Promotion Duels

A few weeks after the Elimination Duels, Solona seemed to have recovered from the Shadow Duel and she was walking again though Miss Fontaine told her to take it easy so she couldn't take part in the sports. Today, the Slifer Reds and the Ra Yellows were playing a game of baseball with the Slifer's batting and the Ra's pitching. Jaden was currently batting and the Slifer's currently had 2 runs with a batter on all three squares and two outs while the Ra's had no score yet as they haven't batted. Daylen was the catcher behind Jaden while Theorn was throwing the ball. Neria stood on the field while Solona was at the side watching. Everyone wore blue and white uniforms though the Ra's had yellow bands around their arms while the Slifers had red.
"Jaden keep an eye on the ball." Syrus called
"Don't worry Sy." Jaden replied. "First I hit the ball then he'll score then we'll score, and we'll have a 6 run lead."
"You wish Jaden." Daylen called. "We only need one more out before we change."
"Hold on Time out." A voice came and Bastion came running in his uniform/ "I was working out some mathematical equations and lost track of time."
"Can you pitch?" Theorn asked
"Yes I can." Bastion said
"Pitcher change." Theorn called and he and Bastion swapped places.
"It's over with Bastion pitching." Solona said
"Ha." Jaden laughed. "This isn't a written Exam Bastion. I hope you know what you're getting into."
"Oh don't worry I do." Bastion said and he threw the ball.
Jaden swung the bat but missed. "Strike one." Daylen called and then. "Strike two. Strike three you're out"
"NUTS!" Jaden growled
Solona laughed. "Calm down Jaden it's just a game."
Then the Ra's and Slifers swapped places and Jaden managed to get the first two Ra batters but then he got sloppy. Syrus was the catcher. "Ball four, now take your base."
"Time out." Syrus called and then he looked at Jaden. 
"Jaden what's going on here?" He asked. "You got two outs and then walked the last three batters."
"Pretty slick huh." Jaden said
"Slick?" The Slifers asked
"Yes how else would I be able to pitch Bastion?" Jaden said
"Wait you did this so you could get even with Bastion?" Syrus said
"Not to get even but to get ahead." Jaden replied. "You hear that Bastion, you're going down."
Bastion smiled as he got into his batting position. 
"Down the base line you mean." He joked. "Now give me your best if you can get the bat over the plate."
"You want my best, then you can have it." Jaden said and then he threw the ball but Bastion hit the ball.
Meanwhile, Dr Crowler was walking near the baseball field grumbling. "The Paradox brothers couldn't beat Jaden, Chazz couldn't beat Jaden. I have to find someone who can beat that Slifer..." Crowler was cut off when the baseball that Bastion hit him and knocked him into a pile of baseball equipment.
"Heads up." Jaden called as he went off with Syrus to find the ball only to stop when he saw Crowler stand up from the pile and glare at them.
"IT'S YOU, WHO ELSE COULD CAUSE ME SUCH PAIN!" Crowler roared at them
"That's keeping your eye on the ball." Syrus commented on the ball which was lodge in Crowler's eye which didn't help their situation.
"Sorry, it was..." Jaden started
"...my fault" Bastion said as he came running over. "Sorry Dr Crowler, it was my fault. I was the one who hit the ball. Please accept my apologies."
"No no." Crowler said. "I've been meaning to have my contacts refitted for ages and now I have the perfect excuse."
"Huh." Jaden spoke up.
Crowler had forgotten about Jaden and Syrus and he glared at them. 
"DO YOU TWO MIND?" He growled and Syrus and Jaden then ran off. "You shouldn't be associate yourself with those slackers." Crowler told Bastion as he led him away.
Meanwhile, Daylen came over to his sister who was sitting on a bench; they had seen everything and were worried for their friend. "Do you think Crowler is mad with Bastion?" Daylen asked Solona
"I don't know." Solona admitted. "But I don't like this."
...
Later that day, Solona and Daylen were in their next class and were waiting for their next teacher along with the rest of the class. Solona had been back to infirmary to have a check up to see if she would be okay for Gym class again soon.
"So sister, how was the check up?" Daylen asked
"Miss Fontaine said I would be fine for Gym class in a few days. My injuries seemed to be healing." Solona replied
"Well that's good to know." Theorn said who was sitting on the row above them.
"I wonder what's happened to Bastion." Neria added, she was sitting next to Theorn and Aedan was a row above them.
Then Aedan turned towards the door as someone entered. "Here comes trouble." He commented as Chazz came in and he sat at his seat and placed is feet on the desk and his hands behind his head.
"It's good to be at the top." He said. "Hey, a foot rub and an ice tea pronto." And he snapped his fingers as if he was ordering a servant around.
"Get it yourself." An Obelisk student snapped
"I'm sorry what did you say!" Chazz snapped back. "I don't think I heard you."
"Doesn't he know." The same Obelisk student added
"Know what?" Chazz wondered
"Hey Chazz what do you think you are doing?" Another Blue student snapped
"Well duh what does it look like I'm doing, I'm sitting in my seat!" Chazz snapped
"I'm sorry but that's not your seat anymore now move!" The Obelisk snapped
"What are you talking about of course it's my seat it says so right here." Chazz snarled and he pointed to the front of his desk where he had his name tag to say that only he sat at this seat. But then Chazz noticed it was missing. "What in the?"
"I'm sorry." The Obelisk Student snapped. "But I think you'll find your name tag way over there." The student pointed to down the lecture hall where the Ra Yellows were sitting. And it was in near where Aedan was sitting.
"Great, now we have to sit near him." Neria groaned
"No way, this is all wrong!" Chazz growled. "I don't belong over there with those losers." Then Crowler came in. "Tell them, Dr Crowler, tell them that they're all wrong. Tell them that I belong up here."
"But you don't." Crowler laughed as he looked at Chazz with a black eye he had thanks to the baseball that hit him earlier. "And you don't ever since you lost... who was it now... oh yes Mr Jaden Yuki. A SLIFER! This is why tomorrow you will duel Bastion Misawa. And if you lose to him as well then you two will switch dorms."
Chazz was shocked and angry. "You mean that I become a... Ra Yellow Reject Duelist!" Chazz shouted
"Very good now only if you dueled better than you listen." Crowler mocked and then everyone in the hall except for Solona and her friends burst into laughter and then Chazz jumped from his seat and he ran away from the hall and all he could hear was the laughter of everyone in the hall.
"I WON'T BE A RA REJECT!" he roared as he ran out.
"Wow, he seems mad." Solona commented
"Well he is always thinking that he is the best." Daylen said. "Now he could be demoted and no one respects him."
Neria turned to Aedan. "Aedan you knew Chazz before coming here, was he always like this?"
"Well not really." Aedan answered. "I knew both Chazz and Alexis in duel prep school. We all used to be good friends and believed Dueling was fun. But everything changed when Chazz's brothers came into Chazz's life. They changed him and they made him become the snobby boy he is now. All his brothers care about is taking over the world of finance, politics and Duel Monsters. They're using Chazz to show the world that they're the best and Chazz changed after that. I believed Chazz should be his own person. We ended up in an argument and our friendship fell apart after that."
"Well we did learn what Crowler wanted with Bastion earlier when he took him after the Baseball incident." Solona added.
"Oh and Miss Amell..." Crowler said and he looked at Solona. "I would like to have a word after Class."
"What did you do?" Theorn asked
"I didn't do anything." Solona answered
...
Later that day after classes were over for the day, Jaden and Solona had been asked by Bastion for some help in his room.
"Okay maybe the last one wasn't a foul Ball Bastion." Jaden said
"Jaden over the central field fence normally isn't." Syrus stated
"Look" Bastion said and then he showed them the baseball bat he was carrying which had mathematical formulas written all over it. "I play like I duel with formulas. You see I find that statistics, geometry and mathematics have a part in all our daily lives." Then Bastion showed them his dorm room which had mathematical equations written all over the room. "Welcome to my Laboratory, my workshop, and my dorm room." then he pointed to one area of the room "That area is for spell cards." Then to another. "That's for traps and that's, well you get the idea. I've cracked the ability to beat almost ever Duel monsters card made. I've memorized all these and as you can see I'm running out of room. So...?
"So what?" Jaden and Syrus asked
"... Mind helping." Bastion finished as he held up a bucket of paint and brush.
"Sure."
Soon the three of them were doing Bastions room; Bastion was on the floor with a rag while Syrus was painting a wall. Jaden was on top of a step ladder painting the roof. "Check it out, I'm Michelangelo." Jaden said laughing. "Get it because I'm painting on the c...ceiling..." But Jaden began losing his balance and as he began flapping his arms around to regain his balance, he dropped the paint rag which hit Syrus and covered his face with white paint.
"You do realize that this means war Jay." Syrus said in mock anger
"Now come on Syrus. Look it was an accident." Jaden protested but panicked as Syrus picked up a bucket of paint.
"All right that's enough you two." Bastion ordered. "Now give me that paint."
Syrus threw the paint and then Jaden jumped off the ladder and the paint covered Bastions face. As soon as Jaden landed, he took one look at Bastion and then burst into laughter. "Oh." Bastion growled. "Funny is it? Well then let's see if you're laughing at this." Bastion then shoved a paint rag full of paint into Jaden's face. Jaden shook his head in anger before grabbing a paint brush and shoving it at Bastion who kept dodging out of the way.
While the three boys were engulfed in their paint war, none of them noticed Bastion's door open and Solona and Daylen walk in. They took one look at the paint war and shook their heads.
"Boys?" Solona grumbled. "They had to start a paint war." Solona was looking at her brother with her back to the boys and then some paint splashed on Solona's back "Ahhh." Solona screamed and she turned around to see Syrus who had an empty bucket of paint and he was laughing innocently
"Sorry Solona." Syrus said
But Solona was having none of that. "Oh you wait till I get my hands on you!" She growled and then she grabbed a wet paint brush and slapped paint over Syrus.
"Come on sister." Daylen called. "What are you doing?"
Solona just shared a look with Jaden and Bastion. Jaden smirked and threw a bucket of paint at Daylen. Daylen looked cross and then he joined in the fighting. It was a paint war after that.
Later after the paint war, the group had managed to paint the wall and were able to wash all the paint off themselves; they were all now in the Ra yellow Canteen. Jaden was laughing as he ate the food he got.
"I don't think I've had such a good time painting." Jaden commented. "You're all right Bastion."
"Yeah and so is Ra Yellow's food." Syrus added
"Oh you flatter us, but I'm sure it's not much better than Slifer's food." Bastion replied and then he placed a plate on the table which had a full lobster on it.
Syrus and Jaden gasped and widened their eyes at the lobster. "Trust me the closer we get to Lobster is our Dorm cat's breathe"
"Speaking of bottom dwellers, what did Dr Crowler want to speak to you about?" Syrus asked
"Oh well." Bastion replied. "Crowler wants to test me to see if I can become an Obelisk Blue"
"Are you serious?" Syrus asked
"Bastion's right." Daylen said. "Crowler said that he will be Dueling Chazz Princeton tomorrow, and if Bastion wins, then they'll switch dorms."
"I've never seen anyone look like that." Solona commented. "Chazz looked quite angry and he ran off when he heard the news."
"Well congratulations Bastion." Jaden said. "You deserve it; after all you scored the highest on the written exam and have shown Good skills in Duelling."
"Oh you flatter me." Bastion commented
"Oh and he's not the only one." Solona said. "Daylen and I are going to be in a Tag Duel Tomorrow as well to see if we can become Obelisks as well..." Solona remembered her talk with Dr Crowler earlier.
Flashback:
It was just after Class finished and before Solona went to back to the Ra Dorm. Solona was at the Chancellor's office to speak with Crowler. Chancellor Sheppard was there too.
"You said you wanted to see me after Class Dr Crowler." Solona said as she entered the office
"I did." Crowler said. "The first thing I wanted to say is that I'm sorry about that Shadow Game incident a few weeks ago."
"Well it wasn't your entire fault." Solona said. "I mean those Shadow Duelists were targeting me for that card I had."
"Well I hoped I could find a way to make it up to you." Crowler said. "I was hoping that maybe you would accept a test to see if you can advance to Obelisk Blue."
"You mean you want to test me to see if I can advance." Solona said and then she had an idea. "Okay, I accept, but there is a catch."
"And what is this catch?" Crowler asked
"The catch is that my Brother gets the chance as well." Solona replied. "But I would like it to be a Tag Duel, and a challenge."
"You want to have a Tag Duel with your Brother?" Crowler wondered. "But you have completely different decks."
"I think we can solve that." Solona replied
End Flashback:
"So Crowler accepted and Daylen and I will be having a Tag Duel after Bastion's Duel." Solona said
"Wow." Jaden said. "It would be awesome to see how the Amell twins duel together."
...
Meanwhile in the Obelisk Blue Boys Dorm, Chazz was sitting in his room with the screen on. He was speaking to his two older brothers; Slade and Jagger Princeton.
"Got it Chazz?" Slade asked
"Yes." Chazz grumbled
"We can't hear you." Jagger put in
"I said I get it." Chazz growled, someone had told his brothers that his position was in danger and they decided to make sure that he stayed the best.
"Well you should hope so." Slade threatened. "Because the Princeton group has a plan and we've done our part, you need to do your part."
The screen then turned off and Chazz grumbled to himself. "Lousy Crowler." He grumbled. "I'll show him that I'm the best and only I am the best." Then Chazz noticed that his opponent tomorrow, Bastion Misawa was walking with Jaden and Syrus to the red Dorm. "Hey, that's my opponent, and he's staying with the Slackers." He said to himself then he had a plan. "If he's at the red Dorm then his dorm room will have no one inside." Chazz then left the Blue Boys dorm but was unaware that someone was following him.
When Chazz made it to the Ra yellow Dorm, he looked until he found Bastion's room. The door was locked but there was a desk outside. When he looked inside he found a deck of Duel Monster cards. Chazz smirked when he realized that this was Bastion's deck that he used in the entrance Exams. "Oh yes, Bastion can't duel if he hasn't got a deck."
"And what is that suppose to mean?" A voice demanded and Chazz gasped and turned around to see Daylen Amell standing nearby.
"I thought I heard someone enter, now place that deck back before I report you for breaking school rules." Daylen ordered
"Ha, you don't order me around Reject." Chazz growled and then he ran out of the yellow dorm through the back door.
"Oh no you don't!" Daylen yelled and he chased after him. "Get back here!" Daylen soon found Chazz near the docks where he was standing near the ocean, "That's far enough Chazz."
"Good, because that's all I need to do this." Chazz replied and then without warning, he threw the deck into the ocean. "Now I'll remain in my rightful place in Blue. That reject can't duel without a deck."
"You're no Duelist." Daylen growled. "A duelist wouldn't go around sabotaging people's decks."
"Well, I'm still better than that reject." Chazz laughed
"Bastion is twice the Duelist you will be. I still haven't seen you beat anyone yet." Daylen growled
"Well then, I can beat you." Chazz laughed and he activated his Duel disk. "Let's Duel"
"Fine by me." Daylen said and he activated his own disk which he brought with him.
"Duel!"
Daylen: 8000
Chazz: 8000
"Winner's first." Chazz said. "And I summon Reborn Zombie in attack mode." A dead zombie like monster appeared on the field. "Then I'll throw this card down and call it a turn."
"My move." Daylen said. "And I think I'll summon Fire Mage in attack mode. And then I can special summon Frost Mage in attack mode." Daylen's red robed and blue robed mages appeared on the field. "And now I activate Fire Mage's special ability, now by discarding one card in my hand, I can destroy one monster my opponent controls so now your Reborn Zombie is destroyed." Chazz gasped as his monster was destroyed. "And now both my monsters will attack you directly." Fire Mage sent a powerful fire blast from her staff while Frost sent a blizzard which struck Chazz directly.
Daylen: 8000
Chazz: 4200
"And now I'll throw one card face down and end my turn." Daylen finished
"Pure Luck, that move was pure luck." Chazz growled, "I now play Call of the Haunted to summon back my Reborn Zombie. And then I'll summon Chthonian Soldier in attack mode." The Zombie monster and a warrior dressed in dark armor appeared on the field but Daylen had a trap.
"I activate a trap card Dark Renewal." Daylen said. "I can activate this trap when you summon a monster, now I can sacrifice one of your monsters and one of mine to summon one Spellcaster from the graveyard."
"But wait, you don't have any spellcasters in the graveyard." Chazz protested
"Oh yes I do, remember my Fire Mage's effect." Daylen revealed and Chazz realised that the card he discarded for Fire Mage's effect must have been a powerful spellcaster. "Now I summon quite an iconic monster, I sacrifice my fire Mage and your Chthonian Soldier to summon the all powerful Dark Magician." Chazz's soldier and Daylen's Fire Mage vanished into the coffin and a purpled robes magician emerged from the coffin.
Chazz gasped at the monster and then sneered. "That card can't help you, I'll still win this Duel, and I think I add that card."
"I don't think so." Daylen said. "Because I'm leading on Life Points and I also have two powerful monsters on my field"
Chazz gasped because now he could no longer activate Inferno Reckless summon and his Chthonian Alliance to bring out his powerful soldier, so Chazz had no choice but to end his turn.
As soon as Daylen drew his card, he smirked. "This Duel's over Chazz." He said. "I sacrifice my Frost Mage in order to summon out my Battlemage in attack mode." The Blue robed Mage disappeared and was replaced by a Male Spellcaster wearing steel armor and a blue hood and holding a large staff (Level 6 Attack 2500 Defense 2000) "Now Dark Magician, destroy that Reborn Zombie with Dark Magic Attack." Dark Magician sent a powerful blast from his staff which destroyed Reborn Zombie.
Chazz: 3200
Daylen: 8000
"And now Battlemage, attack Chazz directly with Battle Spell." Daylen ordered and then he sent a blast of magic from his staff which looked like a sword being thrust from his staff which plunged right into Chazz.
Chazz: 700
Daylen: 8000
"I've still got Life points and cards which can help me." Chazz said. "You're just lucky."
"Sorry Chazz but there won't be a next turn." Daylen revealed. "Because my Battlemage can attack twice each turn so end this Duel." Battlemage sent another blast which struck Chazz and ending the Duel.
Chazz: 0000
Daylen: 8000 (Winner)
"Pure luck!" Chazz growled. "That was just pure luck."
"Wrong Chazz, people like you just come up with excuses when you fail, that's why you'll never be a great Duelist if you act like that. Let's see how you do against Bastion because he always has a plan." Daylen said and he walked back to the Yellow Dorm and then Chazz followed afterwards grumbling to himself.
Meanwhile, unknown to the both of them, their duel had been watched by three people. Zane and Alexis had been on their way back from the lighthouse when they found Aedan who revealed that he saw Chazz leave the Blue Dorm and had gone to the Yellow Dorm. They had seen the Duel between Daylen and Chazz and they looked at each other.
"That Amell boy sure has good skill." Alexis said. "He took out Chazz without losing one Life point."
"Well Daylen did have a bit of trouble with me." Aedan said. "Though my deck is good against Spellcaster type monsters."
"Well we'll just have to see how well the Amells work together in their Tag Duel Tomorrow." Zane added
...
The next day, Jaden was fast asleep with Syrus and Chumley. Because they recently painted Bastion's room, he was also sleeping here for the night. But Jaden was woken up by someone pounding on the door. 
"Jaden, Jaden." The person called
Jaden yawned and then he opened the door to see the Card shop owner Dorothy standing at the door. 
"What's up?" Jaden asked
"I was at the docks unloading some supplies and then I saw it, cards tossed everywhere." Dorothy explained
"Tossed!" Jaden exclaimed and then he ran out along with the others in his room.
"Careful now boys." Dorothy called after them
When they made it to the docks they were all shocked to see that someone had thrown an entire deck into the ocean. "That's Ring of Destruction, and Vorse Raider." Jaden gasped. "Bastion, these are all of your cards."
"It's my own fault." Bastion explained. "This deck was in the desk I moved to the hallway yesterday when we were painting."
"Who would do this?" Syrus wondered. "Your Duel exam is in less than an hour."
"Well it must be someone who doesn't want you to be promoted to Obelisk Blue." Jaden said. "And I think I know who."
"Chazz?" Chumley guessed
"Remember what Solona said." Jaden put in. "She said that if Bastion won then Chazz would be demoted."
Later the four of them arrived at the Dueling arena where Chazz and Dr Crowler were waiting. 
"So I see you've arrived Reject." Chazz said "And I see you've brought friends, I hope you duel better than the company you keep."
"Chazz!" Jaden growled. "How could you, why did you dump Bastion's deck into the ocean?"
"Pardon!" Crowler gasped
"I don't know what he's talking about Crowler, I didn't do a thing." Chazz replied
"Oh is that so!" A voice came.
Jaden turned and he saw who it was. "Zane, Alexis, Solona, Daylen, and Aedan?"
"I saw you Chazz." Alexis said. "This morning by the water when Daylen chased you there. You tossed those cards in the water in front of Daylen." Everyone gasped "I normally wouldn't snitch but you don't mess with someone's deck."
"Yeah no joke" Jaden agreed. "That's low even for you."
"Oh come on, who says I wasn't dumping my own cards, Bastion and I just have similar decks." Chazz explained
"That's a lie!" Daylen growled. "I saw you steal that deck from Bastion's desk."
"And I saw you leave the Blue Dorm." Aedan added. "I saw the entire thing."
"Hey no one calls Chazz Princeton a Thief!" Chazz growled
"OK you're not, now let's Duel." Bastion said
"But Bastion, you don't have a deck." Syrus replied
"A good Duellist always has more than one deck." Bastion replied and then he opened his blazer to reveal 6 pouches which had extra decks in.
Chazz growled because now his plan had been foiled. 
"Okay fine." He growled. "Keep your 6 crummy decks because all I need is this one." Chazz brought out one deck and the he and Bastion got in position. "Get ready to lose reject."
"DUEL!"
Chazz: 8000
Bastion: 8000
"Elite duelists first." Chazz stated. "And I summon Chthonian Soldier in attack mode." Chazz's dark warrior appeared on the field "Then I'll throw a card face down and end there."
"That's all." Bastion remarked. "Well let me show you my moves, I summon Hydrogeddon in attack mode." A dinosaur like monster made of brown colored water appeared on Bastion's field (Level 4 Attack 1600 Defense 1000) "And now my Hydrogeddon will destroy that Chthonian Soldier." Hydrogeddon sent a blast of water from his mouth which engulfed and destroyed Chthonian Soldier."
"You fool." Chazz said. "When Chthonian soldier is attacked; you take the same damage that I do."
Chazz: 7600
Bastion: 7600
"He walked into that one." Alexis said
"I wouldn't be so sure." Solona said. "I think Bastion has a plan."
"Solona is right." Bastion said. "Your monster is not the only one with a special ability; I can now activate Hydrogeddon special ability, so now when he destroyed a monster I can summon another Hydrogeddon." A second Hydrogeddon appeared on the field. "Now my second Hydrogeddon will attack directly." The second Hydrogeddon sent a second blast of brown water which engulfed Chazz
Chazz: 6000
Bastion: 7600
"I end my turn there." Bastion finished
Chazz growled. "You'll pay for that." He growled. "My draw and I'll start by activating Call of the Haunted to summon back my Chthonian Soldier from the graveyard. Then I play the spell card Inferno Reckless Summon, now since I summoned a monster with 1500 attack points or less, we can now both summon monsters from our deck that have the same name as the ones on the Field. So I summon two more Chthonian Soldiers." Two more Chthonian Soldiers appeared on Chazz's field while a third Hydrogeddon appeared on Bastions.
"It doesn't make any sense." Alexis muttered. "It doesn't matter how many of those Soldiers Chazz has on his field. They still don't have enough attack points to defeat those Hydrogeddons."
"Not by themselves they won't." Zane said
"Yeah, Chazz must have a plan." Aedan added
"Now I play the equip spell Chthonian Alliance which I equip to Chthonian Soldier so now he gains 800 attack points for every monster with the same name." The Chthonian Soldier which had the equip spell grew so it was a giant and then his attack points increased. (CS Attack 1200-3600) "And now my Soldier will destroy one of those dirty water creatures." The Chthonian Soldier with the spell slashed one of the Hydrogeddons with his sword which caused the monster to evaporate into nothing.
Chazz: 6000
Bastion: 5600
"I'll end my turn there." Chazz finished. "Your turn Reject."
"With pleasure." Bastion said and then he drew a card from his deck "Now I'll start by summoning Oxygeddon in attack mode." A large winged Dinosaur like monster made of blue air appeared on Bastion's field (Level 4 Attack 1800 Defense 800) "And now my Hydrogeddons will destroy those weaker Soldiers."
Both the Hydrogeddons attacked the weaker soldiers and destroyed them. "Forget Reject, when Chthonian Soldier is attacked you take the same damage as I do.
Chazz: 5200
Bastion: 4800
"Why is Bastion doing that, he's only hurting himself." Syrus protested
"No Syrus he's fine." Jaden replied
"Bastion's playing smart." Zane said
"But how?"
"You see Neria." Daylen explained. "The Chthonian Soldier equipped with Chthonian Alliance has 3600 attack points."
"Yeah, it would take a very powerful monster to destroy." Solona continued. "Unless..."
To prove her point, the Soldier equipped with the spell shrank down to size and its attack points decreased. (CS 3600-2000)
Syrus now understood. "Wait I see, to eliminate that Spell's advantage and lower the Big Soldier's attack points."
"You see Syrus." Aedan stated. "In order to defeat the Soldier, Bastion has to give up some Life Points."
"It's your move Chazz." Bastion finished
Chazz smirked as he drew his card. "This is it, the beginning of the end for you." He snarled. "Because now I sacrifice Chthonian Soldier and discard my entire hand so I can summon Infernal Incinerator." The Soldier vanished and was replaced by a large demon like inset creature with a small human body on the head (Level 6 Attack 2800 Defense 1800) "And he gains 200 Attack points for every monster on your field so he gains 600 Attack points." (II Attack 2800-3400)
"3400 Attack point?" Jaden questioned. "But then Bastion's about to take a big hit."
"Infernal Incinerator, destroy one of those dirty water beasts." Infernal Incinerator let out a fireball from his mouth which engulfed Hydrogeddon and destroyed him.
Chazz: 5200
Bastion 2800
"Oh man, Bastion's life points have gone down by more than half, he's losing the Duel." Syrus said
"Don't worry Syrus, Bastion has a plan." Daylen said
"Make your move reject." Chazz growled
"With pleasure." Bastion said. "And I'll start with Monster Reborn to summon back my Hydrogeddon. And then I activate the spell card Bonding H20 so now I can sacrifice my 2 Hydrogeddons and Oxygeddon which allows me to summon Water Dragon." A large Dragon made of water appeared on Bastion's field (Level 8 Attack 2800 Defense 2600) "Also since the number of monsters on my field decreased, your Infernal Incinerator's attack points decrease as well." (II Attack 3400-3000)
"That doesn't matter because my monster's still stronger than yours." Chazz smirked
"I don't think so." Bastion said. "Because my Water Dragon has a special ability, you see when he's face up on the field, the attack points of Fire Attribute and Pyro type monsters automatically become zero."
"But Infernal Incinerator is a Fire Attribute monster." Chazz gasped as his eyes widened in shock. (II Attack 3000-0000)
"Now Water Dragon attack, Hydro Blast." Bastion commanded and Water Dragon sent a burst of water from his mouth which destroyed Chazz's monster.
Chazz: 2400
Bastion 2800
Chazz growled. "Pure luck that was just Pure luck!"
"No it was skill Chazz." Bastion said. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"Of course Reject, but I will win this Duel." Chazz said angrily. "I activate Card of Sanctity which allows us to draw until we have 6 cards in our hands." Chazz and Bastion did that. "Now I activate Foolish Burial which allows me to discard one monster from my deck to the graveyard. Then I'll play my own Monster Reborn which allows me to summon the monster I discarded, so come on out Despair from the Dark." A large demon like monster with horns on its head and purple clawed hands appeared on Chazz's field (Level 8 Attack 2800 Defense 3000) "And now I activate the Spell card Axe of Despair which allows me to increase his attack points by 1000." A large double headed axe appeared in the Despair's clawed hands. (DFTD Attack 2800-3800) "And now my Despair will destroy that Water Dragon." The Despair swung his axe which slashed Water Dragon in two and destroyed the dragon.
Chazz: 2400
Bastion: 1800
"Sorry Chazz but when Water Dragon is destroyed I can summon 2 Hydrogeddons and 1 Oxygeddon from my graveyard." The Three monsters returned the field.
"Those weaklings can't save you from this card Zombie Bite." Chazz sneered. "Since I have 1 Zombie monster on my field, I can destroy one of your monsters and then you take damage equal to half its attack points so goodbye Oxygeddon." The Oxygeddon shattered and Bastion took more damage. "Make your last move Reject.
Chazz: 2400
Bastion: 900
"Oh man this is not good." Syrus said. "Bastion is down to his last 900 Life points."
"Don't worry Sy." Jaden said. "Bastion always has a plan."
"Just face it reject, you've lost." Chazz laughed
"Oh no I haven't, in fact I've already done all the math." Bastion laughed as he drew his card
"All the maths, does that mean?" Crowler questioned
"Bastion has been planning this from the very start." Jaden finished
"I'll start with Call of the Haunted which allows me to summon back Oxygeddon." Bastion started and his oxygen monster returned
"What's that going to do?" Chazz demanded
"These cards may not have enough power to destroy your Despair but I have the right monster right here in my hand which I have been waiting to use." Bastion replied "I sacrifice all three of my monsters so I can summon out The Tripper Mercury."
"Wait, The Tripper Mercury, you mean a Legendary Planet Monster?" Solona gasped
"No way." Chazz gasped as well.
A woman dressed in large blue armor and a white cane and holding a sword in each hand appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2000 Defense 2000) "Sure she may not be as powerful as your Despair but her ability will deal with that." Bastion added. "Now all your monsters lose attack points equal to their original." The Despair's attack points decreased as the Tripper Mercury's armor shone bright (DFTD Attack 3800-1000) "And now my Legendary Planet Monster will destroy that Despair." Bastion added and then the Tripper Mercury slashed one sword and destroyed the Despair.
Chazz: 1400
Bastion: 900
"And now I can activate my Tripper Mercury's second effect so now she can attack again." Bastion added and Chazz's eyes widened as he realised that he lost and there was nothing he could do. Then the Tripper Mercury slashed her second sword at Chazz, ending the Duel.
Chazz: 0000
Bastion: 900 (Winner)
Chazz glared at Bastion as he stood up again. 
"Pure luck!" He growled. "You drew one lucky card and beat me."
"No Chazz." Bastion replied. "I was prepared to beat you with several dozen other cards as well. But deny it if you wish, just like you denied throwing my deck into the ocean."
"Yeah prove it!" Chazz snarled
"Very well then look at this." Bastion pulled out one of the cards he got from the ocean which was a Vorse Raider that had an equation written on it. "A card I fished from the ocean, with a formula I wrote on it. Of course you could have written the formula but then the math would have probably been wrong and it's not. Chazz, you stole, you lied, you cheated, and you lost. You deserve to be demoted."
Chazz glared and then he lowered his head. "This can't be."
Crowler clapped as he walked on to the stage. 
"Congratulations Bastion." He said. "Well done and welcome to Obelisk Blue."
Bastion smiled. "I thank you for the offer but I'm afraid I must turn it down."
This caused everyone to gasp. 
"Bastion why?" Jaden asked
"You deserve this promotion." Solona added
"Yeah my sister's right." Daylen added
Bastion smiled. "I'd rather not become an Obelisk until I know that I'm the best Duelist in Ra Yellow and I'm not. That is you two Amells."
"Us?" Daylen and Solona said at the same time.
"And also I'd rather beat my rival which would be none other than Jaden Yuki." Bastion added
"What me?" Jaden smirked. "Then you want a duel, like right now?"
"Jaden aren't you forgetting that my sister and I have still got our Duel." Daylen questioned
"Well that Duel will take place this afternoon." Crowler said. "And everyone will be watching, people really want to see how the Amell Twins duel together."
"All right then we should prepare our decks." Daylen said as he left.
"I just hope we have a challenge." Solona added
…
Later that day, nearly every student was in the Duel Arena where they would watch the Tag Duel with the Amell twins. People were wondering how they would do since they had completely different decks. Theorn, Neria, Bastion, Jaden, Syrus, Kallian and Faren sat together while Zane and Alexis stood on the top of the balcony. Though they did notice that some people were missing.
"Hey where are Aedan and Sereda?" Neria asked
"I don't know." Theorn replied
Then Dr Crowler's voice came over a microphone. "Welcome students of Duel Academy, today we will have a Tag Duel to see if two Ra Yellows can get into the Obelisk Blue Dorm. First up with have our Ra Yellow Students, Solona and Daylen Amell. The Amell twins." Solona and Daylen walked onto the stage as their friend cheered "And then their opponents are two of our best Duelists in the Blue dorm as they want a challenge, please welcome Aedan Cousland and Sereda Aeducan." Solona friends gasped as Aedan and Sereda came onto the stage and got into place.
"So that's where they went." Theorn said
"How do you think they'll do?" Kallian questioned
"Well we haven't seen Aedan and Sereda Duel yet but we haven't seen the Amells duel together and even when they're alone they're great Duelists." Jaden said
"Well Aedan's deck is going to give Daylen problems as his deck is strong against Spellcasters." Alexis said
"We'll just have to see how they do." Zane replied
On the dueling field, Sereda smiled. "Solona, you and your brother may be old friends of mine, but that doesn't mean that we'll going to go easy on you."
"I don't want you too." Solona said and then everyone activate their Duel disks.
"Duel!"
Sereda + Aedan: 8000
Solona + Daylen: 8000
"I'll start this duel off." Solona said. "And I activate Graceful Charity so now I draw three cards as long as I discard 2. Then I'll throw three cards face down and end there."
"But you didn't summon anything, why?" Aedan asked
"Because since I didn't normal summon, I can activate the effect of my Red Eyes Wyvern in my graveyard." Solona said. "By banishing him I can summon 1 red eyes monster in my graveyard, so I summon the second monster I discarded which was my Red Eyes Black Dragon." Everyone gasped when Solona large black scaled dragon appeared on the field.
"Wow." Syrus said. "She summoned that dragon out on her first turn."
"Yeah and she did it using a clever tactic." Bastion added. "She really is skilled.
"Clever move." Aedan said. "Now let me show you mine. I activate the field spell Therinfall Redoubt so now all templar monster gain 500 attack points while all spellcasters lose 500. Though neither of us can activate spell cards." The field changed to a large castle training yard. "And now since you control one monster and I don't, I can special summon Knight Captain in attack mode." A warrior wearing heavy steel armor with a fiery sword engraved on it appeared on Aedan's field (Level 6 Attack 2500 Defence 1900) "And then I'll normal summon my Templar Healer to the field in defense mode." A young woman wearing the Templar armor but also a green robed under it as well as a green hood appeared and was kneeling down (Level 3 Attack 800 Defense 1500) "And remember my monsters gain 500 attack and defence." Aedan added. (KC Attack 2500-3000, TH Defense 1500-2000) "Then I'll end my turn Aedan finished
Daylen then did his first move. "Sorry Aedan, but your field spell won't be around for long because I summon Breaker the Magic Warrior and when he's summoned, he gains a spell counter. Now by removing it, I can destroy your Field spell." The Field spell shattered and Aedan's monsters lost their attack points. "Now I pay 1000 Life points to activate the spell card Dark Magic Veil, so now I can summon my Dark Magician to the field from my hand." The purpled robed Magician appeared on the field which shocked everyone.
"Wow." Jaden said. "These two really are good, they both summoned a high level monster on their first turn."
"Yeah but this duel's only just started." Theorn stated.
Chancellor Sheppard smiled. "Those two really are skilled Duelists."
Crowler agreed. "Oh yes they sure are."
Aedan + Sereda: 8000
Solona + Daylen: 7000
"Now I'll throw one card face down and then end my turn." Daylen finished
"My move." Sereda said. "And I think I'll throw one monster facedown and then a card facedown and that'll do."
Solona then did her next move. 'That face down monster must be a trap.' She thought. "I summon Kaibaman in attack mode." Everyone gasped as many of them knew what was going to happen next. "And now I'll sacrifice him in order to summon Blue Eyes White Dragon." The large dragon appeared on the field. "And don't think I'm going to fall into your trap Sereda, that face down monster is a trap which is why I'm going to activate Burst Steam of Destruction."
"My god." Bastion gasped. "That card will affect this whole Duel."
"Why is that?" Syrus asked
"When Burst Steam of Destruction is played when you have Blue Eyes White Dragon in the field, it destroyed all monsters on your opponent's field, though Blue Eyes cannot attack this turn." Neria explained
"Just like Neria said, now all your monsters are destroyed on both your fields" Solona stated and then Aedan's Knight Captain and Healer shattered as well as Sereda's face down monster. "Now my Blue Eyes may not be able to attack but I still have my Red Eyes, so go Inferno Fire Blast." The Red Eyes fired a large fireball at Aedan which exploded
Aedan + Sereda: 5600
Solona + Daylen: 7000
"Now it's your move." Solona finished
"Great move Solona." Aedan said. "I can see why you're a great Duelist, but now I activate Foolish Burial to send one card from my deck to the graveyard, then I play monster reborn which allows me to summon back the monster I discarded, so come on out Knight Commander." A large warrior with full plate armor and helmet appeared on the field holding a large silver sword (Level 8 Attack 2700 Defense 2500) "And now I activate his effect to summon back my Knight Captain to the field. And then I'll equip my Commander with Knight Commander Armor which gives him 1000 extra attack points and my Captain with Lyrium Sword which gives him 500 extra attack points." The armor that the Commander wore glowed brighter while the Captain's sword turned into a glowing blue one. (K Com Attack 2700-3700 KC Attack 2500-3000) "Now my Commander will destroy that Dark Magician while Captain will destroy that Breaker." Both of Daylen's monsters were destroyed and he was dealt damage.
Aedan + Sereda: 5600
Solona + Daylen: 4400
"Why did he destroy Daylen's monsters?" Kallian asked
"Because when it's Daylen's move, Daylen can only attack with monsters on his field so now Daylen can't attack unless he summons a new powerful monster." Theorn replied
"I place one card face down and end my turn." Aedan finished
"My move." Daylen stated. "And I'll start with monster reborn to summon back my Magician." The dark Magician reappeared on the field. "Then I play Thousand Knives to destroy that Knight Commander." Aedan's Knight Commander shattered. "Now I summon Elemental Mag in attack mode. The multicolor robed spellcaster appeared on the field "and since you control a light monster, I can draw 1 card which I'll now activate, Elemental Mastery which gives my Elemental Mage an extra 1000 attack points." (EM Attack 1700- 2700) "And with my Heroic Aura as my last spell, now both my monsters gain 500 attack points for this turn." (EM Attack 2700-3200 DM Attack 2500-3000) "Now Elemental Mage, destroy that Knight Captain." Elemental Mage sent a powerful blast of magic from the staff and destroyed Knight Captain.
"Sorry but by destroying Lyrium Sword, you take 500 points of damage." Aedan stated
Aedan + Sereda: 5400
Solona + Daylen: 3900
"They walked right into that one." Alexis said
"Well you can't know every card effect." Zane added
"Well I still have one more attack so go Dark Magician, attack then directly." Daylen said
"Sorry Daylen but I activate my trap, Call of the Haunted which brings back my Knight Commander." Aedan said and the monster reappeared.
"He's still destroyed though." Daylen said and the Commander was destroyed again.
Aedan + Sereda: 5100
Solona + Daylen: 3900
"I end my turn there." Daylen said
"My move now." Sereda said. "And I activate Monster Reborn to summon back my Dwarven Scout back from the graveyard which was the monster that Solona destroyed earlier with her spell. But now I'll sacrifice my scout and 1000 Life points to activate Anvil of the Void which allows me to summon out Dwarven Stone Golum to the field." The scout disappeared and was replaced by a large moving statue made of stone (Level 8 Attack 2700 Defense 2500)
Aedan + Sereda: 4100
Solona + Daylen: 3900
"And now I'll activate his effect to discard one card and destroy that Blue Eyes." Sereda added and Stone Golem powered up and then he sent a powerful punch from one of his fists which shattered the White scaled Dragon. "Then my Golem will destroy that Dark Magician since he now has less life points." Stone Golem's punch destroyed Daylen's Dark Magician."
Aedan + Sereda: 4100
Solona + Daylen: 3400
"Then to end my turn I'll play Swords of Revealing Light which prevents you from attacking for three turns." Sereda said. "It's your move."
"My draw." Solona said. "I may not be able to attack but I can boast up my defence, but first I play Pot of Greed to draw two more cards. Then I'll summon Masked Dragon to the field, but he won't be around for long because I activate my trap card Dragon's rebirth which allows me to sacrifice my Masked Dragon and summon my Blue Eyes in my hand." A new Blue Eyes appeared on Solona's field. "Also if you think your life points are safe you're wrong because I still have my Red Eyes Black Dragon which allows me to activate the spell card Inferno Fire Blast so now you take damage equal to Red Eye's attack points though he can't attack this turn, though my dragon can't attack anyway thanks to your swords." Red Eyes Black Dragon let out a fire blast from his mouth which engulfed Aedan.
Aedan + Sereda: 1700
Solona + Aedan: 3400
"Then I'll end my turn." Solona finished
"My turn then." Aedan said. "Since there is not a lot I can do I'll just throw one monster face down and end there."
"That's not much but it's my turn now." Daylen stated. "I'll also throw a monster in defense mode and then end my turn by throwing one card facedown."
"That's not much as well but it's my turn." Sereda announced. "I'll start by activating my Golum's effect by discarding one card to destroy that Blue Eyes." Solona's second Blue eyes shattered. "Then I'll summon my Dwarven Soldier in attack mode but he won't be here for long because now I'll sacrifice my Stone Golum and my soldier to summon the more advanced Golum, the Dwarven Steel Golum." The stone Golum was engulfed in lava and was replaced by a huge monster made of steel. (Level 9 Attack 3000 Defense 3000) "My Steel Golum will destroy that Red Eyes." The Stone Golem sent a powerful punch from his stone fist which destroyed Solona's red eyes."
Aedan + Sereda: 1700
Solona + Daylen: 2800
"Then I'll end my turn." Sereda finished
"Now it's my turn." Solona said. "And I'll start by activating Card of Sanctity so now we all draw until we have 6 cards in our hands." All four players drew until they had 6 cards in their hands. "Now I'll activate the spell card Return of the Dragon Lords which allows me to summon back my Blue Eyes from the Graveyard." The first Blue eyes returned to the field. "Now I'll activate Monster Reincarnation to discard 1 card in order to get the second Blue eyes back from the graveyard and add it to my hand. Then I'll activate Polymerization to fuse the two Blue Eyes in my hand to summon Blue Eyes Twin Burst Dragon." Solona discarded her Blue Eyes in her hand and the Blue Eyes on her field vanished in a bright light and was replaced by a large blue and white scaled dragon with the two heads of the Blue Eyes White Dragon. (Level 10 Attack 3000 Defence 2500)
"That's a good monster." Neria said in the stands.
"Yeah but it's not that much powerful that the original Blue Eyes." Syrus muttered
"Well it must have some kind of effect that makes it worth summoning." Jaden said. "That is a sweet monster, I sure can't wait when I get the chance to Duel Solona myself."
"Jaden Solona has been able to summon out powerful monsters several times, are you sure you can defeat that?" Syrus asked
"Well as people are wondering what my dragon's effect is here you go." Solona said. "My Twin Burst dragon can attack twice each turn and cannot be destroyed in battle. Also monsters that cannot be destroyed in battle are not safe from my dragon because at the turns end, if my dragon has attacked a monster that wasn't destroyed, then I can banish that monster at the turn's end."
Everyone gasped at the effect. "Now that card would be difficult to overcome." Bastion said
"Of course thanks to your swords spell I cannot attack this turn so it's your move." Solona finished
Aedan drew his card. "I should thank you Solona." He said to everyone's confusion. "Because thanks to your card I can now activate the trap card Annulment. Now when this card is activated, I can discard 5 cards in my hand and then I can destroy every card on the field."
"But that includes your monsters as well." Daylen said. "Why would you do that?"
"Well I can discard two cards to prevent my Steel Golum from being destroyed." Sereda replied.
"Yes and now every card on the field will be destroyed." Aedan said and then there was a glow which destroyed every card on the field except for Sereda's Golum as she discarded two cards to save it. But then the light cleared, Solona's Twin Burst Dragon was still on the field. "Wait how come that card is still on the field."
"Because of the effect of my Return of the Dragon Lords, because by removing it from play, I can prevent my Twin burst from being destroyed." Solona explained.
Aedan looked at her. "
A good move." He said "But my turn's not done." He looked at Sereda. "Can I borrow one of the dwarves in your graveyard?"
"You sure can." Sereda replied
"Right, I remove my Knight Captain and Sereda's Dwarven Soldier from play; this allows me to summon the all powerful Knight Divine in attack mode." A new Templar monster wearing a long red and white robe with armor above it and holding a ceremonial sword and shield appeared on Aedan's field (Level 9 Attack 3000 Defense 2800) "Now I'll activate his ability so by sacrificing 1000 Life points I can destroy all your cards." Solona's dragon shattered and this time she couldn't save it. "Now Knight Divine, end this duel with Divine justice Slash."
Aedan + Sereda: 700
Solona + Daylen: 2800
"Oh no, this duel's over." Bastion said as everyone gasped
"No it's not." Daylen said. "Because you've declared an attack, I can special summon my Quick mage to the field in defence mode which absorbs your attack." The small mage appeared on the field (Level 3 Attack 800 Defense 1000)
"Sorry Daylen but when my monster my Knight Divine attacks a monster in defense mode then he difference between my Divine's attack points and your monster defence points is dealt to you as damage." Quick Mage was destroyed and Daylen was dealt damage thanks to Knight Divine's effect.
Aedan + Sereda: 700
Solona + Daylen: 800
"There're still in the game" Jaden said
"Yeah but Daylen's got to make a good move now." Theorn said
"Make your move." Aedan finished
"It's all up to me now." Daylen said and then he drew his card. When he looked at it, he smiled. "Sorry Aedan and Sereda, it's been a good duel but this duel ends here, because now it's time to see my sister and I's teamwork. First I activate my own Monster Reincarnation which allows me to add my Dark Magician from the graveyard to my hand. Now I play my own Polymerization which allows me to fuse my Dark Magician and Buster Blader to summon the all powerful Dark Paladin." Everyone gasped as an armoured version of Dark Magician wearing dark greenish armour appeared on the field (Level 8 Attack 2900 Defense 2400)
Aedan and Sereda widened their eyes as since they studied, they knew Dark Paladin's effect. Bastion smiled. 
"Now that is teamwork." He said
"How is that teamwork?" Kallian asked
"Because Dark Paladin gains 500 attack points for every dragon monster on the field and graveyard, and Solona has several in her graveyard." Bastion replied
"Yeah she has two Blue Eyes, her twin burst, her Red Eyes and her Masked Dragon so that's 5 in her graveyard." Jaden said. "That means..."
"Now Dark Paladin gains 2500 attack points thanks to the dragons in my sister's graveyard." Daylen said and Dark Paladin absorbed the attack points of Solona's dragons (DP Attack 2900-5400)
"5400 attack points." Alexis gasped
"It's over." Zane said "They've won."
"Now Dark Paladin, destroy that Steel Golum and the rest of their Life points." Daylen explained and Dark Paladin swung his staff and sent a shockwave with destroyed the Steel Golum."
Aedan + Sereda: 0000
Solona + Daylen: 800 (Winner)
"They did it." Theorn gasped
"They won" Neria yelled as well.
Aedan and Sereda smiled at Daylen and Solona. 
"You did well, and welcome to the Blue dorm." Aedan said
"Thank you." Solona and Daylen said at the same time.
Then Chancellor Sheppard's voice came over the microphone. "The winner of this Duel is Solona and Daylen Amell. Since they won the Duel they are hereby promoted to Obelisk Blue."
Jaden and Syrus ran down to the stage. 
"Congratulations Solona." Jaden said. "You're a really good Duelist; I hope we can duel someday."
"One day we will Jaden." Solona said
"But before you go to Blue I say we celebrate in the Ra Canteen." Theorn said
"I would like that." Daylen said "I would like to send one last day there before we leave."