Chapter 3: Beginning of the Fall
"Thank you so very much for coming!" Fey bowed down as she said her goodbyes to the elderly couple who came in the morning for the special Cafe Liss brew. Fey wafted the aroma and squirmed to the smell of the coffee which made her more relaxed and energized for work.
The sun rises and shines its bright yellow light onto the world. The birds are singing and the flowers are blooming. On days like these Fey Akijato lives an average life. Working to earn money and going to school for education. One thing that is always constant is her optimism and dueling skills. However sometimes that optimism could lead her into some sticky situtations...
"Would you like some?" The owner noticed Fey attracted to the smell of the special brew as he poured that brew into a cup and handed it to Fey. "On the ho-" The owner was interrupted as Fey plopped money before the owner.
"Thank you so much!" She drank the coffee right away before the owner could even say anything about the money. He shrugged it off and went back to watching the television which of course is still on the news about electing the new mayor.
Fey usually never listened to the news but the talk of Project Y intrigued her a bit...
"To the people of Luminous City! Thank you for coming. This city takes dueling with a huge passion and to admire that passion the quality of the new Project Y duel system will be improved even further! Those who have already played with the beta testing is only 5% of what is to come for Project Y." Sven continued.
"And soon the next update will be out tomorrow if and only if you elect me!"
The crowd blindly cheered like a lion roaring in the wilds.
"What a stupid thing." The owner commented furiously as he slammed the chair with his fist, hurting his fist in the process.
"This Project Y nonsense is ridiculous."
Fey smiled wanting to disagree with him but at the same time she does not see the appeal to Project Y as well.
"Our imagination..." Fey reminisced on her duel versus Moro on how they used the beta version of Project Y and how the virtual cage didn't seem like a major improvement on technology but felt that the virtual field was amissed in that there was something more.
But she shrugged it off thinking there would be no way that candidate, Sven Gesshin, would ever plot something like that. Fey kept on being positive and believed that Project Y will change this city.
"Thank you very much boss." Fey expressed gracefully as she completed her shift and strolled back home. However on the way home she heard sounds of someone getting beaten down and possibly hurt.
"Give it to me!" A familiar voice echoed on the open streets of the luminous suburbs. Fey ran closer to the sound and saw a big person, presumably a high school student, pinning younger kids down for some cards.
"I said give it!" The high schooler yanked the card too hard causing it to tear in half. He face-palmed and pushed the kid, making him cry.
"What are you doing?" Fey shouted as the big boy turned around and also recognized who she was.
"Well well, if it isn't Fey Akijato. How is your job as a waitress loser?" The bully insulted back out of spite.
Fey shrugged. "Oh the Irony, Ushi Tomio. You don't have anything better to do other than picking on kids not your size?" She questioned.
"Hey stop fat shaming me you stupid girl!" Ushi's insults gradually became worse and more sexist.
Fey sighed. "I was not fat shaming you." She explained while shaking her head in utter disappointment.
"Yes you were!" He barked back as he stopped paying attention to the kid which Fey signaled for him to leave. Ushi however noticed but was too slow to catch him.
"Come back here!" Ushi ordered, but the kid never came back which only angered him even more.
"Alright Fey you are going to pay in a duel!" He latched his duel disk, of considerably huge size, onto his arm. "No backing out, I challenge and you must accept!"
"I don't have time for this Ushi, I have to get back ho-" Fey was interrupted by Ushi grabbing Fey and almost threatening her. "My Father works in the government and you don't listen to me, I can get you banned from this city!"
"Fine I will only duel you but if I win you must stop bullying kids!"
"Fair then." Ushi accepted her offer and they both agreed on a duel.
The machine popped out.
"INITIATE. PROJECT Y." The virtual cage formed around Fey and Ushi as they both began to duel.
"DUEL SET. ENGAGE."
"Duel!" Ushi and Fey shouted in unison.
USHI: 4000 LP
FEY: 4000 LP
"I will go first and I set two cards facedown to end my turn!" Ushi quickly concluded his turn.
"Such a weird first turn." Fey thought but didn't seem to mind. "I draw and I summon Steampunk Worker Fordham and I activate its effect to switch it into defense position add 1 Steampunk monster from my deck to hand."
"If I can overwhelm him here then it is an easy victory." She planned and moved on to her next move. "I then activate the effect of Steampunk Fighter Roderick to send my face-up Fordham to the bottom of the deck and special summon itself."
Ushi stood with his arms crossed as he pondered on what move she would do next. "Bring it out..." He whispered under his breath, anticipating Fey to do something he wanted.
"Fordham's effect when he is sent from the field to the bottom of the deck, I add Steaming Time Warp and I activate it to add Steampunk Maiden Kadwell and Steampunk Scalar Adella!"
Ushi grinned but hid it immediately not to give away his plan.
"Now I activate the Pendulum Scale!" Fey placed the Pendulum Monsters on their respective scales.
"Kadwell and Adella, swing into action!" She shouted and everything seemed according to plan.
"Now lets do this, Pendulum Summ-"
Ushi lifted his finger. "Not... so fast. Trap card activate Jewelry Snatch!" Suddenly both Kadwell and Adella swapped from Fey's field to Ushi's field.
"HAHA!" He laughed evily as his plan had worked. "I knew you were going to do this. Don't think you are so special just because you can do Pendulum Summoning Loser!"
Fey left frustrated didn't have any other play. "Roderick attack."
USHI: 2000 LP
FEY: 4000 LP
"I Draw and now I can Pendulum Summon too, come on out Darkstrike Assailant, Phantom Blade and the Ninja of the Elegant Wind!"
DARKSTRIKE ASSAILANT: LEVEL 6, ATK/DEF: 2100/500
PHANTOM BLADE: LEVEL 7, ATK/DEF: 2400/2100
NINJA OF THE ELEGANT WIND: LEVEL 5, ATK/DEF: 1600/100
Ushi roared in laughter. "This is so broken!" He cheered. "Now Phantom Blade strike down Roderick."
USHI: 2000 LP
FEY: 3400 LP
"Now Ninja of the Elegant Wind strike down Fey directly, unfortunately when Ninja of the Elegant Wind does a direct attack the damage is halved instead."
USHI: 2000 LP
FEY: 2200 LP
"Now Darkstrike Assailant direct attack!"
USHI: 2000 LP
FEY: 100 LP
Fey was left at a measely 100 lifepoints with no hope left after having her Pendulum monsters nearly stolen from Ushi.
"Hehe and the perfect benefit to my Ninja cards are that they return to my hand if they are successful in attacking. So now after you end your turn I can Pendulum Summon again and win this duel!"
"No." Fey responded back as she wiped the dust off her clothes. "You are not winning this duel!" She declared out of her mouth as anger filled her eyes. "You will not bully kids any longer, Draw!"
Fey looked at the card she drew and her eyes widened up.
"My win condition is set. I activate the spell card Twin Twisters to destroy Kadwell and Adella by discarding a card!"
"W-wait Twin Twisters can only target spell or trap cards, these Pendulum Monsters are m-monsters!"
"No, when they are in the Pendulum Zone they are treated as spells and traps and so I can destroy them and return them to my side." Both Pendulum Monsters on Ushi's side were destroyed.
"Next I summon Steampunk Forger Danish!"
STEAMPUNK FORGER DANISH: LEVEL 3, ATK/DEF: 800/1300
"Danish's effect I can target one of my face-up Pendulum monsters in the extra deck and add it to my hand. I choose Adella and I activate Adella in my Pendulum Scale!"
"Ha HA. You can't Pendulum summon without the other scale. How can you even win now?!"
"Adella's effect when in the Pendulum scale, I send Danish to the bottom of the deck to then get rid of the pesky little facedown card!"
The facedown card was a trap card to negate Fey's attack.
"Shit." Ushi muttered. "As long as I don't get destroyed here..."
"Danish's effect when sent from the field to the bottom of the deck, I can select a Pendulum Monster in my extra deck and activate it in the Pendulum Zone but I can only summon Pendulum monsters for the rest of the turn!"
"No... NO!" Ushi yelled.
"Kadwell come back!"
Fey imagined herself once again in space and thought of the dream she had.
Fey's Keystone Necklace swung as a bright light shone at her side.
"Ah my eyes!" Ushi complained as he lifted his elbow to block the incoming light towards his face as to not get blinded.
"Steampunk Calamity Hammer Jayce" Fey shouted as she raised her arm up to summon the mighty warrior.
"What the hell?!" Ushi shrieked as he took a step back.
"This is my avatar Ushi. I am not weak. I will beat you in this duel!" Ushi caught a glimpse of a giant-red dragon with Odd-Eyes right behind the blonde duelist and he shrieked in fear.
Fey smirked as she extended her arm out. "Jayce direct attack!"
The hammer turned into a light cannon as a giant white beam was ready to strike.
"No... NO!" Ushi cried out but it was too late.
"ACCELERATING SHOCK BLAST!" Fey shouted and a gigantic ball of light struck down the bully but before that Ushi saw the dragon enfused with the attack and was even more afraid.
USHI: 0 LP
FEY: 100 LP
"I-I lost?"
"M-MONSTER!" Ushi cried and fled the scene leaving Fey and the stolen cards that were left on the ground.
Fey picked up the cards and noticed the kids, whom Ushi bullied, were still around watching. She signaled for them to come and get their cards back.
"Thank you missy!" One of the kids politely thanked as the little guy was no longer crying and was full of joy.
Fey smiled with hope. "This world is so much lively now. I can finally breathe." She whispered as she went back home only to get swatted by her grandmother again for coming home late.
"WAH!" Ushi cried as he slammed a very luxurious piece of furniture. He was in a very gorgeous looking room with the nice skyline view. "Mr. Ushi how may I-" The butler was interrupted by Ushi's tantrum as he knocked away the glass of soda.
"I want REVENGE!" He yelled as his father stormed into his room very cross.
"Ushi Tomio!" He shouted. "Why were you out so late?!" He demanded an answer that was of only the truth.
"I-I- was d-d-dueling father!" Ushi stuttered as he was still full of tears. "A g-girl from my school beat me and called me a loser and took away my precious c-card!" He lied hoping to manipulate his father into targetting Fey.
The father seemed convinced for his child. "And who might this girl be son and what card did she take away?" He asked hoping to gather some intel.
"F-Fey A-A-Akijato and sh-sh-she IS A MONSTER!" His voice transforming into anger. "She cheated somehow by bringing some giant red dragon monster in her attack!" He yelled and went into another tantrum in which his father immediately exited his room.
With his two agents behind him, Ushi's father immediately phoned someone. "Hey Boss, it is her."
In a darker room the person behind the phone turned around. "Excellent." A familiar voice crackled. "Soon, there will be no one to stop my rule over Luminous City!"
A mysterious being walked towards a giant cobblestone-like throne covered with the misty hallow and dark blue of the deep ocean. The entity sat down and observed in front of it what looks to be the galaxy.
Three others appeared and also sat in their thrones respective to their powers.
"It has been hundred years since we have all gathered here together..." One of the beings spoke to begin a conversation.
"Indeed it seems to have been that long. Where is our master?" Another one asked as all of them were confused as to why they appeared before the worlds they see.
Suddenly the four felt a surgence of great power approaching them. Their faces were hidden in the shadows of the darkness but the fifth, and more powerful, being stepped forward.
"Greetings commanders." It spoke. As a bit of light shined to reveal a bald-headed being wearing robes of black but the face is still hard to capture.
The being cleared its throat. "I have summoned you all here to observe the progress of the task you were all commanded to do after the death of our great master." With a snap of its fingers, infront of the mysterious beings were four different dimensions almost looking like planets. One of them began to glow a bright orange.
"One of the dimensions have awakened the dragon." The bald being looked towards the one in the misty hallow and dark blue throne.
"Hollow, your task becomes much more difficult now that the Pendulum Dragon has been released. She is making her move again."
Hollow glared at the pendulum dimension. "I have already set everything in place. Humanity in this dimension has already started gathering energy necessar for our task."
The bald being seemed content for the time being. "And as for you other three? Has the dragons not been released from their slumber yet?"
The other three shook their heads and the bald being seemed satisfied although very stoic.
"The progress is very slow but we will revive him. Those dimension dragons will not stop us nor will she ever stop us. You are to watch over your dimensions to make sure the dragons don't awaken. Go!" The bald one commanded as the three instantly vanished but Hollow was left alone.
"As for you Hollow, keep a close eye on this human." The bald being hovered the hands and showed Fey.
"It is very likely that this human is the hero that will doom us all if not stopped. You are to make sure she does not stop us. Now Leave!" Hollow did as commanded and disappeared.
The bald one sat in a meditating position to rest.
"You will not stop us!" Its eyes opened with a dark black hole consuming a dwarf planet in its eyes.
In an open plain field on the outskirts of Luminous City. Hollow landed and raised her arm to send a message.
"One person will interfere with your work human. You are to find her and bring her to me." Hollow flicked the finger and that message was sent to none other than Sven Gesshin who hung up the phone call from Mr. Tomio.
The sun began to rise over luminous city and Fey would wake up once again to go about her daily life.
She viewed the world as bright as the morning sun however all of that would change in just a matter of months... Life is not as bright as she always seemed to think it is...
Next time on Yu-Gi-Oh Ynominas
It has been 2 months since the day that those mysterious beings had met and Hollow, one of the beings, needs to be careful and decides that Fey must be watched. Seeing as another school year is beginning, a new mayor has also been elected. But who is this new mayor?
Will Fey be able to embrace change or go completely insane to the unfairness of life? Who got elected mayor and who exactly is Hollow and what is going on with the outer world things?
Find out next time on:
Yu-Gi-Oh! Ynominas
Chapter 3: The beginning of the Fall
THE END
Authors Note Updated 9/14/2022:
Hi guys! It has been a while since I last touched this work ever since I put it on hold back in July. With a new semester of university and other issues I have, I will try my best to finish up the writing for Chapters 4 and beyond and will be uploading them, well in the 'near future.' I cannot say for sure when but I simply don't have the time right now to be writing. But I do want to thank those of you who continue to read Ynominas, despite my poor writing skills and poor storycrafting. I am always looking to improve my writing. (And yes, I will be making the chapters longer for that comment that said that) and so yeah. Thank you all!
A/N Update 1/10/2023:
It is with great displeasure that I will officially be discontinuing this project that I have started planning since 2020 and published in 2021. A lot of personal issues have been rising since the new year like internships, what I want to do in the future, etc. which I still have no idea what I want to do. I wanted to finish this work that a dear friend of mine started almost 4 years ago in 2019. Sadly, I am incapable of doing so because I let a lot of negative thoughts run through my head both in writing and real life issues. I was almost getting depressed and being piled with school-work, financial struggles, health-problems and such only added more stress to the life right now. I always told myself that I would return to writing in the future. But I told myself that 5 times already and all those times only resulted in leaving the work on 'hold'. And so, I will no longer be working on Ynominas or any Yu-Gi-Oh or card game fanfictions anymore. I simply do not have the time to do this anymore.
To those that enjoyed the three chapters, thank you. I don't know why people would like anything I create but it feels really nice when people do.
Thank you and I am signing off.
-zekkno (formerly: InoLovex)
