Into chapter to the story. It'll get better as I go on.

You'll see.

Prologue

Akiza stood ever so close to the edge. Her heart beat madly in her chest, the danger closing in on her ever so swiftly. This was it; her last chance to pull through. Engaged in a heated duel with a mysterious cloaked stranger; Akiza had no choice but to win. Losing meant a catastrophic fall over the edge and…

"No! Focus Akiza! You can win this, you just have to believe!" I violently shook my head to clear away any thought of a tragic end.

"Are you going to Duel or stand there waiting for me to finish you off?" the stranger asked impatiently from the shadows.

The only part of him that was visible was his body. He wore a jet black cloak with the hood pulled over his eyes. The man had a pretty muscular build because I was able to see his muscles through the reddish-brown shirt he wore. He also had on black tight fitting pants and yellowish sneakers. Fate seemed to be working against me in this duel. On his field was a "Dark End Dragon" With 2100 ATK points. He had no face downs, or spell cards of any sorts. His life points were at 1000 and he had 4 cards in his hand.

(1000/?)

I, on the other hand, had 900 Life Points and no cards at all in my hand. On my field was also one monster: "Botanical Lion" with 1900 ATK points. The face down card on my field was "Overdoom Line", of which I was depending part of my strategy on. Two possible combos using only one card remained. If I could draw "Premature Burial", then the "Queen of Thorns" synchro monster sleeping in my grave would gain 1000 ATK when it was special summoned. With a total of 3200 ATK points, to win this duel. The only other option was to draw "Mark of the Rose". By removing the "Dark Verger" card from my graveyard, I could take control of his "Dark End Dragon"; it would be game over for that cold-hearted man.

But, "Could I do it?" I doubly thought.

I felt a strange movement in my hand, so I held it up to see what was causing the problem. The problem was me. I was shivering. My hand was shaking and I could feel the confident feelings slipping away.

(1000/ 900)

"Well, well, uncertain of the outcome are we?" he jeered from the shadows, waiting impatiently for my move.

His mouth was curved in a crooked grin; I could sense that he had something sinister up his sleeve. It had to be the cards in his hand. One, or possibly more, could be a counter card for my next move. Even with that risk, I still had to take my chances.

"I'll show you a move!" I announced, placing my hand on my deck.

Little beads of sweat dripped down my face as the seconds to the final result of my faith neared.

"It's up to fate now."

"I draw!" Pulling a card off the top of my deck, I turned it slowly to see the card.

"Wha-? N-No, It can't be!"

My eyes grew wide with surprise and panic. Disappointed feelings struck me with a heavy blow.I didn't get either card that I needed. Instead I had "Black Rose Garden", a field spell. There wasn't a use for it, since his monster was already out on the field, defeating the garden's purpose of cutting a monster's attack in half when summoned.

"I-I…I end my turn," I announced shamefully, lowering my head so that my bangs covered my eyes.

"Heh, Heh, even after all that effort to stay alive, you decide to give in now?" the stranger taunted, with the roar of his "Dark End Dragon" to back him up.

"I activate the effect of my dragon, removing from play your "Botanical Lion" and decreasing its own ATK by 500."

I raised my head, only to see the horrible sight of the only defense I had crumble away into dust. "Dark End Dragon" shrunk slightly due to its own card effect. However, the dragon still loomed more than four feet over my head. Slowly, the man walked towards me with that evil smirking expression on his face.

"Damn. This isn't going to end well, I just know it."

Frightened, I stepped back, only to find the edge of the building, along with a 50 story drop to the dark street below.

"…Death upon impact..." I remembered hearing the man warn at the start of the duel.

"There can only be one survivor," he had threatened, "From this height, falling would only cause death upon impact."

The stranger smirked and ordered his final attack, "Dark End Dragon! Finish off Akiza's Life Points!"

I stared in horror at the massive dragon charging its attack.

"Dark Nova Stream." He said quietly.

I heard his words only moments before the violet flames spewed out of the dragon's mouth and collided with my body.

"Aaahhhhh!" I cried out in imense pain.

It felt like I was being burned alive, suffocated by water, and crushed by rocks all at the same time. Then, something different. Air. Rushing past my ears. I was falling.

"Is this the end? Am I going to die here?" the questions circulated through my head.

As I was loosing consciousness, my thought slowed and became thick like soup. I felt like a heavy blanket was covering my head, smothering out any logical action to take.

My last thought was: "Why? Why, Me?" Then the world faded into a deep, dark black space.

If this was confusing at all, then I'm sorry for that.

Background on how this starts comes in later chapters.

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