This is my first Yu-Gig-Oh! Fan-fiction piece, set just after the defeat of the Dark Signers. Has OCs, and majorly breaks canon. Not quite enough to be called Alterative Universe in my opinion, though. Pairings I have planned are: Akiza + Yusei, and Toby + an OC. They'll be less than major to the story, though. And if you're going 'How is Toby there?' in your mind or even out loud, FYI I'm using the 4kids dub's take on the issue, and that makes the fact that he's still alive a little less AU. And on a side note, my computer doesn't let me do an "o" with a line over the top, so an "o" with a tilde on top of it is the closest I can do, but that actually means in this fan-fiction that that I want to put an "o" with a line over it in but can't. Anyhow, if you find it enjoyable, please enjoy this.
Warning: I have watched Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and so I know the basic rules and terms of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duels. However, basics are all I know, and therefore please bear with me if I get some specifics wrong, like about Tuning and Synchro summon. About those two, all I know really is that they exist as valid actions.
Disclaimer: I in no way own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's or any other Yu-Gi-Oh!, but I do own the OCs as intellectual property. Proof of the former includes a) If I owned the actual series, then this wouldn't be fan-fiction, now would it? And b) This is on the internet and not for profit in any way. Now that I've said it, I'll forgo this in future chapters and since this chapter would be read before other chapters, this can just apply indefinitely to this story. Now, it shall begin! *Cue lightning and muahahahaha sfx*
Location: New Domino Casual Duel arena
Point of view: Narrator, currently following Akiza and Yusei
Akiza Izayoi and Yusei Fudo were walking along the road past the New Domino Casual Duel Arena, together purely by chance. They had both intended to visit Leo and Luna, but ran into each other and got entirely distracted talking to each other about nothing in particular. Just being together made them both happy. As they talked, a widespread collective whisper could be heard from other nearby people, and did not go unnoticed to the two signers.
"Hey did you hear? There's a Duelist in today's casual tournament with powers that point to her becoming a new Black Rose!" "Really? Come on then, let's go see!" Was the gist of the hushed conversations for the most part. Yusei and Akiza let this sink in for a moment.
"Should we…?"
"Yeah, I think so."
"Akiza! Yusei!" Luna, Leo, and Dexter's voices rang as the three eleven-year-olds ran towards Yusei and Akiza. With the exception of Luna of course. She was walking, and rather slowly. Luna then sighed as her brother and his best friend collided and tripped over each other's feet, face planting just in front of Akiza and Yusei. Leo got to his feet, then helped Dexter to his. Dexter righted his glasses.
"What are you doing here?" Yusei asked. Luna sighed again.
"Dexter wants to see this Duelist who doesn't need or use a Duel Disk. Leo doesn't believe it and he came along to see if it's true. They dragged me along because I can't be home alone since I have the flu." Luna grumbled.
"Aw come on Luna, you know you want to see!" Leo teased. Luna was clearly becoming somewhat irate.
"Well chance would have it that we're going to watch the casual tournament today too." Akiza said. Dexter, Leo, and Luna exchanged a look.
"Are you…" Dexter started, "On a date?" Leo finished the sentence. Akiza blushed bright red, as did Yusei.
"We'll take that as a yes." All three eleven year olds said in perfect unison.
"No!" Yusei and Akiza nearly shouted, but the little kids weren't listening. They all had run into the arena seats. Yusei followed them in. Akiza, however, decided to stay outside of arena and watch from the doorway; something gave her a jittery feeling about the match.
Location: Inside New Domino Casual Duel Arena
Point of view: Luna's point of view, present tense
I sit down between my brother Leo and Dexter. Yusei follows us in shortly afterwards, and sits down beside Leo. I notice that Akiza isn't with him, and wonder what could have happened to her. I hope it wasn't anything bad. Well, maybe I'm just being paranoid. I know that I was when I spot her watching from the doorway. What could have prompted her to stay out there, I wonder? I guess I should ask her later. The Duel is starting, so I divert my attention to that. Two Duelists step out of doors on either side of the arena. They can't be much older than Leo and myself. Maybe thirteen, fourteen at most. One of them is a girl with very dark sea green hair done in a small ponytail on the right hand side of her head with a blue teardrop shaped plastic bobble. And soft, big, pink eyes. She is wearing a sky blue blouse and loose silver pants. The other, I can't tell whether they're a boy or a girl. Nor can I see their face. They're wearing a cloak, one that looks very familiar in an eerie, ominous kind of way… But I just can't place where I might have seen it before. Probably just in some store window and I'm being paranoid.
"You're not the Black Rose. I was told I'd battle the Black Rose!" The cloaked Duelist shouts, from "his" voice I think "he" is a boy. Also from his voice he seems to harbour a hatred for the Black Rose… I mean, Akiza. Sorry. Anyway, I can read Akiza's lips, and she seems to be saying something like 'ANOTHER person with a vendetta against me?'. Or she's singing 'Mary had a little lamb'. I'm not quite sure. The first makes much more sense. But now's not the time to be worrying about that. The boy in the cloak takes a card, puts it face-up on his Duel Disk, and looks straight at Yusei.
"Yusei Fudo… I've heard that you're very precious to the Black Rose. Feel the pain that I felt when I heard my beloved sister had been sent to the netherworld by the Black Rose! Come, Tentacle Plant!" He shouts, summoning Tentacle Plant. It seemingly commences the Duel against whoever Duels him too, since the arena screen and his Duel Disk announce his Life Points.
"Now, come, my spell! Thorn of Malice, lend Tentacle Plant your power! ATTACK!" The boy in the cloak yells. Menacingly sharp thorns appear on Tentacle Plant's tentacles, and it hits Yusei. Yusei cries out in pain and falls unconscious. I can see, he's bleeding. Dexter and Leo, along with most of the other people in the arena, begin to panic. I want to panic as well, but I'm sure it'd do no good to give in to the fear. My birthmark is glowing, and my arm hurts like h- e- double hockey sticks. (Please excuse me for the harsh language, but that's a pretty good analogy for the situation now.) How has Leo not noticed his, it's glowing even brighter than mine! I know I wouldn't be able to help Yusei, since I know nothing of First Aid and I'm too small to carry him to a safer place.
"Now Tentacle Plant, attack again!" The boy shouts. I can vaguely see glowing, purple marks on his face and a stylized glowing image of an orca whale on his right forearm. That's where I recognized his cloak! He's a Dark Signer! But how? We defeated them just the other week, I'm certain! But that can wait, at least for the moment. Other things can't. Like the Tentacle Plant. It raises a spiky tendril, and prepares to smash it down on Yusei and me. Oh no! If I can't drag Yusei out of the way really fast, we'll both die!
Location: New Domino Casual Duel Arena
Point of view: Narrator, back to past tense
As Tentacle Plant raised a sharply spiked vine, Hõseki took her level three, one, and five Fortune Fairy cards out and turned it to face the Dark Signer. She dropped them. When the card hit the ground, they grew to be the size of field facedowns.
"Fortune Fairies Hikari, Ann, and Fuu, it's Tuning time! O magic of both dark and light, take wing in the form of an all-seeing storm of justice! Come forth, Waning Moon Balance Dragon!" Hõseki shouted. The level nine dragon appeared. It looked similar to Stardust Dragon, except it was blue where Stardust was purple, and black and black and silver where Stardust would've been white. It radiated a black light, and it was quite noticeably smaller than Stardust Dragon. Hõseki's dragon attacked the Tentacle Plant, and destroyed it before its attack could reach the two Signers. Apparently, she could Duel without a Duel Disk. The other Duelist's Duel Disk and the arena screen announced her Life Points.
"What? You destroyed my Tentacle Plant?" The Dark Signer yelled. Hõseki didn't respond. She drew a card from her deck instead, and dropped it onto the ground.
"Equip spell: Nightmare Flash. Bond with Balance Dragon!" Hõseki said. Balance dragon's glow got brighter. It breathed in and prepared to unleash an energy breath attack.
Point of view change: Hõseki's PoV. Present tense, 'cuz it seems to fit better for her.
I want to defeat this guy. No, make that I need to. What. A. Jerk! Seriously, attacking people who had no chance of defending themselves over a grudge against their friend. Words don't even begin to describe just how wrong that is. I'll need to get my opponent's name so I can make a note not to forgive him. Unless, of course, he has an extremely good reason for this grudge of his. Still, someone not involved directly is not involved. That's all there is to it. You keep a grudge against the offender, and that's it. To make matters worse, he has powers like mine and he seems to be able to control them! That means, do the math and at the bottom line I can't beat him with my dragonstone restraining my own powers. So, I take it off and put it on the ground. It doesn't matter that I can't control my powers so long as I defeat him. Hopefully I won't hurt the people brave or foolish enough to still be watching.
"Balance Dragon, attack him directly and take away his Life Points!" I say. My dragon obeys and aims her blast at my opponent. Good, if this works the Duel won't last much longer. Oh whatever gods or spirits exist, please don't take some sick humour and make me hit the spectators.
"Trap: Watery reflection!" My opponent uses his trap card before the attack can connect. I am knocked against the wall with the force of the attack and I can hardly get back to my feet. I can feel my powers coming into control. My dragon flaps her wings and makes a strong twisting wind around the arena. I think I should summon another monster. Normally I'd be more withdrawn, but my powers will undoubtedly make me Duel with all the power I've got. But it's my opponent's turn now. He draws a card. Turns out, it's Queen of Thorns. He summons it, along with Nettles, Spore, and Dandylion. And he turns away from me again. He intends to attack the people watching again! No, he can't! I won't let him! Aaand… the grand total of all that is my powers going waaaaaay out of control. Like off the charts crazy. Apparently the normal Dueling rules like turns and that stuff don't apply for this Duel. I draw a card, and it's Lightning Vortex. Were it up to me I wouldn't use this. I might very well kill everyone here. That's a very real worry, not an irrational fear. Similar has happened to me after all. My first exhibition match at school comes to mind, but thankfully only a few were watching, not a few hundred like are here now. Yes, if it were up to me I'd find another way. Or more likely, not manage to. But it isn't up to me. And my intuition, a.k.a. my powers, knows quite well that it's the only way to protect the bystanders. But geez, why haven't they run away yet?
"Attack Yusei Fudo!" My opponent yells out the command I had thought he would. Looks like there's no other option now. Though to be quite frank, there never was. From the second I removed my dragonstone, there was no turning back. Something like this was bound to happen now or then. Cursed birthmark of mine, I never asked for this but I'm stuck with you and these stupid 'gifts'. I feel my eyes glaze over and dull with the icy mental absence of myself as my godforsaken power finally takes complete control.
"Spell card, give me your power! I send Fortune Fairy Chee to my Graveyard for the spell Lightning Vortex and Balance Dragon attack!" I say, though my own ability of control is in trance. I hate what will come when this Duel is finished, hate it with all my heart. But it's a small price to pay to save a life. A lightning storm buzzes around the arena, destroying all of my opponent's monsters. Thankfully, the stray bolts only singe a few people, and not lethally. My opponent takes damage from my dragon and the destruction of his monsters enough that his Life Points are down to zero. This Duel is over. At least, I think so. But he has one more card trick left to pull. He summons Camellia Princess Tytannial, jumps on one of her flower petals, uses a vine to drag Yusei along with him, and flies away. A red haired girl runs into the arena and shouts after them. Then, my vision goes black and I grab my dragonstone. Just one more reason why I hate this cursed power and birthmark: if I let it take over, I faint after Dueling. Stupid, stupid power… My thoughts go silent.
A cliffy! Ehehehehe, I'm so evil. Or not. Maybe no one finds it cliffy but me. And maybe no one liked it enough to care either way. On to the chapter ending notes! Thanks for reading this and please review with any comments or questions. Just to clarify, a bunch of cards used in this chapter were made up by me and I'm making new ones as I write this. Anyway constructive criticism is welcome; destructive criticism is less so. Also, there are nine Dark Signer and Junior Dark Signer spots left to fill with OCs if you would like to contribute one. The new/Junior Dark Signer marks are: Hands, heron, pelican, and shark. However, the remaining four Junior Signer spots I'm giving my friends/classmates first crack at. That being said, I'd like to reiterate: thanks for reading this! Oh and it will continue, whether or not anyone reads or reviews this. Thankies! And as I've seen others say, stay tuned please!