A/N: My first crack at a Yu-Gi-Oh story. Here are some things that'll help. As for Dueling, it will be like regular Yu-gi-oh and Yu-Gi-Oh Gx. It's simple and that's the way i like it. As for the dueling rules, will be explained as this story goes on.
Full Summary: Present Day time, every kid, teen, and some young adults know about the t.v. show Yugioh and the Card Games that were invented with it. But what if the hologram duels were finally able to be created and used. But what if someone also made virtual games that were also real. And what if some one so evil was able to make the cards come to life and was able to control the monsters and the magic cards. Stick with Xander and his friends as the duel cards to win tournaments and to save lives, and to see if Xander is the King of Duel Games and is the one able to save the world from destruction.
Chapter 1: Not Just A Children's Card Game Anymore
"Attention, Ladies and Gentlemen! This announcement will change the world for all Kids, Teens, and Young Adults!" Shouted the Announcer from on the t.v. He just looked like your typical television show host, yet a boy with black hair and green eyes sat down on the edge of his bed and watched as the host spoke about something so important that would change his life. His name was Xander J. Rikes. "As you all know that there is a game out there called the Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters and finally, The world's finest Mechanical Engineers and Computer Scientists, and with the help of a hefty donation from the Kromes Inc., they have finally been able to make the Duel Monsters Card Game come to life!" A loud cheering was made from all around the announcer as he was standing in the center of a stadium that was made for any sports.
Xander raised his eyebrows in surprise. He knew of the Duel Monster since he was a kid, everyone did, it was a huge thing for kids and very popular, yet he never played it cause he didn't know how to. No one ever taught him to play the game, well, because he never had any real friends since the day he lost his father. Xander turned his eyes back to the television screen as the announcer began to talk some more.
"Today, in the first Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monster's Stadium here at Los Angeles, California, you will all witness the first ever real life holographic duel, by two skill duelists," the announcer shouted and the crowd cheered some more as the announcer walked over to the side of the stadium. "Now, let's have the Duel Arena Appear!" he shouted, and suddenly, the floor opened up to reveal a epic looking aren. There were two set up areas for the two duelists, and then in between was the arena that had two columns of five square on each side, and then a big space in the center. And finally in each corner held a pole and at the top was some kind of device that let off colorful light of some kind.
"As you can see, there are two set ups for the duelists which shows not only there area, but their opponent's area as well. And as the place down there cards on their small arena area in front of them, and will the help of these new Holographic Projectors, the monsters and magical cards will appear in the bigger arena looking as real as ever!" the Announcer shouted, exciting the crowd who cheered more. Xander watched with interest, and wished he was able to duel, but it wasn't that important to him. "Now, Let me introduce you to our two duelists who will demonstrate how to play this knew holographic game of Duel Monsters. On the red side of the arena, we have none other than the heir to Kromes Inc., Solomon Kromes!"
The crowd cheered very loudly as a boy about 18 years of age, blue eyes, about 6 foot even, Skinny body structure, with short, red, and near hair, walked out towards the red side of the Dueling Arena. He was wearing a white suit. Seconds later, he stood on a platform that raised him up to his small red arena area. Xander sneered as he knew this Solomon Kromes and did not like him one bit. The two went to school together, and Solomon would always try to bully him because he was rich and Xander wasn't.
"And in the blue area, a local and runner-up regional Champion in the Yu-Gi-Oh L.A. Duelist Tournament, is Ryu Bakers!" Half of the crowd cheered as another boy about the same age as Solomon ran out towards his blue side of the platform which lifted him to his small blue arena. He had blue eyes, neck-length dark blonde hair, about 5'9, a skinny body structure, with white peach skin. He wore regular clothes like black shorts, black t-shirt with a red headband around his head.
Xander also knew Ryu Bakers. They had many classes together but they weren't friends as Ryu hung out with the Duelist crowd, and Xander didn't. Xander watched as the two duelists stared down one another.
"Are you duelists ready?" The announcer asked the two duelists who nodded, and the took out their decks and place them on the right side of their smaller areas.
Ryu smirked and pointed at Solomon. "You should just surrender now, Kromes, or I will use by Machines to tear you into pieces!" he shouted at his opponent.
Solomon snorted. "As if, Ryu," he replied, then gave an evil smirk. "I'll have you beat within five turns and have my beast monsters tear you to shreds!"
"Alright," the announcer shouted through his microphone. "Each duelist will start out with 4000 life-points as you can see above!" Above the dueling arena, sat a large cubic scoreboards that showed the duelists' names and their life-points. "The first person to reach zero, loses the duel. Begin!"
"Let's duel!" Solomon and Ryu shouted at each other at the same time, and then, then duel began.
"I'll go first!" Ryu shouted, drawing a card, looked at it, and then smirked. Then laid down his first monster card. "I summon Machina Soldier (Atk/Def:1600/1500) in attack mode!" Everyone watched in shock in awe, including Xander and the two duelists, as a real holographic monster materialized on the dueling arena looking very real indeed. "And I use his special effect which also let's me summon another Machina Monster from my hand while I have no other monsters on the field, and I summon, Machina Sniper(Atk/Def:1800/800) in attack mode!" And then another monster materialized next to the first one. "And then I end my turn!"
"Not bad," Solomon praised, drew a card, looked at it, then added it to his hand, then placed down his own monster card. "But not good enough. I summon the Enraged Battle-Ox(Atk/Def:1700/1000)." And the Battle Ox materialized on Solomon's side of the field. "Go, Battle Axe, Attack his Machina Soldier!"
The Battle Ox roared and ran towards the Machina Soldier and swung his axe, but at the last minute, Machina Sniper stepped in front of the Soldier and protected him, and the battle ox was destroyed, shocking the great Solomon Kromes.
"Wow!" the Announcer said. "Instead of being attacked by Battle Ox, Machina Sniper stepped in front of the Ox and since the Sniper's attack was higher, the Battle ox was destroyed, and Solomon loses 100 life-points!"
Xander watched from his room as Solomon's life-points went to 3900.
"What happened?" Solomon growled, after witnessing the destruction of his Battle Ox.
"Well, it was all thanks to Machina Sniper's special effect!" Ryu said with a smirk. "Machina Sniper won't let you attack any other monsters besides itself! Ha! Bet you didn't think I was going to be that easy, huh!"
Solomon glared down at Ryu, and then placed down a face down card with a small smirk. "I place down one face down card and end my turn!" he finished, as a facedown card appeared on the field.
"Alright!" Ryu said as he drew another card and placed it in his hand. "I will sacrifice my two Machina Monsters to special summon a all new and powerful monster!" he shouted, as the two monsters merged into one and then became... "Machina Fortress (Atk/Def:2500/1600) in attack mode! Go, Machina Fortress, attack his life-points directly!" The Machina Fortress shot his cannon-gun towards Solomon.
"Not so fast!" Solomon shouted, surprising Ryu. "Reveal Face-down!" The card revealed itself shocking Ryu. "The card I laid down was Mirror Force! Which blocks your attack and redirects it towards your own monster and destroying it!"
"No!" Ryu shouted as his monster was destroyed by its own attack, leaving him wide open. Ryu looked at his hand revealing he had nothing to protect him with and that he couldn't summon another monster. Ryu sighed. "I end my turn," he said solemnly.
Solomon laughed and drew his next card. He then threw down his next monster card. "I summon the Phantom Beast Wild-Horn!" And the new monster appeared on Solomon's field. "Now, my monster, attack Ryu's attack points directly!" The Wild-Horn roared loudly and attacked Ryu's life-points by 1700 points.
"Wow!" the announcer said. "There goes a chunk of Ryu's life-points!" Xander watched as Ryu's life-points went from 4000 to 2300.
"Ready to surrender yet, Ryu?" Solomon said with an evil grin towards Ryu who was glaring back.
"I don't think so!" Ryu replied angrily. "Now, I believe it's my turn!" he added, then drew a card, and smiled. "Get ready to lose, Solomon!" he shouted and then placed down a monster card. "I summon my Blast Sphere(Atk/Def:2900/1400)!" And the monster appeared and Solomon watched in shock as Ryu's Blast Sphere attached itself to his Wild-Horn.
"What the devil is going on!" Solomon shouted.
"That will be my monster's effect which is made as an equip card and I equipped it to your monster!" Ryu answered with a big smirk. "And in one turn, my monster will take out your monster and take out your life-points by the difference of the two monsters attacks, so I put down one face down card, and end my turn!" And then, Ryu's monster explodes taking down Solomon's monster. "Ha!"
Xander watched as Solomon lost 1200 points and was now down to 2700 life-points.
"You'll pay for that!" Solomon growled and drew a new card, then smiled widely. "Ah Ha! I summon the Yellow Baboon, Archer of the Forest(Atk/Def:2600/1800)!" And out came the new and stronger monster.
"What! How can you summon that without sacrificing!" Ryu growled.
"That's thanks to The Yellow Baboon's special effect which is when two beast type monsters were destroyed and put into the graveyard, it allows me to summon this stronger monster!" Solomon explained with an evil smirk. "And I place down a face-down card, now, my Yellow Baboon, attack his life-points directly and end this duel!"
The monster roared and shot an arrow towards Ryu who shouted, "Not this time, Solomon. I reveal my face-down card!" Ryu's face-down card flipped up to reveal itself. "Sakuretsu Armor, which allows me to destroy a Monster who is about to attack, and i chose your attack monster!" he finished with a grin, but it was wiped off his face when Solomon was laughing. "What are you laughing for?" Ryu asked.
"I knew you'd play a trap, so I laid a trap down of my own!" Solomon answered with an evil grin.
"What? No!" Ryu growled.
"Yes!" Solomon said raising his hand. "I reveal my facedown card!" And Solomon's card was revealed to Ryu. "Dust Tornado, and it allows me to destroy one spell or trap card on the field, and I chose your Sakuretsu Armor which allows me to still attack your life-points directly!"
"NO!" Ryu screamed and Xander watched as the Yellow Baboon, Archer of the Forest attacked Ryu's life-points directly taking them from 2300 to 0. "No!" Ryu growled pounding down his fist in anger.
"Told ya i'd beat you within five turns," Solomon said.
"Ladies and Gentlemen!" the announcer shouted. "Please put your hands together for the first winner of the first Holographic duel! Give it up for Solomon Kromes!" THe crowd cheered as loud as they could, as Solomon gave a bow and Ryu shamefully walked away from the arena. "Stay tuned for more duels, and as of today, the new duel arcade, with many arenas, and will always be opened to duel, and also, we have these Duel Disk sold at about $299.99 to fight on the outside of the arcade with your own holographic projectors. These Duel Disks can also be won in next month's Monster's Duel Tournament."
Xander turned off the television. "Wow, that was pretty intense," he said to himself and then laid down on his bed. He stretched out to his full 5 foot 11 inches height and average body structure.
"Xander, would you come down to the dining room please?" shouted his mother's voice. Xander sized, got out of his bed, and walked downstairs and into the dining room. He was surprised to see the room decorated with different colored streamers, balloons, and with a sighed that said Happy Birthday. And on the table, sat a few presents, cake, and plates and plastic ware.
"Happy 17th Birthday!" Chorused Xander's Mother, sister, Uncle, and Grandparents. His mother was about 5'6 with black hair and brown eyes, and his 15 year old sister was nearly an exact replica of her mother but she was 6 inches shorter. Xander's Uncle was tall, 6'3 with brown hair and brown eyes, and pretty muscular while his grandparents were average, old, and white.
"What's all this?" Xander asked everyone.
"What, did you already forget that it was your birthday today, big brother?" his little sister named Jasmine said jokingly to her brother. And to the truth and distraction of the Monster's Duel he just saw, he did almost forget his birthday.
"No, of course not," Xander replied with a small smile, and then took a seat, where his uncle brought the lit candle and put it in front of his nephew.
"Here you go kiddo," his Uncle Joey said as he placed down the cake. "Make a wish!" Xander rolled his eyes and then blew out the lit candles while thinking, 'I wish I could become the best Monster's Duelist ever.'
"Alright," everyone said and took a seat except for Xander's mother who began to cut the cake and pass it around.
"So, what did you wish for, big brother?" Jasmine asked, and took a bite of her piece of cake.
"Well, If he tells you Jazzy, then it won't come true," Uncle Joey said as he stood up, grabbed a small box present and handed it to Xander. "Here, you might like this," he said to Xander.
Xander nodded and then looked at the present. It was a box that was about big enough to hold a 2 deck of playing cards. He opened the wrapping paper then opened up the box to reveal about 5 packs of Yu-Gi-Oh playing cards. 'Is my dream coming true?' Xander thought to himself.
"I thought you might want to start that Duel Monsters since they made those Holographic Projectors and made it almost seem real," Uncle Joey told Xander.
Xander smiled. "Thanks Uncle Joey, I was thinking about it, actually," he said to his Uncle and sat down the Yu-Gi-Oh Card Packs. He opened up his next presents to find new clothes, a new video game for his Xbox 360, and some money that added up to 200 hundred bucks.
After a couple of hours of hanging out with the family, Xander gathered his presents and walked back up to his room while His Uncle and Grandparents left, and his mother and sister cleaned up a bit. Xander entered the room and set down his new things. He put away his game and his clothes, stuck his money in his wallet, and then walked over to the Dueling card packs that sat on his bed. He sat down on the floor and leaned against his bed grabbing his packs, put them all down and grabbed one of them. He hoped he would get some good cards, yet he didn't know what a good card was, yet.
Xander opened his first pack and pulled out nine cards. He looked up at his very first card. The name was a Dark Magician of Chaos which had an Attack of 2800 and a Defense of 2600. The card also told him it was a Dark and Spell-Caster monster, and that it was a level 8. Xander stared down at the Dark Magician of Chaos and thought how cool it looked, but as he looked at it, he felt a very strange connection to it. Nonetheless, Xander set the card down and looked at the next which was a Knight of the Twin Swords, and then Xander continued to look at the rest of his cards, not knowing which were good or which were bad. After examining his cards for an hour to two, Xander went to sleep thinking that he did need someone to help him learn the game of Yu-Gi-Oh's Duel Monsters and he might just know who to ask. And with that last thought, Xander fell asleep.
The Next day, Xander dressed for school in a red t-shirt and black pants with regular tennis shoes. He grabbed his one strap bag and his Dueling cards, and then left for his school. He arrived at school and before classes started, Xander walked around the school looking for the one who could help him learn all about Duel Monsters. He was looking for Ryu Bakers. After seeing him fight in that duel yesterday, Xander knew he could get help from him. The bell rung telling Xander that it was time for class, so he abandoned his search to get to his first class, and for the whole day, he saw no sign of Ryu.
'He must be sick,' Xander thought as he walked through the halls after the end of school. 'Why else wouldn't he have come to school.'
Xander exited the school only to be bumped into Solomon and a couple of his buddies, making him half of his cards to the ground. "Watch it, narc!" Solomon growled, but then noticed his cards on the ground, so did his muscular friends.
"Hey, looky here Solomon," said Solomon's big, fat dumb friend, Burt. "This kid's trying to be a Duelist." he said picking up a few of Xander's cards, including his Dark Magician of Chaos. "And look here, He's got a Dark Magician of Chaos. Isn't that a rare card?"
"Hey! Those are mine!" Xander shouted trying to reach back for his cards, but Solomon's second bully, Ramos, grabbed his arms.
"Watch it, buddy!" Ramos growled, seizing Xander's arms tightly.
"Give me that card!" Solomon ordered his crony who nodded and handed him the Dark Magician of Chaos. "Such a powerful card for such a little noob, don't you think?" Solomon asked Xander who glared back. "I think so, so why don't I hold onto it and keep it in my deck."
"No!" Xander argued, struggling against Ramos's tight grip. "You can't. I got that card fair and square, from a booster pack, and you can't just take it away from me!"
"Just watch me," Solomon replied with an evil smile.
"Give him back his Dark Magician of Chaos, Solomon!" said a voice from behind the group. The four heads turned to see a Senior student walking there way. He was 6'1, had brown eyes with short dark brown hair, fit, with apricot colored skin.
"Why should I, Jake Williamson!" Solomon replied, turning to look at him.
"Because I said so!" Jake replied, glaring towards Solomon who glared back. Xander looking at the two and feeling the tremendous anger coming from both of them.
"You don't have authority over me, Williamson!" Solomon growled. "And I think I will just keep it for my own and it will help me win any duels I play."
"If you won't give it back, Solomon," Jake started as he pulled something out from his back pocket which was a small box. "Then I will just have to duel it from you!" he finished revealing a deck that was in the small box. Xander's eyebrows rose in shock and worry. He didn't want to lose his Dark Magician of Chaos. He already had gotten it and already felt connected to it.
"Alright, Jake," Solomon said as he smiled widely. "That sounds like an idea. And if we duel, we do it at the Duel Arcade in the Arenas." Jake nodded with a look of determination in his eyes. "What are your terms?"
"If I win, You give that kid his Dark Magician of Chaos back," Jake answered.
"And if I win?" Solomon asked.
"If you win," Jake started. "Then you can keep that card and take my rarest card, the Sorcerer of Dark Magic!" he finished showing Solomon his rarest card.
Solomon smiled widely and evilly. "Deal," he said and the two duelists shook each other's hands. "You card is as good as mine!"
"We'll see about that," Jake replied with a smirk.
"Meet me at the Dueling Arcade at Five!" Solomon said and then walked away with his cronies, but not before Burt threw down the rest of Xander's cards he had in his hand. Xander bent down to pick up his cards, then stood up to see Jake walking away. Xander clenched his teeth and ran in front of Jake and made him stop.
"What the hell do you think you're doing!" Xander growled at the older teen. "You can't just go risking my card like that!"
"I had to," Jake replied. "There would have been no other way. And to get the things you want from Solomon, dueling for them is the way."
"So!" Xander replied, running both hands through his hair. "Can you even beat him? I saw Ryu, who was the runner-up champion lose against him and he did it if it was simple. So, how can you beat him?"
"Because I'm the Champion of the same tournament Ryu was in," Jake answered. "And because I believe I can beat him, because I believe in my cards." Xander stood there dumbfounded at Jake's words, not noticing that Jake was leaving. He shook out of it and watched Jake walking away and then knew that he meant his words, and that he had confidence like no other, and Xander probably thought he had a heart of a true duelist. After all, he was dueling to get Xander's rare card back. And maybe, just maybe that this guy could teach Jake how to play.
"Jake! Hey, wait up!" Xander shouted as he ran after him. Jake turned back with an amused look on his face, and then looked at him expectantly. Xander slowed down next to him and the two began walking together. "I was wondering if you could help me?"
"How so?" Jake asked, not looking at Xander.
"Well, um, these cards here," Xander said pulling out his Dueling cards and showed them to Jake who looked at them with interest. "These are my first dueling cards I've ever owned and I know very little about dueling and I would love to learn, if...if you're willing to teach me first?" he asked with hope in his eyes.
"I don't know," Jake answered, making Xander's eyes drop. "It all depends. If you're confident and if you're heart is in it. Is it?"
"It is," Xander answered with a determined nod.
"If it truly is," Jake said, turning to look at Xander. "Then I will teach you everything I know about Duel Monsters. Let me see those cards?" Xander nodded and handed Jake his cards who began to look at them. "Wow, some of these are actually pretty good, but these others aren't so great. Where'd you get these?"
"My Uncle got them for my birthday," Xander answered, watching Jake split the cards into two decks, on smaller than the other. He first handed him the first deck with was the bigger one.
"Keep these cards," Jake told Xander who nodded and grabbed the small. Jake then handed him the smaller deck. "And throw these away," he added. "They're not that great so you won't be needing them."
"But don't I need more cards to have a real dueling deck?" Xander asked examining his first starter deck.
"Yeah, but don't worry about that right now," Jake replied nonchalantly, waving his hand. "Anyways, I have to go see a friend, would you like to join me?" he asked Xander.
Xander shrugged. "Sure, why not?" he said and followed Jake, and within minutes, the two arrived at a two-story house, walked up to the door and knocked. A middle-aged woman answered the door looking relieved when she saw Jake and Xander.
"Oh, Jake, thank goodness you're here," the woman said in relief.
"How's he doing?" Jake asked the older woman. Xander looking at the two with a puzzled look.
"Not so good, he still beating himself up about losing," the woman replied. "He hasn't been this bad since he lost his first battle. He wasn't even this bad when you beat him last year."
"Do you mind if we go up and try to talk to him?" Jake asked.
"Please," the woman said, letting Jake and Xander into the house. Xander then followed Jake up the stairs of the house and towards a room where they stopped. Jake then knocked on the door.
"Ryu, it's Jake! Can I come in?" Jake called. Xander's eyebrows rose in surprise when he heard Ryu's name, and then put it all together. Ryu wasn't sick, he was just really bummed out for losing against Solomon yesterday in the first Holographic Duel.
"Go away," answered the muffled voice of Ryu.
"Come on, Ryu," Jake said. "It wasn't that bad, besides, I bet no one was watching tv that day anyways to not everyone saw it, right?" he said looking at Xander.
"I saw it, and it was pretty brutal," Xander replied.
"I heard that!" Ryu shouted as Jake rolled his eyes at Xander who shrugged. "Who is that with you anyways?"
"It's...uh..." Jake began but stopped, then looked at Xander. "Uh, what's your name again?"
"Xander Rikes," Xander answered.
"Xander Rikes?" came Ryu's muffled voice. "From school? What's he doing here?"
"I tell you about it later, but right now, we need to talk!" Jake shouted and banged on the door a couple times. "Come on, open up!"
"No!" Ryu shouted. "Nothing you say or do will get me to open this door!"
"I'm going to duel Solomon at 5 today," Jake shouted, and seconds later, the door opened to reveal a disheveled Ryu glaring down at Jake.
"Why?" Ryu asked. "Are you trying to avenge me or something? Cause if you are, don't. Im going to avenge myself!"
"That's not why I'm going to Duel him," Jake replied. "I'm only dueling him because he stole Xander's rarest card he had, The Dark Magician of Chaos. And I'm trying to get it back for him."
Ryu raised an eyebrow and looked at Xander. "What's the matter, Xander? Can't fight your own battles?" he asked.
"Not at the moment," Xander answered with a straight face to show that Ryu's comments didn't effect him. Ryu raised an eyebrow again and looked at Jake who nodded.
"Plus, i always wanted to duel Solomon and now I can, and it will be even more cool with the holographic projectors," Jake said and then put a hand on his shoulder. "And another thing is that I need you there at my side to cheer me on. And I wanted you to be there when I be the first to take Solomon down."
"Okay," Ryu said with a smile. "Come on in, guys. Xander, nice to meet you." And the two shook hands and then entered his room. "So, you're a beginner huh?"
Xander nodded. "Yeah," he said and took a seat on a chair that was in the room, Jake sitting in another chair, and Ryu walked over to sit on his bed.
"Cool, can I see your deck?" Ryu asked. Xander nodded and handed Ryu his small deck. Ryu took it with a raised eyebrow. "It's a little too small, don't you think?"
"That's where you come in, Ryu," Jake spoke up.
"What do you mean?" Xander and Ryu spoke at the same time, surprising themselves.
"Well, Ryu," Jake began. "You do have a very large collection of Dueling Cards, common and rare, and maybe you could help him and give him some cards."
"Um, sure, I could do that," Ryu said, and then handed Xander's deck back to him. "But it won't be for free." he said with a smile.
"Well," Xander said, puling out his wallet and then pulled out his money. "I do have about 200 bucks, what will that get me?"
"You have come to the right place," Ryu said eyeing the money and then stood up to bring out a suitcase, and opened it up to reveal a lot of very very good cards.
"Well, Xander," Jake said, gaining the novice's attention. "While Ryu picks out some cards, let's get to explaining some of these new rules for Dueling Monsters." And over the next hour, Jake, with the help of Ryu told them the rules and taught him to duel a bit and at the end of the duel, the three guys were heading to the Dueling Arcade.
The three were across the street from the Dueling Arcade when they saw Solomon and his buddies. "Alright, Jake," Ryu said. "Let's take this sucker down!"
But something very happened, and it happened all so quick. When the light changed, Jake had to tie his shoe while Ryu and Xander began crossing the street. The two were talking animatedly and didn't turn to see Jake until they heard tires screeching and a car hit something.