The Faceless One
Chapter 1: Breakthrough
Author: This story doesn't really take place in any special location, or saga in Yu-gi-oh. Let's say after Serenity has her eyes fixed, there. Anyway the card monster this story focuses on is fictional. It doesn't exist, I made him up, I own him, end of story. Now speaking of which……
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Thunder crackled upon a dark and stormy night, rain showered its countless gallons of ice cold water around the city. People tucked into their homes with a warm, cozy cover from the shivering showers. But, in the midst of this drenching darkness, 2 figures were standing firmly in the rain. The left figure raised a card up into the air.
"Summoned Skull, attack his life points" the left boy said.
The right figure grunted as a powerful monster attacked his body.
The teenager chuckled "Not bad but not good enough either, I activate monster reborn".
Another monster appeared, and attacked the left figure's Summoned Skull creature. The right voice then unleashed a magic card, using a powerful sacrifice card to remove the left figure's second monster.
"Now thanks to my card's special ability, I can automatically bring a new monster to the field" the right figure said.
The teen slowly removed a card. The left figure chuckled, flashing a glimpse of his long dark brown hair; a mature, adult voice smirked.
The right teen laughed "Won't do you any good Jack. You know how powerful my deck monsters are, I've get enough attack points in each beast to take down an army of blue eyes white dragons. So go ahead and pick your monster, no card you have is strong enough to defeat me".
The one called Jack grinned and revealed his new card, the left figure blinked in shock.
"What the hell?" the older teen said.
Jack laughed "Bet you haven't seen one of THESE in action, have you Drake? I think it's high time you did; now you'll see why they call him the unlucky monster. I summon Infectosect, in attack mode".
Jack activated his monster card, the creature named Infectosect revealed his ghastly appearance.
ZAP!
A colossal bolt of lighting sliced across the field, both duelists remain unaffected by the storm. The chilling rain, the booming thunder, and the powerful lighting bolts, none of these things seem to faze the duelists in any way. The lighting crackled its powerful energies directly into Jack dueling disc. Circuitry and energy flashed as Jack screamed, the disc was sparking like a fire cracker. The Infectosect card monster started to growl in pain.
Drake blinked "What the hell is going on here?".
Lighting struck Jack's disc again.
The young teen screamed "AHHH something's wrong, I can't stop it, I can't stop it, and I can't GRAHHHH".
The 3rd and final bolt of lighting struck the dueling disc in Jack's hand, and instantly destroyed it. A small explosion of flashing white light stunned Drake into blindness. Now there were 3 figures, 2 duelists, and a very strange, dark, looking……thing.
An inhuman thing……
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The bright shining sun flashed its gorgeous rays across the beautiful blue orb called Earth. School bells clanged loudly as a local school's students erupt from the doorways, spilling forth hundred of relieved students. Of the many students amidst the mountains and mountains worth of crowds there was a boy, a boy closely followed by 3 other people. The boy's name was Yugi, and the people behind him were none other then Joey, Tristan, and Tea.
"BOY does it feel good to be out of that joint, I'm starving" Tristan yawned.
Joey smiled "I'm with Tristan, being locked up in a school with nothing but books and boredom to comfort you, it can make a guy go bonkers, let's snag some chow guys".
Birds fluttered from emerald shaded trees. Fish splashed their silk blue fins in the gorgeous ocean blue waters, shimmering its natural beauty.
Yugi sighed happily "That sounds like a great idea Joey, let's do it. It's a beautiful day and I'd hate to just waste it, let's find an outdoor café or something".
Tea cheerfully nodded "Sounds perfect, count me in".
The boy with the blonde hair groaned as he snapped his fingers.
Yugi blinked "What's wrong Joey?".
The young duelist growled "Rats, I just realized that Serenity would probably love to come eat with us. But she's at the house and I'd have to run all the way back just to get her".
The spiky haired Yugi blinked as he spotted a shop not too far from them, a shop containing duel monster cards.
"Tell you what Joey, why don't you go pick up Serenity now, while me and Tea check out that card shop" Yugi said.
Joey blinked softly "You sure that's all right Yug, I mean it might take me a while".
Yugi nodded in return "Of course, Serenity is always welcome Joey, you know that".
Wheeler thanked his friend and quickly headed off.
"Great idea Yugi, but just out of curiosity, why do you want me to go with you into the card shop?" Tea asked.
Yugi shrugged "I just figured you wouldn't mind. I know I'd enjoy the company".
Those words caused the smallest but warmest of blushes to Tea's cheeks, the girl smiled bashfully and replied.
"Well……if you put it that way, sure why not?" Tea said.
Yugi and Tea then headed off into the card shop, leaving a slightly annoyed Tristan behind and alone.
"Uh guess I'll wait here" Tristan said.
A minute later a figure shoved past Tristan without even the slightest of notice. The man grunted as the figure continued to walk away from him.
Tristan growled "HEY JERK, why don't you watch where you're going, the least you could do is apologize, sheesh".
But the figure didn't respond, react, or even acknowledge a single thing Tristan said. The strange young man just continued walking farther away.
OOF!
A second being pushed past Tristan.
The boy growled "THAT'S IT, I think you owe me an apology right now Mr. Uh?".
Tristan's eyes widened as this time, he got a good look at who had shoved into him. The figure was tall, had dark brown short hair, a white coat, black leather straps, purple shirt, and an icy menacing stare. It seems Tristan had bumped into Seto Kaiba.
"You mind telling me what I owe a loser like you?" Kaiba said.
Tristan frowned "I'm not a loser Kaiba, I just got zero tolerance for jerks who think they can push anyone they want around".
Kaiba smirked "Funny, I think by now you'd be used to being pushed around, after all that's pretty much exactly what you deserve for running your big mouth off to someone like me".
Tristan rolled up his sleeves and angrily confronted Kaiba's face. Suddenly a figure was seen running up to Kaiba and Tristan, it was Mokuba.
"Come on Seto, we can't be late, we've got to get going now" Mokuba said.
Kaiba stared at Tristan and simply frowned before turning his back to him.
"Mokuba's right, I've got better things to do then to waste my time with amateurs" Kaiba said.
Mokuba turned to Tristan shrugging "Sorry Tristan but Seto and I are kinda busy. We've got to get to a conference right away".
That conference Mokuba spoke of was more important then Kaiba would begin to imagine. The Kaiba Corporation became surrounded by reporters, angry citizens, and a few policemen trying to calm down the raving mob. The focus of this mob all started last night, when 2 duelists were mysteriously injured during a duel. Apparently the storm had caused damage to one of the duelists dueling disc, and put one of the duelists in the hospital.
The second duelist however is missing, and the press took immediate action in attempting to discover the cause of this accident. Kaiba was notified instantly, seeing as how he was the one who created the new duel disc technology in the first place. The dark and irritated Kaiba sat in his swivel black leather chair, staring his bold dark blue eyes across his window view. A black suited man with shades and dark brown hair entered Kaiba's office.
"What is it now Walter? I thought I said I didn't want to be disturbed" Kaiba groaned.
The slick suited man replied "Yes sir, I know sir, but the reporters are still outside, they are demanding you come out and give a statement".
Kaiba groaned "Then remind those idiots that I already gave my only comments on this matter. Kaiba corp. is not responsible for that kid's disappearance, I don't care what they say".
Walter said "But sir, the young man in the hospital is unconscious and he hasn't waken up to give any new information".
"Not my problem. If this Jack Ferris kid was stupid enough to duel in the middle of a thunderstorm, then whatever happens to him is his own fault. I am ending this discussion now, IS THAT CLEAR?".
Walter gulped "Yes sir".
Seemingly apart from the rest of the world, a lone staggering boy wobbled his shivering legs towards a small house. The boy had pale blonde hair, dead eyes, a rain soaked red shirt, and a fried dueling disc. Fried sneakers clop there shredded remains across the sidewalk up to the house's front door. The boy bonked his bobbing head onto the wood. An older man appeared, sporting big purple eyes, and a massive grey beard. It was Yugi's grandpa.
"Yes, uh can I help you?" Grandpa Moto asked.
Grandpa Moto gasped at sight of the young boy, he looked tired, drenched, dead, and completely devoid of energy.
The man sighed "My goodness what happened to you my boy? Please come in side, I've got some warm tea all prepared".
Grandpa Moto allowed the young man to enter his little house.
"You sit right there, I'll be right back" Grandpa said.
Just as the old man turned his back, the boy stood straight up and smiled.
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To be continued……