Elimination Duels part 2

Straight after Solona's duel with Alexius, Solona had been taken to Duel Academy Infirmary. Chancellor Sheppard was sitting on a chair next to the bed where Solona was, she was in a coma and had an oxygen mask over her mouth, a heart monitor thankfully showed that he was still alive but was hurt badly.

"How is she Miss Fontaine?" Sheppard asked

"She is stable now, but I'm afraid that her mind is not, whatever that thing was it has affected her brain, thought I don't know what happened." Fontaine the school nurse said.

It was then the Infirmary doors opened and Daylen, Theorn, Neria, Kallian, Jaden, Syrus, Aedan, Alexis and Sereda entered

"Please tell me that my sister is okay." Daylen begged

"She's fine for now, but she needs to rest." Fontaine told them.

It was then that Dorian and Cassandra entered the room, "I suppose that you guys are wondering what's going on?" Cassandra said

"We are?" Theorn said. "Just who are the Venatori, and who you guys are really"

"We are members of an order of Shadow hunters known as the Seekers of Truth." Cassandra said. "We are an order who help seek out Shadow Duelist cults and make sure that they don't hurt anyone."

"But what does Professor Dorian do?" Jaden asked

"Well Jaden, I am a teacher, but I am also an undercover agent for the Seekers." Dorian answered. "Sheppard knew who I was but my mission was to investigate the Abandoned Dorm and find any information on the missing Students."

"Did you find any?" Alexis asked. "My brother was one of those students."

Dorian sighed. "Sadly no." He said. "Whatever happened the Seekers couldn't find out anything."

"Well what about those Venatori?" Daylen asked "And what does my father have to do with this."

"Well." Cassandra said. "This is going to be hard to explain but your father hasn't been entirely truthful with you guys. He was still a card designer but he was also an agent for the Seekers and one of our best. The Venatori are a cult of Shadow Duelist and one of the most dangerous, they seek something known as the Old Gods cards."

"You mean like that Razikale and Urthemiel cards that we saw in the duel?" Syrus asked

"Yes, those cards are just like the Egyptian God cards as they hold ancient spirits." Dorian said. "Aristide and Pegasus created them into 7 rare cards. There are 7 Old Gods' cards, Dumat, Zazikel, Toth, Andoral, Urthemiel, Razikale and Lusacan."

"What happened to those cards?" Theorn asked

"The Venatori tried to steal the cards but Aristide scattered the cards and hid them. He only kept Urthemiel but the Venatori found all but two of them, Urthemiel and Lusacan." Cassandra said. "Aristide was sent on a mission to recover the cards but we lost contact with him. We believed the Venatori had something to do with this."

"And do they?" Daylen asked. "Did the Venatori have something to do with the disappearance of my father?"

"We interrogated Alexius, he confessed that the Venatori do have your father, but he doesn't know where he is as the leaders of the Venatori never told him the location of their base."

"How big are the Venatori?" Aedan asked

"We don't know how many." Dorian said. "But we do know that there are three powerful leaders apart from this Elder one. The first one is Samson, leader of the fighting force, and then there is Calpernia a former duelist who came from here but was bullied in her past as well as abused. Then there is Livius, the worst of them, he's a convicted shadow duelist who has been wanted by the Seekers for years for being involved in the Shadow Games."

"So what's going to happen to Alexius then?" Sereda asked

"He will be taken back to the mainland where he will remain imprisoned by the Seekers." Cassandra said

Sheppard stood up. "I'm going back to my office to meet with Crowler." He said and then he looked at Cassandra and Dorian. "You two best come with me." Cassandra nodded but then she handed something to Daylen saying that it was best if he had it.

After the three of them left, Daylen looked at his sleeping sister with tears in his eyes.

"I'm just glad she's okay." He said. "I really thought that she was going to die especially after that last attack which left her with just 150 life points left."

"We'll be here for you Daylen." Neria said

"If those Venatori come back, we'll be here to protect your sister." Aedan added

Daylen then looked at what Cassandra had given him, it was a Duel Monster's card but to his shock, it was the Razikale card. "This is the card that nearly defeated Solona." Daylen said with hate in his voice. "I can't have this, not after what it nearly did to my sister."

"Daylen." Theorn said and he placed his hand on his shoulder. "You should keep it, you might need it one day."

"He's right Daylen." Neria added. "Your sister only won that duel because of her Urthemiel Card, if you end up facing one of these Venatori, you may need that Razikale."

Daylen sighed, Neria and Theorn were right, "All right, I'll keep it, but I'll only use it if I absolutely need to."

...

In Chancellor Sheppard's office, Sheppard had Crowler as well as Cassandra and Dorian with him. Cassandra explained that this may not have been Crowler's fault.

"If Solona had that Old God Card then the Venatori targeted her." Cassandra said

"Also remembered what she said about the Abandoned Dorm, the man he faced there was Samson, the Venatori already tried before and were likely trying again to get the card." Dorian said. "Let's not forget that Alexius was a dueling managers and he would think that he would give Solona a challenge."

"I don't remember what even happened when I selected Solona Amell's opponent" Crowler said. "And I don't know why I don't remember."

"It must be something to do with this Elder one." Cassandra said. "That thing has done something to Solona and we don't know what."

Sheppard sighed; he had a tough decision to make. "Well in truth I should fire you Crowler as your opponent nearly got a student killed. But I believe in second chances so you're still employed here, but from now on I'm selecting opponents in Duels. But first I must know who Jaden and Syrus' partners are?"

"The Tag partners for Jaden and Syrus are..." Crowler started

...

Sheppard decided to postpone Jaden and Syrus' tag duel until Solona has woken from her coma. Two days after the Duel, Daylen was in the Ra Yellow canteen with Theorn and Neria. All three of them looked worried for Solona. But Daylen had been worried sick about her, which was only natural since they were twin brother and sister. But each night Daylen had seen Solona before he went to bed. Solona had been hurt badly in that Duel and now Daylen was more protective of her than ever.

"You seem to be protective of your sister." Theorn said

"Well when mum used to take us out on visits to small tournaments so we could test our Dueling skills. But people see Solona as a beautiful girl and she's had a problem with flirts in the past. She got very annoyed and sometimes mum had to hold me back to prevent me from giving them a good slap." Neria laughed at that. "Well now my sister has been hurt in that Duel and I'm going to make sure that doesn't happen again."

"Well you can't do it alone." Theorn said but then their talk was interrupted when Bastion came in.

"I came as soon as I could." Bastion said. "But there's good news Daylen, Fontaine has just said that Solona has woken up." In just 10 seconds after Bastion had told them that Solona had woken up, Daylen had managed to leave the canteen and pushed his chair back which caused it to fall backwards which disturbed the other Ra students in the Canteen.

Theorn sighed as he placed the chair back in its rightful position "Well I guess we should go see her."

Theorn, Neria and Bastion followed Daylen to the infirmary where they found Jaden, Syrus, Kallian, Aedan, Alexis and Sereda waiting as well as Daylen. When they entered the Infirmary, they saw that Solona had indeed awoken but she was lying back on the bed and was taking deep breaths. "Hey sis" Daylen said "You okay."

Solona gave a deep breath. "I'm okay." she said weakly. "I just a bit tired right now." The she looked at Jaden and Syrus "So have you two passed your Elimination Duel."

Jaden looked at her. "Sheppard decided to postpone the Duel until after you've awoken."

It was then that Sheppard himself entered the Infirmary, he smiled at Solona.

"I see you're fine then." He said

Fontaine came over. "Well miss Amell is going to be fine but I'm afraid that she will have to remain in a wheelchair for a while. She may be released from the Infirmary in a few days."

Sheppard spoke up and he looked at Jaden. "Jaden, good luck at your duel, it will take place this afternoon."

"Well I guess Sy and I should prepare then." Jaden said. "See you later Solona"

After Jaden and Syrus left, Daylen looked at his sister.

"So what happened?" He asked. "The spirit known as the Elder One did something to you sister. What did he do?"

Solona sighed. "I don't know what it was but all I saw were visions of Dark Dragons and armies fighting each other. It was so weird." And then she looked scared "But then I saw a vision of a woman wearing Red Robes fighting a man." She looked at Aedan. "That man looked just like you." She added to everyone's shock. "I saw the Red Robed Woman kill you."

Everyone looked at Solona in shock, there were a few moments of silence which was broken by Alexis.

"Maybe we should leave Solona to have some rest." She said

Most of them left except for Daylen.

"Why are you still here Brother?" Solona asked.

"Miss Fontaine and Chancellor Sheppard said I could stay here to watch over you" Daylen said. "I'm not leaving you behind." And then Daylen embraced his sister and when he pulled away, he glared at her. "Don't ever do that again sis. You scared me to death, don't ever do that again."

Then Miss Fontaine came back with a laptop. "I thought that you two could use this to watch your friends in their Tag Duel." She said

...

Later, the students were back in the Dueling arena though some students were still worried about the Duel, it had only been a few days since Solona's Shadow Duel and there were some who were worried that this would be another Shadow Game.

Alexis, Sereda, Bastion, Chumley, Kallian, Faren, Theorn, Neria and Aedan sat together this time and they were only missing Daylen and Solona who were at the Infirmary.

"I hope that this isn't another Shadow Game." Theorn said

"I think Sheppard had checked this one." Aedan added

"Well we'll just have to wait and see who Jaden and Syrus are dueling." Alexis said.

Crowler was back at the stage 'This is perfect' he thought 'Despite that incident with the Amell girl I still have the greatest Tag opponents to face those Slackers' "Would our Tag Duelists approach the arena." Crowler shouted through a microphone and Jaden and Syrus stepped onto the Arena. "Welcome to the second Elimination Duel, Jaden Yuki and Syrus Truesdale will duel in a tag duel, if they win, they go free. Lose and they shall be expelled." Jaden was confident but Syrus was still worried. Then Crowler spoke up again ."Please Welcome our guest Tag Duelists." Then two people did a somersault and they landed onto the arena. "Meet the Paradox Brothers."

"The Paradox Brothers?" Alexis said in shock

"I've heard of these guys." Bastion said. "They are the best Tag Duelists in the world."

"That's not fair for them." Kallian said

"Crowler is trying to get Jaden and Syrus expelled and he wants to make sure that happens." Aedan added

Jaden and Syrus stared in shock at their opponents. The two duelists looked the same except they wore different colored outfits; one wore orange while the other wore green.

"Salutations you fools." The one in orange greeted

"I hope you're ready to Duel." The one in green added

"Uh I've never heard of these guys" Jaden said and Syrus agreed.

Crowler laughed. "These guys are the best tag duelists in the world." He said. "They only ever lost one Tag Duel and that was to the King of Games himself Yugi Moto and his friend Joey Wheeler."

"No way." Syrus said. "They dueled Yugi Moto"

Chazz laughed and he looked at Chumley. "Hey Chum, there's soon going to be a lot more room in your dorm room because your friends are toast."

"Don't think this is over yet Chazz." Jaden called and then he looked at Syrus. "Don't worry Syrus, we can do this."

"Maybe we can." Syrus said

"All right you know the rules." Crowler said. "This is a tag duel but both teams start with 8000 Life points. Remember, there is no sharing of cards in your partner's hands but you can use your partner's cards on the field. Understood?"

"Understood"

"Then Duel"

All four Duel disks activated. "Get your Game on." Jaden called

**Paradox Brothers: 8000**

**Jaden + Syrus: 8000**

"I think I'll go first." Syrus said. "And I summon Gyroid in attack mode." A cartoon helicopter appeared on his field (Level 4 Attack 1000 Defence 1000) "And then I'll end my turn."

The orange brother laughed. "I'm Para, and I'm surprised that thing has an attack mode." he mocked to Jaden's fury. "But now I summon Jirai Gumo in attack mode" A large spider appeared on the field (Level 4 Attack 2200 Defense 100)

"Really, an overgrown spider." Jaden groaned

"Eek Spider." Kallian squealed and her friend looked at her and then she sighed. "I just don't like spiders"

"I then place this face down. It's your move losers." Para finished

"Well then, my draw." Jaden said. "I'll start by summoning Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode." Jaden's yellow and blue armored monster with lightning appeared on his field. "And then I'll throw two cards face down and end my turn."

"My move then" Dox said who wore green. "And I summon Kaiser Sea Horse in attack mode." An armored sea horse like monster appeared on Dox's field (Level 4 Attack 1700 Defence 1650) "And then I'll throw one card Face down and end my turn there."

Syrus spoke up. "My turn them, I summon Steamroid in attack mode." A cartoon steam train appeared on the field. "And now my Steamroid will destroy that overgrown spider."

"What's he doing." Kallian said in shock. "That Spider has more attack points."

"You fool." Para said. "My monster has more attack points."

Syrus laughed. "I wouldn't be too sure about that, when Steamroid attacks a monster, he gains 500 attack points." (SR Attack 1800-2300) "So now Steamroid has more attack points. So go attack with Steam barge."

Steamroid barged into Jirai Gumo and caused the spider to shatter.

**Paradox brothers: 7900**

**Jaden + Syrus: 8000**

"All right, they took the first hit." Chumley said

"Yeah but it was not a big hit." Bastion added. "And we still don't know what the Paradox brothers can do."

Syrus smiled when he finished his attack. "Now I place one card facedown and end my turn."

Para glared. "You got lucky there." He growled. "I play my face down, Call of the Haunted to summon back my Gumo" The spider returned to the field "But now I play the spell card Tribute Doll so my sacrificing my monster, I can summon out a level 7 monster so come on out Kazejin." A large green ball with a samurai symbol on the front and with two large hands appeared on the field. (Level 7 Attack 2400 Defense 2200) "However since he was summoned with Tribute Doll he cannot attack this turn, so make your move."

"Sweet." Jaden said as he drew. "I switch my Sparkman to attack mode and then I play polymerisation to fuse Elemental Heroes Clayman and Bubbleman in my hand to summon Elemental Hero Mudballman in defense mode." A large clay like monster with Bubbleman's head appeared on the field (Level 6 Attack 1900 Defense 3000) "And then I'll call it a turn."

"My move." Dox said. "And I sacrifice my Kaiser Sea Horse in order to summon Sanga of the Thunder." A large brown monster appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2600 Defense 2200) "I can summon him with one sacrifice because when Kaiser Sea horse is used to tribute summon a light attribute monster, he counts as 2 sacrifices. Now Sanga, destroy that little steam train." Sanga sent lighting from the symbol which zapped Steamroid and destroyed him and because of Steamroid's attack points decreasing because of its effect, Syrus lost more Life points.

**Paradox brothers: 7900**

**Jaden + Syrus: 6700**

"Now I'll throw one card facedown and end there." Dox finished

"My turn." Syrus said. "I'll start with Polymerization to fuse Gyroid and Steamroid on my field to summon Steam Gyroid." The steam train and helicopter joined together. "Then I'll summon Submarineroid in attack mode. Then I'll play the spell card Limiter removal which doubles my Steam Gyroid's attack points to 4400."

Zane shook his head while Crowler and Chazz laughed as Syrus had fallen into a trap.

"Now Steam Gyroid, destroy that Kazejin." Syrus shouted

"Syrus, wait." Jaden called but it was too late as Para laughed as he activated Kazejin's effect. "You fool." He called. "Didn't you forget about Kazejin's effect, if he is target by an opponent's monster, I can reduce the attack points of your monster to zero." Syrus gasped as Steam Gyroid's attack points were reduced to 0 and then a wind blast from Kazejin destroyed his monster.

**Paradox brothers: 7900**

**Jaden + Syrus: 4500**

"They've nearly lost half their life points." Bastion gasped. "Their odds of winning are not in their favor."

"Bastion, who's side are you on?" Sereda asked

"Way to show your support Bastion." Alexis added

"Oh man." Syrus said. "Well at least my Submarineroid can attack you directly." Submarineroid launched a torpedo and hit Para.

**Paradox brothers: 7100**

**Jaden + Syrus: 4500**

"I end my turn there." Syrus finished

Para laughed. "That's all you got, this is too easy, my draw." Para drew his card. "Now Kazejin, destroy that Sparkman." Kazejin sent a wind blast which destroyed the defending Sparkman. "I end my turn."

"Well it's my move." Jaden called and he drew. 'I can't attack those monsters because my monster's attack points will just get reduced to Zero.' Jaden thought. "The only option I have is to increase my defense so I summon Elemental Hero Burstinatrix in defense mode. I throw one card face down and end my turn."

Dox laughed. "That's it, well this is going to be easy for me to play the last part." He laughed. "I play the spell card Foolish Burial to discard 1 monster in my deck to the graveyard, then I play the spell card Monster Reborn to summon the monster back, I summon Suijin." A large monster with two large legs and a symbol for water on its head appeared on the field (Level 7 Attack 2500 Defense 2400) "And now it's time to summon the ultimate beast, I sacrifice Suijin, Kazejin and Sanga of the Thunder to special summon the combination, to summon Gate Guardian." Kazejin's arms folded into themselves and he went on top of Suijin while Sanga went on top of Kazejin and created one big monster (Level 11 Attack 3750 Defense 3400) "And now Gate Guardian, destroy that Mudballman." Gate Guardian sent 3 attacks, one of wind, one of lightning and one of water which combined into one attack which destroyed Jaden's monster. "Face it you have no chance."

...

In the Infirmary, Solona and Daylen watched as the Paradox brothers duelled against Jaden and Syrus.

"Oh man." Solona said. "This is not good."

"Syrus is feeling down, he needs help." Daylen said

Solona though for a moment. "I may regret this" she whispered. "Brother, I need you to get me to the Arena, I have to help Syrus."

"Sister I don't think that's a good idea." Daylen said "You can barely stand."

"Who said anything about walking." Solona added

...

Syrus watched in horror as Dox finished his move. "I place one card facedown and end my turn" he finished

Syrus closed his eyes, "Oh man, what am I going to do I can't do this."

Jaden looked at his friend. "Go on Sy, you can do this." He thought.

Up in the stands, Alexis looked at Jaden.

"Come on Jaden." She said. "Don't tell me he's giving up."

"I don't think it's Jaden Alexis." Sereda said. "It's Syrus, he seems depressed."

"We have to help Jaden get Syrus out of his depressed state." Kallian said

Meanwhile, Chazz smirked at Jaden. "Finally, those Slackers will get what they deserve." He said to himself. "I can't wait when they get expelled especially that loser Jaden. That Slime, thinking he's the next King of Games. That's my destiny; those Slackers can't be the next King of Games." Then Chazz looked around but he couldn't see the Amell twins. "And that Amell girl, as soon as those Slackers are expelled, I find that girl and when I do, you're finished and I think I'll take that one of a kind card with me when I beat you.

Crowler was also smirking. "Well, the Amell girl may have had a mistake but at least I'll be rid of those Slackers. This is perfect, first I trap them in the abandoned dorm and then I set up this Tag Duel as punishment where I hire the best Tag Duelists in the world to make sure that that Slacker and Syrus lose and be expelled." Crowler said

"Crowler, aren't you enjoying their punishment a bit too much." The call of Sheppard who was sitting behind him came.

Crowler gasped, he had forgotten that Sheppard was behind him. "No Chancellor, you misinterpret, I'm just Glad this Duel is nearly done, I hate for the, to suffer."

"My move." Syrus said weakly. "I think I'll activate Pot of Greed to draw two more cards, and then I'll activate Fusion recovery which allows me to get Polymerization and a fusion material monster back from the graveyard so I pick my Gyroid. Then I'll activate Polymerization to fuse the two Cycroids I have in my hand to summon Pair Cycroid." A cartoon two seated bike with two seats, eyes on the handles and a pair of arms on the seat appeared on the field (Level 5 Attack 1600 Defense 1200) "Then I'll switch Submarineroid back to attack mode. Now these monsters may not be able to take out your Gate Guardian but both of my monsters can attack directly." Both of Syrus' monsters made a direct attack on Para.

**Paradox brothers: 4700**

**Jaden + Syrus: 4500**

"All right there back in the game." Chumley yelled

"And Submarineroid goes back to defense mode after he attacks and then I place one card face down and end my turn."

Para laughed. "Well it's my move now, and I play Premature Burial so by sacrificing 800 Life points, I can summon 1 monster from my Graveyard, so return Kazejin." The Paradox Brothers lost life points but their wind monster returned to the field

**Paradox brothers: 3900**

**Jaden + Syrus: 4500**

"Now Kazejin, destroy that little bike monster." Para commanded and Kazejin sent a wind blast which destroyed the bike monster.

**Paradox brothers: 3900**

**Jaden + Syrus: 3700**

"Now make your move." Para laughed

"With pleasure." Jaden said. "I activate my own Fusion recovery to get Elemental Hero Clayman and a Polymerization from my graveyard. And then I play Polymerization which allows me to fuse Clayman in my hand with Burstinatrix on my field which allows me to summon Elemental Hero Gaia. And guess what, when Gaia is summoned, he can half the attack points of one monster on the field and then add them to his attack points, and the monster I select is Gate Guardian." The Paradox brothers eyes widened with horror as their monster weakened and Gaia grew stronger. (EHG Attack 2200-4075 GG Attack 3750-1875) "And now Gaia, destroy that Guardian." But as Gaia went to attack, Jaden had forgotten about Dox's trap.

"I activate my Negate Attack trap which negates your attack." Dox laughed and Jaden sighed

"Oh well, it's your move." Jaden finished and the monsters attack points returned to normal.

Dox laughed. "Well well, the Slifer forges ahead"

Para joined in. "A smart duelist would have fled."

"For the partner you have..."

"To win you have a long way."

Syrus looked sad but Jaden glared. "Just stop your riddles and get on with your move." He said

Dox scoffed. "Fine by me, now Gate Guardian, destroy that Gaia." Gate Guardian's attack destroyed Jaden's Gaia.

**Paradox brothers: 3900**

**Jaden + Syrus: 2150**

"And then I'll increase my defence by summon Defense Wall in defense mode." A large stone wall appeared on Dox's field (Level 4 Attack 0 Defense 2200) "And when Defence wall is on the field, you can only attack this monster. Now make your move that is if you can do it."

"Face it kid, you're a loser." Para added. "Because on my next move, you're finished"

Syrus sighed. "Jaden, he's right, there's no point in even drawing, I should just give in, and at least they'll give you a chance for a rematch."

Jaden groaned. "Sy listen to me..." he started. "One draw that's all it takes."

"But Jaden it's no use, I'll never be the duelist my brother is." Syrus replied

Para laughed at Syrus. "You're right, you're no duelist, you're pathetic, just a sore loser."

"YOU'RE WRONG!" A loud shout came and everyone turned to the entrance to the arena where Solona sat on a wheelchair with Daylen pushing her. "Don't listen to them Syrus, remember what we always taught you, and never give up, because if you do, then you lose faith."

"Sister's right." Daylen added. "We're with you."

"Same here." Kallian added

"And me." Neria and Theorn said

"We've got you're back!" Aedan shouted. "Never give in."

Syrus gave a few deep breaths and them he remembered there is a combo who could defeat Gate Guardian, he just has to draw the right card. "You're right." Syrus said at last. "We can do this, my draw." Syrus smiled at the card he drew. "I activate Card of Sanctity so now we all draw until we have 6 cards in our hands." All four players drew until they had 6 cards in their hands Syrus smiled at his cards and he looked at Jaden. "Jaden we can do this, I've got that card."

"Then do it Sy." Jaden replied

"I activate the spell card Block Attack which switched your Gate Guardian to defense mode, and then I'll summon Drillroid in attack mode and switch Submarineroid back to attack mode, now destroy Defense wall."

"Why is he doing that?" Kallian yelled

"Syrus must have a plan." Theorn added

"When Drillroid attacks a monster in defence mode, it's automatically destroyed." The brother gasped as Drillroid smashed through Defense Wall. "And now with Defense Wall gone, Submarineroid can attack you directly."

**Paradox brothers: 3100**

**Jaden + Syrus: 2150**

"And to end my turn I activate the spell card Shield Crush which allows me to destroy one monster in defense mode so now your Gate guardian is destroyed." Para and Dox gasped as their monster shattered.

"All right he did it." Kallian yelled. "Syrus destroyed that monster."

"But this Duel isn't over yet." Bastion yelled. "The Paradox brothers might still have more tricks to play."

"Let's just hope Jaden can stop this." Aedan added

Crowler stared in shock as Gate Guardian was destroyed. "No this can't be, this was supposed to be their punishment, now the crowd is treating them like they're heroes, how can this be?"

"Simple." Sheppard said. "They're students of Duel Academy; we accept only the best here."

"You see Syrus; I told you that you could take them down." Jaden said and Syrus smiled

"I did it, I actually did it." He said to himself.

But as Syrus ended his turn, Para laughed to everyone's confusion. "You destroyed our monster..." He started

"Yeah." Dox continued. "And for that we should..."

"Thank you." They said together much to Syrus's confusion

"Because now I activate the spell card Dark Element." Para said. "Now because we have Gate Guardian in our Graveyard, by sacrificing half our Life points, I can summon a new monster, so say hello to Dark Guardian." A vortex appeared and a new monster that was bigger than Gate Guardian appeared on the field, it looked like a demon and it carried a large axe in its hands (Level 12 Attack 3800 Defense 3800)

**Paradox brothers: 1550**

**Jaden + Syrus: 2150**

"And my monster has a special ability; he cannot be destroyed in battle." Para said. "Now I activate the spell Block defence which switched your submarine back to attack mode, and since I have Kazejin on my field, this duel's over, now Dark Guardian destroy that Submarine."

But now it was Para who made the mistake of forgetting about the face down that Syrus still had on the field. "I activate the quick play card Shrink which halves Dark Guardian's attack points." (DG Attack 3800-1900)

"You sub is still destroyed." Para said and Submarineroid shattered

**Paradox brothers: 1550**

**Jaden + Syrus: 1050**

"And now Kazejin will destroy that Drillroid." Para added and more damage was dealt as Drillroid was also destroyed

**Paradox brothers: 1550**

**Jaden + Syrus: 250**

"Oh no, they're almost out of Life points." Alexis gasped

"Jaden." Kallian added

"It's your move." Para finished

Jaden narrowed his eyes. "My draw." He said. "And I activate Graceful Charity so now I draw three cards as long as I discard 2." Jaden did that. "And then I summon Elemental Hero Bladedge in attack mode." The gold armored warrior appeared on the field

"Wait, how are you able to summon that level 7 monster?" Syrus asked

"My Graceful Charity." Jaden answered. "One of the cards I discarded was Elemental Hero Necroshade, and when he's in the graveyard, I can summon 1 Elemental Hero without sacrificing just once. And then I'll equip him with Sword of Negating, now when this is equipped to a monster, when it attacks a monster, all that monster's anilities are negated so that means that your Kazejin is about to be destroyed, oh and my sword give Bladedge an extra 1000 Attack points." (EHB Attack 2600-3600) "Now destroy that Kazejin." Bladedge's sword slashed Kazejin and destroyed him.

**Paradox brothers: 350**

**Jaden + Syrus: 250**

"They're almost tied." Neria cried

"Come on guys." Chumley added. "You can do this."

"It's your move." Jaden finished

Dox drew his card. "I think I'll activate Graveyard recovery, so now I remove 1 monster from play in our graveyard and we gain life points equal to its attack points. And the monster I select is Gate Guardian.

**Paradox brothers: 4100**

**Jaden + Syrus: 250**

"You're lucky that I can't attack so I end my turn, but on Para's next move, you're finished." Dox said as he ended his turn.

"This is not good" Bastion said. "The Paradox brothers now have much more Life points; Syrus needs to draw something good."

"One draw is all it takes." Aedan said

Syrus closed his eyes. "I defeated Gate Guardian, all I need is the right card." He said to himself. "I draw." Syrus looked at the card he drew and smiled. "Now I play Monster Reborn to bring back Drillroid. But he won't be around long because I now sacrifice him to summon UFOroid." A cartoon flying spaceship appeared on Syrus' field (Level 6 Attack 1200 Defense 1200) "And now I play the spell card known as Power Bond. Jaden, mind if I borrow a monster."

"Sure Sy" Jaden said

"Now I fuse Jaden's Bladedge with UFOroid to summon UFOroid fighter. And his attack points are equal to the fusion monsters used to summon him." A flying platform with Bladedge standing on it appeared (Attack 3800)

Dox laughed. "You fool, Dark Guardian can't be destroyed in battle but your monster can."

Syrus smirked. "Oh yeah, when Power Bond is used the monster used to summon it has its attack points doubled." (UFORF Attack 3800-7600)

"7600 attack points." Para said in shock but then he smirked. "You fool, we'll still have life points after the attack and then you'll lose thanks to Power Bonds side effect."

"He's right." Aedan said. "On the turns end Jaden and Syrus will take damage to their monsters original attack points."

"Syrus still has one card in his hand, that card could be important." Theorn added

"And finally I activate Searcher, so now by discarding the top 2 cards from my deck, I can add 1 spell card from my graveyard to my hand, and the card I select is Limiter Removal, so now I can use it to double UFOroid's attack once again." (UFORF Attack 7600-15200)

"15200 attack points." The brothers said in shock.

"It's over, Dark Guardian may survive the attack but your life points are a different story, so end this duel." The Bladedge on the saucer divided down on Dark Guardian and he went through it, the monster may have survived but a shockwave blasted itself into the Paradox brothers.

**Paradox brothers: 0000**

**Jaden + Syrus: 250 (Winner)**

Everyone cheered as Syrus and Jaden won the duel, people were saying that they beat the legendary Tag Duelists.

"They did it." Aedan said

"They beat the legendary Tag brothers." Neria added

"I must say I'm getting more and more impressed each day." Bastion said

"I'm just glad that Jaden gets to stay at the academy." Alexis said

"Don't you mean Jaden and Syrus." Sereda replied and Alexis blushed.

"Well let's go congratulations then." Theorn said

Chazz glared at Jaden before he kicked a chair and then he stormed off.

Crowler stared in shock.

"No this can't be." He said. "They beat the best Tag Duelists in the World, how can this be?"

"It's simple." Professor Banner said. "It was because of your excellent teaching." But then he remembered. "Oh wait, they're in Slifer Red, they're in my dorm." And then Pharaoh, Banner's pet tabby cat licked Crowler's cheek to his disgust.

"That cat licked me" Crowler cried "Does it have rabies, let me see his papers call the pound!"

Banner, Dorian and Sheppard laughed at Crowler.

Solona and Daylen smiled at Jaden, two Slifer red students defeating the best Tag Duelists in the world.

"We did it." Syrus said. "I can't believe it Jay, we're here to stay."

"You're right Sy." Jaden said. "We're all staying."

Solona smiled at Syrus. "So you see Syrus, you can be a great Duellist, you just have to believe in your deck." She said

Syrus smiled and he looked at his Power Bond card and then up into the stands where Zane watched with a small smile.

"I hoped I made you proud brother." Syrus said

Then Alexis, Bastion and all of Solona's friends including Neria and Theorn jumped on stage.

"You did it." Alexis said

"You'll be a great Duelist one day." Aedan added and Jaden smiled at them all.

"Congratulations Jaden." The voice of Chancellor Sheppard came. "You all did great in your dueling, you've all proven that you have the skill and more importantly, the desire to remain at the Academy." Jaden and Syrus smiled at this but then Sheppard continued. "And I'm sure it will look better written."

"Huh" Jaden said

"I want a full report on this duel and why you shouldn't be in the abandoned dorm." Sheppard laughed and Jaden groaned. "But because of Solona's duel, I'll change it to one week of no dueling."

"One Week on no Dueling." Jaden complained

Solona laughed. "It's okay Jaden, I'm not going to be able to Duel for a while because of this." she pointed to her wheelchair. Solona laughed but then she groaned in pain.

"I told you that you should have remained in the infirmary." Daylen said. "You're going back there right now." Daylen then pushed Solona's wheelchair out of the Duel Arena as everyone laughed. It was then that Jaden looked towards the Paradox brother and he smiled as he pointed two fingers towards them

"That's Game."