"Son, I know you can do this, but just remember. That card must not be used. Its power is more than the people here are ready for, save it for when you are duelling in the champion's league." Yugi Moto Embraced his son before leaving the room.
Karter Moto, was standing in the standby room of the state Duel Monsters championship. And having just qualified for the Championship match, his nerves were catching him. What if he let his father down, what if he dishonoured his name?
No he thought to himself shaking his head. I am the son of Yugi Moto, King of Games. I will win, I only have to believe. I will believe, the heart of the cards will guide my hand. And then I can't lose.
Karter looked towards the door. "Thanks Dad. I won't let you down, I promise."
"I know." Yugi Moto said before leaving his son to prepare for his match.
The tournament announcer sat smug in his chair above the stadium. Very soon the two final duellists would walk out into the stadium. When that happened he could announce the beginning of the final match. When that happened something interesting might actually happen.
He looked to the tournament sponsor beside him. "How much longer do you think they will be, all this sitting is boring me."
The sponsor looked up. "Your wait is over, look. They are coming."
Bouncing to his feet the announcer shouted out, "Here they come, to my left, Raiku the defending champion. And to my left, Karter son of the King of Games himself, Yugi Moto."
The crowd roared with excitement as the duellists reached the centre of the stadium and shook hands. As they broke contact the lights focused on each of them, trailing them to where they stand as they duelled.
"Finalists, insert your decks into the deck holder and stand by for hologram generation"
Raiku and Karter placed their decks in the Kaiba corp duel disks, as the hologram projectors roared to life on either side of them.
"You know the protocol, but just too be sure I will repeat it for you now. You will each begin with 2000 life points in according with the state championship rules. Other than that, we are playing by the battle city standards. And remember, the loser will fork up their rarest card to the winner. Begin!" The stadium roared with the sound of the announcer's voice.
Karter drew five cards from his deck, even as his opponent did, then waited as his Life Point counter hit 2000. The opening move was made by Karter, in his hand he held: Dark Magician, Kuriboh, Shadow of Eyes, Celtic Guardian and Garuzies. He began by drawing a card, the card he had pulled from the deck was E Hero Clayman.
"All right." Karter called to Raiku. "I'll begin by laying one card face down." Karter placed his shadow of eyes face down on his duel disk. "And I'll also play Celtic Guardian, in attack mode."
However as Karter went to place his Celtic Guardian on his duel disk, a loud explosion could be heard. Lard segments of the stadium roof collapsed and fell onto the crowd. A second explosion went off above Karter. As the shrapnel flew he felt a searing pain enter his left arm and temple, before he fell to the ground.
"This is an emergency, please everyone quickly exit the stadium through the nearest exit." The announcer could be heard screaming as he ran.
Shaking to clear his head from the pain, Karter stood. His left arm was numb, his left temple leaking a stream of blood through his hair, and across his face. Other than that he thought he was all right.
"Help me." Raiko called to Karter from under a pile of rubble near Karter.
Karter looked around for the source of noise, his head buzzing with static. "Hang on I'm coming."
Karter ran to where Raiko was, and went to pull some rubble of hi. However as Karter neared Raiko he collapsed and all was black.
"Can you save him."
"No. His injuries are too extensive, we simply do not have the knowledge or technology to heal these kinds of wounds."
The voices continued to talk to each other as Karter lay there. He could not see anything, and did not know where he was. However by the way the people were talking, Karter guessed he was in a hospitable, but was hurt? Was it him? Unsure about what was happening Karter continued to listen.
"Are you sure you can definitely not save him." Thar sounded like Karter's father Yugi.
"Yes Mr Moto, we are sure. I am sorry."
That second voice was unfamiliar to Karter, that must be the doctor Karter thought to himself. So what were they talking about, it sounded as if someone was dying, but if Yugi was there, then wouldn't I be the patient. Karter pondered this for a second before realisation dawned.
"I am dying aren't I." Karter weakly croaked. "I heard you talking."
"Not necessarily." Someone said, a new voice this time, someone female with an accent.
"Ishizu, is that you." Gasped a pleading Yugi.
"Yes my pharaoh, it is I. Now you must listen to me. Your son is more important and more powerful than you know. My millennium necklace shows me an event in the future where evil will again arise to threaten the world. We must save your son, as he must be the one to stop it. You see, fate is destiny is again repeating itself."
"But….. sigh…..If it will save Karter I will do it."
"Ok. You must use your powers to seal your son's spirit inside of a millennium item, that will preserve his spirit until he is ready to awaken. Then I will take his body and prepare it for burial in a way that it will be preserved waiting for his spirit to re-join it. Am I clear."
"Yes, but how will this save my son and the world, and where would we acquire another millennium item with which to seal him in." Yugi sat down, his last hope crushed.
"This event that will come, won't happen for 1000 years, by separating your sons spirit and body, they can both be preserved. And then when the time is right, the descendants of those we choose to guard his tomb will connect his spirit and body together. He will awaken unaware that anything happened, and not a day older than he is now. And as for the item, I have with me an ancient crystal. This crystals properties make it exactly like a millennium item. So we will seal him in the crystal, until a new millennium item can be fashioned to house him. We can then fuse this new item with the crystal. "
"I see, but what about me. How will I guide him?"
"Your spirit already resides in the puzzle with Yami, my pharaohs. So when you die you will both be sealed inside. We can have the puzzle sealed in your son's tomb until the time he awakens, once you die if you would like. "
"So I can guide him from within the puzzle, just Yami guided me."
"Exactly."
Karter slowly began to fade. His meagre strength no longer enough to sustain any longer. As the sound around him faded to a blur all became silent.
Me: No I have not currently seen all of the Yugioh anime. However I am watching it. Please review, constructive criticism is greatly appreciated. More chapters are coming. And please don't judge, this is my first public released story. So I hope you like it.