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s note: Ok, I know it's cheesy, but bare with me. Basically, the Yugioh characters replace the Tales of Phantasia characters. Who's who is at the end of the chapter. Hope you like and please review!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh or ToP.

Yugioh meets Phantasia Ch. 1

It was just a normal day for the gang…Joey Wheeler was dueling Tea Gardener and losing, Tristan Taylor was judging while stuffing his face with a watermelon, and Yugi Mutou was studying for his history test, "aided" by the help of the spirit of the Millennium puzzle.

//I don't care what the book says! Minime! That's just not the way it is!// Yugi rolled his large amethyst eyes at Yami's argument.

/Yeah, but the teachers and archeologists don't know that! If I put down on a test about Zorc or Reshef and what not, they'll fail me. Or worse, think I'm crazy!/ He went back to studying while Yami's spirit fumed behind him.

//Well then I have half a mind to go to those fatuus archeologists and tell them how it really happened!//

/You know you can't do that, Yami. Only I can see you…and anyone else with Millennium Item./ Yami muttered incoherence's under his breath…none of which Yugi could understand as they were in Yami's second language. Latin. Yugi sighed in relief. One of his greatest fears was Yami getting discovered as the legendary Pharaoh and taken away. Though he could be very annoying when he wanted to be, Yugi liked having Yami around to talk to…when he was speaking JAPANEESE!!

"What's wrong, Yuge'? Yami being a pain in the butt again?" Yugi's friend Joey asked jokingly. Yugi smiled. Aside from him, only his friends knew about Yami. Yugi didn't even trust his Grandpa with his secret. Sure he loved Grandpa, but he was an archeologist studying Egypt and Yugi feared the news might overexcite him.

"Nah, he's just trying to rewrite the history textbook." The four friends laughed while Yami turned a slight shade of crimson and oh-so-maturely stuck his tongue out at the smaller spiky-haired teen. They spent the next half-hour chatting about battle city, the tournament they had just won, and snacking on cookies that Mr. Mutou brought in a while ago. Yami eyed them enviously as Joey, Tea, Tristan, and Yugi munched on the sweet sugary chocolate goodness.

"Man, that was awesome when Yami kicked Kaiba's ka-tush in that duel…again!" Joey chuckled peevishly.

"Joey! You were unconscious for half of it!"

" 'Ey! It's not my fault! But it was nice seeing the Pharaoh mop the floor with Rich-boy again! …So what's he doin' now, Yuge?"

"Eying my cookie like a cat…" Everyone sweat-dropped.

At around five o' clock, four letters arrived at the door.

"Who're they for, Yugi?" Tea asked. Yugi read the fancy gold writing on each of the identical forest-green envelopes and his violet eyes went wide.

"They're for all of us! …But that's kinda weird…why didn't they send them to your guys' place?" Everyone thought silently about it while Yugi passed out the letters. They all failed to notice the strange multi-colored bird fly away outside the window… Yugi caught the fluttering out of the corner of his eye but ignored it, and proceeded to read his letter.

Dear Yugi Mutou,

You have been called to attend an important meeting of the Phantasian councils on the thirteenth of June. All of my people hope you arrive to attend. You will be transported to Phantasia at precisely six o' clock sharp at Domino park's forest. Do not be late and we wish you safe travel. Also, there is s pin on the back of this letter, be sure to wear it else you shall not be transported properly.

Martel

Yugi frowned in confusion and turned it over and sure enough, there was a beautiful golden pin on the back. The pin seemed to be in the shape of what looked like a leaf, with a large violet gemstone in the center. Yugi looked at his other friends to see that they too had gotten the same gold pin, and by the look on they're faces, the same letter.

"Martel? Do any of you know someone named Martel?" Tristan asked. They all shook their heads.

"Phantasia…must be some cheesy new tournament…so you gonna go, Yuge?" Yugi hesitated. Sure, he loved Duel Monster tournaments, but they always seemed to turn into a new need to save the world or something… he turned to Yami.

/Well, Pharaoh? What do you think?/

//I think we should give it a try…who knows? It looks harmless enough.// Yugi smiled.

/Ok…/ He turned to his friends. "We should try it!" They all grinned at him; happy the whole team was going together this time.

At around 5:45, the four friends plus one spirit, stood by the edge of Domino Park's forest, each wearing their gold pin and the letter in their hand. As the minuets past they hears a car pull up behind them and they all turned around to see a long black limo pull up and who but Seto Kaiba come out of the back seat.

"Pick me up in about an hour." He told the driver. The brunette teen stepped closer before spotting the "fearsome four" and stopping dead in his tracks. "Oh, Great," Joey stepped up and glared at him.

"What're you doing here, Rich-boy?" Kaiba reached into his trench-coat pocket.

"Obviously same reason you are, Wheeler." The four blanched in surprise as Kaiba held out a golden leaf pin identical to theirs. "But seeing as how a pathetic first-rate duelist like yourself managed to get in this tournament, along with your pet monkey," at this, Kaiba glanced at Tristan, who had turned a lovely shade of crimson (he still had not forgotten about his transformation into a robot monkey in the virtual world courtesy of Noah Kaiba.), "I have better things to do than waste my time in this stupid tournament." He began to walk away, glaring at Yugi while he passed, when suddenly all of their pins began to glow with a golden light.

"What the-?!" Everyone cried as the ground beneath their feet crumbled away, bringing them with it into the dark abyss. Just before the hole closed up on them, Yugi caught a glimpse of his digital watch. It had just turned to 6:00.

All at once, the falling stopped, and each one of the teens opened their eyes to see they seemed to be floating in space.

"Ack! Space! We're all gonna die!" Everyone rolled his or her eyes at Joey as he began to freak out. Suddenly there was a blinding flash of light and a woman appeared. She was beautiful, dressed in a long white tunic with a crown of leaves in her long golden locks. She held out her arms towards them and when she spoke, her voice had an unnatural echo.

"Thank you for coming… I am Martel." Kaiba was the first to speak.

"You're Martell?!" He exclaimed.

"Yes, Seto. Now let me finish. You have all been called here because each one of you has a hidden ability. And each of you a purpose… now, let you all go to your destiny and make it through this trial." She began to disappear.

"Wait! What trial?!" Tristan shouted.

"Yeah! And how'll we know our talents?" Tea added.

"You will learn in time…your weapons will be delivered to you once you awaken…but first…I fear one of you is hiding from me…" She raised a finger and pointed it at the smallest one there. All at once, Yugi yelled in pain as the Millennium puzzle began to glow. He felt something get pulled out of his chest as a glowing figure took form next to him. Once it stopped everyone gasped at who was standing next to Yugi. A teenager who was a few inches taller than him with a similar hairdo and blood-colored eyes…

"Pharaoh!" No sooner had the word been spoken than six vortexes opened up in the space and pulled one teen in each. First Joey, then Tristan, then Tea, Kaiba, Yami, and finally Yugi.

Joey groaned as he lifted his head. He had just had the weirdest dream. He opened his eyes and stared. There he was, lying in the middle of what looked like a town back in the 1300's! there were villagers walking around in strange old-fashioned outfits. When the blonde turned his blue eyes upon himself he discovered that his outfit had changed as well! Joey now wore tight black pants and shirt under what looked like simple armor. There were shoulder pads, shin guards and arm guards, and a belt that had what looked like a sheathe in it. he also had a long red cape. looking around in confusion, Joey realized he was on his own.

Suddenly, he heard a shout from behind him. Turning, he saw Tristan running up to him wearing a gray tunic-like jacket over kaki pants and sandals covering his feet. He had never felt so glad to see that pinhead in all his life.

"Tristan! You're ok!" He called as he ran over to his longest friend.

"Yeah, I'm fine, but check this place out, dude!" He gestured to the town. "What the hell happened here?!" Joey could only shake his head. He hoped that the others were ok.

Tea opened her eyes and looked around.

"Huh?!"

she sat up strait and looked around some more. She appeared to be in some sort of cell…she shivered as she caught sight of a skeleton chained to the wall opposite her.

What happened? She wondered as she got to her feet. She then saw herself. She took a double take at her clothes. She was wearing what looked like a white nurse's dress with gold lining. She was wearing white shoes and gloves, and there was a purple cross on her chest and the front of the cleric's hat on her brown hair. Shivering in the dungeon chill, she called out, hoping to hear one of her friends or even Kaiba.

"Hello?! Anyone?" There was no answer.

At that same time, Seto was waking up as well. He looked around to find himself in a small cottage lined with bookshelves. Ignoring the pain in his side, he pulled off one of the books and read the title.

"Summoning for beginners?" He read, "Human's magic without elven blood…" He shook his head and returned the book to the shelf, despite the protest of a small voice in the back of his head. It was probably just some joke set up by Yugi and his geek friends. Turning, he caught sight of himself in a mirror and did a double take. His clothing now consisted of no longer an overly-starched trench coat, but soft red pants and an animal skin fringed top that looked like it would have belonged to a native American. He also wore a long, loose brown vest over the shirt that reached his waist, and to top it all off he wore a large brown hat on his brunette hair. Running his black-gloved hands over his arms, Kaiba noted that he now had strange spiraling tattoos down his arms. Obviously someone had drugged him and done this. And there was gonna be a whole lotta suing when he found out who it was. Though something told him that this was no joke.

In a town a few hundred miles away, a newly embodied Yami was sitting up, rubbing his head from the impact. Looking around, he saw that one, he was alone, and two, he seemed to be in a mountainous region… looking down he also saw that his clothes had changed too. he now wore a white tunic-like shirt with thick blue linings, black pants and a long-sleeved black shirt underneath, and an aqua-colored cape attached to his shoulders. Confused, he looked over the edge of a cliff to see a lone cottage with smoke coming out of the stone chimney. Rubbing his head, Yami felt something in his hair that felt warm and soft…

"Ack!" Panicking, Yami grabbed the soft fleshy things and tugged at them sharply, earning him a sharp pain on either sides of his head.

"Owww!!! What the hell?!" Going to a small puddle of water as a mirror, Yami went pale when he realized that those long fleshy things were in fact his ears. Somehow they had grown longer and now had to be at least four freaking inches longer! In his shock, ho noticed that he was able to move them with new, stronger muscles in his head. They were now drooped as he realized how much Kaiba would laugh at him for this…if he ever found the others…

Meanwhile, in a nearby ninja village, little Yugi woke up to find himself in a cozy looking little village. After rubbing the tiredness out of his eyes, he hesitantly stood up, observing his new surroundings.

"W-where am I?" All he remembered was when that lady separated him and Yami then everyone disappeared… wait… Yugi paused when he caught sight of his new clothes. He was wearing a baggy red robe-like shirt and pants, very easy to move in, and a yellow bandana tied around his neck. He also wore brown gloves that had no fingers, so he could move around freely everywhere…but where was he? He looked around to find that he was alone. There was no sign of Joey, Tristan, Kaiba, Tea, or even Yami. And the Millennium puzzle had disappeared.

Suddenly, the sky turned dark and clouds circled into a funnel. Scared, Yugi stumbled backwards, falling over in his panic.

Martel looked down from the Ygdrasil tree upon her new hero's. in her unearthly voice, she spoke to all of them, though they were all in different areas and even different time periods;

"Those destined to take this test, each of you have been given a new gift. Learn it and use it wisely. You will be presented with challenges like no other and skills difficult to master. Only by completing this can you leave. You each will be given a weapon to aid you in your individual skills…now take your weapons…"

The six teens looked up to see a different weapon appear before them. Joey, a long, sharp sword. Tristan, a strong bow and sharp arrows. Tea, a long white staff with a gold gem on the top to heal. Kaiba, a thick, jeweled hardcover spell book for summoning. For Yami, a strait, thin broom with a saddle to fly through the air with. And for Yugi, a short, thin sword and a pouch of kunai and shurinkin.

"Now, warriors, welcome to Phantasia."

Author's Note: well, there was the first chapter…what do you think? Please review!!! - oh, and in case you didn't know, "Minime!" means "No!" and "Fatuus" means stupid. So hope you enjoyed it and PLEASE REVIEW!!!! I'll try to update soon!

Joey: Cress-swordsman

Tristan: Chester-archer

Tea: Mint-healer

Kaiba: Clause-summoner

Yami: Arche / Brambert-magic user

Yugi: Suzu-ninja