A short note: I intend to have characters in this story use XYZ monsters later on, but don't worry, Yusei and the other main anime characters won't be those characters. There also will be no Numbers as that would ruin the continuity.
Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds: Stardust Guardian
A fic by King Dragun
Chapter 1: Mind Wipe
"Oh no! Are you okay, miss?"
The brunette woman of twenty slowly came to. Where am I? She slowly got up and saw that the one worrying over her was a young boy who wore a sky blue overcoat that was way too big in the sleeves for him and a yellow wool hat. He had a mop of curly red hair spilling out of the hat. The woman got up and brushed off her denim one-piece dress.
"Yeah, I think so..." she murmured, still slightly groggy. What hit me?
"Oh thank goodness!" said the boy with a sigh of relief. "It doesn't look like you're hurt!"
"Thanks for the concern, uhm..." said the woman.
"My name's Rally!" said the boy, smiling. "Welcome to Satellite! I guess it's not very welcoming, though." He laughed a bit. "But it's home. Say, now that I've introduced myself, how about you? Do you have a name?"
"I... don't remember..." said the woman, holding her head gently.
Rally cringed. "Man, you have amnesia? That sucks! I wish I could..." He then noticed something on the woman's left arm. "Hey, that's a duel disk!"
The woman looked at the strange device on her arm. How did that get here? I think I remember dueling... yes, I know how to duel. I know Duel Monsters. That much I remember. She took out the deck of cards and looked at them.
"I know!" piped up Rally, interrupting her thoughts. "Why don't you duel someone? Maybe if you duel, you can remember your name!" He looked around. "Well, there's nobody here..." He stopped. "I know! I'll duel you!" He paused. "Oh wait, I don't have my cards! I have to get them. Hold on a sec, don't run off!" He ran off, leaving the woman to her thoughts.
Who am I? Where am I? Why am I here? She looked around. This place is a dump. Indeed, the woman saw that was she was in a dirty alley filled with trash and busted junk piled in the corners.
Rally came back a moment later, wielding a smaller version of the duel disk and shuffling his cards. He put the deck in his disk. "Okay, I'm ready to duel you!"
The woman smiled. He is full of youth, he reminds me of... well... I wish I knew! "Okay, let's duel!" The woman shuffled her cards and put them into her disk. Guess I have to use these, I don't know if it's my deck or not but I don't have to time to investigate and I can't waste time looking for more cards. She activated the disk and the trays clicked into place, as if this was second nature.
"You must have used that before, huh?" said Rally, activating his disk. "Let's go!"
The meters were set to eight thousand life points.
(Woman: 8000)
(Rally: 8000)
"Let's throw rock-paper-scissors to see who goes first!" said Rally.
"Fine with me!" said the woman as she and Rally made fists and threw them. "1! 2! 3! GO!" She made scissors with her fingers and Rally made a fist, symbolizing rock. "Ugh, I lose."
"Then I get to choose who goes first, and I'll start so you can get used to your cards." Rally drew his first hand as the woman did hers, then he drew a card. "Oh man..." he said with a frown. "Uh, I set a monster and end my turn." He played a card and it appeared before him, a card the size of a floor mat. "Your move."
The woman drew her card and looked at it. If Rally can help me jog my memory, this duel might be just what I need! Yes, I can feel the blood boiling in joy already! She looked over her hand and slowly smiled, the thrill coming back, even if it was against a kid.
"I set a card face-down," she said, and a card appeared before her as she played it. "And then I activate the field spell..." She opened the field slot and placed a card in it before shutting it. "The Magical Citadel of Endymion!"
The alley suddenly transformed, as buildings rose up around them, building of gothic beauty and incredible design. A great tower surrounded by two magical rings of energy, which was clearly the Citadel itself, rose up behind the woman and towered over the two duelists.
"Whoa, what's this place?" cried Rally, awed.
"A legendary city where wizards were the majority of the population," chuckled the woman. "Most of the wizards living here ruling the city. Maybe you'll meet their ruler. But for now, this card gives useful advantages with my monsters, like so... Mythical Beast Cerberus!"
She played a card in her monster zone and a flash of light erupted from the field, revealing a blue-furred wolf-like creature which wore mystical leggings which howled. (1400/1400)
"Isn't Cerberus supposed to have three heads?" asked Rally.
The woman chuckled. "This wizardly wolf isn't the Guardian of the Underworld, but whoever named him might have been inspired by a visit to said place. Wizards can usually visit the under planes without having to die, they are quite powerful." She smirked. "He's not strong himself, but Cerberus has some nice properties when he gets spell counters on him, so I'll give him some by using the spell card, Spell Power Grasp!" She played the card and it appeared before her. "This places a spell counter on every card which can take a spell counter, which includes not only my Mythical Beast..." A ball of light flew from the card and infused itself into one of Cerberus's leggings, making him glow magically. "But also my Citadel."
A ball of light flew up into the tower and orbited it slowly.
The woman nodded. "And Cerberus's effect activates now that I played a spell card, giving him ANOTHER spell counter!"
The woman smiled as the card vanished and another orb of light infused into Cerberus.
"And for each Spell Counter he gains, he gets five hundred attack points added to his power."
Cerberus howled as he glowed again. (2400/1400)
"Eep!" said Rally, shocked at how powerful it had become.
"Finally," said the woman as she searched her deck and pulled a card. "I can add another Spell Power Grasp to my hand from my deck." She shuffled the deck and returned it to the disk. "But I can only use only of these cards each turn, not like I need any more attack power for this guy, he's pretty strong as is. Cerberus, attack his reversed monster!"
The wolf growled and lunged at the face-down card Rally had set, destroying it. The woman gasped as she saw what it was.
"Card Trooper? Why did you have that in defense?" she asked.
"Well, I can't attack on the first turn, so it would be pointless..." mumbled Rally.
"Okay..." said the woman. "I guess you didn't have any monsters other than that in your hand."
"Still, since it got toasted, I get to draw a card," said Rally, smiling as he pulled a card from his deck and added it to his hand.
"I end my turn," said the woman. "And due to Mythical Beast's drawback, all the spell counters he had on him are removed at the end phase." The wolf stopped glowing. (1400/1400)
"I'm up!" said Rally, drawing a card. "First I summon Cannon Soldier!"
A humanoid robot appeared in the flash of light, bearing giant shoulder cannons. (1400/1300)
"And since I normal summoned, I can special summon my favorite card!" said Rally, playing a monster. "Turbo Booster!"
A yellow machine that looked like a floating mechanical gun appeared next to Cannon Soldier. (0/0)
"Uh, that's going to get destroyed in battle," said the woman nervously. She had a feeling that Rally wouldn't place a monster with zero attack in attack mode unless...
"I attack with Cannon Soldier!" said Rally. The robot powered up its cannons.
He's crazy! They'll kill each other! the woman thought in shock. "I counter with Magical Dimension! This lets me tribute Mythical Beast Cerberus..." The wolf dissolved into light. "Then I summon a spellcaster from my hand, like Defender the Magical Knight!"
A pool of light appeared and what looked to be a robed warrior holding a full-body shield leapt out. He wore a visor which obscured his eyes. (1600/2000)
"Then one of your monsters gets destroyed, so I'll destroy that Cannon Soldier before you try to use his effect and tribute him to hurt me!" The woman watched as a globe of energy engulfed the robot and eradicated him. "And since that was a spell card, the Citadel gets another counter on it."
An orb flew up to the tower and joined the first one.
"That's okay," said Rally. "I activate the spell card..." He played a card.
"Which adds another counter to the Citadel," interrupted the woman as a third orb appeared and orbited the tower as well. "The field spell doesn't discriminate between your cards and mine."
"I know!" said Rally, annoyed. "I play Dark Eruption! This lets me recover a Dark-element monster of fifteen hundred or less attack from the Graveyard and add it to my hand, so I get back the Cannon Soldier you destroyed." He took the card from his graveyard. "I set a card face-down and end my turn." A card appeared between him and his monsters.
The woman drew another card and her eyes widened. I feel a great power from his card... but it's a high level monster and I can't summon him now. It went into her hand and she played her second Spell Power Grasp. "I add the spell counter to my Magical Knight..." The orb was absorbed into the wizard-warrior's shield. "And my Citadel gets a fourth spell counter."
The tower was becoming mystical in beauty with the orbs of light floating around it.
"Next, I summon Injection Fairy Lily," said the woman, playing a card. A cute fairy girl wearing a nurse's outfit and carrying a hypo needle as big as her appeared. (400/1500) "Now, Magical Knight will destroy that Turbo Booster!"
The warrior charged forward with his giant shield...
"I don't think so!" said Rally. "I activate my trap, Waboku!" The trap flipped up. "This negates all battle damage, so my Turbo Booster is spared!" A glowing shield surrounded the machine and the warrior-wizard was halted in his attack.
Phew, I was grateful I didn't attack with Lily first, or I might have wasted my time and life points! "Okay, your turn," she said. "I can't do anything else."
Rally drew and smiled. "I summon D.D. Scout Plane!" A floating machine which resembled an eye ball with mechanical arms appeared. (800/1200) "This lets me summon a SECOND Turbo Booster!"
Another mech, similar to the first, appeared in a flash of light.
Ugh, he really likes that monster, doesn't he? thought the woman. If I don't get rid of those things, he might tribute them to summon a big beater which I can't defend against!
"I attack with my D.D. Scout Plane..." Rally said.
Go ahead, Lily can take it. The woman smiled, knowing that Lily's effect could be triggered if she was attacked as well.
"Magical Knight!" said Rally.
"WHAT?!" cried the woman in shock, watching as the eyeball machine launched itself into the wizard's shield and exploded into pixels. Rally grunted.
(Rally: 7200)
"Excuse me for being rude but... WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?"cried the woman. "Defender has twice the attack of your machine!"
"I know, but that uh... was to distract you when I use Turbo Booster's special ability!" said Rally. "By tributing it..." The right Booster flew into the air and slammed against Defender's shield, exploding into pixels. "I can destroy one of your monsters!"
The woman gasped as Defender's shield began to crack. "Not happening! I use the spell counter I put on him to activate his effect. Any time one of my monsters is about to get wasted by a card effect, I can remove a spell counter on him and negates that destruction attempt!"
"Then I'll have to use my second Booster's effect!" said Rally as the second mecha flew up and slammed hard against the shield. "And since you have no more spell counters on him..."
The shield shattered and so did Defender.
"Uh..." said the woman, holding her head. "So that's why you like this thing so much."
"Yep!" laughed Rally. "It may be useless in battle but it can wipe out monsters and clear the field! I end my turn!"
The woman drew another card. I need to get a good card, I don't want to have to use Lily's effect right now... She looked at the card she drew and her face fell. But this isn't it! She sighed. "I attack with Injection Fairy Lily!"
"That's not gonna hurt," said Rally as the nurse fairy flew at him with her hypo.
"Oh yes it will, as I activate her special effect! By sacrificing two thousand of my life points, I can increase her attack by three thousand!" The woman grimaced as her life points dipped but enjoyed Rally's expression as the hypo glowed red hot and jabbed into him. (3400/1500)
"OWWWWWW!" he screamed.
(Rally: 3800)
(Woman: 6000)
"Of course, that only happens during the damage step, so her attack goes back to normal after the attack," said the woman. (400/1500) "I end my turn."
"Ouch, that smarted!" grumbled Rally, drawing a card as he rubbed his shoulder. "I never liked getting shots... I re-summon Cannon Soldier!" The robot returned. (14001300) "But I bet Lily's effect can be used if I attack, so I'll just place a card face-down and end my turn."
The woman nodded. Good call. He could tribute it to hurt me, but then he'd be defenseless to another attack... unless he's lulling me into dropping my guard and that face-down is a trap!
She drew.
"Anything yet?" Rally asked. "No memories yet?"
The woman frowned as she checked the cards she had drawn. "Nope." She placed a monster face-down and silently motioned for the attack of Lily. Her needle glowed red as it impaled a vital part of the Cannon Soldier's body and caused it to explode. Rally was forced back by the explosion.
(Rally: 1800)
(Woman: 4000)
So that trap wasn't an attack negation, thought the woman. "I end." I can't keep this up. If I use Lily's effect one more time, I'll be in deep trouble!
Rally set a monster and waved to signal the end of his turn.
That's all he can do, thought the woman, drawing again. She shook her head. This card is worthless as his monster is face-down. Guess I have no other option...
"I tribute my face-down Royal Magical Library and my Injection Fairy to summon one of my strongest monsters!" The woman swapped cards as her face-down monster and the Fairy and a bookshelf that was hidden under another card vanished into light.
"DARK MAGICIAN, COME FORTH!"
Rally gasped as the spellcaster that only a legend had commanded before emerged. He had a light sandy-blonde hair instead of the dark purple hair that Yugi's had, but it was indeed the sorcerer known as Dark Magician, with the same dark robes and staff. (2500/2100)
"Dark Magician, blow away that face-down monster," said the woman. "Dark Magic Attack!"
The sorcerer thrust his hand forward and a blast of energy flew from it, shattering a multicolored turret gun into a million pixels.
"Roulette Barrel?!" said the woman. "Why didn't you..."
"Too risky," murmured Rally, his eyes wide. "But wow, only Yugi Mouto was said to own a Dark Magician! How did you get one?"
"I... don't remember..." murmured the woman, holding her head again.
"Yeah, I know," said Rally. "Sorry. Is that all you can do?"
"Yep, your turn," said the woman. She began to remember something but couldn't tell what.
Rally drew, sighed, set the card he had drawn and said "End turn."
I need to draw a good monster," mumbled the woman, drawing a card. She winced. My SECOND Royal Magical Library? THIS IS NOT A GOOD MONSTER! She set the card and nodded, and Dark Magician blasted the face-down monster, a tiny jet fighter plane with a hole in it. Heavy Mech Support Platform. Too bad he didn't get it until now. "End!"
Rally drew a card and played it. "I summon Blue Thunder T-45!" Another jet fighter, this time one with a blue window, appeared. (1700/1000) "Attack the face-down monster!"
The woman winced as the card revealed a giant bookshelf with glowing lanterns, which the fighter crashed into. (100/2000) "Sorry but that was my second Royal Magical Library, and the wizards of Endymion know how to make libraries that survive earthquakes, so a rogue jet isn't gonna hit it."
"Well then I have to save it!" said Rally, playing a card immediately. "I trigger Limiter Removal, doubling my Blue Thunder's attack!" (3400/1000)
The fighter crashed through the library and wrecked it. leaving a burning lamp.
"Nice going, now you're going to be defenseless!" said the woman. "Or did you forget that the drawback to using that spell means all your machines will be destroyed at the end phase! Also, using that spell gave my Library a spell counter..." The lamp exploded. "Which goes to my Citadel due to its special effect; any spell counters that remain on a monster when it's destroyed are moved to the Citadel." A ball of light flew from the shattered lamp and joined its fellow in the tower as another arrived. "And using that spell gave my Citadel yet ANOTHER counter."
"Uh... yeah... I knew that," laughed Rally sheepishly. "So how many counters does it have?"
"Six,' said the woman. Just then, a smaller aircraft which looked like a tiny tuning fork appeared. "What the heck?" (1500/1500)
"That's my Blue Thunder's special effect," said Rally. "When it destroys a monster, it creates a Thunder Option Token. It can't be tributed to summon anything but its reinforcements! And I do know that machines will be destroyed, but the Token was summoned after I used Limiter Removal so it's not affected and doesn't get destroyed when I end my turn, which I do now."
The blue-windowed craft crash landed on the ground and exploded.
He's smarter than he lets on, thought the woman, drawing a card.
"I know it's in attack mode," said Rally. "But even if your Dark Magician blew it up, I'll only take..."
"It's not going to be around," said the woman, grinning as she activated one more spell. "I activate the spell card Lightning Vortex! I discard a card." She discarded her Sage's Stone spell. "To destroy all face-up monsters on your field!"
"Oh no!" cried Rally in horror.
The sky above turned black with thunderclouds and thunder crashed. A bolt of lightning shot from the sky and vaporized the Token.
"And since I know that face-down card isn't an attack stopper, since you could have triggered it at any time," said the woman, smiling. "I can attack safely. Dark Magician, direct attack! End this!"
Rally shielded himself as the wizard blasted energy from his hand again, screaming as he flew back into some garbage bags nearby.
(Rally: 0)
"Ow ow ow ow..." moaned Rally as he pulled himself out. He looked at the dark sorcerer in awe just as he and the city faded away.
"Are you okay?" said the woman, worried as her disk shut off.
"Ow, that hurt..." said Rally, holding his buttocks. The woman pouted and Rally laughed. "It's fine, miss! I just didn't expect you to go all out!"
"Well, I got carried away. I'm sorry," said the woman.
"No, don't be!" said Rally, smiling. "You're really good! I mean... I thought only Yugi could use... You must be from a rich family to be able to afford one of the few Dark Magicians that exist!"
"Well, to be honest, I don't remember how I got these cards..." The woman took the Dark Magician card off her disk and stared at it. She stared at it for a long time before noticing some writing on the back. It read in nice cursive:
For my teenage witch daughter, Sabrina
"Sabrina..." The woman suddenly felt a jolting memory. "Yes... my name's Sabrina Delren."
"Oh, so you remembered your name!" said Rally happily. "That's great. Nice to meet you, Sabrina!" He shook her free hand as she put the card into her deck case with the rest of her cards. "Maybe if you keep using that Dark Magician, you might remember more!"
"Yeah... you're right..." mumbled Sabrina. Maybe if I keep dueling, I can regain my memories, and then find out where my home is and get back there!
"I know, you can hang out at our hideout!' said Rally. "We have a place in the subway under here. Just go south until you find the entrance and it'll lead you there. I wish I could take you there myself, but... I've got work to do." He laughed. "I promised a friend that I'd find some stuff for him."
"Okay, I can find my way," said Sabrina. "Thanks, Rally."
"If any of my friends bothers you, tell me I sent you," said Rally. "They're all good guys."
"I hope so," said Sabrina. "By the way, is Satellite some kind of slum or is this a city?"
Rally smiled. "Satellite's a slum, so to speak. You see, it used to be part of Domino City, but then..." He checked his watch. "Oh, sorry. I have to go. Maybe we can duel again some time!" He ran off without warning. "I'll see you later!"
"Right..." said Sabrina. She wondered why the name "Domino City" was familiar to her. Maybe a relative lived here, but now it's changed. She sighed and looked around.
Not gonna find any answers here... I need to find another duelist and beat him in a duel so I can get back my memories...
With that, she made her way out of the alley into the streets, beginning her new adventure.
[To be continued...]