There are gonna be some big changes in chapter 11...
Ern Estine 13624: No, Seto's not in this chapter, but he will be coming in relatively soon.
Saku: I'm just glad people are still reading, the support really does mean everything to me, mainly because I wanna be an author. And I'mnot sure who I'm gonna pair Alexis with, any suggestions?
Jaden was relaxing in Zanes room, they had just finished yet annother duel, which Jaden had won. She'd been there all night because she hadn't been able to sleep, the duel so close, in a couple of hours it wold be begining. But duelling Zane helped to take her mind off it. Zane smiled as they put all their cards away and Jaden laughed, "I beat you again!" she stated brightly. Zane rolled his eyes at that and laughed, "Of course you did, you are the Queen of games after all." he stated casually.
Jaden laughed at that and shrugged, "I dunno, I won't consider myself to be the best until I've saved dad and duelled him." she admitted, Zane sighed. "Let's get out of there, get some fresh air." he suggested lightly. Jaden gave him a faint smile and nodded as Zane stood up and held out his hand to help her up.
Jaden accepted his hand with a smile and let herslef be helped up, "Did I tell you what happened yesterday?" she asked lightly as she grabbed her jacket and tugged it one before Zane lead her out of the Obelisk dorms and down onto the beach. The young girl took her shoes off and let her feet splash in the water as Zane raised an eyebrow, "What happened yesterday then?" he asked curiously, his eyes glued to the laughing girl.
"Chumlys dad had shown up wanting to take him home, so they dueled to see if he could stay, Chumly lost but his dad let him stay." she explained, smiling brightly.
Zane gave her a small smile before an especially strong wave made Jaden stumble, Zane lunged forward, catching her quickly, a soft smile on his face as she clung to him to stay standing.
Zane sighed as he helped her stand up and he tugged her away from the water. "You're so clumsy Jaden." he stated, rolling his eyes. Jaden laughed brightly, "That I am." she stated before frowning slightly, "What's the time?" she asked, her brown eyes widening.
Zane glanced at his watch and grimmaced, "Crap, you have to be there in ten minutes." he gasped out.
Within seconds the duo was running, Jaden leaving Zane in her dust sprinted into the waiting room with Syrus and gave him a small smile, she didn't even get a chance to take a breath before her and Syrus were called into the arena. Still panting slightly Jaden grinned, "Wow, the acoustics in here are great." he stated brightly, Syrus laughed nervously, "Do you think they'd count your echo as your tag partner?" he asked nervously. Jaden laughed, "I told you already, I want you as my partner." she stated brightly.
Syrus laughed as they both headed into the arena, "It doesn't hurt to ask though." he muttered as they climbed up the steps. And then the duo were stood on the arena and Jaden laughed as she noticed Chumly come running in. "He made it!" she stated brightly, waving at him with Syrus. And then she noticed Zane stood by the railings, as did Syrus, "See, he's watching because he thinks you can win." Jaden told him brightly.
And then Crowler came rushing onto the stage, "Now, without further ado, allow me to introduce our guest tag team duo!" he declared loudly, and then the Paradox brothers flipped into the duel arena, Jaden rolled her eyes at their theatrics as everyone gasped in shock as Crowler cried out, "The Paradox brothers!"
Jaden raised an eyebrow as they stood up from their landing crouch, side by side. One in green one in red.
"Salutations you fools." the one in orange started, making Jaden groan and facepalm as the one in green continued, "I hope you are ready to duel."
"Dear god they're worse than the stories." she muttered. Syrus raised an eyebrow and Jaden sighed, "Don't worry." she mumbled.
Jaden suddenly grinned brightly at them, "So, you're the paradox brothers, the supposed best tag team duelists in the world." she stated brightly, before leaning forward slightly, "Supposedly the only duelists you've ever lost too were Yugi Motou and Joey Wheeler." she smirked slightly when she heard people gasping, "Well, me and Sy plan to add our names to that list."
Syrus nodded, "Yeah..." he stated, less confidently than Jaden.
The brothers scowled at that, "Enough with the pleasantries." stated the orange clad one, "And on with the duel." green continued, "We didn't come here to talk," "We came to destroy you." Jaden groaned loudly, "Well that's gonna get boring fast." she muttered.
"And you weren't even rhyming that well!" she complained loudly, making the crowds gape in shock at her. Then the young girl grinned, "And if I'm remembering corectly orange is Para and Dox is green." she stated confidently making the brothers eyes narrow, "How did you know that boy?" they asked, Jaden grinned, "It's a long story," she stated shrugging.
Chancellor Sheppard looked slightly worried and he leaned over the edge, "Crowler, isn't this a bit much?" he asked. Jaden gave him a smile, "Don't worry, I wanna do this." she stated confidently, "I need to prove myself, and Sy needs to see that he is a good duelist." she gave the short boy a smile which he nervously returned.
Crowlers eyes widened as Sheppard sighed, "If you say so." he stated as he gave a small smile.
Jaden and Syrus grinned as Crowler stormed into the middle of the arena and raised his arm into the air, "Duelists, prepare to battle!" he cried out loudly as Jaden and Syrus stood ready, facing the Paradox brothers.
Crowler explained the rules, Jaden vaguely listened but she already knew the basics, she only really focused when the duel began.
(I really can't be bothered to type out the entire duel because the Paradox brothers drive me insane! Besides, we all know Jaden and Syrus win.)
Jaden was grinning brightly as she gave Syrus a tight hug before she pulled back, pulling him off of her. "We won!" he cheered brightly. Jaden laughed and nodded, "Some things will never change," she stated brightly, then she spotted Chancellor Sheppard staring up at them with a smile on his lips, "And you're enrollment at this school won't be changing either." he informed the beaming duo.
Then Jaden grinned as she darted over to the Paradox brothers and whispered, "You're better than dad and uncle Joey used to tell me." before running back over to Syrus, laughing as they passed out from shock. Chancellor Sheppard raised an eyebrow, "Well, you're punishment isn't completely forgotten, you have to write a ten page essay on what you learned by duelling the brothers, and how tresspassing in the abandoned dormitories was a bad thing to do." he informed them, making Jaden groan loudly, "No!" she yelled, "How can you be so cruel?" she asked, her eyes wide as Sheppard walked away laughing, before glancing back with a raised eyebrow, "And you might want to go back down to the beach and retrieve your shoes, after all, there are some sharp bits of stone." he stated casually.
Jaden blinked in confusion for a moment before she slowly looked down at her feet, her cheeks going scarlet when she realised that she was barefoot and her feet were covered with damp sand. She laughed sheepishly, rubbing the back of her head as her friends laughed at her antics.