Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Season 3 – The Dictator's revenge

This is the sequel to 'Yu-Gi-Oh Season 2 – The Gentle Darkness vs the Light of Destruction'. I hope you're gonna enjoy it.

Chapter 1- Facing the Crystal Beasts

Jaden sat up while he was covered in sweat and was gasping while trying to calm down his fast beating heart. Yubel appeared next to him, "Jaden! You okay?" Jaden had been taking a nap on the roof of the main building. He had his new jacket on him, it was his old red jacket, only it had blue lines from the shoulders down to his waist and from the over side of his arms to his wrists.

Jaden looked at her with a troubled look on his face, "I had the dream of the dictator again".

Yubel got a worried expression on her face, "Again? It's the fourth time you have had it now this year, it's very troubling Jaden". Winged Kuriboh appeared next to her and looked at Jaden with a worried look in his eyes.

Jaden nodded, "I agree, I usually only have it once a year, a little while after my birthday, on the day the past Supreme King defeated him, but this year I have had it four times, what does it mean Yubel?"

Yubel sighed and shook her head, "I have no idea Jaden, however I have a bad feeling about this". Yubel looked down, feeling worried about this, she had an idea that this might mean that the dictator was about to break free from the seal the past Supreme King had placed on him.

However they sound a meowing sound. Jaden, Yubel and Winged Kuriboh turned towards the stairs to the roof and saw what looked like a little small purple squirrel with a large jewel on his tail, he ran towards Jaden, Yubel and Winged Kuriboh. Jaden looked at the squirrel, he knew immediately know what that cat really were, "A duel spirits?"

Jaden and Yubel looked the squirrel a little curious while Winged Kuriboh flew over to it and began playing with it, however then heard a voice speak up, "There you are Ruby". The squirrel then turned its head around and ran over to a teenage guy with spiky blue hair that appeared on the roof with a blue west that looked like an Obelisk uniform.

The squirrel climbed up to his shoulder and smiled as it nuzzled his cheek, the teen smiled at him with a smile, "I told you to stay put, since I don't know this place so it would be really hard to find you after all".

Jaden got up on his feet and began to walk towards the blue haired teen, "Dude, you can see Duel Spirits". The guy looked at Jaden with a smile, "This is my friend Ruby Carbuncle".

Jaden raised an eyebrow, "Ruby Carbuncle? I have never heard about a monster with a name like that before is it a rare card or something?"

The teen looked at Ruby and smiled at him while Ruby smiled back, "You could say that, he along with some of my other cards is quite rare".

Jaden smiled at him, "That's pretty cool man, so I guess that you really can see duel spirits then?" The teen nodded, "That's right, and from the looks of things so can you". Winged Kuriboh nodded with a happy squeak while Yubel also nodded with a smile.

The teen looked at them before he looked at Jaden with a smile, "So I guess that must mean that you're the infamous Jaden Yuki".

Yubel chuckled when she heard him call Jaden infamous while Jaden scratched his cheek a little troubled, "Well I wouldn't exactly call myself infamous, but yeah I'm Jaden". Jaden smiled at the teen, "So how long have you been able to see duel spirits?"

The teen looked at Jaden with a smile, "I have been able to see them since I was just a kid, and it's the same with you right?"

Jaden nodded his head with a smile, "That's right, it's not many people who is able to see spirits, so those who can see and communicate with them should consider it a big honor to be able to do so". Jaden then thought back to how he had given his friends the abilities to do those things when he temporally transferred some of his own powers to them.

Jaden then looked at the guy with a raised eyebrow, "By the way, I don't think I have seen you before, are you a freshman?" The teen looked at him a little confused before he got a smile on his face, "Well if you say it like that, then I guess that I am a freshman".

Jaden smiled at him and nodded his head, "Well in that case, allow me to welcome you to Duel Academy, nice to meet you". Jaden held out his hand towards the teen.

The teen smiled at Jaden and held out his own hand, "Thanks, that's really kind of you and it's nice to meet you too". They then shook hands with each other while they stared at each other with smiles on their faces while Winged Kuriboh flew over to Ruby.

Jaden looked at the teen with a smile, "you know, I get this weird feeling about you", the teen nodded his head, "Yeah me too, it sure feels like this is not the first time we've met each other". They continued to look at each other, however a moment later Ruby bit the lower end of Winged Kuriboh's right wing. An angry Winged Kuriboh managed to pull his wing out of Ruby's mouth before he slapped Ruby with it. An angry Ruby then jumped on to Winged Kuriboh and they began to fight.

Jaden and the teen looked at them shocked for a moment before they got troubled looks on their faces while Yubel sighed troubled.

However they soon heard someone call out, "There you are Sarge!" Jaden and the teen looked towards the stairs and Jaden saw that it really was Hassleberry who stood there, he wondered why he had appeared there, it sure sounded like Hassleberry had been looking for him but he didn't know why.

Then he saw Syrus's head appear next to him and Jaden saw him in his new blue jacket, Jaden had not been the only one of their friends that had been promoted to Obelisk last year, Syrus had also been promoted to the blue dorm as well, also Chazz had been allowed to return to the blue dorm as well.

Syrus looked at Jaden with a serious expression on his face, "The opening ceremony is about to begin Jay!"

Jaden's eyes widened, "Oh no, I totally forgot about that". Hassleberry nodded his head, "Yeah we figured that out ourselves when we couldn't find you in your room in the blue dorm". Syrus looked at Jaden with a serious look still on his face, "Well it's best that we hurry up if we're gonna get there in time".

The two of them ran down the stairs while Jaden looked at the teen, "Well as you heard I've gotta get going now, see ya later okay?" the teen nodded with a smile while Jaden ran towards the stairs and ran down them.

Yubel who flew next to him, "I can't believe that you forgot about the opening ceremony Jaden". Jaden looked at her while he narrowed his eyes, "Well it's not like you reminded me about it".

Yubel looked at him, "Well I thought for sure that you would remember that on your own without me having to remind you", Jaden just rolled his eyes, "Let's just get there now".

A LITTLE WHILE LATER,

Jaden sat in the auditorium next to Alexis and Syrus with Chazz above them and Hassleberry who sat on Jaden's other side, he had been allowed to sit there by Jaden and the others when other Obelisk students complained about it. Also a lot of them looked at Jaden with angry looks on their faces over his red jacket with blue lines on it, they felt pride over their blue jackets so they felt that Jaden's jacket was a insult to the blue dorm.

Sheppard stood on the podium in front of them and looked at them, "Now then, from today on a new year begins, also I want you to put your resolutions in your hearts so you all finish this next year without any regrets".

Bonaparte then spoke, "And now the representative of the freshmen, Blair is gonna take the oath".

Jaden looked a little troubled when he saw that Blair walked out on the podium, Hassleberry had a smirk on his face when he saw this before both of them along with the rest of the students began to applaud for her.

Blair turned Sheppard and held up her hand, "Chancellor! As freshmen we will follow the rules of Duel Academy, we will have pride in ourselves as duelists and always show respect for our opponents, and we will remain diligent to these things every day, so say I as the freshmen representative".

She then bowed her head towards Sheppard and the other teachers who gave her applauses before she began to walk off the podium. However on the way she looked at Jaden and winked at him and it made him looked at Alexis worried who glared at Blair while Syrus moved away from her scared. Hassleberry chuckled as he looked at Jaden, "I guess she hasn't given up on winning your affection".

Jaden sighed, "You can say that again, I clearly said and showed her that I love Alexis but she still continues with her advances towards me". Hassleberry chuckled once again and Jaden glared at him a little since he didn't think it was funny at all.

Sheppard then looked at the students again and continued his speech, "Now then, since we teachers wished to improve the dueling skills of Duel Academy's students this year, we have invited a few new exchange students to our school. As you all know so is Duel Academy a school founded to promote the growth in dueling and in order to do so it has established branches worldwide. And so, this year we have invited the top students from each one of those schools to Duel Academy".

Hassleberry got an excited look on his face, "Awesome, that means that they are the champions of each one of the Duel Academies around the world". Jaden had the face of a kid on Christmas, "Awesome, are those guys really coming here? I can't wait to duel them". Alexis smiled a little over how eager her boyfriend were to duel some new strong opponents since had he had beaten most of the students at their Duel Academy already.

Sheppard then looked to his right side with a smile, "And now without any further ado, allow me to introduce them to you, first from the Duel Academy to the East, Adrian Gecko". A long teenager with red spiky hair with a large necklace and brown clothes walked out on the podium with a smile as he held up his left arm in a greeting while the students gave him applauses.

Adrian walked over to Sheppard and stood next to him before Sheppard continued, "And next from the Duel Academy to the West, Axel Brodie". A brown skinned teen with black hair dressed in a black military west with a red shirt under it and military pants. He walked over to Adrian and stood next to him.

Sheppard then continued with a smile, "And next from the Duel Academy in the South, it's Jim 'Crocodile' Cook". A black hared teen with a cowboy had, bandages over his right eye with a black west with a white shirt under and a orange scarf walked up on the podium while he held a crocodile above his head, "Hello mates". He then ran over and stood next to Axel.

Sheppard who looked at him then looked forward at the students once again, "And finally, from the Duel Academy to the North, here is Jesse Andersen". Everyone applaud when he said that and waited for the last transfer student to appear on the podium.

However no one appeared out of the door next to the podium. Sheppard looked at the door troubled. Crowler looked troubled, "What's going on here?" Bonaparte looked at the door as well, "No one is coming".

Adrian looked towards the door out of the corner of his eye, "So is he not gonna show up?"

Chazz on the other hand looked really interested when he heard that name, "Wait, Jesse Andersen? The Jesse Andersen? He's the one who possesses the Crystal Beast deck".

Jaden looked at Chazz confused, "Wait, Crystal Beasts?" Jaden had never heard about those cards before. Hassleberry looked at Chazz as well, "Hold on, do you know this guy Chazz?"

Chazz narrowed his eyes, "A few years ago, Pegasus made few rare cards with powerful effects, however they were never released to the public. My family offered millions for the cards but Pegasus refused to sell them to us".

Hassleberry narrowed his eyes a little, "Come on Chazz, are you still doing things like that?" Chazz glared at him, "It was a long time ago". Jaden looked a little nervous over how angry Chazz had gotten.

Chazz looked up towards the ceiling, "according to the ancient documents that Industrial Illusion discovered, the leader of the Roman Empire, Julius Caesar, as a proof of Rome's control over the world, he managed to gather seven gems from around the world and tried to create a tablet. However on the way to Rome, the ship that transported the gems ran into a storm and the gems disappeared into the sea".

Chazz then looked down at Jaden and Hassleberry, "However Pegasus found them and then used them to make seven cards".

Hassleberry looked at him, "And those were the Crystal Beast cards?" Chazz nodded his head, "That's right, however Pegasus refused to sell them no matter how much money he was offered. Instead he gave them to some kid who became the champion of a Duel Monster tournament.

Jaden looked at him, "So this Jesse kid was the winner of that tournament who received those Crystal Beast cards right?" He then looked forward with an excited smile on his face, "That's so sweet, I really have to duel against this guy soon".

Hassleberry looked at Jaden, "However, he hasn't shown up you know". However they soon heard a door open above them. All of the students looked up and Jaden saw that it was the same blue haired guy he had met earlier. Jaden saw how he was gasping for air which suggested he had been running here.

The guy looked up with a troubled look and rubbed the back of his head, "Oh man, I am so late aren't I? Well I'm not that surprised since I have no sense of direction". He then began to run down the stairs.

Jaden stood up and smiled at him, "Hey, you are the new guy I met earlier". The blue haired teen stopped next to the table Jaden was sitting at and smiled at him, "Hi there Jaden, is this where that opening ceremony is?"

Jaden nodded with a smile, "Yeah that's correct, by the way, did you meet a guy named Jesse on the way here?" The teen looked at him as his smile grew, "Huh, Jesse?"

Sheppard looked at Jaden, "Uh Jaden, he's uh…" Jaden looked at Sheppard a little confused before his eyes widened, "Wait a second, could it be that you're…?"

The teen rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "You got it, I'm Jesse Andersen". Jaden and his friends looked at him shocked. Jesse looked at Jaden with a smile, "Sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you, it was just that you thought that I was a freshman, so…"

Jaden smiled at him, "Hey no problem Jess, if it's okay that I call you that?" Jesse nodded, "Sure, if I can call you Jay". Jaden nodded, "No problem, that's the usual nickname my friends call me by".

However they soon heard Sheppard clear his throat while he looked at them. Jesse then hurried down the stairs to the podium and jumped up on it before Sheppard spoke once again, "Now allow me to introduce him properly, the representative from the Duel Academy in the North, Jessie Andersen!"

Jesse held up his arms and waved them, he then walked over to the others and Adrian looked at him, "Do it looks like that you really exist after all". Jesse looked at him confused before he looked at Axel who just looked at him and Jesse chuckled nervously.

Jim then walked out from behind Axel, "Hello there mate, so you're Jesse huh? Nice to meet you, I'm Jim, and the one on my back is Shirley". The crocodile that he had on his back then suddenly growled, Jesse then let out a small scream when he realized that it was a alive crocodile on his back.

Crowler also looked at it shocked, "T-that crocodile is alive?" Bonaparte looked a little worried, "S-so it seems". Then both of them looked shocked as a black haired man with his hair shaped as a long spike aimed forward with a dark blue jacket.

Sheppard looked at the students, "Oh yes, I have one more person to introduce to you all, this is Professor Thelonious Viper, he's come all the way from the Duel Academy in the West to provide a special course this year".

Viper walked towards Sheppard who nodded at him and he returned the nod before he turned towards the students and looked at them, "Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, by all rights you would hear an endless stream of speeches and greetings here but you don't need that this year. That is my policy".

Jaden raised an eyebrow when he heard that, "Oh, he seems like a teacher that's easy to understand". However Yubel appeared next to him and glared at Viper, she didn't know why but she had a bad feeling about this man, something about him just didn't feel right to her.

Viper then continued to speak, "And through that policy, let us without any further delays, begin our exhibition match". Sheppard looked at him shocked when he heard him

Crowler looked at him confused, "An exhibition match? I didn't hear anything about that". Bonaparte looked at him, "Neither did I, and from the looks of things Sheppard didn't either".

Viper turned his eyes towards the exchange students for a moment before he continued as he looked at the students, "The duelists will be the ones that I have chosen…" a small smirk appeared on his face, And the ones that I have the most interest in, he thought to himself.

He then turned his head towards the exchange students, "First is Jesse Andersen". Jesse looked at him shocked when he heard that he would take part in the exhibition match. Viper then looked towards the students, "And now for his opponent, of course I'm gonna chose Duel Academy's top duelist, Jaden Yuki".

Jaden stood up with an excited look on his face, "Sweet! Just then I was thinking about facing Jess and his legendary monsters, I get a chance to do so right away". He and Jesse looked at each other with excited smirks on their faces, both of them looked forward to facing each other.

Jaden then walked down to the podium and then Jaden and Jesse both stood in front of Viper, ready to go to the Obelisk arena in order to get this duel started. However Viper had other ideas first, "Both of you, hold out your right hands in front of you".

Jaden and Jesse looked at each other confused before they did as he had said. Viper then took and placed a metal wristband around their wrist with a blue glass crystal on it. Jaden and Jesse looked at them, "What's this?"

Viper looked at them, "Just consider it as a present from me, to celebrate the new term, now then, the exhibition will begin in one hour, not a minute sooner or later, and I expect everyone to be there".

A WHILE LATER,

Viper was walking through the forest while he carried what a watch which he looked at and a briefcase. He then saw an old building and chuckled, he knew that this was an old abandoned laboratory that had experimented with seeing if animals could be trained to become duelists. He walked into it and then a glowing orb could be seen to be inside of the watch which turned out to be a locket.

AT THE SAME TIME,

One hour had passed so now everyone had gathered inside of the Obelisk arena. Jaden and Jesse who stood on the stage activated their Duel Disks.

Jaden looked at Jesse, "Hey Jess, don't think I'm gonna go easy on you just because you're a nice guy, that's not my style". Jesse smiled at him, "Of course, I wouldn't expect anything less from the famous Jaden Yuki, also I wouldn't want it either, I want you to come at me with everything you got, so let the best duelist win".

Jaden nodded with a smirk, "Oh yeah, now let's get our game on".

AT THE SAME TIME,

Viper opened the briefcase and took out a container with some dark red substance, he then placed it on the ground together with the glowing orb and then the container got surrounded by a bright light before a dark substance surrounded it.

BACK TO THE DUEL,

Jaden looked at Jessie, "Now let's do this Jessie!" Jessie nodded, "Yeah, bring it on". Both of them then drew their first five cards and looked at them.

Jesse then placed his fingers on his deck, "I'll go first, here we go". Jesse took and drew his sixth card and looked at it.

Chazz looked at Jessie with great interest, "Is he about to summon a Crystal Beast?" Everyone looked at Jesse just as interested as Chazz.

Jesse held out the card and revealed it to be a turtle with green emeralds on its back, "I summon, Crystal Beast Emerald Turtle in defense mode". A green gem appeared on the field and a bright light appeared out of it.

Everyone looked at it amazed and Blair looked at it with a smile, "So pretty".

The gem then shattered and out of it came the turtle with emeralds on its back, only it had withdrawn into its shell and only two glowing green eyes could be seen, Def: 2000. Jaden looked at the turtle, "So this is a Crystal Beast?"

Jim whistled interested while Adrian looked shocked, "So the cards really do exist". Axel just looked on without saying anything.

The eyes inside of the shell glowed even more, "And I was sleeping so well too Jesse, what is this place anyway?" Jesse looked at Emerald Turtle, "This is the Duel Academy I told you about earlier Turtle".

Emerald Turtle looked around, "Oh so this is it, there sure is a lot of kids here that has a good look in their eyes".

Jesse nodded, "That's right Turtle, also I'm counting on you so please show me your best, after all, we will lose if we underestimate our opponent today".

Emerald Turtle looked at Jaden and narrowed his eyes a little, "I see, he sure looks quite strong and has a good look in his eyes". Jesse nodded, "That's right and he's like me, he can see and communicate with spirits". Emerald Turtle's interest grew even more after hearing that, "Is that so? Then he must be a special person like you Jesse".

Jaden smiled at Jessie, "Seems like you are close to your monsters just like me". Jesse nodded his head, "Of course, they are my best friends, actually they are like my family".

Jaden's smile grew bigger, "Your family huh? You and I are pretty similar".

Hassleberry looked at him, "Did you guys hear that?" All of Jaden's friends who knew his secret and had been infused with his powers nodded, since not only did they know that Jaden really could see and communicate with spirit, thanks to Jaden temporally shared his powers with them they could do the same thing. However they got shocked when they heard that Jesse also could see and hear them. Blair who didn't know what was going on looked at the others confused.

Jesse then grabbed a card in his hand, "And now I end my turn by placing one card face down". A card appeared in front of him as his turn ended.

Jaden placed his fingers on his deck, "It's my turn then, here we go", he then drew his sixth card and looked at it, "First I summon my Neo Spacian Aqua Dolphin in attack mode". Then the roof above them turned into a star filled sky and a beam came down from it and hit the ground in front of Jaden. Aqua Dolphin then appeared out the light and then stood in front of Jaden, Atk: 600.

Jesse got a huge smile on his face, "Awesome, so these are the Neo Spacians, the space heroes I have heard so much about? Looks like I'm about to see what they're capable of in action here and now".

Jim had an excited look on his face, "Alright, this should be great". Adrian who had his arms crossed over his chest also had a smile on his face, "Legendary beasts versus aliens? Yeah you bet that this is gonna be a good match".

Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I activate Aqua Dolphin's special ability, so now by sending a card in my hand to the graveyard and then I pick one of my monsters, then I get to check your hand and if you have a monster with less attack points, not only is it destroyed but you also lose 500 life points, and so now since I only have Aqua Dolphin, let's see if you have a monster with 600 attack points or less, Sonar Wave".

Aqua Dolphin let out a cry that echoed across the field and hit the four cards in Jesse's hand, Jaden saw three monsters in his hand and one spell, the first one of them had 1200, the second one had 1400 and finally the third monster which was Ruby Carbuncle and Jaden saw that he only had 300 attack points.

Jaden pointed at Ruby, "Now I take and destroy the 300 attack points Ruby Carbuncle and deals you 500 points of damage". Rudy's card flew up from Jesse's hand and then Ruby appeared before he shattered while Jesse gritted his teeth, Jesse LP: 4000-3500.

Jesse glared at Jaden, "Come on man, not my Ruby". Jaden got a smirk on his face as he grabbed a card in his hand, "Trust me the worst is yet to come, now I activate My O – Oversoul spell card, so now I can special summon one normal type Elemental Hero from my graveyard".

Jesse looked at Jaden, "You planned this from the start, which means that the card you sent to your graveyard was an Elemental Hero".

Jaden held up his Duel Disk while his smirk grew, "Of course Jess, so now appear, Elemental Hero Neos". The roof once again turned into a star filled sky and another blast came down from space and hit the field next to Aqua Dolphin and Neos appeared on the field, Atk: 2500.

Jesse got a excited look on his face, "So he's the legendary Neos? So awesome, it's too bad that we're currently dueling, if we weren't then I would've asked him for an autograph". He then got a smirk on his face, "However, I was waiting for you to special summon a monster".

Jaden raised an eyebrow, "Say what?" Jesse's face down got flipped face up, "Now I activate the trap card Triggered Summon, so now since you special summoned a monster to your field, we both can special summon a level 4 or below monster from our hands to our fields".

Jaden sighed relieved, "Man you scared me for a moment there, I thought for sure that you were gonna destroy Neos".

Emerald Turtle laughed when he heard that, "Like Jesse is the type of person that would something like that". Jaden looked at Emerald Turtle confused before he looked at Jesse.

Jesse smiled at him, "It's as he says, except for counter traps there aren't any cards that destroy my opponent's cards in my deck". Jaden looked really shocked when he heard that, Jesse then continued, "It's true that it's easy to destroy a monster with an effect, however it would be like sealing away an opponent's potential before being able to see it, and that's not my dueling style at all, I always want to see what my opponent can do and by doing so, both sides is able to unleash all of their power and clash head on with each other, that's the kind of duel I always aim for".

Jaden felt how a smile appeared on his face, "I gotta tell you, I haven't met many people who think that way, you sure are a interesting guy Jesse". Jesse chuckled a little before he pointed at Jaden, "Now Jaden, summon another monster to the field".

Jaden grabbed a card in his hand with a smirk, "You got it, and I think you're gonna like this one, appear Neo Spacian Grand Mole".

The ground cracked opened as Grand Mole drilled himself out of it before his drill spit into two halves, Atk: 900.

Jesse smiled, "Another Neo Spacian huh? In that case I summon Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle in defense mode". A blue gem appeared on the field before it shone and shattered and an eagle with a blue gem on his chest as well as one on each of his wings appeared on the field and landed next to Emerald Turtle and folded his wings, Def: 800.

Cobalt Eagle looked around, "There sure are a lot of people in the gallery today right Turtle?" Emerald Turtle slightly turned his eyes towards him, "Don't let that distract you so you become reckless today Eagle, this opponent is tough, not only has he already gotten rid of Ruby, he also summoned a high level monster on his first turn".

Cobalt Eagle looked at Jaden and narrowed his eyes, "Yes I can see that he looks quite strong, you're right that we can't get reckless with this guy".

Crowler looked at the duel, "That move didn't really change anything, he's still in a lot of trouble here since Jaden has the advantage not only in points but also the number of monsters on the field". Bonaparte nodded, "That's true, maybe this Jesse kid isn't so tough after all". Sheppard on the other hand looked to his side, where Professor Viper was supposed to be sitting but he hadn't shown up yet, he narrowed his eyes a little, Where can he be? Sheppard wondered for himself.

Jaden then pointed at Emerald Turtle, "Alright let's go Neos, attack Emerald Turtle with Cosmic Crush". Neos jumped up in the air and hit Emerald Turtle with a karate chop and destroyed him, Jaden then pointed at Cobalt Eagle, "And I'm not done yet, now Grand Mole, attack his Cobalt Eagle".

Grand Mole formed the drill over his head again and dug himself under the ground and then towards Cobalt Eagle, then he jumped out of the ground and rammed his drill into Cobalt Eagle and destroyed him.

Jaden then smiled at Aqua Dolphin, "I guess it's your turn now buddy". Aqua Dolphin nodded before he looked towards Jesse when Jaden pointed at him, "Now I attack your life points directly with Aqua Dolphin".

Aqua Dolphin jumped through the smoke towards Jesse and punched him, causing him to scream, he then took a step backwards as he recovered from the attack, Jesse LP: 3500-2900.

The gang got excited and Hassleberry cried out, "He did it, he defeated the Crystal Beasts".

However Chazz narrowed his eyes, "Not exactly, look closer". The gang looked at him confused before they turned their gazes back to Jessie's field.

Jaden then noticed something inside of the smoke, "What's going on?" Once the smoke cleared Jaden saw pieces of the gems that the Crystal Beasts had appeared out of.

Jaden's eyes widened when he saw this, Aqua Dolphin then spoke, "I thought that we destroyed those Crystal Beasts". Neos and Grand Mole nodded, as they had believed the same thing.

Jesse looked at them as a smirk appeared on his field, "You did destroy them, however they have a special ability, when they are destroyed while they are on the field, they remain on the field by turning into crystals in my spell and trap card zone". Jaden's eyes widened in shock, "Say what?"

The gang's eyes widened, "So that means that unless Jaden manage to get rid of those crystals, he won't be able to truly destroy the Crystal Beasts?" Chazz nodded, "That's right and then there is also cards that can be used when they are in the spell and trap zones, you can see why a lot of people wanted them". The others nodded.

Jim's smile grew bigger, "Wow what a match". Adrian's eyes widened, "You can say that again, and these two are just getting warmed up right now".

Jaden smiled at Jesse, "Wow, you're monsters sure are cool". Jesse smiled at him, "This is the secret power of the Crystal Beasts, and it's the power we all have to never give up in a duel". Jesse's smirk then grew bigger, But you haven't seen anything yet, just wait until my ultimate monster appears on the field, Jesse thought to himself as he and Jaden stared at each other with smirks on their faces.

Jaden then grabbed one of the last two cards in his hand, "Next I end my turn with one card face down, so let's see what you got in store for me now Jess".

AT THE SAME TIME WITH VIPER,

The dark substance had enlarge the container and Viper stood and watched as the dark red substance moved upwards and increased, he then laughed, "So far everything is going as planned, soon it will have everything it wants, and then it can keep the promise it made with me, to return what's most dear to me", Viper said as he looked at the dark red substance as it continued to increase in mass.

BACK TO THE DUEL,

Jesse placed his fingers, "Alright, then it's my turn again", he drew his next card and looked at it and a smile appeared on his face before he grabbed another card in his hand, "I summon Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat". A purple gem appeared on the field and out of it came a pink female panther that had a purple gem on its chest and roared, Atk: 1200.

Amethyst Cat looked at Jesse, "Ah Jesse, you seemed to be in a good mood today, is this guy a tough opponent?" Jesse nodded, "Well you can say that, he's Duel Academy's best duelist".

Amethyst Cat showed her fangs as she glared at Jaden, "I won't show any mercy to anyone who makes Jesse suffer". Jaden looked worried when he heard, "Man, that cat is quite scary".

Jesse got a smirk as he grabbed a card in his hand, "Trust me, she's harmless, at least for now. I activate the spell card Crystal Beacon, when I have two or more Crystal Beasts in my spell and trap card zone, I can special summon another Crystal Beast from my deck, of course in exchange you get to draw one card from your deck".

Jaden took and drew one more card and looked at it before he placed it in his hand. Jesse then looked through his deck and then grabbed a card in it before he shuffled his deck and placed it into his Duel Disk again, "Come on out, Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger".

A yellow gem appeared on the field and out of it came a white tiger with black straps with yellow gems on each side of his neck and a large sharp blade on his head, Atk: 1600.

Jesse looked at Topaz Tiger, "I'm counting on you Topaz". Topaz Tiger looked at him, "I'm not gonna let you down, but shouldn't you explain to our new friend here about my special talent?" Jesse looked at Jaden with a smirk, "I almost forgot about that, you see when Topaz attacks another monster, he gains an extra 400 attack points". Topaz Tiger, Atk: 1600-2000.

Jesse pointed at Aqua Dolphin, "Now Topaz Tiger, attack Aqua Dolphin with Topaz Bite". Topaz Tiger roared as he jumped towards Aqua Dolphin and bit him, destroying him, Jaden LP: 4000-2600. Topaz Tiger then landed next to Amethyst Cat, Atk: 2000-1600.

Jaden pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I now activate the trap card Neo Signal! Since one of my monsters was destroyed I can summon a Neo Spacian from my deck".

Jaden looked through his deck and grabbed a card, "Now come forth Neo Spacian Flare Scarab". Flare Scarab appeared on the field, Atk: 500. Jaden looked at Jessie, "And now for every spell and trap on your field, Flare Scarab gains 400 attack points". Flare Scarab got surrounded by fire, Atk: 500-1300.

Chazz got a smirk on his face, "Clever move slacker, when the Crystal Beasts are in the spell and trap card zone they are treated as continuous spell cards". Alexis smiled, "That's just like Jaden, figuring out a way to use the Crystal Beasts ability to his advantage".

Amethyst Cat looked at Jesse, "Now is it my turn to sink my claws into him?" Jesse nodded, "Of course, also by cutting your attack points in half, you're allowed to bypass his monster and take a bite right out of Jaden", Amethyst Cat, Atk: 1200-600.

Amethyst Cat roared as she jumped over Neos, Flare Scarab and Grand Mole. Jaden looked at her worried before she landed on him, he looked up at her and then got worried as she held up one of her front paws and took out her claws, she then scratched Jaden across his face, she then jumped back while Jaden sat up and covered his face in pain, Jaden LP: 2600-2000.

Alexis looked worried, "This is bad, Jessie just cut his life points in half".

Neos and Grand Mole looked at Jaden, "Are you okay Jaden?" Jaden sat up, "Yeah I think so Neos".

Amethyst Cat looked at Jessie, "And that's how it goes". Jesse then grabbed the last card in his hand, "Next I place one card face down and end my turn". A card appeared in front of him as his turn ended.

Jaden looked at Jesse, "With one more spell or trap card on your field, Flare Scarab gains another 400 attack points". Flare Scarab got surrounded by fire once again, Atk: 1300-1700.

Jaden looked at the two cards in his hand before he looked at Jessie while he placed his fingers on his deck, "It's my turn, I draw". Jaden drew his next card and looked at it.

"First I activate Pot of Greed, so now I can draw two more cards". Jaden took and drew two more cards from his deck, he then got a smirk on his face.

Jaden looked at Neos and Flare Scarab, "Alright guys, it's time for you guys to show your true power, time for Contact Fusion". Neos and Flare Scarab nodded their heads and jumped up in the air.

Jaden grabbed Neos's and Flare Scarab's cards, "By returning Neos and a Neo Spacian to my deck, I can summon a Fusion monster, so now come forth, Elemental Hero Flare Neos". Jaden shuffled Neos and Flare Scarab back into his deck.

Neos and Flare Scarab then made contact with each other and a blinding light appeared. Then out of the light came Flare Neos, Atk: 2500.

Jaden held up his hand, "And now, Flare Neos gains 400 extra attack points for every spell and trap card on the field". Flare Neos, Atk: 2500-3700. Jesse looked at Flare Neos with a huge smile on his face, "Wow, so this is Flare Neos huh? He's quite cool too".

Jaden then grabbed two of the four cards in his hand, "Next I place one card face down…" A card appeared in front of his feet before the slot for field spells opened up on his Duel Disk, "And then I activate the field spell Neo Space".

The multicolored space appeared around them. Jaden looked at Jessie, "And that means that you're in trouble now Jess, because not only does Flare Neos gain 800 more points since there is two more spells or traps on the field, but he also gains 500 more attack points thanks to Neo Space, also he won't have to leave the field at the end of the turn". Flare Scarab got surrounded by a red aura, Atk: 3700-5000.

Jesse looked at Flare Neos, "Wow, so awesome". Amethyst Cat looked at him, "Hey Jesse, this is not the time to be admiring your opponent's monster". Jesse looked at her with a sheepish smile, "I get it, facing a monster with 5000 attack points is quite troublesome, he used the ability of the Crystal Beasts against me well by summoning Flare Neos".

Hassleberry got an excited look on his face, "Jesse only got 2900 life points left and the difference between Flare Neos and both of Jesse's monsters are over 3000". Syrus nodded with a smile, "Jaden's gonna win if this attack is successful".

Jaden then pointed at Amethyst Cat, "Now Flare Neos, attack Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat with Flare Storm". Neos flew up in the air and unleashed a stream of flames towards Amethyst Cat.

Jesse held up his hand, "Now I activate my trap card, "Last Resort". Jaden looked shocked when he heard the name of the card, Jesse held up his Duel Disk with a smirk, "I can activate this card when one of your monsters declares an attack, I can activate the field spell card Ancient City – Rainbow Ruins from my deck".

Jaden gritted his teeth since that meant that Flare Neos's power decrease quite a bit. Jesse looked at Jaden, "But don't be too sad, since you had an active field spell on the field when I activated this card, you can draw one card from your deck". Jaden narrowed his eyes and drew one card and looked at it before he placed it in to his hand.

A card then came out Jesse's deck, "Now I activate the field spell card Ancient City –Rainbow Ruins from my deck". Neo Space then disappeared and ancient ruins appeared around them with a rainbow above them.

Jessie held up his right fist, "And now thanks to this, Flare Neos loses 900 attack points". Flare Neos, Atk: 5000-4100. Jessie's smirk then grew bigger, "And now Rainbow Ruins's effect activates, since I have at least two Crystal Beasts in my spell and trap zone, any battle damage I take is cut in half".

Flare Neos's attack Amethyst Cat and destroyed her while Jesse shielded his face from the shockwaves, Jesse LP: 2900-1450. Amethyst Cat then appeared in the spell and trap card zone as a gem.

Jaden smiled at Jesse, "Not bad Jess, you managed to survive that attack, well, it wouldn't interesting if I won with just that". Jaden then grabbed Grand Mole's card, "Next I end my turn by switching Grand Mole to defense mode". Grand Mole went down on a knee and crossed his arms, Def: 300.

Jesse looked at Jaden with a smirk, "Just like you said yourself, since Neo Space is gone, since your turn is over Flare Neos now returns to your extra deck". Jaden watched as Flare Neos turned into fire and got sent back to his extra deck.

Crowler looked at the duel, "This is quite a breath-taking duel". Bonaparte nodded his head, "Sure is, I'm on the edge of my seat here".

Sheppard on the other hand looked to his right again, "However, the one who actually suggested this exhibition match, Professor Viper hasn't showed up yet, just where can he be?"

AT THE SAME TIME AT THE ABANDONED LAB,

Viper stood in front of the container and looked at the dark red substance, he laughed since things were going just as he had planned.

He then turned around, "I should get going or someone might suspect that something is wrong if I don't show up for the exhibition duel I suggested myself". He then began to leave the abandoned lab to get to the Obelisk arena.

BACK TO THE DUEL,

Jesse let out a relieved smile, "That sure was a close one, but I managed to survive this turn". He then placed his fingers on his deck, "It's my turn now, I draw".

He then drew his next card and looked at it, "Now I activate the spell card Rare Value, so now since I have two or more Crystal Beasts in my spell and trap zone, I can send one to my graveyard and then I can draw two more cards".

Jesse grabbed Emerald Turtle's card, "Sorry for this Emerald Turtle". Emerald Turtle's spirit appeared next to him, "Don't worry about it, just make sure to take this guy down". Jesse nodded his head before he placed Emerald Turtle into his graveyard.

Jesse then drew two more cards and looked at them, "Now I summon Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth". An orange gem appeared before large mammoth with four tusks and an orange gem on his forehead appeared, Atk: 1700.

Amber Mammoth then looked at Jesse, "Jesse, I shall be your shield in this duel". Jesse nodded before he pointed at Grand Mole, "Now Topaz Tiger, attack Neo Spacian Grand Mole with Topaz Bite".

Topaz Tiger roared as he jumped towards Grand Mole, Atk: 1600-2000. Topaz Tiger than sank his teeth into Grand Mole and an explosion appeared. Jaden held up his hand, "Sorry Jess but you just activated Grand Mole's special ability, so now both Grand Mole and your Topaz Tiger is returned to our hands". Jesse looked at his hand shocked as Topaz Tiger's card appeared in it and Jaden looked at Grand Mole's card as it appeared in his hand as well.

Jesse smiled at Jaden, "You dodge that quite well, but I still got Amber Mammoth on my field, now attack Jaden directly". Amber Mammoth roared as he ran towards Jaden.

Jaden however pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate my trap card, A Hero Emerges! So now since you declared an attack, you get to choose a random card in my hand, and if it's a monster then I can summon it to my field".

Jesse looked at the card to his far left, "Well I know which one of your cards that is Grand Mole so I won't pick him, instead I'm gonna pick the card to the far right". Jaden looked at the card in his hand, "Thanks for that, you picked a monster, so now I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in defense mode".

Bubbleman appeared on a knee with crossed arms, Def: 1200. Jaden then placed his fingers on his deck, "And since he's alone on my field, I can draw two more cards". Jaden then drew two more cards from his deck.

Jesse then pointed at Bubbleman, "Alright then, Amber Mammoth, attack Elemental Hero Bubbleman". Amber Mammoth roared and ran towards Bubbleman and lifted his front right leg before he stomped down on Bubbleman with it, destroying him. Jesse looked at him, "I guess I end my turn with that".

Everyone of Jaden's friends sighed relieved that Jaden had managed to avoid Amber Mammoth's direct attack. Crowler also dried off his sweaty face, "That was a close one, that could have reduced his life points to 300".

Bonaparte nodded his head, "Yeah but not managed he to avoid that, he also got to draw two more cards".

Sheppard looked next to him and saw to his shock that Viper had appeared, "Professor Viper? When did you...?"

Viper looked down at the duel with a smile, "Jaden Yuki and Jesse Andersen, both of them are exceptional duelists, controlling their decks like they're their own legs and arms, there is no doubt that both of them are fighting with everything they got, I just hope that this will inspire the other students".

Sheppard nodded his head with a smile before he looked down at the duel again, "I hope so too". Viper looked down at the duel while a smirk appeared on his face, That's right, keep fighting, keep fighting each other until I extract all of your bottled up duel energy by doing it, my wish will soon become a reality, Viper thought to himself.

Hassleberry looked down at Jaden and Jessie, "That guy is quite good, he's really giving the Sarge a challenge".

They then heard a voice behind them, "I'm not really surprised by that, those two are pretty similar after all".

They turned around and saw Aster stand there behind them looking down on the field, "Aster, what are you doing here?" Aster looked at Chazz who had asked him that, "Hello, I'm still a student here remember?"

Chazz looked at him, "I'm well aware of that, but I thought that you were on a pro league tour right now".

Aster sat down behind Chazz and looked at the field with great interest, "I was, but then I heard that the duelist with the Crystal Beasts were here, so I just had to come and see this for myself, I should have known that Jaden would end up dueling him this soon".

Hassleberry looked at him, "Just what do you mean by that they are pretty similar? Is it that they both can see duel spirits?"

Aster looked at him for a moment before he looked down at the duel again, "Well it's that as well but that's not the only thing, both of them share a pretty strong bond with their monsters, however there is a great difference as well".

All of them looked at him before he continued, "His bond with his Crystal Beasts is different than my destined bond with my Destiny Heroes and Jaden's predestined bond with his Elemental Heroes, Neo Spacians and Dragon Heroes. It's a bond of reliance on and understanding of one another, like that of a family. The Crystal Beasts that won't leave the field even when they are destroyed, gives Jesse a feeling of relief that his monsters are always protecting him. To him, they support his heart, they are always by his side, helping him out of any crisis".

Hassleberry looked down, "I always thought that the Sarge was the duelist that had the strongest bond with his deck, but you're telling me that this kid has an even stronger bond with his monsters than the Sarge?"

Aster who had placed his hands together placed his chin on them, "That's what I sense from them right now, this is all I know about this duelist who share such a strong bond with his monsters, Jesse Andersen, the duelist chosen by the Crystal Beasts".

Alexis looked at him, "Did you say that the Crystal Beasts chose him?" Blair looked at him as well, "Are you seriously telling me to believe that the cards chose him?"

Chazz looked down, "Well something like that might not be impossible". The only thing he wondered was why the Crystal Beasts had chosen Jesse.

Aster then continued, "I once spoke with President Pegasus personally after I won a tournament that was sponsored by Industrial Illusion"; Aster said as he remembered the meeting.

FLASHBACK,

Aster was at the party held by Industrial Illusion to celebrate his victory in the tournament, he then heard someone coming towards him and saw that it was Pegasus himself.

Pegasus smiled at him, "Aster boy, allow me to congratulate you for winning the tournament, that final duel was wonderful".

He held up his wine glass in a cheer before he continued, "Your skills compared to other duelists I have seen, has put you on my top five list of duelist, the number 1 is of course the king of games himself, Yugi boy. The second best duelist in the world is of course his lifelong rival Kaiba boy, third is his best friend Joey Wheeler, and then there is you on the fourth spot".

Aster looked at Pegasus with a serious look on his face, "Who is the fifth duelist?" Pegasus looked at him, "Jesse Andersen of course". Aster looked at him shocked, "Jesse Andersen? Who is that?"

Pegasus looked up at the ceiling, "A few years ago, I went to a tournament in Europe, as soon as Jesse boy began his first duel, the Crystal Beasts I had with me began to shine".

Aster looked at Pegasus shocked, "The Crystal Beasts? They really exist?" Pegasus looked at him with a smile, "Of course, and I gave the cards to him as a gift".

Aster looked shocked when he heard that, "I can't believe it, many people would offer millions for those cards".

Pegasus looked at him with a smile, "Trust me, a lot of people and companies did, however those cards were not for sale, they had to chose the duelist they wanted"-

Aster looked at him shocked, "The cards had to choose their duelist?"

Pegasus looked at him, "The game of Duel Monsters has a long history of real magic and real monsters that goes back thousands of years and you might learn more of its history someday, and you might also get to face Jessie boy and the Crystal Beasts in a duel someday as well".

END OF THE FLASHBACK,

Aster looked at Jaden, Jaden, if you underestimate this opponent, then you might very well lose this duel, Aster thought to himself.

Jaden looked at Jessie, Jesse and the Crystal Beasts, these guys are really strong, it's true that each one of them doesn't have high attack points, but… Jaden's eyes widened as he realized something, "High attack points? Could that possibly mean…?"

Jesse looked at Jaden with a wondering expression on his face, Jaden looked at him, "You haven't summoned your ace monster right Jesse?" Jesse got a shocked look on his face, "You figured it out?"

Chazz got shocked when he heard that, "His ace monster hasn't shown up yet?" Alexis looked troubled, "Well that's not good, Jaden has had quite a bit of trouble with the Crystal Beasts, if his strongest monster shows up Jaden might lose this duel". The others looked worried as well when she said that.

Jesse chuckled, "That's quite impressive, you figured out that much, you're quite above the level of an average duelist". Jaden got a smirk on his face, "So I was right".

Jesse looked at him with a smile, "That's correct, my ace monster hasn't showed up yet, you see, when all seven of the Crystal Beasts is on my field and in my graveyard, they can combine into their ultimate form, the mighty Rainbow Dragon!"

Jaden's smirk grew bigger in excitement, "Rainbow Dragon huh? If you got a card like that, just hurry up and summon it already, I want to see it".

Jesse chuckled, "I can't". Jaden looked at Jessie confused, "Sorry, but Rainbow Dragon's summoning conditions has not been met yet, so you just have to wait for a while".

Jaden got a smirk on his face, "Me, wait? If that's so, then I'm just gonna make you summon it, my turn, I draw".

Jaden drew his next card and looked at it, "Now I activate the spell card Convert Contact, now since I have no monsters on my field, by sending a Neo Spacian from my hand and from my deck, I get to draw two new cards from my deck".

Jaden sent Grand Mole in his hand and Flare Scarab from his deck to the graveyard. He then took and drew two more cards from his deck and looked at them before he revealed one of them, "Next I activate, and this might sound strange, the spell card Cocoon Party, so now I can summon one Chrysalis Monster from my deck for each Neo Spacian in my graveyard, so since I have Aqua Dolphin, Flare Scarab and Grand Mole in my grave, I can summon three cocoons, so now appear, Chrysalis Chicky, Chrysalis Pantail and Chrysalis Pinny".

A cocoon with a red bird in it appeared on the field, Atk: 600. Then a cocoon with a dark cat in it appeared on the field as well, Atk: 800. Then finally a cocoon with a glowing baby alien appeared on the field as well, Atk: 100.

Jesse got a smile on his face, "How cute, you summoned little baby aliens".

Jaden got a smirk on his face as he grabbed a card in his hand, "They might be small now, but that's about to change, after all you know how kids are today, they grow up so fast".

He then placed the card into his Duel Disk, "Now I activate the spell card Contact, so now by sending every Chrysalis monster on my field to the graveyard, I can special summon their full grown Neo Spacian forms from my hand or deck to my field, so come forth Neo Spacian Air Hummingbird, Neo Spacian Dark Panther and Neo Spacian Glow Moss".

The three cocoons disappeared, then Air Hummingbird appeared on a knee while he crossed his arms, Def: 600. Then Dark Panther appeared on the field while he roared, Atk: 1000. Then Glow Moss appeared on the field on a knee with crossed arms, Def: 900.

Jesse got an impressed look on his face, "Wow, impressive, you just summoned three Neo Spacians at once".

Jaden then held up his hand, "Next I activate Air Hummingbird's special ability, so now for every card in your hand, I gain 500 life points". Air Hummingbird flew up in the air, flowers then came out of the two cards in Jesse's hand and Air Hummingbird collected nectar from them, Jaden then got surrounded by a green aura, Jaden LP: 2000-3000.

Jaden then grabbed one of the four cards in his hand, "And next I activate this, the spell card NEX, with it I can send a Neo Spacian on my field to my grave, and then I can summon a fusion monster from my deck with the same name, so let's say good bye to Dark Panther, and say hello to Neo Spacian Darkness Panther".

Dark Panther's form then changed and he turned into Darkness Panther who let out a powerful roar, Atk: 1500. Jaden held out his hand, "Now I activate Darkness Panther's special ability, once per turn he can until the end phase transform himself into another monster on the field, and not only does he get that monsters name and special abilities, his attack points also increases by half that monster's current attack points".

The next moment it looked like Darkness Panther melted before he took the shape of a black Amber Mammoth, Atk: 1500-2350. Jaden then pointed at Amber Mammoth, "Now Darkness Panther, attack Amber Mammoth". Darkness Panther rushed towards Amber Mammoth and rammed his tusks into him and destroyed him.

Jessie covered his face while Amber Mammoth became a gem in his spell and trap card zone, "Thanks to Rainbow Ruins, the damage I take is halved", Jesse LP: 1450-1125. Jaden narrowed his eyes, since he knew that Rainbow Ruins would halve the damage, he felt it too dangerous to attack with all of his monsters since he would not be able to end this now, which is why he summoned Air Hummingbird and Glow Moss in defense mode.

Jaden looked at the three cards in his hand, "Now I end my turn, which means that Darkness Panther's special ability now ends". Darkness Panther then returned to his normal form, Atk: 2350-1500.

Jesse looked at Jaden with a smirk, "So I'm finally getting to see it, the true power of your Neos/Elemental Hero deck". He then placed his fingers on his deck, "It's my turn now, I draw".

Jesse took and drew his next card and looked at it, "First I activate Graceful Charity, so now draw three cards and then I discard two".

Jesse drew three cards and looked at them, he then got a smirk on his face as he grabbed one card in his hand and one of the ones he had drawn and placed them into his graveyard, "Now it's time for me to get serious as well, first I summon Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus in attack mode". A blue gem appeared and then out of it came a large white Pegasus with a long blue horn on its forehead and two blue gems on the top of the inside of his wings, Atk: 1800.

Sapphire Pegasus looked at Jesse, "Alright Jesse, let's win this". Jesse nodded before he pointed at Sapphire Pegasus, "Now I activate Sapphire Pegasus's special ability!"

Sapphire Pegasus held up his head and a bright blue light appeared out of his horn, "Now since I successfully summoned this guy, I can't take a Crystal Beast from my hand, deck or graveyard and place it into my spell and trap card zone".

A card came out from his graveyard, "I place Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle in my spell and trap card zone". Jesse placed Ruby into his spell and trap card and he appeared as a red gem.

Jesse looked at Jaden, "And now I activate Ruby's special ability, during my main phase if he's in my spell and trap card zone, I can special summon Ruby to my field, and then he can special summon all of the other Crystal Beasts that's in my spell and trap card zone".

Jaden looked shocked when he heard that. The red gem shattered and Ruby appeared on the field, Atk: 300.

Ruby then held up his tail and a red beam of light came out from the red orb on his and hit the other three gems in the spell and trap card zone and they shattered as well.

First Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle reappeared on the field, Atk: 1400. Next Amethyst Cat appeared on the field as well, Atk: 1200 and then Amber Mammoth appeared as well, Atk: 1700.

Jaden looked at him, "So are you gonna summon that Rainbow Dragon now?" Jesse chuckled, Not many people would want to meet Rainbow Dragon, well I wish I could fulfill his wish but he will have to wait, after all, I haven't drawn him yet, Jessie thought to himself.

Jesse then grabbed one of the two cards in his hand, "Next I activate the spell card Crystal Release, and then I equip it to Sapphire Pegasus, so now he gains 800 extra attack points". Sapphire Pegasus got surrounded by a blue aura, Atk: 1800-2600.

Jaden gritted his teeth when he saw this, Sapphire Pegasus now had 1100 more attack points than Darkness Panther. Sapphire Pegasus looked at the others, "Alright everyone, I will clear a path for you guys, so follow me". All of the other Crystal Beasts nodded.

Jesse pointed at Darkness Panther, "Now Sapphire Pegasus, take down Darkness Panther". Sapphire Pegasus flew up in the air before he flew down towards Darkness Panther who roared and jumped up and tried to bit Sapphire Pegasus, however he managed to dodge and pierced Darkness Panther with his horn and destroyed him, Jaden covered his face from the shockwaves, Jaden LP: 3000-1900.

Jesse looked at Amethyst Cat, "Alright, it's your turn now girl". Amethyst Cat lowered her head as she revealed her fangs, "This time, it's personal, let's get him you guys". Amethyst Cat, Atk: 1200-600.

Jesse held up his hand, "Attack Jaden directly Amethyst Cat". Jaden looked worried as Amethyst Cat jumped up and slashed Jaden across his face with her claws, Jaden held his face in pain, Jaden LP: 1900-1300.

Jesse then pointed at Air Hummingbird, "And now let me show you that an eagle is more dangerous than a woodpecker, Cobalt Eagle, attack Air Hummingbird". Cobalt Eagle flew towards Air Hummingbird and destroyed him.

Jesse then pointed at Glow Moss, "Amber Mammoth, attack Glow Moss". Amber Mammoth ran towards Glow Moss and slammed his right front leg into him and destroyed him.

Jesse then pointed at Jaden, "Now it's your time to shine Ruby". Ruby jumped forward and fired a red beam towards Jaden that hit him and he groaned in pain, Jaden LP: 1300-1000.

Jesse looked at him, "What did you think of that move Jay?" Jaden looked at with a smirk, "That move was quite good, however I haven't lost yet Jess, I'm not gonna give up until the end".

Jesse nodded his head, "Of course, I wouldn't expect anything less from the famous Jaden Yuki".

Jaden got a smirk on his face, "Thanks, it's my move now". Jaden drew his next card and looked at it, "Now I activate the spell card Spellbook inside of the Pot, so now both of us can draw three cards from our decks".

Jesse drew three cards from his deck and then Jaden drew three cards as well and looked at them, "Now I activate Polymerization, and with it I'm gonna fuse together Elemental Hero Sparkman with Elemental Hero Clayman in order to summon Elemental Hero Thunder Giant".

Sparkman and Clayman got sucked into a vortex and then out of it came Thunder Giant, Atk: 2400.

Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Now I activate Thunder Giant's special ability, so now by sending a card from my hand to the graveyard so can Thunder Giant destroy one monster whose original attack points is lower than his, like your Sapphire Pegasus, Static Blast". Jaden sent Elemental Hero Necroshade to the graveyard before Thunder Giant unleashed electricity towards Sapphire Pegasus and destroyed him. Sapphire then turned into a blue gem in the spell and trap card zone.

Jaden then pointed at Jesse, "Your Rainbow Ruins won't be able to halve this damage since you only have one Crystal Beast in you spell and trap card zone now, which means that I'll win if Thunder Giant attacks either Ruby or Amethyst Cat".

Jaden pointed at Ruby, "Now Elemental Hero Thunder Giant, attack Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle with Voltic Thunder!"

Thunder Giant gathered electricity in his hands and unleashed a blast of electricity towards Ruby. Jesse held out his hand towards Amber Mammoth, "Not so fast, I activate Amber Mammoth's special ability, when you attack one of my Crystal Beasts, Amber Mammoth can make himself the target for that attack instead".

Right before Thunder Giant's attack could reach Ruby so did it change direction and instead hit Amber Mammoth and destroyed him, Jesse LP: 1125-425. Amber Mammoth then once again turned into a gem in the spell and trap card zone.

Jaden narrowed his eyes and looked at the two cards he had left in his hand before he grabbed them, "Now I place two cards face down and then I end my turn".

Jesse then took and placed his fingers on his deck, "Alright then it's my turn again, so now I draw". He drew his next card and looked at it before he placed it in his hand before he grabbed another card in his hand with a smirk, "Jaden, you said earlier that you wanted to see Rainbow Dragon right? Well thanks to you playing your Spellbook Inside the Pot, you're gonna get to see it".

Jaden got a huge smirk on his face, "Really?"

Jesse nodded his head, "Now since I sent Topaz Tiger to my grave before, I now have all seven of my Crystal Beasts on my field and in my grave, which means I can call forth their ultimate form, so come forth, Rainbow Dragon!"

Rainbow colored lights appeared before it began to take a shape, it then became a long white serpentine dragon with the gems of the Crystal Beasts on each side of its neck, Atk: 4000.

Jaden got a huge smile on his face, "So this is Rainbow Dragon?" Yubel also looked at the dragon amazed, "I have heard rumors about this monster in the Dominion of the Beasts, but I didn't really think that it really existed".

Alexis looked at the Rainbow Dragon, "That's Rainbow Dragon? It looks really powerful, I just hope that Jaden has a way to beat it".

Jessie held out his hand, "Now Rainbow Dragon, time to unleash your Rainbow Reflection, destroy Elemental Hero Thunder Giant with Rainbow Reflection". The gems on Rainbow Dragon's neck lit up and he charged up an attack before he unleashed a multicolored beam towards Thunder Giant.

Jaden pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "I activate Hero Barrier, since I have an Elemental Hero on my field, I can negate one of your attacks". A shield formed in front of Thunder Giant and blocked the attack.

Jaden looked at Jessie before he looked at his last face down card, That was close, my last face down Soul Union could have made their attack points equal, however it would have left me wide open and then either Cobalt Eagle or Amethyst Cat would have been able to wipe out my life points, he thought to himself.

Jesse looked at Jaden, "Looks like you managed to survive that attack, however you won't be able to avoid Rainbow Dragon for much longer".

He then held out his hand towards Amethyst Cat, "Now by cutting Amethyst Cat's attack points in half she can attack you directly", Amethyst Cat growled at Jaden, Atk: 1200-600. She then jumped towards Jaden and slashed him across the face, Jaden LP: 1000-400.

Jesse looked at Jaden, "And with that I end my turn, so make your next move and show me how you plan to take down my Rainbow Dragon".

Jaden looked at Rainbow Dragon and narrowed his eyes, Taking that thing on with only Thunder Giant is impossible, however I can end this by attacking one of his Crystal Beasts, even though the damage will be halved thanks to him having two Crystal Beasts in his spell and trap card zone again, the lowest damage he's gonna take is 500, which is higher than he has, Jaden thought to himself.

Jaden then placed his fingers on his deck, "It's time to get my game on". He then drew his next card and looked at it and saw that it was the spell card Card of Demise.

Jesse got a smirk on his face, "And now it's time to unleash Rainbow Dragon's true power". Jaden looked up at him, "Say what?"

Jesse looked at him, "I can't use Rainbow Dragon's special abilities during the turn he's special summoned, however now I can, so now I activate Rainbow Dragon's first special ability, so now for every Crystal Beast that I send from my field to my graveyard, Rainbow Dragon gets 1000 more attack points".

Jaden looked at Jesse shocked, "Say what?" Then Amethyst Cat, Ruby and Cobalt on the field and Sapphire Pegasus and Amber Mammoth in the spell and trap card zone turned into beams of light and flew into the gems on Rainbow Dragon's neck before he roared, Atk: 4000-9000.

Jaden looked at Rainbow Dragon shocked, "It has 9000 attack points now?" Jesse looked at him, "I knew you were planning on attacking one of my weaker monsters to end this without facing Rainbow Dragon, and while I could have activated his ability during the battle phase, I chose to do it now because I like to see if you can him down after he increased his power through his own ability".

Jaden narrowed his eyes, Thunder Giant don't have a chance against Rainbow Dragon like this, not even if I use Soul Union, but I still have a chance to turn this around, alright deck, let's turn this around and win this, Jaden thought to himself as he held up his spell card, "Now I activate Card of Demise, so now I get to draw until I'm holding five cards as long as I discard my entire hand during my fifth standby phase from now".

Jaden drew five more cards and looked at them, "First I summon Elemental Hero Neos in attack mode". Neos then reappeared on the field, Atk: 2500. Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I activate the spell card Contact Soul, since I have Neos on my field, I can special summon a Neo Spacian from my hand, deck or graveyard, however at the end of my turn all of my monster s that I have on the field will return to my deck. But for now I bring back Darkness Panther from my graveyard".

Darkness Panther reappeared on the field, Atk: 1500. Jaden then held up his hand, "Next Neos and Darkness Panther will join together with Contact Fusion". Neos and Darkness Panther jumped up in the air while Jaden returned Darkness Panther to his extra deck while he shuffled Neos into his deck.

Neos and Darkness Panther then made contact with each other and a blinding light appeared, "Now appear, Elemental Hero Darkness Neos". Darkness Neos appeared on the field, Atk: 2800.

Jaden held out his hand, "And now his special ability activates, when he's successfully summoned, he negates the effects of every face up card that you currently has on the field and they will remain negated for as long as he remains on the field".

Jesse looked at Rainbow Dragon troubled as the dragon lowered his head, Atk: 9000-4000. Jaden looked at Jesse, "And then he gains 100 attack points for every card that had its effects negated, so since I negated both Rainbow Ruins and Rainbow Dragon's effects he gains 200 attack points". Darkness Neos, Atk: 2800-3000.

Jesse looked at Jaden, "While that is an impressive move, he's still weaker than Rainbow Dragon".

Jaden held up a card with a smirk, "Not for long, I activate the spell card Gift of the Martyr, so now by sacrificing Thunder Giant, I can add his attack points to Darkness Neos's attack points until the end of this turn".

Thunder Giant got destroyed and Darkness Neos got surrounded by a blue aura, Atk: 3000-5400.

Jesse looked at him, "5400 attack points? He's now stronger than Rainbow Dragon".

Jaden nodded with a smirk, "Yes, and that means that this duel is over, now Darkness Neos, attack his Rainbow Dragon and end this".

Darkness Neos jumped towards Rainbow Dragon while his claws began to glow purple. Rainbow Dragon fired a multicolored beam towards Darkness but he blocked it with his claws as he flew through it. He then slashed him with his claws four times, Rainbow Dragon let out one mighty roar in pain before he got destroyed and the shockwaves from his destruction sent Jesse flying to the ground, Jesse LP: 425-0.

Jaden watched Jesse who slowly sat up, "Are you okay Jess?" However he soon heard Jesse laugh. Jesse looked at Jaden with a smile, "Man that sure was a fun duel Jay". Jaden got a smile on his face and nodded, "It sure was".

They then heard someone come towards them and saw Viper walking towards them while he was clapping his hands, "Splendid, a perfect way to start of the new school year". Everyone then gave applause for the intense duel they had just seen.

Viper walked over so he stood between Jaden and Jesse, "Both of you came over here". Jesse and Jaden walked towards him and then stood in front of each other, both of them smiled at each other as they shook hands, however neither of them noticed how the crystal on their wrist bands lit up dark red, Yubel on the other hand noticed this and narrowed her eyes in suspicion towards Viper.

Viper nodded satisfied, "That sure was a wonderful opening duel". Jaden and Jesse looked at him shocked.

Alexis looked at him confused as well, "Opening match?" All of the students looked at each other confused.

Viper looked at the students, "Like I said, for me I'm a man of action and I want real combat, so I'm gonna organize a series of survival duels".

Everyone looked at him shocked, Crowler looked at him, "W-what is he talking about?" Bonaparte looked just as confused as him, "I have no idea, I didn't hear anything about this".

Viper looked at the students serious, "Fight! You must fight! I have given you these battles, so fight".

Syrus looked troubled, "Survival duels? I have a bad feeling about this".

Hassleberry looked down at Viper, "This will turn into something bad, I'm sure of it", however he then noticed something, "Hey! Where is the Sarge and Jesse?" The rest of the gang looked and also saw that Jaden and Jesse were gone.

A LITTLE WHILE,

The group finally found Jaden and Jesse at the roof of the main building and saw that both of them was looking through each other decks and suggesting moves they could have made.

Syrus looked at them, "They're like twins!" Hassleberry chuckled a little while Alexis shook her head a little. Chazz sighed, "Oh great just what we need, another Jaden".

Aster looked away with a smirk, "Well I rather have another dueling moron than another you Chazz, well time for me to get back to the pro league". He then left leaving Chazz glaring after him while Jaden and Jesse promising to duel each other again soon.

The new school year began great for Jaden as he got to face one of the new exchange Jesse Andersen who had the legendary Crystal Beast deck, the duel was intense but in the end so managed Jaden to win the duel by taking down Jessie's ace monster Rainbow Dragon.