Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V: The HERO of Pendulum
Chapter 4: Figuring Things Out
Nemon0416 returns for chapter 4 of Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V: The HERO of Pendulum! So one of the mains reasons that I've always wanted to write an Arc-V fic is because I find the whole, four souls, one body thing, to be very interesting. I plan on writing like thirty or so (I might be overestimating a little) chapters, before getting into the action part of the story. Also, thanks to a request from Generalhyna, another OC similar to Nemo will be entering the fray, although it'll be at a later date, because there are a few things I need to get sorted out before I can introduce her. This chapter will consist of what daily life for the Zarc and Ray fragments, as well as Nemo and his counterparts, also thanks to EternalKing for telling me how to fix my writing style. With that out of the way, on with the fic…
The Sakaki's had decided that it'd be easiest to just have Nemo bunk with Yuya in his room, not that the young dueltainer had any problem with sharing. "Gives me a chance to learn more about him." He said. Nemo didn't particularly care, he just wanted food and a place to sleep. That night, when everyone went to sleep, well, this was the first time any if them had slept with three other people in their heads so why don't we go and see what that is like?
Nemo felt like he was just drifting in blackness for a moment, then he was standing in a hallway, behind him was a door with a flame design on it, and in front of him was the rest of the hallway.
"Nemo." Came a voice from the hallway.
Blinking in surprise, Nemo began walking towards it. After some time walking, Nemo found a spot where the hallway split off into three new directions, left, right, and forward. Standing in the intersection was Eiji, Maro, and Ogai.
"Where… are we?" Asked Nemo, looking around in confusion.
"This is the inside of your… our head." Explained Eiji.
Nemo looked around. "Big place." He commented.
"No, we've just been made very, very, very small, so that we could fit." Said Ogai with a smirk. Needless to say, he pretty much asked for that punch in the face from Nemo.
"So what's with the hallways and doors?" Asked Nemo as he looked down each hallway, seeing a different door at the end of each.
"Technically, we have four minds, in a way, it's one brain, but four separate consciousnesses." Explained Maro,
"This hallway is the space in between our consciousnesses, behind each door is a sort of, room, for each of us, we can go there when we aren't in control, nor interacting with whoever it is in control, it is also possible to visit each other's rooms as well, with permission of the owner of course." Said Eiji.
Nemo looked around. "Where first?" He asked.
"Yours of course." Replied Ogai, who had recovered from Nemo hitting him.
So the four ventured down the path that Nemo had originally came from. When they entered, Nemo found it to be very, fitting. He had a few posters from different animes: Pokémon, Fairy Tail, etc., a bed, a computer (is there service inside your own head? Apparently there is), a couple of game systems hooked up to a TV. It was all very Nemo-esque. Nemo took in his room.
"Nice." He finally said.
Then they returned to the hallway and went down a different path, this one lead to a purple and dark blue door.
"Gee, I wonder." Deadpanned Nemo. Eiji rolled his eyes as they entered.
It was similar to Nemo's room, but with some variants, different posters, as well as some exercise equipment in place of the game systems stuck out to Nemo.
Nemo turned his head to his Fusion counterpart. "You like to exercise?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Gotta keep the super strength up somehow." Replied Eiji.
Nemo just stared at him for a moment in silence, then he turned on his heel and left the room. Their next stop was at a blue and gray door. Nemo looked at Maro with an unimpressed expression, but said nothing as they entered. Once again, the room was similar to Nemo's and Eiji's but with different posters, and a spot that looked like it was reserved for building vehicles.
"You into making vehicles?" Asked Nemo.
"I guess that's just what Synchro users are into, plus it's fun." Replied Maro.
"Where would you ride it?" Asked Nemo.
"Probably some other part of your… our head, y'know, watch memories and what not." Replied Maro.
Nemo stared at him for a moment before shaking his head and muttering, "I'm not even going to go there tonight."
With that the quad squad made there way to the final room, Ogai's. Not surprising Nemo (or anyone else for that matter) in the least, the door was colored black and red.
Nemo looked at Ogai.
"Shuddup." He said.
"Hey, I didn't say anything." Replied Nemo.
"I know, and I'm keeping it that way." Replied Ogai as he opened the door and walked in.
Nemo looked at his counterpart with a confused expression. "The only person I've ever heard say that was me, and since coming here I haven't said that once? So how did he…?" Thought Nemo to himself, with his thoughts trailing off as he followed his counterparts into the room.
Once again surprising no one, Ogai's room followed a similar theme to the other three rooms, but with different posters, and for Ogai's unique interests, there actually was a station for model plane making. Nemo walked over and observed one of the models.
"This looks interesting." Said Nemo reaching towards it.
"Touch my models, and I'll rip your hand off so fast, you won't even notice until you've realized that your blood is spilling onto the floor." Said Ogai, with a scary expression on his face.
Nemo blanched slightly as he looked at his XYZ counterpart, then with a smirk, he reached off and lightly tapped the model before taking off out of the room.
"D m^ it Nemo!" Roared Ogai as he rushed over to the model to put it back to where it had been because it had moved slightly when Nemo touched it, then he glared in the direction of the flame haired boy and took off after him.
Eiji and Maro exchanged a look before sighing while shaking their heads, then followed after their counterparts.
Meanwhile, with the Yu-Salad, something similar was happening. Yuya felt like he was just drifting in blackness for a moment, then he was standing in a hallway, behind him was a door with a pendulum design on it, and in front of him was the rest of the hallway.
"Yuya." Came a voice from the hallway.
Blinking in surprise, Nemo began walking towards it. After some time walking, Yuya found a spot where the hallway split off into three new directions, left, right, and forward. Standing in the intersection was Yuri, Yugo, and Yuto.
"Where are we?" Asked Yuya, looking around in confusion.
"This is the inside of your… our head." Explained Yuri.
Nemo looked around. "Big place." He commented.
"No, we've just been made very, very, very small, so that we could fit." Said Yugo with a smirk.
Yuya stared at Yugo unimpressed, while the Synchro user had a cheeky smile on his face.. "So what's with the hallways and doors?" Asked Yuya as he looked down each hallway, seeing a different door at the end of each.
"Technically, we have four minds, in a way, it's one brain, but four separate consciousnesses." Explained Yuto,
"This hallway is the space in between our consciousnesses, behind each door is a sort of, room, for each of us, we can go there when we aren't in control, nor interacting with whoever it is in control, it is also possible to visit each other's rooms as well, with permission of the owner of course." Said Yuri.
Yuya looked around. "Where to first?" He asked.
"Yours of course." Replied Yugo, who still had his smile plastered to his face for his (not really) cleverness.
So the four ventured down the path that Yuya had originally came from. When they entered his room, Yuya found it to be very, fitting. He had a bed, a desk and chair, and posters of his Performapals, his dad, and…
Yuya saw a poster of a guy who didn't seem much older than him, with hair featuring multiple layers including eight long blond crocked, pointy locks for his fringe. Some of the blond locks jut upwards. The rest of his hair features five large spikes colored black with red (with a hint of magenta) rims all along the edges. He wore a plain black muscle shirt with sleek blue pants and shoes that were somewhere between black and blue. He had two belts around his waist, one of which had a box which appeared to be designed for holding his cards. Attached to his left arm was very, very, old model duel disk and he had a blue jacket that matched his pants.
Yuya looked at his counterparts. "Who's that?" He asked.
His counterparts exchanged glances, then looked back at Yuya.
"We were hoping you'd tell us." Said Yuto.
Yuya walked over to the poster and examined it, trying to see if there was a name written on it. But he saw nothing.
"Let's forget about it for now, I want to go check out what the other rooms entail." Said Yuri.
"Sounds like a plan!" Said Yugo running off. The remaining three counterparts exchanged a look, then shrugged and followed after them. Yugo had the common sense to wait for the others at the intersection before going down one of the paths.
The next room had a fusion design on it. Three pairs of eyes all went to Yuri, who looked at all of them before shrugging and pushing the door open. Yuri's room also had a bed, desk and chair, and posters. But what Yuri had that Yuya didn't was plants, and quite a few of them at that. The non-Fusion counterparts all observed the plants while Yuri took mental notes of which plants were in his room.
"Hey, Fusion creep, what's this thing?" Asked Yugo as he leaned in to observe a (not that he knew) Venus Flytrap.
Yuri's eyes widened in surprise, but he said nothing as a smirk found its way onto his face. Yugo decided to back away, after narrowly avoiding having his face bitten off by the Flytrap. Then he saw that there was a poster in Yuri's room as well. The others followed Yugo's gaze to the person on the poster. The person's outfit consisted of a red, unbuttoned, jacket with a black shirt underneath, and black pants. A Deck box is strapped above his waistline, largely hidden beneath the lower rim of his jacket. He had hair that was brown near the lower parts of his head, and a bright orange at the top. His eyes were glowing biochromatic, his right eye being orange and the left being green. He had a duel disk on his left arm that was white with red highlights, it was a model newer than the one in Yuya's room had, but was still very old. He had black and red shoes.
The non-Fusion users looked at Yuri. "I don't know who that is." Said the cabbage haired boy. "I do however recognize that jacket he is wearing, that's a Slifer Red standard uniform from Duel Academy, what I don't get is why a Slifer Slacker would be put on a poster in the first place." Continued Yuri, showing the basic segregation that seperated the duelists of Duel Academy still existed.
Unsure what to say, the other Yu-Salad decided to leave and Yuri soon followed them. Next up was a room with Synchro design on it.
Yugo looked at his counterparts. "So whose do you think it is?" Asked Yugo.
The other boys all fell over anime style, which caused Yugo to laugh as he walked into the room, with the others quickly recovering and following him. Yugo's room surprised, no one really. He had a bed, desk and chair, in the corner of the room was a place that he could tinker with a bike like the one he and Rin had made.
And like the last two rooms, Yugo also had a poster of a person that none of the four of them recognized. The person had tan skin, and an average looking physique. He had black hair with gold highlights, and royal blue eyes. The upper layer of his hair juts upward while the lower layer arches down. He wore a long-sleeved blue jacket with a high collar and amber gems, over a sleeveless black shirt with a red symbol, and wears gloves below his elbows with an amber gem on them. His lower body consists of black jeans with amber knee pads, a belt with two Deck holsters hidden under his jacket and calf-high motorcycle boots. He had a jagged yellow tattoo, similar to the ones Crow has, under his left eye. His duel disk was newer than the one that the previous person had, but was still rather old.
"Who's that?" Asked Yugo.
The others simply shrugged, then they left it at that. As they exited the room, all eyes went to Yuto.
"Your room's the only one left buddy." Said Yugo, slapping his counterpart on the back.
Yuto rolled his eyes at his counterparts cheerfulness as they walked to his room.
(Surprising no one) Yuto's door had a large XYZ design on it, which was only briefly looked at as the eggplant haired boy pushed the door open and entered. There was a desk and chair, a bed.
Then when it came for Yuto's poster, it showed a boy wearing a red vest with a white hood and a purple sleeveless shirt with a green "D" symbol, standing for "Duel". Yuma also wears white pants with designs of three orange moon crescents attached to one another with yellow outlines at the bottom, a white brown-stripe belt, and black with blue streaks shoes with white straps. Other accessories includes a brown fingerless glove on his left hand, a black protective pad on his right elbow and a thick, dark blue bracelet with light blue gems and red outlines on his right wrist. He had tan skin, red eyes, and black and red spiked hair that points out and upward.
As for what was special to Yuto's room, there was actually a guitar, as well as posters of bands from the XYZ dimension.
"Didn't know you were into music Yuto." Said Yuri, who had his hands behind his back as he leaned over and peered at the instrument.
"It was a hobby of mine prior to… well, you know." Said Yuto, causing Yuri to wince. Yuya looked between the two.
"So!" Said Yuya, clapping his hands together. "How about you play us a song Yuto." Suggested Yuya, trying his best to tone down the awkwardness that was practically drowning them all (Save Yugo, who was still looking at posters.)
Yuto looked at the instrument, then with a shrug of his shoulders, he walked over to the instrument and picked it. His counterparts sat in front of him and listened as he began to play.
Meanwhile. Nemo was still running (and laughing like a maniac) as Ogai chased him. They raced around the four rooms and the center area. Eventually the XYZ user ran out of gas and gave up. Nemo smiled and sat down with a smirk on his face.
"That was fun, let's do that again sometime." Said the Pendulum counterpart.
Either he was completely oblivious to the glare Ogai gave him after he said it, or he didn't care. Suddenly Nemo felt something poke his back. He turned around, and jumped in surprise to see Rainbow Kuriboh (Level: 1 Attribute: Light Type: Fiend ATK: 100 DEF: 100) behind him, as it then climbed onto his lap.
"Rainbow? What're you doing here? Wait, how are you here?" Asked Nemo.
"Apparently, we have the power to visit this realm as well." Came a voice.
Nemo looked up to see Odd-Eyes Neos Floating above him.
"Neos!" Said Nemo happily. If the HERO had a face, Nemo was sure he would've smiled at least a little before saying his next comment.
Nemo looked around to see that one by one, his other HEROs and monsters were appearing one by one.
"Guys!" Explained Nemo happily. He halted when an angry huff came from Burstinatrix and Shadowmist. (turns out this card's a chick) "And girls." Amended Nemo.
Burstinatrix smiled, and Nemo assumed that Shadowmist did too, but her mouth wasn't exposed so he wasn't sure.
"Well then come on and join the party, you're my cards, but you're also my friends." Said Nemo.
They were a little hesitant at first, but slowly the HEROs and other monsters came and joined the party. (Nemo has three non-HERO monsters.) Through the night, the four counterparts talked with the HEROs learning about some of their backstories from before they were cards. Nemo was amazed about what he heard, but he wasn't going to spill what he learned, since it wasn't his place. Eventually day rose and the four had to leave, and prepare for the next day.
I didn't do the Ray counterparts because that would've made this chapter insanely long. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter, and the look at the inside of the heads of the Yu-boys as well as Nemo and his counterparts. I'll probably have a few chapters of antics, then I am going to introduce the OC I mentioned earlier. I wouldn't mind some ideas for antics to include in this story, since I don't have all too many ideas. I might duel soon, in a few chapters from now, if I can get enough reviews, also, for those that are confused about the personalities of th Yu-boys, I think that Yuri might have lost (most) of his evil side when he merged with the others, while he is still a pain sometimes, he is no longer as mean, and he has regrets for who he was before the war and he wishes to change. I don't have much else to talk about, so I'm gonna go, so until next time fic fans, Nemon0416 is outta here!