This is the first chapter of my slightly altered Yu-Gi-Oh/Captain Planet crossover fic. I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, Captain Planet, or any of its characters. The beginning of this chapter takes place a little bit after the last season of Yu-Gi-Oh.
Chapter 1: Rig of Fire
It was a dark and slightly chilly night, as 17 year old Joey Wheeler walked through the alleyways of Domino City heading for home.
"HELP, HELP!"
At the sound of the cry for help Joey stopped in his tracks. "What was that?" He rushed around the corner where he spotted a large muscular man with a chain, about to beat up a smaller, weaker man.
Joey clenched his first in anger as he glared at the large man. 'Buddy you picked the wrong day to try a mug someone.' he thought. He then rushed forward and high kicked the chain out of the man's hand.
The man turned around, and was surprised to find a kid standing behind him. Enraged at being disturbed by some young puck he attempted to punch Joey in the chest.
Joey easily dodged the attack then grabbed the man's wrist, and threw him to the ground.
The man pushed himself onto his hands and knees, and looked over at a smirking Joey. Realizing he was clearly out matched, he decided to cut his loses and ran out of the ally as fast as he could.
Joey smirked as watched he the guy run off. He turned to see if the attackers victim was ok, but just as he did a nearby garbage can began to glow with a bright light before bursting into flames. A small object shot out of the can, and straight into Joey's hand. Joey opened his hand to see that the object was a silver ring. In the center of the ring was a red stone with the symbol of fire on it.
Curious, and unsure what was going on, Joey slipped the ring on his finger. It began to glow with a red flame like light that transformed his normally sandy blonde hair to a vibrant bright orange.
Before he even realized what was happening, he was engulfed in a bright light. When the light faded Joey found standing on an island, surrounded by four other teenagers he had never seen before. The first three all seemed to be around the same age as him. One was an African boy with black hair, another was an Asian girl with short black hair, and the third was a Russian girl with long blond hair, whom Joey found very attractive. The last one teen however, was much younger. An Indian boy with black hair, who looked to be only twelve.
Standing in front of them was a beautiful looking woman. She had black hair, tan skin, and was dressed in purple robes that looked as though they were from ancient grease.
The other four teens were understandably confused and slightly frightened about what was happening, but Joey had seen far weirder things in his life, and simply asked. "Yo lady, you wanna explain what's going on here?"
The woman rolled her eyes but smiled. "So much for drama." she said.
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After the woman, whom Joey learned was called Gaia, introduced herself. She explained that she was the spirit of the earth, and that she said that had chosen Joey and the others, to help save earth from being ruined by pollution. In order to do that she gave each of them rings allowed them to control an element of nature.
The African boy, Kwame, was given the power of earth. It allowed him to manipulate the ground to create tremor and earthquakes. He could create craters, and landforms of earth, though only to a certain extent. His powers easily made him the strongest of the group.
The Indian kid, Ma-Ti, was given the power of heart. It allowed him to communicate telepathically with others, and feel and their emotions. He could also influence the feelings of others, enabling him to draw aid from creatures in the surrounding area. However his powers could only influence behavior by drawing the kindness that already exists in a being's heart. His power could also serve to protect him from external psychic manipulation.
The cute Russian girl, Linka, had the power of wind. It allowed her to create ranging from small gusts, to powerful tornadoes. Making her a force to be reckoned with. She could even use her power to fly, though doing so was very tiring, and she only did it in emergency situations.
The Asian girl, Gi, had the amazing power to telepathically control water. Anything from a small puddle to the ocean itself was hers to command. As long as it was clean enough to be affected by her ring.
Joey himself had been given the power of fire, which allowed him to crate flames, ranging from a small spark, to a blazing inferno.
After Gaia was done explaining the situation them, the group, or as Gaia called them, the Planeteers, went on their first mission. Going up against a pig faced man named Hoggish Greedly. Greedly had been destroying the coast with his giant oil drill, and Joey and the others used their new powers to stop him. They also learned that by combing there powers, they could summon Captain Planet, a being made from the elements themselves, and who had incredible, god like powers.
Hours later Joey was standing on the beach of 'Hope Island' dressed in his new Planeteer clothes, thinking over what had happened. 'Talk about weird. One minute I'm walking down some ally, the next some weird spirit is asking me to help save the world. You'd think I'd be used to this by now.'
Joey looked at the new ring that know adorned his finger. While all of the Planter's rings were powerful, his was also the most dangerous. Fire was wild and uncontrollable. All it did was cause devastation and destruction. Joey couldn't help but wonder if Gaia had made the right call in giving a hot tempered punk like him, such a dangerous power. He sat down and stared at his reflection in the water. He had to admit, with his new clothes and new hair color he barely recognized himself. He remembered what Gaia had said when he asked about his hair.
"Hey Gaia, how come when I put that ring on my finger it made my hair change color?" Joey asked.
Gaia smirked a little, and answered. "I'm sorry Wheeler I suppose I should have warned you. You see the rings draws there power from the will of the person wearing it. If the person has an exceptionally strong will, it can cause changes in their physical appearance. Although I must say I'm surprised. Normally when a ring does change someone's physical appearance it simply colors the tips of their hair, or adds colored streaks. I've never meet anyone with a will so strong that it changed their entire hair color."
Joey thought about what Gaia said. "So does that mean if a take off the ring my hair will go back to normal?" he asked.
Gaia shook her head. "I'm afraid not. When a person puts on a power ring the power become bonded with them. I'm afraid the change is permanent."
Joey shrugged as he finished remembering what Gaia had told him. 'Oh well. It could be worse. At least it didn't turn my skin red. Besides Tristan always said I was a hot head.'
The thought of Tristan caused his mind to wonder back to his friends.
Joey smirked. 'The guys are never going to believe this one.'
That's it for the first chapter hope you enjoyed it, sorry it was so short.
This story is a work in progress and I am always open to questions, comments, concerns and criticism. Please tell me what you think I can do to make it better and I will respond. So Read and Review.