Gauntlet: Princeton vs Czar
Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
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Having a boat on the sea is usually a good thing. People use it to relax, to have parties, or even just have a great time fishing. In Chazz Princeton's case...it wasn't so fun or relaxing. Why? Well, there's something about your family's yacht slowly sinking under the waves as dense fog kept any passerby's from seeing you, that takes the fun out of boating.
Chazz sat at the tip of the sinking yacht, duel disk between his legs and a bottle of water in his pocket. He may have been stranded, but he didn't give up at all. What he did do, was reminisce about his exploits at Duel Academy before running away after his humilating defeat at the hands of that Ra student, Bastion Misawa.
"Lousy scrubs, it's all their fault," he spat, eyes focused on his disk, "Doctor Crowler, Bastion...Jaden...,"
"Hey Chazz, let's go, get your game on!"
Chazz glared at the hallucination that had manifested since the boat started to sink. Jaden's face would appear out of nowhere and talk to him as if Jaden himself were really there.
"Quiet!" the former Obelisk snapped, "Or I'm gonna wipe that ugly grin right off your face!"
The imaginary Jaden waved idly at him, "Take your best shot, Chazz!"
Chazz looked down, grabbed his disk and placed it on his arm, "If only I could...," he murmured, looking at his deck, "Just one more duel, that's all I want!"
"Really? That's all you want?" Jaden's image asked with a grin, "I'd want not to be stranded!"
The former Obelisk growled and swiped his arm at the image, "SHUT UP!". A loud beeping made Chazz look at his disk just in time to see the power go out.
Shaking his head, Chazz began to laugh as he leaned back against the railing. "Stranded?" he reached for his water bottle, "I'm not stranded, I'm fine!". He opened up the bottle and put it to his lips, expecting a refreshing liquid to quench his thirst, but nothing came.
Chazz eyed the bottle and saw that no water remained, "A little thirsty maybe...,"
"You know what I'm thirsty for?" Jaden's face appeared in front of him again, "Another duel with ya, Chazz!"
"Duel this!" Chazz tossed the bottle, then watched in horror as it passed right through the image and flew into the sea, "Oh no!"
He shot to his feet and reached for it, but lost his footing and fell into the murky, cold depths of the ocean. As he sank further and further into the sea, hundreds of air bubbles escaped his body as a large dark form sped towards him.
I'll get you for this, Slacker! Chazz screamed in his mind as his vision began to go dark, I'll get you...!
Then, it all went completely black.
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"Hey...hey Boss, rise and shine!"
A small glowing orb floated around Chazz's unconcious form, weaving from left to right in front of his face.
"Up at at'em...hellooo?"
The orb stopped bouncing and looked at Chazz, who was still unmoving.
"C'mon wake up!" it yelled, smacking the boy in the face, "Alright...guess I gotta do my wake up dance an-GACK!"
Chazz held the glowing ball, irritated at the sudden light and annoying sound. He squeezed it until it popped into nothingness. Opening his eyes, Chazz saw that he was no longer in the water, or even his own boat. He was lying on a cold, wet, metal floor while seaweed hung from the ceiling and fish flopped helplessly nearby.
"Good morning, young duelist...," a quiet voice greeted.
Chazz groaned as he sat up, "What's going on?" he turned to the source of the voice and was startled at what he saw, "Or better yet, what are you?!"
Sitting across from him, a large, bulky form sat on the floor, nearly covered in seaweed. A yellow scarf covered the lower half of it's face while huge goggles covered the top half. It wore a heavy red coat and white gloves.
The figure chuckled as it looked up from a deck of cards in it's hands, "I'm the person that saved your life, and for now, that's all you need to know,"
Chazz frowned, "Wait a minute...," he looked at his duel disk to see that the deck slot was empty, then glared at the figure across from him, "Those are my cards! Give them back!" he demanded, holding out his hands.
"Oh, certainly! How rude of me...," the being reached outward as if to give the duelist his cards, but instead of giving them to Chazz, it opened it's hands all the way and let every single card drop into a nearby puddle, "Woopsie,"
"Jerk!" Chazz was about to get up and run at the figure, but stopped when his mysterious figure tossed a card to him. Barely catching it, Chazz looked at the figure, somewhat surprised.
"That card more than makes up for it,"
Chazz glared, "It better...," he looked down and facefaulted at the sight. The card was a monster with very low points, and a horrible picture of a small yellow creature with eyestalks, posing in a pair of red bikini briefs.
"What is this?! It's just a no-name, I don't need this!" Chazz snarled, raising his arm, about to toss the card.
"Wait!" the figure cried, "Stop! That is the card that will change your life!"
Chazz looked at him, disbelievingly, "Oh, gimme a break!"
"I'll give you something far better...another chance to beat Jaden...,"
"How do you know about him?! Tell me!"
"You talk in your sleep," the figure replied simply, "From what you've said, this Jaden beat you badly in a duel,"
Chazz scoffed and looked away, "He was just lucky is all,"
"Lucky?" the figure chuckled, "Do you often run away from just luck?"
"He's got you there, Chazz! You may be wearing blue, you turn yellow fast!"
Chazz growled at the hallucination, then turned to his savior, "That's it! No one calls Chazz Princeton a coward!"
"Talk is cheap, young duelist," the figure shot back.
"That may be, but I'm rich," Chazz rose to his feet, "and I'll spend whatever it takes to be the best out there!"
(Author's note: "Screw the rules, I have money!" Ok, I couldn't resist an Abridged moment...carry on)
Again, the seaweed covered form chuckled at his words, "That's your problem...no amount of money can buy you that. You must earn it if you can," it leaned forward, "and that is precisely what we're going to find out. Good luck, young duelist,"
As soon as it said those words, the metal room the two of them were sitting in began to flood with saltwater. Chazz stuck the card into his blazer pocket as the figure waded through the rising water level.
"Remember to hold your nose...,"
The room soon filled completely with water, and just when Chazz thought it couldn't get any worse, a hole opened up in the roof above him and he was shot out of it. He shot through the water and just as he was about to lose all of his breath, he breached the water's surface and flew into the air, screaming.
Chazz landed hard on something hard and cold as ice. Slowly, he sat up and winced, "Crazy kook...you'll hear from my attourney about this!".
After he rose to his feet, Chazz was surprised at that location he was now at. The surrounding area was a huge field of ice! Cliffs of ice, plains of ice, slabs of ice, and any other form of ice you could think of surround him. Off in the distance, a tall building stood proudly among the white wasteland.
"Heh...at least I'm back with civilization," Chazz smirked as he made his way towards the building, "Well, kinda. This place is kinda low-rent...but no problem," he adjusted his blazer collar to keep the wind from freezing his neck, "One phone call and I'm outta here! Only question is should I ask for the plane or the chopper?"
The former Obelisk walked and walked, eyes set on the building. As he came closer, he noticed that the part he saw before was a huge wall and in the middle of it, a very big wooden door. He stopped just feet from the door and looked the building, "Not bad...of course, my pad is bigger,"
Chazz walked up to the door and pounded on it, "Open up! Let's go!" he yelled, "Is there anybody home?! HELLO!"
"Oh they're home...but you'll need forty cards in order for them to let you in,"
Startled, Chazz turned to see a man sitting a few yards away, huddled near a low fire. The man was balding, tufts of brown hair in the back of his head and a thin layer of stubble on his face. He wore tattered brown clothes and torn pants, as well as a duel disk on his arm. A sorry pair of round glasses completed the pathetic look.
"That's just the way things work here at North Academy...,"
Chazz frowned at the man's words, looked up at the door, and then made his way to the first human he had seen in sometime, "North Academy? So this is Duel Academy's arch-rival...,"
The man nodded, "That's right. Here, take a seat next to me my friend. I could use some company," he offered, moving over a few inches, "After all, I've been here for a long while,".
Chazz eyed him, "So what's with the forty card thing?" he asked as he sat down.
"How it works is that there are hidden all around in glacial crevasses, on ice cliffs...it's sorta like a test," he turned to Chazz, smiling slightly, "Find forty cards and they'll let you in,".
"Hm...," Chazz looked at the man's disk and was surprised to see a deck inside, "So how many do you have?" he asked, looking back up at the man.
"Well, I've actually managed to find only thirty-nine cards," the man murmured, glancing at his deck, "But it took every ounce of strength that I had to do so...I'm too worn out to find that last card,"
Chazz chuckled and reached into his blazer, "Great, so you don't need the other thirty-nine. Here," he held out a small plastic card, "I'll buy them off ya. Go on, take it,"
The man looked at him, horrified and held his deck close, "No! Besides this fire and these tattered clothes, this deck is all I have left! These cards are priceless to me!"
Disgusted, Chazz rose to his feet, "Fine, whatever. I'll just find my own,".
As Chazz walked into the icy wilderness, the man at the fire watched him leave.
"Good luck, young duelist. In this barren wasteland...," he turned back to the fire, rubbing his arms for warmth, "you'll need it,"
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So, Chazz searched the barren land, looking for forty cards to collect so he could enter North Academy's gates to make a phonecall.
He climbed in and out of crevasses.
He pulled himself up tall cliffs.
He swam through freezing cold water to get every card he that lay in his line of sight.
I can't believe I have to find forty cards he thought angrily as he searched the area, Just to get North Academy to open their stinking doors for me. Talk about a school that's hard to get into.
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After what seemed like hours of searching, and through aching limbs, Chazz walked back to the front door, where the man from before was still sitting, huddled near the fire.
"I see you've been busy doing nothing," the snob muttered.
Surprised, the man rose to his feet and walked over, "You're back! Did you find all forty cards?"
Smirking, Chazz held up his duel disk, "Of course!"
The man nodded, "Good for you then. I suppose you'll be heading on to bigger and better things now," he lowered his glasses and rubbed his eyes, "Don't worry about me though, I'll be alright. Well...until the winter comes anyway,"
"Winter?" Chazz raised an eyebrow, "But I thought-,"
"No," the man shook his head, "See, now," he nodded to the area around them, "these are summer months. It's quite lovely during the summer, and the fall is rather nice, only about thirty below...,"
"Uh...," Chazz stared at him, blinking.
The man held his arms again, "After that, however, it tends to get a bit nippy...,"
"Uh huh...,"
"But listen to me," the man shook his head, "I'm sure you'll want to get on your way,"
Chazz rolled his eyes, "Oh, quit your whining already, would ya, Baldy?" he snapped.
"Huh?" the older man looked at him.
Smiling, Chazz held up his deck of cards, "I lied about before. I didn't find forty cards, I found forty-one," he tapped his deck, "An extra one so you can come in too,"
'Baldy' gaped, "You mean...I get to enter? Really?"
"Yeah yeah," Chazz fanned out a few cards, "Just shut up and take your card,".
It only took a few moments for him to find a card he was willing to part with. He plucked the card that the weirdo from before had given to him, grinning.
"Here," he held it out, but as he did, Chazz's arm veered off to the left. Then, as he tried again, it veered off to the right.
What the hell is going on?! Chazz glared at the card, not sure what was happening at the moment.
Baldy looked at him, a little confused, "Are you gonna give it to me or not?"
"It's my hand!" Chazz gripped his wrist, the hand with the card moving around with a mind of it's own, "It...won't let go!". That's when it happened. With a poof of smoke, a transparent yellow creature in bikini briefs appeared in front of his eyes.
"You can't get rid of me, Boss! We're pals, buds, best friends forever! You know, BFF!"
Chazz shocked at the creature, shook his head, "No, we're not!"
"What's going on?" Baldy asked, "Are you ok?"
"Don't you see it?!" Chazz hissed, looking at him.
Baldy frowned and looked around, "See what?"
The creature giggled and floated to Chazz, shaking it's bikini clad butt in his face, "Aw Boss, you're the only one who can see me!"
Chazz looked at the little freak, not liking this at all, "Go away!"
"Sorry, Boss," the creature floated around to his other side, "If we're gonna be partners, you gotta stop being so uptight!"
"You're not real!" Chazz swatted at the thing, "So get lost!"
"Get lost? Funny you should say that," the thing flew behind Chazz, "I have two brothers who are also lost. We oughta find them for our deck...,"
Giving up, Chazz shoved the card into his deck, making the freaky thing disappear, "Be quiet!". Noticing that Baldy was staring at him like he was crazy, Chazz plucked another card out of his deck and held it out, "Sorry, that was the wrong card," he held it out, "Take this,"
"Uh, sure, thank you. Whatever you say," Baldy murmured, taking the card, "I really appreciate this Mr...?"
"The name is Chazz Princeton and don't you forget it," Chazz looked Baldy over again, "On second thought, do forget it. I don't people to associate me with you,". He walked back to the campfire and sat down, arms behind his head, "Now go ahead and get inside...The Chazz likes to make his own entrance,"
Baldy nodded, smiling, "Yes of course! Thanks again!".
As Baldy passed through the doors, Chazz sat on the ice, staring into the fire, "Thanks for nothing...I really only found forty cards, and now, I'm short one,"
"Hahaha...I knew you were a nice guy!" Jaden's face appeared again, laughing wildly.
"Shut UP!" Chazz turned and punched the hallucination. That's when he noticed something. A card lay beside him, just inches away from his leg.
"When you're a nice guy, nice things happen to ya...,"
Chazz snatched the card and headed towards the door. He looked up, holding his disk in the air, "Alright, open the door! I got your forty cards right here!".
A seconds passed until about five beams of energy beamed down from the top of the doorway and connected with his duel disk, as if scanning it. Moments passed and the beams disappeared, but Chazz's disk whirred to life, as if the power source was back on full battery. The giant doors creaked loudly as they slowly opened.
Chazz walked through quickly, then stared at the surroundings. There was only one street, and on each side was a row of wooden buildings. It sort of looked like one of those old American western movies he had glimpsed at times in his life. Strange thing was, for a school, there didn't seem to be anyone anywhere.
"This is North Academy?" Chazz looked from side to side as he made his way down the road, "What a dump...,"
As he walked, a loud sound, the sound of glass breaking made Chazz turn to see Baldy being tossed out into the street. Without a second thought, Chazz ran over to him and knelt down, "Hey, you ok, Baldy?"
Baldy groaned as he lay on his back, then turned to him, "Wha-what happened?" he moaned.
"You got the North Academy welcome is what happened," a harsh, deep voice answered, followed by a laugh.
Chazz looked at the building where Baldy had been thrown out of to see a group of rough-looking teenagers in coats, wearing duel disks. He blinked and looked all around to see that he and Baldy were completely surrounded by people in similar garb.
Where the hell did they come from? I didn't even hear them sneak up on me, Chazz thought, taking in the people's faces. He looked back to the building and saw someone that fit the bill as the leader. Surrounded by a group of four other duelists, a large built young man in an orange and black vest sat on a rocking chair, duel disk on his arm. He had a cold look in his eyes, and matching short hair and goatee that gave him an intimidating look.
"Now, it's your turn," the large man chuckled, pointing to Chazz, "Think you're up to the challenge, new guy? Do ya?"
Chazz scowled, "Who are you?" he asked, looking him over.
"I'm the guy who runs things around here. People call me the Czar," the large man looked at Baldy, "Your friend here just through our little hazing ritual: a 50-Man Duel Gauntlet,"
"A 50-Man whatsit?"
"Duel Gauntlet," Czar repeated, "It's how we rank students around here. Why don't you go and tell him how it works, Kyle?" he asked a nearby duelist, a kid of short stature with a long front bang sticking out.
Kyle smirked, "See, you gotta duel fifty students...,"
"You start off with the lowest rank and work your way up," another of the four around the Czar continued.
The third nodded, "When you lose, that's your rank,"
"Unless you don't lose," the fourth duelist near the Czar went on before looking at the large man himself.
Czar grinned, "Then you duel me," he jerked a thumb to himself, "Number 50,"
"But everybody loses!" a duelist near Chazz scoffed, "Like your friend here. He lost the first match he had!"
"But now, he's on latrine duty," another duelist chuckled coldly.
Chazz rose to his feet, smirking and looked at the group, "So I just have to win fifty times? That's it?"
"Easier said than done, rookie!"
The former Obelisk glared at the one who said that, "The name is Chazz. Chazz Princeton! And soon," he glared at them all, then pointed to the large man, "Your Czar will fall and the Princeton will rise!"
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No one predicted that Chazz would go as far as he was going, let alone actually duel fifty guys. As soon as one duelist fell, another took his place, and when he fell, another one took his. It was like this for hours and hours through the day.
Chazz smirked as his latest victim fell to the ground beaten, "You go bye-bye!".
The four duelists around the Czar watched Chazz as he progressed through the ranks.
"So what?" one with long, black bangs scoffed.
"Beating those amateurs doesn't prove a thing!" Kyle added.
"You still have to get through the four of us!" a chunky, brown haired duelist snapped.
"Only then can you duel the Czar," a brunette with glasses threw in.
Chazz cackled as he reshuffled his deck again, "Duel each one of you? I've wasted my time long enough as it is. I'll take all four of you on right now!"
The four duelists lined up, duel disks on and at the ready, "You're on!" they shouted together.
"DUEL!" the four of them and Chazz cried as the wind blew between them.
D1: 4000
D2: 4000
D3: 4000
D4: 4000
CP: 4000
"Me first!" the duelist with the long bangs drew his card, "C'mon out Marauding Captain (1200/400)!" he watched as a man with mop-style blonde hair, wearing a rusty suit of armor appear on his field, "But I'm not done yet! When this monster card is summoned, I'm allowed to summon another Warrior-Type monster so I'll play another Maruading Captain!"
Chazz, as well as the little yellow creature that hovered above his shoulder, watched as the three other duelists summoned the same monster over and over until eight Marauding Captains stood shoulder to shoulder, swords at the ready.
"Oh, and in case you forgot, Rookie," the first duelist grinned, "When there's two or more Marauding Captains on the field, you can't attack any of them! Or any other warrior monster that occupies the field along with them,"
(Author's Note: God I love that ability...to anyone and everyone with a warrior deck, GET THESE MONSTERS!)
Kyle laughed, "Nah, he can't forget that, because he probably never knew it in the first place!"
"Good point, and now he'll suffer for it!" the chunky duelist sneered.
Chazz smiled, "Please, the only way you scrubs could ever make me suffer is you all keep talking like you are now. My turn," he drew his card, "I'll play two facedowns and one Giant Rat (1400/1450) in defense mode,".
A very large, blue furred rat holding a bleached white skull in it's paws appeared, huddled over between Chazz and his opponents.
"All you're throwing in is an overgrown rodent?! What a joke!" the duelist with glasses shook his head.
Chazz chuckled, "Perhaps, after all, he is a weaker card. One card that the old Chazz never would've had in his deck. But I've learned something since I arrived here. I learned that life deals you all kinds of cards, and sometimes you gotta make best with what you got,"
"Aw that's so nice of you, Boss! You're talking about me aren't ya?"
"Actually, I wasn't! Chazz swiped at the little monster, "You're still as annoying, revolting and non-existant as ever! Got it?!"
His four opponents' faces turned to that of confusion as they watched Chazz scream and swing his arm at something.
"You're a disgusting, little yellow gremlin and I don't like you, so quit bugging me!!"
Even the Giant Rat didn't know what was going on, but it looked saddened, thinking it's master, who apparently had a problem with sight, yelled at it at the top of his lungs.
(Author's note: ok, who has the urge to call the men in white coats right now?)
"Disgusting, maybe, but yellow?" the first Czar duelist drew his card, "Get your eyes checked! Back to the duel!" he inserted a card into his disk slot, "I play the Allied Forces! This allows all Warrior-Type monsters a 200 point boost in power, for each Warrior-Type monster on the field, which means Marauding Captain is now at 2800 attack points!"
M.C. 1-8 (2800/400) each
"Now go, smash that rat!"
The first Captain ran to the Giant Rat and ran it's blade down the middle, splitting it into two pieces.
"He's defenseless, attack him, men!" Kyle ordered the rest of the Captains just as soon as the Rat disappeared from the field.
"Not so fast!" Chazz yelled, "I activate my Giant Rat's ability! It let's me summon an Earth-Attribute monster with 1500 or fewer attack points!" he slapped a card onto his disk, "So c'mon out Gyaku-Gire Panda (800/1600)!!"
With a loud roar, a large, angry looking panda with a bamboo stick appeared on the field, teeth baring down on the others.
"Aw, lookit the big teddy bear!" Chunky sneered, "It looks cuddly!"
"You may not think so after this...," Chazz shot back at him, "I play Gyaku-Gire Panda's special ability! For every monster on my opponent's side of the field, he gains an extra 500 attack points!"
The large panda practically tripled in size as it glowed with a strange red aura.
Gyaku-Gire Panda (4800/1600)
"Not so cuddly now, is he?" Chazz smirked, "Now, I'm gonna activate a facedown Trap card, Ring of Destruction!" he paused as a large ring of red grenades appeared around the Panda's neck, "This Trap card destroys one monster and all players take damage equal to that monsters attack points!"
"But why?" the duelist with glasses asked, "We'll all end up with zero attack points!"
"Not me...," Chazz shook his head as a large, green, fan-like ring appeared between him and his panda, "Ring of Defense! This Spell card protects me from all damage!.
Every one of the four duelists watched in horror as the grenades glowed and the fan began to spin.
"You...go...bye...bye!" Chazz waved at them, smiling like a madman before the Panda exploded, causing not only the Marauding Captains to be destroyed, but a huge cloud of smoke to envelope the area. Chazz's fan forced the smoke away from him, and as the smoke cleared, he saw every one of the four other duelists were on the ground, moaning in pain.
D1: 0
D2: 0
D3: 0
D4: 0
CP: 4000
Chazz turned to the Czar who was waiting patiently in his chair, "Alright Granny, outta the rocker, you're up!"
Chuckling, the Czar rose to his full height as he inserted his deck into his disk, "And you're going down. Because now it's the Czar against the Princeton and there ain't no way I'm getting shoved off my throne by you. Now, get ready for a Battle Royale!"
After a few moments, both Czar and Chazz stared each other down in the streets, the defeated duelists watching on from the sidelines.
"Duel!" they both shouted as their Life Points went up.
CZ: 4000
CP: 4000
"Me first," Czar drew his card and looked at his hand, "I play two copies of the Spell card, Fiend Sanctuary! Now, I get two metal Fiend Tokens (0/0), but unfortunately for you, they won't be staying long. I sacrifice them both to summon Zoa (2600/1900)!"
The two shiny figures appeared, then were quickly replaced by a huge, blue-skinned demon with powerful limbs, yellow fangs and small wings on it's back.
"Next, I'll place two card sfacedown and end my turn," Czar looked at Chazz, smirking, "Heh...already my field stacks! See how different it is with the Czar?"
"Won't matter, because it'll end the same. My turn," Chazz drew his card and facefaulted at what he had drawn. It was the weak card the weirdo from before gave him. He scowled, "You again?!"
"Nice to see you to!" the little monster poked it's head from the card, "Need me to fight a monster fo ya? Let's do it!" the freaky yellow thing turned to see Zoa on the other side, "Oh...uh, nevermind...,"
Chazz looked at the creature, then Zoa, then smiled, "You know, I think I finally found a way to get rid of you!" he placed the card on his disk, "I play Ojama Yellow (0/1000) in defense mode!"
The little monster, Ojama Yellow, shook his head as he came to the field, "No! Not me, anyone but me, please Boss!"
Ignoring the pleas of his monster, Chazz continued his turn, "I'll place two cards facedown and call it a turn,"
"Time out...there's some garbage that seems to have been blown onto the field," Czar laughed harshly, "Oh wait, I'm sorry...that's just your monster!" he laughed as he drew his card. he looked at his hand, then pressed a button, "Oh well, he's going to be in for it anyway. I play the Trap card, Metalmorph, and equip it to Zoa!"
The huge winged-Fiend suddenly became all shiny in a flash of light. Chazz could even see his own self and monster in the body of the beast.
"Now, I'll sacrifice him while he's equipped with Metalmorph to summon something even better!"
Czar's monster disappeared as the dirt around them, along with lots of rocks seemed to be tossed into the air as it vanished.
"The ferocious Metalzoa (3000/2300)!!"
In Zoa's place, a huge monster with armor similar to that of a cyborg appeared. It had long, metal wings coming out of it's head, and each hand and foot had three long claws sticking out of the metal.
"Next, I'm going to activate another Trap card," Czar pressed another button on his disk, "Call of the Haunted! Now, I can bring back a monster from my Graveyard. So, I'll bring back regular Zoa!"
Chazz grit his teeth as the first Zoa came back to the field, standing alongside it's Machine counterpart.
Zoa (2600/1900)
Metalzoa (3000/2300)
Once again, Chazz's imagination kicked in as Jaden's floating head appeared next to him.
"Wow, two monsters with 2600 and 3000 attack points? What on earth are ya gonna do, Chazz?"
"Easy...," Chazz grinned slyly, "I'm gonna win,"
Czar shook his head, smiling, "You know, it's crazy enough for you to talk to yourself, but it's even crazier to think that you're gonna win! You can't win, and you know why? I've watched you duel 49 times, I know your deck and I know you don't have one monster that is stronger than my Zoa's,"
Maybe Chazz thought as he stared the two monsters down, But I know how to make the best out of what I got!
"Alright, Zoa attack!" Czar pointed to Ojama Yellow, "Glimmer Strike!"
The first Zoa bent down and fired off a glowing X mark that soared towards the screaming monster. Chazz held up his arm as his Ojama was blown to bits, but it wasn't over yet.
"Now, Metalzoa, attack him directly with Hardened Glimmer Strike!" Czar shouted.
Like it's counterpart, Metalzoa fired off a glowing X mark that flew right into Chazz, taking off a huge chunk of Life Points.
CZ: 4000
CP: 1000
Czar folded his arms, enjoying this very much, "The Prince's place is at the heel of the Czar, and that is exactly where I'm gonna put you!"
"...yeah, don't bet on it,"
"Huh?" Czar looked at Chazz, not sure if he heard him right.
"You see, I was waiting for you to attack me so I can play...," Chazz pressed a button on his disk, "Inferno Tempest! With this card, when I take 3000 or more points of damage, all monsters in our Graveyards and decks are taken out of play!"
(Author's note: Had that used on me one time...only had like seven cards left to use, LOL)
"Why would you do that?!" Czar demanded, "What are you planning?!"
Chazz smirked, "If you know my deck as well as you say you do, I'm sure you know," he took his deck and took out all the monsters in it and the Graveyard, then placed the remaining cards into his deck slot, "And you know that your reign as Czar is coming to an end,"
"What are you talking about? I have two monsters out, you have none and now you don't have any in your deck! You've lost!" Czar grinned confidently, "My reign isn't over, it's stronger than ever! You're about to lose!"
"Oh...am I? We'll see here and now," Chazz drew his next card, "Alright Czar, now you're about to get royally crowned, and not in a good way! I play the Spell," he held out the card he just drew, "Chaos End!"
Czar watched in horror as both of his Zoa's were soon completely covered by long jagged cracks in their bodies, "What's going on?!"
"Well, that's the magic of Chaos End," Chazz explained, "When seven or more monsters are removed from the game, Chaos End destroys every monster on your side of the field,"
Czar stared as his monsters were blown to pieces, "No way!"
"And now...," Chazz pressed a button again, "I'll play a Trap that's a blast from the past: Return from the Different Dimension! By paying half of my Life Points, every monster I removed from play are brought back to the field. Every last one of them!" he raised his arm to a swirling vortex in the sky, "Now, come on back, everyone!"
From the vortex, a Disc Fighter (1000/1000), a KA-2 Des Scissors (1000/1000), a Gemini Fiend (1000/1000) (1), a Skull Knight #2 (1000/1200), and finally his Ojama Yellow descended.
The yellow creature smiled as it came back, "Thanks Boss!"
"Gr...I meant everyone except you!" Chazz snapped, causing the almost naked monster to cry.
Czar looked, shocked at what was about to happen, "No..wait! Stop!"
"Stop? I don't think so!" Chazz pointed to the his opponent, "Now, give the Czar a king-sized clobbering, you guys!" he ordered.
Every single monster, save Ojama Yellow, let loose their own attack on the reigning Czar, hacking away at his Life Points as he helplessly took the damage. With a scream, Czar fell to the ground after the smoke from the attacks cleared up.
CZ: 0
CP: 1000
"You go bye bye!" Chazz cackled as his opponent lay on the ground, barely awake from the damage.
"Well done...you truly deserve to be called the best,"
Chazz looked up from the Czar to see a familiar figure standing over the large man. He gaped and pointed, "It's you! The guy who rescued me!"
Indeed it was the man who rescued Chazz. The same person who wore the heavy red coat, the big goggles and the yellow scarf. Only difference now was that no seaweed covered him.
"But..how did you get into the school?" Chazz asked, staring at him.
The man chuckled and reached for his scarf and goggles, "Why, you let me in, of course,". Chazz watched in surprise as the goggles and scarf were removed, revealing the man's face. It was Baldy!
"Wait...," Chazz ran up to him, "So now you're the bad guy?"
Baldy chuckled, "I'm this schools Chancellor. My name is Foster, and that camp outside, the sub in the water...it was all just to get to you, young duelist,"
"To get to me?" Chazz scowled, not really liking how this was going, "What for?"
"You have a gift, Chazz, and I sensed it as soon as you handled that Ojama Yellow card," Baldy, or Foster now, explained.
"I hate that card!" Chazz spat.
Foster smiled, "You might now, Chazz, but you'll learn. Hopefully in time for the School Duel," he adjusted his glasses, "You see Chazz, since you've beaten everyone here, you're now the best North Academy has to offer. That means you'll be our representative in the School Duel,"
"So wait, I'm going up against someone from Duel Academy?" Chazz questioned.
"That's right," Foster knelt down to the unmoving duelist at his feet, "At first, we chose Czar, but clearly he's not as good as you are. Plus, I never really liked the guy anyway,"
Chazz scoffed as Czar woke up, "I don't blame you. What kinda duelist sits in a rocking chair?"
Foster looked at him, smiling, "It doesn't matter, now. You're the top duelist, you're the one to who the school bows!"
Sure enough, Czar scrambled to his feet, only to kneel at Chazz's feet, head bowed low.
Chazz couldn't help but grin, "So who's the unlucky punk I'm dueling?"
"Who?" Foster smiled more, "Why, the one I promised you. Jaden Yuki!"
"Jaden?!" Chazz's eyes widened, "You gotta be kidding!" he gasped as more and more North Academy students bowed to him from behind.
"No, I'm not," Foster shook his head, "Think of it, this is your chance for revenge!"
"Revenge...?" Chazz chuckled softly, "I can't wait. I'm gonna beat him so bad, he'll never wanna duel again!"
As more and more people bowed to him, Chazz laughed so loud, it echoed around the school and into the icy wasteland outside the school.
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Kilnorc: whew...man, that was hard. anyhoo, looks like it's gonna get good next chapter, no? Stay tuned, ya'll!
(1) Uh...I couldn't find Gemini Fiend's DEF, so I just kinda winged it.
Yami K: uh, dude? You forgot something?
Kilnorc: hm? What i forget?
Yami K: -points to PC monitor- THAT...
Kilnorc: OO HOLY (BLEEP)!! 200 reviews?! OMG!
Yami K: I swear, how can you not notice that?
Kilnorc: -sniffs and hands out candy, plushies, money, and rare cards to all reviewers- thank you so much for the reviews! Glad to have you guys read and love my fic!
Yami K: ...you uh...need a moment?
Kilnorc: -nods and walks off-
Yami K: ...ok...anyhoo, next chapter is, again, one of the best duels Jaden has at Duel Academy! Stick around and read on!