Just a little content information, here for all you readers who might get confused.
Though this story is labeled under the Yu-Gi-Oh category, it has little to do with the original segment of the series, and the labeling is more over mean the franchise in general, rather than any particular series, because it is it's own timeline, seperate from all the others.
It takes place roughly around the ZEXAL segment, but in a different reality or timeline.
With that being said, let's start the fanfic!
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It all happened in the blink of an eye. A beautiful blue world transformed into a realm of destruction and misery.
The initial invasion was just the start-a group of interdimensional beings called Barians came to Earth in the hopes of creating a new world, since their home had become all but a fragment of what it once was. They chose Earth, completely out of spite for the humans that inhabited it.
Their weapon of war was Duel Monsters. A game enjoyed so by the residents of the human world turned into a thing of violence. Anyone they duel dies if they lose, due to some unclean power. Day by day, battles are waged against the Barians, these things of chaos, in the hopes of driving them back to whatever red hell they came from.
A small band of human rebels fights to stave off the onslaught. Their leader, a man who operates in secret, carries them ever onward into the fray.
XXXXXDUEL ONE: FIRST BLOODXXXXX
In the ruins of what was formerly St. Louis, Missouri, several survivors struggle to rebuild some sense of a settlement. There was no hope of restoring the famous arch, but it would serve as a reminder of what they were fighting for. To stop the monsters causing this.
A young man with bandages wrapped around his forehead and chest sits and watches as a mother grieves for her child, which had been taken from her. Tears slide down his cheek.
A lone motorcyclist rides down the street, it's rider silently taking in the all to recent destruction.
"This...has to come to an end." He said, before parking next to a medical tent. The young man removed his helmet, his short brown hair in a militaristic cut being revealed to the world, as well as a scar on his right cheek.
He walked up to two medical officers, clad in rustic brown coats and pants.
"Identification?" The first asked.
The boy takes a card out of his wallet, and presented it to the second officer, who scans it.
Allen Lassley-HUMAN.
"Come right in." The second officer said, beckoning him.
Allen followed the two into the tent.
"You'll have to forgive us, Mr. Lassley. Desperate times call for desperate measures. After all, these freaks can take on human form to get by conventional security.
"As I'm sure you know, the Barians main method of confrontation is dueling, but they also have devastating abilities, such as levitation, teleportation, and the ability to manipulate a strange form of destructive energy that we have yet to understand."
"How many of them attacked this place?" asked Allen.
"Three. Their leader could manifest the monsters in his dueling deck, and summoned a ferocious dragon, reducing the city to rubble."
Allen hung his head. "Damn."
"According to your file, you're with the Resistance?" The first medic asked.
"No. I work with them on some operations, but I'm not properly affiliated."
"That being said, you're still with us against this enemy, aren't you?"
Allen nodded.
"How good a duelist are you?"
"Very good. I've actually fought some of them," he replied.
"That's great. Hopefully you can be of assistance if they come back to try and finish us off."
An explosion thundered outside.
"Oh god, they're back!" A woman shouted. "They're back!"
"Run!" Another man cried.
Allen grimaced before walking outside.
A man wearing a black robe, with silver hair standing up in a similar fashion to Yuto's was floating in the air. His green eyes focused on the surrounding cityscape.
He held his hand up, and shot a red ball of energy at one of the buildings, causing it to collapse onto the street.
The man smirked. "That's right! Run to try and save your short, insignificant lives! The Barians own this world now!"
"Hey! Down here, you bastard!"
The Barian looked to see Allen glaring up at him.
"Oh, hello little human..." he taunted, lowering himself to the ground. "And what do you want?"
"What I want? I want you to get the hell off my planet and never come back." Allen cursed. "You scum!"
"You're calling us scum? Ah-ha-ha-ha!" The creature laughed. "That's rich! We Barians are bringing forth a true world, a world of such beautiful chaos! You humans pollute and destroy your own homeworld with such disgusting apathy...we will bring about planetary rebirth, and you humans will be erased!"
"That won't happen..." Allen said, attaching a circular green and red disk with two parallel curved blades to his left arm. Then, he reached into the box at his belt, and placed his dueling deck into a holder on the disk.
"Oh...so it's a duel you want?" The Barian asked. "Very well...I, Batal the Barian shall crush you! But a warning, our little adjustments to the Earth's atmosphere give us access to our true power!" He clutched his fists. "Barian...Battlemorph!"
His body shone with red light, as he transformed. His skin turned the same silver as his hair, which became a red violet color. His eyes turned red as well, as his mouth and nose disappeared. His fingers became claw-tipped, and two gems emerged from his shoulders. A four-pointed emblem appeared on his chest.
"Ah...it's been so long since I took on my true form!" He sighed in a distorted voice as a strange bladed Duel Disk appeared on his arm.
"Now then...let's duel!"
Allen hit a command on his own Disk, and the parallel blades spiraled into position in front of the device, locking together.
Allen-4000 Lp.
Batal-4000 Lp.
"I'll have the first move." Batal began, drawing his sixth card. "Come forth, Beetle Blaster!" A large anthropomorphic beetle with a cannon on it's back appeared. (1100ATK/1500DEF)
"When Beetle Blaster is Normal Summoned, I can discard one Insect-type Monster to destroy one card in your hand." He slipped a card into his discard slot. Insect Knight briefly appeared, being turned into a bolt of energy and loaded into the beetle's cannon. The Beetle aimed the weapon at Allen, who grunted as the blast hit one of the cards in his hand.
"Now discard it," commanded Batal.
Allen hung his head as he slipped it into his Disk's discard slot.
"Next I'll set one card facedown and end my turn." A card materiallized from golden squares.
"My turn. I draw!" shouted Allen. "I summon Mitos Guardian." A gelatinous blue humanoid appeared. (0ATK/500DEF)
"When Mitos Guardian is Normal Summoned, it's automatically switched to defense mode." The figure crouched lightly, and covered it's face with a forearm.
"Now I'll end my turn."
Batal drew his card. "I summon Insectagon Paratrooper." A giant ladybug with turbine laden wings appeared. (900ATK/1000DEF)
"When I summon this Paratrooper, I can special summon another Level Four or lower Insectagon Monster from my deck. Insectagon Brigadier!" A humanoid red firefly with a musket appeared. (1400ATK/400DEF)
"And while I control another Insect-Type Monster, my Paratrooper's Level is treated as four." Batal clutched his fist. "I Overlay Level four Brigadier and Paratrooper!" The two insects swirled together as orange lights that entered into a red spiral.
"Indestructible Insect Paragon, begin the slaughter and wreak havoc on the outer world!" Batal chanted. "Xyz Summon! Shriek, Insectagon Braineater!" A large insect beyond description appeared, with large mandibles and a sharp syringe-like proboscis. Two orbs of light orbited it's form. (2300ATK/2100DEF)
"That's...pretty freaking scary." Allen whispered in shock.
"Braineater! Destroy that pathetic Mitos Guardian!" The insect charged, echoing a bloodthirsty shriek, and impaled the gelatinous humanoid, splattering him everywhere.
Allen chuckled.
"What's so funny?"
"Just take a look." Allen said, as the gobbets of his monster reassembled themselves into two smaller copies of itself.
"Wh...what is this?"
"When a Mitos Guardian is destroyed in battle, I can special summon up to two more of him from my deck!" (500DEFx2)
Batal squinted at Allen. "Turn over."
"Draw!" exclaimed Allen. "I summon Acrobat Mitos!" A cat-like warrior with claws, feline ears and tail, carrying a dagger appeared. (1500ATK/700DEF)
"Once per turn, my Acrobat Mitos can attack you directly at half strength! Attack!" The feline warrior lunged past Batal's giant bugs, and slashed him.
Batal-3250 Lp.
Batal felt his lower abdomen. That slash felt all too real. He drew his hand back, a thick, luminous purple fluid dripping from his fingers.
"Y...you filthy human! How dare you strike me!"
"I take it you don't run afoul of many Psychic Duelists." Allen smirked. "I can manifest my monsters attacks as physical phenomena. How do you like it?"
Batal's eyes bulged. "Don't you mock me! Just end your turn!"
Allen placed a card into his Disk's Spell & Trap Zone. "Your turn."
Batal drew again. "I again activate Beetle Blaster's effect!" He put the card into the discard area. Howling Insect appeared and was loaded into the cannon. It fired and shot one of the cards in Allen's hand. He discarded it.
"Now I'll use my Braineater to attack your Acrobat Mitos!" The tremendous insect charged, aiming to stab the cat-warrior with it's probocis.
"I activate Acrobat's ability!" Allen announced. "I can make your attack a direct one, but it's a halved damage blow too!"
Insectagon Braineater stabbed Allen's stomach.
Allen-2850 Lp.
"You fool! I activate my monster's effect! By removing an Overlay Unit, I can gain Life Points equal to the damage he just dealt you!"
The Insect absorbed one of the two orbs and Batal glowed with light.
Batal-4400 Lp.
"Beetle Blaster! Destroy a Mitos Guardian!" The cannon-backed beetle fired a laser bolt, reducing the slime being to a puddle.
"It is...your move."
"Draw!" Allen cried. "I activate Polymerization! This will merge my remaining Mitos Guardian with Acrobat Mitos to create Amalgam Mitos!" The slime being and the cat-like warrior swirled together in a vortex to create a blue-skinned draconic warrior with a spiked mace, and three sets of wings. (2600ATK/2200DEF)
"A Fusion Summon!" Batal chuckled. "Heh-heh-heh. How quaint."
"That's right, laugh it up. When Amalgam Mitos is successfully fused, I can add a Level six or higher monster from my deck to my hand." A card ejected from his deck, and he took it.
"Amalgam Mitos! Attack Insectagon Braineater!"
The draconic warrior flew at the hellish bug, and slammed it's head with the mace it carried.
"I activate my Trap!" Batal shouted. "Impenatrable Attack!" A card showing a female heroic figure leaping in to protect a male hero from an attack appeared. "Now thanks to this, I can either prevent myself from taking battle damage, or prevent my monster's destruction! I think I'll go with the latter."
A spinning energy barrier appeared, blocking the attack. Batal still shrunk back from the shockwave.
Batal-4100 Lp.
"Fine. The turn's through."
"I draw!" exclaimed Batal. He took the card in hand and smirked. "Looks like it's time for me to give you a little treat...I'll show you a beautiful thing that puts anything that a human like you can do to shame!" He held the card up high. "I activate the Spell Card Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force!"
"That card!" gasped Allen.
"That's right! The signature card we use as our insignia! I rebuild the Overlay Network using Rank four Braineater!" The huge insect became an orb of red light that was engulfed in darkness, as reels of film encircled it.
"Barian power born of chaos, visit your judgement on this world of filth! Go Chaos Xyz Evolution!" An image of a red door with a fiendish face on it appeared. It was swathed in chains but it burst open, regardless, as red energy exploded.
A new insect appeared on Batal's field. It was larger, and more mechanical looking than Braineater, and bore missile launchers on it's flanks. It's wings were lit aflame as they fluttered madly. Two crest-like Overlay Units bordered it, with metal casings containing red lightning. (2900ATK/2300DEF)
"Behold the majesty of Chaos Xyz Insectagon Beasteater!" The Barian yelled. "And now I use his ability! If he has Braineater as a Chaos Overlay Unit, I can expend one of them to forfeit his attack for the turn, and destroy one Monster on the field, inflicting it's attack points in damage to both players!" The corrupted Unit disappeared in sparkles of light, as the monster reared it's head, and spat a corrosive acid-like substance, which hit Amalgam Mitos, who shrieked, before exploding.
Allen and Batal grunted as the shards of the creature assailed them.
Allen-250 Lp.
Batal-1500 Lp.
"Seems you've reached the end of your rope, human!" Batal laughed. "Now, take this and die! Beetle Blaster direct attack!" The cannon wielding insect aimed it's blaster at Allen.
"Oh no!" One of the bystanders cried.
The bolt of energy discharged, barrelling across the duel field at Allen.
"From my graveyard..." the human began before rising at glaring at Batal. "I activate the ability of Necro Gardna!"
In an orb of purple light, a white-haired warrior with armor appeared. "Thanks to this, I can negate that attack!" The ghostly figure swatted the energy blast away before vanishing.
"So you make it out okay for one turn..." said Batal. "But with only 250 Life Points, you won't last long. Turn end!"
Allen closed his eyes, and drew his card. He looked at it, and smiled.
"Barian. It's over."
"Well of course it is!" Batal growled. "Just look at the stats!"
"No. I mean it's over for you." Allen continued, holding up a pair of cards, as two more slots opened up on either end of his Duel Disk. He showed the two cards, which shocked Batal.
"I...I've never seen cards like that!"
"Of course you haven't. It's a new type that you don't have access to! So without further ado, using Scale 1 Blazeborn Magician and Scale 7 Waterspout Magician, I set the Pendulum Scale!" He placed the two cards in the new zones on either side of his Disk.
Two columns of light erupted into existence. In the first, a female spellcaster wearing red Egyptian motifs, and carrying a staff with a small blaze lit on the tip. The second column bore another female mage with blue Grecian robes, with a translucent azure veil over her face, and carrying a staff with a bubble on the end.
The two ascended into the air inside of the columns, as two numbers appeared under them. The numbers one and seven.
The image of a pendulum swinging back and forth appeared in the sky.
"Swaying destiny now be guided by the just hand!" chanted Allen. "Power of the spirit, be harnessed by the will of humanity! Pendulum Summon! Appear, my monsters!"
A portal opened between the magicians, and five lights flew out, each taking a solid form.
"Hope Mitos!" A small fairy with pearly white skin, golden flowing hair, wearing a fancy green coat, with matching skirt, and carrying a trumpet. (300ATK/300DEF)
"Mitos Vanguard!" A jackal-headed warrior with a longsword appeared. (1800ATK/1200DEF)
"And I believe you've already met my three Mitos Guardians!" The three gelatinous organisms reappeared. (0ATK/500DEFx3)
"What is the meaning of this!?" Batal demanded.
"This is a Pendulum Summon! A method of Special Summoning multiple monsters from ones hand or that are face-up in the Extra Deck," described Allen. "When a Pendulum Monster would be sent from the field to the graveyard, it's placed in the Extra Deck instead. I believe that's all the explanation you're going to get.
"I'm NEVER going to use the Xyz that you Barians have tainted!
"And by the way, the Pendulum Effect of Blazeborn Magician activates. Whenever I Pendulum Summon a monster, you're blasted with two-hundred points of damage per monster!"
The magician aimed her staff, and shot a small ball of fire at Batal, who stumbled backward.
Batal-500 Lp.
"So what!? I should tell you a little secret! Whenever I control my CXyz Insectagon Beasteater, HE'S the only Insect you can attack, so don't think you can get out of this by attacking Beetle Blaster!"
"Well that's fine by me, because he's going down," said Allen. "Level 2 Hope Mitos tunes two of my Level 3 Mitos Guardians!"
The fairy put her lips to her trumpet and blew, issuing a call to arms, before flying into the air and becoming two motes of light, which then became green rings that encircled the two slimy creatures, each of them becoming three stars.
"O ruler of the realm of speed, come to my aide and smite these unwelcome invaders of your domain!" chanted Allen. "Synchro Summon! Come soaring from the plane of swiftness, my Duel Dragon! Roar, Blue Horizon Dragon!"
In a flash of green light, a large, scale-less dragon with blue hide, violet eyes, and massive silvery wings appeared. It had no horns to be spoken of, but it's body was in a somewhat stream-lined shape. It seemed to be a cross between a Western-style and an Eastern-Style dragon. (2500ATK/2100DEF)
"I...I've never seen that type of summoning before either!" cried Batal.
"It was a Synchro Summon," said Allen. "A summoning technique linked to the human spirit. Get ready, Barian. This is the power of humanity!"
"Feh!" Batal scoffed. "Then I'll just have to crush humanity under my heel!"
"That's not happening today! Blue Horizon Dragon! To battle!" The dragon flew into the sky above it's master.
"You're going to attack my Beasteater with a weaker monster?"
"He's not going to be weak for long! Reveal the face-down card! Ego Boost!" His facedown flipped up, a card depicting Lava Battleguard recoiling from the sight of a massive confident figure rising up behind a diminutive superhero. "This increases his attack power by 1000 points!" (2500-3500ATK)
"And when Blue Horizon battles an Xyz Monster, he gains 200 attack points for each Rank star it has. That monster's effect is also negated!" Blue Horizon Dragon roared as it flew higher. (3500-4500ATK)
"Now attack! Godspeed Flash Descent!" Allen commanded. The monster shrieked, flying down at Batal's Beasteater Insect, spinning halfway through the attack. It rammed through Beasteater, causing it to shatter upon impact.
Batal wailed as he was blown back, reverting back to his human disguise. He grunted as he collided with a wall.
Batal-0 Lp.
Allen laid a hand on Blue Horizon Dragon as it landed next to him. The dragon looked to him with a soft growl.
"One more victory, friend." Allen whispered as it disappeared. He started walking up to Batal, hoping to kick him while he was down. It wasn't an honorable move, but he hated the Barians with all his heart. To him, they weren't worthy of being shown any respect.
It wasn't to be, as a portal opened behind Batal.
Allen scowled as another figure appeared. It was a much taller man with a strong jaw, and cold blue eyes, wearing a black trenchcoat, leather gloves and boots.
"Hmph. Seems Batal got more than he bargained for." He scooped the Barian up and slung him over his shoulder. "He'll have to go inside a healing crystal for a while."
"HEY!" Allen roared. "Don't you turn your back on me!" He held up a Spell Card- an old one called Hinotama. A fireball flew from the illustration on it, directly at the two aliens.
Unfortunately, the two dissolved into light and entered the Overlay Network as it closed. The fireball flew off harmlessly into the sky.
"Damn it." Allen cursed. "Alright, you're safe for now, but next time we meet, you're going down."
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The other Barian, which had taken Batal laid him into a crystalline stasis chamber.
"Hmm...Pendulum, and Synchro...these two strange summoning abilities require analysis. Such strange things these humans are capable of.
"No matter. They will yield their world to us. Or they will perish..."
As he monologued, dozens of robed figures surrounded him. They all raised their Barian's Force cards.
"For the glory of Barian!" They all shouted.
The first battle has come to a close, but the war is just beginning.
Card Index
Beetle Blaster
Level 4/EARTH/Insect/Effect/1100ATK/1500DEF
You can discard one Insect-Type Monster from your hand, then destroy one card in your opponent's hand. This is not treated as discarding the opponent's card.
Mitos Guardian
Level 3/WATER/Aqua/Effect/0atk/500def
When this card is Normal Summoned, switch it to face-up defense position. If this card is destroyed by battle, Special Summon up to two more "Mitos Guardian" from your deck.
Insectagon Paratrooper
Level 3/EARTH/Insect/Effect/900ATK/1000DEF
When this card is Normal Summoned, Special Summon one Level 4 "Insectagon" monster from your deck. While you control an "Insectagon" monster other than "Insectagon Paratrooper" this card's Level is treated as 4.
Insectagon Brigadier
Level 4/EARTH/Insect/Effect/1400ATK/1100DEF
When this card attacks a monster, increase it's ATK by 500.
Insectagon Braineater
Rank 4/EARTH/Insect/Xyz/Effect/2300ATK/2100DEF
2 Level 4 Insect-Type monsters
When this card inflicts direct damage to your opponent's Life Points, you can detach one Xyz Material; gain Lp equal to the damage inflicted.
Acrobat Mitos
Level 4/EARTH/Beast-Warrior/Effect/1700ATK/500DEF
You can halve this card's ATK until the End Phase of this turn; it can declare a direct attack. If this card is targeted for an attack, you can change it to a direct attack. If so, apply half the attacking monster's ATK as battle damage.
Amalgam Mitos
Level 9/DARK/Dragon/Fusion/Effect/2600ATK/2200DEF
2 or more "Mitos" monsters.
Apply the following effects depending on the number of monsters used for this card's Fusion Summon:
2- When this card is Fusion Summoned, add one Level 6 or higher Monster from your deck to your hand.
3- This card gains 800ATK
4-When this card deals battle damage to your opponent, draw two cards.
5 or more-This card is unaffected by other card effects.
These affects accumulate.
CXyz Insectagon Beasteater
Rank 5/DARK/Insect/Xyz/Effect/2900ATK/2300DEF
3 Level 5 Insect-Type Monsters
While you control this card, your opponent cannot target other Insect-Type Monsters for attacks. If this card has "Insectagon Braineater" as Xyz Material, you can remove one Xyz Material from this card; target one monster your opponent controls; destroy it and inflict damage to both players equal to it's ATK.
Blazeborn Magician
Level 4/FIRE/Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect/1200atk/800def
Flavor Text: A young maiden that became a Spellcaster to protect the imperial throne. She, along with her sister Waterspout, though polar opposites, are an unbeatable force when together.
Pendulum Effect: If this card is in your blue Pendulum Zone when you Pendulum Summon a Monster, inflict 200 damage to your opponent x the number of monsters summoned.
Waterspout Magician
Level 6/WATER/Spellcaster/Pendulum/600ATK/1500def
Flavor Text: A young maiden that became a Spellcaster to protect the imperial throne. She, along with her younger sister Blazeborn, though polar opposites, are an unbeatable force when together.
Pendulum Effect: If this card is in your red Pendulum Zone, Pendulum Monsters sent from your hand or deck to the graveyard are placed face-up in the Extra Deck instead.
Hope Mitos
Level 2/LIGHT/Fairy/Tuner/Effect/300ATK/300DEF
Flavor Text: A sprite that supports those who seek a better world. She longs to be friends with everyone.
Mitos Vanguard
Level 4/EARTH/Beast-Warrior/Effect/1800ATK/1200DEF
While you control this card, if a "Mitos" monster battles a defense position monster your opponent controls and destroys it in battle, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.
Blue-Horizon Dragon
Level 8/WIND/Dragon/Synchro/Effect/2500ATK/2100DEF
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
When this card battles an Xyz Monster, that monster's effect is negated, and this card gains 200ATK x that monster's Rank.
Next chapter: Another young man accepts an invitation to meet a mysterious duelist in a secluded bunker three miles below the Earth's surface, but there is more danger than he realizes. Be here for Chapter 2: Dragon Seeker!
