Okay, I finally got the first chapter of my revised fanfic done! Please enjoy and review. I would like to know how good it is or how I need to improve it. This style of writing come from my "Mentor" lordoftheroses, who's ego is as big as the endlessly expanding universe. Also, the characters are mainly OCs and most of them use OC cards, so I'll provide the detials for that card after the end of each chapter. I will also provide a list of voice actors at the end of each chapter to give you an idea of how I imagine the characters should sound like. And once again, enjoy.
It was a bright, sunny early August morning in London as a young girl living in a wealthy mansion started to wake up. That girl is named Aura and she was a cute young girl, about the age of 14, with short, cyan-colored hair. She stretched in thin pajamas, got out of bed and got dressed in a yellow shirt and a pink medium skirt. She then left her room and walked down the hall a bit to knock on the door to another room.
"Hey, are you awake?" Aura asked from outside the room as she knocked.
"… uh… I am now…" A half-asleep voice said from the room.
"Remember, we're going to the card shop today to participate in the tournament they're having." Aura said. There was a bit of silence before she heard the other voice again.
"It's 8; the shop doesn't open until 10." The voice said.
"Well, we need some time for breakfast and we got to be awake enough to duel properly." Aura explained.
"All right, I'll be down in a minute."
After a few minutes, Aura was downstairs eating a bowl of cereal when a boy of about the same age as Aura, 14, had violet (not violent), somewhat spiky hair with a small bang down the middle. He wore a pair of jeans and white shirt.
"Good morning, Spiral." Aura greeted the boy. "Did you get enough sleep?"
"At our age, you never know if enough sleep is enough." Spiral responded as he took a seat at the table. "I can't believe summer's almost over."
"Oh, that reminds me. My father told me that we're going to be going to Tokyo University Duel Academy." Aura remembered.
"… Wouldn't it make more sense to send us somewhere closer to him, like Mont Saint-Michel Academy? Then again, wouldn't he just send you to an actual school?" Spiral asked.
"I wondered that, too, but as long as I'm with you, I'm not really complaining." Aura answered, smiling at Spiral.
It was shortly after the store had opened that Spiral and Aura had entered the local card shop. Spiral went up to the counter and spoke to the clerk.
"Excuse me, when do we sign up for the tournament?" Spiral asked.
The clerk handed them a clipboard with a sign-up sheet and pencil. Spiral and Aura written down their names on the sheet and took a seat. They looked over their Decks several times over before more people started to show up with their card cases and card binders. Most of them were just talking with other people, looking at their cards, negotiating trades and whatever is normal at card shops. Eventually, a small kid with short, grey hair and was about 9 years of age entered the shop and went up to the counter and signed his name on the clipboard.
"I wonder how many people are here for this tournament?" Aura wondered.
The kid came up to Aura and said something that was completely and utterly strange.
"… That's my spot."
Spiral and Aura just looked at him funny, like he was being goofy or weird.
"I put that spot in a state of eternal dibs and as long as I am in this shop, no one else shall sit here." The kid explained.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Aura said as she moved out of her seat.
"There's no need for that. There're plenty of other seats." Spiral pointed out. "Why not just sit in another spot?"
"Sit in another spot? !" The kid said in shocked voice. "Well, while we're at it, we can stop using the letter 'M' and change the amount of seconds a day from 86,400 to 97,359!"
"… What the hell is wrong with you?" Spiral asked out loud.
"Consistency is necessary or else society will just crumble into dust." The kid continued ranting. "Of course people who aren't as smart as I am wouldn't understand."
"Are you calling me stupid?" Spiral asked, feeling like he might have been insulted.
"I didn't call you stupid, but I did imply it." The kid responded in an asinine manner.
"How about we settle this during the tournament?" Spiral asked. "You just signed up for it, didn't you?"
"Challenge accepted." The kid answered.
The tournament was about to start, so the clerk was going over the random pairings for the first round.
"Okay, the first match is Spiral and Shroud."
"Who's Shroud?" Spiral asked around the room.
"I am."
Spiral looked over and saw the kid that he challenged earlier.
"My name is Shroud, and it looks like we fight each other after all."
All of the participants went outside and started up each of their Duel Disks and Duel Gazers. Spiral and Shroud activated theirs and wasted no time in starting the match.
"Let's Duel!" They both said as they drew five cards from their Deck.
Shroud (LP 4000) Spiral (LP 4000)
"I'll start!" Spiral said as he drew his first card. "First, I'll set a card face-down in defense mode and then set one card face-down! That ends my turn!"
"My turn!" Shroud drew his first card. "I'll start by summoning the Tuner monster Magipsytech Summoner (Lv.2 1100/500)!"
Magipsytech (Magi-psy-tech) Summoner was a tiny magician wearing a red and white cloak.
"When he's Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a Magipsytech Psychic-type monster from my hand or Deck!" Shroud explained his card's effect. "I summon Magipsytech Teleporter (Lv.2 900/200) from my Deck!"
Magipsytech Summoner lifted up his scepter and it started to produce a light. Out of the light was a machine with tentacles and a glowing green aura.
"Now that I've Special Summoned Magipsytech Teleporter, I can Special Summon a Magipsytech Spellcaster-type monster from my hand or Deck. I summon another Magipsytech Summoner from my hand!"
Magipsytech Teleporter extended its tentacles as if it was being set up like a tripod, but with four legs. It then formed a beam from its bottom and another Magipsytech Summoner appeared.
"Since Magipsytech Summoner was Special Summoned, I can Special Summon a Magipsytech Machine-type monster from my hand or Deck! I choose to Special Summon Magipsytech Enforcer (Lv.2 1200/0) from my hand!"
The second Magipsytech Summoner lifted up his scepter and another light appeared and summoned what looked like a toy robot.
"When Magipsytech Enforcer is Special Summoned, I can Special Summon a Magipsytech Psychic-type monster from my hand or Deck! While I could summon another Magipsytech Teleporter, I'll instead choose to Special Summon Magipsytech Kineticist (Lv.4 1600/1400) from my Deck!"
A scientist with cybernetic arms and legs that were connected to his head by wires appeared on the field.
"Now I tune my first Magipsytech Summoner with Magipsytech Teleporter to Synchro Summon Magipsytech Magician (Lv.4 1900/1000)!"
An older and more powerful version to Magipsytech Summoner appeared on the field.
"When Magipsytech Magician is Synchro Summoned, I can destroy one monster on your side of the field!"
Spiral's face-down monster was destroyed. It was a small gold and black robot-like being with glowing hands. Shroud didn't recognize the monster.
"What was that card?" Shroud asked.
"That was Legendary Guardian Energy Binder (Lv.2 700/500)." Spiral answered. "A Legend-type card."
"There's no such thing." Shroud corrected him. "That's not a real card type. Judge, he's making false claims about his card."
The clerk goes over to see if what Spiral said was true and looked at the card. He looked up the card on his database and got the data he needed.
"Sorry, but he's right about his card." The clerk told Shroud.
"Told ya!" Spiral somewhat mocked Shroud.
"Whatever. It won't matter when I win." Shroud said as he continued his turn. "I now tune my other Magipsytech Summoner with Magipsytech Enforcer to Synchro Summon Magipsytech Cyborg (Lv.4 2000/1000)!"
Some sort of monster attached with cybernetic implants appeared on the field.
"Since Magipsytech Cyborg was Synchro Summoned, his attack points increase by 500 for each Spellcaster, Psychic or Machine-type monster I control! Since I control three, he gains 1500 attack points! And he'll attack you directly!"
Magipsytech Cyborg charged toward Spiral.
"I activate the Trap Guardian Kamikaze!" Spiral retaliated against Shroud's attack. "If a Level 3 or lower Legend-type card was destroyed this turn, I can destroy a number of your monsters equal to the destroyed monster's Level! Since Energy Binder was Level 2, I can destroy two of your monsters! Say goodbye to your Cyborg and Magician!"
Explosions enveloped Magipsytech Magician and Cyborg and destroyed them.
"I'll still have Magipsytech Kineticist attack you directly!" Shroud commanded his last monster to attack.
Kineticist's fists sparked with electricity and punched Spiral, inflicting him with 1600 points of damage.
Shroud (LP 4000) Spiral (LP 2400)
"I'll skip to Main Phase 2 and activate the Quickplay Spell Afterlife Teleport! This allows me to Special Summon a monster that is in my Graveyard or banished!" Shroud explained. "I bring back Magipsytech Cyborg! And now with these two monsters, I construct the Overlay Network!"
Magipsytech Cyborg and Kineticist turned into brown streams of light and entered the cosmic vortex that was the Overlay Network.
"I Xyz Summon Magipsytech Cannon (Rank 4 2600/2400)!" Shroud said as his Xyz Monster appeared.
A giant tank with four legs and a metal mask appeared from the Overlay Network.
"Since Magipsytech Cannon has at least 1 Xyz Material monster attached to it, it's treated as a Spellcaster and a Psychic-type monster in addition to its usual Machine-type status." Shroud explained his Cannon's effect. "Now I activate Magipsytech Cannon's effect! By detaching an Xyz Material Monster from it, I can inflict you with damage equal to that Xyz Material Monster's attack points! I detach Magipsytech Cyborg to inflict you with 2000 points of damage!"
One of the green orbs surrounding Magipsytech Cannon was loaded into its cannon and fired it at Spiral, inflicting him with 2000 points of damage.
Shroud (LP 4000) Spiral (LP 400)
"That ends my turn!" Shroud concluded his turn.
"Not bad at all!" Spiral complemented Shroud. "In a single move, you managed to bring me down to my last Life Points."
"I AM beyond genius, after all." Shroud said. "A being of average intelligence like you wouldn't be able to pull this off."
Spiral felt incredibly insulted by Shroud's condescending comment.
"You're an ass, you know that?" Spiral brought up.
"It's your move, not like you can do anything to improve your situation."
"It's my turn again!" Spiral said as he drew his next card. "Since I have a Legend-type card in my Graveyard, I can Normal Summon Legendary Guardian YX-19 (Lv.5 2100/1500) without a Tribute!"
A grey, digital-looking female with data-like hair appeared on Spiral's field.
"Now that I've successfully Normal Summoned a Legend-type card, I can Special Summon the Tuner Legendardy Guardian Aviary (Lv.3 1500/700)!" Spiral explained as a humanoid bird appeared on his side of the field. "And since I control a non-Tuner Legend-type card like YX-19, I can Special Summon the Tuner Legendary Guardian Flame Lancer (Lv.3 1200/700)!"
A knight holding a flaming lance appeared on Spiral's side of the field.
"Before I do anything else, I'll activate the Continuous Spell Legendary Aura! When I Xyz Summon a Legend-type card, its power increases by 1000 until the End Phase!" Spiral explained as he activated a card. "Now I use Aviary and Flame Lancer to construct the Overlay Network!"
Aviary and Flame Lancer became streams of green and red lights respectively and went into the cosmic vortex that appeared in front of Spiral.
"I Xyz Summon Legendary Guardian Blade (Rank 3 2100/2000)!"
A tall knight in silver armor and two thin scimitars (curved swords) and two glowing green orbs orbiting around him appeared out of the vortex.
"And thanks to Legendary Aura, he gains 1000 attack points! But that's not all! I now equip Blade with the Equip Spell Megamorph to double his original attack points!"
Blade doubled in size as his attack power grew to 5200.
"Now Blade, destroy his Cannon with Silver Streak Slash!"
Blade's giant scimitar completely crushed Magipsytech Cannon and inflicted Shroud with 2600 points of damage.
Shroud (LP 1400) Spiral (LP 400)
"And now YX-19 will finish you!"
YX-19 shot a data stream from her hand and reduced Shroud's Life Points to 0.
Shroud (LP 0) Spiral (LP 400)
Spiral removed his Duel Gazer and looked at Shroud.
"I win." Spiral calmly said with a smile.
Shroud just left the area in a fit of rage.
"Wow, he was a sore loser." Spiral said.
Back at Aura's family mansion, Spiral was opening the packs of cards he won for coming in first place while Aura opened the one pack she earned for being the runner-up.
"You've come a long way, Spiral." Aura started to talk. "Two years ago, I found you without a home, but I took you in and so much wonderful stuff has happened to both of us."
(Flashback)
It was a fall afternoon, two years ago, and Aura was with walking with her mother in Leadenhall Market. Some sort of commotion was going on and a gunshot could be heard. When the cops showed up and caught who could be assumed to be the assailant, a young Spiral was laying on the floor cradling his left arm.
"Are you okay?" Aura asked the boy.
"Sort of." Spiral answered. "I got shot, but at least no one else did."
Spiral was in pain and clenched his teeth.
"You need help!" Aura told him.
After Spiral was sent to the hospital to have the bullet in his arm removed, and after the operation, Aura came in to see him.
"Hey, are you feeling any better?" Aura asked the boy out of concern.
"Oh, I'm fine now." Spiral answered. "Aside from how sensitive my wound is."
"I'm sorry you got shot."
"Why are you sorry? It wasn't your fault at all. In fact, I let the bullet hit me."
"Why would you do that?"
"Because if I dodged that bullet, someone else would've been hit by it."
"What if that bullet hit your heart? How would your parents feel if that happened? Speaking of which, where are your parents?"
The young Spiral became silent as she asked that.
"… I'm sorry." Aura apologized. "Did your parents die during the Requiem?"
The Requiem was a near catastrophic event that occurred approximately 5 years before the events of this story (please read the lordoftheroses story Searching For Eden).
"I don't know. Probably." Spiral simply answered.
Aura then grabbed Spiral's hand.
"Do you want to stay with my family?" Aura offered.
"Huh?" Spiral didn't follow.
(End Flashback)
"I could tell by those words that you were a hero at heart." Aura told Spiral. "People like that are actually hard to find these days."
"I blame bad parenting, poor educational systems and the way non-playable characters act in those Western role-playing games." Spiral responded. "I know not everyone in the world is a nice person, but… really? Come on! Not everyone everybody runs into is a bitch or a jackass! Pardon me for the language."
"Oh, it's quite all right. It's just people don't expect that from me." Aura reassured him. "Oh, our flight to Tokyo is scheduled for tomorrow morning, so we'll have to get up early."
"All right."
The following morning, Spiral and Aura were at the airport, waiting for their flight in the waiting area.
"I wonder what Japan will be like." Aura wondered. "I bet it's very exotic. Oh, I should've gotten a book on Japanese language."
Spiral turned away, as if trying to stop from saying something, but doing so made something catch his attention.
"Oh. No." Spiral said.
"What?" Aura asked as she turned around.
"It's him."
Spiral pointed to a familiar-looking kid that was sitting not far away from them. That kid was Shroud.
"What the hell is he doing here?" Spiral had to ask out of surprise. "Please don't tell me he's going to Tokyo U."
"Isn't that the brochure for Tokyo U in his pocket?" Aura pointed to a brochure that was popping out of Shroud's pocket.
"I get the feeling this is going to be one hell of a year."
English Voice Cast
Todd Haberkorn Spiral
Alexis Tipton Aura
Maxey Whitehead Shroud
Preview
Spiral: All right, that takes care of the first prologue!
Shroud: Isn't there supposed to be one prologue?
Spiral: Not really. Some stories have their prologues referred to as Chapter 1 or Episode 1 in the case of TV shows.
Aura: In any case, the next chapter reveals the other main characters, so by Chapter 3, most of the gang will be together.
Spiral: Whoa! Spoiler Alert! Spoiler Alert! While there are some people who'll want the surprise spoiled before it actually happens, it ends up making the surprise less shocking in the end! So let's not talk about this too much anymore, okay? Next time, Prologue-Part 2.
Aura: Watch it or I'll take your soul.
Spiral: Nice!
Spiral's Cards
Legendary Guardian Energy Binder
Legend/Effect (ATK 700 DEF 500)
Level 2/LIGHT
As long as this card remains face-up on the field; your opponent cannot select another monster you control as an attack target. Once per turn; you can decrease the ATK and DEF of one monster your opponent controls equal to the Level of this card x200.
Guardian Kamikaze
Trap
You can only activate this card if a Level 3 or lower Legend-type monster you control has been destroyed this turn. Destroy a number of monsters on your opponent's side of the field equal to the Level of the destroyed monster.
Legendary Guardian Aviary
Legend/Tuner (ATK 1500 DEF 700)
Level 3/WIND
When you successfully Normal Summon a Legend-type monster; you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
Legendary Guardian YX-19
Legend/Effect (ATK 2100 DEF 1500)
Level 5/LIGHT
If there is a Legend-type monster in your Graveyard, you can Normal Summon this card without a Tribute. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, other monsters you control are unaffected by your opponent's card effects.
Legendary Guardian Flame Lancer
Legend/Tuner (ATK 1200 DEF 700)
Level 3/FIRE
As long as this card remains face-up on the field; your opponent cannot select another monster you control as an attack target. If you control a face-up non-Tuner Legend-type monster; you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
Legendary Aura
Spell/Continuous
When you Xyz Summon a Legend-type Xyz Monster; increase the ATK of that monster by 1000 until the End Phase.
Legendary Guardian Blade
Legend/Xyz/Effect (ATK 2100 DEF 2000)
Rank 3/EARTH
2 Level 3 Monsters
As long as this card remains face-up on the field; your opponent cannot select another monster you control as an attack target. During battle between this attacking card and a Defense Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card; inflict Piercing Damage to your opponent. If this card would be destroyed; you can detach 1 Xyz Material Monster from this card instead.
Shroud's Cards
Magipsytech Summoner
Spellcaster/Tuner (ATK 1100 DEF 500)
Level 2/DARK
When this card is Normal Summoned; you can Special Summon a Psychic-type "Magipsytech" monster from your hand or Deck. When this card is Special Summoned; you can Special Summon a Machine-type "Magipsytech" monster from your hand or Deck.
Magipsytech Teleporter
Psychic/Effect (ATK 900 DEF 200)
Level 2/LIGHT
When this card is Normal Summoned; you can Special Summon a Machine-type "Magipsytech" monster from your hand or Deck. When this card is Special Summoned; you can Special Summon a Spellcaster-type "Magipsytech" monster from your hand or Deck.
Magipsytech Enforcer
Machine/Effect (ATK 1200 DEF 0)
Level 2/LIGHT
When this card is Normal Summoned; you can Special Summon a Spellcaster-type "Magipsytech" monster from your hand or Deck. When this card is Special Summoned; you can Special Summon a Psychic-type "Magipsytech" monster from your hand or Deck.
Magipsytech Kineticist
Psychic/Effet (ATK 1600 DEF 1400)
Level 4/DARK
When this card is Normal Summoned while your Life Points are lower than your opponent's; increase the ATK of this card by 1000. When this card is Special Summoned while your Life Points are higher than your opponent's; decrease the ATK of one monster your opponent controls.
Magipsytech Magician
Spellcaster/Synchro/Effect (ATK 1900 DEF 10000
Level 4/DARK
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner "Magipsytech" monsters
When this card is Synchro Summoned; you can destroy 1 monster on the field. When this card is Special Summoned; you can destroy 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field.
Magipsytech Cyborg
Machine/Synchro/Effect (ATK 2000 DEF 1000)
Level 4/EARTH
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner "Magipsytech" monsters
Afterlife Teleport
Spell/Quickplay
Special Summon 1 monster that is in your Graveyard or banished.
Magipsytech Cannon
Machine/Xyz/Effect (ATK 2600 DEF 2400)
Rank 4/DARK
2 Level 4 Monsters
If this card has an Xyz Material Monster attached to it; this card can also be treated as a Spellcaster- and Psychic-type monster. Once per turn; you can detach 1 Xyz Material Monster from this card to inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's ATK.
