The Graduation Duel

It had been a few days since Chumley left Duel Academy to take up a job at Industrial Illusions as a card designer. Now the school year was nearly over but lessons were still on though they had become more relaxed. But soon it would be the Graduation Duel where the top scoring Duelist of the third year students would have a duel before being recommended for the Pro League.
In the Obelisk Blue Boys Dorm, Zane Truesdale lay on his bed in his room as he began thinking about what had happened earlier that day.
Flashback:
The Third Year students stood in the main lecture hall where Crowler stood on a stage with a score board behind him. The names and scores of the top 10 duelists of third year were on the score board, these were the scores that they had achieved on their tests.
To no one's surprise, Zane had gotten the top score of 1000 points. 
"Congratulations Zane, you've done it again." Crowler called to him. "You've got the highest scores in the School. And you know what that means; you get the honor of being the headliner in Duel Academy's graduation match."
Zane smirked. 
"Why thank you." He said
"And tradition dictates that you get to pick who to be your opponent." Crowler added. "So who will it be Zane?"
Flashback end:
Zane returned to his thoughts as he began to think about his opponent. 
"Who will I duel." He questioned himself. "The only one worthy, though others may have been good choices" he then stood up and walked over to his window where he opened it. "It's time to give Jaden his rematch."
...
The next day, Zane had gone over to the Slifer Red Dorm to talk to Jaden and tell him that he wanted to Duel Jaden in the Graduation Match.
Syrus had gotten quite a shock when Zane had arrived at his dorm room. "Sorry but you just scared me then big bro."
Jaden looked at Zane, he was shocked that Zane had come over to their Dorm room. 
"Zane always scares you Syrus." Jaden said. "So what's up Zane?"
Zane looked around the Slifer Red Dorm Room. "You know in my three years at Duel Academy, I've not once set foot in the Slifer Red Dorm. I started in Ra Yellow but quickly got promoted to Obelisk Blue with my results. It's nice that I've finally found a reason to come out here." He said
"A reason?" Jaden questioned giddily. "Like to invite us over for lunch?"
Zane smiled as he crossed his arms and shook his head. "No, to Duel you Jaden." This shocked the two Slifers which made them fall over
Syrus looked at his brother confused. "Sorry but I thought you just said to Duel."
Zane looked at his brother. "Yes I did." then he looked at Jaden. "It's the Graduation Match and since I'm the top student in Third Year, I got selected for the Duel but I have to select someone to Duel. I have selected you Jaden as my opponent, Solona was another choice but our duel was only recently and it ended in a draw. I want to see if you have learnt from our last Duel together, the Graduation Duel is tomorrow, let's see how far you have learned from before. Good luck." Zane then began to leave but before he left he turned back to look at the two Slifers. "Oh and I like your Dorm room by the way, cozy for first years. A good fit for you kids." He then left closing the door behind him while Jaden and Syrus watched in shock
Jaden then made a grin. "Oh boy the graduation match." he said cheerfully "One of the last duels of the school year and I'm in it."
Syrus then looked at him. "Yeah in the thick of it!" He snapped. "Come on Jaden this is Zane we're talking about, the only student that you've lost too except for Solona when she was dressed up. And Solona dueled Zane and that Duel ended in a draw. Now you are going to duel Zane in front on the entire School." Jaden looked confused. "Jaden if you don't win then you will be stuck in his shadow forever, you'll never be the next King of Games."
Jaden smiled as he placed his hands on Syrus' shoulders. 
"Well, I guess I'll just have to win then." He replied
Syrus narrowed his eyes. "Jay, that's easier said than done." He snapped. "Don't get me wrong you are a good Duelist Jaden. But my brother is..." Syrus couldn't find the words.
"Zane is what Syrus?" Jaden asked
"He's never lost a duel." Syrus replied. "Sure there was Camula but he lost that Duel on purpose to protect me. And he drew in a duel with Solona, Zane is unbeaten other than those duels." he then looked at Jaden. "Look Jay, it's not that I don't believe in you, I just don't want to see my best friend get hurt."
Jaden just smiled. 
"Then I guess that it's time for me to get my game on." He said. "I'm going to prepare for this duel and Duel Zane tomorrow."
...
Soon, everyone had heard that Zane had chosen Jaden to be his opponent in the Graduation Match. Alexis was with Sereda, Aedan, Bastion, Kallian and Chazz along with her brother Atticus.
"It's true." Alexis stated. "it's going to be Zane and Jaden in the graduation Match."
"My, that will make for a fantastic Duel." Bastion added. "An Obelisk verses a Slifer, a third year student versus a First Year this duel will be tough for Jaden."
Chazz smiled "Jaden's a good duelist but Zane in unbeaten except for the Duel with Camula so let's see how Jaden does in this Duel."
"Jaden's dueled Zane before and lost." Sereda added "I wonder how Jaden will do this time"
"Maybe he has learned from before." Aedan suggested
Atticus smirked at his sister. 
"So Lexi, you will be rooting for your boyfriend in this duel?" he teased
Alexis blushed and then glared at her brother. 
"Jaden is not my boyfriend!" She snapped
Bastion smirked. 
"We all know how you feel about him." He said. "It's alright to be nervous."
"But I'll tell you people who aren't afraid of their feelings for each other." Sereda added. "Solona and Theorn; they've been seeing each other for some time."
...
Solona and Theorn were indeed together in another part of the forest along with Daylen and Neria. 
"So Zane chose Jaden as his opponent?" Neria questioned. "That will be a duel to see."
"Jaden may be a good Duelist but Zane is a tough opponent." Solona stated. "I dueled him and that duel ended in a draw."
"And Zane has dueled Jaden before and Jaden lost." Daylen added. "Jaden may have improved his dueling since then but Zane always finds a way to win."
Theorn looked at them. "I don't know, his top card is that Power Bond and Cyber End Dragon though he has other good cards such as Laser Dragon. That card will be tough for Jaden."
"Well I can't wait to see the duel tomorrow." Solona added and the others all agreed with her.
...
Later that night, Jaden was outside on a cliff watching the ocean. He had spent most of the day preparing his deck so that he was ready to face Zane in the duel in the morning. He had been thinking a lot on how he could counter Zane's moves. 
"What a year it's been at Duel Academy." He said to himself. "And what a way to end it." He started remembering his last duel with Zane where he dueled him to help Syrus with his confidence before the punishment duel. "One final match with the big man on campus. The top student in the school and one of the ones that beat me." He then groaned in frustration as he clutched his hand. "One student who stands between me and being the best. There are no two ways about it, I've got to win." then he heard a cooing noise and turned to see his spirit Winged Kuriboh cooing and he turned to see Zane approaching him, the two stared at each other for some time before Jaden asked. "What's up Zane?"
Zane looked at him. "What's up is, that it is time for our rematch." He stated. "I'll see you at the Duel Arena."
...
Later, it was morning and time for the Graduation Duel. All of the students had gathered at the main duel arena. Chancellor Sheppard sat with Dr Crowler, Professor Dorian and Aristide Amell who had Avexis sitting on his lap as she watched what was happening.
Syrus was sat with all his friends. 
"Come on, the Duel's about to start." He said
"Yeah." Alexis and Neria agreed
"Jaden verses Zane" Atticus added. "The last duel of the school year, can it get any better?"
"Zane is a great duelist but so is Jaden." Aedan added
"I'm with Aedan." Sereda agreed
"Well according to my calculations." Bastion stated as he got his Duel Pilot out. "Zane is more likely to win."
"Some things you can't figure out with math" Solona claimed
"My sister is right." Daylen agreed. "Math can't work out who will win a duel."
"I can't wait to see them duel." Kallian smiled. "This may just be the biggest friendly duel of the year."
Theorn smiled. 
"Well the Duel is about to start." He said
Then everyone cheered as Jaden and Zane walked out onto the arena. Jaden's friends noticed that Jaden looked different that he normally was when he was in a duel.
"Jaden looks very serious." Syrus stated. "That's a first."
"Is that a good thing?" Alexis asked
"Maybe or maybe not." Neria replied
"Jaden duels for fun." Solona stated. "But he really wants to be the best and to do that, he has to beat Zane."
"Which means that he will be dueling to his limit." Daylen stated. "Let's see how Jaden can handle this."
Jaden and Zane then walked out into the middle of the arena. 
"All right Zane, well may the best duelist win." Jaden said as he shook Jaden's hand.
Zane nodded and then they both went back to their side of the arena where hey activated their Duel Disks and drew their opening hands.
"Duel!"
Zane: 8000
Jaden: 8000
"You can take the first move since you're the person graduating." Jaden offered
"Thank you Jaden." Zane replied
Jaden smirked. 'If he takes the first move then he can't summon that Cyber Dragon on his first move.' He thought
Zane looked at Jaden. 'It seems that Jaden has learned from our last Duel.' He thought. 'But I always have a plan.' "I'll start by summoning Cyber Dragon Core in attack mode." The small cyber dragon which looked like a baby machine appeared on the field (Level 2 Attack 400 Defense 1500) "And when he is summoned, I can add one Cyber Spell or trap card to my hand from my deck so I choose to add the spell card Cyber Strike. Next I play the spell card Polymerization which allows me to fuse my Cyber Dragon Core with the two Cyber Dragon in my hand, now I can summon Cyber End Dragon in attack mode." Everyone gasped as the powerful three headed Cyber Dragon appeared on the field (Level 10 Attack 4000 Defense 2800)
"Look at that!" Solona gasped
"Zane summoned out his best monster on his very first turn!" Alexis gasped
"It seems that Jaden will have a hard time in this duel" Theorn said
"Clever move by summoning Core to the field." Bastion added. "Since core is called as Cyber Dragon when he is on the field."
Zane narrowed his eyes. "I place one card face down and then play the spell card Different Dimension capsule, you remember this Jaden? Now I get to select one card from my deck and remove it from play. But it two turns, that card is added to my hand. I now end my turn"
Jaden looked at Zane's field. 
'Great.' He thought. 
'Zane's got his best monster on his first turn, and I bet that the card in that capsule is his Power Bond, that card beat me last time so I need to get rid of it, and that face down could be either De-Fusion or that Cyber Strike card he just got.' Jaden then drew his next card. "I summon Elemental Hero Wildheart to the field in attack mode." The thick muscled, dark skinned warrior with black heir appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defense 1600) "Next I play the spell card Wild half, now since Wildheart is on the field, I get to cut the attack points of that Cyber End Dragon and then summon a token with the same attack points." The Cyber End Dragon got smaller and then a second one appeared (CED Attack 4000-2000 x2) "Next I'll equip Wildheart with the equip spell Cyclone Boomerang which gives him an extra 500 attack points" a large boomerang appeared in Wildheart's hands (EHW Attack 1500-2000) "Now attack that Cyber End Dragon." Jaden ordered and then Wildheart threw the Boomerang which twirled through the air.
Zane looked at Jaden. "I play my face down card, De-Fusion, now I get to defuse my Cyber End Dragon into two Cyber Dragons and Cyber Dragon Core." Zane stated and then one of the Cyber Ends vanished and was replaced with the two Cyber Dragons and Cyber Dragon core.
"Well I will still take out that other Cyber End Dragon." Jaden smirked as the Boomerang whizzed and struck the Cyber End Dragon before whizzing back and striking Wildheart, both monsters then exploded but Jaden smirked. "And now that Cyclone Boomerang was destroyed while equipped to Wildheart, now it's effect activates, now all spell and trap cards are destroyed and you take 500 damage for each of them. So now that Different Dimension Capsule is destroyed." The Capsule appeared and shattered and Zane took damage.
Zane: 7500
Jaden: 8000
In the stands, Crowler gasped. "So Jaden has destroyed Zane's monster and taken the lead!"
"True but now Jaden is wide open for an attack." Aristide added
Jaden looked at his field, his field was now empty of monsters but he still had cards in his hand. 
"I place two cards face down and end my turn." He finished
Zane snorted. 
"It's my move." He said as he drew his card. "And now the card that was removed from play with my Capsule returns to my hand."
"Wait!" Jaden gasped. "So the card you removed wasn't Power Bond."
"It wasn't." Zane replied as he held up a card. "It was this card, Card from a Different Dimension. And when it is removed from play, it is added to my hand on my next turn, now we both draw two extra cards." Zane and Jaden drew two cards each.
"So that was his plan." Bastion stated
"Very clever." Theorn added
"I'm confused." Kallian stated. "What was Zane's plan."
Daylen answered. "Zane knew that Jaden would think that it was Power Bond in his capsule." He answered. "But he removed Card from a Different Dimension for another reason."
"Zane has emptied his hand by summoning that Cyber End Dragon." Solona added. "That would have put him at a disadvantage so he now gets two extra cards in his hand."
Zane looked at Jaden. "Now I sacrifice my Cyber Dragon Core in order to summon my third Cyber Dragon" he added and the Core glowed as he evolved into a large Cyber Dragon (Level 5 Attack 2100 Defense 1600) "Next I will play the card I got last turn with my Core's effect, Cyber Strike, now when I have a Cyber Dragon in my graveyard, I can destroy one of your spell or traps. And I can do it since Core is called Cyber Dragon when in the graveyard. So now I will destroy one of those face downs." The ghost of Cyber Dragon core appeared which was sent into one of Jaden's face downs which shattered. Zane smirked at the card he destroyed "Mirror Force, seems like I chose the right one to destroy since that card would have destroyed all my monsters. Now my three Cyber Dragons with attack. Strident Blast."
"Sorry but I play my other face down." Jaden smirked. "I was prepared for that, go Drainage Shield, now your attack is cancelled and I gain life points equal to your monster's attack points."
Zane: 7500
Jaden: 10100
"You will need them." Zane stated. "Because I still have two more Cyber Dragons to attack with." The other two Cyber Dragons sent their attacks towards Jaden who was engulfed by the attack.
Zane: 7500
Jaden: 5900
"Now I will end my turn by placing one card face down." Zane finished
"Oh man, Jaden's losing the duel." Syrus stated
"Maybe Jaden will find a way to turn this duel around." Neria suggested
"He's already made an error." Chazz stated. "Let's hope he can improve."
"Alright, my turn." Jaden said as he drew his card. "And I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode" the aqua man with the water pistols on his arms appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 800 Defense 1200) "And since he's out on the field alone, I get to draw two more cards." Jaden looked at his cards and smirked "Sweet, I'm playing the spell card, the Warrior returning Alive, now I get to add Elemental Hero Wildheart to my hand. Now I'll play Polymerization in order to fuse Wildheart with Bladedge in order to summon, Elemental Hero Wildedge in attack mode." Wildheart merged with the golden warrior which created a Hero with Wildheart wearing Bladedge's helmet and arm as well as Bladedge's legs. (Level 8 Attack 2600 Defence 2300) "And he can attack all your monsters at once, so go Wildedge, attack those three Cyber Dragons." Wildedge drew his sword and cut each of the three Cyber Dragons in two which exploded.
Zane: 6000
Jaden: 5900
"And now Bubbleman will attack you directly." Jaden added as Bubbleman fired a blast of water at Zane.
Zane: 5200
Jaden: 5900
In the stands, Dorian smirked. "It seems that Jaden really has improved since he last dueled Zane."
"I don't believe it!" Crowler gasped
"Sweet, now I've taken out those Cyber Dragons which means he can no longer use that Cyber End Dragon." Jaden cheered
But Zane smirked. "That's what you with." He stated which made Jaden look confused. "I play my face down, Return Soul, now three monsters that were destroyed this turn are returned to my deck. So now my three Cyber Dragons return to my deck."
"Great." Jaden groaned. "Just when I thought I got rid of them, they're back and rearing to take me out."
Zane smirked. 
"Now it's my turn." He stated as he drew his card. "And I play the spell card Future Fusion. Though this fusion takes place in the future, I fuse monsters in my deck though my monster doesn't come out onto my field until 2 turns after I activated this card. So now I will fuse my three Cyber Dragons in my deck."
"Great, now in two turns Zane can get his Cyber End back." Theorn stated
"Jaden is in a lot of trouble if he can't think of something soon." Solona added
"Now I summon Cyber Dragon Zwei in attack mode." Zane added and a long snake machine with a green aura surrounding it appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defense 1000) "And now my Zwei will take out that Bubbleman, and when he attacks, he gains 300 attack points." Zwei glowed as he gained more power (CDZ Attack 1500-1800) Zwei fired a green laser from his mouth which struck Bubbleman and caused the Hero to shatter.
Zane: 5200
Jaden: 4900
"And now I shall end my turn." Zane finished
"Alright, my turn." Jaden stated as he drew his card. 'If that Cyber End is coming onto the field then it's best that I don't summon any more monsters.' He then narrowed his eyes. "Now Wildedge, attack that Cyber Dragon Zwei." Wildedge drew his sword and slashed Zwei in two.
Zane: 4100
Jaden: 4900
"And now I will end my turn." Jaden finished
"So you're afraid of my Cyber End." Zane smirked. "Well you will be next turn, I summon Armored Cybern in defense mode." A rocket machine with two cannons appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 0 Defense 2000) "I will end my turn at that."
Jaden looked at Zane. 
'On Zane's next turn that Cyber End will appear; now I have to try and now I have to make sure that I can survive that turn.' He thought as he drew his next card. "Wildedge, take out that Armored Cybern." Wildedge drew his sword and slashed Armored Cybern which caused the monster to shatter. "And now I will throw down two face downs and then end my turn."
Zane smirked. "You are going to need those cards." He stated. "It's been two turns so now my Cyber End Dragon appears on my field." A huge pillar of light was emitted from the ground and then the massive three headed Cyber Dragon appeared on the field. "Oh but wait Jaden, it gets worse, now I play De-Fusion in my hand which separates my Cyber End into the three Cyber Dragons." the three Cyber Dragons appeared on the field
"Uh oh." Jaden groaned. "That card in your hand is the one that I'm thinking isn't it?"
Zane smirked. "It sure is, I play the spell card Power Bond and fuse my three Cyber Dragons together again in order to summon back my Cyber End Dragon" Cyber End returned to the field. "And now you know what happens, now my Cyber End's attack points double to make 8000) Cyber End Dragon roared as he gained a huge amount of power (CED Attack 4000-8000) "You're through, with one attack from my Cyber End, your monster and your life points are history. It's a shame, I was hoping for more. Cyber End Dragon, finish him, Super Strident Blast." The three heads each fired a laser which combined into one which went straight towards Wildedge.
Jaden groaned. "I play my face down card, Soul Union; this takes Bladedge's attack points and adds them to Wildedge." The spirit of Bladedge appeared which was sucked into Wildedge (EHW Attack 2600-5200) "Sure Wildedge is still destroyed but I don't take as much damage so I'm still in the game." The laser went right through Wildedge and the monster groaned before shattering
Zane: 4100
Jaden: 2100
Zane smirked. "Impressive, you survived my Cyber End used with Power Bond."
"And don't forget your Power Bond's downside." Jaden smirked. "You use Power Bond to end the Duel so you don't have to face its negative effect. At the turn's end you take damage equal to Cyber End's original attack points."
Zane smirked. "I see you have been learning. But I always have a plan and it's till my turn and I haven't normal summoned yet." He stated. "I summon Cyber Kirin in attack mode." A small machine that was shaped like a dog with four legs appeared on the field with a green glow (Level 2 Attack 300 Defense 800) "And now by sacrificing my Kirin, I don't take any effect damage this turn so I don't lose life points because of Power Bond."
"Clever move." Bastion smiled
"That is impressive." Chazz agreed
Atticus smirked at his sister. "Zane's doing well; maybe you should switch your support from your boyfriend to him."
Alexis glared at her brother. "I may have some feelings for Jaden but he's not my boyfriend. And I'm sure he can come up with a plan."
Cyber Kirin vanished and took the hit as Cyber End emitted a dark glow. "I end my turn. Now make your move. This may be your last."
"Well since you just destroyed my monster, I get to play my facedown card, Hero Signal." Jaden said as he revealed his other facedown "Now I can summon 1 Elemental Hero from my deck and I choose my Avian in attack mode" the green feathered Hero appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1000 Defence 1000) "Now it's my turn." Jaden drew his card. "Now I play Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two new cards." Jaden drew an extra two cards. "And I'm going to activate one of them, Fusion Recovery, now I get Polymerization and Wildheart back to my hand." Polymerization and Wildheart returned to Jaden's hand. "And now I will fuse Wildheart and Avian together in order to Fusion summon Elemental Hero Great Tornado." A green and yellow armored warrior with a green cape that flowed in the wind appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2800 Defense 2200) "And when he's Fusion summoned, I can half the attack points of all the monsters on your field." Great Tornado sent a gust of wind which blew Cyber End back a bit (CED Attack 8000-4000)
"Good move." Theorn said. "But Cyber End is still more powerful than Jaden's Great Tornado."
"I think Jaden has a plan to deal with that." Solona suggested
"Now I play the spell card, H-Heated Heart." Jaden said. "Now my Great Tornado gains 500 attack points" A H that was on fire was engraved onto Great Tornado's chest (EHGT Attack 2800-3300) "And now I will finish thinks off by activating Skyscraper." The field changed into a city filled with Skyscrapers "And remember when an Elemental Hero battles a weaker monster, he gains 1000 attack points."
"Clever calculation." Bastion gasped
"Now that is a good move." Aedan agreed
"It seems that Jaden has learned a few things." Sereda added
"Now go Great Tornado, attack that Cyber End." Jaden ordered as Great Tornado gained more power because of Skyscraper (EHGT Attack 3300-4300) Great Tornado then swooped through the air and blasted right through Cyber End which caused the three headed machine dragon to groan before shattering.
Zane: 3800
Jaden: 2100
"And now I will end my turn by placing one card facedown." Jaden finished
Crowler gasped. "That slacker took out Zane's most powerful monster! How is he doing it?"
"By learning from past mistakes." Dorian smirked
"It seems that Jaden knows ways how to counter Zane's monsters" Aristide smirked "But so does Zane with Jaden's monsters."
Zane smiled. 
"Impressive Jaden." He said. "You took out my Cyber End which had been summoned with Power Bond. I haven't seen that done yet. But now it's time for this Duel to improve. I summon another Cyber Dragon Core." Another small snake like cyber monster appeared on the field. "And remember, when Core is summoned I can add one Cyber spell or trap card to my hand and I choose Cyber Repair Plant." Zane added a card to his hand. "And now I will activate the spell card I just added to my hand. Here's how it works, if Cyber Dragon is in the graveyard I can activate one of two effects, but since I have three in my graveyard then I can activate both effects. First I get to add one Light Machine monster from my deck to my hand and I choose Cyber Dragon Drei. Then I can add one light Machine monster in my graveyard and shuffle it into my deck. So now my one of my Cyber Dragons goes back to my deck." The Spirit of Cyber Dragon appeared which was then shuffled back into Zane's deck
"Well at least two of those dragons are still in the graveyard." Jaden sighed
"But wait, my turn's not done yet." Zane smirked. "Now I activate the other effect of my Cyber Dragon Core. When my Core is in the graveyard, I can remove him from plan to summon a Cyber Dragon monster from my deck. So now my Cyber Dragon returns to the field." The normal Cyber Dragon returned to the field. "Now I place one card facedown and end my turn"
"Great, now Zane's got that Cyber Dragon back and I'm betting he's going to do something with it so I need to take it out now before it becomes a bigger threat." Jaden groaned as he drew his card. "Great Tornado, attack that Cyber Dragon." Great Tornado sent another gust of wind at Cyber Dragon.
But Zane was ready. "I activate my facedown card, Attack Reflector Unit."
"Uh oh." Jaden gasped
"You know what this does." Zane smirked. "It reflects my Cyber Dragon into the Cyber Barrier Dragon." The Cyber Dragon glowed as was replaced with a long Cyber Dragon with pink markings and a large head (Level 6 Attack 800 Defense 2800) "And since Barrier is in attack mode, I can negate one of your attacks." Cyber Barrier's head shrunk into itself and created a barrier which blocked Great Tornado's attack."
"Well that effect can only be used once per turn." Jaden stated to himself. "I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode." The blue and yellow hero appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1400) "Then I'll activate Mirage of Nightmare, now on your turn I get to draw until I have four cards in my hand. Now I will end my turn"
"Now it's my move." Zane said as he drew his next card. "And I summon Cyber Dragon Drei in attack mode." A longer snake like Cyber Dragon with yellow markings appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1800 Defense 800) "And like my core, this dragon is known as Cyber Dragon while on the field. Now I activate my Pot of Greed to draw two more cards." Zane drew two new cards. "Now I play the spell card Photon Generator Unit, now by sacrificing my dragons, I can summon the Cyber Laser Dragon." a large machine dragon with blue markings and a laser on the tail appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2400 Defence 1800)
"Oh no, that's not good." Syrus gasped
"No it's not for Jaden." Daylen said
"Even though Jaden's Great Tornado is more powerful, that Laser dragon can exploit that." Neria added
"Now I activate Cyber Laser's ability. Now I can destroy one monster on your field with equal or more attack points than Laser Dragon's attack points so now I can destroy that Great Tornado. Go Laser Dragon, Blue Lightning Lash." The tail sent a powerful laser which struck Great Tornado and destroyed him. "And now it's time for my attack, Laser Dragon attack Sparkman, Blue Lightning Blast." Laser Dragon's mouth sent a powerful blue laser which went Sparkman and destroyed him
Zane: 3800
Jaden: 1300
"And now it's time for my Barrier's attack" Zane added "Attack with Sonic Shriek" Cyber Barrier Dragon sent a loud hiss which made Jaden cover his ears.
Zane: 3800
Jaden: 500
"I play my facedown card, Emergency Provisions." Jaden groaned. "I sacrifice my Mirage and Skyscraper which allows me to gain 2000 life points." Skyscraper vanished and Mirage turned into particles which were absorbed by Jaden.
Zane: 3800
Jaden: 2500
"I end my turn by placing one card facedown but now you are in trouble." Zane smirked
'He's right.' Jaden thought as he clutched his fist. 'Any powerful monsters are destroyed by that laser dragon's effect. And that Cyber Barrier prevents me from attacking so what do I do' Jaden looked at his hand and gasped at his Spark blaster card. 
"Wait that's it!" He gasped. 'Cyber Barrier's effect only works when he's in attack mode so all I need to do is switch him into defence mode. But I need to get my Sparkman back but I've got just the way to do that.' 
"I summon Wroughtweiler in defense mode." The small mechanical black dog appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 800 Defence 1200) "Now I will end my turn."
"That's it?" Zane questioned. "A bit disappointing but anyway, Laser Dragon attack, Blue Lightning Blast." Laser Dragon sent another blast towards Wroughtweiler which destroyed the mechanical dog.
"Well now my Sparkman and Polymerization return to my hand." Jaden stated
"You are going to need those cards." Zane smirked. "Now go Barrier Dragon, attack him directly." Barrier Dragon sent another High pitched shriek which blew Jaden back.
Zane: 3800
Jaden: 1700
"And now I will end my turn." Zane finished
Jaden looked at Zane. "You were right, I was going to need these cards and there's a reason why. I summon Sparkman to the field in attack mode." Sparkman returned to the field. "Next I equip him with Spark Blaster." The small black gun that shot lightning bolts appeared in Sparkman's hand. "Now Sparkman can change the position of up to three monsters. And I choose that Barrier Dragon." Sparkman sent a blast from the pistol which made Barrier Dragon curl up.
Zane was impressed "I see you have been doing your research." he stated
"You've got that right." Jaden replied. "Now you can't use that Barrier Dragons effect to negate my attacks. And now I'm going to use Polymerization to fuse Sparkman with Elemental Hero Burstinatrix in my hand in order to summon Elemental Hero Nova Master." Sparkman and Burstinatrix were sucked into a portal and a tall red armoured warrior with Flames surrounding him appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2800 Defense 2100) "And now my Nova Master will destroy that Laser Dragon." Nova Master created a fireball in his hands and sent it towards the Laser Dragon which made the monster overcharge and then explode.
Zane: 3400
Jaden: 1700
"And when Nova Master destroys a monster in battle, I get to draw a card" Jaden said "Then I will place one card face down and end my turn."
"My move." Zane replied as he drew his card. "And I switch my Barrier Dragon back into attack mode and then end my turn."
Jaden smirked. 
"My move." He said. "And now Nova Master, attack that Barrier Dragon." Nova Master created a fireball and sent it towards the Barrier Dragon.
"I use Barrier Dragon's effect to negate the attack." Zane countered as Barrier Dragon created a force field which blocked the fireball.
"And I use my facedown card, De-Fusion to separate Nova Master into Burstinatrix and Sparkman." Nova Master split back into the two monsters that were used to summon him. "And now Burstinatrix attack that Barrier Dragon. And he can only block one attack per turn." Burstinatrix threw a smaller fireball which struck Barrier Dragon causing him to overpower and explode.
Zane: 3000
Jaden: 1700
"And now go Sparkman." Jaden added. "Attack Zane directly." Sparkman sent a blast of lightning at Zane which made him groan.
Zane: 1400
Jaden: 1700
"And now I shall end my turn." Jaden finished
"Jaden's doing very well." Solona smiled. "He was able to take out Zane's combo."
"But the duel's not over yet." Daylen stated
Zane smiled. "I am impressed Jaden, you were able to take out my Laser and Barrier Dragons." He stated. "But this duel is not over, I'm made my deck so that I have one of my powerful Cyber Dragons to use. And now I will play the spell card Time Fusion. Now I can remove one card in my hand from play and on my next turn, I can summon any Fusion monster from my extra deck."
"Any Fusion Monster!" Jaden gasped
"That's right so my Cyber End will be coming back." Zane stated. "And it will when I play this, the spell card Cyber Recovery. Now I can discard a card from my hand and add one Cyber Fusion monster in my graveyard back into my Fusion deck so my Cyber End Dragon returns to my deck. Then I shall place one card facedown and end my turn."
"My move." Jaden said 'He has no monsters so I could attack him directly and end this duel. But that card has got to be a trap. But it's a risk I'm willing to take.' 
"Now go Sparkman, attack him directly." Sparkman sent a blastoff lightning at Zane.
But as Jaden feared, Zane did have a trap. 
"You should watch out for traps." He stated. "They can turn things around like my Storming Mirror Force, this trap sends all your monsters in attack mode back to your hand." Sparkman and Burstinatrix returned to Jaden's hand
Jaden groaned. "Great, now my monsters are back in my hand. But I still haven't special summoned yet. So I summon Sparkman again in defense mode. Then I'll throw one card facedown and then end my turn."
"It's my move now Jaden." Zane said. "And now my Cyber End appeared on the field thanks to my Time Fusion." The large three headed machine dragon once again appeared on the field.
"Great, every time Jaden destroys that Dragon, Zane just brings it back." Chazz stated. "I'm starting to believe that Jaden can't win this duel."
"Well Jaden is still in with a chance." Bastion stated
"That's right." Aedan agreed. "A monster summoned with Time Fusion can't attack on the turn it's summoned so Jaden still has a chance."
"So Jaden may be able to do this." Kallian smiled
"And there's more." Zane said. "The card I removed with Time Fusion returns to my hand since it was Card from a Different Dimension so now we both draw two cards" Jaden and Zane drew two cards "And now I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"My move." Jaden said. "I really think you like giving me cards as now I have the cards I need to end this duel right now. I summon Burstinatrix in attack mode." The female flame hero appeared on the field. "Next I play Miracle Fusion to fuse Burstinatrix in my hand with Avian in my graveyard in order to summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman." The green and red warrior with the dragon head hand appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2100 Defense 1200) "Next I play Fusion Sage which allows me to add a Polymerization from my deck to my hand. Which I will now use to fuse Sparkman and Flame Wingman to summon Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman." A warrior wearing shining armor which glowed appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2500 Defense 2100) "And my Wingman has an effect, he gains 300 attack points for every Elemental Hero in my graveyard. So with 7 in my graveyard, my Wingman gains 2100." Shining Flare Wingman glowed as he gained more power (EHSFW Attack 2500-4600) "Now go Wingman, attack Cyber End Dragon." Shining Flare Wingman swooped towards Cyber End and shot right through him and destroyed the mechanical dragon.
Zane: 800
Jaden: 1700
"And now my Wingman's other ability activates." Jaden added. "Now you take damage equal to your destroyed monsters attack points. Sorry Zane looks like it's over." Shining Flare Wingman appeared in front of Zane and emitted a bright light.
But Zane smiled. 
"So close Jaden." He said. "I play my facedown, Damage Polarizer, now all damage from a card effect is reduced to zero and we both get to draw a card." The light faded and then both Jaden and Zane drew a card.
Unknown to each other, they had both just drawn the same card. 
'I drew Battle Fusion.' They both thought
"I place one card facedown and end my turn." Jaden finished as he placed his Battle Fusion down "You know what Zane. I think that this is the final turn"
"It sure is" Zane replied as he drew his card. "Your final turn. I play the spell card Power Bond"
"Wait, how can he use that?" Chazz questioned. "You need monsters to use that and Zane has none on his field."
"Chazz is right." Bastion said
"Zane never makes a mistake like that." Solona stated. "So Zane must have some kind of plan."
"I guess you are wondering what I using for Fusion Material." Zane said. "Well I don't need monsters on my field; I play the spell card Cybernetic Fusion Support. Now by paying half my life points I can remove monsters in my graveyard from play for Fusion Material. So I'm removing my three Cyber Dragons to summon my Third Cyber End Dragon." the spirits of the three Cyber Dragons appeared on the field and then combined to form the massive three headed Cyber Dragon.
"Not again" Syrus groaned
"You know, you would think that Zane would come up with a tactic that didn't involve that Dragon." Alexis suggested
"Don't think so sis." Atticus smiled. "That is Zane's best monster."
"And there is more." Zane added. "I play the spell card Limiter Removal which doubles my Cyber End's attack points to 16000." Cyber End Dragon roared as he gained a huge amount of attack points. (CED Attack 8000-16000)
"That's a lot of attack points!" Kallian gasped
"That's the strongest I've ever seen that Cyber End Dragon." Solona added
"I don't think there are any cards that can have that many attack points" Aedan added
"You're through Jaden!" Zane shouted. "Cyber End Dragon attack." Each head fired a laser which combined into one.
"Not yet Zane." Jaden smiled. "I play my facedown, the quick play spell Battle Fusion, now when my monster battles a fusion monster, it gains attack points equal to the attacking monster's attack points." (EHSFW Attack 4600-20600)
"He can't do that." Crowler stated. "That is simply not possible, it must be against the rules."
"But it is allowed Crowler." Dorian stated
"It sure is." Sheppard smiled as he stood up. "This is everything Dueling is about."
Shining Flare Wingman then swooped towards Cyber End Dragon. 
"Nice move." Zane smirked. "But it's pointless, because I activate the quick play spell card Battle Fusion. That's right Jaden, I have one too." (CED Attack 16000-36600)
Jaden smiled. 
"Wow Zane." He said. "You really are great; I'm going to miss you, now that you're leaving."
"And I'm going to miss you too Jaden." Zane replied. "And that's why I'm passing you the torch. Once I leave here, you will be the top student here, despite your grades and your rank; you'll be the best so make me proud."
Jaden smiled. 
"I'll do my best Zane." He said as a smirk appeared on his face. "And I'll start right here." Zane looked at him confused and then he remembered that Jaden still had a face down card on his field. "I still have one trick up my sleeve and here it is. The trap card Final Fusion."
Zane gasped and then smiled. 
"How clever." He stated
"Now we both take damage equal to the combined attack points of our monsters." Jaden smiled as Shining Flare Wingman collided with Cyber End Dragon and created a massive explosion that covered the field in smoke which made everyone gasp.
"What happened?" Chazz wondered
"Who won?" Bastion asked
They got their answers when the smoke cleared to reveal Jaden lying on his back and Zane on his knees.
Zane: 0000
Jaden: 0000
(Draw)
One by one, the students all began standing and clapping as they had watched such an amazing Duel.
Zane had managed to get up and walk over to Jaden. 
"You okay?" Zane asked
"I think so." Jaden replied. 
"How's my hair, is it still there." That comment made everyone laugh. "That was a sweet duel Zane. But it was a draw so I guess that means we've got to duel again someday."
"Absolutely." Zane replied. "And someday we will."
"Someday indeed." Jaden smiled. "But for now, I really need a break."
"So do I." Zane smiled and then they both fell onto their backs laughing.
Everyone smiled as they watched. 
"That was a really great Duel." Solona said to her brother
"Yeah and we will be leaving the island in a week's time." Daylen stated. "And it will be the first time we are all together as a family."
Solona smiled. "I'm glad to have our father back with us."
Theorn and Neria looked at them. 
"Do you think we will get the chance to see each other during the holidays?" They asked
"I hope so." Solona replied and then she wrote something down on some paper and gave it to Theorn and Neria. "That's our number, you can give us a call anytime."
"I think we will." Neria smiled
Alexis smiled at Jaden but Atticus couldn't resist teasing her. "So Lex, looks like your boyfriend just drew with the best student on Campus."
Alexis replied by flicking him on the head but kept a smile. "Yeah and next year, we might be able to spend some more time with each other."
Syrus just smiled at his brother and best friend.
...
However, despite what everyone thought, evil had not rested. Sure the Shadow Riders had been defeated but they had nearly forgotten about another great evil. The Shadow Cult known as the Venatori. Their location was unknown but they were still planning.
Livius Erimond led the Venatori and was one of the Elder Ones biggest supporters, he kept the other supporters in line and was considered to be the Elder One's second in command. Calpernia was another main supporter along with General Samson.
"Master." Livius said to a dark hooded figure standing in the middle of the room. "Do we have any orders."
"You do have some orders." The hooded figure growled. "Thanks to us, this world is now in a state of chaos and we will use this to help take over this Dimension."
"I did as you ordered." Samson sneered. "I corrupted those weak warrior factions with the red Lyrium and now many have gone mad. I will use them as our army."
"Good." The master replied and turned to Calpernia. "And what of your mission."
Calpernia knelt in front. "Elder One, I apologize but I have been unable to corrupt the spellcaster users. General Fiona remains stubborn."
"We shall replace her soon." The Elder one replied. "But there is still the issue with the Old God Cards, I can't hope to conquer this world without all 7 cards and I only have four."
Livius spoke up. "Great Elder One, Lucanus has reason to believe that one of the cards is in one of the old ruins of this world. We shall find that card soon."
"Good and there is still the issue with that Amell Girl." The Elder One added. "I think it is time we bring her to this Dimension." He turned to Livius. "Get Gordian over here, I think it is time we make sure of that spy of his. He will help bring the girl to us. Those so called Shadow Riders may have been defeated, but now it is time for the Venatori to rise. We shall conquer the Dimensions starting with this one." The Elder One gave a wicked laugh while his followers smirked at each other.