All's Fair in Love and War

by Tensa-Zangetsu102

Cousins, Yusuke and Kagome, have been brainwashed by a new evil bent on destroying the balance of Light and Darkness. Inuyasha and Keiko are the only ones that can save them, will they succeed or will they be engulfed by the darkness of their pasts?

46. Making the Grade Pt 1

Disclaimer: see chapter one

Chapter 46: Making the Grade Pt. 1

At the Slifer Dorms one morning, Jaden and Chumley were still sleeping, while Yusuke was in the bathroom getting ready for the Field Test and Syrus was sitting at his desk, nervous about the fields test, "Please, please, please, please, help me ace my test today or I'll get stuck wearing his red blazer forever……not that red doesn't look good on you, Slifer!" Syrus prayed, while wearing a head band with three Monster Reborn cards onto while surrounded by candles, "But I want be in Ra Yellow, please give me a sign that you'll please."

Just then, the alarm went off, which alarmed Syrus, "SLIFER!" he screeched

"It's just the alarm," Syrus said, as he turned off the alarm and gazed at the sleeping Jaden, "And of course, Jaden sleeps right through it. How could he be so relax, when there's so much at steak?" he asked

Syrus sighed, "Jaden, wake up, if you missed these test you'll never advance to the next dorms!" he told him as he was shaking the brunette, which resulted as Jaden pushed Syrus away from him, "Wrong cause I'll play a trap!" he announced and went straight to bed

Syrus tires to sit up, "Why can't he be dreaming in defense mode, when I wake him up?!" he asked, no one in particular and looked at the bathroom door, "I wonder if Yusuke is done, yet?"

"Duh? Syrus, you shouldn't be hurrying those at all!" Chumley suggested

"Huh?" Syrus said

"Just think about it, Sy," Chumley said, "Today's written test, we have our field's test and it would be totally lishes for us three if we let Jaden sleep right through it and Yusuke to take as long as he wants in the bathroom, you guys get what I'm saying."

"Chumley, I never get you say," Syrus said

"Hello, the field test is where they pit class members to face each other in a duel and I don't want to duel the guy who defeated Dr. Crowler and the guy, who defeated his proctor, in just two turns, so if we get the competition to sleep in we make out, ya got it."

"Oh I get it!" Syrus snapped, glaring at Chumley, "And I'm starting to get why you were held back 2 years! Plus, Chumley, if Yusuke's out, then there's Kagome and Catherine Maxwell as well! Jaden, wake up, we're already late, so I'll save you a seat!"

Yusuke got out of the bathroom, with his school uniform, "Ready Sy!" he said, looking at the sleeping Jaden. Yusuke sighed at the brunette's lazy behavior, "He's hopeless." He muttered

Yusuke and Syrus sprung out of the room and towards the exam site.

The two Slifer boys ran from their dorms, with Syrus trying to for the test off head and tripping.

"Hey Sy, are you okay?" Yusuke asked

Syrus got onto his feet, "I'm fine."

The boys ran into the school, while in their minds that they'll be late for the exam. Just then, Syrus bumped into someone in the front, "Syrus!" Yusuke ran to his fallen childhood friend.

"Hey Slifer Slackers, watch where you're going next time!"

Yusuke and Syrus knew that voice to well as the gaze at the frown and glare of Chazz Princeton.

"Well, good morning to you too, Chazz," Yusuke said, in a sarcastic tone

Chazz snorted, "Why bother going to take this test, slackers?" he sneered, "You'll end up failing in the end." With that, Chazz did an about face on the Slifers and walked away from them.

Yusuke helped Syrus up, "I don't know what the hell that guy's problem is." He said, glaring at Chazz's retreating back

While at the Slifer Dorm, Jaden was wake and running to class, "Boy that Chumley sure can cook!" he announce, "A five course breakfast, wow!"

Jaden runs pasted an old lady, who was pushing a truck up a hill, which got Jaden to stop, "Hold on!" he said, as he turned around and felt that the old lady needed help, "Ah to be a gentleman or to be on time." He said, to himself, "Oh well seeing that I'm never on time!"

Jaden ran behind the old lady and grabbed hold on the truck, "Never fear, Jaden's here!" he announced

"Oh thank you," the old lady said, "You must be from the auto club."

"Don't let the red jacket fool ya," Jaden said, as he was pushing the truck, "I'm just your good deed dude!" Jaden accidentally, let's go of the truck, "Isn't it just nice!" the elderly said

The truck was being pushed back, "It would be nice if I pushed!" Jaden ran behind the truck and pushed it, "You're such a sweet boy, I'll remember this!" the lady said

While at class, the test had already had started thirty minutes prior, "You have 45 minutes to finish your test," Banner said to the class

Yusuke looked at Syrus and nudged the blunette, "Syrus, wake up!" he whispered

Syrus had his head down sleeping, "……which counters a field spell……which counters."

Ryoko eyed at the sleeping Syrus, 'Why does Urameshi even bother with that blue haired pipsqueak?' she thought, 'It doesn't matter anyway, as soon as I pass this test and become a Ra Yellow duelist, then no more being in the same rank as Syrus Truesdale.'

Yusuke could use the old Dark-Magician-Girl-wants-to-kiss-you trick, to wake Syrus up, but voted against that.

"Hey guys, sorry I'm late."

Yusuke looked up to see Jaden, by his side, "Jaden, where the hell have you been?" he whispered

Jaden chuckled nervously, "Well, it's rather complicated," he then looked at Syrus, "I didn't know that this was an oral exam, Syrus."

Syrus woke up to see Jaden towering above him, "Maybe, next time, sleeping would be better than an all night Slifer Salience!" he said

"You're here!" Syrus commented

"You three might want to keep it down!"

The three boys looked up to see Chazz, glaring at them, "Some of us might want to pass this test!" Chazz seethed

"Hey I plan to pass, but it doesn't work out that way!" Jaden said

"Oh Jaden!" Banner called out, "Why don't you come down here and get your exam?"

"Be there in a giff!" Jaden said, making his way downstairs

'He'd better,' Kagome said, eying at Jaden, who was getting his test, 'He has only 44 minutes into this test, he'd be lucky to even finish.'

A few moments later, Jaden and Syrus were sleeping and snoring through the test, "You may be able to dream your way out of the written exam, Jaden, but when your field test starts believe me, you'll have a nightmare." Dr. Crowler muttered, while by the door spotting the sleeping brunette

After the written test was finished, everyone was racing to the card shop to get some rare cards for their deck, while Bastion and Yusuke were waking Jaden and Syrus from sleeping, "Guys, wake up, the card shop will run out of cards if you two aren't up to get them!" Yusuke said, shaking Jaden up

"That's right," Bastion said, shaking Syrus, "So, you two might want to get some serious thinking about getting up."

Syrus shot up and sighed, "I flunked!" he said, "I'm a complete failure!"

Jaden laughed, "Sy, if they have a class, in melodrama then you'd get an A!" he commented

"Hey where did everyone go?" Syrus asked, looking all over the classroom

"Everyone is at the card shop getting rare cards for their decks," Bastion replied

"Then, why are you not there, Bastion?"

"Please, one rare card would throw my delicate deck of balance."

"Mine wouldn't!" Syrus exclaimed

"Then, why the hell are we still standing here for?" Yusuke asked, "There's nothing like the nice smell of new cards in the morning!"

A few moments later………

"What do you mean, that you're sold out!?!" Yusuke snapped, glaring at the lady cashier

"I'm sorry, sir," the cashier said, "But all of our rare packs have been sold to a mysterious customer."

"You're kidding!"

"No I'm not, but there's a one pack left," the lady showed the last pack.

"Great, I already I'm going to flunk the written exam, but know the field test!" Syrus complained

"What's going on?" Kari asked, as she walked towards her brother

"It turns out that all of the rare cards have been brought out by one student," Yusuke replied

Kari blinked twice, "That's it," she said and smirked, "Hey Dorothy!"

"Did someone call from me?" an old lady came from the back of the store and spotted the customers

"Hey it's you!" Jaden exclaimed, pointing at Dorothy, "Hey, you're that nice boy from this morning!" Dorothy said

"Hey Jaden, where did you know this lady?" Yusuke asked, pointing at Dorothy

"Well, sort of," Jaden said, "You work here!"

"Better than that, I own this shop, cool huh?" Dorothy said, with a wink.

"Hey Dorothy, are they any more rare cards left?" Kari asked

"As a matter of fact, there's a box of cards left for you kids." Dorothy showed the box to them.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

"I'm dueling an Obelisk and it's Chazz!" Jaden gasped, as he gazed at the spiky haired Obelisk before him

"That's right, Jaden," Dr. Crowler walked in the middle of the two duelists, with a big grin on his face, "Since you always talk a big game, I pulled some strings for you, so you got the challenge that you deserve. So congratulations, you'll be dueling one of the top ranked students in the school. What an honor! I certainly hope that you were able to snag a lot of today's rare cards so your deck would be up to snuff." He said, with sarcasm

"Something stinks about this," Yusuke snarled, with his arms crossed

"Ditto!" Kagome added, with her arms crossed, "Since when was Crowler ever giving Jaden special treatment." She sneered, putting a strong emphasis on ever.

"What's wrong?" Dr. Crowler asked, with sarcasm, "Are you going to thank me?"

'I've got a bad feeling about this,' Syrus thought

'This is clearly a trap,' Bastion thought, 'only a stupid fool would agree to it.'

"I'll do it!" Jaden announced, "Alright Chazz, get your game on. Let's finish what we started at Obelisk arena!"

"Indeed, in front of the whole school too," Dr. Crowler said, "Where everyone can see."

"Yeah, watch you get slammed by me," Chazz sneered, with a smirk

The two duelists slammed their decks into the duel disks, and their disks activates, "Duel!" they shouted, as Dr. Crowler ran away from the duel

"No excuses this time, Chazz," Jaden said (JLP: 8000)

"Bring it, Slifer Slacker!" Chazz retorted (CLP: 8000)

"Ore no time, draw!" Jaden whips out his first card, from his deck, then heard a coo, "Hey it's my old friend, Winged Kuriboh!" he said, putting the card into his hand and pulling out another card from his hand, "You remember this guy don't you, Chazz?" Jaden asked, "It's Elemental Hero Clayman in defense mode!" Elemental Hero Clayman (DEF: 2000), "He'd love to be reacquainted!"

Chazz laughed, "Not after he sees what's I've got for him," he said, "Don't think for one second that oversized pebble has a chance against me, Jaden or against this. Ore no time, draw!" Chazz draws out his first card from his deck, "Fresh of the presses, meet Magical Mallet!"

"What's that!?!" Jaden asked

"A redo," Chazz replied, "All the cards in my hand that I don't want, I put back in my deck, then I shuffle and redraw." Chazz shows off his hand, which were four cards, "Pretty cool, wouldn't you think?"

"But how!?!" Syrus asked, while flabbergasted

"A rare card on the first draw!" Ryoko gawked

"And a very dangerous one, in fact," Bastion said, "Now Chazz gets to pick which cards he wants and which he doesn't."

"I haven't gotten to the best part," Chazz said, as he drew some cards, "You see, Jaden, I got to reshuffle Magical Mallet, so when I draw it, I can play it, again and again." Chazz draws his cards, "And that comes in handy when I'm looking for this V-Tiger Jet, sharping your claws for attack mode!" a green and yellow jet that resembles a tiger as appears in front of Chazz. (ATK: 1600), "And there's a lot where that came from, check out the magic of Frontline Base, it allows me to summon another level 4 monster this turn and I've got just the one. I'll play W-Wing Catapult in attack mode!" a big mechanical monster that looks like a catapult appears next to V-Tiger Jet. (ATK: 1300), "Gentlemen, start your engines!" At Chazz's command, the two machines flew into the air and then combined together (ATK: 2000), "Alright, the VW-Tiger Catapult!"

Jaden started at the monster with awe, "But wait, I'm not done, yet, because he has his special ability," Chazz sneered

"That's not good!" Jaden said

"Gimme a break! Is this guy's turn going to be finished sometime this century?" Syrus retorted

"By sending one card to the graveyard, I can force one monster your monsters to attack mode!" Chazz said, as Jaden's monster had stood up (ATK: 800) after Chazz sends a card to his grave slot, "So, now after this Heat Seeker Bliss from my Tiger Catapult, your life points are toast!" Chazz's monster shoots missiles at Clayman destroying it and Jaden bracing himself from the impact. (JLP: 8000)-(JLP: 6800)

"My goodness!" Dr. Crowler exclaimed, in sarcasm, "Perhaps Jaden can't play with the big boys after all. I guess he's not as good as everyone thinks!"

"I'll finish up with one card face-down!" Chazz declared, placing the card on the field

"Yeah, you go ahead and finish up, 'cause I'm just getting warmed up," Jaden said, "Ore no time, draw! Speaking of, here's a guy, who can really turn up the heat Elemental Hero Sparkman in defense mode!" Elemental Hero Sparkman (DEF: 1400) "And I'll throw down a face-down!"

"Not much he can do with all the new rares that Chazz has in his deck," Bastion said

"It's just not fair!" Syrus gawked

'This is a complete mismatch!' Alexis thought, watching the duel between Chazz and Jaden, 'How can Jaden fight back, if he doesn't know who he's fighting?'

"Ore no time, draw!" Chazz draws his card, "Ready for round 2, you Slifer Slime, well X-Head Cannon is!" A blue and yellow robot with shoulder-mounted cannons appeared next to VW-Tiger Catapult on the field ready to strike (ATK: 1800), "And thanks to Frontline Base's magic, so is Z-Metal Tank!" a yellow tank appears next to Chazz's X-Head Cannon. (ATK: 1500)

"No way!" Jaden exclaimed

"X and Z!" Syrus exclaimed, "Oh man that could only mean one thing!"

"Now I play my face-down card, Call of the Haunted!" Chazz's face-down trap activates, "In case, you've slept through that class as well, it allows me to bring a monster from my graveyard and I choose……" in a yellow light a red mechanical dragon appears next to Z-Metal Tank on the field. (ATK: 1500)

"It's him!" Syrus and Ryoko gawked

"He has it!" Bastion added

"Oh crap!" Yusuke, Kira and Kari said, in unison

"That's right, Y-Dragon Head," Chazz said, "It's what I've discarded with my Tiger Catapult's special ability and I combined them all to create XYZ-Dragon Cannon!" Chazz said, as the three mechanical monsters combined together. (ATK: 2800)

Syrus and Ryoko gasped at the sight of it, "Now Chazz, has two monsters with over 2000 attack points each," Bastion commented

"But wait, Jaden there's more!" Chazz sneered, "Actually less……sure they say that two's better than one, but in this case I have to disagree, since the one in question is the ultimate V-to-Z Dragon Catapult Cannon!" Chazz's mechanical terrors combined themselves to a huge robotic monster. (ATK: 3000)

Everyone was surprised at the appearance of Chazz's new monster, "It makes your Sparkman look like a heap of spark plugs or at least it did!"

Jaden's Sparkman disappears right in front of his eyes, "My Sparkman……" he said

"Oh I'm sorry," Chazz sneered, sarcastically, "Didn't I mention V-to-Z's special ability? He allows me to remove one card on the field from play once per turn." Chazz chuckles devilishly, "And if you think that's impressive just wait until you see his attack." Chazz points at Jaden, "An attack that'll strike your life points directly!"

"Don't think so, Chazz!" Jaden announced, "I've have a trap, A Hero Emerges!" Jaden's face-down trap card opens up

"Blast it!" Dr. Crowler snapped in outrage

"A Hero What?" Chazz said, with an eyebrow raised

"Emerges, as in it emerges onto the field, 'cause you have to randomly choose a card from my hand and if it's a monster I get to summon it," explained Jaden, "So take you pick, Chazz!"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever, the far right!"

Jaden follows his finger to the far right, "Sweet Elemental Hero Burstinatrix, I'll play her in defense mode!" Elemental Hero Burstinatrix (DEF: 800)

"That's what you think, you Slifer Slacker!" Chazz retorted, "When Dragon Catapult Cannon attacks, I get to choose your monster's mode and you now what I choose attack mode! Which means not only she'll be zapped……" Burstinatrix stands up (ATK: 1200) as Dragon Catapult blasts her away as she screech, "But your life points will too!" (JLP: 6800)-(JLP: 5000)

"Jaden!" Yusuke and Syrus gawked

"Aw what's the matter, Jaden? Having some test anxiety?" Chazz mocked in a baby tone of voice, "Don't worry it would be over soon."

"No way, Chazz!" Jaden sneered, "I have a whole army of monsters in my deck, just waiting to get at you, this isn't over it's just barely started. Ore no time, draw!" Jaden draws his card and noticed it, "What do you think, Winged Kuriboh?" he asked, to his card, which cooed in return, "All right, if you say so, let's do it. I'll summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode!" Winged Kuriboh (DEF: 200). At the appearance of the fuzzball, most of the girls were cooing and laughing on how cute it is.

Yusuke and Bastion snorts, "Girls……" they muttered

"Care to say that again, boys?" Kagome, Kira and Kari asked, in unison, glaring at Yusuke and Bastion, after hearing what the two said, "Um…nothing!" they squeaked. Yusuke knew what Kagome was capable of and even though Bastion had known the three girls for a month and didn't get hit by one of them, yet, he saw a situation of this and decided that it would be a good idea to don't say anything that would piss them off.

"And I'll throw down a face-down, that's it," Jaden said

"That's it!" Syrus exclaims, "That's all, but all he's been doing is playing defense."

'Sure hope that Jaden knows what he's doing,' Alexis thought

"All done huh?" Chazz sneered, "Good, 'cuz now I cook that Kuriboh and I like mines well done! There's about to be a fried furball on the field, ya loser!"

"You don't scare me!" Jaden retorted

"No big deal, I don't have to, that's his job," Chazz said, jerking his finger back to his monster, "Dragon Catapult Cannon attack!"

Dragon Catapult Cannon shoots its blasts towards Winged Kuriboh, "Once that Kuriboh is gone, Jaden will be completely defenseless!" Syrus said

'Alright, secret weapon time,' Jaden thought, tossing two cards to his grave slot, "I'll sacrifice two cards and active……" Jaden's face-down card opens up

"Where did he get that!?" Dr. Crowler yelled

Kuriboh's wings grew a lot, "Transcendent Wings!" Jaden declared, as the blast came and connects it to Kuriboh, but wasn't destroyed, "It can't be……" Chazz cried

"Oh it be," Jaden said, "Transcendent Wings evolves Winged Kuriboh to a level 10 monster and it gets better too, by sacrificing himself, Kuriboh destroys all monsters in attack mode and reflects damage equal of the total of attack points directly to you. Kuriboh, go ahead and show him how it works!"

At Jaden's command, Kuriboh shoots the blast back at Chazz's monster, destroying it (CLP: 8000)-(CLP: 5000), "Damn it," Chazz muttered and realized that he's wide open for a direct attack.

"Ore no time, draw!" Jaden draws his card and looks at it, "I'll play Card of Sanctity, this spell card allows us to draw until we're holding six cards in our hands." Jaden and Chazz drew six cards from their decks; "Now I'll summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode!" a hero in a huge blue suit with a white cape appears in front of Jaden (ATK: 800), "And since he's the only one on the field at the moment, I get to two cards from my deck!" Jaden draws two cards from his deck, "Next, I'll activate the spell card, Bubble Shuffle, now Bubbleman switches to defense mode!" Bubbleman crouches down defensively (DEF: 1200).

"What's the point in that, slacker?" Chazz asked, "He wouldn't be able to attack me, if he's in defense mode."

Jaden grinned, "Bubble Shuffle has another effect, see I get to special summon from my hand that has 'Elemental Hero' in its name and the monster I choose is Elemental Hero Bladedge!" Bubbleman disappears from the field and in his place a golden armor hero appears in Bubbleman's place. (ATK: 2600), "But I'm not done yet, I'll activate the spell, A Warrior Returning Alive, which allows me to bring a warrior from my grave and to my hand and the monster I choose is Elemental Hero Burstinatrix and now I'll fuse her with Avian from my hand with Polymerization to summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" Elemental Hero Wingman (ATK: 2100), "Next, I'll activate Monster Reborn to summon from the grave, Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode!" Elemental Hero Bubbleman (ATK: 800)

Chazz grimaced at the sight of the monsters before him, "Bubbleman attack with Bubble Blast!" Bubbleman blasts a stream of bubbles at Chazz and the Obelisk braces himself from the onslaught. (CLP: 5000)-(CLP: 4200) "Flame Wingman attack with Inferno Rage!" Flame Wingman lunges at Chazz and blows a stream of fire at him. (CLP: 4200)-(CLP: 2100) "Now Bladedge, finish him off with Slice and Dice Attack!" Bladedge lunges at Chazz and slams the Obelisk knocking him down and along with the rest of his life points (CLP: 2100) – (CLP: 0000).

Almost everyone was surprised that Jaden was able to beat an Obelisk student like Chazz, "Jaden did it!" Syrus cheered

"Impossible!" Dr. Crowler exclaimed in outrage after witnessing Jaden's victory, "Not with all the rare cards that I've gave Chazz, this simply can't be!"

Shepherd turned to Crowler, with a puzzled look on his face, "Rare cards, what are you exactly talking about, Crowler?" he asked

Crowler twitched, realizing that he needed a back story, "Nothing," he replied as he turned heel and walked away, "Just need to grade some papers."

Shepherd chuckled at Crowler's reaction. While out in the dueling field, Jaden was laughing at his victory and thrust his fingers at Chazz, "That's game!" he declared, with a wink, "Unless, you want to duel again."

Chazz, who was on his knees, glared at Jaden, "Oh we will!" he snarled

"Jaden!" Yusuke, Bastion and Syrus ran towards the brunette to congratulate him.

-Jaden's Card List-

New Cards Used

A Hero Emerges (T), Bubble Shuffle (S), Card of Sanctity (S), Elemental Hero Bladedge (M), Elemental Hero Bubbleman (M) Transcendent Wings (S), Winged Kuriboh LV10 (M).

-Chazz's Card List-

New Cards Used

Frontline Base (S), Magical Mallet (S), V-Tiger Jet (M), VW-Tiger Catapult (M), VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon (M), W-Wing Catapult (M), X-Head Cannon (M), XYZ-Dragon Cannon (M), Y-Dragon Head (M), Z-Metal Tank (M).