Hey, all. Now, I kinda noticed something in my writing. I never had Jaden formally meet with Syrus or Chumley. So, I whipped up this little chapter to not only do that, but some character interaction too. I may or may not upload the next chapter.

Speaking of chapters, you all notice I'm kinda slow with the updates. That's for a couple of reasons; Reason one, I work a forty hour job, so I don't have a lot of time to write. Reason two, when I do have time, I tend to just veg, get myself invovled with a few video games, Reason three is helping out around my house, chores and the like. Now, when I do get some time, I am typing.

Anyways, now that is out of the way, onward.

The first day of the new school year for Duel Academy dawned clear and bright. Due to it being a Saturday, many of the newly minted students were sleeping in, the bliss of dreams in their minds.

This was not the case for Jaden Yuki. Said teen was currently standing at the bottom of the Slifer Dorm, a irate scowl on his face. Yubel appeared next to him with Winged Kuriboh, the little fuzzball sighing.

"Well, who shall you use, Judai? Barrel Dragon, Blowback...hell, even the Exodias want to wake up everyone in that dorm." Yubel said.

All Jaden did was smirk, showing her five cards. Yubel smiled at seeing Exodia the Summoned One and Exodius, but it was the other three that made her cackle in hysterical delight. Ignoring her cackling, Jaden turned the volume on his disk to maximum...and plugged into a set of amplifiers and surround sound speakers.

Where he got them is going to be a mystery for all time.

There was a bit of feedback, but it was quickly quieted. The King placed the five on his disk, the monsters appearing, all very quiet. They all looked to their king and grinned.

Placing a strong set of ear muffs over his own ears, Jaden gave the five a thumbs up. The gathered monsters all took in a deep breath-

KODGX

Inside the Slifer Red dorm, everyone was sleeping peacefully. No stress over tests, no hassle over homework, nothing but blessed dreams. Each dorm room was filled with snoring and some muttering with classic anime sleep bubbles.

Yes, it was truly peaceful.

Then it went to hell in a hand basket.

The entire dorm shook when two mighty roars and three unholy screams of primal fury roared out. Everyone of the dorms all fell out of their beds in a tangle of limbs, sheets, and pillows. Being the epicenter, several windows cracked and the walls shook loose the dust in between the cracks of the Slifer Red Dorm before the cries ended.

Professor Banner came out, hair frazzled, clothes ruffled and eyes wide open with his Cat right behind him, fur fluffed out and much like its pet, eyes wide open.

By this time, Jaden was taking off the earmuffs and seeing the students of Red all looking out, the holograms long gone.

"Well, that is a hell of a way to say good morning." Banner said, blinking.

"Alright motherfuckers! You're already running late for your first lesson!" Jaden bellowed, ignoring the hysterically laughing Yubel and the high-fiveing monsters.

"But its Saturday!"

Jaden just gave a dirty look.

"Someone give Captain Obvious a prize. Yes, its Saturday...and its day one of your hell." Jaden said crossing his arms.

"Aw, who do you think you are? We're Slifer Reds! The Red Wonders as in 'I wonder how I even got into this school'!" A portly boy in a white blazer with red trim shouted. "We're the dropouts, the slackers, the-"

Jaden's golden eyes locked onto the boy, silently staring with a gaze that unnerved everyone around the boy.

"Well, well, well. Sounds like we got our first victim. NAME!"

The portly boy gulped, suddenly feeling like he was in the presence of a dragon...and he was the tasty cow.

"C-c-c-chumley Huffington." Chumley said, going to the railing.

Jaden seemed to recognize the name and then made a come here motion which Chumley found hard to resist. The portly boy headed down and stood before the boy. Banner watched intently after getting freshened up. He combed Pharoah's fur, shaking his head.

"Oh my, Chumley went and did it now..."

Jaden sized the boy up and cocked his head to the side. He could see the latent potential in the boy...but the years here had buried it. No doubt thanks to the asshole Crowler and the rest of the Blues. Well, come hell or high water, Jaden was going to show why he was more terrifying. But first...he needed to know who the kid really was.

"You Kazumo Huffington's son?" Jaden asked, his tone becoming softer.

Startled, Chumley nodded. Jaden himself gave a small smile.

"I see. Well, the docks are right down there. So...why haven't you left yet? I know you got a lot to live up to, what with your father being a former professional duelist and owner of his own Sake company. So...why are you still here?" Jaden said.

Chumley's eyes went wide; why was he still here and how had the kid known about his dad? His dad once told him of a pro duelist with golden eyes and skills not seen since Yugi Muto's time. His dad had told him that the kid wore a armor so black that it seemed to bend the light around him, but had passed it off as just drunk ramblings.

Chumley's mind thought back to a time he had seen a boy with golden eyes, but without the armor just once; it was an outing with his father to a stage show. The younger Huffington was so excited that he had raced ahead of his father. He turned a corner too fast and bumped into a boy his own age but with golden eyes and a disk on his arm. Stammering out an apology, the boy simply smiled and picked out a card from a case near. The golden eyed pre-teen held out the card when his father caught up. He heard the words, 'Supreme King of the Ring' come from his father's lips.

It suddenly all clicked into place and Chumley fell to the ground in shock, staring up at the teen before him, a ghostly image of the pre-teen standing next to the older teen now.

"N-n-n-no way...you're..." Chumley started to say, but was cut off.

"Don't give away the game too soon now, let them figure out. Now...are you going to continue to disappoint me after I gave you that Master of Oz card or finally going to throw in the towel and go crying home to daddy?"

A new feeling surged through Chumley, a feeling of determination and hope.

"NO WAY!" Chumley yelled startling all.

"Then let's begin! Everyone, get your disks, decks, and get out here on the double! I'm going to evaluate your decks and help you find your flaws. But don't expect me to hold your hand. YOU made these decks so it falls to YOU to improve them!"

When none of the group of students moved, Chumley roared making them jump, even Banner.

"COME YOU LAZY SLOBS! YOU WANT TO BE KNOWN AS SLIFER SLACKERS FOREVER OR DO YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY PROVE THOSE STUCK UP YELLOWS AND BLUES WHAT SLIFER REDS CAN REALLY DO!?" Chumley roared, startling a lot of the first and second years.

"Seems I need to incorporate a punishment-reward system. Here's punishment if you don't get your lazy asses down here in the next five minutes, I'm going to have Chumley here eat your breakfast and lunch." Jaden said seriously.

That made everyone scramble. Pretty soon, they were all on the field and grass, their disks on.

"Good, face the person next to you. They are your opponent. Duel!"

The sound of several disks opening and cards being drawn made him smile. The sounds of explosions, monsters, and yells of victory or defeat echoed.

KODGX

Jaden looked at the panting and sweating Slifers; it had been two hours and the entire dorm had dueled their hardest. Now they were eating breakfast in the main room, which made Jaden scowl again at their lack of foodstuffs.

"Well, its not much, but it'll do...for now. Alright, listen up. A lot of you did about as well as I expected and I'll be blunt. A lot of you did piss poorly and some of you even shit poorly. So, I'm going to point at you and tell you the reason why you did so poorly." Jaden said, pointing at a dark skinned boy first.

"You put too many cards in your deck. While this is good in some cases as you have deck stamina, you increase the odds of not getting the card you really need at a critical moment."

The dark skinned boy lowered his head, ashamed. Turning to another, this time a boy who seemed to spend too much time on his hair.

"You're too reckless, playing or using cards that cost you a monster or life points. All the other player needs to do is wait you out until striking at your weakest point."

All the boy did was scoff and turn his head, Jaden scowling.

"Fine, I won't waste time on you then."

A small blue haired boy with glasses saw the gaze on him and tensed up.

"You managed to hold your own quite well out there, but there were a few times when you seem to gain a card and suddenly lost your fighting spirit. Your main issue...is confidence. So...how do you gain your confidence?"

The boy stuttered gibberish, but Jaden waited patiently. When the boy looked away, he sighed.

"I'll come back to you later on..."

One by one, Jaden pointed at each Slifer and told them the problem with their decks. When he was done, the food was all gone and Jaden stopped.

"Alright, now that you all know what you did wrong, fix it. The decks are all yours, so you deal with them." Jaden said. "Talk some strategies, trade, or look up cards that can help your deck better."

The Slifers did just that, breaking off into small groups to work on their decks.

KODGX

The Slifers were all still in the cafeteria, working on their decks and had been for over two hours. During this time, Jaden was sitting and eating his last pancake. Chumley was next to him and currently looking at his deck with a thoughtful face.

"Hmmm...Hey, Jay, are there any cards that deal with Australia?" Chumely asked, out of the blue.

Swallowing his bite of pancake, the teen looked at the portly boy.

"Actually, there's a few; Des Wombat, Des Koala, Kangaroo and Big Koala for some monsters, Ayers' Rock Sunrise for a spell...since its mostly a Beast deck, I would recommend you look at various spells and traps that support them."

Chumnley nodded, looking back at his deck once more. The small Blue haired boy was sitting nearby and Jaden turned his attention to the sulking teen.

"Okay, now that we're free, I want to talk with you...uh...Say, I never got your name." Jaden asked, now feeling embarrassed.

"S-syrus Truesdale...Oops! F-forget you heard that!" Syrus said in a panic.

He was too late. Chumley paused in his own eating of a Grilled Cheese, looking at Syrus in shock.

"Truesdale? You're Zane's little bro?" Chumley asked.

Confused, Jaden asked who Zane was. Chumley explained that Zane Truesdale was a third year and extremely skilled in a deck called Cyber Dragons. Not a lot of duelists here on the island could match him and he put a few minor pros to shame. Jaden hummed in thought, taking another bite.

"So...that card you drew, Syrus...what was it? It must have been a gift from your brother otherwise you wouldn't freeze." Jaden surmised, looking at the kid.

"It was Power Bond. It's one of Zane's key cards and works like a mecha Polymerization. It has the power to double a machine fusions power."

Jaden snapped his fingers, nodding.

"Ah, yes, I recall that card now. There's a serious drawback to the card though; if you use it, you'll take damage equal to the original attack points of the machine monster. In fact I may have a card that's more suited for your deck until you feel ready to use Power Bond. Now, why don't we move onto our next lesson; spell cards and spell card effects."

Everyone of the Slifers groaned. This guy was going to be the death of them!

Well, short chapter like I said. Hope this was as every bit as good as my previous chapters. Thanks.