Jaden groaned as he glared at the PE instructor, sweat dripping off his body. "What does this have to do with Dueling!" He states as the tennis ball bounces pass him.

Ms. Fontaine laughs at this as she crosses her arms. "Come on Mister Yuki, this is pretty fun. Besides, this game teaches you strategy, teamwork and most importantly, having fun." She laughs as Jaden's eye twitches. He grabs a ball and looks at Mindy and Jasmine with a strained smile.

"Ok, here I go!" He calls out as he tosses the tennis ball up, sending it across the court. Jaden and Syrus cheer softly as the ball hits the back corner as Mindy runs forward, trying to send it back.

When her racket connected with the ball, it seemed like it was going to send it right back to Jaden, but instead of that, the ball hit the edge of the racket. This causes the ball to fly across the small bit of the stadium they were in, all the way towards Alexis. "Shit!" the four cuss out as Jaden takes a few steps forward, seemingly wanting to block the ball.

Suddenly, a shadow flashed forward, and shoots the ball across towards the other wall. At the same exact time, Crowler walks pass, wearing a gaudy gym uniform. The ball soars and smacks Crowler, right in the spine, or as some people saw it, right up his ass.

"AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Everyone across the island could hear Crowler's shrill scream

"This is unacceptable! He needs to be punished." Crowler screams as he is laying on the ground, a bag of ice on his back as Ms. Fontaine holds it against his butt. She shakes her head and sighs.

"He did nothing, he just sent the ba-" Before she can finish, Crowler cries out again.

"He needs to be punished for attacking me!" Crowler cries out, as he glares at Jaden. "You will be spending after school practicing tennis!" he grunts out as he stands up, keeping the ice bag against his ass.

"What?!" Jaden jumps slightly at the declaration.

"It is a fitting punishment for what you have done." Crowler starts limping away, the ice bag dropping some ice. He then goes over to the guy that deflected the ball into Crowler's ass. "Harrington! I want you in charge to make sure that Yuki works hard." Harrington nods absently, as he just stares at Alexis.

Jaden grumbles and looks over to Alexis, rolling his eyes and making a gagging motion. This causes Alexis laugh as Crowler leaves the room, and Harrington's eyes narrow, looking between the two. Mindy steps forward and bows deeply to Harrington.

"Thank you, though Professor Crowler blames Jaden, it's my fault." Mindy winces and rubs the back of her head.

"It's completely fine. Besides, from what I heard that Slifer causes quite the trouble around the school. I think being under my tutelage could calm him down." This causes Mindy, and many of the other girls in the area to go gaga over him. Harrington approaches Jaden, a friendly, yet demeaning smile on his face. "Well, my name is Harrington Rosewood, and I will be in charge of your punishment as put down by Professor Crowler."

Jaden just looks at him with a blank face before sighing, long and hard. "Whatever. This is going to be miserable!" Jaden groans and heads out, his feet dragging behind him. Harrington stands there, frozen from the way Jaden spoke to him, before he growls slightly.

"45-Love, game point!" Harrington calls out, with a smirk as Jaden stands on the other side of the court. Harrington sends the ball flying as Jaden almost leaps towards the ball, which easily goes under his racket. "And that's game!" Harrington starts to laugh loudly, though you could hear the pride coming off of his voice.

Jaden groans and stands back up, stretching slightly. "Ugh this is so stupid!" He calls out and heads towards a bench, almost collapsing on it.

Harrington does not pay him any mind as he goes over to a cooler and pulls out a bottle of water. He then looks over and almost spit takes, seeing Alexis approaching the court. He combs his hair with his fingers, and walks over to her, a swagger in his step. "Why hello there, Ms.R-" Alexis walks past him, a confused look on her face as she goes over to Jaden.

"You ok?" Jaden cough laughs and nods his head as Alexis pats his head. "At least you only have to do this for one day."

"Maybe, but knowing Crowler, he'll try and extend it."

Alexis sighs and shakes her head at the pride of the Obelisk head. Then she blinks and looks at Jaden. "No one has really seen Chazz since his duel against Bastion."

Jaden groans and places his head into his hands. "Hopefully he didn't do something stupid."

Alexis nods her head at that as Harrington is frozen in place. He seems to have shut down as Alexis started talking to Jaden. After a few seconds, Harrington starts working again and glares over at Jaden. "Well, this is interesting." He growls and walks over. "I must ask, how do you two know each other?"

Alexis looks up and tilts her head slightly. "Well we met up on the first day of school, and we dueled-"

"I beat her." Jaden smirks as Alexis glares at him. Alexis swats his arm, and sighs.

"And then we have been hanging out since." Alexis finishes as she rests her elbow on her knee.

Harrington seems to fume on this for a while as he just glares at Jaden. "Jaden Yuki, I challenge you to a duel!" He shouts out, his face red with fury.

"Uhm why?"

"A Slifer like you does not deserve to be friendly with an Obelisk such as Alexis Rhodes!" The pair just stare at him in shock before Jaden stands up, a dark gold glare staring at Harrington. The other man shivers in place, the dark look seeming to pull up terrible memories for him.

"Your fucking pride!" The shadows seem to grow from Jaden, the area getting darker as he just glares at Harrington. "Just because you guys are the top of the dorms, doesn't mean that you guys are the best of the best!"

Harrington takes a step back, fear in his eyes before he gulps and tries to stand back against him. "We are the best of the best, at least in the school! Besides, are you going to accept my challenge or are you a coward."

Jaden growls and then nods his head. "Fine! I will accept your challenge, but if I win, I am not taking anymore of these 'lessons', and you have to leave Alexis alone!"

"Deal, and the same can be said to you. Along with whoever wins gets to be Alexis's fiance!" This seems to freeze both Alexis and Jaden, both of whom seem to spawn some blush on their faces.

"Ok, first off, that is seriously messed up. Second, while I will duel you to get you away from Alexis, that doesn't matter." Their little screaming match drew a crowd a few people laughing, and others cringing in fear at the edge in Jaden's voice. A few people seem to catch on, taking down the net in the court.

"Seems the court is ready. Care to play Jaden?" Harrington goes to his bag and pulls out his duel disk. Jaden follows suit, as people start whispering to each other.

"Isn't that the kid who one turned Professor Crowler?" One Ra students states, confusion in his voice.

"But isn't that Harrington Rosewood?!" An Obelisk calls out. "Not only does half of his family own sports teams, and he's the tennis club president, his family owns a motor company, which he's the heir of."

While this whispering is going on, the two duelists activate their disks.

"Duel!" "Get your game on!" they both call out

Rosewood: 4000

Yuki: 4000

"I'll go first." Harrington declares right off the bat as he looks over his hand, smirking as he lifts up a single spell card. "I activate Service Ace. This card is the beginning of the game, and the first hit." When he places the spell into the slot, he then raises another card from his hand. "You need to guess this card, whether it is a monster, spell or trap. If you guess wrong, you take 1500 damage."

Jaden stares, almost like he's trying to peer into his mind, before stating. "I am going to say it's a trap card."

Harrington laughs and shakes his head. "Nope! It's a monster, Mega Thunderball to be specific." Harrington reveals the card, sending it to the graveyard. A tennis player, the same one in the card, appears and sends a soaring shot straight at Jaden. The ball explodes as it collides into his stomach.

Yuki: 2500

"I end my turn with a face down. And look at that, it's 15-love!" Harrington laughs as a few Ra and Obelisk's laugh, the joke obvious.

Jaden growls as he draws, smirking slightly. "I activate Evil Spy! This allows me to summon an Evil Hero Spy onto your side of the field. Along with that, if it gets destroyed, that means you have to reveal your hand."

[Evil Spy (Ch. 5 for the Effect)]

[Evil Hero Spy Type: Fiend/ Attribute: Dark

(Ch. 5 for effect)

ATK: 100

DEF: 100]

"Now, here is a small combo that I used against the Duelist Titan when he arrived on the island." This shut alot of the whispering up as Harrington scoffs. "I now activate Dark Fusion, to fuse my Clayman and Sparkman to summon my Evil Hero Lightning Golem!"

[Evil Hero Lightning Golem Type: Fiend/ Attribute: Light

ATK: 2400

DEF: 1500]

"Now Lightning Golem, destroy Evil Hero Spy!" Lightning Golem lifts his hands, black lightning streaking towards the spy, blowing it up. "Harrington, now you have to reveal to me your hand."

Harrington scoffs at this as he approaches Jaden, showing him another Service Ace, a Mega Thunderball, a Deuce, and Giant Racket. Jaden nods, allowing Harrington to return to his side of the court. "Now Lightning Golem, attack Harrington!" Lightning Golem seems to laugh as two orbs of lightning spark to life as they fly towards him.

"I activate Receive Ace. With this, I will negate your attack, and deal you 1500 damage as long as I drop the top three cards of my deck." He does just that as he sends the three cards causing a tennis player to appear. Said player swats back the orbs of lightning, turning them into balls which explode against Jaden.

Yuki: 1000

Jaden growls softly as he repositions himself. "I set two cards face down, and end my turn." The two cards appear in front of him.

"My turn!" Harrington smirks as he activates Smash Ace. "With this card, if I reveal a monster, you take 1000 damage, ending this duel."

"I activate Hero Switch! This card allows me to switch one Elemental Hero, and one Evil Hero on the field." The card reveals itself, showing Inferno Wing and Flame Wingman, switching out from each other.

[Hero Switch

Choose one Elemental, and Evil Hero, on the field and in the hand. Switch the two monsters. If one is a Fusion, return the card to the Extra Deck.]

"With this, it allows me to switch out my Lightning Golem with Avian!" Lightning Golem disappears in lightning, as Avian appears onto the field, the winds blowing forward.

"Anyway, I continue the effect of Smash Ace." He reveals Mystical Shine Ball, that launches itself at Jaden. "And I activate Feather Wind! This card allows me to negate and destroy your Smash Ace!"

The ball disappears as it is about to collide with Jaden. Harrington scoffs and ends his turn, looking over his hand and scowling.

"Surprised you didn't decide to actually activate the other Service Ace. Then again," Jaden smirks and looks at Harrington. "If you did I have a 50% chance of getting it right." Harrington just growls as Jaden draws. "I now activate Dark Calling so that I can resummon my Evil Hero Lightning Golem!"

The Golem appears once more, black lightning arcing from its body. "Now you two, pay him back for the 3000 damage he dealt to me!" The two monsters laugh as Avian flies up slightly, sending multiple feathers, while Lightning Golem shoots orbs of black lightning. Both attacks collide against Harrington, making him cringe from the contact.

Rosewood: 600

Harrington stumbled slightly as Jaden evened their damage in one move. "I'll end my turn with that one."

Harrington huffs as he draws his card. "I summon Big Server in attack mode!"

[Big Server Type: Warrior/ Attribute: Earth

ATK: 300

DEF: 800]

"Next I equip my Giant Racket to my Server." The Cybernetic tennis player's right arm, which was also a racket for a reason, grows massive, racket, easily the size of a small boat. "Now, once per turn, my monster cannot be destroyed by battle, and any damage I would take is nulled." Harrington looks at his hand and hesitates slightly. "I activate Deuce." He says after a few seconds. "Now to win, neither of us have to directly attack the other twice in a row. However, only one of our monsters can attack.

'He must have been worried to use his Service Ace or not.' Jaden states to Yubel who floats beside him.

'He should have taken the chance, but now we win.' Yubel giggles out slightly.

"Big Server, score me the first counter, and with his ability he can do just that. He can attack you directly." The 40-40 sign lights up as the Server jumps up, sending a bolt of lightning, causing it to collide with Jaden.

Yuki: 700

Rosewood: 1 Counter

Harrington sighs, seeming to almost relax as he adds another Service Ace, allowing Jaden to draw a card.

"It's time that I end this duel." Jaden smirks and looks at Harrington, the cold, gold glare intercepting his gaze.

"I should probably tell you the mistakes you have made." Everyone looks towards him, some gaping in awe that he is beating, another Obelisk. Others excited to hear what he is talking about.

"What mistakes are you talking about?" Harrington declares, insistently. "I have you cornered. With Big Server and Giant Racket combo, along with Deuce, you can't damage me, let alone twice."

"First, Lightning Golem, Hellish Lightning." Lightning cascades off of Lightning Golem, destroying the Server. "Your combo only works if I attack, but Lightning Golem can destroy as an , you should have used the second Service Ace you had and used Deuce to activate it." Jaden states simply as he motions towards the field.

"If you had, I would have had to make the 50/50 chance that I would be able to get it correct, and I wouldn't know if you would risk your Deuce. That would have been enough to win, but with your hesitation, and subsequent play. I win." Jaden laughs as he pulls out a few of the cards.

"I now activate Dimensional Double! This allows me to send a copy of any monster in my banish zone to my graveyard." With this, a Sparkman and Clayman shoot out of his deck, allowing him to add it to the graveyard. "Next, I can activate De-Polymerization, seperating my Lightning Golem into Sparkman and Clayman!"

The Golem cracks as lightning shoots from said cracks. Eventually the two smaller monsters appear, both in attack mode. "Finally, to end this duel, I activate the spell card Elemental Arrows! This allows me to choose one monster to take over. For every Elemental Hero on the field, said monster can attack. Now Deuce's ability is useless, as I choose my Sparkman, to attack three times in total."

Harrington gulps, taking a step back. Jaden smirks at this as he nods to Sparkman and his other two heroes. Avian lifts from the ground and wind turns into a hurricane, feathers from his wings turn into an arrow. Clayman touches the ground, turning stones into an arrow. The two heroes toss their arrows towards Sparkman, who catches it and sends electricity through both. He then launches Avian's Arrow, wind and thunder exploding against Harrington.

Yuki: 1 Counter

Rosewood: 0000

This time around, Sparkman infuses the Clayman Arrow with lightning … somehow. He launches it out, having it once again collide with Harrington, stones tearing away and lightning flashing against him

Yuki: 2 counter ← Winner!

"And that's game." Jaden smirks as he looks at Harrington. "As per the rules of our little bet, you have to leave Alexis alone and no matter what Crowler tries to do I don't have to take any more of these lessons." Jaden laughs as he then starts walking away, leaving Harrington just standing there, awestruck that he lost.

"Good job Jay." Alexis goes over as Jaden starts to leave. "But you know I can take care of myself." She gives him a pointed look as they head out of the arena.

"I know, it's just that guy pissed me off. Especially talking about the whole fiance thing." Jaden coughs slightly, his face, along with Alexis's, to turn a fine shade of pink. "Besides his stupid pride was just something I had to step on."

Alexis sighs at this, shaking her head. "That I completely understand. I don't really get that whole, Obelisk pride. Sure we are filled with a lot of wealthy kids, but not all of us are really good at Dueling, Harrington as an example."

Jaden laughs as Yubel rolls their eyes. 'Jaden! Tell her about Jinzo!' Jaden jumps slightly and glares at Yubel. Alexis looks at him confused as Jaden clears his throat. "Right, I keep forgetting this, so thanks Yubel." Jaden rubs the back of his head as they get to their usual after school meeting spot. When they get there they start talking, and Jaden talks about some of the events that happened. After a bit of talking, Jaden brings up what he learned about Atticus.

Alexis looks at Jaden and takes a few minutes to realize what he is talking about. "Y-you're now bringing it up?!" Jaden winces, hearing the pain in her voice as he shakily breathes in.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry, just with everything going on, from school to trying to train you, I have had a lot on my mind." Jaden gulps and just side hugs her. "I am really sorry, but at least we know someone took him away."

Alexis wipes some tears up, before she nods. "Yeah, and when I find the guy that did it, I'm going to throttle them." Jaden laughs at this before he stands up, stretching.

"Now, let's get you ready to throttle that person." This causes Alexis to laugh slightly as she stands up with him. "I was thinking, we should start shadow manipulation today." Alexis looks at him confused as he gives her a small smirk. He then lifts his hand, causing shadows to collect just under him. "If you haven't noticed, when I get exceptionally pissed, I can cause the shadows to stir." Alexis nods as he causes the shadows he collected to soar forward and skewer a tree. "The connection between our world and the duel spirit world is through the shadows. The stronger the person and their connection, the stronger they can manipulate the shadows."

"Wow, so where do I start?" Alexis questions a semi wild gleam in her eyes. Jaden smirks at this as he points down.

"You have to start by solidifying your shadow. When you can do that, we can talk about the true manipulation." Jaden laughs as Alexis then looks at her shadow, as it slowly gets darker. With a few heartbeats, the darkened shadow fades to normal, leaving Alexis sweating and gasping for breath.

"Th-that was … why am I … so tired?" Alexis is about to collapse right when Jaden catches her and leaned her head against his chest.

"This power separates your body and soul slightly, giving you the control over the shadows."

"Then how-"

"I have had years to get used to this power, don't worry we can continue tomorrow." When Alexis tried to fight back Jaden narrows his eyes. "No, if you use it when you are tired, it's possible to fade."

"Fade?"

"Turn into a shadow yourself, and disappear, never to appear in the light again."

"How did you not fade then?" Alexis asks as she sits on the stump.

"I had Yubel to really teach me, though I did have a few close calls when I really started." Alexis just stares at Jaden, a straight look for a few seconds, before she starts laughing loudly, shaking softly. Jaden looks at her confused before he starts laughing along with her.

And for the next few minutes, they just sit there laughing.

AND CUT! Finally got this out. Sorry for taking so long, I just haven't felt like writing. Anyway, sorry if this feels rushed, I just hate the whole Harrington bet thing. He just pissed me off like hell.

Welp, review, favorite, and follow if you like this series along with any others you like. Peace my dudes.