Hi guys. I'm new to writing here on FanFiction but have been reading for a while. I thought I'd try my hand at a story. Not sure how it's going to go but I did have the first episode already mapped out. I will be working on this for a good while so expect more episodes! Critique is welcome both good and bad :) Oh one minor thing: The story will follow the Anime Rules all of except one: Number monsters can be destroyed in battle (as I'm not planning to have TOO many number monsters in the story just the main ones) (also I refer to overlay units as OLU) Thanks guys hope you enjoy reading!
Long ago after the defeat of Zorc the Dark One, 3 brothers rose to power. These brothers were known as Dread, Fear and Shadow. They ruled the world with an iron fist and nearly brought it to its knees. However there were 3 legendary warriors that wielded great and powerful magic and they intended to stop the 3 brothers. They fought long and hard against The Brothers and with the aid of the Gods of Olympus they managed to defeat, but not destroy, the 3 brothers.
Now almost 5000 years later the world is threatened again by the same force. Aided by dark and terrible magic the 3 brothers intend to revive Zorc the Dark One and bring about the end of the world. This prompts the Gods of Olympus to rise again and help out 3 new heroes to stop The Brothers and their plan and this time to destroy them. Can our heroes stop them and stop the destruction of the world? Only time will tell….
Episode 1: Welcome to the Circuits
-5 Years Ago-
Jamie Tsukumo was doing terrible. He was in his 5th duel that day after losing the previous 4 and was about to lose this one as well. He had never been a good duelist and just couldn't get to grips with the game or the rules – but he enjoyed duelling, it was fun for him.
As his LP hit 0 he slapped his head and said "Oh man, not again."
His opponent – a young boy with dark blue and pink hair said "Don't worry bro, you will get the hang of it eventually."
Jamie looked at his brother and said "I don't know Yuma, it seems like I will never get better at this, I've tried and tried and i'm not getting anywhere."
As he was saying this Jamie realised just how different he and his brother were. Yuma had all the features of this father, the face, the hair, the looks and the attitude. Jamie however was more like his mother and his sister, Kari. With shoulder length hair that was colored brown he had the soft features of both Kari and his mother. He was average height whereas Yuma was quite small. Jamie was the oldest of the 3 Tsukumos and he'd had to look after both Yuma and Kari when his mother and father had disappeared to go on an adventure around the world and never returned – that had been 4 years ago. The biggest difference between them though was the fact that Yuma was a good duelist, and Jamie wasn't.
Later on that day Jamie, Yuma and Kari sat down to dinner.
"Mmm this is good Kari." Said Jamie "Really good."
He still looked down about his 5 defeats and Yuma and Kari picked up on this.
Trying to cheer him up Kari said "Hey I have an idea. I've heard of this duelling dojo you can go to that really helps you hone your skills as a duelist."
Jamie immediately looked up "Really?" he asked intrigued.
Yuma nodded his head enthusiastically "Yeah bro I've heard of that too, it's supposed to be the best dojo around here."
Jamie was thinking hard about this, he really wanted to get better at duelling and every attempt at it so far was going badly for him.
After a long deliberation he said "You know what? I'm going to go to this dojo and get better. Dueling has always been a part of me and I need to learn to embrace that and believe in myself, and I think this dojo can help me do just that".
Yuma and Kari nodded in agreement and gave him words of encouragement.
A few days after that Jamie set out for the dojo waving good bye to his brother and sister.
"Good luck!" Kari shouted at him still waving.
"You go do it bro, show them all what the Tsukumos are made of!" Yelled Yuma smiling and feeling proud of his big brother.
Jamie turned round and smiled and shouted back "Thanks guys, I won't let either of you down!"
With that he turned back around and walked off into the sunset to start on the path of his destiny…little did he know that his destiny would be intertwined with that of many others.
-Present Day—
"Goooood Afternoon, Ladies and Gentleman!" Yelled the MC over the mic. "Welcome back to Kaiba Dome, where our first duel of the day is about to kick off! The current continental champ, Saito Shizuka, is taking on a person who is new to the Pro Circuit and is debuting in this very match! Yes you heard it right folks this is his first pro duel! Put your hands together for our Champion first though, here he comes Mr Saito Shziukaaaaaa!"
A tall man with short black hair walked out onto the duel field smiling and waving. He took the mic from the MC and addressed his many adoring fans. As he was walking out Jamie was waiting in the wings feeling nervous.
"Don't worry bro you will be fine – just remember everything you have learnt and believe in yourself and most importantly remember what dad taught us – feel the flow!" Yuma whispered in his ear.
Jamie looked back with a smile of thanks and said "I'll do my best Yuma".
"Thankyou, thankyou everybody for coming out here to see me and this match, I'm sure that you will all be entertained!" Jamie heard Saito saying.
Saito gave the mic back to the MC "And now please welcome our challenger Jamie Tsukumooo!"
There was a few scattered applauses as Jamie walked out and he smiled and waved nervously. Been in the pro leagues was what he'd always dreamed of and he'd worked hard to get here – 5 long years to be exact. He had been at a Duel Dojo for those years honing and refining his skills. He had passed the entrance exams for the Pro Circuit with flying colours but when he found out his first duel would be against the continental champ he started to get worried. He walked over to Saito shook hands with him and shuffled his deck. Saito did the same and they both loaded there decks into their duel disks. They each took their places, turned around and activated their duel disks.
"Duel!" they both shouted.
Jamie-4000 Hand - 5; Saito-4000 Hand - 5
They each drew 5 cards and Jamie said "I'll go first if you don't mind." He drew a card from his deck and looked down at his hand. Not a bad start, he thought. "Okay first off I'm summoning Galaxy Wizard in attack mode!"
Galaxy Wizard – ATK 0; DEF 1800; Level 4
"Next up I'm activating Galaxy Wizards special effect, now I can raise its level by 4!"
Galaxy Wizard – Level 8
"Now I'm playing the spell card Galaxy Expedition! This allows me to Special Summon one Galaxy monster from my deck if I have a level 5 or higher Galaxy monster on the field. So I'm bringing out one of my all-time favourites, Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon!"
Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon – ATK 3000; DEF 2500; Level 8
"Now I overlay my Level 8 Galaxy Wizard and my Level 8 Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon. With these two monsters I build the overlay network. I XYZ summon Number 62: Galaxy Eyes Prime Photon Dragon!"
Number 62: Galaxy Eyes Prime Photon Dragon – ATK 4000; DEF 3000; Rank 8; OLU – 2
"And with his first move Jamie Tsukumo has busted out a powerful monster!" Yelled the MC "This could be a duel in the making folks!"
Jamie was loving this, his first pro duel and he had impressed everyone. He was enjoying himself and the duel so much right now. "I set two cards face down and end my turn."
Jamie–4000 Hand - 3; Saito–4000 Hand - 5
Saito smiled and said "Good opening move, but is it good enough?"
Jamie looked at him with confusion, not understanding.
Saito just chuckled as he drew his card and said "Watch and learn kiddo. First off I'm special summoning Cyber Dragon. I can Special Summon this card because you have a monster on the field and I don't."
Cyber Dragon – ATK 2100; DEF 1600; Level 5
"Next I'm summoning Cyber Dragon Core to the field! This cards name is treated as Cyber Dragon while it's on the field"
Cyber Dragon Core – ATK 400; DEF 1500; Level 2
"Now I play the spell card Graceful Charity! This allows me to draw 3 cards as long as I discard two." Saito drew his 3 cards and discarded two to the grave. "Now I'm playing the spell card Power Bond! This allows to perform a fusion summon with monsters on my field, however the fusion monster has double it's attack power! So I'm fusing my two Cyber Dragons in order to Fusion Summon Cyber Twin Dragon!"
Cyber Twin Dragon – ATK 2800; DEF 2100; Level 8
"And as I said thanks to Power Bond, Cyber Twin Dragon has double its attack power!"
Cyber Twin Dragon – 5600
"Correct me if I'm wrong but that's more than your Galaxy Eyes. Cyber Twin Dragon attack Number 62!" With a boom Galaxy Eyes Prime Photon dragon went down. "But I'm not done yet! Cyber Twin Dragon has an effect, it can attack twice in one turn! I'd say you played a good duel only you didn't. Cyber Twin Dragon attack Jamie directly and end this duel!"
"Not so fast!" Jamie said with a smile "I'm activating the trap card Dimensional Prison! This card stops your attack and banishes your Cyber Twin Dragon from the game!"
Saito looked a little pissed off "Fine, I set one card face down and since it's the end of my turn power bonds effect activates. It deals me damage equal to my monsters original attack. I set one card face down and end my turn"
Jamie – 2400 Hand – 3, Saito – 1200 Hand – 4
He's tough, Jamie thought to himself, no wonder he's the continental champion. "Alright my turn!" he shouted drawing is card. Smiling he said "I'm activating Galaxy Soldiers special effect from my hand. By sending one Light attribute monster to the Graveyard I can Special Summon this card to the field in defense mode." He discarded Honest to the graveyard and Special Summoned Galaxy Soldier.
Galaxy Soldier – ATK 2000; DEF 0; Level 5
"And that's not all because Galaxy Soldier has another effect. When it's Special Summoned I can add one Galaxy monster from my deck to my hand and I know exactly which one I want." Jamie added Galaxy Knight to his hand and then said "That's not all though because I have another Galaxy Soldier in my hand!" He discarded Effect Veiler to the grave and Special Summoned his second Galaxy Soldier. "However this Galaxy Soldier cannot grant me the effect of adding a monster to my hand. Now I'm about to show you that it's not just you who can control Cyber monsters! I overlay my two level 5 Galaxy Soldiers! With these two monsters I build the overlay network and XYZ summon Cyber Dragon Nova!"
Cyber Dragon Nova – ATK 2100; DEF 1600; Rank 5 OLU - 2
"But I'm not stopping there. Now I rebuild the overlay network with Cyber Dragon Nova and XYZ summon Cyber Dragon Infinity!"
Cyber Dragon Infinity – ATK 2100; DEF 1600; Rank 6; OLU – 3
"For every OLU that Cyber Dragon Infinity has it gains 200 attack points!"
Cyber Dragon Infinity – ATK 2700
"Now it's time to end this duel! Cyber Dragon Infinity attack Saito directly! Infinity Burst!"
Saito quickly said "Not so fast Jamie! I'm activating the trap card Cyber Offering! With this card I can stop your attack and reduce all damage to 0 until my next turn. All I have to do is remove a Cyber monster from my graveyard. So I'll remove my Cyber Dragon Core and stop your attack!"
Jamie said "That WOULD HAVE BEEN a good move if not for Cyber Dragon Infinity's special ability. By removing one OLU I can negate and destroy your trap card. Sorry Saito this is the end of the duel!"
As Saito's LP hit 0, Jamie felt ecstatic. He'd just won a pro duel in his debut to the Circuit no less. He felt as if he could be on top of the world right now.
There was a stunned silence for a moment and the MC suddenly shouted "And there you have it folks! Jamie has won this duel! I think we need to keep an eye on this new guy he's showing us promising things!"
There was a thunderous round of applause and chants of "Jamie! Jamie! Jamie!"
Jamie turned around and waved to the crowd feeling the happiest he had felt in a long time – even more happier than when he graduated from the Dojo. This was the best day in his life.
Cards of the Day:
Cyber Offering, Trap Card - When your opponent declares a direct attack banish one "Cyber" Monster from your graveyard. negate the attack and reduce all damage to 0 until your next turn.
Next time on Yugioh: Dark Shadows
Jamie: I feel so good winning my first pro duel guys!
Yuma: We're proud of you bro!
Jamie: Thanks! Hey look its Yusei and Jaden! And Yugi too!
Yugi: Actually it's all of us. You didn't think we'd miss your first duel do you?
This and more in the next episode of Yugioh: Dark Shadows!