Ash Ketchum Attends Duel Academy

Graduation Match

One day on the Academy Island, it was a very calm and uneventful evening. And, at the Obelisk Boys Blue Dorm, Zane was lying down on his bed, going over the previous events, after Chumley's leave...

Flashback

All third year students from every dorm were gathered together at Crowler's classroom and watched the top 10 students' overall year scores. And... at the very top of the list, with a perfect score, was Zane Truesdale.

"Congrats, Zane! You've done it again!" Crowler congratulated. "You got the highest scores in the school! And you know what that means. You win the honor of being the headliner in Duel Academy's prestigious Graduation Match!"

"Why thanks." Zane simply said.

"And the tradition dictates that you get to pick whoever you want as your opponent! So who will it be, Zane?"

All the students muttered to themselves, wondering who Zane was going to pick. The number 1 duelist had one person in mind.

Flashback end

'Who will I duel? The only one worthy.' He got off his bed and opened a window. 'Time to give Ash a rematch.'

Zane walked into his room elsewhere in the building, looking around.

"I came here for one reason." Zane said three words. "To duel you."

Brock, Dawn and Misty overheard this conversation.

"Our last duel near the red dorm ended in a draw." Ash replied. "I'd say it's about time there was a winner."

His friends decided that Alexis and the others needed to know about this.

"We'll tell Alexis and Melanie." Dawn and Misty announced since she was probably in the girl's dorm.

"Leave everyone else to me." Brock volunteered to get Atticus, Bastion, Chazz, Claude, Jaden and Syrus from their respective dorms.

Alexis, Bastion and Chazz were gathered in the forest discussing the match.

"It's true." Alexis said. "It's gonna be Zane and Ash in the graduation match."

"My, that has the makings of a fantastic duel." Bastion stated.

"It should be The Chazz dueling! Now that's a match!" Chazz snapped.

Later that night, Ash stood near a cliff, staring at the ocean.

'Time to settle things with Zane before he leaves the Academy.'

He then felt someone behind him.

"Let me guess. You're here to inform me it's time." He addressed the person behind him.

"Yes." Zane evenly said. "I'll see you at the duel arena."

The next day, all students from all the dorms, as well as the faculty members, sat at the main dueling arena to see the Graduation Match. And all of Jaden's friends were sitting together.

"It's about to start." Syrus said intensely.

"Yeah." Alexis nodded.

"Zane and Ash dueling it out in the last throw-down of the year. Man, who could have asked for a better match?" Atticus said.

"A mismatch." Bastion replied, taking out his duel pilot and typing on it. "According to my figures, Zane's quite the favorite."

"That remains to be seen." Misty countered.