Monkey Business

Chazz was in his room at the Obelisk Blue dorm.

'I just don't get it. How could a Slifer beat me.' He thought, recalling the day he lost to Jaden. 'Ever since then, no one is taking me seriously.'

Chazz thought about how all his friends had treated him after his loss.

"Hey look, it's the Obelisk who can't even beat a novice."

"I bet he only got into blue because his family bribed the school."

"Chazz Princeton, more like Chazz Priceless." He remembered them saying this to him.

Chazz looked over to his bed. All his bags were laying on the bed.

'Well if Duel Academy doesn't want me, then I'll just find a different dueling school. There's plenty of them all over the world.' He thought.

Later that day Alexis was walking with Mindy and Jasmine. They were discussing her recent duel against the Paradox Brothers.

"I don't get it. Why were you chosen to take part in a special school duel, and why did you team up with Ryan?" Jasmine asked.

"Well I didn't really choose my partner, and I have no idea why they chose us." Alexis said.

'Sorry guys, but I can't reveal the real reason.' She thought.

"Hey why does it matter. Did you see those two together, they were like totally awesome." Mindy said.

"Thanks." Alexis said, smiling.

Mindy looked at Alexis.

"You know Alexis, I've been meaning to ask you about-" But before she could continue, the three girls heard a loud bang nearby.

"What was that?" Mindy asked, panicked.

Before anyone could react, a monkey wearing some high tech gear jumped out of the nearby trees with three men carrying rifles not far behind. The men took aim at the monkey and the monkey quickly grabbed Jasmine, using her as a human shield.

"Hold your fire." One of the men ordered and the other two lowered their weapons. Still holding Jasmine, the monkey retreated into the forest.

"JASMINE!" Alexis shouted as she and Mindy attempted to follow, only to be stopped by one of the men.

"I'm sorry girls, but this is serious business. Please return to your homes and let us handle this." The man said as he continued to prevent them from following the monkey. After several minutes, the man received a call on his ear piece.

"Yes, understood." The man said before running back in the direction the monkey had originally come from.

Mindy turned to Alexis.

"What are we going to do? That thing has Jasmine." She asked. Alexis thought for a moment.

"That monkey will be too far away now. If we're going to find it, we'll need help." She said. Mindy agreed and they both left to look for some help.

Not that far away Ryan was having a conversation with Bastion.

"So the reason you placed Dark Cavalry in your deck is because you knew Alexis had a lot of warrior monsters?" Bastion asked.

"Exactly." Ryan nodded.

"Well I must say I'm impressed. The Paradox Brothers are one of the top tag-teams in all of China." Bastion said.

"It wasn't that hard to be honest." Ryan admitted. "They were more of a let down than anything else."

Bastion laughed at his comment.

Just then, the two heard a voice nearby.

"Hey guys, what's up." The two turned to see Jaden, Syrus and Chumley walking towards them.

'Give it a rest, Jaden.' Ryan thought.

"Hey Ryan, I wanted to ask you something. How did you fuse your monster with Alexis's, I thought you couldn't use your partner's cards." Jaden said.

"You wanna handle this." He looked at Bastion.

"Now Jaden, I thought I explained this to you before. The rules of a tag team duel are very simple." Bastion began, but before he could continue everyone heard the shouts of Alexis and Mindy who were running towards them.

"Guys you've got to help us. Jasmine's been taken by a monkey." Mindy said.

"WHAT!" Most of the boys said at once. Alexis explained what happened to everyone, about how a monkey was pursued by some men with guns had taken Jasmine.

Everyone began discussing what to do before Ryan got the group's attention.

"Alright listen up, if we're going to find this monkey we need to split up into groups. Alexis and Mindy are group A, Bastion and I are group B, Jaden, Syrus and Chumley, you three are group C. Any questions." He said.

Everyone seemed to agree, then Jaden raised his hand.

"I've got a question. What does this monkey look like?" Jaden asked.

"Are you seriously asking what a monkey looks like." Ryan replied, sweat dropping.

After this, the three groups headed in different directions looking for Jasmine and the monkey.

Jaden, Syrus and Chumley headed south to look for the monkey.

"Ryan sure sounded annoyed." Jaden said.

"To be fair Jaden, asking what a monkey looks like was a bit of a silly question." Syrus pointed out. Jaden thought for a moment.

"I guess you're right. I probably should have figured that out on my own." He said.

After several minutes of searching they found the monkey holding Jasmine in a tree directly over a cliff. Not far away there were two men holding rifles and a third, shorter man with long grey hair and a grey beard who appeared to be some kind of doctor. As soon as he saw the monkey, Syrus pulled out his PDA to call the others.

"Hey, that monkey's got our friend." Jaden said as he ran up to the men.

"Hey, what's all that stuff the monkey's wearing?" He asked. The doctor turned to Jaden.

"That monkey's name is Wheeler. He's part of our S.A.L program that-" Before he could continue one of the other men whispered something to him.

"Never mind, forget what I said." The doctor said, before turning back to Wheeler.

Jaden looked at Wheeler and noticed what appeared to be a duel disk on his arm.

"Hey, are you a duelist." Jaden shouted to Wheeler. Wheeler looked at Jaden.

"Duelist yes." A voice from his helmet said.

"Well then, I challenge you to a duel and if I win you have to let her go." Jaden said. Wheeler was silent for a moment before getting down from the tree.

"Never refuse challenge." Wheeler's helmet said as his duel disk activated.

As soon as Wheeler was off the tree one of the men aimed his weapon only to be stopped by the doctor.

"No wait, I want to see how Wheeler does in a duel against a human opponent." He said.

Just as Jaden and Wheeler began their duel the others arrived.

"Wait, what's going on?" Mindy asked. Syrus explained the situation to everyone.

"So Jaden went from facing a eleven year old to a monkey. Really not sure if this is better." Ryan muttered.

"I'll go first." Jaden said. "I summon Elemental Hero Voltic in attack mode and end my turn."

Elemental Hero Voltic ATK 1000 DEF 1500 LV4 LIGHT Thunder.

Wheeler began his turn.

"Summon Voltic Kong attack mode, play one face down. Voltic Kong attack." Wheeler said. Voltic Kong destroyed Jaden's Voltic.

"Now you send card from top deck to grave." Jaden sent the top card of his deck to the graveyard.

Voltic Kong ATK 1800 DEF 1000 LV4 LIGHT Beast.

Jaden LP 4000 - 800 = 3200

"Wow, I can't believe Jaden is losing to a monkey." Chumley said.

"I think Joey Wheeler should be informed about this." Ryan commented.

Jaden drew his card.

"I activate Polymerization to fuse Avian and Burstinatrix and summon Flame Wingman. Now attack his monster." He ordered. Voltic Kong was destroyed.

Elemental Hero Flame Wingman ATK 2100 DEF 1200 LV6 WIND Warrior.

Wheeler LP 4000 - 300 = 3700

"And when Flame Wingman destroys a monster you take damage equal to the destroyed monster's attack points." Jaden said. "And with that I end my turn."

Wheeler LP 3700 - 1800 = 1900

Before Wheeler took his next turn, Jaden heard a sound from the nearby trees. Turning around, he saw several monkeys sitting in the trees watching their duel.

"Is that what this is about? You want to get back to your family." Jaden asked.

"Home." Wheeler said. Hearing this, Jaden couldn't help but feel sorry for Wheeler.

Wheeler started his turn.

"Summon Berserk Gorilla attack mode. Activate Wild Nature's Release. Increase attack by defense." Wheeler said.

Berserk Gorilla ATK 2000 DEF 1000 LV4 EARTH Beast.

Berserk Gorilla ATK 2000 + 1000 = 3000

"Attack monster." Wheeler said. Berserk Gorilla destroyed Flame Wingman.

"Activate trap Beast Soul Swap. Return monster to hand. Summon Ape Fighter attack mode, direct attack."

Jaden LP 3200 - 900 = 2300

Ape Fighter ATK 1900 DEF 1200 LV4 DARK Beast.

Jaden LP 2300 - 1900 = 400

Jaden started his turn.

"I activate Miracle Fusion. By removing Avian and Burstinatrix from my graveyard, I can summon Flame Wingman once again. Now destroy his monster." Ape Fighter was destroyed.

Elemental Hero Flame Wingman ATK 2100 DEF 1200 LV6 WIND Warrior.

Wheeler LP 1900 - 200 = 1700

"And now thanks to Flame Wingman's effect you take damage equal to the destroyed monster's attack points."

Wheeler LP 1700 - 1900 = 0

The doctor looked displeased.

"When we get back to the lab punish Wheeler for every life point he lost." He said to the men next to him forgetting that students nearby could hear him.

"Okay I won, now let Jasmine go." Jaden said. Wheeler sadly climbed the tree and then carried Jasmine down. As soon as her feet touched the ground, she ran up to Alexis and hugged her, then started to cry.

"Takewaki ready your weapon. I want Wheeler back alive." The doctor ordered. Jaden stood between the men and Wheeler.

"Hey, you can't take him back just to torture him." He said.

The doctor had a amused expression.

"I'm not just going to take Wheeler back, I want all the monkeys they will make excellent test subjects." He said.

"I think I've heard enough." A voice said from the bushes.

Everyone turned to see Professor Banner walk out with Pharaoh in one hand and a recorder in the other.

"Who are you?" The doctor asked.

"Just the local animal lover, and if you take even a single monkey I'll reveal how badly you've been treating them." Banner said holding the recorder out in front of him so the doctor could see it.

The doctor looked worried knowing he was trapped.

"Takewaki remove the dueling gear from Wheeler, then pack up the lab we're shutting down." He said sadly. As Takewaki went to remove Wheeler's gear, Jaden walked up to Banner.

"Thanks Professor, you really helped Wheeler out." He said. Banner smiled.

"It was nothing. I'm always happy to help." Banner said.

Over at the port, Chazz boarded his family's yacht. After all his bags were stored safely below deck, the yacht set off. Chazz took one last look at Duel Academy thinking 'If I ever come back here, you will all remember me as Chazz the king of dueling.'