Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Heroes: Cyber Battles

Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

Kilnorc: Hey guys, ya ol' pal Kilnorc here! I'm sure you all have been waiting patiently for me to start this, and I've been slacking off to work on my One Piece stories. Fear not, however, for your patience has paid off! Let this new arc begin!

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"Behind you, behind you! Imp! Imp!"

"I see him, I see him!"

"Shotgun, use your shotgun!"

"I'm empty on shells!"

"Use your BFG then!"

"Like I'm gonna waste a BFG shot on one Imp!"

"WATCH OUT!"

"Dammit! Thanks alot, Chrissy, my last health points were blasted by plasma, thank you very much! I hope you run into a Hell Knight...,"

"You don't mean that, do you?"

"..."

"...Siho?"

Chuckling to himself, Siho Zolaro took a sip of his soda and leaned back against his bed, listening to the cries of fear of his best friend via headset. The two of them had been playing DOOM 3 online with their X-Boxes, just enjoying the summer evening of no homework, no life threatening Shadow Games..just normal, demon-blasting video games.

"ACK! REVENANT! I GOT A REVENANT! WHAT DO I DO?!"

Shaking his head, Siho rubbed his eyes and pulled the mic closer, "Bet shot to destroy those rockets it fires is the plasma gun. That destroys them, and it deals good damage at the monster...,"

"Okay...hang on...,"

"Be back in a bit, Chrissy...don't get yourself killed, alright?"

"Don't jinx me!"

Siho couldn't help but smirk as he took off the headset. He exited the bedroom and made his way to the bathroom. On his way, he heard noise come from the living room. Poking his head in, he saw his mother sit at the computer, playing an older online RPG, laughing into her own headset.

"Got that before you, Berg! That's what you get for leaving me to die in Andariel's lair!"

God, we are so like our parents... Siho rolled his eyes and entered the bathroom, locking the door behind him.

As he steadied himself in front of the "throne", a familiar sensation came over him.

"Hello, Little One,"

Siho nearly jumped at the intruder's voice. After making sure he didn't pee on himself, Siho snapped his head to see the Dark Man sitting on the edge of the bathtub. The Dark Man was an entity that had been with him since he could remember. Once thought to be a figment of his imagination, Siho learned that this thing wasn't his imagination, and certainly not harmless. During his first year of Duel Academy, Siho discovered that this thing was real after all, and that it was after something. He wasn't sure what yet, but he had many questions that would go unanswered for a time.

The ebony haired duelist snorted and turned to look at the wall, "You got a thing about watching teenage boys take a piss, Dark Man?" he growled.

The spirit chuckled, "Hardly, Little One, I'm not like that at all,"

"Really, you fooled me," Siho shot back, feeling uncomfortable, "What do you want?"

"Can't I just pop by and say hello to a friend?"

"You're one I'd hardly call a friend," Siho muttered, "Don't make me ask again,"

"Oooh, fiesty," the Dark Man grinned and rubbed his hands, "Day by day, more and more...anyway, I just thought I'd let you know that the house is being watched...and closely, I might add,"

Siho finished, zipped up and started to wash his hands, "I think you're getting paranoid, Dark Man. The only one 'watching' the house is a dog from across the street. I think all those movies I watched with Chrissy and her folks got to...well, whatever brain you got right now,"

"You saying you don't believe me?"

"Why should I?" Siho glared at the spirit through the mirror, "Huh? With everything that I know about you-,"

"Which, luckily for me, is very little,"

"Shut up. I just know that I shouldn't trust anything you say, or do...unless it's absolutely necessary,"

The Dark Man feigned a look of hurt, "That pains me so deeply, Little One," he cracked a grin, "Like it or not, you need to start heeding my advice,"

"No, what I need to do is find out where I can find a real Ghostbuster to get you outta here,"

With that, Siho left the bathroom, leaving the Dark Man sitting on the tub.

"Guess the brat needs to learn over time...oh well,"

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The next morning, Siho banged on Chrissy's home door. Today was going to be a big day for the both of them. They both had recieved word, as well as invite to come to a special event at Kaiba Land. The invite came from the staff, while the heads up came from Khamille Tong, one of their friends from school.

"C'mon, Chrissy!" he yelled, pounding harder, "We don't be late!"

Almost instantly, the door swung open and Christina Berg stepped out, slugging him in the stomach, "It's rude to yell,".

Siho nearly fell to his knees, Dammit Chrissy...hate it when you do that!

"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon!" Christina hopped towards the car where Siho's mom was waiting for them.

Siho waved at her and stumbled his way to the car, trying to catch his breath. As he sat down in the front, he turned back to Chrissy, "The hell, Chrissy?"

Christina grinned and raised her arms, showing some muscle, "Been workin' out, buddy. Sorry...did I break anything?"

"Hopefully just his manly pride," Siho's mother cracked as she turned the keys, "You kids got your decks?"

"Yeah, Mom,"

"Yeppers, Aunt Niri,"

"Why do you keep callin' her that?" Siho asked as the car took off down the street.

Christina shrugged, "I dunno...just fun, I guess,"

"You are so damn odd,"

"You know, I may have hurt your pride, but you want me to hurt your jewels next?" Christina threatened, cracking her knuckles.

Siho quickly turned back around and looked out the window.

"That's what I thought,"

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After being dropped off at the famous amusement park created and run by Seto Kaiba and KaibaCorp, both Christina and Siho were guided by a couple of employees to an area of the park that seemed to be closed off to other guests, as they were the only ones there.

"I got a bad feeling about this," Christina whispered as they came to a large building.

"Why, what do you think they're gonna do?"

"What if they're not really employees, and they knock us out, kill us, cut us into pieces, and then stuff our bodies into a suitcase each?!"

Siho stared at his friend, "What did your father do to you?"

"I think he let me watch too many scary movies at the wrong time,"

"That explains so much,"

Finally, they came to their destination. After passing through a pair of automatic doors, Siho and Christina found themselves in a large room filled with computer equipment and people dressed in KaibaCorp uniforms. While computers and numerous monitors with different viewings covering the walls, it was the center of the room that made them most interested.

Directly in the middle of the floor, connected to a huge piece of hardware, were what looked like cryogenic tubes. Each one looked like it would hold a full grown human, and the inside was full of wires and a large leather mattress.

"Welcome, guys! I was wondering when you'd get here!"

Siho and Christina turned away from the tubes and saw the familiar face of Khamille May Tong, fellow Slifer Red at Duel Academy. Squealing, Christina ran over to her and nearly tackled her to the floor in a glomp.

Watching the two reunite, Siho nodded, "Dude...that's hot,"

SMACK!

"OW!" Siho looked behind him, rubbing his head, and was surprised to see more familiar faces from school.

There was Jaden Yuki, a young man who used Elemental Heroes in his deck and who saved Duel Academy from a horrible fate. There was Chazz Princeton, a once uptight, rich, snobbish Obelisk Blue...but now he was an uptight, rich, snobbish Slifer Red. Joining them was the Queen of Obelisk Blue, Alexis Rhodes and her Ra Yellow cousin, Jordan. Finally, he caught sight of Bastion Misawa, a brainy Ra Yellow, and Kairi Lumina, a Slifer Red who had once been an enemy to them, now a good friend.

"Okay, what the hell is going on?" Siho turned to Khamille, who was climbing to her feet, with Christina still hugging her, "Why is everyone here?"

"Everyone's not here," Jaden jerked a thumb to the group, "Syrus, Atticus and Zane aren't here,"

"Well, I know Zane's not, he's too busy dealing with Pro duelists," Siho said quickly, waving them off, "But seriously, what is all this?"

Khamille pried Chrissy off her neck and smiled widely, "Guys, you aren't gonna believe this!"

"Try us,"

"Okay, look," Khamille clapped her hands together, "You know how my family is right? Influential...wealthy...,"

"A pain in the ass, like Chazz and his family?" Siho cracked.

Jaden and Jordan had to keep Chazz from jumping Siho.

"Aaaaanyhoo," Khamille continued, "My brother kinda made an interesting offer to KaibaCorp. You know that virtual world game that Kaiba made years back?"

"Yeah...,"

"Well, that involves computer AI and trying to do dueling Final Fantasy style. The offer Kristerr made was that if our family could make a new, improved virtual reality game for Kaiba Land, Kaiba would integrate into the park!" Khamilled bounced a little, "So, with that in mind, we needed some testers for the game and I automatically thought of you guys!"

Jaden grinned widely, "Wow, thanks, Khamille! So, we get to duel in cyberspace, huh? Righteous!"

Jordan nudged Alexis, "Cyberspace? Guess it's good that Atticus isn't here, huh?"

Alexis scoffed, "Forget dueling, he'd be going on sites he shouldn't be going,"

"So, wait," Chrissy rubbed the back of her head, "This is the special event that we got invited to? A test run of a VR game?"

"Chrissy, if we can pull this off, the kids here will have a brand new experience!" Khamille explained, "Think of it...the first Duel Monster's tournament in virtual reality!"

"A tournament?" Kairi looked around, "I think it's a small tourney, given the number of players here,"

Chazz scoffed and folded his arms, "It doesn't matter. Get any players you want, Tong, The Chazz will beat 'em all,"

Khamille grinned, "Oh...alright...if you want Chazz. I hope everyone has their decks?"

Everyone nodded and held up their respective decks.

"Great! Now, everyone, follow my lead and get into a tube. When you're in there, place your deck in the deck reader, and just wait for the systems to take over. I'll be going with you guys to join in on the fun," Khamille winked, "I can't miss out on this,"

As everyone spread out and took their tubes, Kairi found herself without a place to get into. She walked over to Khamille, who was inserting her deck.

"Uhm...there's no more tubes,"

Khamille looked at her, then looked around, "Aw man...Kairi, I'm so sorry! I thought we'd have enough for everyone...,"

"It's ok," Kairi waved her off and backed away, "Thanks for the invite though, glad I was able to be a part of something in some way,"

"That's okay, she can stay," a nearby technician walked up to them, "Don't worry, Miss Tong, we'll make sure that she gets something out of this," he looked at Kairi, "Be sure to watch them. After we're done with their run, you can have your own personal game, alright? This way, you can study what to do,"

Kairi's face lit up, "Really?!"

"Sure, why not?" the techinician guided her to a large set of viewing monitors. Four smaller ones were on either side of a much larger one. The four smaller ones had data of each person in the tubes, from their pictures and names, to their decks.

"Man, I wonder if this is how Neo felt when he enters the Matrix," Christing wondered aloud as the tube enclosed on her.

After making sure everyone and everything was in place, Kairi and the other technicians gathered behined what appeared to be the main console system for the tubes and computer. They all watched as the system whirred to life and the monitors began to change into viewscreens of some kind of weird alternate world, each screen holding a different area.

Kairi glanced at one of the screens, "Hey, who are these guys?" she asked, pointing to a set of eight individuals, "I thought Khamille and the others are the only ones going in?"

"Oh, they are," one of the workers assured her, "Those are just their opponents for the tournament. These eight duelists were created by a talented duelist and strategist and have been selected for this run,"

"Ah...," Kairi looked back at the tubes, "So, what are the rules for this tournament?"

"Pretty much same as any major tournament. If someone wins, they go to the next stage, however, if they lose. They don't. If one of your friends loses, the computer system will bring them right back to the real world,"

"So, there's nothing to worry about?"

"Nothing at all. All we're really doing is seeing if these kids can handle these players,"

"Why?"

"Because, we plan on using them for the real game if it comes out,"

"Oh,"

The lead technician sighed and entered a key sequence, "Here goes nothing...," he glanced up at the kids in the tube, "Have fun, guys," he whispered before pressing the final key.

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In a dark room, sitting in front of a large monitor, a figure laughed coldly as it watched the events take place in the testing chamber.

"Nothing to worry about?" the figure inserted a small, round disk into it's computer, brought up a new window, and began typing commands, "We'll see about that. I think that this game should have a couple of hidden characters...,"

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Kilnorc: DUN DUN DUN...man, first chapter and already some weird mojo's going down. Before I officially end this chapter, let me just apologize if this is kinda blah. I'm not good with first chapters on fics sometimes, and I wasn't sure how else to bring this around...anyhoo, if this WAS iffy, like on rules and stuff, it'll get better as I go along. Once again, sorry if it's blah! Later ya'll!