Yugioh: The Hope of Six

Chapter 1 - Preparations

"Where... am I?" That was the first thing Ray Akaba asked herself when she opened her eyes. The last thing she recalled was using the Nature cards her father made to stop Zarc from destroying her world. She then saw herself drifting through endless space, passing many stars along the way. There was a bright light after that, and then... nothing. Now, she found herself in a world completely unknown to her. Not only that, when she examined herself, she was surprised to see herself transparent like a ghost. "Have I become some sort of... disembodied spirit?" She also thought of Zarc, her world, and her father, Leo Akaba.

'Dad... I pray that you will be okay.' Ray also lamented that the monster that she vanquished was her former love. She still couldn't believe what he became and what he tried to do. It pained her terribly to see him destroying their home and slaughtering innocent people. Despite those feelings, she did what had to be done to stop him and save her world. At least, she hoped she succeeded.

Ray then decided to put thoughts of the past behind her and focused on the present. She took a look around her new environment. It appeared to be some kind of paradise divided into six sections, each of a different natural location. She was awed by every detail. What got her attention the most were the six little beings floating around, apparently bringing life to their home. She tried to ask them what they were and where she was, but none of them noticed her at all. Ray quickly realized that she cannot be seen or heard in her transparent form. While this disappointed her, she was still content to simply watch and learn.

She observed their interactions with great interest, taking notes of their different personalities, behaviors, and hobbies. She even laughed at the antics of the dark purple one, who seemed to act like a mischievous child. Through her observations, Ray learned they were highly advanced artificial intelligence called "Ignis" and their home was called "Cyberse World". They also created a new Type of Monster called "Cyberse Monsters". She learned they were in a digital realm called LINK VRAINS, created by the humans of the world Ray ended up in. It seemed that their home resided in a isolated section of LINK VRAINS so that no human could find them. Ray wondered how the Ignis came to be. She waited but the subject of their origins never seemed to come up. Perhaps it was an unpleasant thing to talk about, she thought.

The Ignis appeared to be living in peace... at first. Then to Ray's horror, a dragon like Monster summoned by a man in white attacked Cyberse World and it's inhabitants. She couldn't understand why someone would dare attack such innocent creatures that had done no harm. All but one of the Ignis were captured, but not unscathed. Ray wished she could've done something to help the Ignis, but she was just an invisible phantom to them.

Ray followed that one, the purple childlike one, to see what would happen to it. Eventually, he got caught by a different human. This one wore a darker suit and called himself "Playmaker". At first, she hated the guy for how he treated the Dark Ignis, who Playmaker named "Ai." He seemed so cold and indifferent to him. He didn't seem to be any better than the man that attacked the Ignis. However, the more she observed Playmaker and his encounters with others, the more she came to understand there was more to him than his seemingly heartless exterior.

She learned that humans could log in and out of LINK VRAINS, something she clearly can't do since she had no physical body to return to anymore. However, by simply willing to, she learned to see and hear events in the real world. It was through this that she learned more about Playmaker and his enemies, Revolver and the Knights of Hanoi. She discovered who they really were, their reasons for fighting, and most of all the origins of the Ignis themselves. Ray was terrified to discover that Revolver planned to eliminate all the Ignis by destroying all of LINK VRAINS itself. She feared that would mean she would be killed off too. Her only hope was Playmaker himself, who stood as Revolver's only obstacle to his extreme plan.