Prologue Chapter: Light and Dark

A/N: Well, this is my first YuGiOh ARC-V fanfic, not counting the collab I did with CorinnetheAnime. Check out their stories, btw. Anyway, I had this idea for a good while, and soon it became unbearable enough that I had to write this. There will be a poll up that will decide whether or not I should continue this as a story. With that being said, onto the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my OCs. YuGioh ARC-V is owned by its respective creators, please support the official release.

Pendulum. It swings constantly back and forth in a straight line. As it does, the events that transpire go by smoothly without any alterations. However, a simple shift of the pendulum can create an event that can greatly change events as we know. That simple shift is where this story will take place.

Yuya Sakaki, 11 years old, was walking with his goggles covering his eyes, as the people he walks by were saying harsh things about his dad due to his mysterious disappearance before his pro match with Strong Ishijima.

"Look, it's that son of a coward. He's brave enough to walk around with that stupid smile on his face after his dad ran away."

"How can he show his face after his dad was cowardly enough to not even show up for his duel?"

"If that were my dad, I would hide under a rock for the rest of my life because the embarrassment would be too much to bear."

Hearing enough of this, Yuya started to run away to get away from the people and find somewhere to cry alone. However, he ended bumping into someone, causing him to fall. He looked up to see pastel pink hair with crimson highlights, pale skin, and crimson eyes. The person is wearing a red t-shirt and black cargo shorts, and black shoes, with a black pendum around his neck. The person also has the same face as Yuya. This is Yukaya Sakaki, Yuya's older brother by 2 years.

"What's wrong, Yuya?" Yukaya asked.

Yuya stood up, placed his goggles on top of his head, and did his best to display a goofy smile, "Nothing's wrong! I was just heading home so I won't miss dinner!"

Yukaya merely deadpanned at the lame attempt of a lie, "Yuya...Home is that way." He points at the opposite direction.

Yuya sweatdropped before letting out a nervous laugh, "Uh...I got too excited and lost my sense of direction?" He tried again, but only served to annoy Yukaya more.

"The people were getting to you, didn't they?" Yukaya asked, and judging from Yuya's flinching before looking down at the floor, he was right on the mark, "Yuya, you can't let these people get to you. What Yusho did does not reflect anything on you." Because of the constant pain and suffering caused by the bullying towards him and Yuya, Yukaya holds a deep hatred and resentment towards Yusho, not even calling him his father anymore. That's why he's the dark, compared to Yuya, who couldn't hate Yusho for the pain he's caused with his disappearance, making him the light.

"But it's hard! Everywhere I go, people keep picking on me because of dad's disappearance! What will it take for these people to see that he's not a coward!?" Yuya shouted with tears in his eyes, letting out his bottled up pain from the bullying he's been through.

Yukaya ruffled his brother's hair, causing him to look up with tearful eyes, "As long as you don't give in to these people's scorn, and believe that Yusho is no coward, then you're more than capable to prove them wrong."

"Really?" Yuya sniffled.

"Yeah. I, for one, wish he didn't disappear the way he did, bringing on so much pain and suffering upon us." Yukaya said with barely concealed hatred, "But I don't think he is a coward. Whatever reason he has for disappearing better be a good one.

"I'm sure that he has a reason for disappearing! That's why I will find him and find out why he disappeared like that, all the while taking on his dueling to make people smile!" Yuya declared.

"While I'm glad that you have a strong resolve, Yuya, it's not a good idea to take on someone else's dueling." Yukaya said.

"Eh? What do you mean?" Yuya asked in confusion.

"When you take on someone else's dueling, it's like you're speaking with someone else's words instead of your own. If you want to make someone truly smile, do it with your own dueling." Yukaya said.

Yuya seemed to understand, "I get it. So while I should duel to make people smile, I should also be careful not to imitate my father's dueling."

"There you go. I knew you were smarter than you let on." Yukaya ruffled his brother's hair, causing him to pout.

"Yuya! Yukaya!" A girl's voice said and both boys turned to see two girls running towards them. One girl was 11-year-old Yuzu Hiiragi. The other girl had brown and pink hair tied into pigtails, pink eyes, and pale skin. She is wearing a pink top with with a purple flower on it, brown cargo pants that ends at her ankles, and black and pink sneakers. She is Yuxi Hiiragi, Yuzu's older sister by two years.

"There you are! We got worried since normally you'd be home by now!" Yuzu said, her expression clearly a worried one.

"Is everything alright?" Yuxi asked, a concerned tone in her voice.

"Yeah. Just cheering up a sad tomato here." Yukaya ruffled his little brother's hair for the third time.

"I'm not a tomato!" Yuya whined in protest, but his eyes are shining bright with happiness. It is clear that without his brother, he'd still be wallowing in despair, and even Yuzu wouldn't notice. So he thinks.

"Sorry, Yuya. But your hair clearly resembles a tomato, just like Yukaya's hair resembling a strawberry sundae." Yuxi giggled.

"Oh, har har har, you're hilarious." Yukaya deadpans as the younger siblings laughed at Yukaya's expense.

"Come on. Let's go home." Yuxi smiled as she, Yukaya, and their younger siblings walked home, all with smiles on their faces.

As the pendulum shifts, a different story from before begins, and takes us on a whole new adventure.

A/N: That's the end of this prologue. Just so you know, Yukaya and Yuxi closely resembles Zarc and Ray in terms of hairstyle. For example, Yukaya's hair is Yuya's styled into Zarc's hairstyle, and Yuxi's hair is Yuzu's styled into Ray's hairstyle. The reason why will be revealed as the story progresses. That is if it is given the go-ahead to continue. As stated before, there will be a poll that will decide whether this story continues, or permanently deleted into the dark abyss. If you review, you have to vote on the poll. I will look at the poll next Sunday and whether not this story will be updated, depends on the poll results. Until then, if you have enjoyed this chapter feel free to leave a review, and if you have any suggestions or ideas on how this story should go, feel free to leave me a PM and I will answer as soon as I can. Catch ya next time and remember, The Fun Has Just Begun!