Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V: The HERO of Pendulum
Chapter 7: The Carnival
Presenting: Chapter seven of Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V: The HERO of Pendulum! So I was given the request for another character's OC, which'll probably appear in… the next chapter actually. So I'll be doing one more chapter of fun before they get introduced. This one came to me kind of on the fly, and was inspired by the second chapter of A New Life For the Dimensional Counterparts by Greatninjadragon so I give credit to you for the inspiration.
Fun Fact: Out of all the counterparts who come from the same dimension, Yuto and Lulu have the best relationship whereas Yuri and Celina (unsurprisingly) have the worst. As for cross dimension friendships, Yuya and Celina's are the best and Yuri and Lulu's are the worst (again, surprising no one).
On with the fic...
Gong, Sora, Dennis, and the rest of the lancers were all waiting in front of the amusement park. "Why are we here again?" Asked Shay.
"Because half of the reincarnations of Ray and Zarc have never even heard of amusement parks, much less been to them, and I'm willing to bet you, Lulu, and Yuto haven't been to one of these in a while." Said Dennis.
"And why are you here?" Asked Shay looking at Sora and Dennis, "Aren't you guys supposed to be helping with the changes to Duel Academy, as well as teaching kids in the XYZ dimension to dueltain?" Asked the Raidraptor duelist.
"They won't let me help." Said Sora.
"It's my day off, Yuya's dad is in charge of teaching today." Replied Dennis.
Shay grumbled and began looking around, they had agreed to meet Yuya, Zuzu, and Nemo here but the three (or twelve, it's all about point of view people) of them were now running late.
"Guys!" Shouted Yuya as he, along with Zuzu and Nemo ran towards them.
"You're late." Commented Gong.
"Sorry... we… overslept." Panted Yuya.
Nemo looked over and saw Moon Shadow. "Huh, kinda surprised that you came, Moon Shadow was it?" Said the flame dueltainer.
"I am still a Lancer, and it is my goal to help make your day more enjoyable." Replied the blue ninja. Nemo raised an eyebrow at him. "And I enjoy amusement parks." Said the ninja.
"There it is." Said Nemo rolling his eyes.
Yuya looked around. "Declan isn't here?" Asked the tomato haired boy in confusion.
"He had to babysit Riley, but he said that he was sad the he was unable to spend the day with the amazing Sylvio." Explained the obnoxious Lancer.
"I am 110% sure that the second half of the sentence was a bunch of bull, but I am sure the Declan actually needed to take care of his little brother (or is Riley a girl? I'm kinda uncertain about that)." Said Nemo.
"Now I have the image of Declan as a nanny in my head." Said Yugo.
"Ugh, just imagine what that'd look like." Said Celina. Then the twelve counterpart's expressions all took a dark turn as the images flooded their heads.
"I don't feel good, and we haven't even started going on rides yet." Groaned Nemo.
"Why Celina, just why?" Asked Yuri unhappily.
"I'm not usually one for apologies, but this is a moment I will always regret." Said the Fusion bracelet girl.
"That still isn't an apology." Said Ogai. The others all just stared at them in confusion.
"Does… Gong want to know?" Asked Gong.
"No." Groaned all twelve counterparts.
The other Lancers rolled their eyes and walked into the park. They went from attraction to attraction, with the counterparts switching out to take turns riding rides. They all agreed that they hated it when Yuri and Rin chose rides. Yuri loved the haunted houses and Rin went on so many fast going rides that Nemo lost his sense of balance, Sora lost his lunch, Moon Shadow lost his composure, and Sylvio lost all three.
"Hey guys." Asked Sora, causing the twelve counterparts to turn and look at him, even if he couldn't see nine of them.
"Yeah Sora, what is it?" Asked Yuya.
"I've been wondering, what's it like having three other people in your head?" asked the blue haired fusion user.
Nemo and Zuzu thought for a moment. "It's useful, I admit." Said Nemo.
"Though I'd prefer us all having our own bodies." Said Zuzu.
Everyone looked at the tomato haired Pendulum user, who was staring off into space.
Flashback (got this from a meme on tumblr)
Yuya: *sitting in class *
Teacher: Can someone tell me the difference between poisonous and venomous?
(Inside Yuyas head)
Yuri: If you bite it and you die, it's poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it's venomous.
Yugo: What if it bites me and it dies?
Yuri: That means you're poisonous, Jesus Christ, Yugo, learn how to listen.
Yugo: What if it bites itself and I die?
Yuri: It's Voodoo.
Yugo: What if it bites me and someone else dies?
Yuto: That's correlation, not causation.
Yugo: What if we bite each other and no one dies?
Yuto: That's kinky.
Yuya: *internal screaming *
Back to present
"It's, interesting." Said the Zarc reincarnation with a forced smile, while Yugo and Yuri were whistling innocently.
The ones who could see them exchanged looks before shrugging and shaking their heads and moving on. Then with the Pendulum counterparts all back in their steering wheels, the group went to the Ferris wheel, which had large cars with doors and such so you couldn't really see what happened in a car that you weren't in.
Nemo looked at the cars, then got an idea. Grabbing Zuzu and Yuya by the arms, he dragged them into the car. Then before the others followed to them, he said over his shoulder and said, "People with 'voices' in their heads only." Then shut the door behind him.
"You know, you sounded like a crazy person when you said that right?" Asked Yuya once they had gotten themselves situated.
"Who said I wasn't crazy?" Asked Nemo.
Yuya and Zuzu all exchanged looks with their counterparts while Nemo just sat there and watched them. "Soooo, was there a reason that you brought us here, other than to tell us that you're a nutcase?" Asked Zuzu.
"Yup." Said Nemo.
There was a pause. "You going to tell us?" Asked Yuya.
"Tell you what?" Asked Nemo.
"The reason that you brought us here?" Asked Zuzu.
"What reason?" Asked Nemo.
CRACK! Yuya blinked in surprise as cracks appeared in the floor where Nemo had been sitting, who had transformed into Maro and had zipped away from Zuzu's fan, which she had tried to hit him with.
"Are you going to tell us or what!?" Demanded Zuzu.
"Tell you what?" Asked Nemo, who had regained control.
"You're an idiot." Said Zuzu with a large tick mark on her forehead.
"No, you're just asking the wrong questions." Retorted Nemo.
Zuzu raised an eyebrow and shook her head giving Nemo a look that said "what does that even mean?"
"Ooh! I got it!" Exclaimed Yugo like a little kid, heads all turned to the excited little kid. Then with bright eyes Yugo turned to Nemo and said. "Nemo, tell us what it was that you wanted to tell us when you brought us here." Said Yugo. Everyone stared at Yugo, then at Nemo in anticipation.
After a moment Nemo brought his hands up and applauded Yugo. "Well done Yugo." Said Nemo. While Yugo started flying around to celebrate, Celina turned to Zuzu with an exasperated expression.
"Can I hurt him please?" Asked the Fusion bracelet girl.
"Wait, Nemo, or Yugo?" Asked Lulu in confusion.
"Yes." Deadpanned Celina.
"Are you done?" Asked Nemo, grabbing their attention, "Or do you want me to tell you what I brought you here to tell you?" This time he had to repress a smirk at the sight of eight very mad glares from the other sets of counterparts, coupled with three sets of eye rolls from his.
"I swear, this guy can be so weird sometimes, sometimes he's nice like Yuya, or childish like Yugo, or grumpy like Yuto, or a total troublemaker like Yuri." Said Rin, earning a "Hey!" from the counterparts she insulted.
"You know I can hear you right?" Asked Nemo, who was sitting right in front of her. Rin's eyes widened before she nervously chuckled, rubbing the back of her head. "As for my personality, I am... inconsistent." Explained Nemo. Some of the others raised their eyebrows at him. He shrugged. "That's the best I got." He explained.
"Moving on." Said Yuto with an eye roll.
"Ah yes, so where should I begin?" Asked Nemo, both to himself, and the others. He was quiet for a moment as he thought, then once he figured it out, he got to explaining.
Everyone stared at Nemo, who just quietly sat there and watched their reactions with a serious expression and no hint of amusement on his face. "I don't know how to process this." Said Yuya.
"You died, then had god reincarnate you and send you here?" Asked Lulu. Nemo nodded.
"Well I know how to process this, and that's by calling bull$#!t, which is what this is." Said Celina.
"I agree." Said Yuto.
"Ah, there it is." Said Nemo, gesturing to the two.
"Huh?" Asked the two in confusion.
"I was waiting for someone to say that they didn't believe me." Said Nemo.
"Why?" Asked Zuzu.
"So that I could tell them, I don't care if you believe me or not, it's the truth and if you want to deny it, enjoy." Said Nemo as he got up.
"What are you doing? Asked Yuri in confusion.
"I had a second reason for coming here, and that was so that I could give the two, er, eight of you some alone time." Said Nemo as he walked to the door of the car.
"Nemo?" Said Ogai. Nemo looked at his counterpart and nodded his head, allowing the XYZ user to take over. He then opened the door.
"Shouldn't that be locked!?" Demanded Rin.
Ogai then pulled the hood of his cloak over his head and leapt out of the car. "N-Nemo!" Shouted Yuya as he ran to the side of the door to see what happened to Nemo.
And was surprised to see that Ogai's cloak had become a pair of wings and he was flying in place with them. "Have fun kids!" Sang Nemo as Ogai flew their body to the ground.
The two Pendulum counterparts exchanged a look, then the meaning of Nemo's words reached them. They both blushed brightly and scooted apart from each other slightly.
"Don't mind us Yuya, I won't let these two bother you." Said Yuto as he dragged off Yuri and Yugo back into the depths of their shared head while the other girls wished Zuzu the best of luck before making their exit as well.
The two sat there in silence for a moment, before Zuzu decided to speak up. "Yuya." Said Zuzu quietly, causing Yuya to look at her expectantly.
"Thank you." Said Zuzu.
Yuya blinked in surprise. "For what?" Asked the tomato haired boy.
"For everything that you did for me, crossing dimensions, fixing corrupt societies, ridding the world of your previous incarnation's evil," Said Zuzu, listing off some of the accomplishments that Yuya had pulled off while trying to save her, "for saving me and the others."
Yuya couldn't help but smile at her. "Then I have to thank you too Zuzu. It was the thought of saving you that gave me the strength and motivation required to rescue you. It was your words that helped me take control long enough so that Ray and Riley could defeat Zarc," Said Yuya with a smile on his face, "because I wanted a world where everyone could smile, because before you helped me, I thought the world was cruel and didn't care, but you made it so that I was able to keep on smiling, hoping for a better future, a future that couldn't happen without you. I couldn't be happy unless you were home and safe."
"And that's why I love you." Said Zuzu. With that sentence, a world of weight lifted from his shoulders, Zuzu, the girl who meant everything to him, loved him.
Yuya smiled brightly at her. "I love you too Zuzu, always have and always will." Said the dueltainer. Zuzu smiled before leaning and kissing him. Yuya blinked in surprise before kissing her back. In the back of their minds the two reincarnations could hear their counterparts all shouting their congratulations at the two.
"Took you guys long enough." Commented Yuto.
"Yeah, we've had to listen to the two of you pine over each other since we merged." Said Lulu.
"Oh be quiet!" Said Zuzu, breaking away to reprimand her counterpart.
"Yeah, besides, like you're one to talk, I've had listen to you go on about Lulu since we merged, and it's not like you've done anything with her when you've had the chance." Stated Yuya. Yuto and Lulu exchanged a look before shrugging their shoulders.
The two XYZ counterparts then took control of their respective bodies and shared a kiss of their own causing Yuya and Zuzu to stare at them in surprise. When the pair parted, Yuto smirked at Yuya.
"... Ok, point Yuto and Lulu." Said Yuya flatly while the Synchro and Fusion counterparts were all laughing at this hilarious situation.
"Ok, who's next?" Asked Yuto jokingly, managing to lighten up for once.
"Lulu kiss him again, it seems to make him less grumpy." Stated Yugo.
Yuto rolled his eyes before returning control to Yuya, and Lulu gave control back to Zuzu. The Ferris wheel (geez, how long were they in there?) finally reached the end and they got off, with Yuya and Zuzu holding hands. The pair walked over to their group who were all staring up in the air at something.
"Hey guys." Greeted Yuya.
"What are you looking at?" Asked Zuzu in confusion. Shay pointed in the direction that they were all looking, which caused the counterparts to all look in that direction.
They blinked in surprise to see that Nemo's counterparts were all using their body to pull of crazy feats. Eiji would lift something and throw it super far, then Maro would zip towards it with his super speed, then Ogai would fly up and catch it, then bring it back to where it had originally been. All the while Nemo would stand (or float) off to the side as he watched his counterparts have their fun.
"I still don't understand how they can do that stuff." Said Dennis.
Then Nemo took control of their body. "Each of us was given a special power, Eiji has super strength, Maro has super speed, and Ogai can use that cloak of his to fly." Explained Nemo.
"And you?" Asked Sora.
"... Huh?" Asked Nemo in confusion.
"What's your power?" Asked Moon Shadow.
Nemo grinned widely. "Thought you'd never ask." Said Nemo. Activating his duel disk, Nemo drew some of his cards. "Using Scale 1 Pendulum HERO Blazeman and Scale 5 Pendulum HERO Clayman, I set, the Pendulum Scale!" Said Nemo, placing his cards on his disk. His two monsters appeared in glowing pillars of light, with a one and a five underneath them respectively. "I activate Clayman's effect, letting me destroy him, then replace it with a HERO of a different name, so I'll replace him with Scale 8, Pendulum HERO Solidman," Explained Nemo, removing Clayman and replacing it with his other HERO monster, "Swing Pendulum of Power, draw and arc of light across the sky! Pendulum Summon! Come forth, my HERO comrades!" Exclaimed Nemo, raising his hand into the sky. Down came five beams of light, revealing the Pendulum HEROs Avian, Burstinatrix, Bubbleman, Clayman, and Sparkman. Nemo then walked over to his monsters and out a hand on Avian's shoulder, not only did the HERO have a physical mass, but it turned and looked at Nemo, as did the other HEROs. "This is my power, I can bring my cards to life." Said Nemo. Almost everyone (besides Shay and the ninja brothers) all gaped in surprise, then they walked over to observe the monsters.
Sylvio was the first to reach over and touch one of the monsters (Bubbleman) who quietly stood there, but was visibly uncomfortable. "Ok, rule one: don't just walk up and touch them, my HEROs aren't like most monsters that are based off of some sort of animal that doesn't mind being pet, these are human monsters who would prefer it if you didn't get handsy." Said Nemo, causing Sylvio to remove his hand.
Speaking of hands, Sora had looked down to see Yuya holding Zuzu's. "Hey guys! Yuya and Zuzu are holding hands!" Exclaimed Sora, causing Yuya and Zuzu to blush and quickly release each other's hands. They were then bombarded with questions from their friends (and angry glares and questions from Shay, who now saw all four bracelet girls as his little sisters) as they demanded the details of the pairs relationship. The pair sighed as they went through the questions one by one, trying to enjoy the rest of the day at the park, and having fun with Nemo's HEROs.
So I'm still waiting for another person to send me the details on their OC, so I'll be taking a three day hiatus while I wait, before I resume writing as to give them the time to give me details, if they don't get the details in by 7/07/18 then they're going to have to wait for me to instal their character, which I won't be able to do until a much later time, so please post Lyrissa Artemick so that I can continue the story. That's all I needed to talk about, so I'm going to bail, so until next time fic fans, Nemon0416 is outta here!
