The Critical Pendulum

by reminiscent-afterthought

[spoilers for ep 127, AT post-127] Leo's plan hadn't been the only one. The four bracelet girls still searched for their precious someone. Yushou still believed in the boy he called his son. And Zarc...Zarc too searched for something, the same something he'd been searching for all along.

10. as a smile echoes

A/N: Keep on forgetting to update in the spirit of studying... Dunno if that's a good or bad thing, considering my exam notes are over a thousand pages...

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The Critical Pendulum
10. as a smile echoes

Yushou could hear the echo of his son's voice, but it was drowning in the roar of the dragon. And yet…even after everything Leo had said and the proof in front of his own eyes, he could see the little boy he'd raised with Youko, the little boy he'd given that pendulum and taught Entertainment Duelling to.

Funny how that new form of summoning Yuuya unearthed was called Pendulum summoning.

Pendulum Summoning. Odd-Eyes Dragon. The pendulum. And before all that, meeting Akaba Leo –

The missing pieces slotted into place. The memories that had only stayed long enough to lay the groundwork before he'd forgotten.

But where was the pendulum now? He looked around. Debris everywhere, and glass glistening and making it hard to see –

And there! The pendulum, on a snapped cord. 'Sky Magician!' His faithful monster appeared in a burst of white and headed straight for the pendant.

Supreme King Zarc caught it – but not before it tossed the pendulum to Yuzu.