Hey guys, ryuzakimk7 here! Ch. 2 of Infinite Stratos – Lustful Symbol will be released soon, but first I'm gonna start a story series for Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds titled: "Memory of the Wandering Duelist". The way this is set up is from different characters POV. I'm sure you'll know who's who. All cards are in italics, and if they're fanfic cards only, they'll be bolded. Also, during the duel, I'll signify whose Talking. If it's in parenthesis, they're thinking. So let's begin.

Set a few years after the events of the Ark Cradle, and the world moving into a new direction, a new threat looms. How will these event's transpire? Ch. 1 Shinning Prologue: Generation Alloy! Start!

"Thank you for choosing Kyoto Airways. We've arrived at our destination, New Domino City. Please prepare for landing."

New Domino City. I can't believe I actually made it. I guess it's true what they say, it looks way more technologically advanced than anything I've seen.

"Here you go sir. Your luggage is in dock bay 3."

"Thank you."

So why am I, a small village kid in a town like this? Well, I guess it's just my nature. I've always been a traveler, wandering from place to place aimlessly. It's what I do. But this time, I'm here on business.

"Sign here please. Enjoy your stay in New Domino."

"Thanks."

I revved the engines of my duel runner and dashed off into the sunset. It's always been like this, ever since I was a kid. When I'm riding on my duel runner, all I can think about is the wind blowing by me. It was only when I stopped to get some food when I realized that I was lost. I was supposed to head to the residence of the person taking me in in exchange for assisting him in repairing duel runners. I couldn't really turn him down, knowing who he was. I just-

"Hey, give it back!"

"Sorry, you knew the stakes of that duel! So now your deck is mine!"

I turned to see a teenage girl not much older than me, with ruby red hair, a pink sleeveless hoodie, and a pink skirt, arguing with this tattooed freak. It seemed like he had her dueling deck, and was gloating about it. Just seeing his cocky expression and his wretched laughter, made my blood boil. I just walked over there and yanked the deck out of his hands and tripped him.

"OW! WHAT THE HELL? You little brat! You got something you wanna say!"

"…"

That kid, with long black hair, with a strand covering his left eye, with that long gray hoodie; he just yanked the deck out of that guy's hands. He didn't even run away or look up or even open his eyes. Just what was he?

"Eh, rotten punk! SAY SOMETHING!"

"…..Duel me."

I gasped in confusion just as that crook did. Why? Why was he doing something so stupid?

"Why should I duel you?"

"If I win, you'll give this deck back to her."

"And if you lose?"

Just then, the boy pointed towards a clear crystal white duel runner, shimmering in the moonlight. I've never seen any runner as beautiful as that!

"I'll give you my runner if you win"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! A deck vs a duel runner? Hell, I'd be an idiot not to duel! Fine, I accept, but we play by street rules! We each start with 4000 Life Points!"

I panicked. "No don't! Please, you don't have to do this! You're making a mistake!"

"It's not like I have to. I want to."

He… wants…. to? Why? Why is he-

Crook: LP 4000

Boy: LP 4000

"DUEL!"

Crook: "I'll start! Draw! I summon Gene-Warped Werewolf!" Beast-Warrior/ EARTH/ Level 4/ ATK 2000/ DEF 100

"I'll set two card's facedown and end my turn ." (And with that my field's set. If he tries to summon a higher attacking monster, I've got my Rush Recklessly and Reinforcements cards facedown ready to increase my Werewolf's ATK. Let's see what you got kid!)

Boy: "My move, draw! I summon Generation Alloy: Samurai!" Warrior/ Light/ Level 4/ ATK 1600/ DEF 1200

"Now, Samurai, attack his Werewolf!

Crook: "What? But his ATK is lower!"

Boy: "Yeah, but I've got his ability! When he attacks a Monster, I can have him swap the target monster's ATK and DEF!" Werewolf: ATK 100/ DEF 2000

Crook: "Grrrrrrrrr, activate facedowns: Reinforcements and Rush Recklessly! This will increase his power!" Werewolf: ATK 1300/ Destroyed

Crook: LP 3700

Boy: "Now I activate a monster effect from my hand: Generation Alloy: Artillery! When a Generation Alloy monster destroys a monster in battle I can discard him from my hand to either deal damage to your life points equal to the ATK of the Generation Alloy monster that destroyed your monster or deal 300 damage to you multiplied by the destroyed monsters level. I choose the first effect!"

Crook: "Damn!" LP: 2100

Boy: Next, I activate the quick-play Spell: Alloy Strike! When I only control 1 Generation Alloy monster, and that monster destroyed a monster in battle, I can have that monster attack again! Go, Samurai! Sonic Slash!"

Crook: "AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" LP: 500

"I activate the ability of Gorz the Emissary of Darkness! When I take damage when I have no cards on the field, I can Special Summon Gorz from my Hand! And then Special Summon 1 Emissary Token with an ATK and DEF equal to the battle damage I took!"

Gorz: Fiend/ DARK/ Level 7/ ATK 2700/ DEF 2500

Token: Fairy/ LIGHT/ Level 7/ ATK 1600/ DEF 1600

Boy: "You do know you could've summoned him when I dealt damage to you because of Generation Alloy: Artillery's effect right? Then, you could've dealt damage to me equal to the damage I dealt to you."

Crook: "Don't doubt my strategy!"

Boy: "Whatever. I'll set 2 cards facedown and end my turn."

Crook: "My move, draw! I sacrifice my token to advance summon Cyber-Tech Alligator!" Machine/ WIND/ Level 5/ ATK 2500/ DEF 1600

"Next I activate Ancient Rules, allowing me to Special Summon 1 Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from my hand! Rise, Tri-Horned Dragon!" Dragon/ DARK/ Level 5/ATK 2850/ DEF 2350

Boy: "Hmm, this complicates things a bit. Nothing much though."

Crook: "This'll teach you to cross paths with me! I activate the spell card, Vanilla Charge! Now I can increase one of my Normal Monsters ATK equal to the ATK of another Normal Monster on my field, so long as the chosen monster is destroyed during my End Phase. I increase Tri-Horned Dragon's ATK equal to Cyber-Tech Alligator's ATK!"

Tri-Horned Dragon: ATK 5350

"Now my Dragon, attack his Samurai!"

Boy: LP 250 "Trap activate: Generation Skip! When one of my Generation Alloy monsters is destroyed in battle, I can now Special Summon a new Generation Alloy monster with an ATK lower than the monster destroyed. Rise up, Generation Alloy: Guardian in Defense mode!" Rock/ LIGHT/ Level 4/ ATK 400/ DEF 1900

Crook: "You're just prolonging your suffering. Cyber-Tech Alligator, attack!"

Boy: "Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm staying put! I activate my Guardian's effect! You see each turn, he cannot be destroyed in battle a number of times equal to the number of face-up Generation Alloy monsters in play! Since my Guardian's the only one on the field, he can only prevent destruction once per turn!"

Crook: "That won't save you from this! Gorz, take him out!"

Generation Alloy: Guardian: Destroyed

Crook: "I'll set one card and end my turn!"

Tri-Horned Dragon: Destroyed by Vanilla Charge's effect

I don't get it. This guy, he shows up out of nowhere to help me. He's putting a very prized possession of his on the line just to get me back my dueling deck. Why? There's no sensible reason!

Boy: LP 250

Crook: LP 500

Boy: "My move, draw! Trap activate: Alloy Swap! Now by discarding one Generation Alloy Monster, I can add a new Generation Alloy Monster from my Deck to my hand! I discard Generation Alloy: Knight and add Generation Alloy: Mechanic to my hand! Now I summon Generation Alloy: Mechanic!" Machine/Tuner / LIGHT/ Level 2/ ATK 500/ DEF 800

"Using his effect, I can Special Summon one Level 4 Generation Alloy Monster from my Graveyard. So I summon back Generation Alloy: Samurai!"

Crook: "Ha, Like it really matters. Your monsters can't stand up to my beasts!"

Boy: "Who said these two would be staying? I tune my Level 2 Generation Alloy: Mechanic with my Level 4 Generation Alloy: Samurai! Multiple generations collide to bring upon your stride. Mark the future with bloodshed! Synchro Summon! Generation Alloy: Assassin!" Warrior/Synchro/ LIGHT/ Level 6/ ATK 2300/ DEF 1900

"Now it's time to win this!"

Crook: (That thing must have some special ability when it attacks! I don't think so!) "Trap activate: Justi-Break! Since you're attacking one of my Normal Monsters I can activate this trap to negate the attack and destroy every non-Normal Monster on the field!"

Boy: "Who said I was attacking?"

Crook: "WHAT!"

Boy: "I activate Generation Alloy: Assassin's Special Ability! By removing from play a number of Generation Alloy Monsters from my Graveyard, I can destroy 1 monster on your field whose Level is equal to or less than the combined Levels of the removed Monsters. I remove from play Generation Alloy: Samurai and Generation Alloy: Guardian to destroy Gorz, The Emissary of Darkness. And then you take damage equal to that Monster's Attack strength!"

Crook: LP 0 "!"

Boy: "Game set."

No way. I don't believe it! He won! He actually won!

"Rotten brat! You think I'm just gonna let you get away with this?"

Just then that crook pounced at him like a lion to its prey. I screamed a horrific "Watch out!" when the crook pulled out a knife. But just then, that kid grabbed his arm and twisted it to turn the blade back on him.

"What a disgusting act of cowardice. You lost that duel fair and square. I'm taking back her deck. You better hope I don't see you pulling this stuff again!"

"GRRRAAAH! Let's bug out boys!"

Unbelievable! He just stood up to those guys like it was nothing. I've never seen someone so, so-

"Hey you okay?"

"Um, yeah."

"Here, your deck."

"Oh, uh, thank you."

Why's my heart beating so fast? Why do I feel so nervous around him?

"You got a name?"

"Huh? Oh, it's…. umm….."

"Hmm?"

"Shiori."

"That's a nice name."

He walked right past me back to his runner. Before I could utter another word, he tossed me a helmet.

"Huh, what's this?"

"Hop on! I'll give you a ride home!"

Right after saying those words, she started blushing like crazy. Was she embarrassed? Jeez, it's not like we're dating or anything.

"Why? I don't have anything to pay you with."

"Truth is, I'm new to this town. So I'd like you to help me find my way around here. Fair deal?"

"Yeah, okay!"

She hopped on to the back of my runner, feeling eager to go.

"You may wanna hold on tight! This thing can go pretty fast!"

I revved that engine to max and I sped down the street onto the freeway. She kept telling me which way to go to reach her place. I could tell from the tone of her voice that she was pretty excited. I guess this is her first time riding a duel runner. I remember my first time. I can still remember the first time the wind flipped through my hair. You never forget that feeling.

"Okay we're here!"

We pulled up into this nice mansion looking house near the Tops. As she got off and thanked me for the ride, I could've sworn I saw a bright red Duel Runner in their garage.

(I know I've seen that runner before, but where?)

"Shiori! Oh thank god! You're okay!"

"I'm fine mom."

"Shiori, who's your friend?"

"Oh, him. He gave me a lift!"

Shiori's father walked to me. As he got closer I could see who he was. Blue eyes, yellow highlights, and a facility marker on his right cheek. It was him.

"Thanks for bringing Shiori home."

"… Tell me, are you Yusei Fudo?"

"Huh, yeah I am. Why do you ask?"

"Then it seems I finally found the place. Took me long enough."

I pulled a letter out of my hoodie pocket and gave it to him. He stared in shock as he saw it was in his handwriting.

"Yusei, who is he?"

"Dad?"

"I think I remember telling you guys. He's the person I hired to help me out with my work."

Shiori and her mom were stunned. I should probably introduce myself. Not many people actually know my name. After all, I am the Wandering Duelist.

"My name is Ichiru. Ichiru Ryuga. It's a pleasure to meet you all."

The new legend is born! What awaits the new duelist of legend, Ichiru? Ch. 2 "Bitter Chargeup! Watt Lockdown!" Coming soon!