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?

57. The Return of Chazz Princeton

Disclaimer: see chapter one

The Return of Chazz Princeton

"Time to eat!" Yusuke and Jaden calls out in unison as they started to devour their breakfast, as their friends Yumi, Chumley, Kagome, Hikari, Kira, Kelly and Catherine watched in shock.

Kagome says, "It's amazing on how they're both alike."

Hikari says, "Yeah, both food gluttons and stubborn."

Yusuke swallows his food and says, "Hey, we need our strength for the School Duel with North Academy, today!"

Jaden nods and says, "That's right! We need our strength, because we play to win!"

Catherine says, "Well, you two will do fine!"

Jaden says, with a smile, "Thanks, Cat! We'll whoop anything that North Academy throws at our way!" And then resumes eating.

Just then, Syrus and Ryoko came bursting into the Slifer cafeteria and Syrus calls out, "Yusuke, Jaden, everyone's waiting for you two!"

Jaden blinks twice and asks, "Us what for!?"

Then, it hit Yusuke and he says, "The Meet 'n Greet, Jaden!"

Ryoko says, "The guys from North Academy are here! Your opponents are here!"

"Well what didn't you say so?" Yusuke and Jaden jumped off their seats and running outside, "Let's go!"

Their friends followed them as well

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

Meanwhile, Chancellor Sheppard, Crowler, and everyone else at the school were at the docks waiting as the North Academy's Chancellor stepped off of the bridge from the submarine.

Sheppard beamed and shook the balding man's hand, "Foster, it's been far too long! You seem to be doing well."

"Yes, well, I've had plenty of time to recover after that defeat you handed to us at last year's School Duel." Foster chuckled.

"Oh, that was a long time ago," Shepard said dismissively, "Besides, it was a close match."

"Not really." Foster smiled, "But I have a feeling that this year, it will be."

Sheppard nodded, "Yes, I expect that as well! Well, here's to a spirited duel between our two schools."

At that moment, Jaden managed to squeeze between Crowler and Sheppard, and looked at both Chancellors, "Yeah, yeah, spirited. Now, c'mon where's my opponent?"

Sheppard pulled away from the handshake and looked at his representative, "Yes, Jaden, we were about to get to that." he lightly scolded, as Yusuke, Catherine and Kagome walked towards Jaden.

Jaden looks at his chancellor and says, "Oh, great, I'll just wait until he gets there."

Foster looked at the Obelisk and Slifer curiously, "Yusuke Urameshi, Jaden Yuki," he looked him over, "So you're Duel Academy's phenoms...?"

"Phenom?" Jaden snapped his head at the word, happily, "That's the coolest thing I've ever been called! What's it mean?"

Sheppard leaned over as Foster fell over at the comment, "It means be quiet!" he hissed at Jaden.

"So, c'mon, c'mon!" Jaden urged, ignoring his headmaster, "When do I get to meet my opponent?!"

"Right now……slacker,"

Catherine, Kagome, Yusuke and Jaden blinked and looked past Foster, at the submarine where other North Academy students stood patiently and Jaden asks, "Who just said that?"

Kagome thinks in her mind, 'Only one voice sounds like that.'

The crowd dispersed and revealed it was an old rival from the beginning of the year and he says, "It was me!"

Jaden stared in shock at who answered him, "Whoa, hold on! Am I just seeing things or is that Chazz?!"

Chazz Princeton smirked and folded his arms, "You got that right, slacker."

Yusuke thinks in his mind, surprised, 'It really is him!' Chazz wasn't wearing his Obelisk Blue uniform, but he wore a large black duster coat over his dark shirt and pants.

"Well, why are you here?"

"For the duel."

Yusuke, Catherine and Kagome knew what Chazz was talking about and Jaden says, "I think it's sold out……" Yusuke, Catherine and Kagome fell over, while Kagome asks, "Is Jaden really that clueless?" She rubbed her head; landing on the ground was very painful.

Chazz scolded, as Yusuke, Catherine and Kagome gets up on their feet, "I'm in it!"

"Like a ref?"

Yusuke, Catherine and Kagome pulled another anime fall and Kagome thinks in her mind, 'That answers that question.'

Chazz's eye twitched, "I'm dueling you, you dope!" he snapped.

"Wait……so you're North Academy's school rep?" Jaden asked confused, as Yusuke, Catherine and Kagome got to their feet, "Since when did you transfer?!"

"When I stopped getting respect here," Chazz replied, never blinking.

"That's right!" another North nodded.

A large built man in an orange vest nodded, "He couldn't get respect, so he'll have to take it!"

"He'll 'Chazz you up'!" a third chimed in.

Chazz nodded at his subordinates, "That's right!"

Both Chazz and Jaden stared each other down, probably thinking the same thing about the upcoming duel.

The large man sneers, "And Chazz isn't the only one, who should you two be worrying about. The other opponent is me and I'll crush the one that's named Yusuke Urameshi."

Yusuke wiggled his nose and says, "That's me! Now, who the hell are you?"

The large man smirked and says, "The name's the Czar and I thought you'd be a much bigger person, but all I got was a little man."

Yusuke was mad and snarls, "What's that!?" Kagome held back her cousin and says, "Now, now, Yusuke, no need to start a fight, just save it for the duel!"

Just then, a loud whirring sound soon filled the sky and a powerful wind made everyone cover their heads.

"Now what?!" Jaden turned to see two helicopters coming down from the sky behind the crowd. In one of the helicopters, two men stood near the open entry way. One had a goatee and the other one didn't. The only things that were similar about them were the color of their hair, which was black, and the dark suits they both wore.

"Hey, Chazz!" the beardless one called out.

"What's going on, Little Brother?" the other one added, "Mind if we join in?"

Yusuke's eyes widened and think in his mind, 'So those two must be Chazz's brothers!'

Chazz's eyes widened at the two of them, "Slade! Jagger! What are you two doing here?!" he yelled over the helicopter blades.

"Why else?" Jagger yelled back as the helicopters landed and the engines began to die down, "We're here to see your big dueling victory!"

Slade nodded as he and his brother stepped out of the helicopter, glaring at Chazz, "You are going to win, aren't you, Chazz?"

"That's it! Beautiful! Just act natural……"

Now it got really strange. Despite the entrance of Chazz's siblings in helicopters, now the area was soon being invaded by men in things that looked like cherry picker trucks. Large cameras, hundreds of feet of cable and almost any other electrical device were soon carried around by the growing number of new people.

"Set on Camera 2!"

"We're almost ready on Cameras 3 and 4!"

Foster turned to the nearest person and asks, "What's going on?"

"What's going on? I think you mean when are ya going on, and the answer is primetime baby!" the man who looked like the man in charge answered, "This School Duel's gonna be broadcast world wide!"

Yusuke says, perplexed, "The School Duel will be broadcasted!?"

Kagome says, "Sheppard didn't say anything about this!"

Jaden's eyes widened and turned to the nearest camera, "No way! Me on TV, in full color, in full stereo?!"

Inside a nearby van, everyone watched as Jaden's face filled every TV monitor, his smile plastered on each copy of his face.

Catherine looks at Chazz, who shocked about this, and says, "Something tells me that Chazz is quite shocked about this."

Yusuke says, "No kidding! His brothers are behind all this!"

Just then, a familiar feminine voice booms out, "You couldn't be any right, Yusuke!"

Yusuke jumps back and turns to see Botan, in a female Obelisk uniform, and yells out, "Botan, don't scare me like that!"

Jaden asks, "Botan, what are you doing here?"

Botan replies, "Well, I'm here to see the School Duel, of course."

Yumi appears beside Yusuke and snarls, "I bet that pacifier breath is making Botan stalk you."

Yusuke tells Yumi, telepathically, 'I wouldn't be surprised, Yumi.'

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

Chazz sat in a locker room, his brother standing across from him. They had brought him here, away from everyone else so that could have a small chat in private. Chazz looked up at them, looking disappointed that they came, "You set this all up, didn't you? This broadcast."

Slade turned to him, "Of course we did! We need to show the whole world that you're on your way to be Duel Monsters best, Chazz. It's all in the plan……"

"Yeah! Yeah!" Chazz looked away and says, "I know, I know!"

"World domination is on our grasp," Slade went on, "Politics, finance and Duel Monsters! If we can take them all, we can take the world! Jagger and I have done our part, it's time you come to your part of the plan!"

"To conquer the world of Duel Monsters," Jagger urged, "To be the best! To not give up!" he glared at his brother, "Did you really think you could get away from your duties? Get away from us by dropping out of Duel Academy?"

Chazz lowered his head in shame, "I……I…,"

"Don't deny it!" Jagger yelled, rising to his feet, "You've always been the slacker of this family!"

Slade folded his arms, "It doesn't matter, the point is, Chazz, you can still make this up! You can still show everyone that we reign supreme!"

"That's right," Jagger reached over and picked up a nearby briefcase, "And the dueling cards in this case will help you do just that! They're the most expensive out there, so you have no excuse to lose!" he dropped the case onto the bench across from his brother, "Don't let us down, Chazz! Don't let the Princeton family down! It's all on you! Now get out there and win!"

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

Jaden was running in the hallway and still surprised that the School Duel will be posted global.

"Man up……man up…MAN UP!"

Jaden stops in his trails and walked towards the entrance to the boy's bathroom and notices Chazz raising his arms and pounding on the mirror, chanting, "Man up, Chazz! You got to show them that Chazz Princeton is no slacker, that you're worthy of the Princeton name!" he sank to his knees, "Show them that you can win…and that you can keep…winning……over and over again that you're the best!" Tears leaked from his eyes, "Show them that your supreme……show them that you can still win……" he punched the floor, "Go and win, go and win!"

While Chazz had his little breakdown, he didn't notice Jaden's reflection in the mirror. He had no idea that his opponent and rival had just seen him lose himself like he did.

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

It was time. The time for the School Duel to finally commence had come!

Every single seat in the arena was filled with a student from either Duel or North Academy. Everyone screamed and cheered from the top of the lungs, chanting their favorite's names as the camera crews made their rounds, catching every bit of the fanfare.

Foster and Sheppard sat side by side, in the large crowd of North Academy students. The balding man smiled as he glanced at his colleague, "Same bet as usual, eh Sheppard? You do remember, don't you?"

"Absolutely," Sheppard nodded, "After all, old friend," he turned to Foster, "It's what makes this so special."

On the sidelines, Yusuke looked onto the field while his friends and sisters were giving him a pep talk.

Kira says, "Okay, bro, you're dueling on global television how do you feel? You're not getting cold feet are you?"

Yusuke replies to his younger sister, "I'm okay!" Yusuke walks onto the platform and Czar walking onto it as well.

Czar sneers, with a sly smirk, "I hope that you don't take losing so badly."

Yusuke sneers back, with a sly smile, "Funny, I was going to say the same thing. Just don't be crying when you lose!"

"Attention students!" Sheppard rose from his seat, Foster following suit, "Welcome to the School Duel!"

Foster raised a hand, "And now……"

"Let this year's competition begin!" they both cried.

Sheppard looked to his right hand man, "Dr. Crowler, introduce the duelists!"

"With pleasure, Chancellor Sheppard," Crowler walked onto the platform, a microphone in his hand and a camera crew moving around the platform, "As you all know, this year's School Duel will be a two out of three match and whoever team wins the most matches wins the School Duel. First, from Duel Academy……"

The section of Ras, Slifers and Obelisks erupted into a huge uproar.

"Alright, settle down, settle down," Crowler waved his arm to one side of the platform, "Introducing our Obelisk Prince, Yusuke Urameshi!"

More cheers erupted from Yusuke's family, friends and fans as Yusuke stood there, looking very calm despite the pressure, mostly from the Obelisk students, "Ichi…Juu…Hyaku……Sen…Urameshi Thunder!"

Yusuke was little praised and a little annoyed with the content cheering, thinking that he actually misses being fear and hated.

Crowler nodded, "Yes! Yes! Now, from North Academy the Czar!"

More cheers erupted from the students from North Academy as Czar smirks and Crowler announces, "And now let the School Duel begin!"

Yusuke and Czar activate their duel discs and their life point meter went up to 8000 and they yells out, "Game on!"

Starting Score

Czar: 8000

Yusuke: 8000

"Ore no time, draw!" Czar draws his card and yells out, "I summon Mechanicalchaser in attack mode!" Soon after, Mechanicalchaser (ATK: 1850/DEF: 800) appears in front of Czar in attack mode. Czar slids two cards in the spell/trap slot and says, "Next, I'll place two facedowns and end my turn!"

"Ore no time, draw!" Yusuke draws one card from his deck, slids one card in the spell/trap slot, and shouts out, "I activate Future Fusion!" As a dark vortex appears above his head, Yusuke pulls out his deck and says, "Now by selecting a few monsters from my deck and send them to the graveyard, I can summon a fusion monster that's made from the monsters that I send to the graveyard!"

Czar took a step back, in shock and says, "No way!"

Yusuke fans his deck, takes out three cards from his deck, sends his deck back and shouts out, "I'm afraid so! Now I send my three Blue-Eyes White Dragons from my hand to summon the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" Soon after, the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons (ATK: 3000/DEF: 2500 X3) appears on the field, flew into the vortex and Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (ATK: 4500/DEF: 3800) appears on the field, giving off a loud roar.

Just then, three was a barrel of gasped from North Academy and Foster shouts out, "No! It can't be! That boy has all three Blue-Eyes White Dragons!"

Sheppard smirks and says, "I'm afraid so, Foster! That prize is as good as mine!"

Foster tells Sheppard, "Maybe, but I know that Czar won't give up."

Chazz thinks in his mind, 'So Yusuke still has those dragons in his deck, huh?'

Czar was shocked to see a real Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and gawked, "No way! You have all three Blue-Eyes White Dragons! It's no big deal, since with Future Fusion won't allow it to attack this turn!"

Yusuke slids another card into in the spell/trap slot and shouts out, "True, but it won't matter! I play another spell card, Monster Reborn to revive my Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Soon after, Blue-Eyes White Dragon appears beside Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, which gave a loud roar and was sending shivers down Czar's spine. Yusuke slaps a card onto his disc and says, "Then, I'll summon Luster Dragon in attack mode!" Soon after, Luster Dragon (ATK: 1900/DEF: 1600) appears beside Blue-Eyes White Dragon, giving a loud roar. Yusuke then shouts out, "Luster Dragon, attack his Mechanicalchaser with Breath of Fire!" Luster Dragon fires a white blast, from its mouth and heading towards Mechanicalchaser. The blast slams into Mechanicalchaser and destroys, while dropping Czar's life points by 50. Yusuke shouts out, again, "Now Blue-Eyes, attack him directly with White Lightning Attack!" Blue-Eyes hurls its attack from its mouth and to Czar.

Czar pushes a button on his duel disc and calls out, "I don't think so, little man! I play my trap! Sakuretsu Armor, now your dragon is destroyed!" A mighty wind was produced and blows Blue-Eyes White Dragon's attack back to its owner. The blast is slammed into Blue-Eyes White Dragon and causes a huge explosion, taking out Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

Yusuke says to Czar, "Your move, now!"

Current Score:

Czar: 7950

Yusuke: 8000

"Ore no time, draw!" Czar draws his card and says, "I summon Y-Dragon Head in attack mode!" Soon after, Y-Dragon Head (ATK: 1500/DEF: 1600) appears on the field. Czar slids another card into the spell/trap slot and says, "Next, I'll kick it spell card style with Frontline Base! Now I can summon Z-Metal Tank!" Soon after, Z-Metal Tank (ATK: 1500/DEF: 1300) appears beside Y-Dragon Head. Czar then shouts out, "Alright, Y-Dragon Head, Z-Metal Tank, merge together to create YZ-Tank Dragon!" Soon after, Y-Dragon Head flew onto Z-Metal Tank to create YZ-Tank Dragon (ATK: 2100/DEF: 2200) in attack mode. Czar then shouts out, "Now YZ-Tank Dragon, destroy his Luster Dragon with Hyper Beam Cannon!" YZ-Tank Dragon powers up a powerful blast and fires it at Luster Dragon. The attack hits the dragon, causing an explosion and Yusuke losing 200 life points. Czar says, with a sly smile, "I'll let you off the hook for now!"

Current Score:

Czar: 7950

Yusuke: 7800

"Ore no time, draw!" Yusuke wipes a card from his deck and says, "I summon Armed Dragon level three attack mode!" Soon after, Armed Dragon LV3 appears on the field to Foster and the rest of North Academy students' surprise, as much as Czar's. Foster says, in shock, "That boy has an Armed Dragon!?"

Sheppard chuckles and says, "Yep and he could go to level ten!"

Foster tells Sheppard, with confidence, "Well there's nothing to worry about. You'll see when Chazz duels."

Yusuke slids a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "Next, I activate Level Up! Now my Armed Dragon becomes a level five monster!" The small dragon glowed as it becomes Armed Dragon LV5 (ATK: 2400/DEF: 1500). Yusuke shouts out, "Now Armed Dragon, attack with Inferno Roar!" Armed Dragon fires a crimson blast from its mouth and towards YZ-Tank Dragon. The blast slams into the machine monster and causes a huge explosion, which took 300 points away from Czar. As the smoke cleared, only Y-Dragon Head survived and Yusuke says, "Since Z-Metal Tank was a union monster; Y-Dragon Head has survived. But not for long, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack with Neutron Blast!" The three headed beast fires from each mouth a triple blast towards Y-Dragon Head.

Czar pushes a button on his duel disc and says, "Not so fast, go Sakuretsu Armor!"

Yusuke exclaims, "Another one of those traps!"

Czar says, in a sly smile, "So say goodbye to your Ultimate Dragon!"

The mighty wind was produced and blows Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's attack back to its owner. The blast is slammed into Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and causes a huge explosion, taking out Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.

Syrus exclaims, "Oh man! He took out Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"

Yusuke says, "Now the special ability of my Armed Dragon activates by evolving to a level seven monster!" Armed Dragon LV5 explodes as it is sent to the graveyard, a card comes out of Yusuke's deck, Yusuke takes the card from his duel, puts it on his duel disk, and Armed Dragon LV7 (ATK: 2800/DEF: 1000) comes to the field in attack mode.

Current Score:

Czar: 7650

Yusuke: 7800

Czar draws his card and says, "I'll switch Y-Dragon Head to defense mode!" Y-Dragon Head is switched to defense mode and Czar slids two cards into the spell/trap slot and says, "And that's it!"

Yusuke draws his card, slids it into the spell/trap slot and says, "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your Frontline Base!" A cyclone appears and destroys Frontline Base. Yusuke discards Twin-Headed Behemoth (ATK: 1500/DEF: 1200) card from his hand and says, "Next, I activate my Armed Dragon's effect! I sent one card from my hand to the graveyard in order to destroy all monsters on your side of the field with attack points equal or less than fifteen hundred! Go Serrated Sonic Disc!" Armed Dragon roared and sent a spinning disk, glowing with blue energy. The disks sliced through its respective target of his Y-Dragon Head, clearing the field and wiping away Czar's defense, which freighted Czar, "Now Armed Dragon, attack with Dragon Talon Terror!" The huge spike covered Dragon roared, raised its claws, and brought them down onto Czar. The claw hits Czar, knocking him down as his life points decreases by 2800 life points.

Current Score:

Czar: 4850

Yusuke: 7800

Sheppard laughs and tells Foster, "Well, well, Foster, it looks like the prize is mine!"

Foster tells Sheppard, "It's not over, yet!" Foster yells out to Czar, "Czar, get your fat lazy butt up!"

"Ore no time, draw!" Czar climbs onto his feet and draws his card. Czar slids a card into the slot and says, "I activate Card of Sanctity, now all of us gets to draw until we're holding six cards in our hands!" Both duelists drew until they were holding six cards. Czar slids two cards into the spell/trap slot and says, "I activate two copies of Fiend Sanctity, now I get two Metal Tokens!" Soon after, two Metal Tokens (ATK: 0000/DEF: 0000 X2) appears in attack mode. Czar says, with a sly smile, "But like you, they won't be staying long. I sacrifice them and summon Zoa!" Soon after, the two token disappears and Zoa (ATK: 2600/DEF: 1900) appears in attack mode. Czar presses a button onto his disc and says, "I activate Metalmorph and activate to Zoa!" Just then, metal liquids is onto Zoa and Czar says, "And now, I sacrifice Zoa to summon something, even better! The ferocious Metalzoa!" Soon after, Czar's monster disappeared as the dirt around them, along with lots of rocks seemed to be tossed into the air as it vanished. In Zoa's place, a Metalzoa (ATK: 3000/DEF: 2300) appeared. Czar presses another button on the disc and says, "Next, I'm going to activate another Trap card," Czar pressed another button on his disk, "Call of the Haunted! Now, I can bring back a monster from my Graveyard. So, I'll bring back regular Zoa!" Yusuke grit his teeth as the first Zoa came back to the field, standing alongside its Machine counterpart. Czar shouts out, "Alright Metalzoa attack! Harden Glimmer Strike!" Metalzoa fired off a glowing X mark that flew right into Armed Dragon. Yusuke held his arm up as his dragon was blown to pieces and takes out 200 of his life points. Czar shouts out, again, "Now that Metalzoa took care of your dragon, Zoa is gonna take care of you! Glimmer Strike!" Like its metal counterpart, Zoa fired off a glowing X mark that soared towards Yusuke, taking out 2600 life points. Czar folded his arms, enjoying this very much, "The Prince's place is at the heel of the Czar, and that is exactly where I'm gonna put you!"

Current Score:

Czar: 4850

Yusuke: 5000

"Ore no time, draw!" Yusuke draws his card and says, "Sorry, Czar, but this duel has come to an end!"

Czar yells out, "You're bluffing!"

Yusuke slids a card into the slot and says, "Oh really! I activate Soul Release to remove my three Blue-Eyes and Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" Yusuke's three Blue-Eyes White Dragons and Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon cards are taken from his graveyard and he puts them in his deck pouch. Yusuke slids a card to the spell/trap slot and says, "Next, I activate Dimension Fusion! At the cost of 2000 life points, both of us can summon any monster that was removed from play." Soon after, the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons and Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon appears on the field.

Czar takes a step back in shock and says, "No, wait! Stop!"

Yusuke shouts out, "Stop! I don't think so! Now Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon attack with Neutron Blast!" The three headed beast fires from each mouth a triple blast towards Metalzoa and destroys it, dropping Czar's life points by 1500 points. Yusuke points at Zoa and yells out, "Blue-Eyes, attack Zoa, with White Lightning!" Blue-Eyes unleashes a white blast from its mouth and slams it to Zoa, destroying it and taking Czar's life points down further by 400 points.

Jaden exclaims, "Not that, those monsters are gone, Yusuke can make a direct attack!"

Yusuke roars out, "You heard Jaden! Now my two remaining Blue-Eyes can attack you directly with White Lightning!" The two remaining Blue-Eyes White Dragon let loose their own attack on the reigning Czar. Czar screams as he looses 6000 life points, immediately ending the duel.

Final Score:

Czar: 0

Yusuke: 3000

Soon after, the final holograms disappear and Czar is lying on his back with his eyes being replaced by black anime swirls.

Crowler gets onto the platform and announces, "The winner is Yusuke Urameshi from Duel Academy!"

Just then, cheers from Yusuke's family, friends and fans erupted, mostly from the Obelisk students, "Ichi…Juu…Hyaku…Sen…Urameshi Thunder!"

Just then, a familiar feminine voice boomed out, "Yusuke, I can't believe it!" Yusuke turns over and before he knows it Hikari comes and throws her arms around her brother's neck, hugging him. Hikari says, "I never thought you'd actually win the School Duel!" Yusuke comes out of shock and wrapped his arms around his sister's waist, returning the hug. Just then, Kagome and Kira came running to Yusuke and tackled him to the ground, off the platform, hugging him as well, totally oblivious to the fact that their brother/cousin was in pain.

Sheppard laughs and says, "One down and one to go, Foster!"

Foster stands up from his seat and yells out, "Chazz, you better win this duel!"

Jagger says, "That goes double for us, little brother."

Chazz looks at his brother with unease and thinks in his mind, 'I have to win, for my brothers!'

Crowler announces, "Will the two remaining duelist please report to the arena?" Just then, Chazz and Jaden walked onto the platform, with their duel disc attached to their left arms, "After all, these are two duelists I know personally, and by personally, I mean I just adore them! First, from Duel Academy……"

The section of Ras, Slifers and Obelisks erupted into a huge uproar.

"Alright, settle down, settle down," Crowler waved his arm to one side of the platform, "Introducing, Jaden…is it Yuckie no it's Yuki! Yuki!"

More cheers erupted from Jaden's fans and friends as Jaden stood there, looking very calm despite the pressure.

Yusuke and Syrus cheers, "Go Jaden! You can do it!"

Crowler nodded, "Yes! Yes, now, from North Academy……"

Chazz yells out, annoyed, "Get off the stage!"

"W-what?!" Crowler turned to Chazz, who was glaring at him, "I'll introduce myself, scrub……"

Crowler glared at him, "I beg your pardon?!" he screeched, stomping his feet, "Scrubs don't have PhD's in dueling! I-huh?" he looked down to see that his feet were now tangled into the microphone's cord. Screaming, Crowler fell over the edge of the platform, landing hard on his face.

Jaden walked to the edge, looking at the fallen teacher, "Maybe you should go cordless next time,"

"Maybe you should shut up, Slacker," Chazz spat, walking over to him, duel disc at the ready, "It's Chazz Princeton's turn now! But then, I never did need an introduction, everyone here knows who I am," he looked at the crowd of Duel Academy students, "Or do you? You see, Chazz Princeton has changed! Sure, I used to be a classmate of yours, but when I left here, I left the old Chazz here, you're looking at the new Chazz, the North Academy Chazz. I'm here to……"

All of the North Academy student's chants, "Chazz it up! Chazz it up! Chazz it up!"

Chazz nodded as his new friends yelled the chant, "That's right, say it again!" he barked.

"Chazz it up! Chazz it up! Chazz it up! No mercy, Chazz!"

"Got that right!" Chazz yelled, before turning to Jaden, "Alright……game on! Let's see what you got, Jaden!"

"With pleasure!" Jaden shot back.

"No, the pleasure will be all mine, because you're goin' down!"

"DUEL!" they both yelled as their duel discs whirred to life.

Starting Score:

Chazz: 8000

Jaden: 8000

"CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP! BRING HIM DOWN CHAZZ!"

"Ask and you shall receive! Ore no time, draw!" Chazz drew his first card, "For my first move, I'm gonna summon a monster with some bite. Rise, Masked Dragon!" he commanded, placing a card sideways onto his disk. From a burst of light, Masked Dragon (ATK: 1400/DEF: 1100) appeared in a defensive curl, "That'll do for now……"

"Not when you see what I got for ya! Ore no time, draw!" Jaden drew his card, "Just what I needed! I play Elemental Hero Burstinatrix in attack mode!" he smiled as Elemental Hero Burstinatrix (ATK: 1200/DEF: 800) appeared in a burst of flame and Jaden says, "Actually, I should say slayer mode, 'cause that's what she's gonna do to that Dragon!" Burstinatrix shot a large fireball, which hit Masked Dragon dead on, sending it screeching all the way to the Graveyard.

Yusuke grimaced and says, "Not good!"

Chazz smirked at the Obelisk Prince's words, "You got that right, slacker! He's taken the bait!"

"Uh…oh……" Jaden knew this was going to be either very interesting or very bad.

"I activate my Masked Dragon's special ability!" Chazz declared, "When he's destroyed in battle, I can summon a Dragon-Type monster with 1500 or fewer attack points from my deck, and I have just the one! Go ahead and see for yourself…c'mon out, Armed Dragon level three!!" At that command, Armed Dragon LV3 (ATK: 1200/DEF: 900) appeared, with a small roar. Everyone in the North section cheered as it came to the field.

"No way! Chazz has Armed Dragon cards as well!" Ryoko gawked

"Not good!" Syrus wailed.

Alexis nodded, "Yeah, and definitely if Chazz plays this right, it'll get a lot bigger!"

"Agree, I'm just wondering where Chazz could've gotten that monster." Bastion mused.

Sheppard rose to his feet, hands cupped around his mouth, "Let's go, Jaden! Jaden it up! Jaden it up! Jaden it up!"

Jaden wiped his nose as his headmaster attempted to cheer him on, "Yeah…sure…" he grinned, "Sweet move, Chazz!"

Chazz smirked, "You haven't seen anything yet, dork."

"Until then," Jaden looked at his hand and inserted a card into his disk, "I'm throwing down a facedown and end my turn!"

"Great, now I can start ending you! Ore no time, draw!" Chazz drew his next card and snickers, "You see Jaden, I'm sure that you've seen Yusuke doing this move before, so I assume that you know this, during my Standby Phase, Armed Dragon's effect activates. By sacrificing his level three form," he paused and placed the one cards into his slot, "I can summon Armed Dragon level five directly to the field!"

Syrus whimpers in fear, "Oh man!"

"Now then…let's go ahead and get to it on shall we?!" Chazz watched as his small dragon disappeared into a beam of light, "Armed Dragon level five, rise!" he cried as the small dragon was showered in light and Armed Dragon LV5 (ATK: 2400/DEF: 1700) appeared in its place.

"Be careful Jaden!" Bastion yelled out, "As you know that, Armed Dragon level five has a nasty special ability!"

"Wow Chazz!" Jaden whistled, pressing a button on his disc, "That monster's pretty sweet. But then, so is my Trap card, Hero Ring! I'll use this and equip to Burstinatrix!" A medium-sized, red shield materialized and latched onto Burstinatrix's arm, "Now, monsters with nineteen hundred or more attack points can't attack! There's the breaks!"

His rival laughed coldly, "You want breaks? I'll give you breaks, Jaden. Because even with that Hero Ring shield out, Armed Dragon level five is gonna crush your creature!"

Jaden blinked, "How?"

"His special ability, that's how! You see, by discarding a monster to the Graveyard, I can destroy a monster of yours if it's attack points or equal or lower than the monster's I tossed!"

"So…?"

Chazz discards Flying Kamakiri #1 (ATK: 1400/DEF: 900) to the graveyard and says, "So, if Flying Kamakiri goes to the Graveyard…"

"That means Jaden's Burstinatrix will be in big trouble!" Syrus gawks

"She has less attack points!" Chumley added.

"Sorry Burst," Jaden sighed to his Heroine, "My bad…"

"Go, Armed Dragon LV5, Shrapnel Blast!" Everyone watched as the spikes on Armed Dragon's back shot outward like a volley of missiles and rained down upon Burstinatrix, blowing her away. Chazz cackled, "And that's just his ability! Time for his direct attack: Inferno Roar!" Armed Dragon let out a fierce roar that made the walls vibrate as it shoots a red blast from its mouth and slammed into Jaden, knocking him into the air. Jaden landed hard on the platform, wincing as he rolled to a stop and he loses 2400 life points. Chazz scoffed at Jaden's form, "So that's Duel Academy's best, huh?"

"No!" Sheppard cried out, "Get up, please!"

"I'm fine!" Crowler yelled back weakly as he slowly picked himself up from the floor, "Thank you for your concern though!'

Jaden flipped over onto his feet, "Nice shot!" he commented, grinning from ear to ear.

Chazz stared at him, perplexed, "Huh?!"

"Although," Jaden rubbed the back of his head, "For the next TV broadcast, I think I'd rather have a stuntman!" he laughed.

"Whatever," Chazz inserted a card into his disc and says, "I'll place one card facedown and end my turn!"

Current Score:

Chazz: 8000

Jaden: 5600

Slade smiled as he sat alongside Jagger, both of them watching their little brother and Slade says, "Finally, he's starting to play like a Princeton!"

"That's true," Jagger snickered, "I just hope he doesn't win too fast!"

"Huh?" Slade turned to him, confused.

Jagger smiled, turning to look at his brother, "Hey. the longer he thrashes this kid, the more we make in commercial revenues!"

"Oooh…"

Both brothers turned back to the duel, laughing at their plan of personal gain.

"Ore no time, draw!" Jaden drew his next card, and smiled at what he drew, "You're in trouble now. I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman to the field in attack mode!" he paused as Elemental Hero Bubbleman (ATK: 800/DEF: 1200) arrived to his aid, "Also, when Bubbleman is summoned, and he's the only monster on my field, like right now, I'm allowed to draw two more cards!" He drew two more cards and nodded, "Now I'll use one of them: Polymerization! I'll use this to fuse Elemental Heroes Avian and Sparkman with Bubbleman to create…wait for it…the Elemental Hero Tempest!!" Soon after, Elemental Hero Avian (ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000) and Elemental Hero Sparkman (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400) appears and the three Heroes merged together and from them, Elemental Hero Tempest (ATK: 2800/DEF: 2800) flew into the air, arm cannon at the ready.

Syrus nodded, "You've got him on the run now, Jay!"

"On the run? Thanks to flyboy there?" Chazz spat, looking at Tempest.

Jaden nodded, "You bet, and he brings a new definition to the term 'airpower'!" Jaden looked at his monster, "Glider Strike!"

Tempest fired a beam of blue energy that connected with Armed Dragon's head, causing it to blow up into a pillar of smoke and Chazz losing 400 points.

Chazz lowered his arm after the blast and says, "Thanks for that! It lets me play my Trap!" he pushed a button on his disk and his facedown became face-up, showing a cemetery, "Call of the Haunted!"

Jaden blinks and says, "Uh oh!"

Syrus gasped in shock, "Oh no! Not that one!"

Chazz sneers, "Do you believe in ghosts? Well you're about to, because this Trap card allows me to summon any monster from my Graveyard, and I bet you know which one I'm gonna pick!" He smirked, "Armed Dragon level five, rise once more!" From the floor, pieces of rubble flew upward as Armed Dragon LV5 came back to its master's side, letting out another roar.

"CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP!" his fans screamed from behind, "SHOW NO MERCY!"

Jaden felt a bead of sweat roll down his cheek, slids a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "Well, I guess all I can do is throw down a facedown and hope for the best!"

Current Score:

Chazz: 7600

Jaden: 5600

Chazz thinks in his mind, with a sly smirk, 'Go ahead, 'cause with what I have planned for you, even your best won't be enough' "Ore no time, draw!" Chazz shouts out, as he draws a card from his deck, "Get ready for me to mop this low-rent Duel Academy floor with you, Jaden! Because now, I'm using Armed Dragon's special ability!" Chazz discards Despair from the Dark (ATK: 2800/DEF: 3000) "I'm discarding Despair from the Dark from my hand to the Graveyard and since it had twenty-eight hundred attack points, your birdman's headed straight for the pet cemetery! Now, Armed Dragon, destroy Hero Tempest with Shrapnel Blast!" Once again, the spikes from Armed Dragon's back shot out of its hide and flew towards Tempest.

Jaden presses a button on his duel disc and shouts out, "I activate the spell, De-Fusion! Quick, de-fuse, Tempest!" At the last second before the missiles blasted the platform, Avian, Bubbleman and Sparkman separated, dodged them all and were put in defense mode.

Syrus says, "Talk about close!"

Yusuke says, "I know! He just saved his monsters!"

Chazz shook his head and says, in a sly smile, "Whatever, my Armed Dragon still has his attack to use and now I'm gonna use it! Go, Inferno Roar!" For the second time, the arena's walls vibrated as the crimson blast is shot, flew through the air and hit Sparkman, blasting the Hero effortlessly. Jaden groaned as his electrical Hero was slain. Chazz laughed and says, "Now, to take this duel to the next level, Jaden! To the highest level!"

Jaden takes a step back in shock and yells out, "WHAT?!"

"I'm upgrading my Armed Dragon from level five to level seven! Won't you join me, Jaden, in welcoming the ultimate and the all powerful…" Chazz threw his arms into the air dramatically, "The Level seven Armed Dragon!!!" Armed Dragon LV5 explodes as it is sent to the graveyard, a card comes out of Chazz's deck, Chazz takes the card from his deck, puts it on her duel disk and Armed Dragon LV7 (ATK: 2800/DEF: 1000) comes to the field in attack mode.

Jaden looked up at the monster as Chazz's fans chanted their favorite's name over and over.

"Ok…so he's big. But who knows?" he shrugged a little, "He could be friendly…"

Jagger frowned at the sight of the newest Dragon, "Hey, that's strange…I don't remember seeing that monster in the suitcase I gave Chazz!"

"What?!" Slade looked at him

Sheppard glared at Foster, who was chuckling at the progress of the duel. The Duel Academy Chancellor got to his feet again, "C'mon, Jaden! We're all with you! Jaden it up! Jaden it up! Jaden it up!"

Chazz looked back to his crowd of fans, "Show him how it's really goes!"

"CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP!"

The praise from his fans made Chazz laugh. He loved this so much, being the one with respect for once. He turned back to Jaden, smirking, "Aw, what's wrong?" he taunted to the silent Jaden, "You're not so talkative anymore, are ya? You don't have anything to say, Jaden?"

The Slifer looked at him, his Armed Dragon, then back at him, smiling, "Yeah, I do! I gotta get me one of those, he's so cool just like this duel!"

Chazz snapped, eye twitching, "What the hell's wrong with you?! You're supposed to be scared of him, not admiring him!"

Jaden shrugged, "How can I not? He's an incredible monster and this has been an incredible duel!" he hopped around, "This is so awesome, how can anyone not be any excited?! I'm stoked! This is what dueling's all about! Thanks, Chazz!"

Catherine says, "I think either Jaden has officially lost it or he really needs to use the restroom."

"Thanks? You're pitiful, Jaden," Chazz shook his head, "Jumping around like an idiot, never taking anything serious. That's why you'll never be a champion! You see, it takes discipline to win! You have to have a sense of duty, and a plan! I have a sense of duty, I have a plan, and that's why I'm going to beat you, Jaden! That's why I'll beat anyone in my way! I can conquer anyone, you got that?! I CAN CONQUER THE WHOLE WORLD!" he screamed.

Jaden stared at him, a little nervous, "Okay…well, if you don't mind! Ore no time, draw!" Jaden drew his next card, "Can I take my turn first?"

Chazz yells out, extremely annoyed, "Make it quick, slacker!"

"Chill…Alright I'll call out Wroughtweiler in defense mode!" He inserted a card into a slot as Wroughtweiler (ATK: 800/DEF: 1200) came between Bubbleman and Avian, "I'll throw down this facedown. How's that for 'quick'?"

"Not bad, but it's downright sluggish compared to how fast my Dragon's gonna take out all your monsters!" Chazz drew his card, "Watch this! I'll use my Dragon's ability and discard a monster card from my hand, I can destroy all monsters on the field with the same or few attack points than the monster I tossed!"

"Oh no!" Alexis gasped, "That'll leave Jaden wide open!"

"Dear me!" Crowler stared at the Dragon

Zane nodded slowly, "I hope Jaden's prepared…"

Chazz discards another Armed Dragon LV3 (ATK: 1200/DEF: 900) "I discard my Armed Dragon level 3 to the Graveyard, so all your monsters with twelve hundred or less attack points, will be completely wiped out!" Chazz threw his less powerful Dragon into the Graveyard slot, then looked at his beast, "Go! Serrated Sonic Disk!" Armed Dragon LV7 roared and sent three spinning disks, glowing with blue energy. The three disks separated from each other and sliced through their respective targets of the three E-Heroes, clearing the field and wiping away Jaden's defense.

"Jaden!" Syrus cried

Sheppard pushes a North Academy student down and says, horrified, "C'mon! You can do it! Jaden it up!"

"CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP!"

Jaden lifted his head as the smoke cleared, "Well, before Wroughtweiler goes belly up, his special ability activates. I can now take Polymerization and one Elemental Hero from my Graveyard and add them to my hand," he reached down and picked up the mentioned cards from the Graveyard slot.

"As if it really matters, you Duel Academy stooge!" Chazz shrieked, "This duel's over! It's time for you to go bye-bye! Armed Dragon LV7, attack Jaden directly with Dragon Talon Terror!"

Everyone watched as the dragon roared, rearing its giant claw into the sky, ready to bring the pain down upon Jaden.

"Not so fast Chazz!" Jaden pressed a button, "I play a Trap! Hero Spirit!" Just before the talons connected with him, Avian reappeared between Jaden and the talons, then took the attack himself, saving his master.

"What the?!" Chazz reared his head back at the sudden save, "When did you-? How did you-?! Why didn't my attack go through!?"

Jaden lifted his head as the platform was cleared of the smoke created by the destruction of his Hero, "Didn't you know, Chazz? When a Hero is destroyed and Hero Spirit is on the field, all the damage from your attack goes right down to zero, zip, zilch, nada!"

"Congratulations, you could use a thesaurus," Chazz muttered before smiling, "It'll take more than that to beat my Armed Dragon. A lot more than any pathetic monster you have!" he laughed, "Face it Jaden, you're toast!"

"I gotta get something started!" Jaden murmured as he drew his next card. A light cooing made him smile, he knew what he had drawn before even looking at the card itself, "Hey Kuriboh, maybe you can help me get outta this jam." he whispered. "I summon Winged Kuriboh in defense mode!" Jaden declared as Winged Kuriboh (ATK: 300/DEF: 200) appeared on the field, claws crossed protectively over its fur, "and that'll do for now!"

"Why'd you bring him out, Jaden?" Chazz sneered, looking at the ball of fuzz, "You planning to dust around or something?"

At that comment, Winged Kuriboh bounced around, squeaking something that sounded like he was angry by what Chazz said.

"What? did I hurt his wittle feelings?" Chazz taunted, enjoying the little monster do his angry dance.

Soon after, a little spirit taking the form of Ojama Yellow (ATK: 0/DEF: 1000) appeared next to Chazz's ear, "It's ok if you did, Boss! Those furballs give me the creeps. I mean, look it all that hair! Where does these monsters come from, so weird?!"

Chazz glared at the half-naked yellow spirit, "Get lost! If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!" he snapped, "Got it?!"

"Got it, Boss," Ojama Yellow floated behind his shoulder, "Sorry…"

Just then, two transparent forms of Winged Kuriboh and Kuriboh appear behind Yusuke and a transparent form of Kuriboh appears beside Kagome. Yusuke's Kuribohs points at the spirit beside Chazz and says, "No way…"

Kagome says, "Chazz has a duel spirit…"

Winged Kuriboh, even in its solid hologram form, hopped onto Jaden's shoulder, letting out hoots and pointed to Chazz as it did so. Jaden looked at him, "What're you squeaking? Chazz has a Duel Spirit?" Kuriboh nodded and hooted again. Turning away from his partner, Jaden looked back at Chazz and his eyes widened, "I see him! Hey Chazz!" he grinned, "Who's your friend?"

Chazz growled and danced around in his spot, waving his arms frantically at the Ojama, "He's no one, it's nothing! Nothing but your imagination, he's not real! Nothing to see here, no Duel Spirits at all!" he slapped Ojama Yellow's see through body into his hand, making the annoying gremlin disappear. "Back to business," Chazz huffed, turning back to Jaden, "Ore no time, draw!" he drew his card and grinned, "And it's also your Kuriboh's turn to get blasted!"

Winged Kuriboh glared at him, squeaking things that probably weren't very nice.

"Armed Dragon level seven, attack with Dragon Talon Terror!" Chazz ordered, pointing to the furball. The huge spike covered Dragon roared, raised it's claws, and brought them down onto Jaden's side again, tearing through the adorable furball, blasting him to pieces, "I think I'll leave it at that,"

Syrus blinked, confused at the move, "Wait, why didn't he use Armed Dragons special ability?"

Ryoko snaps out, annoyed, "Would someone explain it to him!?"

"Because Kuriboh's would cancel it out," Bastion explained, turning away from the duel, "The turn in which he's destroyed, Jaden doesn't receive any damage."

"My go now," Jaden drew his next card, "and I activate the Spell card, Pot of Greed!" Jaden drew two more cards thanks to the effect. He looked at the two cards and nodded, "Alright, just the card I need to turn this duel around and around!"

"Say...what?" Chazz raised an eyebrow.

Jaden grinned as he slipped a card into his Graveyard, than slipped another card into a spare slot, "See for yourself! Go, Special Hurricane!"

"What the?!" Chazz took a step back.

"That's right!" Jaden's grin grew bigger, "By discarding a card to the Graveyard, I can activate this Spell card and destroy any monster that was Special Summoned!" A large, swirling vortex erupted from the Spell card Jaden played and collided with Chazz's Armed Dragon, completely obliterating him. All that was left was a large shockwave of smoke as the Spell resolved.

"No way...," Chazz glared at Jaden through the smoke, "It can't be!"

"Oh it be, alright," Jaden shot back, "Now, you be in some big time trouble, because your best monster is off the field, and you're all alone on it!"

"Totally lishes. I would've done the same thing," Chumley said with a nod, "I mean, if I had those cards...and Jaden talked me through it, step by step...,"

"That's all?" Bastion questioned him, "You sure you wouldn't want him to hold your hand while he's at it?"

Syrus cheers out, "Alright, now bring to Chazz's life points, Jay!"

Jaden shouts out, "You got it, Sy! I summon the Elemental Hero Wildheart!" Soon after, Elemental Hero Wildheart (ATK: 1500/DEF: 1600) appeared on the field. "Now, Chazz, you're in for some…heartbreak!" Jaden stopped and thought about what he said, "Actually…that doesn't make any sense…" he sighed and shook his head, "Oh, just attack!"

Wildheart let out a brave battle-cry and pulled the sword from his back. He ran over to Chazz and sliced him hard across the chest, sending the former Duel Academy student flying to the other end of the platform and losing 1500 life points.

Current Score:

Chazz: 6100
Jaden: 5600

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"Ha!" Sheppard turned to Foster, grinning from ear to ear, "That prize is so mine! After all, looks like your boy is down for the count! Sorry!"

Foster growled and turned back to the duel, "Oh, no he's not!" he shot out of his seat, "CHAZZ, GET UP!" he screamed.

"CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP!"

Slade's eye twitched as Chazz's cheering section started up again, "Jagger, what does Chazz think he's doing?! We've given him the best dueling cards in the world, but he's not using them!"

"It's…my…turn…" Chazz panted as he slowly climbed to his feet from the blow, then drew his card, slid it into the spell/trap slot and says, "I play…a Spell card. The Graveyard in the Fourth Dimension! This baby lets me take two monsters outta my Graveyard, and shuffle them right into my deck," he reached down at grabbed the two mentioned cards, "Sure, they have to be a certain kind of monster, but it's just the kind I need. My Armed Dragons!" Chazz smirked, "Also, it just so happens I happen to have another one in my hand as well!" he placed one of the cards onto his disk, "I summon the Armed Dragon LV3!"

"CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP!"

Chazz smirked wider as Armed Dragon LV3 came back in defense mode, "Yeah…" he nodded, hearing his fans, "Now, Jaden's about to be all washed up!" he laughed as he placed one card facedown behind the Armed Dragon. Chazz thinks in his mind, 'I have to win this. I can't let my brothers down!' he images of his brothers filled his head.

Slade voiced, "World Domination is in our grasp!"

Jagger voiced, "You have to be Duel Monsters best!"

Chazz turned to the audience to see both Slade and Jagger sitting a few yards away, looking at him intently.

"I'm trying!" he yelled.

"Uh...trying what?" Jaden asked, confused by the sudden change in behavior in his opponent, "Trying to weird me out? Earth to Chazz...," he followed Chazz's line of sight to see the two men in dark suits, "...Chazz's brothers...,"

Flashback

Chazz raised his arms and pounded on the mirror, "Man up, Chazz! Show them that Chazz Princeton is no slacker, that you're worthy of the Princeton name!" he sank to his knees, "Show them that you can win…and that you can keep…winning…"

Tears leaked from his eyes, "Show them that your supreme...show them that you can still win...," he punched the floor, "Go and win, go and win!"

End Flashback

So that must be why he was flipping out earlier... Jaden looked at the two suited men, His brothers are putting a ton of pressure on him. Poor guy, he's gotta realize the only thing dueling is about is having fun.

"Jaden!" Syrus' voice penetrated Jaden's thoughts, making the Slifer lift his head up, "You gotta turn this duel around, Jay! You gotta show everyone what's up!"

"Wait a minute! That's it!" Jaden nodded, understanding what he had to do, "I gotta win this duel. I gotta show Chazz what dueling's really about! Alright Jaden…" he took a deep breath, "It's time to get your game on," he looked up at Chazz, a fierce look in his eyes, "LET'S DUEL!"

"What do you think we were doing?!!" Chazz yelled at him

Chazz laughed at Jaden's outburst and then goes, "CHAZZ IT UP! GO BEAT HIM!"

Jaden sighed and drew his card, "Alright cheer on this! Wildheart, attack that Armed Dragon with Wild Slash!"

Wildheart roared again as he jumped into the air, then quickly descended down onto the Armed Dragon with his huge blade, slicing through it like a hot knife through butter. The Dragon exploded after showing everyone the huge cut in it's body, leaving Chazz's field wide open.

"Thanks for that!" Chazz waved the smoke away and pressed a button on his disk, "I play my facedown card, the Trap known as the Grave of Enkindling! Since a monster was destroyed in battle, we both can go through our Graveyards and summon a monster to the field in defense mode," he looked at his Graveyard slot, "I think I'm gonna use another Armed Dragon…and this one is Level 5!"

Syrus groaned as Armed Dragon LV5 returned and placed in defense mode, "Grave of Enkindling made that way too easy! Isn't there a drawback to using it?"

"If I recall correctly," Bastion rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "The rules state that the resurrected monster must stay in defense mode. But that's a mood point, after all, with level five's special ability of discarding a monster from his hand and destroying a monster with equal or fewer attack points that."

Chazz glared at Jaden, waiting for the Trap to take effect with him as well, "What are you waiting for? Resurrect, take a monster out of your Graveyard! But, I should warn you, it'll be a round trip!"

"Uh, monster? I think you mean monsters!"

"Please!" Chazz scoffed, "What are you talking about? That Grave of Enkindling only lets you bring out one monster!"

Jaden only smiled as he took a card from the slot, "I bring back Hero Kid from the Graveyard!"

Chazz watched, stunned as Hero Kid (ATK: 300/DEF: 600) flipped onto the field in defense mode, "What the?!"

Jagger gasped, in shock, "A kid!"

Chazz yells out, "He wasn't in your Graveyard, Jaden!"

"Think again...remember when I played Special Hurricane?"

Flashback

"That's right!" Jaden's grin grew bigger, "By discarding a card to the Graveyard, I can activate this Spell card and destroy any monster that was Special Summoned!"

End Flashback

"Oh yeah...," Chazz scowled at the memory.

Jaden says, "Like I said, it's not just him," he looked at his new Hero, "If he happened to be Special Summoned, just like he was right now, I get to call out every other Hero Kid I have in my deck!" As soon as he said those words, two more Hero Kids (ATK: 300/DEF: 600), leapt out of the deck slot and landed alongside their brother, in defense mode. "Now, I'll throw down a facedown and end my turn," Jaden finished, sliding a card into a slot under one of the Heroes.

Current Score:

Chazz: 6100

Jaden: 4100

Chazz chuckled, "I see what you're doing, you think because you summoned three monsters, I'll have to discard three cards to destroy them, right?" he held up his hand, "You wish! I don't have to discard three cards, because I only have to play one!"

"Not good...," Syrus whimpered.

"Play one?!" Sheppard leaned forward, "I don't like the sound of that, one bit!"

"Alright, here I go," Chazz drew his card and grinned, as he slids it into the spell/trap slot and says, "I play the Spell card Level Up!"

Sheppard asks, "What does Level Up do?"

Chazz grinned as Sheppard as the question, "Wow, I guess it's true what they say: 'Those who can't duel, teach'! What this card does is let me level up a monster and I choose…" he pointed to his own, "My Armed Dragon now level seven!" he laughed. Armed Dragon LV5 explodes as it is sent to the graveyard, a card comes out of Chazz's deck, Chazz takes the card from his deck, puts it on her duel disk and Armed Dragon LV7 (ATK: 2800/DEF: 1000) comes to the field in attack mode, letting out a low, deep growl as it looked down at the opposing side of the field.

"Yes!" Slade smiled as his little brother made a comeback.

"Yes!" Foster pumped a fist in the air as the huge monster returned.

"No!" Zane leaned forward, shocked, "With that monster out, his ability can destroy all of Jaden's monsters again!"

"CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ…IT…UUUUUUUP!"

"I've got something I've been wanting to tell you for a long time, Jaden, so listen up!" Chazz curled his fist, smirking, "I got my game on and I'm about to turn yours off!"

The huge Dragon reared it's ugly face, roaring and flexing it's shiny claws in the arena's light. The camera crews circled the platform, the film still going.

"That's it, keep it baby! Remember, the camera loves ya!"

Chazz glanced at the director, "Then keep it rolling, because you haven't seen anything yet! Now I sacrifice my Armed Dragon level seven for Armed Dragon level ten!" Armed Dragon LV7 explodes and Armed Dragon LV10 (A: 3000/D: 2000) comes to the field in attack mode.

Jaden gasps in shock and along with everyone of Jaden's friends and Syrus says, "Oh man! Now Chazz also can evolve his Armed Dragon level seven, even higher, like Yusuke can!"

Yusuke says, "Now Chazz can destroy everyone one of Jaden's monsters!"

Chazz slids a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "Next, I play the Equip card, Armed Changer! Now, by simply discarding another Equip Spell card from my hand to the Graveyard, I can activate this baby and equip it to my Dragon!" The right claw of the Armed Dragon glowed and instead of it's normal claws, three huge drills on a glove-like attachment appeared, "Now, Armed Dragon, attack with Dragon Driller!" Chazz ordered, as his Armed Dragon began to spin it's drill-equipped arm so fast, it became a deep-red blur. The spinning claw connected with Wildheart, slashing him up and down before sending him to the Graveyard, doing 1500 points of damage to Jaden's life points, "Now, it's time for Armed Changer's effect to activate! See, when a monster is destroyed by a monster equipped with this card, I get to bring back a monster from my Graveyard and add it to my hand, as long as it doesn't have more attack points than the monster it destroyed," Chazz explained as Masked Dragon (ATK: 1400/DEF: 1100) popped out of his Graveyard slot. He reached down and plucked it out of the slot, "I think I'll choose my Masked Dragon, but he won't be here for long, because I'll send him back to the Graveyard to use my Armed Dragon's special ability!"

"Oh boy...," Syrus bit his lip fearfully.

"This should be good!" Slade chuckled darkly.

Zane shook his head, "With Masked Dragon in the Graveyard, Armed Dragon's effect will crush any monster on the field with less attack points!"

"Now, Armed Dragon, trounce those triplets!" Chazz pointed to the three Hero Kids, "Serrated Sonic Blast!" Armed Dragon LV10 sends sound waves towards the three Hero Kids and destroys them. Chazz laughed at his own move, "Looks like your Hero Kids just got grounded! Grounded up that is!" he laughed harder, "I'll tell you what, if you surrender now, I promise I won't embarrass you on global TV!" he pointed to the camera crews, "Oh wait, I already did!"

Syrus frowned as Chazz continued to laugh, "It's not that funny…"

"You forget, Syrus, Chazz has had a grudge against Jaden ever since they first dueled," Kagome reminded him, "Believe me, if I were Chazz, I'd be enjoying every minute of this."

Sheppard waved his arms frantically, "Come on, Jaden, don't give up!"

"Who's giving up?" Jaden smiled, "I'm having way too much fun to give up! After all…" he turned to Chazz and looked him straight in the eyes, "that's what dueling's all about! Win or lose, because you'll be having fun all the time!"

Chazz scoffed, "Oh gag me!"

"It's true!" Jaden grinned goofily, "If I can have fun losing, shouldn't you have fun winning? It's not that hard…despite whatever your brothers may have told you."

"What! How the hell do you know about my brothers, slacker?!" Chazz snapped at him.

"For starters, Chazz, I know they're the ones your dueling for…" Jaden glanced at the two older Princeton brothers in the audience, "And I know how much pressure they've put on you to win this duel." Chazz only growled, but that was loud enough for Jaden to hear him, "C'mon, Chazz," Jaden looked back at him, "Remember when you used to duel for fun? The excitement of it?"

Chazz says, in annoyance, "I only duel to win!"

"Well, let's see where that gets ya," Jaden drew his next card, looked at it, and inserted it into his disc, "I play the Spell known as The Warrior Returning Alive! With this card, I can now bring a Warrior from my Graveyard and add it to my hand. So, I think I'll choose my favorite feathered friend, Elemental Hero Avian!" After Elemental Hero Avian appears on the field, Jaden then held out two more cards, "Now, with the help of Polymerization and Burstinatrix, I can now create and summon the Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!!"

Chazz watched as Elemental Hero Burstinatrix appears on the field and jumped into the vortex over Jaden's head and Elemental Hero Flame Wingman (ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200) descended from the sky, "So what? He doesn't stand up against my Armed Dragon! After all, the Armed Dragon LV7 has 2800 attack points, you're way outmatched!"

"You're wrong, Chazz," Jaden smiled, "Cause I'm inviting my three Hero Kids to come back out and play with us!"

Gasps and murmurs rippled through the arena after Jaden made the announcement of his plans.

"To…play?" Chazz raised an eyebrow,"

"Yeah, with your points!" Jaden pressed a button on his disk, "I activate my facedown Trap card, Miracle Kids! Here's how it works, for every Hero Kid I have in the Graveyard, your Armed Dragon loses four hundred attack points! And since I have three, your Dragon loses twelve hundred attack points!" Three bursts of light shot out of Jaden's Graveyard and merged with the Armed Dragon. As soon as the last one disappeared, Armed Dragon seemed to shrink a little as its stats decreased to 1700/2000 points and Chazz is shocked to see that his monster was weaker than Jaden's Wingman and Jaden says, "Now who's outmatched? Actually don't answer that, Flame Wingman will answer for ya!" Flame Wingman's dragonhead was on flames, he flew into the air, fries flames to the Armed Dragon and engulfing the dragon. Chazz screamed as his Armed Dragon was burnt to a crisp by the Flame Wingman, leaving nothing but ash in it's wake and he loses 400 life points.

Syrus smiled widely, "Alright! The Flame Wingman took out the Armed Dragon in one hit!"

"The assault is not over, Syrus," Bastion told him, "The Flame Wingman still his superpower, it come next."

Alexis smiled and says, "And it's one that's gonna burn Chazz. His Life Points will take a hit equal to their destroyed monster's attack points! It's seventeen hundred!"

True to Alexis's words, Chazz was burnt by 1700 points of damage as Flame Wingman blew them away with his dragon hand. Jaden slids a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "I'll throw down a facedown and end my turn!"

Current Score:

Chazz: 4100

Jaden: 4100

Catherine says, "Now they're in equal points!"

Ryoko says, "Yeah and with Jaden's Flame Wingman out, there's nothing that'll stand in his way!"

Chazz growled, knowing that his Armed Dragon was destroyed so easily and glanced at his brothers, who were glaring at him. Chazz winced at the glare, draw a card, slids it into the spell/trap slot and says, "I activate Card of Sanctity, now both of us draw until we're holding six cards in our hands!" Both duelists drew until they were holding six cards in their hands. When Chazz eyed a card in his hand, he grinned madly and laughed, which got Jaden's attention and says, "Jaden, what I'm gonna do right now is defeat you once and for all!" Chazz slids a card into the slot and says, "I activate Monster Reincarnation! Now by sending a card from my hand to the grave, I can bring a monster card from the grave to my hand!" Chazz discards Chthonian Soldier (ATK: 1200/DEF: 1400) and Armed Dragon LV10 comes from slot. Chazz picks up the card and places into his hand. Chazz slids a card into the slot and says, "Now I activate Level Modulation, now you draws 2 cards and I get to summon to the field from the grave, Armed Dragon level seven!"

After Jaden draws two cards, Armed Dragon LV7 rose from the graveyard.

Chazz places a card onto the disc and says, "Next, I sacrifice my Armed Dragon level seven for Armed Dragon level ten!" Armed Dragon LV7 explodes and Armed Dragon LV10 (A: 3000/D: 2000) comes to the field in attack mode.

Everyone of Jaden's friends gasped and Ryoko says, "Now with that dragon out, Chazz can destroy Jaden's Wingman!"

Chazz says, "I know what you're thinking, slacker! You that I'm going to attack you with this dragon, instead of trading it for a better dragon!"

Syrus and Ryoko gasped and says, in unison, "A better dragon!"

Yusuke says, "Than Armed Dragon level ten!"

Zane gasped in shock and murmurs, "It can't be…"

Chazz slids a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "I activate Armed Dragon Ritual! By sacrificing any monster with the name 'Armed Dragon', I can summon Armed Dragon level twelve!" Armed Dragon LV10 explodes and a dragon even 6 feet taller and dangerous looking than Armed Dragon LV10, Armed Dragon LV12 (A: 4000/D: 5000) appears on the field.

Zane says, "It's just as I feared!"

Everyone was looking at Duel Academy's best student and Kagome asks, "What do you mean?"

Zane replies, "That's Armed Dragon level twelve and if Chazz activates that dragon's special ability, then Jaden's in for it!"

Just then, North Academy cheered out, "CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP! CHAZZ IT UP! TAKE HIM DOWN, CHAZZ!"

Foster was giggling madly, while Sheppard looked at Chazz's new dragon and says, "Good heavens!"

The older Princeton brothers looked at this with sly smirks on their faces and Slade says, "That dragon might not have been in the suitcases that we gave Chazz, but it'll do!"

Chazz giggled in delight and sneers, "Are you having 'fun' yet, slacker!"

Jaden's body started shaking and he says, "I'm…trembling…"

Chazz says, in a sly smirk, "…with fear."

Jaden says, "I'm trembling…" Jaden finishes with a wide grin, "with excitement!"

Chazz performed a classic anime fall, jumps onto his feet and yells out, annoyed, "WHAT THE HELL'S WRONG WITH YOU, SLACKER!?" Chazz points at his dragon and yells out, "When a monster with four thousand attack points are staring you down, you're supposed to be scared of him, not admiring him! What's wrong with you! What'll take for you to be afraid!?"

Jaden replies, "How can I be afraid of you!? He's so totally cool!"

Chazz growled as he spotted his Ojama Yellow (A: 0/D: 1000), which made him even more annoyed when his duel spirit came back and says, "Hello boss!"

Chazz yells out, "What will it take to get rid of you and your annoyance!?" Chazz then got a thought and he smirked and says, "Actually, I do have a purpose for you after all."

Ojama Yellow had sparkles in his eyes and says, "Really?"

Chazz says, "Yeah! As a discard payment!" Chazz discards his Ojama Yellow card discard, which made Ojama Yellow cry as he was sucked into the graveyard slot and says, "Now by discarding a card from my hand, I can destroy every monster, spell and trap that you have on the field!"

Jaden says, "That's not good!"

Alexis yells out, "Oh no! That would mean that Jaden will be wide open!"

Yusuke says, "For a direct attack!"

Chazz roars out, "Now, Armed Dragon, take out his defense, Super Sonic Blast!" Armed Dragon fires a huge sonic blast from his mouth and comes to Flame Wingman. The sonic blast hits Wingman and causing a huge explosion that took out the hero and Jaden's facedown. Chazz then roars out, "Now Armed Dragon, attack with Overload Punch!" Armed Dragon throws his fist at Jaden and slams into him, causing a huge explosion that knocked Jaden off his feet and lowered his life points by 4000.

Yusuke and Syrus exclaims in horror, "Jaden!"

Chazz laughed evilly and says, "It's hopeless for you, slacker! There's nothing you can do to defeat me now!"

Current Score:

Chazz: 4100

Jaden: 100

Jaden jumps to his feet and says, drawing a card, "Well see about that, Chazz!" Jaden slids a card into the spell/trap slot and says, "I activate Miracle Fusion, now by removing from play Flame Wingman and Sparkman, I can summon forth Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman!" Just then, Flame Wingman and Sparkman appeared on the field and jumped into the fusion vortex above Jaden's head and Elemental Hero Flare Wingman (ATK: 2500/DEF: 2100) appears from the vortex.

Chazz scoffed, "You've lost it, slacker! There's no way that peon can stand up to my dragon!"

Jaden grinned and says, "That's where his special ability comes in, for every Elemental Hero that I've got chilling in the graveyard, wingman gains three hundred attack points!" Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman's stats increase from 2500/2100 to 3700/2100.

Chazz says, "Well, that's still not enough, Jaden!"

Jaden places a card onto the field spell slot and says, "There's always Skyscraper!" Just then, buildings rose from the ground, which shocked Chazz, knowing the effects. Jaden says, "Now with Skyscraper out, Wingman gains one thousand points whenever it attacks a much stronger monster!"

Chazz yells out, in shock, "No!"

Jaden shouts out, "Go Wingman, attack with Solar Flare!" Shining Flare Wingman's bright aura began to glow brighter and brighter before he flew at the Armed Dragon, fist aimed for the heart. The Hero crashed into the dragon, blasting him to pieces with the power of the holyish light and lowering Chazz's score by 700 points.

Chazz yells out, "Sorry slacker, I'm still here, Jaden!"

Jaden says, "Not for long, because like Flame Wingman, Shining Flare Wingman's special ability activates, now your dragon's attack points come out of your life points!"

Chazz yells out, in shock, "What! That means that…"

The camera director cried, "Chazz is gonna lose! Cut the camera feed, cut the transmission!"

Everywhere TV's were showing the duel, and millions of people watched in excitement. That is, until the duel was stopped and instead, a woman with short hair appeared on screen, with a nervous look on her face.

"Uh…hello, we interrupt this duel to bring you all a special news bulletin to tell you all that…everything is fine,"

Everyone that was watching either cursed, moaned, or threw stuff in anger that such a good duel was cut off before it was ended.

Chazz screamed as Flare Wingman's glow burned 4000 away from his life points, immediately ending the duel.

Final Score:

Chazz: 0

Jaden: 100

Soon after, the final holograms disappear and Chazz fell to his knees in defeat. Jaden then says, doing his usual two finger salute, "That's game!"

Everyone of Jaden's fans and friends were cheering for the Slifer Ace.

Catherine cheered out, throwing her arms at the nearest object, "All right, Jaden won!"

Yusuke felt uneasy when he fold Catherine's arms around his neck and says, "Uh…Catherine, please remove your arms from me…"

Catherine realized that and pulled back and says, with a slightly blush, "Sorry…"

Chazz was about to look up when he noticed two pairs of shiny black shoes enter his sight. He looked away slightly, knowing who it was that joined him.

Slade yells out, "You loser! You dog! You've disgraced yourself, and you've disgraced the Princeton family!"

Jagger scowled, "You are no brother of ours anymore."

Chazz looked at them, "Please…" he panted, "Give me another chance!"

Jagger yelled out, "Another chance?! You know how much we've spent on this duel?"

Slade yelled out, "The cameras, the rare cards, none of which you used I might add!"

Chazz kept his head low and says, "I'm sorry…I thought I could win this duel by myself."

Jagger growled, reached down, grabbed his ex-brother's coat collar and lifted him clear off the ground and yells, "By yourself?!"

Slade screamed out, "When could you do anything by yourself?!"

Just then, a familiar male voice boomed, "Let him go!"

Slade and Jagger turned to see Yusuke and Jaden glaring at them, every single one of their family and friends standing behind him.

Jaden spat, "Sure, he lost, but how could he not with you two jerks breathing down his neck the entire time?"

Jagger glared at him and growled, "Two jerks?! Do you know who we are? We could have you crushed, kid!"

Crowler looked at this with awe, from the back of the platform and says, "Oh my…they could have Jaden crashed, maybe this two aren't so bad after all."

Yusuke walked up to Jaden's side, glaring at the two older Princeton brothers and says, "I know who you two are. You two are a couple of psychotic control freaks who would do anything to get what they want. They say that being rich and privileged makes you pains in the ass, and I guess you two are living proof of some cases!"

"Why you little…" Slade curled his hand into a fist, "Watch your tongue, punk!" he turned back to the younger one, "Why would you guys defend Chazz anyhow? He's a nobody now! He's been disowned by us and the whole world!" He waved to the crews circling the area, "The camera's got everything on tape! He was schooled. He got mopped up!"

Jagger pulled Chazz closer to him, "And worse of all, he got beat!"

Jaden lifted his head, a hard look in his eyes and yells, "Wrong…He won a fight today…the fight against you two! He played by his conditions, played with his cards! That's what matters!"

Slade glared at him while Jagger released Chazz.

Jaden turned to his opponent, who was coughing, "Tight duel, Chazz, and I think that despite it being cheesy sounding, we both won here today!"

"You're just saying that," Chazz muttered, rising to his feet, "I mean, c'mon...no one else believes that!"

"We do, Chazz!"

"Yeah! All the way!"

The arena was soon filled with the chant of 'Chazz It Up', but it wasn't made by just the North Academy students alone. Every other student of Duel Academy chanted along with them, moved by Jaden's words.

Jagger and Slade looked all around them, taking in the screaming.

Slade growled and turned to his brother, "C'mon, we don't have time for this worthless garbage…" he turned and headed towards the arena's exit, Jagger following close behind him as the students in the arena continued to chant.

Later that evening, as the sun began to set, Chazz stood on a small cliff, watching his brother's helicopters fly off into the distance. He was longer a Princeton in his brother's eyes. He was just a duelist without a family, 'Only one last matter I have to settle,' he thought as he headed back towards the docks where his North Academy friends and his former classmates of Duel Academy were waiting for him.

Yusuke and Jaden smiled as Chazz joined them and Jaden, "Guess this is goodbye, huh, Chazz?"

Yusuke says, "Now, don't forget to write!" he nudged him on the shoulder.

Chazz looked at his feet, "I'm not going back, Yusuke."

A collection of horrified gasps made Chazz look over his shoulder to his North Academy comrades, "Look guys. I'm sorry, but I don't belong with you,"

Czar blinked, "But...then where do you belong?"

Chazz turned all the way around, facing him and the others, "Right here. Duel Academy was always my home,"

"But…you're our best duelist, Chazz!" Czar reminded him, "Are you sure about this?"

"Yeah, I'm sure," he looked over his shoulder to the headmaster, "If Chancellor Sheppard will have me back, that is,"

Sheppard smiled warmly, "Well, you were one of our best duelists...how could I possibly refuse?"

Foster nodded and looked at his former Champion, "I guess it's time we got going, then. Good luck, Chazz,"

"May I have your attention please?"

Everyone turned to Crowler, who was on top of a makeshift stage, holding a microphone, "Now, to present the prize of this years match between North Academy and our esteemed university...Miss Duel Academy!"

At those words, almost every male student rushed the stage.

"Miss Duel Academy? Sounds hot!" Jaden grinned.

Syrus edged between Yusuke and Jaden, "Jay, be my wingman ok?"

Everyone's anticipation turned to disappointment and slight horror as Dorothy from the card store rose from the stage, wearing a dress and make up.

"Dorothy's Miss Duel Academy?!" Jaden gaped.

To make things more disappointing, it turns out the big prize Foster and Sheppard kept raving about was a simple kiss from the plump woman. Foster began to sob and dashed to his submarine as Dorothy kissed Sheppard on the cheek.

Yusuke and Jaden's eyebrow twitched and Yusuke says, "A fucking kiss!"

Jaden says, "That's what this was all about!"

Foster just burst into tears and cried, "Oh my sweet Dorothy, oh I can't bare to watch!" Chazz raised an eyebrow and says, with disbelief, "That's a chick?"

Crowler continued. "But wait! There's more!"

Everyone looked onto the stage with interest.

"More?" Jaden cried out, "C'mon, don't keep us waiting! What is it!?"

Crowler scowled at him, "Be patient, you Slifer Slacker!" Clearing his throat, the wacky professor continued, "The chancellor is not the only one who gets a kiss! The duelists get one as well; both winners and losers!" Chazz groaned. If it was someone like Miss Dorothy, he was going to make a run for it.

Czar, Yusuke and Jaden paled and Jaden says, "Wha-what!"

Yusuke murmured, "I'm getting one? From Dorothy!"

Czar groaned, "I might not want to go through with it."

Crowler nodded, "Yes, but not from Miss Duel Academy! Her second, third, fourth and fifth are going to be coming up!"

Chazz narrowed his eyes. 'Second, third, fourth and fifth? If Miss Dorothy was first, I'd hate to face the other four.'

Czar, Yusuke and Jaden seemed to be internally panicking. Without them noticing, suddenly, the other students had pushed Czar, Chazz, Yusuke and Jaden onto the stage.

"Hey!" The four boys yelled at the same time.

"And now!" Shouted Dr. Crowler. "Here are the second, third, fourth and fifth of Duel Academy!" The curtains rose; Czar, Yusuke, Chazz and Jaden awaited their fate.

The four outlines of the four girls were blurry at first, but as the lights dimmed slightly, the four duelists could see that the first was wearing a sleeveless white gown; long on one side, draping over her feet, but short on the other end.

The other was wearing a sleeveless blue gown, long on one side, draping over her feet, but sort of the other end.

The next one had adorned a short sleeved white gown with blue outlines decorating the dress with intricate designs.

The last one had another adorned a short sleeved blue gown with white outline decorating the dress with intricate designs.

The first girl: Hikari. The second: Alexis. The third: Catherine. The Fourth: Kagome, who was frowning at this and muttered, "How in the world did I get suckered into this in the first place?"

Czar, Yusuke, Chazz and Jaden gaped. The four were the second, third, fourth and fifth? They should have been first, second, fourth and fifth. Hikari looked at Alexis. "This is it, Alexis? You finally get to kiss your crush."

Alexis glared at her half demon friend and muttered, with a hint of red on her cheeks, "Shut. The. Hell. Up."

Hikari whispers, slyly, "If you don't feel anything for him, then kiss him if you want."

Alexis could feel her cheeks flaring hot and fighting the urge to hit Hikari now. Alexis muttered, "Fine!" Alexis looked at Catherine and Kagome and says, "What about you two?"

Kagome says, "I think I'll go to Yusuke."

Alexis raised an eyebrow and says, perplexed, "But wouldn't it be weird to kiss your own cousin?"

Kagome says, bitterly, "You got Jaden and I don't know Chazz and Czar that well enough to kiss."

Catherine says, "Hey Higurashi, you can't be kissin' your own flesh and blood! Let me kiss Yusuke!"

Kagome glared at Catherine and says, in a cold sneer, "You stand clear of my cousin, Maxwell, if you value your life."

Alexis and Hikari got in between the girls and Alexis says, "Now girls, no need to fight! You guys can do rock paper scissors and the winner choose."

Catherine shrugs and says, "Sound fair."

Kagome sighs and says, "I guess, but I'm only doing this for Yusuke, because I don't want him to be heartbroken, like he was before."

Catherine snaps, "So you think I'm like…!"

Hikari snaps, "Girls!"

Catherine and Kagome sighed, shook their fists forward and Kagome drew paper and Catherine drew scissors. Catherine grinned and says, "Scissors win!"

Kagome says, in a cold sneer, "If you try anything funny, you'll regret!"

Hikari says, "Now, now, girls! Let's give the boys their rewards."

They walked over to the stunned duelists. "Hey guys." Chazz shoved his hands inside his pockets and his face heated up. "So, you guys are the second, third, fourth and fifth?"

Kagome nodded. "Yeah." She walked towards the youngest Princeton. Pressing her lips to his cheek, she blushed slightly, then pulled away and cleared her throat. Kagome noticed that she was blushing and thinks in her mind, 'Why am I blushing? I thought I got rid of this love nonsense, about a year ago.' Kagome looked down to see that she wasn't wearing her love proof pendent and thinks, fearfully, 'My pendent! It's gone! I must have dropped it in my room and why am I blushing in front of Chazz. Chazz Princeton, the guy I've known to be a complete jerk, much like Inu…' Kagome shook her head in thoughts of HIM, the one, who she believed broke her heart about a year ago.

Chazz had frozen at the feel of her lips and touched his cheek. "…Yeah." Chazz came back to his sense and realized what he was thinking. He actually enjoyed feeling Kagome's lips onto his skin. Chazz had to admit Kagome looked incredible in the blue gown and shook his head from those thoughts. About him and Kagome, Yusuke and Hikari's cousin, being together. He figure there will be no way, that'll happen considering that he won't fall for a former 'slacker'.

Hikari went to Czar, got on her tiptoes and pecked his right cheek, which made Czar blush and had a goofy grin on his face.

Catherine slowly pecked Yusuke's cheek, which made Yusuke blush a bit and shook his head from any thoughts that had to do with love. He wondered why this was happening and he looked down to see that he wasn't wearing his pendent and thinks fearfully, 'My pendent! It's gone! Damn it! I must have left it in the room!'

Alexis had done the same to Jaden. The brown haired duelist had only squirmed greatly. "Ah! Girl cooties!" Although, there was a huge blush on his face…

Hikari and Kagome hit the Slifer on the head and Hikari says, "There are no such things as cooties, Jaden." Jaden clutched his head in pain. "Ow…" Chazz smirked and thinks in his mind, 'That'll teach him for being so immature…'

After a rather tearful goodbye and chants of "Chazz It Up" from North Academy studenst as their submarine drifted away, Shephard looked at the returning student and says, "Chazz, since you're coming back, there's something that we have to talk about!"

"What's that?"

"Banner?"

Professor Banner weaved his way to Chazz through the other students, "Since you dropped out of Duel Academy and are returning, you are technically a new student. For that, you must start from the bottom at Slifer Red!"

Chazz looked both shocked and horrified, "What?! Slifer?!"

Banner nodded, "Yes, welcome! We'll get you fitted for a blazer when we return to the dorm, then we'll see if we can find you a roommate!"

Syrus says, smiling slyly, "How about Lyon? She doesn't have a roommate of her own yet."

Ryoko glared at Syrus, whacked him on the head and leaned in, "Shut…up…before…I…step…on…you…you…little…troll…" she hissed.

Chazz had similar thoughts, "Chazz Princeton rooms no one from Slifer Red! You guys got that?!"

"Really? Then how do you feel about cockroaches?" Syrus asked him.

Chazz glared at Syrus and yells, "What?!"

Jaden grinned and says, "The dorm has only a few of them and some rats."

"Rats?!" Chazz turned back to the sea, "I changed my mind! Turn this sub around!"

Laughing, Jaden turned to the others, "Guys, how about we give Chazz the Slifer Cheer?"

"I don't want it!" Chazz snapped turning and glaring at them all.

"S-L-I-F-E-,"

"Can't we just stick with 'Chazz It Up'?!" Chazz begged.

"OR SLIFER IT UP!" everyone yelled before closing in on Chazz for a huge group hug. Chazz groaned and sank to the ground, tugging at his hair, "My new family's already dysfunctional!"

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

Yusuke was sitting in his bed, looking through his cards and says, "You know, Yumi, you're really a pretty amazing girl!"

Yumi was floating, while playing with Winged Kuriboh, by gently pulling its wings and Yumi asks, "Why's that, Yusuke?"

Yusuke replies, with his usual grin, "First, you helped Kagome and I finish our duels in the entrance duel in just two turns, which got me into Obelisk Blue. You've helped me put two major jerks from Obelisk Blue in their places by finishing them off in one turn. Most of all, you've helped me win the School Duel, one of the major events in Duel Academy, on global television. Hopefully, those dorks from my old school will get the message that Yusuke Urameshi will make something out of himself, one day."

Yumi smiled and says, "It's no problem, Yusuke."

Yusuke says, "You know, out of everything you've done for Kagome and I, we haven't done anything for you, yet."

Yumi kept her smile on and says, "Actually, you and Kagome have helped me. You see, in life I was always alone during my childhood. Because I was so smart and so good in dueling that I was able to finish a duel in one-to-two turns, no one wanted to be friends with me. I've been called 'weirdo', 'nerd', 'geek' take your pick. Until I was thirteen years old, I met that bastard of a boyfriend of mine. Until I heard from Saiou that he was only playing with my emotions. I didn't believe it, until I saw that jerk of a boyfriend making out with that whore of cheerleading leader. Afterwards, I felt alone for the first time in four years. I wanted to end my life, so I took my life. That was before I met you and Kagome. You two showed me true friendship without asking anything in return."

Yusuke smiled and says, "I'm glad that I could help, even though I didn't know it."

Yumi giggled a bit as she lowered and sat next to Yusuke and says, "Thank you, Yusuke." Yumi places her lips softy against Yusuke's cheek, which caught Yusuke by surprise, "Whoa!" Yusuke placed his hand where he felt Yumi's lips.

Yumi asks, perplexed, "What's wrong, Yusuke?"

Yusuke says, in shock, "I think I just felt your lips onto my cheek."

Yumi gaps, "But that can't be right, because I was supposed to be dead."

Yusuke says, "This maybe a theory, because this happened when I first died. Kuwabara and his gang got in trouble for fighting a few thugs from our rival school and that buck teethed dork, Mr. Akashi threatened to take one of Kuwabara's friends, Okubo's job away from him. Okubo's mother was so sick that she couldn't support him and his brothers and sisters. Kuwabara, being the 'honorable' man that he is, made a deal with Mr. Akashi that he'll promise not to fight for a week and make at least a 50 on his physics test than Okubo's job will be taken away from him. However, Kuwabara came through in the end, but Akashi along with that loser Iwamoto thought it was funny to change Kuwabara's score. When Kuwabara realized that he was coned, he rushed in towards Akashi and was going to punch him, but I stepped in and stop him, even though I was a ghost. I guess that he was feeling the same way that I felt about both Iwamoto and Akashi. Maybe a way for a spirit and a physical person to touch each other if they both know on how each other feel."

Just then, there was a tap at the window and Yusuke and Yumi looked to see a familiar figure of Catherine waving at him, on the balcony.

A/N: And Warning! (Note bold to get your attention…) Slight Yusuke/Catherine fluff and lime coming up! So don't kill me for writing it! I need it to continue my fan fic and without this part, it's confusing! So Yusuke/Keiko fans, I am so sorry! Because I am also a Yusuke/Keiko fan! Okay, now onto the part I absolutely have to write! (And despise!) Remember, Sartorius has feed lies into Yusuke's mind thinking that Keiko hated and pitied him from the start.

Yusuke got up from the bed, walked to the window and open it. Yusuke says, "Catherine, what are you doing here?"

Catherine says, with a smile, "Yusuke, you need to see something…" Before Yusuke could say anything, Catherine pulled him outside and used her half demon ability to jump onto the roof while dragging Yusuke with her. They stopped and Catherine sat down. Yusuke sat next to the braided girl and asks, "What is it that you wanted me here for?"

Catherine pointed at the sky and says, "Look up!"

Yusuke looked up and saw many stars in the sky. He was amazed to see so many and Catherine asks, "Isn't so beautiful?"

Yusuke says, "Yeah…" Yusuke had to admit, it was a pretty sight to see.

They were quiet for a while and Catherine broke the silence, "Yusuke…"

Yusuke looked at Catherine and says, "Yeah…"

Catherine tells Yusuke, "I've doing some thinking about ourselves and pasts. We're both descendants of the Ma-zoku clan. We both had horrible childhoods, with friends that we thought that they cared about us. We ended with falling in love with them. Teachers and peers ridiculing us for being illegitimate children. We both grew up without a father and both of our mothers are unemployed and alcoholics." Catherine looks at Yusuke, who was looking at her oddly, "Maybe, you don't think so as well, but it's my opinion."

Yusuke did register when Catherine is saying, but he could think of some difference. Keiko never had a sibling and he didn't know his father while Catherine did. However, she gotten most of the major parts of his life down and she had experienced them all. Yusuke says, "We're exactly the same…you and I."

Catherine places her hand onto Yusuke's and says, "Yes, we're exactly the same person…we know what pain and loneliness means."

Yusuke says, "After the Truesdale brothers left when I was a kid, I had no one, Yugi, Tea, Tristan, Joey and Mai were at Domino, Hikari didn't want me around and wondered what life would be like if I wasn't born. I didn't like my life and decided to end it. That's where SHE stopped me. Now I know why she stopped me, she needed someone as her pity trophy and someone that's boyfriend material for her popularity at Sarayashiki Junior High School. Now, I've got another backstabbing friend and ex-employer."

Catherine says, "You're talking about Koenma."

Yusuke tells Catherine, in a cold sneer, "If you want, you can address him as the 'backstabbing toddler'!"

Catherine giggled at what Yusuke said and says, in a serious tone, "Yusuke, there's something I need to know."

Yusuke says, perplexed, "Yeah, what is it?"

Catherine got closer to the former spirit detective and asks, with a hint of red on her cheeks, "Early…this evening, when I gave you that kiss…did you like it?"

Yusuke slightly blushed and asks, "W…what do you…mean?" Yusuke looks down to see that he wasn't wearing his love proof pendent and thinks in his mind, 'Oh shit…'

Catherine got even closer to Yusuke, which made him uneasy and he couldn't talk. Catherine says, "You know what I mean…and please be honest."

Yusuke asks Catherine, sternly, "Why do you want to know?"

Catherine took a deep breath and says, "Because…I really…really like you…Yusuke."

Yusuke was shocked in hearing this and didn't know how to break it to Catherine. Sure he thought she was attractive, but he didn't want to get into a relationship, because he swore off romance forever.

Catherine tells Yusuke, "I understand that you don't want to get into a relationship, after getting your heartbroken but…" Catherine's face got very close to Yusuke's and she says, "…I want to get the chance to…please forgive me…" Catherine pulled Yusuke into an intense kiss. Yusuke's heart quickened in shock and surprise. Catherine's soft blue eyes were closed, yet Yusuke's hazel eyes were open. His face was flaming hot, when Catherine's tongue glazed onto his bottom lip. Yusuke felt absolutely powerless to stop it and cursed himself for being so weak. Catherine snaked her arms over Yusuke's shoulders and placed her fingers into his hair. He didn't want to be hurt anymore, but he didn't want to hurt Catherine by rejecting her feelings. Catherine has been hurt just like him. He was so confused at the moment and was starting to enjoy the kiss. Yusuke finally closed his eyes and his hands went to Catherine's slim waist, pulling her closer to deepen the kiss. The Obelisk Prince was lost in the braided girl's blueberry scent, while their tongues were wrestling with each other. Yusuke moved his hands into Catherine's vest and caressed her body, which made her moan in pleasure.

They broke apart and looked at each other's eyes and Catherine spoke, while she got onto her feet, "I'm sorry that I had to do that…I'll understand that if you don't want to talk to me…again." Catherine walked away from the shunned Yusuke. Catherine stopped and turned to Yusuke with a smile, "By the way, I liked that kiss…and I hope we can do it again, if you want." Catherine jumped from the roof and landed on the balcony.

Catherine walked inside her room, while having a regrets on kissing Yusuke. Just then, she felt a tight jerk to her shoulder that turned her body around and looked into the brown eyes of Yusuke Urameshi. Yusuke spoke, "Kat…I can't lie to you, I did enjoy that kiss…but I can't get together with you. I mean don't take this the wrong way, I think that you're a smart, beautiful and attractive girl and everything…but…" Yusuke swallowed air to his throat and says, "…but if we get together because of one enjoyable kiss then our relationship would be nothing but lust. I doubt that you'd want that. I don't want to hurt you like those others have done to you. Plus…I'm scared…"

Catherine tilted her head and says, perplexed, "Scared of what?"

Yusuke sighed and says, "My heart hasn't healed yet from the scars that…she…gave me."

Catherine says, with a smile, "This maybe a theory…but I think it's time for you to get a new girlfriend. If I was your girlfriend, I'd promise that I won't hurt you…like Yuki…"

Yusuke held his hand up and says, in a venomous tone, "Please…don't say HER name, first or last…" Yusuke says, with a smile, "Kat…you know…she was my first girlfriend, but not true, according to what Saiou said…"

Catherine says, "Yusuke, please…give me a chance to prove I'll be a good girlfriend to you! I mean you're the only guy that I know that understands what pain, loneliness and hurt really is…I wouldn't mind if we use our relationship as an experiment until the school year end. Yusuke I…" Catherine was interrupted when she felt lips onto her own.

Catherine moaned as she wrapped her arms around the Obelisk Prince's neck to deepen the kiss and wrestling with his tongue. Yusuke slipped Catherine's vest off her shoulders and hits the floor. Catherine moved her fingers to the first button of Yusuke's blue trench coat and started to unbutton it and the trench coat hits the floor. Yusuke moved Catherine onto the bed and Catherine wrapped her legs around his waist. Yusuke moved his lips from Catherine's and begun kissing her neck, making her gasp. He then sucked on it, leaving hickeys as he did so and trailing down to her cleavage. She could only moan as she felt this new pleasurable sensation and she buried her fingers into his hair.

Yusuke's hands began to move from her hips to under her black tanktop, caressing her smooth skin of her bare back as he did so, as he moved his lips up to hers. He slowly moved her tank top above her head and throw it away. Catherine started to unbutton his shirt and throws it away, Yusuke grinned as he sees the dark red bra covering her voluptuous curves. He thought she looked cute as she blushed a lot. He kissed her chest, making her gasped sharply as she feels kisses down to the curves that wasn't covered by the bra. He decided to tease her by glided his tongue between her bosoms. Yusuke moved up and smiled at his female prey and moved his lips to hers. He moved his hands to her back, found the three clasps of her bra and undid them, letting her breasts feel. He slids the straps off her shoulders and throw the undergarment away, exposing her breasts.

Yusuke lowered Catherine down and smiled greedily, as he placed his lips onto hers, while fondling with her right bosom once again. Catherine moaned, in pleasure, while he trailed kisses down her neck and squeezing the breast, gently. He then took a left tit to his mouth and begins sucking it hard.

Catherine moaned, harder wanting more as she pressed Yusuke's head to her chest, while sliding her hand through his black hair as says, "Don't stop…"

Yusuke removed his mouth from the tip as it harden and went to the other one and placed his mouth onto the breast and sucked harder. His tongue teasing her tits, giving her pleasure. Yusuke pulled up and went up to Catherine and smiled.

Yusuke gasped and realized what he was doing and thinks in his mind, 'Oh no…' Yusuke pulled back, which confusion Catherine and she asks, "Yusuke, what's wrong?"

Yusuke says, "Kat…I think we should stop."

Catherine nodded and says, "I understand…"

After placing his shirt and trench coat on, Yusuke walks to the balcony and jumped onto the roof. Catherine gets off the bed and prepares for bed.