A/N : Yay~ I actually got to make a chapter! *celebrates* anyway, this is the second time I'm following the game script thing, and this is my first time writing down a duel. So, if it's bad, I apologize about that. Anyway, read on! Oh yeah, about the weird title...that will be explained later on in the story.
Chapter 1 - The Arcadia Movement
"Uh...where..?" a male teen mumbled to himself. His face was filled with confusion as soon as he noticed that he was looking at a forest. Not to mention that he was floating above a forest. Suddenly, two weird monkey-shaped figures ran by; they were chasing someone, but he didn't really know who. The only thing the teen could make out was that the person was a girl...
"Help..!" she screamed as I saw her run further in the woods. The two monkeys still chased her, and it still left the guy in the dark. What the heck was happening..?
"Sayer..!" the voice echoed in the dim room. Machines were everywhere, beeping, processing and showing tons of information. "A change has been detected in the test subject's body!" the woman said, a little worried and raising her voice in surprise. The woman had orange hair and matching eyes; she wore a strange dark-blue and green uniform with white long-sleeves. She was staring at the man beside the body of a boy that laid there in a capsule-like bed.
"What is it..?" he responded, anxiousness written all over his face. Sayer had dark red hair and brown eyes, his dark green jacket and white tie makes him look like the boss of the girl.
"See this wavy pattern?" she pointed at one of the screens nearby her. "It's likely that the subject's communicating with the Spirit World."
"Really? Then all of our research up to this point hasn't been in vain." he murmured, a small smile crept on his face. "Okay, that's enough for today. Maybe it's time we put this one to work for us..." the man had even a larger sneer than before. "Even if this subject can't use psychic powers, I'm sure we'll have a decent duelist on our hands..."
"Ah..! The subject's eyes have opened!" she suddenly exclaimed.
The teen slowly blinked. With difficulty, he turned his head and faced the two people beside him. His vision was still very blurry though, and he hasn't woken up for so long that even his hearing has gone hazy. All he could do was groan in pain, waking up felt horrible for him.
"When our friend here is able to walk, take our little protégé to his room." his smirk disappeared. "But make sure no one realizes that this subject is not a psychic duelist. If anyone finds this out, our secret might be leaked to the outside world."
"Yes sir." she nodded as the man exited from the room, leaving the dazed boy and the woman alone. She shifted her gaze at the 'subject' and sighed. "Well then," she murmured to him, even though she knew that he wouldn't understand her. "Welcome to the world after your three year sleep. I hope you enjoy your new life."
A few hours later, the lady was guiding the boy as she watched him wobbled every time he took a step. She sighed again, sleeping for more than a year can do more damage to someone than she had previously expected. She was on high guard in case the boy would tip over and fall, thankfully he seemed to get the hang of walking again, and didn't seem as dazed as the time he just woke up. He was almost...adorable. His green hair was a little ruffled from lying down, and his purple eyes would widen every now and then when he tried to walk properly. She guided the teen to a green door in the hallway. The sensors picked her up immediately, and the automatic door opened with ease, revealing the two people inside the room.
"This will be your room from today on out." she told him, nudging him gently to make sure he was listening. The boy looked a little surprised by the sudden action and quickly turned his head to her. "If there's anything you're not sure about, please ask these two guys." she continued. "Other than that, here's a deck that you can use." grabbing something in her pocket, she took out a deck of 40 cards, enough for him to survive a couple of duels. He nodded in thanks and slowly took the deck from her hand.
"Since the deck has already been created, be careful not to mix the cards up." she reminded. He nodded again, which caused the lady to think that his ability to speak must have gotten a little off too.
"You'll be receiving you instructions from Sayer soon." she then faced the two people. "You two better be ready!" the woman said with a stern tone, with that, she left the boy with the two, simply staring at them in slight confusion.
"A pleasure to meet you." one of them spoke up to break the silence. "My name's Okita. I'm sure we'll get along smashingly!" Okita had dark brown hair and small eyeglasses nearby his eyes. They seemed closed though, but maybe it was simply because his vision was still blurred. He did notice the uniform though, it looked like the uniform the lady was wearing (which as he recalled, her name was Seria) except the thick line in the middle was light purple instead of blue.
"We just got here ourselves, so I'm afraid we probably can't answer too many of your questions." Okita added as he smiled at him. He then nudged his friend to talk as well.
"Hey..! Okita! Fine, my name's Liquid, what's yours?" he said, a little hesitant, but firm. Liquid had light brown hair compared to his friend, yet they had the same clothing as the person beside him. His black eyes stared at the teen, waiting for him to respond.
"Ha...haruo." he said his name to them with some trouble. His voice must have hurt from not talking for so long.
"Haruo huh? Nice to meet ya." Liquid stared at him for a few seconds, and then felt uncomfortable with the silence again. "...hey, are you sure you aren't daydreaming?" he suddenly asked. That question made Haruo flinch a little, but..."What do you mean?"
"You know the name of the guy beside me right?"
"Yeah...it's Okita. He just introduced himself awhile ago right?"
"Uh huh...just testing. How 'bout...where we are?" he pressed. This time, Haruo was silent; confusion written all over. "You don't know..?" he asked again incredulously. Haruo nodded in reply, a little embarrassed by the question.
"We're in the Arcadia Movement Haruo," Okita answered. "And sorry about my friend here, he's just bored."
"It's okay." he replied.
After some time though, they were all bored, the instructions didn't seem like they were coming soon..."Hey Haruo, let's duel." Okita said out of the blue.
"Huh? Duel?"
"Yeah, since we're not doing anything..." his voice trailed off as he picked up his duel disk on the brown bed sheet. "To pass the time. How 'bout that?"
"Um...alright, but..." Haruo stared at the deck he was given. "Duel..? How do you do that?" he thought.
"'Kay, let's start!" Okita beamed as he wore the duel disk on his arm, Haruo followed with another duel disk on the couch, he was terribly anxious though, he had no idea what was going on. Suddenly, the duel disk flared on, and Okita placed his deck in a slot at the circle-part of the duel disk. Haruo did the same; he hoped that Okita wouldn't notice that he didn't know how to...duel. "Duel!"
"Right, I'll go first." Okita said calmly after he picked up five cards from his deck. "Draw..!" he grabbed a card from the deck and placed it in his hand.
"I activate Red Medicine and two Blue Medicine!" he then got three cards from his hand and placed them under the five slots on the duel disk, increasing his Life points by 1300 combined. Haruo was a little surprised by the sudden increase; he perceived it as a bad thing, and had to take it down as soon as possible.
"Okay...then I set a monster and a trap card." he took out two more cards and placed one horizontally on a slot and one below it. "I end my turn."
End Turn 1 Okita = 9300 Haruo = 8000
Haruo was nervous, he tried to remember what Okita did, and do what he has to do to take out those Life Points. "Draw!"
All of a sudden, as if by instinct, he took a monster card from his hand and placed it on the slot. "I summon Psychic Snail in attack position!" (LV 4 Atk 1900/Def 1200) A large snail monster came from the card and out of the room, surprising Haruo himself more than Okita. "A-and then...I attack the set monster!" he stuttered. The monster did as commanded and shot out a large electrical beam towards the card faced down. It then revealed a weird looking man, but burst into particles as soon as Haruo saw it. (Dr. Cranium LV 1 Atk 100/Def 100 - Destroyed)
"Not bad Haruo, activate effect..!" his Life Points dropped by 800 out of the blue, but after that, he took another card from his deck and added it to his hand. The teen was confused by the action, yet at the same time understood it was the effect of Dr. Cranium. He had a head ache now, his emotions were mixed; it's like he knew this was his first time duelling, yet he already knew what to do, as if he had done this a million times before.
End Turn 2 Okita = 8500 Haruo = 8000
"Draw!" he did the same thing as before. "Activate Spring of Rebirth!" he took out a Spell card and inserted it on the slot beside the trap card he placed. "I set a monster, and I end my turn."
End Turn 3 Okita = 8500 Haruo = 8000
"That was a short turn..." Haruo thought. "Draw!" he took out a card from his deck, his eyes widening a little since it was a trap card (he had no idea how he knew that). "I set a trap card," he placed it in the duel disk. "And I summon Genex Neutron!" (LV 4 Atk 1800/Def 1200) This time a large machine-type monster rose from the field, it clenched its mechanical fists, ready for battle.
"Now, Genex Neutron, attack the set monster!" Haruo exclaimed. The monster easily launched forward and punched the card, which revealed to be some kind of mirror and destroying it to bits. (Healing Wave Generator LV 4 Atk 800/Def 1600 - Destroyed)
"Then Psychic Snail, direct attack!" it shot out another electrical beam, shocking Okita a little, but his Life Points dropped by a lot.
"I also activate Genex Neutron's effect, and draw a machine-tuner from my deck." Haruo drew a card and got Genex Controller (LV 3 Atk 1400/Def 1200) "I end my turn."
End Turn 4 Okita = 6600 Haruo = 8000
"So this isn't your first time Haruo? That's good, because I don't have to go easy on you." he chuckled. "I set another monster and a trap card. With that I end my turn."
End turn 5 Okita = 6600 Haruo = 8000
"To be honest Okita, this is my first time." he replied, earning a stunned face from Okita. "Really, then it's almost like you were born to duel!" he laughed.
"Heh, I'm not that good...okay, I summon Genex Controller!" a strange machine monster came up, looking a little sleepy and dazed. "Attack the set monster Genex Neutron!" again, it did so, blasting it easily, leaving another of Okita's monsters to the graveyard. (Telekinetic Shocker LV 4 Atk 1700/Def 700 - Destroyed)
"Then direct attack, Psychic Snail and Genex Controller!" the two of them combined their attack and blasted Okita, making him flinch in response, but he was still fine. Yet his face grew more serious now, he was losing to a total newbie, that can't be good.
End Turn 6 Okita = 3300 Haruo = 8000
"Grr...I guess I'm just unlucky today." Okita thought as he drew another card. He set once more another monster in defence, but he knew he was doomed the next turn. "Ah well, it can't be helped."
End Turn 7 Okita = 3300 Haruo = 8000
"I think I could win this..!" Haruo thought happily as he drew from his deck. "Okay, I summon Telekinetic Shocker, and I attack the set monster with it..!" (Healing Wave Generator - Destroyed)
"Once more..! Direct Attack Psychic Snail and Genex Neutron!" he beamed as he commanded the two monsters. They built up a large ball of energy, and attacked Okita with it, sending his Life Points down to zero. He wasn't as surprised since he expected it, but Liquid was gaping a little, and Haruo was celebrating.
End of Duel
"You're amazing Haruo. I shall have to dedicate myself to training harder like you!" Okita smiled as he shook hands with Haruo. "T-thank you..! But I think I was just lucky, that's all..." he rubbed his right hand on the back of his head.
"I can't believe you lost this easily Okita, you're normally much stronger than that." Liquid said while raising an eyebrow. His friend turned to him and sighed. "I was simply unprepared. That's all."
"Psychic duelists...listen up!" all of a sudden, a familiar person entered the room. "The next operation to be carried out by our very own Arcadia Movement had been decided upon! Our target will be the Sector Security event, the Fortune Cup!" Okita and Liquid seemed surprised, but Haruo just stayed silent and listened. "Apparently, a large number of duelists with amazing skills will participate in this tournament. Sector Security...I can't let them go about their business without any oversight now can I?" he then faced the door behind him. "Akiza, come here..!" out of the blue, a girl with dark red hair and brown eyes entered the room. Her clothes were different than all of them, with a low-cut red corset with short, light green puffy sleeves and a high collar. She also sports a sleeveless magenta trench coat that flares behind her which is shorter and pleated in the front.
"This is Akiza Izinski and she has been invited to take part in the Fortune Cup. I need the three of you to infiltrate the rear of the event hall in order to support her. That said, it looks like you don't have enough power now to bend a psychic duel to your will." a small smirk suddenly appeared on his face, but vanished as quickly as it came. "The three of you will have to work together! Consider it a kind of field training." he glared at Okita and Liquid, yet he seemed to avoid Haruo's gaze.
"Akiza, make sure you give those other contestants a real taste of your powers!" he shifted to her.
"Yes sir. Everything will be as you wish, Sayer." she responded in monotone.
"Alright. You three, head over to the tournament. Don't fail me!
A/N : Well? How was it? I hope not too bad..! By the way, Haruo won the duel easily because that's what really happened when I was typing. I guess I did get lucky, and he didn't attack me at all, I was just following whatever happened on the screen. Whoever knew writing a duel would be so hard..?
Please review..! :D