Ash Ketchum Attends Duel Academy

The New Chazz

Chazz was on his family's yacht, which was floating in the middle of the ocean. His duel disk was in between his legs. While sitting there stranded, he cursed his predicament.

"Lousy scrubs. This is all their fault. Dr. Crowler, Bastion, Ash, Jaden."

At that, a hallucination of the Slifer boy in question appeared, smiling like the real Jaden. "Hey Chazz! Come on, let's go! Get your game on!"

"Quiet!" Chazz snapped. "I'm gonna wipe that ugly grin right off your face."

The imaginary Jaden waved idly at him. "Hey, take your best shot."

"If only I could." Chazz picked up his duel disk, put it on his arm and activated it. "Just one more duel. That's all I want."

"Really? That's all you want?" The imaginary Jaden asked, annoying the former Duel Academy student further. "I'd want not to be stranded." With that said, he drank some water from a bottle he was holding.

Chazz swung his arm with his duel disk at the image. The duel disk then beeped a little before losing power. And then, he started to laugh a laughter that could have been perceived as a little insane. "Stranded? I'm not stranded, I'm perfectly fine!" He picked up a water bottle and placed it to his mouth, but only a drop came out. "A little thirsty maybe..."

The imaginary Jaden appeared again. "You know what I'm thirsty for? Another duel where I beat you!" That comment made Chazz really annoyed. "I'm downright parched for it!"

"Duel this!" Chazz tossed the bottle at the image, but then watched in horror. "Oh no!" He then tried to reach out for it, but ended up falling into the ocean. As he sank further, he was still thinking about Jaden in anger. 'I'll get you for this, Slacker! I'll get you...! Then, it all went completely black.

"Hey! Hey boss!" A strange voice called to Chazz, who was laying on the floor unconscious. The voice belonged to a glowing orb that floated around him, weaving from left to right. "Rise and shine! Up and at them! Hellooo! The orb then floated close to his face. "Come on, wake up! Alright, guess I have to do my wake up dance." But it was at that moment Chazz grabbed the orb and squeezed it until it popped into nothingness.

Opening his eyes, Chazz noticed that he was no longer in the water. Instead he was in some rounded metal cylindrical structure. There was water on the floor and seaweed hung from the ceiling.

"Good morning, young duelist." A man's voice greeted.

Chazz turned and noticed the figure who had spoken. The individual was sitting down opposite him, wearing a heavy red coat and white gloves. A orange scarf covered the lower part of his face while huge goggles covered the the top half. And on top of that, the stranger was nearly covered in seaweed. "What's going on?" Chazz asked. "Or better yet, what are you?"

The stranger chuckled while looking at a deck of cards in his hands. "I'm the person that saved your life. And for now, that's all you need to know."

Taking note of the cards in the stranger's hands, Chazz realized that the deck slot of his duel disk was empty. "Hey, wait a sec! Those are my cards! Hand them over!" He demanded, holding out his hand.

"Oh, certainly. How very rude of me. Here you are." But instead of giving them back to Chazz, the mysterious man dropped them into the water at his feet. "Whoopsie."

"You jerk...!" Chazz snapped at him, but then stopped himself as he barely caught a card that the man tossed to him.

"Relax. That card more than makes up for it."