Chapter 52, searching for Chazz.

Jaden woke up to find something curled up at his feet, he looked towards the end of his bed and saw Professor Banner's cat Pharaoh asleep at his feet, after Banner's body was discovered yesterday Jaden had decided to take care of his cat.

Jaden carefully got out of bed as to not wake up Pharaoh, Syrus was already awake and ready for the day.

"Hey Sy, what lessons have we got today" asked Jaden as he got dressed, Syrus looked sadly to the floor, "We're supposed to have a class with Professor Banner, but" he said unable to finish his sentence.

Jaden sighed he had told both Syrus and Chumley about Professor Banner and they had taken the news quite badly, "So I guess we should just get to class and see what's going on than" said Jaden.

Jaden and Syrus meet Chumley in the dining room, he seemed to be just as depressed about their first lesson as Jaden and Syrus was, the other Slifer students still didn't know about what had happened to Banner but Jaden was sure that Chancellor Sheppard would tell them all his fake story today.

"Hey guys, where's Chazz" asked Syrus breaking Jaden from his thoughts, Jaden looked around the room but he couldn't see Chazz's black coat anywhere, "Maybe he went to class early again" suggested Jaden.

After breakfast Jaden, Syrus and Chumley all headed for class, when they got there they found that the classroom was full and that Chancellor Sheppard was sitting in Banner's chair.

"Is that everyone" asked Sheppard as the three sat down, Sheppard stood up, he was holding a paper in his hands and all of the Key keepers knew what was written on it.

"Children, I am sorry to inform you but Professor Banner will no longer be teaching at Duel academy, I am sad to say that yesterday Professor Banner boarded a boat to visit the mainland and that boat sadly sank" said Sheppard, many of the students was shocked at this while the Key keepers was rolling their eyes.

"I regret to inform you that Professor Banner did not survive" said Sheppard, some of the children had tears in their eyes at hearing this, "I can assure you that we will find someone to fill the hole left by Professor Banner, but until then all of Professor Banner's lessons will be cancelled" continued Sheppard.

"Now I hope that you all will take this time to mourn for our dear friend and remember the good times we had with him, thank you" finished Sheppard and then he left the room.

After Sheppard left all of the children started to gather their things and leave the classroom, as everyone started to leave Jaden noticed that he still couldn't see Chazz anywhere.

Jaden approached Robin who was just putting his books away, "Hey Robin, have you seen Chazz today" asked Jaden, "Why would I have seen him, he lives at your dorm doesn't he" said Robin bluntly.

"Well I haven't seen him all day, I was just wondering if you know where he was" said Jaden, this got Robin's attention, "When was the last time you saw him" he asked, "I guess it'll have been right after we found, well you know" said Jaden.

Robin stood up and turned to Alexis who was just putting her bag on her shoulders, "Alexis I think that we might have a problem" said Robin, "What's wrong" asked Alexis as she walked over to them.

"Chazz is missing, no one's seen him since yesterday" said Robin, "Do you think that it could be the last Shadow rider" asked Alexis, "Maybe, but after what happened yesterday I'm not taking any chances" said Robin.

"So what should we do" asked Jaden, "We should check the route that Chazz used last night, there might be some clues" said Robin.

A few minutes later Robin, Jaden, Alexis, Syrus and Chumley was all walking along the path that Chazz used every day, they was all looking in the trees and bushes for any clues for what could have happened to Chazz.

"Do you think that Chazz is ok" Alexis asked Robin, "Hopefully, but we won't know until we find him" answered Robin, "I just hope that Chazz doesn't end up like Professor Banner" thought Alexis.

Suddenly everyone heard Syrus scream at the top of his lungs, everyone ran to where Syrus was searching and they was all shocked at what they saw.

Chazz was laying face down in the grass a little off the path where no one who wasn't searching would have seen him, everyone became worried when they saw that Chazz wasn't moving.

Robin approached Chazz and checked it see if he was alive, "He's still breathing" said Robin breathing a sigh of relief.

"But what happened to him" asked Syrus, "I can't be sure, but for now we need to get him to Nurse Fontaine" said Robin as he started to lift Chazz, "Somebody give me a hand" he said and Jaden walked other to help Robin.

The group brought Chazz to the infirmary, Atticus was both shocked and worried when he saw the unconscious Chazz.

As soon as they explained to Nurse Fontaine that they had found Chazz unconscious outside she immediately began to perform tests to see what was wrong.

"So, what's wrong with him" asked Alexis, "I'm not sure, he seems healthy, other then the fact that he's unconscious, but I can't find any reason for it" said Fontaine.

The group waited for Nurse Fontaine to leave to check on another student before they said anything, "So any idea on what happened" asked Jaden, "I think I know" said Robin, Alexis and Atticus both nodded showing that they had the same idea.

"Why, what happened" said Jaden, Robin sighed at Jaden's naivety, "His soul's been taken" said Robin, "What, so you think that it was a Shadow rider" said Jaden, "More than likely" answered Robin.

"Well that means that we have to find this guy and take him down" said Jaden, "We can't, we don't even know where to start looking" said Robin, "But, then what are we supposed to do" asked Jaden.

Robin thought for a moment, "For now we'll just have to wait, no one should travel alone, and if any of us sees anything suspicious then we should call the others straight away" he said.

"What, you what to just wait for this guy to attack us" said Jaden, "There's nothing else we can do, we don't know who this guy is, or where he is" said Robin.

"Well I'm not going to just sit here and let more of my friends get hurt" said Jaden as he stormed out of the room, "Jaden wait" said Syrus as he and Chumley ran after him.

"Do you think that he'll be alright" asked Alexis, "I don't know, I just hope that he doesn't do anything stupid" said Robin.