I'm back! Did you miss me? *Crickets chirp* Sigh…I guess I sort of expected that. Anyway, this is Chapter 2 of Yu-Gi-Oh NGEN. Speaking of which, my first reviewer, Zyderthebass002 brought up a very significant issue to me. Zyder asked if I would have a character use Pendulum Summon, the method from Arc-V, in the story. I now realize that adding Pendulum Summon could be very effective for characters' strategies. However, I am currently not sure how to work it into the story, so I'll keep you all posted on that. By now, you may have figured out the story has some roots from ZeXal, such as Hope and Gagaga Magician being mentioned, along with a similar description of the dimensions to Astral and Barian World. Again, though, I would like to make clear, this is NOT going to be like ZeXal entirely. Whatever; I've gone too long on a tangent. Here's the story. Please review!

*Disclaimers go here

Myst

10:45 PM- Spade City

Yuno Fujisaki's House

Yuno still was mesmerized at what he saw during the duration of his vision, so to say. He still was unsure as to whom Luxon and Valacius were, but he had managed to draw a connection to them to the beings he had seen inside the vision. As he turned his direction back to his deck, he realized something else. Two glowing, new cards had appeared in his Extra Deck section. As the auras faded, Yuno recognized the Extra Deck cards as the ones Luxon had used in the vision. Luminus – Spark Blader, the Xyz Monster, along with the Inverted Monster, Luminus – Hope Blader, had been given to him. As Yuno stared for a moment at the new cards, he was suddenly jerked back to reality by a crash behind him. Yuno whipped around, and behind him, on his bed, he saw a figure similar to the one made of light in his recent vision.

The very pale blue, glowing figure stood up and "dusted" himself off, which was strange to see because he seemed very much like a ghost. Yuno was at a loss for words. Finally he managed to say, "Who…are you?" The figure turned his head towards Yuno. It spoke, "I am…Luxon, the warrior of Helia World." Yuno was hit with a wave of recognition. "So you're Luxon!" He exclaimed. Luxon quizzically raised an eyebrow. "You are aware of me." Yuno frantically revealed the two "Luminus" cards to him. "L…Look, I have your monsters!" Luxon's eyes widened with surprise. "How do you have those cards?" He asked Yuno. Yuno replied, "Well…I had a…dream involving you and this other shadowy being with an eye on its chest, and you guys were dueling. You summoned these two monsters, and then I woke up after you attacked the other dude's monster with Hope Blader." Luxon paused a moment, and then nodded. "Then it seems that my world has chosen you to be its savior…what was your name again?" Yuno facepalmed. "Yuno. Yuno Fujisaki." Luxon nodded to himself. "Yuno, I have been sent to your world for one reason: Helia World is in danger. I need you to help me save it."

Yuno was startled. "Luxon, look, man. I'm just a teenager, I can't help you much, and I just want a normal life!" He exclaimed. Luxon replied. "I understand your hesitation, Yuno, but this issue does not only involve myself and Helia World. The Human World will be greatly affected by the evil of Nyxos World as well, which is the dimension of the figure I was dueling in your dream, Dux Nekros. So in order to preserve our balance, we must bond together, Yuno." Yuno became visibly pale. He was sure Luxon was telling the truth, due to what he had experienced today. "I guess…then we must work together. By the way, is Valacius also a being of Nyxos as well?" Luxon was shocked. "Yes. How do you know him?" Yuno replied, "My friend was possessed by him, and I barely managed to recover him from Valacius' control today, in a duel." Luxon shook his head. "Oh, dear. The situation is direr than I thought, if Nyxos is already making moves. We must work together, Yuno." Yuno nodded. "We don't have any other option, do we?" Just then, the door opened. Yuno whispered, "Oh, crap."

Yuno's mother poked her head in. "I was wondering if you wanted any dessert. There's cheesecake left over from yesterday." She said, holding up a platter. Yuno nodded and tried to remain calm. "That sounds great, Mom." He smiled, walking up to her to take the plate from her hand. "If you need anything else, I'll be downstairs. By the way, who were you talking to?" Yuno sweatdropped. "Uh… no one! I was talking to myself!" Yuno's mother nodded. "Okay. I'll be going now." She said, as she closed the door. Yuno let out the breath he had been holding. He realized then that Luxon was nowhere to be found. "Luxon?" He questioned. At the mention of his name, the Helian being re-appeared. "I'm back. That really was a close call." He stated. Yuno nodded. "You can say that again. But how did you disappear?" Luxon just shrugged. "I have the ability to turn invisible with little to no effort. Not a big deal. Anyway, Yuno, we really must work together to prevent Nyxos World from assimilating our worlds into itself." Yuno nodded. "Yes. But now, I really need some sleep." Yuno neatly placed the finished platter onto his shelf, then after brushing his teeth and making preparations for bed, he promptly threw himself onto the bed and fell asleep shortly after. As Luxon watched Yuno, he thought, this human just might be able to save the world.

8:10 AM- Spade City

Spade Academy

Yuno was actually early to class today. He slouched onto his desk, and laid his head down on it. Luxon floated next to Yuno. "Did you not get enough sleep, Yuno?" He asked. Yuno jerked his head up and looked around nervously. "Luxon! What if they see you?!" Luxon shrugged. "Your classmates cannot observe me when I activate my ability, unless they have a supernatural means of doing so." Yuno sighed. "You should really do my English compositions for me; you speak so fluently all the time." He said as he waited for the teacher to come in.

The bell rang. It was finally the lunch period. Yuno quickly grabbed his usual meal, and sat down at a table with his friends. "Hey, guys." Yuno said. Ren, Jin, and Izumi Aime, another one of Yuno's closest friends, and the only girl at the table, waved in response. After much conversation, and eating, Yuno decided to bring up the mysterious duel he had with Mason the day before. "Yo, so yesterday, I dueled Mason during lunch. But something wasn't right." Yuno's friends leaned in, intrigued, as Yuno started his Duel Disk screen up to show them the recording of the duel.

Afterwards, Yuno shut the Disk off, and put it back in his backpack. Jin and Ren were visibly startled by the footage, but Izumi had a much stronger reaction than both of them. Izumi opened her mouth to speak. "Yuno, are you SURE you didn't edit that video, and that it was all real?" Yuno sighed in mild annoyance. "Yes! I didn't edit at all! It would be impossible for me to do so anyway, because the Blue Sky Duel Disk v2.5 doesn't allow for video editing in its duel-recording program." All of Yuno's friends then nodded slightly, now more believing of Yuno's footage. "You all saw that shadowy dude in there, though, right?" Yuno asked his friends, and was presented with an affirmative. "Well, this may be a little hard to swallow, but that dark being actually is a ruler of another realm of darkness called Nyxos, and the rulers of Nyxos are trying to absorb our world, and the dimension of light, Helia World." Surprisingly, Yuno's friends still accepted this. "There's legit no other reason not to trust you, Yuno, as you clearly didn't edit that video." Jin admitted, and Ren and Izumi followed suit. Yuno grinned slightly. "I'm glad you guys believe me, but there's something else I want you to see." With that, Yuno called upon Luxon to become visible, but only to the rest of his friends. Luxon appeared. "Good morning, Yuno – Oh, are these your friends?"

Upon seeing the Helian warrior, Yuno's friends' jaws dropped. Ren could hardly bring himself to mutter, "Y…Y…You made him a…appear out of THIN AIR?!" Yuno shook his head. "You see, Luxon here is one of the great warriors of Helia World, and he has come to our world to help save both his and our dimensions from Nyxos, as mentioned earlier. He possesses some very strong abilities as well, such as invisibility and becoming visible to only some people." Izumi shook her head. "This is turning out to be one crazy day." She commented. In the end, however, all of Yuno's friends accepted this truth, and vowed to help Yuno and Luxon to stop Nyxos, if possible.

"Attention, all students. Today is an early dismissal; please skip your 6th and 7th periods, and leave the school. Thank you." The intercom crackled briefly, and then shut off. The students rushed out of school, glad to be free of the tedious shackles of boring education. Yuno said goodbye to his friends, and started to walk home. However, as he passed by a dark alley, Yuno was alerted by Luxon. "Yuno, this alley gives off a rather dark pulse from it. I would recommend that you try to get home as fast as possible." Before Yuno could respond though, a gang member (the one from the same group Avaelon had brainwashed) approached Yuno. "Yuno Fujisaki. I challenge you to a duel." The gangster said, his eyes suddenly and briefly glowing a dark, but pure green. "Nyxos." Both Yuno and Luxon murmured. "It's on!" Yuno stated as he set his Duel Disk. The gang member did the same.

"DUEL!" Both Yuno and the gangster drew their starting hands.

Yuno: 4000 LP

Gangster: 4000 LP

"Ore no turn! Draw!" Yuno shouted, drawing his card. "Arc Summoner? Hey, Luxon, aren't some of these cards yours?" Luxon appeared, floating over Yuno's shoulder. "Yes. Probably, many of my cards were fused into your deck due to our partnership." Yuno nodded. "I summon Arc Summoner in Attack Mode!" He yelled. A figure with white hair took to the field. He wore a white-metal chestplate, and had a flowing, light blue cloak behind him. He had similar leg armor, and held a white scepter, with a glowing yellow gem on top of it.

Arc Summoner* – Level: 4 LIGHT Warrior/Effect ATK: 1700

"Kaado ichi mai setti. Turn end." Yuno said as he set one card facedown.

"Watashi no turn! Draw!" The gang member drew a card. "I first activate my Spell Card, Descending to the Darkness*!" The gangster's card revealed itself. It showed a picture of Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World, Sillva, Warlord of Dark World, and Brron, Mad King of Dark World all flying down into a dark, glowing hole. "I can send three Fiend-Type monsters from my Deck to the Graveyard due to its effect! I discard my three Archfiend Cavalry to the Graveyard!" The demonic horsemen cards were withdrawn from the gang member's deck and flew off into the portal to the Graveyard. "Then, I activate my Spell Card, Night's Force Fusion*!" Yuno and Luxon both gasped. "What? Fusion?" Yuno stated, dumbfounded. "That's right. Night's Force allows me to return my banished Fusion Materials to the Graveyard, and summon one "Dark Night" Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck that uses the Fusion Materials!" The three Archfiend Cavalry appeared from the banished zone and fused together into a giant mass of darkness. "Arise, King of the Shadows! Yugo Shoukan! Dark Night – Dreadnaught Monarch!"

The mass of shadows formed into a vaguely humanoid form. As it revealed itself, it was shown that the dark monster had silver armor, with black highlights. It had unruly, jet-black hair, and had a matching silver crown, with pointed spikes, along with a blood-red gem in the middle of it. A long, red cape rolled down the Monarch's back, and a shadowy, double-edged blade appeared in his right hand. Two red, fiery eyes glinted as the Dreadnaught Monarch took full form. The king stabbed his blade into the ground triumphantly.

Dark Night – Dreadnaught Monarch* – Level: 8 DARK Fiend/Fusion/Effect ATK: 2800

"Dreadnaught! Attack Arc Summoner!" Dreadnaught Monarch raised his blade, now pulsing with dark energy, and charged at Arc Summoner, bringing his sword down on him. Yuno reacted quickly. "I activate my Trap Card, Half Unbreak! This stops Arc Summoner from getting destroyed, and I only take half of the battle damage!" Upon the card's activation, bubbles flew out from nowhere, blocking the attack, but creating a shockwave that hurtled towards Yuno. "I activate Dreadnaught's effect! Any battle damage my opponent takes in battles involving him is doubled!" The gang member grinned wickedly. The shockwave grew much stronger and knocked Yuno off his feet, and far away from where he previously stood.

Yuno: 4000 – 1100 = 2900 LP

Yuno winced as he stood up again. He found that the left sleeve of his uniform was partially shredded from the damage. Luxon floated next to him. "Yuno, are you alright?" He asked. "I'm fine, Luxon." Yuno stated. "There's nothing I can do now, but you're doomed to lose anyway, Fujisaki. Turn end." The gangster said.

"Ore no turn! Draw!" Yuno looked at his card. "Perfect. I summon Ice Blazar in Attack Mode!" Yuno's ice spirit/sorceress from before took the field.

Ice Blazar – Level: 4 WATER Spellcaster/Effect ATK: 2000

"I Overlay Ice Blazar and Arc Summoner!" The two monsters turned into two spirals of yellow and blue energy, and soared into the Overlay Network. "Ekushizu Shoukan! Appear, Bringer of eternal light and hope! Make your presence known as you strike down those who are of the darkness! Luminus – Spark Blader!" Luxon thought excitedly to himself, He summoned him! The golden and white knight of Luxon descended onto the field, sword in front of him.

Luminus – Spark Blader* – Rank: 4 LIGHT Warrior/Xyz/Effect ATK: 2500 (DEF: 2000) 2 ORU

Luxon said to Yuno, "Yuno! Invert Summon Hope Blader, now!" Yuno replied, "I know, I know! Using Luminus, I connect the In-Verse! (Get it? No, for real. It's the official term now.) Warrior of justice! Unleash your new form and reveal your glory! Tentou Shoukan! Rise, Luminus – Hope Blader!" Luminus became yellow light, which shined even brighter as it unfurled into its actual base form. The new warrior of the light whipped his sword out in front of him as he let out a powerful yell.

Luminus – Hope Blader* - Level: 4 LIGHT Warrior/Inverted/Effect ATK: 2500 (DEF: 2000)

The blue-and-white warrior floated onto Yuno's field. "Kaado ni mai setto. Turn end." Yuno said as his two facedowns emerged onto his field.

"Watashi no turn! DRAW!" The gangster shouted even more powerfully, as his eyes started to glow green again. "You may have summoned your ace monster thanks to that ridiculous warrior of Helia World, but I will triumph!" Yuno and Luxon were surprised. How does he know about Luxon? Yuno thought. "Yuno, he is probably being affected by the dark energy of Nyxos World, so he would know about us." Luxon guessed. "I activate my Spell Card, Inverted Night's Force*! This allows me to Invert Summon one "Dark Night" monster using another one on my field! I banish Dark Night – Dreadnaught Monarch to connect the In-Verse! Arise, newly formed darkness! Strike fear in the hearts of your enemies and have no mercy! Tentou Shoukan! Dark Night – Darksoul Dreadlord!" Dark Night – Dreadnaught Monarch became a purple mass of shadowy energy, which glowed darkly and unfolded again into a new being. The being had dark, but silvery armor, with various spikes in certain places to give the armor a sinister look. He wore red gauntlets that glowed with energy, and a black, torn cape rolled down his back. His skin was now a sinister dark purple, and his hair had turned white. A red crystal was embedded in his forehead, and red horns grew out from the sides of his head. The Dreadlord's red energy blade materialized, and as he grabbed it, he let out a fearsome roar.

Dark Night – Darksoul Dreadlord – Level: 8 DARK Fiend/Inverted/Effect ATK: 500 (DEF: 0)

"500 ATK? That's lower than Dreadnaught Monarch!" Yuno cried. "Darksoul Dreadlord! Attack his Hope Blader! Dark Devastation Blade!" The Dreadlord's red blade charged up with energy. "Are you crazy? Dreadlord has less Attack than Hope Blader!" Luminus met the dark lord's blade with his own, but a red wave of energy resonated from it. "Darksoul Dreadlord no kouka hatsudo! I can banish one DARK monster from my Graveyard, and during this battle, it isn't destroyed, and I take no damage, also, you take damage equal to the ATK of the monster it just battled! That's 2500 LP gone from you, Fujisaki!" The red wave collided with Yuno, who was hurled backwards. As he got up, it was shown that multiple other parts of his school uniform were either singed or shredded.

Yuno: 2900 – 2500 =400 LP

"Yuno, I fear you may end up getting severely hurt if we continue the duel." Luxon said with worry. "I'm going to be fine, Luxon." Yuno replied. "Your uniform says otherwise…" Luxon muttered softly. "In addition, Dreadlord gains the ATK of the monster he battled!" The gangster announced triumphantly. Dreadlord glowed briefly with a fiery aura as his power increased.

Dark Night – Darksoul Dreadlord – ATK: 3000 (DEF: 0)

The gangster's eyes suddenly glowed an intense murky green. "It's over. You cannot win, Fujisaki. You would be best off if you just surrendered right now and follow me to Nyxos." He said in a distorted voice." "Like hell I will! I won't ever give up as long as there are cards in my deck! Ore no turn! Draw!" Yuno drew his card. "Perfect." Yuno nodded to Luxon, who also nodded back. "Do it, Yuno." "I activate Lucky Iron Axe and equip it to Luminus!" Luminus grabbed the axe that appeared before him in his free hand. "Luminus' ATK is increased by 500!" Luminus glowed briefly with a yellow-orange aura.

Luminus – Hope Blader – ATK: 3000 (DEF: 2500)

"So what? Our monsters have the same attack! Besides, I can activate Dreadlord's effect. Have you decided to forfeit?" The gang member jeered. Yuno grinned. "Far from it! Luminus no kouka hatsudo! Once per Battle Phase, he can't be destroyed by battle, and you can't activate any cards or effects!" The gang member gulped. "Luminus! Destroy Dreadlord! Everlasting Hope Slash!" Luminus raised both of his weapons, which gained a glowing, golden aura, and charged towards Dreadlord, whose sword also lit up with red energy. The two met in combat, and while their blades met and neither pushed back the other at first, Luminus slowly overpowered Dreadlord and slashed his blade across him, causing the dark lord to explode.

"Well? What was the point of that?" The gangster laughed. "I took no damage, and you can't attack anymore!" "Are you sure about that?" Came Yuno's voice. "I activate my Quick-Play Spell Card, Double Charge*!" One of Yuno's facedowns flipped up, to reveal a card with the picture of Hope Blader glowing with an orange aura, preparing to attack a shadow creature. "When my opponent doesn't take any battle damage from battles involving one of my LIGHT or ICE monster, I can have my monster attack again, and its ATK is doubled until the end of the Battle Phase!" Luminus started to glow with a very powerful orange aura, due to his ATK being doubled.

Luminus – Hope Blader – ATK: 6000

"Now, Luminus, attack him directly! Everlasting Hope Double Slash!" Luminus leapt into the air, his blade and axe flashing, and brought his weapons down onto the gangster, who screamed as he took the damage.

Gangster: 4000 – 6000 = 0 LP LOSE

As Luminus and Yuno's cards disappeared, he was glad to find that all of the damage he sustained during the duel had disappeared. As Yuno and Luxon walked towards the gang member, they noticed a purple, pulsing crescent-moon shaped mark on the gangster's forehead form, and disintegrate into dust particles that flew off into the air. The green glow of his eyes also faded. Luxon flung out a hand, and the four "Night" cards Yuno's opponent used came towards him and into his hand. "I'll be taking these for analysis." Luxon stated promptly.

"Oh, no, you won't be." A figure swooped in front of the gangster, and formed a hand out of dark energy, attempting to grab the cards out of Luxon's hand, but only ending up with the two "Night's Force" cards. "Are you a Nyxian?!" Yuno and Luxon exclaimed. The actually-human figure had somewhat long, dark blue hair, pure green eyes, and was clothed in a casual outfit, with a loose, slim-fit, and untucked shirt, with jeans. "Why, yes. I am; one of the 5 Lords of Nyxos, in fact, along with Valacius, whom I believe you met yesterday, Yuno. My name is Avaelon, and it was nice knowing you, and that pathetic warrior of Helia. Goodbye." He said as the familiar portal appeared, and his essence started to disappear into it. "WAIT, you –" Yuno was cut off as Avaelon disappeared fully. "I only take commands from Leilah and Radias himself." With that, Avaelon was off. Yuno growled lightly. "There's nothing you can do now, Yuno. We should best go home, so we can study the cards." Luxon reasonably stated. "You're right, Luxon." With that, Yuno walked home, with Luxon floating besides him.

9:40 PM – Spade City

Yuno Fujisaki's House

Luxon sat in the air calmly, reviewing the two "Dark Night" cards. "It seems that they were cards created by Nyxos…I can sense the power. As he tossed the cards onto the desk of a sleeping Yuno, Luxon himself was actually hit with a vision, though unlike Yuno, he remained conscious.

Helia World

Turn 21

Luxon: 1900 LP

Radias: 0 LP LOSE

Radias groaned as he got to his feet. Luxon hovered over him, then gathered a large sphere of blue energy into his palm. Radias chuckled darkly. "You've won, Helian." Luxon jumped further into the air, and hurled the energy ball down at Radias. "…but only this time!" Radias finished, as he became five distinct energies, which all soared off before the energy orb hit him. Luxon descended down.

Human World

Luxon was still staring at the cards in his hand when they suddenly started to disintegrate into black particles, which flowed out of Yuno's room via an open window. "What is Nyxos planning?" Luxon said to himself suspiciously, as he helplessly watched the black particles disappear. Shortly after, he decided to "call it a day," though Helians did not need any sleep to subsist, and disappeared.

8:10 AM (A week after the duel with the gangster)

Halfway between Yuno Fujisaki's House and Spade Academy

Yuno and Luxon were running towards Spade Academy (Well, more accurately, Yuno was doing the running. Luxon was just floating.). "Luxon, hurry! If I'm late one more time, I'm gonna get into some hot water with the teacher!" Luxon just shrugged and said, "Yuno, I see no reason to hurry, considering whenever you try to do so, you still end up late at school." Yuno glared at the alien. "Oh, shut up!" As Yuno skirted around the other Spade citizens who were probably also headed to work, he was suddenly knocked off his feet by a powerful shockwave.

As Yuno got back up, he shook his head. "You okay, Yuno?" Luxon asked him, somewhat concerned. "I'm fine, Luxon. No need to worry – Hey, why isn't anyone moving?" True to Yuno's words, all the other pedestrians around him were frozen still, as if…time had stopped. "No…way…who could have done this?" Yuno exclaimed as he took a view of his surroundings. "Yuno, I believe the answer to your question is over there." Luxon pointed. Yuno observed a tall, muscular man in a black cloak-like outfit, complete with a hood with a glowing yellow crescent on top of it walked over to them. He had a matching black duel disk on his arm. Also, his hands were surrounded by black and purple flames, signifying that he was the one to have stopped the course of time. As he approached them, Yuno and Luxon both shouted, "Who are you?"

The figure stopped, and said in a distorted voice… "I am but a mere soldier of Nyxos, here to defeat you, Yuno Fujisaki, and retrieve you and Luxon."

Hahahahahahah! Cliffhanger for the win! Oh, being the author feels so great… *Is bonked on the head with a gigantic sledgehammer by Yuno* What the hell was that for? And how are you in my dialogue?

Yuno: You planned to bring me and Luxon in here anyway, so I decided to arrive a few chapters early, Myst. Also, that was for putting me and Luxon in bad situations. MULTIPLE TIMES.

*Scratches his head* W…Well, it was all for the viewers – AHHHH! *Screams as Yuno chases him around with the sledgehammer*

Luxon: Since both my partner and the author are currently occupied, I will remind you guys to comment and review this chapter, and let Myst know if you have any questions or –

Yuno: Get over here, you pathetic excuse of a – word inappropriate for T-rated story –!

Luxon: - recommendations for the story! Now, I must go sort this argument out.