Monkey See, Monkey Duel

*Somewhere on Academy Island...*

Glass broke.

"Code red! I repeat, Code Red!"

The facility's scientists and security were searching for something.

"We have to hurry; the specimen can't escape."

Somewhere else in the facility a monkey wearing a high-tech helmet and duel disk ran out the room towards an elevator. The door opened to reveal one guy with a gun. He tried shooting at it, but the monkey was too fast and jumps on the guard's head before climbing up the elevator and onto the roof where it jumped into the forest and escaped into the night.

The next morning Chazz was walking out of the school with a small bag. Turning around he took one more look at the school.

"Stinking Duel Academy you demote me, you laugh at me. Well I've had it. You won't have Chazz Princeton to kick around." Chazz said walking away.

Later that day in Prof. Banner's class, Syrus was running in as fast as he could.

"Jaden! Jaden it's horrible! Chazz is gone!" Syrus said.

"How is that bad news?" Jaden asks.

"Well isn't he your rival?" Syrus asks.

"You're right, I need my competition." Jaden said as the rest of the class started talking.

"Hey you know I saw Chazz packing his stuff last night." Torimaki said.

"Know why? Because he lost to that Ra and Silfer." Another Blue said.

"Good riddance." Another said.

Kaoru and her siblings heard what was being said and weren't too happy with their fellow Blues.

"And you wonder why I spend all my time around the Slifer's and Ra's." Arisa said. "Disgraceful."

"Jerks the whole lot of them." Davis said. "Disgusting."

"Despicable." Kaoru finished. "Somebody needs to teach those dinguses a lesson. Again. I kicked most of their butts when you invited me to eat in the Obelisk cafeteria so they have no room to talk."

"Leave them to me." Ryan added pounding his fist into his palm.

"Go get them." Kaoru said.

"We got your back." Davis said.

"This should be quite amusing." Arisa said.

He approached them and began throwing punches, knocking the two out.

They grimaced from what they were seeing.

The Shiba's said nothing else as they had to write a letter to their brother Tyson.

"Yikes, with friends like that who need enemies." Jaden said.

"Jaden, I know Chazz has been a pain, but what if he's in danger and needs us to help?" Syrus suggests.

"Good point, the right thing to do would be to go look for him." Jaden said as the two Slifers left the class not noticing Alexis, Mindy and Jasmine watching them.

"Uh you know there's a door." Alexis said startling them.

Turning around they saw the three Obelisks standing nearby.

"Alexis…we were just getting an early start on our homework." Jaden said.

"You're looking for Chazz and we're coming with you." Alexis said.

"Really? Why?" Jaden asks.

"Chazz is an Obelisk Blue and we always look out for one of our own." Alexis said.

About a half hour later as they were calling for Chazz to come out of hiding Alexis started to get frustrated.

"That it. Chazz you little toad if this is some trick you better hope that we don't find you!" She yells at the top of her voice.

"Yeah, threaten him, that'll bring him out." Jaden said.

"You know I'm sure there's a good reason Chazz ran off." Jasmine said.

"What's up?" Jaden asks.

"Look there." Alexis said pointing towards a bush. "Something's moving."

"I don't see anything." Jaden said when the bush started to rustle.

"Chazz?" Mindy asks.

"Must be. Alright, game's over we found you." Jaden said as they walked towards the bush when suddenly the monkey wearing the helmet and duel disk leaps out scaring all of them.

Leaping at them the monkey creates a cloud of dust as it scuffles with them before running off.

"Not Chazz." Jaden said.

"Not human either." Syrus said when three men in suits ran towards them, one of them holding a gun when suddenly they heard a scream.

The four teens look around and notice one of them was missing.

"Jasmine!" Alexis realized when they heard her screaming.

"Up in those trees!" Jaden points as they saw the monkey had kidnapped Jasmine.

"It's what she always wanted. Some guy to sweep her off her feet." Mindy said.

"Yeah some guy not some monkey." Alexis said.

"What's going on?" Syrus asks.

"Who cares, it's got Jasmine. We have to save her." Jaden said. The four took off.

Jasmine was frantically trying to tell the monkey to let her go, but to no avail as it continued running towards a tree dangling over a cliff. After landing on the tree Jasmine was hanging onto the monkey for dear life.

"Don't let me go!" She screams as the three men in suits arrive.

"I can't get a shot, I might hit the girl." One said as the others arrived.

"Hey that monkey has a duel disk on his arm. Either that or it's a really weird banana." Jaden said.

"That's no banana, and that's no ordinary Monkey. His name's Wheeler and he's a trained duelist." The short man in the group said surprising them.

"If you're telling the truth and that monkey really knows how to duel, then the only way to settle this is with a duel." Jaden said, stepping towards Wheeler. "You hear that Wheeler!? Let's throw down!"

At the same time...

The Shiba siblings receive a response from their brother Tyson.

"Hey, what's up?" The three look around and see Ryan.

"Nothing. I just sent my brother and sisters a email." A voice said.

Back with Jaden's group...

Wheeler cautiously started Jaden down, still carrying the Obelisk girl.

"I think you got his attention, Jay." Syrus said.

"Okay, if I win, you let Jasmine go." Jaden said to the monkey.

"If you win, we let you go, including the suits with the guns." The guys in question growled at that, they couldn't afford to lose a valuable specimen.

"But where's does that leave me!?" Jasmine cried.

"Don't worry, he's not gonna win." Jaden assured her. "So what do you say, Wheeler?"

Wheeler let out some screeches. "I'll take that for a 'yes!'"

"How can they understand each other?" Mindy wondered.

"Maybe all that training has made Wheeler learn how to understand human speech." Alexis theorized. "Or maybe Jaden's really a monkey."

Wheeler set Jasmine towards the top of the tree than leapt onto a rock. It screeched as the Duel Disk flicked on.

"Wow, you really know how to work that thing." Jaden said activating his Duel Disk.

"I have a clear shot." The man with the gun said as he took aim.

"No, wait." The old man said. "This could be the field test we've been waiting for."

"All right, time to duel." Jaden announced.

"Duel!" Came a digitized voice from Wheeler's helmet.

"It can talk?" Sy asked, just as flabbergasted as Alexis and Mindy.

"Please, that would be completely unrealistic." The old man said. "The helmet reads his mind and talks for him."

Wheeler laughed, as far as the helmet went and both players drew their initial hands

(Jaden: 4000)

(Wheeler: 4000)

"I'll start off..." Jaden said, drawing his card. "... by summoning Elemental Hero Sparkman in Attack Mode!" The thunder based E-Hero appeared, ready to fight. (1600/1400) "And I'll call it a turn! You saw my moves, now do yours." He turned to the others. "Get it, monkey see, monkey do?"

Everyone groaned as his pun.

"My turn, my turn." Wheeler said. "Draw." Through his helmet, he scanned the monster in front of him: [*Berserk Gorilla, ATK: 2000, Level: 4, Recommend: Attack with this monster]* "Berserk Gorilla! Attack mode! Attack mode!" Wheeler placed his card on the field, making a large gorilla, with red eyes appear before him. (2000/1600)

"What is he, family?" Jaden quipped. "Guess we now know who got the looks."

"Berserk Gorilla attacks Sparkman!" Wheeler let out some more screeches as Berserk Gorilla slugged Sparkman off the field.

Jaden: 3600

Wheeler: 4000

"Now, one card face-down." Wheeler said. "End turn. Monkey see, monkey duel! Better!"

"Now the monkey has puns?" Jaden asked.

"I make monkey out of you! You! You!" Wheeler taunted as Jaden groaned.

"Jaden, focus on the duel." Syrus said. "Don't lose your cool!"

"It'll be hard, Sy..." Alexis added. "After all he is getting beat by a monkey."

Jaden drew his next card and overlooked his hand. "Looks like I will be losing my cool, but in a good way! I play Polymerization to fuse Avian and Burstinatrix to form..." The two mention heroes, combined again making... "The Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" (2100/1200) "Now attack that Gorilla with Skydive Scorcher!" Flame Wingman took off to the skies and then dropped into its signature move, destroying the big gorilla.

Jaden: 3600

Wheeler: 3900

"Now, you'll lose more life points from your destroyed monster's ATK due to Flame Wingman's effect!" The hero flew up to Wheeler, blasting a flames from the dragon hand.

Jaden: 3600

Wheeler: 1900

"I'm the man!" Jaden cheered, but saw Wheeler sitting down, looking depressed. "You calling it quits, already?"

"Awesome, Wheeler lost 2000 life points," Syrus said. "Good for us!"

"Yeah, not so much for our furry little friend," Alexis commented.

"Does that mean he's giving up?" Mindy asked.

"Oh please." The old man said. "He just made one mistake, that's all. Back at the lab, if he made one mistake, we would punish him for it." The kids gasped. "No, he won't make mistakes again, he'll just get better."

"Top secret, sir." One of the suits whispered to him.

"Oh right, never mind..."

"Hey Wheeler, are you giving up?" Jaden asked again.

"Never surrender, never surrender!" Wheeler screeched as he drew his next card. [*Acrobat Monkey, Level 4, ATK: 1000, Recommend: Combination with other cards to win battle]*

"Then looks like it's game on." Jaden said.

"I summon Acrobat Monkey in attack mode!" Wheeler summoned a blue metallic monkey that flipped around. (1000/1800) "Now, I activate face down! Trap, trap, DNA Surgery!"

"DNA Surgery!" Jaden gasped. "That turns every monster on the field into whatever type that monkey wishes!"

"I choose beast type, beast type!" Flame Wingman turned into a wolf with the same appearance and Acrobat Monkey looked like a real monkey wearing armor. "Now I play Wild Nature's Release!"

"Wild Nature's Release." Alexis said, realizing what's coming. "That spell card increases the attack points of one beast-type or beast-warrior type monster on the field by the value of its defense points! Wow, this monkey is good!"

"And it looks bad for Jaden." Syrus said.

"Acrobat Monkey, power up, power up!" Wheeler ordered. Acrobat Monkey, flexed it muscles, shedding its armor until it was only wearing its helmet. (2800/1800)

"Go, Acrobat Monkey! Attack Wingman with Somersault Smash!" In a spinning somersault, Acrobat Monkey tackled the Wingman, destroying it.

(Jaden: 2900)

(Wheeler: 1600)

After the attack, Acrobat Monkey held its head in pain before it shattered.

"What just happened?" Syrus asked.

"When Wild Nature's Release is used on a monster, that monster is destroyed at the turn's end." Alexis explained.

"But that means Wheeler is defenseless." Syrus said.

"Your turn! Your Turn!" Wheeler declared.

"Alright, my draw!" Jaden said, but was interrupted by some more monkey noises. He thought it was Wheeler, until he looked over to side, with some rocks nearby. He gasped. "Guys, look over there!"

Hiding behind the rocks was a group of about a dozen monkeys.

"Uh-oh, more monkeys!" Syrus said.

"There must be a whole tribe of them!" Mindy added.

Winged Kuriboh's spirit came out and let out a series of coos and Jaden turned to look at Wheeler. "Is that why you escaped, Wheeler, to get back to your family?"

Wheeler nodded, "Must win! Miss friends, miss family!" He said.

"Wheeler, I know you want to be free." Jaden said, solemnly. "But I made a promise that I would rescue Jasmine by beating you in a duel, so I'll have to play Elemental Hero Clayman in Attack Mode!" The stone hero appeared, ready to fight. (800/2000)

"Don't forget, don't forget, DNA Surgery! Clayman turns into a beast-type!" Wheeler interrupted as the Hero became a bear-looking creature with Clayman's armor.

"Fine with me; it doesn't stop me from playing the spell Courageous Charge!" Jaden held up a spell showing a rocket about to go on a collision with a big meteor. "First I pay 1000 Life points..."

Jaden: 1900

Wheeler 1600

"Then I'll choose a monster with 1000 ATK points or less, like Clayman and let him attack!" The beast threw a transparent right hand to Wheeler, spooking him a bit.

Jaden: 1900

Wheeler: 800

"Now since I chose him for Courageous Charge, you also take damage from Clayman's Defense Points!" Wheeler laid down on the ground, knowing it was over for him.

Jaden: 1900, Winner

Wheeler: 0

Wheeler's helmet showed a picture of a sad monkey with the words "LOSE" over it.

"That's game." Jaden cheered. "So time to release Jasmine."

Wheeler picked Jasmine off the tree and put her on the ground. Jasmine got up and ran to the others where she was met in an embrace by Alexis and Mindy. She then turned to Jaden. "Thanks for saving me."

"No problem!" Jaden replied.

"What about Wheeler?" Mindy asked. They turned and stared at the monkey, who was looking like he lost his best friend.

"I know it kidnapped me, but even I think it deserves more than being somebody's needle poking experiment." Jasmine added.

"All right, you flee-ridden failure," The man with the gun said. "Let's go."

"Hold on." Jaden called. "Wheeler doesn't belong with you, he belongs out here with his family."

"You know what." The old man said. "The boy has a point: Wheeler does belong with his family. So we'll just take all of them!" Immediately he and the other man took out guns and aimed them at the monkeys.

The pitter patter of little feet preceded a pudgy cat which leapt up on the men and made them all fall into each other.

"Pharaoh!?" The kids gasped at the animal who single handedly stop the guns.

"Tsk, tsk Pharaoh. Naughty kitty!" Everyone turned to see a familiar teacher with long hair and bifocals. "You'll have to forgive Pharaoh, he's gets testy when animals… and humans… are threatened."

"Professor Banner!"

"Who are you?" The old man asked as if he didn't hear what the kids were saying.

"Oh just your average teacher, Duelist… animal lover." Still holding Pharaoh, Banner kicked one of the dropped guns over the edge. "Now, I don't think your boss would like it very much if he found out you three were involved with threatening children, nor would the authorities."

The old man growled as he had no hope of winning...

After the men left, the kids removed the armor from Wheeler until all he was wearing was the Duel Disk. The humans watched as Wheeler was reunited with the other monkeys. "It's like a family reunion." Syrus commented.

"Hey Wheeler, let's duel again sometime." Jaden called out. Wheeler let out some more monkey sounds while waving. Jaden did his trademark pose. "Me too, it was a super fun match."

"Uh… Jaden, his talking helmet is gone, you know." Syrus commented.

"That was a close one." Mindy said. "If the Professor hadn't showed up, both Arthur and Wheeler would be dead meat."

"How'd you find us, Professor?" Alexis asked.

"Like I said, I love animals." Banner explained. "Plus it wasn't so hard with a cat who can track as well as Pharaoh."

"But why were you looking for us?" Jaden asked.

Additional foot steps were heard.

"I have the answer to that question." The five teens saw the Shiba siblings head their way. "Chazz is no longer on the island."

"That's a shame." Jaden said.

"He made things interesting." Syrus said.

"My Chazz-y." Mindy sighed.

"He'll be back someday." Kaoru said.

"Yeah." Jaden agreed. "Good rivals are hard to find."

"But class isn't." Banner said. "And the five of you have some making up to do."

Jaden, Syrus, Alexis, Mindy and Jasmine groaned as they were lead back to school.

The Shiba siblings also went back into the school.