I'm back with a new story idea, my very first Yu-Gi-Oh story and I hope you enjoy it. I'll change some concepts and there will a lot more mature content and it'll be a more adult take on the canon. Pairing suggestions are welcome if you'd like to throw your 2 cents into the hat. Enjoy and REVIEW please I'd love to hear from you!
The Fox Duellist
Destiny
A young boy with spiky blonde hair, who sported a plain whit undershirt and a pair of orange boxers looked down at a battle 5,000 years before his time. His body at the mercy of the invisible force holding him in place above the plain below. His hair was a striking golden blonde. The front concentrates the spikes on the right side of his head as if windswept. A bang framed the left side of his face it reached his chin. He didn't sport any footwear, his cerulean eyes scanned down at the battle. A blue dragon emerged from the stone tablet, directly opposite the dragon a humanoid monster materialized by unknown means opposing the gargantuan dragon.
Suddenly a man appeared next to him floating in the same space.
"An rich history, ancient Egypt is", he turned to the young blonde a smiled. "You most likely have an abundance of question racing through your mind at the present moment", the man turned to lock eyes with the confused boy.
He had olive skin, he wore a white cloak that concealed the top half of his face via a hood in darkness.
"Do not fret Naruto Namikaze", the boy now identified as Naruto gasped softly as a bead of sweat ran down from his brow. "Every answer will be revealed when destiny deems you ready", he looked down at the duel of titans below them.
"Look familiar?" the cloaked figure didn't receive a response. "You're destined to battle again", Naruto swallowed as he scanned the plain underneath them. The creatures clashed to a stail mate, which resulted in a thunderous shockwave.
"Long ago", began the cloaked figure as Naruto shifted his attention back.
"When the pyramids were still young, Egyptian kings played a game of great and terrible power. But these Shadow Games erupted into a war that threatened to destroy the entire world until a brave and powerful young pharaoh and his greatest ally locked the magic away, imprisoning it within the mystical 8 Millennium Items. These Millennium items were sealed away but they have once again resurfaced 5000 years in the present time and these shadow games threaten to destroy the world once again", he remained silent and stoic for a few moments before speaking again.
"However, with the help of these", the man held both his hands out and a bright light erupted from his palms. In the right hand appeared a gold bracelet, which was gold and sported the Millennium symbol in the centre where magical gold meets. In the other hand, however appeared a card that gravitated above his palm.
The card's picture was of a giant fox bearing its teeth. Behind the fox it hand an unusual amount of tails, nine to be exact. It had red eyes that were silted, which added to the intimidating look of the bloodthirsty beast. The card's name was 'Kyuubi, The Nine Tailed Demon Fox'. The fox was level 7 and had 2700 attack points and 2200 defence points. It was a formidable card and fearsome sight to behold.
Naruto swallowed the lump in his throat as his body reacted on its own. He held his hand out and the card gravitated toward his left hand. It floated above his as it did the strangers spinning majestically.
"Yes, this card belongs with you Naruto, it will aid you in more ways than one", Naruto stared with curious blue eyes at the card.
"This other item is called the Millennium bracelet. It contains many secrets and many of the wonders held with it elude me. Perhaps it will open for you", his visible mouth curved into a smile.
The bracelet engulfed his vision in a blinding light.
"The future rests on your shoulders. For they will come", the light receded and his world went blank.
Beep Beep Beep
Naruto awoke in a cold sweat as his alarm proudly made noise and sunlight appeared in through his window. He smashed his hand on the annoyance halting its noise. He stepped out of his bed. It was a simple room. A desk, nightstand, side table and wardrobe were all stationed around the room.
"Was that really a dream, it felt so real", he examined his hands and furrowed his brow. "No it definitely was a dream, nothing more", he sighed.
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"Big brother, big brother! Hey wait up! Mum said that you had to walk me to school", Naruto now sported his school uniform, which consisted of a white undershirt, a blue jacket with a high collar and also blue pants and a pair of black shoes. He had his bag slung over his shoulder.
"Mum says a lot of things Ren", he smiled and waved him off. "Besides, I'm not heading to school first I'm going to the 'GAME' shop. I'm doing a project with this Joey kid and I hear he's a bit dense so I have to go see how he's doing", he whispered the last part making the primary schooler giggle.
"The young boy had a top on and a pair of blue pants with sneakers. He also wore a bracelet around his left wrist.
"Can I come?" he asked excitedly.
Naruto made an unsure muffle and rubbed the back of his head.
"Please, I'll be good!" he insisted.
Naruto caved and sighed dropping his hand to his side.
"Okay fine, but c'mon", he turned heel on the sidewalk and continued on the designated path. Ren cheered and followed after Naruto.
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The door to the 'GAME' shop opened and Naruto stepped through with Ren in tow. A group was huddled around the front desk. The doorbell rang notifying them all that someone had stepped into the store. An old man stood behind the desk with a kind-hearted expression, around the desk were 4 teenagers Naruto's age, 18. Ren 'awed' at all the cards. They all wore the standard 'Domino City High' uniforms.
"Hello there young man how may I help you?" asked Solomon Muto.
"Wha! Naruto! What are you doing here?" asked the blonde haired boy.
"Well I came to see how you were doing on your side of the project, seeing how it's due in a few days", said Naruto as he lightly smiled.
"Oh this must be the Naruto that Joey told us about", said the boy with the spiked brown hair.
"Hi there it's nice to meet you Naruto", said the considerably smaller boy with spiky blonde and purple tinted hair.
'And I thought my hair was weird', thought Naruto.
"Yo Naruto don't sweat it man, I've got it all covered. That Egypt stuff is a piece of cake", he chuckled confidently.
"Alright no worries then, it's nice to meet of you y'know. I'm Naruto Namikaze and this is my little brother, Ren", Ren heard his name and poked his mop of hair out from behind the tall shelf.
"Hi!" he exclaimed rather loudly.
"Why don't you do some shopping, are you a duellist?" asked Solomon.
"Oh yeah I guess, not seriously though I mean I do have some cards but I haven't duelled anyone worth mentioning", he rubbed the back of his head.
"Well not to worry buddy, I'll teach you how to play", said Joey as he walked over and put his hand around his shoulder.
"Now, now if you take advice from Joey you'll be trounced every time you duel", laughed Tristen.
Everyone else laughed.
"I'm sure Joey has plenty of good advice to give", said Naruto with a small smile.
"Naruto my name is Yugi, it's nice to meet you", said Yugi introducing himself.
"Nice to meet you to Yugi", he turned to the girl with the beaming smile who stood next to him.
"My name is Tea, it's a pleasure", she smirked.
"Nice to meet you", said Naruto politely smiling at her.
"Well you better get to school kids", voiced Solomon.
"Right well, we better get going then. C'mon Naruto you can walk with us if you want?" offered Yugi.
"Sure but I have to take my brother to school", he said with a sigh.
"No you don't bye loser!" Ren quickly ran out the door.
Naruto growled and ran out the door.
"You little idiot I swear when I see you at home!" he came to halt outside the "GAME' shop.
"Well now that, that's settled, c'mon", said Tea.
Naruto nodded ran up to next to the group of close friends.
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"So you're from around here?" asked Yugi.
"Yes well…..I go to school here", said Naruto jokingly.
Yugi's face blushed and nodded.
"I guess that was a silly question", he faltered.
Naruto and Yugi had discovered that they shared some of the same classes together and had proceeded to talk to each other at a pair of empty desks in a room full of kids.
"Don't worry", he chuckled.
"Have you been playing monsters a long time?" asked Naruto.
"They're called duel monsters", he said defensively.
"Sorry, sorry", he said with a small amount of amusement laced in his voice. "So I take it you have if you care so much, can I ask, seeing as I don't know much about it", he rubbed the back of his head.
"Can you teach me a little bit about the game, I'm afraid that I built a deck for fun but I lost it and stopped playing", he said with an embarrassed smile.
"Oh my that's terrible", spoke Yugi.
"Ah….not as much as you'd think, so can you teach me?" he asked with a hopeful smile.
"I'd be happy to show you somethings", he smiled sincerely.
"Alright", he cheered.
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It turns out that Naruto has a lot in common with Yugi. Although Naruto was roughly knew to duel monsters he understood the concepts that Yugi had explained to him rather well. He had even asked myriad questions about various effects of cards and their impact on the game once it was explained to him.
Now Naruto sat in front of Joey with mock deck that he and Yugi had assembled together from the booster packs that were available for purchase outside in the shop across from the school.
"Okay Naruto! Just because we're friends now doesn't mean I'm gonna go easy on ya!" announced Joey. As he threw his deck down on the table, Naruto laughed and slammed his deck down as well.
"Bring it on!" he challenged.
Their friend group stood around them.
Naruto's LP 2000
Joey's LP 2000
"Okay, seeing as I'm a nice guy and all, you can go first kid", said Joey.
"Right well", Naruto pulled five cards from his deck as Yugi looked over his shoulder.
"I'll place this card face down in defence mode and I'll place one card face down", he smiled. "Your go Joey", said Naruto.
"Wow good move", said Yugi.
"I'll summon The Rock Guy (800, 2000) in defence mode", said Joey.
"You realise that it isn't called The Rock Guy?" asked Tristian mockingly.
"Shuddap!: he exclaimed.
Naruto's LP 2000
Joey's LP 2000
"Good move Joey", said Naruto.
"I'll just place this card face down, now it's your turn", said Naruto as he did so.
"Now you're in trouble kiddo", he mocked.
"That's not all, I'll attack your face down monster with The Mystic Swordsman 1000/800", Naruto chuckled.
"Wha?" Naruto revealed the monster to be Mystical Elf 800/2000.
"Wait that means the difference is deduced from my life points. I've just lost half of'em!" he exclaimed as he removed the monster from the field.
Naruto's LP 2000
Joey's LP 1000
"Okay, my turn?" asked Naruto.
Joey nodded with a sigh.
I'll summon Airknight Parshath 1900/1400in attack mode", he announced.
"Wha! That's so strong, I don't have a monster in my deck that can beat that!" yelled Joey.
"I'll play the faced down magic card The Bright Castle, which increases my knight's attack by 500 attack points making his attack a total of 2300", Joey began sweating.
"That's a lot", said Joey nervously.
"I'll then summon Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress 1400/1200", he placed the card down.
"I'll attack that defensive monster with my knight", Joey groaned and removed it to the graveyard.
Naruto's LP 2000
Joey's LP 1000
"Okay um….what do I do…..I'll place, this monster face down in defensive mode and uh that's it", he chuckled regaining his confidence.
"Your shot", said Joey.
"Okay, I'll attack your monster in defence with my knight and then I'll attack you directly with my winged dragon and that's it I guess", he chuckled.
Naruto's LP 2000
Joey's LP 0
"Sorry Joey but Naruto's the better duellist I guess and he doesn't even play that much", said Yugi with a proud smile.
"Aw man! Why!?" he groaned.
"That was awesome, you picked up the concepts of this game really fast", commented Tea.
Naruto smiled at the compliment.
"Thanks, but it was really all thanks to Yugi he ran me through some of the concepts at lunch today", he chuckled.
"Yugi! You taught him! You gotta teach me!" he yelled making everyone laugh at his dramatics.
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Later that day after school Naruto returned with Yugi to the 'GAME' shop to meet his smiling Grandfather.
"Gramps you're freaking me out", said Naruto.
Solomon chuckled and handed Naruto a deck.
"W-What's this?" he asked.
"What's with the deck Grandpa?" asked Yugi.
"Something about you Naruto, I just had to put this deck together for you my boy. These cards belong with you, so take them", he grabbed Naruto's hand and placed the cards in them.
"Thank you", he bowed his head. "I put a practice one together today I can build on it", he explained making Solomon smile.
"You're welcome", he chuckled.
"Well I have to go home, I'll see you tomorrow Yugi", he laughed and ran out the door with a wave and the deck in his hand.
"That was nice of you Grandpa", said Yugi.
"The more people who are into duel monsters the more people will buy cards from me", he smiled and flashed him a thumbs up.
Yugi sighed.
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"Man who would of thought that I would have caught the duel bug", he chuckled as he walked down the street.
He opened the door passing his little brother and his mother in the kitchen.
"Hi guys", said Naruto as he waved.
"Hello dear, dinner will be ready soon", said his red headed mother.
He smiled and offered thanks as he ran up to his room. When he opened the door his whole body became ridged. He opened the door slowly to see a golden box a gleaming at him in the moon light with the Millennium symbol glaring at him.
"Maybe that dream was more reality than fantasy", he said as he cautiously approached the box. He opened it and found two items that he was afraid would be in the box. The Millennium bracelet and The Kyuubi card.
Every answer will be revealed when destiny deems you ready
"This is all a little too real if you ask me", said Naruto as he picked up The Kyuubi card. "I guess if you show up out of nowhere from a dream then maybe me we do belong with one another", he looked at the card and then back to the golden item.
He picked it up with his right hand and it began to glow. His mind was suddenly pulled into the item. He stood in a split in between his own mind and someone else's.
"Who are you?" asked Naruto more demanded if his tone was anything to go with.
The door to the other person's mind opened and out stepped a figure that looked almost identical to him, however his blonde hair was somewhat different. It was spiked up at all different angles at the front the larger of the spikes were found on the right that seemed to get longer as they fell to his face. His fringe stopped below his eyes and a long band framed the right side of his face. He wore the same clothes as Naruto expect he wore boots instead of sneakers. He also had a tanned complex and striking blue eyes that seemed to glow a little.
"Hello there Naruto?" spoke the spirit.
"I don't mean to be rude but….the hell are you?" asked Naruto.
"Well judging by the fact that you are able to access this bracelet, you must be the destined wielder", said the spirit.
His voice was deeper and more stern than Naruto's. He was also a head or two taller than him.
"Well you know my name, what can I call you?" he asked.
"I am uncertain of my true name, however, I suppose you may call me Yami", he said with a smile.
"Yami….okay Yami what are you doing here?" asked Naruto.
"Well my spirit resides in the Millennium bracelet and as luck would have it now you, we are now connected", Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Connected? I never agreed to that", said Naruto with a wince.
"Well I'm afraid as of now we're bonded together", said Yami.
"Is there anyway to get rid of you?" he said with his arms crossed.
Yami made a face of displeasure.
"I am not pleased with the circumstances either but we must endure or life for us both will become very difficult", he said with a frown.
Naruto sighed.
"Well now I have a voice in my head, great", he said sarcastically. "So what exactly do you do?" asked Naruto.
"I don't do anything, however, I saw inside your mind that you're a duellist and that you were visited by an ancient Egyptian spirit, he offered you my favourite card as well, The Kyuubi", he said with a proud look.
"Well I gathered that it wasn't just a dream from what has happened", said Naruto.
"Call on the power of the bracelet when you're in trouble Naruto, I will be there to aid you when you wish", said Yami with a smile.
"Okay so I've become a baby sitter, a duellist and now spirit hotel all in one day", surmised the young blonde.
"Yes it would appear so", Yami chuckled making Naruto groan.
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Naruto's eyes opened and the bracelet had attached itself to his right wrist.
"I guess I do have a destiny in this game", he said.
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Hope you guys enjoyed that I've got a good feeling about this story. Please REVIEW and leave some feedback. Pairing suggestions are welcome if you want to throw your 2 cents in. If you're unsure about Yami Naruto's hair just think about Cloud Strife's hair style. Thank you reading!