Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Anime!
Episode 1: Spirits of the Cosmos
Blackness extended in all directions, dotted with variant sizes of small balls of light that flickered and pulsed. The Great Spirit waited patiently, expecting any moment to receive the news that Siluwestan had fled to the planet of Life and was getting ready to enact his plan to take control of the universe. The Great Spirit had guessed for some time now that Siluwestan had been planning to betray her, his creator, and to start reigning as the new ruler, and now the time had come and The Great Spirit would need to rise up from her place of rest to stop him.
A sudden burst of light caused The Great Spirit to shift, the spirit Revalor had appeared.
Having not spoken in over 1 million years, the Great Spirits' voice resonated with ancient power and wisdom "what news do your bring Revalor?"
"It is just as you suspected Ancient One; Siluwestan has fled to the planet of Life and seeks to start his plan to possess enough power to take over your place. Mirvethos and Korasor were unable to intercept and stop him."
"I did not expect them to; Siluwestan is too fast for any of you to overtake him. We will have to go there ourselves to prevent him from succeeding in his mission."
"How will we do that, oh Ancient One? In order for monsters and spirits to battle on the world of Life, they must do so through the creatures known as humans. Do you truly wish to control one?"
"No, I do not wish to control one; I want to find one that will work by our side to help us stop Siluwestan. I am sure if we find the right human, he will gladly work with us to protect the world he lives on. Now, go Revalor, and bring with you Mirvethos and Korasor, search the entire planet for any likely candidates that would fulfill my requirements and bring back the names of the humans, Go…"
Revalor bowed his head and just as he appeared, he vanished in a sudden burst of white light.
Settling back into a more comfortable position, the Great Spirit reviewed different qualities and personalities that would fit with her predicament and the predicament of Siluwestan. The two humans would be the total opposites of each other; and since Siluwestan and the Great Spirit both represented Light and Dark, the battle that would ensue between them would decide all things…
Kalaine Williams stood looking down at the cards in her hand. For the most part, she had been able to stay ahead of her opponent, even with her deck of random monsters, spells, and traps. Now he had out his main monster, and she had no strategies to beat it. Kalaine sighed; most of her duels began and ended the same way. She started out strong, and then slowly weakened as her opponent summoned monsters that were more powerful.
This is what happened when you lived in a poor family in New Domino City, making just enough money to get by. You picked up and used the cards that other duelists threw away, mostly because either they had no use for them, or they were too weak. These cards Kalaine used, cards thrown away by other duelists, and she did well. Kalaine was a natural born duelist, with the skills, guts, and smarts.
"Well Kalaine, you're finished. I can see it written on your face. Malevolent Mech-Goku En attack her defense monster!" The zombie bulged a piercing roar and sprang across the field, muscles straining underneath the creatures black, wrinkled skin, eyes blazing with blue fire. Kalaines' only monster stood no chance as the zombie slashed it to pieces.
Kalaine watched as her only monster was destroyed. She knew this all too well and showed no disappointment. Everything happened the same way, every time.
"Now, Red-eyes Zombie Dragon attack her directly!" The dragons single eye glowed like molten embers, and a nerve grating, throaty roar erupted, soon followed by a stream of black and red flames. The flames consumed Kalaine and her life points dropped from 1500 to 0. Her opponent had won the duel.
"And the winner is Zacriah!" Exclaimed Mrs. Mirril, her hand extended to the left side of the field. Kalaine stood quietly alone as friends and admirers surrounded Zacriah. The only person other than Mrs. Mirril not congratulating Zacriah was Akiza Izinski. Just then, the bell rang for the ending of class, and Kalaine hurried out, knowing that once the teacher was gone the students would start to jeer and say rude or mean things to her.
Walking quickly down the hallway, Kalaine heard footsteps behind her, turning to face the onslaught; Kalaine was surprised to see Akiza walking towards her. Stopping a foot or so away, Akiza stares at Kalaine, and Kalaine stares back, after a moment or so Akiza says, "That was good dueling."
Shocked at the compliment, Kalaine stands speechless for a few seconds, and then manages to stutter a "thank you."
"I have a friend who might be able to help you with your deck." Akiza continues. "Want to meet him?"
Kalaine stares at Akiza in silence. Who could possibly help with her deck? Most duelists used strong monsters, not weak ones. "I guess, though I doubt anyone could really help me." Kalaine finally says, deciding that trying would not hurt.
"You may be surprised." Akiza replies.
While the two walked in silence, not knowing each other very well and having nothing to discuss, above in the sky, an invisible shape studied the two duelists, imprinting the name and image of Kalaine in its head and then flew off to meet its other comrades.
Walking for minutes, Akiza and Kalaine arrive at Yusei, Jack, and Crows house; Akiza walks in first with Kalaine behind her. Jack and Crow are on the upper floor when the two walk in, and at knowing Akiza is there, come down.
Jack scrutinizes Kalaine, and asks Akiza "who is your friend?"
"This is Kalaine, I was thinking that Yusei could help with her deck, do you know where he is?"
"Yusei went off on his duel runner somewhere to be on his own." Crow answers Aziza's question. "Can I have a look? I may be able to give some good pointers."
Kalaine took her deck out and handed it to Crow, who looked through it with Jack peering over his shoulder. It did not take Jack long to know that whoever this girl was, she was not a duelist.
"I can give you one pointer right now, get stronger monsters. This deck is pathetic." Jack states to Kalaine.
"I have to agree with Jack, without stronger monsters, there really is nothing you can do."
Continuing to look through the deck, Crow comes across Chaos Necromancer, and looking at the stats, but not the effect, Crow blanches. Jack, seeing Crows expression, looks closely at the card and furrows his brows. "What is this? That monster is pathetic; with no attack and defense it is completely useless."
Kalaine looks at the card Jack was commenting on, and seeing that it was her best card so far, began feeling that these two champion duelists were not going to be any help, and insulting a favorite card of hers went too far. "Maybe you should think of the duelist before you go around insulting their cards, you don't know anything about me or why I have a deck like this! Plus, attack and defense isn't everything, try looking at the effects!"
With tears brimming from her eyes, Kalaine runs out the door, not realizing that Crow was still holding her deck.
Jack and Crow stare in amazement at Kalaines outburst, wondering what they could have said. Akiza sighed, knowing that it would be a good idea to clear up this misunderstanding.
"What was that all about?" Crow asks himself aloud.
"I know what it's all about" Akiza replies to Crows question. "First, you know nothing about Kalaine, such as she comes from a poor family and cannot get the 'strong monsters' you spoke of. Second, you destructively criticize her deck, when the whole point of having her meet you was to give her good pointers, and third, it's clear you don't know about Chaos Necromancers ability where it gains 300 attack for each monster in your graveyard."
"Really?" Crow takes a closer look at the card, reading the effect and learns that Akiza was right. "Jack! We'd better find Kalaine and apologize to her."
"Not only that, but Kalaine also forgot her deck. That's another, better reason we should go after her." Jack states.
"To me it doesn't matter what reason, let's just get going! I don't know where Kalaine lives so we need to catch up with her fast, otherwise I'll have to confront her at school, and that probably won't go well." Akiza states loudly.
Now, while this was happening, the sky had become cloudier, and the clouds were slowly turning darker, almost black, bright flashes appeared as lightning streaked across the sky. Strangely enough, there was no thunder. As Jack, Crow, and Akiza entered the street Kalaine was nowhere in sight.
"Ok, Jack and I will go right, Crow, you go left. If either of us come across Kalaine, apologize and ask her if she would like to come back for shelter from the storm and to return her deck, understood?" Akiza explains to Jack and Crow.
"Understood." Both reply.
Jack and Akiza start out on a brisk walk, reaching a few blocks when they see a headlight. It's Yusei on his runner.
Yusei, seeing Jack and Akiza stops and asks "what are you guys doing out when the weather looks bad? You should both be indoors."
"We're out because Akiza brought a friend of hers over hoping we could help out with her deck, which didn't turn out very well and now we're looking for her to make up for the misunderstanding and to return her deck, which she forgot."
"Well whoever you're looking for didn't come this way; I haven't seen anyone for many blocks." Yusei states to Jack and Akizas disappointment.
"Then she must have the gone the direction Crow headed. I hope he can find her before it begins to rain" Akiza looks at the sky nervously, with its constant lightning flashes.
Kalaine walked silently along, the weather matching her mood perfectly. The dark, brooding clouds with quick flashes of anger, and soon the drops of sadness would fall. Why did they have to be so blunt? Well, so much for my theory that this wouldn't hurt, because I'm hurting right now. Kalaine thought, as she walked slowly along. Worse yet, I forgot my deck… However, because of the way I acted I feel embarrassed to go back.
As Kalaine walked on, raindrops started to sprinkle from the clouds above. Lifting her face to feel the cool pelts against her skin, this somewhat lifted her mood. Heavy, thudding footsteps behind her made her stop and turn. Running towards her was one of the duelists who had insulted her deck. Not wanting to talk, Kalaine turned to run, but didn't get very far when a sudden burst of lightning struck the ground in front of her. Kalaine lifted her arm to protect her face from the shards of rock that shot in all directions from the impact. Uncovering her face, Kalaine manages to dodge another bolt as it struck the spot she was just standing. Was the lightning trying to hit her, if so, why?
Crow stopped when the lightning bolt struck the ground near Kalaine, and then began to panic when it struck again, this time in the exact spot Kalaine had been standing. Searching frantically for a place that would offer protection, Crow ran towards the overhang of a building, hoping that the lightning wouldn't strike him. As a bright flash lit up the sky again, the sign of another bolt, Crow looks to see who the target is, and again it goes for Kalaine, who barely doges this third strike. Reaching cover, Crow turns and shouts "Kalaine! Over here there's cover!" Hearing Crows voice, Kalaine searches for the source, and soon spots him standing under an overhang. Debating on whether she wanted to be near Crow, or get struck by lightning, Kalaine makes the decision quickly and runs for cover.
Charging at an all-out run to reach safety, Kalaine would never make it. Whatever the force was behind the lightning strikes had caught on, and a single flash followed a second after a bolt struck Kalaine, her mind surrounded by small bursts of light as she slipped into the shadows.
I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime and characters!
My characters: Kalaine, Zacriah, Mrs. Mirril, the Great Spirit, Siluwestan, Revalor, Mirvethos, and Korasor.