Christmas Time the GX Way!

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Otherwise, this would've taken place in the GX anime long ago…

A/N: Life Points will be bolded and underlined. I won't bother with listing attack and defense. Its too much extra work.

Chapter 2: Christmas Duel of Love Pt.1

Everyone stood, shocked at what Alexis said. She just challenged Jaden to a Duel, in the middle of a Christmas party! "Alexis, you're challenging me here and now? Why?" Jaden asked.

"Yes, I'm challenging you. And if you want to know why, then duel me to find out!" Alexis replied.

"Chazz, what's going on here?" Blair asked. "I don't believe it," Chazz said. "Alexis is doing the same thing I did when I was in love with her; challenging the one she loves to a Duel to express her feelings!"

"Really? How romantic!" Blair exclaimed.

"Well, will you duel me or has the buffet bar entranced you?" Alexis boldly asked.

"Okay, I'll duel you! Just don't insult the food!" Jaden answered.

The two of them entered the ring, which was colored red and green for the holidays. Alexis pulled out a deck and looked at it. "It's been a long time since I've used this deck. Let it deliver me to victory," she thought.

Aster, Syrus, Mindy, Jasmine, and Hassleberry sat behind Jaden. Chazz and Blair sat behind Alexis. Zane and Atticus immediately joined them. "Why is Alexis dueling Jaden?" Zane asked. "She's doing the same thing I did once," Chazz replied. "You mean she's going to confess her feelings for Jaden in their Duel?" Atticus asked. Blair and Chazz nodded. Atticus raised a fist into the air. "Its about time!" he shouted.

Alexis heard her brother's shout and looked behind her to see the four of them sitting there.

"Good luck little sis!" shouted Atticus.

"Show Jaden what you're made of!" shouted Blair.

"You can do this Alexis!" shouted Chazz.

Zane just nodded and gave Alexis a thumbs-up.

"Thanks you guys," she thought. She then faced Jaden. They activated their Duel Disks, put their decks in, and shouted, "Duel!"

Alexis: 4000 LP

Jaden: 4000 LP

"I'll go first," said Jaden. "I play Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird in Attack mode! I gain 500 Life Points for every card in your hand. Jaden: 6500 LP Next, I'll play Fake Hero! I can now Special Summon an Elemental Hero from my hand. I choose Elemental Hero Neos! Next, I'll do Contact Fusion. Come forth, Air Neos!" Air Hummingbird and Neos fused together and a new monster appeared on the field.

"Then I'll play Neo-Space," continued Jaden The whole area turned red and green, like the holiday colors. "This'll give Air Neos 500 more Attack Points and he won't disappear at the end of the turn. Let's see what you've got. Turn end."

"Let's see," said Alexis. "First, I think I'll play Skilled Dark Magician in Attack Mode!" The monster appeared on the field and everyone was shocked to see it.

"Atticus, I've never seen Alexis play that card before. What's going on here?" Chazz asked.

"I cannot believe she pulled that deck out," commented Atticus.

"What deck?" Zane and Blair asked at the same time.

"Her Spellcaster deck," replied Atticus. "Normally, she uses her Cyber Angel cards. But this deck she only uses on very special occasions. I played against that deck once before and lost. Badly. If I had to guess, she must want this win badly. And I believe that her special deck is just as powerful as Yugi's, in my opinion."

"As strong as Yugi's?!' the other three exclaimed.

"Probably," said Atticus.

"Well, combine that with Alexis' desire to confess her feelings, I'm questioning if Jaden can actually win this one…" said Zane.

"All we can do is watch, and see what unfolds" Atticus replied.

"Nice monster, Lex!" said Jaden.

"Thank you," said Alexis. "Now let me show you a few more things. I play the Continuous Spell Card 'Spell Absorption'! Now for every Spell Card activated after this one, I get 500 Life Points." A red orb started to circle around Alexis' monster.

"What's that?" Blair asked.

"A Spell Counter," Zane answered. "I wonder what Alexis plans on doing with it…"

"Anyway, next, I'll play Lightning Vortex!" she exclaimed. "By discarding one card to the Graveyard, I can destroy Air Neos!" Lightning appeared in the sky and struck Air Neos down. Another Spell Counter appeared began orbiting Alexis' monster.

"I gain 500 Life Points from Spell Absorption," explained Alexis. Alexis: 4500 LP Now, I'll play the Spell Card 'Premature Burial'! By paying 800 Life Points, I can Special Summon a monster from the Graveyard and I'll also regain 500 Life Points due to Spell Absorption." Alexis: 4200 LP

"But you have no monsters in your Graveyard," Jaden interjected.

"Yes I do! I put one there when I discarded to play Lightning Vortex. Now, come forth, Dark Magician Girl!" A cute blonde in magician's garb appeared on the field. "Dark Magician Girl!" everyone yelled. They didn't expect to see her here. Syrus would've jumped out of the stands had Aster and Mindy not held him back. "I love you!" Syrus yelled. Dark Magician Girl winked and blew a kiss at Syrus. He immediately fainted. Those around Syrus were awfully embarrassed by this.

A third red orb began circling Skilled Dark Magician. "Now that my Skilled Dark Magician has 3 spell counters, I can now sacrifice it and the spell counters to summon a special monster from my deck; one I'm sure you'd be happy to see," Alexis told Jaden. Skilled Dark Magician disappeared from the field and so did the red orbs. "I call upon the powers of dark magic. Come forth, o' mighty Dark Magician!" Alexis chanted.

The famous violet-clad monster appeared next to his female apprentice. Everyone's jaws except Atticus and Alexis' dropped to the floor. "You have Dark Magician, Yugi's favorite card? Why didn't you tell me?" asked Jaden. "I have my reasons and my secrets," Alexis replied. "Tell you what: after this Duel, I'll tell you my biggest secret. Of course, I'll be claiming victory."

"I wouldn't think that just yet," Jaden said. "You know that the Duel's never over until the last card is played." Alexis nodded in agreement. ("Is it just me or is Jaden acting even more like his old self since the duel started?" their friends thought.)

"Now, my magicians! Attack Jaden directly! Double Dark Magic Attack!" Two purple orbs blasted Jaden. Jaden: 2000 LP"I think that'll do for now. Turn end."

Uh-oh! It seems that Alexis' special deck has our Jaden on the ropes! And each of them has only gone once! Can Jaden pull out a miracle victory or will Alexis be able do defeat the chosen Duelist? Will she confess her feelings? Find out in chapter 3!