A Week Had Passed Since My Visit To Saiga, And True To His Word All Of The Books Were Delivered To The Orphanage Doorstep, The Week Itself Was Pretty Calm, I Helped Around The Orphanage And Satellite As Usual But There Was Always This Feeling Of Anticipation Each Passing Day I Got More And More Excited, And Now I Was On The Dock, Moments Away From Entering a Ship That Would Lead Me The Place Where My Dreams Would Come True…The Duel Academy.

Everyone At The Orphanage Was There To Say Their Goodbyes, Some Were Happy, Others Were Crying But The General Mood Was Happiness. After Giving Miss Martha And Everyone One Big Collective Hug I Boarded The Ship.

"Good Bye My Little Buddies! I Will Miss Each And Every Single One Of You! Waaaaaa!" Grave Squirmer Said With Tears Streaming Down His Eyes. I Decided It Was Best To Leave Him Alone For Now.

After Walking Around On The Ship, Among All The Voices Of People Chatting There Was One Sound In Particular That Caught My Attention.

"Kuriii-Kurii"

I Started To Look Around And Eventually I Saw It, Another Duel Monster Spirit This One Of The Winged Kuriboh, It Was Floating Around As If He Was Taking The Sights, Eventually It Noticed That I Was Looking Directly At It And Proceeded To Fly As Fast As His Little Angel-Like Wings Allowed To, I Ended Up Giving Chase, After Bumping Into a Few People Here And There I Caught Up With The Spirit, Only To Be Faced With a Familiar Face.

"Huh? Oh! Hey There Erwin!" Jaden Said While Waving Cheerfully At Me.
"Kurii-Kurii" The Winged Kuriboh Was Hiding Behind Jaden, Its Big Eyes Peeking Over Jaden's Shoulder, Glaring At Me.
"Jaden…There Is Something On Your Shoulder" I Pointed To The Winged Kuriboh

As Soon As Jaden Realized He Let Out a Small Smirk.

"So You Can See My Buddy Too? Sweet! Do You Have One Spirit With Ya?"
I Nodded "Yes I Have One, He Is Called Grave Squirmer But Don't Let The Name Fool You, He Is a Pretty Chill Dude, If a Bit Dumb" I Let Out a Small Smirk.
"Little Buddy? Are You Here?" I Heard Grave Squirmer Voice Calling Out For Me Amongst The Crowd, I Gave Him A Little Wave And He Made His Way Towards Us.

"Jaden This Is Grave Squirmer. Grave Squirmer This Is Jaden"
"Man You Are One Big Fella! You Must Be a Strong Monster!"
"What Your Eyes Are Being Blessed By Is Top Duel Monster Spirit Performance!" Grave Squirmer Then Started To Flex His Muscles Doing Various Poses, I Could See Winged Kuriboh Rolling Its Eyes.

Then I Returned My Attention To Jaden.
"So Jaden, As Far As I Remember I Still Owe You a Duel, So How About We Duel To Pass The Time?" I Said With a Smirk.
"Now We Are Talking! Meet Me In The Arena, And Get Ready To Get Your Game On!" Jaden Then Bolted, Disappearing Amongst The Crowd Of Youngsters. Indeed Jaden…Time To Get Our Game On…..

* In The Boat Duel Arena *

"Ready Jaden?" I Asked While Placing My Deck And Activating My Duel Disk.
"I Was Born Ready!" He Said With a Smile

DUEL!
Erwin: 4000 LP
Jaden: 4000 LP

Turn 1
JADEN'S Turn: Cards In Hand 6
"I Will Begin! Draw" Jaden Said Looking At His Hand He Smiled "Okay I Will Bring Everyone's Favorite Golden Boy! Elemental HERO Sparkman!"
A Man Wearing A Golden Armor With a Dark-Blue Undersuite Appeared On Jaden's Field, Electricity Crackled All Round His Body. He Was With His Arms Crossed In a Confident Pose.
Elemental HERO Sparkman (Level-4/Attribute-Light/Type-Warrior/Normal/ATK:1600/DEF:1400)
"Next I Will Throw Down a Face-Down! And I End My Turn" A Giant Hologram Of a
Card Appeared Behind Sparkman.

Turn 2
ERWIN'S Turn: Cards In Hand 6

"Okay! Draw!" Looking At My Hand I Drew My Pandemonium, Nice.
"I Will Use My Field Spell Pandemonium!" The Ship Around Us Started To Twist, Wood Became Some Kind Of Flesh-Like Material, The Sky Once Calm Now Was Producing a Fierce Thunderstorm And The Sea Was Now Tainted With a Sickening Crimson Color.
"Now I Will Summon My Slate Warrior!"
Slate Warrior's Body Parts Came Out Of The Ground, Before They Finally Organized Themselves, His Torso Spinning In His Own Axis.
"Go Slate Warrior! Crush That Oversized Battery!" Slate Warrior Charged a Green Energy On The Tip Of His Staff Before Unleashing It On Sparkman's Direction.
"Nice Try! But I Came Prepared! Reveal Face-Down! HERO Barrier!" A Rotating Barrier Appeared In Front Of Sparkman Protecting Him From Slate Warrior's Attack.

HERO Barrier (Trap-Normal)
Negate 1 Attack From An Opponent's Monster. You Must Control a Face-Up "Elemental HERO" Monster To Resolve This Effect.

"Nice One Jaden, But Can You Avoid My Attacks Forever? I Set One Face-Down And I End My Turn!" I Set My Torrential Tribute Face-Down.

Turn 3
JADEN'S Turn: Cards In Hand 5

"Man You Are Coming At Me At Full-Force Huh? Draw!" Jaden Looked At His Hand Before Looking At My Field.
"Time For Sparkman's Buddy To Arrive On The Scene! Let 's Go! Elemental HERO Wildheart!"
A Muscular Man With Tribal Markings All Around His Body Emerged On Jaden's Field, He
Wielded a Greatsword Made Of Stone.

Elemental HERO Wildheart (Level-4/Attribute-Earth/Type-Warrior/Effect/ATK:1500/DEF:1600)
Unaffected By Trap Effects.

My Eyes Went Wide, Shit! I Can't My Torrential Tribute…But His Monsters Are No Match For My Slate Warrior….
"Next I Will Use The Spell Card H - Heated Heart!"
A Giant Flaming Letter H Appeared On The Field, It Engraved Itself Into Wildheart's Blade Setting The Greatsword On Fire.

H - Heated Heart (Spell-Normal)
Target 1 Face-Up Monster You Control; Until The End Of This Turn, It Gains 500 ATK, And If It Attacks a Defense Position Monster, Inflict Piercing Battle Damage To Your Opponent

Elemental HERO Wildheart (ATK: 1500 — 2000)

"Go Wildheart! Wild Sword Dance!" The Hero Proceeded To Stab Slate Warrior In The Chest, The Flames Soon Consumed His Body, Destroying It. As He Was Destroyed Shimmering Green Energy Enveloped Wildheart Weakening Him.

Elemental HERO Wildheart ( ATK 2000 – 1500)

Erwin 4000 – 3900

"Sparkman Your Turn! Static Shockwave!" Sparkman Thrusted His Hand Forward And a Blast Of Energy Emerged From The Tip Of His Fingers, Hitting Me With Force.
Erwin 3900 – 2300
"That Brings My Turn To An End" As Jaden Said That, The Flames That Engulfed Wildheart's Blade Disappeared And His Attack Points Were Reduced Even Further.

Elemental HERO Wildheart ( ATK: 1500 – 1000 )

Turn 4
ERWIN'S Turn: Cards In Hand 2
After Taking a Deep Breath I Drew My Card, It Was My Pot Of Greed
"I Use My Pot Of Greed!"

Pot Of Greed (Spell-Normal)
Draw 2 Cards

The Two Cards That Came Were, Crush Card Virus And Monster Reborn, Perfect
"I Will Use Monster Reborn! Welcome Back Slate Warrior!"
A Giant Ankh Appeared On The Field, And From Within Slate Warrior Emerged, And He Seemed VERY Eager For Some Payback.

Monster Reborn (Spell-Normal)
Target 1 Monster In Either GY; Special Summon It.

"Next I Will Summon My Shadowknight Archfiend!"
A Tall Demon With a Crimson Blade For an Arm Wearing a Armor Made Of Bone And Long Dark-Blue Hair Emerged From The Ground, He Had a Terrified Visage, His Red-Eyes Glaring At Jaden.

Shadowknight Archfiend (Level-4/Attribute-Wind/Type-Fiend/Effect/ATK:2000/DEF:1600)
Once Per Turn, During Your Standby Phase, You Must Pay 900 LP ( This Is NOT Optional), Or This Card Is Destroyed. When Resolving An Opponent's Card Effect That Targets This Card, Roll a Six-Sided Die And Negate That Effect If You Roll a 3, And If You Do, Destroy That Card. Any Battle Damage This Card Inflicts To Your Opponent Is Halved.

"Time To Battle!" My Monsters Charged Against Jaden's Monsters, Slate Warrior In Particular Went After Wildheart, Smashing His Head With His Staff.

Jaden: 4000 – 3100

Shadowknight Went After Sparkman, Impaling Him With His Crimson Blade, Disintegrating The Golden Hero.

Jaden: 3100 – 2900
"I End My Turn, Come On Try To Beat Me" I Said With a Smirk

Turn 5
JADEN'S Turn: Cards In Hand 2

"Okay Buddy! You Asked For It!" His Smile Growing.
"I Will Use My Spell Card O - Oversoul! Welcome Back Sparkman!"
A Giant Letter O Hovered Over Jaden's Head, And From Within Sparkman Appeared.

O - Oversoul ( Spell-Normal)
Target 1 "Elemental HERO" Normal Monster In Your GY; Special Summon That Target.

"Next I Will Bring Out Elemental HERO Prisma!"
A Bunch Of Crystals Appeared Besides Sparkman, After a While They Took a Humanoid Shape.

Elemental HERO Prisma (Level-4/Attribute-Light/Type-Warrior/Effect/ATK:1700/DEF:1100)
Once Per Turn: You Can Reveal 1 Fusion Monster From Your Fusion Deck, Then Send 1 Of The Fusion Materials Listed On That Card From Your Deck To The GY; This Card's Name Becomes The Sent Monster's Until The End Phase.

"Ok Prisma! Do Your Thing!" As Jaden Commanded A Image Of a Fusion Card Hovered Over Prisma's Head, It Was Of Elemental HERO Wildedge, Then Prisma's Body Started To Shimmer, And From Within The Refracted Surface Of Its Body An Image Of a Monster Could Be Made Out, All I Could Say Is That He ( Or She ) Had a Golden Armor Munch Similar To Sparkman's Own Armor But It Was Way Bulkier, With Two Big Razor Blades Extending From Its Arms.

"The Monster I Just Sent To My Graveyard Is Elemental HERO Bladedge, And Finally I Will Play My Spell Card Miracle Fusion!"
Elemental HERO Bladedge And Elemental HERO Wildheart Ghostly Apparition Hovered Over Jaden's Head, Then They Were Sucked Inside a Portal And From That Portal a New Monster. It Resembled Wildheart But Now His Sword Was More Jagged And He Had Parts Of Bladedge's Armor Around Some Areas Of His Body.
Elemental HERO Wildedge
(Level-8/Attribute-Earth/Type-Warrior/Effect/Fusion/ATK:2600/DEF:2300)
"Elemental HERO Wildheart" + "Elemental HERO Bladedge"
Must Be Fusion Summoned And Cannot Be Special Summoned By Other Ways. This Card Can Attack Every Monster Your Opponent Controls ( One Attack On Each Monster Per Battle Phase).

"This Is Gam-" Interrupted Jaden, No Way I Am Losing!
"Not So Fast! I Reveal My Face-Down! Torrential Tribute!"
A Violent Wave Hits, The Field Engulfing Every Monster, Leaving Both Our Fields Empty.
"Wow! You Really Don't Want To Make It Easy For Me Huh? I End My Turn"

Turn 6
ERWIN'S Turn: Cards In Hand 2

I Closed My Eyes To Have a Good Feel On My Cards…Then I Drew, The Card Was….
Call Of The Haunted. I Mentally Thanked My Deck.
"I Will Just Face-Down And End My Turn, You Are Up! Go!" My Eyes Sharp And Full Of Determination

Turn 7
JADEN'S Turn: Cards In Hand 0
"Oh Yeah! My Turn! Draw!" Jaden Upon Drawing His Card Let Out a Big Stupid Smile.
"I Will Play My Own Pot Of Greed!" Jaden Then Drew His Two Extra Cards.
"And I Think I Will Bring a Gal To The Field! Scorch 'em! Elemental HERO Burstinatrix!" A Woman With Pale Skin And Red Marks Around Her Body Emerged From Within A Pillar Of Flames, The Air Around Her Twisted By The Sheer Heat Coming Out Of Her Body.

Elemental HERO Burstinatrix (Level-3/Attribute-Fire/Normal/Type-Warrior)

"Too Slow Jaden! I Reveal My Face-Down! Call Of The Haunted!"
A Coffin Emerged From The Ground, After a Few Moments The Coffin Exploded Revealing Shadowknight Archfiend.

Call Of The Haunted ( Trap-Continuous )
Activate This Card By Targeting 1 Monster In Your GY; Special Summon That Target In Attack Position. When This Card Leaves The Field, Destroy That Monster. When That Monster Is Destroyed, Destroy This Card.

"In That Case I Guess I Will Simply Throw Down a Face-Down And That Is It."
A Giant Card Hologram Appeared Behind Burstinatrix, Who In Turning Was Cracking Her Knuckles.

Turn 8
ERWIN'S Turn: Cards In Hand

"Okay! I Draw!" The Card I Drew Was Archfiend's Roar, Not That I Need It.
"Shadowknight! Send This Heater With Legs Straight To The Graveyard! Shadowy Crimson Slash!"
Shadowknight Lunged Forward Slashing Across Burstinatrix's Body.
Jaden 2900 – 2500
"Since Burstinatrix Bit The Dust I Will Play My HERO Signal!"
A Spotlight Appeared Where Burstinatrix Stood, It Pointed To The Sky Projecting a Giant Letter "H" In The Stormy Sky, Then Something Started To Descend From Amidst The Clouds, A Man Wearing a Green Bird Suit Landed In Front Of Jaden.

HERO Signal (Trap-Normal)
When a Monster You Control Is Destroyed By Battle And Sent To The Graveyard: Special Summon 1 Level 4 Or Lower "Elemental HERO" Monster From Your Hand Or Deck.

Elemental HERO Avian (Level-3/Attribute-Wind/Type-Warrior/Normal/ATK:1000/DEF:1000)

"Nice One Jaden, I End My Turn" A Smirk Spreaded On My Face, This Guy Is No Pushover.

Turn 9
JADEN'S Turn: Cards In Hand 0
Jaden Drew His Card, After a Few Seconds He Let Out a Smile.
"Time To Finish This Duel! I Play My Graceful Charity!"
An Angel Appeared Holding Three Cards In Her Hands, She Handed Them To Jaden, Who, In Return Gave Her Two Cards.

Graceful Charity (Spell-Normal)
Draw 3 Cards Then Discard 2 Cards

"Now I Will Play Miracle Fusion!"
And Once More a Swirling Vortex Appeared Behind Jaden, Avian And Burstinatrix Were Sucked By It And On Their Place a New Monster Emerged.
"Meet My Favorite Hero! Elemental HERO Flame Wingman!"
A Green Monster With a Singular Eagle Wing And a Dragon's Head In Place Of His Left Arm Emerged From The Portal. The Dragon's Head Let Out a Great Roar.

Elemental HERO Flame Wingman (Level-6/Attribute-Wind/Type-Warrior/Fusion/Effect/ATK:2100/DEF:1200)
"Elemental HERO Avian" + "Elemental HERO Burstinatrix"
Must Be Fusion Summoned. When This Card Destroys a Monster By Battle And Sends It To The GY: Inflict Damage To Your Opponent Equal To The ATK Of The Destroyed Monster.

"Go Flame Wingman! Light 'Em Up! Skydive Scorcher!"
Flame Wingman Then Flew As High As He Could, Then His Body Was Set Alight Before He Launched Himself Against Shadowknight Completely Incinerating Him

Erwin 2300 - 2200

"And Now Here's The Effect Of Flame Wingman! Infernal Rage!" Jaden Said While Pumping His Fist Up In The Air.
Suddenly Flame Wingman Stood In Front Of Me, He Then Unleashed a Powerful Flame Barrage In Front Of Me, Completely Devastating My Life Points.

Erwin 2200 - 200

"With That I End My Turn! Come On Buddy! This Is Getting Fun" Jaden Encouraged Me.

Turn 10
ERWIN'S Turn: Cards In Hand 3

"My Turn! Draw!" The Card I Got Was, Grave Squirmer.
"Don't Worry Little Buddy! I Am Here For Ya!" Grave Squirmer's Voice Echoed On My Head, The I Had An Idea.
"Okay I Summon My Grave Squirmer!" Grave Squirmer Emerged From The Ground, He Struck A Pose In Order To Show Off His Muscles.
"Oh Yeah! Let's Rock!" He Roared While Striking Yet Another Pose.
"Now I Will Throw Down My Own Face-Down! And That's About It. Come On! Try To Defeat Me!" I Set My Crush Card Virus On The Field, Jaden Is In For a Nasty Surprise.

Turn 11
JADEN'S Turn: Cards In Hand 0
"Draw! Okay Flame Wingman! Let 's Finish This! Skydi-"
"Sorry For Interrupting You! But I Will Not Lose! I Play My Set Card! Crush Card Virus!"
A Vile Crimson Smog Started To Come Out Of Grave Squirmer's Body, Then He Erupted Into a Thick Fog That Covered The Entire Field, In The Process Destroying Flame Wingman.

Crush Card Virus (Trap-Normal)
Tribute 1 DARK monster with 1000 or less ATK; your opponent takes no damage until the end of the next turn after this card resolves, also, you look at your opponent's hand and all monsters they control, and if you do, destroy the monsters among them with 1500 or more ATK.

Then a Phantom Image Of Jaden's Hand Was Revealed To Me, The Card He Was Holding Was Winged Kuriboh.

"Sheesh, Talk About a Tenacious Fighter, This Was The Second Time I Was About To Win The Duel And Then Bam! You Managed To Snatch My Victory Away!" Jaden Then Placed Three Fingers On His Chest Before Pointing Them Towards Me.
"You Are a Sweet Duelist! Can't Wait To Begin Our Year Together!"
I Closed My Eyes Upon Hearing Jaden's Words, Then I Looked At Him Straight In The Eyes.
"And So Are You Jaden, You Are By Far One Of My Greatest Challenges That I Faced, And Honestly? Winning Or Losing Makes No Difference For Me, This Duel Has Been Fun" I Continued To Look At Him My Smile Growing Ever So Slightly.

Turn 12
ERWIN'S Turn: Cards In Hand 2
I Silently Drew My Card, It Was Bottomless Trap Upon Seeing My Card I Closed My Eyes, Then I Opened My Arms Wide.
"Come Jaden! Claim Your Victory!" I Roared, Jaden Simply Nodded.

Turn 13
JADEN'S Turn: Cards In Hand 1
"Draw!" Jaden DId Not Even Looked At The Card He Drew Before Doing His Final Play.
"I Summon My Buddy! Winged Kuriboh!"
The Same Furball With Two Little Angel Wings Appeared ( Doing His Best Attempt At Looking Scary, And Failing ).

Winged Kuriboh (Level-1/Attribute-Light/Type-Fairy/Effect/ATK:300/DEF:200)

"This Game!"
Winged Kuriboh Then Proceeded To Hurl Its Tiny Body Against Me, Solidifying Jaden's Victory.

Erwin 200 – 0
Winner: Jaden

The World Around Started To Return To Normal, Jaden Came Over To Me Offering Me a Helping Hand.

"That Was Fun Erwin, Thanks For The Duel!"

Before I Got a Chance To Respond The Intercom Speakers Of The Ship Spoke

"LADIES AND GENTLEMAN IN A FEW MINUTES WE WILL ARRIVE ON OUR DESTINATION, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL YOUR BELONGINGS WITH YOU"

And Far In The Distance It Was Visible, The Place Where My Dreams Would Come True….

…The Duel Academy.