Decks of the Best

The next morning before classes started, Solona and Daylen were in the Chancellor's office to explain what had happened.

"So all three decks were stolen!" Sheppard said

"I'm afraid so." Daylen answered. "We were able to recover Yugi's deck but Joey's and Kaiba's are still missing.

Crowler and Dorian were there as well. "We have got to find those decks or Duel Academy is ruined!" Crowler shouted

"Well we know who is behind this." Dorian said. "The leader was a man known as Beraht, he's an underground Duelist and card collector, he's been wanted by the seekers for some time. We have got to find him."

"But how?" Solona wondered

Sheppard sighed. "I'll not having classes today. But the D.A.S will be searching all over the school for Beraht and he must be found. The students will be questioned if they have seen him. I don't like it but this may be the only option. And Dueling will also be stopped for the day."

…

At the beach, Slifer Red Students, Kallian Tabris and Faren Brosca were walking along the beach. They decided that they needed some time alone and that because their roommates weren't great, they needed some time together as friends.

"So how is your roommate?" Faren asked Kallian.

Kallian groaned. "Sera really enjoys annoying me. She's dropped water over me, swapped my socks and folded my clothes inside out."

"Well my roommate Leske doesn't take things seriously." Faren admitted. "And I'm thinking of creating a new deck soon."

Then they were interrupted by a laugh. "Well I was looking for someone to Duel."

Kallian looked and she saw that it was a woman with short hair and a face with scars on as well as a tattoo on her face. "Sorry but Dueling is not allowed today until the decks are found." Kallian said

The woman laughed. "Well I'm not a student here and I have this." She held up a deck and there at the top of the deck was Red Eyes Black Dragon which was revealed to Kallian and Faren.

"That's Red Eyes Black Dragon!" Faren exclaimed. "That's Joey's deck!"

"That's right and if you want it back then you will both have to Duel me" The woman activated her Duel disk.

"Together." Faren and Kallian said at the same time and they activated their Duel Disks.

…

Meanwhile, Solona and Daylen were in the Card shop where they ran into Jaden, Syrus, Theorn, Neria and Aedan.

"Solona is it true, did you really Duel Yugi's deck?" Jaden asked, Jaden was so amazed that Solona managed to beat the King of Games' Dueling deck.

"It's true." Daylen said "Solona had a tough Duel but she managed to win."

"I feel so Jealous." Jaden moaned. "I never got to see it in action; I was searching the other side of the Island."

"Well you might get to see the others decks in action." Solona said. "Joey's and Kaiba's decks are still missing."

"Well we do get class of today." Syrus added

Neria laughed "That's only because everyone is needed to find the decks. If the Thief escapes, the scandal could destroy Duel Academy."

"SOLONA, DAYLEN!" a voice shouted and everyone turned to see Sereda run in "There you are, I got big news."

"What is it Sereda?" Aedan asked

"Well I was out taking a stroll on the beech but then I saw it, it was Red Eyes Black Dragon!" Sereda half shouted

"Red Eyes!" Solona exclaimed

"That could be Joey's deck!" Daylen added

"But couldn't it just be someone else using a Red Eyes Black Dragon?" Jaden questioned

"Jaden Dueling has also been stopped for the day." Syrus revealed, "That could be Joey's deck"

"Then what are we waiting for, let's go!" Neria shouted

…

Later the group came to the beach where Sereda stopped them.

"This was where I saw the Red Eyes." She said

"But where about did you see it?" Aedan questioned but then they were interrupted by the sound of a shrill scream. Aedan widened his eyes "That sounded like Kallian!"

"Yeah I heard that too." Jaden said and then he ran off in the direction of where the scream came from.

The group eventually arrived and they were shocked by what they saw, there was a duelist standing on the far side of the beach with a duel disk activated. This duellist was female with short hair and a tattoo on her cheek. The Red Eyes Black Dragon was on her field but then it faded. Aedan looked and he was shocked to see not only Kallian lying on the ground but also Faren as well.

"Kallian, Faren!" Jaden yelled and then he helped then up. "Are you two okay."

"I'm afraid not Jay." Faren muttered. "She has Joey's deck and she beat us with it."

"Worse, she decided to add a little twist to the Duel" Kallian added.

Jaden glared at the woman. "All right then, you've gone far enough, hand over Joey's deck!" he yelled

The woman laughed. "I will not, my master will be pleased that I've tested this deck out." She cackled. "If you are wondering who I am, the name is Jarvia, I am the second in command of Beraht and I get to use Joey's deck."

"That deck doesn't belong to you!" Neria yelled. "Return it at once!"

Jarvia laughed. "If you want this deck back then you'll have to beat me." She said "And since I am challenging you, you shall be my opponent little girl."

Neria glared at being called a little girl. "If you want a Duel then you've got it."

Jarvia smirked. "Oh but I want more than a Duel." She said and then she threw a device at her which attached itself to Neria's leg. "That little thing is just a little something to make this Duel more interesting."

Solona sighed. "I hope Neria will be okay, I don't like the sound of what Jarvia just said." She said

Daylen smirked at Solona and then at Neria. "Don't worry sister, Neria's a strong Duelist, I'm sure she'll be all right."

Jarvia and Neria shuffled their decks or in Jarvia's case, Joey's deck. And then they slotted the decks into their Duel disks and activated them.

"**Duel"**

**Jarvia: 8000**

**Neria: 8000**

"Since I have the deck of an expert I'll go first." Jarvia said. "And I summon Rocket Warrior in attack mode." A small warrior which looked liked a mini rocket appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1500 Defense 1300) "Then I'll throw two cards face down and end my turn"

"My move." Neria said as she drew a card. "First I activate the spell card Charge of the Light Brigade, now by discarding the top three cards of my deck, I can add my Garoth Lightsworn warrior to my hand." Neria discarded three cards which were Wulf, Shining Angel and Beckoning Light. "Also since Wulf was sent from my deck to my graveyard, I'm allowed to special summon him in attack mode." A large white cat beast holding a large axe appeared on the field. (Level 4 Attack 2100 Defense 300) "Next I'll summon out my Garoth in attack mode." A blue haired warrior holding an axe appeared on the field appeared on the field "Now Garoth, attack that Rocket Warrior." Garoth swung his axe at the little rocket.

"Sorry but I play my facedown, go Graceful Dice." Jarvia shouted

"Graceful Dice, what does that do?" Syrus asked

"Jarvia rolls a dice and her monster's attack point's increase by 100 points for the number on the dice." Aedan answered

A small fairy appeared and dropped a large blue Dice which rolled until it rolled a 6. "I just rolled a six that means that my Rocket Warrior gains 600 attack points." (RW Attack 1500-2100) "Now my Rocket is more powerful than that Warrior so destroy him." Jarvia commanded and Rocket Warrior transformed into a small green rocket and slammed into Garoth which destroyed him.

**Jarvia: 8000**

**Neria: 7750**

"Oh and wait it gets better." Jarvia laughed. "Hold on because this will be quite a shock"

Neria was confused but then she heard a buzzing sound and then she screamed with pain as a large electric shock was sent through her body.

"NERIA!" Her friends yelled

"Hey, what gives." Neria said weakly. "What's going on?"

"This is how we Duel in the Underground." Jarvia laughed "When you lose life points, you get an electric shock."

"That's just sick!" Jaden snarled

"Hey leave your underground ways out of this!" Daylen shouted

Jarvia laughed. "Sorry but the Duel's already started, so finish your move."

Neria looked at her hand. 'I can't attack with Wulf because both monsters will be destroyed which will leave me wide open so I guess I should just play it safe.' She though "I place one card face down and end my turn."

Jarvia laughed. "My move." Jarvia drew a card and then chuckled "If you think you are safe then you are wrong, I sacrifice my Rocket Warrior to summon Jinzo." Rocket Warrior vanished and was replaced by the green armored machine with the brain and goggles (Level 6 Attack 2400 Defense 1500) "And my Jinzo is more powerful than your little cat, so go Jinzo, destroy that little furball." Jinzo's eyes glowed red through the goggles before letting out a solar attack which caused Wulf to cover his ears and hiss before shattering and Neria lost more life points causing her to be shocked again causing her more pain.

**Jarvia: 8000**

**Neria: 7450**

"I end my turn by equipping Jinzo with Amplifier so now I can use trap cards." Jarvia finished

"My move." Neria said. "And I'll start by summoning Jain, Lightsworn Paladin in attack mode." A white haired female warrior dressed in armour with a red cape and holding a sword and shield appeared on the field. (Level 4 Attack 1800 Defense 1200)

"Big deal, that card doesn't have enough attack points to defeat my Jinzo." Jarvia sniggered

"Well she will after I equip her with Lightning Blade which increases her attack points by 800." Neria smirked as Jain's attack points increased as her sword changed into one with lightning crackling along the blade (JLP Attack 1800-2600) "And now Jain will attack that Jinzo, Lightning Slash." Jain swung her sword which glowed "When Jain attacks a monster, her attack points increase by 300" (JLP Attack 2600-2900) Jain then slashed her sword at Jinzo

"Sorry but I play my face down, Skull Dice, now the dice will roll until and your monster's attack points will decrease depending on the roll of the dice." Jarvia laughed

"The odds are in Neria's favor" Solona said "Jarvia needs to rolls a six to make Jain weak enough to destroy her."

"That's quite a gamble." Jaden commented

"Joey's deck is like that." Daylen said. "Chances and a lot of luck."

A small dark spirit in what looked like a Halloween costume appeared and rolled a black dice which rolled until it landed on a three. "WHAT!" Jarvia yelled and Jain's attack points decreased a small bit. (JLP Attack 2900-2600) Jain's sword then slashed though Jinzo and destroyed him which caused Jarvia to get shocked but she felt no pain

**Jarvia: 7800**

**Neria: 7450**

"Oh come on, didn't that hurt?" Neria questioned

Jarvia laughed "It's actually feels good, when you've been doing this for years, you get used to it."

"Okay this woman has gone mad." Jaden said

"I'll place one card face down and end my turn." Neria finished and then Jain's attack points returned to normal (JLP Attack 2900-2600)

Jarvia sniggered as she drew her card. "I'll start by summoning Goblin Attack Force in attack mode." A herd of goblins wielding clubs appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 2300 Defense 0) "Now I'll equip them with my own Lightning Blade to increase their attack points by 800." The lead goblin had his club replaced by a large sword (GAF Attack 2300-3100) "Now Goblin attack force, destroy that Jain" Jarvia commanded and the goblins charged forwards where they clubbed Jain until the monster shattered and then Neria was dealt another shock as she was dealt more damage.

**Jarvia: 7800**

**Neria: 6950**

"Oh man, Neria keeps losing her monsters." Syrus gasped

"There is one catch to Goblin attack force" Aedan added causing the Jaden, Syrus, Kallian and Faren to look at him. "When Goblin Attack Force attacks, it switches to defense mode."

"And the Goblins have no defense points." Solona added and then the herd of goblin knelt down with their clubs on the floor.

"My move." Neria said. "And I'll start by summoning Lumina Lightsworn Summoner in attack mode. A blond haired girl wearing a white shirt and skirt appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 1000 Defense 1000) "And now I'll activate her special ability, by discarding one card, I can summon back a level 4 or below Lightsworn monster in my graveyard and I select my Wulf, Lightsworn Beast." The White cat reappeared on the field. "And now my Lumina will destroy that Goblin Attack Force." Lumina put her hands together and she then sent a ball of light at the goblins.

"Sorry but I activate my trap card, Fairy Box" Jarvia said. "Now when you declare and attack, I can flip a coin, if I call it right then your monster's attack points becomes zero."

"That's true." Daylen said. "But don't forget that each of your turns you have to pay 500 life points to keep that card in play."

"Well I've got plenty of points to spare at the moment." Jarvia smirked. "Now I'll flip a coin and I call it heads" Jarvia flipped the coin and to her delight, the coin landed on heads. "Now your Lumina's attack points become zero." (LLS Attack 1000-0) "Since Goblin Attack force had no attack points, Neria took no damage.

"Well I'll just have Wulf attack you instead." Neria commanded and Wulf prepared his axe.

"Sorry but I can use my Fairy box as many times as I can." Jarvia said and she flipped the coin again, calling it tails and it landed on tails "Now your Wulf's attack points become 0" (WLB Attack 2100-0) But Neria still took no damage.

"I end my turn which means I must discard 3 cards because of Lumina." Neria said

"Well now it's my turn." Jarvia laughed. "First I must pay 500 life points to keep Fairy box in play." Jarvia said

**Jarvia: 7300**

**Neria: 6950**

And I'll start by switching my Goblins back to attack mode. And since Lightning Blade is still attached to them, he'll attack your Lumina so you'll take a huge hit on your Life points." The Goblin clubbed Lumina and caused the monster to shatter and Neria was dealt with a large shock as she took a huge hit on her life points causing her to scream in pain.

**Jarvia: 7300**

**Neria: 4850**

"I end my turn there." Jarvia laughed and the goblins went back to defence mode.

Neria glared. 'I have to get through that monster.' She thought. "I'll start by summoning Aurkus, Lightsworn Druid in attack mode." A white haired man dressed in white robes and holding a large grey book appeared on Neria's field (Level 3 Attack 1200 Defense 1800) "Now I'll have my Aurkus attack those Goblins." Neria ordered and Jarvia used her trap and once again called the coin flip right and the attack didn't work. "Well Wulf will try now." But the Fairy box stopped the attack again. "I end my turn by placing one card Facedown but now I must discard 2 cards because o Aurkus"

Jarvia drew her card and sacrifice 500 more life points to keep her Fairy box in play.

**Jarvia: 6800**

**Neria: 4850**

"First I'll summon Gearfried the Iron Knight in attack mode." A large warrior dressed in armor appeared on Jarvia's field (Level 4 Attack 1800 Defense 1600) "Now I'll switch my Goblins back into attack mode and they'll destroy that furball." The Goblin charged at Wulf but this time Neria was ready for them.

"Sorry but I activate my trap card, Lightsworn Barrier, now every time you attack a Lightsworn monster, I can discard the top 2 cards of my deck to negate the attack." Neria said and she discarded her top two cards and the attack was negated.

"Fine but I still have one attack left. Gearfried will destroy that Druid." Jarvia commanded and Gearfried slashed Aurkus with a slash from the blades on his arms causing Neria more pain as she was zapped again.

**Jarvia: 6800**

**Neria: 4250**

"It's your move now." Jarvia said

"Well I guess it is time to turn things around." Neria replied. "I'll start by activating Call of the Haunted to summon back Lumina." The Lightsworn Summoner returned to the field. "But now I'll activate her effect to summon back my Jain. And now I'll sacrifice Lumina in order to summon out Celestia Lightsworn Angel in attack mode" The Paladin returned to the field and then Lumina vanished and was replaced with an armored woman with long blue hair and Angel wings and holding a staff. (Level 5 Attack 2300 Defense 200) "And now I activate Celestia's effect, since she was summoned by tributing a Lightsworn, I can discard the top 4 cards of my deck and then I can destroy two cards on your field, and I choose your Fairy Box and Goblin Attack Force." The Angel's staff shone and then the Goblin shattered and the Fairy box exploded.

"All right." Syrus cried. "Now Neria will no longer have to worry about her monsters losing their attack points."

"That's how you do it." Kallian agreed.

"Now Jain will destroy that Iron Knight, and she gains 300 attack points when she attacks a monster." Neria ordered and Jain's sword slashed through Jarvia's Iron Knight.

**Jarvia: 6500**

**Neria: 4250**

"And with your Iron Knight gone, you're wide open for attack. Now Wulf and Celestia will attack you directly." Neria commanded. Wulf swung his axe while Celestia let a ball of light flash from her staff which struck Jarvia directly causing her quite a bit of pain as she lost a huge chunk of Life points.

**Jarvia: 2100**

**Neria: 4250**

"Sweet!" Jaden shouted. "Neria has just turned this Duel Around."

"This Duel isn't over yet." Solona countered

"I end my turn which means I have to discard 2 cards because of Jain" Neria finished

"This Duel is not over yet." Jarvia smirked. "I summon Black Stone of Legend." A small black stone that had a reddish glow on it appeared on the field (Level 1 Attack 0 defense 0)

"That stone has no attack points." Syrus said. "What can that do?"

"I think we are about to find out." Jaden said

"Now I activate my stones effect." Jarvia said. "By tributing it, I can special summon my Red Eyes Black Dragon from my deck." A stone shone before it cracked and was replaced by a large black dragon with red eyes (Level 7 Attack 2400 Defense 2000)

"Sweet, that's the headline of Joey's deck." Jaden said as he was amazed to see it.

"You do know that you're praising our enemy Jaden." Solona scoffed. "And don't forget that I also have that card."

"But still, seeing the one Joey used is amazing." Syrus added and Solona groaned

"But wait there is more, now I activate the spell card Shield and Sword." Jarvia added

"Wait, what does that card do?" Kallian asked

"It's simple Kallian." Aedan spoke. "That card swaps the attack and defence points of every card on the field." This made all the points of the monster switch (REBD Attack 2400-2000 CLA Attack 2300-200 JLP Attack 1800-1200 WLB Attack 2100-300) "And now you should be ready to feel the pain. But first I'll use Mystical space typhoon to destroy that Barrier." Lightsworn Barrier shattered "Now I Red eyes will attack that Celestia, Inferno Fire Blast!" Red Eyes let out a fire breath from his mouth which engulfed Celestia and caused the Angel to scream in pain before shattering and Neria was shocked again.

**Jarvia: 2100**

**Neria: 2450**

"Oh man, that Red Eyes is a tough monster to beat." Solona said

"I'm hope Neria has a plan" Daylen added

"I end my turn which means our monster's attack point's return to normal." Jarvia finished

"Well it's my move." Neria said, "And my monster may not be able to attack but they can still defend, so I'll switch Wulf and Jain to defence mode and end by throwing one card facedown."

"That's it?" Jarvia laughed. "Well I guess that this is the end, I summon Time Wizard in attack mode." A small clock with a face and arms wearing a cape and holding a staff in one hand appeared on the field. (Level 2 Attack 500 Defense 400)

"That monster seems weak" Jaden said. "What is Jarvia doing?"

"She is taking a big risk." Aedan said. "Once per turn, Jarvia can flip a coin, if she calls it right then all of Neria's monsters are destroyed but if she's wrong, then all hers are destroyed and then she take damage equal to half of those monsters attack points."

"That's a pretty big risk." Syrus commented

"Now I flip a coin thanks to Time Wizard's special ability. "I call it heads." Jarvia flipped the coin and to her delight, she was right. "The coin is heads, which means all your monsters are destroyed." Neria gasped as Jain and Wulf shattered. "Now Red Eyes, attack her directly."

"If both those attacks go through then Neria is finished!" Aedan gasped

"NERIA!" Everyone yelled

"Don't think so because I activate a trap card, go Draining Shield, now the attack of your Red Eyes is negated and I gain life points equal to the attack points of your Red Eyes." Neria smirked

**Jarvia: 2100**

**Neria: 4850**

Jarvia growled. "Well I still have one attack left. Time Wizard will attack you instead." Time Wizard let out a blast from his staff and it hit Neria which caused her a bit of pain

**Jarvia: 2100**

**Neria: 4350**

"I end my turn there."

"My turn." Neria said. "And I'll start by summoning Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn in attack mode." A darker skinned man with short black hair and wearing a purple scarf and black armored trousers and wielding two daggers appeared on Neria's field (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defense 1000) "And now Raiden will attack that Time Wizard with Light Dagger slash." Radian charged over to the field before doing a flip and slashing Time Wizard which caused the monster to shatter.

**Jarvia: 900**

**Neria: 4350**

"I end my turn with a face down." Neria finished

"My move." Jarvia snarled. "I'll just have my Red Eyes destroy that Hand with Inferno Fire Blast." Red eyes let out a roar before letting out a fireball but it never struck.

"I active my Negate Attack trap card which negates your attack." Neria countered

"I'll place one card facedown and end my turn." Jarvia finished

"My turn and I activate Card of Sanctity so now we both draw until we hold 6 cards." Neria and Jarvia drew until they had 6 cards. "Now I activate Foolish Burial to discard one monster from my deck to my graveyard, then I activate Monster Reborn to bring that monster back, please welcome Gragonith Lightsworn Dragon in attack mode." A large white dragon with Angel wings, red horns, gold markings and long yellow hair appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2000 Defense 1600) "And it gets better, because my dragon gains 300 attack points for every Lightsworn monster in my graveyard, and light now there are 6 so he gains 1800 more attack points." (GLD Attack 2000-3800)

"3800 Attack points?" Jaden shouted. "If that attack goes through then Neria will win."

"Go Neria!" Syrus and Kallian yelled along with Faren

"Now Go Gragonith, attack that Red Eyes." Neria commanded

"Sorry but I activate my trap card, Magical Armshield, now I can select 1 monster of your field and that monster takes the hit instead." Jarvia smirked and then a set of arms grabbed Radian and he took Gragonith's hit instead.

**Jarvia: 900**

**Neria: 2250**

"Neria hissed. "I place one card face down and end there."

Jarvia laughed. "I don't think you'll have a next turn." She said. "Thanks to you I have a full hand, so I activate Landstar Forces, now I can summon every Landstar monster in my hand. And I have two so I summon Swordsman of Landstar and Knight of Landstar."

"But what good would they do?" Faren questioned

"I think we're about to see." Theorn stated

Jarvia smirked. "I now sacrifice my Red eyes as well as my two Landstars in order to summon my most powerful monster. I summon Gilford the Lightning." A tall armored warrior dressed in armor and wearing a Red cape appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2800 Defense 1400) "And since he was summoned with 3 sacrifices, I can destroy every monster on the field." Neria gasped and the Gilford's sword shine bright before it let out a blast of lightning which destroyed Gragonith leaving Neria wide open. "Now Gilford end this Duel."

"She's through, Neria can't withstand this hit!" Daylen gasped

"Neria!" Everyone yelled

"Sorry but I activate Glorious Illusion, now I can summon back my Gragonith." Neria countered and then the dragon returned and was more powerful thanks to the Lightsworn monsters in the graveyard

"Sorry but I activate Shrink which cuts your monster's attack points in half." Jarvia countered and the Gragonith shrank in size. (GLD Attack 3800-1900) "Now Gilford destroy that dragon." Gilford's sword slashed though the dragon and destroyed her and Neria lost more life points and was zapped again.

**Jarvia: 900**

**Neria: 1350**

"And to end thing by making thinks harder, I activate Scapegoat which summons four sheep tokens to the field." Four coloured sheep appeared on Jarvia's field alongside her Gilford

"This isn't going to be easy." Syrus said. "Neria's got no monsters and Jarvia has 5"

"Don't worry Sy, a Duel's not over until the last card is played." Jaden said and then he called over to Neria. "Hey Neria listen, don't give up, a duel isn't over until the last card is played."

"Thanks Jaden, that will help." Neria called over. 'But this duel comes down to this draw, I have to draw something good or this Duel is over and we'll lose Joey's deck.' "My draw." Neria drew her card and then smirked. "Sorry Jarvia but it is time that deck is returned."

"Ha." Jarvia sneered. "You can't summon a monster powerful enough to destroy my Gilford."

"Actually I can." Neria smirked. "Since I have more than four Lightsworns in my graveyard, I can special summon this card, Judgement Dragon." Everyone gasped as a large blue scaled dragon with red claws appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defense 2600) "And now I activate her special ability, by paying 1000 life points, I can destroy every card on the field except for my dragon." Everyone gasped as Neria gave up her life points and then a bright line emitted from the dragon and then Jarvia's cards shattered.

**Jarvia: 900**

**Neria: 350**

"And now with no cards on the field, this Duel is over." Neria smirked. "Judgement Dragon, end this Duel with Justice Blast." Judgement let out a breath of blue fire which surrounded Jarvia and she screamed as she was dealt more pain and then he was zapped which caused her to collapse.

**Jarvia: 0000**

**Neria: 350 (Winner)**

"All right, Neria did it, she won." Faren, Kallian and Syrus cheered

Neria let out a few deep breaths and she fell to one knee.

"Hey are you okay?" Daylen asked

"I'm fine; those shockers just dealt quite a bit of pain." Neria said and then Solona was able to break the shocker on Neria's leg.

Then Solona walked over to Jarvia who was lying on the ground unconscious. She bend down and picked up Joey's deck. "Well now we've recovered Joey's deck, that just leaves Kaiba's deck left."

"Well we'll just have to find it soon." Jaden said. "And we'll call Campus security to take this thief away."

"So where do you think we'll find Kaiba's deck?" Syrus asked

His answer came in a wicked laugh, everyone turned to see a cloaked man approach them from the woods covered in a dark robe. Then he pulled the cloak off and was revealed to be a short man with long brown hair and a thick beard "I think you must mean me." The man said

"All right, who are you?" Jaden demanded

The man laughed. "The name is Beraht, Jarvia's boss." He introduced himself. "And I think you are looking for this deck." He showed them a deck of Duel Monsters cards and then he showed three of them which were revealed to be the three Blue Eyes White Dragons.

"Blue Eyes White Dragons?" Syrus gasped. "That has to be Kaiba's deck"

"All right you thief, hand over the deck right now!" Jaden demanded

Beraht laughed. "If you want this deck then you will have to Duel me for it. And that won't be easy."

Jaden growled. "Well I'm ready for this, and I never back down from a Duel, so get your game on." Jaden activated his Duel disk and Beraht followed with his Duel disk.

"**DUEL!"**

**Jaden: 8000**

**Beraht: 8000**

"I'll go first." Jaden said. "And I'll start by summoning Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode." Jaden's blue and yellow lightning hero appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1400) "That'll do. Let's see how well you use that deck."

"We will." Beraht sneered. "I summon Alexandrite Dragon in attack mode." A large crystal like dragon appeared on Beraht's field (Level 4 Attack 2000 Defence 100) "Now attack that Sparkman, Crystal Breath." Alexandrite Dragon let out a blue breath of fire that had thousands of small crystals in which surrounded Sparkman and destroyed him.

**Jaden: 7600**

**Beraht: 8000**

"It's your move." Beraht finished

"Oh man, the Duel's just started and Jaden's losing. That dragon won't be easy to beat." Syrus said

"Hey Jaden's strong, he can do this." Solona replied

"Agreed" Daylen added

"Well my friends are right; this Duel has only just started." Jaden said and he drew his next card. "I activate the spell card Polymerization which allows me to fuse Elemental Heroes Avian and Burstinatrix in my hand to fusion summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman." A portal appeared and Jaden's green feathered hero and red fire hero were absorbed and Jaden's large wingman with the dragon arm appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 2100 Defense 1200)

"All right, now Jay can destroy that Dragon." Kallian cheered

"Now Flame Wingman, attack that dragon with Skydiving Scourge." Jaden ordered and Flame Wingman jumped up and then dived on Alexandrite Dragon and went right through him which caused the dragon to roar before exploding.

**Jaden: 7600**

**Beraht: 7900**

"But wait because there is more." Jaden smirked. "When my Wingman destroys a monster in battle, the attack points of that monster are dealt as damage to you." Beraht gasped as Flame Wingman came in from of him and blasted him with a breath of fire from the Dragon hand.

**Jaden: 7600**

**Beraht: 5900**

"That'll do it for now." Jaden said "Your turn Beraht."

Beraht hissed. "You'll pay for that." He snarled. "I summon Kaibaman in attack mode" A man who looked like Seto Kaiba but wearing a helmet covering his face appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 200 Defense 700)

"I've never heard of that before." Syrus said

"Well I have and it's not good." Theorn said. "Seto Kaiba designed that card for his deck to go with his Blue eyes."

"And now I sacrifice my Kaibaman in order to summon the all-powerful Blue Eyes White Dragon." Everyone watched as a loud roar was heard and a dragon with blue eyes and bluish white scales appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defense 2500)

"Uh no, that's the headline of Kaiba's deck." Jaden gasped. "That card won't be easy to beat."

"No it won't be, not after I do this." Beraht hissed. "Go my Blue Eyes, destroy that Wingman with Burst Steam of Destruction" The White Dragon fired a blast of blue fire at Flame Wingman which destroyed him

**Jaden: 6700**

**Beraht: 5900**

"I end my turn." Beraht finished

'This is going to be tricky' Jaden said inside his head 'No monster in my deck has enough attack points to destroy that Dragon but they do with special abilities. There are two Heroes in my fusions deck that can help Gaia and Great Tornado. I just need the right cards' "My draw." Jaden drew his card "I summon my Wroughtweiler in defense mode." A small black mechanical dog appeared on the field kneeling down (Level 3 Attack 800 Defense 1200) "I end my turn there."

"That's it." Beraht laughed. "Well try this then, Blue Eyes Attack." Blue Eyes then destroyed Jaden's monster.

"Sorry but when Wroughtweiler is destroyed; I get Polymerization and an Elemental Hero back from the graveyard. And I choose good old Burstinatrix."

"Those cards won't help you." Beraht sneered. "I end my turn"

"Well it's time to begin my next more." Jaden said. "I use Polymerization again to fuse Burstinatrix and Clayman in my hand in order to summon Elemental Hero Gaia in attack mode." Jaden's dark grey armored warrior appeared on the field glaring at Blue Eyes (Level 6 Attack 2200 Defense 2600) "And now his special ability halves the attack points of your Blue Eyes and absorbs them." Beraht gasped as Blue Eyes lost his attack points and Gaia gained them (BEWD Attack 3000-1500 EHG Attack 2200-3700) "Now Gaia, destroy that Blue Eyes." Gaia threw his fist forward and smashed Blue Eyes.

**Jaden: 6700**

**Beraht: 3700**

"I end my turn." Jaden said

Beraht snarled. "You'll pay for that." He snarled. "I activate the spell card, Soul Exchange. Now I can sacrifice your Gaia in order to summon Tiger Dragon in attack mode." Jaden's Gaia vanished and a dragon that looked like a tiger appeared on Beraht's field (Level 6 Attack 2400 Defence 1800)

"Oh man, Jaden is wide open." Syrus gasped

"Jaden's fine Syrus." Solona said "When Soul Exchange is activated you cannot attack this turn." Syrus sighed in relief.

Beraht looked at his hand. "I place two cards face down and end my turn."

"Well it's my move now." Jaden said. "And I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode." Jaden hero wearing a blue suit and water pistols in his hands appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 800 Defense 1200) "And since he's the only monster on my field, I can draw two more cards and then I activate Bubble Blaster which raises his attack points by 800." A large water cannon appeared on Bubbleman's shoulders (EHB Attack 800-1600) "And that will do."

"Will it?" Beraht questioned. "Well I summon Vorse Raider in attack mode" A large field with a horned helmet and wielding a double bladed sword appeared on Beraht's field (Level 4 Attack 1900 Defense 1200) "Now Vorse Raider, attack Bubbleman." Vorse Raider slashed Bubbleman but only his blaster shattered

"Sorry Beraht but when Bubbleman is attacked when Bubble Blaster is equipped, it's the blaster that gets hit and I don't take any damage." Jaden explained but his Bubbleman's attack points decreased (EHB Attack 1600-800)

"But now that Bubbleman is ready for my Tiger Dragon." Beraht added and Tiger Dragon let out a roar and a burst of fire came from the dragon's mouth destroyed Bubbleman.

**Jaden: 5100**

**Beraht: 3700**

"It's your move now." Beraht finished

"Well let's see how well you do against this." Jaden hissed as he drew another card. "I play Pot of Greed to draw two new cards and then I activate Fusion Save which lets me add Polymerization from my deck to my hand. Then I'll use it to fuse Elemental Heroes Heat and Lady Heat in my hand which allows me to fusion summon Elemental Hero Nova Master." A large warrior wearing red armor and a red cape with flames around him appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2600 Defense 2100)

"Wait I thought when you fuse Heat and Lady Heat, you create Elemental Hero Inferno?" Aedan said

"Elemental Hero Nova Master can be summoned by fusing 1 Elemental Hero and 1 fire attribute Monster." Solona said

"Now Nova Master, destroy that Vorse Raiser with Flaming Fists." Jaden ordered and Nova Master's fists glowed red and then he punched Vorse Raider and destroyed him.

**Jaden: 5100**

**Beraht: 3000**

"Now Nova Master's effect activates." Jaden said. "When he destroys an opponent's monster in battle, I can draw one card." Jaden drew a card. "Now I throw one card face down and end my turn."

Beraht hissed. "Well this Duel's not over, you may have more life points than me but that's about to change. I summon Maiden with eyes of blue in attack mode." A beautiful looking woman with blue eyes and blue hair, wearing a white robe appeared on the field (Level 1 Attack 0 Defense 0)

"Wow she's pretty" Syrus gasped with love struck eyes and Faren agreed with him while everyone else just groaned.

"Wait in attack mode, but that has no attack points." Kallian said

"I end my turn." Beraht finished

"Well that wasn't much of a move." Jaden said. 'If I attack that Maiden then I be closer to winning this Duel.' he thought. "Now Nova Master, destroy that Maiden."

"But she's pretty." Syrus complained while Daylen snorted

"Jaden wait, this is a trap." Solona called as she remembered Maiden's special ability but it was too late as Nova Master threw his fists.

"You should have listened to your friend." Beraht sneered. "Because when Maiden with eyes of Blue is attacked, I can negate the attack and switch her into Defence mode"

Great now Jaden has just wasted his attack." Theorn groaned

Jaden groaned. "I end my turn."

Beraht smirked as he came up with a plan. "I activate the spell card Shrink which cuts one monsters attack points in half, and I'll use it on my Maiden."

"But why?" Jaden questioned. "It's your own monster and it has zero attack points."

"This is why." Beraht smirked. "When Maiden is targeted by a card effect, I can special summon one Blue Eyes White Dragon from my hand, deck or graveyard so I summon one from my deck." A large Blue Eyes White Dragon appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 3000 Defense 2500) "But my turn's not over yet, because now I activate Monster Reincarnation which allows me to bring back Alexandrite Dragon back to my hand by discarding one card. But wait because now I activate the effect of the monster I discarded, Master with Eyes of Blue, you see when this card is in my graveyard, I can shuffle him back into my deck and then I destroy my Maiden and then I can special summon one Blue Eyes Monster from my graveyard, so my second Blue Eyes returns." A second Blue Eyes appeared on the field and now Beraht had three monsters, two Blue Eyes White Dragons and his Tiger Dragon.

"Three high level monsters" Syrus gasped

"Go my Blue Eyes, destroy that Nova Master. And once he is gone you'll be wide open and ready to be wiped out by my remaining Dragons." Beraht sneered

"JADEN!" Syrus, Faren and Kallian yelled

"Don't think so I activate the quick play spell card Diffusion, now my Nova Master switches back into Heat and Lady Heat." Jaden said and then Nova Master vanished and was replaced with a woman with fiery orange hair (Level 4 Attack 1300 Defence 1000) and an armoured man wearing orange armour and helmet (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1200) Both monsters were in defence mode.

"Well then my Blue Eyes will just destroy Lady Heat instead." Beraht said and the first Blue Eyes let out a breath of fire magic and destroyed Jaden's Lady Heat. "And now Tiger Dragon will destroy Elemental Hero Heat." Tiger Dragon's fire blast destroyed Heat. "And now with both your monsters gone, you're wide open for the second Blue Eyes, so go attack Jaden directly with White Lightning." The second Blue Eye's Attack caused Jaden to groan as he was engulfed by Blue Eye's attack.

**Jaden: 2100**

**Beraht: 3000**

"I end my turn there; let's see if you can make a comeback." Beraht hissed.

"Well I've got a plan." Jaden said. 'I just need the right card.' He thought. "Here goes something, I draw." Jaden drew his card and smiled at it, it was graceful charity "Now I play the spell card Graceful Charity which allows me to draw three cards as long as I discard 2." Jaden discarded 2 cards and one of them was Elemental Hero Necroshade. "Since Elemental Hero Necroshade is in the graveyard, I can summon and Elemental Hero without a sacrifice and the card I pick is my Elemental Hero Bladedge." Jaden's golden armored Elemental Hero appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2600 Defence 1800)

"Ha, that warrior still doesn't have enough attack points." Beraht sneered

"Well he will once I play this, the field spell card Skyscraper." Jaden said and a city grew from the ground. "Now Bladedge attacks your Blue Eyes, and when an Elemental Hero battles with a monster with more attack points, my skyscraper gives that Hero an extra 1000 attack points. So go, attack with Slice and Dice Attack." Bladedge swung his arms and slashed the first Blue Eyes with them which caused the dragon to roar before shattering.

**Jaden: 2100**

**Beraht: 2400**

"I'll end my turn by throwing one card facedown." Jaden finished

Beraht hissed, as long as that Skyscraper was on the field, he wouldn't be able to destroy Jaden's Bladedge.

"I place one card face down and end my turn." He said

"Well it's my move now" Jaden said. "And I'll have Bladedge destroy your second Blue Eyes." He ordered and Bladedge dived to destroy Blue eyes.

"Sorry but I play the trap card Negate Attack which negates your attack and ends your battle phase." Beraht countered.

Jaden groaned. "I end my turn by throwing one card facedown." He said

Beraht drew his card and smirked. "This is it, this Duel is over I play Pot of Greed to draw two more cards. Then I play the spell card Ancient Rules which allows me to special summon a Level 5 or higher monster from my hand and I choose my third Blue Eyes." The third Blue eyes appeared on the field "And now I play Silent Doom which allows me to summon the third Blue Eyes in my graveyard in defence mode."

"Uh oh, he's got all three Blue Eyes on the Field." Kallian gasped "This is bad."

"But they don't have the attack points to destroy Jaden's Bladedge thanks to Skyscraper." Theorn yelled

"True but now I play burst Stream of Destruction." Beraht said. "I can use this spell if I have Blue Eyes White Dragon on the Field, now all your monsters are destroyed." Jaden gasped as his Bladedge disappeared. "And my Blue eyes cannot attack this turn which is why I play Fusion Substitute, this card is like Polymerization which allows me to fuse all three Blue Eyes together to create the one, the only, Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon." Jaden and the rest of the gang gasped as the three headed Blue Eyes Dragon appeared on the field (Level 12 Attack 4500 Defense 3800) "And now this Duel is over, Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, end this Duel, attack with Neutron Blast."

"Jaden!" Everyone yelled

"Not so fast!" Jaden yelled. "I've got a trap, go Draining Shield, now your attack is negated and I gain life points equal to your monster's attack points, how's that for a trap."

**Jaden: 6600**

**Beraht: 2400**

"Oh well, I still have one attack left, go Tiger Dragon, attack Jaden directly." Beraht ordered and Jaden was struck by the fire blast.

**Jaden: 4200**

**Beraht: 2400**

"I end my turn by throwing one card face down." Beraht said.

"My turn!" Jaden yelled in determination. "I activate the spell card, Card of Sanctity now we both draw until we have 6 cards." Both Jaden and Beraht drew until they had 6 cards. "Next I play the spell card Fusion Recovery which allows me to gain back my Sparkman and a Polymerization card. Then I play The Warrior Returning Alive to bring Bladedge back to my hand. Then I'll use Polymerization to fuse Sparkman and Bladedge to summon Elemental Hero Plasma Vice." A large gold and blue warrior with a large shield attached to his arms and lightning glowing around its body appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2600 Defense 2300) "And my Plasma Vice has a special ability, once per turn, I can discard one card to destroy one attack mode monster you control and I choose your Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon." Beraht gasped as Blue Eyes shattered. "And now my Plasma Vice will destroy your Tiger Dragon, go Thunder Fist." Plasma Vice's hand glowed with Lightning and then he punched Tiger Dragon and destroyed him.

**Jaden: 4200**

**Beraht: 2200**

"And then I'll throw one card facedown and end my turn" Jaden finished

"My move." Beraht sneered as he drew a card. "And you haven't seen the last of my Ultimate Dragon. Because I play the spell card Premature Burial so now by giving up 800 life points, I can get my Ultimate Dragon back."

**Jaden: 4200**

**Beraht: 1400**

"And now my Ultimate Dragon, rise from the grave." Beraht hissed and Ultimate Dragon returned to the field. "Next I summon Alexandrite Dragon in attack mode." The crystal like Dragon appeared as well. "And with my Mystical Space Typhoon, I can destroy your Skyscraper Field spell." A whirlwind destroyed Jaden's field spell and the buildings vanished. "Now Ultimate Dragon, destroy that Plasma Vice with Neutron Blast." The Three Dragon Heads combined each released a blast of blue fire which combined into one which smashed into Plasma Vice and destroyed him

**Jaden: 2300**

**Beraht: 1400**

"But wait, I'm not done yet, my Alexandrite Dragon still has his attack, so go, attack him directly." Beraht added and the a second dragon blast engulfed Jaden

**Jaden: 300**

**Beraht: 1400**

"I'll end my turn by placing two cards face down." Beraht finished

"Oh man." Syrus was shaking. "Jaden's in big trouble, he's hardly got any life points left and Beraht has 2 powerful Monsters."

"Jaden has to do something and fast." Kallian added

Jaden was thinking the same thing. "I need to do something now." He though and he drew and gasped when he heard a cooing noise and he smiled as he saw his Winged Kuriboh. "This will help; I summon Winged Kuriboh in defence mode." Jaden's winged friend appeared on the field (Level 1 Attack 300 Defense 200)

"Oh man that is so cute." Kallian squealed while everyone else stared at her

"Well that Kuriboh will keep Jaden safe for one more turn as Kuriboh's effect prevents Jaden from taking battle damage." Solona said

"I just hope that he comes up with a plan." Neria added

"To end my turn I play Mirage of Nightmare, now on your standby phases, I can draw until I have four cards in my hand but on my turn, I have discard the number of cards I drew." Jaden finished

"Well those cards won't matter, I draw." Beraht hissed

"And it's my draw as well" Jaden said as he drew his cards.

"And now my Alexandrite will destroy that Furball." Beraht ordered Winged Kuriboh was destroyed by Alexandrite's blast. "And don't think you are safe, you may be safe from battle damage but not from effect damage, I activate my face down card, Ring of Destruction. Now I destroy my Alexandrite and we both take damage equal to his attack points."

"But that will end the Duel in a draw." Faren said

"Not after I use this." Beraht added. "Ring of Defence, now I'm safe from Ring of Destruction but you're not." A large ring with red bombs attached itself to Alexandrite Dragon's neck which caused the dragon to roar before exploding. Beraht laughed. "I win." The explosion caused a cloud of dust to cover Jaden."

"Wrong!" Jaden shouted and everyone looked as he was still standing and then at the Life points.

**Jaden: 300**

**Beraht: 1400**

"What, how!" Beraht yelled. "Why are you still standing, how do you still have life points"

"Take a look for yourself." Jaden smirked and he pointed over to his field. "Before your effect activated, I played Emergency Provisions, and then I sacrificed my Mirage and my other face down to give me 2000 life points just in time."

"Well next turn this Duel is over." Beraht hissed

"Wow that was close" Syrus sighed in relief

"Too close" Theorn added. "But Jaden must do something and fast."

'I just hope my plan works.' Jaden thought. "I summon Elemental Hero Woodsman in defense mode." A large green man wearing armor made from tree bark appeared on Jaden's field kneeling down (Level 4 Attack 1000 Defense 2000) "And I end my turn by throwing one card face down."

Beraht laughed.

"This duel is over." He sneered. "I play my final face down, Final Attack Orders, now all face up monsters have to be in attack mode." Everyone gasped as Woodsman stood up "Now Ultimate Dragon, end this Duel."

"He's through!" Neria gasped. "Jaden's Life points can't take another hit!"

"JADEN!" all his friends yelled

"IT'S OVER!" Beraht sneered "I win"

"Not yet you haven't I play my facedown card, Negate Attack, now your attack in negated and this battle phase is over." Jaden smirked

Beraht growled. "Fine but on my next turn it's over."

"Sorry but I'm afraid you won't have a next turn." Jaden said. "Now it's my move and since Woodsman is on my field, during my Standby phase, I get Polymerization back from the graveyard to my hand" Jaden added Polymerization to his hand. "Next I play Monster Reborn which allows me to summon back my Elemental Hero Avian to the field" Jaden's feathered monster returned to the field. "And now I'll fuse my heroes together with Polymerization to summon out my Elemental Hero Great Tornado." A large green, white and yellowed armored hero with a black cape flowing in the wind appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2800 Defense 2200) "And my Tornado has a special effect, on the turn he is summoned, he halves the attack and defence points of every monster you control" Beraht gasped as his Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon went down in power as his scales lost their bright blue colour (BEUD Attack 4500-2250)

Beraht then sneered. "Even if you destroy my Dragon I will still have life points."

"Not after I play this, go Elemental Sword." Jaden said. "Here's how it works, I equip this to one Elemental Hero and that hero gains 1000 attack points." Everyone gasped as Elemental Hero Great Tornado gained power as a sword appeared in his hands. (EHGT Attack 2800-3800) "Now Elemental Hero Great Tornado, end this Duel, destroy Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, go Tornado Slash" Great Tornado swung Elemental Sword and destroyed Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Beraht yelled as he lost the rest of his life points.

**Jaden: 300 (Winner)**

**Beraht: 0000**

"All right, Jaden did it, he won." Syrus and Kallian cheered

Jaden then looked at the kneeling Beraht. "All right then you thief, return that deck to now."

Beraht sneered. "I don't think so I never said I would return it if you won."

Solona glared at Beraht. "Those cards don't belong to you, they belong to Seto Kaiba."

"Not anymore my dear." Beraht smirked. "Now I'll be taking this and that deck that my assistant lost."

"Don't think so, you aren't getting these decks!" A voice yelled and then Beraht jumped up before collapsing as someone hit him with a bag. Everyone looked at who it was.

"Professor Dorian?" They all yelled

"I ended up seeing your Duels on the cliffs then I contacted the D.A.S. and they came over, but we didn't want to interrupt the Duel."

"So then you saw the whole Duel." Jaden gasped

"Not just me, everyone saw it just like they did when Solona dueled against Yugi's deck." Dorian said and then Jaden looked and saw many students were watching the Duel.

The D.A.S. then came over and they picked up Beraht and Jarvia who was lying near Neria.

"What will happen to these two?" Neria asked

"They will be taken back to the Mainland and placed on trial for their crimes." Dorian said and then Jaden picked up Kaiba's deck. "Now let's take Joey and Kaiba's deck back and place them with Yugi's."

…

The next day was when they held the display. The day had been delayed due to the card thief but now all three decks were back and the thieves taken care of. Dimitri got off since he was under the influence of a Shadow charm. Solona and Jaden stood next to Chumley on the balcony as they watched as students looked at the three decks in the display case. Most students had already see the three decks being used in a Duel and they all said that Jaden, Neria and Solona were some of the best Duelists in Duel Academy for managing to beat the decks of three of the best Duelists. While Jaden was proud of this, Solona was worried that this might cause problems with the more snobby Obelisk Blue students.

"Well it looks like everything is back to normal." Jaden said

"Yeah it sure it" Chumley said and then he looked at the rolled up paper in Jaden's arm "Hey what's that."

"Oh this" Jaden said "Just an autographed sighed poster of the King of Games." Jaden unrolled the paper and it was a poster of Yugi Dueling and was signed, the shop was selling posters of Joey, Yugi and Kaiba "Pretty sweet huh."

"It sure is." Solona said. "Though I did see Dimitri earlier, he was talking in his Yugi voice and he found the posters and he had a pen." Solona believed that Dimitri had signed those posters, not Yugi though Jaden wasn't listening and Solona groaned

"Hey Solona!" The yell of Theorn came and then Solona, Jaden and Chumley turned to see Theorn, Neria and Daylen.

"What is it?" Solona asked

"You might want to see this." Daylen said

"It's Dimitri." Theorn said

…

Soon, Jaden, Chumley, Solona, Daylen, Neria and Theorn along with Syrus who had joined them came into the forest where they found Dimitri Dueling an Obelisk Blue student and Solona was shocked to see Red Eyes Black Dragon on the Field.

"Now I play the spell card Inferno Fire Blast which deals you damage equal to my Red Eye's attack points. I win." Dimitri said and then Dimitri won the Duel.

"Hey Dimitri." Solona hissed. "That better not be my deck you are copying."

Dmitri gasped and turned around. "Oh hey Solona, you startled me." He said. "I wasn't copying your deck but I was inspired by it. Those Dragons were powerful so I created a powerful dragon deck.

"Well as long as you don't copy my voice I'm fine." Solona sighed

"That would be funny though." Daylen giggled only to be slapped by Solona

"That's not funny!" Solona hissed