I don't own Yugioh 5Ds

So this is one of my all-time favorite series of all time, and it has some extra memories attached to it that are driving me to write this story. It's a hodgepodge of ideas I've both read and come up with myself, now kick back, grab a snack, and let the show commence.

3rd person POV (probably going to be the entire story like this.)

History is a fickle thing, it goes as it wills, sometimes directed by fate, sometimes by gods. But the most noteworthy events are when man takes history in his own two hands and shapes it to his will.

It all started when the duel monsters card game hit its first big popularity swing. Duelists like Seto Kaiba and Pegasus were the big names of the age. Then came Yugi Moto. He was an average teen, but he dueled with all his heart, and with the heart of the cards. He defied all odds and saved the world, and in doing so, he showed the world the truth about the duel monsters game they loved so much. The spirits and magic were real, locked away in a realm of magic. As Yugi aged, he gained many titles, the most prominent being the King of the Games.

Before he died, Yugi died, he took a single student under his wing, someone who had just as much potential as he did when he was younger. His name was Jaden Yuki. Jaden was every bit as great as Yugi, he was clever, witty, and cool under pressure. After Yugi passed, Jaden took it upon himself to protect the world as Yugi once did. And boy, did the world need it. Jaden dueled hard, and in the end, he saved the world once again, but that's not all he did. He unlocked the gate between the realm of spirits and the realm of man. Now when dueling, the monsters were real, as was the damage, but cards were still key to the game.

Then an aspiring young scientist named Hakase Fudo noticed something about these duels, that every time a monster attacked, it let off an extraordinary amount of excess energy. He set out on a mission, to build a machine to harness this power to better the world. It worked. He called it the Ener-D reactor. It absorbed the energy from the duels and used it to power the city, but everything was not as it seemed. Mere days after the activation of the reactor, something went wrong. It went critical, becoming unstable. After a while, the reactor exploded and killed every person anywhere close to the reactor, and it also drove a chunk of the city away from the mainland, creating the Satellite.

But that was only the visible damage. The gate to the spirit world that Jaden had unlocked had been completely destroyed in the blast, letting magic flood into the world. Duels were no longer confined to duel disks and cards. It evolved. The monsters came into the world, disguising their true selves as sprites, but once bonded to a duelist, they could change their shape to be that of a human, and unleash their true form, brimming with magic and untold power. Humans could only bond with one duel monster, but the bond formed could rival anything thrown at it if it formed properly.

Humans also discovered they now possessed incredible magic themselves. Each person could use one of the six branches of magic, earth, water, fire, dark, light and wind. But it didn't stop there, those who were exceptionally strong learned their magic was stronger, different. Fire mages could turn their fire blue, or in rarer cases, summon hellfire. Earth mages could sometimes branch out to plants, and bend them to their will. Wind users could summon such a storm, they could start tornadoes and even lightning. Every special magic was different, and every duelist was different, but a new element was added to the most popular game of all time, and no one planned to stop dueling, just adapt to it.

While the reactor explosion was a terrible event, the world took it in stride, and a new project was commenced, spearheaded by Rex Goodwin. He set out to help anyone who was affected by Zero Reverse, to right the wrong, but he only helped those on the mainland, leaving those in Satellite to rot.

And so the story begins in the festering Satellite, with the boy had nothing.

That boy's name was Yusei, and he had lost everything.

He had long spikey black hair with gold streaks, his brow was covered in sweat from working under the sun for so long. He shouldered the wrench he was using on an old generator and flipped the switch. The engine hummed to life and a small building on the left light up. It was a small house with an attached garage, right on the water front. It would have been prime property at one point, but seeing it was the only building not in ruins for miles around, it wasn't exactly worth much anymore, it's sole inhabitant gave a long sigh and walked back into his house.

Inside the building was the blueprints for a duel runner, a vehicle that could be dueled from, designed with magic damage reducers and amplifiers and everything, but it was still only pieces on the ground, not yet having been constructed. One the other side of the room was a half wall with stools, a makeshift table, and beyond that was a small kitchen, only with scraps for food.

The only two rooms that led off were a small bathroom and an equally small bedroom, only holding a small bed and closet.

Yusei put the wrench down with other tools that were scattered around on the ground and brushed the blueprints off the couch before flopping down on it, closing his deep cerulean eyes and sighing.

What he wouldn't give to have his friends back by his side once again.

It had been almost a year now since their confrontation with the director of sector security, Rex Goodwin, who had, in one fell swoop, ruined his life. His entire life, he had lived in the Satellite, building what he could for a life, as many orphans had done at the time.

As he grew up, he made friends, brothers was the correct term. Kalin, Jack and Crow, all three would have taken a fireball for him at one time, but not anymore.

As the four of them confronted Rex Goodwin, having beaten every member of Sector Security sent their way, only to be torn apart in a matter of minutes.

Being orphans of the Zero Reverse, an event caused by the nefarious Hakase Fudo, an explosion so powerful it tore a chunk of New Domino city off of the mainland and turned it into an island wasteland for scraps and desperation, they had no idea who their parents were, but Goodwin knew.

He revealed to the four of them, and the entire Satellite that Yusei was the son of the crazed scientist who had doomed them to a life of hardship. Kalin lashed out, attempting to strike down the man who accused his best friend. Crow ran, he ran and never looked back. Jack was angry, he hated his life, he deserved to be king, but he stuck as a peasant, he wanted payback. And Yusei just stood there, the words just flowed through his brain over and over again while his partner defended him.

"You say you want Satellite to be fixed Yusei, but you are the son of the man responsible, and since he is dead, the blame falls to you. You bear the responsibility for Zero Reverse and everything that came after."

It all went downhill from there. Crow had never been seen again, Jack attacked Yusei and Kalin was blown through a wall by Goodwin's fire magic. He had been taken by Sector Security members that were nearby and was announced as executed.

The rest of Satellite was being broadcasted to by Goodwin, and in one fell swoop, Yusei fell from hero of the Satellite, to the most hated man in the Satellite. After Goodwin left, the rest of the people of Satellite forced Yusei into exile, forcing him to stay only in the far reaches of the Satellite, completely alone.

Then came the day, almost two years later, when Jack came to visit him for the first time, his first visitor since Goodwin ruined his life. They talked and Jack looked at the duel runner Yusei had built in his free time, it was nothing fancy, but it rode strong and worked perfectly. Both of their partners had gone out to practice, being dragons, it could get messy, so they moved far away.

After Jack had left, Yusei realized his partner, Stardust Dragon, who liked to be called Star, had yet to come home. Fearing the worst, Yusei set out on foot, intent on finding his only friend he had left. But he found nothing. When he returned home, he saw Jack sitting on the runner he had made, smirking.

The words Jack spoke next haunt Yusei to this day.

"You took everything from, made me a peasant, now I'm taking what I deserve, kingship. Say goodbye to this runner, it's going to help me get to the top. And don't worry about how I'm getting to the city, I made a deal with Goodwin to get me in, and I bet you can guess what I gave him. Goodbye Yusei, I hope you rot here like the worthless trash you are."

And with that, he took off into the night. And Yusei was left with nothing. No friends, no runner, no Star, and only hate to his name.

Yusei rolled off his couch, that was a month ago, and he was determined to save Star, no matter what it took. So he worked. He made friends with as many duel sprites as he could, and while he couldn't bond to any of them and unleash their true power, he had learned his own magic held a special secret. He was a wind magic user, but his magic was different, it shone silver in the sky when it blew, like the dragon he had as a partner. But that wasn't all. If he channeled his magic into any duel sprite, he could, for a short time, unleash their true form. It was an unheard of ability, and one he practice as much as he could.

It was all he had until he could find Star again.

So, that is the opening prompt, I have a storyline laid out, like I do for all my stories, but like both my other stories, I'm sure it's going to take turns from my plan at some point. It will be Yusei/Akiza. 100% unwavering from that pairing. Any other pairing is in the air. I have some ideas, but nothing definite.

Warning to all those who want a fast update, my updating is sporadic and will take time until summer, still a student trying to pass here.

Happy reading, I would love any and all reviews, even if you think it's stupid, I want to hear it

Another thing, I do need to say, I was inspired to write this story when I read Dragon Pact, it's a great story, you should totally read it if this peaks your interest.

-Centurion Africanus