Hello once again, loyal readers! I hope you all appreciate that I made this chapter extra long for your reading enjoyment due to last chapter being as short as it was. Also, I will be announcing the pairings for this story at the ending author's note so everyone knows where I'm going with this story. Enjoy!

*I still don't own RWBY or Yu-Gi-Oh GX!*


Dialogue Key


"Get your game on!" = Regular Speech

(Elemental HERO Phoenix Enforcer [Monster/Fusion/Effect] Warrior/FIRE [Level 6] ATK; 2100/ DEF; 1200) = Monster Card Stats

'How could this pathetic slacker have beaten me?' = Someone's Thoughts

"Zip it, Chazz! You're an annoying worm that nobody likes!" = Someone Yelling


The Challenge


"This isn't a dorm! It's a freaking outhouse with a patio!" complained Syrus at the sight of the Slifer Red dorm.

After meeting up with each other and finding out that they're not only in the same dorm, but also roommates along with a senior student, Jaune and Syrus decided to check out their dorm before checking out the rest of the campus. Needless to say, Syrus has a right to complain about the dorm.

The dorm itself appears to be falling apart, like it hasn't had any maintenance done on it since it was first built. There are cracks in various parts of the walls, the shingles on the roof are falling off, and several parts of the patio itself look like they'll fall off at the slightest amount of pressure applied. Needless to say, even Jaune is concerned about this. He knows that if Kaiba knew about the condition of the Red Dorm he would have it fixed up and possibly remodeled. Because from the look of it, Jaune thinks that the dorm might have a possible termite infestation.

'There's no way Kaiba would leave ANY part of this school, especially a dormitory, in such poor condition! Either he doesn't know, or… or nothing! This has the corruption of Crowler and certain others in this school written all over it! I'm gonna need to contact Kaiba and tell him what's going on.'

Resolving to do this later, Jaune walked around the dorm and gasped as he saw something that makes the crummy living conditions worthwhile. A sight that will be etched into his mind for as long as he lives.

"Sy, you have got to see this!"

Syrus ran around to see what his friend was talking about, and soon found himself staring at the most beautiful view of the crystal clear waters of the ocean. The waves crashed against the side of the cliff, sending up a spray of water droplets upwards and reflecting the light to make a sea of sparkles.

"Wow, now that's what you call a view!" Syrus said with a grin.

"Yeah. It's the little things like these that make it worth having these kind of living conditions." Jaune said with a nod. "Come on, let's go check out our room. Hopefully the inside looks better than the outside."

"Right behind you."

The two ascended the stairs to the second floor of the dormitory and found their room number. Room 203. Jaune opened the door and saw that the inside actually looks much better than the outside of the dorm. There's a desk with a computer and chair in one corner of the room, and a triple bunk bed against one of the walls. There's even a small bookshelf.

"Well, the outside might suck, but at least the interior is better than the outside." Jaune said optimistically.

Until he saw a cockroach scurry along the ground.

"...Except for the little pest control problem. Sy, remind me to see if we can't get a fumigator around here." Jaune said.

"No argument there." Syrus said, a little grossed out by the roaches.

But honestly, better roaches than rats in their honest opinion. Jaune walked over to the curtains and opened them up to try and shed some light on the room, but this seemed to alert the room's only other inhabitant.

"Zzz… huh? What? HEY! THAT WAS CLOSED FOR A REASON!" shouted an angry voice from the top bunk.

This prompted Jaune to close the curtain as fast as he could.

"Sorry! I didn't see you up there!" Jaune said.

"Well, can you see me now?"

Peering over the top bunk is a heavyset boy with black hair that's done up in twin man buns that make it look like a pair of koala ears. In fact, this guy's whole face looks like that of a koala bear. He's wearing the standard Slifer Red uniform, only his blazer's colors are the same as the one Jaune's wearing.

"AAAAAAHHHH! GIANT KOALA!" screamed Syrus as he hid behind Jaune.

"Would you seriously keep it down? Who are you guys anyway?" the marsupial looking boy asked in a cranky tone.

And honestly, who can blame him? You'd be mad too if somebody waltzed into your room and woke you up from your nap.

"I'm Jaune, and the guy hiding behind me is Syrus. We're your new roommates." Jaune said.

"Hey…" mumbled Syrus.

"New roommates? Oh! You guys must be freshmen! That totally explains it." the boy said now fully awake and alert. "My name's Chumley. Chumley Huffington. Sorry for snapping like that. I'm always crabby when I don't get enough sleep."

Jaune just waved him off.

"Don't beat yourself up about it. Anyway, Syrus and I were going to go check out the rest of the rest of the school before classes officially begin tomorrow. You want to come along?"

"No thanks. I'd rather just stay here and laze around before dinner." Chumley said as he settled back under the covers of his bed.

"Okay then. Sleep well."

With that, Jaune and his new friend went off to explore the rest of the campus. They know they'll have to be quick about it, but they also know that they'll need to be quick if they want to arrive in time for the welcoming dinners. Jaune's heard about the dorm masters of Slifer Red. Professor Lyman Banner, and Professor Midori Hibiki. Both are very kind teachers who do their absolute best to help their students when they need it, and they also don't tolerate any form of discrimination.

Chances are, a lot of Obelisk Blue students are gonna get in trouble with these two teaching around here.

Anyway, it didn't take too long for our two young duelists to happen upon a rather large dueling arena. An arena where there seems to be a duel wrapping up. Needless to say, the boys are very impressed with what they're seeing.

"Boy, when Kaiba decides to create something, he really goes all out!" exclaimed Jaune as he looked around the arena with an appraising eye.

"I'll say! It all looks state of the art!" Syrus said before asking "Do you think this is the main duel arena?"

"Most likely. I mean, I didn't see any other duel arenas, did you?" Jaune replied.

Unfortunately for the two, trouble soon arrived in the form of the very same Obelisk boys who happen to be Chazz's flunkies.

"Hey! What're you two slackers doing here?" Torimaki demanded in a holier than thou tone.

"Yeah, can't ya see the sign?" Raizou added pointing to the aforementioned sign.

Hung up on the wall is a large banner with a crest that looks very similar to Obelisk The Tormentor's head. Same shade of blue and everything. Although, judging from the condition of the banner, it must have been put up quite recently.

"That sign means that this Duel Arena is Obelisk Blue turf! No Slifer Slackers or Ra Rejects allowed!" Raizou said arrogantly.

"Oh, is that right?" Jaune asked with a death glare. "I bet if I spoke to campus security about it, they'd tell you bunch of arrogant pricks to take that sign down immediately. I'm willing to put money on it."

The two Obelisk flunkies just glared and growled at the audacity of this Slifer Slacker, who they clearly don't recognize right now due to their pride and arrogance. But Jaune just enhanced his own glare using his aura, a little trick that Kaiba had suggested one time, in order to raise the intimidation factor of his glare. Especially since, if he wanted to kill them, Torimaki and Raizou would be dead by now. Fortunately, the two had the sense to drop their glares and stop growling.

"Come on, Jaune, let's just go! I'm sure the other Duel Arenas are just as good…" said Syrus as he tried to get them out of a troublesome situation.

"Syrus, if you give a bunch of bullies what they want, they'll never leave you alone about it. You've got to stand up to snobbish punks like these two pinheads." Jaune said, not backing down.

"Who you callin' a pinhead, you…" growled Raizou.

"Hey, hold up there, Raizou. Something seems familiar about this slacker." Torimaki said.

Raizou calmed down enough to actually take a closer look and he grew surprised and panicky as he finally realized who they're talking to.

"Hey! You're the guy who beat Crowler in just two turns!" Raizou said.

"It actually took you guys this long to figure that out?" Jaune asked with a raised eyebrow.

"What's going on over here?"

Torimaki and Raizou turned around to see Chazz walking down from the bleachers and over to where they were standing, while Jaune simply raised an eyebrow at this new arrival. His aura enhanced sense of hearing had picked up the things he said during the entrance duels, so he already knows who this guy is and what he's like.

"Chazz, look! It's the guy who beat Crowler!" exclaimed Raizou.

"Yeah! The guy who Yugi himself adopted!" Torimaki added.

Chazz just took a good look at the guy in Slifer Red… this Jaune Moto fellow… and he's gotta say, it does seem likely that his win against Crowler was no mere fluke. He can tell from how he holds himself. Strong and proud like a seasoned warrior or an elite duelist.

"So you're really the adopted son of Yugi Moto. I must say, I wasn't expecting the King of Games to have any children. Adopted or otherwise." Chazz said. "So it really isn't a surprise that you beat Crowler if we consider who you learned Duel Monsters from."

These comments just made Jaune narrow his eyes more. He hates it when people compare him to his father. Whether it's words of praise or negative comments, he absolutely despises it. But that's when Chazz made the mistake of making one of the worst comments he ever could have made in his arrogant, rich boy life.

"However… there's a good chance that you only won because you got lucky. So if you want to prove me wrong, then face me man to man! I challenge you to a duel right here and now!" Chazz exclaimed as he brandished his Obelisk Blue Duel Disk.

"And I accept your challenge, Chazz! You know, my father once told me that when a duelist builds their deck, they choose their favorites from many different types of cards. But sometimes a card can choose a duelist. That duelist is then capable of bringing out the card's true power, because each is bound by the Heart of the Cards!" Jaune said as he took out his deck and started shuffling. "And the Elemental Heroes have chosen me!"

Chazz just growled quietly at this little speech, even as Jaune showed him the top card of his now shuffled deck: Elemental HERO Burstinatrix.

"They have never let me down!" he said.

"Well, they're going to let you down now, you Slifer Slacker!" snarled Chazz.

"Except that there's no time for a duel." said a new voice.

One that is most certainly female. Jaune and the others looked to see Alexis and her friends Jasmine and Mindy walking into the arena.

"Oh, hello again, girls!" greeted Jaune.

"Alexis, you know this slacker?" Chazz asked incredulously.

Ignoring the obvious jab at Jaune's rank, Alexis and her friends just kept walking to the group until they stopped a few feet away. Once she got a good look at the blonde she talked to on the ship, she took a moment to really look at his uniform. She had to admit, that white and red blazer looks good on him.

"Like I was saying, you don't have time for a duel right now. The welcoming dinners are going to start soon and you know how Crowler made it clear for us not to be late." Alexis said.

Her comment prompted Chazz to look at his watch and he saw that Alexis is right. They only have half an hour to get to the Obelisk Blue Dorm before the welcome dinner starts. Good thing the dorm itself is only a fifteen minute walk. (Correct me on this if I'm wrong.)

"Oh, right. Come on, guys, let's get outta here."

Like the loyal suck-ups they are, Raizou and Torimaki followed their leader back to the Obelisk Blue boys' dorm. Alexis sighed when they were finally gone. She can't stand people like Chazz and has to wonder why the Obelisk House and its students had to turn out this way. She's certain that if Kaiba knew about this and all the corruption going on, he'd put a stop to all of it faster than you can say lickadysplit.

"I'm really sorry about those three. Not all Obelisk students are like that." she said.

"I know they're not. I can tell that you and your friends are some of the few Obelisks who aren't all high and mighty just because of their rank. It's a good thing you three arrived when you did. If Chazz had done something stupid like trying to use the ante rule against me, I probably would have declined his duel challenge right before I decked him in the schnoz." Jaune said with a light glare aimed where Chazz once stood.

"And we wouldn't have done anything to stop you." Mindy said honestly.

"Besides, you're one of the few students who deserves to be in Obelisk too, Jaune." Jasmine said with a serious look in her eyes. "We took a look at the scores for the written exams and saw that you scored a perfect 100% on your written test. Adding that into how well you did in your Duel Exam, you really should have been placed in Obelisk. Maybe even Ra Yellow at the least!"

"Yeah, I'm not gonna lie, I think this is Crowler's silent revenge against you for beating him in that duel and calling him out for his arrogance." Alexis added with a heavy sigh. "Anyway, you guys should get going too. The Slifer Red welcome dinners should be happening soon too, so you might want to hurry."

Everyone was surprised by what sounded like a bear or a tiger growling, except for Jaune. He was too busy blushing as he put a hand on his stomach which caused the others to realize that it wasn't a tiger or a bear making that growling noise. It's the stomach of a young man with a healthy appetite that can match one of those apex predators. Jaune laughed sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head.

"Sorry about that. I was so excited to get here this morning that I forgot to eat anything. Guess we should get going. See you in class, Alexis! You too, Jasmine and Mindy!" said Jaune as he ran off.

"Hey wait! Jaune, aren't you going to introduce me?" asked Syrus as he ran after his friend.

As the three girls watched the two Slifers run off towards their dorm, they found themselves unable to suppress the giggles that just had to be let out. They couldn't help themselves. Those two just made such a natural comedy routine and they don't even know it. How can they not laugh at something so funny.

"I can just tell there's never going to be a dull moment with those clowns on campus." giggled Jasmine.

"They're more like stand-up comedians, really, but you're totally right." Mindy said as she too laughed.

After Alexis managed to get her own laughter under control, she put a hand on both her friends' shoulders and lead them in the direction of the Obelisk dorms.

"Come on, girls. We need to get to the dorms or we'll be late for our welcome dinner." she said.

Although she won't say it out loud (yet), but she's looking forward to seeing Jaune again. And she's especially looking forward to seeing just how great at dueling he is. She doesn't count his duel against Crowler, because the man let his arrogance get the best of him and he didn't take his opponent seriously.


Later that night at the Slifer Red dorm, the old and new Slifer Students were seated to their own welcome dinner. Although, it's not quite what they were expecting. Rather than a buffet of exotic and fancy foods, they found themselves having something that reminds them of home. Their meals consisted of a bowl of steamed white rice, smoked fish, a bowl of soup, orange slices, and a cup of green tea.

"Welcome all Slifer Red students! We're the headmaster and headmistress of the Slifer Red dorm. My name is Midori Hibiki, and the man next to me is Lyman Banner. Please refer to us as Ms. Hibiki and Professor Banner when in class."

Midori is a beautiful woman wearing a Slifer Red girl's uniform that consists of a red blazer with white accents, a red skirt that goes down to above her knees, and a pair of high heeled shoes. She has waist length brown hair with straight bangs framing her face, brown eyes, and her skin has a slight tan.

Professor Banner is a kind looking man who has eyes that are so squinty they appear to always be closed. He wears a white shirt, a pair of black pants, belt and shoes, and he also wears a pair of square glasses. His black hair is tied in a ponytail in the back, and he has a rather plump, orange tabby cat sitting in his lap.

"Now before anybody starts complaining, know that I chose our welcome dinner to help everyone here feel more like a family. Because that is what we are. Other students, such as most of the Obelisks, may see you all as the lowest of the low; not even worthy to scrape the gum off their shoes. But really, we are the bottom of the ladder, and there's only one way for us to go! Up! We stick together and work as a family, helping each other through the tough times and climb that ladder until we reach the very top! And nothing will stop us!" Midori said in a rather passionate speech.

"So let us all raise our glasses to a year of challenges that we shall overcome together! And to all of our new friends here in Slifer Red! Even when one of us advances to a new rank, let us not ever forget our roots!" Banner said as he raised his glass.

This prompted the gathered students to cheer and raise their own glasses as they felt their spirits lifted by the heart and passion of their dorm leaders. Jaune also smiled as he too raised his glass.

'Dad would be so proud of these guys.' he thought to himself.

But he soon heard his PDA ringing. Which he found odd since he didn't give out his PDA number to anyone else. Except for Syrus, Chumley, and Bastion, the latter of whom was placed in Ra Yellow. He answered it and was surprised to find that it was a video message from Chazz.

"Hey, Slacker! Since we were so rudely interrupted before we could have our duel, I'm reissuing my challenge! Meet me at midnight tonight for our duel. And to make it interesting, the winner will get the loser's rarest card. You'll accept if you know what's good for you."

As the message ended, Jaune looked up to see Midori with her face in her palm at the Obelisk Blue student's arrogance and pride while Banner just had a disappointed look on his face.

"I can not believe the nerve of that kid!" exclaimed Midori as she pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Indeed. Academy regulations forbid students from dueling after hours, and campus security always patrols the school at night to ensure no one breaks those rules. Chances are Mister Princeton knows this and is planning to use this duel as a way to get you in trouble for his challenge." Banner said.

"So I won't accept his challenge if it breaks the rules." Jaune said with a shrug as he put his PDA back in his pocket. "But is there a way for me to duel him anyway? It may actually provide me with a real challenge after that disappointing duel I had with Crowler in my entrance exam."

The rest of the Slifer students looked at Jaune like he was nuts for wanting to challenge Chazz Princeton of all people to a duel.

"Are you nuts, Jaune? Chazz is one of the best duelists in all of Obelisk Blue!" exclaimed Chumley. "He tailors his deck to be able to counter whatever deck his opponent is using! He saw your entrance duel and knows you use Elemental Heroes, so he'll know how to counter them!"

"So what if he does? He's not so special! He's an arrogant snob who needs to be taken down a peg or two, and have his ego deflated! And I'm gonna be the one to do it! Not just for myself, but for all of us Slifers! I'll show him that we're not to be messed with just because we're the lowest rank in this school!" Jaune said with conviction.

Midori and Banner looked at each other and seemed to instantly know what the other was thinking. They gave each other a subtle nod and made their plan.

"Very well. We shall speak to Chancellor Sheppard about arranging something. In the meantime, the night is still young. So let's enjoy everyone's first night here at Duel Academy." Banner said.

With that, the students went back to socializing with one another as they enjoyed their meals. But Syrus still doesn't looks so sure about his friend's decision.

"You sure you want to do this, Jaune? You could always just back out and I won't think any less of you." Syrus said, trying to stop Jaune from dueling Chazz.

"I'm positive, Syrus. I understand that you have confidence issues, but the fact is that unless somebody stands up to people like Chazz, then things are just going to get worse. Besides, I have faith in my deck! And when you believe, you always have a chance!" Jaune said to his vertically challenged friend.

Syrus began to think on his friend's words. All his life, his older brother has only ever put him down and told him that he doesn't belong in the world of dueling. It really did a number on his confidence and self-esteem. But Jaune seems to have confidence in spades. Must be from how he was raised.

Either way, this duel against Chazz is sure to be one to remember.


*To Be Continued…*


Story Pairings

Jaune x Harem (Alexis Rhodes, Jasmine, Mindy, still deciding on the rest)

Syrus x Mana (the spirit of the Dark Magician Girl)


And so ends another chapter of the story. I had planned to do both episodes 2 & 3 in this chapter, but then I decided against it for this chapter. Instead, I'm doing that for the next chapter. That's when the duel will happen. Besides, it's actually quite difficult to actually write out duels. I don't know how the writers of the show do it. Anyway, I hope this chapter satisfies everyone's need for a longer chapter, and I'll see you all next time! Buh-Bye now!