Episode(s): 36

'Where did everyone go?' thought Rose as she noticed many of the students were missing from class.

"There is definitely a lot of students missing. Must be a bug going around," said Banner as he looked worried while petting Pharaoh.

"Excuse me," said Miss Fontana as she walked in, "but do you recognize this bag?"

"Yes, it's one of my students," said Banner, catching the other students' attention.

"Looks like its field trip time," said Rose as she and the others got up.

"Seems so," said Bastion as he collected his things to leave.

~In the Forest~

"I wonder why that pack was left all the way out here," wondered Jaden outload as the group walked.

"Indeed. And, Jaden, where is its owner?" question Bastion with a frown.

"I hope that no one is hurt," said Banner in worry.

The group then started to call out load to see if anyone would respond. They continued to yell out while walking until they got to a clearing which caused them to stop. They all gasped at what was in front of them: a coliseum.

"Where did this come from?" question Jaden in shock.

"I'm going in!" declared Bastion as he ran forward, causing the others to follow him.

"Wait up!" cried a destressed Syrus.

"OH, running," whined Chumley as they all ran.

Once the group got to the middle, they were shocked by what they were seeing: the missing students were building the coliseum!

"Hey! That guys from class!" said Syrus as he noticed one of the students.

"Yeah, so is she!" said Chumley as he noticed another.

"Oh my!" said Banner in shock.

"Crowler!" yelled Chazz in shock.

'Why am I not surprised?' thought Rose with a sweat drop.

"What are you doing?" question Syrus as Crowler struggled to move a stone.

"A man's work," he said as he looked at them.

"A man's work?" questioned Banner with a raised eyebrow. "My, they must have been running very short on men."

"One, that is sexist, two, I don't think you're able to do any work," said Rose as she continued to watch Crowler struggle.

"Agreed," said the others.

"Shit!" yelled Jaden as a tiger appeared before him.

"Good kitty?" said Chazz in fear.

"RUN!" yelled Jaden as he grabbed Rose's hand and started to run, pulling said girl behind him and causing the others to follow.

"First a coliseum, then a tiger! What's next, a gladiator!?" yelled Banner as they ran.

"Actually, I think she prefers the term Amazon," said a love struck Crowler.

"Amazon!" said Banner in shock as the group had climbed a pillar to get to safety.

"That's right!" said a women. The group turned their heads to look at a muscular women who had the look of a biker chick. "And thanks to your friends, I've been able to finally finish my glorious arena!"

"Arena for what?" asked Jaden as the women jumped from the up above to the ground level, shocking the others.

"Dueling!" she said as the tiger went to her and she pet it. She then walked to the students.

"Job well done! I had no idea that Duel Academy students could make such fine laborers! Now, as promised, here's your payment: some rare cards!" said the women as she gave them each an envelope. "Well, deserved, I might add! Until next time!"

"Hey!" said Jaden as their group climbed down the pillar, "What is going on?"

"What does it look like?" said the women with a smile. "I'm setting the stage, key keeper, for your vanquishing. I'm one of the seven Shadow Riders!"

"Uh-oh," said Jaden with a frown.

"A Shadow Rider? Aw, man," said Syrus in fear.

"You mean: Aw, wo-man!" said Chumley in shock. "Amazons are a warrior race of all females!"

"Wow!" said Alexis in shock.

"You go girl!" said Rose with a smile.

"The name is Tanya," said the women, "and now that the battleground has been established, it's time we battle. Now then, which of you big, strong men will it be? After all, I would never harm a sister."

"Hey, don't do me any favors!" said Rose in anger. 'I want to be able to duel too!'

"So, which of you males will it be?" asked Tanya as she started at the group with a smile. "Who's my man!?"

"Right here!" said Jaden with determination.

"Yours truly!" said Chazz.

"I'll take you!" said Bastion as he stood between the two.

The rest of the group looked at Banner who had his back to everyone. Rose just glared at the boys.

"Hmm. If this is really the best you have to offer, then I suppose I'll pick. . ." started Tanya as she then pointed at Bastion, "you!"

"Huh?" said the other two boys in chock while Bastion smiled.

"Well, can't duel 'em all," said Jaden as he and Chazz walked back to the group.

"Hmph," grunted Rose in an annoyed matter.

"What is your name?" asked Tanya.

"Bastion. Bastion Misawa," said Bastion with determination.

"Hmm," hummed Tanya.

'Why don't I like the sound of that?' thought Rose to herself.

"Alright pal! Go and get her!" yelled Jaden, encouragingly.

"And don't go easy 'cause she's a girl!" yelled Syrus.

"Not like any that I've seen," said Chumley.

"Alright! Let's do this!" said Bastion, ignoring the others as he opened up his jacket. "The only question is which deck to choose!"

"Really? I have the same problem myself," said Tanya as she showed him her decks. "I have two decks. One is of knowledge. The other is of courage. Why don't you go ahead and decide which of the two I use?"

"Fine then! I'll pick the deck of knowledge!"

"Nice choice. Hmm," hummed Tanya as she put her deck in and smiled at Bastion.

"Thank you," said Bastion with a smirk, "but it's not nearly as nice as the choice that I am making for myself. I select my earth deck!"

"Then let us begin, and don't worry, this isn't a shadow game."

"Beg your pardon?" said Bastion.

'He says it like it's not even possible. The boys do realize that there are still normal duels, right?' question Rose in her head as she looked at the boys with a sweat drop.

She and the others were sitting in the stands to watch the duel. Banner sat four rows above the teens while the others sat in a row: Alexis, Rose, Jaden, Syrus, and Chazz.

"You heard me, Bastion!" said Tanya as she started to do a little dance. "I don't want your soul! I want you, big boy!"

"We are underage lady!" yelled Rose in shock as Bastion nearly fell over in shock.

"It's like this: my tribes all women, so to marry I have to shop around," continued Tanya with a blush on her face."

"To marry!" yelled Bastion in shock. 'I'm underage! How old is this lady!'

"That's right, hon. Now let's do this," she said with a wink.

"Duel!" the two said together.

"Alright, it's my turn, and first, I'll summon the Amazoness Swordswoman in attack mode!" said Tanya. "Then I'll place one card facedown and end my turn!"

"I'm up!" yelled Bastion as she drew a card. "And I summon to the field Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus! In attack mode! And now, Magnet Warrior, attack that Amazoness! Lodestone Baton Bash!"

"Why'd Bastion lose life points?" asked Syrus as Bastion's life points went down to 3,700.

"Because of my Amazoness' ability," explained Tanya. "Her opponent takes all battle damage that was dealt to her."

"He walked right into that one," said Chumley.

"Yeah, that's not like Bastion," said Alexis in shock.

"Nuh-uh! It's just like Bastion," said Jaden. "Think about it! Sure, he has fewer life points, but she has fewer monsters! Smart move!"

"Yeah, until I play my facedown card! Pride of Tribe!" said Tanya. "This trap activates when Amazoness is destroyed! Now I can summon another one from my deck. So, tell me, who here is the smart one now, hmm?

"You miscalculated on the last move! After all, now we have the same amount of monsters, but not the same amount of life points!"

'Bastion looks so annoyed,' thought Rose as she watched Bastion take a deep breath.

"I'll play a card facedown, and that will suffice," said Bastion in annoyance.

"Oh, my! 'That will suffice!'" said Tanya with a blush on her face. "Say it again! It sounded so cool!"

"You know," started Syrus as he turned to look at Jaden, "I'm thinking that it's been a couple of years since Tanya's interacted with a guy."

"Couple of years? Try decades, Sy!" said Jaden with a raised eyebrow. "This lady is man-crazy!"

"I think we might need to get Bastion pepper spray," said Rose to Alexis.

"Yeah," replied Alexis.

"I'm quite flattered," said Bastion with a smirk, "but I'm well aware if what you're trying to do. You're trying to distract me. But I can tell you right now, my dear, it's simply not going to work. I'm too focused."

'Why do I feel that's going to bite him in the ass?' thought Rose. 'I also don't think he's helping by calling her dear.'

"Oh, are you? We'll see!" said Tanya as she drew a card. "I play The Amazoness Blowpiper!"

"And I play my face down!" declared Bastion. "Magnet Force Minus! When this card is activated it can equip onto one monster! Then, who it's equipped to gains a negative magnetism and becomes what's known as a minus monster."

"Oh?"

"And from there, dear, it gets interesting. See, two minus monsters? Well, I'm afraid they're not allowed to engage in battle with each other, but a minus and a plus? If they're out, they must fight.

"So, since Amazoness Blowpiper is a minus monster and Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus is a plus monster: it's on! You've heard that old quote, 'opposites attract?' We'll, I'm afraid it's true!"

"I know it!" cried Tanya dramatically. "After all, just look at us!"

"Oh, stop it!" yelled Bastion.

"Stop it? Why don't I just stop you from winning this battle instead? Go, Amazoness Spellcaster! Now one Amazoness and one monster on the field exchange their attack points with each other!"

"This is bad," said Syrus as he stood up. "Now Bastion's monster is going to be outmatched!"

"Attack! Amazoness Blowpiper!" said Tanya as Bastion's life pints went down to 2,700. "And now, The Amazoness Swordswoman will attack you directly! Go, Amazon Slash Attack!"

'1,200! Come on Bastion,' thought Rose as she started to fear for her friend. In her anxiety, she ended up grabbing Jaden's right hand in her left and holding it.

'She's holding my hand!' thought Jaden as his face got red. He had a grin on his face.

"That was fun," said Tanya with a smirk.

"But how?" question Bastion as he started to get frustrated. "That's two times that she's been able to outthink me."

"I guess we know where our kids are going to get their smarts from, then."

"WHAT! OUR KIDS! WE ARE ENEMIES! RIVALS!" yelled Bastion as he freaked out.

"During this duel, we are. But what about afterwards?" said Tanya with a smirk. "We'll be betrothed to each other! Just think about it! You'll be Mr. Tanya the Amazon Woman!"

"HE'S UNDERAGE!" yelled Alexis and Rose as they stood up.

The others around them simply made faces, though not in a "I feel bad for you," but more in a "why isn't that me?" way. This caused the two girls to glare at them and the boys to freak out.

"You are relentless," said Bastion in an almost sad way. "Truly, are you that smitten with me?"

"I prefer 'in love,'" said Tanya like a school girl.

"You hardly know me!"

"I know enough. My little sugar booger," said Tanya with a blush.

"Hey, does anyone wonder where the tiger went?" asked Rose as she looked around.

"You're right, it's gone!" said Chazz as he too looked around.

"Hopefully it stays gone," said Banner as he held Pharaoh.

"My turn!" said Bastion as he drew a card. "I activate Magnet Conductor Plus! This allows me to bring a plus monster from the graveyard to my hand! So, come on back, Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus!

"However, he won't be out for long, because he and The Magnet Warrior Omega Minus from my hand are now going right back to the grave so that I can summon Conduction Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus! And now I'll activate Warrior Magnum Plus Minus' special ability! It adds half the attack points of one magnet monster on the field to the Warrior Magnum's attack points!"

"He's got her outmatched now!" yelled Jaden in shock.

"Now, Warrior Magnum! Attack Amazoness Blowpiper with Polarizing Pulvering Blast!" said Bastion as he brought down Tanya's life points to 1,700. "Next I'll place two facedown, and I think that'll do."

"What a move!" gushed Tanya. "No wonder I love you! And, sweetie, because I do, I must beat you. And with Amazoness Swordswoman's special ability, where even if she loses in battle, you take damage, I will!

"Now Amazoness Swordswoman, strike down Conduction Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus with Amazon Slash Attack!"

"Sorry! But I play a facedown! Power off! Now Warrior Magnum Plus Minus splits back into the two monsters that originated him," said Bastion as he played his card.

"No fair!" called out Tanya.

"Yeah! Tight move!" said Jaden in happiness.

"Yes, I agree," said Bastion.

"Guess I'll just have to get you next turn and with Amazoness Paladin now out on the field, you can be sure I will, because my paladin? She gains an extra 100 attack points for every card on my field that has the name 'Amazoness' in it!

"Next, I'll place two cards facedown and that will do for now."

"Don't all her cards have Amazoness in them?" asked Alexis.

"Probably," said Rose with a grunt.

"Alright, it's my move now!" said Bastion with determination, only to be cut off by Tanya.

"Speaking of moves, sweetie, I think that it's probably best that you move in with me. You know, after we get married. Oh! We'll have the coziest home sweet home!

"Oh, I'm sorry honey. Am I distracting you again with this talk about how much I love you? And how positively handsome you are? Ha ha/ Oh! There I go again!"

"She's totally doing it on purpose!" whispered/shouted Rose as Bastion put his hand over his heart. Jaden looked at her.

"Are you jealous?" he asked her with a dark look in his eye, if one looked closer, they could have said they turned yellow, but it was just the light. 'Damn it Bastion!'

"No! I just don't like the fact that she is using that against him! That's no way to win a duel!" said Rose in anger.

"I guess that I simply can't help myself. I'm head over heels!" said Tanya with excitement.

"Yes, me too," said Bastion with a blush causing the others to freak out.

"I can't look," said Rose as she turned her head into Jaden's shoulder.

"He's gonna lose, isn't he," asked Chazz with his arms crossed.

"He's got this!" yelled Syrus.

"He's got the love bug," said the others as Bastion lost.

"Fuck!" yelled Jaden as he grabbed Rose's hand and rand for it. The others followed him when they saw the tiger start running for them.

"Oh no. Bastion," said Jaden in worry.

"Sorry! Bastion and I are officially on our honeymoon now, so get lost!" said Tanya.

"This isn't over!" yelled Jaden as he grabbed the bars that locked him out of the coliseum.