Okay, it's time for another chapter of Kamen Rider GX and I'm skipping the Chazz/Slade episode, why? Because one, I don't feel like it, and two, they already got beat up by The Rock in this story, so there's no need, so let's get on with the story!
Disclaimer: Same thing.
Bastion stood on a high cliff, staring out at sea as the sun slowly began to rise. He took a deep breath, and stretched his arms and body, taking in the morning air. After he stretches his body and cleared his head clear, he gazed back at the sea. 'Ever since Kurogasa defeated Camula, things have been eerily quiet… too quiet.' Bastion reached into his pocket and pulled out his own Spirit Key, the thin necklace thread tied to his belt loop. He stared at the Key for a short moment, before looking at the sea again. 'When the next Shadow Rider arrives, it may be my turn to duel, and with three of the eleven Spirit Gates opened, it's more important than ever… that I be prepared.'
He then undid his blazer buttons to reveal the six Decks he carried on his vest. One Deck for attribute of Duel Monsters: Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Light, and Dark. 'Good thing I'm well equipped,' Bastion thought as he took out one Deck and began to look through the cards. As he looked through them, he noticed one card he didn't recognize at all. It was an Effect Monster card, Level 2, LIGHT Attribute, has 1200 ATK points, 0 DEF points, and a Fairy–Type Monster. It showed a picture of a small girl in white clothing with a white lamb hat and red pom–poms on her robes. The card's name was White Magician Pikeru.
Bastion raised an eyebrow and held up the card, "Where on earth did this card come from?" Bastion asked himself. He looked around a few times, then back at the card, shaking his head, "Silly distraction…" he muttered, placing the card back into the Deck, "Nothing distracts me!"
"From what?" A voice asked.
Bastion was startled by the suddenly voice as he wobbled and almost nearly fell off the cliff, until a hand caught his collar from behind to catch him. Bastion turned his head around to see Kurogasa and Alexis behind him. "Whoa, easy there buddy. I got ya." Kurogasa said.
"Don't scare me like that." Bastion said catching his breath. "You almost made me fall off the cliff. Thank you though for catching me."
"No problem and sorry about scaring you." Kurogasa grinned cheekily.
"It's quite alright." Bastion waved off. "What are youtwo doing this early in the morning?" He asked.
"Oh, we're just having an early morning date." Alexis smiled.
"We thought of coming here, since this is the best place to see the sunrise, until we heard you about how nothing distracts you." Kurogasa continued. "Bastion, anything can distract you."
"Well not me," Bastion said. "Not even that cute Pikeru Monster!"
"Are you talking about White Magician Pikeru?" Alexis asked.
"Yes. Her."
"You must like that card, calling her cute." Kurogasa smirked raising his eyebrow as Bastion became flustered at that.
"How can you have a crush on a Monster card?" Bastion argued.
"Relax man." Kurogasa said placing a hand on his shoulder. "It's nothing to be embarrassed about; I heard its common in young duelists like us. I'll admit; I had a crush on Dark Magician Girl one time."
"Oh, really…" Alexis said turning to her boyfriend looking at him, smiling slyly.
"Yeah, really… I'm not ashamed to admit it. But don't worry, it was just a crush. I'm over it already. And I got you." Kurogasa said kissing her.
"I know." Alexis said, but then giggled, "Just don't let Syrus hear that from you. He'll be heartbroken."
"You don't have to tell me twice." Kurogasa chuckled.
"I still think it's silly to have a crush on a Monster card…" Bastion stated.
"Okay, if you say so." Kurogasa shrugged. "A piece of advice though. The sooner you admit it to yourself, the less you'll have to feel embarrassed about it."
"I'll make a note of it," Bastion muttered sarcastically, while deadpanning. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go wake up Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley." He smirked. "They'll be in for a rude awakening with what I have planned."
"Oh yeah…? Well then, count me in! This should be fun." Kurogasa said excited.
"Might as well." Alexis said. "Knowing them, especially Jaden, they'll want their beauty sleep."
(The scene shatters, Cue in Journey through the Decade from Gackt)
(Full instrumental with narration)
Kamen Raidā
[Kamen Rider]
(The music begins with a black background as cards are falling down and rotates, to reveal all of the Heisei Riders, each with their own iconic poses.)
Karera wa jinrui wa o mamoru hīrō ga masuku sa rete imasu.
[They are masked heroes that protect mankind.]
(After a few introductions, with a swoop of a hand, all of the cards are in Kurogasa's hand)
Dekki–nai busō shi,
[Armed within the Deck,]
(He slides it into his duel disk)
Wakai otoko ga unmei no kare no pasu o kettei suru tame ni kare no tabi o settei!
[A young man sets on his journey to determine the path of his destiny!]
Kurogasa: Henshin!
(The red orb on the duel disk shines brightly after Kurogasa declared it and it moves to the next scene and the music begins.)
(Miageru hoshi~, sorezore no rekishi ga, kagayaite~) At nighttime, a lone figure stands alone at the coastline of the beach. It is revealed to be Kurogasa looking at his Kamen Rider Deck scanning through each card. He looks at the sky that's full of stars with a painful longing of wanting to find his father. A faint image of him, smiling, appears and he clenches tightly onto his Deck. Jaden and others witness this as Alexis looks at him sadly and Kurogasa looks to his left.
(Seiza no you~, sen de musubu shunkan, hajimaru Legend~) Orpheus, with an evil smirk hidden behind his mask, appears with his army of Dark Riders, backed up with Gravekeepers, Dark Scorpions, the youth Kagemaru and elites of Shadow Riders with the accompaniment of the threatening Sacred Beasts. Kurogasa and his friends are ready to face them as half of the Heisei and Neo–Heisei Riders' masks appeared on Kurogasa's determined look in a quick montage, starting from Kuuga to Wizard.
(AURORA, yurameku jikuu koete~) The supporting characters such as Chancellor Sheppard, Wheeler, Damon, Brier, Dmitri and Gerard appear to give support to Kurogasa and his friends as Professor Crowler joins in for the showdown.
(Tobikomu, meisou suru Parallel~ world!) As all of the Kamen Riders in base forms and Dark Magician Girl appear behind Kurogasa, they and the rest of the cast's ace Monsters dash to the middle, to battle with the Monsters on the other side and begin the Rider War.
(On~ the road, dare mo tabi no tochuu) Kurogasa transforms into Kamen Rider Duelist and joins in the fray. Both Kurogasa and Orpheus battle it all out with weapons in hand.
(Hontou no jibun jishin deau tame~) Overwhelmed by the power of light, Orpheus steps back and activates the Shadow Realm, blanketing the world in black mists and is then consumed by Darkness, revealing its terror form.
(Aruki tsuzukeru no sa ima o, we are all traveler~s) Showing no fear, Kurogasa leaps high to deliver his Rider Kick to the Darkness, as a spark of light engulfs the whole screen.
(Bo~ku no, me no mae ni hirogaru) Kurogasa wakes up from his slumber, to find out that it was all just a dream and felt a tear was running through his left cheek.
(Kokonotsu no michi wa itsuka kasanatte~) Kurogasa looks to his friends and saw Rika waving at him happily. He smiles as he wipes off the tear and went towards them.
(Atarashii yoake e to tsuzuku, michi ni kawaru no darou~!) He joins the gang and they notice the sunrise on the horizon of the sea and Kurogasa looks at it with a smile, knowing that his dad is still out there, alive.
(Mokugekise yo! Journey through the Decade~) A Spirit key dangles around Kurogasa's neck as the sun rises and shines on it. The scene then changes to Kurogasa and Alexis holding hands as they, along with Jaden, Syrus, Chumley, Victor, Bastion, Koji, Rika, Chazz and Zane look at the sunrise, some with smiles and some with determined looks on their faces, which the camera pans out from the scene.
(Full instrumental ending) The scene fades to the Final Attack Ride Background, and all of the Heisei Riders' insignia, rotating clockwise around the red orb appeared starting with Kuuga to Wizard and the title Kamen Rider GX appears right in the middle of the orb and ends with the GX shining with a sparkle at the end.
Chapter 37: The Amazon Dating Game Part 1
At the Slifer Red Dorm, Jaden, Syrus, and Chumley were all sleeping peacefully… but that was about to be ruined. Kurogasa, Alexis, and Bastion crept quietly inside their dorm room so they don't make a peep. Quietly, Bastion summoned out Barrel Dragon, Kurogasa summoned out Kamen Rider Fourze, who had the Beat Switch ready to be turned on, and Alexis summoned out Cyber Blader equipped with Fusion.
"Alright guys, you ready?" Kurogasa whispered.
"You know it buddy…" Gentarou chuckled softly.
"Ready…" Bastion whispered as Barrel Dragon charged its cannons up.
"Aim…" Alexis said as Cyber Blader charged up her weapon.
"And FIRE!" Kurogasa yelled.
At that Gentarou turned on the switch.
BEAT ON
The Beat Module appeared on Gentarou's right leg, and produced a large booming sound while Barrel Dragon and Cyber Blader fired their weapons in the air causing the three Slifers to be startled.
"Hit the snooze button!" Chumley groaned.
"More like the snooze trigger!" Syrus added.
"That's getting up with a bang…" Jaden muttered. They all heard laughter and turned to see Kurogasa, Alexis, Bastion, and Gentarou.
"Hahahahaha! Now that was priceless!" Gentarou laughed.
"Bastion, Kurogasa, Alexis?" Jaden asked as the Obelisks and Ra turned off their duel disks and Gentarou disappeared.
"Morning, sleepyheads." Alexis smiled.
"What's with the wake–up call? Or in this case, wake–up shooting?" Chumley asked.
"What else? To get your sleepy butts off your beds, so you guys can get to school." Kurogasa said.
"But it doesn't start 'til noon!" Syrus complained.
"Even better!" Bastion smiled. "We'll be doing some Daybreak Dueling Exercises to get the sleepiness out of you!"
"One, two, draw! One, two, draw! One, two, draw!"
Jaden yawned as he, Syrus, Chumley, Bastion, Kurogasa, and Alexis went through some ridiculous dueling exercises. "Yeah, this was worth getting up for," Jaden muttered.
"Quiet," Syrus whispered as he drew, "You'll make me lose count,"
Chumley looked over at the card Syrus just drawn. The card was an Effect Monster card, level 4, LIGHT Attribute, Thunder–Type Monster, 1900 ATK points and 800 DEF points, which had the picture of a cute girl with red hair, small cat ears, and a leopard–skin leotard holding a set of drums. "Hey, isn't that Thunder Nyan–Nyan?" he asked.
Syrus smiled and took the card back, "Yeah, it is. I got her a little while ago," he blushed lightly, "I sorta have a card crush on her," he confessed.
"A card crush, that's so lame, Syrus," Chumley pulled out a card and showed it to him, "Check out mine!" Syrus laughed weakly as he looked at an alternate version Dian Keto the Cure Master card Chumley showed him,
"Yeah… that's great, Chum, real pretty,"
"I know," Chumley withdrew his card, "It so totally reminds me of my real girlfriend back home, her name is Sally… no, wait, Adrianna!"
"Hey, Jaden, you have any card crushes in your Deck?" Syrus asked.
Jaden grinned, stopping in his exercise, "Sure do! They bring loads of luck for me!"
"Really…" Kurogasa said. "Alexis and I were talking about that earlier."
"I beg your pardon?!" The three Slifers and two Obelisks turned back to see Bastion, with an unhappy look. "I thought we were training here!" he snapped, "And training, gentlemen and lady, does not include standing around and talking about birds!"
"Hey!" Alexis snapped, giving Bastion a rather hard Gibbs slap upside the head.
"Whoa, easy Lex…" Kurogasa said, holding her back.
"Yare, yare, he had the nerve to say something like that… that is something he should not say in front of a lady," Urataros said as he appeared sighing, and shaking his head in disappointment.
"Did he say birds?" Syrus whispered to Chumley.
The larger Slifer leaned to the side, "Ya know what? I'm starting to think that Bastion doesn't have a card crush,"
After recovering from the slap, Bastion had something to say about that. "A crush on a card?! Of course not!" He snapped, "That's just illogical, irrational, and ridiculous!" That's when he started having a flashback of the White Magician Pikeru card and blushed at that, but then quickly came back to his sense as he shook his head, forgetting about the card. "Look, let's just get back to our dueling exercises, alright?" he sighed.
"Don't worry guys, he does have one, he just doesn't want to admit it." Kurogasa waved off.
"Well, he better watch what he says next time." Alexis huffed crossing his arms.
Syrus nodded, "Sure, but I do have plans to play Solitaire with Thunder Nyan–Nyan in about fifteen minutes," he said, holding up the card.
"WHAT?!" Bastion yelled making both Chumley and Syrus fall over, startled. "You'll be breaking that date, and soon, breaking a sweat!" Bastion said firmly, "Now, gentlemen and lady, back to our duel training!"
Syrus groaned as he climbed to his feet, "That means the dog house for me; Nyan–Nyan hates it when I cancel on her…"
"Somehow… I think she'll understand." Jaden assured his roommate.
"You think?" Syrus asked.
Chumley nodded, "Totally, it's not like she's a real girlfriend like Sally–er, Adrianna,"
"Yeah, we get it, Chum." Alexis sweat dropped as the six continued their dueling exercises.
Later that day, the Key Keepers excluding Zane, and a small handful of other students from different dorms sat in Professor Sartyr's class. "Hmm… this is rather strange. There're certainly a lot of absences today. Perhaps there's a bug going around,"
'None that I've heard of…' Bastion thought, looking around at the empty seats, 'There's definitely something strange in the air… well…' his eyes looked to Syrus, Jaden and Chumley, who were, well… sleeping away, 'Besides all that snoring.' The sound of the door hissed open making Sartyr turn around to see a young lady in yellow walking up to him, holding a duffel bag.
"Can I help you?" Sartyr asked her.
"Well," the lady in leaned in close to him, "Do you recognize this bag?" she whispered.
"Yes, it belongs to one of my students, why?"
"Something's not right…" Kurogasa frowned.
"Yeah, and I'm sure the others know too…" Alexis added as she looked and noticed the rest of the Key Keepers coming to the same conclusion.
After class was done, Jaden, Syrus, Chumley, Chazz, Victor, Bastion, Koji, Kurogasa, Alexis, and Rika walked through the forest in hopes of finding the owner of the duffel bag. "Wonder why this pack was left all the way out here…?" Jaden wondered, walking through a thick area of trees.
Bastion nodded, "Indeed… also, where is the owner of the pack?"
After what seemed like hours of walking, the group of duelists got out of the forest and entered a large clearing, surprised at what stood before them. It was a very large stone structure loomed against a small cliff. They're practically looking at what Coliseum looked like back in Ancient Rome.
"Whew… Hello Rome." Kurogasa whistled.
"Sugei na~!" Gentarou said appearing.
"How intriguing…" Philip said as he appeared. "A Coliseum that looks similar to the one in Rome, Italy."
"That's something you don't see every day." Shotaro commented.
"Where did this come from?" Jaden asked, staring at it.
Bastion frowned, "I'm going in,' he declared before taking off ahead of the others.
"Wait up, Bastion!" Kurogasa called as he and the others followed. The group ran, following him into the large building and stopped shortly after coming in. Inside, stone seats and pillars decorated the interior of the coliseum. As impressive as it was, that's not what got their attention. What gained their attention, was about a dozen of Academy Students from every dorm, in different areas of the coliseum, handling large stone blocks and working with ropes to drag the stones around.
Syrus pointed to one of them, "That guy's from class!"
"Him too!" Chumley pointed to another student.
Chazz looked around and his jaw dropped as his eyes widened when they landed on… "CROWLER?!" Everyone else looked up to see Crowler trying to move a large stone block with a crowbar. "What are you doing?!" He called out to him.
Crowler looked at them and smiled proudly, "A man's work!"
"With your build, I don't think you're a man at all…" Kurogasa snickered. Everyone else tried to hold in their laugh too. At that point, a loud roar made the group look back ahead to see a huge tiger standing right in front of them. "Uh… Yabai…" He muttered. With that, the tiger roared again and began to run at the group. Screaming, they all ran to a large pillar on the other side of the arena, not wanting to be the tiger's next meal.
"First a coliseum, now a tiger, what's next, a gladiator?!" Chazz shouted.
"Actually, I think she prefers the term Amazon!" Crowler said.
"Amazon?!" Everyone yelled.
"I think he means her." Victor said pointing towards a direction.
Everyone on the pillar looked back behind the tiger to see an impressive looking woman. The woman had a well–built body, tight black pants, long red hair tied into a ponytail, a set of golden bracelets and a spike collar around her neck… and two long scars that went from above her right eye all the way down to her chin. She had a duel disk that had a perfectly straight field wing, and the entire disk was a silvery color with laced edges. The woman jumped off a high ledge and landed on the ground, smiling. "I must say, thanks to your friends, I've finally been able to finish my glorious arena!"
"Arena… for what?" Jaden asked as the tiger went over to her.
The woman smirked as she petted the tiger, "Dueling, of course,"
Jaden and everyone watched as the missing students and Crowler lined up a short distance away. The woman pulled out a stack of envelopes and walked over to them, smiling. "Job well done!" she praised, "Who would've thought that Duel Academy students were such good laborers?" she then started to hand out an envelope to each student, "Now, as promised, here's your payment. Some rare cards, which I might add, are very well deserved. Until next time, my friends," Crowler held out his hands expectantly. The woman looked at him, "What do you want?"
"My rare cards of course!" Crowler smiled slightly.
"Uh… no."
"What?!" Crowler gaped at her, "Why not?!" he demanded.
"Because… well, I'll be honest, you look ugly and repulsive."
"What?! How dare you…" Crowler started, but was stopped by the tiger, Bass. The huge feline stepped in his way, growling loudly. "Um… nice kitty…" He said as he was sweating like crazy. The tiger then roared and that got Crowler to scream, turn around and run away out of the arena.
"Well… that happened." Kurogasa blinked.
"What the heck's going on?" Jaden demanded.
The woman chuckled and turned around, facing him, "I'm setting up the stage, Key–Keeper, for your vanquishing. I'm one of the Shadow Riders," she explained, "Tania, the Amazon!"
"Uh–oh…"
"A Shadow Rider?" Syrus repeated, "Oh man…"
"You mean 'Oh wo–man'," Chumley corrected, walking up beside him and Alexis, "Amazons are a warrior race of all females,"
"Wow… you go, girl!" Alexis said a bit impressed.
"Totally!" Rika added.
Tania nodded a little, "Now that the battleground is complete, it's time that we battle! Now…which of you big strong men will it be?" she asked teasingly, before looking at Alexis and Melody, "After all, I'd never harm a sister,"
"Hey, don't do us any favors," Alexis chided gently.
"Well, at least the girls are safe…" Victor said.
"So, who wants to be the first one to duel and lose?" Tania challenged.
"Right here!" Jaden stepped up.
"Yours truly!" Chazz added, joining the Slifer at his side.
"I'll duel you!" Bastion declared.
"I'll dance with you anytime!" Koji said.
"Bring it!" Kurogasa challenged.
Tanya looked at the boys, "Hmm… if this is really the best you have to offer, then I guess I'll pick…" she pointed to the third duelist, "…you!" All the boys looked at Bastion, who was smiling a little bit.
"Well, I guess you can't duel 'em all," Jaden muttered, walking back to join his friends, Chazz and rest of the gang joining. Tania and Bastion walked towards each other, leaving enough distance to duel to commence.
"What's your name?" Tania asked.
"Bastion. Bastion Misawa,"
"C'mon, go get her pal!" Jaden cheered.
"Don't go easy on her because she's a girl!" Syrus yelled.
"She's not like a girl I've ever seen," Chumley gulped.
"Alright, let's do this," Bastion said then opened his blazer to reveal his Deck Vest, "The only question is which Deck I shall use?"
Tania grinned a little, "Really. I have that problem, too. I have two Decks," she said holding up two separate set of cards. One is a Deck of Knowledge, and the other is a Deck of Courage. Why don't you go ahead and pick which one for me to use?"
"Fine then," Bastion looked at the Decks for a moment, "I'll pick the Deck of Knowledge,"
"How original…" Kurogasa deadpanned.
Tania chuckled as she inserted her Knowledge Deck into her disk, "Nice choice…"
"Thank you, but it's not nearly as nice as the choice I'm making for myself," Bastion looked down and took the middle Deck on the left side of his vest, "I select my EARTH attribute Deck," he declared slipping it into his disk.
"Cool, we get to see what other Decks Bastion has other than that Water Deck!" Jaden grinned.
"Let us begin!" Tania ordered, turning on her disk, "Don't worry, this isn't a Shadow Game…"
"Beg your pardon?" Bastion asked confused.
"You heard me," Tania said, moving from side to side in her place, as if filled with giddy, "I want you, Bastion." That caused Bastion to almost fall over.
"I'm sorry, say what?" Kurogasa asked raising an eyebrow. "This isn't a Shadow Duel?"
"It's like this: my tribe is all women. So, to marry, I gotta shop around," Tania clarified.
"To marry?!" Bastion gawked.
"That's right… so let's do this," Tania winked at him, smiling.
"Ok, I am so glad I didn't get picked…" Kurogasa heaved a sigh of relief.
"And I'd hurt her if she did…" Alexis muttered dangerously releasing a metaphorical dark aura. Everyone but Kurogasa scooted away from her. Meanwhile, both players drew their starting Hand.
"DUEL!"
Tania: 4000
Bastion: 4000
"I'll start this duel," Tania said drawing her sixth card, "and first, I'll summon the Amazoness Swordswoman in ATK mode!" A female warrior appeared with more muscle than most woman should have. She had long, fiery, red hair, wearing a skimpy, blue bikini and some jewelry made of teeth. In her right hand, she carried a very large sword that looked to be made two–handed. (4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1600) "Then I'll place one card facedown and end my turn."
"I'm up then," Bastion drew his card, "I summon to the field Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus in ATK mode!" A machine Monster carrying a slab–like shield and strange rectangular armor appeared, labeled with the Plus symbol. (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1500) "Now, Magnet Warrior, attack that Amazoness!" Bastion pointed to the Swordswoman. "Lode Stone Baton Bash!" The Magnet Warrior raised its staff as it charged with crackling energy as it collided with the Swordswoman, destroying her. But something was wrong.
Tania: 4000
Bastion: 3700
"Uh… why did Bastion lose Life Points instead of Tania?" Syrus asked.
"That's because of my Amazoness Swordswoman's special ability." Tania answered. "Whatever Damage I would've taken will be dealt to Bastion instead."
"Bastion walked right into that one," Chumley said.
Alexis nodded, "That's not like him at all…"
"Or maybe it is," Jaden said, "Sure, Bastion has fewer Life Points at the moment, but Tania has fewer Monsters!" he grinned, "Smart move…"
"Yes… at least, until I play my facedown card!" Tanya said as her card as her card was revealed, "It's called Pride of Tribe. This Trap card activates whenever an Amazoness' is destroyed, and it lets me summon another one from my Deck. Who's the smart one now?" she asked with a smile as another Amazoness Swordswoman appeared on the field. (4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1600) "You see, you miscalculated with that last move. After all, now we have the same amount of Monsters… but not the same amount of Life Points!"
Bastion looked at her, breathing deeply, then slipped a card into his disk, "Fine. I'll place a card facedown… and that will suffice."
Tania at that point, suddenly got all dreamy, "That will suffice? Say it again!" she begged, "It sounded so cool!"
Syrus turned to Jaden, "You know, I think it's been a couple of years since Tania's been with a guy, Jay…"
"Couple of years, Sy? Try decades… this chick is man–crazy!"
"Well, he better get his head screwed on straight, because if this keeps up, Bastion's gonna lose." Kurogasa said.
Bastion smiled a little, "I'm quite flattered, but I'm well aware of what you're trying to do. You're trying to distract me, but I'll tell you right now my dear, it's not going to work, I'm too focused,"
"Oh, are you? We'll see about that," Tania said drawing her card, "I play the Amazoness Blowpiper!" A blue haired Amazon woman in green clothing holding a blowpipe appeared (3/ATK: 800/DEF: 1500).
"And I play my facedown!" Bastion said as he revealed it. "Magnet Force Minus! With this card activated, it can be equipped to one Monster, and the equipped Monster becomes a Minus Monster." The card shot out red electricity at Blowpiper. And from there dear, it gets interesting. You see, two Minus Monster, well, I'm afraid they're not allowed to do battle with each other. But a Minus and a Plus. If they're out, then they must fight!"
"So if Amazoness Blowpiper is a Minus Monster…" Tania began.
"And Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus is a Plus Monster, it's on!" Bastion finished as red and green electricity collided with each other. "You've heard that old quote: Opposites attract. Well, I'm afraid it's true."
"Ugh… and the worst possible pun to say in the wrong place at the wrong time…" Kurogasa groaned to himself.
"I know… I mean, just look at the two of us." Tania sighed longingly.
"Oh, stop it!" Bastion snapped.
"Stop it? Why don't I stop you, from winning this battle instead, I play, Amazoness Spellcaster! Now one Amazoness on my side of the Field, and one Monster on your side of the Field, exchange ATK points!" Tania countered.
'What?!' Bastion gasped in his thoughts as the red and green electricity switched sides.
Amazoness Blowpiper (3/ATK: 800–1800/DEF: 1500)
Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus (4/ATK: 1800–800/DEF: 1500)
"This is bad." Syrus whimpered. "Now Bastion is going to be outmatched."
"Attack, Amazoness Blowpiper!" Tania commanded. The blue haired Amazon fired a dart that corkscrewed towards the machine magnet warrior and made a hole on it, before the magnet warrior exploded into pixels.
Tania: 4000
Bastion: 2700
"And now, Amazoness Swordswoman, will attack you directly! Go! Amazon Slash Attack!" Tania ordered. The wild haired woman leaped up and hacked at Bastion with her sword making the latter grunt.
Tania: 4000
Bastion: 1200
"That was fun." Tania grinned.
"But…how?" Bastion asked himself recovering from the attack. "That's two times in a row that she's managed to out–think me…"
"I guess we know where our kids are going to get their smarts from…" Tania teased.
"What?! Our kids?!" Bastion gaped at her, "We're enemies! Rivals!"
Tania smiled, "During this duel, yes, but afterwards, we'll be betrothed to each other. Just think about it: you'll be Mr. Tania the Amazon Woman!" The spectators groaned at the idea.
"That's not painting a good image there…" Rika shuddered.
"You're relentless," Bastion muttered, "Truly, are you that smitten with me?"
"I prefer in love!"
"You hardly know me!"
"I know enough… my little sugar booger,"
"Hey Bastion! Get your head out of the clouds!" Victor shouted.
"Yeah, you're not moving to the funky beat, man!" Koji added. "She's just trying to get you off beat." Bastion gasped at this realization.
'He's right; keep your cool, Bastion, she's just trying to distract you.' Bastion told himself mentally, 'Like those silly card crushes distract Syrus and Chumley.' He thought about Thunder Nyan–Nyan and the Cure Master and their effects on the Slifers, but then he thought about White Magician Pikeru he found in his Deck. "No!" he gripped his head, "Get out of my head! I'm above all this!" he shouted.
"Bastion sure is acting weird…" Jaden commented.
"Love works in mysterious ways dude…" Kurogasa nodded.
Bastion turned and glared at them, "Quiet! I'm not in love!" he shouted. 'And I'll prove it by taking Tanya down!' Bastion turned back to his opponent, "My turn!" he drew his card. "Right, I play Magnet Conductor Plus! This lets me take a Plus Monster from my Graveyard and add it to my Hand and I take back my Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus!" The card gave out of the Graveyard and added it to his Hand. "But it won't be around for long, because I discard Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus and Magnet Warrior Omega Minus to Special Summon my Conduction Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus!" A big purple and yellow loaded with its big cannons appeared (7/ATK: 2700/DEF: 1300).
"Try saying that five times fast." Kurogasa said.
"And I'll activate its special ability! It can take half the ATK points of one Magnet Monster on the Field and add it to its own until the end of the turn! And your Amazoness Blowpiper qualifies!" Red electricity shot out to the big machine powering it up.
Conduction Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus (7/ATK: 2700–3100/DEF: 1300)
"He's got her outmatched now!" Jaden said.
"Now Linear Magnum Plus Minus, attack Amazoness Blowpiper! Polarizing Pulverizing Blast!" Bastion ordered. The cannon from the machine powered up to maximum and shot it out to the Amazoness Blowpiper destroying her into pixels and making Tania grit.
Tania: 1700
Bastion: 1200
"And I'll place two facedowns and that'll do." Bastion concluded as his Monster's ATK points returned to normal.
Conduction Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus (7/ATK: 3100–2700/DEF: 1300)
"What a move!" she praised, "No wonder I'm in love with you! And, sweetie, because I do, I have to beat you," she became serious again and drew her next card. "And with Amazoness Swordswoman, special ability, when if she loses, you'll still lose Life Points! Now Amazoness Swordswoman, strike down Conduction Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus with Amazon Slash Attack!" Tania commanded.
'This is it! I better think fast or this duel is going to be over fast!' Bastion thought as the Amazoness came flying at his Monster. "Sorry, Tanya, but I play a facedown!" Bastion pressed another button on his disk, "Power Off! Now, my Plus Minus monster reverts back to the two monsters that originated him!" Tanya watched as the Plus Minus split into two separate Magnet Warriors just as her Swordswoman slashed.
Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1500)
Magnet Warrior Omega Minus (4/ATK: 1900/DEF: 600)
At the point, the move caused her to miss the attack.
"No fair!"
Jaden stood up and clapped, "Tight move!" he shouted.
Bastion closed his eyes and nodded calmly, "Yes, I agree…"
"I guess I'll have to get you next turn," Tanya said as she placed a card onto her disk, "And with Amazoness Paladin on the Field, you can be sure that I will," She brought yet another of the savage women. She was dressed in a white bikini top and loincloth, and also a hood and tattered cape. Her long, blonde hair fell down to her waist from under it. She held a sword that wasn't as big as Swords Woman's, but looked more finely made. (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 200) "With Paladin on the Field, she gains 100 extra ATK points for every Monster on the Field that has Amazoness in its name," she explained.
Amazoness Paladin (4/ATK: 1700–1900/DEF: 200)
"Next, I'll place two cards facedown and end my turn," Tanya slipped them into her disk.
'At least she's concentrating on her dueling instead of on me,' Bastion thought, "Alright, my move now,"
"Speaking of moving, sweetie," Tanya looked at Bastion longingly while chewed on her thumbnail a little, "I think… its best that you move in with me… you know, after we get married? Oh, we'll have the coziest home sweet home!" Bastion blinked, taken back at those words. "Oh, I'm sorry, am I distracting you again?" Tanya asked twiddling her fingers, "With all this talk about how much I love you, and how positively handsome you are?" she giggled, "There I go again, I should stop!" Bastion stepped back with his hand over his chest and his face turning a little red. "I simply can't help myself!" Tanya cried, "I'm head over heels!"
Bastion's face turned from serious to a dream–like trance, "Yes… me too…"
Jaden paled, "Any barf bags on this flight?"
"Oh man… Bastion's getting all flushed and sidetracked," Syrus noted, shaking his head.
"Hey Bastion! Snap out of it!" Kurogasa said.
"Yeah, she's playing mind games with you!" Victor added.
"Dude, stop playing to her beat!" Koji shouted. But their pleas were ignored as Bastion was all too smitten by her.
"My turn!" Bastion said drawing his next card while still having a blush on his face. "First off, I summon Magnet Warrior Sigma Minus on the Field in ATK mode!" A green and grey machine with a spiked club appeared (4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1800). "And now I'll activate my facedown! 100,000 Gauss!" He said revealing the facedown. "You see, I can activate this when I have a Minus Monster and a Plus Monster on my Field. This lets me switch one of your Monsters to ATK mode and it drains that Monster's ATK points by 800! And I choose Amazoness Paladin!"
Amazoness Paladin (4/ATK: 1900–1100/DEF: 200)
"That's sweet!" Jaden cheered, "Now, Bastion has all the Monsters beat! This duel is in the bag!"
Tanya smirked, "I would think so too, if not for my facedown card, Dramatic Rescue!" she pressed a button on her disk and soon her Paladin disappeared, "By returning one Monster from the Field to my Hand, I can summon a different one! You're about to see that this one is very different. I summon Amazoness Tiger in ATK mode!" At that point, Bass appeared (4/ATK: 1100/DEF: 1500). "And don't try catching this tiger by the toe, because she gains 400 extra ATK points for every Amazoness on the field!"
Amazoness Tiger (4/ATK: 1100–1900/DEF: 1500)
"And, when this card is out, you're not allowed to attack any other Amazoness except it," Tanya explained.
"He has no choice?" Alexis repeated, "He has to attack the Tiger?"
'Simple,' Bastion thought, 'I have three Magnet Warriors out. I'll use Omega Minus to destroy Amazoness Tiger, then Sigma Minus to destroy Amazoness Swordswoman, and then I'll use Sigma Plus to attack Tanya directly and win the duel.' "Fun duel, my dear, but I'm afraid that it's about to be over," Bastion pointed to the Tiger, "Go! Magnet Warrior Omega Minus, attack and tame that Amazoness Tiger!"
Tanya chuckled as Bastion's Magnet Warrior marched to her tiger, "You must be distracted, because you would've seen that I have a trap. Go, Amazoness Archers!" Bastion looked at card, stunned.
"Oh crap! It's over!" Kurogasa gasped.
"Sorry, hun, but now all of your Monsters lose 500 ATK points and they're all forced to wage battle!"
Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus (4/ATK: 1800–1300/DEF: 1500)
Magnet Warrior Sigma Minus (4/ATK: 1500–1000/DEF: 1800)
Magnet Warrior Omega Minus (4/ATK: 1900–1400/DEF: 600)
"But if that happens, he'll be forced to attack that Tiger!" Syrus realized.
"And it has more ATK points than any of them!" Jaden added.
"He walked right into a trap!" Chazz growled. "What was he thinking!?"
Tanya looked up as the Magnet trio leapt at her, "Now, Amazoness Tiger, show Bastion that opposites don't just attract, but they attack. Sic 'em with Fang Frenzy!" she ordered. With amazing speed, the Tiger flew the three Magnet Warriors, ripping them apart. As soon as the tiger landed, the Field was covered in a thick cloud of smoke as the Magnet Warriors were destroyed.
Tania: 1700
Bastion: 0
Bastion looked at her, smiling, "I'm… all yours," he whispered before falling onto his face. His key was visible before it disappeared with a glow.
"Bastion!" Jaden leapt over the wall and ran towards his friend.
"Hey, are you alright?!" Kurogasa asked.
Tanya looked behind her, "Oh, Bass…" The large tiger roared and started to chase the others towards the gate. They were soon out and the gate closed.
"That… was… close…" Jaden panted as he ran up to the gate, gripping the bars. "Bastion!" Jaden yelled.
"Sorry, but Bastion and I are gonna have our honeymoon. So, get lost!" Tania's voice said.
"THIS ISN'T OVER! YOU HEAR ME!"
Alright that's another chapter down! I know it's kinda short, but hey, it's my decision to go cannon on this one. And whaddya know, I did this all by myself without anyone helping me! So go ahead and review!