Lu: Well, I got the idea for this fic... OK, so I don't exactly know where.
Yami Lu: I gave her the idea!
Lu: This fic's got romance in it, and you hate romance.
Yami Lu: Shut up.
Lu: Anyway, this is the whole Yu-Gi-Oh! series from Joey's POV. This is excluding the first series that wasn't screened in the U.S., 'cause I've only ever seen the dubbed version. It is slightly modified, so I can put in romance. Oh, come on, you don't expect me to do a Yu-Gi-Oh! fic without romance, did you?
Yami Lu: I was hoping you would.
Lu: Too bad. Just gonna recommend a couple of fics before we get started. For anyone who likes Harry Potter, read 'Old Faces, New Tricks'. Whole Harry Potter series from Alicia, Fred, George, Angelina, Katie and Lee's POV. No, I don't know the author. But she is Australian, just like me. And, for Yu-Gi-Oh! fans (everyone here should be a Yu-Gi-Oh! fan), Impish- Angel's 'Shadow of Reality' and my own 'The New Tournament', and 'Mind Game'. I apologize to all of my reviewers, I know I shouldn't be writing three fics at once, but I thought I better get it written down while the idea was still fresh in my mind. So, on with the fic.
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I hope I'm not gonna mess dis up. But I thought I just better write it all down before I'm old'n grey. Name's Joey Wheeler. Joseph Wheeler in full. No one 'cept Mai and ma mum call me dat, though. Great, I'm already off the point.
Now, where do I start? My family, I suppose. I have a mum, a dad, and a little sis. We were a happy little family at first, no problems. Den ma dad started drinkin', a little at first, but soon money was gettin' scarce, so ma mum left him. She drove off with ma sis, Serenity. Dat was one of de worst day of ma life.
So, I was left with my alcoholic father. Ended up a street kid, I guess. Neva went home 'nless I had to. I was a but afraid of getting seriously beat up. Got mixed up with a bad group of people while I was running around the alleys.
Dat's when I met Tristan. He's de oldest friend I have. We weren't exactly the nicest people you could meet. Bullied kids at school, 'specially one little kid called Yugi Mutou. He was actually de same age as us, but he is kinda a midget.
Well, one day I kinda went too far. While he wasn't lookin' I grabbed the puzzle thing he always kept in a box, took a piece and threw it into the school swimmin' pool. Yugi didn't notice at de time, but he came to school the next day distressed at the loss of de piece. Tristan and I thought it was funny.
Later dat day, we go into a fight with one of de tougher guys in de school. Tristan and I figured we could take him together, but we were wrong. We ended up slumped against de wall, panting and clutching bruised arms, legs, and god knows what else.
Dat's when little Yugi showed up. He stood up to the bully, who was at least three times de size of him. Sure, little Yugi got beaten up was bad as we did, but de point is dat he stood up for Tristan and me even though we'd been bullyin' him in de first place.
So I went and got de piece of de puzzle back for him. I had to break into de school at night to be allowed in de pool, but I did get it back. De little guy's eyes lit up when I showed him de piece of de puzzle.
"I'm sorry, Yugi. I was de one who took de puzzle piece," I confessed. I smiled guiltily. Yugi smirked.
"I kinda figured," he said, grinning. I grinned back.
"I'm sorry I've been actin' like a real jerk towards you lately," I apologized.
"Oh, you were acting?" he asked sarcastically. I laughed, and he joined in.
"I guess I deserved dat," I said sheepishly.
Den, somethin' kinda clicked. I dunno what, but from dat moment on, Yugi and I were de best of friends. Yeah, I even gave him a nickname. Yuge. Tristan and I were still real good friends, but, I dunno, there was just somethin' 'bout Yuge. Tristan and I stopped bullyin' after we became friends with Yuge. Didn't stop us gettin' into fights on de street, of course, but we did stop picking on kids who were obviously gonna lose against us.
Den dere's Téa. Téa was at our school for ages, we just never really took much notice of her. Den one day, Yuge and I were goin' to Burger World after school, and we discovered dat she worked dere, even though she was too young to do so. Den somethin' happened between her and Yuge. He saved her life. From den on, Téa became one of our happy little group.
Well, dat was de group, for ages and ages. Den, of course, dere's our other friends. Ryou, he's a great friend, but he's really quiet. Came from England, I think, 'cause he has a really thick British accent. He's pretty shy, and doesn't really talk much. I think he prefers solitude.
Mokuba Kaiba. Good kid. I don't see how he manages at home with moneybags around him all the time. Or maybe Kaiba ignores his brother, too absorbed in his work to notice him. Anyway, Mokuba's a pretty cool kid, bit like Serenity in some ways.
Den, at last, dere's my number one enemy. Seto Kaiba. Moneybags, as I call him. Most just call him Kaiba. He's CEO of KaibaCorp, one of the biggest Duel Monsters companies. He inherited the company from his stepfather, don't really know much more dan dat. He's a jerk, to put it in one word. He finds it funny to call me a dog, and watch me try to beat him up. I don't mean to overreact, he just gets me really worked up. One of those spur of de moment things, ya know?
Anyway, those were really de only people I knew before I was taught Duel Monsters. Ah, Duel Monsters, de best game dere is. I was taught how to play by Yuge's Grandpa, dubbed Gramps by yours truly. Anyway, I was really hopeless before I started learnin' off Gramps. I lost to Téa four times in a row, and Téa doesn't even duel dat often. Never won a game against Yuge, lost every duel. Even now, I've never beaten him. I did draw once, but dat's another story. I'll get to that in good time.
De first time I saw Yuge duel against anyone except myself was against Kaiba. Kaiba wanted Gramps' prize card, de Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Kaiba already owned three of de four dat existed, but he wanted to make sure dat it couldn't be used against him. So, he kidnapped Gramps and stole the Blue- Eyes from him. He even hurt Gramps bad enough to have him taken to de hospital. As you can imagine, Yuge wasn't too happy about dat. He challenged Kaiba to a duel. Now, I thought Yuge was nuts. Kaiba was the World Champion at Duel Monsters, how could Yuge expect to win?
But he managed to summon the one monsters dat had never been summoned – de unstoppable Exodia de Forbidden One. I don't think I've ever seen some one take losing as badly as Kaiba did. Even though it was just one duel, he acted like some one died. And who knows, maybe some one did. 'Cause, although I still can't stand Moneybags now, he sure is nicer dan he used to be. I mean, he wouldn't hurt some one to get one measly card, like he did to Gramps. Kaiba sure has changed a lot since I first met him. Doesn't mean he's any nicer to me, though.
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Lu: Well, there's the first chapter. What did you think? That was only the first episode. God, this is gonna take one heck of a time. By the time the next chapter's up, I'll probably be up to episode 4 or 5. So he'll have met Mai! And you all know what that means...
Yami Lu: Oh dear god no.
Lu: Yes! Joey's thoughts about Mai. And, of course, me being the JoeyxMai fanatasist I am, I will add random bits into the plot that never happened, simply to stir up something between them. I'm so evil ^-^. Anyway, please review! This took me ages to write, I confess I was reading fanfic at the same time! Review!
Yami Lu: I gave her the idea!
Lu: This fic's got romance in it, and you hate romance.
Yami Lu: Shut up.
Lu: Anyway, this is the whole Yu-Gi-Oh! series from Joey's POV. This is excluding the first series that wasn't screened in the U.S., 'cause I've only ever seen the dubbed version. It is slightly modified, so I can put in romance. Oh, come on, you don't expect me to do a Yu-Gi-Oh! fic without romance, did you?
Yami Lu: I was hoping you would.
Lu: Too bad. Just gonna recommend a couple of fics before we get started. For anyone who likes Harry Potter, read 'Old Faces, New Tricks'. Whole Harry Potter series from Alicia, Fred, George, Angelina, Katie and Lee's POV. No, I don't know the author. But she is Australian, just like me. And, for Yu-Gi-Oh! fans (everyone here should be a Yu-Gi-Oh! fan), Impish- Angel's 'Shadow of Reality' and my own 'The New Tournament', and 'Mind Game'. I apologize to all of my reviewers, I know I shouldn't be writing three fics at once, but I thought I better get it written down while the idea was still fresh in my mind. So, on with the fic.
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I hope I'm not gonna mess dis up. But I thought I just better write it all down before I'm old'n grey. Name's Joey Wheeler. Joseph Wheeler in full. No one 'cept Mai and ma mum call me dat, though. Great, I'm already off the point.
Now, where do I start? My family, I suppose. I have a mum, a dad, and a little sis. We were a happy little family at first, no problems. Den ma dad started drinkin', a little at first, but soon money was gettin' scarce, so ma mum left him. She drove off with ma sis, Serenity. Dat was one of de worst day of ma life.
So, I was left with my alcoholic father. Ended up a street kid, I guess. Neva went home 'nless I had to. I was a but afraid of getting seriously beat up. Got mixed up with a bad group of people while I was running around the alleys.
Dat's when I met Tristan. He's de oldest friend I have. We weren't exactly the nicest people you could meet. Bullied kids at school, 'specially one little kid called Yugi Mutou. He was actually de same age as us, but he is kinda a midget.
Well, one day I kinda went too far. While he wasn't lookin' I grabbed the puzzle thing he always kept in a box, took a piece and threw it into the school swimmin' pool. Yugi didn't notice at de time, but he came to school the next day distressed at the loss of de piece. Tristan and I thought it was funny.
Later dat day, we go into a fight with one of de tougher guys in de school. Tristan and I figured we could take him together, but we were wrong. We ended up slumped against de wall, panting and clutching bruised arms, legs, and god knows what else.
Dat's when little Yugi showed up. He stood up to the bully, who was at least three times de size of him. Sure, little Yugi got beaten up was bad as we did, but de point is dat he stood up for Tristan and me even though we'd been bullyin' him in de first place.
So I went and got de piece of de puzzle back for him. I had to break into de school at night to be allowed in de pool, but I did get it back. De little guy's eyes lit up when I showed him de piece of de puzzle.
"I'm sorry, Yugi. I was de one who took de puzzle piece," I confessed. I smiled guiltily. Yugi smirked.
"I kinda figured," he said, grinning. I grinned back.
"I'm sorry I've been actin' like a real jerk towards you lately," I apologized.
"Oh, you were acting?" he asked sarcastically. I laughed, and he joined in.
"I guess I deserved dat," I said sheepishly.
Den, somethin' kinda clicked. I dunno what, but from dat moment on, Yugi and I were de best of friends. Yeah, I even gave him a nickname. Yuge. Tristan and I were still real good friends, but, I dunno, there was just somethin' 'bout Yuge. Tristan and I stopped bullyin' after we became friends with Yuge. Didn't stop us gettin' into fights on de street, of course, but we did stop picking on kids who were obviously gonna lose against us.
Den dere's Téa. Téa was at our school for ages, we just never really took much notice of her. Den one day, Yuge and I were goin' to Burger World after school, and we discovered dat she worked dere, even though she was too young to do so. Den somethin' happened between her and Yuge. He saved her life. From den on, Téa became one of our happy little group.
Well, dat was de group, for ages and ages. Den, of course, dere's our other friends. Ryou, he's a great friend, but he's really quiet. Came from England, I think, 'cause he has a really thick British accent. He's pretty shy, and doesn't really talk much. I think he prefers solitude.
Mokuba Kaiba. Good kid. I don't see how he manages at home with moneybags around him all the time. Or maybe Kaiba ignores his brother, too absorbed in his work to notice him. Anyway, Mokuba's a pretty cool kid, bit like Serenity in some ways.
Den, at last, dere's my number one enemy. Seto Kaiba. Moneybags, as I call him. Most just call him Kaiba. He's CEO of KaibaCorp, one of the biggest Duel Monsters companies. He inherited the company from his stepfather, don't really know much more dan dat. He's a jerk, to put it in one word. He finds it funny to call me a dog, and watch me try to beat him up. I don't mean to overreact, he just gets me really worked up. One of those spur of de moment things, ya know?
Anyway, those were really de only people I knew before I was taught Duel Monsters. Ah, Duel Monsters, de best game dere is. I was taught how to play by Yuge's Grandpa, dubbed Gramps by yours truly. Anyway, I was really hopeless before I started learnin' off Gramps. I lost to Téa four times in a row, and Téa doesn't even duel dat often. Never won a game against Yuge, lost every duel. Even now, I've never beaten him. I did draw once, but dat's another story. I'll get to that in good time.
De first time I saw Yuge duel against anyone except myself was against Kaiba. Kaiba wanted Gramps' prize card, de Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Kaiba already owned three of de four dat existed, but he wanted to make sure dat it couldn't be used against him. So, he kidnapped Gramps and stole the Blue- Eyes from him. He even hurt Gramps bad enough to have him taken to de hospital. As you can imagine, Yuge wasn't too happy about dat. He challenged Kaiba to a duel. Now, I thought Yuge was nuts. Kaiba was the World Champion at Duel Monsters, how could Yuge expect to win?
But he managed to summon the one monsters dat had never been summoned – de unstoppable Exodia de Forbidden One. I don't think I've ever seen some one take losing as badly as Kaiba did. Even though it was just one duel, he acted like some one died. And who knows, maybe some one did. 'Cause, although I still can't stand Moneybags now, he sure is nicer dan he used to be. I mean, he wouldn't hurt some one to get one measly card, like he did to Gramps. Kaiba sure has changed a lot since I first met him. Doesn't mean he's any nicer to me, though.
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Lu: Well, there's the first chapter. What did you think? That was only the first episode. God, this is gonna take one heck of a time. By the time the next chapter's up, I'll probably be up to episode 4 or 5. So he'll have met Mai! And you all know what that means...
Yami Lu: Oh dear god no.
Lu: Yes! Joey's thoughts about Mai. And, of course, me being the JoeyxMai fanatasist I am, I will add random bits into the plot that never happened, simply to stir up something between them. I'm so evil ^-^. Anyway, please review! This took me ages to write, I confess I was reading fanfic at the same time! Review!
