Chapter Forty-Four

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School Duel:

The Return Of Chazz Princeton!

It was a dark and stormy night at North Academy. The thunder rolled. The lightning striked. All of the students gathered for the ceremonial bestowment of the school's new strongest student.

"Students of North Academy!" The school's chancellor demanded the attention of the atendees,"I present to you, our school's new top duelist!" he stated,"And I present to him...North Academy's top dueling cards." An ash haired male stepped from the shadows, dressed now in black and nothing but. He nodded with acceptance as the deck was passed over to him.

"With these cards...you will triumph!" said the Chancellor. "With these cards... ...you...will Chazz it up!"

"Chazz it up! Chazz it up! Chazz it up!" the gathered students chanted as Chazz Princeton took his stage and held this deck up with pride.

"Duel Academy is FINISHED!" He cried out. and took in the echoing cheers.

"Chazz it up! Chazz it up! Chazz it up! Chazz it up!"

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Back at the Duel Field Jaden jazzed himself full of motivation.

"I've got the sweetest monsters, ever!" he cheered,"With you guys on my side, we'll whoop whoever North Academy throws at us!"

"Heeey! Jay!" Syrus called for the attention of his brown haired friend, and along with the smaller Slifer came the female Connar Rose joining in the greeting,"What are you doing here? Everyone's waiting for you!"

"For me?" Jaden blinked,"What for?"

"For the Meet and Greet!" Syrus huffed,"North Academy just showed! Your opponent is here!"

"Then what are we waiting around here for!?" Jaden laughed and leapt from his duel stage,"Let's go!"

"What do you think we're here for!?" Connar laughed as she ran after the brunette who decided to dart ahead.

"Aww, wait up!" Syrus sighed as he tried to keep up.

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Everyone had gathered at the docks, welcoming the arrival of the rival school.

"Chancellor Foster." Chancellor Shepperd grinned welcoming the fellow chancellor openly,"It's been far too long...How have you been?"

"I've been well...ever since I got over the defeat you handed us last year."

"Oh it was a close match." Shepperd chuckled.

"I don't think so." said Foster,"But this year I have a feeling it will be."

"Here's to a spirited duel between our schools!" said Sheppered.

"Yeah, yeah. Spirited!" Jaden beamed as he popped in the middle of the two chancellors,"But enough with 'how you doing' " he grinned,"I wanna meet who I'm dueling~!"

"Yes, Jaden...we were getting to that." Sheppered blinked.

"Great!" beamed the brunette Slifer,"Then I'll just wait right here until we get there!"

"So you're Jaden?" Chancellor Foster chuckled,"Duel Academy's Phenom..."

"Jaden!" Connar huffed as she dove in with a high jump kick to Jaden's side of, who let out a huff of surprised pain,"Don't be so rude!"

"HaHaHaHa~ nice aim...Connar~"

A Familiar voice sounded in Connar's ears and she let out a soft gasp.

That can't be who I think it is...can it?

"Do us all a favor, and kick him again!"

No way...

She blinked and swallowed hard, slowly turning her head toward the source of this familiar voice and her eyes open wide as she took in the image of the familiar face that matched it.

"...Princeton..." she said in a hushed whisper.

"The one and only, Princess~" he smirked,"Did you miss me?"

She didn't know what to say or how to respond...

She simply blinked a few times as her cheeks grew redder and she tucked loose strands of pink hair behind her ears and averted her gaze shyly while he smirked.

He looks so...different now...

she thought to herself.

He feels different too...

She always did like the color black on a man. And Chazz's case was no exception.

Though...she certainly wasn't gonna tell him that!

"Oh, so now you're shy, huh~?" he teased.

Actually...she's always been kind of shy, hasn't she?

He thought to himself.

I guess I never fully noticed before because this is the first time I am seeing her with new eyes...

"Awww come on Connie what'd you go and do that for...?" He mumbled. Though Connar was far too distracted by something else.

Or rather...Someone...

"Come on...When do I meet my opponent?" Jaden blinked.

"Right now, Slacker!"

"Huh? who said that?" Jaden blinked.

"It's me'"

"WOAH HOLD ON!" Jaden said as he quickly rubbed his eyes,"Am I seeing things or is that Chazz!?"

"Got that right." he scoffed.

"But...why are you here?" Jaden blinked.

"For the duel." stated Chazz,"I'm in it. I'm dueling you."

"Wait...you mean you're North Academy's duel rep!?" Jaden blinked,"since when did you transfer!?"

"Since I stopped getting the respect I deserved, here!" Chazz huffed.

The intensity between the rivals was electric. It had its own wind, nearly blowing everyone away.

"Eeeek!" Connar squealed as her pink hair suddenly went flying all around her and she covered her face for protection. It seemed the wind was actually caused by the helicoptors hovering from above.

"Now what!?" Jaden called out over the sound of the humming propellars.

"Hi Chazz~" Jagger sang from above.

"What's going on, little brother~?" asked Slade,"Mind if we drop in?"

"Slade!? Jagger!?" Chazz blinked,"Why are you here!?"

Slade and Jagger!?

Connar blinked.

You mean the men who were trying to take over my father's company!?

"Why else!?" they shrugged,"To celebrate your big dueling victory!"

"I mean...you are going to win...right Chazz!?" said Slade. In the surrounding areas people gathered with video cameras and began filming. They seemed to be some sort of tv crew.

"Uhh...what's going on here?" Foster asked.

"What's going on? I think you mean when are you going on!" said the man who seemed to be the director,"The answer is Prime Time baby! As this school duel is gonna be broadcast world wide!"

"No way!?" Jaden stated,"Me!? On TV!? World Wide!?"

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"You set this up, didn't you!?" Chazz huffed. He met with his brothers in the locker room for a private conversation to better understand the situation.

"Well of course we did." said Slade,"We need the world to see that you're on your way to being Duel Monster's best." he stated,"It's all part of the plan."

"Yeah, yeah." Chazz huffed.

It certainly wasn't part of my plan though...!

"Look...World Domination is ours for the taking!" said Jagger,"If we all do our part, Chazz!"

"And we have!" huffed Slade,"Now it's your turn, bro!" he stated,"To conquer the world of Duel Monsters! To be the best!"

"Did you really think you could get away from your duties!?" asked Jagger,"Get away from us? By dropping out of Duel Academy!?"

"I...uh..." Chazz hung his head down as he tried to find the right words to say.

"Don't deny it!" Jagger snapped,"You have always been the slacker of this family!"

"It doesn't matter!" Slade butted in,"The point is, Chazz, you can still turn it around!" he stated,"You can still show that we're supreme!"

"That's right!" Jagger snapped as he slammed a brief case down before Chazz,"The cards in this briefcase are gonna help you do just that." he stated,"They're the most expensive out there, so you have no excuse to lose." he huffed.

"Don't let us down, Chazz!" said Slade,"Don't let the Princeton name, down! It's all on you!" he huffed,"Now go!"

"And win!" said Jagger,"And after you do that..." he smirked and pulled a manilla envelope from his suit jacket and handed it over to Chazz,"You can take care of this too...!"

Blinking in confusion, Chazz accepted the envelope with trembling hands and looked at the contents inside. His eyes opened wide as he read the information within.

"This is...about Connar...!?" he gasped, and dropped the contents of the folder to the floor with widened eyes of shock and confusion...

To Be Continued...