VT: Hola! Okay, this story was inspired by Fox Moonshadow's "Starburst Phoenix"

I will have my muses be Jaden and Syrus. I probably will have other's popping in and out a various chapters.

Now, please enjoy the story!

"Run! Run! Damn it, run for it, you four!" a green winged man calls at a few other figures. These figures all had glowing charms on a chain around their neck.

One figure was taller and probably older than the others. He had silver and blue cyber like armor covering his body, from head to toe. His helmet was shaped like a dragonhead mid roar with the boy's eyes showing through and cerulean blue hair sticking out.

The second one was much smaller. He had wheels for legs. His head was covered with a hat shaped like a steam engineer hat but the bottom of his face was covered by a train grind thing (I don't know what it's really called but I'll stick with that.) with a gap showing for the eyes and light blue hair pointing out. The rest of his body was covered with a weird type of armor.

The next wasn't actually running but flying in the air. She wasn't short or tall, average height. She had long purple hair and yellow robes covering her body, head to toe. She had six pure white wings sticking out her back and holding her up above the others. She had a few brackets and necklaces, and her eyes were kind but cold at the same time.

The last figure was a boy, about the same size as the girl. He had a dark reddish brown hair covering his head. His outfit was a red, green and yellow shirt, pants and elbow, shoulder and knee armor. He, too, had wings but they were too damaged to fly with. One was fire toned and the other was sea toned. He had a feathery mask full of white and gold feathers.

There was a reason they were running. They were running from several thousand creatures that were trailing behind them. The species ranged from flying lions to human like to the ones you can't figure out what they are. All were after the four kids.

The green winged man called out to his companions, a red woman, a blue man, an electric man and a man made from clay or stone. "Get them to the portal. Now! Keep them safe."

"But, Avian…"

"No buts, Burstinatrix. Get them safely to the other side. Don't worry about me."

The red woman nods and turns with the other men to follow the children toward a swirling window of purple and blue energy. The children are about to dive into the portal but a stray attack hit the winged boy, throwing him to the ground and knocking him unconscious.

"Little Wingman!" The angel girl drops down next to him and picks him up. "Dragon Rider, you and Engineeroid, help me get him through the portal!"

"Okay, Weaver. We need to leave." The cyber armored child nods. In seconds, the three have the winged boy in their arms and running to the portal. Suddenly, before they can get through, a large ooze monster jumps in front of them, stopping them from getting through.

"Give me the keys. Now!" the ooze starts trying to attack them but it is thrown to the side by a few different attacks.

The red woman runs up to the kids. "Children, get Little Wingman to the other side. You must stay in that realm till it is safe to return to the Shadow Realm. Go!"

"Yes, Burstinatrix. Goodbye, for now." The oldest boy jumps through and is followed by the little engineer creature. The angel is about to follow with the boy in her arms but is stopped by the fire woman one last time. "Yes, madam?"

"Weaver, in the world this portal is sending you, us monsters are on cards for the humans to use for dueling. You and Little Wingman will, like Dragon Rider and Engineeroid have, will be changed into humans and your true forms will be sealed into cards. You will be able to either summon yourselves in a duel or change into your true forms. Don't use these powers or cards unless you are in a life-death situation, though. You understand?" the angel girl nods quickly.

"Now, when you get there, you will need a deck of 40 cards to protect yourselves. The portal mages have already managed to figure out how to get you one when you go through. Remember, Weaver, keep your people close on hand. Now, take Little Wingman and save yourselves."

"Yes, Burstinatrix. Goodbye." The angel girl leaps through the portal.

"Goodbye…my guardians." The woman smiles as she watched the portal seal itself.

Silence fills a park in the middle of a city. Suddenly, a tearing ripping sound interrupted the silence. Four young children fall out of a tear in the universe. Then, the tear seals itself again.

The oldest child was tall for his age, about 10 or 11 years old. He had cerulean blue hair covering his pale face and eyes. He had on a white and blue pair of pants and shirt on.

The next kid was much younger and shorter, about 8 or 9. He had light blue hair all over and glasses. He had a blue outfit of stripped pants and shirt.

Next to them was a girl about the same age as the younger boy. She had purple hair and blue eyes. Her clothes were a long yellow shirt and yellowish blue jeans.

The last boy was the same age as the girl and younger kid. He was unconscious and resting in the girl's arms. His hair was reddish brown and cloths red and black.

All these children were wearing a chain around their necks with glowing objects. They all also had cases on their sides with duel monster cards. There was a card, though, lying next to each of them.

The oldest boy's card was 'Cyber Dragon Rider'. The light blue haired boy had an 'Engineeroid'. The girl got a 'Wing weaver'. The unconscious boy revised an 'Elemental Hero- Little Wingman'.

Someone came through the brush to the four kids. They quickly scooped up their cards and tried waking up the boy. "Hello children. Are you okay?" a lady asks to the children.

"Yeah, we okay but our friend is unconscious. Can you help us?" the oldest one asks the lady.

She bends down next to the girl and studied the boy's face. "Sure. Tell, me, what are your names and where do you live?"

The oldest suddenly gets an idea. "My name is Zane Truesdale. This is my little brother, Syrus." He points to the kid with the light blue hair.

"And I am Angelina Myakka. Our friend here is Jaden Yuki. He got hit in the head." The girl motions to herself then points to the boy in her arms.

The lady frowns at the children. "Oh my, who are your parents or relatives?"

"We…we have no more family. They all are dead." Syrus tells her sadly.

"Oh dear. Well, I bring you to the orphanage and then your friend here can get some treatment."

Later, at the hospital, Jaden lies in a bed with monitors around him. He slowly wakes up. He sees a girl looking at him with worry. "What happen to me? Where am I?" He sees her eyes widen. "Who am I?"

"You don't know who you are? You have no clue?"

"No. I don't. Who am I? Who are you?"

"I am Angelina Myakka. You're Jaden Yuki."

"Oh, thank you, Angelina. Now where am I?"

"In the hospital. I think you lost your memory somehow. I don't know anything about you. I found you in the middle of the park. I know your name because it's on you deck case. But, I will help you regain your memory anyway I can. Now, go back to sleep." Jaden smiles and goes back to sleep.

Angelina sighs and walks out of the room. "Weaver, how is he?" Syrus asks her quickly as she walks out of the room.

"Not good, 'Roid. Lost his memory." Angelina clears her throat. "He doesn't remember who or, more importantly, what he is. We have to protect him till he does and he can use his powers. Dragon, I'll hold onto his piece of the Ancient. You hold onto his card. We'll give them to him when he's ready."

"Right. Okay. Looks like we have to keep an eye on him." Zane nods toward their friend's sleeping form.

"Neither of you talk to him or let him see you." The boys look at her confused. "He's seen me. I don't want him to have too much of his real past on his mind till he's ready. I'll keep close and you two watch from a far. We have to keep away from each other till it is safe to go home."

"Weaver, I understand. 'Roid and I will act as brothers; we do look a little alike in these forms, anyway. We'll keep a hold of his card. You stay safe." Zane turns away from the angel. "Come on, Syrus."

"Bye, Angelina." Engineeroid waves bye to the girl and follows his 'brother' out of the hospital, not knowing when he'd see his friends again.

VT: Okay, I know that's a little mean. But I need them to separate. You'll see the friendship working in somewhere. I would have Jaden or Syrus saying good bye's but Jaden's still unconiscious and Syrus is moving into his room. So I'll do it just this once.

varioustheme signing out!