Shadow here, with my new and updated story that I had been writing but scrapped. I own nothing of Yugioh except my own character and twist on the original Zexal story. Now on to the story~!


My name, Valentic Qualtic. My hobby, is running away from trouble. My talent, was thievery. See I used to live in the bad part of town, inside of a rundown shack where several of us thieves lived. None of us had the money to afford real living, and those of us that were abandoned as babies; myself included; were picked up and adopted into the line of thieves. We were taught since we were babies how to steal, and those of us who grew up in the job became pros, better than the elders of us who got into debt or got kicked out as teens. I wasn't the best, no there were others better than I was, but I was the slickest, and I was able to loose the police with ease. Because of that they let me go and steal alone, instead of with someone else, since no one was as slick as me nor could keep up. Now, though, my whole life is different, see there was one instance where I stole a pendant, and my entire life changed. I got a job; if the talent I have now could be considered that; I have my own home; not really, the guys from the rundown shack live with me, so I'm not alone, but now we don't have to steal though it took a while for us to change; and I have some whacky but reliable friends too. Yeah, it sound's like a fairy tale, but let me tell it to you as it had happened, and you'll see that everything I said was true.

"Stop, thief!" The young boy of about 15 heard shouted out behind him. A grin spread across his child-like face as he sped up, running faster than before, though it wasn't much of a speed boost, especially since he was on the short side. Knowing this fact well, he tucked the bag holding the stolen food under his arm, top tied securely, and the small pendent he'd pickpocketed into his jacket pocket, and slipped into an alley, out of the policeman's sight and before he could spot him he hid beside a dumpster and tucked himself away, making sure he wouldn't be seen; helped by his all black clothes and black mullet-like hair. As he predicted, the policeman ran right by him, and turned the corner at the other end. Snickering, he got up, dusted himself off, then walked on to his home, whistling all the way. When this boy got back to his home, it was with a hearty hello and immediate distribution of the stolen food.

"Good job Slick." The others said, happily munching their small meal.

"Yeah, thanks for getting us a meal, Valentic." The head of the group stated, a smile aimed at his favorite roommate. Valentic grinned, nodded, and stretching he went to the rooftop. It wasn't stable, but he was light and thin so it was still safe. He liked the silence, as he was able to think or examine the small trinkets he stole for himself. This time was for the second reason. Pulling the pendant out of his pocket, he held it up. It was odd, kinda like an arrow, but with slots like a key normally has. It wasn't a key though, that he knew. The pendant was a shiny silver with a red gemstone at the top, in the only circular part of the pendant. Smiling, he looped the thin string around his neck; he'd get a chain later; and tucked the pendant under his shirt, effectively hiding it. Valentic then sat up, and almost screamed; almost since he was trained for silence; as he saw a floating black ghost-thing in front of him. He held his chest, eyes wide as he stared, his tan skin paling at the sudden and possibly dangerous appearance of the creature before him.

"It is rude to stare, now say something." The black ghost-like alien-creature demanded of him, and narrowed his eyes, as though it/he had been offended, even though Valentic had said nothing yet. "And I am not a alien-ghost-creature, I am, compared to you, an alien from Astral world, and my name is Blackmist, not it." Blackmist almost snarled, sounding very offended. Valentic slowly shook his head, getting his senses back now, and his mouth flapped for a moment, unsure of what to say before he found the right thing to say.

"I'm...Valentic. And I'm sorry I offended you Blackmist." Valentic replied, trying to calm the alien, glad that he did. "Where did you come from? And why are you here? What is your purpose?" He demanded, eyes narrowing as he realized that having an alien suddenly appear would either mean he would be killed or..actually he couldn't think of anything else. Blackmist simply chuckled with a smirk that sent shivers down his spine, and the alien floated closer, and seemed to sit in midair, like he was simply sitting on a chair. It seemed a little intimidating to see an alien sit like that, above him and with a spine-chilling grin.

"Well, when you stole that pendant that you put around your neck, I was released from my prison. Now I am not completely cruel, and waited for you to be alone before making my presence known, and I chose that moment as when you put the pendent, or the key as it actually is, to come out. As for why I am here, it is simple, I want to take down Astral." Valentic nodded, not quite understanding but accepting it. And when he was about to ask a question Blackmist beat him to the punch, like he was reading his mind or something. "Astral is from Astral world, like me, however he was sent to stop me from destroying the Earth, so I must take him out first." Blackmist explained, and Valentic rose a eyebrow.

"Uh-hun. So...will I be getting anything out of it? Like immortality or invitation to live in Astral world or something?" Valentic asked, a smile spreading. Mayhem sounded like fun, but if destroying Earth meant he'd have no home he would deny this alien's request. Blackmist let out a bark of laughter at his question, like the answer was as obvious as the nose on his face. he didn't like that laugh, it sounded chilling and menacing.

"Help me and I will personally make sure you are able to live in Astral world with me." Blackmist said after he had laughed, and Valentic grinned, nodding as he held out a hand to shake Blackmist's to seal the deal, and frowned when hand phased right through his own. Shrugging, Valentic decided to create a handshake with Blackmist.

"Okay, since we can's shake, let's do something else." And he proceed to teach Blackmist a handshake they could do, basically they slapped hands, then reversed the slap. He had to tell Blackmist what to do, since Blackmist was not familiar with the ways that humans do things. A few minutes later, once Valentic had managed to get Blackmist to do the simple handshake, he grinned. "The deal is sealed now. So, what do we need to do first?"

"First up is seeing how well you can duel." Immediately Valentic frowned, and Blackmist groaned, hand raising to cover his face with annoyance in his facial features. "Do not tell me, buy that look alone I can assume you are either terrible or you have never dueled at all." Right after he spoke, Valentic nodded, hand waving as he chuckled, and Blackmist just sighed, clearly annoyed.

"Hey, here's a thought! Why not teach me? I can steal some cards..." Valentic trailed off as he saw Blackmist shaking his head, chuckling. Frowning, he huffed. "Well how can we take down Astral if I don't steal cards to duel him?" He demanded, crossing his arms with a ticked look, and scowled as Blackmist laughed and smirked in that spine-chilling way that Valentic was getting used to now.

"Go to the observatory outside of town, I shall direct you from there to a secret spot where a former partner of mine hid some special cards before ditching me and leaving me trapped in the key." He replied cryptically, and then disappeared in a black flash of light. Valentic stared at the spot the alien had been and sighed, feeling a bit bad at the way Blackmist was apparently betrayed before. Well, it would be night soon, so he would leave then so as to not be followed. But for right now, he would grab a bite to eat so that his stomach wouldn't give him away as he snuck around. Valentic stood, then climbing down from the roof, he went back inside and down to the kitchen to rummage for something that the younger kids didn't like and wouldn't be missed too badly.


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