Greetings viewers who hopefully enjoyed the prologue, this chapter is going to be part prologue as well as depicting the start of Yuri's hunt for the Bracelet Girls, also quick note, I made things so that the Yu boys and Bracelet girls are about 17 instead of 14, don't ask why I just felt like changing that, in any case, get ready to learn where the angst in this story comes from :(

Chapter 1: Tragic Soul

(1 Year later, in the Fusion Dimension)

"Lily, I'm home." The tall man said as he opened up the front door of his house in his barn at late night, a good deal of cash in one hand and a strange plant in another.

"Careful Bryon, you'll wake up Yuri." A beautiful purple haired woman said as she came to the front with an infant wrapped up in a blanket in her arms. "In any, how was the sale, dear?"

"You tell me," the man smiled, showing the plant in his arm, "I thought I'd get an extra gift before I got back."

The woman smiled, and she beckoned him to follow her to the infant's room where she set him down in his cradle, before turning around and kissed her lover. "You're too sweet; you know that… sorry if you feel like I've been ignoring you lately."

The man laughed, "Sweetheart you know I'm not one of those types of people, what kind of man feels jealous about his own son, let alone a reminder of what his responsibility is." Wrapping one arm around her he took her outside, "This plant has flowers that rise up in moonlight, why don't we plant it here where it shines at the brightest."

Lily's eyes beamed, "Great idea." With that they spent a good 10-15 minutes setting the plant in the soil, when out of the blue she caught what seemed like the faintest trail of purple light enter the window of their son's room. "Wait love, did you see that?" She said a bit nervous.

The man looked perplexed, "No, what is it, did someone sneak into the house?" He turned around.

She took his hand and they ran back to Yuri's room, finding everything normal except for a single card at the edge of the cradle, which certainly wasn't there before. Lily took the card and scanned it. Its name was Starve Venom Fusion Dragon, and its effects were incredible. She had never seen a card like this before and she was a duelist herself. Her husband confessed to not buying the card when she asked, so she wondered how it had gotten here. At that moment, the sound of the young infant woke them both up from their thoughts as they saw his small chubby arms rise up to the card. Curious, the mother placed the card in her sons hand as he cried happily and turned to his side, returning to his slumber.

Smiling, the man said, "Well, maybe fate wanted to make our son happy."

"I wouldn't be too sure of that." A voice like that of a sawblade came from outside, frightening both of them, it belonged an emaciated, hooded stranger of pale skin and red eyes. "Fate has never been kind to Starve Venom or that boy I assure you." The stranger let out a maniacal laughter, "Leave him with me and I'll ensure that that happens."

"Who… is that," the woman shook, clinging to her husband for support.

"Honey… you have to leave. Take Yuri and leave through the back. I don't know who he is but whoever he is he is dangerous. I'll take care of him." The man whispered in a grave voice, removing his gun from its holster on his pants.

"Okay… please be safe." With that she kissed him one last time, took Yuri and her deck, and quietly went through the back doorway before dashing off. The man in turn went to confront the stranger outside.

"Aw, how sweet, you remind me of the last people who tried to save him, and you'll meet the same end they did." The stranger croaked, a demonic smile creeping from his face.

"Listen to me, I don't know who you are, but if you threaten my family again I won't forgive you. However, if you want, I can get a doctor who can help you, because in all honesty, you do look like a man who could use a psychiatrist, and a physician while you're at it," Bryon retorted.

"HAHAHA… Oh you wish mortal fool, now farewell," and with that the stranger eyes went pure white and for over a mile one could hear an ear splitting scream of a dying man. Recognizing her husband's scream, Lily teared up and she ran faster, desperate not to let his sacrifice end in vain, when seconds later she is stopped by the very same stranger who killed him. "Dear me, is someone trying to escape, well like husband like wife I suppose HAHAHAHAHA!" The man whipped a blade of light slashing the woman through her dress from her left hip to the area right over her right breast, causing her to drop her son as she fell back moaning in pain. Yuri woke up and sensing the dark presence began to cry.

"Oh don't cry fragment of his majesty, let's watch your mother die together." The figure attempted to pick up the boy only to be repelled by the violet glow of a card, and suddenly felt him being slashed by the whip like tail of an abominable dragon, staring him down with hate. "Starve Venom, as annoying as ever I see, anyways it doesn't matter, soon the end of the world will come, so say goodbye to the boy while you can before he winds up worse than what he once became, goodbye!" With a mad laugh the demon disappeared, and the broken woman painfully picked herself up from the dirt, and back to her son. She knew of a church which doubled as an orphanage and sluggishly walked there, her loyalty to her son being the only thing that kept her from giving out. When it opened to her she collapsed and was dragged in.

"By God, what happened?" The preacher shrieked at her current state as she was brought to a chair.

"A devil, that's what, killed my husband and now it seems killed me as well." Lily slowly turned over the card tucked in Yuri's blanket. "You… you saved us, I don't know how but you saved my son… please, please protect him for me." Tears slowly welled up in her eyes, and placed a deck of cards next to it, "This deck is called Predator Plants, and you may work well with it." She turned to the preacher as she shook and removed the bandana in her hair, "This deck is for my son, and he may have this bandana to remember me by." As her eyes drooped she turned her face to her child that had begun to reawaken, "I'm sorry Yuri, that your father and I cannot be their for you, and I hope one day you'll find someone who can give you the love… that we can no longer give you... I love you Yuri." With that she gave way and slumped on the chair, death finally taking her. Sensing this, the infant began to cry as he was separated from his mother, and the card of the dragon began to glow in sadness, feeling the all too familiar feeling of despair and hopelessness over failing his loved ones.

(Present Day: The Fusion Dimension in Academia)

The infant opened his eyes to bizarre sight, a woman's face with pale skin and pieces of red scattered about it, as well as blue eyes that seemed to stare into his soul, not that the boy knew what he was looking at, the woman was speaking, but the child was to young to even understand the words... except 4 words.

"I love you Yuri."

Yuri...

Yuri...

"Yuri, wake up already! The Professor has an assignment for you. " A gruff voice yelled outside the teens door, forcing eyelids covering amethyst eyes to open.

The boy dragged himself up, remembering next to nothing of his dream, his long purple and pink hair nearly stretching to the center of his back, and groggily replied, "Alright, you don't have to bring the house down." He quickly got out his uniform, put it on, along with his duel disk and deck, as well as fixed his hair before opening the door before giving Barrett an arrogant scoff. "Can't the Professor's right hand get some shut eye, I already knew I had a mission."

"Then you should feel grateful to contribute to the Arc Area Project, it's not like you've actually done anything during the war." Barrett replied, knowing Yuri hadn't been sent to the Xyz dimension at the start of the war, ironic due to how dangerous Yuri was.

"That's because those rats are barely worth my time, and since the Professor needs me to do it, I think you should be the one feeling gratitude, since it must be one you cannot do." Yuri laughed with a dark smirk as they walked to the Professor's chamber while Barrett frowned. "What, if you need proof, look at the mirror. Maybe you wouldn't be wearing an eye-patch then."

Barrett in turn clenched his fist, "Let's just get going Yuri," and they made their way to the Professor's.

As the door opened, Yuri's confident smile turned into an angry frown and back so quickly, no one could notice. As he strolled into the Professor's chamber he kneeled in servitude. "Greetings Professor, what is this mission you feel requires my assistance?"

"I'm glad you asked Yuri," The bald man in a purple uniform rose up and walked to him, "Our spy Dennis Macfield has located a girl I wish to be brought here, her name is Kurosaki Ruri and she is to be brought here alive and well, you are not to card her. Understood."

Yuri rose up, "As you wish Professor." Activating his duel disk as a purple blade appeared on it, he took a spell from his deck and placed it in the blade, "Magic Card, Violet Flash, Activate!" With that, Yuri vanished within a flash of violet light.

And that's a wrap here, we get to see a glimpse of Yuri's origin, as well as the sheer difference between the infant who lost his parents, and the predator who's ready to kill. Next chapter will be Yuri vs Ruri, as well the beginning of our carnivorous little plant's dastardly plan. As for the guy who killed Yuri's parents, don't raise your hopes for seeing him anytime soon, if I even get that far, he'll be appearing far later in the story. See ya later:)