Chazz's Choice

After the duel and Slade's attack on Chazz, everyone had prepared for the closing ceremony.

Slade and Jagger had quickly left the island taking the rare cards they had brought with them. Chazz had recovered from the attack and was currently talking to Yuri while Ryan was being congratulated by all of Duel Academy.

"Wow, nice work out there." A Obelisk girl said.

"Now we've beaten North Academy for three years in a row." A Ra boy said.

"Really three years in a row, that's great." A Slifer boy said in amazement.

The group then started about some of the big moves that were made during the duel. Thanks to this Ryan was able to leave the room without being noticed.

A few minutes later Chazz was looking for Chancellor Foster. There was something very important he wanted to talk to him about, and finally Chazz found Foster inside the library. He seemed to be in deep thought.

"Sir, could I speak with you for a moment." Chazz said as he entered the library.

"Of course my boy, what's on your mind." Foster said. With a smile Chazz sat down.

"Firstly, I'd like to apologize for disappointing you." He said.

"Chazz you haven't disappointed me, you did your best and that's all I can ask for you." Foster said.

"Thank you Chancellor, but there is something else I wanted to talk to you about." Chazz said, clearly saddened by something.

"What is it Chazz?" Foster asked.

"Chancellor I want to stay at Duel Academy." Chazz said. Foster was shocked to hear this.

"But Chazz, why on earth would you want to do that?" He asked. Chazz took a deep breath.

"It's because I want to prove to myself that I can beat Ryan and Jaden and everybody else here, and I can't do that if I'm at North Academy." He explained.

Foster looked a little sad to hear this.

"I understand Chazz. If you're sure this is what you want then I'll go and speak with Chancellor Sheppard." He said as he stood up and began to walk towards the exit.

"Sir wait." Chazz said as he pulled the Armed Dragon cards out of his pocket and held them out to Foster.

"You should take these back, they're yours after all." Foster smiled.

"No, you can keep them. Think of it as a going away present." He said before walking out of the library leaving a very surprised Chazz behind.

Sometime later everyone had gathered together in front of the main building to watch the trophy be presented to Duel Academy. The Duel Academy students stood on one side and the North Academy students stood on the other.

Sheppard and Foster stood in front of everyone with the trophy sitting in between them. The trophy was made of silver and was shaped like three duel monster cards all standing up and forming a triangle.

Ms. Dorothy stepped forward with a microphone in her hand.

"I would like to thank you all for coming here and for supporting your school during this event. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did." She said.

"Remember it doesn't matter who won this year, what matters is that both sides did their best and that we all had fun." While most of the students seemed to agree with what Ms. Dorothy said there were a few who clearly disagreed.

"That being said there has to be a winner and this year the winner is Duel Academy." Dorothy said. The students of Duel Academy began to cheer while the North Academy students just clapped quietly.

Dorothy picked up the trophy and presented it to Sheppard. Sheppard took the trophy and Dorothy gave him a kiss on the cheek causing him to turn as red as beetroot.

Soon the North Academy students began to board the submarine preparing to return to North Academy. Yuri was about to climb inside when he noticed that Chazz was missing. Looking around, he spotted Chazz leaning against a wall watching the others board the submarine.

"Come on Chazz, don't you want to get a good seat." Yuri said.

"I'm not coming." Chazz said. Yuri was shocked.

"What." He said in surprise.

"I'm staying here." Chazz replied.

"But Chazz you're the best duelist at North Academy, we can't afford to lose you." Yuri said as tears formed in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, but I want to stay here until I can defeat both Jaden and Ryan in a duel." He said.

Yuri was about to say something else but was interrupted by Foster.

"Now Yuri I know that it is sad that Chazz is leaving us, but if this is what he wants I say we should support him." He said.

As soon as the other North Academy students heard that Chazz was staying at Duel Academy, they all ran out of the submarine to say goodbye before they reloaded the submarine they decided to give Chazz one last cheer.

"Chazz it up, Chazz it up." As they cheered, some of them began to cry.

Finally Foster wished Chazz good luck and then he boarded the submarine and set sail. Chazz watched as the submarine disappeared into the water hoping that he made the right choice.

Everyone began to leave and return to their dorms. Chazz was just about to head towards the blue dorm when he was stopped by Professor Banner.

"Chazz I'm happy that you have chosen to remain here at Duel Academy. However there is something important I must tell you about where you will be staying." Banner said.

"What's the matter, did someone move into my old room while I was gone?" Chazz asked, slightly confused.

"No it's not that, see you're technically a transfer student which means that you have to start in Slifer Red." Banner said.

Chazz was left speechless as what Banner said began to sink in. He had only heard rumors about the living conditions of the red dorm and he hoped now more than ever that they were false.