Hey, all. This is my first real fanfic in such a long time, and furthermore my first real Yu-Gi-Oh fanfic. After making some cards with the Yu-Gi-Oh Card Maker online and posting around in that site's forums, I saw people making fanfics with their cards that they made. I decided I really wanted to do the same. So, without further ado, I present to you all this fanfic: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Dusk and Dawn. Hope you stick around and read and also enjoy. Also, leave a review with your thoughts on this first chapter and anything else. Any feedback or constructive criticism or anything is heavily appreciated. Enjoy.
NOTE: Dawnhearts and Duskhearts are owned with me, along with the characters of Shade, Solara, and Dynamo. Everything else is pretty much in the hands of Kazuki Takahashi and Konami.
Several cries were made in the abandoned parking lot on the offset of town, isolated from everything else. There were yells of amazement and gasps of shock as the crowd formed itself in the formation of a circle around the main attraction; the duel at hand.
"Who is this loser?! Destroy him, Dynamo!" a cry went off from the distant back, cheering on one of the duelists.
Another yell made its way quickly, supporting the distant yell. "Dynamo has this in the bag! Get 'em, Dynamo! Show 'em the real power of dragons!"
An overconfident blue-haired teenager cocked a smile, holding up his Duel Disk which gleamed against the shining sunlight with its vibrant blue colors. "I'll teach you to stay out of my turf! It's a duel!"
The other duelist simply lowered his rectangular golden-tinted glasses, revealing his equally golden eyes as he looked on to his opponent. A gust of wind flew by, shifting his neck-length silver hair and the collar of his black coat which was covering the sides of his face. He strapped on his Duel Disk which had that of a black and white design and was fairly square. As it started up, a robotic voice spoke up. "Duel Mode activated."
The blue-haired teen laughed, scratching his nose a bit. "Heh, just cause it talks doesn't mean it'll beat me! You're facing the explosive Dynamo here! Let me hear my pack roar!"
An intensive upstart of yelling set off from over half of the audience and several hats were thrown in the air.
The silver-haired man spoke up quietly in response, pushing his glasses up with his free gloved hand. "Since you challenged me, I will take the first turn. Draw."
Shade: 4000 / Dynamo: 4000
Both of them drew their five card starting hands and then Shade drew one more for the turn. He took a close, long look at his hand and then grinned to himself slightly beneath the collar of his coat.
"I'll activate Foolish Burial." Shade said with a calm tone as he placed the card on the field. "It'll let me send one monster from my deck to the Graveyard. I'll send Dawnheart – Zaritas the Pure (LV4/1700/1000)."
A small tombstone appeared on the field as a hand reached up, clinging for hopeless life before sinking down again as Shade grabbed the card from his deck and slipped it into the Graveyard. The tombstone vanished as the deck shuffled itself in its locked position.
Shade spoke up again, holding up a card. "I'll activate a monster effect. By removing from play a Dawnheart monster in my Graveyard, I can Special Summon Duskheart – Wing the Torrent (LV5/2200/1200) from my hand. I'll remove Zaritas from play."
The card in the Graveyard quickly ejected itself to a secondary holding compartment as a flutter of black feathers appeared on the field, spinning rapidly. The feathers flew up into the air and scattered, revealing a human-like creature, donned in black armor with dark metallic wings and a shining blue double-handed sword in his hand.
Shade moved two cards to his field, looking down at them. "I'll play two cards face-down and end my turn."
Dynamo threw out a laugh as he drew his card for his turn. "Dawnhearts? Duskhearts? They sound like trash! You really think those retarded cards can destroy me?! Hah! I'll summon Exploder Dragon (LV3/1000/0)!"
A medium-sized dragon flew in on the scene, landing quietly. Blue in color with sharp claws and edged wings, it held a small spiked egg in its hands, clawing at it slightly. Its crimson eyes pierced through Wing and straight to Shade.
Shade's eyebrow rose a little bit, thinking aloud. "A suicide plan, huh?"
Dynamo had to crack another laugh at his remark, shaking his head as he began to lift up one card in his hand. "Trust me; I've got more than that! I'm removing from play my Exploder Dragon to Special Summon Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon (LV10/2800/2400)!"
The crowd began to cheer even more as Exploder Dragon vanished from the field and a large piercing cry was heard. As black smoke exploded into the area and a quick gust of wind moved it throughout the entire area, red eyes gleamed brilliantly through the darkness as the roar went off again. The black mist cleared up, revealing an immensely large dragon covered in black and red metallic scales throughout. It let off yet another roar as the black clouds on the arena finally cleared up. With it in full view, the crowd went even crazier.
"That's it! The ace monster, out on the first turn!"
"There's no hope, you loser! Give up! Dynamo's going to stomp you flat!"
As the mighty dragon calmed itself, Dynamo held up another card in the air before placing it down. "Next up for my turn, I'll activate the Spell Card, Stamping Destruction!"
The Red-Eyes dragon began to fly up as Dynamo spoke up again. "If I control a Dragon-Type monster, I can destroy one Spell of Trap Card you control!"
Shade spit at the floor in annoyance as the mighty winged beast flew right over Wing and crushed the first set card he had placed. Mirror Force quickly found its way to the Graveyard.
"That's not all!" Dynamo quickly picked up again. "It also deals 500 points of damage to my opponent! Feel the incineration! Dark Flame Havoc!"
The towering dragon looked down to Shade before squinting its eyes and opening its mouth, letting out a terrifying stream of black and red fire all over Shade who was pushed back due to sheer amount of power within the attack, holding his arms up covering his head for a slight form of defense. "Tch…"
Shade: 3500 / Dynamo: 4000
Dynamo smiled widely, raising his hand. "I'm still not done, buddy! I activate my Red-Eyes' effect! Once per turn, I can Special Summon one Dragon-Type monster from my hand or Graveyard! I'll activate this effect now and Special Summon Red-Eyes Wyvern from my hand (LV4/1800/1600)!"
Another small black cloud of smoke went off into the area again, but this one was considerably smaller. A younger-sounding piercing cry went off as another metallically scaled winged dragon flew out from the darkness, standing next to its elder brother.
Dynamo threw his fist forward, pointing at Wing. "Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon attacks Duskheart – Wing the Torrent! Go! Dark Flame Havoc!"
The larger dragon quickly flew forth with a large burst of speed as its wings flapped effortlessly, collecting a large amount of flames in its open mouth as it stopped in front of Wing with its eyes shining. As the attack began to go off, Shade quickly raised his palm as his other face-down card flipped over. "I'll activate my face-down card, Heart Scatter."
In the next sudden moment, Wing had suddenly dispersed into dozens of black feathers, swaying in the wind, revealing a lone heart made of clear crystal. The flames of the Red-Eyes' attack hit the crystal heart only to be suddenly bounced back, darting its way around the dragons and straight towards Dynamo, covering him in the burning flames.
Dynamo screamed with sudden pain as the flames scorched him. "What the hell…?!"
Shade: 3500 /Dynamo: 2600
After the reflected attack, the heart shattered into a million pieces as the feathers rose up again, revealing Wing safe and sound.
Dynamo sighed with annoyance, catching his breath. "Care to explain this one…?"
Shade spoke up calmly as he placed the card in the Graveyard. "Heart Scatter activates when an opponent's monster declares an attack against a face-up Dawnheart or Duskheart monster I control. The attack is negated, and you lose Life Points equal to half of the attack power of your attacking monster."
Dynamo stayed quiet for a small while before speaking up. "Not like there's much you can do anyway…I'll place a card face-down and end my turn."
Shade drew a card from his deck, looking at it. "Guess that'll make it my turn then. I'll summon Dawnheart – Krelnos the Agile (LV2/800/1000)."
A quick cyclone of white feathers made its way to the arena, and as they dispersed, another human-like monster found its way to the field. It rapidly punched the air in front of it, doing practice jabs as it shook up its casual training attire akin to that of a high school uniform.
Shade wasted no time in his next plans, sure of what to do. "Duskheart – Wing the Torrent will attack your Red-Eyes Wyvern! Go, Wing! Aerial Slash!"
Wing quickly raised its sword as its dark metallic wings began to give off a black aura. Quickly flying forth, his sword began to shine as he neared the Red-Eyes Wyvern. This was when Dynamo quickly let out a loud laugh as his face-down card flipped over.
"I activate my Trap Card, Burst Breath!"
In an instant, Red-Eyes Wyvern disappeared with a swift wind. From the skies above, a large red flame began to make its way down to the entire field. Dynamo spoke up as it came closer. "By tributing one Dragon-Type monster, it'll destroy each monster on the field whose defense power is lower than my tributed monster's attack power! Red-Eyes Wyvern had an attack power of 1800! Wing only has 1200 defense and Krelnos only has 1000! However, my Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon has 2400! It's perfectly safe! Say goodbye to your little weaklings!"
Shade let out a sigh. "You need to stop talking so much. I activate My Body as a Shield from my hand!"
Shade closed his eyes, focusing himself as a light blue aura emanated from his body, fading into the air around him.
Shade: 2000 / Dynamo: 2600
As the flames came ever so closer towards Wing and Krelnos, a ghostly phantasm of a soldier appeared above them. The flames crashed into the ghost's body and as it appeared he was struggling, he managed to quickly push the fire back off into the distance, causing them to vanish.
Dynamo was dazed and confused, and before he could even ask, Shade knew his question and answered promptly. "By paying 1500 Life Points, I can negate the activation and effect of a card that would destroy a face-up monster I control. You tributed your monster for nothing."
Dynamo laughed, shaking his head. "You think that matters?! You just cut your own Life Points! That makes it all easier for me! And, I've still got my main dragon out!"
Shade nodded, looking to his hand. "You're right. You still have him out. That's going to be a problem. Though, seeing as how it's still the middle of my Battle Phase, I'll activate this Quickplay Spell from my hand; Heart Renewal."
Placing the card down, a bright light from the sky fell upon Wing and Krelnos, and then made its way over to Shade. His golden-tinted glasses shone brightly within the light. "I can activate it when I control a face-up Dawnheart and Duskheart monster. I gain 100 Life Points for each card in both of our hands. I have no cards in my hand. However…"
Shade rose his finger, pointing to the lone card in Dynamo's hand. "You have 1 card in your hand. I gain 100 Life Points."
Shade: 2100 / Dynamo: 2600
Dynamo shook his head. "What a waste…"
Shade shook his own head in response as the healing light vanished. "You'll see. Krelnos attacks Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon."
Dynamo's eyes widened along with the rest of the crowd. "Huh…?! Are you insane?!"
The fighter quickly dashed up to the infernal beast, jumping up with a readied spin kick only to be met with a quick flame shower on it. The flames surpassed Krelnos and quickly made their way to Shade, covering him with the heat as well as he quickly lowered himself and brought his arm up, doing his best to shield some of it.
Shade: 100 / Dynamo: 2600
Landing on the ground with a few burn marks, Krelnos quickly jumped back next to Wing, shaking its wrists.
The entire crowd was in a chaotic mess, confused and lost. "Hey! Buddy, explain yourself!"
Shade spoke up, resting his Duel Disk and arms. "Once per turn, while Krelnos is in attack position, it can't be destroyed by battle."
Dynamo blinked before breaking into an outburst of laughter along with the rest of the audience. "Ah, man! That's freaking rich! So you just took 2000 damage for nothing, huh?!"
Shade spit at the floor again, cutting him off quickly. "You didn't let me finish."
"Eh?"
"At the end of the Battle Phase, if I control a face-up Duskheart monster, any monster that battled with Krelnos is destroyed. I think I'll end my Battle Phase now."
Krelnos' eyes suddenly shone with an intense blue energy as it broke out into a dash towards the towering dragon. Jumping up, its hand became coated with a radiant light and it quickly punched straight through the Red-Eyes dragon, shattering it to pieces as it vanished.
Dynamo began to shake suddenly, screaming in anger. "I'll kill you for that! You've only got 100 Life Points left, you bastard! Next turn, this is over!"
Shade sighed with a bit of annoyance, shaking his head. "I'm going to Synchro Summon."
Dynamo's rage turned into sudden confusion, looking up. "Huh? Krelnos is a…?!"
Shade nodded with a grin hidden behind his coat as Krelnos began to give off a white light from its body. "Yes. Krelnos is a Tuner monster. Now, Synchro Summon…!"
Krelnos dispersed into two shining stars and the stars made their way over to Wing, spinning around him rapidly. Floating up slowly, Wing began to give off a white aura as the stars spun even faster before going into an extreme flash of black and white light.
"Come now! Duskheart – Lily the Everlasting (LV7/2600/2000)!"
As the light began to subside, a new monster showed itself, floating in the air with black eyes and long black hair, the wind flowing against it. Touching ground, the human-like creature with long elegant black robed armor held out its arm as an astral projection of an ancient language began to fly around its hand. Within a moment, a large archaic gun-like weapon had appeared within Lily's hands, and it brought it up and rested it against its shoulder.
Dynamo's eyes crossed in anger. "So you can Synchro Summon…big deal!"
Shade nodded again, continuing on with his turn. "Lily's effect activates; when it's Synchro Summoned, it gains 300 ATK for each Dawnheart monster in my Graveyard."
"What?!"
As a ghostly image of Krelnos appeared in front of Lily, it gave off a brilliant white light that Lily breathed in deeply, strengthening it from the inside. (2900/2000).
Shade gave off a disgruntled sigh of tiredness. "That's all for my turn."
Dynamo quickly drew his card, looking straight at Shade. "I'm not gonna let you win this one. I summon Exploder Dragon (LV3/1000/0)!"
The dragon seen before holding the spiked egg reappeared onto the field, giving Shade the same deadly glare with its crimson eyes as last time.
Shade closed his eyes with a shake of his head. "Another one, huh? I see what you were going for. You could have attacked Lily and you would have taken no damage due to Exploder Dragon's effect. Then Lily would have been destroyed. However, you've triggered Lily's second effect."
Dynamo's eyes began to shake with surprise as he saw Lily raise its gun, aiming for the Exploder Dragon he had summoned. "Huh?!"
Shade looked up, his eyes above his glasses. "If Lily is the only face-up monster I control, whenever my opponent Normal Summons a monster I can destroy one card on the field. Want to guess what I'm going to destroy…?"
The crowd got riled up as Dynamo took a step forward. "No! That's unfair…!"
Shade extended his arm with a finger pointing to the Exploder Dragon. "It's everything but unfair, Dynamo. Now, Lily! Nirvana Bullet!"
The ancient gun began to make a loud whirring noise before forming a small sphere of energy at the tip. Closing one eye, Lily looked into the scope before pressing down the trigger, unleashing an extremely large yet accurate dark violet beam of rushing power, incinerating the Exploder Dragon.
Dynamo spoke up again, putting down a card as Lily lowered her gun. "I'll give that to you. That was a good move. Seems like you get to live on by that much longer…I place a card face down and end my turn."
Dynamo smirked as he thought to himself, laughing slightly on the inside. "I already know what you're going to try to do. Sakuretsu Armor will destroy any attacking monster…you're screwed, pal."
Shade drew a card, looking at it. "It's my turn then." Looking at the card he had drawn for a moment, his mind wandered. "Seems like you came right on time…"
Dynamo spoke up, his agitation growing. "Hurry up and make a play, will ya?!"
Shade nodded. "I will. I'll activate a monster effect. By removing from play a Duskheart monster from my Graveyard, I can Special Summon Dawnheart - Zexus the Brave (LV6/2400/1200). I'll remove Wing from play."
As Wing in the Graveyard ejected itself to the secondary compartment, the familiar flutter of white feathers appeared, dancing around as a new warrior revealed itself, dressed in a fine blue training robe with long white silver hair flowing, tied into a ponytail. In its hand, a finely crafted steel rapier was held.
Dynamo thought to himself again, gulping slightly with a bit of nervousness. "I'm fine…I've got 2600 Life Points. Sakuretsu Armor will take care of Lily…I'll live by a narrow 200."
Shade quietly spoke up after some silence, looking up. "I'll activate Zexus' effect."
Dynamo's eyes shook with surprise as he looked up himself. "That would be what exactly…?"
Shade continued, placing his hand near his deck. "Once per turn, while I control a face-up Duskheart monster, I can send one Dawnheart monster from my deck to the Graveyard." a card quickly ejected itself out of the deck and Shade caught it, placing it in the Graveyard before looking up at Dynamo again. "Then, I can destroy Spell or Trap Card my opponent controls."
Dynamo quickly let out a cry of rage as Zexus broke off into a dash, stabbing its blade downward into the face down card, causing it to shatter entirely. "No…! That was—"
"—your only line of defense. I figured as much. Lily, if you would please, attack Dynamo directly. Nirvana Bullet."
Lily brought up its gun yet again, charging the same energy. As it gathered, Dynamo began to back up, yelling loudly as the beam was ready. "No…no! Stop…!"
The beam quickly flew forth, showering and burning Dynamo heavily. "DAMN YOU…!"
Shade: 100 / Dynamo: 0
Falling to his knees, Dynamo's Duel Disk fell off, hitting the floor with his cards spread all over the dirt. Walking up to Dynamo, Shade looked at him before squatting down, placing his finger on Dynamo's chin and bringing his face up to his own, looking him in eye. The crowd went extremely quiet, waiting for Dynamo to respond.
Dynamo gave a weak laugh, shaking his head. "You overcame my dragons…so what is it that you want? You stroll into my territory, into the depths of Satellite…all the way from the city? Tops? What the hell are you doing here…? Is it my turf you want? Do you want to arrest me?"
Shade shook his head. "Not in the slightest." Taking his hands off of Dynamo, he began to look through the cards on the floor before nodding to himself and picking one up. Standing up, he flipped it, showing it to Dynamo. It was a Synchro Monster Card, displaying a beautiful white dragon of ancient legend. "I came here to take this."
Dynamo quickly stood up, reaching out to grab it but his face was met with Shade's palm, holding him back. "No! You can't take that one from me…!"
Shade kicked him down, slipping the card into his deck. "It never even belonged to you. Not like you can even summon this monster anyway...Stardust is really out of your league, kid."
Shade walked off the lot as Dynamo was left to punch the ground in his rage, his friends consolidating him. Coming out onto a street and getting on well-built black motorcycle, he put on his helmet and inserted his Duel Disk within the vehicle. Tapping a screen as he began to drive off, the computer on the motorcycle spoke up as he began traverse a long bridge. "Calling Solara."
After a few seconds, the voice of a young girl came up on the other line, energetic and vibrant. "Shade! Finally! What the hell have you been doing?!"
Shade sighed with a bit of annoyance, recalling the duel. "He didn't want to give it up so easily. I had to duel him for it."
The girl gave her own small sigh of relief. "That's good. There's only a few more to go, Shade."
Shade nodded to himself. "Yeah…I'll be there soon, Solara."