COLD: Hello everyone, ready for another chapter?

AI: I am. This is your chapter and that means Bastion and Hayley love.

COLD: Yes it does, along with a lot of information to set this fic on the tracks it needs to go.

AI: I can't wait.

Chapter 4: All Types of Information

It was the next day and Bastion woke up with the mother of all headaches and he let out a soft groan, 'What happened?' he wondered, not remembering what had happened at first. He then felt something move next to him and looked sideways to see Hayley curled up to him, with tear streaks on her face. His face turned red and Bastion almost lost his composure then and there. What was she doing in his bed…? Wait a minute… this wasn't his room, he certainly didn't have a poster of a winged unicorn staring at him from the opposite wall, and his walls had his formula's on them and them weren't pink either. Oh bloody…Bastion's face turned seven shades of red when he realized that he was in Hayley's room, in her bed… **, no one had better find out about this. They'd get into serious trouble. Why was he here anyway?

Bastion then let out a gasp as he finally remembered what had happened and what he'd seen yesterday. The vision, the news about the baby, the death of the baby, Jaden, Larke and Karādorein… 'I'll kill them! I'll avenge my past, unborn child. I won't kill them yet though. I'll wait, but no one said I had to wait to make them suffer with pranks and such,' thought Bastion, his face grim and beside him Hayley moaned, not liking what she was feeling from him. He immediately stopped thinking that way and caressed her face, making her slowly open her eyes.

"Bastion…" she whispered.

"Morning Sweetheart," he said softly.

"What, what happened?" she asked and Bastion swallowed, how could he tell her?

"Darling, what do you remember from yesterday," he asked quietly.

Hayley thought for a moment and then gasped, tears starting to make their way down her cheeks once more, "My baby! He killed her, Jaden killed her," she sobbed. Bastion held her close whispering nonsense in an effort to calm her down.

"Come now Starsong, I know what I'm going to say may sound harsh but we need to put this behind us for now and focus on the future. Karādorein is still out there, Etain is here, we have school to worry about and there's no doubt in my mind that we're going to have another adventure this year, most likely concerning our pasts this time. We need to be strong. We will avenge her death, I promise. Dry your tears darling and then met me at breakfast," said Bastion and kissed her forehead before sliding out of her bed and leaving. His heart aching as he did so, wanting nothing more than to go back, take her in his arms and cry with her and deal with what they saw yesterday. They couldn't though, not with Etain around, she was waiting for a chance to get them and everyone who really knew her knew that. He needed to be strong for Hayley and he would be.

Fifteen minutes later they met up at the breakfast table. There was no trace of tears in Hayley's eyes but Bastion saw a sadness and deep sense of loss in her beautiful blue eyes that there hadn't been there before and he knew that he was sporting the same look in his own eyes, he'd seen it in the mirror. Neither of them would ever be the same again.

They ate breakfast in silence, responding to no one, even those who pointed out Bastion's new three yellow streaks in his hair and the blue-white eight sided crystal star on his cheek.

"We've got no time now, so we'll see Spike and Taniya after school," Bastion said as they got up from the table and Hayley nodded. Neither of them saw Etain come in and stop and stare at Bastion in shock.

"**, this isn't good," she said under her breath. She needed to tell Viper and Jacob and get her annoying cousin and that dorky friend of hers, Jaden in with their group as soon as possible or the RR's, Reincarnated Royals would become too strong for them and then they wouldn't be able to do anything. Every memory they gained back and every emotional upheaval only served to make them stronger. With the two most powerful RR's recalling their past already things were not looking good for the bad side.

It was assembly first thing that morning and Sheppard stood, waiting to talk to the students, "Good morning everyone. It's good to see you all again. I hope that you all had a wonderful vacation and that you're ready for another year of learning and dueling. This year is going to be a bit different; each Head of Dorm has an assistant we've started a new program, letting those who are fourteen come in a year earlier and our new Professor, Professor Viper has an announcement for you all. Viper, if you will," said Sheppard, stepping back.

Viper walked up to the mic, "Thank you. Alright, it seems clear to me that you students are not being challenged enough; you're not reaching your full potential as duelists. So, from today onwards you're going to be wearing one of these. It's called a Bio Band. It's a device to monitor your progress while dueling. It collects Duel data, fighting spirit, concentration and the decisions of a player. It sends this data to me. If the result shows that the student doesn't sustain sufficient fighting spirit, he or she will be degraded and finally kicked out of the school. It's compulsory to wear them, so as soon as you get them, put them on. Duels with the Bio Bands are called Survival Duels. They are mandatory Duels that must be fought each day, no exceptions, understand? To test that they work, we'll be having a duel will some of the best duelists today at noon in the stadium. The duelists have already been chosen, they are Hayley Dupree and Jacob Smith. A second year student against a third year student. That's all, see you at noon," and Viper turned and left. They were then dismissed by Sheppard and everyone went to their dorms to receive the Bio Bands.

Hayley was in deep thought about what was going on.

Bastion looked at his Bio Band suspiciously, he didn't want to put it on but Etain was watching him. He and Hayley looked at each other and then reluctantly put the bands on.

"I don't like this," muttered Bastion to Hayley as they walked away, looking at their BB's.

"Me neither and why am I dueling against Jacob?" asked Hayley.

"Most likely to test you, he's with Etain and Viper after all," said Taniya, appearing out of nowhere, also wearing a BB and she didn't look happy. "Mind telling me what the heck was going on yesterday?" She asked.

"Let's go the coliseum, it's private," said Bastion.

"I'll get the others," said Taniya.

Fifteen minutes later, Taniya, Craig, Ryan, James, Flo, Chazz, Alexis, Hasselberry, Bastion, Hayley and Spike were at Taniya's coliseum. "So, who wants to share?" asked Taniya.
Yesterday 8:41AM

"I have a question, why is it just us? Why not my brother, Sy and Aster?" asked Alexis.

"They never held Colour Keys and this isn't their problem that's why. Aster and Atticus are brilliant duelists but they and Sy would only get in the way and what's going on now is dangerous, we don't need any distractions," said Bastion, being blunt.

"It's the first real day and already there's something threatening the world? Give me a break," said Chazz.

"Not the world, not yet, specific individuals more like it," said Taniya, "Us, those who held the Colour Keys."

"Ryan and James were on the bad side, why are they here?" asked Chazz and got a punch in the head from Craig. "OW!"

"I was being controlled, nothing I did while with Karādorein was under my own power, James was a puppet as well, as you very well know," said Ryan calmly.

"They're here because, like Craig, Ryan and James had past lives in connection with Princess Hayley and Prince Bastion, they were their royal guards and most trusted friends. I'm terribly sorry Taniya but as you have had no flashbacks and you have not obtained your hair streaks and cheek symbol I cannot call you Princess yet," said Spike.

"It's no skin off my nose Spike. Just tell us, are these flashbacks going to be dangerous?" asked Taniya.

"Only one flashback is truly dangerous, the one where you'll get your hair streaks and cheek mark, it's normally a flashback where you see something that has intense emotions and will cause you to unlock your powers. Bastion and Hayley's powers were fully unlocked yesterday. I will see you both in the tower for training tomorrow morning," said Spike and Bastion and Hayley nodded, not saying anything, still reflecting on what they'd seen yesterday.

"Sis, Bastion, what did you see yesterday that caused you to be so upset?" asked Taniya quietly.

"Yeah, you said you were going to kill Jaden, Larke and Karādorein. What was the reason?" asked Craig.

Bastion and Hayley looked at each other and Hayley had tears threatening to fall from her eyes again, so Bastion took a deep breath and said, "I'll show you with my powers instead of telling you," and his eyes glowed yellow and everyone saw what they'd seen.

"Well, now I understand why you want to kill them," said Craig, his face was white, as was everyone's.

"Seeing as you've already claimed their lives Bastion, I think I'll just beat them up first," said Taniya, white and angry she was ready to rip something or rather three someone's in half.

"I really don't want anything to do with this. I'm tired of trying to help save the world," said Alexis and Chazz nodded.

Bastion turned to them and glared, "You think you can just back out of this? That if you leave you'll be left alone? You're dead wrong! You'll both experience something like Hayley and I did, you'll both get flashbacks and until Karādorein, Larke and Jaden are gone for good, you'll never get any peace! They want your powers to use against us, you may not be the prime targets but you are still targets. We have to stick together, so suck it up or go and drown yourselves because right now death is your only option to get out of this if you don't want to fight. I didn't think you two were cowards, willing to leave your friends in trouble just because you're tired of being danger and saving the world. Newsflash! You didn't save the world last time or the time before that, that was Hayley, Craig and myself and as much as I hate to admit it, Jaden. So shape up or else!" Bastion snapped at them, leaving two angry friends staring at him.

Bastion held up his hand as they opened their mouths to speak. "I don't want to hear it. Come on Hayley, that match is going to start in fifteen minutes, we'd better go," he said and she nodded.

Taniya glared at Chazz and Alexis, "You two have a lot to think about," she said coldly and she left along with everyone else.

Fifteen minutes later everyone was gathered at the stadium with Bastion sitting with Taniya and Craig on either side of him and the rest sitting on Craig's other side, including Spike.

"Hello everyone and welcome to the duel that will demonstrate the Bio Bands. To my right is one of the school's top students, Hayley Dupree! To my left is an Obelisk student, Jacob Smith, let the duel begin!" said Crowler.

"Ready to lose Princess?" sneered Jacob.

"More like I'm ready to win!" she tossed back and drew her cards.

"Time to Level up!"

"Let's go Wild!"

H: 4000
J: 4000

"As I'm the girl, I'll go first! I summon a monster in defense mode, play a facedown and end my turn," said Hayley.

"That's the best you could do? How weak. Keep this in mind; I'm going to destroy every Synchro you have. I summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4 in attack mode!" said Jacob. (HBFD 1600/1000) "Attack!" ordered Jacob and the dragon attacked, flipping Hayley's monster face up to reveal a quail with a silver collar around her neck with a W on it. (WQ 800/800) She was destroyed.

"That's your big defense, how pathetic!" laughed Jacob and then his dragon burst into pixels. "What happened?" he asked in shock and then looked across to Hayley who was standing there, with her arms crossed and a smirk on her face.

"That was Wild Quails special effect, when she's flip summoned I can destroy the monster with the highest attack points on my opponent's field. Too bad, you won't get summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6 now," she said and heard cheering from her fiancé and friends.

"I end my turn!" yelled Jacob, he was angry.

"My turn then, I summon Wild Falcon in attack mode! He has an effect, he can attack twice in one battle phase, go!" said Hayley. (WF 1000/1000) The falcon had a silver collar with W on it and soared towards Jacob with its claws aiming straight for his face twice.

H: 4000
J: 2000

"I end my turn," said Hayley.

"You'll pay for that! I draw and I summon Masked Knight LV3 in attack mode! Next I'll use the Spell Double Summon, so I can normal summon once more this turn, I'm bringing out another Masked Knight LV3. Go and destroy that Falcon!" said Jacob. (MKLV3 1500/800)×2

H: 3500
J: 2000

"There's more, one per turn I can inflict four hundred points of damage to your life points but Masked Knight can't attack then," smirked Jacob.
Yesterday 8:42AM

H: 3100
J: 2000

"Clever move, summoning two Masked Knights, one to destroy my falcon and one to inflict direct damage to me," said Hayley, taking the damage. She felt a little off but brushed it off. "Too bad that I'm smarter, I play my facedown, a spell called Tuner Summon, when a monster is destroyed on my field I can summon one Tuner from my hand or deck and I choose Wild Xenops, in attack mode. He can't be destroyed by a level four or below monster but damage calculation is applied normally." (WX 600/1000)

"Grr, I end my turn," growled Jacob.

"I start my turn then. I summon Wild Wolf in attack mode and his effect is that he can halve his attack points to attack you directly," said Hayley. (WW 1800/900) A white wolf with a silver collar with W on it appeared on the field and howled. (WW 1800/900 – 900/900) "Attack his life points directly," said Hayley calmly and he howled again before running and biting down ** Jacob's arm.

"Arg!" cried Jacob.

H: 3100
J: 1100

"You little **!" he shouted.

Cries of anger ran through the crowd and everyone in the group was struggling to hold Bastion back from jumping from where he was sitting and killing Jacob.

"I end my turn with a face-down," said Hayley just as calmly.

"I begin mine! First I level up my Masked Knights to Masked Knights LV5 in attack mode! Attack Xenops!" said Jacob and one Masked Knight attacked Xenops but thanks to his effect he wasn't destroyed. (MK LV5 2300/1300)

H: 1400
J: 1100

"Now for my other Knight's effect, one per turn I can inflict one thousand points of damage to you but Masked Knight can't attack this turn," explained Jacob and everyone gasped as Hayley lost more life points.

H: 400
J: 1100

"I end my turn," said Jacob. After the major life point loss Hayley actually felt more than a little off, she felt a tad lightheaded and noticed that her BB seemed to glow when she lost her life points. She shook it off however and drew her card.

She smirked, "I play my facedown card, Ancient Rules, now I can Normal Summon a Normal Type Monster to my field that's level five and above without a sacrifice. I summon Wild Dragon!" (WD 2700/1700) A brilliant pink dragon with a silver collar with a W on it appeared on the field and roared at Jacob who gulped.

"Now I think it's time for a tune up. Wild Xenops is a level two tuner and Wild Dragon is a Level eight monster… that means the Synchro monster I'm summoning is a level ten! Wild Moonlight Dragon!" A huge dragon, the color of moonlight- silver with crescent moon symbols on his wings and head and a gold collar with a W on it appeared on the field. (WMD 3200/2800)

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"Incredible!" cried Hayley's friends, as they gazed in awe at the sight of the mighty dragon.

Jacob's got no chance," said Bastion with a smile.

"Yeah, he's toast!" and Craig pumped his fist in triumph.

"Go Hayley!" cheered everyone.

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She waved at them and then focused back on Jacob. "Pay attention Jacob, Moonlight has three effects but I can only choose one when he's Synchro Summoned. I choose the first effect; he gains one thousand attack points," said Hayley. (WMD 3200/2800 – 4200/2800)

"How dare you Synchro Summon! All Synchro's should be destroyed…" and Jacob was cut off from his hatred of Synchro's rant by Hayley.

"Shut up and lose. Moonlight, destroy his Masked Knight LV5!" declared Hayley pointing to the Masked Knight in the middle.

"NO! I can't lose to a Synchro!" shouted Jacob but he didn't have anything to save himself with and lost.

H: 400
J: 0

"You've been torn apart by the Wilds!" said Hayley and smiled and waved at her friends and family.

"Well done Miss Dupree. Of course I expected nothing less of one of the Academy's top students and a former Colour Key Holder," said Viper coming up to her.

"Thank you sir, please excuse me sir," said Hayley and jumped off the arena and ran over to her friends, wanting to get away from Viper as quickly as possible. He gave her the creeps.

"Well done Hayley," said Craig.

"Nice work sis," said Taniya and Hayley laughed and then received a kiss from her love.

While Hayley was being congratulated Jacob was getting a tongue lashing for losing.

"You shouldn't lose, we can't afford to lose!" shouted Etain, just about ready to throttle Jacob.

"Stay calm, it was a test, there's plenty of time to defeat her and the rest of them, yes the Prince now has his colour streaks and mark but it means nothing. Jacob, get Larke and Jaden in with us as soon as possible, understand," said Viper and Jacob nodded.

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"Guys, when I lost a lot of life points I felt light headed and my BB was glowing. I don't think these things are user friendly," said a worried Hayley, holding out her wrist and looking at her BB in distain.

"Not good," said Bastion and Taniya scowled at the BB.

"Damn it," said Craig.

"This sucks," moaned James.

"Guys, I just thought of something. If the BB can make Hayley, a strong duelist feel light headed then just imagine what it could do to a weak duelist," said Ryan and everyone paled.

"**!" cursed everyone, realizing the danger they were already in.

They saw the effects as they broke up the talk, seeing Zack and Vincent faint after their duel and their BB's glowing brightly, the Ally of Justice Cyclone Creator on Vincent's field and the Cyber Dragon on Zack's field disappear.

"Damn!" cursed Taniya running towards her Slifers. With the help of Hasselberry she carried them to the infirmary, along the way picking up Syrus and Drake, also both passed out from their respective duels.

'This isn't good,' thought Bastion, looking around and seeing three more students already in the infirmary. Hayley looked at him and he could only sigh and put Syrus down on the closest bed.

"What are we gonna do?" asked Flo.

"Fight," it's the only thing we can do," said Craig, looking out the window and spotting Viper, Etain, Jacob, Larke and Jaden standing together and he frowned. 'What are they up to?' he wondered.

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COLD: Well folks it's been a long time and I'm sorry about the wait but life has to come first.

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