Brand new chapter. I hope this will get people interested in the story if you have read the first chapter. By the way, I added the New Cards Cheat Sheet for the first chapter, so please check it out. It is a reference for introducing new cards for that specific chapter. If you find anything else missing or any errors, please post that in the review. Please leave any other comments and enjoy!
Chapter 2 Two Worlds Collide
"I end my turn! There is no way you can defeat my Skull Crusher! It is unstoppable! Wa ha ha ha!"
Yusuke smiled, yet sweating nervously, seeing that he was in a tough predicament.
"Yusuke…" Haruka sighed, gripping her hands together. I forgot last time, but here is what Haruka looks like. She had two pigtails, and the hair color was brown with some blonde strands. Her eyes were light blue, lighter than Yusuke's eye color. She also wears black eyeglasses.
(Thank you for finally describing what I looked like.) Haruka shot a glare at yours truly. Sorry. I am just a simple, invisible narrator. Anyway, back to the main topic, Yusuke is Dueling against a senior student named Brolly. If he loses, he will have to give his cards to him, and that will ruin any Duelists' reputation if that happens!
"My turn, I draw!" Yusuke drew the card, with some sparkles of light shone when he drew it. He looked at the cards, and then jumped in joy.
"Sweet! It looks like this Duel is in my favor!" Yusuke cheered.
"Huh? What are you talking about!? I have a freaky 2800 ATK monster! There is no way you have something that's stronger to destroy it!" Brolly argued.
"True, but let me show you my style, Brolly old pal! I play the Spell card: Coming out of Nowhere!" The Spell card showed a red ninja, popped out of a bush, surprising a travelling samurai with gasping facial expression.
"What the heck is that card!?" Brolly questioned.
"You see, when you control a monster and I don't, I can Special Summon one Level 7 or lower monster from my hand or Deck! O great magician with unlimited magical power! Show the world that there is no one better than you if you just be you! Show your strength, will, and how to have fun! Go! Masquerade Caped Crusader!"
A white portal appeared, which two, floating white gloves came out of it. Then, they were attached to an arm. Also coming out was a masquerade, body, and long, red cape down to the backside of the knee. The masked magician wore a red magician suit, with top hat that has a face, making a smile with yellow star for the right eye and white crescent moon for the left eye, and blazing masquerade with the matching color to his suit. The magician did some tap dancing before he makes his pose. Everyone, including the bullies watched at Yusuke's monster, and be amazed by it.
"So beautiful." One of the female students said.
"So awesome." A male student commented.
Masquerade Caped Crusader-LIGHT, Level 7, Spellcaster/Effect, 2500 ATK, 2000 DEF
"Heh! So what you Special Summon a High-Level monster! It is not even stronger than my Skull Crusher!" Brolly pointed out.
"Hold your horses, Brolly because the effect of my Spell is not over!" Yusuke admitted.
"What!?" He gasped.
"When my Spell card Special Summoned a monster successfully, it can attack up to twice for this turn and gains 500 points for ATK boost! Go, Masquerade Caped Crusader! Wondrous Beam!" His ace monster's aura glowed in yellow as his ATK increased. His monster did a magic trick with his hand, making a hand to appear from his bare hand. He shot a rainbow-colored beam at Skull Crusher.
"Fool! You really lost it, man! Your monster will be destroyed!"
"No, it won't!" Yusuke wiggled his finger. "When Masquerade Caped Crusader attacks on monster with 2000 or more ATK, that monster is destroyed instead!"
The energy beam shot through Skull Crusher before its mallet landed on the magician. It cried in pain before it exploded itself.
"No way!" Brolly cried.
"Then, when that monster is destroyed, your LP is inflicted by half of that monster's ATK! Shock Beam!" Crusader wiggled his wand before he shot electricity out from the tip, striking it on Brolly.
"Bbzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzaaaahh!" Brolly shocked.
Brolly's LP: 2600
"And finally, Masquerade Caped Crusader attack for the second time! One last Wondrous Beam!"
His ace magician shot another rainbow beam, this time heading to Brolly.
"Oh shit!" He cursed and closed his eyes.
"Stop right there!"
"Eh!" Everyone gasped.
"What!?" Yusuke gasped. The Duel Disks turned themselves off, causing the monster, the cards, and the attack to disappear, just before it touched Brolly.
"Huh?" Brolly confused.
Everyone looked to their shoulder. It was Ms. Sato with a male teacher, who was wearing a typical cloth that gym teacher wears and he looked buff. Although his name was Japanese, his nationality was American, Caucasian, and had short spiky, blond hair.
"Oh no, it is Ms. Sato and Mr. Yamada!" Yusuke exclaimed.
"All of you! Go back to your class! Lunch time is over!" Mr. Yamada yelled as everyone marched back into school. As Yusuke and Brolly, and his goons were about to go into the school, they were stopped by the teachers and received a strong scolding.
After school was over, Yusuke and Haruka were walking back home together. Yusuke looked stress out.
He was pouting like a kid. "What's wrong, Yusuke? Are you still upset that you did not earn your hard-earned victory in that Duel?" Haruka asked, teasing at him.
"Yeah, kind off. However, at least Brolly and his friends agreed to not mess with that kid again. During our…manual labor, we became close friend and they are actually nice guys if you get to know them better. So, that was good!" Yusuke explained. "But, man, Dueling is so much fun! I wish I can just Duel like that more often."
He stopped walking for a moment to look at the sky, with clouds hovering above.
"Do you still want to make that dream of yours to come true? The dream to become the 'King of Duelists'?"
"Of course, I do! But, I also have to help my parents and grandpa around. Speaking about them, I got to get going. See ya tomorrow!" He waved goodbye at her as he ran off.
Haruka grinned as he ran off. "Yusuke. Even though you are busy guy, I know you will become the greatest Duelist in the world. I…believe in you."
Just about few miles away, there was a small Japanese restaurant. It was owned by married couple. The husband is the chief while his wife is his assistant/cooker herself. They are Yusuke's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kagami.
A door slide opened, which was their son. "Hi, Mom and Dad. Sorry that I am late."
"Welcome home, Yusuke." The mother welcomed him with a warm smile.
"Yusuke, put your apron on! I need your help with carrying these ramen to our two customers over there!"
"Sure thing, Pop!"
Yusuke worked part time at his parents' restaurant. He also has a younger sister, who is in middle school and go to after-school class. She is very academically-gifted to say the least, at least more than Yusuke. (Hey! I am smart in some subjects, like Japanese, history, Dueling, and….more Dueling!).
"Son! Stop talking to yourself, and just work!" His Dad scolded.
"Sorry, Dad!"
He worked until 7:30 pm. He ate his dinner and prepared himself for his next job. "Mom and Dad, I will be going now."
"Ok, dear. Be safe out there." Mom said, waving goodbye at him as he goes.
"Phew! Maybe we should stop for the night." Her husband wiped off his sweat with towel.
"Sure. I think it is good time to end for the day." His wife agreed.
Yusuke, arriving at the antics store, noticed his grandfather swiping the shelves. "Hi, grandpa!"
"Oh, Yusuke, my grandson. How was school?" He asked, grinning.
"Good. I had a Duel today."
"A Duel, eh? Wow, that sounds splendid. You haven't Duel since you were a little boy. Why the last time I Duel…"
This man is Yusuke's grandfather, Mr. Yuki Kagami. He is father to Yusuke's father, but their relationship is kind of…rough, let's just say. He usually wears a blue overall with white shirt with long sleeves. His hair has similar style to Yusuke, family's resemblance I guess. His eyes were also sapphire blue like Yusuke's eyes.
"And that is how I met your grandma. Now, as always Yusuke, here is the key to the store." His grandpa gave him the key.
"Now remember, if anything happens call me or your parents. We'll come like a Duelist on motorcycle!"
"Don't worry, grandpa. I will be just fine." Yusuke said.
"You are good kid, Yusuke. Oh, before I forget, I got a new neat antic in the back. Check it out later. I am sure you will find it to be very revealing." His grandpa said as he left out of the store.
"OK. Night shift begins…now!"
Few hours later, Yusuke was sleeping (again) on the job. It was now 9:30 pm.
Crack!
The noise interrupted Yusuke. "Huh? What was that?" He asked. Then, he heard more noises. It was coming from the storage room at the back. "Burglar. I better check it out!"
Meanwhile, in the store room…
"Sheeh! Quiet, you dope! Do you want to wake the whole neighborhood up!?" One man scolded to another man.
"Sorry, man. There are just too much stuff in here, and it is so dark in here." The other guy said, frightened.
"Don't be such a pussy Kuriboh. Let's just get something valuable here and get out of here ASAP!" He ordered.
"Yes sir."
While they were searching around, Yusuke opened the door with a flashlight. The burglars have not noticed him yet.
"Maybe it is a mouse, but I better check." He sneaked quietly into the storage room, searching for mouse or someone.
The burglar turned and moved slowly and carefully through one way while Yusuke walked through the opposite way, not noticing each other at all.
"It looks like the ghost is clear. This is a good opportunity for us!" The man whispered to his friend.
"Eeyup." The other guy nodded. "Although, I do have a feeling someone else is in here."
"Yeah me, too." Yusuke thought out loud.
Suddenly, each of them looked at each other and they gasped together.
"What the!? Who are you guys!?" Yusuke shouted.
"We!?" The man asked.
"We're the burglars." The other guy answered dumb folded.
"You are not supposed to reveal us, you nitwit!"
"Oh, so you guys are the famous burglars that have been stealing stuff around here! I am going to call cope you guys!" Yusuke said, immediately taking out his Smartphone.
"Oh no you won't! Stop him!" The man demanded as he and his friend wrestled Yusuke.
They were pushing and pulling each other, causing boxes and other things fall off the shelves.
"Give me back my Smartphone, you burglars!" Yusuke yelled.
"Sure thing, boy!" He nodded to his friend, telling him to let go together at the same time. They did it, resulting Yusuke tripping on his back, breaking through a mirror.
"Gah!" Yusuke gasped as strange force surged through his body. As he was falling, he was no longer in the storage room, but empty dark space. As he was about to fall asleep, he saw a light hurling toward him before he fell unconsciousness.
After for how long he was asleep, Yusuke finally woke up. He was still inside the empty space of nothing. Although, he could somehow stand up on…something.
"Where the heck am I?" Yusuke asked. "The last time I remember was seeing that light thing. Am I…dead? Oh snap, am I really dead!? Is this heaven!? Or Hell!? Or Limbo!? Where is grandma!?"
"You are not dead, and your grandma is nowhere to be found, at least for what I see." A voice said to him.
"Oh, thanks. For second thought, I was a goner and….wait a second. Who said that!?"
Suddenly, there was footstep coming from behind him. He turned to his shoulder to see who it was. He was very surprised to find who it was.
He had dark blue hair, spiky, with two strands sticking out, barely touching the tip of the eyes. He looks little bit taller than Yusuke. Maybe about few centimeters taller than his height. His eye color was darker shade of sapphire blue, more closely to navy blue. The shape of his eyes looked little more sharper than Yusuke's eyes, and the most surprising feature was the face. He had the same face as Yusuke.
"You're….me! Are you my lost twin brother or something!? In fact, that does sound cool." Yusuke pondered out loud.
His look-alike sighed. "I am not your lost twin brother, but I am you….or more simply, I am your reflection."
"Huh? My reflection?" Yusuke looked puzzled.
"It seems like when you broke that mirror, you and I merged together into one, but inside your mind. As you can see, this is your thought. We are in your mind." He explained.
"Really? This is my mind. It looks kind of empty." Yusuke looked around.
"That's because you're unconscious." He admitted.
"Wait!? I'm unconscious!?" He gasped.
"Calm down. At least you are not dead, like how you thought few moments ago. The bigger question is why I am in your mind."
"Huh? What do you mean? And, also who or what exactly are you? Where did you came from?" Yusuke questioned.
"As for the question on identity, I am your reflection. I am what you are when you look in the mirror. I came from the inside of the mirror. I am from another dimension, parallel to the dimension where you came from."
"Wow! So, you are like me from another world!" Yusuke's eyes brightened with enthusiasm.
"Precisely." His look-alike shot a glare at him. "However, that is all I know. I cannot remember anything else."
"Huh? You can't remember anything else? Not even your friends, or…your family?"
"I…suspect that since you are my reflection, I suppose also that I have a family and friends like you, but I can't remember who they are, or what they look like. All I remember is myself, where I came from, and this one card."
"A card? Can I see it?"
"Be my guess." He threw it at Yusuke as he caught it.
"Hmm. This card is blank." Yusuke pointed out, with the blank white card.
"I don't know why that card is blank, but I do have a feeling that it is important item to me, and it may be a clue to my lost memories."
Suddenly, the entire areas brightened up. "What's going on!?"
"It seems like you are waking up. Do not worry. We will….me….gain."
Yusuke woke up, seeing a white ceiling. To his right, he saw his mother, father, and younger sister. To his left was his grandpa and best friend, Haruka.
"Mom. Dad. Yukari. Grandpa, and Haruka? Where am I?" He asked to them.
"Oh honey! You're awake!" His mother teared in joy.
"You're in the hospital, Yusuke. Grandpa found you unconscious at the back of the antic store. He called us and the ambulance." His father elaborated.
"Oh Yusuke! I am so sorry for you to get into this mess?" His grandfather apologized, with him bowing down and his back made a crack sound.
"It's OK, Grandpa. At least I am feeling fine now."
"That's good to hear, Yusuke. We were really worried about you." Haruka said.
"Thank you, Haruka." Yusuke replied.
His family and best friend, Haruka talked for a while until they all decided to leave him to be alone. Good news for him is he will be out of the hospital in few days, just to be on the safe side. Yusuke realized right now that he has a wrapped paper around his forehead. He must have hit hard on his head. He wondered if that experience he had with his reflection was just all a dream, but he still felt that it was real, although.
Then, he noticed his Deck Holder and D-Ring on the table. He got up, but with his leg still laid down his bed. He reached his Deck Holder and took out his Deck. He looked through it until he was stunned. The same blank card was in his Deck.
"So, that wasn't a dream!" Yusuke thought. "But, then…what is this all mean?"
"It means just like you said. It wasn't a dream." A voice said.
He looked up, noticing his reflection self in a ghostly form.
"Waaah!"
"Do you say that whenever you meet someone?" He asked.
"Well, no, but you just surprised me, that's all." Yusuke chuckled, scratching the back of his head.
"Hmph. So, it seems like I am stuck with you for now until I find out why I am here and how I can go back home."
"Maybe…I can help you in some way!" Yusuke proposed.
"You will help me?" He questioned.
"Of course! You are me, so obviously I have to help you. Besides, you are seemed to be a cool guy to hang out with. So, why not?" He smiled.
"You are a strange person, and that is saying a lot, especially that you are my reflection." His look-alike stated.
"Hey! What is that supposed to mean?" Yusuke glared at him with lidded eyes.
"I guess I have no other choice." He nodded.
New Cards Cheat Sheet
Coming out of Nowhere-Type: Normal Spell Effect: Special Summon 1 Level 7 or lower Level monster from your hand or Deck. When the monster was summoned successfully, it can attack up to twice this turn and it gains 500 ATK.
Masquerade Caped Crusader-Level 7 Attribute: LIGHT, Type: Spellcaster/Effect, ATK/DEF: 2500/2000 Effect: When this card attacks a monster with 2000 or more ATK, that monster is destroyed instead. Then, the owner of that destroyed monster is inflicted with damage equals to half of the destroyed monster's ATK.