History Fanfic / BetweenMyBrotherAndMeMorsOmnibus

* CityOfWeirdos: Carroll City is Den City with a different name and populated with zombies, vampires, living puppets, and other strange delights heavily inspired out of ''Alice in Wonderland''.

* CallForward: The end of ''3rd Show'' has Sen and Seto trying to find the door that would let them meet "three gay Caballeros" meaning that this is before their appearance in ''Legend of the Three Caballeros: Dark Signs of the Sun'' (which the author confirms)

** 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 supported until he comes back.

* IronicEcho: Yvonne's remark about Yusho in the fourth chapter become this seven chapters later...
-->'''Yvonne:''' ''(after learning the reason why Yusho was traveling in the first place)'' And that's the problem with you. You're. too. soft.\\
'''[[spoiler:Yuya]]''': ''(laughing)'' I can't believe you fell for my sob story, Yusho~! But then again, that was your biggest flaw. You're. just. too. SOFT!

** How Yvonne shows her passive-aggressive side to Yusho.
-->'''Yvonne:''' And that's the problem with you, Yusho. You're. too. soft.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In ''15th Show'', Ayu tears Himika apart for having a heart-motif yet she shows no love for anyone except herself, rather she loves looking beautiful to hide her black heart. This is so powerful that Kryu, Misty, Carly and Yusei actually laugh with glee at seeing their little sweetfish chewing out the Chairwoman.
* ActionGirl: Every single female character in Carroll City named so far is capable of kicking ass in a duel and many of them can kick ass in a brawl.

** 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 indoctrined 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 duelins being for fun.
** Reira, a ChildProdigy is dueling Kiryu in ''15th Show''. But Reira is still a ''child'' -- one who's still affected by PTSD -- compared to Kiryu being much more experienced in dueling and Kiryu easily tears through her C/C/C monsters without flinching.

And as this happens, Academia is somehow assaulted by a blue haired girl in a top hat and three puppets that decide to decapitate three Obelisk Force soldiers.

In the center of this all is Yuzu Hiiragi, who only wants to her best friend back, only to find that her best bet to get Yuya back is to team up with a set of duelists from another world who don't really care for her troubles as they are on stopping Academia's plans.

And things will be perfectly fine...right?

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'')

** Yusho was already known to be the best duelist in Maiami City but he ramps it up with two new things going for him: [[spoiler: Pendulum monsters in the form of his new Performapal Changeraffe and implications that he has even ''more'' Pendulum monsters on hand]] and [[spoiler:Xyz Summoning]] in Performapal Knightwolfe and Performapal Ladyhawke.

* AccusationFic: 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 still stuck from home 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 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.

*** In the previous chapter, Lady Belladonna flips a card and looks in horror to find that it's the upright Nine of Swords, also known as the ''Nightmare Card''.

* ActionMom: Saki, Shirobara, Lusamine and Lampetia have all won duels against Obelisk Force members. Saki gets extra points for engaging in fisticuffs.

** Mieru dresses up like Alice while Yvonne's puppets are dressed as the Knave of Hearts (Yuya), the White Rabbit (Yuto), the Mad Hatter (Yugo) and the Cheshire Cat (Yuri). Kelly and Miette are dressed up as the White and Red Queen, respectively.

* ArcWords: "(Re)Purpose" or anything relating to that word. This is a term used by those in Carroll City when people are resurrected and must figure out what they want to do now that they are undead.

* BookEnds: ''3rd Show'' begins and ends with someone singing the lines to "Come Little Children".

* CircusOfFear: The Action Field for Yvonne/Yusho and Yuya/Zarc's duel in ''14th Show'' and ''14.5th Show'' takes place at the Carnival of Souls, a dark carnival where the four sing songs that befit said circus. Yuya also debuts his new "Nightmare Mirror" archetype which are twisted circus version of people (and animals) in his life.

** In Guignol's duel against Sora, she doesn't lose any of her lifepoints as she whittles all of Sora's with her Shaddoll monsters.
** In Willow's duel against Celina, Celina doesn't even have a chance to attack once Willow summons Vampire Vamp to take control of Lunalight Cat Dancer.

** 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.

** 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.

* GutPunch: The end of ''14.5th Show'': So Yusho and Yvonne are walking off despite losing their epic duel against Yuya and Zarc. Yvonne starts asking if Yusho got the message from Yuzu...but when he asks "What message?" that's when the mood has dropped as Yvonne acts uncharacteristically of her. She apologizes to Yusho and ends it with the biggest WhamLine of the chapter before [[spoiler:slicing his throat in front of a live audience and screaming at what she's done while the last scene of the chapter has Yusho meeting with Wiraqocha Rasca.]] The author wasn't kidding in ''14th Show'' when she said that Yusho's challenge against Yuya would be the beginning of the end.

** 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 indoctrined with of course they're not going to turn away so easily.

** In the anime, there's no repercussions or people calling Yusho out for his very reckless move on going on his crusade to stop Professor Akaba, Yuya included. Here, many characters -- Yusho included -- state that what he did was very ''very'' stupid[[note]]Although in his defense, it was Edo who flung Yusho to the Fusion Dimension[[/note]], stating that his approach has done nothing over the past three years and that it's only made Yuya more susceptible to Zarc's influence in the end.

* RealityEnsues: Yusho Sakaki learns the hard way that DaddyHasAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou 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. Talking things out won't make them change their minds immediately.

* {{Deconstruction}}: In the anime, there's no repercussions or people calling Yusho out for his very reckless move on going on his crusade to stop Professor Akaba, Yuya included. Here, many characters -- Yusho included -- state that what he did was very ''very'' stupid[[note]]Although in his defense, it was Edo who flung Yusho to the Fusion Dimension[[/note]], stating that his approach has done nothing over the past three years and that it's only made Yuya more susceptible to Zarc's influence in the end.

* RealityEnsues: Yusho Sakaki learns the hard way that DaddyHasAGoodReasoningForAbandoningYou 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.

* CerebusRetcon: At the end of ''10th Show'', Yvonne tells Yuzu to tell Yusho, "we're ready to fight". However, she (and the readers) completely forgot about this request. Why is it so important, anyway? [[spoiler:Answer, it's Yusho's TriggerPhase which makes him remember information only when someone tells it to him.]]

** In ''7th Show'' Yuzu suggests Mieru follow Serenity to find where Yusho is. Three chapters later, she regrets doing this but without getting Mieru's phone number because she needed Mieru's tracking skills to locate Ruri and Rin.

** There's a lot of hints about the end of ''14.5th Show'' having [[spoiler:Yusho dying by Yvonne's hands and becoming the Dark Signer of the Condor.]] This includes:

* TriggerPhrase:

This 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'')

* AnyoneCanDie: Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, a lot of Obelisk Force soldiers, [[spoiler:Ayu, Mieru, ''Yusho Sakaki''...]] Yeah this story won't spare anyone.

** In ''14.5th Show'', Yusho tells Yvonne to stop playing around and to "Get it over with. Now." all while looking at her right hand and showing off her Court of Strings mark. You would first assume he meant "Transform me into a puppet like you did Sora". [[spoiler:As revealed at the end of the chapter, he meant "Kill me. Now."]]

** A very minor one: ''11th Show'' has Yvonne sing the chorus to Queen's "Killer Queen". Three chapters later, we later learn that her brother also was a fan of Queen, presumably "Show Must Go On".

* CityOfWeird: Carroll City is Den City with a different name and populated with zombies, vampires, living puppets, and other strange delights.

* GutPunch: The end of ''14.5th Show'': So Yusho and Yvonne are walking off despite losing their epic duel against Yuya and Zarc. Yvonne starts asking if Yusho got the message from Yuzu...but when he asks "What message?" that's when the mood has dropped as Yvonne acts uncharacteristically of her. She apologizes to Yusho and ends it with the biggest WhamLine of the chapter before [[spoiler:slicing his throat in front of a live audience and screaming at what she's done.]]

** ''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''.]]

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

In this world, Zarc wishes to reunite with his sons -- Yuya, Yuto, Yugo and Yuri -- and he'll do anything he can to ensure his revenge on the ones who caused him to be separated from his family.

And at the same time, Academia finds themselves assaulted by strange people who don't have any qualms on murdering people instead of just carding them.

This 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 the ''Ab Initio'' stories (barring perhaps ''Lux ex Tenebris'')

* ActionGirl: Every single female character in Carroll City named so far is capable of kicking ass in a duel.

* AnyoneCanDie: Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, a lot of Obelisk Force soldiers, [[spoiler:''Yusho Sakaki''...]] Yeah this story won't spare anyone.

* 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 Carroll City who are shown to be fine murdering Academia personnel.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Citizens from Carroll City are...off, to say the least. The most notable one is Carroll City's version of ''Seto Kaiba'' who is shown napping by ''hanging himself on a tree'', and thinks it's fun to joke around [[ItMakesSenseInContext on eating his brother's corpse]] to the point that he makes ''Sen'' (who those who read ''Legends of the Three Caballeros: Dark Signs of the Sun'' would know how crazy he is) completely sane

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: In ''7th Show'' Yuzu suggests Mieru follow Serenity to find where Yusho is. Three chapters later, she regrets doing this but without getting Mieru's phone number because she needed Mieru's tracking skills to locate Ruri and Rin.

*** Yusho tells Yvonne to GetItOverWith and Yvonne showing hesitance towards what he's mentioning. [[spoiler:He means to kill him now.]]

* SchoolFestival: Carroll City's branch of You Show Duel School is celebrating its first one in the story.

** AS the summary states, Zarc intervenes right at the time Yuto was absorbed into Yuya, taking them and Yugo into an unknown location and brainwashing them to be his sons.

* ShoutOutToShakespeare: The title of the first act is called "Theatre/TheComedyOfErrors" while Yvonne quotes phrases from his works.

** Mieru's narration for the seventh chapter has her state that she did a Tarot reading with her future card being the Three of Swords (which means heartbreak, confusion and deception) with Ash stating to look at it physically rather than symbolically. Four chapters later, Mieru finds herself heartbroken from seeing Yuya brainwashed by Zarc and then, like Ash said, [[spoiler:she is killed with three knives piercing her heart while trying to protect Yusho.]]

*** 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 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.]]

** 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 ''while they're going through the duel''.

* 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 makes much more sense.

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

*** The subtle hints that Yvonne wants to make the duel last a little bit longer; [[spoiler:she doesn't ''want'' to kill Yusho but has no choice but to.]]