Hello everyone, welcome to Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V: A Reason to Fight. This is my very first story on so I hope you enjoy. Before we start, I'd like to thank: dvdryms, OPFan37 and SakushiRyo (The Fifth Factor, Arc-VOC and In a New World respectively). They are the reason I decided to write the story and with the help they given me on how I could make my own. I'm sorry in advance if there are any spelling mistakes or grammar problems. If the description sucks help me try to think of a better one. With that out of the way, I hope you enjoy the first Chapter.

Chapter 1: A New Journey Begins

"Come on…just a little more!"

Was my only thought as I was running through these accursed streets while the rain was pummeling at my face with my hood barely staying on. I don't know how long I was running for, my legs felt like there about to break at any moment. What luck right? My only chance of escaping and the weather conditions have to be this bad. I mean what did I expect, breaking the window from my room and crawling out of it, running without stopping what felt like almost thirty minutes and the rain getting me soaking wet. I'm honestly lucky I made it this far.

"Left!" I thought as the sound of thunder roaring from the storm in the distance, turning left and running towards an old alleyway that seemed endless. When I finally got to the end of it, there was a chain link fence blocking my way. From the looks of it, it was about 8 or 10 ft. tall. Out of desperation, fear and with my reflexes kicking in, I leaped towards the fence, climbing on it as fast as I possible could to get to the other side. When I got to the top, I quickly dropped to the ground, getting sore feet from the jump, but no time to worry about that.

"Where now!" I thought looking to my left than to my right in quick succession.

There was nowhere to go. The entire street was empty, not a living soul in sight. At the same time this rain is not getting any better. I needed to find some shelter and fast, if I stay any longer out here I'll definitely get a cold.

And there it was, right opposite the street, a tunnel. It was underneath a bridge that connected to the other side of the city with a small river under it. Since there were no other options for me to choose, I sprinted towards the tunnel.

When I finally got inside I rested my hands on my knees, I felt like my lungs were burning. I took deep breaths, lots of deep breathes till I could feel like I can breathe normally again. After a while I leaned on the wall behind me, slowly falling to the floor till I hit the floor, still heavily breathing.

Oh, where were my manners, I didn't introduce myself, my apologies. I'm Darwin, it's nice to meet you. I would give you my last name, but…I'd rather not. That name feels like a curse at this point. For my appearance, I had short brown hair with chocolate colored eyes. I was about 5.2 feet tall and fourteen years old. My body wasn't anything special, I wasn't fat but at the same time, I wasn't skinny. So something in the middle. My clothes were consisted of an over-sized black hoodie and black track pants. That's pretty much sums it up, appearance wise.

"Hah…hahaha…hahahahha." I slowly started laughing to myself. "I did it…I finally did it!" I thought excitingly. After so long, I've finally escaped. It took way longer than it should have, but with the limited resources at my disposal, I had to wait for the perfect opportunity. It took a while but the perfect moment arrived. Still, I had no idea where to go, on what to do or any kind of plan what's so ever. Guess I didn't plan too far ahead on that one, well, I'll just put a pin on that for now.

The rain calmed down but not my much, but it's better than no change at all. I removed my backpack and positioned it on my legs, slowly sliding the zipper to the other side to see the insides. I didn't pack much, some spare clothes, some money I managed to snatch a few days before and a small amount of food.

And lastly, my prized position, my Deck box containing several Yu-Gi-Oh cards. To any other person, they wouldn't have much meaning, but to me they meant so much. Not in terms of how much they were worth, but more of a sentimental value, I just had to take them with me. I decided to open the box to reminisce some old memories of the cards I stored inside. It wasn't a complete Deck or anything, mostly bits and pieces of several archetypes. Almost all of them were dragons, there were even Fusion, Synchro and Xyz dragons. As I almost got to the end, I stumbled to something that wasn't a card. It was a small picture, an old one that was greatly damaged.

"You're supposed to be here with me… we were supposed to escape together." I whispered in a miserable tone as I was looking at the picture.

I immediately pushed those thoughts to the back of my mind as continued scrolling through the cards, I didn't have the emotional strength to keep looking at that old photo. When I got the end, I stopped at the last card. It was strange, what I mean is that the card was completely blank. I checked the back of the card and it was just like any other Yu-Gi-Oh card. How did this card get here? I've seen a card like this, but the more important question is how it got here. I regularly check the cards in my Deck box and this is the first time I'm seeing it. Even though there was nothing on the card, it couldn't stop eyeing the card, for whatever reason it peaked my interest greatly.

"How can you be so sure that the kid ended up here?"

"Most kids who ran away always come here. That and since most runaways in general and drug meet ups are at this part of town."

My blood ran cold. The voices were close, was someone looking for me? Did they call the police? That has to be it, they said something about a runaway.

I quickly jumped to my feet, a hundred thoughts passing through my head in less than a second for any possible way of escaping. The tunnel lead nowhere and the only way was the entrance. Even though I knew there was no other way of getting out of this, I looked in every direction, in hopes for a miracle to happen.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, almost at the entrance.

The card in my hand started to shine brightly.

"What the…"

The card shone even brighter, I covered my eyes from the light that was coming from the card. It got brighter and brighter till eventually, everything turned dark.

"Owww, my head." I uttered as I slowly opened my eyes. For some reason I was laying on my chest, but I wasn't in the tunnel anymore or anywhere resembling that place, but where was I then?

Getting up was more difficult than I thought, when I tried to stand up both of my legs were shaking a little, I almost fell down. It took me a while before I could stand again without having to worry of falling. Surprisingly, my clothes were no longer wet, but I don't have my backpack with me. I looked around my surroundings…only to find nothing. There was literally nothing around me, just an open field of white. But how did I end up here and why? I can't be just imagining this, can I? I clearly remember I was sitting in that tunnel so I could stay out of the rain till it calms down. Then for whatever reason, two police officers were heading inside and almost caught me while I was looking through the cards I managed to grab before I ran away.

"My cards!" I panicked as I realized that I had none of the cards I brought with me.

Looking around desperately around me for any sight of them, but none of them were there. "Where were they, I had them in my hand all the time!" Then I noticed I was holding one. How did I not notice it before? I decided to push that thought away to take a better look of the card and it's the same blank card as before. Oh right, just before they caught me, the card began glowing and then everything turned to black. But I was still wondering where did I get this card, I've never seen it before in my life.

"Was it you that sent me here?" I thought out loud as I stared at the blank card.

"Yes, I would believe that would be my doing young one." An old, but calm voice responded behind me.

"Huh?" I turned around.

"Aaaahhhhhh!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as I saw a giant creature before me. It was a dragon…a dragon! From the sight of the dragon, it was a bipedal dragon with purple colored eyes and a golden horn. It appeared to be covered with yellow and silver armor around its whole body. It had wide silver colored wings that had claws at the end of them and purple lines on them. As I studied the dragon longer, I slowly backed away in fear.

"P-please, d-don't eat me!" I begged as I raised my arms to cover my face.

"Eat you?" The dragon raised an eyebrow. "Now why would I do something so uncivilized? I may be an oversized serpent, but I wouldn't do that or anything similar. I will admit, that the history of dragons are depicted as creatures who reach havoc and eat humans to please their own hunger. But not all dragons are like that you know? I never understood the concept of eating humans or ruling over them, I feel so disgusted by such behavior. So you don't have to fear me eating you or whatnot, what kind of an impression would that be to my new master?"

He can talk?! And he's not going to eat me? And did he just call me master?

"W-wait, y-you can talk?" I asked the dragon, lowering my arms a little.

"That is correct, if my memory serves me well, I never found a problem communicating with other species." The dragon replied politely. "Also, I feel the need to apologize for scaring you and transporting you from your world in such an abrupt manner. But at the time, since I thought it would be better for us to properly meet rather than be comprehended by the authorities, Master Darwin.

"Wait, y-you were the one who sent me here? A-and how did you know my name? Also w-why are you c-calling me Master?" I stuttered.

"I know many things young one. As a matter of fact, I've actually been observing you for quite some time now. That's how you obtained that blank card."

"O-oh, okay than." I responded quietly, before I thought of something. "H-hey, what is your name?"

The dragon let out a slight chuckle, not in a mocking one but rather a genuine one. "Why don't you find out for yourself my Young Master? You're holding the answer in your hands after all."

I didn't exactly understand his answer, till I remembered I was holding the blank card in my hand. Taking another glance at the card, I noticed it wasn't blank anymore. Rather, a Monster card with the bottom half being aquamarine color which resembled a Spell Card. Then I realized it was Pendulum Card. The image on the card looked identical to the dragon standing in front of me.

"Violet-Eyes…Exile Dragon?" I said looking up to the dragon.

"At your command my Young Master." The dragon bowed his head slightly, making my face a little red with the way he talks to me. "Now, that we have formally met. I'm sure you have lots of questions troubling you mind. So if there's anything I can do to alleviate your worries, ask with no hesitation."

To be honest, I was still confused at my correct predicament, that and the fact I was talking to a dragon. I awkwardly raise my hand.

"Yes?"

"Are you…a-are you a Yu-Gi-Oh card? As in a REAL Monster card." I asked the violet colored dragon.

"That is true. But, I sense that doesn't completely give you an answer to your question. Mind if I ask why?"

"Umm…w-well." I was thinking on what to say. "H-how are you real? I mean, how can you exist and communicate with me. This is just supposed to be a card game. How is any of this possible?"

"Ah I see." Violet-Eyes said figuring out on what I meant. "I suppose such disbelief is normal. It is true, in your world were nothing more than simple pieces of paper with various colors to appeal to people who play the game. Duel Spirits however, I can promise you that they are very real. I see you already know what Duel Spirits are, so I'll just carry on." The dragon stopped for a moment before continuing. "This game you're so familiar with is real and so are the Legendary Duelists you greatly admire who saved the world over and over again. It's confusing to think such a thing, a game of playing cards that contain real living spirits? Preposterous some would say. I don't think Duel Spirits have ever interacted to people from your world. While were on that topic, that's the reason I summoned you here."

When I heard this, I tensed up, listening very carefully on what he's going to say next. His face turned serious and hesitated to speak.

"We need your assistance."

"Me? F-for what?"

"Darkness is approaching, young one. An evil that is far stronger than I predicted. A force that will stop at nothing till they see the world burn to ashes. In response to this, we needed to find someone help us in our time of need. From that point on, I took it upon myself to find someone strong and worthy. It took me some time to find someone who would fit that description. But the day came, where I discovered you. I've decided to wait a little longer to see if my instincts were correct and in the end, you were the one I've been searching for. The one who can help us, to strife for a brighter future." Violet-Eyes finished

I was shocked when I heard this and immediately protested "B-but why me?! I'm not the one you were searching for! I'm not strong, I'm weak, I'm…useless." I looked to the ground before speaking up again, my head still down. "I'm not the one who can help you…"

Violet-Eyes didn't reply right away, carefully thinking on what words to use. "You know that old expression humans use "It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside, it's what's on the inside that counts." He said softly as he came closer, lightly tapping my chest with his right claw so he doesn't hurt me. When he did this I looked up to see his face was close to mine.

"I know you endured so much, young one. No living creature should live through the things you have. Because you've survived up till this point, that means you're strong. You haven't given up when all hope seemed lost. That alone means you're destined for greatness one day. A life where you wake up with no worries, a life where you are happy and surrounded by people where you mean a lot to them. A second chance, if you will." The dragon formed a smile. "I know what I saw. For now, you may not yet believe in yourself, but I do, I wouldn't have called you here if I thought otherwise. No matter what challenges you face from now on, I and everyone else will be by your side, my Young Master."

I tried responding, but…I was left with my mouth hanging open. I didn't know what to say really, no word could express how I'm feeling at this very moment. Did he…did he truly mean all those things? Can I meet such expectations?

Few more seconds passed with me being silent. Finally mustering the will to speak. "O-ok…I'll help you."

Violet-Eyes couldn't hide his smile

"Wonderful!"

"Aaahhh!"

I was startled by the loud voice and quickly turned around. Only to be greeted by a female with long blonde hair wearing a white hood. She was wearing a white dress and had a chest plate with different colored gems, with several necklaces around her neck. In her hand she holding a wooden staff with a green gem at the end of it, protected by several vines.

"Oh my, did I scare you?" The woman asked worryingly. "I'm so sorry!"

"Marina, couldn't you wait for a moment longer?" Violet-Eyes questioned. "You scared the boy."

"Yeah I know, again, I'm so sorry, I just got so excited. I'm Marina, the Ascended Sorceress, it's so good to finally meet you!" The woman, now known as Marina, repeatedly and excitingly shook my hand, which made my face turn red.

"I-I-I'm D-Darwin, It's n-nice to meet you." I stuttered.

"Normally, I wouldn't interfere when someone else is in a conversation. But, I think it's time we send you on your way." The dragon intervened, making the both us to turn towards him. "May the power you wield guide everyone and bring peace to this world."

Several different colored light appeared all around me. Then slowly manifested in various animals wearing armor, male and female monsters and larger monsters of different species.

"We wish you good luck, my Young Master." The dragon said as a bright light shinned behind him, making my vision blury. It got brighter till everything went black again.

"Owww, my head...again" I groaned as I slowly tried to get up, still dizzy from that interesting venture. As I got up and looked around I realized I was no longer where I met Violet-Eyes and the other spirits.

"W-where am I?" I said looking around, noticing I was in a park and a large one in that. Seeing people pass me by I was shocked to say the least, they had Anime eyes and hair with variety of colors. Everything looked so different. Was I really inside an Anime? Close to me was a fountain so I decided to see if it was true.

"So this is real." I muttered out loud while looking at my reflection in the water and was quite surprised on what I saw. I looked exactly the same but my hair was different. It was now silver and style of it was almost if not identical to Yusei's crab's style hair. The upper layer of my hair juts upward while the lower layer arches down. The only thing that's different is that my bangs weren't spiky, but rather they just fall down and almost cover my eyes. My brown eyes were now a brilliant blue color.

I was wearing a pair of brown sneakers, black slim fit pants, a plain white t-shirt with an unzipped red jacket with shoulder pads that looked fairly similar to the Tag-Force games. On my hands I was wearing a pair fingerless gloves. I ran my fingers over my "new" hair, still not believing it was now silver, in all honesty I kind of liked it.

"It doesn't look that bad. And I'm certainly more colorful now." I continued messing with my hair. "But what really worries me, where exactly did I end up?"

"I can give you an answer to that if you'd like." I heard a soft feminine voice.

"Huh, that voice, why does it sound familiar...oh wait, is that you Marina?" I pondered, wondering if that was really her.

At my response she only giggled "You guessed right, thank you for remembering my voice." she said happily.

"Umm, it's really hard to forget a voice like yours." I said quietly with a slight blush appearing on my face.

"My my, you sure are sweet, but let's save our little talk for later shall we? Right now I'm guessing you have lots of questions we didn't answer before we sent you here, am I right?" Marina asked.

"Oh, umm well could you help me on what do to first? This is still a lot to take in." I asked her.

"But of course, how many times it takes for you to fully understand my Young Master." Minerva said excitedly.

"Y-you don't really need to call me that." I barely managed to say. "You can just call me Darwin okay?" Maybe she would stop calling me that and just use my name.

"Understood Master Darwin." She babbled

Annnnd nope, guess it's better than "Young Master", don't know if I'm ever going to get used to that. I sighed. "W-well now that we got that out of the way, where am I?" I said trying to figure out on where I ended up.

"Right, first off turn around." She ordered. Odd request but I did as I was told. "Do you see your bag near that field of grass?" She asked me as I was looking where I presume she was pointing. I went to where I woke up and when I took it I noticed I was way lighter than before. Out of curiosity I opened the bag to see what was inside since I knew I didn't pack a lot of stuff. Opening it, I only saw a Deck box and an iPad like device. I took the Deck box and opened it

"Is this my Deck? There are so many cards." I said as I kept scrolling through, noticing that there were a lot of different and new "Ascended" type cards that I've never seen before. "I mean it does make sense, since you're here that means I'm in a Yu-Gi-Oh anime, right?" I said out loud

"That's correct Master Darwin." Marina spoke again as she appeared next to me.

"I-I can't believe this is happening. I can't believe you're real." I said going in circles around her. I could see her perfectly, but she was still see through.

"Yeah I know, shocking isn't it?" She with a wide smile. "However, I am glad that you and Violet-Eyes talked first. He can explain things a lot better than I can, I mean he almost did everything in the short amount of time since you two have met. That dragon does have a way words, I'll give him that."

"Yeah, he most certainly does." I silently agreed.

"Anyway, that aside. As he already said before, if you have any questions or need help of any kind, feel free ask me any time!" She said energetically with her bubbly personality. "And sorry in advance if I talk to much or annoy you, a lot of spirits often say I get carried away or keep rambling on and on." She added while sheepishly rubbing the back of her head.

"N-no it's not that. It's just…I'm not…sure if I can really do this." I answered honestly, having second thoughts. "A-are you sure you couldn't just pick someone else? I'm the least qualified person to do something like this." I said looking down at the ground.

Even though she was a spirit, I could slightly feel her hand raising my chin slightly. "I know all of this is overwhelming for you, Master Darwin. Especially in your situation, I honestly can't blame you." A smile forming on her face. "That still won't change my opinion of you. And certainly I won't let you doubt yourself for no reason. As more time passes, you'll see the true power you possess. I truly believe that you're more than capable of handling anything that comes your way."

"Okay then, I'll do my best!" it looks it was more than enough to encourage me, even though a few people nearby herd me talking to no-one and looked at me with a strange expression, most likely thinking I'm sort of lunatic. I attached the empty Deck box around my belt and looked back down at the new cards in my hand to closer examine them and my new Deck. Before I even started scrolling through them, something came to mind.

"Hey, you never told me, in which series did I end up? And am I supposed to meet the main characters or something?" I asked her.

"Oh clumsy me." She jokingly hit her head. "How could I forget that, sorry. To answer your question, you're in…"

"Yuya! Come back here this instance!" An angry young pink haired girl wearing what seemed like a school uniform yelled as she was chasing a boy with tomato hair while three younger children were right behind her.

"Yuzu please calm down! I said I was sorry didn't I?!" Yuya pleaded as he kept running but Yuzu only growled, but quickly stopped as she realized that he was about to bump into someone.

"Yuya! Watch out! Yuzu yelled.

Marina was cut off right before answering. Looking over in the distance and saw the scene unfolding, giving her, what she hoped was brilliant idea.

"As a matter of fact, you're going to meet them way sooner than you think!" She said quickly with a grin and disappeared.

"Huh?" I muttered wondering at what she meant, at the same time who was yelling and why. Turning around to see what's happening, all I saw was a boy heading my way and fast. It was too late as me and the boy collided into one another, hitting both our heads and making us fall with all my cards scattering all over the floor.

Yuzu covered her mouth letting out a gasp at the scene and quickly ran to the two checking if both of them are alright while the three kids were more concerned to the person he collided with.

"Yuya! Are you alright?!" She kneeled down to him.

"Yeah Yuzu, I'm alright." He said as he stood up and dusted himself off before turning to me while I was still on the floor.

"Hi there, I'm so sorry about that. I was running and wasn't really paying attention where I was going." Yuya said as he reached his hand to me to help me up which I accepted.

"It-it's no big deal, really." I mumbled while my eyes were still closed, when I opened them I was a little surprised to see the faces before me. It's seems I'm in the Arc-V universe. From the looks of Yuya's and Yuzu's appearance, it was safe to say it was early on into the series.

"Umm, hello mister." Said a little red girl shyly while reaching out to me with her hands full of cards.

"You dropped this." I slightly smiled to her while reaching and putting the cards back into my empty Deck box.

"Thank you very much." I said to the red haired girl making her blush a little.

"Are you a Duelist?" Yuya asked me making Yuzu, Tatsuya and Futoshi look in surprise.

"O-oh yes I am. My name is Darwin..." "Oh no no, I didn't think this far ahead, I didn't think I would meet the main characters this soon, come on think of a last name. Well I definitely won't use my "real" last name since I don't need it anymore but what can I come up with and fast, this is anime so. Wait how about..."

"Sakoto Darwin, it's nice to meet you." I quickly introduced myself.

"Darwin, hmmn." Yuya pondered in a humming tone.

"Yeah, I know, it's a dumb name." I quietly said tried looking away but didn't get the chance.

"No no, it's a wonderful name." He defensively said then reaching out his hand which I quickly accepted to not be rude. "I'm Sakaki Yuya, It's nice to meet you too." He added.

"I'm Hiiragi Yuzu, it's nice to meet you." She bowed.

"I'm Ayukawa Ayu, I hope we can be friends." The little girl who handed me my cards introduced herself

"My name is Yamashiro Tatsuya, nice to meet you." The blue haired boy informed.

"And I'm Harada Futoshi, I like to say shivers a lot!" The chubby boy said happily.

"Still don't know why." I thought to myself. "It's nice to meet you all too." I said trying to put my best smile.

"So Darwin-san, I don't believe I ever seen you before, are you perhaps from out of town?" Yuzu asked me.

"O-oh yeah, I just recently arrived. And please, Darwin is just fine." I responded.

"Really? What brings you to Maiami City? Yuya then asked me.

"Backstory, backstory, come on, think of something quick!"

"W-well, for the past few months I've been travelling around the world, visiting quite a handful of countries and learning new things. Guess I thought it would be time to settle down and since I liked Dueling, Maiami City seemed like a good place for a fresh start, also the Maiami Championship caught my eye and figured maybe it would be worth a try and see if I like it." I explained hoping they would believe my story.

"That's great. We want to qualify as well." Yuya said in excitement.

"Seems you did quite a lot of things before coming here huh?" Yuzu asked out loud.

"Y-yeah kind of, I don't really keep track of those kind of things." I stuttered.

"So are a part of any Duel School yet by any chance?" Yuya asked me.

But before I managed to answer, a loud "Smack" was heard. Yuzu took out her huge fan and smacked Yuya's head with it.

"Yuya!" She yelled. "You can't just ask people about those kind of things straight away!" Yuzu said in embarrassment.

"Ermm, Y-Yuzu it's ok it doesn't really bother me." I told her nervously trying to calm her down.

"Oh sorry, force of habit I guess hehe." She slightly chuckled as she put the giant fan away.

"N-no worries, but to answer your question Yuya I'm not associated with any Duel School, I didn't even think about that."

"Then why don't you come to You Show Duel School. It's a great place where we learn how to be entertainers and have fun." Yuya said with enthusiasm.

"Fun" I don't remember when the last time I heard that word, especially with me in it. But since I think it would be better if I stay with the main cast to see where I go from here and maybe...would I finally able to have fun. It's been years since I last felt happy and not trapped in some cage. Was this what Violet-Eyes meant? To get a second chance and start over, a fresh start? Even though this is Anime, they seem to really be honest with me and nice. I guess it would be worth a try, I just hope I can do this. I've never been good at talking to people, not even a short conversation, not to mention my insecurity when I talk. But what I really enjoyed was playing this game and trying it for real felt like a dream come true.

"Y-you know that sou..." Before I answered I was interrupted.

"Hey!" I heard a loud sound coming from behind me which made me turn around. Only to see it was Sawatari Shingo and his three 'friends'.

"It's that jerk again." Yuzu angrily said.

"What do you want now, Sawatari." Yuya said in an exhausted tone as he placed a hand at his temples.

"If my memory serves right, this takes place after Episode four when Yuya defeated Sawatari when he took his Pendulum Cards, knowing Sawatari he couldn't just let this go." I thought.

"What?! You really thought you could just beat Sawatari-san and get away with it." Imbecile 1 said.

"Now it's time for revenge, you scum!" Imbecile 2 continued.

"And don't even think about running away!" Imbecile 3 finished.

"That's right Sakaki Yuya! So get you Deck out and we Duel right here and now. I won't stand at such a humiliating defeat at the likes of you." Sawatari said arrogantly.

This guy, he sure is annoying...not to mention his ego is even worse, I seriously can't stand people like this. Looking down at other people like they are higher than them. I can't just stand here and do nothing.

Before Yuya could say anything I interrupted.

"Excuse me." I said getting their attention. "We were in the middle of a conversation. Yuya, Yuzu and the kids clearly seem to be uninterested in fulfilling your request. So I would kindly ask the four of you to leave." I asked politely.

"Who do you think you to be talking to Sawatari-san like that? Don't you know he is?" Imbecile 1 said.

"Well, so much for being polite. Still, I have to play along." I turned my head to Yuya and Yuzu. "Who is he?" I innocently asked which made the three flunkies fall over.

"Just some jerk that stole Yuya's Pendulum Cards and made him Duel with our lives on the line." Yuzu annoyingly said.

"Stole his cards?" I muttered before I turned to the other four. "You four are from LDS correct? The top Dueling School in Maiami City." I said which made the three look pleased and Sawatari to smug that someone recognized LDS.

"Yeah yeah, keep talkin." Sawatari said arrogantly as he moved his hand around in a moving motion.

"If you are really from a Duel School with so much praise. Why do you keep bothering Yuya and the others? Is it because he beat you in a Duel and now you're throwing a hissy fit?" I said which made Yuya, Yuzu and the kids share a laugh but not the same could be told for Sawatari and his friends as they seemed mad at my comment.

"What did you say you low life." Imbecile 2 said.

"I'm Neo New Sawatari. Top student from LDS and the best Duelist in Maiami City." Sawatari confidently said.

I sighed. "Okay sure, I'm happy for you, do you mind going now please? I would like for us to continue our conversation if you don't mind." I said which made the four angrier at me.

"Fine you little punk, think you're so tough? I wanted to you use this Deck against Yuya, but you will make good practice!" Sawatari growled as he activated his Duel Disk.

"You're in for it now!" Imbecile 1 yelled.

"Sawatari-san is gonna mop the floor with an amateur like you!" Imbecile 3 said.

"Darwin you don't have to do this." Yuya said trying to change my mind with a worried face. "Sawatari is my problem, not yours. You don't have to Duel in my place."

"That's right, Yuya is capable of taking care of this guy by himself." Yuzu joined him.

"You don't have to be worried about me. Besides, it would be rude if I just stood here and do nothing while he talks to you guys like that, right?" I said to the two as I opened my bag and took out a white Duel Disk, strapping it to my hand and activating it revealing a yellow blade.

"W-wow, this is so cool" I thought to myself.

"I'm ready when you are." I told Sawatari somewhat confidently.

"He really is confident about his Dueling, I wonder if he's that good." Yuzu said intrigued.

"We'll just have to wait and see." Yuya responded.

"Duel!" We both yelled.

Darwin – LP: 4000

Sawatari - LP: 4000

"So mister comedian. Since you're so confident you can have the first turn." Sawatari said.

"Okay then, my move!" I yelled as I looked at my cards and saw some of the new cards.

"Huh, so this is what it does." I thought to myself looking at the cards. "Okay...Sawatari is most likely using his Monarch Deck, so it be best strategy for now would be if I don't do any big plays so I don't get lured out by his Monarch's effects, better play safe for now." I thought to myself as I took three cards and placed the both face down.

"I set 1 monster and two cards face-down. I end my turn." I finished as two face-downs appeared on my side of the field.

With that, Sawatari and his posy started laughing, obviously not knowing to not go out at the start of the Duel.

"If that's your move then you're a bigger amateur than I imagined" Sawatari mocked as he rested his hands on his knees, still laughing.

"Is he really not going to play anything else?" Futoshi said in disbelief.

"Don't worry, I'm sure he's not going to leave it at that. He's just feeling out his opponent to see what he's going to play before making any drastic moves." Tatsuya explained.

"Tatsuya is right. The Duel just started, we will have to wait and see how it plays out." Yuya said as he and the rest continued to pay close attention to the duel.

"Now watch what a real Duelist can do. My turn! Draw!" Sawatari yelled. "Since my opponent controls 2 face-down cards, I can Special Summon Escher the Frost Vessel (Level 4 ATK 800/DEF 1000/Aqua/Water). Now, I release my Escher to Advance Summon Mobius, The Frost Monarch (Level 6 /ATK: 2400/DEF 1000/Aqua/Water) in attack mode!"

"Mobius's effect now activates." Sawatari said with a smirk. "When this card is Advanced Summoned, I can target up to two Spell or Trap cards on the field and destroy them. I'll destroy your two face-downs." Sawatari said as a whirlpool slammed on my face-downs and destroyed them.

"Oh no, Darwin-oniichan's face-downs was destroyed." Ayu exclaimed worryingly.

"This isn't looking good." Yuya muttered.

"Ya'know, for a guy who talks a big game you play a terrible one." Sawatari mocked me as his goons began cheering.

"I expected you to do that." I said calmly which made the viewers looks in surprise.

"You're bluffing." Sawatari said.

"Am I? I activate my Trap Card." One of my destroyed Trap Card appeared. It had two monsters both fighting with a yellow shadow imitating behind the first one.

"What is that?" Sawatari asked.

"It's called Deceptive Light! You see, when it is activated or destroyed, I can discard one of my opponents cards at the cost of sending the top card from my deck to the Graveyard, after that I get to draw a card. I choose the far left." Sawatari grudged as he sent his card to the Graveyard as did I, then I drew my card.

"Tch, just a minor setback." Sawatari added. "But don't get cocky because of one lucky move. We're just getting started here. I activate the Spell Card Advanced Carnival from my hand. If I Advanced Summoned this turn, I can Advance Summon again! I release my Mobius to bring forth Mobius, the Mega Monarch (Aqua/Level 8 ATK 2800/DEF 1000) in attack mode!"

The monster vanished and appeared a bigger version of the Frost Monarch. However, at the sight of this, I had one thought.

"You don't know how to play Monarch's, do you?" I quietly asked.

"Hey! What are talking about! Speak up!" Sawatari angrily said.

"You and your knowledge of how to use a Monarch Deck. You should have waited for your next turn to summon your Mega Monarch, then you could have destroyed up to three of my face-downs, leaving me defenseless. You did know that, right?"

"Shut up! I knew that. I was just testing you." Sawatari tried to defend himself.

"But wait...isn't his Mega Monarch a Level 8? He needs 2 tributes to summon it." Yuya said.

Sawatari started to speak but I stopped him.

"Not in this case, Mega Monarchs can be summoned by tributing one Advance Summoned monster. Thus releasing his already Advanced Summoned monster he is able to summon his Mega Monarch." I explained.

"That's right! Now your pathetic defense monster is going down. Mobius attack his monster now, Frozen Storm!" Sawatari cried as his Monarch formed several frozen ice rocks from his body and threw them at my monster and destroying it, revealing a man with leather pants and no upper body attire holding a wooden bullhorn.

"You think you can just destroy my monster that easily." I said as a small smile formed on my lips.

"Huh?" Sawatari was confused.

"I activate the effect of Ascended Recruiter (Level 4 /ATK: 1400/ DEF: 1300/Spellcaster/Light/ SC: 8) you just destroyed. When this card is destroyed by battle, I can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Ascended" monster from my hand or Deck." I explained. "I choose to summon my Ascended Mage (Level 4 /ATK: 1500 /DEF: 0/Spellcaster/Light/ SC: 1)!" I said as a female spellcaster, wearing a white dress with gold outlines, a wand and a gold tiara appeared on my field.

"Ascended..." Yuya muttered. "I've never heard of cards like that, What about you Yuzu?" He asked his childhood friend.

"No Yuya. This is the first time I'm seeing them myself." Yuzu said still staring my monster,

"Wow, Darwin-oniichan summoned a new monster!" Ayu exclaimed happily.

"It's giving me the Shivers." Futoshi said while moving his hips.

"I've never seen cards like those. This will be awesome!" Tatsuya said excited.

"So what? You replaced one weakling monster for another. Doesn't matter, I set one card face-down and end my turn." Sawatari said as a face-down formed on his field.

"Geez… How can someone be so annoying?" I thought in annoyance. "My monsters potential are much more than this." I declared.

"Oh spare me your stupid dramatic talk and just make your move already! I don't have all day to listen to your nonsense!" Sawatari hissed.

"Very well then. My turn! Draw! First I'll activate the effect of my Ascended Mage, by preventing her from attacking this turn, I can destroy 1 Spell or Trap card on the field, I'll destroy your face-down, Temporal Flux!" I said as a beam form Ascended Mage fired towards Sawatari's face-down and destroying it.

"Tch. still you can't do anything to my Mobius." Sawatari yelled.

"We shall see about that. Now I activate Pot of Greed, when this card is activated, I draw 2 cards." I drew two card.

"That won't help you anyway that so ever!" Sawatari yelled with an arrogant grin.

"I'm worried for Darwin-oniichan guys." Ayu said as the rest began to

"Don't worry guys." I reassured them. "I'm just getting started. Now I activate the Spell Card Call of the Ascended. With this Spell Card, I can add 1 Level 4 or lower "Ascended" monster from my Deck to my hand." A card popped out from my Deck. "And the one I chose is the Level 4, Ascended Penguin!"

"I still don't know what I can do with this, but I believe in my cards and I know I can win this." I thought to myself as I took at and put it in my Duel Disk slot. "I now activate the Spell Card Fusion!" With that the spectators we're shocked at my move.

"Fusion!?" Yuya, Yuzu and the kids exclaimed while Sawatari and his posy looked in surprise.

"So he's a Fusion user!" Yuzu realized.

"No way! He can Fusion Summon?!" Imbecile 1 said in shock.

"Only LDS Students choose to take the Fusion course!" Imbecile 2 added.

"With this Spell card, I fuse my Ascended Sorceress on the field with Ascended Penguin in my hand." I said as my two monsters began swirling inside a multi-colored vortex

"Hmmm, usually when they summon Extra Deck monsters they do a summoning chant. Should I do one? Wait I got one." I thought to myself as I began to chant for my Fusion monster.

"Fearless warrior who fights with the frontlines on the battle field to save and protect the innocent! Fusion Summon! Come to me! Level 6, Gaiser, the Ascended Slayer (Level 6/ ATK: 2300/DEF: 1200 /Warrior/Fusion/Light)!"

A warrior covered in ocean blue armor from head to toe came out of the vortex. He had yellow outlines on every part of his body. His helmet covered everything except for his green eyes and bits of his long black hair. On his back he had a 'U' symbol with a white orb in the middle. He was also carrying a large sword that had three rings attached to it from the tip of the sword.

"Gaiser...the Ascended Slayer…" Yuya and Yuzu both said.

LDS Control Room

"Mr. President! We detected a strong Summoning Method in Maiami City Park!" A man wearing a black suit and wearing black sunglasses spoke.

A young pale skinned man with glasses, grey hair, wearing a blue sweater, white pants with a red scarf around his neck rose up from his chair, taking a better view of the situation.

"Nakajima, can you identify the Summoning Method?" The man said pushing up his glasses.

"Analyzing sir..." Nakajima said looking at a screen within his hands. After a couple seconds the result came up.

"The results are in, 100% confirmed sir. It's a Fusion Summon." Nakajima said.

"Fusion…" He thought to himself. "Can we get a visual?"

"Yes sir, video feed is on right now." A woman working in the control room said.

The video feed showed Darwin and Sawatari Dueling.

"Who could this new mystery Duelist be?" He observed the Duel while putting his hand on his chin.

"An Academia spy sir?" Nakajima asked the man.

Reiji waited for a moment before answering. "I am not sure. It's quite difficult to tell. Usually, Academia's spies are easy to identify by their appearance and Dueling Style. As for him, it's too early to judge."

"Then what shall we do about this, President?" Nakajima.

"We just observe for now." He replied. "Interesting." He thought to himself while he took a seat in his chair. "Now one question remains to be answered. Is he a friend or foe?"

Back at the Duel

I couldn't believe what my eyes were seeing. My first Extra Deck summon and it was a new Ascended Fusion monster. It looked incredible and beyond anything I could have ever imagined. The warrior turned his head to me and what seemed a smile with a nod.

Then suddenly Sawatari began clapping.

"Yes, yes that's a very impressive Fusion Monster you just summoned. However, if you hadn't noticed, its attack is shorter than my Mobius. So all your hard work was for nothing." Sawatari said with a cocky smirk forming on his face.

"We shall see about that, now that Gaiser, the Ascended Slayer is Fusion Summoned, Ascended Penguin's effect activates. If Penguin is used as one of the Fusion Materials, the Fusion Monster I summoned gains 600 ATK till the end of this turn (Gaiser, the Ascended Slayer ATK: 2300 → 2900)."

"What?!"

"Now Darwin-oniichan's monster is stronger than Sawatari's!" The trio

"Gaiser, attack his Mobius, Execution Slash!"

Gaiser jumped into the sky and raised his sword, a purple aura formed around it. As he got high enough, he lunged himself at full speed towards Mobius. Swinging his sword at Sawatari's monster, it left a gash on the monster's chest, before it exploded.

"Gahh!" Sawatari grudged at the impact of the explosion.

Sawatari - LP: 4000 → 3900

"And your troubles aren't over just yet." I called out to him, making him to look towards me. "When Gaiser destroys a monster by battle, my opponent takes damage equal to that monster's original attack points."

"What did you say?!" exclaimed in worry as the smoke fully cleared, revealing Gaiser right in front of Sawatari. He raised his sword once more, swinging it and hitting Sawatari, who groaned from the attack as his Life Points decreased.

Sawatari - LP: 3900 → 1100

"I also set one card face-down and end my turn." I said finishing my turn.

"Yosh! He destroyed his Mega Monarch and lowered Sawatari's Life Points by more than half." Yuya exclaimed with glee.

Yuzu stayed silent for a moment before saying. "He planned that far ahead?"

"Darwin-oniichan is so cool!" The kids cheered happily.

"Guh, you'll pay for that." Sawatari spat. "My Turn! Draw! I activate the Spell Card Deal with the Monarchs, with this Spell Card I banish my Mobius the Frost Monarch from my graveyard, in order to draw two cards. Then I activate Revival of the Monarchs, I target 1 "Monarch" monster in my Graveyard and summon him back to the field. Revive, Mobius!" The Mega Monarch appeared on the field once more.

"Now then, I activate the Spell Card Substitution of the Monarchs! With this, I target 1 "Monarch" monster on the field, then I can Special Summon one Monarch monster from my Deck with the same ATK and DEF, but with a different type and attribute. The one I choose is Riaza the Mega Monarch (Level 7 /ATK: 2800 /DEF: 1000/Winged-Beast/Wind)!"

A gust of wind came to the field, forming a monster possessing green armor with claws for hands wearing a green cape.

"Due to Substitution of the Monarchs' effect, Raiza's effect is negated, but that won't save you." Sawatari said with a grin. "And I finally activate the Spell Card Cursed Power of the Monarchs, I target 1 monster on my field and the ATK of that monster is added to another "Monarch" monster I control. I add Mobius's attack to Raiza (Mobius ATK: 2800 → 5600)!"

"Way to go Sawatari-san!" Imbecile 2 said from the sidelines.

"With this, Sawatari-san will win!" Imbecile 3 added with a smirk.

"5-5600 ATK?!" Yuzu said in worry.

"I think Darwin-oniichan is in trouble guys." Tatsuya said quietly.

"Raiza, attack his Gaiser, Raging Cyclone!" Sawatari commanded.

Raiza clasped his hands together, channeling a powerful gust of wind around his hands and shoot them at Gaiser.

"If this attack hits, Darwin will be wide open!" Yuya yelled in concern.

"Not if I can do something about it!" I said reassuring them. "I activate my Trap Card First Defense Tactic! With this card, when my opponent attacks one of my monsters, that monster is cannot be destroyed this turn. Also, all of the damage is cut in half!"

A yellow see through shield formed around Gasier's body, rendering Raiza's attack almost completely useless, but some of the wind went around him and colliding with me, pushing me away a little.

Darwin – LP: 4000 → 2350

Sawatari on the other hand, stomped his foot on the ground in annoyance. "Damn you, you slippery rat! Mobius attack his monster, Frozen Storm!"

Mobius threw his ice rocks at Gaiser, of course it didn't destroy him, but several of them hit me, reducing my Life Points.

Darwin - LP: 2350 → 1850

"During the End Phase, the drawback of Substitution of the Monarchs activates, the monster I summoned is destroyed." Sawatari said as Razia turned into particles. "So you managed to survive one more turn, eh? At least you have some skill. But, next turn, it's all over for you!" Sawatari declared.

"I would say that he's annoying but at this point, that word lost all meaning." I thought, completely exhausted with his attitude. "It's my Turn! Draw!" I announced as I looked at my card, eyes wide on the card I drew.

"This card? I really need to have a thorough check of my Deck when I get the chance. But, for now, guess I have no choice to try." I thought to myself as I took out a card.

"I summon Ascended Monk (Level 3 /ARK: 900/DEF: 1000/Earth/ SC: 3) in attack mode!"

A monster who was shirtless, wearing black pants and had wooden sandals appeared next to Gaiser. He was wearing a white blindfold and was bald except for a strain of black hair from the end of his head styled in a ponytail. Both of his hands were also covered in bandages.

"I activate my Monk's effect, by sending one monster card from my hand, I can Special Summon 1 "Ascended" monster from my graveyard." I explained as I discarded a specific card. "Since I have at least 1 other "Ascended" monster in my Graveyard, I can summon the same card I discarded. I summon the Tuner monster, Ascended Eagle (Level 4 /ATK: 900/DEF: 1500/Winged-Beast/Tuner/Light/ SC: 2)!" A brown bald eagle covered in white armor on its wings and small body, in addition to sharp metal claws. And as expected, the spectators were shocked once more.

A T-tuner monster?" Sawatari asked confused with a scared tone along his friends backed away.

"He's a Synchro User as well!? Yuya gasped as my monster appeared.

"Not only does he know how to Fusion Summon, but Synchro too." Yuzu muttered in amazement.

"Darwin-oniichan is so cool!" The kids cheered me on with stars in their eyes.

"H-how is this possible! LDS Students struggle with just one Summoning Method. How can this guy do Synchro too?!" The three imbeciles started talking again but I didn't pay attention to them.

"Now I'll give my Monk a little tune-up! I tune the Level 3 Ascended Monk with my Level 4 Ascended Eagle!" I shouted as Ascended Eagle transformed into four green rings with Ascended Monk jumping into it, making his body to disappear and leave 3 orbs to a straight line.

"Be aware of a man with nothing to lose! Let your arrows hit their mark from a mighty distance to defeat all evil that oppose you! Synchro Summon! Come Level 7! Varus, the Ascended Lightslinger (Level 7 /ATK: 2600/DEF: 1400/Warrior/Synchro/Light)!"

The monster came to life on my field. He had dark blonde hair tied up into a pony tail, sleeveless right arm while on his hands he was wearing gloves. Around his neck was a long white scarf that went down to his knees with a green pendant on each end. Below he wore black leather pants and dark gold metal boots. His crystal bow had a metal grip, with the upper and lower limbs we're a darker shade of gray. The edges we're a golden color with sharp tips.

"A-amazing…"

LDS Control Room

The energy rate from the Synchro Summon spiked same as the Fusion Summon.

"President, another strong Summoning Method just appeared. But it's different than the first time. The summoning is confirmed, it's Synchro Summon!" A male worker informed.

"Hoh? Reiji muttered, surprised at the scene unfolding. "This is quite unexpected."

"Mr. President, if he truly is associated with Academia. Why would he be using Synchro Summon?" Nakajima asked as he turned his head to the man.

"This certainly does change the mystery surrounding him...and I highly I doubt that Academia would have such a soldier in their disposal." Reiji responded to him. "But we still have little to no information about this new mystery duelist. So we won't make any harsh decisions for now." Reiji said leaning back into his chair.

"Just who is he?" He thought to himself as he continued to pay close attention to the Duel.

"A Synchro and a Fusion Monster...incredible." Yuzu stared in wonder at the sight before her. "I didn't think he was that good."

"Yeah, same here Yuzu." Yuya muttered as his eyes we're glued at my two monsters. "And he pulled it off like it was nothing." He added.

"So cool!" The kids said in unison.

"Huh, why do they seem so impressed? I didn't do anything that great." I thought as my eyes returned to the two monsters standing on my field. "Well for me, this is amazing. I never thought I was going to Duel with real life holograms."

Sawatari again arrogantly laughed.

"I don't know if you know how to count, but my Mobius STILL has more Attack points then you're two weaklings. You can stop showing off now since you have no chance at winning against me and accept defeat." Sawatari mocked as his lackeys began laughing, but I paid no attention to them.

"Then why don't we change that shall we? I activate my Varus's effect! Once per turn, I target one monster my opponent controls and halve that monster's attack in half." I stated.

"What!?" Sawatari yelled in surprise.

"Go, Binding Arrow!" I ordered as Varus charged his bow, the tip of the arrow began shining. When the arrow launched towards Mobius, it transformed into two chains rotating around each other while flying and colliding with Mobius, lowering its Attack (Mobius the Frigid Ice Monarch ATK: 2800 → 1400).

"Go Darwin!" Yuya and Yuzu cheered.

"Take him down Darwin-oniichan!" Yuya, Yuzu and the kids cheered me on.

"M-Mobius's attack is now 1400…" Imbecile 1 started, realizing

"But that means Sawatari-san will..." Imbecile 3 muttered.

"Will lose!" Imbecile 1 finished.

"W-wait!" Sawatari stuttered. "Stop! Wait, wait, wait, wait, WAIT!" He continued to beg.

"Since Gaiser attacked last turn, let's give Varus a chance to attack this time. Now Varus end this! Attack his Mobius, Piercing Arrow!" Varus charged up his bow to the limit and aimed for Mobius, making Sawatari to panic even more. A large energy arrow was sent flying towards his monster at high speed, to which hit him in the chest.

"Arghhhhhh!" Sawatari screamed as he was sent flying backwards to the distance of his friends.

Sawatari – LP: 1100 → 0

Darwin: WIN

"Good Game." I said to him as I deactivated my Duel Disk. "My first Duel...it felt … amazing! It was absolutely breathtaking. I didn't imagine it would be this good." I thought to myself as I placed my Deck back into my Deck box on my belt. Then slowly, Sawatari got back up.

"Tch, that was just dumb luck!" He yelled in rage. "I'll get you next time, just you wait! Let's go!" Sawatari ordered as his friends quickly followed him.

"Geez, how much of a sore loser can you be." I said in disbelief at his behavior. Guess some things will never change.

"Don't worry about him Darwin. He's just big jerk." Yuzu came behind me, trying to cheer me up.

"Yeah I guess you're right." I agreed with her. Then everyone else came up.

"Wow Darwin, that was an awesome Duel." Yuya complimented me which made me blush a little and rub the back of my head.

"N-nah, it wasn't anything special." I responded while still rubbing my head at his words, feeling a bit flattered that they liked my Duel. Even if it wasn't nothing extraordinary for me, I'm glad they enjoyed it.

"Are you kidding? You we're amazing Darwin-oniichan!" Ayu complimen...wait? What did she call me?

"D-d-did you just call me 'oniichan'?" I just managed to mutter to the little girl. To which she lowered her head a bit.

"Ohh, does it annoy you that much?" She asked me with the most heart-wrenching puppy face that could make anyone fall to the floor in a matter of seconds. I actually felt my heart sink at the sight.

"N-no it's not that, I-I've just never been called like that before." I cleared up the confusion and with it she smiled again.'Oniichan' kept ringing in my head. I can't remember the last time I heard that word...brother. Like I could be anything close to a brother to anyone. At least, not to 'him'. No, now's not the time to think about. Just don't think about that.

"Darwin, why didn't you tell us you knew how to Fusion and Synchro Summon?" Yuya asked me.

"You never asked me if can." I replied and made Yuya rub the back of his head sheepishly. "Oh right, my bad." He slightly chuckled.

"Darwin-oniichan's are cards really cool." Tatsuya said with excitement.

"They gave me the Shivers!" Futoshi happily said moving his hips side to side

"Hey, that reminds me. We never finished our conversation." Yuya reminded me.

"Oh right, 'Ahem' where we're we?" I asked the boy to which he smiled.

"Well we we're wondering. Since you said you weren't with any Duel School yet and you just got here. Would like to join our School, I'm sure you would fit right in." Yuya suggested with Yuzu right beside him with a reassuring smile waiting for my answer. Taking a look at the kids proved to be a bad decision. The puppy face again, by all three of them. Their look practically spelled 'Please', there was just no way I could refuse with them looking at me like that. All of them really wanted me to join their School.

"Huh, just this one Duel was one of the best things I've ever experienced in my whole life." I thought to myself. "There was no denying I really wanted to experience that feeling again and again. Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea. Yeah, this is what I wanted. To finally feel alive."

"H-how about this. I would like to go see your School myself and see if I like it, then I will make my decision. Okay?" With that the kids cried out with joy at my response.

"Let's go Darwin-oniichan!" The three kids said happily as Tatsuya and Futoshi pulled me by my hands and Ayu pushing me.

"W-wait you three!" I said flustered. "S-slow down!"

They didn't slow down, if anything, they dragged me faster, Yuya and Yuzu following closely behind.

LDS Control Room

Reiji continued to observe the scene taking place before it finished. He reclined back to his chair.

"Mr. President, what do you make of this new Duelist?" Nakajima curiously.

"So far, he seems relatively harmless and nothing caught my eye of him being part of Academia." He answered while adjusting his glasses. "But still, we will watch him closely and if anything about him starts becoming suspicious then we'll make our move. But I do sincerely hope that doesn't end up being the case."

"And why's that, President?" Nakajima once again asked the man.

"Well for starters, we wouldn't want to scare off a potential ally after all now would we? A Duelist of his caliber could be very valuable in future events." Reiji explained. "Besides, he would make an excellent addition to the Lancers."

Reiji added, turning and looking at a picture of Darwin on his screen.

Card Section

Ascended Recruiter

(Level 4/ ATK: 1400/DEF: 1300/ Light/ SC: 9)

Fairy/Effect/Pendulum

Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, if an "Ascended" monster battles, before damage calculation; that monster gains 1000 ATK till the end of the damage step, then destroy this card.

Monster Effect: When this card is sent to the Graveyard as a result of battle, Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Ascended" monster from your Deck.

Ascended Mage

(Level 4 /ATK: 1500 /DEF: 0 /Light/ SC: 1)

Spellcaster/Effect/Pendulum

Pendulum Effect: During either Player's turn, when a Spell or Trap Card is activated, you can discard the corresponding card, negate that card's activation and destroy it.

Monster Effect: Target 1 Spell or Trap Card on the Field, destroy that target; if you do, this card cannot attack this turn.

Ascended Eagle

(Level 4 /ATK: 900/DEF: 1500/ Light/ SC: 2)

Winged-Beast/Effect/Tuner/Pendulum

Pendulum Effect: While this card is in your Pendulum Zone, negate all the damage you would take, then gain that same amount of LP.

Monster Effect: When you would take Effect Damage, you can discard this card; negate that damage. If this card is in your Graveyard and you would take damage, banish this card and negate the damage. You can only activate one of these effects of "Ascended Eagle" once per turn.

Ascended Penguin

(Level 3/ ATK: 800 /DEF: 500/Light/ SC: 6)

Aqua/Pendulum/Effect

Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, all monsters you control gain 200 ATK for each monster on the field till the end of this turn.

Monster Effect: If this card is used as a material for a Fusion or Synchro Monster or as a Xyz Material for a Xyz Monster; that monster gains 600 ATK till the end of the turn it was summoned.

Ascended Monk

(Level 3 /ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000/ Earth/ SC: 8)

Pendulum Effect: Once per turn; you can reveal 1 Pendulum Monster in your hand, than target 1 "Ascended" monster in your Pendulum Zone, that target's Pendulum Scale becomes the same as the revealed Pendulum Monster till the end of this turn.

Monster Effect: Once per turn, you can discard 1 monster card from you Hand, target 1 Level 4 or lower "Ascended" monster from your graveyard, Special Summon it.

Gaiser, the Ascended Slayer

(Level 6/ ATK: 2300/1200/Light)

Warrior/Fusion/Effect

2 "Ascended" monsters

Once per turn, you can banish 1 "Ascended" monster from your graveyard or Extra Deck; Special Summon 1 other "Ascended" monster from your graveyard with a lower Level than the banished target. When this card destroys a monster by Battle and sends it to the Graveyard, Inflict damage to your opponent equal ATK of the destroyed monster's original ATK.

Varus, the Ascended Lightslinger

(Level 7/ ATK: 2600/1300/Light)

Warrior/Synchro/Effect

1 "Ascended" Tuner + 1 or more non-tuner monsters

Once per turn, you can target 1 monster on the field, half that target's ATK. When this card is destroyed by battle, target 1 monster on the field and reduce its ATK to 0.

Call of the Ascended

(Normal Spell)

Add 1 Level 4 or lower "Ascended" monster from your Deck to your Hand.

Deceptive Light

(Normal Trap)

When this card is activated or destroyed, discard 1 card from your opponent's hand, then send the top card from your Deck to the Graveyard. After this effect resolves, draw 1 card.

Deal with the Monarchs

(Normal Spell)

Banish 1 "Monarch" monster in your Graveyard, then draw 2 card.

Substitution of the Monarchs

(Normal Spell)

Target 1 "Monarch" on your side of the field, Special Summon another Monarch monster from your Deck with the same ATK and DEF, but different type and attribute. The monster summoned by this effect has its effect negated. During the End Phase, destroy that monster.

Cursed Power of the Monarchs

(Normal Spell)

Target 1 monster on your side of the field, add that monster's ATK to a "Monarch" monster you control till the end of this turn.

And that was Chapter 1. What did you think of the first interaction of Darwin and Violet-Eyes and the Chapter in general? Really want to know your thoughts in the review. I also hope you liked the Deck I created for this story, next Chapter, I'll go into more detail about the Deck. All cards used in the story will have their Anime Effects and names (unless I decide to change something along the way). Also, if you have any card ideas for my OC to use or anyone else, feel free to message me, would really like to see some ideas you guys come up with.

For the pairing of this story, I'm going to make it OCxSerena (I was thinking of making it OCxRuri, but there were several problems when I was planning for the pairing and how the story will progresses). That and since I think Serena would be a better choice in the long run.

Chapters 2 and 3 will be posted soon as I already have them almost finished (Chapter 4 almost half way done). I'll try to stick to a schedule since school is starting soon.

On a final note, I hoped you enjoyed my first Chapter of my first story. If you liked it, please share your thoughts with a review.

See ya next time.