AN: Okay, so I admit that I'm heavily influenced by LittleKuriboh's "YuGiOh, the abridged series". But, I also just am highly amused by YuGiOh and all the crack that is infused into my bloodstream by it. Don't be scared by the 11 chapter length, the chapters are rather short. Happy reading, kids.
"I dare you to take it off," Joey stood over Yugi with his arms crossed.
Yugi briefly glanced over his shoulder as if he expected a ninja to pop out of nowhere. Only Ryou was standing there. "Don't listen to him, Yugi. You don't have to," he assured Yugi, nodding.
Joey towered over both of the half-sized kids. "You too, Ryou. You should take yours off. Betcha can't do it."
"Could so. If I wanted to," Ryou responded, pulling his shirt off over his head. The Millennium Ring clanked against his chest as he got into his pajamas.
"You're both liars. And wimps. Wimpy liars is all." Joey responded, tearing his clothes off and rolling his sleeping bag out on the floor.
Yugi sat cross-legged on his bed, hugging his dark magician plushie to himself.
"Forget Joey, Yugi. He's just bullying you," Yami's voice comforted him.
"That's right! One day your gonna wake up and be stabbed in the chest. Bleeding all over. Do you SHOWER with it on too?" Joey teased Ryou. Ryou nodded and Joey turned on Yugi.
"He's a FOOL." Bakura reminded him. Ryou looked down at the Millennium Ring. "Don't you dare," Bakura threatened. Those dangly pointy parts looked extra stabby for some reason.
"One night! C'mon, Yug'. It ain't like Yami's gonna make it grow legs and walk off," he pointed to the Millennium puzzle dramatically.
"He's kind of right," Yami pointed out. Yugi squirmed. "Are you okay with it?" He looked up at Joey's looming body. Yami assured him that likely, nothing tragic would happen in eight hours.
"Okay, but only if Ryou takes off the Millennium ring, too," Yugi agreed.
Joey watched intently like this was the moment he had been waiting for his whole life. Or like some kind of dangerous fireworks were going to explode from the golden items when they were removed and possibly singe off his eyebrows and-
"Kay. We did it. Happy? Get in your sleeping bag and go to sleep." Yugi demanded.
"You're a bully, Joey," Ryou said, climbing into his sleeping bag.
"Hahahahaha! Of course I ain't! Nothin' even happened," Joey was snoring and twitching in his sleep before he'd hardly finished the sentence.
Yugi snuggled underneath his covers, ignoring the bad feeling settling into the pit of his stomach.
