Pokemon ARC-V: Bonds of Unity

AN: Hello everybody, and welcome to the 4th chapter of Pokemon ARC-V: Bonds of Unity! I apologize for the wait, I was having major writer's block. The voting for whether or not Ash gets the manga dragons is now officially over! The reviews I got regarding the dragons are all mixed responses, but it looks like a majority is supporting it, so they're in! Matter of fact, one of them is gonna make their debut in this chapter! The chapter is gonna focus on Ash's second day in Standard, along with introducing his new look and his second duel! So without further adieu, I give you chapter 4 of Pokemon ARC-V: Bonds of Unity!

Disclaimer- As always, I own nothing, except a few cards I made up.

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"Telepathy"

Monster/Player status

Chapter 4

(Sakaki house)

Soft rays of sunlight shone through the window and landed on a small yellow furred body, which twitched and stirred. It then uncurled revealing it to be Pikachu, who stretched. "Chaaa." He yawned. Pikachu then looked around and looked down seeing he was on top of Ash. Pikachu then went up to Ash's face and started shaking his trainer's head. "Pikapi." Pikachu squeaks out, trying to get Ash up. He didn't even stir. Pikachu tries shaking his head harder. "Pikapi!" Pikachu squeaks louder.

Ash just turns on his side, unintentionally knocking down Pikachu. "5 more minutes mom." He groans out, still very asleep. Pikachu glares at his partner from the floor, before a devious smile formed on his face.

In the room of one Yuya Sakaki, he was having a very good dream. He was dreaming that he was in the Pokemon world where his new friend came from. And it wasn't just him that was there, but his friends, mom and Principal Boyle as well were there. He was just about to open up a pokeball that was on him, but sadly, all good things must come to an end.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" A loud, pained scream caused Yuya to jolt awake, yelping as he fell off of his bed. He recognized that voices to be Ash's, so he promptly shot up and ran out in the hallway, then barged into Ash's room, which he and his mom showed to Ash last night.

"Ash are you ok!?" Yuya asked in concern. That's when he took in the very comical sight of Ash on the floor, twitching occasionally as electricity danced across his body, and a laughing yellow rodent on the bed.

Ash eventually shook the shock off, before glaring up at his laughing partner. He then looked away, arms crossed. "It wasn't that funny." He mutters to the grinning electric mouse, which caused said mouse to laugh again. Ash was still looking away, before a smirk came onto his face. "Fine, then I guess I have to keep all the tasty ketchup for myself." He declares loud enough for Pikachu, waiting for the reaction.

He got it, as a look of horror expressed itself onto the mouse's face, before getting on his knees in front of Ash, and paws in a begging manner. "Pika chu pi, Pikapi!" Pikachu begs for forgiveness, not wanting his favorite food to be taken away.

Ash takes one look at Pikachu, before he laughs his head off. Pikachu then realizes that Ash was just fooling with him, getting the mouse to glare at his human. "Sorry Pikachu, but I couldn't help but get a little payback." Ash grins. They were both looking at each, before they both laugh together, all the while Yuya was at the doorway, staring in bewilderment. The 2 occupants in the room noticed him after calming down from laughing. "Oh, morning Yuya." Ash greeted.

"Pika pikachu." Pikachu also greeted while waving a paw.

Yuya stared for a moment longer before shaking his head and smiling at the two. "Morning you two, how'd you sleep?" He asked, curious of how well his friend slept.

"Great, that is until I got fried." Ash says, giving a look at Pikachu, who rubbed his head sheepishly.

"That's great! Anyway, my mom might be making breakfast now, so hurry up if you don't want to miss it!" Yuya says before dashing back into his room to get ready for the day.

As Yuya exits the room, Yusei, Yuma and Jaden appeared from Ash's soul. "Hey guys." Ash greeted his duelling partners/mentors.

"Morning Ash." The three greeted back.

"Did you sleep well?" Yusei asked their host.

"Perfectly fine." Ash states, putting on his clothes from yesterday, because they were basically the only clothes he has.

"You're gonna need some new clothes, you can't wear those all the time." Jaden points out.

"I know, but I don't want to be too much of a bother to them, they're already letting me stay here." Ash states, putting on his cap and Pikachu jumps on his shoulder.

"They're gonna notice eventually Ash, and I have a feeling they're gonna get you clothes whether you want them to or not." Yuma said, being pretty sure that the Sakaki's are stubborn.

"Pika pikachu, Pikapi." Pikachu even agreed with the spirits.

"Alright, I'll ask them." Ash caves in. The spirits nodded and went back into his soul as Ash leaves the room with Pikachu. Immediately after exiting, a bark was heard, then a small Pembrooke Welsh Corgi dog came running up to him and paw at his pant leg. "Hey there En." Ash greets the small dog with a pat on the head before picking him up. This allows the dog to be close enough to lick Ash's face, which it did. "Hahahaha, come on En, stop that, it tickles." Ash gets out through his laughter. The dog licked his face a few more times before stopping and gave a bark to Ash.

"Pika, pikachu." Pikachu greets En too, also getting a bark from the small dog.

Ash then felt something brush up against, looking down he saw it was a cat with a yellow eye and blue eye rubbing it's head against his leg. Ash knelt down to put En down and pet the cat. "Morning to you too Core." Ash greets the purring cat. Last night, when Ash, Pikachu, Yuya and Yoko entered the Sakaki home, a bunch of cats and dogs immediately greeted Yuya and Yoko. Ash and Pikachu were curious about the pets that looked to have qualities of certain Pokemon. The pets took notice of the duo and greeted them as well, taking an immediate liking to them, especially Ash since he gave an atmosphere similar to Yuya. Back to the present, after Ash gave En and Core (He found the pun a little amusing when he was told their names) enough attention, he slid down the pole to the bottom floor. When he landed at the bottom he turned to the kitchen and saw the faces of Yuya, Yoko, and, surprisingly, Sora. "Sora? What are you doing here?" Ash asks, curious of why one of his young friends were there.

"Oh, I always stop by here early in the morning to have some of Yoko's delicious pancakes." Sora states, before popping a piece of said food into his mouth.

"And the first time he was here, my mom gave my pancakes to him." Yuya mutters, still bitter about that incident, causing Sora to stick his tongue out at him and Ash and Pikachu to exchange awkward smiles.

"Good morning Ash, Pikachu." Yoko greets the otherwordly duo with a warm smile, batch of fresh pancakes in hand.

"Good morning Yoko./ Pikachu pi." Ash and Pikachu greeted the blonde woman, before sitting at the table.

"By the way Ash," Yoko starts, putting the pancakes in front of Ash. "I was wondering if your other Pokemon need to eat something?" She asks.

Ash looked thoughtful. "Well usually they eat pokemon food that are meant for their types, but they can also eat berries or something, as long as it's a part of their diet." He says after a minute.

"Well we do have a good assortment of berries along with vegetables and fruits." Yuya says as he was looking in the fridge, originally to get some OJ, but now started to get some fruits and vegetables out for Ash's Pokemon.

"What does Pikachu like to eat?" Sora asks, ketchup bottle in hand. He was about to pour some of the contents onto his pancakes, but a yellow blur dashed past him, taking the ketchup bottle with it. Sora blinked owlishly a few times before looking for the ketchup, spotting it in the grasp of a certain yellow furred thief. "Hey, I was using that!' Sora exclaimed, angered that the ketchup was swiped from him.

"Pika." Pikachu growled out, glaring at Sora with sparking cheeks, which got the blue haired candy lover to back off immediately.

Ash laughs nervously. "Yeah, when it comes to ketchup, nothing's gonna stand in Pikachu's way." He explains to the confused looks of Yoko, Yuya and terrified Sora. He then proceeded to take out his pokeballs. "Come on out everyone!" He exclaims, throwing the balls into the air, all opening with a pop and light coming out and landing on the ground. Greninja, Talonflame, Hawlucha, Goodra and Noivern materialized with a cry of their respective name. The pets of the Sakaki home approached the Pokemon with curious looks, which was shared with the Pokemon. Both parties pretty much got along with each other, but a few of the cats and dogs tried biting or scratching Talonflame, quickly annoying the scorching bird Pokemon, who shooed them off with his wings. "Hey guys, breakfast time." Ash calls out to his Pokemon, who perk up and goes to the kitchen. "Since we don't have any pokemon food, you can only eat the berries or vegetables or fruits that are here." Ash says, looking and sounding apologetic, before gesturing to the food that was taken out for his Pokemon. The Pokemon all nodded before going over to the food. Pikachu was chugging the ketchup, Greninja and Hawlucha decided to simply eat apples and bananas, Talonflame settled with strawberries, Goodra ate lettuce and celery and Noivern used his soundwave ability to detect the sweet fruits, which he was promptly fed by Sora, earning nuzzles from the bat dragon Pokemon.

After breakfast, Yoko looked at the boys. "So what are you three gonna do today?" She asked.

"We were gonna go to You Show and hang out with the others." Yuya answers.

Ash then looked to the ground. "Well actually," He started, gaining everyone's attention. " I was actually wondering if you guys can help me look for new clothes, because these are the only clothes I have." He says, gesturing to his clothes, which the other three noticed were in fact the same ones he wore yesterday. (AN: Even though anime characters pretty much wear the same kind of clothes everyday, I at least assume they have clean sets of said clothes.) "It's ok if you don't want to, you've already done a lot for me and my Pokemon." He adds, still feeling like he's being a bother to them.

Yuya just grinned. "Hey, it's ok, we'd be more then happy to help you look for new clothes." He said.

"I agree, it wouldn't be that much of a bother, in fact I'd be more then happy to help." Yoko smiles.

"Aww, but I wanted to relax and duel at You Show." Sora groans before pouting childishly. This caused Ash and Yuya to chuckle awkwardly and Yoko just smiled.

"Well, how about you go and tell the others at You Show that me and Yuya are gonna be late and we'll be there as soon as possible." Ash suggested. Sora looked thoughtful before gaining an innocent smile.

"Ok." He replies in a cute manner, causing Yoko to swoon at his cuteness and Yuya and Ash to sweatdrop. With that done, they got ready to leave. Ash returned his Pokemon to his pokeballs, except Pikachu who went into his backpack, Yoko filled the food bowls for the cats and dogs, and Ash and Yuya packed their duel disks and decks. After that, the four left the house and went on their way, Sora to You Show and Yuya, Yoko and Ash to find a good clothing store.

(Two hours later at You Show Duel School)

"Where are they!?" Exclaimed a very impatient Zuzu, who was pacing around the lounge area of the duel school. The kids and Sora were sitting around the coffee table and Gong was just standing around. They have been waiting for Ash and Yuya, both of whom should've been there at least an hour ago, even after Sora told them what they were doing.

"Calm down, they could've just lost track of time while out shopping." Sora states, lollipop in mouth.

"That still doesn't excuse that they're over an hour late." Zuzu growls, brandishing her paper fan.

"Gong agrees with Sora, they most likely forgot to keep track of the time, while getting Ash some new clothes." Gong adds his own two cents.

"Fine, I guess you're right. But I'm still not happy that they're late." Zuzu huffs, fan disappearing.

"What do you think Ash's new look is like?" Ally asks. "I bet he's gonna wear something funny." She adds, looking thoughtful.

"I think he's gonna wear something that makes him look like an absolutely wonderbar adventurer." Fredrick adds his thoughts.

"No way, it's gonna be something that'll make him look cool." Tate finishes with his thoughts.

All other conversation was put to a halt by the door swinging open, revealing a grinning Yuya. "Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for the new and improved, Ash Ketchum!" He introduces as he moves to the side, allowing Ash to step in. When he did, the other occupants looked shocked, awe or impressed at his changed wardrobe. Ash now wears a short blue vest with two duel pockets on it with a white lining like Yuma's, he kept his black and red fingerless gloves, a black T-shirt like Yusei's but it had a pokeball like symbol in white on the chest area, blue pants with white lines going down the sides of it, and black shoes with red laces on his feet. To top it off, his Kalos League cap is on it's usual spot on his head, and Pikachu on his shoulder.

"Well? What do you guys think?" Ash asks, spinning around to show them the back too.

"Awesome!" The kids exclaim in awe, starry eyed.

"Wow." Zuzu breathes out, eyes wide in shock.

Sora simply gave a thumbs up, sucking on his lollipop.

"Gong is mighty impressed with Ash's new outfit." Gong nods in approval.

"Heh, thanks guys." Ash thanks, rubbing his head sheepishly.

"Now that the cast is all here, it's time for some dueltaining fun!" Yuya calls out in his dueltainer voice. This causes the teens to smile while the kids cheered in delight. Yuya then says the participants for the duel. "And to start the fun will be yours truly," He starts, taking a bow. "And our very new member Ash Ketchum!" Everyone looks at Yuya, surprised that he wanted to face the second Pendulum user of You Show.

Ash then grins. "Ok Yuya, I accept your challenge." He said, pumping a fist. They were about to go into the arena when Ash stopped for a minute. "Oh, hang on a sec." He pauses, confusing everyone. He then took out his pokeballs, looks of understanding crossing the others faces. "Everyone, out!" He calls out, throwing the balls in the air as they pop open, the energy spilling out. The energy formed his team, each giving their signature cries. They looked at Ash. "Everyone, you're about to witness how the game Duel Monsters is played, along with the style of duelling that You Show Duel School teaches!" Ash explains to their curious looks. Noivern and Goodra look excited at seeing how Duel Monsters work, while Hawlucha, Talonflame and Greninja looked intrigued. Ash and Yuya go inside the arena while Zuzu enters the control room.

In the arena, Ash and Yuya were looking at each other with smiles. "Ash, just so you know, even though we're friends, I'm not gonna hold back." Yuya says determinedly.

"Neither am I Yuya, I'm gonna duel with all I got, so you better do the same." Ash replies, also determinedly.

"Now boys, I hope you're ready, because now I'm gonna activate the Action Field: Wild West World!" Zuzu declares, activating the ARC system. The arena became a town that you would see in a cowboy movie. Yuya and Ash activated their disks.

"It's time to see who has the better Pendulum summon." Gong starts.

"The Pendulum pioneer, Yuya Sakaki…" Zuzu says.

"Or the otherwordly human, Ash Ketchum." Sora said.

"This duel is gonna be the battle of the Pendulums!" The young trio exclaims.

"DUEL!" Ash and Yuya shouts in unison.

Ash LP: 4000 Hand x5

Yuya LP: 4000 Hand x5

"Since I was the one to challenge you, you can have first go." Yuya offers.

"Thanks Yuya, I'll take you up on that offer." Ash says, looking at his hand, 2 monsters, 2 traps and a spell. "I'll start off by summoning out Corphish the Hammer Crab Pokemon." He declares. From a portal, came a red-shelled, crustacean Pokémon with a short tail similar to a lobster. Its eyes are saucer-like with small pupils, and it has three spikes on top of its head. It possesses four pairs of limbs in total: two large pincers used for gripping prey, and three pairs of legs used for walking. The upper segments of its legs, underside of its body and lower halves of its pincers are cream-colored. (1500/1900 lvl: 4) "But he won't be sticking around, because thanks to his special ability, I can tribute him so I can immediately summon a Water attributed Pokemon monster from my hand. I summon Kingler, the King Crab Pokemon!" A pillar of water engulfed Corphish and when it subsided, there was now a bigger crustacean Pokémon resembling a crab. Its strong shell covers the outside of its body, featuring a red upper-half, and a light tan lower-half. Its upper half is topped with six tall, thin spikes that resemble a crown. Its lower half doubles as its jaw with six fangs overlapping its upper body. Its two outer fangs are much larger than the inner two, and are roughly half as tall as its entire body. Its hips are visibly protruding from its lower body connecting its long, thin legs with claw-like feet. (2400/1300 lvl: 6)

"A monster with 2400 ATK points!?" Tate exclaims.

"And on the first turn too!" Fredrick adds.

"Ugh, it looks so creepy." Ally says, a little creeped out.

"Since it is the first turn, it does make sense he would build up his forces." Sora says.

"That's right, Ash needs to go strong if he wants to beat Yuya." Gong states. Ash's Pokemon just watch the events in awe or intrigue.

"I'm gonna place two cards face down, then I'm gonna play the spell, Card of Sanctity." Ash declares. "Thanks to this card, we're allowed to draw until we have six cards in our hand." Ash explains, shocking everyone.

"That means he gets an entire new hand while Yuya only gets one card." Zuzu mutters.

They drew, Yuya one card and Ash six cards. Ash looks at his hand, 2 monsters, 3 spells and 1 trap. "That's all I can do for now, so I'm gonna pass the baton over to you." He declares. (Ash hand x6)

"That was a good start Ash, but now it's time to start the real show. I draw!" Yuya declares, drawing. He looks at it and his hand, smiling when he saw a certain card. "For my first act, I'm gonna activate Performapal Drummerilla's effect, by lowering it's level by one, I can summon it to the field!" He states. Out of a portal came a gorilla that looked like it was fused with a drum set. (1600/900 lvl: 4 scale: 2) "Now I activate the spell, Performapal Level Role Call. Now by choosing a Performapal monster on my field I can summon more Performapal monsters from my hand for every two levels the targeted monster has, Drummerilla is currently level 4 so I get to summon two monsters, Performapals Sword Fish and Hip Hippo." A literal sword fish (600/600 lvl: 2) and a hippo in a performer vest and hat (800/800 lvl: 3) appeared.

Ash grins, seeing the playful nature that the monsters have. "Gotta say, those monsters of yours do look cool Yuya, but none of them can beat Kingler." He reminds the Dueltainer.

"Not for long, I activate Sword Fish's ability, now Kingler loses 600 ATK points." Sword Fish multiplied and launched it's copies around Kingler. (2400-600=1800) "Now I attack Kingler with Drummerilla. Drummerilla's ability activates, he now gains 600 ATK points." Drummerilla beat it's chest and symbols. (1600+600=2200)

Ash looks around but couldn't find an Action Card. So he used a face down. "I'm activating a trap! Protect!" Ash declares as it flips open and a green barrier appeared around Kingler, stopping Drummerilla. "This negates your attack so long as a Pokemon monster is out, and when it's done, it flips itself back down." The card did just that, but Yuya found an Action Card.

"I activate the Action Spell: Wonder Chance, this allows Drummerilla to attack again." Yuya declares. Drummerilla did just that and this time, destroyed Kingler, winds blowing into Ash's face. (Ash LP: 4000-400=3600) "Now it's Hippo's turn to attack, hop to it hippo!" Hip Hippo let out a breath, before charging at Ash, ramming into his gut, making him skid back. (Ash LP: 3600-800=2800) "And finally, it's time for Sword Fish to cut through!" Sword Fish charged forward and slashed past Ash, causing him to fall to a knee, breathing heavily. (Ash LP: 2800-600=2200) "With that, I'll end my turn, and Drummerilla's effect also ends." Drummerilla glowed signaling it's ATK returning to normal (2200-600=1600) (Yuya hand x3) Ash was still kneeling worrying everyone. "Hey Ash, are you ok?" Yuya called out in concern.

"Yuya, I knew you were gonna take it too far! Remember, he's still a beginner!" Zuzu yells from the control room.

"Is he ok?" Ally asks the others in the viewing area, concerned for the boy who protected her yesterday.

Ash's Pokemon were also looking on in great concern, feeling powerless that they can't help.

Back in the field, Yuya was growing more worried when Ash's shoulders started shaking. As he was about to go over, everyone heard something weird from him. Laughter. Ash was actually laughing after what happened. He looks up, flashing a grin. "That was awesome Yuya! Oh man, I was not expecting that card to allow you to attack again!" Ash managed to get out through his laughter.

Everyone looked shocked. "You aren't mad about what happened?" Yuya asks.

"Of course not, matter of fact, I'm pumped up! You put me in a tight spot, which means I'm gonna need a good strategy in order to beat you. That proves how strong you are, and if there's one thing I like to do, it's facing strong opponents." Ash explains. His Pokemon nodded, confirming that Ash loves good challenges.

Yuya grins. "I agree, it's always fun to face strong opponents. The stronger the duelists are, the more amazing the show will be." He agrees. At this point point, everyone was pumped up, they couldn't wait to see how Ash will respond to Yuya's onslaught.

"This duel has got Gong all pumped up!" Gong exclaims, flexing his arms.

"This duel is giving me the goosepickles!" Fredrick says, doing his dance. (AN: Is that what he says? I can't tell.)

Sora grins. "All this action is driving me to the edge of my seat." He said.

"Go you two!" Ally and Tate cheers on.

Ash's Pokemon gave out encouraging cries to the two duelists.

Zuzu sighs exasperated. "Boys will be boys." She states.

"It's my turn now, I draw!" Ash declares, drawing. As he looks at the card, he grins, knowing what to do. The lights dimmed down and a spotlight shone on him as he spreads his arms and legs wide. "Ladies and Gentlemen, it's showtime!" He declares. Everyone got excited, knowing what's coming next, though Yuya was anxious. "As you can see, my opponent was able to take a good chunk out of my LP, but watch as I turn this duel around!" He takes two cards from his hand and shows them. "With the Scale 1 Pikachu, the Electric Mouse Pokemon and the Scale 8 Bayleef, the Wafting Aroma Pokemon, I set the Pendulum Scale, I'm making a comeback starting now!" Ash slaps the cards on the edges of his blade, the word 'PENDULUM' lighting up on it in rainbow colors. The two monsters rose in the blue pillars, their respective numbers appearing below them. "With the current set scale, I'm allowed to summon monsters that are between levels 2 through 7 simultaneously! Swing far Pendulum, carve the arc to victory! My monsters are ready to unite, and fight!" Ash chants, throwing an arm up at the end. A portal opens and out came a blue light. "I Pendulum Summon! The level 7, Greninja, the Frog Ninja Pokemon!" The light formed Greninja in it's signature stance. (2500/2000 lvl: 7 scale: 5) Everyone looked on in awe. "But wait, there's more! I'm activating the spell card Great Ball, This card allows me to summon a Pokemon monster from my deck so as it is level 4 through 6." The blue, red, white and black ball appeared on the field. "I'm summoning out the level 5 Swellow, the Keen Swallow Pokemon." The Great Ball opened, vicious winds emerging from it, when they dispersed, It revealed a large, dark blue bird Pokémon with a red breast and face. A crest of feathers sweeps back from the top of its head. A blue stripe separates the red markings on its head and chest, and it has a white underside. It has small, narrow eyes, a pointed, yellow beak, and red feet with black talons. Each foot has three forward-facing toes and one pointed backward. Two long, pointed feathers with red tips form its tail. (2000/500 lvl: 5) "Now Swellow, attack Performapal Sword Fish with Wing Attack!" Swellow swoops at Sword Fish as Yuya gets an Action Card.

"I activate the Action Spell: Avoid to negate-" Yuya started but Ash cuts him off.

"When Swellow battles, you can't activate any spells or traps to stop it." He states, shocking Yuya, as Sword Fish was destroyed, the harsh winds causing Yuya to skid back. (Yuya LP: 4000-1400=2600) "Now Greninja attacks Hip Hippo. Cut!" Greninja forms a white blade and charges at the hippo.

"Avoid will negate it!" Yuya says, playing the Action Spell, but Ash had found his own.

"Action Spell: No Action negates it." The hippo was cut in two causing Yuya to go flying for a bit before landing. (Yuya LP: 2600-1700=900)

"Oh no Yuya!" All the humans spectating yelled in concern. Ash's Pokemon were cheering, happy that Ash was able to make a good comeback.

"I'm not done yet!" The Pokemon trainer declares as Yuya quickly gets up. "Now Greninja's special ability activates, allowing me to play the Battle Bond that is in my hand." He did so and Greninja promptly turns into Ash-Greninja. (2500+2200=4700) "Not only does he gain ATK points equal to my LP, but he gets to attack again, because of it being played by an effect. Now attack Drummerilla! Super Water Shuriken!" Ash-Greninja prepares the giant shuriken.

"Drummerilla's ability activates, during battle he gains 600 ATK points!" Yuya declares, running for an Action Card as Drummerilla glowed. (1600+600=2200) Ash-Greninja throws the shuriken at the gorilla. Yuya was only a few feet from the card. The shuriken made contact, kicking up a large dust cloud.

"YUYA!" All of the Dueltainer's friends yell in concern. Ash's Pokemon looked on in silence, Ash doing the same waiting for the outcome.

The dust cleared, and everyone was surprised by the still standing Yuya. (Yuya LP: 600) "This show ain't over yet!" Yuya declares. His friends sigh in relief while Ash and his Pokemon were shocked.

"How do you still have LP left?" Ash asks.

Yuya smiles. "I activated the Action Spell: Double Attack, which doubled my Drummerilla's ATK points up to 4400." He states.

Ash grins. "Well then, I guess for my final act for this turn is to activate Bayleef's Pendulum ability. Once a turn I can summon a level 4 or lower monster from my graveyard, but their ATK points are 0 and effects are negated, but that's ok, because I gain LP equal to that monster's original ATK points. Welcome back Corphish. Plus since my LP is going up, so is Ash-Greninja's ATK." With that, Corphish comes back to the field in DEF mode and with 0 ATK points and a green glow surrounds Ash and a blue glow surrounds Ash-Greninja briefly. (Ash LP: 2200+1500=3700) (4700+1500=6200) "Your move Yuya." He declares. (Ash hand x3)

With the others, they were discussing what just happened. "That sure was a close one." Sora states.

"Yeah, Gong is relieved Yuya survived that turn." Gong says.

"This really starting to become intense." Tate adds.

"It's giving me the goosepickles." Fredrick said.

"But how will Yuya turn this around?" Ally asks, worried. Ash's Pokemon looked on concerned for their trainer.

Zuzu had her own thoughts. 'It's like those two are and the same, whenever one makes a move, the other counters it perfectly, I just hope they both be ok in the end.' She thought.

In the arena, Yusei, Jaden and Yuma appeared. "You gotta admit, both of you are really good." Jaden says.

"Yeah, this duel can go either way at this point." Yusei adds his own two cents.

"Hey all that matters in the end is that you both had a very good time and duel." Yuma states with a big grin.

"Yeah you're right about that." Ash whispers to them, as to not draw attention to himself. "They then disappear back into his soul.

Yuya places his fingers on his deck. 'Ash has 3700 LP and his Ash-Greninja has 6200 ATK points, I gotta find a way to turn this duel around.' He thought. "Alright, it's my move! I DRAW!" Yuya declares, drawing his card which was followed by a white trail and sparkles, he looks at it, and smiles. 'Alright!' He thought. Just like before, the lights dimmed down, but this time the spotlight was on Yuya as he spreads his arms and legs wide. "Ladies and gentlemen, it's showtime!" He declares, exciting everyone, but Ash and his pokemon are the nervous ones now. "As you can see, I'm only just barely hanging on by a thread here. My opponent has three monsters on his field while I have none. But I'm gonna change that." He states.

"Here it comes." Gong said.

"Yeah, this time it's…" Sora starts.

"Yuya's Pendulum summon!" The younger kids finish.

"Now with the Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and the Scale 8 Timegazer Magician, I set the Pendulum Scale, I'm taking control of this duel starting now!" Yuya presents his cards before slapping them on the edges of his duel disk, the word 'PENDULUM' lighting the blade up. To his sides came the signature blue pillars of the summoning, followed by a white clothed magician and a dark clothed magician, their respective numbers below them. "With the current set Scale, I'm allowed to summon monsters level 2 through 7 simultaneously!" Yuya declares. "My monsters are ready, to swing into action!" He calls out as multiple lights shot out from the portal and took form. "Rejoin the fun level 5, Performapal Drummerilla, also give a warm welcome to level 5, Performapal Partnaga, and finally we have the main star of the show, the level 7, Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" First came the familiar drumming gorilla. (1600/900 lvl: 5 scale: 2) Then there was a long stretchy snake like creature wearing a top hat in DEF mode. (500/2100 lvl: 5 scale: 3) The final figure to appear was a big red dragon that was in white armor and had red, blue and green jewels attached to it and different colored eyes. (2500/2000 lvl: 7 scale: 4) The dragon gave a roar in a show of power.

Ash was looking the monster in awe, but then his eyes changed colors to green and red. Now he saw the figure of Odd Eyes was outlined in a aura that was half light and half dark. Just then, the light half gathered into a ball in front of Odd Eyes, before shooting into Ash's deck, the light being bright enough to snap him back into reality with a gasp, eyes back to normal. "Ash, are you alright?" Yuma asks as he and the other two appeared.

"I'm fine." He whispers.

"Are you sure? I felt you using my power." Jaden says, concern written on the 3 spirits faces.

Ash just nodded in assurance. "Ok then, call us if anything happens." Yusei reluctantly says before the three went back.

"Hey Ash, you ok? You've been staring at Odd Eyes for awhile." Yuya asks.

"I'm fine, I was just surprised by how cool your dragon looks." Ash says, not wanting to worry everyone.

Yuya grins. "Well you're about to see how awesome Odd Eyes can be." He declares. "But first I'm activating Partnaga's special ability. By targeting a monster, that monster gains 300 ATK points for every Performapal monster out on the field. Since there's two, Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon is about to get a 600 point boost." Patnaga wrapped around Drummerilla and it's gloved hand was placed on Odd Eyes tail, the dragon glowing briefly. (2500+600=3100) "Now I'm gonna have Odd Eyes attack Swellow! Along with that, I'm activating Drummerilla's effect, giving Odd Eyes an additional 600 points! Go Spiral Strike burst!" (3100+600=3700) As the dragon fired it's attack, Ash received an Action Card and played it.

"I activate Avoid to negate it!" Ash declares but Yuya had other ideas.

"Stargazer's Pendulum effect prevents you from activating one spell this turn." He says as Stargazer negated the activation.

"Then I'll use Protect again!" Ash activates the trap.

"Timegazer's ability prevents you from activating one trap card this turn." Just like with Stargazer, Timegazer negated the trap's activation. The blast hit Swellow, destroying the bird. "And when Odd Eyes battles a level 5 or above monster the damage is doubled! Go Reaction Force!" As Yuya declares that, the shockwave became stronger and sent Ash flying high before he landed on the ground. (Ash LP: 3700-3400=300) "Along with that Ash-Greninja loses ATK points." Ash-Greninja glowed dimly as Ash got back up. (6200-3400=2800) "Since Partnaga used his ability, level 5 or lower monsters can't attack this turn. So with that, I'll end my turn. Odd Eyes ATK points go back to normal also." Yuya says. (Yuya hand x0) (3700-1200=2500)

As Ash got up, everyone was surprised when they saw the grin on his face. "Good moves Yuya, looks like I have to think of a way to turn this duel around in one go." He says, preparing to draw. 'This next draw will determine the outcome of this duel. But whether I win or lose, doesn't matter. I'm just glad I had some fun.' Ash thought to himself, grinning. "I DRAW!" Ash yells, drawing, a trail of red, blue, black and white following the card, surrounded by sparkles. Ash looked at it and was surprised by it, having never seen it before in his deck. Just then, he heard a roar in his head. 'You wanna join in huh? Alright, I'll summon you out now.' Once again the lights dimmed, and a spotlight shone on Ash, as he spreads his limbs wide. "Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you've had a lot of fun today, but unfortunately, this show must come to an end." What he said surprised everyone. "Now, as you know, with my current set Scale, I'm allowed to summon monsters that are level 2 through 7 simultaneously! Swing again pendulum, carve the arc to victory! My monsters are ready to unite, and fight!" The portal opens up and a lone blue light shot through. "I Pendulum Summon! The level 7, Odd Eyes Phantom Dragon!" The light took shape in the form of a dragon that looked similar to Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon, but it had more armor and was blue where it was red. The dragon gave a roar that also sounded like Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon.

Everyone looked at the blue dragon in shock. "Odd Eyes…" Yuya starts.

"Phantom Dragon?" Zuzu finishes the question.

"How did Ash get a card like that!?" Gong exclaims.

"I don't know!" Sora shots back.

"Wow…" The kids just breathe out. Ash's Pokemon were also shocked by the appearance of the dragon.

The two dragons locked eyes briefly, before they roared at one another. "Huh, what's wrong Odd Eyes?" Yuya asks his ace.

"I think they want to fight each other Yuya, prove which one is the better dragon." Ash says. Phantom Dragon looked back at Ash and nodded. No one but Ash seemed to notice as he nods back.

"Is that right?" Yuya asks, getting a roar from Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon in response.

"Yuya!" Ash calls out, getting the tomato haired teen's attention. "Whichever one of us wins or loses, I just want you to know that this was one of the most funnest battles I've ever been in, and I hope there's no hard feelings between us after this is over." He says, raising his fist toward Yuya.

Yuya was silent for a minute before grinning and raising his own fist. "There's no hard feelings here, and I hope that we duel again sometime in the future." Yuya said. Everyone else smiled, seeing the good sportsmanship between the two duelists.

Ash then jumped on Odd Eyes Phantom Dragon. "Let's go!" He declares as Phantom Dragon gave a roar and charges forward. Yuya also hops on his own dragon and they charge forwards, also lowering his goggles. "I attack Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon with Odd Eyes Phantom Dragon!" The two dragons slowly charged their attacks.

"Drummerilla's effect activates, giving my dragon 600 more ATK points!" Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon glowed. (2500+600=3100)

"Alright!" The kids cheered.

"If this attack goes through, Yuya'll win this." Gong says.

"Go Yuya!" Zuzu cheered from the control room.

Sora just looks at Ash intently, feeling that he still had a trick up his sleeve.

Ash's Pokemon gave out cries of concern for their trainer.

"This duel's all done!" Yuya declares.

Ash then smiles. "I don't think so! From my hand, I activate the spell card, Haze!" Ash declares. The card flips open, showing a dark scaled snake with gold patterns (Seviper) spewing a dark gas cloud from its mouth onto a group of various monsters. A dark gas cloud shoots from it and onto Odd Eyes and Yuya causing the latter to cover his mouth. "I can only activate this card when my opponent's monsters gain points! This card negates the point increase and returns the monster's ATK to normal." Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon was surrounded by a dark glow. (3100-600=2500)

"But then both of our monsters will be destroyed!" Yuya yells out, recovering from the Haze.

"I wouldn't be sure of that." Ash grins as he plays another card. "Also from my hand, I play Helping Hand. This card can not only activate during the Main Phase, but also during battle!" What he said shocked everyone. "Now Ash-Greninja is gonna give Odd Eyes Phantom Dragon a big boost!" A blue glow surrounded Ash-Greninja which then stretched out to Odd Eyes Phantom Dragon, making the charging in it's mouth glow brighter. (2500+2800=5300) Yuya tried to find an Action Card but none were insight. "Go Odd Eyes!" Hearing Ash's exclamation, Yuya looks up to see him and Phantom Dragon in the air. "Attack Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon with Phantom Spiral Force!" The dragon reared it's head back and shot it's beam straight at it's counterpart, the force of the attack caused Yuya to go flying off of his dragon with a yell, before landing on the ground. (Yuya LP: 600-2800=0000 LOSE)

(Ash: WIN)

Everyone was silent in shock for a few minutes as the field disappeared. Then, Pikachu gave a loud cheer. "PI PIKAPI!" He yells to his partner. His other Pokemon joining in on the cheering a few seconds later.

The humans looked sad that Yuya lost. "Aw, and he was doing so good too." Ally whines.

"That was not wonderbar for Yuya." Fredrick says.

"I hope he's ok." Tate voices his concern.

"Gong hopes so too, because Yuya was bested on who was the better Pendulum summoner." Gong states.

Sora just watched on silently, eyeing Ash.

Zuzu got up from the chair and exited the control room, concern etched on her face.

Back in the arena, Yuya got up in a sitting, goggles still covering his eyes, looking down. Then, a hand appeared in front of him. He looked up in surprise, seeing it was Ash, smiling. "Need a hand?" Yuya looked at him, then his hand, before smiling a small smile and grabbing it, getting pulled onto his feet. "That was a lot of fun Yuya, hope we can face each other again soon." Ash says with a grin, which the Dueltainer returned.

"Yeah, and if we do, I plan to win next time." Yuya says pumping his fist. The two grinned at each other, before fist bumping each other.

The door the flung open, catching the duelists attention, then a yellow blur came and crashed into Ash, causing the trainer to fall to the ground, the blur revealing itself to be an excited Pikachu nuzzling Ash's face. "Hahahaha! Ok Pikachu, I know you're happy but come on, that tickles!" Ash laughed out. Then the rest of his Pokemon came in and promptly dogpiled on top of him.

While the Pokemon were congratulating/celebrating Ash's victory, the other humans were around Yuya. "Are you ok Yuya?" Zuzu asks, concerned.

"I'm fine you guys. Matter of fact, I feel great! That was one of the best duels I've been apart of!" Yuya cheerfully says, catching his friends off guard. But they soon smiled and started congratulating Yuya for his effort.

As both boys were getting praises from their friends, Ash only had one thought in his head. 'Odd Eyes Phantom Dragon… what are you?' Was his only thought before he continued celebrating with his Pokemon and human friends.

AN: And scene! That's all she wrote for chapter 4 of Bonds of Unity! I hope the duel meets at least some expectations, along with Odd Eyes Phantom Dragon's debut! Onto other matters, I was thinking of giving Ash Pokemon cards of the Pokemon he either bonded or saved during the movie specials! I'm also contemplating if the legendaries should be Pendulum and another of the categories, Fusion, Synchro or XYZ! The next chapter will be You Show vs LID! I would also like to give shoutouts to the authors that has helped me with not only the card effects but also Ash's new outfit! As always, only constructive criticism, no flames. Show support to this story by faving, following, reviewing or all 3. That's about it, so I'll see you all next time in chapter 5, so until then, this is FFCM15, signing out!