Yu-Gi-Oh! Prodigy: Dark of Despair

Chapter 1 - Shining Guardian

In Tanzaku town, a town with flowers planted all over the place, a stern feminine voice speaks. "It has been 150 years since the events of the Hypex Incident. Since then the world has become vibrant and full of life. The people of today are prosperous and enjoying every day. Crime has ceased to exist and the mantra love thy neighbor needn't be said since people live that way all the time. This is the story of my ideal life." Everything turns dark. "Yeah, I wish I could say that, but that's all fantasy. My life is very different from those of the chosen duelists of the past." Silhouettes of Hibiki Taioyu and Raichyu Harris appear. "In my world, everybody hates everything. In my world, there are no flowers. In my world, darkness reigns supreme. In my cold and desolate world there are no true duelists. If you came here looking for a story about bonds and the power of friendship then you're going to be royally disappointed, because instead you'll be hearing my story. My name is Yukiko Shugotenshi and in my world there is only... the Dark of Despair."

Chapter 1 – Shining Guardian

Yukiko Shugotenshi is a 17 year old girl with long strait black hair that reaches down to her waist. She has white bangs and pink streaks going down her hair. She is wearing a long white tight trench coat that reaches down to her knees and black high heeled boots. She sports a black midriff shirt under her coat. And her tights are black. Yukiko has hot pink eyes and a dead serious facial expression. Lastly she wears white gloves with pink tips.

Yukiko is walking down the street thinking to herself. "It's as dark as always. The sun never shines here. There are black clouds covering the sky and parts of the sky that can be seen are red."

Yukiko walks into a rundown factory. There are a couple people in the factory listening to a radio which is playing only static. The radio must be battery powered as it doesn't seem to be plugged into a socket. All of the men look as though they haven't eaten in days.

She walks up to an older man who apparently runs the shop. Yukiko then reaches into her jacket pocket and pulls out a small picture and shows it to the man. "Have you seen this girl?" The man shakes his head. "Thanks for your cooperation." She does the same to the other 3 men in the factory. Each one of them gave the same answer. 2 of them tried flirting with her but she just ignored them. She doesn't have time to entertain pervy old men. She exits the factory after putting the picture back in her pocket.

Yukiko thinks to herself again. "Dueling is no longer a priority in the lives of humanity. Hell there isn't even any electricity flowing throughout the city. All Keiatsu Corp duel disk have malfunctioned. The only way people can duel is to create their own home made duel disk. Electronics no longer work. Not the ones that have to be plugged in anyway. Battery powered devices aren't that great either. No one has cell phones anymore and all long distance communication items have been confiscated by the government. According to them, there is a virus going around that attacks data filled devices. If they left things the way they were everyone's private and official information would be compromised. No one has any idea what happened to the world and I plan on figuring that out, but that goal is secondary. There is a goal I hold closer to my heart that I must accomplish first."

Standing outside of the factory she hears something from behind her. The teenage girl quickly turns around to find 2 of the men from the factory have snuck up behind her. "What?!" The two men grab her. "Hey, let me go!" The other 2 men in the factory see this going on outside but don't lift a finger to stop it.

"You came in there to tease us didn't you?!" One man asks her. "Yeah she did. All of these young girls still don't have anything better to do than to come here and tease us with their sexy bodies." The other states as he strips off her coat. "No!" Yukiko struggles to get free. "We're going to show you what happens when you provoke us!" One man starts to pull up her shirt as the other starts pulling down her skirts.