"So, you guys have any idea what this assembly's about?" Lance asked as the students entered the main building of the Duel Academy for the first time in a week, Theresa merely shrugged her shoulders as she walked behind him.
"I'm afraid I'm just as clueless as you are." Theresa said honestly as she looked around, Chelsea wasn't far behind her as she was walking alongside Chloe whilst Marcus and Andreas where walking behind them.
"Hey guys." Brandon greeted them as he approached them. "I see you're just as confused as I am." Brandon commented and Theresa nodded. "Yeah I'm getting mixed messages from the teachers, they told me and Kimberly about the assembly but when we got here we were told to wait for Martin, twenty minutes ago."
"That's weird, we weren't told that." Lance said as he scratched his head. "I'm guessing Kimberly's gone off in search for Martin?"
"You got it." Brandon nodded to confirm his suspicion. "Haven't heard back from her though, oh hi Chelsea, didn't see you there." Brandon said when he saw Chelsea.
"Hey, how was the tournament?" Chelsea asked and Brandon frowned.
"Rough but fun…..first one to make a dirty joke about that gets kicked in the nuts." Brandon said blushing as he realized what he had just said.
"And if a female says it?" Chloe asked and Brandon paused.
"I'll get back to you on that." Brandon said eventually before turning to Chelsea. "Pity you weren't invited to the tournament, you could've done well with your deck."
"Thanks, though Lance here knows that first hand." Chelsea said and Lance blinked.
"Wait, you fought her before?" Lance asked and Brandon nodded. "Oh for fuck's sake, I went into my match with her with no idea what I was getting myself into!"
"So….how did it go?" Brandon asked and Lance frowned.
"She beat me despite having 300 life-points to my 2900 life-points!" Lance growled and Chelsea patted him on the back reassuringly.
"Look on the Brightside; at least you didn't lose despite me only having 50 life-points left unlike the proctor. I faced." Chelsea reassured him and Lance gave her a funny look. "Yes, I'm serious about that."
"Ah there you are." Martin said as he approached the teens with Kimberly in tow. "Sorry for the wait, I just had to make some adjustments to my presentation for the assembly."
"No worries, so where's this assembly anyway?" Chloe asked and Martin motioned for them to follow him.
"Those of you who competed in Battle City follow me, sorry Ms. Cunningham but you'll have to join the other students in the audience." Martin told them and Chelsea nodded before walking in the opposite direction that they were going, the other students meanwhile made their way to where Martin was heading. "I heard you had an exhilarating duel with Ms. Cunningham Lance."
"I'll say; she gave me a run for my money." Lance said as he rubbed the back of his head nervously. "Even if her deck is one of the weirdest I've seen."
"Yes, her deck is certainly unique." Martin said after a few minutes of thinking, they eventually reached a door and stooped, Martin said nothing as he opened it. "Go through the door and take a seat, I'll explain in a moment." Martin told the students who exchanged uneasy looks before doing so…..and quickly realizing that they were the focus of the assembly.
"Okay, how about we go back through the door." Chloe gulped before turning around…..only to see Martin locking it. "Why did I have to open my big mouth?" Chloe sighed before sitting next to Lance, Theresa and Brandon sat next to each other whilst Kimberly, Marcus and Andreas sat beside each other.
"Thank you for coming, I am glad that you are here to join me in welcoming back the students who participated in the Battle City Tournament." Martin said after he stepped up to the podium, the crowd cheered and the students smiled at that. "Now I know most of you are wondering why Otto "Heinz" Freshier isn't among the students….." Martin started and the students on stage looked visibly uncomfortable at the mention of his name, Chloe especially. "I regret to inform you that because Otto has broken several Duel Academy rules AND the law for that matter that he has formerly been expelled and is currently awaiting trial alongside the other Orichalcos duelists."
"Thank god for that." Chloe thought before taking a quick survey of the students she could see in the crowd, the Osiris Red Students and Ra Yellow students seemed to share her opinion on the matter whilst the Obelisk Blue Students seemed to be divided on the matter; she looked at the students on stage and saw that they had noticed this as well.
"Now, how the tournament affected these students and they're grades will be addressed at a later date." Martin continued as he looked out towards the students. "Now onto what events the Academy has lined up for the future, we are aware that students who didn't participate where disappointed that they couldn't come, especially the Osiris Red Students, and whilst nothing can be done to rectify this I have discussed this issue with the school board and we have reached a compromise of sorts."
"Compromise?" Nearly every other student, including the ones on stage, wondered.
"And so I am happy to announce that in two weeks' time the school will be holding a School Wide Tag Team Tournament." Martin said as the previously unseen projector projected the tournament brackets onto the wall behind him. "Now obviously there are a lot of students at the academy which will make choosing your partners difficult, so we have decided to take that decision out of your hands by choosing your partners at random." Martin added and the announcement caused quite a stir among the students. "The choices won't just be limited to what dorms you are in, a Ra Yellow Student may end up teaming with an Obelisk Blue or an Osiris Red student for example."
"So, I could end up teaming with Theresa?" Chloe wondered as she glanced towards the older student who was clearly curious about the possibilities, she could hear some disgruntled murmurs coming from the Obelisk Blue section and frowned. "Guess they don't like the idea."
"Also in one month's time we will be accepting applicants again, students already enrolled may attend if they wish but it isn't obligatory and won't affect your grade, after that we have the graduation duels which will also be held in a month's time, again who the students will be facing will be at random and not limited to the dorms they are in, obviously students in Obelisk Blue who aren't about to graduate from the academy won't be taking part." Martin added and there were some murmurs again. "As for who will be selected, that will be discussed in private with the students in question, any questions?" The crowd was silent for a few moments and Martin nodded. "Excellent, that's all for today, but before we disperse please give a big round of applause for the students who did such an excellent job in representing Duel Academy at the Battle City tournament!"
"Hey wait a minute…." Lance started but any further words where drowned out by the loud clapping, even the Obelisk Blue Students who had voiced displeasure at teaming up with Osiris Red or Ra Yellow students where applauding them, the applause lasted for a couple of minutes before the assembly officially ended and the students in the audience left first before Martin unlocked the door and let the other students leave. "So, out of one tournament and into another, at least we won't leave the island this time."
"I'm more concerned about who I'll be teaming up with." Andreas commented as he adjusted his glasses. "Not to mention the fact that he didn't mention how they are going to announce who's teaming up with whom."
"Honestly? I'm more curious than concerned." Theresa commented off handily as they walked down the hallway. "This tournament could produce some interesting combinations."
"Doesn't matter who I team up with, I'll win for sure." A nearby Obelisk Blue student muttered just loud enough for the other students to hear, he was tall and muscular with neck length blonde hair and blue eyes, he saw the students looking at him and his eyes narrowed. "You have a problem?"
"I have a problem with a guy running his mouth about how he'll win before the tournament has even begun." Lance said as he folded his arms.
"Is that a fact?" The student said as he looked Lance over. "You may have done well at Battle City Alvers but trust me, if I had been participating you wouldn't have made it past Round 1."
"Oh yeah well if your just a hotshot duelist than why weren't you selected?" Lance challenged him and the student scowled. "Or maybe your just jealous that a damn crook posing as an Obelisk Blue student did a piss poor job or representing Duel Academy whilst you were stuck here….."
"Don't give me that bullshit! Everyone knows Otto was framed!" The student snapped at him and Lance's eyes narrowed. "Hell I'll go as far as to say that the Osiris Red Bitch who beat him made the story of her abuse up just for sympathy."
"What did you just say?" Chloe demanded as she shoved Lance aside and glared at the student. "You really think I'd make something like that up?"
"Well, well, guess the little bitch has a backbone!" The student scoffed as he looked down at Chloe. "And as for your question, yeah I do, don't like it? Go cry to your miserable failure of a stepdad!" The student added and Theresa quickly tried to intervene when she heard that part, she wasn't quick enough and the student got a nasty slap right across the face from Chloe. "You dare lay a hand on me you little bitch!" The student demanded but before he could continue several students including Theresa, Brandon and Chelsea got between them. "Let me at that bitch!"
"What is going on here?" A voice that made both Chloe and the student freeze in their tracks rang out; the two students nervously looked up and saw Martin standing there.
"Thank god you arrived." The student said as he rubbed his cheek. "She…"
"She defended herself when Cameron here made several uncalled for and very personal comments about her family." Theresa quickly interrupted and the other students nodded in agreement. "And quite frankly I'm disappointed that I couldn't intervene in time and prevent this from escalating the way it did." Theresa said looking between the two students as she did making it clear that she wasn't happy with either of them.
"Very well, Richardson, Matthews, back to your dorms immediately, Richardson your dorm headmistress will have a chat with you about this, understood?" Martin said sternly and Chloe nodded before the two students stormed off, once the crowd dispersed Theresa ran after Chloe and caught her on the way to the west side of the island where she was sitting by a lake.
"Let me guess, here to berate me for standing up for myself?" Chloe asked as she saw Theresa's reflection in the water. "I saw the way you looked at me so you may as well get it over with." Chloe added and Theresa looked at Chloe, she could clearly see that Cameron's comments had cut deeply as she was upset.
"Look Chloe, I understand why you got mad at him, believe me I wanted to punch him myself." Theresa sighed as she offered her a tissue; Chloe took it and used it to wipe away the tears coming out of her eyes. "But resorting to violence? I thought you knew better."
"I do, but I just lost control." Chloe sighed as she looked at her reflection. "Who was that guy anyway? You seemed to know him."
"Cameron Matthews, he's a Grade A asshole who thinks that Osiris Red and Ra Yellow shouldn't be dorms at the academy." Theresa explained with a frown. "His dad paid his way into Obelisk Blue so he didn't earn his place like I did, and like you're currently doing." Theresa said and Chloe scoffed.
"Me an Obelisk Blue student, Theresa I'll be lucky if they let me even look at that dorm after what happened back there." Chloe sighed as she looked at her reflection again; she wiped away a couple of more tears before continuing. "What's the point anyway? No matter what dorm I'm in everyone will remember me as the Osiris Red whose mistake cost got her eliminated from Battle City and eliminated any chance to win the Battle City Championship, not to mention who slapped the taste out of Cameron Matthews's mouth."
"Chloe, you don't know that for sure." Theresa reassured her with a friendly pat on the back. "Besides it's like I said back in New York, we all make mistakes, you just have to learn from them."
"I know." Chloe sighed as she rested her scarred arm on her right leg. "I heard the same damn phrase every time I screwed up when my dad was teaching me how to play." Chloe added before looking at her duel disk. "But the mistakes keep piling up and I'm not learning a damn thing from them." Chloe added clearly getting frustrated at this point.
"Chloe, you and I both know that's not true." Theresa sighed sadly. "I know how frustrating it is to be a rookie at this game, hell nearly everyone who lives here can attest to that, but you're improving each day." Theresa said before noticing someone approaching them. "Chelsea? I'm guessing you're here to check on Chloe?"
"Yeah, but if it's any consolation I pretty much yelled the assholes ear off before the teachers dragged me away, I may get told off by Maria for it but it'll be damn worth it." Chelsea commented before sitting down next to her. "That and I would've done a lot more than slap him if I were in your shoes." Chelsea added and Chloe frowned.
"Chelsea, that asshole was at least a foot higher than me and a lot bigger, how the hell could I have done any damage besides damage done to his ego?" Chloe asked before pausing. "All though I will say that he definitely needs to be taken down a peg."
"He only needs to be taken down only one peg? Maybe ten pegs." Chelsea said with a cheeky grin on her face. "Besides I never said anything about punching him, I don't care how big a guy is because one swift kick to the balls usually leaves them in a fetal position." Chelsea added and the two girls grinned at that…..until they heard someone clearing their throat. "Don't tell me, Maria's right behind me, she heard everything I just and she's angry?"
"No, she's waiting for you at the Osiris Red Girl's dorm." Hamden's voice rang out and Chelsea gulped before turning around. "She just asked me to look for you."
"Err, I would like to add that any references I made to kicking Cameron in the nuts were totally in jest and I didn't mean a single word of it." Chelsea said as a massive sweat-drop rolled down her head, Chloe face palmed behind her roommate's back.
"Right…Chelsea, Chloe, you know where Maria's office is and if I were you two I wouldn't keep her waiting." Hamden said plainly and the two girls gulped before standing up and making their way to the girl's dorm.
"Nice cover-up by the way." Chloe whispered to her friend sarcastically and Chelsea laughed nervously. "Well, since I can't deal with that asshole with my fists, as tempting as it is, I'll make do with teaching him a lesson on the duel field."
"You're kidding right? Have you seen Cameron duel?" Chelsea asked and Chloe shook her head. "His deck's feared throughout the school, you heard of the Steelswarm monsters?"
"What now?" Chloe asked and Chelsea sighed.
"Steelswarm, they're an Archetype of fiend monsters that focus on gaining abilities through Tribute Summons, think the Monarchs but more tied to one Type of Monster, no one has been able to beat his deck." Chelsea explained before pausing. "I know I can't stop you from issuing this challenge but at the very least let me help you prepare your deck."
"That'll be great, thanks Chelsea." Chloe said as the two girls reached the girls dorm. "Well, time to face the music." Chloe sighed in annoyance.
"Well, look on the Brightside, the worst they can do short of expulsion is call our parents in and I doubt they'd call them in for something like this." Chelsea shrugged her shoulders and Chloe nodded in agreement, "Just be glad we're not in Obelisk Blue, the earful we would've gotten from Martin would've left us begging him to call our parents."
"Yeah, good point." Chloe nodded in agreement as the two girls entered the dorm, they made their way to Maria's office and Chloe hesitated before knocking.
"Come in!" Maria's voice rang out from the other side of the door and Chloe opened the door. "Ah good, you made it." Maria said with a disappointed frown.
"You want to see us one at a time or should we come in together?" Chloe asked and Maria thought for a moment.
"I'll see you at the same time; the two incidents are linked after all." Maria told them and Chloe and Chelsea entered the room before sitting next to each other. "Chloe, I'll start with you." Maria said sternly and Chloe gulped nervously. "I'm not saying that I don't sympathize with your plight, Cameron's comments were out of line and you had every right to be angry about it."
"Then why does it feel that I'm being punished for standing up for myself?" Chloe asked as her eyes narrowed. "I put up with enough of that BS before the tournament started, I wasn't about to let him get away with it."
"I understand both your frustration and your reasoning." Maria reassured her before sighing. "That said resorting to violence is absolutely out of the question; did you know that we are considering you two for graduation to Ra Yellow?"
"Wait, what?" The two girls asked simultaneously and Maria nodded.
"Yes, and I've been championing that decision myself, in your case Chloe it's for the vast improvement you've made in such a short amount of time." Maria told her and Chloe blushed a bit. "However this….incident, justified or not, may hinder your chances, students in Ra Yellow and especially Obelisk Blue are expected to be upstanding students, we do get the occasional bad apple but they're usually scared straight by the time they reach Obelisk Blue."
"So, let me get this straight, because Chloe stood up against a loudmouth bully she may not be moved up?" Chelsea asked and Maria nodded. "With all due respect, that's bullshit."
"Those are the rules Ms. Cunningham and you are expected to follow them to the latter." Maria said sternly and Chelsea backed down. "Whilst we're on the subject Ms. Cunningham, I understand that you wanted to stand up for your friend and roommate but you almost came to blows with him yourself." Maria said and Chelsea clenched her fists.
"He called me a derogatory term for homosexuals that I won't repeat because it infuriates me so much!" Chelsea said angrily and Chloe looked at her roommate with a look of surprise on her face. "I'm not going to take that bullshit lying down."
"I understand and I understand that you came out of the closet originally because you were just hoping for acceptance from your fellow students." Maria nodded in understanding and Chelsea cast her eyes downward. "Fortunately like Chloe's incident there were several witnesses to your confrontation who heard Cameron use that…..disgraceful term….and he will be punished for it." Maria said before handing the two girls several sheets of paper each. "This is your punishment; you are to write a several page essay each on why what you did was wrong, you cannot assist each other in doing so." Maria told them but saw that the two girls were about to protest it. "Justified reasons or not you two did break Duel Academy's rules and I cannot let that go unpunished, if it's any comfort to you there is no deadline for this and Cameron Matthews will be receiving a more severe punishment." Maria informed them and the two girls exchanged looks before nodding in understanding.
"We understand Maria." Chelsea sighed as she looked up at them. "We'll get these done as soon as we can so that they don't interfere with that Tag Team Tournament."
"That's the spirit." Maria said encouragingly before looking over her paperwork. "Now is there anything else you want?"
"Actually yeah, there is." Chloe told her and Maria looked up at her. "I'd like a duel request form please." Chloe requested and Maria reached into her desk draws.
"Do you want one for Osiris Red, Ra Yellow or Obelisk Blue?" Maria asked and Chloe nodded her head when she mentioned Obelisk Blue, Maria quickly caught on and her eyes narrowed. "Chloe, are you planning on challenging Cameron?"
"Yes, I am." Chloe nodded and Maria sighed.
"Chloe, I know you like a challenge and I know why you want to challenge him but I must advise against this." Maria said and Chloe folded her arms, Maria sighed in resignation before signing the form to indicate that she had approved the request. "But I cannot force you to change your mind about this; I just hope that you know what you are getting into." Maria said as she handed over the form, Chloe took it and the two girls left the office, they said nothing as they headed back to their room, they reached the room and once they entered Chelsea went to her usual hang out place, the top bunk.
"Chelsea, why didn't you tell me that Cameron said those things?" Chloe asked and Chelsea stopped halfway up the ladder.
"Chloe, I didn't want to worry you or Theresa all right?" Chelsea said as she hopped off the ladder. "Besides, it was hardly the first time that someone threw that hateful bullshit my way."
"Yeah but how many times did the person throwing it almost end up fighting you?" Chloe asked and Chelsea hesitated. "I don't mean to intrude; I'm just concerned that's all."
"It's okay Chloe, I hear you, and I showed the same concern when I saw your scar for the first time so I guess it's only fair." Chelsea shrugged her shoulders after a few minutes. "Look, you know my temper and you know that I'm not afraid to get physical with people who piss me off."
"Err, yeah, I think that's right up there with Lance's love of Thrash Metal as far as "Duel Academy's Worst Kept Secrets" go." Chloe joked and Chelsea grinned sheepishly.
"Good point." Chelsea admitted before sighing. "However when it comes to…words like Cameron used…..I've always used restraint when dealing with guys like that, yeah I realize how hard that might be to believe, I'm not saying it was easy but it kept me out of trouble, but Cameron? Not only did he call me….that word…..but he told me to stick to making porn vids on the internet."
"Did he really say that?" Chloe asked with a look of surprise on her face, Chelsea had told her numerous times that the depiction of lesbians in porn was a bit of a berserk button for her and whilst she had admitted numerous that she shouldn't expect anything less from porn it was still an annoyance for her. "I'm guessing his comments towards me didn't exactly help matters?"
"That's the understatement of the century." Chelsea groaned before looking at the sheets of paper given to her by Maria. "So, do you want to fill this out first or your duel request form?"
"The request form, it'll take me a lot less time and get it out of the way so that I can focus on this." Chloe said as she sat down at a coffee table, before they could even begin work on it however there was a knock on the door.
"I'll get it." Chelsea told her and Chloe started filling out the request form, Chelsea opened the door and saw Brandon standing there. "Hi Brandon, what's up?"
"Just checking up on you girls after what happened earlier." Brandon shrugged as Chelsea let him in. "Sorry for what Cameron said, I really should've tried to shut him up before he went too far."
"Don't worry Brandon; we got off lightly all things considered." Chloe told him as she filled out the request form. "Any news on what punishment he's getting?"
"None yet, problem is Martin's usually pretty hush-hush about this stuff." Brandon shrugged his shoulders before looking at what Chloe was doing. "You're challenging Cameron?"
"After what he said to me and Chelsea back there I want to teach him a lesson." Chloe said as she finished filling out the form. "And since I've already tried doing that with violence I'm going for the next best thing."
"At least you won't get in trouble for that." Chelsea chimed in but Brandon frowned. "Let me guess, you don't like the idea of Chloe challenging Cameron."
"No it's not that, hell if you ask me Cameron's a guy who needs a serious blow to his ego, it's just that I doubt school security will let either of you anywhere near Cameron after what happened." Brandon pointed out and Chloe facepalmed.
"And I need to deliver this to him in person to make it official." Chloe realized with a sigh. "Damn it, I didn't think of that."
"Don't worry about it, your only human." Brandon reassured her and she smiled at his reassurance, Brandon rubbed his chin in thought before getting an idea. "Let me take that to him."
"And challenge him on Chloe's behalf, good idea." Chelsea said with a grin….which quickly disappeared. "How do we even know if he'll accept the challenge or if the teachers will accept it as official though?"
"Let me worry about that, if need be I'll argue the case to Martin or even Chancellor Wilkins." Brandon said with a sheepish grin. "Hell I'd go one step further and argue with Kaiba himself about it."
"Now I'm beginning to see what Theresa sees in you." Chelsea said with a good natured grin.
"Err, thanks I think." Brandon said as Chloe handed him the form. "I'll get back to you on whether or not Cameron's accepted, oh that reminds me, and they've released the brackets for the tag team tournament."
"Oh yeah, when?" Chelsea asked confused and Brandon blinked before it dawned on him.
"Almost forgot, Osiris Red doesn't have a computer in each dorm room." Brandon said as he rubbed the back of his head nervously. "Maria's still arguing for that I take it?"
"We can practically hear her yelling down the phone to Wilkins from up here." Chloe said sheepishly. "The thing is that she's stated repeatedly that she won't settle for low end machines, for her it's top of the line or nothing."
"I can't really blame her there, students in Ra Yellow and Obelisk Blue get top of the line PCs in their rooms and well, this school has been trying to promote equality between the three dorms, and it's gotten to the point where my dad has offered to pay for them out of his own pocket." Brandon agreed before shaking his head. "Chelsea, you have a laptop don't you?"
"Yeah, it's on the top bunk, give me a sec." Chelsea said before climbing up the ladder to her bunk and retrieving the laptop, she put it on the coffee table opposite Chloe and plugged it in. "Okay, just got to wait for it to boot up." Chelsea added.
"It shouldn't take too long." Brandon commented and Chelsea nodded. "Well I'll leave you girls too it and I look forward to facing you at the tournament." Brandon said before leaving the room.
"Chelsea, you mind reading out who I'm teaming with? I want to get started on the Essay." Chloe requested.
"Sure." Chelsea responded as she waited for the laptop to boot up, once she signed in to her profile she accessed the Academy's website through Firefox and blinked in surprise. "Chloe, you don't exactly have to go far to find your partner."
"They're in Osiris Red as well?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded. "Okay, who is it?"
"Me." Chelsea told her causing Chloe to drop her pen in surprise.
"Really, are you serious?" Chloe asked before walking over to Chelsea's laptop to see for herself. "Great, our decks have nothing in common."
"Hey, it's cool, we'll think of something." Chelsea told her before looking at their opponents. "Donny Cramer and Drake Derringer never heard of them."
"Same here, Donny was good enough to get into Ra Yellow so I think it's safe to say he's got some talent, Drake's on Osiris Red so who knows about him." Chloe shrugged as she looked at the info on the team. "Wait, Brandon and Theresa are teaming up?"
"Random my ass, if this isn't rigged in Obelisk Blue's favor I'll eat my laptop whole!" Chelsea said angrily. "Well, good to see my girlfriend's in it."
"Yeah I guess. "Chloe said….before it dawned on her. "Since when did you have a girlfriend?" Chloe asked curiously and Chelsea blushed.
"Oh right, I must've forgotten to mention that." Chelsea said as she rubbed the back of her head nervously. "I started dating another Osiris Red student whilst you guys where in New York, girl called Beth McKenzie."
"She's the one teaming with Tommy Marlow from Ra Yellow correct?" Chloe asked and Chelsea nodded. "Well I'm happy for you in that case; maybe you should introduce me to her."
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea." Chelsea agreed before looking back to the list. "You'd like her, she's a good person." Chelsea added before turning her attention back to the list. "Well, the other Battle City participants are in the tournament as well, Marcus is teaming up with Tyler, if that's not an odd couple I don't know what is, Andreas is teaming up with that Obelisk Blue student who gave you a bit of trouble when you first moved here."
"Ugh, don't remind me of that asshole." Chloe groaned with a facepalm. "On one hand I want to face him so that I can give him a piece of my mind, on the other hand I'd be eliminating Andreas from the tournament at the same time."
"Yeah, that's a tough choice." Chelsea agreed. "Besides him, Kimberly's teaming with her brother, which should be an interesting tag team; Cameron's teaming with his girlfriend….."
"That asshole has a girlfriend?" Chloe interrupted and Chelsea sighed.
"Trust me, she makes him look civil." Chelsea told her and Chloe sighed. "Lance is teaming with Evan and that Rajin kid from Ra Yellow's teaming up with Thomas Newborn from Obelisk Blue."
"I never heard of him." Chloe shrugged as did Chelsea.
"Same here, he apparently joined at the same time we did." Chelsea said before looking over the list. "That's everyone I recognize, not sure about the rest though."
"Hate to be the ones to take on Theresa and Brandon." Chloe said with a sheepish grin and Chelsea nodded in agreement. "Speaking of Brandon, I wonder if he's had any luck with Cameron."
*meanwhile*
Brandon had some school work to do before he gave Cameron the Duel Request form but he was done now, things where pretty tense around the boy's dorm but he didn't take notice of that.
"Honestly I'm siding with the girls considering that he started it." Brandon thought with a frown before grabbing the Duel Request form, after proof reading it he left the room and walked down the hall in search for him, as he walked past a door he heard it open and assumed that it was one of the other male students, he was wrong.
"Looking for someone?" A female voice rang out and Brandon groaned before turning around, the woman was an Obelisk Blue student with elbow length red hair and blue eyes who was wearing a more revealing version of the Obelisk Blue girl's uniform.
"Jessica, It's a displeasure to see you as always." Brandon sighed as he looked at the woman; she was Cameron's girlfriend who had earned her nickname "The Ice Queen of Obelisk Blue" about ten times over. "I'm looking for your boyfriend."
"Any reason I should tell you where he is? I know your friends with that Osiris Red Bitch." Jessica said as she folded her arms.
"Yes, she's the bitch despite the fact that it was your boyfriend that provoked her and called her roommate a derogatory term for homosexuals." Brandon said sarcastically as his eyes narrowed. "There's few things that I don't have patience for Jessica and blatant favoritism isn't one of them, besides that this is the boy's dorm and whilst the fact that you often sneak in here for sex with Cameron isn't exactly a secret among the students I don't think Martin will like the fact that you are clearly here for that fact or the fact that you sleep around behind Cameron's back." Brandon added and Jessica's eyes narrowed.
"How did you know that?" Jessica demanded and Brandon smirked.
"Please, the only person who doesn't know that is Cameron himself." Brandon said plainly and Jessica growled.
"Fine, you can see him, just don't tell him." Jessica sighed before storming off, Brandon sighed before knocking on the door that Jessica had emerged from, he may not have liked Cameron but he and the other male students agreed that he deserved better than Jessica, moments later the door opened and Cameron saw him.
"I heard you arguing with my girlfriend, anything I should know about Brandon?" Cameron asked and Brandon shook his head. "Good, now why do you want to see me?"
"I think you'll be interested in this." Brandon said before handing over Chloe's request form, Cameron took one look at it and smirked.
"What? Are you now the errand boy for Osiris Red Students?" Cameron asked and Brandon's eyes narrowed.
"We both know why Chloe can't deliver it in person." Brandon told him and Cameron nodded.
"Yeah, because of the whole incident back there." Cameron nodded before pausing. "You know what? I could use a good laugh." Cameron said before signing that he had accepted the duel. "Tell her that I agree to her terms as well."
"So if she wins you'll apologize to her and Chelsea?" Brandon asked and Cameron nodded reluctantly.
"In the unlikely event that she does beat me, yes, yes I will." Cameron said dismissively before handing back the request form. "Tell her that I'll duel her at the Obelisk Blue Duel Field in ten minutes."
"I will, try to be civil for once." Brandon said before walking off. "Here's hoping Chloe can control her temper in the meantime." Brandon thought.
"So, the rumors are true." Tyler asked as he approached Brandon. "Chloe wants to duel Cameron."
"Yeah, and given what happened between them I don't blame her." Brandon commented before frowning. "He's accepted but I'm worried about whether or not she can handle the Steelswarm monsters."
"Yes, they are a very tricky archetype to combat." Tyler agreed before turning to Brandon. "Where is Chloe at the moment?"
"She's in her dorm room with her roommate Chelsea." Brandon answered and Tyler nodded. "Why do you ask?"
"If she's going to challenge Cameron her deck will need to be at its best, I think I might be able to help with that." Tyler told him as the two boys left the dorm and headed towards the Osiris Red Girl's dorm. "Chloe's a good duelist but challenging Cameron? She may be biting off more than she can chew."
"What was that?" Theresa asked as she approached them. "Is Chloe seriously considering challenging Cameron?"
"Seriously considered, filled out request form and I'm about to tell her that it'll take place at the Obelisk Blue Duel Field." Brandon corrected her and Theresa sighed. "What? We both know that that idiot needs a blow to his ego."
"I know but Tyler may be right about her biting off more than she can chew." Theresa said before shaking her head. "I'm not going to try to persuade her otherwise, since at this point that would be like asking most of Obelisk Blue NOT to be absolute pricks to students in Osiris Red and Ra Yellow, but I will be waiting for her at the Obelisk Blue Duel Field."
"See you there." Brandon told her before the two boys made their way to the Osiris Red Girl's dorm where Chloe and Chelsea where waiting for him. "He accepted, just be ready for a challenge."
"I am; Chelsea helped me with my deck after we did that essay for Maria." Chloe told him before she turned to Tyler. "So what brings him here?"
"What? Aren't you glad to see me?" Tyler asked with a mock look of hurt. "Seriously though, I heard about the challenge and I wanted to see if I could help." Tyler told her and she smiled at that. "Though it seems Chelsea has beaten me too it."
"Err, yeah sorry about that." Chelsea said sheepishly before frowning. "Wait, if you know then does Theresa?"
"Yeah, she knows, she's not happy about it but knows that there's no changing your mind on it." Brandon told her before turning around. "The match is at the Obelisk Blue Duel Field, even if you do remember where it is we'll take you two there anyway."
"Yeah, because otherwise they wouldn't let us in, I still don't understand that rule and I'll probably never will." Chelsea finished for him before they followed the boys to the center of the island. "Any news on what punishment they'll have for Cameron?"
"None yet but I doubt they'll let him off lightly." Tyler said as he turned to them. "The school has a zero tolerance policy towards insults that are homophobic or racist in nature." Tyler added before pausing. "Chloe, if it's not too much trouble, could I look through your deck? Don't worry; I won't use any info I learn about it should our teams faceoff in the tournament."
"Actually I've been meaning to ask about that." Chelsea said as she folded her arms. "Brandon, do you have any idea why they teamed you up with Theresa?"
"Not really, I just assumed that it was a random pairing but then you get teams like Kimberly and her brother or Cameron and his girlfriend." Brandon told her and she sighed. "If it's any consolation neither me nor Theresa had any say in who got teamed up with whom, if we did we would've asked to be teamed up with someone else in the interest of fairness."
"Well, if you say so." Chloe said shaking her head before retrieving her deck and handing it to Tyler; he looked through it with a raised eyebrow but didn't say anything.
"Your deck's good, maybe it has a few too many cards but it's otherwise better than your typical Osiris Red Deck, err no offense." Tyler said upon seeing the looks he was getting from the girls, he handed Chloe her deck back before searching through his pockets "This trap might help you against Cameron." Tyler said before retrieving the card and handing it to her.
"Surprised I didn't think of that." Chelsea commented when she saw the card. "I have a copy in my side-deck, if I had thought about it I would've leant it to her for the duel."
"I'm not worried." Chloe shrugged as she added the trap to her deck. "If it helps me put that idiot in his place I'm not complaining."
"Now that I would like to see happen." Brandon commented as they entered the main building, Chloe did her best to ignore the looks she was getting for security due to the incident earlier but since they didn't give her too much trouble she just ignored them, they arrived at the duel field and where stopped by security. "The two girls are with us, someone's expecting the shorter of the two in there."
"Let me guess, Cameron right?" The guard said upon recognizing Chloe, Chloe nodded and the guard stepped aside. "Okay but two of the teachers will be watching the duel, if they feel that there's going to be another…incident…they'll put a call into the technician's office and call off the duel, understood?" The guard asked and Chloe nodded without hesitation. "All right kid, your opponent's waiting for you." The guard said before stepping aside and letting the students past.
"We'll be in the audience, try to keep your cool Chloe." Brandon advised her and Chloe nodded determinedly as they climbed the steps and found themselves in the duel field, Cameron was waiting on the podium and Jessica was sitting in the audience.
"You're here, good, I get to put an Osiris Red Reject in her place!" Cameron said as he activated his duel disk, as Chloe stepped onto the podium she glanced at the audience and saw Jeff and Hamden sitting there quietly. "I didn't ask for their presence but they insisted."
"Yeah, the guard mentioned it." Chloe nodded as she activated her duel disk. "I'm guessing the redhead's your girlfriend?"
"That redhead's one of the best students in Obelisk Blue and yes, she is my girlfriend." Cameron said through gritted teeth as they drew their opening hands. "I'd appreciate it if you treated her with respect."
"Me treat someone who apparently makes you look civil with respect? The day that happens is the day Chaos Emperor Dragon is taken off the banned list." Chloe said simply. "That and the fact that she dresses like a stripper posing as a student…."
"You watch your mouth you little bitch!" Jessica snapped at Chloe who smirked.
"Okay, keep it clean you three or we'll call off the duel before it's even begun." Jeff interrupted as his eyes narrowed. "You two are in enough trouble already, don't make things worse for yourselves." Jeff added and Chloe grit her teeth in frustration.
"I thought the teachers knew the whole story?" Chelsea wondered as she, Brandon and Tyler took their seats in the audience. "All though I do agree with Chloe about Jessica's outfit." She added.
"Hamden, Maria and Martin know, the most Jeff and the heads of the Ra Yellow and Obelisk Blue Girl's dorms know is that there was a fight." Theresa corrected her and Chelsea frowned. "It looks like Hamden's telling Jeff anyway." Theresa observed as she saw Hamden whispering to Jeff.
"All right, I'll go first." Cameron announced as he drew his card. "I set a card facedown and summon Steelswarm Caller in attack mode!" Cameron played the card and a gaunt black fiend appeared on the field, it had large orange wings and four sets of eyes (4/1700/000). "Good luck getting past him rookie, you're going to need it!"
"I'll show you who's a rookie." Chloe growled as she drew her card. "That monster has pretty decent attack strength but its defense is nonexistent." Chloe thought before looking at her newly drawn card. "He's obviously hoping that his trap will protect him, luckily for me Breaker the Magical Warrior will deal with that."
"Are you going to make a move or what?" Cameron demanded breaking Chloe's concentration.
"Just watch, I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior in attack mode!" Chloe played the card she had drawn and the armored spellcaster appeared on the field (4/1600/1000).
"I know Breaker's effect and I know that Breaker's effect kicks in after he's summoned." Cameron said plainly as Breaker's attack points increased to 1900. "But the question now is; do you destroy Caller or my facedown card?" Cameron asked and Chloe's eyes narrowed. "Don't take too long, I know all Osiris Red Students are dimwitted, especially that roommate of yours, tell me do you realize your rooming with a dy….?"
"YOU FINISH THAT SENTENCE AND I'LL HELP CHLOE BASH YOUR BRAINS IN!" Chelsea shouted from the sidelines as several students tried to calm her down.
"She won't need to." Jeff said plainly. "Cameron, any further references to that word and I'll see to it that you're demoted to Osiris Red!" Jeff said sternly and Cameron growled.
"Ugh, fine!" Cameron grunted I frustration as he waited for Chloe to make a move.
"Thanks for that Jeff." Chloe thanked him but her emotions where still running high due to numerous factors. "Breaker, attack his fiend!" Chloe commanded and the mage charged towards the fiend before splitting it down the middle.
C (m): 7800
C (f): 8000
"By destroying my fiend you have activated my trap card Time Machine!" Cameron activated the trap and a large, odd looking black machine appeared on the field. "It can only be activated if my opponent destroys one of my monsters and sends it to the graveyard and as the name implies it goes back in time to before it was destroyed and brings the monster back!" The machine opened up and true to Cameron's word Steelswarm Caller reappeared on the field.
"Fine, I set two cards facedown and end my turn at that." Chloe announced and Cameron drew his card. "No sign of the trap that Tyler gave me but hopefully I'll draw it soon." Chloe thought.
"I start by activating Allure of Darkness, I'd explain its effect to you but I'm sure you know it like the back of your hand after seeing Brandon use it so much!" Cameron said before banishing one of the monsters in his hand and drawing two cards. "And now to show you the true power of my Steelswarms! I sacrifice Caller to summon Steelswarm Mantis!" Cameron played the card and the fiend disappeared from the field, in its place stood a much larger fiend though this one bore a closer resemblance to a praying mantis (5/2200/0). "But there's more where that came from, now that I've used a Steelswarn monster in a tribute summon not one but two effects activate."
"What effects?" Chloe demanded and Cameron grinned.
"First the effect of my Mantis, by paying one thousand life-points….." Cameron said as his life-points dropped to 6800. "I can target one Steelswarn monster in my graveyard and Special Summon it to the field, so welcome back Steelswarn Caller!" Cameron played the card and the weaker bug like fiend appeared on the field. "Next the effect of Steelswarm Caller, since I used him in a tribute summon for a Steelswarm monster I can Special Summon another from my deck so…." Cameron picked up his deck and searched through for it for a few minutes, he found the card he was looking for and played it. "I Special Summon Steelswarm Gatekeeper!" Cameron played the card and a small black, dog like fiend appeared on the field (4/1500/1500).
"Great, he's swarmed the field and my trap's only good for one attack." Chloe thought before pausing. "No pun intended obviously."
"Now for the fun part, Steelwarm Mantis attack Breaker the Magical Warrior!" Cameron commanded and the mentis flew towards Breaker before impaling it with its pincers bringing Chloe's life-points down to 7700. "Gatekeeper, Caller, put the Osiris Red Bitch in her place!" Cameron commanded and the two bug like fiends charged towards Chloe, Caller was first to strike…..
"Since I just took damage I activate my Numinous Healer Trap Card, which softens the blow a bit!" Chloe activated her trap and once her life-points dropped to 6000 they went up again to 7000, Gatekeeper didn't let that stop him however as he rammed his body into Chloe's.
C (m): 6800
C (f): 5500
"That was a smart move that kept their scores relatively close." Jeff thought as Chloe forced herself to her feet. "Wonder what her other facedown card is though."
"Who cares? He's still mopping the floor with you!" Jessica taunted from the sidelines and Chloe glared at her. "Maybe you should go cry to mommy, oh that's right, you don't have one!" Jessica added and Chloe clenched her fists.
"Jessica, I'm only going to say this once." Chloe said as she glared at the older student. "Shut the fuck up!"
"How dare you! That's my girlfriend….." Cameron started but was stopped when the teachers glanced at him. "Don't tell me you're siding with that cu…."
"Finish that sentence and I'll force-feed you your duel disk." Chloe warned him and Cameron quickly shut up.
"Furthermore, if Jessica makes any comments like that again she'll be kicked out of the duel field." Jeff added as he glared towards the redhead student. "Richardson, that's your first warning, any more outbursts and…."
"Yeah, yeah, the duel will be called off." Chloe finished for him and Jeff nodded, frowning she turned to Cameron. "Is it my move yet?" Chloe asked and Cameron shook his head.
"Not quite, I set a card facedown, now it's your move." Cameron said as he set the card down before he nodded at Chloe, she maintained her glare at the students before drawing her card.
"Are they really siding with that prick?"Chelsea demanded and Tyler shook his head.
"Their siding with no one, Chloe may have had every right to be mad at Jessica for that comment but she's also in the wrong much like they are." Tyler said with a frown. "They're bullies plain and simple; they are making those comments to get a reaction out of her."
"And it's getting to her." Theresa pointed out with a frown. "I just hope that either Chloe can keep her cool and potentially win this or the teachers will have the step in, and as much as I hate to say it, things seem to be heading in that direction."
"Before you make any moves I'll activate my trap card." Cameron announced as his trap card flipped up. "Infestation Wave, this trap card requires me to return a Steelwarm monster I tribute summoned to my hand but in exchange I can destroy one card you control!" Cameron explained as Mantis took flight towards the facedown card…
"Well in that case I may as well use it, go Reinforce Truth!" Chloe activated her trap card and it flipped up. "In exchange for the ability to conduct my Battle Phase this turn this lets me Special Summon a weak Warrior Type monster from my deck, such as Dopelwarrior in attack mode!" Chloe played the card and a human soldier in an army uniform appeared on the field wielding an Assault Rifle (2/800/800).
"Hah, you may as well have left soldier boy on the sidelines!" Jessica scoffed when she saw the card. "What good will that do you against Cameron's fiends? None, that's what, you may as well give up now!""
"Do you always jump to conclusions or are you worried about what little clothing your wearing coming off in the process?" Chloe asked and Jessica growled. "Besides there's still one other summon I can make!"
"Oh, I'm so scared!" Cameron scoffed as he looked at her monster. "The only way that thing can be of any use is if you were using him in a…..Synchro…..Summon….oh crap!"
"Good to see there's still some brain cells left." Chloe grinned before picking up two cards. "As a follow up I set a card facedown and summon Rose, Warrior of Revenge!" Chloe played the cards and the redheaded warrior appeared on the field (4/1600/600).
"Big deal, even if you could attack my monsters only one of them is strong enough to defeat one of my monsters!" Cameron scoffed as he glared at the two monsters.
"Well, so much for you having brain cells." Chloe said as she rolled her eyes. "Here's a hint genius, Rose Warrior of Revenge is a Tuner Monster and I'm using her with Doppelwarrior!" Chloe announced as the two warriors leapt into the air, Rose Warrior of Revenge faded into four green rings which quickly surrounded Doppelwarrior. "Say hello to Gravity Warrior!" Chloe said proudly as the warrior with weird anime like hair landed on the field (6/2100/1000).
"Ha! To think I was worried for a second there!" Cameron scoffed with a grin that was shared with Jessica…..but both grins quickly faded when Gravity Warrior's attack increased to 2700.
"You should be worried; after all it's your strategy that's giving him his power." Chloe told him and Cameron blinked. "Gravity Warrior gains 300 attack points for each warrior on your side of the field, but that's not all." Chloe said as Doppelwarrior reappeared on the field. "When Doppelwarrior's used in a Synchro Summon his effect activates allowing me to Special Summon a Dopel Token (1/800/800) in his place."
"Am I supposed to be impressed? Your token's just another target for my fiends as soon as your turn ends, and since you can't attack because of your own trap card you have no choice but to end your turn." Cameron informed her as he folded his arms. "How you beat Otto with blatantly amateur moves like this I'll never know."
"Maybe that duel was rigged, just like how he was framed." Jessica suggested and Chloe glared at her. "What's the matter? Did I touch a nerve?" Jessica asked whilst making it clear that she couldn't care less.
"If you can shut your slut of a girlfriend up I'll show you!" Chloe snapped at them ignoring the glares that comment got before picking up another card. "I set this facedown and end my turn." Chloe announced and Cameron drew his card.
"She's going through her strikes quickly." Jeff whispered to Hamden who nodded. "If this keeps up we'll have to intervene."
"Let's hope it doesn't come to that." Hamden whispered back as Cameron looked at his new card.
"You saw one of my stronger Steelswarms last turn, now allow me to introduce another!" Cameron said as he pointed to his two fiends. "I sacrifice….."
"I don't think so! Go Mask of Restrict!" Chloe activated the trap and the smug looks on Jessica and Cameron's faces disappeared in an instant. "This means you can't do any tribute summons at all."
"What…..WHAT DID YOU SAY? Do you have any idea what you've just done?" Cameron demanded as he looked at his now useless monster.
"Oh, I don't know, maybe I just rendered your whole strategy useless with a fairly old card?" Chloe said with a confident.
"HA-HA! YEAH THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!" Chelsea yelled triumphantly ignoring the death glares from Cameron and Jessica.
"Don't celebrate too soon reject! As soon as he draws Mystical Space Typhoon her little counterstrategy goes down the drain!" Jessica snapped at her but Chelsea ignored her.
"That's if I draw it before she brings out that blasted Magician of hers!" Cameron thought before looking at his hand. "Damn it, my hand has nothing but high level Steelswarm monsters; at least I can take out that token!" Cameron thought before pointing too Doppel Token. "Steelswarm Caller, get her monster now!" Cameron commanded and the bug like fiend flew towards Chloe's monster…..
"I don't think so; I activate Shift and use it to force both of your monsters to target my Warrior!" Chloe announced and Cameron's eyes widened as the two fiends charged towards Gravity Warrior, Caller was the first to go and despite the fact that Gravity Warrior's attack points dropped to 2400 with Caller's destruction it was still more than strong enough to defeat Gatekeeper.
C (m): 4900
C (f): 5500
"That….that has to be cheating right?" Jessica stammered as Gravity Warrior's attack dropped to its base attack strength. "There's no way that cu….."
"That's enough, security drag Jessica Stevens back to her dorm room." Jeff interrupted her and before she could utter another word two security guards dragged her from her seat and out of the arena, Jessica yelled obscenities at the teachers and the students until she was no longer in earshot.
"You can't do that!" Cameron protested as he glared at him.
"Like it or not, I just did." Jeff said as he folded his arms. "She was disrupting the duel and antagonizing your opponent, frankly I should've done it much sooner." Jeff added leaving Cameron gob smacked. "I think you have bigger problems though, like your first defeat!" Jeff added and Cameron's eyes widened.
"He's right; unless I do something soon she'll use her monsters to destroy me and my reputation!" Cameron thought before an idea crept into his head. "It's a longshot but it may just work." Cameron thought before sighing. "I have nothing I can do, take your turn already!"
"Oh yeah, this is too rich! Cameron's about to taste his first defeat and it's at the hands of Chloe!" Chelsea grinned broadly as Chloe drew her card.
"I don't know, as much as I'd like to see his ego deflated Cameron's not an idiot." Brandon said with a frown. "He has something up his sleeve."
"I activate Trade In; by discarding a Level 8 monster this Spell Card will allow me to draw two cards." Chloe discarded her monster and drew two cards almost immediately. "Now I activate Level Modulation, how it works is simple, in exchange for her effects and ability to attack for the rest of the turn and you drawing two cards I can bring back the monster I discarded for Trade-In."
"A Level 8 Level Monster…..oh crap!" Cameron muttered as he drew two cards. "At least one of these monsters will help." Cameron thought as Silent Magician Level 8 appeared on the field (8/3500/1000).
"As satisfying as it'll be to have Gravity Warrior attack you I'd rather finish you off in one hit." Chloe told him as she glanced towards her magician. "So I pass for now!" Chloe added and Cameron drew his card.
"Damn, another high level Steelswarm." Cameron cursed himself before looking at the magician. "I'm not out of this yet, since I have no monsters whilst you do I'm allowed to special summon Steelswarm Cell from my hand in defense mode!" Cameron played the card and a small black, beetle like fiend appeared on the field (1/0/0).
"You're going to regret that." Chloe told him and Cameron blinked in surprise…until he yelped in surprise as Steelswarm Cell stood up in attack mode. "That's Gravity Warrior's other effect, once per turn I can force a monster on your side of the field into attack mode AND force them to attack my Warrior."
"Wa…..wait…." Cameron stammered as the beetle flew towards Gravity Warrior only to be effortlessly swatted away.
C (m): 2500
C (f): 5500
"Oh god I wish I had a camera!" Chelsea grinned as she looked at the look on Cameron's face. "I haven't seen a face that priceless since that Ra Yellow student tried to hit on me when I first moved here."
"You did let him down gently right?" Tyler asked with a look of amusement on his face.
"Off course I did." Chelsea told him with a massive grin on her face. "Take your turn Chloe; you have this in the bag!" Chelsea shouted and Chloe grinned before drawing her card.
"Okay, here goes." Cameron thought as he looked at her directly. "Yeah, attack me, show yourself to be a disgrace you probably are to that whore of a mother of yours, or you would if she wasn't dead." Cameron snapped at him causing several simultaneous jaw drops when the other students, staff and even the security guys heard that, that is unlike Chloe who just glared at him.
"What…..did…..you….say?" Chloe demanded as the anger in her voice rose steadily with each word, Cameron grinned broadly as she heard that.
"What's the matter? Can't handle the truth?" Cameron grinned and Chloe clenched her fists in anger.
"I'll show you!" Chloe snapped at him before noticing something on her duel disk, a button that turned off the safeties and made the damage real. "I can't let him get away with what he just said, it's not like anyone will notice." Chloe thought before pressing the button.
"Err, sir, you told us to be on the lookout for suspicious activities during the duel?" A technician asked Jeff through an earpiece.
"Yes, is it Cameron?" Jeff asked as he cast a concerned look towards Chloe.
"Err, no, it's his opponent." The technician said and Jeff and Hamden blinked in surprise. "She turned off the safeties on her duel disk, if those attacks hit then she'll hospitalize Cameron."
"Call of the duel now, we'll deal with the rest." Jeff said before hanging up. "Chloe, what are you thinking?"
"Silent Magician, finish it….." Chloe demanded but the attack didn't happen, Silent Magician merely looked at Chloe disappointedly as the hologram off her other two monsters disappeared from the field followed swiftly by Silent Magician. "What….what….what just happened?"
"You know full well Chloe." Jeff said as he stood up. "The technicians detected a duelist turning off the safeties on her duel disk, that someone was you." Jeff said before shaking his head. "The duel's over, it has been declared a draw in accordance with Duel Academy rules."
"I…..I'm not hearing this right?" Chelsea stammered as it dawned on her and the other students present. "She wouldn't do that!"
"After those comments she was clearly not thinking straight." Tyler said as he shook his head, Chloe cast her eyes downward as it dawned on her; she quietly deactivated her duel disk and ran off in tears. "Chelsea, you're her roommate, you'd better go after her before word spreads."
"I'm way ahead of you." Chelsea said before running off after Chloe.
"Well, I'm glad you saw justice." Cameron said as he wiped the sweat from his brow. "Now if you excuse me I'm heading back to my dorm…."
"You're in trouble as well Cameron." Hamden said as he turned to him. "If you hadn't said those comments Chloe wouldn't have done that, needless to say expect a visit from Martin." Hamden said and Cameron's eyes widened before storming off. "Jeff, what should we do about Chloe? I doubt she entered the duel intending to do that."
"We'll discuss that later, in private." Jeff told him before turning to the dispersing duelists. "It'll likely affect her candidacy for being promoted however, and we'll definitely have to call her parents." Jeff said before sighing. "Scott's not going to like this."