Yugioh: Rise of the Deck Spirits

Duel spirits are common place among the more metaphysically inclined of duelists, however there is a rumored phenomenon in the dueling world where if enough duel spirits gather together in a deck that their energies will pool together into a mass of energy that manifests as a deck spiritit is rare that it happens but when it does it means a great change is coming to the duelist's life, this is the story about one such duelist who has never seen a duel spirit in his life but he is in for a surprise…

Chapter 1

Rise of the Dragon death god

As Charles Dickens one wrote: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, Eric Hamilton Couldn't remember the context of that line (partially because he never read A Tale of Two Cities) his meaning of the phrase was first because he had won his first tournament with his new deck and just through his bedroom door his younger sister Olivia ambushed him demanding he gives her money, His younger sister was always like this, she was a money and material obsessed bitch who practiced martial arts to extort money from people and was constantly trying to get Eric to give her rare cards to sell, with his last tournament winnings he bought a locker with a password protected lock to store all his cards in so she wouldn't steal them to sell, desperately gasping for air Eric spoke back at her "I will not Yeild!" he said and with that he broke free of his sister's grip

"Ooh, gonna play the hero huh and not give in to those who are better than you." She said with a cocky grin

"Besides I don't have any money on me," he said

"Liar!" she said "I know you were at a drool monsters tournament today and know you won 4500 dollars!"

"I will not deny that but I had already put the money in my bank account." He said with a grin

Olivia narrowed her eyes "When did you get a bank account?" she asked in a non-believing tone

"After I found out you stole my prize money from my first tournament win, with my second I bought that locker for my cards." He said nodding to the password protected locker beside his desk

Olivia growled then kicked Eric in the groin HARD! Making Eric howl in pain "heh, men are all the same, a nice solid to the nuts and they're as pitiful as a rag doll, but when she turned around the eldest of the 3 kids was standing there the over achieving Margret who was terrifying when it came to studying, it was as though to her education was EVERYTHING! If you didn't like school or academics, in her book you were less fit to live than a homeless bum! And when she was interrupted from her studying her malice was that of a demon, and she gave off an aura that terrified anyone

She then spoke in a monotonous but terrifying voice "you will return to your rooms and continue your studies and if you leave, you know what will happen." She said with a malevolent glare, Olivia ran out of the room. Finally satisfied she turned around and closed the door behind her. Eric in pain and in terror clambered into his bed pulled out his duel deck case containing his deck curled up around it in a fetal position and drembled in terror of the abuse his sisters put him through and his ignoring parents he was truly alone

"I want to be free of this hell." He whispered to himself and closed his eyes

Little did he know that his wish was heard by his deck and the beginnings of his power began to manifest…

MINDSCAPE

Eric stood in the middle of a large tropical oasis that was very beautiful and relaxing, Eric Didn't feel like he was dreaming because he felt awake and free, more free than he ever felt in his life! It was then that he sensed something, looking down at the deck case on his belt, he noticed that his deck was glowing, removing his deck from the container the cards started to levitate out of his hand and started spinning around him in a circle and shining even more brightly before the light merged into a sphere of light that pulsated and formed into the shape of a dragon. When the light died down it revealed a majestic dragon standing before him, it wasn't a dragon that was on a duel monsters card it was its own entity but then it spoke: "Greetings, Young Eric Hamilton, I see the pain your family has caused you has made me manifest." Said the Dragon, he was about the length of a school bus not including his tail and was completely black save for the edge of his scales which were rimmed with gold

"Pardon?" asked Eric not understanding what was going on

"oh, pardon me for not explaining, you see I am a deck spirit, you are familiar with duel spirits, right?" asked the dragon

"I've heard rumors." Said Eric still looking surprised at what he was seeing

"Well, when a large number of duel spirits gather together in a deck they tend to pool their energy and form a combined entity that becomes the spirit of the deck as a whole, it is the duty of a deck spirit to guide a duelist down the right path to unleash their true potential, that is why I am here, I was born from your desire to break away from the pain and suffering, and set you free, but first, you'll need some gear" he said and his eyes glowed and manifested before Eric a hooded jacket that was black with red trim and the hood had a red lining*, also what manifested was a bag that when unzipped it showed it had a lot of space in it* (D&D players would call it a bag of holding), but items contained within it were a duelist sidekick (a smartphone specifically designed for duelists), "as you can see, the backpack has massive amounts of space on the inside so you can store all your cards in it and many more important items inside, I am sure you know what the duelist sidekick does." Said the Dragon

"Indeed I do, but you're a dragon how do you know of this sort of thing?" asked Eric

"It is unknown when a deck spirit will manifest so when it manifests it automatically knows what it is needed to be known in the day and age it manifests, anyway, the jacket is special, when the hood is raised nobody you wish to have notice you WILL notice you, one of your cruel family will walk right by you if you have the hood raised and they will not notice you, it isn't pure invisibility, it basically makes you part of the background." Explained the Dragon before he continued "anyway as for this place here." said the dragon gesturing to the tropical paradise surrounding him* "is your personal sanctum, you can come here to relax, think alone or even seek guidance from me, you needn't worry, if you want to be alone here I will grant you that, you can even bring your close friends in here too if you guys need to speak in private, even lady friends that want to do things with you." He said with a wink making Eric Blush "but there will be time for further talk later, you need to get out of here, when you awake, gather your things and make a run for it, your hooded jacket will work even in your house." He said as the image before Eric went blurry and the duelist woke up in his room finding the jacket and bag he was given by the dragon lying on his desk, he immediately put the jacket on and packed his things into the bag, such as his duel monsters cards, a change of clothes, some PJs his 3ds, and some other personal items it was night time so he wouldn't have to worry about catching his sisters on his sneak out. He creped downstairs and went into the kitchen, hot ahold of some of his favorite snacks and so forth then went out the door, closed it shut, raised the hood and set off into the night not looking back at the house even ONCE…

NOTES:

The Jacket Looks like the Brother's Cut jacket inspired by Assassin's creed, and the bag resembles the Desmond bag available on the U*bi Workshop site, and No he doesn't have a hidden Blade!