Episode(s): 25 – 26
"Can someone please explain to me why there is a film crew here?" asked Alexis as she and Rose walked up to Zane.
"Apparently Chazz is Jaden's opponent and his brothers decided to broadcast the whole thing," said Zane.
"Why am I not surprised after find that out," said Rose as the three walked into the stadium to find their seats.
"Big bro! Alexis! Rose!" said Syrus once he saw the three. They walked up to him and took the seats that he was near.
Bastion, Rose, and Syrus sat in one row while Alexis, Chumley, and Zane sat in the row above them. Syrus sat at the end of the row, next to the stairs. Rose sat on his right and Bastion was to her right. Chumley sat behind Bastion, Zane behind Rose, and Alexis behind Syrus.
"Attention students!" said Sheppard, "Welcome to the school duel!"
"And now," said Foster.
"Let this year's competition finally begin!" said the two together.
"Dr. Crowler, introduce the duelist," said Sheppard.
"With pleasure Chancellor Sheppard," said Crowler into his microphone. "After all, these are two duelist that I know personally! And personally, I just adore them!
"Now first, from Duel Academy," he said, causing the Duel Academy students to cheer. "All right, keep it down, keep it down. Jaden Yucky! What's that? Oh, yes. Yooki. Yooki."
"He can't even get his name right," said Rose with a sweat drop.
"It should be expected," said Bastion.
"Go Jay, you can do it!" said Syrus.
"And his opponent," said Crowler, only to be interrupted.
"Get off the stage," said Chazz. "I'll introduce myself, you scrub."
"I beg your pardon!" yelled Crowler into the mic as he somehow managed to tie himself up with the wire from the mic.
"I don't really need an introduction," said Chazz as he looked around, "after all, everyone here knows who I am."
Chazz then went to talk about how he had changed and got North Academy to cheer "Chazz it up."
"Wow. It's like they really like Chazz," said Syrus in shock.
"I'm more shock that he made his own catch phrase and people are actually using it," said Rose.
"Duel!" said the two boys to start the duel.
"Let's see how this duel goes," said Zane as both Chazz and Jaden brought out their first monsters on their first terns.
"alright, Jaden's taken the lead!" said Syrus after Jaden attacked Chazz's monster.
"Nuh-uh, he's taken the bait!" said Chazz.
"Oh-oh," said Jaden.
"I activate my Masked Dragon's special ability!" said Chazz. "You see, when this card is sent to the graveyard due to battle, I can summon a dragon type monster with 1,500 or fewer attack points from my deck. And I have just the one! Go ahead and see for yourself! Come out, Armed Dragon Level 3!"
"Level?" said Syrus in shock.
"Yeah, and three is the lowest," said Alexis.
"If Chazz plays this right, the dragon will get a lot bigger," said Rose.
"indeed," said Bastion. "I just wonder where Chazz ever got such a powerful card."
"And it looks like he knows how to play it," said Rose as Chazz got the level 5 monster.
"Be careful Jaden!" yelled Bastion. "By leveling up, Armed Dragon's power has substantially increased, and he was plenty powerful before!"
"Aw, man," said Syrus.
"At least this time Bastion is not being negative," said Rose with a giggle.
"I know," giggled Alexis.
"I wasn't that bad," said Bastion as he looked at them.
"Yes you were," said the two girls.
"Wow, Chazz. That thing's pretty sweet! But then, so's my trap!" said Jaden as he revealed his facedown card. "Hero Ring! And I'll equip it to Burstinatrix! Now monsters with 1,900 or more attack points can't attack! Them's the breaks!"
"You want breaks?" laughed Chazz, "I'll give you breaks, Jaden, because even with that Hero Ring shield out, my Armed Dragon Level 5 is going to crush your creature!"
"How?"
"Armed Dragon's special ability, that's how!" said Chazz. "You see, by discarding a monster to the grave, I can destroy a monster of yours whose attack points are equal or less than the one I tossed!"
"Wait, so," said Jaden in shock.
"So, if Flying Kamakiri 1 goes to the graveyard. . ." started Chazz.
"Then Jaden's Burstinatrix will be in big-time trouble!" finished Syrus.
"She has less attack points!" said Chumley.
"I'm sorry Burst," said Jaden. "My bad."
"Go, Armed Dragon Level 5! Shrapnel Blast!" yelled Chazz. "And that was just his special ability! Ahh! Now time for his direct attack! Inferno Roar!"
"Jaden," said Rose as Jaden's life points went down to 1,600 and he flew across the arena.
"Heh heh! So that's Duel Academy's best, huh?" laughed Chazz.
"Nice shot!" said Jaden as he jumped up onto his feet. "Although, I gotta say, I think for the next TV broadcast, I'd love to arrange to have a stunt man."
"Whatever. I'm placing one card facedown and ending my turn," said Chazz.
"My go! Ha!" said Jaden as he drew his card. "You're in trouble now! I play elemental hero Bubbleman in attack mode! And when Bubbleman is summoned, if there are no other cards out on my field, like right now, I'm allowed to draw two more cards! And now I'll use one of them, Polymerization, to fuse Elemental Heroes Avian and Sparkman with Bubbleman to create, wait for it, Elemental Hero Tempest!"
"Alright! You got him now Jay!" yelled Syrus.
"With Fly Boy there?" asked Chazz.
"You better believe it!" said Jaden. "And he gives a new definition to the term air power! Glider Strike! "
"Thanks for that," said Chaz as Jaden destroyed his monster and brought down his life points to 3,600. "It lets me play my trap: Call of the Haunted!"
"Uh-oh."
"Not that one!" said Syrus.
"Do you believe in ghosts? Well, you're about to because this card lets me summon back any monster I want from my graveyard, and I bet you can guess which one I'm going to pick. Armed Dragon Level 5, Rise!"
"Chazz it up!" yelled the North Academy students.
"Well, I guess I'll just throw down a facedown and hope for the best," said Jaden as he ended his turn.
"Now!" yelled Chazz as he drew a card. "I'm using Armed Dragons special ability. I'm discarding Despair From The Dark from my hand to the graveyard. And since it has 2,800 attack points, your bird man's headed to the pet cemetery! Now, Armed Dragon destroy Hero Tempest with Shrapnel Blast!"
"I activate the spell Diffusion!" yelled Jaden as he revealed his facedown card. "Quick, defuse Tempest!"
"Talk about close!" said Syrus.
"I know. He barely saved his monsters!" said Chumley.
'Good job Jaden,' thought Rose with a smile.
"Whatever, my Armed Dragon still has his attack to use! And now, I'm going to use it!" said Chazz. "Go, Inferno Roar!"
"Come on Jaden," said Rose as one of his monsters was destroyed.
"And now to take this duel to the next level, Jaden," laughed Chazz. "To the highest level."
"What?" said Jaden.
"It's time to upgrade my Armed Dragon Level 5 to level 7! Now, won't you join me, Jaden, in welcoming the ultimate and the all-powerful: the Level 7-Armed Dragon!"
"Chazz it up!" repeated the North Academy students.
"Somebody shut them up!" yelled Rose in anger.
"Calm down," said Zane as he put his hands on her shoulders to keep her in her seat.
"Ok, so he's big. But who knows? I mean, he could be friendly," said Jaden in hope.
"Aw, what wrong?" chuckled Chazz. "You're not so talkative anymore? You don't have anything to say, Jaden?"
"Yeah, I do!" said Jaden in happiness. "I gotta get me one of those! He's so cool. Trade for him!?"
"No, I won't trade him! What's wrong with you!?" asked Chazz in annoyance. "You should be scared of him, not admiring him!"
"But how can I not? He's an incredible monster, and this has been an incredible duel. How can anyone not be excited?!" said Jaden as he jumped around from foot to foot. "I mean, this is as good as it gets! I'm stocked! This is what dueling's all about! Thanks Chazz!"
"Thanks!? You're pitiful, Jaden," said Chazz in anger. "Jumping up and down like some fool, never taking anything serious, that's why you'll never be a champion. You see, it takes discipline to win. You need to have a sense of duty. You need to have some kind of plan! And I have a plan and I have a sense of duty, and that's why I'm going to beat you, Jaden. That's why I'll beat anyone in my way! I can conquer anyone! You got that!? I'm going to conquer the whole world!"
"I think he's stressed," said Syrus.
"Big time," replied Rose. 'I wonder what has him so worked up.'
"Ok, well," said Jaden awkwardly. "If you don't mind, can I take my turn first?"
"Make it quick!" yelled Chazz.
"Chill!" replied Jaden as he drew a card. "Alright, I'll call up Wroughtweiler in defense mode! And I'll throw down a facedown. How's that for quick?"
"Not bad! But downright sluggish compared to how quick my dragon's going to take out all your monsters! Watch this!" said Chazz as he discarded a card. "I'm using my Armed Dragon's special ability! Now, by discarding a monster from my had, I can destroy all monsters you have out with equal or fewer attack points!"
"That's not good."
"Damn, that'll leave Jaden wide open!" said Rose.
"That is one impressive special power," said Zane.
"I discard Armed Dragon Level 3 to the graveyard, so all your monsters with 1,200 or less attack points will be completely wiped out! Go! Serrated Sonic Discs! Destroy!"
"Jaden, no!" said Syrus in shock. As everyone else looked at the duel in shock.
"Well, before Wroughtweiler goes belly up, his special ability gets to activate!" said Jaden in a determined voice. "One, that lets me bring Polymerization and an Elemental Hero to my hand."
"As if it'll matter, you Duel Academy stooge!" insulted Chazz. "It's time for you to go bye-bye! Level 7-Armed Dragon, attack Jaden directly with Dragon Talon Terror!"
"Jaden!" yelled Syrus.
"Come on Jaden!" yelled Rose.
"Not so fast there, Chazz!" said Jaden. "I played a trap! Hero Spirit!"
"What the, how did," asked Chazz, confused that his attack didn't do anything.
"Didn't you know, Chazz? When Hero Spirit's out, if a hero's destroyed, all damage goes to zero, zilch, zip, nada!"
"Congratulations, you can use a thesaurus," said Chazz condescendingly, "but it'll take a lot more than words to beat my Armed Dragon! And a lot more than any pathetic monster you have! Face it, Jaden. You're toast!"
"Gotta get something started," said Jaden as he drew a card. "I summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode! That will do for now."
"Why'd you bring him out, Jaden? You planning to dust around here or something?" laughed Chazz, causing Kuriboh to become angered.
"They have feelings," mumbled Rose as Bastion patted her leg.
"That they do," Bastion said to comfort her.
"What? Did I hurt his widdle feelings?" asked Chazz as his duel spirit appeared and he started freaking out.
"Is Chazz going crazy?" asked Syrus.
"No, he's just having problems with his duel spirt," said Rose as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
"Duel spirit?" asked the others.
"Rose, you can see them?" asked Zane.
"Yup, and from my guess, so can Chazz and Jaden."
"I'm lost," said Chumley.
"Some people poses the ability to see duel spirits even if they aren't played. They have a special connection to them," replied Zane.
"That's very interesting," said Bastion as he looked at the duel.
"it's my turn," said Chazz as he drew a card, "and your Kuriboh's turn to get blasted! Armed Level 7 Dragon, attack with Dragon Talon Terror! And I'll leave it at that."
"Wait, why didn't Chazz use his Armed Dragon's special ability?" asked Syrus.
"Because Kuriboh's would cancel it out," explained Bastion. "The turn in which he's destroyed, Jaden takes no damage."
"My go now," said Jaden as he drew a card. "And I activate the spell card Pot of Greed!"
"You better have a plan, Jaden," said Rose as she looked at Jaden draw his two cards.
"Alright! Just the card I need to turn this duel around! And around! And around!"
"Say what?" asked Chazz.
"Here, see for yourself!" said Jaden as he played one of the cards he drew. "Go! Special Hurricane!"
"What the-"
"That's right! By discarding one card from my hand, I can use this spell card and destroy any monster on the field that was special summoned!" said Jaden as his spell destroyed Armored Dragon.
"No way, it can't be," said Chazz in disbelief.
"Oh, it be alright! And now you be in some big-time trouble! Because your best monster is off the field, and you're all alone on it!"
"So licious!" said Chumley with a smile. "Totally what I'd have done. Ya know, if I had those cards and if Jaden were walking me through it step by step."
"That's all?" asked Bastion. "Maybe he should hold your hand as well."
"Way to play!" said Syrus with a smile. "Now follow through and take it to Chazz's life points, Jay!"
"You go it Sy!" replied Jaden. "I summon Elemental Hero Wildheart! And now, Chazz, you're in for some heartbreak!"
"What?" asked Rose as Jaden made no sense.
"Uh, actually, that doesn't make any sense," he said causing the others to sweat drop. "Uhh, just attack."
"Yes," said Rose as Chazz's life points went down to 2,100.
"Chazz, get up!" yelled Foster as his students soon followed.
"It's. . . my. . . turn." Said Chazz as he started to get up. "I play, a spell card: Graveyard in the Fourth Dimension! This baby lets me take two monsters from my graveyard and shuffle them right into my deck! Sure, they have to be a special kind of monster, but it's just the kind that I need: my Armed Dragons! Oh, and, I happen to have another one in my hand as well! I summon The Armed Dragon Level 3!"
"Chazz it up! Chazz it up!" chanted the North Academy students.
"Yeah, and now Jaden's about to be washed up."
"Oh, Jaden," said Alexis in concern.
"I'm trying!" yelled Chazz.
"Uh, trying what? To weird me out?" asked Jaden. "Hello?! Earth to Chazz."
"Jaden! Come on buddy! You've gotta turn this duel around!" yelled Syrus. "You've gotta show everyone what's up, Jay!"
"Come on Jaden!" yelled Rose.
"Alright try cheering this! Wildheart, attack that armed Dragon! Wild Slash!"
"Thanks for that! Now I can play my trap!" said Chazz as he revealed his facedown card. "It's called The Grave of Enkindling! And since a monster was destroyed in battle, it lets us both take a monster from our graveyard and summon it to the field in defense mode! And I choose another Armed Dragon and he's Level 5!"
"Grave of Enkinfling made that way too easy," complained Syrus. "It's practically unfair. Isn't there any drawback to using it?"
"If I recall correctly," started Bastion causing his friends to look at him, "By rule the resurrected monster must remain in defense mode. Of course, that's really a moot point. After all, with Level 5's special ability, by discarding a monster from his hand to the graveyard, Chazz can destroy one of Jaden's monsters whose attack points are less or equal to the monster Chazz discarded."
"Damn, I really hope Jaden has some sort of plan," said Rose as she turned back to watch the duel.
"Well? What are you waiting for?!" complained Chazz. "Resurrect. Take a monster out of your graveyard. But let me tell you, it's going to be a round trip!"
"Monster? Sorry, but I think you mean monsters!" declared Jaden.
"Please. What are you talking about? That Grave of Enkindling only lets you bring one monster back."
"What's he planning?" asked Bastion as the other stared in shock.
"I bring back Hero Kid from the graveyard!" said Jaden as he got his card.
"What the?" asked Chazz in shock.
"He wasn't in your graveyard, Jaden!" yelled Chazz.
"Think again!"
"Oh, yeah," said Chazz after he thought about it.
"And like I said, it's not just him, cuz when Hero Kid is special summoned, just like he was by that grave of enkindling, well than, Chazz, I get to call out every other Hero Kid that I have in my deck! And now, I'll throw down a facedown and call it a turn!"
"Heh. I see," said Chazz with a smirk. "By playing three monsters, you think I'll have to discard three cards to destroy them, right? You wish! I don't have to discard three cards. I just have to play one!"
"Ok. This is bad," said Syrus.
"Alright! Here goes!" said Chazz as he drew a card. "I activate the spell card Level Up!"
"Uh-oh," said Jaden.
"What it does is let me level up a monster! And I choose Armed Dragon, now Level 7!" laughed Chazz.
"No, with that, Chazz can destroy all of Jaden's monsters again!" said Zane causing Syrus to shudder.
"This is Jaden we're talking about, he should have something," said Rose, trying to be confident.
"Chazz it up!" called the North Academy students.
"I've been waiting a long time to tell you this, Jaden, so listen up!" called Chazz. "I got my game on, and I'm about to turn yours off!"
"That's it baby!" yelled the producer, "The whole world is watching you shine!"
"Then keep in rolling because you ain't seen nothing yet," said Chazz. "Next I'll throw the equip spell card Armed Changer! Now, simply by discarding another equip spell card from my hand to the graveyard, I can activate this baby! And equip it to my dragon! Now, Armed Dragon attack! Dragon Driller!"
The attack landed and destroyed Wildheart, leaving Jaden at 300 life points.
"And now Armed Changer's effect activates," said Chazz arrogantly. "See, when he takes down a monster in battle it lets me bring a monster back from my grave to my hand just so long as it doesn't have more attack points than the monster it destroyed. And I think that I'll bring back Masked Dragon! But he won't be around for long because now I'm going to use Armed Dragon Level 7's special ability!"
"Aww man," whined Syrus as the others started in shock.
"That ability will send Masked Dragon to the graveyard and then crush any beast with less attack points," said Zane.
"Now, Armed Dragon, trounce those triplets!" yelled Chazz. "Serrated Sonic Disks!"
"No," said Alexis.
"Looks like your Hero Kids just got grounded!" laughed Chazz. "Grounded up! Tell you what, if you surrender now, I promise not to embarrass you on global TV! Oh wait! I already did!"
"Hey, it's not that funny!" said Syrus.
"Jaden keep fighting! Don't give up!" yelled Shepard.
"Who's giving up?" asked Jaden. "I mean, I'm havin' way to much fun to give up! After all, that's what duelin's all about, win or lose. Cuz if you're havin' fun, you win every time!"
"Gag me," replied Chazz.
"It's true! And if I can have fun right now losing, shouldn't you be able to winning?" asked Jaden. "It's seriously not that hard despite what your brothers may want you to believe."
"What?! What do you know about my brothers?" yelled Chazz in anger.
"Well, for starters, Chazz, I know they're the ones you're dueling for and the ones puttin' all this pressure on ya, too," said Jaden, causing Chazz to growl. "Come on Chazz, remember when ya dueled for the excitement of it?"
"I only duel to win!"
"Well, we'll see where that gets ya!" yelled Jaden as he drew a card. I play, The Warrior Returning Alive! Now I can bring a warrior back from the grave and to my hand. And I think I'll choose, my favorite feathered friend, Elemental Hero Avian! And then, with Polymerization and Burstinatrix, I'll make the Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!"
"So? He doesn't stand a chance against my monster!" gloated Chazz. "After all, The Armed Dragon Level 7 has 2,800 attack points! You're way outmatched!"
"Wrong Chazz! Cuz I'm inviting; my three Hero Kids to come back out and play!" said Jaden with a smirk, causing everyone to gasp.
"To play?" asked Chazz.
"Yeah! With your points!" yelled Jaden. "I play miracle kids! Here's how it works: for every Hero Kid I've got in the grave, your Armed Dragon loses 400 attack points and since I have three, Armed Dragon's attack points decrease by 1,200! Now who's outmatched? Actually, don't answer that Flame Wingman will for ya!"
Duel Academy cheered as Chazz's life points went down to 1,600.
"All right!" said Syrus in happiness. "Jaden just took out the Armed Dragon with just one attack!"
"And the assault's not over yet, Syrus!" said Bastion in seriousness. "The Flame Wingman still has his super power! It comes next."
"Yeah, and it's going to really burn Chazz!" said Alexis with a smile.
"His life points will now take damage equal to his destroyed monster's attack points," said Rose with a grin. "1,600!"
"NO!" yelled Chazz as his life points went down to zero.
"That's game!" said Jaden as Duel Academy cheered for him.
"Way to go Jaden!" said Rose with a smile, but it dropped when she noticed Chazz's brothers walk onto the stage.
"You loser. You dog!" said one of the brothers, Slade. "You've disgraced yourself. You've disgraced the Princeton name!"
"You are no brother of our anymore!" said the other, Jagger. Everyone in the stadium started to quiet down to watch the scene.
"Just give me another chance," said Chazz in desperation.
"Another Chance?" asked Jagger in anger. "Do you know how much we spent on this duel!?"
"The cameras! The rare cards!" yelled Slade. "None of which you used, I might add!"
"Sorry," said Chazz in sadness, "I thought I could win this by myself."
"Yourself?" asked Jagger as he picked Chazz up by his collar.
"When could you do anything by yourself, Chazz!" yelled Slade.
'What the fuck kind of brothers are those? Who says that to their younger sibling?' thought Rose in anger.
"Let him go!" said Jaden in a forceful voice.
'Damn, who knew Jaden could get angry,' thought Rose in shock as she and her group of friends stood behind Jaden on stage.
"Yeah, sure he lost, but how could he not with you two jerks breathin' down his neck?"
"Two jerks?" asked Jagger in annoyance. "Do you have any idea who we are? We can have you crushed kid!"
"Why defend Chazz?" asked Slade as he looked at the group. "He's a nobody now. Disowned by us and by the whole world! I mean, the cameras caught enough of it! He got schooled! He got mopped up!"
"That's right," said Jagger as he pulled Chazz closer to his face, "and then, worst of all, he got beat."
"Wrong, there's one fight he did win," said Jaden with anger as the rest of the group glared at the brothers. "The fight, against you two! Sure, Chazz may not have won the duel, but hey, at least he fought it on his own terms! It's like he said: he used his cards, not what your money could buy!"
"Right on Jaden!" said Crowler as he cried. "I mean, you no-good Slifer Slacker"
'Why is he crying?' question Rose in her head.
"Tight duel, Chazz," said Jaden as Chazz was let go. "And I know it's cheesy, but I think the truth of it is, we both won here."
"You're just saying that," said Chazz in anger. "I mean, come on, nobody else believes that."
"Chazz," said Rose in sadness.
"We do Chazz," said someone in the crowed. This caused others in the crowed to start cheering for him. Chazz's brothers then left.
~ That Evening~
"Well, this is good bye Chazz, don't forget to write," said Jaden with a smile.
"Jaden, I'm not going back," said Chazz, causing the boys from North Academy to gasp as he then explained that he belonged at Duel Academy.
"Well, this is unexpected," said Rose as they watched Chancaler Sphered get a kiss.
"Yeah," said Bastion and Alexis in agreement. The group then turned to watch the submarine leave.
"There is one thing, Chazz," said the Chancaler.
"What's that?" asked Chazz.
"Banner."
"Since you dropped out of Duel Academy and are now coming back, you are technically a new student. And therefore, must start from the bottom: at Slifer Red!" said Banner in a cheery voice.
"SLIFER!" yelled Chazz in shock,
"Yes! Welcome! We'll get you fitted for a blazer as soon as we get back to the dorm. Then, we'll find you a roommate."
"Roommate!? Look here, Chazz Princeton rooms alone! You guys got that?"
"Alone, huh? Do cockroaches count?" asked Syrus in a mocking voice and a smile on his face.
"What?!"
"The dorms got a few, and some rats," said Jaden in a cheerful voice.
"RATS! I change my mind! Turn the sub around!" cried Chazz.
"Guys! How 'bout we give him the Slifer cheer!" said Jaden as he turned to the group, obviously having fun messing with Chazz.
"I don't want it!" yelled Chazz at Jaden as the Slifer's began to cheer.
"Well then, this has definitely been an eventful day," said Rose as she laughed.
"Indeed, it has," said Bastion with a smirk as they watched Chazz try to strangle Jaden.
'We are one big dysfunctional family, that's for sure,' thought Rose with a smile.