Millennium Dungeon
Chapter 1
Warnings: This is a joint fic, so madness abound, complete insanity, and a Sarcastic! Yami.
Enjoy!
Tea walked up to the Kame game shop, glancing at her watch. 'Oh great, she thought impatiently. 'It's already 7:50, Yugi better be ready to go for once.'
"Why hello Tea! How are you this morning?" Yugi's Grandpa asked her, looking up from his sweeping.
"Um, just fine thanks-is Yugi ready?"
"He should be down in just a minute. Yugi! Tea's here!" he called up into the house.
Up in his room, Yugi was hurriedly throwing on his shirt. The ancient spirit who inhabited the puzzle, also known as Yami, was sitting on the bed, in his semi-transparent form, so he couldn't really be sitting on the bed, but let's not go there. "Just a minute, I'll be down in a second! I have to finish getting dressed!" he paused for a second. "I hope Tea didn't hear that," he said mostly to himself, but that included the spirit 'sitting' on the bed. Yami gestured to a pile of forgotten bracelets on the bedside table.
"You should wear those, to look cool for Tea." Yugi blushed and reached for the bracelets.
"We're not going to have this conversation again, are we?" he asked.
"We don't have to."
"Yugi, school starts in five minutes!" Tea shouted up the stairs. "I'm coming up there!"
"I'm sorry Tea! I'll be down in just a second." Yugi called back as he started out the door.
"Wait Yugi, you need to find your pants!" Yami called after him.
"What?" Yugi panicked, before he looked down at himself. He then turned and glared at Yami. The spirit just shrugged innocently, and disappeared as Tea opened the door.
"Come on, grab your stuff, we have to get going!" she urged him.
"Sorry Tea," he said, as he scooped his backpack from the floor and threw it over his shoulders as he hurried out the door after his friend.
"Bye Grandpa! I'll see you after school!"
One the way to school, they passed the Black Crown game shop, and they noticed there was a shiny new poster in the window.
"Wow Tea, look! A Dungeons and Dragons tournament on Saturday! Dungeons and Dragons is the new big thing to hit Japan, it seems to be popular with all of Domino! No wonder that there's going to be a tournament. You want to come with me on Saturday?"
//So, finally asking her out on a date, are you?//
/You shut up...... and stop smirking at me! It's not a date!/
//Uh huh. Whatever, Yugi//
"Yugi, did you hear me?"
"No, sorry Tea, what did you say?"
"I said that I already signed up for the tournament. I've been playing D&D since it came out! I'm a level four Cleric."
"Wow Tea, you're really good! I'm only at level three!"
"Cool! We should be in a party together on Saturday!"
"Sounds like a great idea!"
"We could even invite Joey and Tristan to play too!"
"Do they play?"
"Yeah. We played together a little while ago."
"Why wasn't I invited?"
//Tear, tear.//
/You shut up./
//Make me.//
/Fine./ With that, Yugi retreated to his soul room, forcing Yami to take control of the body.
//Brat.//
/Nyah./
"Umm, hi Tea."
"Yugi stop- oh, it's you Yami. Why are you here?"
"I could leave."
"No! That's fine, I was just wondering."
"We have to get to school; otherwise you and Yugi will be late."
"Oh crap! We only have two minutes to get there!"
"Run fast." With that they both took off running towards Domino High.
After School
(Don't you hate it when people do this?)
Tristan pumped his fist in the air happily. "Hooray for weekends!" Yugi looked up at his taller friend.
"That reminds me, Tea and I are going to the Dungeons and Dragons tournament tomorrow. She said you and Joey play! You want to come?"
"Oh no Yug', we wouldn't want to interfere with your date with Tea."
"It's not a date!!!!"
"In that case, I'll be there! I want to show you the power of my ultimate half-orc!" At that moment, Tea ran up to the three boys.
"You play a half-orc? Yuck. Not much difference though."
"Yeah, well I bet my character could beat up your wimpy cleric! He's ultra strong!"
"Yeah well, strength's the only thing you've got going for ya'." Joey teased, elbowing Tristan in the gut. "Kerrick's got brains and brawn!"
"Wow sound's like your D&D character's smarter than you are!"
"Take that back, Tristan!"
"Well, what class do you play Tristan?" Yugi asked innocently, not wanting their little bicker to go any further.
"I'm a barbarian!"
"How about you Joey, what do you play?" Yugi asked the blond.
"I'm a barbarian too!"
"Wow, it's the bath rug all over again." Came a voice from behind them. The group turned and found themselves facing Mai Valentine. "I'm sorry, I couldn't help but over hear your conversation. Are you guys going to the tournament tomorrow?"
"Sure are! Do you play too?"
"Yeah, and I bet I'm way better than all of you."
"What do you play as?" Tristan asked, cutting Joey off before he could put his foot in his mouth.
"Not a half-orc barbarian, I can tell you that."
"What's wrong with a half-orc barbarian? They're the most powerful characters in the game!"
"I don't know Tristan, spell casters are pretty powerful! I play a sorcerer myself!" Yugi chimed in.
"You should join our party Mai, we could do with some more brains." Tea said.
"No, I'm more of loner, my self. But I'll be glad to kill your pathetic party."
"Last chance for greatness, Mai."
"I think I'll pass. Being in a party with you is hardly what I'd call great."
"Take that back!"
"Let's not argue now, I think we should work together!"
"No thanks, but I'll see you at the tournament anyway. Good luck. You're gonna need it. Anyway, I have to go. I have somewhere more important to be." She said as she turned and left.
"Well that was nice." Yugi said.
//Aren't you glad Tea isn't like that?//
/Shut up./
"See you tomorrow at the tournament Yug."
"Yeah, later you two. I'm going to make sure Joey doesn't get lost." Joey socked Tristan.
"You just want an excuse to hit on my sister!"
"Ow! I do not....not really.....er, I meant......"
"Whatever, Tristan."
"See you two!" Yugi waved.
"Do you want me to walk you home, Yugi?"
"S-sure Tea!" They turned a corner, heading towards the Kame Game shop. Grandpa saw the two of them and waved.
"Yugi, I got a new shipment in this morning. Could you help me unload it?"
"Sure Grandpa. Good-bye Tea!"
"See you tomorrow, Yugi."
//Parting is such sweet sorrow.//
/I loathe the day I gave you that book. And stop smirking at me!/
//I'm not smirking.//
"Yugi, are you going to stand there all day?"
"No, I'm sorry. I'll go unload the stuff right away."
"I heard about a Dungeons and Dragons tournament this weekend. There's some dice in the shipment. Why don't you take some for you and your friends and enter?"
"Thanks Grandpa!" With that, Yugi ran inside to hunt for the dice.
The Next Day
(Don't you hate us?)
Duke Devlin threw open the doors to his shop. "You may now-" and was cut off when he was trampled by the hoard of D&D fans. Yugi stopped to help Duke up.
"Thanks – cough – owww."
"Wow, these people are really exited. Who knew that there would be so many Dungeons and Dragons fans in Domino." Before the two could enter the shop, a limo drove up and out stepped Seto Kaiba, multibillionaire and game fan extraordinaire.
/Look, Yami! Kaiba's here! You'll have another chance to beat him!/
//Sorry, what did you say? I wasn't paying attention.//
/I said Kaiba's here./ .
//I know.//
/But I thought you said you weren't paying attention./
//I wasn't.//
/You're impossible. Let's go inside, I'm sure the others are hear already./
//Sure, fine, whatever.//
/Did you sleep ok, Yami? You don't seem yourself./
//Let's just go register.//
"What took you so long Yug? We already registered everyone in our party and everything. Let's go get a table before they're all gone!"
"Thanks Joey. Oh, I almost forgot, Grandpa let me have these dice to give to everyone."
"Oh tell your old man thanks. Now let's go! I want to show you how great a half-orc barbarian can be!"
"About as great as a tomato."
"I like tomatoes!"
"You would, Joey."
"Alright everyone, settle down! I need to announce the rules!" Duke cried above the noise inside the game shop. "First, you need to be in a party of at least three. Second, my assistants and myself will be acting as Dungeon Masters for your parties. What we say, goes. Third, you cannot use dice you brought from home, you have to buy them here, so we can be sure that you didn't weight them or something. A pack of D&D dice cost 995 yen. They can be found on these shelves, these shelves, and there's a room in the back."
"Can we just get to playing? What are we doing, exactly?" Someone cried.
"And what are the rules of the tournament, does it work any different than normal D&D?" Tristan yelled.
"I have designed a special world with a large number of dungeons. There is an special item hidden in one of the dungeons somewhere on this world. The first party to find it, wins. If the item is not found, we will resume again next Saturday and every Saturday after that until the item is found. Parties are not required to return for additional Saturdays unless they want to."
"Wait a minute, Devlin! Just how big is this world of yours anyway?" Joey yelled.
"Really, really, really, really, really big! Mwuahahaha!" Duke rubbed his hands together and grinned madly. "Let the games begin!"
The group sat down at a table with a large map spread over it. They placed their figurines on the dungeon they wished to explore first. Suddenly, they heard an argument from the next table over.
"I don't want to be in a party, I can do this by myself!"
"Sorry babe, but the rules say you have to be in a party." With that, Mai stomped over and sat down next to Joey.
"I guess I'm in your party, then."
"That's great Mai! Now we'll have a really strong party!" Yugi said.
"Fine, just don't get in my way."
"But Mai, we're a party, we have to work together!"
"Good luck in the tournament, Yugi." Came a cold voice from behind him. The group turned to find Seto Kaiba and Mokuba, the latter of which was carrying a large suitcase.
"We'll beat you this time Kaiba, I swear we will!" Joey shouted.
"How could a whiney dog like you ever have a chance of defeating me in dungeons and dragons? I've been playing it for years. I'm probably the best player here." He glared at them, before turning and sitting down at his own table with Mokuba.
The door than swung open, and in walked Malik and Bakura. But our heroes didn't know that this was not there dear friend Ryou Bakura, but was instead the evil spirit of the ring, who had spent a long time getting his 'batwings' to lie flat.
"What are you doing here, Malik?" Yugi asked the boy.
"Ishizu has a new exhibit in town. Ba – Ryou told me about this D&D tournament, so we decided to come. Mind if we sit with you?" Joey and Mai both glared at Malik with contempt before making a lot of room for the two. But before they could sit down, Duke stomped over.
"They need more people at that table over there. You two!" He grabbed Malik and Bakura by the collars and dragged them over to Kaiba's table. The two waved good-bye before sitting next to Mokuba.
Duke wandered over to Yugi's table. He stood on it, raised a gong, and struck it with a mallet. "Places everyone! Let the games begin!"
"Again." Tristan said, rolling his eyes. Duke glared at Tristan, but held his gaze a moment too long to look angry.
At our heroes' table, there was a party of five.
Nebin: Level three Gnome Sorcerer, played by Yugi.
Kerrick: Level five Human Barbarian, played by Joey.
Dench: Level four Half-orc Barbarian, played by Tristan.
Lelenia Holimion: Level four Elven Cleric, played by Tea.
Keriann: Level seven Human Fighter, played by Mai.
At the next table over, there was a party of four.
Malhavoc Shadowlord: Level eight Elven Dragon-Rider, played by Seto.
Ollom Hammersong: Level two Dwarven Fighter, played by Mokuba.
Thaleles Darkshine: Level eight Elven Shadow-dancer, played by Malik.
Akifia: Level eight Elven Rogue, played by 'Ryou' Bakura.
Elsewhere in Domino
Rishid was strolling along, feeding the pigeons and whistling 'It's a Small World.' Suddenly, a car swerved and hit him just to make the music stop.
Back at the Black Crown
Malik's eyes went wide, and he slumped over in a dead feint. Bakura merely glanced at him, before going back to rigging his dice. Suddenly, Malik sat straight up, taller now because of his hair.
"I'm free at last! Take that Yami!" Marik cackled insanely.
"You might want to take the cape off." Bakura suggested, not looking up from his dice. Marik, ignoring Bakura, jumped up on the table.
"I will take my revenge in the Shadow Realm!" The door to the Shadow Realm opened over our heroes (and Kaiba's table).
"What the - ?" Duke yelled, looking up from the dungeon he was mastering. Yugi dropped his d20, and disappeared along with all the other heroes (and Kaiba's table). Yugi's abandoned dice rolled along the table, but only Duke was there to see the result.
Author's Note 1: Sarcastic! Yami was my fault! All mine! She {points at co- author} was the one who kept everyone in character. Thank her. I was too busy laughing to do that well...
Author's Note 2: How come I'm #2? Oh well. Errrrrrr... Read and Review?
# 1: Please!
Chapter 1
Warnings: This is a joint fic, so madness abound, complete insanity, and a Sarcastic! Yami.
Enjoy!
Tea walked up to the Kame game shop, glancing at her watch. 'Oh great, she thought impatiently. 'It's already 7:50, Yugi better be ready to go for once.'
"Why hello Tea! How are you this morning?" Yugi's Grandpa asked her, looking up from his sweeping.
"Um, just fine thanks-is Yugi ready?"
"He should be down in just a minute. Yugi! Tea's here!" he called up into the house.
Up in his room, Yugi was hurriedly throwing on his shirt. The ancient spirit who inhabited the puzzle, also known as Yami, was sitting on the bed, in his semi-transparent form, so he couldn't really be sitting on the bed, but let's not go there. "Just a minute, I'll be down in a second! I have to finish getting dressed!" he paused for a second. "I hope Tea didn't hear that," he said mostly to himself, but that included the spirit 'sitting' on the bed. Yami gestured to a pile of forgotten bracelets on the bedside table.
"You should wear those, to look cool for Tea." Yugi blushed and reached for the bracelets.
"We're not going to have this conversation again, are we?" he asked.
"We don't have to."
"Yugi, school starts in five minutes!" Tea shouted up the stairs. "I'm coming up there!"
"I'm sorry Tea! I'll be down in just a second." Yugi called back as he started out the door.
"Wait Yugi, you need to find your pants!" Yami called after him.
"What?" Yugi panicked, before he looked down at himself. He then turned and glared at Yami. The spirit just shrugged innocently, and disappeared as Tea opened the door.
"Come on, grab your stuff, we have to get going!" she urged him.
"Sorry Tea," he said, as he scooped his backpack from the floor and threw it over his shoulders as he hurried out the door after his friend.
"Bye Grandpa! I'll see you after school!"
One the way to school, they passed the Black Crown game shop, and they noticed there was a shiny new poster in the window.
"Wow Tea, look! A Dungeons and Dragons tournament on Saturday! Dungeons and Dragons is the new big thing to hit Japan, it seems to be popular with all of Domino! No wonder that there's going to be a tournament. You want to come with me on Saturday?"
//So, finally asking her out on a date, are you?//
/You shut up...... and stop smirking at me! It's not a date!/
//Uh huh. Whatever, Yugi//
"Yugi, did you hear me?"
"No, sorry Tea, what did you say?"
"I said that I already signed up for the tournament. I've been playing D&D since it came out! I'm a level four Cleric."
"Wow Tea, you're really good! I'm only at level three!"
"Cool! We should be in a party together on Saturday!"
"Sounds like a great idea!"
"We could even invite Joey and Tristan to play too!"
"Do they play?"
"Yeah. We played together a little while ago."
"Why wasn't I invited?"
//Tear, tear.//
/You shut up./
//Make me.//
/Fine./ With that, Yugi retreated to his soul room, forcing Yami to take control of the body.
//Brat.//
/Nyah./
"Umm, hi Tea."
"Yugi stop- oh, it's you Yami. Why are you here?"
"I could leave."
"No! That's fine, I was just wondering."
"We have to get to school; otherwise you and Yugi will be late."
"Oh crap! We only have two minutes to get there!"
"Run fast." With that they both took off running towards Domino High.
After School
(Don't you hate it when people do this?)
Tristan pumped his fist in the air happily. "Hooray for weekends!" Yugi looked up at his taller friend.
"That reminds me, Tea and I are going to the Dungeons and Dragons tournament tomorrow. She said you and Joey play! You want to come?"
"Oh no Yug', we wouldn't want to interfere with your date with Tea."
"It's not a date!!!!"
"In that case, I'll be there! I want to show you the power of my ultimate half-orc!" At that moment, Tea ran up to the three boys.
"You play a half-orc? Yuck. Not much difference though."
"Yeah, well I bet my character could beat up your wimpy cleric! He's ultra strong!"
"Yeah well, strength's the only thing you've got going for ya'." Joey teased, elbowing Tristan in the gut. "Kerrick's got brains and brawn!"
"Wow sound's like your D&D character's smarter than you are!"
"Take that back, Tristan!"
"Well, what class do you play Tristan?" Yugi asked innocently, not wanting their little bicker to go any further.
"I'm a barbarian!"
"How about you Joey, what do you play?" Yugi asked the blond.
"I'm a barbarian too!"
"Wow, it's the bath rug all over again." Came a voice from behind them. The group turned and found themselves facing Mai Valentine. "I'm sorry, I couldn't help but over hear your conversation. Are you guys going to the tournament tomorrow?"
"Sure are! Do you play too?"
"Yeah, and I bet I'm way better than all of you."
"What do you play as?" Tristan asked, cutting Joey off before he could put his foot in his mouth.
"Not a half-orc barbarian, I can tell you that."
"What's wrong with a half-orc barbarian? They're the most powerful characters in the game!"
"I don't know Tristan, spell casters are pretty powerful! I play a sorcerer myself!" Yugi chimed in.
"You should join our party Mai, we could do with some more brains." Tea said.
"No, I'm more of loner, my self. But I'll be glad to kill your pathetic party."
"Last chance for greatness, Mai."
"I think I'll pass. Being in a party with you is hardly what I'd call great."
"Take that back!"
"Let's not argue now, I think we should work together!"
"No thanks, but I'll see you at the tournament anyway. Good luck. You're gonna need it. Anyway, I have to go. I have somewhere more important to be." She said as she turned and left.
"Well that was nice." Yugi said.
//Aren't you glad Tea isn't like that?//
/Shut up./
"See you tomorrow at the tournament Yug."
"Yeah, later you two. I'm going to make sure Joey doesn't get lost." Joey socked Tristan.
"You just want an excuse to hit on my sister!"
"Ow! I do not....not really.....er, I meant......"
"Whatever, Tristan."
"See you two!" Yugi waved.
"Do you want me to walk you home, Yugi?"
"S-sure Tea!" They turned a corner, heading towards the Kame Game shop. Grandpa saw the two of them and waved.
"Yugi, I got a new shipment in this morning. Could you help me unload it?"
"Sure Grandpa. Good-bye Tea!"
"See you tomorrow, Yugi."
//Parting is such sweet sorrow.//
/I loathe the day I gave you that book. And stop smirking at me!/
//I'm not smirking.//
"Yugi, are you going to stand there all day?"
"No, I'm sorry. I'll go unload the stuff right away."
"I heard about a Dungeons and Dragons tournament this weekend. There's some dice in the shipment. Why don't you take some for you and your friends and enter?"
"Thanks Grandpa!" With that, Yugi ran inside to hunt for the dice.
The Next Day
(Don't you hate us?)
Duke Devlin threw open the doors to his shop. "You may now-" and was cut off when he was trampled by the hoard of D&D fans. Yugi stopped to help Duke up.
"Thanks – cough – owww."
"Wow, these people are really exited. Who knew that there would be so many Dungeons and Dragons fans in Domino." Before the two could enter the shop, a limo drove up and out stepped Seto Kaiba, multibillionaire and game fan extraordinaire.
/Look, Yami! Kaiba's here! You'll have another chance to beat him!/
//Sorry, what did you say? I wasn't paying attention.//
/I said Kaiba's here./ .
//I know.//
/But I thought you said you weren't paying attention./
//I wasn't.//
/You're impossible. Let's go inside, I'm sure the others are hear already./
//Sure, fine, whatever.//
/Did you sleep ok, Yami? You don't seem yourself./
//Let's just go register.//
"What took you so long Yug? We already registered everyone in our party and everything. Let's go get a table before they're all gone!"
"Thanks Joey. Oh, I almost forgot, Grandpa let me have these dice to give to everyone."
"Oh tell your old man thanks. Now let's go! I want to show you how great a half-orc barbarian can be!"
"About as great as a tomato."
"I like tomatoes!"
"You would, Joey."
"Alright everyone, settle down! I need to announce the rules!" Duke cried above the noise inside the game shop. "First, you need to be in a party of at least three. Second, my assistants and myself will be acting as Dungeon Masters for your parties. What we say, goes. Third, you cannot use dice you brought from home, you have to buy them here, so we can be sure that you didn't weight them or something. A pack of D&D dice cost 995 yen. They can be found on these shelves, these shelves, and there's a room in the back."
"Can we just get to playing? What are we doing, exactly?" Someone cried.
"And what are the rules of the tournament, does it work any different than normal D&D?" Tristan yelled.
"I have designed a special world with a large number of dungeons. There is an special item hidden in one of the dungeons somewhere on this world. The first party to find it, wins. If the item is not found, we will resume again next Saturday and every Saturday after that until the item is found. Parties are not required to return for additional Saturdays unless they want to."
"Wait a minute, Devlin! Just how big is this world of yours anyway?" Joey yelled.
"Really, really, really, really, really big! Mwuahahaha!" Duke rubbed his hands together and grinned madly. "Let the games begin!"
The group sat down at a table with a large map spread over it. They placed their figurines on the dungeon they wished to explore first. Suddenly, they heard an argument from the next table over.
"I don't want to be in a party, I can do this by myself!"
"Sorry babe, but the rules say you have to be in a party." With that, Mai stomped over and sat down next to Joey.
"I guess I'm in your party, then."
"That's great Mai! Now we'll have a really strong party!" Yugi said.
"Fine, just don't get in my way."
"But Mai, we're a party, we have to work together!"
"Good luck in the tournament, Yugi." Came a cold voice from behind him. The group turned to find Seto Kaiba and Mokuba, the latter of which was carrying a large suitcase.
"We'll beat you this time Kaiba, I swear we will!" Joey shouted.
"How could a whiney dog like you ever have a chance of defeating me in dungeons and dragons? I've been playing it for years. I'm probably the best player here." He glared at them, before turning and sitting down at his own table with Mokuba.
The door than swung open, and in walked Malik and Bakura. But our heroes didn't know that this was not there dear friend Ryou Bakura, but was instead the evil spirit of the ring, who had spent a long time getting his 'batwings' to lie flat.
"What are you doing here, Malik?" Yugi asked the boy.
"Ishizu has a new exhibit in town. Ba – Ryou told me about this D&D tournament, so we decided to come. Mind if we sit with you?" Joey and Mai both glared at Malik with contempt before making a lot of room for the two. But before they could sit down, Duke stomped over.
"They need more people at that table over there. You two!" He grabbed Malik and Bakura by the collars and dragged them over to Kaiba's table. The two waved good-bye before sitting next to Mokuba.
Duke wandered over to Yugi's table. He stood on it, raised a gong, and struck it with a mallet. "Places everyone! Let the games begin!"
"Again." Tristan said, rolling his eyes. Duke glared at Tristan, but held his gaze a moment too long to look angry.
At our heroes' table, there was a party of five.
Nebin: Level three Gnome Sorcerer, played by Yugi.
Kerrick: Level five Human Barbarian, played by Joey.
Dench: Level four Half-orc Barbarian, played by Tristan.
Lelenia Holimion: Level four Elven Cleric, played by Tea.
Keriann: Level seven Human Fighter, played by Mai.
At the next table over, there was a party of four.
Malhavoc Shadowlord: Level eight Elven Dragon-Rider, played by Seto.
Ollom Hammersong: Level two Dwarven Fighter, played by Mokuba.
Thaleles Darkshine: Level eight Elven Shadow-dancer, played by Malik.
Akifia: Level eight Elven Rogue, played by 'Ryou' Bakura.
Elsewhere in Domino
Rishid was strolling along, feeding the pigeons and whistling 'It's a Small World.' Suddenly, a car swerved and hit him just to make the music stop.
Back at the Black Crown
Malik's eyes went wide, and he slumped over in a dead feint. Bakura merely glanced at him, before going back to rigging his dice. Suddenly, Malik sat straight up, taller now because of his hair.
"I'm free at last! Take that Yami!" Marik cackled insanely.
"You might want to take the cape off." Bakura suggested, not looking up from his dice. Marik, ignoring Bakura, jumped up on the table.
"I will take my revenge in the Shadow Realm!" The door to the Shadow Realm opened over our heroes (and Kaiba's table).
"What the - ?" Duke yelled, looking up from the dungeon he was mastering. Yugi dropped his d20, and disappeared along with all the other heroes (and Kaiba's table). Yugi's abandoned dice rolled along the table, but only Duke was there to see the result.
Author's Note 1: Sarcastic! Yami was my fault! All mine! She {points at co- author} was the one who kept everyone in character. Thank her. I was too busy laughing to do that well...
Author's Note 2: How come I'm #2? Oh well. Errrrrrr... Read and Review?
# 1: Please!