The Neo-Domino Purge is a Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds fanfic that follows an alternate continuity from episode 8 of the anime onwards. Desperate to uncover the Signers lurking on both sides of the Neo-Domino/Satellite divide, Rex Godwin creates a conflict between the two under the pretense of their way of life being threatened. Essentially the fanfic boils down to taking the Trauma Conga Line already set up in 5D's and turning it up to eleven. The fanfic is written by Cuteyami apparently with someone else working on the story and duel planning. It can be found hereThe story itself has developed its own Alternative Continuity, which continues from the end of the first Season, taking place immediately after the Security Arc.
Happens again two chapters later when Jack accidentally kills Ushio in similar circumstances.
Action Prologue: The first pre-title scene is a repeat of the Crimson Dragon's appearance at the end of Yusei and Jack's duel before settling with the point the fic splits from the anime. Whose perspective said segment comes from isn't given.
A Day in the Limelight: Uryu and Ushio both get a Chapter in which they get more focus. It doesn't end well for them.
Ascended Extra: Lesser characters get a bit more focus than they did originally.
Authority Equals Asskicking: Goes through a Double Subversion: To begin with, Satellite duellists appear on D-Wheels, suggesting they've been winning over Security. As soon as they confront the Neo-Domino duellists, they're easily tampled. But when it comes to Ushio and Jack's duel, Security status isn't important and a seemingly rogue Jack wins.
Another case of Adaptation Expansion looks at Jack and Yusei's time in Satellite after Team Satisfaction; showing what caused them to drift apart, giving a reason for the duel in the Episode 2 flashback and Jack an ulterior motive for leaving Satellite.
Big Brother Instinct: Rua puts his on display on several occasions: during his duel with Aki, during the Security Arc and especially when Jeager sneaks into the twins' home, leading Rua to believe he was aiming to kidnap Ruka.
Blood from the Mouth: Happens to Yuusei when Godwin punches him about to stop him escaping during the Detention Centre riot though he isn't the one that dies shortly afterwards, he's the killer.
Jack also suffers this in Chapter 32 as a result of the poison Kinomiya injected him with taking effect.
Blood on These Hands: Yuusei hallucinates at the end of Chapter 7, thinking he has Takasu's blood all over him, and even his cards.
Bloodless Carnage: For a conflict fought on high-speed motorbikes there's little actual violence but then gets subverted HARD for Takasu's death.
The Cameo: Aoyama shows up during the breakout to help Yanagi.
Caught On Tape: Kinomiya has footage of Yusei being escorted to and from the roof that acts as evidence that he killed Takasu, but he doesn't intend to use it.
Child Soldiers: The kids of Satellite who take part in the protection force
Bommer manages to combine this and Super Window Jump in his bid to kill Crow during the Security Arc... while riding their D-Wheels!
Doorstopper: At 32 chapters, it has 324,000 words, making it one of the largest in the 5D's archive on FFN, and it's still setting up the Dark Signer arc.
Foreshadowing: There are a few instances: Carly's photograph of Jack gives the illusion he's riding downhill, a sign that his luck is about to take a turn for the worst. Yusei also hears someone yelling his name at the end of his duel with Takasu; just over 20 chapters later, he meets with Kiryu, someone else whose death Yusei is responsible for, and it was his voice.
Gambit Roulette: Godwin's plan is to uncover the Signers quickly and force the Dark Signers to show themselves. All this involves starting a that is MOSTLY bloodless whilst pretending to the public in Neo-Domino that it is for their security and to the higher-ups that he is trying to push the limits of Momentum. He has to pray the situation doesn't get even more out of hand all the while.
Janitor Impersonation Infiltration: When she gets separated from Yusei and Rally during the Security raid, Carly disguises herself as a janitor named Jeff.
Mythology Gag: When Jeager breaks into the twins' home, he is quick to head into their kitchen after some cup ramen.
In the Team Satisfaction flashback, Kiryu calls Yusei 'Daddy Fudo' while he's looking after one of the younger orphans - a Fan Nickname for Yusei's father.
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The Security infiltrators could count; they're made of an escaped prisoner who's jumped sides twice, an unstable psychic, a clumsy reporter, an 11-year old girl from the Tops (and then her brother who was supposed to have been kidnapped), a boy from Satellite of similar age and a thief who's just been arrested, then helped out just to tag along.
Ramp Jump: Jack, Crow and even Ushio have pulled these off in the beginning of Arc 3 through Ramprovisation.
7th Episode Twist: Chapter 7 has the first duel, and it's an Absurdly High Stakes Game. It ends with Takasu dying at Yusei's hands and pretty much sets the tone for what's ahead.
Shout Out: Carly makes reference to telescreens while hiding with Jack at the beginning of the second season.
Spell My Name with an S: Despite the majority of the fanbase spelling Jack's surname as "Atlas", the author goes with the in-anime spelling of "Atlus".
Surveillance As The Plot Demands: Godwin's had cameras set up around the Pipeline and as a technical employee hack Jack's D-Wheel just so he can watch Yusei and Kiryu's duel.
The Unreveal: Although it was only hinted at very subtly, Juri being Judge's son gets far more of an in-story reaction than it deserved.
This Cannot Be!: Said by a variety of characters, including Taka when he realises Jack's part of Neo-Domino's army, Jil while duelling Aki and Crow upon discovering Kiryu is a Dark Signer.
Thwarted Escape: While Yanagi, Himuro and Aoyama get out the Detention Centre, Yusei gets cornered and captured by Godwin.
Time for Plan B: Chapter 17 suggests that the attack on Satellite is Plan B and the Fortune Cup, Plan A, was too slow for Godwin to care anymore.
Trauma Conga Line: As mentioned above, Yusei in particular has a miserable time of it. The only thing he doesn't have happen to him in the Facility is get jumped in the showers...
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Godwin's real motivation behind invading Satellite is merely to lure the Dark Signers out as well as push Yusei and awaken his Birthmark so he can fight them.
Early-Bird Cameo: Cards from Season 3, and even the Ark Cradle episodes, appear in early chapters of the Dark Signer arc.
Minor characters from the latter half of the series, namely Kazama and Tetsuzo, make appearances just as early.
For Science!: The senators vote to continue the purge with the sole motive of trying to increase the levels of momentum.
Foreshadowing: The end of Chapter 28 is filled with hints at Misty's secret status as a Dark Signer, including the hotel name, Grace Crépuscule, which acts as an attempt of Bilingual Bonus.
Knight Templar Big Brother: Rua was already in Big Brother Instinct mode before Jeager showed up at the Tops. As soon as he implies he and Godwin have Ruka, Rua launches straight into this.
Lower Deck Episode: On the Satellite side, Chapter 27 focuses heavily on Taka, Blitz, Nerve and Tetsuzo.
The Mole: Julian in the Arcadia Movement. Divine is immediately suspicious.
Rooftop Confrontation: Rua and Jeager's duel takes place in the roofrop garden of the Tops.
Schedule Slip: The fic was originally supposed to be posted with the first chapter of the first version's Season 2 in November 2010. The fic appeared at the end of January 2011, but the first chapter wasn't posted until March.
The two chapters with the Rua/Jeager and Jack/Kinomiya duels were supposed to be posted simultaneously with the original's versions. Neither happened.
Shout Out: Blitz names a track from the Tsubasa Chronicles soundtrack - "Hear Our Prayer" - which helped to set the mood earlier on in the chapter on the Satellite front.
The story itself has developed its own Alternative Continuity, which continues from the end of the first Season, taking place immediately after the Security Arc.
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