Ash Ketchum Attends Duel Academy

Duel Distractions Part 2

The night after his defeat, Bastion's screams of agony echoed throughout the dark sky as Jaden and the others huddled around a small campfire, taking in the painful cries.

Alexis sighed and poked the fire. "I hate to hear Bastion suffering like that and not being able to help."

"No joke." Chazz nodded, "They've been dueling all night, and from those screams, it sounds like Bastion's been losing all night."

"How long can this go on?" Banner thought aloud.

Jaden rose to his feet.

"We gotta do something!"

"Yeah!" Chumley and Syrus agreed, standing up.

A low rumbling sound began to emanate from the coliseum, making everyone look towards it.

Syrus slowly moved behind Chumley. 

"What is that...?" He whimpered.

"Someone's coming out of the Colosseum."

Everyone else watched as Bastion slowly walked out of the coliseum gateway, looking as though he was beaten down, emotionally speaking.

"Bastion?!" Jaden ran to his friend, followed quickly by the others, "Bastion, are you okay?"

Bastion only fell over, but made it to his knees since Jaden caught him before he could hit his head on anything.

"What happened to you in there?" Syrus asked, standing over him.

The only reply was a sorrowful look in Bastion's eyes.

"Did she dump you?"

Bastion nodded, "Yes...I'm crushed."

"You're not crushed, you're lucky." Chazz muttered.

Banner frowned. "I don't understand. She was so smitten with you yesterday..."

Bastion sighed and looked up at the sky. 

"I know...we were to be married!" He groaned, earning surprised looks from the others. "But she decided I wasn't duelist enough..."

-Flashback-

Bastion fell to the dirt as the last of his Life Points went down to zero.

Tania glared at him, "You're not worthy...beat it!"

Bastion gasped.

"I need someone. Someone who is at my level," Tania mused as she turned away from

Groaning, Bastion slowly sat up and watched the Amazon duelist walk off towards the inner archway, "My love..."

-End Flashback-

"I wasn't good enough for her, and she's left me forever. She said she wants a champion, a duelist who can give her a match that she'll always remember."

Everyone wondered about that as he got up off the ground and wandered back to the Ra dorm.

That afternoon, Bastion stood at a large window in the halls of Duel Academy, head propped up as he gazed out at the island. The images of the Amazon still fresh in his mind, as well as the memories of the duels.

He sighed, 'Tania...'

-Flashback-

"Oh, I'm sorry, am I distracting you again?" Tania twiddled her fingers, "With all this talk about how much I love you, and how positively handsome you are?" She giggled, "There I go again, I should stop!"