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Chapter One: The Gauntlet is thrown…. AgainJaden Yuki yawned as he sat lazily on the edge of one of the many cliffs overlooking the sea around Duel Academy. "Wish something fun would happen." He sighed. "Been pretty dull around here lately."
"You're going to fall off that thing one of these days, you lazy slacker, and I'm going to laugh." Chazz Princeton scoffed from his seat on a rock not too far away.
"And speaking of dull, how you doing Chazz? What's up?" Jaden sat up and gave a broad grin.
"Crowler wants to see you." The black-coated boy said simply.
"Really? Is it about saving the world or something else that we don't deal with on a daily basis?" The boy in the red coat stood up and brushed himself off.
"Beats me, you think I delve too far into slacker business?" Chazz stood up and glared at Jaden.
"Well yeah, considering you're a Slifer too Chazz." Jaden started laughing.
"Shut up and get to Crowler." The other boy stared daggers through Jaden upon bringing up that little fact and began walking away.
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When the two reached the Chancellor's office, they saw many other people were already there. Jaden's jaw almost dropped as he saw two of them where none other than Joey Wheeler and Seto Kaiba. "Whoa! How did they get here?" Jaden asked excitedly.
"Well, let's see, there's a big Blue-Eyes shaped jet outside and we're on an island, they swam, what do you think!?" Chazz shouted.
"Well I didn't notice the jet, okay Chazz?" Jaden rubbed the back of his head nervously.
"You wouldn't notice that jet if it were a real dragon destroying the school, you slacker moron." Chazz sighed.
The two's bickering ended when another presence entered the room. This was a man about two years older than them, dressed entirely in black, from his heavy boots to the wrap covering his mouth and most of his face.
"Good, we're all here." The scrawny Chancellor said as he watched the man in black enter the room.
"Dang Chazz, is this guy where you get your fashion tips from?" The blonde girl behind Chazz and Jaden whispered.
"Hey Lex, and yeah, that guy's creepy. He out-emo's you by a mile." Jaden said, still staring at the man.
"No one out-emo's the Chazz." He growled under his breath.
"Alright, I'm sure more than half of you are wondering why we're here. You see, Duel Academy is sponsoring another tournament to bring in more money. Our founder, Seto Kaiba has graciously entered himself in this tournament to boost the spirit and get more money in."
"And since I couldn't scrape the mutt off of my shoe, he's joining too." Kaiba pointed to Joey.
"Yeah, yeah, ignoring dat, rich boy. I'm still pissed at the dueling monkey project, why'd ya haveta name it after me?" Joey complained.
"Anyway," Kaiba continued. "The one who wins among the eight of us will win an exhibition match with King of Games, Yugi Muto."
Some murmurs went around the room at this last revelation. "Now then, let's go around the room." Crowler pointed. "Of course you all know Mr. Kaiba and Mr. Wheeler, then there's the beauty of Obelisk Blue, Alexis Rhodes, the brain of Ra Yellow, Bastion Misawa, our own graduate pro duelist, Zane Truesdale… and the Slifers." He pointed last to Jaden and Chazz.
"Hey! Don't lump me with him!" Chazz protested and pointed at Jaden.
"Ah yes, I forgot about you, our last minute entry." Crowler nodded to the man in black. "What was your name again?"
"Ryu." The man stated simply and quickly.
"Alright then, if everyone will please proceed to the main hall, we're having everyone gather there to watch." Crowler instructed.
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As the group of eight and Crowler entered the main arena, they noticed the usual rainbow-like Yellow, Blue and Red seats, but also many other spectators coming to watch the pro duelists. "Welcome all!" Crowler shouted with the aid of a microphone. "We will be deciding today's matches with Kaiba Corp.'s latest in name-randomizing technology." He pointed to the screen above as everyone watched for what would happen next. The names all went through at super-speed until they stopped on two names.
Chazz PrincetonVs
Seto Kaiba
"Good Luck Chazz." Jaden laughed as him and the others took the bottom part of the stand until only him, Kaiba and Crowler remained on stage.
"The first match shall be our very own Chazz Princeton against Kaiba Corporation executive, Mr. Seto Kaiba!"
"Yeah, thanks old man, I think the people can read." Chazz muttered as he looked from his deck to his opponent. He was really gonna need to Chazz things up on this duel.
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Alright, first chapter all, hope to be an exciting tournament, please review and keep on eye out for later chapters