Yu-Gi-Oh
No Limits
Chapter 2-The Girl who could awaken the shadows
By Kevin Jones
"Keep it up Chase you've almost got me."
Time to recap. About several ago I had a duel with the number 1 duelist in America Scott Truman. At about 7:00 p.m. I was watching the sunset on the roof of my school when suddenly, I started hearing a little voice. I knew I was alone so it wasn't another student, and no one wants to admit their crazy so I decided to follow it. 9:00 p.m. I'm now in the Middle of Time square trying not to bump into pedestrians. I kept this up for another 10 minutes before the voice said.
"Ok were here." I looked in disbelief. We were at Bryant Park, honestly I was relieved that this chase was over, but Bryant Park, I was thinking maybe something a bit more interesting like Ellis Island, or Greenwich Village, hell even going into the Sewers wouldn't be as anticlimactic as Bryant Park.
"Well what are you waiting for you've got something important to do." I took a deep breath and said. "Might as well."
As soon as I walked past the gates I felt a strange feeling. It was so powerful I couldn't even breathe for a moment. Suddenly the previously empty park had about 20 or 30 people in it, all staring at the same thing, him.
"What the hell." Even though I didn't want to, like a moth to a flame I was compelled to walk towards the crowd. 10 steps away, 9, 8, 7. I counted how far I was and the closer I got the less the crowd of people looked like people and more like Duel Monsters, more specifically, my Duel Monsters.
Elemental Hero Voltic walked out from them, scanned me over chuckled and said. "In all these years of waiting I never once lost hope." "What hope?" "Hope that you'd reach the day of your Inclaim, but in all honestly I'm excited that our 10 year wait is over." "What's going on here and what's an Inclaim."
I think its safe bet I was having a little information overload.
"Allow me to explain." I watched as Elemental Hero Clayman walked out of the crowd, each step loud and heavy. "You have a power that separates you from most of society. For as you can now see, you have the ability to talk to Duel Spirits. "That's impossible, I, I must be going insane." "Oh really then how do you explain your StarDust Dragon." "StarDust?" "Think about it StarDust Dragon is a one of a kind card that, until a few years ago, had only one copy owned and frequently used by Yusei Fudo in Japan. Which brings up the interesting question how did you get one?" "The thought had occurred to me." "Well then allow me to explain. StarDust Dragons are an interesting species. Like some other Dragon species they can pass threw from our world into this one with no trouble. Dragons Species like Ancient Fairies, Black Roses, Black-Wings, and Red Archfiends usually only one will pick one human in generation but, you go into any museum, anywhere and you find stories of Mystic creatures that aided in battles beyond which normal Men and Women could never comprehend. Though many of these dragons look different and some eventually even became interpreted as different creatures they all come from simple fact, throughout your history StarDust Dragons find new ways of aiding Humanity, it's why their called StarDust. Their light spreads everywhere and 2 of them have figured out a new way to spread their light and for their masters the first chose Yusei Fudo and the second chose you. "Why me?"
"Because not only can you communicate with your deck, but you are a brave, selfless person who wouldn't think twice about helping somebody." Elemental Hero Stratos was the next to start yakking at me. "Sorry but you're wrong, I only look out for number 1 and I don't give a crap about anyone else." Stratos tightened his blue fist and got angry. "That is a lie you used to do take whatever it takes to do what you believed was right, and you always put others first." "Those days are over and I don't need anybody." "Don't you, don't you understand bonds are the most powerful things in the world without them were nothing, you used to understand that more than anyone and I know you still think about her."
There was silence after that, and I knew that I had to change the subject. "So what's an Inclaim?"
"Finally." A tall winged man all in green, usually referred to as Elemental Hero Avian stepped forward. "We could probably spend the rest of the night talking about your issues but right now we have to get down to business. The Inclaim is the ceremony in which you will pledge yourself to the duel. For one reason or another your power was doormat but something in your duel today awoke it, and now we are giving you the right to chose. If you chose to accept you will most likely live a life of solitude. The power you will gain will separate you from the rest of society, in the end you will be an outsider. Duelists who make this choice don't die like most celebrities, they don't have drug overdoses, they lose to Duelists like them, Duelists who can bring their monsters to life and they won't show hesitation they will kill you. "And if I say no?" "This entire night will be erased from your memory and you will continue with your life as normal." "That ain't going to happen, and as for a life of loneliness I'm already half way there anyways." "Very well then."
With that I felt a new energy surge go threw me. This one was so powerful it knocked me to the ground and it became hard to breath. As I struggled to get up the statue of William Cullen Bryant that stood at the other end of the park was replaced by a large suspending glowing multi-colored Sphere. "What in the world is that?" "I take it you know what Ener-D is." I nodded my head being that it was becoming too hard to talk. "Ener-D is more than a cheap energy source, it flows through all life forms and if you are to become a true Duelist you must have the power of Ener-D flowing through you at a rate unlike others. But be warned once you stick your hand in their it cannot be pulled out until you have absorbed every last particle." "What happens if I do pull out to early?" "Use your imagination." With that sign of encouragement I slowly walked towards the light each step harder than harder the last until somehow I was close enough to touch the orb. I took a deep breath and reached in. With a flash of light I felt a pain so powerful I felt like my arm was about to disintegrate. I cried out in pain but those around me new the rules, if I pull my hand out I die. With each second a new pain, with each minute the idea of dying sounded better and better. I tried to look away but something about the bright light kept me staring, watching it shrink was the only thing keeping me sane, granted that the smaller it got, the more painful it got. Then suddenly I felt my arm move. I could feel my arm moving out and then suddenly.
I woke up and found myself on back on the roof exactly where I was sitting the night before. A dream, but, Duel Monsters aren't real but. I looked at my right arm. It was shaking and for the life of me I couldn't get it to stop.
As I walked back to my room with my hand in my pocket, trying to ignore the shaking against my leg. As I approached my room I saw a crowd of boys and girls crowded in front of my room. "Can I help any of you?" Instinctually I they all turned their heads to me and I could hear little whispers going on from the crowd followed by a short old man push through the crowd.
"Mr. Rhodes, may I ask where you were last night?" Said the old man, aka Head Master Dewint. I wanted to say Bryant Park but instead I went with. "I fell asleep on the roof last night; I go there sometimes to think." "Yes well perhaps you should come over here."
I walked past the small Moshe pit and ended at my door way, shocked to what I saw.
My entire room was a mess, even more than usual. My desk was turned over, my bare mattress sat on the floor, with all the sheets around it. The few clothes I had were all on the floor and my Duel Board was lying on its side. "What the hell happened?" "We were hoping you could tell us." I haven't the faintest idea who would do this." "Yes, well will leave you to yourself."
"Ok all students the shows over."
It took about 5 minutes but he was successful in getting rid of everybody. I looked around. "Why on Earth would anyone want to do this?" I thought, when suddenly, something caught my eye in my closet. I crouched down and found a letter with my name on it that read
"Dear Dragon Boy, meet me at Rat Rock in Central Park at Noon, come alone and bring your deck with you."
Even though it was probably a bad idea I changed into jeans, a t-shirt, black leather jacket, and dog tags, got on my board and road off.
I road till I got to the part of Central Park where Rat Rock was located. There wasn't a person around for what looked like a mile, except one. "Why'd you trash my room?" "Why'd you steal my opponent?" I looked carefully, it was the same stone cold girl from yesterday only this time, she traded in her oversized school uniform for a denim jacket, jeans and a blue t-shirt, the same ice cold blue as her eyes. "What do you mean steel your opponent, it was completely random and you snuck in anyways!" "Your wrong Scott Truman is a powerful man, he was looking for someone with equal power, now let's see what's so special about you." "Bring it."
Mystery Girl
"I summon Draw Fox in ATK Mode" (ATK: 0/DEF: 0).
Chase
"You sure about that?" She stared at me angrily which I assumed meant yes. "Ok then, I summon Elemental Hero Voltic in ATK Mode (ATK: 1000/DEF: 1500) Now Attack Voltic Thunder!"Sorry but when Draw Fox is destroyed in battle not only do I not take battle damage but I get to draw2 cards." I could tell this was part of her strategy, but still she showed only one emotion, anger. "I play one card face down and end my turn.
Mystery Girl
"I summon Fox warrior in ATK Mode (ATK: 900/DEF: 1100) now destroy his Voltic with Fox Xiaolin!" "Check the numbers your Warrior's 100 points to low."Not quite." Voltic's lightning proved feudal at destroying the tall yellow fox as it went in for the kill. "When Fox Warrior attacks she gains 1000 attack points." (Kevin's Life points 4000-3100). "I set one card face down and end my turn."
Kevin
"My Turn. I summon Elemental Hero Stratos in ATK Mode (ATK: 1800/DEF: 300) next I activate his special ability allowing me to add 1 elemental hero from my deck to my hand." Ok seriously it's like dueling a computer this girl doesn't change her expression and her duel disk, it was grey and everything was covered by a sheet of metal that had a blinking antenna on the top, the only exposed parts was the slot she put her deck in, her graveyard, and her summon blade. My duel disk was the school model, which is just the standard duel disk, in gold and black. "Now Stratos attack Fox Warrior with Stratosphere Storm!" "Not quite I activate my trap card Kunai with Chain which switches your giant blue fan into defense mode and gives Fox Warrior 500 ATK points (ATK:900-1400)" I set one card face down and it's back to you.
Mystery Girl
I draw and summon Tiny Fox in ATK mode (ATK: 440/DEF: 1100 now destroy his Stratos. Oh yeah and guess what when my fox destroys a monster that monster is taken out of play instead of being sent to the graveyard." I cursed under my breath and put Stratos into my jacket pocket, suddenly I figured out how I was going to win this. Now Fox Warrior attack him directly with chain throw!" I set one card face down and end my turn (Kevin's Life points 3100-700)
Kevin
"I Draw. I play Red Medicine which gives me 500 Life points (Kevin's Life points 700-1200) next I summon Turbo Synchron in ATK mode next I activate the trap card Limit Reverse to bring back an old friend. Welcome back Voltic. Now Turbo Synchron attack Fox Warrior with Turbo speed Fist!" What's he up to, was the only thing going through the girls mind. "Watch closely cause now Fox Warrior goes into Defense mode (Kevin's Life points 1200- 200) now thanks to Turbo Synchron's effect I can special summon The Elemental Hero Avian from my hand in attack mode, now Voltic attack Tiny Fox, Voltic Thunder! (MG Life Points 4000-3440) Now another guest's coming back Elemental Hero Stratos in Attack Mode, next I activate his other special ability, since I have 2 other Hero's on the field he can destroy both your Kunai with Chain and your face down!" The card was Spell Binding circle which could have caused me a lot of trouble. "Next I activate my second trap "Urgent Tuning" which allows me to Synchro summon during the battle phase." Turbo Synchron revved up his engines and shot like a bullet, when he stopped he turned in to a green circular finish line and a dematerialized Voltic and Avian flew threw (1+3+4=8)
"You want my Dragon; you got my Dragon, I Synchro Summon Stardust Dragon!"(ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000) Stardust Shined from high in the sky waiting for my command to attack. "I set 2 card face down, and call it a turn."
Mystery Girl
He tricked me from turn one, she thought. "My turn, Draw." Oh well doesn't matter I drew what I need to win anyways; all I need to do is destroy his Stratos. "Trap cards activate, Pixie Ring", now you can't chose Stratos as an attack target, and also I activate one of my favorites "Battle Mania" now your Fox Warrior has to attack so guess what that means!" The tall fox leaped into battle hoping to destroy the powerful dragon (ATK: 900-1900). "Now StarDust Dragon Cosmic Flare!" (MG Life Points 3440- 2840)! "The game was won, next turn I would have both Stardust Dragon and Elemental Hero Stratos attack her directly ending this, or at least that's what I thought would happen. Suddenly I was knocked to the ground but from what I didn't know. "What was that?" He looked to his right and saw what looked like a pulsation in mid air. "What's going on here?" He looked towards the girl and saw 2 more pulsations, I also saw what looked liked black rays of energy emitting from the girl's body, Stratos then looked straight at him. "Quick have us attack, that girl isn't normal, Fox Warrior must have been sealing this power away." The pulsations were now more frequent and more violent with no sign of them stopping, just then the shadows came for rushing towards me, I tried to run, but I felt a strange tentacle like object grab my leg and start pulling me towards the girl which appeared to be the epicenter of these shadow waves.
Chase
"Quick Stardust Dragon, comet tackle, Stratos wind Chop, the 2 monsters went after the girl, afraid to hurt her, and afraid of what else would come out of her. The Shadows then leapt up, faster than any eye could follow, and grabbed the 2 monsters, tightening there grip, squeezing with a desire to make sure there victims never saw light again. I tried to grab the tentacle but felt my hand go right threw it however my leg still remained trapped. Suddenly more rays of shadow came up and went around my neck, preparing for the kill. As I looked into the tentacle I saw 1000 horrible things, some I had experienced, some I had seen, and some from my worst nightmares. I looked down at the girl who was staring straight at me with the smile of a Demon, licking her lips at the sight of me gasping for air. As the shadows grew stronger and were about to folly engulf its 3 victims."Togda ozornaja lisy vernulis' v noru." With that I hit the ground, my monsters vanished, and my opponent now looked like she died standing. Her pale skin looked even paler, her hair pin had flown away during her ,episode, leaving what had now turned into a grayish, red color that fell over her face, behind which was a face that show a mind of pure emptiness. "What the hell was that?"
"Don't worry boy since you would have won last turn anyways let's just say you won." "A little girl nearly destroyed Central Park and you expect me to just except it!" It was a statement not a question. The new person in front of me appeared to stand at nearly 7 feet with long curly black hair that reached the bottom of her skirt. She wore a pair of black round glasses that covered a face that appeared to be wearing no makeup what so ever and the more I looked at her the worse a feeling I got, in other words I felt like a field mouse in front of a tree branch that looked an awful lot like a snake waiting for the right moment to strike. She reached into the chest pocket of her suit and pulled out a card which she tossed to me. "Take this card as an apologize, reward for entertaining our little Abby, and for keeping your mouth shut." Chase looked at the card and was shocked that out of the thousands of cards some strange woman would have this one but before he could say anything the 2 began to walk off. "A pleasure meeting you, and excellent comeback Mr. Rhodes let's not run into each other again." Chase got up to go after them but when he made it around the corner he found them gone without a trace. I looked around and found no sign except for the debris left by the duel, I was about to leave when a small silver object caught my eye. I rushed towards it and found a small key chain that read New York City and a small logo under it, it looked familiar but I couldn't remember what it was, I heard some people coming and I didn't feel like having to explain why the 500,000 year old rock looked like something cut threw it with a knife.
Winner: Kevin Loser: Abby
As Chase walked back to the school an aging man watched him. He was obviously shaken up and he had a bad feeling he knew by what. With that he took a cell phone out of his pocket, dialed a number, took one last look at the boy and said. "Mathis it's me, and it's time."
Next time: Chapter 3-To the Tops
I pushed down on the accelerator as fast as I could. Even though going to fast could over heat the board the alternative was worse. Let Sector security catch me and get expelled, lose my chance at figuring all this out, and probably my chance of just about anything else.