Yu-Gi-Oh OVA: Into the VRAINS

Long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far awaaaayy-hey! What's up! I didn't notice you there! OK, OK, to be serious, hello Internet! Welcome to Game Theoriii-OK, enough rip-off aside.

So, yeah if you are wondering why I am here, I got a second job as a narrator for this story. The excusable, I mean, the executive producer, hired me to narrate this new Yu-Gi-Oh story while the writer and producer works on Mirror Dimensional Fighters. This one is based on the new series and it started recently, so I don't know how good it is, but if there are characters that I can occasionally make fun of or troll around with, it's good enough for me! Plus more increase in my check, so it is a win-win for me! Yeah! Anyway, let's begin.

-Chapter 1-

They Call Me Codebreaker!

10 years in the future (whatever dimension this is), a city called Den City has the most advanced network system developed by a company called SOL Technology. The latest VR technology, Link VRAINS, created a whole new way of Dueling; VR Dueling. Duelists use this world of virtual reality, Link VRAINS to become an avatar and enter this world to Duel. Some Duelists becomes famous among the VR community, calling themselves what's known as "Charismatic Duelist". Not only a new type of Dueling is born, but the traditional Dueling Field format and rules have also changed due to the emergence of new type of Summoning called "Link Summon". New summon, new way of Dueling, new generations of Duelists, what a fascinating world to live in!

However, not everything about this new world is all glory and peachy. A mysterious hacker group, The Knights of Hanoi, uses Dueling to hack Link VRAINS and aims to destroy a secret world deep within Link VRAINS, known as the "AI World". With The Knights of Hanoi threating and roaming in the VR network, most people are afraid and the safety of VR Duelists and the stability of Link VRAINS are fragile. However, one brave Duelist appears and stands against the group. His name is Playmaker. This mysterious Duelist is crushing the Knights of Hanoi in fierce Duels, but this is not a story solely about him. This is also the story of another, a young high schooler who's goal to search for the Legendary Codes. Let's us now enter….

Into the VRAINS!

"….Mfff, uwaaaah." Someone yawned. That someone was a young boy, who was lying down on his back at the top of rooftop. By the look of it, he looked like 16 years old, most likely in high school.

He wears a dark denim jacket, long-sleeved black dress shirt, blue jean, and pair of brown shoes. He also wears a pair of orange and white headphone over his neck. He has a fair skin and his hair is dark green that spikes upward on the top with lighter green bangs with orange accents. His eyes were blue.

He just opened his eyes, noticing an airplane flying over him above the sky. "What a borrriiing day," he said as he yawned.

"There he is!" He turned around his head to the left, noticing two people. One was a boy who looked around his age. He had a fair skin like him; his eyes were light green, and his hair brown. He wore a white shirt with dark red tie and black pants, and dark blue eyeglasses. Another one was a young girl who was also at their age. Her skin was lighter than the boys. Her blond hair was long with accents and two bangs shaped of a loop on either side that tied by small pink ribbon. She wore a checkered pink skirt, short-sleeved beige shirt with larger pink bow that tied the neck collar, long black socks, and pair of white shoes. Her eyes were also blond, like her hair color.

"Oh, hey there, Tom and Emoti-chan," said the teen boy in lazy manner.

"Don't hey us! You skipped class again and this is like third this week, and 25th in the month! The teachers ordered us to find you!" Emoti said angrily.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm so-sorrie," the boy replied in a weird pose.

Hey! How did So-Sorrie got here!?

"Ye-yeah, Morse. The teachers are really mad at you now. You should go and say sorry to them," Tom said.

"Yeah, I should," he replied. "But, to be honest, classes are boring. Why do we have to learn something that we can actually learn it on our own time?"

The girl sighed and shook her head in annoyed tone. "That's the problem for person, like you, Morse. You got to stop being lazy!"

"I'm not lazy! I'm resting," he argued.

Great counter-argument, dude. You should have a cookie for that.

"Then again, why are you always out here, anyway?" She asked. "Whenever you are not in class, you are always here. Why?"

"Hmmm?" Morse looked at his friends and then grinned. "Well…I really don't know. I just like to be outside. The wind, the sky, and everything else. It makes me feel…peaceful and relaxed."

"You know. It does feel nice," Tom agreed as he took a good sniff of the fresh air.

"Well, it is a lovely weather, but school is important, too, Mr. Yu Morse Akira. Come on. Let's go back to class and apologize to the teacher," Emoti said.

"Sure," Morse complied as he got up, and went with his friends.

-Yu's POV-

Hello, folks. My name is Yu Akira, but you can just call me Morse! That's my nickname. So, little about me, well, I will admit here that I am lazy…

Gee, what make you say that? I did not know you are lazy, even though I already saw how lazy you are like 10 seconds ago! Not to mention your friends mentioned it, too!

Ha, ha, ha. Very funny, Mr. Narrator. Anyway, yeah, so I am mostly laid back about mostly anything, but one thing I do like about is Dueling! Dueling is like my life, and in fact it is. You see, you may see me some lazy beach bum-like dude, but I am actually a quite famous Charismatic Duelist. If you don't know what that is, well…I will explain it later when the times come.

The two people you saw are my best friends in the world; Thomas Gates or Tom by nickname. He is like my little bro to me. I live with him, and his parents. He is really rich, but he is not the…most confident guy in the world, but we're working on that. You should see him when we do VR Dueling. If you don't know what VR Dueling is, I will show you later when we get a chance.

This girl, her name is Ane Emoti. We just call her Emoti-chan. She is kind, but sort of bit strict, especially to me. She is very athletic. She plays tennis at our school, and even captain of cheerleading. She is not much into Dueling.

As for what my life is like, well, I also like to do programming, and I am actually good at that. I do get scolded a lot, mostly by my teachers, but I guess you can pretty much picture that. Ha, ha. Anyway, yeah, that's about it, but I think you would better to learn more about me and my friends when you continue reading below.

-Yu's POV Ends-

About an hour or so, the school bell rang, declaring the end of the school. Yu Akira or Morse had to stay for detention, making up all the classwork he missed. After two hours or so, the detention was finally over, and he stormed out of the detention hall faster than speeding bullet.

"Woohoo! I'm free! And I thought I would be in here like forever!" Yu cheered as he got out of the school. The sun was almost setting down. Suddenly, something was ringing in his backpack. He opened it, and took out some kind of device. It looked round, like an egg and it was mainly light blue and white for color.

"Oh yeah. I forgot to turn you on," he said as he pressed a button on the top.

Suddenly, the egg-shaped device transformed with wings on the side. Two round pink eyes appeared on the screen. It turned completely into a floating or flying robot.

"Good morning, Master Yu. I've woken from the temporary sleep mode. Is school already over?" The robot asked.

"Yeah, Rosey. I actually got into detention again, but school is over the day," Morse answered.

"I see. You really should be 90% less lazy in order for you to be more efficient in schoolwork, Master," the robot suggested.

"Hmmm…" Yu thinks to himself before he shrugged. "Naw! Too boring!"

Rosey titled in comedic way. "But, Master!" Rosey exclaimed.

"No but, Rosey. You know that 100% of the times I always say that whenever you say that, right?" he said.

"Well, yes, you are correct about that, but that doesn't mean I won't give up," Rosey replied.

Morse chuckled. "Well, how about let's go home? Tom and Emoti-chan must be waiting for us."

"Stop! Please!" Morse and Rosey stopped when they suddenly heard a cry for help. They looked to the different direction, and saw a young kid being bullied by three guys.

"Please. I will give you any of my cards, except that!" The boy begged.

"Nee, nee, nee," laughed the middle guy. He was tall, and wore a black suspender attached to black pants, which covered a green and red checkered shirt underneath it, and red bowtie. He also had black eyeglasses, freckles over his face, and cowslip black hair. His eyeglasses were shaped of some kind of insect.

"Sorry, kid, but Buggy-sama here collects all kinds of cards. Your card is what he needs to complete his collection," said the guy in the left. He wore a gray shirt with image of the Crimson Dragon on the front, and red shorts. He was also a fat, too.

"Hey! I am not fat!" complained the guy.

"Dude! Be careful with talking back at the narrator. We might get fired for it!" The guy on the right warned. This one was the tallest out of the trio. He had short blue hair, pointy nose, like Pearl from Steven Universe, blue eyes, and white skin. He wore white shirt with blue stripes, and pair of black pants.

"Meh! Never mind about him, Jack. We have important matter at hand," said Buggy as he gloomed creepily over the defenseless boy. "Now, give your Red-Eyes!"

"No way! I got this from my Dad! It's my most important card in my whole Deck!" The boy defended.

"That won't do, kid. The rule is rule. You lost the Duel, you give me the card," Buggy claimed.

"Duel?" Morse repeated. He then walked over to the commotion.

"Oh no! Master, wait!" Rosey tried to stop him, but to no effect.

"Hey you guys!" The trio looked disgusted and bothered at Yu. "Did you say Duel?"

"Yeah, and who the heck are you?" Buggy asked in annoyed tone.

"Well, I couldn't help hearing, but it sounds like to me that you guys were bullying this poor kid. Saying things like you want his card," Yu explained.

"Well, yes. This boy here lost to me in a Duel, betting on his Red Eyes Black Dragon, one of the rarest cards I am looking for to add to my collection," Buggy said.

"I see," Yu wondered. "How about I give you a better deal?"

"Better deal?" Buggy repeated.

"Yeah! Let's have a Duel, better yet, VR Duel! A Battle Royale in Link VRAINS! If any one of you guys win, you can have this kid's Red Eyes, and my whole Deck," Morse proposed.

"Master Yu! That's ridiculous!" Rosey exclaimed in shock.

Buggy smirked. "Interesting. Very well then. I accept your little deal. I don't know what you use, but as a punishment for getting involved, you will be depressed when my gang and I will beat you in the most humiliating way!"

"Then, let's Duel! But, If win, you leave the kid the alone, OK?" Yu said with a wink.

"Agree," Buggy said as he smirked, along with his guys.

"Rosey!" Yu called to his maid AI robot.

"Yes Master!" Rosey flew around Yu as it transformed into his Duel Disk. The color of the disk was now green and white.

"Deck set!" He inserted his Deck into the slot, making the phrase "Into the VRAINS" appeared on the screen.

Into the VRAINS

He and the other three transformed. Yu was now wearing a black suit with green accents. His hair color was now gold with red accents.

While Yu's VR Duel was starting, we looked to a shiny building with strange Rubix Cube for a symbol of some kind. This was the SOL Technology's main HQ building. They are the company who created Link VRAINS.

"VR Dueling is initiating! Identifying the VR Account," said a worker. All the workers were dressed in blue uniform, making them look very cybernetic. These are the people who monitor any and all VR Duels in Link VRAINS around the clock.

"Four VR Accounts Found! They are King Beetle, SamuraiJack09, PuppetMasterX, and…Codebreaker!"

"Codebreaker! Him again!" Said the other worker.

"Oh sweet! Codebreaker is online!"

"I wonder what kind of Duel he will show this time!"

"Sir! Codebreaker sends a message through the Terminal, requesting permission to broadcast his Duel. Should we do it or not?" The female worker asked to a man, who was standing over a tall mechanical podium.

The man wore the same uniform, except he also wore a hat, a kind of hat that something a chief of a group wears. He had brown mustache and dark brown eyes.

"Of course! What do you think we do here? Codebreaker, next to GO and Blue Angel, is one of the Top 10 Charismatic Duelists! Of course we will broadcast his Duel! Accept the Request!" He ordered

"Yes sir!" The female worker began typing things on the computer very quickly, almost un-human like. "Accepting Request! Request Complete! Broadcasting Duel!"

She pressed the Enter button, and when she did, every TV, computers, and Smart Devices with monitor screen started broadcasting the Duel on-live. Everyone stopped what they were doing, and watched the screen.

"Hey mom! Codebreaker's Duel is on!" One boy shouted and pointed to the Smart TV.

"Yo, guys! Check it out! Codebreaker is ON!" Said one guy, who appeared to be part of a gang.

"Ha ha! Codebreaker's Duel is on! Woohoo!" Cheered an old man. The man was at a bar, along with other people. Even the barkeeper was also watching.

"Well, that explains why he is being late," Emoti sighed as she and Tom were sitting on a couch, watching the TV.

"This is gonna be cool," said Tom, looking excited.

"Oh cool! Codebreaker's Duel is just starting! And…Oh My God! He's Dueling three at the same time!" gasped a guy, who was just walking by on the street.

Oh yeah. This is that weirdo. Playmaker's fanboy, Naoki Shima.

"Hey!" Naoki yelled at yours truly.

Meanwhile, at a certain hot dog stand, a boy with spiky blue and pink hair and a man who owned that hot dog stand also just noticed and began watching, too, like everyone else.

"It looks like Codebreaker is at again. That guy really loves to be flashy," said the man.

"What do you mean by that, Kusanagi-san," the boy asked.

"Huh? You don't know Yusaku?" The boy looked at him with dull expression, which the man responed with a shrug. "Of course. Well, let me explain. You see, that VR Duelist, Codebreaker, he loves to be the center of attention. He is quite famous for being like that whenever he Duels."

"I see," Yusaku said. "If you ask me, he seems to be at a very high risk, especially Dueling three people right now."

Back to the Duel, Yu and the three nerd bullies transformed completely and entered Link VRAINS, ready to Duel.

"Nee, nee, nee! Ready to lose!?" Buggy, who was now known as King Bettle, said.

"Ready or not, I'm gonna win either way," Yu replied.

King Bettle grunted. "Tch! You better be prepared! I don't care if you are DE Codebreaker! You're gonna lose by three of us!"

"Yeah!" His two allies exclaimed, pumping their fist in the air.

"Then, let's start! Since we are doing Battle Royale, you guys know the rules, right?" Yu asked.

"Of course, we do!" PuppetMasterX shouted. "What? You don't know or something."

"Naw, I just forgot, that's all," Yu replied, scratching the back of his head.

The trio black-flipped in comedic way. "Well, whatever! Here the rules, you dummy! In Battle Royale, each Duelist can't allow to draw their card on their first turn. The one who asks to Duel goes first, and you just take each other turn while we do ours. Get it?" PupperMasterX explained.

"Got it!" Yu replied with a smile.

"Good! Now we can trash you!" Jack, who was now Samurai J, declared.

"Okie-dokie! Let's DUEL!" Yu started.

Codebreaker (Yu Akira): 4000 LP

PuppetMasterX (Moll): 4000 LP

Samurai J (Jack): 4000 LP

King Beetle (Buggy): 4000 LP

"OK, so since I am the first, I can't draw a card," Yu said.

"That's right, Master Yu." His AI spoke. It could talk with Yu even in Duel Disk mode. "As you are the first one, you can't draw a card from your Deck. You start with five cards in your hand. During this time, you are currently in your Main Phase 1. A single turn in a Duel splits into several phases. During this phase, you can either Normal Summon, activate Spell, or set a monster or Trap Cards. Remember that when you want to set a monster, you have to place it face-down in Defense Position."

"Thanks for the refreshing, Rosey, but I already know what to do," Yu replied.

"As you wish, Master Yu," Rosey said.

Yu picked one of the cards in his hand. "I Normal Summon my C# Security Hound!" The first monster appeared, and this one looked like Wroughtweiler, but its body is silver.

C# Security Hound-Level 4, LIGHT, Cyverse/Effect, 1200 ATK, 700 DEF.

"Next, I set a card face-down, and end my turn," he finished.

"That's it! You got to be kidding me!" King Beetle laughed as his lackeys also laughed. "Pathetic! Don't you know that you can take damage if you place a monster in Attack Position? If we summon a monster with higher attack, that stupid robot dog of yours will be destroyed!"

"Oh crud! You're right!" Yu just realized.

"Too late for that!" PuppetMasterX remarked. "My turn! I draw!"

He drew his card, making a total of six cards in his hands. "First, I play the Spell Card, Graceful Charity! With this, I draw five cards and discard three!"

He just did that. "Why would you do that? You just wasted a lot of cards in your hand," Yu stated.

"Oh, you'll see why," PuppetMasterX replied with a smirk. "Next, I activate my Shaddoll Beast's effect sent via Graceful Charity!"

Meanwhile, his friends were watching his Duel. "That guy uses Shaddoll Deck!" Tom exclaimed. "Morse is in trouble!"

"Hoooo," Yu awed.

"When this card is sent to the Graveayard by card effect, I can draw 1 card! Now, I have five in my hands," he said as he added one. "Also, I activate Shaddoll Falco's effect that was also sent to the Graveyard via Graceful Charity's effect! I can Special Summon it in face-down Defense position!"

On his side, a blue orb with glowing red eyes appeared. "Then, I activate the Spell Card, Flip-O-Rama!" It showed a hand flipping pages back and forth, making an image on both page synchronize and moving, like an animation. "When this card is activated, I can Flip Summon a monster even when I set it in face-down. I flip summon my Shaddoll Falco on the field!"

The dark puppet bird appeared as it tweeted for battles. "Then, I activate its flip effect!"

"Flip effect!?" Yu gasped.

"It is a type of monster's effect that can only be activated if you Flip Summon a Flip monster first," Rosey explained.

"When Shaddol Falco is Flip Summoned, I can add 1 Spell or Trap Card in my Deck to my hand! I add this one!" He added a particular Spell Card, which he showed to Yu, although showing a relaxed expression. "And I will activate the Spell Card I just added; Nephe Shaddoll Fusion! With this Equip Spell, I can equip it only to Shaddoll monster and change its Attribute! I change my Falco's Attribute to Light!"

A glowing yellow aura glowed over Falco's body. "With that, I can finally activate my Spell Card, Polymerization!"

"Oh I see. You can Fusion Summon!" Yu realized.

"That's right!" PuppetMasterX said. "I fuse my Shaddoll Falco on my side of the field and my second Shaddoll Beast in my hand! Beast of shadows, falco of deception, fuse together into the soul of the dark puppet goddess and awaken from her slumber! I Fusion Summon! Come forth! El Shaddoll Construct!"

A giant goddess, the leader and creator of the Shaddoll monsters, appeared. It stood tall and mighty, but Yu didn't look scared at all.

"My calculation states that PuppetMasterX is a Fusion Duelist. Be careful, Master!" Rosey warned him, but Yu just watched with a bright grin.

"It's time to attack! I declare my ace monster, Construct to destroy that puny monster of yours! Thread of Deception!" The giant puppet goddess pulled out her strings and used the strings to tie up C# Security Hound. It cried when the strings tightened it, and then turned into sparkles.

Yu's LP: 2400

"Good job, Molly!" King Beetle said.

Molly rubbed his nose. "Thank you, Buggy-sama."

"Thank you, too, Molly." They looked at Yu with confused expression. "Thanks to you, I can activate my monster's effect!"

"What!?" The trio gasped shockingly.

"You see, when C# Security Hound is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, I gain 500 Life Points and I can Special Summon another Hound from my hand!" His Life Points increased and another C# Security Hound appeared as it roared when it was summoned.

Yu's LP: 2400 + 500 = 2900

Molly grunted. "Tch. Fine. I will just end my turn here," Molly decided. "No matter what, you won't win and can beat all three of us in a duel!"

"Let's see about that!" Yu replied as he smiled courageously.

But, will he win? Our hero, Yu Akira is facing a tough challenge, and he already lost almost half of his Life Points! What would happen next!? Find out next time in Yu-Gi-Oh OVA: Into the VRAINS...after I take a little coffee break.