Hi, DX here. After lots of research and planning, I've decided to start a Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Terminal Fanfic. I started writing one for the 2nd Generation (after Trishula), but decided to start from the very beginning instead. I hope this is as entertaining for you to read as it is to write. Thanks.
Yami Yugi: Daltorus I. Xeno does not own any Yu-Gi-Oh! Seasons or any of the monsters featured in this fanfic. He does own the personalities given to the characters, though.
The Duel Terminal Saga
Prologue: Log Entries.
Log Entry 437: DT
Planet DT. The discovery of a century for the monsters of the Dueling Realm. And it was not what we discovered that changed the Realm, but what we didn't do. We didn't try and research into the planet, and we didn't know anything about the inhabitants. That was our mistake, and although others say the outcome was fate. I say it could have been prevented, and the chaos that followed would have been avoided. I guess I should start at the beginning.
A few months ago, news spread of a number of archetypes seen around the Dueling Realm not listed in the monster archives. The numbers were few, but an unregistered set of monsters was suspicious. I, along with a few of my closest friends, followed what looked like a caravan, until we stopped in a field. Ahead of us was the caravan, but ahead of him was a large rainbow-colored wall. From and aerial view, the wall rounded into a dome.
The caravan passed through the wall like there was nothing there, but when we tried to pass, the wall would not budge. From every direction, no one could pass through the barrier. Not even our strongest monsters could penetrate the wall.
Soon, the interest of getting though the wall faded, but a few days later, a new archetype known as the "Aliens" appeared from space. They told us that they saw a similar barrier on a planet that was not recorded on any charts.
Investigation into the two bits of phenomenon led to the discovery of invisible cables, linking the barriers. The same cables were connected to the planet, and branched out, only to vanish into nothing. While the D. D. archetypes looked into the cables disappearance into other dimensions, a few monsters that were called to the Human Realm for duels noticed a strange device that emitted the same type of aura as the cables. The humans had called these machines "Duel Terminals," a machine built for the purpose of short games using Duel Monsters. Unbeknownst to them, though, the creation of the Duel Terminal led to the creation of a new Realm entirely, one only slightly connected to the Dueling Realm. We named this Realm Planet DT.
Little was known about the inhabitants of DT. We questioned a warrior we saw come out of the barrier, but he was cautious, as if he thought we were spies. We soon gave up on deciphering the archetypes, almost forgetting that they existed. But soon the story started, and we discovered what was really happening on Planet DT, and how a supernatural disaster and war would change the Dueling Realm forever.
Dark Magician.
Log Entry G474925DDT: Our mistake.
It could have been prevented.
We could have stopped the disaster that befell Planet DT.
Our travels throughout the universe had led us to what was recorded in our charts as the Worm Nebula. Our reading indicated that the inhabitants of the planet had a somewhat similar DNA coding, although only some traces were similar. We were on a mission to the Main Dueling Realm, so we did not stray from our course.
We were passing by a rather gray and lifeless planet when we saw seismic activity from our readings. The nearby gray planet erupted, and an almost perfectly round object propelled out of the surface of the planet. We ignored the readings of life on the object, believing that it was a meteor with a few survivors on the surface. We did not know the object was a large life form carrying several smaller life forms inside its carcass.
We could have checked the readings, followed the life form and destroyed it if necessary. We could have stopped a calamity in which millions of lives would be lost.
But none of us knew about the Worm Meteor Zero. None of us knew it would reach planet DT.
None of us knew the catastrophe that would befall the Dueling Realm.
Alien Gray.
Guilt and Suspense. The actual chapters will feature the Duel Terminal monsters themselves. This is just to set the mood. Thanks for reading.
Alien Gray: Review, puny insects!