Oh my god this is so boring. Nothing interesting ever happens around here
It was true. Every day, it was the same routine. Get up, get ready, go to school, wait for the longest part of the day to be over, take the longest walk ever to get home, do homework, and go straight to bed afterwards, just to wake up and do it all again.
Well, this day, something changed for our young hero, Dylan. But not in a good or exciting way.
"So, who can tell me how to answer this question?"
He raised his hand. "You carry the 1 over, and then you-"
DRIIIIINNNNNGGGGG!
"Oh, class is over. Read pages 241 to 243 and do question 1 to 5. Have a good day"
"Ugh, finally." Dylan got up, grabbed his bag, and walked towards the door. He took one step outside thinking about what he was gonna do when he got home, even though it was always the same, but then he felt pressure on his arm holding him back. When he turned around, it was his "friend", Jack.
"Hey there Dylan", Jack said in a surprisingly normal tone.
"Jeez, what now Jack? What, you want me to do your homework again?"
"No, not this time. I just wanted to see how you were."
"O...kay then" Dylan kept an eye on Jack's hand, which was moving slowly towards his pocket. He had some sort of glove there, it was completely covered in tech. He didn't get a good look, but he saw some fingers that looked like they could detatch. Where have I seen that before?He thought.
"Hey, Dylan, wanna come hang out with me after school? I want you to show me how you did that thing before. As far as I know, you don't have any special powers." His hand got even closer to the pocket, blocking the glove from my sight.
"Uhh... Yeah sure, I'd love to- Wait what 'thing' did I do? I don't remember doing anything special that anyone else can't" To be honest he only said yes because he was fearing for his life, which is the only reason he said yes.
"You know, remember when you were flying through the air carrying some sort of weird green weapon-like object."
"I don't know what you're- wait... I think I saw that... Yeah, I saw that. From ground level. I.E. it wasn't me"
"Oh, so you wanna do this the hard way. Okay, fine. I'm cool with that." It was at this point he ripped his glove from his pocket as fast as he could and put it on.
"Woah, what's that?"
"Oh, this? Well, since everyone else is gone," he gestured around, and it was true, everyone left "I can show you." Jack thrust his hand forward, detatching the fingers from the glove, but they didn't fall down. It looked like 5 whips made with some weird lightning thing holding the glove at one end and the fingers on the other. Each finger moved together, and then seperated, and it looked like they ripped through the fabric of space, making some sort of portal. He then grabbed Dylan with the non-gloved hand and threw him through, and followed him in.
Dylan was pretty sure that Jack made a portal to Hell, because everything had fire and lava. "Oh god, where did you take me?" He asked.
"Good question, good question indeed. This is the 'Fire Civilization' of the 'Realm of Kaijudo', or the 'Veil'., as most people call it. The perfect place for us to fight"
"Uhh... What do you mean fight?"
"I mean like fight with these" Jack then pointed his gloved hand towards nothing, and the thumb and the pinky of his glove came off and made a portal. Then the other fingers came off, pulling a giant man made of stone out.
That looks just as familiar as the techy glove, Dylan thought. "What is that?" Dylan asked, all scared, but instead of pointing at the giant, he pointed at the glove.
"Oh this?" Jack asked, gesturing at his glove. "To be honest I thought you'd ask about the giant, but that doesn't matter. This is called a 'Tech Gauntlet'. I can use it to travel to this place, called the 'Veil', or to summon creatures, like the 'Earthstomp Giant' that you see now"
"Ok, new question" Dylan said. "How will I fight?"
"That's the thing" Jack said. "You won't fight."
"That's just not fair"
"Well, that's how I do it. Let's 'fight'" Jack punched the air, and the "Earthstomp Giant", as it was apparently called, also punched. It seemed like Jack was showing off, because the giant just punched straight forward, and since he was giant, it missed by a lot. But then, the Giant slammed his fist on the ground, right on top of Dylan.
Dylan lifted his arms over his head in a protective position in an attempt to protect himself that he thought would fail. He closed his eyes waiting for his life to be over, but when he opened them, he was surrounded by some sort of protective dome, and the Giant's hand stopped right on top. He looked around, but he was the only one inside the dome, so he was clearly the one making the dome.
"This was the real reason I brought you here," Jack said. "Most people need a 'Tech Gauntlet' or a 'Duel Gauntlet' in order to project their 'mana' into a shield. You are the only person who can project their mana without one. You can also cast spells without one, however you can't summon creatures without a gauntlet like some other people.
"Ok, new question. Why me?" Dylan said.
"You're asking me some questions I don't have answers to. Although, maybe my boss will"
"Fine, take me to your boss. But first, is there a catch to getting answers?"
"Yes. If we give you your answers, You have to join us. Of course, you also have the choice of staying here in the 'Fire Civilization'.
"Or I could take him" a mysterious voice said. He sounded about 14 or 15.
"Who's there?" asked Jack. Then 3 mysterious figures in hoods came over, one riding an armored half-dragon, one riding a giant purple horned rat, and one on foot with 2 creatures, a robot-girl made of gold and a weird short robot made of water shaped kind of like a cross between a water tank and a toilet. They each looked familiar to Dylan slightly, but Jack knew exactly who they were.
"Who are they?" Dylan asked "I feel like I've seen them before."
"Oh no. No no no not now. Dylan, quick, let's go!" Jack screamed.
"Actually, he's coming with us" a female voice said this time, again 14 or 15, coming from the one riding the rat.
"Yeah, he comes with us" another male voice said, coming from the person on foot. They all sounded the same age.
"No, he's coming with me to work with the Choten" Jack said, saying the word "Choten" longer than he had to.
"What? The Choten is back? What could he possibly be up to this time?" the first guy said.
"Who's the Choten?" Dylan asked? And why does it sound familiar?
"We'll explain that later, assuming you come with us" said the girl.
"And if you come with me we'll explain it to you the right way" said Jack.
"We could just say right now that he's after world domination" said the third unknown person.
"World domination? Really?" asked Dylan, sounding very concerned now.
"He is not after world domination, he is trying to save the world from being taken over by the creatures of the 'Veil'." said Jack.
"By taking it over himself?" asked Dylan.
"Uhh... I'm not sure about that actually." said Jack. "That doesn't mean I'm changing sides"
"Then you're freaking stupid... Uhh... I'm sorry, what's your name?" asked the first mysterious person.
"Why would I say?" asked Jack.
"Oh, that's Jack. He's kind of an ass." said Dylan.
"Ok then... Where are Fingers and Heller?" asked the third person.
"Who? I only work solo, not with others. The Choten was ok with it when I asked if I could work by myself." said Jack. "I guess after this I'll have to work with others, unless I bring Dylan in myself."
"Why do you guys want Dylan?" asked the girl.
"The Choten would have use of someone who can control mana without a gauntlet." Jack said. At this point, all the unknown hooded people stared at me.
"You can? I've never met anyone who can do that. The only person who can do anything close to that is him" the girl said gesturing to the first person.
"Not only can he control mana without a gauntlet, with a gauntlet he would be able to make weapons with mana." said Jack
"Well that sounds useful, I'd see why the Choten would want someone like that." the first person said. "Why would you spoil all your plans to us?"
"I didn't. Just some of them, the worthless ones that can go public" said Jack.
"Hey, uh, Jack?" said Dylan, trying to get Jack's attention
"Ya?" Jack said. Dylan pointed to Jack's feet. Apparently Jack was standing on a fiery geyser that was about to go off. "Oh... Well... Uh oh."
"Should we go before that thing goes off?" asked Dylan.
"YES!" everyone shouted at the same time.
"Ok. Just... Drop me off where I was before I came here. As much as I hate saying this, Jack too." Dylan said. There's someone I wanna see, he thought.
"Alright, but we're wiping your memories of this whole thing." said the first person.
"No, I'm taking him with me." Jack said. He then grabbed Dylan's arm, opened a portal and tried throwing him in. Before he went inside though, something exploded and he fell unconscious.
Oh my god what happened? All I remember is being grabbed and then... wait where am I? Dylan wondered. He sat up and looked around. He was in a stone cave lying down on some sort of Martial Arts training mat. He was in some sort of library with 5 sections, each colored. One was red, one was blue, one was green, one was yellow, and one was dark-purple. In the opposite direction there was a pool filled with tiny squid objects, so tiny that they could fit in a bottle, and also yellow ball-shaped robots were floating around, and it looked like they had cameras. To his right there were 3 kids, odds are the same ones from before. One was a blonde girl wearing a purple ganutlet, kind of like the gauntlet Jack was wearing, but not with as much tech. Also there was a Japanese boy with a gold gauntlet, again, not with as much tech. Finally, there was an intelligent looking black boy with a blue gauntlet, slightly more techy, but still not with as much as the other gauntlet.
"Looks who's finally awake" the Japanese boy said, with a slight accent, but not as much as Dylan expected.
"Ya, he's finally coming 'round" the girl said. Dylan noticed she was standing so close to the Japanese kid that he was surprised they didn't merge into one person. He chuckled at the thought of it.
"What's so funny?" the black kid was talking now.
"Nothing, just... Did Jack burn his butt?" Dylan asked
"No, we had to pull him out of there because Ray suggested it" the girl said gesturing to the Japanese kid. Ray, that takes care of one name.
"Well he did have a point." Dylan said.
"See Allie? I'm not the only one that thinks like that." said Ray. Allie, that makes two
"You're the only one of us though." said the black kid.
"Shut up Gabe, you know what I meant" Ray said. Gabe, that's all of them.
"Alright let me see if I got this right" Dylan said. He then pointed to each individual person and said their names: "Ray, Allie, Gabe. Did I get that right?"
"Yup" they all said in unison.
"And your Dylan, right?" Ray said.
"Uh, yeah, that's right. Anyways, what is this place?"
"We'll discuss that over smoothies. There's a place nearby." Allie said.
"Smoothies? Really? Not chicken or a sandwich?" Dylan asked.
"Where would we get that stuff where we could afford it?" Gabe asked.
"I'm gonna ask a question before responding to that one. What city is this in?" Dylan asked.
"San Campion. Where we picked you up, in this place it'd be pretty far north of here." Ray said.
"Yeah, Canada. Look, I'm not discussing anything important without a proper meal in my belly. Either we go to a Subway or I'm just going home. Either way I have the money." Dylan said firmly.
"Fine. Whatever you want. But I've never heard of Subway to be honest." Gabe said. "And I'm the one who knows everything here, at least more than these two." Ray and Allie looked insulted at that.
"You probably just don't have it in San Campion. Come on, if you show me the fastest way there I'll buy." Dylan said.
"We know a pretty fast way. Canada is where we have our fire outpost, so we have a mana tunnel leading there." Allie said.
"I understood almost none of that, just explain it to me at Subway." Dylan said
"Ok, but first, isn't a subway a transportation service?" Gabe asked.
"Wrong Subway. Look, can we just go there already? I'm starving and I want things explained to me, like why me?" Dylan said.
"Alright, fine. Mana tunnels are this way." Gabe said, and then he , Ray, and Allie took Dylan to the tunnels to go to Canada.
"So, did you capture him?"
"No, but I did get a sample of his DNA. Not enough to make an army like you wanted, but enough for one guy to capture the original. This one sample contains a lot of blood, which seem to be where mana is stored"
"You say this like I didn't know it. What is your point?"
"Well, I ran tests on a blood sample, it turns out, his blood is a one of a kind. It's not just his control OVER the mana that's different, but the mana itself"
"Mmm, this is... intriguing. And you said you collected enough to make one copy of him?"
"Yes. You wouldn't even need a human to experiment on. This blood has some sort of healing properties in it. Find a way to speed it up, and you got a copy of Dylan, but he would be different. He'd be loyal to his creator."
"Ah, you never fail to disappoint me, Jack. Since you brought it in, you shall name the project, and you may also be the one to do it's teachings, if you'd like"
"Well, if that's the case, I'd say we name it... Project... Seto."
"Alright. Project Seto. An exact replica of Dylan. Thank you for bringing this in to me. I'll need to gather further DNA from him to figure out how we're gonna speed up his cloning process. You can do that, right Jack?"
"Yes, Lord Choten. I will have it done as soon as I can."
"Thank you. Alright, you can leave now Jack. However be warned, if he has the capabilities they say he has, then he will not be easy to defeat. You'll have to find his weakness first."
"Oh, I've got his weakness" With that said, Jack walked out of the room grinning.
So this was my first chapter of the series. I hope you enjoyed. Please leave a review, saying whether the chapters should be shorter or longer. Also, I might put Ray and Allie in a relationship based on what I've seen in the show. For those who have also seen it, tell me if it's a good idea. I'm going to put the masters in the next one, including Brightmore. I'll have him re-join the Duel Masters as an acolyte or have him be like a renegade, because of what happens at the end of season two. Anyways, hope you enjoyed, leave a review, see you next time