A Four Way Duel

It had been a few weeks since the incident with the thieves who stole the decks of the three best Duelists. And now it was time to get ready for a big event, the annual School Duel. This was when a Duelist from Duel Academy would Duel a Duelist from Duel Academy's big rival, North Academy. But right now, a ship was at the docks while Dorothy helped the crew unload the boxes of Dueling cards.

"All right, Booster packs go over there, Starter decks over there" Dorothy pointed out but then she turned when she heard a noise. She looked but all she could see were the waves of the ocean.

*'I thought I heard something.'* She thought. *'must have been my imagination.'* "All right get a move on."

Unknown to Dorothy, someone was hiding. There had been a guy who had sneaked onto the ship. The guy crept up the docks wearing a wet suit and was laughing. The man had long dark brown hair in a ponytail and brown eyes. He soon saw Duel Academy in the distance.

"There it is." He said to himself. "The scoop of a lifetime. Duel Academy. Now let's see what kind of dirt I can dig up on the story that will make my fortune."

…

Meanwhile, in the staff room of Duel Academy, all of the teachers had gathered to discuss about who was going to represent Duel Academy at the School Duel against North Academy. Of course to one teacher there was only one candidate.

"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?" Dr Crowler yelled. "The School Duel between Duel Academy and North Academy is the biggest event of the year, so it is clear that Zane Truesdale must be our rep."

Chancellor Sheppard nodded. "Well it is clear that Zane is our best Duelist at our school but he is a Third year student and I've been informed that North Academy is using a First year so it is only fair that we use a First Year." he said and he looked at Zane. "I hope you understand Zane."

"I understand sir." Zane replied, he was not angry at all about not being the one to Duel

"So who will our Rep be?" Banner asked

"Well I would like to nominate Jaden Yuki." Zane said

"Well his grades in class may not be great but he is still a good Duelist." Banner said

Of course Crowler didn't like that at all 'Jaden Yuki, that Slifer Slacker, every time he does something great it makes me look bad. There must be another option.' Then Crowler realized something. "Wait what about one of the Amell Twins, they're very skilled Duelists."

"Sorry but they have been taken." Dorian said. "There are two schools Duels this year, the singles and a Tag Duel. The Amells have already agreed to be the reps for the Tag Duel. It's ironic as I've been told that the Tag duel Reps for North Academy are twins too."

"Wait how about Bastion Misawa" Crowler suggested

"The guy who scored the best on the written test?" Sheppard said

"Yes he is a good Duelist and smart, he should be our rep." Crowler said

Then Dorian had an idea.

"How about we make things more interesting." He suggested. "Why don't we add Neria Surana and Theorn Maheriel to the lists as well."

"Neria and Theorn?" Banner questioned

"Theorn managed to beat Daylen at the Duel exams." Dorian said. "And Neria managed to beat Joey's deck, they should have a chance."

"A four way Duel?" Crowler said. 'This is great, it will make Jaden more likely to lose.'

"The first will be a four way Duel and then the first two to lose will Duel while the two winners will Duel, then the winners of those two Duels will duel in the final to see who will represent us." Sheppard said

…

Later that day, Banner had told Jaden that he had been nominated to be the representative for the single Duel in the School Duel. He had told Syrus, Kallian, Chumley and Faren about it.

"Wow a Slifer Red representing us at the School Duel." Chumley said. "That is the first time that has happened."

"You'll make history." Syrus said

"The first Slifer to be in the school Duel." Faren finished

"But remember, you'll be facing Theorn, Bastion and Neria and they won't be easy opponents to beat." Kallian added

"She's right." Faren said. "We've seen them Duel and they had a few surprises in their decks."

…

At the Ra Yellow Dorm, Theorn, Bastion and Neria sat together and they talked about how they had been chosen for a chance to represent Duel Academy.

"Wow I never thought that I would be chosen." Neria said

"Hey you did great against Joey's deck." Theorn said

"And Joey's deck had a lot of cards that can be tricky to overcome." Bastion added

"Well I'm looking forward for the chance to Duel again." Theorn said

"My Lightsworns are ready for battle" Neria added

"I'm surprised that Solona and Daylen aren't Duelling" Bastion said

"There's also a Tag Duel as well. Solona and Daylen are taking part in that, Dorian told me" Theorn said

"Well I think I'm going to prepare my deck." Neria said "I need to be ready for the Duel"

"Yeah, I'm going to prepare my deck as well." Theorn added and then the two of them left leaving Bastion alone to think.

"Now how can I find a way to win." He said to himself quietly. "We're all skilled Duelists but every deck has a weakness. Neria's deck requires a lot of discarding while Jaden's deck needs a lot of Fusion summoning. But Theorn's deck could be a problem."

…

Later the next day, the guy who had sneaked aboard the ship was wandering around the halls of Duel Academy. He had stolen a school uniform of a Slifer Red and was now looking for someone. He was checking out the scenery when he noticed a few students wearing Obelisk Blue uniforms so he tried to be friendly towards them.

"Hey fellow Duelists." He greeted. "How's it hanging?"

But the Blue students pushed past him.

"Beat it Slifer Sludge!" the Blue snapped

"Hey!" A female voice yelled. "What did I tell you about bullying!" The reporter saw two new students wearing the Blue uniform. One was a boy while the other was a girl who wore a blue skirt and a white shirt. They both had the same Ebony Black hair. "Beat it now you bullies unless you want me to report you bullying again!" The girl snapped and then the Obelisk Blue boys ran off.

"Sorry about that." The boy said. "Sadly I'm afraid that many of the Blue Students are just bullies and they like to push the lower ranks around."

"Many of these Blues just think they're so tough but I've seen them lose in just a few turns." The girl added and then she realized the time. "Oh I'm sorry but I can't talk, me and my brother are supposed to be meeting the Chancellor about the Tag Duel." The two students then left and the reporter went off. Unknown to the reporter, the two students were the Amell Twins.

…

Later the reporter had ran into Jaden Yuki who showed him around the Campus and later had dinner in the Slifer Canteen and later he had been inside his bedroom where he watched as Jaden arranged his deck for the upcoming 4 way Duel. The reporter introduced himself as Gerard but after Jaden and his friends Syrus and Chumley went to sleep, he went in search of his story. One thing that caught his attention was something about this mysterious old building where students have been going missing. To Gerard that was it, the story that could help him make his story.

…

The Next day was the day of the 4 way duel. Every student had shown up to watch the Duel as this was a unique Duel. There would be four Duelists and then the first two to lose would face each other while the other two would Duel and then the Winners of the Two duels would battle each other to see who would become the Rep for Duel Academy during the singles in the School Duel. Solona and Daylen were sat with the Obelisk Blue students next to Aedan, Zane, Alexis, Jasmine, Mindy and Sereda while Syrus and Chumley watched near the bottom along with Kallian, Faren and Chumley.

...

While everyone was in the Duel Arena, the reporter Gerald managed to sneak away from the Arena and make his way to the Library. The Library was dark as there was no one there but him. Last night he had met this girl at the old dorm who said that her brother had gone missing from that strange dorm and now he needed to find his story. He managed to switch one of the computers on and plug in his PDA as he tried to hack into Duel Academy's database.

"Come on, show me the good stuff." Gerard said to himself.

...

Back at the Duel Arena, Crowler announced the start of the Four way Duel "Attention students of Duel Academy!" Crowler announced over a microphone "Welcome to the Four Way Duel to start of our little Dueling Matches for a chance to see who our Rep for Duel Academy becomes at the School Duel singles match against North Academy. Please welcome from the Ra Yellow Dorm, Bastion Misawa, Theorn Maheriel and Neria Surana" The three students walked out and onto the Dueling Arena.

"And then from Slifer, some kid." Crowler said grimly as Jaden walked out, Crowler still didn't like the idea of Jaden becoming the School Rep.

Solona glared at Crowler for that.

"He's still not forgiven Jaden for beating him?" she said. "He needs to stop holding a grudge."

"Agreed." Daylen agreed

"Crowler has always hated Slifers." Aedan added. "He was humiliated for being defeated by Jaden"

"How let the Dueling commence." Crowler finished and he left the Arena.

"Hey good luck you three and may the Best Duelist win." Jaden said

"Good luck" Neria, Theorn and Bastion said to each other and they activated their Duel Disks.

"**Duel!"**

**Theorn: 8000**

**Neria: 8000**

**Jaden: 8000**

**Bastion: 8000**

"You go first Jaden." Theorn said

"Thanks, will do." Jaden said. "And I think I'll start by summoning my good friend, Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode." Jaden's yellow and blue electric hero appeared on his field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1400) "And then I'll throw down a face down and call it a turn."

"Since we are going clockwise, it's my turn now." Neria said "And I'm just going to throw two cards face down and summon out Jain Lightsworn Paladin." The white haired armored female soldier appeared on Neria's field (Level 4 Attack 1800 Defence 1200) "And that's it for me"

"Well I'm next" Bastion said "And I summon Hydrogeddon in attack mode." Bastion's mud water made dinosaur like monster appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1000) "Then I'll throw one card face down and end my turn."

"Well it's my move" Theorn said "And I summon my old friend, Dalish Soldier in attack mode." Theorn's green armored elven Warrior appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defense 1200) "And when he is summoned, I can special summon one Dalish monster with 1500 or less attack points from my hand so I summon my Dalish archer in attack mode. Now I equip my Soldier with Ironwood armor which increases his attack and defense points by 500." Dalish Soldier's armor became made from a special type of wood and he gain extra attack and defense points (DS Attack 1500-2000 Defense 1200-1700) "Since I'm going last, I can attack, now go Dalish Archer, destroy that Elemental Hero Sparkman with Dalish slash." Dalish soldier swung his sword and slashed Sparkman in half and the Hero exploded

**Theorn: 8000**

**Neria: 8000**

**Jaden: 7600**

**Bastion: 8000**

"Good move Theorn." Jaden said. "But I play my face down, Hero Signal, now I can summon 1 Elemental Hero since you destroyed my Sparkman, so I choose my Elemental Hero that level 4 or lower and summon him, so I choose to summon Elemental Hero Heat in attack mode" A large red warrior with flames around him appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1200) "And he gains 200 attack points for every Elemental Hero on my field including himself." (EHH Attack 1600-1800)

"Good trick" Theorn said "My archer now cannot attack so I'll throw one card face down and end my turn."

"My move then." Jaden said. "And now I think I'll use Polymerization to fuse Elemental Hero Heat on my field with Elemental Hero Clayman in my hand in order Elemental Hero Nova Master." The red armored Knight with flames surrounding him appeared on Jaden's field (Level 8 Attack 2600 Defence 2100)

Everyone stared at the monster in shock and Crowler bit his handkerchief.

"How can that slacker summon a monster like that?" He gasped

"Nova Master can be fusion summoned with one fire attribute monster and one Elemental Hero." Jaden confirmed. "Anyway, I'll take out the most powerful monster on the field which is that Dalish soldier so go, attack with burning fists." Nova Master's fist glowed red and then it sent a powerful punch which smashed Dalish soldier.

**Theorn: 7400**

**Neria: 8000**

**Jaden: 7600**

**Bastion: 8000**

"And when Nova Master destroys a monster in battle, I can draw one card then I'll throw one card face down and end my turn." Jaden finished

"My move." Neria said. "I'll start by activating Charge of the Light Brigade, now by discarding the top three cards of my deck, I can add my Lyla Lightsworn Sorceress to my hand." Neria discarded 3 cards which were Ryko, Garoth and Shining Angel and then added Lyla to her hand. "Now I activate Solar Recharge, now by discarding Lyla, I can draw two cards."

Bastion looked at Neria.

'I know the Lightsworn's have a weakness but what is she planning?' He thought

"Now I sacrifice Jain which allows me to summon Gragonith, Lightsworn Dragon in attack mode." The white scaled dragon with Angel wings and a blond mane appeared (Level 6 Attack 2000 Defense 1600) "Now he gains 300 attack points for every Lightsworn monster in my graveyard and I have four." (GLD Attack 2000-3200)

'That's why she discarded her cards.' Bastion realized

"Now Gragonith, destroy that Nova Master." Neria ordered and then Gragonith sent a blast of white fire from his mouth which engulfed Nova Master and destroyed him.

**Theorn: 7400**

**Neria: 8000**

**Jaden: 7000**

**Bastion: 8000**

"I end my turn." Neria finished

"My turn now." Bastion said. 'That Gragonith is going to be hard to defeat so I'll just have to target another player for now.' Bastion said. "I summon Oxygeddon in attack mode." The flying dinosaur made of blue water appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1800 Defense 800) 'I know Jaden's moves, that face down could be mirror Force, Negate Attack or Draining Shield so I'll play safe for now' "Now Hydrogeddon, destroy that Dalish archer." Hydrogeddon sent a blast of muddy water which engulfed Archer and destroyed him.

**Theorn: 7000**

**Neria: 8000**

**Jaden: 7000**

**Bastion: 8000**

"Good trick." Theorn said "But now I play my face down, Dalish resurrection, now since you destroyed my archer, I can summon a new level 4 or lower Dalish monster from my deck so I choose my Dalish apprentice in defense mode." A small elven child appeared on the field kneeling down (Level 3 Attack 1000 Defence 1000)

"Well my Hydrogeddon has a special ability, when he destroys a monster by battle; I can summon another one from my deck." A second Hydrogeddon appeared on the field "Now attack that Apprentice." The second Hydrogeddon destroyed the apprentice.

"Now my apprentice's ability actives, when he is destroyed I can summon another one from my deck in defense mode." Theorn said and another Dalish apprentice appeared on the field.

"Well I still have one attack left." Bastion said. "Now Oxygeddon attack that Apprentice." Oxygeddon sent one last attack and then destroyed the Dalish apprentice "I end my turn."

"My move." Theorn said and he drew his card. "Now since I have no monsters on my field, I can special summon my Dalish Lookout in attack mode." An Elven archer with a sharp eyes appeared on the field ready for a sneak attack (Level 5 Attack 2300 Defense 1000) "And now I summon my Defender in defense mode to increase my defense." An Elven warrior holding a wooden shield appeared with the shield protecting himself. *'I can't take risks with Jaden and Bastion and Neria have more life points. That dragon is too strong but Bastion's monsters are not.'* Theorn thought. "Now my Dalish Lookout will destroy one of those Hydrogeddons, go with arch sneak strike." Dalish Lookout fired an arrow from his bow and it sent a powerful strike which caused the Hydrogeddon to roar before shattering.

**Theorn: 7000**

**Neria: 8000**

**Jaden: 7000**

**Bastion: 7300**

"I end my turn there." He finished

"All right my turn." Jaden said. "And I activate Pot of Greed which allows me to draw two new cards. Next I activate Fusion Save which allows me to add a Polymerization from my deck to my hand. Next I'll activate it which allows me to fuse Elemental Heroes Avian and Burstinatrix in my hand which allows me to summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman." Jaden's favorite green and red hero appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2100 Defense 1200) "Then I activate the field spell skyscraper which gives my Elemental Heroes an extra 1000 attack points when they battle a monster with more attack points." A large city with buildings surrounded all four Duelists. Then I'm going to battle the most powerful monster of the field which is Neria's Gragonith."

"What is he doing?" Syrus gasped. "Even with that Field spell Gragonith is more powerful!"

"Now I know your Gragonith is more powerful than my Wingman which is why I activate the spell card Gravedigger's Ghoul, now 2 monsters cards in your graveyard are removed from play." Neria's Jain and Lyla were removed from play. "And with two Lightsworns gone, your dragons loses attack points" (GLD Attack 3200-2600) "Now Flame Wingman, destroy that Dragon with Skydiving Scourge." Flame Wingman jumped into the air before diving down on the dragon and then sliced through it which caused the Dragon to roar before exploding. "And don't forget my Wingman's ability, you take damage equal to your monster's attack points." Flame Wingman appeared in front of Neria and blasted her with his dragon hand.

**Theorn: 7000**

**Neria: 4900**

**Jaden: 7000**

**Bastion: 7300**

"I end my turn." Jaden finished

"My move." Neria started. "I'll start by activating Monster Reborn which allows me to bring back my Garoth with I discarded earlier, but he won't be around for long because I'll now sacrifice him in order to summon Celestia, Lightsworn Angel in attack mode." The blue haired Angel with the staff appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 2300 Defense 200) "And now I'll activate her special ability, now by discarding the top four cards of my deck, I can destroy 2 cards on my opponent's field. So I choose to destroy Jaden's Flame Wingman and his facedown card." Jaden's Wingman and his facedown card which was Draining Shield were destroyed. "Now with those cards gone, I will attack Jaden directly, go Light Angel slash." Celestia swung her staff around and slashed Jaden with it and he lost more life points.

**Theorn: 7000**

**Neria: 4900**

**Jaden: 4700**

**Bastion: 7300**

"I'll throw one card facedown and end my turn." Neria finished

"Well now it is my turn then." Bastion said. "And I'll start by playing my own Monster Reborn which allows me to bring back my Hydrogeddon which was destroyed earlier. Next I play the spell card, Bonding H20. Now by sacrificing my monsters, I can summon Water Dragon in attack mode." A large dragon made of water appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2800 Defense 2600) "Now his ability causes all Fire Attribute and Pyro type monsters to lose all their attack points but none of us have any of them so now to wipe out a threat, I attack Theorn's Lookout." Water Dragon sent a blast of water which swept over Dalish Lookout and caused the monster to sink below the water and shatter.

**Theorn: 6500**

**Neria: 4900**

**Jaden: 4700**

**Bastion: 7300**

"I end my turn there." Bastion finished

Up in the stands, Crowler was smirking, "What a great idea it was to bring Bastion into this, he is making that Slifer Slacker look bad. He has no monsters on his field and almost no cards in his hand."

But now it was Theorn's turn. "I'll start by summoning a new monster, I sacrifice my Dalish Defender which allows me to summon Dalish Hunter in attack mode." A large Elven hunter which was hidden in clothing made from forest wood and had green and brown paint on his face appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2000 Defense 2000) "And my Hunter has a special ability." Theorn said. "When he is the only monster on my field, he can sneak past an apponent's monster and attack directly, do go, make us near even with life points again, attack Bastion directly." Dalish hunter vanished from the field and then appeared behind Bastion and slice him with a dagger before returning to Theorn's field.

**Theorn: 6500**

**Neria: 4900**

**Jaden: 4700**

**Bastion: 5300**

"I end my turn there." Theorn finished. "It's your move Jaden."

"Thanks, will do." Jaden said as he drew his card. *'I may be in a tight spot but I can still Duel.'* He thought and then he smirked at his card "I'll start by activating Card of Sanctity so now we all draw until we have six cards." All four Duelists drew until they had six cards. "Next I play Monster Reborn which allows me to summon back my Elemental Hero Avian in defense mode. Then I summon Elemental Hero Knospe in attack mode." A small plant monster with buds as fists appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 600 Defense 1000) "Sure Knospe may be weak but he has a special ability, when I control another Elemental Hero, Knospe can attack directly and you also cannot select him as an attack target. Now Knospe, attack Theorn directly" Knospe jumped and punched Bastion with one of his fists."

**Theorn: 5900**

**Neria: 4900**

**Jaden: 4700**

**Bastion: 5300**

"And my Knospe has another ability, when he inflicts battle damage, he gains 100 attack points but loses 100 defence points." (EHK Attack 600-700 Defence 1000-900) "Then I'll place one card facedown and end my turn."

"My turn." Neria said. "I'm going to have Celestia attack your Avian, Jaden." Neria commanded and then Celestia swung her staff and sent a blast at Avian.

"Sorry but I play my trap card, go Hero Barrier." Jaden countered. "Now since I have an Elemental Hero on my field, I can negate your attack."

"Well since I have nothing else to do, I'll end my turn." Neria finished

"Well it's my move now." Bastion said. "And I'm going to attack that Hunter with my Water Dragon, go tidal Surge." Water Dragon released a blast of water which destroyed Theorn's Hunter.

**Theorn: 5100**

**Neria: 4900**

**Jaden: 4700**

**Bastion: 5300**

"That's it for this turn." Bastion finished

"My move then." Theorn said. "And I play Graceful Charity which allows me to draw 3 cards as long as I discard 2. Then I play Monster Reborn which allows me to summon out one of the Monster's I discarded, my Dalish Warleader." Theorn's powerful green armored Elven knight appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2600 Defence 2400) "Now my monster will attack that Avian. And my Warleader has a special ability, when he attacks a monster in defence mode; the difference between my monster's attack points and your monster's defence points is dealt as damage." Warleader slice the wings off Avian and the monster shattered and because of Warleader's ability, Jaden was dealt some damage.

**Theorn: 5100**

**Neria: 4900**

**Jaden: 3100**

**Bastion: 5300**

"I end my turn." Theorn finished

"Well now it's my move." Jaden said. "And I'll start with Fusion Recovery, now I get Elemental Hero Sparkman and a Polymerization card back from the grave and to my hand. Next I activate the spell card Rose Bud, now I can sacrifice my Knospe and summon Elemental Hero Poison Rose in attack mode." The small plant disappeared and was replaced with a woman with purple skin, a hat made from white flower petals and a body made from green leaves appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 1900 Defense 2000) "Now I'll use my Polymerization to fuse Sparkman and Clayman in my hand in order to summon Elemental Hero Gaia." Jaden dark grey warrior appeared on the field as well (Level 6 Attack 2200 Defense 2600) "Now my Gaia's ability activates which halves the attack points of Bastion's Water Dragon and adds them to my Gaia until the end of my turn." Water Dragon lost half his attack points and Gaia gained the, (WD Attack 2800-1400) (EHG Attack 2200-3600) "Now Gaia, destroy that Water Dragon." Jaden ordered and Gaia threw a powerful punch at Water Dragon and destroyed him and Bastion was dealt damage after his Water Dragon's destruction.

**Theorn: 5100**

**Neria: 4900**

**Jaden: 3100**

**Bastion: 3100**

Crowler was shocked. "No it can't be, that was Bastion's best monster."

Bastion smirked. "You may have destroyed my Water Dragon, but his special ability activates, now I can summon back his components, I summon back Oxygeddon and 2 Hydrogeddons." The three Monster returned all in defence mode.

"Well good move Bastion, but I still have one more move to play as my Poison Rose still hasn't attacked yet, but I'm going to target that Lightsworn Angel on Neria's field, so go Poison Rose, attack Celestia, poison vine attack." Poison Rose sent strong vines from her arms which wrapped around Celestia and destroyed her.

**Theorn: 5100**

**Neria: 4600**

**Jaden: 3100**

**Bastion: 3100**

"I end my turn and Poison Rose's effect activates, now she gains 200 attack points but loses 200 defence points" Jaden finished and Gaia's attack points returned to normal while Poison Rose's attack points increased (EHG Attack 3600-2200) (EHPR Attack 1900-2100 Defence 2000-1800)

"My move." Neria said. "And I summon Ehren Lightsworn Monk in attack mode" A dark skinned woman wearing a white shirt, red skirt and black hair and holding a fighting stick appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1000) "Next I play the spell card Block Attack, now I can switch one monster from defence to attack mode and the monster I pick is your Gaia Jaden." Jaden's Gaia switched into defence mode. "And now my Ehren will attack that Gaia."

"Wait but why is she doing that?" Syrus questioned up in the stands. "Gaia has more defence points than Ehren's attack points."

"That not very smart." Alexis said

"I would think again." Zane added. "Neria must have a plan if she is attacking."

Ehren swung her battle stick but before she could strike, Jaden's Gaia vanished

"Wait what happened to my Gaia?" Jaden gasped

"Your Gaia has returned to your Extra Deck." Neria revealed. "You see when Ehren attacks a monster in defence mode, that card is returned to the deck before damage calculation. I now place one card facedown and end my turn which means discarding three cards because of Ehren." Neria discarded three cards and one of them turned out to be Wulf. "And one of those cards is my Wulf and when he is discarded from the deck to graveyard, I can special summon him." The large white Cat beast with the axe appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 2100 Defense 300)

"My move" Bastion said and he drew a card and he smirked at it. "My Water Dragon may have been destroyed but I have another powerful monster. I now sacrifice all three of my monsters in order to summon the Tripper Mercury in attack mode." A large woman wearing Blue armour and wielding two blue swords appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2000 Defence 2000)

Everyone gasped at seeing the great monster. This was a very rare card as it was a legendary planet monster. Sheppard gasped at this.

"A Legendary Planet Monster?" He said. "That's quite a card to have."

"That's the card Bastion used to defeat Chazz." Alexis said

"And since Bastion used three sacrifices, her ability activates." Zane added

"Since I sacrificed three monsters for my Mercury her special ability activates." Bastion said. "Now all monsters on my opponent's field lose attack points equal to their original attack points so that means all three of my opponent's monsters lose attack points."

"No way!" Jaden gasped and then all of the monsters lost attack points (EHPR Attack 2100-200 DW Attack 2600-0000 WLB Attack 2100-0000 ELM Attack 1600-0000)

"Now Bastion has the strongest monster on the field!" Solona gasped

"And remember the Mercury's second effect" Daylen added. "If he attacks Jaden then it's over for him."

"Now Tripper Mercury, destroy that Poison rose with Aqua Slash." Bastion ordered and the Mercury slashed Jaden's monster with her swords and the monster shattered

**Theorn: 5100**

**Neria: 4600**

**Jaden: 1300**

**Bastion: 3100**

"And now my Mercury's second effect activates" Bastion said. "He can attack twice for each turn. So sorry Jaden but it is over for you as now my Mercury can attack you directly."

Crowler laughed as now Jaden would lose the rest of his life points.

"Jaden!" Syrus, Kallian and Faren yelled

"Don't think so I play a trap, go A Hero Emerges, now you pick one card in my hand and if it is a monster I can summon it and since it was just summoned, his attack points remain the same."

"Fine I choose your far right card." Bastion said

"Sweet good choice for me that is." Jaden said. "Because now I can summon Elemental Hero Bladedge in attack mode." Jaden's golden warrior appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2600 Defense 1800)

"Well my Mercury may not be able to attack that monster but there are other targets, so now I'll destroy that Dalish Warleader." Bastion said and the Mercury slashed the Dalish Warleader and destroyed him.

**Theorn: 3100**

**Neria: 4600**

**Jaden: 1300**

**Bastion: 3100**

"I end my turn by placing one card facedown." Bastion finished

"It's my move." Theorn said. "There isn't much I can do so I'll just summon my Dalish Archer in defence mode" A second Elven Archer appeared on the field kneeling down "Then I'll end my turn by throwing one card facedown."

"My move." Jaden smiled. "And that Legendary Planet Monster may be impressive but it doesn't match my Bladedge. Sorry Bastion but now my Bladedge attacks your Tripper Mercury." Bladedge swung his arms and slashed the Legendary Planet monster. When the smoke cleared, Jaden was shocked to see that Bastion's legendary planet monster was still standing. "What but he should have been destroyed?"

"Take a look why." Bastion replied and then Jaden saw that Bastion had activated his trap card. "I activated my Dimension Guardian trap card, now I select my Tripper Mercury, now he cannot be destroyed in battle or by card effects."

"Well you're still taking damage." Jaden said

**Theorn: 3100**

**Neria: 4600**

**Jaden: 1300**

**Bastion: 2500**

"I now play the spell card Mirage of Nightmare, now on Neria's turn I can draw until I have 4 cards but on my turn I have to discard the number of cards I drew. Then I'll throw two cards facedown and end my turn."

"My draw." Neria said

"And mine too thanks to Mirage." Jaden said and he drew until he had 4 cards in his hand. "Then I'll use my old trick with Emergency Provisions so now I gain 1000 life points and sacrifice my Mirage."

**Theorn: 3100**

**Neria: 4600**

**Jaden: 2300**

**Bastion: 2500**

"Well my monsters may have zero attack points but I can't say the same about this card. Since I have 5 light attribute monsters in my graveyard, I can special summon my Lightray Diabolos in attack mode." A Large white Dragon with blue wings and yellow parts on its body appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2800 Defense 1000) "And now Diabolos will attack that Bladedge." Lightray sent a blast of yellow light towards Jaden "Sorry but I play a trap card, go Draining Shield, now your attack is negated and I gain Diabolos' attack points in life points."

**Theorn: 3100**

**Neria: 4600**

**Jaden: 5300**

**Bastion: 2500**

Neria groaned. "Then I'll just switch Ehren and Wulf end my turn there then" she finished

"Well now it's my move now." Bastion said and he drew a card. "I activate my Monster Reincarnation, now by discarding one card, I can get Oxygeddon back to my hand. But now I'll play the Ritual Spell card Litmus Doom Ritual, now by sacrificing monsters with a total of Eight stars, I can Ritual Summon Litmus Doom Swordsman so I sacrifice my Oxygeddon and my 2nd Oxygeddon in my hand." A masked swordsman wielding two shortswords appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 0000 Defence 0000)

"Wait no attack points?" Theorn questioned

"Sure my Swordsman has no attack points but he has a special ability." Bastion said. "You see my Swordsman cannot be destroyed in battle and he is unaffected by the effects of traps. Also as long as there is a face up trap on the field, his attack points increase to 3000" (LDS Attack 0000-3000) "Now Tripper Mercury, destroy Theorn's Archer." The Tripper Mercury destroyed Theorn's Archer with a slash of his sword. "And don't forget, my Mercury can attack twice and I still have my Litmus, sorry Theorn but you're out of this now. Litmus Dual Swordsman, Tripper Mercury, attack Theorn Directly and end this." Both Litmus and Mercury slashed Theorn and he fell to his knees as he lost the rest of his life points

**Theorn: 0000 (OUT)**

**Neria: 4600**

**Jaden: 5300**

**Bastion: 2500**

Solona watched in the stands.

"Theorn lost." She said

"Remember that Theorn will duel the next person who loses." Sereda said

"I wonder who it will be." Daylen added

"I end my turn." Bastion finished

With Theorn out of the Duel, it was now Jaden's turn.

"My draw." He said. "I'm simply going to have my Bladedge destroy Neria's Wulf with Slice and Dice Attack and thanks to Bladedge's ability, you take damage equal to the difference between your monster's defence points and my monster's attack points." Bladedge swung his arms and slashed Wulf and destroyed him.

**Theorn: 0000 (Out)**

**Neria: 2300**

**Jaden: 5300**

**Bastion: 2500**

"It's your move Neria." Jaden finished

Neria drew her card but she knew that it was over for her, she had no monsters that could protect her so she smirked. "Well it looks like it is over for me but I'm going out with a fight." She said. "Now Diabolos, attack Tripper Mercury." Diabolos blew fire at Tripper Mercury but the monster stayed thanks to the trap.

**Theorn: 0000 (Out)**

**Neria: 2300**

**Jaden: 5300**

**Bastion: 1700**

"Give me your best shot Bastion." Neria smiled

"Will do." Bastion smirked. "I play Stop Defense to switch your Ehren to attack mode, now Litmus, destroy that Diabolos." Diabolos was destroyed with a slash from Litmus' swords."

**Theorn: 0000 (Out)**

**Neria: 2100**

**Jaden: 5300**

**Bastion: 1700**

"And now it is over for you Neria." Bastion said. "Because once my Tripper Mercury destroys your Ehren, his second attack will end this." Then Tripper Mercury destroyed Ehren and a second slash struck Neria and the Duel ended for Neria and they had the opponents for the second round.

**Theorn: 0000 (Out)**

**Neria: 0000 (Out)**

**Jaden: 5300**

**Bastion: 1700**

"The opponents have been selected." Crowler announced over a microphone. "Bastion will face off against the Slifer while Neria and Theorn will Duel. The winners of each Duel will then face off in the final. You have one hour to prepare."

*'And that is what I'll need if I'm going to beat Jaden.'* Bastion thought. "Prepare yourself Jaden as I believe I have found the flaw in your deck.'

**Duel!"**