Melting the Heart of the Ice Queen

by Demonardvark

Manjoume has finished writing his ode to Alexis. However, he must find a way to deliver it to her. Nothing on this island is easy and no one will do anything without you dueling them. Manjoume sets off to get his letter delivered and his feelings known.

3. Like a bad taste in your mouth

Melting the Heart of the Ice Queen

(I don't own the rights to Yu-gi-oh GX)

Chapter 3 – Like a bad taste in your mouth

"Darn it, where is Bastion?" Manjoume screamed at himself as he was running all around duel academy. "I will hunt him down and rip his arms off"

*Slam* Manjoume ran into someone knocking them over. He looked up to see Jaden lying on the ground.

"YOU AGAIN?" Manjoume screamed at Jaden.

"Hey you bumped into me" Jaden said annoyed

"Whatever, I'm in a hurry"

"Wait" Jaden screamed as Manjoume started to walk away

"What do you want Jaden?"

"I have a note for you"

"You have a note for me? Who could have sent it?" Manjoume thought to himself. Suddenly an image of Alexis came to mind. Could she have secretly been doing the same thing he was? "WHO SENT IT JADEN?"

"Bastion did"

"WHAT"

"Bastion ran into me too. He asked me to give this to you" Jaden handed Manjoume the note. Manjoume opened the note.

Manjoume,

Do you honestly think she would choose you over me? I am the one who will win over the heart of Alexis. I have already calculated the means to do so. If you honestly think this little note is enough to win her heart you are mistaken. I am on top of the Volcano ready to throw this in and let the flames purge the world of your foolishness. Come stop me. If you think you can.

Bastion

"That ass" Manjoume screamed.

"What's going on?" Jaden asked inquisitively. Yet again, before he could finish his sentence Manjoume was running off. "Is everyone going insane today?" Jaden thought to himself.

Manjoume ran to the duel platform on top of the Volcano. There he saw Bastion standing arrogantly.

"BASTION"

"So you came after all Manjoume?"

"I'm here to stop you and get it back"

"You mean this?" Bastion held up Manjoume's note. "There is no point. You cannot win over Alexis and you cannot beat me in a duel."

"We'll see"

"Yes we will. What do you think of the stage I have set for our duel?" Bastion stretched out his arms. "This is where you lost to Zane at the end of the academy tournament do you remember?"

I summon Cyber Eltanin………….

"Tsk, that is ancient history Bastion. I beat Zane before and I beat you before too"

"Maybe, but not this time"

"Enough talk, let's do this."

DUEL

Manjoume: I'm going to start this, I draw. I summon Dynamite Dragon in attack mode (attack 1500 defense 900). Then I place on card face down and end my turn.

Bastion: My turn, Draw. I summon Gozuki in attack mode (Attack 1700 defense 800). Next, I activate the special ability of my monster. I can send one monster from my deck to my graveyard. Next, I attack your Dynamite Dragon. (Manjoume life points 4000 to 3800).

Manjoume: Who cares? By destroying Dynamite Dragon you Gozuki will lose 300 attack. (Gozuki attack 1700 to 1400)

Bastion: A meager loss. I place one card face down and end my turn.

Manjoume: I draw. I summon masked dragon in attack mode. (Attack 1400 defense 1100). I end my turn.

Bastion: I draw. I activate the effect of Gozuki and send another monster from my deck to the graveyard.

"What is the point of this?" Manjoume thought to himself.

Bastion: Now I activate the effect of the Mezuki I sent to the graveyard last turn. I remove Mezuki from play to summon any zombie from my graveyard to the field. I summon Red Ogre in attack mode (attack 2800 defense 2100). I attack your masked dragon with Red Ogre. (Manjoume life points 3800 to 2400) How's that?

Manjoume: Just fine actually. I activate Damage Condenser. When I take damage I can summon a monster from my deck with attack equal or less to the damage. I summon armed dragon lvl 3 in attack mode (attack 1200 defense 900). Then, thanks to you destroying masked dragon I can summon another armed dragon lvl 3 in attack mode. (If you don't know its attack by now stop reading)

Bastion: Tsk. I end my turn.

Manjoume: My turn DRAW. Since it is my turn both my armed dragons level up. I send two armed dragon lvl 3 to the graveyard to summon two armed dragon lvl 5 in attack mode. (Attack 2400 defense 1700) Next, I activate Graceful Charity. I draw three cards and discard two.

*Manjoume smiled deviously*

Manjoume: This duel is over.

Bastion: You think so?

Manjoume: I do. WATCH AND LEARN. I activate Guidance of Light and Darkness.

Bastion: As expected.

Manjoume: WHAT?

Bastion: I activate Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell. I send one spell card to the graveyard to negate yours.

Manjoume: Grrr

Bastion: Oh yes Grrr all you want. In addition for the remainder of this duel you cannot activate any other card of the same name.

Manjoume: What?

Bastion: That's right. I have stopped your ultimate combo.

Manjoume: I'm far from done.

Bastion: I think you are. Or do you want to attack my Red Ogre?

Manjoume: Grrr. I'm not stupid. I'll get rid of your Gozuki. I activate my Armed Dragons special effect and discard one monster to destroy Gozuki.

Bastion: Minor loss to win big, I draw. I summon Crow Tengu in attack mode (Attack 1400 defense 1200). Next, I attack one of your armed dragons with my Red Ogre. (Manjoume life points 2400 to 2000). Your next turn will be your last and Alexis will be all mine. I play one card face down.

Manjoume. Grrr. I draw. My armed dragon is strong enough for this. Since I used his special ability last turn my armed dragon can level up. I summon Armed Dragon lvl 7 (Attack 2800 defense 1000)

Bastion: Almost enough to be a threat.

Manjoume: More than enough. I tribute my Armed Dragon lvl7 to summon my Armed Dragon lvl 10. (Attack 3000 defense 2000). I discard one card to destroy all the monsters on your side of the field.

Bastion: What?

Manjoume: Next, I attack you directly. (Bastion life points 4000 to 1000). Who is weak now Bastion? I play two cards face down.

Bastion: We shall see I draw. I activate Haunted Shrine. I summon from my graveyard Red Ogre in attack mode (attack 2800 defense 2100). Next, I summon Onagakokuba in attack mode (attack 1400 defense 800) I activate its special ability and send one monster from my hand to my graveyard to have it gain 500 Attack. (Onagakokuba attack 1900)

Manjoume: More monsters for my dragon to destroy.

Bastion: You wish. I remove my second Mezuki from play to summon back Gozuki in attack mode. (Attack 1700 defense 800). Now we shall see who is stronger. I special summon Kasha in attack mode (Attack ? Defense ?) When he is special summoned it returns all monsters on the field to the respective owners deck.

Manjoume: What?

Bastion: Not only does your armed dragon return to your deck BUT Kasha gains 1000 attack for each zombie returned to my deck. I count 3, which means Kasha now has 3000 attack. THIS DUEL IS OVER. I ATTACK YOU DIRECTLY WITH KASHA.

Manjoume: I activate negate attack.

Bastion: Wimp. I end my turn and place one card face down.

Manjoume: Grrr, I draw. I activate Lifeline from the Graveyard. I summon back two armed dragon lvl 3 in attack mode. I pay 600 life points for doing so. (Manjoume life points 2000 to 1400) I tribute both monsters to summon Light and Darkness dragon in attack mode (Attack 2800 defense 2400).

Bastion: Impressive.

Manjoume: Don't mock me. I activate dragons treasure to boost its attack by 300. I destroy your Kasha with Light and Darkness dragon. (Bastion life points 1000 to 900). I end my turn.

Bastion. I draw. I activate return from the different dimension. I pay half my life points to summon my two Mezuki back to the field. (Bastion life points 900 to 450. Next, I activate the effect of my nine-tailed fox in my graveyard. I tribute my two monsters to…

Manjoume: I don't think so. I subtract 500 attack points from Light and Darkness Dragon to negate your monsters effect. (Light and Darkness Dragon attack 2800 to 2300) Now you have no monsters left.

Bastion: …… No……………. I……… end my turn.

Manjoume: I Draw. Your zombie deck is like a bad taste in my mouth, it keeps coming back. This is where it ends. I ATTACK YOU DIRECTLY (Bastion life points 450 to 0).

Duel end.

"No……" Bastion fell to his knees. "After all my calculations it ended…… it ended….."

"Just like last time" Manjoume spoke angrily. Bastion looked up and handed Manjoume the note.

"You won this fair and square. You deserve her. You are strong enough. You have my approval"

"Like I need the approval of a weakling like you." Manjoume walked away.

"I finally got my note back." Manjoume walked happily back towards the dorms. Suddenly, he realized he needed to deliver the letter. He started to run quickly.

*BAM* He ran head first into someone

"AGAIN. WATCH WHERE YOU ARE………" He looked up and saw staring at him

"Alexis…………." Manjoume said breathless.

Chapter 3 end

Author notes: This has been my favorite chapter yet. This duel took about three hours to write. I've decided that there are going to be three more chapters and maybe an epilogue. Thanks for reading ^_^

-Demonardvark-