EmeraldHypothesis
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Fandoms
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Series (24)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal (15)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V (5)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS (2)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links (Video Game) (2)
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Following the World Duel Carnival, Rio has awoken early from her coma. Still injured from the damage inflicted by Thomas Arclight, and far less ready than she'd ever admit, Rio finds herself walking a tightrope as she balances school, an unresolved drive for revenge, a growing sensation that Something Isn't Right With Her, and a growing fondness for one of her brother's new friends...
All the while, Kotori is one of the few people in the world aware of the looming threat of Barian World, and while she's ready to support Yuma in his and Astrals' mission to the best of her ability, she decides to take matters into her own hands to ensure she's ready for when the fight comes for her hometown.
Alternate retelling of Zexal 2 from Rio and Kotori's POVs. Eventual Rio/Kotori.
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I never met a coward I don't like by EmeraldHypothesis
Fandoms: Yu-Gi-Oh! Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V
15 Apr 2026
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It's been three months since Zarc was defeated and the Fusion Dimension's invasion was stopped. It's been two months since Yuya and Zuzu got to split apart from the other fragments and everyone got their bodies back. It's also been two months since Dennis and Yuri spoke, and Dennis isn't bitter about that while he helps undo the damage he did to XYZ. Nope. Not at all.
(he's definitely not going to make Yuri visit no matter what)
Title from "Whatever you do" by Brandi Carlile.
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"Jackstay- a line secured at both ends to serve as a support, e.g. for an awning. A jackstay search is a procedure conducted by divers swimming along a search line named the jackstay."
Durbe forces himself be the one to find Merag after her sacrifice to Abyss.
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Hiraeth - a Welsh term. Refers to homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past.
It's been nearly five years now since the Barian War ended. The Emperors are just finishing high school, but before they go to university, the Kamishiro Twins want to take a summer vacation to Greece.
Durbe is invited. He's perfectly fine with this (he is not). He's not going to make this a problem for anyone else (he will). He hopes the Twins don't realize this (they do). Hopefully nothing bad will happen because of this trip (it will).
Written for YGO Rare Pairs Mini Bang 2025-2026. Art by Trainsart.
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Perhaps the World Ends Here by EmeraldHypothesis
Fandoms: Yu-Gi-Oh! Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
02 Mar 2026
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Drabbles themed around food in an AU where 3/Michael makes the choice to stay in Heartland after the WDC.
Title and quotes from "Perhaps the World Ends Here," by Joy Harjo.
For 3 Week 2026, Day 6- Post Canon, Food, Forgiveness. I picked food. Find out more about 3 Week here.
Recent series
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i people watch on the way back home [the kansas college AU] by EmeraldHypothesis, infinitelight
Fandom Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
03 Mar 2026
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Tales from a modern AU set in the 2020's about the fine folks living in and around the fictional college town of Not-Lawrence, Kansas. Started out as just a GX college AU back in 2022 and has since evolved into a beautiful bustling Busytown for all yugioh spinoffs and then some, following various characters and pairings as they deal with university life, postgrad existence, relationship woes (family woes... work woes...,) and all the little wonders of being a young adult living in a shitty apartment where your kitchen is also a hallway.
It's about growing up. It's about the bonds we have with the people we love. It's about being a fake reference on a friend of a friend's resume. It's about being a goddamn loser. It's about making Yugioh characters go to Whataburger. It's about a lot things.
Named after Sam Fender's "People Watching."
- Words:
- 15,160
- Works:
- 4
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RioWeek2025 by EmeraldHypothesis, infinitelight
Fandom Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, Yu-Gi-Oh! Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
17 Nov 2025
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My entries for RioWeek2025, an event I made themed around Yugioh Zexal's Rio Kamishiro.
- Words:
- 22,749
- Works:
- 7
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Writing Challenge Prompt List by EmeraldHypothesis
Fandom Yu-Gi-Oh! Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
21 Apr 2025
- Words:
- 3,633
- Works:
- 2
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YGO Advent 2024 by EmeraldHypothesis
Fandom Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links (Video Game), Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Anime & Manga), Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!! (Anime), Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! Series, Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens (Anime), Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
07 Dec 2024
- Words:
- 21,990
- Works:
- 7
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He swings you; sometimes this is terrifying; sometimes the world goes sideways and you are briefly convinced you are dying, but then the laugh comes—low, helpless, delighted—and you decide: if this is dying, it's fine. You’ll live. You’ll always live.
He always caught you. This is the thing you return to when the world is cold: he always caught you.
All the things your father was.
Bookmarked by EmeraldHypothesis
16 Aug 2026
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Merag mourns Kotori––then, for her, she mourns Rio. Snowbirdshipping.
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kintsugi by Anonymous
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
10 Dec 2024
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Kintsugi (金繕い) is a Japanese art that repairs broken pottery with gold, rendering a new piece more exquisite than it was before the break.
An artist and a fighter — both haunted by an ugly past, somehow get entangled in each other's lives.
Bookmarked by EmeraldHypothesis
11 Jul 2026
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"You don't have the money, do you?" Caldera asked, but it was more of a statement."
A single mother makes a deal that changes her life.
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What if the court let Jorge de Guzmán home to his family?
AU from episode 5x07
Bookmarked by EmeraldHypothesis
02 Jul 2026
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Don Thousand picks up another precious pawn to toy with.
Series
- Part 2 of tell me where the freaks at
Bookmarked by EmeraldHypothesis
13 Jun 2026