"Obelisk blue!" The dark haired bad tempered Chazz yelled out bashing his fist against the table of the slifer cafeteria table "He has one match and they already hand him an Obelisk blue ranking!"

"Well you can't say his match wasn't impressive he didn't even lose one life point" Bastion replied calmly as he ate his fried shrimp quietly.

"Who cares I've beaten plenty of people and they still haven't given me my Obelisk Blue rank back! That should be me!" He yelled bashing his fists against the table again causing fried shrimp to jump off his plate.

"Hey careful with the shrimp people may want to eat that" Jaden exclaimed reaching forward with a chopstick that Chazz immediately knocked away.

"Aren't you mad about this Jaden? They come to our academy halfway through the year and already their stealing the spotlight!" He yelled at him panting heavily. Jaden merely just kept eating like Bastion before swallowing and grinning.

"Actually I like them those Phantom Metal Cards were interesting" He said with a chuckle.

"Interesting!" Chazz yelled a vein on his forehead seemed to throb violently.

"Why do you have to be such a cheery fuc-" Chazz was interrupted as a tray was slammed down in front of him and Alexis sat at their table before sighing.

"What's Chazz yelling about?" She asked Jaden ignoring the look of disbelief on Chazz's face.

"He's mad about those new guys that arrived yesterday" Jaden replied.

"Come on tell me you agree with my Alexis?" Chazz asked hopefully his eyes shining as he looked at Alexis who barely acknowledged his presence.

"I think we should only worry if they cause trouble" Alexis answered wiping the hopeful smile on Chazz's face off causing him to sigh and hang his head.

"She's right Chazz just give them a chance" Jaden said with a smile before popping a fried shrimp into his mouth.

"Whatever either way it'll end with me beating them all" Chazz snarled as he sat back down with a thud.

"Really would that include me?" A voice asked from the cafeteria door, Rox the long haired duellist with a leather jacket and jeans was standing at the door his face emotionless as if made from stone.

"You challenging?" Chazz spat getting to his feet slowly.

"Well I would be I'm not convinced your worth it" he replied his face not changing. Chazz snarled at him.

"You want a piece of me?"

"Again you're not worth it" He replied as if staring straight through Chazz.

Three odd little creatures suddenly appeared around Chazz's head. One was a yellow alien creature with bright red lips and eyes on the end of antenna, the next was a green creature with one eye and a long tongue and the final one was a black creature with a fat belly and long nose. The three had a certain similarity despite their different looks but the one thing that made it obvious they were a team were the ridiculous pair of Speedos they each wore.

"Boss hold on this guys scary!" The yellow one exclaimed cowering behind his two other brothers.

"Yeah something about him doesn't feel right!" The black one added holding on tight to the green one.

"Ojama monsters how interesting" Rox spoke out loud interrupting the glare between Chazz and his annoying spirits.

"You can see them?" Chazz asked sideways at Rox.

"In a way…monsters that don't make people scream don't like talking to me so I rarely see spirits like that for myself" he spoke before looking at the air around Chazz's head where the Ojama's still cowered in fear.

"Ojama spirits….you must be a goofy guy considering you've got those as your spirits" He said with a tone of bitter humour in his voice causing Chazz to snarl a little.

"Go to hell! What do you want anyway?" He growled forcefully his eyes fixed in a scowl.

"Well I propose a wager Chazz Princeton" Rox replied crossing towards him.

"Oh yeah like what?" he spat back rudely.

"Well on this island right now a Tormentor has appeared" Chazz looked at him strangely for a moment an eyebrow raised while the three ojamas hid themselves in his hair.

"He's an evil person like the one that killed that boy"

Chazz flinched as he said this Ojamas let out a wail of fear.

"You're not scared are you?" He asked Chazz who immediately shook his head.

"Well this person is part of a twin duo I want you to duel him and if you can beat him without going under the limit of 1000 life points then maybe I'll accept your challenge…if you do then you'll have to watch me duel his brother" Rox stated his expression never changing.

"Fine I accept" he replied and the Ojamas in his hair cheered.

"Yeah you go boss make him sorry!"

"Shut up…" Chazz muttered as they left.

It was strange how Chazz hadn't noticed that something had been very wrong during his conversation with Rox.

The room had been silent all the way through it, but not because of the impact of the conversation, but because somehow time itself had stopped just for them. The room was now dark and every student was frozen in place.

Slowly they began to unfreeze time returning to normal. Jaden blinked at the empty space in front of him. He could have sworn he had seen Chazz in that seat only a second ago.

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Chazz couldn't have expected what he was going to see next. Rox had led him into the forest of Duel Academy. In a matter of moments a scream had been heard and they broke into a run.

And then they saw it. A man wearing a white face mask with two yellow eyes, he was wearing a white ninja like uniform, but this wasn't important. What was important was that that this new attacker currently held a blond kid by the hair who was screaming to no end. The attacker had broken one of his legs and was now about to break the other.

"That's enough if you don't want any more trouble than you already have you'll leave him be" Rox called out, despite how Chazz would deny it he actually panicked when the stone faced male called out this new attacker. Was he crazy this guy was dangerous?

The ninja like creature turned to him before chuckling from behind its mask "And why should I spare such a weak and pathetic creature it lost the shadow game"

"You'll do it because this man here is going to play you at a shadow game and if he loses then you can have that kid, him and me" Rox declared his eyes narrowed down on the ninja.

Chazz stared at Rox a little thrown off by the wager. Was he that confident that he would win? No, by the sideways glance that Rox gave him he decided it was merely making their wager more interesting.

"Such an offer how can I refuse?" The ninja jumped up into the trees before suddenly dropping down in front of Chazz. It moved so fast. It was like a cheater dressed in white.

"I am Rai the eagle of White Thunder" The ninja declared before flipping back a metre. A white duel disk appearing out of his arm.

"I…I don't care!" he answered back before yelping as Rox threw a duel disk at him that he caught in one hand.

"Go on make a move" Rox said and gestured to the ninja.

"Go on boss lets kick his ass!" Ojama yellow yelled as he circled Chazz's head. He merely snarled before strapping on the duel disk and glaring at him.

"Bring it!" Chazz yelled before his eyes widened as suddenly the forest around them turned completely black the once bright sky now pitch black. The trees were now purple and the leaves a poisonous looking pink.

"Oh one more thing here they duel with 4000 life points are you ok to do that?" Rox's asked and immediately Chazz fell over in true anime style.

"Don't ask him so casually!" Chazz yelled shaking his fist at Rox.

"I accept it'll make him easier to kill" Rai called out before drawing five cards from his deck.

Ra's life points: 4000

Chazz's life points: 4000

"I summon to begin with the electric lizard into attack mode" Electricity sparked in front of the ninja before a purple lizard with a silly toothy grin and antenna appeared. (850/800)

"Then I'll play Raimei!" A magic card with a picture of a cloud and a bolt of lightning appeared.

"Now I decrease your life points by 300!" The same cloud appeared over Chazz before a bolt of lightning struck down on him. He let out a cry of pain as he felt the shock run through his body. As he emerged from the blast his body shook from the brief pain.

Chazz's life points: 3700

"Different isn't it?" The ninja called out as Chazz managed to regain his footing. He glared at Rai before drawing a card.

"I summon Chthonain Soldier in attack mode" A knight appeared with a large sword and red eyes (1200/1400) "Then I'll play one card face down and attack!"

The knight jumped at the electric lizard burying the sword in its head. Chazz was surprised by the blue liquid that poured from the creatures head, the blood of the creature.

Rai's life points: 3650

Chthonian soldier paused as he looked at the kill before suddenly crying out as a surge of electricity ran up his blade.

"Now your monster cannot attack on your next turn now it's my draw" he drew a card before slapping one down "I now play the monster Electric snake in attack mode"

A green cobra with a blue ball of electricity on its tail appeared (800/900)

"So what it can't attack my chthonian soldier?" Chazz called out his eyes narrowing on him.

"Well that's not the point I now play Kaiser coliseum" A magic card with the picture of a coliseum on it appeared, "Now you can't play any more monsters than I have on the field and since your Chthonian soldier is paralysed this turn I may as well play on my snake the card Buster Rancher"

A magic card with a small man holding a giant futuristic gun appeared "This card allows me to increase this monsters attack power by 2500 when a monster with 2500 attack power attacks it finally I'll play chain energy"

A magic card with a demon being held back by bonds of electricity appeared.

"This makes it so we have to pay 500 life points to play any card now I end my turn"

Chazz drew from his deck his eyes narrowing on him, so long as chthonian soldier was under the effect of the lizard it couldn't attack, "I'll sacrifice chthonian soldier to summon armed dragon level 5!"

A huge red and black dragon with blades and drills jutting out of its sides appeared on the field and roared its green eyes narrowing on the cobra. (2400/2000) Chazz yelled out suddenly as he felt a stinging sensation shoot through his wrists as electric rings formed on them.

Chazz's life points: 3200

"Now attack Armed Dragon!" The dragon jumped forward at the electric snake about to slice it up with a blade filled arm when suddenly the same gun on buster rancher appeared on the field in front of the snake.

"What but my Armed Dragon has 2400 attack power?" Chazz called out rubbing his injured wrists.

"Yes but I combined your dragon with my rush recklessly magic card a quick play card that can increase its attack by 700 points" Rai called out as a magic card with a warthog charging on it appeared.

"Now your dragon has 3100 attack power whilst my snake now has 3300 thanks to buster rancher!" The snake slithered forward slotting its tail between the trigger of the gun before it fired. The gun shot out a huge blast of blue energy which took off the armed dragons head. It fell with a huge thud blood splattering the ground in front of Chazz's feet.

Chazz's life points: 3000

He looked stunned at first before gripping his fist tightly. He noticed that the electric rings had now appeared on Rai's hands.

"Ha! You take 500 because you played rush recklessly!" Chazz called out with a satisfied smirk.

Rai's life points: 3150

"It matters not I'm still going to win" The ninja replied as he fought through the pain running through his wrists.

"Well actually it does matter because I'm now going to play this" Chazz called out before a huge storm suddenly began to pick up and Rai's chain energy card blew to pieces.

"You still suffer the damage" Rai called out with a bitter chuckle as Chazz let out a yell of pain. Electricity was surging through his arms again. He almost dropped the cards from his hands.

Chazz's life points: 2500

But Chazz was able to ignore the pain in his hands, he slapped down a card with a black dragon flying over a wall with a knight on it's back "Frontline base I now can special summon a union monster like my Y dragon head in defence mode!"

A red dragon robot appeared on the field in defence mode its metal wings folded over itself. (1500/1600)

"My turn" Rai called out before drawing from his deck. Even though he was wearing a mask it was easy to tell he was impressed by what he had drawn.

"I'll sacrifice my Electric snake to bring fourth Zaborg the thunder monarch" A bolt of lightning disintegrated the snake before a huge warrior dressed in samurai like armour appeared in it's place sparking with electricity. (2400/2000)

"Now it can destroy your Y Dragon Head because of my Zaborg being successfully summoned" A giant bolt of lightning shot from the sky and hit the robot dragon, it exploded on the spot shards of metal being thrown in different directions.

"Now Zaborg can attack!" Rai pointed towards Chazz and Zaborg raised both of its hands forward. Electricity ran through them before flying across the ground and hitting Chazz. He cried out at the top of his lungs as he felt his entire body tingle with electricity, his heart beating with so much fierce pain he almost thought it would explode.

Chazz's life points: 100

"Down already?" Rai called out to the smoking body of Chazz Princeton. He couldn't keep steady, he fell to his knees his body weak.

"I still won't give up!" He yelled out drawing a card from his deck despite being a crawling position.

"I now special summon my Z metal Tank in attack mode" He called out weakly slapping the card on the duel disk. A yellow tank with a red eye and claw like armour over its tank tracks appeared in front of him. (1500/1300)

He looked through the remaining cards in his hand before managing to smile widely "Now I play level modulation which lets me bring back my Armed Dragon level 5 so long as you draw 2 cards"

Rai drew two cards from his deck before a warm aura began to rise from the space where Armed Dragons head had landed. The armed dragon was formed from the bright light and roared at Rai. The white ninja didn't flinch, he merely looked towards Chazz and then towards the boy that was still weeping over his broken leg.

"I'm not impressed your armed dragon can't activate its effect" He looked back towards Chazz "And without its effect you can't discard a monster with higher attack power than my Zaborg in order to destroy it can you?"

Chazz choked a cough in response, "Stand up weakling!" Rai shouted at him forcefully his white gloved hands clenched.

Chazz rose slowly to his feet an insane smirk on his face. He slapped down a card onto the duel disk, "I'll play level up"

Rai froze on the spot taking a step back as a magic card with a Horus Dragon on it surrounded in gold energy appeared on the field, "No! With that you can…"

"Transform him into his next level armed dragon level 7!" The armed dragon glowed before it transformed into a new shape. The dragon still looked like the last form but it had more blades and looked more built up than the last dragon. (2800/1000)

"Now I'll use its effect and discard my despair from the dark to the graveyard to destroy your Zaborg!" The dragon threw back its head before firing a burst of green energy at Zaborg who vanished behind the raw energy.

"And now you are defenceless…you should have thought more into your strategy" Chazz chuckled the same insane grin on his face his eyes burning with madness "And now I attack with both my monsters!"

Rai took another step back in fear as both creatures advanced towards him slowly, "Stop…I'll…I'll die!"

"I don't care!" Chazz yelled at him before pointing at Rai his eyes narrowed "Kill him!"

The Z metal tank's guns locked on to Rai and fired. Two bursts of blue energy flew towards Rai and hit him in both arms. He cried out from behind his white face mask as his arms fell to the ground, something was strange as he screamed. The scream seemed more high pitched as the mask came loose.

Rai's life points: 1650

"Fucking hell my arms!" He yelled out his voice racked in pain before he cried out in fear as he saw that Armed Dragon was now soaring towards him. He ran as fast as he could trying to get out of the forest, but when he tried to run away something formed in his path and punched him backwards, a barrier of pure shadow.

Rai looked up at his death sentence as the dragon flew down its mouth wide open…

Rai's life points: 0

Chazz looked on his face emotionless as he watched Rai's body being eaten by the dragon, the monster he had declared to attack. He had taken a life, Rai was defenceless at that last moment but he had still attacked.

"You…you killed him!" The blond haired child wailed as he watched the dragon swallow the leg of Rai. Chazz was still looking on not acknowledging that the kid existed anymore.

"You…you killed him! Your no better than hi-" The kid was cut off, he let out a gasp of surprise as Rox hit him hard in the back of the head knocking him unconscious. He fell to the ground with a hard thud.

"You see that!" Chazz declared his body shaking but he looked satisfied none the less as his two monsters faded away, "I did it I can beat them! I'm as good as-"

"You don't get to brag Chazz you failed your life points were 100 in the end they dropped far too low" Rox replied with a bitterness in his voice his eyes narrowed towards Chazz before he picked up the unconscious boy and slung him over his shoulder.

"The only thing you have to be proud of for now is that you have proved that you can survive the shadows but unless I lose against Rai's partner then you'll be delighted to know you still have a long way to go" Rox explained his tone still dark and bitter before he began to walk out of the forest that had now begun to change back to it's normal natural colours.

Chazz's fist clenched. He had been humiliated. Where did this guy get off telling him what to do?

"You may want to ask yourself why your Ojama buddies aren't talking to you" Rox called over his shoulder, "It's because you scare them…and you should know something else"

He turned back to Chazz who was still glaring at him, but the glare was interrupted as he noticed that Armed dragon was still standing above him. It's jaws were wide open and there was something lying limp and half eaten.

"Rai was a woman the mask was used to disguise her and make her enemy not show her mercy…I see it worked"

Rox walked off without saying another word leaving Chazz to stare into the mouth of the slowly disappearing dragon. Sure enough it was true. The half eaten chest of Rai lay on the dragons tongue with its head still attached. The helmet that the ninja had worn was now cracked open to reveal the true face behind it. The bloody face of a young blonde haired female, who disappeared as the dragon closed its jaws with a heavy growl.

Chazz stood in the sunlight that was now shining through the leaves of the trees. The glares and smirks were now wiped from his face as the dragon faded away. His body was shaking but he didn't know what from, was it guilt, fear or sadness. He didn't know what to think as the tears dropped from his eyes.