(A/N: After reading many chibi-stories, I've finally thought of one I'm
rather happy with. It's a Yugioh-Shaman King crossover again, but this one
involves Yugi's first attempts to solve the Millenium Puzzle. As he solves
the puzzle, strange spirits begin to awaken and begin wreaking their long
overdue torture on the innocent.
I've seen chibi-fics done for humor on plenty of other fics, but the one author who does it more than anyone else seems to (inspirational to chibi- fic writers) would be Ice Queen Anna Asakura. She's got some good ones too, and no, I didn't copy her ideas! I'm not an 'Anna friendly' writer typically.
For those of us who don't really follow chibi-fics, they involve lots of baby jibberish. So for those of us who don't speak chibi, I'll put subtitles in parenthesis. Though you should be able to catch on after a while...
And, for those of you who don't know what's coming on by now, I don't own Yugioh or Shaman King. I should start cutting and pasting that line on all my fics by now.)
Chibi Beginnings: by DrakeTheDuelist
Chapter 1: Da Mawennium Puzzew (not a typo, I meant to spell it that way.)
*Yugioh 8 years from present Kame Game Shop / Yugi's house 9:55 PM*
Sokugoro: He yells up a set of stairs, to where a door hangs open, and light form a reading lamp shines through the door. "Yugi, get to sleep! Tomorrow's your first day of first grade! You don't want to miss that!"
Chibi Yugi: From inside his room, he calls down to Sokugoro. "Okay, Gwampa, lemme pack my gwu an cwayons and brush my teef!" (Okay, Grandpa, let me pack up my glue and crayons and brush my teeth!)
Sokugoro: He puts his hands on his hips and pauses, thinking to himself. "Yugi, are you working on that dusty old box you found?"
Chibi Yugi: "It's noda box, it's a puzzew!" (It's not a box, it's a puzzle!)
Sokugoro: He sighs heavily. "Yugi, you've got to get sleep, or you'll be super tired in the morning. It's your first day of school."
Chibi Yugi: "Aw, mayn. Owkay, I'll gow ta' sweep." (Oh, man. Okay, I'll go to sleep.) The light in his room goes off.
Sokugoro: He walks away from the stairwell. As he does, the light in Yugi's room is turned on again.
Chibi Yugi: He wears light blue pajamas decorated with stars and rockets. In his right hand, he holds a flashlight over a pile of golden parts. The parts lay out over Yugi's bed. "Wow, dis is weelie hawd. Dese peeces don't luck lyke dey go toget'er ad all... Wonda wut it lucks lyke wen it's dun." (Wow, this is really hard. These pieces don't look like they go together at all... Wonder what it looks like when it's done.) He puts the flashlight down and places a hand on his chin. He climbs over his bed and turns on his desk lamp. He then reaches for a piece of the puzzle with an eye-shaped icon on it. "Dis ting lucks wike a centew. It's impowtant to da puzzew. Wonda wut da iye's fur dow." (This thing looks like a center. It's important to the puzzle. Wonder what the eye is for, though." The eye on the puzzle glows bright yellow, but Yugi fails to notice this.
*Yugioh 6 years before present Kame Game Shop / Yugi's house 3:45 PM*
Yugi has come home form school. He walks through the door bawling violently for some reason. Sokugoro runs up to him to try and comfort him.
Sokugoro: "Yugi, what happened to you?"
Chibi Yugi: (A/N: He's eight, and he still talks chibi? So what, I'm not perfect, nor is Yugi at this point.) "Waa, dat meenie Jowie beet me up agin!" (Waaa, that meanie Joey beat me up again!) He continues crying as he holds his hand over his right eye, trying to conceal the bruise form Sokugoro.
Sokugoro: He kneels down to Yugi and removes Yugi's hand from over his eye. "Oh, Yugi. How many times do I tell you not to play with Joey at recess if he keeps beating on you?" He walks over to the freezer and pulls out an icepack. He then tosses it to Yugi.
Chibi Yugi: He clumsily fubles the icepack and drops it on the floor. He sighs and bends down to the ground to pick up the icepack. He holds the icepack over his bruised eye. "Dats wy Jowie beet me up. I cuwdn't cetch da ball in reses." (That's why Joey beats me up. I couldn't catch the ball in recess.)
Sokugoro: "Come on, Yugi. You should go to your room." He helps Yugi up to his room on the second floor. He guides Yugi into his room, and froom there, to his bed. Then, he suddenly glances to Yugi's desk to see the pieces of the Millennium Puzzle scattered across Yugi's desk. "Oh, you're still working on the Millennium Puzzle, and after two years now, hasn't it been? Maybe you should work on it, and you'll forget this whole thing happened. Puzzles are a great way to pass the time."
Chibi Yugi: "Aw, Gwampa, I'v been wurkin on ir fer too yeers. It's tew tuff fer me." (Aw grampa, I've been working on it for two years. It's too tough for me.)
Sokugoro: He leads Yugi over to the table where the pieces of the puzzle lay scattered on the desk. Yugi followed him slowly. "You see Yugi, the trick is to keep going. I'm working on a puzzle of my own, and I've always tried my best to finish it someday. Hang on, I'll go to the shop and get it." He walks out the room.
Chibi Yugi: He stands at the table where his puzzle laid unfinished, though more like not started, for that matter. "How duz Gwampa do it? He reely thynks I cun do dis, but I'm not sur." (How does Grandpa do it? He really thinks I can do this, but I'm not sure.)
Sokugoro: From a distance, he calls to Yugi. "Yugi, I've got it." He walks into Yugi's room, carrying four Duel Monsters cards in his hands. "This is my puzzle, Yugi." He shows the cards to Yugi.
Yugi: He stares at the cards in his grandfather's hands in awe. "Wow, de're sow shynie! Wut ar dey, Gwampa?" (Whoa, they're so shiny! What are they, Grandpa?)
Sokugoro: "It's from a card game called Duel Monsters. Many people think that cards with low attack are weak, but not me. In fact, I've been collecting this set for some time now, even though the cards aren't as strong as most others. It's called 'Exodia'. It's an indestructible monster that can only be summoned with five cards."
Chibi Yugi: He stares at the cards in his grandfather's hand. "But dere ar only fore. Iz it dun yet?" (But there are only four. Is it done yet?)
Sokugoro: "Well, not yet. I've got the right arm, right leg, left arm, and left leg, but one last piece still eludes me... The head of Exodia, the Forbidden One! And I won't stop until I find it. I've asked many a player if they have one, but have still to this day come up short. Though I never lose hope, Yugi. While I may be out of luck now, all you have to do is try again and again some other day. You'll solve your puzzle someday too..." He points to the Millennium Puzzle at Yugi's desk.
Chibi Yugi: He grins lightly, but this grin fades as he turns back to the Millennium Puzzle. His eyes shoot open as he stares at one piece. "Aha! Dat's it! Da peeces won't styk tugedder cuz' dey wud make de puzzel unsolvubel. Ya nied to muve de peeces when in da puzzel. Tanks, Gwampa!" (Aha! That's it! The pieces won't stick together because they would make the puzzle unsolvable. You need to move the pieces when in the puzzle. Thanks, Grandpa!) Yugi rushes to his desk and begins to fiddle with pieces. In mere seconds, he manages to construct massive chunks of the puzzle.
Sokugoro: "Excellent, Yugi! I knew that you'd figure it out eventually." *Remember, Yugi. Like the pieces of a puzzle...* He smiles and leaves the room.
Chibi Yugi: He continues to place piece after piece into the puzzle while grinning widely. Piece and piece slide into place as Yugi's grin grows wider. The puzzle slowly took the shape of an inverted pyramid.
Voice: A low and ominous voice emanated from the puzzle. However, while totally engaged in building the puzzle, Yugi failed to notice it. The voice sounded like Yugi's voice, but tremendously deeper. "Ah, so after three thousand years, my Aibou has arrived to release me..."
(A/N: Okay, not only is the chapter done, but think I got the A/N-story ratio panned out quite nicely. Let me know if you agree that this is a bit better than my other fics, because if I'm getting worse, that's not good. And if you flame, do be courteous enough to let me know what to do.
I'm taking a small break off "The Dragon Slayer" to do this one, mainly because I'm rethinking the fluff of the chapter with Joey versus Drake. And because that's gonna' be a long duel to type at any rate! When I'm done pondering, I'll let you know, but this is just a bookmark for letting all my adoring fans know that I'm not dead after all. And it turns out to be pretty funny anyway.
Oh, and for those wondering, I had Yugi get beat up because the Millennium Puzzle can only be solved when the solver is in a lousy mood. Picked that one up off the manga. Didn't know if he knew Joey from third grade, though.
And, drum role please... I don't own Yugioh or Shaman King, despite Shaman King's absence form this chapter! Well fret not, 'cuz like last SK-YGO crossover I did, it's gonna be almost all Shaman King good guys and Yugioh bad guys. Chibi Yugi could quite possibly not show up again all fic. Or he could pop up in the end, but no major starring roles anymore for the little guy. Remember, he's not the King of Games just yet. He's gotta' wait another six years to solve the puzzle for real.
Final, final, super final comment: Aibou, that's a good side, or light half (trying to avoid saying 'weak half') of one's personality. Making that voice in Yugi's Puzzle being YamiYugi.)
I've seen chibi-fics done for humor on plenty of other fics, but the one author who does it more than anyone else seems to (inspirational to chibi- fic writers) would be Ice Queen Anna Asakura. She's got some good ones too, and no, I didn't copy her ideas! I'm not an 'Anna friendly' writer typically.
For those of us who don't really follow chibi-fics, they involve lots of baby jibberish. So for those of us who don't speak chibi, I'll put subtitles in parenthesis. Though you should be able to catch on after a while...
And, for those of you who don't know what's coming on by now, I don't own Yugioh or Shaman King. I should start cutting and pasting that line on all my fics by now.)
Chibi Beginnings: by DrakeTheDuelist
Chapter 1: Da Mawennium Puzzew (not a typo, I meant to spell it that way.)
*Yugioh 8 years from present Kame Game Shop / Yugi's house 9:55 PM*
Sokugoro: He yells up a set of stairs, to where a door hangs open, and light form a reading lamp shines through the door. "Yugi, get to sleep! Tomorrow's your first day of first grade! You don't want to miss that!"
Chibi Yugi: From inside his room, he calls down to Sokugoro. "Okay, Gwampa, lemme pack my gwu an cwayons and brush my teef!" (Okay, Grandpa, let me pack up my glue and crayons and brush my teeth!)
Sokugoro: He puts his hands on his hips and pauses, thinking to himself. "Yugi, are you working on that dusty old box you found?"
Chibi Yugi: "It's noda box, it's a puzzew!" (It's not a box, it's a puzzle!)
Sokugoro: He sighs heavily. "Yugi, you've got to get sleep, or you'll be super tired in the morning. It's your first day of school."
Chibi Yugi: "Aw, mayn. Owkay, I'll gow ta' sweep." (Oh, man. Okay, I'll go to sleep.) The light in his room goes off.
Sokugoro: He walks away from the stairwell. As he does, the light in Yugi's room is turned on again.
Chibi Yugi: He wears light blue pajamas decorated with stars and rockets. In his right hand, he holds a flashlight over a pile of golden parts. The parts lay out over Yugi's bed. "Wow, dis is weelie hawd. Dese peeces don't luck lyke dey go toget'er ad all... Wonda wut it lucks lyke wen it's dun." (Wow, this is really hard. These pieces don't look like they go together at all... Wonder what it looks like when it's done.) He puts the flashlight down and places a hand on his chin. He climbs over his bed and turns on his desk lamp. He then reaches for a piece of the puzzle with an eye-shaped icon on it. "Dis ting lucks wike a centew. It's impowtant to da puzzew. Wonda wut da iye's fur dow." (This thing looks like a center. It's important to the puzzle. Wonder what the eye is for, though." The eye on the puzzle glows bright yellow, but Yugi fails to notice this.
*Yugioh 6 years before present Kame Game Shop / Yugi's house 3:45 PM*
Yugi has come home form school. He walks through the door bawling violently for some reason. Sokugoro runs up to him to try and comfort him.
Sokugoro: "Yugi, what happened to you?"
Chibi Yugi: (A/N: He's eight, and he still talks chibi? So what, I'm not perfect, nor is Yugi at this point.) "Waa, dat meenie Jowie beet me up agin!" (Waaa, that meanie Joey beat me up again!) He continues crying as he holds his hand over his right eye, trying to conceal the bruise form Sokugoro.
Sokugoro: He kneels down to Yugi and removes Yugi's hand from over his eye. "Oh, Yugi. How many times do I tell you not to play with Joey at recess if he keeps beating on you?" He walks over to the freezer and pulls out an icepack. He then tosses it to Yugi.
Chibi Yugi: He clumsily fubles the icepack and drops it on the floor. He sighs and bends down to the ground to pick up the icepack. He holds the icepack over his bruised eye. "Dats wy Jowie beet me up. I cuwdn't cetch da ball in reses." (That's why Joey beats me up. I couldn't catch the ball in recess.)
Sokugoro: "Come on, Yugi. You should go to your room." He helps Yugi up to his room on the second floor. He guides Yugi into his room, and froom there, to his bed. Then, he suddenly glances to Yugi's desk to see the pieces of the Millennium Puzzle scattered across Yugi's desk. "Oh, you're still working on the Millennium Puzzle, and after two years now, hasn't it been? Maybe you should work on it, and you'll forget this whole thing happened. Puzzles are a great way to pass the time."
Chibi Yugi: "Aw, Gwampa, I'v been wurkin on ir fer too yeers. It's tew tuff fer me." (Aw grampa, I've been working on it for two years. It's too tough for me.)
Sokugoro: He leads Yugi over to the table where the pieces of the puzzle lay scattered on the desk. Yugi followed him slowly. "You see Yugi, the trick is to keep going. I'm working on a puzzle of my own, and I've always tried my best to finish it someday. Hang on, I'll go to the shop and get it." He walks out the room.
Chibi Yugi: He stands at the table where his puzzle laid unfinished, though more like not started, for that matter. "How duz Gwampa do it? He reely thynks I cun do dis, but I'm not sur." (How does Grandpa do it? He really thinks I can do this, but I'm not sure.)
Sokugoro: From a distance, he calls to Yugi. "Yugi, I've got it." He walks into Yugi's room, carrying four Duel Monsters cards in his hands. "This is my puzzle, Yugi." He shows the cards to Yugi.
Yugi: He stares at the cards in his grandfather's hands in awe. "Wow, de're sow shynie! Wut ar dey, Gwampa?" (Whoa, they're so shiny! What are they, Grandpa?)
Sokugoro: "It's from a card game called Duel Monsters. Many people think that cards with low attack are weak, but not me. In fact, I've been collecting this set for some time now, even though the cards aren't as strong as most others. It's called 'Exodia'. It's an indestructible monster that can only be summoned with five cards."
Chibi Yugi: He stares at the cards in his grandfather's hand. "But dere ar only fore. Iz it dun yet?" (But there are only four. Is it done yet?)
Sokugoro: "Well, not yet. I've got the right arm, right leg, left arm, and left leg, but one last piece still eludes me... The head of Exodia, the Forbidden One! And I won't stop until I find it. I've asked many a player if they have one, but have still to this day come up short. Though I never lose hope, Yugi. While I may be out of luck now, all you have to do is try again and again some other day. You'll solve your puzzle someday too..." He points to the Millennium Puzzle at Yugi's desk.
Chibi Yugi: He grins lightly, but this grin fades as he turns back to the Millennium Puzzle. His eyes shoot open as he stares at one piece. "Aha! Dat's it! Da peeces won't styk tugedder cuz' dey wud make de puzzel unsolvubel. Ya nied to muve de peeces when in da puzzel. Tanks, Gwampa!" (Aha! That's it! The pieces won't stick together because they would make the puzzle unsolvable. You need to move the pieces when in the puzzle. Thanks, Grandpa!) Yugi rushes to his desk and begins to fiddle with pieces. In mere seconds, he manages to construct massive chunks of the puzzle.
Sokugoro: "Excellent, Yugi! I knew that you'd figure it out eventually." *Remember, Yugi. Like the pieces of a puzzle...* He smiles and leaves the room.
Chibi Yugi: He continues to place piece after piece into the puzzle while grinning widely. Piece and piece slide into place as Yugi's grin grows wider. The puzzle slowly took the shape of an inverted pyramid.
Voice: A low and ominous voice emanated from the puzzle. However, while totally engaged in building the puzzle, Yugi failed to notice it. The voice sounded like Yugi's voice, but tremendously deeper. "Ah, so after three thousand years, my Aibou has arrived to release me..."
(A/N: Okay, not only is the chapter done, but think I got the A/N-story ratio panned out quite nicely. Let me know if you agree that this is a bit better than my other fics, because if I'm getting worse, that's not good. And if you flame, do be courteous enough to let me know what to do.
I'm taking a small break off "The Dragon Slayer" to do this one, mainly because I'm rethinking the fluff of the chapter with Joey versus Drake. And because that's gonna' be a long duel to type at any rate! When I'm done pondering, I'll let you know, but this is just a bookmark for letting all my adoring fans know that I'm not dead after all. And it turns out to be pretty funny anyway.
Oh, and for those wondering, I had Yugi get beat up because the Millennium Puzzle can only be solved when the solver is in a lousy mood. Picked that one up off the manga. Didn't know if he knew Joey from third grade, though.
And, drum role please... I don't own Yugioh or Shaman King, despite Shaman King's absence form this chapter! Well fret not, 'cuz like last SK-YGO crossover I did, it's gonna be almost all Shaman King good guys and Yugioh bad guys. Chibi Yugi could quite possibly not show up again all fic. Or he could pop up in the end, but no major starring roles anymore for the little guy. Remember, he's not the King of Games just yet. He's gotta' wait another six years to solve the puzzle for real.
Final, final, super final comment: Aibou, that's a good side, or light half (trying to avoid saying 'weak half') of one's personality. Making that voice in Yugi's Puzzle being YamiYugi.)