Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's I: The Signer of Unification

by Mattster1997

10 years after the defeat of Z-ONE and stopping the Ark Cradle, the six Signers have gone their separate ways. But during a chance week where they have all returned to Neo Domino City, a new hero arises. One who brings a dark prophecy for the future, but will strengthen the bonds of Team 5D's like never before...

1. Unification

Unification

Feel the wind. Feel the force that Turbo Dueling unleashes. The Duel Runner's engine hummed with power. The opponent's turn ended, his field wide open. A Blue-Eyes White Dragon resides in the hand, with the Tuner monster Maiden with Eyes of Blue faces the enemy's empty field. The look of expectation on the other duelist's face.

"What's the matter? Is the infamous Mateo Yurigaya afraid?" The other duelist chided. A smile came across Mateo's face.

"Afraid? Nah. But I'm gonna offer you the chance to back out now."

"Back out? Me? I believe I'm winning, after all!"

"You aren't wrong. In my current condition, my four hundred Life Points don't hold much of a flame to your twenty-five hundred." Mateo agreed. "But that will all end this turn. I trust in my cards. They'll give me the strength I need to win."

"Seriously? You believe in that bullshit? It's a random assortment that your deck gets shuffled into. There's no 'trust' to place in pieces of paper!" The duelist called, snidely. "Now make your move!"

"They've got to be some kind of flexible metal at this point, aren't they? I mean, have you seen paper ignore air resistance the way these do? Anyways, my turn! I draw!" Mateo places his hand on his deck and closes his eyes. He draws, the sound of the card being pulled audible, despite the volume and power of the Duel Runners. Mateo's eyes open, to view Kaibaman. "It's here. I believe you were saying something about how the cards never choose those who believe them. But I disagree! I summon Kaibaman from my hand! Through its effect, I can release it!"

"Just what does that accomplish?"

"When Kaibaman is released through this effect, I can special summon one Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my hand in Attack Mode!"

"What?"

"And don't forget. I also have my level one Tuner monster, Maiden with Eyes of Blue on my field! Which I now tune to my level 8 Blue-Eyes!" Mateo called. The Maiden leapt into action, her single level star shooting out of her and encircling the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in a green, sparkling ring. "From the primordial egg, I call and command you to rise! Illuminate the path of destiny! Synchro Summon! Evolve! Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon!"

"What the hell?"

"Azure-Eyes, direct attack!"

"Heh! Not so fast! I activate my Dimensional Prison! Your dragon is removed from play!"

"Not quite! On the remainder of this turn and all of the next, all Dragon-type monsters I controlled when Azure-Eyes was Synchro Summoned, including himself, are unaffected by card effects!" Mateo countered. "All your defenses are for naught!"

"What? Augh!"

A glowing white burst of energy smashes into the duelist directly.

2500 LP-0 LP

A burst of steam is ejected from the duelist's Duel Runner as he is brought to a sudden stop. Mateo stops next to him and takes off his helmet as he steps out of his Duel Runner, his long hair and navy blue jacket flowing in the wind. "How... How could this be..? I've spent months building a deck to defeat yours!"

"Straight work to win through cheap strategies rings hollow if you don't trust in your cards. You were foolish to challenge me." Mateo responded. He tosses his helmet to the duelist, who catches it with a bewildered look on his face. "Here's a souvenir. Have a good day."

Mateo mounted his Duel Runner and sped off, leaving the duelist in the dust. In the distance, he can see the domed building of the Duelist Arena. "There it is. I've travelled a long way. New Domino City is certainly huge. But I must duel Yusei Fudo. I must make sense of everything that the Dragon has shown me."

As Mateo arrived at the Duelist Arena, he noticed a red Duel Runner doing laps. He pushed his Duel Runner to the edge of the arena, next to the pit areas. The driver of the red Duel Runner stopped as people crowded around him. Mateo began to approach but felt a sharp pain in his right arm. He released his Duel Runner to grab his arm, and it collapsed. This broke up the crowd surrounding Yusei, and they rushed to Mateo.

"Hey, mister, are you alright?" A girl with greenish-blue hair asked.

"Y-yeah. I think I'm good. I... I'm looking for Yusei. Yusei Fudo."

"That's me. What do you need?"

"A duel."

"You seem to be fairly unwell. Are you sure that's what you want?" Another person, one wearing a white jacket, with spiked blonde hair and an Australian accent, asked quizzically. Mateo turned to him.

"I'm okay. Really. It's just that I'm one of Yusei's biggest fans, and I want to show him what I can do!" Mateo said, smiling. "You understand, don't you?"

Yusei smiled and extended his hand. "Well, if we are to duel, I'll know your name."

Mateo took his hand and shook it. "Mateo. Mateo Yurigaya."

Yusei and Mateo ready their Duel Runners at the starting line. Mateo noted Yusei's Duel Runner, the Yusei Go. He looked down at his own Duel Runner, the Piercing Light, which sported a two wheels, one slightly larger than the other. The rest of the Duel Runner was pointed for aerodynamics, and the seat was at the very rear. It was stark white, but trails of crimson pulled back along the frame from the tip, almost as though it had a head on collision with a can of paint. The red wrapped around and into the cockpit, and almost seemed to trail onto the Duel Disk. Mateo looked up at the start timer, and watched as it reached the "Go" light. Mateo and Yusei sped off the starting line, Yusei taking a large lead. "Turbo Duel, go!"

"Speed World 3, engaged. Duel Mode active."

Mateo: 4000 LP SPC 0

Yusei: 4000 LP SPC 0

"Challenger makes the first move!" Yusei called.

"It's my turn, then! Draw! I summon Hunter Dragon in Attack Mode!" Mateo called, placing the monster card on the field. He pulls one more card, a trap card, from his hand. "I'll place one card facedown to end my turn!

Mateo: 4000 LP SPC 0-1

Yusei: 4000 LP SPC 0-1

"My turn! Draw! I summon Speed Warrior! Attack his Hunter Dragon!"

Mateo: 4000 LP SPC 1-2

Yusei: 4000 LP SPC 1-2

"What's the use of that? My Hunter Dragon has one thousand seven hundred Attack Points!"

"During the Battle Phase of the turn Speed Warrior is summoned, its Attack Points are doubled!" Yusei countered. "Destroy it!"

Speed Warrior launches forward and kicks Hunter Dragon, obliterating it. Mateo is inflicted with one hundred points of damage, but he is unphased. In fact, he's smiling.

Mateo: 4000 LP-3900 LP

"I place two cards facedown and end my turn." Yusei called. "And at this time, my Speed Warrior's Attack returns to nine hundred."

"My turn! I draw!"

Mateo: 3900 LP SPC 2-3

Yusei: 4000 LP SPC 2-3

"I Summon Luster Dragon from my hand! Next, I activate my facedown continuous Trap card, the Castle of Dragon Souls!" Mateo placed his cards on the field. "Once per turn, it lets me banish a Dragon-type monster in my Graveyard from play!"

"What's the point of that?"

"A Dragon-type monster on my field gains seven hundred Attack Points when I banish a Dragon-type monster in my Graveyard. So I banish my Hunter Dragon!" Mateo called. "Luster Dragon! Attack Speed Warrior!"

Yusei: 4000 LP-2300 LP

"I set one card facedown and end my turn."

"Looks like it's my turn!"

Mateo: 3900 LP SPC: 3-4

Yusei: 2300 LP SPC: 3-4

"I activate Speed Spell – Angel Baton! This lets me pay 4 Speed Counters to draw two cards, then I must discard a card!"

Yusei: SPC: 4-0

Yusei drew two cards from his deck and then sent his Quillbolt Hedgehog to the Graveyard. "Next, I summon my Junk Synchron! His effect allows me to summon the Speed Warrior you sent to the graveyard! Now, the effect of the Quillbolt Hedgehog activates! When I control a Tuner monster, I can special summon it from my Graveyard! I tune my level 3 Junk Synchron to my level 2 Speed Warrior! From two comes one, and from one comes great power! Watch as they merge their might, combine their courage! To Synchro Summon my Junk Warrior!"

"Looks like I got a bit of a challenge ahead of me, huh?"

Back at the Pits, Yusei's friends watch the duel. "Where's this guy from, anyways?"

"Beats me, but I heard that this guy is a bit of a pro on the Duel Tracks around the city."

One of the twins starts rubbing her right arm slightly, almost like something is bothering it. "Luna? What's wrong?"

"I don't know, but ever since he got here, has anyone felt something strange, but familiar?"

"Almost like we know him? I know what you feel."

"Jack, what are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking we're gonna learn who this guy is by the time this duel is over."

"Junk Warrior gains Attack Points equal to the combined Attacks of every level 3 or lower monster on my field!" Yusei's monster leapt up as rings of power wrapped around its arm. "Junk Warrior and Quillbolt Hedgehog, attack!"

Mateo: 3900 LP-1900 LP

The Piercing Light wobbles slightly from the damage, and Mateo laughs whole-heartily. "That felt awesome! Now let's see what I got to stop all this!"

"I agree! I end my turn!"

"My turn! Draw!"

Mateo: 1900 LP SPC 4-5

Yusei: 2300 LP SPC 0-1

"I summon the Maiden with Eyes of Blue from my hand in Attack Mode! I set two facedown cards and end!"

"Draw!"

Mateo: 1900 LP SPC 5-6

Yusei: 2300 LP SPC 1-2

"I activate Speed Spell – Mystical Space Typhoon! By paying two Speed Counters, I can destroy one Spell or Trap card on the field, excluding Speed World 3. I destroy the Castle of Dragon Souls!"

Yusei: SPC 2-0

"Junk Warrior, attack the Maiden with Eyes of Blue!"

"My Maiden allows me to negate one attack per turn and switch her to Defense Mode. Then I can special summon a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my deck!"

"Quillbolt, destroy Maiden with Eyes of Blue!"

"I activate my facedown card, Draining Shield! This negates your attack, and increases my Life Points by Quillbolt's Attack Points!"

Mateo: 1900 LP-2700 LP

"My turn!"

Mateo: 2700 LP SPC 6-7

Yusei: 2300 LP SPC 0-1

"I tune my level 1 Maiden with Eyes of Blue to my level 8 Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Mateo throws his hand up in the air. "From the Primordial Egg, I call and command you to rise! Illuminate the path of destiny! Synchro Summon!"

"Here it is!" Jack exclaimed, as the green light pierces through Blue-Eyes White Dragon's eight level stars. "This is the card I've heard has defeated several Duelists on the tracks!"

"Evolve! Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon!" Mateo cried as his ace monster appears to the field. "Azure-Eyes attack the Quillbolt Hedgehog!"

"I activate my facedown trap card, Defense Draw! When I would take Battle damage, I can negate the damage and draw a card!"

"That's all I need! Junk Warrior's attack reduces back down to 2300!"

"That was an excellent move you made. But I won't be letting you win after one move like that."

Mateo smiles. "I wouldn't have it any other way! On the turn that I Synchro Summoned a monster, I can activate the spell card Speed Spell – Gift to the Haunted Dimension! This allows me to pay all my Speed Counters, and then I can send a monster from my deck or Extra Deck to my Graveyard that matches either the summoned monster's level or type, but it goes in the Graveyard facedown. Any effect or game mechanic that would prevent me from summoning this card is negated, but if I special summon it from the Graveyard, it's banished by the End Phase!"

Mateo: SPC 7-0

"My turn!"

Mateo: 2700 LP SPC 0-1

Yusei: 2300 LP SPC 1-2

"I normal summon Nitro Synchron! When I normal summon a monster, I can special summon the Turbo Booster in my hand! Now, I tune my level 2 Nitro Synchron to my level 1 Turbo Booster and level 5 Junk Warrior!" Yusei called. "Behold, as the cosmos creates a monster of pure galactic might! Behold as I Synchro Summon the Stardust Dragon!"

"So now both Yusei and this Mateo have their ace monsters on the field. This ought to be interesting."

"Ahh!" The girl, Luna, drops to her knees. The other bluish-green haired twin, a boy, bent over and grabbed her shoulder.

"Luna? What is it?"

"My arm… It hurts!" Out of nowhere, the Crimson Dragon appeared in the middle of the stadium. It roared, and then vanished quickly. Luna stood up, and removed her hand from her arm, staring at where the Crimson Dragon was. Her Mark of the Dragon glows brightly on her right arm.

"Luna! Your arm! It's got the Mark of the Crimson Dragon again!"

"Why now? Why do the Marks return now? Ack!" Jack pulls his sleeve on his jacket, and his Mark of the Dragon has returned. The other three look down at their arms, with a sharp pain beginning to pierce through their skin.

"Who are you? What about you makes the Crimson Dragon return?"

"You were told that there were five Signers, but six of you there are. Every once in a while, a new issue comes around where there must be another. That young man, Leo, his Mark appeared when it all seemed dark. And you used the light he brought to create a miracle and defeat the terror of the future in the Arc Cradle and Z-ONE himself." Mateo replied. "A new threat darkens your doorstep, one that the Crimson Dragon never saw coming! That is why he has returned, and that is why I came to you now, the seventh Signer!"

Mateo pulled his sleeve up and revealed the glowing red mark on his arm, a swirling mark of two lines on his arm, adorned with a wing on one end and another wing on the other end. "Seventh Signer?"

"I am Mateo Yurigaya. I am the Seventh Signer. I am the Signer of Unification. I will unite us all together once again to fight the dark forces that will soon approach us! And it is time to show you what that really means!"

"I agree! I place two cards facedown!"

"My turn!"

Mateo: 2700 LP SPC 1-2

Yusei: 2300 LP SPC 2-3

"During the Standby Phase, I can special summon a Normal Dragon-type monster from my graveyard with Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon! I call back to my field, my Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"

"I activate my facedown trap card, Bottomless Trap Hole! This destroys and removes from play your Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"

"Damn! I place 1 card facedown and end!"

"I'm up! Looks like I don't have anything I can do this turn, either!"

Mateo: 2700 LP SPC 2-3

Yusei: 2300 LP SPC 3-4

"I Draw! Looks like we are at a stalemate once again. I end my turn."

Mateo: 2700 LP SPC 3-4

Yusei: 2300 LP SPC 4-5

"Draw!"

Mateo: 2700 LP SPC 4-5

Yusei: 2300 LP SPC 5-6

"I reveal the speed spell Speed Spell – Dash Pilfer in my hand and pay 4 Speed Counters to activate the effect of Speed World 3! I'm allowed to draw 1 card!" Yusei draws his card. "I summon my Sonic Chick in Defense Mode!"

Yusei: SPC 6-2

"My turn!"

Mateo: 2700 LP SPC 5-6

Yusei: 2300 LP SPC 2-3

"I summon Golem Dragon in Defense Mode! Now, my Azure-Eyes Dragon, attack the Sonic Chick!"

"The effect of Sonic Chick prevents it from being destroyed by battle with a monster of 1900 or more Attack!" Yusei countered. "My turn!"

Mateo: 2700 LP SPC 6-7

Yusei: 2300 LP SPC 3-4

"I summon Changer Synchron in Attack Mode! I tune my level 1 Changer Synchron to my level 1 Sonic Chick!" Yusei called. "Behold as both power and speed surge towards each other and collide to create pure might! I summon out the Synchro Tuner, Formula Synchron! Changer Synchron's effect switches your Golem Dragon to Attack Mode, and my Formula Synchron's effect lets my draw 1 card!"

"Feel free!"

"If the power of the Crimson Dragon is back, then that means that the world is in peril again. We, as Signers, must do all we can to avert this new threat, if what you say is true!" Yusei revs his Duel Runner and accelerates even farther past Mateo. "Let the spirit of all duel monsters now spread its wings and soar to new heights, where it can be transformed by the wings of destiny, where it can become all powerful! Go, Accel Synchro!"

Yusei accelerates past the green rings from Formula Synchron and vanishes in a burst of speed. A large green circle appears behind Mateo as he turns back to face it, and Yusei appears through it. "Appear, Shooting Star Dragon! Let's rev it up! With his effect, I reveal the top five cards of my deck, and it can attack once for every Tuner monster present! Here we go!"

Yusei draws the top five cards and reveals them. The top five cards are Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, Quickdraw Synchron, Starlight Road, Turbo Synchron, and Speed Spell – One for One. "Looks like I have two attacks this turn. Shooting Star, attack!"

Shooting Star Dragon splits into two versions of itself, the first headed straight for Golem Dragon. "I activate Defense Draw. It negates the damage and I get to draw a card!"

"Shooting Star Dragon, destroy Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon!"

Mateo: 2700 LP-1900 LP

"My turn!"

Mateo: 1900 LP SPC 7-8

Yusei: 2300 LP SPC 4-5

"I activate my Speed Spell – Stardust Shimmer! By paying five speed counters, I can Special Summon a Synchro Dragon-type monster from my grave by removing from play monsters whose levels combine to make that Synchro Dragon's!"

Mateo: SPC 8-3

"Plan on reviving your Azure-Eyes, huh?"

"Nope! I banish my level 4 Luster Dragon and Golem Dragon!"

"What level 8 monster is in your graveyard? Unless…"

"Unless I sent him there with my Gift to the Haunted Dimension! Let's do this!" Mateo called. "Clustering stars, flow, and give form to this mighty creature! Illuminate the path of destiny! Take flight, Stardust Dragon!"

"Stardust what?!"

"Impossible! There's only one copy of Stardust Dragon in existence!"

Mateo held his hand up, and in a burst of light, Stardust Dragon appeared in his hand. "It's only fitting that the Signer sent to reunite you all wield your Dragons. And through this monster, I'll show you my worthiness!"

"Stardust... He trusts him completely. He believes in Mateo!" Luna whispered, tapping into the Spirit Realm. She spoke up a little. "His whole deck trusts him, and they know that what Mateo speaks is the truth. He isn't lying about wanting to help us!"

"I summon my Flamvell Guard from my Hand and use the effect of Turbo Booster in my hand to special summon it!" Mateo exclaimed, as his monsters leapt to the field. "I tune my level 1 Flamvell Guard to my level 1 Turbo Booster! The light of the… No… MY future wavers! And when the past threatens the future, the might of all must gather to weave them together again! Illuminate the path of destiny! Synchro Summon! Accelerate, my Synchro Tuner, Formula Synchron!"

Mateo raises his hand into the air again, and Formula Synchron appears in a burst of light, just like Stardust Dragon did. "When I Synchro Summon Formula Synchron, I get to draw 1 card!"

"Tell me one thing before you continue. How did we not know about you? Surely, the Crimson Dragon would have brought our paths together at some point, wouldn't it?" Yusei inquired.

"I wanted to meet you. All of you. But I knew I had to wait. I had to learn. I had to be strong. Because so long as I keep winning, I will never fall." Mateo replied. "You are the most elite of all of Duelists, Yusei Fudo! I strive to be like you, to be strong like you, so I can prove that I'm worthy of dueling by your side should the time come."

"Show me what you have, then, Mateo Yurigaya! Weave your future!"

Mateo revved the Piercing Light and accelerated past Yusei quickly. He closed his eyes and focused, and then raised his hand forward towards the Formula Synchron, opening his eyes. "I tune my level 2 Formula Synchron to my level 8 Stardust Dragon! My clustering dreams, punch through the veil and reveal yourself as the miracle you truly are! Illuminate the path of destiny! Accel Synchro!

Mateo extends his arm outwards, a card formed between his fingers, and then it became Shooting Star Dragon. Mateo accelerates through Formula Synchron's Synchro rings and reappears in a flash of light behind Yusei with Shooting Star Dragon following suit. "Rise, Shooting Star Dragon!"

"Two Shooting Star Dragons? I never thought any of this could ever happen, but it's right here before my eyes!" Leo exclaimed. "What do you think, Akiza? Crow?"

"I think that if Yusei plans on winning, he's got his work set out for him." Akiza replied.

"But you gotta admit, that Mateo guy's got style." Crow added. Everyone nodded their heads, as the Marks of the Dragon burst forth on Crow, Akiza, and Leo.

"Hack complete. Let's crash this party. Wahahaha!" A sleek black Duel Runner blasts through the glass dome and descends towards the duel track. "You guys don't know what hit you!"