I know not many people have written fanfictions for this new series and it's a big unexpected. My favorite Yu-gi-oh anime is Yu-gi-oh 5ds. What I think is stupid is how after 5ds they avoided synchro summons for Xyz summons. Yu-gi-oh has changed so much that not as many people play it anymore. It sounds like I'm being negative but it's true. The series after Yu-gi-oh 5ds are almost as bad as Future Card Buddyfight or Duel Masters. All I know is I want to write a fanfiction based on arc-v. Please review.

Chapter 1: Feeling Life Changes

It was a perfect day for a duel. Thousands of duellists were competing for the chance to travel the world for the chance to attain vast fortune. The duels took place in a dome, with dozens of people in the crowd roaring above, and balloons of Stardust Dragon, Red Dragon Archfiend, and even Blue Eyes White Dragon floating above.

The rules were the same as any other duels: you wore a Duel Gazer and battled it out with one opponent, only you were judged by the way you duel, how you act, and even the cards you used. It didn't matter whether you won or lost; they were just looking for duelists with lots of virtue.

One of these duelists was the hero Tatsu Paltrow. The other duelist's Duel Disk activated. Their Duel Gazer's activated and spread over both their left eyes. With the sound of a dragon roaring from sound effects, both raised their Duel Disks up.

The duel skipped forward and Tatsu's monster unleashed a scorching hot fireball it threw towards his opponents monster. His monster exploded into a million shiny pixels that floated all over the field. The other duelist's cards scattered over the field. His face was sweating all over from his inundate defeat. The crowd applauded Tatsu. Tatsu showed everyone his diamond necklace as he spun around. Tatsu could act anyway he wanted in front of the roaring crowd because he knew he deserved it.

" Tatsu! Tatsu! Tatsu!"

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Tatsu woke up from a loud foghorn. He had been listening to it every six hours from the thirty-six hours he boarded. Tatsu turned his head and a group of seagulls fluttered off his duffel bag which was hanging from a hat rack. If Tatsu was lucky he could sneak down into the shops and steal moonbread before anyone even saw him. Hell, he could even sneak into the salon and spa if he wasn't too precarious. Before Tatsu could make any choices about where he would furtively sneak around the boat, no I.D. or ticket in his pockets, he saw an island behind him. In just ten short minutes Tatsu would be off the boat and on solid ground again.

Explainations were needed about Tatsu's predicament. Tatsu was a legitimate duelist just like in his dream, but unlike in his dream he wasn't a pro duelist. Tatsu knew the basics of Duel Monsters, knew the distinction between every card and how to summon them, but he was only fifteen years old. Fifteen. He knew every director and every action sequence of every zombie movie ever made including The Walking Dead. His demeanor was calm and collective. Tatsu was adopted by a farmer named Hautsu and a former prostitute named Kyuumia. Tatsu always enjoyed Duel Monsters and thought people who didn't enjoy it were ignorant. His most prominent feature was the black tattoo on his neck shaped like the symbol of the former WRPG duel runner team Team 5DS. Their name meant 5 Dragons. They were the most elite duelists Tatsu ever met. He was only seven when he met them. When he was eleven he met a dopey duelist named Yuma. In his dreams he met the King of Games before duel runners were invented Yugi Mutou. After that he met the King of Games after duel runners were invented Jaden Yuki. Yugi, Jaden, and 5DS captain Yusei all wanted their friends to be safe. They all had an unquenchable love of dueling. But, most of them passed away. The only one left was Yuma. After Yuma passed on a new duelist needed to be crowned king. Tatsu, who always lived the poor life of uneducated parents and no hope of getting into university, wanted to live the glamorous life of a king. All he had was his deck, a duffel bag with riceballs and spicy crackers, and all the money he saved that wasn't enough to even buy a seaweed salad. He also had a card his adopted parent gave to him before he left. He said it would give him luck on his travels and to use it wisely, whatever that meant. All Tatsu knew was he never said " please use it wisely".

Since everyone was departing no one asked how Tatsu for his I.D when he walked off the boat with the other foreigners. But he was hit in the face by accident by a swinging umbrella rolled up on his way down. A mean kid hit him in the back with a beach ball on his way down, brutishly if that was possible for a six year old. And a small white dog in a woman's arms barked at him on his way down. Tatsu, his legs wobbly from his ride there, ran away from all the brutish people and their reprehensible ways of blending in with humanitary people like Tatsu. Tatsu was off to find people to duel. At this very moment his Duel Gazer had an interlink that showed everyone in WRPG his skills and made him a clear candidate.

" What are you doing!" A little boy shouted. Tatsu blinked. A little Mexican boy angrily walked up to Tatsu and grabbed his arms. " You aren't suppose to be here!"

" I'm not?" Tatsu said to much of his confusion.

" No! You're suppose to be backstage getting dressed!"

" Backstage? Why do I have to go backstage?"

The little boy didn't answer Tatsu. What he did was pull Tatsu to the city like a mother with the temerity to never let go of her child. Tatsu wasn't coherient with the boy. He dragged Tatsu all the way to a giant circus tent. The inside of the tent was cluttered with people in the stadium. The boy dragged Tatsu behind the stage to a room with mirrors, wardrobe, and colorful uniforms. People in the back were wearing colorful getups. The boy brought Tatsu to a stool with make-up designers. Tatsu was so confused about now. He just stood stun when they painted his face black, put a red wig on his head and tapped it on from the inside, and gave him a black cape. When they finished they pushed him through a red door. He now stood on a yellow platform with a chubby man holding a lever.

" I think you have me confused with someone else," Tatsu said.

" Look, even though you're playing the villian it doesn't mean everyone's going to hate you," the chubby boy said. " Just go in there and be the best villian you can be."

The boy pulled on the lever and the platform moved. It moved up and reached the center of the stadium. There were men and woman wearing gossamer wings and green tights. On the other side there was a girl with white hair in large locks holding a pink custom Duel Disk. And above everyone, the audience, were booing him.

" The dignified princess fought the evil necromancer," the voice of a narrator said. " They began their duel. A duel that would be heard throughout history."

Dignified Princess: 4000

Tatsu: 4000

" The princess takes the first move." The white haired girl picked up the top card of her deck. " I summon the Unforgiving Fairy in Attack Mode (1800/1200)." A blue worm hole opened in front of the dignified princess. A tall fairy wearing a black dominatrix with a black whip. Her cheeks were stripped like tiger claws and her hair was gray like the princess. " I end my turn, evil necromancer and your potent powers. Good always wins."

" Why are we dueling like this?" Tatsu asked. " Dueling should be about fun. It should be something positive we do."

" Idiot!" The little boy growled from the audience. " That's not following the script!"

" It's my turn," Tatsu drew the first card of his deck. " I don't like this negative vibe." Two of Tatsu's cards glew blue. Tatsu was going to Pendulum Summon. Using two Pendulum monsters like Spell cards he put them in his Pendulum Zone. " I place Magician Heart Sun in my blue zone and Magician Shadow Merge. And I Pendulum Summon Magician's Valkyria (1600/1800). Herald of Creation (1800/600). Chaos Command Magician (2400/1900)." Three blue worm holes opened in front of Tatsu and three magicians came out of them. The crowd was surprised, the little boy in the stand was furious.

" What is this idiot doing? That's NOT in the script!"

" Chaos Command Magician, attack! Solar Bomb!" Tatsu's monster fired a long beam of yellow light towards Unforgiving Fairy. The fairy exploded from her hand, feet, and finally her whole body exploded into a million pixels. " Now Magician Valkryria and Herald of Creatoin attack you directly!" The game was over. Tatsu's two monsters attacked the dignified princess. She fell back. It was over. She lost the match. Everyone in the stadium was stunned. But, Tatsu's monsters were still in solid vision. They bowed to the crowd before vanishing. Tatsu twirled around three times and bowed to everyone. " Thank you-"

A person snuck up behind Tatsu and hit him with a small hammer. Tatsu lost consciousness on impact and the person dragged him away. They were doing to interrogate him.