Chazz-anova

Chazz was sleeping on the roof of Duel Academy.

Jaden, Syrus and Chumley were walking through the courtyard down below. Hundreds of students from all three dorms were crowded on both sides of the walkway, cheering for Jaden and the end of the Shadow Riders.

"Way to go, Jaden!"

"Totally! Way to stick it to those Shadow Riders!"

"Well thank you." Jaden said, smiling and waving to the crowd.

"Check it out guys." Syrus said, looking from side to side. "They think we're heroes."

Up in his resting spot, Chazz slumped back down and let out a loud breath.

"*What's up with Chazz?*" Ojama Black asked his brothers.

"*You won't believe it.*" Ojama Yellow said. "*The boss thinks he's in love.*"

"*He's in love!?*" Ojama Green exclaimed.

"That's right. So I won't have any more time for you guys." The three Ojamas gasped in surprise at this statement. Chazz sat up and pulled out his cards, and then a gust of wind blew them all away, with the three spirits getting carried away as well. "She has my heart now." Chazz sighed.

"Alexis… I know she feels the same way. It wasn't just a dream. When Alexis and I were trapped in that weird vortex, I felt her heart. There… in the blackness of space, the eternity of time, her soul told me she loved me! That we were destined to be together." Chazz paused for a moment at this. "Okay, maybe it didn't exactly tell me, but it was in the air! I felt it! We belong together! But who does she spend most of her time with? Jaden! No way that slacker deserves a girl like her. He wouldn't even know how to treat her like a lady, the way she deserves. And then there's Zane too. Man, so much competition… this might be tough…"

Over at the docks, the unwitting object of Chazz's affections was hanging out with Zane, looking out at the ocean waves.

"I'm glad you're okay, Alexis." Zane spoke up.

"Okay?" She said, incredulous. "I was taken hostage… again… this time by some clone of who I thought was our professor."

"Yeah… but you have to admit, things like that… aren't really that rare around here, are they?"

Alexis nodded her head in acknowledgement. "Unfortunately, I can't deny that. Still, not exactly what I expected when I first got here."

"I don't think anyone would've expected all this." The two remained quiet for a moment until Zane spoke up again. "Ever thought of hiring a bodyguard?"

"Why? You offering?"

Zane gave her a small smile and shrugged his shoulders a little.

"Thanks, but no thanks. Despite recent events, I can take care of myself. Still… it's nice to know you care."

"Lexy… I'll miss you once I graduate from here." Alexis looked down at the reminder that she'd be missing a friend soon. Seeing her change in expression, Zane scrambled to change the subject. "So, uh… it looks like your brother's back to being his normal self again."

Alexis let out a little snort of laughter at this. "Yeah, if you can even call it normal…"

'*How can I get her to notice me?*'

Sometime later, Chazz was sitting on the beach, moping about his chances with Alexis. Some other students were hanging around a snack shack dressed in swim suits.

Atticus landed on the beach and Jasmine and Mindy ran over to him.

"Autograph please?" Mindy asked shyly, holding out a large notebook.

Atticus smiled and grabbed the notebook, "Sure no problem," he said as he wrote into the paper before handing it back, "There ya go,"

Both girls looked at what he had written and squealed.

"He wrote B.F.F!" They cried.

"That's right ladies. It means..." Atticus raised a finger to the beautiful sky, smiling a charm smile to the two girls, "Best Friends Forever!"

Mindy and Jasmine squealed again before falling backward onto the sand, fainting.

Atticus shook his head, still smiling, "That *always* seems to happen...,"

Chazz stared at Atticus, ''*This guy is a chick magnet **and'*** **Alexis' brother! He's my way in...**

"Atticus!" he fell to his hands and knees, head bowed to the surfing Obelisk, "Ya gotta help me! PLEASE!"

Atticus looked down at Chazz, a bewildered look on his face, "Huh?"

Later, after much explaining, Chazz and Atticus sat on the beach, looking out at the sunset.

"So, Chazz..." Atticus chuckled, "You wanna date with my sister, huh? Well, keep dreamin'!"

"Huh?" Chazz turned and looked at him, stunned at what he had just heard.

"Kidding!" Atticus grinned slyly, "Ya see, Chazz, if ya wanna date her, ya gotta *impress* her!" he started wagging a finger, "And the best way to do that, is to duel her!"

"Duel... Alexis?"

"Yeah." Atticus glanced at him, "She *loves* dueling, and if you beat her, she'll be all yours! That's if, you let all your cards do the talkin',"

Chazz sighed and looked back at the ocean.

"I... uh... sorta ditched my cards." He mumbled.

Davis and Ryan watched the scene with interest.

*'What is Chazz doing?'* Ryan thought.

"Shall we watch Chazz make a fool out of himself?" Davis asked.

Atticus fanned the cards out and shook his head, "Aw, no no no... this is not cool at all! Chazz, what you need is some 'Love' cards..."

"Love cards?"

"Right." Atticus handed the deck back, "I'll help you out there, but the only question is how do we get her to duel you?"

Chazz looked at his Ojamas, as if wanting to ask them, "Uh..."

After a few moments, Atticus grinned slyly, '*I think I know just what to get her to duel...'* he thought devilishly.

That night, in his office, Sheppard was putting away some documents into his bag, ready to leave for the night. Ready to leave when...

He snapped his head to the side, eyes scanning the room, "Who's there?" He asked loudly.

No answer.

"That's odd. I could've sworn I just heard-," he stopped and shook his head, and then reached under his desk and pulled out the case that now held the Seven Spirit Keys.

*Next morning*

"THE SPIRIT KEYS ARE MISSING!"

After Sheppard got over the shock of seeing the empty case, he realized that someone had left a note in their place. "What… a confession?" He muttered a few words under his breath as he quickly read the note. "From Chazz!?"

Having received the message from Sheppard explaining the situation, the key-keepers (past and present), along with Syrus and Chumley, gathered together and ran to where the note said Chazz would be waiting. After running a long ways, they found Chazz standing on a little strip of beach near the forest. His had his duel disk and deck at the ready, and all ten spirit keys were hanging around his neck. "So, Chazz really has the keys?" Syrus said as they all stopped to catch their breath.

"Jokes over," Alexis declared firmly. "Give us the keys, Chazz."

"Not yet," he replied.

"Oooookay. So… when?"

"When you… and I… duel. So let's go Alexis!"

The key keepers and friends (even Zane) stared in surprise at this.

"Huh?"

"What?"

"Um…"

"Why do you want to duel Alexis?" Jaden asked. "And why go through all this?"

"Because I'm in love! Got it!? And Alexis is too. She just doesn't know it yet, but soon she will."

"Honestly." Alexis said, turning her attention back to Chazz. "Why on earth would you think that would work?"

"Because I told him so." Everyone looked in the direction of Atticus' voice and saw him walk out from behind a tree, wearing a red Hawaiian shirt and playing a ukulele.

"And… how would you know?" Zane asked.

"Because I know her. And dear little sis needs a helping hand with her love life."

"So come on, sis. He stole the spirit keys just for you."

"And that's… romance?" Syrus questioned. "News to me."

"I don't know much about romance." Jaden admitted. "But this is nuts!"

Alexis sighed. '*At times like this, I wish he was back in a coma.*'

Zane rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Anyone up for just tackling him and taking the keys back?"

"Not a bad thought." Jaden said.

"What's the hold up!?" Chazz demanded.

"Fine, I'll duel!" Alexis exclaimed in exasperation. "Whatever."

"Yeah, you got 'er now, Chazz!" Atticus exclaimed.

"One thing…" Alexis spoke up. "Even if I lose, the keys go back."

"Alright," Chazz agreed. "But then I get something to take their place: You as a girlfriend." Jeremy, Jaden and the others stared with eyes wide open, though Chazz went on regardless. "Then we can hold hands, take walks, write notes. That's the deal!"

"Fine, that's the deal!" Alexis said, activating her duel disk. "But it's not gonna happen! Now let's do this, Chazz!"

"I will." Chazz replied, activating his own duel disk. "And I'll show you… that you love me!"

"Let's duel!" "Let's duel!"

Chazz: 4000

Alexis: 4000

"All the weirdness that's happened on this island, and I'm still surprised," Christine muttered under her breath.

"Here goes!" Chazz declared, drawing his sixth card. "Alright, I'll start with Ojama Yellow."

The short, yellow monster appeared on the field, doing a little dance. (2/**0**/1000) "*Hi there! Boss thinks you're cute!*"

"Then I'll place two face-downs and play the spell card Love Letter. And here's how it works. First off, if I got a face-down and a monster sitting on my field, you get a gift. You see, either my monster or my face-down become yours. Aren't I sweet? Yeah, I know it, and that's just the first of lotsa gifts you'll be getting from me. The Chazz knows how to treat his lady."

"I'm not your lady, Chazz!" Alexis exclaimed. "But if I have to take your gift, fine. I'll take one of your face-downs."

'*Perfect.*' Chazz thought to himself. '*Everything is going according to the plan. Atticus was right, dueling can be just like old fashioned courting. After all, her accepting my face-down card is just like her accepting a valentine from me. A valentine I probably would've been too scared to deliver in real life. But with Atticus' help…*'

*Chazz's Imagination…*

Chazz saw himself hiding behind a tree, watching imaginary Alexis from afar. As she walked past, imaginary Atticus clapped him on the shoulder and pointed into the air. '*Onwards and upwards, Chazz. If you can't charm her, duel her.*'

'*Okay.*'

Imaginary Atticus winked and gave imaginary Chazz a thumbs up. '*Go!*'

Emboldened by imaginary Atticus' encouragement, imaginary Chazz ran out to deliver the valentine, causing a blush to appear on imaginary Alexis' cheeks as she accepted it.

*Real Life…*

One of Chazz's face-downs vanished from his side of the field and appeared in front of Alexis. "But there's more," Chazz declared. "Next I play the spell card Giant Trunade. What it does is bring all spells and traps back to our hands. I'll take that face-down back now."

*Chazz's Imagination…*

Imaginary Chazz and Alexis were joyfully running towards each other in the woods, with the imaginary blond girl holding up a letter with a heart stamp. '*Chazzy! From me to you!*'

A gust of wind blew the letter out of her hand, and imaginary Chazz jumped up to catch it.

*Real Life…*

"That's so sweet of you to give this back to me so soon." Chazz said, holding up a spell card that showed a shy boy looking at a beautiful girl who had her back to him. "And now I think I'll play it. Hidden Wish."

Atticus smiled nodded, strumming the ukulele.

"When Hidden Wish returns from my opponent's field back to me, it deals 1000 points of damage to you, and I gain 1000 points."

Chazz: 5000

Alexis: 3000

"So I guess I should say: 'Thanks darling'. I just knew that us dueling would bring us closer. Are you feeling the sparks?"

Alexis made a grimace at the way Chazz looked at her.

"I'm feeling nauseous." Syrus moaned.

"Me too." Chumley added.

"And now I'll activate my other face-down." Chazz continued, ignoring them. "The card known as Treasure Map. Once I send it to the graveyard, I get to draw two more cards. I'll lay them face-down and end my turn."

"Alright Chazz, let's go!" Alexis declared, irritated. "I summon Blade Skater in attack mode!" The purple skater woman appeared on the Obelisk girl's field. (4/**1400**/1500) "Now take out that Ojama Yellow! Whirlwind Slasher!" Alexis' warrior spun around rapidly as she rushed at Ojama Yellow, who had a panicked look on his face.

"*Boss! Help!*"

"Ah, don't worry. Go, Ring of Destruction!" A belt of bombs was launched from Chazz's trap card, attacking itself to Blade Skater and detonating. "Now we both get hit for damage equal to your Blade Skater's attack points."

Chazz: 3600

Alexis: 1600

"Like a couple."

Atticus sighed as he strummed a few cords. "That's so romantic. After all, what's love without pain? Nice work, Don Juan." The brunette gave Chazz a thumbs up.

Chazz returned the gesture. "You know it, Atticus."

"And you feel the love!" Atticus called out, pointing at Alexis.

"Puh-lease." Alexis said, looking away.

"Then maybe this will work." Chazz spoke, drawing his next card. "I play Graceful Charity. Now I draw three new cards and discard two cards from my hand. Oh, and here's Pot of Greed. Looks like I get two more. Now I play my face-down, Ojama Trio. Now three Ojama Tokens crash your field in defense mode." The three Ojama brothers appeared on Alexis' field, shaking their butts at her. (2/0/**1000**) x3 "And if one of them gets wiped out, you lose 300 points. It's so great to share."

Alexis frowned, annoyed by the presence of the Ojama tokens.

"Next I'll play my spell card Polymerization. Let's go guys." Ojama Black and Green appeared next to Ojama Yellow on Chazz's field. "Ojama Black, Ojama Green, and Ojama Yellow, fuse together to form Ojama King." A fusion portal appeared above the field, sucking in Chazz's monsters, then spitting out the oversized round, white monster.

"***Ojama!***"

Ojama King: 0/3000

"And thanks to Ojama King's special ability, up to three of your empty monster card zones are reclassified as occupied." A mini Ojama King appeared above Alexis' duel disk, stamping her two empty monster card zones with a red marker.

'*No!*' Alexis thought to herself. '*Now I've got no room to play any new monster cards. I'll be completely defenseless.*'

"Thanks, I know. Next I'll throw a face-down and end my turn. So tell me, are you feeling the fuzzies yet? After all, I've filled up your field to show how my heart is full of love. Right?"

"He is so gone." Syrus said.

"I suppose it's… sort of romantic." Bastion remarked, earning surprised looks from the others. "In it's own very unique way."

Alexis stared at her cards, including Cyber Prima, trying to think about what she could do. '*If I could get her on the field, I might have a chance, but I can't even sacrifice those Ojama freaks to summon her.*' "Yes!" She exclaimed as she drew her next card. "I think I got it!"

"Huh? Got what?" Atticus wondered.

'*This little move should throw Chazz-anova for a loop.*' "I'm laying a face-down, and that's it."

"Fine! My turn! I play a little card I like to call Dress Up. The new duds give Ojama King an extra 300 attack points."

A sleek white tuxedo appeared on Ojama King's body. "*Thanks for the threads!*"

"If you ask me what Alexis needs is someone competent, decent, reliable and who puts the needs of others before themselves." Arisa said.

"And it's got another bonus. I get to switch one of your monsters to attack mode. Another gift for you."

"But… all of her monsters have no attack points." Syrus pointed out.

"No joke." Jaden said. "And it gets worse. If Chazz attacks, she'll lose 300 life-points for the attack, and another 300 points for taking out one of the tokens. Plus, if Chazz destroys all three Ojamas like this, she'll lose 1800 points."

"You got that right. That means she'll lose the duel," Chazz said. "And I'll win a girlfriend."

'*Me and Chazz a couple?*' Alexis thought to herself. '*Ugh, I think I'm gonna be sick. I better do something about this, and fast!*'

"Let's see here…" Chazz wondered out loud. "On one hand I could win this duel right now, and win a girlfriend. But what would Chazz having a girlfriend mean if she wasn't really madly in love with me?"

"So then… he's not gonna attack Ojama Yellow?" Jaden wondered.

"That's right!" Chazz declared. "I attack Ojama Black!"

Ojama King jumped high into the air and came down towards the Ojama Black token. "*Look out below! Here I come!*"

"*Chowderhead!*" Ojama Black leapt up, head butting Ojama King in the stomach.

Chazz: 2900

"See what a sweet guy I am? But there's more: Since I just took damage, I can play Dramatic Crossroads. It's decision time. Now pay attention. Option one, you discard one random card. Option number two, you show your entire hand to me, and then I'm allowed to take one of your cards for myself."

"But… why would she do that?" Syrus asked, visibly confused.

"Because, if Alexis really loves me, then she'll trust me, and let me see her hand. She'll give me her very best card as proof of our love. Then she and I will live happily ever after! Now make your choice, Lexy dear."

Alexis sighed. "Okay Chazz, listen up. I'm not going to show you my hand. You got it?"

"WHAT!? I'm shot down!?" Chazz fell over in surprise.

Alexis shook her head at his behavior. "Listen… you wanna know who I love? I'm in love with dueling."

"Ouch, Chazz." Atticus said as he ran over to check on the black clad Slifer. "Crash and burn, dude."

"Yeah, so what!?" Chazz exclaimed, jumping to his feet. "Don't forget, if I win this, you'll still be mine!"

"Chazz, dude… now might be the time to give up on this," Atticus advised him. "Before you fall even further behind."

"*I'd go out with you boss.*" Ojama Yellow's spirit said as he appeared on Chazz's shoulder.

Chazz casually batted the duel spirit away and stared at Alexis. "If you won't love me… then I'll defeat you, and you'll have to go out with me."

'*Then I simply can't let him defeat me,*' Alexis thought, shuffling her cards and holding them so should couldn't see which was which. '*I just hope I don't discard the one monster that could get me out of this mess.*' With some hesitation, she picked one card, which turned out to be Cyber Tutu. Sighing in relief, she placed it in her graveyard, then took her turn. "Alright Chazz… If you really want a wedding, here's your one chance. I play the spell Ritual Sanctuary!" A large white church appeared all around them, with rows of pews, a long red carpet leading to the altar and the sounds of a church bell ringing. "Now by discarding a spell card, I'm able to add any ritual spell card from my deck to my hand. And now I'll play it! Machine Angel Ritual!" The church's interior then took on a silvery metallic hue.

"What the…?" Chazz exclaimed, shielding his eyes as a bright red light glowed from the ceiling.

"Now I can summon any monster with Cyber Angel in its name."

"No way! Thanks to those Ojama tokens, you've got no monster zones. And you can't get rid of them either."

"Oh yes I can. This is a ritual summoning."

"So what?" Chazz asked. "What's that got to do with anything?"
"Everything. Because that no sacrifice rule… doesn't apply to ritual summoning. And the monster I'm ritual summoning calls for me to sacrifice all three Ojamas. Plus, since they're not being destroyed, I don't lose any life-points." The three Ojamas vanished in a flash of light. "But you sure are going to, Chazz. Come on out Cyber Angel Benten!" The fan wielding Cyber Angel descended onto the field from the light in the ceiling.
"Cyber Angel Benten… attack his king! Angel Light Flurry!" Benten dashed across the field and struck Ojama King with her fans several times before finally destroying him.
Chazz: 1400

"Now for Cyber Angel's special effect… you take damage equal to the defense points of the monster that was destroyed in battle. I'm sorry, Chazzy."

"That can't be…" Chazz protested. "That would leave the Chazz with… nothing…"

Chazz: 0

The holograms faded away and Chazz fell to his knees. "She beat me… My darling beat me. So much for true love… Which is fine…" Chazz stood up and thrust an arm into the air. "Cause the Chazz always rides alone."

The others stared at him for a moment, and then he dropped to his knees again and began crying.

"Alexis!" Atticus exclaimed, crying as well. "At least you could've let him down gently."

Alexis walked over to Chazz and gave him a friendly smile. "Look, Chazz, despite everything, I'd still like to be friends."

Chazz's tears stopped for a second. "Really?"

Alexis nodded.

"Thank you." And then he began crying again.

Suddenly the whole island began shaking and everyone did their best to stay on their feet. "What Banner warned us about…" Jaden spoke up. "It's here."