Chapter 44

The morning came and Jaden woke up inside of a little tent, he had spent the night camping outside of Tania's coliseum in the hope of getting back inside, the others had all gone back to their dorms.

Jaden crawled out of his tent and saw that the coliseum gate was still closed, Jaden sighed and Winged kuriboh appeared next to him.

Winged kuriboh said something, "I know little guy, but what am I supposed to do, I can't even get inside" said Jaden, Winged kuriboh said something reassuring, "Yeah, I hope things work out too" said Jaden.

After about an hour Robin, Alexis and Chazz arrived, "Any sign of Bastion" asked Alexis, Jaden shook his head "No, and I can't find any way in either" he said, "I hope that Bastion's ok" said Alexis.

It was at this moment that the gate suddenly opened, everyone immediately went on guard unsure of what too expect, then to everyone's surprise Bastion walked out, he look both exhausted and depressed and he had tears running down his face.

"Bastion what happened" asked Jaden, however Bastion didn't respond instead he collapsed and was caught by Robin, "We need to get him back to his dorm, Chazz give me a hand" said Robin, everyone agreed they headed to the yellow dorm with Robin and Chazz carrying Bastion.

Once they got Bastion back to his room he had begun to regain some of his senses, "Bastion what happened, what did she do to you" asked a very concerned Jaden, Bastion began to cry, "Jaden, everyone, Tania, she, she dumped me" he wept.

"What" said everyone clearly surprised, "Tania she doesn't want me anymore, I wasn't enough of a man for her" cried Bastion, "So she kicked you out" asked Jaden, Bastion nodded, "Consider yourself lucky you got away" said Chazz.

"Lucky, how am I lucky, I've lost Tania, all because I wasn't good enough" said Bastion, "Hang on, do you mean that you actually care about her" said a surprised Robin, "Care about her, I love her, she's like no one I've ever meet before" said Bastion.

Bastion started to cry again while screaming Tania's name, the others quickly left the room, "What did Tania do to him" asked Chazz once they was outside, "It looks like she broke him" said Robin.

"We need to stop her before she does this to anyone else" said Jaden, "So I guess we need to decide who's going to duel her next" said Robin.

"I would, but she said that she won't duel women" said Alexis, "If my hands was fully healed I'd gladly take her down" said Robin, "So I guess that just leaves Jaden and Chazz" said Alexis.

"Don't worry guys I'll take her on" said Jaden, "Don't be ridiculous, you saw how easily she took down Bastion, you wouldn't stand a chance" said Chazz, "And I suppose that you'd do better" said Jaden sarcastically.

Jaden and Chazz soon began to argue over who was the better duellist, "This is getting us nowhere" thought Robin in annoyance.

While Jaden and Chazz was arguing Bastion emerged from his room and started to walk away, "Bastion where are you going" asked Alexis, "I'm going back to Tania, I need to convince her to take me back" answered Bastion as he started to run back to the coliseum.

Jaden and Chazz stopped arguing, "Has he gone insane, why would he go back to her" asked Chazz, "Come on, we need to stop him before he does something he's going to regret" said Jaden.

The group followed Bastion all the way back to the coliseum, Bastion ran inside before anyone could stop him and everyone followed him.

Inside of the coliseum was Tania waiting next to her tiger Bass, Tania saw Bastion and sighed, "You again, I thought I told you to get lost" she said, Bastion fell to his knees "Tania please, take me back" he begged.

"Shut up and stand up, you look pathetic" said Tania angrily, Bastion immediately stood up, "Tania I can do better, please just give me a chance" he said, "Quiet little man, I'm not interested in you, I want something bigger" shouted Tania.

At this point the others entered the coliseum and Tania smiled, "Finally, maybe one of them can impress me more than you did" she said, Bastion started to cry.

"So boys, which one of you will it be" said Tania, both Jaden and Chazz stepped forward at the same time, "Jaden let me handle this" said Chazz, "No way, I've at least beaten a Shadow rider" said Jaden.

Jaden and Chazz started to argue again, "Look at that, their fighting over me, I feel so flattered" said Tania, while Jaden and Chazz continued to argue Robin and Alexis dragged Bastion away and into the stands.

After a few minutes Tania grew bored of watching Jaden and Chazz argue and decided to stop them, "Alright boys that's enough, I think that I'll decided who goes first" she said, Jaden and Chazz stopped arguing.

Tania walked up to Jaden and Chazz and studied them closely, "I chose, you" she said as she grabbed a hold of Jaden and pulled him away, "What, why him" asked Chazz sounding rather offended, "He has cute eyes" answered Tania.

Tania dragged Jaden into position and activated her duel disk, "So which of my decks will you face, the deck of knowledge of the deck of courage" asked Tania, "I'll take the one of courage" answered Jaden, Tania smiled and placed the deck into her duel disk.

"I'll go first" said Tania, "I summon Amazoness swords woman in attack mode, and I'll also place a card face down and end my turn" she said.

Amazoness swords woman ATK 1500 DEF 1600 LV 4 EARTH warrior.

Jaden started his turn, "I activate the field spell Skyscraper, next I'll summon Elemental HERO captain gold in attack mode and attack your monster" he said, "Jaden you idiot" shouted Robin as Captain gold destroyed Amazoness swords woman.

E HERO captain gold ATK 2100 DEF 800 LV 4 LIGHT warrior.

Jaden LP 4000 – 600 = 3400.

"What, what's going on" said Jaden in confusion as his LP when down instead of Tania's, "What's wrong, didn't you know that thanks to my monster's effect you take any battle damage that I would usually take" explained Tania.

"Look at her, her duelling is so skilful, so flawless, isn't it just beautiful" said Bastion, "Bastion if you don't shut up I am going to hit you" said Chazz.

Tania's turn started, "I summon Amazoness fighter in attack mode, and I'll also activate the continuous spell Amazoness fighting spirit, if one of my Amazoness monsters attacks one of your monster with a higher ATK while this card is on the field my monster will gain an extra 1000 ATK points for that battle" she said.

Amazoness fighter ATK 1500 DEF 1300 LV 4 EARTH warrior.

"Amazoness fighter attack his monster" ordered Tania, Amazoness fighter attacked Captain gold and thanks to Amazoness fighting spirit she gained a 1000 ATK point boost.

Amazoness fighter ATK 1500 + 1000 = 2500.

Jaden LP 3400 – 400 = 3000.

"Come on, do something to impress me" said Tania as she ended her turn.

Amazoness fighter ATK 2500 – 1000 = 1500.

Jaden drew his card, "I summon Elemental HERO lady heat in attack mode and I'll use her to attack your monster", Lady heat attacked, "Since your monster has a higher ATK then my monster Skyscraper will increases my monster's ATK by 1000 for this battle" explained Jaden.

E HERO lady heat ATK 1300 DEF 1000 LV 4 FIRE pyro.

E HERO lady heat ATK 1300 + 1000 = 2300.

Amazoness fighter was destroyed but Tania didn't take any damage, "What gives, why aren't your LP going down" asked Jaden, "It's because of Amazoness fighters effect, she prevents me from taking any damage from attacks involving her" explained Tania.

E HERO lady heat ATK 2300 – 1000 = 1300.

Jaden smiled as he ended his turn, "Since I'm ending my turn Lady heat's effect activates, now she'll deal 200 points of damage to you for each Elemental HERO monster I control" he said.

Tania LP 4000 – 200 = 3800.

"Jaden's out of his league, he stands no chance against Tania, no one does" said Bastion, Chazz, Robin and Alexis all looked at Bastion with annoyance in their eyes.

"My turn" said Tania as she drew her card, "I summon Amazoness spy in attack mode, and since I just summoned a Amazoness monster I can now special summon Amazoness baby tiger from my hand as well" she said.

Amazoness spy ATK 800 DEF 1200 LV 3 EARTH warrior.

Amazoness baby tiger ATK 500 DEF 500 LV 2 EARTH beast.

Thanks to Amazoness baby tiger's effect it gained 100 more ATK points for each Amazoness card in Tania's graveyard.

Amazoness baby tiger ATK 500 + 200 = 700.

"Now Amazoness spy attack his monster" said Tania, Amazoness spy attacked and gained a 1000 ATK point boost which allowed her to destroy Lady heat, "Next my Baby tiger will attack you directly" said Tania, Amazoness baby tiger attacked.

Amazoness spy ATK 800 + 1000 = 1800.

Jaden LP 3000 – 500 = 2500.

Jaden LP 2500 – 700 = 1800.

Amazoness spy ATK 1800 – 1000 = 800.

Tania ended her turn, "Look's like Jaden's in trouble, I knew I shood have duelled her" said Chazz, "This duel isn't over yet, but Jaden had better do something soon" said Alexis.

Jaden started his turn, "I play a monster in defence mode, and two cards face down" he said, then he ended his turn, "Running scared now, that's disappointing, but I can't really blame you" said Tania.

Tania drew her card, "I summon Amazoness tiger in attack mode, this monster gains 400 ATK points for each Amazoness monster I control including itself, not only that as long as my Tiger is face up on the field you can't attack any of my other Amazoness monsters" explained Tania.

Amazoness tiger ATK 1100 DEF 1500 LV 4 EARTH beast.

Amazoness tiger ATK 1100 + 1200 = 2300.

"Now Amazoness tiger attack his face down monster" said Tania, Amazoness tiger attacked and destroyed Jaden's monster which was revealed to be Elemental HERO woodsman.

E HERO woodsman ATK 1000 DEF 2000 LV 4 EARTH warrior.

"I activate my trap card Hero signal, this will allow me to special summon a level 4 Elemental HERO monster from my deck" said Jaden, "But that's not all, I also activate my quick-play spell Emergency provisions, this card lets me send any number of spell or trap cards from my field to the graveyard in order to gain 1000 LP for each one, and I chose Hero signal and Skyscraper" continued Jaden.

Jaden LP 1800 + 2000 = 3800.

After the effect of Emergency provisions resolved the effect of Hero signal activated allowing Jaden to summon Elemental HERO liquid solder from his deck in defence mode.

E HERO liquid solder ATK 1400 DEF 1300 LV 4 WATER warrior.

"That's not going to stop me, Baby tiger attack" said Tania, Amazoness baby tiger attacked Liquid solder and gained a 1000 ATK point boost allowing it to destroy Jaden's monster.

Amazoness baby tiger ATK 700 + 1000 = 1700.

"Now my Spy attack him directly" ordered Tania, Amazoness spy attacked Jaden directly, then Tania ended her turn.

Jaden LP 3800 – 800 = 3000.

Amazoness baby tiger ATK 1700 – 1000 = 700.

"It's no use, Tania's just too strong, she's the greatest, ow" said Bastion as someone suddenly hit him in the back of the head, "Who did that" asked Bastion as he turned around, however neither Robin, Chazz or Alexis answered, they all just watched the duel and pretended that nothing had happened.

Jaden started his turn, "I activate Miracle fusion, with this I'll banish Liquid solder and Captain gold from my graveyard in order to fusion summon Elemental HERO the shining, and this card will gain 300 more ATK points for each of my banished Elemental HERO monsters" he said.

E HERO the shining ATK 2600 DEF 2100 LV 8 LIGHT warrior.

E HERO the shining ATK 2600 + 600 = 3200.

"And since I used Liquid solder as a fusion material his effect activates allowing me to draw two cards and then discard one" said Jaden as he drew two cards and then discarded Elemental HERO necroshade.

"Now The shining attack that Tiger" said Jaden, The shining attacked and destroyed Amazoness tiger.

Tania LP 3800 – 900 = 2900.

Amazoness baby tiger ATK 700 + 100 = 800.

Tania smiled as Jaden ended his turn, "Finally, a monster that might be worth my time" she said as her turn started.

"I activate Polymerization, in order to fuse Amazoness spy with Amazoness baby tiger, and just so you know while Amazoness baby tiger is on the field or in the graveyard it's name is treated as Amazoness tiger, and now with these two monsters I create Amazoness pet liger" said Tania.

Amazoness pet liger ATK 2500 DEF 2400 LV 7 EARTH beast.

"But that's not all, next I'll summon Amazoness scouts in attack mode, and since I just summoned a Amazoness monster I can also special summon Amazoness baby tiger back from the graveyard" said Tania.

Amazoness scouts ATK 500 DEF 1100 LV 2 EARTH warrior.

Amazoness baby tiger ATK 500 DEF 500 LV 2 EARTH beast.

Amazoness baby tiger ATK 500 + 500 = 1000.

"Now my Liger attack his monster" ordered Tania, "And when my Liger attacks it gains a 500 ATK point boost for the battle, and that's not counting the 1000 point boost is gains from Amazoness fighting spirit" explained Tania as her Liger gained a total of 1500 more ATK points and destroyed The shining.

Amazoness pet liger ATK 2500 + 1500 = 4000.

Jaden LP 3000 – 800 = 2200.

"You've just activated The shining's effect, when this card is sent to the graveyard I can add up to two of my banished Elemental HERO monsters back to my hand" explained Jaden as he added Liquid solder and Captain gold back to his hand.

"It's not like their going to save you" said Tania, "Now both my Baby tiger and Scouts will attack you directly" continued Tania, Jaden was attacked by Amazoness baby tiger and Amazoness scouts, after this Tania ended her turn.

Jaden LP 2200 – 1000 = 1200.

Jaden LP 1200 – 500 = 700.

Amazoness pet liger ATK 4000 – 1500 = 2500.

Jaden started his turn, "Hold on, before you do anything I'm going to activate Amazoness scouts's effect, by tributing my Scouts I can make it so all of my Amazoness monster can't be destroyed by card effects and can't be targeted by your monster effects until the end of your turn" explained Tania.

Amazoness baby tiger ATK 1000 + 100 = 1100.

Jaden continued his turn, "I activated Polymerization in order to fuse Liquid solder and Captain gold together again, but this time I'm going to create Elemental HERO sunrise" said Jaden.

E HERO sunrise ATK 2500 DEF 1200 LV 7 LIGHT warrior.

"And now Liquid solder's effect activates allowing me to draw two cards and then discard one" said Jaden as he drew two cards and then discarded Fake Hero, "But that's not all, when Sunrise is summoned I can add a Miracle fusion from my deck to my hand" added Jaden.

"Now I'm going to use Necroshade's effect in order to normal summon a high level Elemental HERO monster without tributing, I summon Bladedge in attack mode" said Jaden.

E HERO bladedge ATK 2600 DEF 1800 LV 7 EARTH warrior.

"Finally I'll use Miracle fusion in order to fuse Necroshade and Lady heat in my graveyard, by combining a Elemental HERO and a DARK monster I create Elemental HERO escuridao, and this monster gains 100 ATK points for each Elemental HERO in my graveyard" said Jaden.

E HERO escuridao ATK 2500 DEF 2000 LV 8 DARK warrior.

E HERO escuridao ATK 2500 + 400 = 2900.

"And one more thing, as long as Sunrise is on the field all of my monsters gain 200 ATK points for each different attribute that I control" explained Jaden.

E HERO sunrise ATK 2500 + 600 = 3100.

E HERO bladedge ATK 2600 + 600 = 3200.

E HERO escuridao ATK 2900 + 600 = 3500.

"Now Sunrise attack her Liger" said Jaden, Amazoness Liger was destroyed by Sunrise, "Now Bladedge destroy that Baby tiger" said Jaden, Bladedge destroyed Amazoness baby tiger.

Tania LP 2900 – 600 = 2300.

Amazoness baby tiger ATK 1100 + 100 = 1200.

Tania LP 2300 – 2000 = 300.

"And finally Escuridao will attack you directly" said Jaden as Escuridao attacked Tania.

Tania LP 300 – 3500 = 0.

Tania fell to her knees in defeat, "Tania no" screamed Bastion as he jumped from the stands and ran to Tania's side.

"You know it's funny, I only joined the Shadow riders so that I could find a man worthy of being my husband, but it turns out that I'm the one who wasn't worth" said Tania, "Don't say that, you'll always be worthy to me" said Bastion as he hugged her.

Tania smiled sadly, "I'm sorry Bastion, but I can't stay here anymore the power of the shadow charm is already leaving me, but I'll always remember the time that we spent together" she said.

Tania removed the glove that she was wearing and then she disappeared in a flash of light, when the light cleared there was a white tiger standing where Tania once stood.

The white tiger began to walk away, "Goodbye Bastion, I hope that we'll meet again someday" said Tania's voice coming from the tiger, the tiger slowly began to disappear and then she was gone.

Bastion stood still, it wasn't clear if he had been stunned with shock or sadness, "Don't worry Bastion, there are plenty of fish in the sea" said Jaden trying to cheer Bastion up, "Maybe, but there aren't many tigers" said Bastion still staring at where Tania once stood.