Tag Team Part One
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
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A few days had passed and now it was finally the day for the Tag Team duel that Jaden and Syrus had been sentenced-, agreed to. Everyone was pumped to see this duel, and in a good mood to reflect on it. However, there was one person that was walking down the halls of the school, not really happy at all. Not because of the duel...but because of the people he saw in the halls.
Just look at them! Crowler glared hard at the numerous red blazers in front of him, Slifer slackers littering the campus like vermin! The hallowed halls of MY Duel Academy are for the Elite, not lame, ESPECIALLY Jaden Yuki!
He stopped walking, his hatred boiling. "THAT SLIFER SLACKER HAS MADE A FOOL OF ME FOR LONG ENOUGH!" he screamed, his voice echoing down the halls, causing nearby Slifer students to duck into a nearby classroom.
Crowler chuckled as he heard the Slifers run away in fear of him, "Soon...he will pay dearly for it though. Soon, with what I have planned, he will be the fool!" he cackled.
"Doctor Crowler!"
Hearing his name, he turned and saw his star pupil walking up to him. He smiled, "Ah, Chazz. What can I do for you?" he greeted.
"Put me in that tag team duel against Jaden and Syrus," Chazz said quickly.
"You?" Crowler asked slowly.
Chazz nodded, "That's right. This time I know I can beat him and him packing,"
Crowler shook his head, "I'm sorry, but you'll be sitting this duel out, Chazz,"
"Huh?!"
Crowler shook his finger, "Don't get me wrong, Chazz, your skills are admirable, but this time I won't be taking any chances. If Jaden loses this duel, he will be expelled from the Duel Academy straight away...which is why he'll be facing the greatest tag duelists in the world!"
Chazz watched as Crowler walked off, stunned as his chance was shot down by the head of Obelisk Blue. He frowned Greatest Tag duelists in the world...?
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"I don't believe this...how can you guys be so calm?"
"Yeah, I'm about to wet myself from excitement and the duel hasn't even started yet!"
"That's disgusting, Chrissy,"
Jaden looked up from his deck to Siho, Christina and Chumley, who were sitting on the bunk, "What's not to be calm about? It's just another day, another duel...same as always," he reasoned turning to Syrus, "Right Sy?"
"Duh, Jaden...," Chumley put his head on the rail of his bunk, "It's a tag duel! If you lose this duel, you'll both be on the next bus outta here!"
Jaden grinned, "Hello, Chumley? We won't lose this duel...besides, we're on an island...bus?"
Christina nodded, "He's right...need a chopper,"
"Whatever. You both should give me your meal cards just in case...,"
"Yeah, about dibs on ya stuff, can I have your comic books?"
"Can I bunk in here with Chumley?"
Jaden stared at his friends, "Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence...,"
Syrus looked away from the others and looked at the card in his hand. The Power-Bond card he had gotten as a gift from Zane a long time ago.
Chumley may be right. The last time I dueled, I was just awful, just like my older brother always said I was. If we're going to win this, I'm just going to have to do better, Syrus thought as he switched around his cards, I won't let anything get into my head, not even Zane. The last time I let him get to me, Jaden really let me have it...
-Flashback-
Jaden looked at him, looking somewhat angry, "C'mon Syrus, that's your big brother talking! You shouldn't let him get to you like that. You just gotta believe in yourself!"
-End Flashback-
That's it...I gotta believe in myself. Believe in myself, believe in myself...
"I BELIEVE IN MYSELF, JADEN!"
Jaden turned away from the others to see Syrus leap from the floor, "Uh...that's great Syrus. Now c'mon, we gotta head on out,"
Siho rose from the bunk he was on while Christina rolled off hers, "We'll come with ya,".
"For support?"
"That and we wanna get some kickass seats," Christina said, standing up.
Chumley watched as his roommates walked towards the door, "Good luck you guys! I really want you to win the match,"
"More than you want the grilled cheese?" Jaden asked, looking at his friend, amazed.
The larger boy grinned, "I'd rather have you guys as friends, then have extra grilled cheeses...,"
Jaden smiled, "You know, I think I might just cry...,"
"See ya soon, Chumley!" Syrus waved at him, then headed out the door, followed by Jaden and the others.
Yeah...I hope so Chumley thought gloomily, watching his friends leave.
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"Attention! The Tag-Team Duel is about to begin! Remember, these are test conditions! This is a sudden expulsion test!"
Bastion sat in one of the many seats of the arena, noticing most of the population of the school was filling the arena up and quick. He listened to the announcement and folded his arms, "A bit harsh I'd say...,"
"You got that right...,"
"Huh?" Bastion turned to see a girl with blone hair wearing a girl's Obelisk Blue dorm. Behind her was a boy a little younger looking than her, wearing a Ra blazer, his hair matching the girls.
She sat down next to the first Ra, "You're Bastion Misawa right? One of Jaden's friends?" she asked.
"I...suppose you could say that," he shifted in his seat, "You're Alexis Rhodes aren't you?"
Alexis nodded, "Yes, and I'm the reason the guys are in this mess. They were helping me at the abandoned dorm...," she explained. Jordan cracked his neck, "What bothers me is that I needed help, then Siho and Christina came, but they didn't get into trouble at all...,"
Bastion blinked, "I see...that is strange. Jordan is it?"
The Ra nodded, "Yep,"
"Focus boys," Alexis turned to the platform, "This time the guys are gonna need some help. I heard that Crowler hired some professionals to duel them. Dueling legends that worked alongside the creator of Duel Monsters himself!"
"Send in the accused: Syrus Truesdale and Jaden Yuki!"
Chazz sat in an empty section of the audience, next to the entrance. He was still angry that he wasn't the one taking on the Slifer Slackers. He turned to see the two of them enter the arena and kicked the seat in front of him, making nearby Obelisks turn to look at him.
Even though they didn't see it, both Syrus and Jaden heard the kick. Jaden looked around and grinned, "The acoustics are great in here, Syrus! This is gonna be a blast,"
"Yeah...you think that they'll count the echo as your tag partner?" Syrus wondered.
Jaden reached over and ruffled Syrus' hair, "For the last time, you're my partner!"
Syrus laughed and pulled away from him, "Wouldn't hurt to ask!"
As the two them headed to the platform, Chazz gripped the arms of his seat, his knuckles white, "You Slifer Slackers...it should be me who's taking you out! But I guess as long as you get kicked out, it doesn't matter who does it...,"
Higher up in the stands, Zane Truesdale stood as still as a statue, looking on at his little brother while Vahn popped a few pieces of candy in his mouth.
"You're brother's gonna have a tough time out there," Vahn said between chews.
Zane didn't reply. He just stood there, looking hard at Syrus, Well little brother, I guess it's time to prove whether or not you belong here or on the next plane out of here...
After both Slifers finally arrived at the platform, Crowler turned to the audience, hand in the air, "Now, allow me to introduce you all to our guest tag team duelists!" he shouted so that everyone could hear.
Jaden and Syrus noticed a change of light above them and looked up to see two men doing hand flips on the platform, moving to the opposite side. They were identical twins, save the green and orange robes and the odd symbols on their heads.
"THE PARADOX BROTHERS!"
Both men stood back to back, hands in their sleeves, smirking at the two Slifers.
"Greetings and Salutations, you fools!" Para, the twin in the orange robes greeted.
"Hope you're ready to duel!" Dox, the one in green added.
Jaden looked at the two, "Uh...I've never heard of these guys,"
Syrus nodded, "Me either. Maybe this tag-duel won't be so bad after all...,"
"Perhaps," Crowler walked up behind them, a sly smile on his face, "After all, they haven't dueled in ages and their last opponent was a child. I believe he went by the name of... Yugi something?"
Syrus snapped his head back to the Brothers, "The King of Games?!"
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Alexis shook her head, "I've studied these guys. They're some kind of dueling mercenaries, not to mentioning the best tag team duelists in the world! This is hardly fair!"
"I think that's what Crowler wanted all along," Bastion said with a nod, "By my calculations, Jaden's chance of coming out of this duel a winner is one in fifty,"
Jordan growled, "Lousy sonofa-,"
"Jordan!"
"Sorry, Lex...,"
Chazz chuckled darkly and looked off to the side, "Hey Chump-ley, looks like you'll have a lot more room in your dorm now. You're friends are toast!"
Chumley gulped, "This is so not lishius...,".
Siho and Christina sat beneath Chumley, watching the duelists on the platform.
"So these are the Brothers Paradox...," Siho leaned forward, "I've heard stories about these guys. They once worked with Maximillion Pegasus at Duelist Kingdom as Eliminators. The only ones to beat them had a tough time facing down a very powerful monster the Brothers had summoned,"
Christina looked at him worriedly, "You don't think they still have that...do you?"
"To be honest, Chrissy, I wouldn't be surprised in the least. All we can do is watch and cheer the guys on,"
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"Enough with the pleasantries...,"
"...now on with the duel!"
"We didn't come here to talk...,"
"...we came...,"
"To destroy you!" both Para and Dox said in unison, making both Jaden and Syrus very nervous about this.
Chancellor Shephard frowned and walked up to the platform, "Crowler! Don't you think this is a little too much for them?"
Crowler jumped at his voice and walked over to him, "Of course not, sir! They broke a big time rule, so they should face big-time duelists! Besides...," he knelt down to his superiors eye level, "We can't send the Brothers back, they've come so far!"
"What's that matter? You're paying their travel bills," Shephard looked past the horrified teacher and towards the students, "Jaden, I'll leave it up to you son...," he offered.
Jaden looked at the Brothers, then at the headmaster, a large grin on his face, "Aw, this isn't so bad. These two couldn't beat male pattern baldness, so there's no way they can beat us!"
Crowler rolled his eyes, "How wonderfully clever...," he muttered, walking to the middle of the platform. He raised his hand once more, "Duelists, prepare to battle! The rules of this tag-team duel are really quite simple. No sharing a strategy, no sharing of advice, and no sharing of any card that is not yet in play. But you may use what's on your partner's field...understand?"
Para and Dox nodded, "Yes!"
Jaden and Syrus nodded as well, "Yeah!"
"THEN DUEL!" Crowler yelled, before running off the platform.
PD: 8000
JS: 8000
"Get your games on!" Jaden drew his cards, then looked at his partner.
Syrus nodded, "Here goes...," he drew his first card, "I summon Gyroid (1000/1000) in attack mode!".
Para scoffed as the kiddy copter appeared on the field, "You must be joking! I'm amazed that thing even has an Attack mode!" he drew his card, "This on the other hand...Jirai Gumo (2200/100)!"
Jaden stared as a huge brown spider-like creature appeared, "An overgrown bug...? That's nothing my deck can't squash!" he drew his card and smiled, "Elemental Hero Burstinatrix (1200/800) in Defense Mode!".
"The best defense you fool...," Dox drew his card, "...is a strong offense! Kaiser Seahorse (1700/1650), Attack Mode!"
Syrus looked at the huge spider and the large purpled and blue monster wielding a large spear, Alright...now if I know dueling like I think I know dueling...these guys will attack next!
"I choose to play a Spell card from my hand," Dox declared, "Tribute Doll!"
Syrus blinked, "Huh?"
"To activate this card, I must sacrifice one monster from our side of the field. Good thing my brother is so generous with his!" Dox looked at his brother who nodded, "Farewell Jirai Gumo!"
The giant spider screeched as it was ensnared by a mass of dark threads before vaporizing into thin air.
"Now, I am allowed to summon a Level 7 monster this turn, and I choose Kazejin (2400/2200)!"
Jaden and Syrus raised their arms as a fierce wind began to blow around them and the Paradox Brothers. In the middle of the maelstrom, a creature of gold and green color, with a round body and arms coming out of the sides appeared.
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"He sacrificed his brother's own monster in order to summon a more powerful one...," Bastion mused, "Now that's tag team dueling!"
Alexis glanced at him, "Ya mind not sounding quite so impressed with them?"
Siho's fist smacked the armrest, "Dammit...this is not gonna end well...,"
Christina patted his shoulder, "C'mon, it's just one monster...not so tough!"
That's because you don't know what that thing can do, Chrissy! Siho snapped mentally as he continued to look head on at the duel.
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"Do you honestly think that you know anything about this game?" Para asked.
"You're losers, you're lame!" Dox added, smirking.
"If they think that this is starting to get grueling...,"
"...wait until I draw and give them a true schooling!" Dox plucked another card from his hand, "I play Dark Designator! This powerful spell card allows me to call out any monster I can think of, and if it's in my brother's deck, it's added immediately to his hand! Now let me see here...," he closed his eyes and pretended to think, then pointed to Para, "Sanga of the Thunder!".
Para chuckled, "Well what do you know? It's right here," he took the card from his deck, "ready to tear them asunder!"
Jaden frowned, You gotta be kidding me! Another Level 7 monster?
"The duel just started...,"
"...and yet it is almost done...,"
Both Brothers pointed at their opponents, "For your demise has already begun!"
Syrus gulped, growing more nervous by the second. Jaden saw this and smiled, "Don't worry, Syrus. They're just saying that for an easy rhyme,"
He looked at the two men, I just hope we don't make for an easy match. Ok, monster role call. I got my Burstinatrix chillin' in Defense Mode and Sy's got his...well his little helicopter thingy. Not bad, but not good since we're facing down some major powerhouse competition...including a Level 7 green thing I've never seen before!
"What do you say, Jaden?" Syrus whimpered, "If we just quit right now, we'll have extra time to pack up all our stuff...so uh, shall we?"
Jaden shook his head, "The only thing we packin' is some serious dueling punch! I'm telling you Sy, we'll beat these guys!"
Syrus couldn't help but smile at the peptalk, "You're right, Jay!" he looked at the field, We ARE packing a dueling punch... he glanced off to the sidelines, towards Zane who hadn't moved an inch since he got there, Not only am I gonna show the Paradox Brothers, but I'm gonna show MY brother was well. I'm gonna do it right here, right now, on this turn!
"All aboard!" Syrus drew his next card, "I summon Steamroid (1800/1800) in Attack Mode!"
Syrus' train monster appeared on the field, whistling loudly and happily, as if it were glad to be in the duel.
"Next, I'll use the Spell Card Polymerization, check it out! I'll be using my Steamroid and my Gryroid and fuse them together to create the ultimate engine that could...Steam Gyroid (2200/1800)!"
Both vehicles vanished and the strange mecha mutant stood in it's place, making Syrus smile at the sight, "Now that's locomotion! You guys made a mistake in all that teamwork: when you sacrificed Jirai Gumo, you left your brother completely defenseless, ready and open for an attack!"
"Uh...Sy?"
"Now I'm coming in! Steam Gyroid, attack Para!"
"Wha-? An attack?!"
"Got that right!" Syrus laughed as his Steam Gyroid soared through the air directly at the orange-clad man.
Para glanced at Dox, "Would you mind, Brother?"
Dox nodded, "Of course, it would be a pleasure, Brother. Kazejin defend with Squall Barricade!"
Syrus watched as the large, green monster stepped in front of Para, using a strong air current to stop Steam Gyroid, "What...?"
"Our monster's special ability, do you like?" Dox asked, smiling.
"It reduces your monsters power to zero, without even a fight!" Para finished.
Syrus blinked, "So...I goofed?"
Crowler laughed quietly on the sidelines, "These two don't stand a chance of beating Para and Dox! These two stink worse than dirty socks!" he laughed again, "Now they got me doing it!"
Jaden turned to his partner, "Don't worry about it, Sy, no biggy,"
"Yeah right...," Syrus looked at him sadly.
"I mean it!" Jaden gave him a thumbs up, "Just keep going...,"
Syrus nodded, "Ok then...I'll place one card facedown and end my turn...,"
"At last a smart move! My draw!" Para drew his next card, "I play Monster Reborn to bring back the frightful Jirai Gumo!".
Once again, the giant spider appeared on the field, mandibles clicking rapidly.
"And I'll also activate another Spell Card, Tribute Doll!"
"Not again!" Syrus whined.
Para smirked, "Yes again! And again, I sacrifice Jirai Gumo in order to summon another Level 7 monster...Suijin (2500/2400)!"
Much like Kazejin, Suijin appeared on the field, it's blue round body nearly matching the body of Kazejin, besidse the color and the mouth it had on the bottom.
"And I am not done yet!" he turned to Dox, "Mind if I borrow a monster, Brother?"
"Please, that's why he's there!"
"I sacrifice Kaiser Sea Horse!"
Dox smiled as a dark aura encircled the third monster, "In case you did not know, when you wish to summon a Light Attribute monster, Kaiser Sea Horse's sacrifice counts as two instead of one!"
"Which means, I'm now allowed to summon, Sanga of the Thunder (2600/2200)!"
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Bastion leaned forward as a red and yellow creature, very similar to the first two appeared on the field, "I think I'll change those odds towards 500:1,"
"What are the odds of you being quiet?" Alexis muttered.
Siho shook his head, "Not good...this is not good at all!"
Christina looked at him, "It may be three monsters, Siho, but they can beat them!" she insisted.
"Not if the Brothers Paradox are about to do what I think they're about to do...,"
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"Three monsters on our side, what could be better?" Para asked.
"I know what, Brother," Dox replied, "When they come together!"
Para stood up straight, "Prepare yourselves! I sacrifice Suijin, Kazejin, and Sanga of the Thunder so that I can now summon the ultimate monster...Gate Guardian (3750/3400)!!!"
Syrus watched in horror as the three monsters connected and made a huge creature, Suijin on the bottom, Kazejin in the middle, and Sanga of the Thunder on top, "Gate Guardian...?!"
"He's enormous!" Jaden gasped.
"Wait until you see his attack," Para taunted, "Go, attack Steam Gyroid! Tidal Surge Attack!"
Gate Guardian launched a stream of water, surrounded by lightning bolts, hitting Steam Gyroid head on, blasting it to smithereens.
PD: 8000
JS: 6450
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Bastion shook his head, "This isn't a duel...this is target practice for the Paradox Brothers, and Syrus is the bullseye!"
"He's just made a few bad moves," Alexis reminded him, "He can pull this around...,"
"Unless that's a miracle not even God can't do," Jordan cracked.
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"I know it hurts," Para said.
"But it's about to get worse!" Dox added.
"If it gets as bad as this rhyming, then we're in serious trouble...," Syrus said meekly.
On the sidelines, Crowler was having the time of his life. These two are duelng perfectly! They know exactly what to do and they're doing it! Once they destroy the weakest link, the whole chain comes crashing down, and they've picked the weakest link of all...little Syrus he looked at the scared Slifer, Poor little Syrus...he would be the weakest link on a plate of sausages!
Syrus looked at his partner I hope Jaden has something planned in that deck...or this is all over, as well our lives at the Academy!
"Well the bigger they are, the harder they fall!" Jaden turned to Syrus, "Come on, let's take this guy down!"
"I would like to see you try!" Para placed a card into a slot, "I end my turn with a facedown,"
"Then it's time for me to go to work," Jaden drew his card and looked at it. It was Polymerization. Sweet! he looked at his hand You're getting called out, big guy...
"First, I summon Elemental Hero Clayman (800/2000), and next I'll play Polymerization to fuse both Clayman and Burstinatrix to create...the Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster (2000/2500)! He's bad!"
Everyone watched as the two Heroes merged and born from them, was a monster that was built like a square Clayman, with a large red shield in it's left hand and a big gun turret on the right hand.
"Yeah he's bad...," Syrus shook his head, "But not as bad as that Gate Guardian. He's only got 2500 Defense Points! Gate Guardian's Attack Points are 3750, Blaster's gonna get blasted!"
Jaden smiled, "Don't sweat it, Sy, that's what his special ability's for! See, when he's in Defense Mode, Rampart Blaster can attack an opponent directly!"
Para and Dox gasped, "Our Life Points!"
"Rampart Blaster, blast them with Rampart Barrage!"
The new Hero aimed it's gun cannon at the two brothers and unleashed a volley of rockets that split into two waves. One headed for Para, the other headed for Dox. Both Brothers covered their faces as the missles exploded underneath them.
"Sure it's only half the damage you would've taken, but hey," Jaden shrugged, "It's a special ability, what are ya gonna do?"
PD: 7000
JS: 6450
"Lucky move...," Dox growled.
"Way to go, Jaden!" Syrus cheered, "We're back in this!"
Jaden looked at him, "Sy, we were never out of it!"
Syrus smiled He's right. We can win this!
"My move now!" Dox drew his card, "I'm activating the Spell Card, Fairy Meteor Crush and I'm equipping it to the Gate Guardian! Now when the Guardian attacks a monster in Defense Mode, the difference between his Attack Points and your monsters Defense Points, are dealt to you as damage!"
"Not so fast!" Syrus shouted, "You forget, I have a facedown card out! I'm activating Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your Spell Card!"
"Right into my trap!" Para cried as his own facedown revealed itself, "I play Judgement of Anubis! Foolish boy, this lets me stop your Spell card by sending one card to the Graveyard...your Typhoon is nothing more than just a gentle, summer breeze!"
Syrus groaned as his swirling vortex diminished into thin air currents, then dissipated into nothingness, "Aw man...,"
"But wait! That's not all it does!" Para continued, "Anubis also destroys one of your creatures...,"
"And it's attack points are dealt to you, pretty cool special feature!" Dox finished.
PD: 7000
JS: 4450
Dox drew his card, "I know it seems we have your backs to the wall, but the wall is right in front of you! I play Defense Wall and as long as it's on the field, when you attack our side of the field, you can only attack him!"
Defense Wall DEF 2100
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"The Gate Guardian on offense and the Defense Wall on defense...almost flawless!"
Alexis glared at Bastion, "I get it already! Now are you going to be quiet, or should I move?"
"I got a roll of duct tape...," Jordan offered.
Siho watched the duel as Christina began to beat her feet to the floor and clap her hands in a familiar rythym.
"They will...they will...rock you!"
He rolled his eyes, "Oh God...Christina, now is not the time for Queen!" he snapped.
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"It's your turn, what are you waiting for?" Dox demanded.
"To be honest...a miracle," Syrus murmured as he drew his card, "I, uh, summon Cycroid (800/1000) in Defense Mode!".
A bell chimed as a small bicycle appeared, one large eye right under the handlebars.
Para laughed as he drew, "You summon a bike?! Well it's in for a major flat...Gate Guardian,Tidal Surge attack!" he ordered.
Once again, the electrified stream of water burst from the Guardian and clashed with Cycroid, destroying it and sending it away to the Graveyard.
"Don't forget the effect of Fairy Meteor Crush I have him equipped for! The difference in my attack points and your defense points, you take as damage!"
Syrus screamed as his was blasted by a secondary attack, feeling the pain from the electricity that emanated from the stream of water.
PD: 7000
JS: 1700
As the Life Points dropped, Syrus too, dropped to his knees, holding his arm.
"Your Points are falling," Para laughed.
"Your gameplay is apalling!" Dox added.
"There is nothing left to be done except give up and start bawling!" the twins finished.
Syrus looked at Jaden who had his head lowered, his bangs covering his eyes. He was breathing slowly, but he didn't make a move or even attempt to draw his next card.
"Attention, Jaden Yuki. It is your turn, you must make a move or you WILL be disqualified!"
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Kilnorc: Well that's the end of that one! Again, I couldn't find Defense Wall anywhere, so his Defense points are just there...sorry. hehehehee. ja ne!