Yeah, so, first fic, whopee. I'm here to improve my writing, so reviews and critique is appreciated. Even flames are welcome as long aas they contain something helpful. I will never EVER make a chapter an authors note. That's something that always pisses me off. So hope you enjoy this, here is my story, "The Undying Signer"
Chapter 1: Nightmare
"Yusei! Help me!" yelled Aki Izayoi, the woman known as the Black Rose Witch.
"Ha ha. My dear, you cannot hope to escape," came a chilling voice for the shadows that were grasping Aki's arm.
"I will not let you have her!" yelled Yusei at his opponent, who was veiled in shadows.
"Activate Spell: Monster Reborn! I revive Junk Synchron for the grave!" A small fat looking machine man with an engine on its back then materialized on Yusei's field. 'Time to end this and save Aki!' thought Yusei.
"Clustering hopes become a new shining star! Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon! Take flight Stardust Dragon!" He yelled his catchphrase as his two monsters, Junk Synchron and Junk Warrior merged into one, their light beginning to take the shape of a large dragon. Yusei's birthmark began to glow a bright blood red against the darkness.
"Heh. That was a pointless move, oh New King. I was expecting better. Activate Trap. Solemn Judgment," called the mystery man as an older man dressed in tan robes stepped forward with two plainly dressed female disciples behind him. The old man raised his hand towards the gathering light of Yusei's synchro summon and mouthed the words "Be gone." Instantly the still-forming Stardust Dragon was blown apart. "Too bad your dragon can't revive itself seeing as it was never fully summoned!" taunted the shadow man.
Yusei growled. This entire duel with the shadow had been going poorly for him. He just couldn't get enough headway against the man since his Psychic monsters would just regenerate any damage done to him. Especially that Thought Ruler Archfiend.
"I switch my Turret Warrior to defense mode and end my turn," stated Yusei as said monster got on one knee and crossed its arms in front of itself. Yusei couldn't risk taking any more damage.
"Humph. And here I thought you would be more of a challenge. You must not want to save the girl that much," said the man, slowly stepping out of the shadows. He wore a long brown coat, had a narrow face and had hair that seemed to defy gravity by sticking straight out almost a good six inches from his head. Yusei recognized the man. He was the leader of the Arcadia Movement, the group of psychic duelists Aki belonged to. What was his name? Holy? Sacred? Divine? Was that what Aki called him? As Yusei wracked his brain searching for a name to put with the face, Divine drew a card.
"Ah, my friend, as much as I hate to say it, our time must come to an end. I summon a monster, Psychic Snail," said Divine as he placed a card on his duel disk and the monster materialized. "Now, I pay 800 points to activate my Snails effect. I allow Thought Ruler to attack twice this turn!"
'Uh oh,' thought Yusei. 'This does not bode well.'
The large winged monster took a swipe at Turret Warrior, efficiently slicing it in half with its large claws. The Archfiends eyes began to glow and the light from the recently downed monster shot towards Divine and encircled him, healing the remaining damage he had taken throughout the duel.
Divine then smiled a wicked smile. "Thought Ruler. Begin your second- ack!"
Divine's eyes widened as he felt a sharp pain. He looked down to see an arm protruding from his chest. Blood started to gush from the wound as the arm was extracted. Divine fell to his knees, but his shadow never losing its grip on Aki. What surprised Yusei though, was the fact that the monster that was about to strike him down less than two seconds ago had somehow acquired a similar wound and was bleeding large amounts of a disgusting green colored blood all over the ground. Yusei attempted to go get Aki, but found that as he began to move, she, Divine and his duel monsters all began to fade from sight. All was gone in a black void except for himself and the thing that felled Divine.
The thing turned towards him and began to walk. In all actuality, the thing looked like a man, except when he got close enough, Yusei noticed that the man had lavender skin, and blue green hair, almost the same color as the twins had. The most noticeable thing was the most odd too; he had a cap that seemed to grow out of his back, and it had several large purple claws that would wrap the tattered cape around the man, making it look like a cloak at times.
"Who are you?" asked Yusei.
"Young master, I am here on behalf of my partner and master, one who is like you. You may call me Vampire Lord," the creature said with a heavy Transylvanian accent.
"I… see," said Yusei. "If you don't mind me asking, who is your partner, and what do you mean he's like me?"
"Your questions will be answered soon enough, but I do not have much time left, I have been sent here with a request from my master. He would like you to liberate Aki from the Arcadia Movement. They are much more sinister than they let on. And much more powerful." At Vampire Lords words, Divine and his Thought Ruler Archfiend started to fade back into existence, but the wounds were no longer there.
"My time grows short Yusei Fudo; you must get Aki away from Divine. He is poisoning her mind, and in these dark times, the Signers need to stick together."
The forms of Divine and his ferocious beast were finally becoming solid again, and a loud growl was emanating the demon.
"Go now, it's time you return. Remember the mission."
At this point the Thought Ruler Archfiend reared its claw back getting ready to strike.
"Awaken!" yelled Vampire Lord as a large dragon burst up from the ground, its skin rotting off and a large glowing heart pulsing in its chest. It quickly lowered its horned head to eye level for Yusei and let out a tremendous roar.
Yusei shot up from the couch he was sleeping on, panting heavily. He had broken out in a cold sweat, and knew it was because of the dream. The dream of the duel against Divine. The dream where a vampire told him to rescue the woman he cared about. The dream where he was almost killed twice, but was saved at the last second by two undead creatures.
Old man Yanagi walked over to him, worried. He had heard Yusei thrashing about in his sleep, which was unusual since they were resting comfortably at the twins' apartment in the Tops district.
"What's wrong sonny? A dream?"
"A nightmare," Yusei replied. "May as well head back to bed. We have some serious work ahead of us."
Unbeknownst to Yusei, a woman with dark violet hair, several dozen miles away was thrashing about in her sleep, with the same dream that had occurred to him. She awoke with a start when an image of Divine showed up on her dome like covering to the bed/bath she rested in.
"Is something wrong Aki?" asked Divine "We got readings on your brainwaves that you were becoming very agitated, and that some of your therapeutic water has splashed out. Was it a dream?"
Aki regarded the man who had been telling her how to go about life for several years. Though her body had faded out when the vampire had 'killed' Divine, she had still been able to hear his words, and they disturbed her. She decided that maybe thinking for herself like Yusei had suggested during the Fortune Cup was a decent idea.
"A nightmare."