Duel School!

The Duel Off!

Episode(s): 21 -22

"For real?" asked Jaden as he pointed to himself.

"That's right. You will duel Bastion, and the victor will represent Duel Academy in the school duel against North Academy," said Professor Banner. Jaden just turned to smile at Bastion. "I look forward to an exciting match!!"

'Being that its Jaden, I know it will be,' thought Rose to herself.

~The Day of the Duel ~

"It's time, duelist, to find out who will represent our most illustrious academy in the annual school duel!" said Crowler as he stood in the middle of the arena.

"Introducing first, from the Ra dorms, Bastion Misawa!" introduced Crowler as Bastion stood to his right. Everyone cheered.

"And then from Slifer, some kid," said Crowler as he was forced to introduce Jaden. No one cheered except for Syrus and Chumley.

'Its funny since they were all cheering him when he and Syrus went against the Paradox brothers,' thought Rose with a sweat drop.

"It'll be instinct versus intelligence here," said Zane as he came to stand next to Rose and Alexis.

"I guess, who cares," said Alexis, shocking the other two.

"Alexis?" said Rose.

"I mean, yeah!" said Alexis, trying to fake happiness. Zane and Rose just looked at each other.

"Now! Without any further ado!" said Crowler.

"Get your game on!" said Jaden.

"Let's duel!" said the two boys.

'I wonder what's wrong with Alexis,' thought Rose as she looked at her friend. 'Zane obviously doesn't know, so what happened.'

"Alright! First move," said Bastion as he drew a card. "I summon Carboneddon in defense mode! That's all for now."

"A brand-new deck, and Carboneddon is all you can bust out?" asked Jaden with a smile. "Whatever works for ya!"

"Don't get overconfident," said Rose as she watched.

"Now," said Jaden as he drew a card. "I play Burstinatrix in attack mode!"

"Off to a good start there," said Bastion.

"Yeah, sure am! And I got news for ya, it only gets better! Burstinatrix, attack! Nest I'll throw down a face-down and call it a turn."

"You don't waste any time. I like that," said Bastion as he drew a card. "I'm going to summon Oxygeddon in attack mode! And now, Oxygeddon, attack!"

"Think again! I got a trap," said Jaden as he revealed his facedown card. "Hero Barrier! With this card, if I have an Elemental Hero on the field, I can negate your monster's attack once! Sorry Bastion, but Burstinatrix isn't busted just yet!"

"Well-played, Jaden. Put of course, I'd expect no less. I'll go ahead and place this face down. And that's all."

"Alright then. I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode!" said Jaden as said monster appeared. "And I activate the equip spell Spark Blaster and equip it on Sparkman! Now I can change the battle mode of any monster on the field and the one I have set in Sparkman's sights is Oxygeddon! Now he has to switch into defense mode! And now Burstinatrix can take him out! Go Magma Comet!"