The wait is over, my fellow readers! The sequel to my previous Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL Fanfiction Awakening of the Soul has finally arrived! If you haven't read Awakening of the Soul yet, I suggest that you do. There will be several references to the events of that story and I just want to make the reading of my stories much more accessible. I know of a few people who have already read my story completely, but for those of you who just came here, I highly suggest you read Awakening of the Soul before reading up on this story so things will make sense. For those of you who are concerned about differentiating between OCs and OC cards, I plan to give them a complete description and underline their names. At the end of the chapter, I will provide a list of voice actors for each of the characters and provide full descriptions of OC cards. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy! And please review, I'd appreciate any feedback you guys give me to improve my story as necessary.
*Tokyo University Duel Academy, Front Gates*
It was a sunny, spring April morning at Tokyo University Duel Academy. Cherry blossoms fluttered in the breeze and the birds were chirping and flying around. At the front gates stood Spiral (Age 15), a boy with violet, somewhat spiky hair with a small bang down the middle, wearing a pair of jeans and white shirt. He was standing alongside his friend Naoto Akiyama (Age 15) with a skinny body, short, dark blue hair and a typical Spring school uniform consisting of a white T-shirt and black pants.
"When do you think they'll get here?" Naoto asked.
"Sometime today, that's for sure." Spiral responded. "I understand your impatience. I can't wait for their arrival either. It's been almost a month seen we've seen them."
"Do you think they'll even be in our class this year?" Naoto asked. "Will we even be in the same class together?"
"My mom'll probably make sure that they are." Spiral answered. "She IS the principal after all."
Just then, a smaller boy with short, grey hair wearing the same uniform as Naoto walked up to the two. His name was Shroud (Age 10).
"Ah." Shroud sighed. "The weather is quite lovely, isn't it? ... Too bad I'm not an outdoor person."
"It IS nice..." Spiral agreed as he stared into the sky. "Spring is so beautiful in Japan... too bad the rest of the world gets nothing but rain."
"And the occasional late snowfall." Shroud pointed out. "What are you two doing?"
"Remember how Aura and the twins had to go back home?" Naoto said. "They'll be coming back today. What are you doing here?"
"I saw you guys and wanted to ask." Shroud said. "Now that my curiosity has been satiated, I will be going now."
Shroud then walked away.
"... He can be such a douche sometimes." Naoto commented.
"Wait, is that them?" Spiral asked.
Naoto looked beyond the school gates to see a group of people walking toward the school, but they couldn't make out who they were. The two waited in anticipation and as the people got much closer... it wasn't the people they were looking out for. Instead, it was one of their friends, Hikari Suta (Age 15), a girl with light purple hair who had fashioned her uniform into something with a longer skirt that was a few inches above her ankles and mostly covered in light blue. She was accompanied by a smaller girl they had not recognized at all. This new girl had dark blue hair with pigtails and was wearing the standard girl's uniform.
"Oh man!" Spiral reacted.
"What's wrong?" Hikari asked.
"Nothing." Spiral answered. "We thought you might be someone else... Wait, who's this?"
The small girl looked a little scared, judging by how her lip slightly curled up and took a step back.
"You'll have to excuse her, she's a bit shy." Hikari told them. "She got lost on her way here, so I offered to take her here myself. She barely spoke the whole time we walked here, so I don't quite know her name."
Spiral then began to take small, slow steps closer to her, as if he was trying to get closer to a stray cat.
"It's okay, we're not gonna hurt you." Spiral said to her. "My name is Spiral. The nice girl who helped you is Hikari. What is your name?"
"...mmm... mmmm..." The girl struggled to find the proper words. "A... Azusa... Azusa Hirano (Age 14)... I'm sorry... I just have problems talking with new people..."
"You'll get used to us eventually." Spiral assured her.
"If only Shroud could adjust like that." Naoto commented.
"... Hikari... where's Lilith?" Spiral asked. "My mom said that she would be attending our classes."
"... Oh, crap!" Hikari shouted. "She must have wandered off while I was helping this girl!"
"Is this who you're looking for?" A female voice came from the school gates.
They looked over and saw a girl with short blue hair and wearing a sleeveless, open jacket with a blue T-shirt and black pants dragging another girl, whom had blonde hair and wore a purple striped shirt and blue jeans. More precisely, it was their friend Asuka Mizuo (Age 15) dragging their other friend Lilith (Age ?).
"I saw her going crazy at a local McDonald's." Asuka told them. "Ever since we took her there, it's the only restaurant she can think about! Eating too much of that shit can make you sick and fat!"
"Have you forgotten that I'm not a normal human being?" Lilith questioned. "It might as well be impossible for me to get sick or fat because it IS impossible!"
Lilith then noticed Azusa.
"I-I mean, I love French fries!" Lilith nervously said.
"You'll have to forgive Lilith." Spiral told Azusa. "She's a little weird."
"Who's the kid?" Asuka asked.
"Well, we've never seen her around and she got lost on the way here." Spiral stated. "Are you one of the new first-year students?"
Azusa nods.
"We're second-year students." Naoto told her. "We can show you around if you'd like."
"Wait, I thought we were going to wait for Aura and the twins." Spiral reminded him. "I'm not gonna leave this spot until they get here."
"SPIIIIRAAAAL!" A female voice called out to him.
Spiral looked past the gates and saw a cute young girl with short, cyan-colored hair wearing a yellow shirt and a pink medium skirt. She was accompanied by two Chinese twins. Both twins had pink hair with a bun in it, wearing the upper part of Chinese dresses as shirts, which were red and white, and purple pants. One of them had her bun on the left side of her head while the other had her bun on the right side of her hair. The three of them ran quickly towards Spiral and without warning, the older girl and one of the twins, the one with the bun on the right side of her head, glomped him.
"It's good to you guys again!" Spiral greeted them.
The ones that glomped him were Aura (Age 15) and Chun Xu (Age 11). The other twin was Chan Xu (Age 11).
"Chun, I told you to not go crazy when we saw them again!" Chan told her sister.
"I couldn't help it!" Chun cried. "I missed you guys so much!"
"I couldn't help myself either." Aura said. "I see that everyone's here... wait, where are Shroud and Momo?"
"Shroud came by not lone ago and Momo... I'm not sure where she is." Spiral answered.
"I've been here this whole time."
Naoto looked behind him and was startled by how there was a girl hanging from the tree by her legs. This caused Naoto to exclaim in surprise and fall back a little. The girl then flipped and landed on the ground on her feet, revealing herself to be a beautiful young girl with a slim, well-endowed, athletic and curvaceous build covered by a white T-shirt and jeans. She also had black hair that was held back tightly in a topknot that dropped below her waist.
"There you are, Momo (Age 17)." Spiral said.
"Who's the new girl?" Chan asked as she got near Azusa.
"She's cute..." Chun said with a jealous look on her face. "Are you replacing me? !"
"What? ! No!" Spiral responded. "Why would we replace our friends? !"
"Yay! I'm still the cute one!" Chun cheered.
"This is one of the new first-year students, Azusa Hirano." Hikari introduced her.
"I know some of us look younger or older than normal, but we're all second-year students like our friends." Chan stated as she held out her hand.
Azusa was a little shy to shake her hand.
"Don't be shy." Hikari told her.
"Shyness?" Chun said. "Am I no longer the cute one of our group of friends? !"
"Anyway, now that the gang's all back together, let's go show Azusa around the school." Naoto suggested. "Wait, is this your first time here?"
"Y-yeah." Azusa nodded.
"Then we'd better show her around." Spiral said. "We should show her where to go to find any of us. We should also stop by her homeroom at some point. You have your homeroom number, right?"
"But... what about classes?" Azusa asked.
"Today is just an assembly to introduce new students." Momo stated. "That doesn't start until later in the morning."
The nine of them showed Azusa around the school. One of their first stops was where Azusa would have homeroom, Classroom 1-3. They looked in the classroom and saw only a handful of students.
"There's not many people here." Azusa spoke up.
"They're probably either unpacking in their dorm rooms or goofing off until orientation starts." Naoto stated.
"Since there's nothing of real interest here right now, we should probably show you where our classroom is just in case you have any more questions for us or if you want to see us again." Spiral said.
They went upstairs to where their homeroom class would be, Classroom 2-2. When they entered, it wasn't that much different from the other classroom they entered.
"Oh, before I forget, who's our homeroom teacher going to be?" Aura asked.
"I think I heard my mom say it was going to be Ms. Krystal again." Spiral answered.
"Oh, that reminds me." Momo said as she looked Azusa in the face. "I must warn you about Ms. Krystal. She will make you feel like you're not good enough as a woman."
Azusa simply blinked, completely confused by Momo's statement.
"Wait, what time is it?" Azusa asked.
"It's uh..." Naoto looked at his cell phone and saw the time. "... Holy shit! We're gonna be late for the assembly!"
All of them ran off to the auditorium so they could make it to the assembly on time.
The ten of them had finally made it to the auditorium and they were able to find some seats right by the entrance.
"I hate having to sit in the back of places." Asuka expressed. "You never get the best view and sometimes you sit behind a guy with big hair."
Asuka looked in front of her and saw that there was a guy with an afro in the seat in front of her.
"Of course." Asuka muttered. "Can one of you move over so I can sit in a different seat?"
"There aren't any other seats left, though." Chan pointed out.
"You can have my seat." Momo said. "I have a better seat in mind."
Momo got up and sat on Spiral's lap, tilted to the side enough so that he could see what would happen on the stage. This caused Spiral to blush a bit. Asuka moved to where Momo was originally sitting.
"I don't understand why you moved." Lilith said as she moved into the seat where Asuka once was, right behind the afro guy. "Ah, I see now." Lilith moved back to her original seat.
Several people were sitting in chairs on the stage, most likely the teachers. One of those people got out of their chair and stepped toward the podium and microphone. That person was a woman in her early 30s with mid-length, violet hair.
"Greetings, students of Tokyo University Duel Academy." She began. "I am Principal Pulse (Age 32). Some of you may not be familiar with who I am, since in past years I have remained secluded in my office. From now on, that will no longer be the case. I would like to start by talking about what Tokyo University Duel Academy means..."
The speech went on for almost an hour. While the speech itself was interesting, some students couldn't help but fall asleep or start to become drowsy.
"... Well, it appears that some of you are getting rather bored." Pulse said in the microphone.
This statement caused some of the students to wake up so they wouldn't get in trouble.
"Why don't we make things more interesting?" Pulse suggested. "Would any of you like to Duel?"
Many of the students raised their hands up. Just then, Lilith grabbed Azusa's arm and lifted it up.
"This girl would like to Duel!" Lilith shouted.
"WHAT? !" Azusa yelled. "I don't want to do this!"
"Come on! It builds character!" Lilith told her.
"But..." Azusa mumbled.
"How about if I Duel you?" Spiral asked. "Just focus on me and your cards. Block everything else out. That might help you stay calm."
"O... Okay." Azusa responded.
"I volunteer to be her opponent!" Spiral called out.
"Very well then." Pulse said. "Please come up to the stage."
Spiral guided Azusa toward the stage and both took opposite positions on the sides of the stage. Azusa ended up looking at the crowd and started to look like she was in a trance.
"Azusa?" Spiral called to her, then walked up to her. "Azusa, look at me."
Azusa then looked right at Spiral's face.
"Just focus on me. The crowd doesn't exist." Spiral tried to calm her down. "Take deep breaths and just focus on me."
Azusa took several deep breaths and nodded. Spiral smiled and took his position on the other side of the stage. Both Spiral and Azusa activated their Duel Disks and put on their Duel Gazers.
"Let's Duel!" They both shouted.
The crowd roared with excitement.
Spiral (LP 4000) Azusa (LP 4000)
"You go first!" Spiral said.
"Okay." Azusa said as she drew her first card. "Since I don't control any monsters, I can Special Summon Xenoknight Phiona (Lv.4 1000/1900) in defense mode!"
A lady with short orange hair clad in silver heavy armor carrying a giant shield appeared on Azusa's side of the field.
"Next, I summon Xenoknight Melody (Lv.3 1000/300)!" Azusa continued.
A lady with long green hair wearing silver light armor holding a small, golden harp appeared on the field.
"When she's summoned, I can Special Summon one Xenoknight from my Deck!" Azusa stated. "I'm going to summon Xenoknight Ryoko (Lv.4 1800/1100)!"
A lady with brown hair tied in a ponytail wearing a silver ninja dogi carrying several knives appeared on the field.
"I end my turn by placing one card face-down!" Azusa concluded.
"My turn then!" Spiral said as he drew his first card. "First, I summon Legendary Guardian Energy Binder (Lv.2 700/500) in attack mode!"
A small gold and black robot-like being with glowing hands appeared on Spiral's side of the field.
"Since I control a non-Tuner Legend-type card, I can Special Summon the Tuner Legendary Guardian Flame Lancer (Lv.3 1200/700)!" Spiral continued.
A knight holding a flaming lance appeared on Spiral's side of the field.
"And since I successfully Normal Summoned Energy Binder, I can summon the Tuner Legendary Guardian Aviary (Lv.3 1500/700)!"
A humanoid bird appeared on the field.
"Next, I activate Energy Binder's special ability!" Spiral stated. "Each turn, he can decrease the attack and defense points of one of your monsters by 200 for each of his Levels! Since he's currently Level 2, I can lower Xenoknight Ryoko's attack and defense points by 400!"
Energy Binder shot light streams from his fingers that wrapped themselves around Ryoko, reducing her attack and defense points by 400.
"Now I tune Flame Lancer with Energy Binder to Synchro Summon Legendary Guardian Electron (Lv.5 1700/1600)!" Spiral said.
Energy Binder's armor was removed, revealing a human wearing a black and yellow suit that covered most of his body.
"Next, I'll use Electron's ability!" Spiral said. "It's like Energy Binder's, only he can decrease a monster's attack and defense by 300 for each of his Levels! Since he's Level 5, I'm going to decrease Melody's attack points!"
Electron shot several light streams from the palm of his hand which wrapped around Melody, reducing her attack power to 0.
"Electron, attack Melody!" Spiral declared his attack.
"Hold on!" Azusa exclaimed. "Since I have Xenoknight Ryoko out, you can only attack her! Also, I activate my face-down card Trap Xenoguard! When a Xenoknight is attacked this turn, all of my Xenoknight monsters are switched to defense mode and their defense increases by 500 for each Xenoknight I control when I activate this card until the End Phase!"
Ryoko switched to defense mode and when Electron's attack connected, Ryoko blocked the attack and sent Electron flying backward, inflicting Spiral with 500 points of damage.
Spiral (LP 3500) Azusa (LP 4000)
"I end my turn by placing one card face-down!" Spiral finished.
Azusa drew her next card. "First, I switch Melody to defense mode! Then I'm going to overlay my Level 4 Phiona and Ryoko to Xyz Summon Xenoknight Alexandrite (Rank 4 2400/2100)!"
Phiona and Ryoko became two yellow streams of light that entered a cosmic vortex that appeared in front of Azusa. Out of the vortex appeared a female knight with dark blue hair, wearing silver armor and wielding a sword and a medium-sized shield.
"Since I used Phiona to Xyz Summon a Xenoknight, Alexandrite gains 300 attack and defense points!" Azusa pointed out. "Next, I activate the Spell Card Xenoboost! I select one of my Xenoknight monsters and return it to my Deck! Then I can increase the attack points of my other Xenoknight monsters by 200 for each Level of the monster I sent back to my Deck! I return Melody back to my Deck to increase Alexandrite's attack power by 600! Alexandrite, attack Aviary!"
"You can't!" Spiral pointed out. "Electron prevents my other cards from being attacked!"
Alexandrite took her sword and slashed Electron, destroying him and inflicting Spiral with 1300 points of damage.
Spiral (LP 2200) Azusa (LP 4000)
"I activate the Trap Guardian's Sacrifice!" Spiral responded. "When a Legend-type card is destroyed in battle, you get hit with damage equal to its attack points!"
Electric sparks hit Azusa, inflicting her with 1700 points of damage.
Spiral (LP 2200) Azusa (LP 2300)
"I end my turn!" Azusa said.
Spiral then drew his next card. "First, I summon Legendary Guardian Wave Fighter (Lv.3 1400/800)!"
A woman wearing purple mechanical armor all over her body except her face appeared on Spiral's side of the field.
"Next, I activate the Continuous Spell Legendary Aura!" Spiral continued. "Now when I Xyz Summon a Legend-type card, it gains 1000 attack points until the End Phase! Now I overlay my Level 3 Aviary and Wave Fighter to Xyz Summon Legendary Guardian Blade (Rank 3 2100/2000)!"
Aviary and Wave Fighter turned into green streams of light that entered a cosmic vortex that appeared in front of Spiral. Out of the vortex appeared a tall knight in silver armor that completely covered his entire body and two thin scimitars (curved swords).
"Thanks to Legendary Aura, he gains 1000 attack points!" Spiral explained. "Now equip Alexandrite with Nitro Unit! When a monster equipped with this is destroyed, you take damage equal to its attack points! Blade, attack Alexandrite!"
Blade dashed toward Alexandrite and destroyed her, which caused the Nitro Unit to explode in front of Azusa, reducing her Life Points to 0.
Spiral (LP 2200) Azusa (LP 0)
The virtual cards vanished as the Duel ended and Spiral walked up to Azusa.
"You did very well, Azusa." Spiral told her. "You almost had me there."
"But I still couldn't win." Azusa said.
"Winning isn't the point of Dueling." Spiral stated. "Most of the time, it's a game and you're meant to have fun with it. Didn't you have fun Dueling?"
"Y... yeah, I guess I did." Azusa responded.
The two of them shook hands as the crowd cheered for the stunning turnaround the Duel took.
It was late afternoon and the sun was setting. All ten of them stood outside the school gate.
"The three of us can walk home together, okay?" Hikari asked to Azusa.
"Three?" Azusa asked.
"I'm the second!" Lilith said. "You're the third. I live with Hikari."
"Other than Asuka, the rest of us stay here at the dorms." Spiral stated. "We'll see you tomorrow."
"I can't wait." Azusa said.
Before they left, Momo and Aura grabbed Azusa by her shoulders and whispered something into her ears.
"Go near Spiral and you'll find yourself in a tiny, little grave." They both whispered into Azusa's ear.
That comment creeped Azusa out, but she proceeded to leave with Hikari and Lilith.
"Don't mind them." Hikari told Azusa. "But seriously, if you try to put the moves on Spiral, I will turn you into a stuffed rabbit."
Azusa was even more creeped out and had her eyes wide opened almost all the way home.
While that was going on, Shroud came up to everyone that was still at the school.
"Hey, I haven't seen you guys all day." Shroud said. "What the hell happened? !"
Later that night, outside of a huge mansion, a very young girl with purple hair tied into two long pigtails, each on the opposite side of her head, wearing a pink and purple outfit complimented by a pink and purple Duel Disk was standing on the branch of a tree. From that point, she watched a family consisting of an American father, a Japanese mother and a 4-year-old girl having dinner. The young girl smiled as she watched the family.
"... I wonder if I'll ever see them again..." The mysterious girl said.
English Voice Cast
Todd Haberkorn Spiral
Yuri Lowenthal Naoto
Christine Marie Cabanos Azusa
Monica Rial Momo
Laura Bailey Hikari
Alexis Tipton Aura
Alison Viktorin Chan/Chun
Caitlin Glass Asuka
Cherami Leigh Lilith
Maxey Whitehead Shroud
Kate Higgins Pulse
Cassandra Lee Mysterious Girl
Preview
Shroud: Next time, some broad tries to take the spotlight from me!
Spiral: What spotlight? I'm the protagonist!
Shroud: I mean the spotlight for the smartest student at Tokyo U!
Spiral: I feel the term 'broad' is pretty sexist.
Naoto: I just hope he doesn't pester us about it.
Azusa: Who was that strange girl at the end?
Spiral: To say that would be a major spoiler.
Shroud: That statement is a spoiler in itself. Next time on Arcana of Fate! Battle of Brains!
Naoto: That title sounds awful, and it's not much of a fight.
Shroud: Shut up!
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.
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 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 Electron
Legend/Synchro/Effect (ATK 1700 DEF 1600)
Level 5/LIGHT
1 Legend-type Tuner + "Legendary Guardian Energy Binder"
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 x300.
Guardian's Sacrifice
Trap
When a Legend-type monster you control is destroyed as a result of battle: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster.
Legendary Guardian Wave Fighter
Legend/Effect (ATK 1400 DEF 800)
Level 3/WIND
As long as this card remains face-up on the field; other cards you control cannot be targeted or destroyed by card effects. Once per turn, you can select 1 card your opponent controls: one of the following effects activates: *If the selected card is a Spell or Trap Card; it cannot be activated and its effects are negated until the End Phase. *If the selected card is a Monster Card: it cannot attack, change Battle Positions or activate its effect(s) and its effect(s) are negated until the End Phase.
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.
Azusa's Cards
Xenoknight Phiona
Warrior/Effect (ATK 1000 DEF 1900)
Level 4/LIGHT
If you control no monsters; You can Special Summon this card from your hand. When this card is used as a Xyz Material Monster for a "Xenoknight" Xyz Monster: Increase its ATK and DEF by 300.
Xenoknight Melody
Spellcaster/Effect (ATK 1000 DEF 300)
Level 3/LIGHT
When this card is summoned; You can Special Summon 1 "Xenoknight" monster from your Deck.
Xenoknight Ryoko
Warrior/Effect (ATK 1800 DEF 1100)
Level 4/LIGHT
As long as this cards remains face-up on the field, your opponent cannot select another "Xenoknight" monster you control as an attack target.
Xenoguard
Trap
When a "Xenoknight" monster you control is attacked; All "Xenoknight" monsters switch to Defense Position, and if you do, increase the DEF of all "Xenoknight" monsters you control equal to the number of "Xenoknight" monsters you control x500 until the End Phase.
Xenoboost
Spell
Select 1 "Xenoknight" monster you control. Return the selected monster to your Deck, and if you do, increase the ATK of all other "Xenoknight" monsters you control equal to the Level of the selected monster x200.
Xenoknight Alexandrite
Warrior/Xyz/Effect (ATK 2400 DEF 2100)
Rank 4/LIGHT
2 Level 4 "Xenoknight" Monsters
When a "Xenoknight" monster you control is destroyed by your opponent and sent to the Graveyard: You can detach 1 Xyz Material Monster from this card to inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster.
