I've been waiting for this one! This is one of my favorite episodes, and I had a lot of fun writing this chapter. Also, if any of you were paying attention, this chapter will start the small plot that I was hinting at. The plot isn't suppose to be too important, it's just something I thought of and wanted to connect to both series.
Also, when you have a weekend job, and the 20th and 21st fall on a weekend... so yeah, late night uploads, but it is what it is.
I own nothing except the computer used to write this fanfic. Enjoy!
-Abridged series.-
"Mind speaking."
Normal dialogue.
Tristan was excited to get the video started, wanting to see the fight between Yami Bakura and Yami Marik. "I really hope this is going to be an actual fight and not something else."
"You can be such a nerd sometimes," Tea said with a chuckle.
Tristan smiled. "A nerd for a good lightsaber fight, so let's get started already!" Yugi chuckled as he started the video, along with the Ishtars and Mokuba… with Kaiba in the back.
Tristan perked up at hearing the music. "Oh, wait. What's this?" As the credits played, and the music continued, everyone was getting more excited to see what was going to happen.
Once the video started, lightsabers could be heard. "This is really happening!" Duke said as the video shows the blimp.
Marik was shocked. "Wait, is this video really going to show a battle between my evil half and the ring spirit? Because I can guarantee that never happened!"
Mokuba also gasped when he heard the lightsabers. "What's going on?" he asked.
Everyone watched as the screen changed to the two characters clashing their lightsabers. "Okay, this is awesome!" Tristan said. "I kind of wish this really happened, but watching this in the video is fun!"
"I don't think I could weald a lightsaber. I'm not that much of a fighter, let alone a swordfighter," Bakura said. Inside his mind, someone else was thinking the opposite.
"I'm calling it. This is the best video intro I've ever seen," Joey said.
Mokuba was also enjoying what he was seeing. "No way any of this is real, but this is still pretty cool!" He turned to Kaiba. "Hey, Seto! I can imagine you with a blue lightsaber!"
Kaiba paused, imagine that picture. "Hm, that doesn't sound half bad."
Marik was laughing the entire time. "Not in a million years would I think I would see this today! And I'm glad I did!"
-Yami Bakura: You can't win Melvin. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine! – Tristan's smile only widened.
-Yami Marik: Bullcrap! If I strike you down, you'll be as dead as Naruto The Abridged Series. – "Hey, less talking, more fighting!" Tristan said.
"Ha, that's literally ever hero vs villain fight in the history of forever," Joey said.
-Yami Bakura: Yes, but with me gone, you'll have my fangirls to deal with. – "I already have a lot of fangirls to deal with," Bakura said, thinking back to when all the girls at school would gather around to talk to him.
-Yami Marik: Perhaps we should settle things a little more traditionally, with a children's card game. But not just any children's card game, a Shadow children's card game! – "NO!" Tristan stood up and angrily slapped his leg. "No! No! No! I came here to watch an epic lightsaber battle between these two! Not another card game!"
"Well… you did get to see a little bit of lightsaber action," Yugi said.
"Sorry, but 'a little bit' isn't enough!" Tristan replied angrily.
"I'll tell you what, after school one of these days, we'll meet at your place and have a Star Wars marathon, how does that sound?" Tea said.
"…Better than nothing. Sure," Tristan said, sitting down again and trying to calm himself down.
Marik however, did want to see where that fight was going. "I wish I could've gotten more involved in that fight, then it really would be two against one."
"Would your sword be purple to match your favorite shirt?" Odion asked.
Marik laughed. "You know me too well Odion."
Mokuba continued watching the video. "So these two really did have a duel that night," he said in realization.
-Yami Bakura: God, is that really how I used to talk back in season one? I must have sounded like a total wanker.-
-Marik: Yes, you did. You sounded exactly like a wanker! – "Uh oh, I have a feeling these two are going to be the stars of the video," Tea said with a small giggle.
-Yami Bakura: I was being rhetorical Marik.-
-Marik: A rhetorical wanker! – "What was I just called!?" Bakura was about to say something, when the Spirit of the Ring took over. "Why am I not surprised anymore," he said quietly to himself. "…Just get this video over with."
-Yami Marik: But before we begin this duel to the death, I have just one question. Could I get a hug?-
-Yami Bakura: I'm not going to hug you! – "You know, I feel like Bakura's evil half would be the only guy who would want to hug him," Joey said. Yami Bakura glared at him before the video continued.
-Marik: Maybe we should hug him Bakura, I mean, he seems like an okay guy. – "…Do you not remember what happened in the previous videos!?" Duke asked.
"I'll hug if he gives me the lightsaber," Tristan said.
"Please tell me you aren't serious," Mai said.
"We already have the Millennium Rod," Yugi said. "But no lightsaber unfortunately."
-Yami Bakura: Marik, that's your evil alter-ego. He killed your father and made your life a living hell, remember?-
-Yami Marik: Hug!-
-Marik: I still think you should hug him. – "No way I'm ever hugging someone like him," Marik said with a chuckle. Yami Bakura was on the same wavelength as him.
-Yami Bakura: I'm not bloody hugging him! – "Thank you," Yami Bakura said.
Tea glanced over at him. "I don't blame you," she said. Yami Bakura smiled and nodded. Tea turned back to the screen. She almost did a double take, but the video was continuing, and she didn't want to miss any of it.
-Yami Marik: Fine, don't hug me. It makes little difference. Once I beat you, your show will be cancelled faster than you can say created by Joss Whedon. – Mai started laughing. "Need some water for that sick burn?" she asked.
-Yami Bakura: I'll be damned if this show is going to be cancelled before I get the screen time I was promised in my bloody contract! – "I think we've seen enough of the ring spirit," Yugi said. Yami Bakura glanced at him and smirked at the irony.
-Yami Marik: Then face me Florence, and suffer the wrath of the Egyptian Gods! – Yami Bakura once again cringed at his video name.
-Marik: Oh I get it, he was implying that you wanted me to sleep with you. Ha! That is pretty funny. After all, I'm way out of your league!-
-Yami Bakura: Sod off Marik! – "Wait, is that referring to the end of the last video?" Joey asked.
"I guess so," Yugi said with a blush on his face.
Marik was also hiding his blush from Ishizu and Odion. He was also thinking of the line his video counterpart said, about him being out of Yami Bakura's league. Was he really? Or was he just in denial? He would never know.
-Yami: Yugi? What are you doing in my Soul Room? – "Wait, where is that?" Serenity asked.
"Oh, this is the pharaoh's soul room. It's been in a few other videos. This is basically what it's like inside the puzzle. I can talk freely to the pharaoh when I'm in there," Yugi explained.
"Wow, you could get lost in there with all those stairs," Duke said.
"Exactly, even the pharaoh doesn't know all the answers, which is what all those stairs represent," Yugi said.
-Yugi: I got bored, came to visit. Hey, do you have Nintendo in here? – Joey snickered a little. "Imagine if there was a Nintendo in the puzzle. I think the pharaoh would be a lot more entertained."
"I bet gamers have Nintendo in their soul rooms," Tea said.
-Yami: Um… Yugi, this room is the manifestation of my inner turmoil, my eternal quest to unravel the truth behind my mysterious past… - "So yeah, that's kind of the explanation for the soul room," Yugi said to the ones who weren't present for the previous videos.
-Yugi: So what, you don't have Nintendo?-
-Yami: No Yugi, I don't have Nintendo.-
-Yugi: Your soul is lame! – Yami Bakura had to hold back a laugh, making sure no one noticed that he took over.
"Man Yug, does the pharaoh know what you think of his soul?" Joey asked, elbowing the smaller boy.
"Uhh…" Yugi tried saying with a small blush of embarrassment. Yami appeared behind him, smiling and shaking his head.
"I'm sorry Yugi, I don't have a Nintendo. Although I feel like you would have one in your soul room somewhere," Yami said.
"Who knows, maybe I do," Yugi said.
-Yami Marik: I don't know why you're so hellbent on saving your series Florence. After all, you can always go be on the spin-off show. What was it called again? Zorc and Pals? – "NO!" Yami Bakura mentally screamed as the other questioned what the video was talking about.
"Zorc and Pals? What's that?" Tea asked.
"I'm guessing it's something for this video?" Mai asked.
Yugi looked over at Yami, who looked like he was lost in his thoughts. "Yami, are you okay?" Yugi asked.
"Hmm? Oh, I'm fine. Just thinking about something. Please don't worry about me," Yami replied.
"Okay, if you say so," Yugi replied.
-Yami Bakura: Yes. Well, I'm afraid that show was already cancelled a few months back. – "Yes! Thank you!" Yami Bakura said.
Tristan turned towards him. "Sounds like someone doesn't like whatever that is."
For once, Yami Bakura found himself agreeing with the brunette. "You don't know the half of it." Tristan almost felt something off about Bakura, but he turned his attention back to the video.
-Marik: What happened to Zorc?-
-Yami Bakura: He got himself a job on a new series. The Suite Life of Zorc and Cody. – "Wait… WHAT!?" Yami Bakura said out loud as the next scene started playing.
Everyone who was watching the video was speechless as the 'show' began. Everyone saw Cody and a giant monster with the theme song playing in the background. No one had any idea what was happening. As the title was shown, Tea paused the video.
"Okay, let's take this one step at a time. First off, what is with that giant monster thing? I've never seen a duel monster like that!"
"Me neither," Joey said. "Have you ever seen him Yug?"
Yugi looked at the monster in the video. "No, I've never seen his before. Maybe the pharaoh has?" he suggested. He looked over at Yami, who was staring at the screen with such intensity. His eyes showed horror and confusion. "Yami? What's wrong?" Yami blinked and looked back at Yugi. "Are you sure you're okay. You keep spacing out, and you look terrified of that monster."
Yami sighed. "I'm sorry to scare you, but… something about that monster, and hearing that name, it's giving me an extremely bad feeling in the back of my mind."
Yugi thought for a second before speaking up. "Could it be… that the monster has something to do with your past?"
"It's very possible, but I still don't have my memories, so I can't say for sure," Yami replied.
"Well then, I'll be sure to keep all of this in mind. Although I hope this monster is just something made for this video. I don't think we need any more trouble trying to figure out your memories," Yugi said.
Behind him, Yami Bakura gave a small sigh in relief. He didn't want Yugi to find out about Zorc, but it was too late for that. At the very least, he hasn't fully connected the two points, and he had to make sure it stayed that way.
Mokuba was the next person to have a reaction. He did watch The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, and he was laughing at seeing a giant monster replace Zack. "Imagine if the real show was like this," he said in between laughs. "Someone needs to greenlight this and make it into a series!"
Kaiba smirked a little. "It would make that show a little more interesting," he said, though he didn't actually see the monster Mokuba was talking about.
Marik did a double take as the show started. "What? Is this a show within a show?" he asked.
"I think the show that's being reference is a real show, so I'm assuming…" She then gasped when she saw Zorc appear. "Th-that's…"
"Ishizu, what is it?" Marik asked.
"That monster!" she said, pausing the video. Marik and Odion looked at the screen, and theirs eyes widened.
"Sister, is that…?" Marik asked.
"I believe so… but how does this video know what that monster is?" she asked.
Marik shook his head. "Considering that these videos can show our past, it doesn't surprise me that this video knows about him."
"…That's a good point, but why is he being portrayed like… this?" Odion asked.
"I don't think we'll ever know the answer to that," Ishizu said.
-Mr. Moseby: Well, it seems our hotel is being visited by a very special V.I.P. guest. Zack, Cody, I want you both on your best behavior. – "Oh, we're still going with this?" Tea asked.
"Oh boy, what's going to happen?" Duke asked.
-Cody: Don't worry Mr. Moseby, we promise we won't do anything bad.-
-Zorc: That's right, we'll be good little boys. – Joey, Tristan, and Duke started laughing like crazy. "What kind of voice is that?!" Duke asked. "That matches just as well as Tristan's voice."
"Tristan, I think this guy is going to be your imaginary friend now. That means it was Zack who died in that other video," Joey said.
Tristan slowed down his laughter, trying to catch his breath. "Hey, this monster can't be intimidating with a voice like that," he said.
Serenity giggled at the boy's antics. Tea was shaking her head, but smiling, same as Mai. Yugi was also chuckling at his friends. The only one who wasn't enjoying this was Yami Bakura, who was staying silent and glaring at the screen.
-Cody: Come on Zorc, let's go play a practical joke on that V.I.P. guest Mr. Moseby was talking about.-
-Zorc: Hooray! I love practical jokes! – "What are we watching?" Mai asked with a chuckle.
"I have no idea, but could you imagine a monster like that acting this way!?" Joey asked while laughing.
While everyone else joined in on the laughter, Yami Bakura was just staring at the screen in complete disbelief. This was even worse than Zorc and Pals! He looked around and saw everyone laughing at how Zorc was being portrayed.
"You morons will truly fear the real deal if you think this is what the real Zorc is like," he said quietly. But for now, he wanted this section of the video to end quickly.
-Cody: Okay, when he comes around the corner, we jump out and scare him.-
-Zorc: Got it!-
-Cody: Wait for it… Now!-
-Guest: Oh my God! Burning! – Yami Bakura glanced at the screen to see Zorc killing whoever the guest was. He smirked slightly, and his eyes widened. "No, I did NOT just laugh at that… abomination!" he thought to himself. "I'd rather face the wrath of the Egyptian Gods than to do that again."
-Zorc: Hooray! I love practical jokes! – "Uhh… guys…" Tea asked. "Are we just going to ignore where that… thing is coming from?" Everyone looked closer at the screen and saw what she was referring to.
"Uh, yeah… good idea," Joey said turning away slightly and blushing a little.
-Cody: Holy sh*t… I think he's dead. – "No duh," Mai said.
-Zorc: Stay turned for our cameo on Hannah Montana.-
-Cody: Holy sh*t… I think she's dead. – "No! Not Hannah Montana!" Tristan said.
Everyone turned to look at him. "Tristan, did you watch that show when you were younger?" Duke asked.
"…Uh," Tristan tried saying.
"Aw, did you have a crush on her?" Joey asked.
"Sh-Shut up!" Tristan stammered, face red.
Across town, Mokuba was taking in what he just watched. "I… kind of want to see this version, minus the killing people. Could you imagine having a giant monster being your friend and doing all these crazy things with you?"
"I'm sure it exists somewhere," Kaiba said.
And finally, Marik was shaking his head. "Well, that was something…"
"I'm not sure if we'll ever see something like that again," Odion said, "At least, not with him."
-Marik: Hey, hey Bakura, guess who I am? Oooooooo Bakura, you must believe in the heart of the cards because I am the pharaoh. Ooooooooo. – "Booooo!" Joey said with his thumbs down. Tea laughed at this.
"Ooooooo, Joey, you must admit that it's still a funny imitation, oooooooo," she said.
"Not you too!" Joey said, followed by everyone laughing. Marik was also enjoying this imitation that his video self was doing.
Yami Bakura, however, was not amused. "That's the worse imitation I ever heard in my entire life, including my ancient one," he thought to himself.
-Yami Bakura: Yes Marik, very amusing.-
-Marik: Oooooooo, Yugi. You must summon the Celtic Guardian! The fate of the world depends on it. – "The Celtic Guardian of all cards?" Mai asked.
"Actually, these videos love to make fun of the Obnoxious, Bamboozled, Disgruntled, Frustrated Celtic Guardian," Yugi said. Everyone started laughing again while Mai gave them all a confused look.
-Yami Bakura: Thank you Marik, that's quite enough of…-
-Marik: The Celtic Guardian Yugi, it is your destiny. – Yugi felt something coming from his deck. He glanced down at it for a second, and then returned his attention to the video.
-Yami Bakura: Ugh, sometimes I wonder which Marik I despise more.-
-Yami Marik: Hug?-
-Yami Bakura: No hug! – "I think I know the answer to your question Bakura," Tristan said. "I'd rather deal with the good Marik instead of being killed by a hug from the other Marik."
Yami Bakura glanced at him. "If you say so," he said with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
Marik: Yugi, you should totally hug him.-
-Yami Bakura: Shut up! Please, both of you just shut up! – "I think this is one of the very rare times I feel sorry for the ring spirit," Tea said. "Having to deal with all of this while facing Marik's other half. Must be a lot of stress on him." Yami Bakura glanced at her for a second before the video continued.
-Tea: Yugi, I just woke up in Bakura's room and he…-
-Yugi: Whoa, whoa, back up. You were sleeping in Bakura's room? And here I thought you had class Tea… actually that's a lie I never thought that. – "Excuse me!?" Tea asked loudly.
Yugi quickly shook his hands in defense "No no no!" he exclaimed. "Don't' get any ideas Tea!" he said.
"Any why shouldn't I?"
"Because you have a ton of class, and if you wanted to get together with Bakura, that's… fine with me," he said with a little hesitation.
Tea chuckled a little. "Okay, you're forgiven."
-Tea: Yugi, this is serious. Bakura's missing!-
-Yugi: And you woke me up because…? – Yugi's group started laughing, just at the way Yugi said that sentence.
-Tea: It means his room is free. We can totally party in there!-
-Yugi: Damn skippy we can! – "Wait, did you guys really have a party while there was a psycho duel happening on the roof!?" Mai asked.
"What, no we didn't!" Tea answered. "We did go up to the roof, but… we were too late."
Yugi lowered his head a little. "She's right. But we at least were able to defeat Marik's evil half and bring Bakura back."
Yami Bakura scoffed a little. There was no way in hell that he would ever thank the pharaoh for saving him from the Shadow Realm. Although… the fact that his host's friends would rather party in his room than save their friend did amuse him a little.
Mokuba was laughing at this scene as well. "This is so not like the real Yugi. But I wonder… what would a party with them be like?" he asked himself.
Kaiba overheard him. "I'd rather you wait until you're older before you try anything like that."
-Yami Marik: And now, Mega Ultra Chicken, arise from your grave!-
-Marik: Stay on target!-
-Yami Bakura: Oh bollocks!-
-Marik: Stay on target!-
-Yami Bakura: I believe we're royally screwed.-
-Marik: Stay on friggin target! – "I love all these references," Tristan said. "Would have been nice if they also included an actual full on out lightsaber battle," he added, still salty about the beginning.
-Yami Bakura: What could I possibly use to defeat an Egyptian God card?-
-Marik: Ooooooooo, the Celtic Guardian Yugi, ooooooo.-
-Yami Bakura: I don't have the bloody Celtic Guardian! How the bloody hell am I supposed to use a bloody card I don't bloody have?! And even if I did bloody have it, how would it work against a bloody Egyptian God?! – Everyone who was watching the video started laughing at his outburst. Nd I really do mean everyone.
While it wasn't as intense as everyone else's, Yami Bakura had a small smirk on his face.
-Marik: Because the fate of the world depends on it, aibou.-
-Yami Bakura: What the bloody hell does 'aibou' mean?-
-Marik: I think it's Japanese for gay. – "…I doubt that," Tea said. "Hang on a second." She took out her phone and opened up her translator. "Okay, what does 'aibou' mean?"
"What does it say?" Serenity asked.
"It says here 'aibou' means 'partner.' That's actually kind of cute," Tea said.
Yugi smiled a little. When he first heard the word in the video, he felt something. It was a feeling of familiarity. He felt happy when he heard that word, like that word was something special. Yami appeared next to Yugi.
"You felt it too?" Yugi asked.
"I did," Yami said. "It was a really nice feeling."
The two looked at each other, neither one talking. "Well then…" Yugi finally spoke. "…I wouldn't mind if you called me that every once in a while."
"I wouldn't either," Yami said with a smile.
"Yug? Are you doing okay?" Joey asked.
"Yeah, just talking to the pharaoh," he said.
-Yami Marik: If you're done fighting with your girlfriend, we have a card game to finish.-
-Yami Bakura: He's not my girlfriend!-
-Marik: You tell him, honey! – "Oh, I'm sure the internet is having a blast with this," Duke said. Yami Bakura glared at him.
Marik blushed yet again and turned away a little. "Now if I didn't know any better, I would think these videos are implying that there's something going on between you and the ring spirit," Odion said.
"…You're just noticing this now?" Marik asked, still not looking at anyone.
"No, I just wanted to break the silence," Odion said with a small chuckle.
-Yami Marik: Now I shall use Mega Ultra Chicken's secret ability that I just this second made up to convert my life points into attack points, merging me with the beast itself. – "What?" Mai asked. "Merge himself?"
"Yeah, that's one of Ra's abilities. It happened during our duel with Marik," Yugi said.
"That's creepy," Mai said. "Imagine if he used that against me."
"And also, he didn't just make it up on the spot like that," Yugi said with a chuckle.
"Man, I couldn't begin to imagine what you had to go through Bakura," Duke said.
"Oh yes, it really was," Yami Bakura said, not wanting to talk too much.
-Yami Marik: Prepare yourselves to become part of internet obscurity. Say hi to the juggernaut for me.-
-Marik: Don't worry Bakura, this is the part where Yugi shows up and saves everybody from certain damnation… any minute now. – "Um, I don't think that's happening," Tristan said. And the next scene confirmed it.
-Joey and Tristan: Party time! – "See, not happening," Tristan added.
"Hey, welcome to the party," Duke said.
-Yugi: You know Tea, I can't help but think I should be doing something very important right now.-
-Tea: Yeah, it's called making out, preferably with me. – Tea and Yugi's faces went red as Joey started laughing. "Do we need to leave the two of you alone?" he said jokingly, before having his ear pulled back by Mai.
-Marik: Huh.-
-Yami Bakura: So much for that. Still, it was a good show while it lasted. Remember that one time when I said 'I don't care'? Hilarious. – "Yeah, that's how this whole relationship between the two of them began," Tristan said.
"Yes, I remember that," Yami Bakura said. "And I still don't care."
-Marik: Yeah, I suppose there's only one thing left to do.-
-Yami Bakura: Right. – "What's that?" Marik asked, but was then taken back when Yami Bakura started signing. "Wait… what's going on?"
"I think we're about to go into another song," Odoin said.
Yugi and his group were surprised as well. "Is he… singing?" Duke asked.
"Are we about get a Bakura and Marik duet?" Tea asked. "I think people are going to be happy about this."
Yami Bakura lifted his hands to plug his ears. It was bad enough that Zorc was reduced to a stupid gag, but now he was going to sing a song.
Mokuba turned up his volume a little. "I never heard Bakura sing. This ought to be good.
-Marik: When the night, has come, and the land is dark, and the moon is the only, light we see. No I won't, be afraid. No I won't, be afraid. Just so long, and you stand, stand by me. – "Wait… Marik is the one singing!?" Joey asked.
"Huh, am I wrong in saying he doesn't sound too bad?" Serenity asked.
"…No, he doesn't sound bad per say… it's just hilarious," Mai said as her voice perked up.
Yugi laughed. "I guess you're right." Yami Bakura still had his ear plugged, but he could faintly hear Marik's singing. He still wasn't impressed.
Mokuba laughed a little before Kaiba spoke up. "Mokuba, could you turn that down a little?" he asked.
"Oh, sure. Sorry," he said as he turned the volume down. Guess Kaiba wasn't a fan of Marik's singing.
Once he realized he was the one singing instead of Yami Bakura, Marik was laughing the entire time. "Oh man, I sound awful," he said. "But this is honestly hilarious!"
Ishizu laughed a little. "It is, and I'm glad you really don't sound like that."
"We need more song covers with my video self singing," Marik suggested in between laughs.
"I bet they exist somewhere," Odion said.
-Marik: And Bakura, Bakura, stand by me, oh stand, by me. Oh-ho stand… stand by me, stand by me. – Everyone watched as Ra fired his attack. "Yikes," Tea softly said. Once the attack hit, everybody winced at little at seeing Yami Bakura.
"Yeesh, talk about overkill," Duke said. Yami Bakura's teeth were gritting as he remembered that moment. Seeing it again wasn't doing him any favors. They then saw Marik getting consumed by the flames.
As this scene was happening, Joey was hearing something else. He was hearing loud, cracking noises. He looked around, trying to figure out where the sound was coming from, and he couldn't believe what he saw. Everywhere, there were giant fractures and cracks, and from what he could tell, he was the only one seeing them.
"What the…?" he asked out loud. Everyone turned to him.
"Joey, what's wrong?" Serenity asked. asked.
"…You guys are seeing what I'm seeing, right?" he asked. "They're everywhere!" The group looked around, but they didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
"I think these videos are messing with your mind. I have no idea what you're seeing," Tea said.
"Are you serious, they're everywhere, they're…" Joey then saw that the cracks he saw weren't there anymore. "Eh? They were just there! I swear!"
"Do you need a water or something?" Tristan asked.
Joey didn't say anything for a second, and then sighed. "Never mind, I think I just need a break." He stood up and stretched. "I'll be walking around if you need me," he said as he got up. He started walking away as the video continued.
-Yami Marik: Hear that Florence? That's the sound of the fourth wall, collapsing. – "What does mean by that?" Mai asked. Everyone shrugged their shoulders.
As soon as that sentence was said, Joey stopped in his tracks. He saw the cracks again, and they were getting bigger. "What is going on around here!?" he asked out loud.
Suddenly, Joey heard another loud sound. This one sounded like glass, like a window being shattered. The cracks got even bigger, and then everyone around Joey started collapsing, like he was trapped in a glass room that was breaking apart. Joey grabbed his head and knelt onto the ground.
"What's happening, what's happening?" he kept repeating to himself.
"Joey!" Yugi and Serenity were running towards him, with concerned looks on their faces. The two approached him and helped him onto his feet.
"Big brother! Please talk to me!" Serenity said.
Joey let go of his head and opened his eyes, not realizing he had closed them. When he did, he saw Yugi and Serenity on either side of him. Looking around, everything looked back to normal. No cracks, no shattering, no nothing.
"Joey!" Yugi said again. Joey blinked and shook his head, snapping himself out of his thoughts.
"Yug… weird things are happening to me," he finally said.
"Well, how about you come back over. The video is almost over," Serenity said.
Joey nodded. "Sounds good." With help from Yugi and Serenity, the three walked over to the other. Everyone, minus Yami Bakura, were watching the three of them, worried.
"Is he okay?" Tea asked.
Joey smiled. "It'll take a lot more to get red of the one and only Joey Wheeler!" Joey said with a thumbs up.
Mai smiled and rolled her eyes. "You got a point there. Now get your butt over here and let's finish this." And with that, Joey sat back down and the video continued.
-Yami Marik: Any final remarks before your series concludes?-
-Yami Bakura: Just the one. Tell my fangirls… I love them. – "…Okay, maybe the evil spirit does care about his fans… or he only does if they give him fingers," Tristan said, remembering another video.
"Ew, don't remind us of that," Tea said. Yami Bakura once again shot Tristan a glare.
-Yami Marik: Ahahahahahaha! Hey Littlekuriboh, where's the new episode? Ahahahahahahaha! – "So, was this the last video for a while?" Duke asked.
"Maybe, but it isn't the end," Yugi said, pointing to the playlist on the right.
-Yugi: Tea, did you hear something just now?-
-Tea: The only thing I can hear is the sound of you not making out with me! – Duke chuckled. "Are you sure you two don't need some alone…" Tea quickly turned to him with a warning glare. "Okay, okay, never mind," Duke said, trying to save face.
-Yugi: I don't know, it sounded kind of like our show being… - Suddenly, everyone was surprised by the static interrupting the video. "Uh, is your computer working?" Mai asked.
"It should," Joey said. The static stopped and the logo appeared, thanking everyone for watching the show. "Huh? Is that the end of the video?"
"No, it still says there's two minutes left," Yugi said. "Also, Marik's singing again."
"Not this again," Yami Bakura said. He returned to Bakura's mind, causing the boy to blink and rub his eyes.
"Huh?" he asked quietly before seeing the logo move like credits.
"Now what's happening?" Tea asked. The credits started, with everyone being credited to the same person.
"Okay, those have to be the easiest credits ever to write," Yugi said. Every continued watching as the credits rolled. "Oh, there's someone else," Yugi said when Rebecca's name appeared.
"So wait, is this really the end of these videos?" Bakura asked.
"No, there's still a ton of videos left to watch," Tea said. "This can't be the end."
"Well then, there might be a post credit scene, so I say we keep watching, and try to enjoy Marik's singing," Joey said. As the credits continued rolling, they reached the end, with mystery characters. "Eh, what's that?"
Everyone looked at the question marks. "I don't know, did we miss certain characters?" Yugi asked. Their question was soon answered when the video zoomed out and familiar faces appeared on the screen.
"Oh no!" Tristan exclaimed. "It's them!" Everyone saw the screen as the credits turned to static.
Mokuba gasped. "It's…" he trailed off as his voice went soft. Mai, Bakura, and the Ishtars were confused at who was on the screen.
-Noah: Gentleman, everything is going forward with the plan. Now that Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged has been canceled, we can proceed with phase two, the complete and total domination of the world-wide media network by 4Kids Entertainment! – "…Noah," Yugi said quietly. Mokuba also said the same thing.
"Who's that kid?" Mai asked. "He looks a little like Kaiba."
Everyone turned to look at her. "You don't know the half of it," Joey said. "Well tell you more later."
-Noah: But first, we must decide how to deal with Yugi and his friends.-
-Gansley: Death by drowning.-
-Nezbitt: Death by robots.-
-Johnson: Death by justice.-
-Leichter: Death by bad publicity. – "I… don't like the way all this is going," Tea said.
-Crump: Death by penguins. – Now this one got a laugh from everyone. "Why penguins of all animals?" Mai asked.
"Believe me, this guy has a creepy obsession with penguins," Tea said, remembering her duel with Crump.
-Noah: Hmm, all of these are very good ideas, good ideas indeed, except for yours Crump that was dumb and so are you. – Tea chuckled. "You can say that again."
-Crump: Oow.-
-Noah: But I have something even better in mind. Who's the green-haired rich spoiled brat screwing the rules now Seto? – "Oh yeah, remember that one part way back when? Kaiba had green hair," Joey remembered. Everyone watched as Noah and the Big Five laughed, and the video ended by saying one word, and a message on the screen.
-Penguins. [see you in season 3]-
"Well then, it seems we have a lot to look forward to," Tea said. "I wonder… do you think Kaiba will watch this?"
"Mokuba probably will, but I don't know about Kaiba," Yugi said. "But who knows."
"Well, I want to see what you all went through," Bakura said.
"Same here," Mai added. "Anways, I have to get going. I still had plans for the day."
"Oh man, I forgot I have homework due tomorrow!" Tristan realized. "How about we watch more videos tomorrow?"
"Sounds good, plus this thing needs recharging," Joey said as he closed his laptop. "Aright, let's all head out!" he said as he led the way.
"Yugi, I'm still worried about what happened earlier," Serenity said.
"Same, but Joey's strong. He should be okay," Yugi said. He then started walking to catch up to the others.
"I hope."
Mokuba sighed as the video. "So, we're really going to be returning to this?" he asked himself quietly.
"Did something happen in your videos?" Kaiba asked.
"Well… we're at a certain part… and…" Mokuba tried saying, but trailing off.
Kaiba raised an eyebrow. "What part?"
Mokuba sighed again before uttering one name.
"…Noah."
Kaiba's eyes widened a little, everything paused. He had many thoughts running through his mind. Memories started coming to him. The Virtual World, the Big Five, Gozaburo, Noah… He had finally moved on from his past, but every once in a while, the memories would resurface for a second, causing him to stop everything.
"Seto?" Mokuba asked.
Kaiba was snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Mokuba, who was looking at him with a concerned face. Sighing, he arranged his papers and stood up. "I'm calling it a day," he said as he stood up from his desk.
"I'm sorry," Mokuba said.
"You didn't do anything wrong, I promise," Kaiba said back. He walked out of his office, leaving Mokuba with his laptop. One second later, Mokuba closed his laptop and followed his brother out.
The Ishtars were reflecting on what they watched. "Who were all those people at the end there?" Odion asked.
"Well, my memory is a little blurry, but remember how I had a little bit of my mind in Tea?" Marik asked. Ishizu and Odion nodded. "I think Yugi and the others were involved with them. I saw little bits and pieces when I was with Tea."
"And when I had the Necklace, I saw little bits from Seto's past, and I saw some of them in those visions," Ishizu said. "There was a time after the semi-finals were Yugi and his group disappeared. I wonder if they have something to do with that."
"Must be," Marik said. He then looked at the time in the corner. "Guys, it's starting to get late!" Marik said. He gathered all their food again and started walking back home.
"We'll have to watch more of these another time," Odion said. He and Ishizu followed their brother out of the market.
That night, Joey was turning in his sleep. He was getting more and more restless as he started to dream…
The next thing Joey knew, he heard voices calling out to him. He opened his eyes and saw that he was in an empty void of some kind. "Eh? What's going on?" he asked. Suddenly, he heard an unknown voice.
"Behind you Joey!"
Startled, Joey turned around and he gasped at the sigh before him. Thousands and thousands of people were gathered, all looking at him and smiling. "Hi Joey," one of them said. "We were finally able to reach you now that the fourth wall collapsed."
"Who- who are all of you people!?" Joey asked. Laughter was heard, and another person stepped forward.
"We're glad you asked Joey! Now, this might be hard to believe, but…" Everyone got quiet as the person took a deep breath.
"We're the Yu-Gi-Oh fandom!"
And there it is. You know what this means? It means all of you reading this... you all are now in this fanfic, including me!
Also, this was a hard decision to make, but the Ishtars will not be reacting to the Virtual World episodes. I was thinking I would have them react to just the first video, but as I kept writing, I realized it wasn't going to work they way I wanted it too, and so I had to cut them out for this arc. So I'm sorry if you wanted to see their reactions. but Mai and Bakura will be watching this arc, so there's that.
Now to the reviews, and holy shit there was a lot this time around. So for similar response, I'm going to group up. Remeber, you can skip if you don't want to read all of this.
Lady Twilight Prime: Not again! *fixes wall* ... Oh who am I kidding, it's going to break again.
Delekmaster, Ronin Warriors Fanatic, MAJORMATT1234, Hero Of The Hazard, Draoog101, Neroquin: Lol, and look at what happened to Joey!
raydark182, LockeBelmont, Dragonkeeper10, SilverJoJo, Mrpeepington: Thank you, I'm glad you liked the chapter!
The MeniacalMadman: I was going to, but it wasn't working out for me. I'm sorry they won't be watching this arc... but someone else will
Chronosign: I'll have to read that one day, but I'll have to catch up first, since I stopped watching rwby at the beginning of volume four, and we're on volume eight now. ^^;
Naughty Tome, thedarkpokemaster, denbob, The Richmaster, kittycatcatcher, mellra, epantoja521, Guest #3: Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Nexus240, Evilkitten3, danifan3000, ilovepie123, The Taios, Guest #2, SomeGuy: I'll have them react to that and the other side videos in another fanfic.
Zeon Paralysis Crystal: Probably not, especially Kaiba, but we'll have to see.
Sauwk: That means another chapter for this fanfic.
Spiritstrike: It's pretty much canon, and it's also canon that Atem stays with Yugi and the two finally kiss and start officially dating and... what do you mean that's not what happened!?
Lord Darth Yoda: I didn't realize it until I started writing the chapter and I was like 'wait a minute, they really do have a lot in common.'
SuperNova23: I'm glad he's doing okay too. As much as we all love the series, his health always comes first.
Rinfantasy: I couldn't get that in this chapter because a lot already happened in this chapter, but they will see it in the future.
dragonslayerajahn: Joey: Eh? Censored? 50 things!? Great, now I'm confused!
finaldragon111: Maybe I could do that, but we'll have to see. As for now, seems like Joey is in for the ride of his fictional life.
thunderofdeath97: How can Zorc (since he is Yami Bakura) be the most evil being in the show when he's off playing practical jokes on VIP guests?
Guest #1: Marik the screenslaver. That's his name now!
Greer123: I think Tristan is still salty about it.
ShootToMiss: Lol, We are getting to this arc, and this is one of my favorites in the Abridged series.
Wingsong5555: Joey is in for it now. He'll see more in the next chapter!
AmmoliteStone: You know what. he does now. Screw the rules, he's saying that catchprase. And hope you liked this chapter... in 3D!
usagi-no-usotsuki: That ending should answer your question. Now that the fourth wall collapsed...
Apologies if I missed anyone. The next chapter will be out March 20th or 21st. See you guys next time!
Next time: Episode 47 - Beyond the Fourth Wall. Duel Standby!