Hey hey all! Tania vs Bastion. Now, this is going to go a LOT different then Canon. How? Well, you'll see. Now for some review answers!
Hellsink - While I would love nothing more to have one of them lose it now, they are still considered underage; Jasmine, Mindy, and Alexis for Jaden and Jaden for Fonda. So that's not gonna happen until maybe the sequel.
ElementalDragon667 - That is actually a very good chant! I'll remember it for the ending!
With that out of the way, onwards!
It was a sunny day on the Island. Or rather, it was a sunny morning. All of the students were still asleep in their beds. Save one. A lone figure jogged down a well worn trail, panting. He soon reached a overhang overlooking the sea. Stopping and stretching for a few, it was revealed to be Bastion. The Ra Yellow Genius finished his workouts and looked at the ocean.
"After that duel with Camula, these past few weeks have been quiet, eerily so." The genius muttered to himself.
That means I will have to prepare. He thought, opening up his jacket to reveal his six decks. Grabbing one, he began to sift through the cards. Halfway down his list, he came across a single card. It showed a young girl on it wearing white robes and holding a wand.
"Hm? White Magician Pikaru? How'd you get in there?" Bastion asked, holding the card.
When no answer came, he scoffed. Such distractions were not needed. He did not distract easily at all! Hearing his watch go off, he looked at the time and cursed. Despite an intense state of alert, there was still classes. Pocketing the card, he hurried off back to the dorm.
EODGX
The rest of the morning passed. Earlier, Bastion ended up losing his temper at several of his fellow Ras talking about Card Crushes. After telling them off, he went to his classes.
But something was strange and he wasn't the only one to notice.
Jaden had noticed it right when he walked in and joined the rest of the key keepers in his year. Sitting down, he gestured to the vastly empty classroom.
"Anyone else notice the missing classmates or was that just me?"
"No, Jaden. You weren't the only one who noticed." Chazz said before telling everyone that the same thing happened in his last class.
Alexis pointed out that it was the same in her first class too. Looking around, Jaden frowned hard.
"Anyone else think its weird that only the boys are missing?" He asked.
Taking a second, everyone looked around eyes wide in understanding. Bastion nodded. Jaden had a point. Almost all the missing students were boys. Sure, there were a few of the girls gone, but the ratio was one girl to every ten boys. Professor Banner walked in just then, taking note of the absent students.
"Oh my, oh my. So many absent students. A flu going around?" Banner asked, worry on his face.
Shrugging it off, he began his lesson. The lesson did not get far. Five minutes in, a school aide walked in. In her arms was a large bag. A quick question into Banner recognizing it, he looked at the four, knowing that when something weird was going on, they were to be excused. The four nodded, all of them getting up. Jaden took the bag and asked where it was found.
"Deep in the forest just to the southeast of the school." The aide replied.
"Then that's where we begin our search." Chazz said.
EODGX
For over an hour, the group walked, Zane, Kaiba and Jason with them. After hearing about the missing students, the Professor had his classes taken over by an assistant, Zane was excused from his classes to join in the search and Kaiba was passing by when the young man had flagged him down. After that, they joined the group, leading to now. All of them were calling out, thinking that the students had simply gone exploring.
It was when they got to a clearing that they something that stunned them.
"No way." Chazz breathed in shock.
"What on earth?" Alexis and Bastion wondered.
"How in the hell did we miss this?" Jason demanded.
"Okay, I've seen a lot of stuff; mystical items that steal souls, a world of Duel Spirits threatened by a giant eye and my past life in Ancient Egypt. But a Coliseum in the middle of my island? That takes the cake." Kaiba commented.
Jaden pointed out that was probably where the missing kids were at. Bastion broke out into a run, everyone chasing after him. They ran through one of the open gates of the Arena, appearing right in the middle of it all. All around them was a sea of Red, Yellow, and Blues. Jaden noted that some of them were from their classes, Alexis stating the same.
In fact, everyone they had noticed absent were all there. Jason looked up when he heard a familiar voice.
"Crowler?! What-What are you doing?!"
The good doctor was currently trying to lift a large slab of stone. Hearing his name, he looked up, gave a big smile and waved. That stumped everyone.
Crowler? Smiling and waving? What sort of twisted fanfiction did they walk into!?
"What in the world are you doing here, Doctor?! You have classes!" Kaiba snarled.
"Oh sorry sir! I'm doing a man's work!" Crowler said, returning to the slab.
"A man's work?" Alexis asked, trying hard to hide her laughter.
"Guess they were running short on men." Chazz cracked.
That earned him some snickers and guffaws. A low growl made everyone go on edge. Turning around they saw a massive orange tiger, snarling at them. Everyone stayed perfectly still, thinking that they were safe if they didn't move.
That lasted all for five seconds.
The tiger roared loudly making the group all scream, or in Kaiba, Chazz, Bastion, Jason and Jaden's case, give out manly yells. Taking off in a sprint, they charged across the floor, the tiger hot on their tails. Bastion observed first a coliseum, then a tiger. What was next, a gladiator?! Seeing a pillar, they scrambled up it, the tiger circling below. Jaden gave a glare at a hysterically laughing Yubel and his duel Spirits.
"Do not make me call out Ava."
That simple statement got them all to shut up in a hurry. Out of all the duel spirits, Ava was NOT one to trifle with. They loved Jaden like a mother would a son. If they were caught laughing at Jaden's misfortune, well, the less said, the better for their sanity.
"I believe she prefers the term Amazon!" Crowler called out, snapping Jaden from his conversation.
"Amazon?" The group all asked, confused.
A new voice spoke up, a female voice.
"That's right and thanks to your friends and teachers, I have completed my Arena!"
The group looked to see a woman in dark blue tank top, a double buckled belt, combat pants, ankle bracelets, an elbow length left and wrist length right glove with studded knuckles. Her left hand had various rings and from what they could figure out was another Shadow artifact on her left. Her hair was tied back in one long plait or ponytail reaching below her waist. Another thing that they all noticed is that the woman was very muscular. On her left arm was a duel disk, everyone noticing it was shaped like a sword.
"Arena for what?" Chazz asked.
"Thought it was obvious, Chazz." Kaiba said. "She's the next Shadow Rider."
The woman jumped into the air and preformed a flip. Landing gracefully on her feet, the woman smiled and called the big cat over. The tiger did so, allowing the rest of the duelists to get off the pillar. The rest of the boys and teachers came down, the woman pulling out several packs. She complimented them all on a job well done and that they had earn their pay.
Handing each one a pack, the boys all left, some opening their gifts. At the exclamations, it was obviously packs of rare cards. Once the groups had left, payment in hand, the woman turned back to the group.
"I'm sorry, I forgot my manners. I'm Tania, an Amazoness." Tania said.
Chazz spoke up, stating that the Amazoness were a group of warrior women. In fact, there was a card line based off of them. Alexis nodded, stating that Jasmine used such a deck. Tania looked surprised when her eyes fell on the blonde. The Amazoness was reminded of someone long ago. Shaking her head, Tania confirmed that part about the warrior tribe. This arena was set up do duel and asked for the men to step up. She would duel a sister, but only as a last resort. Alexis gave her a glare, once again reminding Tania of someone.
Jaden, Chazz Jason, Kaiba, and Bastion did so. Zane stated that he had already lost his spirit key due to Camula. Nodding, Tania allowed him to go up to the stands. Looking at the five, she hummed in thought. Finally, she chose her opponent.
Pointing at Bastion, Jaden and the rest retreated. Kaiba sighed.
"Oh well, can't duel them all."
"Yeah, but maybe its a good thing you're not dueling at all." Chazz said, joining Zane.
The raven haired explained that Amazoness didn't have men in their tribes so reproduction was a hard thing to do. Unlike how Amazons were depicted in the Wonder Woman comics, Amazoness in real life needed a man to bring forth a family. It was a symbol and rite among the Amazonesses. This was no doubt a duel for a husband. Tania nodded, impressed at his know how of her tribe.
"North had a lot of material on the legends and folk tales." Chazz said, smiling.
Tania and Bastion got their disks ready, the Amazoness stating that it wasn't going to be a Shadow Game. A Shadow game would be detrimental to her trying to find a man.
"After all, no one, man or woman, wants to make love to a corpse."
The statement made Bastion's heart race but he got it under control. There was a time and place for such an idea. Right now, it was neither time or place. He stated that the problem he had now was choosing his deck. Tania looked at him in shock.
"You have multiple decks as well? I have two myself. One is courage, the other is Knowledge." Tania said.
Bastion chose the Knowledge deck, confident he could best it. He looked at each of his decks, finally settling for his Dark Deck. The two decks were slotted and the duel got underway.
Tania: 8000/Bastion: 8000
Taina started, drawing a card. Looking at it, she revealed it.
"I play the Amazoness Swords Woman in attack mode. I'll also place one card facedown and end my turn."
Bastion drew his card, looking at his hand. He smirked at seeing what he had. Choosing a card, his Field Slot opened up.
"I play the Field Spell card, Mystic Plasma Zone. Now all DARK monsters gain five hundred attack while losing four hundred defense."
All around the two, a storm came up, black lightning striking the grounds around them. The Genius chose another card and placed it facedown. A monster holding a blade appeared next to him.
"Vorse Raider comes to the field and thanks to Mystic, gains five hundred points!"
Vorse Raider – ATK/1900 → 2400, DEF/1200 → 800
"That's all for now." Bastion said.
Up in the stands, Jaden smiled. He said that the training sessions he had made were paying off. Bastion had dueled against Jasmine many a time and due to her tactics of using Amazoness Swords Woman to confound him, he had learned not to attack the monster. The genius ended his turn. But the choice of words made Tania start gushing, even commenting on his accent.
"She's been without a guy for a few years." Alexis commented, staring at the crazed woman.
Was this how she and the rest of the girls were with Jaden?
"Try a few decades, Alexis. Remember, she lived who knows where without any kind of contact with men." Jaden pointed out.
Tania drew her card, looking at it. She revealed it to be another Amazoness, this time Amazoness Blowpiper.
(Amazoness Blowpiper – LV/***, Attribute/EARTH, ATK/800, DEF/1500, Type/Warrior/Effect.
Select 1 face-up monster your opponent controls during each of your Standby Phases. It loses 500 ATK until the end of this turn.)
The woman appeared, roaring. Tania revealed a spell card, Amazoness Spellcaster. Everyone gasped, knowing that the spell swapped the original attacks with two monsters in play.
"I'm afraid I'm going to have stop you right there, Tania." Bastion said, revealing his facedown. "I activate the Counter Trap card, Magic Jammer."
Bastion discarded a single card from his hand, the runes of the old Amazoness disappearing. A card in Bastion's hand glowed brightly and he revealed it.
A massive dragon appeared, roaring.
(Van'Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord – LV/********, Attribute/DARK, ATK/2800 + 500 → 3300, DEF/2500 – 400 → 2100, Type/Dragon/Effect.
If you negate the activation of an opponent's Spell/Trap Card(s), or opponent's monster effect(s), with a Counter Trap Card (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If Summoned this way, activate these effects and resolve in sequence, depending on the type of card(s) negated by that Counter Trap:
● Spell: Inflict 1500 damage to your opponent.
● Trap: Target 1 card your opponent controls; destroy that target.
● Monster: Target 1 monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it.)
Bastion explained that this was Van'dalgyon, a unique monster. It could be summoned by a Counter Trap cards activation and depending on the card he negated, determined its effect. If it was a trap, he could destroy a monster. A monster, he could reborn one of his monsters in the grave.
"But you negated a spell." Tania pointed out.
"Correct. That means you lose fifteen hundred of your life points." Bastion said with a smug grin.
The monster screeched, lightning striking her. The Amaonzess let out a scream as her life points fell.
Tania: 6500
"N-not bad! W-Wasn't expecting that at all, Bastion baby." Tania said.
The genius blushed but shook his head.
"I'm flattered, I really am, but I have to fight on. After all, if those sacred beast cards are released, our time as husband and wife would be very short."
Tania stood up, her eyes clouded over. Not with thoughts as Bastion as her husband, but what he had said. It was true that the SBCs would rip out everyone's souls, herself included. It would make their wedded life VERY short indeed!
"Huh...never thought of it like that." Tania said thoughtfully. "You make a good point, Bastion. You better fight hard then, you already lost one key, don't lose another."
Bastion nodded. Everyone was looking at the two in a new light. Chazz commented that was pretty smart of Bastion to mention that. Kaiba agreed.
"Don't count Tania out yet, everyone." Alexis warned. "Even if she agrees with out ideals, she's not going to simply roll over and let Bastion win. She's going to fight and fight hard."
"She's right! Now to pay you back for that attack! Swordswoman, attack Van'Dal!"
The woman charged at the massive dragon, black fire spewing from its maw. The amazoness was consumed in the fires, the blade sailing through and crashing into Bastion.
Bastion: 6200
Bastion winced, knowing that was going to be Taina's plan once he played Van'dal. Still hurt though. Tania activated a trap, Pride of Tribe. The Swordswoman that was destroyed returned itself, waving its sword around. Bastion frowned, but he was expecting that. The woman ended her turn with a facedown, something that Bastion was on edge.
Drawing, he looked at the card and suddenly smirked. Combined with the spell cards he had, a perfect combo had just landed into his lap.
"I'll start off by activating my Soul Exchange spell! I select your Swordswoman for a tribute. Now I send her to the grave in order to play...Jinzo!"
The cyborg appeared, its ruby optics glowing. Tania frowned. With Jinzo in play now, none of her traps would work. Bastion was in the same boat.
Jinzo – ATK/2400 → 2900, DEF/1500 → 1100
"Next I play Amplifier equipping it onto my Jinzo!"
So much for that then. Chazz pointed out that it was too bad Bastion couldn't attack due to Exchange. Jaden shook his head and stated that Bastion wouldn't make a play unless he had a means to fully use it. They got their answer when Bastion played Mischief of the Time Goddess, a rare card he had got from the King of the Ring on his birthday.
"Now I can enter my battle phase without Exchange's little condition."
Tania's eyes went wide at that. Bastion started with Van'Dal, targeting the Blowpiper. The black fires consumed the smaller woman, her screams echoing in the air. Tania grunted from the intense flames, panting.
Tania: 4000
Next up, Bastion had Jinzo attack. Tania smirked, revealing her facedown was not a trap, but a Spell!
"Command Silencer stops your attack and allows me to draw one card!" Tania said, drawing.
Bastion shook his head and had his Vorse Raider attack next. The monster sliced through Tania, cutting her life points deeply.
Tania: 1600
The students all cheered and congratulated Bastion. The genius ignored it all, setting another card facedown and ending his turn. Tania drew, looking at her card. She smirked once she saw the card.
"I play Polymerization, fusing my Amazoness Tiger with my Amazoness Scout. Meet my Amazoness Pet Liger!"
The white tiger appeared with a roar, Bastion frowning. That made things a tad more challenging. Tania followed it up with Amazoness Paladin, explaining that she gained a hundred points for every Amazoness in play, herself included.
Paladin – ATK/1700 → 1900
"Now my Liger, attack!"
Bastion watched the monster charge, smirking.
"You forget Tania that thanks to Jinzo you cannot use trap cards. Since I equipped him with Amplifier, I can! Go Trap card! Shadow Spell!"
Black chains wrapped around the Liger, stopping it in its tracks. Tania scowled, seeing her pet's power drop.
Pet Liger – ATK/2500 → 1800
"Okay then. I'll just set this facedown and end."
Bastion drew, not overconfident. He looked at the card he had and smirked.
"I play first Pot of Greed, drawing two cards. Next, I summon Double Coston. But thanks to my Double Summon, I'll tribute him for my Barrel Dragon!"
The three headed dragon appeared with a roar. It looked at the assembled monsters in front it and fired off three shots as a threatening gesture. Bastion smirked, the MPZ further powering the Mechanical Dragon.
Barrel Dragon – ATK/2600 → 3100, DEF/2200 → 1800
"Now, I use my Dragon's effect and target your Liger."
Three holographic coins appeared near the two, a sub routine being used since no coin was around to be used. Bastion explained that if he got two heads, the targeted monster would be destroyed. Tania looked flabbergasted.
"You're relaying on chance?"
"Sometimes Science has to take a back seat for 'chance' to take the wheel. No one equation can predict everything."
The first of the coins flipped upward. Everyone watched with baited breath as the eye and blank side flipped through the air. It began to make its descent.
It landed on a Tails.
Bastion frowned, but shook his head. There were still two more. The second coin flipped into the air, everyone watching.
Heads.
Bastion couldn't get too excited now. There was still a final coin and it was a fifty fifty shot of being a tails. The coin flipped up into the air.
Everyone held their breath, watching the coin slowly fall back to the Earth. The coin crashed into the earth, everyone whooping in delight, Tania eyes wide in shock and Bastion looking a tad smug.
A second heads.
Barrel Dragon took aim at the Liger, all three cannons charging up. With a loud bang, the guns kicked, striking the fusion. Tania cried out, covering her face. Now all that stood before the army of four was her Paladin.
Paladin – ATK/1900 → 1800
"You played a good game." Taina complimented Bastion.
"You did as well. But like I said, with the souls of the world on the line, I couldn't be distracted. Now my monsters...attack!"
Barrel Dragon roared, firing several shots at the Paladin and blasting her to bits. Tania gasped, covering her face from the attack.
Tania: 200
"All good things come to an end, Miss Tania. Van'Dal! Attack her directly!"
The dragon roared, spewing forth its black fire. Tania watched it race to her, smiling. She had found one worthy for her. The fires consumed the Amazoness, making her cry out.
Tania: 0/Bastion: (WINNER)
When the fires died away, Tania was kneeling on one leg. But they heard it.
Laughter.
The Amaonzess may had lost the duel, but she had a lot of fun in it. She got up and walked over to the Ra. Offering a hand, the genius took it and gave a firm shake.
"You played a grand duel! I actually thought my flirting would distract you."
"On some occasions, it did. But all I did to remind myself was what would happen to us all if those Sacred Beasts get out." Bastion said, smiling.
Tania nodded, stating that after thinking it over, the boy had a good point. Had the Sacred Beasts been released, any married life she got would be short lived. She took off her Shadow Charm, handing it to Bastion.
"You won this fair and square. To be honest, I didn't want a Shadow game because of how wrong that glove felt." Tania said.
"Not surprising." Jaden said, walking up with the group. "That charm was made with the souls of several kids who went missing several years ago."
Tania's eyes went wide when hearing that. She looked at the glove and cringed. No wonder it felt so wrong to wear! She sighed, cracking her neck.
"Well, this has been a fun day everyone. Bastion? If you don't mind, you want to hang out, get to know one another?" The woman asked.
Bastion nodded, smiling. He'd love that. Kaiba spoke up, saying that she could enroll in the school. Jaden shook his head.
"Not possible...right Tania?" The young king asked.
Tania nodded, stating that she was a duel spirit and sadly no card of her existed. The arena surrounding them was not just a dueling arena, but a pseudo gate that allowed her to remain in the Human world. Hearing that Kaiba nodded. He told the woman he'd contact Pegasus to have two cards of her made up.
"Two?" Alexis asked.
"One for Bastion and the other for Jasmine." Kaiba said. "She'd be pissed at me for letting Bastion have a one of a kind Amazoness monster, even though its for a good cause."
Tania smiled at that, nodding. The group all left, Chazz teasing the genius about having a date. Bastion just smiled through it all.
Like I said, a bit different then canon, but I'm keeping with what I said. Jaden is not going to be the only one who carries the entire group. Everyone will get a fair chance.