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Last time on Kamen Rider GX…
'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.'
"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. I'm one of the Shadow Riders," she explained, "Tania, the Amazon! Now that the battleground is complete, it's time that we battle! Now…which of you big strong men will it be? 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.
"What's your name?" Tania asked.
"Bastion. Bastion Misawa. Now 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,"
Tania chuckled as she inserted her Knowledge Deck into her disk, "Nice choice… 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. "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.
"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.
"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!"
And now for the conclusion…
That night, everyone that was kicked out of the Coliseum camped outside near it. Throughout the whole night, Bastion's screams of agony echoed throughout as Jaden and the others huddled around the campfire, Kurogasa bringing in some sushi he made while they were waiting for Bastion, taking in the painful cries. Alexis sighed and poked the fire, "I hate to hear Bastion suffering like that and not being able to help,"
"No joke," Chazz nodded as he ate a piece of sushi, "They've been dueling all night, and from those screams, it sounds like Bastion's been losing all night,"
"How long can this go on?" Victor wondered. At that point, Jaden rose to his feet.
"We gotta do something!" Jaden urged.
"Yeah!" Chumley and Syrus agreed, standing up.
"Well, as we want to, we can't…" Kurogasa said eating sushi as well. "Besides, the gates are locked tight and climbing it is out of the question." A low rumbling sound began to emanate from the coliseum, making everyone look towards it.
"You were saying?" Rika asked raising an eyebrow.
"That's just plain awkward." Koji commented.
Syrus slowly moved behind Chumley, "What is that…?" he whimpered. Everyone else watched as a figure slowly walked out of the coliseum gateway, looking beat up, well, emotionally, that is. It was…
"Bastion!"
(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 38: The Amazon Dating Game Part 2
"Bastion!" Jaden called out running over to his friend, followed quickly by the others, "Bastion, are you ok?" Bastion only fell to his knees, and Jaden caught him before he could hit his head on anything.
"What happened to you in there?" Syrus asked. The only answer was the look in Bastion's eyes.
"He got dumped." Kurogasa said.
"Is that true, Bastion?" Jaden asked.
Bastion nodded, "Yes… I'm crushed,"
"Crushed? How about lucky?" Chazz muttered.
"Hey at least, you're single again." Koji commented earning an elbow to the side from Rika. "OW!"
"You're not helping!" Rika snapped.
"I don't get it dude, she was gaga all over you yesterday…" Victor said.
Bastion sighed and looked up at the sky, "I know… we were to be married!" he groaned, earning surprised looks from the others. "But she decided I wasn't duelist enough…"
Flashback
Bastion fell to the dirt as the last of his Life Points went down to zero. Tania glared at him, "You call that a duel? You're not worthy… beat it!" Bastion gasped. "I need someone. Someone who is at my level," Tania mused as she turned away from him. Groaning, Bastion slowly sat up and watched the Amazon duelist walk off towards the inner archway, "My love…"
End Flashback
"I wasn't good enough for her, and she's left me forever. She said she wants a champion, a duelist who can give her a match that she'll always remember," Everyone looked worried for Bastion as he got up off the ground and wandered back to the Ra dorm.
That afternoon, Bastion stood at a large window in the halls of Duel Academy, looking out at the island. The images of Tania still in his mind 'Tania…'
Flashback
"Oh, I'm sorry, am I distracting you again?" Tania twiddled 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!" Tania cried, "I'm head over heels!"
Bastion's face turned from serious to a dream like trance, "Yes… me too…"
End Flashback
Bastion snapped back to reality, holding his head, "Oh, Tania!" A few feet away, Jaden, Kurogasa, Alexis were watching.
"I've never seen him like this. I had no idea he had fallen that hard over her," Alexis said.
"Yeah…" Jaden agreed. "Really, it's kinda freaky to see Bastion of all people to do that over a girl,"
"Jaden, love is a lot more complicated than you think it is." Kurogasa said.
"What do you mean by that?" Jaden wondered.
"Well, for Bastion's case, he's unbalanced love and dueling altogether. He didn't keep his emotions in check, thus got Bastion to be completely distracted and Tania took advantage of it. Like anger, it can cloud your judgment and you make poor decision. If you keep it together, you'll make the right decision, regardless of what situation you're in."
"Huh…" Jaden said.
Bastion entered the Obelisk Duel Arena and stopped shortly after, seeing a crowd of people there, waiting for him. Jaden, Syrus, Chumley, Chazz, Victor, Koji, Kurogasa, Alexis, Rika, and even Zane was there. He scowled at them, "What do the lot of you want?"
"A duel to cheer you up, man, how about it?" Jaden said holding up his Deck.
"I can't…" Bastion slowly shook his head, "It's too soon for me,"
"Aw, c'mon, you gotta move on Bastion!" Jaden urged him.
Bastion looked at him, "I just can't duel… without my Tania…"
"Ok, Bastion, you need to get over this. And I hate saying this, but she's dead set on dueling someone else other than you." Kurogasa said.
"No, she wouldn't! Not my Tania!" Bastion gasped.
"Oh, gag me…" Chazz muttered.
"You don't understand!" Bastion snapped, "We had passion!"
"Uh… say what now?" Koji blinked.
Bastion looked up at the ceiling, the smitten look never leaving for a second, "When I first dueled Tanya, there were fireworks between us! You saw how our cards danced that dangerous Duel Monsters dance together! It was beautiful, majestic… and if I can't have that feeling when I duel… then," his shoulders slumped, "My life dueling… it's all finished,"
"But Bastion, she's a Shadow Rider!" Rika reminded him, "We have the world to save! We need you!"
"And you're saying that you're done?" Zane asked.
"You may have lost your key; but that doesn't mean you can't continue helping out the rest of us." Alexis told him.
"Alexis is right, Bastion. I may need you… if the Rider War ever occurs…" Kurogasa said.
Bastion sighed and looked at the Obelisk couple. "I thought you two would understand…"
"Huh?" Kurogasa and Alexis blinked.
"You two are in love; wouldn't you understand about dueling with passion?" Bastion asked.
"Yeah, but the passion of dueling came first; before Alexis and I got together." Kurogasa explained.
"It's true." Alexis said.
"Sorry, 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!"
"Alright, that's it. I'm gonna go to the bathroom and hurl…" Chazz muttered.
Kurogasa sighed at this. "Well, if you're dead set on doing this, then just go and ask her for a rematch," He suggested.
Bastion blinked, "A rematch?"
"And don't take no for an answer." Kurogasa stated. "If I have to, I'll even back you up…"
Back at the Coliseum…
Tania was angry and pounded her chest like a gorilla. "This island has nothing but weaklings! I need a worthy partner, someone who isn't intimidated by my power!" she punched a nearby wall a few times, and then jump kicked the ceiling, sending a chunk of rock crashing to the floor, scaring her tiger out of its wits. "If that duelist can't find me, then I'll find him!" Tania swore, leaving the room, her tiger followed after her, while the ceiling fell in behind them.
Back at Obelisk Blue, Kurogasa sighed as he thought of Bastion's scenario. "I get the feeling that Tania will either be coming after me, Jaden, Chazz, or Koji next," Kurogasa muttered to himself as another Obelisk student walked by before stopping when he noticed the Kamen Rider Duelist.
"Hey Kurogasa," the brunette student waved.
"Oh. Hey, Ben. What's wrong?"
"Bastion wanted to see you. He's at the entrance of the dorm."
"Bastion?" Kurogasa asked. "Okay, thanks." He then ran off to the entrance of the Dorm where Bastion was waiting for him. "What's up man? What are you even doing here?" He asked.
"The rematch! Why aren't you ready yet!?" Bastion asked incredulously.
"Wait, you mean now?!" Kurogasa asked incredulously.
Kurogasa and Bastion ran towards the coliseum, followed by the rest of the gang, including Crowler. "Couldn't this have waited until morning?!"
"NO! TANIA!"
"Wait up!" Syrus panted as he and the others caught up to them,
"Not… fast… like… you guys," Chumley panted.
"Think of it this way, you can work on losing all that weight." Rika teased.
"I am not fat!" Chumley snapped. "I'm just chubby…" He muttered.
"Thought you two could use the extra help." Alexis offered.
"Thanks Lex…" Kurogasa thanked.
It took a little bit, but the others soon arrived. Yet they also heard a familiar roar. "Ah! It's her!" Bastion gasped as Tania came in riding on top of Bass. "Tania…"
"Can't you take a hint? I already dumped you, don't you remember?" Tania reminded Bastion.
"Yea? Well he wants a rematch!" Kurogasa and Jaden responded in unison.
"He can't have one," Tanya scoffed, before looking at Kurogasa with interest, "But you seem quite brave…"
"Wha–me?!" Kurogasa gawked. 'Nice try, I already have a girlfriend, and I'm here for my friend that you dumped."
"Well," Tanya chuckled, "He already lost. I duel you, or there's no duel at all!"
"Very well," Kurogasa smirked. "I've never backed away from a duel before, and I won't start now. And I ain't doing this for love or anything since I already have a girlfriend; I'm doing this for Bastion!"
"Huh?!" the others gawked.
"What?!" Chazz groaned.
"So not groovy," Koji added.
"Oh no," Alexis sighed.
"Don't worry Lex, I got this." Kurogasa assured her. "I'm not gonna lose."
Later, everyone was back in the arena with the other Key bearers in the stands and Kurogasa and Tanya on the field. "You know the rules: if you lose this duel, you lose your Spirit Key, and your engaged status," Tanya reminded Kurogasa. "Meaning you move here to this battle arena with me, and become my husband forevermore."
"I seriously don't like this girl now," Alexis growled.
"You're not the only one." Rika agreed.
"Sorry Tania, but I can't afford to do that." Kurogasa grinned. "Like I told you before, I ain't doing this for all this love thing." He added as he took out his Deck from his Deck box. "Henshin!" He placed the Deck into his silver gauntlet and it transformed into his duel disk.
Fourteen spheres of light came out of his duel disk and circled above Kurogasa. The fourteen spheres then turned into the insignias of Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Faiz, Blade, Hibiki, Kabuto, Den–O, Kiva, Decade, W, OOO, Fourze, and Wizard. Next, the floating logos spun around slowly, but then spun faster and faster until it made a golden ring of light. The golden ring of light then descended down to Kurogasa's chest and the insignias went in Kurogasa, making him shine and a pillar of light was created. The pillar of light then turned into a pillar of Duel Monster cards showing the reverse side and a second later, they all blew away.
When the light faded and cards blew away. Tania looked and raised both her eyebrows in surprise and interest. "Oh my; just what are you?"
"I am the soul of all Kamen Riders! Kamen Rider Duelist!"
"Oooh! Now I know you'll make a great husband, but can you back it up?' Tanya asked as she inserted her Deck into her duel disk.
"We'll just have to see." Kurogasa said as both players drew their starting Hands.
"DUEL!"
Kurogasa: 4000
Tania: 4000
"I'll start things off!" Kurogasa declares drawing his sixth card. "And here's someone that won't fall in love at all. I summon Kamen Rider Den–O in ATK mode!" A man in a black bodysuit like silver rail lines appeared with the Den–O belt on his waist. He pressed the red button and an electronic keyboard tune started playing. He then swiped the box that had the ticket over the belt. "Henshin!"
SWORD FORM
Six pieces of red armor appeared and attached to his torso, and his red mask appeared. "Ore… sanjou!" Momotaros declared striking his pose. (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1600) "Then I'll place two facedowns and call it a turn!" Kurogasa concluded placing two reversed cards on the Field.
"That's your move?" Tanya scoffed, drawing her sixth card. "Well if it's a battle of the swords, I'll have my Amazoness Paladin give him a sword test he won't forget!" With that, a blonde woman with tanned skin in a beige outfit while wielding a sword took to the Field. (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 300)
"Bring it on!" Momotaros challenged. "From the start to finish, I'm at a climax!"
"Sure, I'll bring it on, but first, while Paladin's on the Field, she gains an extra 100 ATK for every single Monster out with "Amazoness" in its name," Tanya added.
"That's where you're wrong! Reveal facedowns!" Kurogasa declared revealing the two cards. "Skill Drain and Imperial Custom!"
"What?" Tanya gasped. "What're they supposed to do?"
"For Skill Drain, I have to pay 1000 Life Points, but it's worth it because it negates the effects of all face–up Effect Monsters on the Field." Kurogasa said as a red aura glowed around him to translate as payment.
Kurogasa: 3000
Tania: 4000
"As for Imperial Custom, well since Skill Drain is a Continuous Trap, the only card that can be destroyed now is Imperial Custom itself."
"Sweet move! Now Tania can't activate any of her Amazoness's effects!" Jaden cheered.
"This is gonna be an all–out brawl." Koji added.
"Fine, but that doesn't stop me now, but I will set one card facedown and end my turn," Tanya replied. "So, are we enjoying the match so far? Not getting distracted I hope."
"Nope too focused on this duel right now." Kurogasa said as he drew his next card. "I summon Kamen Rider Decade in ATK mode!" A silhouette of a man appeared with the DecaDriver on his waist. He then opened it up making the white part of the Driver go vertical. He showed a card to his opponent and flipped it over showing the Decade logo. "Henshin!" He said then placed it in the slot with the Decade logo showing.
KAMEN RIDE
He then closes it, making the white part of the Driver go horizontal again.
DECADE
Ten grey pillars of energy appeared and merged into one, into Decade (4/ATK: 2000/DEF: 1800). "Again?" Tsukasa asked annoyed.
"Yeah, and for once I agree with pinkie, because he's been out too many times! I'm the star right now!" Momotaros said.
"Pinkku janai, magenta da!" Tsukasa snapped at Momotaros.
"Urusei! Despite me agree with you on this, you're still as annoying as ever!"
"Enough you guys!" Kurogasa snapped. "Focus on this duel and not on each other! We gotta win this one!"
"Fine!" Tsukasa and Momotaros said looking away from each other.
"Mattaku…" Kurogasa sighed. "Anyways, next I'll activate Final Form Ride, allowing me to select from Kuuga to Kiva have them equip to Decade, and the latter gains an effect depending on the Kamen Rider I've chosen and I choose Kamen Rider Faiz from my Deck!" Takumi then appeared on the Field. And Decade placed a card into the DecaDriver.
FINAL FORM RIDE! F–F–F–FAIZ!
"Takumi, chotto sugukku ittai zo." Tsukasa warned.
"Huh?" Takumi asked in confusion before Tsukasa dove his hands into Faiz's back. Takumi floated up and then morphed into an oversized version of the Faiz Blaster.
"So what? You basically turned one monster into a giant gun," Tania scoffed.
"It's not just any gun. It's the Faiz Blaster. And when Decade is equipped with Faiz, when he destroys a Monster, half of the destroyed Monster's ATK points are dealt to you as Damage!" Tania couldn't help but gasp at that.
"You'd better give me the order soon, Kurogasa; I think I might get a cramp holding Takumi here," Tsukasa replied grunting.
"Then what are you waiting for, go and attack Amazoness Paladin!"
"Good." Tsukasa said then placed a gold card in the DecaDriver before closing it.
FINAL ATTACK RIDE! F–F–F–FAIZ!
Tsukasa fired a red beam at the Amazoness Paladin as the red beam turned into a red cone. Tsukasa then fired a blue beam into the red cone destroying her in an instant as the Phi symbol appeared in its place. "Not bad," Tania complimented.
Kurogasa: 3000
Tania: 3700
"Now the other effect kicks, and half of your Paladin's ATK is dealt straight to your Life Points!" Kurogasa said as Tsukasa fired a barrage of shots from the oversized Faiz Blaster and hit their marks.
Kurogasa: 3000
Tania: 2950
"Now Momotaros, attack Tania directly! Extreme Slash!" Kurogasa ordered.
"Yosha!" Momotaros shouted swiping his Pass.
FULL CHARGE!
"Hissatsu! Ore no hissatsu waza! Part 2!" Momotaros yelled, as his blade went flying in the air ready to strike at Tania.
"Nice try, but let's see how your armored warrior handles my trap: Sakuretsu Armor!" Tania shouted, revealing said facedown, surprising the others as armor appeared around Tania. "You see, when a Monster of yours attacks, I can negate the attack and destroy the attacking Monster!"
"Aw crap…" Momotaros grumbled as the flying blade hit the armor and flew towards Momotaros destroying him in the process.
"Sorry, kid, better luck next time."
"I'll end my turn there." Kurogasa concluded.
"Whoa man, that was too close," Koji noted.
"Yeah," Chazz nodded.
"Well, I hope you're still focused," Tania said as she drew her next card. "Because now, I might as well activate a Field Spell of mine: Amazoness Arena!" Tania started. "When this card activates, we will both gain 600 Life Points, and it's not just distracting, it's captivating." A huge cage arena appeared, rising from the ground, around them and closing around them creating a dome of metal bars,
Kurogasa: 3600
Tania: 3550
Chazz looked at the cage, "Wow… she must really be desperate to find a husband if she has to use a cage,"
Tanya chuckled, looking at her cage, "You see, Amazoness Arena is a sacred arena. In here, you don't just fight with your Monster; you fight with your soul!"
"Care to explain how that works?" Kurogasa asked.
"Oh, you'll find out," Tania replied. "But first, I'll activate Monster Reborn to bring back my Amazoness Paladin to the Field!" The said Monster returned to the Field. (4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 300) "And now, Paladin will attack, Decade!" Tania shouted.
"Why do that?" Koji wondered in confusion.
"That's what I wanna know." Rika said as the Paladin clashed with Decade. She tried to slash at him with her sword, but Decade knocked her away and blasted her with the oversized Faiz Blaster.
Kurogasa: 3600
Tania: 3250
"Ignoring how I lost Life Points, now you'll see the power of my arena!" Tania announced. "After our Monsters are all done, your soul can battle mine, if you sacrifice 100 of your Life Points you take away 100 of mine!"
"Uh… one problem." Kurogasa said. "I'm not raised to hit a girl."
"And you shouldn't, but this isn't a fight between us, physically. You see, like I said, our souls will clash,"
"Well, if this means ending this quickly, might as well give it a shot." With that, two aura projected versions of Kurogasa and Tania appeared before them as their physical selves glowed a red aura to translate as payment.
Kurogasa: 3500
Tania: 3150
Then, the two spirits charged at each other before they fought. Tania and Kurogasa fought doing some amazing acrobatic combat. Kurogasa then punched, but missed, and Tania saw the opportunity to give him an uppercut to his jaw.
Kurogasa: 3400
Tania: 3150
"Kurogasa!" Syrus shouted.
"C'mon, man, this is embarrassing for all us guys!" Chumley yelled.
"Yeah, this is just another duel!" Jaden added. "Fight back!"
Kurogasa then managed to recover from his attack and returned the favor, giving Tania an uppercut with his left arm before of their souls jumped back and back into their bodies.
Kurogasa: 3400
Tania: 3050
"Not a bad left hook there, kid." Tania chuckled.
"Wait, she's complimenting his attack?" Chazz asked in disbelief.
"Isn't she great?" Bastion sighed longingly, making Chazz wanting the urge to hurl.
"Seriously Bastion, you really need to get over this." Koji sweat dropped.
"I gotta agree with you there, Koji," Jaden nodded. "This is just getting ridiculous. Kurogasa better help snap Bastion out of this soon."
"Yea. I'm started to get a little annoyed," Rika agreed.
"I'll end my turn with a facedown." Tania concluded as a reversed card appeared on the Field.
"C'mon Kurogasa! Show her what you got!" Alexis cheered.
"Yeah, man! Show her how to really get your game on!" Jaden added.
"Right. It's my move," Kurogasa replied, making his next draw. "Tsukasa, attack her Life Points directly!" He ordered.
"Right." Tsukasa said then used the gold card again before closing it.
FINAL ATTACK RIDE! F–F–F–FAIZ!
The oversized Faiz Blaster began to charge up and Tsukasa was ready to pull the trigger. "Sorry, but the attack won't work entirely, because I activate Damage Diet, which cuts all the Damage I take this turn in half," Tania announced as the Faiz Blaster was suddenly set to strike at the half–way charge mark.
"Oi, what the heck?!" Tsukasa demanded.
"Well, it's not gonna stop me this time," Kurogasa responded. "Tsukasa, continue with the attack!"
"Fine," Tsukasa groaned before firing a weakened blast from the Faiz Blaster at Tania, only giving her half the amount of damage she would've received.
Kurogasa: 3400
Tania: 2050
"And I think it's time we had ourselves a rematch." Kurogasa said as his soul came out of his body.
"You just read my mind." Tania smirked as hers did the same.
Kurogasa: 3300
Tania: 1950
"Wait now he's activating Amazoness Arena?!" Alexis asked.
"If he wants to end this quick, he might as well." Zane answered. The two souls clashed with each other and once doing impressive acrobatic combat before both hit each other, Tania doing a punch while Kurogasa doing a roundhouse kick before their souls went back into their bodies.
Kurogasa: 3200
Tania: 1850
Tania slowly rubbed her jaw with her strange gauntlet, "Not bad, Rider… you're my type of guy,"
"Uh, Bastion," Victor said turning to the still love–struck Ra, "I think Tanya's falling for Kurogasa…"
"Course not! She would never leave me!"
"All right, it's my turn!" Tania shouted, drawing her next card. "First, I'll put down a facedown, and then summon Amazoness Swordswoman in ATK mode!" With that, the monster she summoned at the start of Bastion's duel with her returned. (4/ATK: 1500/DEF: 1600) "And finally, I'll equip her with this: my Amazoness Heirloom!" A strange necklace appeared around the Swordswoman's neck which looked like an odd tiki.
"Hey! What's with that thing?" Chazz wondered.
"You'll all find out soon. And now, let's fight! Amazoness Swordswoman, attack Decade!"
"Again with attacking the stronger Monster?!" Koji gawked as the swordswoman attacked the magenta rider (who internally thanked me for not calling him pink), with Tsukasa in turn blocking with the oversized Faiz Blaster, before pushing her back, but she wasn't destroyed.
"Huh? How come she's not destroyed?" Syrus asked.
"It's thanks to her heirloom," Tania explained. "See, this can only be equipped to an Amazoness Monster, and once per turn, she cannot be destroyed in battle. However, when she attacks, it's the target that gets destroyed instead of her!"
"Well, I hate to break to ya, but I'll activate Final Form Ride's other effect, which allows the Equip card to take the hit instead of Decade!" Kurogasa countered as the Faiz Blaster was destroyed into pixels. "And plus even though she's not destroyed, you still lose your Life Points, and you can't activate her ability thanks to Skill Drain."
Kurogasa: 3200
Tania: 1350
"Maybe, but it's worth it to throw down. Let's go!" With that, their souls attacked once more.
Kurogasa: 3000
Tania: 1150
"Man, just how long is this going to go on?" Jaden wondered.
"It's been going on for some time, seeing as the sun is getting close to rising," Zane noticed.
"I'll end my turn there since I have no more cards in my Hand." Tania declared.
"Then it's my move!" Kurogasa declared his next card. "Tsukasa, attack Amazoness Swordsman!" He ordered.
"Seriously, this is getting old." Tsukasa sighed as he put in a gold card and closed it.
FINAL ATTACK RIDE! D–D–D–DECADE!
Hologram cards of Decade's Final Attack Ride card appeared in front of him leading to Swordswoman and jumped up doing his Dimension Kick going through each card before hitting Amazoness Swordswoman but due Amazoness Heirloom, she can't be destroyed.
Kurogasa: 3000
Tania: 650
"Time for Round 4!" Kurogasa said as his soul clashed with hers giving everything they've got.
Kurogasa: 2800
Tania: 450
"How long is this gonna take?" Chumley wondered.
"Kurogasa…" Alexis nearly whimpered, seeing him get so hurt.
Kurogasa heard her and looked towards Lex. "No worries, Lex, I got this." He assured her before turning back towards Tania. "I'll end my turn there."
"Then it's my move!" Tania declared drawing her next card. "I play Card of Sanctity allowing us both to draw until we have six." Both players did so. "Oh yes! I play Heavy Storm to destroy your Traps!"
"Oh no!" Syrus cried out as his traps were immediately destroyed by a huge gust of wind.
"Now I play Lightning Vortex! By discarding one card from my Hand, I can destroy your pink warrior!" At that point, a tornado of lightning appeared and sucked Decade in.
"Pinkku janaaaaai! Magenta daaaaaaaaa!" Tsukasa yelled angrily while in the vortex before getting destroyed.
"And that you have no Monsters or facedowns, I'll sacrifice my Swordswoman for Amazon Queen!"
"Totally not lishus," Chumley groaned.
"I get the feeling she isn't done yet," Koji noted.
"Naw, you think?" Chazz said sarcastically as an amazon woman with blue hair, an eye patch over one eye in amazon clothing, sitting on a throne appeared with her large sword next to her (6/ATK: 2400/DEF: 900).
"And with her on the Field, you can't destroy my Amazons, including her, so Amazon Queen, attack his Life Points directly! Sword of the Wild!" Amazoness Queen's good eye flashed as she got off her throne and grabbed her sword. Leaping in the air, she cut across Kurogasa's chest armor creating sparks, as a long cut appeared on him before he fell on one knee, smoke coming out from him.
Kurogasa: 400
Tania: 450
"Kurogasa!" His friends cried out.
"And now for Round 5!" Tania shouted. Their soul once again came out and clashed.
Kurogasa: 200
Tania: 250
"Dang. Now Tania's in the lead. This isn't looking good," Syrus gulped.
"Don't say that, Sy!" Rika snapped.
"Playing hard to get at, huh?" Tania panted as she grinned, "I like that,"
"Hey, I told you before, I already got a girlfriend." Kurogasa grinned cheekily under his mask.
Chumley looked at the two opponents, "Ya know… I gotta admit, I'm liking this duel. It's non–stop action!"
"Not to mention, fighting with a lot of passion!" Jaden added. "Just like me when I duel."
"And Kurogasa's not falling in love either." Koji added.
"Because he's got me, that's why." Alexis answered.
"So Bastion, are you down back to Earth now?" Zane asked.
"Well, I'm still in love, but now with Dueling," Bastion answered.
"Sounds more like it now," Rika noted.
"Now come on, Kurogasa! Win this!" Alexis and Bastion cheered.
"You got it!" Kurogasa said then drew his card. He smiled under his mask at what he got.
"FINAL TURN!"
"Final Turn?" Tania gawked.
"Yes! Here comes the finale!" Jaden shouted.
"You know it! First I play Monster Reborn to bring back Decade!" Kurogasa said as Tsukasa returned to the Field. "And then I play the card I drew! Final Kamen Attack Form Ride! By paying half my Life Points, it fuses all my Kamen Riders together!"
"All of them?!" Tania gasped.
"That's right! Tsukasa, you know what to do!"
Kurogasa: 100
Tania: 250
"Hai, hai…" Tsukasa sighed as took a card from his Ride Booker. "Ikuze, minna!" He said before putting in the card.
FINAL KAMEN ATTACK FORM RIDE!
He then closed the DecaDriver.
D–D–D–DUELIST!
Suddenly, some of Kurogasa's cards from his Deck began to eject out from it and floats to the sky while some of the riders from his Graveyard flew out from its place, making their appearance all at once. One by one, from Kuuga to Wizard, all of them enter inside Kurogasa and when it is complete, Kurogasa steps forward.
"I Fusion Summon… myself!" (12/ATK: 0/DEF: 0)
"You summon yourself?! How can that be? You don't even have any ATK points!"
"That's where you're wrong; you forgot his effect," Alexis pointed out.
"Yep. All the Kamen Riders that were fused to Fusion Summon myself are removed from play and I gain 300 ATK and DEF for each Rider removed. 14 x 300 equals 4200 ATK points!"
"WHAT?!" Tania gawked.
Kamen Rider Duelist (12/ATK: 0–4200/DEF: 0–4200)
"And now to attack your Amazoness Queen! Sure, she won't be destroyed, but your Life Points are a different story!" Kurogasa said as he leaped up into the air for everyone to see. One by one holographic cards appeared in front of Kurogasa leading to Camula starting from the Kuuga to Wizard. "Know your place, Tania! Rider Card Break!" Kurogasa did his kick through all 14 cards, increasing the power with each card he passed through, until he made contact with the Amazoness Queen, creating an explosion. The Amazoness was okay, but Tania grunted in pain as the attack affected her Life Points.
Kurogasa: 100
Tania: 0
It was then that the sun completely rose onto the battlefield so the group spectating could see the aftermath.
"Man, he did it," Chazz gawked.
"Well played, Kurogasa," Bastion replied.
"Yep. Guess that's game," Jaden figured.
Kurogasa cancelled out his transformation and fell down on his back his arms and legs spread out. "Whoo! That was tiring!" He panted.
"I've never seen two people duel with such passion and heart," Crowler noted.
"Well, I gotta admit, that was a fun duel. Let me know when you want a rematch," Kurogasa told Tania.
"No rematch, Kurogasa. I joined the Shadow Riders to find a duelist who would be worthy to be my husband, but I discovered… I am not worthy… to be with as someone as strong as you," Tania admitted. "You're lucky to have already found someone whom you deem worthy, and with that, I humbly accept defeat." With that, the Field Spell finally ended, but something else also happened. Tania began to glow and transform. Tania began to glow with a purple light and soon, she fell onto all fours, her hair growing longer and white fur with black stripes growing out of her flesh. Soon, in her place, was a giant white tiger with two scars over its right eye.
"A tiger?!" Syrus stared in shock.
"Tania? Is that really you?" Bastion said in disbelief.
The white tiger looked straight at him, 'Farewell Bastion…' Tania then turned around and headed towards the exit with Bass, leaving behind her black gauntlet.
"Well that's… that I suppose…" Bastion said at a loss for words.
"You sure know how to pick 'em, Bastion." Chazz said, patting the Ra on the back.
"Hey, don't worry… There's other fish in the sea!" Jaden assured him.
"But not too many tigers…" Bastion added. "Thank goodness…"
Alright, the Tania saga is over! And now it's off to the filler chapters! Like I said, please review this chapter first, before going to the next one. Let me repeat that in bold: Please review this chapter first, before going to the next one.