Chapter 7: Bye Bye Chazzy!

With the completion of the expulsion duels, Davis could finally go back to trying to keep his grades up. All of the excitement going around made him feel like he was out of his concentration. As such, he was hitting the books when he could both inside and outside of class. However, as much as he tried to keep studying, his mind was still on the concept of who was trying to get Jaden expelled and almost took Syrus and himself with him. His first guess was Dr. Crowler since the man seemed to be especially enthusiastic about the expulsion duels and how Jaden had to duel Chazz in the promotion exams. He definitely had motive since Jaden had kicked his butt at the entrance exams. The funny thing was that Jaden never seemed to notice that anyone seemed to be holding a grudge to him. Still, Davis didn't like it when someone tried to do something mean to his friends.

Of course, another thing that was throwing Davis off was his dorm mates. Several of them had seen Rachel leave that morning when she came over for a visit. Everyone was assuming that the pair were in a relationship, which made Davis something of an idol figure. Since Rachel was friends with Alexis, several Ra boys were hoping for tips on how to woo the Obelisk girl or any Obelisk girl in general. Of course, Davis denied anything as serious as the Ra boys were hinting at. Sure, he was attracted to Rachel and respected her as a good duelist, but he hadn't considered the idea of having an official girlfriend since he came to Duel Academy...yet. He was always in the middle of some test or important duel. Of course, remembering how Rachel hugged him when he won the expulsion duel was enough of a tip off to how she felt.

"Might as well get to class," Davis groaned as he rubbed his eyes. "I'm not going to get any thinking done here."

Packing up his books, Davis headed out for the main Academy building. His cards were in his pocket as always. They were always a comforting to have around. It was certainly a good thing to have as he spent his days at the Academy. As he walked into class, he resigned himself to another day of learning and work.

It was Gym time today and the two of the schools dorms were currently playing America's favorite pastime, Baseball! It was currently the Slifer boys versus the Ra boys as the Slifers were up to bat, while the Ras were in the outfield. All the guys were currently in their white and blue gym clothes with the Slifers were red bandanas on their arms and the Ras wearing yellow ones. It was currently the top of the ninth, with the Slifers leading 3–0. There were two outs and the second and third were bases loaded. Next up to bat, Jaden Yuki!

"Jaden, keep your eye on the ball!" Syrus coached.

"Heh, it'll be hard to do to that…" Jaden replied. "After I hit the ball out of the park, we'll have a six run lead!"

"You wish Jaden." Jaden looked to see Davis, playing catcher for the Yellow team. "All it takes is three strikes, and you're out!"

"Like how I stuck you out, the past three innings?" Jaden taunted. The Avenger duelist growled as he remembered how he kept swinging and missed.

"Hold on! Time out!" A voice called out, running into the baseball field, Bastion Misawa. "I was deep into some ATK point quantum mechanics and lost track of time."

"Can ya throw?" One of the yellow players asked Bastion.

"Sure."

"Well, we need a fresh arm… Pitcher change!" The tired pitcher left the field for Bastion to take the mound.

"This isn't a written exam, Bastion!" Jaden said. "I hope you know what you're getting into!"

"Oh, with Bastion pitching now, it's over…" Davis snickered.

"I believe Mr. Eitoku is right, Jaden." Bastion said, getting ready to throw. "Now get ready; this is coming in red hot!" Bastion didn't even need to wait for the signals as he launched a fast ball, straight down the middle. Jaden missed and Kurogasa caught it.

"Strike one!" Davis called. And as for the next throws…

"Strike two!"

"Strike three, you're out!"

"Nuts!" He shouted.

"I told ya that it's over once Bastion's pitching." Davis said, taking off the catcher's gear. "And if you think his pitching's great, wait 'til you see him bat!" He left for the sidelines to wait his turn to bat.

"Yeah, we'll see…" Jaden said as he took the pitcher's mound, and Syrus took his place as the catcher.


At the bottom of the ninth, Jaden already struck out the first two batters. But he then he started get sloppy, for some reason…

"Ball 4, take your base!" For the next three batters, with Davis being the third, he walked them all intentionally.

"Time!" Syrus called as the Slifers met at the mound. "Jaden, what happened? You got two outs, and walked the last three batters!"

"Pretty slick, right?" Jaden smirked.

"Slick?" All the Slifers asked.

"Yeah, it was the only way to pitch Bastion!" Jaden revealed.

"What?! You walked all those guys to get even with Bastion?!" Syrus asked.

"Nah, I wanna get ahead!" Jaden declared as Bastion took his place at bat. "You hear that, buddy!? You're going down!"

Bastion put on his helmet and smiled. "Down the base line perhaps." He replied. "Now give your best, Jaden! That is even you can get the ball over the plate."

"You want it!? You got it!" Jaden pitched a fast curveball, hoping to get Bastion to swing and miss. He swung, but it hit!


Meanwhile, Dr. Crowler was passing by the field trying to think of his next move on getting Jaden kicked out…

"The Paradox Brothers couldn't beat Jaden! Chazz couldn't beat Jaden! I need someone who can beat Ja… AAH!" His ranting was interrupted by a ball straight to his left eye, knocking him into the baseball equipment.

"Heads up!" Crowler popped out of the pile and saw Jaden and Syrus. When the Slifers realized who was hit, they freaked.

"IT'S YOU! WHO ELSE WOULD CAUSE SUCH INTENSE PAIN?!" Crowler cried.

"That's keeping your eye on the ball," Syrus cracked, as Crowler had the ball lodged in the eye.

"Sorry," Jaden said. "It was…"

"My fault!" Bastion came up to them. "I was the one who hit the ball."

"Of course." Crowler said, his mood completely changing as he heard Bastion. "Here I was looking for a new accomplice and here it hits me right in the face! Well the eye, but that's beside the point."

"Dr. Crowler, accept my apologies." Bastion said, bowing in respect.

"No, no, no, I've been meaning to have my contacts refitted for ages and now I have the perfect excuse." Crowler waved off. 'And a new protégé to back me up!'

"Huh?"

Crowler jumped, he forgotten that Jaden and Syrus were still there. "DO YOU TWO MIND?!"

"Sorry," They said. "See ya, later Bastion!" And they ran off.

"You really shouldn't be associating yourselves with those slackers…" Crowler said. "I think it's time you associate yourself with someone more on your level… like me."

Later on, Davis was sitting by himself in the classroom as he was waiting for Crowler to be finished talking with Bastion seeing as that he was the next teacher. Today he was wearing a black shirt with Bartman OOO's symbol. He was pondering on what Crowler was up to this time.

'What are you up to this time Crowler?' Davis thought. At that point, Shannon and May appeared in spirit form.

"Something on your mind Davis?" Shannon asked.

"Yeah, it's about Crowler." Davis muttered to himself low enough so people weren't thinking that he's talking to himself. "I've been wondering what he's up to this time. And Bastion was with him too."

"So you don't know what Crowler wanted to talk to him about?" May asked.

"Nope. I went over there after seeing what was taking so long, Crowler was walking with him out of the field. I don't see Crowler as the kind of guy to associate with anyone lower than Obelisks."

"It's worth investigating." Shannon offered.

"Maybe…" Davis then heard the door open, and at that point, W and OOO disappeared. But it wasn't Crowler that came through the door, but instead it was the hot–headed Chazz Princeton. "Oh great, the true King of Games is here…" He was being sarcastic, by the way.

Chazz entered the classroom and sat down towards the top of the stadium–style room. "It's good to be at the top. Yo, foot rub and an ice tea, pronto!" He commanded snapping his fingers.

"Get it yourself!" A random Obelisk student snapped.

"What did you say?" Chazz asked the Obelisk. "Go on, say it again; I don't think I heard you."

"Chazz, what are you doing?" Another Obelisk student asked, walking up to him.

"What does it look like I'm doing?" Chazz asked rhetorically. "I'm sitting in my seat."

"That's not your seat anymore." The Obelisk informed him.

"You idiot, this seat is mine, I even have a name tag right…" But when Chazz looked again, the name tag that he put there personally to show everyone that only he was supposed to sit there was gone! "What the–!"

"I think you'll find your name tag down there." The Obelisk pointed to a seat towards the bottom near the Ra Yellows. And it was in front of where Davis was sitting.

"Great… now I have sit next to Chazz…" Davis grumbled to himself.

"No way, this has to be some mistake! The next King of Games shouldn't sit with third–rate no–names!" It was then that Dr. Crowler, now sporting a shiner from being hit with the ball, walked into the classroom. "Dr. Crowler, what's the meaning of this? I don't deserve to sit with the losers!"

"Oh I wouldn't say that, Chazz," Crowler said. "After all, it was a loser that beat you… what was his name… oh yeah, Jaden Yuki… A SLIFER!"

'Geez… you make it sound like he went up to the Egyptian Gods and called them losers.' Davis thought.

"That's why tomorrow you're going to duel Bastion Misawa and if you lose to him as well, you two switch dorms!"

Chazz gasped as the dilemma he was in. "You mean… I'd become a Ra Reject?!"

"I guess you're not as half as dumb as you pretend to be, Chazz." Crowler said, even applauding in amusement.

Chazz growled in embarrassment with the rest of the class laughing, Chazz fled the room. "I WON'T BE A RA!"

"Well… that's one mystery solved." Davis said as Bartman OOO appeared.

"He deserved it," said Bart. "Fair is fair, after all. The boy just reaped what he sowed."

Davis silently agreed with the traffic-colored Avengers. Chazz deserved everything he got. It was just karma paying him back for being such a jackass.

"And you! Mr. Eitoku!" Crowler said suddenly making the guy in question snap to attention.

"Uh… y–yes?"

"I want to speak with you after class today."

"Uh… o… kay." Davis got out with uncertainty in his voice.


Later on, Bastion, Syrus and Jaden had their free time, and were currently heading to the Ra dorm.

"Okay, so maybe that last one wasn't a foul ball." Jaden said, talking about the earlier baseball game.

"Jaden, over the center field fence normally isn't." Syrus added.

"I play like I duel," Bastion explained, while showing him a baseball bat with formulas written on it. "You see, I find that statistics, geometry, mathematics, we use all of them in our daily lives."

"You know, I never thought of it that way," Jaden said to Bastion.

"So do you have a formula for everything?" Syrus asked.

Bastion chuckled, "I'll show you."

"Hey guys." Jaden, Syrus, and Bastion turned to see Davis running towards them.

"Hey Davis." The three greeted. "Finished with class?" Bastion asked.

"Yep. What are you guys up to?"

"We're just about to head into Bastion's dorm room and see it." Jaden said. "Wanna come?"

"Eh, why not? I got time." Davis shrugged.

So with that, the four of them went on their way to Bastion's room. While the Ra Yellow dorm, the Slifers thought while it wasn't the posh mansion that the Obelisk dorm was, it was still better looking than the Slifer Red dorm. Bastion led Jaden, Syrus, and Davis to his room which was on the second floor, with Davis' room next to his.

When Bastion opened the door to his dorm room, Jaden and Syrus let out a gasp. The walls and ceiling was covered with equations and formulas.

"Huh… that explains the scratching noises I've been hearing for the first week of school." Davis said.

"Sorry about that." Bastion chuckled. "But nonetheless, welcome to my dorm room," he said. "Also my lab and my workshop." He pointed to the wall his desk was up against. "Over there is formula for trap cards." He swung his hand to point to the opposite wall and ceiling, "Over there is for spell cards." His hand swung again this time pointing to the wall with the window. "And that's… well you get the idea. In here I've cracked the ability to beat almost every card ever made, but as you can see I'm running out of room. So…" He held up a mop and paint bucket with an innocent smile on his face, "Mind helping?."

"Sure." The four set out to whitewash the walls of Bastion's dorm.


"Hey check it out, I'm Michelangelo," Jaden said while standing on a step ladder, as Syrus, Bastion, and Davis laughed at the joke. "Get it, because I'm painting on the ceilinnnnggg!" Jaden lost his footing and his hold on the brush. The brush went flying right into Syrus's face.

"You do realize, Jaden, that this means war," Syrus said, in mock anger.

"Look, Sy, it was just an accident!" But Syrus was already picking up a paint bucket and getting ready to throw it.

"That's enough, you two." Bastion scolded. "Now give me that paint…" Syrus threw the paint at Jaden but Jaden ducked and the paint covered Bastion's face instead. Jaden burst into laughter. "Oh, funny now is it?" Bastion then tried to smack Jaden's face with a paint rag, but Jaden ducked and hit Davis instead. That got him steamed who immediately fought back with his paint brush, but now he hits Jaden with the paint.

And it was pretty much a paint war after that.


After a ceasefire, the three got done painting Bastion's room and after cleaning up themselves, Bastion invited his three helpers to the Ra Yellow cafeteria. Jaden and Syrus practically stormed over to the buffet line and grabbed some fish before sitting down in front of the two Ras and started chowing down. Bastion chuckled as he went to get his dinner as Davis sat down with his dinner and Coca Cola in tow and practically stared at Jaden and Syrus's eating habits.

"Are… you guys okay?" Davis asked.

"I don't think I ever had such a good time eating!" Jaden said as he stuffed some fish into his mouth. "Bastion, Davis, you guys are alright."

"Yeah," Syrus agreed. "And so is Ra Yellow's food!"

"Oh, you flatter us," Bastion said bringing over his lobster dinner. "But I'm sure it's not all that much better than Slifer."

Jaden and Syrus's eyes bugged out upon seeing the lobster. "Trust me, the closest thing we have to fish is Banner's cat's breath," Jaden said.

"Wow, now I understand your eating habits." Davissaid looking at them in disbelief.

"By the way Bastion," Syrus said. "What were you talking with Crowler about back at the ball field?"

"Actually, he wants me to test to be an Obelisk." Bastion replied.

"Are you serious?!" Syrus asked.

"It's true." Davis said as everyone turned to him. "Heard from Dr. Crowler himself in class today. Chazz is his test opponent and if Bastion wins, he and Chazz switch dorms."

"Is that why you were cleaning your room, because you were switching dorms?" Jaden smiled. "Well congratulations, Bastion, you deserve it."

"Again, you flatter me." Bastion said, trying to endure the praise.

"But you deserve it, bro!" Jaden insisted. "I saw you duel at the entrance exam. You kicked that Duel Proctor's butt!" Jaden exclaimed. "You'll be a shoe–in to pass Crowler's test!"

"Well thank you."

"And he's not the only one that's going to be tested for Obelisk Blue." Davis said making Jaden, Syrus, and Bastion turn to him. "I am too."

"Really?!" The three of them gaped.

"Yep. Apparently, Crowler has given me this test as a way of congratulating me on my Expulsion Duel last week. "

"Wow! That's great man!" Jaden said happy for Davis. "You deserve it!"

"The color isn't so much an issue with me, but it does feel nice to have my efforts acknowledged," Davis nodded with a grin.

"I can't believe Crowler allowed it though," Syrus commented.

"Well, he has been suspended from his duties in Obelisk Blue," Bastion commented. "Miss Fontaine now holds responsibility for both dorms now remember? It's up to her who gets promotional exams now."

"True." Davis shrugged. He then checked his watch. "Whoops! Got to go! See ya!" He then left after picking up a couple more Cokes.


Later, Davis was sitting under a tree alone, waiting for someone. He does enjoy some company, sometimes he just liked to sit alone and contemplate. His last few duels had been high risk ones. The ones against Narutaki and Mako were the toughest duels he'd ever faced but he still came out on top.

Davis let out a sigh as he waited. "Wonder what else will happen in this school?"

"Hey, Davis!" Davis looked over to see Rachel running over and she was carrying a picnic basket.

"Hey, Rach!" He waved. When she stopped he stood up. "What's with the basket?"

"Oh, just some lunch I packed up," Rachel smiled. "I was…kind of hoping if you'd like to share. I think I packed a little too much."

"Sure," Davis shrugged. How much could she have brought? Of course, when Jasmine unrolled a picnic blanket and pulled out something out of a cordon bleu restaurant, he was beginning to realize what the Obelisk Blue girl had in mind. Resigning himself to it, he took a seat on the blanket and decided to help himself. As expected of Obelisk Blue cooks, the quality was much higher than anything Ra Yellow had. It almost made the cooked lobster and shrimp taste like slop. "Oh wow."

"Good huh?" Rachel smiled. She helped herself to some of her own food. "Say, do you know what Chazz's problem was today? Most of the male students have been laughing at him for some reason. As usual, he's in one of his bad moods and won't talk to anyone. Not even his two cronies."

"Oh, well since he lost to Jaden, Chazz is being tested in a duel against Bastion Misawa," Davis explained.

"The guy who gave Professor Crowler that black eye with a baseball?" Rachel asked.

"That's the one," Davis nodded. "Well, this is Chazz's big chance to prove he has what it takes to be in Obelisk Blue. If he can't beat Bastion, then he's going to be demoted down to Ra Yellow and Bastion is going to get promoted to Obelisk Blue. With the way Chazz bolted from class, he acted like being in Ra Yellow was like being diagnosed with leprosy. Of course, running from the room screaming probably didn't help his image much."

"Jeez, what a drama queen," Rachel grimaced. "Well, he may be one of the top ranked duelists in Obelisk Blue, but his attitude really stinks."

"No kidding," Davis sighed. "And you know what else...?"

As the pair were chatting and eating the amazing food, they didn't know that they were being spied on. In some bushes a few feet away, Mindy, Jasmine and Alexis were watching them. Mindy and Jasmine had an impish grin on their face while Alexis had moderate amusement on hers. The trio saw their friend fill a basket with their best food before heading out. Since Mindy and Jasmine were curious, Alexis got dragged along with them. They loved romantic stuff like this and Alexis was just making sure that she stayed out of trouble.

"Why are we spying like this?" Alexis whispered to her friends. "We already now they like each other."

"You didn't see what I saw in her notebook," Mindy giggled as she handed a piece of paper to her blonde friend.

Alexis took the paper and examined it before her eyes got wide. All over the sides of the paper were little doodles and hearts that were all seen in every girl who had a big crush. She had seen Mindy do it with several boys during the time she knew her. In this case, there were hearts with R+D in them or the name Rachel Figueroa written on the sides. Other little doodles were chibi-fied pictures of Davis wearing outfits of his male Avengers without the helmets with a chibi-fied Jasmine in his arms.

"She's got it bad," Alexis giggled quietly "But then why are we spying?"

"We want to see how strong Davis feels back for her," Jasmine answered. "Then we can plan on how to get them to confess to each other."

"So, you're going to be the meddling matchmaker," observed Alexis.

"Hey, Rachel's our best friend just like you," said Mindy.

"So we gotta help her find love." Jasmine added.

"And what about your love lives?" teased Alexis.

Mindy and Jasmine quieted down.


The next day there was trouble. While heading over to the Slifer Dorms to see how Jaden and the others were doing, Davis spotted them at the lighthouse with Ms. Dorothy the card shop owner looking out at the water. Curious, he went over to see what was going on. Getting closer to what was happening, he spotted a deck's worth of Duel Monster cards floating in the water. He didn't recognize a few of them, but he did spot the Ring of Destruction and the Vorse Raider floating in the water. Some of the cards even had math calculations on them.

"Don't tell me," Davis gasped. "Bastion, were these your cards?"

"Indeed," Bastion sighed. "It's my own fault. I left my deck out in the desk we moved out of my room so the paint could dry."

"Oh man, and your promotion duel is in an hour! What are you going to do Bastion?"

The Ra Yellow student remained silent. Davis was just as quiet. He couldn't believe that someone would disrespect cards like this. Davis treated every card like it was his best friend and in the case of his Avengers, they were. His fists clenched as he felt his anger boil over at this…insult to another duelist.

"Hey Davis," Syrus piped up. "You live next to Bastion, right? Did you hear anything?"

"No," Kotaro sighed. "Even if I did, I probably would have assumed it was another Ra Yellow student coming back late or something."

"Still, who would do something like this?" Ms. Dorothy asked.

"Obviously someone who doesn't want Bastion to duel," Davis frowned. "And I think we can all agree on the one person who has lots to gain if Bastion can't make it to his next duel."

"CHAZZ!" the group gasped.

"Yup, he didn't want to risk losing his place so he decided to cheat and get rid of Bastion's deck. I've always known he was a slimeball," said Davis.

"So, Chazz is gonna force Bastion to forfeit and win by default? No fair!" Syrus stated.

"Hey, if he can't win fairly, he'll win unfairly. It happens," said Davis. "So, Bastion, what are you going to do now?"

"It's alright. This is a small problem and I've got a solution," said Bastion. "Now, let's get to that duel, shall we?"

Davis nodded, smiling. He knew someone like Bastion would have a backup plan somewhere in that brain of his.

Jaden, Syrus, and Bastion soon arrived at the Main Dueling Arena where the promotion exams will be taken. Miss Fontaine, Dr. Crowler and Chazz were there along with… Rachel?

"Ah, Bastion, you arrived." Crowler said. But then frowned a bit, when he saw Jaden and Syrus, "And I see that you've brought some friends with you to watch."

"Hey guys!" Rachel waved to Jaden, Syrus, Davis, and Bastion.

"I can't believe you Chazz!" Jaden frowned at the Obelisk Blue boy. "I thought you were low, but to go this low? You would throw away your opponent's Deck into the ocean before he can duel you? How low can you get?"

"What?!" Rachel shouted.

"Excuse me?!" Miss Fontaine asked shocked.

"Pardon?!" Crowler asked in genuine disbelief.

"I don't know what he's talking about, I didn't do a thing." Chazz denied.

"Oh, is that so?" Everyone turned to see Zane, Alexis, and Davis standing at the entrance. "I saw you Chazz, when Kurogasa chased you to the docks; you dumped those cards into the water!" Alexis said. "Normally, I don't like to snitch but if there's one thing you don't do, it's messing with another duelist's deck!"

"That's low, Chazz, even for you," Jaden said.

"Oh come on, how do you know I wasn't throwing away my own cards?" Chazz said, still lying. "I guess Bastion and I just have similar decks."

"Is that so?" a new voice asked. Everyone turned to see who had spoke and they found two Obelisk students one was Alexis, but the other was a male with a white jacket and blue highlights. He had shoulder length green/blue hair and had a stern look on his face. Both of them were glaring holes into Chazz from where they had entered the arena.

"Alexis? Zane?" Jaden asked in confusion.

'So this is the enigmatic Zane Truesdale,' Davis thought to himself. 'He's got the look of a powerful duelist at least,'

"I saw you out there last night," Alexis frowned as she continued speaking. "This morning out by the lighthouse, I saw you toss those cards out into the water before you ran for it. I don't usually snitch, but if there's one thing you don't do, it's messing with another duelist's deck!"

Everyone present realized that they now had Chazz in the act. Even Crowler looked less than impressed with the accusations that were being thrown at his opponent. Chazz just looked like he was going to burst a vein from being so angry.

"No kidding," Davis growled. "Only the lowest duelists do stuff like that."

"Oh come on," Chazz snorted. "Who's to say those cards weren't mine? I guess Bastion and I just have similar decks."

"LIAR!" Davis snapped angrily.

"Hey! No one calls me a liar and NO ONE calls me a thief!" Chazz growled dangerously.

"Fine, you aren't one," Bastion frowned as he defused the situation. "Let's just duel, shall we?"

"But how are you going to do that Bastion? You don't have a deck," Jaden reminded his friend.

"A good duelist always has more than one deck," Bastion replied as he unbuttoned his jacket. "You remember those calculations in my room, correct? Well, those weren't just for my one deck, they were for ALL my dueling decks! Each one as powerful as the others!"

Bastion opened his jacket to reveal six deck holsters underneath the yellow uniform. Each of the holsters were filled with a deck that Bastion had created himself through endless calculations on trap, monsters, and magic cards. If they were anything like the deck Bastion had used to battle the proctor, Davis didn't think Chazz was going to have an easy time as he had first assumed. In fact, it was probably going to be harder than he expected.

'Let's see if your self-believed Obelisk superiority gets you through this, butthole,' Davis through to himself.

"Fine, you got more decks!" said Chazz scornfully. "So what? Doesn't mean you'll win."

"We'll see about that," said Bastion as he attached his duel disk to his arm. "Shall we?"

"Lets," Chazz frowned as he inserted his deck and activated his disc. Bastion did the same. The two boys stood across from each other as their Duel Discs really kicked into high gear.


"DUEL!"

Chazz: 4000

Bastion: 4000

"Get ready! Because here comes the hurt!" Chazz said drawing his sixth card. "I summon Chthonian Soldier!" The same dark armored warrior that faced Kurogasa appeared. (4/ATK: 1200/DEF: 1400) "And a card facedown, that'll do it for now." He concluded as he placed a reverse card on the Field.

"Oh will it now?" Bastion asked as he drew his sixth card.

"Sounds like Bastion has something up his sleeve." Jaden commented.

"He works quickly," Alexis said as she and Zane came up to stand besides Jaden and Syrus along with Davis and Rachel who got off the platform.

"I summon Hydrogeddon in ATK mode!" Bastion declared. "Hydrogeddon, arise!" A geyser of muddy water rose up and created a gray and brown dinosaur with an amphibian tail. (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1000) "Now attack Chthonian Soldier! Hydro Gust! Destroy him!" The muddy water dinosaur let out a blast of mud water that sprayed and destroyed the soldier.

"Thanks, you just activated my Soldier's special ability!" Chazz announced. "It causes you to take the same amount of Damage to your Life Points as I do!"

Chazz: 3600

Bastion: 3600

"Not bad," Zane commented.

"Bastion walked right into that one," Jaden said.

"But for good reason." Davis added.

"I activate a special ability also," Bastion said. "You see, Chazz, when Hydrogeddon successfully destroys a Monster in battle, I'm allowed to summon another Hydrogeddon from my Deck. So rise, Hydrogeddon!" Bastion took another Hydrogeddon card from his Deck and summoned it. (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1000) "And my Battle Phase continues which means that now I can wage a Direct Attack on you, Chazz. Go, Hydrogeddon, Hydro Gust Attack!" The new Hydrogeddon fired its attack. Chazz screamed as he was knocked down by the attack.

Chazz: 2000

Bastion: 3600

"You'll pay for that," Chazz said getting up as he drew his next card. "I activate my trap card Call of the Haunted! This lets me summon a Monster back from my Graveyard and the monster I choose is… that's right, Chthonian Soldier!" Chthonian Soldier was back on the field. "Next, I activate the spell Infernal Reckless Summon! After I Special Summon a Monster with 1500 ATK or less, we must summon in ATK mode, all Monsters from our Hand, Deck, or Graveyard that match the Monsters we currently have on the Field. And I'll bring out my other Chthonian Soldiers!" He said as he took two more out from his Deck and summoned them. (4/ATK: 1200/DEF: 1400) x2

"It doesn't make any sense. It doesn't matter how many of those things Chazz summons," Alexis said as Bastion summoned a third Hydrogeddon. (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1000) "They still won't have enough attack points to beat those Hydrogeddons."

"Not by themselves, they won't." Zane said as Chazz took a card from his hand.

"I activate the Equip Spell, Chthonian Alliance! The monster this card is equipped to gains 800 ATK points for every Monster on the Field with the same name as it." The Chthonian Soldier on Chazz's left growled as it was covered in dark energy, and grew three times its normal size. "That brings its ATK points up to… well you're the math nerd, you figure it out."

"3600…" Rachel groaned. The spectators excluding Davis and Zane gasped at the power, the soldier was giving off.

Chthonian Soldier (4/ATK: 1200–3600/DEF: 1400)

"Chthonian Solider, attack, one of those Hydrogeddons!" Chazz commanded. The giant, Chthonian Soldier slashed through the middle Hydrogeddon. Bastion grunted from the damage.

Chazz: 2000

Bastion: 1600

"Oh no!" Rachel shouted.

"Bastion's Life Points have gone down by more than half!" Syrus said. "He's losing the duel!"

"Relax Syrus, Bastion's got this. There's no way he'll lose this one." Davis assured him.

"Bravo, good show," Bastion said drawing a card, not even caring about the loss of points he had. "But it will be short lived. Rise, Oxygeddon!" A Pteranadon monster made of green air appeared in a from an Oxygen geyser (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 800) "Now attack one of the 1200 point Chthonian Soldier with Vapor Stream!" The oxygen made pteranadon breathed a clear air blast at one of the weaker soldiers, taking it out.

Chazz: 1400

Bastion: 1600

"Forget?" Chazz scoffed. "When my Soldier's destroyed, you take the same amount of Damage as me! Some Whiz Kid you are!"

Chazz: 1400

Bastion: 1000

"My turn's not through. Next my Hydrogeddon will attack your other Chthonian Soldier!" Once again, Bastion ordered one of his Hydrogeddons to attack and destroy the Soldier, causing both players to take the same amount of damage from Chthonian Soldier's special ability.

"That Damage still goes back to you loser!" Chazz taunted.

Chazz: 1000

Bastion: 600

"Oh man why does Bastion keep attacking when he's hurting himself more than he's hurting Chazz?" Syrus said.

"He's fine," Jaden assured Syrus.

"And playing smart too," Zane added. "The Chthonian Soldier with the equip card has 3600 ATK points. Bastion would have to summon an incredibly powerful monster to beat him. Unless however…" The large Chthonian Solider lost most of its power.

Chthonian Soldier (4/ATK: 3600–2000/DEF: 1400)

"Wait, I see, unless he takes out the other Chthonian Soldiers and lowers the big one's ATK points!" Syrus realized.

"Right, Sy, so if Bastion's going to win this, he's going to have to give up some Life Points." Davis said.

"Last, I'll place this card facedown." A reverse card appeared on his Field. "That'll do for now."

"Will it? I wouldn't be so sure about it, Whiz Kid!" Chazz taunted as he drew his next card. "I sacrifice my Chthonian Soldier and all the cards in my Hand in order to summon Infernal Incinerator! Bet you didn't see that coming." He started to laugh as his soldier was engulfed in an inferno sphere.

"Infernal Incinerator!?" Bastion gaped. The sphere started to explode, covering the field in smoke and from it; a giant fiend salamander appeared with the top half of a Chthonian Solider on the head. (6/ATK: 2800/DEF: 1800)

"Better break out your calculator because if you can't figure out a way to beat this guy, you're through!" Chazz said. Face it, Bastion; you have no chance against my Infernal Incinerator. Especially since he gains 200 ATK points for every Monster you have on the Field!"

Infernal Incinerator (6/ATK: 2800–3400/DEF: 1800)

"That thing has 3400 ATK points?!" Rachel gawked. "That means no matter which Monster receives the attack, Bastion's through!"

"Infernal Incinerator, attack with Firestorm Blast!" The monster opened its mouth revealing a row of sharp teeth and launched a huge ball of fire at Oxygeddon.

"Bastion!" Jaden cried as the blast was nearing Bastion's monster.

"I activate my trap card Amorphic Barrier!" A wall of ice crystal pillars rose up around Bastion's monsters. "When I have three or more Monsters, this trap card stops my opponent's attack and ends the Battle Phase. But nice try, Chazz."

"That was close." Syrus said.

"So what?" Chazz said, not caring in the slightest. "One turn, that's all it buys you and then you'll be all mine!"

"I'm afraid there won't be a next turn." Bastion declared as he drew his card.

"What?"

"You heard me, and I activate the Spell Card, Bonding H2O!" Bastion inserted a spell that showed a beaker, being poured to create water. "I sacrifice two Hydrogeddons and one Oxygeddon…" The three monsters turned into geysers and combined. "…and summon Water Dragon!" The geysers formed a large serpent like dragon made of pure water. (8/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2600) "And since the number of Monsters on my side of the Field has decreased, so does Infernal Incinerator's ATK points."

Infernal Incinerator (6/ATK: 3400–3000/DEF: 1800)

"Doesn't matter, my Monster's ATK points are still higher than yours." Chazz smirked.

"Better double check your work," Bastion warned. "Because I've already done all the math!"

"All the math?" Crowler questioned. "Does that mean that…?"

Jaden confirmed Crowler's suspicions. "Bastion had this planned from the very start?"

"Told ya, Bastion got this one." Davis said. The Water Dragon created a large tsunami wave of water that washed over Infernal Incinerator, that took all of its power away from it.

Infernal Incinerator (6/ATK: 3000–0/DEF: 1800)

"No, it's ATK points!" Chazz cried.

"Indeed, that's Water Dragon's special ability." Bastion explained. "You see when he's out on the Field, the ATK points of FIRE attribute and Pyro–type Monsters automatically become 0. Now Water Dragon, attack! Tidal Blast!" The dragon fired a high pressured blast of water that washed Infernal Incinerator again this time destroying it and knocking Chazz from the stage and dousing the whole arena in water even though it's only holographic.

Chazz: 0

Bastion: 600


"A lucky draw, that's it!" Chazz snapped as the water vanished. "You drew the right card and stumbled into the win!

"Hardly. Fortune favors the prepared though," Bastion retorted as his dragon vanished. "If the duel hadn't turned out this way I would have had over half a dozen other ways to beat you. Still, deny it all you want. Just like you denied throwing my deck into the ocean."

"Oh yeah? Prove it!" Chazz snapped.

"If you insist," Bastion sighed as he reached into his pocket. He then fished out a soggy Vorse Raider card. Near the bottom where the attack points were displayed, there was a mathematical equation that was written on it. "I managed to fish this card out of the ocean. It has a formula that I wrote on it. I suppose you could have written it, but the math would probably have been wrong. I've checked, and it isn't. Chazz, you lied, you stole, you cheated. You deserve to be demoted!"

'Serves him right!' Sam scowled at the Obelisk…well, former Obelisk Blue student as he appeared in spirit form next to Davis.

"THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING TO ME!" Chazz yelled.

Miss Fontaine crossed her arms, feeling most impatient with Chazz's actions. The boy was hailed as one of the best freshmen of the new school year. Yet, when it started to look like he was being challenged the boy seemed to crumble and panic by using absolutely any means possible to win. What was Crowler doing when he was in charge of the Obelisk boys? Did he turn a blind eye to anything they did simply because of his elitist views on the Obelisks? Miss Fontaine had expected a level of behavior from her girls in the girl's dorm. If she heard about someone bullying other students or heaven forbid attempting to cheat in duels she would bring the hammer down and hard!

"That's enough Mr. Princeton!" Miss Fontaine frowned, walking towards the now former Obelisk. "You lost. It happens in duels and despite what you seem to think it can happen to you too. Instead of trying to sharpen your skills though, it seems you've done everything in your power to win without even trying! Normally I'd have you investigated for cheating, especially since Bastion and Kurogasa have proof of your attempt to cheat. Instead, maybe working your way back up from Ra Yellow will give you some decent work ethic." Chazz stayed silent as she then turned to Bastion. "Bastion, Congratulations, and welcome to Obelisk Blue."

"Thank you, Miss Fontaine but I'm afraid I must decline the invitation."

"Oh? And why's that?" Miss Fontaine asked.

"When I first arrived at this Academy, I made a promise that I would only enter Obelisk Blue when I become the number one student in the freshman class." Bastion said, turning to the Slifer. "Jaden, of all the new students, I think that number one student is you."

"Hey thanks, does that mean you want to settle this right here?" Jaden asked. "I mean seeing you guys duel really made me want to get my game on."

"Sorry, but not now."

"Why not?"

"Because I have a lot of work to do before I duel you, many formulas to write, theorems to solve, equations to bounce. You're a good Duelist and I want to be ready." Bastion explained. "Soon my dorm room walls will be filled with new problems and equations and we will have our duel. But until then…" He turned to Davis giving him a small smile to his fellow Ra who could possibly be Obelisk Blue. "Let's have Davis have his shot to be Obelisk Blue. He's earned it."

"Wait, Davis is being tested too?" Alexis asked who was a bit surprised.

"Yeah, you didn't hear? Crowler himself told me. I accepted his offer of taking the test." Davis explained. "So let's do this!" He grinned.

"Good luck then." Alexis said as Davis took his place on the platform. Rachel took her place as well.

"So you're ready Rachel?"

"That's right! And I'm not gonna hold back! My Harpies and I are gonna hit ya with everything we got!"

"I wouldn't have it any other way." Davis smirked as he took his Deck out of his deck box. He placed his Deck in the deck slot and the Duel Disk went from standby to active. Rachel did the same thing as well. Both players then drew their starting Hand.

"DUEL!"

Davis: 4000

Rachel: 4000

Jasmine drew her card. "I'll go first and summon out Harpie Lady 1 in attack mode and then her special ability activates! All Wind Monsters gain 300 ATK!" she declared as the red haired harpy arrived (4/ATK: 1300-1600/DEF: 1400). "Then I activate the spell, Elegant Egotist! This card can help me search for another Harpie Lady or the Sisters and Special Summon it from my hand or deck so I choose the Harpie Lady Sisters in ATK mode!" A trio of Harpies then appeared (6/ATK: 1950-2250/DEF: 2100). "I set one card facedown and end my turn!"

Davis raised an eyebrow at this particular deck. "This is new" He thought. "Guess I'll see more of her deck in this Duel!"

"I draw!" He looked at his hand and picked out a card. "I activate Double Summon which allows me to bring out two monster instead of one! So come out Wild Thing and Gagagigo!" He declared as the feral mutant (4/ATK: 2100/DEF: 1400) appeared on his side of field along with a monster that wasn't with the Avengers: a lizardman named Gagagigo(4/ATK: 1850/DEF: 1000). "Next up is an old favourite, Mystical Space Typhoon, I destroy your face down!" He declared as Jasmine's facedown was none other than a Hysteric Party as Davis pointed at the Sisters. "Gagagigo, attack the Harpie Lady 1!" Davis commanded as the lizardman nodded in response before dashing forward and struck upon the Harpie with his claws, causing an explosion, depowerment of the Sisters (6/ATK: 2250-1950/DEF: 2100), and Rachel to lose some Life Points.

Davis: 4000

Rachel: 3750

"Then I'll have Wild Thing attack the Sisters! Go Laura!" Davis added.

"Finally. Now you three will see why I'm the next best at what I do!" Laura said as she unsheathed her claws and struck out at the Sisters with them, causing an another explosion and a little more of Rachel losing Life Points.

Davis: 4000

Rachel: 3600

"I'll then set two cards facedown and end my turn." Davis stated as he slid two facedown Spell/Trap cards in their slots as their images appeared behind Laura and Gagagigo.

"I draw!" Rachel called out. Her hand was now at four as she examined it. "I send Harpie Queen to my graveyard to add a Harpies Hunting Ground from my deck to my hand which I now play and thanks to this, if I Normal or Special Summon a Harpie Lady monster, I can destroy 1 Spell or Trap on the field and all Winged Beast monsters gain 200 ATK and DEF!" The normal spacious Duelling Exam Room changed to become a rather open wide area with a blue sky and the dirty ground. "Next I play my Double Summon, summoning Harpie Ladies 2 and 3 in ATK mode and thanks to this Field Spell, I can destroy your left facedown card while they gain 200 ATK and DEF from the Hunting Ground!" She declared as the other two winged women, one orange-haired (4/ATK: 1300-1500/ DEF: 1400-1600) and one spiky haired (4/ATK: 1300-1500/ DEF: 1400-1600), appeared from the sky and Davis' left facedown was destroyed by the effect.

"Crap." Davis muttered.

"I activate Pot of Greed to draw two cards then set one card facedown." She stated.

Davis declared. "I draw!"

His hand was at three as he looked at it before hearing Rachel call out. "I activate Hysteric Party, now all I need to do is discard one card in my hand and then I can Special Summon as many Harpie Ladies as I want, so I send another Harpie Lady 2 and bring back Harpie Queen, Harpie Lady 3 and Harpie Lady 1 and the Harpie Lady Sisters! A whole bunch of Harpies, consisting of the previous four he had seen so far and a long, green-haired Harpie.

Harpie Lady 1 (ATK/1800 DEF/1600).

Harpie Lady 2 (ATK/1800 DEF/1600)

Harpie Lady 3 (ATK/1800 DEF/1600)

Harpie Queen (ATK/2400 DEF/1400)

Harpie Lady Sisters (ATK/2450 DEF/2300)

"What are you going to do here Davis? Will you find a way out or will you fall?" She thought to herself.

"That's… one impressive field." Davis managed to say and Rachel gave a grin. "Don't think flattery's going to work!" She teased and he looked at his hand. "Let's see, I got to take down more than three Harpie's at once but Laura or Gagagigo here cannot hold a candle to the Queen or the sisters, plus if I destroyed Harpie Lady 3, her effect would stop the monster that battled with it from attacking for two turns, and I can't afford to let that happen." He thought and took out a card from his hand of three. "I activate an Avenger's Bonds! If I have at least 1 monster on my field, I can Special Summon two more from my deck however, they cannot attack, so I call from my deck, Rikku and Bartman OOO!" The mechanic (4/ATK:1500/ DEF:1600) and the the silhouette of the man appeared and on his waist was a belt with a rectangular box that had three circular slots. He took out the traffic light coins and inserted the coins in the slots. Taking the scanner from the side of his belt and scanned them making three chiming sounds. "Let's Ride!"

HAWK! TIGER! GRASSHOPPER! TATOBA!

TA–TO–BA TATOBA TA–TO–BA!

The silhouetted man became surrounded by spinning colored Medals which accompanied the transformation. Images of the three Medals he was using appeared. Hawk was on the top, Tiger was in the middle, and Grasshopper was at the bottom. The three images then combined into one large crest which flew backwards and into his chest. His body then became enveloped in energy which swiftly hardened into solid armor. Becoming Bartman OOO (4/ATK: 2000/DEF: 2000).

"And these two monsters are going to help each other with their effects, I'll show you by first selecting Rikku, once per turn, all the cards in my Graveyard return to my Deck!" he declared as the cards did so.

"Next comes Bart's effect, he gains 100 ATK for every monster on the Field and I count nine!"

Bartman OOO (4/ATK: 2000–2900/DEF: 2000-2900)

Rachel nodded as Davis shown a familiar card. "Time for Pot of Greed to draw two more cards in my Deck." He said as he drawn two more cards, bringing his hand back to three and gave a smile.

"THIS IS IT!" He declared.

"He's got the duel won already?" Alexis gasped.

"Uh–oh…" Rachel gulped.

"Next I activate the Spell, OOO Roulette!" Davis said next playing a card depicting a array of various different colored crests. "I roll a die, and OOO will gain a new form depending on the roll! Go, dice roll!" He yelled. A huge die came out of the card and dropped to the ground. It rolled, for a few seconds until it landed on a 3. "Yeah, it's a 3! With that, I can Special Summon Bartman OOO – SaGoZo Form! And I'll special summon him from my Hand!" OOO took out the three coins and replaced them with three silver ones. One had a picture of a rhinoceros, the second, a gorilla, and the third, an elephant. OOO then scanned the medals.

RHINO! GORILLA! ELEPHANT! SAGOZO!

SAGOZO… SAGOZO!

BGM: Sun Goes Up

OOO became surrounded by spinning colored Medals by the spinning medals again. Images of the three Medals he was using appeared. Rhino was on the top, Gorilla was in the middle, and Elephant was at the bottom. The three images then combined into one large crest which flew backwards and into his chest. His body then became enveloped in energy which swiftly hardened into solid armor.

The helmet had become more cylindrical with grey plating covering the most of it, grey ridges running above the temples and even a horn decorated with a red stone on my forehead. Completing the look were the eyepieces which had turned ruby red. The shoulder pads were larger and more angular with several grey lines running along the edges. The forearms were covered in large gauntlets which were almost entirely silver save for black lines decorating them. From a distance. As for the legs, the thighs were covered in segmented grey armor on the sides. The knees downward were covered in more grey armor which was segmented running down his shins while the knees and feet sported jagged tips (7/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2000).

"Then I activate the Trap, No Entry and the Spell, Going All Out!" Davis declared revealing his facedown and the card from his hand. "All our Monsters are now switched to DEF mode but mine will sty in ATK mode!" The Harpies took a knee. "Going All Out also allows my monsters to attack without you having you activate any card or effects at all! And now I'll have OOO attack Harpie Lady 2 with SaGoZo Impact!" Davis said. "And here's the best part, when he destroy a monster, all your monster in defense mode are gone!" Rachel gasped as Bart scanned the medals again.

SCANNING CHARGE!

He manipulated the gravity to lift him into the air and then he weights himself down to hit the ground with a powerful stomp, trapping the Harpie in the ground that forms around it. The reformed ground moves toward OOO and Harpie Lady 2 was struggling to get away but couldn't because of the gravity. He delivered a powerful double handed punch and head butt at the same time at the monster.

"SEE–YAAAAAH!" Barti yelled as the Harpie was destroyed. The waves of gravity got to the other Harpies as well and destroyed them into pixels.

"And now for the finisher! Avengers finish it off!"

"What?!" Rachel gasped.

"He won!" Alexis gasped as well.

The rest of the monsters attacked one by one until Rachel lost all of her LP.

Davis: 4000

Rachel: 0

The duel disks deactivated, the holograms disappeared, and Davis just stood there. He knew he was gonna win and he did it. He won. Turning to his friends, he saw them all cheering and whistling out their congratulations.

"All right Davis!" Jaden cheered. "You did it!"

"Way to play!" Syrus grinned.

"Well played," Bastion grinned.

Zane crossed his arms at the sight, but those that knew him best could tell that there was approval there. Davis was one of those precious few who earned their place in Obelisk Blue, not buy their way in or use something other than skill to get there.

"Great job!" Rachel said as she nearly catapulted into him as she gave him a congratulatory hug and kiss even though she had lost, and soon the two were joined by their closest friends.

"I must say that was impressive," Miss Fontaine beamed, applauding Davis. "Certainly more than good enough to prove you're capable of being in Obelisk Blue! Congratulations on entering Obelisk Blue!"

"Ah… yeah," Davis blinked, still amazed that he had managed to prove himself up for promotion.

"Yes. Congratulations." Dr. Crowler said coming up to him. "I think this promotion is definitely worth the prize for your victory last week."

"Yeah, you definitely earned the promotion!" Jaden said.

"You sure did. Congratulations." Rachel smiled.

"Thanks Rach." Davis said. Rachel couldn't help but giggle at what he said.

"You earned it," Alexis smiled. "How about we get you fitted for a blue blazer?"

"Yeah, sure. And after that, we party!" Davis cheered as took out a stereo and held it above his head a full blast, echoing was the music "Friday" by Rebecca Black with Davis singing to it along with Jaden, who also liked the song:

IT'S FRIDAY, FRIDAY

GOTTA GET DOWN ON FRIDAY

EVERYBODY'S LOOKIN FORWARD TO THE WEEKEND, WEEKEND

FRIDAY, FRIDAY

GETTIN' DOWN ON FRIDAY

EVERYBODY'S LOOKIN FORWARD TO THE WEEKEND

PARTYIN' PARTYIN'

YEAH!

PARTYIN' PARTYIN'

Jaden: YEAH!

FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN

LOOKIN' FORWARD TO THE WEEKEND!

"I'm proud of his victory, but I'm disappointed in his choice of song." Bastion said since he's one of those people who hates that song. While Davis was continuing singing the song with Jaden, Rachel, and Syrus joining in, the rest of company along with Miss Fontaine and Crowler were covering their ears cuz they're just like Bastion as they all went out of the arena to celebrate with Davis on his promotion. All but one person… Chazz. He was still seething from the defeat Bastion handed to him.

Everything was falling apart.

"First I get demoted…" Chazz said to himself. "And now that Avenger Reject gets promoted. Well fine!" Chazz snarled getting up to his feet. "If Duel Academy won't acknowledge the talent and skill I have, then I'll just go someplace that will! This crummy cut–rate school won't give me the respect I deserve? Fine! I'm outta here then!"

IT'S FRIDAY, FRIDAY

GOTTA GET DOWN ON FRIDAY

EVERYBODY'S LOOKIN FORWARD TO THE WEEKEND, WEEKEND

"AND I (BLEEP)IN' HATE REBECCA BLACK!" Chazz shouted, proving his hatred. And with that, he stormed off.