In case you are confused by two of my stories missing, I have deleted them. It wasn't because of burnout, but mostly because I wasn't satisfied with the way I wanted the story to go. So instead of it letting rot, I deleted it. I apologize for those who were looking forward to it, but the Chrono fic didn't feel like it was going anywhere with the Deck and I didn't want to completely rewrite it again and the Link fic was mostly a gift for Blaise Candell, also something that this fic is, so I apologize for any fans.
I groaned as I felt a sense of consciousness return. I opened my eyes and found myself floating in a massive abyss.
"What happened, how did I get….Oh yeah" I questioned before remembering I had been hit by a car.
"I guess I died from the impact." I mutter with a blush because who gets hit by a car when they're sitting on the SECOND FLOOR OF A MALL IN A FOOD COURT!?
I looked around the area to see where I was, but all I saw was "Darkness, Darkness, Darkness." I muttered, tapping my foot down but only hitting air, meaning I wasn't standing on anything, most likely floating. "I hope something happens because floating here forever would be boring." I mutter to myself.
Suddenly, a crystal ball appeared in front of me. Despite the darkness, the crystal ball managed to reflect light in four different colours: Purple, Red, Blue and Yellow.
Curious, I touched the crystal ball before it began to glow
"Wait what's go.." Is all I got out before I hissed in pain. I felt my arm burn as the light grew brighter and brighter to the point it blinded me.
I woke up feeling a slight headache as I looked around rubbing my forehead, "Is it just me or does everyone seem animated." I mutter before looking down, "WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CLOTHES?!" I yelled out in shock to see my outfit had completely changed.
"Holy shit, I look like Miles from Into the Spider-Verse." I said, feeling a weight on my arm. Looking at my left arm was a… "A Duel Disk huh? Well I guess I somehow magically ended up in the Yugioh universe. And judging my the shape, I'm in the Arc-V universe, my favourite. Sweet! Maybe I can change the ending..."
The Duel Disk was black. After inspecting it for a bit, I checked my pockets. My phone was gone, but I still had my wallet, which was a bit heavy than usual. I opened it and...
How many dollar bills is that?!
I quickly closed my wallet, deciding to count a bit later as I walked over to a nearby elderly man, "Excuse me can you help me?" I ask him.
"Certainly sir." He says in clear english causing me to pale in horror.
Oh G.O.D. please tell me I just hear English like some sort of Tardis translation thing and I'm not in the dub. I mentally shook my head. "Could you tell me where You Show Duel School is?" I asked, figuring that the best first course of action would be to get a foothold with Yuya as going right to Reiji would possibly cause more trouble than help.
"Are you interested in Pendulum Summoning as well?" He asked me.
"Pendulum?" I ask, figuring I was at an early point of the Timeline.
The old man nods slightly, "The method used by Yuya Sakaki to defeat the champion Strong Ishijima. Everyone has been talking about it." he explained to me.
I snap my fingers, "Oh That yeah I heard about it." I said, feigning innocence.
"It has become quite the talk of the town, if you go down this way and turn after a few blocks you'll see it." he says pointing in a direction with his cane.
I nodded. "Thank You." I say, walking off with a slight bow, heading towards what I hope is the right direction to the School.
"Wooow, this place looked packed." I comment with a whistle at the long line of people standing in front of the school building that looked like an architect's nightmare.
"If you want to attend this school, please fill in your name on this document." I hear the voice of Yuzu Hiragi call out from the front. As I look at her, my eyes widened. She no longer looked 14. She now looked to be around his age and damn, she looked beautiful! She was wearing a white blouse, a black skirt that goes above her knees and black knee-high high-heeled boots.
What's even more shocking is the massive scar on her left cheek, very similar to the one Natsu had after his fight against Zeref in Fairy Tail. While it looked cool, it still raised a lot of questions.
"Okay", "I'll attend!", "Me too!" Several voices call in response.
"You'll show us Pendulum Summon today, right?" A person from the line asks.
Way to be subtle, kid…
"Of course we will, but only applicants are allowed to see it." Yuzu responds.
"Sneaky…" I mutter with a smirk.
"I'll attend!" "Me too!", "Hurry up!" a chorus of voices called out and began to push. I have half a mind to knock everyone out, but that would not be a good first impression.
"Please get in line in number order!" Yuzu says, trying to calm the eager crowd. "Sheesh, I'm going to be the opponent in the mock battle, but I don't have time to get ready." she complains under her breath.
"Then there is no choice." A deep male voice responds as I hear a door open, "The man Gongenzaka will replace you as the opponent." Gongenzaka tells Yuzu. Gongenzaka also seemed… older. Rather than school uniform, he was now wearing a gi of some sorts like he belongs in Street Fighter, and was sporting a mustache like his dad in the anime. Is everyone in this is older?
"I'll handle things here so that you can prepare for your duel." He tells Yuzu
"Thank you, I leave it to you!" Yuzu replies as she starts to run off.
"Ladies and gentleman!" The loud voice of Yuya Sakaki yells out as a spotlight shines down on him… or in this case, her.
Yep, you heard me right. Her.
Sakaki Yuya was a freaking girl. How am I sure? Well there are two giant items in her chest that will prove her gender.
Great, it seems the Yu-boys are now the Yu-girls. Wait, is Zarc also a girl?
Either way, Yuya looks nice. If I had to guess a character design, she looks like Pyra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, with an extra layer of green hair.
"Welcome to my one-man show today!" She tells the audience.
Wouldn't it be a one-girl show, though?
There's a loud smack as Yuya hunches over in pain with Yuzu standing behind her holding her trademark paper fan. Dammit, with the revelation of Yuya being a girl, I missed the part where she took it out.
"What do you mean by one-man show, you can't duel alone!" Yuzu questions Yuya with a slight growl.
"Who's that chick?" The guy standing next to me comments.
"She hit Yuya-chan!" The guy standing next to him stated. Great, a simp…
"Nice! Girl on girl action!" A third guy comments… IS HE DROOLING!?
"Fight!" They all yell to Yuzu.
"I see, so that's my role?" Yuzu grumbles under her breath as her body shakes in annoyance, "Fine, I'll take on the role of the villain!" she yells out snapping slightly before pointing at Yuya, "Yuya, just because you've gained some fame doesn't mean you can laugh like an idiot, I'm going to pummel you into pieces!" she declares getting into her role.
"Huh." Yuya says dumbly blinking in shock. I facepalmed. For an entertainer, she sure is slow with improv.
"C'mon Yuya say something back!" Yuzu stage whispers to Yuya.
Yuya seems stuck before inspiration hits her, "Woah, You're Female Strong Ishijima!" She yells out in shock pointing at Yuzu.
"Female Strong?" Yuzu blurts out in shock I could almost see her picturing herself in Strong's clothes with his hair style. I had to cover my mouth to stop the giggles from coming out.
"You're trying to get revenge for your master?" Yuya asks Yuzu as I saw the scary aura pissed off female anime characters obtain.
"She is going Super Saiyan!" I yelled out, with people giving me a weird look. Oh please don't tell me Dragon Ball doesn't exist in this this universe…
"I'll strike back using Pendulum Summon!" says an oblivious Yuya as she smiles, playfully putting her hands on her hips.
Yuzu yells angrily at Yuya for a few moments before she thrusts her hand up into the air, "The Field Spell Plain Plain activates!" she declares as the Solid Vision System activates transforming the duel room into well… a grassy plain.
Yuya and Yuzu activate their Duel Disks on the field, "The duelists meet at the battlefield!" Yuya says starting the Action Duel oath.
"Along with their monsters, they'll kick the ground and fly through the sky…" Yuzu continues on.
"To move around the field!"
"Witness dueling's greatest evolution!"
"Action!"
"DUEL!" Yuya and Yuzu call out as the Action Cards disperse around the field.
Yuya: 4000 LP
Yuzu: 4000 LP
"I'll go first!" Yuya says holding up a card, "I summon Entermate Discover Hippo from my hand!" She says as a pink hippo in a tux with a top hat appears on her side of the field. (LV3 Beast/Effect/Earth ATK:800 DEF:800)
"The hippo appeared, Yuya's strategy is to ride it and search for Action Cards, Go!" Some people from the peanut gallery commented.
I couldn't help the small snort that escaped my mouth at the comment. I guess my mind was more lewd than I thought.
"Okay, you all know what's going on, I'll end my turn!" Yuya says hopping onto Hippo's back as they take off running.
"I won't allow that, My turn, I draw!" Yuzu replies by drawing her card, "I summon Aria the Melodious Diva!" She declares summoning her monster. (LV4 Fairy/Effect/Light ATK:1600 DEF:1200)
"Battle! Aria attacks Performapal Hip Hippo!" She orders her monster as it produces a loud singing voice sending a sharp spear of wind at Hip Hippo. "Sharpness Voice!"
"I use the Action Spell Evasion!" Yuya says grabbing the card from the nearby bush she ran past, "Rolling Hippo!" She calls out as Hip Hippo dodges using a barrel roll getting cheers from the crowd.
"We'll see about that. Aria the Melodious Diva's effect activates! Yuzu responds, "When it fails to deal battle damage, you take 800 points of damage!" she explains "Resonate Wave!"
Yuya yells out as the shock wave from the attack sends her and the hippo flying. (Yuya: 4000 - 800 = 3200 LP)
"Mwahahaha, you can't escape Strong Yuzu!" Yuzu says pointing at Yuya while laughing maniacally. "I end my turn!" she finishes.
"I guess she really gets into her roles." I say with an amused smirk on my face.
"Ouch!" Yuya groans, sitting slightly, rubbing her lower back side.
"Don't just sit there, I'm acting like a villain, so defeat me by doing something cool!" Yuzu tells Yuya, hinting at her to use Pendulum.
"Pendulum, Pendulum, Pendulum!" Everyone begins to chant out.
"See, everyone's looking forward to it!" Yuzu tells Yuya.
"All right, leave it to me!" Yuya says flipping up onto her feet, "The fun is only getting started!" she yelled out pointing up dramatically with Hippo mirroring her pose.
"When I said do something cool, I didn't mean striking a cool pose." Yuzu deadpans.
"My turn, I draw!" Yuya states drawing her card, I saw her eyes shine happily. Guess she drew her Pendulum card.
"I set the Pendulum Scale with the Scale 4 Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and the Scale 8 Timegazer Magician!" Yuya declares holding up two cards and placing them on the edge of the blade as PENDULUM wrote out across it and behind her in two pillars of light, Odd-Eyes and Timegazer rose up.
"All right, Come Pendulum!" The crowd yells out eagerly.
"Poor Yuya." I said, feeling sorry for the girl, knowing she messed up the scale and was going to fail big time, letting everyone down but revealing they didn't truly want to learn about Entertainment Dueling and only cared about the new cards showing their greedy side.
"Pendulum!" The crowd chanted over and over.
"Here comes Pendulum Summoning, Come out my monsters!" Yuya calls out, a *Bzzzt* is heard as nothing happens. Yuya stands there in shock as a gust of wind blows past her.
I play Wah Waaah on a Trombone I somehow now had in my hands getting some Wtf looks from the older crowd and giggles of amusement from the children, soon people begin muttering wondering what happened.
"Hey, what's going on Sword Fish, Whip Snake?" Yuya asks her Monsters confused and in panic as to why they aren't appearing. "Come out like last time!" She pleads, trying again and again to place the cards, getting a buzzing error in response, "I placed the Pendulum Cards, so why is there an error?" She questions.
"Pendulum Cards?" Someone questions.
"What are those?" another questioned.
I roll my eyes at the two, "Cards that are obviously connected to Pendulum Summoning if they're called Pendulum Cards Duhh." I say as if sarcastically explaining to a slow five year old.
I see Yuya frowning, trying to remember what to do before realization sparks in her eyes as she had an idea. Buuuuuut… if I remember this episode right it was the wrong one..
"I end my turn. Yuzu, attack me!" Yuya says confidently.
"Attack?" Yuzu stammers in shock.
"Yeah, don't hold back!" Yuya nodded.
"Okay." Yuzu says confused but going with it, "My turn, I draw!" she says drawing her card, "I can Special Summon this card when a Melodious is on the field!" she says holding up a card in her hand, "I Special Summon Sonata the Melodious Diva!" she announces as her second monster appears on the field. (LV3 Fairy/Effect/Light ATK:1200 DEF:1000)
"I tribute Aria the Melodious Diva and Sonata the Melodious Diva!" Yuzu declares releasing her Monsters, "I Advance Summon Mozarta the Melodious Maestra!" she declares summoning her ace monster.(LV8 Fairy/Effect/Light ATK:2600 DEF:2000)
"Mozarta the Melodious Maestra's effect activates. Once per turn, I can Special Summon a Level 4 or below Melodious from my hand!" Yuzu declares as Mozarta shoots a beam of light from her hand, "I Special Summon another Aria the Melodious Diva!" she states as a second Aria appears on her field.
"First, I'll get rid of that hippo. Aria attacks Entermate Discover Hippo!" Yuzu orders her Monster, Hippo yells out as it's destroyed. Yuya: 3200 - 800 = 2400 LP
"Now come!" Yuya tells Yuzu.
"Pendulum!" The chant once again starts up.
"Don't hold back, Yuzu!" Yuya declares eagerly.
"Here I go, Take this, Mozarta attacks Yuya directly!" Yuzu declares as Mozarta materializes a conductor's baton in her hand, A small chord plays on the keys in her wings, "Graceful Wave!"
"Okay, I'm now in a pinch!" Yuya says happily, still thinking her theory was correct on why her Pendulum failed. "I Pendulum Summon!" She declares slapping the cards onto her Duel Disk, her old friend ERROR returns to greet her.
Yuya freezes in shock before Mozarta's attack hits, sending her flying, causing her to hit the roof and fall down crashing into a bush. Yuya: 2400 - 2600 = 0 LP
WINNER: Yuzu
"Owch." I say with a wince and rubbing my chest, feeling slight phantom pains from the earlier car crash. You'd think being hit by something like that would make you unable to move for a while, but I guess traveling literal worlds heals you somehow.
Everyone is silent as the Solid Vision System turns off, turning the room Yuya and Yuzu were in to normal. Soon everyone begins to talk amongst themselves.
"Ouch." Yuya hisses out rubbing the back of her head. I wonder how real those things are and if anyone died from them.
"What's the big idea?" Yuzu questions with a glare.
"Wait a second, umm…" Yuya stammers out, flailing her hands.
Soon Yuya and Yuzu walk out of the Duel Area, Yuya looking slightly downcast.
"Umm, I have a question." Someone says, holding up their hand.
"Yes, what is it?" Yuya asks.
"You said something about a Pendulum Card." He comments.
"Pendulum Card?" Yuzu questions looking at Zarc's Tomato.
"That's what I call it, I don't know the official name." Yuya explains.
"Show me." Yuzu orders her.
"Okay." Yuya says, taking out her Deck and handing it to Yuzu, who pulls out her own deck and looks at them side by side, "This is a Pendulum Card?" she questions looking at Timegazer Magician.
"You can't Pendulum Summon if you don't have this card?" A member of the crowd comments.
"That's not fair, or maybe there's no such thing as Pendulum Summoning!" another commented.
I could feel the anger and jealousy slowly seeping from the crowd.
"That's right, I bet you tricked the system during the Ishijima match, how else could you summon so many monsters at once!?" a third voice comments.
I gave a small inaudible snort and rolled my eyes. Did Yuya really seem smart enough to hack a Corporation like LDS and get away undetected? She wasn't Phantom… I paused slightly looking at Yuya. Or was she? It was possible that the Manga and Anime could possibly be merged as one.
"He wanted to beat the champion that badly?" A girl comments in disgust.
"That's why she's the daughter of a coward." another female responds.
I clenched my fist in anger.
"No, I didn't cheat!" Yuya protests as the crowd begins to walk out.
I watched them leave with a glare on my face. Typical reaction from people.
If something unknown is revealed, they immediately want it, not caring who or what they might hurt in the process of getting it, and when they can't get it, they throw a tantrum.
Yuya pulls down her goggles to hide her eyes. I hear silent sniffs coming from her as she starts to walk off.
"Poor kid." I say feeling sympathetic
"Yuya…" Yuzu worries for her friend.
That's weird...At this point in time, the kid Tatsuya was supposed to cheer up Yuya. Now that I think about it, where are Ayu and Futoshi? And Yuzu's dad, Shuzo? Questions for later...
"If it makes you feel any better, I don't think you cheated." I said, getting everyone's attention. "You just made a missplay. It can happen to any duelist."
Gongenzaka walks up to us. "Yuya, don't you feel bad that these your fan has to say this?" he questions her friend.
"Fan?" Yuya questions in shock.
I shrugged a bit, "I'm not sure I'd call myself your fan, but I find your duel interesting to say the least." I say with a shrug.
"And who are you?" Yuzu asked.
I frowned a bit internally. Do I use my old name or do I develop a new name for this new world? After several seconds of pondering I decided on my name since I look for the part. "Miles. Miles Morales. And yes I'm foreign." I say with a smile. "You did great in that match, it was excellent." I say slightly lying through my teeth slightly as I saw the episode on tv back in my original world and not… would it be in person since I was in the Arc-Verse now?
Yuya gasps in shock upon hearing me encourage her.
"I want to duel in front of a large crowd again!" Yuya says as her shoulders shake slightly.
I walked up to her and placed a gentle hand on her shoulder, "And you will." I tell her confidently.
"How do you know?" Yuya asks me.
I smiled at her, "Faith." I replied simply while my inner voice said 'Spoilers'
"You were reborn in that duel, you'll never run away again!" Gongenzaka tells her friend confidently.
"Gongenzaka, Morales…" Yuya says.
I let out a chuckle, "Just call me Miles." I tell Yuya with a smile.
Yuya nods, "Miles."
"So do your best for your fan!" Gongenzaka tells Yuya, giving her a smile.
"So you'll join?" Yuya asked me with... hope in my eyes.
"Sure." I said. Thank god I checked my wallet before this and I had enough money to survive for a while.
"Yes!" Yuya cheered, jumping a bit.
"That means You Show School finally has a new member!" Yuzu says cheering.
They looked happy. Waaaay too happy. "You act like I'm the first student to join..." I said with a sweatdrop.
Yuya rubbed the back of her neck. "Well aside from me and Yuzu being related to the owners, you're the first student we had since opening up." She said.
So Ayu, Futoshi don't exist? And neither does Tatsuya? "And where are the owners?" I asked. "Aside from Sakaki Yusho obviously"
At this the two girls looked down. I noticed Yuzu placed her hand on her scar... There is something here. "Ok, forget I asked." I said.
Yuya and Yuzu look at each other for a bit, the latter hands her back her deck. "I promise to master Pendulum Summoning!" Yuya declares, "Yuzu, Gongenzaka, Miles, Duel me!" She requests of us.
"Right." Yuzu and Gongenzaka say.
"I'll watch for now..." I said.
And that's how my journey in the Arc-V world started. It was different from what I was used to, but I think the changes will stop here right.
Meanwhile in another location, one outside the boundaries of time and space and completely surrounded by galaxies, we see a shadowy figure is formed. Underneath them are four orbs: Purple, Red, Blue and Yellow.
"My Factors... You must stop her revival... Before it's too late." They said.
So I decided to upload a new story. I know, I know I'm relapsing. I promise this is the last time I will do this. Here is how my original writing plans went.
I would write ten chapters of a story and only then post that story. Naturally, there were some exceptions, but this was how I mostly did things. I have like 10 docs of stories with like 5 chapters written.
But then I realized I might write a story that a lot of people would not like and I'm not putting a lot of effort into something that won't be recognized or seen by a lot of people. Yes, I mostly write what I like/can do, hence why you don't see me writing a fic using the meta from the real world, but I also want people to enjoy my stories, so i tend to find a middle ground with the Deck and themes.
So my new plan is to post the first chapter of a story I'm writing. I will only update that story after the tenth chapter is written. That way, I know I can write more and I can also get some feedback from people.
Now, onto the actual story. Yes the main text is mostly the same from Dragons of Zero. I at first thought I should go for the cliché where the OC meets the group, then duels Sawatari and his Monarchs, but I wanted the OC to meet his love interests early on so the relationship can blossom faster.
Yuya and Yuzu are going to be Miles only love interest. As for the rest of the counterparts, I have plans for them.
Also, yes the Chibi Trio and Shuzo are missing. The Chibi Trio I have already explained that I do not like them in my other stories, but essentially, I hate characters who contribute nothing to the plot or characters who are actually important to the plot, but do nothing but act like damsels in distress *looks at Yuzu with disdain* So yeah, the Chibi Trio are gone in this case because I'm going to be honest, I was not going to add their dialogue in certain cases, so might as well write them off at the beginning.
As for Shuzo, this one is going to be more story-related so I can't explain why. Though do be assured that I'm not going to bash his character. The only parent I loathe in this anime more than Leo is Yusho.
In case of Deck, it has already been decided. It will be obvious if you pay attention. Just know that there will be some changes.
As always if there are any mistakes, let me know so I can fix them. I will see you when the 10th chapter is done.
P.S: Leave your thoughts in reviews as it will help a lot as support for this story.