Yu-Gi-Oh! - Red Eyed Duellist

Prologue - Self

"Where am I?" The young man thought to himself as he was stood in an area that seemed to be almost pitch black, even he was pitch black, the ground he was stood on seemed clear at his feet...appearing like a brick road, the bricks were a dirty brown colour old and musty as if they had been walked across thousands of times previously. The young man walked along the path which began to reveal more and more of itself as he went on, each step seeming to feel easier than the last. "This place...it's familiar" he uttered to himself in a toneless voice...the depth to it was unclear as it did not sound human. The man continued to walk...as he walked his own body began to become clear of the darkness shrouding it, as the shadow cleared form his body one could make out the clothing he was wearing. His shoes were the first to be revealed...the white tips at the toe and the plain black body going from the end of the toe to the upper part of his ankles and white laces stood out in this dark place, the next piece of clothing to be revealed were a pair of dark blue skinny jeans which at the waist had a single silver chain hanging from his front most belt loop on his left along his upper and middle thigh and then back up to his belt hoop on his left hip. More shadows seemed to melt away as his torso was then revealed, wearing a plain white t-shirt with a single blue strip going vertically along his chest, the jacket around his shirt seemed to almost blend with the dark environment but as the shadows of the environment itself seemed to fade as the shadows on his body had revealing the blackness of the outside of his jacket but also the red and black checked lining on the inside, the sleeved were rolled up but his arms and face were shrouded and darkness still. The young man walked on as the path before him no longer seemed to only show what was immediately before him but was now showing a long and empty road "I...I can see what is ahead. I can also see...myself now.... but... Who am I? And where am I going?" The young man uttered as finally the darkness seemed to melt from his body revealing his pale but fair skin on his arms and face, his long black neck length hair which seemed to hide his eyes.

"you do not know who you are." A voice filled the air as suddenly the young man jumped into a ready position expecting someone to jump out. "Who's there??" the young man called out to the voice that was heard. His voice was now clear enough to tell the tone and depth behind it, it was deep but he still sounded as though he was a teenager barely even scrapping into manhood, his tone was calm but one could still tell the unease behind it. "Answer me!!"

"You still need to learn who you are...or perhaps...find who you are." The voice as dark and pitch less it was quite ominous and mysterious however also familiar "I cannot give you the answers to what you seek but ahead will show you the surface of what you might become."

The voice faded leaving the young man to ponder what he meant. "Find myself? how can I find myself when I am right here?" He thought to himself but nonetheless he continued down the path curious as to what the voice was getting at. The darkness began to fade away as the area surrounding the path began to become clear...the areas around the path were small buildings of various shape and colour, the seemed to range from food stores to clothing and gaming shops, they did not seem out of the ordinary "This place...it's my home town...Kumoto city." He spoke out loud looking around the place he seemed almost surprised to find himself but then his eyes widened to find the city in total ruins, shops burned to the ground, houses laying in piles of rubble and the streets torn open and cracked as though an earthquake had taken place "w-what the hell??" He was shaking looking at the destruction he had witnessed...he looked down at his left arm seeing a circular device strapped to his forearm, coming from it was an almost blade like attachment on the circular section was a black part with what looked like a number but this was blurred out. The device in whole was white and blue in colour and upon the blade was a single card with a dirty yellow almost brown boarder sitting in one of the zones on it however most of the card was blurred. "D-did I cause all this? Or.... or did I fail to prevent this?" The young man dropped to his knees in shock and disbelief, shaken from what he was seeing he began to hear a voice "yu...yu..." he looked up suddenly as he heard the voice...it was not coming from any direction but seemed to be within his mind "yush..." the voice was louder once again and more clear but had no distinct tone or pitch to it...but one thing was certain...it was saying something familiar "yushi..." now the voice was loud enough to hear as if the young man himself was saying it himself but the voice was not clear just yet. The young man began to tremble with unease and some slight fear "what???" he spoke aloud almost as if he was shouting wondering what the voice was trying to say and why it was so familiar to him.

"yushida!"