Episode(s): 15

"Alright class! Get your game on! Tennis game that is!" said Miss Fontaine.

"Come on, would someone tell me what in the world tennis has to do with dueling?" asked Jaden in annoyance.

"Everything!" said Mindy. "Taking turns, thinking on your feet, and the harder you play, the better you do!"

"Well, in that case," said Jaden as he hit the ball as hard as he could. The only problem is that it went to his right instead of straight, head right for Rose who was teamed up with Alexis.

"Shit! Rose, head's up!"

"What?" said Rose in shock unable to move fast enough to block. Luckily for her, someone else was able to block it for her. Though, he did end up hitting Crowler in the face with it.

"Thank you," said Rose in gratitude.

"Rose are you okay?" asked Alexis as Mindy and Jasmine showed up.

"That ball almost creamed you," said Jasmine.

"yeah, would you like me to carry you to the nurse," said the guy that saved Rose in an arrogant voice.

"That's okay, thanks though," said Rose with a sweet smile.

'That's Rose Heartfilia,' thought the boy to himself.

"Uh? Do you need me to carry you to the nurse?" asked Rose as the boy started at her with a blush. 'Does he have a fever?'

"No, I'm good. I just know you from Obelisk Blue, I've seen you around," said the boy as he grabbed her hand, "Not that I've ever had the pleasure of talking to you."

"Kay?" said Rose, creeped out with him.

"Let alone touch you. Anyway," said the boy as he backed up, "Back to my match. What was the score?"

"Love something I think," said another boy.

"That was weird," said Alexis.

"Yeah," said Rose as she rubbed her hand on her shorts.

"Good thing he left," grumbled Jaden.

"What was that?"

"Nothing! I'm just glad you're okay!"

~Some Time Later~

"Rose!" called Jasmine as she walked toward said girl in the locker room.

"We found out who that hot tennis guy is for you," said Mindy.

"What are you they talking about?" asked Rose to Alexis who was at the locker next to her. Alexis just shrugged.

"Anyway, he's a total catch!"

"Now try to stay calm," started Jasmine.

"Trust me, I'm calm," said Rose in annoyance as Alexis giggled.

"His name is Harrington Rosewood. As in Rosewood sporting goods, and they've got stores everywhere and he's the heir. Plus, he's a third year Obelisk Blue!"

"And?" said Rose with a raised eyebrow.

"An older guys who's rich and a hottie? That's boyfriend material, so go and get him!" said Mindy with excitement.

"Girls, I'm just not interested in him," said Rose with annoyance.

"Besides, if she married him her name would be Rose Rosewood, sounds kind of weird to me," said Alexis.

"Aw man. Aw man. Aw man. Aw man," cried Syrus as he ran around. "Where's the lousy tennis team?"

"What's with super spazz over there?" asked Mindy.

"Don't know. Don't care," said Jasmine.

"Rose, do you know where the tennis team meets?" asked Syrus to his friend.

"At the courts," said Rose with a 'are you serious' face.

"What's wrong?" asked Alexis.

"What's wrong? Everything's wrong," said Syrus as he ran.

"Care to be more specific, Sy?' asked Jasmine

"No questions! He'll only come back," said Mindy.

"it's the most unfair thing ever," said Syrus as he came back. "Dr. Crowler is letting the tennis captain boss Jaden around as punishment for hitting him with that ball."

"How's that the most unfair thing ever?" asked Alexis.

"'Cuz the captain's the guy who really hit Crowler!"

"Who's the captain?" asked Mindy.

~A Few Minutes Later~

"And done!" said Jaden as he fell over after hitting the ball. "With the first round."

"Hi Rose!" said Mindy as she saw Rose holding the ball Jaden had just hit.

"Rose?" question Harrington with a smile.

"Hmph," went Rose as she started to walk forward.

"hey there!" said Harrington as he walked up to her. "Sorry I'm sweating so much. I've just been kicking this guy's –"

"Jaden, you won't believe what I've just heard," said Rose, talking to Jaden and ignoring Harrington. "I was on my way here and I ran into Professor Banner. He told me someone's spotted Chazz."

"No kidding. Well, where is he?" asked Jaden as he stood up to talk face to face with Rose.

"Someone like Jaden talking to a princess like Rose? No fucking way!" said Harrington in anger. "Hey! Time out!"

"What?" said Rose in shock as she and Jaden turned to look at Harrington.

"You can't talk to someone like Alexis! You can't even play tennis right! So, stay away from my little Obelisk Pixie!"

'Why the fuck is he giving me/her a pet name?' thought both Rose and Jaden in annoyance.

"Listen, Jaden, I'm warning you. Just step away from the beautiful girl. You're way out of your league. Don't make me go athletic on you," said Harrington with fire blazing around him and in his eyes.

"We're talking here," said Jaden, annoyed. 'Who the hell is he to tell me not to talk Rose?' "You were saying Rosie?"

"ROSIE!?" said Harrington appearing between Rose and Jaden, freaking them out. "What is that? Some kind of pet name? Where'd it come from? What does it mean? What's it short for?"

"Rose," said Jaden, unimpressed.

"Sure, you'd like me to believe that, wouldn't you? Well, I don't. I don't believe anything you say. Which is why this little huddle is over!"

"Great, so then beat it!"

"No way bro! Know your sports. When a huddle is over, you make your play, you don't run away!"

"I get it, you want a tennis match," said Jaden annoyed. 'Can this idiot just leave us alone!'

"No way! I want a duel! Winner become Rose's fiancé!"

"What! Fiancé? Slow down!" said Rose in shock.

"I just love weddings!" said Mindy in happiness.

"Yeah, but I'm not so sure about arranged ones," said Jasmine.

"I'm happy its her and not me," said Alexis.

"I don't agree with the stakes since it makes us take away Rose's choice, but I'm always down to duel!" said Jaden with a smirk. 'Though I wouldn't mind being her fiancé.'

"Two cutie pie boys dueling it out for your hand in marriage!" said Mindy once Rose got to the others on the side lines. "How do you feel?"

"Please Mindy, I'm not getting married," said Rose pissed.

"Oh fine, 'engaged,'" laughed Jasmine.

"I'm not getting engaged Jazz! The only reason I haven't walked out of here yet is to see if the rumors are true," said Rose.

"To see if Harrington is really as good as Zane?" asked Alexis as Rose nodded.

"Service!" said Harrington as he drew a card. "First, I'm gonna volley a spell card at you: Service Ace."

"A spell card already?" asked Jaden.

"You got that right, and just like a power serve, it's gonna make you sweat. Here's how it works. I pick a card. Then you have to choose if it's a spell, trap, or monster. If you guess right, you're fine. But if you guess wrong, well then you get served with a stinging 1,500 points of damage."

"So, I just guess?" asked Jaden with a smile.

"wow, this really is making Jaden sweat," said Syrus.

"Yeah, and hum, too," said Mindy.

"Look at you," said Harrington with a swat drop. "I bet this is probably the best workout you've had all week long."

"Alright, I'll guess," said Jaden in annoyance. "It's a spell card!"

"You sure? You can still change your mind, ya know."

"Then wait," said Jaden as he freaked out and changed his guess.

"Monster," said Harrington with a smug smirk. "Looks like we've found another thing you're bad at, huh? Anyway, now we'll put this card away and let loose the bid stroke. Service Ace! Good luck returning this shot, pal!"

"His talking is even more annoying then with the Paradox brothers," said Rose with her eye twitching as Jaden's life points went down to 2,500.

"Agreed," said Jasmine, Syrus, and Alexis.

"I think it's cute," said Mindy.

"He keeps throwing tennis references where they don't belong," said Alexis as she looked at her friend as Harrington place a card facedown.

"Your serve," said Harrington as he smirked at Jaden.

"Yeah, and I'd better make it count," said Jaden as he drew a card. "Elemental Hero Avian! Now Avian, show Harrington why you're the real king court. Quill Cascade!"

"Don't think so, birdbrain. I activate Receive Ace. This trap card negates your attack then deal 1,500 damage points directly to you. Good luck feathering this storm. Though I do have to pay 3 cards because of the trap I played."

"Jaden's at 1,000 life points!" said Syrus freaking out.

'You better not lose Jaden!' thought Rose as she glared at Harrington.

'My love is looking at me!' he thought with hearts in his eyes.

'No way am I losing to this freak,' thought Jaden as he threw down a facedown.

"Boy, you are lazy, aren't you?" asked Harrington with a smirk. "Hey bro, that's fine! Makes it that much easier for me. I play Smash Ace. It let's me flip the top card on my deck, and if it's a monster-"

"Lemme guess, I get nailed, right?" asked Jaden in annoyance.

"Hey, you're starting to get the swing of this, huh? And you will be getting swung at," said Harrington as he grabbed the first card on his deck. "Oh yeah! A monster!

"Lady luck, she hates me," said Jaden as he rubbed his head. 'She better not be costing me Rose!'

"Well, she loves me. Of course, most girls do," said Harrington arrogantly. "Now get ready for Smash Ace!"

"JADEN! YOU BETTER WIN!" yelled Rose in anger as Harrington talked about how all girls love him.

"My Obelisk Pixie! I will win for you!" said Harrington as he played his ace card.

"She wasn't talking to you!" yelled everyone else.

"Sorry, but I'm activating my facedown card!" said Jaden as the attack was directed toward the spectators.

"No way!" yelled Harrington.

"Sorry pal, but your ace just got blown right out of bounds."

"Well, you know what they say: You win some, you lose some. Sometimes you've got to take hits to give 'em," laughed Harrington.

"Great, he's back on his cliché kick," groaned Jaden. Then the two started laughing.

"This is weird now," said Alexis.

"Just a little," said Rose with a sweat drop. The two then got back to dueling.

"Polymerization! Fuse Clayman and Burstinatrix into the Elemental Hero Rampart Burster!" said Jaden.

"All right!" said Syrus. "That's how you duel, Jaden!"

"Like that?" said Jaden as he sent his monster to attack. He lowered Harrington's life points from 4,000 to 1,000.

"Way to go Jaden!"

"Well, at least they stopped laughing," said Rose.

"Got any Clichés to say now?" asked Jaden.

"I suppose," said Harrington as he drew a card, "but I'll let my cards do the talking for me. See this one says it all. Deuce!"

"Another spell card?" asked Jaden as he scratched his cheek.

"That's right, but I guarantee you've never seen on like this before. I can only activate it when we both have 1,000 life points. And here's how it works."

"Why is he fixing his hair?" asked Alexis as Harrington explained his spell card.

"Who knows. Who cares," replied Rose and Jasmine.

"He's so dreamy!" said Mindy.

"I summon The Big Server!" said Harrington. "The reason his serve is so big is because it strikes directly at your life points. Now, Big Server, attack with Spiked Serve."

The attack nocked down Jaden's life points to 600.

"Rose will be mine!" said Harrington after he attacked Jaden. "Oh, and by the way, The Big Server has a special ability that lets me take Service Ace from my deck and place it in my hand. You get a new card too, but it won't matter. I mean, let's be real here. There's no way it'll be as good as this one. How could it be? Now draw your card."

Jaden drew his card and had no facial express, leaving everyone wondering what he drew.

"All right, and now I'm serving up the spell card Service Ace," said Harrington.

'It comes down to this. Jaden, please don't lose,' thought Rose. 'I don't want to talk to the wierdo, let alone be his fiancé!'

'I hope I guess right!' thought Jaden. "I guess you drew a monster card!"

"You guess right," said Harrington in annoyance.

"Sweetness."

"Yeah, we're still in it!" said Syrus in happiness.

"Why are you saying that? You're not playing," asked Rose.

"Oh yeah?" asked Harrington. "Tell me if you still think you're in it after this! I play Giant Racket and equip it to Big Server. So, ya still in it?"

"To win it," said Jaden with a smile. "I can take that server guy down."

"Maybe, but you won't be able to do it on your first try. See, when a monster is equipped with Giant Racket, it has a onetime power that allows it to turn any battle damage to zero."

"Wait, and since your Deuce only allows me to attack with one monster per turn, I won't be able to destroy him," said Jaden in shock. "Big Server can't be beat by one attack."

"Exactly right," said Harrington with a smug look. "So, as you can see, you're not in it, you're not all over it, you're just about to lose it."

"Here we go, draw!" yelled Jaden as he drew a card. "Sweet! The ball's in my court now. First, I activate the spell card Diffusion. With it, I'll defuse Rampart Blaster. Now I have three monsters on the field, Which means even if you block my first attack, I can still hit you with two more."

"Then you'll lose the duel," said Harrington arrogantly. "I'm starting to see why you're ranked as a Slifer, because you don't listen. As long as my spell card is out, you can only attack with one monster per turn. It doesn't matter if you have three."

"I'm starting to see why you're a snobby Obelisk," laughed Jaden.

"What?"

"'Cuz you really underestimate your opponents. I play the spell card Feather Shot. It lets Avian attack once for every monster I have on the field," said Jaden with a smirk. "I drew this card when you activated The Big Server's special effect. Remember what you said?

"Yeah, well, guess what? It mattered! Go Avian! Attack with Quill Cascade times three!

"Well, that settles that!" said Jasmine with a smile.

"He's getting married!" yelled Syrus in happiness.

"Syrus," said Alexis.

"I mean, someday he will, maybe?"

"Rosie?" said Mindy.

"This can't be!" said Harrington in denial.

"That's game!" cheered Jaden.

"But she was my soulmate! My first draft pick! My marquee girlfriend!" he cried as he then ran away.

'What the hell?' thought Jaden with a sweat drop.

"Wow, you had to work for that one, Jaden," said Syrus as the group walked up to him.

"Hey, no pain, no gain," said Jaden as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Speaking of gain, has Jaden gained a wife?" asked Alexis as she smirked at Rose.

"So romantic!" said Mindy.

"Well Rose, guess I'm your fiancé," said Jaden as he walked toward Rose.

"Is he actually going through with it?" asked Syrus in shock.

"Oh my!" said Jasmine as she clapped her hands together.

"Do I have to get you a ring?" asked Jaden with a laugh.

"I don't think we need to worry about that for now," laughed Rose.

"Let's go guys," said Alexis as she walked out, leading the others with Jaden and Rose in the back.

"Hey Jaden," said Rose causing Jaden to stop and turn to look at her.

"Yeah?" said Jaden, but he was shocked when Rose kissed him on the lips.

"Consider that my thanks, and we'll see about anything in the future," said Rose with a blush and wink. She then ran.

"She kissed me," said Jaden as he blushed. 'So, I have a chance to actually be her fiancé?'

"Hold up guys!" yelled Jaden when he noticed everyone was leaving him behind.