Chapter 26, Duel academy vs North academy.
The duel arena was being set up ready for the duel between Chazz and Robin, some of the students was already waiting in the stands wanting to get the best seats, all around the arena there was cameras that was being set up to broadcast the duel across the whole world.
One by one more people arrived on the island, some had arrived by boat and other by helicopter, these people had come from all over Japan just to watch the duel in person.
Robin was currently surrounded by the other students, most of Duel academy wanted to wish him good luck, "Good luck out there" said a Slifer, "Show that dropout how to really duel" said a Obelisk, one by one everyone said something encouraging.
Out of the corner of his eye Robin noticed that Zane was standing at the back of the crowd, Zane looked Robin directly in the eye and then left without saying a word, soon everyone started to leave so that they could still get a seat before they was all taken.
The only person who stayed behind was Alexis, "So how good do you think Chazz is now" she asked once everyone else was gone, "I don't know, but I doubt he could have become North academy's best student without improving since the last time we duelled" said Robin.
"You mean that time you wiped the floor with him" said Alexis trying to contain her laughter, Robin grinned "Yes, he wasn't very good back then" he said.
Before they could continue talking Dr Crowler appeared at the door, "Ms Rhodes what are you doing here" he asked, "I was just wishing Robin luck in the duel" said Alexis, "Well you should go and find yourself a seat or else they will all be taken" said Crowler, "Of course, bye Robin good luck against Chazz" said Alexis as she left the room.
"Now then Mr Thorn I hope that you are ready because the duel will begin shortly" said Crowler.
Chazz was busy looking though he deck, hoping to make some last minute improvements, Chancellor Foster had requested that no one was to disturbed Chazz so he could have some time alone to think.
Chazz was just putting his deck back together when he heard a knock on the door, "That's strange, the duel doesn't start for another twenty minutes" thought Chazz as he got up to answer the door.
Chazz opened the door and almost froze, standing at the door was his two older brothers Slade and Jagger.
Slade was the oldest of the three brothers he had a muscular build, black hair that reached the back of his neck and a small beard, Jagger was the middle brother, he had the slimiest build of the three brothers, a face that resembled a snake and short black hair, he was also carrying a silver briefcase.
Slade pushed Chazz aside and he and Jagger entered the room, Jagger then locked the door, "What are you two doing here" asked Chazz with the slightest hint of fear in his voice, "We came to see if our little brother can succeed for the first time in his life" said Jagger.
"As you know, us Princeton's are the best at what we do, I am at the top of the political world and Jagger is at the top of the financial world" said Slade, "But you Chazz have never achieved anything, you've always been the lazy one the weak one" said Jagger.
Chazz closed his eyes and wished that his brothers would disappear, "But now you've got a chance to prove yourself, prove to us that you are a true Princeton" said Slade, "You've failed in everything else, but maybe you can succeed in duelling" said Jagger.
Chazz opened his eyes as he realised what his brothers was talking about, "You want me to become a great duellist" he asked, "Not just a great duellist, we want you to become the greatest duellist in the world, like a true Princeton would" said Jagger.
"We've hired several camera crews to broadcast this duel across the whole world, so everyone will be watching when you win" said Slade, "But what if I don't win" asked a very nervous Chazz, both of his brothers stared at him as if he had said some type of horrible swear.
"You won't we've made sure of that" said Jagger as he placed the briefcase on a table and opened it, the briefcase was filled with powerful dragon cards all printed in the parallel rare variant, these cards could easily defeat most opponents in the hands of a skilled duellist.
"We spent one billion yen on these cards, so there's no chance of you losing" said Jagger, "You can use these cards instead of whatever crap you got from that frozen wasteland they call a school" said Slade.
Slade and Jagger both walked towards the door leaving the briefcase behind, "One more thing, don't disappoint us" said Slade threateningly, the two older brothers left the room leaving Chazz alone with the cards.
"Wow, I had no idea that your brothers was that mean, are you ok boss" asked a very concerned Ojama yellow who had just appeared beside Chazz, Chazz was too busy thinking about the cards in front of him to listen to the duel monster spirt.
Chazz looked at the briefcase filled with rare cards that his brothers had given him, then he looked at the deck he had built with the cards that Chancellor Foster had given him.
After almost two minutes of thinking Chazz picked up the deck that he had built at North academy and left the room ready to face Robin in a duel.
Jaden had been one of the first students to find a seat in the arena, next to him was Syrus and Chumley, all three of them was waiting for the duel to begin, "Man, when is this thing going to start" asked Jaden impatiently, "It starts soon Jaden, they just need to make sure that everyone's here" said Syrus.
"Can you two hold my seat, I need to run to the bathroom" said Jaden as he stood up "Sure thing Jaden, just hurry back" said Syrus.
Jaden ran as fast as he could to the nearest bathroom, just as he was about to go inside he heard some voices nearby, "Which room did they say it was" said the first voice, "It's the third door on the right, just remember to lock the door when we go in" said the second.
Jaden let his curiosity get the better of him and followed the voices, Jaden carefully peeked around a corner and saw two men dressed in suits walking towards Chazz's room, the men knocked on the door and then barged their way inside as soon as Chazz opened the door.
Jaden quickly ran forward and placed his ear against the door so he could heard what was being said on the other side, Jaden learned that the two men was Chazz's older brothers and they clearly had a very low opinion of Chazz.
Soon Jaden could hear that the men was about to leave the room so he quickly ran away from the door and hid inside the bathroom to avoid being seen, Jaden kept the door open a crack and watched Chazz's brothers walk passed him and towards the arena.
As soon as it was clear Jaden ran out of the bathroom and back to the arena so he could tell Syrus what he had heard, by the time Jaden returned the arena was now filled with people eagerly waiting for the duel to start.
Luckily for Jaden Syrus and Chumley had managed to keep his seat while he was gone, "Hey guys, you'll never guess what I just heard" said Jaden as he sat down, "Quiet it's about to start" said Chumley.
Jaden decided to tell his friends about what he heard later, as Jaden was watching Crowler step forward to make the opening announcements he suddenly felt a sense of discomfort run through his body as he realised the he had forgotten to go to the toilet.
The arena was completely filled, all of the seats had been taken and some people who had arrived late was forced to stand instead, Slade and Jagger was sitting in two reserved seats that was the closest to where Chazz would be standing.
Despite being one of the first to find a seat Zane had chosen a seat near the top of the arena where he would be out of everyone's way, Bastion was sitting only a couple of chars away from Jaden, Syrus and Chumley.
Because she had arrived a little late Alexis was unable to find an empty seat and instead was standing near the railing along will the other people who couldn't find a seat.
Chancellor Shepperd and Foster was sitting next to each other in reserved seats that would give them both the best view possible.
Dr Crowler walked into the middle of the arena holding a microphone in his hand, "Welcome all to the annual duel between Duel academy and North academy, the school that emerges victorious shall receive the academy trophy which they will keep until next year" said Crowler into the microphone.
"As I'm sure you all know both schools have chosen one of their students to represent them in this duel, so let's meat the contestants" said Crowler.
"Representing North academy we have Chazz Princeton" said Crowler, all of the North academy students began cheering "Chazz it up" as Chazz stepped into view and into the arena, Slade and Jagger only stared at Chazz with emotionless looks in their eyes.
"And now representing Duel academy we have Robin Thorn" said Crowler, Robin entered the arena and all of the duel academy students cheered, except for Jaden who was now crossing his legs trying not to think about his full bladder.
Though Robin didn't know how Chazz may have changed since he last saw him he was still confident that he could win, Chazz was feeling more anxious than ever before, he know that not only was all of North academy relying on him, he also know that he's brothers would most likely disown him if he lost.
Soon it was decided that Chazz would take the first turn and the most important duel that Chazz had ever taken part in began.
"Ok, I summon a monster in defence mode and end my turn" said Chazz as he took his first turn.
Robin started his turn, "I summon Crusader of endymion in attack mode and attack your monster" said Robin.
Crusader of endymion ATK 1900 DEF 1200 LV 4 LIGHT spellcaster.
Crusader of endymion attacked and destroyed Chazz's monster which was revealed to be Masked dragon.
Masked dragon ATK 1400 DEF 1100 LV 3 FIRE dragon.
"Thanks for that, when my Masked dragon is destroyed it lets me summon a dragon monster with an ATK of 1500 or less from my deck, and I think I'll summon Armed dragon LV3" said Chazz as Armed dragon LV3 appeared on his side of the field.
Armed dragon LV3 ATK 1200 DEF 900 LV 3 WIND dragon.
Shepperd was shocked to see Armed dragon, "How did he get that card, did you give him that card" Shepperd asked Foster, Foster smiled and said "What can I say, I wanted to win this year".
Slade and Jagger looked annoyed "That's not one of the cards we gave him" said Jagger, "That idiot, he didn't take the cards that we gave him, how stupid can he get" said Slade while looking like he was about to murder Chazz.
"I'll play one card face down and end my turn" said Robin.
Chazz drew his card, "First I'll use the effect of my Armed dragon LV3, I can sacrifice my dragon to summon Armed dragon LV5 from my deck" said Chazz as Armed dragon LV5 appeared in the place of Armed dragon LV3.
Armed dragon LV5 ATK 2400 DEF 1700 LV 5 WIND dragon.
"Next I'll activate the spell card Stamping destruction, because I control a dragon type monster this card lets me destroy your face down card and deal 500 points of damage to your LP" said Chazz.
Robin's face dawn card which was revealed to be Shadow spell was destroyed and Robin lost 500 LP.
Robin LP 4000 – 500 = 3500.
"Now Armed dragon destroy Robin's monster" ordered Chazz, Armed dragon destroyed Crusader of endymion.
Robin LP 3500 – 500 = 3000.
"Next I'll place one card face down and end my turn" said Chazz, "However because Armed dragon LV5 destroyed one of your monsters by battle this turn, I can now tribute him to summon Armed dragon LV7 from my deck" continued Chazz as Armed dragon LV7 appeared in the place of Armed dragon LV5.
Armed dragon LV7 ATK 2800 DEF 1000 LV 7 WIND dragon.
Wow boss, you're really wiping the floor with this guy" said Ojama yellow as he appeared on Chazz's shoulder, "Thanks" whispered Chazz making sure no one could hear him.
In the stands Winged kuriboh appeared next to Jaden, "What's the matter little guy" asked Jaden who was still trying to ignore his need for the toilet, Winged kuriboh directed Jaden's attention towards Chazz, Jaden looked closely and noticed Ojama yellow on Chazz's shoulder.
"Wow, I would have never guessed that Chazz had a duel spirit too, guess you learn something new every day" said Jaden laughing, "Jaden who are you talking too" asked Syrus with a hint of worry in his voice.
Robin started his turn, "I play a monster in defence mode, and place one card face down, now I end my turn" he said.
Chazz started his turn, "First I'll activate my face down card, Dragon's rage, as long as this card remains on the field all of my dragon monsters can deal piercing damage" said Chazz as he activated his trap card.
"Now Armed dragon attack his monster" said Chazz, Armed dragon LV7 attacked and destroyed Robin's monster which was revealed to be Skilled white magician, because of Dragon's rage Robin still took damage.
Skilled white magician ATK 1700 DEF 1900 LV 4 LIGHT spellcaster.
Robin LP 3000 – 900 = 2100.
"And with that I'll end my turn" said Chazz smiling, "Not so fast, I activate my face down card Scapegoat, this lets me summon four sheep tokens to my side of the field" said Robin, Chazz looked annoyed.
4x Sheep token ATK 0 DEF 0 LV 1 EARTH beast.
Robin's turn started, "I equip my blue Sheep token with the spell card United we stand, this will increases my monsters ATK and DEF by 800 for every monster I control" said Robin.
Sheep token ATK 0 + 3200 = 3200 DEF 0 + 3200 = 3200.
"Now I'll switch my blue Sheep token into attack mode and attack your Armed dragon" said Robin. Armed dragon LV7 was destroyed, "Now I'll play a card face down and end my turn".
Chazz LP 4000 – 400 = 3600.
"Don't count on that saving you" said Chazz as he started his turn, "I activate Level modulation, this card lets me summon a LV monster from my graveyard ignoring it's summoning conditions, but in exchange you get to draw two cards" explained Chazz as Armed dragon LV7 returned to the field.
Armed dragon LV7 ATK 2800 DEF 1000 LV 7 WIND dragon.
"And that's not all, now I'll sacrifice my monster to summon Armed dragon LV10 from my hand" said Chazz.
Armed dragon LV10 ATK 3000 DEF 2000 LV 10 WIND dragon.
"Now I'll use my dragon's effect, by discarding one card in my hand my dragon will destroy all face up monsters you control" said Chazz as he discarded Ojama yellow to destroy all of Robin's monsters, "Armed dragon attack his LP directly" ordered Chazz.
Armed dragon LV10 attacked, "I activate my face down card Shrink, this will cut your monster's attack in half for one turn" said Robin, Armed dragon finished it's attack.
Armed dragon LV10 ATK 3000 – 1500 = 1500.
Robin LP 2100 – 1500 = 600.
Chazz looked annoyed as he ended his turn.
Robin drew his card and smiled, "This duel is over" he thought, "I summon Keeper of dragon magic in attack mode" said Robin, many members of the audience was surprised as Robin summoned his monster, "That's the card Robin used to beat me" thought Crowler remembering the painful memory.
Keeper of dragon magic ATK 1800 DEF 1300 LV 4 DARK dragon.
"And now I'll use my monster's first effect, this lets me discard one card to add Polymerization to my hand" said Robin as he discarded Buster Blader, "Now I'll use my monster's second effect, this lets me reveal one fusion monster in my extra deck to summon one of its fusion materials from the graveyard in face down defence position".
Robin revealed his Dark paladin so he could summon the Buster blader he had just sent to the graveyard, "And now I use Polymerization to fuse my Buster blader and Keeper of dragon magic to summon Buster blader the dragon destroyer swordsman" said Robin.
Buster blader the dragon destroyer swordsman ATK 2800 DEF 2500 LV 8 LIGHT warrior.
Chazz began to panic, he know that the monster Robin had just summoned was every dragon deck's worst nightmare.
"And now my new monster's effects will activate, first all dragon monsters you control are forced into defence mode and they lose their effects" said Robin as Armed dragon LV10 was forced into defence position.
"Second my Buster blader gains 1000 ATK and DEF points for every dragon on your side of the field and in your graveyard, that gives him a boost of 5000 points" said Robin, the Duel academy students cheered as Buster blader's power increased.
Buster blader the dragon destroyer swordsman ATK 2800 + 5000 = 7800 DEF 2500 + 5000 = 7500.
"Buster blader attack his Armed dragon" ordered Robin, "One more thing, Buster blader deals piercing damage as well" he added almost as an afterthought, Armed dragon LV10 was destroyed.
Chazz LP 3600 – 5800 = 0.
Chazz looked like he was close to tears as his LP hit zero, Chancelor Foster and the North academy students was all too stunned to say a word, nothing but cheers could be heard from the Duel academy students and teachers, Jaden had jumped out of his seat as soon as the duel was over and run to the nearest bathroom.
Slade and Jagger looked furious that Chazz had lost, suddenly Slade jumped out of his seat and ran towards Chazz, "Chazz you stupid bastard" shouted Slade, as soon as he was close enough Slade grabbed Chazz by the shirt and lifted him up ready to beat him within an inch of his life.
Yuri and several other North academy students began to run towards Chazz determined to help him, "Don't you know what you've done, you've embarrassed our family in front of the whole world" shouted Slade, the North academy surrounded Slade.
"Why didn't you use the cards we gave you" shouted Slade, "If I won this duel I wanted it to be with the deck I earned, not the one you gave my" said Chazz looking his brother in the eyes, this only made Slade angrier.
Slade was about to punch Chazz, "I wouldn't do that if I was you" said Robin who was also surrounding Slade, "Why not" shouted Slade clearly just as angry at Robin as he was at Chazz, "Because those cameras are still on" said Robin.
Slade looked around the room in horror as he realised that his attack on Chazz had been broadcast live across the whole world, Slade dropped Chazz and then quickly ran out of the room as fast as he could, closely followed by Jagger.
