Well, yet another new fic. My writer's block is going away luckily, for my old stories I just can't use my mom's iPad lately due to her new hours, but I have a phone now. Anyhow, I will ask for help from you readers at times, so be sure to read the ANs! The fic starts partway into season two, only a couple episodes but unless you want spoilers you can't follow, best watch and catch up first. Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or claim to, that'd be Konami.

A young man with mostly dark blue hair that had a few pinkish purple parts was laying down, head on his desk and a Duel Disk on his arm. A somewhat electronic voice came from the Disk. "Hey! Classes ended a while ago, let's get going already!" The young man, named Yusaku Fujiki, lifted his head, opening his eyes to reveal a dark green.

"Let's go." He left, carrying his bag over his shoulder. "Hopefully Kusanagi has learned something about Bohman." His grip on his bag visibly tightened and the material squeaked a bit.

In a rather basic hot dog truck, a man with stubble and purple hair in his mid 20s was serving a hot dog to a little girl and a young man. "What do we say, sis?" The elder brother had a large build, brown eyes and black hair, smiling proudly at his sister.

"Right! Thank you so much! Your hot dogs are the best!" Both men chuckled as the little girl with a fox ear headband on dug in. Her brother paid the man, and waved at Yusaku as he walked up before sitting at a table a ways away.

"You know him Yusaku?" The hot dog vendor grilled up a few more, placing one that was fully cooked in a bun.

"Just a classmate, that's all. Kusanagi, any progress?" The man now identified as Kusanagi sighed and gestured for Yusaku to enter the cart, closing the window that he sold from, showing he was closed. His expression did not bode well. Yusaku entered the cart, and inside was revealed to be several computers that looked to be some heavy duty machinery, plus what looked like a pair of colored closets.

Kusanagi sat in a chair. "Where are Takeru and Flame?"

"They aren't coming, his grandparents came to check on him." The vendor nodded and started opening numerous files.

"I haven't found anything, it's as if Bohman never existed before..." He grunted. "Before he took Jin's consciousness data." The raw hurt in his voice left no doubt whoever Jin was, he meant the world to Kusanagi.

"We'll find him, and your brother's data. I promise." Kusanagi nodded gratefully at Yusaku while a small black and purple humanoid climbed out of Yusaku's Disk.

"According to Flame, Bohman is also connected to the destruction of Cyberse World." He clenched his fist. "After the Hell I went through to protect my home and friends he destroyed it all anyway. No matter what, Bohman is going to pay." The trio nodded, all determined to hunt down whoever this Bohman person was and make him pay, unaware of the small microphone device that had been planted on the money Kusanagi had received only minutes ago.

At a nearby table the young man smirked wickedly, listening to an earbud that most would mistake for a music player. His sister, recognizing the look, just rolled her eyes as she polished off her hot dog, pulling on his sleeve to hide the dark purple glow that peeked out.

The next day was a Saturday, and Kusanagi, Yusaku, and a boy that wore glasses and had hair that was orange on the bottom and silver on the top were all gathered around the computers, the tiny purple and black humanoid joined by another who was black and red with a head shaped like a fireball. The whole group was watching live feed of a muscular man with hair that was mostly gold and brown riding a hoverboard in the virtual world, Link VRAINS. "Bohman." Yusaku's words were almost a growl.

"Playmaker, where are you?" On the feed the man identified as Bohman was calling out basically the same thing over and over, flying all over and getting strange looks. "Duel me!"

Yusaku glared and grabbed his disk. "Ai!" The purple humanoid known as Ai hopped into it and Yusaku went into the blue closet. "Takeru," The silver haired young man had been about to do the same. "stay here and help Kusanagi keep watch, just in case." Takeru nodded. Yusaku slammed a deck of cards into the slot on his Duel Disk. "Deck set! Into the VRAINS!" The closet closed, Yusaku's body slumping over as his mind left, hair changing color and now wearing a skintight green suit as he entered the virtual world. He landed on a hoverboard, and took off, following directions from Ai until he spotted his target. "Bohman!"

The other man stopped, doing a 180. "Ah, Playmaker. Finally!" Before Yusaku could react a cable shot from a wristband that appeared on Bohman's arm wrapped around Playmaker's own arm, vanishing after a moment. "Like my Duel Anchor? Now you can't log out unless you duel me! So you have no choice but to accept my challenge!"

After "Bohman" said this his image became pixellated, reforming into a lean man with ghost white hair, abnormally pale skin and eyes that were totally black except for bloodred pupils. "Took all night to perfectly replicate that guy's avatar, lemme tell ya!" He cackled insanely. "Glad you accepted. Now let's duel! If I win, I get your AI, the famous Ignis, Ai! You win and I'll tell you a secret!" He giggled creepily. "So?"

Ai started shaking his fist at the pretender. "That was a dirty trick! No way Playmaker will agree to-!"

"I accept." That took the steam out of Ai's sails as he slumped over and grumbled about why everyone was always trying to take him. "What's your name?"

His enemy smirked visciously, his teeth unnaturally sharp. "I'll add that to what I tell you if you win. For now, call me Odite!"

In the real world Takeru blinked. "I saw that word in class. It's Latin for hate." The trio watched as Playmaker and Odite took off on their hoverboards, Kusanagi trying to override Odite's Duel Anchor without success.

Playmaker- LP: 4000

Odite- LP: 4000

Odite grinned. "You start!"

Playmaker looked at his hand of four cards from the Speed Duel. "Since I control no monsters I summon Linkslayer!" A gateway opened in front of Yusaku as he selected the card, a warrior in animalistic armor with claws and blades of energy coming from his wrists burst free. (LVL: 5 ATK: 2000) "I set one card and end my turn.

"Hah! Draw!" Odite smirked. "First I summon Double Coston, then I set two cards facedown! That's it." A pair of dark ghosts appeared from nowhere as the strange man smirked. (LVL: 4 ATK: 1700)

Ai checked the new monster's stats. "A Zombie monster. Be careful of his set cards!"

Yusaku just kept his eye on his enemy. "Draw! I activate Linkslayer's effect, discarding two cards to destroy your set cards!" As he sent away two cards from his hand Linkslayer leapt up, aiming to slash both facedowns apart.

"Too easy! I activate them both in response! Metaverse lets me activate a Field Spell from my deck, like Mound of the Bound Creator! And Eternal Cycle lets me pay 500 LP when a card on my field is targeted by your monster's effect to set a card from my deck of the same type, since Metaverse is a normal trap I set a trap from my deck." LP: 3500

Ai panicked. "All that did was help him!"

Yusaku grunted. This could be trouble. "When I discarded Dotscaper his effect activated, letting me summon him!" A strange creature made of pixels appeared. (LVL: 1 DEF: 2100) "Appear, circuit that leads to the future!" A gate opened in front of Playmaker, which he and Dotscaper vanished into. "Arrowheads confirmed! Conditions are 1 Level 1 monster. I set Dotscaper in the Link Marker! Link Summon, Link 1 Linkuriboh!" (LNK: 1 ATK: 300) He reemerged with a small spherical monster beside him. "I summon Cyberse Gadget!" A robot covered in various gizmos appeared. (LVL: 4 ATK: 1400) "Gadget's effect revives Dotscaper in defense position. Appear, my future circuit!" Another gate, this time only the newly revived Dotscaper staying behind. "Arrowheads confirmed, conditions are at least two Effect monsters! I set Cyberse Gadget, Linkslayer and Linkuriboh in the Link Markers! Link Summon! Appear, Link 3 Decode Talker!" When he came back, a large warrior who was mostly blue and purple with a longsword appeared beside him. (LNK: 3 ATK: 2300) "Cyberse Gadget's effect summons a Gadget Token!" (LVL: 2 DEF: 0) "Decode Talker gains 500 attack points for every monster he points to! Power Integration!"

Ai piped up. "And since you placed Double Coston in that zone he powers up Decode Talker too! Attack, Playmaker!" (ATK: 3300)

Yusaku was silent for a moment. "Turn end."

"Eh?!" Ai stared at him. "But-!"

"We know his facedown card is a trap, but we don't know anything else. We can't be foolish."

Odite clapped. "Very nice! Now, my turn! Draw!" He smiled, and Ai shivered while Yusaku narrowed his eyes. Something had changed. "When Double Coston is used to Tribute Summon a DARK monster they're treated as two sacrifices! Now, I tribute Double Coston!" The two ghosts screeched and dashed into the card Odite held. "Now, shatter the chains that bind you into your prison and lay waste to all that stands before us, oh almighty demon giant! I summon Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu!" Suddenly VRAINS itself shook as a massive arm covered in glowing blue lines burst out from a crack that formed in the sky, followed by a giant covered in more lines, a few making the shape of a giant eye on its head. (LVL: 10 ATK: 3000)

Ai was on his hands and knees, panicking. "W-What kind of monster is that?!"

Even Yusaku was surprised. "I've never heard of this card!"

Odite cackled. "For good reason! Only a select few are given the honor to wield their power! The Dark Signers!" He held out one arm and a shape resembling Ccapac Apu made of glowing purple lines appeared on his flesh.

Kinda cruel I know, but I'll pause here for feedback. So yep, Odite uses an Earthbound Immortal deck. I need to create some Links and such to go with them, so I'd like ideas for that. Odite does have a Skill already, you'll find out later on. Tell me what you think, please! Later!