A new story appears!
Was kind of stuck in the next chapter of fairies (the thing is like 50% done) and decided to move into a new one for a breath of fresh air!
Feel free to review and recommend cards from the OG era to use!
Also Feliz Dia de Muertos!
It wasn't the first time that I had woken up in the middle of bum fuck nowhere, but I must admit that it was the strangest place I had ever been in and I had the worst headache ever.
I am 75% sure there aren't any trees like the ones around me in Buenos Aires.
The worst part is that I don't even remember drinking!
At least I still have my clothes.
Trying to remember what was the last thing that happened before I woke up here brings up memories that make me flinch and bring a phantom pain to my forehead.
So, a bullet to the head by the police huh? What a way to go.
Am I dead then? Is heaven just a fucking dark forest? Or is this hell?
"This better not be one of those stupid ass ironic punishments that Christianity likes," I said to no one in particular, this was sketchy as fuck, but I didn't find any needlework in my body so my organs are still where they should be at least.
Deciding that no matter where I ended up it was better to get up from the floor, I stood up stretching my legs and arms to take away some of the numbness.
Of course, I end up with an entirely different kind of numbness when I looked up to the sky and saw that the moon was fucking red.
"Mierda, I am in hell" Well, I won't lie, maybe I kind of deserve this, in my defense though I didn't know the package was actually cocaine, I was just doing a favor to my uncle.
Last time I am doing any favor to any family member that is for sure.
All my grumbling, that I used to keep my mind out of the fact that I was most likely waiting for eternal punishment, was interrupted by a low growl coming from behind me.
Entering high alert, I look behind me for a second...
Before snapping my head forward and running like death is following me!
That is one huge fucking dog!
Running deeper into the forest I can hear the dog (maybe wolf?) howling before I hear the footsteps growing louder as it manages to near me.
Shit!Shit!Shit!
"Where is the fucking irony in this?!" I couldn't help but shout to the air, at least introduce me to the devil first!
Hearing the growls coming too close for my personal comfort, the monkey part of my brain activates and I jump up to one of the thicker-looking branches taking hold and climbing up.
Thanks, grandpa! Those summers climbing trees in your estancia were so worth it!
Managing to stand on the biggest branch the tree had to offer I looked down to see that the...
Monster.
That sure as fuck ain't no wolf or dog "Come on it even has the red glowing eyes!" I screamed in frustration pointing at the giant wolf-like monster that had been chasing me as it stopped at the foot of the tree and gazed up at me.
It was literally pitch black its whole fur was, even its teeth were grey, the only other color it had were the previously mentioned red demonic-ass eyes.
The wolf seemed to decide that it was a goddamn bear or something cause it started to climb up the trunk of the tree to get to me like this was some National Geographic documentary.
Soon it was right next to me, its literal unnatural jaws trying to take a hold of one of my legs as I started retreating further into the branch.
It tried to get up to the branch as well, but in an action, that I would admit was pure reflex, his face was met by the bottom of my boot, surprisingly pulling a pained whimper from the beast.
Huh, I guess dogs really are sensitive to pain in the snout...
Wait a fucking minute!
"I can hurt you?" I asked the monstrous canine not expecting an answer, the smile that came to my face was probably slightly deranged "Well why didn't you just say so!" I shouted as I stomped in its snout again, not doing any real damage but still causing considerable pain it seems.
The time for running like a bitch is over!
Pulling back when its jaws get a little too close, I put most of my strength into stomping its head one last time, loosening its grasp on the bark making it fall down into the earth back first with a pained grunt.
Not wasting any time knowing that if it tried to climb up again, I may not be so lucky, I jumped from the brunch landing with malicious intent on top of the creature's chest making it wheeze as the air was driven out of its lungs.
"How's that you MUTT" I shouted in celebration, that celebration soon turned into panic when I saw it start getting up with what I could tell was a pissed-off grumble.
The time for running like a bitch has resumed!
Sprinting away before it had time to recuperate, I soon start seeing something away into the distance besides stupid trees.
Picking that direction out of some sort of instinct, I am left cursing when I start hearing the growls again.
"You should see your cousins! she said!" You haven't talked to Uncle Juan in years, she nagged!" Well mom your brother was a fucking drug dealer and cousin Paulo ended up with more holes than a slice of cheese after the police were done with him.
Finally getting out of the forest, I am left stunned for a second before a howl reminds me to get a move on.
What is my childhood neighborhood doing here?!
Soon I saw the fucking demon wolf in the corner of my vision, it made use of its speed and somewhat surprising intellect cutting whichever street I tried to take cornering me until the only available route was a dirty alleyway.
The monster closed in on me as I ran out of space in the alleyway, the fucker somehow had a smug grin despite being a canine, as if assuming that I would just roll over dead.
Picking a garbage bin, I raise it over my head and throw it as hard as I can at it, making it bounce in its skull and fall to the side, but it only served to slow it down.
Soon it lunged at me and I could feel how its razor-sharp teeth penetrated the flesh and muscle in my left shoulder.
"FUCK!" I cried out in pain, at least the bullet that blasted my brain out of its skull cage was fast!
Scrambling desperately, I see a bottle of Fernet that I am pretty sure belonged to the homeless gym teacher that I had in school, acting out of a mix of fear and rage I grab the bottle by the tip and crush it against the face of the mutt, that shit is like 50% alcohol, it is practically moonshine good luck being blind you flea-ridden pendejo!
I could feel the burning he was currently experiencing as I looked at it.
Literally! The booze dripped into my bleeding wound!
"It burns!" I grunted with a grimace.
At least the mongrel let go of its grip on my shoulder as it tried desperately to rub the booze out of its eyes. I had a similar thought before, but this monster isn't good at managing pain huh?
Getting up, I could help but throw a quip even if I wasn't sure if it could understand me "You know if I had a dollar for every time, I have fought a dog for my life with a broken bottle, I would have two dollars!" I exclaimed before getting into a thinking pose. "Which isn't much but it is weird it has happened twice, right?" My arrogant comments were interrupted by a blind slash to the air by its claws that almost slit my throat open forcing me to drop to the ground to dodge.
OKAY! Enough of being a smartass for now.
Before the cur could lower its paws back into the ground, I was already spinning now looking at its exposed stomach instead of the ground.
The sharp broken bottle stabbed into the soft flesh with the greatest of ease pulling a loud pained yelp out of Fido, but I didn't stop stabbing until the bottle was broken and the glass fragments inside its body and my hand covered in its blood.
The tyke whimpered in pain running away from me now that the situation turned to shit for him, I had to take a breath before standing up to see where it went after grabbing a sturdy metal pipe that was on the ground for some reason.
This devil hound is fucking weird, like it has the body but not the attitude of a demon, I half expected him to bite me through the pain, but it ran away instead.
Following the trail of blood (that is a lot of blood) It takes me around 15 minutes to find the... bitch, fuck I run out of ways to say dog, laying in the grass near the forest whining in pain, looking weak as fuck.
"I would say I feel sorry but I really don't, my shoulder still stings like a bitch after all," I say slightly kneeling down close to it still ready to jump to either side should it decide to attack.
The desperation of wounded beasts and all that.
I must have stayed like that observing it for what must have been minutes but felt like hours, observing as it bleeds out.
Soon it seemed to finally stop breathing with its chest stopping rising and falling, making me release a sigh of relief.
Said sigh of relief proved to be premature when the wolf fricking melted into a shadowy mist and flew into my body at extreme speeds.
"What the fuck is this shit!" I shouted while coughing harshly as it seemed to enter my body, making me feel sicker than that one time I ordered the crab meat on Subway.
"Shit..." Was my last eloquent comment before everything went dark as I felt the world around me shake.
For the second time in recent memory, I woke up in an unknown location this time it was all pitch black.
Am I blind?!
Oh, wait, touching the surroundings I see that I am just trapped in some kind of... small wardrobe?
"Come on Dragus, don't be shy, you don't want to keep me waiting, do you?" I hear from the other side of wherever I am.
"Hello?" I ask with hesitation "Can you open whatever this is? Also, who the fuck names their child Dragos?" The last probably wasn't a smart idea but come on, who does that? Poor kid.
There was silence for a long time, and I was slightly worried that the person on the other side did indeed name their child Dragos.
The silence was broken but being honest I was not sure I should be more or less worried by the uproarious laughter that I heard, even though it sounded amused it had a note of rage that left me on edge.
"Of course, that stupid, weak, useless son-in-law of mine would fail to do something this simple, well then come out then! Introduce yourself" The now clearly feminine voice said with some amusement left in her tone but also considerable irritation.
"Uhm... I am stuck?" I spoke still nervous but also telling the truth.
"Oh, for blood's sake!" I felt something ripping into whatever I was trapped in before the front of it was flung open making me drop into the cold stone floor unceremoniously with a grunt of pain.
Looking at my side I end up with a mixture of fear and arousal at what or more specifically who freed me.
Goddamn, that is probably the hottest woman I have ever seen; it was a kind of otherworldly beauty with white long hair purple eyes, and long elf-like ears that had a couple of earrings each, this didn't take from the fact that she was curvy as all hell and that her weird costume left little to the imagination.
Oh, she also had some big ass bat wings on her back, oh Valentin what did you get into now
I would stare more but the fact that she is holding in one hand a giant slab of wood of what I am now seeing was in fact the coffin in which I was previously trapped told me a lot about how dangerous she was.
"Sooo, nice... crypt?" I say from my position on the ground, turning into a question when I see the old looking room filled with candles, skulls, and skulls with candles on top of them.
The beautiful woman just snorted before dropping the giant piece of wood to the side without any visible effort.
"You don't have to be nice this place is a dump, no idea why your parents or I guess Dragos parents now, chose this place to bury you but I owed them at least that much I suppose," she said simply with a finger in her chin as she started to levitate out of nowhere with her wings not even moving.
"Now," she said with a firm tone but a friendly smile that I didn't believe for a second "Why don't you tell me your name child?" I almost threw it out reflexively but I bit my cheek to stop the words coming out.
Wasn't it generally regarded that giving your name to an unknown monster (she's got fucking wings) is a bad idea, what if giving her my name makes me her slave or something?
Seeing my nonanswer, her eyes narrowed for a moment shining a slightly more powerful purple before they widened in surprise for a good three seconds.
This was followed by a low dangerous chuckle that reverberated through the whole room.
"Curious and Curiouser, so Valentin Lopez when were you going to tell me that you aren't from this world I wonder?" she asked with an innocent tone but a smile that was all teeth.
And what teeth they were with her canines being more than twice the length of a normal human, shit I am facing a vampire, I was kinda hoping for a succubus if I am being honest.
"Wait another world?!" Also how does she know my name?
"In order then, you are currently in what was previously to you a fictional world, one known as Yu-Gi-Oh now aren't you just special" she finished mockingly, so I have just been isekai huh? Well, at least I am not in attack on titans.
"For the other question, I can read your mind silly" She drawled floating near me and observing me with much more interest than before.
How can she read my mind without me realizing?!
"Oh, come one give me some credit child, I am centuries old, one of the most senior vampires around. If I couldn't read the mind of a whelp like you with subtlety, I would die of shame faster than if I decided that I wanted a tan." Oh, come on, no need to be a smart ass about it!
"Of course there is a need! We are vampires, being a smartass is part of our culture" she said with an extremely serious expression that made me almost believe her if I couldn't see the corners of her lips twitching up.
"Hold On!" I exclaim after thinking through her sentence more specifically "What do you mean by 'we' "this better not be going to where I think it is going.
"Why don't you take a look at yourself?" She said and with a snap of her fingers a strange mist formed in front of me going from murky to crystal clear in seconds allowing me to see my reflection.
"NO!" I shouted as the vampire girl giggled loudly.
"That is right you are now a Vamp-" "My beautiful hazelnut skin!" I shouted again, not paying much attention to the girl.
My once dark skin was now a pale white, my black hair was now some light green and my eyes were a strong amber color, this was all accompanied by the fangs that came out of my mouth when I opened it.
"Wait what?" I turned around to look at the person responsible for this who had an extremely perplexed look.
"You!" I said pointing at the one responsible for this, making her point at herself as if I was talking to someone else "You have made me into an emo!" My serious exclamation made the vampire's jaw drop slightly before she started laughing again this time a much more genuine and less evil laugh.
"Oh, I like you~," she said teasingly, moving one of her sharp fingernails through my neck making me shudder and gulp, my previous anger forgotten, I think people call this scaroused?
"You have some backbone in you, my previous son-in-law would have never dared to speak to me the way you do, that is for sure" There she goes again mentioning some son-in-law.
"Lady, I have no idea what you are talking about, not everyone can read minds you know?" I say slightly irritated, the ambiance sure as hell didn't help being surrounded by skulls was just creepy and it smelled terrible.
"Technically you can read minds, but that is a lesson for another time, the reason I can call you my son-in-law is that the body you are now in USED to belong to my son-in-law" she drawled out with a tranquil smile as she talked about how I am wearing his son-in-law's body as if it were something normal.
"I came here when an awfully convenient soul, yes that is you, metaphorically dropped into my lap, of course, it wasn't all that powerful, but it was just enough to revive a weaker vampire in this case poor old Dragos," she said slowly as if she was telling a story in front of a campfire.
"Vampires are immortal in a sense, we CAN die but rituals for reviving us are as old as our species itself, in this case, the ritual was very simple, you have a vampire's corpse and a powerful enough soul to revive it, the residue of the vampire's consciousness is then supposed to 'kill' the soul making it their own." she continued now looking at the ceiling floating while kicking her legs as if she was a little girl.
If I hadn't seen her rip apart what must have been at least 80 kilos of wood with one hand I may be inclined to believe that she was just a young woman.
"Of course, Dragos SOMEHOW was unable to even do this, then again, he always was weak in both body and mind so I guess this was expected, tell me, Valentin, what was Dragos's inner monster?" she finished her explanation with a sneer of distaste, sheesh talk about shitty familiar relationships.
"A demonic wolf," I said simply without trying to make a joke, she didn't seem to be in the state of mind to appreciate my charming sense of humor right now.
"Pathetic, just pathetic" what was previously a sneer now turned into a full-on glare before she shook her head and rubbed her forehead trying to focus on the conversation at hand.
"You are one very lucky man, now! I know what you are going to say 'Vampire Vamp I had to fight for my life against a giant wolf. How is that luck?' Well, dear, a giant wolf is positively tame for a vampiric inner monster if it had been me for example, you would have been facing a 65-meter-long vampiric dragon instead of course your soul wouldn't have been even close to enough to revive me anyways" She, Vampire Vamp apparently, painted a truly disturbing picture, no amount of smarts could have saved me from a fucking dragon.
"If you had such a shitty opinion of this Dragos then why try to revive him?" I redirected the conversation not wanting to think of my possible gruesome death by dragon.
"Dragos was weak, he refused to drink blood or battle as often as he should have to in order to become stronger, he was still tied to his human morals, and that was the main reason why I tried to revive him, your soul was slightly more powerful than average just enough to revive a weak vampire as would be the case" I tried to follow the conversation as best as I could but her floating upside down showing me her considerable cleavage was quite a distraction.
One that she was conscious of if the smirk she sent me when our eyes met was any indication.
"So, the original plan was to have Dragos do one very simple task" the irritated tone she carried when she said it told me that having this task was apparently very fucking important.
"I wanted him to unseal my daughter, my precious Camula" even if she (and I guess me as well) was a blood-sucking monster the maternal tone she had was clear.
It reminded me of my own mother the first time I went out at night without asking permission. She was angry of course, but honestly, she was sad more than anything else.
"And you can't do this yourself?" I am starting to recuperate from the initial shock of all the information she dropped on me, now I have to evaluate the situation and see what to do and if she actually needs me for anything.
Also is this Camula the one I know of?
"I could not, I am a monster spirit, a powerful one at that, but my actions are still limited in this dimension, and yes the Camula I am referring to is the same that you are thinking about, I would say that my daughter would never join a pathetic group of humans, as you have apparently watched, but she always had a bleeding heart for other vampires." So, she is the same, what the hell even is Camula, what the hell am I?
Also, stop reading my mind dammit.
"She was an in-between, her motives are for her to divulge but essentially she made a deal with me as a human, through a certain amount of sacrifices I would make her a vampire, she wasn't my daughter by birth but she may as well have been" she stated with the happiest expression I had seen in her face since I woke up here.
"In your case... well Dragos had money and political influence as well as being terrified of death it was ever so easy for my beautiful daughter to gain the rank of noble lady that it wasn't even funny, also no you will need to learn to keep your mind shut" Dammit, so I guess I have a quest to unseal some random homicidal woman?
Just great.
"Oh, don't be like that it will be fun I can tell what kind of man you are I have seen some of your memories, you will get along great with my daughter, besides I may give you a special reward if you do it quickly enough~" she giggled as she floated lazily around me, before practically purring the last part to my ear as she pressed her breasts to the back of my head.
Well... how much damage could a vampire do anyways?
"That is the attitude, you are definitely better than that bore Dragos, he was a medieval man through and through 'there should be a curtain between a man and his wife while doing the deed' he used to say " Wow what a wimp.
"I know right? Anyways you may want to get a move on from this hideous crypt, you are a vampire you know, you need to make full use of all the nighttime you have" So I have a weakness to the sun? I am weak to fire? Or crosses? Or garlic?!
Not garlic! The quality of my steaks would drop considerably!
"Yes, you are as weak to fire as a regular person, no, and don't be imbecilic, garlic is just a vegetable" the alluring woman finished with a twitching eyebrow at my last idea.
"Okay, still I need more information before I jump into action cards blazing, first I need cards!" I expressed my reasonable first worry. It isn't like I can just go there and beat my opponents with my fists.
Or can I? Thought for later.
"I can give you some cards, you will have to find the rest of them yourself, maybe implement that last idea you had." and with that and another snap of her fingers, a few cards appeared in front of me, definitely not enough to make a deck though.
Three copies of Vampire Lady, two copies of Vampire Lord, one copy of the field spell Vampire Kingdom and lastly one copy of Vampire Vamp herself, that one was definitely my most powerful card
Vampire Vamp (Level 7/ Dark/ Zombie / 2000 Attack/ 2000 Defense)
Once per turn, when this card or a "Vampire" monster is Normal Summoned to your field: You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls, whose ATK is higher than this card's; equip it to this card. This card gains ATK equal to the combined original ATK of the monsters equipped to it by this effect. If this card is sent to the GY, while equipped with a card(s) by this effect: Special Summon this card.
Even if her stats aren't all that powerful for a level 7 monster, her effect more than makes up for it by itself not taking the synergy it has with the other vampire cards.
The next most powerful monster would be Vampire Lord. I already know this card, at least I think Kaiba used it once?
The most interesting thing was just how similar I looked to it; the resemblance was kind of uncanny but I guess vampires look alike?
"Okay this is a great start now can you tell where and when I am?" I swear to God (should I still do that as a vampire? what would my abuela think?) if I go out there only to realize that the world is ending or something I am going to be pissed.
As cheerful and child-friendly as this world may seem, it still has a track record of being close to the apocalypse more than once, and that is just counting what I can remember of the original series which isn't all that much at all.
"Well, the one you remember as Seto Kaiba has declared the start of the Battle City tournament a couple of hours ago, a charming man, would make a great vampire with all that ego" The white haired woman half-joked, making me snort.
Yup, that sounds like Kaiba alright.
"Guess I am entering Battle City then, sorry if I have to make you wait about your daughter but in all honesty, the idea of wielding a god card is a little too tempting to me" Besides I only watched the anime till this exact arc as a kid, and my memory is kind of spotty at best a god card watching my back is exactly the kind of thing I need to survive this world.
That and money, but if someone like Rex Raptor can become a renowned pro duelist then I sure as hell can.
"Oh, don't worry child I was about to recommend you do as well, you will need a considerable amount of duel energy to release my daughter and besides I have waited for hundreds of years, I can wait a couple of weeks or so." How nice, setting a time limit like that.
"Still, I am an unknown duelist so I guess I will have to do a Bakura and steal someone's duel disk if it worked for him after all" And there are a lot of assholes in this arc that deserve it so no skin off my back,
"Wow! Acting like a vampire already! That is the right attitude we take what we want after all" You know after you get over the fact that she fucking terrifying she is actually nice company.
"Why thank you, now get moving. I can feel three people near the graveyard with above-average duel energy" She ordered, pointing towards the small door that would take me out of this maze of a tomb and giggling at the face I was making.
I have always been bad with directions, the number of times I have gotten lost as a kid is downright embarrassing.
As if reading my thoughts (she absolutely was, I have to work on that) she floated till she was able to sit on my shoulders pressing her soft thighs at either side of my head.
Being a vampire sounds much better already even if I look like a Korean pop star.
"Glad you think so, now onwards my steed I shall guide you out of this stone vault of yours" she finished with a giggle as I started moving out this creepy-ass room.
"Hey, one question, why am I so calm about this?" I have always been cool in the face of crisis, even when my father died, I just took a job the next day to pay the bills, slightly creeping out some people.
But I can admit this is stretching that a little.
Vampire Vamp actually didn't seem sure about it, with a complex expression coming to her face as if she had just eaten a lemon.
"I-I don't know" Wow that took a lot out of her to admit, vampire pride is no joke.
"The number of times something like this has happened to a vampire is incredibly small, so I wouldn't be able to tell you all the effects of having a human mind on a vampire's body will be" she finally managed to say seeming considerably irritated in doing so.
Well, that isn't ominous at all.
Change in POV
Bonz
This was possibly his greatest idea, maybe the best idea ever.
"I told you all my talent at making Halloween outfits would make us a fortune one day," Sid said, pushing his glasses up proudly for the fourth time this night.
"Yeah, yeah you were an art kid you haven't shut up about it in the last four hours!" Zygor shouted slightly exasperated, placing the zombie mask that Sid had made over his face.
"I can't see fucking shit out this thing the eye holes are too small," Zygor said instantly with a perplexed tone.
He couldn't either if he was being honest, but he didn't want to hurt Sid's feelings.
"Hey guys are you ready or not, I think I hear someone coming, the first one of many to come," He said trying to focus on it but his two 'friends' were already fighting like an old married couple.
The two of them were honestly embarrassing at times, almost as much as that period in high school in which he only said the word 'brains'
"Hold on, I am trying to fix this thing! Oh, I think I broke it" Zygor said after a loud ripping sound was heard.
"You idiot I spent all day making those, I still feel the cramps on my hands!" Sid shouted neither of them heard him it seems.
"Guys," he said, trying to call attention to the possible duelist coming here.
The fact that they haven't started any rumors about people dueling here yet escaped his mind.
"Well, if all I had to do was cut a hole in a mask, I would be able to do it better than this!" Zygor answered, getting mad at being called an idiot.
He kind of was one.
"Well fuck you I spent cash from my own wallet to make these masks and all I hear is criticism! I literally made them in hours! They aren't going to be perfect!" Sid shot back, man this is more awkward than the questions the police ask these two when they see them with me.
He wasn't a child dammit! It's a glandular problem!
"Guys!" He said this time a little louder
"I am just saying it would be nice to see! How about tonight we don't use the mask, but tomorrow we fix them up and use them!" Zygor responded, refusing to take Sid's anger lying down.
"That would defeat the whole fucking point of being here dumbass!" Sid said, getting red on the face.
"Guys!" He shouted as loud as he could, finally getting their attention.
Shame that the eyeholes of his mask were so small he couldn't see their paling expression.
"There is someone coming, pay attention!" And with that, he turned around to search for the duelist.
Only to crush into something and drop into the ground face first.
Taking his mask off in anger, he was about to rant to Zygor and Sid for not warning him about whatever it was when he saw him.
Standing tall with moonlight behind him he looked like one of those pretty boys the three of them complained about with his porcelain skin and silky green hair.
The only difference was that he was showing fangs the size of one of his fingers in a wide open all teeth smile.
"What's cracking?" He asked in a low tone of voice.
Did his eyes start shining?