History Fanfic / BetweenMyBrotherAndMeMorsOmnibus

*** When Yvonne enters The Euphemism to talk to Lady Belladonna, the latter is singing [[Music/{{Queen}} "Show Must Go On"]] which Yvonne states was her brother's favorite song. The song was released close to the end of Freddie Mercury's life, stating how he'd perform despite being seriously ill. [[spoiler:This alludes to both Yvonne and Yusho -- despite knowing their little plan, they're still going to be performing. The show (Action Duel) continues despite Yvonne feeling so broken as what's to come.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Yusho Sakaki learns the hard way that DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou is ''not'' a good excuse to go dimension hopping for three years. Zarc was easily able to influence Yuya because of the psychological issues Yuya had to go through for the past three years and Yusho learns that his plight to even stop Akaba was AllForNothing and no one in Carroll City is willing to forgive him for his impulsive decision.
** As Yusho tells Mieru, trying to convince many Academia students to change their ways is not going to be a walk in the park. These kids have known nothing but what Leo Akaba taught them for ''years'' so if they hear something that doesn't line up with what they've been indoctrinated with of course they're not going to turn away so easily. Notably, Edo is shown struggling with Yusho's philosophy in his duel with Max and ends up lashing out at him in anger over the idea of dueling being for fun.
** Reira, who is known to be quite a skilled duelist despite her age, is dueling Kiryu in ''15th Show''. But Reira is still a ''child'' -- one who's still affected by PTSD and fighting for her goddamn life, not to mentioned bullied by her abusive mother -- compared to Kiryu being much more experienced in dueling and not having that much pressure put on him. Kiryu compares the situation as a ChildProdigy going up against an experienced master: Reira may have skills but she doesn't have experience and the wisdom that comes from it.
** [[spoiler:Ray does not have the trust of any of her counterparts because of how she never did anything to save them from their fates, with Rin going as far as to ''side with Zarc'' just so she can be with Yugo.]]

* AdultFear:
** Yvonne's backstory has her watch her brother be stuck in a coma and having the doctors pull the plug of him before she's kidnapped by the very same guy who caused her brother's coma about to kill her. Then she sees her puppets come to life and kill people.
** ''6th Show'': [[spoiler:Ayu goes chasing off a girl who looks similar to Yuzu...and she ends up with her throat slit and revived by an Earthbound Immortal.]]
** Yusho gets a humongous dose of this in the ''11th Show''. [[spoiler:Finally reuniting with his son for the first time in three years, only to learn that Zarc has full control of Yuya like a puppet and no matter what he does, Yuya is completely gone and no longer sees Yusho as his true father.]]

The author has also teamed up with Azure_witch13 for two different Arc-V AU stories: ''[[Fanfic/KingdomFromTheAshesRise Kingdom From the Ashes, Rise]]'' and ''Fanfic/ZeroHourARCV''.

This [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17656319/chapters/41638697 fanfic]] is penned by Green Phantom Queen of ''Between my Brother and Me: Ab Initio'' fame in which the characters of that world are rewritten into different versions of themselves (the author herself stated to think the story as an {{Elseworld}} version of ''Ab Initio'') which mostly focuses on characters from ''ARC-V'' and ''VRAINS''. It is also darker and bloodier than most of the stories in her ''Ab Initio'' stories (barring perhaps ''Lux ex Tenebris''). The characters aren't as they seem, and in this bloody theatrical tale of horror, drama and snark, nothing is at is seems and the people closest to you might have some secrets they don't want loose.

The author has also teamed up with Azure_witch13 for two different Arc-V AU stories: ''[[Fanfic/KingdomFromTheAshesRise Kingdom From the Ashes, Rise]]'' and ''Fanfic/ZeroHour''.

* RealityEnsues:
** Yusho Sakaki learns the hard way that DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou is ''not'' a good excuse to go dimension hopping for three years. Zarc was easily able to influence Yuya because of the psychological issues Yuya had to go through for the past three years and Yusho learns that his plight to even stop Akaba was AllForNothing and no one in Carroll City is willing to forgive him for his impulsive decision.
** As Yusho tells Mieru, trying to convince many Academia students to change their ways is not going to be a walk in the park. These kids have known nothing but what Leo Akaba taught them for ''years'' so if they hear something that doesn't line up with what they've been indoctrinated with of course they're not going to turn away so easily. Notably, Edo is shown struggling with Yusho's philosophy in his duel with Max and ends up lashing out at him in anger over the idea of dueling being for fun.
** Reira, who is known to be quite a skilled duelist despite her age, is dueling Kiryu in ''15th Show''. But Reira is still a ''child'' -- one who's still affected by PTSD and fighting for her goddamn life, not to mentioned bullied by her abusive mother -- compared to Kiryu being much more experienced in dueling and not having that much pressure put on him. Kiryu compares the situation as a ChildProdigy going up against an experienced master: Reira may have skills but she doesn't have experience and the wisdom that comes from it.
** [[spoiler:Ray does not have the trust of any of her counterparts because of how she never did anything to save them from their fates, with Rin going as far as to ''side with Zarc'' just so she can be with Yugo.]]

** ''18th Show'' and ''18.5th Show'' has Yuzu and Yvonne singing to [[Music/MarinaAndTheDiamonds "Oh No!"']] in the former while the latter has Yvonne and [[spoiler:Xavier]] singing [[Music/YeahYeahYeahs "Heads Will Roll"]].

** At the end of ''10th Show'', Yvonne asks Yuzu to tell Yusho "we're ready to fight". Most readers would forget this little detail. [[spoiler:Chapters later, we find out why this is so important...it's Yusho's TriggerPhase.]]

*** The flashback scene has Yvonne try to summon her strings when Specter gets a bit ''too'' close into her personal space, but only shows sparks. [[spoiler:This comes into play again when Yvonne tries to shield herself from crashing into the sheet of glass below as she can't protect herself from the inevitable fall.]]

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Everyone in Carroll City basically falls into this when they decide to coddle and spoil Yuzu, Rin and Ruri with fun, cheer and food without telling them about [[spoiler:Zarc gunning for them and that they are needed to stop him. This causes Rin to state that they are absolutely unsympathetic to her plights in the slightest and has her side with Zarc if it means being with Yugo again.]]

** Various characters are eating sandwiches during the epic tag-team duel in ''14th Show'' and ''14.5th Show''. Even Yvonne and Yusho get on it despite the two of them currently in an Action Duel!

** Mieru's opening narrations of ''7th Show'' has her explain a reading that she's done with the cards for what is about to happen in her future. The cards are Nine of Cups (Upright. an important event has lead her to Carroll City), Two of Pentagrams (Inverted, going through plenty of concerns) and Three of Swords (Upright, something dark approaches) [[spoiler:True to form, that last card has her be killed off trying to save Yusho.]]

** ''14th/14th.5 Show'': Pretty much ''everything'' about the tag-team duel is this but highlights include: [[spoiler:Yusho revealing that he has Pendulum Monsters and can Xyz Summon, Yvonne getting the Zefra Pendulum Monsters, Yvonne ''killing Yusho Sakaki in front of a live audience'' and Yusho encountering ''Wiraqocha Rasca'' which the implications being that he is becoming the Dark Signer of the Raptor.]]
** ''16th Show:'' [[spoiler:Not only do we see a flashback as to how Yusho became a Dark Signer, Ray now finally decides to show herself and Rin makes a DealWithTheDevil and joins Zarc if it means being with Yugo.]]

** Seven chapters later we get an additional scene to explain just how [[spoiler:Yvonne got Sora to be so loyal to her.]]

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Dawn is the younger sister of Yusaku in this world.

** Both Willow and Moon Knight use ExactWords on Celina and Yuzu when they demand for the former to to "Tell them" what they know immediately. Moon Knight even lampshades that the look on Yuzu's face is priceless.

'''Yusho:''' I build the [[spoiler:Overlay Network!]]

-->'''Yvone:''' Yusho Sakaki...A...a...[[spoiler:a ''[[ArcWords new purpose awaits you!]]'']]

The author has also teamed up with Azure_witch13 for two different Arc-V AU stories: ''Fanfic/KingdomFromTheAshesRise'' and ''Fanfic/ZeroHour''.

* AccusationFic: Needless to say, there's a lot of characters that get called out for their actions.
** Yusho Sakaki got away with his disappearing trick to the Xyz Dimension, never thinking to say goodbye to his family or make sure they were financially secure for the three years he was away. This story has multiple characters point out that this was AllForNothing as the Xyz Dimension is still destroyed, he's far from home with no signs of stopping Professor Akaba and his son is now a brainwashed puppet by Zarc. The only thing he's done -- barring gathering any turncoat Academia students to his side -- is make the people who worshipped him and his teachings hate his goddamn guts. WordOfGod states that she just dislikes Yusho's actions in general in that beneath his charming smile is someone who has done very ''very'' stupid things.

** [[spoiler:Ray Akaba gets called out by Rin and Ruri for not doing '''anything''' to save them from being kidnapped and that their bracelets were absolutely worthless and for how she shows now care for these girls and how they are powerless against Zarc themselves.]]

** When Rin wakes up in the fourth chapter, the radio is playing [[Music/MyChemicalRomance "Kill All Your Friends"]] which talks about trying to hide yourself and the chorus is about coming together at a funeral when the singer plans to kill their friends just to see a girl he likes. [[spoiler:And sure enough things get hectic at what becomes Yusho's funeral chapters later.]]

*** Mieru sees a vision of a black bird in her apple. [[spoiler:Wiraqocha Rasca is a humongous black condor.]]

** Carroll City gets involved with the chaos because Yusho Sakaki somehow landed in their world 3 years ago; when he showed off Action Duels to Yvonne, May and Dawn, it spurred them to help create their own You Show Duel School and build the resistance force to stop Academia.
*** Due to Yvonne and May going in for their massacre, Celina decides to leave for the Standard Dimension earlier than expected. [[spoiler:This leads to her bumping into Ayu, Ayu chasing after Celina and then promptly killed by an Obelisk Force soldier before being resurrected as a Dark Signer.]]

* MundaneSolution: When May (Willow) duels Celina; Celina has Fusion summoned Lunalight Cat Dancer[[note]]Is not destroyed in battle[[/note]] and has played Lunar Eclipse so that her monster can't be affected by Spell or Trap Effects. How does May win? By summoning Vampire Vamp to take control of Cat Dancer because Celina didn't give her monster protection from ''monster'' effects.

* ReferenceOverdosed: The first chapter comes complete with an entire section of references used throughout the chapter and continues to use it for subsequent chapters.

* RewatchBonus: After you know how [[spoiler: Yvonne is planning to kill Yusho Sakaki at the end of ''14.5th Show'']], the dynamic between [[spoiler:Yvonne and Yusho]] in this chapter and the one prior make much more sense.

* AuthorAppeal: Descriptions of food, conversations across a table, PassThePopcorn, music and Creator/RayBradbury references galore.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: On one side, we have Academia and their goals of carding people, another side is Zarc and his plans on revenge against the Akabas and reuniting with his sons and then there's Carroll City who are shown to be fine murdering Academia personnel but seem to have issues with Zarc's machinations.

** ''14th/14th.5 Show'': Pretty much ''everything'' about the tag-team duel is this but highlights include: [[spoiler:Yusho revealing that he has Pendulum Monsters and can Xyz Summon, Yvonne getting the Zefra Pendulum Monsters, the climatic final battle at the carousel, Yvonne ''killing Yusho Sakaki in front of a live audience'' and Yusho encountering ''Wiraqocha Rasca'' which the implications being that he is becoming the Dark Signer of the Raptor.]]

* WhamEpisode:

** ''14th Show'' has Yusho show off ''two'' in quick succession.

** The end of ''14.5th Show'': Yvonne asks Yusho if Yuzu gave him a message. When Yusho replies that he hasn't, Yvonne acts unlike her until she states:

-->'''Yvonne:''' So for this first round of information, you will only remember it once someone [[TriggerPhrase tells you]] [[spoiler: ‘Yusho, we’re ready to fight.’]]

** When Rin wakes up in the fourth chapter, the radio is playing [[Music/MyChemicalRomance "Kill All My Friends"]]. The flashback for the seventh chapter has [[spoiler:Zarc stating that Yuzu killed Yuya (With Yuto in Yuya's soul at that point) and Yugo to prevent them from reuniting.]]

** Yusho's impulsive decision to go to the Fusion Dimension without notifying his son and wife backfires on him badly; because he never told anyone where he was going, it only ended up hurting Yuya more and more thus giving Zarc fuel to brainwash him with. Moreover, going alone means that he has no one to support him and no way to keep in contact with Reiji and he never considered having a backup plan to make sure his family is financially supported until he comes back. Plus even ''if'' he made it to the Professor, what's to say that the Professor didn't just card him? Yusho is skilled in lots of things but he has no foresight.

* AccusationFic:

** Yvonne and Yusho lose to Zarc and Yuya in their tag-team duel, but the two of them were able to destroy most, if not ''all'' of the monsters that Zarc and Yuya unleashed on them and bring the two down to 300 lifepoints.

*** Chapter 11 has a flashback that fully expands on how Yvonne hypnotized Sora.

*** During the tag team duel in the first part of the chapter, ''14th Show'', Yuya states that "one of you shall soon perish" to Yvonne and Yusho. [[spoiler: Yvonne states "Well, ''that's'' reassuring" then takes a glance at Yusho after Yuya states it, hinting that not only is Yusho going to die but that ''she'' is going to kill him.]]

** Twice in the eleventh chapter: Zarc emphasis how he dressed [[spoiler:Yuya]] as a puppeteer ringmaster by stating to Yusho that [[spoiler:Yuya]] wanted to be "just. like. you." Scenes later, [[spoiler:Yuya]] tells Yusho that he's "just. too. SOFT!"

** [[spoiler:Ray deciding to go the extra mile to ''ensure'' Zarc didn't return, by possessing Yuzu to kill Yuya, is what kickstarts Zarc coming in to brainwash Yuya, Yuto and Yugo.]]