Jeffrey had sat with his new friends, Syrus, Jaden, Chumley, and Chazz.
"Man this is so good! Why do people insist that they're disgusting?" Jeffrey said as he stuffed his face with rice and some chicken.
"Yeah, same here." Chumley said as he stiffed even more in his mouth.
"Mmmm! You said it!" Jaden said asking for seconds.
"It's not that bad I guess, but I like the Obelisk's better." Chazz said.
"You were an Obelisk?" Jeffrey said with surprise in his tone. "How'd you end up as an Slifer?"
"Long story. How about you? You're pretty good from what I've heard, how'd you end up here?" Chazz said.
"Well, I picked using eenie meenie minee moe." Jeffrey replied as laughter roared across their table.
Hours later, the Slifers finished their meals and enjoyed a lively chat with one another before going to bed. Jaden, Jeffrey, Chazz, Syrus and Chumlet enjoyed a room together
The next day… The 5 boys found themselves rushing to class.
"Oh man! I can't believe we over slept!" Jeffrey shouted as he ran as fast as his two legs could carry him.
"Man, we're so dead! Dr. Crowler will have our heads!" Syrus said with a mixture of panic and exhaustion in his voice.
"I hate running!" Chunley said.
Minutes later, they had gotten to class, fortunately, Dr. Crowler himself was late…
"Man, you guys lucked out. Looks like you aren't the only ones who pulled off and all nighter." Alexis said to the exhausted kids that took their seats.
"Good morning class." Dr. Crowler said with exhaustion in his voice.
After taking role, Dr. Crowler had begun his lectures on effect monster cards…
"As you can see, effect monster cards are very effective in both offense and defense, now class, can you tell me one trap that can be used for both?" Dr. Crowler said as mostly the Obelisks raised their hands. "Hm… You the new kid, Jeffrey name one effect monster card that can be used in both offense and defense?"
"Well, I can think of one. Um… Fiber Jar." Jeffrey replied. "You see depending on how it's used it can be both offensive and defensive."
"Well, can you prove how it's like that then?" Crowler said.
"Well, that's easy, if it's attacked, it clears the field, graveyard, and hand, which is how it can be used in a defensive way." Jeffrey replied. "If you activate it on your turn when you haven't summoned anything yet, it clears your opponent's field, and if you draw a monster, you can attack your opponent's life points directly. That's how it can be used in an offensive way. Is that enough for you?"
"Oooooh!" the class said.
"Gr… If you know so much then you wouldn't mind me doubling your homework then?" Crowler said.
"Say what! You can't do that just because I answered right!" Jeffrey said as his head fell on his desk.
"Yes, I Dr. Vellion Crowler can give you double homework." He said with satisfaction in his voice.
"Vellion? I thought it was Dr. Vermin Clownman back there." Jeffrey said as it followed with a roar of laughter among the class.
"Gr… How about…" but Dr. Crowler was interrupted with the bell and a stampede of students out of the class.
"Dang! That Crowler guy is harsh! What did I ever do to him!" Jeffrey said as he walked with his friends.
"Well, Clown Man over there hates us Slifers, especially the ones that beat him and his students." Jaden explained. "Heh, he tried to get Syrus and I expelled too many times for me to even to care to count."
"Man, isn't there any other Obelisk that's not acting like a dirt bag in front of Slifers? Except for probably Alexis or Zane." Jeffrey said.
"Hm… Nope…" Syrus said.
"That stinks…" Jeffrey said as he took out his schedule. "Hm… Looks like I'll have P.E. next. So see you guys!"
Then with that, he went off to the gymnasium.
"Hey! Alexis!" Jeffrey said as he immediately spotted her.
"Oh hey Jeff, so you're in my class too?" she said.
"Looks like it." Jeffrey said.
"Hey! Stop talking to my Obelisk Blue pixie!" shouted a voice. "Out of the way slacker! She's mine!"
"Give it a rest Harrington. With that attitude, there's no way I'll even consider you." Alexis said coldly.
"If I catch you talking to her, then I'll pulverize you!" Harrington said threateningly as he crunched his knuckles.
"Right…" Jeffrey said.
Just before things intensified, a voice magnified with megaphones filled the Gymnasium.
"Okay class, I will sub for your Gym teacher today." It was none other than Dr. Crowler himself. "Ms. Fontain is ill at the moment, so she's taking a rest."
"Oh crap! Why!" Jeffrey thought to himself.
"This year, we'll be introducing a new activity to you, Kendo!" Crowler declared as a wave of disappointment followed with grunts flew across the class. "Today, is Monday and it's sparring day. Now, Mr. Rosewood, come."
Then, the slightly blondish Obelisk Blue came through the crowd, as did cheers from several other girls.
"And his opponent will be Jeffrey!" Dr. Crowler said with some satisfaction in his tone.
Jeffrey then stepped up and out of the small crowd and took his wooden sword to face Harrington.
"Now, I expect a clean duel from both of you." Dr. Crowler said as he backed away. "Ready---"
But Harrington had already began his charge, but Jeffrey was one step ahead of him and had already moved to the side, leaving him open to a counter attack. With a flick of his wrist, Jeffrey had almost made a direct hit, but was narrowly blocked by someone else…
"…! Jhesse!" Jeffrey said with surprise in his tone.
"Heh, that's right, Slifer Slacker!" Jhesse said.
"Dr. Crowler! This is unfair! This is supposed to be one on one, not two against one!" Alexis said but her complaint had gone to deaf ears as both Jhesse and Harrington began their assault on Jeffrey.
Despite all of their relentless attacks, Jeffrey had predicted every attack that they tried to make, and executed an excellent counter measure for every one of them.
"Man, this is boring!" Jeffrey said as he ducked to avoid Jhesse's blow to the head. "Time to end this!" he said as he used his sword to sweep Jhesse and knocked him down.
Jeffrey had then aimed his sword at Jhesse, it was over for him. But despite that, Harrington charged. Jeffrey then tapped Jhesse's sword using his foot causing it to fly into his hand and blocked Harrington's attack with it. Harrington stood there dumbstruck, as with one hand, Jeffrey had begun to over power him with both of his hands. Jeffrey then pushed off Harrington and begun his assault with both swords!
"What the! How's this kid doing this!" Harrington thought as he struggled in defending himself against the awesome speed of Jeffrey's swords. "I can't keep up with him!"
Harrington then found an opening in Jeffrey's center and tried to exploit it, but it was a trap. Jeffrey had spun around to parry the attack and Harrington's weapon away from him, and crossed both of his swords against his neck.
"This Duel is over, you've lost." Jeffrey said as he walked away.
"Gr…! That Slifer Slacker is going to pay!" Harrington said as he spotted a baseball on the ground and threw it at Jeffrey, but once again, he was one step ahead of him, so he turned around and deflected the ball using one of his swords back to Harrington. The ball had hit Harrington in the eye, causing a black eye.
"Serves him right…" Alexis giggled as she saw Dr. Crowler rushing to Harrington's aid.
"It's just a black eye, he'll live…" Jeffrey said as he looked back at Harrington who was in tears when he looked at a hand mirror.
The bell then rang… Everyone in P.E. ran out to their dorm's cafeteria for something to eat. Just as Jeffrey was about to do the same, Harrington stopped him.
"Alright, what's between you and Alexis! Why were you talking to my girl!" Harrington shouted.
"We were just talking about school, nothing more, nothing less." Jeffrey explained.
"Yeah right! You just want her for yourself!" Harrington said.
"Well, she's really pretty, and from what I've heard, quite a duelist. But I don't know her personally yet. So I doubt it." Jeffrey explained
"Well, if you won't tell the truth, thenI'll just have to beat the truth out of you then!"Harrington said as he strapped on a Duel Disk, and inserted his deck. "You and me! One on one, right now!"
"One on one? Are you sure you won't need someone else holding your hand along the way?" Jeffrey said as he strapped on his Duel Disk with his Deck.
"Gr…! I'll burn you for that, Slifer Scum!" Harrington said with his voice filled with rage.
"Anytime, anywhere, Obelisk Blue Bum." Jeffrey said.
"Duel!" they said in unison.
Harrington – 4000 LP
Jeffrey – 4000 LP
"My draw!" Harrington declared as he drew his card. "I play Wave-Motion Cannon!"
Then, a cannon that appears to be gathering energy appeared before Harrington.
"What's that!" Jeffrey said
"You'll see… But for now, I play Meteor of Destruction!" Harrington declared. "This lets me deal 1000 points of damage to your Life Points!"
Then, a huge fire ball came out from the card, and bombed Jeffrey, reducing his Life Points!
Jeffrey – 3000 LP
Harrington – 4000 LP
"Next, I'll play one monster face down, and that ends my turn!" Harrington said.
"My move!" Jeffrey said as he drew his card and grinned. "I play Nobleman of Crossout! You see, if you have a face down monster, I can use this card and remove it from play!"
"What! No! that'll leave me wide open for a direct attack!" Harrington said in horror.
"Now I summon Marauding Captain (1200/400) in attack mode!" Jeffrey declared as his green armored warrior wielding two swords came before him in battle. "Now, since I just summoned him, I can use his special ability to summon Ninja GrandMaster Sasuke (1800/1000)!"
Then, a ninja wielding two shuriken appeared, ready to attack.
"Now, Marauding Captain and Ninja GrandMaster Sasuke! Attack his Life Points directly!" Jeffrey declared as both of his warriors dealt a punishing blow to Harrington. "That's it for now, I'll set one card face down and end my turn."
Jeffrey – 3000 LP
Harrington – 1000 LP
"I'll burn you! My turn!" Harrington said as he drew his card. "By sacrificing my Wave-Motion Cannon, I can deal 1000 points of Damage to you!"
Then the Cannon had unleashed a massive energy attack at Jeffrey, reducing his Life Points even further!"
Jeffrey – 2000 LP
Harrington – 1000 LP
"Next, I play Snatch Steal! This allows me to take one of you monsters! And I choose Ninja GrandMaster Sasuke!" Harrington declared. "But he won't be mine for long because I sacrifice him for Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch (2400/1000)!"
Then, the Ninja had burst into flames and was replaced by a monster clad in armor engulfed in fire!
"Now that my Monarch is summoned, you have to discard 1 card!" Harrington explained.
"Fine, I discard my Sinister Serpent (300/250)." Jeffrey said as he moved the creature from his hand to the graveyard.
"Bad move! Now you take damage equal to that monster's attack points!" Harrington said as the flame engulfed Monarch fired a fireball, dealing damage to Jeffrey's Life Points!
Jeffrey – 1700 LP
Harrington – 1000 LP
"Now I still have his attack to use on you! Thelatos! Attack his Marauding Captain!" Harrington declared as Thelatos obliterated Jeffrey's Marauding Captain along with a large portion of Jeffrey's Life Points.
Jeffrey – 500 LP
Harrington – 1000 LP
"Just give it up! You'll never beat me!" Harrington said.
"Never!" Jeffrey shouted as he drew his card and grinned… Grinned the smile that spelled doom for all of his foes… "This duel is over!"
"Ha! I'd like to see you try!" Harrington said with confidence in his tone.
"Glad to! Now I activate my trap card Call of the Haunted and let me get back my Ninja Grand Master Sasuke!" Jeffrey declared as his ninja came back to his side once more. "Now, I sacrifice him to summon Total Defense Shogun (1550/2500)!"
Then a huge swords man appeared before him.
"You wish, even though this guy can attack in defense mode or has way more Defensive points than my Fire Storm's attack points you're not going to take me down with that!" Harrington said boastfully.
"Well, with this card I will! I play Riryoku!" Jeffrey declared as Harrington's eyes widened in fear. "I see you see what's going to happen, this lets me take half of your Monarch's attack points (1200/1000) and add them to my Shogun's (2750/2500)!"
"No! I can't be beaten like this!" Harrington said in panic.
"You should've thought of that before you dueled me. Just because I was a Slifer, you thought that I was just target practice?" Jeffrey said. "Well, that doesn't matter now. Total Defense Shogun! End this duel!"
With that command, the Total Defense Shogun jumped and sliced Thelatos in half, and destroyed what's left of Harrington's Life Points.
Jeffrey – 500 LP
Harrington – 0 LP
"It's over, you've lost." Jeffrey said asthe Holograms began to fade away.
"You cheated! There's no other way you could've won!" Harrington said with anger and accusition in his voice. "You cheated!"
"No, I didn't cheat... You were so obsessed with Alexis that you couldn't focus in this duel." Jeffrey explained. "If you wanted to win her heart, then try using something else besides your bravado and beating down all those who are lower than yourself."
"Why should I defend these scum bags? They are nothing but dirt who ruins the clean reputation of this school!" Harrington said.
"Well, I can see that you won't change your mind about this." Jeffrey said. "This way Alexis will never fall for you."
"Grr... I see what's going on, you've turned her against me! You'll pay for what you did!" Harrington said. "You can't fool me! You've taken the love of my life away from me!"
"The only one you're fooling is yourself..." Jeffrey said as he felt pity for him. "If you won't change, then she won't change for you either... I've nothing more to say to you, I'm gone."
Little did he know, Jeffrey had an audience.
"Hm... Interesting... I'm starting to like this guy..." it was Alexis...