Hello, again.

This time, it's back to the primary story. Did enough for explanations for the time being, so let's keep moving right along. I'll also be bringing in a few more Synchros as well. Kind of been neglecting them a bit.

As for the disclaimer: If anyone thinks that I own anything besides the OC and the main idea, then I have no idea what your doing on this site. I don't own Yugioh GX or Fairy Tail.

Synchronized Formula

Bella sighed as she looked on at the Ra and Slifer dorms playing baseball against each other, once again hating the fact that she isn't like others. Then she could join in, instead of risking sending the ball into orbit, as well as breaking the bat. Whenever she got into something, like sports, she had a tendency to not hold back.

"Heh." she chuckled. "Just like Fairy Tail."

Although she did like that upon it being discovered, Jaden volunteered to play with the Slifers, to help make things fair.

"Too bad for him," Bella said idly. "Abigail said that Bastion uses his head in sports as well."

"Hold on, time out!"

And speak of the devil. Game on, Jaden. Thought Bella with a smirk, seeing as Bastion has just arrived on scene. "Think you can use that big brain of yours to give Jaden a challenge, or do you want Ra to suck through the match, like they've been doing so far."

That brought a fire to both Jaden and Bastion's eyes, as Bastion said in response, "I think a win won't be a problem for me."

"We shall see, Bastion." Jaden countered, ready for a proper challenge.

And a challenge for Jaden it was. Then he got on Bella's nerves when, after being struck out and the teams switched places, Jaden let it get to his head. By way of forcing a another encounter between the two.

Bella and Lucy both sweat-dropped upon seeing that – she had set up the Fairies to watch as well – and agreed silently 'He's acting a lot like Natsu and Gray would.' However, before Bella could do anything about it, Bastion had already hit the ball away, straight into Crowler's unsuspecting eye socket.

Bella just sighed at that before moving over to deal with the escalating problem.

At about the same time, Crowler was mildly grumbling to himself about how things have both gone and seem to be going in the future. But he couldn't blame much beyond himself, in the end.

"I may not have actual proof that it was you, but that doesn't mean I don't know it was. So I'll lay this to you straight: either fix your conduct as a teacher in this school, or get out."

"With Kaiba now supporting them, and the fact that she's the Angel of Darkness," he said to himself, "I need t-"

It was about then when the ball landed in his eye, knocking him off his feet and to the side. When he composed himself again, he saw Bastion, Jaden, and Syrus near him in concern, and Bella walking forward in the background.

"My apologies, Professor." Bastion said, concerned by what happened. "We got a little too into our game, and I accidentally knocked it into you."

As he was about to respond, an idea formed. An idea that was looking to be rather beneficial, particularly for him.

"It's quite alright, my dear boy." said Crowler, surprising the four with his attitude. "If anything, I actually would like to talk to you in private today. I think it might interest you quite greatly."

While the three boys were confused, while Bella was suspicious about his intentions. I'll need to keep an eye on him. Don't want him to risk Bastion.

As it turned out, he was willing to sponsor Bastion in an impromptu test, against Chazz. But the question now was, why? Why now, and why Bastion?

What exactly does Crowler want? These questions kept on cropping up in Bella's thoughts, but she couldn't quite do much about it for the time being. Although that might have at least a little something to do with the fact that Bastion had just asked her, Jaden, and Syrus to help paint his dorm room. Needless to say, that quickly turned into a mess for the boys, seeing as Bella escaped the paint war before she got thrown in. The boys were certainly lucky that the Fairies were left untouched, though. That would've left them in the hospital, to be blunt.

Afterwards, the group had went to the Ra dorm cafeteria to eat, eliciting a pretty excited reaction from Syrus over having food other than pretty much scraps. Bella didn't really care either way for that, but she did show interest when Bastion started talking about his meeting with Crowler.

"It was really quite a surprise," he told them, "especially after all that has happened. But the offer seems legitimate."

"Let's just hope it actually is legit." said Bella. "It is Chazz you're up against after all, and the two so far have been pretty much butt-buddies since the fucking start."

"That does bring cause for concern," admitted Bastion, "but considering both Kaiba and you, I don't think he would be able to get away with this if it wasn't legitimate. The primary concern would be Chazz, which is why I got a hold of a Synchro deck of my own."

By then, Synchros have finally started making some headway into becoming a part of the main game. It just hasn't started becoming part of the Academy curriculum because the teachers would need to learn about it as well, so they're primarily leaving that to the students, leaving the staff to watch how it works. But thanks to its novelty, the students were a tad weary for a while.

"And you don't plan on telling us about it until the duel itself, right?" Jaden said more than asked.

Bastion just simply smirked a bit, lightly patting his pocket, before going back to his meal. Bella knew just enough to join the smirk, knowing that with Bastion's mind, as well as Chazz's methods, he was going to win in the end.

So he'll make sure Chazz can't possibly fuck this up. Mused Bella. Not to mention, he probably doesn't know about Bastion having a Synchro deck, either. Hehehe...this will be fun.

Later that night, back in her room in the Slifer dorm, just about to head to sleep when Mavis and the Exceeds stopped her.

"What's up, guys?" she asked, wanting to know what brought this meeting up.

"We've learned a bit in regards to Chazz," Mavis explained, "particularly why he's attempting to force Bastion to forfeit by default via tossing his cards in the ocean."

That got Bella's attention, and not in an entirely good way. "Tell me everything."

"While keeping an eye on him, we overheard him talking to his older brothers via video conference." Mavis continued.

"Slade and Jagger." Bella growled, remembering the two whenever they attempted to gain her services for a job.

"Yeah, those two." Mavis admitted, upset with the two as well, "And they're practically forcing Chazz to cheat to be the best duelist around."

"So basically, to deal with Chazz, we're stuck dealing with his older brothers first." Bella confirmed, earning a round of nods. She simply laid back on the bed. "Let's get some sleep, guys. Nothing we can really do about it at the moment, but we should be able to bring it up tomorrow. It primarily depends on him. Call him out, and then fuck the Princetons' up. Night, guys."

"G'night." chorused from the Fairies, semi-understanding Bella's words.

"Bastion!"

"Wha?" Bella responded upon the sudden and somewhat random wake-up call. Fairy Tail wasn't much better off, except Mavis and PantherLily, who were already awake. But even they didn't quite know what was going on. At least until the group heard the same voice say, "I was just by the docks, when I saw them! Cards, everywhere!"

What is Dorothy talking about? They all wondered, quickly getting ready for the new day to find out. And it wasn't long before they discovered what the woman was talking.

Bastion's primary deck was floating right by the docks.

"Well, at least we know where Chazz ended up tossing them." Happy said nonchalantly.

"Good thing you have a Synchro deck as a backup, huh?" said Bella, helping to pick up the cards.

Bastion nodded in response upon finishing up. "In the meantime, think you can help dry these off enough to be of further use?"

"Probably have to stick to speed dry," she told him, "but I should be able to make it in time."

Drying them off was actually quicker than she expected, so she was able to be done and join the group on their way to the arena well before they arrived. And they found Chazz and Crowler waiting for them, with Alexis and Zane coming in from a different direction right after them.

Time to check. Thought Bella, before speaking in a somewhat mocking tone. "What a coincidence, Bastion, to find your deck in the water right before your promotion match."

While Chazz denied it, Crowler was at least somewhat surprised at the accusation, which showed Bella the full truth of the situation. Chazz was just being a coward, like most of the rest in power. Tch. Fucking assholes, the lot of them.

Alexis and Zane then showed their agreement to Bella's words, revealing that they saw Chazz by the water. Once again, Chazz denied it all, but that was irrelevant to what they were here for. Especially upon Bastion's next words.

"It doesn't matter. It's not my only deck, and it's high time I join in on the fun and challenges that Synchros bring to the game. So even if they actually were my cards, I still have back up options. Let's get this started, then."

"Just a moment, you two." Bella called, as her phone went off. "It's Kaiba. Pegasus must've given him my number, the ass." After talking to the man, she called out to everyone, "Life Points update coming in! Switch to 8000!"

Each that had their Duel Disks with them activated them, allowing the LP count to double from 4000 to 8000. With that out of the way, the two boys about to duel began their match.

"DUEL!" Iron Chain vs Cthonians (going to try something a bit different this time)

Turn 1:

"I'll go first, loser." Chazz said, taking the first turn. "I summon Cthonian Soldier in Attack Mode! And then I throw a facedown. Your move, slacker."

Said barbaric warrior that he summoned honestly didn't do much to impress the audience, let alone Bella, Mavis, and the Exceeds. Bastion, in the meantime, didn't show any sort of real expression to it. Although the truth showed in his voice.

Turn 2:

"Like it'll matter all that much," Bastion replies, "I summon Marauding Captain in Attack Mode, and thanks to it, Iron Chain Snake comes out in Attack Mode as well."

The second one caught their attention quickly, what with it being a big snake literally made from a chain. But Bastion wasn't finished.

"And thanks to Iron Chain Snake's ability, your Soldier is about to lose a good bit of his bite." he said before said monster wrapped itself around Cthonian Soldier, lowering it's ATK to 400. "If you will, Captain." Even though it resulted in both going down to 7200 life points, Iron Chain Snake was available to attack as well upon return to Bastion, bringing it to 7200-6400. "And then I'll place two cards facedown."

Turn 3:

"You'll pay for that." Chazz declared, activating his facedown, Call of the Haunted, to bring back Chthonian Soldier. "And since that was a Special Summon, I play 'Inferno Reckless Summon' to summon two more. Too bad you must do the same, but it won't help you."

Bastion just simply deadpanned a bit. "Then come on out, two more Marauding Captains."

Even Chazz realized his mistake, because now he couldn't attack any of them. Thankfully, for him, he had a back up option. "Even so, this will insure that you can't do anything either. I activate 'Chthonian Alliance,' so you'll have to deal with a Soldier with 3600 ATK!"

We'll see how your so-called 'genius' can get past this.

Turn 4:

You're kidding me, right? Thought Bella as Bastion started his turn. He just needs to use Iron Chain Snake on the big fucker, and sacrifice two of the Captains to destroy the weaker ones. Afterwards, do exactly the same as before. Dumbass.

Her thoughts were proven correct when he did just that, summoning an Iron Chain Coil, boosting itself to 1400, and then using Iron Chain Snake to weaken the 3600 ATK Soldier and using two Marauding Captains to take out the two normal powered ones. Afterwards, Iron Chain Snake, Iron Chain

Coil, and his Captain attacked; the Captain going first. This left the LP count at 6800-4800.

Yeah, a major dumbass.

Bastion finished with another facedown.

Turn 5:

By then, things were pretty clear cut as to who would win, especially since all Chazz could really do was use his coincidental Monster Reborn to bring back Chthonian Soldier. Even if he used it and his hand to summon Infernal Incinerator, it was quickly stopped by Bastion's Scrap-Iron Scarecrow trap card. But it was the next turn the surprise the group, mainly from the monster itself.

Turn 6:

"Okay, now this is really getting boring, even for me." Bastion told Chazz before beginning his turn. "You're way too predictable."

"Why you!" Chazz growled.

Bastion irritated him further by saying, "Like this-I tune Iron Chain Coil and Iron Chain Snake to Synchro Summon Iron Chain Dragon. As well as summon another Iron Chain Coil, and use it's effect on Iron Chain Dragon. Then I'll use it's own effect to remove my two 'Iron Chain' monsters in my Graveyard to boost it to a total of 3200. Then I'll activate 'Shrink,' bringing your monster down to 1600." Bella and the others weren't quite sure if Chazz was either about to cry or rage out by that point. "Now I attack with all three, starting with my Dragon."

The Dragon destroyed Chazz's monster, bringing him down to 3200, right before Coil and Captain attacked, adding on the damage and bringing him down to 900 life points left.

Crowler, in a moment of pity, decided to just simply end the now mockery of a duel and declare Bastion the winner. It was quite clear.

Winner: Iron Chain

*****(Even though I'm not all that good with this, let's be honest, Chazz's style was rather pathetic until after he joined North Academy.)*****

"...Well," said Crowler, "now that we've gotten that out of the way, I'd like to be the fir-"

Bastion cut him off. "I'm sorry, but I can't quite accept promotion just yet."

"Huh?!" Crowler exclaimed, surprised. Everyone else, except for Chazz, were curious as well. Why would Bastion decline the promotion?

"Before this, I had already declared to myself 'I would only join Obelisk once I was the top student of my year.'" explained Bastion, "And I haven't quite gotten to that point. Once I defeat Jaden, then I'll be at that point. I don't count Bella because, let's face it, Fairy Tail is rather broken for a deck. Am I right?"

That got a round of laughter, knowing how true that statement was. It only grew for a number of them when Happy piped up and said "Aye, sir!"

First off, Iron Chain is only Bastion's prototype Synchro deck. He'll take a bit before he gets a proper Synchro deck, so it won't stay. At least, as far as I think will work for him.

Secondly, Bella doesn't quite care about Chazz, so she would ignore much about him that didn't directly involve her in some way.

Finally, Crowler. Let's just say, that especially with Kaiba on him, he would need to do something to fix himself, and fast.

Please let me know what you think. But try and keep questions about updates to a minimum, please? I'm trying to do a form of rotation with all my stories, so I won't be quite able to do updates all that often.