Tag Duel

The next day, most of the school had gathered at one of the arenas to watch Ryan and Alexis duel their chosen opponents. Chancellor Sheppard had told the entire school that the duel was a special event, no one knew that if Ryan and Alexis lost they would be expelled.

Ryan and Alexis were in a waiting room waiting to be called out. They had spent yesterday discussing strategies and combos that they could use with both of their decks. They had also memorized each other's decks in hopes that it could help with their duel.

After several minutes they heard their names being called and walked out into the arena. The arena was filled with students ready to watch the duel, Sheppard was in his personal seat overlooking everyone. He was watching Ryan and Alexis very closely.

Dr. Crowler was refereeing for this duel. He stood in the middle of the arena with a microphone in his hand.

"And now their opponents, these two once dueled against Yugi Muto the King of Games and they have been called here by Chancellor Sheppard himself." Crowler said, his voice amplified by the microphone. "Introducing Para and Dox, the Paradox Brothers."

On the other side of the arena appeared two almost identical men. They both had bald heads and a symbol on their foreheads and appeared to be Chinese. They both wore similar outfits, the only difference being the color. One was orange while the other was green.

"Greetings children, I hope you are ready." Para said.

"Because when we work together, we are quite deadly." Dox added. Dr. Crowler began to speak again.

"Now then, for those of you who don't know I'll explain the rules of a tag team duel."

"Both teams start with 8000 life points, you all have your own field, deck and graveyard. You may not attack someone directly if their partner has any monsters on the field, you may use your partner's graveyard as if it was your own. You may use monsters on your partner's side of the field as a tribute, synchro material or to XYZ summon. You cannot use monsters on your partner's side of the field to attack or use their effects, you are allowed to know what cards are in your partner's hand and you may discuss strategies between each other."

After Crowler finished explaining the rules everyone seemed to understand, except Jaden who was sitting with Syrus, Chumley and Bastion.

"Wait, I don't get it." He said.

"Why Jaden, it's quite simple." Bastion said as he began to explain the rules to Jaden again.

"Now then Ryan will go first followed by Para, then Alexis and finally Dox." Crowler said. "And without further ado let the duel begin."

The duel started and as all the players drew their cards small holograms appeared in front of them showing each duelist what cards their partner was holding.

Ryan made the first move.

"I summon Hunter Dragon in attack mode and place a card face down, then end my turn." He said.

Hunter Dragon ATK 1700 DEF 100 LV3 DARK Dragon.

Para drew his card.

"I summon Whirlwind Prodigy in attack and place two cards face down to end my turn."

Alexis was up next.

"I place a monster in defense mode and one card face down, then end my turn." She said.

Dox drew his card.

"First I place one card face down and summon Sangan in attack mode. Next I activate Card Destruction so we all have to discard our entire hands and draw the same number of cards from our decks." He said as everyone discarded their cards and drew new ones.

"Thanks for that, because one of the cards in my hand was The White Stone of Legend. If The White Stone of Legend is sent to the graveyard, I'm allowed to add a Blue-Eyes White Dragon to my hand."

Sangan ATK 1000 DEF 600 LV3 DARK Fiend.

Both brothers smiled.

"Now I activate my face down card Premature Burial. By paying 800 life points, I special summon Sanga of the Thunder from our graveyard." Dox said.

"And I activate Call of the Haunted to special summon Suijin from our graveyard." Para added.

Para/Dox LP 8000 - 800 = 7200

Sanga of the Thunder ATK 2600 DEF 2200 LV7 LIGHT Thunder.

Suijin ATK 2500 DEF 2400 LV7 WATER Aqua.

"Now Sanga attack Ryan's Hunter Dragon." Dox ordered. Sanga began to attack.

"Hold it right there." Alexis said. "I activate the quick play spell Twin Twisters, so by discarding a card from my hand two of your spell and trap cards are destroyed. The ones I choose are Premature Burial and Call of the Haunted."

Both Premature Burial and Call of the Haunted were destroyed returning Sanga and Suijin to the graveyard. Para and Dox were left shocked upon seeing this. With nothing else to do, Dox ended his turn.

"Thanks for getting me out of that situation. I'm going to return the favor." He said. "You two aren't the only ones that can summon a strong monster. I release Hunter Dragon to special summon this. Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon."

Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon ATK 2800 DEF 2400 LV10 DARK Dragon.

"And during each of my turns I can use Darkness Metal Dragon's effect to bring out a dragon from either my hand or graveyard. I'll choose to special summon Dragon Spirit of White."

Dragon Spirit of White ATK 2500 DEF 2000 LV8 LIGHT Dragon.

"When this dragon is normal or special summoned, one of your spell or trap cards is banished." Ryan explained. Para's face down was revealed to be Sakuretsu Armor.

"Red-Eyes attack Whirlwind Prodigy." Ryan ordered. Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon destroyed Whirlwind Prodigy and then Ryan ended his turn.

Para/Dox LP 7200 - 1300 = 5900

Para started his turn.

"I activate Tribute to the Doomed, so by discarding a card I can destroy your Dragon Spirit of White." He said as Dragon Spirit of White was destroyed. "Next I activate Tribute Doll so by sacrificing my brother's monster I can summon a level 7 monster from my hand and I summon Kazejin."

Kazejin ATK 2400 DEF 2200 LV7 WIND Spellcaster.

"And since my Sangan was sent to the graveyard, I can add a monster with 1500 attack or less from my deck to my hand." Dox said as he added Unshaven Angler to his hand.

"However because of Tribute Doll Kazejin cannot attack so I end my turn." Para said.

Alexis started her turn.

"I activate Machine Angel Absolute Ritual, so by sending Cyber Angel Benten from my hand to the graveyard and Cyber Petite Angel from my graveyard to my deck, I can summon Cyber Angel Dakini." She said.

Cyber Angel Dakini ATK 2700 DEF 2400 LV8 LIGHT Fairy.

"And since I summoned Dakini you have to send one monster on your side of the field to the graveyard." Alexis said as Kazejin was sent to the graveyard.

"Also, since I just tributed Benten I can add a LIGHT Fairy monster from my deck to my hand." Alexis added as Cyber Angel Idaten was added to her hand.

"Finally I flip my face-down monster into attack mode." Her face-down monster was revealed to be Cyber Gymnast.

Cyber Gymnast ATK 800 DEF 1800 LV4 EARTH Warrior.

"Now both my monsters can attack you directly." Alexis said as Cyber Angel Dakini and Cyber Gymnast attacked the Paradox Brothers.

Para/Dox LP 5900 - 2700 = 3200

Para/Dox LP 3200 - 800 = 2400

Dox drew his card. "I activate Soul Charge. By paying 2000 life points I can bring back Sanga of the Thunder and Suijin. Then I use Monster Reborn to revive Kazejin."

Sanga of the Thunder ATK 2600 DEF 2200 LV7 LIGHT Thunder.

Suijin ATK 2500 DEF 2400 LV7 WATER Aqua.

Kazejin ATK 2400 DEF 2200 LV7 WIND Spellcaster.

Para/Dox LP 2400 - 2000 = 400

"And now I tribute all three of them to summon Gate Guardian." Dox said.

"With our ultimate monster we cannot lose." Para added.

"I think you two should surrender this duel." Dox said.

Gate Guardian ATK 3750 DEF 3400 LV11 DARK Warrior.

"However Soul Charge prevents me from attacking this turn, so I have no choice but to end it." Dox said.

Ryan drew his next card and turned to Alexis.

"Hey, do you have a problem with me using your monster to end this duel." He said. Alexis nodded.

"Feel free to use my Cyber Gymnast." She said.

Ryan smirked.

"Alright then, I use Polymerization to fuse Cyber Gymnast with Dark Magician to summon Dark Cavalry." He said.

Dark Cavalry ATK 2800 DEF 2300 LV8 DARK Spellcaster.

"And Dark Cavalry gains 100 attack points for every spell and trap on the field and in our graveyards. At last count, there's one on the field, we've activated ten and discarded nine, which gives us twenty." Ryan said.

Dark Cavalry ATK 2800 + 2000 = 4800

"Now Dark Cavalry attack Gate Guardian." Ryan ordered.

Para/Dox LP 400 - 1050 = 0

The brothers were shocked as they lost the duel. Many students began to whisper among themselves as Chancellor Sheppard stood up from his chair.

"Impossible, the Paradox Brothers dueled Yugi Muto himself and these two defeated them without losing any life points." He said out loud.

Jaden was the first to cheer. Soon all the other students followed his example and the room was filled with the cheers of all the students and teachers, except Dr. Crowler who was left speechless.

After several minutes Ryan and Alexis were led away by Professor Banner. Once they were far enough away that they could hear themselves speak Professor Banner congratulated both of them.

"Well done children, I never would have thought you could have defeated the Paradox Brothers so easily." He said.

"Thanks Professor. So we won't be expelled now, will we?" Alexis asked.

"Don't worry Chancellor Sheppard agreed to keep his promise and he is amazed at your skills. Tell me, have you two ever dueled together before." Banner said.

"No, this would be the first time." Ryan admitted. Banner smiled.

"Well, at least you know who to partner with if we ever have a tag team tournament." He said as he led the two back to their dorms.

Several hours later Crowler was having a tantrum in his office.

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!" He shouted to himself as he threw papers across the room. "YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN ALEXIS EXPELLED!"

Crowler punched a wall as hard as he could then grabbed his hand in pain.

'Think. There must be a better way to get rid of those two.' He thought. After a few minutes, he sighed.

'No, no it's not worth it. If I keep this up, I'll end up losing a valuable student.'

'Okay then, I'll stop trying to expel Jaden and Ryan. At least Ryan's grades are high. I just hope Jaden starts paying attention and starts improving his test scores.' He thought.