Sorry for the wait. Had to make a couple of slight updates in some chapters to make sure the story stays true to the plot.
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P. S. I'm planning on posting a new (and rewritten) story soon that's based on Hans Christian Anderson's The Snow Queen and a bit of Frozen since the cold winter season is coming up. Hopefully, I can post a first chapter of it tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the duel back was about to draw to a close. "It's been fun, but I've got to wrap this duel up!" Ash declared. "Me and my friends have to get back to the Poké world ASAP!"
"Pikachu!"
"There's plenty of time, friend," Yami pointed. "Of course, time has run out for you when I play this one facedown and end my turn."
"I sacrifice my Karate Man and Scrap Goblin to ritual summon...Hungry Burger!" From that spot where Ash's monsters used to be, an overly supersized mutant hamburger with razor-sharp teeth popped up and growled ferociously, salivating ketchup and mustard. "Hungry Burger will take a bite out of your Beta Magnet Warrior!"
CHOMP!" Hungry Burger clamped down on the yellow robot in its toothy buns and gulped it down, eliminating 1600 of the pharaoh's life points.
"Dude, monster patty has sunk its teeth into the pharaoh's life points!" Tristan said.
"Ash has got killer monsters," Joey said. "It'll probably be a close duel."
"You go, Ash!" Max cheered.
"You're good, Ash." Yami accredited. "But now I activate my trap card, Brain Control!"
"What's that?" Ash asked curiously.
"At the cost of 800 life points, it allows me to choose which monster to control..." His eyes scanned on the field. "And I choose your Hungry Burger!" (His life points reduced to 2000.) The enlarged human brain emerging from the card glowed purple and Hungry Burger started acting strangely.
"Hey, what's happening to my Hungry Burger?" Ash spoke up.
"Pika?"
"It's under my control now," Yami declared. "With three monsters on the field, I can special summon a powerful monster that blew your monsters away."
"Whatever monster you're summoning, I can handle it," Ash returned.
"Pika, Pika!" It nodded.
High above in the arena, Jessie, James, and Meowth balanced on beam ceiling, holding bags and a vacuum cleaner. "Alright, the duel is still on." The sassy red-haired girl said. "All we had to do is bungee jump from here and grab that Pikachu and god cards.
The two boys nodded. "This would be easy if I'm not so afraid of heights." Meowth said.
The pharaoh chuckled dexterously. "I hope you prepared to lose, Ash, because I've saving this special card for you...and you're about to be schooled of the old days of dueling." His eyes narrowed in a cunning way.
"Bring it on! " Ash's brown eyes flared with bravery.
"Pikachu."
"Ash seems pretty confident," Mokuba said. "Either that or he absolutely have no clue of what coming to him."
"I know that look." Kaiba observed Yami's features. "He's about to summon a god card."
Yami Yugi held the selected card in his hand and placed it in the slot. "I sacrifice my Des Volstgalph, my Feral Imp, and your Hungry Burger..." He paused as magical sparks from the duel disk.
The breeze blew inside the dueling arena and the lights flickered. Everyone except Kaiba looked up and anticipated in wonder. Ash and Pikachu stood there as they witnessed the most incredible scene of their life. A stupendously red long body of garnet scales rose up from an open portal on the playing field, its enormous shadow clouded over the speechless trainers. The impressive magnetic force literally blew away the stunned Team Rocket off the beam ceiling and carried them up higher...and through the roof of the dueling arena.
"TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF ONCE MORE!" They screamed as they shoot across across the sky and soared over Domino City, falling straight between two warehouses near Domino Pier.
In the alleys, two former regional champions, Rex Raptor and Weevil Underwood were hanging out at the dumpster, looking gloomy and grouchy as usual. "Huh?" They saw shadows approaching on the surface of the green lid and looked up and saw three figures closing in on them. They then exclaimed in surprise as Jessie, James, and Meowth were heading down their way, splashing into the bags of garbage. "Ooohhhh..." They groaned. Flies buzzed around the area.
"Mommy, what stinks?" Rex muttered torpidly.
POP! "Wobbuffet!" It stood on top of the knocked-out beings in the garbage.
A colossal crimson and black dragon with two mouths of razor sharp teeth, long thorns on its body, and wings floated between the dueling duo.
"Is that-" Brock, May, Max stated all together.
"That's da Slifer, the Sky Dragon!" Joey answered.
"The Egyptian god monster," Tristan added.
"That must be the one, Billy and Kidd were after," Brock said.
"You'd be surprised how many people would kill for those kind of monster cards," Téa said.
Ash and Pikachu stared at the mystical red beast, glowering over them. "Well, Ash, what do you think of my Slifer?" Yami asked.
"It's...it's...it's not so impressive!" Ash managed to speak. But the pharaoh could tell that he was feeling nervous inside.
"Heh heh heh! Wait until you see what it can do," Yami chuckled deviously. "With each card in my hand, it gains 1000 attack points!" He certified as Slifer's attack points boosted up to 4000.
"Oh no!" Ash cried in horror.
"Ash is in big trouble," Joey said.
"Don't bet on it, I will find a way to eliminate that overgrown lizard!" Ash bluffed. What am I thinking? He thought. There's no way my monsters will stand a chance against Slifer. I'm done for!
"Pika, Pika." Although it was trying to be optimistic, it could see that there is nothing in Ash's hand that could fight against the all powerful Slifer.
"Don't give up so easily, young traveller." A familiar spirit voice messaged to them.
"Huh?" Ash and Pikachu looked around in question.
"You must be prepared for the upcoming battle, for it will be as hard as the last."
Yami also heard that voice too. "Shadi?"
Mew flew in the picture and waved its tiny arm. When a wave of iridescences washed over the arena and the dueling heroes, time has temporarily stood still, except Ash, Yugi, and Pikachu who they felt their incarcerated links moving back in time.
The scenery had change from dueling arena to courtyard of a royal palace. The duo viewed a playback of the pharaoh and traveler dueling each other besides them.
"Whoa, what's going on?" Ash's thoughts echoed from his mind. "Is that me?"
He stared at the Pokémon traveller who indeed had a face like Ash's. He was indeed Ash's past incarnate.
"Pikachu?"
"We're in the past. That young traveller and I dueled before." The pharaoh answered through his thoughts. "But how can this be?"
"Maybe it's some sort of message?" Ash guessed.
Even though Pharaoh Yami had all three Egyptian god cards out in the playing field, the bold little trainer managed to find something in his hand to counterattack.
"If I'm going to be a Pokémon Master, I will have to defeat you, Pharaoh!" The traveller of the past said determinedly.
"That's the spirit, Cypress." The pharaoh said.
"Cypress?" Ash repeated. It must be have been that traveler's name.
After the flashback ended and time returned to normal, Ash and Pikachu suddenly felt inspired. "If I'm going to be a Pokémon master, I will have to defeat you, Pharaoh! And I will! And I will take down your Slifer, one way or another!" He recites the words from his ancestor.
"Pikachu!"
"That's the spirit, Ash." Yami smirked.
"Mew." It said to itself quietly.
"What's up with Ash all of a sudden?" Brock asked.
"Maybe he's got one last trump card left," Téa guessed.
"How is Ash going to take down a strong monster like Slifer?" Tristan asked.
"Guess we'll have to find out," Max said.
"I activate Graverobber!" Ash pulled up his trap card. "It lets me select a card in your Graveyard, and I choose your Dark Magician!"
At the sound of his command, the pharaoh's favorite monster appeared on Ash's side of the field.
"Ash has gotten control Yugi's Dark Magician!" Brock declared.
"Now that your Magician is on my side of the field, I can play Polymerization and fused together into..."
Wattsquirrel and Dark Magician once again merged together into a familiar mouse in purple robes and pointy hat. "Wizard Mouse!" The enchanted rodent squeaked in reply.
The friends were impressed. "Awesome! Ash took control of Dark Magician so he could combine him and Wattsquirrel into Wizard Mouse!" Brock said.
"That's totally brilliant!" Téa said.
"Yeah, yeah!" Max beamed.
"That still won't be enough to take down Slifer," Kaiba said. "Ash will have to better than that."
"I plant these two facedown and end my turn," Ash planted two more cards in front of him.
"Time has run out for you, Ash!" Yami roared. "Your life points are history! Slifer, take down Wizard Mouse and end this duel!"
Slifer drew in a breath of ultrahot energy and was about to exhale when-
"I use my trap card, Chains of Judgement!" When Ash revealed his first facedown card, golden chains launched and wrapped around Slifer's mouths, delaying his attack. "It transfers half of Slifer's attack points to his defense points!"
"I play Bean Soldier in attack mode!" He continued as he summon anthropomorphic lima bean holding a sword in the field.
"Then I sacrifice him and Wizard Mouse to ritual summon Moon Lop Samurai!" By the power of the other facedown card, Wizard Mouse and Bean Soldier disappeared and a another anthropomorphic animal arrived in their place in a blue magical spark light. It was a large white hare-like warrior dressed in a dark blue samurai armor holding twin swords with blades carved like moon crescents. It level is at 10 and its ATK and DEF points are at 4100 and 3300.
The friends looked impressed.
"Moon Lop Samurai, use the Seven Blades Of Heaven!" Ash declared. The samurai rabbit rose his twin swords up and increased his attack points.
"Oh no, Yugi's in trouble!" May gasped in worry.
"Eliminate Yugi's Slifer and end this duel!"
"Moon Lop Samurai slammed down his swords and fired several crescent radiant bombs from the blades, homing directly in directly at the trapped dragon.
"Alright, I won!" Ash grinned in triumph.
"Pikachu!"
The friends gawked in awe. "He did it! Ash has beaten Yugi!" Brock exclaimed.
But Yami smirked cockily and chuckled. "Sorry to disappoint you, Ash but I've won this duel!"
"What?" Ash gawked at him in puzzlement.
The pharaoh pulled up another facedown card. "Divine Wind!"
A whooshing vortex rose up and deflected the Seven Blades of Light. It bounced back directly at Moon Lop Samurai.
"PIKACHU!" It shouted warningly.
"OH NO!" Ash yelled in shock as his monster got terminated by its own attack, causing all of his lifepoints zipped down to zero.
The trainers gasped in amazement. They did not see that coming. Joey, Téa, and Tristan on the other hand were not surprised by their friend's surprised counter attack at all.
"Whoa man! Ash got wiped by his own monster's attack!" Brock exclaimed.
"Yugi counterattacked by Divine Wind!" Joey said.
"He really is good!" Said Max.
"Ash almost had him." Added Téa.
"But the fact is no one could defeat Yugi, the King of Games." May put in her two cents.
"That was truly entertaining," Pegasus said.
Ash sunk onto floors on his knees in disbelief, still stunned by the unexpected turnaround. "Aw, man, I lost! I was so close."
"Pikachu!" It stood by him and consoled him.
Yami approached him. "Don't feel bad, Ash. You put up a great duel." He assured warmly as he took out his hand. "In fact, you were my toughest opponent I've ever faced. Even tougher than my last one back at the Battle City Finals." He said to him truthfully, recalling his last duel against Yami Marik.
Ash lifted his head up and smiled lightly. "Aw, you're just saying that." He took the pharaoh's hand and got on his feet. "But it's okay, you are the King of Games, so it's no surprise that you beat me."
"Pika-chu."
"That was a great duel!" Brock said.
"You guys were awesome!" Tristan said.
"Super awesome!" Max added.
"You are two are the greatest duelist around!" Téa said.
May hugged Yugi tightly. "But my Yugi-Poo is even greater! He is the champion!" Yugi blushed and chuckled modestly.
Téa growled in annoyance while Max facepalmed.
"I think they put up a great show, don't you think, Seto?" Mokuba asked his older brother.
"Hmph. Actually, I'm glad Ash lost," Kaiba responded. "'Cause the only person that the championship title is going to is me, not to some rookie Pokémon trainer from another world."
Mokuba snorted lightly.
Outside, Billy and Kidd saw the whole thing through the thermal binoculars. "You saw that, Kidd?" The large blond man said. "That kid's almost beat that big-haired bucko. 'Course he's
"Both of those kids are tougher they look," Kidd said. "It's a wonder how could they ever beat us. As long as they're in the way, it'll be impossible to steal the Blue Eyes White Dragon. We'll just have to wait until it's clear."
"Hey, now that you shown us Duel Monsters, let us introduce our Pokémon to you!" Ash beamed as he thought up a idea.
"YEAH!" May and Max agreed.
"Pikachu!"
"Come on out, everyone!" Brock brought out all his Poké balls and threw them all up in the air, releasing Forretress, Steelix, Ludicolo, Marshtomp, and Bonsly.
"It's time for you to meet everyone too," May said to her six Poké balls. She threw them up in the air and out came Combuskin, Skitty, Beautifly, Munchlax, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur.
"Hey, don't forget my Pokémon!" Ash paused his duel for a minute to release his Pokémon from their Poké balls as well. "Meet Grovyle, Glalie, Torkoal, Swellow, and Phanpy!"
Soon the whole arena was packed with excited Pokémon, greeting the duelists. Yugi, Téa, Joey, and Tristan expressed in ecstasy as they got to know all the majestic creatures. "How cool!" Téa beamed as Squirtle and Bulbasaur approached her feet.
"Squirtle!"
"Bulbasaur."
"Well, isn't this lovely?" Pegasus smiled as Skitty the kitten Pokémon brushed its pink face against his leg.
"Hey little guy, what's up?" Joey smiled as reached down to pet Glalie, the Face Pokémon. It grinned mischievously and performed an Ice Beam on the blond-haired young man, turning him into a human ice cube
"Whoa! Hey take it easy!" Tristan exclaimed as he was picked up by a friendly Steelix in its large rocky tail. Some of the little Pokémon such as Squirtle and Glalie were feeling a little mischievous. They climbed on the dueling platforms and had a little contest to see who can shot out their Water Gun the highest.
"Squirtle, Squirtle!"
"Bulbasaur!"
"Hey! If one of your Pokémon leaves a filthy mess on my company floor, I'm holding you responsible!" Kaiba barked. He yelped in surprise as Brock's dancing Pokémon Ludicolo grabbed him and against his will, did a samba with it.
"Ludicolo, Ludi-colo, Ludi-colo!"
Mokuba chuckled as he bent down to pet Phanpy who rose its trunk. "Isn't it cool, Seto?"
"Aw! There, there now!" Téa cooed as she held the little baby Bonsly next to her head.
"Hello there!" Yugi smiled as he was greeted by Swellow who landed on his shoulder.
"Pretty cool, right?" Ash beamed.
"Pikachu!"
Mew took one last look at the arena before disappearing.
Back at dumpster ally, Weevil and Rex angrily faced against Team Rocket for crashing into them earlier. "So you like you fall on people, huh?" The sea-green haired teen growled as he drew two new cards and summon a bigger and uglier monster on the field. "Here comes my Insect Queen!" An oversized queen insect with wings appeared.
"Oh yeah? I'll show you! Wobbuffet, go!" Jessie shouted.
"Wobba-Wobba-fet."
"Puh-leaze! That thing won't stand a chance against my Insect Queen!" Weevil retorted. "Attack!" The monstrous queen bee dove her to take a bite out of the patient Pokémon.
"Wobbuffet, use Counter Attack!"
"Wobba-fet!" Its blue body glowed and Insect Queen was immobilized in her tracks.
"What?!" Weevil gawked in surprise.
"How do you like me now, you little worm?" Jessie growled.
"Megazowler, smash that pint-sized cactus to needles!" Rex commanded his triceratops-like dinosaur stamped its large foot on Cactnea, but Cactnea dodge it.
"Cactnea, use Pin Missile!" James shouted.
The cactus Pokémon obeyed and fired multiple sharp needles at Megazowler except it swished its thick tail, bouncing the black needles back at Cactnea.
"You might as well face it, you rugrats! Our Pokémon are better than your Duel Monsters!" Jessie growled.
"Are you out of your minds? Our Duel Monsters are much stronger than your puny Pokémon!" Retorted Rex.
"Yeah!" Agreed Weevil.
"You take that back!" James snapped. "We are ten-times more stronger than you losers!"
"Hey, look guys! There go the twerps!" Meowth pointed over to the outlet of the alley. Jessie, Rex, James, and Weevil looked that way. They spotted Ash, Yugi, Pikachu, and co. riding in a black limousine by KaibaCorp. They were heading for the Domino Pier.
"Grr! If it wasn't for that twerp and that blasted Yugi Muto, we wouldn't be wasting time with these losers!" Jessie squawked.
The dueling boys paused and looked at Team Rocket curiously. "Wait a second, did you say 'Yugi Muto'?" Weevil asked.
"Yes, I did." Jessie answered, lessening up. "Do you know him?"
"Know him? I challenged him to a duel back at Duelist Kingdom," Weevil explained. "I used to be the best duelist in the world, until that big-haired pipsqueak squashed me like a bug and had me booted off the island before I could make it to Pegasus' castle." He sunk down in anger. "He made me look like a chump!"
"Really? That's terrible," James said. "He did the same thing to us at a virtual world in KaibaCorp. When we tried to steal Pikachu, that spiky-haired twerp blew us with his 'Mind Crash' or whatever and sent us blasting off."
"The other twerp called Ash Ketchum has also been making fools of us since we could remember." Added Meowth.
The two snarky duelists looked at each other. "This may sound weird, but we're on the same track." Rex said.
The gang stood at the Domino Pier, gandering at luxury yacht shaped like Blue Eyes White Dragon. "This boat should take you to the Kanto region." Roland informed. "The ride is approximately 45 minutes."
"Looks kind of fancy," Ash said.
"Looks like the Blue Eyes White Dragon," Joey said.
"Mr. Kaiba thought you guys should travel back home first class," The chauffeur said. "Compliments of KaibaCorp and Maximilian Pegasus."
The friends looked impressed. "Wow, KaibaCorp sure knows how to travel in style," Ash said.
"Yeah," May agreed.
"Pika."
"In other words, Rich Boy just wants you trainers gone ASAP," Joey muttered to Max and Brock who snickered.
The two group of friends took a moment to recollect their adventure together at the virtual world. "Well, Yugi, it's been fun." Ash said. "I've really enjoyed dueling with you."
"Me too." Yugi said.
"I hope we'll meet again someday," Ash said. "And then, we can have a rematch.
"Pika."
"You'll always be welcome here, Ash." Yugi said.
Tristan sniffled. "I'm not going to cry!" He whimpered. "You can't make me!"
"Aw, Tristan! I'm gonna miss you too!" Max blubbered, eyes watering. He hugged the taller boy's legs real tight.
"Joey, it's been real blast." Brock said. "You take care of yourself, man."
"Ditto on dat, pal." The blond-haired boy said. "I'm gonna miss you and your cooking, Brocko!" They each patted each other on the shoulders.
"I hate saying goodbye, Téa." May said, sniffling. "Especially after I just made a friend."
"That makes two of us," Téa said, blue eyes glistening. "Let's not forget each other!" The two girls hugged each other tightly.
Ash smiled and took out his hand. "Thanks for everything, Yugi. We wish the pharaoh good luck finding his memories."
"Pikachu."
"Thanks, Ash." Yugi smiled and held out his hand. "And I wish you luck on becoming a Pokémon master."
"We'll always be friends on the either sides of the world," Ash affirmed.
The boys shook hands of friendship. Each of the pals exchanged tokens of farewell. They thought this was going to be end of their adventure together in Domino City...
Until..
"You should go with Ash, Yugi." An elderly man's voice said.
"Huh?!" Everyone jumped up in surprise.
"Grandpa!" Yugi ejected. Solomon was standing in the pier with them.
"Where you'd come from?" Joey ejected.
"Grandpa?" Ash repeated.
"Pika, Pika?"
"Since the Ball of the Underworld is being displayed at the Dynamo City Museum, it would do good for the pharaoh come along with you so he could learn a little bit about his past. It may not give 100% of the Pharaoh's memories but it might help him more if he learns about his past link with Pokémon," Solomon proposed. "Plus, I have a great feeling that another destiny is waiting for him at the Poké world."
"You think so, Grandpa?" Yugi asked.
Solomon nodded affirmatively. "You must always take advantag of opportunities like these passing by you."
"Should we go too?" Téa asked her male friends.
"Dat's a great idea!" Joey said excitedly. "I've always wanted ta see Pokémon."
"Yeah! That'd be so cool!" Max agreed.
"I want to see a Dragonite!" Tristan said. "Or a Aggron, or maybe a Lugia."
"There'll be plenty of Pokémon to see, Tristan." May said.
While they were debating whether they should go with the trainers, Jessie, James, Weevil, and Rex were in the midst of discussion of possible collaboration. "Here's the scope: you guys get your Pokémon, and we get our god cards," Rex compromised.
"You help us get Pikachu and we'll help you get those powerful god cards from that other twerp." Jessie said.
"You've got a deal, lady." Weevil grinned covetously.
Jessie took bug duelist's hand and shook on it. "My dear Weevil, this could be the start of our beautiful friendship!"
"Hee hee hee hee!"
James took Rex's hand. "I think you and I will do just fine, Rex."
"I feel the same way about you, James." The dino duelist smirked knavishly.
Meowth looked at them unsurely. "I've got a weird feeling about this."
"Wobbuffet!"
And so on, the S. S. Blue Eyes traveled the enthusiastic group across the blue ocean, en route to the land of the Kanto region. On the upper deck, Ash and Yami were having a little Poké match between them. Brock, Joey, and Tristan are in the galley, and Max, Téa, and May are on the other side, watching Mantine and Wailmer leap over the waters
Team Rocket, with their new allies tailed them in the Magikarp submarine. "Pedal faster!" Jessie barked. "We must catch up!"
"No one said anything about slave-driving." Rex grumbled.
"Welcome to the life of Team Rocket." Said James.
"Hey, wouldn't that be cool I could transform into a super-cool guy?" Ash brought up. "I'd be unbeatable, just like the pharaoh! I could win every single match without even sweating! I'd have two sides of me; the nice sweet half and the dark cool half!" He said it in a deep voice as he expressed two sides of himself: young and goofy, and dark and solemn like Yami with brim shading his eyes.
"Pika!"
"HA HA! I can see you already!" Yugi laughed and pictured it. "You Ash Ketchum, the Yami Trainer!" He allowed his new friend to touch his Millennium Puzzle.
"Poké-Oh!" Ash cried. He pretended to transform into the pharaoh. "I am Yami Ash, the greatest and invincible Pokémon trainer from Pallet Town!" He announced in a deep voice as he switched his hat around. "It's time to duel!" He held out an empty Poke' ball. "Poke' Ball, GO!" He threw it across the laboratory. "Pikachu, I choose you!"
"Pikachu!" Pikachu played along, acting like a Yami Pokémon.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt ATTACK!" Ash ordered.
"PIKACHU!" Pikachu threw a mild thunderbolt up in the air.
"Nice job, Pikachu!" Yami Ash said deeply. "Victory is ours!"
"Pikachu!"
Then both of the young boys laughed in humor. "Not bad, Ash!" Yugi recommended. "You almost sound just like the Pharaoh!"
"Thanks!" Ash giggled in his normal voice and scratched his nose.
"Pikachu!" The yellow Pokémon said in glee. Both boys laughed in amusement. The others chuckled as well.
Half an hour later after the S. S. Blue Eyes docked, the heroic are standing in a field of dandelions. "So, which way's to Dynamo City?" Ash asked.
"According to my Poké Nav, Dynamo City is about 30 miles there by bus," Max answered.
"Aw, another traveling agency. I am getting two tired for this," May moaned as she dipped her bare feet in the pond.
"Uh-oh!" Max uttered when he saw something else viewing on the screen.
"What's wrong, Max?" Yugi asked.
"There's an update that someone broke into the Dynamo City Museum and stolen the Ball of Underworld last night," Max informed.
"What?!" The party looked shocked.
"Whaddaya mean the Ball of the Underworld has been stolen?" Joey spat out.
"It also read that strange and eerie events have been happening in some parts of the Poké world." Max added more.
"That's like a bunch of hooey," Tristan said. "Though I'm getting a feeling of déjá vu."
"Who would steal the Ball of the Underworld? That makes no sense." May asked.
"We came to the Pokémon world for nothing," Yugi said. "That's too bad for the pharaoh."
"Pika, Pika."
"Well, since you guys are here, we can still look at the Pokémon." Ash said.
"According to my Poké Nav, we're not too far from Pallet Town," Max said. "We can stop by and see Professor Oak."
"That's sounds like a good idea," Brock said.
"Yo, guys! Look what I found!" It was Joey called, holding a medium sized pink ball in his right hand. "A beach ball!"
"Where did you find that, Joey?" Yugi asked.
"In da middle of da' road," Joey answered. "I guess somebody just left it there. Finders keepers!"
"Let's have a ball!" Tristan suggested.
The trainers stared at the mysterious pink ball until they saw it grow ears and two large round eyes opened up.
"Uh, Joey?" Ash spoke up. He and his friends recognized the "pink ball" right away.
"Yeah? What up, Ash?" The blond guy answered.
That's not a beach ball," Ash warned nervously.
"Eh?"
"Huh?" The Duel Monster looked confused.
"That's a..." May didn't get a chance to finish.
"JIG-GA-LEE-PUFF JIG-GA-LEEE-PUFF." The pink Pokémon sang its lullaby, sending everyone to immediate drowsiness.
"Not again..." Ash murmured as he fell into slumber.
"Suddenly, I feel so..." Yugi mumbled and closed his eyes.
"Sleepy, sleepy..." Tristan yawned.
The others dropped down like bricks and fell fast asleep on the grass.
"Jiggly-Puff-Puff!" In anger, it removed the top from its microphone and quickly doodled on all their sleeping faces with its black marker and then took off somewhere.
A couple hours later, the group woke up with a brand new makeover. Téa screamed in alarm as she saw her friends' new makeovers. "How did this happen?" Her face is drawn with a clown mouth, teardrop underneath her right eye, and a star on her left cheek.
"Not again!" May uttered. Her face was gratified with a black mustache, a goatee and a monocle.
"Déjá vu!" Max laughed as his face was drawn with whiskers and wavy lines above his eyebrows.
"What else is new?" Brock said. He has "eyeballs" over his lined eyes, a curled mustache and a squiggly
Tristan had a goatee, long eyelashes, and whiskers on his forehead. "Well, I did always want facial hair," he said. "But the eyelashes..." He pulled down his eyelid.
"HA HA HA! You look stupid, Tristan! HA HA HA!" Joey guffawed as he teased his friend. His pretty face is drawn a black eye patch, a stitched scar on his cheek, and a beard.
"Oh yeah? You don't look good yourself, either!" Tristan retorted.
"Does that sort of thing always happened, Ash?" Yugi asked. His face is drawn on with a pair of square glasses, whiskers around his mouth and a star on his forehead.
"Not really, it only happens occasionally," Ash replied. He has a black eye, a wavy mustache, and eyelashes.
"Pikachu!" It has an large "x" between its eyes and nose and "sideburns".
"That's good to hear. We just saw our first Pokémon." Yugi said. The Pharaoh's spirit (whose gratified face is identical to Yugi's) appeared from the Millennium Puzzle.
This land seems too quiet. He thought. I sense something sinister creeping upon the land.
"We should get going," Brock said. "We got a lot of catching up to do."
"Hey guys! Come here!" Max called over urgently.
"What is it, Max?" Ash asked. (Their faces are now clean.)
"There's a Stanler that looks hurt!" Max pointed to behind a bush. They saw indeed that a stag-like Pokémon was laying in the groves, looking beat up and whimpering in pain.
"Hey, you're right!" May said.
"Poor little guy!" Téa said.
"We should help it!" Brock said as he and the others rushed to help the wounded Pokémon. What they didn't know what was that it was a setup by the evil Pokémon under control by dark magic.
"We got to get this Stanler to a Pokémon Center!" Brock said. Tristan lifted the "injured" Stanler in his arms.
"I agree."
"The nearest one is three miles from here," Max said.
"Professor Oak will have to wait then." Yugi said..
"You and Ash and Pikachu can go on ahead," Brock said. "We'll catch up with you later."
Ash nodded. "Right. You be careful out there. We'll see you in a little bit. Let's go, Yugi."
"Pikachu."
And so, Ash, Pikachu, and Yugi went on ahead to the Ketchum home while their friends take the injured Pokémon to the Pokémon Center. Little did they know is that they are going to receive a welcoming committee from a sinister force that awaits them in Pallet Town.