//------------------------------// // Duel 4: Battle City Begins! // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! Friendship is Dueling 3: Battle City Canterlot // by Bahamut0 //------------------------------// Yesterday afternoon was still on Burst's mind. He still regretted telling Principal Celestia he liked her. 'Agh! I'm such an idiot! Why?! Why did I do something so stupid?!' Apparently, fate was not done with Burst yet. The loudspeaker soon went off. "Burst Stream. Please report to Principal Celestia's Office." Burst sighed as he went down to Celestia's office. 'Great. Things are really going to head downhill from here...', Burst thought as he arrived at the doors of Celestia's office. "You wanted to see me?", Burst said as he entered the office. "Yes Burst. But there's someone else who wished to meet you.", Celestia began. "So you're the duelist who won Duelist Kingdom.", Kaiba said. "Burst Stream, right?" "That's me. And you're Seto Kaiba. Head of Kaiba Corp. and the duelist who became synonymous with Blue-Eyes White Dragon. That is..until Industrial Illusions put them back into production." "Considering Yugi was able to work around Blue-Eyes each time I summoned it, I can see why.", Kaiba said as he remembered every time Blue-Eyes was defeated. "Anyway, the answer to your question is no. I'm not here for your dragons. I'm here because your victory at Duelist Kingdom was quite impressive. So much so that I've decided to host another Battle City tournament here in Canterlot. I've done away with the ante rule for this tournament. So you needn't worry about losing any of your cards." "Another Battle City? When's it going on?!", Burst asked. "I'll be making the official announcement tonight on television. It'll take place over the next few day. The only way to progress to the finals is to collect six locator cards. I just hope nothing crazy happens like the last one I threw..." "What was that last part?", Burst asked. "Nothing. I must say. Your bond with Blue-Eyes is impressive." "Thanks. Have you tried summoning yours?", Burst asked. "...Excuse me?" "Any duelist who shares a bond with their monster can summon them from their own world. Watch." Burst summoned his Blue-Eyes. "See?" Blue-Eyes then scowled at Kaiba. "Oh. YOU.", Blue-Eyes said crossly. Kaiba's jaw dropped. "Well? Aren't you going to try summoning your Blue-Eyes?" Kaiba got his head back to reality. "I'll humor you..Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Kaiba's Blue-Eyes materialized. "You...you're real?!" Kaiba's Blue-Eyes just scowled at him. "Strange. He's not as talkative as yours..." "You mean 'she'.", Burst and Blue-Eyes said. "WHAT?!" "Finally! Someone noticed!", Kaiba's Blue-Eyes said. "B-but..how?!" "You DID notice her build is more slender right?", Blue-Eyes asked. "How did you not notice?", Burst said. "I....I need to make a call. Hope to see you at the tournament..." Kaiba walked outside, and dialed up a number as he exited CHS. "Yugi? I retract my statement about the heart of the cards. Why? I just actually summoned one of my Blue-Eyes White Dragons! Science is OFFICIALLY out the window." Meanwhile, Burst was alone with Celestia. "Listen. About yesterday, I...", Celestia began. "There's no need to speak Celestia.", Burst said with a small smile. "I know you think me liking you is just a stupid schoolboy crush. Maybe you're right..." "Actually, you're wrong. I didn't get the chance to tell you before you ran off. Burst? I have feelings for you too." "You...you do?", Burst asked. Celestia nodded. "When did it start?" "It grew over your time here. You grew from a cute freshman to quite the handsome young man. But that pales in comparison to your most attractive quality. Your heart. When everyone else was willing to just hate Sunset after the Fall Formal, you were one of the first students to befriend her after everything. That...and you were quite brave standing up to Cinch at the Friendship Games. You see the best in everyone. Not to mention you've faced two magical threats to our school." "And I saved the world at Duelist Kingdom. Turns out Sombra partnered with an evil monster to take over our world. Blue-Eyes and I were able to defeat him." "You're quite the young hero.", Celestia said with a smile. "You know, your inner beauty matches your outer beauty.", Burst said with a smile. "When I first saw you, I thought you were an angel. You've got a heavenly voice, lovely eyes, and that beautiful smile. But above all, you're kind. You care about everyone around you. CHS couldn't ask for a better principal. And...I couldn't ask for anyone better to love. That is...if you want me." Celestia smiled as she walked up to Burst and wrapped her arms around him. "Only if you want me too.", Celestia said with a loving smile. Burst acted on instinct as he leaned in for a kiss, but Celestia beat him to it. It was only a few seconds, but it felt like so much longer. "Does that answer your question?", Burst said as he pulled out of the kiss. "More than enough. Good luck in the tournament." Burst smiled as he left. "This day just got a whole lot better..."