Good evening everyone, this is the very first fan fiction I ever published. Though there is a distinct story and plot line, there are other things that can get confusing. But this is only the beginning, enjoy.
*The cover image for this Fan Fiction is provided by Pixiv user くちばし。. Go check out the person's art after reading, its adorable. Also to the artist, thank you.
Note: I do not own anything other than the world that this story takes place in. All characters belong to their rightful owners.
Sakaki Yuya was an entertainment duelist, one of the best in the duelist sub-district of the Capital. He always impresses the crowd with his over the top, suspenseful dueling in a way that even his father would be jealous. Yuya action duels for most of his days, but takes time to spend it with his friends, and takes a few of his free days cleaning his condo. Today was one of those days, seeing that the ungodly amount of clutter that has become his hallway closet, Yuya set his sights on taking out the trash. "Okay… Now that I am ready… Closet! Prepare to be cleaned!" Yuya yelled as he opened the closet. And then a pile of junk poured out from the door frame, burying the tomato head under the rubbish. Luckily it wasn't anything too heavy, allowing Yuya to dig himself out of the trash. "Well that was embarrassing..." Yuya grumbled as he began picking up the fallen items.
After two hour and several garbage bags later, Yuya looked at the closet with pride as now he can find things with ease. "All done, now I just wait for tonight's…" Yuya began before something hit him in the head. Falling to the floor groaning, Yuya took a look at just what hit him in the head, and it was a metal box, locked with a number lock. "Is this mine? I don't even remember having something like this… Even if I did, what was the password?" Yuya thought as he examined the box. Picking up the box, Yuya went into the bedroom and began working out how to open the thing. After using various tools he had, Yuya still could not get the box open. "Nothing's working… What could the numbers be? Maybe…" Yuya thought as he began imputing in numbers. Several inputs were made but the results were the same every time, the box would not budge. "Okay, why would I lock something away and forget about it? I should've wrote down the thing… Wait… Could it be?" Yuya grumbled before tackling the lock again.
"One… Five… Three… Eight…" Yuya mumbled, inputting the numbers into the lock. And upon the last number being inputted, the box clicked and the lid popped open. "Yes! Now let's see… " Yuya said as he began looking through the box. The first item he saw was his old goggles, and many memories came back. Orange tinted and with a blue star on the right lens, these goggles have gave a younger Yuya the confidence boost he needed during crucial moments in an action duel. "I should fix this up, clean it up a bit, and replace the elastic band. Yeah, it's too tight around my head." Yuya commented as he wrapped the goggles around his head. "Let's see what else is in here…" Yuya thought as he continued to dig through the box. He found some old candy, an old but rare Duel Monster Card, a small and interesting poster, a book, and a few photos. But when Yuya only had two more items to look at, he began to frown upon seeing the first of the two, an old ring. Yuya looked at it with sad eyes as old, bad memories resurfaced into his mind. "No, stop… There is no point in being sad over this now." Yuya thought as he threw the ring into the drawer of his bedside table.
Unfortunately the very last item Yuya looked at, another photograph, didn't make him feel any better, in fact it made him feel worse. It was back when he was fourteen years old, and it was taken when everyone of the You Show Duel School qualified for the Maiami City's Junior Youth Championship. Everyone was there, including his best friend Gongenzaka, smiling brightly at the occasion. But there was one person that Yuya was staring intently at. There was a girl in the photo where Yuya had one arm casually around, a girl with blue eyes and dark pink hair. It was then that Yuya felt more memories come back, both good and bad, forcing him to pull his old goggles down over his eyes, despite how tight it is. The goggles served another purpose to Yuya that all his friends knew about, it helped him conceal the tears that would come out of his eyes. Anytime he felt insecure, Yuya simply slide his goggles over his eyes and never removed them until he felt comfortable enough to do so.
Really this never accomplished anything. Yuya knew that and had overcame that habit, but the sight of this person had undid everything he had learned in life. When the accumulating tears in the goggles grew uncomfortable to Yuya, he removed it off his face and set it down on the bedside table. The tears stopped eventually, but the old wounds were still open and hurting. Yuya put away the items, except for the photo, the ring, and his goggles, back into the box before throwing it under his bed. As sad as he felt, Yuya quelled a bit of the pain by working to fix up his goggles and finding a frame for the photo. But after framing the photo, Yuya simply set it down, not wanting to look at it any more than he should. It was still a few hours until Yuya had to leave, so he decided to take a nap. As he rested his head and closed his eyes, images of the past played in his head. All of those images contained Yuya and that girl… Every one of his happiest and saddest experiences had her in it… But right now, she is nowhere to be found on this boundless planet… A gentle flow of tears came out of Yuya's closed eyes as his mind finally fell into a restless sleep.
The past contains the some of the best and worst memories one can have in their life. Each event changes us, shapes us into someone better or worse than before. Everything has influence over us, but nothing can change us more than our past… And the love we never pursued…
Did you enjoy this first chapter? If so leave a review. The next chapter will be up in the near future.
Now let me tell you a little bit about the world that this story and several future stories will take place on.
Sanctuary is a mysterious planet that exists in a solar system that is unreachable by any force. Larger than Earth, Sanctuary is a place where the kind souls of the departed gather to live however they see fit. There is 36 hours to each day, and 16 months to each year on this planet.
This is the first piece that I offer you. Next time I will give you another.
Until Then... T1