Yubel chuckles at this as they just stay with Jaden, rubbing his back and trying to keep him from screaming.

Meanwhile

Listening to the heroes grumbling and arguing in the background, a usual occurrence for him whenever Avian and Malicious decide to appear at the same time, causes Jaden to slowly start to feel his fatigue catch up to him.

He slowly closed his eyes and his head hit the desk.

Before he was jerked awake, almost feeling like he was flying off in almost a second. He shakes and looks around, a strange cavern, two flowing rivers underneath a naturally born platform and bridge. Jaden gains a puzzled yet defensive look as he starts walking on the bridge, being pulled by an invisible force.

In the center of the cavern, stands a massive crystal, shining a strange dark light, along with seven strange marks in the crystal, about half as wide as a normal duel monster's card.

The light from the crystal starts to grow, three massive shadows dancing on the walls of the cavern. Jaden's eyes widen as the shadows growl, the humanoid shadow bellowing first.

"It seems that he has finally answered our call." Jaden stumbles as the voice seems to reverberate through the cavern.

"Yes! Even though it has been months since he faced our shade!" The skeletal looking shadow almost shrieks, a clap of thunder could be heard as it speaks.

"Our king has been busy with his testing, along with trying to get back with Alyss." The serpent dragon's shadow calls out, the cavern heating up, along with Jaden getting some pink on his cheeks.

Jaden then shakes his head, letting out some breath as he goes back to looking at the shadows of the three beasts. "What is going on you three?"

The three shadows seem to shift, the room shaking as the humanoid shadow speaks up. "The world is shifting." "Plans are being made." "And new enemies are being born!"

All together the three speak up, their voices causing the island to shake. "We shall soon be free, not only of our bonds but also from the light!" Jaden's eyes widen considerably at this as a flash of light over takes him, an image of a long, brown haired girl appears before him, turning around the girl smiles coldly, and her eyes. They were a startling, offsetting, silver color.

Jaden shoots up, hitting his head against the lamp that is on the desk, cursing softly. "Son of a bitch! What time is it?"

He stands up and looks out the window towards the ocean and grumbles upon seeing the sun is just barely crescenting over the horizon. Jaden winces as the glare from the sun reflects into his eyes and stumbles around his dorm room. He then makes his way to the bathroom to cool off.

Behind him, Yubel returns as their spirit forms, a sad look on their face. 'Jaden, you really need to calm down.' Their gaze wanders across the walls and floor, deep black gashes following the area to where Jaden went. Yubel rubs their temples before looking at the deck Jaden left behind. Yubel shakes their head slightly before tapping the deck three times, before fading from the area.

Jaden grumbles and throws himself into his seat, right next to Syrus who looks at him worried. "Br-bro you're later than usual. Is something wrong."

Jaden grumbles softly before shaking his head. The teacher's lesson was passing over his head as his eyes drifted to the rest of the class. His eyes widen, spotting the abscence of many of the Obelisk students. Jaden leans over to Syrus and whispers. "Hey where are all the Obelisks? Like none are here."

Syrus shifts in his seat awkwardly. "Haven't you heard about the Duel Giant?"

"Duel Giant?"

Syrus just sighs and ends up facepalming. "According to the uhm rumors, the Giant duels Obelisks in Ante Games, and the loser gives up their rarest card." Jaden freezes, a soft growl coming from his throat. Syrus gulps audibly at this as the lesson finally ends.

All around the duo, people are whispering of how they hope the Duel Giant doesn't target them.

Syrus looks at Jaden, and notices the bags under Jaden's eyes. "Bro a-are you ok?"

"I'm fine, the rumors about this guy annoys me." Syrus shyly nods at this before Crowler ends up appearing, seemingly to be begging-

"Alexis?!" Syrus calls out, seeing Crowler on his knees.

"Please Alexis! I need one of my best Obelisks to take out this Giant! The longer that they're out there, the more of my precious Obelisks will lose their hearts to duel!" Crowler cries, tears smearing up the make up under his eyes and face.

"Ok first off stop being creepy!" Alexis steps away from Crowler with a sneer on her face. "Second, while I'm sorry for what's happening to everyone they do need at least a reality check!" Crowler just throws himself away in shock and surprise, before Alexis taps her head. "Besides, I have a bunch of homework at the moment, since Mrs. Fontaine added a bunch of homework because of a few students laughing on how Obelisks were getting shot down left and right." Alexis manages to catch a breath after her little rant.

Jaden approaches the two as the sea of students around them seems to part. Alexis looks over in surprise before jumping slightly, Jaden's look being dark and almost distant. "If you want I can try and catch the Giant."

Crowler grumbles for a few seconds, about to yell how 'If my precious Obelisks couldn't win!' blah, blah blah, until he realized he could use this. "Fine Slifer Slacker."

Jaden smirks at this as he nods his head. "I'm going to need an Obelisk Jacket, and special permission to operate at night, since that when he's supposed to operate, right Lexi?" Jaden tilts his head at Alexis who nods her head, blinking a few times from the harsh cold tone to Jaden's voice.

Crowler just turns into a fish, repeatedly opening and closing his mouth as Jaden chuckles. Finally, after a few seconds of watching Crowler mentally break down, Jaden winks at Alexis before turning around, his Red Slifer Jacket rippling as he turns and walks off. While others seem to shiver from the dark and cold aura emits from the usually happy and carefree student, Alexis is sweating.

Claws of shadow and wind seem to be following Jaden, scratching the walls and ground.

"What is going on with him?" Alexis voices out, as she walks off, a worried look adorning his face.

'That's merely because his birthday is tomorrow.' Alexis looks around before hearing an amused chuckle. 'Really my dear, you should know where I am.' Alexis's hand reaches into her belt, pulling her deck out. On the very bottom of it, there's Yubel's card. Alexis blinks a few times before Yubel announces in a solemn tone. 'We have a lot to talk about.'

Alexis looks at them confused before leaving the main campus.

Jaden and Syrus arrive at a dueling stadium as a duel is going on. Syrus is going on about how dangerous it will be for him to duel the Giant.

"Syrus, first off, calm down." Jaden sighs out, rubbing his temples. "Second off, I know it'll be dangerous, especially if he decides to attack me. At the same time, I have my heroes to help protect me." At this Syrus nods slightly. "Third, have I lost yet? The only thing that really came close was Zane and that ended up as a tie." Jaden smirks at this, making Syrus nod once more. After this, Jaden's eyes drift to the duel between Ra and Obelisk. "Who's that kid over there?"

"That's Brier." Bastion appears near Jaden's shoulder, causing the other two boys to jump slightly. "He's a skilled duelist, but from what I've seen he isn't exactly good while people are watching."

"I see." Jaden nods lightly at this, as he peers over, spotting the cards in his hand. "He should use Earthquake. That would win him the duel." Jaden states offhandedly as he stands up, getting ready to leave. He stops as Brier stutters out.

"I-I att-attack with my M-mad Sword Be-beast!" The beast rushes forward, the Obelisk laughing loudly.

"HA! You activated my trap card! Reinforcements! With this trap card, my Marauding Captain gains 500 ATK points, which results in your loss!" The Obelisk just laughs at this, almost posing evilly as the swordsman cuts down the beast. "You are such a loser!" Brier flinches as the Obelisk steps in front of him, yoinking his cards out of his hand. "HA, don't you realize your Beast has piercing? I mean if I were you, you could have won. But I guess that's why you're piss Ra while I'm Godly Obelisk!"

Jaden shakes his head as himself, Syrus and Bastion go behind Brier. "Hey that isn't very nice." Jaden states darkly as he steps forward, resting his hand lightly on the Obelisk's shoulder. "You do realize he probably has stage fright, or something." This shocks the boy, but before he can say anything Jaden flashes his golden eyes for a split second. "Besides you should try dueling me. After all, I beat Chazz, Harrington and (to a lesser extent) Crowler."

"Whatever." The Obelisk tries to keep his pride, even if each of his steps are shaky. Jaden turns towards Brier with a small smile.

"Ugh I hate this school!" Brier falls to his knees, a few tears dropping out of his eyes.

"Don't worry mate." Bastion kneels down and places his hand onto Brier's shoulder. "You're a great duelist, you just need to get over your stage fright."

"Yeah, you're skilled. If you had calmed down and thought it through, you would have won." Syrus manages out a smile on his face.

Jaden remains silent at that. Brier stands up abruptly, stalking over to where another massive Ra is. Bastion shakes his head slightly at this.

"That guy looks like he could be a giant!" Syrus points out a worried look on his face. "If we call them out then-"

"No, that's just Beauregard. He isn't really a duelist."

"Then what's he here for?"

"Game Design, and from what I've seen of his work, he's incredibly skilled."

The other two begin to ramble on and on about who could possibly be the Giant, as Jaden watches the two walk off. After a bit, he scoffs under his breath as he looks at Bastion. "I'm going to catch the Giant, if you want you can join me and Sy on trying to catch them."

Bastion thinks for a bit before nodding. "Whoever this Giant is needs to be brought to justice. Besides, the Giant could get tired of dueling Obelisks and try to challenge the other dorms."

"I don't think that would be too much of a problem, but you are right." Jaden states offhandedly as he waves his hand. "I'm going to grab an Obelisk Jacket from Crowler. I'll meet you both later, outside of the Ra dorms." With that, Jaden walks off.

Bastion looks at Syrus worried. "Has Jaden been like that all day?"

"Yeah."

"Do you know what's wrong?"

"Nope, and everytime I ask, he just says he's fine. I'm getting really worried. Plus there's the whole thing if he gets overly emotional." Syrus says the last part as more of a whisper, imagining various monsters from Jaden's deck attacking people.

"What was that?"

"Nothing!" Syrus jumps at that, causing Bastion to Anime Fall ™.

Night finally arrives, as Bastion and Syrus are tapping their toes, looking around. "Where is he?"

"It could be y-you know, Crowler."

"And it's exactly that!" A shadow states right next to the two boys, making both of them jump. The shadow peels away, revealing a massive smile on Jaden's face, laughing. "Sheesh you two are so jumpy." Jaden's normally red jacket was replaced by the obelisk blue attire. The other two chuckle softly, an embarrassed look on both of their faces.

"Now we should get-" Bastion is cut off by rustling and a muffled scream. The three run towards where they scream.

The Obelisk from earlier is in front of them, his cards scattered on the ground. Before him, stands the massive Duel Giant, whose multiple jackets seem to rustle. Jaden runs into the area, his eyes flashing gold as he approaches the Giant.

"So, I take it you're the one that's been attacking Obelisk students?"

"Yes, and any one of them is worth beating."

"Then I take it you want to duel me?"

The Giant nods at this, his duel disk activating on his arm. Jaden slings out his, allowing it to blow out. He then looks back at Bastion and Syrus. "Make sure that he's ok." He returns his attention to his opponent. "I assume this will be an Ante Game?"

"Yes. You offer up your rarest card and I do the same."

"However" Jaden growls "You have various rare cards from many of the Obelisks on the island. I intend to win them back."

"And how do you plan to do that?"

Jaden pats his deck, a small smirk adorning his face. "I'll bet my entire deck. Not only do I have the elemental heroes, I also have the one of a kind Evil Heroes! That should be more of a match for every single card you've stolen, and to give up your identity!"

The Giant seems to take a step back, as some wind picks up in the area. He then nods, grumbling out. "I'll go first." The two duelists fill up their hands, and the Giant draws.

Duel Giant: 4000

Yuki: 4000

"I then summon Giant Orc in attack mode. Along with that, I'll set a card facedown and end my turn."

[Giant Orc Type: Fiend/Attribute: Dark

ATK: 2200

DEF: 0000]

"So starting out with quite the glass cannon of a monster?" Jaden pulls his card and chuckles. "While my monster won't be a glass cannon, it will be extremely powerful!" Jaden grabs two cards from his hand m and slams one into his monster zone. "I special summon Infernal Prodigy! But, he won't stay here as I sacrifice him to normal summon my Malicious Edge!"

[Evil Hero Malicious Edge Attribute: Dark/ Type: Fiend

ATK: 2600

DEF: 1800]

"And before you ask! Malicious' ability allows me to only use one sacrifice instead of two since you have a monster on your field." Malicious cuts down Prodigy as he laughs darkly, before landing before Jaden. "Now, I will attack your Giant! Go Malicious Cutter!"

Malicious jumps towards the Orc, a savage grin adorning his face. 'Hiya! I'll rend this monster to nothing!'

"Negate attack! With this your monster's attack is over."

Malicious scoffs at that as Jaden chuckles softly. "Then I guess I'll sit a card down myself."

"I draw and summon my Second Goblin, right after summoning it however I'll activate its ability to equip it to my Giant." The tinier monster chuckles and hops from the knee of the Giant Orc, climbing right to the shoulder. "I then play Giant's Hammer while equipping it for my Giant Orc!"

Giant Orc's club begins to glow, growing in size and acquiring spikes near the very top, and seemingly to shift and turn metal.

[Giant's Hammer

This card can only be equipped to Giant Orc. Once equipped, Giant Orc gains 500 ATK and 2000 DEF]

ATK: 2200 → 2700

DEF: 0000 → 2000

"Now, I attack your Malicious Edge with my Giant." The Giant shifts its footing, before leaping at Malicious Edge, the hammer high in the air. Jaden looks up as revolving blades appear in front of Malicious.

"This is Hero's Barrier! I won't allow your attack to go through." The hammer then slams straight into the barrier, forcing Malicious to drop to one knee.

'Can't deny, this thing hits hard.' Malicious growls to Jaden, who just smirks.

"They sure are smart aren't they? I mean, no one would suspect that two people would be the Giant." Jaden stops talking there, waiting for Yubel's reply, before blinking a few times. "Yubel?" Jaden's eyes furrow together, before Yubel appears besides Jaden.

'What is it?'

"You disappeared. I know I've been well" Jaden waves a hand. "But even when I'm like that you wouldn't just not talk."

Yubel smiles a bit and kisses Jaden's cheek. 'Don't worry. I was just busy talking to someone else. Now I see we're in a duel. Get your head back in the game.'

Jaden blinks and blushes softly as he shakes his head. "You're right, I'll talk to you later." Jaden's eyes shifted back to the duel, freaking out as he realized everyone was waiting on him. "Sorry about that! Just busy thinking!" Jaden waves his hands erratically, managing to hide his hand however.

Jaden then sighs and glares at the Duel Giant. "I activate the spell card simply known as Tornado! This card blows away all monsters on the field straight back into the hand."

[Tornado

Upon activation, send all monsters on the field back to their owner's hands]

The winds begin to blow, a cyclone appearing in the middle of the field. Everyone, except for Jaden, stares in shock, the wind actually messing with the trees. Over the winds, Jaden could be heard saying "You really are smart, but you made a huge mistake." Jaden's golden eyes seem to glow as he glares at the Giant. "You pissed me off, and kept stealing people's cards!"

The winds send both monsters on the field straight back to the hand, right before a trap card activates on the Giant's side. "Goblin's Ambush! By removing a Goblin monster from my hand, all the cards in your hand are sent to the grave. You're allowed to draw three cards to replace them."

[Goblin's Ambush

Discard one monster with "Goblin" in the name. Your opponent's hand gets sent to the graveyard, and then they redraw three cards.]

Three goblins appear around Jaden, arrows shooting at his hand, as he sends all of them to the graveyard. He then refills his hand, a smirk on his face as the winds still blow.

"What is going on?!" Bastion manages to shout over the wind, seemingly shocked that the wind was actually blowing.

"Jaden's really mad!" Syrus manages out, his body shaking, as the shadows seem to be swirling with the wind.

Jaden discards his hand, drawing three more as he smirks softly. "I think it's time that we reveal your true face." Jaden activates Dark Calling which calls forth Avian and Wildheart, both of whom jump into the dark vortex. After a few seconds, Wild Cyclone appears from the vortex, a deadly smirk on his face.

[Wild Cyclone Type: Fiend/Attribute: Earth

ATK: 1900

DEF: 2300]

'This will be easy!'

"Blow off his hood! Wild Cyclone!" WC rises up into the air, seeming to channel Tornado's winds, before shooting off a complete cyclone in front of him. A heavy vacuum then crashes into the Giant, his clothes tearing off.

Duel Giant: 2100

The multiple jackets wrapped around his head flying into the air, revealing the concerned face of-

"Beauregard?!" The three other students in the area are shocked, primarily the obelisk and Bastion. "What's going on Beauregard? Why are you doing this?!"

Bastion seems to be rambling on and on, as Syrus looks closer at Beauregard. "A-are you wearing an earpiece?!"

"You may as well come on out!" Jaden calls out before anyone can register Syrus's question.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Beauregard states, gulping audibly as Jaden lets out a dark chuckle.

"Cut the bullshit Beauregard. You're just a game designer right?" Jaden states as he glares at the taller man. "And according to Bastion you don't duel a lot, but you have a very skilled friend. As soon as I saw the Obelisk over there," Jaden jerks his head towards the other three. "I knew that you were involved. However" Jaden holds a hand up, his eyes still deep gold. "Your duel style shows exactly how you two work. So come out Brier!"

With that, Wild Cyclone launches from where he was standing, grabbing Brier from behind a pair of rocks, who is kicking and screaming from the grab.

"How is this happening?! Thi-this thing is a hologram?!"

"Do not make our king angry. You should be glad that I'm just grabbing you, not attacking!" WC growls, throwing him next to his larger comrade.

"Brier?" Bastion, and the Obelisk state in shock, surprised either of them could be here.

"Wh-what are you doing here ya i-idiotic midget!" The obelisk, whose name is Marcus, speaks up, trying to put up a tough front.

"I wouldn't call him that. It was his plan that beat you." Syrus speaks up, as he points at the almost matching earpiece that's on Beauregard, with the one on Brier.

Brier sneers at this before he looks at Jaden, managing to straighten himself up. "Y-you said you were sure when you saw my strategy. How?" Brier demands, startling Marcus and Bastion at the backbone Brier is showing.

"Simple: How a person duels usually shows their personality or mental state. Your strategy shows that a smaller person is helping a practical Giant." Jaden motions between his opponents.

"Why are you doing this Brier?!" Bastion manages to correct his mindset, standing up with concern.

The smaller man looks between everyone in front of him, his face turning red as he shouts. "Because the Obelisks are massive jerks! They bully you just because you don't have money to buy your way in!" Brier keeps going on and on about how horrible Obelisks are, before Jaden shouts right back.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" everyone jumps at this as Syrus manages to notice a few gouges in the rock Brier was hiding behind earlier. "That gives you no right to steal people's cards!"

"But, but y-you're a slifer you should-" Brier tries to retort as Jaden silences him.

"And why should I care what other people think you idiot! Besides you need to know you're skilled dammit! You managed to make it! So you should know you're skilled without someone else telling you!" Jaden finishes roaring as everyone jumps once more. After a few seconds of deep breathing from Jaden, he finally gives a smile. "You are good, no need to worry."

Brier looks at him surprised at that, before Beauregard speaks up. "He is right Brier. I wouldn't have won that many times if it were just me." He then looks up at Jaden. "If you don't tell them about Brier-" Jaden silences Beauregard before he can continue, along with Brier who was about to debate him.

"Here's the deal." He catches everyone's attention with this. "If you two can win, I'll let you go and do whatever you want." Everyone looks at Jaden, mostly surprise and disbelief.

"And if we lose?"

Jaden gives an evil smile. "Well I'll be taking you two to meet with Shepard." They look at him shocked and terrified as Jaden laughs. "So you better pull out your best strategies and cards, otherwise you might just end up on the next boat out of here. It's your turn." Jaden states as he lays two cards face down. "And of course you two can still work together."

The other two look at each other for a second before they both nod. "I summon my Goblin King in Attack mode!" Brier states, which leads Beauregard to place his monster down.

[Goblin King Type: Fiend/ Attribute: Dark

ATK:0

DEF:0]

"Now my monster may look weak." Brier clarifies to everyone in the meadow, a fire in his eyes. "However, for every fiend type monster on the field, he gains 1000 ATK. And from what I've gathered!" He points victoriously at Jaden. "Every single one of your Evil Heroes are Fiend!"

ATK: 0 → 1000

"But I'm not done as I activate Card Destruction. This will force us both to discard their cards, and redraw the same amount, but since you have no cards in hand, then you won't draw any extra."

"Clever." Jaden states simply as Beauregard discards their hand and redraws 5 cards.

Beauregard kneels slightly to allow Brier to see his hand, before Brier smirks. "I will activate monster reborn to revive my Giant Orc!"

[Giant Orc Type: Fiend/Attribute: Dark

ATK: 2200

DEF: 0000]

"Not only that, my King's attack rises by another 1000"

ATK: 1000 → 2000

"And along those lines, I then activate Goblin King's Champion Sword! I can equip this card to one monster on the field and I choose my Giant Orc!"

[Goblin King's Champion Sword

Equip to one Fiend type monster, that monster will gain 1500 attack.]

ATK: 2200 → 3700

A glowing golden sword appears in Giant Orc's hands, as it begins to glow a sickly red. "Now our King will attack your Wild Cyclone!"

"While I enjoy the enthusiasm, I activate Evil Barrier, which is basically the same as my Hero's Barrier. Which stops your King's attack."

The King merely raised it's hand, launching out a wave of purple energy that merely slammed into the spinning bladed barrier that WC summoned.

ATK: 2000 → 1000

"Well I can still hit you with my Giant Orc."

"And I'll counter it with my Defense Draw! This will take your attack and make it zero, allowing me to draw one card. However, my Cyclone is still destroyed." Giant Orc brings the heavy golden blade onto Cyclone's shoulder, cutting him down in half as Jaden draws his card.

"Giant Orc switches into defense mode as I set a card face down." The Giant puts its knee onto the ground, holding the sword up defensively.

"My turn then. I draw." Jaden looks at the two cards in his hand with a smirk. "I activate Pot of Greed to use 2 more cards." He does just that as the Pot explodes on his field. "I then set two cards face down. Finally I play cards of prosperity! This allows both of us to draw until we both have 6 cards in hands."

Brier frowns, as Beauregard fills their hand. 'What is this guy planning? He's in a hole, but it seems like he can get out of it rather easily.'

Jaden breathes through his nose as he grabs three cards. "I summon Infernal Gainer and activate two equip cards! Evil Overdrive and Heroic Presence!"

[Infernal Gainer Type: Fiend/Attribute: Earth

ATK: 1600

DEF: 0000]

ATK: 1000 → 2000

"So these two other cards of mine have very special abilities. First off, Evil Overdrive, this card can be equipped to one Evil Hero monster that's on the field. For the rest of this turn his attack points are doubled. However at the end of the turn he's destroyed."

Infernal Gainer begins to glow bright red, a powerful aura surrounding him.

ATK: 1600 → 3200

"And then there is Heroic Presence, this card allows one monster on my field to deal piercing damage and cannot be affected by Trap cards this turn. However, once he leaves the field, I take double the attack power."

Much like with the red aura, an almost angelic gold one appears from the very core of Infernal Gainer.

[Evil Overdrive

Equip only to an Evil Hero monster, double that monster's attack, but at the end of the turn send it to the graveyard.]

[Heroic Presence

Equip only to a Hero monster, this monster is able to cause piercing damage when destroying a monster in defense, it also cannot be affected by Trap cards. If the monster equipped with this card goes to the graveyard, take damage equal to the monster's attack at the time.]

"If you somehow can't stop my monster, then I win. GO INFERNAL GAINER! Infernal Fist!" Infernal Gainer laughs as he jumps into the sky, causing Brier to take a step back. For a few seconds, they were unable to spot where the monster was, before Giant Orc suddenly found a first piercing through the side of it's chest, the shockwave crashing into Brier and Beauregard.

Duel Giant: 0000

"And that's game!" Jaden does his iconic pose with a smirk on his face. "Now as I said before, you two are coming with me." He then looks at the others. "If any of you want to come with and watch the fireworks, follow me."

With this, Jaden starts walking off, making sure that Brier and Beauregard were at least following.

After a walk of shame, with Brier and Beauregard hanging their heads down, Jaden, that pair along with Syrus and Bastion arrive at Chancellor Sheppard's office. "Sir! I caught the Duel Giant!" This causes both the Chancellor and Crowler to jump, with Crowler having a stack of papers on the table.

"Oh, hello there Jaden. What do you mean you caught the Duel Giant?" Chancellor Sheppard leans forward.

Jaden motions towards Brier and Beauregard. "These two were using the idea of the Duel Giant to punish Obelisks."

"And why were they doing that?"

Before Jaden can reply, Crowler speaks up. "It's obvious they were completely jealous of all the Obelisks and-"

"Wrong." Jaden glares at Crowler, silencing him. "If you want to know why, why not just listen to their reasons?" Jaden pulls his phone out of his pocket, along with Avian and Wildheart.

Brier flushes at that, seeing a recorder app on Jaden's phone as he reverses it before playing. He then places his head into his hands, his face turning red, hearing his own voice give the same speech from before.

Sheppard nods at this, grimacing and glaring at Crowler from the corner of his eye. "I see. I have heard reports of Obelisks boasting about their … superiority, but this is the first time I've heard of someone actually doing something like this."

"They all should be expelled. They took part in Ante-Duels, and thus must be expelled sir."

"But you could make the same case with every single Obelisk that ended up dueling the Duel Giant!" Jaden counter Crowler, making him flinch a bit.

"Are you saying that you want them to get off scot free?" Sheppard reasons, his frown increasing.

"No, I'm not saying that they should get off, I'm just saying none of us should be expelled."

"Then what would you propose?"

"I would say that they have to personally return every card they stole, and some form of detention … not run by Crowler though." Jaden clarifies after a second of thinking.

Sheppard merely nods at this, ignoring the sputtering and incoherent raving Crowler. "If that's just it then that isn't much of a punishment."

"Then revoke some of their privileges, or something." Jaden states, getting a bit frustrated.

Sheppard nods again, and thinks for a moment. "We'll also have to put a firmer hold on the Obelisks. So Dr. Crowler" said man jumped at this. "You and I will be having a conversation about privileges of Obelisks."

"Y-yes sir." Crowler shuts up and squeaks out, as Sheppard motions for them all to leave.

Jaden chuckles as he leaves the room, his eyes returning to normal. "Now you two better get ready to see a lot of pissed off and embarrassed Obelisks." Both men gulp and begin running towards the Ra dorm, Bastion following a bit after a quick goodbye.

Syrus looks at Jaden, and manages out. "Y-you really don't like card thieves?"

"Yeah." Jaden breathes out after a few minutes. "Let's just say, I once lost a very important card." Syrus nods simply as the two return to their dorm.

'So what were you up to today Yubel?'

'Oh nothing.' Yubel replies to Jaden in a sing-songy voice, making his eyes twitch. 'Don't worry. Just remember, enjoy tomorrow '

'What do you mean?' Jaden frowns and groans, shoving his face into a pillow. 'Yubel answer me!' He does this a few more times before finally drifting off to sleep from the long night.

"JADEN!" Jaden shoots from his bed, banging his head into the bed above him. "S-sorry, you've just been sleeping for the entire day, and well A-alexis wanted to see you." Syrus rushes to apologize, as Jaden manages to get his eyes unblurry.

"I-it's ok Sy. I know it's hard to wake me up." Jaden gets out of bed, getting changed into his uniform. "A-anyway where did Alexis want to meet me?" Jaden blushes a bit at that as he combs his hair with his hands.

"At the meadow." Jaden nods at this as he grabs his duel disk and bag, heading off.

"S-so uhm I was wondering." Syrus follows Jaden, who merely nods for him to continue. "What all do you know about Cyren from the other world?" Jaden blinks at this and places a hand on his chin.

"Well I never got to see him duel, apparently he was more of an advisor type, but when he did duel … well he was known as a Sage of Wind." Jaden states, frowning slightly, as Yubel materializes next to him.

"His deck was based off of Cyber Combat and Wind Magic."

"R-really?" Syrus blinks as he looks at Yubel.

"Yep." And then Yubel's face splits into a malicious grin. Jaden chuckles at this as Yubel continues. "And he was quite fond of Dark Magician Girl too. From what I know, he had her help in formulating a few cards and combos." Syrus turns strawberry red as he stumbles slightly.

Syrus and Yubel rattle off a bit: Syrus trying to deny that he has a major crush on DMG, while Yubel points out all the flaws in his argument.

Jaden simply chuckles, not noticing the two go quiet as the three enter the meadow and-

"SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Alexis, Bastion, Banner, Syrus, various duel spirits (namely Heros and Cyber Devils), and a few random Slifers. Jaden jumps fully at this, bouncing against.

"Zane? What the hell is going on here?" Jaden freaks out a bit as Alexis laughs, catching Jaden's attention fully.

"Well this is obviously a birthday party." She shoots off a party kazoo in his face.

"But I didn't-" Before he finishes that sentence however, he shoots off a glare towards Yubel, who merely winks at Jaden.

"Yeah, Yubel was very intent on you knowing." Alexis shivers at the thought. "Let's just say, remind me never to have my cards out while I'm taking a shower." Alexis grumbles this last part before laughing. "But we shouldn't worry about that right now."

And thus began the party games. Everyone was going around, doing random games and some people were dueling.

"What happened here?" Banner pokes a hole in a tree, not even healed over. Nobody answers him as Jaden laughs a bit, before bumping into Alexis.

"So how's the party?"

"It's great!" Jaden laughs loudly, his face a bit red. "H-how did you get all this together?"

Alexis groans at that, and motions for Jaden to follow, which he does. After getting a few trees deep, the two stop and look at each other, Alexis leaning against a tree as Jaden stands in front of her.

"It all started when Crowler was begging me to duel the Duel Giant-"

"Prick." Jaden scoffs lightly at this, at which Alexis hits him in the side.

"Anyway. I didn't really have any homework to be done. It was just a ploy I was gonna use anyway to set this up." She motions towards the sound of the party. "I got permission from Chancellor Sheppard to hold this as long as another professor watched over the party. Banner ended up passing by and volunteered." Alexis yawns and giggles softly. "It's a good thing you always sleep in late, even when we were scheduled to train. It ended up giving us plenty of time for this."

Jaden begins to laugh, as Alexis leans forward, enough to push their chests together, them being nose to nose. Both of them blush lightly as Alexis sighs. "But according to Yubel, you haven't really gotten the chance to enjoy a birthday in a long time." Alexis pushes her hair behind her ear, looking at Jaden fully, her eyes hard. Jaden scowls at this, putting his back against a tree to get away from Alexis.

"How much did they tell you?"

"Only that something happened on your tenth birthday." Jaden groans and his scowl deepens.

"I guess that's fair." Jaden wipes his face slightly, as Alexis can tell his eyes are starting to turn red as tears well up. "It all started when I turned six. My powers were … starting to show themselves, duel spirits appearing around me. I was the only person in my school and town that could see them. It … made me lonely. I wanted someone to talk to about Duel Monsters, spirits and more." Jaden wipes his face as he sighs. "The Light was able to get a small sliver of itself out of the inbetween of worlds. Not enough to take over, but just enough to possess one person. Apparently, it could sense me, the darkness within my soul."

Alexis frowns at this, pulling him into a hug as Jaden continues. "It … it possessed someone from my class, and used her to get close to me. 4 years was what it took for the Light to get to me just enough. She was my best friend. On my tenth birthday, I invited her over to look at a new card that I managed to create by using my powers." Jaden shakes softly, a few tears dropping from his eyes. "According to Yubel, it was a knight that was uhm given to me after a few events. I think it was after Haou and Alyss got together." They both go slightly red before Jaden continues, his voice turning somber. "She really wanted to see it. I-I had no concept of anything bad able to happen to me or my cards." Jaden sighs as he wipes his eyes. "She started laughing madly, a light expelling from her body. In a split second, my entire home was a massive crater. If it weren't for Yubel and my Heros … I would have died then and there."

Alexis holds Jaden against her tighter, pushing her head into his chest. "It's fine, you have me, Syrus, Chumley and everyone in Slifer." Alexis looks up at Jaden, some tears in her own eyes. "Everything's fine."

Jaden blinks a few times before smiling, nodding his head. "Yeah, you're right. I-I know I have some great people in my life. Especially my uncle." Alexis raises an eyebrow at this. Jaden just chuckles, his hands on her hips. "A 10 yo can't exactly, you know, watch out for themselves. My folks had it in their will that I would go to a distant relative, since they wanted to prepare for anything."

"I see. That was nice of him then."

"Definitely. Thanks to him I avoided foster care, but he is pretty cold. I mean, for the first few months of me staying with him, I only ever talked to his brother." Both of them laugh at this, Jaden leaning forward a bit. Jaden looks at Alexis before pulling her into a kiss, a hand stabilizing himself via a tree.

Jaden groans slightly as he places a leg between Alexis's, his hands leaving her hips to explore her body a bit. Alexis moans into the kiss as she grabs Jaden's jacket.

"Jaden." She moans out, as she looks around a bit, unbuttoning her own jacket a bit. This causes Jaden's eyes to bug out of his head, his face heating more. "Pl-please touch me."

He audibly gulps at this, a hand slipping under her jacket, cupping the rather large tit. She moans as he goes back to kissing her, his hand softly squeezing it. Alexis gasps in the kiss, Jaden's knee softly rubbing her crotch. She wriggles slightly, one of her hands leaves Jaden's jacket, drifting down to his crotch rubbing him slowly.

Jaden closes his eyes, grunting softly as he deepens the kiss. Jaden opens his mouth slightly to begin frenching Alexis, his knee rubbing her more. He groans and pulls out of the kiss, his chest heaving a bit. "Alexis." He huskily growls, his hand squeezing her tit more.

"Jaden!" Alexis squeaks out, unable to hold herself back, throwing a hand over her mouth as her other hand rubs Jaden's crotch.

Before either of them could continue though, they both heard Syrus calling out. "Jaden! Alexis! Where are you guys? We need at least one of you for the cake!"

"They're probably making out or something." Chumley states, a twig snapping under him.

Jaden and Alexis split apart, coughing a bit as they fix themselves up, before going to meet up with the two boys.

When they enter back into the meadow, Yubel is beaming, seeing Jaden glowling slightly as they finish up the Happy Birthday ™ song.

'Good for you Jaden.'

ANNNNDDD CUT!

It's been a long time since I last updated this story. Around October was the last time, and well here we are in April. Once more I want to say sorry that I took forever and a half on this, I just lost the will to write as life, work and college got in the way. BUT let's cut the personal stuff. I feel a lot better nowadays and I feel good about this chapter.

I do want to say sorry if it feels extremely jumpy and fast. I started this in October or so and let it on the back burner. I knew what I wanted to do, just not HOW I wanted to do it.

Anyway, I don't know if anyone's noticed, but I made a P treon account (link in my bio) to help kick my ass into gear. There is a single Tier at $3 dollars, which will be paid per the start of each month.