Sekhmet: And this chapter rounds out the first half of the season.
Susano-o: Yes, and brings everyone's favorite character…
Sekhmet: Oh don't flatter him, only edgelords like that guy.
Susano-o: Eh debatable.
Sekhmet: Anyways, on with the show!
Duel 17: Express Yourself
After Crowler and Rose's talk the tension between the three dorms slowly started to ease up. Crowler cracked the whip on the Obelisk Blues to stop their abuse of the Slifer Reds, they moaned and groaned, but a few vague threats about their abuse being put on their permanent record or reported to the police they cooled down. Sartyr was also informed and he told the older students to stop as well as, luckily for him, Bastion had been speaking to the other first years. His logical arguments combined with them having spent a large part of their time with Yuko and the like showed them that the Slifer's weren't any different from them as such they hadn't been indoctrinated into the "Hate the Slifer's" cult yet (fear of Rose's retaliation was also a driving factor).
Midori, Rose, and Yuko started pushing the Slifer Dorm to be better (again under threats of their shins being punched) and they quickly started getting on track, raising their scores and turning the Slifer Dorms into a respectable dorm. Rose even broke out a set of carpenter's tools to try and repair the male dorms, and ended up breaking the water line, this however did prompt Crowler to put more funding into the Slifer Dorm repairs.
"Well this is great," Rose said with a smile as she watched the repairman fixing the male dorms roof.
"I know, the climate's changed so much over the last few days. I feel great." Yuko said, observing the repairs as well.
"And now today's the day!" Rose yelled happily jumping on the roof. "The Inter-School Duel, I get a chance to kick the ass of another school! Allowing us to assert our authority as the superior school!"
"Yep, and for once nothing comparatively serious is at stake." Yuko said.
"What there is something extremely big at stake!" Rose yelled.
"How so? Most of our other duels has our souls or academic ruination at stakes, compared to that this is nothing." Yuko said.
"Yuko this is even more serious than that!" Rose yelled. "What's at stake here is the most important thing in the world!"
"It's literally friendly competition between two schools." Yuko said.
"No it's a school duel for bragging rights!" Rose explained. "Those are the most important things in the world!"
"Bragging rights are overrated." Yuko said.
"Bragging rights are everything, I assert my authority with them," Rose countered.
"It's just words, kids make up bragging rights all the time." Yuko argued.
"Yeah but do their words allow them to battering ram their way through the blue dorms," Rose asked smugly.
"I mean, probably, but most people wouldn't do that anyway." Yuko said.
"Ah but I am not most people young Padawan," Rose said in a very good impression of Mr. Miyagi.
"Eh?" Yuko said, confused by Rose's mixed references.
"Guys!" Syrus called, waving as he approached.
Yuko waved back. "What's up?" She asked.
"It's almost time to go to the docks! The submarine from North Academy is approaching the school." He explained.
"Oh right the meet and greet, Rose said sliding off the roof and onto the deck. "Well let's go then," She said slapping Syrus's butt. "Lead the way Jeeves!"
Syrus blushes like crazy, and Yuko growled at Rose's actions. "Yeah, let's go." She muttered, and grabbed Syrus' hand, racing ahead with him in tow.
"Yuko he's suppose to be leading us!" Rose laughed as she ran to catch up with them. This only caused Yuko to run faster. She had a limit though, and Rose easily caught up with them in a few minutes. "You need to run with me and Midori sometime," Rose laughed.
"Not a chance. I don't get enough sleep as is." Yuko huffed, maintaining a constant speed and talking at the same time were taxing on her lungs.
"You go to bed early and sleep in later that the rest of us how do you not get enough sleep?"
"Don't judge me!" Yuko huffed. The two made their way across campus and down to the docks in a flash thanks to their running.
Rose smirked as she got closer and ran her tongue across Yuko's cheek. "I taste a liar," She said smirking.
"That's disgusting!" Yuko cried, and wiped the drool off her cheek.
"You shouldn't have lied," Rose chuckled. "I can tell if someone is lying simply by looking at them because their skin will glisten due to them sweating, and the sweat of a liar tastes sweeter than normal."
"That's bullshit and you know it." Yuko argued.
"But you believe it," Rose countered smirking.
"But I DON'T believe it." Yuko argued.
"Oh really?" Rose asked with a big smirk. "Want me to check again?" Rose asked moving in to lick her cheek again. In response, Yuko full on picked up Syrus and ran as fast as she could towards the docks. A small crowd had already gathered. "Now you wanna try this while carrying someone, are you trying to die?!" Rose laughed as she watched her friend huff and puff from exertion while she simply sped up her to her jogging speed.
"You should know I'm stubborn as hell." Yuko sputtered. She was almost there.
"And you have no stamina," Rose laughed. "Also you're about to drop Syrus!"
With her last bit of energy, she sprinted to the back of the crowd and simultaneously hoisted Syrus to a standing position, tripping and skidding a few feet on her stomach.
"I'm gonna get Midori to start working you out," Rose smirked as she walked to the front of the crowd, but not before spinning around and throwing out a heart hand sign to Yuko, "Love you," She mouthed. Yuko only grumbled in response.
"Ah Foster good to see you," Chancellor Sheppard said with a smile as he grabbed Chancellor Foster's hand. "How have you been?"
"I've been well, ever since I got over the crushing defeat you handed us last year." Foster replied.
"Oh it was a close match," Sheppard said smiling.
"It really wasn't." Foster replied, slight pettiness in his voice. "But this year I have a feeling it will be."
"Well to a spirited duel between our two schools!" Sheppard said ignoring the petiness Foster was showing. "Now I'd like to introduce our representative, Ms. Rose Warren."
Rose smiled as she walked over to stand beside Sheppard. "Heyo!" She said with a two finger salute.
"Rose, so you're this year's phenom." Foster said.
"Aww thanks," Rose said blushing with a big smirk. "Yeah I guess I am, so who am I gonna be dueling?" She asked looking around.
"That would be me!" A familiar voice call out from the submarine.
Yuko pokes her head out of the crowd to look around. "Who's that, they sound familiar." Once she set her eyes on the voice's owner, she paled. "Oh no!"
"Oh no?" Syrus said, trying to see what she saw.
"Oh yeah!" Chazz said smirking from his spot on the submarine where he was decked out in a black version of his old outfit. "Hello again Slifer Slackers," He said crossing his arm.
"Wait who are you again?" Rose asked scratching her head. "Have we met before?" She joked with a condescending smirk.
Chazz's eyebrow twitched. "It's me Chazz Princeton!" He yelled walking up to her. "Or as I'm called now, Black Thunder Chazz!" He yelled.
"Chazz Thunder! Chazz Thunder!" The rest of the North Academy student's chanted.
Rose said nothing as she shuffled her way over to Yuko. "...Oh shit that's good," She whispered.
"Eh, I've heard better." Yuko whispered back, a bit tongue in cheek.
"Yeah but now I can't have a nickname!" Rose hissed. "I'd be accused of copying him!"
"You don't seem like the nickname type anyway." Yuko whispered.
"True, but now I really can't have one!"
"Hey!" Chazz yelled. "Are you even listening to me?"
"No now shut up!" Rose yelled making Chazz's eyebrow twitch even more as the rest of the North Academy student's moved into to try and intimidate Rose.
"And this is exactly why I left!" Chazz yelled. "I was sick of not getting the respect I deserved, but now I'm the top dog!"
"-But now it's payback time," One of his goons with a thick russian accent said. "You won't give him respect so he'll take it!"
"Chazz couldn't even take forty cakes when no one was looking do you really think he'll be taking my respect?" Rose asked with a raised eyebrow and a smirk. "Chazz be honest, we all know you're not demanding my respect, you're demanding my attention."
Before Chazz could respond, the wind kicked up fiercely. Everyone looked to the sky, and two helicopters had appeared out of nowhere, the contents of one of them holding two men in business suits.
"Hey Chazz!" One of them leered.
"What's up little brother? Mind if we drop in?" The other one sneered.
"Slade, Jagger, why are you here?" Chazz asked with a glare.
"Why else? To celebrate your dueling victory!" Slade said as the helicopters landed. The wind kicked up by them blew Yuko's beanie off her head, but she caught it and held it on until the wind died back down. "You ARE gonna win, right Chazz?" A camera crew jumped out of the second helicopter and started directing the brothers.
"Excuse me what's going on?" Foster asked.
"I think you mean WHEN you're going on, and the answer is primetime baby! This duel's gonna be broadcast worldwide!" The producer announced.
"Worldwide?!" Yuko balked, starting to shove hair into her beanie.
"Worldwide?" Rose asked as well with a big smile. "Oh this is gonna be fun," She laughed giving the camera a big smirk and a V-for victory. "Hey Mother Amanda, I told you I'd make it to the big screen!" She said happily. "Now watch me fly because I'm gonna set heaven itself on fire!"
….
"You set it up didn't you!" Chazz accused his brother's as the waited for the camera crew to set up.
"Well of course we did. We need the world to see you're on your way to becoming Duel Monsters' best. It's all part of the plan." Slade explained.
"Yeah yeah," Chazz muttered.
"Look, world domination is ours for the taking, as long as we do our parts." Jagger said.
"And we have. Now it's your turn bro. To conquer the world of Duel Monsters, to be the best." Slade added.
"And to not give up. Did you really think you could get away from your duties? Get away from us by dropping out of Duel Academy?" Jagger accused. Chazz started to stutter out an explanation. "Don't deny it! You've always been the slacker of this family!"
"It doesn't matter. The point is, you can still turn this around and show that we're supreme." Slade said.
Jagger held out a briefcase. "And these dueling cards are gonna help you. They're the most expensive out there, so you've got no excuse. Don't let us down Chazz. Don't let the Princeton name down. It's all on you. Now go and win."
…
Yuko came walking around the corner moments later. "No cameras here, it's safe to take my hat off." She thought, and took it off to scratch an itch on her head. A pounding from a nearby room startled her.
"MAN UP CHAZZ!" A voice yelled over the pounding sound. "MAN UP!"
Yuko froze just outside the door. "Is that Chazz?" She thought, but didn't dare peek inside.
"Come on, show them that Chazz Princeton is no slacker! That you're worth of the Princeton name! And that you can win, and keep winning over and over!" He cried breathing heavily. "You've got to do your part Chazz, show them that you are supreme, it's the plan!"
Yuko bit her lip. "He's the same as me… I shouldn't be here." With that final thought, she scampered off down the hall. Unfortunately, her footsteps were too loud not to be noticed.
"What! Who's there?" Chazz yelled at the doorway.
"Shit!" She thought, and froze in place.
Chazz stuck his head out of the doorway. "What are you doing here?!" He accused angrily. "How much did you hear?"
"A lot. Probably too much." She admitted. "I get it though, I really do."
"What do you mean?" Chazz asked angrily.
"The whole 'living up to expectations' stuff. It's hard at best, depressing at worst." She said.
"Oh please," He snarked. "What would a Slifer Sludge like you know about expectations?"
"Plenty." She said, and taking a deep breath, turned around. "I know what it's like to live in the shadow of the greatest duelist to ever walk the earth."
Chazz looked at her hair and raised an eyebrow, before a second later it clicked and his eyes widened slightly. "Wait a minute, no there's no way you're related to..." He trailed off.
"Sister." Yuko said.
"How?" He asked stunned.
"My parents had another kid?" Yuko offered.
"How come no one knew?" He asked. "Yugi's a star, how did you escape the press?"
"I was only eight when my brother started climbing the ranks. It wasn't like many people cared about a little girl who hadn't even registered for her first tournament yet." Yuko explained.
"But what about school, your friends had to know you and your brother?" Chazz asked stunned that she was able to do something he hadn't been able to do.
"By then, it was just something people acknowledged. My whole world didn't just flip upside down because of one tournament. It was always Yugi they were after, not me." She explained.
"Wow," He muttered sitting down on a bench. "I think I need to take a minute," He said nodding towards the chair. "Sit right there." Yuko complied as Chazz centered himself. "You really are like me," he offered weakly.
"Yeah. To be fair though, once I started entering local tournaments, the pressure was on. I've only been able to cope with the expectations others have for me through my brother and his friends." Yuko said.
"Yeah well my brothers aren't exactly the helpful type," Chazz snorted bitterly.
"Honestly, I always pictured you as a guy who would do the opposite that someone said just because they said you should." Yuko admitted.
"No," Chazz said defeated. "I'm a follower, I've followed my brother's plans all my life," He said begrudgingly. "As much as I hate her, I envy that Rose can do that, she never follows what anyone says," He snarked. "She makes her own way through."
"You still can, you know." Yuko said.
"What do you mean?" Chazz asked with a confused look.
"If you want to break free of these metaphorical chains, what better opportunity do you have than here? When you set foot on that stage, you are no longer Chazz Princeton. Not anymore. You are THE Black Thunder Chazz, scourge of Duel Academy! You are a man who bows to no one. You forge your own destiny, and no one will tell you otherwise." Yuko explained, hoping what she said would make sense.
Chazz sat there for what felt like hours staring unblinkingly at her, not a single muscle moving besides his chest as he breathed.
"Oh Ra I've broken him." Yuko thought. "Maybe if I just leave, he won't remember I exist…"
"You're right," He said suddenly. "I am Black Thunder Chazz!" He yelled. "And Black Thunder Chazz will not let his brother's control his destiny like Chazz Princeton did!" He said walking to his dressing room, completely forgetting Yuko sitting there on the bench.
"I feel good about how today went." Yuko thought, and headed towards the arena, stuffing her hair back into her beanie.
…
"Hey!" Syrus yelled over the raging crowd and director's instructions as Yuko took a seat beside him. "What took you so long the duels about to start?"
"Just doing my part." Yuko replied, intentionally keeping the truth vague.
"What do you mean?" Syrus asked. Before she could divert attention, the lights cut out for introductions.
"Attention students!" Chancellor Sheppard yelled from where him and Chancellor Foster where standing.
"Welcome to the school," Chancellor Foster finished.
"Let this years competition begin!" The two yelled and the crowd went wild. "Dr. Crowler introduce the duelists."
"With pleasure! After all, these are two duelists that I know personally! And personally I just adore them!" Crowler announced. "Now first, from North Academy-"
(AC/DC-Thunderstruck)
Before he could continue the lights went out before a rock song started playing over the speakers, with the spotlights moving in time with the beat of the drums.
"THUNDER!" The entire student body of North Academy screamed in one voice. "THUNDER!" They chanted as Chazz walked out of his entrance with a single spotlight pointed at him. "CHAZZ THUNDER! CHAZZ THUNDER!" The students yelled loud enough to shake the rafters. "THUNDERSTRUCK!"
Yuko's arms flailed as she mimicked a drummer playing the song. "Aw man, I'm a sucker for AC/DC!" She yelled, although nobody could hear her but Syrus.
"Well I'm glad YOU'RE having fun!" Syrus tried to yell back, hands over his ears.
"I don't need your introduction scrub!" Chazz yelled. "Everyone knew me at Chazz Princeton, but he's gone now because he was tired of your disrespect, you can all call me Black Thunder Chazz now!" Chazz yelled throwing his fist up.
"Chazz Thunder! Chazz Thunder!" The North Academy students yelled back.
"I beg your pardon?! Scrubs don't have PHDs in Dueling!" Crowler balked, somehow tying himself up in the microphone's cables. "-Although knot tying may have been a better major. Or untying really!" He said, trying to untangle himself but falling off the stage in the process. Once he had untangled himself he brushed himself off and stood up. "And now, from Duel Academy, introducing Rose Warren!"
(Dio-Holy Diver)
The lights went out again, this time they stayed out as a haunting melody accompanied by the sounds of wind and a single keyboard filled the arena with an eerie vibe, before the sounds of low bass rift was heard and a guitar rift started playing, with all the lights pointed at Rose who was walking out of the entrance. "Holy Diver! You've been down too long in the midnight sea oh what's becoming of me!" The Duel Academy student's sang with all their might. "Ride the tiger, you can see his stripes but you know he's clean! Oh don't you see what I mean!"
"It's a cool coincidence that both schools picked hard rock for the entrance themes. It feels more like a wrestling match!" Yuko thought.
"Good luck Rose! I know you can beat him!" Midori shouted, although her cheer was lost in the music.
"Gotta get away! Holy Diver, yeah!" Rose sang back as she walked towards Chazz, she had exchanged her standard uniform for a white a trench coat-length gakuran/tsume-eri and a white cap, to show that she represented the school and not the Slifer Dorm. "Well Chazz," Rose said with a smirk. "You ready to duel?" She asked throwing off the cap and flinging the jacket into the air leaving her in a white tank top and white pants with a black belt and shoes. "Thought I will admit, you won the introduction," She concluded with a small nod of respect.
"I am ready to duel you slacker," Chazz said glaring. "I've been waiting for this for a long time.
"Alright then," Rose said smirking.
"Let's duel!"
…
"Let's get this storm going!" Chazz yelled drawing his card. "I'll set a monster and end my turn."
"It's time to duel and there's no backing down," Rose smiled as she drew her first card. "Alright then, I'll set a monster and play 'Double Summon' to allow me to summon 'Elemental Hero Stratos' (1800/300) this allows me to add a 'Hero' monster from my deck to my hand finally I'll set two cards and end my turn."
"Alright Slacker," Chazz said smirking. "I play 'Armed Dragon LV3' (1200/900)!" He yelled as a orange and tan dragon appeared on the field and throwing a few shadow punches. "And now I play 'Level Up!' this allows me target a 'LV' monster I control and sent it to the graveyard to special summon a monster from my hand or deck that is listed in the text, so goodbye 'LV3' and hello 'Armed Dragon LV5' (2400/1700)!" The little dragon glared at Rose as it was surrounded in a bright pillar of light where he evolved into a much larger red and black dragon covered in spikes. "Now I'll flip up my 'Masked Dragon' (1400/1100) but first 'Armed Dragon LV5' attack that pathetic hero with Armed Buster!"
"Level monsters? That's not good." Yuko murmured.
"What do you mean?" Syrus asked.
"Level monsters are tricky things. As you just saw, they 'Level up' under certain circumstances. My brother used to pit me against a deck with Level monsters when we dueled sometimes. Simply put, Rose is on a time limit unless she can stop them from getting stronger."
Armed Dragon LV5 roared with power and swung both his arms down at 'Stratos' "Yeah not gonna happen, go 'Mirror Gate'!" Rose yelled activating her face down card. "Now we swap monsters, and you take the damage I would have taken," Rose explained smirking as the two monsters flipped around on the field and 'Stratos' exploded on Chazz's field (Chazz LP: 8000-7400). Chazz hissed in annoyance. "Alright then, 'Masked Dragon' attack that facedown!" The smaller dragon fired a small fireball at Rose's facedown which flipped over to reveal a green hero with a wooden arm and leg (1000/2000).
"Oops," Rose laughed. "Not strong enough to destroy my 'Woodsman'," she joked as 'Woodsman' smacked the fireball back at 'Masked Dragon' (Chazz LP: 7400-6800).
Chazz snarled but then smiled evil. "You're not gonna be so smug in a second, because I end my turn, and now since my 'LV5' destroyed a monster this turn, I can sacrifice his to summon 'Armed Dragon LV7'!" He yelled as his dragon evolved again, this time gaining silver wings and highlights as he doubled in size (2800/1000).
"That's not 'Licious." Chumley observed.
"She's still got this. She's been in tougher spots." Midori said.
"…Well shit," Rose said looking up the at Chazz's dragon. "That's a big'un," She joked drawing a card. "Well let's do this, first 'Woodsman's' effect activates so I can add a 'Polymerization' from my deck or graveyard to my hand, and now I'll play 'E-Emergency Call' to add a 'Elemental Hero' to my hand, now I'll fuse my 'Woodsman' with my 'Necroshade' to create 'Elemental Hero Gaia' (2200/2600)!" Rose yelled as her giant monster appeared behind her. "Now he gets to half the attack of your 'Armed Dragon LV7' and add it to his attack!" (Gaia 2200-3600/2600) (LV7 2800-1400/1000). "Go 'Gaia' hit him hard with Continental Hammer!" 'Gaia' reared back and slammed his fist down on Chazz's dragon with the force of a meteor (Chazz LP: 6800-4600).
"Damn it," Chazz growled as he looked back at the rest of the North Academy students who where watching the duel is pure shock that their best duelist was getting creamed. "Damn it, damn it, damn it!" He yelled grabbing his head not caring they where on live TV. "Why are you so good!" He yelled angrily. "How come I can't beat you, I need to beat you!"
Yuko's eyes narrowed. "Don't break down Chazz. You're a man that bows to no one."
"What are you talking about?" Syrus asked.
Yuko jumped in her seat. "It's nothing."
"It doesn't sound like nothing." Syrus pressed.
"I'll tell you later." Yuko said.
"Chazz what's wrong?" Rose asked raising an eyebrow.
"I need to beat you!" Chazz yelled. "If I don't I'll still be a slacker!"
"For the love of Ra Chazz nut up and fight!" Rose yelled back. "We're in the middle of a duel not a fucking episode of the Jerry Springer Show, it's suppose to be fun!"
Chazz stepped back at that. "What?" He asked.
"Oh my Ra this is a children's card game not a duel with a demon," Rose said with a sigh. "It's suppose to be fun!"
"Fun?" Chazz asked.
"You know fun," Rose said smiling. "F is for friends who do stuff together, U is for you and me!"
"N is for anywhere and anytime at all!" Midori yelled from the stands.
"Down here is the deep blue sea!" The entire student body yelled.
"So stop getting yourself worked up into a giant ball of stress and anger and just have some fun!" Rose yelled walking over to Chazz and holding out her hand. "After all if North Academy loses again you'll have to put up with my bragging for the entire year."
Chazz gulped as he looked over at his brothers, seeing their glare Chazz made a decision. "Yeah," He said smirking. "Let's do this," He said shaking her hand.
Yuko smiled. "There's the Chazz I know."
"What are you so happy about?" Bastion asked.
"It's just nice to see someone change for the better." Yuko said vaguely.
"Alright then," Rose said cracking her knuckles. "I set a card and end my turn."
"Alright," Chazz said drawing a card. "I play 'The Graveyard in the Fourth Dimension' to add two 'LV' monsters back to my deck, and then I'll summon 'Armed Dragon LV3' (1200/900), I'll switch 'Masked Dragon' to defense mode, set two cards and end my turn."
"Ok then," Rose said raising an eyebrow in suspicion. "Well then you're gonna love this move, I summon 'Elemental Hero Bladedge'!" She yelled showing off her a level 7 monster.
"That's one shiny toy. But doesn't she have to make two sacrifices to summon it?" Syrus asked.
"I'm sure there's an explanation." Bastion said.
"See when I summoned 'Gaia' I used 'Necroshade' who's effect allows me normal summon a level 5 or higher monster once while he's in the graveyard," Rose explained as her shiny robotic hero landed on the field (2600/1800). "Now 'Bladedge attack 'Masked Dragon' with Slice and Dice Attack, oh and by the way, he inflicts piercing damage," She chuckled as 'Bladedge' slashed Chazz's dragon in two (Chazz LP: 4600-3100).
"Thanks now I get to summon a dragon type monster with 1500 or less attack from my deck, so come on out 'Armed Dragon LV3' in defense mode(1200/900)."
"Now he's got two of them. This could get really dicey if Rose doesn't do something quick." Zane said.
"Rose has this. She handled it well last time, and she's got a leading advantage as well." Alexis said confidently.
"Well then, Gaia destroy the attack mode dagon!" Rose ordered (Chazz LP: 3100-2100). "And I'll end my turn."
"Well then you know what's coming, come back out 'Armed Dragon LV5' (2400/1700), and now i can use his special ability, by sending a monster to my graveyard I can destroy one monster on the field with equal or less attack, so I'll send 'Despair from the Dark' to destroy your 'Elemental Hero Bladedge' go 'Armed Dragon' Shrapnel Blast!" He ordered as hundreds of tiny spike missiles shot off of 'LV5's' body and flew at 'Bladedge', destroying him in rain of death. "Now go 'Armed Dragon' destroy 'Elemental Hero Gaia'!"
Rose sighed as she watched the attack come closer to him. "Sorry Chazz," She said shaking her head. "-But it's over, I play 'Battleguard Howling' you attacked a warrior monster, so I get to return one of your monsters to your hand and inflict damage to your life points equal to his attack, and I choose 'Armed Dragon LV5'," She ordered at the sound wave from her card flipped Chazz's dragon over, where he landed on top of Chazz (Chazz LP: 2100-0). "Game over," Rose finished as the holograms disappeared.
"That was totally wicked!" Yuko shouted, and jumped several obstacles to get to Rose. The rest of their friends followed in sequence.
"Thanks Yuko," Rose said softly with a hug and a smile. "Hang on for a sec," She said letting go and walking over to brooding Chazz. "Hey Black Thunder," Rose said with a big smile. "Nice duel," She said holding out her hand to help him up.
Chazz looked at the hand with a blank look before what she said clicked and he blinked. "What did you say?" He asked.
"Oh does the great Black Thunder Chazz needs some hearing aids?" Rose asked with a chuckle. "Come on grandpa get up and shake my hand," Chazz glared at Rose, but let out a smirk as he stood up and took her hand, leading to the entire arena cheering for the good show of sportsmanship. The sentiment was not shared by everyone, however.
"You loser! You dog! You've disgraced yourself, you've disgraced the Princeton name." Jagger sneered as the two brothers approached the gathering.
"You are no brother of ours anymore." Slade added.
"Hey fuck you!" Rose yelled.
"Yeah!" Chazz yelled standing up to his brothers. "I'd like to see you two do any better, you couldn't duel your way out of a wet paper bag! A preschooler with a starter deck could beat you!" He yelled jabbing a finger into Slader's chest.
"Do you know how much we spent on this duel?" Slade asked.
"The cameras, the cards, none of which you used I might add!" Jagger added angrily, then turned to Rose. "And who do you think you are? We could have you crushed."
This time it was Yuko who spoke up. "Ohoho, are you trying to start shit? Cause I REALLY hope you are." She said, flicking on her terror aura slightly. By this point the rest of the group had also made their way down to the arena
"Feh, It doesn't matter anyway. Since this didn't work, we'll just buy the school and crush it!" Slade declared.
This set Rose off, and since it had been weeks since she had blow up at someone, she had a lot of saved up insults. "What? Wanna say that again?! You wanna repeat that?! You fucking prick?! Huh?! You wanna fucking start something?! C'mon, let's go, nine on two, Red versus Blue, no camp kills, we'll fuck you up!" Rose yelled getting right up in Slade's face.
Jagger took a step towards them. "J-just calm down, guys -" He tired to stammer out.
" Shut the fuck up, Jagger!" Chazz yelled cutting him off as he shoved his brother back. "We're all pumped! We're ready to fucking go! Let's do this!"
"Grrr," Chumley growled.
"That's right, prison rules!" Rose yelled with the come at me bro stance. "Yuko hasn't eaten in days!"
Yuko turned up the aura. "I want the one on the left…" she muttered demonically with a matching smile.
"Me too," Chazz said smirking.
Slade and Jagger took one look at the group, most of which didn't seem to really understand what was going on but where content to help by glaring at the two brothers, before turning around and running away at full speed.
"Yeah, that's right! You better fucking walk away. You dumb bastards! Huh! Huh?!" Rose yelled after them.
"Umm," Bastion said nervously. "You all do realize that the cameras were still rolling," he said pointing at the camera crew on their lifts. Yuko almost immediately curled up in a ball on the floor.
"Get up," Rose said hauling her to her feet. "We look great compared to those two dumbasses."
"Yeah," Chazz said with an evil smile. "Their careers are ruined," He laughed.
"Well, at least no one knows who I am." Yuko muttered.
"Well after all that," Sheppard said with a smile as Foster stood beside him grumbling. "I think it's time to hand out the prize, given out by our own Ms. Dorothy!"
Ms. Dorothy smiled as she walked over to the two and gave Sheppard a kiss on the cheek.
"...that's it?" Rose asked a blushing Sheppard. "That's the entire prize...why didn't anyone say anything?" Rose yelled angrily looking at Zane and Midori.
"Your reaction," He said with a tiny smile. "And it was worth it." Midori agreed with a giggling smile.
"Well that was anticlimactic." Yuko observed.
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"I'll be back next year my love!" Chancellor Foster yelled from their submarine.
"I want one of them," Rose said smiling. 'Yeah I'm gonna get myself a submarine."
"How? You need a minimum of like, ten people just to drive one." Yuko said.
"Nope too late, I'm getting one," Rose said determined.
"Well the North Academy one only takes one person to drive," Chazz said shrugging.
"They're not exactly for sale in a catalogue either though." Yuko said.
"Well where did the-hang on Chazz what are you still doing here!" Syrus asked.
"I'm staying," Chazz said smirking. "Besides, I missed Alexis," He said with a lovesick sigh.
"I got some bad news for you Chazz…" Yuko thought.
"Chazz I hate to tell you this but," Bastion said pointing over at Rose and Alexis who were cuddling together on the dock. "You're a bit late on the draw."
Chazz watched the two of them snuggle with a deadpan stare. "Come back!" He yelled before jumping into the ocean to swim after them. "I want to go back!"
"Nope too late, you're hangin with us now!" Yuko said.
Rose and Alexis blissfully ignored the insanity as the snuggled together, unaware of what the next few days were gonna bring them...