Hunter13Hawkie: Hey it's Hawkie :D It has been three years since I've posted my first fanfic on AO3 and what I've noticed is that it is extremely difficult for me to update regularly due to my ever annoying writer block, unorganized chaos known as my grammar and other wonderful things that fanfic writers come across. So I've decided to put together a little project that will hopefully improve my fanfic writer persona! Also besides AO3 I thought I should post it on in case any ARC V fans are there as well. Though I can't really do it alone, so… just give me a second ;)

*drags another person in front of the camera*

?: What am I doing here?

Hunter13Hawkie: Ladies and Gentemen! (Arc V hype) Let me present you my assistant Noname!

Noname: I'm a what now?!

Hunter13Hawkie: You know when I've told you about a really cool fandom I've got into recently?

Noname: That Arc Yu-gi-oh! V something about which you were hardcore fangirling about for the past two months?

Hunter13Hawkie: Yup! Hopefully you're not too annoyed by it.

Noname: …I remember that… unfortunately… I'll just ignore it so it's fine.

Hunter13Hawkie: So, I've decided to do a writing project out of it! And you're gonna help me with it!

Noname: Ummm… yay? Do I have to?

Hunter13Hawkie: Yup and you will because you love me. :D

Noname: Uuuuugghhh I do love you and I hate you…

Hunter13Hawkie: :P

Noname: So what do I have to do?

Hunter13Hawkie: I will send you a short chapter every Sunday/Monday from now on that you will read, fix and tell me what do you think about. That way I will improve my writing updates and readers will be able to relate to you.

Noname: Okay it doesn't sound too hard, though to the hell with the readers.

Hunter13Hawkie: Aww don't be so mean to them, you're one of them after all.

Noname: Fine, I'll do a bloody review, but I don't know anything about this Arc V fandom!

Hunter13Hawkie: Don't worry, you'll catch up with it in no time. It's simple and it's full of dragons and you love them!

Noname: Uuuu I do. Will you tell me more or will I need to begin reading to find out? *winks at Hawkie*

Hunter13Hawkie: In the nutshell – there used to be one big evil dragon who nearly destroyed the world, but three mages stopped it by splitting it in four and one of the trio has to raise the dragons so they don't become evil all over again.

Noname: Well I do like the evil dragon…

Hunter13Hawkie: So read it and tell me what you think!

Noname: You're so treating me to a bubble tea once I do this…

Hunter13Hawkie: Deal!

A poisonous plant… deadly lightning… a blasting wind… and flames of destruction…

All sealed by one mage in hope to never appear again.

Years passed, people's memories about the great war were erased, so it could not be repeated.

Only the chosen ones remembered in order to guard the world that was split into four after it had been reborn.

The fate of the world was in the hands of a man guarding what could only be described as a tickling time disaster.

But the man was determined to protect the split world and turn the chaos he carried into people's hope.

The day was coming to an end as two figures walked through the thick forest. The taller figure walked at steady pace while the shorter one went down the path a bit more energetically, observing the never before seen location. Despite the heavy looking backpacks they were carrying plus the fact that they had been travelling for the whole day, the duo wasn't that tired yet. Their destination wasn't that much further, though they didn't dare to relax just yet.

The forest was notorious for people ending up robbed once entering it and considering the valuable cargo they were carrying, the duo surely couldn't afford losing it. They only had to come out of the forest and then they could lower their guard.

True to the word it didn't take long before the danger appeared literally out of nowhere. In a matter of seconds they were surrounded by numerous dark cloaked figures whose faces were hidden behind masks. Their outstretched hands could only mean that they were there to take and wouldn't take no for an answer. Their masks began to glow in creepy yellow lights as their hands were gathering all the energy they could to attack the travelling duo.

"My my, I really hoped we wouldn't need to face the Rare Hunters." mumbled the voice belonging to the taller figure fixing his hat, revealing himself to be a man in his early thirties.

"I can take them down." the shorter figure said, staying hidden under its red cloak.

"I'm sure you can, but that's not the only reason why we're here." the man started gathering magic in his hands.

"Teacher please, I'm strong enough." other person wouldn't give up.

"Very well then if you insist." the man sighed as he clenched the straps of the backpack tighter "But don't overdue yourself, you still need your strength."

The shorter figure nodded as it chanted something in an unknown language while rolling pages of an old book in its hands, previously taken out of the smaller bag attached to its waist. The cloaked people stared at it as they were approaching their prey when the paper pages began to produce a yellow glow which soon transferred to shorter figure's unoccupied hand, creating a powerful spell.

In the next moment three members of the cloaked group, known as the Rare Hunters, were hit by sets of lightning-like strikes while all the others near them proceeded to either counterattack or block any future attacks from the mysterious young person. The man lifted what appeared to be a walking stick, though four different colored jewels told otherwise, summoning a barrier around himself, reflecting all the damage back to the enemies. He then summoned several circle shaped objects, throwing them at any Rare Hunter that dared to grab a hold of his backpack in order to keep them away as he started running towards the end of the forest path.

The younger of the duo noticed him and followed suit while continuously casting more spells to buy time. The Rare Hunters seemed to realize what exactly they were dealing with as they all suddenly changed their strategy, surrounding the person with the spell book magic. Still calm, the younger person flipped the pages until the right spell was found, immediately chanting the quick, but powerful blast before the man who was its teacher could prevent it.

Those few Rare Hunters who were too close were all passed out on the ground while the majority of them reacted in time to get away, avoiding the damage that the blast had caused. On the other hand the caster of the spell was barely standing, blast blew away the hood of the cloak revealing he was merely a boy with silver hair, not looking more than ten years old.

As the enemies began to approach him with another set of prepared magical attacks, the boy kept himself on his feet, proceeding to look for another spell in order to defend himself. He flipped page after page, trying to find something powerful that would not take too much of his energy at the same time. But before he could do anything, the boy's knees gave out, submitting to the spell he had cast previously. On the ground without the ability to move he could only watch as the enemies were coming closer, their hands greedily reaching for his backpack.

"I've told you before that your body isn't fit for a Contract with the Hellgate yet." the man sighed as he appeared next to the boy while fighting off the Rare Hunters with the same circle magic as before "Although I'm impressed you've actually pulled it off, it doesn't really do our situation better."

"I'm sorry teacher…" the boy muttered as he was being picked up by the man around his waist.

"We all think we can do anything if we try hard enough, though right now isn't the time to put that in practice." despite the danger the man smiled and rather than fight off the enemies decided to run "We're quite close, although if we don't hurry these bogeymen will catch up."

As if they reacted to the insulting nickname, several Rare Hunters charged at the duo, the man was ready to defend all the valuables he was carrying, in the form of a young apprentice and whatever was in the sealed part of his backpack. The hands of the enemies began to glow red, the trees withered as their energy was taken, transforming into dark spells ready to be cast. The man quickly chanted the first few lines of a protection magic since he couldn't fight that well while also protecting all that was important to him.

The magical attacks from the closest enemies were about to hit him, the shield was only capable of deflecting a portion of what was sent towards him since a more solid shield would have cost him the energy he needed to move. Both he and the boy were ready for a dose of pain headed their way.

"Trap magic! Big Haul!" two unknown voices shouted in unison, turning the Rare Hunters' attention off the duo that had seemingly disappeared before the spells could hit them.

In a split second all the enemies were trapped in red nets, hanging from the trees like just-caught prey, confused by how they had gotten there. A person whose face was hidden by a red scarf and long red hair tied in a ponytail watched them struggle before making a quick gestures with his hands while chanting in ancient language, making all of them disappear. Satisfied with the fact that they were now much further, disguised person clapped his hands together as he disappeared as well.

Instead to the location where the enemies were sent, the person appeared at what seemed to be the same forest, but with much livelier greenery and sets of ancient looking houses all over. A lookalike of his, except for the scarf hiding the other's face and the hair being blue instead of red, was tending to the duo they had protected.

"We apologize for arriving so late. We didn't expect you for at least one more day, sir." the blue haired person bowed politely.

"It's alright Tsukikage. What matters is that we've both arrived safely." the man looked at the barely awake boy in his arms, concerned by how weak he looked "Let me just get inside so I can give Reiji a proper check-up."

"As you wish." the red haired person bowed as well, leading them towards the main house "Should I notify the Master of your arrival?"

"Please do, Hikage. I have much to say to him." the man replied, following the two ninjas to the building functioning as the center of the hidden village.

Reiji, who was in and out of consciousness, managed to sort out the houses that were much different from any buildings he had seen so far along with the statues of men wielding various weapons. There weren't any people wandering around the village, probably due to the nighttime, except for few curious stares coming from the crevices of the houses. The man carrying him didn't pay them any mind, just kept walking towards the entrance of the main building right behind the duo of ninjas.

Despite the huge size, the building was fairly empty with wooden floors bearing nothing but a fireplace, a few low tables and cushions, though the emptiness was more or less filled with stunning wall paintings of ninja battles and blooming trees. Ahead was a sliding door that lead to another similar room, though that one looked a bit cozier, looking more like living quarters. Noticing an already set bed, the man put Reiji on it, discarding the backpack off himself and then proceeding to do the same for the boy. Tsukikage assisted while Hikage left the room in order to report to his Master.

The man murmured some light-hearted chanting, observing his apprentice's wellbeing and hoping that the difficult spell hadn't damaged him too much. True, Reiji was extraordinarily skilled in all possible fields of magic, but no matter how hard he had tried to master them, his body was still the one of a ten year old and could only take so much. The observing spell pointed out a few bruisers and a lowered life energy, other than that, the boy was alright, just exhausted. His teacher was relieved it was nothing serious like he feared, so having the apprentice properly tucked in and asleep, the man headed for another room inthe other part of the building. Tsukikage stayed with Reiji in case boy would need anything once he would wake up while Hikage patiently waited in front of his Master's room.

"The Master is ready to speak with you. I'll be by the doors if my services will be needed." the red haired ninja bowed, opening the sliding doors

"Thank you Hikage, please do not bother us until we're done." the man said as he entered the most private part of the building.

"You could've left your luggage in the sleeping quarters. If I may, I can carry it…" the ninja asked looking at the backpack in the man's hand.

"There's no need, your Master will probably wish to observe something in it." he politely declined the offer at which Hikage nodded and shut the doors.

The room was much smaller than expected had even more stunning painted walls and decorations, though instead of the warriors and battles, the theme was far from any ninja clan related ones. Each of the four walls carried a huge painting of a dragon, spread across the wall and surrounded by various elements. At the wall by the entrance was a dragon in dark purple and black color, its wings touching both upper corners as purple and red lightings filled the rest of the wall. On the right wall was quite the opposite of the first dragon, being of lighter colors instead. In a way it looked more like a serpent than a dragon, though its wings were far more majestic and bigger in a brilliant light blue color, which were probably the cause of the gushing winds painted around it. On the left was what seemed to be the combination of both with a similar looking serpent body and dark colors, though unlike them it looked like a giant deadly plant. The body was dark green just like the stem of a rose as light purple, nearly pink colored parts covered it, with two huge ones on its back looking like petals about to bloom, serving as wings. Strangely all around it were paintings of flowers, all of them enhancing both the dragon's danger and its beauty. Last but not least was a painting on the wall right in front of him where an older person was sitting on the cushion behind a low table. The man took the offered seat, facing the person with long beard wearing a kimono.

Only once he was properly sitting down he could see the whole painting of the final dragon. Unlike any of the other dragons, that one didn't have wings, just two extensions that looked more like two additional giant horns on its back besides the ones it already had on its head. It was bright red all over and in a way its body looked a bit like the dark purple colored dragon due to its body shape. Its two eyes were differently colored, one with brighter shade of red while the other one was green. As a surrounding element it had terrifyingly looking painted flames all over, looking as the most dangerous one of them all.

"It's been a while since you visited our village of the Fuma Clan, Yusho Sakaki." the old man observed his guest "Good to see you're still doing well."

"Thank you, Master Hoshi; it has been indeed a long time since I've stopped by your village." Yusho removed his hat, bowing politely to the man he has known for years and shared the knowledge only selected few had.

"Are they still safe?" Master Hoshi pointed his eyes at the backpack next to the other man.

"They are, even after all the years since they had been sealed." Yusho began to undo the clips keeping the backpack closed "Do you wish to see them?"

The old man nodded as the sorcerer reached for something hanging around his neck. It turned out to be a small light blue crystal, swaying like a pendulum as he held it above the backpack, making all the undone clips glow in the same shade of blue. Master Hoshi watched with interest how a hidden pocket right on the bottom of the backpack was revealed, slowly opening the additional pocket that hid the most valuable beings in all the land.

Yusho carefully picked up each of the four objects, placing them on the unoccupied cushion next to the old man with the utmost care. All of them were oval shaped, big enough to be held with both hands and surrounded by crystal structures nearly identical to the paintings on the walls. There was a red colored one covered by crystal flames, a black one with dark purple lightings, a white one with clear blue structures looking like wings and a dark green one with pinkish crystal petals.

Those were the dragon eggs of the very dragons painted on the walls.

Master Hoshi examined them in detail, gently caressing the hard crystal shells that slightly glowed wherever he touched them. There was no doubt that behind the solid structure was a growing life.

"Still encased with the elements my clan has worshipped for decades, without any darkness that created that monstrosity I see. You've protected them well." the old man broke his look off the eggs "Which brings me to a question – Why did you request a meeting so suddenly after years of hardly contacting me?"

"Two reasons, Master." Yusho fixed his hat as his look turned serious.

"And what they may be?" the other man gave him a surprised look.

"I suspect that they may hatch sooner than I thought they would and for that I would require help in form of protection. They'll be much more difficult to keep safe once they leave the safety of their crystal states." the sorcerer replied not moving his eyes off the eggs.

"Very well, I will assign Tsukikage and Hikage to help you since they've already worked for you in the past." the old man approved of the request "Though I'm curious, how can you tell they will hatch? Does it have anything to do with the kid you've brought along?"

"Indeed it has." Yusho reached for the red flamed dragon egg "Odd-Eyes' egg reacted the moment I found Reiji and considering how talented the young boy is he will make a great guardian for Yuya."

"Yuya?" Master Hoshi gave him a puzzled look.

"It's how Zarc calls him." he reached for the crystal around his neck "He has named all of them in order to keep them as human as possible, since the usage of their dragon names might trigger the forming of darkness in their hearts."

"So you've already found the first guardian? That's a nice progress." the old man was satisfied with the progress the other man was making "And the second reason why you wish for the help of the Fuma Clan?"

"Zarc suspects that there's someone who managed to recover the forbidden memories of the Dragon War and plans to steal the dragons in order to bring back the unified world. If any of the dragons get in that person's hands there's no telling how disastrous it will be for every living being." Yusho tried not to think about the horrors that had happened in the past.

"The Fuma Clan has been serving the elemental dragons since the early ages, so we won't let that happen either. Tsukikage and Hikage are my best ninjas and they have every right to receive those memories from me. Due to the straight honor and code of our village, I can ensure you they will never betray you." the old man was the one to bow now.

"Thank you, Master Hoshi." Yusho responded; relieved a bit from the burden he's been carrying for years.

The Dragon War has long had ended, but should they not be careful enough, another much more terrifying may start.

Hunter13Hawkie: So assistant Noname, did you enjoy or where you bored by the first sentence?

Noname: I must admit I did find this very interesting, although I didn't understand what this had to do with Yu-Gi-Oh! until the first two pages. I mean, since when there are ninjas as major characters in this fandom?

Hunter13Hawkie:*quietly laughs in evil tone and whispers* Yes, I will sink another innocent soul into the Shadow Realm of this fandom! *talks normally* Sorry, I was talking to myself.

Noname: I've heard you, you little bird and you're far too nice to be evil. You will probably just give the readers a nice bubbly story with a happy ending.

Hunter13Hawkie: *grins evilly* They will never know what I have in store for them. *talks normally* Indeed I will, I mean just look at the cute start – baby dragons!

Noname: I can't wait for the dragons! I hope they will burn some people!

Hunter13Hawkie: Eh…?

Noname: I mean things! *whispers* and people… and the kingdoms… heck I WANNA SEE THE WORLD BURN!

Hunter13Hawkie: Eh okay then assistant-senpai, I'll try to satisfy everyone with Yu-dragons.

Noname: What dragons?

Hunter13Hawkie: You'll find out next Sunday/Monday when I'll treat you to that bubble tea ;)

Noname: Fineee and you readers, leave the comments/kudos/critics/questions and whatever else so I won't be the only one doing all the work.

Hunter13Hawkie: Naww you're too sweet! I'll try to respond to the comments the best I can… if there will be any… :D Seeya next week!