Author's note: Hello faithful viewers, I know it's been a while, but I finally posted chapter 6! XD This chapter and a few of its followings will be a little different from the other chapters I have done. Mainly, it will be the forefront for the main plot. The characters will also be more developed in depth, and their pasts will also be explored. But this only pertains to the main cast. The other characters will be explored in later chapters. With that, on with the chapter!
As of August 2nd, 2012 this chapter has been edited. Hopefully it'll be more enjoyable this way
Spirits UnBound
An Untamed Spirit, A Confused Soul!
It was late at night. The sky was a sickly black with few pale clouds sparsely floating overhead. A vast number of stars could be seen, but the sheer amount of them would make any onlooker feel small and insignificant. Even the moon seemed dull and lifeless, its crescent shape doing little to give it a vibrant feel.
A certain white haired violet eyed duelist laid outside, atop the roof of the Ra Yellow dorm. It would have been a curious sight to anyone that were to witness it; some random boy, in the middle of the night, lying on top of a building that was easily 6 stories high. But to the young boy, there was nothing weird about it. It was merely his escape...
After his duel with Lee in his Duel Psychology class, word spread of a particularly skilled Ra Yellow that beat an Obelisk Blue.
Before the boy knew it, he was faced by several other students, all trying to duel him. It was as if beating Lee had placed a target on his back.
Not wanting to earn an unwanted reputation, the boy opted to completely avoid confrontation.
By the end of the day, the young boy practically had a bounty on his head. He decided to go somewhere nobody would look for him, so he went to the roof of his dorm...
Ryouu was lying flat down, staring at the sky. He laid there for a long time, just staring, staring into the vast, lifeless sky.
Before long, he slipped into a peaceful sleep. It made him smile. His dreams were the one place he could always feel safe. But he didn't sleep long. Just as quickly as he fell asleep, he was also woken up.
In fact, it was the feint sensation of a tongue rubbing against his cheek that woke the boy up.
His eyes slowly, groggily, slid opened. Then, when vision returned to him, Ryouu turned his head just enough so that he could see the intruder. Much to his suspicion, it was a small feline being that was licking his tanned cheek.
The boy slowly sat up, never taking his gaze off the small, seemingly transparent feline. It was actually a very familiar monster to him. He instantly knew what the creature was as soon as he saw its familiar white fur, its light green stripes, its large baby blue mane, its, green bushy tail, and its large, incredibly large cerulean tinted eyes. He instantly knew this being, his spiritual companion, Baby Raiku...
As long as the boy could remember, the boy could always see spirits. Baby Raiku was always his companion, but it wasn't the only spirit he could see. He always had the innate ability to see his own spirit, to see other peoples' spirits, and even to see wild, feral spirits.
This sixth sense of his also leaked over into his dueling ability. Just by glancing at his opponent, he could see their energy radiating off of them. Not very practical, but it was an easy way for the boy to tell get a rough estimate of how skilled a duelist was.
But there was more to this spiritual and vision and his duels than just being able to sense how strong a duelist was. He could also feel what his cards wanted.
As strange a concept as it seemed, Ryouu could feel what his cards wanted, and usually, acted on what they felt. During his duels, he listened to the cards, felt what they felt, and did as they wanted. Whichever card was releasing the most energy, that was what he played.
As unorthodox as it seemed, it worked. The boy's unique dueling style won him many battles, in fact it that was this very ability that led him to defeat Lee in their duel only hours go.
But it also left him with an empty feeling inside. There just wasn't as much joy in a duel when you weren't the one calling the shots. Because of this, he typically tried not to use his powers, though that was easier said than done.
As the small transparent animal licked his cheek again, Ryouu was brought back to reality. He slowly sat up and stared at his comrade for several seconds before patting the animal on the head, and scratching it behind its ear, the young cub's favorite activity.
The young wolf rolled over with joy, a moment that made the boy smile a genuine smile.
But as the boy continued to play with his wolf spirit, a new figure came from behind.
The shadowy figure stood there for several minutes, watching the tanned silverette play with his spirit partner. It continued to watch the two for several more seconds, an increasingly large frown was apparent on the figure's face.
Finally, the shadow spoke, instantly grabbing Ryouu's attention.
The violet eyed boy jerked his head in the direction of the intruding voice... He was surprised to see what looked like a person, maybe about 7 feet tall, dressed in an all-black cloak.
Ryouu immediately stood up to face the figure, Raiku crouched in a defensive position as he did.
"Foolish boy" the being began to speak. It stood in the same place, completely unmoving.
Ryouu looked on warily. He didn't know who, or what, this figure was, but he certainly wasn't going to let it intimidate him.
"You have a gift... The ability to tap into the spirits... The ability to interact with the supernatural... Yet you waste your gift. You stand her before me, not utilizing your ability, but rather sitting there, playing with an insignificant spirit..."
Ryouu had about all he could take. He balled if his in an attempt to gain control over her anger. He was trembling, trembling with rage.
"Are you mad now?" the figure inquired. But even through its monotone voice, it was apparent that the question was intended to be sarcastic.
Then the figure lifted its head, slowly, so that it was staring at the moon. As the moonlight bounced off of its face, Ryouu was able to get just enough of a glimpse to determine that the being in front of him was definitely a man... Definitely human.
"Who are you?"
But the man just stood there, glaring at the boy. He gave no immediate answer. Instead, he allowed his own shadow to come alive with movement!
The young silverette stared in disbelief as the figures shadow, far larger than it should have been from the overhead light source, began to rise from the ground!
After a few breathless moments, the shadow was now standing directly behind the figure, towering at a frightful 30 feet tall! It had also adopted the form of a dragon, majestic green scales and fire-red hair making all the more intimidating.
Ryouu looked at the hulking beast with a terrified expression. His comrade behind him, whimpering with its tail between its legs.
"Now I will show you what can be accomplished when you actually harness the powers you are given" the figure warned cryptically, leaving Ryouu to ponder the meaning of the words.
But the boy didn't have to wait long. Almost immediately after its master spoke, the giant dragon reared its head back and began to concentrate a massive amount of energy in its maw. It was about to attack!
'Crap...' was all the silverette had time to think before the monster unleashed the chaotic blast upon him.
The sheer force from the blast was incredible. It nearly incinerated his yellow blazer merely on impact. But it also had amazing blow-back force. The boy could feel himself falling. He knew that attack knocked him off roof. Time seemed to slow down as the boy fell to his demise.
The boy's spirit partner reacted almost instantly, leaping off the roof and following after its master.
The figure watched with a displeasing frown on the small part of his face that could be seen. He turned around, preparing to leave.
But as the figure slowly walked away, a flaming sensation was sent throughout his body. He quickly turned around, knowing full well that Ryouu was right there, waiting to get his attention.
And he was. But the monster that accompanied him was no longer the small white club; instead it was his Guardian warrior Raiku, wearing its familiar tribal clothing and its wings glowing gallantly.
The angelic wings were wrapped around Ryouu in a way that was reminiscent of the Chancellor and his own protective spirit.
Ryouu may have been in pain, but at that moment, he was ready for battle. His crystal violet eyes were staring deep at shadowed figure, radiating an incredible amount of rage. They were glowing brighter than even the brightest of stars.
The figure looked on with a hint of interest. Maybe this boy didhave a bit of control over his powers. This might have just turned into an exciting battle.
The two appeared to be at a stalemate, neither party made a single move. A gust of wind traveled around the two, creating a spiral of sand in between them...
Ryouu's eyes shot wide opened! This distraction was all he needed. It was his moment to attack, and he would seize it.
He threw his left hand forward, pointing his index directly at the hooded figure. He'd wordlessly commanded his monster to go on the offensive.
The wolf-based warrior flew at the opponents at an incredible speed, his left arm cocked back and prepared to deal a mighty blow. Sapphire flames were spiraling around his arm, making him seem all the more dangerous.
The giant green dragon lunged in front of its master defensively. It folded its wings so that they would absorb most of the damage.
When both monsters finally collided, the force of impact causing a shock-wave that blew back both creatures.
The dragon used this rebound as an opportunity to strike its adversary. It slammed Raiku with a powerful tail whip, sending the warrior skidding across the roof floor. It didn't relent on its assault; it followed the warrior, continuously releasing chaotic blasts from its maw. The warrior was pelted relentlessly.
Ryouu watched in horror as his monster was repeatedly bombarded by the incoming blasts. "Dammit! Raiku, please get up!"
The warrior was grounded, seemingly lifeless...
But as the young boy pleaded with his monster, it seemed to respond. Raiku let out a ferocious roar as it was engulfed in its own blue flames, forming a cocoon of sorts.
When the flames dispersed, the monster that stood no longer looked like the familiar warrior.
Instead of the familiar tribal garb he had been wearing previously, the boy's warrior monster was now dressed in a dark spandex-like outfit. Atop the clothing were several pieces of platinum armor. It wore an armor chest plate and shoulder pads that were shaped like wolf paws. He also had on armor gauntlets and boots shaped likes claws with blue flames spiraling around them. His wolf helmet also had a metallic tint to it. His previously angelic wings were now burning with the familiar sapphire flames. Its long brown hair flowed in the wind. Raiku had transformed!
It pushed itself off the ground and took flight, making sure to avoid all of the incoming blasts that the dragon sent his way.
"Follow him" the hooded figure ordered with a hint of malice in his voice. He was caught off guard by the monster's sudden transformation, but that wouldn't be enough to best him. He scowled at the thought.
Then the green dragon once again lunged at the flying warrior, its mouth wide opened. It was planning to bite out a huge chunk of his adversary.
But this time Raiku was ready. Before the dragonic beast could bite him, the platinum warrior deployed a power shield made of the sapphire blue flames. The dragon slammed into the shield and was instantly sent plummeting. Now it was Raiku's turn to go on the offensive.
The platinum warrior charged at the dragon. When they were finally leveled, Raiku plunged his left hand deep into the opposing monster's abdomen, before following through with several more vicious blows.
The two opposing forced had been battling for minutes now, both sides obviously feeling the effects. Ryouu was down to both knees, trying his hardest to ignore the strain on his body and concentrate on feeding Raiku more power.
The hooded figure was also slumped over with fatigue, though it was harder to tell because of the cloak. His dragon was currently in a losing battle against Ryouu's mighty warrior. In truth, this scuffle was more than the figure bargained for. He needed a way to end this battle, and he had an idea of how to do it.
As the two monsters continued to battle, the figure's shadow once again began to extend and alter its shape. Before long, a new monster appeared, raring for battle.
It was a majestic looking monster, though fairly hard to describe. It was almost as if a knight and a dragon had performed some fusion ritual, creating this new beast. Like a knight, it donned midnight blue armor with golden trim, and even wielded a mighty roman-styled sword. It also had the same overall physique, as it stood on two legs. But it was also unmistakably dragon-like. It had sharp claws and scaly skin, as well as an enlarged maw and huge blue and green wings. It lunged into battle, aiding its dragon partner.
The two forces were more than Raiku could handle; they easily overpowered the wolf warrior.
As Ryouu watched helplessly, his signature monster was sent reeling, slamming into the ground mere inches from his feet. The monster gave a weak grunt before bursting into a shower blue pixels, by which were absorbed into the silverette's body.
Ryouu wiped away the tears, then he reared his head up, only to come face-to-face with a hooded figure, a mighty dragon, and a majestic, but deadly knight. "Game over" were the only words that rang through the boy's ears as he was violently blasted by the two monsters.
The combined fire of the two beasts completely consumed the young boy. The pain was unbearable. The boy could feel himself being reduced to little more than a pile of ash. Hit bit down on his lip. It was all he could do to not yell in pain.
The hooded figure watched in satisfaction as his monsters relented on their assault. He snapped his fingers. Then his monsters faded back into his shadow. The young Ra Yellow was slouched over, completely unconscious, and burned almost to an unrecognizable status.
With that, the figure departed...
Ryouu shot up from his bed, drenched in sweat and hyperventilating profusely. He looked around frantically, expecting to see his monstrous opponents.
But much to the boy's surprise, instead of meeting a ferocious dragon or deadly warrior, or even the hooded figure, he was met the confused gaze of his roommate Nizone.
His landscape had since changed from the rooftop to the familiar comforts of his dorm room. For one unexplained reason or another, he was home.
"What's wrong Ryouu? Are you alright?"
Ryouu sat up and wiped the sweat off his brow. "I'm fine Nizone, I just..." the silverette didn't know what to say. He couldn't very well tell his best friend about the dream he just had. Come to think of it, he wasn't even sure if it was a dream. It just felt so real...
"What happened" Nizone questioned once more, a worried look in his eyes. "After class you just went missing. Lucky for you, that Slifer Carson found you passed out in the hallways. If he hadn't be nice enough to bring you here, lord knows what would've happened."
Ryouu threw the blanket from atop him before standing up. "I'm fine" the boy stated with an emotionless tint in his voice. He diverted his attention so he wouldn't have to look his best friend in the eyes.
Thinking for a moment, Ryouu placed his hand on the belt that was placed around his waist. He grabbed his deck box and pulled out his cards.
The first card he saw was Baby Raiku. It sent an involuntary chill down his spine. He cringed at the thought of his... dream.
He began ruffling through his deck, studying each of his cards one by one. When he reached about half way through his deck, he stopped and stared at the card that he now faced. It seemed so familiar, and yet so unknown.
The card he was staring at was his familiar Raiku: Guardian of the Ancient Lands. He started at if for a while, looking at the cards art work. Like before, Raiku was wearing his traditional Native garb, as opposed to the platinum armor. He didn't know what to make of it all.
"What's wrong Ryouu?" Nizone placed his hand on his friend in an attempt to comfort him. But Ryouu wasn't comforted in the slightest.
'So Raiku didn't transform..?' he thought to himself, the scowl still present on his tanned face. His bangs fell down so that they overshadowed his eyes. 'Then that means I really didn't have that encounter with that guy. And those monsters...'
Then he slid his deck back in its box and returned his attention to Nizone. That's when he noticed the intense worried look on his friends face. He scratched the back of his head and began to chuckle nervously.
"Sorry dude, I just... Had a bad dream. But it's over now."
"Well that's good. Maybe you should just lie down and watch some TV, yeah!" the brunette offered earnestly.
Ryouu nodded in understanding and once again lied down on his bed. Then Nizone grabbed the TV remote and turned on the tube. In a few minutes, they were watching their favorite channel: D-Time TV.
At some dueling arena...
"Ladies and gentlemen, tonight we have a killer of a match!" An announcer yelled into his microphone. The crowd erupted into wave of screams and cheers.
"Tonight we have the Pro League Champion Masuchi dueling against the challenger, the big bruiser, Max Striker!"
Then, onto the field came a boy, slightly older than either Nizone or Ryouu.
He wore a white bandanna with black markings around his head that matched perfectly with his white muscle shirt and tight black jeans. He also had on white shoes with black shoe laces and outside soles. His duel disk was standard issue battle city style, and he had a very tan complexion that rivaled Ryouu's. His hair was brown, but the only part of it that could be seen was the long bangs that hung under the bandanna. His name was Masuchi, and he was the Pro League champion.
His opponent, a tall muscular brute, was already on the other side of the arena. He'd been patiently waiting for the champion to arrive, and now that he was here, the duel was about to begin.
"I'll start off" the champion stated confidently. Then, with one fluid motion, he ripped the top six cards from his deck. His opponent followed his lead and drew his starting five, though not with nearly as much of a fluid motion.
Masuchi stared at his hand for all of a nanosecond before deciding on his play. He grinned as he held up one of his cards, showing off its green back.
"Since I don't actually have the monster in my hand, I'll just summon it using the spell card Sunny Day" the champion stated enthusiastically as he activated a spell card that caused a ray of sun to shine over the two duelists.
"This card allows me to special summon my favorite little dude from my hand, deck, or graveyard to the field" the figure said as a card popped slightly out of his deck; then he grabbed it and vigorously slammed it onto his duel disk.
"Meet SunnyMan" he roared as a small figure appeared.
It was about a foot tall and wore orange pants and a yellow shirt, but the most peculiar thing about it was its head. It was about the same height as its body, but it was a yellow ball with spikes around it, reminiscent of a cartoon sun (Ask: 500, Def: 500).
You really think that little thing will stand a chance against me?" the opposing duelist mocked.
Masuchi just watched his opponent as an everlasting smirk stretched across his visage.
"Now for my normal summon; I'm dishing out RainyMan in attack mode!" Masuchi called out another cartoony monster.
This one looked a lot like SunnyMan, except his pants were dark blue, his shirt was light blue, and his comically oversized head looked like a cartoonized raindrop (Atk: 500, Def: 500).
"Now you see my monsters' have special effects, and when they're on the field at the same time, I can fuse them without Polymerization. So now I send them to the grave to summon the fusion monster Raging SteamHero!"
The two tiny creatures stood next to each other and began to perform some ritual with one another in a comical fashion. When the two finished their fusion dance, their bodies merged together to form a new monster.
It was a normal sized man that wore an all blue outfit jumpsuit with sparse yellow armor. He wielded incredible flaming hair and palms (Atk: 2100, Def: 1600).
"And this monster has a special ability, which allows me to special summon one of my elemental monsters from my hand to the field when he's summoned. I think I'll dish out LightningMan!" As Masuchi slapped down another card on his duel disk, another monster appeared on his side of his field.
This one looked like the first two except it wore blue pants, a yellow shirt, and had a round blue head with a yellow lightning bolt going down the middle (Atk: 500, Def: 500).
"Now its special ability activates; it can only be activated when its special summoned without the effect of the spell card Lightning Rod. Anyway, when its effect is activated, I can add one card from the grave to my hand" the boy said as he took Sunny Day from the grave and placed it on disk.
"Now I get to summon SunnyMan back to my field. You see, when he's added to my hand outside of the draw phase, he can be special summoned to the field if I so wish. Let's give a warm welcome" he said as the small monster appeared next to the equally small LightningMan. "Now I activate their effect, so I place them back to the grave to summon the fusion monster PlasmaHero".
The two monsters participated in the comical fusion dance. The end result was a tall man in a green skin tight jump suit. He had blue fire emanating from his back, and hair made of green lightning (Atk: 2300, Def: 1000).
"Now I end my turn"
As Max drew from his deck, he stared at Masuchi's monster with an unimpressed look on his face.
"You think those wussy fusion monsters will be enough to stop me? I play the spell card Monster Reborn to bring back your SunnyMan on my side of the field, but he won't be here for long because I sacrifice him to play this monster in face down defense. Now I end my turn" Striker's said in a cocky manner.
"My turn, draw" the champion ripped the top card off his deck enthusiastically as he started his turn.
"I attack your face down monster with my Raging SteamHero" Masuchi said as his monster shot a chunk of steaming water at the face down monster.
"Sorry sucker but my face down monster was Nobleman Eater-Bug, so by attacking it you caused its flip effect to activate, so now both your monsters' are destroyed" the cocky opponent said as his monstrous bug devoured the opposing hero monsters.
"Like I wasn't expecting that… My monsters' effect activates so when their destroyed, one of their fusion material monsters are summoned from the grave" Masuchi said. "RainyMan returns for Raging SteamHero and LightningMan returns from PlasmaHero. And thanks to their effects, I can fuse them without the use of polymerization" the champion said as the two mini monsters fused to create yet another fusion.
This one was about as tall as the other fusion monsters (the height of an average duel monster) and wore an all blue spandex outfit with yellow lightning bolts covering its limbs. Its hair was long and white like wind, but with several strands resembling lightning bolts.
"Meet Swirling StormHero (Atk: 2000, Def: 1700). Now whenever this monster is fusion summoned, you lose 500 life points for every one of my elemental monsters in the grave, and I count three, so you lose 1500 life points" Masuchi said happily as his monster threw a lightning bolt at Max, striking him in the chest and dropping his life points down to 2500.
"Now I attack your life points directly" Masuchi ordered as his monster threw another lightning bolt at his opponent, this time dropping him down to 500 life points. "I think that's enough superhero-ing it up for this turn. Have at it, dude."
Striker was seething with anger. 'How dare this schoolboy punk treat me like some third rate duelist' he thought to himself as he ripped off the top card from his deck. 'I'll show him'
"I Summon Drillago in attack mode (Atk: 1600) and equip him with Ambiance of Power, so now he gains 500 attack points and you lose an extra 1000 points of damage during this battle phase. Now I attack your Swirling StormHero" the opponent ordered as Drillago stabbed the man in the gut, destroying him.
"Why didn't you lose life points?"
"Simple. Thanks to GravelMan's (Atk: 500, Def: 500) effect, when I'm about to receive damage, I can send him from my hand to the grave to the grave to stop the battle damage; this includes your extra 1000 points of damage" Masuchi mocked as he sent a card from his hand to the grave. "And since my fusion monster was sent to the grave, I get to add one of his fusion material monsters from the grave back to my field, and I choose RainyMan."
"I end my turn."
"My turn, draw" Masuchi said eagerly as he drew his third card.
"Well I just drew the card that will help me win. I play the spell card Lightning Rod, so now I can special summon LightningMan from my hand, deck, or grave. Since I have him in my grave, I will summon him from there" Masuchi said as the little oversized lightning-headed creature appeared next to RainyMan.
"And just like before, I activate their effect to fuse them without using Polymerization" Masuchi said as the monsters danced once again and combined to form Swirling StormHero.
"And don't forget his effect, since there are 4 of my elemental creatures in the grave, you lose 2000 life points" Masuchi said as his monster threw a lightning bolt at his opponent, dropping his life points down to 0.
Striker roared in anger as the holograms disappeared. He deactivated his duel disk and promptly exited the building before anyone had time to speak with him.
Masuchi followed his opponent's lead and deactivated his duel disk. Then, with a sly smirk, he began to egg on the crowd, waving at them to increase their cheers.
"And there you have it ladies and gentlemen" the announcer began. "And with a flawless victory, our winner is Masuchi!"
Nizone watched the ending of the duel with great enthusiasm. Ryouu watched his friend's excited demeanor and chuckled a bit. Masuchi was Nizone's favorite duelist, so it was no surprise that the boy got all worked up.
He them reclined in his bed. Today had proved a long day for him; hopefully tomorrow would be better.
And that's the end of chapter 6! Holy cow that took forever to write. I wanted to show the more serious aspects of the story without revealing too much :D lol cruel right? Anyway, hopefully I will be able to finish the next chapter a lot sooner than this one. It was really hard to try and explain the supernatural phenomenon without revealing too much info. I hope y'all enjoyed the chapter and decide to review!
P.S. Masuchi is one of my all-time favorite characters, OC or canon. He uses a deck of elemental contact fusion based monsters (Darn Jaden Yuki for stifling my creativity), but to a more intense degree. He's also 19, been Pro League champion for a year, and has a very energetic/mischievous/enthusiastic attitude. He's just a fun character to write about. It was actually my best friend that designed Masuchi! Catch you later
And there is the end to chapter 7. As always, feedback is greatly appreciated. I look forward to hearing what you have to say, and constructive criticism is always welcomed.
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