A prologue for a new series I'm working on. I hope you guys enjoy it - a general story with a little tongue-in-cheek humor that came about when I tried to make a Yu-Gi-Oh visual novel as a joke. I still may try the YGO VN for fun, but for now, I hope you'll enjoy this adventure Yugi and company take into hardcore Otakudom.


The phone in Seto Kaiba's home office continued to ring, despite his instructions that he not be bothered. He was working on a Duel Disk upgrade, one to enhance the realism of the monsters as much as possible – short of them being real. Rival CEO Pegasus Crawford had been meeting with several heavy hitters throughout the business world in secret, but had not escaped Seto's attention.

The phone had stopped ringing.

He's up to something, and there's no way in hell I'll let him pull the rug out from underneath me… Seto gritted his teeth as he switched on the Duel Disk he had been tweaking. Detaching the data input cable from the Duel Disk, he opened a briefcase full of cards, reaching for one that depicted a fierce white drag-

RIIIIIIIIING!

"WHAT IS IT?!" he bellowed into the receiver, the Duel Disk and briefcase tumbling into the floor, cards scattering everywhere.

"S-sir, I'm s-s-sorry!" the voice on the other end sputtered.

"I told you not to interrupt me! Now what is it that could be so important that you'd be willing to lose your job over it?"

"S-sir, I-I…it's just-it's…"

"It's what?"

"It's PEGASUS, sir. O-on the TV. Ch-channel 4. He bought air time during this week's romance drama broadcast to make a live-announcement."

Channel 4 sold him time during a drama!? This IS serious! Seto switched on the TV and hung up the phone, not even hearing his employee plead for his job.

There sat Pegasus in his office chair, chatting happily with the camera as if it were an old friend.

"And so I said to myself, Industrial Illusions needs to make a comeback…but a comeback for the 21st century…as we all know, no one plays card games anymore."

Seto shot a glance at the Duel Disk lying on the floor, then promptly burst into laughter. "Pegasus, you fool!"

"Now I'm sure there are some naysayers coughKaibaboycough…"

Seto merely rolled his eyes.

"But those naysayers will just be left in the past. For it's not card games that the youth of today desire. No, it's not that at all. For who would want to duel with Dark Magician Girl when-"

The image on the screen switched to a solid pink background, and the Dark Magician Girl, now smaller and more wide-eyed, popped onscreen and giggled.

"They could date her instead?"

Dark Magician Girl dropped her wand and her eyes grew large. Beneath her, a box appeared with the phrase "Introducing DMG-tan!" in bubbly pink letters.

"Isn't Dark Magician Girl-tan just FABULOUS?!" Pegasus cooed from off-camera. "And with that, allow Industrial Illusions to announce its entry into the dating sim market!"

Seto leaned on his desk for support, speechless with a vacant expression.

"What…in God's name…was THAT?!"

"BIG BROTHER!" Mokuba burst through the door "did you see Pegasus' interview?"

"Yes I saw it. It seems like the fool is hammering the final nail in his own company's coffin." Seto unleashed a cackle.

"I think the people on the internet would disagree with you, big brother."

Seto glanced at his brother, whose face was quite serious. "What's wrong with you, Mokuba? It's PEGASUS we're talking about here. That senile old fool isn't even remotely a threat to us - or anyone. Besides, he's moving out of the card games market - what he does doesn't matter to us anymore."

"But, you've gotta look at Industrial Illusions' forums! People are going NUTS over this stuff!" Mokuba rushed past his brother and hopped into his desk chair, minimizing the program Seto was working in and opening the web browser. "I can't remember the last time OUR site got this much traffic."

Seto put his hand to his forehead.

It's going to be a long night.


And there you have it, folks. With Pegasus' entry into the dating sim market, will Kaiba do anything about it? And where will the King of Games play into all of this? As always, critiques welcome!