Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Season 1
Last time Chazz's older brothers, Slade and Jagger tried to buy Duel Academy, but Kaiba would only sell it if they could defeat one of the students in a duel. They chose Chazz and demanded the condition that he could only use monsters with less than 500 attack points. Banner then told Chazz about the rumors of a well in the woods where people had tossed cards they considered too weak to even use. Jaden and Chazz looked for the well and managed to find it and the cards as well. Chazz then faced Slade with a deck with monsters which all had 0 attack points, and defeated his oldest brother. Jaden then later that night once again tried to gain control over the Chaos Emperor Dragon which he had had slow progress with, and the dragon decided to follow Jaden as he promised that the dragon would get to go wild on evildoers, what will happen next to our friends?
Chapter 25- The battle against the Amazon Tania
Bastion stood on a cliff early in the morning and looked out over the ocean at the waves as the sun was still rising, he lifted his arms before he began doing stretches, once he was done he ones again looked out over the ocean, taking in the nice morning air while clearing his head of tiredness left in it.
Ever since the duels with Camula, it's been eerily quiet, too quiet, when the next Shadow Rider arrives, it could be my turn to duel, and with two of the seven spirit gates already open, it's more important than ever, that I'll be prepared, he thought as he took out his spirit key from his pocket and looked at it.
He then opened his jacket with a smirk on his face, Good thing I'm well equipped, he thought as opened one of his six deck boxes. He then began looking through the deck to make sure it was in top shape, but then he got shocked when he saw a card that he didn't remember when he put into it, it was a White Magician Pikeru card.
He took it out and looked at it shocked, "Where on earth did this card come from?" He got a little red in his face as he looked around, "Silly distraction, well it's a good thing nothing distracts me".
A LITTLE WHILE LATER AT THE SLIFER DORM,
Jaden, Syrus and Chumley was peacefully sleeping, not aware that they were about to get a rude awakening, curtsey of Bastion and the Barrel Dragon he had just summoned.
Bastion with a smirk covered his ears, "Alright ready… get set… and fire!" The moment he said that Barrel Dragon fired a shot from each of its three cannons, since it was just a hologram it didn't do any damage to the room, but it did make a loud noise, startling the three Slifer boys awake as he chuckled.
Chumley looked up from his bed, "Hit the snooze button", Syrus was holding his ears, "More like the snooze trigger Chum". Jaden had fallen out of his bed and was laying on his shoulders, "That's getting up with a bang". He then quickly jumped up as he sat on a knee with one of his deck boxes in his hand, ready for a fight if needed, he then to his shock saw Bastion standing in front of him chuckling, "Bastion?"
Bastion smiled at them, "Good morning sleepy heads", Syrus was rubbing his tired eyes, "Yeah well it WAS good", Bastion looked at them, "Yes well, now that we're all awake how about some good old fashion daybreak duel exercises", the three boys looked at him shocked before they groaned and got up to get dressed since he wouldn't let them get back to sleep now.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER BACK AT THE CLIFF,
All four of them stood with their Duel Disks on their arms and then drew card after card while saying, "One two draw, one two draw", over and over. Jaden groaned, "You know, I should punish Bastion for waking us up so early to do something this meaningless by having Yubel possess him and have him dance in front of the entire academy in only his underwear".
Syrus looked at Jaden as he continued to draw, "Quiet you'll make me lose count, and Yubel can do that?" Before Jaden could answer that so grabbed Chumley Syrus hand as he looked at the card the smaller boy had just drawn, "Is that Thunder Nyan-Nyan?"
Syrus pulled back his arm as he blushed a little, "Yeah it is, I got her a while ago, I kinda have a bit of a card crush on her", Chumley smiled at him, "Card crush? That's so lame Syrus, at least having one at that card, check out mine", he held out his card which was Dian Keto the Cure Master, Syrus laughed weakly, "Yeah she's uh… real pretty Chum".
Chumley nodded with a smile, "Totally reminds me of my girlfriend back home, her name is Sally, no wait… Adrianna". Syrus and Chumley then looked at Jaden, "Hey Jaden, you have any car crushes hidden away in your deck?" Jaden looked at them, "Well while I have a few that is quite the lookers, I can't really say I have a crush on them", he lied, he couldn't really tell them about his current situation with the Dark Magician Girl, Syrus would burn up of jealousy considering the crush he had on the female magician.
Bastion looked at them irritated, "Beg your pardon? But I thought, we were training here, and training gentlemen… does not include standing around and talking about birds".
"Did he say birds?" Syrus whispered to Chumley, Chumley leaned in towards him, "You know what? I'm thinking that Bastion doesn't have a card crush", Bastion looked at them frustrated, "A crush on a card? Of course not! That's just plain irrational, illogical ridicules". But at that moment the memory of the White Magician Pikeru card appeared in his head, his cheek turned slightly red for a second before shaking his head to clear it.
Jaden looked at him, "Well actually Bastion, practically every card has a duel spirit, and while most of them are too weak to take form, they're still there, and the more a person care about them, even if it's just plain care or some slight affection, the stronger the bond between the duelist and the spirit will be".
Bastion just looked at him with narrowed eyes before he sighed and then looked at them again, "Look, let us just get back to our dueling exercises alright?" Syrus held up his Thunder Nyan-Nyan card with a smile, "Sure, but I do have plans to play solitary with Thunder Nyan-Nyan in about fifteen minutes".
"WHAT?!" Both Syrus and Chumley fell to the ground shocked by Bastions outburst, Bastion looked at them with narrowed eyes, "You will be breaking that date, and soon breaking a sweat, now gentlemen…" he placed his fingers at his deck, "Back to our duel training".
Syrus got back up on his feet, "And into the dog house for me, she hates it when I cancel on her", Jaden smiled at him, "Somehow I think she will understand Syrus". Syrus looked at him, "You really think that Jaden?"
Chumley was still sitting on the ground while looking up in the sky, "Totally, it's not like she's a real girlfriend", he got up on his feet, "Like Sally, er Adrianna". He then looked at Jaden, "Or Alexis, right Jaden?" Jaden felt his cheek heat up a little, he then gave a small nervous smile at him, "Yeah I guess not". They got quiet as an impatient Bastion cleared his throat, they then went back to their so called duel training,
LATER THAT DAY AT BANNER'S CLASS,
Banner looked out over the class with a troubled look on his face while he patted Pharaoh who was lying in his arms, "Hmm, there certainly are a lot of absences today, must be a bug going around".
Bastion however wasn't convinces about that, None that I heard of, there's definitely something strange in the air, well… besides all of that snoring, he thought as he looked at Jaden, Syrus and Chumley who were all taking a nap during class, to compensate for the early wake up call.
Suddenly the door to the class room opened up and a girl in a yellow school uniform came in with a bag in her arms, Banner looked at her, "May I help you?" She walked up to him and whispered, "Do you recognize this bag?"
Banner looked at the bag before he nodded, "Yes it's one of my students, why do you ask?" Jaden woke up and saw the girl who continued whispering to Banner, wondering what was going on.
LATER AFTER THE CLASS,
The current key keepers along with Syrus and Chumley walked through the woods while Jaden was carrying his own bag in his arms, "I wonder why that pack was left all the way out here?" Bastion also wondered that, "Indeed, and Jaden… where its owner is". Banner looked worried, "I hope that no one is hurt". All of them kept calling out to see if someone were around there, either hurt or okay.
After walking for a while they got out of the woods and into a large clearing, there they stopped as they saw something that shocked them, in front of them were a large structure made of wood and stone, that looked like a coliseum from ancient times.
Jaden raised an eyebrow, "Where did that thing come from?" Bastion just looked at it, "I'm going in", he then ran towards it while the others followed while Syrus asked him to wait up while Chumley complained about that they had to run.
Once they got inside of it, they looked around shocked as they saw a lot of students from all three dorms, working, Syrus looked at one, "Hey, that guy's from class", Chumley looked at another student, "Yeah and so is she".
"Oh my", Said Banner since this was the last thing he expected to find here, then Chazz got a shocked and freaked out look on his face, "CROWLER?!" All of them looked in the direction he was looking and saw that the head of the Obelisk blue dorm were indeed there working as he tried to move a large stone block by himself.
Syrus looked at him confused, "What are you doing?" He then noticed them when he heard Syrus's voice and looked at them with a smile, "A man's work", Banner got a troubled look on his face, "A man's work? My they must have been running very short on men".
Jaden was about to chuckle as he looked at Banner behind himself when his head snapped forward when he heard a low growling, a large sweat drop appeared on his head as he saw a large tiger in front of them.
Soon so were all of them running for their lives as the tiger were chasing them, Banner looked behind him at it, "First a coliseum, then a tiger, what's next, a gladiator?"
"Actually I think she would prefer the term Amazon", Crowler said loudly to be heard over the tiger's roars as it chased Jaden and the others and they were all forced to climb up a stone pillar to escape it as it clawed it trying to get to them, "Amazon?" Banner shouted in shock while he made sure not to fall down.
They then looked up and saw an impressive looking woman, she had a well build body, tight black pants, red hair tied in a ponytail, two golden bracelets, a spike collar around her neck and two large scars from above her right eye down to her chin standing on a high ledge.
She looked at them with a confident smile, "That's right, and thanks to your friends, I have finally been able to finish… my glorious arena", Jaden looked at her, "Arena for what?"
He then looked shocked as she jumped off the ledge, did a flip in the air and landed perfectly on the ground, she then stood up as the tiger came over to her, "For dueling". She patted the tiger as it came up next to her.
She then walked over to the students who had helped build this coliseum with a smile on her face, while holding envelopes in her hand, "A job well done, I had no idea Duel Academy students could make such fine labors, now as promised, here's your payment, some rare cards, well deserved I might add, until next time".
She then came up to Crowler who held out his hands with a smile, "What about my reward?" She looked disturbed, "No way, you're just creeping me out", Crowler got a hurt look on his face, "Oh come on, that's not fair, I also worked hard to help build this thing". He then shrieked as the tiger came up next to her and roared and growled at him, "No get away! You're really scaring me, please don't eat me".
Jaden too shocked to even laugh at the scene in front of him looked at the woman, "Hey! What is going on here?" She and the tiger turned towards them while Crowler ran away,"What does it look like? I'm setting the stage key keeper, for your vanquishing", she got a smirk on her face, "I'm one of the seven Shadow Riders".
Jaden narrowed his eyes a little worried, "Uh oh", Syrus looked worried, "A Shadow Rider? Oh man". Chumley came up next to him, "You mean oh wo-man, Amazons is a warrior race, made up of only women", Alexis got an impressed look on her face, "Wow you go girl".
The Amazon looked at them, "The name's Tania, and now that the battleground has been established, it's time that we battle, now then…" She looked at the males in the group, "Which of you big strong men will it be? After all I would never harm a sister".
Alexis narrowed her eyes when she heard that, "Hey don't do me any favors". Tania ignored her and looked at the guys again, "So… which of you males will it be? Who's my man?"
Jaden stepped forward, "Right here", Chazz then came up next to him, "Yours truly", then Bastion appeared between them, "I'll take you on", Banner however backed away, since he didn't want to face this strong looking woman. Tania looked at them, "Hmm, if this really is the best you have to offer, then I suppose I pick…" she then pointed, "You", Jaden and Chazz looked shocked at Bastion who had a smirk on his face.
Chazz and Jaden turned around with a sigh and walked over to the others, "Well can't duel them all", Jaden said, Alexis however were a little relieved that Jaden hadn't been picked by this weird Shadow Rider, she had a bad feeling over why Tania would only duel men.
The tiger walked away from Tania as she and Bastion stood face to face, "What's your name?" Bastion looked at her, "Bastion, Bastion Misawa". Her smile grew a little, Jaden then called out to him, "Alright pal, go and get her", Syrus nodded, "And don't go easy because she's a girl". Chumley just stared at her, "Unlike any I have seen".
Bastion nodded, "Alright, let's do the only question is…" he opened his jacket and revealed his six deck boxes, "Which deck, to choice?" Tania smiled as she held up her hands, a deck in each of them, "Really? I have the same problem myself. I have two decks, one is of knowledge, the other is of courage, why don't you go ahead and which of two I'll use?"
Bastion looked at her, "Fine then, I pick the deck of knowledge", Tania put away the deck of courage before placing her deck of knowledge into her Duel Disk, "Nice choice". Bastion had a smile on his face, "Thank you, but it's not nearly as nice as…the choice that I… am making for myself, I select my earth deck", he opened the middle deck box on the left side and placed the deck inside of it into his Duel Disk.
"Then let us begin, and don't worry, this isn't a shadow game", Bastion looked at her confused, "Beg your pardon?" Tania began to move from side to side on her spot as if she was filled with giddy, "You heard me Bastion, I don't want your soul, I want you big boy".
Bastion almost fell over anime style of shock when he heard that, he stared at her confused, "It's like this, my tribe is all women, and so to marry, I have to shop around",
Bastion gawked at her in shock, "TO MARRY?!" She smiled at him, "That's right honey, now let's do this", she then winked at him before both of them drew their first five cards.
"Alright it's my turn, and first, I summon…" Tania drew her next card and looked at it, "The Amazoness Swords Woman in attack mode", An Amazon appeared on the field wielding a huge sword, Atk: 1500, she then grabbed a card in her hand, "Then I place one card face down and end my turn", a card appeared in front of her as her turn ended.
Bastion looked at her with a determined look on his face, "I'm up then", he drew his card and looked at it, "And I summon to the field, Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus in attack mode". The orange magnet warrior appeared on the field wielding a staff and a shield, Atk: 1800.
"And now… Magnet Warrior, attack that Amazoness, Lode Stone Baton Bash", the Magnet Warrior lifted its staff as it got charged up with crackling energy as it charged at Amazoness Swords Woman who slashed with her sword to counterattack, her sword met the staff and then she got destroyed by the energy, Bastion LP: 4000-3700.
At the spectator seats Syrus stood up a little shocked, "What? Why did Bastion lose life points?" Tania had a smile on her face, "Because of my Amazoness Swords Woman's special ability, any battle damage dealt to her is dealt to the opponent instead".
Chumley looked at Bastion, "He walked right into that one", Alexis had a confused look on her face, "Yeah that's not like Bastion", Jaden however had a smile on his face, "Na ah, it's just like Bastion, just think about it you guys, sure he might have fewer life points, but now she has fewer monsters, smart move", Bastion had a satisfied look on his face until he saw that Tania's smile grew.
"Yeah, until I play, my face down card, Pride of Tribe, this trap activates when an Amazoness is destroyed, now I can summon another one from my deck, so tell me, who here is the smart one now? I mean after all, you miscalculated on that last move Bastion, after all, now we have the same amount of monsters, but not the same amount of life points" Tania said as another Amazoness Swords Woman appeared.
Bastion looked at her a little frustrated, he then took a deep breath, "I play a card face down, and that will suffice", a card appeared in front of his feet as he ended his turn.
Tania looked at him with a dreamy and excited look on her face, "Oh my, that will suffice? Say it again, it sounded so cool". Syrus looked at Jaden, "You know Jay? I'm thinking it's been a couple of years since Tania interacted with a guy". Jaden looked at him, "A couple of years? Try a few decades Sy, this lady is man crazy".
Bastion looked at her with a smirk on his face, "I'm quite flattered, but I'm well aware of what you're trying to do, you're trying to distract me, but I can tell you right now my dear, it's simply not going to work, I'm too focused".
Tania looked at him with a determined look on her face, "Oh are you? We'll see", she drew her next card and looked at it, "I play the Amazoness Blowpiper", an Amazon with s blowpipe appeared on the field, Atk: 800.
Bastion held out his hand, "And I play my face down, Magnet Force Minus", red electrical energy came out of the card and covered Amazoness Blowpiper, bastion got a smile on his face, "When this card is activated, it can equip on to one monster, then who its equipped to, gains a negative magnetism and becomes what's known as minus monster".
Tania looked a little shocked, Bastion then continued, "And from there dear, it get's interesting, you see, two minus monsters… well I'm afraid they're not allowed to engage in battle with each other but… a minus and a plus, if they're out they must fight".
Tania looked at her Blowpiper who was covered by the red electrical energy, "So since Amazoness Blowpiper is a minus monster…" Bastion then looked at Sigma Plus who was covered in green electrical energy, "And Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus is a plus monster, it's on".
The red and green electrical energy flew out from them and met at the center as the two monsters prepared to attack, Bastion looked at Tania with a smirk, "You have heard that old quote, opposite attract, well in this case I'm afraid it's true". Tania closed her eyes, "I know, after all just look at the two of us". Bastion looked at her irritated, "Oh stop it".
Tania grabbed a card in her hand, "Stop it? Why don't I just stop you from winning this battle instead? go Amazoness Spellcaster! Now one Amazoness and one monster on the field… exchange their attack points with each other", Bastion got shocked as Amazoness Blowpiper's power increased, Atk: 800-1800, while Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus's power decreased, Atk: 1800-800.
Syrus looked worried, "This is bad, now Bastion's monster is going to be outmatched", Tania had a smirk on her face, "Attack! Amazoness Blowpiper", the Amazon monster placed her blow pipe to her mouth and shot a dart towards Sigma Plus, he got destroyed once it hit him, Bastion LP: 3700-2700.
Tania then held out her hand, "And now, the Amazoness Swords Woman will attack you directly, go Amazon Slash Attack", Amazoness Swords Woman rushed towards Bastion and slashed him with her sword, Bastion LP: 2700-1200. Tania had a satisfied smirk on her face, "That was fun" Amazoness Blowpiper Atk: 1800-800.
Bastion however was troubled, "But how? That's the second time now…that she's been able to outthink me", Tania looked at him, "Well I guess where our kids is going to get their smarts from then". Bastion looked freaked out when she said that, "WHAT? Our kids? We are enemies, rivals!" Tania smiled at him, "During this duel we are, but afterwards, we'll be betrothed to each other, just think about it, you'll be Mr Tania the Amazon woman".
Jaden didn't know if he should laugh or sigh when he heard that, even if you can develop an interest in someone through a duel, falling completely in love with someone is not that simple most of the time, after all it had taken him quite some time to understand what he felt about Alexis.
As he thought of her he snuck a look in her direction, Tania's talk about marriage and kids had made him wonder how far his relationship with Alexis would go? But then Jaden shook his head, thinking that now was not the time to think about something like that, and that they were still high school students, so decisions like that should wait, and so he turned his attention back to the duel. What he didn't know however was that Alexis snuck a look at him at that moment, having the same thoughts as he had, and what the other one didn't know was that both of them thought that a future together would be quite nice.
Bastion sighed, "You're relentless, truly, are you that smitten with me?" Tania got a happy smile on her face, "I prefer in love". Bastion narrowed his eyes, "you hardly know me".
Tania smiled at him, "I know enough, my little sugar booger", Bastion closed his eyes in frustration before he opened them, keep your cool Bastion, she's just trying to distract you, just like those silly card crushes distracts Syrus and Chumley, but you've always been above that, he thought to himself as the pictures of Syrus's and Chumley's cards appeared in his mind.
But then he got shocked as the image of the White Magician Pikeru card he found in his deck appeared in his mind as well, he held his head, "No! get out, I'm above all this", he shouted, trying to convince himself of that.
Jaden, Syrus and Chazz all had a huge sweat drop at the back of their heads when they saw how Bastion acted, "Bastion sure is acting weird", Syrus nodded, "Love sure works in mysterious ways". Bastion turned around and glared at them, "QUIET! I'm not in love". he turned his head around and looked at Tania, And I'll prove it by taking Tania down, he thought as he turned towards her again.
"My turn", he drew his next card and looked at it, "Right, I activate… Magnet Conductor Plus, this allows me to bring a plus monster from the graveyard to my hand, so come on back Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus", Sigma Plus came out of the graveyard and Bastion picked the card up.
Bastion then grabbed another card in his hand, "However, he won't be out for long, because he and the Magnet Warrior Omega Minus from my hand are now going right back to the grave so that I can summon Conduction Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus in attack mode".
Sigma plus and Omega minus which were a purple magnet warrior with a sword in his right hand appeared on the field, then both of them became pillars of light that combined and out came an impressive looking yellow and purple machine type monster with two huge cannons on his shoulders, Atk: 2700.
Bastion then pointed at Amazoness Blowpiper, "And now I activate Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus's special ability, it adds half of the attack points of one magnet monster on the field to the Warrior Magnum's attack pints, and thanks to my trap Amazoness Blowpiper is a minus monster, so he gains 400 attack points" Linear Magnum Plus Minus, Atk: 2700-3100.
Jaden got a smirk on his face, "He got her outmatched now", Bastion then held out his hand, "Now Warrior Magnum, attack Amazoness Blowpiper, with Polarizing Pulverizing Blast". Linear Magnum Plus Minus fired a blast from the cannons on his shoulders and destroyed Amazoness Blowpiper, Tania LP: 4000-1700.
Bastion then placed two cards into his Duel Disk, "Next I place two face downs, and I think that will do", Two cards appeared in front of him as Liner Magnum Plus Minus's points decreased, Atk: 3100-2700.
Tania looked really happy despite losing more than half her points in one attack, "What a move, no wonder I love you, and sweetie because I do…" she got a serious look on her face, "I… must beat you". She drew her next card and looked at it, she then looked at him with a smirk, "And with Amazoness Swords Woman's special ability, where even if she loses in battle, you take damage, I will win".
She then pointed at Linear Magnum Plus Minus with a smirk, "Now Amazoness Swords Woman, strike down Conduction Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus, with Amazon Slash attack".
Bastion saw how Amazoness Swords Woman jumped towards Linear Magnum Plus Minus, This is it, I better react fast, or this duel will be over fast, he thought. He pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "Sorry, but I play a face down, Power Off, now my Warrior Magnum Plus Minus splits back into the two monsters that originated him".
"No fair", Tania said as she saw Linear Magnum Plus Minus disappeared before Amazoness Swords Woman could hit him with her sword, first came back Sigma Plus, then Omega Minus appeared as well, Atk: 1900.
The others cheered when they saw that, "Yeah, tight move", Bastion closed his eyes, "Yes I agree". Tania looked at him, "Guess I have to get you next turn, and with Amazoness Paladin now out on the field, you can be sure I will". The Amazoness monster appeared on the field with her long sword, Atk: 1700.
"Because my Paladin, she gains an extra 100 attack points for every card on my field that has the name Amazoness in it", Amazoness Paladin held out her sword and both it and she got covered by a purple aura, Atk: 1700-1900. Tania then grabbed two cards, "Next I place two cards face down and that will do for now", two cards appeared in front of her.
Bastion looked at her and thought, Well at least she's concentrating on her dueling instead of on me. He placed his fingers on his deck, "Alright, it's my move now…" but here she interrupted him, "Speaking of moves, sweetie, I'm thinking, it's probably best if you move in with me, you know, after we get married? Oh we'll just have the coziest home sweet home".
Bastion looked at Tania stunned, Tania blushed a little, "Oh I'm sorry honey, am I distraction you again with this talk about how much I love you? and how positively handsome you are? Oh, there I go again".
Bastion placed a hand over his heart as it had begun to speed up, and his face heated up as he blushed, Tania smiled at him, "I guess I simply can't help myself, I'm head over heels".
Bastion smiled as he blushed, "Yes… me too… Tania". Jaden almost fell down anime style, "Yuck, is there barf bags on this flight?" He couldn't believe Bastion had actually allowed himself to get distracted like that during a duel.
Syrus looked at Jaden troubled, "Oh man, Bastion is getting all flushed… and all sidetracked". Jaden nodded, "Yeah I agree Syrus, and that's not good".
A blushing Bastion drew his next card, "Alright, my turn", he looked at it, "First of, I summon Magnet Warrior Sigma Minus in attack mode", the magnet warrior with a spike club in one hand appeared, Atk: 1500, "Next I play my face down, 100 000 gauss, you see, I can activate this, when I have a plus monster and a minus monster out upon my field, it lets me switch one of your monsters into attack mode, and reduce its attack points by 800". Amazoness Paladin, Atk: 1900-1100.
Jaden got a smirk on his face, "Alright, what a sweet move, now Bastion's got the monsters and the match up he needs, this duel is totally in the bag now". Tania got a serious look on her face, "I would think so too, until… I play Dramatic Rescue, this lets me return one of my monsters to my hand, and then summon a different one to the field".
Amazoness Paladin returned to her hand as Tania grabbed her other card, "And as you're about to see… this one is very different indeed, come on out, Amazoness Tiger", a Tiger with only one functional eye appeared on the field, Atk: 1100. She looked at Bastion with a smirk, "And don't try catching this tiger by the toe, because she gets 400 attack points for each Amazoness on the field, including herself". Amazoness Tiger, Atk: 1100-1900. Chumley looked trouble, "Totally not licious".
Tania had a smirk on her face, "And…when this card is out on the field, you're not allowed to attack any other Amazoness monsters but it", lexis and Jaden got shocked when they heard that before Alexis said, "So there is no choice for him? He has to attack that tiger?"
It's simple I have three Magnet Warriors out, I use one, Omega Minus, to eliminate Amazoness Tiger, then I use Sigma Minus to destroy the Amazoness Swords Woman, and then, I'll attack Tania directly with Sigma Plus and win the duel, Bastion thought as he made up his plan.
Bastion looked at Tania with such as determined look he could make considered how flustered he was, "Fun duel but I'm afraid, it's about to be… over, now go Magnet Warrior Omega Minus, attack and tame that Amazoness Tiger".
Omega Minus rushed towards Amazoness Tiger, Tania however got a smirk on her face, "You must be distracted, otherwise you most certainly would have seen that, I have a face down out, Amazoness Archers".
Bastion gasped as he realized his mistake, "Sorry hun, but now all of your monsters… are switched into attack mode and lose 600 attack points", Omega Minus, Atk: 1900-1300, Sigma Plus, Atk: 1800-1200, Sigma Minus, Atk: 1500-1000.
And then they're also all forced to wage battle, right this instant", Amazoness Tiger roared at the three Magnet Warriors who prepared to attack it, Syrus looked worried, "But if they do that, they have to attack that tiger". Jaden narrowed his eyes, "Yeah, and it as more attack points than any of them now".
Chazz narrowed his eyes, "He walked right in to her trap, what was he thinking?" Banner who was holding Pharaoh looked troubled, "That's just it Chazz, with all that love talk I doubt he was thinking", Pharaoh meowed as if he agreed.
The three Magnet Warriors jumped towards Amazoness Tiger and swung their weapons at it, "Amazoness Tiger, show Bastion that opposite don't just attract, they attack, sic them, Fang frenzy". with three lightning fast swipes of its claws, Amazoness Tiger destroyed the three Magnet Warriors, Bastion looked at her, "I'm… all yours", Bastion LP: 1200-0.
He then fell down on the ground, as his key vanished to unlock the gate it belonged to, Jaden then jumped down into the arena, he ran towards Bastion, "Bastion". Tania looked at her tiger, "Kitty".
The tiger moved towards Jaden who backed away as the others came towards him, then all ran as fast as they could towards the exit with the roaring tiger right behind them, once they got out a gate came down which prevented the tiger from chasing them anymore, but it also meant that Bastion was trapped inside of there.
Jaden looked worried, "Oh no, Bastion", he ran up to the gate and grabbed the bars, "Hey". They then heard Tania laugh a little, "Sorry, Bastion and I are officially on our honey moon now, so get lost". Jaden narrowed his eyes, "This isn't over Tania, you hear me?"
LATER THAT NIGHT,
All of them sat outside of the coliseum and, they had been there most of the time since Bastion's duel with Tania, and throughout the whole night they heard Bastion scream of agony as they sat at a small camp fire as they sun was starting to rise.
Alexis sighed with a troubled look as she poked the fire, "I hate hearing Bastion suffer like that and not being able to help him". Chazz nodded feeling troubled as well, "No joke, they have been dueling all night and from those screams, it sounds like Bastion has been losing all night against her too".
Banner with Pharaoh in his arms looked worried, "How long can this go on?" Jaden had finally had enough and stood up, "We gotta do something". Syrus and Chumley stood up as they agreed, Jaden had considered either break in or fly in using one of his creatures, but he had been worried about catching Tania's attention like he did with Camula, but now he didn't care, he wanted to help Bastion.
Then suddenly they heard a sound, "uh guys, what's that?" Then all of them looked towards the coliseum, they saw how the gate had opened, and then they saw Bastion walk out of it. All of them gasped in shock over seeing him, "Bastion?" Jaden asked before they all ran towards him.
Once they reached him he went down on his knees and was about to fall on his back, Jaden quickly grabbed a hold of his shoulders, looking at him, "Bastion", Syrus looked at him confused, "What happened?"
Bastion didn't answer however, and just had a sad and shocked look on his face as he looked up at the sky, Jaden then understood what had happened, "Wait, she dumped you?" Bastion looked him in the eyes, "That's right, I'm crushed". Chazz looked at him with a look that said he couldn't believe that bastion was disappointed about it, "You're not crushed, you're lucky".
Banner looked at him confused, "I don't understand Bastion, she was so smitten with you", Bastion looked up at the sky again with the same pained look on his face, "I know, we were to be married, but she decided I wasn't duelist enough", the others looked at him as he told them what happened.
FLASHBACK,
Bastion was lying on his back, Bastion LP: 1000-0, Tania looked at him with disappointed in her eyes, "You call that a duel? You're not worthy, beat it?"
Bastion got a shocked look on his face, Tania turned around, "I need someone, someone who can duel at my level". She then walked out of the arena as a crushed Bastion sat up and looked after her, "My love".
END OF FLASHBACK,
Bastion looked up in the sky with the pained look on his face, "I wasn't good enough for her, and she's left me forever, she says she wants a… champion a duelist who can… a match that she'll always remember". Jaden looked at him troubled, "Bastion", he was unsure how to feel about this situation, he was glad that she wouldn't take Bastion away from them, but since he knew how it felt to really like someone, he could understand that Bastion was hurt, the idea of Alexis dumping him was painful.
LATER THAT DAY,
Bastion as inside of campus looking out through a window, thinking about Tania, he then held his head, "Oh, Tania". Jaden and Alexis looked at him, "Man I feel bad for him Lex, he had really gotten smitten by her and so, getting dumped like that can't be easy".
Alexis nodded with a troubled look on her face, "Yeah, I mean, getting dumped by the one who had won your heart can't be easy", she looked at Jaden, worried that he would one day maybe leave her side.
Jaden noticed this and smiled, "Don't worry Lex, I won't just dump you and leave you like Tania did with Bastion, I don't know how it will go with our relationship, but I plan on staying by your side for as long as possible", Alexis smiled a little as she linked hands with him, but then they once again looked at Bastion with worried expressions on their faces as they saw how depressed Bastion were.
LATER AT THE OBELISK ARENA,
Bastion walked into the arena, seeing the group, this time Zane and Crowler were also there, he looked at them irritated, "What do the lot of you want?" Jaden smiled as he held up his deck. "A duel to cheer you up, this time I will use my Elemental Hero deck to face you".
Bastion had a sad look on his face, "I can't, it's just too soon for me", the smile disappeared from Jaden's face, "Oh come on, you gonna move on Bastion, being all depressed like this isn't good for you".
Bastion looked at them, "I can't duel… without… my Tania", Jaden narrowed his eyes a little, "I hate telling you this Bastion, but… she's probably dueling without you". Bastion gasped in shock before he closed his eyes, "No she would never, not my Tania".
Chazz had a disgusted look on his face, "Oh gag me", Bastion looked at them, "You don't understand, we had passion", Jaden looked at him confused, "Uh, excuse me what?"
Bastion looked up at the ceiling, "When I first dueled Tania, there were fireworks between us, you saw how our cards danced that dangerous Duel Monsters dance together, it was beautiful, majestic, If I can't have that feeling again when I duel…" he lifted his hands that trembled a little, "Well it's over then, my life dueling is all finished".
Zane looked at him, "But Bastion, she's a Shadow Rider, we have the world to save, we need you, and you're saying you're done?" Bastion nodded with a depressed look on his face, "As much as all of you require my deck, until I prove to Tania that I'm a worthy man, my dueling days are through, now and forever".
Chazz looked even more disgusted, "Alright that's it, I'm going to go to the bathroom and hurl". Jaden then got an idea, "Just duel her again, ask her for a rematch". Bastion looked at him shocked, "A rematch?"
Jaden nodded, "And no matter what, don't take no for an answer, I will even help you",, the others looked at Jaden confused, wondering what he was planning on doing by suggesting that Bastion should challenge Tania to a rematch.
AT THE SAME TIME WITH TANIA AT THE COLISEUM,
Tania screamed as she hit her fist against her chest, "This island… has nothing but weaklings, I need a worthy partner, someone who isn't intimidated… by my power". She then began punching the wall to her tiger's shock and then she placed a kick in the ceiling so that piece of rock fell down as the tiger placed its paws over its head as it tried to protect itself.
Tania turned around with a frustrated look on her face, "And if he can't find me, I'll find him… and DUEL him", she walked away as the tiger got up and followed her as the ceiling collapsed the moment after they left the room.
A BIT LATER, AT THE SLIFER DORM,
Jaden was sitting at his desk with his decks working on them while Syrus and Chumley lied on their beds looking at him, "Jaden, shouldn't you get to bed?" Jaden shook his head, "Not yet, I'm working on a strategy to help Bastion, I need to help him because I can't stand to see him so depressed.
Chumley looked at him, "Yeah well I need a good night's sleep", Jaden ignored that comment and continued to work on his decks, that is until he heard someone knocking on the door to their room, the boys looked at each other confused before looking at the door since the person outside was knocking impatiently.
Jaden got up and placed both of his decks back into the deck boxes and attached them to his belt before he walked towards the door, when he got close to it he heard Bastion's voice, "Jaden, open up it's me Bastion". Jaden opened the door and looked at Bastion confused, "What are you doing here Bastion, and at this late hour?"
Bastion looked at him, "The rematch, why aren't you ready yet?" Jaden looked at him confused, "You mean now?" Bastion nodded his head, "Yes now, come on", Bastion then grabbed his arm and pulled Jaden out of the room while he cried out in shock. Syrus and Chumley looked at each other, they figured it was best to contact the others and then head to the coliseum, and so they got out of their beds.
A FEW MINUTES LATER WITH JADEN AND BASTION,
Jaden followed Bastion who was running towards the coliseum, "Couldn't this wait until morning?" Bastion shook his head, "NO!" They soon reached the coliseum, "Tania!" Bastion cried out, Jaden then heard someone call out to him, he turned around and saw the others coming towards them.
Alexis smiled at Jaden, "Thought you could use the extra help", Jaden smiled at all of them, "Thanks you guys". They then heard growling in some bushes behind them, Bastion turned towards them, "It's her!" The moment after Tania's tiger jumped out of the bushes with Tania on its back, Bastion looked at her, "Tania".
Tania looked at him uninterested, "Can't you take a hint, I've already dumped you don't you remember?" Jaden looked at her with narrowed eyes, "He wants a rematch", Tania looked at Jaden, "He can't have one… but you seem quite brave". Jaden got a troubled look on his face as a large sweat drop appeared at the side of his head, "I do? Sorry but I already have a girl, and I'm here for my friend anyway".
Tania smiled at him, "He's already lost, I'll duel you or there's no duel", Jaden was troubled by that, but he figured that this might help Bastion, he looked at Yubel who appeared next to him, she nodded, Jaden then looked at Tania with a smirk, "I'll never back down from a challenge, and since this is a chance help Bastion, I will do it". The others looked at him shocked while Alexis got a little troubled by this, hoping that Jaden would win,
A FEW MOMENTS LATER INSIDE OF THE ARENA,
Jaden stood in front of Tania ready to begin as the others watched, Tania looked at him with a smirk as she held up her decks, "You know the rules, if you lose the duel, you lose your spirit key and you will leave that girl your together with and move in to this battle arena with me, and become my husband forever more".
All of the audience looked worried at Alexis, she looked like she could murder someone right now, Chazz looked pretty terrified, "Oh man! I sure hope that Jaden knows what he's doing, for his sake but more importantly, for OUR sake".
Jaden looked at them with a nervous smile before sending an apologizing look towards Alexis, "Sorry about this you guys", he then turned towards Tania, "But I sure do know what I'm doing, and when I'm done with Tania, Bastion will know you don't have to be in love to duel with passion".
Tania looked at him with a smile, "What do you say we'll start this hun?" They both placed their decks into their Duel Disks while Jaden snuck a look behind himself and saw how the others moved away from Alexis a little as she looked like she would cause a massacre at any second, which actually made him worried about the health of the others should they say something to make her even angrier.
Both of them drew their first five cards, Jaden then took and placed his fingers on his deck, "Alright Tania, get your game on", he drew his next card and looked at it, he smiled, "And I think it's time I introduce a new friend of mine, so come on out Elemental Dragon Hero Archangel in defense mode".
Everyone looked up as bright light appeared in the sky, then from the sky descended a white dragon who had its entire upper body, legs and arms covered by a golden body armor, it had white angel like wings and a golden sword in its right hand. It landed on the ground and went down on a knee and crossed its arms in front of itself while using the sword as an extra protection, Def: 2000.
Syrus looked at it excited, "Hey look guys, it's a new Elemental Dragon Hero", Syrus mostly looked at Bastion, but felt awkward when he saw the Ra boy staring at Tania with a longing look n his face".
Jaden pointed at the new Hero Dragon, "When Archangel is summoned to the field, I can add one Elemental Dragon Fusion from my deck to my hand". A card came out of the deck and Jaden showed it, it was Elemental Dragon Fusion, he then placed it in his hand.
Chazz got a smirk on his face, "So that monster lets him add his Hero Dragons fusion card to his hand when summoned huh? I sense a fusion coming up soon, and I also wonder what more this guy can do, since I believe that just like his brothers, he has two abilities".
Jaden looked at Chazz with a smirk, "You guessed it Chazz, as long as Archangel is on the field, every Elemental Dragon Hero on the field gains 100 points multiplied by their level, so since he's a level 4, he gains 400 more attack points". Archangel got covered by a golden aura, Atk: 1000-1400. Jaden looked at Tania, "And that ends my turn".
Tania had a smile on her face, "Elemental Dragon Heroes? Interesting cards", she drew her next card and looked at it, "But I have someone here who will take him down, I summon Amazoness Paladin", Amazoness Paladin appeared on the field, Atk: 1700.
Tania smiled at him, "And I'm sure that you remember her ability, for as long as she's out, she gains 100 points for every single monster out that has Amazoness in its name", Amazoness Paladin got covered in a purple aura, Atk: 1700-1800.
Jaden narrowed his eyes, "Even with 100 extra points she's still not strong enough overcome my Archangel's defense points". Tania chuckled, "Who said she had to?" Jaden's eyes widened, "That doesn't sound good".
Tania then held up a spell card, "I now activate a spell known as, Amazoness Charm, now all monsters on your field in defense mode are forced into attack mode, and then they each gain 200 attack points". Jaden watched in shock as Archangel rose to his feet, Atk: 1400-1600.
"I don't get it", Crowler said confused, "Why would she play a card that increases Jaden's attack power?" Bastion looked at her, "For the thrill of it, the passion".
Tania looked at Jaden with a smile, "So are we enjoying the match so far? You're not getting distracted I hope". Jaden chuckled as he looked at her with a smile, "I never get distracted during a duel, didn't you know that?"
Tania looked at him, "Well maybe this, will make you reconsider, I activate Amazoness Arena, when this card is activated, we both get 600 life points, and it's not just distracting, it's captivating", a steel cage then formed around them Jaden LP: 4000-4600, Tania LP: 4000-4600.
Chazz looked at the cage, "Wow, she must be really desperate to find a husband… if she if she's gotta use a cage". Tania chuckled a little, "You see, Amazoness Arena is a sacred arena, in here you don't fight just with your monsters, but with your soul as well".
Jaden looked at her confused, "And just how am I suppose to do that?" Tania looked at him with a smirk, "Oh you'll find out but first… Amazoness Paladin now attacks that Archangel".
Amazoness Paladin jumped towards Archangel who swung his sword at her, she dodged it and slashed him across the chest, cracking and destroying his body armor before he exploded, Jaden LP: 4600-4400.
"Now you'll see the power of my arena, after our monsters are all done, your soul can battle mine, if you sacrifice 100 life points you take away 100 of mine", Alexis looked worried, "Please be careful Jaden".
Jaden looked at Tania with a smirk, "I guess I should warn ya, I don't ever hit girls", Tania looked at him with a smirk, "And you shouldn't but this isn't a fight between us, you see, it's like I said, our souls will clash with each other".
Jaden had a excited smile on his face, "If you say so", then a ghostly image of Jaden appeared in front of him, Jaden LP: 4400-4300. Then a ghostly image of Tania appeared in front of her, Tania LP: 4600-4500.
Jaden's soul rushed towards Tania's soul, but as he tried to punch her she dodged, then she hit him with a right hook and Jaden stumbled backwards a few steps, Jaden LP: 4300-4200. "Jaden", Syrus cried out worried, Chumley looked at him, "Come on, this is embarrassing for all of us guys".
Jaden's soul then came out again and landed a solid right hook on Tania's chin, she stumbled backwards, Tania LP: 4500-4400". Tania looked at him with a smirk, "that's quite a good left hook you got". Chazz looked shocked, "What the… she complements his attack?"
Bastion had a love struck look on his face, "Isn't she just great?" Chazz looked at him with a look that said that he thought Bastion was crazy, Jaden then drew his next card, "If you liked that, you're gonna love this".
He looked at his card and got a smirk on his face, he looked at the others, "Okay guys, you are about to meet my final Elemental Dragon Hero, so come out, Elemental Dragon Hero Oblivion in attack mode".
Suddenly dark energy began to gather behind Jaden, and then they could see a shape inside of the dark energy, suddenly the dark energy vanished and a black dragon with purple body armor that covered his upper body, arms and legs appeared, he had two horns at the top of his head, wings that would fit a demon, dark red eyes and a black sword in his right hand with a jagged blade, Atk: 2000.
Syrus looked at the new Dragon Hero a little scared, "You know what? That thing looks like something out of a horror movie", Chumley nodded and the others also agreed.
Oblivion landed in front of Jaden as he roared and held his blade out in front of him, aimed at Amazoness Paladin. Jaden held out his hand, "I activate Oblivion's first special ability, which actually has two options you can chose between, but I will just go with the first one, now once per turn, he can decrease the attack points of one of your monsters by 200 for every Elemental Dragon Hero on my field".
Oblivion roared as he lifted his sword and sent a slash of dark energy towards Amazoness Paladin, once it hit her she went down on a knee since she lost some energy, Amazoness Paladin, Atk: 1800-1600
Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I activate Elemental Dragon Fusion, so now I can fuse Elemental Dragon Heroes together, and while normally I would have to send materials from my hand and field to the grave, if any materials is already in the grave I can pay 500 life points and just send the remaining materials to the grave to summon my fusion monster", Jaden LP: 4200-3700.
Jaden then placed Oblivion into the graveyard, "And now I combine Oblivion and Archangel to summon a creature that will bring down that Paladin", Archangel appeared on the field next to Oblivion and then an explosion of fire happen behind them, then a vortex formed behind them and they got sucked in.
"Now dragon warriors of light and darkness, merge to form a creature that will help me in my time of need, I fusion summon, Elemental Dragon Hero Yin-Yang in attack mode".
Out of the vortex came two beams of energy, one of light and the other of darkness, they circled each other for a few seconds before joining together, when they looked up they the new Hero Dragon, its half of the body was just like Archangel's, while the right side was just like Oblivion's, it also had both of their swords, Atk: 1000.
Tania looked at him disappointed, "That's it? All that work to summon it and then it only has 1000 attack points?" Jaden looked at her with a smirk, "It's true that for a level 8 monster he doesn't have much power when he's first summoned, but his special ability makes up for it, you see he gains 200 attack points multiplied by the combined level of every Elemental Dragon Hero on the field, so only for himself he will now gain 1600 attack points".
Elemental Dragon Hero Yin-Yang roared as his power increased, Atk: 1000-2600. Tania now got a smirk on her face, "Now that's more like it", Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "If you like that then just wait, I equip him with Elemental Force, so now to activate it's effect, I discard my Elemental Dragon Hero Lightningstorm to the grave". He placed Lightningstorm into the graveyard.
Jaden then pointed at Tania, "Now a random monster will be chosen from your deck, and then you must show me what level it is and then shuffle it back into it". A card came out of her deck, she took it and looked at it, she then held it out, "It's the level 4 Amazoness Fighter".
Jaden then smiled as Amazoness Paladin once again went down on a knee, Atk: 1600-1200", then Elemental Dragon Hero Yin-Yan roared, Atk: 2600-3000. Tania looked at him as she shuffled Amazoness Fighter back into her deck, "So you gonna tell me what just happened?" Jaden smiled at her, "Elemental Force decreases the attack points of all the monsters you have on the field equal to the level of the chosen monster times 100 for as long as their out, and the equipped Hero Dragon gains attack points equal to its level times 100 for as long as he's equipped with it".
Jaden then pointed at Amazoness Paladin, "Now Yin-Yang, attack Amazoness Paladin, with Twin Light and Darkness Slash". Elemental Dragon Hero Yin-Yang lifted both of his swords, out of the golden sword came a slash of light, out of the black jagged sword came a slash of darkness.
Both of the slashes hit Amazoness Paladin and destroyed her, Tania was sent flying onto her back from the shockwave of the attack, Tania LP: 4400-2600. Jaden looked at her worried, "Tania! Are you okay?" She sat up as she looked at him, "Not bad Jaden, you're my type of guy".
Banner looked a little concerned, "Uh Bastion? I think Tania is falling for Jaden", Bastion just watched her with a smile, "Of course not! She would never leave me", Alexis glared at Tania, "She better not fall for him for her sake", she growled lowly to herself.
Tania took and jumped back up on her feet and smiled, "However, since there a battle, our souls will once again clash, time for a rematch", her soul came out, Tania LP: 2600-2500, Alexis looked irritated, "Come on not again". Syrus looked at Jaden, "Be careful Jaden", Chumley looked at him, "Stick with your jab".
Jaden's soul also came out, Jaden LP: 3700-3600, both of their souls rushed towards each other, Jaden's ducked for Tania's first punch and got in a good right hook before Tania got in a left hook on him. Jaden stumbled backwards, Jaden LP: 3600-3500, Tania also stumbled backwards, Tania LP: 2500-2400.
Jaden looked at her with a smile, "You know, I thought hitting like a girl, was a bad thing", Tania looked at him with a smirk, "Oh it's a bad thing alright, for you", Jaden then took and ended his turn
Alright it's my turn", she drew her card and looked at it, she then got a smirk on her face, "First I place one face down, then I summon Amazoness Swords Woman in attack mode", Amazoness Swords Woman appeared on the field, Atk: 1500
She then held up a card. "Next I play card of Sanctity, so now we both have to draw until we're both holding six cards". Jaden narrowed his eyes as he drew three cards and Tania drew five.
Tania then smiled again as she held up a card, "And next I play, Amazoness Call, now it rips apart your fusion monster into the two weaker monsters that was used to summon it".
Jaden could only watch as yin-Yang disappeared and was replaced with Archangel and Oblivion. Archangel stood up with his sword held out in front of him, Atk: 1000, while Oblivion went down on a knee and crossed his arms, Def: 1000.
Jaden looked at her, "But don't forget Archangel's special ability, first I get to add my second and last Elemental Dragon Fusion to my hand, and then since both he and Oblivion is level 4 monsters, they both gain 400 attack points".
Archangel got covered by the golden aura, "Atk: 1000-1400, then Oblivion got covered by the golden aura as well, Atk: 2000-2400.
A card then came out of his graveyard, "And next Oblivion's ability activates, when he's summoned to my field I can add an Elemental Dragon Fusion from my graveyard back to my hand". He grabbed the card and showed that it was his first Elemental Dragon Fusion before he placed it in to his hand.
Tania then smiled, "And I now play this, Amazoness Spellcaster", Jaden's eyes widened when he heard that, "now the original attack points of two of our monsters are switched, and I chose Amazoness Swords Woman and your Oblivion".
Amazoness swords Woman, Atk: 1500-2000, oblivion, Atk: 2400-1500-1900. Tania then got a smirk on her face, "Now Amazoness Swords Woman, attack that Archangel and knock it off the field once again". Amazoness Swordswoman took and attacked Archangel and destroyed him, Jaden LP: 3500-2900. As Archangel disappeared Oblivion lost some power, Atk: 1900-1500.
Jaden looked at her, "Alright then, time to give this arena another go", shocking everyone as he chose to use the arena's power and they saw his soul appear, Jaden LP: 2900-2800. Tania's soul then also came out, Tania LP: 2400-2300. They rushed towards each other and delivered a powerful punch to each other, Jaden LP: 2800-2700. Tania LP: 2300-2200.
Banner looked at Jaden, "What is he trying to prove out there?"Alexis looked at her boyfriend as well, "I don't know but I have never seen him duel with that much zeal before in my life". Bastion also seemed more interested in the match now, "Yes he's enjoying himself, and without being in love".
Tania smiled, "Alright, I now end my turn", Amazoness Swords Woman Atk: 2000-1500, Oblivion Atk: 1500-2000. Jaden then discarded one card since he had seven as the turn ended before he drew his next card, "First I place a face down", a card appeared in front of him, "And next I summon Elemental Dragon Hero Terradrake in attack mode".
The ground cracked open and Terradrake came up from it before he pulled up his stone sword from the ground, Atk: 2000.
Jaden looked at Tania with a smirk, "And now I shall explain what I meant earlier when I said that Oblivion's first ability had two options, you see, I can once per turn chose one of your monsters and decrease its points by 200 for every Elemental Dragon Hero on my field or…"
Jaden pointed at Amazoness Swords Woman, "I can force that monster in to defense mode, and since I know about your Swords Woman's ability, that's what I'm going to do now".
Oblivion stabbed his sword in to the ground, darkness traveled across the ground until it reached Amazoness Swords Woman, then the darkness flew up and wrapped itself round her arms and legs and forced her down on her knees, Def: 1600.
Jaden held out his hand, "Terradrake, take out her Amazoness now", Terradrake rushed towards Amazoness Swords Woman and slashed her with his sword. Tania got a smirk on her face, "I activate my face down, Pride of Tribe, and with it, I summon another Amazoness Swords Woman to my field".
Another Amazoness Swords Woman appeared on the field, Jaden groaned, "I end my battle phase now since I won't be able to attack anymore". He then looked at his hand, "And now I end my turn".
Tania then drew her next card, "Next I summon another Amazoness Paladin in attack mode".
Amazoness Paladin then appeared on the field, Atk: 1700-1900, "Next I place two cards face down and end my turn". Jaden drew his next card and looked at it, "I once again use Oblivion's ability to force Amazoness Swords Woman to defense mode".
The darkness came out of the ground again and slowly forced Amazoness Swords Woman towards her knees, Tania looked at him, "Not this time, I activate Dramatic Rescue, so now since my Amazoness was targeted by your effect, I can call her back to my hand and replace her with another".
Amazoness Swords Woman left the field, "Now I summon a little card I like to call… Amazoness Tiger in attack mode", Amazoness Tiger appeared on the field, Atk: 1100, "Actually, she's not very little, because this kitty gets 400 attack points for every single Amazoness monster I have on my field, she just loves company".
Crowler narrowed his eyes a little, "I don't blame her, look at how powerful so got", he then gulped a little when Alexis glared at him, "How about we try not to sound so impressed Crowler? After all she's the enemy".
Jaden then pointed at Amazoness Tiger, "Now Terradrake, attack Amazoness Tiger", Terradrake roared and rushed towards Amazoness Tiger, Tania chuckled, "Not so fast hun, I have a trap, Amazoness Arches".
Jaden got nervous when he saw the trap card. "As you know this card now forces all of your monsters into attack mode and each of them loses 600 attack points", Terradrake roared, Atk: 2000-1400, Oblivion held out his sword in front of him, Atk: 2000-1400.
Terradrake swung his sword at Amazoness Tiger, but the tiger just swung out with its paw, smashing the stone sword and slashing the stone dragon, destroying him, Jaden LP: 2700-2200.
Jaden looked at Tania, "Alright, time we have another round Tania", Alexis looked at him shocked. "What? Not again". Jaden and Tania's souls came out and rushed towards each other and once again delivered a powerful blow the other one, Jaden took a few steps back, Jaden LP: 2200-2000, Tania also took a few steps back, Tania LP: 2200-2000.
Chumley looked at him, "What's he doing?" Syrus looked worried, "If he's not more careful, he's really gonna lose this", Zane looked at Jaden, "Perhaps he's fallen under Tania's spell, the same spell that caused Bastion to lose". Bastion smiled, "It's no spell Zane, it's love as pure as the wind driven snow right Tania?"
Tania looked at him uninterested, "Yeah yeah, whatever lover boy, now back to the battle, thanks to my Arches all of your monsters are now forced to attack", Jaden got a smirk on his face, "You want him, you got him, now Oblivion attack Amazoness Tiger with Darkness Slash".
Oblivion flew towards Amazoness Tiger and swung his sword and sent a slash of dark energy towards her, however the tiger just knocked it away before slashing Oblivion and destroyed him, Jaden LP: 2000-1500.
Alright, let's go", both of their souls once again came out and Jaden got in a hard uppercut while Tania got in a powerful right hook in his face, Jaden LP: 1500-1300, Tania LP: 2000-1800, Tania chuckled, "You know, you're really interesting, I like it when a man plays hard to get". Jaden looked at her with a smile, "Hey, I'm only enjoying this exciting duel".
Syrus who couldn't take his eyes of the match nodded, "You know, even though he's in a bad situation, I'm enjoying it too, it's no stop action", Zane nodded, "I think that's exactly what Jaden have been going for since the beginning, to beat her at her own game Sy". Chazz narrowed his eyes, "I guess, or maybe he's just trying to impress her, maybe this Tania girl is more Jaden's type". Alexis glared at him, "Don't be ridicules Chazz, there's no way Jaden would even consider going out with that thing, and besides there is more on the line here in case you've forgotten, if Tania wins she will get another spirit key, not to mention Bastion will spend the rest of his life in some lame love limbo, a lot is riding on what Jaden does next".
Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I throw a card face down and end my turn", a card appeared before him as his turn ended, Syrus looked worried, "Oh man, this could be it guys". Chumley looked worried, "Totally not licious", Alexis looked at Jaden worried.
Tania drew her card, "That's all? Well I guess our fun time is over then, now then, time to start preparing for our honey moon", Jaden pressed a button on his Duel Disk, "Not yet, I play the trap Threatening Roar, and thanks to this, you can't attack this turn".
Tania looked at the card she had drawn, I guess I end my turn then with one face down". Everyone in the spectator seats sighed relieved, Chazz looked at Jaden, "He's still in this", Zane nodded his eyes, "For now yes, but can he remain in the game until he's the last person standing?"
Jaden took and drew his next card, "Now I summon Elemental Dragon Hero Quickclaw in attack mode", Quickclaw appeared on the field, Atk: 1600, "And now since I summoned him, I can check the top four of my deck, and if any of them is a level 6 or below monster, I can summon it to the field, the rest is going back to my deck which I then shuffle".
Jaden drew four cards and looked at them he got a smirk on his face, "And it seems like I'm in luck, for now I summon Burstwing in attack mode", Burstwing appeared on the field in an explosion of fire, Atk: 1700.
Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I activate Elemental Dragon Fusion, to merge Quickclaw and Burstwing together", the explosion of fire happened before the vortex appeared and both the Hero Dragons got sucked into it.
"Now dragon warriors of wind and fire join together, to form a creature whose fire spreads faster and wilder then the wind, I fusion summon, Elemental Dragon Hero Wildfire in attack mode".
Out of the vortex came intense flames before a Hero Dragon came flying out of it, it looked almost like Burstwing only it had dark green body armor that covered his chest, arms and legs and a black sword in his right hand, Atk: 2200.
Jaden then grabbed a card in his hand, "Next I summon Dark Blade in attack mode", Dark Blade appeared on the field, Atk: 1800. Tania looked at him with a smirk, "So you have two monsters now, but only one will be winning its fight".
Jaden smiled, "Actually I will only have one monster on my field again, because I now sacrifice my Dark Blade", Dark Blade disappeared from the field, Tania looked at him confused, "Why would you sacrifice the monster you just summoned?"
Jaden pointed at Wildfire, "To activate Wildfire's first special ability, once per turn I can sacrifice one monster on my field to increase one Elemental Dragon Hero's attack points with 1200 points until the end of my opponent's next turn". Wildfire roared as fire circled around him, Atk: 2200-3400.
Syrus looked excited, "Alright, Jaden has her cornered now, and with this strike she will be down to 300 points, then lose another 200 with that Arena's effect", Bastion had a normal look on his face now, "And I'm back down to earth now, Jaden has proven to me that you can duel passionately without being in love", He looked at Jaden, "I'm counting on you Jaden, now go and get her and win this match for us both".
Jaden looked back at him with a smirk, "I was waiting for you to say something like that, don't worry Bastion I have this match in the bag". Jaden then turned towards Tania, "Now, Elemental Dragon Hero Wildfire, attack Amazoness Tiger, with Burning Hurricane Slash".
Wildfire roared as a flaming hurricane formed around him before it grew bigger before it went over to Amazoness Tiger and encircled her, she roared because of the strong winds and the pains from the flames, then she looked up to see Wildfire fly down towards her, he landed in front of her and slashed her three times before she got destroyed, Tania LP: 1800-300.
Jaden looked at Tania, "And now it's time another round", Jaden's soul came out, and so did Tania's, then both got in a powerful right hook on each other, Jaden LP: 1300-1100. Tania LP: 300-100.
Syrus had a huge smile on his face, "Alright, she's down to 100 life points now, this match are as good as over", Chazz looked at him, "You better not celebrate too soon, as we all know everything can still happen as long as a player even have 1 life point left".
Tania smiled, "Impressive, but too bad, I play another Pride of Tribe, and with it I call upon another Amazoness Tiger", another tiger appeared on the field, Atk: 1100-1900.
Jaden grabbed two cards in his hand, "I place two cards face down, and end my turn". Tania drew her next card, "My turn, and now I re summon Amazoness Swords Woman to the field", Amazoness Swords Woman returned to the field, "And with that, both my Paladin's and my Tiger's points increase". Amazoness Paladin, Atk: 1900-2000, Amazoness Tiger, Atk: 1900-2300.
Tania then held up a card, and everyone gasped when they saw that it was another Amazoness Spellcaster, "Now I use Amazoness Spellcaster to exchange the original points of your Wildfire and my Amazoness Tiger".
Amazoness Tiger roared, Atk: 2300-2200-3400. Wildfire lifted his sword and held it in an offensive position, Atk: 3400-1100-2300".
Everyone looked worried when they saw this, Zane closed his eyes, "Looks like this might be it", Banner nodded his head, "Yes after all, if that Tiger attacks Wildfire now, Jaden's life points will be wiped out" Crowler nodded, "Yes Jaden will lose, and we will lose him as a student because he will have to marry Tania".
He then gulped as Alexis glared at him dangerously before turning forward again as she and Syrus looked at Jaden worried, but then Bastion spoke up, "Don't count him out yet, after all we all know Jaden, and he always has a few tricks up his sleeve".
Jaden looked at Tania with a determined look on his face, "What's the hold up?" Tania smiled at him, "Oh you know hun, just enjoying the moment, after all, it will be our anniversary, now Amazoness Tiger, attack Wildfire and end this duel, Fang Frenzy".
Amazoness Tiger ran towards Wildfire, the others looked worried as Jaden didn't show any signs of activating one of his face downs, Amazoness Tiger jumped towards Wildfire and swung its claws at him.
Syrus closed his eyes at that moment, not wanting to see his best friend lose, but then he heard surprised gasps around him, causing him to look and get shocked, Amazoness Tiger had been stopped by a force field that was made of intense heat.
Jaden had a smirk on his face, "Wildfire's second special ability activates, once per turn, when a monster on my field is attacked while in attack mode and would be destroyed, Wildfire negates its destruction, I take 0 damage, and finally, the opponent takes 200 points of damage multiplied by my monster's level, so Tania, since Wildfire is a level 6, you will now take 1200 points of damage".
Tania's eyes widened in shock, then a smile appeared on her face as Amazoness Tiger got repelled by the force field and a blast shot out from it, heading straight for her, she closed her eyes the moment before it made contact with her and caused an explosion that sent her flying on her back, Tania LP: 100-0.
The spectators looked at the two duelists as the sun was rising, Banner nodded, "It is over", Crowler almost had a proud look on his face when he looked at them, "Never, have I seen two people duel with such passion and heart".
Zane then spoke up, "Well tell us Bastion, how do you feel? Like a man in the throes of love? Or has this duel finally helped you rebound?" Bastion smiled, "Still in love, but in love now… with dueling, I see where the passion lies once again", they all smiled when they heard that, realizing that Bastion regained his passion for dueling and was over Tania.
Jaden smiled at Tania as their monsters disappeared, "I guess that's game, let me know if you ever want a rematch", but as Tania sat up she shook her head, "No rematch, I joined the Shadow Riders to find a duelist who would be worthy to be my husband".
She then smiled at him, "But I've discovered I am not worthy… to be with someone as strong as you", Jaden looked at her confused, "Tania?" She then began to glow with a purple light and to everyone's shock, she went down on all four, her hair grew longer and white fur with black stripes came out of her skin.
Soon where Tania had been standing were a large white tiger, with two large scars over its right eye, Syrus was the first one to snap out of his shock, "A tiger?!" Bastion looked at it shocked, "Tania? Is that really you?"
The white tiger looked at him directly before turning around, Farewell Bastion. She and her tiger companion left the arena, Bastion had an awkward look on his face, "Well then I guess this is it".
Chazz placed a hand on his shoulder, "Boy Bastion, you sure know how to pick them", Jaden went over and picked up Tania's black gauntlet, he then looked at Bastion with a smile, "Don't' worry buddy, there's plenty of fish in the sea", Bastion got a smile on his face, "Yes but not too many tigers, thank goodness". Jaden laughed a little at that before he began to make his way out of the coliseum along with the others.
MOMENTS LATER OUTSIDE OF THE COLISEUM,
The group had gathered there because of Banner's and Crowler's order, Banner looked at them, "Now I know you should be in class soon and all but we consider on letting you skip school today because"… he yawned, "I too am too tired to teach, and all of you would most likely sleep openly in class if you went, it's bad enough that Jaden, Syrus and Chumley does that".
The three Slifer boys laughed a little feeling awkward when he said that, Crowler then also yawned, "Yes I need some sleep, and you Bastion will have to look forward to one week's detention for keeping us up all night", Bastion sighed, "I understand Dr Crowler", he knew that if it had been Jaden he would have gotten a month's detention instead, so he decided not to argue.
They soon all left except for Jaden and Alexis, Jaden told Syrus and Chumley he would be at the Slifer dorm soon, he looked at Alexis, "Well that's one less Shadow Rider, we fixed Bastion's broken heart, though I think he got off easy with Crowler, had this been my mess I would have gotten detention for a month at least".
Alexis chuckled a little before she looked at him, "You know this match really had me worried a few times, and the others comments didn't make it any better". Jaden smiled and grabbed her hand, "I said it before and I'll say it again, I plan to stay with you for as long as possible".
Alexis smiled at him and they left the clearing, once they got out of the woods and they reached the Slifer dorm they kissed for a few seconds before saying good bye and Alexis went towards the Obelisk blue girls dorm and Jaden went up to his, Syrus's and Chumley's room, there his two friends had already went to bed and was fast asleep.
So the next Shadow Rider, the Amazon Tania appeared to duel the male key keepers, she and Bastion dueled with intensity as they kept trying to outthink the other one, Bastion however made a fatal mistake as he got charmed and distracted by Tania, which caused him to lose the duel and he would have to marry her. But after losing to her all night she deemed him unworthy of her and dumped him, he went into depression until Jaden suggested a rematch so he could prove himself, but when they went there so challenged Tania Jaden to a duel instead. Jaden hoping to help Bastion regain his old passion for dueling accepted and really enjoyed the match, in the end Jaden won and Bastion regained his old passion for dueling. Tania then came to the conclusion that while she wanted to find someone worthy of her, she might not be worthy of that person, then to everyone's shock so transformed Tania into a white tiger and left with the other tiger, what will happen next? Continue reading to find out and please review.
P.S An explanation about the triple number line up as I showed the changes in the attack points when I used Amazoness Spellcaster, I first showed when the original points got exchanged, and then the power ups the monsters had gotten in case someone was wondering about that part.