Episode(s): 7 - 8

"Rose! Rose!" yelled a voice.

"Hm?" said Rose as she turned to see who was calling for her. It turned out to be Alexis with a worried faced. "What's wrong?"

"Jaden and Syrus are in trouble for going to the abandon dorms," said Alexis once she caught up to the purple haired girl.

"What!?" she asked in shock.

"Apparently, they have to do a tag-team duel now, and if they lost they get expelled!" said Alexis in concern.

"Shit! We need to tell the Chancellor that we were there too!"

"Right!" said Alexis as the two girls ran toward the Chancellor's office.

As the girls reached the office, they heard Chumley's voice as he talked to Chancellor Sheppard about being the one to duel with Jaden.

"No," said Alexis as the two girls walked in, "it should be one of us."

Both males were shocked by the girl's sudden appearance.

"Listen, they were at the dorm help us," said Rose as she looked at Sheppard.

"That's bogus!" said Chumley. "Girls, it was so totally our fault! I lead them to the abandoned dorm because I wanted to check out the abandoned cafeteria."

"Fat chance Chumley," said Alexis in annoyance. "Please Chancellor, let me be his partner."

"Look," said Sheppard with a smile, "I realize the stakes are high, but the team up has been set: Syrus is Jaden's partner. And I'm sure that he'll do fine."

The three just looked at each other with concern.

~Sometime Later~

"I'm not sure Jaden knows how to go easy," said Chumley as he watched Jaden and Syrus get ready to duel.

"That's probably a good thing," said Rose as she and Alexis came up from behind him.

"What do you mean?" asked Chumley as he looked at the two girls.

"She means that I know Doctor Crowler and I know he isn't going to pair the two up with some amateur," said Alexis. "They'll both need to be at their very best, because if they're not. . ."

"They'll both be expelled," finished Rose as the three watched them.

~During the Duel~

"So, does anyone actually question why the crazy, questionable gender, teacher has it out for Jaden?" asked Rose as the three watched the duel.

"My guess is it has to do with the fact the Jaden beat him during his entrance exam," replied Alexis.

"Questionable gender?" asked Chumley with a laugh.

"Like you weren't thinking it," said Rose with a smirk.

"I thought he was a women at first," said Alexis with a laugh.

"See! I'm not the only one," said Rose as she laughed.

"What's so funny?" asked Jaden as he and Syrus looked up at the two.

"Don't worry! We'll tell you later!"

"You better!"

"Anyway guys, I need to go study, so I'll see you all later!" said Rose as she started to walk away.

"Later Rose!" said Jaden as he saw her leaving.

'How did he notice her leaving?' thought the others.

"By Jaden!" yelled Rose back with a smile. 'Now to go fix my deck, I haven't done that in a while and I really need to start doing it more often.'

~The Next Day~

"Well today has been interesting," said Rose as she was walking to the dorms.

"Rose," said a male voice.

"Huh?" said Rose as she turned to see who was calling her. "Hi, um?"

"Zane," said the male with a raised eyebrow.

"Ah, yes. Alexis told me about you," said Rose as she rubbed her head. "I'm not good at remembering names if I've never met the person."

"That's fine," said Zane as he walked toward Rose. He stopped when he was right in front of her, forcing her to look up at him.

"Is something wrong?" she asked as she tilted her head.

"Come with me," said Zane as he turned around and started walking.

"You know, this is how horror movies sometimes start," said Rose with a sing song voice as she followed him.

"And yet you follow me?" he asked as he turned his head to look at her.

"I'm curious as to why someone I've never really talked to wants to talk to me all of a sudden."
"It's about Alexis' brother."

"Oh?"

"I feel that if you are there when I talk to Alexis, she will feel free to express herself."

"You really care for her."

"Her brother is my best friend," started Zane as they stopped at the pier. "I feel like it's my duty to watch out for her with her brother being gone."

"That's nice," said Rose with a smile as looked at the sunset.

The two stood in silence until they heard some footsteps heading toward them.

"So, any new leads?" asked Zane as Alexis walked up to the two.

"I can't believe he's still gone. I keep looking for some sign, but its like my brother vanished into thin air," replied Alexis as Rose went to hold her hand. The two girls smiled at each other.

"Don't give up, you'll find him."

"I hope so," said Alexis as she looked at Zane. "Speaking of brothers, Zane, I saw yours the other day."

"Oh, did you now?" asked Zane in an annoyed voice.

"Yeah. He lost in a practice duel to Jaden Yuki. Your name came up too and not in a good way. And Rose, why did you leave early?"

"Had to fix my deck," Rose replied as she looked at Zane. 'So Syrus is his brother?'

"The big bad brother. What, does Jaden want to scold me now?" asked Zane.

"Knowing Jaden, he probably wants to duel you," said Rose with a smile.

"Stay back Jaden!" said a voice.

The three Obelisk Blue students turned to look at were the voice was coming from. They were shocked to see Syrus and what looked like a make-shift raft.

"What is Syrus doing?" asked Alexis in concern.

"Never mind Syrus, what about Jaden!" said Rose in shock as Jaden jumped onto the raft, knocking it over.

"Don't worry, they're in shallow waters," said Zane as the three watched. "Let's go."

"Right!" replied the two girls as they fallowed him to where the three boys were.

"Be careful," said Alexis as the three walked down the cliff.

"Don't worry," said Rose with a smile.

She and Alexis were still a little ways up as Zane managed to move faster than them. Alexis managed to get down to where Zane was and was going to tell Rose to watch her step when she heard a gasp. She looked up to see Rose slip off the side. Zane, ever the quick thinker, managed to turn and catch her in his arms. Before Rose could say thank you, Zane turned around to say something to the boys, bring the boys attention to the three new commers.

"He is right, you know," said Zane with no emotion as the three looked up at him and the girls.

"Zane!" said Syrus in shock.

"So that's the schools top duelist?" asked Jaden out loud as he glared at Zane. He clenched his fist. 'Why the hell is he holding Rose like that? Are they dating or something?'

"You dropping out?" asked Zane as he put Rose down. He glanced at the purpled hair girl to make sure she was okay, only to receive a sweet smile in thanks from said girl. This annoyed Jaden more.

"Well, yeah, kind of," replied Syrus.

"Well, it's about time."

"You're his big brother! How can you say that!?" yelled Jaden.

"Because I know him," Zane replied, causing the two girls to look at him in shock.

"Yeah, and I guess you think you know it all, but guess what, you don't! And I'm going to prove it, right now! Let's duel!"

"No, Jaden!" yelled Syrus.

"Duel a Slifer?" Zane asked as he then smirked. "Sure, why not? After all, it's been a while since I went slumming."

"Why do I have a feeling that this is not going to end well," said Rose to Alexis.

"Because it won't," replied Alexis as the two girls looked at each other in worry.

The group of six walked up to the deck so that Zane and Jaden could duel.

"Why do you think Jaden is dueling Zane?" asked Alexis to Rose.

"It probably has to due with Syrus' confidence," said Rose in response.

"Yeah, but maybe, for Zane, it's more then just a duel," said Alexis with a smile.

"Oh?" asked Rose with a similar smile as she looked at Zane. 'Could he be doing this in a way to help Syrus too?'

'Is she smiling at him?' though Jaden with a glare, causing Zane to raise an eyebrow.

"Duel," said the two boys.

"Here I come Zane," said Jaden as he drew a card. "First, I'm gonna summon Elemental Hero Avian in attack mode! And I think I'll go ahead and throw down a facedown while I'm at it."

"That's all huh?" asked Zane as he drew a card. "Ok, for my first move, I summon Cyber Dragon in attack mode."

"What!?" yelled Jaden in shock. "How can you bring a Level 5 monster out on your very first turn?"

"I can play my Cyber Dragon because it's my first turn, Jaden. With no monsters out, he requires no sacrifice. And now I'll play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your facedown card."
"That was fast," responded Jaden as he card was destroyed.

"Not as fast as your life point meter will go down. Cyber Dragon, attack! Strident Blast!" said Zane as Jaden's life points went down to 2,900. "Next, I activate the spell card Different Dimension Capsule. It allows me to pick any card from my deck. Then I simply place it in the capsule, and in two turns I get to take it out and put it right into my hand."

"Man, that's gotta be the best card out a' his entire deck," said Jaden in awe. "I can't wait to see what's gonna come out of there."

"It's your move, Jaden."

"Alright, round two," said Jaden as he drew a card, "and first I'll rock Polymerization. And next I'll roll out Elemental Heroes Sparkman and Clayman and fuse them to create Elemental Hero Thunder Giant. And since his special ability destroys monsters with less attack points than him, your Cyber Dragon gets vaporized!

"Yes!" said Jaden as the monster was destroyed. "Looks like Thunder Giant just made the big man on campus get a little bit smaller, wouldn't you say?"

"We really need to talk to him about being over confident," said Rose with a sweat drop.

"Yeah," agreed Alexis and Chumley.

"And the best part is that since that blast was just Thunder Giant's special ability, I still get to use his attack!" said Jaden. "And since you're now defenseless, I'm gonna use it directly on you!"

"Wow," said Syrus as his brother's life points went down to 1,600.

"Cool," said Rose as she noticed that Zane didn't even flinch. She smiled at him, impressed.

"Ya could at least kind of flinch," said Jaden annoyed. "Oh, well, maybe this facedown card will get ya to later."

"Nice moves, kid," said Zane as he drew a card. "Of course, with my field now empty again, I can just throw out another Cyber Dragon. Or better yet, two. And with just one monster in my graveyard, you can guess who's coming back. But neither will be here long, in present form.

"Dragons, unite. Now, Cyber Twin Dragon, emerge."

"Twin Dragon?" asked Chumley in shock. "One was tough enough."

"Now, my dragon can attack twice in a round, which means double trouble for your monster and your life points! Twin Dragon, attack!"

"Not so fast," said Jaden, "I've gotta trap card out: A Hero Emerges! Now normally, you'd have to randomly pick one a' the cards in my hand, and if it was a monster, I'd get to summon it. But since I only have one card in my hand, let's just get tight to it, shall we? Wroughtweiler, defense mode."

"You'll need him," said Zane as his dragon continued with his attack. "Cyber Twin Dragon, Double Strident Blast!"

"Jay," said Syrus as his life points went down to 2,600.

"Glad you did that, 'cuz when Wroughtweiler's destroyed, his special ability activates. It brings one Elemental Hero and one Polymerization card back from the graveyard and into my hand. And just when you thought you could probably stop worryin' about 'em, huh, Zane?"

"I don't worry," said Zane, unaffected.

"Man, you're chill," laughed Jaden. Not worryin', not even flinchin'. You are good."

"You too, Jaden," said Zane with a smirk. Syrus looked shock. Rose smiled when she noticed the look on Syrus' face.

"Now, where was I?" asked Jaden. "Oh, yeah. I was about to summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode. And since Bubbleman's the only monster out on my field, I can use his special ability to draw two more card to my hand.

"Alright, Zane, I play Polymerization and fuse my Elemental Hero Bubbleman with Elemental Hero Clayman. Now, Elemental Hero Mudballman, rise in defense mode."

"'Lishus," said Chumley. "Mudballman's got 3,000 defense points. That Twin Dragon's attack won't get through to Jaden."

"Now gimme your best shot, Zane," said Jaden in a determined voice.

"My best shot?" asked Zane a she drew a card. "You got it. It's been two turns since I first activated Different Dimension Capsule, and now I can take the card I first put into it and add it to my hand. You played well, but not well enough."

"Hey, gimme what you got. I'm ready," smiled Jaden.

"I'm sure you are. A good duelist is ready for anything, and that means not just knowing how to use all of their cards, but knowing how to play them, too, and you play your cards well, Jaden," said Zane with a smile.

'You better be listening to him, Syrus,' thought Rose with a found smile.

"First I'll activate the De-Fusion card. It splits my monster back into two separate Cyber Dragons. Next, I'll activate the magic of Power Bond. With this spell card, I'm allowed to summon a Machine-Type fusion monster. And with another Cyber Dragon in my hand as well, I can now fuse three of them together and create The Cyber End Dragon."

"That's a cool card," said Rose as Alexis nodded in agreement.

"Plus, its attack points are doubled because of power bond's effect."

"8,000?" said Chumley in shock.

"And keep in mind, when Cyber End Dragon attacks, the difference between his attack points and your monster defense points are dealt to you as damage."

"Just hang tough!" said Chumley to Jaden. "If you can survive his attack, you can win for sure, 'cause of power bond's nasty side effect."

"Chumley's right," said Alexis.

"At the end of the turn Power Bond is used, the player who activated the card takes damage equal to their attacking monster's original attack points," said Rose.

"Cyber End Dragon attack Mudballman," said Zane. "Super Strident Blaze!"

"Jaden! No!" yelled Chumley.

"I can't believe it," said Alexis. "He lost."

"NO!" yelled Syrus as he runs to Jaden.

'He makes it seem like he's dying or something,' thought Rose with a sweat drop.

"Thanks for a great duel, Zane," said Jaden as he smiled at Zane.

Zane smiled in return. He then turned and started to walk away. Alexis and Rose looked at each other and run after him.

"Bye Jaden! Good job!' yelled Rose as she ran.

"Bye Rose!" yelled Jaden.

"So," started Alexis once Rose caught up to the two and walked on Zane's left side while Alexis was on his right, "what do you think?"

"I think Syrus chose great friends," he replied causing the two girls to smile at each other.