I don't know if you read my first one or not, but I had to take it down because I didn't like the way it was going. I don't know if you've ever played Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards and Rashef of Destruction, but that's the dueling platform I used for this story. Not like the TV show, I'm gonna tell you that RIGHT NOW, so no emails about that later. So without further ado, here it is… Duel Monster Frontier… REBORN! This will be based on Decks by me and my friends. Don't worry, ill try to make it as interesting as I possibly can! I hope you enjoy!
NOTE: Contains a few spoilers about the end of Yu-Gi-Oh! If you haven't read the graphic novels or seen it in Japanese. Don't worry. Ill warn you ahead of time when the spoilers are coming. Has nothing to do with the story, so there wont be any plot holes. Ok, I'm done now.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Who's Who in the story: Part 1
Isaac Monclaire – Our main character. Loves Duel Monsters and Idolizes legendary duelist Yugi Muto. Has the habit of not thinking before he acts, especially in a duel.
Yugi Muto – World's greatest duelist. Normally the main character, but gets to play the supporting role in this story.
Damian Revior– Isaac's best friend who always watches out for him, as well as the other members of their group. Damian is also a really skilled duelist.
T.K. Reece – A friend of Isaac and Damian. A quiet kid who is the opposite of Isaac when it comes to a duel. The smart type, always being the one to think things through before acting.
Sakura Cadiz – Another friend of Isaac, Damian, and T.K. She's far from the "damsel in distress" type, strong will, and is also a skilled duelist.
Sasha St. John – Our heroine of the story. Shes new to Duel Monsters, but wont let it stop her from being strong and helping the others. She has a will as strong as Sakura's.
Iami Monclaire – Isaac's 13 year old sister. A pretty good duelist who tries to help Isaac as much as she can. Practices dueling all the time to carry on her family's legacy.
Story
The beautiful city of Carta Vista. It's a small, easy going town with not a lot of crime, but lots of busy people. The youth of the city are the only ones who seems to have fun. Their favorite past time is the very popular card game, Duel Monsters. This game has taken the city by storm. You were an outcast if you weren't into Duel Monsters. The game was populated by a young boy named Yugi Muto, but this was many years ago. Yugi now lives a carefree life in Japan. (I don't want to spoil anything for those of you who hasn't seen the end of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters).
In Carta Vista, a small city in America, there's a special private school dedicated to Duel Monsters. Its doesn't just teach Duel Monsters, but it also covers general education, like math, science, English, P.E., etc. In this town, there lives a boy who is especially fond of Duel Monsters. His name is Isaac Monclaire. He lives at home with his Mother and Father, and is little sister, Iami. Their father was a top ranking duelist when he was younger, while his mother was one of the popular girls at school. Its one of those one thing lead to another love stories.
Isaac was asleep in his room, snoring loudly. Iami came into the room and covered her ears.
"My god… is he a human or a bear!" She said. She walked over and nudged him. "Isaac! Isaac! Wake up! Today's the day! Wake up, bro!" Nothing. Isaac was in a deep sleep. Iami smiled. "Only one way to wake you up now!"
Iami pinched Isaac's nostrils together. Isaac snorted, then shot upwards, waving his arms around.
Isaac coughed as he looked at his sister, laughing at him. "Iami? What the heck's wrong with you!" He shouted.
"Hey, I tried to wake you up, but you wouldn't get up. That was the only way I knew how to wake you."
"it's 6am… why are you waking me up so early…" Isaac muttered.
Iami walked over to the other side of the room and picked up a table calendar, then walked it back and showed it to Isaac. She pointed at the date circled on the calendar, which happened to be today's date. (Well, today in the story.) Isaac's brown eyes shot open as he realized what it meant.
"THAT'S RIGHT! TODAY'S THE 18TH! THAT MEANS…" Iami said happily.
"THE YUGI MUTO IS COMING TO BE A GUEST SPEAKER AT THE DUEL ACADEMY!" Isaac said.
"Yeah! So you better not miss your opportunity to meet Yugi today! ... huh? " Iami said. She looked around, but Isaac was gone. Isaac walked behind her and tapped her on the shoulder. She jumped as she noticed that Isaac was already dressed. He wore blue pants, white and red sneakers, a belt (of course), a white tshirt with the symbol of "light" on the front, and a red jacket. "Come on, Ami! We're going to miss breakfast!" He said as he put a hat on his head.
"Are you sure you'll have time for breakfast?" Iami said as she pointed at the clock. It was was 7:50am. "OH GEEZ!" Isaac shouted. "I've got 20 minutes to get to Duel Academy!" He shouted.
Isaac grabbed his backpack and his deck off the dresser and began to take off running down the stairs. Iami rolled her eyes and sat down on the bed and held on to Isaac's Duel Disk.
"3… 2… 1…"
Iami then held out the duel disk over her head as Isaac ran back into the room and grabbed it from her.
"Sorry! I forgot this!" He said as he took off running out of the room.
Isaac and Iami's mother and father were downstairs prepping for their morning.
Isaac ran and hugged his father and shook his mother's hand, obviously reversing the daily procedure. "Bye Mom! Bye Dad! Cant stay for breakfast! Gotta get to school! Love ya!" He said.
"Slow down, Isaac!" His father said. Isaac stopped at the kitchen door then turned around. His mom handed him a sack lunch. "You cant go dueling on an empty stomach." His mom said.
"Haha! Yeah, your right! Thanks mama!" He said as he hugged her.
"Show em what a Monclaire is made of!" His father called after him. Isaac stuck his thumb upwards as he walked out the door. He walked down the street eating the cookies that his mom packed for him. He glanced at his watch and noticed the time.
"CRAP ON A CRUTCH! 10 MINUTES LEFT! I GOTTA JET!" He shouted. Isaac quickly stuffed his sack lunch in his backpack, then took off running down the street.
(NOTE: Imagine this part as the opening of a movie or a video game as it scrolls the opening credits. The theme Song to Duel Monster Frontier begins to play as Isaac takes off running down the street, avoiding people and playing children along the way. Yes, this is the same song from the game Kingdom Hearts. I feel that it fits in with my story. Who says we cant share, right?)
Simple and Clean
By Utada Hikaru
You're giving me too many things
Lately you're all I need
You smiled at me and said
Don't
get me wrong, I love you
But does that mean I have to meet your father?
When we are older you'll understand
What I meant when I said "No,
I don't think life is quite that simple."
When you walk away
You don't hear me say please
Oh baby, don't go
Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go
Hold me
Whatever lies beyond this morning
Is a little later on
Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all
Nothing's like before
Hold me
Whatever lies beyond this morning
Is a little later on
Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all
Nothing's like before
(Song End)
Isaac arrived at the Duel Academy, then collapsed on the stairs. "Oh… oh man… note to self… Start working out…"
"Isaac?"
Isaac looked up to see his math teacher staring at him.
"Mr. Stevens! Whats… up?" Isaac muttered.
"The seminar is just starting. Yugi is about to make his speech. You'd better hurry."
"OH GEEZ!" Isaac shouted as he jumped to his feet and dashed off past the professor and ran inside the school.
"LET'S SEE! IT WAS IN THE OBELISK BLUE HALL, RIGHT!" Isaac said as he read the flyer. Once he arrived, he busted through the door. The principal was up in front of the pedestal giving a speech.
Isaac let out a sigh of relief. "Phew… barely made it…" He began walking, trying to find an empty seat. There was a LOT of people in attendance.
"Psst! Isaac!"
"Hey! Isaac!"
"Over here, Man!"
Isaac looked over a couple rows down to see his best friends, T.K., Sakura, and his best friend Damian. He smiled as he scooted past his classmates and sat down next to Damian. The gave each other dab.
"Whats up punk. Thought you weren't gonna make it for a second there." Damian said.
"So I over slept… not even hell freezing over would keep me from seeing Yugi Muto!" Isaac said.
"Ill say!" Sakura whispered. "That's all you could talk about the past month!"
"Hey! Hey!" T.K. said. "I think the principal is almost done talking."
"And now, students of Duel Academy… ARE… YOU… READY!" the principal said. The students looked around at each other.
"I SAID… ARE… YOU… READY!"
Still, the kids were silent.
"Then… for the thousands in attendance… for the millions watching at home…"
Suddenly, one of the teachers signals the Principal. "Hey! Were not being aired on TV!" he said. The principal turned to him and covered the mike. "Shut up! I know that!" Then he turned back to the students.
"LETS GET READY TO YUGI!"
There was silence. Crickets could be heard in the crowd. Damian slapped his forehead. "Can he possibly be so friggin GAY!" he said. Isaac, T.K., and Sakura just stared at amazement. Isaac jumped up. "Yugi deserves a MUCH better introduction that THAT!" he said. The shoved his way past the people in his row and took off running towards the stage. T.K. watched him wide-eyed. "Hey, is he really going to…"
"What do you think?" Damian said looking at him.
Isaac got up on stage and shoved the principal away from the pedestal. "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE GET OFF YOUR FEET AND GIVE A ROUND OF SOUND FOR THE ONE… THE ONLY… THE CHAMPION OF DUEL MONSTERS… THE KING OF GAMES… YUGI MUTO!"
The crowd suddenly came alive with cheers and applauds. Damian, Sakura, and T.K. stood up as they applauded.
"YEAH ISAAC!" Damian shouted. Then he pointed down to Isaac at the stage. "THAT'S MY BOY DOWN THERE! THAT'S MY BOY!"
From the right side of the stage, an older Yugi entered, walked past the Principal (who was on the ground) and to Isaac. He was frozen with excitement. He stared eye to eye with his idol. Yugi put his hand on his shoulder. "Thanks. That was a great intro." He said.
"Y-Y-Y-Y-you're wel… wel…" Isaac muttered.
The principal got off the floor and walked towards Isaac. "YOUNG MAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. MUTO HAS A SPEECH TO DO! PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR SEAT!"
Isaac snapped out of his excitement. "Oh, of course, sir!" he said. He ran to one of the seats a few feet behind the pedestal, then took a seat.
"THAT'S MY SEAT!" The principal shouted.
"Oh come on, sir. Let him sit there." Yugi said.
The principal sighed. "Sure…" Then he walked off the stage.
Yugi approached the podium and cleared his throat. "How are you all doing today?"
All the crowd began to cheer again. Once they calmed down, Yugi continued. "You guys are all the duelists of the future, so I'm going to teach you the secret that's helped me throughout my dueling career… I'm going to teach you about The Heart of the Cards!"
Yugi's speech went on. Isaac seemed to be the only one paying attention as he took notes with his little note pad. Back in the audience, Damian was falling asleep. Sakura was losing interest. T.K. was questioning Yugi's tactics.
"Heart of the cards? You have GOT to be kidding me… if that's his big secret, he MUST have won all his duels by luck… that or he had some spirit helping him…" T.K. said.
"…Now, I know what your all thinking… Cards don't have hearts! So I'll prove my theory by dueling one of you! Which one will it be!" Yugi said.
The crowd was once again alive with life as they all jumped to their feet. Even Damian was awake and waving his hands.
"PICK ME! PICK ME! LET ME WHOOP YOUR ASS IN FRONT OF ALL THESE PEOPLE!" He shouted.
"Hmmm…" Yugi said as he looked around. He turned back to Isaac, who was still writing in his notepad. Obviously, he didn't hear Yugi's offer. The Game King walked towards him and tapped him on the shoulder. Isaac looked up, then smiled.
"Wanna duel?" Yugi asked.
"Oh geez… this is like something straight out of my dreams!" Isaac said as he jumped out of his seat. "LETS DUEL!" he said excitedly. They talked among themselves for a moment. Yugi then returned to the podium.
"Isaac Monclaire will be my opponent!" Yugi announced.
Everyone groaned as they all sat down.
"WOW! This is like one of those Dream-Come-True programs for Isaac! He's not dying, is he?" Sakura asked.
"No, but I have a feeling he'll die from excitement in about 2 minutes." Damian said as he sat down.
Yugi and Isaac activated their duel disks. "LETS DUEL!" They both said in unison.
Yugi – 4000 LP / Isaac – 4000 LP
"Yugi! You're my idol! So I based a majority of my cards off your deck! But don't think that means it's the EXACT same strategy and cards!" Isaac said.
"I wouldn't expect anything less, Isaac!" Yugi said back.
And so, the duel went on…
Yugi – 1000 LP / Isaac - 100 LP
Isaac looked at the cards in his hand. "Crap! I cant beat Yugi with these cards!"
Yugi's field: Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, (both in attack mode) and two face down cards.
Isaac's field: Beta the Magnet Warrior, Gamma the Magnet Warrior (both in defense mode)
Isaac's hand: Polymerization, Injection Fairy Lily, and United We Stand (magic card).
"Come on, Heart of the Cards… don't let me down…" Isaac said. He closed his eyes and drew a card. "YES!" he said.
"NOW I SUMMON ALPHA THE MAGNET WARRIOR! AND WITH ALPHA, BETA, AND GAMMA ON THE FIELD, ILL MELD THEM TOGETHER TO FORM VALKYRION, THE MAGNA WARRIOR!"
Valkyrion stood tall on Isaac's side of the field.
"Valkyrion is much stronger than both your magician's Yugi! Now to finish you off! Valkyrion, attack Dark Magician Girl and win us the duel!" Isaac said happily.
"OH MY GOD! I CANT BELIEVE I BEAT YUGI! HE MUST HAVE BEEN GOING EASY ON ME!" Isaac thought.
Valkyrion attacked. Yugi smiled. One of Isaac's teachers shook his head. "I told that boy about getting ahead of himself… did he forget about Yugi's face down cards!" he said.
"I ACTIVATE MAGIC CYLINDER!" Yugi shouted.
Isaac's mouth dropped. "NO WAY!" he shouted.
Valkyrion's attack hit Isaac head on.
Isaac – 0 LP
"Winner! Yugi Muto!" the Principal said.
Yugi walked over and shook Isaac's hand. "You were great Isaac! But your problem is you got WAY to ahead of yourself and you forgot about my two face down cards." Yugi said.
"Yeah, I know… I guess I got so excited about drawing my Alpha card that I wasn't thinking." Isaac said with a hand on the back of his head.
Yugi put his hand on his shoulder. "Always remember this Isaac… Psychology is half the game."
Isaac nodded. "Right on!"
Yugi walked back over to the podium. "Now, how was that for a duel?" Yugi asked.
The crowd was a bit skeptical. One student stood up. "That didn't prove anything! You only one because Isaac didn't think before he acted!"
"That's not true." Yugi said. "Isaac was on the verge of losing, but he never lost faith in his deck."
"BUT HE STILL FRIGGIN LOST!" another kid said.
Yugi shook his head.
"WE SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN CLASS!" Said another kid. All the kids began to leave. The teachers tried to stop them, but they were all evacuating the multi-purpose room.
"They'll come around. They're all just like Kaiba when he was younger." Yugi said.
Isaac walked up to Yugi. "They're just lost causes if you ask me. But wow Yugi, that Heart of the Cards stuff really works! I honestly would have given up the duel a few times back there, but thanks to you, I kept going!"
"You keep that attitude up and you'll be a great duelist someday, Isaac. Well, I've gotta get ready for my next seminar later today. Hopefully I'll have a more enthusiastic audience!" Yugi said.
"Thanks Yugi… take care!" Isaac said. Yugi turned back and handed Isaac a card. "Here Isaac. If your going to use a magician's deck like mine, this card will be helpful."
Isaac proudly accepted the card. "Thanks again! Man, your great!" Yugi walked away and gave Isaac the thumbs up. Isaac looked down at the card that Yugi gave him. It was Sage's Stone magic card.
After school…
All the students poured out, ready to go home. Isaac walked outside, and was met by his best friends and another person.
"Wow Isaac, I bet your on Cloud 9 right now!" T.K. said.
"How'd you know?" Isaac said with a huge smile on his face.
"Yeah… so what if Yugi kicked your ass in front of all those people!" Damian said as he playfully punched Isaac in the arm.
"Oh shut up! I didn't see you up there!" Isaac laughed.
"Hey, I volunteered!" Damian laughed back.
A couple students walked past the group. "Hey Isaac! Where's your lover, Yugi! HAHAHAHA!"
Isaac took off his duel disk and handed it to T.K. "Hold this… there's about to be a murder!" Damian held him back. "Just let it go. Forget those morons." He said.
Sakura walked up to them. "Come on! Lets go home… oh, and before I forget, Isaac, I wanna introduce you to my friend, Sasha!"
Isaac turned around. For the first time, his heart stopped. Isaac, trying to keep his cool, shook her hand.
"How are you? I saw you on stage! You looked like a natural!" Sasha said.
"T-T-Thanks!" He muttered.
"Ok, lets get going. I wanna get home so I can go to the card shop." T.K. said.
"Whats your hurry? You ready for me to whoop your tail AGAIN in a duel?" Damian said as he and T.K. walked ahead. "Oh whatever! I was just going easy on you. You actually suck at the game!"
"Hmmm… that's some pretty big talk coming from someone who I beat… how many times now… 100 was it?" Damian responded.
Isaac walked with Sakura and Sasha.
"So your dad is Richard Monclaire? I've heard of him. He was top rank at the duel academy AND a finalist in a few of the tournaments!" Sasha said.
"Yeah, that's my dad! But nowadays he concentrates on his job rather than dueling… hope I don't turn out like that!" Isaac laughed.
Isaac, Damian, T.K., Sakura, and Sasha all walked home together. However, they were being watched. On top of a bulding, there were two teenage strangers, one male, and one female, both blonde with blue eyes, watching the group. They both wore white shirts, but the male had black pants, and the female had a black skirt on, and they both had capes on.
"So that's him, huh? The master was right… he isn't a threat at all… just looking at him I can tell that he's an ametuer when it comes to Duel Monsters…" The male said.
"You said it… but just remember… he is a crucial part of the plan. Without him, the master's plans with be in vain. So we cant attack him right now." The female said.
"Of course. We wait til tonight, right?" The male asked.
"No… tomorrow night. We'll wait until they are all together. Why bring two…"
"When we can bring the whole SET!" The male finished.
"Right! Now… lets go. We'll hid out until tomorrow night. Then that's when we make our strike." The young girl said.
The mysterious pair turned around and started running to the edge of the building, then made a miraculous leap over to the next, then kept building hopping until they were out of sight.
Who is this mysterious pair, and why are they watching Isaac and his friends? There's only one way to find out… Next Chapter of Duel Monster Frontier!
So what did you think of the Remake? I know it seems slow, and there were no spoilers, but don't worry. Ill warn you! Anyways, Please R&R and let me know what you think. Business will pick up soon. I promise!