Author's note: as my first fanfiction, I have decided to stick to what is familiar to me. This story Is heavily based off of the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's, with only some minor differences. Reviews are welcome, as are feedback and suggestions.
Chapter 1: Clipping of the wings.
Neo Domino City; more specifically, the slums of Satellite. I have called this place my home my entire life; and along with my three friends Yusei Fudo, Crow Hogan, and Jack Atlas, I aim to make it safe once more. My name is Kalin Kessler, and I see myself one of the few capable of enacting change in Satellite. One by one, the four of us dismantled the duel gangs; finally we were the only duel gang left, and it was safe at last to live in our homeland. I should have been satisfied, and done with my imperialistic drive to free my home…
A cold and rainy night in western Satellite, three young men run in search of a fourth in need. Chased by superior forces, he stands alone in an alleyway, unsure of his fate. One night, one cold heartless and heartfelt night changes it all….little did they know the stars were watching, guiding them to change history.
Kalin Kessler stands, unarmed except for his cards and his unrelenting will. At the other end of the alley, a single Sector Security officer stands as a symbol for all that angers the young duelist. After a fierce but short duel which results in a draw, the two engage in physical combat, a rarity in the modern age.
"Why can't you have just left us alone, why did you have to attack us? Security was leaving you satellite scum alone, yet you provoke us?" asked the Security officer.
"I would have, if not for the realization I made…Sector security is naught more than a legally backed duel gang, stagnant in its power yet it hungers for more. To purify my home…I must free us from the reign of Security!"
A few more moments of intense fighting ensue, ending with Kessler smashing the officers' head into the ground repetitively. So focused is he, that Kalin does not notice the arrival of a close friend, Crow Hogan.
"What have you wrought Kalin. We fought for peace, and yet the first person to draw blood is our champion, the creator of the Enforcers…" Crow grabs Kalin securely by the shoulders, to hold his attention. "We fight for peace Kalin, not for bloodlust, if I had thought for even a second at the beginning we would be here now…I never would have joined your mission."
"Crow…you are my brother in arms, we have dueled together for well over a year now, but even Yusei cannot lecture me on what we fight for!" with this, Kalin pushes Crow away. "I was the one who found you, and brought us all together. You say it is bloodlust that drives me, I disagree, its passion for freedom. Those tyrants…they abuse us day in and day out, trying to crush our hopes and dreams."
"How do you expect to gain freedom, when you chain yourself down with victims of your crimes…for the sake of our friends, and what we fight for…I am sorry Kalin, for everything."
With these last words, Crow does the unthinkable, and strikes his friend unconscious. He then drags his friend out of sight, behind a garbage can. Walking over to the now corpse of a security officer, Crow mentally prepares himself for the gruesome task ahead of him, knowing he must protect his leader at all costs. That is what a true loyal comrade and friend would do.
Sector Security field office, headquarters of the one task force used to track down rogue and dangerous duelists. In the corner stands a single cell, used to detain suspects. No one, even the chief, ever thought the tiny cell would cage someone as deadly as the young man standing calmly next to the hard cot. Crow Hogan has done the unthinkable, and taken the blame for murder, only time will tell what his fate is in the hands of security. As the stars watch, coldly unblinking, recording and studying all that comes to pass.
Author's Note: I find that this chapter, it is almost all I expected it to be, as I struggled with more than half of it. This idea came upon me on a whim, I ran with it since I like it. I plan on future chapters being longer, as a chapter this short just does not seem fair to readers. Please, review and comment, I would like to hear your opinions.