Much Ado About YuGiOh!

by Miss00Meg

Romance abound and deceptions aplenty! Shakespeare's renowned romantic comedy is staging itself in Domino City and who are our players? None other than the characters we know and love! Act One, Scene Two now up.

1. In which we meet our players

Much Ado About Yu-Gi-Oh

Much Ado About Yu-Gi-Oh!

Dramatis Personae

Don Pedro--Yugiou (Yami)

Claudio--Yuugi

Benedick--Seto Kaiba

Don John--Ryou Bakura

Conrade--Honda (Tristan)

Borachio--Jounochi (Joey)

Balthasar/Messenger--Mokuba

Leonato--Sugoruku Motou (Solomon Motou/Grandpa)

Antonio--Otogi

Hero--Anzu (Tea)

Beatrice--Rena (an OC meant only to fill the role since there weren't any other options)

Margaret--Mai Kujaku (Mai Valentine)

Ursula--Shizuka (Serenity)

Friar Francis--Pastor Francis (unless you can name me a preacher from YGO)

Dogberry--Malik (Marik)

Verges--Rishid (Odion)

Night Watchman #1--Rare Hunter

Night Watchamn #2--Rare Hunter

Night Watchman #3--Rare Hunter

This is a quick, harmless little fanfic combining just some of my current geek-out fetishes. Shakespeare and Yu-Gi-Oh! Much Ado About Nothing is of course, a comedy from Shakespeare and as such, you will be seeing a little OOC-ness from the characters so that I can stay true to the plot and central theme of the story. Also, you can expect me to be taking quotes from the text, I'll try and translate as much of Shakespeare's language as possible, but some lines just shouldn't be touched. Also, I have put an OC in the role of Beatrice. Mostly this is because the female characters in Yu-Gi-Oh are in short supply and since neither Isis (Ishizu) or Shizuka (Serenity) quite fill the role of proud, stubborn and unabashedly witty Beatrice, I have placed an OC in there from another of my fanfics who I think complements Beatrice's personality more. Also, this will be in story format as opposed to play format since I lost at three fics of mine way back when was deleting anything that was written in script format. Bastards. And finally, one more point I would like to make, at the beginning of every scene, I will provide a small summary of how the scene went in Shakespeare's play then write the scene according to my fanfic.

Any question, comments, or concerns (either on Shakespeare's language or the subtle intricacies of his work or on my treatment of the characters, etc.) I will happily answer if you can submit them in a review.

Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh is property of Kazuki Takahashi, and Much Ado About Nothing is by William Shakespeare.