Bastion: "Excuse me, YugiohFreak54?"
YugiohFreak54: "Yeah, Bastion?"
Bastion: "My fans were wondering when I was going to get to duel."
YugiohFreak54: "You have fans? Wow, learn something new everyday!"
Bastion: "Of course I have fans! Oh never mind, when will I duel a shadow rider?"
YugiohFreak54: "On the 12th of Never."
Bastion: "Freak…"
YugiohFreak54: "Calm down, I was kidding! Well, I am going have you duel a shadow rider today. That is, IF we get to the disclaimer."
Bastion: "Jolly good then! Well shall we?"
YugiohFreak54: "Sure."
Bastion: "YugiohFreak54 doesn't own Yugioh GX or anything related to it."
YugiohFreak54: "I own the idea for this story and the OC Jess Hernandez. Now on with the story!"
It was about three days after Camula had been defeated. A lone boy in a yellow jacket was looking at the ocean as the sun rose.
"Ah! A beautiful day to practice and prepare my deck for the next shadow rider." Bastion said to the air.
He took out one of his six decks and looked through them. He came across a monster card that he didn't recall putting in.
"Hello, how did you get into my deck?" Bastion muttered to the card.
The card was White Magician Pikeru. He looked around and then shrugged his shoulders.
"Silly distractions." He said aloud as he took the card out of his deck.
Pocketing the card, he walked toward the Slifer Red dorm to awake three sleeping beauties.
Slifer Red Dorm
Jess, Syrus, and Chumley were asleep when Bastion walked in the door. He smiled to himself as he saw Jess hold the pillow like it was a dream girl of his. Syrus was digging deeper and deeper like his was cuddling with a dream person of some sort. Chumley…well, let's just say that he had dreamed of a large grilled cheese sandwich and now his pillow was gone. Laughing softly, he pulled out his duel disk, activated it, and placed a Barrel Dragon on one of the zones.
"3…2…1…Fire!" Bastion hissed while he still was giggling.
The hologram lifted its three barrels and fired one round after another at the three sleeping Slifers. The dorm and the island shook from the resulting explosion. When the smoke had cleared, the Slifer trio was on the ground anime swirls in their eyes.
"Ay-ay-ay-yi, talk about your rude wake-up call." Jess groaned.
"I've heard of getting out of bed with a bang but that was ridiculous." Syrus said with a small moan.
"Good morning, chums! Time to get some duel training in." Bastion said with a slightly cheery voice.
The Slifer trio looked up at their 'human alarm clock' and groaned loudly.
"Bastion, what time is it?" Chumley asked as he looked at the clock.
Jess, Syrus, and Chumley saw that it was 4:50 A.M. They weren't too happy to see that they were awaken so early and they voiced about it. But Bastion gave them such a death glare that you would think that he was the devil in a yellow shirt. The trio shut their mouths and hastily got their clothes on as well as their decks and duel disks. The four then headed toward the beach to practice drawing skills.
Beach
"1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3." Bastion chanted as he drew cards from one of his decks.
Syrus, Jess, and Chumley also drew cards on Bastion's chanting. Chumley then noticed a card that Syrus had drawn and took a quick look at it.
"Hey Sy, is that Thunder Nyan Nyan?" Chumley asked.
Syrus blushed a fine shade of red when Chumley asked. He bashfully nodded and grinned sheepishly.
"Y-yes. She's my card crush." Syrus explained while blushing.
"Huh, if you want to see a card crush then feast your eyes on this." Chumley said as he produced Dian Keto the cure master. (A/N: Japanese image version)
Syrus looked amazed that Chumley had a card crush too. The two card lovers then turned to Jess with a bit of mischief in their eyes. Jess looked at them with fear in his eyes. He then produced a card that had not one female on it but two.
"Gemini Elf." Jess merely said while his face heated up.
The three then started to chat about card crushes when Bastion stepped in.
"Of all the silly, illogical things to discuss! Card crushes, bah! Because of that, we'll continue the training after class." Bastion said in disgust.
Despite his outburst, he couldn't help but feel a slight rise in his temperature around his face as he thought about White Magician Pikeru. Syrus was spazzing out because he had arranged to play solitaire with Thunder Nyan Nyan and she hated it when he canceled. Jess reassured him that she probably wouldn't mind because of hardhearted Bastion. Just then all of their watches beeped indicating that training time was up. The four hurried to the campus so that they wouldn't be late for class.
Professor Banner's Classroom
Jaden sat down just as Bastion and the Slifer trio got to class. Jaden had felt another surge of darkness this morning and it made him on edge. It was then that he noticed that Alexis was tapping on his shoulder. Jaden looked at her, his golden eyes narrow, and raised one of his eyebrows in question. (A/N: He has his faceplate up from now on. Just to inform ya.) Alexis tried her hardest to fight down the blush that was threatening her face but failed. She then passed a note to Jaden, which he took from her hand. Both felt another bolt of electricity jump from one had to the other. Jaden blushed and turned his head away so that Alexis couldn't see it. Said girl had done the same thing but not before she noticed Jaden's blush.
Jaden is soooooo cute when he blushes. Alexis thought dreamily.
Jaden, on the other hand, was busy trying to crush his emotions but it was a futile effort. After all, he IS human.
Why does Alexis always make me blush? Do I think of her as more then a comrade against the Shadow Riders? Jaden wondered to himself.
Jaden shook his head to clear the troublesome thoughts and focused on Banner. That was when Jaden noticed that the class was practically empty, devoid of any males save for himself, Chazz, the Slifer trio, and Bastion. That made him extremely cross because the females were sitting above, below, and on the side of him, giggling like mad. All of them were also trying to get him to take an interest in one of them. He blocked them out as he focused on his class.
"…Now we take the symbol of Anabas and dip it into the solution and we get…" Banner was saying but he was interrupted with a loud explosion.
When the dust had settled, Banner had disappeared. While many of the remaining students were worried, the girls took this as an opportunity to surround Jaden. Many glomped him while others were trying to remove his armor. Jaden struggled for his life but it was to no avail. Banner then appeared from behind his desk with dirt and ash on his face. When he saw the commotion around Jaden, he chuckled in amusement. But that amusement turned to terror when the girls began to remove his armor piece by piece. He cleared his voice and shouted so loud that you would think that he was the concord jet.
"Alright ladies, that is enough. I'm sure Jaden needs to breathe under there." Banner said calmly but with a deadly edge to it.
The girls heard him and scampered off of Jaden. The only pieces of armor that were missing were his arms and legs armor. He grabbed them from the floor and put them back on while growling the entire time. Alexis had to use every bit of willpower to restrain herself from joining in the fray. But it still made her furious that the girls would pounce on Jaden the minute that there was no supervision. It made Yubel equally mad that the other females were vultures waiting for the perfect to strike at her beloved. Both calmed down when a female staff member came in with a backpack that was torn. Banner sounded surprise that the bag belonged to one of his students. He then looked at Jaden, Chazz, Alexis, Bastion, and Jess with confusion written on his face. Jaden merely nodded and got up which earned groans of disappointment from the girls. Alexis soon followed suit after she sent every one of the girls death glares making them back away in fear. Bastion was right behind her as well as Jess and Chazz. The five headed right toward the hall ready to fight another Shadow Rider.
Chancellor's office
When the five duelists got to the chancellor's office, four of them were surprised that Crowler wasn't patrolling the halls looking for late students. Jaden wasn't concerned about the Michael Jackson look-alike. Instead, his thoughts turned toward the note Alexis had given him in class before they were sent out. He opened it up and read the message.
Dear Jaden,
You up for another date? This one will help you get to know about me more.
Signed,
Alexis
Jaden blushed a fine shade of red as he read the note. He quickly pocketed it just before they entered the office of Chancellor Sheppard. The chancellor looked troubled to say the least. He looked at the five and then to Zane who had been there before the others. Sheppard looked at the six then frowned.
"Where is Vellian?" Sheppard asked his eyebrows furrowed together.
The six students turned defenders all said that they hadn't seen hide or hair of the teacher. They then got a briefing that several male students had disappeared over the past several hours. Jaden didn't like where this was going and he voiced it.
"I take it that this has to do with the shadow riders?" Jaden inquired harshly.
Sheppard nodded slightly before turning towards the window.
"This new shadow rider is obviously using some sort of headquarters and has taken the male population and is planning on using them as hostages." Sheppard said gravely.
With the meeting done, the six went out to find where the shadow rider lay.
Forest
Jaden had walked into the forest in hopes of finding a clue about the rider's whereabouts. He hadn't gone far when he heard a twig snap. Jaden whipped around and glared at the foliage.
"Who's there? One more step and I have Inferno Wing burn you to a crisp." Jaden shouted.
Alexis stepped out from behind a tree and smirked.
"Well, it's not the most romantic proposal I've heard of but it'll do." Alexis said with a giggle.
Jaden scowled at the Obelisk queen and turned around to continue his work. Alexis joined his side a few seconds later and helped in the search. After a few moments of uneasy silence, Alexis spoke up.
"So?" Alexis questioned.
"So what?" Jaden shot back.
"So do I have an answer to the note?" Alexis said questionably.
Jaden sighed and slumped his shoulders. He had forgotten all about the note. Alexis mistook the sigh and thought that Jaden's answer was going to be 'no' and opened her mouth to say forget it but Jaden beat her to the punch on speaking first.
"Sure. Besides, I need to get to know more about my 'fiancé' anyway." Jaden said with a smirk.
Alexis instantly blushed at Jaden's comment but she became ecstatic that the answer was 'yes' and she hugged him to show it. Both pulled away with a deep blush on their faces. Alexis twiddled her hands together while Jaden clenched and unclenched his fists, trying to suppress the emotions bubbling to the surface.
"We should keep looking for the shadow rider's HQ." Jaden grumbled.
"Y-yeah. We should." Alexis stammered.
The two Obelisks resumed their search. After 25 minutes, Alexis saw what looked to be a coliseum. She tapped Jaden's armored shoulder and mentioned him to see the coliseum. Jaden was amazed at how fast the coliseum was built. He then knew that it was definitely a shadow rider's work. He grabbed his PDA and contacted the other searchers. Within a few minutes, Chazz, Bastion, Jess, and Zane arrived at the coliseum. They too were impressed at how fast it was built. Jaden and the gang walked into find the missing students working on the coliseum. Chazz looked around and saw a bony face he knew all too well.
"CROWLER!?!?!?" Chazz yelped in astonishment.
Crowler looked up from the block of stone that he was moving and waved. Zane and Alexis were also taken aback that Crowler was doing manual labor despite the doctor's complaints that he was delicate. The group suddenly heard a low growl and turned toward the source. Standing in front of them and crouching low was a golden tiger with one eye closed due to a scar. The great feline leapt which made Chazz and the others make a run for it. Jaden, however, stood his ground and glared at the big cat down. The great feline backed away immediately as if it sensed something terrible about Jaden. Alexis had watched in awe as Jaden stared the big cat down. Then a voice sounded throughout the coliseum.
"Huh, so you're the Supreme King of Darkness. Got to say, love the armor. Makes you look like a powerful man." The voice said in a flirtatious tone.
Jaden and the gang turned their heads to see where the voice had come from. Bastion looked up and saw a sight that made his heart beat quickly. A muscled woman that wore a leather shirt and pants with golden sandals was looking down at them from a higher level of the coliseum. She jumped into the air and landed daintily on her two feet.
"Who is that, an Amazon?" Jess asked.
"I believe the correct term is Amazoness." Crowler said while he clasped his hands together and swooned.
Jaden shook his head in disgust at the way his headmaster was acting all lovey-dovey to a shadow rider.
"An Amazoness is a tribe of warriors made up entirely of females." Bastion said in a teaching tone.
"Very good! My name is Tania. I see that you're impressed with my coliseum. I'm glad that such fine strong men were able to help me build it." Tanyia said while she turned to the various boys.
"Because you all did such a good job, here. A pack of rare cards just as I promised."
She handed all the boys a pack and watched them walk off waving good-bye to her. She then turned to the seven duelists that were sitting on one of the benches of the newly built arena.
"So who will be my first challenger? Just to give you some info, I only duel men. I would never duel a fellow sister." Tania said as she looked at Alexis.
"Gee, thanks, I think." Alexis mumbled.
"I will duel you first, Tania." Bastion said as he stood up.
Tanyia smiled coyly as she looked at Bastion.
"Hmmm. A man with smarts and courage, I like that. And don't worry, I have no interest in taking your soul so it won't be a shadow game." Tanyia said with a very seducing smile.
Bastion blushed as he headed down to the arena floor. Jaden didn't like how this was going and he knew that they would lose another key. As he sat down, he realized that Alexis was looking at him with worry and confusion. He glanced at her and mouthed 'later. After the duel.' She nodded and turned her attention to the upcoming duel.
"Let's duel!" Both Bastion and Tanyia shouted.
Bastion: 4000/Tanyia: 4000
"I will commence my turn first!" Bastion said as he drew a card.
He looked at it and smiled as he added it to his hand. He then chose another card and placed it in one of his monster zones.
"I will start off with my Magnet Warrior Epsilon (ATK: 1500 DEF: 1900) in attack mode!"
A multi-colored monster similar to Gamma the Magnet Warrior rose from the earth and assumed a fighting stance. Bastion then placed one card facedown and ended his turn.
"My turn. I draw!" Tanyia said as she drew a card from her deck.
She looked at and smiled. While she held onto the card she had drawn, she chose another.
"I play Amazoness Paladin (ATK: 1700 DEF: 300) in attack mode!"
A female with a muscular physique rose in a flash of light. Jaden frowned and shook his head.
This is not good at all. He thought to himself.
Amazoness Paladin-1800
"Why did that female warrior gain 100 attack points?" Chazz asked confused.
"This is why you are in Slifer Red, Princeton. The Paladin gains 100 attack points for each monster that has 'Amazoness' in its name or is name 'Amazon Archer'." Jaden growled at the black clad Slifer.
Chazz looked ready to kill Jaden but Alexis glared at him, which made Chazz back down. The duelists then turned their attention back to the duel.
"I attack with my Paladin. Go Wild Slash!"
The female warrior leapt at the Magnet Warrior. Bastion revealed his facedown trap card.
"I activate my Magnetic Field trap card. This card is continuous and it can only be activated if you declare and attack on a monster that has 'Magnet' in its name. It negates the attack of your monster and forces it into defense mode." Bastion shouted.
The warrior lady stopped her charge and jumped back. She then kneeled on one of her legs and brought her sword up, placing it in a blocking position. Tania laughed good-heartily, which made Bastion a little confused, as well as the others except Jaden.
"My, my. I guess I was right about you having smarts. I let you in on a little secret. I joined the shadow riders to find a strong husband. It is a ritual that every Amazoness must undergo. I started at age 13 and have wandered the world searching for a man. And I may have found one." Tania said with a wink at Bastion.
Bastion felt his heart hammer against his chest and felt heat rush to his face. He shook his head to clear the thoughts that were plaguing his mind. Tania had ended her turn and looked at Bastion.
"M-my turn. I draw!" Bastion stuttered out as he drew a card from his deck.
He looked at it and smiled. Tania was wondering why he was smiling and she got her answer in the form of a card.
"I summon Magnet Warrior Theta (ATK: 1900 DEF: 500) in attack mode."
A monster that was similar to Valkyrion rose from a portal. It brandish the Greek symbol Theta on its chest as it assumed a fighting position. Bastion smirked as both Magnet Warriors began to glow.
"By sending both Theta and Epsilon to the grave I can special summon…Magnet Warrior Delta(ATK: 2500 DEF: 1300)!"
A monster that was a hybrid of both Theta and Epsilon rose, as the pieces of the former monsters broke apart and combined to form Alpha. Tania squealed in delight as she gazed upon the new monster. Bastion became perplexed as to why she was squealing. He found out as she blew a kiss to him.
"Such a powerful monster for such a powerful man!" Tania shouted in delight.
Bastion blushed at Tania's praise. Jaden shook his head and groaned. Alexis looked at Jaden with confusion written all over her face. Jaden faced her with a scowl on his face.
"This match is as good as over." Jaden hissed to Alexis.
"Why?" Alexis asked.
"Tania is using the most obvious tactic against Misawa. She is flirting with him. She then will move in for the kill while his defenses are down." Jaden grumbled.
Alexis realized what Jaden was getting at. Tania was acting like she love Bastion but she was just play-acting. She was appalled that this woman would go as far as this. Her thoughts were interrupted as she heard Tania scream in pain.
Bastion: 4000/Tania: 2750
"What just happened?" Alexis asked.
"Bastion cut his monsters attack power in half so that he could attack Tania directly." Chazz said with a boastful smirk at Jaden.
"Huh, so you do have a brain in that head of yours after all." Jaden said without looking at Chazz.
The said boy fell down anime style as the rest laughed aloud. But it became silent as Tania summoned Amazoness Tiger. She then activated Premature Burial and brought her Paladin back from the grave.
Amazoness Paladin-1900
Amazoness Tiger-1900
"Hey, how is that tiger so powerful?" Jess asked.
"Its effect allows it to gain 400 attack points for each monster that has 'Amazoness' in its name or is named 'Amazon Archer'." Tania explained.
She then activated a spell called Amazoness Spellcaster. A woman dressed in a shaman's clothes rose from the card and began to say several incantations. Several small orbs began to float around the shaman with great speed.
"Now we see what Tania is really capable of." Jaden said to himself.
Alexis looked at the Supreme King with bewilderment. Jaden looked at Alexis and nodded.
"Tania is through playing with kid gloves though she will definitely keep the flirting up." Jaden said confirming what Alexis was thinking.
"I believe I will switch the attack of your Magnet Warrior Delta with Amazoness Tiger."
Magnet Warrior Delta-1100
Amazoness Tiger-2500
"Hey! Hold up! Would someone please tell me how Delta went to 1100?!?!?!" Chazz roared.
"Amazoness Spellcaster switches the original attack power with another monsters original attack power. That means attack power without any power boosts." Jaden replied with anger in his voice.
Chazz opened his mouth to say something but Bastion's yelp of pain made all of them whip around to see him fall.
Bastion: 2600/Tania: 2750
Bastion struggled to get up and then smirked. Tania was confused as to why he was smirking until her eyes widen in realization.
"Your Magnet Warrior Delta had a special ability didn't he?" Tania asked fearfully.
Bastion only nodded and placed a new monster on one of his monster zones.
"I can special summon another Magnet Warrior from my deck when Delta is destroyed. Come forth, Magnet Warrior Omicron (ATK: 3000 DEF: 2300)!"
A monster that had a sliver and gold chest plate, black arms and legs, and a blood red head with a platinum visor rose from the earth. Tania squealed in delight as she looked at the new beast. Bastion blushed red at the squealing as his logical brain shut down and his emotions took over.
"Bastion, I have a question for you." Tania said coyly.
"Yes my sweet?" Bastion asked with a blush.
The spectators were dumbstruck at Bastion's response. Jaden just sighed and got up to leave. Alexis did the same because whenever Jaden said that someone would lose, they would. The others glanced at them but then turned their attention to the duel.
"You wouldn't attack a poor weak girl like me would you?" Tania asked with a pout, which made all the boys swoon.
But it was Bastion's answer that would bring them back to harsh reality.
"No, I am a gentleman and to prove that I am one I will end." Bastion said in a drone-like voice.
Chazz and the others abruptly sat up with fear and terror on their face. Tania, on the other hand, smiled victoriously as she drew her card. She looked at and smiled again. It wasn't the sweet smile she used on Bastion but an evil smile.
"I activate my spell card Change of Heart. I assume you all know what it does so I won't explain. I'll use it on your Omicron."
Omicron dutifully floated on to Tania's side. She then smirked at the watchers and pointed at Bastion.
"Omicron, attack your former master directly."
The said monster jumped at Bastion and fired a lightning bolt at the Ra genius. He collapsed as his life counter hit zero. A gust of wind then picked up just as the others tried to get to Bastion. The wind blew them out of the arena and at the feet of Alexis and Jaden who were waiting outside. All of the duelists stared/glared at the coliseum as Tania's laughter echoed inside.
All right, part one of False Love done. Part two is up next and to answer all of your questions, loyal readers, I plan on Jaden and Alexis having their date on Duel Monsters spirit days. Alexis will give Jaden a special surprise on that day. (Not like that! Get your minds out of the gutter!) Please read and review!