This chapter will show some brother-sister bonding between Jaden and Serena. FYI, she will use her Elemental Hero deck and both will face Chazz and his twin sister, Chazzina Princeton. Yes, I own Chazzina Princeton.
Chapter 2: Welcome to Duel Academy
Serena's POV
When we got to the airport, there was someone waiting for me. It was Roland. "Ms. Kaiba Your father sent me to give this to you. He said that you'd need it." he said. I took the duffel bag he was carrying from him, unzipped it, and saw my computer, new DA phone, and laptop. "Thank you, Roland. Send Dad and my Uncle Mokuba, Uncle Yugi, and Uncle Joey my regards." I said. I saw Jaden looking at me and said, "What? Dad just sent me somethings to help me" Then I looked around and whispered,"I've been asked to go undercover to make sure nothing abnormal happens. I swear, if you tell ANYONE, I will personally send you to the Shadow Realm!" Jaden looked freaked out for a second before saying, "There's no such thing as the Shadow Realm. But, I won't tell anyone. I promise." I looked at him and made him swear on the Crimson Dragon.
We got on the plane and Jaden feel asleep next to Syrus. The bluenette looked nervous, so I tried to settle his nerves. "Hey, Sy, you okay?," I asked. He turned towards me and said, "Not exactly. My older brother is Duel Academy's top student and is known as the Kaiser. In case you haven't figured it out yet, his name is Zane, Zane Truesdale. He is Duel Academy's number one duelist. And that's why I'm nervous."
When we landed, Jaden, Syrus, Bastion, and I got off together and stood in the front. We were welcomed by three Obelisk Blue students, Alexis and Asami Rhodes and Zane Truesdale. "Hi everyone, I'm Alexis," said the blonde girl. "I'm Asami," said the pink haired girl. "And I'm Zane." said the teal haired boy. "And welcome to Duel Academy. We, the Academy's top three, shall be your guides for the hour,"they say in perfect unison,"follow us and we shall show you around the Academy" They lead us into the Academy and Alexis said, "This is the auditorium, it is where all of our assemblies and pep rallies take place." We walked on and Zane pointed out the duel arena, "This is the duel arena. And, obviously, its where our duels take place. The big ones, like school duels and the duels that determine whether or not you stay here at the Academy." I heard several gulps come from behind me. Obviously they didn't want to lose their duels in front of a huge crowd. We continued walking until we came to a shop. "This," Asami explained, "is the card shop. This is where you shall get all your cards in case you want to upgrade your decks." As I looked at it, I thought, 'But I won't be needing any upgrades to any of my decks' We continued to a rather large room and Zane said, "This is the cafeteria. All of our lunches will take place here. Also, be sure to keep an eye out for the mystery sandwich carts. We do a thing where if you find the golden egg which, you are considered a very good drawer." Everybody perked up at the sound of a prize. I sighed. They took us around the school showing us each classroom and which one was which. I made a mental note to myself to keep my new DA phone from Dad on me at all times so I could use the map on it to get to where I need to go.
We had to go back to the auditorium for the assembly. A man with a bald head and blackish goatee in a maroon uniform appeared on the screen. I crossed my arms and tried my best to pay attention. "Good morning and welcome to Duel Academy!," he said, "My name is Chancellor Sheppard, and I am pleased to see so many new students. I hope you all do well in this semester. So, let's kick off with a clean start!" We filed off to the entree way. Jaden, Syrus, and I went to a stone wall with a bench on either side of it and sat down. Syrus on one side while Jaden and I were on the other. We were checking out the features of our new phones when I got a call. It was my dad. Jaden and Syrus came out to see who was calling me. I answered it and said, "Hey Dad!" Jaden and Syrus were giving me a look saying that I'm crazy. "Hey Serena. I just heard that the assembly was over and I wanted to see how you were settling in. You are my daughter and I'm worried that you might've already made some enemies. Uncle Joey, Uncle Mokuba, and Uncle Yugi wanted me to tell you 'hi' and wondered how you were doing. Oh, and be sure to use the equipment I sent Roland to give you. It'll come in handy," Syrus and Jaden stared at me, wondering what my dad was talking about. "I got them, and yes, I'll put them to good use. I'll contact you later, seeing as I have to go. Tell the guys I said hi," I told him and hung up. Bastion came over and Jaden asked, "Hey, Bastion, you in the reds too?" Bastion looked at his arm and said,"Well, let's see. Yellow sleeves, yellow buttons. I don't think so. Are you sure you can see colors?"
"What!? You think I'm color-blind?"
"I dunno. Are you colorblind?"
"No, but I might as well be!"
"It's not funny. In case you haven't noticed, I happen to have a behavioral disorder called ADD. It stands for Attention Deficit Disorder. I sorta have a hard time paying attention," I said. Syrus, Jaden, and Bastion looked at me in shock. I knew what they were thinking. 'But how could the daughter of Seto Kaiba have attention problems?' I thought they were thinking. I started laughing to myself. "Well," Jaden said to Bastion, "see you around the dorms!"
"I doubt it, your dorms are over there," Bastion said pointing to what looked like a one star hotel.
We went to the dorms and Syrus said," This isn't a dorm! It's an outhouse!" I chuckled a little looking around. "Yeah, but check out the view!" Jaden said. Again, I chuckled. The three of us choose our rooms and settled down. Jaden and Syrus would be roommates while I went to my dorm. I saw a note on two doors. Thought you might need an extra room to put your equipment in.
Dad
I smiled a little before going into the first door. There was a desk to put my computer and laptop on and a space for my other equipment. I unloaded my duffel and placed everything in a place. There was even a place for my pictures to map all the events that happened and figure out why they were happening. Then, I went to the other room. It had a bed for me and a place to put my pictures from home up. I looked at one tournament picture and look fondly at the kids in it. There were four boys and two girls in it. The boy with teal hair and emerald green eyes was my cousin, Jesse Anderson. The boy with gray hair and cobalt blue eyes was Aster Phoenix, a really good friend. The boy who looked like Yugi was Andrew Moto. The girl who looked like Mai and Joey was Mia Wheeler. The girl with dark chocolate hair and ice-blue eyes was me. The boy with light brown hair and caramel eyes was my brother, Samuel Dean Kaiba. We were a dueling gang known as the Dueling Wolves. We defeated other dueling gangs and became the best kid-duelists in Neo Domino City. As I gazed at the picture, I remembered all of the fun times we had together. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. I snapped out of my daze and opened the door. Jaden and Syrus were standing outside with another Slifer behind them. "This is Chumley. He told us how things work around here," Jaden said. I stared at Chumley and said," Nice to meet ya, I'm Serena." He looked surprised for a moment and then he said," Whoa, your Seto Kaiba's girl!" I blinked, confused why he said that. Then, I remembered that he wasn't at the duel exams. "Yeah, I'm DA owner's girl," I said.
Jaden, Syrus, and I went around the Academy looking for the duel arena. When we arrived, Syrus said, "Uh, guys. I don't think we're supposed to be here." Jaden and I looked at Syrus with a look that clearly said, 'You need to stop thinking negative' Jaden smiled and said, "Why, we're students here, aren't we? So this is our campus." "Wrong! This is the Obelisk campus!," a rude voice said. We turned to see who said it and saw four Obelisk Blues looking down at us, literally. I saw that two of them looked very similar. 'They're twins! Wow, the Princetons' actually have a set of twins coming here? Learn something new everyday. I just hope that they aren't like their older brothers, Slade and Jagger.' I must have been grinning because the only female Obelisk blue in the arena said, "Hey, what's so funny Slacker?" I pulled my annoyed face and the Obelisks started laughing. My reply was, "Oh, nothing. I was just wondering if you and your brother were just like your older brothers, Slade and Jagger. Now, I can see that you two really are just like them-snobbish, bratty, rude, rich kids." That must have ticked them off because the next thing I know, the black haired boy was saying, "Hey, don't talk to my twin sister,Chazzina, that way. By the way, I'm Chazz, obviously you somehow know our brothers, Slade and Jagger." Yep, I ticked them off alright. Just as I was about to say something, Alexis and Asami came around the corner and said, "Chazz and Chazzina Princeton! You might be Obelisks, but that doesn't mean that you can talk down to Slifers." I smirked. Obviously, not all Obelisks were like the ones we just met. "Hey, Alexis, Asami. Care to watch me mop the floor with these Slackers. It won't take long but I'll make it entertaining," Chazz said smoothly. I had been through quite enough boys flirting with me to figure out that Chazz liked Alexis and Asami. Could I blame him? No. Did I want to embarrass the heck out of him? Maybe. Did Jaden and I now have a rivalry going on between us and the Princetons? Oh heck yeah. "I'd get going if I were you, the Obelisk welcome feast is about to begin," Asami said. The other four Obelisks, including the Princeton twins, ran to the feast. "Sorry about that," Alexis and Asami apologized, "not all of us Obelisks are like that. You three should get going, the Slifer welcome feast is probably about to begin." Jaden, Syrus, and I all looked at each other. "Hey, they're right," Jaden said, "we gotta get going!" I checked the time and realized that the Rhodes twins were right. "Well," I said, "come on you guys, let's go!" As we ran out the door, Jaden ran back to the entrance and asked, "Hey, what did you say your name was again?" Alexis and Asami looked at Jaden and said, "Alexis Rhodes and Asami Rhodes, and yours?" Jaden didn't hesitate when he said, "My name's Jaden Yuki." I then tried to stifle my giggles because I thought that Jaden and Alexis would make a cute couple. I looked at Syrus and he complained, "Hey, aren't you gonna introduce me?" We then ran back to our dorm for our welcome feast, which I was sure would be as low rate as our dorm.
Turns out, I was right about our feast being low rate. Jaden, Syrus, and I sat at the same table. "This is our dinner?" someone said. "That's not the only thing, look at our headmaster, IT'S A CAT!" someone else said. I looked over at where everyone else was looking and saw a fat tan and brown cat. After it mewed, a man with black hair, glasses, and closed eyes came out from behind a curtain-like thing and said, Good evening, children. My name is Professor Banner. Welcome to Slifer. Now, before we get started on eating, I'd like you all to each tell me something about yourself." Right after he said 'yourself', Jaden was eating his rice and said, "This stuff's good!" Everybody turned to look at us. I facepalmed myself and then tried to stop myself from smacking Jaden upside the head. Fortunately, Syrus was trying to get Jaden to stop. "Jaden, we're supposed to say something about ourselves," he said. "How 'bout this, I'm starving!" Jaden had said. I looked at Jaden like he was an idiot. 'He has an appetite that could challenge Uncle Joey's!' I thought. "Jaden, I mean it," Syrus was nervously saying, "he's walking over here!" We looked at Prof. Banner and he said, "Well, since some of us can't wait any longer, let's just eat!" And on that happy note, we all dug into our feast of rice and sardines.
That night, Jaden and I were talking to Syrus and Chumley was trying to sleep when Jaden and I got a message from Chazz and Chazzina. I got Chazzina while Jaden got Chazz. "Hey, Slifer Slacker," they said over the Academy phones in unison, "Meet me and my twin at the duel arena tonight. Bring your friend for a double duel. Oh, and feel free to bring your other friends to watch you lose." I growled a little at the phrase 'feel free to bring your friends to watch you lose'. No way was I gonna lose. I looked at Jaden and an unspoken agreement came between us. We'd go and face them. If we were breaking school rules for not being in our dorm, I'd have the 'Big Man',my dad, on my side and keep us out of trouble. "If that's Chazz and Chazzina your dueling, then all you have is trouble," Chumley said.
Jaden, Syrus, and I went to the duel arena where the Princeton twins were waiting for us. "You made it," Chazz said. "I thought you'd chicken out," Chazzina said. I growled, "Us, chicken out? Please, I don't back down from a duel!" Then, Jaden said, "Neither do I!" Syrus had stayed at the sidelines, on the way here, he said something about being our sidekick. Jaden and I are okay with it if Syrus was. "Go Jaden! Go Serena!" Syrus cheered. Jaden and I got on one side of the arena while Chazz and Chazzina got on the other side. "Duel!" the Princeton twins said. "Get your game on!" Jaden and I said.
Jaden/Serena 4000
Chazz/Chazzina 4000
"Alright, I'll start things off with this, Chthonian Soldier, in attack mode!" Chazz said. A warrior wielding a sword and wearing black armor appeared on his portion of the field.
1200/1400
"And that ends it!"Chazz said. "And starts mine!" Chazzina said, "I summon Chthonian Soldier, in attack mode!" Another Chthonian Soldier appeared on the Princeton's side of the field, but on Chazzina's portion of the field.
1200/1400
I gulped. This wouldn't be pleasant. "Your move, Slacker!" Chazzina taunted. Jaden didn't look phased at all, just even more excited. "All right, my draw!" he said, " and I'll start by summoning my Elemental Hero Sparkman!" A hero wearing gold and electric blue armor appeared on Jaden's portion of the field in a blast if electricity. "And that'll do it for me!" he said. "And I can start my turn. I draw! First, I'll summon my Elemental Hero Burstinatrix!" I said. A heroine wearing a red heroine outfit and mask with grey hair and white at the end of it appeared on my portion of the field. "Next, I activate Hero Fire! This card can only be activated if I have a pyromancer Hero on my field and it lets me attack your life points directly if I send one card to the graveyard," I added. I discarded my Avian because I had Hero Revival in my hand to summon after one of two things happened-one my Hero gets attacked and I save it with this card but the attack is redirected towards me, or two my turn comes and I don't take any damage. "GO! Flaming Fire Strike!" I commanded. A ball of fire erupted from my Hero Fire Spell card and split into two. Both fireballs went towards Burstinatrix and she thrust them at the Princetons.
Chazz/Chazzina 2800
Jaden/Serena 4000
"Way to go Serena!" Syrus cheered.
Syrus POV
As I watched Serena and Jaden duel the Princetons, I noticed Alexis and Asami come in. "Hey Alexis, Asami, what are you doing here?" I asked. Alexis responded with, "We're here to see how Jaden and Serena stack up against two Obelisks. Then again, the owner of the Academy is dueling alongside Jaden, so they should win" I must've looked confused because Asami said, "You don't know about Serena? The Serena Kaiba, the daughter of Seto Kaiba? Wow, I thought you idolized her!" That's when it hit me. "So that's why she looks so familiar! I thought that she was a look-alike with the same name!" I exclaimed. Asami laughed. 'Man, she has a pretty laugh,' I thought.
Jaden POV
'Ok, so I have Sparkman on my field and Serena has Burstinatrix. I know! I could fuse my Avian with her Burstinatrix to create my Flame Wingman! That's if she lets me.' I thought. I looked over at Serena and she looked at me. A message came through our eyes. We would use each other's monsters to help with our fusions and in return, help one another. Chazz said, "My turn! I summon another Chthonian Soldier, in attack mode!" Another soldier in black armor appeared.
1200/1400
"And now, I activate Chthonian Alliance!" Chazz said. One of the Chthonian Soldiers started to glow. "I'll tell you how it works. I select one Chthonian Soldier, my sister's Soldier in this case, and that Soldier gains 800 attack points for every Chthonian Soldier on the field!" Chazz explained.
3600/1400
I heard somebody gulp. It turned out to be Serena. "You nervous?" I whispered only loud enough for her to hear. "Yeah, a little. But don't worry, I have a plan," she whispered back. We shared a smirk and nodded. This was gonna turn out great.
Serena POV
I had a plan, just as I told Jaden. I would bring back my Avian and fuse it with my Burstinatrix or fuse my Burstinatrix with Jaden's Avian to create Elemental Hero Flame Wingman. Then, I'd activate my Hero Up Spell card, which would allow me to double the attack point of my chosen Hero and strike down the strongest Soldier and let Jaden handle the rest with his Flame Wingman, once we summoned his.
"My turn! I summon-" Chazz started. We heard footsteps coming from the hallway. We all looked and I saw Jaden, Chazz, Chazzina, and Syrus get worried looks. I knew what was going on. Campus Security. "Guys, we should get outta here!" Syrus said. "Why, we're all students here, aren't we?" Jaden asked. "Well, yeah. However, if we don't leave now, y'all will be in BIG trouble," I said. Alexis and Asami opened up their phone, pulled up the rules, and said, "We're not supposed to be here because our curfew is ten o' clock. We really need-hey why did you say that WE-not including you- would be in trouble?!"
I blushed and said, "I happen to have my dad, Seto Kaiba on my side, I'm supposed to stay here! Now, let's get outta here you guys!" Chazz and Chazzina were already gone, however, Alexis and Asami showed us a secret way out.
Later, Campus Security came in and no one was there.
"Hey, thanks for showing us the back way out," Syrus said. "Anytime," Alexis said, "we would have gotten out faster if somebody would walk!" We all glared at Jaden, who was pretty upset about not being able to finish the duel. Could I blame him? No. Did I want to go back in there to finish our duel even if we got into trouble? Maybe. Was I upset that our duel was interrupted? Yes. "But we had them! I mean come on, we could've beaten them. Right Serena?" Jaden stated. My reply was, "You got that right. We had them on the ropes. Not to mention that was the first time I didn't get to finish a duel, that is UNACCEPTABLE!" Jaden, Syrus, Asami, and Alexis backed away from me a few steps and Jaden asked, "Why are your eyes crimson-the part where its supposed to be blue- why?" I gave him my confused look and grabbed my hand mirror from my jacket pocket and looked. Sure enough, my eyes were crimson. I blinked and my eyes were back to normal. I looked back at them and Asami said, "Nice trick. Can you teach me how to do that?" I sighed and said, "It wouldn't work for you. Only someone with a mark of the Crimson Dragon can do it. So far, only I can do it." I pushed up my right sleeve and showed them the maroon dragon head on my right arm. They looked at it in wonder and I explained, "It's a birthmark. It imprints you when you're a newborn and it makes itself known when you go through something terrible. I experienced my brother's disappearance and then the mark made itself known to me. It glowed crimson and appeared on me. If you like, you can come stop by the Slifer dorm and I'll tell you all about it later on a weekend." Alexis, Asami, and the boys accepted the offer and Jaden, Syrus, and I went back to our dorm, the three of us laughing. Somehow, I knew that we would get to finish the duel between the Princetons and us.
New Cards :
Hero Fire; Spell Card-Allows duelist to attack directly if you have at least one pyromancer-type monster on the field
Hero-Revival; Spell Card-Allows you to get your monster back during your Standby Phase.
Hero Up; Spell Card-Double the attack points of chosen Elemental Hero