History Fanfic / YuGiOhArcVPendulumsFifthSwing

Following Yuya Sakaki's victory over Strong Ishijima, Maiami City has come to learn about the power of Pendulum, even if Yuya himself hasn't fully learned to how to wield it properly. One day, as he and Yuzu take a much deserved break in the park, Yuya's pendant begins to shine and leads them to discovering a mysterious youth, left unconscious in the park.

The You Show Students bring him to You Show Duel School, where he promptly awakens. He only remembers that he is a Duelist, and his name.

** [[spoiler:Gongenzaka learns Synchro Summoning in canon, but here he learns Xyz from Kurosaki]].

** The SKSD EvilCounterpart monsters of the Four Dimensional Dragons count, but ''Scale 10'' throws in another set: [[spoiler:the "original" versions of the Four Dimensional Dragons from before the Original Dimension was split into the four dimensions.]]

* ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge: Before Himika and Reiji introduced Fusion, Synchro and Xyz Summoning, the Standard Dimension only had Ritual Summoning to their name. It's since begun to decline, with Himika noting how rare Ritual Summoning is used in the present. Doubles as a MythologyGag, as in canon, only two characters were ever shown using Ritual Summoning, only one of which was from Standard. The Standard native Mieru Hochun, and the former Academia Student and Fusion native Asuka Tenjoin. [[spoiler:Yuzu and Yuya also get in on the action by having their own Ritual Monsters, but Yuya takes it a step further by making it a ''Ritual-Pendulum'' monster -- the first-ever in the series.]]
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Arrogant ''duelist'' in this case. There are a few characters who count. Sawatari was certainly this, but two defeats at the hands of Yuya, Zarc and Yuto have led to a BreakTheHaughty CharacterDevelopment and has resolved to become a better duelist. WordOfGod states that Sawatari is meant to become on the level of his manga counterpart, who, in a twist of irony, nearly manages to defeat Yuto when in the anime, Yuto beat him without so much as breaking a sweat.
* AscendedExtra: {{Downplayed}}. Kakimoto, one of Sawatari's three stooges, is chosen to participate in a Tag Duel in ''Scale 02'' with Sawatari, even possessing a Pyro deck. In the show proper, his name was only revealed in the credits and had no other role besides sucking up to Sawatari.

** The Tag Duel between Sawatari and Kakimoto against Yuya and Zarc. Initially, they have trouble getting past them, but its at the halfway point that they show off the full skill set.

** [[spoiler:Joey]] and Gongenzaka in the fist fight against the Rare Hunters.
* BerserkButton: Just ask Sawatari what happened when he almost killed the little ones, just to make sure Yuya didn't deliver the final blow in the Tag Duel. He was ''very'' lucky Yuya brought Zarc back to his senses, otherwise the Demon Duelist would have made a terrifying comeback!

** Mostly implied, but Sora is incredibly traumatized by the one time he duelled Yuri, which ended with Sora's loss.

** Once Yuya found out that Yuzu is learning Karate, he wonders incredulously if she's going to a war or something.
** Sora thinks that something like "the most powerful card in duel monsters" is a complete myth because any card can be incorporated in any strategy. [[spoiler:Then Malik comes knocking with the Winged Dragon of Ra and proceeds to curb-stomp him. Also overlaps with TemptingFate.]]

* EvilCounterpart: The Supreme King Servant Dragon variants of the Four Dimensional Dragons are this, as they not only boast incredible power but have superior effects compared to the other dragons. In ''Scale 01'', Zarc also notices that Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon is very hostile towards SKSD Odd-Eyes and vice versa.

* ForWantOfANail: The Nail here being the presence of not just Zarc, but Ray being in Standard.
** Zarc's presence in Standard makes it easier for the others to accept that there are people with the same face as Yuya, meaning Yuto and Yuya are not as easily mistaken for one another. Zarc's use of Pendulum Cards and training with Yuya also gives LDS more data on Pendulum Cards, allowing the production of their own much faster. Conversely, it also lets Yuya find out more of the limitations and benefits behind Pendulum Summoning, and incorporate other summoning methods into his deck much earlier.
*** Zarc's SKSD cards combined with the appearance of Yuto clues LDS into the existence of both Synchro and Fusion counterparts to Yuya much earlier, thanks to Yuya and Yuto possessing doppelgangers to two of Zarc's SKSD cards.
*** Zarc's training with Yuya in trying to understand the complexities of Pendulum Summoning in turn made Yuzu afraid she CantCatchUp, causing her to begin training earlier than in canon and add Ritual Summoning to her repertoire.
** Ray is adopted into the Akaba family years prior, with Himika eventually coming to legitimately care for her and Reiji and Reira bonding with her. Ray also ingratiates herself among the LDS students, becoming a CoolBigSis to many of them, namely the LDS trio, Masumi in particular.
*** The Akabas are much more functional as a family, especially Reira who is nowhere close to an EmptyShell, is a lot more talkative and even has hobbies.
*** Ray's status as TheAce of LDS has in turn inspired others to up their game in an attempt to beat her, such as Yaiba, a Synchro Course student, learning [[spoiler:Xyz Summoning]] in secret.
** Losing to both Yuya and Zarc damaged Sawatari's pride enough that he actually took training seriously. Despite this, he was still woefully unprepared against Yuto, keying Yuto into the fact LDS and Academia are not the same. After doing his own digging, he then relays to Shun, and convinces him not to try and take Reiji hostage like in canon.
** Sawatari doesn't readily accuse Yuya of Yuto's actions and doesn't fake his injuries, requiring Himika to use different tactics in regards to You Show. Her motives have also changed. Rather than just trying to get Yuya, the School Duel is designed to test if Zarc and Yuya are actually ready for when Fusion invades.
** The School Duel plays out a bit differently.
*** Sora decides to actually partake in the School Duel this time, challenging Masumi and forcing a DRAW after he finishes probing her and her Fusion Summoning. This in turn causes Yaiba to face ''Yuzu'', meaning Gongenzaka doesn't join the School Duel.
*** While Yuzu still loses during the School Duel with LDS, due to losing to Yaiba instead, a BloodKnight who respects his opponents openly, she doesn't fall into a HeroicBSOD, but rather resolves to keep training and gains respect for the LDS trio as duelists.
*** Since Gongenzaka never duels Yaiba, [[spoiler:he has no reason to learn Synchro from him, and instead learns Xyz from Shun.]]
*** With the score between the schools being 1 Win, 1 Lose, and a DRAW, the tiebreaker round goes off with Reiji and Yuya like in canon. This time however, its a Tag Duel, with Zarc joining Yuya and Ray joining Reiji. This in turn introduces Ray to the You Show students, making them aware that Yuzu has doppelgangers as well.
** After the Tag Duel with Yuya and Zarc, Reiji discovers the location of Shun and Yuto and confronts them, accepting a duel from Shun in order to prove he can be trusted while asking for their help in preparing Standard for the coming war. Due to Yuto's investigation, and the results of the duel, Shun accepts.
*** [[spoiler:Shun]] using Fusion Summoning catches the attention of Academia, as while the energy emitted by the summoning is lower than theirs, it's higher than what anybody in Standard should be capable of. As a result, Leo sends Berrett to investigate, with Serena sneaking along for the ride. It also leads to her encountering Yuzu slightly earlier in canon.

** When Sora recounts his duel against him, he doesn't mention any card by name, but describes his strategy [[spoiler:as converting his life points to attack points and vice versa.]]

* FreakOut: Sora suffers one when Zarc summons his Supreme King Servant Dragon counterpart of Starving Venom Fusion Dragon. It brings up some very bad memories, one that still serve as a source of trauma to him. [[{{Sadist}} Take a guess as to why that is]]?

* GoodCounterpart: The Four Dimensional Dragons are this to their darker, more malevolent SKSD counterparts. Special mentions go to [[spoiler:Entermate King Odd-Eyes Dragon]], which is stated to be the good counterpart to Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon.
* HateAtFirstSight: Zarc's SKSD monsters act very hostile upon meeting certain monsters, namely their Dimension Dragon counterparts, and Ray's En Magicians. Considering what the SKSD monsters represent however, and the implication that Ray and Zarc were once friends before he became the Supreme King though, it makes sense.

* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: The Yu boys all share identical features, save for their hairstyles, hair and eye color. Zarc also looks like Yuya, but since he's a little older than he is, it's easier for them to tell them apart. Of course, this is a given since the Yu boys are Zarc's reincarnations. The same also goes for the Bracelet Girls, who all look identical save for the same differences as their male counterparts.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In ''Scale 6'', when Yuzu challenges Himika Akaba by saying that Hokuto was attempting to kill Yuya, Himika points out that all Duelists, when they begin playing Duel Monsters, read a manual that includes not only the rules, but also the possible risks and hazards if they engage in Action Duels. Therefore, in spite of Yuzu's protests, everyone who Duels is perfectly aware of the risks and danger involved in Action Duels, and that they have accepted those risks.

** In ''Scale 09'', when Ray unveils her En archetype, Zarc asks Yuya if he's heard of it before. Yuya doesn't know anything about it, believes that it wasn't released to the public because of its effects, even outright mentioning the Toon archetype used by Duel Monsters creator Pegasus.
** ''Scale 10'' has Reiji bring up the Rare Hunters from the original ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series, even specifically mentioning an incident where a Rare Hunter dueled using the Exodia archetype and made illegal copies, as well as mark his cards so he would know what card he was drawing. In the Battle City arc, Joey was defeated by one such Rare Hunter, and was later exposed and defeated by Yugi in the following episode.

** ''Scale 14'' is full of them. [[spoiler:Joey]] is dueling a member of the Rare Hunters (who were mentioned in an earlier Scale), and in the duel the reference practically half of the original ''Manga/YuGiOh'', from Bandit Keith to Duelist Kingdom to ''Kaiba''.

** Reiji Akaba, arguably one of the best duelists in Arc-V period, thinks Zarc is the strongest duelist. He does have a point, given that Zarc's Supreme King Deck, including his Four Heavenly Dragon counterpart cards, have some pretty overpowered effects. However, Reiji also points out that the only reason why Zarc hasn't reached his full potential is because of him using Entertainment Dueling limits his capabilities.

* SingleTear: Both Odd-Eyes and Dark Rebellion shed these when seeing Zarc. While Zarc, Yuya and Yuto don't know why, it's because they're seeing their master again after so long.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Averted this time around. Yuzu quickly gets over Yuto looking like Yuya for a few factors, chief among them being Zarc, who is technically the original. In Zarc's case, however, he's stated to look slightly older than Yuya. This is also the case for Ray, who looks older than Yuzu, but is stated to have the same face as her Standard Dimension counterpart.

*** The second variant, "Awakening," occurs whenever Zarc rears his ugly head and attempts to forcibly take control of Yuya or any of the Dragon Boys when they're in close proximity with each other. Whether or not this still is still possible as Zarc is whole remains unknown.

** ''Scale 13'' has Shuzo introduce a new student to Zarc and Yuzu following their ordeal with Berrett and Serena. The identity of the new student guaranteed to leave readers jaw-dropped by introduction alone:

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* BorrowedCatchphrase: ''Scale 10'' has Yuya and Zarc borrowing Dennis' CatchPhrase, when they are going to defeat Ray and Reiji.

* GenreBlindess: [[spoiler:When Zarc reverts to his Demon Duelist mindset against Yami Malik, he clearly tells the others to leave if they don't want to die. Everybody ignores his warning and then they are surprised when Zarc's use of incredibly destructive cards threatens their safety.]]

* HurtingHero: An unusual example. Zarc struggles with the fact that a part of him yearns for violent acts in duels, and tries his best to ignore it.

* AdaptedOut: Yuya's duels to qualify for the Maiami Championship are going to be skipped over. WordOfGod states that while Yuya has learned new tricks and has access to other summoning methods, he doesn't see a point in rehashing canon events that were mostly filler (with the exception of scenes involving Yuzu's interactions with Yuto and Shun).
* AdaptationExpansion: Whereas people watching the anime are generally unaware of the rules of Duel Monsters, due to a case of AllThereInTheManual. Here, some aspects are clarified, though mostly in regards to the systems in place, such as monitoring Duels, records of archetypes and decks, etc.

* AlternateSelf:

* OhCrap: When Zarc brings out Supreme King Servant Dragon Starving Venom, Sora promptly ''freaks the fuck out'' and is reminded of his Duel with Yuri, in which the man utterly destroyed him.

* PlayingWithFire: Raid Raptors - Ra Armatus, Shun's [[spoiler:Fusion]] monster, as befitting its name, has fire spewing from its body and attacks using a miniature sun.

* PurposelyOverpowered: Reiji Akaba, arguably one of the best duelists in Arc-V period, thinks Zarc is the strongest duelist. He does have a point, given that Zarc's Supreme King Deck, including his Four Heavenly Dragon counterpart cards, have some pretty overpowered effects. However, Reiji also points out that the only reason why Zarc hasn't reached his full potential is because of him using Entertainment Dueling limits his capabilities.

* MysteriousStranger: ''Scale 16'' introduces one at the very end, who witnesses the end of Zarc's duel with [[spoiler:Yami Marik]], who then reports to someone on the phone that [[spoiler:he's found the "Avatar of the Supreme King Dragon"]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Much like the canon series, this fic shows a fair share of situations with realistic conclusions.
** Excluding Zarc, Yuzu, and Sora, one being an amnesiac with no money or identity to his name, another being the daughter of the school Principal, and the last basically being a freeloader, it's a wonder how You Show hasn't shut down already by the time LDS arrives. As Himika points out, there's no way that You Show can continue as it is with only four students paying to attend classes, and uses it as part of her advantage in her XanatosGambit.
** As stated in ''Scale 14,'' just because dueling has become a professional dueling career does not mean you can't ignore the more mundane aspects of life, such as studying in school and graduating, moving on to college, etc. Finishing one's education is also required if someone wants to become an official dueling teacher.

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-->'''Zarc''': [[spoiler:You act high and mighty...but insects '''''will always be insects'''''.]]

** Chapter 13 has Shuzo introduce a new student to Zarc and Yuzu following their ordeal with Berrett and Serena. The identity of the new student guaranteed to leave readers jaw-dropped by introduction alone:

* RealityEnsues: Much like the canon series, this fic shows a fair share of situations with realistic conclusions.
** Excluding Zarc, Yuzu, and Sora, one being an amnesiac with no money or identity to his name, another being the daughter of the school Principal, and the last basically being a freeloader, it's a wonder how You Show hasn't shut down already by the time LDS arrives. As Himika points out, there's no way that You Show can continue as it is with only four students paying to attend classes, and uses it as part of her advantage in her XanatosGambit.
** As stated in ''Scale 14,'' just because dueling has become a professional dueling career does not mean you can't ignore the more mundane aspects of life, such as studying in school and graduating, moving on to college, etc. Finishing one's education is also required if someone wants to become an official dueling teacher.

* CallBack: ''Scale 14'', the start of the Rare Hunters mini-arc, is this plus MythologyGag galore. [[spoiler:Joey]]'s duel with the Rare Hunter, who uses a Machina deck, reminds him of dueling Bandit Keith from the original series.

** Both parts of ''Scale 16'' have both [[spoiler:Joey and Malik]] make several references to the original ''Yu-Gi-Oh!''; in fact, [[spoiler:Malik speaks as if he was ''there for it''.]]

* PlayingWithFire: Raid Raptors -- Ra Armatus, Shun's [[spoiler:Fusion]] monster, as befitting its name, has fire spewing from its body and attacks using a miniature sun.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:Zarc's eyes when in Berserk Mode turn red.]]

** In ''Scale 14'', [[spoiler:Joey]]'s PreAsskickingOneLiner was so obvious that his opponent just had to {{Lampshade|Hanging}} it.
--->'''[[spoiler:Joey]]:''' You feelin' lucky, punk?\\

--->'''[[spoiler:Joey:]]''' The name's [[spoiler:Katsuya Jonouchi,]] but my friends back home call me [[spoiler:'Joey.']] Nice ta meet ya! Hope I'll be able to keep up with ya!

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: [[spoiler:Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon, an Xyz Monster that debuts in the Fusion Arc, makes an early appearance while Yuya and co. are still in Standard, courtesy of Zarc falling back to his Demon Duelist mindset.]]

* ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge: InUniverse, literally. Before Himika and Reiji introduced Fusion, Synchro and Xyz Summoning, the Standard Dimension only had Ritual Summoning to their name. It's since begun to decline, with Himika noting how rare Ritual Summoning is used in the present. Doubles as a MythologyGag, as in canon, only two characters were ever shown using Ritual Summoning, only one of which was from Standard. The Standard native Mieru Hochun, and the former Academia Student and Fusion native Asuka Tenjoin. [[spoiler:Yuzu and Yuya also get in on the action by having their own Ritual Monsters, but Yuya takes it a step further by making it a ''Ritual-Pendulum'' monster -- the first-ever in the series.]]

* ActionGirl: Every female duelist counts as one, with Yuzu becoming a bit of an AdaptationalBadass for learning Ritual Summon, a summoning method she didn't know in canon proper.

* WhamEpisode: ''Scale 16 (Part 1)''. [[spoiler:Not only is the Marik Ishtar leading the Rare Hunters revealed to be none other than '''Yami Marik''', but while You Show doesn't recognize The Winged Dragon of Ra, its Attribute or its type, ''Zarc does in spite of his amnesia''.]]

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In canon, there is little to suggest Zarc and Ray knew each other before Ray [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed]] herself to stop him, and Ray specifically left her fragments with Zarc's fragments as a means of both preventing his resurrection and pacifying the individual fragments. Here, it's heavily implied the two were close before Zarc went postal, and that even with IdentityAmnesia, they instinctually recognize each other. Even their original monsters get along, demonstrated when Zarc's SDSK monsters act antagonistic to Ray's En Magicians, while Yuya's Odd-Eyes and Ray's Odd-Eyes Pendulum Magician greet each other like old friends.
* AdaptationalBadass: A few characters, both from LDS and You Show, were competent duelists by themselves, but thanks to the presence of both Zarc and Ray, they're driven to be even better.
** Yuya, in ''Scale 07'', shows his new skills by unveiling Synchro Summoning a season ahead of schedule. He's also in the midst of learning Xyz Summoning, but at present he only knows how to do Synchro. He also uses his new Synchro Monster, Odd-Eyes Skate Streamer, to defeat Hokuto. [[spoiler:''Scale 10'' has it kicked up another notch by not only turning a copy of his father's ace card, Entermate Sky Magician, into a Pendulum monster, but also creating the first ever Ritual-Pendulum monster -- "Entermate King Odd-Eyes Dragon."]]
** Yuzu also gets in on the action. In the series proper, she's only been shown to use Fusion Summoning, but thanks to Zarc's presence pushing Yuya further and making her feel like dead weight, she resolved to get stronger. To that end, she's since learned how to use Ritual Summoning and introduces Requiem Diva of the Salieri Symphony in ''Scale 08.''
*** In a more typical example of the trope, ''Scale 14'' reveals that Yuzu is learning Karate in her spare time.
** Yaiba also gets in on the action. Since Ray is considered to be the top student at LDS, he considers her the standard to reach. Determined to reach her, he studied other summoning methods outside of Synchro. In his duel against Yuzu, he unveils [[spoiler:his Xyz Summoning]] and busts out with a new ace monster: XXX-Saber Hannibal.
** Unrelated with Zarc and Ray above, but Shun and Yuto know, and if necessary ''will'' use [[spoiler:Fusion summoning]]. They most certainly did not do that in canon.
*** Yuto also adds [[spoiler:Pendulum cards and an archetype called Afterlife in his deck]].
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance:
** Zarc was never even mentioned until near the end of Arc-V's second to last story arc. He makes his first ever appearance in the first chapter, and sometime after Yuya defeats Strong Ishijima.
** Like Zarc, Ray's existence was never alluded to until the second to last story arc. She appears in the second chapter of the story, observing the Tag Duel between Yuya, Zarc, Sawatari and one of his stooges.
** In canon, Reira, [[spoiler:Serena, Barret]], and Mieru all appear during the Miami championship (with Mieru beating the others by appearing during the qualification rounds), but here they all show up at least a month before all that (by an InUniverse timeline).
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the anime, Shun violently hunted down anyone from LDS and considered Reiji an enemy until proven otherwise. In the fanfic, thanks to Yuto learning that LDS is unconnected to Academia and stopping his assault early, as well as determining for himself what sort of person Reiji was in their duel, he's considerably more heroic and even joins LDS in order to help Standard prepare against Academia.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Shingo Sawatari. In the series, he was more or less the comedic relief and ButtMonkey. WordOfGod says that Sawatari in the story will be taking lessons from his manga counterpart, who was demonstrated as a competent duelist. This is even shown in his Duel against Yuto, where he lasts much longer and counters his moves until the latter brings out Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** Zarc was portrayed as power hungry and vicious, who mindlessly destroyed everything in his path, in no major part due to the crowd wanting more vicious duels. Thanks to his amnesia, however, Zarc demonstrates a personality similar to Yuya's, especially in regards to Entertainment Dueling when he sees it first hand.
** In the anime, Reiji's actions were morally dubious until they were explained further. The fanfic drops the ambiguity of his actions and portrays him and Himika in a more positive light.

* WhamEpisode: ''Scale 16''. [[spoiler:Not only is the Marik Ishtar leading the Rare Hunters revealed to be none other than '''Yami Marik''', but while You Show doesn't recognize The Winged Dragon of Ra, its Attribute or its type, ''Zarc does in spite of his amnesia''.]]

* WorthyOpponent: As usual, Yaiba shows great respect to people who prove to be a challenge. When Yuzu unveils her Ritual Summoning, he takes her seriously and responds by showing off a surprise of his own: [[spoiler:Xyz Summoning]] his new ace, XXX-Saber Hannibal.

** As early as Chapter 2!

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** Curiously, the Bracelet Girls also seem capable of this, as Rin unknowingly syncs with Yuzu during the Tag Duel against Serena and Barrett. WordOfGod implies this has to do with Ray. Yuzu experienced something similar to this during the Tag Duel between Yuya and Zarc against the elder Akaba siblings, feeling as though she was standing in Ray's place for a short period of time. [[spoiler:In ''Scale 13'', Rin somehow managed to take control of Yuzu near the end of the duel with Serena and Barrett.]]

** Curiously, the Bracelet Girls also seem capable of this, as Rin unknowingly syncs with Yuzu during the Tag Duel against Serena and Barrett. WordOfGod implies this has to do with Ray. Yuzu experienced something similar to this during the Tag Duel between Yuya and Zarc against the elder Akaba siblings, feeling as though she was standing in Ray's place for a short period of time.