Chapter 1: A Hero Out of Time

Disclaimer: I do not, in any way, shape or form hold any sort of ownership over the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, and I likely never will.

A sharp, painful jolt struck my chest. Cold, cruel laughter rang in my ears as my consciousness slipped away and the world around me went black. The last thing that I remembered before my vision went completely dark… was the horrid feeling of betrayal creating a dull, throbbing agony in the pit of my stomach.

I slept for a long time after that—or at least, what felt like sleep. It was deep, and dark, and I think that I dreamt, at least a little bit, though whatever it was I forgot it when I woke up. My eyes lazily flutter open, though the light of the sun pierces them and forces me to squeeze them tightly shut again. The shooting pain in my eyes travels to the back of my head, and I raise a hand to my forehead; it feels as if I haven't seen the sunlight in weeks, months, years maybe.

With my free hand, I grope along the ground, crawling across cold, smooth pavement as I search for a good place to set my hand down. I turn so that my stomach is facing the ground and my eyes are away from the sun; after a minute, they begin to register my surroundings.

The area around me is dirty, very dirty, and covered in a grimy film that makes me wonder if the sensation I'm feeling through my hands is actually pavement or… something worse. Crumbling, decrepit buildings stand in close quarters around me, like ancient sentinels from a long-forgotten era. Junk and other types of waste are strewn about in various states of decay, giving the impression that this place has not seen a garbage pickup in quite some time.

"…Where am I?" the words form on the tip of my tongue and roll out in a hoarse, croaky voice that I'm surprised to know belongs to me. I sputter out a cough, before taking a deep, wheezy breath and then spitting onto the ground. I'm suddenly aware of how dry and sore my throat is as I push myself up to sit back on my knees.

A shard of reflective broken glass lies not too far away from me; I reach out with my left hand and grab it, taking care not to cut myself on the jagged edge. I raise it up and look into it, examining what must be my face. "And… who am I?" I ask finally.

I don't know exactly what to make of my face, other than that though there may be others like it, this one is mine; the eyes I look into are a stormy gray-blue, like the sea; my skin is fair, and a light coating of freckles are dusted across my nose; a mane of shaggy brown hair frames either side of my oval-shaped face, a tangle of chocolate vines that have been as of yet untamed by sharp objects and tumble down to my neck; and to top it off, a short nose that appears to have been broken at least once but has long since healed.

I tilt the shard downward so that I can examine my body; I'm relatively tall, from what I can gather, and of a rather average build that seems like it might have once been more toned. My clothing is actually quite plain, a long-sleeved gray shirt and sweatpants, though on my right arm I have a rather curious device; the main part of the body is a silver and shaped like a comma, with a tarnished blue dome in the center of it that must have once gleamed and a slot filled with a deck of cards; tucked into it is an extension of it that looks somewhat like a blade, with one end ending in a smaller circle with another blue dome in it, the other end ending in a sharp point that then cuts backward at an angle and continues along the length of the blade. I'm not sure what it is exactly, but it makes me feel more at ease knowing that it's there.

I dropped the shard to the ground and began looking around again. Several alleys made gaps in between buildings, though most of them were dead ends or completely filled with trash to the point where I probably couldn't pass through them even if I wanted to. Finally I see a definite way out of this cage of buildings, a rather wide lane leading out into a much larger area with the decaying ruins of a tunnel opening several yards away.

"Oh man…" I say, stretching my arms and back. "Well… no use sitting around all day. Might as well try and find someone who can tell me where the hell I am."

Before I can start walking though, a flash of orange turns down the lane and bolts my direction before coming to a sudden stop and hugging the wall. Looking down the lane I see several men dressed in ripped leather clothes run past; I get the sudden sense that they're trouble. Turning my head to the orange flash that rocketed my way just moments ago, I see that it's actually a kid with bushy red-orange hair and a yellow cap standing there against the wall, breathing heavily.

"Hey, uh… you okay?" I ask, looking at the kid. It's hard to tell if they're a boy or a girl based just off their appearance, as they also wear a long, patched light-blue coat over a too-big orange shirt and what almost looks like a skirt.

The kid whips around with wide eyes and looks like they're about to have a heart attack, putting one hand on their chest and the other against the wall. They look like an animal that's been cornered by a predator, though when they realize, probably by my clothing, that I'm not affiliated with those thugs who ran past, they noticeably calm down. "Jeez! You scared me half to death!" the kid says; judging by the voice, I'm going to make an assumption that they're a boy.

"Sorry," I say apologetically, though I can't deny I rather enjoyed making him jump like that. "I didn't mean to startle you. Did I interrupt a game? I can call them back if you want…"

The boy's eyes widened even more at that and he hurried out, "No! No need for that!" and he laughed nervously, raising a hand to rub his neck, disappearing behind the thick curtain of red-orange hair. "Uh… I'm Rally." I don't say anything. "So, uh… what's your name?"

"I'm… not sure," I admit, raising my arms and folding them behind my head. "To be completely honest, I'm not really sure where I am either."

"Well, I can answer the second one for you!" Rally says, perking up. "You're in the Satellite!"

"Satellite…?"

"Yeah! This place used to be called Domino City, but that was a long time ago," Rally replies. "So… you really don't know your own name? You're not messing with me, are you?"

I shake my head. "I really don't," I say. "All I know is that I woke up here probably less than five minutes ago. I had this thing on my arm, and then you showed up." I look around at the area we're in. The Satellite, huh? Or Domino City… the name Domino City resonates in my mind for some reason that I cannot explain.

"Wait—maybe you have amnesia! That's a bit of a toughie… if only we had something that might trigger some memories," Rally says thoughtfully, staring at the ground; then he looks up, his eyes focusing on the device on my arm. "Oh! You have a Duel Disk! Does that mean you're a duelist?!"

"Is that what this thing is? A Duel Disk?" I ask, staring at the device as well.

"Well, yeah! It's on your arm, don't you know what it is?" Rally asks, walking forward. He looks at it closely, as if appraising it. "…This is an old one, too. Does that mean you're a collector or something then?"

"I think we have already established that I don't know," I respond, though I try to keep it kind; sarcasm isn't going to help here, not when he's trying to help me like this.

Rally put a hand to his chin in thought, then snapped the fingers on the hand that did not cradle his face. "I've got it! There's cards in there, so unless you just enjoy walking around with a deck of cards, I'd wager you have to be a duelist!" he says excitedly, a smile lighting up his face. "Maybe a duel will help you remember things!"

"Could work," I agree. "Thanks for the idea, Rally. Are you one too, then? A duelist?"

"You bet~ although, I don't have my cards or Duel Disk with me right now," he said, a bit embarrassed. "Wait here! I'll be right back, so don't go anywhere!"

Oh, don't worry about that, I think as he hurries off, his long coat trailing behind him. I don't think I'll be going off in this… landfill. Not without someone who knows the place.

Rally makes good on his word; he is back rather quickly, carrying a smaller, less streamlined version of the device on my arm, and instead of one singular blade it has two blades on either side of the main pod. He attaches it to his own and stops about two or three yards in front of me, pressing a button on it. The blades on either side snap together and he holds it out in front of him.

"Alright, stranger! Let's get this duel going!" Rally exclaims.

Noting how he had pressed a button on his Duel Disk to activate it, I fumble across mine for a similar one and find it just beside the blue dome on the main pod. The device flares to life, the tarnished blue dome bursting into a vibrant royal blue color, with a secondary portion of the blade popping out from the main half. The cards in the slot shuffle themselves, and about five of them pop out immediately.

Stranger: 4000 LP / Rally: 4000 LP

4000 LP pops into view in a display over the deck slot of my Duel Disk. I take the five cards that were slid out and hold them, looking at them closely. Two of the cards I am given are an orange color, one is a yellow, and two others are a light green. Looking at the text on the top of the cards, I read: Elemental Hero Woodsman, Wroughtweiler, Elemental Hero Clayman, H – Heated Heart, and De-Fusion.

I don't have any clue what these cards do, but the sight of them sets me at ease.

"Since you're the amnesiac here, I'll let you go first," Rally offers.

"Ah… no, it's fine. You first," I reply. Maybe from watching him, I'll get a better clue of what I'm actually doing here.

"Oh, alright then~ I'll make the first move! I draw!" Rally says, placing a hand on his deck slot and quickly withdrawing a card from the top of it. "I'll start out by summoning my Cannon Soldier in attack mode!" he says, taking a card from his hand and sliding it onto a slot in his Duel Disk.

I'm stunned in that moment; a green portal opens up in the ground and a large mechanical creature with a purple body and arms, a golden 'T' on its chest, gold protrusions similar to shoulder pads, and a large gun mounted atop its head rises from the portal. Four silver claws on each hand clamp together as it takes aim with its gun. (Cannon Soldier: Level 4, DARK, Machine-type; 1400 ATK/1300 DEF)

"I'll set a card face-down, then end my turn from there! Your move!" Rally concludes.

Though I was initially awestruck at the sudden appearance of the monster, I calm down quickly. There was something familiar here, though I can't place my finger on it. "My move then," I agree, drawing a card: Elemental Hero Ice Edge. I frown as I peruse my hand, reading effects. Rally might be getting a little impatient with me, but I hope he's okay with it. Something keeps drawing my choosing hand back to Elemental Hero Woodsman.

"I summon my Elemental Hero Woodsman, in attack mode!" I call out, taking the card and sliding it onto my Duel Disk. That same green portal opens up again, and a man about a foot taller than myself appears; he has a muscular, well-toned body, with green skin on half his body and then brown wood covering the other half, with a brown loincloth covering the lower half of his body. (Elemental Hero Woodsman: Level 4, EARTH, Warrior-type; 1000 ATK/2000 DEF)

Now, I don't have to be a genius to figure out that this will be a battle of math skills next, and Woodsman can't stack up to Cannon Soldier in that matter. This prompts me to play my next card: "I play the Magic Card, H – Heated Heart! This increases the ATK of Elemental Hero Woodsman by 500 points!"

A burning aura surrounds Elemental Hero Woodsman. (Elemental Hero Woodsman: 1000 ATK - 1500 ATK)

"Now, Woodsman! Attack his Cannon Soldier!" I call out, and immediately my monster springs into action, winking at me before lunging forward and rearing back his wood-covered fist, delivering a devastating strike to the core of Cannon Soldier, who explodes into a billion pixels. Woodsman leaps back to his position in front of me.

The pixels fly through the air like shattered glass toward Rally, and he covers himself with his arms to avoid any serious damage.

Stranger: 4000 LP / Rally: 3900 LP

"I end my turn there," I say.

"Not bad, not bad!" Rally compliments as he draws another card. "I summon my Heavy Mech Support Platform in defense mode!"

Yet another portal opens up, and a red and black spaceship rises up out of it. The ship has a large fin on its rear, sort of like a mechanical dolphin, and several thrusters as well as clamping arms that make it appear as if it should be a part of a larger object rather than a standalone monster. (Heavy Mech Support Platform: Level 3, DARK, Machine-type; 500 ATK/500 DEF)

"Next, I'll flip up my face-down card: Machine Duplication!" Rally states, as the card he had set last turn is flipped face-up, revealing a magic card showing the image of machines on an assembly line. "I select one Machine-type monster on my side of the field with 500 or less ATK, then I can Special Summon up to two more monsters with that same name!"

Two more portals opened up on either side of his monster, and identical ships flew out of them, stopping their thrusters and just levitating in midair.

"Finally, I'll play my spell card, Goblin Thief! To put it simply, my goblin friend here—" Rally motions to a rather fat, green-skinned goblin who appears behind his Support Platforms, then began cartoonishly tiptoeing over to my side of the field—"he's going to take 500 of your Life Points and give them to me!"

I feel a sharp pain in my side as the goblin punches me, then runs exaggeratedly back to Rally's side of the field before opening his hands to him, and a green aura briefly surrounds him.

Stranger: 3500 LP / Rally: 4400 LP

"From there, I end my turn!"

I draw another card and add it to my hand; the card I have just drawn is a monster, bearing the name of Elemental Hero Voltic. The image depicts a well-muscled man in blue-purple armor with yellow lines extending from his strapping torso and following along his arms and legs; his helmet is spiked with a thunderbolt on it, and a cloud of electricity surrounds him.

"I summon Elemental Hero Voltic, in attack mode!" I declare, taking the card that I have just drawn and sliding it into the slot beside Woodsman. Yet another portal appears, and with it comes a loud boom of thunder; the muscular man in blue-purple armor bursts forth, striking a pose with his hands extended as electricity crackles between them. (Elemental Hero Voltic: Level 4, LIGHT, Warrior-type; 1000 ATK/1500 DEF)

"Whoooaaa…" Rally says, looking between the two heroes.

"Voltic, Woodsman! Take out two of his Support Platforms!" the command bursts from my throat with such practiced ease that it feels almost natural to me.

With similar ease, my monsters spring into action. Elemental Hero Woodsman leaps into the air and thrusts his fist forward, a vortex of vines lashing out from his wrists and wrapping around one of the machines, tightening until it shatters, and he lands proudly on his feet. Voltic's attack is a bit less theatrical, merely pushing his hands closer to one another and forming the electrical current into a convulsing orb of energy. Half a moment later, several bolts of lightning shoot out of the ball and enclose around the floating ship, electrocuting it and causing it to explode.

Yet another blizzard of pixels erupts in the place of the destroyed monsters, flying in every direction as Rally crosses his arms over his face to protect himself. He drops them as the pixels disperse, and he grins at me. "I've never seen those monsters in action before! They're incredible!"

I have the decency to blush. "Thanks…" I say, rubbing the back of my head awkwardly. Woodsman seems to strike a pose, putting his hands on his hips and puffing out his broad half-green half-brown chest. Voltic, on the other hand, seems as if he'd be rolling his eyes if they were visible beneath his helmet. "I'll end my turn there."

"This is getting fun! I draw!" Rally says, drawing a card with a flourish and adding it to his hand. "Here we go! I'll summon Card Trooper, in attack mode!"

Rising out of the portal is a mid-sized robot on tank treads, with a red barrel-shaped body and a blue underside, with two extensions for arms with a red cannon barrel at the end of each and a glass bubble for a head. It rolls back and forth, giving off a few odd whirring and chirping noises. Just listening to it gives me a throbbing headache. (Card Trooper: Level 3, EARTH, Machine-type; 400 ATK/400 DEF)

"Next, I'll activate my Card Trooper's effect—I can send up to three cards from the top of my Deck to the Graveyard, and he gains 500 ATK for each card sent! Of course, I choose three cards!" Rally explains. Three cards eject from the top of his deck, and he removes them and places them into his Graveyard slot. The red robot then grows several sizes, to the point where it stands about the height of Woodsman. (Card Trooper: 400 ATK - 1900 ATK)

A pair of bright white lights popped on inside the robot's head as the whirring grew even louder. "Since next turn you could just send Woodsman to defense mode and keep me from getting rid of him, that's exactly who Card Trooper is going to attack!"

Card Trooper wheels forward until it seems to loom over Woodsman, leveling its cannons at him and launching twin blasts of fire at him. Woodsman is caught aflame, and the pixels come flying back at me, along with the flames. I can practically feel the heat as it consumes me and sends my Life Points reeling, yet I emerge relatively unscathed, minus the lack of my monster.

Stranger: 2600 LP / Rally: 4400 LP

"I'll call it a turn there," Rally says, grinning widely at the newfound lead.

"My turn then—I draw!" I call out, a sudden rush of excitement running through me. My stomach is a pit of butterflies as I pull the card from my deck. The card I've drawn is a magic card, depicting a swirling vortex of blues in various colors—Polymerization. There's something veeery familiar about this card; I study it for several moments before I realize that Voltic seems to be staring at me.

The words flow naturally from my lips as I play the card I have just drawn—"I play the Magic Card, Polymerization! By fusing one Elemental Hero monster on my field or in my hand with another monster, I can summon a whole new Hero!" As if guided, my hand moves to the two other monsters in my hand: Elemental Hero Ice Edge, and Wroughtweiler. I raise them aloft, and above my head appears the swirling vortex from my magic card; the silhouettes of my two monsters appear, twisting away into the center.

"I fuse together Elemental Hero Ice Edge and Wroughtweiler in order to bring forth the Power of Earth!" I call out. "The hero that has been hand-carved by Mother Nature herself bursts onto the scene to bring justice to a justiceless world! Come on out—Elemental Hero Gaia!"

Two legs first appear out of the vortex, massive and thick, followed by an equally massive body as the hero appears on the scene, smashing into the ground with heavy fists. He raises to his full height, looming over all of us, at least ten feet tall or more. His skin seemed to be made out of a composite of clay and stone and other hard natural materials; red orbs lined the sides of his legs and up his chest and onto his shoulders, often traced with gold; massive silver gauntlets hung around his wrists, and a normal-sized head sat between two raised shoulders. (Elemental Hero Gaia: Level 6, EARTH, Warrior-type; 2200 ATK/2600 DEF)

Rally's smile begins to melt away as the shadow of Gaia falls upon him, and soon he just stands there slack-jawed and staring up at the hero. Gaia stares back down at him, then turns his massive upper body to look at me.

"Gaia's effect activates now—when he is Fusion Summoned, I can target one monster on your side of the field and halve its ATK, and then Gaia gains that much ATK! Since your Card Trooper went back to its normal ATK, the best option would be Heavy Mech Support Platform!" I declare, pointing at the floating spaceship. "Go on, Gaia! Stone Splitter!"

Gaia punches the ground, causing a bunch of slivers of rock to fly through the air and impact the ship. They impale it, and a dark red aura surrounds it as it appears to shrink slightly. (Heavy Mech Support Platform: 500 ATK - 250 ATK / Elemental Hero Gaia: 2200 ATK - 2450 ATK)

"Now, Elemental Hero Gaia, smash his Card Trooper with your Fossilized Fist!"

The ground begins to tremble as Gaia takes several heavy steps toward the much smaller robot. Card Trooper tilts its glass head upward, looking up just in time for Elemental Hero Gaia to smash it to bits with a massive fist. The pixels fly back and hit Rally, causing him to cry out as his Life Points drop suddenly.

Stranger: 2600 LP / Rally: 2350 LP

Rally holds up his hand to pause me, a bright light starting to emanate from his deck slot. "You've triggered Card Trooper's effect—when he's destroyed by battle, I can draw one card!" he explains, drawing a card from his deck.

"No matter! Voltic, take care of Heavy Mech Support Platform!" Yet another burst of electricity from Voltic's hands arcs forward to destroy the floating spaceship, just as he had destroyed one of its brothers last turn. "And with these two holding down the field, I'll end my turn here! Of course, Gaia's attack goes back to 2200, but that's not that big of a deal."

It takes a moment before Rally seems to understand that it's his turn. "I-I draw," he says shakily, drawing another card from the top of his deck. The confidence he initially approached the duel with is gone; he chews on his lip nervously, as he utters, "I'll set a monster face-down, and end my turn there."

I must admit, I feel a little bad at seeing how I drained his bravado so quickly, but at the same time there's a rush of adrenaline that accompanies it, coursing through my veins like blood. "Draw!" I call, once more pulling a card from my deck—and immediately playing it. "I activate my equip card, Voltic Spear! By equipping it to my man Voltic, he gains 1000 ATK!"

The moment I place the Magic Card into the slot, a bolt of lightning slashes down from the sky and strikes Elemental Hero Voltic. After a blinding flash, it dissipates, revealing a brand new weapon in the hands of the armored electrician—a long spear, jagged and white, with sparks leaping off it as if it were lightning incarnate. (Elemental Hero Voltic: 1000 ATK - 2000 ATK)

"Here we go, time for the final battle! Voltic, attack his face-down monster!"

With all the force of a thunder clap, Voltic cocks his arm back and hurls the spear through the air, piercing into the image of the face-down card. The card flips over, revealing a rather disgruntled-looking boxcar with its eyes squeezed shut as it accepts the inevitable, shattering into bits and pieces of scrap metal and remains of freight that fly backwards in a blizzard of pain, absorbing Rally before disappearing.

Stranger: 2600 LP / Rally: 850 LP

"H-hey! How come I took damage right there?!" Rally asks in surprise, uncovering his face from the storm of debris that flew from his train. "My Bokoichi was in defense mode!"

As he asks that, another crack of lightning heralds the return of Voltic's spear to his hands. "A secondary effect of Voltic Spear—when he attacks a monster with lower damage than his attack, you take the difference in damage," I explain. "Now, with that out of the way, Gaia, it's time to send him to the Stone Age! Tectonic Takedown!"

The ground rumbles beneath Elemental Hero Gaia's massive earthen feet lift from their rooted positions and charge the orange-haired boy across from me. Dust kicks up, fissures open up in the cement, and Rally does his best to brace himself for the impact as a huge stone fist slams into his stomach.

Stranger: 2600 LP / Rally: 0 LP

He cries out before dropping to one knee, staring down at the ground as my monsters disappear, and the light in the blue orb of my duel disk fades.

For what feels like minutes, Rally says nothing. He kneels and stares, and stares and kneels, but he doesn't speak.

I bite my lip nervously, taking a hesitant step over. "Hey, are you okay…?" I ask quietly, beginning a slow walk toward him. "I… I probably shouldn't have gone so hard, I'm sorry. Something just took over…"

But my fears are assuaged when Rally lifts his head up, beaming at me like I'd just given him a puppy. "Hey, that was an amazing duel! I've never seen Elemental Heroes in person before, those cards were SO cool! You handled them like a pro!" he says, leaping to his feet. "It's been way too long since I've had a duel that fun!"

You looked like you were about to cry when Gaia first hit you, I decide not to say.

"Oh! Did you remember anything?" he asks excitedly. Beneath his long, patched jacket, I can see his feet shifting up and down in anticipation.

I pause for a moment, and begin to shake my head when I'm struck by a sudden jolt of electricity, the likes of which Rally's boxcar had probably been hit with when Voltic attacked. I squeeze my eyes shut and instinctively raise my hands to my temples to try and ease the pain, but the world is consumed by white, and Rally's voice fades away, as I hear…

"Ben…" "Ben!" "Big Ben!" and other various variations on the name Ben in a chorus of different voices. They all sound familiar to me, but the first two hold more significance than the rest; the first was a female, the second a male, and something in my heart begins to ache when I realize I'm unable to place the voice to a face or even a name.

I open my eyes again, looking down at the boy in the yellow cap, and reply, "Yeah… I've remembered my name. First name, at least," I reply, my voice calm and somewhat confused. "I'm Ben… it's nice to meet you, Rally."

"It's nice to meet you too, Ben!" Rally said, his face lighting up with a grin that is somehow even brighter than before. "Say, if dueling me helped you remember your name, maybe dueling other people will help you remember other things?"

"It can't hurt to try," I agree. "If I don't remember anything… well… we'll just have to try until I do." Something about seeing him grin like that makes me feel a bit more optimistic about my current situation, though I deflate slightly when I remember the rough-looking characters who had chased him earlier. "But who should I duel? Those creeps in the leather jackets?"

He grits his teeth, looking back over his shoulder before quickly shaking his head. "Uh, let's not go see them any time soon. Bad idea, very bad," he replies, but soon is smiling again. "No—my friends and I have this place not too far from here that we hang out in. If you go just south from here… not that you have any other way to go," he adds, pointing at the only visible exit from this area, "you'll find an old subway entrance. I wish I could show you myself, but I've got something I need to go do. Just tell them you're friends with me, they'll let you in! I'll be back soon, so I'll do the introductions then!"

And with that, before I can even respond he hurries off, looking over his shoulder at me and giving me another grin that makes me want to challenge those guys in the leather jackets, leaving me all alone in the dingy tangle of the decrepit urban jungle.

I look down at the Duel Disk on my arm, the metal gleaming from the sun which now sits directly overhead. Something about the deck slot seems to be calling my name, but I pass it off as my imagination—who knows how long I was out before I woke up here?

You handled them like a pro! Rally had said, regarding my Elemental Heroes.

How had I known all that? Polymerization, Fusion summoning, Gaia and his effect… it was all so quick, once I got moving I didn't stop. It was like a trained reaction, every move practiced and precise to the point where I probably could have done it with a blindfold—or not, because then I couldn't know what cards were in my hand, unless I perfumed them or something.

I have no idea how I wound up in this place, which Rally referred to as Satellite. I have no idea why I was able to do what I did with those monsters. I have no idea who I am, aside from just, "Ben," and I have no idea why I keep repeating the fact that I have no idea.

Yet, a voice in the back of my mind urges me onwards, telling me that I must keep moving forward to find out the answers to all these questions. I place a hand on my deck as it rests in the Duel Disk, taking a slow, steady breath to calm myself, almost in instinct, then turn myself in the direction where Rally had just disappeared.

"Looks like Ben's back," I say finally, beginning a steady walk down the wide, trash-strewn lane.

AND THAT IS A WRAP! Welcome everyone to the first chapter of Stardust Accelerator: A Hero in Time, starring my boy Ben! What does Ben stand for, you might ask? Well, it's not Benjamin, and it's not Benmajin, but that's all I'll say on the matter.

Anyways, you may find yourself wondering, 'who is this mysterious, handsome stranger who has awoken without a memory in the ruins of Domino City, and why is he using Elemental Heroes?' To which I shall reply with the age-old answer that has been infuriating people for eons, 'All things shall be revealed in time.'

There's not really much else I'm going to say here, other than I don't have a definite update schedule for this, but I've got a bit more free time now than I have in a long time so I'm hoping I can update fairly regularly. Also, in case anyone's wondering about pairings, it's Ben x Akiza all the way, but it'll probably be a fair amount of time until their relationship gets anywhere. Ben's got some baggage of his own to deal with, and we all know how Akiza is.

So, I'll just leave it there for the time being.

Take care, brrrrush yo hair, I'll see ya when I see ya, PEACE~!