Hi, everyone! This is my first fanfic and it's set in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga after R and before Millennium World. Being set in the manga universe the course of events will be a little different from the anime and the rules of the duels are quite different. Here I'll make a list of the major differences from the TCG as well as some other differences:
1. The duel starts with the players having 4000 Life Points each;
2. Some cards will have different stats (Attribute, Level, ATK, DEF, effect…) from their TCG/anime counterparts. Because of this I will post at the end of each chapter that will feature a duel a list with the cards used with their manga stats;
3. The Monster Card Zones and the Spell/Trap Zones are the same (so there're only 5 Card Zones on the Duel Disk);
4. The player can Set up to one Spell Card (which will be called Magic Card in this fic) and one Trap Card. If a player will try to Set two Spell Cards or two Trap Cards the Duel Disk will sound an alarm;
5. Spell Cards can be activated starting from the opponent's next Draw Phase after they have been Set (such as TCG's Quick-Play Spells), while Trap Cards can be activated at the same moment they're Set on the field as long as the activation requirements are met;
6. Fusion Monsters Summoned by Polymerization cannot attack the turn they are Summoned, but Combine Summoned Monsters can (example: XYZ-Dragon Cannon is a Combine Monster because it comes from the union of X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head and Z-Metal Tank);
7. Fusion Monsters aren't considered cards but a combination of monsters, therefore the Fusion Material Monsters stay on the field and can be used for Tributing (example: Dark Paladin is considered as two cards because is the Fusion of Dark Magician and Buster Blader, therefore it can be used as a Tributed for a one-Tribute monster or for a two-Tributes monster);
8. Virus Cards are a different type of cards such as Spell and Traps (example: Crush Card is a Virus Card and not a Trap Card);
9. Tokens aren't monsters and as long as a player as a Token on the field the player is forced to attack the Token before reaching to the player's other monster(s);
10. I'll use the Japanese name of the cards;
11. Few cards will be made by me and I will probably change some card effects;
12. The names used will be the same as the Japanese ones (example: Joey/Jonouchi, Tea/Anzu, Tristan/Honda…);
13. The Pharaoh will refer to Yugi as "partner" and Yugi to the Pharaoh as "other me";
14. All "Yami" guys will be called "Dark" (example: Yami Yugi/Dark Yugi);
15. There is no Shadow Realm. Every person who loses a Shadow Game dies.
Probably I've missed some rules but they will be explained inside the fic if they come up. Enjoy!
Chapter 1: God stolen! The mysterious thief Heishin
Yugi was lying on his bed, three cards in his hand: The God of Obelisk, Sky Dragon Osiris and Sun God Dragon Ra. Those three cards can be considered as a chain reaction for some of Yugi's greatest adventures: first the Battle City Tournament, where he got them by beating Seto Kaiba and the evil half of the tomb protector Malik; then the RA Project, where he saved his friend Anzu Masaki by the evil hands of Pegasus J Crawford's protégé Yako Tenma and his Wicked Gods; and just recently the Store Breakers, who dueled Yugi betting the God Cards and the Kami Shop.
All those adventures where a great experience for Yugi and his other self, the nameless Pharaoh. But now that they had the three God Cards, they were ready to discover the other Yugi's past. Sadly, Yugi wasn't happy.
"Something wrong, partner?" asked the nameless Pharaoh from the Sennen Puzzle.
"Other me, I'm not sure if I want this" answered Yugi "Don't take this as selfishness, please. It's just that… if you have to go back… I'm not sure that I can handle it…"
From the little boy's cheeks tears were coming down.
"I don't know what will await me after will be facing the tablet while holding the God Cards" said the nameless Pharaoh before his lips curved into a smile "But I do know that deep inside you are strong enough to hold on"
"You think?"
"Sure. Don't you remember when you decided to face Depre Scott at KaibaCorp during the RA Project?"
The little boy nodded.
"If you remember you used your own deck, the one that you build yourself without my assistance. And you won. All you have to do is believe in yourself and in all of your friends"
Now it was little Yugi's turn to smile: he knew his other self was talking about Jonouchi, Anzu, Honda, Ryu and Seto, even though the latter considered him more as a rival than a friend.
All of a sudden though everything went black and the little boy fainted. The one who hit him was a tall man whose face was concealed by a purple hood. "Now for the God Cards" said the figure taking the cards from the floor "It was almost too easy"
The figure turned to leave but a flash of light behind him forced him to turn: in front of him Dark Yugi was watching him with a serious look on his face. "Who are you?" asked in a serious tone "Why are you after the God Cards?"
"It's been a long time, my Pharaoh" answered the figure.
"You know me?" asked Dark Yugi surprised.
The figure in response took off his hood revealing a pale and long face, a medium-long beard collected in a purple collar. "My name is Heishin" said "And we met 3,000 years ago during our past lives"
"What?"
"That's right. For the reason I'm after the God Cards it's for fulfilling a mission I failed to make 3,000 years ago"
"What mission?"
"You see, in Ancient Egypt I was guiding a few of the survivors of the Kul Elna village, who were the ones who were slaughtered for the creation of the Seven Sennen Items"
"Slaughtered?"
"Indeed. I was one of the elders of the village and I was spared because I was not at the village at that moment. I was with a boy named Tragoedia at the shrine for praying the Gods. When we returned though, almost the entire village was destroyed and the inhabitants along with it. Only eight of us survived, counting me and Tragoedia. We decided to get revenge and in order to do that we had to gather as much Duel Energy as possible in order to revive DarkNite, the creator of the Shadow Games"
"The creator of the Shadow Games?"
"That's right. But you and Priest Seto managed to defeat all of us before we could get enough Energy, but it doesn't matter. Now we are returned and we'll serve of the Gods' Duel Energy to revive DarkNite in this timeline and get revenge on you!" said Heishin laughing evilly.
"I won't let you!" cried Dark Yugi.
"You want to stop me?" asked Heishin "You can't do it, but I might as well give you a chance: come to Egypt and reach for the Ancient Shrine. There you'll find me and the Element Guardians. Good luck in trying to stop us!"
After saying that Heishin disappeared laughing maniacally, leaving Dark Yugi alone.
"Damn it!" he thought "It won't be easy to get back the God Cards from him, but I have to try. Maybe I'll need some help, but I'll think about that tomorrow. It's too late now and Yugi's body must rest"
He then laid on the bed again and changed back to his partner.
Cards used:
The God of Obelisk
Level 10
Divine-Beast
DIVINE
ATK 4000
DEF 4000
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned except by Tributing 3 monsters you control (you cannot Set this card). This card is unaffected by the effects of Trap Cards and Monster Effects except DIVINE monsters. Spell Cards affect this card for one turn only. While this card is in Defense Position, redirect any attack or Monster Effect that targets a monster you control on this card. Once per turn, during either player's turn, you can Tribute two monsters you control. If you do, this card's ATK and DEF become infinite until the End Phase.
Sky Dragon Osiris
Level 10
Divine-Beast
DIVINE
ATK X000
DEF X000
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned except by Tributing 3 monsters you control (you cannot Set this card). This card is unaffected by the effects of Trap Cards and Monster Effects except DIVINE monsters. Spell Cards affect this card for one turn only. While this card is in Defense Position, redirect any attack or Monster Effect that targets a monster you control on this card. X stands for the number of cards in your hand. While this card is on the field, it is treated as a Dragon-Type Monster. When your opponent Summons a monster(s), decrease that monster(s) ATK or DEF (depending on their Battle Position) by 2000 points. If their ATK or DEF becomes 0, destroy that monster(s).
Sun Dragon God Ra
Level 10
Divine-Beast
DIVINE
ATK ?
DEF ?
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned except by Tributing 3 monsters you control (you cannot Set this card). This card is unaffected by the effects of Trap Cards and Monster Effects. Spell Cards affect this card for one turn only. While this card is in Defense Position, redirect any attack or Monster Effect that targets a monster you control on this card. This card's ATK and DEF are equal to the total sum of the ATK and DEF of the Tributed monsters. You can Tribute any monster you control to increase this card's ATK equal to the ATK of the Tributed monster. If this card is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, you can activate one of the following effects:
*Pay all your Life Points but 1 and increase this card's ATK by the total amount of Life Points paid. You can negate this effect by activating "Fusion Cancel".
*Pay 1000 Life Points to destroy all monsters your opponent controls. If you use this effect, this card cannot be removed from the field except by its own effect.
What do you think about it? I hope you liked it. I'll try to post the next chapter as fast as possible. Before that, hasta la vista!