A/N: I forgot to include this A/N, in my first chapter. I don't have all the facts on Gx.
I've watched the first season, and am now watching the second. As I get more info, I
might change the view of some things in the story. If you like my way of writing or
want me to change, please let me know in your review. Also, since I know that some
card rules can be slightly different then those in the real card game, I may kind of
blend the two rules together, throughout the story. Ex; One rule may be from the
show, the next may come from the real game. Sorry if this ticks some people off. It's
hard to find some of these things out. But the story is going to good, either way.
Enjoy!
Chapter 2: Let the Dueling, Begin!
"Please Welcome, Seto Kaiba!" Dr. Crowler yelled out. The audience of kids, watched in
amazement, as Seto Kaiba walked out and stood in front of Dr. Crowler.
"Wow!" Alexis cried out in joy, "I can't believe that the Grand Master of Dueling would come and
Duel in a place like this!"
"Sorry, for being the lowest stump on the Dueling pole," Jaden apologized, looking at Alexis, "but
should I also know this guy?"
"Poor Jaden!" Bastion sighed, "after all your years in Duel Academy, I'm surprised you remember
who you are, anymore!"
"Ah, Heheheh!" Jaden laughed, embarrassed.
"I'm not much on speeches," Kaiba began, arms crossed over his chest, "so I'll make this short! I
am here to enroll in this Academy, so as to give an injection of attitude for this school. Seeing
as this is one of the Academies, under my rule, I thought I could spice things up a bit. This school
has some very young talent, but lacks in the "will to win" category. So Me, as well as these four
top Duelists, are here to show you guys, how to Duel, and become champions!"
"There you have it folks!" Dr. Crowler cheers, "Seto Kaiba, and our 4 other Guest Duelists, are
ready to see what all your hard work has done for you, over the last few years!"
"Finally!" Jaden sighs, "we can start Dueling know!"
"The first two Duelists, will now be chosen by our Electronic Game Board!" Dr. Crowler screamed.
Every looked up at the board to see the first two Duelists...Bastion Misawa Vs. Stanley Kite.
"Well, well!" Bastion sneered, "looks like I have to work sooner then I thought."
Bastion stood up, and walked out of the stands. He then began to walk down the steps, to the
Dueling stage. A guy, off to the left of the group, two rows down, stood up and walked down
the steps, as well. The two Duelists made their way to the stage. Bastion stood on the right
platform, while Stanley boarded the left one. Dr. Crowler walked into the middle of the Dueling
field and raised his right arm.
"Ok, Duelists!" he shouted, loud enough to reach the back of the room, "the rules are as follows:
All Duels are one-on-one matches. You are not restricted to just one Deck throughout the
Tournament. You may use as many as you like! This gives everyone a fair chance, so as to not
expose any weakness in your opponent, and to keep the battles Fresh!"
"Sounds cool!" Jaden laughed, "bring on the Duelists!"
As Bastion and Stanley made their preparations, the four Duelists walked off stage, and sat down
front in the bottom row. Kaiba, sat in a special seat, that rose up next to the Dueling board. He
sat down, crossed his arms, and stared out into the crowd.
"Whenever you're ready Duelists!" Dr. Crowler spoke up, "Mr.Kaiba? If you would do the honors!"
"Ok, Duelists!" Kaiba shouted, raising his left arm, "start the match!"
Loud cheers rang out from the crowd.
Bastion: 4000
Stanley: 4000
"Let's kick things into high gear!" Stanley spoke up, reaching for his deck, "I'll start!"
Stanley drew a card, and looked at it, as well as the ones in his hand.
"I'll start things off, by playing 'Mech Hound', in Attack mode!"
Stanley slaps down his monster card, and the hologram pops up. A simple looking robo dog now
covered one of Stanley's card slots, on the field.
-Mech Hound(Atk:1200/Def:800)
"I'll also place two cards, face down!" Stanley added, slipping two cards from his hand, into the
card slots. Two face down cards, popped up on Stanley's field, "That's all I'm doing!"
"Bravo, on a great first turn!" Bastion commented, sarcastically, "but now we'll see what I can
do!"
Bastion drew a card, and added it to his hand. Barely taking a second to scan his cards, Bastion
pulled one out.
"I play 'Spike Dragon', in Attack mode!" Bastion yelled out, placing his card down on his Duel
disk.
On the Field, the monster pops out, showing off a large four-legged dragon, with a large turtle-
like shell, with big spikes all over. The monster growls, upon his entrance.
-Spike Dragon(Atk:1400/Def:1200)
"I now equip him with the Spell card, Spike Rollout!" Bastion called out, placing the card inside
his Duel disk slot, "With this, when 'Spike Dragon' successfully destroys a monster in Attack
mode, he deals an additional, 800 points of damage to you!"
"Aw, geez!" Stanley groaned.
"I'll place two of my own face down cards," Bastion calmly adds, "and now, I'll order 'Spike
Dragon' to attack! Now, Go 'Spike Dragon'! 'Spike Ball Rampage'!"
Bastion's Dragon attacks, by rolling up and spinning wildly towards Stanley's 'Mech Hound'.
"Sorry! Not today!" Stanley laughed, waving his arm in the air, "I activate 'Mech Hounds', special
ability! He can stop one monster from attacking, if it's Equipped with any card!"
"I'm sorry!" Bastion sighed, shaking his head, "but I'm going have to activate one of my own trap
cards! 'Poison Haze'! This stops all monster's special abilities for one turn!"
'Spike Dragon' continued it's attack and flattened 'Mech Hound'.
CRASH!
"Aghh!" Stanley yelled out, as his monster blew up, in his face. Stanley: 3800
"Also, don't forget about 'Spike Rollout'!" Bastion reminded him, "you get dealt an extra 800
points of damage!"
Boom
Another attack from 'Spike Dragon', and more Life Points are taken from Stanley.
Stanley: 3000
"Wow!" Sy gasped, in amazement at Bastion, "what a great first turn for Bastion!"
"Yeah!" Alexis agreed, "He seems to have been really working hard, the past year away."
"Lucky shot!" Stanley mumbled, staggering to his feet, "but that activated a Trap of my own!
'Chain of Pain'! This destroys the monster that just attacked, and you get dealt half the
damage, that I just took!"
One of Stanley's face down cards, stood up, and activated. A long red chain shot out of the
card, and plowed through 'Spike Dragon', destroying it. The chain continued to fly, striking
Bastion in the chest.
"Ack!" Bastion grunted. Bastion: 3400
"Strike that!" Jaden sneered, "make that two great first turns!"
"Good show!" Bastion congratulates Stanley, "I like this Duel already!"
What an amazing Duel this is! One turn! Two awesome attacks!
"Aghhh!" Jaden screamed, as he flew of his chair. The speaker was right behind Jaden's head,
"Boy, I can't catch a break today!"
"Let's keep this Duel going!" Kaiba encouraged, bluntly.
"Alright, then!" Stanley agreed, drawing a card, "I play 'Cyber Hound' in Attack mode!"
A larger version of 'Mech Hound' popped out and growled.
-Cyber Hound(Atk:1500/Def:1000)
"And thanks to his special ability," he continued, "he gains 300 Atk points, for every 'Mech
Hound', I have in my Graveyard!"
-Cyber Hound(Atk:1800/Def:1000)
"Now Attack! Cyber Bark!"
Crash
Bastion's 'Spike Dragon' bites the dust. Bastion: 3000
"Wow!" Alexis gasped, "this kid is actually keeping up with Bastion!"
"Yeah!" Jaden agreed, "but Bastion is one tough dog! This is just child's play to him!"
"Well, well!" Bastion laughed, getting up off his knees, "I have to say that you sure have a great
Dueling strategy! Those Traps and your monster's special ability, sure backfired on my planning!
I'm very impressed!"
"Well, thanks!" Stanley smiled, accepting the compliment, "I've always wanted to see how I
would fair up against the great Bastion! You always had an equation, for every monster in an
opponents deck. You were able to plan ahead, and win with ease!"
"Yes, you're right!" Bastion agreed, nodding his head, "and that hasn't changed! I still find ways
of taking out my opponent in the quickest, and most efficient way possible!"
"There's just one problem!" Stanley pointed out, "you had no time to prepare for any of the
decks that are going to be used in this Tournament! You have no idea as to what lies ahead! This
is where you are the most vulnerable!"
"You think so, do you!" Bastion cackled, "well then! I guess I have no way of winning, but let's
on keep going, anyways. I'm feeling kind of lucky today!"
"Fine!" Stanley laughed, "I'll end my turn by placing a card face down!"
"Alright, then!" Bastion said, drawing a card, "I summon the monster, 'Sleeping Dragon', in
Defense Mode!"
Bastion summons his monster, which takes to the field. A large, dully golden-colored Dragon
appears on the field.
Sleeping Dragon(Atk:1300/Def:2000)
"And thanks to his special ability," Bastion remarked, "I gain 200 Life Points, for every turn that
'Sleeping Dragon' is in Defense mode."
"Well, Bravo!" Stanley sarcastically laughed, "that will only last you one turn at best! Cause I'm not
the kind of Duelist that waits for opportunities. I make them happen, right here, right now!"
"Interesting approach!" Bastion calmly said, "but planning two or three moves ahead of your
opponent, is how you win the Duel!"
"I win my way, and you win yours!"
"Fair enough!"
"My turn! I play, 'Mechanical Chaser', in Attack mode!"
Mechanical Chaser(Atk:1850/Def:800)
"Now, with the power of 'Polymerization', I can fuse the two together!"
Stanley activates 'Polymerization', and the two monsters warp together, on the field.
"Something tells me, that this isn't good!" Alexis stated, getting a small nervous look on her face.
"Now!" Stanley shouted, waving his arm through the air, "my 'Cyber Hound', and 'Mechanical
Chaser', fuse together to become, 'The Cyber Hound Chaser'!"
Cyber Hound Chaser(Atk:2600/Def:1500)
"Hmmm?" Bastion hummed to himself. 'The Cyber Hound Chaser', was pretty basic looking, but
still looked very cool, and very tough. It was a simple looking 'Cyber Hound', on two legs,
instead of four, and was wearing the 'Mechanical Chaser's' armor. The color of them had
changed, though. They now sported, a very cool, blackish-gray armor, and 'Cyber Hound',
underneath, was pure silver.
"Now I have you, right where I want you!" Stanley boomed, clenching a fist, "Now attack, with
Cyber Shock!"
The monster, held up it's arm, which had a "Jaws of Life" style claw. It opened it's claw, and
then a ball of red energy formed within it. Within a second, the blast came. A straight line attack,
hit Bastion's 'Sleeping Dragon', and destroyed it in a big flash of red light.
"Ugh!" Bastion grunted, silently, as he covered his face, from the blast.
"So?" Stanley asked, after the dust had settled, "still think that my "Attack now! Ask Questions
later" style is not gonna work for me?"
"Hmph!" Bastion laughed, under his breath, "destroying one monster, doesn't accomplish
anything, if you can't protect it, to keep it on the Field for more then one turn!"
"We'll see!"
"My move," Bastion called out, drawing a new card. He stared at the card for a second, and then
smiled.
"What are you so happy about?" Stanley asked, looking ticked.
"Well," Bastion started, "It's just that, this game never really got off the ground that far, and
now I just pulled a card that will win me it, right now."
"Oh really? Then play your cards, and we'll see if you're telling the truth!"
"Alright, then!" Bastion calmly agreed, pulling out a card from his hand, "I play Monster Reborn!
I'm going to use it to bring back my 'Sleeping Dragon' to the Field."
'Sleeping Dragon' appears back on Bastion's side of the field.
"Next! I play a magic card, 'Double Spirit'!"
"'Double Spirit'?" Stanley asked, confused, "what does that do?"
"It's actually very simple!" Bastion explained, folding arms across his chest, "for the cost of
1000 Life points, this allows me for one turn, to treat one of my monster on the Field, as two.
So now I only need to sacrifice 'Sleeping Dragon', and I can summon a high powered monster,
without the waiting!"
"What!" Stanley gasped.
Bastion: 2000
"So, then!" Bastion began, "I'll sacrifice my 'Sleeping Dragon', with the power of 'Double
Spirit', to summon a stronger monster. Give a big cheer, for 'Battle Champion Magnion'!"
Bastion pulled a card form his hand and summoned his monster.
Battle Champion Magnion(Atk:2800/Def:2000)
"Woah!" Jaden cheered, jumping up off his chair, "that monster looks sweet!"
The monster that stood between Stanley and Bastion, was a big, decked out in faded black
armor. He looked Medieval, with a large oval helmet, complete with face guard. His chest was
giant, thanks to a large armor chest plate. A shield was attached to his left arm, and in his right
hand, was a large Mace ball on a chain. The ball was on the Dueling floor, and was held by the
chain, and handle.
"So, what?" Stanley huffed, "your monster is only 200 points stronger, I hardly think that will win
you the game."
"On the contrary!" Bastion scolded, "there is a second effect, of my 'Double Spirit' magic card!"
"Hmmm?"
"When I use it to summon a monster, by making one of my monsters act as two, the new
monster I summon, gains extra attack and defense power, equal to the difference of the attack
power, of the monster I sacrificed and the monster I summoned!"
"Huh?" Stanley gasped.
"So, now my monster gains an additional 1500 attack and defense points!"
Battle Champion Magnion(Atk:4300/Def:3500)
"Oh man!" Stanley shuttered, as he knew what was coming.
"Now, then!" Bastion said, with a smile, "I think I'll activate a magic card of mine! 'Giant
Trunade'! This will allow me to send all magic and trap cards on the field, back to our hands.
That will affect me too, but it doesn't matter for what I have in store."
'Giant Trunade' activated, and started blowing a strong wind, which blew all the magic and trap
cards of the field.
"Now, I think I'll attack! 'Battle Champion Magnion', attack with 'Earthquake Mace'!"
"Haugh!" 'Magnion' boomed, spinning his chain mace around, over top his head. He then
proceeded, by finishing his swing, right in 'Cyber Hound Chaser's' path.
BOOOM
Stanley: 1300
"Now, all I need to do is summon a monster with enough attack points, and I'll win the match!"
"I think Bastion has this in the bag!" Alexis predicted.
"I summon 'Oxygeddon'!"
Oxygeddon(Atk:1800/Def:800)
"Oh, crud!" Stanley sighed, hanging his head.
"'Oxygeddon', attack him directly!"
Boom
Stanley: 0000
Stanley fell to the ground, on one knee. The hologram monsters, disappeared from the field.
"Yeah, Bastion!" Jaden cheered, jumping up from his chair, "way to go man!"
"What a match!" Sy said, smiling, "he certainly hasn't changed!"
"Bastion has always been a big time competitor," Alexis added, "he takes his Dueling seriously, but
still has fun, while doing it."
Kaiba stood up, and raised his left arm, again.
"This match is over!" he shouted, "the winner is Bastion Misawa!"
Bastion walked off the field, and started back towards his seat. Stanley ran over, and cut him off.
"Nice Duel, man!" Stanley complimented, "you really are a great Duelist!"
"Well, thank you!" Bastion said, smiling politely, "you had some nice moves back there! You got
nothing to be ashamed of. You got a lot of spirit."
"Thanks!"
Stanley walked up the stands, and out of the arena. Bastion got back to his friends, where they
were waiting to congratulate him.
"Sweet Duel, Bastion!" Jaden laughed, wrapping his arm around Bastion's neck.
"Yes, it was quite a good show!" Bastion smiled.
Bastion sat down, and they waited for the next Duel to be announced. Jaden looked around the
while Dr. Crowler and Kaiba talked for a second. After looking to the right, he looked to his left,
and stared up high into the stands. He spotted a guy standing far away, looking at Jaden, as well.
It was Morgan. Even far away, Jaden could tell that he was giving him a cold stare. Jaden
shivered a little and turned away, looking back down at Crowler and Kaiba.
"Alright, Duelists!" Dr. Crowler shouted, "let the next Duel begin!"
The giant scoreboard, started running through all the names again. The names stopped on two
new names. They showed up as two kids from the school. They fought, and a kid named Daniel
won the match.
"Boy, that was sure a boring match!" Alexis sighed.
"Yeah!" Chummley finally spoke up, "they were equal in strength, and making mistakes."
Jaden made no comment, as he was busy eyeing Morgan again. Morgan was still in the same
spot, giving the cold stare.
I don't know what his problem is, but he sure doesn't seem to like me, Jaden thought, I
wonder if I'm going to duel him? That would be sweet!
Morgan stared a little more, and then when he saw Jaden smile, he bared his teeth.
Jaden! I will get my revenge on you!