Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V: The HERO of Pendulum

Chapter 3: Four Souls, Five Methods

Ladies, gentlemen, ficcers! Welcome to the third chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V: The HERO of Pendulum. Funny fact: the title of both this and the previous chapter followed the same pattern of three numbers in order, 234 in the previous chapter and 345 in this one. I don't know if it's funny to you, but I found it amusing. Moving back to the story, it appears that Nemo has the souls of three people inside of him as well. Not only that, but it appears that something has transformed his cards, so now he has a new(ish) dueling deck, which will consist of an archetype that I created and will explain the basis of at the end of the chapter (probably). But I'm sure that none of you want to hear me babble on, and I'm sure you are all curious about what this title means, so without further ado, let's get on with the fic...

"Sorry, Sora, but don't worry, because the fun is just getting started!" Shouted Nemo. Holding up two cards he said, "With Scale 1 Pendulum HERO Avian (Level: 3 Type: Warrior Attribute: Wind ATK: 1300 DEF: 1200) and Scale 8 Pendulum HERO Burstinatrix (Level: 3 Type: Warrior Attribute: Fire ATK: 1400 DEF: 1100) I set, the Pendulum Scale!" Then he placed the two cards on his duel disk.

"Pendulum HEROs!?" Exclaimed Aster and Alexis in surprise.

Two blue pillars of light rose from the ground, each one having one of the Pendulum Monsters inside of it, Avian being in the left one with a 1 underneath him and Burstinatrix in the right one with an 8 underneath her. "Swing, Pendulum of power, draw an arc of light across the sky," Chanted Nemo as a large Pendulum swung between the two pillars, then he stuck his right hand into the air, "Pendulum Summon! Come forth, my HERO comrades!"

Then from the sky came the streaks of light, which struck the field revealing three monsters. "Level 4: Pendulum HERO Blazeman (Level: 4 Type: Warrior Attribute: Fire ATK: 1200 DEF: 1800)! Level 4: Pendulum HERO Clayman (Level: 4 Type: Warrior Attribute: Earth ATK: 1000 DEF: 2000)! And the star of the show: Level 7: Pendulum HERO Odd-Eyes Neos (Level: 7 Type: Warrior Attribute: Light ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000)!" Said Nemo.

His three monsters matched their Elemental HERO counterparts, except for Neos' right eye was now orange and underneath it was what could be described as an orange lightning bolt scar that started at the bottom of his eye and rand down to the bottom of his face. "Next I activate the effect of the Level four Tuner Monster Pendulum HERO Bubbleman!" Declared Nemo, "If he's the only card in my hand, I can Special Summon him, then draw two cards, but I can only activate this effect once per duel!" Nemo then drew his two cards.

"So you're a Pendulum user like Yuya huh?" Asked Sora.

Nemo smirked. "Not exactly, now I activate the effect of Pendulum HERO Blazeman, since I Summoned him, I can add Polymerization from my Deck to my hand!" Said Nemo, as the card ejected from his deck to his hand.

"Polymerization, you use Fusion and Pendulum?" Asked Sora in surprise.

Nemo smirked wider. "You're halfway there, next I Normal Summon Pendulum HERO Solidman (Level: 4 Type: Warrior Attribute: Earth ATK: 1400 DEF: 1600)." Said Nemo, bringing out his Earth Attribute HERO.

"Nemo!" Said Eiji appearing next to him. Nemo stopped and looked at him. Would you give me the honors?" He asked. Nemo smiled and nodded his head. Nemo closed his eyes, then he and Eiji's souls concentrated on one and another, causing their body to be enveloped in a light so bright that everyone had to cover their eyes. When the light died down, Eiji stood in Nemo's place.

"Who… are you, and where's Nemo?" Asked Sora.

"My name is Eiji, I am one of the four soul's that inhabits Nemo's body." Said Eiji. "And I," He said raising one of his cards, "am a master of Fusion!" Then he put a card into his duel disk. "I activate Polymerization, I'll fuse Blazeman from my field with Pendulum HERO Shadow Mist (Level: 4 Type: Warrior Attribute: Dark ATK: 1300 DEF: 1700) from my hand." Said Eiji, placing the card on his disk, then Shadow Mist appeared and then he and Blazeman disappeared into a large purple and red spiral as they fused together.

"Hero of Pendulum, become one with the power of the flame, and unleash your new form!" Chanted Eiji, while linking his fingers and put them in front of his chest, "Fusion Summon! Arise, Level 8: Xtra HERO Nova Master (Level: 8 Type: Warrior Attribute: Fire ATK: 2800 DEF: 2200)!"From the spiral came a red warrior with a red cape, while standing in a ring of fire. Then Eiji returned control of the body to Nemo. Though Sora noticed that something was different.

"What's with your scarf?" He asked.

Nemo looked down do see that there was now a red stripe that took up one sixth of his scarf the went up the entire length of his scarf. "It must be because of Nova Master, he's a fire monster, and red resembles the attribute of fire." Guessed Nemo. Then he prepared to make his next move. "

Nemo, if I may?" Asked Maro. Nemo smiled and nodded. Nemo closed his eyes, then he and Maro's souls concentrated on one and another, causing their body to be enveloped in a light so bright that everyone had to cover their eyes. When the light died down, Maro stood in Nemo's place.

"Who are you?" Asked Sora.

"My name is Maro, I am one of the four soul's that inhabits Nemo's body." Said Maro. "And I," He said raising his right arm so that his elbow was just below his face and his right hand was on the left side of his head, "am a master of Synchro!" "Level 4 Pendulum HERO Bubbleman tunes the Level 4 Pendulum HERO Solidman!" Said Maro as he waved his hand over his duel disk while Bubbleman became four light green rings while Solidman became four white stars.

"Come forth, HERO of the wind, so you can strike down villainy at the speed of light!" Shouted Maro as he swiped his right hand across his duel disk, "Synchro Summon! Arise Level 8: Xtra HERO Great Tornado (Level: 8 Type: Warrior Attribute: Wind ATK: 2800 DEF: 2200)!" From the stars and ring came a warrior wearing green, orange, and black, with a black tattered cape hanging from his shoulders, and a ring of wind surrounding him.

"Due to Great Tornado's effect, all of your face-up monsters permanently lose half of their ATK and DEF!" Declared Maro. A large burst of wind blew from the wind attribute monster which struck the monsters on Sora's field, lowering their points. Then Maro returned control of the body to Nemo, who now had another stripe on his scarf, like the red one, only green.

Just before his next move, Ogai spoke up. "Nemo, can I have a go?" Asked the cloaked boy.

Nemo nodded. Nemo then closed his eyes, as he and Ogai's souls concentrated on one and another, causing their body to be enveloped in a light so bright that everyone had to cover their eyes. When the light died down, Ogai stood in Nemo's place.

"What's your name?" Asked Sora.

"My name is Ogai, I am the fourth soul that inhabits Nemo's body." Said Ogai. "And I," He said raising his right hand to the far right, "am a master of XYZ!"

"I activate the effect of Pendulum HERO Solidman." Said Ogai. "Since he went from the field to the Extra Deck, I can target 1 Pendulum HERO monster from my Graveyard or Extra Deck, besides Solidman, then I can Special Summon it to my field in defense mode, I choose Pendulum HERO Shadow Mist." Said Ogai, as he said that, Shadow Mist, rose from the ground to the field. "Now I overlay Pendulum HERO Shadow Mist and Pendulum HERO Clayman!" Said the red eyed duelist.

As he said that, the two monsters became glowing orbs of energy, Shadow Mist being purple and Clayman being orange as they disappeared into a black and yellow vortex in the ground. "Born from the powers of the sun, to fight those who follow the path of evil! Now descend!" Said Ogai raising his right hand into the air, "XYZ Summon! Rank 4: Xtra HERO The Shining (Rank: 4 Type: Warrior Attribute: Light ATK: 2600 DEF: 2400)!"

From the portal came a white and yellow warrior, with what looked like a metal sun outline on his back (note: These monsters are based off of real monsters so if you want a better idea of how the monsters look just search the name of the monster (but replace Xtra with Elemental)), a ring of light around his feet, and both overlay units circling him like how planets circle the sun. "I activate The Shining's effect, I detach 1 overlay unit, then banish up to two Pendulum HERO monsters from my Graveyard or Extra Deck." Said Ogai.

One of the units detached from the XYZ Monster and went to the Graveyard, then Ogai took the detached monster and took Solidman from the Extra Deck and banished them both. "The Shining gains 300 ATK for each of my banished monsters." Said Ogai, as he said that, the XYZ Monster's ATK raised by 600. Then Ogai returned control to Nemo whose scarf now had a yellow stripe on it, just like the others.

"So you've mastered the four Summoning methods?" Questioned Sora,

Nemo didn't answer, instead he said, "Battle Phase! Great Tornado attack Frightfur Wolf!" The green warrior charged towards the wolf monster.

"I activate the Action Spell Evasion!" Said Sora, playing the protective Spell, allowing his monster to avoid the attack. At first Nemo wasn't sure where or when Sora got the card, then he realized that it must've happened when Nemo was talking to his counterparts.

"Nova Master, pummel that plushie pooch!" Commanded Nemo.

Sora looked around and then began running, he saw a card and tried to grab it, but didn't reach it in time and his monster was destroyed, making him take 1500 damage. "And due to Nova Master's effect, I get to draw a card." Said Nemo, drawing a card from his deck. Then the Tiger lost 300 ATK points. "Shining attack Frightfur Tiger!" Said Nemo. The Shining flew towards Sora's monster.

"I play the Action Spell, Miracle!" Said Sora putting the card in his disk.

"Action Spell, No Action!" Said Nemo. He activated the Spell, then his monster destroyed Frightfur Tiger, dealing 2250 damage to Sora, leaving his LP at 250 then the boy began to run towards another Spell. "Neos, attack directly!" Said Nemo. Sora leapt and grabbed a card.

"Action Spell, Damage Banish!" Declared Sora activating the Spell. Saving him from defeat. Sora had his hands on his knees, panting. "You came close, but you didn't beat me." Said the Fusion duelist, smirking.

But his eyes widened in surprise to see Nemo smiling. "You thought we had mastered four summoning methods, but you were wrong," Said Nemo, revealing the card in his hand, "we mastered five."

Sora's eyes widened, five? What was the fifth? "I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card, Mask Change!" Said Nemo. "I tribute 1 HERO monster that I control, then Special Summon 1 Masked HERO monster from my Extra Deck of the same attribute." Explained Nemo.

"I choose Neos," Said Nemo, the Pendulum HERO began floating in the air as his face began to glow, at the same time, Nemo was surrounded in a brilliant light, but people could still see his silhouette "Hero of light, don this mask, and unleash your true form. Transformation Summon! Arise, Masked HERO Koga (Level: 8 Type: Warrior Attribute: Light ATK: 2500 DEF: 1800), the true star of my show!" Shouted Nemo, placing his strongest monster on the field, a white and yellow warrior, with blades coming out of his elbows.

Sora's hands fell to his sides as he stared helplessly at the monster in front of him. "Koga, end this, with Shining Blade Strike!" Commanded Nemo. His monster flew towards Sora, then slashed at the blue haired boy, and struck him, but without dealing any real harm to Sora, causing his LP to drop to Zero. An alarm beeped, signifying Nemo's victory. Nemo deactivated his disk as the landscape around him disappeared. He walked over to Sora, who had fallen over from exhaustion.

When he reached down and held a hand out to Sora. Sora stared at him for a moment, before taking his hand and let him help him up. "That was a good duel." Said Nemo with a smile. Sora smiled in return, nodding his head.

"Sora!" Called a voice. They both looked over to see Sora's friends walking towards them. When they got there Yuya and Zuzu both looked at Nemo.

"Nemo, we all saw the others, we know that you're like us, what I want to know is how?" Asked Yuya.

"I've only been able to communicate with my monsters since coming to this world, and my counterparts are a surprise as well." Said Nemo, not telling the truth, but not lying either. After all, it wasn't like he could say, "I died, was reincarnated, and was given these powers by literal God him/her/itself." after all.

Then a thought came to Yuya's mind. "So how long will you be here?" Asked Yuya.

"Uuuh, forever I guess?" Said Nemo, not really seeing a set exit time.

"Do you have somewhere to stay?" Asked Yuya's mom.

Nemo stared at her blankly for a moment. "Crud." Was all Nemo could stay.

"Do you have parents?" Was her next question.

"Not… anymore." Said Nemo sadly.

Realizing that it would be a good idea to change the subject, Yuya's mom said, "Then how about you come live with us?" She suggested. Nemo looked at her in surprise.

"Your affinity for picking up strays never goes away does it mom?" Deadpanned Yuya.

"Hey…" Said Nemo, unsure whether or not he should be insulted. Then he let a weak smile cross his features. "Sure, I appreciate the offer." Replied Nemo.

"Yay!" She squealed as she pulled him in for a crushing hug. Not being one for physical contact like that, Nemo reacted in the same way he did in his previous life. He grabbed her wrist and pried her arms away it until she let go.

Then Yuya put a hand on Nemo's shoulder. "Welcome to the family." Said Yuya.

Nemo smiled at him, and then the other twelve souls that dwelled inside the three of them respectively appeared as well, all of them smiling.

"That was an amazing duel!" Said Sylvio butting in, causing the spirits to disappear. "Obviously you must have learned to duel by watching me!" Said the brown and yellow haired duelist, as he continued to stroke his own ego.

A tick mark appeared on Nemo's forehead. "Zuzu, may I see your fan for a moment?" Asked Nemo, in a polite way, but with a scary-sweet tone.

Raising an eyebrow, she handed her fan to him.

"Nemo, if I may?" Requested Eiji. This time Nemo raised an eyebrow, but let Eiji take control anyway. Then the purple and blue haired boy reared the arm that held the fan back, and smacked the still boasting Sylvio in the side of the head with so much force that the Pendulum user was sent flying across the stadium. Everyone, including Nemo, stared at the Fusion user in shock. "Each of Nemo's counterparts has a special ability." Explained Eiji. "Mine's super strength." He said, then he returned control to Nemo.

"Someone should go check on him." Suggested Nemo.

"Gong'll do it." Said Gong as he started walking to Sylvio's now unconscious form.

Nemo then turned to Yuya and his parents. "Shall we be off then?" He suggested, "I know that Ms. Sakaki is a wonderful cook."

"Wait, how-" Started Yuya, but was cut off.

"Explanations later, food now." Interrupted Nemo. With a sigh and a shake of Yuya's head, the Sakaki's, plus one (or seven, depending on how you look at it) began walking to their home.

Things are getting interesting, Nemo has the power to use five different summoning methods: Pendulum, Fusion, Synchro, XYZ, and Transformation. Not even Declan and Yuya have access to that many methods. I hope you all are enjoying this story so far, I think I'll be taking a short (keyword: short) break for a few days before I start on this fic again, so until then enjoy these three chapters and if you have any suggestions for duels, please tell me them and I'll see if I can do them. Also, like I said before, the first part of this story will be characters having fun, so if any of you have suggestions for fun stories and interactions that can happen in that time, feel free to post them in the reviews and I'll (see if I can) do them. Remember: nothing above the T rating when it comes to suggestions. That's all that needs to be said, so I'm gonna go. So until next time fic fans, Nemon0416 is outta here!