Duel Monsters... A card game created by Industrial Illusions with the Chairman Maxamillion Pegasus, then followed by Kaiba Corporation in creating solid vision projection which was then suceeded by Leo Corporation in creating a projector for the solid vision to be real solid constructs
Leo Duel School or LDS... is a prestigious duel school for duelists that study hard to be the best of the best
Or in this case... people gloating to others that they are the best because LDS had most of the cirriculum to be a good duelist in any of the summoning methods; Fusion, Synchro, Xyz and Ritual.
I took an interest in dueling when I saw Yusho himself attract people through his entertainment duels when I was a kid. He was about to duel for the championship title against his challenger Strong Ishijima aka the Sledgehammer. But sadly the man didn't arrive to make another entertaining duel
This incident led Strong Ishijima to be champion by default and he declared Yusho to be a coward for not showing up. It made me angry that he would speak something so absurd, my anger rose higher when others followed his example and mocked the man all the more
After that incident, I have been keeping my nose on learning duel mechanics and got surprised on how I progressed. Then I heard that the champion issued a challenge to Yusho Sakaki's child, Yuya Sakaki out in the open
Oh how low he sunk on picking the kid of his challenger...
The duel went with Yuya making a surprise move by using his knowledge of the Action field, however Strong counterd that and mocked his dad right at the boy's face, and just as the young duelist was on the verge of defeat...he did something that surprised me, he started to laugh. After seeing him regain his confidence he did something that stunned me and everyone to silence.
He showed a new summoning method called Pendulum summon and won the duel in a surprising turn of events
I've never felt so much satisfaction at seeing that jerk fall on his knees being beaten by a nobody, as the man put it, and was left stunned on the spot
After the duel, I decided to continue my education in LDS, I was a special case. After passing my entrance duel. I made quick progress on the basic essentials on dueling mechanics and did so well that I got recommended to choose what course I will take from the chart
And that prompted the other students to challenge me to be the best or step away out of fear;
For the former, it led them to lose since all they care was getting the ace candidate and for the latter, it will discourage them should they lose
I was left with none to few friends, but I don't mind... it actually helps me concentrate on my skills and right now the fusion course on different monsters uniting power to create a strong Fusion monster from the extra deck
"Hey Jason!" a voice called me
I turned around to see my best friend when I enrolled. She was a girl; fair skin, shoulder-length strawberry blonde hair with an orange star hairclip on the left side and wore a female LDS uniform.
Her name is Sally Mazaki... her parents are employees in Leo Corporation specializing in Solid Vision projection
Any guy would want a cutie like her, but alas her dueling skills made them think she isn't the girl they'd expect, almost forgot to mention that her deck was from the synchro course, when I asked her why she said she preferred the use of monster cards to summon the Synchro monsters in her extra deck
"Hey Sally" I waved to her "finished with your lesson today?"
"Uh-huh" she nodded "I wanted to see you after class"
'I'm sure that you'd always want that' I chuckled 'by now my parents and yours are probably talking about us'
I shook my head away from those thoughts and when I opened my eyes I saw the obnoxious Shingo Sawatari and his cronies showing Yuya and his friends around the school, knowing him. He's probably doing a job from Reiji Akaba in exchange for rare cards
"Isn't that Shingo?" Sally blinked "what's he doing?"
"I was wondering that myself"
I grabbed Sally's hand and followed them quietly to one of the Action field rooms with Shingo trading the leftover cards, on what he calls worthless, for the Pendulum cards Yuya had. Then the guy's cronies took Yuya's friends hostage while adding the fact to save them Yuya must win in a duel
The duel commenced with the Action field called Dark Town's Prison Tower as their area... a very discouraging field that gives you more chance on getting Action Trap cards than Spell cards
Yuya got a bad start and my fear came true when he kept getting traps resulting in lowering his Life points fast as the young entertainer was now pushed into a corner with his friends at risk on top of the bridge pillar
As the duel progressed Shingo pressed Yuya for being weak and he boasted on how he was now chosen for doing the Pendulum method
Yeah right...
'Shingo' I sighed 'when will you learn'
I felt my hand being clasped by Sally's as she was getting worried at seeing the duel's progress, I squeezed back to calm her
"Stay strong" I assured "I'm sure that the future Dueltainer will pull through"
I saw Yuya trembling on how his summoning method was now used by another, but then he stopped and started to laugh
"What are you laughing about?" Shingo quirked "is there something funny about your defeat?"
"No" Yuya smiled "I just realized... that the fun has just begun!"
I felt my heart smile that Yuya will continue fighting to the end, he's now betting on the cards he set along with the Block Spider and his copy of it
"You think that your weak monster can save you now?" Shingo spat "THINK AGAIN!"
He used a card to destroy the copied block spider and the effect of his Darts Shooter monsters to become one and made a big power boost with piercing damage included. When Shingo attacked Block Spider, Yuya activated his trap card cutting the damage in half and taking his Magicians back and saving his friends before they returned to Yuya's hand
Sally and I smiled as Yuya used his Pendulum summon bringing out his ace monster Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and the supportive Performapals
To make a wonderful show for the audience watching him
With the effects of his Performapal monsters, Yuya had his Odd-Eyes attack 3 times and finally using Performapal Turn Toad's effect to make Block Spider's ATK strong enough for the final attack
Being the sore loser as he was, Shingo ordered his henchmen attack Yuya and co. But something knocked them out, which revealed to be a lollipop stick and a small child saving them
"Matakku" the kid sighed "you bunch have been uncool to the end"
He then turned to Yuya and introduced himself as Sora Shiunin with the insistence that he becomes Yuya's apprentice surprising the latter
I took Sally away from the room seeing no point to watch the aftermath of the duel
"Yuya is a good entertainer" She smiled "I wonder if he could keep that up"
"Only time will tell Sally" I spoke "after all, like us, he will face challenges that will put his dueling belief to the test"
We are now outside LDS watching the sky turn orange from Shingo's duel against Yuya and I am certain that the young entertainer will make everyone smile in his duels
Sally went home first since she has homework to submit tomorrow, before I could get home I got a message from my parents to go back into the LDS building
'I wonder what's going on in there?' I thought
After getting back to the school area meeting several LDS officers waiting outside the door
"Um...what's going on?" I asked insecurely
Just then the doors opened revealing Nakajima walking out before spotting me
"Jason Wellbing" he spoke "shacho wishes to have a word with you"
I was then escorted into the elevator to the CEO floor giving me some time to think on why does the man himself need of me?
My thoughts were shaken when Nakajima got my attention as he pointed the door across the hall which means that the president is in there before leaving me
As I got closer to my destination, I felt my heart beat against my ribs, but I steeled myself and entered the room...
I saw a big room with a small desk with the youngest pro duelist himself looking right at me
"Reiji Akaba" I spoke nervously
"Jason Wellbing" the man spoke back to me in a composed manner "come closer"
I slowly walked forward and was now face to face with him
"Um, I heard that you want a word from me" I said nervously
"Yes I do" Reiji adjusted his glasses before standing up and looking out the window "have you ever heard of the term: parallel universe?"
"I have" I nodded "the theory of a dimension just like ours is different in someway"
"What if I told you that theory is true?"
The president then explained to me about the different worlds just like the one I live in. Except that there each one has their own dueling method: Fusion, Synchro, Xyz...
It took a lot out of me upon learning this
"Wow...just wow" I sat down on a chair in disbelief "separate dimensions, based on one summoning methods from the extra deck" I then looked up to Reiji "but why tell me this? I mean, aren't you afraid that I'll spill the secret?"
My eyes widen in surprise at seeing him smile for a second "I know that your a smart person Jason" he sat down across me "others who hear of this will think that it's just made up nonsense"
Okay he has a good point, I know for sure that if anyone heard this they'd just shrug it off and that such worlds don't even exist unless proof is shown
"If you told me this" I pressed "then does that mean-?"
"Yes" Reiji nods "your parents know about the alternate worlds too" he then pulled out cards from his drawer and placed them on the table between us "I've noticed that you have been looking at the duels of other courses a few times and I have a set of cards that certainly fits you"
I took the deck and inspected them only for my eyes to get big at seeing the cards I saw 'Heroic cards...'
"I see you know them" Reiji looked at me "I noticed that the deck you had earlier is a HERO-type and I'm sure you can make a good deck with the ones I gave you"
"I...I don't know how to feel about this" I looked at the president with a small smile "but thanks"
Reiji Akaba stood up again and turned to looking at the city "Now I'm finished with speaking to you, if you have anything else to say to me then please speak now"
I have been wondering about the Action duels that have become popular, and since they are solid constructsnow with the option to find Action cards scattered in the area...
"Um, there is one thing I wanted to be real..."
Reiji looked back "what is it?"
"Well..." I gulped "I noticed that the Action field has made the dueling world a success, but..."
"But?" Reiji added
"I was wondering that you could make some special equipment to help the duelists move around better"
Reiji sat back down on his chair and looked at me curiously, I can tell that he was now focusing on me. I explained further about my perception on seeing different Action duels that the duelists need to run around the field and they often rely too much on their monsters to find Action cards which technically gives them a gap in height if the Action card is spotted on the ground
"Interesting" Reiji adjusted his glasses "I'll see what I can do on making this invention for you to test in the future"
"Thank you" I bowed to him "I'm glad that I was able to tell you this"
As Jason left the room Reiji made a smile with a chuckle upon creating something other than his own Pendulum cards
Another day came as I finished class from my Fusion course, I just finished packing and was about to leave before Professor Marco spoke up
"Jason wait" he called to me "I would like you have a word with you"
I walked to my teacher "I have seen you handle your Fusion deck when you entered my class" he then smiled "and I decided that you finaly have the skills to fight my ace student"
"Masumi Kotsu" I recalled "Are you sure about this?"
"I am" he nodded "even you wanted to duel her too"
"All right Prof" I nodded "I'll duel her"
I walked out the room to have myself tackled down by Sally
"Hi Jason!" she smiled "how are you?"
"I'm good" I grunted trying to sit up "also I have an appointed duel with Masumi in an hour"
I was pulled by her to the cafeteria to get some lunch before the big duel, Sally was having a sub-sandwich while I ate a bowl of rice and shrimp stir fry
"So..." she spoke after taking a bite "you have a plan to beat the ace of your course?"
"Not really" I got a deadpan look from her "at least, not for the moment"
Sally and I walked side by side going to the Action field room where Professor Marco and Masumi waiting for me
"Ah Jason" Marco smiled "glad you could make it"
"So you're the kid that Marco-sensei wanted me to duel?" Masumi raised her eyebrow in question
"That's me" I nodded "and let me say this, I'm glad that Professor Marco made this happen"
Masumi smirked upon hearing her teacher's name "Then I hope you won't dissappoint Marco-sensei for making this duel"
"I'll make sure that even you will feel the excitement I'm having" I smirked
"Attention" Marco's voice spoke from the Solid Vision room "will non-duelists please vacate the area"
Sally gave me pat on the shoulder as encouragement before going to the seats above me, I look at Masumi and was eager to get this duel started. We placed our Duel Disks on our arms and readied ourselves
"Activating the Action field" Marco declared as the screen presented the spell card "Crystal Corridor"
The projector lit up creating the Action field around us
"Shall we get started?" Masumi gestured me to start
I nodded clearing my throat before starting the oath
"Duelists locked in battle!"
"Kicking the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!"
"They storm through this field!"
"Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution in dueling!"
"ACTION...!"
"DUEL!"
Masumi LP: 4000
Jason LP: 4000
The sphere above us broke releasing the Action cards inside and scattered in the area
"I'll go first!" I ran upstairs to find my Action card "from my hand I activate the spell Polymerization" I inserted the card in the spell/trap zone "I fuse my Elemental HEROs Avian and Burstinatrix from my hand" raising the 2 monster cards in the air
"Warrior of the sky unite with the flames and become a strong hero!" Avian and Burstinatrix appeared before going into a swirling vortex "Fusion summon! Elemental HERO Phoenix Enforcer!"
Elemental HERO Phoneix Enforcer (Lvl:6 ATK:2100)
The hero appeared right next to me before I grabbed the Action card near the rails "I set one card face down and end my turn"
"Watashi no tan!" Masumi drew her card "I activate Gem-Knight Fusion from my hand"the spell revealed itself on the field "I fuse my Gem-Knights Crystal and Sapphire in my hand"
"Crystal of purity, gem of aquatics... unite and shine through this field with powerful radiance!" the 2 fusion materials appeared before turning into a vortex "Fusion summon! Gem-Knight Zirconia!"
Gem-Knight Zirconia (Lvl:8 ATK:2900)
The giant knight appeared on the field making my HERO look weak, but I smiled knowing that my monster can survive this
"I can see a bright shine within your eyes" Masumi commented with a raised eyebrow "does my monster excite you?"
"It does" I laughed "to me, dueling is how people show who they are" I looked at the Gem-Knight who was also looking back at me "and right now your showing me that you're a strong...and wonderful duelist"
Masumi stepped back in surprise that her opponent would say that, but shook her head and glared at Jason "d-don't think that saying things like that will give you mercy!" she huffed not even realizing that there was a tint of pink on her face.
Sally covered her mouth from giggling at the situation Masumi was in
Heck the reason why she was with Jason was that upon her enrollment in LDS most students ignored her for being a nobody, but after rising up and taking the Synchro course, she still was alone thanks to their jealousy from the skills she had.
She felt really sad, that is until she met Jason Wellbing, upon his challenge and his loss from their duel. He was always there for her, and they have been close friends ever since
"Battle!" Masumi pointed her finger at Phoneix Enforcer "Zirconia destroy that birdman!"
Zirconia jumped to Jason's area and brought 1 of his gem fist on the hero monster creating an explosion as he braced for the impact
Jason LP: 4000-3200
Masumi huffed in triumph at seeing me lose points but she got wide-eyed at seeing my monster still in the field
"But how-?" She gaped
"Phoenix Enforcer's effect is that he cannot be destroyed in battle" I smiled "I suppose that your plan failed huh?"
She gritted her teeth at forgetting the power of my Enforcer "watashi... tan endo"
"It's my move" I drew my card and smiled "first I activate the spell card Card Destruction from my hand" placing the card in the spell/trap slot "both of us discard our entire hand and draw the same number of cards from our decks"
After doing so, I heard Masumi speak
"I activate Gem-Knight Lazuli's effect" she declared "when that monster is sent to the graveyard by a card effect I can bring back a normal Monster to my hand and I choose Gem-Knight Crystal"
"Nice job on using my spell to your advantage, but this is where you lose life points" I pulled out a card from my hand "I activate Card of Sanctity meaning we draw until we have six cards"
When we finished our draw I smiled looking at the good cards in my hand "I then activate the spell Shield & Sword!"
The monsters ATK points are now switched with their DEF
Gem-Knight Zirconia (ATK:2900-2500)
Elemental HERO Phoneix Enforcer (ATK:2100-1200)
"I applaud you on making Zirconia weak" Masumi smiled "but you just made your monster weak also"
Don't let it get to you" I smiled "I activate Polymerization from my hand to fuse Elemental HEROs Bladedge and Wildheart!"
"Hero of blades, warrior of the forest...unite your strength and face the enemy" the HEROs appeared before turning into a swirling vortex "Fusion summon! Elemental HERO Wildedge!"
My new hero appeared next to Phoneix Enforcer with the latter smiling on getting some help in this battle
Elemental HERO Wildedge (Lvl:8 ATK:2600)
"Battle!" I shouted "I attack Zirconia with Wildedge!"
Wildege's left arm launched his blades at the Gem-Knight cutting the Monster into pieces before Masumi
Masumi LP: 4000-3900
"Next I attack you directly with Phoneix Enforcer!"
My second hero slashed her with his claw gauntlet
Masumi LP: 3900-2700
"I reveal my facedown!" the card revealed itself to be "quick-play spell De-fusion, and the target is my Enforcer"
My fusion monster returned to the extra deck while bringing the fusion materials back on the field
Elemental HERO Avian (Lvl:4 ATK:1000)
Elemental HERO Burstinatrix (Lvl:4 ATK:1200)
"Attack her directly!" my heroes made the assault on my opponent
Masumi LP: 2700-1700-500
Masumi was on the floor, coughing a bit from the impact she felt after hitting the floor
"I must admit that you were able to get me down so far" the Gem-Knight duelist smiled "but now I'll have to be serious here"
"Watashi no tan, doro!" she drew her card "I activate Gem-Knights Fusion's effect in my grave, by banishing Gem-Knight Lazuli in my graveyard I can add this spell card to my hand"
She then smiled at me which made me feel uneasy "I'll now use Gem-Knight Fusion and fuse Gem-Knights Alexandrite, Emerald and Crystal from my hand"
I ran down the stairs to find an Action card knowing exactly what Fusion monster she'll bring out
"Gem of day and night, emerald of good fortune, crystal of purity" the 3 Gem-Knights appeared above her "in a whirlpool of light, combine to bring forth great radiance!" then changed into a vortex "Fusion summon! Gem-Knight Master Diamond!"
Gem-Knight Master Diamond (Lvl:9 ATK:2900)
"Gem-Knight Master Diamond's effect activates" Masumi declared "he gains 100 ATK points for every Gem-Knight Monster in my graveyard
Gem-Knight Master Diamond (ATK:2900-3400)
Oh great, the boss Gem-Knight is finally here... I gotta find an Action card fast!
"Battle!" she pointed to my Avian "I attack Avian with Master Diamond"
The giant monster raised his sword and slashed down at my hero and destroyed him sending me against the crystal floor
Jason LP: 3200-800
I stood up staggering a bit thanks to the explosion earlier, my eyes are spinning but I can see Masumi smiling at me
"It seems like your about to lose" she pointed out "and the shine in your eyes is fading, perhaps you'd want to give up?"
"Jason!" Sally shouted to me "You can still fight back!"
I shook my dizziness away and smiled at Masumi "I'm not out of this duel just yet" I look at my duel disk and steeled my nerves "even if my life points are close to losing...I won't be beaten until they reach zero!"
Masumi stepped back in surprise at Jason's words, Sally smiled upon seeing his fighting spirit burn strongly, even Marco made the same gesture upon seeing the determination in his eyes
In a different room Reiji watched the duel between and smiled at seeing Jason continue to fight even with his back against a wall
"Shacho" Nakajima called "are you sure that Jason can be trusted with the information from last night?"
"I am" Reiji pushed his glasses up "it may take him a while to get it through, but..." he looked back at the duel "he's a rare person that can prove to be a strong ally"
"My turn" I placed my hand on the deck 'my last chance to turn this around...but I believe in you deck, I made you with all my heart' I closed my eyes and focused tensely on this card "I...DRAW!"
I looked at the card and smirked "I win"
"Nani?!" Masumi cried in surprise
"I activate the spell Magical Stone Excavation!" showing the card on the field "I discard the last two cards I have in my hand to get the Card of Sanctity back into my hand" I took the card from my graveyard "and then use it to win this duel!"
I drew 6 cards "now I activate the quick-play spell card Copy Spell!"
The card I played depicted an image of an artisan painting a blank spell card "by banishing a spell card in my graveyard, Copy Spell will become that card" a spell card ejected from my graveyard "and I remove Polymerization!" the card on my field changed into said spell card
"I now fuse Elemental HEROs Woodsman and Clayman in my hand" the 2 earth monsters appeared above me "hero of the earth, be blessed by your element and create a new power" the 2 monsters fused together "Fusion summon! Elemental HERO Gaia!"
The new earth fusion hero appeared in front of Master Diamond who got battle ready on seeing my monster
Elemental HERO Gaia (Lvl:6 ATK:2200)
"Gaia's effect activates, I choose a monster on your field and deduct it by half" Gaia punched the floor making cracks reaching to Master Diamond's feet making the latter fall on 1 knee
Gem-Knight Master Diamond (ATK:3400-1700)
"And raises my hero's ATK by that amount" I grinned
Elemental HERO Gaia (ATK:2200-3900)
"Usso" Masumi stepped back "I...I lost"
"Now Gaia attack Master Diamond with earth impact!" I declared
My monster raised his fist and brought it down hitting Master Diamond's chest shattering the Gem-Knight like glass creating a big explosion sending Masumi flying through the air for a second before hitting the ground
Masumi LP: 500-0
Jason: WIN
The Action field started to disappear and I looked back at my hero monsters
"Thanks guys" I smiled "I couldn't win this duel without any of you"
They nodded at me before disappearing, I ran to Masumi hoping that she would be okay
"Are you alright?" I asked in worry
She groaned a bit before sitting up "yeah" she rubbed her head "I guess this means that my ace title is yours now huh?"
"Nope" I answered "I'd rather let you keep it"
"But why?" Masumi blinked in surprise "what was the point of this duel?"
"The reason is for me to face the strong duelists" I offered my hand to her "and I'm glad that I can"
Masumi grabbed my hand and I pulled her up "besides, I prefer to keep my skills in the duel"
When I let go, I was tackled by Sally who was crying tears of joy on my victory
"Jason!" she cried a waterfall on my shirt "I almost thought that your last draw was a bad one!"
"It's okay Sally" I tried to calm her down "I thought that too, but my deck helped me to the end"
Just then Marco entered the area who smiled as he clapped at my accomplishment
"Well done Jason" he praised "you have beaten Masumi with your skills and I hope that this deed doesn't make you think otherwise"
"Of course not Professor" I shook my head "I'm glad that you were able make this duel happen"
Marco reached into his coat pocket and pulled out some cards "your duel today has given you the right on earning these"
I took the cards and got dumbstruck at what they are 'No way...'
"What are they Jason?" Sally questioned trying to look over my shoulder
"They're rare cards that few others have tried hard to even find them" I quickly pocketed the cards "I'll show them in my next duel"
Sally puffed her cheeks at me at not getting a glimpse on my new cards but shrugged it off
Back with Reiji and Nakajima the 2 of them cut the video feed since the duel finished
"Shacho" he spoke "Are you-?"
"I am" Reiji nodded "Jason has proven himself to be a candidate on the Lancer's selection"
"Understood" Nakajima nodded as he added Jason's name into the selective group that Reiji made for future endeavors
Author's Notes:
Hello there everyone... as you can see I decided to make my own version of the Yu-Gi-Oh Arc V series
And as you noticed on the chapter above, I decided to use the old franchise of the Yu-Gi-Oh series into this and how they are connected to Arc V:
Yu-Gi-Oh=Standard dimension (the creation of Duel Monsters card game) rules of the game
GX=Fusion dimension (dueling schools) the different methods and types of cards being taught in the game
5Ds=Synchro dimension (the field spell card Speed World/2) the action field card
Zexal=Xyz dimension (portable duel disks and augmented reality tech) evolution of the Duel Monsters community
The cards from the past series will be mixed together since each summoning method is connected to Standard. Now the power that each dimension created in their own right are:
Standard: pendulum
Fusion: contact fusion
Synchro: accel synchro
Xyz: rank-up
as for the show itself. I have no qualms on either Japanese origins or english adaption, they are made to entertain us and that purpose was clearly stated. So I might mix some names together or make them nicknames to that person
And lastly my OC won't be having dimensional counterparts, instead he will be Yuya's realistic being meaning Jason knows the wrongs of people's actions and will not show mercy if he is pushed far enough
And lastly since the series itself will have characters from the past return, you can bet that I (the author) will do that too, though it will depend on who they are and where they will appear
OC cards:
Copy Spell
Quick-play spell
Effect: banish 1 spell card and this card's effect will be treated as the target card
Author out...