POV Shawn
"Where... where am I?" I asked, looking around, and I found I was in a void of darkness.
"You are in between universes," a calm voice said. I looked around for the source of the voice but saw nothing but darkness.
"Why am I here? I was just on my way home and just woke up here," I asked, and I heard a sigh and a muttering.
"Listen, this is going to suck to hear, especially from me, but you're dead," the voice said, and for what felt like a long time, there was silence.
"I'm...dead but...what happens now," I asked, and this time it was the void's turn to be silent as I felt a wave of surprise and curiosity.
"Just like that your not gonna cry or beg me to bring you back to life, nothing," the voice asked, sounding surprised and relieved.
"No point if you could, you probably would have asked if I wanted that, and if you can't, well, what am I supposed to do, whine about it?" I asked, and again I felt the wave of surprise.
"You...are an interesting mortal. Usually, when souls end up here, I absorb them, ending their pitiful existence in the void," the void said far more casually than anyone should, but I nodded.
"Thanks, I guess. Oh, I completely forgot to introduce myself. My name is Shawn Johnson. What's yours?" I asked, holding out an incorporeal hand, and I felt another wave of emotions: shock, awe, curiosity, and many more I couldn't describe.
"My name, how long since I have spoken it? How long since anyone cared to ask for it and for a mortal to ask and even take shape from here...good job, mortal, you have earned my respect and my name is Limbo," the void said, and I looked down at myself to see a vaguely human body but glowing a bright white.
"Thank you, Limbo, so what happens now?" I asked, hoping I'm not going to get erased from existence.
"As I said, normally I just absorb souls that end up here, but sometimes I put them back on the path to the afterlife. For you, I'll allow you to reincarnate if you beat me," Limbo said, and I tilted my head. What did he mean by beat him?
"Beat you in what?" suddenly I was standing on a silver disk in the void, and standing on the opposite side was a humanoid made of darkness, the only light given off by its dull yellow glowing eyes.
"Before you woke up, read your mind and saw you liked to play a game called Yugioh which I found interesting, so if you accept and beat me in this duel ill reincarnate you, but if you lose, I'll devour your soul," Limbo said, and after some thought, I smiled and stepped onto the silver field.
"Alright, then let's see what you got," I said, and a yellow smile appeared on Limbo as his arm morphed like smoke to form a duel disk like from the anime.
"In this place, as long as your will is strong enough, there is nothing you can't do," Limbo said, and looking down at my arm, I imagined a duel disk, and in a flash of white light, it appeared with a deck of white cards.
Let's Duel!
Turn 1 - Limbo
Shawn: 4000
Limbo: 4000
"I'll go first, I summon Black Metal Dragon," Limbo said, and on the field, the metal dragon appeared, much to my glee.
"Oh my god, this is the best day ever!"
"Didn't you just die a few minutes ago?" Limbo asked only to get ignored as I gushed over the dragon, and a screen appeared in front of me showing the field, and tapping on the dragon, its status and effect popped up.
"Wow, this is incredible. It's like Master Duel," I said, seeing the popups, and Limbo shrugged.
"I'm glad you like it, but you won't be for long because I link summon using the Black metal dragon to link summon Guardragon Pisty," Limbo said, and then in a pillar of purple digital light into a familiar square with multiple points one lit up and out of the square came a winged dragon with a red gem in its chest.
Monster- Guardragon Pisty
Attribute- Dark
Link- 1
Dragon / Link / Effect
Attack- 1000
"But that's not all, thanks to Black Metal's special ability, I can add to my hand any Red-Eyes card from my deck, and then I tribute Guardragon Pisty to special summon Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon.
Monster- Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon
Attribute- Dark
Level- 10
Dragon / Effect
Attack- 2800
Defense- 2400
The dragon appears in a pillar of flames and *Roared* so loud and strong it almost blew me off the platform.
And with its special ability, I bring back from the graveyard Black metal dragon and equip it to Drakness metal dragon, increasing its attack points by 600," he declared, and the dragon growled as its attack points went up.
'A classic move for a red eyes player,' I thought, and looked at my hand and smiled, 'I could end this match in two turns,' I thought.
"I set two cards and end my turn, your move," he said, and two face-down cards hovered right in front of him.
Turn 1 - Shawn
Shawn: 4000
Limbo: 4000
"I draw, and first I summon Gagaga magician," I said, and in a flash of light, the magician appeared.
Monster- Gagaga magician
Attribute- Dark
Level- 4
Spellcaster/Effect
Attack- 1500
Defense- 1000
"Next, I play the spell card Gagagawind, which allows me to special summon a Gagaga monster as a level four, so come on out, Gagaga girl," I said, and in a similar flash of light, a girl dressed similar to the first magician floated in the air.
"Intreating monsters, neither are strong enough to defeat my dragon," he said, and I nodded.
"Apart, they don't stand a chance, but together that's a different story now I use both to form the overlay network...," I said, and both gave me a thumbs up and a wink, much to my surprise.
The two magicians flew into the air and then became purple-black balls of energy and entered a vortex.
"I overly Gagaga magician and Gagaga girl to summon Number 39: Utopia Double," I yelled, and the vortex exploded, and out of it was the incorporeal figure of a winged armor warrior.
Monster- Number 39: Utopia Double
Attribute- Light
Rank- 4
Warrior / Xyz / Effect
Attack- 0
Defense- 2500
"But that's not all. I activated his effect by using one overly unit. I can add the spell Double or nothing to my hand, and I overly Number 39: Utopia Double to summon Number 39 Utopia!" I yelled out.
The incorporeal figure hardened and became real, and now floating on my side of the field was the ace monster of Yuma from Yugioh Zexal.
Monster- Number 39: Utopia
Attribute- Light
Rank- 4
Warrior / Xyz / Effect
Attack- 5000
Defense- 2500
"Five thousand attack!" he exclaimed, his yellow eyes widening, and I nodded.
"Yep, if I overly use Number 39, Double it doubles that monster's attack points when summoned," I said, and Limbo nodded.
"So what are you waiting for? Let our monsters do battle," he said with the most emotion I heard out of him so far.
"You heard the man Utopia attack," I said, and Utopia nodded and jumped towards wings outstretched sword held high over his head.
Darkness Metal Dragon Roared and faced Utopia, a ball of dark flames formed in its mouth until both monster and Limbo were shocked when Utopia's sword shattered.
"What happened?" he asked, and I lifted my hand.
"I used one of Utopia's overly units to activate its effect and stopped its attack," I said, getting a confused look from Limbo.
"But why would you stop your attack?" he asked.
"Because I have the spell card Double or Nothing, which is activated when a monster's attack has been stopped, giving the said monster a second attack and also doubling that monster's attack points," I yelled.
Utopia raised its sword high as its blade extended and burned like a torch.
"Go, Utopia rising sun slash!" I yelled, and my warrior charged his dragon, slicing it in half, causing a massive explosion.
Shawn: 4000 -Winner
Limbo: 0- Loser
"I won!" I yelled out and noticed I was floating in the air, only to feel fatigue wash over my body once the monsters vanished.
"Well done, now I won't have to consume the soul of someone so interesting," he said, and I nodded my head.
"Yeah, about that, what happens now?" I asked, and immediately the feeling of fatigue washed over me again, forcing me to kneel.
"Right now you're being reborn, and won't worry, you'll have plenty to do," he said before I fell unconscious.
Images, moments, and information from a life that wasn't mine filled my mind, mixing and matching, trying to become one with the information already in my head.
My skull felt like it was going to explode. I wanted to scream in pain and writhe on the ground, but I couldn't.
Finally, after what felt like hours, the information downloaded into my brain finally stopped and made sense of itself and the world around me.
My new name was Shawn Valon Im the son of Mary Valon and Mike Valon, both of whom have passed away due to a car accident, and I lived with my mother's father, Jason Dominick, a retired archaeologist and historian.
After I turned 16, my grandfather went missing and was never seen again, leaving me in the custody of my uncle on my mom's side.
At first, he seemed kind enough, but after he learned that Grandpa had left everything to me, he became a lot less kind, colder, and harsh. We became two strangers living in the same house.
Eventually, I got sick of living there, saved up some money, and eventually ran away, and now I wake up to the sound of my phone alarm going off.
"Where am I?" I said, but not a moment later, the memory of the motel I had stayed in flashed in my mind.
I got up, went to the small bathroom, and looked at myself in the mirror, and was surprised by my new look.
I was a young man with blond hair with red tips and red scarlet eyes i wore jeans a t-shirt, and a jacket all in black.
As I was looking myself over, I almost jumped out of my skin when a pop-up like a video game appeared in front of me.
[Yugioh System now active]
[Would you like to start the introduction?]