Rise of the Sacred Beasts part 1

Everyone gasped as they felt the ground rumbling and shaking. They all knew that something bad was happening.
"What's happening?" Neria questioned
Daylen looked and then he saw the pillars of light rising from the water. 
"Look, it's those pillars of light from before." He gasped. Then a new pillar of light emerged from the center of Duel Academy which then vanished. Then there was more rumbling in the forest. Trees started falling down as 12 large stone pillars emerged from the ground.
"What Banner warned us about!" Jaden gasped. "It's here."
"Those must be the Spirit Gates." Solona gasped
Then they heard a loud gasp cries for help and they saw Chazz who had hold of the twelve Spirit Gate Keys which were glowing and they were flying through the air dragging him along. Aedan was chasing him. 
"Someone help me, the Spirit Keys, something's happening to them!" Chazz cried
"Chazz, where are you going?" Alexis called out
"I don't know!" Chazz called back. "These Keys are pulling me." The keys then pulled him into the forest.
"Hey wait for us." Solona called and then she along with the others followed them into the forest.
They soon arrived hear the seven large pillars and a crater had been formed in the middle of them. They keys then started to rise up and pulling Chazz off the ground. Aedan grabbed his legs. 
"Just hold on." He said
"What do you think I'm doing?" Chazz hissed and then the strings snapped which caused Chazz to fall on top of Aedan, sending them both to the ground. Solona then helped them up and they watched in horror as the twelve Spirit Gates Keys all floated away and then into the pillars.
"The Spirit Keys!" Zane gasped. "They're being absorbed into the pillars."
"That can't be good." Neria stated
"They're opening up all of the Spirit Gates!" Jaden shouted
Alexis glared at Chazz. 
"What did you do Chazz?" She demanded
"It's not my fault!" Chazz defended himself. "Those keys just flew out of Chancellor Sheppard's office." They all watched as the Top of the Pillars glowed.
"Children!" The voice of Chancellor Sheppard came and they turned to see the Chancellor along with Dr Crowler, Professor Dorian along with the three former Shadow Riders Alistair, Zevran and Leliana. Bastion and Aristide Amell were with them along with Avexis who was being carried by Aristide.
"What's happening?" Aristide gasped
"The Spirit Gates have opened!" Dorian replied as he stared at the Pillars.
Dr Crowler then glared at Jaden. 
"I'm sure this is your fault Jaden." He accused
Jaden stared at his teacher. 
"Hey wait, I didn't steal the keys." He said
"No one did." Chancellor Sheppard replied "Those keys started glowing and they just flew out of my office."
Dorian stared at the Pillars. 
"But why have the Spirit Gates opened?" He questioned. "We defeated the Shadow Riders."
Then there was another rumble and everyone looked to the center of the crater where a pillar of light emerged from the ground and then they watched as a large black capsule emerged from the ground. Then a small ball of light appeared and Jaden could see 3 cards inside the ball of light. One was red while the others were blue and yellow.
"Those must be the three Sacred Beast Cards" Jaden gasped
"They've been unleashed." Solona added
Solona and Jaden then began walking forward but then a loud voice was heard. 
"Those cards don't belong to you!" Everyone looked up to see a helicopter drop a large metal case onto the floor. It seemed to be some kind of robot with walking legs. There was a large metal container filled with blue liquid and there was a strange old man inside the liquid with a breathing mask over his mouth
"What the?" Jaden gasped. "Who is that?"
"No one I know." Solona replied
"This guys seems to have been kept alive by the machine." Aedan stated
"You mean like in the movies?" Neria asked
The man laughed. "Those cards belong to me" he sneered and then he looked at Sheppard. "I'm sure you know who I am Sheppard."
Chancellor Sheppard gasped as he realized who this man was. "It's Kagemaru, out School's Superintendent!"
"What?" Everyone gasped
"I'm so glad you remember me Chancellor Sheppard." Kagemaru smirked. "It's been so long, though the years haven't been so kind to me." He then looked at the students. "I helped Seto Kaiba build this School and now I've returned to claim my Sacred Beast Cards."
"No way!" Solona shouted. "There is no way you're getting your hands on those cards"
Chazz narrowed his eyes at him. "If you want those cards, you're going to have to go through us."
"We beat the Shadow Riders." Jaden added. "So there's no way you're using those cards."
Kagemaru smirked. "You fools, it was I who seals the cards here in the first place and created the 12 Spirit Gate Keys." He laughed. "But those keys are worthless and so were the Shadow Riders. It wasn't the keys that were needed to open the Spirit Gates, its Dueling energy."
"Dueling energy?" Aristide questioned as he held on to Avexis who was clutching his legs in fear.
"So that's why the Sacred Beast cards have been unleashed," Dorian realized. "Dueling energy is needed to open the gates."
Solona then realized something horrible. "So my Duel with Zane created enough Dueling Energy to open the gates?"
Kagemaru laughed. 
"That's right." He sneered. "And now I can claim my Sacred Beast cards and rule the world."
Alexis narrowed her eyes. 
"A cute story!" She hissed
"But there's no way we're letting you doing that!" Sereda added
"We'll stop you!" Neria claimed
"Alexis, Sereda, Neria." Syrus said to them "Don't make the scary guy even madder."
Zevran scoffed. "This guy doesn't look so tough, more like some rejected science project"
Bastion was about to speak up when Zane spoke up first.
"Listen here." He hissed. "There's no way we're letting get your hands on those cards."
"And why did you send those Shadow Riders after us?" Aedan added. "Were you too scared to come after us yourself?"
Kagemaru stared at them. 
"The Shadow Riders were a means to an end." He stated. "They were sent to test you to see who the best students here were. And only two of you passed the tests. I set this school up to find the best students in order to fuel the Sacred Beast cards."
"Well then I'll face you." Zane stated. "I'm not afraid of you."
"Hold up!" Chazz snapped. "This is my duel so let's go."
"No he's mine!" Atticus shouted. "After all, he and I are old friends."
"Same with me!" Alistair shouted
"I want to teach him a lesson for transforming me into one of his Shadow Riders." Zevran added along with Leliana.
Bastion stepped forward to speak up but Kagemaru shouted. 
"NO!" This made Bastion fall over in shock. "My opponents for this duel will be Jaden Yuki and Solona Amell."
"Huh." Solona looked confused
"Excuse me." Jaden spoke up. "But why us?"
Kagemaru laughed. "Because you two have been the only duelists who have proven to have the power to unlock the Sacred Beast cards." Everyone then watched as lightning zapped between all of the pillars and surrounded the area. "And if you two refuse, then I will use the power of the Sacred Beasts to see that this island and everyone on it sinks to the depths of the Ocean deep."
Solona looked horrified. 
"You can't!" She gasped
The metal bar surrounding the container went away to reveal two metal arms. "I can do anything with these." One of the metal arms picked up the three Sacred Beast cards.
"The Sacred Beast cards!" Jaden gasped
"Good luck now you two." Chazz whispered
"Now let this Shadow Game begin." Kagemaru laughed
Jaden and Solona stepped forward while Chazz looked at them. "Hey you two, if you need any advice, don't ask." Chazz then began to walk away.
"Hey, where are you going Chazz?" Solona asked
"To find a boat and get off this island." Chazz replied
Chumley handed Syrus a bag who then threw it to Jaden. 
"Hey Jaden, catch." He called as he threw the bag, but it hit Chazz in the face as he climbed out of the crater which knocked him back to the ground.
Jaden the caught the bag and looked at Chazz. 
"Are you okay Chazz?" He asked
"I'm fine." Chazz replied. "You two better no lose this Duel; I just got my room looking cool."
"No sweat." Jaden replied cheerfully. "I hope that you've brought your A game Kagemaru." He then got his Duel disk out but then the tome he got from Professor Banner was pulled out and it fell to the ground. Jaden looked down at the tome as he attached his duel disk to his arm. "It's Professor Banner's tome." He then pulled out a card from the book and looked at it. "Professor Banner must have wanted me to have this, okay, I'll put it in my deck." Jaden then slotted the card into his disk. Solona already had her disk attached from her duel with Zane.
"Hey Jaden, rock his world." Chumley called
"We believe in you Solona!" Neria shouted
"Now show him how you two duel!" Aedan shouted
"Thanks, will do." Jaden replied and then he threw the bag back to them.
"Jaden wait!" Solona called as he threw the bag as Chazz had just gotten back up and the bag hit him in the back of the head.
"Sorry Chazz, my bad." Jaden apologized
Chazz wasn't too happy at all. 
"That's it!" He hissed. "I'm out of here!"
"But we need you Chazz!" Jaden called
Chazz glared at him. "What you need is a good kick in the..."
Silence!" Kagemaru shouted as the machine walked to the other side of the crater. "This is why I hate teenagers."
"All right Kagemaru, let's do this!" Solona shouted as the three activated their Duel Disks
"Hey Jaden, if you and Solona lose, this guy will take over the world!" Syrus cried
"And that will be really bad." Chumley added
Daylen looked at them. 
"Hey, Jaden and Solona alone are two great duelists." He said
"My brother is right." Solona smiled
"And now it's time to get our games on." Jaden smiled
"Duel!"
Solona: 8000
Jaden: 8000
Kagemaru: 16000
"Make your move." Kagemaru started
"I'll take the first move." Solona stated as she drew her next card. "And I'll start by summoning Mirage Dragon in attack mode." The long yellow scaled snake like dragon appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 600) "Then I will throw one card face down and then end my turn"
"My move" Kagemaru smirked as the robotic arms drew a card from his deck "And I place three cards face down and then end my turn"
"Wait that's it?" Jaden questioned. "I thought you would have done a lot more than that. But now it's my turn." Jaden drew his card. "I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode." The blue and yellow armored hero appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1400) "And since you control no monsters, that means you're wide open for an attack so go Sparkman, attack him directly."
"Jaden wait." Solona called. "This could be a trap."
But it was too late as Sparkman sent a blast of lightning towards Kagemaru who laughed. "You fool, you should have listened to your friend. Now I activate the trap card known as Mirror Wall. Now as long as this trap card remains on the field, I can half the attack points of your monsters when they attack."
"That's true." Bastion pointed out. "But don't forget, you have to sacrifice 2000 life points each turn to keep that card on the field."
"That won't matter as now your Sparkman's attack points are halved." Kagemaru smirked as the mirror reflected Sparkman (EHS Attack 1600-800)
"Well the attack still goes through." Jaden stated as Sparkman's lightning struck Kagemaru's machine which made Kagemaru groan.
Kagemaru: 15200
Solona: 8000
Jaden: 8000
"Well at least Jaden dealt some damage." Syrus stated
"Yeah but now every time they attack, their monsters attack points will be cut in half which puts them at a disadvantage." Chazz commented
"Let's just hope they don't slip up again." Alexis added
Jaden sighed. 
"I end my turn." He finished
"And now it's my turn." Kagemaru smirked. "I may have to pay 2000 life points to keep my Mirror Wall in play but that's worth it."
Kagemaru: 13200
Solona: 8000
Jaden: 8000
"Now I play my other two facedowns, Skull Invitation and Coffin Seller" Kagemaru stated
"So what do they do?" Jaden asked
"Skull invitation deals 300 points of damage when a card is sent to a graveyard and Coffin Seller deals an additional 300 points of damage when a monster on my opponent's field is destroyed. But these traps are important when you summon a Sacred Beast." Kagemaru grinned
"Good." Jaden stated. "I've always wanted to see one up close."
Kagemaru grinned. "You should be careful for what you wish for." He smirked. "I sacrifice my three continuous trap cards to summon the First Sacred Beast" The three traps glowed red before turning in a pillar of fire which shot into the air and then into the ground and a large column of fire rose. "I summon Uria, Lord of Searing Flames." The pillar of fire broke apart to reveal a massive red dragon with a snake like body and two heads. The monster looked like Slifer the Sky Dragon but had yellow markings along his body and was more evil looking (Level 10 Attack 0 Defense 0)
"Ok on second thoughts, maybe I don't need to see one up close" Jaden stated
Everyone started at the large Sacred Beast in shock. 
"Boss." A cry from Chazz's deck came and Chazz brought his deck out and looked at Ojama Yellow who was in his card on his knees "Help me boss, that thing, it's doing something to us."
"Suck it up." Chazz snorted. "I'm sure you're fine."
Kagemaru laughed. "Now I play Uria's ability, trap destruction." Uria let out a sonic shriek which caused Solona's face down which was Damage Condenser to shatter "Once per turn Uria can destroy one face down card on the field. And if you are curious of Uria's attack points, his attack points are the number of trap cards in my graveyard multiplied by 1000 so with 3 traps in the graveyard, that's 3000 attack points." Uria glowed as he gained power (ULOSF Attack 0-3000) "And now Uria, destroy that Mirage Dragon with Hyper Braze." Uria let out a long breath of fire which engulfed Mirage Dragon and destroyed him and sending Solona flying backwards.
Kagemaru: 13200
Solona: 6600
Jaden: 8000
Kagemaru laughed "It's your turn Solona."
"Her turn for what, that monster is too powerful." Zane commented. "What can Solona do?"
"Oh man." Syrus groaned
"My sister always finds a way." Daylen stated
Solona narrowed her eyes. "My turn." She stated as she drew her next card. "I play the spell card Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two more cards from my deck." Solona drew two new cards from her deck. "And now I'll play the spell card Polymerization which allows me to fuse the two Blue Eyes white Dragons in my hand in order to summon Blue Eyes Twin Burst Dragon." two blue eyes white dragons appeared and were then sucked into a portal and the large two headed blue scaled dragon appeared (Level 10 Attack 3000 Defense 2500) "And now my Twin Burst will attack that Uria." Blue Eyes Twin Burst let out a blast of blue fire from both his heads that combined into one while Uria shot out his own stream of fire. Both monsters were engulfed but only Uria was destroyed
"But how is that possible!" Kagemaru shouted. "Their attack points were the same so both should have been destroyed"
"Normally yes but Twin Burst can't be destroyed in battle." Solona smirked. "And it gets worse and Twin Burst can attack twice, so attack Kagemaru directly." Blue Eyes Twin Burst sent another blast which blew the metal crawler back a bit.
Kagemaru: 10200
Solona: 6600
Jaden: 8000
"And now I will end my turn." Solona finished
"All right!" Neria cheered
"Solona took out that Sacred Beast." Theorn stated. "Maybe these beasts aren't as tough as we think."
"But they will need to be careful." Aedan countered. "There are still two more Sacred Beasts."
Kagemaru smirked. "Impressive, I see that I made the right choice in choosing you as my opponent Solona Amell. Your Duelling Spirit will serve me well as I rip it from your body and use it to acquire the power of the Sacred Beasts"
"I like my Dueling Spirit just where it is!" Solona hissed. "Now let's see how you handle my dragons."
"And let's see how your friend can handle Uria's other ability." Kagemaru laughed. "By simply discarding another trap card in my hand, Uria returns."
"Say what!" Jaden gasped
"Oh man!" Syrus groaned. "Now Jaden has to face down that Uria."
"Worse with another trap card in the graveyard, Uria gains an extra 1000 attack points giving him 4000 attack points." Zane added
Uria returned to the field even stronger (ULOSF Attack 4000) "And now Uria, attack that Sparkman with Hyper Blaze." Uria opened his mouth and sent a large blast of fire which struck Sparkman causing the hero monster to explode and the explosion blew Jaden back.
Kagemaru: 10200
Solona: 6600
Jaden: 5400
"Jaden!" Alexis shouted
"I'm alright." Jaden groaned as he got up
"But you won't be for long." Kagemaru laughed. "Just face it Jaden, you can't beat my Uria, he's too strong"
"Well I will sure do my best." Jaden stated. "Now it's my turn." Jaden drew his next card and smirked. "I'll start by playing a field spell, Fusion Gate. Now this allows me to fuse monsters without the use of Polymerization. But now I play the spell card the Warrior Returning Alive which gives me back my Sparkman. Now I fuse Sparkman and Clayman in my hand in order to summon Elemental Hero Thunder Giant." A golden golem monster with Sparkman's helmet appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2400 Defense 1500)
"What good will that monster do?" Kagemaru sneered. "It doesn't nearly have enough attack points to destroy Uria"
Jaden smirked. "Maybe not by his attack but it makes up for that with his ability." He replied. "You see, once per turn, Thunder Giant can destroy one monster on the field whose original attack points are less than his own."
"Clever move" Bastion smiled
"That's right." Theorn added. "Since Uria's original attack points are 0, that means that Thunder Giant's ability destroys him" Thunder Giant sent a blast of lightning which engulfed and destroyed Uria. "And now you are wide open for another attack, so go Thunder Giant, attack him directly." Thunder Giant sent another blast of lightning which engulfed Kagemaru and caused static shock along the metal capsule.
Kagemaru: 9800
Solona: 6800
Jaden: 5800
"And now I will end my turn by placing two facedowns" Jaden finished
Kagemaru laughed. "Did you forget, by sampling discarding another trap card, my Uria returns to the field." Kagemaru discarded another trap and Uria returned even stronger (ULOSF Attack 5000) "And now I will use his ability to destroy one of your face downs." Uria sent out a shock wave which destroyed one of Jaden's face downs which turned out to be Hero Signal. "Now I attack that Thunder Giant. Hyper Blaze." Uria once again unleashed a stream of fire at Thunder Giant.
"Sorry but I play my other facedown, Hero Barrier, now since I have an Elemental Hero on my field, your attack is negated." Jaden smirked as a barrier appeared in front of Thunder Giant which deflected the attack
Kagemaru groaned. "You are only delaying your defeat; I place one card face down and end my turn."
"My turn." Solona stated as she drew her next card. "And now my Twin burst will attack your Uria."
"But what's the point of that!" Chazz shouted. "That Uria is stronger than Twin Burst. The dragon may not be destroyed but Solona will take damage."
"But then Solona can activate Twin Burst's other effect." Daylen pointed out
"That's right." Solona smirked. "When Twin Burst battles a monster and the monster is not destroyed, then that monster is removed from play."
"What!" Kagemaru gasped
"And if Uria is removed from play, then Kagemaru can't use his ability to bring him back." Neria stated
"Now that's how you do it" Sheppard added
"That's my daughter." Aristide smiled. "She always has a plan."
But then Kagemaru laughed which made everyone look at him. 
"It is a good plan and it would have worked too." He stated. "If I didn't have this, the trap card Nightmare Wheel"
"Nightmare Wheel!" Bastion gasped
"That's not good." Theorn added
"Why's that?" Syrus asked. "What does Nightmare Wheel do?"
Zane answered. "Nightmare Wheel prevents a monster from attacking and on each of Kagemaru's standby phases; Solona will lose 500 life points."
A large wheel wrapped itself around Solona's Twin Burst Dragon which caused the dragon to roar in anger.
"Great!" Solona groaned. "I guess I have no choice then but to throw down two facedowns"
Kagemaru smirked as he drew again. "And now I will deal you damage Solona as payback for your attempt to stop my Uria. First you take 500 points of damage." The wheel on Blue Eyes Twin Burst zapped Solona which made her groan.
Kagemaru: 9800
Solona: 6300
Jaden: 5800
"And now Uria will attack that Blue Eyes Twin Burst. Sure he may survive the attack but your life points will take a hit." Kagemaru added and then Uria sent a stream of fire which exploded on Twin Burst and the explosion blew Solona backwards as she yelled out.
Kagemaru: 9800
Solona: 4300
Jaden: 5800
"Solona!" Theorn yelled out
Solona groaned as she got back up. 
"That was a big hit." she stated
"And it will get worse for you." Kagemaru stated. "Now I shall end my turn."
"All right my turn." Jaden stated as he drew his next card. 'And this monster better count otherwise we will be in trouble.' He thought. 'Solona and I are facing down the Sacred Beasts. This Duel would be fun if the fate of the world wasn't at streak. I could destroy that Uria again but he will just come back even stronger.' Jaden then looked at his card and smiled at it. 'But I can still deal a good bit of damage to Kagemaru.' "All right, I use Fusion Gate and fuse Elemental Heroes Avian and Captain Gold in my hand. This allows me to summon out Elemental Hero the Shining." Burstinatrix and a hero in gold armor with a red cape were sucked into a portal and a white armored Hero with a golden circle shining around him appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2600 Defense 2100) "And the Shining is about to deal a great deal of damage to you as he gains 300 attack points for every Elemental Hero that's been removed from play, so with 4 removed from play, that's 1200 attack points." The spirits of Sparkman, Clayman, Avian and Captain Gold were absorbed by the Shining (EHTS Attack 2600-3800) "And now I use Thunder Giant's ability to destroy Uria once more." Thunder Giant's lightning zapped Uria and the monster shattered. "And now both my monsters are going to attack you directly." Thunder Giant sent a blast of lightning while The Shining sent a bright beam of light at Kagemaru.
Kagemaru: 3600
Solona: 4300
Jaden: 5800
"And then I play the spell card De-Fusion which allows me to separate Solona's Twin Burst Dragon and return the Two Blue Eyes Dragons to the field." Twin Burst vanished and then the Blue Eyes Dragons appeared on the field curled in a ball in defense mode. "Then I will throw a face down and end my turn."
Syrus grinned "Alright!" he cheered
"Jaden just took out most of Kagemaru's life points." Chumley added
"Maybe they do have a chance to win this duel after all." Aedan stated
"There was never any doubt." Alexis smiled. "I knew that Jaden and Solona could do it."
Kagemaru stared at Jaden. "I see that I also made a good choice with you Jaden. Your Dueling Spirit will be perfect as I take it. But first off, I discard another trap card to revive Uria only now he has a total of 7000 attack points." Uria returned even stronger (ULOSF Attack 7000)
"That's a lot of attack points!" Crowler gasped
"There's no monster with enough attack points to beat that" Bastion gasped
"And now I play the spell card known as Spell Absorption so now whenever I play a spell card, I gain an extra 500 attack points. Then I play a Field Spell known as Fallen Paradise." The field changed into a dark wasteland. "Now you cannot target any of my Sacred Beasts as targets with card effects. And there's more, while I control a Sacred Beast, I can draw two additional cards each turn. And don't forget, I now gain 500 attack points with Spell Absorption." Kagemaru glowed as he gain more life points and he drew two more cards.
Kagemaru: 4100
Solona: 4300
Jaden: 5800
"And now I have what I need for my next step." Kagemaru grinned. "I play two more spell cards, Dark Room of Nightmare and Dimensional Fissure. Now when a card is sent to the graveyard, it is removed from play instead. And when you take damage from a card effect, you take an additional 300 points of damage. Though these spells won't be here for long as they are needed for the next Sacred Beast though I gain 1000 life points because of Spell Absorption."
Kagemaru: 5100
Solona: 4300
Jaden: 5800
"The next Sacred Beast?" Solona gasped
"Oh great." Jaden groaned
Kagemaru laughed. "By your reactions, I can see that you are a quick learner, now I sacrifice these three continuous spell cards to summon the second Sacred Beast" Spell Absorption, Dark Room of Nightmare and Dimension Fissure turned to ice and then shattered with the ice fragments going into the air and then into the ground "Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder." A large yellow fiend appeared on the field looking very vicious (Level 10 Attack 4000 Defense 4000)
"Look!" Zane gasped
"We see it." Sereda added
"About that boat?" Bastion asked Chazz
Jaden could only stare at the monster. "Now Hamon, attack that Elemental Hero the Shining." Kagemaru ordered. "Let's show that monster what a storm is" Hamon breathed a huge lightning bolt which shot up into the air and then zapped down upon the Shining. The Shining howled before shattering and Jaden ended up being zapped.
"Shining no!" Jaden yelled out
Kagemaru: 5100
Solona: 4300
Jaden: 5600
"And now Hamon's effect takes place." Kagemaru added. "When he destroys a monster in battle, you take an additional 1000 points of damage. Don't worry it won't hurt, me."
"What!" Jaden gasped and then he yelled out in pain as he was zapped again and this time the lightning was much stronger.
Kagemaru: 5100
Solona: 4300
Jaden: 4600
"Jaden!" Syrus shouted
"Are you okay?" Alexis asked as Jaden moaned in his hands and knees.
Everyone stared in shock as now Kagemaru had two powerful monsters on the field. Then a voice called Chazz 
"Boss." The voice of Ojama Yellow came and Chazz looked at his deck. 
"Help us boss, all of us." Ojama Yellow called weakly
Chazz now noticed that his cards were all starting to fade. 
"What the?" He gasped. "What's going on, everyone, check your cards."
Everyone then began looking at their decks. 
"All my cards are fading!" Alexis gasped
"Mine too." Chumley added
"Our monsters are all disappearing." Sereda added
"Of course they are." Kagemaru grinned. "The Sacred Beasts draw their power from dueling Spirits, but not just the players, they absorb energy from the very cards themselves." Jaden watched as balls of light were absorbed by the Sacred Beasts
"So that's why they were locked away!" Zane gasped
"These cards have the power to destroy every card on the planet!" Aedan added
"That's impossible." Crowler gasped
"No this can't be happening!" Syrus whined
Daylen then looked. "Wait, Jaden and Solona's cards aren't affected." He gasped
Kagemaru grinned. "That's because Jaden and Solona's dueling Spirits are beyond all of yours. Time and time again he has proven that he has the courage to win, no matter what the odds are. It is this force alone that contains the Sacred Beasts and harnesses their awesome power."
"So that's why you want us." Solona realised
"That's right." Kagemaru grinned. "Once this Shadow Game ends and the two of you lay defeated, I shall take your spirits and become the new master of the Sacred Beasts. Then I shall absorb the Spirits of every Dueling card and deck across the planet. Giving me enough strength to rule the world." Then the energy of Hamon and Uria was absorbed by Kagemaru. "Allow me to demonstrate a mere fraction of their power." The energy caused the body in the liquid to become younger. "Yes, rejuvenate me." The glass container shattered and then Kagemaru walked out. Now he looked like a very muscular man with a body thick with muscle and long black hair. Everyone looked in shock as he took the Duel Disk from the robotic arm.
"He's been reborn!" Sheppard gasped
"I doubt it" Jaden snorted "It's all just for show"
Kagemaru grinned "Is this for show?" he asked as he grabbed the container and then threw it out of the arena like it weighted nothing at all. Then he looked at his hands. "I like this new body, but something is still missing." Then he looked at Jaden and Solona. "Oh I know, it's your souls Jaden and Solona, now let's finish this duel. And if I remember, it is still my turn and I still have Uria to attack with. Now Uria attack that Thunder Giant with Hyper Blaze." Uria then sent a stream at Thunder Giant.
"Oh no!" Theorn gasped. "If that attack goes through then Jaden will lose!"
"Jaden can't take a hit like that!" Aedan added
"No this can't be!" Syrus gasped
"Jaden!" Alexis added
Everyone stared in shock as the attack came but Jaden was ready. "Sorry but I play a trap, Hero Spirit. Since you just destroyed an Elemental Hero, I take no damage."
"But you still feel the power of the Sacred Beasts." Kagemaru grinned and then the stream of fire exploded on Thunder Giant causing the monster to explode and throw Jaden back. Jaden groaned as he got back onto his feet. "I end my turn and now it is your move Solona."
Solona looked at the Sacred Beasts. 'What am I going to do, those two monsters are way too powerful for me to defeat even with my most powerful monsters. I don't what to do; I don't know if I can win. But I've got to do something or it's not just our souls that will be lost, but everyone else's.' She thought as she looked at her deck and the field where Kagemaru was giving a wicked laugh.
Duel!"