A few notes you should read first:
This story has nothing to do with the character Aster Phoenix. This story is about an OC character who comes to domino city in search of someone. This is Part 1 and it takes place after Yusei becomes the new king but before he meets the first dark signer. In this story Rua and Ruka did not go with Yusei and the other's to Saiga's hideout because it was decided that it would be too dangerous for them to tag along and that it would be best if they went home. Any dialouge beginning with a dash indicates a line spoken by a crowd member. All duels will use either real cards or cards from the anime and will follow the official rules of the OCG. I'm not a writer but I try and I think I do okay for myself so please leave feedback so I can improve and tell me what you think of my story. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy it.
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Enter The Shining Phoenix
It's a clear and beautiful Saturday morning In Neo Domino City. The serene silence is broken by the wind chopping blades of a helicopter. The helicopter stops and hovers about ten feet above a building about ten stories tall. The door of the helicopter opens revealing a young fit man 5'7 inches tall standing at the doorway. He has short black spiky hair combed backward and he is clad entirely in black clothing. His clothing consists of a long coat with a sleeveless shirt underneath along with pants, shoes, leather gloves, a belt with two deck boxes clipped to it on his right hip, and a pair of sun glasses. The sleeves of his coat are folded up to just below his elbows exposing his arms. His gloves are fingerless with large rectangular holes on the backs. He is also wearing a Duel Disk in standby mode. His Duel Disk is a modified Battle City B model Duel Disk, the improved version of the original Battle City A model, both of which are outdated. The man jumps out of the helicopter and lands safely on top of the building. As the helicopter flies away he walks toward the edge of the building and peers out over the city.
"Now where are you," he says to himself.
In Daimon, a street duel has commenced with a crowd gathered around the two duelists.
"Come on Dameon crush this guy!" shouted one of the crowd members.
Dameon's opponent is a young red haired man named Leon. Leon is in the lead with 2200 LP while Dameon is at 1400 LP. Leon has Gladiator Beast Bestiari(ATK 1500/DEF 800) Face-Up on his side of the field in Attack Position while Dameon only has one card Face-Down in his Spell and Trap Card Zone.
"I place one card Face-Down and end my turn," said Dameon.
Dameon now has 2 cards Face-Down in his Spell and Trap Card Zone. Leon draws his card.
"This duel has been a breeze so far." "And now it's time to end it!" exclaimed Leon. "I summon Gladiator Beast Murmillo(ATK 800/DEF 400) in Defense Position." "Now I fuse Gladiator Beast Murmillo and Gladiator Beast Bestiari!" "Go, Contact Fusion!" Leon initiates a Contact Fusion by sending the two monsters to his Deck, the monsters then swirl together to form an entirely new monster. "I Summon Gladiator Beast Gyzarus(ATK 2400/DEF 1500) In Attack Positon!" A monster with green armor outlined in white then appeared on Leon's field. The monster also had red feathers on the top of its head and armored light green colored wings.
"Your monsters can fuse without polymerization!?" said a surprised Dameon.
"That's right and When Gladiator Beast Gyzarus is Special Summoned his effect activates which lets me destroy up to 2 cards on the field," said Leon. "I target your two Face-Down cards."
Dameon looks on as Gyzarus's effect activates.
With two swift punches Gyzarus destroys Dameon's two Face-Down cards and any chances Dameon had left of winning.
"Gyzarus attack directly with Dark Hurricane Punch!"
With its fist engulfed in swirling wind and dark energy, Gyzarus delivers a powerful punch to Dameon reducing his life points to zero. As a result of the attack Dameon loses his balance and falls on his rear.
"Yes!" Leon said in excitement. "Now pay up."
Dameon then hands Leon a stack of bills with a white paper band around it.
It's now around noon and Leon is walking down an alley admiring and counting the amount of money he had just won in his previous duel. At the same time another person is walking towards Leon as if he's targeting him. This person then stops about fifty feet away from Leon staring in his direction. Leon looks up and notices this person. It's the mysterious man.
"Hey what're you staring at!?" shouted Leon in a rude tone.
The man then starts to walk closer toward Leon.
"Hey I'm talkin' to you!" shouted Leon.
The man stays silent as he continues to walk closer toward Leon. Leon stands there waiting for an answer.
The man then stops about ten feet away from Leon and finally speaks.
"I'm looking For Yusei Fudo," The man said in a straightforward voice.
"Yusei Fudo, the king of Neo Domino City?" asked Leon.
"Yeah, know where I can find him?"
"Well I don't know where Yusei is but I've seen him around here before and there were five other people with him," said Leon.
"hm," said the man as he starts to walk past Leon.
"Hey hold on," said Leon.
The man stops.
"He had two kids with him and I know where they live. But I'll only tell you on one condition" said Leon. "You have to duel me and if you win I'll tell you where you can find those kids." "But if I win I get the rarest card in your deck."
"Alright then," Agreed the man.
Meanwhile in their lavish tops apartment high above Neo Dominio City, Rua and Ruka are inside as usual. Ruka is on the internet and Rua is talking to his friend Tenpei via video monitor.
"Whadaya mean you don't wanna go back to Daimon?" said an annoyed Rua.
"Well the last time we went there we almost got done in by that freaky black rose witch. And besides, have you forgotten about all the marked criminals that hang out there? Daimon isn't exactly a kid friendly place," explained Tenpei.
"But if we're ever gonna get stronger we have to duel against tough opponents. And Daimon is the perfect place to do it" Said Rua, hoping he could persuade Tenpei to join him.
Ruka, overhearing their conversation, glances over at Rua.
"Sorry Rua, but I don't wanna go back there. It's just too dangerous."
"Alright then I'll see you later," said Rua disappointingly.
The video monitor shuts off and Rua sits down on the couch and starts to look through his deck. Ruka then goes over to Rua.
"Hey Rua I've been thinking, why don't I go with you to Daimon?" said Ruka.
"You wanna go out to Daimon?"
"Yes let me go with you," said Ruka.
"I don't know, Daimon might be too tough for you"
"But it's such a beautiful day outside and I don't want to be cooped up in here all day. And besides I've beaten you plenty of times so I can handle myself," explained Ruka.
"Hey!" Rua got offended by Ruka's comment.
"Oh I'm not saying you're a bad duelist or anything," Ruka said nervously trying to fix what she said.
"Forget it, come on lets go," said Rua.
Rua's stomach suddenly growled.
"Uh-oh, I guess its time for lunch," said Rua embarrassed. "Let's have a snack first." Rua and Ruka both head toward the kitchen to get a snack.
Back in Daimon a crowd has gathered. Leon and the mysterious man had both agreed to have their duel there.
"Are you ready," asked Leon.
The man pulls the deck he had in his duel disk out and swaps it with another deck he had stashed away in one of the deck boxes clipped to his belt.
"I won't need my strongest deck to beat you," said the man.
"Is that right," said Leon. "Well let's get started then hotshot."
Their Duel Disks switch from Standby Mode to Duel Mode and their Life Points set to 4000.
"DUEL," they both shouted.
"Why don't you go first since you're so confident you're gonna win," said Leon.
"Fine," said the man as he drew his card. "I place one monster Face-Down and end my turn."
"Is that all?" mocked Leon. "Hmph," he scoffed as he drew his card. "I summon Gladiator Beast Laquari(ATK 1800/DEF 400) to the field in Attack Position." A tiger-like beast appeared on Leon's field with orange armor outlined in white on its lower legs, lower arms, head, chest and back. "Attack, Gladiator Beast Laqauri, Wild Claw!" Being the target of an attack the man's monster is flipped face-up. From this card a bodiless creature appears. Visible are two feet wearing Greek styled sandals, two white-gloved hands holding a bow and arrow, a red crown over the area where its head would be, and a pair of small white feathered wings protruding from the area were its back would be.
"Skelengel's effect activates." said the man. "When it's flipped face-up I draw one card from my deck." He then drew his card. And with one swipe of Laqauri's mighty claw Skelengel is destroyed in a display of white shards.
"Time for Laquari's effect." said Leon. "If a Gladiator Beast monster battles, then at the end of that Battle Phase I can send that Gladiator Beast monster to my Deck and Special Summon another Gladiator Beast from Deck to my side of the field." "So I send Gladiator Beast Laquari to my Deck and then I'll Special Summon Gladiator Beast Sparticus(ATK 2200/DEF 1600) to the field in Attack Postion."
A huge humanoid dinosaur-like creature holding a black bladed halberd appeared on Leon's field. It has two large shoulder guards, colored brown on the top and a vanilla color on the bottom, each protruding out backward into a sharp point. The shoulder guards also featured three sharp bony spikes protruding from their tops in a straight line. Its body, arm, and leg armor shared the same brown and vanilla color scheme.
"And When Gladiator Beast Sparticus is Special Summoned by the effect of another Gladiator Beast, I have to add one Equip Spell Card from my Deck to my hand." "I choose Gladiator Beast's Battle Halberd." Leon added the selected card to his hand. "I end."
The man drew his card. After Looking at his hand with a confident look on his face, he makes his move. "I activate a Field Spell Card called The Sanctuary in the Sky." The ruins of a large white stone structure appear behind the man, hovering in the air. The crowd looks up, gazing upon the large stone structure hovering above them. "Now I summon Zeradias, Herald of Heaven(ATK 2100/DEF 800) in Attack Position." A paled-skinned man with large green feathered wings and two red horns on its head appears on the man's field. This creature is wearing blue pants, golden boots, red cloth around its lower face, green cloth covering its lower arms, and a green hood. Its weapon is a long handle with a large exotic u-shaped blade at the end. "I can summon this monster as long as The Sanctuary in the Sky is on the field." "But if it's not then Zeradias is destroyed." "I place one card face-down and end my turn."
"Not bad," said Leon as he drew his card. "I activate the Equip Spell, Gladiator Beast's Battle Halberd." "And then I'll equip it to Sparticus." The black bladed halberd in Sparticus's hand disappears and is replaced with a different halberd. This halberd has a wooden handle with a metal hand guard and a shiny silver blade. "Now whenever Sparticus attacks, Battle Halberd will destroy one Spell or Trap card at the end of the damage step." Sparticus, attack his monster now with power slash!" Sparticus charges at the man's monster about to land its killing blow.
"I activate my face-down down card, Sakuretsu Armor!" said the man. "When one of my opponents monster's attacks, I can activate this cards." "It then destroys the attacking monster." grey spiky armor appears on Sparticus immediately stopping the monster. The armor then explodes, destroying the monster and covering the dueling field with smoke.
"grrrrrr," grunts Leon as he shields his face from the smoke. After the smoke clears Leon makes his move "I activate a Spell Card called Gladiator Beast's Respite." "This card lets me send 2 Gladiator Beast monsters from my hand to my deck, and then I draw 3 cards." Leon sends the selected cards to his Deck and then draws his 3 cards. "Next I activate the Spell Card, Gladiator's Return." With this I return 3 Gladiator Beast monsters from my Graveyard to my Deck, and then I draw 1 card. Leon returns the 3 selected monsters from his Graveyard to his Deck and draws 1 card. "I set one monster face-down and end my turn." "Let's see you get past this one," Leon thought to himself.
The man draws his card. "I activate the Spell Card, Dark World Lightning," said the man. "This card lets me destroy 1 face-down card on the field, and then afterwards I have to discard 1 card from hand."
"No way!" said a surprised Leon.
Streaks of lightning shot forward from the front of the card at Leon's face-down monster, destroying it.
"And now that your field's wide-open, I'll attack," said the man. "Zeradias go, attack directly with heavenly strike!" Zeradias then flies forward with its mighty green-feathered wings toward Leon and delivers a strike in an upright diagonal slash across Leon causing him to flinch. The attack leaves behind a streak of white light following the path of the blade, which disappears after a second. After the strike, Leon's Life Points drop from 4000 to 1900. "I end my turn."
"You're gonna pay for that!" said an angered Leon. He draws his card then looks at his hand. "Now let's try this again." "I set one monster face-down and another card face-down and end my turn." The man draws his card then declares his attack.
"Zeradias, attack his face-down monster now!" Zeradias flies high up into the air above Leon's face-down monster and strikes downward with a mighty force towards the card. The targeted card is flipped face-up revealing a large humanoid rhino covered entirely in thick beige armor outlined in silver save for its face which has two short silver horns protruding from its forehead. This monster also has 11 silver hexagonal shields about 5 inches wide surrounding it. This monster is Gladiator Beast Hiplomus(ATK 700/DEF 2100). Zeradias's attack is blocked with an energy shield surrounding Hiplomus which are aligned with its 11 shields. But with Zeradias being an even match for Hiplomas's defenses, Zeradias breaks through the monster's energy shield, forcing its 11 shields to its sides. Hiplomus then raises its huge left arm, blocking Zeradias's blow with its thick armor successfully fending off Zeradias's attack.
"Since you attacked Hiplomus his effect activates," said Leon. "So I'll send Gladiator Beast Hiplomus to my Deck and then I'll Special Gladiator Beast Bestiari(ATK 1500/DEF 800) in Attack Position." A green armored humanoid creature with light green skin, large armored light green wings, and a birds head is summoned to Leon's field in Attack Position. "When Gladiator Beast Bestiari is Special Summoned by the effect of another Gladiator Beast, I have to destroy one Spell or Trap Card on the field." With the flap of its wings the monster releases a vortex of wind towards the man's face-down card, destroying it. "But that's not all." "Now I activate my face-down Trap Card, Gladiator Lash." "I can activate this card only when one of my Gladiator Beast monsters is Special Summoned." "My opponent then has to discard one card from their hand." The man selects one card in his hand and sends it to the Graveyard.
"I place one card face-down and end my turn," said the man.
Leon draws his card and with a grin on his face he makes his move. "I Summon Gladiator Beast Torax(ATK 1400/DEF 400) in Attack Position." A large bloated humanoid fish with no neck appears on Leon's field. It has two stubby arms and legs and its skin is beige, except its head which is a dark-blue with a fish tail sticking out the back of its head with the same color and a large grey fin at the end. It also has grey fins going down the back of its arms and legs. The creature has turquoise colored armor on its lower arms, lower legs, feet, and on its body featuring small silver spikes on the body portion. For its weapon it has a staff with a turquoise handle and an orange orb at the top.
"Now I'll initiate a Contact Fusion by sending Gladiator Beast Torax and Gladiator Beast Bestiari from my field to my Deck in order to Fusion Summon, Gladiator Beast Gyzarus(ATK 2400/DEF 1500)," said Leon as the two monsters swirl together, fusing into one monster. The newly formed monster then appears on Leon's field in Attack Position. "When Gladiator Beast Gyzarus is Special Summoned, his effect activates which lets me destroy up to 2 cards on the field." "I choose your monster and your sanctuary." Gyzarus flies toward Zeradias and destroys him with one punch. Next, Gyzarus flies toward The Sanctuary in the Sky and with a few punches, topples the ancient ruins. Rubble falling from the ruins disappears before reaching the crowd.
"Gyzarus, attack directly, Dark Hurricane Punch!" Gyzarus delivers a powerful punch of swirling wind and dark energy, finally dropping the man's life points from 4000 to 1600. The man didn't flinch once from the attack.
"Now I'll send Gyzarus back to my Extra Deck but this time instead of summoning one Gladiator Beast from my deck, Gyzarus lets me Summon two." "I pick Gladiator Beast Laquari and Gladiator Beast Darius." The two monsters are summoned to Leon's field. Darius is a brown skinned humanoid horse wearing orange armor outlined in silver on its chest, shoulders, on the backs of its lower arms, around its legs, and silver armor on its hooves. It has long dark grey hair going down its neck to its middle back and a long tail with lots of dark grey hair also. Its weapons are two long metal whips with yellow energy spiraling around them.
"When Darius is Summoned by another Gladiator Beast I can Special Summon another Gladiator Beast from my Graveyard." "I Special Summon Gladiator Beast Hiplomas." "With Hiplomas's Summon Leon now has three monsters on his side of the field. "But I'm not done yet." I fuse Gladiator Beast Laquari, Gladiator Beast Darius, and Gladiator Beast Hiplomas together to summon the most powerful Gladiator Beast, Gladiator Beast Heraklinos!(ATK 3000/DEF 2800)" The mighty best-warrior stood tall over the man. A portion of nearly every Gladiator Beast can be seen on Heraklinos.
"Herklinos's effect lets me negate the effect of a Spell or Trap card and destroy it by discarding one card from my hand." "And with only two cards in your hand and no cards on your side of the field, I doubt you'll be able to summon a monster strong enough to take down Herklinos." "This duel is mine!" boasted Leon. "I end my turn."
The man drew his card and then grew a smile on his face.
"What're you smiling about," asked Leon, confused.
"Your right, I won't be able to summon a monster strong enough to take down Herklinos," agreed the man. "So I'll do this instead!" "I remove Skelengal, marshmallon, Zeradias, Herald of Heaven, and Sangan in my Graveyard from play in order to Special Summon, Sky Scourage Enrise!"(ATK 2400/ DEF 1500) A creature resembling a shinigami appears on the man's field. It has large white wings, long white hair, a white face, white lower arms, and a white body with a large orb in its abdomen, which contains blue and turquoise colored energy swirling around inside it. It is wearing black gloves and some sort of black attire with small white lined patterns on its upper arms and from its waist down. It is also wearing two belts at the top of its knees and a golden ring about an inch and a half wide around the tops of its legs and around its waist.
"I activate Sky Scourge Enrise's effect." "Once per turn I can remove one face-up monster on the field from play." "I choose Gladiator Beast Heraklinos!" The orb in Enrises abdomen glows blue and starts to pull in Heraklinos like a vacuum. Parts of Heraklinos then break off into small shards which are sucked into the orb. Shards continue to break off of the monster until there is nothing left. "I can't attack during the same turn I've activated Enrises's effect so I end my turn." Leon draws his card.
"You got lucky but this duel isn't over yet!" said Leon. "I Summon Gladiator Best Andal(ATK 1900/DEF 1500) In Attack Position." A huge humanoid bear with grey fur appears on leons fiels wearing blue armor on its chest and abdomen and blue gauntlets and grieves. "Then I'll activate a spell called Double Summon." "Double Summon lets me Normal Summon one more time this turn." "So now I release Gladiator Beast Andal to Advance Summon Gladiator Beast Alexander!"(ATK 2400/DEF 600) Gladiator Beast Alexander is Summoned to Leon's field. A large humanoid lion wearing golden armor and wings outlined in silver now stands on Leon's field.
"Gladiator Beast Alexander, attack Sky Scourge Enrise with Gold Energy Rush!" Gladiator Beast Alexander has three blades sticking out on the joints of its wings which Alexander aims at its target. The blades glow with a yellow energy that is then released as bolts towards Enrise. "They'll destroy each other!"
"I activate Honest from my hand!" said the man. "When one of my Light monsters battle, I can discard Honest from my hand to have that monster gain ATK equal to the ATK of the opponent's monster it's battling, until the End Phase." With the power of Honest Sky Scourge Enrises's ATK rises to 4800. "I told you I didn't need my strongest Deck to beat you!" Now outlined in pure white energy, Sky Scourge Enrise counter attacks by releasing a smaller orb surrounded by blue energy from the orb in its abdomen. The orb touches Alexander, and then increases in size engulfing the monster; the orb then shrinks becoming smaller and smaller until it disappears from the field completely. Leon's Life points are reduced to zero.
With the duel done, the man's Duel Disk switch to Standby Mode and Sky Scourge Enrise disappears. The man walks up to Leon.
"Now are you going to tell me about those two kids," asked the man.
"Alright fine," said Leon. "They were two boys. One of them had light-green hair with a ponytail and the other one had brown hair and glasses. I don't know where they live exactly but I know they live in Tops. That's all I know."
The man then starts to walk away.
"Hey wait," said Leon. "What's your name?"
The man stops, turns around half-way then looks at Leon.
"Nero Phoenix," answered the man. "I'm the current champion of America."
Leon's eyes widened after hearing this.
"-Whoa"
"-You gotta be kidding me"
"-Leon never stood a chance"
With Leon's silence Nero turns and walks away.
Back in Tops Rua and Ruka have finished their snacks and are now ready to head off to Daimon.
"You ready Ruka," asked Rua.
"Mmhmm," answered Ruka.
They both head out the door.
Meanwhile Nero enters Tops. After entering he stops and looks around spotting a convenience store and walks toward it. Inside the store is a petite woman with long brown hair behind the counter. She's leaning on the counter reading a magazine when the electric doors slide open getting her attention. Nero walks in and sees the woman.
"Hi," she says.
"Hi," said Nero. He walks up toward the counter. "I'm wondering if you could help me find someone."
"Sure," said the woman.
"I'm looking for a boy with light-green hair and a ponytail." "I was told he lives here in Tops."
"You must be talking about Rua." said the woman. "He's the only boy with light-green hair that I know around here." "Are you a friend of his?"
"No but I need to talk to him," said Nero. "It's important."
"Oh, well see that tall building there?" The woman points out the front window. "It's an apartment complex." "That's where he lives." "I don't know what apartment though." "He comes in here all the time to buy candy and snacks." "He's a bit energetic but he's a nice boy."
"Thank you," said Nero.
"Sure," said the woman.
Nero walks out of the store towards the apartment complex as Rua and Ruka continue on their way to Daimon.
"Hey Rua, why was Tempei so afraid of going back to Daimon with you?"
"I don't know." "He just chickened out all of a sudden."
"Was she really that frightening?"
"Well she was pretty scary." "When she showed up the ground shook and there was lots of wind." "But the weird part was when that mark on Yusei's arm was glowing. She called it a wretched mark and then she vanished."
"Hmm that is pretty weird." "Do you think she'll show up again?"
"Well I figured she ran off for good."
Ruka notices someone walking toward them.
"Light-green hair pulled into a ponytail." "That must be him," Nero thought to himself. Nero then looks at Ruka. "So he's a twin."
"Rua that guy is walking right towards us." Rua then looks and notices the man walking toward them.
"Hey you, kid!" shouted Nero. Nero walks up to them. "Is your name Rua?"
"Yea but who are you?"
"My name is Nero." "Do you know Yusei Fudo?"
"Yea he's our friend," said Rua.
"Do you know where he is" asked Nero.
"Well, I don't know where he is but why are you looking for Yusei," asked Rua.
"I want to duel him," said Nero. "I want to duel him and defeat him."
"Are you one of his friends?" asked Rua.
"No, but If you see him, tell him the current champion from America is looking for him. Rua and Ruka's eyes widened from hearing this. Nero turns around.
"Hey wait," said Rua. Nero turns back around. "This is so cool!" said Rua in excitement. "A duel monsters champion is standing right here in front of me!" "Can you please duel me?"
"I don't have time for that kid," said Nero.
"Pleeeeaaaase," begged Rua. "I'm always looking for tough opponents and I really wanna see how I stack up against a champion."
"Hmmm," Nero thought a moment. "Alright then."
"Yyyeessss," said Rua as he jumped into the air in excitement.
"But only on one condition," said Nero. "I want to duel both of you at the same time."
"Both of us?" asked Ruka.
"That's fine with me," said Rua. "As long as I get to duel you."
"Well alright then," said Ruka. "I did want to come out to Daimon, but I didn't expect to duel a champion."
"Yusei maybe be training these kids." "So if I duel them then it might give me an idea of what to expect when I duel him," Nero thought to himself.
"I don't think there's enough room here," said Ruka.
"We were on our way to Daimon so why don't we have our duel there?" suggested Rua.
"Fine." said Nero.
They all head to Diamon.
To be continued.
Author's Note: So how did you like it? Chapter 1 was meant to introduce Nero and show his dueling skills. But Chapter 2 will be much better; it will feature another action packed duel that will be even better than the one with Leon. Chapter 2 will also delve into Nero's past and explain why he came to Neo Domino to duel Yusei.