The Nightmare Duelist


Hello, anyone reading this. This fanfic was something of an oddball with a unique story outside of Yugioh Arc-V's plot. Also, this fanfic will have a lot, and I mean A LOT of created and innovative cards from me and a variety of authors in a different website with their permission. I hope that you can stay and enjoy.

As always, I don't own anything but the Oc's and some decks.


The sound of clacking of keys can be heard within a dark room. People can be seen typing away at something on their computers as they worked ferociously at their project. A well-dressed man walked into the dimly lit room and gathered some papers left on the counter of a desk. He gathered himself and walked up a flight of stairs to reach a room that looked down upon the people. There sat a man in front of a desk writing with a feather pen, eagerly writing and not noticing the guest that was present in front of him.

The man coughed. "Excuse me, sir?"

The man behind the desk looked up and saw him. Putting away his pen, he stretched and put away his papers. He looked straight into his eyes and gave a comforting smile. "Fancy meeting you here, Sylus. What brings you here in my humble abode?"

Slyus shifted uncomfortable in his place. He took out the reports he got before he went up and presented to him. "Sir, this concerns about the tournament you are planning to host."

The man laughed and smiled as if Sylus wasn't there. He blissfully wandered into his own world for a moment until he came back into reality. "Do you mean the Arc tournament? If this concerns the cost of the tournament then I already have that covered. We have many sponsors that graciously donated to our little project that we have more money than we need!"

Sylus didn't even grin as he walked up to the desk and placed the reports on it. "Sir, I'm flattered to hear that we have no financial problem to think about in the future but this concerns something else."

The man leaned in and his personality completely turned a 180 as his posture and aura pertains a serious demeanor. "What problem do we have, Sylus? As I recall, we didn't have any legal trouble in finding many talented duelists around the worlds. Unless, the government thinks that they can meddle in the affairs of our corporation. Have they forgotten the last time they meddled in our special affairs? It did went out with an excellent…bang so to speak.

Sylus sweated nervously and sat down on a nearby chair and recollected himself. "No, sir. It wasn't the government. I believe that we won't be bothered by them anytime soon. What bothers me is the selection of duelists that you had me and the rest of the trainers gather up and recruit for this grand tournament."

He took out several pictures from folders within his coat and placed it on the desk. He swayed his hand over many familiar faces. "These duelists seem to be created from the oddest of groups I have ever seen. From entertainers to revolution soldiers, to motorcyclists and murderers, I don't think this is a wise choice to gather such a group. Won't this catch the eye of the media? You know how ferocious they are for knowledge they crave."

The man simply just waved his response away and grabbed his deck from his desk. He shuffled it as he kept talking to him. "I believe the media will be silent over our selection of duelists. Also, Sylus, I believe that you forgot to acknowledge the raw skill and talent these people have. These duelists conquer the duel field as they masterfully crush their opponent with utmost ease. The master of an all new summoning type, Yuya Sakaki. The revolutionary soldier, Yuto. The steadfast duelist, Gogenzaka. The singing maiden, Yuzu Hiragi. The duelist prodigy, Reiji Akaba. And many other talented duelists." The man finished shuffling his deck and placed 5 cards face-down on his desk. "Come, join me for a little game, Sylus."

Pondering on the thought, he quickly moved to the front of the desk and hovered over the cards. He put on a questioning gaze. "I'm sorry, sir, but this is no time for a game. We still have many other things that I need to discuss to you about."

The man smiled as he shuffled the deck again and placed 2 more cards on the desk. "Then maybe a game can ease your worries, my friend."

Sylus thought about it but gave a sigh. "Alright, I'll play."

"Good, good." The man acknowledged. "By the way, what were you trying to say?"

Sylus gulped. "I just wanted to ask you about the other duelists you had me enlist in that tournament of yours"

The man pondered on the thought before he recognized what he meant. "Ah… those duelists. Steady your heart, Sylus. They won't mean you any harm. They just need a little…push in the right direction." The man gave a look to Sylus and gently smiled. "Pick a card, my friend. You know what rules this games entails."

Sylus picked up a card on the far right and laid it face-up on the desk. Sylus raised an eyebrow. "The Mask? Just what are you trying to pull? The Mask is the weakest character in the game!"

The man relaxed in his chair a bit. "Ah, the Mask. Symbolizing a hidden motive behind a sheltered face. Putting away their original intentions with a fake one. Settling in their character that they forget themselves entirely."


"HEY, YOU!" A regal but snobbish man yelled from the entrance to an allay way. He was yelling to a teen who was walking away from him with a relaxed fashion. He has black hair with a yellow stripe running down the side of his head. He also has cold blue eyes and tanned skin with a surrounding aura telling them to back off. He turned around to see who was yelling at him.

"You're going to pay for what you did to me and my honor as one of the Fusion Dimensions greatest duelists!" The man prepared his duel disk and the arm blade field appeared in front of him.

The teen just gave a smirk. "One of the Fusion Dimension's greatest duelists? What a load of bullshit. You can't even duel out of a barn shed." None the less, he prepared his duel disk and placed his deck in the duel disk's deck holster.

The man brightened with anger. "You're going to take back those words after I beat you!"

DUEL! They both chorused.

"I'll take the first move." The man proclaimed. "I summon Gladiator Beast Dimacari in attack position!" A bulky bull roared as he materialized into the duel field.

"Due to a Gladiator Beast on my field, I get to special summon my Test Tiger!" The man yelled. He slammed the card on the duel disk and an armored tiger appeared to the duel field, roaring at the opposition. The teen wasn't even fazed at all.

"Gladiator Beasts?" The teen commented and snickered. "Why are you using such a slow and easily destroyed archetype for someone your status? I thought you said that you were an "elite duelist"?"

Every word egged the man into a primal rage and began going berserk. "SHUT UP! I'll show you the power of my gladiators!"

"I'll tribute my Test Tiger to tag out my Dimacari and then special summon 1 Gladiator Beast from my deck." One card popped out from his deck, grabbed it, and placed it on the field. "I special summon Gladiator Beast Alexander (Light/6/2400/600)!" A lion warrior roared into the battlefield and stood proudly beside the man.

"I set 1 card face-down and end my turn."

The teen huffed. "A regal lion for a regal man. However, that doesn't matter in a duel but the duelist's skill and deck does! My turn, draw!" The teen drew his card and smirked. "I'll give you a front row seat to my deck. Don't bother begging as your fate is sealed."

"I first set two cards on my field and activate my field spell, Juggernaut Force City!" A giant floating city appeared above them and shadowed them in their presence. "Its effects shall appear when I need it and next, I activate my spell card, Double Summon."

"I assume you know its effects so I'll go on and summon my two monsters!" He placed two cards in his monster zone and the sound of mechanized gears began to be heard in the city.

"Come forth! Land Force-Series #1: Cluster and my Recon Force-Series #1: Swift Liger!"

A mechanical soldier appeared and unloaded himself with many weapons (Earth/4/1500/1800).

Right beside him, a small mechanized tiger pounced down from the city and landed in front of the teen (Light/2/800/1050).

The man laughed at his abysmal duo of cards on the field. "From that speech of yours, I thought I would be seeing high-level monsters with extreme ATK and DEF. Not some machines with power to crush a flea."

The teen just smirked, which irked the man a lot. "Don't just a monster with just their ATK power. That is the first mistake that you made in this duel. Cluster's effect activates!"

The mechanical soldier began talking to a radio and placed a drop marker on the ground. "When he is summoned, I get to special summon 1 "Force-Series" monster from my deck or hand in Atk or Def position. I choose my Rescue Force-Series #3: Spring Pegasus!" A majestic mechanical Pegasus appeared on top of the drop marker and raised its head high (Light/3/1200/800).

"So what? Another weak monster won't win this duel!" The man exclaimed, pointing at Spring Pegasus with laughter.

"Strike number 2! I activate my Liger's effect! When he's summoned, I randomly choose 2 cards in your hand and discard one and return the other to your deck. Which then is shuffled." Liger's turret on his back turned on and shot two cards in the man's hand. Grunting in annoyance, he sent those cards to the graveyard and his deck. "However, I won't be able to deal battle damage this turn."

The man smiled smugly, thinking that he could win this duel due to this teen's mistake. However, he saw the teen keep on his proud face and then directed his attention to his Spring Pegasus. "When he's summoned, I gain 200 life points for each monster I control! I control 3 monsters so I gain 600 life points."

The Teen: 4600 life points

The Man: 4000 life points

"Next, I activate my spell card, Dynamic Combination! I can special summon one Dynamic Force-Series monster from my extra deck and send the required materials to my graveyard from my hand and/or field."

"I choose my Cluster on the field and my Estella from my hand! Combine!"

The figure of another monster appeared briefly appeared until it got sucked into the portal above them as well as Cluster jumping in.

March, Oh Glorious soldier of hot steel. Explode thy battle field and conquer the land with your hard and cold exterior. Special Summon! Dynamic Force-Series: Heavy metal Soldier!" Chanted the teen. A heavy shadow appeared on the field and a heavy thud shattered the pavement they were standing on. A black metal machine stood up and prepared his minigun for battle (Earth/8/2800/2600).

"Due to him being summoned by Dynamic Combination, he gains 300 ATK and DEF until the end of this turn." The machine soldier roared and stood up more proud than before. (Atk: 2800/Def: 2600).

"Finally, I equip my two Force-Series monsters to him. Go! Mecha part reattachment." Swift Liger roared and Spring Pegasus neighed as they transformed themselves into gear and equipped them to Heavy Metal.

"That's impossible! Their union monsters! They can't equip both to one monster, you cheater!"

"Oh, contraire. My monster's effects doesn't tell me to only equip one but it also doesn't tell me that they can't be destroyed due to the usual bodyguard effect unions have."

"Now! Battle! Heavy Metal Soldier, attack his Alexander with Override Multi-shock!" Heavy Metal's eyes glowed as he revved up his minigun and shredded the man's monster pixels and dust. When the dust cleared, he saw that the man's monster was still there with an open trap card on the man's field.

"I activate Waboku. It negates battle damage and my monster's destruction." The man yelled triumphantly. I won't bother with tagging out my Alexander. With the remaining cards in my hand, I can win this duel the next turn. He looked at his cards and smiled maliciously. The teen didn't notice that he cheated and placed Laquari on top of his deck and with his final card in his hand, the teen shall lose.

Opponent's hand: Raigeki Next turn: Laquari

"I know activate my Spring Pegasus' union effect!" The man snapped backed to attention as the mechanical creature's gear began glowing and a hurricane swept away his Alexander back to his hand. What just happened! Thought the man.

"When an opponent's monster wasn't destroyed, I can send it back to your hand and I can grab 1 Force-Series monster from my graveyard to my hand." He ejected a card from his graveyard and grabbed it, showing it to his opponent. "I choose my Land Force-Series #1: Cluster!"

"I now end my turn." Calmly lowering his duel disk and sat down in one of the chairs in the alleyway.

The man was once again angered and annoyed at how this boy was treating him. That Vagabond! I shall have him ridiculed for this! But first… I set 1 monster face down and activate my spell card, Raigeki! This shall destroy your monster!" Ancient lightning descended from the sky and wiped out his field. The man eagerly waited until the dust cloud washed away. To his surprise, his monster was still there with one less set card from his backrow.

"I activated my field spell's effect! Once per turn, when a machine-type monster is about to be destroyed, I can negate the destruction. Making your Raigeki useless." The teen smiled proudly at the turn of events as he mockingly checked his hand for anything.

Growling with distaste, he ended his turn and hoped that the boy won't pull a monster now.

The teen stood up and drew his card. Smiling, he raised his hand and shouted: "Final Turn!" The man was shocked to say the least. Never in his life as a pro duelist that he would be defeated by this ruffian in 3 turns.

"You're bluffing! No one can pull off a 3 turn kill with your skill."

"Third strike! I summon Cluster back to the field!" The mechanical soldier appeared back to the field and placed his drop marker on the round. "With his effect, I can now special summon my Air Force-Series #2: Dragon Rider!" A knight riding a mechanical dragon appeared on the field. (Wind/6/1400/900). "When he's special summoned, I can add 2 Force-Series monster to my hand from my deck." Two cards stretched out and he took them with grace and care. He showed them to the opponent and revealed that he added another Dragon Rider and another "Series" monster.

"Now, I activate Rider's effect in my hand. I can discard him to special summon a wind monster from my hand or deck. Now arise! Air Space-Series Mk1 Yoma!" A mechanized warrior appeared down from the city above and effortlessly landed on the pavement with ease. (Wind/4/1900/1000)

"Next, I special summon my Spring Pegasus from my Heavy Metal Soldier. Transform!" The Pegasus gear came off of Heavy Metal and returned into the monster it originally was.

"Now! Battle! Cluster, attack with Armory Rampage!" Missiles launched from it' back and attack his face-down.

"Now, for the final attack! Go everyone, attack with Machine Overdrive Assault!" The rest of the monsters attacked as they pummeled the man to unconsciousness.

The Teen: 4600 life points

The man: 0 life points

Sighing that the duel ended, he picked up his cards and walked over to the unconscious man. Walking over him, he crouched down and whispered in his ear "I didn't even go all out on you. Be lucky you didn't experience any Nightmares today. That's how sad you are as a duelists." He got up and walked up but not until he spoke these words. "My name is Troa and know that you shall feast in the darkness."


"How did you win?" Remarked Sylus. He was astounded that he got beaten by his friend with The Mask card, the weakest card in the game as it virtually had no attack points.

"The Man behind the mask has hidden abilities that best be kept secret, my dear friend Sylus. The Mask proves to be an underdog in many situations as it masterfully warps the field into the controller's desires. But be careful, it shall be a dangerous sword if it is left unhandled."

"Now," The man swept the cards of his desk and added it back to his deck, shuffling it. He placed the usual five cards on the field until he place the deck to the side.

"Shall we play again?"


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