Trouble on Academy Island, Episode 4: Smashing! (I decided to make this one part)
Alexis, Jaden, Zane, Chazz, Aster, and Atticus sat in the stands to the left of the tournament stage. There were four sections, with seven chairs each, so as to separate the schools from each other.
Meanwhile, Bastion waited outside for his name to be called, as did his opponent, the Englishman Nigel Waters.
Roland walked up with a microphone. "Mr. Kaiba has called me away on business, so no one will be refereeing your matches, but all results will be sent to Kaiba Corp." He left in a chopper saying that the first duel should commence. Zane thought he saw Tanner and Essen smile.
Bastion walked up first and loaded his deck to cheers from his Duel Academy friends while Nigel walked in to cheers from North Academy.
"Hey old chap, mind if I lead things off?" Nigel asked.
"Be my guest."
Bastion: 4000
Nigel: 4000
"Okay, I draw and summon 'The Trojan Horse'(1) in ATK mode and throw two face-downs. That is all."
"I'll summon my 'Oxygeddon'(2) and play 'Mystical Space Typhoon'(3) to destroy your left face-down. 'Oxygeddon', attack! That's all for me."
Bastion: 4000
Nigel: 3800
"An interesting choice, my boy, but an ill-advised one indeed. I activate my facedown, 'Premature Burial'(4)! I can now return my steed to the field."
Bastion: 4000
Nigel: 3000
"But that's not all. Because of my horse's effect, I can use it as two sacrifices when summoning an Earth monster, such as my 'Behemoth the King of All Animals'(5)! Now attack his monster!"
Bastion: 2800
Nigel: 3000
"Wow, Bastion played right into that. It's like Nigel knew exactly what Bastion was gonna do." said Atticus.
"Yeah, I think Bastion was just out-analyzed." Chazz said, chuckling.
Bastion ignored the comments and drew. "Alright, time to test out my newest combo. First I'll summon 'Rapid-Fire Magician'(6) and then play 'Black Luster Ritual', 'Curse of the Masked Beast', 'Black Pendant'(7), which I'll equip to my magician, 'Performance of Sword', and another pendant. So not only does my magician now have 2600 ATK, but you lose 2000 LP!"
Bastion: 2800
Nigel: 1000
"Nice move Bastion!" yelled Jaden. Bastion nodded.
"I'm terribly sorry, but your monster is still weaker than mine, so I'll attack!"
Bastion: 2700
Nigel: 0
Bastion turned around and walked off.
"Where are you going? This duel isn't over!"
"Look at your Duel Disk."
Nigel saw that the LP counter sat at 0.
"What the bloody hell…? I attacked him with a stronger monster! How did I lose LP?"
Bastion stopped. "Read the effect of this card." He threw a 'Black Pendant' to Nigel.
All Nigel could do was sit dumbfounded as he realized his stupidity.
The others congratulated Bastion as he sat down in the empty Duel Academy chair, waiting for the next match to begin.
Everyone would be watching this one intently, because Tanner Morganis was one of the duelists participating.
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Cards Played:
(1) The Trojan Horse
4/Earth/Beast/Effect/1600/1200
If you Tribute Summon an EARTH monster, you can treat this 1 monster as 2 Tribute Monsters for the Tribute Summon.
(2) Oxygeddon
4/Wind/Dinosaur/Effect/1800/800
If this card is destroyed as a result of battle from a Pyro sub-type monster, do 800 damage to both players.
(3) Mystical Space Typhoon
Quick-Play Spell
Destroy 1 Spell or Trap Card on the field.
(4) Premature Burial
Equip Spell
Pay 800 Life Points. Select 1 Monster Card from your Graveyard, Special Summon it on the field in face-up Attack Position, and equip it with this card. When this card is destroyed, the monster is also destroyed.
(5) Behemoth the King of All Animals
7/Earth/Beast/Effect/2700/1500
This card can be Normal Summoned or Set with 1 Tribute Monster. In that case, the original ATK of this card becomes 2000. When this card is Tribute Summoned successfully, you can return from your Graveyard to the owner's hand a number of Beast-Type monsters equal to the number of Tributed monsters.
(6) Rapid-Fire Magician
4/Dark/Spellcaster/Effect/1600/1200
While this card is face-up on the field, inflict 400 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points each time you activate 1 Normal Spell Card.
(7) Black Pendant
Equip Spell
A monster equipped with this card increases its ATK by 500 points. When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, inflict 500 points of Direct Damage to your opponent's Life Points.
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If Tanner is as good as Zane and Atticus perceive him to be, does Steve Underman stand a chance? Find out next time!
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