Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, be it the cards, the show or anything like that. I do, however, own the original characters mentioned in this.
Author's Note: ...I am totally aware of how bad the summary sounds.
So, this is the fic I mentioned on the poll on my main profile, the one with the OC. I figured, since the poll was close... and had so few votes, I'd post the first chapter, see the response, and go from there. So, without further ado, the fanfic.
A 14-year old boy ran down the sidewalks and across the streets. His golden eyes shone with excitement as he raced through the city, panting heavily. The sight of his open black school uniform and the red shirt underneath were a blur to the people he ran past.
Finally reaching his destination, the boy panted for a few seconds, before wiping strands of orange hair off his forehead. After composing himself, the boy walked into the game shop that stood in front of him.
The boy walked past a few old arcade machines, some billiards tables and shelves of video games, until he found a small table in the back where a girl was waiting for him. The girl looked to be the boy's age, with long, white hair and was wearing a blue, sleeveless shirt under a pink vest.
"Am I late?" The boy asked, looking around.
"Don't worry, Yukihiro." The girl sighed. "You're the first one here after me."
"You're kidding, right, Yuna?" Yukihiro asked sitting across from the girl. "The others aren't here yet?"
"Well, Hiroshi showed up a little while ago, but when he saw that Shintaro wasn't here, he figured he was out fighting someone else again." Yuna explained. "So he went out to get him."
"So I managed to get everything before those two!" Yukihiro cheered.
"And yet you didn't change out of your school uniform." Yuna pointed out.
"Well, sooorry." Yukihiro responded indignantly. "We don't all live so close to the game shop like you."
The two gave a small chuckle.
"While we're waiting on them..." Yuna started, holding up a deck of Duel Monsters card. "...why don't we have a quick duel?"
"You're on!" Yukihiro cried out, unhooking a box from his belt.
As Yukihiro pulled his deck out of the box, a man wearing a business suit sat down at a racing game and started tapping on the controls, staring at Yukihiro and Yuna out of the corner of his eye.
Time passed and after a few short duels, Yukihiro and Yuna were greeted by two boys around their age. One had a shaved head and wore an open green shirt over a white t-shirt. The other had spiky blond hair and wore a yellow shirt under the same uniform jacket that Yukihiro was wearing. The blond one also had a few scraps on his face.
"Sorry about that." The one with the shaved head said. "Shintaro here was in another fight, just like I thought."
"It's not my fault!" The blond one, Shintaro, snapped back. "They were dissing dueling! And more importantly, they insulted my deck! A duelist can't let someone get away with that! I'd have made them apologize too, if it wasn't for Hiroshi here!"
Shintaro glared at his friend.
"Hey, you were holding Yuna up!" Hiroshi said. "And look! Yukihiro got here before you too!"
"Thankfully, Yuki got here after you left Hiroshi." Yuna said. "I nearly beat him a few times too."
"Hey, don't feel so down." Yukihiro said, smiling. "Your Master Hyperion nearly beat me. I just got lucky."
"Yeah?" Shintaro and Hiroshi asked, both looking down on Yukihiro.
Shintaro and Hiroshi took seats on either side of Yuna.
"Duel me then!" Shintaro yelled.
"Hey, you're the one who slowed us up." Hiroshi said. "I get to beat Yukihiro first."
"What?" Yukihiro asked in shock. "I thought you two wanted to duel Yuna."
"Hey, she nearly beat you." Hiroshi pointed out. "You're rarely off your game."
"Oh, I'm not that great." Yukihiro said, smirking slightly.
"Liar!" Hiroshi yelled, placing his deck on the table. "Now come on! Duel me. And if you win, then you can humiliate Shin."
"Then let's go!" Yukihiro said, beginning to shuffle his cards.
As the two began to duel, the man in the suit got up.
"Not yet." A voice only the man could hear said.
The man slowly made his way over to a wall, leaning against it. To everyone else, it seemed like he was waiting for another machine to be free. However, he kept his gaze on the four duelists.
"How?!" Shintaro cried out. "I had three Batteryman AA, Industrial Strength AND The Calculator, and you still won?!"
"I'm just that good." Yukihiro gloated.
"Urgh..." Shintaro stammered. "Hiroshi, help me out! Your machines combined with my thunder monsters should beat him! Imagine it! Machina Fortress, Megaform and Force all powered up by three Batteryman C. Yukihiro will lose in one turn."
"Shush." Hiroshi whispered.
"Hm?" Shintar grunted.
"See that guy in the suit?" Hiroshi tried to keep his voice as low as possible while making sure the others could hear him.
Yukihiro, Shintaro and Yuna turned their attention to the man in the suit. He wasn't staring directly at them at the moment. He seemed to be running his hand through his short, black hair.
"Yeah." Shintaro confirmed, mimicking Hiroshi's volume.
"He's been staring at us for the past hour." Hiroshi said. "Ever since we started dueling. Maybe even longer."
"I don't know who he is, but he looks suspicious." Yuki said, also keeping his voice low but audible.
"Yeah." Yuna said, her voice at the same volume. "I mean, who comes into a game shop in a suit? Maybe if he was talking to the owner, but he's looking right at us."
A second after Yuna finished, the man sighed and began walking over.
"Oh, shoot!" Shintaro shouted. "He's coming over!"
"Fight him, tough guy!" Yuna said.
"Me?" Shintaro asked. "He's only coming over here because he heard you."
"I don't fight." Yuna said. "Hiroshi, you go."
"Look, I might be able to fight people from other middle schools, but that guy is at least 23. I can put up a fight." Hiroshi said.
The man now stood in front of the table and looked down on the teenagers.
"Oh no..." The four groaned.
"Yukihiro Nakahara?" The man in the suit asked.
"Y-Yes?" Yukihiro asked, gulping.
"Oh no." Shintaro muttered to Yuna and Hiroshi. "Yukihiro's in trouble with the MIB."
"Yuki, what did you do?" Yuna asked.
"N-Nothing." Yukihiro said.
"I apologize for staring." The man said. "You seem to be a good duelist. Would you mind dueling against me?"
"Uh... Uh..." Yukihiro was shocked.
"Oh, sorry." The man said. "I still haven't introduced myself. My name is Shigeru Nishimura."
Nishimura held out his hand. Yukihiro slowly reached out and grabbed it, shaking it.
"Nice to meet you." Yukihiro said, releasing Nishimura's hand. "I'd introduce myself, but you seem to know me."
"Oh, I asked the shop keep." Nishimura said.
"He's been in the back room since I got here." Yuna whispered to Shintaro and Hiroshi.
"So, will you please duel me?" Nishimura asked.
"Sure." Yukihiro said. "Just let us go grab another chair and..."
Before Yukihiro could finish, Nishimura said, "I was thinking something a little more interactive."
"Huh?" Yukihiro asked.
"There's a room for dueling with Duel Disks, right?" Nishimura asked.
"Well, yeah, but..." Yukihiro started trailing off.
"What?" Nishimura asked, confused.
Yukihiro, Nishimura, Shintaro, Yuna and Hiroshi stood in a small room with a small dueling arena made out of tape on the floor. The room looked like it hadn't been cleaned, or even used, in months.
"People don't come here to duel often." Yukihiro said, chuckling nervously. "That's why when we meet here, we just use a table."
"I see." Nishimura said. "Well, it should do."
Nishimura walked over to a corner, where two Duel Disks had been placed. Nishimura picked one up, only to cause dust to fly off of it. Nishimura let out a sneeze.
"Sorry about that." Nishimura said, pulling a handkerchief out of his pocket and wiping his nose.
Yukihiro walked over to the other Duel Disk and wiped some dust off of it, before strapping it to his wrist.
"We should have warned you." Yukihiro said.
Yukihiro walked across the room to the end of the tape arena, as Nishimura strapped the other Duel Disk to his wrist.
"These still work, right?" Nishimura asked, staring at the Duel Disk cautiously.
"If they don't, give them a small whack." Shintaro said. "That always works for me."
Nishimura repeatedly tried to press the button to activate the Duel Disk, only to continually fail. He looked across at Yukihiro, who lightly whacked the Disk with his knuckles. Yukihiro's Duel Disk activated. Seeing no other option, Nishimura sighed and followed Yukihiro's example, giving a gentle smack to the Duel Disk, activating it.
"You can go first!" Yukihiro called.
"Thank you." Nishimura said, putting on a pair of glasses.
"Complete the salary man look after scaring us to death." Shintaro muttered. "Thanks."
Drawing from his deck, Nishimura looked at his hand.
"I summon Birdface in Attack Mode!" Nishimura called out.
The holographic image of a bird in a chest plate appeared before Nishimura. An "ATK: 1600" appeared on Yukihiro's Duel Disk, telling him the Attack Points of the monster.
"With that, I'll end my turn." Nishimura said.
"I don't get it." Shintaro said. "He's leaving himself defenseless."
"When Birdface is destroyed, it allows you to add one Harpie Lady monster to your hand." Hiroshi explained. "He wants Yukihiro to destroy it."
"Still risky." Shintaro muttered. "We both have OTKs we've pulled off before. Yukihiro could do one too."
"My turn!" Yukihiro called, drawing a card from his deck. "I summon Fire King Avatar Barong in Attack Mode!"
A holographic humanoid monster with a lion's face appeared on Yukihiro's field. The image seemed to distort for a second. An "ATK: 1800" appeared on Nishimura's Duel Disk.
"Darn ol' Duel Disk." Yukihiro said, shaking the Disk slightly, readjusting the image. "Barong, attack his Birdface!"
Barong leapt in the air and struck Birdface with fire-engulfed swords. Birdface shattered as Nishimura's Life Points dropped to 3800.
"When Birdface is destroyed, I get to add one 'Harpie Lady' from my deck to my hand." Nishimura explained, going through his deck.
Once Nishimura picked a card, he added it to his hand, shuffled his deck and placed it back in his Duel Disk.
"I end my turn." Yukihiro said.
"Draw!" Nishimura cried out, drawing a card from his deck. "I activate Fissure! The monster with the lowest Attack Points on your field is sent to the graveyard."
A hole opened up under Barong. A hand reached out and pulled him in.
"When a Fire King monster on my field is destroyed by a card effect, I can summon out Fire King Avatr Yaksha!" Yukihiro declared.
A humanoid with a tiger's face appeared on Yukihiro's field.
"Now, I'll summon Harpie Channeler to my field!" Nishimura said.
A girl with red hair, bird wings and talons, holding a staff, appeared on Nishimura's field. "ATK: 1400"
"Now, I activate her effect." Nishimura called out. "If I discard one card with Harpie in it's name to my graveyard, I can summon a Harpie monster from my deck."
Channeler's staff began to glow. Nishimura placed his Harpie Lady 2 in the graveyard. He began looking through his deck and picked a card out. Another humanoid-bird creature appeared on Nishimura's field as Nishimura shuffled his deck. "DEF: 1400"
"Unfortunately, my Harpie Lady 1 has to go into Defense Mode." Nishimura said. "However, no matter her Position, all Wind monsters get a 300 Attack Point bonus."
Channeler's Attack Points raised from 1400 to 1700.
"Next, I use Elegant Egotist!" Nishimura said. "This allows me to select another Harpie Lady from my deck and summon it to the field, if I have a Harpie Lady on the field."
"Worse." Yuna said. "He can summon Harpie Lady Sisters. Yuki'll definitely have trouble then."
"I don't have Harpie Lady Sisters in this deck." Nishimura chuckled.
A mirror appeared in front of Harpie Lady 1, as Nishimura picked another card from his deck. A replica of Harpie Lady 1 appeared. The only difference was this one was wearing armor.
"Cyber Harpie Lady!" Nishimura cried out. "Her Attack Points are supposed to be 1800, but because of Harpie 1's boost, her Attack goes up to 2100! Now, I'll attack your Yaksha with Cyber Harpie!"
Cyber Harpie flew over to Yaksha and slashed her talons at it, shattering the holograph. Yukihiro's Life Points dropped to 3700.
"Now, Harpie Channeler, attack Yukihiro directly!" Nishimura called out.
Channeler flew over and smacked Yukihiro's Duel Disk with her staff, dropping his Life Points to 2000.
"I'll place one card facedown and end my turn." Nishimura said, as a card appeared between him and his monsters.
After Yukihiro drew a card, he called out, "During the Standby Phase of the turn after Barong is destroyed by a card effect, I get to add a Fire King card from my deck to my hand!"
Yukihiro looked through his deck and placed a card in his hand, before shuffling his deck again.
"Next, I summon Flamvell Firedog!" Yukihiro called out.
A dog made of molten lava appeared on Yukihiro's field. "ATK: 1900"
"Now, I'll attack Harpie Lady 1 with Firedog!" Yukihiro cried out.
Firedog ran to Harpie 1 and bit down on it, shattering it.
"When Firedog destroys a monster and sends it to the graveyard, I can summon out another Fire monster from my deck, as long as it has less than 200 Defense Points." Yukihiro explained. "So I'll bring out Hazy Flame Cerebus!"
A beast with a body made of fire, a mane made of red snakes and three dog heads appeared on Yukihiro's field. "ATK: 2000"
"Now that Harpie 1 is gone, and her Attack Points are back down to 1800, I attack Cyber Harpie with Cerebus!" Yukihiro called out.
Cerebus ran to Cyber Harpie and, similar to Firedog, bit down on the Harpie, shattering it. Nishimura's Life Points dropped to 3600.
"Before I end my turn, I'm gonna activate Circle of the Fire King!" Yukihiro called out. "I can send one Fire monster on my field to the graveyard, and in return, bring one of my Fire monsters from the graveyard back to the field! So, I'll send out Firedog..."
A ring of fire appeared in front of Firedog, who leapt through it.
"...and bring back Yaksha!" Yukihiro finished.
Yaksha jumped out of the ring of fire, after which the ring disappeared.
"I'll place two cards facedown." Yukihiro said, as two cards appeared between him and his monsters. "I end my turn."
"This is weird." Hiroshi noted, while Nishimura drew a card.
"What is?" Shintaro asked.
"He has a facedown, Captain Oblivious." Yuna pointed out. "Why didn't he activate it?"
"Sorry, Yukihiro." Nishimura said. "But this duel is over."
"What?" Yukihiro asked.
"Firstly, I summon Harpie Dancer to my field!" Nishimura cried out.
A blond girl with the same bird-like features as all Harpies, appeared on Nishimura's field. "ATK: 1200"
"Now, I activate my facedown card!" Nishimura yelled. "ICARUS ATTACK! When this trap is activated, I can send one Winged-Beast monster to the graveyard and then select two card on the field and destroy them! Harpie Channeler!"
Harpie Channeler flew high into the air.
"The cards I'll be destroying are Fire King Avatar Yaksha and Harpie Dancer!" Nishimura announced.
'His own monster?' Yukihiro thought. 'Why would he do that? His field will be wide open.'
Channeler flew to the field, catching on fire. The fire spread to Dancer and Yaksha, shattering the three cards.
"That's nice of you." Yukihiro said. "Thanks for giving me a straight shot at your Life Points."
"Oh, I didn't do this to help you." Nishimura said.
"Hang on a second." Yukihiro preempted Nishimura. "When Yaksha is destroyed, I can destroy one card on my field or in my hand."
Yukihiro placed one of the cards from his hand in the graveyard.
"Well, if I may continue." Nishimura said. "All Harpie's are Wind Attribute monsters. Lady 1, Lady 2, Cyber, Channeler and Dancer. When there's exactly five Wind monsters in my graveyard, I can summon this to my field. WINDROSE THE ELEMENTAL LORD!"
A large bird covered in green armor appeared on the field. What little of it's body could be seen was made up of purple rose petals. "ATK: 2800"
"An Elemental Lord?" Yuna and Hiroshi asked in shock.
"An Elemental Lord!" Yukihiro shouted in awe.
"When Windrose is Special Summoned, I can destroy all Spells and Traps on your field!" Nishimura explained.
Windrose flapped it's wings, generating winds that shattered Yukihiro's facedown cards.
'Well, there goes any way to defend myself this turn.' Yukihiro thought, biting his lower lip.
"Windrose, attack his Cerebus!" Nishimura yelled.
Windrose once again flapped it's wings, generating strong winds that extinguished Cerebus' flames and shattered it. Yukihiro's Life Points dropped to 1200.
"I'll set one card and end my turn." Nishimura said, as a card appeared between him and Windrose.
'Sorry, kid.' Nishimura thought. 'Better luck next time. My set card is Skill Prisoner. Once I activate it, I can keep my Windrose from being targeted by any of your Fire King's effects.'
"I draw!" Yukihiro called out. "Once my Draw Phase is over, my Standby Phase starts, and during the next Standby Phase after it was sent to the graveyard by a card effect, I can revive this guy!"
"Go ahead and bring Yaksha back." Nishimura called out. "It still won't stop my Windrose."
"Oh, Yaksha doesn't have an ability like that." Yukihiro explained. "What does is my Fire King High Avatar Garunix!"
A small fire appeared in front of Yukihiro. The fire grew larger, until a large, red bird with teeth growing out of it's beak flew out of the fire. "ATK: 2700"
"Garunix may be strong, but it still isn't as strong as my Windrose." Nishimura explained.
"Maybe my Garunix can't beat your Windrose in Attack Points, but Garunix has an ability." Yukihiro explained. "It's like your Windrose's effect. When Garunix is summoned back to my field through it's own effect, all other monsters on the field are destroyed."
"All other monsters?" Nishimura wondered. "But that means Windrose will be destroyed!"
"Exactly." Yukihiro said, smiling. "Boom."
Garunix flapped it's wings, spreading a multi-colored fire through the arena, burning, and shattering, Garunix.
"Darn!" Nishimura yelled. "Once Windrose leaves the field, I have to skip my next Battle Phase."
"Don't worry, you're not gonna have to skip it." Yukihiro said. "I'll end this duel now. I summon Fire King Avatar Kirin!"
A half-unicorn, half-kirin covered in green flames appeared on Yukihiro's field. "ATK: 1000"
"Now I'll attack you directly!" Yukihiro called out.
Kirin ran to Nishimura and hit it's horn against his Duel Disk. Nishimura's Life Points dropped to 2600. Kirin returned to Yukihiro's field as Garunix flew up. Holographic fire spread over to Nishimura, covering his Duel Disk. Nishimura's Life Points dropped to 0.
"That's all I needed." Said the voice only Nishimura could hear.
Nishimura nodded in response.
"Thanks for the good duel, Yukihiro." Nishimura said, removing the Duel Disk from his wrist and placing it back in the corner.
"Yeah, it was pretty fun." Yukihiro said. "And you gotta tell me where you got that Elemental Lord!"
"Maybe some other time." Nishimura said. "It's getting late. I need to head home."
Nishimura left without saying another word.
"Well, that was an entertaining duel." Hiroshi said. "But I better get back home soon too."
"And I still need to find those losers who badmouthed my deck." Shintaro said.
"You need to get home." Hiroshi said, cracking his knuckles.
"Will do." Shintaro said, laughing nervously.
"I still wanna know why that guy wanted to duel you, Yuki." Yuna said.
"I dunno." Yukihiro shrugged. "Maybe he's really a bad duelist around his friend, and thought he could easily beat a 14-year old to make himself feel better. But I guess I was too good for him."
As the four friends went to leave the shop, the owner noticed Yukihiro.
"Ah, Nakahara!" The owner called out.
"What's up?" Yukihiro asked, turning around.
"A Mr. Nishimura left you a card." The owner said, holding up a card.
"He left me his Elemental Lord?!" Yukihiro asked, excitedly snatching the card. "Alright! Now I just need to find someone who has the Fire Elemental Lord and trade it for..."
"Yukihiro!" Shintaro called out, interrupting Yukihiro. "Look again."
Yukihiro looked at the card in his hand. It had an address and phone number on it, not a picture of Windrose like Yukihiro expected.
"His business card!?" Yukihiro cried out. "Aw, man!"
Author's Note: Funnily enough, the old OC I mentioned on the poll doesn't actively appear in this chapter. Like... neither Yukihiro, his friends, nor Nishimura are the OC. He and the explanation behind the name of the fic would be expanded on next chapter.
Anyway, I've changed the poll on my profile, so if you either like me to continue or stop posting this here, go give the poll a little vote and I'll see how things go.
Incidentally, this won't slow down work on the Breaking The Hold Remake Series, if anyone is worried about that.