Getting back to this! 4 of the 14 Spirit Gates have been opened, that means that the Shadow Riders need 10 more keys to open the gates and free the Sacred Beasts from captivity. Can our heroes fight back now that Bastion's out of commission? We're about to find out! Rocket Girl, take it away!

Reggie: Last time on Yu-Gi-Oh! GX...

Tania: I'm one of the 7 Shadow Riders. My tribe's all women, so to marry...I have to shop around! I don't want your souls, I want you boys! Let's do this...

Bastion, Keoni and Tania: DUEL!

Bastion: Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus, tame her Amazoness Tiger now!

Tania: I HAVE A FACE-DOWN OUT!

Keoni: BASTION, YOU KLUTZ! Backfire activates, taking the rest of your Life Points! THIS DUEL IS A DRAW!

Tania: NO!

Bastion: 0

Keoni: 0

Tania: 0

Tania: Bastion and I are officially on our honeymoon now, so GET LOST!

Jaden: This isn't over! YA HEAR ME?

Team Duel Academy has been camped outside of the Amazoness Battle Arena all night. It's been brutal hearing Bastion suffer and not being able to do anything about it. Bastion and Tania have been dueling all night and by the sound of what's going on inside the arena...sounds like Bastion's been losing all night. That morning, Bastion emerged from the arena, speechless.

"She ditched you?" Clio asked.

"That's right, Clio. I'm crushed," Bastion confirmed.

"Don't consider yourself crushed, Bastion. Consider yourself lucky," Otto said. "Just sayin'."

"I don't get it, Bastion. She was head over heels for you!" Reggie said, confused.

"We were to be married...but I wasn't good enough for her. She said she wants a...champion. She wants someone who can give her a match she'll always remember."

Later that same day on Academy Island...Bastion was still wigging out over Tania.

"Man, talk about your bad breakups," Twister said.

"I know, Twister. I've never seen Bastion act like this before," Alexis added.

"He must've really fallen for that Amazon woman," said Reggie.

"I hate to see a friend act this way. I know if I ever had a girlfriend, I'd never let them go no matter how strong of a duelist they are," Jaden said to the group, earning a look from Alexis that said 'Oh Jaden, if only you knew how I really felt about you.'

An hour later, everyone met at the Duel Arenas to execute Jaden's plan. They wanted to duel Bastion in an effort to cheer him up.

"I understand what you guys are trying to do for me and I greatly appreciate it. I couldn't have asked for better friends than you...but it's simply too soon for me. I can't duel...not without my Tania."

"I hate to say this, Bastion...but I think Tania's moved on. It's high time you did the same," Sam told the high-ranked Ra duelist. Bastion rebuffed that claim, thinking back to his first duel with the Amazon woman, saying that he and Tania had passion in that duel.

"Oh, gag me!" Chazz said, repulsed.

Jaden was confused as Bastion gave his explanation. This got him another look from Alexis, only this time, it said 'He so does not get it.' The optimistic Slifer Red duelist was then struck with inspiration.

"Why don't you go and ask her for a rematch? And don't take no for an answer! You're a tough guy, Bastion! Otto, Twist and I will even be your wingmen!"

"We will?" Otto and Twister said, surprised.

That night, while Jaden was working on strategy to assist Bastion...there was a knock at his door.

"Yo, Jaden-man! It's Twist and Otto!"

"Whatcha waitin' for, bro? The rematch is on! You ready?" Otto asked as he and Twist pulled Jaden to the Battle Arena.

"Couldn't this have waited 'til morning?" Jaden asked, freaked.

"It could've..."

"...but it didn't."

"Ah. There you guys are!" Bastion said as the trio appeared. Bastion then challenged Tania to a rematch, but she wanted Jaden instead.

"You should know I don't back down from anything!" Jaden beamed as he activated his Duel Disk.

"That goes double for us!" Otto and Twister said together as they turned on their Duel Disks.

"When we're done, Bastion will know you don't have to be in love to duel with passion!" Otto said, choosing the deck of Courage for Tania to use.

"The rules - you lose this duel and not only do you lose your Spirit Keys, but Jaden loses his single status, but you two..." Tania began, motioning to Otto and Twister. "...lose your girlfriends back there. That means you move into the Arena with me and become my husbands forevermore!"

"I hope Otto knows what he's doing..." Reggie freaked.

"Losing's not part of our gameplan!" Twister said.

"Then let's get started..."

"DUEL!"

Jaden: 8000

Twister: 8000

Otto: 8000

Tania: 8000

Jaden drew his first card, adding it to his hand. "GET YOUR GAME ON, TANIA!" he shouted. "I summon out ELEMENTAL HERO AVIAN in Defense Mode!"

ATK: 1000

DEF: 1000

"That'll do for now."

"Which puts you in the eye of the storm, Tania!"

Twister growled as he drew his first card. 'Excellent', he thought as he glanced over his hand. He knew what he had to do now. "I'll begin by activating POLYMERIZATION! This fuses the Avian on Jaden's field with the Clayman in my hand in order to summon...the ELEMENTAL HERO GREAT TORNADO!"

ATK: 2800

DEF: 2200

"So from now on, any monster you dare summon to the field will have its Attack Points cut in half, Tania!"

"NO FAIR!"

Twister grinned. "I'm far from finished! Next I activate FUSION RECOVERY! This adds back a Polymerization and Elemental Hero Avian from the Graveyard to my hand! But they won't be there for long, because I'm using them in combination with the Elemental Hero Burstinatrix that's also in my hand in order to give Jaden...ELEMENTAL HERO FLAME WINGMAN!"

ATK: 2100

DEF: 1200

"I'll throw down a face-down and send it over to Otto-man!"

Otto nodded at Twister. "Don't mind if I do! Here goes!" he said as he drew his opening card. "I see your Fusions and raise you with one of my own! I use my own Polymerization to fuse the Destiny Hero Malicious and Destiny Hero Dasher in my hand to summon DESTINY HERO DYSTOPIA!"

ATK: 2800

DEF: 2400

Everyone in the arena stood in awe of the new monster on Otto's field.

"Destiny Heroes? I've never seen that kind of deck before!" Reggie said.

"Neither have I, Rocket Girl!" Clio added. "Otto's not playing around."

"I'll throw down 3 face-downs and call it a turn!"

"Is that all you got?" Tania taunted, drawing her card. "I summon AMAZONESS SWORDS WOMAN in Attack Mode!"

ATK: 1500 - 750

DEF: 1600

"Careful, guys! Swords Woman's effect forces all battle damage she takes on us!" Otto warned.

"Swords Woman should be the least of your worries, especially after I play...the Field Spell known as AMAZONESS ARENA! When this card is played, all players gain 600 Life Points!"

A large cage soon swept over the dueling field.

Jaden: 8600

Twister: 8600

Otto: 8600

Tania: 8600

"Amazoness Arena is a sacred ground. Here, you don't just fight with your monsters, but with your souls as well," she explained.

"How do you propose we do that?" Twister asked.

"You'll find out soon enough. But first...AMAZONESS SWORDS WOMAN ATTACKS FLAME WINGMAN!"

Swords Woman swooped in and attempted to slash Flame Wingman, but Wingman burned the Swords Woman.

Jaden: 7250

"Whoops! Did you forget Flame Wingman's superpower? Your destroyed monster's Attack Points now come out of your Life Points!"

"WHAT?!"

Flame Wingman landed in front of Tania, opened its dragon mouth hand and launched a fire stream at Tania, burning her.

Tania: 7850

"Now you'll see the full power of my arena! After our monsters are done, our souls will fight! If you sacrifice 100 of your Life Points, you can take away 100 of mine!"

"Guess I should warn you, I don't ever hit girls!"

"And you shouldn't...but we won't be fighting, it's like I said...our souls will clash."

"If you say so..." Jaden said as astral projections of himself and Tania appeared and started fighting. Tania hit first, then Jaden countered.

Jaden: 7050

Tania: 7650

"I'm not done yet! I activate TRIBAL HYMN! I can play this card after an Amazoness is destroyed and when I do, I can summon another Amazoness monster, like this one...AMAZONESS PALADIN! Oh by the way, since Paladin was summoned by my Tribal Hymn Spell Card, she's unaffected by your Great Tornado and can attack you and Otto directly this turn, Twister!"

"OH NO!" Reggie freaked.

"Paladin, attack Otto and Twister directly with TWIN AMAZON BLADE STRIKE!"

Amazoness Paladin leapt into the air, striking Otto, then striking Twister.

Otto: 6800

Twister: 6800

"I'll end my turn with 3 face-downs."

"BIG MISTAKE!" Jaden exclaimed, drawing his card. "I play my CARD OF SANCTITY! This forces us all to draw until we're all holding 6 cards!"

Once Card of Sanctity resolved, Jaden looked at his hand and saw that he had exactly what he needed to take out Paladin.

"I play POLYMERIZATION to Fusion Summon...ELEMENTAL HERO THUNDER GIANT!"

ATK: 2400

DEF: 1500

"NICE!" Sam cheered.

"Thanks to Thunder Giant's superpower, Jaden can bid Aloha to one monster on Tania's field that has less Attack Points than Thunder Giant as soon as it's summoned!" Keoni explained.

"And I'm saying Aloha to your Paladin!" Jaden said as Paladin sparked and exploded. "Now, Thunder Giant...ATTACK TANIA DIRECTLY! VOLT-TECH THUNDER!"

Thunder Giant conjured lightning from his palms and subsequently launched a lightning strike at Tania, knocking her to the ground.

Tania: 5250

"Not bad, Jaden. You're my kind of guy. However, thanks to your Giant's effect, I can now play this! It's called PRIDE OF TRIBE! I can only play this when an Amazoness is destroyed by battle or card effect. It lets me summon another Amazoness from my deck and the monster I choose is AMAZONESS QUEEN!"

ATK: 2400

DEF: 1800

"Thanks to Queen's special ability, all your monster effects are useless against Amazoness monsters!"

The trio gasped. Great Tornado's effect was nullified as long as Queen was out on the field!

"I hate to break this to you, Bastion...but I think Tania's moved on," Reggie stated.

"FAT CHANCE! No way Jaden would fall for a Shadow Rider!" Otto retorted. "Besides, I know of a beautiful blonde Obelisk student who's crushing on Slifer Red's top duelist!" he continued, causing Alexis to blush.

"If you guys are done, I believe it's my move now," Twister quipped as he drew. "Great Tornado, attack and destroy Tania's Queen now!"

Great Tornado clapped its hands and conjured a tornado aimed directly at Tania's Queen. But before the attack could reach her...

"Sorry, but with your attack...you've triggered my Trap Card! NEGATE ATTACK! Your attack is negated and your Battle Phase immediately ends!"

So much for Twister's assault...he had to think of a backup plan fast!

"I'll throw down 2 face-downs and send things to Otto-man!"

"Don't mind if I do, Twist! HA!"

Otto drew his card and saw it was just what he needed to bring forth his ultimate monster. Time to put his strategy to work!

"I play FUSION RECOVERY! So I bring back Destiny Hero Dasher and Polymerization from my Graveyard to my hand! Now I'll use Polymerization to fuse Dystopia with Dasher to summon...DESTINY HERO DUSKTOPIA!"

ATK: 3000

DEF: 3000

"When Dusktopia is summoned, I can combine Hero monsters from my hand and field to summon an ally for him! I merge Destiny Heroes Doom Lord, Captain Tenacious and Decider in order to summon...VISION HERO TRINITY!"

ATK: 2500

DEF: 2000

"Once Vision Hero Trinity comes out to play, his Attack Points shoot up to 5000 for the duration of the turn!"

"NO WAY!"

"It gets much worse from there for you, Tania! You see, Trinity can launch 3 attacks on you every turn! However, he's not allowed to attack you directly. But I don't think that will be much of an issue, because I plan on ending this duel right now! Vision Hero Trinity, OVERTHROW TANIA'S AMAZONESS QUEEN NOW WITH TRIFORCE TAKEDOWN!"

Trinity split into 3 copies of himself. The first copy launched himself at Amazoness Queen and punched her, intending to destroy her. However...nothing happened!

Tania: 3950

"How is your Queen still standing? EXPLAIN YOURSELF!"

"It's because of my Half Unbreak card! When you declared your attack, my Half Unbreak Trap Card stepped in to protect me and my Queen by preventing my Queen from being destroyed in battle this turn. In addition, all battle damage I would take is cut in half!"

Otto growled, his strategy was foiled! He needed a backup plan and his backup plan...just deal more damage! "Trinity, continue your attack!"

The 2nd Trinity copy launched himself at Queen, but was soon turned back at Otto, Twister and Jaden, punching all 3 of them.

Jaden: 2050

Twister: 1800

Otto: 1800

"WHAT?!" The trio said in unison.

"Looks like skater boy over there sprang another Trap! This one came from my hand. It's called AMAZONESS REFLECTOR! I can play this from my hand whenever one of my Amazoness monsters is the target of a 2nd attack in a row. It stops your attack and deals damage to you equal to the Attack Points of your attacking monster. In this case, that's 5000 points of damage!"

"I still have 2 more attacks this turn, Tania!" Otto reminded the Amazoness. "Trinity and Dusktopia, ATTACK!"

Tania: 2350

Otto then turned to Twister. "Hey, Twist! Mind if I borrow your Great Tornado?"

Twister smiled back at his best bro. "My cards are your cards, Otto-man!"

"SWEET! Great Tornado, ATTACK!"

Tania: 2150

"Now it's time for me to step into the octagon!" Otto said as astral projections of himself and Tania appeared to do battle in the Amazoness Arena. Otto landed the first punch and Tania was quick to hit back.

Tania: 1950

Otto: 1600

"My turn, Otto-man!" Twister announced, also utilizing the effect of Amazoness Arena. Astral projections of Twister and Tania soon appeared. This time, Tania landed the opening blow to Twister and Twister battled back to strike Tania.

Tania: 1750

Twister: 1600

"I'll lay this face-down and end my turn. Your move, Tania!"

Tania smiled as she drew her card. "I play my own Card of Sanctity, forcing us to draw until we're all holding 6 cards!"

Once Tania's Card of Sanctity resolved, she put her strategy in place.

"I play a face-down, then use Polymerization to fuse Amazoness Chain Master with Amazoness Queen in order to summon the AMAZONESS EMPRESS!"

ATK: 2800

DEF: 2400

"Next, I play AMAZONESS CALL to rip apart your Thunder Giant!"

Sparkman:

ATK: 1600

DEF: 1400

Clayman:

ATK: 800

DEF: 2000

"Empress, ATTACK CLAYMAN NOW!"

Amazoness Empress raised her scepter, launching a ray of dark magic at Clayman, destroying him, but Jaden didn't lose any Life Points!

"WHAT?! You should've lost 2000 Life Points!"

Otto had a Trap Card!

"Sorry, Tania! But you triggered the effect of Destiny Hero Dynatag! When you declare an attack, I can discard Dynatag to negate all the battle damage! In addition, we all take 1000 points of damage!"

Tania: 750

Jaden: 1050

Twister: 600

Otto: 600

Tania growled. Otto had thwarted her strategy! "I'm not done yet! It's time we had a rematch!"

Tania used the effect of Amazoness Arena to have her rematch with Jaden, causing astral projections of herself and the Slifer Red duelist, initiating a battle between the two.

Tania: 550

Jaden: 850

"I END MY TURN!"

Jaden smiled as he drew his card. "This duel's done! My move!"

Hold up, Jaden! Otto's got a little something for you!

"Wait up, Jaden! I play the 2nd effect of Dynatag! By banishing it, I give Flame Wingman an extra 1000 Attack Points, bringing it up to 3100!"

"OH NO!"

"I'm afraid so! Now, Jaden!"

"Flame Wingman, destroy Amazoness Empress now! INFERNO RAGE!"

Flame Wingman soon took flight, intent on destroying Amazoness Empress and winning the duel. However...

"Activate Trap! AMAZONESS ARCHERS! This activates when you make the mistake of attacking a field that only has Amazoness monsters on it. Now all your monsters lose 600 Attack Points and are forced to attack my Empress! YOU'RE MINE, BOYS!"

Tania smiled as the monsters attacked and she was about to win 3 more Spirit Keys. But not if Twister could help it!

"Sorry, Tania! But you're about to get rejected! REVEAL TRAP JAMMER!"

"TRAP JAMMER?!"

"This activates when a Trap activates during the Battle Phase! This will negate and destroy your Trap Card! That means your Archers missed the mark!"

"NO!"

Twister just saved the day! Jaden's attack now goes unimpeded! Flame Wingman flew right in front of Amazoness Empress and opened its dragon head, unleashing a plume of fire at the Empress, destroying it.

Tania: 250

"Let's not forget Wingman's special ability! Your Empress's Attack Points now come out of your Life Points!"

Tania was burned by Flame Wingman once more. This time...it was game over.

Tania: 0

Jaden, Twister and Otto: WIN!

"So tell us, Bastion...are you still a man caught in the throws of love or have you finally come to your senses?" Lars asked.

"Still in love..." Bastion began. "But I see where the passion lies...and it's in dueling. I'm back to the Bastion you all know and love...thanks to Jaden, Otto and Twister. They showed me that you can duel passionately without being in love."

"THAT'S GAME!" Jaden, Twister and Otto said, Twister and Otto imitating Jaden's signature victory pose.

"Let us know if you ever want a rematch!" Otto said.

"No rematch, you three," Tania began. "I joined the Shadow Riders to find a duelist who was worthy enough to be my husband. I see now that I'm not worthy enough to be with someone as skilled as the 3 of you are," she said as she transformed into a tiger. "Farewell, Bastion..."

Tania and Amazoness Tiger left the arena, leaving behind another Shadow Charm. Chazz retorted that Bastion sure knew how to pick 'em.

"Aw, cheer up, Bastion! There's plenty of fish in the sea!" Jaden said to his genius friend.

"Yes, but not too many tigers," Bastion responded.

"And we can thank the Egyptian Gods for that one..." Reggie said as the group headed back to Duel Academy.

And that does it for the battle against Tania! We've got an undersea duel up next, so STAY TUNED!