So to start, let's quickly get through the required crap about how this is my first time writing and how I would appreciate any helpful advice you can give me, and just start with the important stuff. So, this is going to be my first big project (it isn't my only project due to the fact that my writers block tends to take the form of a massive amount of ideas for other fanfictions. As such, I am also working on a Naruto fic called Stormfront and a ML fic named Coiled). I probably won't be able to update quickly due to school and other IRL problems but I will do my best.DISCLAIMER:No. I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh 5d's, unless we count a copy of 5d's tag force 5.

(I am a line)(I am a line)(I am a line)

The New Domino city streets were bustling as usually. One would be forgiven for missing a smaller piece in this big picture. But it's a certain small piece that interests us right now... a taxi driving into the Tops area. The car stopped and out stepped a teen.

He was pale, of average height with light blue eyes and brown hair, decorated with two teal streaks on the right side of his head. He wore black sneakers with green laces and soles, black pants with a blue scale print, a black shirt with a white shark on the front and an unzipped black jacket with golden dragon wings on the back and golden scales covering his sleeves. He also had two deck holsters on his right side and a black duel disc with a blue and golden trim on his left wrist. The most obvious characteristic were the two bangs above his eyes sticking up like horns.

He streched his arms above his head, picked up his suitcase and duffel bag and strolled into the skyscraper, ignoring the yelling match between the scarred Security officer and the guard at the front door.

The teen walked into the elevator and pushed the top floor button. He had just enough time to mentally thank the God of elevators before he was alerted by a 'ding', telling him that he had arrived at his floor. He walked up to the door and let himself in, dropping his bags in the foyer.

As he sat himself down, ready to crash from jetlag, he heard a voice from the poolside, older than his cousin's, declare: "Nitro Warrior! End this with Dynamite Crunch!" Now the teen was intrigued. The last time he talked to his cousin, he was complaining about not having enough opponents and now there was a duel finishing up at the pool. The teen cursed his curiosity before standing up and walking outside to check things out.

There was a duel alright and, judging by the light blue haired kid crying, his cousin just lost, badly. But at least his opponent, some guy with black and gold hair in the shape of a crab, was helping him up and comforting him.

The brunette cleared his throat, causing the two blue haired kids and the crab haired teen to look at him. A second later, he was bowled over by the younger boy with an excited cry of: "Chris!"

The teen laughed. "It's nice to see you too Leo but, could you please let me up now?" Leo chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. "Sure!" he said and got off of Chris, who directed his attention to the girl sitting on the bench near the pool: "Hi Luna, not gonna greet your favorite cousin?" The girl - Luna - smiled: "Hi Chris, not that I'm not happy to see you but, what are you doing here?" "Oh I was put in a new office here in New Domino and I decided to crash here till I find a new place for myself."

Then, Chris turned serious and looked toward the crab teen. "I don't believe that we were introduced. Chris Ohara, cousin of these two monkeys." The twins pouted at him and the teen smiled slightly: "I would love to introduce myself to you three and all but, I'm afraid that this mark complicates things a bit," he tapped his finger on the criminal mark decorating his face: "so I should probably leave and spare you the trouble."

He made to leave until Chris's voice stopped him in his tracks: "Yeah... I don't think that's happening. Security was covering all the exits when I arrived, so you best spend the night here. That, and I really want to duel you. Besides, we don't care about the mark, we won't sell you out. If we wanted to, I wouldn't warn you about the blockade."

The teen stared me in the face for a moment before the sides of his mouth quirked upwards."You make a good point Chris. Allow me to introduce myself: my name is Yusei. It's nice to meet you."

Chris grinned at him: "Nice to meet you too Yusei. So, about that duel I mentioned?" Yusei frowned a bit. "Can it wait until tomorrow? I'm spent." "Sure. I just wanted to ask that. See, I just got off a plane and the jetlag is killing me."

With that said the horned teen turned on his heel and went inside. "Leo, Luna, can you please show him the guest room? I'm going to go sleep until tomorrow now." The last thing he heard before grabbing his bags and going into his room was the sound of the twins agreeing, after that he changed into his pyjamas and was out like a light the moment his head hit the pillow.

--THE NEXT DAY--

Chris woke up bright and early, got dressed and went to the kitchen to make breakfast. Soon enough, the smell of scrambled eggs and bacon wafted through the apartment drawing in two kids and a teen. "Good morning sleepyheads! Ready to start the day?" Chris said before going over to the coffeemaker. "Yusei. Want coffee?" he asked while making himself a cup. "Sure. Milk, no sugar please." "Coming right up."

"So, you said something about a duel yesterday?" Yusei asked. "Yeah, I really want to duel you but, I don't want to reveal my new deck just yet and my childhood deck, while good just wouldn't be as much of a challenge. I'm honestly stumped." Chris replied, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. Then, he perked up. "Oh, idea!" He ran back to his room and came back out with a deck.

"This should work. See I forgot to mention this before but, the office I mentioned was the Caibacorp office in town. I'm a card designer there and this," he waved the deck in the air, "is one of my creations. I made it for an old friend, but I still have to test it out first. So could you please help me out with that?"

Yusei seemed to think about it before nodding. "It would be a pleasure." Chris grinned: "Great, let's do this."

They walked out to the pool, Chris and Yusei holding up their duel discs while Leo and Luna sat on the bench.

"You ready for this Yusei?" "Sure, bring it."

"DUEL!"

"I'll start us off." Chris declared. "Draw!"

Turn 1

Chris LP: 4000 hand: 6

Yusei LP: 4000 hand: 5

"From my hand, I summon the monster Fantasia Swordsman."

Fantasia Swordsman EARTH

Warrior-effect

ATK: 1600 DEF: 1000 LV. 4

Fantasia Swordsman was a tall man in crimson armor. His right arm was covered by an azure gauntlet with a scale design, while his left arm was covered in white with black tigerstripes. He also wore a jade and obsidian turtle based helmet and a crimson cape, shaped like a bird's tail. In both hands he held golden sabers with a dragon-like hilt.

"I then set two cards facedown and end my turn."

"Then it's my move." Yusei said. "I draw!"

Turn 2

Chris LP: 4000 hand: 3

Yusei LP: 4000 hand: 6

"I summon Speed Warrior from my hand. And during the turn he's summoned his attack points double."

Speed Warrior WIND

Warrior-effect

ATK: 1800(900*2) DEF: 400 LV. 2

The gray-armored warrior dashed out onto the field. "Now Speed Warrior attacks your Swordsman. Go Hypersonic Slash!"

Chris LP: (4000-200=) 3800

This was when Chris jumped into action: "I activate my trap card Miracle's Wake! Thanks to this card, I can revive a monster that was destroyed this turn, so I call back my Swordsman." And true enough, descending from a cloud that appeared on the field, was Fantasia Swordsman.

"And if you thought that was it, think again because, when a monster is special summoned from the graveyard, I can special summon Fantasia Necromancer from my hand."

Fantasia Necromancer DARK

Spellcaster-effect

ATK: 600 DEF: 400 LV. 2

Necromancer was a silver-haired pale man dressed in all black. He wore a black shirt and black pants as well as black boots with silver buckles and a silver chain necklace with a skull charm. In his hands was a black book with a cross inside a star on the cover. On his belt was a silver anthame. Thrown over the clothes was a black cloak fastened at his throat by a silver clasp.

"I set three cards facedown and end my turn." was all Yusei had to say about that.

"Then it's my turn! Draw!"

Turn 3

Chris LP: 3800 hand: 3

Yusei LP: 4000 hand: 2

"For starters, I summon my Fantasia Bladekeeper in attack mode."

Fantasia Bladekeeper EARTH

Warrior-tuner

ATK: 1200 DEF: 400 LV. 3

Bladekeeper was a young woman in plate armor. Her gauntlets, greaves and helm were decorated with golden ivy. She had four swords strapped to her back, two handles behind her shoulders and two at her sides, as well as a dagger on her right wrist.

"Next, my Bladekeeper tunes both my Necromancer and Swordsman!" Bladekeeper turned into a trio of green rings which covered Swordsman and Necromancer, turning them into six stars.

"I synchro summon Fantasia Tank!"

Fantasia Tank EARTH

Beast-synchro-effect

ATK: 2600 DEF: 2400 LV. 9

The Tank was a massive sandy brown stag beetle. It wore bronze armor on it's legs and back, the back armor extending to the sides into a small platform that supported a large energy cannon powered by arcane crystals. Driving the beast was a tanned elf with short, blond hair, while the cannon was operated by a ginger dwarf with steampunk goggles.

"Next, I activate the effect of my Bladekeeper. When she's used for a synchro summon, I can special summon a Fantasia monster who's level is lower than Bladekeeper's from my deck, so come on out Fantasia Blacksmith.

Fantasia Blacksmith EARTH

Warrior-tuner

ATK: 200 DEF:300 LV. 1

Blacksmith was a brunette dwarf in white and brown, though most of him was covered with soot. He held a hammer in his hand and wore goggles on his head.

Chris didn't stop there. "Next, I play the spell Synchro Double Duty! With this, I get a Double Synchro Token, that possesses the same level as a synchro monster on my field like my tank. Now I tune Blacksmith and the Double Token! I synchro summon my Fantasia Golem!"

Fantasia Golem EARTH

Rock-synchro-effect

ATK: 2800 DEF: 2700 LV. 10

Golem was a massive being of pure stone, with veins of magma snaking down his arms, magical crystals sticking out of his shoulders and back and runes of power branded everywhere on his body. His face was a trio of gaping holes with a single eye embedded in his forehead.

"Now, my Tank attacks your Speed Warrior. Go! Destroy him with Arcane Artillery!"

The cannon on the beetle's back started humming as it charged up, the dwarf manning it adjusting the cannon a bit, before it blasted out a white beam of energy at Yusei's warrior. Not one to be idle, Yusei decided to counter: "I reveal my trap, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow! Now, your attack is negated."

Chris just smirked. "Sorry to disappoint you but I'm afraid that's a no-go. See, my Tank can, once per turn during the battle phase, negate the effects of a spell or trap card and destroy it. Only downside is that he can't attack during the turn he uses this effect so, I guess your warrior gets to live a bit longer."

Lightning coursed between the stag beetle's horns before blasting out and destroying the scarecrow, causing the humming of the crystals and the cannon to stop.

"But just because my tank is out of commission doesn't mean your warrior is surviving this turn! Golem, blast him with Warlock's Song!"

The massive construct raised its arms, small orbs of energy building on its fingertips, runes gleaming with power and the ambient magic ringing out as a mournful song. The light increased in intensity before flashing once and disappearing, building up around Speed Warrior and burning him until he shattered.

Yusei LP: (4000-1900=) 2100

Yusei acted almost immediately: "I activate the trap card Miracle's Wake! Seems familiar?" Once more, Speed Warrior descended to the field.

Chris smirked once more: "Thank you, you made this much easier. I activate the ability of my Golem! When you special summon a monster for the first time during a turn, you take damage, equal to that monster's attack points!"

Golem's forehead eye glowed, causing a small explosion under Speed Warrior's feet, launching him into Yusei.

Yusei LP: (2100-900=) 1200

Next, Chris played another card from his hand: "I play the spell card Star Game. I can only play this spell when we both control at least one monster. We add up the levels of our monsters, then the one with the lower total takes damage equal to the difference times one hundred. Your Speed Warrior is a level two, while my monsters add up to nineteen, that means you take seventeen hundred points of damage, winning me the game."

The magic of Star Game caused seventeen glowing stars to appear around Yusei, before exploding and lowering his life points to zero.

Yusei LP: 0000

WINNER: CHRIS

Chris walked over to Yusei and offered him his hand, which Yusei shook. "That was a great match Yusei, I hope to get the chance to duel you again some time." Yusei looked glum about his loss, so Chris said: "Hey, don't look so down! You lost because I got lucky and drew the cards I needed. If you got lucky instead, it would be you cheering me up. So, what did you think? Did you see any possibility of improvement? A flaw in the design? An overpowered card I have to fix?" Chris devolved to blabbering as he pulled Yusei inside, talking his ear off about possible improvements to both the Fantasia and Yusei's own deck.

P.S.

So? What did you think? Too short? Too long? Made you want to hit someone with a chair? Anyway, two things I want to say here:

1. If I wasn't good enough with the descriptions, tell me so I can fix it.

2. I'm putting up a contest: Both of Chris's decks are original. The first one to figure out what their themes are gets to design a dark signer going after Chris. The contest winner will be announced in the chapter before Luna's duel with Professor Frank.