Hi, welcome to my first Yu-Gi-Oh fanfic, Rise of the Cerulean Signers! i hope you all like it!
DISCLAIMER: sadly, i don't own anything Yu-Gi-Oh. if i did, i would have forced 4Kids to dub ALL the 5Ds episodes, instead of dropping off the ending ones...anyway, what i do own are the OCs, this story, and Sherwood Maine (i'm pretty sure there isn't a Sherwood Maine, but if there is, i guess i don't own that either...)
A young girl stood all alone in a wooded clearing. It was an area covered in mossy old stones, like some sort of ancient ruins. Scattered remains of some walls and buildings jutted out from the earth around the girl. The grass was lush and green as toadstools and flowers popped out of the earth. The air was filled with the smell of wildflower and dampness, as if it had just stopped raining. A thick mist hung in the air, hiding the sky from her. The girl's hazel eyes scanned her surroundings but could find nothing familiar among the misty ruins.
"H-hello?" she squeaked, voice trembling with uncertainty. "Leo? Yusei? Akiza? Anyone?"
Luna.
The girl jumped at the spectral voice calling her name, her blue-green hair bouncing in its ponytails.
"Hello, is anyone there?"
Luna…A new set of trails awaits…You and your friends must hurry…
"Hurry?" Luna asked. "Why? What's going on? And where are you?"
She looked around, trying to find the source of the voice. It seemed to be coming from all around her, from the very mist and earth itself. She could feel it, deep and resonating, like the rumbling of thunder in the distance. And yet at the same time, it was soft and gentle. But the voice seemed familiar. It didn't sound like the voice of Ancient Fairy Dragon, but she felt that she knew it from somewhere. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she felt that she knew that voice…
The mist swirled around Luna, forming strange shapes and figures. Wind tossed her hair around as the shouts of wild war cries and the sounds of metal meeting metal. The sounds of a raging battle, a great and terrible war. The din was totally overwhelming. It was so loud that Luna felt her ears would burst as the noise pounded in her head. And somewhere, she heard the sounds of dragons roaring in the distance.
"Please!" She cried, hands clutched to her head. "Please, tell me what's going on! I don't understand! Do you need help? Tell me what to do!"
Awaken, Luna. You must awaken. Find the Spirits and the Keys; before the evils of the past rise again…Only with the help of the Other Signers can this be accomplished…
Luna looked up. The other Signers? Did this have something to do with the Crimson Dragon?
Just then, the mist around Luna exploded. In one blast, all was cleared away to reveal a starry night sky. The noise around her, which had been so impossibly loud, just suddenly stopped. As if it had been blasted away with the mist.
Then there was one final bang and Luna saw a streak of light flash across the sky. A red comet. Soon another streak, this time a brilliant blue star, shot across the sky and a mighty roar rose up to the heavens. The two comets raced towards each other until meeting in the middle of the sky, where they twisted around each other as they climbed up into the night. Once they reached as far as they could go, the comets exploded in a flash of color, scattering glimmering fragments across space.
Becoming more confused, Luna looked around and saw her Signer mark start to glow. The glow became brighter and brighter until Luna, too, was enveloped in a flash of light. Then all she saw was darkness….
Exhausted. That what Luna felt: immense exhaustion. It was like she had just woken up from hundred year sleep; like in the fairy tales she would read when she was younger.
After struggling to raise her heavy eyelids, Luna pushed herself up and gazed tiredly around, trying to get her bearings. She didn't know why she had been asleep, but she did know one thing. Luna didn't have a clue where she was.
The ground was hard, gritty and cold. Looking down, Luna realized that was because she had been lying on dirt and small pebbles. To her right, she saw a huge wall made of worn, red brick, plastered with paint and old posters. A few trashcans sat up against it along with some old cardboard boxes and other trash items. In the distance, Luna could see where the ground dropped off, leading to a small river. She could hear the gentle sounds of the stream and the croaking of frogs.
From where she was, Luna guessed that she was in some sort of park. Benches and picnic tables sat in one end while different hiking paths, one of which she had been sprawled on, cut through the earth in many twisting patterns. Tall, stately oaks and pines stood proudly everywhere she looked, their tops seeming to touch the sky. If Luna had to hazard a guess, she would say that it was late afternoon.
The sky was a clear blue, with only small wisps of clouds and she could see birds flying high in the sky. But while the scene altogether was beautiful, Luna felt only panic. This was nowhere near where she last remembered being.
She remembered being in Yusei, Jack, and Crow's garage before, with her brother and all her friends. Then her stomach lurched. Where was everyone?
Luna jumped up and looked around frantically. She could see no sign of her brother, Leo, or anyone she remembered last being with.
"Leo? Akiza? Carly!" Luna shouted. Hearing no response, Luna wandered around and as she did so, she noticed something. Her clothes were totally trashed!
Her once pristine Duel Academy uniform was now full of rips and tears and holes. Her skirt was in tatters, the pleats ripped apart in large, chunky shreds. Her red blazer was frayed at the edges, there was a massive rend in the back, and her bow was missing. Even her hair was a mess, hanging down because on of her hair ties was missing. And to make matters worse, one of her sleeves was missing, revealing part of her Signer mark under the clasp of her Duel Disk.
"Huh? What happened?" Luna turned this way as she assessed the damage. Inwardly, Luna groaned. She was going to have to pay for a new uniform now.
"Oh man…" She said to herself as she took out the other hair tie. She figured that she might as well wear her hair down if she had only one tie.
Okay. I need to find the others. Luna told herself. Then I can worry about what's happening. But first, find the others.
Luna wandered around the park for a little bit, disappointed that she didn't run into anyone along the way. She was hoping that she might find someone who could help her. But no such luck. The park was nice though. There was a playground and a small pond with ducks and geese and even a few swans.
It was by the pond that Luna spied something strange. Sticking out of the reeds, something shiny winked in the sun. It was a pair of round, bottle glasses. Luna gasped when she recognized them.
"Carly? Carly, can you hear me?!" she called. Small moans drifted from the reeds.
Pushing them back, Luna came across an older girl with long black hair, whose head was propped up in the reeds. She wore a pair of jeans, now slightly ripped and soggy from the pond water, and a shredded stripped shirt, covered by an orange vest. A backpack sat next to her nestled in a duck's nest.
"Carly!" Luna leapt into her friend's arms with a shout. Carly Carmine, flustered and startled, flew backwards into the reeds. Her hair got soaked from the water sloshing around them.
"Ack! Luna?" Carly blinked her gray eyes, unable to see anything. Luna realized this and giggled, picking up the glasses and setting them on her older friend's face.
"There you go, Carly."
The reporter blinked a few times as her eyes readjusted themselves. When the smiling face of Luna made its way into her vision, Carly let out a yelp and hugged the younger girl.
"Luna! Oh my god! Thank goodness you're okay! I don't even know what happened. We were just in the garage and…"
Luna giggled as Carly began half-panicking-half-screeching at a thousand miles an hour. Finally, Carly calmed down enough to notice the state of Luna's appearance.
"Uh, Luna?" she asked, pushing her glasses back up her nose. "What happened to your clothes? And uh, why are we in a pond?"
The younger girl shrugged. "I don't know. I woke up back there." she pointed behind her. "I couldn't find anyone so I started looking around and saw your glasses in the reeds and found you."
The two pulled themselves out of the pond and shook themselves off. Carly took one look at her ripped up shirt and blushed. With her glasses on, she could see that it was shredded beyond any hope of saving. Not to mention there was a big, gapping slash down the front and the shirt was soaked. With a yelp, she zipped up her vest and prayed that no one saw anything.
"And that was one of my favorite shirts too…" she moaned. At least it looked like the things in her backpack survived. Her notebook, laptop, and camera (and her deck, thank Ra!) were all safe and dry thanks to the waterproof backpack Jack had gotten her a few months ago.
"I just don't get it." Luna mumbled. "Last thing I remember, we were all over at Yusei, Jack, and Crow's. I don't even think we're in Neo Domino anymore."
"Yeah. All I remember was that you're Signer marks startled glowing out of nowhere," Carly mused. "And then nothing. Next thing I know, I'm head first in a pond. And where is everyone?"
The two looked around, wondering what to do, when fate decided to help out.
"Stop, thief! Give the back!" The girls jumped at the shout.
Looking to their right, they saw someone rushing up over a hill towards them. It looked like a heavy-set older man, in grungy old clothing. His head was hidden in a floppy old hat and tilted down, and his burly hands clutched a red backpack under his arm. He rushed past the girls without a second thought, shoving past them and sending Carly flat on her butt.
"Hey! Watch it!"
Another figure, smaller this time, rushed past the two after the man, still shouting.
"Give that back, you creep! It's mine!"
The thief rounded through the tree, trying to shake his chaser. Constantly looking over his shoulder, the man didn't pay any attention to where he was going. All of a sudden, a thick tree branch snapped him in the head, knocking him flat on his back. The backpack flew forward, where a pair of arms caught it easily. The man, knowing the game was up, jumped up and fled.
Luna and Carly watched as the figure stepped out from behind the tree, holding the backpack to their chest. It was a girl about Carly's age, with hair colored a deep, rich, red and brown eyes. She wore a red dress that consisted of a ripped up skirt, slashed sleeves, and a trashed waistcoat. Black, knee-high socks were full of runs. The girl also had bits of leaves everywhere, suggesting that she had fallen into a bush of some sort. A familiar red duel disk was clasped on one arm. Luna beamed and raised a hand in greeting.
"Akiza!"
As the two rushed over, Akiza Izinski approached the figure on the ground, who panted heavily from chasing the thief. For some odd reason, the figure was wearing a billowing cape of crimson velvet with a deep hood and brass tassels jangling from the cape fastener. The psychic duelist approached warily, holding the backpack out to her.
"Is this yours?" she asked politely. The figure looked up and let out a laugh.
"Yes! Thank you so much! I don't know what I would have done with out that!" The girl (the voice was obviously that of a girl's) accepted the backpack with a thankful bow and flopped to the ground, still wheezing from the running when Luna and Carly ran up.
"Akiza! There you are!" Carly shouted. She was running so fast that she wasn't watching where she was going and tripped over the girl on the ground. The reporter fell forward with a thud, eliciting a grunt from the other girl.
"Carly!" Akiza rushed over to help her friend. "Are you alright?"
The reporter nodded and laughed embarrassedly. Luna helped up the other girl.
The figure in the cape looked at the three of them and let out a gasp.
"What in the world?!"
The three duelists all started, and looked at the mysterious girl in shock.
"Are you okay?" Luna asked nervously.
"Who are you people?" the figure asked. "Is there some sort of convention going on near here or something?"
Akiza and Carly exchanged confused glances. "Convention?"
The figure cocked her head. "Well yeah. I mean why else would that explain why there are people cosplaying as anime characters in Sherwood Park of all places?"
"Cosplayers? What are you talking about?!" Carly exclaimed. The figure lurched back.
"What am I talking about?" she exclaimed. "What are you talking about? You can't expect me to believe that you guys are actually Akiza, Carly, and Luna; characters from the Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds anime. That'd be impossible!"
The three duelists started once more. Anime? What was this girl talking about?
"Wait, what happened to you all? You look like you were in some sort of wreck…" The girl reached out to the nearest person, in this case Luna, and gave a light tug on her hair. Luna quirked an eyebrow as the girl pulled her hand back hastily. "Okay, not a wig. I wonder if I smacked my head or something…"
"How do you know our names?" Luna asked, leaning forward curiously. "Maybe you can tell us where we are? Are we anywhere near New Domino?"
The girl just stared. At least it looked like she was staring since the hood didn't move. Akiza felt a shiver creep up her spine. Surely it was her imagination that was giving her such a bad feeling, right?
"Um…Well, to be honest," the girl said with a nervous chuckle. "You guys are in the town of Sherwood, Maine. In the United States. And New Domino? Doesn't exist."
"Say what?!" Carly exclaimed. Luna paled while Akiza's eyebrows rose skyward.
"That's not possible."
"Well, given what you guys go through," the girl laughed nervously again. "Is it really that hard to believe? Here, look."
The girl reached for her backpack and started digging around in it. She pulled out a small, rectangular device that fit easily in her hand with a large screen. Using her finger, she swiped across the screen and a keyboard appeared. The girl typed something in and then held up the device. The duelists leaned in and felt their jaws drop as they watched a short video play. About them.
"What are we looking at?" Akiza stared wide-eyed at the hooded girl.
Said girl sighed and finally pushed down her hood. She couldn't have been older then sixteen, with a heart-shaped face covered in freckles. Her hair was a strange, reddish-brown color, cut short and held back in two small ponytails sitting just below her ears. The straps of a teal tank-top that rested on a pair of lanky shoulders could be seen from under the collar of her cloak.
Even stranger than the color of her hair were her eyes, peering curiously at them with steel-gray and flecks of washed-out purple, giving the appearance of a glowing effect.
"Have you ever heard about the idea of parallel dimensions?" she asked. "Because I think you guys are in one. See here, in this world, you guys are part of an anime, a spin-off from another anime called Yu-Gi-Oh. The spin-off you're from is called 5Ds. What I just showed you was the opening credits for the show. So I know who you are. But how did you get here? Are the other Signers here somewhere?" The girl looked around curiously.
"We don't know where the others are." Luna explained. "We just woke up here…But we're not real here? We're part of a show?"
The girl nodded and Carly moaned.
"This is nuts! Even by our standards!"
Akiza nodded. "Right. But we need to find the others and figure out how to get back home."
"Hey, maybe I can help?" the girl asked. "I don't know how to get you home, but I can give you guys a place to stay, and my friends can help you find your friends, if you want."
The other girls all looked at each other. Really, what other choice did they have?
"Thank you so much. I'm Akiza Izinski." Akiza helped the girl up.
"Carly Carmine." Carly waved.
"And I'm Luna. But I guess you already know this, huh?"
The girl laughed. "Yeah, makes me feel kinda weird. I'm Katherine Sinclair, my friends call me Kat. It's nice to meet you all."
well, that's it for this chapter! again, i hope you liked it! leave a review in the box and tell me what you think, all feedback is welcome.
BYE!
