Chapter 24, Jaden vs Robin.

Chancellor Sheppard, Zane and all of the teachers was sitting in a large meeting room, Sheppard had requested that all of the teachers would attend this meeting and most of the teachers was very confused as to why they was here.

Sheppard stood up from his chair, "I would like to thank you all for coming here, I'm sure you are all wondering why I called this meeting" he said, all of the teachers nodded, "As you all know the yearly duel between Duel academy and North academy is drawing closer and I would like to discuss with you all who should represent us this year" he continued.

Many of the teachers was confused by what Sheppard had said, "Chancellor surely Zane is going to represent us this year, he is our best duellist" said Fontaine, " True, however I have been told that North academy is using a first year student, and after talking to Zane we have decided that it is only fair if we use a first year as well" said Sheppard.

Crowler was worried by this "But Chancellor, Zane is the reason that we have defeated North academy two years in a row, we can't afford to use someone else" he said, "I understand Dr, but this is Zane's last year and we can't rely on him forever, I think we should prove that we don't need Zane to win" said Sheppard.

"Now then, does anyone have any suggestions on who should represent us this year" asked Sheppard, "Jaden Yuki" replied Zane, "Yes Jaden is an excellent duellist, I'm sure he will not disappoint us" said Banner with a smile, "I agree Jaden is a fine duellist" said Sheppard.

Crowler began to panic "No not Jaden, anyone but him" he thought, "Wait Chancellor, surely there are better first year students then Jaden we could use" he said, "Well Dr if you can think of someone better that please tell us" said Sheppard.

Crowler started to panic again he hadn't thought this far ahead, "Think Crowler, a first year who is better than Jaden, Bastion, no, no, Bastion lost to Jaden a couple of days ago" he thought.

Crowler could see that the other teachers was watching him waiting for an answer, "Robin Thorn" he almost shouted before covering his mouth in shock at what he just said, "Yes Robin, he would be an excellent choice" said Fontaine, "I agree Mr Thorn has some of the highest scores in his year" said Sartyr.

"Well I believe that the only fair way to decide is for Jaden and Robin to duel each other, and the winner will represent Duel academy" said Sheppard, "It doesn't matter, Jaden will win regardless" said Zane.

"Now then we can hold the duel in two days, that will give those boys time to prepare, and time for us to organise the duel I want the entire school to see who will be representing them" said Sheppard.

"Professor Banner would you please inform Jaden of this duel, and Dr Crowler would you please inform Robin" said Sheppard, "Of course" said Banner with a smile as he left the room, Crowler left without saying a word.

On his way to the Obelisk boys dorm Crowler kept thinking about what he said, "Why did I say Robin, Why, I hate that boy almost as much as I hate Jaden, Why did I say Robin", however the more he thought about it the less he regretted what he said, "Well at least Robin's an Obelisk, and he's not a slacker like Jaden, maybe he was a good choice".

Jaden was lying in bed, it was still early in the morning and he hadn't bothered to get dressed yet, suddenly he heard a knock on the door, Jaden jumped out of bed and nearly feel over his duel disk which was laying on the flour.

Jaden opened the door expecting it to be a Slifer student but quickly closed it again when he saw Professor Banner, "Jaden are you ok" said Banner's voice from the other side of the door, "Just fine" said Jaden as he quickly put on his jeans.

After putting on his jeans Jaden answered the door, "Hey teach, what's up" he said, "Jaden I have good news for you, Chancellor Sheppard would like you to duel a special opponent in two days and if you win then you will be representing us against North academy" said Banner.

Jaden was overjoyed at what he heard "That's great, who am I duelling" he asked, "You will be duelling Robin" said Banner, Jaden became even more exited, he had been wanting to duel Robin again for ages and now he finally had his chance.

Robin was in his room sitting at his desk reading a book, suddenly he heard a knock at his door and walked over to answer it, Robin opened the door and saw Crowler standing there.

"Dr Crowler, how nice to see you" said Robin with a fake smile, "Mr Thorn, I have come to inform you that in two days you will duel Jaden Yuki for the right to represent Duel academy in our upcoming duel against North academy" said Crowler and then he walked away without saying another word.

Robin closed the door, "So they want me to duel Jaden, good I've wanted to wipe that smile off his face for a while now" he thought.

It didn't take long for the entire school to hear about Jaden and Robin's upcoming duel, it became very obvious that while the Slifer's was rooting for Jaden the Obelisk's was rooting for Robin, as for the Ra's they seemed to be split on who they wanted to win.

Jaden was sitting in the dining room eating a bowl of rice, "Jaden don't you think you should be preparing for you duel with Robin" asked Syrus who was sitting next to Jaden, "No not really" said Jaden with his mouth full of rice.

"But Jaden, I've only seen Robin duel a few time, but a lot of people say that he's really good" said Syrus, "Don't worry Sy, I'll just wing it like I always do, I mean what's the worst that can happen" said Jaden with a confident smile.

Over at the Obelisk dorm Robin was in his room with his entire deck laid out on his desk, "So are you sure your happy with your deck" asked Alexis who had offered to come over and help Robin prepare his deck.

"Yes, I think that should do, truth be told I've been meaning to modify my deck for a while now" said Robin, the two looked over his deck, Robin had removed several cards and added new ones, the biggest change was that he had removed all Dracoverlord and Dracoslayer monsters from his deck.

Robin began to gather his cards together, "Thanks for the help Alexis, I really appreciate it" he said, Alexis smiled "It was nothing, just promise me you'll win" she said, "I promise" said Robin.

The day of the duel had arrived, the entire school had gathered at the school's largest arena to see who would be representing them against North academy, on one side sat the Obelisk students and on the other sat the Slifer's with the Ra's sitting in the middle.

Everyone seemed to have their own opinion on who was going to win, "So Chumley who do you think is going to win" asked Syrus, "Are you kidding me, Jaden's got this in the bag" said Chumley confidently.

"I wouldn't be so sure if I was you" came a voice, Syrus and Chumley looked behind them and saw Brier and Beauregard the Ra students who had been demoted to Slifer, "Robin's a really good duellist, I don't think Jaden can handle him" said Brier, "Well Jaden always finds a way to win, no matter how good his opponent is" said Chumley though he was feeling less confident now.

Sitting in the middle of all the Ra yellows was Bastion thinking about who was going to win, "Thinking about this logically, Jaden was able to overcome my specially made deck while Robin was not, so I believe that Jaden has the advantage in this duel" he thought.

Alexis was sitting amongst all of the Obelisk blue students feeling a little nerves about the duel which was going to start in a few minutes, suddenly Zane sat next to her, "Nice to see you came to watch the duel as well" said Alexis, "I don't know why I bothered, I already know that Jaden's going to win" said Zane.

"You can't be serious, Jaden doesn't stand a chance" said Torrey the student who tried to summon a duel monster spirt, "I disagree, I think that Robin's the one who doesn't stand a chance" said Damon the boy who had been living out in the forest until just recently.

Everyone became silent as Crowler began to speak in to a microphone, "Welcome everyone to one of the most important duels of the year, as you all know the winner of this duel will be representing us in our duel against North academy" he said.

"Now then it's time to meet our duellists, first straight out of Slifer red we have Jaden Yuki" said Crowler, as Jaden walked out into the arena the Slifer student erupted into cheers, "And second from Obelisk blue we have Robin Thorn" said Crowler, The cheers from the Obelisk students was just as loud as the Slifer's as Robin walked out.

"Ok Robin, I hope you're ready to get your game on" said Jaden excited to start the duel, "Sorry Jaden, but this time it's game over" said Robin with a slightly sinister smile.

After a coin flip and a short talk it was decided that Robin would take the first turn, everybody in the room was silent eager to see who would win.

Robin looked at the cards in his hand and smiled, "Perfect" he thought, "To start I play a card face down, and then I summon Skilled white magician in attack mode" he said.

Skilled white magician ATK 1700 DEF 1900 LV 4 LIGHT spellcaster.

"But he won't be staying long, because I'll tribute him so I can special summon Silent magician from my hand, and for every card in my hand she gains 500 more ATK points, and with that I end my turn" said Robin.

Silent magician ATK 1000 DEF 1000 LV 4 LIGHT spellcaster.

Silent magician ATK 1000 + 1500 = 2500.

Jaden started his turn "Aright, I activate Polymerization to fuse" said Jaden, but before he could continue he was interrupted by Robin, "I activate Silent magician's effect, once per turn she can negate one spell card" he said, Polymerization was sent to the graveyard without using its effect.

Jaden was slightly worried by what happened, "Ok then, I play a monster in defence mode and one card face dawn" he said, then he ended his turn.

Robin drew his card which caused Silent magician to gain 500 ATK points, "I summon Breaker the magical warrior in attack mode" said Robin, Breaker gained a spell counter and Silent magician's ATK returned to 2500 because Robin only had three cards in his hand now.

Breaker the magical warrior ATK 1600 DEF 1000 LV 4 DARK spellcaster.

Breaker the magical warrior ATK 1600 + 300 = 1900.

"Now I use Breaker's effect and remove his spell counter to destroy your face down card" said Robin, Breaker's spell counter was removed and Jaden's face down card which was revealed to be A hero emerges was destroyed.

Breaker the magical warrior ATK 1900 – 300 = 1600.

"Ok then Silent magician attack Jaden's monster" said Robin, Silent magician attacked and destroyed Jaden's monster which was revealed to be Sparkman, "Now Breaker attack him directly", Breaker attacked and then Robin ended his turn.

E HERO sparkman ATK 1600 DEF 1400 LV 4 LIGHT warrior.

Jaden LP 4000 – 1600 = 2400.

Jaden's turn started, "Ok then I play a monster in defence mode and end my turn" he said.

Robin smiled as he drew his card, "I summon Defender the magical knight in attack mode" Defender gained a spell counter, as Robin still had three cards in his hand Silent magician's ATK remained at 2500.

Defender the magical knight ATK 1600 DEF 2000 LV 4 LIGHT spellcaster.

"Silent magician attack his monster now" said Robin, Silent magician attacked and destroyed Jaden's monster which was Winged kuriboh, Robin know that because of Winged kuriboh's effect he couldn't deal any damage this turn so he ended his turn.

Winged kuriboh ATK 300 DEF 200 LV 1 LIGHT fairy.

Jaden started his turn and smiled, he had a plan that he hoped would work, "Ok I activate the spell card Skyscraper" he said, "Not so fast, I activate Silent magician's effect to negate your spell card" said Robin, Skyscraper went to the graveyard.

"That doesn't matter because now you can't stop me from activating Pot of greed, this lets me draw two cards" said Jaden as he drew two cards and grinned at what he drew.

"Ok now I activate Lightning vortex, now I can discard one card to destroy all face up monsters on your side of the field" said Jaden as he discarded Bladedge to destroy all of Robin's monsters.

Robin and the rest of Obelisk blue was shocked to see all three of his monsters destroyed by Jaden's spell card.

"Alright now I summon Ocean in attack mode, and I'll activate Miracle fusion to banish Sparkman and Bladedge from my graveyard to summon Plasma vice" said Jaden, the Slifer students began to cheer.

E HERO ocean ATK 1500 DEF 1200 LV 4 WATER warrior.

E HERO plasma vice ATK 2600 DEF 2300 LV 8 EARTH warrior.

"Elemental HERO ocean attack Robin directly" said Jaden, Ocean attacked, "Not so fast, I activate my trap card Blazing mirror force" said Robin as he activated his trap card, "Blazing mirror force?" said a very confused Jaden, it was obvious that he had never heard of this card before.

"Let me explain, first Blazing mirror force will destroy all of your monsters that are in attack mode" said Robin as both of Jaden's monsters was destroyed, "Second we both take damage equal to half of those monsters combined ATK", Jaden's eyes widened in panic as he realised how much damage he was about to take.

Robin LP 4000 – 2050 = 1950.

Jaden LP 2400 – 2050 = 350.

"So Jaden do you end your turn" asked Robin, Jaden looked at his hands, he had no cards on the field and no cards in his hand, he knew there was nothing he could do now, "I, end, my, turn" he struggled to say.

The Slifer red's had become silent it seemed that they all know what was about to happen.

Robin started his turn, "I summon Assault wyvern in attack mode, and now my dragon attack Jaden" he said, Assault wyvern attacked Jaden directly.

Assault wyvern ATK 1800 DEF 1000 LV 4 LIGHT dragon.

Jaden LP 350 – 1800 = 0.

As Jaden's LP fell to 0 the Obelisk student's erupted into a cheer that was almost deafening, even Crowler was cheering relieved to see someone beat Jaden, Jaden was in such a state of shock that he had to be led out of the arena by Banner who seemed just as shocked as he was.

"I don't believe it Jaden lost" said Syrus, Chumley was too surprised to speak, "How is this possible, I thought for sure Jaden was going to win" thought Bastion.

Alexis was cheering with the other Blue's, Zane who was still sitting next to her hadn't moved of said a word, he had been in a state of shock ever since Robin activated Blazing mirror force.

"Congratulations Robin Thorn, you will be representing us in our duel against North academy" said Sheppard who had stood up from his seat.

After several minutes Robin left the arena and thought about what was coming next, "I don't know who is representing North academy, but something tells me that my next duel won't be an easy one" he thought.