Disclaimer: I, Vamp-y, do not own YGO GX or its characters. Only the OCs and my plot belong to me, and if you use either of them without my consent, I will hunt you down, file a restraining order, stand next to you, and have you put in jail for a few years. MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Selena: Vamp-y?

Chazz: OK, now you're just getting ridiculous with the threats. You're no where NEAR evil! Not to mention that you're trying to be funny and failing miserably.

Vamp: That's cuz im NOT evil! I'm a thirteen-year-old girl sitting at a computer making you guyz say this stuff and spelling wordz wrong on purpose.

Echo: …Weird-o.

Vamp: Thank you!

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So this was how the Duel was going to be set up. The top five students from the Academy and the five transfers were put into a random generator thing-y, and names were chosen. Guess who? Selena and Jaden.

All the kids and teachers were gathered around the official duelling field. Even Chazz was there, though against his will and only dragged there by Alexis. His price was that he got to sit next to her. Echo sat on his other side, annoyed with his "Surface-crush," as she called it. She believed it wasn't true love, and she knows Chazz best, you know.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Teachers and students, let the Duel begin!" the Chancellor said himself. The stadium roared to life. Jaden waved and grinned to the crowed while Selena merely blushed and smiled shyly.

"OK, Selie," Jaden said, "ladies first!"

Selena blushed at being called Selie, but she actually like the nickname. "My draw!" She shouted. She looked at her hand. Perfect, she thought. "I summon Giant Red Sea snake (1800/800) in attack position and I set three facedown cards!"

"My draw!" Jaden shouted back. "I summon Elemental Hero Clayman in Defense mode!" Crap, Selena thought. What do I do now? "I set one facedown and end my turn!" Jaden continued.

C'mon, deck, Selena thought hopefully. Show me your magic! She drew a card. "I sacrifice my Giant Red Sea Snake and summon Cyber Tech Alligator in attack mode! Next I equip my Alligator with Malevolent Nuzzler, using one of my facedowns, raising his attack points to 3200! Finally, I equip Fairy Meteor Crush and attack your Clayman!" The hyped-up alligator leaped forward and slashed Clayman to bits, lowering Jaden's LP from 4000 to 2800. "Good job, Alligator," She whispered to it. It turned its head and nodded. "I end my turn," She announced to Jaden.

"Nice move!" Jaden complimented, making Selena blush once again. "I draw!" He said, looking at the card he whipped out of his disk. "I use polymerization and fuse together Elemental Hero Burstinatrix and Clayman from my hand to summon Elemental Hero Rampart Blaster!" Crud! He had another Clayman? "And when Rampart Blaster is in Defence mode, I can activate its special ability, making you lose life points equal to half of its attack points!" Selena winced as her LP dropped by 1000 points.

"I draw!" She shouted, sparked up by life point loss. "I play the spell card, Pot of Greed! Now I draw two cards. Now I summon Harpie Lady 1 to the field, increasing both her and Cyber Tech Alligator's attack points by three hundred points! (Alligator-3500, Lady-1600) Next I equip Mage Power to Cyber Tech Alligator!"

"Uh-oh," Jaden muttered.

"That's right! Now, Mage Power raises my Cyber Tech Alligator's Attack and defence by 500 points for every trap and spell card on my field. That makes it go up by 2500! Cyber Tech Alligator! ATTACK HIS RAMPART BLASTER!" Selena yelled the final command. Jaden's LP dropped to 0, and the crowd grew as silent as a feather. That seems to happen a lot, eh? But the whole crowd had seen shy little Selena beat outgoing, loud Jaden. They had seen a Selena they had not expected.

"Woo! Yeah, go Selena!" Selena heard from the stands. She turned around and saw Echo standing up and shouting. Chazz right next to her looked really annoyed as Echo started waving her arms. All at once, the whole stadium came alive once more, filling Selena's ears with a loud pounding.

"Good duel!" came a voice. Selena jumped and turned to face Jaden. He was holding his hand out, and Selena blushed (again!) as she took it. "No one ever beat me that fast!"

"Jaden?" she started to ask. "You-" However, she was cut off as a crowd of people rushed around them. Selena managed to squeeze out of the crowd with the help of Echo and Alexis, who had left Chazz in the dust.

"Nice duel, Selena!" Echo praised, slapping high-fives with the girl. Finally, Chazz caught up to them, but no one noticed except for Selena, who said nothing. "I heard that that Jaden dude was top duelist here! That means now you're the best!"

"W-well, I… I o-only got l-lucky," Selena stuttered, flustered by all the praise and attention. Was beating that guy really that much of a deal?

"No chance in hell that was luck!" Alexis replied. "You're really good! You've got some powerful cards there!"

"I-I, well, thanks."

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Chazz's POV

That girl, Selena, was actually pretty good. She beat Jaden in 5 turns! Realizing that Alexis, Echo and Selena had left, I snuck back to the trio, but no one noticed me. That is, so I thought until I caught Selena looking at me. I stared at her and watched her blush and turn away.

"Hey Boss!"

"Did you see that girl duel, Boss?"

"Yeah! She was awesome!"

Oh no. The Pip-Squeaks of My Worst Nightmare were back. "Shut up! You three!"

Oops.

To make matters worse, the three girls in front of me stopped and spun on their heels. They thought I was talking to them!

"What did you say, Chazz?" Alexis retorted.

"Chazz-y, that wasn't very nice," scolded Echo.

"Those three are really annoying and ugly," Selena said dreamily and not really paying attention to what the other girls had said. Now all of us looked at her. She turned as red as brick. "I, uh, can't you see them? There's a yellow one with his eyes on stalks, a green one with one eye, and a black one with small eyes."

Alexis and Echo just stared at her. "Uh, Selie, you just described the Ojamas," Alexis said. "And besides, there's nothing next to Chazz!"

"No! I see them! They're right there!" Selena protested. She even pointed to Ojama Yellow.

"Oh my gosh, Boss! She sees us!" It said in response, its high pitched voice piercing. It would have annoyed the hell outta me if I wasn't stunned. Crap, I thought. My body had gone rigid and I felt like I couldn't move. I didn't know what to say!

"Selena, maybe the duel had some after effects…" Echo started.

"No!" Surprise! It was me who spoke. "She can see them! She can see duel spirits!" I said, a little louder than necessary. Unfortunately, it attracted the person I wanted to see the least, Jesse, and not to mention that guy with red hair. I couldn't remember his name.

"Who sees what now?" Jaden, aka the person I wanted to see the least, said.

"Selena," I said, still (god dammit) in shock and unable to form very good sentences. "She can see duel spirits." I managed to spit out.

"What?" Jesse asked. It was the question 'what', not the exclamation 'what', if you know what I mean. I repeated the sentence more clearly and slowly.

"She. Can. See. Duel. Monsters!" I repeated, exaggerating the slowness while resisting the urge to point. I don't think I could anyway. I've only been able to unfreeze my voice, probably not my arms.

"Really? Cool!" Jaden exclaimed. What a dork. Winged Kuriboh appeared at the side of his head with his little chirp of kuri kuri!

"Oh my god," Selena said, her voice starting to choke. "Am I going crazy? I-I didn't want this much attention!" And to my utmost surprise, tears started to fall from her eyes. I didn't mean to make her cry!

"Um, please don't cry!" I said, shocking everyone as I struggled to be compassionate. "You're not going crazy! A select few people have 'duel spirits' who, uh, are basically part of their souls." Gimme a break, I was trying my best to explain something I never really bothered to ponder about myself.

"Think of it this way," That red-head dude cut in. I was glad for a break. I think I was embarrassing myself. "A duel spirit stays beside you and is your greatest friend. Usually, only the person who owns the spirit can understand it, but in rare cases like Chazz's, they speak English." Well, god, now I'm embarrassed! I wanted a break, which means not being included in other people's speeches.

I looked at Echo and Alexis. The two girls, roughly the same height, looked entirely confused. I sighed as I frantically thought of an excuse. I came up broke.

"Uh, I, um, should get going," I managed to throw out. I left at a brisk walk. What was it about that girl that made something in me… I don't know, stir? I felt awkward around her, like I shouldn't do anything but stay away from her, like… I can't explain it! Oh, I wish I could! I'm so glad no one can read my thoughts, or else the rest of my pride would crumble.

"Don't worry Boss! We still love you!" Oh goodie.

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Chazz: Did you HAVE to embarrass me like that?

Vamp: Not my fault. Blame the Ojamas.

Chazz: I already do! I'm still blaming you for letting people know about this!

Ignatius: Shut up, dude. Besides, my name's Ignatuis, idiot.

Selena: Hey, be nice.

Echo: Yeah, Iggy. Just 'cause you had a monologue doesn't make you high and mighty!

Chazz: And now, I leave. Good-bye, losers.