Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or Yu-Gi-Oh. They belong to Monty Oum (RIP) and Takahashi Kazuki respectively.
Anyway, here is Chapter 1 enjoy!
(Yu-Gi-Oh Theme)
[Ruby's symbol appears on top as Ruby Rose stays in the middle as she then separated, one with her innocent self on the left, while the right is Stardust facing right]
(Your move! Your move! Your move! Your move!)
[Ruby's shadow shifts as it becomes Stardust Dragon with his amber eyes glowing]
(Your move!)
[Ruby's astral body flies in the vacuum of space as thousands of cards fly around her like an atom with giant beasts breathing fire and ice]
(Yu-Gi-Oh)
[Thunder clashed as monsters pour out from the land, sea and air. Zombies abruptly come up from the graveyard. Volcanoes erupted as Grimm ran to avoid their molten death. Multiple creatures came out and attack the city of Vale. Team JNPR attempt to fight off a giant T-rex as Yang is surrounded by raptors. In the skies, Weiss and Blake were trying to fight a green legless dragon in the Bullhead but was being trapped by lightning bolts. Ruby and Jaune then fall into a large portal as they called their friends for help.]
(Your move!)
[Ruby faces off a man in dark armor as she flows show bright red while the man in dark armor flows black and white. The camera then shows the man in dark armor on his throne while cards surround him like a shield. The scene switches to show a piece of armor fall off to reveal a small black pupil in its blood red eye.]
(Ruby: It's time to du-du-du-du-dududududududuel!)
[The camera shows Ruby's aura fluctuating while Ruby show stillness]
[The scenes then switch as it shows Weiss's face as she poses, Blake's face while pulling out Gambol Shroud, Yang's face in her semblance as she poises a punch, Team JNPR, Ozpin, Glynda, Ironwood, and Cinder with fire tracing her right eye]
The screen cuts to Ruby as she draws a card to the sky bolts of lightning comes from the card as it reveals Elemental Heroes on the right, Junk Warrior, Junk Destroyer, Junk Archer, Turbo Warrior, and Chevalier de Fleur to the left, and finally a red dragon with six eyes emerged from a star appearing at the top.
(Yu-Gi-Oh)
As Ruby slowly opened her eyes after Stardust's flashy performance, she began to look around and found herself in a void where has not seen before. The floor she stepped on is pure white and around her is filled with distorted colors that were assembled together like an artist attempting to imagine the universe.
"What do you think Ruby," Stardust asked landing on the floor as tiny stars glisten to bear a resemblance to a small shockwave. "Quite the world isn't it?"
"Are you kidding, it's awesome," Ruby said fascinated to be in a place like this. "But where are we?"
"You could say that we are in a dimensional plane where time ceases to exist, a place where anyone can have all the time in the world without feeling the effects of age. And just like me, it exists anywhere and nowhere," Stardust explained slowly circling around Ruby, "It is also where I will train you to play the game of Duel Monsters."
"So how will the training start," Ruby asked curiously.
"With this," Stardust simply opened his palm and in an instant, a small book appeared, "You have to read the manual first before you start. Don't worry, its rules are simple to understand how the game is played."
Ruby slowly reached out for the manual and it was surprisingly small for a manual. She thought it would be a large book with a multitude of rule and regulations.
After what felt like an hour reading the manual, she gave it back to Stardust.
"So you got the gist of it Ruby," Stardust said while making the manual disappear into thin air.
"Yup and I'm ready to start," Ruby said showing excitement.
"Good, now first insert your deck into your duel disk," Stardust said.
"Uh, what's a duel disk," Ruby said tilting her head a bit in confusion.
"It's the device you have on your left arm," Stardust said pointing at Ruby's left arm.
Ruby looked at her left arm and found the same device that was stuck to her. So that's a duel disk she thought? And as she followed her dragon's instructions, the duel disk's orb then turned red as it then show the number 4000.
"Whoa, so how am I going to duel," Ruby asked.
"Simple, you will be facing her," Stardust pointed to the other side.
At the other side, a pillar of blue light came forth and was then replaced by a person. What shocked Ruby was that the person is actually like her, but instead the colors seem to switch as red turned to blue, black turned to white, and the duel disk showed to be more circular than hers.
"What is she supposed to be," Ruby said surprised to see another her.
"That comes with the perks in this place, I can also duplicate a clone of anyone but in a different color to be your opponent, it's like you are fighting to better yourself," Stardust said looking at the clone. "I hope you are ready, unlike other tests, these will put you to your limit!"
"In that case, I'll give it everything I got," Ruby said cheerfully.
"I'll give it everything I got."
Ruby froze then looked at her doppelganger. The clone spoke but it was more robotic and stoic as well as the expression.
"Okay now that's creepy," Ruby sweat dropped at her opponent.
"Are you ready," Stardust asked Ruby.
"Yeah," Ruby said putting her game face on.
"DUEL," Both Rubies yelled in unison as they drew five cards.
Ruby: 4000
C. Ruby: 4000
"I'll go first," C. Ruby said deadpanned as she drew a card. She observed her cards and then commenced her turn. "I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode," She then placed the card in the duel disk.
A light shone from the ground as the monster appeared upright with a white cape. It then showed blue armor with a pointed mask on top with two oxygen tanks at its back and a little gun connected to its right wrist.
Elemental Hero Bubbleman: LV 4 (ATK: 800, DEF: 1200)
Ruby couldn't help have stars in her eyes by the sheer awesomeness on how the monster looked. It looked like one of the comic book heroes Yang used to read her as a kid.
"Ruby, are you there," Stardust asked the awestruck Ruby and then snapped his fingers in front of her face just to snap out of her trance. "Don't tell me you are already distracted by one monster."
"Well I'm sorry but it is just awesome to see an actual superhero right in front of my eyes," Ruby said defiantly.
"Maybe because it is a fact you are facing an Elemental Hero deck," Stardust argued.
"An Elemental Hero," Ruby asked confused on the name.
"Elemental Heroes are known to be based on the comic book heroes and had quite a reputation for fast swarming and destructive techniques. You can't let your guard down, not even a minute," Stardust explained as if he is talking to a seven-year-old.
"Okay, you don't have to be so edgy," Ruby pouted.
"Well excuse me for helping you learn about the enemy your learning," Stardust said emphasizing the 'excuse'. It almost like he is dealing with a child… dealing with… 'Ding,' Stardust mentally said with a light bulb on top. "Ruby, you know that this test actually come with an award," Stardust said slyly.
"Uh, they do," Ruby asked as if she hadn't heard him correctly.
"Yeah, in fact, if you beat this test, you can have your own superhero deck just like your doppelganger," Stardust bargained to see if she takes it.
Ruby gasped on Stardust's agreement. She then imagined herself being on top of a high building with an army of superheroes behind her as they then flew over the skies in glory with people cheering her and her heroes onward.
"Okay, I can do it," Ruby yelled a bit as drool came out of here mouth.
"Good, but can you please focus on the duel going on," Stardust pleaded for the young girl.
"Right," Ruby said staring at her opponent with determination to have superheroes with her.
"Because I summoned with no other card on my field, I get to draw two cards," C. Ruby said as she picked up two cards from her deck, "Next, I equip Bubbleman with Bubble Blaster," C. Ruby said placing a card in a slot.
A weapon instantly showed up on top of Elemental Hero Bubbleman as the monster grabbed it and then went into position with one knee down. It looked like a rocket launcher with a missile and with a water tank, or more like a futuristic version of a water gun kids played with.
E. Hero Bubbleman: ATK: 800-1600
"I play two cards face down and end my turn," C. Ruby said as two cards appeared before Bubbleman.
"Looks like she is done, ready to see what you can you do," Stardust asked Ruby while crossing his arms.
"Yeah," Ruby said drawing a card from her deck. She then looks at the card she drew and her hand, she mapped out a strategy. "Okay, I'll start by activating Cold Wave," A card with a picture of a dinosaur being frozen appeared.
In an instant, the facedown cards on C. Ruby's side began to be cloaked in ice as well as the bubble blaster.
"Impressive, you managed to stop her from activating or placing any spell or traps until your next turn, but it also means you can't play your spells or trap cards," Stardust commented.
"Since I don't have any monsters in my graveyard, I can special summon Guardian Eatos in attack mode," she placed the card in her blade. Then from the sky, a woman dressed in Native American clothing with an eagle headdress appeared in front of Ruby; it also has white wings on her back.
Guardian Eatos LV 8 (ATK: 2500, DEF: 2000)
"So cool," Ruby muttered, "Then I'll summon Speed Warrior in attack mode," she placed another monster on the field. The monster appeared with a nozzle connected to the chest and mouth, goggles, gray armor and roller blades under its shoes.
Speed Warrior: LV 2 (ATK: 900, DEF: 400)
"And now, I'll attack your Bubbleman with my Speed Warrior," Ruby declared her attack as she pointed at Bubbleman.
Speed Warrior quickly gains speed as it skates and then jumps while doing a 720 spin.
"And when Speed Warrior is summoned to the field, he gains an additional 900 attack points for this battle," Ruby explained to her stoic opponent.
Speed Warrior: ATK: 900-1800
As Speed Warrior closes in on Bubbleman, it gave the hero a high kick to the face. The attack sends the monster to skid like a pebble tossed to the ocean and gave a miniature explosion.
C. Ruby: 4000-3800
Speed Warrior: ATK: 1800-900
"Yes, now let's see about Eatos' attack," Ruby said and also declaring her second attack.
Guardian Eatos instantly flew to the sky, charged up her wind energy and unleashed it into a beam at Ruby's double. As the beam faded, her clone looked like it didn't affect her at all while Eatos returned to the ground.
C. Ruby: 3800-1300
"Well done Ruby, you managed to get your opponent less than 2000 life points by one turn, perhaps that shows you have what it takes to be a duelist," Stardust complimented Ruby.
"I know, and I am totally kicking butt," Ruby said smiling at her partner.
"Really, perhaps you don't know how your doppelganger reacts to your strategy," Stardust said pointed to C. Ruby.
"What do you mean by that," Ruby asked raising an eyebrow.
"Think about it, your opponent had Bubbleman equipped with a bubble blaster as way to nullify damage and save life points for one attack and two facedown cards to back it up, do you think it is possible it is actually buying time for a game changer," Stardust asked strategically.
"Well, when you think about it that way," Ruby said scratching the back of her head. She didn't know what Stardust meant. But it could mean her opponent could have a trick up its sleeve.
"Well, it's what makes this game intense, you don't know what strategy or style your enemy would have," Stardust said, "But let me ask you this, do you think it is possible it allowed you to attack, just to see how you plan your attack?"
Ruby couldn't help but be deep in thought, it may be that it is actually buying time while analyzing her. If Stardust said is true, then it meant she made a small error on that attack.
"But if what you say is true, wouldn't she use another card from her hand just to stop Eatos' attack, even though I stopped her from playing any spell or trap cards," Ruby asked.
"Maybe, maybe not," Stardust said shrugging his shoulders, "But it also what one guy said, 'it isn't over till the last card is played.' So do you want to end your turn now?"
"Well," Ruby said looking back at her hand. After some thought, she decided her next move, "I end my turn," she finished.
"I draw," C. Ruby said then observing her hand. "I summon Wroughtweiler to the field in defense mode."
The monster appeared with a similarity of a dog. But it is more machine with a blue visor on its head and no eyes.
Wroughtweiler: LV 3 (DEF: 1200, ATK: 800)
"I end my turn," C. Ruby declared. Then suddenly it then put its thumb through the nose and then motioned her hand as if saying 'come at me.'
"I think she is challenging you," Stardust notified Ruby.
"I know that," Ruby drew her card as the cards on C. Ruby's field begin to thaw out the ice. "I summon Junk Synchron to the field in attack mode."
A little monster appeared with goggles, orange body and a motor on its back.
Junk Synchron: LV 3 (ATK: 1300, DEF: 500)
"Then I tune my level 3 Junk with my level 2 Speed Warrior," Ruby declared as her two monsters jump to the sky and Junk Synchron disperses while rings surround Speed Warrior and create a beam of light.
"I synchro summon, Junk Warrior!"
The monster appeared in a purple body with machine-like eyes, a long silver scarf wrapped on its neck, and its right arm two times bigger than the left one. It appeared more machine than a warrior.
Junk Warrior: LV 5 (ATK: 2300, DEF: 1300)
"Now I'll attack Wroughtweiler with my Junk Warrior," Ruby pointed at the mechanic dog.
As Junk Warrior approached Wroughtweiler, C. Ruby's facedown instantly opened as it showed an onion warrior cut two cards.
"What's that," Ruby asked surprised at the card.
"It's Hand Destruction, it's a quick-spell card that allows both players to discard two cards to the graveyard and draws two cards from their deck," Stardust explained the card.
"Oh," Ruby said as her opponent sent two cards to her graveyard and drew two. Not one to be left behind, Ruby mimicked her actions.
Junk Warrior resumes its attack by rearing its large fist first and then slamming it down on Wroughtweiler making an explosion.
Suddenly, C. Ruby's graveyard began to shine as two cards were ejected to her hand, bringing it to six cards in her hand.
"Hey, what's the big idea," Ruby yelled seeing her take the cards as if she is breaking the rules.
"That was Wroughtweiler's special ability. It when it's destroyed, it allows her to take one polymerization and one elemental hero from her graveyard," Stardust said to the legal move.
"Well, it wouldn't make a difference when I win this duel," Ruby exclaimed as Guardian Eatos began to charge her attack. But unexpectedly C. Ruby's second facedown activated showing a hero inside a shockwave. She then sees her give out her cards as if to choose.
"Be careful Ruby, that card she played makes you choose one card on her hand, if happens to be a monster, she can summon it to the field," Stardust warned.
Ruby then end up having her hand at the mouth, undecided on which card to choose, it felt like an eternity for her to choose one card that can change the duel. Now on instinct, she then said, "Far left!"
At the card she chose, she then placed it on the duel disk. The light appeared temporarily as it show the silhouette of a monster. It was gold in color with emerald eyes, horns protrude at the sides of the head, and blades reared back at its wrists. It is Elemental Hero Bladedge.
Elemental Hero Bladedge: LV 6 (ATK: 2600, DEF: 1800)
"Wait, stop," Ruby quickly pleaded to Eatos as the monster complied her wish and stopped her attack.
"I'll set a card facedown and end my turn," Ruby said depressed as a facedown card.
"Never thought you chose a monster huh," Stardust said raising his eyebrow a bit.
"Well, I didn't know, I had a one in four chance," Ruby argued back.
"I draw," C. Ruby said, putting the new card in her hand, "I activate Polymerization to fuse Elemental Hero Avian and Elemental Hero Burstinatrix," the monsters she's fusing appear and then twirl into a vortex, "To fusion summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!"
The disappeared as in its place is a monster with one wing, green skin on the left and red on the right, it had no mouth, red eyes, and finally a dragon head as its right arm.
Elemental Hero Flame Wingman: LV 6 (ATK: 2100, DEF: 1200)
"Awesome," Ruby muttered at the new monster.
"I activate the field spell, Skyscraper," C. Ruby declared placing the spell card in the hidden slot, the card appeared with a city inside.
Light transverses through the ground as tall buildings start to rise immensely in mere seconds. The very buildings that surround them are tall enough to cover the skies.
Ruby, awestruck at the change of scenery, looked at them that they dwarf the buildings at Vale. At the tallest building, Ruby saw Flame Wingman at the very top as the moon shines behind it. Ruby could tell that is too cool, or badass, for a superhero.
"Now I'll attack Guardian Eatos with Flame Wingman," C. Ruby declared as Flame Wingman jump high to the sky and fire ignites around it.
"Wait, why are you attacking, her? She has more attack points than Flame Wingman," Ruby asked in confusion.
Just as it looked like Stardust is going to explain it, C. Ruby speaks as if cheerful, but robotic. "Because when an Elemental Hero attacks a monster with higher attack points, this field spell increases their attack points by… 1000!"
"Wait! Time out," Ruby shrieked in shock realizing it could mean trouble.
Flame Wingman: ATK: 2100-3100
"Go! Skydive Scorcher," C. Ruby said making a false punch as Flame Wingman flies down, slam at Guardian Eatos and caused a large explosion, causing Ruby to cover her eyes.
Ruby: 4000-3400
"And thanks to Flame Wingman's Superpower, you take damage equal to Guardian Eatos' attack points," C. Ruby said.
"What," Ruby exclaimed about Flame Wingman's special ability as the monster appeared in front of her. The next thing she knows, it lifted its dragon head arm, aimed it at her and a burst of flames engulfed her face first. It may be an illusion, but it felt so real, it feels like her skin is melting from the fire.
Ruby: 3400-900
"And don't forget about Bladedge, slice and dice attack," Bladedge went into a blur.
"I activate my trap! Half or Nothing!"
At Ruby's side, a picture of Judge Man appeared with two weapons at a lake.
"This card allows you to choose whether to end the battle now or attack with monsters strength in half," Ruby explained the card's effect.
"I end my turn with my Wave-motion Cannon," C. Ruby declared as a massive cannon appeared behind. "For every standby phase I have, this card inflicts 1000 to you at my next main phase," It was like the clone had assured victory.
"Well Ruby, it looks like this turn will be your last, what do you intend to do," Stardust asked her.
"What do you think, I intend to win," Ruby yelled as drew her card as she looked into her hand. A strategy came into her mind.
"I summon Tune Warrior to the field in attack mode," Ruby started as she summoned a red warrior with metal antennas as appendages.
Tune Warrior: LV 3 (ATK: 1600, DEF: 200)
"And since I summoned a tuner monster, I can summon my Quillbolt Hedgehog from my graveyard to the field," Ruby said as a small animal with some bolts as quills to the field.
Quillbolt Hedgehog: LV 2 (ATK: 800, DEF: 800)
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking," Stardust asked getting the idea on Ruby's plan of attack.
"Yup, I tune my level three Tune Warrior with my level 5 Junk Warrior," Ruby said in excitement as Stardust's astral form turned into an orb as it flew to the monsters.
"Now watch and behold as the cosmos creates a monster of galactic might! Now I synchro summon, Stardust Dragon," Ruby said dramatically.
Now that the synchro summon is complete, Stardust emerges from the light and gave a spine chilling roar. He moved his arms and shook his wings as if they hadn't felt action for years.
"As the humans were to say 'it's good to be back in the saddle," Stardust said happily. "Ready to finish this duel?"
"Yeah, and now that I synchro summoned, I can special summon Synchro Magnet to the field!"
Synchro Magnet: LV 2 (ATK: 1000, DEF: 600)
"Then, I'll my level 2 Synchro Magnet with level 2 Quillbolt Hedgehog to synchro summon Armory Arm!"
A mechanical arm rocketed up to the sky and landed next to Stardust with four red fingers touching the ground.
Armory Arm: LV 4 (ATK: 1800, DEF: 1200)
"And now, I equip Stardust Dragon with Armory Arm," Ruby said as Stardust inserted his arm inside the monster's slot as it then tests the fingers to see if it functions with his body.
Stardust Dragon: ATK: 2500-3500
"Now I'll end this duel by attacking your Bladedge with my Stardust Dragon," Ruby proclaimed.
Starting to have the rush from battle run through his veins again, Stardust flew up faster than Ruby on her semblance as he then went down with his wings wrapped around his body to allow gravity to make him even faster while a Mach cone surrounded him. He then lifted Armory arm and then punched the golden hero strong enough to explode and make a shockwave. (1)
C. Ruby: 1300-400
"And just like your Flame Wingman's special ability, you take damage equal to Bladedge's attack points!"
And just like the superhero, Stardust mimicked its previous action and shot a yellow beam to the face.
C. Ruby: 400-0
"YES! I won," Ruby jumped up and down on her first victory on Duel monsters as the clone and her monsters disappear, leaving a deck to slowly touch the ground.
As she walked to get the deck of superheroes, it slowly rose to her face and then scatters around her. Then her own deck started to fly up and the cards that scattered began to merge with the deck. Eventually, the two decks became one and then went back to the duel disk.
"Congratulations Ruby, you have completed the first half of the test," Stardust acknowledged Ruby for her success.
"Yeah," Ruby said as she looked at her newly improved deck. "Wait, what do you mean the first half?"
"This first half is for you to understand how the game is played, but this other half will make you how should one say 'put your will to the test'," Stardust said then waving his hand around as the field changed from a city to an abundant jungle.
Trees rose up to merely ten meters long, the cosmic background transformed to a day with a cloudless sky, and a mountain nearly 70 meters tall ascended to the sky with boulders levitating around.
"On this part Ruby, you need to take time to get used to. This training ground should be advantageous in helping you with your new powers," Stardust said walking to Ruby as she looked around in awe.
"So, what kind powers do I have," Ruby said eagerly now knowing that she has new powers.
"I admire your compassion to learn Ruby, but these powers are not to be treated as toys," Stardust warned her, "This type of power requires a lot of concentration, allow me to demonstrate," Stardust then convertedhis draconic body into a human.
Just like the colors of his original design, his human body had a slight build with white hair, the same amber eyes, and pale white skin. What's more stunning is that he looked somewhat similar to her friend Jaune, but more mature. But Stardust is clad with armor equal to an Atlesian-Knight 130.
"Is something wrong," Stardust asked looking at Ruby's astonished expression.
"Oh uh, no it's just you look like a friend of mine," Ruby said snapping out of her bewilderment.
"Anyway," Stardust said continuing like nothing happened, "Unlike your unique power of using aura and your semblance, this one takes a matter of focus and concentration. When mastered, it can be a reliable asset to anyone who wields it and those that do wield it are called Psychic Duelists. One of such abilities allows the duelist to materialize their spells, traps, or monsters," Stardust explained.
"Observe," Stardust then made a makeshift duel disk out of thin air and drew a card and activated it. It then formed into a large sword with dark eyes at the hilt (The Sword of Deep Seated) and land on Stardust's hand. As he grabbed the sword, he instantaneously threw the blade as it spun like propeller and sliced the tree in half. After it slashed the tree, Stardust then made a motion on his as hand and, as if by command, the sword came back to Stardust in an instant.
"Whoa," Ruby said amazed at her dragon's performance. Not only did she see the sword slice the tree without effort nor a single nick on the blade, but it also came back to him as if he's controlling the blade. In her mind, Ruby could only know that could be done like Ms. Goodwitch's telekinesis semblance.
"However, this merely a fraction of a Psychic Duelist's abilities, in time you will come to bear witness the fruits of your labor grow with these powers, nonetheless they are nothing but tools. Because it is not the powers that bear fruit, it is the one who wields it," Stardust said as his duel disk and the sword began to dissipate, "Take your time to understand it, you have an eternity to master it," Stardust finished as he then fades into a white light and returns to Ruby's deck.
Ruby looked at her deck for a little while as she swallowed Stardust's wisdom and then return to wonder at her new training ground.
Her training now begins.
While she travels forth to her new life as a Duelist, or Psychic Duelist, at a cave on top of the mountain floating in the sky to the deep forests within, orange and red eyes open wide, awakened at the new scent.
Fresh Meat.
Well, there you have it folks! Read and review!
1. If you noticed, Stardust made a punch strong enough to ignite the hydrogen in the air similar to a meteor catching fire at the atmosphere at 25,000 miles per hour. But hey! The more you know, the more you know you don't know (Aristotle Quote)