What's up, my faithful readers? Look at this: the reboot to the story you guys have been pining for. Yes, I know I was a little late for this, but I wanted to wait at least one month before I post it, especially with some of the changes I will make.

First and foremost, I won't bash on Gray or any of the characters in this since that is not only immature, but also a waste of time. But if they did something dumb in Canon, I will bring that up.

Second, I will try to get through each arc fast, but not too fast where it doesn't feel important. I feel the fewer chapters I focus on certain arcs, the better they are. But I will still make each arc better than the last, count on it.

Third, I will NOT use Link monsters in this story. Not that I HATE them, but they kinda ruined the game for me(Skystrikers are freaking EVIL!) I will use Pendulum monsters in this story because I actually like them a lot more than Links. So please, don't ask for me to add Links. MAYBE I'll consider changing some Link monsters to other extra deck types like Fusion, Synchro or XYZ, but that's it.

Fourth, as in the last story, I will have Natsu become stronger than in Canon, but not too overpowered. Not only that, but there will be a mix of dueling and actual fights since my beta reader did say I had too many duels in the original story. Don't worry, I will make sure they work well. As Thanos said "Perfectly balanced, as all things should be."

And fifth, I will lower the number of girls Natsu can have for his harem to about six. Any more would just be too much and could detract from the plot. Some other girls might be interested in Natsu, but he might not return them.

These are the new rules I've made for this story and I hope you guys can understand.

One thing that will stay in this story is where it will start, and that is before the Oracion Seis arc since that feels like the best place for this story to start.

Now, it is time… to revisit a newly updated version of Dueling Tail!

"A long time ago, when the pyramids were young, ancient pharaohs placed a game of great and terrible power. However, these Shadow Games erupted into a war that threatened to destroy the very world they lived in. That is until a brave and powerful pharaoh locked the power away in large stone tablets for years, even on the day of his death. However, centuries later, archaeologists discovered the stone tablets and the game of Duel Monsters was created, spreading throughout the Earth and becoming the greatest phenomenon in history."

But while Duel Monsters may seem like a simple game, it holds a much darker secret.

The Duel Monsters in fact exist in another realm, parallel to Earth. They would only reveal themselves when the gates of hell opened again.

However… they have already opened… in another realm.

'Earthland, X784'

Darkness. That was the only word to describe what was surrounding the lone survivor of a massive slaughter. A hood covered their bloody body and their legs were under a broken wall, keeping them restrained.

"Do you see it? The pointlessness of challenging us? You can't win against the forces of nature." Loud footsteps could be heard as a large figure walked towards the defeated hooded figure, not a hint of remorse in their eyes as they trampled over the corpses of those who stood in their path. "It is only natural that your race kneels to those of power. Perhaps if you admit that you have lost, I may spare you."

"As long… as there are those… who oppose you... " The hooded figure began, slowly pushing themselves up to glare at their opponent. "Light will always preva-AAHHH!" A large talon stomped on the figure's back, stopping any words that may come out of their mouth.

"Light, darkness, good, and evil. These are all one side of the same coin, as your race puts it." The taller figure said before they kneeled down, a nearby fire revealing their appearance. They were male, though far from human, with chilling pale skin that would rot any moment, short combed black hair and eyes, as black as the night. He wore a simple black suit, with a white tie worn out of irony. However, the most distinct features were the small horns coming out of their head and a pair of demon like wings sprouted outward. A tiny smile appeared on his face as he removed the hood from his fallen foe, revealing their blonde hair and blue eyes. "Oh Johnathan. You did so well, all things considered. But you couldn't have won against us."

"Deagon… you will… never… be satisfied…. With this…" Johnathan coughed out some blood, feeling his ribs slowly crack from the force of Deagon's talon.

"Perhaps… but that is for me to see, and you to watch… in The Shadow Realm."

*STOMP*

Before Johnathan could react, Deagon raised his talon and stomped on his neck, effortlessly snapped his neck. The dark human watched as blood poured from Johanthan's broken neck, a satisfied look on his face. It was honestly sad that Johnathan and the others couldn't see the beauty of his work, but maybe the next generation will.

"There he is! There's the demon!" Sighing under his breath, Deagon turned his head as he saw several Rune Knights, dressed in blue royal armor marching towards him, each glaring under their helmets

"Don't you understand when you've been beaten?" Deagon asked with a bored tone. His words seem to anger the knights as they aimed their spears at him.

"You have slain the lives of too many innocent people. You will either surrender and face punishment, or die where you stand. Make your choice." One of the Rune Knights said with a stoic tone, a small amount of magic emanating from their weapons. A heavy sigh came out of Deagon's nose as he extended his right arm.

"If you wish to die today… I will honor your wish." Straightening his fingers, Deagon's eyes flashed as a light purple aura surrounded his hand. "Devil's Blade." With that, the energy surrounding his hand expanded to a long purple energy sword. Before the Rune Knights could react, Deagon swung his attack towards them.

*SLICE*

A spray of blood erupted in the air as Deagon's attack decapitated a large majority of the Rune Knights, their heads flying high in the air. The headless corpses stood in place for a moment before falling back, blood raining down from the sky. "BASTARD!" Surprisingly, one of the Rune Knights were able to duck under the attack before it could hit them, though the top of their helmet was cut off. Standing up, he gave Deagon a hateful glare before he fired a bolt of magic from his spear, only for Deagon to swat it away with one hand. With a smile, Deagon began to walk towards the last knight, who frantically fired more magic blasts from his blast was deflected by one hand as Deagon got closer and closer to the knight. "Who… WHO ARE YOU?!" Just as the knight was about to fire another magic blast…

Deagon grabbed the tip of the spear…

*Snap*

And broke it with a flick of his wrist. "I am the cure to your meaningless life." Deagon said with a tone that sent chills down the knight's spine.

*Stab*

The sound of flesh being pierced rang through the air. The last Rune Knight gasped as Deagon stabbed his left hand through his chest, blooding pouring out of the wound. Leaning in, Deagon placed a hand on the knight's shoulder. "May your soul find peace and your soul used for the greater good." With that, Deagon lowered the knight down to the ground, pulling his hand out of his chest. Reaching into his shirt pocket, Deagon pulled out a blank card with a brown and black color on the back. Raising it high in the air, he closed his eyes while putting a hand over his heart. "I use this card to absorb the souls of those I have slain for thy master. Come stray souls, and become the food for our liberation!"

*Boom*

In the blink of an eye, multiple souls suddenly materialized, each wailing in agony before a vortex appeared on the card. All the poor souls could do was scream as they were sucked into the card in droves. Soon, all the souls in the area were gone and the blank card suddenly turned black. With a smile on his face, Deagon began to flap his wings, large gusts of wind began to pick up before he flew high in the air.

With that, another collection of souls have been obtained.

'Unknown Realm'

"And yet another human settlement has been destroyed by Zorc's forces." A strong voice called out, staring at a large crystal mirror, which showed an illusion of Deagon flying away from the destroyed town. The speaker… was not human, though they did sound like a powerful man. They were a large white dragon with light blue scales on the front of their body, sharp claws, sharp talons, a pair of large dark blue gems on its chest, large white wings, a long white tail, three short fins on its head and amber eyes. The dragon hovered over a large column, looking at a row of shadowy figures, all of which listened to him. "It has been over a year since these attacks have begun, and yet we choose to do nothing." The Dragon said to their colleagues, concern evident in his voice. "I feel it is time for us to act."

"And to act, we would need to reveal ourselves to humanity, and I believe we all agree that it would be a foolish decision to make." One of the figures called out in a firm tone.

"But Colossal-"

"He is right, Stardust. We cannot focus all our resources to the humans." A much calmer voice called out while leaning forward. They looked more human, with tan skin, green eyes and long violet hair. He wore a dark purple armor-like magician's outfit with large shoulder pads, a dark blue cloth, long purple boots, a horn-like hat and a green staff with an olive green orb on the tip of it. "I know how fond you are of them, but you must see where we're coming from."

"I know, Dark Magician. But even you cannot stand by and watch innocent lives extinguished. Especially when their souls could lead to Zorc's release." Stardust Dragon said to the wizard with a serious tone before he looked at the others. "You all have a reason to doubt humanity, but I've seen the good they've brought. They have the potential to be the best chance we have at defeating the Titans. So Please, reconsider my offer." The shadowy figures began to ponder Stardust's proposal to act.

On one hand, they made a vow never to interrupt with man's world. If they did, then the humans would always rely on their power instead of their own. Man was known to be greedy whenever they found a new source of power, which would cause them to destroy each other.

However, Stardust had a point. Even with all the power they had, they couldn't revive the dead and the amount of humans that have been lost to their enemies was weighing heavily on their hearts.

After several moments of pondering, the middle figure, with a voice as strong as stone, spoke up. "Very well, Stardust Dragon…" They started before they moved out of the shadows. The speaker was an enormous stone-like creature with copper colored skin, a pharaoh headpiece, broken chains on their wrists, a golden item on their chest, a brown 'skirt,' red eyes and purple lips that were in a permanent grin. Despite not moving their lips, the large figure spoke telepathically. "We shall do your proposal."

"Thank you, Exodia." Stardust said with a bow.

"However…" The newly identified 'Exodia' called out with a right hand raised. "For your proposal to work, you must choose a human that is pure of heart and give him the ability to use Duel Monsters for good. If you do, then we will begin the process of cooperating with mankind. But if you choose incorrectly…" The giant egyptian creature leaned forward, glaring deeply at the Dragon. "Then we will never speak to humans, ever." Despite towering over him, Stardust Dragon did not flinch at all as he stared back at the lead Council member. He understood what he was saying, but he knew somewhere on Earthland… there would be someone who is worthy.

He just needed to find them.

'Magnolia, Earthland'

"Man, now that was one hell of a mission." Natsu Dragneel declared with a big grin on his face, stretching his arms high in the air. His pink(or salmon, as he calls it) hair flowed against the wind as he and the rest of 'Team Natsu' returned from another mission, the first since the Battle of Fairy Tail. While their physical wounds were gone, they still felt the repercussions of Laxus Dreyar and the Thunder Legion's actions. Still, they were in a Guid and they needed to do missions. "Did you see how many guys I took down?"

"Not as many as me, Pinky." The smug voice of Gray Fullbuster called out, walking next to Natsu in his usual white coat. Even though he had a much cooler(hehe) head than the Dragon Slayer, he couldn't help but gloat to his rival. "I took down thirty five goons."

"Well I took down thirty six." Natsu countered with a grin.

"Count again, idiot. I have more takedowns."

"No, I have more takedowns!"

"You're too dumb to count right!"

"At least I don't strip every five seconds!"

"Will they ever stop fighting?" Lucy Heartfilia said with a tired sigh. If she had to hear her teammates yell at each other one more time today, she was going to get a migraine. "Look, you two beat a lot of thugs, isn't that enough?"

"Maybe you're jealous you didn't fight a lot of bad guys." Happy the cat teased while flying next to the blonde, a cheeky smile on his face. He wasn't wrong. In total, Lucy beat about… three guys with her Lucy Kick, but that was it. "You aren't a Fairy Tail wizard if you don't blow up a building or beat up a bunch of guys."

"Oh yeah? Then what about you?" Lucy countered, only for Happy to shrug.

"I'm a cat." Happy said like it was the simplest thing in the world. All Lucy could do was sweatdrop, having enough of her little argument with the blue cat.

"Wanna go now, Ice Pop?!" Natsu exclaimed while lighting his right fist.

"After you, ash for brains!" Gray countered, putting his right fist on his left palm.

"That's enough." Erza Scarlet called out, pulling her large wagon of random items while sighing tiredly. She could tolerate Natsu and Gray's behavior, yet even she had a limit. "Stop arguing now or else." She gave the two males a heated glare, which automatically destroyed their spirits.

"Y-Yes madam!" They both said in a squeak voice, putting an arm around each other while flashing shaky grins.

"S-S-See? W-We're friends. Right Natsu?" Gray said with a nervous tone.

"A-Aye." Natsu responded with an equally nervous tone. Internally, both Natsu and Gray wanted nothing more than to vomit at how close they were. But if Erza Scarlet told you to do something, you do it, no questions asked. She stared at the two for a few moments before she smiled in satisfaction.

"And in any case, we should take this time to rest. We never know what kind of mission Master Makarov will give us." Erza said in her usual stoic tone. She wasn't wrong either. Ever since the Lullaby situation, the Magic Council was even more cautious about the Dark Guilds surfacing, hence why they continued to assign the Guilds to fight the good fight.

"Me and Happy can walk home from here. We gotta pick something up before we go to the Guild." Natsu said, removing himself from Gray's grip, much to their relief. "Come on, Happy."

"Aye!" Happy flew towards his 'father,' landing on his head. The two gave their team a wave before walking to the right, towards the direction of their house. "So what do we need to pick up from home?"

"I promised to show Mira that Salamander autograph from when we met Lucy. Plus I needed to get away from that stripper." Natsu said with a nonchalant tone. If Mirajane Strauss asked you for a favor, he was more than willing to do it. Plus… he wanted to show everyone the autograph of the guy who tried to pose as him. He looked at the sunny sky and couldn't help but smile. "Man, today was a good day. I wonder what else will happen to us."

As he stared at the sky, Natsu caught sight of a twinkle. Blinking a bit, he squinted his eyes as the twinkle was starting to get closer. 'What that?' The twinkle continued to grow closer.. And closer.. Until-

*Smack*

"OWW!" … it smacked Natsu right on the forehead, causing him to throw Happy off his head(though the cat was able to sprout his wings on instinct.)

"Natsu, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Happy asked with some concern.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine." Natsu said while rubbing his forehead in pain. "What the hell hit me?"

"Look!" Happy called out with a gasp, pointing at the ground. Natsu got over the pain before he looked at what his cat was referring to… only to gasp.

The object that hit the Dragon Slayer was a metal bracelet, one that had an assortment of scriptures that were written in a language neither of them could understand. On the top of the bracelet was what looked like a pure white crystal that shone from the sunlight.

"A bracelet?" Curious, Natsu picked up the accessory, examining it with confusion.

"Maybe someone threw it really far away because they couldn't read it." Happy theorized while landing on his friend's shoulder to look at the bracelet more closely.

"No way. It isn't ugly, but I can't read what it says." Natsu said with a somewhat annoyed expression, trying and failing to understand the writing. Seriously, what's with people and different languages? He rubbed his thumb on the crystal to clean it, making it shine even brighter. "Do you think it's Lucy's?"

"Nah. I don't think she can buy something this pretty." Happy said without a hint of remorse in his voice. Unbeknownst to him, a certain Celestial Wizard sneezed elsewhere. Scratching his head, Natsu began looking around the area, trying to find anyone close by.

"DID SOMEONE LOSE A BRACELET?!" He called out, as if anyone could hear him from so far away.

"No one lives close to us, Natsu." Happy said with a sweatdrop.

"Yeah, you have a point." Natsu admitted with a sigh before he looked at the bracelet. It did look nice, and if someone lost it… it was finders keepers. "I'm going to wear it."

"Huh?"

"Well yeah. Gray has that necklace, Erza has her armor and Lucy has her bow." Natsu said with a grin. "I mean my scarf is awesome, but I never got anything this nice. And since no one's trying to find it now, I guess it's mine." It was a flawed statement, given how the bracelet had writing on it, but if there wasn't anyone around, it was his. Looking at his left wrist, Natsu began to wrap the bracelet around it. "I think it goes on like… this." Wrapping the metal accessory around his wrist, Natsu closed it, hearing a small click to ensure it was fastened. Looking at the bracelet, Natsu let out a smile. "There. Doesn't it look-"

*Thump, Thump*

"Woah…" The Dragon Slayer gasped as he felt the bracelet thump like a heart. And if that wasn't odd enough, he felt a bit of his own magic get sucked into the accessory, causing him to fall on one knee.

"What happened?" Happy questioned, clearly confused as to why Natsu fell on his knee when he barely got a scratch.

"I… I don't know. It felt like my magic was being sucked away." Natsu said as he stared at the bracelet with wide eyes. "Sucked into this." Happy was beyond confused. He had heard of a few magic items that could drain magic, but usually they would drain every last drop in one go. How was Natsu still standing?

"Do you feel tired?" Happy asked curiously.

"No. I feel fine." Natsu said, staring at the crystal on the bracelet with suspicious eyes. There was something off about this thing, and he was going to get to the bottom of-

*Flash*

However, before he could finish his thoughts, the crystal suddenly began to glow. "What's happening?!" Happy exclaimed, clearly shocked by what was happening. Then… the end of a card suddenly appeared from the light. "Natsu, is that a card?"

"A what?" Looking down at the crystal, Natsu was able to see the card from within the light. "Where did this come from?" With nothing to lose, Natsu grabbed the card before pulling it out of the light, which quickly disappeared. He raised a brow at the black and brown rear before he turned it around. "What the?"

"Why's it white?" Happy questioned with equal confusion. It was true, the other side of the card was indeed blank. Who would ever make a card that was blank on one side? If Cana saw this, she would be confused as well.

"Don't know. Maybe Gramps knows something about this than we do." Natsu said, finally fed up with the accessory. It was nice, but if it was gonna keep up the lightshow and drain his magic, then it wasn't worth wearing. "Let's go home."

*Boom*

However, before Natsu and Happy could continue their way home, the white card suddenly began to emit a bright light, blinking both Dragon Slayer and flying cat. "OH COME ON!" Natsu and Happy covered their eyes, while the former dropped the car out of shock. The light was so intense, some of the citizens in Magnolia could see it. After a few moments of agonizing light, it finally died out.

"I think it's done." Happy said while opening his eyes, noticing the light from the card disappearing.

"Sheesh, that's the last time I pick up something that fell from the sky." Natsu said while rubbing his eyes before he looked at the card. With a huff, Natsu reached down and picked up the card. "I'm throwing this thing away." As he turned the card around, Natsu's eyes widened in shock. Rather than the blank side he and Happy saw, Natsu saw a white dragon, with a silver outline around it, a green symbol on the top right corner, eight gold stars with red circles around them, and a name that was written in black. "Stardust… Dragon?"

"How did this happen? We saw the card was blank!" Happy said out of shock. One minute, they saw a bank surface and in a flash of light, this picture of a dragon appeared. Was this bracelet so magic, it can make things appear on the fly?

"I have no idea. Think Cana knows anything?" Natsu said while examining the card.

"I doubt this 'Cana' would help you, even if you asked her." Suddenly, a third voice called out, ringing through both Natsu and Happy's ears. The duo lifted their eyes away from the card to look at the speaker in front of them. But what they saw shocked them to the core.

The speaker… was none other than the Dragon on the card. Its wings were flapping softly to keep it afloat and it lets out a strong aura, similar to the Ace of Fairy Tail. The duo looked at the dragon, then the card, then the dragon again, then the card before finally staring at it with wide eyes. Was this a dream, or an illusion caused by the light? Either way, the tall white dragon said one word to snap them out of their thoughts.

"Hello."

And there, that is the first chapter of the reboot. Not much, though it was admittedly bloody. Hey, just because this is a Yugioh crossover doesn't mean I won't go to dark places(and yes, I know the original yugioh manga is dark as all hell.) While there weren't any duels in this chapter, I promise there will be one in the next one.

Now as you saw, I changed the Council of Duel Monsters from the original story. Stardust Dragon is part of the Council, but the higher level monsters like Exodia the Forbidden One outrank him. Thank you Earth Dragon Arnighte for this suggestion. He also helps beta read this story in order to make it grammatically correct. Another change I made is with Happy being there with Natsu when Stardust appeared. It makes sense, given how close to two are. Plus, it'll lead to some funny moments of Happy trying to cover for Natsu.

And a little news… MY BIRTHDAY IS ON AUGUST 30TH BABY! I'M TURNING 22! Sorry, but this is big. I'm graduating University next year and I'm close to getting my driver's license, so life is good. I hope I can update this story once again before the end of this year, so cross your fingers.

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Next time: Into the Realm of Duel Monsters.