Chapter 1: Pendulums Awaken
A/N: I decided to just rewrite Light and Dark Pendulums, because apparently no one else is gonna take this story. Besides, I have plans for this story that I want to realize and see through. So, without further ado, here goes nothing.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V. ARC-V belongs to its respective owners while my OCs belong to me.
A teenager named Yuya Sakaki is dueling his childhood friend, Gongenzaka Noboru. Yuya is a young teenage boy with crimson eyes, and dual-colored green and crimson hair of average length sticking out in downwards pointing spikes all around his head, with the exception of one short upwards pointing spike of green hair. He wears his good-luck charm pendant, on a simple string around his neck, and a buckled choker, and a pair of golden goggles with orange lenses on his forehead, with a blue star obscuring the right lens. Yuya wears a simple orange t-shirt with a thick, silver-buckled brown belt over it, green pants with what appear to be "Deck pockets" on each leg, and magenta shoes, as well as crimson wristbands. He also wears his gold and red lined white school jacket over his shoulders like a cape.
Gongenzaka Noboru, on the other hand, has a huge frame, easily equivalent in height to some adults. While he has a fairly round face, he is stockily built and rather muscular. Gong has black hair styled into a large pompadour, restrained by a red band (possibly his sash from his youth), and his nose is somewhat redder than the rest of his face. There is a constant blush on his cheeks. Gong appears to wear a Paradise Prep School jacket (albeit one that is more of a vest) over a buttoned white coat that has golden trim, as well as white pants. Gong wears a white sash crossed over his back, tied at the left shoulder. Gong wears heavy sandals rather than shoes.
In the duel, Yuya has 4000 LP remaining, no hand cards, and has Perfomapal Hip Hippo on the field in ATK Mode and one facedown on the field. Gong, on the other hand, has 2600 LP remaining, 4 hand cards, and has Superheavy Samurai Blue Swordsman in DEF mode with no face down.
"It is my turn!" Gong shouts as he draws his card, "I will now tribute my Blue Brawler and Swordman in order to Tribute Summon Big Benkei, and because of its effect, I get to summon it in DEF Mode!" His two monsters disappeared as Big Benkei appears on the field in DEF Mode, "Now, Yuya, face me with courage in a one-on-one match!"
"Very well, Gong!" Yuya said with a goofy grin, "Ladies And Gentlemen! Now that our audience has assembled, let's bring in our stars! I activate my facedown! Hippo Carnival! With this, I can special summon 3 Hippo Tokens to the field!" On his field, 3 dancing hippos appeared with 0 ATK and DEF, shocking Gong.
Elsewhere, Yuzu Hiragi is watching with annoyed anger. Yuzu has blue eyes and dark pink midback-length hair, which she wears tied up in pigtails, clipped down by blue, spherical hair clips. Her hair also features two lighter pink bangs that fall to the side of her face. Yuzu's outfit consists of a sleeveless light-blue and white shirt with a green musical note on the right collar, along with a red tie, which she wears with a dark red skirt, dark stockings, and pink sneakers with a bracelet on her wrist. Normally she would be alone, but this time she has company consisting of two people, her and Yuya's age.
The first person was a teenage boy with pastel pink hair and red highlights that spikes upwards with large side parted hair strands and small bangs framing his face, with crimson eyes that has serpent like pupils, and the same face as Yuya. Like Yuya, he also has a pendant, but it is black instead of blue, with the wings being red instead of silver. He wears a red shirt, black pants which have deck pockets like Yuya, and black shoes. He also wears his school jacket as cape, but the white part of it is replaced with a jet black, and the red with datk purple.
The second person was a teenage girl with long maroon and dark pink hair tied into pigtails with black hair clips with bangs framing her face, dark pink eyes with serpent like pupils, and the face as Yuzu, but with freckles on her cheeks. Her outfit consists of a sleeveless black and pink shirt with a dark red flower on the left collar, with a black tie. She also wears a dark red skirt with black stockings, dark pink sneakers, with a black bracelet on her wrist.
"Ugh, play seriously for once, Yuya!" Yuzu yells with annoyed anger as she slams her hands on the keyboard, causing it to malfunction and her to panic as the machine begins to explode.
"Great, her temper causes yet another disaster." The girl said as she facepalmed.
"And it is all because of my idiotic brother fooling around...Like usual." The boy said with cold annoyance
At that moment, a man with dark blue eyes and brown/orange hair bursts into the room. He wears a red/orange jumpsuit with a green trim and red fire design. Underneath he wears a dark blue shirt with another fire design. He also wears a white whistle.
"What is going on here!?" The man, Shuzo Hiragi, exclaimed in a panicked tone.
"S-sorry, father!" Yuzu said nervously.
"If the machine is broken, then the Real Solid Vision will not work anymore!" Shuzo cried as the machine explodes.
Meanwhile, Yuya is dancing with his Hippos, "This is our specialty at You Show: Entertainment Dueling!" However, at that moment, the Real Solid Vision disappeared and Yuya falls flat on his face.
The girl, Yuxi Hiragi, winced, "Oooh, that has got to hurt."
"Please, as thick as his head is, he should be fine." Yukaya Sakaki, waved off her concern as Yuya recovered quickly and made a funny face towards a blue-haired boy that was concerned for him, making Yukaya sweatdrop, "Point proven."
Two pendulums swing constantly. One swings into light, and the other swings into darkness. A pair of twins each follow the path of the pendulums of light and darkness towards the fate that awaits them.
At the You Show Duel School, an upset Shuzo is having a panic attack, "If my hot-blooded coaching and Solid Vision are ruined, then the students will leave! Our precious school will be over!"
Yuxi sweatdropped, "You don't even have a lot of students to begin with."
"Yuxi!" Yuzu chided her younger twin sister, who merely shrugged, even as their father bawled even more at the cold truth.
"Oh man!" Yuya whined as he placed his goggles over his eyes, "I wanted to make the audience laugh more, but Yuzu broke the machine."
"It was because you kept goofing off your duels!" Yuzu retorted angrily, "How else was I supposed to react?" She swatted at him, only to miss as Yuya dodged and bumped into Gongenzaka, who did not look amused.
"That boy was not laughing." Gongenzaka said in a serious tone.
"Neither was I." Yukaya said as he was leaning against the wall, "I wanted to bash your face in for that stunt, Yuya."
"Tough crowd." Yuya placed his goggles back on his head and pouted at Yukaya, who didn't even spare his older twin brother a glance, before looking back at Gongenzaka, "Besides, I think that boy was cracking up."
"There is a difference between someone laughing *with* you and someone laughing *at* you!" Gong said angrily, "Have you forgotten how your father, Yusho Sakaki, made the smiles stir within this audience's hearts with his dueling."
Yukaya scoffed as he and Yuya say in complete unison, "The audience laughed at him in the end, though." Though their tones were different. While Yuya's tone was lighthearted, Yukaya's was filled with cold contempt.
"Yuya! Yukaya!" Gongenzaka and Yuzu both yelled angrily at them, while Yuxi merely sighed.
"Besides, if he cared so much about making his audience smile, he would have showed up at that match." Yukaya said coldly.
"Don't say that!" Yuya tried to defend their father, "I'm sure he has a very good reason for not showing up!"
"I don't care." Yukaya spat with cold venom, "Because of his disappearance, our lives were far from pleasant, and I won't forgive him for it." He stormed past Gong out of the door as Yuya sighed sadly
"You had to bring up Yusho?" Yuxi said to Gongenzaka with annoyance before running after Yukaya.
When she caught up to him, she found him sitting on a bridge railing, dangling his pendant with him staring at it with no visible emotion on his face as he watches it swing back and forth.
"You know if you're still hurt from your father's disappearance, there are better ways of expressing it." Yuxi said as she sat next to him.
"How?" Yukaya huffed, "By smiling like an idiot and goofing off in my duels like Yuya?"
"Of course not." Yuxi said, "But I don't think lashing out whenever your father is mentioned is helping you either."
Yukaya sighed. It wasn't like he wanted that to happen, but whenever his father is mentioned, he couldn't help but to think about that night three years ago.
-Flashback-
It was the final duel between the pro duelists, Yusho Sakaki and the Sledgehammer. However, while the Strong Ishijima is front and center, ready to duel, Yusho is nowhere to be seen.
"Did Yusho Sakaki get cold feet?" Strong Ishijima asked with a tinge of irritation, "Why won't he come out and face me?"
"He probably ran away because he was scared to lose!" The crowd started jeering, "He's nothing but a weak coward!"
As the crowd continued to jeer Yusho, the young Yuya and Yukaya ran to the bottom of the stands.
"Our father is not a coward!" Yuya yells with tears in his eyes, "He will definitely show up!"
"Until then, we will face you!" Yukaya shouted angrily as their mother came to pull them from the stands, "Come face us, you bastard!" He snarled as his mother scolded him for his language.
-end flashback-
Ever since then, life for the Sakaki twins has been nothing but bullying and scorn for being 'sons of a coward', bringing them nothing but pain and misery. The twins coped with their pain in a different manner. Yuya coped by putting on the mask of a clown and goofing around in his duels, while Yukaya coped by lashing out with anger and hatred and dueling fiercely. However, due to this, Yukaya has lost his smile, with seemingly no hope of it returning, but Yuya believed otherwise. He vowed to return Yukaya's pure genuine smile one day, but so far, he hasn't had any luck.
"Everyone knows you've been hurt by Yusho's disappearance. Yuya is hurt too. Isn't it now a time for you two to come together and walk through this?" Yuxi asked.
Yukaya was silent, as if giving geniuine consideration about Yuxi's words, but before he could respond, Yuya showed up and sat next to Yukaya's other side, goggles over his eyes as he takes off his pendant and dangles it like Yukaya as he watches it swing back and forth.
"What are you doing here?" Yukaya asked.
"...We got a visit from the manager of the current Action Duel Champion." Yuya said softly.
"Champion...? That guy?" Yukaya's eyes were wide a little in shock.
"Yeah...We, you and I, are offered a chance to duel him on Fan Appreciation Day since he is the poster Duelist at LID, in exchange for a new Real Solid Vision system" Yuya said.
"Us 2 against him? In a duel to promote his fame and show off how 'good' LID school is for a fancy new machine? And in front of people who think of us as nothing but sons of a coward? That's crazy. Thanks, but I'll pass." Yukaya huffed.
Yuxi looked at the twins as they sat in silence, swinging their pendulums back and forth.
"Hey...You remember what father taught us?" Yuya asked his younger twin.
"Why do you bring him up now?" Yukaya asked with a harsh glare, but Yuya surprisingly didn't flinch.
"Because I know you still hold his teachings to your heart." Yuya said to him with a knowing smile, which widened even further once he saw his younger twin stiffened, further proving his point, "Remember what he said about courage?"
"...If we want to win, we must step forward with courage." Yukaya repeated their father's words.
"We can't hide in fear forever. If we want to show everyone that we're more than what they think and bring smiles to them, then we must show courage." Yuya said, "Yukaya...I think we're ready."
"Does that mean you'll stop clowning around? Because I swear if you embarrass me, you can say goodbye to your hair." Yukaya said, causing Yuya to pale, and Yuxi to giggle, as she recalled Yukaya's penchant for pranking when he was little. She was happy to see that penchant never left him, even if he doesn't show it much anymore.
"...Would showing up in a clown suit embarass you?" Yuya asked, and Yukaya's response was pulling out razor out of nowhere with a deadpan expression, "No clown suit. Got it."
Yuxi giggled at the two. It was as if she was reliving her childhood days all over again.
At the dueling arena, Yuzu, Gongenzaka and Shuzo arrive at the Dueling arena just as a man named Nico Smiley started the announcement.
Nico Smiley is a skinny man with a short Adolf Hitler-like mustache, wearing a pink, yellow, and black jacket outfit with a ribbon tie. He has straight black hair, and wearing pink and orange glasses, along with two rings on his left hand
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Today, in this glorious event, we have the Action Duel Champion, Strong Ishijima, in a handicap 2-on-1 match against the sons of Yusho Sakaki, the Sakaki Twin Stars, Yuya and Yukaya Sakaki!"
"Yuya..." Yuzu muttered in a worried tone as she is concerned whether or not if her best friend is ready for something like this.
"Will Yuya and Yukaya actually go against the Sledgehammer?" Gongenzaka wonders, also concerned for the Sakaki brothers.
"That brand new Solid Vision technology is coming; I can just smell it!" Shuzo said excitedly, only for an annoyed Yuzu to smack him with her fan.
"This duel will be conducted using Action Duel rules!" Nico said as a card appears in his hand and he throws it into the sky, which activated the Field Spell known as the Castle of Chaos. The Solid Vision system underground releases several light beams which caused a castle to appear above the ground, "Marvelous! This castle can be mistaken for the real thing! Now let's introduce our stars! First off, the Ultimate King for Action Dueling, Strong Ishijima!"
Strong Ishijima is seen on top of the castle, letting out a battle cry as the crowd cheers.
"And now the young challengers for the Ultimate King, Yuya and Yukaya Sakaki!" Nico introduced.
"Let's go, Yuya! Yukaya...Wait...Where are they?" Shuzo cheered but stopped short when he realized the young men in question are not there.
"Eh?" Nico is stunned as he realizes the two boys haven't shown up.
"Did those 2 run away?" A man in the audience asked.
"Of course they did; just like their father 3 years ago." Another one commented.
"Ha! Those two are nothing but cowards; like father, like son!" A third callously called out.
"Hold on a minute!" Yuzu called, offended by the comments, but Shuzo and Gongenzaka stop her from going further.
"Relax, big sis. They're coming." A familiar voice spoke out next to them, which made them turn and see Yuxi leaning on the railing.
"Yuxi!" Gongenzaka said in surprise as he didn't notice her showing her up.
"When did you get here?" Shuzo asked as he also didn't see her coming.
"More importantly, where are Yuya and Yukaya?" Yuzu asked, remembering that her younger twin went after Yukaya, and knowing that Yuya most likely met up with his younger twin to tell him about the event.
"They're preparing their entrance." Yuxi said with a slight annoyed sigh. Those two are so different yet so alike.
"Entrance?" Gongenzaka voiced his confusion, along with Yuzu and Gongenzaka.
"Tch. How disappointing. I thought that if I dragged his two sons out here then Yusho would show himself. Unless I defeat Yusho, I can't become the true Ultimate King." Strong Ishijima said with crossed arms as his expression was of disappointed annoyance.
"Sorry for the wait, everyone!" A loud voice caught everyone's attention and they see Yuya swinging on a whip-snake-like monster before flipping and landing gracefully on the ground
"Yuya!" Yuzu said in immense relief once she saw him.
"He showed up!" Gongenzaka said, also relieved.
"But where is Yukaya?" Shuzo wondered as he looked around for the younger twin.
"It took you long enough. Where is your brother?" Strong Ishijima said as he unfolds his arms.
"As I said, sorry for the wait. But we had to prepare our entrance." Yuya smiled and points upward as a large black and crimson fireball is falling from the sky before it crashed into the ground a few feet away from Yuya, creating a black and crimson fire tornado that dispersed to reveal his younger twin brother, Yukaya.
"So I hear you wanted to face us in a 2-on-1 duel?" Yukaya spoke coolly as he dusts his shirt off.
"AHHHH! SO COOL!" Shouted several female audience members that became Yukaya's fangirls, much to Yuxi's annoyance.
Strong Ishijima huffed, "It's rude to keep a champion waiting, you know."
"We apologize. To make up for it, allow us the honor of dueling you." Yuya bowed to him.
"Actually, to be honest, I couldn't care less about keeping you waiting. I'm here because I'm bored, and I hope a champion like you would provide me some entertainment." Yukaya said with a bored and cold expression to emphasize is words.
"Why you brats! I'll teach you to learn your place!" Strong Ishijima activates his duel disk, "I'll show you the skills of a pro and give you some discipline. But first, in this handicap match, I will have 8000 life points, while you two can have your turns before mine. Is that fair?"
"Sounds good to me." Yuya smiled as he activates his duel disk before looking at Yukaya, "How about you?"
"Whatever." Yukaya responds as he activates his duel disk, "Let's get started already."
"Well, this is an unexpected turn of events, but not unwelcomed as all players are finally ready! Now, all players draw five cards to start the duel!" Nico said as the duelists did so immediately, "Duelists will kick across the earth and fly across the air with their monsters. Behold, audience! Fix your eyes on the ultimate evolution of Dueling: Action..."
"DUEL!" Yukaya, Yuya, and the Sledgehammer yell.
Yuya LP: 4000
Yukaya LP: 4000
Strong Ishijima: 8000
"I'll take the first turn if you don't mind!" Yuya winked at Yukaya.
"I don't care." Yukaya huffed.
"But remember, you cannot draw a card on your first turn!" Strong Ishijima said.
"I'm well aware! Now then, let's get this show on the road! I Normal Summon Performapal Hip Hippo!" Yuya said as his monster appeared with only 800 atk, "And that will end my turn!" he bowed.
"Only summoning a monster...What is he up to?" Gongenzaka asked.
"I really hope he is taking this duel seriously this time." Yuzu sighed.
"Don't worry. He is." A voice said and Yuya and Yukaya's mother who has just arrived, Yoko Sakaki has appeared. fairly tall and youthful-looking woman with a slender build, light skin, and green eyes. She has long blond hair with the front bangs being gold in color. Her hair is tied in a ponytail and sections out in spikes. Her bangs part to the right side and frame her face. She wears an aqua long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, and brown low shoes. Her accessories are silver big loop earrings, two golden bands on her left wrist, and a small golden necklace around her neck
"He is?" Yuzu asked in confusion and surprise
"He is reinventing himself in this duel. Both him and Yukaya. Yuya has spent the last 3 years, hiding behind the mask of a clown, making fun of himself before others could for his father ran away, while Yukaya, on the the other hand, lashed out with anger and hatred, which is the opposite of Yusho taught him. Yuya wants to be like his father, the legendary Duelist he admire since he was a little boy, and Yukaya wants to prove to everyone that he is more than 'the son of a coward'. Both of them, with each other's help, are trying to set a new path for themselves." Yoko explained
Yuxi was silent, watching the duel with little interest.
"Hmph, with moves like that, this will be more of a circus than a duel." Strong Ishijima huffed.
"Well, if it will make you smile then why not? Take it away, bro." Yuya gave Yukaya another wink with a goofy grin.
"Idiot. Ore no turn!" Yukaya draws his card, "I activate the magic card, Demonic Ritual! I pay 1000 life points to call out a high level spellcaster to the field! Come forth! Demon Eyed Magician!" Yukaya said as a red pillar of energy appeared in front of him before a magician flew out of it, having long straight black hair, completely red flaming eyes, and pale blue skin, wearing a black and red cloaked outfit, with a black wizard hat on top. He is holding a black staff with a red orb at the end.
Demon Eyed Magician: Level 6; 2400 ATK/2000 DEF
Yukaya LP: 3000.
"I set two cards and end my turn." Yukaya said as 2 set cards appeared on his field.
"Looks like Yukaya is giving a test to see how strong Sledgehammer." Yuxi comments.
"At least he has a strong monster on the field, along with some defensive set cards." Gongenzaka said.
"Alright! It's your turn, Mr. Strong Ishijima! Catch me if you can!" Yuya hopped on his Hippo as it ran off while Yukaya stayed where he was.
"I don't know what you are planning, but I'm playing seriously. Ore no turn." Strong Ishijima draws his card, "I activate the magic card, "Feast of thw Wild LV5! With this card, I can special summom 2 Level 5 Warrior Type monster from his hand with their effects negated. Come forth, Swamp Battleguard! Lava Battleguard!" His two special summoned monsters appeared on his field.
Swamp Battleguard: Level 5; 1800 ATK/1500 DEF
Lava Battleguard: Level 5; 1550 ATK/1800 DEF
"Then I will Tribute my 2 Battleguards in order to Tribute Sunmon Battleguard King!" Strong Ishijima says as his two Battleguards disappeared and Battleguard King appears with a loud growl.
Battleguard King: Level 8; 3000 ATK/1100 DEF
"Battle! Battleguard King attacks Hip Hippo!" Strong Ishijima commands as Battleguard King moves to attack Yuya and Hip Hippo.
Yuya, however, manages to find an Action Card, "Action Magic: Evasion! The attack is negated!" He says as Hip Hippo dodges the attack.
"I see. So that's why you were running. No matter. Since Battleguard King was summoned with at least 1 Battleguard monster, it may attack again as long as the target is a monster." Strong Ishijima says, much to Yuya's shock, "Now then, second attack!" Battleguard King moves to attack again.
Yuya quicky finds another action card, "Action Magic: Miracle! Hip Hippo isn't destroyed, and I take only half of the battle damage!" A barrier surrounded Hip Hippo, protecting it from the attack.
Yuya LP: 4000-2900
"Tch. I set two cards, and end my turn." Strong Ishijima said as two set cards appeared on his field.
"All right! Now it's my turn!" Yuya draws his card and looks at the card he drew, 'You're finally here!' "I activate Hip Hippo's effect! I can treat it as two sacrifices! Now I sacrifice my Hip Hippo to Tribute Summon the dragon with beautiful heterochromatic eyes: Odd-Eyes Dragon!" Hip Hippo disappears as Odd-Eyes Dragon appeared with a mighty roar.
Odd-Eyes Dragon: Level 7; 2500 ATK/2000 DEF
"Yuya summoned his Ace Monster!" Yuzu said happily as she sees the dragon.
"But it is still weaker than the Sledgehammer's monster." Gongenzaka reminded grimly.
"I'm sure Yuya has a plan in store." Shuzo said optimistically.
"You got that right." Yoko said, sharing his optimism
Yuxi said nothing as she watched the match with an emotionless poker face.
"Now for my next trick! I activate the Magic Card, Wonder Balloons! With this, I can send hand cards to the Graveyard to place a counter!" Yuya said as he hops on Odd-Eyes and rode it to find Action Cards. He grabs one, "Action Magic: Evasion!" He sends it to the Graveyard and grabs another, "Action Magic: Miracle!" He sends it to the Graveyard and grabs the last one, "And finally, Action Magic: Evasion! I send them to Graveyard, placing 3 counters! With this, I activate the second effect of Wonder Balloons! I send it to the Graveyard and I decrease an opponent's monster ATK by 1000 for each counter that was placed until the End Phase! There were 3 counters, so Battleguard King's ATK decreases by 3000!"
Battleguard King ATK: 3000- 0
"Nice move, Yuya!" Shuzo and Yoko cheered for the young man.
"Not bad. He's doing okay against the champion so far." Yuxi said.
"Of course. I know Yuya will pull through here." Yuzu smiled.
"Battle!" Yuya said, "Odd-Eyes Dragon attacks Battleguard King!" Odd-Eyes roared and fired a blast at Battleguard King.
However, Strong Ishijima finds an Action Card, "Action Magic: Miracle! Battleguard King isn't destroyed and I take half of the Battle Damage!" A barrier appeared around Battleguard King and shielded it from the attack.
Strong Ishijima LP: 8000-6750
"Furthermore, I activate Battleguard Rage!" Sledgehanmer activated his set card, "Since I took battle damage, I can increase Battleguard's king attack by 2000!"
Battleguard King ATK: 0-2000
"What!?" Yuya gasped in shock, while Yukaya grunts in annoyance.
"Not good! When Yuya's turn ends, Battleguard King's ATK will return, adding to those ATK points he just gained!" Gongenzaka said.
"Then that means..." Yuzu said in a worried tone
"I end my turn. And because of that, Wonder Balloons' effect ends and the affected momster's attack return to normal." Yuya said.
Battleguard King ATK: 2000-5000
"5000 ATK!?" Gongenzaka said in shock-horror.
"How can they beat that!?" Shuzo is panicking dramatically.
"Don't worry. It's Yukaya's turn. He'll figure something out." Yuzu said.
"Ore no turn!" Yukaya draws his card, "I activate Demon-Eyed Magician's effect! I can release it in order to special summon a Dragon-Type monster that is one-level higher than it!"
"It's coming." Yuxi smirked.
"I release Demon-Eyed Magician to Special Summon Demon-Eyes Dragon!" Yukaya said as his Magician disappeared and a large dragon that looks similar to Odd-Eyes, but its scales are black with the orb on its chest of being red. It's eyes are also flaming red with dark red smoke oozing out of its mouth. It roared loudly
Demon-Eyes Dragon: Level 7; 2800 ATK/2500 DEF
"Impressive monster. But it's useless against my Battleguard King." Strong Ishijima reminded him.
"You sure about that?" Yukaya smirked coldly, "Battle! Demon-Eyes Dragon attacks Battleguard King!" Demon-Eyes Dragon roars and fires a blast at Battleguard King
"Attacking a 5000 ATK monster? What are you thinking, Yukaya?" Gongenzaka said, with Yuxi watching with a neutral expression.
"At this moment, I activate one of my set cards! Demonic Surge!" Yukaya said as his set card flipped up, "When I attack a monster that is stronger than my own, half of the stronger monster's attack is added to Demon Eyes!"
Demon Eyes Dragon: 2800-5300
"Ooooh! Nice move, Yukaya!" Shuzo cheered.
"That's my boy!" Yoko said proudly
"Now he can take out that Battleguard King!" Gongenzaka said.
However, once again, Strong Ishijima finds an Action Card, "Action Magic: Miracle! Battleguard King's destruction is negated, and I only take half of the damage!" A barrier appeared around Battleguard King, protected it from the attack.
Strong Ishijima LP: 6750-6600
"Tch." Yukaya grunts in annoyance
"He was so close, too!" Yuzu groaned
"And I activate my second set card! Battleguard Vengeance! When I take battle damage, I gain Life equal to the damage I to the amount of damage I took!"
Strong Ishijima: 6600-6750
"He recovered his Life!" Gongenzaka said.
"Furthermore, the monster that attacked gets destroyed, and you take damage equal to its ATK!" Strong Ishijima said.
"Not good! Demon Eyes Dragon has 5300 ATK! If that effect hits, he loses!" Gongenzaka said.
Demon-Eyes roared as it was destroyed, enveloping Yukaya in the explosion.
"Yukaya!" Yuya called out to his brother in a worried tone.
"Pipe down." Yukaya said, as the smoke cleared to reveal Yukaya with his second set card revealed, "Demonic Guard. When my monster is destroyed via effect and I take damage, I can reduce the effect damage by the amount of my destroy monster's original ATK. Therefore I took only 2500 damage.
Yukaya LP: 3000-500
"Not bad for a twerp." Strong Ishijima said.
"Tch. I set a card facedown and end my turn." Yukaya said.
"You okay?" Yuya asked his younger twin.
"Worry about the Duel instead of me." Yukaya said.
"It's my turn! Battle! Battleguard King attacks Odd-Eyes Dragon!" Strong Ishijima said as Battleguard King moves to attack Odd-Eyes.
"Why go after Odd-Eyes when Yukaya has no monster on the field?" Gongenzaka wondered.
"Is he afraid of Yukaya's set card?" Yuzu asked.
"Wrong. He's after something else." Yuxi said.
Yuya moves quick and finds an Action Card, but before he could get it, Battleguard King manages to destroy Odd-Eyes, knocking Yuya back.
"Yuya!" Yukaya ran to him.
Yuya LP: 2900-400
"Due to Battleguard Rage, Odd-Eyes returns to your hand instead of going to Graveyard. At this moment, I activate a magic card, Battleguard Rage! I gain Life equal to half of the returned monster's ATK!" Strong Ishijima said.
Strong Ishijima LP: 6750-8000
"What!?" Both Sakaki brothers exclaimed.
"So that was his plan!" Yuzu gasped
"I set a card and end my turn." Strong Ishijima says as a set card appears on his field, "Now do you two understand that you are no match for me? All you two are all but sacrifices for me to become the Ultimate King!"
"STRONG! STRONG! STRONG! STRONG!" The audiance cheered.
"Yuya...Yukaya..." Yuzu said, worried.
Yuxi glared at the audience.
Yuya stood up, "It's...my turn." He draws his card.
"You're free to surrender and run like your father." Strong Ishijima said.
"We won't run from you!" Yukaya yelled angrily.
"We will keep going until the end!" Yuya said, before stopping as he realizes his hand: Odd Eyes Dragon, Stargazer Magician, Performapal Swordfish, Performapal Whip Snake, and Timegazer Magician.
Yukaya looked at his hand and sees that he only has 3 high level monster cards that he couldn't normal summon, and the chances of him of drawing the right card is low. Not even his set card can help him.
The twins started to have doubts in their minds.
'Am I not good enough to replace my father?' Was Yuya's thoughts
"Will I be nothing more than the son of a coward?' Was Yukaya's thoughts.
They recalled Yusho's words to them both, "If you want to win, you must step forward with courage," And as they did, they regained their second win.
'No! I refuse to be who people want me to be!' Yukaya thinks.
'I will bring smiles to everyone like my father!' Yuya thinks, 'In order for me to bring smiles...'
'In order to prove everyone wrong...' Yukaya thinks.
"I...will WIN!" Were finally the twins' shared thoughts as their pendants began to glow, with Yuya's being a light blue, and Yukaya's being a dark red.
In the stands, Yuzu and Yuxi's bracelets began to glow with Yuzu's being light pink, and Yuxi being dark pink.
"What is this?" Yuzu asked while Yuxi looked shocked.
With the Sakaki Twins, as their pendulums glow, right before their eyes, their hand cards have changed. Yuya's cards became half-orange, half-greeen cards, with Yukaya's cards becoming half-orange, half-red, both having twin effect boxes and widened art frames. Their dragons also transformed as well, surprising the boys. Unknown to them, the same phenomenon is happening to Yuzu and Yuxi's cards.
Yuya suddenly looked determined as he continues his turn, "With Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and Scale 8 Timegazer Magician, I set the Pendulum Scales!" He slams Timegazer Magician in the left Pendulum Zone, and Stargazer Magician on his right, causing the word Pendulum to appear on his Duel Disk. Yuya's magicians appear surrounded by pillars of light as they rise up and an enlarged version of Yuya's pendant appears between them, "With this, I can simultaneously summon monsters from Level 2 to 7!"
"What's going on here!?" A shocked Strong Ishijima exclaimed.
"Swing, pendulum of souls! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Appear now, my monsters!" Yuya says as a portal appears overhead and three rays of light burst through, "Performapal Whip Snake! Performapal Sword Fish! And finally! The dragon with beautiful heterochromatic eyes, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" His monsters appeared, with Odd-Eyes looking different from before!
"What...?" Gongenzaka was stunned.
"What did he just do?" Shuzo asked.
"Yuya..." Yoko said in shock.
Yuzu and Yuxi stared as if they were in a trance.
Yuya stands before Strong Ishijima, determined to turn the tables, while Yukaya looks at his cards with a trance-like stare as he utters only two words.
"Dark Pendulum?"
Next Chapter Preview: Yuya and Yukaya invent a new summoning method, Pendulum Summon and Dark Pendulum, and defeat the Ultimate King, Strong Ishijima. Afterwards, new people arrive at You Show to see more of their new summoning, but while Yuya wants to show it off, Yukaya wants no part of it as he leaves the school and tries to learn how to use his summoning method, when an couple of angry fans of Strong Ishijima challenge him to a duel.
A/N: That's the end of the first chapter of this rewrite. I made Strong Ishijima stronger than normal for the sake of 'awakening' Yuya and Yukaya in their 2-on-1 duel and I also gave Yuzu and Yuxi some Pendulum cards, because if Zarc and Ray created Pendulum Summoning, then why didn't Yuzu get some Pendulum Cards? That's bullshit! Anyway, What Yukaya's Dark Pendulum does will be seen in the next chapter. Let me know what you think, and I'll try to update the next chapter as soon as I can. See ya later.
