Prologue

Hello Everyone! This Author's Note is just going to be brief and include a list of characters and give their Japanese to English names. Any questions asked in this and future chapters will be included at the end of the chapter. Also, characters will be speaking Japanese in normal text and will be speaking English when in Italics. Now, let the story begin!

Judai Yuki-Jaden Yuki

Pegasus J. Crawford-Maximillion Pegasus

Seto Kaiba-Same in English

Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! Is owned by Konami, not me!


A boy was sitting in the park in a small suburban town in Japan. The boy was 9 years old and wore a red shirt and brown pants, his skin was lightly tanned and he had brown eyes and two-toned brown hair. His name was Judai Yuki, and he was staring at his favorite duel monsters card, Yubel. Duel monsters is a popular trading card game made by Pegasus J. Crawford after discovering ancient stone tablets in Egypt. The game consists of summoning monsters and using spells and traps to bring your opponent's life points to zero.

The card Judai was holding was an dark orange color with it's name on the upper left corner and a dark purple circle with a white symbol in the upper right, below the circle and name were ten small red stars in red circles. The bottom of the card had a box that read what they card could do and it's attack and defense points which both read zero. The center of the card had an artwork of some sort of humanoid creature that had half a man's chest, and half a womans chest, it had dark-red-purple skin with black markings and scales across it's body with demon like claws, as well as dragon wings on it's back. It had white and purple hair that split down the middle and three eyes: one green, one orange, and the center eye was red.

Judai had recently played it in a duel against one of his neighbors again and, just like the others, he got hurt very badly and sent to the hospital. He knew Yubel was the cause of it, but he didn't know why.

"Why," he asked to no one except his card. "Why do you keep hurting my friends?"

He continued to look at the card, almost expecting an answer.

"I don't mind losing, it helps me grow as a duelist. Dueling other people will also help me grow, but how can I when everyone in the neighborhood is afraid they'll get hurt if they duel me?"

"Is that how you feel?"

Judai was shocked and looked up. There in front of him was the very monster that he was talking to, Yubel.

"Yubel?" Judai asked, confused.

"So you can finally see me," she said. (A/N: I think it's easier on everyone if I just call Yubel a she since that's what I feel Yubel's more like.)

"How can I see you?" Judai asked.

"You have a very special gift, Judai," said the monster. "An ability that allows you to see the spirits of duel monsters cards."

"So no one but me can see you?"

"If they don't possess the same abilities as you, then yes," Yubel said with a smile. "So tell me Judai, why are you upset?"

"I'm lonely," said the child. "You keep hurting whoever duels me and it's driving other people away."

"But you have me," the spirit said sweetly. "And I'm only trying to protect you."

"From what?" Judai asked, confused. "We're only playing a card game with some friends, there's nothing wrong with that."

"I guess you're right."

"And a game is no fun if you have no one to play with."

"Again, that's true," said Yubel, biting her lip. "Okay, I'll stop hurting your opponents."

"Yay," Judai cheered gleefully,"thank you Yubel."

"You're welcome Judai," said the duel spirit.

I truth, Yubel knew Judai had a lot of power and potential within him. There was much more to his powers than just being able to see and hear duel spirits, but she can save that for when he's older.


Two years passed and Judai started making friends again. No longer did Yubel harm his opponents if he lost and even started winning duels. He couldn't be more happier. Yubel had also told Judai of his other abilities that he held. She told him that he could bring duel spirits into the physical world and he's practiced with the Duel Disk his father got him for his eleventh birthday. A Duel Disk is a wrist mounted device developed by the Kaiba Corporation, a former weapons company that converted to a gaming company when it was bought by the companies head's own adopted son, Seto Kaiba. The Duel Disk gave the game of Duel Monsters more excitement as it created holograms of the cards you play.

Judai was currently waiting by the door of his house, expecting something, or someone, to come through.

Yubel appeared next to him and asked, "Are you excited?"

"You bet I am," said the young duelist. "This is the first time I'm meeting my cousin from America."

"Do you think he'll have some of your uncle's new cards?"

"I hope so."

Today, Judai would meet his American cousin, Gregory Duke, who would be living with them for a few years since his mother has fallen ill and they needed a way to save money for the hospital bills. Gregory's father and Judai's uncle, Alfred Duke, works at Industrial Illusions and it has been rumored that he has been making a new type of monster. It was also rumored that he gives these cards to his son in order to test them before releasing them to the public.

The door opened to reveal a woman in her mid-to-late-thirties with short brown hair, light skin, and blue eyes. She was wearing a casual pink business suit with a white button up shirt and a gold necklace. Next to the woman was a boy around Judai's age with light skin, brown hair, and green eyes. The boy wore glasses along with some khaki shorts and a light green polo shirt.

"Welcome back, Mom," Judai said to the older woman.

"Hello there Judai," she said. "This is your cousin from America, Gregory Duke."

"Hello, I am Judai Yuki," Judai replied in English the best he could.

"Hello, I'm Gregory Duke," Gregory replied in Japanese as best he could.

"I have to go back to the office," said Judai's mom. "I'll be back by dinner. Why don't you show Gregory where he'll be staying Judai."

Judai nodded and the woman left. Judai gestured for Gregory to follow him and lead the way down the hall.

"That's a cool monster," said the American, noticing Yubel.

"You can see duel spirits too?" Judai asked.

"Yeah, I have one of my own."

A woman suddenly appeared next to him; she had red hair that was tied into a ponytail and red eyes. She was wearing a black ninja outfit with a white scarf and a sword by her side.

"Woah, sweet," said Judai. "Is she one of Uncle Alfred's cards?"

Gregory nodded his head. "Her name is Rose, Warrior of Revenge, and she's a tuner monster."

"Tuner monster?" Both Judai and Yubel asked curiously.

"While Tuner monsters have no purpose yet, we will be used for an new summoning method in the future," said the new Duel Spirit.

"Cool," Judai said as they continued down the hall.

They came to an average sized room with a small desk and a bunk bed in the corner and Duel Monsters posters all over the wall.

"You'll be sharing my room, do you want the torp or bottom bunk?" Judai asked.

"Top," replied his American cousin.

"Hey, I wanted top bunk!"

"How about we play Rock, Paper, Scissors and whoever wins gets top bunk?" Gregory suggested, holding out his fist.

"Sounds fair to me," Judai replied, holding a fist of his own.

The two shook their hands three times and on the fourth Judai had all of his fingers flat and straight while Gregory had two fingers open and spread apart.

"Scissors cut paper, I win," Gregory declared triumphantly.

"Best 2 out 3?" Judai challenged.

They went two more times with Judai winning the first one with rock crushing scissors and Gregory winning the other with the same combo.

"The top bunk is mine," Gregory declared getting on said bunk.

"If this were a duel, you would have lost."

"Is that a challenge?"

"You bet it is."

"Alright, get your game on!"

"It's going to be like this for a long time, isn't it?" Yubel said to Rose.

"Looks like it," the red haired spirit giggled as they watched Gregory and Judai set up for their duel.


And the prologue is done! Now I know what you're thinking. "Why did you give Gregory Jaden's catchphrase?" Well I liked that phrase and since Judai has a different catchphrase in Japanese, I figured I have my OC have it. Feel free to ask any questions and I'll post the answer in the next chapter. So stick around because THIS WILL CONTINUE!

Anyway, next Chapter: The King's Heir