The New Chazz

Normally, unusual things would occur at Duel Academy. But what's unusual this time, was something that took place in the middle of the ocean at a foggy night. And the person involved was none other than the former Obelisk Blue student, Chazz Princeton. He was sitting at the tip of the yacht with its rear sunk down a little. He also had his duel disk between his legs. While sitting there stranded, he cursed his predicament.

"Lousy scrubs. It's all their fault. Dr. Crowler, Bastion, Andrew… Jaden!"

At that, a hallucination of the Slifer boy in question appeared, smiling like the real Jaden. "Hey Chazz! Come on, let's go! Get your game on!"

"Quiet!" Chazz snapped. "I'm gonna wipe that ugly grin right off your face."

The imaginary Jaden waved idly at him. "Hey, take your best shot."

"If only I could." Chazz picked up his duel disk, put it on his arm and activated it. "Just one more duel. That's all I want."

"Really? That's all you want?" The imaginary Jaden asked, annoying the former Duel Academy student further. "I'd want not to be stranded." With that said, he drank some water from a bottle he was holding.

Chazz swung his arm with his duel disk at the image. The duel disk then beeped a little before losing power. And then, he started to laugh a laughter that could have been perceived as a little insane. "Stranded? I'm not stranded, I'm perfectly fine!" He picked up a water bottle and placed it to his mouth, but only a drop came out. "A little thirsty maybe…"

The imaginary Jaden appeared again. "You know what I'm thirsty for? Another duel where I beat you!" That comment made Chazz really annoyed. "I'm downright parched for it!"

"Duel this!" Chazz tossed the bottle at the image, but then watched in horror. "Oh no!" He then tried to reach out for it, but ended up falling into the ocean. As he sank further, he was still thinking about Jaden in anger. 'I'll get you for this, Slacker! I'll get you…! Then, it all went completely black.


"Hey! Hey boss!" A strange voice called to Chazz, who was laying on the floor unconscious. The voice belonged to a glowing orb that floated around him, weaving from left to right. "Rise and shine! Up and at them! Hellooo! The orb then floated close to his face. "Come on, wake up! Alright, guess I have to do my wake up dance." But it was at that moment Chazz grabbed the orb and squeezed it until it popped into nothingness.

Opening his eyes, Chazz noticed that he was no longer in the water. Instead he was in some rounded metal cylindrical structure. There was water on the floor and seaweed hung from the ceiling.

"Good morning, young duelist." A man's voice greeted.

Chazz turned and noticed the figure who had spoken. The individual was sitting down opposite him, wearing a heavy red coat and white gloves. A orange scarf covered the lower part of his face while huge goggles covered the the top half. And on top of that, the stranger was nearly covered in seaweed. "What's going on?" Chazz asked. "Or better yet, what are you?"

The stranger chuckled while looking at a deck of cards in his hands. "I'm the person that saved your life. And for now, that's all you need to know."

Taking note of the cards in the stranger's hands, Chazz realized that the deck slot of his duel disk was empty. "Hey, wait a sec! Those are my cards! Hand them over!" He demanded, holding out his hand.

"Oh, certainly. How very rude of me. Here you are." But instead of giving them back to Chazz, the mysterious man dropped them into the water at his feet. "Whoopsie."

"You jerk…!" Chazz snapped at him, but then stopped himself as he barely caught a card that the man tossed to him.

"Relax. That card more than makes up for it."

"Yeah, well it better." Chazz glanced at the card and wasn't really happy to see what he got. It was a normal level 2 monster with 0 attack points and 1000 defense points. The card had the image of a small yellow creature with flimsy arms and legs, and eye stalks. Slobber dripped from its wide mouth and it wore a red bikini bottom. "What? Some no name? This stinks!" Chazz raised his arm, prepared to toss the card away.

"Stop!" the stranger cried. "That is the card that will change your life."

"Ah, give me a break." Chazz said disbelievingly.

"I'll give you something far better. Another chance to beat Jaden."

"How do you know about him? Tell me!" Chazz demanded. At the same time, the imaginary Jaden appeared again.

"You talk in your sleep. And from what you said, it sounds like this Jaden beat you badly in a duel."

Chazz scoffed and looked away. "He was just lucky, that's all."

"Lucky? Do you often run away from just luck?"

"He's got you there, Chazz!" The imaginary Jaden said. "You may be wearing blue, but you turn yellow fast!"

"That's it! No one calls Chazz Princeton a coward!"

"Talk is cheap, young duelist."

"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."

Once again, the stranger chuckled. "That's just your problem. No amount of money can buy you that. You must earn it... if you can. And that is precisely what we're going to find out. Good luck, young duelist." It was at that moment the room began to flood with water. The stranger waded through the rising water level. "Remember to hold your nose…"

The room soon filled completely with water, and before Chazz knew it, he was ejected from a sub, propelled through the water, breached through the surface and flew into the air screaming before landing on an ice bank.

"Crazy kook." He said, wincing a little. "My attorney will be in touch with you." He then took note of his surroundings. He was on a plain of ice. The terrain around was rough, with mountains in the background and uneven ends all around. But what he most noticeable thing of the surroundings was a large building in the distance, just at the edge of an icy path. "Oh well, at least I'm back in civilization… well, kind of. This place is low rent. No problem, one call and I'm outta here." He started to walk towards the building. "Only question is, should I have them send the plane, or the chopper?"


After a while, Chazz arrived at the building he'd seen from afar. "Not a bad spread. Of course, my pad is bigger." He went to the wooden double doors and knocked on them. "Open up! Let's go! Is there anybody home? Hello!"

"Oh they're home." A voice spoke up. Chazz looked to his left and saw a bald man sitting sitting on the ground in front of a fire. He had tufts of brown hair in the back of his head and a thin layer of stubble on his face. He was wearing glasses, a worn brown coat and black pants, and a pair of sturdy boots. "But you'll need 40 cards for them to let you in. I'm afraid that's just the way it works here at North Academy."

Chazz frowned at the man's words. "North Academy? So this is the school that's Duel Academy's arch-rival then." He then approached the man who nodded.

"That's right. Here, take a seat with me, friend. I could use some company." Chazz sat down next him. "After all, I've been here for a long while. How it works is there's cards hidden all around. In glacial crevices, on ice cliffs… It's kind of a test. Find 40, and they'll let you in."

Speaking of cards, Chazz noticed the duel disk strapped on the man's left arm and saw the cards it had. "So how many do you have?"

"Well I've actually managed to find 39 cards, but it took every last bit of energy I had to do so. I'm too worn out to look for the 40th."

"Great, then you don't need the other 39. Here, I'll buy them off you." Chazz reached into his blazer and pulled out a money card. "Go on, take it."

The man seemed to be tempted by the money card Chazz held out, but quickly backed away. "No! Besides this fire and tattered coat, these are all I have. They're priceless."

Realizing that the man won't give up his cards, Chazz stood up. "Fine, I'll find my own." he then walked away.

"Good luck then, young duelist. In this barren wasteland, you'll need it."


And so, Chazz searched the icy wastelands, looking for forty cards. And saying that task was tough would be an understatement. He climbed icy walls, trekked across windy plains, heck, he even swam in ice cold water.

As he climbed up a rough surface, he thought for himself. 'I can't believe I have to fetch 40 cards just to get North Academy to open their stinkin doors for me. Talk about a school that's hard to get into.'

He went on like this for a long time. In fact, it took him so long, that he didn't return to the academy building until next morning. When he arrived, he saw the man who was still sitting at his fire. "I see you've been busy doing nothing." He commented.

The bald man stood up upon seeing Chazz. "You're back! Did you find them? Did you find 40 cards?"

"Of course." Chazz replied while holding up his duel disk, showing him the cards in the deck slot.

"Well, congrats then. Guess you'll be moving on to better things." He lowered his glasses and rubbed his eyes. "But don't worry about me, I'll be quite alright. Well, until the winter gets here anyway."

"The winter?" Chazz repeated.

"Oh yes, these are summer months right now. Quite pleasant actually. And the fall's nice too, only about 30 below."

"Uh…" Chazz stared at him.

"After that, it tends to get a little bit nippy."

"Uh huh."

"But listen to me," The man said, realizing he was rabbling. "I'm sure you want to get on your way."

"Ahh, quit your whining already, would you baldy?" Chazz said, surprising the man. He then smiled. "I lied to you. I didn't find just 40 cards, I found 41. An extra one so you can come in to."

"You mean, I get to enter? Really?"

"Yeah, yeah. Get over it. Now take your stinking card. Don't make a big deal about it, okay?" Chazz took out the card he got from the man he met in the submarine. But when he tried to give it away, his arm moved away from the bald man, like it had a mind of its own.

"You're gonna give it to me or not?" The man asked confused.

"My hand, I can't let go." Chazz grabbed his wrist, trying to get control of the hand holding the card. And then, with a poof of smoke, the spirit of said card appeared.

"You can't give me away." The yellow spirit said. "We're pals, chums, best friends forever. You know, BFF."

"Huh? We are not!" Chazz shot back.

"What's going on?" The man asked, even more confused.

"Don't you see it?" Chazz asked.

"See what?"

The spirit giggled and floated to Chazz, shaking his bikini clad butt right in front of his face. "Aww, Boss, you're the only one that can see me."

"Go away!"

"Look, if we're gonna be partners, you need to stop being so uptight."

"You're not real, get lost!" Chazz swatted the monster.

It appeared behind. "Get lost? Funny you should say that. You know, I have two brothers who are lost. We really ought to find them for our deck."

"Quiet." Chazz hissed as he put the card back into his deck, making the spirit disappear. Realizing the bald man was staring at him, he said "You know, never mind, that was a wrong card." He then pulled out another card at random. "Here, take this."

The man accepted it. "Sure, whatever you say. I really appreciate it, Mr…"

"The name's Chazz Princeton. And don't you forget it." But after only a second he said that. "Actually, on second thought, do forget it. I'd rather not have people associate me with you." He walked to the fire and sat down, arms behind his head. "Now go ahead and get inside. The Chazz likes to make his own entrance."

The bald man smiled. "Oh yes, certainly, Well, thanks again." He then walked inside the building.

"Thanks for nothing." Chazz said.. "I really only found 40 cards. Now I'm one short."

The imaginary Jaden appeared again. "Hahaha…! I always knew you were a nice guy!"

"Shut it!" Chazz said angrily and punched at the vision. But then, he looked down and noticed a spell card on the ground named Chaos End.

"And when you do something nice, nice things happen."


After adding the newfound card to his deck, Chazz sat at the fire for a while until he decided it was time to get inside. He stood in front of the double doors and held up his duel disk. "Alright, open the door, I got your 40 cards right here!" A few strands of light were then shot down from the doorframe's ceiling. They hit Chazz's duel disk which then turned on, now being recharged. After that, the double doors opened inwards, allowing him into a place that looked like an old town in the far west. The doors closed behind him.

"This is it? North Academy? What a dump." He commented as he looked from side to side. As he wandered around, he heard the sound of glass breaking, and then turned to see someone being tossed out of one of the shacks off to the side. Chazz approached that person and saw that it was the man who'd gone in before him.

"Hey, baldy, you ok?"

"What happened?" The man moaned.

"You got the North Academy welcome is what happened." Chazz looked up and saw a bunch of rough-looking boys in coats, wearing duel disks. He then noticed a person sitting in a rocking chair and assumed he was the leader. He was a built young man in an orange and black vest. He had a cold look in his eyes, matching short hair and goatee that gave him an intimidating look. "And now it's your turn." He spoke with a Russian accent. "Think you're up to the challenge, new guy? Do ya?"

Chazz scowled. "Who are you?"

"I'm the guy who runs things around here. They call me the Czar. Your friend just went through our little hazing ritual. The 50 man Duel Gauntlet."

"50 man what's it?"

"Duel Gauntlet." Czar repeated. "It's how we rank students round here. Why don't you go ahead and tell him how it works, Kyle?" He asked a nearby student, a smaller black-haired kid, with a long front bang sticking out.

"See, you gotta duel 50 students."

"Yeah, you start with the lowest ranked and work your way up." Another guy spoke up. He had flat brown hair, a thin moustache and lighter blue jacket. His name is Bob.

"When you lose, that's your rank." This one had long brown hair, glasses and a white blazer. His name is Jack.

The next guy who spoke up wore a brown coat, had spiky greenish hair and a serious expression. His name is Rick. "Unless you don't lose…"

"Then, you duel me, number 50." Czar filled in.

"But everybody loses." Another guy said. "Like your friend here. He lost the very first match he had."

"Guess who's on latrine duty now." Another student said.

Even though the challenge sounded tough, Chazz just smirked. "So I have to win fifty times? And that's it?"

"Easier said than done, rookie!" One of the students countered.

"The name is Chazz! Chazz Princeton!" The former Duel Academy student shot back. "And soon, your Czar will fall and then, the Princeton will rise!"


Some time passed after Chazz's encounter with the North Academy students, and right now, he was dueling one of them, while all the others forming a circle around them to watch. As for the duel that went so far… well, Chazz was about end it with a bang...

"Go, Limiter Removal!" Chazz said, as he used the named spell card to double the attack strength of the monster he controlled. It was a metal blue crab-like machine with six legs and two big pincers with a 'KA-2' logo on them. This monster was known as KA-2 Des Scissors (ATK: 1000-2000 DEF: 1000 LV: 4) "Now, Des Scissors, attack with Toxic Haze!" The robotic crab fired a stream of foam from its mouth at the North Academy student. When he was hit, an explosion occurred.

North Academy Student: 2000-0000

"Alirght, my turn!" Another student said, getting his attention.

While this was happening, two other students were watching a couple of meters away from the gathered people. One of them was a boy, and the other was a girl.

The boy was quite slim and had messy light-brown hair and dark-brown eyes. He was wearing a gray sweater, a pair of overalls, blue sneakers and a pair of mechanic goggles strapped around his forehead.

The girl had scarlet red hair in a pixie cut, green eyes, a beauty mark under the right eye and a body shape that made her as attractive as Alexis and Jenny. She was wearing a white t-shirt, a slightly tattered red jacket with a black trim, a pair of ripped jeans and black and white sneakers.

"Looks like a new student has arrived." The boy noted.

"Yeah." The girl replied. "And he seems to be going through the 50 man duel gauntlet."

"A very tough challenge." The boy then shook his head. "But as much as I like duels, watching so many duels against North Academy can be boring sometimes."

The red-head sighed. "Tell me about it." She then turned to her fellow student and smiled. "So then, how about we do something to pass the time?"

The boy looked at her curiously. "What do you have in mind?"

"I thought you and I could duel. After all, we need to prepare for a certain big event."

That made the boy smile and nod. "Yeah, that's true. Alright then, I'm in."

At that, they walked away from the crowd to an open area where they could duel peacefully. Both of took their positions,facing each other and prepared their duel disks. The one the red-haired had was the same model as the ones that Duel Academy had. The one the boy had on the other hand, had an interesting look. Instead of the white color, like the girl's duel disk, his duel disk had the color of copper. It also had four pipes sticking out. Two on each side around the blue orb-like part. It was also a small gear sticking out at the front.

"Alright, Xander. Are your ready?"

The boy now named Xander nodded. "Ready when you are, Clover."

The girl now named Clover smirked. "Well then…"

They activated their duel disks, with the gear on Xander's duel disk spinning.

"DUEL!"

Clover: 4000

Xander: 4000

"I'll start." Clover drew her sixth card. "First I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in attack mode!" An elven warrior with blonde hair appeared. He clad in green armor with a matching helmet, a pair of yellowish brown pants and a purple cape. He was holding a sword with his right hand. (ATK: 1400 DEF: 1200 LV: 4) "Then I'll place one card facedown and end my turn." A card appeared behind her monster.

"Alright then." Xander drew a card. "I summon Green Gadget in attack mode." The monster that appeared was a green robot with its center part being a single gear. It also had gears on its shoulders. (ATK: 1400 DEF: 800 LV: 4) "When this monster is summoned, I can add Red Gadget from my deck to my hand." Xander took the named card from his deck and revealed it before he placed it in his hand. "And now I activate the spell card Machine Assembly Line." The spell card appeared behind the robot. "This card gives any machine type monster on my field 200 extra attack points." (ATK: 1400-1600) "Green Gadget, attack her Celtic Guardian!" The robot leapt toward the elven warrior.

"Don't think so, Xander!" Clover's facedown card flipped up. "I activate Sakuretsu Armor! This trap card destroys your attacking monster!" The trap card glowed and the robot stopped right in front of the elven warrior before it exploded.

"Not bad, but you triggered the second effect of my Machine Assembly Line. The moment when at least one of my machine type monsters is destroyed, it gets two Junk Counters." The spell card in question glowed. (Junk Counter: 2) "I place two cards facedown and end my turn." Xander concluded as two cards appeared on his field.

"I draw!" Clover began her next turn. "First I'll equip the spell card Lightning Blade to my Celtic Guardian!" The sword in the elven warrior's hand was transformed. Its blade became broader, its handle became golden and then, the sword itself was sizzling with electricity. "Thanks to this card, my monster gains 800 attack points." (ATK: 1400-2200) "Celtic Guardian, attack! Lightning Blade Strike!" The warrior jumped up in the air and raised his sword.

"I activate my trap!" Xander interrupted while revealing one of his facedown cards. "Ultimate Offering! By paying 500 life points, I can normal or set extra monsters during my main phase, or your battle phase. So I'll give up 500 points to bring out a monster in defense mode!" A facedown card appeared in front of his trap card.

Xander: 4000-3500

The elven warrior cut the card in half and revealed a twin-barreled laser in the form of a mechanical platform. (ATK: 500 DEF: 500 LV: 3) But the moment it appeared, it exploded. Xander's continuous spell card glowed. (Junk Counter: 2-4)

"I place one card facedown and end my turn." Clover concluded while inserting a card into her duel disk.

"My turn." Xander drew. "And I summon Red Gadget in attack mode!" A robot that looked similar to Green Gadget appeared. But like the name suggested, this robot was red and had a gadget attached to its back. (ATK: 1300 DEF: 1500 LV: 4) "And this monster has an ability similar to Green Gadget." Xander explained while taking a card from his deck. "However, the monster I get from my deck with Red Gadget's help is Yellow Gadget, and I think I'll use Ultimate Offering's effect in order to summon it to the field."

Xander: 3500-3000

A yellow robot appeared next to the red one, this one with a gear on its back and one in its body. (ATK: 1200 DEF: 1200 4) "And thanks to this monster, I can add another Gadget monster from my deck to my hand. Specifically, another Green Gadget." He revealed the named card after taking it out from his deck. "Now let's give him a welcome." The green, gadget-like robot appeared. (ATK: 1400 DEF: 800 LV: 4)

Xander: 3000-2500

"And once again, I'll add a Red Gadget from my deck to my hand." Xander took another card from his deck.

"3 monster's in one turn." Clover mused before smiling. "That's impressive."

"Thanks. And don't forget, Machine Assembly Line gives my mechanical friends a power boost." (ATK: 1400-1600) (ATK: 1300-1500) (ATK: 1200-1400) "And next I activate the spell card, Enemy Controller." The spell card appeared on the field and brought out a game controller with its cable attaching itself to Obnoxious Celtic Guardian. "I get to use one of this card's two effects, and I choose the first one, allowing me to change your monster's battle mode." The controller's buttons were pressed in following order: B, up, right, A, right, down. And that forced the elven warrior to kneel down. "Now it's time for battle! Yellow Gadget, attack!" The yellow robot dashed forward.

"I activate the trap card Negate Attack!" Clover's facedown card flipped up and created a red barrier that stopped a punch from Yellow Gadget. "This trap card stops your attack and ends your battle phase."

Xander shrugged. "Oh well, guess I'll try again next time. But for now, I'll end my turn with a facedown." He concluded as a card appeared on his field.

"I doubt you'll have another chance." Clover drew a card. "I'll switch Celtic Guardian back to attack mode." The elven warrior stood up. "Now my Guardian, attack his Green Gadget!" The elven warrior leapt toward the green robot, preparing to strike it with his sword.

"Stop right there!" Xander interrupted. "I activate my trap card!" One of his facedown cards flipped up. "Pulse Mines! Since I have a machine type monster on the field, this trap card forces your monster to go from attack mode to defense mode." The Celtic Guardian was stopped by an electromagnetic pulse that was unleashed from the trap card. He winced and fell to one knee.

Clover clicked her tongue. "I place one card facedown and summon Warrior Lady of the Wasteland in defense mode." A facedown card appeared, along with a woman who kneeled down next to the elven warrior. She had long blonde hair and green eyes. She was wearing a brown hat and tattered cape over a green halter top, skirt and boots. (ATK: 1100 DEF: 1200 LV: 4) "I end my turn."

"My move." Xander drew. "And I summon Boot-Up Soldier - Dread Dynamo." Brown robot appeared on the field. It had a large gap in its body and a smaller gear-shaped gap inside it. The robot's face made it look similar to the Gadget monsters and it had a gear around its neck. (ATK: 0 DEF: 2000 LV: 4) "Sure, it doesn't seem so tough now, but its special ability makes up for it. As long as I have at least one Gadget monster on the field, it gains 2000 attack points." An aura appeared around the Gadget monsters before it stretched itself into the air. And then, it took the form of a big gear before it approached Dread Dynamo and fit itself into the hole in the robot's body. (ATK: 0-2000) "And thanks to Machine Assembly Line, Dread Dynamo gets even stronger." (ATK: 2000-2200)

"That's a lot of machinery." Clover commented.

Xander smiled. "What can I say? That's my style. Now for some shifting gears and kicking rears! Yellow Gadget, attack Celtic Guardian!" The yellow robot dashed forward and gave the elven warrior a punch in his face, causing to explode. "And now Red Gadget, destroy Warrior Lady of the Wasteland!" The red robot leapt in the air and landed a kick on the warrior lady's chest, causing another explosion.

"You just triggered her special ability." Clover said. "When she's destroyed in battle, I can summon an earth, warrior type monster with up to 1500 attack points. So say hello to Amazoness Swords Woman." A muscular woman with wavy fire red hair appeared. She was wearing a blue shirt, a fur skirt and more fur clothing at her arms and legs. And she was also wielding an impressive curved sword. (ATK: 1500 DEF: 1600 LV: 4)

"Green Gadget, attack!" The green robot leapt toward the swords woman and punched her hard on her stomach, shattering her to pixels. But, after the battle was over, Zander winced a little.

Xander: 2500-2400

"Thanks to my Swords Woman's special ability, any battle damage she takes is dealt to you instead of me."

Xander just smirked. "A small prize to pay for a direct attack. Go, Dynamo!" The brown robot dashed over to Clover.

"I activate my trap…" Her facedown card flipped up. "Defense Draw!" At that, her deck glowed brightly before it created a barrier that blocked the punch from Dynamo. "This card reduces the battle damage from your attack to zero. And as a bonus, I get to draw a card from my deck." She drew her extra card.

"I end my turn." Xander concluded.

"I draw!" Clover drew a card. "And I summon Skilled White Magician." A man wearing white robes and a hood appeared. He had three jewels on them and carried a white scepter. (ATK: 1700 DEF: 1900 LV: 4) "And next I activate Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards." After she drew her extra cards, one of the magician's jewels lit up blue. (Spell Counter: 1)

Xander blinked when he noticed that. "What's with that light?"

"It's called a Spell Counter, and that is something my Magician gets when a spell card is activated." Clover explained. "And speaking of spell cards, I'm gonna play this." She held up a card. "The spell card Emblem of Dragon Destroyer. This lets me take a certain monster card from my deck or graveyard and add it to my hand." Clover went through her deck and took the card she wanted. At the same time, another spell counter lit up (Spell Counter: 1-2) "And that monster is…" She held up the card she took from her deck. It had a picture of a purple armor clad warrior with a sword that had blue jewels adorned on it. "Buster Blader."

"Uh oh." Xander widened his eyes.

"And now I play the spell card Banner of Courage!" Another spell card appeared on the field, and the third spell counter lit up. (Spell counter: 2-3) Clover was now smirking. "Now I can activate my Skilled White Magician's second ability. If he has three spell counters, I can sacrifice him and summon this…" The magician covered himself in a bright, white aura. "My Buster Blader!" When the aura dissipated, the magician was replaced by the purple armored warrior. (ATK: 2600 DEF: 2300 LV: 7)

Xander took a step back at this.

"Now Buster Blader, attack his Yellow Gadget! Dragon Sword Attack!" The warrior over to the yellow robot. "Oh, I almost forgot. During my battle phase, Banner of Courage gives all my monsters 200 attack points." (ATK: 2600-2800) The warrior used his sword to cleave the robot in half.

Xander: 2400-1000 (Junk Counter: 4-6)

(ATK: 2800-2600) "I place one card facedown and end my turn." Clover concluded as she inserted a card into her duel disk.

"Alright!" Xander drew. "Let's see how you handle this, I activate the trap card, Roll Out!" His facedown card flipped up. "This lets me take a Union monster from my graveyard and equip it to any monster with the right requirements. There is only one monster in my graveyard, and that would be Heavy Mech Support Platform!" The familiar, mechanical platform appeared. "And this Union monster is specifically made for machine type monsters, and I've got plenty of them, including Dread Dynamo." The platform flew up and made a loop, while the brown robot jumped up in the air before it landed on the union monster. "And now for the best part, while being equipped with the platform, my monster gains 500 attack and defense points." (ATK: 2200-2700 DEF: 2000-2500) "Now attack her Buster Blader!" The twin-barreled laser lit up as its was charging up.

"I won't let you destroy my monster that easily!" Clover interrupted. "I activate Nightmare Wheel!" As soon as her trap card flipped up, the brown robot was suddenly strapped to a giant spiked wheel inside a monster's jaw. As a result, the platform was laying on the ground in front of it. "This trap card keeps your monster from attacking and change battle mode."

Xander scratched the back of his head. "Geez, you just keep stopping me from damage you."

"You need to step up your game, Xander." Clover said. "Otherwise, you won't do well at the school duel."

"I know." Xander replied while inserting a card into his duel disk. "I place one card facedown and switch Red Gadget and Green Gadget to defense mode. And that ends my turn." The two named monsters crossed their arms.

"In that case…" Clover drew a card. "You better brace yourself. Because during my standby phase, my Nightmare Wheel deals 500 points of damage to you."

Xander winced when a purple aura surrounded him.

Xander: 1000-0500

"And now I attack your Green Gadget with my Buster Blader!" The warrior slashed the green robot with his sword, causing an explosion. (Junk Counter: 6-8) "And since you only 500 life points left, my trap card will wipe you out on my next turn, unless you'll play something to prevent that from happening."

Xander smirked. "You mean something like this?" His facedown card flipped up. "This is the trap card Solemn Wishes, and as long as it remains on the field, I gain 500 life points whenever I draw cards from my deck."

Clover smiled. "Not bad. In that case, I summon D.D. Warrior Lady defense mode." A woman covered in dark grayish armor appeared. SHe had long blonde hair and held a sword in one hand. (ATK: 1500 DEF: 1600 LV: 4) "I end my turn with a facedown card.

"My move." Xander drew a card.

Xander: 0500-1000

"First I activate the spell card Iron Draw. Since I have two machine type effect monsters on the field, I can draw two cards from my deck." He drew his extra cards.

Xander: 1000-1500

Xander looked at his two cards and smiled. "This will do." That comment made Clover react. "I sacrifice my Red Gadget and Dread Dynamo in order to summon…" The two robots disappeared, along with the platform. And that caused the spiked wheel to disappear as well. "Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon!" A shriek was heard from the monster that appeared. It was a big, mechanical dragon with wings and a long tail. (ATK: 3000 DEF: 2000 LV: 8) "Now this is more like it." Xander commented.

Clover shook her head, making him confused. "As impressive as that was, I'm afraid you just triggered my trap card, Trap Hole." Her facedown card flipped up. "Since you summoned a monster with over 1000 attack points, that monster is destroyed."

Xander gasped and watched as his mechanical dragon exploded. (Junk Counter: 8-10) "Damn."

"I told you to step up your game." Clover reminded him, speaking in a concerned but scolding voice. But it was then she noticed the smirk on his face.

"That's exactly what I'm intending to. And I'm starting with this…" A certain spell card on his field glowed. "I activate the second effect of my Machine Assembly Line. By sending it to the graveyard, I can summon a machine type monster from my graveyard, as long as that monster's level is not higher than the number of Junk counters I have on my spell. I've got 10 counters and that's more than enough to resurrect my level 8 monster, Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon." The spell card was enveloped in a light before it disappeared. And then, the mechanical dragon flew out of the light. (ATK: 3000 DEF: 2000 LV: 8)

Clover smiled. "That's better. Well done."

"Thanks. But as strong as my dragon is, I have to play something stronger."

The redhead raised an eyebrow. "And how are you gonna do that? Since you played Iron Draw, you were only allowed to special summon once this turn. And you already did that by summoning your dragon."

That didn't bother Xander a bit. "I don't need a special summoning, but rather a normal summoning. And I'll start by using Ultimate Offering and summon my second Red Gadget." The copy of the red robot from earlier appeared. (ATK: 1300 DEF: 1500 LV: 4)

Xander: 1500-1000

"And with him summoned, I can take another Yellow Gadget from my deck and add it to my hand." He took the named card from his deck. "And now I'll use the effect of Ultimate Offering again, so I can sacrifice my Gadget and my dragon."

Xander: 1000-0500

Clover widened her eyes. "What!? But why would you sacrifice your dragon."

"So I can summon something even stronger!" Xander's monsters disappeared. "Now come forth, Ancient Gear Reactor Dragon!" A new monster rose from the ground behind him and let out a mighty roar. Just like one of Xander's previous monster, this one was a dragon with metallic wings. But this monster was more like a serpentine-dragon that was bigger than Gadjiltron Dragon. It had a glowing chest piece, most likely its power source. ATK: 3000 DEF: 3000 LV: 9)

"Whoa!" Clover gasped. "That monster really looks stronger, even though it has same attack points as your Gadjiltron Dragon."

Xander nodded. "That's true, but this bad boy is full of special abilities. Like this one, for example, since I sacrificed an Ancient Gear monster to summon it, my dragon can cause battle damage, even if it attacks a monster in defense mode. Now Reactor Dragon, attack her D.D. Warrior Lady with Ancient Reactor Blast." The dragon reared back its head while its chest piece glowed brighter. And then, it unleashed a red energy beam from its mouth, targeting the blonde woman.

"That's a big mistake, Xander." Clover said. "I may lose some of life points, but if my Warrior Lady battles a monster, I can remove both of them from play." The warrior lady jumped forward and flew into the energy beam. And then, when she reached the dragon's mouth and stabbed it with her blade, a massive explosion occurred.

Clover: 4000-2600

Clover waited for the smoke to clear up. But when it did, she was shocked to see the dragon still flying behind Xander. "What!? It's still there!?"

Xander grinned. "Yup. I told you, my dragon is full of abilities, not just one. And the reason it's still here is because when it attacks, you can't activate any spell, trap or monster effects."

"Okay, I see you're getting serious now." Clover noted.

"More serious than you think. My dragon has another ability. After it destroys a monster in battle, I can destroy one spell or trap card on the field, and I choose your facedown card." The dragon fired another energy beam and destroyed Clover's facedown card. "And with that done, you should know that my dragon has one more ability, and it only works if I sacrificed a Gadget monster to summon it. And as you know, Red Gadget was one of the sacrifices, so you're going to get it now. My dragon can attack twice each turn, which means my next move is letting it attack your Buster Blader."

Clover gasped in shock as the dragon fired another energy beam that easily destroyed the purple armored warrior.

Clover: 2600-2200

"My Buster Blader is gone!"

"Got that right. And with another monster destroyed, I can destroy another card, like Banner of Courage." The named spell card was blasted by the dragon. "And now I'll end my turn."

"Alright then. I draw." Clover looked at the card she drew and smirked. "Okay, I activate Swords of Revealing Light." Swords of light appeared and surrounded the mechanical dragon. "From now on, you can't attack for three turns, and that's all for now."

Xander drew a card.

Xander: 0500-1000

"Hm, I might not be able to attack, but I can play this…" He held up a spell card. "Pot of Avarice. This card lets me take five monsters from my graveyard and shuffle them back into my deck." The cards coming out from the graveyard were Green Gadget, Red Gadget, Yellow Gadget, Boot-Up Soldier - Dread Dynamo and Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon. Xander picked up those cards and shuffled them into his deck. "And then, I get to draw two cards." He drew his extra cards.

Xander: 1000-1500

"Next I summon Ancient Gear Cannon." The ground receded, revealing a small, robotic gun turret that was made up of several gears. (ATK: 500 DEF: 500 LV: 2) "Next I activate the spell card Machine Duplication. This lets me choose a machine type monster with up to 500 attack points and then, I can summon up to 2 monsters with the same as the one I choose. So I'll get two more Ancient Gear Cannons." Two copies of the cannon appeared. (ATK: 500 DEF: 500 LV: 2) x2

"That's a good headline." Clover commented.

"If you like that, then you're going to love this: By sacrificing one Ancient Gear Cannon, I can deal 500 points of damage to you. How about if I fire all three of them."

Clover braced herself as each cannon fired two shots at her before disappearing.

Clover: 2200-0700

"I end my turn." Xander concluded.

Clover drew a card and frowned. 'DNA Surgery? I don't know how it's gonna help, but I guess I have to do something.'
"I place a card facedown and end my turn." A card appeared in front of her.

"Then here I go."

Xander: 1500-2000

"I summon Yellow Gadget." The yellow robot appeared again. (ATK: 1200 DEF: 1200 LV: 4) "And as you know, this monster lets me take a Green Gadget from my deck to my hand. And I think I'll bring him out to the field, thanks to Ultimate Offering."

Xander: 2000-1500

The green robot rose next to the yellow robot. (ATK: 1400 DEF: 800 LV: 4) "And why stop there when I can add Red Gadget to my hand and summon it as well?"

Xander: 1500-1000

The red robot joined its comrades. (ATK: 1300 DEF: 1500 LV: 4) "And I activate the spell card Solidarity." The card appeared behind Green Gadget. "Here's how it works: if I only have one type of monster in my graveyard, this card gives all monsters of that type on my field 800 attack points. In this case, machine type monsters." (ATK: 1400-2200) (ATK: 1300-2100) (ATK: 1200-2000) (ATK: 3000-3800) "I end my turn."

"I draw." Clover began her next turn. "I summon The Trojan Horse in defense mode." A wooden horse laid down in front of her. (ATK: 1600 DEF: 1200 LV: 4) "I end my turn."

Xander drew a card...

Xander: 1000-1500

and looked at it. 'Ooh, this one is good.' He thought while smiling. "I play a facedown and end my turn, and that's the end of your Revealing light card." The swords of light disappeared.

"Then this is all or nothing." Clover muttered, prepared to draw her next card. 'Alright, here goes!' She drew the card and looked at it. She widened her eyes before she gave Xander a smirk. "Looks like this is the end."

"Huh?" Xander blinked.

"I activate The Warrior Returning Alive. Now I can take a warrior type monster from my graveyard and add it to my hand. And I choose Buster Blader." The named card came out of the graveyard slot before she grabbed it. "And now for my next move, if I would tribute summon an earth attribute monster, I can use The Trojan Horse as two sacrifices."

"No way!" Xander exclaimed.

"Now come forth, Buster Blader!" The wooden horse was gone and the purple armored warrior took its place. (ATK: 2600 DEF: 2300 LV: 7)

"Nicely played." Xander commented.

"Thanks, and that's just the beginning, because now I reveal my facedown card." Her card flipped up. "I activate DNA Surgery!"

Xander gasped in horror. "Oh no!"

"That's right, this trap card lets me change all monsters on the field to any type I choose. And I'll let them become dragons!" At that, all monsters on the field went through transformations. Buster Blader's armor changed into an armor with dragon-like features. It had dragon-like claws and talons, a sharp tail and a pair of wings. Even the face became dragon-like.

The gear monsters became more dragon-like as well. Both Yellow Gadget and Red Gadget became thin dragons with tails and their round hands and feet being replaced by claws and talons. They still had their gears on their backs. Green Gadget was a different case. It's face became dragon-like and a tail appeared from its back. But, because the monster's center part of its body was a single gear, Green Gadget became a walking gear with dragon limbs. And as for Ancient Gear Reactor Dragon, it's whole body changed completely. Instead of being a winged, mechanical serpentine-dragon, it was now a winged serpentine-dragon with grayish green scales and red eyes.

"And since they are dragons now, they lose their extra points." Clover pointed out. (ATK: 2200-1400) (ATK: 2100-1300) (ATK: 2000-1200) (ATK: 3800-3000)

Xander was getting nervous. "This isn't good."

"It gets worse." The redhead replied. "My Buster Blader has a special ability. He gains 500 attack points for every dragon type monster on your field and in your graveyard. And since there are four dragons on your field… (ATK: 2600-4600)

"Help!" Xander yelped.

"Time to to wrap this up! Now Buster Blader, end this duel with Dragon Sword Attack!" The dragon armored warrior leapt forward and slashed Ancient Gear Reactor Dragon with his sword.

Xander: 1500-0000

The holograms disappeared and Xander fell on the ground, landing on his butt.

"Man, what a turn of events." He muttered.

He then saw Clover approach him and held out her hand. "Nicely played, Xander. You almost got me there." She said while smiling.

Xander smiled and took her hand allowing her to help him up. "Thanks. That was a great duel."

The redhead nodded. But then, she couldn't help but ask him something. "It's one thing I'm wondering, though. What was your facedown card?"

Xander smiled sheepishly as took the card in question from his duel disk and held it up. "It was this. The spell card Limiter Removal. As you know, this doubles the attack points of machine type monsters."

"So my trap card prevented you from using it, huh?" Clover summarized.

"Of course, I could have chained your DNA Surgery with it and increase my monsters' strength before they turned into dragons. But since any monster affected by this card is destroyed at the end of the turn, that would leave me defenseless."

"Well, live and learn, as they say." Clover said. "So, how about we check out the newbie's progress?"

"Sure." Xander replied.

With that said, they returned to the area where the fifty man duel gauntlet. But when they arrived, they were shocked to see almost all 50 students laying on the ground, undoubtedly beaten by Chazz.

"Wow! That guy works fast." Xander remarked.

"No kidding." Clover agreed, being as shocked as him. They turned to where Czar was sitting, with the one named Kyle, along with the other three guys standing by him.

"So what?" Rick said.

"Beating those amateurs doesn't prove a thing." Kyle added.

"You still have to get through the four of us." Bob pointed out.

"Only then you can duel the Czar." Jack added.

"Duel each one of you?" That'll take too long. How about I take you all on at once?" Chazz suggested.

"You're on!" His opponents said.

"DUEL!"

Chazz: 4000

Kyle: 4000

Rick: 4000

Bob: 4000

Jack: 4000

"My turn." Rick said as he drew a card. "Come on out, Marauding Captain!" A man with short, blonde hair appeared. He was wearing a rusty suit of armor and he wielded a sword. "And I'm not done yet. When this monster card is summoned to the field, I'm allowed to summon another warrior type monster, and I'll play another Marauding Captain!" A duplicate of the first warrior appeared.

Chazz watched this without worrying at all. The yellow spirit who appeared next to him, on the other hand, was a little nervous.

"And so will I." Kyle said while drawing a card.

"Me too." Bob said.

"Same with me." Jack added.

The yellow spirit screamed in fear upon seeing 8 identical warriors on the opposite side of the field. (ATK: 1200 DEF: 400 LV: 3) x8

"Oh, and in case you'd forgotten, rookie, when there are two or more captains on the field, you can't attack any of them." Rick said.

"Nah, he didn't forget that, because he probably never even knew it in the first place." Kyle taunted.

"Ha, good point." Bob replied. "And now he'll suffer for it."

"Please, the only way you scrubs could make me suffer is to keep blabbing like you are." Chazz said. "My turn. I'll play two facedowns and one Giant Rat in defense mode." A very large blue rat holding a bleached white skull in its paws appeared in front of a pair of facedown cards. (ATK: 1400 DEF: 1450 LV: 4)

"All you're throwing in is an overgrown rodent? What a joke!" Jack said mockingly.

Chazz smirked. "Perhaps, after all, he is a weaker card. One that the old Chazz would never have in his deck. But I learned something since I arrived here. I learned that life deals you all kinds of cards. And sometimes you have to make the best out of what you've got."

"Aw, that's so nice of you, Boss." The duel spirit said. "You're talking about me, huh?"

"Actually, I wasn't!" Chazz said to the spirit, giving him an annoyed look. "You're still as annoying and revolting and nonexistent as ever, got it!?" His opponents stared at him blankly, thinking he was getting insane. "You're a disgusting little yellow gremlin and I don't like you! So quit bugging me!" The Giant Rat thought Chazz was talking to him, so he couldn't help but form a depressed look on his face.

Even Clover and Xander, who were watching nearby found his behavior weird.

"Okay? What the hell is with him?" Clover wondered.

"Beats me." Xander said.

"Disgusting, maybe. But little and yellow? Rick asked. "Get your eyes checked. Now back to the duel." He drew a card. "I play The Allied Forces." A spell card appeared. "It allows all warrior type monsters to gain 200 attack points for each warrior type monster out on the field. Which means Marauding Captain now has 2800 attack points!" An aura surrounded the warriors, increasing their strength. (ATK: 1200-2800) x8 "Now go! Smash that rat!" One of the captains jumped in the air and swung his sword at the giant rat.

"He's defenseless, charge in men!" After hearing Kyle's command, all the other Marauding Captains ran towards Chazz.

"Sorry, but I play my rat's ability." Chazz interrupted. "It lets me summon an earth attribute monster with 1500 or fewer attack points. So come on out, Gyaku Gire Panda!" A large, angry panda with sharp teeth and holding a bamboo stick in one of its paws rose on his field. (ATK: 800 DEF: 1600 LV: 3)

"Look at the big teddy bear. How cuddly." Bob taunted.

"You may not think so after this." Chazz said, making Bob confused. "I play Panda's ability. For every monster on your field, he gains 500 attack points. Not so cuddly now, is he?" The panda growled as it glowed with a red aura and grew much bigger. (ATK: 800-4800) "And next I'm going to activate a trap, Ring of Destruction!" A metal ring with red bombs appeared around the panda's neck. "This trap destroys one monster, and then all players take damage equal to that monster's attack points."

"But why? We'll all just end up with 0 life points." Jack pointed out.

"I won't." Chazz said with a smirk. "Because I have, Ring of Defense!" A wheel with four green metal plates attached to the exterior appeared between Chazz and his monster. It the began spin fast enough to seem like a full circle. "This spell card protects me from all damage. You… go… Bye… Bye!" The ring around the panda's neck detonated and caused a big explosion that was strong enough to blow away all captains and knocking down the North Academy students.

Kyle: 4000-0000

Rick: 4000-0000

Bob: 4000-0000

Jack: 4000-0000

This ending was shocking for Clover and Xander.

"Wow!" Xander said.

"Beating four opponents in one turn? That was impressive." Clover commented.

Chazz turned to the Czar was sitting his chair. "Alright Granny, outta the rocker. You're up."

The muscular man stood up. "Yeah and you're going down." He said as he inserted his deck into his duel disk. "Cuz now it's the Czar against the Princeton. And there ain't no way I'm going to get shot off my throne by you. Get ready for a battle royale."

"Looks like he's about to face the Czar." Xander noted.

"Yeah, and I'm curious about what that guy is about to do." Clover replied.

"You think he can win?"

"I don't know. But I wouldn't say the Czar is too hard to beat. I was able to beat him with ease since I used my own deck instead of cards from the icy wasteland."

The named North Academy was now standing in front of Chazz, getting ready to start.

"DUEL!"

Chazz: 4000

Czar: 4000

"Me first." The Czar drew a card. "And I'm going to activate two copies of Fiend's Sanctuary. Now I get two Metal Fiend Tokens." A pair of gray figures made of built up metal balls appeared. (ATK: 0 DEF: 0 LV: 1) x2 "But like you, they won't be staying long. I sacrifice them and summon Zoa!" The two tokens disappeared and made room for a huge, blu-skinned demon with powerful limbs and and yellow fangs. (ATK: 2600 DEF: 1900 LV: 7) "Next I'll place two facedowns and end my turn." Two cards appeared at his feet. "Ha! Already my side of the field's stacked. See how it's different with the Czar?"

"But it'll end the same. My turn." Chazz drew his next card and to his annoyance, it was his duel spirit. "Ah, you again?"

"Nice to see you too." It said when it came out of his card. "Need me to fight a monster for ya? Let's do it!" But when he turned around and got a good look on the blue fiend type monster… "Ohhh, never mind."

"You know, I think I finally found a way to get rid of you. I play Ojama Yellow!"

The spirit appeared on the field. "No please! Anyone but me!" (ATK: 0 DEF: 1000 LV: 2)

"Then I'll toss two facedowns and my turn." Chazz concluded as two cards appeared behind his monster.

Czar laughed. "Time out. Some garbage has blown onto the field. Oh wait, I'm sorry, that's just your monster." He said mockingly as he drew a card. "Oh well, he's going to be trashed anyway. I play the trap card Metalmorph! And I'll equip it to Zoa!" One of his facedown card flipped up and the muscular fiend was covered by a thin film of metallic gray. "And now I'm going to sacrifice Zoa so I can summon something even better..." The fiend monster disappeared as the dirt around it, along with lots of rocks were tossed into the air. "The ferocious Metalzoa!" Another monster rose up from the ground. It was even bigger, made entirely of metal, stood on two legs, had large claws, and generally looked like some kind of destructive robot. (ATK: 3000 DEF: 2300 LV: 8)

Ojama Yellow was getting scared of the sight of it.

"And next, I'm going to activate another trap card, Call of the Haunted." The Czar's second facedown card flipped up. "Now I can bring back one monster from my graveyard. And I'll bring back regular Zoa." The blue-skinned appeared next to its metallic counterpart. (ATK: 2600 DEF: 1900 LV. 7)

The imaginary Jaden appeared once again. "Boy oh boy. Two monsters with 2600 and 3000 attack points? What on earth are you gonna do, Chazz?"

The Princeton smirked. "Easy, I'm gonna win."

The Czar heard him and grinned. "Ya know, talking to yourself is pretty crazy as it is. But thinking you're going to win, even crazier. Know why? Cuz I just watched you duel 49 times. I know your deck. I know you don't have one monster as strong as these."

'Maybe, but I know how to make the best out of what I've got.'

"I think the Czar is a little overconfident." Clover noted while shaking her head.

"Yeah." Xander said. "And for the record, this Princeton guy or whoever he is, took down the last four guys at the same time. So technically, he actually dueled 45 times." He then tapped his chin with a finger. "Or 46 times?"

"Alright, Zoa attack! Glimmer Strike!" The blue-skinned demon fired off a green colored 'X' from its forehead at Ojama Yellow, who cried in fear before getting hit. "And now that he's been taken care of, Metalzoa's going to take care of you. Hardened Glimmer Strike!" The metal counterpart crossed its arms and swung them forward, creating another green 'X' which passed through Chazz.

Chazz: 4000-1000

The Czar crossed his arms. "The Princeton's place is at the heel of the Czar, and that is just where I'm going to put you."

"Yeah, don't bet on it." Chazz retorted.

"Huh?"

"See, I was waiting for you to attack me, so I could play Inferno Tempest!" Chazz revealed a facedown spell card. "With this card, when I take 3000 or more points of damage, all monsters in both our graveyards and decks are taken out of play."

"Why would you do that? What are you planning?" Czar demanded

Chazz smirked. "If you know my deck as well as you say you do, then I'm sure you know. And you know that your reign as Czar is coming to an end." He took his deck and took out all monster cards in it and the graveyard, then placed the remaining cards into his deck slot.

"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! My reign's not over, it never been stronger! You're about to lose!"

"Oh, am I? We'll see, here!" Chazz drew his next card and looked at it. "Alright, now Czar, you my friend, are about to get royally crowned and not in a good way. I play, the spell Chaos End!" He held up the card he just drew.

Then all of a sudden, cracks began to appear all over Zoa and Metalzoa.

"What's going on!?" The Czar asked with a horrified look on his face.

"Well, that's the magic of Chaos End. When seven or more cards are removed from the game, Chaos End destroys every monster on your field."

"No way!" The monsters were blown to pieces.

"And now, I'll play a trap, that's a blast from the past, Return From the Different Dimension!" After the trap card flipped up, a swirling vortex appeared in the sky.

Chazz: 1000-500

"By paying half my life points, the monsters I removed from play are allowed to be brought back and summoned to the field. Every last one of them." He raised his arm to the swirling vortex. "Now, come on back everyone"

The first monster was a purple armored warrior carrying two discs. (ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000 LV: 4)

The second was the crab-like machine monster, KA-2 Des Scissors. (ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000 LV: 4)

The third was two demons, one blue, the other purple, with both having white faces, horns coming out of their heads, dragon like wings and tails. (ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000 LV: 4)

The fourth was a skeleton wearing gray armor and a red cape and holding a curved blade. (ATK: 1000 DEF: 1200 LV: 3)

And to Chazz's annoyance, the fifth monster was Ojama Yellow. (ATK: 0 DEF: 1000 LV: 2) "Hey, thanks Boss."

"I meant everyone except you!"

Those harsh words made the duel spirit cry.

"No… wait! Stop!" The Czar begged in panic.

"Stop? I don't think so. Now give the Czar a king sized clobbering!" The four thousand attack points monsters attacked the North Academy student simultaneously. The combined attack caused the Czar to scream and fall to the ground.

Czar: 4000-0000

"You go bye-bye!" Chazz said as his opponent lay on the ground with swirling eyes.

"What do you know? That guy actually won." Xander said, being impressed by the comeback.

"That's what the Czar gets for being overconfident." Clover added.

"Well done. You've earned the right to be called the best."

Chazz looked up from the Czar to see the same goggle wearing stranger from the submarine, but without the seaweeds, allowing him to see the orange scarf being used as a hood. "It's you! The guy who rescued me. But how did get into the school?"

"Why, you let me in of course." He reached for his scarf and pulled it down a little to reveal a hat on his head, which he took off, along with his goggles.

Chazz was shocked to see the stranger's face. "Wait! Now you're the bald guy?"

"I'm this school's chancellor. The name's Foster. And the camp outside, that sub out at sea. It was all just to get to you, young duelist."

"To me? What for?"

"Because you have a gift, Chazz. And I sensed it as soon as you handled that Ojama Yellow card."

"I hate that stinking that!" Chazz retorted.

Foster smiled. "You might now, but you'll learn. Hopefully in time for the School Duel. You see Chazz, you're now the best duelist at North Academy. That means you'll be one of our representatives at the School Duel."

"So I'm going up against someone from Duel Academy?" Chazz questioned.

Foster kneeled down to the Czar who still motionless. "That's right. Along two other students, we had chosen Czar at first, but clearly he's not nearly as good as you are. Besides, to tell you the truth, I never really liked him."

The Czar snapped out of it and blinked upon hearing what Foster said.

"I don't blame you. I mean, what kinda duelist sits in a rocking chair."

"It doesn't matter. You're the top duelist now, it's to you the school bows." On cue, the Czar got his knees and bowed to Chazz. And so did all the other students, except Clover and Xander.

"So who's the unlucky punk I'm dueling?"

"Who? The one I promised you. The one called Jaden Yuki."

"Jaden!?" Chazz's eyes widened. "You gotta be kidding!"

"No. This is your chance for revenge."

"Revenge?" Chazz chuckled evilly. "I can't wait. I'm gonna beat him so bad, he's never gonna wanna duel again." He then laughed so loud it echoed around the school and into the icy wasteland outside the school.

Clover and Xander shook their hands.

"Oh boy. Dramatic much." Xander said.

"Tell me about it. That guy has issues." Clover added.

"Oh well, guess it can't be helped. The third rep has been chosen."

"Yeah."

Xander turned to Clover. "Are you looking forward to the School Duel?"

Clover looked at him and smiled. "You bet I do." She took out her deck and picked up one of her cards. "Especially with the one I'm going to face off against." The card she was looking at was monster card with the picture a brown-skinned man with black hair tied to a ponytail and a giant sword on his back. It was a level 4 earth attribute monster with 1500 attack points and 1600 defense points.


Hmm. This chapter became a little longer than I expected, but I hope you like it. Until next time.