Here's part 2 of False Love. This is hopefully going to be the last time I do something in parts. But I won't swear to it. Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh GX or anything related to it. Claimer: I do own the story plot and Jess Hernandez.
Chazz and the others were sitting outside of the arena Tania had built. Syrus was stoking the fire when there was an explosion followed by Bastion's cry of pain. Syrus looked at the coliseum in fear. Though he didn't know Bastion all that well, he already considered him a good friend. Jess woke from his nap when he heard the scream. He shook his head, worried for the Ra genius. The two Slifers then went back to sleep.
Next Morning
Chazz and the Slifer trio heard a thump as they woke up from their makeshift beds of leaves. They swiveled his head around and saw yellow. Chazz quickly got up and ran over to Bastion.
"Misawa!" Chazz shouted.
"Ugh. It's useless." Bastion muttered to himself.
He got up and walked off before Chazz or the Slifer trio could even stop him. Bastion kept on muttering to himself but they weren't about formulas. The mutters were about Tania.
Dr. Crowler's Classroom
Jaden sat down at his seat and waited for class to start. It was then that Crowler walked in looking a bit troubled. Jaden had a feeling that Bastion had returned but he had lost. His suspicions were confirmed when Crowler looked at Jaden with pleading eyes.
"Jaden, I know that you hate me, but could you do me a favor?" Crowler asked.
"If it's about Misawa, all right. But only for his future, not for you." Jaden hissed to Crowler.
Crowler looked relived that Jaden was going to talk some sense into Bastion.
"Excellent, he's in the duel arena along with the others." Crowler explained.
Jaden got up and headed off for the arena. Upon arrival, he heard voices and they weren't too happy.
"COME ON, BASTION! DON'T YOU SEE THAT TANIA DUMPED YOU?" A voice roared in anger and sounded a lot like Chazz.
"Chazz, leave Bastion alone. He has gone through a lot." A female voice said. Jaden identified Alexis's voice.
Alexis's voice…it sounds like peals of angelic choruses. Wait…WHAT AM I THINKING?!?!?!?! Jaden berated himself on the thought he just had.
By now, he had reached the arena and saw the others trying to persuade Bastion to duel. Bastion refused, saying that without Tania, dueling had lost its meaning. Jaden sighed in irritation at the way that Bastion was thinking and decided that it was time for some drastic measures. He walked up to Bastion and tapped him on the shoulder. Bastion turned to the person who tapped him only to be met halfway with a black metal fist colliding with his cheek. Bastion stumbled and fell onto the ground. Alexis watched with horror at what Jaden was doing. She moved forward to stop it before it got out of hand but she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Alexis, this is the only way." Zane said calmly.
She sighed and watched the confrontation between Ra and Obelisk. Bastion looked up at Jaden with confusion written on his face as he clutched the cheek where he had hit him.
"Who are you and what have you done with the boy who nearly defeated me?" Jaden asked with malice in his voice.
Bastion opened his mouth to speak but it was cut off as Jaden's fist again crashed into him. Jaden narrowed his gold eyes at Bastion's gray-black eyes as he stared at the fallen boy. He then opened his mouth to say what his heart and mind were screaming at him.
"Don't give me that junk about dueling losing its meaning because you don't have Tania in your pathetic existence again. You were a duelist with great caliber even before Tania came. Or did you forget that too in your wallowing?" Jaden spat out with viciousness.
Bastion then looked at Jaden with a fire burning in his eyes but it wasn't the fires of determination. It was hatred burning in his eyes.
"What would you know?!?!? You've never been in love before!" Bastion retorted angrily.
Jaden didn't look phased at Bastion's outburst. Instead, he looked thoughtful as if he was picking his words carefully. After a few minutes, Jaden opened his mouth and spoke with such malevolence that it made everyone, including Zane, feel intimidated by the armored Obelisk.
"That's where you are wrong. I am in love with someone." Jaden growled while he turned to the arena exit.
The rest of the group was stunned to hear that Jaden was in love with someone, but none were more stunned then Bastion and Alexis.
He's in love? Who is he in love with? Bastion and Alexis thought in unison; though Alexis's thought was in despair.
One by one, they left the arena confused as to who Jaden loved.
Chancellor's office
Six of the seven duelists had gathered in Sheppard's office again when he called for them. Sheppard looked at the faces and frowned.
"Where is Jaden?" Sheppard asked.
Everyone was confused that Jaden wasn't present. Alexis began to think that he might have gone to Tania to duel her. When she told the others of her feeling, they all bolted out the door toward the Amazoness's arena.
Forest
Jaden glared at the coliseum as he made his way through the forest. His mind was buzzing as to why he had let his biggest secret since ever had slipped through his tongue.
Why did I say I was in love?!?!?!? Alexis must be going crazy trying to figure out whom I love! Wait, ARGH! Where do these thoughts keep coming from?!?!?!?! Jaden thought in annoyance.
He then heard something snap behind him. Jaden whipped around to see six people crash through the foliage. He instantly notice that Alexis was pale, with fear or just from the running he didn't know. He then heard a beastly roar behind him. Jaden spun around to see Tania standing at the entrance, glaring at them.
"Is there no one here that can make my blood boil?" Tania asked ferociously.
Jaden stepped forward and said in a commanding voice.
"TANIA! I ACCEPT YOUR CHALLENGE!" Jaden shouted.
The Amazoness looked at Jaden and nodded. She then turned around and walked into the arena with Jaden not too far behind her. The rest of the group went up into the bleachers to watch the match. Alexis was scared that if Jaden lost, he would become the same as Bastion. She hoped that Jaden wouldn't hold back against this creature of a woman.
"Let's duel!" Tania shouted.
"GET YOUR GAME ON!" Jaden thundered.
Tania: 4000/Jaden: 4000
"I start first!" Tania shouted as she drew her card.
The Amazoness glanced at the card she drew and added it to her hand. She chose another card and placed it in her field spell card zone.
"I activate the field spell card Amazoness Cage."
A large cage dropped onto the two duelists, trapping them inside. Tania explained what the card did.
"Amazoness Cage grants both of us 600 life points and when we both take battle damage we can inflict 100 points to the other's life points."
Tania: 4600/Jaden: 4600
Jaden just crossed his arms over his chest and glared at the jungle woman. Tania then placed an Amazoness Paladin on the field in attack mode. She ended her turn with a smile.
"It's my move." Jaden said as he drew his card.
He looked at it and added it to his hand. He then chose another of his cards and activated it.
"I play the spell card Graceful Charity. I hope you know the effect of this card. If you do not, then let me tell what it does. It allows me to draw three cards and then I must discard two."
During the explanation, Jaden drew three cards. He looked at them and added them to his hand. He chose two cards and placed them in his grave slot. He chose another card and placed it in one of his monster zones.
"I summon Evil Hero Mirror (ATK: 1200 DEF: 0) to the field in attack mode."
The monster from the duel with the Gravekeeper Chieftain rose. As soon as the light caught its scales, it reflected into Tania's eyes. The said woman brought her hands and arms to block the glaring light. The mirror that the evil hero held caught the reflection of the Amazoness Paladin. The reflection then stepped out of the mirror, which made Tania and some of the others surprised.
"My Evil Hero Mirror allows me to gain a mirror token. It has the same attack power and name as the original. The token also has the same effect."
Amazoness Paladin Mirror token-1700+200=1900
Amazoness Paladin-1900
"Next I will activate the continuous Kishdo Spirit. As long as this spell is in play, monsters on my side of the field aren't destroyed in battle if they battle a monster that has the same amount of attack points."
Alexis smiled at the strategy that Jaden had. When he attacked with the mirror token, it wouldn't be destroyed in battle.
"Mirror token, declare war on that copycat."
The mirror token of the Amazoness Paladin jumped at the original and slashed. An explosion erupted from the battle and made everyone scramble for cover as debris came from out of nowhere. Jaden smirked as the token returned to his side of the field slightly weaker.
"Now it's my Evil Hero's turn. Go, Reverse Slash!"
The Evil Hero leapt at the defenseless female warrior and slashed with it spear. Tania grunted as it embedded itself in her shoulder.
Tania: 3400/Jaden: 4600
"You ready?" Tania asked with a smirk.
"Of course." Jaden hissed.
Two specters of Jaden and Tania walked out from their bodies. They both jumped into the air, determined to inflict some heavy damage to the other. Tania brought her fist up into Jaden's chin which made his head snap back. Jaden quickly retaliated with a swift kick on Tania's nose. The blow caught her off guard and her face showed surprise as the ghosts returned to their physical bodies. Tania panted while Jaden didn't even look like he was winded. But he smiled with warmth, something that Alexis or Yubel saw before. It made Alexis's heart go wild to see Jaden smile like that.
If I thought Jaden was hot before he is now officially a mega-hottie with that smile! Alexis thought.
Her thoughts were interrupted when Tania spoke up.
"Nice retaliation." Tania commented.
"Impressive attack, Tania. But it didn't even injure me." Jaden said with his cold gaze returning.
Tania: 3300/Jaden: 4500
"You know…Tania and Jaden make a great couple." Chazz said with a smile, thinking that Alexis would be his.
Alexis grew angry at the comment that Chazz had made.
"Jaden would never date that…that…that thing!" Alexis hissed.
Unknown to everyone except Yubel, Alexis's eyes flashed the same color gold that Jaden had for a few brief seconds. Yubel was shocked to see Alexis's eyes become gold for a few seconds.
Well, this unexpected. Alexis is allowing the power of the gentle darkness to envelope her. Yubel thought in surprise.
"I end."
"My turn. I draw!" Tania shouted as she drew a card.
She looked at it and smiled. Jaden grew uneasy at the smile and his suspicions that he had about the card proved to right on the dot as Tania called her Amazoness Tiger to the field. She then activated a spell card called Amazoness Burial.
"Uh…what does that do?" Jess asked.
"I believe it allows Tania to reacquire a monster that has Amazoness in its name." Alexis said without any fear.
"That's right, fellow sister. But in order to regain the card I must send another to the grave of the same level." Tania said with pride.
She chose a card from her deck and placed it in her grave slot. Amazoness Paladin then reappeared in a flash of light. Her attack points went up to 2000 along with the Mirror token. Tania then smirked as Jaden saw the power of the Amazoness Tiger.
Amazoness Tiger-2400
Jaden mumbled something as the tiger pounced at the Mirror token. The token dissipated into shadows as the tiger devoured it. Jaden winced a little as his life points dropped.
Tania: 3300/Jaden: 4100
"Time for round two." Tania said with a wink which made Alexis's eyes turn gold again for a few minutes.
Jaden just grunted as the specters appeared before the two duelists. Both launched themselves at each other. Jaden's spirit thrust its fist out at Tania's stomach. The female warrior's ghost gasped in pain but brought its fists together and swung downward onto the spirit's helmet. The two ghosts returned to their hosts with Tania dropping to one knee while Jaden just shook off the blow like it was nothing.
Tania: 3200/Jaden: 4000
Tania was at a lost for words as she looked at Jaden in the eye. No matter what attack she tried he just shrugged it off. She placed a card facedown and ended her turn.
"It's my move." Jaden roared as he drew his card.
He looked at it and his eyes glowed with an evil light. Tania became frighten at the light in Jaden's eyes. He looked at the shadow rider and smirked.
"I activate the spell card, Sinister Decree. This spell card negates the effects of any trap cards you have facedown. It allows me to draw a card and to do that I must give up a monster, so my Evil Hero Mirror bites the dust."
The fiend let out a low growl as it turned into particles of light. Jaden drew his card and smiled widely. Tania felt a power unlike any other surge from a card Jaden had in his fusion deck. She trembled at the power that seemed to radiant from him and his deck. This power made the one she met look like a speck of dust compared to the supreme king. Jaden's voice cut through her thoughts as he began the final assault.
"I activate the spell card Dark Fusion! I fuse my Elemental Heroes Avian, Burstinatrix, Bubbleman, and Clayman to form…my Evil Hero Cataclysm (ATK: 2900 DEF: 2500)!"
The four Elemental Heroes appeared at Jaden's side and then they were sucked into a black swirling vortex. The world seemed to shutter at the arrival at the new Evil Hero. The new Hero looked at a lot like the Elemental Hero Electrum but with several major differences. The said Evil Hero had hooked claws on its arms as well as spiked shoulders and elbows. It also had ruby red eyes glaring from its visor and it had muscles that made the former Elemental Hero look like he was scrawny. The Evil Hero's uniform was black and crimson with a big E that looked like it had been dripped in blood on its chest. Jaden smirked as he felt the fear radiate from Tania and smiled even wider as Cataclysm's attack power rose.
Catastrophe-4900
"How did that monster get so powerful?!?!?!?!" Bastion shouted in alarm.
He had gone on throughout the duel saying how wonderful Tania was and he now worried for the woman that had messed with his heart and dumped him. Tania was also confused as how the monster became so powerful. Jaden turned to the Ra Yellow genius and looked him in the eyes.
"Cataclysm gains 500 attack points for each monster that shares its attribute." Jaden explained.
"But Cataclysm is a dark attribute monster. Amazoness Tiger and Paladin both are earth." Bastion pointed out.
"Cataclysm must be treated as Wind, Water, Fire, and Earth along with its Dark attribute." Alexis exclaimed when the realization hit her.
Bastion's eyes widen when he too considered such a possibility. He then began to dread what was about to happen to Tania because Jaden had such a powerful monster now.
"Now I activate the effect of my Cataclysm! By giving up half of my life points I can destroy all cards on the field. You also receive 400 points of damage to your life points for each card destroyed."
Tania's eyes widen at the turnabout that had occurred. Cataclysm placed its hands together to form a black ball of darkness. The Evil Hero chucked the ball to the ground. A massive explosion erupted when the ball hit the ground. Tania was flung back as the shockwave of the blast hit her. Jaden tried to stand his ground as the shockwave swept pass him but he did slide back a little bit when it passed.
Tania: 2100/Jaden: 4000
When the dust settled, everyone was stunned to see that Cataclysm was still on the field. Jaden began to laugh as he saw the confused look on Tania's face. After his laughter died down, he took the time to clear up why Cataclysm was still on the field.
"I guess I forgot to tell you that Cataclysm destroys all cards on the field except himself."
Tania grew fearful as she looked at the Evil Hero who was smirking. Jaden smiled as the hero looked at him with glee. Jaden nodded once and the fiend leapt into the air. Tania raised her arms to protect herself but it didn't prevent her from falling down onto one knee.
Tania: 0/Jaden: 4000
"That's game." Jaden said as he lowered his arm.
Tania glanced at the supreme king and smiled.
"You know the reason why I became a shadow rider. But now that I look at you, I realize that you are too powerful for me and you have your eye on someone else." Tania said as her body glowed with a white light.
Everyone, except Jaden, was awestruck that Tania was actually a tiger. The former woman looked at Bastion.
"Good-bye, Bastion. I hope we meet again in the near future." The tiger lady said.
She turned around and walked out of the arena with the light orange tiger in tow.
And that's it. Next up is "The Unbeatable Pharaoh". This will probably be one of many who have no more cliffhangers. That will give me a break from the bozos who keep chasing after me. Please Review!