El Shaddoll Millenia

2nd String

Yuu was, for the first time since his family died, excited. He was waiting in line to get on the boat that would take the almost hundreds of duelist to Duelist Kingdom. As he waited he saw a few interesting things. One was some blond guy who was pulled out of line for not having any star chips. Another was some kid who helped him out and gave him one of his. It was strange, but it probably made some strange sense.

‘Avoid them’ he heard a voice whisper into his ear. When he looked around for the source all he found was a purple string. He must be going crazy.

As he approached the boat and showed his invitation to Duelist Kingdom he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched. Unknown to him a female figure with green hair was watching him from the boat, but no one seemed to notice her presence.

(I Had Strings)

An hour after the boat left the sun was setting and most of the duelist were getting ready to sleep since in the morning they'd be arriving to the island the tournament was taking place. Yuu however wasn't even in the common area. He was at the back of the boat looking at some cards. They weren't his however, they were in the water and there was only three of them, but he knew what they were. They were the pieces of Exodia.

He could return them, but then someone would have an advantage. He could keep them, but they'd probably mess up his deck. He didn't know what to do until he heard the voice from earlier ‘Give them to Construct’. Now that he was supposedly alone he recognized the voice as female. He spun around to see who said that, but he was surprised when he did. Standing in front of him was a girl with green hair wearing black and purple, but her eyes were dead purple and her elbows and knees looked as if they were part of a doll. It took him a second to recognize her as El Shaddoll Winda.

“W-what?” Yuu stuttered both confused and scared. He never thought he’d see a real life Duel Monster, but here they were now.

‘I said give them to Construct’ she replied holding out a card to him.

He hesitated for only a second before grabbing the card. The card began to glow brightly in his hand, as well as the Exodia cards. When the light stopped Winda was gone and in his hand were only two cards. One was a spell card labeled Gift For Construct, the other was a Fusion monster El Shaddoll Incompletia. On Gift For Construct was El Shaddoll Construct holding a small figure in one hand and an Shaddoll Core in the other reaching for the figure. The fusion Monster on the other hand looked like an incomplete Exodia with Shaddoll Cores making up for an arm and leg.

He read the effects of both before he smiled and put the cards in his Deck and his Extra Deck respectively.

(But Now I'm Free)

The sun was rising as he stared out to the ocean. They'd be reaching Duelist Kingdom soon and hopefully he’d see Winda again. He was curious as to why she existed, he had thought that Duel Monsters was nothing more than a game. But after last night he wasn't sure.

As the boat docked to the island and he prepared to disembark he looked through the crowd for Winda but couldn't see her. He swore a few times though that he saw white hair, but brushed it off as nothing.

A man in a suit directed everyone to head towards the castle in the middle of the island. Standing on the Balcony was Maximillion Pegasus and while the crowd mostly felt awe, he felt scared. “Greetings Duelist, I'm sure you all have heard of me, but those not in the know I'm Maximillion Pegasus. Founder and C.E.O of Industrial Illusions. All of you were chosen to participate in this little tournament because you all have skill above an average duelist and those skills will be tested with new rules that were implemented for this little battle royal.” he paused for a second as the audience took in that information “Each of you were given two star chips, these are your lifelines. Lose them and you'll no longer be allowed to participate, get ten of them and you can enter the finals if you make it back here. Many of you will fail, but I know at least four of you will make it to my castle. Until then, duel till your heart's content and enjoy your stay at Duelist Kingdom” he finished.

The crowd started to disperse but Yuu felt himself going to the eastern side of the island. He saw a small cave and entered, inside was nothing special aside from a few blank books scattered around the room. He decided that this would be a good place to wait for opponents.

This tournament was about to become more interesting soon.

(There Are No Strings On Me)