Chapter 22, Bastion's fire.
Alexis was sitting on a bench near the lighthouse, sitting next to her was Robin who she had asked to meet her here, ever since she and her friends had learned about Robin's past Alexis had been feeling guilty and had been trying to find the right moment to tell him what she had done.
Alexis had made both Mindy and Jasmine promise not to tell anyone about Robin's past, she didn't think Robin would want people to know about his personal life, "So, what did you what to tell me" asked Robin.
Alexis was nervous to tell Robin the truth, "What's he going to say to me, is he going to be angry, will he not want to spend time with me anymore" she thought, "Alexis are you ok" asked Robin noticing how anxious she was.
"Robin I need to tell you something, I did something that I'm not proud of" said Alexis almost crying with worry, "Well you can tell me, maybe I can help" said Robin, Alexis swallowed hard and took a deep breath "Robin I'm really sorry, me, Mindy and Jasmine looked up about your past" she said quickly.
Robin's eyes widened as she finished her sentence, and he appeared to be staring off into the distance while in deep thought, Alexis closed her eyes dreading what his next words would be, "What, What did it say about me" asked Robin with what sounded like a hint of fear in his voice.
"It said that you came 3rd in the junior national championship, and what you found when you came home that day," Alexis said sadly, "Did it say anything else" asked Robin this time the fear in his voice was more noticeable.
"It said that you went to an orphanage but then you disappeared for three years, then when you reappeared you applied for a place here at Duel academy" said Alexis, "Is that all" asked Robin a little bit calmer than before.
"That's all it said" said Alexis still nervous, Robin breathed out in relief, he was about to say something to Alexis but before he could say a single word he heard a voice come from nearby "Robin Thorn, I've been looking all over for you" it said.
Both Robin and Alexis turned to see Bastion who looked very confident in himself, "What's the matter Bastion" asked Robin obviously annoyed that he was interrupted, "I would like to duel you" said Bastion.
"Can you come back later, we're a little busy here" said Robin, Bastion looked annoyed "I spent a long time building a deck to defeat you Robin, and I'm not leaving until I've tested it" he said sternly.
Robin clenched his fist in frustration, he know Bastion wasn't going to leave until they duelled "Fine, just make this quick" he said as he stood up from the bench, Alexis watched as the two activated their duel disks, she know that Robin was about to say something just before Bastion showed up and she was almost afraid to know what it was.
The duel started, "I'll go first" said Bastion, "I summon Solar flare dragon in attack mode and play one card face down, now I end my turn" he said, "And because I ended my turn Solar flare dragon's effect activates causing you to lose 500 LP"
Solar flare dragon ATK 1500 DEF 1000 LV 4 FIRE pyro.
Robin LP 4000 – 500 = 3500.
"I summon Crusader of endymion in attack mode and attack your monster" said Robin as his Crusader attacked Bastion's Solar flare dragon, "I activate my trap card Gravity bind, as long as this card is on the field neither of us can attack with monsters that are level 4 or higher" explained Bastion as Gravity bind stopped Robin's attack.
Crusader of endymion ATK 1900 DEF 1200 LV 4 LIGHT spellcaster.
"I play a card face down and end my turn" said Robin.
Bastion started his turn "I activate Graceful charity this lets me draw three new cards and then discard two" he said, Bastion smiled at the cards he drew.
"I activate the spell card Dark room of nightmare, and now I summon Achacha archer in attack mode, and when Achacha archer is summoned you take 500 LP of damage" said Bastion.
Achacha archer ATH 1200 DEF 600 LV 3 FIRE warrior.
Robin LP 3500 – 500 = 3000.
"And because you just took effect damage Dark room of nightmare will activate and deal an extra 300 points of damage" explained Bastion, "Now I play one card face down and end my turn", since Bastion ended his turn Solar flare dragon delt another 500 points of damage plus an extra 300 points from Dark room of nightmare for a total of 800.
Robin LP 3000 – 300 = 2700.
Robin LP 2700 – 800 = 1900.
Robin drew his card "I summon Skilled dark magician in attack mode, and now I use both of my level 4 monsters to xyz summon Kachi kochi dragon in attack mode, and because xyz monsters have rank's instead of level's their not effected by Gravity bind so I can use my dragon attack to attack".
Skilled dark magician ATK 1900 DEF 1700 LV 4 DARK spellcaster.
Kachi kochi dragon ATK 2100 DEF 1300 RK 4 EARTH dragon.
Kachi kochi dragon attacked Achacha archer, "I activate my trap card Backfire, now every time one of my FIRE monsters is destroyed you take 500 points of damage" explained Bastion.
Achacha archer was destroyed causing Robin to take 500 damage from Backfire and an extra 300 damage from Dark room of nightmare for a total of 800 damage.
Bastion LP 4000 – 900 = 3100.
Robin LP 1900 – 800 = 1100.
"I activate my dragon's effect, by removing one xyz material he can attack again" said Robin as his monster attacked and destroyed Bastion's Solar flare dragon causing Robin to take another 800 points of damage.
Bastion LP 3100 – 600 = 2500.
Robin LP 1100 – 800 = 300.
Bastion's turn started "I play one monster in defence mode and I'll also play one card face down, now I'll end my turn" said Bastion.
Robin drew his card "I activate Heavy storm, this will destroy all spell and trap cards on the field" he said as all of Bastion's spell and trap cards was destroyed, "Next I summon Black fang magician in attack mode".
Black fang magician ATK 1700 DEF 800 LV 4 DARK spellcaster.
"Good now I've got enough power to finish this duel" thought Robin, "Now Kachi kochi dragon attack his defence monster" said Robin, Kachi kochi dragon attacked and destroyed Bastion's monster which was revealed to be Fencing fire ferret.
Fencing fire ferret ATK 1700 DEF 600 LV 4 FIRE beast.
Bastion smiled, "By destroying my monster you've activated it's effect, when Fencing fire ferret is destroyed I can destroy one monster on your side of the field and inflict 500 points of damage to your LP" explained Bastion as Kachi kochi dragon was destroyed.
Robin LP 300 – 500 = 0.
"Good you win, now leave us alone" said Robin, Bastion was confused he had expected more of a reaction when he won, still confused but unable to think of anything to say Bastion walked away leaving Robin and Alexis alone.
Robin waited until he was sure Bastion was gone before sitting down next to Alexis, as Robin sat next to her Alexis could feel her heart trying to beat out of her chest, ever since the duel started she had been dreading the moment it would end and she would have to face Robin.
Before Robin could say a word Alexis started to apologies in a slightly panicked voice "Robin I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have invaded your privacy, please don't be angry, I'm so sorry" she said, "Alexis" said Robin in a voice loud enough to get her attention.
"Alexis I'm not angry" said Robin, Alexis looked at Robin in confusion "What" she asked, "Alexis, what happened to my family isn't a secret, their deaths was so unusual that it was in all the newspapers, I think everyone in Domino city knows what happened" he explained.
Alexis couldn't believe what she heard Robin wasn't angry at her, she was so happy that she wanted to cry tears of joy, "Come here" said Robin as he pulled her into a hug, after a couple of seconds Alexis hugged him back relieved that she hadn't ruined her friendship with him.
