Yugioh: To hell and back
Authors note: Lame title I know, this is my first attempt at a fan fiction so be nice. This fan fiction take's my favorite character from the Yugioh franchises and melds them in an AU. Anyways here's a summary.
Jaden yuki is a demon hunter who has moved to domino city with his mother. but he soon notices that his past is about to catch up with him can he handle the consequences?.
/In the beginning/
He stepped outside the car and looked at his new home, an old building with a large gate like door in the front and above it a balcony with view to the academy he was going to attend. The house was painted brown with a red tint to it and the roof was made of squared bricks. He looked to his mom and noticed that she was having trouble with the heavy bag she was attempting to carry (Troublesome women… always so stubborn) he thought.
"Hey Karin you need help" He asked not really interested.
"No honey got it" she answered" I wouldn't have insisted on carrying my own clothes if I thought I couldn't handle it," she chuckled at her own remark.
"No you insisted because you think that someone might be stealing your stuff that's why you wouldn't pack it in the truck with the removal men. He joked but they both knew that she was paranoid and a very nosy person to add. This isn't exactly a good mix when your son is trying to hide his "side business" from her.
His "side business" was more of a calling rather than a business, he had discovered this ability six years ago when he was nine the ability to see demons and to exorcise them with the power of the faith.
The faith as his teacher called it was the inborn will that allowed a human to shape the fabric of space and time on a whim. It manifests itself in only a few humans per generation and they are spread all over the world. No one knows why they possess these abilities but it's presumed they were sent to fight of the demons that tried to break away from hells hierarchy and spread chaos and torment on the world of the living.
His teacher was a young boy named Yusei Fudo, a biker who mostly kept to himself and his gang team satisfaction, he never talked much about his past but his friends usually whispered about a disaster regarding a friend year's back. All members of team satisfaction were demon hunters but only Yusei actually taught him anything about the faith, in accordance with the ancient tradition. He met Jaden when he was eleven and Yusei was fifteen. Jaden had attempted to exorcise a demon residing in an abandon construction site. It had already killed two people and the rookie actually thought he could take it on. Yusei had entered the field when Jaden was beaten to a pulp on the floor and with a quick motion his hand suddenly glowed with a red light and an azure fireball erupted from his palm pulverizing the demon.
/Flashback/
Yusei ran towards the kid.
"You idiot you could have been killed!" screamed Yusei.
"I could not, I had it all under control" hissed a mangled Jaden.
"Yeah great control, what you thought your face was an invisible seal?" Yusei retorted.
"A what now?" asked Jaden.
"You know a seal; the things you use to combat demons and exorcise them. Did your teacher never tell you that?" Yusei asked.
"Well I kind off don't have a teacher. Jaden embarrassedly answered.
"Oh shit" Yusei sighed.
/Flashback end/
Yusei had been a demon hunter since he was eight and was notorious in demon hunter society for his skills despite his young age. He was an orphan and his only friends was his biker gang team satisfaction, they were nice people took Jaden in and made him family. Yusei spent the next six years teaching Jaden all he knew about exorcism and faith based magic. However Karin Yuki felt that there was something wrong about Jaden's friend and suspected drug dealing when she heard about Jaden's side business. So she packed up and moved to domino city despite Jaden's protests. Yusei however felt it was a god idea to let Jaden take care of himself for now and gave him the address to an old "associate" of his.
(But first I have to check this house out) Jaden thought.
He grabbed his red jacket from the car and went inside.
/Inside the house/
The inside was HUGE it had an old Victorian feel to it and looked like it was inhabited by an old art collector. He was awestruck by the fact that something that looked so small on the outside was so big on the inside. The main hall had a stairwell leading upstairs on the right it led to the dining room and further to the kitchen and from the kitchen it led to the living room and from there a large room with no distinct purpose other than a couch that was placed facing the window then back to the hallway.
(Why is this here, why would anyone sit here it's nothing to watch here other then the sidewalk) He thought while he investigated the couch. He moved his hand over the couch pillows almost touching it when he felt a cold breeze slide across his hand he quickly retracted it.
"The hell" he exclaimed and looked around him he didn't see anything if it was a ghost or a demon he would have seen it. After a while he relaxed and calmed himself and decided to go upstairs and see what's there but he couldn't stop the feeling of being watched.
The upper floor was one long right corridor and one short left with two doors to the right and one door to the left the left door was centered at the end of the short corridor.
"We can use that room for storage" his mom said as she stepped up beside him and looked at the door "I really don't think anyone would want to live there it's so cold and hallow" she said flatly.
"Meh, it looks the same as all the other rooms from the outside I'll take it" He responded as he walked forward and opened the door and stepped in.
The room had a king size bed in the middle against the wall with a brown nightstand on the right and a bathroom door behind it (Neat now I don't have fall down the stairs at night cause I have to pee) he thought as he smiled, this place was really beginning to look all right with him. On the left side it was two empty bookshelf's and across the bed there was an old desk (great a place to put my laptop at least) he mused while went to the desk and looked through its drawers but couldn't open the left one fully so stuffed his hand in to see if it was stuck somewhere.
"Come on open damn it" he grunted when suddenly a sharp pain struck him and a force began pulling his hand in to the drawer, it felt like he was bitten by a pit-bull. He took hold of the desk and with his full strength he pulled out and the drawer shut close. He quickly tore it open but found nothing inside just a sheet of paper with blood on it (my blood) he realized as he noticed his hand torn with a nasty bite mark across it.
(Okay now I know there's something here better prepare for later without alerting Karin) He thought as he rushed in to the bathroom to clean his wound. The bathroom looked nice and it had a shower with an inbuilt bathtub a sink and a mirror, he went to the sink and poured some cold water over his hand it didn't clean the wound to great but it helped against the pain he took a deep breath and closed his eyes while the sharp pain subsided and a cold numbness took over.
"Jaden" a distinctively female voice whispered in his ear, his shot around and saw nothing but it felt like someone was there right in front of him he could almost sense a warm breath coming towards him. His heartbeat raced as he struggled to see what it was that was following him and trying to attack him. "Whatever you are… go away I'm not in the mood for games" he said trying to look threatening to the invisible assailant but he still felt it there. Then it simply vanished and he could swear he heard a distant chuckle (Okay you got my attention wait until tonight when I have all my stuff ready then let's see if your laughing) he thought as his heart calmed and he heard his mother calling from downstairs.
"Jaden get down here!"Karin yelled "honestly it takes him forever for no reason" she sighed.
"Don't scream I'm right here" Jaden said from behind her. "What did you do to your hand" she asked as she grabbed him and examined the wound."It's nothing I kind of got stuck in the drawer upstairs" he stated as he ripped his hand from her. She didn't look too convinced but decided to let It go.
"Ok let's just get that wound cleaned I got some liquor in the car" she said and grabbed him by the arm and dragged him outside. Jaden looked to the upper balcony and wondered just what was residing in his new "home".
"You just can't help it but to get in to some kind of accident" she smiled and tried to sheer up the mood. She missed her old son the one who was so hyperactive and happy all the time. In fact she used to call him her little squirrel. He hated it of course but didn't distant himself like when he was nine then overnight he was gone. No more "mom"… always Karin. At first she thought he was trying to cut the umbilical cord as the saying goes but lately she felt that he was hiding something from her he seemed almost scared of her at times.
"Yeah I guess but to be fair this time I didn't mean it" Jaden answered as he twitched from the pain of the alcohol damp napkin stroking his hand.
"So the time you accidently rode your bike in to the river and found it later smashed to pieces by a metal pipe with note saying a "A band of thugs did this yo" that was intentional? His mom questioned with a grin.
"Hey that bike tried to kill me I had to defend myself for all we know it could have intended to destroy us both!" Jaden answered slightly annoyed.
"Alright alright look I'm finished little squirrel" Karin said barely able to hold in her laugh at her sons expression.
"Stop calling me that! It's been 6 years since I let you call me that" Jaden shouted but it was too late his mom had already gone inside again "Damn it" he muttered.
/Later that evening/
Karin made a weird chicken soup for dinner. She was a good chef but sometimes she gets odd cravings. Chicken and nutmeg shouldn't be in the same room during dinner he concluded, it was abominable. After dinner he went upstairs to prepare a "howdy neighbor" present for his unwelcomed "roommate".
/Flashback/
"So how does the seal's work anyway". Jaden asked while looking at a few blank cards.
"Seals are moments in space and time locked away in a symbol; we draw a symbol unto these cards and use them to create powerful spells to capture or stun obliterate or otherwise attack demons" Yusei explained.
"So I can draw whatever I want on these cards and it will happen?" Jaden cheerfully chattered while Yusei watched the wheels turning in his head.
"Not so fast… there are rules and grammar to sealing, we are not omnipotent there are only a select few types of seals we can use. Traps, spells and Bindings are all we can do." Yusei answered. "Now I'm going to teach you three basic seals that are going to be vital to you in the future."
/Flashback end/
He pulled out a sheet of paper and began drawing the runes for the "Bottomless Trap Hole" seal. A trap seals that demon hunter's use mostly for capturing and interrogating demons, when he was done he placed it right on the floor He then proceeded to draw an octagon on the floor around the seal about five square feet covered it with a small carpet that barely covered it. Then he placed a pot of burning myrrh in the center. Myrrh had the peculiar ability to attract demons and if Jaden suspicions were correct it would attract the demon to the center of and the seal would then trap it within an alternative prison dimension, anyways it was now safe for him to go to bed.
As night settled in Jaden slept uncomfortably in his bed, nightmares waking him up at every hour. This was strange as he had never dreamt anything like that before he felt sick when he tried to remember but all he could recall was the sight of a young girl being burned alive in front of him and her screams as she called out to him. He went up to the bathroom and cleaned his face of sweat with cold water. (Why does that dream always come back…? I can't get it out of my head,) he thought to himself as rubbed his face with a towel.
Then an electrical sound crashed through his bedroom and he rushed out to see the burning myrrh gone. He looked around and… nothing. He went for the light switch and pressed it and nothing happened "okay this could have gone better," he said as he marched out of his room to the hallway. He knocked on the first door and yelled "Karin are you there? The powers out," no response. He heard a noise down stairs and ran towards the sound. It brought him to the "Window room" with the couch.
"Karin where are you? We have a shortcut we need to fix it unless you busy" he said rather sarcastically.
"Remember" The female whisper beckoned to him.
"What? Who are you? Where are you? What do you want?" He frantically asked to the room hoping for someone or something to answer.
"you need to remember" the voice said from behind him.
He froze then turned around to see a girl not older then fourteen standing there her dark blue hair thrown over her face as she stared down to the floor. "Remember what?" Jaden asked as he neared her. He raised his hand to push her hair out of her face but before his hand touched her a hand no a claw shot up and grabbed his neck with bone crushing force and tore him to his knees. "What you owe me" she answered in a dark masculine voice as Jaden's hands grabbed her claw in a failed attempt to tear it of him. He looked up at the girl to see that the girls' dark blue hair was replaced with a spiky mane, grey on one side dark blue on the other.
Her body was colored sickly pink with her chest neck and torso and lower parts were covered in black bandages leaving her legs and mid rift bare and black wings that encircled him in to a dark embrace. Her left side looked definitely more demonic then her right with a more muscled appearance and a claw that was choking him. And her eyes were amber and green with black tear marks under them last a third glasslike eye on her forehead that looked like it was staring in to his soul. His heartbeat rose as he was slowly strangled the fear obvious in his eyes as he struggled to stay conscious. She leaned in closer with a twisted grin "Welcome back love." She said with her feminine voice and pecked him on the cheek then bursted in to flames. Jaden screamed as the flames consumed them both.
/In the morning/
Jaden woke up with sweat running down his forehead (that was a dream) he thought and sighed of relieve. He slowly got up of bed and inspected his trap. It was only a scorched mark left of the carpet and the seal. (I hope it's not burned to the floor) he thought while he brushed the mark lightly with his hand. To his relief it was only superficial burn but it proved that his trap didn't work. So he went out past his mom's room to the storeroom and quickly found a broom and shovel.
(Funny I usually never find anything this quickly, hell it took me a quarter of an hour to find apple's in the grocery store back home) he thought. Home… the word felt strange to him in truth he'd never liked it back home it was the lower part's of the country and the only thing that made it worthwhile was Yusei and his crew.
/Flashback three in a row yay… ok I know they are annoying but bare with me they're important to the plot for now/
Late in the night Yusei walked in with Jaden to a garage.
"Jack, Crow get out here I need your help with something!" Yusei yelled.
Jack Atlas still half asleep rolled out of the couch on the far side of the room and crow Hogan struggled his way out of the office door next to the entrance.
"Why the hell do you scream so loud in this ungodly hour?" Crow screeched from behind them in his underwear with bloodshot eyes.
"Ah there you are" Yusei turned and cheerfully greeted the visibly annoyed redhead.
"Yusei the last time you barged in here late in the night and asked for help you were wanted for attempted robbery and destruction of private property, just what the hell have you done now?" Jack atlas shouted from across the room.
"Robbery… destruction of private property?" Jaden questioned
"Never mind that" Yusei waved it off. "Look I felt it was time for celebration" Yusei told the group.
"Why? We don't have any booze you know." Crow stated while he moved to a table beside jack and prepared some coffee.
"Because Jaden just exorcised his first demon and with only minor collateral damage" Yusei excitedly told them.
"Minor?" Asked Jack
"I accidently set half the building on fire." Jaden answered with a nervous grin while rubbing the back of his head.
Jacks and crows eyes popped open.
"Half the building… what hell did you do in there?" Atlas asked.
"Well how was I supposed to know the building used gas for heat?" Jaden retorted in his defense.
"Maybe the warning signs outside." Yusei pointed. "Anyway that's not important, what's important is that Jaden is full-fledged demon hunter now and we're going to get hammered." Yusei exclaimed.
/Flashback end/
(That was the last I heard of him) Jaden mused to himself. He had awoken at home the next day in his own bed with a headache and a note on the bed stand saying "Kid I know you're wondering what happened last night but don't worry you didn't do anything stupid, listen I know you're leaving town tomorrow and that's good cause I'll be packing up and leaving myself think of this a good lesson in taking care of yourself anyway I'll give you the address of a friend of my his name is Yugi Muto He lives in new domino city in a game shop near the central academy you can't miss it seek him out and I'll be in touch, All regards Yusei ."
He had asked mom about the moving part of Yusei's letter but all the answers he got was that they were moving but he knew better. She'd always had a problem with Yusei to begin with and often referred to him as his crack head friend but what the hell did she understand and despite his obvious anger she ignored him and proceeded with her plan. "Hmpf... she could've just as well forbidden me from making any friends at all." He grunted.
He strode out into the bathroom and got himself ready and to his relief it didn't feel like someone was watching him this time. After the shower he picked up a pair of beige pants on the floor and a black t-shirt and his trademark red jacket. He then went out to the kitchen to see that his mom had already made him breakfast "I thought it would it best for me to make it easier on you, after all it's your first day in the new school honey" she said in a creepy 1950's voice that gave Jaden a shill in his spine.
(Crap new school I completely forgot about it!) Jaden thought one's the panic had finally settled in. Demons were hardly scary in comparison the damn near crippling shyness he had for strangers and now he was going to march into their lair and serve himself on silver platter. But before he could even say anything to his mother he found himself outside on the sidewalk (swell this couldn't in any way become any worse) he thought moments before a car splashed the water on the street all over him (oh right it could).
/ End of chapter one on my first fic it's not the best you'll ever read but I'll happily improve my style after your reviews. as you'll you notice English isn't my first language so Google translate have been helping me with some words if you know some better synonyms please tell me and I'll edit the story bye./