Notes-I forgot to mention that I raised the ages of the characters by a year or so! So Jaden is 16,Syrus 15 and Zane being a 3rd year student is 18/19. And because GX is set 20 years in the future I've decreased any Yugioh characters by 10 years or so, Seto being in his early 20's and Yugi being 19 or so. Also I most probably suck at writing duel fights so I've avoided this one...

Also that I don't own the charcaters, pweez don't flame don't like don't read etc,etc..

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"Are you ready?" Jaden asked as she emerged from her tent to find them waiting outside, Syrus constantly glancing around nervously.

"Yea, just let me fix this." She replied and slid the standard duel disk onto her arm.

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"Jaden...are you sure this is fine?" Syrus asked quietly as they began to walk to the duel arena.

"Of course, we won't get into trouble Sy." He reassured him as they entered the lit building.

"Besides, I think a challenge is something you accept." She added as they pushed open the doors cautiously to the arena, only to find it empty.

"Where are they?" Syrus asked looking around the empty stadium.

"You don't think he set us up right?" Yoko asked looking round at the pair.

"No...Maybe he's late?" Jaden suggested, before pulling out his organiser, "I'll call him and see if he'll show."

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"Hey Chazz, your things ringing." A blue haired boy whispered to him.

"I can feel it you moron, it can wait till this guard goes." He hissed back as they froze against a wall waiting for the man to pass.

"It's some kid called Jaden." Another boy on his right said looking at the caller, as the man passed Chazz picked up the Organiser which was vibrating with the call.

"What do you want?" he asked boldly as they entered the stadium to find the brown haired boy accompanied with Yoko and a blue haired boy.

"I see you showed up, that's good." Jaden smiled out as he took the organiser down from his ear and into its holder.

"So, your name's Jaden then." Chazz said looking at the Organiser which displayed it.

"Yea, so lets get this duel started, I'll go first yea?" Jaden said confidently and started to step up onto the duel platform.

"Ha-no slacker, girls go first. You may be a good duelist to beat Crowler but I want to see her cards first." Chazz instructed with a smirk as he watched Jaden slouch dejectedly with a frown.

"Fine...Yoko go get him! But, we'll duel later then Chazz." Jaden consoled himself as he jumped off the platform.

"You're rather obsessed with my cards aren't you?" Yoko stated, as Chazz grew a greedy grin on his pale face.

"I'd say anyone would be, they're rather unique in a way it's a one of a kind deck." Chazz explained simply stepping up.

"Maybe, maybe not." She said and they announced "Duel" In unison as their duel disks slid open.

"I'm first-I summon Reborn Zombie in defence mode and place one facedown card. Your move." He froze and watched as she drew out another card adding to the five in her right hand, and glanced at them.

"What happened to ladies first eh?" she asked casually placing down a facedown card.

"Didn't know you classed as a lady." One of Chazz's lackeys sniggered to his friend, earning a slight frown off Chazz who then barked out,

"Who cares? Just hurry up."

"Fine...I'll summon Battle Ox in attack mode." She smiled out as Chazz's expectant face switched to one of surprise, "And I'll end my turn."

"What's this trash?" he spat out at her.

"It's called a monster maybe?" she taunted quietly.

"No, that's a common card – where's the others!" he shouted and started walking across to her, the monsters and face down cards started fading away as the duel was terminated.

"Hey Chazz, what's the big deal?"

"Yea Chazz, you should be duelling her!" the two boys shouted out to him which he replied something harshly silencing them.

"Well, I don't see a problem." Yoko asked taking a hasty step back as Chazz snarled angrily and seized her wrist tightly that held the remaining cards.

"Hey-What are you doing Chazz?!" Jaden said running up, followed by Syrus, not quite sure what to do. Twisting her wrist towards him easily, he had a clear view of her playing hand: Pot of Greed, Koumori Dragon, Guard Dog, De Spell.

"What the hell is this?!" he asked forcefully shaking her wrist.

"Cards, you idiot-now let go!" she said and trying to twist herself free from the grip that failed to loosen.

"Chazz, you're going to hurt her, let her go." Jaden reasoned gently and moved towards Yoko to help her.

"No, tell me what have you done with the cards?" he hissed to her, "Where's the one at the Exams – Gay Angel something."

"Gael Angel of the Leviathan, get it right you mammoth." She replied and breathed in sharply as Chazz gripped tighter although she wore her black (fingerless) fabric gauntlets they didn't provide any form of a shield from his force.

"Chazz – come on you only wanted to duel, you're hurting her!" Jaden said loudly snapping Chazz from his furious grip, he loosened it and Yoko brought it back to her rubbing tenderly ,after she removed her gauntlet, on the red heated area of where Chazz had clamped on.

"That was rather harsh; I mean it's all red and sore..." Syrus commented quietly looking over at the wrist, followed by a low growl off Jaden.

"You do know that card, so where is it?" Chazz demanded, his expression not betraying any remorse for his previous action.

"Geez, are her cards all you care about? I mean you could have said sorry to her first!" Jaden replied angrily. However, Chazz was saved from answering and the slight flicker of his eyes going to her sore wrist was unnoticed as his two followers started defending him.

"The next King of Games apologise to a Slifer slacker?!"

"You're out of your mind, you should be apologising to him for getting his hand dirty!" they shouted across the stadium.

"Will you two shut up?! I came here to see her cards, and these-"he went over to Yoko who watched him carefully, he grabbed the duel disk and took her deck out amidst the protests of her friends, "aren't her cards. Look at this Slacker - this is a standard beginner's deck anyone can buy from a shop, nothing like the one she had at the Entrance Exam!" he spat out angrily after rifling through them. He then dropped the cards to the floor purposely, and they splashed out all around them just common playing cards.

"Hey, you didn't have to do that-"Syrus protested,

"He wasn't going to hand them back nicely, in your dreams maybe!" one of Chazz's lackeys shouted out, and fell quiet as Chazz sent a chilling glare to them.

"Okay it's my fault, so what if these weren't my cards? I could have probably beaten you with them anyway." Yoko said cautiously watching Chazz's disgruntled face gain its arrogant streak back.

"You beat me with those cards?" he sneered at her, "What were you going to do? Get your Killer Tomato monster and beat me with that?" he mocked.

"You'd be rather ashamed if I did." She replied casually. As Chazz was about to retort Syrus spoke out,

"Can you hear that?" he said suddenly, everyone fell silent and the solemn tap tap of footsteps were heard.

"That'll be campus security guards." Chazz said already stepping away from the group and to his own pair, "Come on you two, we need to get out of here before they catch us."

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"Jaden, what do we do?" Syrus whined anxiously as the footsteps became louder.

"Leave, come on Yoko." Jaden said and jumped off the platform, he ran over to the doors they had entered from and opened it a slight crack to see shadows advancing. He let the door close quietly and ran back to the group, "They're coming from this way, we'll have to go out differently."

"Let's follow Chazz, they probably got out fine." Yoko decided quickly and the group made a hasty exit from the doors on the opposite side of the stadium. Rounding a corner, they spotted Chazz's friends leaning on a wall by a door.

"There's them Slifer kids again." A blue haired one reported, gaining the other's attention.

"Hey where's the way out?" Jaden asked urgently, and the pair smiled devilishly.

"You really think we'd tell you?" the other boy with brown hair asked.

"No reason not to like." Syrus reprimanded boldly.

The pair made a "hmph" noise but they almost instantly jolted alert from their slouching demeanor,

"I hear guards!" one whispered urgently and pushed frantically at each other through the door they were by. At the exact same moment Chazz was about to walk out from, with the two boys pushing forcefully to get in he crash landed onto the tiled floor as they barrelled into the room closely followed by the Slifers.

"You idiots what do you think you're doing?!" he scolded them, his face flushing from the embarrassment of being pushed over.

"Sorry Chazz-Campus guards are coming!" one explained as they tried to help him up only to have him wave their hands away.

"We're going to hide out in the boy's toilets?" Yoko asked her face an expression of disgust at the sharp smell.

"I don't think we have a choice, come on choose a cubicle, we'll stand on the toilets if they come in to check." Jaden said pushing past Chazz and his friends.

"Hey Slacker - not so fast." Chazz interrupted Yoko as she made to follow Jaden; he stuck out his arm stopping her from passing. "Why should I let you hide out in here?! You didn't bring the cards so I wasted a good part of the night with a couple of stinking Slifers, I should kick you out of here right now." He said his expression disgruntled.

"We don't stink at all; this place stinks probably because you're here!" Yoko replied viciously at his face which grew rather annoyed.

"You are so close to being thrown out of here and just because your some girl doesn't make a difference." Chazz threatened darkly.

"And as if security won't notice a 16 year old girl thrown out into the corridor right in front of them, they'll probably get you next." Yoko scoffed and ducked under Chazz's arm to get past.

"They won't when I've got money blinding them." He stated smugly and folded his arms, the groups remained silent as they stood apart for a while as they waited and listened out for any guards passing.

"I think it's all quiet..." Syrus said timidly as he and Jaden walked softly to the door, they pushed it open slowly and peeked at the currently dark, empty corridor before exiting followed by Yoko and the Obelisks."They don't lock any doors because we're on an island and if the guards have passed they switch the lights off." He informed them.

"So I guess it's all safe to go back to the arena and to our Dorm that way." Yoko said pointing to the direction they had come from.

"Good, I don't want to see any of you around at all." Chazz sneered and beckoned the two boys to follow him as they walked off in the opposite direction of the Slifers.

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"He was a bundle of joy..." Jaden commented lightly as they made their way cautiously out of the Duel stadium.

"He really was." Yoko agreed sarcastically and seized Jaden and Syrus' arm closest to her as she spotted two figures up ahead. Signalling with a nod of her head, she released their arms as they saw it too,

"What do we do?! I think they saw us!" Syrus whispered out and took a few steps back behind Jaden and Yoko, "We're going to get into trouble!"

"We'll go back into the Duel area-"Jaden said beginning to back off slowly as a female voice shouted out.

"Who's there? Jaden? Yoko?" Alexis called out and the group breathed a large sigh of relief, they slowly walked towards the figures and in the little light from the lamps they made out the other figure, a taller Obelisk student with deep blue hair and grey eyes, which were trained hard on Syrus.

"Alexis-we're so glad it's you and not the guards, we've had to dodge a few." Yoko said to the pair,

"But what are you doing here and not on your own site?" Jaden asked her and looked at the student who hadn't said anything.

"Oh wait this is Zane by the way, he's the Academy's top student. Never lost a duel so far anyway..." Alexis explained introducing him.

"Alexis thought Chazz would have had some plan of a duel for either of you two, and she wanted to watch." He said solemnly and received some nudging off Alexis who gave him a frosty stare, "Anyway I thought I might as well have a look at the Slifers against Obelisks, but I didn't know he was challenged." His eyes that were momentarily focused on Jaden and Yoko returned to Syrus who hanged his head low and shuffled his feet around.

"What do you mean by that?"

"I don't get your meaning..."

Jaden and Yoko asked defensively in almost unison, their expressions wary against this slightly older duelist.

"He means he didn't expect me to be challenged, and I wasn't." Syrus said looking at the floor, a sad expression etched on his face.