1. Chapter 1 - The Start of Something New (1/2)
an:
welcome one and all to my new story known as yu-gi-oh arc-v: the twin pendulums. this is actually a remake of the first chapter after i already posted the first one, mostly because i changed the main oc's archetype from god cards to this instead.
yuko pov:
i know the world of yu-gi-oh seems awesome, but trust me, you don't want to really be in it. just watch the show and play the game, but you should leave the world to to the experts. i found that out the hard way. my name's yuko, and i'm basically the epitome of average. my looks are average, my grades are average, you get the idea. the only thing i really thrived at was yu-gi-oh. but, well, my story really starts with the thunderstorm
it was basically just the regular day. get home from school, do some homework, and then chill. usually, i'd decide to play some video games or play yu-gi-oh, but earlier that day the power had gone out. it was already kinda late, so i decided i'd just get some rest. i laid down in my bed and closed my eyes
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"wake up"
i darted up in my bed and looked around the room. no one was there. confused, i lay back down
"wake up yuko sakaki"
i opened my eyes again only to see nothing but
ight light
"it is time"
i closed my eyes as the light completely engulfed me.
yema pov:
i slowly opened one of my eyes, and immediately winced.
"why is the sunlight so….
ight?" i thought, sitting up. the last thing i could remember, there was a thunderstorm, and then something else happened. but why was i now outside? i glanced next to me on the pavement and saw someone else. it was a boy, about my age, with red and black hair and goggles with red lenses and black edges. he was wearing a simple black shirt, with a red jacket draped over his shoulders, like a cape. around his neck, he had a simple, familiar blue pendant on a string. he wore dark blue pants, which appeared to have card holsters on the sides. on his feet, he wore red shoes, with dark markings on them. there was some kind of a weird red device with a screen strapped to his arm. suddenly the boy groaned. he sat up and looked around. we locked eyes. his eyes were crimson red.
"um hi. who are you?" he asked. i flinched in surprise. that was my
other's voice. but then why didn't he recognize me? i glanced at the store window nearby and almost had a heart attack. i looked….different. i was wearing a gray hoodie, with a yellow undershirt beneath. i wore a sky blue skirt, and yellow shoes. my hair was purple and pulled into two pigtails. when i looked closer, i noticed my irises were now
ight yellow. i had a similar pendant around my neck, but mine was pink. i also had the same device strapped to my arm, but it was also pink.
"you okay?" i asked my
other, bending over to help him up. from the look on his face, i guess he recognized my voice too.
"what?" he asked in surprise, getting to his feet. i jabbed my finger at the store window and he looked at it. he took a step closer to the window and stepped backwards, surprised.
"what happened?" he asked, turning back towards me. i shrugged, when suddenly my device started ringing. i glanced over at it and saw a call from "yuzu hiragi " i reached over tapped the button. instantly a concerned looking girl with pink hair appeared on the screen.
"where are you two!?" she nearly shouted "the duel's just about to start!"
"um, we're just…" i stuttered as i tried to come up with an answer.
"we're on our way now," my
other said, leaning over into the frame.
"oh, hey yuko," yuzu said, relaxing a little bit "well you guys better hurry, or else you'll miss the duel" i nodded, and ended the call. i glanced at my
other, only to see him already running off.
"hey!" i shouted, hurrying after him. "where are you going?"
"to the duel," he said matter of factly. i sighed, and followed him.
we arrived at the duel arena just in time. we'd made a few wrong turns along the way, and time was almost up.
"who's dueling?" i asked, catching up to yuko. my
other appeared to have an idea. before he could share his thoughts, a little girl with red hair ran up to us
"there you two are!" she said, grabbing yuko's arm. "you're late!" with that, she dragged him off to who knows where? i scurried up the nearby staircase and arrived on a balcony. standing there was yuzu, a man with spiky orange hair, and another boy with blondish hair. i walked up to the edge next to yuzu and leaned against the rail
"did i miss anything?" i asked
"nope," yuzu said, glancing over at me. he just entered. i looked down at the arena, and sure enough, my
other was standing there like a complete moron, just vacantly gazing around. i imagined he was pretty confused, just being shoved into a situation like this.
"ladies and gentlemen!" a voice suddenly shouted. up on the big screen, niko was commentating the duel. "today we have the reigning champion, strong ishijima, here to defend his title" as he spoke, a giant man with purple hair walked out onto the already activated "castle of chaos" action field.
"and on the other side…" niko continued "…we have the son of legendary dueltainer yusho sakaki, yuko sakaki!" down on the field, yuko looked up timidly and did a little awkward half wave to the audience.
"duelists will kick across the earth, and fly across the air along with their monsters!" niko announced dramatically "fix your eyes on the ultimate evolution of dueling! action…."
"duel!" my
other and ishijima shouted at the same time, activating their duel disks as action cards flew across the field
yuko pov:
yuko: 4000 lp, hand: 5
ishijima: 4000 lp, hand 5
"i'll let you take the first turn boy!" ishijima shouted at me from atop the castle
"gladly!" i shouted back. my eyes quickly scanned over the cards. i didn't recognize most of them, so i had to learn fast.
"i summon time stallion in attack mode!" i said, putting the card onto my duel disk. the air in front of me shimmered as a swirling gateway appeared. out of it leaped a blue horse, with clock emblems on its side and a red mane. the horse galloped over and bent down in front of me. i hopped onto the horse who immediately took off at a gallop.
time stallion lv 3/light/beast/effect/atk 1000/def 800
"i end my turn!" i said
"running away?" ishijima taunted "i suppose you are just like your father! i draw!"
yuko:4000 lp, hand: 4
ishijima: 4000 lp, hand: 6
"i activate the spell card, feast of the wild lv5!" ishijima shouted, slapping the card on his duel disk. the spell appeared, showing warrior dancing around a campfire.
"this card lets me summon up to two level 5 warrior monsters from my hand!" ishijima continued "so i special summon swamp battleguard, and lava battleguard!" immediately the
own and red monsters materialized in front of ihijima.
"next, i tribute them both to summon battleguard king!" ishijima shouted. the two monsters, shattered into light fragments before reforming into a huge, red-skinned monster with armor and a club.
battleguard king lv 8/earth/warrior/effect/atk: 3000/def: 1100
"try running now kid" ishijami laughed, directing battleguard king. "attack his time stallion!" thankfully i was prepared.
"i activate the action spell evasion!" i yelled, showing the spell card and putting it on my duel disk. "now my monster can dodge out of the way of your monster's attack!" at the very last second, before the attack landed, time stallion leaped sideways, surrounded by a blue glow, out of battleguard king's range
"battleguard king's effect activates!" ishijima reminded me "since i tributed a warrior type monster to summon batttleguard king, he can attack twice!" battleguard king lunged again at time stallion. the club smashed into time stallion who immediately was destroyed
yuko 4000 lp - 2000 lp
"i activate time stallion's effect!" i said. "if it's destroyed by battle, i can
ing it back to the field! time vortex!" as i spoke, a blue portal appeared and time stallion galloped out back onto the field.
"and since i special summoned a monster, i can special summon this guy from my hand!" i continued "come on out, time knight! the portal shimmered again, and a man in blue armor leaped out of the portal. in his hand, he carried a blood red sword with a clock emblem at the hilt.
time knight lv 4/light/warrior/effect/atk 1300/def 1000