You thought the madness was over, didn't you? NOPE, IT'S NOT! WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL SEQUEL OF ZARC AND RAY'S DATE! PREPARE FOR MADNESS, INSANITY, LAUGHTER, AND SHUN EPICNESS! XD
Well, this all evolved from an idea (my idea) of what would happen if Zarc and Ray played a certain jellybean challenge...which they will eventually do. Along with a few other funny games. In a Christmas party. WITH THE FUTURE IN-LAWS (yes, they are engaged in this). But we did try to make it a tiny bit less of a parody, or, at least, not as chaotic as the prequel/first one...oh, who am I kidding? This is still as crazy and hilarious as the other one.
Once again, thank you, Donjusticia, for doing this with me. And enjoy!
Donny: Well, everybody, Halloween and the Zarc and Ray dating apocalypse have come and gone. Now, as we approach Thanksgiving, you guys know what time it is. TIME TO JUMP THE GUN AND START GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS ONE MONTH EARLY!
You guys thought we were gone. You hoped and prayed that the nightmares and insanity would end. But we'll never leave. Corinne and I will always be here on this website! In the darkest of nights! In every corner of every Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V Fanfic you read! Ever creeping…never sleeping…all consuming…all corrupting… crying crazy parodies…of Dragon Boy and Bracelet Girl rhapsodies…till all the fans cry…"NEVERMORE!"
So if you are all wondering how THIS one came about, here is a behind-the-scenes look!
BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE DARK AND FORLORN MADHOUSE WHERE CORINNETHEANIME AND DONJUSTICIA ARE IMPRISONED…
Donjusticia: *Hunched over like Igor while adding a mixture of nightmare fuel and feels to yet another filler chapter of "Signs of Renewal.* Ooh…new original character submissions from the fans! Precious must incorporate them into plot line immediately!
CorinnetheAnime: *Bursting through the door. Her hair is standing up on end like a mad scientist's* DONJUSTICIA! Vhy haven't ve taken over zis vorld already!?
Donjusticia: *Cowering* Master must not be angry with Precious! Precious tried to make "Zarc and Ray's Date" as hilarious as possible!
CorinnetheAnime: Vell, you have not done enough! Pull ze lever now! Ve shall make a sequal zat vill rival all ze ozzer fanfics in sheer comedic value!
Donjusticia: Yes, master! And when will Precious collaborate in making new fanfic!?
CorinnetheAnime: Ve shall begin in November and hopefully finish ze entire sing by Christmas!
Donjusticia: Ooh…Precious like! Precious shall add much insanity to fanfic! *Proceeds to pour in a bottle of black liquid into a cauldron*
CorinnetheAnime: VHAT ARE YOU DOING, DONJUSTICIA!?
Donjusticia: Making Fanfic crazy, master!
CorinnetheAnime: You sink zat eez enough!? Ve must add more! MORE INSANTIY!
Donjusticia: BUT THE FOURTH WALL!?
CorinnetheAnime: WHO CARES ABOUT ZE FOURTH VALL!? Vonce ve are finished, ze fourth vall vill be no more!
Donjusticia: And the plot line?
CorinnetheAnime: Extremely random! Ve shall make it so convoluted, even ve von't know vhere ve are going vith zis!
Donjusticia: And the characters?
CorinnetheAnime: Only slightly accurate! Zey shall devolve into mere parodies of zemselves vonce ve are finished here!
Donjusticia: And will Precious also make it T-rated?
CorinnetheAnime: *Glares angrily at him* Keep it K-rated, Donjusticia. Ve vant ze children to be exposed to zis toxic vaste.
And that's how the story came about. Have fun!
Corinne: Also, we do not own YGO-Arc-V, Superfight, or Beanboozled. YES, THIS IS WHAT I MEANT BY INSANITY! XD
It was a bright peaceful morning on Christmas day. A soft cold breeze was blowing over the snow-covered landscape, the moon from last night still hung in the sky, the Lyrical Luscinia were chirping in the trees, and the flowers of the Poinsettias people had put in their houses were in full bloom.
Yep. All the elements of nature Zarc hated the most all gathered into one place, on the LEAST destructive and LEAST dark day of the whole year.
But there was one positive aspect to all of this. Ray had invited him to spend the entire Christmas day with her at her house...where the rest of her family would be.
Zarc sighed to himself, having a sinking feeling that despite it soon being Christmas, there won't be a whole lot of jolly...especially when it came to the relationship between him and Ray's family.
Leo still hated him...well, greatly disliked him. Perhaps it was because when he heard the news of his engagement to Ray in the summer. Or maybe it was because Zarc still was a destructive dragon who wanted to destroy the world. Or maybe because he was still protective of Ray.
But maybe this time, they could let go of their past and have some peace for once...
Yay, peace with the in-laws. The
Zarc hefted the bag he was carrying over his back in a cute imitation of Santa Claus, curling his wings forward. He had bought Ray an expensive new pair of goggles and riding outfit for when they went out on one of their motorcycle or Wind Witch - Winter Bell outings (Rin had really been nagging her lately). Of course, when he bought the present for her, his other components absolutely INSISTED that they also buy some presents for Ray's components. Including, oddly enough, Yuri.
There were a few other surprises in the bag as well...
"So what did you get for Selena!?" Yugo excitedly asked Yuri inside of Zarc's head.
"The best present." Yuri insisted, putting his nose in the air.
"Awww...that's so sweet, Yuri!" Yuto congratulated, patting Yuri on the back, much to the Fusion Duelist's annoyance. "You must really like her. What did you get her?"
"IT WASN'T MY IDEA!" Yuri snapped, blushing VERY red. "I would've been perfectly happy to just sleep through this whole stupid Christmas party and ignore all of you, but Starve Venom was being so ANNOYING that I finally bought a present for Selena just to shut him up!"
"Yuri's a very modest person." Starve Venom laughed.
"SHUT UP, VENOM!" Yuri snapped. "But if you must know what I got her..." he continued sullenly, "...I, well...I figured she couldn't do better than this."
He held up his present: an action figure...of himself.
Yugo facepalmed. "Would Serena really want that?"
Yuri smirked his usual evil smile. "Who wouldn't? It's an action figure of ME! Serena would be begging for it!"
"I highly doubt that."
"Will you all guys please be quiet? You're giving me a headache...literally!" Zarc snapped, rubbing his pounding temples with his free hand.
"Aw, is something wrong, Zarc?" Yuya wondered while the others quieted down (with mumbled protests from Yuri), sensing his incarnation's obvious discomfort.
Zarc sighed. Over the long months after being reborn, he had gradually come closer to the little teenage boys within his soul. Though annoying at times, he had gradually come to regard them as something like his own kids. Well...maybe not kids. Brothers? At any rate, he couldn't stay mad at them forever.
"No...nothing's wrong." Zarc sighed, blasting away a bird that was chirping too loudly with a lightning blast from one of his dragon fists. "I'm just...well...I'm kind of on edge with Ray's parents being here. I really want to make a good impression this time."
"I'm sure Leo will come to like you." Yuya reassured his...uhm...guy who was the rest of him? "Don't forget that my mom and dad will also be there, and they are good friends with Leo. I'm sure you can manage to make a good impression. Well...so long as you don't electrocute any more birds, that is."
"My parents will also be there. And Shun." Zarc muttered darkly.
A hushed silence fell over Zarc and his components.
"Oh." Yugo mumbled, echoing everyone else's thoughts.
"Exactly," Zarc huffed, the other counterparts still being silent and giving no protest. "Leo I can handle, but my parents are another thing. And you know Shun."
"Yeah, we do," Yuri replied, irritated. "And you're still going through with this?"
"Hey, it's still Christmas, the one time of the year where everyone, even enemies, can get together. I mean, there was even a war in the 20th century that was postponed for one day, just for the celebration of Christmas (I blame Ray for that). I believe it was called the Christmas Truce of 1914," Yuya added, hoping to cheer up everyone else. "I'm sure that Shun is no exception."
"You're way too optimistic, Yuya." Yuri snarled. "This is Shun, who is a war ALL on his own."
"There might've been a day when I would have been able to reason with Shun." Yuto sighed, "But now...with Ruri...I guess I'm kind of the number one guy on his hit list now."
"That guy needs a girlfriend." Yugo muttered.
"Maybe if we could invite Natsumi over from Shimmering-Sky's fanfic, 'Code-V Rebirth.'" Yuya suggested, trying to be helpful.
"I'm fairly certain nothing could distract Shun from his overprotective brotherly instincts." Yuto replied, rubbing his temples in agitation. "Even if we COULD get the right girl for him."
"Yeah..." Yuri snickered, "...what kind of crazy person would be able to put up with HIM!?"
"Well, here's hoping for the best!" Yuya cheered, crossing his fingers. "I'm sure we'll have a fun time, one way or another!"
"Well...at least Ray will be there as well, so it won't be all that bad," Zarc remarked to himself, most of the other counterparts nodding.
"Even if we have to deal with Shun breathing down our neck the whole time," Yuri muttered.
Zarc approached the door of Leo's elegant mansion, carefully stopping to stomp the snow off his boots, before ringing the doorbell.
"I'll get it!" the cheerful voice of Ray called from inside.
"NO! I'LL GET IT!" An overprotective big brotherly voice shouted back. They heard the sound of Ray's protests as someone shoved her out of the way and someone began pounding towards the doorway with the force of an enraged rhino.
"We might want to start running!" Yugo yelped, grabbing onto Yuto for comfort.
With a mighty kick, Shun blasted the doors open before glaring menacingly at Zarc, a shotgun in one hand and a blowtorch in the other.
"Hello, Shun." Zarc mumbled, straining every muscle to not use his powers to destroy Shun on the spot.
"Well, if it isn't the one person I'm not allowed to shoot," Shun growled, setting down his shotgun. "I suppose I have to welcome you inside now?"
"What's with the blowtorch?" Yuto asked, trying to make a casual conversation.
"Because mistletoes can hang from the ceiling anytime, anywhere, and when they do..." Shun lit up the blowtorch, "I'll be ready for them."
Zarc sweatdropped.
"Wow, he REALLY needs a girlfriend," Yuri rumbled darkly, earning a glare and a few "quiets" from the others.
However, the very uncomfortable and awkward silence between the two enemies/rivals was interrupted by a greeting of one special person. "Hey, Zarcy, glad you could make it in time!"
"Hey, Ray!" Zarc enthusiastically called, rushing over to embrace Ray, who was wearing a very cozy-looking pink, green, blue, and yellow sweater. Shun rushed over to break them apart, but he and Ray casually shoved him into a nearby snow-bank, much to the Xyz duelist's protests.
"I like your sweater." Zarc complimented, pulling away from Ray, who began blushing as she twirled one of her ponytails.
"Awww...thanks, Zarcy." Ray giggled, causing Shun to instantaneously melt the snow bank with his fiery rage. "Yubel knit us all sweaters. Who'd have thought your mom was into that kind of thing?"
"Yeah...she can get kind of...creative." Zarc blushed, rubbing the back of his neck as he thought of the sweater his mom would inevitably force him to wear for the occasion. "What sweater did she sew for Zorc?"
Ray giggled in return. "Oh, it's really cute, being all black and red with a little fire kitten in the middle."
Zarc shut his eyes to get the image of his father wearing a sweater like that out of his head. "Yep, she can be quite creative. Anyway, how are you doing?"
"Oh, you know..." Ray laughed, leading Zarc inside. "I've been hanging out with Reiji and Reira, getting to know Yuzu, Ruri, Rin, and Selena...and tearing down the Academia regime and rebuilding the lives of millions upon millions of Xyz citizens who have had their futures destroyed and lives forever traumatized by the horrors my Dad played a part in inflicting upon them..." she added under her breath.
"So the usual." Zarc finished.
"Yeah..." Ray admitted, "...the usual."
"Is Yuzu here?" Yuya asked, trying to brighten the mood.
"Hold on a sec..." Ray replied, tapping her forehead, "...I just need to scroll through the apps in my brain."
"You have apps in there?" Yuri asked, an incredulous expression coming over his face.
"So the girls don't get bored while living in my head." Ray shrugged. "Don't you guys have something like that in Zarc's head?"
"All we had was a foosball table...which Yugo destroyed the day of getting it." Yuto replied darkly, glaring at Yugo.
"And that was after we tried to play ping-pong." Yuri added, glaring at the two others.
"That was Yuto's fault right there," Yugo remarked, glaring at the Xyz counterpart.
"My fault?!" Yuto cried in indignation. "You were the one who would spike all your hits, Fusion-kun!"
"IT'S NOT FUSION! IT'S YUGO!"
"Guys, don't fight! Let's not worry about that," Yuya finished, stepping between the two rivals before they could start a brawl.
"Oh, that's rich!" Yuri snarled. "Coming from the guy who smoked our entire metaphysical mind room after putting jellybeans in a tin can in the microwave and setting the whole thing on fire to see if it would EXPLODE!"
"You did what!?" Ray laughed.
"I was thinking alphabet soup would be more fun if it had more color to it." Yuya sheepishly replied.
"Well, I'm sure Yuzu will be happy to hear the whole tale. Here she is if you want to talk to her," Ray finished, giving her forehead a final swipe.
"Hey, I was still doing some reading!" Yuzu cried out, holding up her Shakespeare book of "Much Ado about Nothing". "I was just getting to the good part!"
"Well, we have our guest now!" Ray retorted, taking away her book.
"Ooh, Toto-kun is here?!" Ruri exclaimed joyfully.
"Hold your horses, Ruri." Ray scolded, shoving her back into the corner of her mind. (It's best if you guys just go with this and not think about how this works.)
"Awww..." Ruri sighed, "but it's been so long!"
"Just let her go." Serena sighed. "It'll be easier for all of us."
"Oh, all right." Ray sighed, letting the phantasmal ghost of Ruri rush over to Yuto and give him a tight hug before showing him the sweater Yubel made for her.
Aw, it's very nice!" Yuto complimented upon seeing the bright blue Lyrical Luscinia flying against the purple background of the sweater.
"I know, I love it so much!" Ruri cheered in return. "I could ask Yubel to make one for you!"
"Really?" Yuto replied, a smile gracing his features. However, his spirit was pulled back by Yuri, who was really ticked off at their point.
"Alright, enough lovey-dovey mushy stuff!" He snarled, much to the two lovebirds' protests. "I am getting a headache from this, so let's move on, okay?"
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!" Yugo joyfully cheered, zooming past Yuri and racing towards Rin's ghost at break-neck speed.
"Of course." Yuri groaned, rolling his eyes.
"Huh?" Rin asked, hearing a familiar baka's voice as she leaned over Ray's mental oven to pull out a batch of Christmas cookies she was baking.
Soon, his arms enveloped around her waist from behind, catching her by surprise. "RIIIINNNNN!"
"AH, BAKA!" She whirled around and kneed him reflexively, sending him down to the ground with a noisy thud. Upon seeing who it was, she apologized. "Sorry, Yugo, you surprised me."
"Ouch..."
Yugo groaned, torn between feelings of love and agony...which was normal in a relationship with Rin.
"Well, it's your fault!" Rin scolded, picking him off the mental ground and handing him a mental cookie to make him feel better...mentally.
"I got you a present!" Yuya called, holding up the mental representation of his mental gift to a very pleased-looking, metaphysical manifestation of Yuzu.
"Aww...I got you something too!" Yuzu beamed, handing a phantasmal box to Yuya.
"What is it?" Yuya asked, giving her present a little shake.
"Open it and find out," Yuzu answered cryptically, leaving Yuya to open it himself to find out.
When he opened the lid, his eyes beamed upon seeing a hand-crafted bracelet, having a ruby heart in the center. Engraved on the heart was his name, albeit a little crudely.
But to him it was a wonderful gift. "Thanks so much, Yuzu! I love it!"
"Open mine now!" Yuya begged.
Yuzu eagerly opened her present to find a large pink plushy hippo inside. Not EXACTLY something she'd want under normal circumstances, but she went along with it, given who it was from.
"Thank you so much, Yuya!" She squealed, wrapping her arms around him.
"Here's a gift for you, or whatever." Yuri grumbled, handing Selena the action figure without even looking at her.
"Gee...thanks." Selena sarcastically muttered before shoving a massive, two gallon glass bottle of liquid into Yuri's hands. "I got something for you, too."
"Cologne?" Yuri asked, hefting the massive container.
"You'll need it." Selena smirked. "All of it."
Inside Yuri's brain, his mental clock ticked away as he attempted to register the hidden insult. After a full minute of pondering it out, the answer finally came to him.
"WHY YOU LITTLE...!" Yuri roared, lunging towards Selena.
Seeing the scuffle occurring, Yuya and Yuzu immediately tried to stop it. "Hey, guys, chill out! No fighting on Christmas!"
"Oh, no, not again!" Rin cried, helping the Standard counterparts break apart their fighting Fusion counterparts.
"I knew this would happen..." Yuto muttered, also coming in to help end the fight.
"I WILL END YOUR EXISTENCE!" Yuri roared, loudly enough for him to go into Berserk Mode...if he wasn't technically in Berserk Mode 24/7 with Zarc being resurrected.
"BRING IT, CABBAGE HEAD!" Selena hissed back, nearly socking Yuri in the gut despite the efforts of everyone to keep her calm.
"Stop flirting, you two." Zarc and Ray scolded.
"WE'RE NOT...!" Yuri and Selena protested.
"Sure, you're not." Zarc smirked while Ray shook her head in exasperation.
"Well, that's a weird way to flirt," Yugo stated, earning a dark glare from both Yuri and Serena.
"Oh, don't you start, Fusion-kun!" The Fusion boy snapped viciously, causing Yugo to growl back.
"IT'S NOT FUSION, CABBAGE HEAD! MY NAME IS YUGO! GET IT RIGHT!"
"Alright, I think this is enough mayhem for now," Ray decided, stuffing all of her female counterpart ghosts back into her head.
"I agree." Zarc replied, stuffing his own components into his head before giving Yuri a time-out. "So where's the party happening?" He asked before an idea formed in his head, giving a flirtatious look to Ray. "Or would you like the party to start here and now?"
"Haw haw." Ray smirked, taking Zarc's hand. "Come on. I'd better take you to the living room before my Dad flips his metal-plated lid."
Zarc smiled back at her, but the mention of her father flipping his lid unleashed utter chaos in his mind.
"Great, we're so dead!" Yugo cried out, much to Yuri's chagrin.
"Oh, shut up and keep it in! Your melodramatic tears are obnoxious!" He was really, really, REALLY mad at this point.
"Hey, please calm down! No more fighting, okay?" Yuya asked, raising his hands in a gesture for peace.
"Yeah, all of you shut your mouths, or I'll shut them for you!" Zarc mentally threatened, and the counterparts all grew silent.
Ray led Zarc into the living room, where the rest of the family had all gathered on one big (and considering we're also talking about Zarc's family, I mean HUGE) couch. Leo was sitting in the far right with his wife, Himika next to him, Ray's mom, Horakhty, next to her, Yuya's Dad, Yusho, next to Horakhty, Yoko next to Yusho, Yubel next to Yoko, and Reira sandwiched between her and Zorc. All of them were wearing Yubel's sweaters.
They were enveloped in their various conversations, but when Zarc and Ray came in, they stopped, some giving a warm smile at the sight of the couple (such as Yusho, Yoko, and Yubel).
Others, however, weren't as enthusiastic.
"Hello...Zarc," Leo drawled slowly, casting a steely stare at the man.
Zarc narrowed his eyes in return. "Leo," he replied, gritting his pointed teeth. "How have you been doing lately?" he managed to robotically drawl out.
"Well, I was enjoying some time with my family." Leo droned, his eyes narrowing.
A thick tension was filling the room. Sensing the animosity, Yoko attempted to change the subject.
"So how is my darling Yuya-Wuya doing?" She asked.
"I always wondered how that slap-happy dweeb became 25% of our son." Zorc grumbled, gently patting Reira, who was looking up with eyes as big as dinner plates at the demon sitting next to him, on the head.
"That's partially your fault, dear." Yubel scolded, finishing up a green sweater with a D-wheel on the front and throwing it to Yugo. "You're the one who introduced him to 'Harold the Super Hippo' when he was just a young spawn."
"Yuya's doing just fine." Zarc replied, ignoring his parents' argument. "I could let you speak to him now if you like."
"Well, that will be wonderful. I would love to speak to 25% of my son." Yubel replied, grinning.
"And 100% my son," Yoko agreed.
"Alright, then." Zarc concluded, delving into his mind and finding the boy within moments.
"Hey, mom!" Yuya enthusiastically called through Zarc's mouth, "And...uhm...kind of my demon mom," he added, looking at Yubel. "How have you both been doing?"
"We've been getting along great!" Yoko replied, putting her arm around Yubel. "It's been nice to reconnect with the edgiest member of my old biker gang."
"You two knew each other!?" Yuya asked incredulously.
"I may have been a demon." Yubel shrugged, "But Yoko was an ANIMAL! Remember when we took down those crazy 5Ds' fans?"
"That was before I met Yusho." Yoko sighed. "Ahhh...good times."
"Indeed," Yubel agreed, leaving poor Zarc/Yuya to wonder on just how crazy his moms had been back in their day. But it was all in good fun, so he smiled nonetheless.
"Anyway, now that we're all...here...wait, someone is missing." Horakhty was the first to notice.
Ray immediately gasped. "Oh, poor Shun!" She looked at Zarc, worried. "Is he still outside?"
Zarc was just about to answer when a massive explosion blew open a whole in the ceiling above everybody's heads, and Shun landed in the center of the living room floor, glowing with intense Zexal morph energy and brotherly rage.
"NICE OF YOU TO THINK OF ME!" He roared, spreading out his Raidraptor/Zexal wings while glaring at Zarc and Ray. "IT WASN'T TOO DIFFICULT TO GET BACK INSIDE AFTER YOU LOCKED THE DOOR ON ME! BUT IT WAS OKAY, BECAUSE I ENDED UP HAVING TO HELP SHUZO AND ALL HIS YOU-SHOW DUEL SCHOOL STUDENTS SHOVEL SOME SNOW OFF EACH OF THEIR DRIVE WAYS FOR THE PAST LITTLE WHILE, SO IT'S NOT LIKE I'M COMPLETELY ABSOLUTELY LIVID OR ANYTHING!"
Ray shook her head in sadness and relief. "We're sorry about that, brother. We didn't mean to leave you outside in the cold...and shovel other people's driveways."
"Yes, we did." Zarc retorted, coughing in between his words to disguise his answer. Shun noticed anyway, glowering at him.
"WHAT WAS THAT, ZARC?!"
"Nothing." Zarc hastily replied before Reiji joined in on the conversation.
"So how is Shuzo doing?" Reiji asked, looking up from the book he was reading, Machiavelli's "The Prince."
"I must admit, I have been curious about that man ever since I failed to buy his school from him." Himika added.
Zarc and Ray both narrowed their eyes at the comment, with Yuya and Yuzu remembering the unpleasant event of her trying to take their duel school from Shuzo.
As for Shun, he kept his half-lidded glare and crossing his arms. "I didn't ask, but it appeared that and everyone else is doing just fine."
"That's good!" Ray replied, smiling in order to ease up the tension in the room.
"I suppose so, considering they guy will be part of the family fairly soon." Reiji muttered. "I'm just wondering...will I have to call you brother then...or right now?" Reiji asked Shun.
"I am fourth brother once removed but now reclaimed to you." Shun replied. "And I can see that my sister..." he added, turning to Ray, "has been well cared for? Right?"
The young woman smiled warmly. "Of course! I wouldn't let anything bad happen to my girls!"
"Aw, that's so thoughtful of you, Ray!" Ruri replied from within, also smiling.
"Besides, if something were to happen, I now have Zarcy to help as well!" Ray added, clutching to his arm protectively, much to Zarc's surprise and Shun's vexation.
"Okay, Shun...keep it together..." Shun told himself, "even though you have unlimited Zexal power at your fingertips, you don't have to kill Zarc and Yuto on the spot so long as he doesn't..."
"Thanks, Ray." Zarc replied sweetly, giving Ray a peck on the cheek, and, by extension, causing Yuto to peck Ruri on the cheek.
"AAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Shun screamed, preparing to summon an even more overpowered Raidraptor than in his last duel.
"LET'S PLAY A GAME!" Ray shouted, trying to avoid Shun's wrath. "ANY IDEAS!?"
"How about 'Spin the Bottle'?!" Yugo called, pulling Rin next to him.
"NOOOOOOO!" Leo, Shun, and Zorc roared in unison.
"I got a better one," Zarc remarked, opening his bag again and sticking his scaly hand inside, searching for the right item. It took him a few moments, but he soon found it.
Bringing his hand out, he revealed the black box of the card game...Superfight. That immediately grabbed everyone's attention, even Shun's.
"And we can do something fun for those who lose the rounds," Zarc added, reaching in his bag again to reveal the dreaded jellybean roulette game, Beanboozled. "So...any challengers?"
"Me! Me! Me!" Yoko, Yubel, Horakhty, Ray, Yuzu, Rin, Ruri, Yuya, and Yugo enthusiastically called. Leo and Zorc both looked at each other.
"I suppose I could get behind destroying something." Zorc mused. "Even if it's just destroying my opponents."
"I'd better be there to keep an eye on Ray and Zarc." Leo growled.
"Agreed." Shun replied, nodding his head.
"I'll play anything Ruri wants to play." Yuto shrugged.
"I'll just watch." Reira stated, hugging his teddy bear.
"I'd better step in to make sure this doesn't get TOO crazy." Reiji sighed, adjusting his glasses over his eyes.
"Oooookkkkaaayyy..." Zarc trailed off as he started setting up the card game, setting the other box aside. "So how many people will that be?"
"Hmm, it looks like me, you, your moms and Zorc, my dad, Shun and Reiji...and all our counterparts, which will be with us. That leaves out Mr. Sakaki...and Reira," Ray concluded, using her hands to help with counting everyone.
"Hey, you forgot us! We're not playing!" Yuri and Serena announced, crossing their arms.
"Oh, really?" Yuto smirked. "Well, what will you two be doing? Alone together?"
Yuri and Serena blushed at Yuto's implication. "NO! Not together! We hate each other, so why would we do that?!"
"Or so you think or say," Yuto mumbled lowly, out of their earshot.
"You sure you don't want to play, dad?" Yuya asked, as Selena and Yuri began aggressively wrestling each other while blaming one another for starting the Predatorshipping rumor.
"I'll watch you with Reira." Yusho said with a smile. "We'll have great fun watching you guys play. Right, Reira?"
Reira stared back at Yusho with wide eyes. "I see dead people," he whispered.
"Uhhhhh..." Yusho replied, not knowing how to respond.
"Reira, that wasn't a ghost, that was just me helping you out when you were kicking Reiji's butt." Ray sighed, rolling her eyes.
"Could we not bring up my losing streak?" Reiji grumbled, sitting next to Himika.
"You have a losing streak?" Yuya mumbled. "Then how did you almost beat ME? TWICE?!"
"He meant against anyone else," Yuzu remarked, making poor Yuya sigh in defeat.
"ANYWAY..." Zarc growled, dealing out the hands to the other players. "Hmm, for the villain mode, how many rounds do you all wanna do?"
"Maybe have a chance for everyone can go, then tally up the points at the end," Ray concluded, looking at her hand and smirking widely. "You can go first for the villain, Shun."
"Oh...so I'm the villain now, am I?" Shun grumbled, looking through his hand.
"So how does this game work?" Zorc asked, staring at the cards with confusion. "Do we get to destroy anything?"
"I'll be fine with you destroying things so long as it's Selena." Yuri mumbled, grudgingly sitting next to Rin, who recoiled from his presence.
"Ha! Like you could even try, lover boy!" Selena mocked, taking a seat next to Reiji.
"But yeah, how do you play?" Yuya asked, confused.
"Alright, it's a little complicated," Zarc explained, also looking through his hand. "Each player gets three black cards and three white cards. White cards are characters of your hero, the black being the attributes of the hero. Since we're doing villain mode, one player chooses to be the villain and then picks one of his character aces to be the main villain, and then pick two attribute cards, one from his hand and the other from the deck, for that villain.
"Then everyone else plays a hero to try and stop the villain, placing one white card and one black card from your hand to counter. Then the villain draws a purple card, which are the conditions of the fight, and a blue card, the location of the fight, and places them on the table. Then we each either use one extra black card from the deck or hand and play it to buff ourselves or debuff someone else, even the villain.
"Then we all argue about how our hero would win the fight till the villain ends the discussion and picks the winner of his choice. That hero then gets a point and keeps the villain's character while everyone else places their hands and heroes into the discard pile."
"And you said that there was a bonus stake as well?" Ray added, gesturing to the colorful box.
Zarc grinned. "Yep! The people who lose will DIE!"
Everyone (except Zorc and Yubel) gasped in shock.
"EXCUSE ME!?" Horakhty thundered.
"Oh...SORRY!" Zarc hastily apologized. "Force of habit...you know...me being a demon and all that. I meant to say that the losers have to eat a disgusting jellybean."
"Jellybean?" Zorc asked, wondering what manner of world-destroying super weapon that could be.
"Explain." Leo demanded, looking at Ray. "Do you know where Zarc is going with this?"
Ray giggled, knowing what the box contained. "It's basically whoever gets sick first. He and I have played the jellybean challenge before, and I never got one bad one. If this is a case of revenge or not, it'll be fun either way."
"Yeah, this is totally payback," Zarc grimaced, remembering the horrid memories of that game. "It took me weeks to get the taste of lawn clippings out of my mouth."
"Lawn clippings?" Leo asked quizzically.
"You'll find out soon enough." Zarc replied, casting an evil smirk. "Now, Shun, if you may begin."
Shun looked through the cards in his hand before finally deciding on one. "There is only one villain who can compare to the level of my chaotic randomness," he concluded. "I SUMMON BILL CIPHER IN ATTACK MODE!" he declared, slapping down the card.
"It's not Duel Monsters, big brother." Ruri whispered.
"Hush, baby girl." Shun whispered, patting his little sister reassuringly on her head, "The grown-ups are talking now."
"Next!" he continued, "From the deck, I choose 'Has Discord as a sidekick from My Little Pony' to be one of Bill Cipher's attributes! Also, from my hand, I choose 'Hiding Cryptograms everywhere' for his other attribute!"
Zarc planted his face on the table. "So you have Bill Cipher who has Discord as a sidekick, and he can hide in cryptograms. Well, that pretty much is chaotic."
"WITH THIS, I WILL DEFEAT YOU!" Shun declared, glaring at Zarc. "DETIMILNU SI REWOP LAXEZ YM!"
Zarc stared at Shun for a moment, trying decipher his last phrase, but decided it couldn't be too important, and certainly not something that would win a reader a prize from Donjusticia.
"Alright, alright...hmmm...let's see...okay, my best option is," Zarc placed his cards down, "...Godzilla. He also is...armed with a trident."
Ray looked through her hand. "I choose...Mulan! And she...is immortal!"
"I choose...Taiga from 'Toradora'." Rin declared. "And she is...Extremely Angry...so I guess she's pretty much normal," she shrugged.
"I choose...Dash from 'The Incredibles'!" Yugo announced, putting his card next to Rin's card. "And he...has laser eyes!"
"This is already insanity..." Zarc mumbled, trying not to laugh.
"NONE OF MY CARDS ARE GOOD!" Yuto lamented, holding his mouth in disbelief.
"Just do your best, Yuto-kun," Ruri reassured. Yuto lowered his head.
"Alright," he picked one card," I have Helen Keller," he then picked a black one, "and she's made of paper."
There was silence for a few moments...before Yuri and Serena burst out laughing uproariously.
"Let me show you how a TRUE villain operates!" Yuri snickered. "I pick VOLDEMORT! and he..." his smile fell when he saw the cards in his hands, "...and he...isextrmlyct..."
"What was that?" Selena smirked, seeing the other card Yuri put down.
"Extrmlyct!" Yuri mumbled, only slightly louder.
"Sorry, I didn't catch what you just said, lover boy!" Selena sneered.
"I SAID HE'S EXTREMELY CUTE, YOU DEAF CAT LADY!" Yuri roared. "DID YOU GET THAT!? IN FACT, I BET A CREEP LIKE HIM IS WAY CUTER THAN YOU!"
"Awwww..." Selena mocked, "why, your villain must be absolutely ADORABLE to be cuter than me!"
"What are you doing?" Yuri grumbled, looking away from Selena.
She smirked. "I pick Hello Kitty...and she is ten stories tall!"
"Oh, nope, no way, that is not cute," Yuri denied, crossing his arms and frowning. "A ten-story tall cartoon is not cute!"
"Says you, liar!" Serena retorted.
"I choose Conan the Barbarian!" Yuzu roared, sounding uncharacteristically savage. "And he has a chain gun!"
"Yuzu...are you okay?" Yuya asked, noticing the bloodlust in her eyes.
"Quiet, Sonny!" Yoko growled, "It's my move now, and I'm gonna run you over with Ghost Rider who has super speed!"
"Ahh, man!" Yugo complained.
Yuya sweatdropped, looking at his hand. "Okay...what can I use? Argh...my best choice is probably Zeus...and he has literal jazz hands."
"WHAT?!" Yuri cried in disbelief. "JAZZ HANDS?! HE'S USELESS!"
"No, not exactly, because he is the Greek god of lightning," Yuya reasoned, "so, you know, he can't stop moving his hands, so he is constantly hurling lightning at...someone."
"If that is your defense, then I'm afraid you're through."
"Guys, let's not start debating yet. We still have a few more players," Zarc growled at his arguing counterparts, which quickly shut them up.
"Exactly!" Yubel agreed, "I still need to destroy all of you!"
"Not before I destroy you first!" Zorc argued.
"OH, IT IS ON!" Yubel countered, causing Zarc to facepalm. "I choose Dora the Explorer...and she's riding a pink pony!"
"Oh, yeah!?" Zorc roared. "Well, I choose Bambi, and he's really good at making friends!"
Zarc facepalmed. "Talk about lack of destructive power..."
"DORA IS WAY BETTER THAN BAMBI! HIS MOTHER DIED FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!" Yubel yelled.
"BUT BAMBI CAN BECOME DORA'S FRIEND, AND THEN WHEN SHE'S NOT WATCHING, BOOM! SHE'S GONE!"
"Except we're not fighting each other. We're fighting Shun's character," Reiji explained, adjusting his glasses. "And speaking of fighting Shun..." he continued, "logic dictates that in order to defeat a chaotic entity, one must use the most sensible and serious character that can be found. Considering this, I will choose DC comics' Deathstroke and say his attribute is...armed with an AK-47, because it makes perfect sense."
"I'll choose Mother Teresa, and maker her attribute...skilled with kung-fu." Horakhty shrugged, throwing down a pair of cards.
"I choose the Queen of Hearts." Himika declared. "And she's…super rich!"
"Hmm, good choices," Zarc muttered. "Is that everyone?"
"I haven't gone!" Ruri declared, looking through her cards. "Hmmm..."
"Take your time, sister," Shun stated calmly.
"Alright...I choose a kindergarten class...and there's a hundred of them."
"WHAT?!" Almost everyone exclaimed.
"A kindergarten class of one hundred?" Yuri snickered. "How lame can you get?"
"I wouldn't discount her power." Reiji observed with a calculating expression on his face. "There's a lot of power in the educational system, and one hundred kindergarten children could indeed fight back against the power of both Bill Cipher AND Discord with their friendship."
"No, you got it wrong: it's not a hundred kindergarten kids, it's one hundred kindergarten classes," Ray clarified. "And assuming a class is like twenty to thirty kids, multiply that by hundred."
"Shun, you're a goner." Zarc quipped, earning a scowl from him.
"Clearly you underestimate the power of Bill Cipher and Discord!" Shun countered. "Discord would eliminate any bonds of friendship those kindergarten kids would have, while Bill Cipher turned them to stone and stacked them into his throne!"
"Well, Voldemort could easily stop him, Discord, AND Ruri's stupid kindergarten kids!" Yuri snarled.
"Because he's super cute?" Selena snickered.
"WITH DARK MAGIC!" Yuri growled. "WITH HIS DARK MAGIC!"
"I think I ought to just win automatically!" Horakhty protested.
"Why did everybody skip me!?" Leo asked.
"Because Ghost Rider would floor all of you!" Yoko roared, looking more and more like the edgy girl from her biker gang past.
"Not if Conan the Barbarian fills him with lead first!" Yuzu growled back, staring daggers into the eyes of Yuya's mom.
"I could probably do okay with Zeus." Yuya timidly added, trying to figure out a way to ease the tension that was building.
"I'm pretty much dead." Yuto sighed morosely.
"SO THAT MEANS I WIN!" Yugo cheered.
"YOU STILL HAVE TO GET PAST ME, BAKA!" Rin hissed.
"I PLAY CHUCK NORRIS AND HE JUST DRANK FIVE ENERGY DRINKS!" Leo boomed, setting down his cards.
Meanwhile, Yubel and Zorc still hadn't settled their argument.
"DORA!"
"BAMBI!"
"DORA!"
"BAMBI!"
"DORA!"
"BAMBI!"
"ENOUGH!" Yusho roared, activating Binding Swords of Impact and stopping the conflict, as everybody was pinned to the ground with a bunch of solid vision swords.
"Guys, we haven't...even got to the location and conditions yet...much less the added black cards...argh, I hate these swords!" Zarc shouted, the yellow veins of the swords keeping him pinned in an awkward position on his back, wings half-sprawled.
"He's right, we haven't done that yet!" Ray added, also struggling against the swords.
Shun was the first to break free, returning to the game. "Since everyone is already having a fight, we'll go to the next step...and hopefully get Zarc out," he mumbled the last part to himself, not that the mentioned demon didn't hear him.
"Hey!"
"Purple card is...fighters are bungee jumping next to each other, and the location is...trapped in a broken elevator."
"I WIN!" Ruri declared.
"And HOW do you win!?" Zarc growled, feeling increasingly annoyed by the effects of Leo's defective card.
"My kindergarten kids are taught to always wear helmets!" Ruri explained. "Bill Cipher only has a top hat, and Discord doesn't wear anything on top of his head except a pair of mismatched horns, so while my kids can safely bungee jump, the villain gets injured!"
"Makes sense to me." Yuto shrugged.
"You're just saying that because you like her." Yugo grumbled.
"I agree." Shun growled. "Anything that brings Yuto closer to my sister should be deemed illegitimate!"
"Hey, she's sort of my sister too, and I say that as your older sister...in a way..." Ray countered, "that you don't get to dictate what Ruri can and can't do!"
The fight became VERY fierce after that as each person broke free from Yusho's swords and began battling in earnest with their words and their various superpowers and abilities.
"This is going to be a looooooooooooong game." Yuya sighed as Zorc began breathing fire like a dragon and setting fire to the living room.
2 hours of the most epic battle in anime history later...
"Ok..." Zexal/Shun panted, battered Zexal/Raidraptor wings drooping with exhaustion, "I think...Ruri...does...win that round."
"Sounds...good..." Zarc agreed, as Ruri flopped onto the ground, too weak to even do a victory dance. "So what...now, Ray?"
"She gets to go next." Ray gasped. "But first...we have to choose...the jellybeans. Oh, my legs hurt!" she groaned.
"Oh, great...so let's see what we'll each get..." Zarc trailed off as he opened the box, revealing a whole group of jellybeans scattered among the floor of the container, grabbing the spinner.
"Who wants to go first?" Yuya asked.
"OOH! OOH! ME! ME! PICK ME!" Yugo begged, jumping up and down, much to Rin's unending annoyance.
"You're not gonna get a good one." Rin warned, trying to calm Yugo down.
"It's not about tasting it!" Yugo enthused, "I'm a ghost! I'll bet if I try and eat it, it'll pass right through my stomach! Or will it become a ghost jellybean and stay in my stomach?" he mused.
He then proceeded to flick the spinner. The arrow circled around and around...and then it stopped. Zarc read the flavor.
"Chocolate pudding...or canned dog food."
"Give Yugo the dog food." Rin commanded.
"But, Riiiiin!" Yugo whined.
"It's chosen randomly." Ray explained, handing the box over to Yugo. "So go ahead and pick one."
Yugo popped a jellybean into his mouth, which his ghostly body simply chewed up like any other normal jellybean, before his eyes widened.
"Dog food?" Rin asked.
"Mmmmmmhmmmmm..." Yugo nodded.
"Serves you right for wanting to go first." She humphed.
"It's delicious!" Yugo exclaimed, his eyes widening.
"What?" Rin gawked, surprised to see Yugo lipping his lips before drooling like a hungry dog.
"Can I have more!?" Yugo begged.
"No, it's Yuya's turn now," Yuri smirked, passing the spin to the Standard counterpart. "You go."
"Ah, okay." He turned the spinner and it landed abruptly, and his eyes widened at what it landed on. "Peach or barf...oh, I really hope I get peach."
He grabbed the jellybean of the flavor and ate it cautiously...before sighing in relief. "Peach, it's peach."
"Well, that was underwhelming." Serena drawled.
They passed around the spinner to each one, some of them getting a good flavor, while others got something disgusting. When it reached Zorc, he nearly died after getting Chocolate-and-Whipped Cream-Covered Pumpkin Pie.
"Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Zorc roared. "The horrible wonderful flavor!"
"Don't worry, honey!" Yubel soothed, trying to calm her husband down. "Here...just suck on this fire and brimstone, and you'll feel all better!"
Finally, it was Zarc's turn.
"Please don't get that one, please don't get that one..." he mumbled silently, spinning the wheel. The arrow went around many times...and then landed on the worst possible choice.
"Key lime pie...or dried kale." Ray read, while Zarc's face landed on the table again.
"That's it. I'M DONE!"
"You have to take it. Who knows? It might be key lime pie."
"IT'S NEVER KEY LIME PIE!"
"Just try it."
"...Alright, but it's not," Zarc whined, reaching in the box, pulling out a green jellybean before putting it up to his nose as if trying to smell what it was.
"Just eat it." Ray encouraged.
"Horakhty help this world if I find out this is kale." Zarc muttered darkly before popping the jellybean into his mouth. Hastily, he began chewing the bean, swishing it around his mouth as he did as if to savor it.
Then, he suddenly froze, eyes bugging out of his head.
"What happened?" Yuya asked, staring at the comatose form of his previous life.
"Give him a minute." Ray shrugged.
As if on cue, Zarc suddenly began flailing about like a mad man, swiping at his tongue with his long dragon claws while screaming, "KALE! KALE!" before he eventually ran into the kitchen and began downing a carton of egg-nog.
"THAT'S MY EGG NOG!" Leo growled.
"Don't worry, honey." Himika soothed. "I invited Shuzo over later today, and he's bringing his own homemade recipe to share."
"As if that makes this any better." Leo growled, glaring at his demonic future son-in-law.
"At least he's coping with his jellybean better than Rin." Yuzu commented, looking over to where Rin was lying in a fetal position, shivering with complete and utter dread.
"So bad..." she quivered, "...can't untaste...no...please...no more...can't stand...STRAWBERRY!"
"It was that or dead fish." Yugo explained, while Rin shivered involuntarily.
"So is it my turn now?" Ruri asked, adding some cards to her hand.
"Just go." Leo groaned. "After this round, I'll probably be done with this game anyway."
Ruri looked through the cards in her hand and then paused, her face hidden by the fan of cards in front of her eyes.
"Are you okay?" Yuto asked.
In response, Ruri began laughing.
"He he he...eh-he-he-he-he...aw-ha-ha-ha-ha...HA! HA! HA! HA! HA...AHH, HAW! HAW! HAW! HAW! HAW! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!" She laughed, eyes glazing over with utter and complete madness as she threw down her cards.
"I pick the villain...DARK SIGNER RURI, from the fanfic, "SIGNS OF RENEWAL!" she cackled as darkness began gathering around her. "My two attributes are 'NIGH IMNIPOTENCE' and 'UTTER INSANITY', the location is 'RIGHT HERE', and the situation is 'TRAPPED IN A SHADOW GAME WHERE WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THIS CARD GAME HAPPENS IN REAL LIFE!"
"What?" Zorc managed to get out, before all the other player's were blasted back as Ruri began transforming, become darker, eviler, and way more 5Ds-ish. When she had finished transforming, the sclera of her eyes were a deep black, she was clothed in dark robes with white trimmings, and a white heron mark glowed against her back.
"Oh, boy, I was afraid of this." Shun sighed.
"Now, at last!" Dark Signer Ruri called in an epic Dark Signer voice. "I shall take over this fanfic and become the central character like I was meant to be!"
Zarc and Ray stared up at the utterly weird plot twist, which was mostly likely a cheap play by Donjusticia to get free advertising, with mouths agape.
"Why can't our family gatherings ever be normal?" Zarc asked.
"Because none of our family is normal." Ray replied.
To be continued?
If we broke the fandom again...I'm happy. This fandom needs more goofiness and fun, so here it is! Plus, it's about time some YGO characters played Superfight. XD Imagine all the craziness that could happen...
Donjusticia: Thank you all for reading! Now if you guys are wondering when the next update will be, how long this will go, and where we're going with this… *shrugs shoulders*… I don't know! You'll have to ask CorinnetheAnime about that one. In the meantime… if you guys could occasionally check my profile page to make sure I'm… still here… I've… kind of been having a rough night… uhm… hiding from CorinnetheAnime. I've used a lot of power between looking through the cameras and keeping the doors shut and… well... *suddenly the lights in his room go out and both his doors open. In the distant hallway, CorinnetheAnime can be seen, winding up a music box playing "Toreador" from "Carmen."
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