Hey, guys! This is my very first fanfic. Tell me what you think. Whether it's advice, criticism or anything I can improve on, you can tell me. Just to let you know, I use made up cards in this fanfic and I will in future Yu-Gi-Oh fanfics. These made up cards will be underlined so you'll know what's what. Enjoy.

Dante entered his apartment building, shut the door, and immediately crashed on the couch. He was tired from working. He looked at his clock on the wall and saw it was 4:37 P.M. He had been working since 8:00 A.M.

Dante: Oh, man. Long day.

Dante wore a red, short sleeved buttoned up shirt, a grey shirt underneath, black jeans, white shoes, and had wild black hair with red highlights. There was a scar on his right cheek. It was noticeable but nothing severe. He worked for a construction company on some mornings, just to get out of the house and make extra money.

He then got up from the couch and got a drink of water from the refrigerator. He then went to the balcony and enjoyed the view. There was a great view of Kalhua Town. Kalhua Town was small, a good place to live, and there weren't very many people living in it. Basically, everyone knew everyone.

Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock!

There was a knock at Dante's door and he went to go answer it. There was one of Dante's good friends by the name of Calvin. Calvin wore a grey jacket with a hood, a grey shirt with white outlining, black pants and white shoes. His hair was short and black.

Calvin: Dante!

Dante: What's going on, Calvin? I haven't seen you in a while.

Calvin: Yeah, I've been kinda busy! You still going to that tournament in a couple of days?

Dante: Hahaha. I sure am.

Calvin: Awesome. I just came by to wish you luck. I'm heading out tonight.

Dante: Really? Well, good luck.

Calvin: Thanks. Hey, man. Don't let me catch you slippin' up in the tournament, especially not against me. I might have to crush you.

Dante: Yeah, yeah. Get outta here!

Calvin: See ya.

Dante shut the door, and laughed to himself. Him and Calvin have been friends for a long time. Calvin was one of those friends where if anyone needed anything, he would do anything and everything in his power to help.

Dante then thought to himself. (Hmmm. Doesn't sound like a bad idea. I should probably head out too. Checking out the competition wouldn't hurt.)

After showering and eating a good meal, Dante then began gathering some of his things: clothes, toiletries, food, etc. He also strapped his own custom made duel disk on his arm that he designed himself. It was black and red that looked like a round device attached to his wrist. Dante went outside and hopped on his red custom made duel runner. He revved up the engine and slowly sped off. He then began riding on the highway and made his way towards the tournament.

It was great feeling the wind blow in his face as he rode his duel runner. Dante then began to hum to himself. Dante knew it was gonna be a while before he made it to where he needed to be. He then made a pit stop to go to the restroom and get something to eat and drink. He left his duel runner parked out in front of a store.

Dante: (I already have food. Eh, extra food couldn't hurt I guess.)

Dante entered a convenience store and began looking around for snacks. Instead of getting more food, he just got something to drink. He bought an iced tea, which was his favorite.

Dante: See ya.

Dante waved bye to the clerk. The clerk waved back.

Clerk: Take care!

Immediately when Dante got back outside, he noticed three guys surrounding his duel runner. The main thug noticed Dante standing there, watching. His name was Lance. He wore cargo pants, a white tank top, black army boots, a red do-rag, and was kinda built. His other lackeys were Barclay and Quinton. Barclay wore blue pants, a blue shirt with a white shirt underneath, blue and white shoes and had black hair. Quinton had on a grey jumpsuit, black boots, and had orange hair. These two were skinnier than Lance.

Dante: Can I help you?

Lance: Is this your duel runner?

Dante: Yes, that's my duel runner.

Lance: How much do you want for it?

Dante: It's not for sale.

Lance: That's too bad! I guess I'll just have to take it off your hands! Barclay, Quinton!

Lance snapped his fingers, giving Barclay and Quinton the signal to take the duel runner.

Dante: Good luck. That's no ordinary duel runner. You see, I have a pass code installed so no one could steal it. Believe me, many have tried. I'm the only person who knows it. And don't even think about having anyone take a look at it or hacking it, because I previously installed some software in my duel runner when I was building it myself to make sure no one could hack it. So…go ahead and take it.

Lance took a few steps toward Dante.

Lance: What's the pass code?

Dante: I'm not telling anyone. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be on my way.

Dante drank a little more of his tea and placed it in his bag.

Lance: I challenge you to a duel!

Dante: You what?

Lance: Yeah, that's right! I'm challenging you! You win, you go. I win, you tell me the pass code and that beauty is mine!

The little commotion formed a small crowd. One by one, people surrounded to witness this potential duel.

Quinton: Unless you're too scared!

Barclay: He probably is! He probably can't even duel!

The three stooges shared a little laugh.

Dante: Fine. We'll duel.

Lance: Hahaha! You got guts! Barclay, deck! Quinton, duel disk!

Lance snapped his fingers again and his goons provided him with his duel disk and deck. He strapped his duel disk on his arm and it came to life once he pressed the power button. Meanwhile, Dante pushed a button on his duel disk. It came to life as well. Also, on the side of it, three slots opened up and three individual zones came out. One zone alone was meant for summoning monsters, the second was for activating spells and the last was for activating traps.

Barclay: Hey, boss! Finish him quickly!

Lance: Please! I'm gonna school this punk!

Dante: Hmph. You'll lose this duel in one turn.

Lance: Is that so? We'll see!

Dante and Lance: Let's duel!

Dante 4000 LP

Lance 4000 LP

Lance: I'll go first! I draw! *draws* I activate one of my most powerful cards: Machine Frenzy! I pay 1000 Life Points and Special Summon all Machine-Type monsters from my hand!

Lance 3000 LP

Lance: I summon V-Tiger Jet, W-Wing Catapult, X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head and Z-Metal Tank!

V-Tiger Jet

Machine, LIGHT, Normal, LV 4

ATK:1600

DEF:1800

W-Wing Catapult

Machine/Union, LIGHT, Effect, LV 4

ATK:1300

DEF:1500

X-Head Cannon

Machine, LIGHT, Normal, LV 4

ATK:1800
DEF:1500

Y-Dragon Head

Machine/Union, LIGHT, Effect, LV 4

ATK:1500

DEF:1600

Z-Metal Tank

Machine/Union, LIGHT, Effect, LV 4

ATK:1500

DEF:1300

Dante was unimpressed.

Dante: (I know where this is going.)

Lance: Not only that, but my spell lets me draw two cards! *draws 2 cards* I'll set my two cards! Instead of using Polymerization, I can fuse my monsters together by simply removing them from the game! I'll remove V and W to summon VW-Tiger Catapult!

VW-Tiger Catapult

Machine, LIGHT, Fusion/Effect, LV 6

ATK:2000

DEF:2100

Lance: Next, I'll remove X, Y and Z to summon XYZ-Dragon Cannon!

XYZ-Dragon Cannon

Machine, LIGHT, Fusion/Effect, LV 8

ATK:2800

DEF:2600

Lance I'll now remove these two to summon VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon!

VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon

Machine, LIGHT, Fusion/Effect, LV 8

ATK:3000

DEF:2800

People in the small crowd were amazed and others were in shock at the sight of the mechanical behemoth.

A guy from the crowd: Whoa! He summoned that thing in one turn!

Lance: Your turn, punk!

Dante: My turn. I draw. *draws* I summon Forbidden Warrior - Excelionin attack mode!

Forbidden Warrior - Excelion

Fairy, LIGHT, Effect, LV 3

ATK:1300

DEF:1400

A warrior appeared on the field. He wore gold full body armor, and had long blonde hair.

Dante: Thanks to his effect, when he's Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon two more copies of him from my hand, Deck or Graveyard. I'll summon the other two from my hand.

Two more warriors clad in gold armor appeared beside the one already on the field.

Dante: Thanks to Excelion's effect, when he's Special Summoned, I can draw two cards. Since I summoned two of him, I can draw four cards. *draws 4 cards* Once a turn, Excelion allows me to draw a card. I have three on the field, so that's another three cards. *draws 3 cards* Hmm. So many options. I think I'll go with this one. When I'm Synchro Summoning, I can use this Tuner monster from my hand…Forbidden Warrior - Lumetta, even if she's not on the field.

Forbidden Warrior - Lumetta

Fairy, LIGHT, Effect, LV 2

ATK:800

DEF:600

Lance: A Tuner from your hand?

Dante: Yes. She's a Level 2 Tuner. So, by combining her with my three Level 3 Excelion's, I can Synchro Summon a Level 11 Synchro Monster.

The spirit of a female warrior appeared on the field for a brief moment. She had red hair that was in a ponytail, and she wore red, white and black armor. She and the three Excelion's disappeared and turned into green stars. The stars formed a constellation and exploded. From a brief flash of light, came a ten foot tall angel. She had short orange hair, she wore a tight, jet black outfit that was outlined in white, and black boots. In her right hand was a double edged sword. On her back was a set of white angel wings, and hovering above her head was a halo. She opened her eyes and held her sword high, ready to fight.

Lance: Where'd she come from?

Again, the crowd members were in shock at the sight of the new monster.

Dante: Meet my Forbidden Angel - Praag.

Forbidden Angel - Praag

Fairy, Light, Synchro, Level 11

ATK:3000

DEF:2800

Lance: (Go ahead and make one false move! I'm ready for anything! My first trap that I have is Sakuretsu Armor! If he attacks, his monster goes bye-bye! My other trap is Guard Mines! If he tries destroying my monster with an effect, this trap will negate that effect and destroy that card!)

Dante: Before I do anything, I'm gonna take care of some effects.

Lance: Like what?

Dante: Well, since my Praag was summoned, I get to draw 2 cards. *draws 2 cards* And since Lumetta was used to Synchro Summon a monster, I can destroy up to 2 Spell or Trap cards you have on the field.

Lance: No way!

Lumetta's spirit appeared again and pulled out her sword and quickly slashed at Lance's only two Spell or Traps, destroying them.

Lance: Grr..

Dante: Praag, let's end this duel, shall we? My Praag has two abilities. I can only activate one each turn. Her first effect will destroy your Dragon Catapult Cannon, and then you take damage equal to its attack points. Game over.

Lance: You're kidding!

Dante: No, I'm not. Praag, use your Heavenly Sword, and win this duel.

Praag let out a battle cry, and aimed her sword high at the sky. The blade part of the sword glowed with a strong gold aura. She then threw her sword at the mechanical behemoth. It spun rapidly in a circle and the mystical force instantly shattered the mechanized creature, causing it to explode into millions of pixels.

Lance: Aaaarrrgh!

Lance's Life Point counter drastically dropped from 3000 to 0. The holographic image of Praag disappeared and both duelists' duel disks died down.

Lance: I can't believe you defeated me! My strategy was full proof!

Dante: Well, you better believe it. I'll be on my way now.

Quinton: We should take his runner anyway!

Barclay: Yeah!

Lance held out his arms to stop them.

Barclay: Huh?

Lance: No. Let him go. He won fair and square.

Before Dante could hop on his duel runner and ride off, Lance stopped him.

Lance: Hey, kid!

Dante: What?

Lance: I'll be seeing you! We'll have our rematch one day!

Dante: Yeah, I look forward to it.

Dante then hopped on his runner and rode off, leaving the three behind in his dust.

Made up cards

Lance:

Machine Frenzy Normal Spell Card

Pay 1000 Life Points; Special Summon as many Machine-Type monsters from your hand as possible, then draw 2 cards. Machine-Type monsters you control cannot declare an attack during the turn this card is activated.

Dante:

Forbidden Warrior - Excelion

Fairy, LIGHT, Effect, LV 3

ATK:1300

DEF:1400

When this card is Normal Summoned, you can Special Summon any number of "Forbidden Warrior - Excelion's" from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard. When this card is Special Summoned, draw 2 cards. Once per turn, you can draw 1 card.

Forbidden Warrior - Lumetta

Fairy, LIGHT, Effect, LV 2

ATK:800

DEF:600

When you Synchro Summon, this card can be used from your hand as the required Tuner monster, but the other Synchro Material Monster(s) must be correct. When this card is used for the Synchro Summon of a "Forbidden" monster, select up to 2 Spell/Trap Cards your opponent controls and destroy them.

Forbidden Angel - Praag

1 "Forbidden" Tuner + 1 or more "Forbidden" non-Tuner monsters

Fairy, Light, Synchro, Level 11

ATK:3000

DEF:2800

When this card is Special Summoned, draw 2 cards. This card cannot be destroyed by battle with a monster that has the same ATK. Once per turn, you can activate one of these effects:

Destroy a monster on your opponent's side of the field. Inflict damage to your opponent equal to its original ATK or DEF, whichever is higher.

Increase the ATK of this card by 1000. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent. These effects last until the End Phase.