A/N: And here is the continuation of the last chapter.

Disclaimer: You know the drill.

Warning: Poor grammar ahead and fourth wall breaking. This thing is just going to get more and more convoluted with time. Trust me on that.

Chapter 29

Wes've Only Just Begun (Continuation)

A little later

Joey P.O.V.

Ummm...I...hmmm...

(It's cool Joey. Take your time. The lines will come to you.)

Oh! Right! I remember now. Ahem...

I seriously cannot wrap dis here brain around all dat's happened. I can't begin ta register da fact dat Mina iz Sailor Venus even though ah seen her transform wif muh own two peeps. Everything dat happened seems like uh horrible nightmare. But one peep at Mina continually convinces me dat what happened tonight wuz nahh dream. Bandages wuz wrapped around her head an' her chest, though those bandages wuz mostly concealed thanks ta da red jacket Mina wuz wearing. She wore Capri's, which made da bandages on her right calf easily noticeable. Her crystal blue peeps wuz somewhat dim. Obviously she wuz weak, but she kept trying ta convince brothas dat she wuz fine despite all o' da injuries she had. Ah noticed every once in uh while dat she'd cringe at some pain when...

(Joey, sorry to interrupt you, but this part isn't really interesting. Skip ahead a bit.)

Oh...but where do I...

"Werd up, Joey?" I glanced at Tristan, glad dat he had saved my booty.

"Yeah?"

"You've been staring at dat card fo' an hour," Tristan replied. "Wut up?" What should ah tell him? I can't say dat ah'm thinkin` o' Mina an' how she's Sailor Venus, dat would blow her cover.

In a flash ah made somethin` up. "Ah'll tell you, just don' laugh." He nodded an' ah continued while glancing at da cards in these here hands. "Sometimes when ah'm dueling ah pretend dat it's me out dere on da field swapping blows wif whatever card da opponent has out." I laughed uh bit. "Ain't dat dum?"

"Well, if you wuz Joey," Bakura began, "Which card would you wants ta be?"

I looked down at da cards an' immediately drew muh favorite one.

"Dis here one," I said, showing it ta brothas. "Da Flame Swordsman kicks everybody's booty." I leaped up from muh sitting position an' began pretending dat ah wuz holding uh sword an' slashing an enemy.

"Joey!" Tea exclaimed. "You shouldn't move like dat wif yo' injuries!"

"Ah'm fine, an' as long as Ah'm da Flame Swordsman, nuttin' can stop me!" I exclaimed.

Tristan stood. "Dat's true up until he comes face ta face wif me, da Cyber Commander."

Tea giggled uh little, her worries forgotten. "You brothas an' yo' cards is hilarious."

"I think all da brothas has uh card dey can identify wif," Yugi told her. "You should see if you gots uh card like dat in yo' deck."

"Okay," Tea replied looking through her own cards. "Ah pick dis here one, da Magician o' Faif."

(Why is ebonics speak insistent on replacing "th" with "f". It makes no...excuse me...naaaaaaah sense!)

"What, you gots ta be kidding," Tristan laughed.

(My sentiments exactly...oh wait you aren't talking about the "th" to "f" thing were you?)

"Yeah, it's mo' like da Magician o' Freaks ta me," I added.

"Awww, shut up! Her flip effect is awesome!"

(Hey! Tea! That's not the original line. You didn't know about the flip effect when I originally wrote this story. How the heck did you find out? I'm sorry I keep cutting in but...the inconsistencies here are bothering me a lot.)

"MEOW!" Tea looked apologetically at Artemis. She'd involuntarily wrung his tail out o' anger. I thought Mina would gots been mad 'bout it, but she wuz laughing uncontrollably.

Bakura turned away from da commotion ta jive ta Yugi. "Tell me which one you identify wif."

"Awww, dat's easy lemon squeezy," Yugi replied as he quickly plucked uh card from his deck. He showed it ta Bakura. "Da Dark Magician hands down."

"How 'bout you Mina?" Bakura asked.

Mina seemed ta blush uh little. "Well, dere is uh lot o' cards ah identify wif, but muh favorite would be dis here one." She pulled out her Sailor Venus card.

"Nahh surprise dere," Tristan stated. "It looks just like you."

"Dat's uh plus," Mina admitted, "But not da reason why ah love dis here card. You see, dis here card reminds me o' da memories ah shared wif da cool kidz back in Japan. It reminds me o' who ah used ta be."

"Used ta be?" Bakura questioned.

"I guess you could say ah wuz uh lot mo' carefree in Japan, but then muh father…" she trailed off an' shook her head, and that shake of her head was accompanied by a really mean looking glare that she directed to some unseen space.

Then, a smile returned ta her face. "Anyway, it's just uh really tight card."

"Meow." Mina glanced ova at da whitey cat as he climbed up on her shoulders. "You gots uh favorite too Artemis?" He purred as Mina go through her cards. He meowed an' extended his paw uh little when he found da one he liked.

"Nice choice," Mina laughed as she took out da card from da deck. "Lunar King iz Artemis's favorite."

Da card wuz fine powerful wif eighteen hundred attack points an' fourteen hundred defense points. Da picture wuz o' uh dude wif whitey fro dat fell onto his shoulders an' blue peeps...like the blue peeps whitey dragon. He wore uh suit o' sliver an' held uh long broad sword.

"I wonder what secrets da cat iz hiding," Ah thought. "Afta all, he did jive ta me…wait he talked ta me!"

"Maybe ah'm just madness," Tea began, "But don' you all think it's uh bit silly ta compare ourselves ta cards?"

"A little," Yugi replied, "But like da gramps with the cramps says, 'It's not 'bout the playing cards its 'bout putting yo' heart into anythin` you care about.'" He turned ta Bakura. "So which card do you care 'bout the most Bakura?"

"Dis here one iz da absolute favorite." Bakura told him, showing us uh card dat had uh picture o' uh half angel an' half devil. In her hand she held uh heart. One half o' da heart wuz pink an' da other wuz black.

"Ain't dat da change o' heart card?" Yugi asked.

"Kind o' uh weird looking picture don' ya think?" I added.

Mina glared at me. "Joey, dat's rude."

"What, just telling it like it iz."

Bakura smirked. "If you all wants ta see how it werkz, we's can gots uh duel right now. Not fo' star-chips, but just fo' uh little fun."

(We's can gots uh duel? Why ebonics...why do you exist? NO ONE TALKS LIKE THIS!)

"Sho, ah'm down fo' dat!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah, wif all da star-chip madness it'd be nice ta gots uh duel wif nahh strings attached," Mina stated.

"I agree, uh regular duel sounds like uh great idea," Yugi added.

"Tight," Bakura replied, smirking. "Why don' each o' you put yo' favorite card into Yugi's deck. It'll be like we's be all playing.

"Pimp-tight idea pimp," Tristan commented, putting his card into Yugi's deck. Tea an' I followed, but Mina hesitated uh little.

"Come on Mina, put yo' cards in," I ordered.

"Well, is you sho?" she asked. "Afta everything ah…"

"Listen," I interrupted, taking da two cards. "You risked yo' life tonight ta save me so as far as ah'm concerned we's be tight, aight? We's dig' why you did what you did an' we's forgive you." Mina blinked in confusion...legitimate confusion...because she had no idea what just came out of my mouth. I don't even know what came out of my mouth. Goodness, Madame Authoress...can we please...

(No.)

"Really?" Mina was responding to the authoress, but Yugi went ahead and said his line without pause.

"O' course butter biscuit."

"Yeah, now quit yapping you two an' lets start playing," Tristan added.

Mina would have smiled, but found that she couldn't in the wake of this ridiculousness. Can't blame her for that.

Afta Yugi had shuffled all da cards, we's all took our places around him.

"Is you sho you don' mind playing alone?" Tea asked Bakura who wuz seated on da other end o' da rock/table we's wuz sitting at. Da small playing field wuz ready.

"Yeah, it don' seem quite fair," Mina agreed. "I mean, wif dis here all-star deck we's'll be tough ta beat."

I laughed. "Son' trip Bakura we's'll go easy on ya."

Bakura smiled an' thanked me 'bfoe turning his attention ta all o' us. "'Bfoe we's git started, dere's uh little somethin` ah'd like ta share wif you all an' especially wif you Yugi."

Mina let out a long sigh. "Here we go again..."

(Mina...)

"I don't care about any of this, okay!"

Now everyone was staring oddly at Mina.

"Anywayz," I cut in, breaking the awkward silence. "Wut you gon sho us?"

"You'll see," Bakura replied, closing his peeps. In an instant he wuz humming somethin` an' his hands wuz hovering around an invisible object.

"Wut he doin'?" Tea asked.

"I don' know, but ah don' like it," Mina replied monotonously as Artemis began hissing on her shoulder. "Somethin` iz definitely not right here."

Bakura's humming increased in volume an' ah swear ah seen somethin` glowing on him.

"Dis here iz getting creepy." I said.

Then out o' nowhere, da glowing ceases an' he's suddenly wearing uh really weird looking necklace. It wuz almost like Yugi's millennium puzzle.

"Another millennium item!" Yugi shouted.

Bakura chuckled darkly an' his voice sounded demonic as he spoke. "Yeea , an' da magic o' muh motha millennium ring will take us ta da Shadow Realm!"

I sighed as da world around us disappeared. "Brothas, I friggin' hate magic. Seriously, what the frig?"

Mina rolled her eyes. "Okay, now you're just making him sound like Marik."

Yugi shook his head in disappointment. "Mina, none of us have even met that guy yet."

"Spoiler alert," Mina replied, glaring daggers into my spikey haired friend. "Wes've met." She turned to Bakura without bothering to patch up the mess she had made of the fourth wall and TTY7's future stories. "Now, wut goin' on hood rat? What kind o' messed up reality iz dis here?"

Da black nothingness surrounded us as Bakura continued ta laugh.

"Why is you doin' dis here Bakura?" Yugi asked in horror.

"You gots somethin` ah wants an' ah aim ta take it!" His weird necklace began glowing an' 'bfoe ah can blink ah'm alone in da darkness.

"Werd up, where did brothas go?" I asked aloud. "Yo." Muh voice echoed an' it freaked me out as ah continued ta page out ta anyone who might hear me.

"Yugi!"

Nahh answer.

"Tristan!"

Silence

"Tea!"

Mo' silence.

"Mina, Artemis!"

Silence wuz da only thin` dat greeted me when ah called out they names. It wuz all useless.

"Confounded misery of stupid horror flicks with bloody fish an' chips in it," I thought, lowering myself onto da cold ground. "Dere's nahh one in sight in dis here place."

Suddenly, ah see uh flicker o' light in da distance an' then 'bfoe ah can even try ta react muh fine self wuz pulled toward da light in speeds dat would be illegal if ah'd been rollin' and brothas hatin'. Still, hurdling toward uh bright light wuz bettah than being trapped in darkness right? Well, ah couldn't gots been mo' wrong.

As soon as ah opened muh peeps afta being blinded by da light, ah found myself wearing uh dress!

"What in da world?" I questioned inwardly as ah looked ova muh foul appearance. Da git-up looked similar ta what da Flame Swordsman wears, but what do dat mean? Ah'm so confused.

"What gives?" I questioned aloud this time, looking left an' right. Then I turned around an' ah swear ah almost peed in deez here pants or skirt.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

(Screaming is universal in all languages. Remember this kids.)

Behind me wuz a brotah dat looked like muh motha brotha Yugi, but instead o' being really short dis here pimp wuz uh freaking giant!

"Yugi, you're freakishly huge!" I shouted noting dat ah held uh sword in deez here hands. "Oh, Lord, ah've finally cracked."

"Joey listen ta me," Yugi commanded in uh firm, booming voice. "Yo' soul has been sealed inside yo' favorite card. You've become da Flame Swordsman."

"Ah'M da WHO!?"

(Joey, ebonics speak works surprisingly well for you.)

"If ah don' win dis here duel ah can't restore you ta normal, an' if you be defeated you'll be sent ta da graveyard like Tristan wuz."

"GRAVEYARD!" Wait, if Tristan iz dere an' Yugi iz dueling then…where's Tea an' Mina?

"In order fo' me ta win dis here duel, restore you all back ta yo' bodies, an' git us out o' da shadow realm, ah'm going ta need yo' he`p," Yugi continued.

Part o' me wanted ta crawl into uh dark corner an' cry myself ta sleep, but if uh brotha needs muh he`p ah'll do what ah gots ta do.

"You wants dis here he`p you gots dis here he`p an a side of chiken' n' waffles n' cornbread," I told him.

Yugi raised an eyebrow. "Is you sho yo' okay?"

"Okay? I think ah've lost my mind, but ah'm gonna go wif it."

"Very well," Yugi replied.

I nodded an' turned around. "Now…aaaaaaaaaaah! Giant Bakura!"

"Joey, he's not…"

"Now ah know ah'm el pollo loco!" I interrupted. "Ah'm like six inches tall, wearing uh dress, an' now ah'm 'bout to fight dis giant pimp? Dis here iz craziness and mad stupid yo!"

"Dat's not really Bakura," Yugi stated. "An evil spirit from his Millennium ring has taken ova."

I had nahh idea what he wuz jivin' about, but at dis here point ah'm thinkin` dat dis here whole thin` be uh messed up nightmare dat wuz brought on by being attacked by those assassins. Still, ah can't he`p but think dere's mo' ta dis here than ah realize, Ya' dig?

(We dig. Good work Joey. You're done for the day.)

Yes! Praise the Lord!

(Yes, praise him indeed.)

Back in Mina's purgatory...

The woman known simply as "The Authoress" sits on a lavish and comfortable purple sofa with a turquoise blue colored laptop resting in her lap. With a grin of unquestionable joy she types away at the keys with long nimble fingers while practicing her malevolent, evil laugh. Minako Aino stands nearby, looking absolutely miserable.

"I can't believe it...you actually have something worse planned for me..."

"Yep," The Authoress replied, not bothering to look up as she continued writing. "But don't worry, I am confident that you will pull through it."

"You know, I'm impressed," Mina offered, taking a seat next to The Authoress. "There's someone out there more horrible in the world than E.E. How could it be possible?"

"Well, for one, I created E.E.'s character. Two, you guys are going to be in the next chapter of this humor fic together."

Mina's eyes widened in horror. "What?"

"Yeah, I'm basing it off of a conversation I had with a friend," The Authoress explained, smiling cheerfully. "It's going to be great fun for all. We'll have special guests like Kaiba, Yami, E.E., Abridged Tristan, Kirei Kotomine..."

"Wait," Mina cut in. "Who's that last one from?"

"Oh, don't worry about it," The Authoress stated simply. "His appearance is brief. And if things go well, I think Sailor Moon might make a short appearance too. We need more Sailor Moon in this, don't you think?"

"Does what I think even matter at this point."

The Authoress smiled brightly. "Nope."

"Then by all means, do what you want."

"Yaaaaaaaay!"

A/N: Yep, I've officially lost it guys, but hey, if this made you laugh, feel free to tell me so in that comment box below. And if you think this is crazy, direct all yelling to one SuperNova 23, the inspiration behind this piece and overall bad influence on my sanity. Thanks for taking the time to visit Surviving Through Changes: The Out of Order Ebonics Abridged Series. Have a great day everyone! Also, for those keeping up with Golden Strands, I'm sorry that I'm taking so long to update. I've hit a really bad block with it so this is the best I can offer right now. Don't worry though! I'm not going to give up! TTY7 aims to finish what she starts, even if it takes FOREVER!

Okay, maybe not that long, but even if it takes a while, I'll finish most of my Fanfiction works. Anyway, see you guys next time!