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Yu-gi-oh! 5Ds after hours

Chapter nine: Yusei and friends do Gravity Falls

The day in New Domino City, a suburb located in San Francisco, California, was off to a start that was well enough. Over at the Atlas Penthouse, friends/roommates Yusei Fudo, Jack Atlas, Crow Hogan and Kalin Kessler, along with Kalin's talking dog best friend Dukey, were all seated at the dining room table, drinking their morning coffee; Yusei was even reading the morning paper.

"Hey guys, you wanna know a secret about me?" Crow asked rhetorically after he sat his coffee mug down.

"No," Jack replied flatly.

Ignoring Jack's answer, Crow leaned back somewhat and said, "Ever since I was six years of age, I've had this overwhelmingly strong desire to-"

"Did not hear me the first fucking time, Birdbrain?" Jack interrupted, "Or do you need to clean the shit out of your ears?!"

As Jack and Crow began to snap at each other, Dukey looked to Kalin and said, "Is this normally how you guys start your mornings?"

"Pretty much, yeah," Kalin remarked before picking up his coffee mug to take a sip.

"This all is actually tamer than how mornings with my previous family started," Dukey remarked, "Although those mornings were far less vulgar."

"Welcome to New Domino, Dukey," Yusei remarked as he turned the page in his newspaper.

"Yusei's got a point," Kalin said when he turned to face Dukey, "We do things differently here than how things used to-"

"Oh, you dirty son of a bitch!" Yusei exclaimed from behind his newspaper, cutting Kalin off and drawing his attention, along with that of Dukey, Crow and Jack.

"I'll have you know I took a shower this morning, Yusei," Dukey remarked.

"No, not you," Yusei said to the talking dog. Laying his newspaper down, Yusei pointed to an article and said, "I'm talking about this smarmy little shit." The others all got up and walked over to where Yusei sat so they could take a look at what Yusei was talking about; Yusei was pointing to an article in his paper that went on about a new tourist attraction that was located in Oregon state. It was a big, bright and colorful building, similar to one of those mega-sized car lots.

Standing forefront in the photo was a short Caucasian boy with a white-blonde pompadour. The boy also wore a bright, light blue suit with patching dress pants, brown dress shoes, a black dress shirt under the suit top, a white tie, and an American flag pin on the left side of his suit's collar. "You little monkey fuck," Yusei swore at the photo of the boy in the newspaper, "I can't believe you managed to make such a comeback."

"Who the hell is that, Yusei?" Jack asked, "Do you have some kind of history with that kid?"

"Unfortunately, I do," Yusei replied as he looked over to Jack, "That fat, surly turd is a pain in my ass known as Gideon Charles Gleeful, or Lil' Gideon as he prefers to be called."

"The fuck did he do to get your undies in a bunch?" Crow asked.

"Not only did his reckless greed and unwillingness to stop at anything until he gets what he wants resulted in the death of the girl I was dating before I met Akiza," Yusei explained, "But he also managed to weasel his way out of having to pay anything to my previous girlfriend's family, in terms of funeral expenses, financial compensation and the like."

"You were dating someone before you met me?" Akiza Izinski's familiar voice called out, getting the guys to look up and over, resulting in them seeing Akiza walking into the dining room. Seeing Akiza, Yusei got up, walked over to her, and planted a kiss on her lips.

"Yeah, I was in a relationship with another girl," Yusei explained, "Zafina and I took a trip to a town in Oregon called Gravity Falls to see the sights. While we were there, some publicity stunt that was being done by that little donkey turd Gideon got Zafina killed."

"Wait a minute," Jack interrupted, getting Yusei and Akiza to turn around and face him. "Your previous girlfriend's name was Zafina?" Jack asked, "The hell kind of name is that?"

"It's a name of Arabic origin," Dukey explained, "It means 'victorious'." (1)

"Wait a minute," Kalin began, "Dukey, how did you know that?"

"I looked up a bunch of different names in case I ever became a father, so that I'd have some ideas on what names I could give to my kids," Dukey explained, "I thought that Zafina was the best girl's name I could find, while Alphonse was the best boy's name I could find."

"I don't suppose you can show me a picture of this Zafina girl you used to date?" Akiza asked Yusei.

Shaking his head, Yusei replied, "Sorry, but I don't have a photo of her to show you." Walking back over to the table where his newspaper laid, Yusei looked down at the photo of Gideon. "It's bad enough that Gideon basically got away with murder," Yusei began.

"Birdbrain does that all the time yet you never complain about that," Jack interrupted.

"But my previous girlfriend's family was more or less left out to dry," Yusei continued as if Jack had never spoken up, "They deserve better than what hand they were dealt. They deserve to have closure, or at least enough money to compensate them for their troubles since then." Looking up from his newspaper at everyone else, Yusei said, "You know what? Fuck it. We're heading up to Gravity Falls, we're going to kick Gideon's ass, and we're going to make the little bastard pay for the heaving shit that he took on Zafina's family."

"I assume that by 'we', you mean you, me, Jack and Crow?" Kalin asked.

"Well I'm in no condition to be traveling great distances like that on a spur of the moment," Akiza remarked as she laid her right hand over her stomach, which was just starting to show signs of having a bun in the oven.

"And I'm pretty sure seeing a talking dog that can walk like a human would freak the locals over in Gravity Falls out," Dukey added. (2)

"So yeah," Yusei said to the other guys, "It looks like the four of us are heading out on another adventure."

"You want I should bring some of my weapons?" Crow half asked-half offered.

"Normally I'd say no," Yusei replied, "But given how much of a pain in my ass that Gideon has gotten to be, I wouldn't object if you brought along weapons up to and including your RPG-7."

"Sweet!" Crow cheered, pumping both fists into the air.


A day or so later, Yusei's Volkswagen van pulled into the parking lot of a one-story motel in Gravity Falls. "I seriously cannot believe that your van survived being in Porkbelly when that bomb went off, Yusei," Jack commented as he and the other guys all climbed out.

"And without so much as a scratch, to boot," Kalin added as he closed the door behind him.

"Like I said before," Yusei replied with a smirk as he locked up, "I take very good care of my baby." Finishing locking up his Volkswagen van, Yusei turned around to face the other guys. "Okay, here's the plan," Yusei began, "First we locate that new tourist attraction of Gideon's that was talked about in the newspaper. Next, we-"

"You guys are looking for Gideon?" a young female voice called out from behind Yusei, interrupting him. The guys all turned around to see two children, a boy and a girl, standing behind them.

The girl had waist-length brown hair and fair skin. She wore a fuchsia sweater with a shooting star design that had a rainbow trail, a headband the same color as the sweater, a purple skirt, white socks and black shoes. For some reason, the girl was holding a leash that was attached to the collar of a pig that she was apparently taking for a walk.

Standing next to the girl (and her pig) was a boy of approximately the same height as the girl. The boy had the same hair color and skin color as the girl, although the boy's hair was, at most, shoulder length. He wore a blue and white baseball cap-style hat that had a blue tree insignia over a white field on the hat's front, a reddish-orange t-shirt under a sleeveless dark blue hooded vest (the vest was open in the front), gray shorts, white socks, and black sneakers.

"Why are you guys trying to look for that creep?" the girl of the group asked, giving Yusei and the other guys a look that was a healthy mix of curious and confused, along with a mild hint of revulsion.

"Yeah, I'm going to have to agree with her here," the boy said as he pointed to the girl, "If you guys ever only know one thing about Gideon, it's that keeping your distance from him is your best bet to keep from having everything burn down around you."

"I have a bone to pick with that little pus pocket," Yusei explained to the kids, "Not only that, but Gideon owes financial compensation to my previous girlfriend's surviving relatives for the stunt that he pulled."

"Trust me, sirs," the girl said in a knowing tone, "Gideon is not worth it."

"You kids had a run-in with that little shit before?" Jack asked as he gestured to the kids.

"Yeah, he's greedy, obnoxious, and manipulative," the boy said. Jerking a thumb at the girl he was with, the boy added, "Not to mention the fact that Gideon is unhealthily obsessed with winning my sister's affections."

"You two are siblings?" Crow asked in a tone of piqued curiosity and surprise.

"They're twins, Crow," Yusei stated, "I can tell because of how much I have had a hand in raising Leo and his twin sister Luna."

"Yeah sir," the girl remarked as she pointed to Yusei, "Dipper and I are twins."

"Your name's Dipper?" Jack asked, turning to face the boy.

"Yeah, my name's Dipper Pines," the boy said. Gesturing to the girl next to him, Dipper continued, "And this is my twin sister Mabel."

"And this is Waddles!" Mabel exclaimed cheerfully as she picked up her pig in a hug.

"I don't suppose you kids could give us any info you may have on Gideon, could you?" Yusei asked, "I really want to kick his ass."

"Ooh, Dipper," Mabel said as she turned to face her brother, "We should bring them to the Mystery Shack! Grunkle Stan has a lot that he can tell them!"

"If these guys can somehow get Gideon out of our hair, then hey, more power to them," Dipper replied to Mabel. Looking up at Yusei and the others, Dipper said, "You guys wanna head over to me and Mabel's granduncle's tourist attraction? He's had interactions with Gideon before, so he can help you."

"That would be great, thanks," Yusei replied. To his friends, Yusei said, "Come on, you guys. We got us a lead on getting Gideon to own up for what he owes Zafina's family." The other three guys all pumped a fist into the air as they have a cheer of celebrating the progress that they were making.


Later, Yusei and the guys were led into a tourist trap by Dipper, Mabel and Waddles. Inside, Yusei and the guys were introduced to an older gentleman. This man had fair skin, a seemingly permanent case of five-o-clock shadow on the lower half of his face, and gray hair that was mostly hidden under a maroon fez. In addition to the fez, the older man wore a white dress shirt under a black suit top, a bow tie of similar color to the fez around his neck, a pair of dress pants of similar color to the suit top, and brown dress shoes. He also wore a pair of square-lensed glasses and an eyepatch over his left eye (but under the glasses).

"This is me and Dipper's Grunkle Stan," Mabel said to the guys as she gestured to the older man.

"Mabel, Dipper, who are these shmucks?" Stan asked as he pointed to the guys.

"They're four visitors from San Francisco who have come here seeking to collect something from Gideon," Dipper explained, "The guy with yellow highlights in his dark hair seems to be especially upset with Gideon."

"Who isn't especially upset with that little twerp?" Stan retorted.

"So, I assume that means you'd be willing to help us?" Yusei asked.

Gesturing to around his shop, Stan replied, "You gotta buy something from the gift shop first."

Yusei and the other guys all sighed in mild exasperation before they proceeded to browse around the Mystery Shack gift shop. Yusei ended up buying a keychain, Jack found a shirt, and Crow picked a novelty license plate. Looking at a shelf that held some stone tablets with runic carvings on them, Kalin pointed to them and asked, "Are those for sale? Because I'm actually interested in buying one." (3)

After Yusei and the guys each purchased their respective items, Stan said, "Alright, now I'll talk, so listen up." Clearing his throat, Stan said, "That little sneak Gideon moved here a few years back. Ever since that day, he's been a business rival of mine, and takes every chance he can get his pudgy little hands on to irritate me. The most annoying thing he usually tries to pull is to try and take ownership of the Mystery Shack from me."

"Do you know where he lives?" Yusei asked, "I need to collect financial compensation from Gideon that he owes to-"

Yusei was cut off midsentence when Stan laughed uproariously. Wiping a tear from the corner of his eye, Stan said, "Hoo boy, that's a good one, kid!" After his laughter simmered down, Stan said, "But seriously. There's no way that little weirdo will ever pay up."

"Then we'll just rob the little shit if we have to," Jack said as he pounded a fist into his hand.

"Good luck with that," Stan replied, "The kid's got his eye on his goods pretty much twenty-four seven."

"Then we'll have to lure him away from his place of residence," Yusei replied. To Stan, Yusei asked, "Do you know of any way to lure Gideon out of his home?"

After thinking about it for a few seconds, Stan replied, "Well, I suppose a social gathering-type party could be used to lure that brat out. He fancies himself as the popular type." With a bit of bemusement in his tone, Stan added, "It doesn't hurt that he has enough cash to back up how he sees himself."

"Okay then," Yusei said, "A social gathering-type party. Now all we need to do is figure out where to hold it."

"Why not here?" Jack asked.

"Pfft, like Gideon would accept an invitation to come to a party at the Mystery Shack," Mabel scoffed, "He may be greedy, deceitful and vile, but one thing he is not is stupid." Right when Mable finished talking, Waddles sat back and waved his front feet up and down quickly while squealing, a display that showed that he agreed with his owner.

"Hey wait a minute," Crow interrupted, "Doesn't the Northwest family live here in Gravity Falls?"

"You know them?" Dipper asked, turning to face Crow.

Nodding a few times in the affirmative, Crow explained, "Preston Northwest owes me a few favors after I bailed his sorry ass out of some major trouble."

"You think we can get him to host a social gathering party and have him invite Gideon?" Yusei asked.

"Yusei, dude, I could tell Preston that I want to have sex with his wife Priscilla, and he would be more than glad to run out to buy me a box of condoms," Crow replied, "Granted, I would never ask for that because I'm faithful to Brianna, but my point remains."

"So, all we need to do now is to arrange the set-up for luring Gideon out and away so we can steal what he owes to my former girlfriend's family and deliver the goods to said family," Yusei said.

"I can get Wendy and Soos to give you guys a lift up to Northwest Manor if you all need it," Stan offered.

"Who are they?" Yusei asked.

"They work for me here at the Mystery Shack," Stan explained, "They'll be willing to pitch in because I told them to."

"Well alright, dude," Crow replied as he clapped his hands together, "Now we're making some progress here! Let's get going!"


Later, Yusei, the guys, Dipper and Mabel walked up to the front door of a very large and stately mansion with two people. The first was a notably tall and slim teenage girl that had a fair complexion (with a few freckles) and very long orange-red hair. She wore a lumberjack hat, a green plaid shirt over a white tank top, blue jeans and boots that seemed to have a slight amount of dried mud on them.

The second person was a notably fell-wed man roughly the same age as Yusei and the other guys. He had fair skin, and wore a light brown baseball hat-style cap, a dark greenish shirt with a question mark symbol taking up most of the front, beige cargo shorts, brown shoes and white socks.

"Are you sure Mr. Northwest will be willing to see us, dudes?" the teenage girl asked as she and the others got up the front steps of the Northwest manor.

"Let me do the talking, Wendy," Crow replied to the teenage girl in a confident tone, "I got this."

When the group reached the large doors of the mansion, Crow knocked on it a few times. After about ten seconds, a butler answered the door. "Can I help you?" the butler greeted in a somewhat snooty manner that is usually attributed to butlers.

"Yeah, you can go tell your boss Preston that I came by to call in one of the favors that he owes me," Crow replied with an amused grin, "The name's Crow Hogan."

"I shall return momentarily," the butler said, "In the meanwhile, please wait out here. The master does not like having commoners in his mansion unnecessarily."

"Pfft, he'll change his tune right away when he hears it's me who's come by," Crow remarked right before the doors were closed in his face and the faces of everyone else in the group.

"Geez, I hope we get an answer soon," the well-fed guy said as he hopped up and down while covering his groin area with his hands, in a manner showing that he was really needing to answer a call of nature.

"Relax, Soos," Mabel said to the well-fed guy, "I'm sure you can use the bathroom inside once Mr. Northwest lets us in."

"Don't count on it," Wendy said in a knowing tone, "The heck makes you think the Northwest family will put up with us?"

"Five," Crow began, "Four, three, two-" Crow was cut off when the mansion's doors opened. Surprisingly, the door was answered by a girl who looked to be in the same age group as Dipper and Mabel. She had fair skin and long blonde hair, and wore a pair of hoop earrings, a purple casual dress jacket that was open in the front, a lavender dress, a belt of some varying shade of purple, black leggings and cream-colored boots. "Wow, I didn't get to one," Crow remarked in a mildly amused tone, "Cool."

"Mr. Hogan, what are you doing here?" the girl asked as she looked up at Crow.

"I don't suppose your father's home, is he, Pacifica?" Crow replied, "I need to call in one of the favors he owes me."

"My parents are off doing some random rich-person thing I couldn't care less about," the girl identified as Pacifica replied as she stepped to the side to let everyone in, "But I can call my dad and hand you the phone. Anywho, come on in."

Later, the guys, Dipper, Mabel, Wendy and Pacifica were sitting around a table, enjoying refreshments brought to them by the butler from earlier. While everyone was enjoying the snacks, Crow was talking on the phone with someone. Soos walked into the room while saying, "Thanks again for letting me use the bathroom."

"I'll be sure to have that bathroom quarantined until I can send some people in to clean up, but sure," Pacifica replied, "At least you didn't pee on the front lawn unlike Mr. Hogan the last time he was here."

"Hey, when I told your dad that I was raiding his liquor cabinet, I said that I would clean him out," Crow defended, having just finished his call. Setting the turned-off phone down on the table, Crow said, "Anywho, Preston is all aboard letting us use his mansion to host a party while he and the misses are God knows where."

"Didn't either you or one of your friends say that you wanted to invite Gideon Gleeful to this party you're wanting to throw?" Pacifica asked, a mildly incredulous look on her face.

"Why? You interested in dating the little twit?" Jack asked.

"What?!" Pacifica nearly exclaimed at Jack, "Are you kidding me?! Why would you even think that there's a possibility I'd want to date that little troll?! There are so many other guys out there that I'd much rather to go out with!"

"Like Dipper!" Mable interjected, making her brother, who was drinking some soda, spit out the mouthful he had out of surprise.

Turning to face Pacifica, Crow said, "So I take it you wouldn't be interested in dancing with him during the party?"

"With all due respect, Mr. Hogan," Pacifica replied, "Why would you even think that?"

"You're the child of the family hosting the party, and you're in roughly the same age group as Gideon if my sources are correct," Crow explained. In an understanding tone, Crow continued, "But if you're really that uncomfortable with the idea of dancing with Gideon, then I can adjust my plan accordingly."

"Why not get Mabel to dance with Gideon?" Soos suggested.

"WHAT?!" Mabel exclaimed, her eyes going as wide as they could.

"Think about it, little dude," Soos said when he turned to face Mabel, "Gideon likes you. If he knows you're going to be at the party looking for a dance partner, he'll come straight away without a second thought. He'll be too distracted by the prospect of dancing with you to care about anything else, so the guys from California will have more time to do their thing, along and with a lower chance of getting caught to boot."

Closing her eyes, Mabel sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose while saying, "Darn that big beautiful brain of yours, Soos."

"Okay, so here's the plan," Yusei said to the group as a whole, "Pacifica will host a party tonight here at the mansion, with Gideon being one of the invited guests. While he's here enjoying the party and dancing with Mabel, one of my friends and I will head over to Gideon's residence to take enough to cover what he owes the surviving relatives of my former girlfriend Zafina for funeral expenses and financial compensation. Sound good?"

"I take it that the two of us who won't be accompanying you will stay at the party?" Jack asked.

"The smaller the extraction team, the better," Yusei replied.

"Well that's fair," Jack replied, "Now all we need to do is figure out who goes with Yusei to rob Gideon's place."

"I have to stay at the party," Crow explained, "I mean, I am an associate of the Northwest family. My absence from a party that's going on at their mansion while I'm in town would be somewhat suspicious, don't you think?"

"I was actually planning on asking Jack to come with me, if I'm to be honest," Yusei remarked.

"So long as there's no Birdbrain to blow our cover, then I'm in," Jack replied with a nod.

"Well alright then," Crow said as he rubbed his hands together, "Now that we got the main parts of the plan all squared away, now's time to iron out the rest of the details for the party."


That evening, the party at the Northwest mansion was well under way. Many high society types were talking amongst each other as they dined on high-class fancy hors d'oeuvres. Some were even dancing to the classical music that was playing. One such pair of dancers was Kalin and Wendy. "Wow, you're a surprisingly good dancer," Wendy remarked, "You're much better at this than my ex-boyfriend Robbie."

"Would you believe me if I told you I practiced with Dukey, my talking dog best friend?" Kalin replied.

"Can he also walk like a human?" Wendy replied, then continued after Kalin nodded in the affirmative, "Yeah, a talking dog that can walk like a human is far from the weirdest thing I ever saw and or heard about."

Over in another area of the party, Dipper and Pacifica were dancing with each other. "Wow, this party seems to be going pretty well," Dipper remarked.

"Well of course it is, Dipper," Pacifica replied, "I mean, this is a Northwest family party, after all. What else would you expect?"

"That Mr. Hogan fellow who has history with your family seems to be doing pretty well," Dipper remarked as he and Pacifica looked over to where Crow was dancing with Soos. (4)

"Yeah," Pacifica agreed, "Although I do feel really bad for Mabel." At that prompting, Dipper and Pacifica both looked over to where Mabel, with a very, very annoyed look on her face, was dancing with Gideon, who was very clearly enjoying dancing with Mabel.

"I don't envy her," Pacifica continued, "Given she's going through a hell that I wouldn't wish on any of my enemies."

"Don't you consider Mabel one of your enemies?" Dipper asked.

Making the so-so gesture (5) with her left hand, Pacifica replied, "Ehh, it's actually kind of an on again off again sort of deal. Either way, I wouldn't wish having to dance with Gideon on anyone, Mabel included."

"Well regardless, we have to keep up appearances so that Yusei and Jack have enough time to carry out their plan," Dipper said, "And after that, I think we should take Mabel out for ice cream as something of an apology to her."

"I'm going to be needing some ice cream after this as well," Pacifica commented, "I mean, Gideon Gleeful was in my house. Knowing that makes just me feel violated somehow." Dipper nodded in understanding as he and Pacifica continued their dance.


Meanwhile, over at Gideon's residence, Yusei and Jack snuck inside. All of the lights were turned off, so the two friends assumed that either the place was empty, or that any other residents of the place were asleep. Considering that it was nighttime, Yusei was willing to bet on the latter, although either one was fine by him.

"Unlike Birdbrain, I actually know how to do stealth," Jack remarked in a hushed whisper to Yusei as they snuck about the place.

"Let's just find where he keeps his safe," Yusei whispered back, "Given that he has a big colorful business that was talked about in a newspaper a few states away from where he lives, Gideon is bound to have at least some sort of safe here." After a few minutes of sneaking around, Yusei and Jack found what appeared to be a den room. Going inside, they found a safe sitting on the floor. It was one of those safes that was roughly the size and shape of a minifridge. There was a combination turn dial on the safe that had a keyhole in the exact center of the turn dial.

"Unless you know how to figure out the combination, we're going to have to try and pick the lock," Yusei remarked when he shined a flashlight on the safe.

"I'm a good enough lockpicker, so go act as my lookout while I get to work," Jack commented as he got to work on the safe. Yusei turned off his flashlight and walked over to the den room's doorway. After a few heart-pounding minutes, Jack said as the safe door opened, "Got it!" Yusei walked back over and looked to see what was in the safe. There were more than a few of wads of hundred dollar bills in the safe.

"You know," Yusei said as he and Jack loaded all of the wads of money into a pillow case, "If it wasn't for the fact that I don't wanna get caught, I would have totally left some sort of mark."

"And you setting aside such a desire for the sake of competency is one of the many things that separates you and other sane people from Birdbrain," Jack replied as he and Yusei loaded the last of the money into the pillow case.

Closing the safe door, Yusei remarked, "It's a damn good thing we both wore gloves, huh?"

"No prints, no proof," Jack agreed, "That's actually one of Birdbrain's quotes." Having done what they came to do, Yusei and Jack decided to cut their losses and take off.


The following day, Yusei and the guys, after Yusei and Jack successfully got a few of the wads of money to the surviving relatives of Yusei's former girlfriend, were getting ice cream at the local ice cream parlor with Dipper, Mabel, Soos, Wendy, and Pacifica. His dish of ice cream set off to the side, Yusei said as he read from a local newspaper, "Ha! Apparently, Gideon thinks that he was robbed by the local law enforcement!"

"Seriously?" Jack said, raising an eyebrow out of surprise mixed with confusion.

"Yeah, listen to this," Yusei replied as he prepared to read aloud from the newspaper, "The home of Gravity Falls resident Gideon Gleeful was robbed last night while Gideon himself was attending a party at the Northwest mansion. Evidence recovered from the scene points to local law enforcement here in Gravity Falls as the guilty party. Sherriff Daryl Blubs, upon hearing that local law enforcement had robbed Gideon's home, decided to turn himself in."

Closing his eyes, Jack inhaled and exhaled slowly, as if he were trying to maintain his cool. With a sigh, Jack said, "If the law enforcement over in San Francisco was just as effective and competent as the officer in that article that you just read, then Birdbrain would be unstoppable." After taking a bite out of his ice cream, Jack said, "Thank goodness that San Francisco has actual cops, am I right?"

"Meh, I'd settle for ones between our law enforcement back home and ones here," Crow replied, "I mean, I hate being caught all the time, but I'd still like some sort of cha-" Crow was cut off when a light fixture over the table next to the one everyone was sitting at came loose and fell down, swinging into the back of Crow's head with significant enough force to crack part of his skull. After Crow fell face first into his bowl of ice cream, startling everyone other than Yusei and the remaining penthouse guys into getting up and backing away, Yusei took the light fixture down altogether so it wouldn't be a hazard, then checked Crow for a pulse.

"Yeah," Yusei said in an unsurprised monotone, "Crow's dead."

"I know that some of the places here in town aren't in the best condition in the world, but this is ridiculous!" Dipper exclaimed, a very alarmed look on his face.

Walking over to the table, Mabel found her dish of ice cream. With an expression that was two parts disgusted and eight parts annoyed, Mabel said in an annoyed tone, "Ah shit, Crow got some of his blood in my fucking ice cream."

END, CHAPTER NINE

Author's notes:

1. I actually had to look this up.

2. Don't hold your breath!

3. I looked up a list of things in the Mystery Shack to figure out what Yusei and the guys can buy. And yes, runic tables are in the shop.

4. Crow's ex-boyfriend was a well-fed dude, making Crow the most logical choice of dance partner for Soos.

5. You won't believe how much time I spent on the internet trying to find the name of the gesture I wanted Pacifica to use.

Well there's chapter nine for you. Chapter ten, rather than featuring Yusei, Jack, Crow and Kalin visiting a show of some kind, will instead be a special chapter where Yusei and Akiza tie the knot. Chapters that have unique plots will happen in every ten-chapter milestone that this story reaches; I even already have a working idea for chapter twenty. …Oh, and characters from most of the shows that the guys have visited so far will show up for Yusei and Akiza's wedding.

I would like to take this time to give a shout-out to abdulbutler34, who was kind enough to be the first to leave a comment on 'Yugioh 5Ds After Hours'. Thank you for your interest, and I'm glad that you apparently like what I've gotten up for this story so far. To answer what you asked about a potential Kim Possible chapter, let me say this; I do have a Kim Possible chapter, but it won't be coming up for a while. I'm sorry that I'm going to have to make you wait.