Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!

"I'm dueling an Obelisk, and it's Chazz?" Jaden gasped when he saw his opponent.

"Yeah, is that a problem?" Chazz demanded, annoyed at the delay.

"Just kinda thought that I'd be dueling someone in Slifer." Jaden shrugged.

Crowler stepped onto the field. "Yes, well we thought, since you've been doing so well in duels these past few weeks, we'd give you someone more on your level." he explained.

"I've got a bad feeling about this." Syrus muttered

"This is a trap." Sora declared, coming to stand by Syrus and Bastion.

"Agreed. Only a cavalier fool would agree to it." Bastion replied.

"Well, okay then." Jaden shrugged, shocking Bastion and electing an eye roll from Sora. "I'll be happy to beat you, just like in Obelisk Arena." he replied, causing Chazz's brow to twitch, and activating his disk while Chazz did the same.

"Duel!"

Jaden:4000

Chazz:4000

"I'll make the first move." Jaden declared, drawing. A chirp filled his ears and he smiled. Hey Winged Kuriboh, hope you're ready cause we're gonna lay the smackdown on Chazz. "I'll summon an old friend. You remember Clayman, right?" Jaden asked, summoning his top defense monster(DEF:2000). "Hope so, cause he wants to get reacquainted. That's my turn. You're go Chazz."

"Don't think that pile of pebbles is enough to beat me, or this." Chazz sneered, drawing. I am not gonna let this slacker out-duel me again. he thought, looking over his cards. Not what I need, so, "I play Magical Mallet, fresh off the presses."

"Not good." Sora muttered.

"What is it?" Jaden asked, dreading the answer.

"It's a redo. I can put all the cards I don't want back in my deck, shuffle, then draw as many cards as I returned." Chazz explained smugly.

"A rare card on the first draw?" Syrus gasped.

"And a dangerous one." Bastion agreed. "Now he can pick which cards he wants and which cards he doesn't." he explained, watching Chazz reshuffle and draw.

"I haven't even gotten to the best part!" Chazz mocked, playing another Magical Mallet.

"Not again." Sora muttered.

"What can I say? It comes in handy, especially when I'm looking for this! V Tiger Jet(ATK:1600) sharpen your claws for attack mode!" The mechanical tiger appeared with a growl. "And there's more where that came from, check out the magic of Frontline Base."

"Shit, an A-Z deck." Sora swore. With Frontline Base, he can summon a Union monster once per turn, and I can guess which one he's summoning.

"I summon W-Wing Catapult! Gentlemen, start your engines." The catapult took flight, Tiger Jet not far behind. "Now combine into VW-Tiger Catapult(AKT:2000)." Everyone gasped at the powerful monster. "But wait, I'm not done yet, cause he still has his special ability." Chazz grinned.

"I get the feeling I'm not gonna like this." Jaden muttered.

"Give me a break!" Syrus groaned. "Is this guy's turn gonna end this century?"

"By sending a card from my hand to the graveyard, I can switch one of your monsters into attack mode." Jaden grit his teeth as Clayman stood(ATK:800). "So after this Heatseeker Blitz from my Tiger Catapult, your life points are toast." Chazz declared, his monster attacking and destroying Clayman easily.

Jaden:4000-2800

"My goodness, perhaps Jaden can't play with the big boys after all." Crowler said in mock surprise. Though, I am still worried about what Jaden said before the duel started. he mentally admitted.

"I'll finish up with one card facedown." Chazz said.

"Yeah, you finish up, cause I'm just getting warmed up." Jaden quipped, drawing. "And speaking of warmed up, here's a monster that can really turn up the heat. I play Polymerization!"

"Not good." Chazz muttered.

"Now by fusing Avian and Burstinatrix, I can summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman(ATK:2100)." Flame Wingman appeared with a pose worthy of Jojo's, and Jaden smirked. "Now Wingman, fry that Tiger Catapult! Skydive Scorcher!" Jaden ordered, his hero destroying the machine in a firy blaze. "And let's not forget about his special ability, meaning you take damage equal to your monster's atack points." Jaden reminded, letting his monster's mouth-hand shoot a blaze directly at Chazz.

Chazz:4000-3900-2900

"Then I'll throw down two facedowns and end my turn."

"My draw. Hope you're ready." Chazz replied, looking over his cards. Looks like he messed up my initial strategy. Oh well, more than one way to skin a cat. "I know X-Head Cannon is ready, and thanks to Frontline Base, so is Z-Metal Tank."

"That can only mean one thing." Syrus realized.

"Looks like I'm going to need to come out after all." Yubel sighed.

"And now I play Call of the Haunted!" Chazz declared, his facedown revealing itself. "And in case you slept through that class too, it lets me bring back a monster from my graveyard. I summon Y-Dragon Head." the three machines appeared in a flash of light before combining. "And they turn into something even worse. XYZ-Dragon Cannon(ATK:2800)!" Chazz called throwing his arm in the air.

"He's getting cocky." Sora muttered with a smirk.

"Now I'll use its ability. By throwing out a hand card, I can destroy one of your cards. I choose Flame Wingman!" Dragon Cannon took aim before firing, destroying one of Jaden's most powerful monsters. "Now, XYZ-Dragon Cannon, take out the rest of his life points!" Chazz ordered.

"Not so fast, I play a trap!" Jaden declared, his left facedown rising. "A Hero Emerges."

"A Hero what?" Chazz asked dumbly.

"Emerges. Like Emerges out onto my field. Now you pick a card in my hand, and if it's a monster, I can special summon it. So, take your pick."

"Yeah yeah, far right." Chazz replied dryly.

"Thanks, cause I'm summoning Winged Kuriboh(DEF:200)." Jaden declared, the winged fuzzball appearing and getting coos of adoration from the female population of the students.

"He's still got two cards." Sora chuckled, remembering what had happened in the card shack.

"Well, it looks like there's about to be a fried furball on the field, and I like mine well-done. Dragon Cannon, attack!" Chazz ordered, the beams from the monster's weapons firing at the little monster.

"I sacrifice two cards in my hand to activate Transcendent Wings!" Jaden called, his other facedown rising as Kuriboh's wings grew.

"Where did he get that card?" Crowler demanded.

"It can't be!" Chazz gasped, instinctively knowing he was in trouble.

"Oh, it be. Winged Kuriboh's evolved into a level ten monster, and it gets better." Jaden explained, watching the now giant wings of his furry friend blocking the energy beams. "Cause by sacrificing himself, he can destroy all attack position monsters on the field, and hit you for the combined total of their attack points. Show him what I mean, pal!" Jaden ordered, the energy rebounding and destroying the mechanical menace before slamming into Chazz.

Chazz:2900-100

"Lucky punk." the Obelisk snarled.

"Lucky? No, I just have a soft spot for old ladies." Jaden shrugged. "But not for you, and that's bad news, cause all I have to do is draw a monster and I win." he added, and drew. "I summon Hero Kid(ATK:300). Attack!" the supersuit-wearing child appeared and immedietly sent a shockwave at Chazz, knocking him on his back.

Chazz:100-0

The crowd was speechless before erupting into cheers. "Jaden did it!" Syrus cheered.

"As expected." Sora chuckled.

"This can't be!" Crowler growled. "Not with all the rare cards I gave Chazz, there's no way this is possible!"

"And just what are you talking about Crowler?" Sheppard asked suspicously.

"N-Nothing. I'm going to go grade some tests." Crowler replied quickly, storming out of the room with Sheppard's laughter following.

Meanwhile, Jaden was drinking in the cheers before looking at his fallen opponent. "That's game, Chazz, unless you wanna duel again?" he asked, almost sounding hopeful.

"Don't worry, we will." the Obelisk spat, storming out of the arena.

"Nice work, Jaden." Sora complimented, coming up with Syrus and Bastion.

"Way to play, Jay!" Syrus added happily.

"That was very well done, Jaden." Sheppard called over the PA. "Never in the history of the school has a Slifer dueled an Obelisk in these exams. Not only did you hold your own, you won! Such courage against overwhelming odds is...inspiring."

"As if you could expect anything less from my beloved." Yubel said proudly.

"It is with great pride I promote you to Ra Yellow, good job!" The stadium erupted into even more cheers as Jaden's friends congratulated him.

...

"You're not staying, are you?" Sora asked as he walked toward the Ra dorms. "Not until Syrus comes too at the very least."

"Nah," Jaden replied, following his friend up the stairs to his dorm. "But come on, don't you think red is my color? I wouldn't look all that good in yellow."

"I'm sure our Yandere Dragon Girl would disagree." Sora quipped.

"I AM NOT A YANDERE!" Yubel shouted, pouting when Sora, Jaden, and Wynn all laughed. "So, did you look into the abandoned dorm?" she asked more calmly.

"Yeah, there's residual shadow energy there. Nothing to worry about, but it bears investigating if it has something to do with those damned games or the presence on the island." the wind duelist replied. "I'll check it out some other time. Until then, I recommend staying away." he added.

"So it's no threat for now?" Jaden asked. Sora shook his head. "Alright, guess I better head home then."

"What about the Giant?" Sora asked.

"No leads, but we'll keep looking." Jaden replied before turning to go back the way he came.

"Stay out of trouble, Jaden!" Sora warned.

"No promises!" the slifer replied, waving over his shoulder.

And done! So, I'll admit to a lack of variation in this one, but hey, whatever! So what did you guys think? Good? Bad? Not enough? Leave a review with your thoughts, and to the guest leaving the Please Update reviews, could you put a little more effort into it than that? I get you seem to like the story, but I'd like to know why. Well, until next time! Oh! And a big thanks to Wowza48 for pointing out my little booboo in the last chapter, it should be fixed now.