Homecoming Duel, Part 1

*Late one night at Duel Academy...*

Everything was quiet until a bright light shined in the sky. Then a meteor fell out of the sky and crashed into the island's volcano.

"Jaden, we need your help." A voice called out.

Jaden heard the voice and ran towards the volcano.

When he got there, he saw a hole and went in.

Arisa followed him.

"What is this?" She asked out loud.

They found themselves in a cave filled with lava.

"Okay, this is pretty dangerous yet something tells us we need to be here." Arisa said.

Suddenly, the magma turned into a pillar and a figure emerged from it.

Jaden and Arisa were surprised.

"Who are you?" Arisa asked.

Then there was a gust of wind and another figure descended.

"I've never seen anything like this before." Arisa said.

"We've been waiting for you Jaden." The figures said.

"Really?" Arisa asked.

"Who are you?" Jaden asked them.

The next morning, Chazz walked away from campus and everyone else discussed his wardrobe change.

"I heard he totally lost it."

"Yeah, who even wears white after Labor Day."

"Bet his next outfit will be a straight jacket."

Ryan and the Shiba siblings were concerned.

"This is not good." He muttered.

"Perhaps we might want to defeat Chazz in a duel now while we have the chance." Tyson said.

"At this rate, we may not have a choice." Kaoru added.

"The question is, when do we challenge Chazz?" Davis asked.

"I'll figure something out." Ryan stated.

"Perhaps we better do it soon." Tyson said.

"Yeah." The other three agreed.

At the same time things weren't looking so good.

Everyone turned and went inside as Chazz walked off.

"They'll all be dressed in white soon enough. Of course they won't look as good as me."

In the Chancellor's office, Bonaparte watched the scene while Crowler was filling out paperwork.

"I just had a brilliant idea." Bonaparte announced.

Rumiko was in the office as well preparing to counter whatever Bonaparte tried to do.

"It better not be getting rid of the red dorm." She said.

"I remember already dismissing that idea." Crowler added.

"And I backed you on that Crowler." Rumiko continued.

*'You two may not be willing to get rid of the red dorm, but I am.'* Bonaparte thought to himself.

*'No matter what you do Bonaparte I will never let you go through with destroying the red dorm.'* Rumiko thought.

Bonaparte left the room with a paper he sneaked in, a form that will allow me to tear down the Slifer dorm if one of the students lost a duel to someone of his choosing, and he had the perfect duelist in mind.

Bonaparte didn't know that Rumiko slipped in a form that would punish him for his actions.

Aster walked into Sartorius' room after being called in there.

"Thanks for coming on such short notice." Sartorius said.

"I'm done dueling for today." Aster replied. "What's up?"

"I scheduled a last minute duel before you turn in." Sartorius stated. "The yacht is ready for you to head to Duel Academy."

"You're asking me to go back there?" Aster asked, frowning. "Why?"

"It's in your best interest to go." Sartorius replied.

"In case you forgot, I'm booked for the next 2 years." Aster reminded him.

"Leave that to me." Sartorius smiled.

"How is this good for my career? It's a step backwards."

"You have to have more faith in the cards. You'll soon receive a call from the faculty telling you why you have to go."

Aster stepped off his yacht and made his way to the main building.

Over at the red dorm...

Rumiko stood in front of a sign that said if Alexis lost, the red dorm would be torn down.

*'Not if I have a say in it.'* Rumiko hoped Arisa and Jaden would return soon.

A few hours later...

She headed to the front of the school. Alexis and Hassleberry were with her.

"Who schedules a duel at midnight?" Alexis asked.

"Bonaparte does." Rumiko answered.

Tyson was also present.

"Is it true?" Syrus asked, running up to the four.

"I'm afraid so." Tyson nodded.

"That's against regulation though." Bastion pointed out.

"Not with the Chancellor's signature." Bonaparte told them.

"Bonaparte must have slipped it in." Rumiko said. "Fortunately I warned Sartyr and Kathy about what happened."

"I can't believe Crowler did that." Syrus stated in surprise.

"Bonaparte likely slipped a form in and Crowler didn't know it." Tyson said.

"He's right." Rumiko confirmed it. "Fortunately I slipped in a form to counter Bonaparte and his actions."

"What?!" Bonaparte yelled out in shock.

"You heard me and you'll find out what said form is soon enough once your candidate loses." Rumiko said.

"Who is my opponent anyway?" Alexis asked.

"That would be me."

Aster Phoenix stepped into the arena.

"Bonaparte, how the hell did you get Aster here?!" Rumiko shouted.

"I used some of the money from the Slifer Red dorm to pay off Sartorius." Bonaparte stated.

"You what?" She growled.

"When this is over Bonaparte is gonna need medical attention." Tyson said. He knew this would end badly for the Vice-Chancellor.

Everyone made their way into the arena and Alexis and Aster stood on opposite sides of the field.

*'Defeating Aster won't be easy.'* Alexis thought.

The group knew that Alexis had the fate of the red dorm on her hands.

"Attention." Bonaparte stood up. "Should Alexis lose this duel, it's 'Au revoir, Red Dorm!'"

"Not gonna happen!" Alexis shouted.

"Then get your game on!" Aster challenged.

"You really should copyright that line."

"Wait, could that be?" Tyson asked, recognizing the voice.

Everyone turned to a different part of the arena.

Jaden and Arisa came towards them.

"We're back." Arisa said.

"Welcome back, guys!" Alexis greeted them.

"Glad to have you back." Tyson said.

"How was your adventure in Neo Space?" Syrus asked.

"It was great." Arisa answered. "Jaden has a new deck with new monsters he designed in Kaiba Corp's contest years ago."

"Why didn't you two stay there?" Aster asked.

"We have business on earth, genius." Arisa replied sarcastically.

"Now I believe you have business to take care of." She added.

Arisa stepped aside to let Jaden handle things while she rejoined the others.

"Now that I got my deck back, I need to get back in the game." He then turned and faced Aster. "Hey Aster, would you like the honor of being the first person to lose to my new deck?"

"Will you listen to yourself?" Aster stated. "There's not a hero on earth that can stand up to my Destiny Heroes!"

"You didn't listen to a word I said. These monsters aren't from Earth." Arisa countered.

"Which means Aster is getting his butt kicked." Tyson said.

"Let me take your place. You won't regret it." Jaden turned to Alexis.

"No fair!" Bonaparte yelled.

"Very well!" Crowler nodded, to Bonaparte's horror. "The press will eat this up. A rematch between Hero duelists."

"Crowler will say anything to look good to the press." Tyson said.

"Got that right." Kaoru nodded.

"At least we can use this to keep Bonaparte at bay." Davis added.

"You're allowing these fools to walk all over you again." Bonaparte stated.

"The only fool around here is you." Rumiko snapped at Bonaparte.

"Let's duel Aster." Jaden said.

"You're on." Aster replied.

"Let's go!"

Aster: 4000

Jaden: 4000

"I'll kick things off." Aster drew his sixth card. "With Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude!"

Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude: 1400/1600

"Then I use it's special ability. I excavate the top card and if it's a normal spell, it goes to the graveyard and I can use it next turn. I'll end my turn there."

"My move." Jaden smiled as he drew his sixth card. "Time for you to meet one of my new monsters. He'll certainly make a splash."

After a wave of water crashed down, Aquos appeared.

Neo Spacian Aqua Dolphin: 600/800

"Jaden really did meet aliens." Bastion gasped.

"Next, I play Fake Hero! I can special summon a Elemental Hero from my hand, but it's not able to attack and returns to my hand at the end phase. So come on out, Bladedge."

Elemental Hero Bladedge: 2600/1800

"Next I activate Aqua Dolphin's special ability. I discard a card and look at your hand to see if there's a monster. Then if there's a monster on my field with more attack points, it's destroyed and you lose 500 life points."

Aqua Dolphin emitted a barrage of sound waves at Aster's hand, revealing Captain Tenacious.