Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! Here we'll be seeing Jaden duel against SAL along with the others trying to find Chazz after he leaves. So, without further ado.
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Walking out of the main Academy building, Chazz walked out, with his duffle bag thrown over his shoulder, and looked back at the Academy.
"See ya, Duel Academy." Chazz said reluctantly, before heading to the docks to take his family's yacht and leave, knowing he only had himself to blame, for being expelled.
*Later*
Not long after Chazz left the island, Syrus ran into a classroom, where Naruto, Blair, and Jaden were sitting.
"Jaden, Naruto, Blair! It's awful, Chazz is gone!" Syrus said, running up to them, with the two Slifers and one Ra looking at the blue-haired boy, with raised brows.
"And that's awful, how?" Jaden asked, not seeing the problem, since Chazz was expelled, anyway.
"You do remember that Chazz was going to be kicked out, anyway? With it being his own fault, for making that stipulation during his and Bastion's duel." Said Naruto.
"Yeah, he kinda had it coming anyway, after throwing Bastion's deck into the water, too." Blair added.
"Well, yeah, I know that. But don't you think being expelled is a little harsh, even with throwing Bastion's deck in the water. Besides, no one saw Chazz leave, what if he's still on the island, what if he ended up at the Abandoned Dorm." Said Syrus, whispering the latter part, since not everyone knew about what they found at the Abandoned Dorm.
This made the three frown, knowing if that happened, then Chazz would really be in trouble. And they did agree that being expelled was pretty harsh, with Bastion even admitting that he wasn't even angry about his cards being thrown in the ocean, just disappointed.
It didn't help, when they heard some of the Obelisk's, who they recognized as Chazz's "friends", laughing.
"Can you believe Chazz, losing to Slifers and now a Ra."
"Yeah, and now the coward's run away, or is hiding somewhere. Good riddance, we don't need someone like him disgracing Obelisk Blue, anymore."
"And if he knows what's good for him, he won't come back, either."
Their words made the three Slifers and one Ra frown, now seeing firsthand, just how far Chazz's reputation has fallen among his peers.
"Well, with friends like those, who needs enemies." Blair said, glaring at the Obelisks, while her friends nodded in agreement.
"Yeah. And you're right, Syrus, if Chazz is still on the island, then we need to find him." Said Naruto, with the others nodding in agreement.
Especially since they were seeing that Chazz's actions might not have been malicious in nature. They were just those of someone, who was desperate, and was pushed into a corner.
It reminded Naruto, of when Yugi told him about the time he and Atem dueled Kaiba at Duelist Kingdom, and how Kaiba threatened to commit suicide, if he lost. So he could make Yugi forfeit and save Mokuba from Pegasus. Along with how Atem was willing to go through with winning the duel, despite how Kaiba threatened to kill himself, if not for Yugi's intervention. So they could duel Pegasus and save Solomon, after he had his soul stolen, before the Duelist Kingdom tournament began.
Along with telling Naruto of other times, where they were pushed into a corner, during a duel. While they never cheated, they did do, or nearly did, things that they weren't proud of, and regretted. Another example, being during the Battle City Finals, when Yugi and Atem dueled Yami Bakura, while having Slifer the Sky Dragon attack their injured, possessed friend, to make sure they could stop Marik.
And don't get him started on the time that Atem first dueled Rafael, so they could save Rebecca's Grandfather, Arthur. Something that had ultimately proven to be a trap, with Atem playing the Seal of Orichalcos, when the duel had gone into Rafael's favor.
"Yeah, let's go find out, where Chazz is. Besides, this is the perfect excuse to sneak out of class." Jaden said, glad for the chance to leave class, while everyone rolled their eyes at that.
With that, the four of them made excuses to leave class, before sneaking out through a tunnel.
"Out of curiosity, where did this tunnel come from?" Blair asked, as they climbed out of the hole, in one of the pillars, connected to the main building.
"I don't know, I just found it, one day, and started using it to sneak out of classes." Answered Jaden, while dusting himself off.
"You know, the school does have regular doors."
Jaden and Syrus screamed in surprise, while Naruto and Blair looked to see Alexis, Mindy, and Jasmine, standing nearby.
"Hey Alexis. What're you three doing here?" Naruto asked.
"Same thing as you, we're going to help you find Chazz." Alexis replied, as despite his attitude, Chazz was still a fellow Duel Academy Student.
"Great, the more there are, the better chance we have of finding him. Let's go." Said Naruto, with the others nodding in agreement, before they went off into the forest, to begin their search.
*Later*
"Chazz! Chazz!" Jaden called out.
"Come on out!" Said Syrus.
"Yeah, we just wanna help!" Blair said, as Alexis sighed in annoyance.
"That's it. Chazz, you little toad! If this is some kind of trick as payback for losing your duel against Bastion, you better hope we don't find you, ya got that!" Alexis shouted loudly, making a flock of birds taking flight in response, while the Slifers and Ra looked at her, with wide eyes.
"Yeah, threaten him, that'll definitely make him show himself." Naruto stated, making Alexis look at him, with a warning look.
"Don't think I won't do to you, what I'll do to him, if he is actually hiding from us." Alexis said, with Naruto gulping at the threat and nodded, knowing Alexis can be scary, when she wants to be.
'Is it wrong, that I think Alexis looks hot when she's angry, like that?' Naruto couldn't help, but mentally ask himself.
"You know, I'm sure there's a good reason Chazz ran off." Said Jasmine.
"Yeah, like, maybe he just snuck out to get me flowers! My Chazzy's so romantic!" Mindy said, while swooning.
"Chazzy?" Syrus asked, not sure if he should be disturbed, or laugh at the nickname.
"You didn't tell them?" Naruto asked Alexis, in a whisper.
"No one else knew about the stipulation, that was added to the duel between Chazz and Bastion. So, I thought that it might be best to wait until it was officially announced. Especially since Chazz is Mindy's crush of the week." Alexis answered, with her own whisper, knowing how boy crazy Mindy can be, and didn't have the heart to tell her friend that her current crush was expelled.
"You like Chazz? Last week it was Bastion, who's next little Syrus? Jaden? Naruto?" Questioned Jasmine, while looking at Mindy with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, Syrus is pretty cute. Jaden's a good duelist. And Naruto's taken." Mindy replied.
"Naruto's what?" Blair asked, while narrowing her eyes.
"Hey, look over there, something's moving in the bushes." Said Alexis, pointing ahead of them, wanting to get them back on their original purpose.
"Huh? I don't see anything." Said Jaden, before seeing the bushes being rustled by something.
"Chazzy?" Mindy asked.
"I think it might be." Said Syrus.
"Alright. Game's over, Chazz, we found ya." Jaden said, as they walked towards the bush, expecting to find Chazz in them.
"I don't think it's Chazz." Said Naruto, given he likely would have come out, after realizing they found him.
Then to everyone's shock, a monkey wearing a robotic suit, with a Duel Disk on its arm, jumped out, screeching at them. Shouting as the monkey came towards them, everyone was blinded by a dust cloud, before the monkey suddenly ran off.
"That definitely wasn't Chazz." Alexis said with wide eyes, still registering what just happened.
"Not human either. What…was that thing?" Syrus asked, equally shocked.
"Robocop's pet monkey." Suggested Blair, not sure what else to say.
"I-I have no words…" Naruto muttered, having been too shocked and gobsmacked by what he saw, to do anything.
He had seen and experienced, a lot of weird and crazy shit from his time as a Ninja. But that just took the cake.
Just then, three guys came running out of the trees, two wearing suits and a short old man.
"Now what?!" Jaden shouted, not knowing what else to expect today, only for everyone to look up, when they heard Jasmine screaming.
"Jasmine!" Alexis exclaimed, looking around, and saw that her friend was missing.
"In the trees!" Naruto said, seeing Jasmine being cared by the monkey.
"Well, she always said she wanted a guy to sweep her off her feet." Mindy said, worried for her friend.
"Now's not the time, Mindy!" Retorted Alexis.
"Put! Me! Down! Now!" Jasmine screamed, as the monkey jumped away with her.
"Over there!" One of the suit guys said.
"Move after him!" Ordered the old man, with Naruto narrowing his eyes, wondering just who these people were, and why one was carrying a tranquilizing rifle
"Come on, we gotta save Jasmine." Said Naruto, as they followed after the monkey and the three men.
The group ran through the forest, soon arriving at a cliffside, where they saw the monkey and Jasmine out on a tree, hanging over the cliff. This only made them more worried of Jasmine falling.
"Okay, is it just me, or is that a Duel Disk on its arm?" Jaden asked, now taking notice of the Duel Disk on the monkey's arm, which only brought up more questions.
"That's no regular monkey, his name is SAL, Super Learning Animal, and he's a trained duelist." Said the old man.
"A trained duelist?! A monkey?!" Blair asked with wide eyes.
'These guys definitely don't belong here.' Thought Naruto, while looking at the three with narrowed eyes.
"Sir." Said one of the suit guys.
"Oh right, top secret." The old man said.
"Hey! If that monkeys a duelist, then let me duel him!" Said Jaden, stepping forward, while the others looking at him incredulously.
"Uh Jaden, are you feeling alright?" Syrus asked.
"I'm sure he's fine, he's just gone crazy." Stated Alexis, not believing that Jaden was actually going to try and duel a monkey.
"Why aren't you offering to duel, Naruto?" Blair asked, figuring Naruto would want to duel as well, while the Ra looked at her with a raised brow.
"Blair, I've done a lot of crazy stuff before, but I'm not dueling a monkey." Replied Naruto in a deadpan tone.
If he could, he'd just Substitute himself with Jasmine, but he couldn't, with these guys here.
"Trust me, guys, if this SAL is really trained to duel, then that's how we'll get Jasmine back. You hear that, I'm challenging you!" Jaden said, running forward and stood across from SAL, who regarded him warily.
"You and me SAL, if I win Jasmine goes free." Said Jaden.
"And what happens if he wins?!" Jasmine said, freaking out, while Jaden paused, having not thought of that part.
"Well if you win, then you get to go free, but you still have to leave Jasmine. Whaddya say?" Haden asked, SAL regarding him for a few moments, before nodding, as he set Jasmine down on the tree.
"Is it really necessary to leave me stranded on a tree, that looks like it might fall into the ocean?!" Jasmine exclaimed, while holding tightly onto the tree, so she won't fall.
All while praying that the tree stays rooted to the side of the cliff, and doesn't fall into the sea, taking her down with it.
"Alright, let's duel!" Jaden said, while pulling out his Duel Disk.
"Duel!" Said SAL, as his helmets lenses glowed, with the students being surprised at this.
"He can actually talk?!" Said a shocked Syrus.
"Please, that would be ridiculous! His helmet reads his mind and talks for him." Said the old man.
"Yeah, cause that doesn't sound any less ridiculous." Blair stated, with a deadpan expression.
"Uh, right, then let's go!" Said Jaden.
"DUEL!"
"DUEL!"
Jaden-4000
SAL-4000
"Alright, I draw!" Jaden said, while drawing a card and saw it was Sparkman.
"Okay, I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman!" Said Jaden, as he summoned his monster.
Elemental Hero Sparkman
Attribute: Light
Level: 4
Card Type: Normal Monster.
Monster Type: Warrior
Card Text: An Elemental Hero and a warrior of light who proficiently wields many kinds of armaments. His Shining Surge Flash cuts off the path of villainy.
ATK/1600 DEF/1400
"And that's it for now, your move, monkey." Said Jaden.
"My turn, my turn! Draw!" SAL said, drawing a card, with it being Berserk Gorilla.
"Berserk Gorilla Attack Mode!" Said SAL, summoning his own monster.
Berserk Gorilla
Attribute: Earth
Level: 4
Card Type: Effect Monster.
Monster Type: Beast
Effect: If this card is in face-up Defense Position, destroy this card. This card must attack if able.
ATK/2000 DEF/1000
"Berserk Gorilla attack Sparkman! Attack, attack!" Shouted SAL, as Berserk Gorilla charged forward, and destroyed Sparkman, damaging Jaden's life points.
Jaden-4000 – 400 = 3600
SAL jumped and flipped in the air, happy at his attack.
"Now one card facedown, facedown! Monkey see, monkey do!" Taunted SAL, ending his turn, while putting a face down on the field.
"Jaden's losing a duel, and to a monkey, at that." Blair stated, wondering if this was actually happening, right now.
"Yeah, and his cool. But given he's being beaten by a monkey, I'm pretty sure anyone would be upset." Added Alexis.
"Hey, come on, the duel's just started! And I'm about to turn it around, with this!" Jaden said, drawing a card, and saw it was Polymerization.
"Sweet! I play Polymerization and fuse Elemental Hero Avian with Burstinatrix to summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" Said Jaden, as his two monsters fused together into his signature fusion summon.
Polymerization
Card Type: Normal Spell
Effect: Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or your side of the field as Fusion Materials.
Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
Attribute: Wind
Level: 8
Card Type: Fusion Effect Monster.
Monster Type: Warrior
Effect: When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster.
ATK/2100 DEF/1200
"Now, go Flame Wingman, Infernal Rage!" Jaden said, as Flame Wingman unleashed a torrent of flames that charged towards Berserk Gorilla, destroying it, and damaging SAL's life points.
SAL-4000 – 100 = 3900
"And that's not all, now Wingman's ability activates, and you take damage equal to the ATK Points of the monster, that he just destroyed." Jaden said, as SAL cowered, while Wingman flew in front of him and blasted the monkey with more flames, taking out most of his life points.
SAL-3900 – 2000 = 1900
"Oh yeah, how do you like that! Uh, SAL, you still in the game?" Jaden asked, after seeing SAL suddenly freeze up.
"Is he forfeiting? Does that mean Jaden's won?" Said Syrus, thinking that SAL was giving up.
"He's not forfeiting. He's just made a mistake; one he won't make again. Given all the times we made sure to train him to not make a mistake, twice. Now he just gets better." Said the old man, smirking, while the students narrowed their eyes at what he meant by "train".
'More like torture.' Naruto thought, while scowling at the old man.
"Sir." Said the suit guy.
"Oh right, secret. Never mind." The old man said.
"So, you still in monkey?" Jaden asked, as SAL growled, before drawing a card.
"Never surrender! I summon Acrobat Monkey!" Said SAL, summoning another monster.
Acrobat Monkey
Attribute: Earth
Level: 3
Card Type: Normal Monster.
Monster Type: Machine
Card Text: An autonomous monkey type robot which was developed with cutting-edge technology. It moves very acrobatically.
ATK/1000 DEF/1800
"Now I play my face down. Trap, trap, DNA Surgery, go!" Said SAL, playing his facedown card.
DNA Surgery
Card Type: Continuous Trap.
Effect: Activate by declaring 1 monster Type. All face-up monsters become that Type.
"I choose Beast-type, Beast-type!" Said SAL, as Flame Wingman and Acrobat Monkey transformed into more beastly versions of themselves.
"Now I play Wild Nature's Release!" SAL declared.
Wild Nature's Release
Card Type: Normal Spell
Effect: Target 1 Beast or Beast-Warrior monster on the field; it gains ATK equal to its DEF until the end of this turn, also destroy it during the End Phase.
This caused Acrobat Monkey's ATK Points to increase, with its DEF Points being added.
Acrobat Monkey: ATK/1000 DEF/1800 – ATK/2800 DEF/1800
"Now Acrobat Monkey, attack! Somersault Smash!" SAL said, as Acrobat Monkey jumped up, and began somersaulting towards Flame Wingman, destroying him, and damaging Jaden's life points.
Jaden-3600 – 700 = 2900
Though with SAL's turn ending, Acrobat Monkey was destroyed, due to Wild Nature's Release.
"Nice moves, SAL, but no banana, yet. Now here goes something!" Jaden said, drawing a card, and saw he had the cards he needed to win.
"Alright, I summon-" Jaden started, only to pause when he heard sounds coming from his right.
Looking, Jaden saw several monkeys had shown up, and were peeking out from behind a rock.
"Oh no, more monkeys." Syrus said, believing they'd be attacked again.
"Oh, those are SAL's family." Said Blair, realizing what was going on now, and why SAL escaped.
"That's why you escaped, you wanted to get back to your family." Jaden said, coming to the same conclusion.
"Must win! Miss family, miss family!" Shouted SAL, desperate to win the duel and return to his family, with Jaden frowning, as now he felt bad at having to win, but needed to, to get Jasmine back.
"Sorry SAL, but I have to win this duel, to get Jasmine back. I summon Elemental Hero Clayman!" Said Jaden, summoning Clayman in Attack Mode.
Elemental Hero Clayman
Attribute: Earth
Level: 4
Card Type: Normal Monster.
Monster Type: Warrior
Card Text: An Elemental Hero with a clay body built-to-last. He will preserve his Elemental Hero colleagues at any cost.
ATK/800 DEF/2000
And because of DNA Surgery, Clayman turned into a Beast-type, while turning into a more bestial appearance.
"Now I play Courageous Charge! Now by sacrificing a thousand life points, when Clayman attacks, you'll take damage equal to his DEF Points." Jaden said, while playing his Spell Card.
Courageous Charge
Card Type: Normal Spell
Effect: Pay 1000 Life Points to select 1 face-up monster you control with 1000 or less ATK. When that monster inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent this turn, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the DEF of that monster.
Jaden-2900 – 1000 = 1900
"Now Elemental Hero Clayman, attack SAL!" Jaden said, as Clayman through his fist out and attacked SAL.
SAL-1900 – 800 = 1100
"And thanks to Courageous Charge, you take damage to equal to Clayman's DEF Points." Said Jaden, as the last of SAL's life points were destroyed.
SAL-1100 – 2000 = -900
"Alright, he won!" Syrus cheered.
"Fair's fair, now you have to let Jasmine go." Said Jaden, with SAL lowering his head, knowing he's beat.
Going over, he picked up Jasmine and set her safely on the ground, the girl running over to her friends.
"Jaden, thank you for saving me." Jasmine said, while smiling at him.
"No problem, glad I could help." Replied Jaden, while grinning.
"But what happens to SAL?" Jasmine asked, as while he did kidnap her, seeing he just wanted to get back to his family made her feel sorry for him.
"He's going back to the lab, where he'll learn what happens when he fails! Along with the rest of those flee-ridden creatures." Said the old man, only for the students to stand between them and SAL.
"I don't think so. You aren't taking SAL, or anyone else from his family." Said Naruto.
"Yeah, he belongs out here in nature! Not locked up, just so you can poke and prod him, like he's some experiment." Jaden added, with SAL looking at them in surprise that they'd defend him and his family.
"Please, you think I'm going to let some punk kids get in my way. Deal with those brats!" Said the old man, with the two guards nodding, as the one with the rifle pointed it at them.
Though rather than looked afraid, the duelists simply smirked.
"I don't think our teacher would like that, very much. He gets angry, really easy." Stated Naruto, as he saw a familiar figure behind the old man and his guards.
"And you really wouldn't like him, when he's angry." Blair added, smirking, while the old man scoffed.
"You think I'm scared of some teacher." Retorted the old man, before he felt a hand on his shoulder.
Looking, he saw Professor Banner with a strained smile on his face.
"Were you just threatening my students and these defenseless animals? That makes me…SO ANGRY!" Banner shouted, before he transformed.
*Later*
After Banner dealt with the scientists, the students had helped SAL remove the mechanical armor and machines from him, though SAL kept the Duel Disk. The monkey then went over and reunited with his family.
"It's like a family reunion." Syrus stated, while smiling.
"Yeah, glad to see they're all back together, again." Said Jasmine.
"Hey SAL, stay safe, and let's duel again sometime!" Jaden said, with SAL smiling, as he raised his arm up and waved before he and his family ran off into the forest.
"Man, that was a close one. Good thing the Professor showed up." Mindy said, relieved for once at seeing Banner show up, and get angry.
"Yeah. How'd you find us, anyway Professor?" Alexis asked.
"What can I say, I love animals. And it was easy with Pharaoh here, tracking you." Said Banner, petting his cat.
"Well, why were you trying to find us, anyway?" Naruto asked.
"I just wanted to let you all know that Chazz is okay. But he has also left the island, on his family's yacht, and is already gone." Banner revealed, surprising the group, and saddening them that Chazz has already left the island.
"There's also the fact that you'll all be making up the classes, you missed." Added Banner, bringing their moods down even more.
"But I will say this, I'm proud of you, for wanting to help your classmate, even with the differences between you all. Along with standing up for the monkeys, against those men." Banner said, smiling at his students, making them smile as well, along with being glad to know that Chazz was at least safe.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get some new clothes." Said Banner, since he was only wearing torn up shorts, that used to be his pants, and his glasses.
Nodding, the group headed back for the Academy, while believing that despite leaving, Chazz would likely be back again, someday.
So, what did you think, good. Yep not much really changed from this episode besides Banner getting angry at the scientists and dealing with them. So, review if you liked go away if you didn't.
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