Disclaimer: see chapter one
Chapter 43: Welcome to Duel Academy
Narrator: The large Duel Academy is located on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Since the beginning of autumn, the freshman that was able to make it in was assembled. Depending on their grades, students at the Duel Academy are divided into three dorms: Obelisk Blue, Ra Yellow and Slifer Red. Obelisk Blue is made up of those with excellent results from the middle group. From the freshmen that took the higher-level test, those with excellent results, first, are assigned to Ra Yellow. As for Slifer Red, students that are low scorers and dropouts, normally called, 'Slifer Slackers'. Here at Duel Academy Slifer Red students are treated like scum at the school, because they're the lowest rank in the school. Not one Slifer has been worthy to be superior in the school, until now…
Kagome lies on the grass on her back, while enjoying the warmth of the sun touch her. She was thinking how wonderful as a student in Duel Academy. No pesky little brother, no adventure, with backstabbing friends and best of all no Inuyasha. Just remembering that name sickens her, thinking that the half demon that she fell in love was nothing but a playboy.
"Hey Kagome!"
The raven haired girl sat up and looked to see her friends Yuka, Eri and Ayumi running towards her. Kagome got on her feet and brushed the leaves from her Slifer Red blazer, "Hey guys!" she greeted and remembered something, "What are you guys doing here!?!"
"You got some nerve!" Ayumi barked.
Kagome gave Ayumi a confused look on her face, "Ayumi, what wrong?"
"No Kagome, I think the question is what's wrong with you!?!" Eri corrected.
"Why didn't you make up with your boyfriend, yet!?!" Yuka asked, glaring at Kagome.
Kagome's expression hardened, "I thought I told you guys that I want nothing to do with that two-timing, no good creep!" she spat
"He's not a two-timing cheat!" Ayumi barked.
"Why don't you give him another chance!?!" Yuka asked.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS SAYING!?!" Kagome yelled, "Me give HIM another chance, nothing doing! Did you guys forget what he did to me!?!"
"And do you think we care!?!" Ayumi asked, with a devilish smirk.
"How do you know that we really care about you, Kagome?" Eri said, with a similar smirk as Ayumi
Kagome took a step back, "Oh no," she murmured, "Not you guys as well."
Yuka chuckled evil like, "Do you honestly think that we love you as a sister to us?" she sneered.
"Please Hag-o-me, you were nothing for us," Eri said
Kagome was hurt by this by her so-called friends, the one, who she treated like sisters.
"Grab her, girls!" Ayumi commanded as Eri and Yuka grabs both of Kagome's arms. Kagome tries to get out, but to no avail.
Ayumi stalked over to Kagome, while cracking her knuckles, "This is well hurt me more than it hurts you." Ayumi lunged at Kagome and slammed her fist at Kagome's stomach.
Kagome grunts in pain as her legs gave out of the pain, "Actually, I lied to you, I won't be hurt, but you on the other hand, Hag-o-me, will feel pain and lots of it!" Ayumi continued her assault, punching Kagome silly.
Even being used as a punching bag, Kagome could hear the laughter of her now former friends. Kagome was hurting, not only she was being punched and kicked, but the people that she used to call friends were tricking her.
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"Kagome, wake up!" Yusuke said, shaking his cousin, who was moaning and groaning.
"Stop it, please!" Kagome plead in her sleep as tears came from her eyes, "Please stop."
Yusuke was getting annoyed, "Kagome, wake up, dammit!" he yelled
"Is she gonna be okay?" Jaden asked, with concern.
"I hope so." Syrus said.
"Kagome, wake up!" Yusuke said, shaking Kagome and was pushed hard to the window.
Now fully awake, Kagome panted heavily and looked around to see that she was still in the helicopter, on the way to Academy Island, 'It was just a dream.' She thought, while panting, 'Or was that a vision, meaning that Yuka, Eri and Ayumi didn't care anything for me.'
"Hey Kagome, are you okay?" Syrus asked
"You've been moaning and groaning for a while," Bastion added
Kagome's panting slowed down for a bit, "Yeah, just had a bad dream that's all." She replied, putting a fake grin.
Yumi appeared beside Yusuke, "She had another vision about her friends." She said.
Yusuke looked at Yumi, 'You mean her so-called friends from the warning states of Japan.' He inquired
"No, I meant her friends Yuka, Eri and Ayumi. They've been playing with her heart from the very beginning."
Yusuke grunts, 'It seems that we keep seeing our closest friends' true colors,' he thought, 'Except for Syrus, Kurama, Shizuru, Botan, Zane, Hiei, Genkai, Yukina and Kuwabara.'
"Well those are the kind of people we should trust." Yumi said, "But what I found puzzling is Jaden."
'What about him?'
"Well take a look, doesn't he look like you-know-now."
Yusuke looks at Jaden, who had lied down, sleeping and his eyes widened, 'Now that you've mention it, they do look alike. Hopeful Jaden isn't like HER at all.'
"Attention new Duel Academy students, if you would look at your window, you'll see your new home away from home." The announcer from the speakerphone said, which was followed the students looking at the window, with smiles on their faces as the see a huge school with the colors blue, yellow and red on it.
"Yeah, I know that you're excited, but don't shove, quite a view isn't it. Now fasten your seatbelt in the upright position, next stop Academy Island."
The helicopter begun to land on the landing dock and the blades stopped rotating.
Later, the students were sent to the school to get there uniforms, which was blazers, which resents the dorms they're in and black shirts, as for the pants they were either issued them or the students had their own. The students were later sent to the main room, with each group in the color groups, for the orientation.
Just then, the screen was turned on and showed a picture of an old bald man, wearing a purple trench coat, "Good morning and welcome my students!" he greeted, "I'm Chancellor Shepherd, head master here and you are brightest and best young duelists in the world. Now get yourself settled at your assigned dorms, I think you'll find them quite fitting, depending on how you rank of course."
Throughout Shepherd's speech, Jaden was sleeping, standing up (A/N: Sometimes I just wonder how he can do that.)
Later after the orientation……
"Well, I don't know about you guys but I'm in the Slifer Red dorm," Jaden said, checking out his PDA communicator. Jaden was wearing a red Slifer blazer, except it wasn't buttoned up and it showed his black shirt, a pair of pants and a pair of red sneakers.
"Same with me," Yusuke said, checking out his PDA communicator. Yusuke was wearing a red Slifer blazer with a black shirt underneath, with a black bandana tied to his right arm, a pair of jeans and a pair of red sneakers.
"Me three," Syrus said, checking out his PDA communicator. Syrus was wearing a red Slifer blazer, with a yellow shirt with a turtleneck and a pair of black pants.
Just then, Bastion was walking past the three Slifers, "Hey Bastion, are you a Slifer too?" Jaden asked.
"Well, let's see……" Bastion said, looking at his Ra Yellow uniform, which appeared to be a yellow blazer, with a green shirt underneath and black pants, "…yellow sleeves, yellow buttons, no I don't think so."
"Well, I guess that would explain why Yusuke, Sy and I are in red, huh?"
Yusuke had a goofy anime look on his face, 'Wow, even though he defeated Dr. Crowler's real Deck, he appears to have the same brain level as Kuwabara.' He thought
Bastion gave Jaden a displeasing look, "Please tell me that you didn't figure that one out just now."
"What! Ever thought I was color blind!" Jaden retorted
"No I wasn't," Bastion said, "Are you?"
"Nope," Jaden laughed, "But I could have been, see ya in the dorms."
Bastion jerked his thumb, "Sorry, but your dorm's over there," he said, as he was walking away.
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"This is our dorm!" Yusuke exclaimed in outrage, looking at it, with looked like outhouse with a deck, "What a dump! Now I'm beginning to see why Slifer Red called the lowest rank in the academy."
"Yeah, I know what you mean," Syrus said, putting his hand on the dormitory, "It's more like an outhouse with a deck."
"What are you two kidding," Jaden said, "This dorm has a very nice view of the ocean."
Yusuke, Yumi and Syrus sweat dropped at the brunette's naiveté, "What an unusual guy," Yusuke commented, with Syrus and Yumi nodding in reply.
"You guys are in Slifer as well."
The three boys turned to see Kagome, Catherine and Kira behind them. Kagome was wearing a Slifer blazer, with a black shirt underneath, a pair of tan cargo pants and a pair of red sneakers. Catherine was wearing a Slifer blazer, which was unbuttoned, showing off her black tanktop that showed a bit of her cleavage, a pair of jeans, and a pair of red sneakers. As for Kira, she was wearing a Slifer blazer with a purple shirt underneath, a pair of dark brown cargo pants and a pair of red sneakers.
"Yeah, I guess that this will be our home for a while," Yusuke said.
"We're gonna find our room, now," Catherine said, as she and the two girls left with her.
"Okay, now this here is our room, guys!" Jaden declared, opening the dorm door
"It's kinda small, huh?" Syrus said, walking in the room, with Yusuke and Jaden, "Hey, you're a small guy," Yusuke said, "Anyway, I like. It would make a sweet pad for our first year here."
The room provided a four bedded bunk bed, four desks, bathroom and sink.
"It's really not that all bad," Jaden walks over to the curtains, "Now, let's work on this pad!" he said, opening the curtains
"Hey those were closed for a reason!"
Jaden quickly closed the curtains at the speaker's voice, "Oh sorry, about that," Syrus said, looking over to the top bunk
"Yeah, we didn't even see you up there!" Yusuke added
"Well, can you see me now?" Just then, a portly sixteen year old boy popped out of the bed and glared at the three boys, who started screaming, with Jaden and Syrus holding each other, "Would ya stop the screamin'?!" the boy in annoyance, "Who are you guys and what are you doing here in my room?" This boy was wearing a white and red blazer.
Jaden and Syrus let's go of each other, "I'm sorry, I'm Yusuke Urameshi." Yusuke introduced
"My name is Jaden Yuki!" Jaden added
"And my name is Syrus Truesdale!" Syrus added, as well
"We're your new roommates," Yusuke said
"You're new all right," the boy said, turning away from the three boys, "So, let me tell you how things work here."
"Uh! What things?" Yusuke and Jaden asked, in unison
"Like when parents' weekend is going to be," Syrus said
"Duh! Like the how the color thing works, that's more in important then anything," the boy replied
"How the hell is it that important?" Yusuke asked
"Well, you got three different students here," the boy started, "Obelisk Blue students, Ra Yellow students and Slifer Red students. Now the Blues are the highest ranks here, some students are blue because of the grades and have connections. The yellow ranks are the second highest, mostly younger students with a lot of potential. Then, there is us, the Red Wonders."
"The Wonders, that's a cool name," Syrus said
"As in 'I wonder how flunkies like us, managed to get this far?' maybe," the boy corrected to Syrus's disappointment, "Sorry we're in the bottom of the food chain here! Dueling Duds! Oh! I'm Chumley Huffington, by the way."
Just then, there was a knock on the door, "I wonder, who could that be," Yusuke inquired as he walked towards the door and opened to reveal Kagome, Kira and Catherine behind it, "Hey girls, what's going on?" he asked
"Dr. Crowler called for us from my PDA." Kagome said.
"Crowler!" Chumley screeched
The other Slifers looked at Chumley, weirdly, "What's that all about?" Yusuke asked.
"Dr. Crowler is the head of Obelisk Blue and isn't too fond of Slifers at all." Chumley said.
Yusuke wiggled his nose a bit in thought, "It must be our performance in our entrance exam." He said.
"Where you four defeated your proctors in two turns," Syrus inquired
"Two turns!" Jaden and Chumley screeched in unison.
"Yeah," Kagome rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment, "You see Yusuke, Kira, Catherine and I finished our duels in two turns."
"He probably wants us to meet the Obelisk Blue students, because of it." Kira said.
"That would mean that you guys will be Obelisk students sometime this year," Chumley inquired
"That's awesome, guys!" Jaden said, pumping his fists in the air.
"Yeah thanks," Yusuke said, with a cheesy smile, "Well we better get going to see what Dr. Crowler wants."
After leaving the Slifer Red dorms, Yusuke, Kira, Catherine and Kagome began their search for the Obelisk Blue dormitory.
"There you four are!"
The four teens turned to see Dr. Crowler and Ms. Fontaine walking towards them, "I'm glad you all can make it," Dr. Crowler praised, "Now it's time to meet the Obelisks."
The two headmasters of Obelisk Blue had led the four Slifers near the front of the elegant building. Painted white, with the rooftops being blue, the architecture almost looked like a castle in a fairytale.
"What a pad," Kira said, looking around the place.
"Yeah." Yusuke said, 'King Emma's palace was bigger than this but at least this dorm has some kind of style.' He thought
"I'll tell ya, one thing, it's a Hell've a lot better lookin' than Slifer Dorm is," Catherine said.
Before the Slifers could gasp out in awe at the sight, Ms. Fontaine had the gates opened, and led the four Slifers inside.
"The place is so gorgeous." Kagome commented. There were chandeliers hanging on the walls that sparkled with the sun's rays, and there was incredibly expensive looking furniture scattered all over the rooms.
Dr. Crowler spoke up. "This is only the meeting room for the Obelisks. Yusuke is going to live in the boy's dorm, while the rest of you ladies are going to live in the girls' dorm. There are separate buildings for the boys and the girls alike."
The Slifers nodded strongly while attempting to absorb the information that Dr. Crowler was telling them.
The headmaster signaled to two huge wooden oak doors. "Through there, you four will find all the Obelisks. Now, go on and you may be greeting your future classmates."
Placing their hands on the door, Yusuke and Kagome pushed hard and were rewarded with the door creaking open. Behind them, Dr. Crowler and Ms. Fontaine stared in shock. It took two strong men to lift that door, and those two didn't even break a sweat, while opening it.
Blinded by the sudden light, their ears detected the faint sound of noise dying away into silence at their presences. As their eyes adjusted to the difference in lighting, they noted that there were large tables that looked like huge benches. And there were people sitting on them. And they were all staring at them.
Yusuke didn't like that being stared at and sends a death glare at some of them and they looked away, in fear. The Slifers stepped into the large room. Harsh gazes met them and they could feel them.
After bravely meeting their glares, the four Slifers walked with their heads up high towards the front along with Dr. Crowler and Ms. Fontaine. As they reached the wanted destination, which was the platform, Dr. Crowler spoke. "Fellow Obelisks! These students here may very well be attending as an Obelisk in the near future! They may look like one of those Slifers Slackers, but I assure you, they don't duel like one!"
Their enmity had decreased at his words. "You know two of those Slifer Slackers look awfully familiar." One of them said, mentioning Yusuke and Kira
"That is the reason that I will allow these potential duelists to briefly stay with you! They've got to know where they belong!" Dr. Crowler said
Kira was shaking in anxiety at the glares of the Obelisk students, but she felt hands onto her shoulders and she left back up to see the warm smile of Ms. Fontaine, "There's no need to be shy, dear." She said.
Kira nodded at that as she was relaxed, "Now treat these students as if they were Obelisks, right now." Dr. Crowler said as he and Ms. Fontaine left them at the front and walked towards the exit.
As the doors slammed shut, all the Slifers were greeted with was bone-chilling silence. It was so eerie that it sent shivers down their spines.
"Eerie bunch, aren't they," Catherine commented
Kira hid behind Yusuke, for protection. Even though she was a tomboy, she hated when people look at her strangely. It was the same feeling that she had when she went to Sarayashiki Junior High for the first time.
Looking around the room in search of a friendly face, Kira spotted a dark blonde girl waving her over.
"Hey guys, that girl is waving to us," Kira said.
The other Slifers looked at the blonde haired girl, who was waving at them. The Slifers walked towards the girl. The Obelisk introduced herself first. "Hi, welcome to Obelisk Blue," the blonde girl greeted, "My name is Alexis Rhodes and you three must be Kari Urameshi's twin brother, sister and cousin." The girl said, pointing at Yusuke, Kira and Kagome, "I watched you guys duel earlier and you were incredible."
"Uh...Thanks I think," Yusuke said, feeling a bit uncomfortable with the blonde, "My name's Yusuke Urameshi, I'm the middle twin."
"Kira Urameshi, the youngest twin."
"Kagome Higurashi."
"Catherine Maxwell."
The mood lightened considerably. "So, where'd you four learn to duel like that?" Alexis inquired, "Cuz, last I checked Kari never pulled a move like that before, during junior high."
"I just got the tip from Kagome, here," Kira said, looking at her cousin.
Kagome answered, "We just got tips from a very special friend."
Yumi appeared beside Kagome, "Aw…you guys flatter me." She said.
Just then, the two other girls that were sitting with Alexis, looked at the Slifers, "Hey Alexis, aren't going to introduce us." Inquired the red head.
"Especially this cutie over here," the black haired girl said, winking at Yusuke. Yusuke noticed that wink and was feeling less comfortable than with her than Alexis, then sent her an unusual cold glare, which got the girl to stop flirting and captured Alexis and the red head's attention, 'Was there a sudden huge drop in the temperature, just now?' Alexis thought
"Alexis?" the red head called out breaking Alexis out of her thoughts.
"Oh right," Alexis said, "You guys remember Kari Urameshi, right?"
"You mean, mostly every freshman Obelisks' worst nightmare, right," the red head said.
"That's the one," Alexis said and placed her hand to the twins, "These are her twin siblings, Yusuke and Kira Urameshi."
"What!" the black haired girl gawked, "You mean that these Slifers are Kari's brother and sister!"
"Yep! And this is her cousin, Kagome Higurashi." Alexis said and turning to Catherine, "And I do believe that this is a friend of theirs, Catherine Maxwell."
"Nice to meet you four," the red head said, "My name's Jasmine Junko!"
"And my name's Mindy Momoe," the black haired girl said.
"Hey there," a sleazy sounding voice interrupted the introductions. There were three guys directly behind them. The Slifers surveyed them. The first two looked like tag-alongs, one with blue hair and the other one with brown hair while the third one, with the jet black spiky hair…he looked like the commander.
The tag-alongs greeted Kira, Catherine and Kagome with a flirtiest facial expression. "So, you want to come with us somewhere, ladies?" the brown haired boy said.
"Yeah, we could get to know each other very well…" the blue haired boy added, as he placed an arm around Kira, making her feel uncomfortable
Yusuke gave a murderous glare at the tag alongs for hitting on Kira and Kagome and was going to give a piece of his mind, but… "I don't think so." Kira replied, twisting the blunette's arm that made him wail in pain.
"Try to take this little talk a step further, like touching me, I'll personally consider it sexual harassment and you'll be in for the ass-kicking of a lifetime." Catherine said, her eyes regarded his frown and an all too steady hand reached out and grabbed her shoulder.
He gripped it tightly and murmured, "What are you going to do about it……"
He never got to finish his sentence, as Catherine had punched him head on in the face, really hard. As he retreated and wailed in pain, putting a hand over his bruised face, Kagome showed her brutal aggression by kicking him where the sun doesn't shine.
"Ouch!" Jasmine said.
"That's gotta hurt." Alexis said.
Yusuke glared at Alexis, "Believe me, you have no idea how much that shit hurt!" he said.
Catherine and Kagome kicked the brunette all the way across the room, her foot connecting with the left side of his hip, "I warned ya." She said, with a slight smirk
"You little bitch!" the blunette roared as Kira lets him go and lunged at Catherine, but Yusuke crotched down and swiped his ankle to the goon's ankle. The goon did a good front flip, but at the last minute, Kira kicked him hard, making the goon fly upward and slammed the ceiling. The goon fell onto his back on the floor, unconscious.
The spiky haired Obelisk gasped at this, while Alexis, Jasmine and Mindy were speechless at this.
Yusuke kicked the blunette hard in the hip and with added force; he sends the limp body to the other side of the room.
He joined Catherine, Kira and Kagome, as he sat back in one of the benches, "So, why are you guys looking at us that weirdly like the rest of the Obelisks?" he asked, not liking the looks that the three Obelisk girls were given them.
"Ah…" Mindy was still in shock. "W-where? Where the hell did you guys know how to fight?"
"It's a talent that I had all of my life," Yusuke replied
"Ditto!" Kira added
"Picked it up from Yusuke, Kira and Kari." Kagome said.
"My pop taught me," Catherine said and looked at the floor in sadness, "…before he died that is."
"Gee sorry to hear that," Jasmine said, feeling sympathy Catherine.
The black haired boy was now freaked at the strengths of the four Slifers, "You kick them to the other end of the room, and then you act like it's no big deal?" The voice wasn't angry, but it wasn't pleased either.
The four Slifers turned around staring hard at the boy they snorted. "Don't you think that you should be thanking us," Kagome inquired.
"Yeah, the guys we just knocked into unconsciousness, they're only your friends for the because of your reputation." Yusuke told him.
"If something were to happen that would threaten their social position, these two would leave you in a second." Kira said.
"Talk about being so stupid and superficial." Catherine said.
The boy's eyes flared slightly. "Listen, you Slifer…"
"Chazz!" yelled Alexis. "Just leave them alone!"
At the blonde's exclamation, Chazz huffed and turned away and walked away from the Slifers. His goons were limping behind him.
"I'm sorry about Chazz," Alexis told the Slifers, "Not every us Obelisks are the same, he's a jerk, especially with Slifers."
"Believe me, I've met some like him, myself, before," Catherine said.
"Hey what are you guys doing here?"
They looked at Kari, who was before them, "Hey sis!" Yusuke and Kira greeted
"Dr. Crowler called his here, because he wanted us to meet the Obelisk, because of our performance in our entrance duels." Kagome said.
"Oh! I'm gonna go to the school," Kari said, "You guys want to come?"
"Sure, why not?" Yusuke said, following his sister, with Alexis, Kira, Catherine and Kagome following him.
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Three hours later, Jaden and Syrus were walking along the cliff of the island, with Syrus sulking along the way, "You've been sulking since we've left the dorms," Jaden told him, "Don't tell me that you're still upset."
"But Chumley said that us, Reds, are the worst," Syrus said, with a solemn tone
"Forget that," Jaden said, with a confident expression, "I like the color red and plus everything has to start somewhere, we just have to do our best here."
"Yeah, I guess you're right, Jaden," Syrus said, "I intend to do my best from this point on!" he declared with a flame background. Syrus turned to see Jaden running to the school, "Hey, wait up!" Syrus ran to catch up
The teens walked into the arena, "Wow, this place is pretty big!" Jaden exclaimed
"I agree!" Syrus replied
"Hey this here is our turf!"
The boys turned their gaze at two Obelisk boys, who had bandages on their faces, walking towards them, "Yeah and you Slifer Red Rejects aren't welcome!"
"Sorry, we didn't know," Syrus said, "Let's go, Jaden."
"Nah, we don't have ta go," Jaden said, while snatching cheek, "Unless, you guys duel me!"
"Hey you're that kid!" the blunette said
"Hey Chazz, we found the applicant, who defeated Dr. Crowler!" the brunette said
Just then a boy, that looked like he was fifteen, wearing a blue blazer, showing that he too was an Obelisk blue, walked on the stairs. This boy had black messy hair and dark grey eyes, which were glaring at Jaden.
"Hey!" Jaden greeted, "I'm Jaden and you're what Chuzz?"
The boy referred as Chazz growled at the Slifer brunette.
"Show some respect!" the blunette scolded
"His name is Chazz Princeton and he was the top duelist in prep-school. He's gonna be the next King of Games!" the brunette Obelisk explained, "The best duelist in the world!"
"Impossible!" Jaden said, crossing his arms
The two Obelisk boys were stunned, "What Impossible! How so!" the brunette Obelisk yelled
"See, the reason it's impossible is that I'm going to be the next King of Games." Jaden replies, which made the two Obelisk boys, laugh
"A Slifer Slacker the next King of Games, that'll be the day!" the blunette gagged
"Can it, you two!" Chazz scolded, "Maybe the new kid is right, seeing that he defeated Crowler and that rare monster. I guess it takes some skill to do it."
"You got that right!" Jaden says
"Or was it luck, I guess we'll find that one out, right now!" Chazz added
"Bring it!"
"Gee you know," came a feminine voice, which freaked Chazz and his two followers, "If you three are asking for death you should have asked me."
"Hikari!" Chazz said, with a fake innocent tone looking at the brunette, who had her arms crossed glaring at the spiky haired boy, "W…what brings you here!?!" Chazz looked at the people that Kari was with, "Hold on, not you guys again!?!" he gaped, pointing at Yusuke, Catherine, Kagome and Kira.
"Y…you know, Chazz, those two Slifers look awfully like Hikari." the blunette follower stammered, referring to Yusuke and Kira
"Maybe, it's the fact that those two are Kari's twin brother and sister." Alexis explained.
The three Obelisk boys screamed in fear, "Twin brother and sister!" they yelled.
"Say, you guys wouldn't be the ones that we knocked out, earlier, would you?" Kira asked.
Chazz's tag-alongs were freaked at this, while recalling the painful memory.
Kari looked at her sister, weirdly, "What do you by that?" she asked
"Well, those two tried to hit on us, while we were at the Obelisk dorm." Kira replied
"What!" Kari roared and glared at Chazz's followers.
"N…now, we didn't know!" the brunette follower stammered
"Princeton, if you and your two stooges aren't gone," Kari started, "Dr. Crowler is going to wonder why three of our Obelisk students are missing!"
"Guys, let's start running!" Chazz yelled as he and his goons started running away.
"I'm sorry that Princeton bothered you guys, like that." Kari said
"Yeah, all of us Obelisks aren't like that at all, he's a jerk, especially with Slifers!" Alexis added
"That's okay!" Jaden exclaimed, "Besides, I come have beaten them in one turn!"
"Okay, we have to work on that over-confidence, a bit!" Syrus told Jaden
"Okay then maybe two turns!" Jaden said, with a sweat drop at the back of his head, "Or two and half!"
They just giggled at what Jaden had said, "What?" Jaden asked
"The Slifer welcoming dinner should be ready at your dorm as well!" Alexis said, with a smile
"Oh yeah, now I remember!" Yusuke exclaimed, "Hey guys, we better head back to the dorms, pronto!"
"Okay, see ya!" Jaden said as he and his fellow Slifer Red duelists ran out of the stadium. Jaden turned back to the Obelisk Girls, "By the way, what's your name?" he asked.
Alexis was surprised at this, "Alexis Rhodes and yours."
"My name's Jaden Yuki, well see ya!" Jaden turned and ran away, with his friends following, "Aren't you going to introduce me!?!" Syrus wailed
"There's no time to dwell on crushes Sy," Yusuke said.
Alexis places a warm smile, "Jaden…" she murmured
Kari places a sly smile on her face and Alexis notices it, "What?!" she inquired, feeling a bit uncomfortable by the brunette's smile, "Say it!"
"Nothing!" Kari said, walking away from the dumbstruck Alexis.
It a second for Alexis to realize what Kari was thinking, "Hey!" Alexis yelled, with a slight blush and shaking her fist in the air, following Kari, "I don't have a crush!"
Each dorm has already started its welcoming dinner. People are enjoying their dinner except for Slifer Red duelists, who are getting a bad meal. What they had to eat were little fishes in a bowl and rice.
"So, let me get this straight, you guys had an opportunity to dine with the Obelisks right now, but you're staying here to eat this poor excuse of a welcoming dinner." Ryoko said. She was wearing a Slifer Red blazer with a black shirt underneath and green cargo pants.
"Yep!" Yusuke said, eating his food.
"Well rather stay here with our friends anytime." Kagome said.
Just then a man with long black hair, tied to the back, glasses with his eyes closed, wearing a white chemise and black pants, "Good evening, and welcome to Slifer Red," the man said in a German accent, "My name is Professor Lyman Banner, head monitor of the dorm. Now before we eat I'd like for all of us to talk about ourselves," he added and turning his attention to both Ryoko and Syrus, who were telling Jaden to stop eating.
"Jaden, come on," Ryoko told him, hastily, "He's said we have to stop!"
"That's right," Syrus added, "He said for us to talk about ourselves!" Syrus eyed his back, "He's coming Jay!"
When Prof. Banner came to the table where Ryoko, Jaden, Yusuke, Kagome, Kira, Catherine and Syrus were sitting, Jaden sweat dropped and stop eating, "So, since some of us don't want to talk about ourselves first then we'll eat first!" Prof. Banner said with a smile.
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"That Professor Banner can sure cook," Jaden said, rubbing his stomach and lying on floor with his back on the wall, "Wow!"
"Plus, he's not like the teachers at my old school," Yusuke said. He was sitting on a chair
Syrus walked towards Yusuke, with a tea tray, "Yeah, seems nicer than the ones from Sarayashiki Junior High." He said, as Yusuke grabs a cup of tea.
"Yeah, he's good people," Jaden said, "I was wondering, how were the teachers from your old school."
Yusuke and Syrus sighed, "You want to tell'em, Yusuke?" Syrus said
"Well, let's see," Yusuke started, closing his eyes in anger, "The teachers there don't like to listen to reason, all they do is keep running their big mouths. They don't care about anyone's problems, but their own!"
"It sounded like you hated that school!"
"Jaden, with my feelings towards that school, the word 'hate' would be an understatement."
"Plus there were two teachers, who love picking on kids." Syrus said, "Hey Chumley, here's your tea."
"Did I say I was thirsty!?!" Chumley snapped, covering himself in his bed.
"Hey, you didn't have to snap at him like that!?!" Yusuke yelled, glaring at the portly boy.
"Yeah, no joke," Jaden said.
"That's okay, guys, I'm used to it." Syrus said, while looking down.
"Tea makes you wet the bed…" Chumley said, but didn't feel comfortable at his answer, "…not that I do…anyway I'm trying to sleep!"
Just then, Jaden's PDA communicator rang and he answered it, which showed a picture of Chazz, "Hey Slifer Slacker, don't think you and your fellow slackers are off the hook, tonight at midnight, it's on. Oh! Why don't we make it interesting, whoever wins gets the other guy's best card." The screen went off.
"Cool, it looks like we get to play in that arena after all!" Jaden said
"If that's an Obelisk, all you got is trouble." Chumley murmured
-Later-
"Guys, I don't think that this is a good idea," Syrus said, feeling wary about this.
"Good or bad, when someone challenges you to a duel, you've got to step up," Jaden said.
"He's right," Yusuke said, "There's no choice."
The three boys approached the arena, where Chazz and his two flunkies were waiting for him.
"Well, well, well, he shows," Chazz sneered, with his arms crossed
"You better believe it, there was no way that I'm going to miss this." Yusuke and Jaden walked up towards the stadium to face Chazz and one of his flunkies with the brown hair.
"Let's go be the rules shall we," Chazz said, "This will be a tag team duel. You're only supposed to attack the person in front of you. This follows me against Jaden and Spencer against Yusuke. You slackers got it."
"Of course, we got it." Yusuke said.
"Time to find out that Jaden beating Dr. Crowler was a fact or a fluke," Chazz sneered, "And to find out, if Yusuke has what it takes to become one of us, Obelisks."
"Yeah, and we're going to know something else," Jaden told him, "Like which one of us has a shot to be the next King of Games," Jaden said
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, just don't cry when you lose."
"You too, now game on."
Chazz, Spencer, Yusuke and Jaden activate their duel disks, "Duel!" (SLP + CLP: 16000/YLP + JLP: 16000)
"Ore no time, draw!" Spencer draws his sixth card and looks at it, "I'll set a monster in defense mode and a facedown to end my turn!"
"Ore no time, draw!" Yusuke draws his sixth card and looks at it, "I'll summon Luster Dragon in attack mode and I'll place a facedown to end!" an emerald covered dragon appears and roared (ATK: 1900) and a card appeared behind it.
"Ore no time, draw!" Chazz draws his card, "For my first move, I'll summon Reborn Zombie in defense mode!" a decay zombie appears on the field (ATK: 1200), "Next, I'll place a card facedown!"
"I guess that's one way to start a duel," Jaden said, "But I like to go a little bigger. Ore no time, draw!" Jaden draws his card and places it in his hand and heard coos coming from them, "Good to see ya, Winged Kuriboh, maybe I'll use you later but know I'll use Polymerization to fuse both Avian and Burstinatrix!" Avian and Burstinatrix entered into a vortex above, "And bringing out Elemental Hero Flame Wingman in attack mode!" Elemental Hero Flame Wingman (ATK: 2100), "I told ya that I'd go big didn't I?"
Chazz smirked, "I was hoping that you were," he sneered
"You did? Why's that?"
"Because that move you made activated a trap card, slacker that you set off, Chthonian Polymer do your stuff!" Chazz's facedown trap cards opened up, "What's Chthonian Polymer's stuff?" Syrus asked, feeling intimidated
"I had a feeling that I'd find you guys here."
Syrus turned to see Alexis walking towards him, "Alexis?"
"Chthonian Polymer is a nasty trap card that let's you take control of your opponent's fusion monster by sacrificing your monster," Alexis replied
"What! But Jaden had summoned a fusion monster!" Syrus said
"I'll sacrifice my zombie to take control of your Wingman!" Chazz declared, as his trap card glowed yellow and it took engulfed his zombie and a cloak of darkness captured Jaden's monster and put it on Chazz's side of the field.
"How did Chazz knew how to play that?" Syrus asked
"You're so predictable, Jaden!" Chazz told him, "I saw you play that monster with Crowler, so I knew you'll play him, soon!"
"But since my Wingman was a special summon, that means that I get to normal summon a monster during this turn!" Jaden studied his hand and grimaced, 'Not that any of these cards can stand up to the Wingman.' Jaden looked at the monster that betrayed him
Chazz grinned, 'Go on, you Slifer Slacker, summon a monster,' he thought, 'I didn't forget about Flame Wingman's special power.'
Yusuke growled and glared at Wingman, 'Damn it, now what.' He thought
"Hey way a go, Chazz!" Spencer praised
"I'll summon Elemental Clayman in defense mode!" Jaden declared as a clay bodied monster with a red head appears and kneels on one knee (DEF: 2000), "There I'm all set!"
"Ore no time, draw!" Spencer draws his card, "Okay, you Slifer Slacker, now I'm gonna activate the Spell Card, Dark World Lightning!"
"Oh crap!" Yusuke said.
"What's Dark World Lightning do?" Syrus asked.
Alexis grunts, "Dark World Lightning destroys one facedown on the field, as long as you discard a card from your hand."
"That's right, now I'm gonna destroy that facedown on yours!" Spencer said. A dark lightning bolt destroys Yusuke's facedown card, "But there's a small price to pay for activating it, I get to send one card from my hand to the Graveyard and I choose my Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World!" Spencer sends the card through his Grave slot and a demon with a spear appears on his knee (DEF: 1300).
"What!?!" Jaden gawked.
"I don't get it, how did he summon that monster," Syrus said.
Yusuke grunts, "It has to be that Beiige's ability, by discarding him to the Graveyard by a card effect, it's special summoned on the field."
Chazz chuckled devilish, "For a Slifer Slacker, your knowledge for Dark World monsters aren't so bad after all, maybe there's a little hope for you slackers yet."
Spencer sneered, "Now like you said, slacker, that was a special summon which means that I'll sacrifice my two monsters to summon forth The Creator!"
Just then a huge, red and bulky monster that looked like an Aztec god appears on Kikyo's side of the field (ATK: 2300).
"Oh man!" Syrus said, "That's a huge monster!"
"And it gets worse, Slifer Slacker, the facedown monster that I had before was Sangan and it's…"
"…special ability allows you to bring a monster from your Deck and to your hand then you shuffle your Deck," Yusuke said, "I know how the damn card work, lughead!"
"Now you're catching on, slacker," Spencer takes out his Deck and searches through it for the card that he was looking for, "Now things get a whole lot worse thanks to Creator's special ability. The monster I select is Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World. Now by sending one card from my hand, I get to summon Beiige from the grave to the field!"
In a blaze to dark lightning, Beiige appears with his spear ready (ATK: 1600), "Now Creator, attack Luster Dragon with Doomsday Blast!"
Creator creates a yellow blast in his hand and whirls it and Luster Dragon destroying it and Yusuke (YLP + JLP: 16000) – (YLP + JLP: 15600) shielding himself with his duel disk as the blast stopped, "Now Beiige, attack with Dark Storm Slash!"
Beiige give a battle cry as he charges towards Yusuke, "Clayman, defend Yusuke!" Jaden commanded as Clayman rushed in front of Yusuke and was slashed by the Beiige's attack and destroyed (YLP + JLP: 15600) – (YLP + JLP: 14800).
"I don't believe it," Syrus said.
"Jaden's monster defended Yusuke." Alexis said
"That was a pathetic move, slacker," Chazz said, "With no monsters out your Life Points are easy pickings!"
"Thanks Jaden," Yusuke said, sending a 'thumbs up' to the brunette, "Ore no time, draw!" Yusuke draws his card and eyes it, "I activate Pot of Greed, now I draw two cards!"
Yusuke draws two cards from the top of his Deck, "Next, I'll summon Armed Dragon LV3!"
A small orange and gray armored dragon appears on the field (ATK: 1200), "Next, I'll activate the Spell Card, Level Up! To transform my Armed Dragon LV3 to its Level 5 form!"
The dragon glowed as it becomes even bigger and it showed red and black with spikes (ATK: 2400), "Now to return the favor, by sending a monster card to the Graveyard, I can activate my dragon's to destroy any monster with the attack points that is equal or lower than the monster I toss."
"That's a sweet effect!" Jaden praised.
"Not good!" Spencer said.
"Damn right that's not good," Yusuke said, "Now by sending two copies of Luster Dragon #2 to the Graveyard, I can destroy both Flame Wingman and Creator! Now Armed Dragon destroy with Shrapnel Blast!"
Armed Dragon's spikes were shot out like rockets and destroyed Flame Wingman and Creator, "No!" Chazz gawked
"Now Armed Dragon attack with Infernal Assault!" Yusuke said, pointing at Beiige and his dragon went and punched the demon into oblivion (CLP + SLP: 16000) – (CLP + SLP: 15200).
"Way a play!" Syrus cheered.
"Now you're gonna pay for that," Spencer sneered, "I activate my facedown Chthonian Blast, now since you destroyed my monster I get to destroy yours and we both take damage equal to half of your dragon's attack points!"
Armed Dragon is engulfed by the darkness and was destroyed, "My dragon!" Yusuke (YLP + JLP: 14800) – (YLP + JLP: 13600) yelled
Chazz (CLP + SLP: 15200) – (CLP + SLP: 14000) snickered at this, "Too bad, you almost had as us, thanks for the help, Spence." He sneered, "Ore no turn, draw!" Chazz whips out a card from his deck, "Rise Chthonian Soldier!" a grey-armored warrior, holding a huge curved sword appeared (ATK: 1200), "Chthonian Soldier attack Windstorm Slash!" Chthonian Soldier charges towards the unprotected Jaden and slashes the brunette's torso. Jaden wraps his arms wrapped his stomach fell onto his knees (YLP + JLP: 13600) – (YLP + JLP: 12400)
"Have you two found your place in the academy, yet?" Chazz goaded, "You two might've been someone back at home, but here in the Big Leagues you're nothing but pathetic amateurs, Slifer Slimes! I'll end my turn with a face-down card." A card appeared behind Chazz's monsters, "Go ahead, slacker!" Just then I heard a sniff like noise from Jaden, "Aw what wong, baby! Are you crying!?" Chazz sneered, in a baby tone, and then heard laughing from Jaden, "This is too fun!" he laughed
"What!" Chazz gasped, in surprise
"Has he officially lost it?" Yusuke asked, looking at Jaden carefully
"Just what I came for, the trash talk, the action, it's just too great!" Jaden commented
"What the……" Chazz said
"Ore no turn, draw!" Jaden whips out a card from his deck, "I'll activate Pot of Greed, this allows me to draw two cards from my deck!" Jaden draws two cards, "Next, I'll summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode!" a hero in a blue jumpsuit, golden armor and mask appears in front of Jaden in a fighting stance (ATK: 1600), "Alright Sparkman now, attack with Static Shockwave!" Sparkman shoots a blue lightning blot at Chazz's Chthonian Soldier and destroy the monster. Chazz shields himself with his duel disk as his life points decreased (CLP + SLP: 14000) – (CLP + SLP: 13600)
Chthonian Solder's sword spun up and hurled through Jaden's stomach and taking his life points with him (YLP + JLP: 12400) – (YLP + JLP: 12000), as he clutched his stomach.
"Still think it's great, slacker?" Chazz sneered, sarcastically, "Because when you destroyed my Chthonian Soldier, you've activated it's special ability, by taking the same amount of damage as I do!"
Jaden slightly winced as he opened his eyes, "It's only a matter of time, slackers," Chazz started, "Your best monster is gonna be all ours!"
"Jaden, any ideas!" Yusuke inquired
"This isn't over," Jaden slipped a card in the spell/trap card slot of his duel disk; "I'll throw down a face-down!"
"Ore no time, draw!" Spencer draws a card and places it in his hand. He takes out a card from his hand and slaps it to the Disk, "I summon my Chthonian Soldier in attack mode!"
The barbaric warrior appears on the field (ATK: 1200), "Now Chthonian Soldier attack with Windstorm Slash!"
The monster charges towards Yusuke, "Sparkman, defend Yusuke!"
Sparkman went and went in front of Yusuke and his sword hits Sparkman's armor and was destroyed (CLP + SLP: 13600) – (CLP + SLP: 13200).
"Why would he attack if Chthonian Soldier is weaker than Sparkman's power?" Syrus asked.
"Because of Chthonian Soldier's special ability, which when destroyed Yusuke and Jaden would take damage equal to both Chazz and Spencer." Alexis replied
(YLP + JLP: 12000) – (YLP + JLP: 11600)
"Ore no time, draw!" Yusuke draws his card from his duel disk, "I summon Masked Dragon in attack mode!"
A red and silver dragon appears in front of Yusuke (ATK: 1400), "Now Masked Dragon, attack!" he commanded, pointing at Spencer.
Masked Dragon sends a burst of flames at Spencer and it hits him directly. Spencer screams as his Life Points go down (CLP + SLP: 13200) – (CLP + SLP: 11800), "That ends my turn."
"Ore no turn, draw!" Chazz draws his card from his duel disk, "I'll activate Call of the Haunted!" Chazz's face down stands up, "I get to summon one monster in my graveyard to attack mode! Rise Chthonian Soldier!" Chthonian Soldier returns from the grave, "But that's not all, next I'll sacrifice him to summon Mefist the Infernal Warrior!" a heavily armored knight riding on a black horse who was carrying a long-handled axe in one hand appears on the field (ATK: 1800), "Now Mefist attack Sparkman!"
Mefist charged towards Sparkman, "Go Trap Card, Hero Barrier!"
A blue barrier appears in front of Sparkman, "As long as an Elemental Hero is on the field, your attack gets canceled!" he said.
"Why you?" Chazz muttered, wondering why Yusuke or Jaden aren't afraid yet and smirked, "You're something else, slackers, you know that. Acting all confident like that, but your lousy monsters aren't going to get you out of this jam!"
Just then a coo was heard by Jaden and the brunette looked at his hand, which held Winged Kuriboh, "I know he's wrong Winged Kuriboh!" Winged Kuriboh winked at him in responds, "Because doesn't know that my monsters and I, we have a bond. Ore no turn!" Jaden draws his card, 'Speaking of……'
Alexis was stuck by fear, "Uh! Guys, we've got company!" she exclaimed
Yusuke sensed someone was coming and he knew who it was, "Oh crap!" he replied, "It's campus security, if they found us here, we'll get seriously busted!"
Jaden turned his head around, "Why? We're students here," he said
Alexis sighed at Jaden's 'innocence' and got out a booklet, "Student Handbook clearly states that off hour duels and ante rules are prohibited on campus!"
Chazz choked on Alexis's words, "Chazz knows this, but let me guess, he didn't tell you!" Alexis spat
"YOU KNEW THAT!" Yusuke screams at Chazz, "You jerk, I'm gonna kick your ASS!" Yusuke roared, lunging after Chazz but was tackled down by Alexis, and with Syrus aiding her to restraining the raging Slifer, "Lemme go, guys, I'm gonna show Chazz here, the true definition of the word, PAI-" however Yusuke was cut off, when Alexis put her hand onto his mouth.
"Yusuke, keep your voice down, they'll heard you and get all of us will get expelled here." Alexis told him and restraining him at the same time
"Come on, let's go!" the blunette Obelisk told Chazz. Chazz turned and glared at Yusuke and Jaden, "Well, well, slackers, it looks like you lucked out this time."
"What do you mean by that!?" Jaden asked, in outrage, "The match isn't over!"
"Oh yes, it is," Chazz jumps off the stage, "I came here for what I saw, you're a sorry duelist. You beating Dr. Crowler and that two turn finish were flukes!" Chazz and his goons walked away
A few moments later, campus security came into the arena and found no one there.
"Hey, where are going? We're not through yet!" Jaden snapped
"Yeah, we are! You're a sorry duelist! you defeating Dr. Crowler and that two turn finish were just flukes!" Chazz spat leaving the room, "Come on, Jaden we have to go now!" Syrus said and restraining Yusuke at the same time
Jaden stomped the ground in frustration, "Damn it! I had this guy on the ropes."
A few moments later, campus came into the arena and found no one there.
Outside the school, Alexis had to drag the majorily pissed off Yusuke, while Syrus had the drag out the stubborn Jaden out.
"Yusuke, I'm going to let you go if you promise to calm down, Understand!" Alexis said, with her hand onto Yusuke's mouth and an arm wrapped around his waist.
Yusuke nodded and with a mumbled 'uh huh!' in reply. Alexis then let's go of the former spirit detective, "Gees, did anyone tell you that you can have a very strong grip on a guy?" he asked
Alexis crossed her arms and glared at Yusuke, "And did anyone tell you that you have a very loud mouth?" and glanced at Jaden, "You can be very stubborn, Jaden."
"Only about my duels!" Jaden said stubbornly
"Thanks for showing us the exit!" Syrus said
"Sorry that you didn't get to finish your duels." Alexis said
"No problem, I knew how it would end anyways!" Jaden said
"Oh really," Alexis said, "It looked to me that it could have gone either way, when you guys stopped."
"No way," Jaden showed off five Spell Cards in his hand for the others to look at
"Hey hold on," Yusuke said, "Those are Megamorph, Fusion Monster Reborn, two De-Fusions and Instant Fusion aren't they?"
"That's right," Jaden said
"Wait, you were going to summon that Flame Wingman and equip him with Megamorph! Then, you're going to attack Chazz with both Flame Wingman and Sparkman! Then, use De-Fusion to attack once more and use Instant Fusion to attack Chazz again. Finally, you were going to activate De-Fusion once more to attack and win." Yusuke explained
Jaden nodded, "That's right," he said, "We would have won that duel, if it wasn't for Campus Security. See ya!"
The three Slifers walked away from Alexis with a pondering thought, 'This is gonna be one interesting year.' She thought.
-Yusuke's Card List-
New Cards Used
Luster Dragon (M), Luster Dragon #2 (M)
-Spencer's Card List-
New Cards Used
Chthonian Blast (T), Chthonian Soldier (M), Dark World Lightning (S), Sangan (M), The Creator (M)
-Jaden's Card List-
New Cards Used
De-Fusion (M), Elemental Hero Clayman (M), Elemental Hero Sparkman (M), Hero Barrier (T)
Fusion Monster Reborn: Normal Spell: Select 1 Fusion Monster Card from either your opponent's or your own Graveyard and place it on the field under your control in Attack or Defense Position (face-up), regardless of summoning requests. At the End Phase, you take damage equal to half of the original attack of the monster summoned by this effect.
-Chazz's Card List-
New Cards Used
Call of the Haunted (T), Chthonian Polymer (T), Chthonian Soldier (M), Mefist the Inferno Warrior (M), Reborn Zombie (M)