Hi, everyone! This fanfiction is inspired by DarkQueenofDuels and it's the course of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series written by an OC's POV. Hope you like it!

My name is Richard Tsunami and I hate my last name. I really do! All right, let me tell you the story from the start.

Since five years ago, when I was seven, I've lived inside an orphanage. There I met Seto and Mokuba, who now run KaibaCorp, and Yako and Gekko Tenma, who I can consider my best friends inside that place.

But my happiness faded when Maximillion Pegasus adopted the Tenma brothers six years ago and left me alone. Seto and Mokuba were almost all of the time by themselves and hardly talked to anybody. I tried to approach them a few times, but Mokuba was too shy and Seto was... well, himself. He didn't change a lot since then, even though I know that he at least knew how to smile during those years.

When they got adopted by Gozaburo, luck started to knock at my door as well. After a few weeks a guy named Mr. Tsunami adopted me and, since then, I had a family. I didn't know he had another son, who's called Mako, but it did go quite ok with him.

Then our father disappeared, the only thing left to us was two Duel Monsters cards: for Mako Sea Stealth 2 – A Legendary Fisherman and for me Levia-Dragon – Daedalus. Since neither of us knew how to mantan ourselves we had an idea: we'd compete in Duel Monsters Tournaments and use the money to mantain both of us.

And here's where some annoying stuff started to happen: you see, Mako is a very stubborn guy and, when I told him to change his deck a bit, we started to argue. Let me explain. Both me and Mako use decks composed of sea creatures, but there's a large difference between us: while I use a WATER Deck filled with various creatures, he only uses Fish-Type Monsters, which are indeed strong since I run some of those as well in my deck, but aren't strong enough to stand up by themselves.

"You should use something else as well" I suggested him after another loss he had against me "As you saw I play Fish-Types, but I do also have Reptiles, Sea Serpents and Aqua-Types. I even got a couple of Spellcasters and Thunder-Types"

"But that's the difference between you and me" he answered "I don't need to trust fake creatures of the sea to win like you do"

"Are you calling my monsters 'fake'?" I asked starting to get angry "Who's the one that thrashed you for the past few weeks while play-testing?"

"It's like cheating" he answered "If you want to be a master of the sea, you must trust the real creatures that inhabit it, not cheap creatures like yours. Your monsters don't even deserve a place in the food chain"

"Oh, is that so?" I said getting up "Fine, I'm outta here. You take care by yourself"

He laughed, which made me more mad. "What are you going to do? You're only 10!"

"I'll promise you, 'brother'" I said to him emphasizing the word 'brother' "I'll became more powerful. Then we'll see who's the real best between us. You may be older than me, but you need to learn too much about Duel Monsters"

After that experience, I started to travel around the world, taking part of what are known as 'underground duels'. For those of you who don't know what underground duels are, they're unofficial tournaments that are held by Duelists that seek for fame in order to be noticed by some sponsors that can open your roads to official tournaments. Duelists like me. The winner of the duels gets the title of Underground King and gets some money as a reward, which allowed me to pay food and rooms for resting.

I've been Underground King for a year, since something happened.

After another tournament I met a guy who told me something that changed my life since then: "Would you like to rise up more? To be more than just the Underground King, but even the National Champion?"

Since then I attented a few tournaments and won almost all of the times, the title of Underground King preceding me. In my last tournament I've lost in the finals after going against a girl named Rebecca Hawkins. I had the edge of the duel but then I decided to give up. She doesn't know but I have a little crush on her. She's the same age as me and she's very smart. But enough talking about her for the moment.

In this exact moment I'm on a boat. How did I get here, you may ask. Well, a week ago I received a package containing a glove, two little stars, two cards and a note singned by the creator of Duel Monsters himself Maximillion Pegasus: he wanted me in a tournament held by himself on his island, the title of Duel King and a great amount of money as a reward.

I, of course accepted, and now I'm here on the boat heading to Duelist Kingdom.

At the moment I'm walking in the 'trading area', as I called it. I was one of the lucky Duelists that had their own room, but it's kinda boring being in your room after a while. Anyway, I call this the 'trading area' because there're lots of Duelists that are trading their cards with other Duelists in order to strengthen their decks. Inside this chaos I see a blonde guy with a green jacket that is trading with lots of people, which makes me chucke a little. The guy then walks out and I see him with a boy with a very weird haircut and a pyramid-like pendant. Wait a minute! Isn't that the guy who defeated Kaiba?!

I approach him and I say: "Hi, you're Yugi Muto, right?"

The boy chuckles. "Yeah, that's me. Do I know you?"

I chuckle as well. "No, I don't think so. I've noticed you when your friend here came before you. I'm Richard by the way"

Yugi shakes my hand.

"Wait a minute!" says the blonde guy. I notice he has a Brooklyn accent. "Are you da Undaground King?"

I nod. "That's me"

"Really?" Yugi says "I remember now! I saw some of your tournaments! I assume you're here to participate in the Duelist Kingdom Tournament, right?"

"Yup" I answer "I'm a traveller, so a few money could help me"

"Hey, hold on a sec!" the blonde guy says "I saw the last Duel Monstas tournament. Why ya weren't there?"

"What is your name?" I ask.

"Joey. Joey Wheeler"

"Well, Joey Wheeler, I didn't go there because I was sick in that period. Hey, it happens"

"Yeah, I know" he answers chuckling.

The truth is that my brother was participating in that tournament, but I want to hold the grudge a little more. After all, I do know my brother is participating in Duelist Kingdom, so it's my duty to take him out before he advances more than he has to.

"Oh, Richard?" Yugi asks interrupting my thoughts "I saw your dueling and I know you play a WATER Deck"

"That's right" I answer.

"So, I would like to give you this"

He hands me a card: Great White. "Why would you give me this card?"

"Because we're friends"

"What?"

"Well, you seem to be a nice guy. It's ok with you if we become friends?"

I stand still for a moment. I've never had friends during my journey. I didn't even kept in touch with the Kaiba brothers or the Tenma brothers. It would be really meaningful to me to have some support.

"Yes, it's ok" I answer with a smile.

"Awesome!" Joey says "The Underground King is our friend!"

"That's very childish, Joey" Yugi says sweatdropping.

I chuckle at this: those two are really funny.

"Well, time for me to go to my room. I would like to rest a little"

"No problem" Yugi says.

"See ya!" Joey says.

The room is quite comfortable. I look through my cards and see if I can make a few good combinations. I heard that in Duelist Kingdom there will be some kind of new fields, which will power up the right monsters. I must see which monsters I've got are good in those fields.

Suddently I hear knocking at my door. I go open and I see before me a twenty-year old blonde girl with a white shirt and purple skirt. The thing that surprised more though, was the huge side of breasts this girl had: they were VERY big! I'm not a pervert or anything, I was just astonished.

"Can I help you with something?" I ask politely after I recovered from the surprise.

"My name is Mai Valentine and I would like to have this little room of yours" the girl answers.

"Yeah, like I'll give you my room like that"

"Don't worry, I won't get it from you by force" she says "Let's have a little duel. Whoever wins gets the room"

"If that's what you want I'm ok with it. I was getting bored anyway"

"LET'S DUEL!"

LP Richard 2000

LP Mai 2000

"I'll go first" I say drawing my card "I Summon Tongyo in Attack Mode!"

The monster I placed on the field (which in this case was the table of my room) was a blue fish with a long tongue sticking out of his mouth (ATK: 1350).

"It's my turn then" Mai says drawing her card "I Summon Harpie Lady in Attack Mode!"

Her card was exactly what the name suggested: a harpie (ATK: 1300).

"That monster is too weak to beat my Tongyo"

"Don't worry, I still have my Rose Whip Magic Card"

"An Equip Magic Card?!"

"That's right. This card gives my Harpie 300 more points, so your monster is destroyed"

I put my monster in the Graveyard as my Life Points go down.

LP Richard 1750

LP Mai 2000

Even though I am pretty uncomfortable with the situation that had been created, I maintain my poker face. "I Set a monster and end my turn"

Mai draws her card. "For my turn I Equip Harpie Lady with Cyber Shield, givig her 500 more points"

"Now she has 2100 attack points! It will be hard to take down"

"Harpie Lady attacks your Set monster"

My monster, which is Takriminos, gets destroyed because it had only 1200 defense power and Mai ends her turn. I draw my own card. "I Summon Boulder Tortoise in Defense Mode!"

My monster had 2200 defense points, so her Harpie Lady cannot damage me.

"For my turn I activate the Magic Card Elegant Egotist!" declares Mai "With it my Harpie Lady turns into three monsters: the Harpie Lady Sisters!"

Now I got her strategy! She continuously powers up Harpie Lady and doesn't have any other monsters in her deck! Since Duel Monsters rules says that a player loses if he can't play any cards, I just need to destroy her Harpie Lady and I'll win the duel!

I draw my card and I smirk. "Mai Valentine, this room is mine and will still be mine" I say "I activate the Magic Card Magical Neutralizing Force Field!"

"Oh no!"

"This card cancels any magic effect on your field, meaning your two other Harpie Ladies disappear along with Electro Whip and Cyber Shield, leaving my Boulder Tortoise, which has 1450 attack points, free way to attack your monster!"

"Oh no! I lost!"

"That's right! Now get lost!"

She gets out of the room grunting and I see her for a second entering inside another room. Is that Rex Raptor's?

Did you like it? I hope you do. Personally I like a lot Duelist Kingdom because the rules are kinda messed up and anyone can do almost everything they want. I'll try to do the next chapter as fast as possible. Until then, hasta la vista!