Donjusticia's Author Note:This story IS NOT mine. It belongs exclusively to CorinnetheAnime, who has asked me to publish her work on my account and continue adding to the story under her careful supervision. Thank you for this honor, Corinne. It has been a true delight to read your work, and it an even greater delight to write for you. For all of you new to this series, please give all credit to this work to CorinnetheAnime, who is the true author and creator.
To those who have read this story before, CorinnetheAnime and I have made one small edit to this prologue, but which will have a significant impact on the plot of the rest of the story. So watch out for that and please leave a review so that CorinnetheAnime can receive some helpful feedback.
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Very New Author's Note:More edits made on November 13, 2016. This time, I just added a couple more lines, removed the time stamp, and fixed up some grammar. That's all. :)
New Author's Note:Alright, so this particular page/chapter was edited on August 5th, 2016. I did say that I would eventually go back and redo/edit some parts of the earlier chapters...otherwise, there would be a few problems with it. Considering that I wrote this over...seven months ago, well...I am quite amazed to see how the writing and style has improved. So, enjoy the edited version! :)
Old Author's Note:This is CorinnetheAnime. It's been a while since I've published anything. In reality, this is my 9th story, not my first, okay? I have done some Danny Phantom, Gravity Falls, and Big Hero 6 stories in the past (I was actually the first person to write a BH6/DP crossover, but nobody probably remembers that by now).
Anyway, here is a story that has been in my head for a while (like for 3 months). Hope you enjoy it! :)
This takes place in the future (making it AU), after Yuya and the others entered the Synchro Dimension. Yuya has absorbed Yugo (just go with it), but not Yuri (he returned to the Fusion Dimension). This story takes place in the Fusion Dimension, but not in Academia. More will be revealed later. :)
Warning: This story has some violence (implied), angst, and threats/death.
To my companions, or to any who might find this letter, I will probably be long dead. However, with this last will, this last letter, I do leave with condolences.
My friends, my family, forgive me for my actions. I know that I am not a forgiving person, nor do I deserve forgiveness for my horrible past. I still wonder every day how I have such good and loyal friends as you guys, friends that stood beside me in times of darkness and terror, friends that lifted each other up and encouraged each other. You were all like my new family, as strange as that is. You all were truly the light in my otherwise dark life.
Johan, Asuka, forgive me for not being a good friend. I only wished to make things right once more, to end this war we're in, to bring peace to our homes. But all I had brought to you was war, pain, suffering, death. You didn't deserve this. We could've fled to the mountains, away from Academia, away from everything...but I wanted to fight. My own stubbornness placed us all into danger day after day, and I deeply regret my actions and choices.
I am truly sorry, but it probably doesn't matter now.
To Joho...well, I guess this was it. I don't know if you'll ever get to read this, but if you do, I'll write out my true feelings here. Ever since we met in Academia, I had this strange...connection with you, a spark, so to speak. I didn't know that that little spark would ignite into full-fledged feelings of passion and infatuation...no, it was deeper than that, much deeper.
It was love. And I...I can't really express it, but I saw you more than just a brother or friend. It has come to me after all this time, after nights of confusion of how to express this warm feeling, and of days passing by with the ever-gripping fear of rejection or betrayal, that...that I now realize that I love you.
Thank you for being there with me. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to tell you, but, at least, I had you by my side. The only thing I ask of you is to keep on living, in remembrance of me. Thank you for being with me since the very beginning.
And I'm sorry about not telling you about your father. I do hope that, one day, once you learned of the truth...that you would find it in your heart to forgive me.
And to my brother...well, if you ever do read this, do know that even if we are on opposite sides, even if we are enemies, even if one or both of us faced death, please do know that no matter what, deep down in my heart...I love you so much. If only I had the strength to tell you that to your face, but that was probably my own stubbornness, hatred, and pride getting in the way.
Please forgive me, brother. And whatever you do, there is only one thing I ask of you: please have peace in your heart and a smile on your face, just like the one you used to have when we were younger.
I knew that it would end like this, sooner or later. And as such, before I leave, I ask this for everyone who reads this: please live your lives with joy and happiness. Reunite with your families and your loved ones, and be a voice of freedom and hope for those who are still hurting inside. Make the future a bright one, Academia or no Academia.
And one last thing: forget everything about or involving me, but please forgive me. Thank you all for teaching me how to be me again. Especially you...my little brother.
I will miss you all so much.
~L
It was a normal and peaceful day over the bustling lakeside city: the sun was shining its warm, bright rays over all, the birds were singing their melodious songs, filling the air with beautiful music. After a long day of school, the children were playing and dueling each other, laughing and enjoying the peace.
But it was a short-lived moment of joy...for little did they know of the tragedy fast approaching...
In the middle of a fenced and cemented area, surrounded by multi-colored brick buildings and paved roadways, stood two children in particular, playing a very special kind of game: Duel Monsters. One was a young girl with purple eyes and hair, the ends and bangs flowing rapidly in the soft breeze. She wore a simple white t-shirt and shorts, and her feet were completely bare.
The other kid was a boy who appeared even younger than her, his teal green eyes and lighter blue hair also fluttering in the wind. He wore a yellow t-shirt and khaki shorts, and his feet, unlike hers, were covered in a pair of comfortable sandals. Not that she minded.
They were all alone in the wide and empty alley, a somewhat remote, yet clean place, surrounded by a short fence barely taller than the girl's brother, a place where they could ignore the bustling and beeping of traffic that sounded and honked in the distance. They were enveloped in their little game, the older girl acting as a "wise" mentor to the younger boy...
"Come on, little brother, you can do this!" the young girl, who appeared around the age of eight, called to her sibling, giving him a large smile and a thumbs up for encouragement. She had confidence in her brother's remarkable abilities, and hoped that he would be able to achieve the next step in his dueling.
I know you can...
The boy shot her a quick pout before looking through his cards, his face scrunched in determination with his tongue sticking out. Widening his fingers a bit, his teal eyes lit up as he noticed one card in particular, just hidden out of view beneath the others.
Shooting a smirk to his sister, he slapped it on his duel disk blade, watching as the machine hummed and the monster appeared before him, flapping its little wings. Now he had two monsters on his field in comparison to his sister's one. He smirked to himself at his accomplishment, looking up at his sister's amethyst eyes in pride.
"Here I go!" he cried before he grabbed another card from his hand and showed it to his sister, whose smile widened even more at the sight of it. "I ACTIVATE THE SPELL, POLYMERIZATION!"
"Please work, please work," the boy silently pleaded as the card's effects activated, his two monsters fusing together in a swirl of yellow-and-blue light. His Extra Deck opened up, revealing another card. His eyes widened and his smile grew even larger.
I FUSION SUMMON! COME FORTH, MY MONSTER!" the boy cried, summoning the new monster on the field as the swirling lights faded away. The monster was revealed to be a somewhat darker, demonic form of its fusion counterparts, but he was proud of his achievement nonetheless. And so was his sister, judging by the proud look in her eyes, not fazed by the Fusion monster's appearance.
That was amazing!
"Great job, bro, on your first Fusion Summon!" she complimented him genuinely. He beamed brightly and then continued the turn, ordering his monster to attack hers. The duel wasn't over just yet.
Her monster was quickly destroyed, lowering her life points even more. However, despite the fact that her brother had performed a spectacular Fusion Summon, she still had a few tricks left up her sleeve.
Flashing a sly grin of her own, she cried, "I activate the effect of my monster! If it's destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, I draw two cards!" She then did so and looked at them, her purple eyes widening.
"Even so, that won't save you from what I'm about to do!" the boy called, pointing to his monster. "I activate my monster's effect! If it successfully destroys an opponent's monster in battle and sends it to the Graveyard, that monster is then equipped to mine and it raises my monster's attack points by a thousand!"
The girl gave a startled gasp as her monster appeared in an apparition from the Graveyard, flying towards her brother's monster and making it glow and grow to a larger size than before. However, the awe was soon replaced with laughter ringing through the air. Her brother raised an eyebrow at her from this.
"Why are you laughing?" he questioned with curiosity.
"I'm having so much fun with this duel, aren't you?" This was her answer as she continued to giggle extensively, making her brother join in on the moment. He agreed with her; this was a lot of fun.
"Yeah, I love dueling!" he replied, hugging his sides tightly while he continued to laugh.
After a few moments of laughing and enjoying their time together, the girl wiped some tears from her eyes before she returned her focus to the duel. "This is so great! But unfortunately, you already attacked, so you have to end your turn now!"
Her brother pouted again as he realized that she was right; he couldn't attack anymore. "I end my turn," he declared in a low mumble, not setting any cards. His sister raised an eyebrow at this.
Placing her fingers on her deck, she drew, looking at the card from the corner of her eye. She grinned widely. "I hate to say this, but it's the end, brother! I activate the Spell card, POLYMERIZAT—!"
"KIDS, KIDS! THERE YOU ARE!" A sharp cry rang through the air, alerting the two children and taking their attention away from the duel...to see their mother coming towards them from behind the fence, tears streaming from her eyes. "WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!"
"Wha—what's going on, mother?" the boy asked, deactivating his duel disk, the girl doing the same as they ran to their maternal figure.
After approaching them, the latter held them close to her for a moment before grabbing their arms and running out of the empty area and back towards the house. Her children grew very worried and anxious as the once calm, peaceful silence was suddenly permeated by the terrible sounds of people weeping and police sirens blaring.
But soon, both the sirens and crying eventually gave way to multiple screams and shrieks of terror ringing in the sky as throughout the city, multiple sounds of something large and mechanical rumbled through the streets. The girl glimpsed to her right briefly, watching with horrified eyes as the skyscrapers in the distance were covered in a cloud of smoke and fire...
Something was wrong...something was very, very wrong. It took her only a few moments to figure out what was happening as a large robot suddenly appeared from the smoke, marching loudly as the skyscrapers slowly crumbled and fell to the earth as dust.
Academia. They were under attack by Academia...
The boy started to cry as the girl questioned her mother continuously. "What's going on? Why are they here? Why now? Why are we running? Where's Miu? Where's father?"
There was a moment of silence as a single tear trailed down her mother's cheek, shaking her head solemnly. The girl refused to believe the implication of her sorrow.
"Mom...no, it can't be! Where are they? Wher—?"
"He's gone, Lydia, and your sister too. They were taken by them." The mother stifled a sob, and the girl, who was named Lydia, widened her eyes as hot tears streamed down her cheeks. Her brother, upon hearing the heartbreaking news as well, bawled even louder.
What? They were carded?!
"Come on, kids! We're almost...there..." The mother faltered in her words and came to a sudden stop, her eyes widening in fear and horror at the terrifying sight in front of her. Her kids took a peek from behind her back and all stood frozen in shock, the boy's whimpers still continuing.
Their house, their simple home that once stood proudly...was utterly flattened to the ground. Standing on top of the debris and the remaining pieces was a large and scary monster, a dog-like mechanical creature. The owner on top of its head soon took notice of the mother and children and began advancing towards them, a maniacal smile plastered beneath his silver Obelisk Force mask.
But his silver badge that gleamed on the left part of his uniform revealed that he was a part of the Drafting Forces, the faction in Academia that scoured both towns and cities in search of new recruits, which consisted of strong and healthy children and sometimes even young adults. But they would always draft with force and take what they could get, usually burning down the places and eliminating anyone who dared try to resist them. Nothing but destruction was left in their path.
They were incredibly merciless and extremely cruel, a true scourge upon mankind even though they claimed that they were for the Fusion Dimension and its people. The mere mention of them on someone's lips would send shivers down anyone's spine...
And they were now in their hometown.
Lydia froze in fear, cold sweat running down her face; they were here...but why? Why now? Didn't they have enough soldiers in Academia? Why, why did they always need more each day? Why did the Professor want them? Was it all some sort of twisted game to him? Messing with peoples' lives, taking children away from parents, dividing families forever?
It wasn't right! It wasn't RIGHT! What they were doing WASN'T RIGHT!
"Hello, madam," the man greeted condescendingly as the monster bent down to its knees to let his master off. He continued to walk towards them, his duel disk gleaming ominously amidst the flames of burning homes. "On orders of the second Professor, the Drafting Forces, and on the behalf of the future of our world, I hereby ask that you hand your children over. Academia needs more recruits to protect this world. This is an order."
The woman trembled in fear of the monster's presence, but she nevertheless stood protectively over her two children with a shaky display of courage, spreading her arms over them as if to shield them from the man's evil. "No, you are only bringing pain and suffering to this city. If you want to get to my children, then you'll have to do it over my dead body."
The soldier smirked at this as his duel disk grew even brighter. "Very well, as you wish. That can easily be arranged."
Lydia widened her eyes.
No.
The siblings could only watched in horror as the light then enveloped the mother and her entire body, making her slowly disappear with a cry of alarm.
NO!
Lydia hugged her crying brother as the man drew a card from his duel disk, showing it to the kids and shaking it.
Why?
"Don't worry, your mother is safe in here," he stated in a flat monotone, flinging the card at the kids. Lydia bent down and picked it up, her eyes burning and watering with tears at the sight of their mother on it. A strange sense of anger washed over her form as she looked up at the soldier, her face twisted in sadness and rage.
Mother...she's gone.
"WHY?!" she yelled at the top of her lungs, tears streaming from her purple eyes. She didn't understand why the soldier would do such a cruel and inhuman thing to them. "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?! WHY DID YOU TAKE OUR PARENTS AWAY?! WHY?! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!"
The soldier chuckled and replied impassively, "It's like I told your mother, little girl. Academia needs more recruits. Academia needs you and your brother to fight in order to ensure the safety of this world from any possible dangers. However, those who oppose this rule become a danger, a threat to this world, such as your parents. They opposed and fought us, so we had to make sure that they wouldn't interfere again."
She stopped at his words. He killed their mother...because she was in the WAY?! What kind of emotionless MONSTER was HE?!
"WHAT?!" she shouted, her fists trembling with rage. Without thought, she instinctively rushed toward the soldier with her hand drawn back, seeking to punch his face and avenge her dead parents, but his monster stepped forward and knocked her off her path with a backward swipe of its paw. The force sent her flying towards some of the sharper debris of the ruined house.
Her brother watched the scenario unfold in complete alarm. "No...SISTER, NOOO!"
CRACK!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Her agonizing howl went through deaf ears to the soldier as he gave an impassive look in her direction. Shrugging his shoulders, he ordered his monster towards her location to grab her as he turned back to the boy, who stood quivering and shaking in fear. His teal eyes were locked in his sibling's direction, widening at the horrific sight.
"Sister..."
Her body...or, well, what was left of it...it was like staring at a horror show. The boy shivered visibly, forever scarred from what just happened before him.
He had just witnessed his parents and his sister die right before his eyes, the latter in a way too gruesome to describe. He was all alone, and no one else was around to help or save him from this fate.
"Lydia..." the boy whimpered sadly to himself in a quivering tone before he felt something metal wrapping itself around his waist, hoisting him up in the air. He shouted out a voice of alarm before shrieking and squirming, trying to escape from the monster's grip to no avail. The soldier laughed darkly as he climbed to the top of the monster's head.
"Don't worry, children. Consider it an honor that Academia has chosen you to fight for us. Soon, you will learn the truth and the true power of Fusion as well as the rewards for serving this dimension! Glory on the Academia!"
And that's it. I'm not saying who the boy is (unless you can figure it out). And yeah, Obelisk Force is downright evil...I'm glad Berserk Yuya beat some of them up. At least until Episode 89...*shivers*
The girl is my OC, so don't take her. Hope you like this story! More is coming soon! :) HAPPY NEW YEAR!