"Did you see her cower?" Nessa asked excitedly. Arliss nodded, a grin plastered on his face. He was thrilled that not only his queen had won, but she was so moved by it. "My god, Arliss…"

"I'm not a god." Arliss teased. "yet."

"…that was just so…beeeeeerrrrrrrrr!" She said, making no sense in her utter joy. Her body had locked up as she did a little wiggle, as if too pumped up to stay still. "The fear when I threw out that bait, the thrill when she took it…I just…I don't think I can think of a word to describe it."

"I can." The king of the rare hunters said calmly, spinning her around so her back was to his front. He leaned in close, wrapping his arms around her middle he pulled her flush against him. "Hunt." The very word made them both shiver. "That was the thrill you felt."

"Yes…" She sighed, eyes half lidded.

"Nothin' like the hunt, my dear Nessa. The scouting of the terrain, the choosing of weapons, the selection of prey…all for that glorious moment when you spring the trap and take the spoils." He ran his hands along her stomach, making the young woman whimper. "Nothin'…" He slowly turned her head towards his, their lips inching closer together…

"Hey, I think they're down here! Vanessa!"

Arliss let out a hissing curse. "Damn Jaden Yuki…I swear that boy has some kind of radar on him for when he can ruin the moment."

Nessa glanced over his shoulder, eyes narrowing as she heard the foot falls of two…no…three people. Two were heavy, the last light. And if Jaden was one of the people…well, you could guess who the lighter footsteps belonged too.

"Wish I could warp us to the shadow realm, but I don't have time…besides, lucky for us," Arliss said scarastically. "…Jaden can sense duel spirits, as well as shadow magic."

"Good thing you have me then." She stated, grabbing his hand and pulling him into a broom closet, the door shutting just as Jaden, Syrus and Bastion rounded the corner. The two of them pressed tight together, Nessa's backed against the wall as Arliss pushed against her, his head resting on her shoulder. She tried to shuffle to give him more room, and nearly toppled over a discarded mop bucket. Arliss' hands shot out, lifting her up with ease. Rather then set her feet back to the ground, Nessa chose to wrap them around Arliss' waist, leaning against his chest and the wall. Arliss let out his own whimper at the position, but silenced it as the group got closer. The two stilled themselves completely as they listened to the footsteps stop abruptly, their pursuers now 2 feet away. the king and queen listened in on the conversation going on just on the other side of the door.

"I don't see them Jay." Syrus said. Both hunters, with their enhanced senses, could hear Syrus shuffle a bit.

"I agree with Syrus." Bastion said. "We heard no running coming from this way, and with the echo in these halls…"

"But I know I heard them!" Jaden exclaimed, obviously confused by the lack of a Nessa and an Arliss standing in the hall. "They couldn't have just disappeared!"

"Of course they couldn't Jaden. It's theoretically impossible." Bastion stated. "You must have just been hearing things."

"Or maybe they are further down Jay. These hallways do echo…"

Arliss could tell that Jaden was not satisfied with that answer, but he would let it go. "Man, I was hoping to find Vanessa before the lunch break ended. I wanted to talk to her alone for a bit."

"Assuming you could find her…" Bastion began. "There is a high probability that Arliss would have been with her. And I doubt he would allow you to go off anywhere with his…"

"Lover?" Syrus added.

"Quite."

Jaden sighed. "I just want to know what Vanessa did to Alexis. She's been acting weird enough as it is. She talked back to Dr. Crowler, she hasn't been to her room in 4 days, she's hanging off of Arliss, and now she makes Alexis have a nervous breakdown." The slifer duelist sighed. "Something is wrong here guys, and I intend to get to the bottom of it."

Syrus' stomach growled. "Well, do what you want. I plan to get to the bottom of a soup bowl."

Bastion seemed to agree. "Yes Jaden, there isn't much we can do now. They are obviously not here, and standing around will not find them. Besides, most likely they are buying lunch themselves. They still need to eat, just like everyone else."

"I guess you're right." Jaden said glumly. "Come on, lets go."

"Wow Jaden…" Syrus' voice said, getting softer as they moved away. "I never thought I would see you depressed about getting lunch!"

After waiting a minute, Arliss gently detangled himself from Nessa and turned around. Cracking the door, he looked about, and finding the hall clear, stepped out of their hiding spot and took a breath.

"That was good thinkin' girl. I might be a hunter…but I am in no mood to deal with Jaden Yuki and his pack of whiny little friends." Arliss looked up at a nearby wall clock and thought. "We have 50 minutes before we need to get back. I don't need to worry about preppin' or anything, so we can cut it close. They all are gonna be in the cafeteria, so maybe we should go back to my dorm and get something for us to nibble on. Bastion was right, we still need to eat." He itched his head. "What do you think about that, Nessa? Feel like eatin'?"

"Actually…" Nessa's voice said form behind him, the tone sultry. "I have something much better mind."

Arliss smirked. "And what would that…" He turned around to face her, and his body froze up for the second time in 3 days.

Nessa stood in the broom closet, gloriously naked, only wearing her choker and leather coat. Arliss had known that her body had undergone some startling transformations, but to see them up close…it made him want to drop to his knees and give thanks to every deity known to man.

"My my my…" Arliss stammered, pulling on his shirt collar. His cool, collected demeanor was gone in front of this dark bewitching woman he called his queen. "You are l-lookin' mighty fine Nessa….mighty fine…"

"arliss." She said, her voice low and dangerous. "We have a problem."

The shadow mage gulped. "We do?"

"Yes." Nessa's hand snaked out, grabbing his shirt collar and dragging him into the closet. The closet door shut with a bang as Nessa pinned Arliss between it and her unrestrained chest. "You…" Her hand crawled down to the middle of his shirt. "Aren't…." She gave it a tug, ripping it clear from his body. "Naked." She gave him the most brazen, lustful gaze he had ever seen. The memories of their first morning danced through his head with vengeance. "Now then…" Her hand crept once more, now to the waist of his jeans. "Are you going to be a good little king and do what the queen asks?"

If anyone had been out in the hall, they would have heard the sound of fabric being pulled off, shoes flung into a wall, flesh pressing flesh and bodies bang against the door.

Inside the closet, He grabbed her wrists and restrained her, slamming both of them into the opposite wall. "Time for the queen to give the king his present. One he waited a long time to get from you, lover." He whispered, closing the space between their lips and delivering a toe curling, mind numbing, babble inducing first kiss to his queen.

&&&

"Any luck?" Chumley asked, looking up from the plate full of hotdogs that he was munching on. The school, knowing that it would take far too long for everyone to go back their dorms to get lunch, had brought out some food carts to let the students get in a quick meal before the second half of the duels took place.

Jaden plopped down next to him, propping his chin up with his hands. "No. We couldn't find any sign of Vanessa or Arliss."

Bastion nodded as he took a seat next to the slifers. "I assume that they are off celebrating their win against Alexis." He pulled a power bar from his blazer pocket and chewed on it thoughtfully. "I still do not see why you wish to talk to her Jaden. From what you have told me, Vanessa has made it clear she doesn't want to talk to anyone other then Arliss."

"And she certainly hasn't been very nice to anyone." Syrus said, returning from the food cart with a couple hamburgers, passing one to Jaden. "You want one Bastion?"

"No thank you Syrus." Bastion said. "Not quite trusting cows at the moment, not with the maddening things I've heard about them." He continued in on his power bar. Bastion had been meaning to return to his dorm after his match against Hayden to go over the duel, figure out if there was any way to tighten up his deck based on it's performance. His water deck was almost complete, and his other decks were doing fine, but his wind deck seemed to be lacking when it came to brute force. 'Maybe an equip…' He shook his head slightly. If he began to think about that, he would never be able to get on with the day.

He had been heading to the Ra Yellow dorm when Jaden had caught up with, asking if he could help him find Vanessa. Bastion, who had previously taken a shine to Jaden, agreed. In Jaden, Bastion saw the potential for a great duelist. Of course, he would need to get his head out of the clouds, but there was still that raw talent, just waiting to be mastered.

So, after meeting up with Syrus, the three of them had gone in search of the two missing duelists, only to waste 10 minutes looking around empty halls. Disappointed, they had returned to where most of the students were gathered, and decided to regroup and go looking again after they had something to eat.

"So Jaden, you haven't answered my question." Bastion looked over at the normally hyper-active slifer. "Why is it you wish to talk to Vanessa?"

"I thought she was called Nessa now?" Chumley asked.

"That is what she called herself." Syrus said. "Nessa Lockehart. Wonder why she changed her name."

"Probably avoiding the stigma that is slifer." Chumley replied. "I mean, it's obvious that she's gotten a lot stronger then she was before, and with that win against Alexis, I bet she'll be going to RaYellow." He paused, looking at Jaden. "Maybe you two will meet up…what are you going to change your name to Jaden?"

"Uh…I wasn't planning…"

"I'm gonna change my name to Max Power." Chumley said with a grin. "I saw it on a cartoon show. Totally 'lishious. Ooo! You could be Robert Coolington!"

Jaden held up his hand, chuckling slightly. "I don't think I'm going to change my name, Chumley."

"You say that now." He said, taking a bite of another hot dog. "But give it a few weeks, and we won't even recognize you."

Syrus looked down glumly at his burger. "Yea…maybe Vanessa simply doesn't want to be around us losers anymore." He added mentally, 'Like you will, Jay.'

"I think it's more then that, Sy." Jaden said. "I think something happened to Vanessa…something to change her."

"Well, that is obvious." Bastion said. "Her supposed 'growth spurt' is hard to miss. I still say she must have taken some kind of steroid. IT would explain the mood swings and the increase in body mass."

Jaden shook his head. "I don't think so…I think Arliss did something to Vanessa… something that is making her act like this."

"What are you saying Jaden…that Arliss is blackmailing Vanessa or something?"

"No…when I saw Vanessa activate the Nightmare Cage, there was this weird glow around her and the card. It was like some kind of…dark shell formed around her. Right when I saw it, Alexis began to freak out." Jaden took a bite out of his hamburger. "I think Arliss has done something to Vanessa, brainwashed her or something, and now Vanessa is able to do the same thing to Alexis."

Bastion shook his head. "Simply not possible. Brainwashing is a long, drawn out process. Arliss would have needed to be alone with Vanessa for almost a year in order to get her under his control." He folded the wrapped from his power bar up and placed it in his pocket. "There is no way that someone can brainwash someone instantly. Next you'll try and make us believe that amazons are real, or that duelists can make monsters appear without a duel disk, or Professor Banner is an evil mummy out to rule the world."

"That's exactly what I think….er…not about the mummy or the amazons. I bet Arliss figured out a way to make take control of Vanessa's mind, and then taught his new puppet how to do the same thing to Alexis, convince she was seeing things that scared her."

"Jaden…" Bastion said slowly, as if talking to a child. "I was down on the field when Vanessa activated that card, and I didn't see anything like what you have described. All I saw was her play a card, and then Alexis freak out about it." He gave a slight nod. "Perhaps she has claustrophobia. Being in that cage could easily have made her panic and begin to see things that were not there."

"Well, if you want…" Syrus said, looking over Jaden's shoulder. "You can ask her."

The 4 guys looked over to see Alexis' friends Mindy and Jasmine, along with another girl, helping to guide the queen of the obelisk blue over to where the foursome sat. The three girls looked on, concerned for their friend. Alexis' face was blank, her eyes almost dead as she simply sat in the chair, staring past everyone and anything in her line of vision.

"What's wrong with her?" Syrus asked.

"Well, hello to you two Syrus." Jasmine said. "Nice to see you when we are actually dressed." Syrus blushed, shrinking down in his seat, avoiding the questioning glance he got from Bastion.

"We're not sure." Mindy complained. "She was all quiet and still since that duel. We were walking by here, and she finally managed to say, "Jaden". Began to struggle when we tried to pull her away."

"Right then." Jaden said, leaning across to the table. "I say we get to the bottom of this."

"But first…" Chumley said, pulling Jaden back down and staring with heart-filled eyes at the unknown girl. "Who are you, and what are you doing here with me…I mean with them…yea…"

The 3rd girl smiled. She was just taller then Alexis, and seemed to have a slight resemblance to her. But that could have been because of her hair, which was a similar shade of blonde as Alexis. But that was as far as their similarities went. While Alexis was a tough southern beauty, this girl was a golden goddess. Her sunny hair was long, hanging past her shoulders and falling all about her body. She had deep amber eyes that twinkled when she smiled, and the cutest button nose. Her skin was tanned to a healthy bronze, her lips done up in a subtle pink lip gloss. She giggled, glancing coyly at Chumley through her long eyelashes.

"My name is Samantha Ciro." She replied, her voice tinted with that of a greek accent. "I am a new student here, and Alexis and her friends had been kind enough to take me under their wing. No other girls from my prep school had come to this academy, so I am all by myself."

Chumley flashed her a shy grin. "Well…feel free to ask me for help if you want, Samantha. I've been here for a year, so I know all the 'lishous spots."

Samantha giggled again, flipping her hair behind her shoulder. "Oh…I love how you talk…it is so…different, from everyone else."

"Well, I am very different from everyone else."

"I'll say." Bastion muttered. "Now then, if we are quite done with the introduction, I believe we can begin to question Alexis about what exactly happened in that duel. Get to the bottom of all this."

"Good luck." Mindy said softly. "We have been trying to get her to tell us for the last 20 minutes. All she does is shake her head and whimper."

Jasmine nodded. "I've never seen Alexis like this…it's like she lost her spark, her edge. She's just…hollow."

Jaden frowned and took a hold of Alexis' hands, giving them a squeeze. "Hey Alexis, you in there? We kinda want to talk." Alexis whimpered, shaking her head. "Come on now, it's just us, your friends. You can talk to us, right?" Again, she shook her head. "Ok then…"

"See, mental breakdown." Bastion said. "What she needs is a good psychiatrist. Maybe a year or two, give or take. That will straighten all of this out and get her back on the road to good mental health."

"No way Bastion." Jaden said, noticing how Alexis' eyes grew wide at the thought of medical attention. "I don't think this is anything science can explain." He looked at Alexis and gave her a smile. "Ok, let's try this: I am going to ask you a question, and you nod your head if I'm right, ok?" Alexis looked at him, and gave him a tiny nod. "First off, are you afraid of tight spaces." She nodded her head.

"I told you."

"Ask her if that is why she is freaked out." Samantha said. "I could say I was scared of a bug, and if there was one on a robber's hand, you would claim that I was frightened by the bug, not the weapon."

"Now you are just being smart…"

"Exactly." Samantha said with a grin.

"Cute, smart and funny." Chumley said. "Wow Samantha, you sure are super cool. No, more then that, you are uber cool."

"Aw, you are sweet Chumley!" Samantha said with a wide grin. "Thank you so much!"

Bastion rolled his eyes. "If we could… I only had a power bar, and I would like to keep it in my stomach."

"Right then." Jaden said. "Alexis, was it the tight space that freaked you out?" She shook her head. "What did?" Alexis squeezed her eyes shook and violently shook her head, like a child not wanting to eat her spinach. "Come on Alexis, you can trust us. We won't let anything hurt you."

"Yea, and we will never tell anyone what you told us. I never told anyone that Jaden sleeps with a pink teddy bear…" Syrus' eyes grew wide as Jaden stared him down, slack-jawed. "Oops…sorry Jay."

"A pink teddy bear?" Bastion asked with a smirk. "Does he have a name?"

"I bet it's Mr. Furrybottom!" Mindy said with a grin.

"We're getting off topic again!" Jasmine complained. "And this is not helping Alexis. Go on Jaden." She commanded. She didn't like it that Alexis seemed to want to be near the slifer/now ra student, but she didn't have much of a choice. If it would get her friend back to normal, she would be willing to let Jaden ride on her back to and from class for a month.

"right." Jaden locked eyes with Alexis. "Now come on, tell us what the big deal is. What has you freaked out? What scared you?"

Alexis looked about fearfully, searching for something to pop up at her. There was no way she could tell them about the horrific demons that had taunted her, that she now suspected had been her friends, or atleast a form of them. She wouldn't tell them about what she had seen in those dark shadows, how she had become a scared little girl, crying out for a brother that never came. She couldn't tell them this, but that didn't mean she couldn't tell them…

"Arliss." She whispered, her voice hoarse.

All of them looked up at this, confused. "Arliss?" Syrus said. "He's the one that scared you?"

"Nessa…Arliss…Nessa…" She whispered, their names a terrified mantra, till all the words merged into a rolling, trembling moan. Her body shook, and Jasmine and Mindy wrapped their arms around her, trying to hold their friend still, to calm her shattered nerves.

For Jaden, that was all he needed to hear. Alexis' own words, muttering the name "Arliss", confirmed his theory: The Obelisk Blue Student from the Southern United States was behind all of this. 'He must have some strange power. Firs he makes Vanessa into some coldhearted super babe, and now Alexis is a quivering pile of mush.' A frown crossed the young teen's face. 'I am certainly aren't going to let him get away with this. And there is only one real way I know how to deal with people: and that's through a duel!'

"Alright guys…" Jaden said, standing up. "I say its time we settled this, once and for all. And the best way to settle it, is by going to the source: Arliss." He made a move towards the door, but Alexis' hand shoot out, holding his arm in a death grip. Jaden tried to free himself, but Alexis refused to let go, stubbornly pulling him back down to the table. "Alexis…"

"No!" She hissed, her voice small and scared. "home…"

"Home?" Syrus asked.

"I think she wants to go back to the dorms." Samantha stated. Alexis nodded her head, looking at Jaden with big, tear filled eyes.

"Home?"

Jaden sighed. "Let no one ever say I am not a softie for a girl in distress. Come on Alexis, let's get you back to your dorm." He looked up at the three girls. "Can any of you take her?"

"We would, but we are all dueling after lunch, and Dr, Crowler will throw a fit if we miss our matches."

Jaden nodded. "Alright then, I'll just take her…isn't like I don't know the way." He chuckled, but from the looks the girls gave him, he decided to quiet down and help Alexis up.

"You want us to come too, Jay?" Syrus asked, hoping to be able to spend some time talking to his friend. He realized that very soon, Jaden would be spending all his time at the Ra dorm, and this might be their last chance to hang out as buddies, pals, amigos, best friends…

"I don't think so Syrus." Mindy said, staring him down, her eyes hard as diamonds. "I'd rather you go one week without sneaking into our dorm." Syrus blushed, and once again Bastion looked on, utterly confused.

"Yea Sy, it's fine. You enjoy the duels…and maybe keep an eye out for Vanessa. If you see her, try and tell her that I want to talk. You know, try and settle some of them things going on between us?"

"Sure Jay." Syrus said sadly as Jaden led the once again quiet Alexis away. "Anything for you…pal."

&&&

"Students, welcome back to the second half of duel exam. We will be beginning in a few moments with the next round with 12 more duelists competing together. Would the following duelists please report to the main arena? Chmley Huffington…"

Syrus and Bastion sat down in the arena, ready to see how the next group of students did. Mindy, Jasmine and Samantha had already gone to get ready, having received from Doctor Crowler in advance their dueling positions, though they did not know their opponents.

"So Bastion…what did you think of Vanessa?" Syrus paused, and decided to clarify. "You know, beyond how she looks and how she made Alexis freak out, and her choice in boyfriends, or how she acts in front of teachers, or even how she dresses, and how she wears her hair…"

"Syrus, you're babbling." Bastion said. "Take a deep breath and just say what you are curious about."

"Right…what did you think of her dueling?"

Bastion gave this some thought. He had not expected this question, but it made perfect sense to ask. Vanessa was a slifer red, and from what he had heard about her, her deck was not that good. But today, not only had she used a cunning Nightmare deck, she had also beaten Alexis Rhodes, the best female duelist at the school. No small feat, and when you added in her ability to trick Alexis into handing her the match with that Cyber Prima, Vanessa had shown she had developed as a duelist almost as rapidly as her body had developed.

'I wonder if it is right to call her a slifer? Jaden was promoted to Ra Yellow, and he only beat Chazz, one of the best in his age group. Alexis is the best not just of her age group, but of all the female duelists…'

"Earth to Bastion…hellllloooooo!" Syrus called out, waving his hands in front of his face.

Bastion blinked. "Terribly sorry Syrus…just thinking over your question."

"Yea…and…?"

"I would say that Vanessa has certainly advanced when it comes to dueling. Her deck is a rare one, and difficult to control. Even some pros would not attempt to try a Nightmare deck, and Nessa appeared to have mastered it. Still, it is hard to decide on a duelist's skill by merely one duel. They must be tested, over and over, with countless different decks in order to truly get accurate results. It would be foolish of me to call her a good duelist…"

"It's ok to just say, "I don't know.""

Bastion tumbled back. "I am not saying that!"

"I know, you were rambling on…"

They were cut off by the announcer. "And the final match for this round will be Samantha Ciro vs Arliss Lockehart." The crowd murmured to themselves, wondering how the mysterious duelist would do in this duel.

Samantha grinned to herself. 'I was hoping I would duel you Mr. Lockehart. I want to see how I stack up against you. Let's see just how good you truly are now, and I'll show you a thing or two about dueling.'

However, everyone couldn't help but notice that once again, Arliss and Nessa were late showing up. The other duelists sighed, suing the time to shuffle their decks as they waited of their final teen to come to the arena and actually let them begin their matches at some point.

"Miss Ciro." Dr. Crowler said, stepping out onto the field. "I think it's obvious that Arliss is not going to show up. A pity, but he has been attacking terrible lately. Now then, we can assign you…"

"No." Samantha said. She looked at Dr. Crowler. "I want Mr. Lockehart, plain and simple. I'll wait."

"And I don't thing she'll have to wait long." Bastion said, pointing down to one of the openings that lead to the field. "Look down there, I think he is finally coming!" The crowd all turned to watch as Arliss came onto the field, Nessa hanging from his arm. No music introduced them this time, but there was no need, because they themselves were enough to leave everyone speechless.

They appeared to have been mauled.

Nessa smiled like a happy child, her hair all messed up and sticking up everywhere. Her lips were swollen and puffy, her eyes half glazed over. Her lipstick was smeared, though it was hard to tell with the dopey grin she wore. Her neck and shoulders were covered in hickies, and she was had her bra tucked in her jacket pocket. Nessa's shirt was on backwards, and she was missing her shoes, walking barefoot. Though walking was not exactly a good word, as she seemed to be stumbling about.

Arliss was in just about the same shape. He was bare-chested, long thin red scratches drawn all along his form, with just as many hickies also dotting his flesh. His hair was tussled and out of place, a matching grin plastered on. But most startling was the many black lipstick prints that covered his body, starting at his lips and going all the way down to his jean's waist line.

Dr. Crowler stared in horror as his diamond in the rough walked happily over to his spot, eyes half open. "What…what is the mean…"

"I have an announcement!" Arliss shouted, sounding half drunk. "To the janitor…I am sorry about what I did to your closet…and your mop." Nessa giggled hysterically, Arliss barely able to hold her up.

Dr. Crowler pulled on his collar. "Yes…well…I am not sure we want to know what you did…"

"But it was so great. Arliss took it and he…"

"Yes yes, I am now very sure I don't want to know…Mr. Lockehart, are you ready to duel?"

Arliss looked at Samantha and blinked. "Against her? Yea, why not. Already had my fun a few minutes ago."

"3 times." Nessa said dreamily.

Samantha rolled her eyes. "IF we could?"

Arliss nodded and gently pried Nessa from his arm. "Right then…time to let Arliss get to work, ok my queen?"

Nessa nuzzled his arm. "nooooo…" she whined, sounding like a little girl. "no work…more play…not letting you go…"

"If you let me duel, I promise much more fun. Now be a big girl and let Arliss do his job." She nodded, but then leaned in and began to whisper in his ear. Arliss sighed and waved her on. "Go ahead, if that will make you feel better."

Nessa smiled and stood tall beside Arliss, glaring at Samantha. "Remember this…" Her hand snaked out and cupped a certain part of Arliss' anatomy. "this is mine…it's not yours." Nessa gave her a grin and skipped over to the wall where Arliss had stood an hour ago, promptly falling asleep.

"First off…ew. Second off…" Samantha activate her duel disk. "I have no need for what's her's. I am going to show you how you really duel."

"Looking forward to it."

Next Time: The duel between Arliss and Samantha begins. But while Samantha begins big, Arliss seems out of it, and more concerned with giving the audience a positive image of himself. Will he pull it together in time to defeat Samantha? And while this is happening, Jaden tries to figure out what is wrong with Alexis. Next time, The Choices we make Part 2: To Attack!

Authors note: Just to note, this is as limey as the story will get. There will be no sex, nor description of nudity or intense petting/kissing/groping/Miroku-acting.

Also, here is a ranking of duelist according to skill level. Note that just because a duelist is ranked higher then another one, this doesn't mean they are insured a victory. For example, Samantha could easily beat Arliss if she can get her combos off. But since they don't always work, she has a lower rating. Likewise, Arliss might not always win against someone like Alexis, due to her maybe figuring out how to block his strategy. This is just to give you a broad idea of how each duelist stacks up.

Yugi Moto

Seto Kaiba

Pegasus/Joey/Mai/

Zane/

Jaden Yuki/Prof. Banner

Bastion/Arliss

Nessa/Alexis/Samantha Ciro

Crowler

Chazz

Average Obelisk/ Mindy/ Jasmine

Average Ra/Hayden/ Robert MacFarlene/ Stewart Mewes

Vanessa (now nessa)

Syrus/Souta Higurashi

Average Slifer/ Johnny Salerizine/ Hector Garcia/ Tyrone Stewart/ Franklin Parker

Chumley