1Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds: Rise of Darkness

First and foremost, my sole inspiration for this fic has come from one of the greatest writers belonging to this site. His name is Digidramon. I have been following him for some time and I can't get enough of his 5Ds fic. Check it out when you have the time. I use the standard Yu-Gi-Oh card game rules, not sure what is forbidden at the moment but I will use all cards that I come across. Now some of my elements are borrowed from Digidramon but I assure you, and him, that not much of this will occur. I use all dub names because I watch the dub version more often than subbed, or raw, and I prefer them anyway. I will have anime characters in my fic and they will play various roles. I'm not sure who plays what role and when but they will. Expect to see most 5ds characters because they are the best in my opinion. I will be giving card descriptions at the end of every chapter and will be previewing the ones to come. So, without further ado, sit back, relax, grab some popcorn, and enjoy.

New Domino City, a haven for all who enjoy the game of Duel Monsters. Originally home to the great Yugi Muto, the city could not get any better. With legacies such as Battle City and simply being the home of several great duelists, all who reside within it's walls are skilled in every aspect of the game. However, some of the talent have chosen to use their skills for the wrong reasons. And one of these talented wrong-doers has gone too far.

The gray walls did nothing to damper Westin's spirits. Day in and day out, he stared at the borders of his small chamber. Of course, he was being held prisoner by New Domino's Sector Security. He could still remember the day he was captured by Sector Security. Well, to be more specific, he wasn't exactly caught by the security officers themselves. In fact, another about his age had been the hunter. Westin had been on the wrong side of the law and now he was paying for it. He had been in the Facility for what seemed to be going on three years now, all for trying to steal from a small card shop. Westin looked up at the ceiling and recounted the events of that fateful day.

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Westin stuffed several packs of Duel Monsters cards into his small bag. This was going great, another sneak out the back door and he was gone. With Zoey watching out for him, they would go far. Zoey was someone Westin cared about more than anything else. She was beautiful, to start, and she was a very talented duelist. She and Westin were neck and neck during their countless duels throughout the years. As far as Westin was concerned, he cared deeply for the emerald-eyed beauty.

Just a few more packs to go and I'll be done. Westin shoved the last remaining packs into his bag and grabbed his duel disk. Of course, all conflicts were solved by dueling nowadays. Westin shouldered the heavy baggage and retreated from the small card shop. He made his way down the alley towards his Duel Runner. The cycle was colored a faded yellow with brown and green stripes flowing in patterns across the sides. All in all, Westin was very happy with his ride.

That is, until he attempted to start it to no avail.

"What's going on?" He sat the heavy pack down to investigate.

"That runner isn't taking you anywhere." Came an angry reply from the shadows only a few feet away.

A deeply tanned teen about Westin's age stepped from the shadows. He wore ripped black jeans and a crimson shirt under a gray, sleeveless jacket. He had fingerless gloves on both hands and his dark brown hair flailed about as a small gust made it's way down the alley.

"No, but your... Julian Mikuro?" Westin stepped back.

"That's right, and like I said, I'm sending you in. You aren't going to be stealing anything in the Facility." Julian looked into Westin's eyes, true anger rising. "Why would you steal from a card shop in Satellite? If dueling is all these people have, then what do you get from this? The satisfaction of not being caught? The thrill of the theft? It amazes me that scum like you can even grace this city. I've dedicated my life to stopping thugs like you from pushing people around."

"Calm down man. I'll put the cards back." Westin was actually frightened by the teen's harsh words.

"It's too late. Just because you put them back now won't solve a thing. You will simply do it another day when I'm not here to stop you." Julian lifted his arm to reveal a duel disk.

Westin smirked, confident in his deck and dueling abilities. "If it's a duel you want, then it's a duel you got."

Westin raised his arm with the yellow trimmed duel disk detached from his runner. "If I win, you have to let me go."

"Fine." Julian said with a grin. "I hope you're not sweating yet, because this duel is about to heat up."

"DUEL!!!" they shouted in unison

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Westin slammed into the concrete as his lifepoints reached zero. The heat dissipating quickly. He had several burnt patches on his clothing and skin. This duel had been real, and Westin hadn't suspected a thing. He slowly began to rise ashis vision began to fade. He could barely make out Julian on an orange duel runner retreating from the alley. Westin relaxed his aching head back on the concrete, fully aware that he was suffering from a concussion, not to mention second-degree burns. The last images he saw were that of red and blue.

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As quickly as that, Julian Mikuro had banished Westin Nakamura to Hell on Earth. Nowhere, and he meant nowhere, could be worse than the Facility. The only thing good to ever come from this place was Yusei Fudo. Almost a year ago, Yusei had come to the Facility, being brought here after Turbo Dueling Jack Atlas and breaking the law by escaping from the Satellite. Of course, Westin had come to the Satellite on reasons of a different sort. He was brought by Sector Security. It's funny how the most rotten criminals somehow get a one-way ticket to New Domino.

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Chef Kevin Ayami punched out his number and grabbed his bags. It had been a long day. He had been cooking for the criminals for long enough. Apparently, going to a high-class school and learning to become a chef didn't pay off as much as he'd hoped. He rounded a corner and headed for the maximum-guarded entrance. Of course, he had been getting paid well. He wouldn't settle for second-rate pay to deal with such scum.

"Good night Chef." came the reply from the Security Officer standing guard.

Kevin nodded before stepping past the man and continuing towards his car. For some reason, the sun had settled early and he was having trouble remembering where he had parked. He rounded yet another corner, out of sight by the guard. To his right, against the far wall, rested two Duel Runners. One was a dark blue with light blue stripes forming a wind pattern. The other was a deep crimson with several slash-appearing marks of black strewn about.

Punks. The local kids thinking they are all high simply because they own the latest technology. He had never been interested in Turbo Duels. It was just another attraction for Yusei Fudo and Jack Atlas to excel in. The two had been tearing up the pro circuit.

"Excuse me." Kevin turned, thought forgotten, to see a beautiful young woman wearing a light blue skirt and a white undershirt hidden beneath a vest colored the same as the skirt. Her long blonde hair was strewn across her back. She seemed so familiar. As if she was someone he had seen at a young age. May Valino?

Behind the girl stood a boy wearing a casual set of black jeans and a black vest over a grey undershirt. The two wielded duel disks similar to the Runners he had just observed. The girl wore a light blue duel disk with dark blue gems and the boy wielded a black duel disk with red gems set within.

The girl stepped forward. "Are you Chef Kevin Ayami?"

How did she know his name?

"Yes, that's me. Now what do you kids want?" He answered.

"What I want is to know where Westin Nakamura is? He is in the Facility."

"What? Do you know how many inmates live here? Besides, I'm the cook. How would I know which cell he resides in?" the cook answered once more.

"So, are you going to tell us which cell he's in?" the girl asked.

"I told you. I have no idea. Now just leave me alone." Kevin turned to exit.

"No! If you're not going to tell me where he is, then I'll just have to duel the answer out of you." the girl said with anger in her voice.

"You don't need to do this." the boy whispered.

"Yes I do." the girl stared ahead, not sparing the boy a glance.

"Fine." Kevin said, fishing his duel disk from his bag. "But when I win, you have to leave me alone."

"It's a deal."

"Just one question. Who are you?" Kevin asked as he activated his duel disk.

The girl activated her duel disk as well. "My name is Zoey, and that's all you need to know."

"DUEL!!!"

Kevin 8000 LP / Zoey 8000 LP

"I'll start things off." Kevin yelled as he drew his first card. "I Set one monster and activate the Spell Curry Pot. Now, monsters are removed from play instead of going to the graveyard. With that I end my turn." A giant pot of bubbling curry appeared next to Kevin.

"What? That's all you're going to do. I feel sorry for you old people and you're lack of skill." Zoey laughed as she drew from her deck. "I summon Harpie Lady 2."

With a screech, a woman with orange hair and wings appeared in front of Zoey. She wore a skin-tight blue suit, similar to Zoey herself. (Atk: 1300)

"My Harpie has a special ability, when she destroys a face-down monster, if it has a flip effect, it can't be activated." Zoey smirked. "Harpie Lady 2, attack his face down monster."

The Harpie sped toward the Set monster before raking her talons across it. A small potato with arms and legs appeared before shattering. (Def: 800)

"You destroyed my Potatoman." Kevin said. "So now he gets removed from play."

Potato Man reappeared above the Curry Pot before being dropped in with a splash.

"What? He was useless. Oh well, I set one card facedown and end my turn." Zoey said as her facedown card appeared behind her Harpie Lady 2.

Kevin 8000 LP/ Zoey 8000 LP

"We'll see how useless he was." Kevin said, drawing a card. "I Set another monster and place one card facedown." His two reverse cards appeared before him as the Curry Pot crackled.

"I draw." Zoey said. "I summon Birdface." A large bird resembling a man appeared next to Harpie Lady 2. A horn protruded from it's head as long blonde feathers ran down it's back. It wore a large metallic blue vest as it screeched. (Atk: 1600)

Zoey pointed forward. "Harpie Lady 2, attack his facedown monster."

The Harpie swooped towards the card before, once again, slashing it to bits. An onion with arms and legs appeared this time before shattering as well. (Def: 1200)

"That was Onion Man. I activate my Trap Card Counter Spice Cumin. If one of my monsters is destroyed by battle, I can Special Summon one from my hand as long as it's level four or below. So I Special Summon Carrot Man." Kevin said.

A carrot with arms and legs appeared next to the curry pot. (Atk: 800) Onion Man reappeared above Curry Pot before being dropped in with a splash.

"Now, just another target for my Birdface, attack his Carrot Man." Zoey yelled.

Birdface leapt from it's position and slammed into the small carrot. It was flung backwards before shattering.

Kevin 7200 LP/ Zoey 8000 LP

Carrot Man reappeared above the Curry Pot before falling into it with yet another splash.

"I end my turn." Zoey said with a sigh. "Let's try to play something a little better than vegetables please."

Kevin drew and smirked. "You're about to see more than a couple vegetables. I activate the effect of Curry Pot. When one each of Potato Man, Onion Man, and Carrot Man are removed from play, I can remove all monsters on the field from play and Special Summon Curry Fiend Roux from my deck or hand."

Zoey winced as her two monsters exploded. They reappeared above the Curry Pot before being dropped in.

A large metallic man appeared, garbed in several food-related clothing pieces. His shoulder blades were plates. He held a giant spoon in his right hand. He had a belt of onions and he wore a carrot around his neck surrounded by several potatoes. (Atk: 1800)

"My Curry Fiend Roux has a pretty nifty special ability. He gains 300 attack points for every card removed from play. And now I activate the Spell Spice Caraway. This card inflicts 200 points of direct damage to you and transfers the points to yours truly."

Zoey winced as her lifepoints were drained for the first time.

Kevin 7400 LP/ Zoey 7800 LP

Curry Fiend Roux roared as it's attack power increased. (Atk: 2100)

"You never should have tried to push around an old man little girl. Now I activate the Spell Spice Nutmeg. This card allows me to destroy one facedown card on your side of the field at the cost of 500 lifepoints. But I see this as worth it." Kevin chuckled.

Kevin 6900 LP/ Zoey 7800 LP

Zoey's facedown card was flipped up to reveal Tornado before it shattered.

Curry Fiend Roux roared once again as it's attack continued to increase. (Atk: 2700)

"Now Curry Fiend Roux, attack this little girl directly." Kevin pointed toward the wide-opened Zoey.

Curry Fiend Roux leapt and swung it's spoon down as a large cloud of dust rose. When the dust cleared, Zoey was on one knee before slowly rising.

Kevin 6900 LP/ Zoey 5100 LP

"Are you done yet?" came Zoey's angered shout.

"Yes, I am." Kevin folded his arms. He had this girl right where he wanted her.

Zoey drew. "I activate the Field Spell Harpie's Hunting Ground."

The landscape of the dark parking lot changed to that of a windy valley.

"Now I summon Harpie Queen." Zoey smiled as another Harpie appeared next to her. This one wore the same skin-tight blue suit, however, it had long green hair tied in a large ponytail. (Atk: 2200)

"What can that pathetic girl do?" Kevin chortled. "Curry Fiend Roux is still way more powerful."

"When Harpie's Hunting Ground is on the field and I summon a Harpie Lady, which Harpie's Queen's effect counts her as, I can destroy one Spell or Trap card on the field." Zoey answered the chef's question. "And, if it isn't obvious, I choose Curry Pot."

The large bubbling pot exploded, sending a blast wave throughout the windy valley.

"Since it goes to your graveyard, you can't gain attack points." Zoey smirked as Kevin gritted his teeth. "Now I activate Double Summon, which allows me to Normal Summon one extra time this turn. So I normal summon Harpie Dragonkeeper."

A woman wearing the same blue suit as the other Harpies appeared. However, she wore a yellow apron over her suit. She had long blonde hair, similar to Zoey's herself, and was carrying bowl of food. (Atk: 700)

"Next, I tune my Harpie Dragonkeeper with my Harpie Queen to Synchro Summon..." Zoey started.

Harpie Dragonkeeper rose into the air and dissolved into two glowing stars that cut Harpie Queen down to her orange framework. A bright flash appeared.

"Gusting winds of hope, swarm to create the ultimate diva of the skies, Synchro Summon, blow them away, Harpie Angel!"

A divine woman rose from the Synchro Summon. Instead of the usual blue suit, she wore a white gown with gold trimming. Her talons glew with white light as her long purple hair blew in the wind behind her. (Atk: 2700)

"My Harpie Angel has a special ability. When she is Synchro Summoned while Harpie's Hunting Ground is on the field, she destroys the highest attacking monster on your side of the field and you take damage equal to it's attack points." Zoey laughed as Curry Fiend Roux shattered.

"What, no!" Kevin shouted as he took the damage.

Kevin 4200 LP/ Zoey 5100 LP

"If you think that's bad, get a load of this. If my Harpie Dragonkeeper is used for the Synchro Summon of a Winged-Beast type Synchro monster, that monster gains the ability to attack twice on the turn it is summoned." Zoey smirked.

"What? No, that's not fair." Kevin backed up.

"Harpie Angel, attack him with Divine Slash." Zoey ordered.

Harpie Angel swooped and slashed Kevin with lightning-fast speed.

Kevin 1500 LP / Zoey 5100 LP

"Now, Harpie Angel, use your second attack and attack him directly once more." Zoey pointed toward the panicking chef.

Harpie Angel quickly swooped and slashed once more as Kevin was tossed backwards. His large chef's hat fell to the floor to reveal his bald head.

Kevin 0 LP / Zoey 5100 LP

Harpie Angel faded as the scenery returned to that of the nighttime parking lot. Zoey slowly walked toward Kevin with the boy close behind.

"Now, tell me which cell Westin Nakamura is in." Zoey demanded, grabbing the chef by the shirt collar.

"I'm telling you, I don't know. I only cook the food." Kevin pleaded.

The boy behind Zoey touched her shoulder lightly. "Zoey, I think he's telling the truth. We just have to find someone else to question."

"I don't know Andre. He seems like..." Zoey was cut off.

"Hey, what's going on over there?" Shouted the guard nearby.

"Help me!" shouted Kevin. "Help!"

"Quiet." Zoey said as sh turned.

The guard was rounding the corner. They had no choice.

"Let's get out of here." She dropped the defeated chef and raced toward her blue Duel Runner with the boy named Andre in tow.

They quickly mounted the bikes and took off, leaving Kevin Ayami to recount the experience to the Sector Security officer.

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Potato Man

Earth/ Plant/ Normal/ Level 3/ Atk: 900/ Def: 800

Onion Man

Earth/ Plant/ Normal/ Level 3/ Atk: 1200/ Def: 1200

Carrot Man

Earth/ Plant/ Normal/ Level 3/ Atk: 800/ Def: 900

Curry Fiend Roux

Earth/ Fiend/ Effect/ Level 8/ Atk: 0/ Def: 0

Gain 200 attack for each "Spice" card in either player's graveyard. This card gains 300 attack for each card removed from play.

(The above four cards were used by Prof. Sartyr in episode 63 of Yugioh GX. Creative credit goes to the writers of GX)

Harpie Dragonkeeper

Wind/ Winged-Beast/ Tuner/ Effect/ Level 2/ Atk: 400/ Def: 1000

If this card is used for the Synchro Summon of a Winged-Beast type Synchro monster, that monster can attack twice during the Battle Phase of the turn it was summoned. This card is treated as "Harpie Lady" while in the graveyard.

Harpie Angel

Wind/ Winged-Beast/ Synchro/ Effect/ Level 6/ Atk: 2400/ Def: 1300

1 "Harpie" Tuner + 1 or more Wind non-Tuner monsters

If "Harpie's Hunting Ground" is on the field when this card is Synchro Summoned, you can destroy the highest attack point monster on your opponent's side of the field and inflict damage to your opponent equal to the attack of the destroyed monster.

(The above two cards are my creations and all creative credit goes to me.)

Spell Spice Caraway

Normal Spell Card

Inflict 200 points of damage to your opponent. Gain 200 Life Points.

Curry Pot

Continuous Spell Card

All cards that would be sent to the graveyard are removed from play instead. When 1 each of "Carrot Man", "Potato Man", and "Onion Man" are removed from play by this card's effect, remove all monsters on the field from play and Special Summon 1 Curry Fiend Roux from your hand or deck.

(The above two cards were used by Prof. Sartyr in episode 63 of Yugioh GX. Creative credit goes to the writers of GX.)

Spell Spice Nutmeg

Normal Spell Card

Pay 500 life points. Destroy one facedown Spell or Trap card your opponent controls.

(The above card is my creation and all creative credit goes to me."

Counter Spice Cumin

Normal Trap Card

Activate only when one of your monsters is destroyed. Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand.

(The above card was used by Prof. Sartyr in episode 63 of Yugioh GX. Creative credit goes to the writers of GX.)

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I would like to point out that Julian Mikuro is a character in Digidramon's Yugioh 5Ds: Seven Spirits fic. I had special permission to mention the character. I want people to know that his Seven Spirits fic, as far as I am concerned, is extremely good. So please, check it out.

Anyway, this story seems to be a much-needed improvement over my last attempt at a Yugioh 5Ds fic. So continue to read and reviews help.