Hi everyone. Welcome to my new story. Yey! Lmao.

Starring: Sammi, Sam, Doug, Jack, Mitch and the Yu-Gi-Oh characters.

Summary: The world of Yu-Gi-Oh Online is introduced through a kids magazine called K-Zone. It's a demo being tested on young children before they release it and make people pay to play. But it's still in testing stages and problems have arisen.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, K-Zone, Yu-Gi-Oh Online or Fan Fiction –sobbs-. They're all on my Christmas List though. I do own my characters though who are sorta original. Atleast you won't see them on Fan Fiction anywhere else but if any of my friends read this . . . yeah. I know you don't but I captured you well didn't I?

Chapter Title: Beginning

Reviews: None yet obviously. I will have these though and will dedicate chapters to people who are the best reviewers. And ideas don't go astray either.

Ciao, and review. Thanks.

Oh yeh, and on Yu-Gi-Oh I am phoenixsan but that is not my password. See ya

'Don't you think you're a bit old to be playing that card game Sam?' his neighbour asked.

'Nah,' he replied, but when he saw the look in her crystal blue eyes he changed his mind. 'Maybe a little . . .'

'Come on Sammi,' the three young boys chorused. 'Show us how your deck on Yu-Gi-Oh Online!'

'You have a deck online?' the teenage boy smirked.

'Fine, fine,' she said. 'I like it too.'

As they did when they were little the five kids were sprawled out in the rec room at Sammi and Doug's house. Sam was lying on the futon watching his little brothers Jack and Mitch play Yu-Gi-Oh – the latest craze at their schools.

Sam, the tallest and oldest of the gang, was 14. He had blonde hair and brown eyes and always played with Doug, Jack and Mitch whether it was computer games or card games like this. Often the gang of "Sams" would let the younger boys join in their games, but as the only girl Sammi rarely joined in.

Sammi was also 14, and the brains of the pack. Having got into a select entry school that year she barely had time to hang around with the boys, even her own brother. There was the occasion that they would watch Anime together but otherwise she was at school. Always home late there was not so much time for fun so when she got home she would go straight on Yu-Gi-Oh online or watch that day's episode that she taped in the morning.

Doug, her little brother, was 12 and proved that smarts were genetic. His fiery red hair, so unlike his sisters multicolored do, and shared blue eyes always made it possible to tell they were related. He too liked Yu-Gi-Oh and was the one that had gotten everyone into it. Often remembering strange things no one else wanted to know, he was the one who reminded people of things like remembering to take their phones to school aka Sammi.

Jack, also 12, was in a grade higher than Doug even though he was younger and had been at the same kindergarten for two years. He and his brothers Sam and Mitch would often ring around on a Sunday arvo and lounge around, but hadn't been coming as much recently since summer ended and school and basketball were back.

Mitch, the youngest at about 10, seemed to have a lot of sugar highs. He would be the one running around constantly and chasing the dogs to extreme lengths to get them back. He liked games as much as the others did since he had gotten into an age where he follows most of the rules.

'What's your password Sammi,' Doug inquired innocently.

'No way, you're not going on my account!'

'Please?'

'No way! I've been getting these weird messages and I'm not going on.'

'Please,' everyone asked, puppy eyes included. That always melted Sammi's heart.

'Ok, ok,' she gave in. 'But the first thing strange and we're off. Deal?'

'Don't you mean duel?' Jack laughed.

'Fine, fine,' she said, typing in her password of IlUvKaIbA

'You what?' Sam said.

Blushing furiously, Sammi calmly breathed in and out. 'I don't love him, I luv him. If you could read this it would have different spelling'

If this were in manga form all of them would have fallen down over her stupidity.

'Let's just kick some butt,' Mitch declared.

Clicking the mouse at random points to check that since it was a demo mode it wouldn't freeze, Sammi logged on as phoenixsan. Doug was under another name, but since his sister's winning streak was hard to beat they just stuck on hers.

'Hey, Sam, come here,' Sammi ordered. 'Why's the screen gone blue?'

'Did you freeze it?'

'No!'

'Chill Sam, chill,' he said. 'Maybe it's just a matinence sweep?'

'It's not. There's a blue circle in the corner warning you when one is coming up.'

Suddenly the blue screen was filled with a shot of none other than Yugi from the show!

'Yugi,' the gang exclaimed.

'Phoenix-san, come quick,' he said, obviously not knowing where to look as they had no webcam for him to view. 'We need your help. Since Atemu's gone we don't know what to do. People keep appearing in our world and saying we're cartoon characters! Cartoons!'

'Banish the thought,' Sammi whispered, causing a huge laugh that Yugi seemed to hear.

'This isn't funny Phoenix. Both worlds are in danger.'

'Gimmi the keyboard,' Doug said to Mitch who was randomly punching swear words into it. Pressing delete, Doug started on his message.

"Why are we in danger?"

'Because people are coming in with cards and so many people have Egyptian God Cards. How's this possible?'

'I have an idea!' Sammi jumped, taking the keyboard off her brother. "Well we come from a place that the Gods are protective of. Many people can call on their power"

'How often do you go on Fan Fiction?' Sam laughed at her corny story. Choosing to ignore him everyone else turned their heads back to the screen.

'Egypt?' Yugi asked, and without waiting for an answer he plowed on. 'Anyway it doesn't matter where you come from. We need you here to help us.'

'We?' Jack cowered, and soon enough the screen zoomed out to show Joey, Tea and Tristan sitting behind Yugi. Everyone looked a bit older since the show had ended and GX had started. Few seemed interested in it though so it was pulled where they came from.

"What do you want us to do?"

'No one's sure yet,' Joey interjected. 'All we know is you're smart, have a deck rival to Yugi's and know the people who are appearing better than we do.'

'And we trust you,' Tea added.

Back in the real world the gang huddled in a whispered conference before Sammi typed two words.

"We'll come"