Author Notes; Hello, my follow readers. This is my new work called Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V: The Past and The Future and my retelling of the story. I decide to post this story when I'm not finished a chapter of my other story, Digimon App Tales, on Wednesday. I also start posting chapters of Digimon In-Verse on Saturday. I'm not only a Digimon fan but also Yugioh and have ideas of making my own original Yugioh story in the future so keep an look out for them. Thanks for reading my stories.
Chapter 1: Ritual Duelist, Yuda
In the depth of the forest, a young boy is walking through the dark woods with his sharp eyes looking at his surroundings.
The boy looked around 14 years old with yellow eyes and silver-colored spiky hair with cyan highlights that reached a little past over his shoulders. He wears a blue and white sleeveless shirt with a funnel-shaped collar with black borders and had an orange sweatband on his right wrist. He also wears black pants that stretched a little past his knees and had an x-shaped scar on the right side of his cheeks.
Suddenly, he senses something nearby and looked up at the trees before speaking.
(Scarred Boy) "Get out from there. I already sense your presences so come on out, unless you're afraid to face me."
In response to the boy's provocation, two figures jump out from the trees and landed on the ground. One was tall, a Mohawk-style purple hair, and have clothes that make him look like a punk. The other is wearing the same clothing as the first with yellow hair and has a shorter height.
(Tall Mohawk Punk) "Well, well. I didn't think that I, The Great Kinkaku, will face the 'Dragon Master Yuda' in a duel this early."
(Yuda) "I take it that you are scared of dueling against me."
(Short Mohawk Punk) "Shut your trap! Don't you talk back to my Aniki!"
(Kinkaku) "Easy there, Ginkaku! Hmph! Don't get ahead yourself, Yuda! I'm not afraid of challenging you. I just stating out the facts, that's all. Now let's have a duel, ready Ginkaku?"
(Ginkaku) "I'm always ready for you, Aniki! Prepare to face the 'Demon Brothers' in a duel, Yuda. We're ending your winning streak once and for all!"
(Yuda) "If you guys done talking, let's get this duel over with."
Yuda said that while activating his duel disk which was colored in cyan and the orange energy blade with a jagged edge. His opponents activated their duel disks as well.
DUEL!
Yuda: (LP: 4000), (Hand:5), (Field:0)
Kinkaku: (LP: 4000), (Hand:5), (Field:0)
Ginkaku: (LP: 4000), (Hand:5), (Field:0)
(Yuda) "I'll start my turn, first. When there are no monsters on my side of the field, I can summon this monster without tributing. Appear, DragoAlloy- Goldragon!"
A chinese dragon with a long body have appeared on the field. It has metallic gold skin that cover its whole body and has sharp red eyes.
[DragoAlloy- Goldragon/EARTH/Dragon/LVL 5/ATK 2100/DEF 1600]
(Yuda) "I place 2 cards face down and end my turn."
Yuda: (LP: 4000), (Hand:2), (Field:3)
Kinkaku: (LP: 4000), (Hand:5), (Field:0)
Ginkaku: (LP: 4000), (Hand:5), (Field:0)
(Kinkaku) "My turn! Draw! I activate the Ritual Spell 'Revival of Dokurorider' from my hand. From its effect, I'm sacrificing monsters to the total of Level 6 or more from my field or hand. Also, when I Ritual Summon a DARK monster, I use Ritual Raven's effect to only sacrifice it to cover the cost. Ritual Summon! LVL 6! Dokurorider!"
(Japanese word for Ritual Summon = Gishiki Shoukan)
A lighting bolt strikes the field and a skull man riding a devilish motorcycle appears in its place.
[Dokurorider/DARK/Zombie/Ritual/LVL 6/ATK 1900/DEF 1850]
[Ritual Raven/DARK/Fiend/LVL 1/ATK 300/DEF 300]
(Kinkaku) "Next, I activated the Spell Card 'Pot of Greed' which lets me draw two cards and I Normal Summon Chaosrider Gustaph in ATK mode."
Kinkaku Summoned another monster with the same appearance as his Ritual monster in different color.
[Chaosrider Gustaph/WIND/Warrior/LVL 4/ATK 1400/DEF 1500]
(Kinkaku) "I activate the Equip Spell 'Ritual Weapon' which can only Equip to Level 6 or lower Ritual monster and I choose Dokurorider to raise its ATK and DEF by 1500. I also activate Chaosrider Gustaph's effect which let me banish up to 2 Spell cards from my Graveyard to gain 400 ATK for each banished card until the end of my opponent's turn. I select 'Pot of Greed' and 'Revival of Dokurorider' to be banish."
[Dokurorider; (1900 → 3400 ATK)]
[Chaosrider Gustaph; (1400 → 2200 ATK)]
(Kinkaku) "I place 2 cards face down. Turn end. You're up, Ginkaku!"
Yuda: (LP: 4000), (Hand:2), (Field:3)
Kinkaku: (LP: 4000), (Hand:0), (Field:5)
Ginkaku: (LP: 4000), (Hand:5), (Field:0)
(Ginkaku) "Got it, Aniki! Draw! I activate the Ritual Spell 'Hamburger Recipe' from my hand. Same as my big bro, I also use Ritual Raven's effect to pay the entire cost. Ritual Summon! LVL 6! Hungry Burger!"
A huge burger with a fierce mouth appears on the field.
[Hungry Burger/DARK/Warrior/LVL 6/ATK 2000/DEF 1850]
(Ginkaku) "I also activate the Equip Spell 'Ritual Weapon' to Equip to my Ritual monster. I place one card face down and end my turn."
[Hungry Burger; (2000 → 3500 ATK)]
Yuda: (LP: 4000), (Hand:2), (Field:3)
Kinkaku: (LP: 4000), (Hand:0), (Field:5)
Ginkaku: (LP: 4000), (Hand:2), (Field:3)
(Kinkaku) "How's that? Not only we have summoned our powerful monsters, but also increased their Attack points as well. This is the end for you."
Heh heh. Also, my 'Trap Jammer' and 'Dark Illusion' can prevent whatever your card effects you pull. My partner will properly do the same with his Trap Card. Kinkaku thought of that as he is gloating over his advantage.
(Ginkaku) "Yeah, you can't match the power of our teamwork!"
The Demon Brothers were bragging over their surefire victory when Yuda smirks at them before he spoke.
(Yuda) "Are you guys done talking? Good, then prepare to be destroyed by my dragons!"
(Kinkaku) "What!?"
(Ginkaku) "Huh!?"
(Yuda) "My turn. DRAW! First, I summon DragoAlloy- Silvernaga on the field."
A snake-like dragon with no limbs appears on the field and gives off a 'hiss' sound. It has metallic silver skin that cover its whole body like Goldragon and has sharp blue eyes.
[DragoAlloy- Silvernaga/EARTH/Dragon/LVL 4/ATK 1600/DEF 1100]
(Yuda) "I activate its effect! When this card is summoned, I can add 1 Ritual Spell Card from my deck to my hand so I choose 'Dragonic Transfiguration'. Next up, when I have summoned a 'DragoAlloy' monster on the field, I can special summon DragoAlloy- Bronzedragun in ATK mode."
A tall dragon appear next to Silvernaga walking in two legs and has metallic bronze skin.
[DragoAlloy- Bronzedragun/EARTH/Dragon/LVL 3/ATK 1300/DEF 800]
(Yuda) "And with Bronzedragun's effect, I can add 1 Dragon Ritual monster from my deck to my hand and I choose Dragonic Vermillion. Then I activate DragoAlloy- Goldragon other effect! I can tribute this card and prevent any activation of the opponent's set Spell or Trap cards this turn!"
DragoAlloy- Goldragon have vanish as gold particles are spread throughout the field.
(Kinkaku) "Damn it!"
(Yuda) "Guess your set cards are useless now, but I'm not done yet. I activate the Ritual Spell 'Dragonic Transfiguration' from my hand. With it, I can sacrifice monsters to Ritual Summon any Dragon Ritual monster from my hand or graveyard. I'm sacrificing Silvernaga and Bronzedragun."
A magic transcription circle with a dragon mark appears underneath Yuda as two of his monsters turn into flames and shot up into the sky.
(Yuda) "Dragon kins of bronze and silver, become offerings to the blazing dragon that rule the skies! Ritual Summon! Arise! LVL 7! Dragonic Vermillion!"
A large red dragon has descended from the sky. It has wings instead of arms which was covered with brilliant red feathers and has two legs. It's appearance roughly look like a Phoenix as it spread its wing in a majestic way.
[Dragonic Vermillion/FIRE/Dragon/Ritual/LVL7/ATK 2200/DEF 1800]
(Kinkaku) "A level 7 Ritual monster…"
(Yuda) "Dragonic Vermillion's effect activate! When this card is Ritual Summoned, It will destroy all cards from the opponent's Spell & Trap Zones."
(Ginkaku) "Eh!? Our Spell and Trap Cards!?"
(Yuda) "Take this! [Hurricane Burn!]"
Yuda's dragon stirs up a fiery wind that itself gather and send them at their opponent's set cards, destroying them by its effect.
(Ginkaku) "Aah! Our cards! My 'Magic Jammer'! "
(Kinkaku) "Damn! He took down our Equip spells which means our monsters Attack points will go down!"
[Dokurorider; (3400 → 1900 ATK)]
[Hungry Burger; (3500 → 2000 ATK)]
(Yuda) "It is too early for you to be surprised yet. I activate 'Dragonic Transfiguration' second effect! By banishing a Dragon-type monster like my DragoAlloy- Goldragon from my Graveyard, I can add this card to my hand and use it again. Prepare to face the ruler of the Dragons! I once again activate 'Dragonic Transfiguration' and I sacrifice Dragonic Vermillion to summon a more powerful dragon!"
A magic transcription circle with a dragon mark appears again as flames swallow up Dragonic Vermillion and sent it up into the sky.
(Yuda) "Blazing dragon that rule the skies, become offerings to awaken the great ruler from the past! Ritual Summon! Appear! The superior dragon that incinerate its enemies with its flames! LVL 7! Ancient Tyrant Ritual Dragon!"
A large two-legged dragon with crimson scales has descended on the field. It has large red wings with symbols that attached to its arms and has razor sharp silver claws with a trident-like tail. In the center of its chest is a blue diamond-shaped gem and has a long sturdy neck. It also a long sharp horn on its snout and golden eyes.
[Ancient Tyrant Ritual Dragon/FIRE/Dragon/Ritual/LVL7/ATK 2500/DEF 2000]
The Demon Brothers were overwhelmed by the sheer pressure coming from Yuda's dragon as it gives off a loud roar.
(Kinkaku) "He summoned an even stronger monster!"
(Ginkaku) "Aniki, I'm scared!"
(Yuda) "I'm ending this duel. I activate Ancient Tyrant's effect! All enemy's monsters are switched to Defense mode and their DEF points are cut in half! Also, If one of them is a level 5 or higher monster, it gains 1000 ATK points during Battle phase only!"
(Demon Brothers) "SERIOUSLY!?"
(Yuda) "Go! [Supreme Suppression!]"
Ancient Tyrant Ritual Dragon lets out its roar which causes all of the opponent's monsters being push down on the ground as if gravity is affecting them.
[Dokurorider; (1850 → 925 DEF)]
[Hungry Burger; (1850 → 925 DEF)]
[Ancient Tyrant Ritual Dragon; (2500 → 3500 ATK)]
(Yuda) "Next, I activate my two Trap Cards. First, I activate 'Tyrant Wing' which allow me to equip to my dragon and its gain 400 ATK and DEF. Also, I activate 'Strike Slash' which my dragon gains 700 ATK and inflicts piercing damage."
Yuda's dragon is turning light blue as it gains ATK points by its effect and from other cards. The heat radiate from it is getting intense as it was coated in blue flames.
[Ancient Tyrant Ritual Dragon; (3500 → 3900 → 4600 ATK)]
(Kinkaku) "4600 ATK points!?"
(Ginkaku) "No way!?"
(Yuda) "Battle! Ancient Tyrant Ritual Dragon attacks Hungry Burger! [Maximum Inferno Stream!]"
Yuda's eye turn slit as he declared an attack. The diamond gem on its chest shines as Yuda's dragon gathers a stream of flames into its mouth before fires an intense heat laser at the Kinkaku's monster, destroying it. It also hit Ginkaku as it inflict piercing damage to him which knocks him back.
Ginkaku: (LP: 4000 - 3625 = 325)
(Ginkaku) "AAaahh!"
(Kinkaku) "Ginkaku!"
(Yuda) "At this moment, I activate Ancient Tyrant's other effect! When I destroy the opponent's monster, I can inflict damage equal to the number of level of the destroyed monster times 200!"
(Kinkaku) "What!? But Hungry Burger's level is 6 so that means-"
(Yuda) "He takes 1200 damage. Go, Ancient Tyrant! [Judgement Burning!]"
As Yuda's dragon unleashed its second effect, Ginkaku's body is covered with flames and lose all of his Life Points.
Ginkaku: (LP: 325 - 1200 = 0)
(Kinkaku) "One-Turn Kill… Tch! You took down Ginkaku, but when it is my turn, I'll pay you back for hurting my little bro."
(Yuda) "I'm afraid that your turn will never come cause I still hadn't finished battling."
(Kinkaku) "What!? But you already battle with your dragon and you only have one monster on your field!"
(Yuda) "My Trap Card 'Tyrant Wing' has another effect. It allows my equipped monster to attack again and with my dragon's effect, it will wipe out all of your Life Points."
(Kinkaku) "You gotta be kidding me!?"
(Yuda) "It's over for you. Battle! Ancient Tyrant Ritual Dragon attacks Dokurorider! [Maximum Inferno Stream!]"
His dragon fires another heat laser at Kinkaku's monster, and with its [Judgement Burning] effect, Yuda ends the duel.
Kinkaku: (LP: 4000 → 0)
Yuda: WIN
As his monster vanish when the duel ends, Yuda look at his two unconscious opponents before leaving the forest. When he is out of the dueling training grounds, he was approached by a tall middle-aged man.
(Man #1) "Yuda, I'm sorry to interrupt your training but the Headmaster wishes to speak with you in his office."
(Yuda) "Headmaster? What does he want with me?"
(Man #1) "I haven't heard the details but apparently, it appears to be urgent and wants to talk to you immediately."
Yuda never like anyone demanding things from him, but since this is from the Headmaster, he consider it.
(Yuda) "Very well, I'm heading there now."
In the place where there are little to no houses around the area is a huge castle that covers most of the field where students use several facilities to practice their dueling skills. In the middle of that is a mansion that looked like it is mixed between traditional and futuristic style.
As Yuda is walking through the corridors in the mansion, a deep voice is calling out to him while he's walking.
(Ancient Tyrant) Master, are you feeling unsettled about all of this?
(Yuda) "Ah, Ancient Tyrant. Why do you ask that?"
Yuda stopped for a moment and took out a card that is his ace monster, Ancient Tyrant Ritual Dragon. The card glows as it continues to speak to him mentally.
(Ancient Tyrant) I just feel uncertain about this… Why does Headmaster call you out during your training? He never does that unless it is something important.
(Yuda) "So what? I think that you are thinking too much about this. Although it might be possible this is something big, I'm sure it is not that bad."
(Ancient Tyrant) I guess….
The card loses its glow when Yuda arrives at the big door and he put the card back into his deck before he went inside. The room looked like a throne room in ancient times. It has stone pillars that support the ceilings and a red rug that lays out in front of Yuda. The side walls has numerous of portraits that are hanging up in the room. The only things that are modern are a desk, a revolving chair, and a huge screen at the back wall.
(Yuda) "I gotta admit. This place feels dramatic as ever."
(Maximus) "My my. If it isn't one of my students, Yuda. I'm glad that you're here."
The chair has spun around and reveals the headmaster of this school, Prowler Maximus. He is a 40 year-old looking man with blue eyes, long white hair, and fair skin. He wears dandified clothing with a blue outfit and white pants. His appearance look well-mannered as if he was a noble.
(Yuda) "I'm here, Headmaster. What is it that you want to talk about?"
(Maximus) "I'm afraid that I'm have bad news for you, Yuda. Do you remember about there are other dimensions than ours?"
(Yuda) "How could I forget? You announce it last month and hold a dimension expedition to learn about them. It was still shocking for the rest of us."
Yuda remember the time when his headmaster make an announcement about the existence of the other dimensions to the whole school. They also learn that each dimension is named after the summoning methods and since most residents in this dimension use Ritual Summon, this place would be called the Ritual Dimension. All of the students were very surprised at this information including Yuda.
Then he made a dimension expedition in order to gain information about them and created a few teams to investigate. Yuda is not part of the teams because he was kept as one of the reserves in case of being attacked. He felt a bit disappointed at that time.
(Yuda) "So, what about it?"
(Maximus) "I'll give it to you straight… The teams from the other four dimensions have all returned safely except for one. The team from the Fusion Dimension."
Yuda's eyes were widened in shocked when he heard that and then worrying asked the headmaster about it.
(Yuda) "... What happened to them?"
(Maximus) "Only one operative has returned from the Fusion Dimension expedition. According to him, the rest of the team are defeated by the natives and got sealed into cards. It appears that the residents aren't taken kindly of our company."
(Yuda) "Sir, may I please check the list of the members? There is something I need to find out."
The Headmaster is obliged to his request and hands him the tablet which contains a list of names of the members. As Yuda scrolls down the list, he stopped at one name that is very familiar to him and touched the name as the picture came up.
(Yuda) "No way… Hikari…"
Yuda mutters as he look at the girl in the picture. Hikari is the first friend that he made since coming to this school. She has orange eyes and has long, dark red hair that was tied into a side curly ponytail with lighter stands of red hair in the front. She wears a light blue shirt that exposes a large portion of her midriff with a yellow vest over it. She also wears green shorts with a red pouch around her waist and has a bracelet that has a diamond-shaped symbol of consists of four gems; red, yellow, green, and blue.
(Yuda) "Headmaster… Did she get turned into a card as well?"
(Maximus) "No, apparently she is the only who got captured by the enemy instead of being carded. We have no idea of why she was taken hostage, but all we know is that she is held at the place called Academia in the Fusion Dimension."
(Yuda) "Really!? Then send me to the Fusion Dimension! I need to get Hikari back!"
Yuda angrily demanded to go on a rescue mission in front of the Headmaster, but Maximus remain unfazed as he was expected of Yuda's reaction.
(Maximus) "Tell me how are you going to rescue Hikari? Definitely not charging through cause that would be suicide. Academia has dozens of duelists trained for battle. You can't just sneak around since they have high-security maintenance and you'll be discovered in no time."
(Yuda) "Tch!"
(Maximus) "Don't get upset now. I have already planned your mission to rescue Hikari. According to the information brought from the single survivor, it appears that the name of their leader is Leo Akaba, the head of Academia, also known the Professor."
(Yuda) "Yeah, so what?"
(Maximus) "Also, the information from the Standard Dimension states that there is a powerful company named Leo Corporation and it is run by Reiji Akaba, the son of Leo Akaba."
(Yuda) "So they are blood related, huh?"
(Maximus) "Yuda, I'm giving you a mission; go to the Standard Dimension and capture Reiji Akaba in order to trade for Hikari. I suspect that Academia has some sort of plans for Hikari. After all, what else they gain for capturing her instead of turning into a card. As the Headmaster of the Maximus School for Gifted, how could I just abandoned one of my students and not helping them. This mission will be difficult and will take all of your skills to complete this task. Are you ready for it?"
(Yuda) "I'm ready for it and I won't fail to bring Hikari back!"
Yuda's eye turn slit as he spoke out his determination before turning back to normal. Maximus felt satisfied about this and give out his next order.
(Maximus) "Good, then get some rest for tomorrow. The mission will start at that time so begin your preparations. Also, I need to borrow your Duel Disk to give upgrades for the incoming mission."
After giving his Duel Desk to the Headmaster, he left the office in order to prepare the rescue mission.
Hikari, I'm coming to rescue you so please hang on. Yuda thought of that as he walking back to his room.
Author-made cards;
DragoAlloy- Goldragon/EARTH/Dragon/LVL 5/ATK 2100/DEF 1600
Effect; If there are no monsters on your side of the field, you can Normal Summon this card without tributing. Once per turn: You can tribute this card; your opponent cannot activate any Spell or Trap Cards or use their effects until the end of this turn.
DragoAlloy- Silvernaga/EARTH/Dragon/LVL 4/ATK 1600/DEF 1100
Effect; When this card is Normal or Special Summoned on the field: Add 1 ritual spell card from the Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "DragoAlloy- Silvernaga" once per turn.
DragoAlloy- Bronzedragun/EARTH/Dragon/LVL 3/ATK 1300/DEF 800
Effect; When a "DragoAlloy" monster(s) is summoned, you can also Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is Special Summoned, add 1 Dragon Ritual monster from the Deck to your hand. You can only use these effects of "DragoAlloy- Bronzedragun" once per turn.
Dragonic Transfiguration; Ritual Spell Card
Effect; This card can be used to Ritual Summon any Dragon-Type Ritual Monster from your hand or Graveyard. You must also Tribute monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal or exceed the Level of the Ritual Monster you Ritual Summon. Once per turn: When this card is in your Graveyard, you can banish 1 Dragon-type monster in your Graveyard and add this card from your hand.
Dragonic Vermillion/FIRE/Dragon/Ritual/LVL7/ATK 2200/DEF 1800
Effect; You can Ritual Summon this card with "Dragonic Transfiguration". Must be first Ritual Summoned. When this card is Ritual Summoned: You can destroy all cards on your opponent's Spell & Trap Zone. During the End Phase, if this face-up card you controlled was destroyed by your opponent's card by battle and sent to your Graveyard this turn: You can banish 1 Dragon-Type monster from your Graveyard; Special Summon this card. If Summoned this way: Gain LP equal to the original ATK of this card.
Ancient Tyrant Ritual Dragon/FIRE/Dragon/Ritual/LVL7/ATK 2500/DEF 2000
Effect; You can Ritual Summon this card with "Dragonic Transfiguration". Must be first Ritual Summoned. Once per turn: You can change all monsters except this card on the field into DEF mode and half their DEF. If one of them is a level 5 or higher monster, this card gains 1000 ATK until the end of the Battle Phase. If this card destroys the opponent's monster: Inflict damage equal to the number of levels of the destroyed monster x 200.