Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX.

A/N: I'm very sorry this took so long to get out. My life has been insanely hectic lately. Also, a heads-up: I'm very lazy. And I'm getting impatient with myself. So, rather then re-write them when everybody knows what happened anyway, please assume that events of episodes 3 and 4 of the show happened just after chapter six of this fic. I should write out chapters that serve the same purpose... but, I really want to get to the meat of the story.

Yu-Gi-Oh GX - A New Duelist Legend

Chapter Nine - Rivalry of Warlords

Dr. Vellian Crowler was extremely annoyed. The punk kid who had defeated him during the entrance exams was still here. Despite his massive academic failings, Jaden Yuki had overcome every dueling challenge thrown at him!

Crowler ground his teeth. "Insolent brat..."

Even Chazz Princeton and Alexis Rhodes, two of the most skilled of Crowler's students, had been defeated. It was unprecedented... but not intolerable.

Crowler began stroking his chin. "I believe..." He said to himself, "I can turn this to my advantage..." He smirked. "Jaden Yuki is skilled... very skilled. Such skills are wasted in Slifer Red." His smirk widened. "Yes... I think I have the perfect way to bring Jaden under my tutelage!"

Crowler walked over to his office phone. "But first, I need to make a few arrangements."

The next morning, in the Slifer Red cafeteria, Tsukanna was quickly proving that Crowler wasn't the only extremely annoyed person on campus.

"Stop pestering me!" She yelled at Jaden.

"Oh, come on!" Jaden said, "Just tell me!"

Tsukanna got up from her seat and started walking out. "No!"

Jaden seemed to materialize in front of her, throwing her off balance. He held up a Duel Monsters card. "I'll give you this card if you tell me!"

"Jaden, for the last time, I am not telling you about the tournament!" She stalked around Jaden and out the door. "I need to get to class." She slammed the door behind her.

Jaden blinked. "What's her problem?"

A second later, Tsukanna's statement about class sunk in. "I gonna be late!" With that, he bolted out the door.

About an hour later, Professor Kabayama was putting the finishing touches on a massively complex mathematical equation.

"Now, class, as you can clearly see, this equation states conclusively how you can win on the first turn using only Kuriboh, Thunder Crash, Double Attack, Command Knight, and Final Flame!"

The entire class stared at Professor Kabayama.

The professor blinked. "What?"

Jaden slumped on his desk. "Just trying to understand the first line of that gives me a migraine..."

"Yeah..." Replied Syrus, who was in a similar position. He then turned to Jaden. "So... get an answers out of Tsukanna?"

"Nope." Jaden replied. "I don't think she wants to talk about it."

"I wonder why?" Syrus asked. "If I had a record like that, I'd tell everyone!"

"Dunno." Jaden replied, turning back to Professor Kabayama, "Maybe if we back off, she'll tell us."

"Maybe."

"ACHOO!" Halfway across campus, Tsukanna sneezed so hard she almost fell out of her seat.

Next to her, Rita blinked. "Bless you."

"Thanks." Tsukanna said, "Must've gotten some dust in my nose or something."

Rita smiled. "You're welcome."

"Now," Tsukanna continued, turning back to the front of the room, "What was he saying?"

The 'he' Tsukanna was referring to was Professor Banner, who was currently giving a lecture about the connections between Duel Monsters and Ancient Egypt.

"Oh." Tsukanna said, "Right. Ancient Egypt and Duel Monsters."

"Yeah..." Rita shook her head. "I don't see how a modern card game could be connected to Ancient Egypt. This stuff couldn't possibly be true."

Tsukanna shrugged. "Well, the school must think there's something redeeming about it, or they wouldn't teach it."

"I suppose..." Rita replied.

"Even if they did get half the stuff wrong..." Tsukanna muttered under her breath.

Rita blinked. "What was that?"

"Oh, nothing."

It a third class, Chazz was also very annoyed.

"Stupid Slifer..." He muttered under his breath. Virtually his entire dorm had started mocking him since his defeat at the hands of Jaden. "I'll get you..."

"Chazz Princeton, what is the answer?"

Chazz started and stood up. He hadn't been listening. "Uhhhh..."

"That's what I thought." Crowler, who was teaching the class, said. "Chazz, your grades have been slipping, you can't pay attention in class, and on top of that, you've lost to a Slifer! Twice! Such behavior is intolerable from one of my elite Obelisks!"

"He just got lucky, Dr. Crowler." Chazz responded, "Next time, I'll crush him!"

"You'd better." Crowler said. "I cannot abide failure in my dorm. Come to the Obelisk arena early tomorrow. 7:00 sharp!"

"Yes, Dr. Crowler." Chazz said sullenly, sitting back down.

Later that evening, Jaden was in his room, dueling with Syrus and Chumley.

"Come on, Syrus, turn it up a notch!"

Well, it might be more accurate to say that Jaden was dueling and Syrus and Chumley were losing.

Syrus groaned. "Jaden, I don't have any more notches!"

"Sure you do, Syrus!" Jaden said, "You just gotta give it another try, that's all."

"Jaden, you've won the past nine duels in a row!"

"Yeah," Chumley said from the top bunk, "And one of those was against both me and Syrus."

"Well..." Jaden began, but was spared having to answer when someone knocked on the door. "Who is it?" He asked.

"It's Professor Banner." Came the muffled voice from the other side of the door.

"Door's open." Jaden called. The door opened, and Professor Banner walked in.

"Something up?" Jaden asked.

Professor Banner handed him a note. "I'm just a messenger tonight. This came from Dr. Crowler."

Jaden blinked and opened it. "Wonder what he wants?"

"Whatever it is," Chumley said, "It can't be good."

Jaden scanned the note for a moment. "It looks like he wants me to meet his at the Obelisk arena at 7:00 tomorrow morning."

"Well then," Banner said walking out, "You should probably get to sleep, or you'll never get up that early."

Jaden rubbed his head. "I guess so."

The next morning, a half asleep Jaden, followed by a half asleep Syrus and an almost completely asleep Chumley walked into the Obelisk Blue dueling arena. Their greeting was less then warm.

"Hello, slackers." Chazz said arrogantly.

"Chazz!" Jaden said, instantly awake and on guard. "What're you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same question." Chazz responded.

"Calm down, Chazz." Crowler said, walking in. "I called him here."

"Why the heck would you do that?" Chazz asked.

"Simple." Crowler replied, "Chazz, recently you have been a disgrace to Obelisk Blue."

"Hey!" Chazz yelled. "That's not true!"

"So," Crowler continued, ignoring him, "I'm giving you one last chance. All you need to do," He said, "Is defeat Jaden Yuki in a duel."

"Is that all?" Chazz asked, "Easy."

"Hold on a moment." Crowler said, "This is a special duel. You see, Chazz, if Jaden wins, then the two of you will switch dorms!"

"WHAT?"

"It's either that," Crowler said, "Or I simply demote you without a duel."

Chazz growled. "Fine." He turned to face Jaden and activated his disc. "I'm going to crush you, slacker! Duel Disc, on!"

"I'm not entirely sure what's going on," Jaden said, "But I never turn down a duel! Duel Disc, ON!"

Jaden and Chazz's life point counters both set to 8000, and they both drew their starting hands.

CLP: 8000

JLP: 8000

"This should be an interesting duel."

Syrus leapt a foot in the air and whirled around, seeing the blue-haired form of his brother. "Zane, when did you get here?"

"Yeah," Said Alexis, who was standing next to Zane, "It should be."

Syrus blinked. "Alexis too?" He looked around for a moment. "The door is on the other side of the room. How'd you get behind me?"

"Yes, I agree. This will be interesting." Syrus turned again to see Professor Banner standing behind his other shoulder.

Syrus fell down in surprise. "You as well? Can you three teleport or something?"

Alexis looked at him. "Either of you have any idea what he's talking about?"

"Shhhh." Professor Banner said, "It's starting."

"Alright Chazz," Jaden called, drawing a sixth card, "I'll go first!" He smirked and selected a card in his hand. "I'll start out by summoning Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode!" He slid the card into his disc, and, in a flash of lightning, the golden-armored hero appeared on his field. He got into a fighting stance. (1600/1400)

"Next," Jaden continued, "I'll set two cards facedown." He slid two more cards onto his disc, and they appeared behind Sparkman, diminishing his hand to half it's starting size. "And I think that's it for this turn."

"Fine!" Chazz yelled, pulling a card off of his own deck. He smirked at what he saw. "Hahahaha! Perfect! I got exactly what I need!" He took the card he had just drawn and slammed it onto his disc. "I'm sure you remember this guy! I summon Korv the Bloodstained in attack mode!" In a flash of light, the insane, blood-covered warrior appeared on Chazz's field, hefting his sword and roaring with bloodlust. (2600/0)

"What a monster!" Chumley, who was standing next to Syrus, said. "2600 attack points with no tribute? That's incredible!"

"Maybe," Zane said, "But, it helps Jaden just as much. During each player's standby phase, that player gains control of him."

"Maybe so," Syrus said, "But it's Chazz's turn, and Korv is a lot stronger then Sparkman..."

"HAHAHAHA!" Chazz laughed manically, "Korv, crush his puny 'hero'! Bloodstained Blade!" Korv launched himself forward, roaring and swinging his sword with incredible force, easily slicing Sparkman in half. The shockwave from Korv's swing knocked Jaden off of his feet.

CLP: 8000

JLP: 7000

Jaden got off of his feet and hit an activation switch on his disc, flipping up one of his traps. "I activate Hero Signal! Because a monster on my field was destroyed, I can special summon any Level 4 or lower Elemental Hero from my deck! I choose Elemental Hero Avian!" The green-suited bird-man appeared on Jaden's field and got into a fighting stance. (1000/1000)

"Hah!" Chazz yelled, "He's no match for Korv!"

"Except," Jaden replied, "On my next turn, Korv comes over to my side!"

Chazz just grinned. "We'll see. I set a two cards facedown and end my turn." Two facedown cards appeared behind Korv, depleting Chazz's hand to three as well."

"Alright," Jaden said, "Then I draw!" Jaden drew another card and was about to announce his next move when Chazz stopped him.

"Hold it!" The arrogant Obelisk yelled, "In response to your draw, I activate my Trap! Solomon's Ruling!" One of Chazz's facedowns flipped up, revealing a trap with the image of a wise man on a podium.

"What the heck does that do?" Jaden asked.

"Simple." Chazz replied, "This trap forces you to skip your standby phase!"

Jaden blinked. "...and?"

Chazz growled. "Stupid slacker. That means that any effect which would happen during your standby phase doesn't happen! And the effect which switches Korv to your control happens during your standby phase!"

Jaden's eyes widened. "So you keep control of him!"

"Exactly!" Chazz yelled, "Normally, with this trap on the field, I'd have to pay 1000 life points during my standby phase, but, I activate my other trap card, Solomon's Lawbook!" Chazz's second trap flipped up, joining the first. "This trap skips my standby phase, so, I no longer have to pay that cost!"

"No!" Jaden exclaimed.

"Yes!" Chazz said arrogantly. "Now, finish your turn so I can get back to crushing you!"

Jaden grimaced and looked at the cards in his hand. "Nothing that can beat his combo... I guess I have to defend."

"I set one more card facedown." Jaden said, the card appearing next to the one he had set last turn. "And that's all."

"Giving up already?" Chazz asked. As he drew, not even bothering to look at his new card. "Fine with me! Korv, attack with Bloodstained Blade!"

As Korv charged, Jaden smirked and activated his newly set card. "I activate Hero Ring!" A metal shield appeared in front of Avian, and Korv's sword bounced off of it. The hulking warrior roared and leapt back to Chazz's field.

"What!" Chazz yelled, "What happened?"

Jaden smirked. "Hero Ring is a trap that can be equipped to any Warrior monster with an attack of 1500 or less, and, while it's equipped, you can't attack that monster with anything that has over 1900 attack."

Chazz growled. "Fine! I end my turn."

"Alright then, my draw." Jaden said, pulling another card off of his deck.. He looked at it and grimaced. "This doesn't help much. And it's only a matter of time until he gets past Avian..."

Jaden thought for a moment, then selected another card from his hand. He slid it into his disc. "I summon Elemental Hero Clayman in defense mode." The bulky clay hero appeared next to Avian and crouched in defense mode. (800/2000)

"Next," Jaden continued, sliding two of his remaining cards into his disc. "I set two other facedown." The two facedown cards shimmered into existence behind Jaden's heroes.

"Last," Jaden said, "I activate the continuous spell card Mirage of Nightmare." Jaden slid his last card into his disc and the card's holographic representation appeared on his field. "When this card is on the field, during your standby phase..." His eyes widened as he realized his mistake.

"Hahahahaha!" Chazz laughed, "I know exactly what that card does, and it's useless! My traps skip both our standby phases, so that card's just dead weight!"

Jaden grimaced. "I end my turn."

"Alright then," Chazz said, "I'll make sure you don't have another turn! Draw!" Chazz slid another card off of his deck and placed it in his hand. He chuckled when he saw it. "Perfect." He slid the card into his disc, and it appeared facedown next to his two face-up traps. "I set one card facedown."

"Now..." Chazz said, grinning, "I don't know why you summoned that hunk of mud, especially because Korv can deal damage through defense, but I don't really care, either! Korv, attack with Bloodstained Blade! The berserk warrior charged and easily cut the clay hero in half, the shockwave again knocking Jaden off of his feet.

CLP: 8000

JLP: 6400

From the sidelines, Crowler chuckled. "The superiority of Obelisk Blue continues to be proven. I doubt that slacker will last three more turns."

Chazz snickered. "I end my turn. Do your worst, slacker, and you might even scratch me."

"Oh, I'll do more then that." Jaden replied, drawing another card. He smirked. and slid the card into his disc. "I play Pot of Greed!" The laughing green jar appeared, and Jaden drew another two cards from his deck. He smirked again.

"Alright Chazz," He called, "Here's where I start my comeback!"

"Whatever, slacker." Chazz replied, "Just hurry up so I can crush you. I have better things to do with my time."

Jaden growled. "I summon Elemental Hero Wildheart in attack mode!" Jaden slid one of his cards into his disc, and a muscular tan-skinned warrior in a loincloth appeared. He had long black hair, his body was covered in tribal tattoos, and he wore a large sword on his back. He looked disgustedly at the blood-covered form of Korv. (1500/1600)

Chazz raised an eyebrow. "Why the heck would you summon that thing? He's no match for Korv." As if agreeing, the blood-covered barbarian roared again.

Jaden smirked. "You'll see. Next, I equip him with Cyclone Boomerang!" Jaden slid the other card in his hand into his disk, and a large bone boomerang appeared in Wildheart's hand. He swung it experimentally. (1500/1600)–(2000/1600)

"So what?" Chazz asked, "There's still no way he can beat me."

Jaden just kept smirking. "I end my turn."

"Fine by me!" Chazz yelled, once again drawing a card without looking at it. "Korv, crush that fool! Bloodstained Blade!" Once again, Korv charged and slashed Jaden's monster in half with almost no effort, and knocked Jaden off of his feet with the shockwave.

CLP: 8000

JLP: 5800

Chazz blinked. "Huh?" After Wildheart was destroyed, his boomerang was still flying. "What's going on?"

"It's easy," Jaden replied, "When Wildheart is destroyed while equipped with Cyclone Boomerang, it destroys all spell and trap cards on the field!"

"Of course," Jaden continued, "Some of my facedowns are good, so I'll use them now! First, I activate Sacrifice Fusion!" One of Jaden's set cards flipped up, and the shattered fragments of Wildheart were sucked into a vortex.

"I have to pay 1000 life points to use this card, but it's worth it." Jaden continued, "When a monster on my side of the field that's a component for a fusion summon is destroyed, then I can sent the other components for that fusion to the graveyard and summon that fusion monster!" Avian was also sucked into the vortex, and Jaden called, "Meet Elemental Hero Wild Wingman! Out of the vortex appeared a monster that, well, basically looked like Wildheart with Avian's wings. He got into a fighting stance. 1900/2300

CLP: 8000

JLP: 4800

"What the heck does that thing do?" Chazz asked.

Jaden smirked. "You'll see on my next turn. On that note, I'm still not done, because I chain Emergency Provisions to my Sacrifice Fusion! I send Sacrifice Fusion, my other facedown and Mirage of Nightmare to the graveyard to gain 3000 life points!" The three named cards vanished, and Jaden's life points shot up almost to full.

CLP: 8000

JLP: 7800

"And now," Jaden continued, "All of your spell and trap cards are destroyed!"

"I don't think so, slacker!" Chazz called, "I have something to chain as well!" His set card flipped up. "Fake Trap!" A goblin holding a sign that said 'False' appeared in front of the onrushing boomerang. The boomerang slammed into the goblin and shattered it, but went no further.

Jaden blinked. "What just happened."

"Well slacker," Chazz said, "I can activate Fake Trap when any trap cards on my field would be destroyed, and Fake Trap is destroyed in their place."

Jaden nodded. "Well... Cyclone Boomerang's second effect activates now dealing you 100 points of damage for each card destroyed by it effect!" A small cyclone whipped up, and hurled the shards of Chazz's destroyed trap at him doing a minor amount of damage.

CLP: 7900

JLP: 7800

Chazz smirked sarcastically. "Oh no. You did me a whole 100 damage with that move. Whatever shall I do?"

Jaden was silent.

"Whatever." Chazz said, "I'll just end my turn. You're up, slacker."

Jaden nodded and drew. He smirked when he saw the card. "First off," He said, "I'm going to activate Wild Wingman's special effect!"

"Special effect?" Chazz asked, "And what would that be?"

"I'll show you!" Jaden called, sliding the last card in his hand into his graveyard, "By simply discarding one card, I can destroy one magic or trap card on your field!"

"WHAT?" Chazz yelled.

"Elemental Hero Wild Wingman," Jaden yelled, "Destroy Solomon's Lawbook! Wild Windstorm!" The hero jumped into the air and beat his wings once, launching a cascade of feathers at Chazz's trap card, shattering it.

"NO!" Chazz roared.

"Now," Jaden said, smirking, "On my next turn, Korv will transfer to my side of the field without going back to yours!"

Chazz growled. "FINE! Just end your turn, already!"

"Jeez, some people..." Jaden said to himself, "I switch Wild Wingman to defense mode, then end my turn. As Wild Wingman knelt and crossed his arms defensively, Jaden signaled the end of his turn.

Chazz drew his next card an looked at it. He smirked. "This'll work." He slid the card into his disc. "I activate After the Struggle!" The spell card appeared on Chazz's field, flashed and vanished.

Jaden blinked. "And... that did what exactly?"

Chazz just smirked. "You'll see. Now, for my next move, I'll summon Chthonian Soldier in attack mode!" The bulky, armored warrior appeared on Chazz's field next to Korv, and he brandished his large sword, also seeming to shy away from larger barbarian, who was looking at Chthonian Soldier as though he might eat him. (1200/1400)

"Now," Chazz continued, "Korv the Bloodstained, attack Wild Wingman! Bloodstained Blade!" Korv bellowed and leapt into the air, coming down in a wicked two-handed slash that split Wild Wingman in two, as well as knocking down Jaden's life points.

CLP: 7900

JLP: 7500

"Now," Chazz yelled, "Chthonian Soldier, attack him directly!" The muscular soldier charged and slashed Jaden, knocking him backwards and taking a large chunk out of Jaden's life points.

CLP: 7900

JLP: 6300

"Then I play two facedown cards and I end my turn." Chazz said, "And, now the effect of After the Struggle activates." The two facedowns appeared behind Korv and Chthonian Soldier, who both looked exhausted. As Jaden watched, they simply fell over and shattered. "After the Struggle," Chazz explained, "Destroys every monster that was involved in damage calculation this turn."

"So you sacrificed both your monsters, just so I wouldn't get on of them?" Jaden asked disbelievingly.

"Yeah." Chazz replied, "So what? They're just cards. They don't care."

Jaden grit his teeth. "That's why you'll never beat me, Chazz. You don't have any connection to your cards at all!"

"HAH!" Chazz yelled, "You think that there's some connection between a duelist and their cards that helps them win? Like some kind of Heart? That's a load of crud!"

"We'll see about that, Chazz!" Jaden called, "I draw!" He pulled a card off of his deck, bolstering his currently nonexistent hand. He smirked. "And I couldn't have asked for a better one! Because he's the only card in my hand, I special summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman!" In a spray of bubbles, the rather odd-looking warrior appeared and made a silly pose. (800/1200)

"Only 800 attack points?" Chazz said, "What good does that do?"

"Well," Jaden replied, "Whenever Bubbleman is summoned, if he's the only card on my field, I get to draw twice!" Jaden pulled two more cards off of his deck, giving him a few more options.

Jaden grinned. "Well Chazz, it's been nice knowin' ya!"

Chazz snorted. "Stupid slacker. Nothing you could possibly have drawn will help you!"

"Not by itself..." Jaden began, "But, I have a little help. I activate the effect of a monster in my graveyard, Elemental Hero Necroshade!" The incorporeal form of a hero clad in bone-looking armor appeared on Jaden's field.

"What the heck?" Chazz yelled, "What's going on? When did he go into your graveyard?"

Jaden smirked. "He's the card I discarded for Wild Wingman's effect. As for what's going on, once, while he's in the graveyard, Necroshade allows me to summon a high-level Elemental Hero from my hand without needing to tribute!"

Chazz just growled.

"Now," Jaden said, "Say hello to Elemental Hero Bladedge!" Necroshade burst into light, and a tall form in gold appeared in his place. The new hero was completely covered in golden plates, and he had a blade on each forearm. (2600/1800)

"Wow!" Syrus said from the sidelines, "What an awesome monster!"

Jaden smirked. "Why, thank you, Sy."

Chazz sneered. "So what? You've got a big, golden hunk of metal. I'm so scared."

Jaden frowned. "See what you think of him after this! Elemental Hero Bladedge, attack Chazz directly! Edge Cutter!" Bladedge leapt forward, extending his blades. He then slashed the Obelisk once with each blade, knocking him off of his feet.

CLP: 5300

JLP: 6300

Chazz hit an activation switch on his disc, and his set cards flipped up. "Now that that thing's attacked, I activate Call of the Haunted! I'll use it to revive Chthonian Soldier! And I'll also activate Inferno Reckless Summon, which special summons the other two from my deck. Since I know you only have one copy of each of your monsters, I know that you won't benefit from it." The three Chthonian Soldiers once again appeared on Chazz's field, brandishing their swords. (1200/1400)x3

"He's up to something," Jaden thought to himself, "Or he would have summoned them before Bladedge attacked..."

"Since that pathetic little bubble-shooter doesn't have enough attack to beat my monsters, I assume you're done?" Chazz asked.

"First I set this card facedown." Jaden replied, as the set card materialized "Then, yes I'm done."

"Good." Chazz said, drawing another card with an evil smirk, "I was getting bored." He placed the card in his hand, then took the one that was already there." I hope you're ready, slacker, because I'm going to show you something that you'll probably never see again."

"And what would that be?" Jaden asked.

"It's a very unusual fusion monster," Chazz replied, "That can't be summoned with Polymerization. I have to discard this," he held up the card he was holding, revealing Chthonian Polymer, "And tribute three Chthonian Soldiers on my field." A dark vortex appeared, and the three soldiers were sucked into it.

"Now," Chazz continued, yelling, "I can summon the strongest monster in my deck! Reveal yourself, CHTHONIAN WARLORD!" The monster that descended bore a superficial resemblance the soldiers, but that was all. His armor was far more ornate, decorated with a number of spikes and ominous designs. He wore a red cape and carried a massive, cruel spear in one hand. (2800/2000)

"Woah!" Jaden said, "That's incredible!"

"More then you know, slacker." Chazz said arrogantly, "Whenever Chthonian Warlord deals you damage when he attacks a monster, then that damage is doubled!"

"And." He continued, "With bubble-boy there in attack mode, you'll take 4000 points of damage!" He sneered. "Chthonian Warlord, attack Bubbleman with Doom Spear!"

Jaden growled and activated his set card. "I activate Staunch Defender! I select a monster on my field, and, during this turn, you have to attack that monster! I select Elemental Hero Bladedge!" Chthonian Warlord veered mid-charge and instead slammed his spear into Bladedge, shattering him instantly, as well as sending his pieces flying into Jaden.

CLP: 5300

JLP: 5900

"HAHAHAHAHA!" Chazz laughed, "You can't possibly stand against the might of my Chthonian Warlord!"

Jaden just smirked. "We'll see. You done?" Chazz nodded, and Jaden drew, once again only having a single card in his hand. He looked at it. "Perfect." He slid the card into his disc. "I activate Round Trip, which returns one monster on my field and one monster in my graveyard to my hand!" Bubbleman vanished from the field, and a card popped out of Jaden's Graveyard.

"Now," Jaden continued, "I once again summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman!" Jaden slid the card back into his disc, and the blue-armored hero reappeared on his field. (800/1200)

"And," Jaden said. "Now, I draw two cards!" He grabbed two more cards off of his deck, and immediately played one of them. "I activate Polymerization! I'll fuse Bubbleman on my field with Clayman in my hand to form Elemental Hero Mudballman!" Bubbleman and Clayman were sucked into a vortex, out of which appeared a monster which looked like a massive version of Clayman with Bubbleman's head. It crouched in defense mode. (1200/3000)

Jaden smirked. "I'll just end my turn there."

Chazz drew and sneered at his card. "I may no be able to crush that hunk of mud this turn, but it's just a matter of time until a draw a card that can."

"Until then, though," He continued, "I'll summon Mataza the Zapper in attack mode." A green armored samurai appeared on Chazz's field next to the towering Chthonian Warlord. He drew his katana faster then the eye could see. (1300/800)

"I'll set this last card facedown," Chazz continued, "And finish." Chazz's facedown shimmered into existence behind his two monsters just as Chazz signaled the end of his turn.

Jaden drew a card and immediately played it. "I'll activate Fusion Recovery! This spell allows me to return a fusion material monster and a Polymerization card from my graveyard to my hand!" The two cards slid out of Jaden's graveyard, and he placed the in his hand. "Almost all of what I need." He thought, "Just one more card!"

"I'll end my turn with that." Jaden said.

"Good!" Chazz replied, drawing. He also instantly played his card. "I activate Card of Sanctity!" A rain of coins fell from the sky and pelted the field, as Jaden drew three cards and Chazz drew five.

"HAHAHA!" Chazz laughed, "This is perfect! I activate my field spell, Mystic Plasma Zone!" The entire field was covered in black and purple fog, which slid into the cracks of Chazz's monster's armor and caused their muscles to swell, straining the armor almost the breaking. (2800/2000)–(3300/1600), (1300/800)–(1800/400)

"NOW!" Chazz yelled, "Chthonian Warlord, crush that stupid hunk of mud! Doom Spear!" Chthonian Warlord charged and plunged it's spear into Mudballman's chest, shattering him.

"And that still leave Mataza!" Chazz continued, "Mataza the Zapper, attack directly! Double Zapping Slash!" Mataza blurred forward, slashed Jaden twice, knocked him off his feet, and returned to his place on Chazz's field, all in under a second.

CLP: 5300

JLP: 2300

Jaden growled and got back up. Chazz just laughed again. "HAHAHA! Still kicking, I see. Well, next turn I'll make sure to change that!"

"Does that mean you're done?" Jaden asked.

Chazz nodded, and Jaden drew, bringing his hand up to seven cards.

coo!

Jaden smiled as the furry, winged form of his partner separated from it's card and floated up around his shoulder.

coo!

"Well," Jaden said, "Not what I was looking for, but still perfect for this situation."

"First," Jaden began, "I'll summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode!" Jaden slapped the card onto his disc, and the furry form of Winged Kuriboh appeared and crouched in defense mode. (300/200)

"I know what that card does," Chazz said "So don't expect it to save you. I'll get rid of it another way."

Jaden didn't respond. "Next, I activate Polymerization, fusing Avian and Burstinatrix together to create Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" The two heros appeared and were sucked into another vortex, out of which emerged the green dragon-armed hero. (2100/1200)

"Now," Jaden said, smirking, "Flame Wingman, attack Mataza the Zapper! Skydive Scorcher!" Flame Wingman flew up into the air and suddenly plummeted, slamming into the green samurai, destroying him.

CLP: 5000

JLP: 2300

"And don't forget about his special ability!" Jaden called, "Now you take your monster's attack points as damage!" Flame Wingman floated in front of Chazz and blasted him with fire from his dragon-arm, knocking Chazz off of his feet.

CLP: 3200

JLP: 2300

Chazz got up and growled. "There's still no way you can win! I'll crush you!"

Jaden smirked. "Well you're about to get the chance. I set one card facedown, then end my turn." Jaden facedown appeared in front of him at almost the same instant that Chazz drew. Chazz didn't even bother to look at his card.

"Chthonian Warlord, destroy him! Doom Spear!" As Chthonian Warlord charged, Chazz yelled, "With my Warlord's special ability, you'll take 2400 points of damage from this, more then enough to for me to win!"

Jaden just grinned. "Don't think so. I activate my facedown, Transcendent Wings!" Winged Kuriboh glowed, and was replaced with a figure of unearthly beauty and poise. (300/200)

Chazz's eyes bulged. "NOT AGAIN!"

"Yes again!" Jaden called back, "I activate Winged Kuriboh Lv 10's special ability, tributing it to destroy all of your attack mode monsters, then do their combined attack to you a damage!" A brilliant light cover the field, and when it was gone, the duel was over.

CLP: 0

JLP: 2300

"NO!" Chazz screamed, "IT'S NOT POSSIBLE! I CAN'T LOSE TO A SLIFER!"

"Possible or not, it happened, Chazz." Crowler said, walking up to the duelists. "You are a disgrace to Obelisk, and are hereby demoted to Slifer Red."

Chazz clenched his fists in rage. "I'm going to get you for this!" With those parting words, he ran out of the room.

"As for, you, Jaden," Crowler said more warmly, "Welcome to Obelisk Blue!" Alexis and Zane both welcomed him as well.

"JAAAADDDEEENNN!" Syrus cried, running up and hugging him, "I'm gonna miss you!"

"Me too!" Chumley, who was also crying, hugged him from the other side.

After a moment, Jaden managed to extract himself from their hugs. He walked over to Crowler. "I'm sorry Dr. Crowler, but I can't accept your offer."

"What?" Crowler asked, frowning, "Why not?"

"Well," Jaden replied, turning back to Syrus and Chumley, "All my friends are in Slifer. I don't want to leave them." Hearing this, Syrus and Chumley instantly hugged Jaden again, crying tears of happiness.

"Well," Crowler said, "I suppose I can't force you." He walked off "Jaden Yuki... you refuse to accept my kindness, and you've made a very dangerous enemy today..."

Off on the sidelines, Zane smirked. "He's good... maybe I'll have to test him myself..."

"Students," Professor Banner said, "You all realize you still have class today?"

Later that night by the docks, we see the figure of Chazz Princeton, carrying a duffel bag and boarding a small boat. "East Duel Academy..." He said to himself, "You've made a mockery of Chazz Princeton for the last time. I'll be back, and I'll crush you."

However, Chazz wasn't the only person out that night. Standing on top of the Slifer Dorm was a cloaked figure holding a cell phone up to one ear. "...so," The figure was saying to the person on the other end of the phone, "It's time, is it? Very well, I'll begin gathering tomorrow night." The figure hung up and chuckled. "Soon, students of Duel Academy, you'll meet your worst nightmare..."

New Cards:

Korv the Bloodstained: See Chapter 6

Solomon's Ruling

Normal Trap

Pay 1000 life points during your Standby Phase. This is not optional. Your opponent skips their standby phase.

Image: A wise-looking king reading from a scroll.

Sacrifice Fusion

Quick-Play Spell

You may activate this card when a Fusion Material Monster that is listed by a Fusion Monster Card from on your side of the field is destroyed. Pay 1000 life points. Send the other Fusion Material Monsters that are listed on the same Fusion Monster Card from your side of the field to the Graveyard, and Special Summon the Fusion Monster from your Fusion Deck.

Image: A vortex surrounding a live M-Warrior #1 and a dead M-Warrior #2

Chthonian Warlord

Dark, Fusion/Effect Monster - Warrior, Level 8, 2800/2000

The king of the Chthonian, he rules his subjects with an iron fist. "Chthonian Soldier" + "Chthonian Soldier" + "Chthonian Soldier" This card cannot be Special Summoned except by sending the above monsters to the graveyard from your field or hand and discarding 1 "Chthonian Polymer" When this monster battles another monster, any damage dealt to the opposing player is doubled.

Image: A Chthonian Soldier with more ornate armor, a red cape and a spear.

Round Trip

Normal Spell

Return 1 monster on you side of the field and 1 monster in your graveyard to their owner's hands.

Image: A Giant Rat flying up and an Dark Magician Girl falling down next to it.

Next Time: There's a mysterious cloaked figure lurking around Duel Academy. Why is this person here? To find out, don't miss "Dark Designator"!