Story Advert: Today I'm advertising Demon Duelist Legacy. Its an interesting story that takes place....well I don't know when, but as per the usual it begins with a tournament. Things get wierd pretty quickly, and we start to get introduced to new characters and see the real plot. The story focuses around the original characters of the story, but don't worry all you hardcore character fans, Kaiba, Joey, and Yugi are all in there later on. The duels are good, they progress as they characters progress as any duel fic should have it. My favorite set of original cards he used is some of the cards from his main villain, but you'll have to keep reading to see those cards. Read and enjoy I say! Hmmm....I think I've heard that before.
Chapter One: A Reunion?
"Ladies and gentlemen, here we have the last duel of the Japanese Regional Championship! The winner of this final duel will be declared this year's Japanese Champion!" The crowd roared with approval, ready to see the final duel. They had seen plenty of exciting duels so far, and this was bound to be the best so far. After all, the two duelists here were some of the top duelists around.
"The duelist on our left is the Champion of the Izu Province, an up and coming duelist whose crushed each of his opponent's in the tournament so far. Let's give a big round of applause for Kai Kaethen!" The duelist with the two colored eyes stepped up onto the platform and set his deck in the appropriate place. Slowly the platform raised up into dueling position, and he was ready to begin. (KLP: 4000)
"The duelist on the right needs no introduction, but we'll do it anyways! The duelist who took the title King of Games, the number one duelist in the entire world, Dalin Imaki SUMATIN!" The crowd's roaring was far greater for Dalin then it had been for Kai, and the large and muscular duelist approached, his hair its usual golden blonde and spiked back. He placed his deck in its place and his platform rose up to the level of Kai's. The duel was about to begin, and it was going to be a huge duel for Kai. It was the opportunity of a lifetime. (DLP: 4000)
"The randomizer will now select the duelist who will take the first turn. Go!" The announcer raised one arm above his head, and the randomizer started running. On a big screen there was a pie graph with eight sections, four with Dalin's picture and four with Kai's. Whichever the randomizer ended up on was who would start the duel. The light went all the way around several dozen times before slowing and finally coming to a rest on Kai's picture.
"Kai Kaethen will take the first turn! Begin the duel!" The two duelists immediately drew their opening hands, deciding what they would play. Kai drew six cards as opposed to the five that Dalin drew. Kai's spellcaster deck was about to get the ultimate test when he pitted it against the strongest duelist in the world. If he won this, then he'd gain the title of King of Games. That was worth more then simply being the Japanese Champion.
Now that the duel was starting the giant screen faded from displaying the pie graph. Now it displayed two individual pictures of them, underneath were outlines of zones, to show what they had on the field. There was also a counter beneath each name, so the fans could easily keep track. The pictures were of equally determined and focused people, just as they were right now.
"To start this duel off I'll play Spell Economics. Now for as long as it's on the field neither of us has to pay life points as the cost of activating magic cards." The holographic projectors of the arena quickly churned out the image of the Spell Economics card which was vertical and facing Dalin. Now a duplicate image on the far left m/t zone that appeared on the screen.
"Now I activate the magic card Resonance of Soul. At a cost of one thousand life points it lets me special summon any level four monsters in my hand, but they're destroyed at the end of my next turn. Thanks to Spell Economics I can special summon Skilled Dark Magician(1900/1700) and Skilled White Magician(1700/1900) at no cost to myself!" He placed the two monsters onto their respective zones and they appeared on the field, one robed in white and the other in black.
"My next card is Spell Accounting. For every two hundred life points I pay I can place a magic counter on a monster. Again thanks to Spell Economics I can place three magic counters on each of my monsters at no cost." The three orbs they had to detail if they had magic counters all lit up, and it was just about time to use their effects. This was going to have been a truly productive turn.
"By sacrifice my monsters and their three counters I can bypass having them destroyed and special summon both the Dark Magician(2500/2100) and the Buster Blader(2600/2300)!" His monsters vanished in a blaze of energy, quickly replaced by their stronger forms which he got out of his deck. The purple clad magician and purple armored swordsman, each one ready to do battle with whatever Dalin could bring out.
"End turn!" At the end of his turn he was left with one card in his hand, a card he couldn't use in this turn. It had been a truly productive turn, getting him two of his strongest monsters with great ease. He had been surprised when he saw those combos fall together when he drew Spell Economics, but he was certainly glad he had. It would make winning the duel much more likely.
Dalin slid the first card off the top of his deck, adding it carefully to his hand before selecting the move he wanted to make. He placed the first card in the exact opposite zone that Kai had, yet it too was a permanent magic card. "I play Joyful Light of the Heavenly Realm, allowing me to draw two cards each draw phase."
"I set a single card face down and then summon Holy Shine Sphere(500/500) in defense mode. That's all." Kai arched an eyebrow as the two cards appeared on the field. It would seemed that his quick starting move had given him more of an advantage then he had previously thought. If all Dalin had to defend himself with was a little glowing sphere then it would be easy to go on the offensive and take the lead.
He drew another card into his hand and discovered that he couldn't use it at the moment. So he'd simply have to attack. "Dark Magic Attack!" His magician extended his arm with fingers stretched out and palm flat. A blast of dark magic later and the little sphere had been destroyed, clearing a path straight to Dalin's life points.
"Buster Blader, attack directly!" The purple armored warrior charged across the field and jumped straight into the air, swinging his blade down at Dalin. An indicator blinked on the giant screen, showing that a direct attack was being completed. However Dalin was the number one duelist in the world for a reason.
"The trap card Nutrient Z increases my life points by four thousand before I take that damage. Therefore I profit from your attack." Dalin's life points quickly shot up to eight thousand. Then the blader's attack connected and his life points dropped again. Unfortunately he was able to gain fourteen hundred life points from that attack. Kai ended his turn. (DLP: 5400)
Dalin's hand swiftly shot up to five cards and he looked them over, quickly becoming satisfied. "I set one card face down and summon Holy Shine Sphere in defense mode." The crowd and Kai couldn't help but sweatdrop as he concluded his turn having played an identical move as to his previous move.
Kai grinned as he realized that he could take control of this duel and get victory. All he had to do was pull off a direct attack or two in this turn, and then he'd have victory for sure. "I play Payment of Debt!" He drew three more cards, giving him a total of five cards. With those cards came the options that he needed, and the cards that he wanted.
"I set two cards face down and summon Breaker the Magic Warrior(1900/1000) in attack mode. I sacrifice its counter to destroy your set card!" The red armored magic user slashed his blade and Dalin's face down card shattered, briefly revealing an Energy Absorption trap card. With the path clear it was now time to go all out.
"Breaker, destroy Holy Shine Sphere!" The magic using blade wielder leapt across the field and sliced through the tiny little sphere, shattering it completely. Since it had been in defense mode Dalin lost no life points, but now he had nothing between him and his life points. It was about time for Kai to go all out on it.
"Buster Blader and Dark Magician will attack directly!" The two monsters launched their attacks, the power was devastating and the crowd was cheering. Kai could barely hear the announcer's words over the roaring in his own head. He was actually doing it, he was beating Dalin Sumatin the King of Games! (DLP: 300)
Once more Dalin drew two cards, and then he started off by summoning another Holy Shine Sphere. He shook his head as if disagreeing with himself, and then he played a card. "I play Temporal Disruption. This will destroy all monsters on the field, allowing each player to draw cards equal to the number of monsters destroyed."
The field was cleared thanks to the effect, and Kai drew three cards while Dalin drew only one. Kai held five cards in his hand and Dalin had four. He was far from done though. "I play Renewal of Triplets, allowing me to revive my three Holy Shine Spheres." Using the effect of his card he brought the three little spheres back with great speed, now they were available to attack.
"Using the magic of Polymerization I can fuse the three Holy Shine Spheres into one monster with far greater power. This monster will show you the sort of power that can be wielded by my deck. Come forth, Holy Shine God(1800/1800)!" The three monsters were swept into a vortex, spinning all together until the magic took effect. Emerging from the vortex was a humanoid shape composed of light, with three shining spheres in the center of his chest in a triangle formation.
"Upon being summoned the effect of Holy Shine God activates, destroying all of your magic and trap cards!" The being of light didn't even bother to raise a head. It simply allowed streaks of light to shoot off of its body and rip right through each of Kai's set cards and his Spell Economics. The crowd cheered for Dalin and the announcer gave word of the spectacular move. He also spoke of a lucky hand.
"I equip Holy Shine God with Cestus of Dagla, powering him up by five hundred points. Now I attack to deal twenty-three hundred damage and gain an identical amount." The light creature barely even glanced at the strange weapons that it now held. It ignored them and sent a stream of light out of its chest and right at Kai. There was no semi-physical contact like when using duel disks, so he experienced nothing but realization as the damage was calculated. (KLP: 1700, DLP: 2600)
"My battle phase is now over, allowing me to enter the main phase two. Now in the main phase two I activate the last card in my hand, Surprise Attack From The Darkness. In my end phase monsters that I summoned or special summoned this turn gain another battle phase. Therefore Holy Shine God will attack directly once again." Kai closed his eyes and looked away as the streams of light shot right at him. He couldn't even hear the crowd over the ticking of his life points falling and Dalin's rising. (KLP: 0, DLP: 4900)
The announcer was declaring Dalin the champion, talking about how lucky a hand Dalin must have gotten in that turn to be able to pull off such an amazing victory. They went on and on about it. The platforms lowered, and Kai's eyes locked with Dalin's. The realization he had come to was that it wasn't luck. Dalin had planned to use Holy Shine God since the beginning of the duel, and he had won exactly as he intended. Dalin Imaki Sumatin had made him look like an amateur in one of the most important duels he'd ever had.
They approached each other and grasped hands, shaking and smiling slightly at each other. Kai saw the expression in Dalin's eyes that he had seen in the mirror many times before. He had a new goal for the moment. He would defeat Dalin one day, that he was sure of. It was what he had to do. "Nice to see you again." Dalin raised an eyebrow, but Kai didn't have to elaborate. He knew automatically what Kai meant. Kai remembered everything.
Before either duelist could say another word a man approached them wearing a suit. The first thing he did was hand an envelope over to Dalin who accepted it and slipped it into his pocket. That was the prize money and the special tournament victory card, an extremely rare card. Not that Kai knew what it was, but still.
Then the man handed Kai his own envelope, which contained the prize money for being the runner-up, and a rare card of his own. He'd take a look at what it was later, and hopefully it would fit with his theme. "Kai Kaethen, while you were dueling a phone call came. The man said it was urgent he speak to you. Here's the number so you can call back."
He handed Kai a slip of paper, and the teenage duelist accepted it, and then unfolded the paper. On it was the number that had called. "I recognize this number. It's from the university where my dad works. I wonder what they would be calling me to say. Dalin, could you stay here for a bit? There's something I wanted to ask you but I have to make this call first." The older duelist gave Kai a brief nod, and the bi-eyed duelist headed off to a decent distance to be away from the noise of the cheering fans.
He slipped his cell phone out of the inner pocket of his jacket and dialed in the number. He waited through about three rings before someone picked up on the other end and gave him a traditional greeting. "Hi, this Kai Kaethen, Professor Kaethan's son. I was just informed that someone there had called about needing to urgently speak to me." He paused for a second as the person on the other end of the line took in a sharp breath, obviously upset about something. Kai's brow furrowed as the man on the other end started speaking.
About ten seconds later Kai's muscles went slack, and his eyes stared vacantly ahead. His grip on the phone loosened, and it tumbled out of his grasp, clattering to the ground. The mouthpiece snapped off and went spinning away, and to Kai it was as if he was watching something precious skitter away from him. "Why?"
The strength of his legs failed him, and he dropped to his knees, crying out that single word question once again. His fist slammed into the floor, and tears began to flow. A harsh sob broke through his tough exterior, and soon the strong duelist, Kai Kaethen, had his arms down on the linoleum and his head was down on it. He was sobbing uncontrollably.
A single phone call had just crushed Kai Kaethen. He didn't even notice people, including Dalin, rushing over to him. All he did was sob, and continue to repeat that one question. Why? Why? Why? Over and over. The tournament official stooped down to his level and gripped him by the shoulders, turning his face up so that they were looking into each others eyes.
"Kai, you must understand. Whatever has happened has happened. It is simply the natural order of things. You must follow your purpose." Kai pulled himself together enough to respond, using a bit of support lent to him by the unusual statement and by Dalin.
"What do you mean? What purpose?" The older man smiled slightly and reached into his coat, and then started pulling something out. Kai was too dead to the world to notice it at all. Dalin's eyes widened, and time seemed to slow down as that hand was pulled out of the jacket.
"Your purpose is that of a sacrifice to restore Order to the world. Give your life to the coming of the Order!" The blade reflected the lights above as it whipped out of the jacket and plunged towards Kai's heart. Acting quickly Dalin grabbed the man's wrist and twisted it sideways, snapping the bones with his superior strength. The tournament official snarled and grabbed Kai by the throat with his good hand, squeezing tightly.
Kai's eyes went wide as the pressure constricted his breathing. He grabbed the older man's wrist with his own hand, but he couldn't seem to pry it off his neck. It was like the man's grip had become utterly solid. He was choking the life out of Kai. Dalin reached out and grabbed the man's wrist to pull it away, but somehow even he was unable to budge the man's arm. Yet Dalin recognized why this was. The official's strength was being greatly enhanced by magic, magic that would kill him in the end. But Kai would die first.
The bi-eyed duelist's eyes were started to cloud up as oxygen was prevented from reaching his brain. He was starting to lose focus, and if he didn't figure something out quickly he'd be dead in under a minute. Grabbing the man's wrist with his other hand he leaned backwards to get some leverage, and then using the man's super strong arm as support he pulled his entire body up off the ground. Now he was hanging horizontally from the official's arm.
Kai's feet crashed into the man's face with as much strength as he could muster, shattering his nose and splattering blood on Kai's body and on the ground. Seeing what Kai was up to Dalin lashed out with his own foot, catching the side of the man's head, starting more blood flowing. Almost an instant later Kai kicked out again, and again, and again. The man's face was getting mutilated, but he still wasn't letting go. The kicks were getting weaker as Kai was losing strength, and moments later he was unable to continue his actions. He couldn't even see anymore, everything was going blank.
When he came to he was looking up at an unfamiliar white ceiling. A quick glance to his side confirmed what he had thought. He was in a hospital bed, in a hospital. So he had nearly died, but somehow they had saved him. He turned his head to the other side and saw Dalin sitting quietly in a chair, watching him. "How?" Kai's voice was croaky from the damage inflicted, but he managed to get it out.
Dalin looked away slightly, and then returned Kai's gaze. There wasn't a quaver in his voice, yet Kai knew that somehow Dalin felt uncomfortable about something. "Shortly after you passed out the Icon started glowing, and I felt a dark power surge through me. The ring itself unwound and the mouth of the serpent struck the man's throat. It drained away every ounce of darkness in that man's body, drained away his soul and cast it into the underworld. In that moment I had crossed the bridge between the lands of the living and the dead." Kai didn't fully understand, but he knew that the sudden emergence of this power from the Icon of Osiris was certainly enough to impact Dalin. Regardless of how it had happened, Kai was glad to be alive. It seemed that no matter how hard a person's life got, the will to live always remained strong.
"The doctors need to contact your parents and inform them that you're in the hospital, but they didn't get in touch with anyone at your house. Is there any other way the doctors can reach them?" The way Dalin asked it was so casual, yet still Kai turned away, setting his gaze upon that unfamiliar ceiling. Strange how one could find comfort in something unfamiliar when all that is familiar is painful.
"No, there isn't. They're dead."
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'Things have changed over the past months since Battle City ended. I've become a much stronger person than I was even then, and of course I'm not the only one that's changed. Things have been happening with everybody, a lot of things. For instance, Autumn recently told me that she and Ryu had started dating.
Just last week I heard from Joey that Dalin had been declared the Japanese Champion. I had asked Joey why he didn't enter since he could have done really well, maybe even taken the title. That was when I found out that there was an entrance fee of twenty-thousand yen. He didn't have that kind of spare money so he hadn't entered.
Joey said that the news had briefly covered Kai being attacked by some lunatic at the tournament and nearly being killed, but so far none of us have been able to find out anything more. None of us know his number, and the only one who might know where he is happens to be Dalin, and we can't get in touch with him either.
Drake's kept in touch just like he said he would. I get a letter or an e-mail from him every week or every couple of weeks. Apparently he's been really busy helping out with Kaiba Land in America. He gets to run the gaming section there, and it's kept him really busy. He told me about a duel he had with Kaiba, but neither he nor Kaiba was willing to say who won. They both say it wasn't important. I haven't heard from him in nearly two weeks.
Kensai's been really busy with martial arts tournaments, so he hasn't been around. Apparently he intends on taking over the Geokigo Dojo that his master runs once his master is unable to keep the place going. He says he has to earn the respect of his potential students by proving his strength. It's almost like Kirani, who left shortly after Drake did to enter a bunch of minor dueling tournaments for money.
I chatted with Tea on the phone just the other day. She says that Yugi is preparing himself and Yami for getting Yami's memories back, but Yami insisted that they have time to relax before doing that. I don't know if they've tried the process yet.
Well, that's the latest report from me, so I'm going to send this e-mail along to you Mai. Hope you enjoy reading it, and hope you get in touch soon. I hope you also stop by Domino City one of these days so we can hang out.
P.S. I think Joey misses you. With love, Serenity.' XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
That night found Serenity Wheeler walking home in the dark, through bad streets. It couldn't be avoided though, there was road construction where she normally went so she had been forced to come this way. She was more confident as a person then she used to be, but she was still nervous as she looked at her dark and spooky surroundings.
A dry and mirthless chuckle filtered over to hear and she stopped dead. Straining her eyes she saw a little bit of light further ahead, bobbing up in mid-air, about head height. After a little bit of though she concluded that it was someone smoking, and whoever it was seemed to be coming her way. "Well now, do you really think you should be wandering around in this part of town all by your lonesome?"
Lights flared into existence all around her, courtesy of nearly a dozen flash lights. There was a click and all the lights went out again, followed by the previously broken lamp above to come on. The holders of those flash lights were poorly dressed men, with studded jackets, and various other signs of being what she was afraid of. A gang.
The one who had first spoken was idly tossing a switch blade between his hands as he approached, taking a drag on his cigarette. He chuckled again and then stopped about five feet away from her, blade in his right hand. "Until the lights went on I was gonna suggest you give us all your money, but now that I can see clearly, I think there's something else we'll be taking from you....or you could just give it freely."
Serenity had about three seconds of full volume screaming and running before the leader grabbed her, putting his hand over her mouth. She struggled against him, trying to bite his hand, but he held her too tightly for her struggles to be of much help. "Now....let's get to business." Serenity could feel the man's other hand start to move towards an inappropriate place, could smell his cigarette smoke wafting into her face. She was completely terrified.
"Total slaughter, total slaughter, I won't leave a single man alive! La di da di dide, Genocide! La di da di dud, an ocean of blood, so let's begin, the killing time!" The gang could only stare, their heads whipping around in search of the off-key singing that came from Serenity had only time for one more thought before the area exploded into action. That single thought was not the usual thing to think in such a situation. She thought very simply: Trigun?
The sudden revving of an engine brought the gang members heads to staring straight down the street, and suddenly a light burst into existence, blinding them. The sound of the engine roaring to life could easily be heard, and whatever it was headed straight for them. Serenity saw two gang members get tossed to the side as the thing barreled past.
The motorcycle did a sliding stop, catching another gang member in the stomach and sending him flying backwards into a wall. Then it started off again, the rider kicking out with a foot in passing to send one gang member flying into another. Whoever her savior was, he was very effective on that motorcycle. He took out another one in a single pass before having to make a sliding stop to get his bearings. In that moment the gang members collected themselves and charged. Serenity found herself cast aside, crashing into a dumpster. She cried out in pain and slid to the ground, barely conscious.
Serenity got a good look at the man. He was dressed all in black, with black jeans, black boots, and a black sleeveless trench coat hanging open over a blue t-shirt. The man's head and face were shielded by the black helmet he wore. The man raised his fists, and waded into the fight. His fists were deadly weapons, streaking to connect with faces and breaking noses. A chain struck him upside the head, but the helmet protected him and he whirled, seizing the chain and swinging the other man into a wall.
Now armed with a chain he swung it around harshly and moved forwards, keeping the gang members from advancing. Finally one made a desperate rush at him, and the mystery man swung the chain, connecting it with the side of the gang member's neck. The powerful blow knocked the gang member off his feet and to the ground. Serenity was certain she saw blood go flying from the strike.
While this was happening another one of the men had charged the man in black, slamming into his back and knocking him to the ground. Her potential savior shot his elbow backwards, scoring a clean blow against the man's nose, breaking it and causing the man to fall backwards in pain. Another gang member kicked the man in black in the side, and to avoid another kick he rolled to the side, losing his chain in the process.
Three of the five remaining gang members rushed at the prone biker, but they got a big surprise as he came up, striking one of them in the stomach with something cylindrical. Then he swung it upwards, cracking the man's chin. The gang member collapsed in a heap, blood dribbling down his throat. But the man in black was far from done.
With great ferocity he swung his new weapon around in a wide arc, catching the next gang member upside the head with it. A wet thumping sound came along with a sickening crunch, and the gang member went down. Serenity saw the weapon now, and realized that with that great force with such an object the gang member that the man in black had just hit might not have lived through it. The man in black was wielding a crowbar that he had pried out of the hands of one of the gang members he had knocked down with his bike.
Letting out a vicious battle cry the man in the black trench coat ran straight at the next gang member and swung the crowbar at full force right into the man's face. A sound similar to the last strike followed, and a brief cry was followed by the man swinging the crowbar down onto the gang member, silencing him.
Besides the gang leader who was just a few feet away from Serenity, only one gang member remained standing. He was definitely a big fellow, all decked out in spikes and such. He too was holding a crowbar, putting Serenity's 'savior' on even terms with the biggest of the gang members. "You've messed with the wrong people pal, cuz the Sharks don't take kindly to being fucked around with. So I'm gonna fucking kill you!"
Serenity's was surprised that such a big man could cover so much ground in such a short amount of time, but he did, crossing the dozen or more feet between the two in seemingly record time. The man in black fell backwards and out of the way. Then he rolled to the side to avoid another strike by the crowbar. The big gang member bellowed in rage and swung down once again.
This time the man in black caught the crowbar. Serenity gasped in shock, and so did the two gang members. It was impossible to stop a crowbar moving that fast without breaking your hand, yet this man had just done it. The big gang member gasped in pain as the man in black drove the crowbar into his muscular stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Then the man in black sprang upwards, his helmet smacking straight into the bigger man's face.
The big gang member went down hard, and the mystery man punched him twice in the face with his left hand, knocking him unconscious. It was as he turned towards the two of them, her and the gang leader, that Serenity realized how he had stopped the blow with his hand and knocked out the big guy so easily. His left hand was wrapped in the chain, blocking the force from his hand when catching the crowbar and adding force to his punches. He must have picked it up when rolling and swiftly wrapped it around his hand.
Now all that was left was the gang leader, who in a last desperate act grabbed Serenity by the arm and pulled her up, bringing her out in front of him and putting his switch-blade to her throat. "Take another step and I slit her pretty little throat!" Neither of them could tell the expression of the man in black underneath his helmet. But somehow Serenity got the impression that he was smiling. The man dropped his crowbar and kicked it aside, then he undid the chain from his hand and started to let it fall.
Suddenly, the chain went spinning, hurled underhand style straight at the gang leader. The brutish man let out a cry of surprise and pain as it struck the arm holding the switch blade, knocking it away from Serenity and the blade out of his hand. In that second of distraction the man in black covered the distance and laid the gang leader out with a single punch.
The big guy wasn't done though, and he pulled himself back onto his feet, grabbing the switch blade from where it lay. He held it in the manner of one well acquainted with its use, and he started approaching the man in black. They circled each other, each waiting for the other to make the first move. The gang leader had the intent to kill, but there was no telling what the man in black had in mind. He could even be after Serenity, just like the gang had been.
"I don't know what you're up to, trying to take us all on, but now you're gonna pay the price for it. You're gonna DIE!" With that the gang leader lunged, blade striking out like a viper. The man in black moved like a snake in his own right, sliding to the right to avoid the strike. The leader slashed again, a horizontal slice aimed at the man in black's ribs. The blade gave the gang leader an advantage, but the man in black didn't seem bothered.
The man in black retreated backwards from that swinging blade until he was about four or five feet from where the gang leader had held Serenity. Finally the man stopped, readying himself for the incoming blade. When the gang leader stabbed forwards, the man's foot jerked up, and the chain that he had hurled earlier came up in the air. The man in black grabbed it out of mid-air and twisted to the side, using the chain to wrap up the man's arm. He then twisted, cracking the man's wrist and flipping him onto his back.
The biker dropped to his knees and picked up the switch blade, holding it to the gang leader's throat. In a harsh tone he whispered to the other man, intent on having his commands obeyed. "Leave now or I swear by every god ever worshiped I'll slit your throat here and now." It didn't take long for the gang leader to comply, and shortly he and the members of his gang who could still stand were fleeing, terrified of the man in black who had defeated them all.
"You saved me." The man in black turned, almost startled by Serenity's words. It was nearly like he had forgotten she was there. He really must have, he had to have been really focused to have made that last move. The man walked forwards, shoving his hands into the pockets of his trench coat and stopped a foot or so in front of her.
"What? You didn't expect me to? Well you didn't know I'd be here so it does make sense." The man's words confused Serenity. The way he was talking was like he knew her, and his still confident pose struck a chord in Serenity. It was as if she truly did know this man, like she had seen him somewhere before. But where had she ever met such a dangerous man as this? She was sure she'd have remembered something like that.
"That song....and ummm...." She tapped the side of her head for emphasis, hoping he would get it. She heard him chuckle and he reached up to his helmet, undoing a little clasp at the bottom. He pulled it off and let it hang at one arm, shaking his hair out of his eyes. She didn't need to see anything else but those eyes to know who this person was.
"Well
I guess I infringed on a copyright by stealing that song, but I thought
it would help shake them up a bit. So, what's up Serenity? Ya miss me?"
Drake's familiar grin was exactly what she needed to see at that
moment, and she hurled herself at him, nearly crushing him in a bear
hug. An impressive feat for someone who was easily more then half a
foot shorter and much smaller overall. Drake laughed, and things felt
like they were back to normal.
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In Domino City the young man named Yugi Motou was approaching the Domino Museum with his friends at his side. In his pocket there were three duel monsters cards, three very powerful duel monsters cards. The Egyptian Gods, the strongest cards duel monsters had ever seen. Before Dalin had departed he had given the three cards to Yugi, saying that his memory wasn't locked in the past, so he didn't need them. They would unlock Yami's memories, that was what they were for.
They approached the tablet with the images of the three gods on them, and he held the god cards up. There was a glow of light, and then everything went wrong. There was too much panic to really think about it much at first, but what they did discover upon exiting the building were some very unusual things.
For instance, the live Duel Monsters that were swarming around. Something had begun, and now they would have to launch into what was bound to be another adventure. And here they had been hoping to avoid such a thing. Yugi was sure that they were going to have a lot happen in a very short time. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Things indeed were starting to happen. Strange things that even those who had started it all didn't understand. Yet there would be time to deal with it all once the Nameless Pharaoh and his friends had been dealt with. However something else was happening at the same time.
Deep within the world of the Duel Monsters there was a stirring of something dark and powerful. A malevolent presence that rose up, ready to unleash itself upon the unsuspecting world. When it did so, things would change for the worse, and for the better. "The time has come....the time for my reunion with the living world."
Far away from there, in the vast city of Tokyo there was an asylum. In one of the rooms of this asylum was a boy of nearly sixteen. He had been here for months now, and he had been classified as 'potentially deadly.' None of the people working with him could understand why he might be thought of that way, but then none of them but the head doctor knew what he had done.
He personally was terrified of the boy, afraid in a way he had never been of a patient before. Had the boy been older, bigger, then maybe it would have made sense, maybe he would have been less frightened. Nobody of that age and that stature could possibly do what this body had done, it was simply impossible. In fact, he doubted any normal human being could eviscerate someone with their bare hands as this boy had done.
Just about three months previous he had eviscerated his own mother with his bare hands, spreading her organs out in a ritualistic manner and smearing her blood across the walls. An expert had said the ritual was not Pagan in origin as some had thought, but was in fact from an ancient cult originating in Ancient Egypt. It had something to do with the worship of some kind of destructive essence, like the pure form of absolute death or something like that.
The kid himself said he didn't understand it, said he was terrified of himself. There was proof that the boy had never known anything about Ancient Egypt, let alone some little known cult that was long since dead. Only a few Egyptologists knew about the cult which had been snuffed out mysteriously some thirty-five hundred years previous.
Right now the kid was sitting in a simple chair, staring through a glass panel and holding a telephone to his ear. The person on the other end was speaking quietly so that only he and the boy could hear. The doctor stayed about ten feet away, watching them. The man claimed to be an old family friend, and he had been checked for anything that might help the boy leave. Not that the boy had any thoughts of leaving.
The boy, Taichi Nobuki, gulped, uneasy talking to this strange man. What had been said so far was enough to freak anyone out, but luckily he had experienced enough things to not be bothered as much by such talk. "So you understand my request. What do you say?" The boy stared at him for several moments, his ice blue eyes blank and dead. Whatever was going through the boy's mind was a mystery.
"Yes, I'll do it." The man gave him a slight nod and rose to his feet, signaling that the conversation was over. Slowly Taichi backed away from the glass mirror, nearly backing into the doctor. The strange man clenched his jaw, activating a trigger. Five seconds after he unclenched his jaw the trigger would activate.
"Embrace the Immortal One, Embrace the Power of Order!" Five seconds passed, and the room was shaken by the blast. The sprinkler system had been knocked out by the blast, and everyone was ducking for cover. At least those that were left alive were now ducking for cover. The one person who wasn't was the young man named Taichi Nobuki. A queer smile appeared on his face as he calmly walked over the carnage and out the door.
His path wasn't unhindered, guards were rushing to investigate the blast, and what they discovered was a teenager walking right towards them. "Hey kid, stop right there!" The first guard, the one who had spoken, got a bit of surprise as his companion turned and placed his pistol right against the first guards head. Of the seven guards, four of them had aimed their pistols at their fellow guards.
As one the rogue guards gave a rounding cry, echoed through the building by more voices. Taichi was even fairly certain he had heard some of those voices amongst the patients. "For the Immortal One! For Order!" The guns went off, and the loyal guards had their brains splattered against the far wall. Now the rogue guards moved to flank him as they continued walking out of the building. Whenever they spotted another guard they would either give the cheer and be greeted in the same way, or immediately open fire. However they knew who was with them, they were good at it.
Taichi let out a surprised gasp as one of the rogue guards went down in a heap, a bullet hole in his chest. He had just jumped in front of Taichi, blocking the shot. In retaliation the rogue guards focused their fire on the loyal guard who had fired, and in moments he was riddled full of holes. Under their protection he made it safely out the chaos of the maximum security asylum.
He didn't bother looking
back, even as the building was engulfed in a ball of flame, ending the
lives of every person within. There was no need to look back, because
he had to look forwards. He had to accept his new life, and forget
about his old. Taichi Nobuki was dead, and the new Taichi Nobuki was
just being born. He had been born of death and chaos, and he would live
in Order.
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Author's Notes: And that leadies and gents, is chapter one of Shadowed Light of My Heart. Sorry about the duel Paul, but I hope you liked how I handled the rest of it. Hope you don't mind Kai getting creamed and nearly killed, but I felt it necessary. Oh, and to other people, yes this story can be pretty violent. It's also got more actual action scenes in it, by which I mean there is fighting. Don't let that turn you off to it if it's not your style, because it doesn't consume everything. Anyways, read and review.
Original Cards
Dalin: Holy Shine God, Temporal Disruption, Renewal of Triplets, Energy Absorption
Kai: Spell Accounting, Resonance of Soul, Payment of Debt
Anime Original Cards
Dalin: Surprise Attack From The Darkness(Battle City Finals, by Yami M.)
