Test Results

Jaden and Syrus were walking to the main building. Today was the day that their test results would be revealed and they would learn what dorm they would be in next year.

Syrus was excited and worried about his test results. He hoped he had done well but there was a part of him that feared he failed. Jaden on the other hand wasn't worried at all and he didn't seem to care about seeing his results.

"Syrus calm down. This isn't that serious." Jaden said.

"Not that serious. Jaden, if we fail our tests then we could drop out of Duel Academy." Syrus replied, worried.

"Don't worry. They won't throw us out." Jaden reassured him.

A short time later everybody in the school gathered to find out what their scores were. There were a lot of people who seemed nervous while others seemed more confident.

After a few minutes Chancellor Sheppard stepped forward and spoke, "Another year has come to an end at Duel Academy and it has certainly been an interesting year hasn't it?" He said while looking at the students who had guarded the Spirit Keys.

"Now then before we start, I would like to say I'm very proud of all of you. I believe that you are all excellent duelists regardless of what your tests say." Sheppard said with a smile. "Despite that we still need to reveal your scores."

A large screen behind Sheppard activated and one by one the students appeared on screen along with their test scores and what dorm they would now be in.

To no one's surprise Ryan and Alexis had some of the highest scores in the school and they would both be staying in Obelisk Blue. Chazz also scored really high and would be moved to blue at the start of next year. This made Chazz very happy.

What did surprise many people was that Bastion hadn't done exceedingly well on his practical test and because of this he would be staying in Ra Yellow. Brier and Beauregard who had been previously moved to Slifer Red had done well enough to return to yellow.

What shocked them even more was that Syrus would be moving up to Yellow after doing really well on his test. Syrus was so surprised by this he was frozen in place.

Jaden however failed his written test and would be staying in Slifer Red for the foreseeable future. He wasn't bothered by this at all.

After everyone's grades were shown Chancellor Sheppard stepped forward and spoke again.

"Now, I hope that you're all pleased with your scores. I know I am." He said. "But there is still one thing for us to reveal."

The first years had no idea what Sheppard was talking about, but the second and third years did.

"Now that our third year students are graduating, we need some kind of send-off and what better send-off then a duel." Sheppard said.

A lot of the students were excited by this.

"More precisely we will be having one more duel in front of the entire school and the first duelist will be whichever one of our third years had the highest grade point average while at Duel Academy." Sheppard said.

"Now let's see who our first duelist is." Sheppard said as he turned back to the large screen. Everybody already knew who was going to be dueling before the name was revealed and as they all expected Zane Truesdale appeared on the screen.

"Zane Truesdale congratulations and Mr. Truesdale's opponent will be whoever he chooses." Sheppard said surprising the first years.

"That's right Zane can duel anyone of his choosing, so choose wisely." Sheppard finished.

As everybody left, they began to talk about who Zane's opponent would be.

"It's got to be me. I'm the best in my year." A second year Obelisk student said.

"Don't be ridiculous. Zane wouldn't even waste his time with someone like you." A third year Ra student said.

Zane however had two individuals in mind.

"There aren't many people here who are worth me facing. I've already beaten most of them." Zane thought. "But there are two people who could be my opponent."

'First there's Jaden who seems to have improved a lot since our last duel.' Zane thought about the Slifer Red student. 'Then there's Ryan. I've never faced him in a duel, but he showed exactly what he's capable of by defeating the Sacred Beasts.'

Zane thought hard. Jaden and Ryan would be capable of challenging him for his final duel here at the academy, but the problem was he could only choose one of them so the question was who would he face.

Over at the red dorm Jaden was bursting with excitement over what was coming.

"Alright, I can't wait to duel Zane again." He said almost jumping for joy.

"But Jaden, what if he doesn't face you." Syrus pointed out.

"Come on Sy, I lost against Zane once so he has to give me another chance before he leaves." Jaden said.

Syrus sighed.

'I know that you want to duel Zane, but he might want to duel someone with more experience.' He thought while thinking of all the third years Zane could choose.

Hours passed and Zane didn't choose anyone to be his opponent. Despite this excitement around the school only increased. Everyone was hoping that Zane would come to them and challenge them to a duel.

Zane was in his room contemplating who he was going to duel. He had gone over the possibilities in his mind several times and he had imagined what type of challenge either of his choices would offer.

Finally at around 7pm Zane made his decision. He knew who he was going to duel. Zane left his room to find his opponent.

Jaden was sitting on his bed looking through his deck.

'Get ready guys because we've got a tough duel ahead of us.' He thought as he waited for Zane to arrive and challenge him.

Ryan was in his room sitting at his desk. He was looking over some cards and coming up with a brand new deck. His current one was good but it could be even stronger.

The only issue was he didn't have all the cards he needed for this new deck and wasn't sure how long it would take for him to collect them all.

Ryan looked over his deck one more time and then heard a knock on his door. He wondered who would come to see him at this time and got up to answer it.

Ryan opened the door and saw Zane standing in the hallway.

"Zane." Seeing him wasn't a surprise. After all they lived in the same dorm. However it wasn't that often he came to his room.