Hey everyone! Thanks for all the reviews! I'm glad you guys liked the last chapter. Here's the next chapter! Enjoy! Also, I should warn you that this chapter does a large jump. A lot of you guys assumed I was going to spend about ten chapters doing the tournament; I'm here to tell you that you're wrong. I wasn't going to do the entire tournament to begin with. A lot of you also assumed that I was going to have Jaden duel; well, you're partially right. I was going to have Jaden duel but I cut that out. It was just a filler chapter and not necessary. You'll find out why I cut it out at the end of the chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything dealing with YuGiOh GX. I'm not 4kids.

Claimer: I own this title, plot, idea, and all of my Original Characters.

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Jaden's POV

"Go Tyrant Dragon (ATK: 2900) attack Eric directly!" Morgan ordered her dragon. Tyrant Dragon roared as it flew in the air and then dive bombed on Eric. Eric yelled out as his life points dropped dramatically, all the way to zero. Eric fell down on one knee and rested his hand on the ground in front of him. He was breathing deeply. Morgan was also breathing deeply, but smiling triumphantly. The holograms disappeared and the stadium turned into an uproar. Jerry and Todd walked back onto the stage.

"Well, that was one heck of a duel!" Jerry said. Todd nodded in agreement.

"Absolutely, you two were amazing," He helped Eric stand up. Morgan and Eric walked to the center of the stage. They shook hands.

"Great duel, Morgan," Eric said. Morgan smiled.

"Right back at you, Eric." He smiled at her and dropped her hand. He turned and headed down the stairs to join his team. Morgan turned and walked down her own stairs. The teams stood at the bottom of the steps.

"Well, thanks to that amazing duel, Morgan tied up the standings to Ochi City five wins and Poko City five wins with one tie," Todd explained. Jerry nodded.

"Morgan sure saved the day just now," he said. Todd nodded.

"I'll say."

"That was amazing!" Syrus said. I smiled at him.

"It's the national championship; of course the duels are going to be amazing," I said. He smiled at me.

"Was it exactly like this for you, Serge?" Hassleberry asked. I shrugged and turned my attention back to the stage.

"More or less the same." He seemed to accept that answer.

"Your cousin isn't the good of a duelist," Chazz said as he looked at the screen that hung above the stage. It told everyone the match ups and who won each duel. It had a picture of the duelist and a line connecting them. The one who had won the duel was lit up and the person who had lost was faded black. There were three duels between the top three before the vice captains and captains dueled. The screen looked pretty much like this.

Duel One: Sakura – Steve (Sakura was lit up)
Duel Two: Sakura – Steve (Sakura was lit up)
Duel Three: Sakura – Steve (Steve was lit up) (1)

Duel One: Tim – Rachael (Rachael was lit up)
Duel Two: Tim – Rachael (Rachael was lit up)
Duel Three: Tim – Rachael (Tim was lit up)
Surrender Duel: Tim – Rachael (Tim was lit up)

Duel One: Brad – John (John was lit up)
Duel Two: Brad – John (John was lit up)
Duel Three: Brad – John (TIE was written over their pictures)

Decision Duel: Morgan – Eric (Morgan was lit up)

"Brad just isn't on his A-game today. He's actually a really good duelist," I assured him. I looked down and saw Brad sitting on the ground with his head in his hands. Sakura was sitting next to him trying to console him. She was rubbing his back. Tim was squatted next to him. He was also rubbing his back. Morgan and Zac were talking. Zac was pulling on his duel disk and slipping his deck into its slot.

"I don't understand why they had another duel after Rachael surrendered to Tim during their last duel," Syrus said. I turned in my seat to look at him.

"Well, Sy, in the National Championship if your first win is due to surrender than another duel is played to even out that surrendered win. That's why it's called the surrender duel," I explained. He looked at me confused for a moment before nodding.

"So what happens now?" Atticus asked.

"The captains duel to see who will take home the championship," I answered.

"I'm confused though," Aster said. I turned to look at him.

"What are you confused about?" He crossed his legs and folded his arms across his chest.

"Well, once Brad tied up the matches, Poko City was still in the lead. Shouldn't they have won there?" Aster asked. I nodded.

"In a normal tournament, yes, they would have, but this isn't a normal tournament." He looked at me confused, as did everyone else.

"How is this not a normal tournament?" Chazz demanded.

"Well, this is the National Championship. All duelists duel in this one, except captains unless it's tied like this," I explained.

"So you're saying that if Morgan had lost that duel, Poko would have won?" Blair asked. I nodded at her.

"Exactly, but Morgan didn't lose, so now it's up to Zac to bring home the championship," I said, smiling. Atticus looked at me, an evil glint in his eye.

"Good luck with that; Craig is an amazing duelist," he said. "It won't be easy." I chuckled and shook my head slowly; my eyes closed. I looked up at him, opening my eyes only slightly.

"Oh, Atticus, you don't know Zac like I do. Craig is going to have to pull out every trump card he has in order to beat him." Just as I finished, the crowd started cheering again. We all turned our attention to the center arena. Zac and Craig had already shook hands and were standing in their corners. Jerry and Todd were sitting at their table on the Poko side of the stadium.

"Begin!" Jerry said into his microphone that was hooked up to the speakers around the stadium.

"Duel!" Zac and Craig yelled in unison. The screen above the stage cleared itself and was replaced by Zac and Craig's pictures. Their life point count was just below their picture. By their picture was a field; this is where they would display their fields. I noticed the Todd had a laptop in front of him; I assumed that he was the one in charge of the screen.

"I'll go first," Craig said. He drew a card and looked at it. "I summon my Zure, Knight of Dark World (ATK: 1800/DEF: 1500) to the field in attack mode!" He placed a monster card on his card zone. A skeleton type looking monster appeared on the field. It wielded a long sword and was wearing a blue cape. "Then I'll lay one card face down and end my turn." Craig slid a card into his duel disk and it appeared on the field behind Zure, face down. On the screen a card appeared on the field face down behind the Zure card that was in the attack position. Todd is definitely much faster than any other announcers that I had when I was still captain. Maybe that's why he was hired

"My turn," Zac said. He pulled a card from his duel disk, giving his hand a total of six cards (2). He looked at his hand. He smirked. "I summon Birdface (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1600) to the field in attack mode." Zac laid a card down on his duel disk. A weird looking bird with scales and in armor appeared on the field. It hovered just above the stage. Zac pulled another card out of his hand, dropping it down to four. He slid the card into his magic/trap card zone. "Then I'll activate the spell card Last Will." A folded piece of paper appeared on the field behind Birdface.

"What does that do?" Craig asked. Zac smirked at him.

"You'll see, Craig. Now Birdface will attack your Zure!" Craig blinked once and then started laughing.

"Do you need glasses, Zac? My Zure his two hundred points stronger than your little bird-thing over there." Zac ignored him and continued his attack. Birdface flew up higher in the air and dive bombed Zure.

"Idiot, he's going to take the damage," Chazz muttered behind me. I felt like turning around and explaining what Zac was doing but I figured it would be much more fun if Chazz just saw for himself. Zure raised his sword in the air and swung it down on Birdface; he sliced right through the bird. Birdface's particles flew everywhere and Zac's life points fell to 3800.

Zac: 3800
Craig: 4000

"Now I'll activate my Last Will's effect," Zac said. The paper opened up slowly and a light shown from it. "When one of my monsters is sent from the field to the graveyard than I can summon a monster with 1500 or less attack points directly to the field." Just as he finished explaining the light brightened. A monster with green wings, long pinkish-reddish hair, and clawed feet and hands appeared on the field. It also hovered just above the stage. "Therefore, I chose my Harpie Lady 1 (ATK: 1300/DEF: 1400); this monsters effect increases the attack points of all wind-type monsters by 300 points."

"So what? Your little bird person there is still 200 points weaker than my Zure," Craig noted as Harpie Lady 1's attack points rose to 1600 points.

"I know that; I can do simple math," Zac said.

"Unlike some people," Chazz whispered behind me. I just smiled; I knew he was talking about me but I was more interested in the duel at the moment.

"Now I activate my Birdface's special effect," Zac said.

"Cleaver," Bastion said nodding in approval.

"What effect?" Craig demanded. Zac pulled his deck out of his duel disk and fanned it out. He pulled a card out and added it to his hand. Now he had five cards in his hand once again.

"If Birdface is sent to the graveyard as a result of battle, I can add one Harpie Lady to my hand," he explained. Craig's eyes narrowed but he said nothing. "Now I'll activate the equip spell card Black Pendant. This increases the attack points of my Harpie Lady by 500." A dark pendant appeared around Harpie Lady's neck; her attack points rose to 2100. She ran her claws down the pendant's chain.

"So what? You still can't attack," Craig said smugly. Zac rolled his eyes and pulled another card out of his hand, dropping the card total to three. He slid the card into his card zone.

"I activate the spell card Heavy Storm." Craig took a step back in shock.

"But that destroys all spell and trap cards on the field," he said.

"I know," Zac said. A blue wind blew through the field, blowing Craig's face down card up and destroying it. It also destroyed Zac's Black Pendant. Craig threw his duel disk free arm up to protect his eyes as the particles flew back at him. The wind died down and Zac stood his ground. Craig dropped his arm and looked at him.

"Well that was a stupid move, now your Harpie is weak again." Harpie's attack points dropped back down to 1600. Zac just smirked.

"Yes, but Black Pendant also has another effect."

"What effect?" Craig demanded.

"When it is destroyed and sent to the graveyard, you lose 500 life points," Zac explained, his smirk remaining in tack.

"What!?" Craig gasped. He suddenly screamed as a dark shock ran through his body. He wrapped his arms firmly around himself and took deep breaths. His life points dropped by 500 points.

Zac: 3800
Craig: 3500

"Now I'll activate the equip spell card Marksman's Bow(3)," Zac said. He pulled a card out of his hand, dropping it to two, and slid it into his duel disk. "I'll equip this to my Harpie Lady, increasing her attack points by 1000."

"I've never heard of that card," Syrus said. Aster nodded.

"I have, it's pretty rare and pretty cool," he said. Hassleberry looked at him.

"How cool?" Hassleberry asked. I smiled at him.

"You'll see."

"You have got to be kidding me!" Craig said. A bow appeared in Harpie Lady's outstretched hand. She wrapped her hand firmly around it and brought it back toward her chest. A bag with bows appeared on her back. Her attack points rose to 2600 points. Craig shook his head to rid himself of his shock. He looked up at Zac smugly. "So what if your Harpie is super-powered, you still can't attack this turn." Zac chuckled.

"So you think," he said. Craig's eyes narrowed.

"What do you mean?" he demanded. Zac just smiled and pulled another card out of his hand, dropping him down to one card. He slid the card into his duel disk. A magic card appeared on the field face up.

"I activate my spell card Quick Attack!" Craig gasped.

"Now you can attack my Zure!"

"I could, but my Harpie can attack your life points directly," Zac said, smirking.

"HOW!?" Craig demanded.

"Marksman's Bow. It allows the monster to attack your life points directly," Zac said. "Show him what I mean, Harpie!" Harpie Lady roared as she flew up in the air. She pulled an arrow out of the bag on her back and readied it on the bow. She pulled back and released. The bow flew through the air and straight through Craig; who cried out in pain. He fell to his knees clutching his chest as Harpie came down, his life points with her.

Zac: 3800
Craig: 900

"I'll end my turn," Zac said, smirking. The Ochi City crowd started cheering loudly.

"What an amazing turn!" Jerry said into his microphone.

"I'll say, Jerry, after one turn, Zac has taken a large lead over Craig, leading him by almost 3000 points!" Todd exclaimed. The Ochi City side just cheered louder.

"That was an amazing combo," Bastion said. I smiled and turned back to look at Chazz.

"Still think he's an idiot?" I asked him, still smiling. He narrowed his eyes at me; he didn't answer my question. I just chuckled and turned back toward the stage.

"You knew he was doing that?" Alexis asked me. I nodded.

"Of course; Zac thinks well on his feet but his is also a consistent dueler. He keeps mainly the same strategies but also mixes it up a bit. But once he laid Birdface, I knew what he was doing," I explained. She nodded. I looked at her. She had her hands folded in her lap. I frowned and reached over, taking one of her hands. She looked up at me. "What's wrong?" She bit her lip.

"I really value my life, Jaden; I don't want your fan club killing me," she said. I laughed.

"Alexis, they wouldn't kill you," I assured her, smiling, "Well, not once you mention that you're friends with Morgan." Alexis cocked her head to the side in confusion.

"What does Morgan have to do with any of this?" she demanded. Mark chuckled; it sounded closer than I thought it would be. I turned to see him leaning against the back of my chair again.

"The fan club girls are terrified of Morgan. They won't do anything that would tick her off. So you're pretty much safe if you say your friends with her…or Danny. No one messes with Danny," he said. I frowned at him. He blinked and leaned back. "Oh yeah, sorry. Well, aside from Jaden. Jaden and Morgan. They both mess with Danny; but they have more guts than…" he continued. I cut him off.

"Mark, stop," I ordered. He stopped instantly and snapped his mouth shut.

"Sorry," he muttered. I sighed and looked back at Alexis. She just smiled at me.

"It's okay," she assured me. She squeezed my hand lightly for emphasis. I smiled at her and turned my attention back to the duel.

"You will pay for that, Zac Miller," Craig said, standing back up. He pulled a card out of his duel disk with more force than necessary. "This duel is far from over."

-ten turns later- (4)

Zac gasped as he fell to his knees, gasping for breath. His life points dropped as Summoned Skull dropped his arms.

Zac: 500
Craig: 900

"Does it hurt, Miller?" Craig taunted. Zac glared up at him and forced himself to his feet, shaking slightly. Craig smiled. Currently Craig had only Summoned Skull on the field, but he also had the trap card Ordeal of a Traveler. Zac isn't the greatest at guessing his card types. Zac had his Harpie Lady 1 still on the field, though it was in defense mode. Craig had activated a card that allowed Summoned Skull to go over Zac's monsters and head straight for his life points. Zac had no cards face down on the field. Marksman's Bow was destroyed a few turns back when Harpie was returned to Zac's hand after miss-guessing a card.

"Well, Zac, you're going to lose next turn unless you can pull a miracle out of thin air," Craig said, obviously ending his turn. "You might as well surrender." Zac bit his lip, hesitating.

"Jaden!" Morgan hissed. I turned to see her standing on the stairs by me.

"What?" I asked. She jerked her thumb down the stairs.

"Come on, Zac needs a pep talk. He actually is thinking about surrendering." I nodded and stood up, dropping Alexis' hand. I followed her down the stairs, feeling many eyes on me. Morgan and I ran to the edge of the stage, where everyone else on the team was. I looked up at the screen; during the National Tournament, if you didn't start your turn within a certain amount of time, you automatically surrendered. Zac had two more minutes to draw his card. As I was looking at the screen, I saw a card that Zac had played two turns ago; it was of the side of his field.

'That's it!'

"Zac! Zac listen to me!" I hissed. Zac jolted forward and turned his head to look at me over his shoulder.

"Jaden?" he whispered. I rolled my eyes.

"No, it's Jesus! Of course it's me!" I hissed. He smirked at my joke. "You're not thinking about giving up, are you?" He bit his lip.

"I'm gonna lose anyway." I glared at him.

"Look at the screen, Zac! What did you play two turns ago?" He blinked and looked at the screen. He gasped and looked back at me. I smiled at him; he smiled in return. "Now show me, Zac! Are you thunder or lightning?" I demanded. He chuckled and nodded. He turned back to face Craig. He drew his card.

"I draw!" Zac said. Craig snorted.

"Why? You're still going to lose," Craig said. Zac smirked at him.

"You should know, Craig; a duel isn't over until the last card is played. I momentarily forgot that," he said, whispering the last part. Craig rolled his eyes. Zac looked up at him. "It's my stand-by phase and it's been two turns. My Different Dimension Capsule returns and gives me my card." As he said that, his capsule appeared back on the field. His card he placed in it flew out at him; he caught it and placed it in his hand.

"I forgot about that card," Craig muttered.

"I forgot for a moment, too, Craig; but not that I've remembered, prepare for a storm 'cause now I activate the card, Mystical Space Typhoon!" Zac said. Craig gasped.

"No!" he yelled. Zac smiled.

"Oh yes! And now my typhoon will destroy your Ordeal of a Traveler," he said. Just then a large tornado flew out of his card and right through Craig's card. The particles flew back on him; he covered his eyes with his arm.

"My card!" Craig exclaimed. He dropped his arm and glared at Zac.

"Destroyed. And now I activate my magic card Tribute to the Doomed. Once I discard one card from my hand, I can destroy on monster, and I choose your Summoned Skull!"

"No!" A hand shot up out of the ground and wrapped around Summoned Skull's ankle. It roared as it tried to pry its ankle away from the hand. The hand only tightened and pulled it under, destroying it.

"Now I switch my Harpie Lady 1 to attack mode-" Zac spun his card and Harpie rose up "and will attack your life points directly!" Zac yelled. Harpie flew up in the air and pulled and arrow out of her bag. She loaded up the bow and released the arrow; it whizzed through the air.

"This is gonna hurt," Craig muttered. The arrow pierced through his chest and he cried out. He dropped down on all fours as his life points fell completely.

Zac: 500
Craig: 0

"And that's it!" Jerry yelled as he and Todd ran back on the stage. Todd helped Craig up like he did Eric and helped him over to the center of the stage. Zac walked over to the center of the stage. Jerry reached out and extended his arm toward the Ochi City team.

"Ochi City is the National Dueling Team Champions for the seventh year in a row!" Jerry yelled. The Ochi City stands burst into applause and cheers. I smiled and Morgan stood next to me. Sakura, Tim, and Brad ran up the stairs. Sakura glomped Zac from behind. Even Poko's team came up to congratulate them. Zac and Craig shook hands.

"He really is a prodigy," Morgan said. I smiled and looked at her.

"He isn't just a prodigy," I said. She looked at me with her eyebrows raised. "He's The Captain's Prodigy."

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Yay! Another chapter done! Wow, this one was LONG! YAY! : )

Anyway, please review! You guys have been doing great about that! You have six more chapters before the 40th chapter. I need 400 reviews by then if you two chapters for the price of one. I know you guys can do it! : ) Don't let me down!

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1: Okay, the reason they dueled each other three times is because it was a match. In the actual card game (Trading card game) you have three duels per match. It's best two out of three. If you actually participate in dueling tournaments, this is how they do it. But for this one I had each duel count as a win. I did that so I would work out like it did. It took me forever to get that to work but I eventually did!

2: Okay, I told you how many cards Zac was holding so you could see he did that awesome combo with all the cards in his hand. Understand now?

3: Does this card exist? No. Did I make it up? Yes. Why? Because I mis-read a card and I wasn't going to re-write the whole duel to fix it, so I just made up a card.

4: I didn't want to do the ENTIRE DUEL! So I just jumped. Duels are much harder to write than anything else when it comes to YuGiOh or YuGiOh GX. I find them somewhat easy, only time consuming. I've been asked by multiple people to write their dueling scenes because they can't do it so…yeah. I just skipped it because I didn't wanna do the entire duel. Okay? Good.