By the way, in case other chapters haven't made it clear, when anime characters use the cards, their effects and card types will be that of the anime. So some cards and card effects will work differently from how they work in the actual games.

Chapter 5: His Favorites

Jaden and Scott were in front of the Slifer Red dorm with their duel disks activated. (Jaden 4000/Scott 4000)

"I'll go first." Scott drew. "I activate Dragon Shrine. With this card, I get to send a Dragon monster from my deck to my graveyard. And if it's a Normal Monster, then I can send a second Dragon to my graveyard. I send Rabidragon from my deck to my graveyard." Scott put a card depicting a yellow dragon with a snow-like pelt and rabbit-like ears into the graveyard. "Since Rabidragon's a Normal Monster, I can send another Dragon monster from my deck to the graveyard. I choose my Kidmodo Dragon." Scott sent a the pink baby lizard from his deck to the graveyard as well. "Next, I activate my Kidmodo Dragon's effect. When it's sent to the grave, at the cost of not conducting my battle phase this turn, I can special summon a Dragon monster from my hand. I choose my Wattaildragon (2500/1000)!"

A winged blue dragon with electric sparks surrounding it's fur appeared on Scott's side of the field. "Whoa. A monster with 2500 attack points right off the gate?" Jaden asked.

"I'll set a card face down and end my turn."

"Alright. It's my turn." Jaden drew a card. "I summon Elemental Hero Burstinatrix (1200/800) in attack position!" A woman with long black hair and a red leotard appeared on Jaden's side of the field.

"In attack position? Seriously?" Scott asked.

"I'll throw down two face downs and end my turn."

Scott drew. "I summon Luster Dragon (1900/1600) in attack mode!" A bi-pedaled dragon with sapphires for skin appeared on Scott's side of the field. "Luster Dragon, attack Burstinatrix!" Luster Dragon charged at the Elemental Hero.

"I activate my trap card, Negate Attack!" From one of Jaden's set cards, a typhoon of energy blocked Luster Dragon's attack. "This negates your monster's attack and ends the battle phase."

"Alright. I end my turn."

"My move." Jaden drew a card. "Heh heh. You're gonna regret acting as if my weaker heroes are only good as fusion materials now. I activate Burst Impact!" A flaming aura started to surround Burstinatrix. "I can only activate this card if I have Burstinatrix on the field. With it, all monsters on the field except for Burstinatrix are destroyed, and the controller takes 300 damage for each one!"

"What?!"

"Go Burstinatrix!" Burstinatrix released a wave of fire all around her. The flames reached Scott's two dragons and destroyed them both (Scott 4000-3400). "Now Burstinatrix, attack directly!" A fireball was generated in between Burstinatrix's hands before she launched it at Scott.

"I activate my trap card, Pinpoint Guard! When you declare an attack, I can special summon a level 4 or lower monster from my graveyard in defense position, and it can't be destroyed by battle this turn. I choose my Luster Dragon!" The sapphire dragon re-emerged on Scott's side of the field, the flame sputtering out as it hit it.

"Aw man. I end my turn."

Scott drew a card. "I activate the spell-card Cards of Consonance. I discard a Dragon monster that's a tuner with 1000 or less attack points, and I can draw two cards."

"Tuner monster?" Jaden suddenly remembered Ghassan's duel against Alexis. "Right. That's what you guys use for Synchro summons."

"I discard Labradorite dragon and draw two cards." Scott drew two cards from his deck. "I set two cards face down."

Ghassan walked up to Damian. "Cards of Consonance? I can see why he'd use it back home, but why not use Pot of Greed? There's no banlist in this world." Ghassan whispered to Damian.

Damian shrugged. "Scott's Dragon decks tended to rely on having them in the grave. He probably wanted to build it up."

"Now, I switch my Luster Dragon to attack position." The sapphire dragon switched to a more aggressive stance. "Now, destroy Burstinatrix!" Luster Dragon charged at the Elemental Hero and slashed through her (Jaden 4000-3300).

"Should have expected this to happen when you send out what's meant for fusion material to the battle."

Jaden grinned. "Like I said, my other Elemental Heroes are more than just fusion materials."

"Sure thing man. I end my turn." Scott said.

Jaden didn't draw yet. Instead, he reached into his pockets, and got out several cards, showing them to Scott. "Remember when I was taking out some cards from my deck before we started the duel?" Cards such as Polymerization, Fusion Gate, Fusion Recovery, and multiple Fusions Monsters were there. "As you can see, I'm not going to be doing much fusion this duel."

Scott raised an eyebrow. "Seriously?"

Jaden nodded. "There's a grand total of 1 Fusion Monster in my Fusion Deck right now. And who knows if I'll get to use it. Like I said, I'll show you that the other Elemental Heroes are more than capable of saving the day."

Ghassan raised an eyebrow. "Jaden put a pretty big handciap on himself. Scott probably won't have too much trouble beating him."

Damian smiled, eagerly anticipating how Jaden would handle the duel now that he isn't using

"My draw." Jaden looked at the card he drew.

I activate Graceful Charity. I draw three cards, and discard two." Jaden drew three cards, looked at them, and sent one of the cards he drew and one card he already had in his hand to the graveyard. "Now, I summon my Elemental Hero Bladedge (2600/1800)!" A tall figure with metallic gold skin and sharp blades on his arms appeared on Jaden's side of the field.

"Wait a sec...how did you normal summon a level 7 monster without tribute summoning?" Scott asked.

Jaden smiled before a transparent image of a red fiend-like monster with sharp claws and shoulder armor appeared behind Jaden. "You can thank my Elemental Hero Necroshade for that. When he's in the grave, I can normal summon a level 5 or higher Elemental Hero without tributing."

"Sent it to the grave with Graceful Charity I take it?" Scott asked.

Jaden nodded. "Now Bladedge, destroy Luster Dragon!" Bladedge jumped in the air, ready to slash through Luster Dragon from above.

"I don't think so. I activate one of my trap cards, Call of the Haunted! I special summon one monster from my graveyard in attack position. And I pick my Labradorite Dragon (0/2400)!" A dark blue quadripedal dragon with gems all over it's back and neck appeared on Scott's side of the field.

"Why would he select that monster? It's way weaker than Bladedge." Syrus wondered.

"Because of my second trap card, Urgent Tuning! During the battle phase, I can immediately use my monsters to synchro summon."

"No way!" Syrus yelled in shock.

"Way! I tune my level 4 Luster Dragon to my level 6 Labradorite Dragon!" Both of the dragons went into the air, with Labradorite Dragon dissolving into light before turning into six green circles. Luster Dragon went through the circles before dissolving into light as well.

Chumley looked out the window. "Wh...what's going on? I've never seen anything like this in Duel Monsters before."

"I synchro summon the level 10 Dragocytos Corrupted Nethersoul Dragon! (4000/2000)" A green flash occured before a gigantic, leg-less, violet dragon with silver armor appeared on Scott's side of the field. The armor piece covering the dragon's chest had a creepy face with tweeth on it.

"What the?!" Chumley went outside and looked at the monster. "What kind of monster is that?"

Syrus looked up at the behemoth in shock. "4-4000 attack points?!"

Scott smiled. "I take it you'll call off the attack?"

Jaden nodded. "I'll set one card face down and end my turn."

Scott drew a card. "Now that it's my Standby Phase, I activate the effect of my Dragocytos." The eyes on the face of the dragon lit up as dark energy started to surround Bladedge.

"What's happening to Bladedge?"

"My Dragocytos's effect is happening. During my Standby Phase, I can halve the attack of one face-up monster on your side of the field." Elemental Hero Bladege (2600-1300/1800) "And then, you take damage equal to the amount of attack points lost." Jaden's eyes widened in shock before the aura surrounding Bladedge shot out at Jaden, knocking him to the ground. (Jaden 3300-2000) "Now, Dragocytos, destroy Bladedge!" The dragon opened it's mouth a let out a burst of purple energy at Bladedge.

Jaden stood up. "I activate my trap card, Hero Barrier! If I have an Elemental Hero monster, I negate an attack of yours!" A small vortex of energy shielded Bladedge from the attack.

"...Why would you run that card?" Scott asked.

"What do you mean?"

"Do you know how many cards you could use that would do the job better? Negate Attack, a card that you have by the way, Magic Cylinder, Mirror Force, Waboku. All cards that can not only protect yourself from the attack, but would be easier to activate since they don't require to have an Elemental Hero on the field. And all of them do more than simply stop a SINGLE attack."

Jaden shrugged. "I use an Elemental Hero deck, so-"

"And that's exactly why you're so bad at constructing a deck." Scott set a card. "I end my turn."

Jaden drew a card. "I activate the spell card, Pot of Greed." Jaden drew two cards from his deck. "I switch my Bladedge to defense mode and end my turn."

Scott drew. "Dragocytos's effect activates again, halving the attack points of Bladedge even further." Dark aura started to syrround Bladedge again (1300-650/800). "And of course, you take damage equal to the lost attack. The aura shot out at Jaden, causing him to fall onto one knee. (Jaden 2000-1350) "Now Dragocytos, destroy Bladedge!" A burst of purple energy was fired at Bladedge, destroying it. "Now, I activate the effect of Dragocytos. When it destroys a monster by battle, it can attack a second time."

"No way!" Syrus yelled.

"That Jaden guy's toast." Chumley said to himself.

From the mouth on Dragocytos's chest, a second burst of purple energy was shot towards Jaden. "I activate my quickplay spell, The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh! Thanks to this card, I get to special summon a friend of mine. I special summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode!(300/200)." A creature seemingly made of brown fur, with two large angel wings and no mouth appeared on Jaden's side of the field.

"Buying time eh? Dragocytos, destroy Winged Kuriboh!" The purple burst of energy reached Kuriboh, destroying the small creature.

"Thanks for having my back pal." Jaden said. A transparent image of the creature appeared by Jaden and did the closest thing it could do to a s mile with no mouth.

"What the-?" Chumley rubbed his eyes. "Am...am I seeing things?"

"I end my turn. Scott said.

Jaden drew a card. "I activate the spell card E-Emergency Call! I get to add an Elemental Hero monster from my deck to m hand." Jaden reached into his deck, picked a card, and immediately played it. "I summon my Elemental Hero Bubbleman (800/1200)." A man in blue armor with a white cape and a hose-like decive strapped onto his arm appeared on Jaden's side of the field. "And since Bubbleman's the only monster on my field, I get to draw two cards!" Jaden drew two cards and looked at them. "Sweetness! I activate the spell card O-Oversoul! I get to special summon a Normal Monster that's an Elemental Hero from my graveyard. I choose my Elemental Hero Sparkman (1600/1400)!" A man with blue and yellow arrmor appeared on Jaden's side of the field.

"I guess you sent to the grave with the previous Graceful Charity. Not like it matters. Neither monster can do anything to Dragocytos."

Jaden smiled. "Remember when I said there was a single fusion monster in my graveyard? Well you're about to meet him. I activate the spell card Metamorphosis! With this card, I tribute a monster on my side of the field to special summon a Fusion Monster with the same level. I sacrifice my Bubbleman to special summon, Elemental Hero Neo Bubbleman (800/1200)!" A man looking very similar to Bubbleman, but with a more fish-like armor appeared on Jaden's field. "It might be a Fusion Monster, but it can only be special summoned with Bubbleman and the effect of Metamorphosis. Now, I equip Neo Bubbleman with Bubble Blaster!" A torpedo launcher with a water jug attached to it was wiellded by the moster. "This raises his attack points by 800!" (800-1600/1200)

"Great. Now how does that help you?"

"You'll see. Neo Bubbleman, attack Dracotyos!" A stream of water was shot out from Neo Bubbleman's blaster.

"WHAT?!" Syrus, Scott, Chumley, and Ghassan all yelled simultaneously.

"Is this his way of giving up or something?" Ghassan asked.

Damian chuckled. "You don't remember the effect of Bubble Blaster, do you Ghassan?"

Dracotyos released a breath of purple energy at the water, causing an explosion from the collision. "I activate the effect of Bubble Blaster! When Bubbleman or Neo Bubbleman would be destroyed, the Blaster goes to the grave instead, and I take no damage."

"Great, so you decided to get rid of it for nothing then." Scott replied.

Jaden nodded. "Not exactly." The dust cleared up, and it was revealed that Dracotyos was no longer on the field.

"Wh-what happened?" Chumley asked.

The five took notice of Chumley's presence. "Neo Bubbleman's effect activated. When it does battle with a monster, that monster gets destroyed after damage calculation." Jaden explained.

"Alright! Way to play J!" Syrus cheered.

"Now Sparkman, attack directly!" Sparkman generated a lightning bolt before tossing it at Scott, electrifying him. (Scott 3400-1800). Scott started panting rapidly.

Chumley stared at the scene, amazed. "I totally would have given if I were in his shoes. But he took out that monster and turned the game around."

"God I wish I were dueling Jaden right now." Damian said. "It's so cool to see him pull off stuff like this."

"Your move." Jaden said.

Scott didn't reply. He was busy putting a hand on his chest, hyperventilating. 'That...that seemed so real. I thought I was gonna get electrocuted there. It's just a hologram and this isn't a shadow game but...'

"Um...you ok man?" Jaden asked.

Scott snapped back to reality. He calmed himself down. "Yeah. Just wasn't expecting you to pull such a dumb move on my Corrupted Nethersoul Dragon."

"What do you mean dumb move?" Syrus asked. "He totaled your monster."

"Yeah. At the cost of three cards and having an 800 attack point monster on the field ready to be attacked. If he just used a card like Raigeki or Dark Hole, Nethersoul Dragon would have been destroyed AND he'd have more cards in his hand."

"Hey, if it gets the job done, it's a good play in my eyes." Jaden replied. "Besides, if you attack Neo-Bubbleman, your monster will get destroyed too."

"You're a good duelist Jaden, but a lousy deck builder." Scott drew a card. "I summon Decoy Dragon (300/200) in defense mode." A tiny blue dragon with a spike on it's head appeared on Scott's side of the field. "I set a card face down. I end my turn."

Jaden drew a card, put it in his hand, and got out another card. "I activate the spell card H-Heated Heart! With this card, one elemental hero monster of my choice gains 500 attack points, and it does piercing damage if it attacks a monster in defense position. I pick my Elemental Hero Sparkman!" Flames started to grow around Sparkman (1600-2100/1400). "Now Sparkaman, attack Decoy Dragon!" The elemental hero ran towards the set monster, lightning bolt in hand.

Scott smiled. "You really should have paid attention to the monster's name."

"Huh?" Jaden replied. A giant rabbit-like dragon appeared in between the two monsters. "HUH!?"

"You activated Decoy Dragon's effect! When it's targeted for an attack, I can special summon a level 7 or higher dragon monster from my graveyard and select it as the target instead. I chose my Rabidragon! (2950/2900)" Rabidragon slashed through Sparkman, destroying him. (Jaden 1350-500).

"Wait, why didn't Scott special summon Dragocytos?" Ghassan wondered. "He would have won if he did."

"I don't know for sure, but I have a guess." Damian answered. "Scott wants to prolong the duel as much as he can."

"Why's that?"

"Because he wants to see Jaden pull off another comeback just as much as I do." Damian smiled.

Ghassan groaned. 'Did they forget that we're only supposed to be PRETENDING we like Jaden?'

"Man, I sure am in trouble." Jaden laughed. "I switch my Neo Bubbleman to defense mode. Then I summon my Elemental Hero Avian (1000/1000) in defense mode." A man with talons, and covered in green feathers and two large green wings apparead on Jaden's side of the field. "Next I activate Cards of Sanctity! We both draw until we have six cards in our hand." Jaden and Scott did exactly that. "I set a card and end my turn." Jaden said.

Scott drew a card. "I'm not gonna have Rabidragon destroyed just to get rid of Neo Bubbleman. I summon Alexandrite Dragon (2000/100) in attack mode. Alexandrite Dragon, destroy Neo Bubbleman!" Alexandrite Dragon rushed up at the monster.

"I activate my trap card, Invincible Hero! When targeted for an attack, my monsters aren't destroyed this turn!" Alexandrite's claw bounched harmlessly off Neo Bubbleman. "And due to Neo Bubbleman's effect, your monster is destroyed." Alexandrite Dragon shattered into pieces.

"Why not just run Waboku? It'd do the same thing and more." Scott asked.

"Like I said, I don't complain if it gets the job done. Besdies, it has Hero in it's name. I couldn't resist."

Scott rolled his eyes. "I set a card facedown and end my turn." Scott looked at Jaden. 'I gotta admit, I'm curious to see if you can pull this around Jaden. It's why I chose to special summon Rabidragon that turn instead of Dragocytos.' Scott looked at his hand, one card being a spell depicting a dragon shooting out a fireball. 'Dragon's Gunfire. In the anime world where duelists are often only in the triple digits before winning, it's a game-changer.' Scott looked back to Jaden. 'With you not using Fusion Monsters excluding Neo Bubbleman, I'd expect us to deck out before you can turn things around. If you don't win the duel this turn, it's over.'

Chumley stared at the field intensely, eager to see what the Slifer who somehow re-sparked his interest in dueling would do.

"My draw." Jaden drew a card. "I activate Pot of Greed to draw two cards." Jaden drew two cards from his deck. "Sweetness. First I activate the spell card Hammer Shot! This card destroys the monster on the field with the highest amount of attack points."

Scott gritted his teeth as a giantic mallet came from above and smashed Rabidragon, destroying it. "It's not like you can attack though thanks to Decoy Dragon's effect."

"I'll worry about that next turn. Now, I activate R-Righteous Justice. I destroy spell and trap cards you control equal to the number of Elemental Hero monsters I have. Since I control two, both of your set cards are destroyed!"

"Sorry. I activate my trap card, Dark Bribe." Scott replied.

Syrus's eyes widened. "That's the same card the other guy used against Alexis."

"You draw a card, and your spell gets negated and destroyed."

Jaden frowned, and put his fingers in between the top card of his deck. 'With R-Righteous Justice in the grave, I have all four of the letter Hero spells in the graveyard now. If I can draw the card I need, I can win this.' "Here goes nothing!" Jaden drew, looked at one of the cards, and smiled. "I activate the spell card Hero Flash!"

"Hero Flash?" Scott asked.

Ghassan turned to Damian for an answer, who shrugged. He didn't remember everything about GX.

"I activate this card by removing from play my H-Heated Heart, E-Emergency Call, R-Righteous Justice, and O-Oversoul from my grave. With it, I special summon a Normal monster that's an Elemental Hero. I choose my Elemental Hero Clayman (800/2000) in defense mode!" A muscular figure made out of clay appeared on Scott's side of the field.

"REALLY risky to try and run that card from the looks of it. It's activation requirement is so specific. And if you draw it when you don't have the other four spell cards in your grave, it's pretty much a waste of a card in your hand."

Jaden ignored him. "Next I switch my Avian to attack position and activate Feather Shot! Remember when you trash talked this card Scott? This card lets Avian attack equal to the amount of Elemental Hero monsters on the field, but the other can't attack. With him, Clayman, and Neo-Bubbleman on the field, Avian can attack three times!"

"And how will that change things?" Scott asked. "If you attack Decoy Dragon, it'll just switch the target to either my Rabidragon or Dragocytos."

"He has a point. How is Feather Shot gonna matter?" Chumley wondered.

Jaden chuckled. "There's one other effect of Hero Flash."

"Huh?" Scott replied.

"When Hero Flash is activated, all Normal Elemental Hero monsters can attack you directly. And since Avian can attack three times now..."

Scott gasped.

Damian and Ghassan's eyes widened, the former shivering in excitement. "He found a way!"

"I can't believe it..." Chumley said.

"Go Avian! Feather Shot, times three!" Avian jumped into the air, ready to launch feathers at Scott.

Scott smiled. "You're really good at working with such a bad deck. But it's not enough. I activate my trap card, Half Or Nothing. During my opponent's Battle Phase, they get to select one of two effects. The first is that the attack points of all their monsters are cut in half until the end of the Battle Phase. The second is that their Battle Phase is ended automatically. Your pick."

Jaden gritted his teeth. "I choose to halve my monster's attack points." Elemental Hero Avian (1000-500) Avian shot out a barrage of feathers from his wings at Scott. It took a pause before shooting them out a second time. Another pause before shooting a third barrage of feathers. (Scott 1800-300) "I end my turn." Jaden said.

Scott drew, put the card back in his hand, and got out another one. "It's over Jaden. I activate the spell card, Dragon's Gunfire. If I have a dragon monster on my side of the field, I get to either destroy a monster you have with 800 or less defense points, or I get to deal 800 points of damage to you. Since you only have 500 life points left, guess which effect I choose?" Jaden hung his head down. "Decoy Dragon, finish Jaden off. Dragon's Gunfire!" The small blue dragon opened it's mouth before launching a fireball towards Jaden.

Jaden turned his head back up with a smile. "I'll get you next time Scott! You can count on that!" The fireball reached Jaden, knocking him to the ground. (Jaden 500-0)

Scott deactivated his duel disk, and the holograms disappeared. 'Like I thought. Even if the decks using them aren't built around doing burn damage, they can make a huge difference in duels when the life point total if only 4000.' Scott walked up to Jaden. "I told you that you wouldn't win when you take the Elemental Heroes out of their...Element." Scott smirked at his accidental pun.

Jaden stood up and smiled. "I might have lost, but you gotta admit, I almost had you there by the end."

Scott snorted. "The only reason you got to that point in the first place is because I chose to revive Rabidragon instead of Dragocytos. I was holding back and you still lost."

Jaden laughed while rubbing his head. "Well I was holding back too, remember?" Jaden stopped laughing. "Still, I realized you were right. The way my deck isn't the most practical. Looking back on it, if you didn't have the face-down, I still wouldn't have needed Feather Shot since if I summoned Clayman in attack mode, Avian and Clayman would have been enough to deplete your life points. I just wanted to use Feather Shot because I figured it'd be cool."

Scott raised an eyebrow. "Huh. Was expecting you to stubbornly keep your deck the way it is."

"Well..." Jaden got out his deck and looked through his cards. "I'll probably make some changes after this duel, but I'll keep my deck the way it is for the most part."

"But you just admitted your deck isn't that practical."

"Yeah, but I like these guys too much to not send them out to battle or to not have cards that focus on them." Jaden put his deck back in his pocket. "Ever since I was a kid, I loved stories about superheroes, and I never felt that weaker heroes were only meant to support the stronger ones. All of them have traits that make them special, and that's what makes them so cool. So sure, there won't be too many oppertunities for me to use Feather Shot. And sure, there are cards that can do what Neo-Bubbleman can do and better. But that doesn't matter for me. These guys are my favorites, and I'll definitely jump on any oppertunity to have them shine."

Scott shrugged. "Well, your choice if you want to have a sub-par deck. Still, if you want me to help fix your deck, hit me up."

"Awesome duel Jaden! Next time, you and me are dueling!" Damian yelled out.

Jaden grinned. "You got it! To both of you!" He then turned to Scott."And we should totally have a rematch sometime. Next time, I'm using my other Fusion Monsters."

Chumley was surprised for anybody to take a loss this well. He went back into his dorm room and got back to his bed, pretending to nap while thinking about the duel.

Ghassan turned on the tape recorder in his pocket, and walked up to Jaden and Scott. "Man, that was an even closer duel then when I faced Alexis the other day. Remember that Jaden?"

"Yeah. That was pretty sweet. It was really cool to see those Xyz and Synchro monsters for the first time."

Damian walked up to the others. "So, how did you come to duel Alexis anyway?" He didn't miss the line his brother was casting.

"That's a good question. Why don't you tell him Jaden?" Ghassan asked.

"These two wanted to duel me and Alexis, so they pretended like they were dueling to get Alexis to report me and Syrus."

"Report you guys for what?" Damian asked.

Syrus walked besides Jaden. "It's...kinda embarassing. Long story short, there was a set-up and a slip-up, and I ended up being tricked to going to the girl's dorm. Jaden dueled Alexis to save me."

Ghassan frowned, and turned off the tape recorder. He was skeptical if the recording would be enough to get Jaden expelled if the recording stated that the Slifers were set up to go there. "Well, talk to you guys later. I'm off to my dorm."

"Yeah, us to." Scott said.

Jaden nodded. "Later guys."

Jaden and Syrus walked up the stairs to get to their dorm room. After they went inside, Ghassan turned to Scott and Damian. "I got the recording. Not sure how useful it will be to get Jaden and Syrus expelled though."

"Yeah. They did say they were set up after all." Scott replied.

"So, if it doesn't work, we'll need to have an entirely new plan to get them expelled then?" Damian asked.

Ghassan made a so-so gesture. "I kinda have a plan already." He turned to Scott. "Rmember when Crowler gave us the tape recorder? Well...Jaden and Syrus aren't the only people we can bust with it."

Ghassan pressed a different button on the device, and a recording of his own voice played. "So, you want us to help you sabotage Jaden and get him expelled, right?"

An incriminating response with a familiar voice played. "Indeed."

Ghassan turned off the tape recorder. "Chancellor Sheppard will have quite a few questions for Crowler if he finds out about this. I take it you guys know what I'm getting at?"

"Blackmail Crowler obviously. But to get him to do...what exactly?" Scott wondered.

"There's an episode in the series where Jaden and Syrus duel the Paradox brothers to avoid expulsion right?"

"Two-parter, yeah." Damian confirmed.

"We know that Jaden and Syrus win. But if we convince Crowler to get you two to duel them instead, that can change."

"Huh. That could work." Scott said. "Still, I only beat Jaden because he gave himself a handicap."

"Yeah, but you were holding back, so it balances out." Ghassan could tell by Scott's expression that he wasn't so sure. "Whatever. It's the best shot we have at the moment. Anyway, I'm going to my room. You guys should go back to the Ra Yellow dorm. Later." Ghassan opened the door to his room and went inside it, Scott and Damian heading to the Ra Yellow dorm.


Damian was typing on his computer. 'Using Synchros and Xyz monsters will draw too much suspicion to us if we don't come up with a source eh? Well, let's make a source.'

Damian took out his phone, snapped a photo of a card that he got out, and transferred the picture to his computer. "Might not be the most high-quality picture of a card, but I don't think I need such high production to sell the cards."

He continued typing into the computer before finishing. On the screen was a picture of the Xyz monster, Number 39: Utopia (2500/2000). Next to the picture was a description about the monster's effect, how to summon it, along with the starting bid of the card "And it won't hurt to make some money off it either." Damian hit the enter button.