YuGiOh! 5D's Regin of Darkness Chapter 1: Rise of the New Order, A Recap of Events, a yu-gi-oh! 5d's fanfic

Welcome to the Reign of Darkness. This story answers the question 'What if Jack had lost his duel against Carly in episode 58 of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's?' Now under the rule of the Dark King and Queen, a hellish reality sets in over the world. But, there are those fighting against this New Order, but in their current state, are powerless against it. Perhaps a valued friend was lost...or could it be the one person who can help has joined the New Order... The story of a famed duelist named Zhark Darastrix, a mysterious man who goes by the name 'Blackjack', and a kid whose archeologist father knew the famous Judai Yuki of Duel Academy, Ken, begins here. ~ClearDrago

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"I don't know how much time has passed since the New Order finalized its conquest of the world. But all I know is that I'm one of the few human survivors. Many have gone into hiding, while others bowed to the Dark King and Queen for guaranteed survival. I lived by falling into service under the Dark King and Dark Queen. I'm not sure what fell in what order anymore, all I know is that this world is now a hellish reality under the harsh rule of the Nazca Earthbound Immortal Aslla piscu.

The end of the world I once knew began when the former riding duel king, now my Dark King, Jack Atlas, lost his destined duel against the Dark Signer, now my Dark Queen, Carly Nagisa…"

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Jack Atlas: 800 LPs, 2 Speed Counters

Carly Nagisa: 3600 LPs, 4 Speed Counters

Speed World
Type: Field Spell
Effect: When you activate a Spell Card, other than a "Speed Spell", you take 2000 damage. During each player's Standby Phase, place 1 Speed Counter on this card (max 12). When you take damage, remove Speed Counters from this card for each multiple of 1000 damage taken.

The mobile battleground was dominated by the Field Spell, Speed World, although there was no movement from a D-Wheel at the time. Both D-Wheels involved in the duel stood in a single point of the massive flaming Hummingbird geoglyph duel course, Jack's having just broken down a few moments earlier. The only monster on the field, Carly's Fortune Lady Earthy, now at LV7 thanks to its effect, hovered above Carly's D-Wheel.

Fortune Lady Earthy (Called Fortune Lady Earth in the TCG)
Attribute: Earth
Level: 6
Type: Spellcaster/Effect
ATK/DEF: ?/?
Anime Effect: Increase this card's Level by 1 during each of your Standby Phase (max. 12). This card's ATK and DEF are equal to its Level x400. Each time a "Fortune Lady" monster you control has its level increasd, inflict 400 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points.
TCG/OCG Effect: Increase this card's Level by 1 during each of your Standby Phase (max. 12). This card's ATK and DEF are equal to its Level x400. Each time this card's level increases, inflict 400 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points.

Fortune Lady Earthy's ATK: LV7 X 400 = 2800

Jack Atlas stood still, unable to move as the light from Carly's trap card, Prophecy of a Future King, shined brightly in front of him. Although he was still awake, his mind was trapped in an illusion of what would be if he lost the duel. Carly then explained, "The Trap Card, Prophecy of a Future King. When I chose this card, I was able to understand everything. The reason I became a Dark Signer…what I would gain by fighting you…everything was so that we could be together in the future."

Prophecy of a Future King (Called Enlightenment in the TCG)
Type: Normal Trap
Effect: Activate only when a Spellcaster-Type monster you control destroys an opponent monster by battle at the end of the Damage Step. Your Spellcaster-Type monster can attack one more time. You cannot Normal, Flip or Special Summon this turn.

With that said, Carly called out, "I activate the effect of Prophecy of a Future King! A Spellcaster-Type monster that's destroyed an opponent's monster by battle is allowed to attack once again!" Fortune Lady Earthy fit the description exactly, since she was Spellcaster-Type and had just destroyed Jack's Ogre of Bloody Tears just moments before. "Cursed Skewer!", Carly called out, her Fortune Lady Earthy, a witch-like figure who wore large glasses, twirled her staff in the air, then slammed it on the ground, causing massive spikes to emerge from the ground and approach Jack. As this happened, Carly called out, holding out her arms, "Let's go, Jack; To our future!"

Jack could only mutter, "Our…future…", his thoughts still completely consumed in the illusion. His face-down, Change Destiny, could negate Fortune Lady Earthy's attack, then give Carly the choice of either gaining life points equal to Earthy's attack power of 2800 or deal half of Earthy's attack power, 1400, to Jack.

Change Destiny (Called Changing Destiny in the TCG)
Type: Normal Trap
Anime Effect: Negate the attack of 1 monster your opponent controls. Your opponent then selects and activates one of the following effects:
● You gain Life Points equal to the ATK of the monster.
● Your opponent takes damage equal to half the ATK of the monster.
TCG/OCG Effect: Activate only when an opponent's monster declares an attack. Negate the attack and change it to Defense Position. It cannot change its battle position while it is face-up on the field. Then, your opponent selects and applies 1 of these effects:
● Gain Life Points equal to half the ATK of the monster whose attack was negated.
● Inflict damage to your opponent equal to half the ATK of the monster whose attack was negated.

However, the attack-negating trap card remained face-down, never to be played. The Cursed Skewer attack finally reached Jack, who yelled out in pain from the deadly strike, then finally toppled out of his D-Wheel, face-down. The duel was finally over…Jack Atlas was dead.

Jack Atlas: 0 LPs (800 – 2800 = -2000), 0 Speed Counters (2 – [2800/1000 = -2 Speed Counters])

The hologram of Fortune Lady Earthy faded away, but the Hummingbird geoglyph remained for the time being. Carly dismounted her D-Wheel and approached the now deceased "Master of Faster". She bent down and picked up Jack's body into her arms. His eyes were still open from the sudden shock he had experienced and a steady stream of blood was running down his face from the center of his forehead.

Carly stared into Jack's blank, lifeless eyes for a few seconds before leaning in and kissing him full on the lips. As this happened, the sclera in Jack's eyes turned black, then he blinked, now with what appeared to be an angry look. Through Carly's power, Jack Atlas had been revived as a Dark Signer. Thus began the beginning of the end for the world.

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"After Jack was turned into a Dark Signer, from what I've heard, Misty Lola was defeated by the Black Rose Witch, Aki Izayoi, without incident. However, it was too late to stop the King of the Underworld from rising up. That's when Rex Goodwin made his move. Having become a Dark Signer himself by losing to his brother, Rudger, Rex attached his brother's left arm, which had the Dragon Head birthmark, onto his arm, in an attempt at becoming a God so he could destroy the world with the power of the King of the Underworld then rebuild it in his image with the Crimson Dragon's power. However, Jack and Carly opposed him in a riding duel, which spanned the massive floating Condor geoglyph.

That duel didn't go well for Rex. His first combo, which involved a Synchro Monster called Sun Dragon Inti and a Dark Synchro Monster called the Moonlight Dragon Quilla was quickly taken down by Jack's Dark Tuner – Sync Deregulator. Not even Rex's own Earthbound Immortal, Wiraqocha Rasca, the condor, could turn the tide of the duel.

In the end, even Rex fell to the might of Jack's new Ace Monster, the Dark Synchro Black Demon's Dragon. Then, one by one, the remaining Signers were targeted by Jack and Carly. Ken Hassleberry, who wielded the Exiled Earthbound Immortal Sophora died while trying to defend Luna, consumed by Aslla piscu. I'm not sure where the Signers are now, but they're being actively hunted. I'm not sure what happened Blackjack either. He must have gone into hiding as well. All I know is that I haven't heard of him after I separated from him after we had an argument about the Signers and Dark Signers or something of that matter.

As for me, my deck was radically changed in order to fit the New Order. The first thing my King and Queen did was remove all cards pertaining to the Dragon Gods, including the Dragon Gods themselves, and had them sealed away. Another major change that was done was the removal of my Dragon Realm field spells for a more…life point friendly alterative. As for my Neo Cybers, I tossed those hunks of scrap aside when I entered the service of the Dark King and Queen. I don't really care about those cards anymore, anyways! Although, I pulled two cards that still have a special meaning to me out of the deck, just in case the impossible happened and someone found the deck.

Even so, I've been able to manage quite well despite the dark times. I've had my share of duels, obviously rooting out any living survivors. My King would also occasionally challenge me, just to ensure my skills haven't faded any. Either way, my way of living had changed drastically from the carefree duelist I once was, occasionally enduring the Dragonic language curses about random mushy moments from Quitaru, who I found out early on detested, to quote his words, "that mushy romance nonsense!" I guess one of the thing Quitaru likes about this world is the fact there is no more mushy romance.

To tell you the truth, I could spend hours on end explaining all the nightmares and dreams come true I've been through between the time Jack lost his duel and now. However, I don't have that time, since I've just been called by the Dark King and Queen, so I shall leave with these last words: my name is Zhark Darastrix, I hold the Exilted Earthbound Immortal Dragon Quitaru, and now I use it under the service of the Dark King and Queen, Jack Atlas and Carly Nagisa."

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Zhark walked down the corridor that lead to the throne chamber, a path he walked many times before. His duel disk was already in place on his left arm, inactive, with a deck loaded into it. He swept a part of his light brown hair away from his face and adjusted his white and grey striped shirt as he walked. As he finally approached the throne room, he reached for the bottom of his duel disk, pulling a card out of a hidden deck slot, his Extra Deck. Before the New Order, he always had only two cards in the Extra Deck, both of them Synchro Monsters. The Extra Deck was used for Synchros and Fusions, though Fusion Monsters had fallen out of trend even before the Dark King and Queen took over.

The only one he was able to keep was Trident Dragion, a very powerful monster whose attack power matched that of the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon and could attack up to 2 more times on top of its primary attack based on the number of his cards he destroyed on the turn it was Synchro Summoned, one card per additional attack, although the Synchro Material Monsters had to all be Dragon-Types. The other Synchro Monster he had was Shining Tenosk – Dragon Shogun, a very powerful Dragon-Type monster that gained its power from the Dragon-Types already on the field. That one was sealed away along with the other Dragon God cards. The card he was currently holding was not Trident Dragon, however. It wasn't even a Synchro Monster. Instead it was a Dark Synchro Monster, the corrupted form of Shining Tenosk he had gotten from the Dark King and Queen.

The many things that told this card apart from Synchro Monster cards was the fact that this card was colored black instead of the standard white for Synchro Monsters and purple for Fusion Monsters. Also, the level stars on the Dark Synchro card were colored inversely and lined up on the left side of the card instead of the right to signify this card's level was negative.

(Info on Dark Synchro Monsters and Dark Synchro Summoning: To summon a Dark Synchro monster, the level of a Dark Tuner monster is subtracted from the level of a non-Tuner monster so it equals the level of the Dark Synchro monster you're summoning. As such, most Dark Tuner monsters have high levels, unless it's effect can alter its own level. Also, where card effects are concerned, Dark Synchro monsters are treated as Synchro Monsters with a negative level and thus can be affected by card effects that targets one or more Synchro Monsters. In the same respect, Dark Tuners are treated as a sub-division of Tuner Monsters.)

As he entered the throne room, he returned the Dark Synchro Monster back to his Extra Deck slot and looked at the pictures along the walls, which showed the many victories the Dark King and Dark Queen had. However, Zhark didn't come to look at the drawings, since he'd seen them all before. He instead passed by them all as he walked calmly towards the back of the throne room, where the Dark King and Queen sat. Stopping in front of the thrones, Zhark lowered to one knee and said, "My Queen, my King, I've come as you've commanded me. What is your wish."

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In the meantime, in an unknown part of the hellish world, within the basement of an abandoned, collapsed building, a teen was looking in an ancient tome. He looked like an ordinary human reading a fascinating book about the history of the world before the Dark King and Queen took over. However, this book chronicled the history, the allies, and enemies of the Exiled Earthbound Immortals. This boy, who called himself Blackjack, happened to be the host of the Exiled Earthbound Immotral Akrasua, whose goal was to awaken all the Exiled Earthbound Immortals so the world could be reverted to its correct technological path. However, the rise of the Dark King and Dark Queen all but ruined that plan. At best, it was probably delayed until he could find at least one other as well as convince Zhark to turn against the Dark King and Queen. His eyes scanned the open page of the tome, which was showing the Plant-Type Exiled Earthbound Immortal. Although the Plant-Type was to be released much later in the original plan, the current state of the world might call for her to be released much sooner.

He then turned to the other occupant in the room, a young girl whom he had been found in the hellish world. Perhaps…with her help and as well as Zhark, they could overthrow the Dark King and Dark Queen, then restore the world back to its intended path. Of course, the big problem came with getting Zhark back from the Dark King and Queen's grasp. Only time would tell if that plan would succeed…

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Blackjack: It's been a while, Zhark.

Zhark: Well, looks like you managed to survive for this long, Blackjack. Sadly for you, the Dark King has ordered me to destroy you.

Blackjack: They're using you as their servant. We have to get rid of them.

Zhark: The Dark King and Queen spared my life in return for my eternal service to them. You'll never make me betray them. If you won't join the new order, I'll just have to kill you! Next Time: Old Accomplices, now Enemies!

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Today's Key Card

Earthbound Immortal Aslla piscu
Attribute: Dark
Level: 10
Type: Winged Beast/Effect
ATK/DEF: 2500/2500
Anime Effect: "Earthbound Immortal" monsters cannot be Summoned while this card is face-up on the field. While no Field Spell Card is active, the following effects are negated, and this card is destroyed during the End Phase: ●This card can attack your opponent directly. ●This card is unaffected by the effects of your opponent's Spell and Trap Cards. ●Your opponent cannot select this card as an attack target. ●When this card is removed from the field other than its own effect, destroy all monsters on your opponent's side of the field. Then inflict 800 damage to your opponent's Life Points for each monster that was destroyed by this effect.
TCG Effect: There can only be 1 face-up "Earthbound Immortal" monster on the field. If there is no face-up Field Spell Card on the field, destroy this card. Your opponent cannot select this card as an attack target. This card can attack your opponent directly. When this card is removed from the field, except by its own effect, destroy all face-up monsters your opponent controls, and inflict 800 damage to your opponent for each monster destroyed.

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ClearDrago: Here's the first chapter. Before the issue arises, I plan on working Earthbound Immortals with the TCG effects and anime-style attack rulings, which means direct attacks are possible if the opponent controls only an Earthbound Immortal. The only exception to this will be Wiraqocha Rasca, which maintains its anime ATK/DEF and effect.

Zhark: Shut it, CD!

ClearDrago: Why should I listen to you? Do you even know who you're dealing with? My dad is Clear Vice Dragon, you know!

*Zhark reaches for a card in his Extra Deck*

ClearDrago: I mean…yeah, shuttin' it!

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Words of ClearDrago

I know there wasn't much for the first chapter, but the action will begin next chapter. Please R&R and try to refrain from negative comments. Hopefully, my writing will get better as time goes on. ~ClearDrago

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Obligatory Copyrights Zone (Names listed as Japanese/English and yes, JACK ATLAS must have his name in all caps here.)

The idea of Yusei Fudo, JACK ATLAS, Aki Izayoi/Akiza Izinski, Luca/Luna, Lua/Leo, Carly Nagisa/Carly Carmine, Rex Goodwin, Rudger Goodwin/Roman Goodwin, and Misty Lola/Misty Tredwell © Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

The idea of the cards used in this Fan Fiction © The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, Original Card Game, Anime, and Custom Cards created by ClearDrago and Shisarakage.

The idea of the Nazca Earthbound Immortals (Aslla piscu, Ccapac Apu, Ccarayhua, Chacu Challhua, Cusillu, Uru, and Wiraqocha Rasca) © The Nazca Lines in Peru