Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX! I do, however, own a computer. Which, after posting this, I will use to look up information on Dark Side of Dimensions!


Author's Note: For the people reading this in the future, confused by my Disclaimer, this chapter was originally posted April 23rd, when Dark Side first dropped, which is why I am posting this chapter. I mean, c'mon, how could this not work out better? Kaiba is prominent in Dark Sides, and this chapter is about Chazz, the first Kaiba wannabe, dueling Adrian. I swear I didn't plan this! I just told myself that on Dark Side Day, I'd post a chapter.

Time to answer the reviews:

Jay: Thank you for the compliment.

LetItFlow: Thanks and thanks. I was always disappointed they didn't have him go Detective Chazz more in the show, so I do what I can here.


Chazz and Adrian stared each other down, as Jesse and I watched on, waiting to see who would make the first move.

"I'll go first!" Chazz eventually said. "Unless you want to steal the first move as well?"

"Just go, so I don't have to hear any more of your bad jokes." Adrian said.

"The only bad joke here is your hair cut." Chazz said. "I summon X-Head Cannon in Attack Mode, then end my turn!"

Chazz's monster appeared, 1800 Attack Points, yada yada. Everyone knows X-Head Cannon by now. Seto Kaiba used that monster long before Chazz did.

"I summon Cloudian - Ghost Fog in Attack Mode." Adrian said.

A gray cloud appeared on Adrian's field, before taking the form on the ghost of a human. ...Wait, it had 0 Attack Points?

"Next, I'll lay a card face-down." Adrian said. "Your move, Chazz."

"I summon Z-Metal Tank!" Chazz declared.

Z-Metal Tank, 1500 Attack Points, Kaiba used it, people should know this.

"So, what, you're gonna equip Z to X?" Adrian asked. "Or are you planning to fuse them?"

"Wrong! I'm planning to attack!" Chazz shouted. "Z-Metal Tank!"

Z-Metal Tank shot a laser at Ghost Fog, destroying it.

"Sorry, Chazz." Adrian said. "But when Cloudian - Ghost Fog takes part in a battle, I don't lose any Life Points."

"I knew that." Chazz said. "You think I haven't been preparing to take you down for ages now? That's why I attacked with my weaker monster first!"

"Well, did you also know when Ghost Fog is destroyed, I get to attach Fog Counters to any monsters on the field, equal to the level of the monster that destroyed Ghost Fog?" Adrian explained.

Four small clouds appeared around X-Head Cannon.

"Yeah, I knew that too." Chazz said.

Wow, this was a turn around. Usually Chazz was the guy who got angry over little things, but he was showing his serious side for once.

"Now, if you don't mind, I'll attack with X-Head Cannon!" Chazz shouted.

"Not so fast!" Adrian said. "I activate Diamond-Dust Cyclone! I can select one monster with 4 or more Fog Counters and destroy it!"

The clouds around X-Head Cannon attached to it, causing X-Head Cannon to rust, before falling to pieces.

"Then, for every 4 Counters, I get to draw a card." Adrian said, drawing a card from his deck.

"Well, I'll be!" Jesse shouted. "He had it set up so Chazz wouldn't be able to damage his Life Points at all this round! If he didn't take my Crystal Beasts, I'd actually find that impressive!"

You sure sounded impressed.

"I end my turn." Chazz said.

"My turn!" Adrian cried. "First, I'll summon Cloudian - Sheep Cloud."

A puffy white cloud with closed eyes appeared on Adrian's field. Again, 0 Attack Points. What was this things deal?

"But he won't be sticking around for long." Adrian said. "Because I'm going to activate Exploding Cloud from my hand!"

Adrian's Sheep Cloud exploded... obviously, and two smaller versions of the same monster appeared in it's place.

"Exploding Cloud allows me to destroy one monster on the field." Adrian explained. "Of course, I take damage equal to that monster's Attack Points. Thankfully, my Sheep Cloud had none. And when Sheep Cloud is destroyed, I get two Sheep Cloud Tokens in his place! But they won't be around for long. I activate Quick Summon, which allows me to make an extra Normal Summon this turn!"

The two Sheep Cloud Tokens disappeared, and in their place was a cloud shaped kinda like a baby.

"I'm sure you've already looked into this, Chazz, but this is Cloudian - Nimbusman." Adrian mocked. "And you should know that, for every Water Monster used to summon him, Nimbusman takes 500 Points from your monster!"

Z-Metal Tank's Attack dropped to 500, while Nimbusman grew from 1000 Attack Points to 2000! Okay, I had to agree with Jesse. For a thief, this guy played a great combo.

"Nimbusman, attack Z-Metal Tank!" Adrian ordered.

Nimbusman blew harsh winds at Z-Metal Tank, demolishing it. Chazz's Life Points dropped to 2500.

"I'll set one card face-down and end my turn." Adrian said.

"I summon Y-Dragon Cannon." Chazz said. 1600, Kaiba, wake me when Chazz plays a card everyone doesn't know. "Then I'll put one card face-down and call it a turn."

Adrian drew a card, and, without even bothering to play anything, ordered, "Nimbusman, attack Y-Dragon Head!"

"I activate Roll Out!" Chazz shouted. "This allows me to search my graveyard for a Union monster and equip it to an appropriate target on my field!"

"Don't think you're in the clear yet, Chazz." Adrian said. "I activate Rain Storm! I can lower the Attack Points of one of my monsters by 1000, and destroy a card on your field!"

Nimbusman dropped to 1000 Attack Points, but as it did, it covered Y-Dragon Cannon, consuming it.

"Now that your field is clear, I think I'll attack directly." Adrian said.

Chazz took a hit of Nimbusman's breath, as his Life Points dropped to 1500.

"And with that, I'll end my turn." Adrian said.

"I'll start this turn by summoning V-Tiger Jet!" Chazz announced. 1600. "Attack Nimbusman!"

Tiger Jet flew over to Nimbusman, slashing it's claws down at it. Adrian's Life Points dropped to 3400.

"That'll end my turn." Chazz said.

Adrian drew a card and smirked.

"You're through now, Chazz." Adrian said, calmly.

"What?!" Chazz yelled.

"I've been assembling a specific combo in my hand for the last couple turns." Adrian explained. "And now I'll show it to you! I play Fog Castle!"

A giant castle formed behind Adrian, as fog covered the area. Even the sky above became darker. ...Oh, wait, it was just starting to rain. Like... actual rain, not holographic rain.

"This card allows me to summon Fog King without tribute!" Adrian cried out.

A king in shining armor, with a cape of mist, appeared on Adrian's field. The thing had 0 Attack Points. What the heck, Adrian? And Nimbusman's Attack Points dropped to 0 as well.

"As long as Fog King is on the field, other monsters recognize His Excellency by giving up their abilities." Adrian explained.

Ah, so since Adrian had dropped Nimbusman's Attack Points with Rain Storm, the only thing keep his Attack at 1000 was the Counters, which were negated by Fog King.

"Finally, I equip Fog King with Royal Sword!" Adrian cried out.

A sword with four jewels on it appeared before Fog King, who grabbed the sword.

"Every King needs a holy sword." Adrian explained. "King Arthur had Excalibur. Fog King has the Royal Sword, but my sword will be the Rainbow Dragon."

"You, a King?" Chazz asked. "Don't make me laugh. Just because you're rich, that doesn't make you a King!"

"Looks who's talking, Chazz." Adrian said. "You think just because you were born into the lap of luxury, you can buy anything. But me? I suffered out in the desert for years before Gilbert Gecko found me."

Oh, goody. Another villain rant. Man, I miss Sartorius. His rant wasn't nearly as long-winded as most people I met.

"All I had was the sky and my wish for death." Adrian said. "Even was I was adopted, it was only to fulfill the role of heir to the Gecko family. So, of course, when they had a biological child, a true heir, who wouldn't consider doing away with the child?"

WHOA! WHAT?! Okay, I never had any siblings, but if Jesse being a better me was anything to go by... No! I couldn't understand this any which way! Adrian was one messed up dude!

"But I never did." Adrian explained. Okay, good. Well, not good, you still contemplated MURDER! "I decided to work to support my younger brother. But I couldn't let go of my dream."

"Your dream?" Jesse asked. Hey, don't feed into the villain rant.

"A world without suffering." Adrian said. "A world where a child wouldn't just be abandoned in the desert by his parents!"

Look, I'm not gonna act like I didn't feel sorry for the guy, but this was not the way to handle things. I mean, yeah, I'd been making mistakes left and right since my third year at Duel Academy started, but Adrian clearly had a few screws loose if he thought attempted murder and theft were okay things.

"But back to the duel." Adrian said. "Allow me to explain things carefully for you, Chazz. Fog King can change the Attack Points of himself and the monster he battles to 1. When that happens, Fog Castle can keep him from being destroyed if I seal off one of my Monster Card Zones. And when it's equipped to Fog King, Royal Sword gains one Crest Counter. For each Crest Counter, Fog King gains 800 Attack Points. And once there are four Crest Counters, Fog King can sacrifice his sword to deal 4000 points of direct damage."

...Okay, that was a good combo.

"Now, Fog King, strike down V-Tiger Jet!" Adrian shouted.

Both Fog King and V-Tiger Jet's Attack Points dropped to 1. Fog King slashed through the Jet with the Royal Sword. One of the jewels on the sword began to shine and Fog King's Attack Points raised to 800.

"I'll end my turn." Adrian said, calmly.

"My turn!" Chazz growled. "And I'll summon Vorse Raider!"

Vorse Raider appeared on Chazz's field, pointing his ax at Fog King.

"Before that thing gets any stronger, how about we cut into Gecko's Life Points?" Chazz asked.

Vorse Raider leapt to Fog King and slashed at him with the ax. Adrian's Life Points dropped to 2300. After that, another jewel lit up on Royal Sword, increasing Fog King's points to 1600.

"That'll do it for my turn." Chazz said.

Adrian drew a card and smirked.

"I attack Vorse Raider!" Adrian cried out.

With both their Attack Points at 1, Fog King destroyed Vorse Raider, as the third jewel lit up, putting Fog King at 2400 Attack Points.

"Well, Chazz, you're in quite the trouble, aren't you?" Adrian asked. "You don't have anything that can defeat Fog King and wipe out my Life Points. You can't even hide in Defense Mode to protect your Life Points, because once Fog King does battle once more, he can cast the Royal Sword down on you and wipe away all that remains of your Life Points! So, show me what you can do."

"I'll do more than that!" Chazz said. "I'll defeat you!"

"What?!" Adrian shouted.

"Let's start this nice and easy for you." Chazz said. "First, I play Tribute to the Doomed. I discard one card, and one of your monsters is destroyed."

Nimbusman evaporated, as Chazz discarded one card.

"I don't get it, Jay." Jesse said. "Wouldn't it make more sense to destroy that Fog King?"

"Yeah." I said. "But I'm sure Chazz has a plan."

"That card I just sent to the grave?" Chazz asked, mockingly. "Ojamagic. That allows me to bring Ojama Black, Green and Yellow to my hand!"

Chazz pulled out his Ojama cards from his deck and added them to his hand.

"Aw, gee, thanks for the vote of confidence, Boss." Yellow said, appearing on Chazz's shoulder.

"Yeah, but..." Green gulped on Chazz's head.

"...I don't think any of us can take on Fog King." Black finished, floating in front of Chazz.

"Don't worry." Chazz said. "You guys aren't gonna be in my hand for long. I activate Desperado Manager. I'm allowed to draw two cards, then return three to the top of my deck."

Chazz drew two cards, then placed the Ojamas on his deck.

"All that for two new cards?" Adrian asked.

"Not two." Chazz said. "Three! I activate Enchanting Fitting Room! I pay 800 Life Points, then I can search the top four cards of my deck. And, if I find any Level 3 or lower Normal Monster, they can be summoned to the field!"

After Chazz's Life Points dropped to 700, he pulled the top four cards from his deck. The three Ojamas appeared on Chazz's field, while the fourth card went to his graveyard.

"You know, Gecko, you make the perfect opponent for me." Chazz said. "Not because you're a good duelist, and not because you're a thief and I'm a detective. No! It's because your little clouds are the perfect opening act TO MY STORM! I ACTIVATE OJAMA DELTA THUNDER!"

The Ojamas leapt in the air and holographic lightning struck them.

"When my three friends here are on the field, you take damage for every card on the field and in your hand!" Chazz yelled. "500 Points for each!"

Lightning zapped Fog King, Royal Sword and Fog Castle, as well as the one card in Adrian's hand. Adrian's Life Points dropped to 300.

"Next, I'm allowed to send Ojama Delta Hurricane from my deck to the graveyard, and your cards are destroyed!" Chazz yelled.

Adrian's field was wiped clean.

"Big deal! The three stooges there have 0 Attack Points!" Adrian shouted. "All it takes is one monster with more than 700 Attack Points and you'll lose!"

"I'm not done yet!" Chazz shouted.

"Chazz It Up!" I shouted.

"Chazz It Up?" Jesse asked.

"Yeah, that's his catchphrase." I explained. "Now, c'mon, chant with me!"

Jesse shrugged and joined in.

"Chazz It Up! Chazz It Up! Chazz It Up!" We shouted.

"Everybody says lightning never strike twice!" Chazz shouted! "But The Chazz is gonna prove them wrong! I activate Thunder Crash! I can destroy all the monsters on my field and you lose 300 Life Points for each of them!"

The Ojamas turned into lightning bolts that shot over to Adrian, hitting his Duel Disk and dropping his Life Points to 0.

"And you go bye-bye!" Chazz said.

Adrian fell to his knees, glaring at Chazz.

"Now, call your hired hand and return those cards." Chazz said.

"Echo is not..." Adrian growled.

"Hm?" Chazz asked, walking closer to Adrian.

"...just an employee!" Adrian shouted, as he stood up and ran towards Chazz.

Chazz took a fighting stance, but Adrian pushed past him, knocking him to the ground.

"Chazz!" Jesse and I shouted, running over to help him up.

As we were lifting Chazz back to his feet, we witnessed something amazing. A bolt of lightning came down and struck Adrian, knocking him unconscious.

"Just like Julius Caesar's attempt." Chazz commented, walking over to Adrian. "I'll keep an eye on him. You guys go find his co-conspirator."

"Right!" Jesse and I nodded.

Before we could even run off, Axel walked up with Hassleberry and Jim following behind. Hassleberry had Adrian's friend on his back, while Axel carried the briefcase Echo was holding.

"Here." Axel said, tossing the briefcase to Jesse. "I believe these are yours."

"Axel?" I asked, blinking, while Jesse fiddled with the briefcase.

"Chancellor Crowler let me go once you guys found the true culprit." Axel explained. "After that, I noticed a plane landing. I took out the pilot and waited."

"It sure is lucky he did." Jim said.

"Yeah, we couldn't catch this one for anything." Hassleberry said, motioning to Echo with the back of his head.

"Thank you, Axel." Jesse said, as he finally broke the lock on the briefcase.

"I was falsely accused of a crime I didn't commit." Axel said. "At that point, it became a mission of mine to see the true culprit was found."

Axel turned around and walked off.

"Well, he doesn't like to stick around long." I commented.

"Will you guys stop talking about the mercenary-wannabe, and help me get the wannabe-king to the infirmary?" Chazz asked, trying to lift Adrian up to his shoulder.

Jim smiled and ran over to help.


The next day, in class, I was getting a nice nap. Sure, Stein would probably complain, but I mean, I did have a long night. I'm sure Crowler could talk it through with him. Well, I tried to sleep. However...

"Sarge, wake up!" Hassleberry said, shaking me awake.

"No, I make up the rules..." I muttered, drowsily. "And I say the food for the tournament is ice cream topped with refried beans..."

"Sarge!" Hassleberry shouted, lifting my body up.

"Huh?" I muttered, looking to Hassleberry.

Hassleberry pointed to the front of the class. I followed his finger and saw Crowler standing at the front of the class.

"I'm sorry about this, students." Crowler said. "But it appears I'll need to be taking over the class today. As if I didn't have enough to do."

"What about Professor Stein?" Another student asked.

"He won't be teaching here anymore." Crowler explained. "Luckily we don't have to pay him severance pay."

So, Stein had quit, huh? Yay. Jaden go back to sleep now.

I stayed out for the rest of class. I guess Crowler was willing to overlook it in the face of my grand heroics the previous night.


Eventually, however, I was woken up again.

I remember dreaming about dueling Yugi Muto, when an earthquake struck. Suddenly, despite it being my move, Yugi made a move.

"I summon Dragon Master Soldier!" Yugi announced in Jesse's voice.

"BWAH!" I shouted, jolted awake.

I looked around, seeing Jesse chuckling next to me.

"Dueling Yugi in your dreams again?" Jesse asked.

"Yeah." I muttered. "And I want to beat him, so I'll need another half an hour."

"You can do that back at the cabin." Jesse said. "Class is over."

Groaning, I stood up and followed Jesse out of the room. Syrus, Hassleberry, Alexis, Blair, Bastion and Jim were waiting for us when we exited.

"What's up?" I asked, still groggy.

"Have you forgotten, Sarge?" Hassleberry asked.

"We're going to check on Adrian and his mate." Jim said.

Oh, riiiight.

Atticus walked up, pulling Chazz along with him.

"Hey!" Chazz shouted. "Let me go! I don't wanna see that guy!"

"Oh, we all know how you were focused on saving him." Atticus said, chuckling.

"A detective can't let the criminal die on him!" Chazz shouted. "And when did you get this strong?!"


Despite Chazz's efforts, we all got to the Nurse's office. When we entered, we saw Axel sitting by two beds. Adrian had been given one bed, while Echo had the one next to him. When Axel saw us, he stood up.

"Good." Axel said. "My shift on guard duty is over."

As Axel went to leave, he stopped in front of Syrus and stared down at him.

"Uh..." Syrus squeaked out, before gulping hard.

"My father taught me never to leave a mission incomplete." Axel explained. "However, he also told me I was like fire. Strong, but dangerous if used carelessly."

With that, Axel walked off.

"What was that about?" Syrus asked.

"I think he was apologizing to ya, buddy." I said, placing a hand on Syrus' shoulder.

Chazz walked right over to the chair Axel had been sitting in and sat down.

"Oh, good." Adrian moaned.

Chazz jumped. Clearly, he hadn't expected Adrian to be awake.

"The detective comes to rub his victory in the face of the criminal." Adrian groaned.

"The others forced me here." Chazz said. "So I'm going to say my peace and get out of here. Frankly, I don't want to look at someone as miserable as you. You might have been right when you said I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth."

Chazz seemed unexpectedly proud about this.

"But you were completely wrong about me." Chazz said, glaring at Adrian. "You got adopted by a prestigious family. My own brothers disowned me! I intend to pay them back for putting me through Duel Prep School, with money I earn on my own. And then I'll make my own legacy, through my own strengths."

After that, Chazz stood up and strode out of the room.

"Well, he doesn't mince words." Atticus chuckled.

Jesse sat down where Chazz had just been sitting.

"Guess you want to get your smacks in." Adrian said, chuckling weakly.

"Frankly, I should be pressing charges." Jesse said. "I know most of my monsters want me to. But seeing how you're going to be sent back to East Academy, where you'll likely be expelled, I'll let that be your punishment. Well, that, and whatever your family decides to do."

Adrian sighed solemnly.

"Don't..." Echo groaned, trying to stand up.

Alexis and Blair ran over, trying to hold her down.

"Don't try to stand." Alexis said.

"Shut up!" Echo shouted. "I don't take orders from you! Only Adrian... The plan to take the Rainbow Dragon was mine, and I had Adrian go along with it!"

"Echo, stop..." Adrian groaned. "I could have stopped you. I didn't have to go along with the plan."

"I will not allow you to suffer for my mistake." Echo said.

"But why would you?" Adrian asked.

Adrian, the idiot, didn't seem to get it. My gosh, even I could see this one! Thankfully, Adrian didn't remain oblivious for long.

"It's because she's in love with you!" Blair blurted out.

It was incredible. Being found out, Chazz beating him... The dude was struck by lightning! And yet, the only time I saw Adrian completely lose it was after Blair said that for the whoooole room to hear.

"What?!" Adrian said, before he began to choke on his own spit.

Echo, for her part, just turned away.

"You know..." Syrus started. "Even if she does take all the blame for it, Jaden and Jesse saw Adrian conspiring with her."

"Yeah, us too." Jim said, placing his hand on Hassleberry's shoulder.

"Both of them will have to face whatever punishment the Gecko family passes down." Jesse chuckled.

"Don't joke about this." Adrian said. "The worst that could happen to me is I get disowned. Echo would probably be fired!"

"Oh, you're making it out to be worse than it is." Atticus said. "They'd probably just force you to do manual labor or something for a Gecko family affiliate."

"Then all the more reason for me to take the blame." Adrian said.

"But, y'know..." Blair said, sitting on the edge of Echo's bed. "I wonder, would this apply to all members of the Gecko family? Even if they aren't blood?"

"Of course." Adrian groaned.

"Then we have the answer to all your problems." Blair said, turning around and smiling. "You two just need to get married."

Blair was two-for-two in getting Adrian flustered.

"Wh-Wh-What?!" Adrian shouted, face redder than my jacket.

"Yeah, I can see it now." Atticus said. "The young prince marrying a bodyguard he truly love, in order to protect said bodyguard. Isn't it everyone's dream?"

Okay, Alexis is probably higher in the social standing than me, but at no point did I ever imagine being a bodyguard and marrying her. And she was the only girl I'd ever shown interest in, so you're wrong there, Atticus.

As Atticus and Blair began gushing over the idea of a wedding between Adrian and Echo, I stretched and yawned.

"Well, good to hear you two won't be in too much trouble." I said. "But I had a tough duel last night, then I was running around searching for Jesse's cards. I need a good nap. See ya guys tomorrow."

I slipped out of the room and began walking back to my cabin.

No, I wasn't leaving because of all the love-y dove-y stuff. Sure, I still had pain from Alexis and me breaking up, but that wasn't why I left.

First Syrus beat Axel. Then Hassleberry beat Jim. Now Chazz had beaten Adrian. My friends had beaten the other Champions. Now all that was left was the School Duel between me and Jesse. Between having to meet the standards set by my friends, win Sheppard the victory kiss from Dorothy AND prove I was the better me than Jesse was, I was trembling in a mix of nervousness... and excitement!

Look out, Jesse! I was gonna win no matter what!


Author's Note: And Chazz pulls a Resurrection F!

Okay, I'm sure everybody is tired of me complaining about Season 3, but this is a big one. Season 3 had so many good ideas! Like, I'll complain about it being the Yu-Gi-Oh version of Promise of the Rose (wow, I'm just appealing to all the 90's Anime today, aren't I?), but it DID have some interesting ideas, like Adrian trying to be a king. But, of course, we have to put that aside so Not-Fiore can hook up with Not-Shinji.

Am I the only one who looks at Adrian in that final arc and thinks he'd have done better as Jaden's last opponent? Or, y'know, watched his duel with Chazz and was upset that there was no Thunder Crash used alongside Delta Lightning!? Or, y'know, the fact Adrian's strategy to seal card slots makes Ojamas the perfect counter (but we had to kill Chazz off at that point, because new characters and Jaden are the only ones that matter). And, yes, I feel perfectly validated with complaining about Adrian! The guy got the ultimate Sue-excuse! "He's so pure, the only darkness comes from his love interest!" Dude contemplated killing his little brother. Yeah, sure, that was cut from the dub, but it still happened! You can't pretend good people do that! Heck, Touma didn't even do that!

...Okay, enough ranting. Time to explain something. Why Adrian had the Fog King cards, despite them being in his Exodia deck. Honestly, it's because of three reasons. One, the best cards he had before then wouldn't add much to the duel outside of what the canon duel was like (and I was pushing it as is with the Desperado-Fitting Room-Ojama-Lightning combo). Two, I feel like Fog King was probably a card he owned before then, seeing as it fits the rest of his weather-based cards. And three, because symbolism.

Y'know, there's a point where someone will come back to this chapter, read all this, and realize how awesome I am at foreshadowing.