AN: Hey everyone, I have one more chapter here for you all. Before I spend all my free time playing FFVII Remake for a while, I thought I could pushout one more chapter for the Ra Yellow section of this story. With it, Bastion is up to bat against a fun opponent. I switched who he was going to originally duel from the rwby series. This one felt more appropriate and means I have another duel to save for later, (So I will not spoil who the original one was, because things may change later on). With it, is this the duel Bastion can win, or is he destined to only lose. Hope you enjoy this chapter, leave a review with your comments and questions, and have a nice day.

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Chapter 24 – The Next Year: Yellow Pt. 2

In his room, Bastion typed on his computer while examining multiple lines of notes. However, his mind was somewhere else as he flashed back to a few moments earlier. He walked behind Glynda, who continued work on her tablet, "Mr. Misawa, for this duel, be very careful about the amount of time you spend researching your opponent."

"I don't understand," Bastion said to his headteacher, "I can't prepare for the duel?"

"I am saying you often prepare too much for duels," Glynda responded, "Your formulas are brilliant and would work in most simulations." She then glanced back that posh Ra Yellow, "But you are not dueling a simulation, it is another person. A person who can make moves a computer cannot offer an accurate probability of occurring." She said before adjusting her glasses, "You have to be prepared before and during a duel. In this match, watch your opponent very carefully."

"So, your saying I have to be more adaptable?" Bastion said with her nodding, "But I have made multiple decks for every situation?"

Glynda sighed, "You're missing the point." She opened her eyes with a slight glare, "You're smarter than your opponent, but they often outsmart you during the duel." She returned to her tablet as Bastion stopped, "You will only keep losing if you do not understand what it truly means to be adaptable." She walked away as the posh Ra Yellow stood alone.

Back in his room, Bastion shook his head before looking to his deck, "From my data, this deck should guarantee me the win." He said before his eyes filled with sorrow, "However, I've said that before, and still lost." Suddenly, a knocking was heard on his door, "Come in."

As the door opened, Yang and Jaden walked in. "Hey, how's it going?" The fiery Ra Yellow said with a smile, "We came to cheer you on for your duel."

"Thank you," Bastion said as a small smile reformed, "I appreciate it."

"No problem," Jaden added on, "Your formula all finished?"

Bastion looked back at his deck, "Almost, I am still researching." He said before looking back to his computer, "My opponent is said to use a variety of thunder monsters which allow her to unleash destructive combos. As well, she has a history of ending duels very quickly in her first turn."

"Thunder monsters?" Jaden commented, "Well, I guess your Water Dragon would have a hard time in this duel."

"Forming a new strategy is critical." Bastion said before sighing, "However, my last few have not worked out for me."

"Don't worry," Jaden responded, "You just need to pick the right moment to make your play."

"Yeah, what he said," Yang added on, "If all else fails, you just need to draw the right card at the right moment to turn the whole duel around." She said with a smirk, "As you know, the duel isn't over until the last card is played."

"Yes, and you two make that seem so easy," Bastion said before returning on his computer, "She uses spells that can destroy monster or inflict effect damage. Sometimes both at once." Bastion said as he continued to type, "I just need one more card for my deck to be complete."

"Well, based on what you just said, I know the card you need." Yang said as she ejected card from her right arm, "Here, I saw that you put it back in my deck again, but it is your card." Bastion turned around to see Prime Material Dragon in Yang's hand. He then looked back up to Yang, who smiled with a wink. "Take it and get yourself a win." Bastion smiled back before taking the card. With his deck complete, the three left to head to the duel arena.

A while later.

In the arena, Bastion stood at his end, while nobody was on the other side. Glynda was in the front row again, working on her tablet. Behind her were Jaden and Yang, both starting to fall asleep. "Where is she?" Yang yawned, "Did she forget about the duel?"

Suddenly, the group heard someone running into the arena. As Bastion looked over, he saw his opponent jumped onto the field. She had short orange hair and teal eyes. She wore an open Ra Yellow jacket with a black undershirt, one with a pink heart emblem of a hammer and word Boop underneath. As well, she wore a yellow skirt, black boots, and fingerless gloves, "Have no fear, Nora is here!" She announced herself with the other students remaining speechless.

"You're late, Miss Valkyrie." Glynda said with a glare, "What excuse do you have for yourself?"

"Sorry, it was Endless Pancake Day in the cafeteria." Nora responded, "I didn't leave until I was full." She said before wiping a bit of raspberry jelly off her chin.

"Breakfast was hours ago," Yang commented in slight horror.

"Aw man, I missed Endless Pancake Day," Jaden said in slight distress.

Glynda sighed, "Regardless, your opponent has been waiting very patiently for your duel."

"Oh, my bad." Nora said before cleaning her fingers of jam, "To make it up to you, I'll take it easy on this match." She said before taking out her duel disk.

"Don't worry about me," Bastion responded as he readied his duel disk, "Feel free to hit me with everything you got."

"Oh, in that case," Nora said with a grin, her body sparking as she loaded her deck in her duel disk, "I'll break your legs!"

"What?" Bastion asked, his eye slightly widening.

"What?" Nora responded in kind, "…Duel!" The sparking Ra Yellow announced as a line of sweat ran down Bastion's face.

Bastion: 4000 Life Points

Nora: 4000 Life Points

"Uh, I'll go first." Bastion said as he drew. His confidence returned as he smiled at his starting hand, "I activate Litmus Doom Ritual." He played before sending two monsters the graveyard, "Since these two monsters are more than eight levels, I can summon Litmus Doom Swordsman in attack mode." He said as the masked swashbuckler appeared from a alter of two electric pillars, emerging from the ball of light at the center, (0 ATK / 0 DEF).

"No attack points. Seems like a waste to me." Nora commented, "I thought you were supposed to be smart?"

Bastion's eyes narrowed as his smile faded, "I use Carboneddon's effect from the graveyard. By banishing him, I can special summon Hyozanryu in defense position." The posh Ra Yellow said as the card ejected from his deck. As he placed the card horizontally, a gleaming dragon of the strongest stone was summoned onto his field, (2100 ATK / 2800 DEF). Bastion then took one of the last cards in his hand but then paused. Glynda looked at him to reexamine his hand before taking the other card as well, "I set both cards to face down and end my turn." He said as he had no cards left in his hand, causing the headteacher of Ra Yellow to take notes on her tablet.

"My move," Nora said as she drew, smirking at the card, "I activate Thunder Dragon's effect. By discarding one, I can add two from my deck to my hand." She said before sending the monster to the graveyard, causing two more cards to ejected from her deck, "Next, I play Magical Mallet. This allows me to shuffle any cards in my hand back to the deck and drew that same number." She said before looking at her hand, "I think I'll keep these three and ditch the rest." She said before returning the cards to the deck, then drawing three new cards, "Perfect, I got Thunder Sea Horse. By discarding this card, I can add two level four light thunder monsters with 1600 or less attack to my hand." She said before two cards eject from her deck again, "I'll pick Mahunder and Pahunder." She said as her hand size was at seven.

"I think she's charging up for something big," Jaden commented before seeing Nora grin.

"Okay, now for the real fun. I'll start with the spell card Thunder Short. With it, you take 400 damage for each monster you control." Nora said before Bastion looked up, seeing a sudden thunder cloud. Yang looked over to see Bastion about to reveal a face down, but he did not. Instead, a bolt of lightning crashed onto his body, slightly staggering him.

Bastion: 4000 – 800 = 3200 Life Points

"Hm," Nora looked at her hand, then at Hyozanryu, "Let's see if diamonds are unbreakable. I play Hammer Shot, destroying the monster with the highest attack on the field." She said before a massive wooden mallet appeared over Hyozanryu, "Annnnnd…Smash!" She said before the hammer was brought down Bastion's monster destroying it instantly in an explosion, "Huh, I guess they are breakable." She taunted as Bastion remained focused.

"He's not doing anything to counter." Yang said in slight worry, "What's going on with him?"

"He's thinking." Glynda commented, causing Yang to have a look of confusion, "Waiting for the right moment to counter." She said before adjusting her glass, "But, if he keeps second guessing himself, the moment will pass, and he will lose."

Back in the duel, Nora looked at her hand, "Now for the monsters, I summon Mahunder in attack mode." The sparking Ra Yellow said as a red electric lady was summoned on the field, lightning on her arms and hair, (1400 ATK / 700 DEF). "Her effect allows me to make another normal summon this turn, so long as it is for a level four light thunder monster. So, I can summon out her husband Pahunder as well." She said as a green voltaic man was summoned, both of their electricity charging each other, (1300 ATK / 600 DEF). "And like Mahunder, Pahunder lets me make another normal summon. Meet their kid, Brohunder!" She said as an energetic blue boy joined his family, the electricity causing those in the stands to feel the current. (900 ATK / 400 DEF). Yang's hair started to frizzy, causing her to gasp. The same effect happened to Jaden, but he did not care. "His effect allows me to add his sister to my hand." Nora said before showing the recently ejected card, but then took another card out of her hand, "So, since I want the whole family together, I play Double Summon, then summon out Sishunder." Nora said as a sparking red girl with twin tails of electricity stood next to her brother, (900 ATK / 400 DEF). "With her effect, I can remove Thunder Sea Horse from play to added to my hand next at the end phase."

"Four monsters in one turn!?" Yang commented.

"And not a single one was special summoned." Jaden added on before smiling, "She's good." He said before looking over to Bastion, "But, let's see what his plan is."

"Now, time to end this duel!" Nora declared as all four of her monster's raised their hands, causing the electricity to collect in a massive orb, "Take this, Thunder Family Forces!" She said before all massive orb rocketed towards Litmus Doom Knight.

Glynda watched as Bastion was about to reveal one of his facedown cards. However, at the last second, she saw him switch to the other one, "I activate Magical Cylinder." The posh Ra Yellow counter, causing two large cups to appear in front of Litmus Doom Knight, "With it, I can bounce back one of your attacks as damage to you instead. And I pick Mahunder's attack." He said as Nora gasped. The orb entered one cup, but a smaller basted rocketed out the other. Bastion saw the first cup explode, taking the force of the three charges against his zero-attack monster. Nora held a blocking stance as she shields herself from her own monster bolt strike.

Bastion: 3200 – 1300 – 900 – 900 = 100 Life Points

Nora: 4000 – 1400 = 2600 Life Points

The smoke cleared with both duelists still standing. However, Nora had a look of confusion as Bastion's field was not empty, "Huh, how come your monster is still around?"

"Litmus Doom Swordsman cannot be destroyed by battle." Bastion commented, then crossed his arms, "It appears all of your charging to take me out in one turn came just short."

"You think so," Nora said as she played another spell, "I activate Thunder Crash. I can destroy all my faceup monsters to zap you with 300 points each." She said as the Thunder family transformed into a combined bolt of electricity, one that headed straight for Bastion.

At that moment, Bastion smirked, "This is it," He said while Glynda had a slight smile, "I play Call of the Haunted to bring back Prime Material Dragon!"

"Who?" Nora said before the golden six-winged dragon appeared from the grave, (2400 ATK / 2000 DEF). "When did you send that car-" She said before remembering the ritual summon. While Carboneddon was only three levels, this monster was six, making it the other monster for Litmus Doom Knight's ritual summon. Nora then grinned, "No matter, you will still lose to this inflicted damage."

"Except Prime Material Dragon turns all negative effect damage into positive." Bastion said as Nora gasped. Prime Material Dragon roared as it glowed in a golden light. The damaging lightning faded into particles of healing light that fell over the posh Ra Yellow.

Bastion: 100 + 1200 = 1300 Life Points

Bastion then looked over to Yang in the stands, who winked at him with a smile. He then returned to his duel with a look of confidence, "With a face up of trap now on the field, Litmus Doom Swordsman gains 3000 attack points." The posh Ra Yellow said as the masked swashbuckler's sword radiated a black aura. (0 + 3000 = 3000 ATK). He crossed his arms, "With no monster, you're defenseless."

Nora gritted her teeth, but then smirked, "I'm not done yet," She said as Bastion had a look of confusion, "I still have one card left, and it's a powerful one." The sparking Ra Yellow said before playing it, "Try this, Lightning Storm!" She said as another thundercloud appeared above Bastion, this one much larger than before, "With this card, I get a choice of two effects. I can either destroy your spell and traps, or all your attack position monsters." The sparking Ra Yellow said before Bastion gasped, "So, say goodbye to both your aces." She declared as a massive bolt of lightning obliterated Litmus Doom Swordsman and Prime Material Dragon. Smoke filled his entire half of the arena as Nora smirked, "I'll end my turn, which means I can add Thunder Sea Horse back to my hand." She then crossed her arms as she tilted her head back, "Your turn."

"Oh no, he didn't have any cards in his hand to save himself with Prime Material's effect," Yang said with sorrow in her eyes. However, she looked over to see Bastion smiling towards her.

"Was it not you who said it first," Bastion said as he placed the two fingers on his deck, "The duel is not over," He stated before drawing, "Until the last card is played!" the posh Ra Yellow said as he held the card high in the sky, the light gleaming off this shinning draw. Yang to smile. She knew this would be his chance for a true comeback, the moment he would win, the card he drew would save him. As Bastion lowed the card to examine it, a line of sweat ran down Nora's face, "…I end my turn."

A loud thud was heard as everyone except Glynda toppled over. As Yang got up, her eyes were red with rage, "Are you kidding me!" The fiery Ra Yellow shouted at Bastion, "You use my quote and drew something you can't play!?" However, she had a look of confusion as Bastion smiled, crossing his arms. "Idiot, you're gonna lose now?"

"Yeah, he's got nothing to defend-" Jaden added on before noticing something, "Huh, when did he-"

"Hahahaha!" Nora laughed, "You went all dramatic there for no payoff." She said before drawing, grinning with teeth at the result, "Let me show you how it's done. I play Pot of Greed, giving me two more cards to draw." She said before doing so, causing an even wider grin to appear on her face, "Since this is my first duel here, I'll at least end this with a Boss." She said before playing a familiar spell card to the spirited Slifer Red, "I play Polymerization, fusing my Thunder Sea Horse with my drawn again Thunder Dragon." The sparking Ra Yellow said as the vortex behind her was pulsating with electricity, "Come on out, Thunder Dragon Colossus!" Soaring out the vortex was a purple dragon with blood-red eyes, his whole body remitting static electricity. As the creature roared, the lights in the arena began to flicker, (2600 ATK / 2400 DEF). "Sorry, but this is the end for you. Thunder Dragon Colossus, attack him directly with Superbolt Smasher!" Nora declared as her monster charged the blast in its mouth. Upon unleashing, a white beam of energy radiating black bolts of lightning rocketed towards Bastion.

However, the posh Ra Yellow smiled as he saw the beam about to hit him, "I reveal my face down, Magical Cylinder!" He said as the cups from before reappeared.

"What?" Yang said in astonishment.

"WHAT!?" Nora shouted in shock.

"Heh, I noticed it this time," Jaden commented as Glynda smiled.

"But you already used that card," Nora said before looking at her opponent's card in hand, "And you didn't do anything with the card you drew."

"Correct," Bastion said as the Superbolt entered one on of the cups, "However, you have made it obvious in this duel that you knew nothing about my Litmus Doom Swordsman's effects. Including what happens after he is destroyed by a card effect. In which, I can set a trap from the graveyard to my side of the field." The posh Ra Yellow said as the other cup began to glow with power, "However, the plan would fail if you took the time to examine my field again. So, I made sure you were only focused on me during my turn." He said as she gasped, know now why he was so dramatic with his draw. "Any last words?" Bastion said he crossed his arms, the Superbolt shooting back towards Nora.

"Uh…Boop?" Nora said before the blast collided with her body, creating a shockwave that knocked her on her back. Thunder Dragon Colossus faded as the duel ended.

Nora: 2600 – 2600 = 0 Life Points

Bastion sighed as he closed his eyes. However, they shot open as someone patted him on the back. He turned around to see it was Yang, her eyes back to normal as she smiled, "Knew you had a win in you." She said with a wink.

"Thank you." Bastion said before looking over to Nora, who Jaden was helping up.

"That was a cool duel and sweet fusion," Jaden said as Nora patted herself down.

"Thanks, but I was hoping for a win," She said before waving over to the posh Ra Yellow, "Hey! You're actually really smart. Thanks for the duel…" Nora then turned back to Jaden, "Uh, what was his name?"

"Bastion," Jaden answered.

"Bastion!" Nora finished her compliment before hearing a growling sound from inside, "Well, I worked up an appetite. Time for lunch."

Jaden's smile slightly grew, "You and I are going to be good friends." He said before Nora giggled, leading to the two walking off. Yang and Bastion started to follow, but the posh Ra Yellow looked back to Glynda. The headteacher of Ra Yellow did not say a word, rather adjusted her glasses after a slight nod and smile. Bastion bowed back before following his friend, his walk slightly more confident now.

AN: There you go, Nora shows up and with some of the most busted cards in the game. I debated putting her as a Slifer Red, since that is closer to her color scheme, but her using cards like Thunder Dragon Colossus and Lightning Storm make it better for her to be a Ra Yellow. Like Yang, these cards work for her semblance and her combos do try to mimic the idea of building up power. Other chooses were the Valkyrie monsters, since they are her last name and I do like them, but I felt did not fit with Nora. I saw a person suggest a Monarch deck, and I could see that, but untimely decided to let the Thunder Dragons take charge. She was a lot of fun to write and lets me put some nice humor in this chapter. (Also, before it is asked, Ren will not show up. Sorry for people that like that ship, but I need to limit myself from overcasting in this series and he did not make the cut). Bastion gets a well-earned win under his belt. He gets his dramatic draw, but its his quick thinking that got him the win here. The next two chapters are the Obelisk Blue focused ones, starting with Blake going up against her own thunderous opponent (GX sub fans will get that reference). That is all for now, thanks for reading, and hope to see you in the next chapter.

Now, time to answer some questions. One that stuck out what made me get into RWBY in the first place. It's not a surprise, but Neo. I saw V1 a bit, but it did not hook me as much so I only sporadically watch it. In V2, as soon as Neo showed up, I was into watching the first two volumes and exited for the third. However, V3 did not land with me for multiple reasons that I do not want to go into anymore. Long story short, the show was not for me anymore, so I went to fanfiction instead to appreciate the series in my own way. Now, I had a couple of people ask why I don't care for CFVY or SSSN. I have had some of them appear in other fics I have done, but they were not as much fun to write as others I could have included. None of those characters were interesting to me and I don't want to go into more detail without possibly offending people who do like the characters. And Jaune, I do not like his character a lot. I could elaborate but will not for same reasons as before. Just note, he is also not going to show up here as well.

For the Yu-Gi-Oh side, I was asked about my favorite series. It has to do with nostalgia, but the first is the best for me. It is the ones I remember the most duels from and has a lot of my favorite characters and cards. With the other series, I'll do a quick rundown. GX has the best last season, while 5D's has the best first half. Zexel is one I tried to watch and cannot get very far into, but still has some of the best animation of all series. ARC-V is the one I describe as having highs (characters both new and returning) and lows (the story near the end), but pendulum summoning and action duels were dumb in my opinion. Vrains lost me very quickly for reasons I do not want to get into, but I did not like the majority of that spinoff. And while Sevens is very new…I like it a lot more than I thought I would have. While the original is my childhood, Sevens makes me appreciate childhood. It doesn't make me go back to younger time in my life to relive nostalgia, but it has me looking back at it as adult and appreciating kids just being kids with a card game. It's a new perspective I appreciate they went with now after the first episode.

For rapid fire ones. Am I going to have Dark Magician Girl here? Yes, when I get to duel spirits day, she will show up. (So, I can point this out too, but has anyone ever notice that the original DMG and Neo have a lot in common. Both debuted in the second season, with a designed based on a poplar character of the first season, but gender swapped. Both use illusions, wore a hat, are immensely popular characters in the respective series. All I need is for Konomi to make a Neapolitan Magician Girl for her archetype and I will be very happy). Regarding anime cards and Last Magnet, I used just to lower the attack of Leo Dancer in a non-targeting way. Since it was just a Setup Duel as I call them, I didn't care about throwing in an anime card. I don't prohibit myself from using them, I just would rather not if I can use playable cards instead. Glynda's class will be revealed later. Speed duels will not happen here, as I just want to do GX era duels. I picked Sienna for Slifer Red because I liked her character and felt it fit for her, as well, her name does mean a shade of red. I know about Charmer Structure deck and am super happy about it, even though I made my own a long time ago. Finally, when I do get to the characters cosplaying their cards, Blake will be dress as one of her Lunalight felines, but I have not decided yet which one would make her the most embarrassed. If you have more question, post them, and I may be able to answer them in the next chapter.