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

Chapter 5: A Day With the Counterparts

I really have nothing to say…

Fun fact: The Yu-Salad has (mostly) forgone all grudges established with Yuri during the dimension war, but they each have something that they're a little sore over. Yuya's upset that Yuri carded his dad, and Yugo and Yuto are mad at Yuri for abducting their respective bracelet girls. Yuri feels bad, but hasn't found a way to apologize, whether to them, or to the people he hurt.

On with the fic ficcers…

Nemo woke up and looked around. This wasn't the bed he was used to. He looked over and saw Yuya, still asleep. Right, now he remembered, he was in what was more or less his afterlife. With a stretch he got up and out of bed, making his way downstairs, er, pole to be more accurate. He made his way to the breakfast table, where Yuya's mother was working on breakfast.

"Morning Nemo." She greeted politely.

Nemo nodded at her in acknowledgement, but nothing more. Nemo was no morning person. Shortly afterwards Yuya came down just in time for pancakes. Yuya seemed to be a bit more of a morning person, and his counterparts were all floating around and talking with Nemo's.

After a while, a thought came to Yuya. "Nemo, where are you going for school?" Asked Yuya.

Fortunately Nemo had just swallowed the bite in his mouth, otherwise he would've spat it out. "Uuuhhh, I'm not, I guess," Said Nemo, "though I was planning on going to a duel school."

Yuya stood up. "You should come to You Show! I'm sure you'd make a great dueltainer." Said the tomato haired boy excitedly.

Nemo thought for a moment.

"Do it Nemo!" Said Ogai excitedly.

"It would be a good learning experience." Said Maro.

"I say go for it." Said Eiji.

"Ok, ok," Laughed Nemo, then he looked at Yuya, "Count me in."

"Awesome!" Said Yuya, standing up.

"Yuya, if you don't hurry, you'll be late for school." Said Yuya's mom.

"Cruuuuud!" Shouted Yuya as he gathered his stuff and ran out of the house.

Thanks to those skating shoes of his, Yuya had managed to get to school in time. Though he did have to deal with Zuzu berating him for almost being late. They then went to their class. During the class Yuya had been staying on task for the most part, but then Yugo appeared out of nowhere.

"Ga-herg!" Said Yuya, who'd almost shouted, but managed to put a hand over his mouth, promptly keeping him quiet. Yuya noticed a few people staring at began to sweat nervously, then he just looked away and nonchalantly whistled until the ones staring at him refocused on the lesson. "Yugo, what is it?" Asked Yuya quietly, Zuzu, who was sitting next to him, looked at the two talking.

"Yuto and Yuri got into a fight, and I can't stop them, help, please." Pleaded the childish Synchro user.

Yuya sighed. "Take over for me." Said Yuya. Yugo nodded, then he took control of Yuya, with his body replacing Yuya's in the seat while Yuya went into their mind to deal with their other half. Yugo then turned and watched the lesson, he might not have been one for school (He never even went to school and he thought it was boring) but he could at least pretend to listen.

"Yuya. Yuya. Yuya!" Shouted the teacher.

"Yugo, she's talking to you." Whispered Zuzu.

"Hm? Y'need something teach?" Asked Yugo.

"Yuya, I've been trying to ask you if you know the answer to this question, and why are you dressed like that?" Said the teacher.

"I'm not Yuya." Said Yugo.

"...Pardon?" Asked the teacher confused.

"I'm Yugo, Yuya had to leave to take care of something, so he had me take his place." Explained Yugo.

"Great, first Yuya tries to destroy us all, then he skips class, doesn't surprise me too much." Said the teacher sourly. Zuzu tensed up as she looked back at Yugo.

There was a threatening aura emanating him at he clutched the sides of his desk. "I'm sorry miss, but perhaps I misheard you, could you please repeat that last comment." Said Yugo, his eyes closed, and his eyebrow twitching.

"I said that it doesn't surprise me that the boy who tried to kill us all ended up skipping class." Said the teacher, unflinching.

Then a loud crack was heard as cracks began forming around the areas that Yugo clutched the desk.

"Rin," Said Yugo,

"Zuzu." Interrupted the girl he was talking to,

"please hold me back." Growled the banana banged boy. With that he leapt out of his seat and if Zuzu hadn't grabbed ahold of him, he would've charged straight at the teacher. "Say that about Yuya again! I F^c#!^g dare you!" Roared Yugo.

"Yugo stop! Yugo!" Shouted Zuzu.

Then all of a sudden, she leaned in and whispered to him, "Please Yugo, stop." But her voice sounded different now. Yugo whirled around to see Rin standing in Zuzu's place.

"Rin Rin!" Cried Yugo happily as he hugged her. At this point pretty much every student in the class was completely lost as of what as going on. Then Yuya regained control.

He looked at where he was, then at Rin who was in front of him. "Do I want to know?" Asked Yuya.

"Let's just sit down." Replied Rin. With a sigh Yuya and Rin returned to their seats. "Were you able to fix the problem?" Asked Rin.

"For now, Yuto doesn't trust Yuri though, and while Yuri is sorry, he can still be more than a little bit of an antagonizer from time to time." Replied Yuya.

"I still don't get how you can trust him, he carded your dad, as well as Ra knows how many people." Said Rin.

"Back off," Snapped Yuya, surprising the Synchro Ray counterpart, "while I am sore about what Yuri did, a good part of it wasn't his fault, you heard what Leo said, each of you four girls were what kept the darkness inside the four of us in check, Lulu helped Yuto, you helped Yugo, and I had Zuzu, but Yuri was on his own, Leo selfishly kept Celina away from Yuri, letting Zarc get his claws into him, had things been different, we would still be eight different people instead of two." Explained Yuya. Then the tomato haired Pendulum user sighed. "But I can't put all the blame on Leo either, he only did what he did so that he could have his daughter back, because she sacrificed herself to stop Zarc, who lost his mind because he simply wanted to give his audience the type of violent duels that they wanted." Said Yuya, as he linked his fingers together, then put his chin on top of them.

Rin couldn't help but smile slightly at him. "You're a good person Yuya." She said nicely.

Yuya let out a wry smile. "Thanks Rin, I appreciate it." Said Yuya.

Then the two of them both saw Yugo and Zuzu respectively both floating behind their respective counterparts and were jealously staring at the two.

"Uh, I'm gonna go." Said Rin.

"Good idea." Replied Yuya. With that, Zuzu took control once more. She raised an eyebrow at Yuya.

"What Zuzu? What did I do?" Asked Yuya nervously, fearing a paper fan to the face.

Zuzu sighed and looked forward. "Somebody's jealous." Sang Yuri. Zuzu shot the purple boy a glare but he didn't care. They then spent the rest of the school day rather peacefully.

After school, Yuya, Gong, and Zuzu were walking to the You Show duel school. "Hey Zuzu, I was thinking." Said Yuya.

"That can't be good." Joked Zuzu.

"Very funny, I think we should let our counterparts also get to spend days out, it wouldn't be fair if only we got to go around." Said Yuya.

"Hmm, you have a good point, tell you what, you and I can have today, then tonight we'll decide who comes out on what day." Said Zuzu.

"I think we should compare notes, so that different counterparts interact each day, considering that each of us have at least one counterpart of the opposite gender that we don't really know." Said Yuya.

Zuzu realized that he was right and nodded her head. Gong just kind of sat there and watched the two talk, having trouble following their conversation, since he wasn't sure how things worked with those two, er, eight. Then the three (or nine, your choice) of them looked forward to see that they had arrived at the school. Gong might not have been a student, but he had decided to visit today. The trio noticed three people standing out in front waiting for them. Shay and Sora were bickering, while Nemo would occasionally throw in the smart comment and then laugh as both of them reacted.

"Nemo, Sora!" Called Yuya.

Meanwhile, Zuzu had let Lulu (gee, that's confusing) take over so that the two siblings could reunite. "Brother!" Called Lulu happily as she ran to her older brother, who then embraced the older Lancer. The other four (or thirteen, your choice) all watched the two and their happy reunion. Then Yuya turned to Nemo.

"So you will be enrolling here then Nemo?" Asked Yuya.

Nemo smiled at the tomato haired boy.

"You bet tomato (pronounced tom-ah-to) I want to give dueltaining a spin." Replied the flame haired boy.

"Just don't spend your days using 'just smile' as your motto, one Yuya is enough." Joked Yuri, appearing next to his counterpart, causing Nemo to stiffen.

He stared at Yuri for a moment before turning around. "Yuya, let Yuri take over for a while, would ya?" Requested Nemo.

"Wha?" Asked Yuya.

"Just, do it." Said Nemo as he walked into the building. The counterparts exchanged a glance before shrugging and letting Yuri take control. Everyone else (besides the other reincarnations) couldn't help but glare at the cabbage haired fusion user in front of them. Yuri could feel their glares at the back of his head, but paid them no mind as he walked into the building.

"Hello everyone!" Said Skip enthusiastically. "So first I thought-"

"Yuri. Duel. Now." Interrupted Nemo.

"Uh, Nemo was it? We weren't planning on dueling until later." Said Skip, but when he caught the expression on Nemo's face he quickly shifted gears. "B-but, p-plans ch-change." Stammered Zuzu's father nervously. With that he made his way to the control center. Meanwhile everyone stared at Nemo in surprise.

"Nemo, what are you doing?" Demanded Zuzu.

"I don't trust Yuri, so I'm dealing with him, here and now." Said Nemo in a menacing tone, his current personality being a harsh contradiction to how he behaved yesterday.

"How dare you! Yuri's changed, just ask his counterparts." Said Zuzu angrilly. Nemo then glared at her, promptly shutting her up.

Yuri was managing to keep himself placid, but his other counterparts could all tell how he was truly feeling, he felt hurt, he felt sad, he knew that people still didn't trust him, this was a prime example.

"This is for all the people that you hurt." Said Nemo angrily, as he activated his duel disk. Yuri quietly activated his as well.

"Action Field on! Field Spell: Wasteland activate!" Said Skip.

The field became a barren wasteland (what a shock) as the duelists prepared to fight.

"Duelists locked in battle!" Started Nemo.

"Do I have to do this?" Asked Yuri unhappily. After hearing multiple yeses from his counterparts, he sighed and continued the chant. "Kicking the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters." Said Yuri lamely.

"They storm through this field!" Said Nemo.

"Behold." Said Yuri.

"This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling! ACTION-" Said Nemo. "DUEL!" Shouted both duelists at once.

"Since, you challenged me, I get the first turn." Said Yuri.

Turn 1: Yuri: LP: 4000 Hand: 5 Nemo: LP: 4000 Hand: 5.

Yuri's eyes widened to see his hand. "Pendulum cards?" Said Yuri in surprise.

"That's right." Said Yuya appearing next to the fusion user.

"We're with you Yuri." Said Yugo appearing as well.

"Now let's take him down." Said Yuto.

"You guys." Said Yuri, then with a smile, a normal one, not the predatory one he used to use, he said, "Alright then, let's do this." "Using Scale 1 Predaplant Sun Pitcher Shark (Level: 3 Attribute: Dark Type: Plant ATK: 1200 DEF: 700) and Scale 6 Predaplant Poison Rose (Level: 4 Attribute: Dark Type: Plant ATK: 1500 DEF: 300) to set the Pendulum Scale!:" Said Yuri, placing the two cards on his duel disk. His two plant monsters appeared inside two pillars of blue light, they had a large 1 and 6 beneath them. "Now I Pendulum Summon" Said Yuri as two monsters appeared on the field. "Level 3: Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio (Level: 3 Attribute: Dark Type: Plant ATK: 1200 DEF: 800) and Level 2: Predaplant Venus Death Polymer (Level: 2 Attribute: Dark Type: Plant ATK: 700 DEF: 500). Then due to Poison Rose's effect, since I summoned two or more Predaplant monsters, I can add Polymerization from my deck to my hand." Said Yuri as he grabbed his card. "I place one card face-down and end my turn." Said the fusion user, passing the turn to Nemo.

"Alright then Yuri, I draw!" Said Nemo.

Turn 2: Yuri: LP: 4000 Hand: 1 Nemo: LP: 4000 Hand: 6.

"I summon Pendulum HERO Sparkman (Level: 4 Attribute: Light ATK: 1600 DEF: 1400 in attack mode, then I place the Scale 4 Pendulum HERO Odd-Eyes Neos in my Pendulum Zone." Said Nemo, placing his cards on the field. "Next I set three cards face down and end my turn." Said the flame haired boy.

Yuri was surprised, that wasn't much of a play. "Alright then, I guess you didn't have much of a plan then, I draw!" Said Yuri.

Turn 3: Yuri: LP: 4000 Hand: 2 Nemo: LP: 4000 Hand: 1.

"I play Polymerization, fusing my two Predaplants together, two beautiful flowers, with a deadly, alluring fragrance! Join together and create a new terror from the hell that lies beneath your petals! Fusion Summon!" Said Yuri, putting his hands together. "Level 8: Starving Venom Fusion Dragon (Level: 8 Attribute: Dark Type: Dragon ATK: 2800 DEF: 2000)! Starving Venom's effect activates, allowing him to gain the ATK of your Special Summoned monster." Says Yuri. This causes Starving Venom's ATK to raise to 4400. "Starving Venom attacks your Sparkman!" Exclaims Yuri as the large dragon charges at Sparkman.

"I activate Odd-Eyes Neos's effect, allowing me to reduce the damage from an attack involving a Pendulum monster I control to 0." Explained Nemo.

"But your monster is still destroyed." Said Yuri as the LIGHT attribute HERO is destroyed.

"I activate my Trap, Pendulum Signal! Since you destroyed my monster by battle, I can target 1 Pendulum HERO in my hand or Deck, and Special Summon it, not only that, but since Sparkman was destroyed, I can add 1 Skyscraper or HERO Trap or Spell from my deck to my hand." Said Nemo. "I choose Pendulum HERO Bubbleman, and add Skyscraper 3: Metropolis to my hand" Said Nemo, placing his WATER Attribute Tuner on the field and adding the card to his hand.

"I end my turn, causing Starving Venom's ATK to return to normal." Said Yuri.

"Which lets me activate Neos's other effect, during the End Phase, I can destroy him, then add 1 Pendulum HERO from my deck to my hand. I choose Pendulum HERO Clayman. Now it's my turn I draw!" Said Nemo.

Turn 4: Yuri: LP: 4000 Hand: 1 Nemo: LP: 4000 Hand: 4.

Nemo looked at the card he drew, then smirked when he saw it. "Using two Scale 5 Pendulum HERO Clayman, I set the Pendulum Scale!" Said Nemo, as he placed both of his cards on his duel disk, causing two Claymen to appear in pillars of light, each with a 5 underneath them.

Yuri was confused. "Why use the same card in each scale? Now you can't Pendulum Summon." Asked the Prince of Fusion.

Nemo smirked at the cabbage haired fusion user. "That's what you think, I activate the effects of my Claymen, if I have a HERO in the other scale, I can destroy them, then replace them with Pendulum HEROs with different names." Said Nemo, as his monsters shattered. "I set the new scale of Scale 1 Pendulum HERO Shadowmist and Scale 8 Pendulum HERO Burstinatrix!" Said Nemo, with his new monsters appearing in their respective Pendulum Zones with a 1 and an 8 under them. "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.

It seems that Nemo wishes to strike down Yuri, but what is his reasoning? Find out in the next chapter. So obviously I invented some new cards for Yuri to use, which can be seen with his nex Pendulum cards. Can everybody's favorite Fusion Zarc counterpart survive Nemo's onslaught? Just keep reading. That out of the way, I gotta book it, so until next time fic fans, Nemon0416 is outta here!