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Chapter 11 - Bastion's Decision
The next day Laviss woke up early, a little too early for her sake. But she couldn't go back to sleep. She had a feeling that something was up, but what that something was she didn't know. After dressing in her uniform, Laviss went outside to take another walk, thinking it would clear her troubled mind.
'I guess Bastion won't be a Ra after today.' shethought while rubbing her arms for warmth. Though the sun's rays shined across the land, it was still a little chilly.
Laviss didn't know where she was going and didn't really care. Once the sun was fully up, Laviss had reached the docks. There she saw a big lady with long brown hair braided, black eyes, and had small glasses like Syrus. She wore a pink collar shirt, a blue skirt that was hold up by suspenders, gray stockings and brown shoes.
'That's the owned of the Card Shack… Ms. Dorothy I think.' identified Laviss as she walked towards her "Hi Ms. Dorothy, do you need any help?" she asked as the old woman was unloading several boxes from a boat
"Oh no dear, I'm perfectly fine." said Ms. Dorothy as she unloaded the last box onto the dock. The older woman stopped for a moment and gasped "Oh my word."
"What is it Ms. Dorothy?" said Laviss as she saw the brown haired women look out to the ocean. Laviss gasped as she saw what Dorothy was referring to. Out in the water were cards, but what astonished Laviss the most was the fact that she knew the owner of those cards. "Ms. Dorothy, you know Jaden Yuki right?" the red head asked
"Well yes, of course." said Dorothy
"Then can you go to the Slifer dorm and wake him up. Tell him to come to the dock, as fast as he can." said Laviss as she took off her boots
"Alright, but what are you going to do dear?" asked Dorothy as she saw her throw her boots near her and stripped her short sleeved blazer, revealing a black tube top underneath.
"Never mind me. Just get Jaden, please!!" said Laviss and no sooner did she jumped in the water. The red head cursed out loud as she resurfaced about the water. She didn't think the water would be so cold. "D-Damn… it's-s f-freezing." she stuttered. Yet she ignored the prickly pain the freezing water gave her as she looked at the cards floating around. The cards were a bit far from her, so Laviss had to swim a little to get the cards.
'I can believe this! Who would do such a thing?' though Laviss as she collect the wet cards
It wasn't a while later that Dorothy came back; this time with Jaden, Syrus, and Bastion. At the same time, Laviss managed to collect most of the floating cards.
"LAVISS!!" yelled the trio that had come
The red head swam to the dock as she heard her name called. With the help of Bastion and Jaden, she got out of the water and started shaking from the cold morning air. Laviss was totally drenched. Her clothes clung on to her figure which embarrassed Laviss as three of her guy friends were there to see her. She was lucky enough that her clothes weren't see through.
She slowly walked back to the small group and handed the black haired Ra his wet cards "I-I'm so s-sorry B-B-Bastion. I-I c-couldn't get a-all of t-them."
Bastion smiled softly at her gesture to rescue his deck at the cost of her freezing to death "That's fine Laviss, but are you alright? You didn't need to retrieve my cards." he said as he took the wet cards from her
"B-B-But I h-had t-too. C-Cards should be t-treated with r-respect… a-and I couldn't l-leave t-them in t-the w-water. E-E-Especially since I-I knew t-there w-were yours-s." she stuttered
"Who would do such a thing?" said Dorothy as she handed Laviss her boots and blazer
"Someone who doesn't want Bastion to advance to Obelisk Blue that's who." said Jaden angrily "I mean this was your deck, Bastion, and it's totally ruined! What in the world are you going to do now? Your promotion exam is less than an hour."
"Well there's only one thing to do. And that's to head over to the arena." answered Bastion
"Right." said Jaden and Syrus
"I-I'm c-coming with you g-guy." said Laviss as she put on her boots
"No, you'll only risk getting sick if you stick with us. Why don't you go back to the dorm." said Bastion
"N-No I'm c-coming with y-you guys." she argued
"But dear he's right. You'll catch your death, if you don't change clothes." said Dorothy worriedly
"I-I don't c-care. I-I'm s-still going w-with you-u." she said as she clenched her blazer
"Fine! You can come… lets just go." said Jaden as he started running towards the duel arena.
Not a moment soon did the four of them made it to the assigned arena that Bastion's duel was going to take place and they weren't alone. Crowler and Chazz were also there.
"Bastion, you made it." said Dr. Crowler but soon his face turned ugly when he saw the extra three guests "Oh… and I see you brought some friends."
"I hope you duel better than the company you keep." said Chazz as he looked at the wet shivering red head
"Wait a sec! Chazz is your test opponent!?" said Jaden, astonished to see the Obelisk. His eyes then narrowed as he now knew who the opponent was "Then HE must've been the one to toss your cards."
"PARDON!" exclaimed Crowler
"I don't know what he's talking about Dr. Crowler." Chazz said quickly "I didn't do a thing."
"Oh is that so!!" said a voice
Everyone turned to the entrance to see Zane and Alexis in tow. "I saw you Chazz. This morning by the water. You dumped them in and ran off." said Alexis "I normally wouldn't snitch but you don't mess with someone else's deck."
"Yeah! No joke. That's low, even for you." added Jaden
"Aw come on. Who's to say I wasn't throwing away my own cards. I guess Bastion and I have similar decks, that's all." answered Chazz
"S-Still… y-you shouldn't t-treat cards like that." hissed Laviss "You l-little liar."
"No one calls me a liar! And no one calls me a thief!!" Chazz answered back
"Find then, you're not. Let's just have our duel." said Bastion and gave the wet cards in his hand to Laviss
"But how?" asked Jaden
"A good duelist always has a spear deck or a few of them. After all you saw all of my different formulas, well they were for all my different dueling decks!!" said Bastion as he opened up his blazer and revealed a green vest with six pockets "And each one is as powerful as the next."
"Yeah, well you can go ahead and have your six stinking decks. `Cus all I need is this one." said Chazz and held up his deck "Let's just start this."
Bastion nodded his head "I thought you would never ask, Chazz." The Ra then opened one of his pockets and took out a brand new deck. Walking up the stage he placed his deck in his duel disk and faced Chazz "You're just a problem to be solved, Chazz, a theorem to be cracked. You're finished."
"So bring it on." dared Chazz
"DUEL!!" both said in unison
"Hope you're ready `cus here comes the hurt." said Chazz as he drew a card "I summon Chthonian Soldier (1200). Then a card face down and that'll do for now."
"Oh will it?" said Bastion as he drew "I summon Hydrogeddon (1600) in attack mode. Now attack Chthonian Soldier with hydro gust!" said Bastion as Chazz's monster was destroyed with his life points down to 3600
"Thanks, you just activated my Chthonian Soldier's special ability. It causes you to take the same amount of damage to your life points as I did." said Chazz as Bastion's life points also went to 3600
"Well I also activate a special ability. You see Chazz, when Hydrogeddon successfully destroys a monster in battle, I'm allowed to immediately summon another Hydrogeddon from my deck." said Bastion as he took a card from his deck. "So rise Hydrogeddon! And my battle phase still continues, which means I can now wage a direct attack to you Chazz. So go Hydrogeddon, hydro gust!!"
Once Hydrogeddon attacked, Chazz's life points went down to 2000.
Enraged Chazz got up, since he fell down when Hydrogeddon attacked, and drew his card. "You'll pay for that. I activate my trap card Call of the Haunted; with it I summon a monster from my graveyard. And the monster I summon is Chthonian Soldier!! Next I'll activate the spell card Inferno Reckless Summon. It allows us to summon, in attack mode, any monsters from our deck, hand, and graveyard. That is, the same monster that we already have on the field." said Chazz as he summoned two more soldiers to the field
"It makes no sense." said Alexis as Bastion summoned two more Hydrogeddons "It doesn't matter how many of those Chazz brings out. They still won't have enough attack points to defeat those Hydrogeddons."
"Not by themselves they won't." said Zane as he crossed his arms
"ACHOO!!" Laviss sniffed and gripped her wet blazer close to her.
"Bless you." said Zane and Alexis
The blonde Obelisk looked at the Ra as she watched the match. It was then that she couldn't help but inquire her state of dress "Hey Laviss I've been meaning to ask you. Why are you all wet?"
"W-Well, you said yourself you saw Chazz throw B-Bastion's deck out in the water, r-right." said Laviss, Alexis nodded "Well guess who tried to g-get them b-back." as she showed her and Zane the wet cards in her hand.
"And you came here while you're still wet!" said Alexis as she shook her head at the girl's poor decision
"Y-Yup." said Laviss happily as she shivered and turned her attention to the duel
Zane looked at Laviss shivering, then at the group around him. He took one more glance at the Ra before uncrossing his arms. Syrus looked away from the duel before to see what was happening with the three that were talking, but he was surprised to see what his brother was doing. Zane took off his blue blazer and gently placed it on top of Laviss' shoulders. This surprised Laviss as well, when she felt the extra weight on her, but didn't protest.
"T-thank you… Zane." she said as he nodded in response.
The little Slifer gave a small smile at his brother, but it went unnoticed by him.
"I activate the equip spell Chthonian Alliance. The monster equipped with this card gains 800 attack points for every monster that has the same name as him. That brings his attack point total to… well you're the math geek you can figure it out." said Chazz as one of his Chthonian Soldiers gained 3600 attack points "Chthonian Soldier Attack!!"
Soon one of Bastion's Hydrogeddons was destroyed, leaving him with 1600 life points.
"Bastion's life points have gone down by more than half!! He's losing the duel." said Syrus
Laviss narrowed her eyes as she clutched Zane's blazer 'No… Bastion can't lose. I know he has more to show than this.'
"Good show, but it'll be short lived." said Bastion as he drew "Rise, Oxygeddon (1800). Now attack the 1200 attack point Chthonian Soldier, with vapor scream."
As Chthonian Soldier was destroyed Chazz was left with 1400 life points "Don't forget!! When my soldier's destroyed, you take the same amount of damage as me." said Chazz as Bastion's life points went to 1000 "Some wiz kid you are."
"My turn's not through. Next my Hydrogeddon attacks another of your soldiers." Bastion says as he destroyed yet another soldier, leaving Chazz with 1000 life points
"That damage is still all going back to you, loser." Chazz sneered as Bastion went down to 600 life points
"Why does Bastion keep attacking? He's only hurting himself." question Syrus
"Nah he's fine." said Jaden as he confused Sy
"Bastion's playing smart." commented his big brother "The Chthonian Soldier with the equipped magic card, has 3600 attack points. Bastion would have to summon an incredibly powerful monster to destroy him. Unless, however…"
"Oh I see! Unless he takes out the other Chthonians, lowering the big one's attack points." said Syrus as he saw Chazz's only Chthonian Soldier with an attack of 2000
"Right Sy. If Bastion's gonna beat that thing, he's got to give up a few life points." said Jaden
"Last, I play a face down card and that will do for now." said Bastion
"Will it!!? I wouldn't be so sure wiz kid. I'm sacrificing my Chthonian Soldier and all the cards in my hand in order to summon Infernal Incinerator (2800)." said Chazz as he summoned his monster "Didn't see that coming."
All of a sudden a big burst of light appeared where Chthonian Soldier used to be. And with the big explosion, Chazz's Infernal Incinerator appeared.
"Better brake out your calculator, cus if you can't find a formula to beat this guy this turn, you're toast! Especially when his attack points are boosted by 200 for every monster you have out on the field." said Chazz as Infernal Incinerator's attack points rose to 3400
"That thing has 3400 attack points!!" exclaimed Jaden "That means no matter which monster receives the attack, Bastion's finished."
'No he's not. I know deep down, Bastion's not going to lose that easy.' thought Laviss angrily
"Now Infernal Incinerator attack with fire storm blast!!"
"I activate my trap Amorphous Barrier!" said Bastion as he stop Chazz's attack "When I have three or more monsters on my side of the field, this trap negates my opponent's attack and ends the battle. But nice try Chazz."
"So what! One turn! That's all I'd advise you, then you'll be all mine."
"I'm afraid there won't be a next turn."
"WHAT!?" screamed Chazz
"You heard me!" said Bastion as he drew a card "And I activate the spell card Bonding-H2O. I sacrifice two Hydrogeddon and one Oxygeddon to summon… My Water Dragon (2800)!! And since the monsters on my side of the field decreased; so does your Infernal Incinerator's attack points."
Chazz didn't seem fazed as Infernal Incinerator's points went to 3000 "Doesn't matter! My monster's attack points are still higher than yours!!"
"Better double check your work because I've already done all the math."
"ALL THE MATH!!?" yelled Dr. Crowler "YOU MEAN THAT-"
"BASTION HAD ALL OF THIS PLANED OUT, SINCE THE VERY START!!" finished Jaden as he and everyone else were surprised, besides Zane and Laviss
And no sooner did Chazz and most of the group noticed something strange happening to Infernal Incinerator.
"NO!! WHAT!!? HIS ATTACK POINTS!!" screamed Chazz
"Indeed, that's Water Dragon's special ability. You see, when he's out on the field, the attack points of fire attribute and pyro type monsters automatically become 0." explained Bastion "Now Water Dragon attack, tidal blast!!"
At that Water Dragon washed Infernal Incinerator with a huge tidal wave. Thus he was destroyed and so were all of Chazz's life points.
"Did the attack have to be water." mumbled Laviss as she clutch Zane's blazer closer to her as the holographic water surrounded her and everyone around the arena.
"A well played duel Chazz, but not well enough." said Bastion
"Pure luck, you drew a lucky card and stumbled into the wind… that's all." argued Chazz
"Perhaps, but luck favors the prepared and I was prepared to beat you. Along with a half dozen other cards as well." explained Bastion "Sorry, but you would have lost the duel one way or another, deny it if you want. Just like you denied throwing my deck into the ocean."
"Yeah, PROVE IT!!" yelled Chazz
"Well if you insist." said Bastion as he pulled out a card from his pocket "Here, one of the cards that Laviss saved, with a formula that I wrote on it. I suppose you could've written it, but then the math would probably be wrong and it's not." his eyes narrowed down at the Obelisk, who was glaring back at him "Chazz you stole, you lied, you cheated, and you lost. You deserve to be demoted."
Laviss lowered her eyes as she heard Bastion step off the duel stage 'Guess that's it… Bastion won, meaning he'll be an Obelisk… a-and it's for the best…' thought Laviss as she looked at the cards in her hand
"Bastion Misawa, Congratulations and welcome to Obelisk Blue." said Crowler proudly
"No." replied Bastion "But I must decline that invitation."
"What?" said Laviss quietly as she looked up
"WHAT!!?" yelled an astonished Crowler "But what for!?"
"When I arrived at the academy, I decided to only enter Obelisk Blue when I became the number one student in the freshman class." explained Bastion as he looked at a certain brown eyed Slifer "Jaden, out of all the new freshmen, I think that student is you."
"Hey, thanks! So does that mean you wanna settle this right here? I mean, seeing you guys duel really made me get my game on." said Jaden excitingly as Laviss smiled
Bastion smiled at his glee but shook his head "Sorry, but not now."
"Aw… why not?" asked the Slifer
"Because I have a lot of work to do before I duel you. Many forms to write, theorems to solve, equations to balance. You're a good duelist Jaden, and I plan to be ready."
"Smart move." said Jaden as everyone started walking outside
"Don't worry Jaden. Soon my walls will be filled with new strategies. Then we shall have our duel. Just be prepared for it to turn out like that ball game yesterday. You know, the one where I struck you out." boast Bastion
"You just keep dreaming Bastion. Baseball may be a past time, but dueling's my life." said Jaden as everyone was outside
"ACHOO!!" Laviss sneezed once more as she followed the guys. The red head wiped her nose on her semi-dry blazer and smiled sheepishly. "I'm sorry Zane. You really didn't need to give me your blazer."
"It's alright, besides you were wet and shivering." said Zane. He held out a hand as Laviss started to take off his jacket "Keep it. You can give it to me later."
"Yeah, come on Laviss. I'll walk you over to the Ra Dorm. You gotta get out of those clothes, or else you'll get even more sick." said Alexis as she and Laviss started to walk away from the boys
"Zane… why did you give Laviss your blazer?" said Sy as he saw his brother in a black turtleneck shirt instead of his blazer "Do you like her?" he teased as Bastion went stiff.
"Syrus, the girl was freezing. I didn't see any of you guys offering your blazer to her and you were with her during the time she was in the water." said Zane in a monotone voice "You shouldn't be thinking that one act of kindness is a gesture that I'm in love with her."
"But still… why'd you do it?" pushed Jaden
Zane rolled his eyes and scoffed "I'm outta here." he said and walked away
"Aw come on! We were only joking!" cried Jaden at his retreating figure. He then turned to his short friend and asked "Do you think he'll get even?"
"I-I don't know. Its hard to tell since he's so serious all the time." said a frighten Sy "I don't even what to think about it."
"Aw don't worry Sy! Come on, we still have the whole day ahead of us. Why don't we celebrate Bastion's victory." said Jaden
"You just wanna eat, don't cha Jay?" said Sy
"Heh, you caught me." said Jaden as he rubbed his head "How about it Bastion! Are you in?"
Looking at the two Slifers, Bastion was out numbered with their pleading eyes, especially Jaden's "Alright I'm in." complied the Ra
'I just hope that Laviss will be alright.' thought Bastion as he followed Jaden and Syrus to the Slifer dorm.
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