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

Chapter 9: The Winged Dragons

Well Fic fans, I hope you all enjoyed the progression of the duel so far, because it's only going to get better from here. So let's get on to the duel.

Fun Fact: Before and during their time in the resistance, Shay was often referred to as a mama bird and Yuto and Lulu were his baby chicks. Lulu thought it was cute and funny, Shay was a total tsundere about it, and Yuto just kind of accepted it.

On with the fic…

"Well then, I draw!" Shouted Nemo as he drew his card. T

urn 4: Yuuta/Bella: LP: 4000/4000 Hand: 0/0 Yugo/Nemo: LP: 4000/4000 Hand:1/6.

He examined his hand. "I play the Spell Card HERO's Exchange. This lets me reveal 1 HERO monster in my hand, then I shuffle it, as well as any other cards from my hand into my deck, then draw the same number of cards sent, plus 1." Explained Nemo. He looked at his hand and grabbed a card. "The card I reveal is Pendulum HERO Burstinatrix." Said Nemo.

"So I'll shuffle it, as well as one other card back into my hand," Explained Nemo as he sent the two cards back into his deck, "Now I draw three new ones!" He said as he drew his new cards. "Next I play P-Pendulum Call, which let's me add 1 Pendulum HERO monster in my deck and add it to my hand." Said Nemo as he searched through his deck until he found the card he was searching for, adding it to his hand. "Now using two Scale 5 Pendulum HERO Claymen, I set the Pendulum Scale!" Said Nemo as he set his Pendulum Scales.

Both Claymen rose up in pillars of light, each having a large 5 under them. "Pendulum HERO!?" Exclaimed Yuuta and Bella, both surprised by this new archetype of HERO monsters. "Next I activate their effect, allowing me to destroy them so that I can replace them with different with different HEROs." Said Nemo as his monsters dissolved. "Using Scale 1 Pendulum HERO Blazeman and Scale 8 Pendulum HERO Sparkman, I reset the Pendulum Scale!" Said Nemo, placing his new cards on the field.

"Swing Pendulum of Power, draw an arc of light across the sky! Pendulum Summon! Come forth, my HERO comrades!" Exclaimed Nemo, raising his hand into the sky. Then four monsters came to his field. "We have the Level 4: Pendulum HERO Shadowmist, another Level 4: Pendulum HERO Blazeman, and returning from the Extra Deck are the Level 4: Pendulum HERO Claymen!" Said Nemo. "Now the effects of Blazeman and Shadowmist activate, letting me add Polymerization, and a Change Quick-Play Spell from my Deck to my hand." explained Nemo as his hand grew by two.

Then Eiji took over. "Now I play Polymerization, so that I can fuse Blazeman with one of my Claymen." Said Eiji as his chosen monsters became a red and orange spiral. "HERO of the Pendulum, become one with the power of flames, and unleash your new form!" Chanted Eiji, "Fusion Summon! Arise, Level 8: Xtra HERO Nova Master!" From the spiral came Eiji's HERO of fire, as it stood in a ring of fire. Then control was returned to Nemo and a red stripe appeared on his scarf.

"Uh, what was that?" Asked Yuuta in confusion.

"That was Eiji, just like Yugo, I have three counterparts inside of me. Eiji is the one who take control when it's time for us to use Fusion Summoning." Explained Nemo.

"...Riiiight." Said Bella, not entirely following this.

"Anyway, I set three cards face-down and end my-" Said Nemo, but was interrupted.

"Hold it!" Said Yuuta. Nemo and Yugo looked at him in surprise while Bella simply smirked.

"I play my Trap card, Generation Shift, I target 1 face-up monster on my field, then destroy it, then I add a monster with the same name from my Deck to my hand," Explained Yuuta, "I'll destroy Bi'an, then add another one to my hand." The Earth Yang Zing disappeared as Yuuta's hand increased. Nemo raised an eyebrow, unsure of what his plan was. "Now, due to Bi'an's effect, since he was destroyed, I target a different Yang Zing in my Deck and Special Summon it in DEF position." Explained Yuuta.

A card ejected from his deck, which he grabbed and placed on his disk. "I Special Summon Bixi, Water of the Yang Zing (Level 2, Wyrm / Effect, WATER, 0 ATK / 2000 DEF)!" Onto his field appeared his Water Yang Zing. "Now I activate the effects of Suanni and Bixi, letting me Synchro Summon on my opponent's turn!" Said Yuuta as his three monsters began floating in the air.

"What!?" Exclaimed Nemo and Yugo in surprise.

Jiaotu became two green rings of energy while his other two monsters became six glowing stars that floated inside the rings. "Come together, creatures of fire, water, and shadow, to unleash a being whose brilliant light give strength to their comrades, and vanquishes their foes," Chanted Yuuta with his right hand in the air, "Synchro Summon! Come forth, Level 8: Baxia, Brightness of the Yang Zing (Level 8, Wyrm / Synchro / Effect, LIGHT, 2300 ATK / 2600 DEF)!"Nemo and Yugo stared at the large Wyrm type monster. "Suanni's and Bixi's effects activates!" Declares Yuuta.

"If a Yang Zing monster is Synchro Summoned through their effect, Suanni boost the Summoned monster's ATK and DEF by 500, and Bixi makes it immune to Trap effects." Explains Yuuta, as he said that, the ATK and DEF of Baxia rose to 2800 and 3100. "Next Baxia's effect activates, on the turn he was Summoned, he can target cards on the field, up to the number of different original Attributes of the Wyrm-Type monsters used for the Synchro Summon of this card; shuffle them into the Deck." Explained Yuuta.

"I'll be sending your Nova Master and your Sparkman, as well as Yugo's Clear Wing, back into their respective Decks." As Yuuta said that, three beams of light shot out of Baxia, aiming at the three targeted cards.

"I activate Blazeman's ability!" Said Nemo, "If my opponent activates a card effect that target's a HERO I control, I can destroy Blazeman, then negate it." With that Blazeman shattered, and when he did, he sent out a burst of fire that destroyed the three beams of light. "Now I'll end my turn by throwing down three face-downs." Said Nemo.

"You may have stopped me for now, but you're only delaying your defeat, I draw!" Said Yuuta as he drew his card.

Turn 5: Yuuta/Bella: LP: 4000/4000 Hand: 2/0 Yugo/Nemo: LP: 4000/4000 Hand:1/0.

Nemo looked at Yugo expectantly. "What?" He asked.

"You. Go!" Said Nemo, waving his hands at his partner, signaling him to go.

"Yes do you need something?" Asked Yugo, misunderstanding Nemo's poor word choice.

"Action Cards. Search. Move it!" Said Nemo.

"Oh! Right!" Said Yugo as he and Clear Wing took off again.

Yuuta examined his hand. "I activate the Spell card Yang Zing Path! This lets me send three Yang Zings in my Graveyard back into my Deck, then I draw two cards." Explained Yuuta as he returned Bi'an, Suanni, and Jiaotu, back to his Deck, which then shuffled, then he drew two cards. He observed his new hand of three cards. "Using the already set Pendulum Scales, I Pendulum Summon from my hand, another Zefraniu!" Said Yuuta.

From his hand came the Level 6 Yang Zing. "Due to Zefraniu's effect, I add a Yang Zing Spell/Trap from my Deck to my hand. Next I Normal Summon Chiwen, Light of the Yang Zing (Level 1, Wyrm / Tuner / Effect, LIGHT, 0 ATK / 0 DEF)." Said Yuuta, adding his new card, then Summoning his monster to the field. "Now Level 1 Chiwen tunes Level 6 Zefraniu." Said Yuuta, as Chiwen became a green ring of energy and Zefraniu became six glowing white stars.

"Come together, creatures of light and earth, to unleash a being whose evil shadows feed off of the eternal hatred of their comrades, and drags their foes down into the dark abyss," Chanted Yuuta with his right hand in the air, "Synchro Summon! Come forth, Level 7! Yazi, Evil of the Yang Zing (Level 7, Wyrm / Synchro / Effect, DARK, 2600 ATK / 2100 DEF)!" Yuuta's monster was a much more sinister contrast to his Light Attribute comrade. You could even say it was, Darker? Eh? Eh? Ah, forget it.

"I activate Baxia's effect, I target a card I control, and a Level 4 or lower monster in my Graveyard; I destroy the first target and Special Summon the second, so say goodbye to Zefraxi, and say hello to Chiwen!" Said Yuuta as his Pendulum Scale was destroyed and his Light Tuner reappeared. "Next I activate Yazi's effect, I destroy a Yang Zing I control and 1 card you control, so I'll use Chiwen so that I can destroy your Nova Master!" Said Yuuta.

Then black lightning bolts erupted from Yazi, and went straight towards the monsters that Yuuta had targeted. "I don't think so, I activate my Counter Trap, Last Minute Rescue! If a card I control would be destroyed by your card effects, I can negate the effect, then Special Summon a Level 8 or Rank 4 Xtra HERO from my Extra Deck, ignoring it's Summoning conditions." Explained Nemo, "So Nova Master stays, and joining him will be Xtra HERO Absolute Zero (Level 8, Warrior / Fusion / Effect, WATER, 2700 ATK / 2300 DEF)!" Explained Nemo.

The black lightning dissipated, then Nemo's HERO of frozen Water appeared, standing a circle of ice shards sticking out of the ground, causing a blue stripe to appear on Nemo's scarf. Yuuta's lips pressed together, forming a thing line to show his annoyance. "Battle Phase! Baxia attacks Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!" Say Yuuta as his Wyrm charges at Yugo's dragon.

"I don't think so! I activate the Action Spell, Miracle! Clear Wing isn't destroyed and the Damage I take is halved." Says Yugo, using the Action Spell that he had managed to find while searching around.

Baxia blasts Yugo's monster, but it comes away safe and the damage Yugo would've taken is reduced. "Yazi attacks Nemo's Clayman!" Says Yuuta, as the Dark Wyrm launches black lightning at the Earth HERO and Nemo watches helplessly as it is destroyed.

Once it's gone, however, Nemo smirks. "I activate my Trap! Pendulum Signal!" Since my monster was destroyed by battle, I can target a Level 4 or lower Pendulum HERO in my Deck, and Special Summon it." Said Nemo, revealing his face-down. A card came out of Nemo's Deck. "I Special Summon Pendulum HERO Bubbleman!" Said Nemo as he placed his Water Tuner appeared on the field.

"I set two cards face-down and end my turn." Said Yuuta, ending his turn after setting his two cards.

"Then I guess I'm up!" Said Yugo as he drew his card.

Turn 6: Yuuta/Bella: LP: 4000/4000 Hand: 0/0 Yugo/Nemo: LP: 3850/4000 Hand:2/0.

Yugo examines his new card. "I play the Spell Card, Speed Recovery this lets me target a Speedroid in my Graveyard, and Special Summon it." Explained Yugo. "And the monster I'll be bringing back is Speedroid Yoyugoyo!" Said Yugo as his Speedroid returned to the field.

Then Yuya appeared next to Yugo, causing Yugo's eyes to glow red. "Next , using the already set Pendulum Scale, I Pendulum Summon, my monsters are ready, to swing into action! So return to the field, Speedroid X-Die-Z!" Said Yugo and Yuya as their dice monster came back.

Then Yugo's eyes became purple as Yuri replaced Yuya. "Now I activate Yoyugoyo's ability, if he was Special Summoned this turn, I can use him as well as one of my Pendulum Scales as materials for a Fusion Summon!" Said Yugo and Yuri. "So I'll be fusing it with my Speedroid Dracoflute!" Said Yugo and Yuri as their monsters disappeared into a green spiral, "Dangerous high-speed toys, that cause simultaneous joy and distraught, become one to form a dragon who's wings hunger for combat! Fusion Summon! Come forth, Level 8: Starving Wing Synchro Dragon (Level 8, Dragon / Fusion / Effect, DARK, 2700 ATK / 2100 DEF)!" From the green spiral came a purple version of Yugo's dragon.

Then Yuto replaced Yuri, making Yugo's eyes become gray. "Now I activate the Special ability of X-Die-Z! We target a Speedroid in the Pendulum Zone and Special Summon, then we roll a six sided die. We then subtract a number of levels from one monster, then add it to the other, equal to the number rolled on the dice, if their levels are the same after this effect resolves, I can overlay them to Special Summon an XYZ monster in my Extra Deck, if not, both monsters are destroyed." Explained Yugo and Yuto. "Since Marchindrum is our only Pendulum Zone monster, we'll Special Summon it!" Said the pair as Marchindrum left the field and appeared next to X-Die-Z. A large die then appeared in the air, as it began to spin. After a moment it landed on 1. "So I'll subtract 1 Level from Marchindrum and give it to X-Die-Z! Now my monsters are both Level 4, so I'll use them to build the overlay network!" Said Yugo and Yuto as their monsters became orbs of green energy and disappeared into the black and yellow vortex.

"Spread your wings, dragon of pure darkness, so that you can drag all who oppose you down into the shadows!" Chanted Yugo and Yuto, "XYZ Summon! Come forth, Rank 4: Dark Wing XYZ Dragon (Rank 4, Dragon / XYZ / Effect, DARK, 2500 ATK / 2000 DEF)!" From the portal came a black version of Yugo's dragon, with two overlay units orbiting it like planets around the sun. Then Yugo's eyes returned to their normal blue hue. Suddenly the duelist hear a loud screeching bird noise.

They looked up to see one of Shay's Raidraptors come flying in, with both Obsidian siblings on top of it. "Hey guys!" Called Lulu cheerfully. "Lulu!" Called Yugo happily, waving back at her. Then Rin took over as the large Winged-Beast landed near them. "Rin-Rin!" Called Yugo happily as he jumped off of Clear Wing and ran towards her, causing the other three duelists, and even some of the monsters to sigh. As Yugo reached her, Rin stuck out her hand so that Yugo would run into it, causing him to stop.

"Finish the duel, then we can hangout." Said Rin. "Ok!" Said Yugo. As he said that, Clear Wing came flying in, with one of his arms sticking out. Yugo stuck his hand out, grabbing the Synchro dragon's claw as it flew by, letting it grab him and fly off with him back to the duel. Once returned, Yugo continued his onslaught. "I activate Starving Wing's ability, allowing him to gain the ATK and Effects of one of my opponents monsters." Explained Yugo.

"And the boost I'll be getting, will be delivered from none other than Bella's Elemental HERO Neos Knight!" Said Yugo, as he said that, the ATK of his dragon rose to 6500, "Now for Dark Wing's effect, once per turn I can detach a material from him, then target a monster my opponent controls, letting Dark Wing steal half of it's ATK until the end of the turn, so I'll be taking half that knight's ATK now!" Said Yugo as one of Dark Wing's overlay units disappeared.

Then the ATK of Neos Knight lowered to 1900 while Dark Wing's rose to 4400. "Battle Phase! Starving Wing, attack her knight!" Instructed Yugo as his dragon charged at Bella's monster.

"I don't think so!" She said, "I activate my Trap, Hero Barrier! This negates your attack!" Said Bella as a sort of shield appeared in front of her monster, stopping the attack.

"In that case, I'll attack with Dark Wing!" Said Yugo as his XYZ dragon charged at Bella's Fusion Warrior.

Bella looked around, trying to find a card to help her. She then looked up and saw what she was looking for. "Neos!" She shouted pointing at one of the ledges.

"On it!" Shouted the knight through Neos's voice, He grabbed her arm, then spun around in a circle, using the momentum to hurl her towards the ledge. This insane tactic work surprisingly well as she flew past the ledge, grabbing onto the Action Spell. "Action Spell, Miracle! Neos isn't destroyed and the damage I take is halved!" Said Bella as he landed on another ledge.

"Then it'll be Clear Wing who destroys your monster!" Said Yugo as his third, and most trusted dragon zooms towards the HERO. Bella looked for another Spell, finding one but it wasn't able to help her here.

Her monster was destroyed, and she took more damage, which she took with a grunt, but was otherwise unaffected. "I activate my Trap! Change of Hero - Reflector Ray! Since you destroyed Neos Knight, you take 300 damage for each of his Levels!" Said Bella.

"What!?" Exclaimed Yugo, who then grunted in pain as he was hit by a powerful light from the card, nearly knocking him off of his dragon. "I end my turn." Grunted Yugo.

"Alright then, I draw!" Said Bella.

Why. Is. Writing. This. Duel. Taking. So. Long!? Seriously! I can only get three turns in, so if things go at the rate they are, I should be done in… about two chapters, maybe three if something takes super long. So I'm updating early because a) I have a lot of free time today, b) because I've been kind of lax with updating as of late, and c) I want to finish this duel so that I don't forget what I'm doing halfway through. That's all I need to talk about so I'm going to go, so until next time fic fans, Nemon0416 is outta here!