Episode(s): 12

"Why do the boys get to play baseball? Why do we have to run?" complained Rose as she ran next to Alexis.

"Why are you complaining? You're two laps ahead of everyone!" yelled Alexis and some other girls.

"Doesn't mean I want to be doing it," grumbled Rose.

"Alright girls! You're done! Great job Rose!" said Miss Fontaine.

"Well, lets hit the showers!" said Alexis as she and the other went to the locker room.

~A Few Minutes Later~

"Ahh! That felt nice," said Mindy.

"Yeah! I can't believe you run so fast Rose!" said Jasmine.

"Yeah, I like to run when I need to think, but it doesn't mean I like to do it all the time," said Rose as she looked at Alexis who raised her hand in surrender.

"Got it," said Alexis. "Anyway, I have somethings to do, so I'll see you guys later!"

"Yeah, we have to work on a report for Crowler," said Mindy as her and Jasmine left.

"Well, best meet up with Bastion," said Rose once she was alone.

"Hey Rose!" said a voice. Rose turned around, only to see Chazz.

"What do you want Chazz?" asked Rose in annoyance.

"I just wanted to see if you wanted to hand with The Chazz," said Chazz with a smirk.

"No thank you. Besides, I promised Bastion I would help him with something. So later!" said Rose as she walked away.

"Bastion! That bastered! Not only do I have to duel him, but he's taking Rose too!" said Chazz in anger as he ran away.

~At the Ra Yellow Dorm~

"Now to just wait for Bastion," said Rose as she stood outside his room. As she stood there she heard talking coming closer.

"So, do you have a formula for everything Bastion?" asked Syrus.

"You bet he does," said Rose as she stood outside Bastion dorm room.

"Rose!" said the two Slifers in shock.

"You made it!" said Bastion in happiness.

"Always do Bastion!" said Rose with a smile as she went to hug her friend.

'They must be really good friends,' thought Syrus as he looked at the two with a smile. He turned to Jaden to say something, only to freak out.

'Why are they hugging?' thought Jaden in anger as he watched the two.

"Hey Syrus, Jaden!" said Rose as she went to hug the other two. She hugged Syrus first, who smiled and returned it, but he was quick to let go because of the look Jaden had given Bastion. She then moved on to Jaden, who immediately hugged her back and gave Bastion a look.

'Someone is jealous,' thought Bastion with a sweat drop. "Shall we go?"

"Right," said Syrus as Rose and Jaden let go of each other.

The four walked to his room and Bastion opened it for them.

"And, here we are," said Bastion as he opened the door.

"And where is that?" asked the two Slifer reds. Every wall and even the ceiling was covered formulas.

"My lab, my workshop, my dorm room," said Bastion as he walked in. "That area is for traps. That's for spell cards. And that's for, well, you get it."

"Wow, you put even more from the last time I was here," said Rose as she looked around.

"You've been here before?" asked Jaden as he stared down Bastion. Rose's back was to him, so she didn't notice.

"Yeah. I come over every once and a while so that we can work on anything to do with math. Bastion is a great teacher!" said Rose as she smiled at said male. Not noticing that Jaden was glaring at him.

"Haha, yes. Would all of you like to help me paint over the walls?" asked Bastion as he gave everyone paint brushes.

"Sure!" said Syrus and Rose as they took some.

'Bastion,' thought Jaden in anger as he took some as well.

~A Few Minutes Later~

"Check it out! I'm Michelangelo!" laughed Jaden. Causing the others to laugh.

"Be careful Jaden," said Rose as she watched Jaden who was on top of a ladder.

"Get it? 'Cause I'm painting on the ceiling!" laughed Jaden, till he fell and ended up hitting Syrus with his paint brush.

"What the!" yelled Syrus as he was hit. "You do realize that this means war, Jay."

"Now look Sy, it was an accident!" yelled Jaden as Syrus threw paint at him, only to hit Bastion.

"Hahahahaha," Jaden laughed at Bastion as Rose went to check on him.

"Bastion?" question Rose in concern as Bastion grabbed more paint.

"Funny, is it?" asked Bastion as he hit Jaden. Jaden then tried to hit him back causing all four of them to laugh.

~After getting cleaned up~

"I don't think I've ever had such a good time painting," said Jaden as he ate. "Hay, you're all right Bastion."

"Yeah, and so is Ra Yellow's food!" said Syrus.

"Oh! You flatter us," said Bastion. "But I heard Obelisk Blue has better food."

"That we do!" said Rose from where she sat next to Jaden.

"Wow, look at that lobster!" said Syrus as Bastion placed it down.

"The closest we get to lobster is our dorm cats' breath," said Jaden.

"Speaking about bottom dwellers, what was Crowler talking to you about?"

"He wants me to test about being an Obelisk," said Bastion with a smile.

"Really! That would be cool!" said Rose with a smile.

"Is that why you were cleaning up your dorm?" asked Jaden.

"You deserve it!" said Syrus.

"Again, you flatter me," said Bastion as the two boys continued to praise him.

"We can say we know you when!" said both boys.

"Thank you," said Bastion, flattered.

"Your welcome! Now if you will excuse us," said Jaden as the two stuffed their mouths.

"So, who are you dueling?" asked Rose as the two others were distracted.

"I don't know yet," said Bastion as he began to clean up with Roses help. "Anyway, we should really get you to your dorm, Rose."

"Yeah. You boys don't mind escorting me over there, do you boys?"

"No problem!" said all three as they got up.

"Then let's go!"

~Near The Girl Dorms~

"Thanks for walking me!" said Rose as she smiled at the three.

"Of course! My parents would be mad if I simply let a lady wonder home by herself," said Bastion.

"Yeah, you don't know what types of creeps are out there!" said Syrus.

"Like Chazz or Crowler," said Jaden with a shudder.

"True," laughed Rose. "Well let me give you guys a present!"

"You don't-" started Bastion, only to be cut off by Rose kissing his left cheek. He blushed in response. She then went and kissed Syrus on his right cheek which caused the teal haired boy to blush like crazy and nearly faint. She then moved on to Jaden who was looking at the other two boys from the corner of his eye. She kissed his left check and blushed once she pulled away. He blushed in response.

"Bye boys!" said Rose as she ran to her dorm.

"R-right! Good night!" yelled Bastion, still with a blush on his face.

"We-well, you can come stay with us tonight Bastion," said Syrus. "Right Jay? Jay? Jaden!"

Jaden was looking at where Rose had been with a blush and a goofy smile on his face.

"I think she might of broke him," said Bastion as he looked at Jaden.

"Maybe," said Syrus as he started to yell for Jaden.

'What?" said Jaden after a few minutes.

"Lets go back to our dorm," said Syrus.

"Yeah," said Jaden as he walked off.

"He's got it bad," said Bastion.

"Oh yeah," said Syrus as they followed him.

~The Next Day~

"I think I'm ready," said Rose as she walked out of the dorm rooms.

"That's good," said a male voice.

"Huh?" question Rose as she turned to her left to see Zane and Alexis there.

"We were waiting," said Alexis with a smile.

"Sorry to keep you guys waiting!" said Rose as she walked up to them. Zane turned to go, and the two girls followed behind him.

"Rose, there is something we need to tell you," said Zane.

~At the Arena~

"Then he must have been the one that tossed your cards!" declared Jaden.

"Pardon?" questioned Crowler in shock.

"I don't know what he's talking about, Dr. Crowler, I didn't do a thing," said Chazz.

"Oh? Is that so?" said Rose as she, Zane, and Alexis walked into the arena.

"Zane? Alexis? Rose?" question Jaden as everyone turned to look at them.

"I saw you, Chazz," said Alexis. "This morning, by the water. You dumped them in and ran off."

Everyone gasped in shock and Crowler looked somewhat annoyed. Weather it was because a student sabotage another or because and Obelisk got caught, no one could tell.

"I normally wouldn't snitch, but you don't mess with someone's deck."

"Yeah, no joke! That's low for even you!" said Jaden in anger.

"Aw, come on," said Chazz in defense. "Who's to say I wasn't throwing away my own cards? I guess Bastion and I just have similar decks, that's all."

"Liar!"

"No one calls me a liar, and no one calls me a thief!"

"Fine, then you're not! Let's just have our duel, shall we?" said Bastion in anger.

"But how?" asked Jaden in shock.

"A good duelist always has a spare deck. Or a few of them," said Bastion as he messed with his jacket. "After all, you saw all my different formulas. Well they were for all my different dueling decks!"

He opened his jacket to show six different decks. Everyone was shocked except for Rose who knew about it.

"And each one of this is as powerful as the next!"

"Yeah, well you can go and have your six stinking decks! 'Cause all I need is one!" said Chazz. "Now let's start this!"

"I thought you would never ask, Chazz."

"You got this Bastion!" said Rose, trying to encourage her friend.

'Why is she cheering him! She should be cheering for me in a cute cheer uniform,' thought Chazz as his imagination went wild.

'Bastion,' thought Jaden. He couldn't tell if he should be annoyed or happy since Rose was cheering for their friend.

"Hope you're ready, 'cause here comes the hurt!" yelled Chazz as he drew a card. "I summon Chthonian Solder! Then, a card facedown and that'll do for now."

"Oh, will it now?" asked Bastion as he drew a card.

"Sounds like Bastion's got something up his sleeve," said Jaden.

"He works quickly," said Alexis.

"That's Bastion for you," said Rose.

"I summon Hydrogeddon in attack mode!" said Bastion. "Rise, Hydrogeddon! Now, attack Chthonian Soldier with Hydro Gust! Destroy him!"

Chazz's life points went down to 3,600.

"Thanks, you just activated my Chthonian Soldier's special ability! It causes you to take the same amount of damage to your life points that I did!" said Chazz as Bastion's life points went down to 3,600.

"Not bad," said Zane.

"Bastion sure walked right into that one," said Jaden.

"He has a plan, he always does," said Rose with a smirk.

"I activate a special ability also," said Bastion. "You see, Chazz, when Hydrogeddon successfully destroys a monster in battle, I'm allowed to immediately summon another Hydrogeddon from my deck! So, rise! Hydrogeddon! And, my battle phase still continues. Which means I can now wage a direct attack against you, Chazz!

"So, go, Hydrogeddon! Hydro Gust!" yelled Bastion as his attack hit and brought Chazz's life points to 2,000.

"Hey guys, I've been wondering," started Rose as she saw Chazz get back up after an attack from Bastion.

"What is it Rose?" asked Syrus.

"How come everyone acts as if they are actually getting physically hit when they aren't?"

"Uhh?' said Syrus, Jaden, and Alexis as they tried to think about it.

"Its because everyone gets caught up in the moment," replied Zane as he watched the duel.

"Hmm," said Rose as she started to smirk. "Its funny watching everyone look like they were about to die."

'Why do she have a smirk,' thought Syrus in fear.

'Scary,' thought Alexis in fear.

'I don't think I should get her mad,' though Jaden in fear as he backed up a little.

'Note to self, don't leave Rose with anyone who angers her,' thought Zane as he looked at the shorter girl.

"I activate my trap card Call of the Haunted," said Chazz. "With it, I can summon one monster from my graveyard! And the monster I summon is Chthonian Soldier! Next, I'll activate the spell card Inferno Reckless Summon. It allows us both to summon in attack mode any monster from our deck, hand, and graveyard that are the same as the monsters we already have on the field."

"It makes no sense," said Alexis. "It doesn't matter how many of those Chazz brings out, they still won't have enough attack points to beat those Hydrogeddons."

"Not by themselves they won't," replied Zane.

"I activate the equip spell card Chthonian Alliance!" said Chazz as he played his card. "The monster equipped with this card gains 800 attack points for every monster that has the same name as him. That brings his attack point total to. Well, you're the math nerd. You can figure it out! Attack Chthonian Soldier!"

The attack caused Bastion's life points to go down to 1,600.

"Oh no!" said Jaden.

"Don't worry about Bastion," said Rose after Chazz attacked Bastion. "He knows what he's doing!"

"Bravo. Good show," said Bastion as he drew a card, "but it will be short-lived! Rise Oxygeddon! Now attack the 1,200 attack points Chthonian Soldier with Vapor Stream!"

"Forget?" asked Chazz as his life points went down to 1,400. "When my Soldier's destroyed, you take the same damage as me! Some whiz kid you are!"

"My turns not through!" said Bastion as his life points went down to 1,000. "Next, my Hydrogeddon attacks another of your Soldiers!"

"That damage is still all going back to you, loser!" said Chazz as his life points went down to 1,000.

"Aw man, why does he keep attacking?" said Syrus as Bastion's life points went down to 600. "He's only hurting himself."

"Nah, he's fine!" said Jaden with a smile.

"Bastion's playing smart," said Zane with a smile. "The Chthonian Soldier with the equip magic card has 3,600 attack points. Bastion would have to summon an incredibly powerful monster to destroy him. Unless, however. . ."

"Wait! I see!" said Syrus in happiness. "Unless he takes out the other Chthonians and lowers the big one's attack points!"

"Right Sy, so if Bastion's going to beat that thing, he's got to give up some life points," said Jaden.

"Bastion always has a plan, no matter what," said Rose with a smile.

"Last, I'll place a facedown card! And that will do for now," said Bastion.

"Wil it?" asked Chazz. "I wouldn't be so sure Whiz-kid. I'm sacrifice Chthonian Soldier and all the cards in my hand in order to summon Infernal Incinerator!" laughed Chazz like a mad man. "Didn't you see that coming, did you?"

"Infernal Incinerator?" asked Bastion in shock.

"Better break out your calculator 'cause if you can't find a formula to beat this guy this turn, you're toast!" laughed Chazz. "Face it, Bastion. You don't stand a chance against the Infernal Incinerator! Especially since his attack points increase by 200 for every monster you have out on the field!"

"That thing has 3,400 attack points? That means no matter which monster receives the attack, Bastion is finished!" said Jaden in shock.

"Now, Infernal Incinerator attack with Firestorm Blast!" said Chazz as is monster attacked.

"Bastion!" yelled Jaden and Rose.

"I activate my trap," said Bastion. "Amorphous Barrier! When I have three or more monsters on my side of the field, this trap negates my opponent's attack and ends the battle. But nice try, Chazz."

"Aw, so what?" asked Chazz with a smirk. "One turn. That's all it buys you, then you'll be all mine!"

"I'm afraid there won't be a next turn," said Bastion.

"What?"

"You heard me. And I activate the spell card Bonding H2O! I sacrifice two Hydrogeddons and one Oxygeddon and summon Water Dragon! And since the number of monsters on my side of the field decreased, your Infernal Incinerator's attack points decrease.

"Doesn't matter, my monster's attack points are still higher than yours," said Chazz.

"Better double-check your work. Because I've already done all the math!" said Bastion with a smirk.

"All the math?" question Crowler in shock.

"Bastion's had all of this planned out from the very start?" said Jaden in shock as a tidal wave hit Chazz's monster.

"No, his attack points!" yelled Chazz.

"Indeed, that's Water Dragon's special ability!" explained Bastion. "You see, when he's out on the field, the attack points of Fire Attribute and Pyro-Type monsters automatically become zero. Now, Water Dragon, attack! Tidal Blast!

"A well-played duel, Chazz," said Bastion after winning, "but not well enough."

"Pure luck! You drew a lucky card and stumbled into the win!" said Chazz in anger. "That's all!"

"Perhaps. But luck favors the prepared. And I was prepared to beat you with a half dozen other cards, as well. Sorry. You would have lost the duel one way or another. But deny it if you want. Just like you denied throwing my deck into the ocean."

"Yeah? Prove it!"

"Well, if you insist," said Bastion as he took something out of his pocket. "Here, a card I fished out. With a formula I wrote on it. I supposed you could've written it, but then the math would've probably been wrong, and it's not.

"Chazz, you stole, you lied, you cheated, you lost. You deserve to be demoted."

"This can't be," said Chazz in shock and denial.

"Bastion Misawa! Congratulations and welcome to Obelisk Blue!" said Crowler in happiness.

"No," said Bastion, shocking everyone. "I must decline that indentation."

"What? But what for?"

"When I first entered the academy, I decided I would only enter Obelisk Blue when I became the number one student in the freshman class," said Bastion as he turned to Jaden. "Jaden, of all the new freshman, I think that student is you."

"Hey! Thanks! Dose that mean you want to settle this right here?" asked Jaden in excitement. "I mean, seeing you guys duel really made me want to get my game on!"

"Sorry, but not now."

"But why not?"

"Because I have a lot of work to do before I duel you. Many formulas to write, theorems to solve, equations to balance. You're a good duelist Jaden and I plan to be ready."

"Smart move!"

"He didn't have to prepare for me! He won with just one day's notice!" said Chazz in anger.

"Don't worry Jaden, soon my dorm room walls will be filled with new strategies and we will have our duel. Just be prepared for it to turn out like that ball game. You know, the one where I struck you out?"

"You just keep dreamin', Bastion! Baseball's a pastime, but dueling is my life! Until then pal!" said Jaden in happiness.

"Alright, until then it is!"

"Those two are fired up for sure," said Rose with a laugh.

"Yup," said Syrus with a sweat drop. "I hope they don't go to crazy."