Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh 5d's. I only own my characters and the storyline.
Duel 2 - Magnitude
It was a bright, sunny morning in Neo Domino city.
Sun rays shone on the bed of a certain teen who was still awake.
"Rinnnng."
An alarm clock rang before Kyou slammed his hand on it, quieting it down.
The time was 7am, 45 minutes till school started. But Kyou wasn't bothered at all, he didn't attend school at all, not since he was 10.
Kyou was a slim 15 year old boy with black hair long enough to shroud his eyes. He had tan skin and he was still wearing the white shirt and brown shorts from before.
He hissed as pain coursed through his left arm when he tried to sit up. The events of the previous day came back to him and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty about it.
Pushing those thoughts away, Kyou got off his bed and tried to doferrfe something useful. frfeHe brushed his teeth and took his bath, dressed up and combed his hair.
After cleaning himself, Kyou went to the kitchen to make himself some breakfast. Feeling lazy, he instead settled for eating cereal.
Kyou was living alone in an apartment which had a kitchen, a living room, a bathroom and two other rooms, one of which he occupied1 while the other was rather vacant.
Most would be wondering how a person at Kyou's age would be able to afford the house. Actually, the house was been rented, but the owner gave Kyou about 25% discount from the rent as a favour. In return, Kyou would help do some work.
The rest of the money was paid using the money Kyou got from basically the easiest job to do; dueling. Kyou dueled at some dueling arenas (not underground dueling) where people would bet on the duelists and the winners would recieve a share of the money bet on both duelists.
Kyou's dueling skills were far from perfect but he was an above average duelist. He didn't duel there frequently, being an unknown underdog meant he got more money if he won, IF being the keyword. There were times where he lost a lot of money from these duels. Today was one of the days he would go there to duel.
"Kyou!"
He paused with a spoon full of cereal about to enter his mouth. He looked around suspisiously as he continued eating.
"Kyou!"
He paused again and looked around.
"Kyou!"
He was getting annoyed and scared. This time he stood up from the sofa in the living room and checked every room in the house. After finding nothing, he continued eating.
He didn't hear the voice again so he just concluded that it was paranoia caused by the previous day's event.
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Kyou left the building later in the afternoon, wearing a multicoloured polo t-shirt over black trousers. He was on his way to the dueling arena, hoping that badluck wouldn't cause him to lose.
The said dueling arena was in a large abandoned factory. Plenty people came here either watch the duels or to bet on them.
Having come here many times before the process wasn't difficult for Kyou as the match was already scheduled.
After all the hassle, Kyou and his opponent stepped up to the dueling field. His opponent was a man with a muscular build who had short brown hair and was wearing a white slim-fitted t-shirt over blue jeans.
"I need your help!" a voice said in a desperate tone.
"Did you hear that voice?!" Kyou asked in surprise.
"I'm sorry, i couldn't hear whoever you're referring to over the LOUD SHOUTS OF THE AUDIENCE." the man said in an irritated tone.
Kyou narrowed his eyes at this. He recognised the man as James Wilde, a very popular and skilled duelist around there.
"Get ready, i don't have all day!" the man named James said.
Kyou silently activated his grey duel disk and the white energy blade appeared. James did the same though his duel disk was red and the blade was black.
"DUEL!" both duelist declared and the audience broke into louf cheers and shouts.
James' LP: 4000
Kyou's LP: 4000
"My turn, draw!" James swiped the top card of his deck. "I'll start off by activating the spell card Stray Lambs! This spell card grants me two lamb tokens in exchange for not normal summoning or special summoning this turn."
Two lamb tokens appeared, one was blue while the other was orange.(0/0 Lv1)x2
"I'll sacrifice both tokens to set a monster." he continued as the tokens vanished and a horizontal reversed card appeared. "I set a card face-down and end my turn."
"My draw." Kyou said drawing a card. "I set a monster in defence position and end my turn." he said a reversed monster card appeared on his field.
"My turn, draw!" James shouted. "First, i activate the spell card Foolish Burial. This lets me send a monster from my deck to the graveyard." he said, taking a card from his deck and inserting it into the graveyard. "Next i flip summon The Creator!"
The face-down monster card flipped up and a large orange golem like monster appeared.(2300/3000 Lv8)
"I'll activate the creator's effect to special summon a monster from my graveyard by ditching a card from my hand. I'll summon the all powerful Ultimate Obedient Fiend with this effect!" James tossed a card from his hand into his graveyard.
The Creator shone with bright light as the shape of a monster appeared next to it. The monster that appeared was huge, even the creator wasn't half its size. It was a red fiendish monster with what looked like a torso made up of bones. The face of the monster was hideous, with many sharp teeth protuding from its mouth, two fiendish horns sprouting from each side of its head and what seemed like a third eye on its forehead.(3500/3000 Lv10)
Kyou's eyes narrowed. The fiend james had just used was one that was never used, this was because it, though powerful, had too much of a drawback. But Kyou knew that a duelist of James' calibre wouldn't summon it without having a plan.
"I activate the equip spell card Axe of Fools!" James continued with a smirk on his face. An axe with the face of a jester crafted on its head appearer and the red fiend grabbed it.(3500 - 4500/3000 Lv10)
"Thanks to this axe, my fiend gains a thousand attack points but loses its effects." Kyou's eyes windened while James smirked and continued. "Meaning Ultimate Obedient Fiend is allowed to attack! With this monster, i'll wipe out your life points in one hit!"
The audience -well only those who bet on James roared loudly at this.
"The Creator, attack his set monster!" James ordered.
The Creator shot out an energy beam at the set monster, resulting in a large explosion on impact. The crowd cheered loudly as James got ready to attack with his fiend. To everyone's surprise an elf swordsman wearing warrior's armor.(1400/1200 Lv4)
"My Obnoxious Celtic Guard cannot be destroyed by battle with a monster that has 1900 or more attack points." Kyou explained.
"I set a face-down card and end my turn." James grumbled.
"My turn, draw!" Kyou said as he drew.
"If you summon the synchro monster and that D.D monster, you'll be able to wipe out his monster." the voice Kyou had been hearing said again.
Kyou's eye twitched but he continued, "I activate the spell card Double Summon, this allows me to normal summon twice this turn. So i'll summon D.D Warrior Lady and Marauding Captain."
A warrior lady wearing a leather body suit appeared. She was wielding an energy blade.(1500/1600 Lv4) Next to the warrior lady, an armored warrior with dirty blonde hair wielding a large sword appeared.(1200/800 Lv3)
"Marauding Captain's effect activates, when i normal summon him i can special summon a Lv4 or lower monster from my hand. Come on out! Comrade Swordsman of Landstar!" Kyou said as he placed the card on his duel disk.
The fairy swordsman used by Joey Wheeler appeared, wearing a better attire.(500/1200 Lv3)
"I tune Comrade Swordsman of Landstar to Marauding Captain." The fairy swordsman turned into three green rings that Marauding Captain flew through before turning into three stars. "Synchro summon, Gaia Knight the Force of Earth."
A beam of light shot through the rings and out of it came a Knight in medieval armor wielding a lance and riding on his trusty steed.(2600/800 Lv6)
"I switch Celtic Guard to attack position and D.D Warrior Lady will attack your Ultimate Obedient Fiend."
The warrior lady ran towards the huge fiend and tried to attack it, only to get smashed by the axe wielded by the fiend.
James' LP: 4000
Kyou's LP: 4000 - 1000
Kyou grunted as he felt the backlash of his monster's destruction, "I activate the effect of D.D Warrior Lady; after she battles a monster, even if she loses the battles, she can remove from play both herself and the monster she battled."
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The powerful fiend was sucked into a dimensional portal that was caused by the warrior lady's sword.
"Now, Gaia Knight attacks The Creator!" Kyou continued.
The knight rode towards The Creator but before the knight could strike a machine appeared and warped the orange creature away.
One of James' face-down card was face up. "My Interdimensional Matter Transporter will banish The Creator until the end phase."
"But that leaves you open, Gaia Knight attack!" Kyou continued.
The knight continued and aimed strike James but an invisible shield blocked it.
"I activated my trap card Defense Draw! This reduces the battle damage done by the attack to zero and i get to draw a card." James explained as his other face-down flipped up.
"Obnoxious Celtic Guard will attack you directly."
The elf swordsman attacked James.
James' LP: 4000 - 2600
Kyou's LP: 1000
"I activate the spell card Mystic Wok. Thanks to this card, i'll sacrifice my Celtic Guard and gain life points equal to its attack points." Kyou glowed with energy.
James' LP: 2600
Kyou's LP: 1000- 2400
"I set a card face-down and end my turn." Kyou said as The Creator reappeared.
"Great job! The next card you'll draw 5is Megamorph, so you're sure to win."
Kyou frowned, whoever owned the voice was getting on his nerve.
"My turn, draw." James smirked as he drew. "I activate The Creator's effect, discarding a card to special summon Dragonic Knight!"
A green winged dragon wearing silver armor appeared next to The Creator. The dragon wielded a large sword and a shield.(2800/2300 Lv7)
"Dragonic Knight, attack Gaia Knight!" James ordered.
"Use your trap now!"
Kyou's frown deepened as he heard that. His hand which was about to activate the trap card paused.
"What are you doing?" the voice asked in alarm.
Dragonic Knight went past Gaia Knight's defenses and slashed him.
"Tsk." Kyou grunted a his monster was destroyed.
James' LP: 2600
Kyou's LP: 2400 - 2200
"The Creator, direct attack!" James ordered.
The Creator shot an energy beam at Kyou, knocking the boy down on his back and wiping out his lifepoints.
James' LP: 2600
Kyou's LP: 2200 - 0
The crowd roared and cheered for James as the duel ended.
Kyou sat up, feeling the sting of losing. "What the f-" Kyou clasped his hand against his mouth before he did anything stupid. He just sat up to see what looked like a spirit or an astral being.
Convinced that only he could see 'it', Kyou stormed out of the arena.(Although it was partly to escape the rage of the sore losers.)
He got to a place outside the arena that was empty before facing the being. The 'spirit' was a dark skinned woman with brown eyes who looked like she was in her late twenties. The woman was wearing a flowing white gown with no footwear.(Not that she needed any because she was a spirit and she was floating in the air.)
"Why did you lose on purpose?" the spirit said, looking somewhat pissed.
"I can do what i want to do." Kyou retorted. "Why do you care?"
Her eyes narrowed.
"What do you want from me anyway? You keep saying you need my help." Kyou continued.
"I'm sure you know what i'm talking about."
"Kazuki."
"Exactly. The disappearance of the boy, sister and his father and everyone forgetting about them was caused by a former enemy of team 5d's. And that person isn't going to stop there." the spirit lady said.
"Team 5d's...isn't that a dueling team from the first WRGP years ago." Kyou said.
"Yes. You along with the two other people who remember them are the only hope to stop this." the spirit continued.
"Well you can go meet those other two, 'cause i'm not getting myself into any scheme of any sort."
"What do you mean?" The woman said, a tone of anger in her voice. "You're just going to run away when you have the chance to save helpless people?"
"I have no business with said people, i'm not gonna put myself at risk to help some random people."
The spirit chuckled, "You're just like Kazuki."
Kyou's frown worsened, he was close to snapping. "Don't you dare compare me with that jerk." Kyou hated being compared with another person much less someone like Kazuki who he saw as coldhearted and unreasonable. "That jerk had no right to behave the way he did, he's just a spoilt, unreasonable 16 year old who acts like a child and your try to compare the two of us. You've already done enough damage already. Just leave me alone!" Kyou shouted.
He stormed off, leaving the spirit who was taken aback by this. She regained he composure before speaking. "Kyou, you will help eventually, whether you want to or not."
A/N: Chapter 2 is done! I know i haven't explained a lot of things, but they will be explained later on. For now, enjoy the story.
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Next time, Kyou gets into a duel with one of the other two who remember Yusei and his family. He unveils his true deck as tense battle caused by rather stupid reasons(in his words) occurs.