A/N: Alright! Got some nice ideas from one of this story's followers, so now I am excited to get this story going so I can work on making them usable. So again, read and review so I know what I'm doing!

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

"Summoning chant/whispering"

OC Card first appearance

I own nothing but my OC, the cards I make, and the computer I'm typing this on.


"TAKUMIIII! AYUUUU!" Yuzu was still chasing Takumi and Ayu with Tatsuya and Futoshi trying to keep up with them. Takumi however, kept stopping every once in a while and just kept dancing out of the way of Yuzu's attempts to grab him so Tatsuya and Futoshi could keep up with them. Whenever he thought they had caught up enough, he started running again, following Ayu's directions and annoying Yuzu even further.

After a while of navigating streets and playing keep-away with Yuzu, Ayu pointed out a building to him. "There it is!" What greeted him was an asymmetrical building that seemed less like a school and more like a playpark for kids, assuming that really was a slide and climbing walls he was looking at. He was a little curious how such a thing was even stable enough to stay upright, but decided he should focus on ending the chase now that they had made it.

So, he stopped running, turned around, and help a hand out. "STOOOOOP!"

This action caused surprise in Yuzu who immediately moved to stop, and allowed Tatsuya and Futoshi to stop and catch their breath. "Huh? What?"

Takumi then smirked at her, with Ayu giggling at her from her perch atop his shoulders. "Well, I'm pretty sure we're here."

"Huh?" Yuzu looked around and realized that they actually were right outside of You Show. "Oh yeah. How come I didn't… even…" As she started trailing off, her face started to get menacing again as she went back to how Takumi was annoying her so much that she didn't even notice her surroundings. She then looked back at him as she remembered that he did that on purpose. "Youuu…"

The kids immediately knew what she was thinking and suddenly got very, very worried. Especially Ayu, who was still being carried by the current subject of her anger. "Uhhh, Taku-nii? Maybe we should get inside? Quickly."

Takumi, being as oblivious as ever, just looked up at her. "Hm? Why the rush?"

"Because," She pointed back at Yuzu, "that."

As Takumi looked back at Yuzu, he finally took notice of exactly how ticked off she was at him, and felt a distinct sense of bloodlust aimed at him. "Ohhh… That."

And with that, Takumi turned and ran for the front door, Ayu keeping an eye on Yuzu, who was pursuing him like a bull to red. As he went through the doors to what appeared to be the main room, he turned around to close them and separate himself from the immediate danger. But not before he caught a glimpse of Yuzu barreling down on him with a large paper fan. 'Where did that come from!?' After it closed, he held his back against the door with arms spread, Ayu doing the same from above. As they both let out a breath of relief-

*THWAAACK!*

The impact against the door caused it to shake, getting the both of them to let out a surprised sound of fear and panicked looks on their faces, then hearing a few more thwacks against the door. When they stopped, they looked at each other, then each put an ear against the door, listening for Yuzu.

"Huff, huff, huff." They hear nothing but tired breathing, slowly getting calmer.

"Uh, Ayu?"

"GAAAH!" The voice surprising the both of them, before they looked into the room and saw its occupants for the first time.

Takumi saw an older man with red hair and a red and orange jumpsuit, a small boy with blue hair in a small ponytail with a piece of candy in his mouth, and a boy with green and red hair that made Takumi think of a tomato, with goggles on his head. All three were sitting around the room, staring at him curiously. "Who is that, and what are you both doing?" The question had come from Tomato-head.

"Ah! Yuya-nii!" 'Oh, so his name's Yuya. Better than Tomato-head.' Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Hey, let me in!"

Yuya got up at that. "Was that Yuzu? What's going on?"

Takumi and Ayu sweat-dropped at that. "Haha, yeah, my bad. Hang on." He then took Ayu off his shoulders, put down the bag he had fastened to his back, and went to open the door. "Heeeyyyy Yuzu. Are you gonna kill me?"

Yuzu just looked at him, still a little ticked off, but Takumi couldn't see the fan anymore so he took it as a good sign. 'But… But where did it go?' Tatsuya and Futoshi were next to her, looking a little tired and smiling nervously. "Not now… But next time you pull something like that…" The look on her face then intensified, causing the kids look more nervous and Takumi to gulp out of reflex.

"Noted. Sorry." Figures. Not even a day in and he finds someone able to scare him about as much as Mrs. Hasegawa can!

"Could someone explain what just happened?" Yuya still had no idea what to think, the man in the jumpsuit was looking at Takumi suspiciously, wondering what he did to make Yuzu so angry, while the boy with the candy looked amused at everything going on.

"Eh?" Yuzu then took notice of everyone. "Oh, hey. Sorry about that. SOMEONE…" Yuzu glared at Takumi again, causing him to sweat-drop, "wanted to stop by and decided to lead a race here from the park." Takumi then laughed nervously while rubbing the back of his neck.

Suddenly, the man in the jumpsuit took notice that Yuzu said that the kid had wanted to stop by and was immediately in his face with an excited expression. "You wanted to come by!? Did you want to apply to be a student!? REALLY!?" Takumi blinked twice at that, while everyone minus Yuzu put on exasperated expressions.

Yuzu on the other hand, went back to being ticked, and immediately struck Mr. Jumpsuit in the head with the paper fan ('ITS BACK!'), knocking him against the wall!

Takumi blinked twice at Jumpsuit, then looked at Yuzu, all the while a look of apprehension on his face. Everyone else looked as if this was an everyday thing. 'But, how could that be?'. Yuzu then stood straight, looked at Jumpsuit, "ENOUGH DAD! LEARN SOME RESTRAINT ALREADY!" 'Oh. Dad. Now I can believe it being an everyday thing.'

The now identified Father to Yuzu then got up, rubbing his head in pain. "Owowow… Yuzuuuu…"

"Pfft."

Everyone just looked at Takumi, who was apparently trying to hold back laughter. "Pfft. PWuahahaaaha!" Once Takumi had caved, the kids soon followed his example, laughing with him.

Yuzu let out a sigh, while the others were trying to understand what was happening. "Takumi! Enough!"

Takumi then did his best to suppress his laughter. "Hahaa! Heheheh, sorry, sorry, haha! Hooooo…" Once he finally had his laughter under control, he looked at her with a massive smile on his face. "It's just, heheh, I never expected to see something like that so soon into getting into town. Hahah."

Takumi then looked to the people he hadn't met yet. "Hey! My name is Takumi Shou! I'm new in town, and heard from Yuzu that you guys specialize in duels that put smiles on people's faces, and thought it would be fun to stop by." He then looked at Jumpsuit. "So to answer your earlier question, yes, I'm here to apply."

Yuzu's father then put his own smile on his face. "Really!? Yes!" He held out a hand to Takumi. "My name is Shuzo Hiragi. I'm the principal here, as well as Yuzu's father." 'Principal. Huh. So that explains his earlier enthusiasm.'

Takumi then took his hand. "Nice to meet you."

As they let go, the boy with the candy walked up to him. "Hi. I'm Sora Shiunin. Nice to meet you, Takumi." He held a hand out to him. "Hope we get along!"

Which Takumi didn't hesitate to take. "Likewise!"

Finally, Yuya walked up to him. "Nice to meet you Takumi. I'm Yuya Sakaki. Let's have fun together, okay?" He then held out a hand to him.

Takumi quickly grabbed it with a massive grin on his face. "You bet!" Yuya grinned at that.

Shuzo then grabbed their attention. "Alright! Now I have to ask. How good of a duelist are you Takumi?"

Before he could even open his mouth, the kids decided to answer for him. "He's incredible!" "His Fusions are at least as good as Sora's!" "His dueling gave me the Shivers!"

Yuya, Shuzo, and Sora all caught what they said about Fusion, and looked at Takumi in surprise. "Wait, Takumi, you can use Fusion?" Yuya was the first to ask.

"Not just Fusion." This time, they all looked at Yuzu. "We saw him use Fusion, Synchro, AND Xyz. All in the same turn!"

"EHHHHH!?" The combined shout of both Yuya and Shuzo caused Takumi to once again wish his ears had some sort of protection. He didn't think Maiami would be so much louder than Shizukawa.

Shuzo then quickly grabbed both of Takumi's shoulders and looked him straight in the eyes. "Takumi, is it true!? You can use all three summonings!?" Takumi just blinked at him, then nodded. Shuzo then looked completely shocked. So much so that he started backing away with hands against his head. "Incredible! Could it really be true!? Someone with this much talent came here!? To You Show!? Just how lucky are-" *Thwack!*

Aaaand he wound up at the wall again. "DAD! CALM DOWN ALREADY" Yuzu just stood over him, fan in her hand once again.

Takumi quickly took this opportunity to quietly ask Yuya "Hey, where does she keep that thing when she isn't using it?"

Yuya looked at him, then shook his head. "I have no idea. I stopped trying to figure that out a long time ago." Takumi just looked at him, then at Yuzu, fear of her starting to increase.

"Still, that's pretty cool." They both looked at Sora. "It's rare to find someone who can use Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz. You're almost as rare as Yuya here." Yuya rubbed the back of his neck at that, chuckling.

Takumi blinked at that, looked at Yuya, back at Sora, and once again at Yuya. "What are you talking about?"

Everyone who was aware of this exchange, just blinked at him. Takumi looked around. "Hmm? Oh don't tell me there is something on my face again!" He looked at his nearest reflection. "I could have sworn I didn't see anything the last two times…" He then felt something dangerous behind him, looked past his reflection, paled, and jumped just out of the way of Yuzu's fan just before it hit. "Gaaahh! What did I do this time!?"

Yuzu just glared at him. "There is nothing on your face! They were staring at you!"

Takumi took a moment to process that. "Oh. Why?"

Yuzu sighed at that, letting Shuzo take over. "Because apparently you don't know about our 'Pendulum Pioneer'." As Shuzo said that, Yuya chuckled nervously again.

Takumi just blinked. "Yuya? Pioneer? What?" Takumi truly had no idea what they were talking about.

So Ayu tried telling him. "Yuya-nii is the first person to use a new summoning method, Pendulum Summoning!"

Once Takumi heard that, his eyes widened and he looked at Yuya. "New method!? Really!? Howdoesitwork!?" By the end of that statement, he was up in Yuya's face, who was sweat-dropping at Takumi's behavior.

"Taaaa, kuuuu, miiii…" Hearing that voice with that tone immediately caused him to back up away from the source with arms up in surrender, a glaring Yuzu holding her fan with both hands.

"Sorry, sorry. Couldn't help myself." Takumi quickly pleaded for is life to Yuzu, now knowing how scary she is after watching her assault her own father twice in as many minutes. He wasn't sure why, but apparently she didn't like that, and he was more than willing to keep that weapon of hers as far away from himself as he can after seeing what it could do.

"Oi, Yuzu, calm down. I was just surprised." Yuya went to quick work trying to calm her down, which apparently worked, seeing as how her glare softened into a normal face and she let out a sigh in surrender. 'Huh. Are they dating? That could explain the hostility just now as being protective…' "Anyway, Takumi, you wanna know about Pendulum?"

That quickly fixed his mood. "Yes please! How does it work?"

"Stooop!" At the interruption from Shuzo, everyone looked at him to see the smirk on his face. "I have a better idea. A way for Yuya to tell Takumi about Pendulum. And for all of us to see Takumi's skill ourselves. Yuya! Takumi! The two of you will take part in a hot-blooded Action Duel!"

Takumi's eyes lit up at that! "Action Duel!?" Shizukawa had never had the equipment to do something like an Action Duel, but he had seen them on TV. But to actually get to take part in one!

Yuya smiled at Takumi's face. "Sure, sounds like fun. Can we keep our disks on practice mode though?"

Takumi snapped out of his trance at that. "Hm? Sure, but why?"

"I'm just trying to increase my win ratio. I need just a few more wins before it gets to where I want it, and I don't want this go towards that score."

"Oh. Okay, sure. I'm just happy to be in an Action Duel. I've never been in one before."

"Really?"

"Yeah, we never had the equipment for one back home. The closest I've come has been to see them on TV."

Shuzo smiled at that. "Well you're in luck, because we have the equipment for one right here!"

"Awww. I wanted to duel him first." Sora complained while sucking on his candy.

"Sorry Sora. Maybe later?" Takumi tried to negotiate with Sora, while trying to keep himself from being too excited.

"Fiiiiiine."

"Yuya and Takumi are gonna duel!?" "I wonder who's gonna win?" "Shivers!" The kids quickly followed after the rest as they made their way to the duel area.

While Shuzo went to the control room and everyone else went to the observation area, Takumi followed Yuya to the field. He was greeted by the sight of a large rectangular room with a cage ceiling at the top. He and Yuya took up positions on opposite sides of the cage.

Shuzo then called down with the microphone. "Alright, we're all set. Takumi? Do you have a preference on the field we bring in?"

Takumi thought about it for a few moments. "You got anything with forests or mountains?"

"You bet! Activating the Action Field, Verdant Crater!" As Shuzo finished talking, light started to shine all around them, transforming the cage into a lush, prehistoric-looking jungle! As Takumi stared in wonder, he noticed a series of cliff faces out in the distance. Based off what Shuzo said, Takumi guessed that the field was a large crater filled with ancient greenery.

Takumi ran up to a nearby tree and tried touching it. When he felt bark, he pulled back, only to reach out again and run his hand around the trunk. "Wooow. It's one thing to see it on TV, but this is way more awesome!"

Laughing caught his attention, and he looked over to Yuya, who was enjoying his reactions to Solid Vision. "Well, what do you think? Awesome right?" To which Takumi quickly agreed, getting another laugh from Yuya. "Good. You ready to start, or should I tell you the Oath first?"

Takumi grinned at him. "Are you kidding? Do you know how many Action Duels I've seen on TV!?" He then blinked a couple times. "Actually, I lost count myself…"

That got yet another laugh out of Yuya. "Haha. Alright then. Would you like to start, or shall I?"

Takumi then bowed to him. "If I may have the honor?"

Yuya bowed back, playing along. "You may."

"Thanks. Now then…"

Kicking the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters.

They storm through this field!

Behold!

This is the latest and greatest evolution of dueling!

Action… DUEL!

Yuya: 4000

Takumi: 4000

As the action cards spread about the field, Takumi grinned to Yuya. "Alright Yuya! Show me how it's done!"

"Alright! I'll start off by playing Performapal Hip Hippo!" Yuya's hippo appeared next to him, and Yuya quickly hopped on. "I end my turn. Let's go Hippo!" Hippo made a noise in agreement and started running off.

"Woah! Awesome! Alright, my turn. I draw!" Takumi looked at his cards, smiled, and started chasing after Yuya. "I play my Mist Valley Falcon." As his monster appeared next to him, he moved towards its back and Falcon let him climb onto it. Falcon then took off chasing after Yuya from the air. "Next, I play a card face-down. Now, I'll return it to my hand so Falcon can attack! Go, attack Hip Hippo!"

As Falcon sped up and prepared to strike, Yuya reached out and grabbed an Action card and activated it. "Action magic: Evasion!" Hippo then jumped right at the last second, avoiding Falcon's attack and rolling while in the air. "This lets me negate 1 attack." He then landed and Hippo kept on running.

Takumi just kept grinning. "Nice move! I place two cards face-down to end my turn!"

"My turn. Draw!" As he drew he maneuvered Hippo over to a clearing, which which Takumi followed him to from atop Falcon. "Now my Hippo has an amazing trick. When summoning a level 7 or higher monster, I can treat Hippo as two monsters for a tribute summon!" He then hopped off Hippo, who disappeared into light. "I tribute Hippo to summon the main attraction to our show! Appear! Wondrous and beautiful dichromatic eyes! Odd-eyes Pendulum Dragon!" What appeared was a large dragon that looked so amazing, Takumi was having trouble deciding whether or not if it was cooler than Blue-eyes!

Yuya then hopped onto Odd-eyes and looked right at Takumi. "Battle! Odd-eyes! Attack Falcon with Spiraling Strike Burst!" As Odd-eyes prepared to strike, Takumi saw a card not far away from him and leaped for it.

"Action Magic: Miracle! With this, Falcon survives the battle, and I take half the damage!" As Odd-eyes' attack collided with Falcon, it glowed from the protective power of the Action card and held its sword defensively against it.

Takumi: 4000 - 3750

Yuya smiled at Takumi. "Not bad. You figured this out pretty quickly."

"Thanks. The people back home always said I was a quick study when it came to dueling."

"Looks like they were right. Your move."

"Alright! I draw. I summon Vanguard of the Trinity!" His newest monster looked similar to his Grand Chief, except it was only 5ft tall, had no headdress, and carried a spear.

Vanguard of the Trinity: Winged Beast-Type/Fire/lvl4

ATK:1800 DEF:1000

"I activate Vanguard's effect! I can half the ATK of one Winged Beast I control and apply the difference to another one. I choose to half the ATK of Vanguard to strengthen Falcon!" Vanguard then raised its spear and gave a call, giving its strength to Falcon.

1800 - 900

2000 - 2900

"What!?" Yuya looked around for cards and spotted one a distance away. "Come on Odd-eyes." He quickly directed Odd-eyes to where he saw the card. Takumi saw this, and noticed another one nearby and started moving to it, as he started his attack.

"Falcon! Attack Odd-eyes!" As he returned one of his face-downs to the hand, Falcon quickly flew after Yuya's dragon.

But Yuya quickly made it to the card and played it. "Evasion! I escape again!" As Odd-eyes leapt out of the way of the attack, Takumi picked up and looked at his card, smirking. "Wanna bet? I activate Action Magic: No Action and negate your Action card!" "WHAT!?" As Falcon continued to pursue Yuya, he kept looking for more cards, but he wasn't fast enough and Odd-eyes got destroyed. "Gaaarrgh!"

Yuya: 4000 - 3600

"Hey Yuya! You okay?" Takumi looked over at where Yuya had fallen from atop his dragon.

Yuya then got up and started laughing. "Haha! Nice timing on your card huh? Man, you got me there."

Takumi grinned at that. "Thanks! This is already one of the best duels I've ever had!"

"And it's only going to get better. Now then, here is where I can start telling you about Pendulum." He then picked up his Odd-eyes card, which Takumi just noticed that it looked different from other monster cards. "Odd-eyes is what's known as a Pendulum monster. They're necessary for a Pendulum summon. Where an ordinary monster would go from the field to the graveyard, a Pendulum monster instead goes to the Extra Deck." Yuya then placed his monster in the Extra Deck section of his duel disk. "I can explain more later."

Takumi already had stars in his eyes. "Wow! Monsters that go to the Extra Deck when destroyed!? This is already awesome!" He wondered what sort of purpose that would serve, then shook himself out of it. "Right, right, more later. Alright then. Since I used Vanguard's effect on himself, he can't attack. So I'll instead put this card face-down and end my turn, returning my monster's ATK points to normal."

900 - 1800

2900 - 2000

"Alright. I draw!"

After he drew, the lights dimmed, a drumroll began, and spotlights started moving around. "Huh?" After a while, the lights found their way to Yuya, who was already striking a pose.

"Ladies and Gentlemen! The moment you've all been waiting for has arrived!"

Back in the observation booth the kids were getting excited. "It's here!" "Yuya-nii's Pendulum Summon!" "Shivers!"

Sora just kept sucking his candy. "Wonder how Takumi might do after this?"

"I use the scale 1 Stargazer Magician and the scale 8 Timegazer Magician to set the Pendulum Scale!" Yuya's magicians then appeared in pillars of light, the numbers 1 and 8 appearing beneath each of them respectively, and an image of the pendant around Yuya's neck in between. "With this, I can now summon monsters with levels from 2 through 7 simultaneously!

Swing, pendulum of my soul. Draw an arc of light across the aether. Pendulum Summon! Come forth, my monster servants!"

Out from the portal that formed between his magicians, 3 beams of light came out, taking the forms of his monsters. "First, Performapal Whip Snake! Next, Performapal Silver Claw! And last but not least, reviving from my Extra Deck, the star of our show, Odd-eyes Pendulum Dragon!" As Yuya's monsters appeared, Odd-eyes let out a roar, leaving Takumi awestruck.

In fact, he never noticed the glow that came from his own pendant, or how Vanguard, some of the cards in his hand, and some of the cards in his deck glowed with it, during the summon.

Yuya then hopped on his dragon again. "I activate the effect of Whip Snake! Once per turn, I can swap the ATK and DEF of a monster on the field. I choose Falcon!" Whip Snake lifted the charm on its tail and mesmerized Falcon.

2000 - 1200

"What!?" Takumi did not like how this was going.

"Battle! Silver claw! Attack Falcon!" Silver Claw started to charge at Falcon. "At this time, Silver Claw's effect activates! The ATK of all Performapal monsters I control increases by 300!"

1800 - 2100

1700 - 2000

"I activate my trap. Negate Attack will stop your monster and end the Battle Phase!"

"I activate the Pendulum Effect of Timegazer Magician! Once per turn, I can negate the effect of a trap card that targets a Pendulum monster and set it back down!" As Timegazer used its powers to counter Takumi's trap, Silver Claw continued its attack, destroying Falcon.

"Garrgh"

Takumi: 3750 - 2850

"Next, Whip Snake attacks Vanguard!" As Whip Snake went to attack Vanguard, Takumi activates his other face-down.

"I activate Evasive maneuvers! This lets me negate an attack against a Winged Beast I control and add that monster back into my hand!" Just before Whip Snake hit Vanguard, it took flight and disappeared into Takumi's hand, who immediately ran to find an Action Card.

"Not bad, but let's see if you can avoid this! Odd-eyes, attack directly with Spiraling Strike Burst!" As Takumi spotted an Action card he made a dive for it, only to get hit just as he grabbed it, the blast knocking him into a tree.

"AAAARRGH!"

Takumi: 2850 - 350

"Taku-nii!" The kids looked at him in shock, the others looking on in worry.

Yuya moved Odd-eyes closer to Takumi. "Oi, Takumi! Are you okay?" He started to get worried, only to notice Takumi shaking a little.

"…he…hehe…hehehehahaahHAHAHAHAAA! THIS IS AWESOME! HAHAHA!" Takumi had rolled onto his back and just lay there laughing, not even concerned that he had been flung into a tree. Seeing that put Yuya and the others at ease.

After a few moments, Takumi jumped up, dusted himself off, and just kept smiling at Yuya. "This is the most incredible duel I've ever been in! HAHAHA! Pendulum is awesome!" Takumi had thrown his arms in the air from excitement.

"Hahaha." Yuya couldn't help it anymore, and he started laughing with him. "Glad you think so. Alright. I end my turn, returning my monsters ATK to normal. Now show me what you can do!"

2000 -1700

2100 - 1800

"Roger that! But before your turn actually ends, I activate the Action Card, Covert Maneuver. With it, I can return a facedown spell or trap card on my field to my deck, and set a new one from my deck." Takumi's facedown Negate Attack then revealed itself, then shot back into his deck. He then pulled out a new card and set it on the field.

"Now it's my turn. I draw!" Takumi drew his card and looked at his hand, then froze. "Huh?" Takumi looked again, and saw that his eyes weren't playing tricks on him. Some of his cards had changed. 'What?'

Yuya seemed to notice the confusion on Takumi's face. "Oi, Takumi! Something wrong?"

"Huh? Oh, no, just give me a moment." Takumi then looked at his cards, and then looked at Yuya's through the disk, and realized what happened. 'But... but how!?' Takumi just looked back at his cards, then shook his head. 'Ah, oh well. I'll worry about the "how" later. Let's see if I know how this works.'

Takumi re-familiarized himself with his monsters and grinned when he came up with a plan. "Alright! This could work!" Takumi looked back at Yuya. "Hey Yuya! Sorry about this, but I have no idea how this happened."

Yuya just looked at him confused. "What do you mean?"

Takumi just smirked. "I mean this!" Takumi then pulled 2 of the cards from his hand. "I, using the scale 7 Vanguard of the Trinity and the scale 1 Protector of the Trinity set the Pendulum scale!"

Everyone in the observation and control rooms were so shocked, that Sora actually dropped the candy that was in his mouth! "WHAT!?"

"PENDULUM!?" Yuya had never expected to meet yet another duelist who had Pendulum cards so soon after Reiji.

On either side of Takumi rose 2 pillars of light, the one on his left carrying Vanguard, and the one on his right carrying a monster similar to it, but instead carrying a club and a large wooden shield. Between them, a representation of his own pendant hung.

Protector of the Trinity: Winged Beast-Type/Fire/lvl3/Sc1

ATK:1000 DEF:1800

"Takumi! How do you have Pendulum cards!?" Yuya could see them but still couldn't believe it!

Takumi then rubbed the back of his neck. "Like I said, I have no idea! But this is probably my best shot at figuring out how it works." He then took a stance and grinned at Yuya. "You don't mind that part, do you?"

"HUH!?"

"I'll take that as a yes! With the currently set Pendulum scale, I can simultaneously summon monsters of levels 2 through 6!" Takumi wasn't sure how, but somehow he knew exactly what words to say.

"Wings that carry me to the unknown future! Awaken the infinite potential within, and guide me down the path to success! Pendulum Summon! Flock to me, my avian allies!"

Out from the resulting portal came two beams of light, transforming into his monsters. "First up, Scout of the Trinity!" Out came yet another tribal looking birdman, outfitted for recon with a pair of knives. "And next, the leader of the tribal avians that serve divinity! Grand Chieftain of the Trinity!" As Chieftain appeared, it twirled its staff and slammed the butt of it against the ground.

Scout of the Trinity: Winged Beast-Type/Wind/tuner/lvl4/Sc7

ATK:1100 DEF:1700

Yuya was stunned. Takumi didn't even know what pendulum was until earlier. Now here he was, using it like it was nothing!

"Due to the pendulum effects of Vanguard and Protector, each Winged beast I control gains 300 ATK and DEF."

1100 - 1400

2100 - 2400

"Next, Scout's effect! Since it was summoned, I can now I can now look at cards from the top of my deck up to the number of Winged Beast-type monsters I control! I can then take 1 Winged Beast among the cards and then rearrange the rest in any way I like. Also, if happens to be another 'Trinity' monster, I can immediately summon it!" Takumi pulled out the top 2 cards, and grinned. "Alright! 1 of the cards is my Rallis the Star Bird! It may not be another Trinity card, but I can still normal summon this turn! Come on out!" The orange bird then took a spot next to Scout.

800 - 1100

"Next I activate the effect of Chieftain! I can now change the level of 1 Winged Beast on the field. I'll make Rallis level 2." Chieftain then sent rainbow light washing over the orange bird, reducing its level by 1. "But we'll get back to that later. For now, I use his second effect on himself! Now, for every attribute on the field, Chieftain gains 300 ATK!" Chieftain then shrouded itself with rainbow light, making it stronger. "Rallis and Scout are Wind, Odd-eyes and Silver Claw are Dark, and Chieftain and Whip Snake are Earth! That's three attributes, for 900 ATK!"

2400 – 3300

"That's enough to beat Odd-eyes!"

"Probably. But I have something else in mind. Rallis! Attack Odd-eyes!"

"What? But Odd-eyes still has more ATK points!"

"For now. But Rallis has a very fun effect. Go, Rising Stars!" Rallis then gave a cry, and Odd-eyes glowed an orange light. Yuya watched from on top, as seven small, orange orbs of light then flew out of it and began to orbit Rallis as it ascended. "When Rallis attacks, he gains ATK equal to the level of the opposing monster x200! Odd-eyes is level 7, so Rallis goes up by 1400!"

1100 – 2500

"It's now equal to Odd-eyes!"

"Rallis! Attack Odd-eyes!" Rallis then went far above the trees and gathered the energy from the orbs and flew straight down at Odd-eyes. Before it was close enough, Yuya hopped onto Silver Claw, not spotting an action card in time to save Odd-eyes.

As the monsters collided, a smoke cloud rose, and a small shock wave went out. As Yuya recovered, he looked back at Takumi. "Why would you sacrifice your monster like that!?"

Takumi just smirked. "Sacrifice? I would never! You should look more closely." Yuya looked confused, as he looked back at the smoke. As it cleared, Yuya looked on shocked as Rallis emerged unscathed. "You're not the only one who's Pendulum's can protect their monsters! Once per turn, Protector of the Trinity can prevent a Winged Beast-type I control from being destroyed!"

"No way!" Not only was Yuya surprised, but so were those watching.

"Of course, now that Rallis has attacked, he banishes himself until my next Battle Phase." Rallis then glowed orange. "But I have something different in mind for him. And I'll use my new facedown to do it!" Takumi revealed the facedown and shocked everyone with what it was. "Go, Urgent Tuning! With it, I can perform a Synchro summon during the Battle Phase!"

"A Synchro during Battle!?"

"I tune the now level 2 Rallis to my level 4 Scout!" Rallis then shook off the energy and flew up with Scout. Scout then became 4 rings of light, and as Rallis flew through them, it became 2 stars.

"Hardened through battle, chase down those that would oppose the tribe! Synchro Summon! Arrive, Level 6! Scarred Raptor of the Trinity!"

Appearing from the light came an eagle-like bird of similar size to Takumi's Mythic Wings. Its feathers were yellow and missing in some areas. Its eyes were green, and its talons and beak were nearly covered in scars, and there was a diamond shaped topaz embedded in its forehead.

Scarred Raptor of the Trinity: Synchro/Winged Beast/Wind/lv6

ATK: 2400 DEF: 1600

2400 - 2700

"No way!" Yuya was shocked at seeing a monster like that.

"Yup! Sure, Rallis could have destroyed a different monster easily, but this way I have a better shot of ending this here." Scarred Raptor then landed in front of Takumi and lowered its head. Grinning, Takumi got on top of it, legs on either side of its neck, and held on as Raptor took off, Chieftain hot on their tail. "WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!"

Takumi was having a blast, but managed to keep his mind on the duel. "Now then. I think this is the point where I start doing damage! Grand Chieftain! Attack Silver Claw with Universal Force!" Chieftain then flew up and charged Tri-colored energy into its staff, as Yuya was riding Silver Claw looking for cards, Whip Snake wrapped around his arm.

Seeing one in a tree, he sent Whip Snake to go reaching for it like a grappling hook. As Takumi noticed this, he looked around for a card of his own. Spotting one, he guided Raptor as quickly as he could to it.

Yuya got his card first. "Thanks pal. I activate the Action card, Evasion! I negate your attack!" As the energy came down towards him and Silver Claw, the wolf leapt out of the way.

Swiping his card out from the top of a tree as he flew by, Takumi grinned at what it was. "Don't get comfy Yuya! I activate the Action card Successful Feint! When my opponent plays a card effect that negates an attack, I can give the blocked monster one more attack this turn and when it attacks, you can't play any cards in response until after the damage step! One more time! Universal Force!" Chieftain then sent more energy at Yuya and Silver Claw.

"Uh-oh!" Yuya managed to avoid a direct hit by grappling to a tree branch with the help of Whip Snake. Unfortunately, Yuya's monster wasn't so lucky.

Yuya: 3600 – 2100

"Thanks Chief! We'll handle it from here!" At Chieftain's nod to Takumi, he let loose a wide grin, and guided Scarred Raptor towards Yuya and Whip Snake. "Scarred Raptor now attacks Whip Snake!" Takumi started pursuing Yuya, who was hopping from tree to tree looking for another card. Snagging one, he hopped out of the tree to play it.

"I activate the Action card, Changing Tactics! I can now change the battle position of one monster on my field. Whip Snake!" As Whip Snake removed itself from Yuya's arm, it took position in front of him defensively, as Raptor flew straight at, and then through Whip Snake. "With that, my life points are safe this turn!"

"Did I mention Raptor's effect?" Yuya looked back at Takumi in shock, as four orbs of yellow light formed from energy coming from the Topaz on Raptor's head. "If Scarred Raptor is Synchro summoned by using at least one WIND monster as material, Raptor gains a very fun trick! When it destroys a monster in battle, I can deal damage equal to its level/Rank x100!" The orbs then went flying straight at Yuya who had no time to dodge.

"Argh!"

2100 – 1700

"The second effect! Raptor can attack again!" At Takumi's words, Yuya noticed with shock that Raptor was coming around for another attack! He then started running, looking for more Action cards, but was unable to outrun Takumi's eagle-like monster. "Go! Honored Charge!" Raptor then ran into Yuya, knocking him off his feet, then taking Takumi up high for a victory lap.

"GAAARRGH!"

1700 - 0

Winner: Takumi

As Takumi started cheering about his first win in an Action Duel, the field started to dissipate, and Takumi quickly realized just how far up he was when the tips of Scarred Raptor's wings started to fade. He then paled, and ordered Raptor to land as quickly as it could. It did so and had about 10ft left and was just leveling off when he disappeared completely, leaving Takumi to land in a roll that had him hitting the wall, with back on the floor and legs up in the air, slightly dizzy from the roll.

He then blinked twice, and stared laughing again without getting up. "HAHAHAHA! THAT WAS AWESOME! Hahaha!" As Yuya looked at Takumi, laughing in such a weird position, he couldn't help laughing too. He just couldn't bring himself to feel bad about his loss.

"Yuyaaa! Takumi!" They both looked over, still chuckling, to see everyone who was watching running over. Yuzu went over to Yuya to help him up, while everyone else went to congratulate Takumi.

"Taku-nii, that was amazing!" "That duel gave me some incredible shivers!" "You didn't say you could Pendulum!" Hearing that got Yuya's attention once more to the impossibility of Takumi's deck, and he quickly went over to him.

Who still hadn't moved from his position and just laughed nervously at that. "Hehe, yeah, because I couldn't. I didn't even have any Pendulum cards until that last turn."

"What!? How!?" Yuya and Yuzu were completely baffled at that response, to which Takumi somehow managed to shrug from his position.

"Dunno. One moment they were regular cards, and the next they were pendulum cards. Didn't see how it happened." Takumi replied to them truthfully, earning baffled faces from everyone. He just looked at them in confusion. "Okay. Pretty sure there isn't anything on my face this time, so you all are looking at me then, right?" He then looked at how he was positioned, and back to them. "Would it help if I stood up?"

As he stood up, "HOT-BLOODED!" the sudden shout surprised everyone, nearly sending the unprepared Takumi back on the floor. Shuzo quickly appeared and grabbed him by the shoulders. "You are incredible! A duelist of your skill and talent is absolutely incredible! And you're really serious about wanting to go here!?"

*Thwack!* "Owowowwww…" "DAD, ENOUGH!" Takumi just blinked at what just happened. 'And the people back home said I was crazy.'

Takumi then put on a new grin. "Yup, I'm serious about wanting to come here. The duel with Yuya has been the most fun I've ever had!" Everyone looked at him happily at that, Shuzo with tears in his eyes, though Takumi wasn't sure if it was from joy, or pain.

"ALRIGHT! Time to celebrate the latest addition to the You Show Duel School! Dinner is on me!" Apparently he wasn't in enough pain to curb his demeanor, getting Shuzo to stand proudly. And Takumi REALLY liked the sound of free food, so he didn't argue.

"Eh? But I want to duel Takumi! I wanna see his Fusions!" Sora kept on complaining about not getting to duel Takumi, who was starting to laugh nervously. But before anyone could argue, they all heard a loud grumbling sound.

They then looked around for where it came from, and soon took notice of the guilty look on Takumi's face. "… So, I think I might be overdue for some chow. Hehe."

"Haha! Sorry Sora, looks like you'll have to postpone your duel with him a little longer." Yuya tried to cheer up Sora, who decided to surrender to going and getting some food.

"Alright! Dinner Time!" And with that, Takumi followed his new friends out of the school and to a nearby restaurant.


A/N: So, who likes Angry Yuzu? After all, anyone who can pull a favored weapon out of thin air is automatically one of my favorite characters. I also hope you like the way I introduced Takumi to Pendulum. I thought up multiple versions on how the duel could go, but decided to use the one that would show off the most of Takumi's "of the Trinity" cards. The monsters I created for this story are one of my favorite things about writing this.

Another, would be showing just how much Takumi likes to have fun, and his interactions with the cast.

Anyway. Next time, I plan to reveal a part of what Takumi's "Trinity" consists of. I have left hints about what they are. Let's see who feels like guessing what they are. And as always I am still interested in other thoughts about what I could bring into the story. Decks you'd like to see used, new characters I could introduce, etc. etc. Thanks again for reading, now here are the new cards I used. As well as Chieftain's Pendulum stats that I withheld in the first chapter.

OC cards

Evasive Maneuvers: Trap/normal

When a Winged Beast-type monster you control is attacked, you can return that monster to your hand and negate the attack.

Vanguard of the Trinity: Winged Beast-Type/Fire/lvl4/Sc7

ATK:1800 DEF:1000

Once per turn, you can target 2 Winged Beast-type monsters you control; Halve the ATK of one and apply the difference to the other until the End Phase. The monster that loses ATK cannot attack during the turn you use this effect.

P.E.- This card is unaffected by monster effects. You can only Pendulum Summon Winged Beast-type monsters, and this effect cannot be negated. All Winged Beast-type monsters you control gain 300 ATK. Once per turn, when a Winged Beast-type monster you control is targeted for an attack, you may increase the ATK and DEF of that monster by half of the original ATK and DEF of 1 other Winged Beast-type monster on your field during the damage step only.

Protector of the Trinity: Winged Beast-Type/Fire/lvl3/Sc1

ATK:1000 DEF:1800

This defense position card cannot be destroyed by battle. Your opponent cannot target another face-up Winged Beast-type monster you control for an attack.

P.E.- This card is unaffected by monster effects. You can only Pendulum Summon Winged Beast-type monsters, and this effect cannot be negated. All Winged Beast-type monsters you control gain 300 DEF. Once per turn, you can either negate an attack aimed at a Winged beast-type monster you control OR prevent 1 Winged beast-type monster from being destroyed in battle or by card effects.

Scout of the Trinity: Winged Beast-Type/Wind/tuner/lvl4/Sc7

ATK:1100 DEF:1700

When this card is summoned, look at a number of cards from the top of your deck up to the number of Winged Beast-type monsters you control, and then place them back on top in any order, and if there are any Winged Beast-type monsters among the cards, choose one of them and add it to your hand OR if it was a "Trinity" monster, you can special summon it. You can only activate this effect of "Scout of the Trinity" once per turn.

P.E.- This card is unaffected by monster effects. You can only Pendulum Summon Winged Beast-type monsters, and this effect cannot be negated. Once, while this card is face-up in the Pendulum Zone, you may look at a number of cards on top of your deck equal to the number of cards your opponent controls. You may add 1 Winged Beast-type monster or "Trinity" spell/trap among those cards to your hand for each monster your opponent controls. Place the rest on either the top or bottom of the deck in any order

Grand Chieftain of the Trinity: Winged Beast-type/Earth/level6/sc4

ATK: 2100 DEF: 2100

Once per turn, you can target 1 Winged Beast-type monster on the field; until your next Standby Phase, the target monster gains 300 ATK and DEF for each attribute on the field. Once per turn, you can change the level of 1 Winged Beast-type on the field to any level from 1 to 6. If this Pendulum Summoned card is used as a Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz material, the summoned monster gains the appropriate effect:

Fusion: This card cannot be destroyed in battle with a non-Fusion monster and is unaffected by the effects of a non-Fusion monster.

Synchro: This card cannot be destroyed in battle with a non-Synchro monster and is unaffected by the effects of a non-Synchro monster.

Xyz: This card cannot be destroyed in battle with a non-Xyz monster and is unaffected by the effects of a non-Xyz monster.

P.E.- This card is unaffected by monster effects. You can only Pendulum Summon Winged Beast-type monsters, and this effect cannot be negated. All Winged Beast-type Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz monsters you control gain 200 ATK and DEF for each attribute on the field. Once per turn, you can increase or decrease this card's Pendulum scale by 3 until the End Phase.

Scarred Raptor of the Trinity: Synchro/Winged Beast/Wind/lv6

ATK: 2400 DEF: 1600

1 Winged Beast-type "Trinity" tuner + 1 or more Winged Beast-type monster(s)

If this card is summoned (except by Synchro), you can inflict damage to your opponent equal to the number of Winged Beast-type monsters you control x100. If you used 1 or more WIND non-tuner monsters to summon this card, it gains the following effect:

When this card destroys a monster in battle, you can deal damage to your opponent equal to its level/Rank x100 and this card can attack again.

Action Magic Covert Maneuver:Target one facedown spell or trap card on your field; return it to the deck and set 1 spell or trap card from your deck.

Action Magic Successful Feint: When a card effect is played that negates an attack from a monster you control, the targeted monster may attack again. Also, when the target monster attacks, your opponent cannot activate any cards or effects until the end of the damage step.

Action Magic Changing Tactics: Change the battle position of 1 monster you control.