Duel Academy Stories

The Duel Off: Part 2

That evening, after spending the rest of the day of showing the 'new guy' around campus after Claudio's duel, Jaden and the others went back to the Slifer mess hall for some dinner.

The man looked down at his tray of food, questioning whether or not it was edible.

He looked across the table and saw that Jaden was practically shoveling food into his mouth. Jethro was actually being clean about it

"Ya might wanna hurry up," Jaden said between mouthfuls, "Or you won't have time to get seconds!"

"...seconds...?" The guy asked.

"Or thirds...' Jaden continued, still going at the food.

"And sometimes fourths." Syrus added. "A garbage disposal was supposed to come in for us, but after seeing Jaden eat, forget it!"

"I see, well..." The new guy decided to dig in.

"Well boys, I better get started on my deck against Kenji." Jethro said, finishing up the last of his meal.

"Night pal, and good luck!" Jaden said, as the Desperado duelist left out the mess hall.

After dinner, and after the sun had set, Jaden, his friends, and the newbie sat around the dorm room while Jaden was going through his Hero deck, which was currently spread out along the floor.

"It does look good, but..." Syrus looked up at the ceiling, "I wonder what kinda deck Bastion's gonna have?"

"Dunno, but sounds like he some major time and brain juice into it," Chumley said thoughtfully.

'I'll never get my story if I keep hanging with these twerps...' The 'old timer' thought frustrated, before noticing something on the floor. He bent down and picked it up, it was a card. He looked at the card and grit his teeth, 'Skyscraper...the card that ruined me...' He thought about the last time he dueled, facing a powerful dragon. He played Skyscraper in a desperate attempt to make a comeback, but somehow it made things worse...

"Hey, Old Timer, you ok?"

"STOP CALLING ME THAT!" The older 'student' snapped his head to Jaden. "My name is Gerard!" But then just realized at the mistake he just made... 'Crap! I used my real name!' Gerard mentally groaned, trying to keep a calm face.

"Ok, Gerard it is!" Jaden smiled, then looked down at the card he was holding, "Hey, it's my Skyscraper card," He glanced up at the older man, "You like that card?"

Gerard scoffed and looked away, "Please, to like this card, you'd have to like dueling first..." He muttered.

Syrus tilted his head, "If you don't like dueling, why are you here?"

"Oh! Uh..." Gerard began to panic again, "Ya see...I uh...I mean that I don't like dueling because I'm just not good at it!" He lied quickly, praying that they bought it.

Chumley nodded, "I know how you feel, I'm not very good at it either," he looked down at his own cards, "But that's changing..." He pointed to Jaden and Syrus. "Once I started hanging out with Jaden and the others, and saw how they dueled, it totally changed my life."

Syrus turned to the old timer, "Gerard, that's it! If you watch Jaden, you might get into dueling more and the best thing is coming up! Jaden's gonna duel Bastion soon, maybe you could drop by!"

"Yeah, sure..." Gerard nodded and then mentally added, 'Please...I'm done with dueling. These kids should mind their own business.' But then he thought of something. 'Seeing as these kids like to pry, maybe they can help me get the scoop I need!' He spoke up in a friendly manner."So, you guys, I was just wondering. Do any of you know a rumor going around about kids disappearing?"