This world is filled with terrible and amazing things. Things that baffle even the hardest of skeptics. The sky was filled with ash and cries that night. The night where the world fell and monsters thrived. Not even humanity's most advance technologies could stop this fate. The largest tower burned brightly as monsters continue to appear from within it. Smoke choked the citizens as they fled in fear. Cards of various decks laid scattered on the ground. Some where stained with blood from the fallen duelists that were slayed by the monsters they come to love.
A blonde teenager wept over the sight of his slaughtered friends and family. Standing within the Kaiba building, he bared witnessed to the monster's escape into the human realm. Then a light within the horrifying darkness emerged.
Chapter I: The Enigma Appears
"Can you believe it?" Yugi asked as he held up the local newspaper. The small duelist glanced at his group of friends that sat near by. Honda and Otogi sat across from him while Anzu and Bakura sat on each side. Jou was a few seats behind him and his head rested against the desk. The blonde was softly breathing as he slept deeply. Yugi continued to speak to his friends that weren't asleep. The puzzle hung around Yugi's neck. It shined slightly in the sunlight. The day was warm and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. "Kaiba's company had discovered a new source of energy. Isn't that amazing?"
Anzu let out a happy giggle. "Now the world wouldn't need to burn through fossil fuels. I heard it's more clean that solar energy and more convenient." she explained. "I saw the press conference Kaiba had about it a few days ago." She paused and tried to recall what he stated. "It's going to advance humanity's technology greatly. Even the world of dueling will be affected. He did state it's still in testing phase though."
"Well I guess that will make the guy even richer now, huh?" Otogi asked with a light smile.
"No doubt." Honda replied. " Well I can't wait to see how the world will change because of it."
"Anzu" Yugi spoke up. "Do you recall what Kaiba is gonna call the new energy?"
"The Promise Land." she replied as she folded her arms. "He stated something about leading the human race to a bright and better future. "
"The name is dumb." Honda replied.
"Maybe but we can't over look the possibilities that this new power source could create." Yugi told with a smile. The sound of shuffling was heard behind him. The small duelist saw Jou's shoulders twitch. It appeared he was having a nightmare. "Jou?" He moved over and shook him gently. "Jou. Hey. Wake up."
The blonde stirred and lifted his head. "Huh?" he glanced around. His tired eyes laid on Yugi. "Hm? Yugi? How long was I sleeping for? "
"For the whole study hall period." Yugi replied. "You look like you were having a nasty dream."
"I don't know..." Jou rubbed the back of his head. He struggled to remember what his dream was about. "It felt pretty real though." he told. "Ah well." The class room door opened and Seto stepped through looking like he didn't want to be here.
"Kaiba came?" Anzu asked.
"Well, it is the first day of school. It's our last year after all..." Yugi told.
Jou looked disinterested. He laid his head back down on the desk and went back to sleep. Seto walked to his seat and looked exhausted. Yugi was worried and walked over to the tall brunet. "I didn't think you would come to school today."
Kaiba glanced at the tiny duelist. "Hm. Only here for first period then I have other work to do." he told bluntly. His blue colored eyes fell on Jou who was sleeping again. "What is wrong with the deadbeat?"
"He was out dueling I suppose. I guess late night duels is taking their toll on him." Anzu told.
"Don't tell me he is part of some underground dueling club." Kaiba asked.
"No. He just stayed up late dueling with his sister. She wanted to learn how to play and so he helped her build a deck and everything." Yugi told. "Kaiba. Can we talk about that new energy source your company found?"
Kaiba looked back at Yugi. "What about it?"
"Is it really as powerful as the media is saying it is? They say it has the power to change the world for the better. "
"It has a lot of potential. The promise land energy is still unstable, for now. Once perfected, it will advance mankind." Seto replied. "That is all I can say for now. Don't pester me about it." He looked away. It was annoying to deal with school things. Luckily, he only had to be here for first period.
Jou stirred and lifted his head. He stared in a daze out the window. His vision was blurry but he saw something that wasn't suppose to be there. It appeared to be a large black mass and Jou's brown eyes widen. "Wha?" he shot up shocking the students around him. The blonde moved to the window and there was something heading this way.
Yugi hurried over. "Jou? What is the matter?" he asked before turning and seeing that same black mass. It was getting bigger and bigger. It appeared to be a large bird like creature. Jou stared in shock before turning and yelling. "Everyone! GET IN THE HALL NOW!"
Everyone stared confused. The windows began to shake and so did the building. The students in the class room hurried out into the hallway as the large bird flew passed the window causing the glass to break. Screams from the students filled the hall ways as they fled from the danger. Yugi and everyone hurried out of the hallway and down the stairs.
"Where should we go? What is that thing!?" Anzu yelled as she ran. Yugi had transformed into Yami. He ran behind Bakura and Anzu. Otogi ran a head of them all. Honda was beside Yami. "Where is Jou and Kaiba?" he asked.
Honda looked around. "Shit! Did we get separated?" he glanced around as they kept moving with the crowd. He couldn't see Jou or Seto anywhere. The screams of the panic students silenced any attempts to call out. Everyone hurried out of the building and stared as the large bird circled around the school. It deem disinterested in the students that were outside.
Jou stirred when he heard someone's voice. "Wake up! Deadbeat! Wake up!" It was Seto. The brunet had been shaking the blonde. His shoulder had a large piece of glass in it. "Get up now! " he snapped. The blonde blinked and glanced around. The class room was in ruins of turned over desk and broken glass. Jou stared in shock as he got to his feet.
"Damn! What the hell was that thing?" He asked as Seto dragged him along. Jou ran beside him and the large bird let out a loud screech. It seemed to be following Jou. They hurried down the stairs. The bird flew beside the building causing the windows to burst. The CEO stumbled and fell down the steps with Jou. They both screamed as they landed. "Damn!" Jou snapped.
"Shit." Seto muttered as he held onto his wounded shoulder. Jou grabbed onto Seto's wrist and helped him. They began to hurry out of the building however the large bird was waiting for them. The pair stared wide eye before Jou retreated with Seto back inside the building. The bird let out another screech which sent them flying inside. It pushed it's way inside and began hissing at them both.
Jou sat in front of Seto and growled. "Get away, fuckin' bird. We aren't ya meal!" he snapped and threw some debris at it. "Shoo! Get outta here"! The debris did little to harm the gigantic bird beast. It hissed and glared at them both. The blonde let out a grunt but his eyes widen as he began to hear a voice coming from the large black beast. It's talons dug into the floor as it began to express a deep hatred for the pair.
"YoU aRE aN PoISoN ThAT MuST BE DeStrOyEd!" It spoke with a high pitched screech. It soon began to flap it's massive wings. Jou was forced back against the near by wall with Kaiba. The pressure of the wind hitting them was harsh. They both let out a few grunts. Debris began to fly towards them. A large piece of rubble began to fly at the two. Jou acted instinctively and pushed the brunet beside him to the ground. A shard from the rubble struck Jou in the back which knocked him unconscious. Blood began to seep through his school uniform. Kaiba let out a growl and brace for impact as another large piece began to fly their way. The impact never hit.
Seto opened one of his eyes and around them was a wall of brightly glowing swords. Footsteps echoed as a figure with long white hair doused in black attire walked right in front of the large beast. It stopped flapping it's mighty wings and became still. Yami managed to pushed his way into the school building. He stopped when he saw the beast stop moving and the swords that floated in the air. He knew those swords any where.
"The swords of revealing light?" he gasped. The ancient spirit stared stunned but snapped out of his shock and moved his way to the two pinned down by the debris. "Kaiba! Jou!" He hurried to where Jou laid still against the ground beside Seto. The CEO stared in shock still unsure to make of the situation. The white haired figure turned and stared at the three. His face was covered by a black leather mask that hid his right eye. The one not covered stared an icy blue.
" King of games." the figure spoke. His voice muffled somewhat but still could be understood just fine. "I wouldn't step out of the range of the swords if I were you or you will end up as bird food." he turned back to the bird monster. The beast let out a hiss of frustration. It shook the ground for a few moments and the black monster because to speak once again.
"HoW?! HoW ArE YoU HeRE!? YoU. ShoULD oF bEEn KiLLed! " the great beast screetched out but couldn't move due to the swords freezing it in place. The white haired figure dressed in all black shifted his weight and kicked some rubble out of the way. The man 's eyes narrowed and his icy glare locked gazes with the large bird monster.
" I'm too stubborn to stay dead. " the figure began. He lifted his arm and an duel disk shot from the side of his forearm. There was a deck withing it and in play was the spell card, Swords Of Revealing Light. The man drew the top card from his deck. "You're dead now, beast. I'll send you to the hell that you flew out of. " he placed a card onto the duel disk. A large dragon with huge white wings formed seemly out of thin air. Yami and Kaiba were awestruck at what had formed right in front of them. Kaiba, out of everyone present was the most shocked.
The brunet struggled to his feet. Blood poured from his open wound on his shoulder. The pain didn't matter as his icy blue eyes widen in shock. "How is this happening? How!?" he spat. In front of the three duelists was the Blue Eyes White Dragon. It let out a fearsome roar at the large black bird. The white haired figure with tan skin stood beside it. "Go to hell, feather face. " he told as he snapped his fingers. The Blue Eyes let out another roar and released a powerful attack. "White Lightning!" the mysterious man yelled out.
The large black bird let out one final screech as it was dissolved into nothing due to the large energy blast released by the white dragon. Yami stared in utter shock as did Kaiba. The figure turned and stared at them both. His icy stare was stoic and void of any real emotion. The CEO let out a growl. "You better start explaining everything now! Why do you have MY Blue Eyes White Dragon?" he spat. If this was some sort of sick joke, he wasn't laughing.
The swords faded and the figure touched the dragon's snout. He gave an affectionate pat before it too vanished back into the deck. The white haired man stared at the three of them before he moved towards Kaiba. "You." he began. "Stop the Promise Land project. Erase all the data and destroy it. It will only bring you nothing but pain." he told.
"Answer my damn question!" Seto demanded. "Why do you have my Blue Eyes White Dragon!?" The figure let out a sigh and turned. He began to walk away. His black coat floated behind him as he walked. He stopped in his tracks before turning to face the three duelists again.
"Heed my warning. Destroy the Promise Land project." he spoke before he kicked off the ground and jumped onto some debris before vanishing from any sight. Seto wanted to go after him but stopped as his shoulder began to really hurt. Yami helped steady the taller man.
"Forget about him for now. We need to get you and Jou to a hospital." Yami spoke. Seto glared at Yami for a moment before looking at the fallen blonde. He wasn't in good shape. The piece of debris was stuck deeply into his back. Police officers and other rescue workers poured into the building. Soon Jou and Kaiba was taken to the nearest hospital. There they were kept there over night and for questioning.