A/N: Zane taught Syrus a lesson! Of course it was through a harsh route, but a lesson still the same! Seems like he really DOES care for his little brother! And Danni is dating MOKUBA KAIBA? What? Who will Jesse tell this newfound information? Hm…let's find out!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh GX or any other shows I may have borrowed powers or ideas from.

Family Business

"WHOA SHE'S WHAT?"

Jaden, Riku, Syrus, Ouran, and Dusk shouted at the Southern blunette in front of them. Jesse sighed and shook his head.

He had hung out with Danni in the Control Room for a few hours before pretending to be sleepy. He ran off, grabbed Dusk and Ouran from their dorms before heading off to the Slifer dorm. Chumley was sleeping inside the room while Jesse dragged Jaden, who was half-asleep, Riku, who was completely asleep, and Syrus who was just plain confused, out of the room.

"I said, Danni's datin' Mokuba Kaiba." Jesse repeated again. "I saw her talkin' to him in the Control Room."

"No way! She's dating MOKUBA KAIBA? There's no way!" Riku argued.

Jaden blinked. "Isn't he like six years older than her?"

Syrus nodded. "Mokuba's twenty-one, how old is Danni?"

"She's only fifteen." Ouran pointed out.

"Dude, that's pedophilia." Dusk wrinkled his nose. "Doesn't she know that she SHOULDN'T be dating a twenty-one year old?"

Ouran narrowed his eyes. "Oh she knows. She's a smart girl. A smart INNOCENT girl who shouldn't be dating a twenty-one year old." Everyone looked at Ouran in confusion. Ouran grinned sheepishly. "When you live and work with someone for a year you start to develop relationships. She's like a little sister to me, Dante, and Zane. Same with Alexis."

"Ahh…" Syrus said in understanding.

"That WOULD explain why Danni and Alexis get new rare cards…" Riku reminded the group.

"What should we do?" Jaden asked. "We can't just not TELL anyone. What if Danni get's hurt by him or something?"

Jesse shrugged. "I ain't got a clue. I didn't tell Danni that I was eavesdroppin'."

Ouran grinned evilly. "Perfect! We can tail Danni next time she's on personal leave! She'll more than likely head to go see Mokuba anyway! We can follow them, and as soon as Danni leaves we confront him and make him talk and quit dating her!"

"Dude, don't you think that's a little extreme? I mean, who are we to mess with a relationship we know nothing about." Dusk pointed out.

"He's SIX years older than her." Syrus reminded him.

"So, we gonna tail her?" Jesse asked looking as if he was confused and worried at the same time.

Jaden looked around to see everyone looking at him. "Why are you guys looking at me?"

"Because you're the Captain of the Irises. You, technically, outrank Jesse. It's your call." Ouran reminded him.

Jaden looked unsure. "What if she finds out? Doesn't SHE outrank ME so she can kick my ass?"

Dusk shook his head. "The only way for a Captain to challenge the decision, mental stability, physical stability, emotional stability, and clarity and objectivity to make decisions and engage in activities, of a higher rank is to initiate protocol 20129. If you tell her that and state that you relieve her of command, until she is cleared of the accusation or she is fit to lead, she has to step down." Dusk looked at the others and saw that they were all staring at him as if he'd grown a second head.

"HOW do you know that?" Syrus asked.

Dusk shrugged. "What? It's not my fault I ACTUALLY read the manual about rules and regulations for the Black Circles."

"So what do ya say Jay?" Jesse asked.

Jaden grinned. "Alright. Let's do this."

"Put your back into it!" A muscled man shouted to the person rowing a small boat. In the middle of a foggy night. "I want to reach Academy Island by daybreak."

"Yes sir!"

The man in the front bore a striking resemblance to a Koala bear. I wont have my son spend one more slacking at that school. Chumley's coming home.

It was morning and Jaden was laying underneath a shady tree on one of the cliffs. He sighed in content. "This is the life. Green grass, some warm sunshine. My own private-"

"JADEN!"

Jaden blinked and sat up looking around. "Maybe not so private."

Syrus ran up to the brunette Slifer. "Jaden! You've got to come quick, something terrible happened!"

"Traps test? You flunked huh?" Jaden guessed. Syrus grinned.

"Actually I got a B. But that's not the reason I came here Jaden. It's Chumley! His dad just showed up." Syrus informed the Slifer. Jaden didn't see the point.

"Yeah, so? He raid our fridge?"

Syrus shook his head. "No! He came here to force Chumley to drop out!"

Jaden gasped. "Drop out? No way. Not our buddy. Hey wait…where are Riku and Danni?"

Syrus grinned. "Funny story about that one."

"For the last time will you open the door?" Chumley's dad shouted at the closed door to Chumley's room. Danni and Riku had locked themselves inside the dorm room with Chumley to make sure his dad didn't get to him until Jaden and Syrus got back. Many of the Slifers had gathered around the door and were watching the scene in amusement.

"For the last time will YOU answer my question in order to get inside! How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop!" Danni shouted from just inside the door.

Chumley's dad growled. "WHAT does that have to do with ANYTHING?"

Riku clicked his tongue in a disapproving manner. "If you can't figure that out then we have nothing more to discuss with you."

"Open this door before I break it down!"

"What are you children doing?" Professor Banner asked looking at the group.

"Uh-oh…Professor banner." Riku muttered. "OW! Really? Was the elbow to the ribs necessary?"

Professor Banner shook his head, already picking up on what was going on. He looked to Chumley's dad. "Perhaps you may wish to speak with me in my room…"

Jaden and Syrus made it to the Slifer dorm to see Danni, Riku, and pretty much the rest of the Slifer dorm outside of Professor Banner's room. Most of the Slifer boys were all starring at Danni instead of what was going on in the room…actually ALL of them, excluding Riku were.

Jaden and Syrus ran up to them and Syrus pouted. "Couldn't distract him?"

Riku shook his head. "Professor Banner came and saw, and took Chumley's dad in there."

Jaden and Syrus looked in seeing a large muscled man. "No way. That's his dad?" Jaden questioned.

"Looks like a body builder huh?" Syrus said understanding Jaden's surprise.

"Yeah."

Syrus pondered it for a second. "Although carrying Chumley around as a kid you kinda have to be."

Danni snickered a bit and the four Slifers, actually paying attention to what was going on, looked back in the room.

"I mean don't get me wrong if Chumley was any GOOD at dueling it'd be one thing. But clearly he's not. He's wasting his time here. It's time for him to give up dueling and come back home." Chumley's dad explained to Professor Banner.

Professor Banner smiled (when he WASN'T smiling was a mystery in itself) and nodded. "I see your point. Chumley is a bit…aha…"

"He's a bit dense! You can say it! That's why I want him to come home and join the family business! The hot sauce business! You DO like hot sauce?"

Professor Banner nodded. "O-Oh yes! I love it! Can't get enough of it!" He obviously lied.

"Loud and clear. Free sample!" Chumley's dad said pulling out a huge bottle of hot sauce. It looked like it would be half his height.

"O-Oh I really couldn't."

Chumley's dad leaned over the table. "Oh yes you could! Come on. Just think of it as a goodbye gift from me and Chumley!"

"So Chumley is really dropping?" Danni asked looking at the other boys.

Jaden shook his head. "No. Not if we can help it. Come on, we got to talk some sense into Chumley."

The four Slifers ran off, well at least TRIED to anyway. Most of the Slifer boys had stopped Danni and started talking to her all at once, causing a sort of mob. Danni shook her head. "You guys head off! I'll deal with this."

Jaden nodded and led Syrus and Riku through the mob and up the stairs to their dorm room. Riku momentarily took a moment to look down at his duel partner and laugh at her misfortune before they opened the door to the room. "Chumley!" The three Slifers gasped seeing Chumley packing his suitcases, before running in. "Hey, what are you doing Chumley?" Jaden asked.

"What's it look like?"

"It looks like you're giving up! Like you're taking everything you've worked for and throwing it away. Like you're abandoning all your dreams. All your dueling goals. And you don't even care!" Jaden said putting his hand on Chumley's shoulder and turning him to face the others.

Chumley was crying.

Jaden immediately pulled his hand back. "Chumley?"

"He does care." Riku said regrettably.

Chumley shook his head. "N-No…I just got something in my eye, okay? Both of em. Now just leave me alone, would ya?" Chumley said rubbing his eyes. "I mean it's not like I'm worth wasting your time on anyhow! At least according to my dad I'm not. But he doesn't know! I really could be a champion duelist, cause I have a special power that I haven't told anybody!"

Jaden, Riku, and Syrus all shared a look. All three boys were thinking of the Black Circles and if Chumley possibly had any powers he had been hiding.

"Sometimes duel monsters talk to me!" Chumley said.

Riku and Syrus sweat dropped. "Okay…not Black Circles 'power'." Riku whispered to Syrus who nodded.

"Well, did you tell this to your dad Chumley?" Jaden questioned.

Chumley's face contorted into an angry frown. "Of course not! Everything to him is just Hot Sauce, Hot Sauce, Hot Sauce!"

Jaden clenched his teeth together seeing his friend in so much pain. "Come on! We're going to get some help!"

"Someone call in the cavalry?" Danni asked appearing from the doorway.

Jaden grinned. "Perfect! Just the girl I was going to look for. Think you can get us to Chancellor Sheppard's office without too much of a problem? We need to talk to him about keeping Chumley around."

Danni smirked. "Please. At LEAST give me something challenging to do."

The group was in Chancellor Sheppard's office with Professor Banner, and Chumley's dad in the office with them.

"So there you have it! Chumley can't be allowed to drop out! He's got a gift!" Jaden defended.

Chumley's dad crossed his arms. "Oh sure, a gift for eating grilled cheese."

"Look, I know Chumley. I'm his roommate, not to mention his pal." Jaden said.

Riku nodded. "Same here."

Syrus quickly spoke up. "Me too! What Jaden said!"

"It goes without saying that I agree. I stick up for my Slifers." Danni smiled slinging an arm around Jaden and Chumley's shoulders.

Chumley's dad blinked. "Wait a second…YOU'RE the girl who kept asking about how many licks it took to get to the center of a tootsie pop!"

Riku winced. "Busted."

Danni shrugged and nodded. "That's me."

Chumley's dad narrowed his eyes in thought. "Interesting. I didn't know that Chumley had such a cute female friend. How friendly ARE the two of you?"

Chumley looked like he wanted to go die in a hole as his face flared various shades of red. Danni just sighed and removed her arm from Chumley's shoulder to curb any misunderstandings. "Anddd this conversation just became awkward."

Chancellor Sheppard cleared his throat, gaining the attention of the Slifers, and Chumley's dad. "Boys, and Danni, I respect you for sticking up for your friend here, but I'm afraid that this is a personal matter. It's not your business."

Chumley's dad smirked. "That's right. It's family business."

Jaden shook his head. "But sir-"

"Which is why I propose a duel."

Chumley looked up in shock, as did Riku and Syrus. Danni and Jaden tossed each other a look and grinned. "Huh?" Chumley said in shock.

"That's right. Father vs. Son. If you have this special gift your friends say, you should beat me easy! And I'll let ya stay at the Academy. But, if you lose then you come home!" Chumley's father challenged. Chumley got a determined look on his face.

"It's a deal."

"Good! Then let's duel first thing tomorrow morning. How does that sound Chancellor?"

Chancellor Sheppard nodded. "So be it. Tomorrow morning it will be decided. Will Chumley stay or go?"

Jaden was laughing as he, Syrus, Chumley, Riku, Danni, and Professor Banner walked out of the main building. "See guys? What did I tell ya? It was a piece of cake to convince Chumley's dad to let him stay at the Academy!" Jaden said with his arms crossed behind his head.

Syrus shook his head. "Jaden, we just convinced him to a duel!"

"Chumley still has to win if he wants to stay." Riku pointed out.

Jaden grinned. "Yeah, but come on. Chumley's dad doesn't know how to duel. He's an amateur. Am I right?"

Danni pursed her lips. "Well…Professor Banner? You care to explain?"

Professor Banner nodded and cleared his throat. "Certainly. His father has actually been State Duel Champion three years in a row." The boys stopped in their tracks. "Why do you think he was so insistent Chumley go to Dueling School? He wanted his son to be like him. Ooh, and wait til you see his deck. As you all know, he earns his living off his special hot sauce. Well, his deck reflects the kick of the sauce. It can take you out in one turn, like a buffalo wing takes you out in one bite." Syrus, Riku, and Jaden winced. "And ooh, the morning after." At that the three boys fell to the ground anime style.

"So Chumley accepted knowing all of that?" Riku said turning his gaze to the duelist in question. Chumley turned to them with a look of sheer determination on his face.

Jaden grinned. "Chumley! You must really wanna stay then huh?" Jaden said grabbing Syrus, and Riku and running over to Chumley and Danni and pulling them into a group hug. "So let's go get your deck ready Chum!"

"Where's Jaden, Riku, and Syrus?" Zane questioned looking at one of the two girls who had become like little sisters to him. Danni had just walked into the Training Facility for training with their Squads. Alexis, Zane, Ouran, Nikki, Jesse, Mimi, and Dante were all waiting outside the arena where the rookies were sitting just inside when the brunette Slifer walked up.

"Extenuating circumstances. I gave them the day off." Danni explained.

Alexis narrowed her eyes. "You know you can't just do that without telling me Danni."

Danni gave Alexis a look. "I had to. I'll tell you about it later." Alexis, seeing Danni's seriousness and having been with her long enough to know when something was up, nodded.

"Alright. By the way you had a call for you back at the Control Room. You wanna take it now?" Alexis questioned.

Danni pursed her lips. "Uh…yeah. Mimi you help Nikki out with the Irises. That okay Nikki?"

Nikki grinned and slung an arm around Mimi's shoulder, who did the same. "No problems with that."

"At least I wont be with someone constantly flirting with me." Mimi snickered throwing a glance at Dante.

Dante smirked. "You play hard to get, but you love me." Danni smacked him upside the head, earning a laugh from the others but a whimper from Dante. "Why do you ALWAYS do that?"

"Because you never listen anyway. Dante you get the Dahlias started. I'll be back later."

With that the group broke up with Alexis, Zane, Mimi, and Nikki going into the arena, Danni heading to the Control Room, and Jesse and Ouran waiting outside. Ouran grinned.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?"

Jesse grinned a bit. "If ya're thinkin' of tailin' Danni, then yes."

"That was pretty fast. Missed me already?" Danni asked as she sat on the table of the Control room and looked up at the screen which showed Mokuba in his private office in Kaiba Corps.

Mokuba smiled. "Oh dearly. I have no idea how I got through this morning without seeing your radiant face."

"Smartass."

"You know I do it with love."

Danni laughed. "Alright, I know you didn't call just to tell me how much you love me, so what've you got?"

Mokuba frowned and started rifling through some papers on his desk. "Not much really. I asked around and even Yugi and Grandpa didn't know what it was. They're looking into it, by the way they DEMAND that you come and visit. Seto too. You and Alexis both. Speaking of, how is the blonde?"

"She's good. We're running training sessions right now."

"And Atticus? Any luck?" Mokuba questioned. Danni sat up a bit straighter and her face became more void of emotion. "Guess not. I'm sorry Danni…I know you and Alexis-"

"We're fine." Danni cut him off. She sighed before looking up at Mokuba again. "So, you were saying that you asked Yugi and Grandpa?"

"Oh right. Well, they didn't know anything about the Items of Eternal Light. I asked Seto and he said he'd make a few calls to some people that he think might be able to help. Oh, and Seto, Yugi, and Grandpa are a bit on edge about the whole you reading Ancient Egyptian without having any lessons thing. I'm not to thrilled about it either. How were you able to do that?"

Danni shook her head. "I don't know…it just happened."

"Well, I'd watch out if I were you. That's what happened with Yugi before the whole Shadow Games stuff started."

"I know…"

Mokuba suddenly perked up. "Oh and there's a contest tomorrow! Me, Seto, Yugi and the rest of the gang are headed out to go see it. Yugi is going to be MC-ing with Seto and I hear The Spellcaster Ring Master is going to make an appearance."

"Oh really now?" Danni asked quirking an eyebrow.

Mokuba grinned. "Yeah, so I hope to see you there. You got a free day coming?"

Danni looked up in thought before nodding. "Yeah, I actually do. I haven't had a day of leave for a while now so I'm due for one."

"Perfect. And Alexis?"

Danni shook her head. "She runs patrols tomorrow night. It's a shame. I was kinda hoping she could come with us."

"Well, it's okay. She could head to the next one. The contest is at seven. If you can get off at around five I can pick you up and we could go to dinner before the contest starts." Mokuba offered.

Danni smiled. "It's a date. See you tomorrow."

"Bye Danni."

"Dude…you are right! She IS dating Mokuba!" Ouran commented to Jesse after they had ran back to their training room after listening to Danni's conversation.

Jesse looked pouty. "Told ya."

Ouran looked at Jesse's face and grinned. "Dude…you LIKE Danni."

"What? Ya crazy Ouran?" Jesse asked in sheer confusion.

Ouran crossed his arm and grinned. "Oh really? Than what's with the pout and the way you've been in a pissy or pouty mood anytime someone brings up Mokuba and Danni." Jesse's jaw clenched. "See? Right there!"

Jesse rolled his eyes smiling.. "Ya're readin' too much into things Ouran. Mokuba is twenty-one. Danni is fifteen. It's obvious that I ain't gonna be too happy about my friend datin' someone six years older then her."

"So…just friends?" Ouran questioned. Jesse nodded.

"I've known her for a lil over a week. Yeah, we're just friends." Jesse walked into the training room. Ouran hung back for a bit and snorted.

"Yeah…we'll see about THAT one."

"Aw come on! Just a little bit more hot sauce! You can handle it!" Chumley's dad laughed. There were in the Professors room and were eating dinner. Chumley's dad had just poured what looked like a bowl full of hot sauce for Professor Banner. Pharaoh was drinking hot sauce out of his bowl beside the two men.

"Thank you." Professor Banner thanked hesitantly.

Chumley's dad grinned. "My pleasure! And your cats too by the look of it."

"Yes…good thing I'm stocked up on kitty litter."

Chumley's dad put the hot sauce down. "Speaking of, nature calls!" He got up and exited the room looking for the bathroom, which was really an outhouse.

"What's with Chumley's cards? They're all Koala's." Riku's voice floated down from the dorm room. Chumley's dad paused.

"Koala's are my favorite duh!" Chumley said as if it was obvious.

Jaden grinned. "Don't get me wrong Chumley, Koala's are cool and everything but can you win with them?"

Syrus stood up and pulled out a card from his deck holder. "Here, try this card out. I got it a while back but never use it. Maybe you can?"

"Wow Sy…really?" Chumley asked in shock.

"Yeah. If you can combine it with one of your Koala's, you'll have yourself a deck from down under!"

Riku snapped his fingers. "Actually, come to think of it that pack of cards that Jaden gave me from the card shop had a card in it you could use!" Riku grabbed his deck from his desk and looked through it before pulling it out. "Here we go! Take it. It doesn't work to well with my deck anyway."

Chumley started tearing and took the cards from both Riku and Syrus. He blinked when two other cards were placed in front of his face. He blinked and looked up seeing Danni smiling down at him. "Danni?"

"Us Slifers got to stick together, right? Take them. I have too many cards as it is. Besides, you're going to need it to kick you're dad's ass right? We need to keep you around." Danni winked.

Jaden jumped up. "Oh wait! I got something for you to use too! It could really come in handy!" He started rummaging through his deck case to find his card that he was looking for.

"This is one of my favorite spots to duel." Danni said leading the group to one of the themed dueling arenas at Duel Academy. The group walked up to a traditional Japanese style building and Danni threw open the doors revealing a dojo. Danni pulled off her shoes and stepped inside. "Let's get moving shall we?"

The boys all took off their shoes and walked in. Chumley and his dad walking into the middle of the room facing each other while Jaden, Syrus, and Riku sat cross-legged on the floor. Professor Banner stood up seeing as he would be referring the match. Danni cursed as she tried to sit down next to Syrus.

"Uh…having difficulties?" Syrus questioned.

Danni glared. "It's this damn skirt! Can't sit like you guys in it. There's no GOOD way to sit down in it!" Jaden snickered and used his Earth powers to create a chair for the brunette.

"Better?"

"Jaden, you are a saint." Danni said before sitting down and crossing her legs. Pharaoh almost immediately jumped into her lap, nuzzling the girl.

Professor Banner cleared his throat. "Alright. Chumley, Mr. Huffington. You both know what the stakes are for this match. If Chumley wins, he gets to stay at school. However, if he loses the duel, well then, he has to go back home."

"That's right. Or my hot sauce wont chap your lips." Mr. Huffington said.

Professor Banner nodded before looking at Chumley. "Chumley are you sure you are okay with this? Can you handle going to work for your dads hot sauce company? Chap lips?"

"I can handle anything right now!" Chumley said completely fired up.

Professor Banner smiled. "Very well. Then without further ado. Let's begin the duel gentlemen!"

"DUEL!"

Chumley: 4000 LP

Mr. Huffington: 4000 LP

"Here I come!" Chumley said as he drew his first card. He smiled. "Totally licious! Alright, first I'll play Des Koala in attack mode!" A giant Koala bear with leaf in it's mouth and in a pouch on it's stomach jumped onto the field.

Des Koala: 1100 ATK/700 DEF

His father raised an eyebrow. "Attack mode? Don't you know if you first place him in defense mode then flip him into attack mode later, Des Koala's special ability would've caused me 400 points of damage for every card in my hand?"

Chumley pouted. "Duh of course I knew that…at least now I do."

"Now's too late! You should've taken your studies more seriously! Maybe now you'll learn!" Chumley's dad shouted as he drew a card and smirked.

"Watch him closely children. You may learn something." Professor Banner advised.

Danni rolled her eyes a bit but Jaden nodded. "Seeing as how he's a state Champ I don't doubt it. I just hope it's not the one turn finisher he's known for."

"Ready son?"

Chumley winced. "Uh-oh…"

"Here I come! I summon Dizzy Tiger in attack mode!" A tiger with a wife beater, shorts, sunglasses and holding a bottle of hot sauce landed on the field.

Dizzy Tiger: 1800 ATK/ 1600 DEF

The tiger started wobbling back and forth drunkenly. Chumley blinked. "A Dizzy Tiger?"

"Okay…" Riku muttered.

"Weird." Jaden commented.

Syrus looked confused. "So why's he dizzy?"

"Looks like too much hot sauce." Danni laughed a bit.

Jaden nodded. "But that doesn't mean that that beast still doesn't have some fight left."

Chumley's dad grinned. "Dizzy Tiger attack! Hot Sauce Slash!" Dizzy Tiger stumbled over and slashed at Des Koala destroying the monster.

Chumley : 3800 LP

Mr. Huffington: 4000 LP

Riku wrinkled his nose. "Ugh!"

"Oh boy, that stinks!" Jaden commented in disgust.

Syrus nodded. "But his attack sure didn't."

Mr. Huffington laughed. "At this rate we'll be home before dinner. Which will be hot sauce I might add."

"I'll tell you what you could do with your hot sauce!" Chumley shouted.

Jaden smiled. "Hey! Keep your cool there Chumley!"

"Just breathe! You got this!" Riku shouted encouragingly.

"It's nice that he's sticking up for himself in front of his dad though." Syrus commented.

Mr. Huffington looked over at Syrus and narrowed his eyes. Syrus winced and jumped to hide behind Danni and her chair. Danni grinned. "Don't be looking over here if it's not another duel you want!"

"Fight back Chumley!" Jaden said.

Chumley nodded drawing another card. "I know!" He looked at the second Des Koala he drew then at the rest of the cards in his hands. "Licious, this just might work. Alright I activate the spell card Koala March! With it I can summon a Koala monster back from my graveyard as long as it's a level four or below!" Chumley's first Des Koala reappeared on the field again.

"Look guys, Chumley has his Des Koala on the field again." Syrus pointed out.

Jaden nodded. "That's true, I just hope he can work it better this time around."

"Not 'it'. Them." Danni commented. The boys all looked at her in confusion while Professor Banner nodded.

"Quite right. Koala March lets him summon another monster from his hand if it's the same monster he just summoned from the graveyard. And if I know Chumley-"

"I summon another Des Koala!"

Des Koala: 1100 ATK/700 DEF

"I sacrifice both of them to summon Big Koala!" Both Koala's jumped into the air and merged together to form an extremely large blue Koala.

Big Koala: 2700 ATK/2000 DEF

"Not bad." Mr. Huffington commented.

"No duh not bad. Now Big Koala attack Dizzy Tiger! Takedown from Down Under!" Chumley ordered. Big Koala ran towards Dizzy Tiger picked him up and threw him to the ground, destroying him.

Chumley: 3800 LP

Mr. Huffington: 3100 LP

"Dizzy Tiger is gonzo!" Chumley stated proudly.

"Alright! At a boy Chumley!" Riku cheered.

"That's the way Chumley!" Jaden grinned pumping his fist in the air.

Danni smirked. "Take him down Chumley!"

Mr. Huffington raised an eyebrow, smirking a bit. "So you want a fight? Alright. Let's fight. I call Dizzy Angel!" A blonde angel in a white suit, red tie, and black hat holding a bottle of hot sauce appeared on the field. He stood up drunkenly and looked over at Danni and winked. Danni simply facepalmed.

Dizzy Angel: 1800 ATK/400 DEF

"Dizzy Angel? He reeks of hot sauce too. And seeing as how he can hardly stand up he's had his fair share of it." Chumley commented. He blinked. Whoa…I'm starting to hear those weird monster voices again.

"Now I activate the spell card Hot Sauce Bottle!" Mr. Huffington shouted as a glowing red bottle appeared in front of Dizzy Angel. "And I also activate the spell card Flipping the Table!" A large table appeared underneath their feet and raised them into the air. The table flipped over and destroyed Chumley's Big Koala, Hot Sauce Bottle, and Dizzy Angel. "What a card? It destroys all the cards on both our sides of the field, which leaves you completely defenseless!"

Chumley: 3300 LP

Mr. Huffington: 3100 LP

"Maybe that's his one strike attack?" Syrus guessed.

Jaden pouted. "Yeah, and I'm not sure if I like it. It resets the field and is totally not even fair."

"Coward!" Danni and Riku called out in unison.

Chumley glared at his father. "That's just like you! You don't like something so you trash it!"

"I didn't get to be a hot sauce tycoon by being nice, son." Dizzy Angel appeared back on the field and was still swaying as drunkenly as ever.

"Hey! Why is Angel back on the field?" Chumley questioned. "Wasn't he destroyed by Flipping the Table?"

Mr. Huffington laughed. "Wishful thinking, but you see Dizzy Angel has a special ability. He can't be destroyed by the effects of Flipping the Table."

"What? Aw great, now this guy is going to keep weirding me out." Chumley commented.

Danni raised an eyebrow and looked over at her fellow Slifer, seeing as Dizzy Angel was still winking at her. "He's weirding you out?"

"Get's worse. Cause when my Hot Sauce Bottle is destroyed and sent to the graveyard it's special effect activates! Which causes you 500 points of damage!"

Chumley: 2800 LP

Mr. Huffington: 3100 LP

"That's not all! Dizzy Angel go in for your attack! Hot Sauce Sizzler!" The blonde angel shook the hot sauce bottle before pointing it at Chumley causing a ray of hot sauce to fire at him.

Chumley: 1000 LP

Mr. Huffington: 3100 LP

"Chumley!" Jaden shouted in concern.

Chumley looked sad. "I just can't win…"

Don't worry son, this'll be over soon. Mr. Huffington thought. "Make your move why don't ya?"

"But make sure you think it through Chumley." Professor Banner advised. "Otherwise you'll be back home bottling hot sauce."

"Duh, I know." Chumley looked drew a card and grinned seeing the card Riku had given him. He looked in his hands and saw a Pot of Greed and smiled. "Alright, first I'll summon Wombat Patroller! The card that Riku gave me!" Riku grinned as the small wombat, with goggles over it's eyes and a hammer in it's hand appeared on the field.

Wombat Patroller: 600 ATK/1200 DEF

"That little thing? What do you plan on doing with that?" Chumley's dad questioned.

Chumley grinned. "Just because he's small doesn't mean he isn't strong! And he's got a couple special abilities for you to worry about! The first being if he's the only monster on my field, I get to summon another monster in my hand as long as it's below 1800 attack points! Which brings me to the monster Danni gave to me. I summon Boomerang Girl in attack mode!"

A girl with flame red hair and dressed in Indian type clothes appeared on the field holding a giant boomerang in her hand's while giving a childish pout.

Boomerang Girl: 1600 ATK/900 DEF

Jaden pouted. "I've never heard of those cards before."

"She won a contest and has unique cards that belong only to her." Riku explained. Jaden beamed.

"Man! That's awesome! As soon as Jesse duels you I call dibs on dueling you next!"

Danni rolled her eyes. "Maybe I should just get an appointment book and started penciling people in for duels?"

Chumley smirked. "Now I'll activate the a spell card, another gift from Danni, Boomerang Bombardment! Now with this I'm able to bypass Dizzy Angel and attack you directly! And that's not all! Wombat Patroller's other special ability let's me attack you directly as well! So say goodbye to a big chunk of your life points!"

Boomerang Girl's pout turned into a sadistic grin as she hurled her boomerang at Mr. Huffington causing him to flinch and fall to one knee. Wombat Patroller walked over and bit at Mr. Huffington's leg before waddling back over to Chumley's side of the field.

Chumley: 1000 LP

Mr. Huffington: 900 LP

Riku and Danni both high-fived at that fact that the cards that they had given Chumley had worked to make a significant dent in his father's life points. "Nice work Chumley!" Syrus cheered.

"Yeah! You've got your dad on the ropes!" Jaden grinned.

Chumley blinked at how effective his strategy was and grinned. "Licious!"

"Not too bad…not bad at all." Mr. Huffington commented as he stood up. "I play the spell card Monster Reborn to bring back my Dizzy Tiger!" Dizzy Tiger appeared back on the field and started swaying with Dizzy Angel. "Dizzy Angel take out Boomerang Girl!"

Dizzy Angel: 1800 ATK/400 DEF

Boomerang Girl: 1600 ATK/900 DEF

Chumley: 800 LP

Mr. Huffington: 900 LP

"And now Dizzy Tiger squash Wombat Patroller!" Mr. Huffington ordered.

Chumley ground his teeth. "Not so fast! Another one of Wombat Patroller's special abilities allows me to discard a card from my hand in order for all battle damage to go to zero, and send your monster to the graveyard too!"

Dizzy Tiger attacked Wombat Patroller and both monsters were destroyed and sent to the graveyard.

"Great job Chumley!" Riku clapped.

Danni nodded. "Your playing your cards great Chumley! You can do this!"

Mr. Huffington nodded. "Alright I play one card facedown."

Chumley grinned. "Alright, my move." He drew a card a grinned seeing the card Syrus had given him. "Hey it's the card Sy gave me…guess now's as good a time as any to use it! I activate the spell card Silent Doom! With it I'm allowed to summon one monster back to the field from the graveyard! And I choose Big Koala!"

Chumley narrowed his eyes. I wont go down without a fight! "Next I activate Polymerization and fuse Big Koala with the Des Kangaroo in my hand!" The large green Kangaroo with red boxing gloves appeared on the field before merging with Big Koala. "And together they form the Master of Oz!"

A large green combination of Big Koala and Des Kangaroo appeared on the field. He had a championship belt hanging over his shoulder, a scar on his eye, boxing gloves on his hand and a purple vest.

Master of Oz: 4200 ATK/3700 DEF

Mr. Huffington snorted. Like I didn't see that coming.

Flashback

"Oh wait! I got something for you to use too! It could really come in handy. After all with 4200 attack points it packs a pretty good wallop!" Jaden said as he handed Chumley Master of Oz.

Chumley blinked. "You would really just give me such a powerful card, Jaden?"

"Sure I would! We're buddies and that's what buddies do for each other! Besides, you belong here with us." Jaden smiled and looked around at the group. "We're all right behind you!"

Mr. Huffington walked away from the door, having heard enough.

End Flashback

"Now go, Oz! Outback attack!" Chumley ordered.

Mr. Huffington shook his head. "Not so fast! I activate Negate Attack!"

"Aw man." Chumley muttered at walking into that trap, and the fact that he was about to end the duel. "Bring it!"

"Aw man, Chum almost had him there." Riku pouted.

Danni nodded. "This is a pretty close duel."

"Chumley, you fought a good duel but you've lost." Mr. Huffington commented.

Chumley's eyes widened. "What are you talking about? Master of Oz has 4200 attack points!"

"It doesn't matter. You forget, with one flip of the table he'll be gone."

Chumley growled. "That card doesn't scare me dad! You forget! I know it's weakness!"

"Flipping the Table has a weakness?" Jaden questioned in confusion.

Chumley nodded. "That's right! Once you use it you can't summon up a monster! And that means you'll be defenseless dad! I'll win, you'll lose!"

"Not bad son, you've accurately spotted the cards weak spot. I'm very impressed with you, but still…it wont changes things! See, with what I have planned, so what if I'm defenseless? Two Hot Sauce Bottles coming up!" Mr. Huffington as the two bottles appeared on the field.

Syrus blinked. "Wait, if one Hot Sauce Bottle he takes five hundred points of damage, so if two are destroyed…"

"It's not looking good." Jaden commented regretfully.

Mr. Huffington smirked. "I activate Flipping the Table!" Both the Hot Sauce Bottles were destroyed along with Master of Oz. "That's two bottles down, so that means 1000 points of damage to you!"

Chumley: 0 LP

Mr. Huffington: 900 LP

Syrus blinked. "I can't believe it…he lost…"

"Poor Chumley…" Jaden commented as Chumley fell to his knees.

Riku shook his head. "But now Chumley can't stay at Duel Academy."

"That's no way to duel. That's just wrong." Danni growled looking at Chumley's devastated face.

Chumley was back in the Slifer dorm packing his bags. Jaden, Syrus, Riku, and Danni all ran into the room. "Chumley come on, you really don't have to go, do you?" Riku questioned.

"Duh…I made a promise and I'm going to keep it."

"T-Then this is really it?" Syrus said, tears already building in his eyes.

Jaden sighed. "You're a good duelist Chumley. Good luck." Jaden stuck his hand out for Chumley to shake it.

"Same to you." Chumley said crying. "Anyway, I need to get going. There's a lot of hot sauce out there that needs bottling."

"And I'm sure that you'll bottle it great." Jaden smiled.

Danni looked at the boys and crossed her arms. "Quit the waterworks! You boys are just giving up? Well, lucky for you I had a backup plan."

"A back up plan?" Riku questioned.

Danni smirked. "You'll see…"

The five Slifers walked out of the dorm and over to where Professor Banner was standing. Chumley blinked. "Hey, Professor Banner where's my dad?"

"He had to go. Something wrong with one of the Hot Sauce companies. But he wrote you this." Professor Banner handed Chumley a note that the rest of the gang crowded around to read.

Dear Son,

There's more to school than just your studies, and while you may not have made great grades there, you've made great friends. That's reason enough for you to stay. I also received a very interesting call from Seto Kaiba that formally requested that you be allowed to stay at Duel Academy. I have no idea which of your friends managed to pull that one off, but it's obvious to me that you have a lot of great friends willing to go to large lengths for you.

Good Luck,

Dad

Chumley looked at the note, tears pouring from his eyes, and dropped it running over to the cliff. "DAD!" As soon as he made it to the cliff he shouted. "DADDY! I wont let you down! I wont let any of you down! From now on I'm going to make you proud of me! My family and my friends!"

Mr. Huffington, who heard his son, smiled before turning to yell at the rower in the boat. "Come on put your back into it! There's a case of hot sauce in it for you if you get us back before dawn."

The Slifers all grinned before turning to hug Chumley. "You get to stay!" Jaden cheered.

Syrus grinned and wiped tears from his eyes. "We knew you wouldn't leave us!"

Riku instead of crying like Syrus turned to look at Danni and raised an eyebrow. "You called Kaiba and asked him to call Mr. Huffington to let Chumley stay?"

Danni shrugged and smirked a bit. "What? He owed me one. I thought it was the least I could do, right?" The Slifers all had a group hug and Jaden cheered.

"Alright! The Slifer gang isn't going to go anywhere!"