In the ruins of a once-glorious metropolis, a young man surveys the destroyed city. He wore a blue coat studded with multi-colored orbs, as well as a red and black shirt with blue pants. His hair is comprised of wild, frost-like bluish gray spikes with blond accents tucked halfhazardly under a helmet. He is seated on a futuristic red and white motorcycle-type vehicle.

"Damn!" He cursed. "I didn't even have time to get my riding suit!"

An explosion thundered behind him, causing him to nearly break the pedal with his foot.

An ominous figure wearing a black robe on a horse appeared. But this could be no normal horse, to keep up with an over two-hundred mile-per-hour machine like a Duel Runner. The figure rode side-by-side to him.

"Yusei Fudo...your time as come."

"My time!?" Yusei growled angrily. "Like all the innocent people you slaughtered?" He revved his Runner's engine. "The hell with you, Blood!"

The figure raised his arm, activating a device resembling a dull copper Duel Disk, but with five feathery panels, each with two card zones.

"Accept your fate...and duel!"

Yusei's Duel Runner screen flashed red a few times as it was forced into Duel Mode. "What the-!? Is this a virus!?"

"You have no choice. Duel. And die."

"Fine!" Yusei shouted. "But I'll start!" His disk ejected six cards into his wrist dealer.

Yusei-4000 Lp.

Blood-4000 Lp.

'It looks like Speed World 2 didn't deploy...' Yusei thought. 'So this will be a Turbo Duel...with Ground Duel rules? No matter. I'll end this quickly!"

"It's my turn! I summon Junk Blader in attack mode!" A swordsman with a ragged cape carrying a red, glowing sword appeared. (1800atk)

"And because I control a 'Junk' Monster, I can special summon Junk Servant from my hand!" An eight-foot tall red and black robot appeared. (1500atk)

"I'll place two cards face down and end my turn!" Two cards with their backs to the sky appeared next to his Duel Runner before disappearing.

"Draw." Blood declared, drawing his sixth card. "I'll use the Raigeki Magic Card."

"What!?" Yusei shouted as his monsters were blasted away by a heavenly thunderbolt. "Where'd you get such a powerful rare card!?"

"I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guard." A blond elf knight appeared, wielding a silver sword. (1400atk) "Attack him directly!"

Yusei reacted quickly. "I activate the Trap Card, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!" A small scarecrow made of wrought iron and wiring appeared, intercepting the slash of the sword.

"This card negates your attack and switches face down to stop a future attack!"

Blood placed another card on his strange Disk. "I'll play one card face down and end my turn."

"My turn! Draw!" Yusei exclaimed. "Now I'll summon Speed Warrior!" A warrior wearing light gray armor appeared. (900atk) "When Speed Warrior is Normal Summoned, I can double his attack points until the end of the turn!" (900-1800atk)

"Speed Warrior! Attack Obnoxious Celtic Guard! Hypersonic Slash!" His monster dashed up to the Elf, lashing him with a powerful kick, shattering him.

Blood-3900 Lp.

"I activate the Trap Card, Allied Cavalry." Blood declared. "When a Warrior on my field is destroyed, I can pay 500 Life Points to special summon a Four-star Spellcaster from my deck." His Life Points fell to 3400 as Rapid Fire Magician appeared on his field. (1600atk)

"Your turn." Yusei said. 'I can't use Spell Cards because Speed Spells can only be used in Turbo Duels...and this is my Turbo Duel Deck. I hope this doesn't get too out of hand...'

"Draw." Blood said calmly. "I sacrifice Rapid Fire Magician for Blood Sorceress!" The first Spellcaster disappeared, only to be replaced by a very familiar-looking female one. It resembled Dark Magician Girl in almost every way, only she had deep blood red hair, pale white skin, and yellow eyes. Her outfit was a skimpy black feminine armor with a very short gold skirt. (2000atk)

"Blood Sorceress! Destroy Speed Warrior!" The girl aimed her staff. "When she attacks, I can reveal one 'Blood' Monster in my hand to prevent you from activating card effects in reaction." He flipped one card in his hand before the sorceress blasted Speed Warrior away with a sadistic laugh.

Yusei-2900 Lp.

"When Blood Sorceress destroys a monster by battle, she deals damage to you equal to the number of cards in my hand multiplied by 300! I have four, so you're dealt 1200 damage!"

Yusei braced himself best he could as he was blasted by another wave of dark energy from the sorceress's staff.

Yusei-1700 Lp.

"I place one card face down and end my turn."

"I have to...win!" Yusei shouted, drawing. "I summon...Junk Synchron!" A small orange warrior appeared, with a motor on his back. (1300atk) "And now I'll use his effect to summon Speed Warrior from my graveyard!" The grey speed-suited warrior appeared. (900atk)

"A Tuner and a non-Tuner..." Blood mused. "You will Synchro Summon this turn."

"That's right! Level 3 Junk Warrior tunes Level 2 Speed Warrior!" Yusei began, as Junk Warrior turned into three rings of green light that encircled Speed Warrior, who became two orbs of light. "Let's rev it up! I Synchro Summon...Junk Warrior!" A powerful blue and gray mechanized warrior with jet wings for shoulders, and steel knuckles. (2300atk)

"Junk Warrior! Attack Blood Sorceress! Scrap Fist!" Junk Warrior flew in quickly, before landing a mighty punch to the wicked Spellcaster, causing her to shatter.

Blood- 3100 Lp.

"I end my turn with that!" Yusei growled.

"My turn. Draw!" Blood exclaimed. "I discard one card to Special Summon The Tricky!" A strange spellcaster resembling a jester appeared. (2000atk)

"Now because the monster I discarded was Blood Necron, I can special summon HIM from the graveyard." A skeletal figure wearing a business suit appeared. (0atk)

"I activate the Magic Card Monster Reborn." The holy greenish blue ankh appeared, bringing Blood Sorceress back to my field.

"And now the second effect of Blood Necron...when I special summon a monster from the grave, I am permitted to draw three cards, but skip my next two standby phase." He picked up three cards from his deck.

"Yusei Fudo...Prepare to experience a terror and power like none other..." He held one card up high. "I sacrifice Blood Sorceress, Blood Necron, and The Tricky in order to summon the almighty...SLIFER THE SKY DRAGON!"

"What did you say!?" Yusei cried as Blood's monsters vanished.

Lightning thundered in the sky as a bolt crashed into the ground, as a mighty beast took shape. It was an enormous serpentine dragon with a red upperbody, and a black underbelly. On it's face was perched a second mouth on it's jaws. Powerful claws bordered either side of it's midsection as it flew after the Duel Runner and the strange horse on large wings.

"The...God Card..." Yusei muttered as the beast gave a growl.

"This is it!" Blood declared. "The beast I shall use to exterminate imperfection! Slifer the Sky Dragon's attack points correspond to the number of cards in my hand multiplied by 1000...furthermore, whenever you Summon a Monster, he will blast away 2000 of it's attack or defense points, depending on it's battle mode."

Yusei grimaced. "You have four cards in hand, so that means he has...4000 attack points."

"Indeed...Slifer! Destroy Junk Warrior with Thunder Force!" The dragon opened it's lower mouth, and fired a beam of holy electric energy.

"I activate-" Yusei began, however his Scrap Iron Scarecrow card was ripped apart. He looked to see his pursuer hold up a copy of Mystical Space Typhoon. 'His face down!'

The electric blast vaporized Junk Warrior, not leaving a trace.

"WAAAA!" Yusei screamed as the shockwave blew his Duel Runner out of control. His Life dropped to zero.

The Runner flipped over as Yusei himself skidded against hard ground.

Blood's horse stopped right next to him.

"What a shameful end for a noble servant of the Crimson Dragon..." He mused.

"Shut up-!" Yusei snapped, still lying on the ground. "You...you destroyed New Domino! You killed so many innocents, including my friend Crow!...And above all...why...why do you have his face!?"

Blood paused for a moment as an chilling breeze blew by. He brought his hands to his hood and lowered it.

He smirked as Yusei glared with hatred. Staring back at him was none other than the precise visage of Yami Yugi!

"Oh? This? Nya-ha-ha-ha-ha!" He laughed with madness as he cast away his cloak, and dropped down from the horse. His boots touched the ground as Yusei got a full view of his clothing. Sure enough it was an exact replica of the old Domino City school uniform, only the coat and pants were a deep red, his shirt was white, and his boots were brown. On his neck was a copy of the Millenium Puzzle, only it appeared to be made of pure obsidian, with a red Eye of Wdjat.

"You lost our duel, Yusei Fudo...Now suffer eternal damnation in the shadows!" He held his hand out, as a malignant black energy appeared to emanate from him.

Yusei expected the worst, closing his eyes. 'Everyone...forgive me.' As the feeling of death came over him, he heard one voice.

"Giving up already, Yusei?" The former Signer opened his eyes with shock as two Duel Runners came into view. The white blur of the Phoenix Whirlwind blazed past him and circled back around, as the dark cherry red Bloody Kiss flanked Blood's Duel Horse.

A feminine voice pierced the air as it's rider held up a pair of white-framed cards. "I summon Queen of Thorns and Splendid Rose!" She placed them on her Runner's Disk, and two plants with the appearance of women appeared, one being brown and covered in thorns, and the other being green and slender with rose vines being used as whip like weapons.

Blood scowled. "I don't like big crowds." His copper Duel Disk/Diadhank hybrid extended again, as he placed another card on it. A spectral red figure rose behind him, clearly another Spellcaster.

"Die, Akiza Izinski." He said as the Spellcaster aimed a wand at Akiza directly, causing her Queen of Thorns to take the hit and disperse.

"I still have Splendid Rose!" Akiza called. The other plant-girl charged in with her whips. "Jack! Get Yusei out of here! I'll hold him off!"

"No, Akiza! We can't leave you behind!" Yusei cried.

"Don't worry about me!" She said, winking. "I can handle myself."

"For how long, I wonder?" Blood said as he raised his Disk up high. "Come before me and punish these disgusting mortals...Obelisk the Tormentor!" Another bolt of lightning crashed behind him, as a goliath with hard blue hide, and a crown of spikes appeared. It raised it's mighty arms with a roar.

"Not good!" Jack exclaimed.

"Fist of Fate!" Blood declared as his monster drew one of it's arms back.

Yusei could only watch in horror...and pray.

As the huge fist came upon them, they heard a powerful roar in the distance.

"Shreeeeee!"

The three of them gasped as Blood grunted. In the sky, a serpentine dragon seemingly made of blazing flame manifested in the distance.

"No...it can't be!"

"That's the Crimson Dragon!" Akiza gasped. "What is he doing here!?"

The majestic dragon roared again, sending shockwaves throughout the destroyed city. Obelisk could only shield himself the best he could, but he didn't last long. He shattered in moments.

Blood looked down at the three former Signers before him, who all had started glowing with an unusual red aura. "I thought you three had lost your marks!"

"We did." Yusei said, looking on in awe before glaring at him. "But it looks like the Crimson Dragon hasn't abandoned us."

Akiza and Jack both turned to the side as Yusei vanished before their eyes. Soon, they looked at their hands as they too had begun to disappear.

Blood growled. "NO!" His phantom Spellcaster aimed his staff again, blasting a bolt of black magic energy at them, however it never hit as they vanished at the last moment.

It was all gone, their bodies, their clothes...even their Duel Runners.

The man bearing Atem's face growled again before scoffing. "Yusei Fudo...Akiza Izinski...Jack Atlas...I'll hunt you down...and kill you."

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The moon shines brightly over a small city at night. Few houses were lit as most people would be resting from a long day.

A young man with blond hair, wearing a green jacket and jeans walks around a park, humming a tune to himself. "Man, I really ought to check up on the gang. It's been a two whole months since graduation...Sure, I'm on my way to the Pro-Dueling Circuit, but it seems things are getting a bit lonlier...

"I sound like a fruitcake, talkin' to myself."

The blond boy took a deck of Duel Monsters cards from his pocket. "But how far will I get with cards like these? Everyone's really boosted up their decks, but I've kept the same deck for a while now..." He looked through the cards, the prize being an obsidian scaled Western-Style Dragon with glaring scarlet eyes.

He smiled.

"Nah...I don't need anything different. 'Cuz Joey Wheeler's a champ just the way he...what the heck!?"

An intense white light filled the area, forcing him to shield his eyes. "What's goin' on!" The sound of large machinery hitting the ground forced him to jump back as what felt like a person's skull hit his foot.

The light had died down, but what had now appeared overtook his mind. Three unconscious individuals, two young men and one young woman, all wearing strange outfits had somehow manifested onto the scene.

What really stood out to him was the three freaky vehicles that also appeared, one resembling a huge wheel. "What the heck?" He ran up to the unconsious person with wild dual-toned hair. "Hey! Hey! You alright? C'mon, man! Wake up!

"Aww man! I better call somebody!" He pulled a cell phone from his pocket and dialed an ambulance. After he was told that they'd be there soon, a wayward card took his eye.

"What's this? A Duel Monstahs card?" Joey picked it up and drew back at the sight. It was a strange white framed card but it was completely blank! No description, no name, no card image.

"It's...blank? I've never seen a blank card before...what am I doing? This isn't the time for this!" He put the card into his deck case and waited for the ambulance, watching the three unconscious strangers with a wary eye.

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Card Index

Allied Cavalry

Normal Trap Card

When a Warrior-Type Monster you control is destroyed by battle, pay 500 Life Points; Special Summon one Level 4 Spellcaster-Type Monster from your deck.

Blood Sorceress

Level 6/DARK/Spellcaster/Effect/2000atk/1700def

When this card destroys a Monster by battle, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the number of cards in your hand x 300.

Blood Necron

Level 2/DARK/Zombie/Effect/0atk/0def

When this card is discarded from your hand, special summon it. When you special summon a monster from your graveyard, draw three cards, but skip your next two draw phases.

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After a showdown with an entity known as Blood that shares the face of the Pharaoh, Yusei, Akiza, and Jack are sent to the past by the Crimson Dragon, but are left sleeping in a park watched over by a bewildered Joey Wheeler. Are they safe from Blood's rampage, or will he hunt them down even to the past? And what is the mysterious blank card that Joey found? Will it provide the answers?