31 Tagging Up 5

This was bad, this was very bad. This wasn't what was supposed to happen. This wasn't what was agreed upon at all!

"Titan you say he called himself?" Sheppard asked, a frown on his face.

"Yeah," Yarden, his newest rising star nodded, arms crossed, "Absolute weirdo. Kept talking about duels of darkness, shadow games and crap and then said something about me being his target because I have brown hair and wear a slifer jacket."

Crowler resisted the urge to shout out his plans for vengeance on that utter buffoon! He'd described Jaden to Titan and even gave him a damn picture, how the hell could he mistake Yarden for him!?

Not only that, the fool had the audacity to assault dear Alexis and attempt to steal her deck!

"And that's quite the duel disk he had," Sheppard stapled his fingers together as his eyes went to the gauntlet around young Yarden's arm. Jolly good show on his part Crowler praised him inwardly. Punishing that fool in his place and giving him his just desserts! "State of the art, and the modifications needed to turn it into a gauntlet with storage space must have cost a pretty penny. This man, he must have been a professional. And he was obviously targeting you, or at least a Slifer with a red jacket."

"It's mine now, along with his deck," Yarden smirked, "It's what he deserves for hurting Alexis like that."

Yes, so he did. Poor Alexis was in the infirmary, her back too sore to stand up straight and her legs being wrapped in bandages.

"Ante rules are illegal on this island," Sheppard mused and Crowler was just about to tell the windbag to shove it up his- "But I suppose, there are technically no rules about criminals of assault leaving their possessions behind and them falling into the hands of a student." he smirked a bit.

Ah, well then. Good, good. And young Yarden definitely deserved his bounty after heroically coming to the rescue of his fellow Obelisk Blue against such a brute!

"Though, if you want to use the duel disk in official duels here and earn DP, it will have to be fitted with a monitoring device like the school sanctioned duel disks." the chancellor added.

"How long will that take?" Yarden asked, shooting a glance at the metallic gauntlet on his right arm.

"Oh don't worry, it will merely take a few moments, it is just a small device added to one of the standard USB ports within every duel disk." Sheppard chuckled lightly.

A cough from the fourth occupant of the room drew all of their eyes to her. A tall, hard eyed woman dressed in a green uniform, "I hate to break up this little powow, but we have learned all we need to know about this Titan already, we will search the island for him and keep a look out, " the head of the island security and disciplinary force cut in, voice even. She, and her subordinates were highly trained soldiers installed as part of the institution by none other than Seto Kaiba himself, "What we must discuss now, is Miss Rhodes, and her punishment for going to the Abandoned Dorm when it is against the rules of the academy."

No! This damn cold woman! "Is there any need to punish her though?" Crowler asked, smiling sweetly at the woman, "Miss Rhodes did not enter the dormitory, she merely stood outside it a few times."

"And how do we know that?" the head of security scoffed, "We know she has made her way there multiples times now, and proof that she lingered there for quite some time. We do not have proof that says her curiosity did not get the better of her and she did not enter. I am of the opinion she has."

He'd only wanted to scare Jaden, not hurt the boy or anything, just scare him enough to leave the island! And now one of his star pupils was going to be punished! But he couldn't come out and say what he did, his entire career would go down the drain!

"What do you suggest?" Sheppard sighed and asked the woman, while young Yarden's eyes narrowed at her.

"What else? Expulsion," she snorted, "We must make an example out of her. Show that not even a top Obelisk Blue student can break the rules and get away with it."

Noooooooooooooooo! This was the worst case scenario.

"Isn't that too harsh? Think of what the girl has gone through." Crowler hurriedly cut in and gave a subtle nod to Yarden when she looked at him. They couldn't speak about what happened at the Abandoned Dorm last year and the missing students with him here.

But the woman merely scoffed, "Rule breakers, regardless of their tragedies, are not exempt from them." she retorted without missing a beat.

This bitch!

Sheppard gave a grimace, closing his eyes and nodding lightly, "Very well, I suppose-"

"A duel!" Crowler blurted on instinct, "Why not make her duel for her place here? This is Duel Academy after all, in the end, a proper duel is what should decide it in the end."

She glared at him, but Sheppard grasped the lifeline quickly, "I see, that would be appropriate," Sheppard nodded, "I'd much prefer that, to give the girl a chance to earn her place back here."

And it was something Seto Kaiba would most likely endorse himself.

"Very well," she bit out, eyes narrowing into an even deeper glare at Crowler himself, only to then lessen as she suddenly smirked at him. The head of Obelisk Blue shivered slightly at the look, "Let's make it actually challenging on the girl. Doctor Crowler, you were in contact with the Paradox Brothers not long ago were you not, wanting them to come here?"

..How did she know!? Was she monitoring his emails!? If Jaden didn't bow out of the Academy willingly, he was going to propose a duel for Jaden's own place at the academy, before Sheppard could give him a more lenient punishment for entering the Abandoned Dorm himself.

Only it seemed young Alexis had come across him and his slacker friends and sent them off and got caught up in his plans instead.

Sheppard gave him a curious look, "I had wanted to invite them to give the students the chance to see top of the line tag team duelists at work!" he lied, "That's a bit much, she's only a first year, and two on one wouldn't be fair, and they only tag duel."

"Shall we take this up with Mr. Kaiba?" she raised an eyebrow at him, "I'm very sure he will agree to my stipulations."

'Gah, she's right!' Crowler had to fight the urge to bite on has handkerchief. "What about allowing her a partner?"

"That's fine," she shrugged and Crowler was about to breathe a sigh of reli-"But whoever her tag partner is, they must also take her punishment should they lose. Aiding and abetting rule breaking is against the rules of this academy after all."

'I will have you fired bitch!' Crowler vowed to make this woman rue the day she crossed him. You spill coffee on a woman once and she never forgives you! This was far too petty! She was obviously taking her anger out on him because Alexis was one of his favored students.

"B-but!" he sputtered, "Nobody will want to help her then, who would risk their own position at this glorious academy, especially against legendary professionals like the Pa-"

"I'll do it." three sets of eyes shot to Yarden as he spoke up.