Chazz lay in his bed with arms behind his head staring at the ceiling. His gut was in knots and he couldn't figure out why. Something felt off and he really couldn't put his finger on it. He heaved a sigh and jerked to a sitting position to look around the sorry excuse for a room.

Thinking back to his Obelisk Blue days with the large rooms and maid services… yeah he regretted taking advantage of it. There were boxes piled up with his old clothes, he outright refused to wear the Slifer Red jackets and instead stuck with the black outfit he got from North Academy. He was Chazz Princeton! He was an Obelisk elite, not a Slifer slacker!

"Hey boss you look stressed!" That annoying high pitched voice said. Chazz felt the light weight of his freaking duel spirit settle on his left shoulder. "Oh yeah, just look at all this tension building up."

Chazz whipped his neck around to see the ugly yellow creature, Ojama Yellow. Looking at him, caused Chazz's blood pressure to soar.

"YOU!" Finally he had a target for this feeling. "If you want to be helpful, get lost!" The thing started crying rivers of tears. Chazz started swatting at him as Ojama dodged nimbly. "And if you want to see pressure-" Chazz clapped his hands together, effectively squashing him. "There, finally some peace and quiet."

"What's up?" Judai's voice sounded from behind him.

Chazz jumped like some poked him with a hot prod and he yelped. Whipping his head around he glared at the Slifer slacker only to see that it wasn't just him. Sho stood next to him and looked worriedly at Chazz. A hot flush crept up Chazz's normally pale cheeks.

"Ever hear of knocking?" he couldn't stop himself from snapping out.

Both Judai and Sho looked at each other in confusion. Finally they looked back to Chazz, who was still kneeling in the middle of his bed, that took up pretty much the entire room. Judai snickered and Sho sighed.

"Well we would have, but your door is all the way over there," Judai said pointing about five feet away.

Chazz froze and sucked in a breath. His face got even hotter from the embarrassment. "Not funny!" he exclaimed watching Judai start laughing and Sho gave a snicker.

"Yeah you know what is though?" Judai gave a devious look as he start to jump. Chazz felt the foreboding feeling coming back with a vengeance. Leaping over to the bed, Judai started to bounce. "This is!"

Sho watched in amusement as Judai bounced on the bed, forcing Chazz to be bounced around. Looking over his shoulder to make sure there wasn't anyone looking.

"By the way Chazz, Samejima wants to see you!" Judai gave a laugh as he bounced.

"Chancellor Samejima? But why?" Chazz managed to get out in between bounces.

"Not sure, he told Judai and I to come find you." Sho laughed and for a few moments felt like a kid, something he missed.

The three of them made their way to Samejima's office. On the way, they passed Ryo and Yusuke. Chazz took a moment to really look at the two Obelisk elites . They were sitting at one of the outdoor cafe tables and Ryo appeared to be showing Yusuke photographs. The seaweed Duelist looked at them in deep concentration, as if trying to force himself to remember. Chazz felt a pang of envy. Even with his missing memories, Yusuke still has a brothery bond with his best friend Ryo and Ryo also loves Sho despite them being distant. In a way their bond is better than his brothers, Jagger and Slade, treated him. He knew the world was unfair, but that was just below the belt in his opinion.

The group walked into the main building and wound their way through the hallways to Samejima's office. Sho was in front and Judai walked right next to Chazz. The Slifer Slacker treated Chazz better than his own blood.

They walked into Samejima's office and found him sitting at his desk with a look of concern on his face. Professor Banner was sitting on the couch in the corner, stroking his cat. It gave them all the vibe of an evil mastermind, but all were wise enough to not say it outloud.

"I have some urgent news Chazz. Duel Academy is in need of you to save it!" Samejima got right to the point.

All three students went still. This couldn't be another Shadow Rider, they all had keys and all knew that they were the ones that stood between the evil ones. Three sets of eyes met and then turned directly to Samejima.

"What do you mean?" Chazz demanded.

"Someone wants to shut us down and gain control of the entire dueling world. This school is ranked the best and almost all of our students go on to the pro-leagues. By shutting us down, they can stop that influx and control who gets to the professionals and who doesn't." Samejima took a breath and steepled his fingers. "Fortunately for us though, our owner has given us a way out. As long as the champion of Duel Academy wins the duel, they have no chance."

"Let me duel them then! They can't shut this place down!" Judai cried out.

"The challenger has already been chosen." Samejima met Chazz's charcoal eyes. "Chazz, they picked you."

Suddenly the screen in the room beeped and flickered. Professor Banner stood up and walked over to it. Leaning over the keyboard, he keyed in a password. "I believe this is them, Chancellor."

"Put them on screen," Samejima demanded.

The screen flicked on and low and behold there were the faces of Chazz's brothers, Jagger and Slade. Suddenly the bad feeling Chazz had all day made perfect sense. Anytime these two were planning something and he would get the crap end, he got this feeling. When was he going to learn to trust his instincts.

"It's your brothers Chazz!" Judai pointed out the obvious.

These two, who were supposed to protect and support him as older brothers, chose to tear him down, and disown him when it suited them.

"Lousy scrubs! What do you want?" Chazz demanded.

"Come on Chazz, don't you know?" Slade, the one with the curled out hair and goatee spoke first. "Jagger."

"Same thing." Jagger who had short hair and looked like he wore too much eyeliner spoke next.

"Complete world domination," they spoke in creepy unison.

"Remember? It was our little family project," Slade continued.

"Heh, your project maybe," Chazz interrupted. He was not about to stand there and listen to them scold him like a child.

"Well now it pretty much has to be, now doesn't it Chazz?" Slade hissed.

"That's right, because you couldn't pull your weight," Slade finished finished.

"If you succeed in defeating Slade with all your 500 or lower ATK monsters, then you will have to defeat me using your powerful deck and if you win we will leave your school alone that's the deal". Jagger"s said

"He can't say no. It's already been decided. I shall be your opponent. After all you are, what you duel with," Slade cackled as the screen went blank.

With shoulders still hunched, Chazz turned toward the door. Everytime he found something for himself, his brothers had to take it away. They didn't want him to have anything and it hurt even after they had been doing it all his life.

"Best we better start packing," he mumbled.

"Hold on Chazz you can do it! I know you can!" Judai exclaimed from behind him.

"You're wrong, I can't." With that he walked out of the office, defeated before the duel even started

"Ohhhhhhhhh," Momoe moaned as she sat back on the couch of the Slifer Red Dorm common room, "Where is he?!" She looked around, seeing Asuka and Junko seated around the room. Junko with Momoe on the couch, and Asuka on a one seater chair that had been pulled from the desk. "And where is my Chazzy?! Didn't he promise us he would hang around with us in the cafe?!"

Asuka sighed. "…I told you earlier that Chazz has some important business to deal with," the blonde stated.

"Huh? Why's that?!" Momoe demanded, her eyes ablaze with anger.

"It's the company," Junko interjected. Momoe looked to the busty brunette in equal parts confusion, "For Asuka Reds are more laid back, go with the flow kind of people compared to the Dull Blue Boys."

Junko looked towards the door of the room. "Plus, if your remember what Chazz said, he got to witness first-hand how quickly the boys here turned on him when he was facing demotion". Mome's expression softening when she heard that, "It doesn't surprise me that Chazz wouldn't want to go near people like that…even if it's just a matter of sleeping here." Momoe sighed, nodding.

"…the fact there's less surveillance at the Red Dorm also plays into it," Asuka quickly shot it, "You're more likely to get away with a sneaky shag there!" Asuka chuckled for a moment before looking out the window. Momoe immediately leaped to her feet, grabbing a pillow and began to whack the busty blonde with it.

Asuka's PDA buzzed, stirring Momoe to stop whacking her. She opened it…and saw Misawa calling her. She answered, his face appearing as part of the video call. "Hey, Asuka where are you?" Misawa asked, the other girls in the room falling silent.

"At…the Red dorm," Asuka answered, hesitating a moment to conceal which dorm she was at.

"What's going on?" She asked

Misawa paused for a moment. "…could you come to the school, please?" Misawa asked, " Me and Kaiser are already on our way there." Asuka tilted her head. "…It's serious." Asuka's eyes widened. Wait…does this have something to do with the Shadow Riders?

Asuka nodded. "I'll be there soon," she answered, closing the call and her PDA before standing up. "Well, looks like we'll have to do this another time, girls," Asuka stated, "You two head back to our dorm…I'll join you later." Both the girls looked at her with concern, and she walked to the door.

"Stay safe, Asuka" Junko called out as Asuka opened the door and exited the room.

As Chazz made his way through the hallways, it was clear that word had already gotten around. All the students were whispering, some loud enough for him to hear. They were talking about how he just gave up, how he must want his brothers to win, how they never should have let him back here. The last one hurt the most.

"You're all wrong!" a voice sounded and Chazz whirled around ready to give someone a piece of his mind. He saw Judai standing there, defending him AGAIN! "I know Chazz can win this duel, because I've dueled him myself. And duelists don't come much tougher."

Chazz grit his teeth before responding. "Yeah, I know. That's precisely the problem Judai," he snapped back.

"What do you mean?" Judai couldn't help but ask.

"Honestly Chazz, you aren't making any sense here," Misawa spoke as he walked up with Asuka next to him.

"Misawa-kun is right. Being tough is usually a good thing," Asuka added.

All the students in the hallway gave plenty of room and allowed them to form a small circle of one another. They were watching with rapt attention. This was the answer to their questions.

"Look it's just that-"

"If you need any help you could have asked us." Ryo walked up and stood next to Judai keeping Chazz in the middle of them.

"It's true, all my cards are too powerful." He reached into his black coat and pulled out Ojama Yellow. With his eyes closed and a smirk he waved it around. "All I have left is this guy. Because of the condition my bros set up, my deck is useless."

Everyone went silent and wide eyed. They realized he didn't give up because he wanted Duel Academy to close, he gave up because he COULDN'T duel. Before anyone could speak, Professor Banner appeared out of nowhere on the stairs.

"Listen closely students, I have the solution. Deep in the forest is a well where duelists threw the cards they considered too weak to be worth anything. Now if this is true, then that may be the perfect place to start building this deck," Professor Banner stated with his manic grin.

"Yeah, well I will take it. Those cards are about to get a whole new lease on life from The Chazz!" Chazz felt his confidence return and he rolled his shoulders back as everyone cheered for the fight to return.

Two days later, the entire student body and teachers were gathered in the duel arena. Chazz stood on the stage facing his brothers. He had been to the well, and Judai even went with him. His entire deck was now outfitted with monsters that fit the requirement. The cocky swagger and glint in his eyes, told his friends he had no plans on losing here.

He glanced their way and saw them all sitting together. Ryo even left Yusuke's side for the day to be here and be supportive. It was clear that they all had his back no matter how this turned out. Chazz would not disappoint anyone today. He would mop the floor with his brother's smirking face.

He first faced Slade using his Ojama deck. Even thought most of them have lower or even 0 ATK he was able to use his spell cards and combine his Ojama brothers to Fusion Summon Ojama King and make his ATK 3600 and easily defeat Slade in 1 turn. This duel has also thought him to to value lower ATK monsters while previously he would discard them and only have high level monsters.

After defeating Slade his next match was against Jagger

"Ladies and gentlemen, today's final match determines the fate of Duel Academy. Jagger Princeton vs Chazz Princeton," the announcer said over the intercom.

Chazz looked at his brother and the sneering, condescending look on his face was enough to get Chazz's blood boiling. More than anything he wanted to stick it to his brothers. Thinking back to Marufuji brothers at least Ryo loves Sho. Chazz can't say the same for his brothers.

"This is the plan now, Chazz," Jagger answered, chuckling a little, "So…are you gonna throw down with your big brother. Or are you gonna wuss out and let your friends save you again?" Judai tried to leave the stands and stepped forward, only for Sho to put his hand in front of Judai. Chazz saw this…and smiled slightly.

He gave Judai a thumbs-up gesture. "…I've got this loser," Chazz stated before looking back at Jagger, "You're on! You win, this Academy is all yours. But if I win," Chazz paused, "Then you leave me and my school alone"

Jagger grinned. "You've got yourself a deal there, Chazz," he replied, drawing the top five cards of his deck. Chazz nodded, drawing his first five cards as the pair's LP counters reset to 4000.

Chazz 4000

Slade 4000

"Duel"

Turn 1 Chazz

"I'll go first," Chazz declared, "I'll set one monster card." A horizontally laid, face down card appeared in front of Chazz. "Next, I'll throw this card face down as well and call it a turn." A second face down card, this one vertically laid, appeared in front of Chazz but behind the first set card. "It's your move." Judai titled his head. That's an oddly defensive move for Chazz…

Turn 2 Jagger

Jagger chuckled. "Is that all you've got? How disappointing!" He snapped, drawing his next card, "First I'm going to summon Mirage Dragon!" Steam rose up from the ground as a serpentine golden dragon appeared in front of Jagger, the top of its head resembling an elongated crown (ATK 1600).

"Next I'll equip him with Big Bang Shot! This card raises the attack points of my monster by 400!" Jagger slid a card into his Duel Disk as a fiery aura surrounded the Mirage Dragon (ATK 1600 - 2000).

"This card also grants another effect; when my monster battles a monster in defense like that set card of yours…you still take damage." Jagger grinned as he eyed off Chazz's set monster.

"Battle. Mirage Dragon attacks your set monster." The Mirage Dragon roared as it flew forward, slithering through the air…

…before it vanished, reappearing moments later, releasing a stream of flames on Chazz's set card…which flipped over to reveal another dragon, pale, quadrupedal, with a face like a mask (DEF 1100). It was incinerated by the flames, Chazz shielding himself with his arm from the heat, his LP dropping to 3100.

"Thanks for that," Chazz stated, "Because you've activated my Masked Dragon's effect; when it's destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, I can summon another dragon with 1500 or less attack points…" A card slid out of Chazz's deck.

"…so I summon Armed Dragon Level 3!" The small yellow, armored dragon appeared in front of Chazz, making a couple of punching motions towards Jagger (ATK 1200).

Jagger chuckled. "Another pathetic monster?" He asked, laughing now, "Chazz, you are quite the disappointment. With all the money at our disposal, you could've had the rarest cards of them all!" The middle Princeton brother now sighed. "…but once I win this duel, that'll change. I set one card face down and end my turn." A face down card appeared behind the Mirage Dragon.

Turn 3 Chazz

"Now it's my move," Chazz stated, drawing his next card, "And since it's now my Standby Phase, my Level 3 Dragon gets to go through a growth spurt!" A light surrounded the small Armed Dragon as its form reshaped and grew into larger, more hulking beast. "…So now rise, Armed Dragon Level 5!" The Armed Dragon roared, before launching another series of punching gestures towards Jagger (ATK 2300).

Judai's eyes widened. "Woah! Where did Chazz get a monster like that?!" He exclaimed.

"…you mean you don't remember his duel with Misawa-kun few weeks ago?" called out Asuka

Judai shook his head. "I…slept in that morning," Judai replied, "I didn't get to watch the duel…" The group as a whole sighed before refocusing on Chazz's duel.

Chazz looked at Jagger's field. I know that's a Trap Card, probably a powerful one. "From my hand," Chazz continued, "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your face down."

The magical wind of the typhoon blew across the field, knocking Jagger's set card into the air. Chazz grinned as he caught sight of what it was. Mirror Force. You never liked to take chances, Jagger.

"Now then," Chazz declared, pointing at the Mirage Dragon, "Battle! Armed Dragon Level 5 attacks Mirage Dragon!" The Armed Dragon roared before launching a powerful punch towards the Mirage Dragon, the golden beast howling as it was destroyed, Jagger grunting while his LP slid to 3700.

Chazz looked at his hand. "Next I'll set another card face down…" A face down card appeared behind Chazz's dragon. "…and then I'll use my Armed Dragon's Effect. Since he destroyed a monster by battle this turn, I can send him to the graveyard…to summon an even stronger Dragon; The Armed Dragon Level 7!" Once again, Armed Dragon was wreathed in green light, growing and shifting until it stood notably higher with more pronounced armor plating (ATK 2800).

"It's your move."

Asuka smiled. "Chazz is doing pretty well," she stated, "Sure he's behind in life points, but that Armed Dragon packs quite the punch."

Misawa nodded in agreement. "Indeed," he replied, "By sending a monster card from his hand to the grave, Chazz can destroy any monster Jagger summons with fewer attack points than the set monster." Misawa winced a little, remembering his last encounter with Chazz. "…and Chazz has plenty of monsters with plenty of power, so Jagger would need to summon an extremely powerful monster to avoid that."

Judai's smile only continued to widen as he saw Chazz's increasingly powerful dragon. Man, I can't wait to face that!

Turn 4 Jagger

Jagger growled."Damn that Chazz. Since when did he have a monster like that?"

Jagger looked at his hand. "I almost have my main play ready. I just need one more card… It's my move, you brat," Jagger declared, drawing his next card.

Perfect! "I activate Foolish Burial!" Jagger slid the card he drew into his Duel Disk. "With this card, I can send one monster from my deck to my graveyard." A card slid out of his deck which he then proceeded to dutifully place into his graveyard.

Sho's eyes narrowed at this while Jagger grinned. "Now I activate the spell Monster Reborn!" A bright vortex appeared in front of Jagger. "With this spell, I can Special Summon a monster from either of our graveyards…so I pick Dragon Lord Felgrand!" From the vortex rose a large, but slender, bipedal dragon with golden scales upon its back, silver upon its underside (ATK 2800).

Ryo now furrowed his brow. 'That's not good"… Asuka noticed Ryo's expression. "What's wrong?" She questioned, "What's that card do?"

Jagger chuckled. "When Dragon Lord Felgrand is Special Summoned from the graveyard, I can banish one monster on your field or in his graveyard while also giving my dragon bonus strength equal to that monsters level multiplied by 100…and what better card to use it on than your Armed Dragon Level 7!" The crowd gasped as Chazz's dragon disappeared into mist while a glow surrounded the Dragon Lord Felgrand (ATK 2800 - 3500).

Chazz started to sweat as he stared down the Felgrand Dragon. "Battle! Dragon Lord Felgrand wipes out the last of your life points!" The dragon roared, releasing a stream of golden light towards Chazz…

…which then collided with some invisible barrier before deflecting off in multiple directions, Asuka smiling a little.

"…or at least you would if I hadn't set Negate Attack last turn," Chazz rebutted, one of his set cards flipping up, "This stops your attack and ends the Battle Phase."

Jagger snorted. "Big deal," he stated, "You've bought yourself one more turn."

Turn 5 Chazz

"…and that's all I'll need," Chazz shot back, drawing his next card.

"First off, I'm activating my last set card; Return from the Different Dimension!"

A wormhole appeared above Chazz. "By paying Half of my life points, I can Special Summon as many of my banished monsters as possible…but then again, I only have one; the Armed Dragon Level 7!"

The Armed Dragon emerged, tearing the wormhole so that it opened even wider to accommodate its hulking frame before landing in front of Chazz, the youth surrounded by a fiery aura that reduced his LP to 1550.

"But if you think you're dealing with him again, you're dead wrong." Chazz grinned. "Because I'm tributing him to summon his strongest form yet; The Armed Dragon Level 10!" Chazz removed the level 7 card and replaced it with another from his hand, triggering his dragon to be enshrouded in its glow of evolution once more, increasing to an even greater size (ATK 3000 -6000)

Chazz chuckled. "I'll now activate my level 10 dragon's effect; by sending one card from my hand to the graveyard…I can destroy every face-up monster on your field!"

Jagger gasped as Chazz slid a copy of Blackland Fire Dragon into his graveyard, the spikes on the Armed Dragon's belly beginning to spin like a meat grinder as it seized the Felgrand Dragon and pressed it into the spikes, shredding the beast. "And next…I'm equipping my Level 10 dragon with the spell card Megamorph!" A glow surrounded the Armed Dragon as it doubled in size.

"Since your Life Points are higher than mine, my dragon's strength is doubled!" The Armed Dragon roared…before it seemed to grin at Jagger (ATK 3000 - 6000).

Jagger stepped back, at a loss. He looked at his hand. …"I can still turn this around, I know I can. I have Premature Burial in my hand. It'll let me revive Felgrand again and it'll banish his level 10 dragon."

"Ch-Chazz…j-just wait a minute," Jagger stammered, "Th-think about what y-you're doing?" Chazz remained silent. "D-Do you really think I w-would've really disowned you just because of a simple demotion?" Jagger tried to smile, sweat forming on his face. "I only said those things to motivate you," he added, "I-I'm your brother. I've only ever wanted what was best for you!" He paused, seeing Chazz completely unmoved. "…and I still do!"

"Zip it," Chazz shot back, "…even if you weren't lying through your teeth, do you really think I'd throw a duel I'm about to win just because you asked nicely?" Chazz grinned. "…how am I supposed to conquer the world of Duelling if I do things as stupid as that?" Chazz pointed at Jagger.

"Battle! Armed Dragon Level 10…attacks you directly!" A large orb of cutting wind appeared in the Armed Dragon's hands which the beast wasted no time in slamming onto Jagger, the middle of the Princeton brothers howling as his suit was shredded by the wind, his LP dropping to 0.

The explosion signaled the end of the duel. Chazz remained standing as Slade slumped to the ground. Everyone around him cheered and pumped their fists in the air. He looked around and caught sight of his friends all on their feet.

"Wait!" he yelled out thrusting his hand out. The cheering stopped for a moment. "You know the cheer! Chazz. It. Up!" Chazz started the chant.

The students all started repeating the chant as Chazz stood there with a giant smile. His brothers couldn't believe it. Chazz not only managed to defeat them, but to defeat them with a handicap that should have guaranteed their victory. It was inconceivable.

Chazz looked to Judai the Slacker giving him a thumbs up gesture, at which point Chazz smiled and walked away from the stage, followed closely by Misawa and Ryo who left the stands as soon as he defeated Jagger. Asuka at first went to follow but stopped to see Judai remaining, his eyes fixed on Jagger. "Judai?" she asked.

"Just a second," Judai replied, leaving the stands with Asuka and stepping towards Jagger. The Princeton has struggled to rest upon a single knee, looking up to see Judai approaching.

"…what do you want?" Jagger snapped.

Judai sighed. "…what could anyone want from such a small fish in such a big pond?" he questioned in reply, before smiling and walking away.

"Let's go, Asuka." Judai offered his hand to the blonde, Asuka nodding…holding onto his hand, the pair moving quickly to catch up with the others…

"Relax Jagger, it was only one duel," Slade gritted out.

Jagger looked around the arena and back to the youngest Princeton. "One duel?! Just listen to them, this ONE DUEL has turned Chazz into a hero! And a major headache for us!"

The brothers were escorted off the island and told to never return. The group of seven all watched them leave with relief in their minds. Duel Academy was safe, at least from those two. Deeming it time for bed, everyone was about to go their separate ways, promising to celebrate the next day.

Notes

Since Fubuki lost his memories after being freed, Yusuke has also lost his and we will go in depth with that after Tania's arc. Today's chapter is Chazz centric and I am sorry Chazz is acting a bit OC towards Judai.