Chapter one: A new story begins

Two Duel runners were going down the road as the holograms of two dragons came from both.

"Red Dragon Archfiend, destroy his Stardust Dragon and the rest of his life points!"

The later black and red, demonic-dragon blasted the silver and blue one, completely destroying it as the duelists life points hit zero.

The duelist screamed as his duel runner crashed tumbling across the pavement.

He grunted as he lay on the ground, his deck scattered all around him.

The other duel runner stopped as the driver got out walking up to him.

He was a tall young man with light skin, thick blonde hair, and purple eyes, while wearing a white jacket

He had a satisfied grin as he looked down at the other duelist, a young man with slightly tanner skin, a lighter shade of purple eyes, and spiky black hair with some gold streaks. Across his face was a yellow streak that came from his left eye down his cheek.

He wore a blue jacket with a black undershirt, blue jeans, brown boots, and brown gauntlets.

"You made a mistake coming to New Domino City Yusei, you should have stayed in Satellite with the rest of the garbage."

The standing man had a confident smile on as he reached down and picked up the Stardust Dragon card.

The other young man reached at the card as the other man took it.

"Stardust dragon, this will make a fine addition to my deck, the rest of your cards aren't even worth it. They're trash." he said as he picked up the rest of Yusei's deck.

"Just like you." He said laughing as he ripped up all of the cards.

"No!"

Several men in police like uniforms approached them.

"Guards, this young man is from Satellite, best make sure he goes back to where he belongs."

The guards dragged Yusei away as he watched the young man get back in his Duel Runner and drive off.

"I think I might have finally found him."

"Are you sure it's him?"

"I'm positive."

""Sigh" He's our only hope now, if you're certain that he's truly who we need him to be, send it to him."

"It's already been done."

One year later in the desolate Satellite city, a crowd of people gathered in a grassy lot as a young man was fighting an older man.

The older man was much bigger and punched the younger man twice, making him stumble backwards.

"Come on Fudo I've got 30 bucks on you!" A man shouted as he pushed the young man back at the bigger man.

They were both shirtless with rags tied around their fists.

The young man tried to get in some jabs, but the bigger man knocked them aside, grabbing his arm as he punched his gut again and again.

"Aww is this the big duelist, the big champ who was gonna take himself to New Domino city." The bigger man said in a mocking tone as he punched the young man's mouth , blood coming out.

"Guess what, you're nothing but garbage." The bigger man said before the young man's left fist came in a powerful hook, hitting the man's chin.

He let go of the younger man before the young man smashed his elbow across his face.

The bigger man tried to punch him, but the younger man moved back , avoiding them before he came in punching the bigger man's face twice, before he grabbed the man's head and smashed his knee into it, breaking his nose before he fell over, blood seeping from his face.

The crowd cheered, some giving disappointed looks.

"Ha ha, that's sixty bucks for me!" A man shouted as another man handed him the money.

The young man was breathing deeply as he wiped blood from his face.

Another man approached him counting bills.

"One hundred and ten dollars for winning Yusei, money well earned. Same time on Thursday."

The young man put on a worn out jacket and took the money.

He walked through the worn down streets, abandoned cars, abandoned buildings, people living on the streets in makeshift camps.

The young man walked into what looked like an abandoned hotel, that perhaps was once great but was not withered away.

He walked inside the lobby and saw several people sitting inside.

"Yusei's back!" A child shouted as several other children ran around him.

An adult came up as well.

"D-did you win?"

Yusei nodded as he took out the money, handing most of it to the man.

"Well this will keep us all fed for this week, thank you Yusei."

The young man didn't respond, he simply walked down the halls and towards a room.

He entered an old room with an aged bed, a rusty pull up bar, and a makeshift fighting dummy.

The word Jack had been painted onto the dummy.

Yusei took his jacket off and put the bandages back on his arms before he began sparring with the dummy, he got more and more intense, punching the dummy so hard that he actually knocked the head off.

"Yhaaa!" He screamed as he stopped to catch his breath.

He looked down at his knuckles , blood coming out.

"Hey you doing alright champ?" Yusei heard as he turned to see another young man standing there. He had light skin, spike orange hair, and grey eyes. He wore a sleeveless jacket with an orange undershirt, and fingerless gloves.

"Crow, "huff" how did the duel go?"

Crow smiled.

"I won, got us seventy four dollars."

"Nice."

"I hear you did better than me today."

Yusei reached into his jacket and took out a twenty dollar bill.

"I finally have enough Crow, enough money to buy another deck."

Crow gave a nervous look as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Yusei, I'm afraid I've got bad news for you."

"What?" Yusei said sounding very concerned.

"The guy I bought my cards from, I'm afraid he sold the last of his cards to buy a ticket for himself and his family on the plane."

Yusei gave a heartbroken look.

"Yusei, I'm sorry."

He tightened his fist before punching the dummy again, knocking it over, a single tear coming down from his eye.

"Hey, I know this is hard, so I got you something to ease the pain."

Yusei turned and saw Crow holding a half empty bottle of sake.

"Enjoy it, cost me everything I have."

Yusei took the bottle and stared at it.

Crow walked towards the door.

"Happy 18th birthday."

Yusei closed his eyes before he began drinking the alcohol.

Later that night he was sitting in the corner of his room, the sake bottle almost empty.

His eyes grew heavier and heavier before he fell asleep.

He woke up an hour later with a small box on his lap.

"Huh?" He said as he picked up the box.

The box looked like it was mad of solid gold with hieroglyphics on it and an eye symbol.

Yusei slowly opened the box and saw an assortment of golden shards inside.

He picked up a piece and bit it.

"It's pure gold! How much could this be worth!" He shouted before he noticed there was an envelope inside and a chain at the bottom.

He opened the envelope with a letter inside.

"You're lost Yusei Fudo, but it you assemble this puzzle you will find what you're looking for. You're father and mother would have wanted you to have this."

"Mother, father?" Yusei said, his parents were scientists, he had never seen this item before, he had never heard them reference something like this.

As he touched the fragments he felt a strange sensation from the shards.

He didn't know why, but he felt compelled to put the pieces together.

He spent hours trying to figure it out, piece by piece he was able to assemble it until finally the put the last piece on, the puzzle was now complete, in the shape of an upside down pyramid. There was a ring with the chain around it, Yusei held it in his hand, looking at it closely.

"What are you?"

That was when Yusei notices there was something else in the envelope.

His eyes widened as he saw it was a ticket for the plane.

He looked at the destination.

"What? You want me to go there?"

As he held the puzzle he felt more compelled to do as the letter said.

He sighed as he put it around his neck and got up.

He picked up all his money and walked out of the room, Crow was in the lobby showing his duel cards to the children.

"Yusei , what are you still doing up?"

Yusei had the puzzle hidden under his jacket.

"I'm leaving."

"What!?"

"Yusei!"

"No please don't go!" The children shouted.

"What are you thinking?" Crow asked.

"Crow, this is something I have to do, please take care of the others while I'm gone. I will come back."

Crow sighed before he came forward and hugged him.

"Take care of yourself."

"I will."

Yusei made his way through the city towards the old airport, a few old planes were there and a small line of people were in front of a fence gate.

Two large men with a revolver and a glock pistol were guarding the gate as a woman checked their tickets.

"Next." She said as Yusei approached , handing her his ticket.

"Hmmm, alright young man looks like you get to leave this hell hole. Your plane is plane four"

Yusei nodded as he walked down the runway to an older passenger plane and climbed aboard.

Two more people got on before the plane's door shut.

The plane flew down the runway before taking off into the air.

"Ladies and gentlemen welcome aboard, those of you lucky enough to leave Satellite city. Our flight to Cairo Egypt will take us approximately ten hours, please sit back and enjoy the ride.

Yusei took out the puzzle again , staring at it for what felt like hours.

As the sun rose in Cairo, the plane set down at the airport.

Yusei walked through the terminal, he looked around in amazement, having been so long since he had seen real civilization.

"Now what?" Yusei said, having not thought that far ahead.

He left the airport and walked around the city for a bit, not sure what he would do now.

He felt like the puzzle was guiding him somewhere, but where.

He went to a bar and sat down as the bartender looked at him.

"Geez son, you look like you crawled out of the gutter."

"Have any sake?"

"No only local stuff, but I'll give you a discount."

Yusei put some money down as the bartender handed him a glass of beer.

He began drinking when he noticed another man sit beside him.

The man was clearly Egyptian, with purple eyes, gold-white hair, gold earrings and golden rings around his neck.

"You look like you're lost kid."

"I am."

"You sound Japanese, what brings a young man like you to Egypt?" The man said.

"I don't even know, I was guided here, by this I think." He said as the man noticed his puzzle.

"Maybe I can help you."

"Help me?"

"Help you find what you're looking for."

A few minutes later, Yusei was riding shotgun in the man's jeep as they drove through the desert.

He was still a bit unsure about this, was the man trying to get him alone so he could mug him, take the puzzle. He readied himself for a fight in case that happened.

Finally they stopped in front of a valley as they saw what looked like the entrance to a tomb.

"What, what is this place?"

"The Valley of kings,Where you need to go kid."

Yusei did feel compelled by the puzzle to enter the tomb, it felt stronger this time.

Yusei got out and went towards the entrance when he turned to see the man wasn't coming.

"You aren't coming?"

"What's inside is for you only son."

"I never got your name."

"Marik, Marik Ishtar."

Yusei walked inside the tomb and saw it was mostly empty except for some old excavation equipment.

Near a tablet with hieroglyphics and an Eye of Wdjat on it was a large hole that lead to a black Abyss.

He felt the feeling get stronger and stronger until he reached the tablet.

"Why did you bring me here?"

The puzzle's eyes began to glow as Yusei looked down.

"Huh?" The eye on the wall also lit up before the tablet began to open.

Yusei shook as he saw a white plane in front of him.

He then saw something else, two figures walking from the light towards him. One was of a man with tan skin, brownish red eyes, big spiky black and red hair with yellow portions. Beside him was a woman with long brown hair, tan skin, and dark cyan eyes. They looked to be wearing ancient garbs.

Yusei didn't know why, but he brought his hand up to the edge of the light, still shaking as the two stared at him, placing their hands on his.

Yusei felt an overwhelming feeling inside him before he lost consciousness.

He awoke and saw himself back in the tomb with the the tablet shut again.

"Was, was that a dream?" He asked himself as he held his head.

As he did he realized he now had a duel disk on his arm.

"What?" The duel disk seemed to function properly, but was made entirely out of solid gold.

"A golden duel disk?"

The disk's design seemed more advanced than any he had seen.

There also were three large sacks in front of him, he opened them and saw each was filled with solid gold coins.

"This is weird." Yusei said before he noticed there was a full deck inside the disk.

"A deck!".

Yusei took out the deck and was in disbelief. These cards were perhaps some of the rarest cards in existence, the deck itself would be worth a fortune, many of the cards were also cards Yusei had never seen before.

"Where did this deck come from?" He asked before he saw the last three cards.

He felt his heart beat when he saw them.

"These, these can't be." He said before he felt an overwhelming power inside the three cards.

He also saw the puzzle glow again.

"They are, they're the real deal."

Outside the tomb, Marik saw Yusei walk out with the duel disk . He had a more confident stature on him as he came out, standing tall and proud.

Marik smiled as Yusei approached him.

"I take it you found what you were looking for."

Yusei smiled and nodded.

He took out one of the golden coins.

"Give me a ride back to the airport?"

"Keep it." Marik said as Yusei got inside the jeep with him.

Elsewhere in New Domino city, a group of people were sitting inside a boardroom at the top of the tallest building.

"The new software is nearly ready to hack into the system and enter the data."

"Once it is done no duelist in the world will be able to stand up to our men."

"It looks like our vision will extend not just here , but to the entire world, I hope you're impressed Mr. Kaiba." A man said to another man as he sat at the head chair staring out at all of the others.

Author's note

Alright first chapter complete

As I said in the description, this is a reimagining of 5d's loosely based on the anime, something important I should reiterate is that when we get to the duels I'm basing their terminology more on the translated Japanese versions of how they speak, I see that as the better version.

If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to PM me, and also please let me know what you think, this is my first Yugioh fanfiction and I want to know how I did.

So until next time,

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