Welcome one, welcome all! I'd like to thank you for reading this story in advance, and for any criticism that you might have.

This isn't my first foray into the Yugioh universe, nor will it be my last, but I intend to make it a good one.

This is however, my first story in the Shadowchasers universe. All thanks to Cyber Commander, who is an amazing writer.

This story will take place in the 5D's universe, but there will be little, if any, contact with the characters from 5D's.

There will be Turbo Duels, that's one guarantee I can make.

Once again, props to Cyber Commander for allowing me to borrow his universe and take a chance on an idea.

So,

Sit Down

Get Set

and Get Your Game On!

My name is Thomas Montague, yes, the name Montague is from Romeo and Juliet. Yes, I get teased by English teachers and adults all the time about my name, and yes, I am still in high school.

Regardless of my name, I still do everything a normal teenager does, including duel. Which is a great pastime and even people in high school do it, my school almost treats it like a professional sport and we have team dueling tournaments with other schools in the district and even in our regional conference.

I'm the sixth son of a seventh daughter of a seventh daughter. My younger sister, Jennifer, is the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter of a seventh daughter. To most people, it wouldn't make a difference which number we were chronologically in our family order.

But in my family, it does matter.

In folklore, if a line of seven daughters can give birth to a second line of seven daughters, unbroken by sons, then the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter will become a witch, or a sorceress. Depending on different versions you hear.

But in my family, my mother gave birth to another line of seven children, all daughters. Except for me, my youngest sister has inherited an enormous amount of power from our genetic heredity and I've even inherited some things; such as the power to be Aware.

I've always wanted to study magic, even from a young age, so when I was seven or so, my mother began training me in sorcery. It's a pretty handy skill actually, though, if I told anyone at school about my powers I'd become a laughing stock.

Being Aware comes with its advantages and disadvantages. My sister and I are together a great deal and through that, we deal with any Shadows that become…unruly to the general populace of NYC. We know about an organization that deals with the unruly acts of Shadowkind, but we have yet to see this mysterious organization, so we take matters into our own hands.

Lately, they have been becoming more and more violent, even attacking crowds of people. And we have no idea what's causing it. All we know is that they all seem to be working for the same organization.

Is that enough though? Can two Aware humans, without the clout of the Shadowchasers take on people who abuse the rights of Shadowkind?

Sit back, and get your game on.

It was a sunny June morning in the city that never sleeps, New York was, as usual, already wide awake and people were going about their daily business. School was out for the summer so kids wandered through the streets, trying to find something to do that didn't involve using their brains.

Two in particular were strolling across Time Square trying to avoid heading home. Two teenagers, a boy and a girl walked side by side, they looked very alike, and people passing by them wondered if they were twins (which they were) but didn't want to stop their lives for even a second to think of asking them about it.

The boy had unruly dark brown hair that hung over his forehead and barely covered the entire back of his neck. He was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a tight green jacket that covered his lanky torso and arms. His calm, violet eyes scanned the streets as he walked close to the girl he was with. A pouch clung to the belt of his jeans and held a deck of Duel Monster cards.

The girl looked similar to the boy, bearing the same long brown hair, hanging below her shoulders. Similar violet eyes stared off in space, but her eyes were much sharper and more angular. She was wearing a tight black pencil skirt with black leggings clinging to her skin. She was also wearing a black vest over a shocking pink t-shirt. She had a messenger bag over one of her shoulders and it appeared rather bulky for something to carry on the street.

The boy looked over at the girl for an instant and sighed. "Why exactly are we wasting a Saturday morning walking around this place Jenny?"

The girl, Jenny, gave him an exasperated look as a group of tourists walked past them, clicking their cameras seemingly in-sync with one another. "Because Thom, we're scouting the area. There's been a lot of Shadow activity down here lately, and I want to find out what's going on."

The boy, Thom, nodded. "I guess you're right. But we've been walking around here all morning, I don't think anything is going to happen right no-"He was suddenly cut off as a scream echoed behind them. The twins turned and saw that half of the tourists had been knocked over by two thuggish looking guys and a smaller one. One of the thugs was gripping what appeared to be a billy club in his hands while the other two chuckled at the purses that were gripped in their arms. Thom looked at his twin and she glanced at him. They nodded in unison and whistled rather loudly.

The thugs looked at them as Jenny got her cell phone out. One of them was stricken with a panicked look and cried out as Jenny's phone began to ring an answer tone. "Let's get outta here!" The other two saw them and ran in the opposite direction, heading further into Times Square.

Thom sighed and gave his sister a skeptical look. "Did you actually call 911?"

She chuckled and dropped her phone in the pocket of her vest. "No, I called Franks Pizza Joint; I want pizza after we deal with them." Thom rolled his eyes and the pair of them charged after the trio, avoiding running over the group of tourists.

The thugs charged down an alley way and the smallest of the trio swore loudly as they faced a wall. "Dammit! We're stuck!" The small man looked almost like a weasel, with a pointed face and beady eyes. He wore a black leather jacket and black denim jeans that nearly covered his combat boots. The larger thugs looked nearly the same, only differing in the color of their hair; one had black hair and the other a shade of red. They were both dressed in matching denim jackets and torn blue jeans.

One of the larger ones poked the smaller one in the back and pointed at the head of the alley. The twins stood there and the girl gave the trio a wicked smile as the pair walked forward. The smaller one pointed at them and grunted. "Get 'em!"

The large pair charged forward and the twins barely blinked as their human appearances vanished as though they were smoke. Two large orcs replaced the humans that had been charging a second ago. Each one was wearing the same thing their human counterparts had been wearing, but they now had features resembling a boar and small, tusk like teeth jutting from their mouths. One of them barked at the other in their native language and they both continued the charge.

Jenny rolled her eyes and suddenly the air in front of the twins shimmered with violet glitter. The orcs made it about two feet away from the twins before seemingly ramming into a wall. The small man at the back balked as the towering duo of orcs fell over like pieces of chopped wood. "What did you do to them?" He stuttered as Thom stepped over the pairs bodies.

"Oh, Jenny just changed the consistency of the air in front of them." Thom explained casually as he came closer to the cowering thief. "She made it just about as hard as a cement wall. Orcs are pretty strong, but not strong enough to plow through a wall on a seconds notice."

The thief balked at the teens again before pulling out a small pistol. "Don't come any closer!" He stammered, aiming the gun at Thoms head. "I'll shoot!"

Thom chuckled. "Easy does it buddy, you don't want to get hurt, do you?" His eyes glowed briefly before a blast of air knocked the man over. The gun fell to the ground in front of Thom, the teen grabbed it and released the clip, which clattered to the ground in front of the cowering thief.

The man rose slowly and backed into the wall as Thom stood before him, empty pistol clutched in his hand. "Who are you two?"

"Oh, us?" Jenny questioned as she stepped over the orcs unconscious forms as she made her way to her twin. "We're just citizens trying to do the right thing."

Thom chuckled and shook his head at the short man. "You attacked all of those tourists with your little cronies there and expected normal Mundanes to chase after you. Well, today is your unlucky day." He smirked at the older man and tossed the gun behind his back.

"My name is Thomas Montague, and this is my sister, Jennifer." Thomas gave the man a slight smile as his hand reached for his pocket. "And we're the law for Shadowkind in this town."

The thief cringed as he tried to back even further against the wall. "You guys are Shadowchasers?"

Thom rolled his eyes. "Please, if I was a Shadowchaser, I wouldn't have needed to use magic to take down those punks back there."

Jennifer stuck her tongue out at the man. "There aren't any Shadowchasers in this city buddy. Us New Yorkers have to fend for ourselves."

The man cackled slightly and pulled out a small knife. "If you guys aren't Shadowchasers, then you have no authority over me!" A second gust of wind knocked the knife out of his hand and into a nearby wall.

"Look, we might not be Shadowchasers." Thomas began. "But we can still perform citizen's arrests. Besides the fact that you're probably extorting those orcs to do your dirty work, you wouldn't be able to make it out of this alleyway even if you wanted to."

Jennifer nodded slightly. "We do have another way to take you out of the picture though." She pulled two duel disks out of her backpack. "You can duel for your freedom."

The thief cackled with glee and snatched one of the disks from her hands. "Ha! Piece of cake, I can take on kids like you." He pulled a deck out of one of his pockets and placed it in the chamber, activating the disk as he did.

Thomas took the other disk and slipped it over his left wrist. "The conditions of this battle are as follows. I win, you go to jail, and we take the two orcs into custody. You win, we'll let you go free and not chase after you."

The man cackled with glee once more as he nodded rapidly. "Yeah, yeah, whatever you say kid."

Thom slipped his deck into the slot on the disk as it activated and glanced up at the thief. "I'm not going to call you 'thief' for the whole duel, so what's your name?"

The thief chuckled for a moment before answering. "Lance."

The two faced off at either end of the alley as their disks activated. "Duel!"

Thomas: (8000) ----------------- Lance: (8000)

"I'll go first!" Lance shouted as he drew a card. He glanced at his hand.

"I summon Abaki!" A large red giant appeared on the field, it had yellow eyes and a strange blue tongue that hung limply from its mouth. It carried a large spiked club and it gave Thomas a hungry look (ATK: 1700).

"Next I'll place a single card face down."

A card appeared behind Abaki.

"I'll end my turn there." The man gave Thomas a scathing look as he spoke.

Thomas nodded and quickly drew a card.

"I summon Breaker, the Magical Warrior!" A warrior in red armor appeared, gripping a long sword in one hand and a shield in another. The shield glowed for a moment and a symbol embedded itself into it. (ATK: 1600)

"Now, since Breaker was Normal Summoned," Thomas explained as Breakers shield glowed once more. "He gains 300 attack points!"

Breaker raised his shield and glowed with a wavy yellow energy. (ATK: 1900)

"Breaker, attack Akagi. Magical Blade!" Breaker charged forward and cleaved the opposing monster in half with one clean strike!

Lance chuckled as an explosion echoed across the alleyway, knocking both players on their behinds. "You activated Akagis effect. When it's sent to the Graveyard by battle, both players lose 500 Life Points!"

Thomas glared at the small man. "I'll set one card facedown and end my turn."

A card appeared facedown behind Breaker.

Thomas: (7500) ----------------- Lance: (7200)

Lance drew a card and gave Thomas an evil look.

"I summon Claw Reacher in Attack Mode!" A small Fiend appeared, garbed in a purple cloth. It had horns and glowing yellow eyes, and long arms covered in metal. (ATK: 1000)

"Next, I'll activate the Spell Card, Scroll of Bewitchment!" A card appeared next to Claw Reacher, depicting a scroll with symbols spinning through a colorful void.

"Thanks to this Spell Card, I can change the Attribute of any monster, anywhere, to whatever I want! So," Lance chuckled. "I'll change your Breaker's Attribute to Light."

Breaker glowed slightly and scowled at Lance.

"Next, I'll play the Spell Card, Double Summon!" Claw Reacher shattered into pixels and a large form appeared before Lance.

"Thanks to that Spell, I can Normal Summon twice in one turn, and I'll sacrifice Claw Reacher to Summon, Brain Golem!" A Fiend even larger than Akagi appeared, floating over Lance and almost the entire field. It almost resembled a Beholder; except eyes were splattered all over the creature and it had large blue, clawed arms. It stared at Breaker with a look that almost resembled hunger. (ATK: 2500)

"Now, thanks to my Brain Golems effect, all Light Monsters lose their effects!" Lance cackled with evil glee as the Spell Counter on Breakers shield shattered. (ATK: 1600)

"Brain Golem, destroy Breaker! Eye of Darkness!" The largest eye on the Fiend glowed with black energy and Breaker screamed as he was consumed by black fire.

"Now, since Brain Golem destroyed a Light Monster in Battle, I get to attack AGAIN!" Thomas screamed as black fire surrounded him, sending him falling to his knees.

"I'll end my turn with that." Lance chuckled and crossed his arms. Beads of sweat forming along his face, giving his pale skin a slight sheen.

Thomas: (4100) ----------------- Lance: (7200)

"Are you okay?" Jennifer questioned as Thomas climbed back to his feet.

"Yeah, I'll be fine." Thomas murmured as he drew a card.

He gave Lance a wicked look as he pulled a card from his hand. "I activate the Spell Card, Exile of the Wicked!"

Lance cried out as a wave of energy disintegrated Brain Golem in a single second. "Why would you have that card in your deck? No one puts that in unless they have to fight a Fiend duelist!"

Thomas rolled his eyes. "I usually have it in my Side Deck, but I forgot to change it out from my last duel. It's a pretty neat stroke of luck if I do say so myself."

Lance nearly screamed with rage as Thomas pulled another card from his hand.

"I summon Mei Kou, Master of Barriers!" A tall man appeared, garbed in the clothes that Eastern nobility might have worn long ago, he had a set of beads wrapped around his neck and he was gripping part of them in his left hand. (ATK: 1700)

"Next, I'll activate my facedown card, Ultimate Offering!" The facedown card rose up and glowed momentarily.

"Thanks to its effect, I can pay 500 Life Points and Normal Summon again." Thomas stood still as he glowed with red energy and his Life Points went down.

"I summon Magical Exemplar!" A woman appeared, garbed in green robes and wearing a golden crown and rather large neck piece. Her hands shimmered with magical energy as she glared at Lance. (ATK: 1700)

"Now, I'll have Mei Kou attack first," Mei Kou began to glow with a golden light as he held up both hands. "Barrier Blast!" A large symbol appeared before the Master of Barriers and sent a shockwave of energy careening into Lance. The older man cried out as he was knocked off balance.

"Now, Magical Exemplar, attack with Mystical Earth!" The woman stepped forward and shot an orb of green energy into Lance's stomach. Lance fell over this time and growled as he climbed back up to his feet.

"I'll end my turn with that." Thomas smirked at his opponent before crossing his arms.

Thomas: (3700) ------------ Lance: (3800)

Lance was sweating even more as he drew a card. "I'll play a Spell Card known as Fires of Doomsday." Two fiery shaped tokens appeared before him, each with a single eye. (DEF: 0) "This card allows me to Special Summon two Doomsday Tokens." He set another card in his disk.

"Next, I'll play Upstart Goblin, and thanks to its effect, I get to draw one card. You, however, gain 1000 Life Points." Lance explained as he drew a single card. Thomas smirked as he glowed with green energy.

Thomas: (4700) ------------- Lance: (3800)

When Lance saw the card he had drawn, an expression of glee appeared on his face. "You'll never defeat me now! I just drew my key card!"

Thomas gave the older man a skeptical expression. "I doubt you have anything that's uglier than Brain Golem."

Lance growled at the younger man and smirked slightly as both of the Doomsday Tokens glowed with a dark energy. "I sacrifice both of my Doomsday Tokens in order to summon, Invader of Darkness!"

A tall figure appeared before Lance, burning with black fire, it was donned in golden armor and a black cloak. Thomas felt his entire body tense as it glared at him with sightless eyes. (ATK: 2900)

"Next, I'll activate this Spell Card, Ring of Fiendish Power!" A Spell Card appeared behind the Invader and one of its claws glowed with a burning gold light.

"Thanks to this handy Spell, I simply choose one Fiend on my side of the field, and it will deal damage equal to the Defense of any monster it destroys in battle!" Lance explained.

Lance cackled with evil glee. "Now you see I'm going to get you back for destroying Brain Golem! Invader!" The large Fiend tensed itself. "Eviscerate Mei Kou, Claws of Chaos!" Invader of Darkness burned with black fire and charged forward, rending Mei Kou in half with its claws! Thomas screamed as a burning golden energy enveloped him.

Thomas: (2900) ----------------- Lance: (3700)

Thomas pulled himself off the ground and drew once. He smiled slightly at the cards in his hand and glared at Lance. "You gave me a pretty good run Lance, but, I'm afraid you're going to be hitting a brick wall about now." He raised his hand and a card appeared. "I activate Cup of Ace!"

"Thanks to my Cup of Ace, I get to flip a coin, if it's heads, I draw two cards, if it's tails, you draw two cards." Thomas explained as the card appeared floating over his head. "Spin." The card began to whirl like a mad dervish, spinning and spinning, not even appearing to slow down.

"Tell it when to stop." Thomas stated calmly as Lance stared at the card with a mix of anger and curiosity.

"Stop!" Lance finally shouted, the card halting facing upright. Thomas snickered as Lance roared in rage.

"Now, I'll draw two cards." Thomas stated as he did just that.

He examined his hand and a light seemed to click on in his head. A strategy slowly formed in his mind, and in that, he saw Lances defeat. "Now, I'm going to activate the Spell Card, Soul Taker!" A card appeared behind Magical Exemplar and a large hand reached out and grabbed Invader of Darkness.

"Thanks to my Spell, I can destroy one face-up monster on your side of the field, albeit, you gain 1000 Life Points." Lance growled as he was surrounded by green energy.

Thomas: (2900) ----------------- Lance: (4700)

"Now, I'll activate Monster Reborn!" The glowing ankh appeared behind Thomas and Mei Kou, Master of Barriers emerged in front of the duelist.

"Although I brought Mei Kou back to the field, he's not going to be here that much longer. I sacrifice Mei Kou to summon, Dark Red Enchanter!" Mei Kou vanished in a column of red light and a figure slowly emerged from it.

It was a tall magician with long golden hair, garbed in crimson robes and a piece of crimson and gold armor; he gripped a scepter with a crescent moon at the end that was also gold and crimson. He gave Lance a scathing look as he crossed his arms. (ATK: 1700)

"What a joke!" Lance cackled. "You sacrificed a monster that had the same attack as that thing, to get what? You are such a, what?!"

Dark Red Enchanter smirked as he glowed with golden energy. (ATK: 2300)

Thomas smirked at Lance and wagged a finger at him. "Gee, you didn't know Dark Red Enchanters effect, did you?" Thomas chuckled before continuing. "He gains two Spell Counters when he's successfully Normal Summoned. Each of which boosts his Attack Points by 300 a piece."

"That's all well and good." Lance snarled. "But you haven't seemed to have noticed that even if you attack me with both of your monsters; I'll still have Life Points left!" He cackled with the same maniacal glee as before.

Thomas chuckled. "That would be true, if I didn't have this last card." He set a card in his disk. "I activate the Spell Card, Spell Siphon!" The card depicted Dark Red Enchanter absorbing the icon for all Spell Counters, Pitch Dark Power Stone.

"This card is a little complicated, but let me explain how it works." Thomas began as Magical Exemplar raised her arms in the air. "Spell Siphon has the power to transfer all Spell Counters to one card of my choosing. So, all of the Spell Counters that my Magical Exemplar has been gathering throughout the duel will be going to Dark Red Enchanter."

"What do you mean?" Lance shouted confusion evident on his face. "Magical Exemplar hasn't been collecting Spell Counters!"

"You really need to pay attention more if you didn't notice it." Thomas calmly stated as Spell Counters began to rise above the female magician. "She gains two for every Spell Card that's played while she is on the field." Images of the Spell Cards that had been played appeared above the magicians head. Fires of Doomsday, Upstart Goblin, Ring of Fiendish Power, Cup of Ace, Soul Taker, Monster Reborn, and finally Spell Siphon shimmered before transforming into pairs of Counters for each card. "That's 14 Spell Counters that she has collected thus far." Thomas smirked as Lance began sweating profusely.

"Now, I'm transferring all of them to Dark Red Enchanter. He gains 300 Attack Points for each one, so that would mean he gained…4200 Attack Points." Dark Red Enchanter roared as a column of light enveloped him. (ATK: 6500)

Lance was backing even further into the wall as Dark Red Enchanter emerged from the column, eyes glowing with golden light. "No! How could I lose to a bunch of teenagers?"

Thomas shrugged. "Well, you were overconfident, and," He smirked. "You were mistreating Shadowkind, which doesn't fly well in this city. So, you brought this on yourself. Dark Red Enchanter, attack him directly with Crimson Scepter Blast!" Dark Red Enchanter aimed his staff at the small man and roared as an orb of crimson energy rocketed towards the older man, overwhelming him with raw power.

Thomas: (2900) ----------------- Lance: (0)

The blast slowly cleared and Thomas walked over to the older man, who was now out cold, and removed the duel disk from his arm. "Jeez, this guy was too easy." He set the deck in Lances pocket and sat him up against the wall.

Jenny walked over and dialed her cell phone. "Switchboard? There's a man knocked out in an alley by Broadway and Cedar," She paused for a moment.

"He was part of a robbery on Broadway that was called in earlier I suspect, a purse snatcher?" She paused once again and rolled her eyes. "Sorry, I have to get going; he's unconscious so I don't think he's going anywhere."

Jenny hung up before the operator could say anything else.

"Let's get the big guys back to the house." Jenny stated as Thomas walked in her direction.

"Yeah, we better get going." As soon as the words left his mouth, a limo pulled up next to the alley and the doors opened. "You better help me carry them Jenny, I can't get them by myself."

That wasn't the first day that something like that happened. We dealt with Shadowkind dealers on a daily basis, some of them got away and others we caught, mostly because they were too dumb to do anything about it.

What I said was true, the Shadowchasers have seemingly abandoned New York, but not for long. I didn't know it then, but they had come back, and were looking for answers of their own.

AKAGI (Monster Card)

Card Specs

Type: Fiend/Effect
Attribute:Fire
Level: 4
ATK: 1700
DEF: 1100

Card Description: When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by battle, both players take 500 damage.

Note: Akagi was first used in Yugioh GX by a zombie student.

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BRAIN GOLEM (Monster Card)

Card Specs

Type: Fiend/Effect

Attribute: Dark

Level: 6

Attack: 2500

Defense: 1800

Card Defense: Effects of face-up LIGHT monsters are negated. If this card destroys a LIGHT monster by battle, it can attack once again in a row.

Note: This card was released in the "Raging Battle" set in May of 2009, it is available in America.

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MEI-KOU, MASTER OF BARRIERS (Monster Card)

Card Specs

Type: Spellcaster/Effect

Attribute: Light

Level: 4

Attack: 1700

Defense: 600

Card Description: You can Tribute this card to destroy 1 face-up Continuous Spell or Continuous Trap Card on the field.

Note: Mei-Kou was first released in the TCG set, "Force of the Breaker".

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MAGICAL EXEMPLAR (Monster Card)

Card Specs

Type: Spellcaster/Effect

Attribute: Earth

Level: 4

Attack: 1700

Defense: 1400

Card Description: Each time a Spell Card is activated, place 2 Spell Counters on this card. Once per turn, you can remove any number of Spell Counters from this card to Special Summon a Spellcaster-Type monster from your hand or Graveyard whose Level is equal to the number of Spell Counters you removed.

Note: Magical Exemplar first appeared in the TCG set "Light of Destruction".

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FIRES OF DOOMSDAY (Spell Card)

Quickplay Spell Card

Image: Two fiery creatures, each with one eye.

Card Description: If you activate this card, you cannot Summon other monsters this turn. Special Summon 2 "Doomsday Tokens" (Fiend-Type/DARK/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0) in Defense Position. These tokens cannot be Tributed for aTribute Summon, unless it is for a DARK monster.

Note: This card was first released in the TCG set "Phantom Darkness". (Yes, I realize I used the effect incorrectly, I apologize and I won't let that happen again. Please don't restate this in reviews. Again, I apologize.)

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INVADER OF DARKNESS (Monster Card)

Card Specs

Type: Fiend/Effect

Attribute: Dark

Level: 9

Attack: 2900

Defense: 2500

Card Description: While this card is face-up on the field, your opponent cannot activate Quick-Play Spell Cards.

I hope you enjoyed my first major foray into Yugioh fanfiction. I think I made an honest attempt, but the only way I'll know is if you review!

I want to thank Cyber Commander once again for approving my idea in to his particular universe. Thanks a million CC!

I'll try to have the new chapter up soon, but I'm not good with making an exact date. So, until then, bye!

Isran Darkstrider