Hey everyone, this is The Fallen Author 19 (formerly known as Mega-Gamer 18), with the official first chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Net.
Jacob: And I'm Jacob Yudara, the OC of this story who just kicked this guy's butt in Duel Monsters.
Yeah, brag all you want. Anyways, I only got two OCs for this story so far (thank you the new mew and Duellinglord), so I decided to put this story into arcs. Each arc will be no smaller than three chapters and no bigger than ten, depending on how much I put into this. Also some notes I may have forgotten to mention or explain thoroughly; first, the category of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" does not mean that this is around the same time as the first series, it just means Yu-Gi-Oh! in general. Second, this chapter is AU, as in there is a ten year gap between each series (so 40 years after original series). Finally, the virus won't come in until maybe the second or third arc. So for now, R&R, PM your OCs, and Enjoy!
Chapter 1
It was an average day in Grand Veil City, California. The citizens were going about their daily lives, peacefully commuting between their homes and jobs. One man was hurrying home, compared to everyone else's slow pace. He was wearing a green t-shirt, blue jeans, a gray coat, and running shoes. He had messy, unkempt black hair, hazel-green eyes behind rimless glasses, and was carrying a package in his arm and was apologizing to people for trying to push through the crowd.
'Today is a very special day,' he thought to himself, 'I need to get home as soon as possible, but this crowd is too thick.' He had reached the town plaza, which was less crowded than the street and thankfully a few blocks away from his house. He quickly made his way through the plaza, heading onto another street that was less crowded than the previous one. He ran the rest of the way home, a two story blue and white house, and stopped to catch his breath. He opened the door and called out, "I'm home!"
"I'm in the kitchen," called the voice of the man's wife, "how was work?"
"Nothing really eventful," the man said, pulling off his coat and kicking his shoes off. The sound of feet coming down the stairs alerted the man to his approaching children.
Two girls, one about twelve with short sand blonde hair and blue eyes and the other about nine with long, curly black hair and blue eyes, came down the stairs and shouted simultaneously, "Daddy!" They raced towards him and caught him in a hug, almost knocking him over.
"Jillian, Anna, how are my girls?" the man asked, returning their hugs.
The man's wife, who had straight sand blonde hair and blue eyes, went over to him and gave him a peck on the cheek, and said, "The girls have been quite a handful. They must take that from your side of the family, Blake."
The man smiled and replied, "That may be Krystal, but they have more of you in them."
The girl with black hair, Anna, pointed at the package he was holding and asked, "Daddy, what's in the box?" The man, Blake, looked at the package. It was fairly big, about as long as his forearm and twice as thick.
"Oh, this is something for Jacob. Speaking of whom, where is he?"
The three girls looked at each other and Jillian replied, "In his room, playing Duel Monsters by himself."
"Again?" the man asked. He sighed, "I'll take care of this." He walked past the three and started walking up the stairs. As he went up the stairs, his wife told him that dinner was almost ready, and he looked at the photos hung up on the wall. There were pictures of the kids, playing together on a playground, around a Christmas tree opening presents, all of them happy memories. However, once he reached the top of the stairs, he looked at the final picture.
It was a picture of them all at an amusement park. They were standing in front of a fountain, Blake had his arm around his wife, Jillian and Anna hugging each other and smiling. But then he noticed the fifth person in the picture. It was a boy, who looked about thirteen in the picture, stood at 5'3" and had messy black hair that looked like it needed a haircut. Unlike the others, he was turned away from the camera, only half of his face showing. They didn't notice that he was standing like this until they got the film developed, and by then it was too late to do a retake. The man placed a hand on the picture, and thought to himself, 'Ever since he turned thirteen, it's like he changed. If only I knew why.' He continued to his son's room and heard a voice on the other side.
He put an ear up to the door and heard the words faintly, "Luster Dragon, attack!"
He opened the door and said, "Hey Jacob, how's your duel going?" The boy, Jacob, was sitting on his bed, two decks and various cards spread out before him in a duel. Jacob was wearing a blue t-shirt with a black square pattern, rimless glasses, and white shorts with red and blue stripes. He was holding a hand of three cards, the man noticing another hand of cards near the deck on Jacob's right.
The boy lowered his previously raised hands and looked at the wall closest to him, "Oh, hey Dad."
His father entered the room and said, "Playing by yourself again?" Jacob didn't answer, instead taking all of the cards he had and putting them together. "Why not go outside and duel with the others? I'm sure they'd be happy to duel with you."
Jacob put a rubber band around one of the decks, while placing the other in a deck box, "No, there's no one to challenge."
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing," the boy pulled out a box and put the deck with the rubber band on inside, placing it on top of several other cards also tied up in rubber bands.
"Doesn't sound like nothing," his father asked, taking the deck out before Jacob could close the box. "Look, you've been holed up in this house for three days, what's bugging you?"
Jacob looked away again, trying to avoid his father's glare. "Well, if you're not going to tell me like this, how about a duel?"
Jacob looked at his father, curious as to what he had in mind. "If I win, you tell me what the matter is. If I lose, you can stay up here and come downstairs when you feel like it." He put the box in his hands next to the bed, took the rubber band off of the deck and began shuffling the cards. Jacob took the cards out of the deck box and began shuffling them as well. His father sat down on the bed and they set up the field. They each drew five cards and Jacob pulled out a pad of paper. He wrote down their total Life Points, and said, "I'll go first."
Jacob: 4000
Blake: 4000*
He drew his first card and smiled at his hand. "I summon Goblin Attack Force (4/2300/0) in Attack mode. Then I place two cards face down and end my turn."
Jacob: 4000
Blake: 4000
His father drew his card and said, "Okay, then I summon X-Head Cannon (4/1800/1500) in attack mode, and activate two Spell cards: Nightmare's Steelcage and Germ Infection, which I equip to your monster." He placed the three cards down, and Jacob knew his monster was in trouble.
'Germ Infection decreases my monsters ATK by 300 during each of my Standby Phases, and by the time Nightmare's Steelcage is gone, it'll be weaker than his X-Head.'
"I'll end my turn with a face-down card."
Jacob: 4000
Blake: 4000
After he placed his card down, Jacob drew and smirked. 'Megamorph, it'll come in handy later, but first...'
"I sacrifice my Goblin Attack Force to summon Armed Dragon LV5 (5/2400/1700), and because Goblin Attack Force was sacrificed, that means Germ Infection is destroyed as well. But that's not all, because I play Monster Reborn to bring back Goblin Attack Force." Blake** smiled at his son's determination.
'In all my years of dueling,' he thought to himself, 'I have never seen anyone put themselves into a duel like this.'
"With that, I end my turn."
Jacob: 4000
Blake: 4000
His father drew and placed the Nightmare's Steelcage in the Graveyard spot. "Since your monsters can now attack, I'll switch X-Head Cannon into Defense Mode, then place a monster face down. I end."
Jacob: 4000
Blake: 4000
After placing his face-down, Jacob drew and said, "I summon Insect Knight (4/1900/1500) in Attack Mode. Now, I attack X-Head with Armed Dragon and your face-down with Insect Knight." Blake took his cards and placed them in the Graveyard. Jacob noticed the destroyed face-down. "Peten the Dark Clown (3/500/1200)?"
"Yes, and its special ability allows me to Special Summon another in its place." Blake took his deck and began looking through it. Once he found another Dark Clown, he placed it in face-up Defense position.
"Either way," Jacob said, "my Goblin Attack Force attacks it." Once he placed the second clown in the Graveyard, he began searching his deck for the third one and again placed it in face-up Defense.
'Clever move,' Jacob thought to himself, 'but I'm still going to win.'
"I end my turn."
Jacob: 4000
Blake: 4000
Blake drew and placed a monster on the field. Jacob looked at it and said, "Oh crud."
"I summon Drillago (4/1600/1100) in Attack Mode, and since all your monsters have more than 1600 ATK, I can attack you directly."
Jacob smiled and flipped over one of his face-downs, "I activate Mirror Force. Now, not only is your attack negated, but your monster is destroyed as well." Blake put Drillago in the Graveyard and put another card face-down.
"End," was all he said, and Jacob drew.
Jacob: 4000
Blake: 4000
He smirked and said, "I sacrifice my Insect Knight and summon the Summoned Skull (6/2500/1200)." Blake was impressed, all of his monsters were now over 2000. "But now, I activate Premature Burial." He took the pad of paper and crossed out one of the 4000s.
Jacob: 3200
Blake: 4000
"It costs 800 Life Points, but Insect Knight comes back to the field. What's more, I equip it with Megamorph, doubling its ATK (1900-3800 ATK). Now, to attack."
'Ha, well Jacob, get ready for a surprise.'
"I attack your Dark Clown with Armed Dragon."
"Not quite, I activate Magical Arm Shield. When you attack me while I still have a monster on the field, I can take one of your monsters and have it battle yours. So thanks for powering up Insect Knight." He took the card from Jacob's side of the field and placed it on his side. Jacob grunted in anger, writing down the new Life Point total.
Jacob: 1800
Blake: 4000
Jacob ended his turn and got back control of his Insect Knight, and Blake drew. He placed a monster face down and said, "End."
Jacob: 1800
Blake: 4000
Jacob drew his next card, and thought to himself, 'I don't need this card, but I know how I can use it.'
"I now attack your Clown with Armed Dragon and your face down with Summoned Skull." After discarding the two cards, Jacob continued, "Now for the real pain, I activate Rising Energy. By discarding one card, I can add 1500 ATK to one of my monsters, and I choose Insect Knight (3800-5300 ATK). Now, I attack directly with it, which means I win."
Jacob: 1800
Blake: 0
Win: Jacob
Jacob grabbed the cards from his father's hands and side of the field and put the rubber band back on. "Now I believe we had a deal, so go," Jacob said harshly. His father sighed and got off the bed, picking up the box.
"Alright, you can stay up here, but dinner is almost ready so I hope you'll come down for that." Jacob began picking up his own cards, muttering under his breath. "Oh, and one more thing," Blake tossed the box to him, which he barely caught, and said, "Happy 15th birthday, son." He left the room and Jacob looked at the box.
'I'll bet it's a duel disk, why can't Dad understand that I can't duel with the others.' He placed the box by his bed and went over to the window. He looked outside and saw two ten year-olds dueling each other. 'It was fun back then, but now it's just not the same.'
He heard his mother call down from the kitchen and he went downstairs, not even bothering to open the box from his father.
*-I noticed some Yu-Gi-Oh! fics use this technique for showing LP and ATK/DEF, so I decided to do it too.
**-Honestly, I didn't want to say "His father" 100 times, so I just called him Blake.
Okay, so give me your opinion so far on the story, and remember, I still need at least three more OCs, so I'll keep the form up from the previous chapter. R&R, PM, and keep on dueling.