Introduction
The world is filled with legends; stories that help us make sense of things too great… or too terrifying to believe. Individuals whose lives soar to the heavens… or fall to the earth. This is the legend of the son of Dracula.
In the year 1462, nine years after the fall of Constantinople, Muslim Turks swept into Europe threatening all of Christendom. The only thing standing against the invading Muslims was the chivalric Order of the Dragon, a group of European nobles who had sworn to defend the church from all its enemies. From the order arose a Romanian knight known as Prince Vlad III, to some he was known as Dracula which means son of the dragon or demon. Dracula was known for his campaigns against the Muslims and for the unspeakable punishments he inflicted during his reign.
At some point the Romanian Prince fathered an illegitimate son who after his father's death came to learn of his noble heritage. Seeking revenge on the Turks who had killed his father the boy traveled to the land of Egypt and learned of the Shadow Games. Upon mastering the Shadow Games he waged war with the Turks to avenge his father using monsters he had summoned from the Shadow Realm as his own private army. The Turks were no match for the Prince's army of Shadow creatures, but the boy's bloodlust was insatiable. He butchered people over the most trivial things. The things he did angered God, who placed upon the boy a terrible curse. He was stripped of his humanity, living beyond the grace of God, dead but not dead, damned to walk the earth forever.
The thing about legends is… sometimes… they're true.
(The Part about Prince Vlad III is historical fact, but everything about his illegitimate son is just stuff I made up for the purposes of this fanfiction)
It was a dark and stormy night in Domino city. The storm seemed to come out of nowhere. Outside the city limits in an old cemetery a single person walked across the ancient weathered graves hauling a huge coffin. This person was Bandit Keith. He had just returned from Romania. Maximillion Pegasus had been there on one of his expeditions and Keith had seen it as the perfect chance to get his revenge, but something had happened there, ever since then Keith's mind was clear. He had only one function, to serve and protect his new master. He carried the coffin into the old crypt on the south end of the cemetery and placed it on the ground.
"Wakey, wake. It's nighty night, you have places to be, people to bite."
The coffin slowly creaked open and a tall pale figure with long gray hair and scarlet eyes emerged from it. Regardless of the ghastly colors of his hair and skin he didn't look any older than a man in his early twenties. Yet when he spoke his voice was little more then a whisper.
"Take me to this… Kaiba Corp you spoke of."
"Yes master."
(Keith isn't a vampire, he's like Reinfield from Bram Stroker's novel)
Keith led his new master across the soaked streets of Domino to the Kaiba Corp headquarters. It had become apparent that much had changed in the world during his… absence, and the Shadow Games were no exception. Today the monsters were summoned by something created by this… Kaiba Corp. He didn't have the means to create his own monsters this way, but he was certain that this Seto Kaiba person would be willing to help him… if properly persuaded.
"Something tells me Kaiba won't just answer to anybody that asks to see him." said Keith.
"I always get what I want my good and faithful servant… One way or another. If I can't get in to see this Mr. Kaiba, I'll just have to flush him out."
Instantly two huge bat like wings burst out of his back and he flew up to the top of the building. There he let out a high pitched screech. Within moments something that sounded like leather-bound bibles opening and closing in rapid succession could be heard. Soon in the distance through the rain thousands of bats came flying out of nowhere, enough to envelop the entire Kaiba Corp building.
"Yugi… Yugi!"
Yugi Muto saw a knight in shining armor that looked a lot like him fighting a creature that looked like a cross between a human and bat. Then he heard Atem's voice.
"Wake up Yugi! You're the only one… The fate of the world depends on you… Time is short… Hurry! Get up now! Yugi!"
Yugi woke up. It was still night and it was still raining.
"That same dream again…"
A few months had passed since the Ceremonial Battle. There had been no incidents since then. Yugi thought his life would finally return to normality. But it seemed that wasn't the case.
At that moment the phone started ringing.
"Who would be calling at this hour?"
Yugi answered the phone.
"Hello…"
"Yugi! We're in trouble!"
"Tea?"
"Yug! It's Kaiba! He's gone totally wacko!"
"Hello Yugi…"
"Kaiba! Where are my friends?"
"Meet me at the duel dome in 10 minutes and bring your cards…"
Then the line went dead.
