Days until DSoD: 74

So, so, so, so, so, so, so, so

Joey: Will you get on with it already?!

Fine. I'm so sorry this is late. I've been trying to find balance between writing this, my school work, and my personal life. But now, I think I have found my balance, and things should start getting back to normal. But once again, sorry for the wait :(

Person: Why thank you! Glad you like the story! :)

Duanemaster: I assume you're referring to DBZ. I'll probably watch all the DBZ shows eventually, except GT, because from what I heard nobody likes it.

FANactic Writer: Lol first Black Luster Soldier with his grandpa, then his Beaver Warrior, and now Kuriboh. Wait until other monsters appear, like Dark Magician Girl.

Rittie: I haven't seen Funimation's One Piece dub yet, but everyone does say it's much better.

Thedarkpokemaster: I think they do too. Their friends probably do know, they're just not as open with showing it as Yugi and Tea are. Yep, Pokémon's starting to enter the picture, and don't forget Mokuba's "Japanese puberty" in a later episode.

S Danyal Allen: Ah yes Star Wars, fitting since the new movie was released not too long ago.

AnimaniAshley: That will be hilarious, well for everyone except Yami. :p

Reydrago: I think it's better that they didn't do it at all rather than drastically tone the arc down and probably piss off people even more.

LadyRider92: Well he does look damn good in a tutu. :p Kaiba is staring to take an interest, for now at least. I don't know, I just can't picture Kaiba actually hanging out with the gang to watch the videos. ^^' Maybe it will happen in the future (like maybe the Battle City finals), but for now, I'm not 100% sure.

Itachiforever342: Lol, wait until some of the other monsters come in, like Dark Magician Girl. I answer reviews to show that I really do read each one, not just gloss over them, and to feel more connected to my readers. ^_^ Oh I defiantly will! From what I saw when Ghost Nappa cameoed (The f*ck is with your hair, your hair…) I can tell it will be awesome!

MindWorlds: Thank you! Enjoy the chapter!

TheLoZKing: Glad you're enjoying the story!

Wesst1: The reason Atem didn't watch it was because that duel left a scar on his memory, which is reasonable since he almost killed Kaiba without holding back, and I didn't think he would want to be reminded of that. That would be pretty funny with Atem just telling Yugi to get with Tea already, that might even happen in later chapters.

SuperNova23: I'm glad you like it! Thank you!

Lily D. Cave: Well even though the main focus is the abridged series, them finding fault with the actual show is just something I threw in on the side. I did think about having them watch the series "behind the scenes" as actors, but that seems like something everyone does with 'reaction' fanfics, so I decided to actually have them watch it in the shows universe to be a little different, and get some awkward reactions to 4kids.

TTY7: Hope you enjoy the chapter. I don't know, it just never pulled me in as a child like other shows such as Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokémon did. ^^' I will watch it though before I die, count on it!

Money100: Glad you like it! Enjoy the chapter!

Cster: Thank you so much! :D

I own nothing! Enjoy!

-Quote from abridged series.-

"Mind speaking"

Normal dialogue.

After getting drinks at the local Café, the gang sat down at one of the outside tables and Joey set up his laptop. Just before getting to the Café, the group ran into Mai, who was more than happy to join them. Mai then noticed another video was being pulled up.

"Still watching those videos?" she asked.

"Yeah, they're pretty good. Have you seen any other ones?" Tea asked.

"I haven't had a lot of time. People keep wanting to duel me," Mai answered. "I guess I should get caught up."

"Well what are we waiting for?" Joey asked as he clicked play.

-A long time ago, on an island far, far away.- "Oh boy! I know where this is going," Tristian said.

Everyone started smiling and laughing as "Card Games" appeared in the style of the Star Wars logo. "Ok, that's pretty cool," Joey said. "Episode XV Duel of Fates. Sounds pretty cool."

"Wonder what the rest is going to say," Yugi said as the words came on and he started reading. "It is a period of Civil – oh ok," he started but didn't finish as the credits sped up.

"Well, that's one way to start an episode," Bakura said smiling.

Tea then spoke up. "Wait, did I just see something about George Lucas making something where Yugi and Kaiba are monkeys?" Yugi looked confused and embarrassed.

"If that's true, it'll be in America," Tristian said laughing.

-Tea: Yugi hasn't said a word since he lost to Kaiba.-

-Joey: Yug, answer me. How many fingers am I holding up?-

-Yugi: …-

-Joey: That's right, zero. Man, you're good at this game. - "I guess you could say that, because technically I was right," Yugi said chuckling. -Let's play something else.-

-Bakura: Check his pulse Joey. – "Oh my, I'm going to be kept reminded of that, aren't I?" Bakura asked.

-Joey: Listen Yug, I lost a card game to Kaiba too. But I didn't get all mopey about it, even when I started having these really erotic dreams about it. - Nobody said anything, and Joey just stared at the screen.

-Joey: I mean I was in a dog suit and everything. Wait a minute, have you been having dream sex with Kaiba behind my back?! Answer me you two-timing bastard. - "Wait, is this video implying that I…What?! Ok! Hold on a minute! That isn't happening in a million years!" Joey yelled. "No way money bags and I are…you know."

"We know Joey, you belong with someone else," Tea said, turning slightly towards Mai.

-Mai: Oh please, who hasn't had dream sex with Kaiba?-

-Tea: Look everyone, it's Skankity Slut Slut. – "E-Excuse me?" Mai asked.

-Mai: Actually my name's Mai Valentine.-

-Tea: That's what I said, Skankity Slut Slut. – "Yeah, um…you might want to rephrase that," Mai said sternly.

-Mai: I heard Yugi had lost his will to live. That is such a turn-on for me. I just love broken men.-

-Tea: I'm sick of you flirting with my future husband. It's time we settle this like real women.-

-Tristian: Whoo-hoo! Cat fight!-

-Tea: No not like that.-

-Tristian: Mud wrestling?-

-Tea: No.-

-Tristian: Naked pillow fight? - "Where did you get that idea?" Tea asked. Tristian turned red and smiled.

-Tea: No!-

-Bakura: Embroidery contest? …What? – "My thoughts exactly," Bakura said.

-Tea: Mai Skankentine, I challenge you to a card game! And once more I'm going to beat your bleach-blond butt right back to Boobieland. – Tea started at the screen. "Ok, that's got to be one of the weirdest things I've ever said, and I didn't even really say it."

"I can agree with that," Mai added.

-Joey: A women winning a card game, that's the craziest thing I've ever heard.-

-Tristian: Didn't she beat you in the second episode?-

-Joey: Do you want to go back in the box?-

-Tristian: Please don't send me back there. – Joey started laughing, while Tristian gave him a quick glare.

-Tea: Hmm, which of my painfully adorable monsters should I use first? – Tea started laughing. "If those were real monster cards, I could just win by showing them to my opponent."

-Joey: Whatever you do Tea, don't look directly at her cleavage! It's like a black hole, you'll get sucked in! – Mai looked at the screen, and then started laughing. "Can't say that hasn't happened before," she said.

-Mai: Face it kid, you don't stand a chance against me. You're just a cheerleader who stumbled her way into the big leagues. If I were you, I'd quit right now.-

-Tea: I won't give up! I'm going to beat you Mai, and when I do it'll prove that women are equal to men!-

*laugh* "Wait, is this implying…?" Tea started.

"It better not, or else someone has some explaining to do," Mai finished.

-Tea: I'm serious!-

-Tristian: Take off your clothes! – "Not helping!" Tea yelled. Tristian shrunk down in his seat.

-Tea: I summon Shining Friendship! It symbolizes the bond I share with my friends. That's why it's so small and fragile. It has Joey's courage, Tristian's spirit, and Yugi's heart.-

-Bakura: Aren't you forgetting someone?-

-Tea: Who's that?-

-Bakura: You know, long-white hair? Dashing good looks? Slightest hint of an accent?-

-Tea: Pegasus?-

-Bakura: Me you trollup! – "Oh man, I did forget to mention you back then," Tea said turning to Bakura. "I'm sorry, I was so use to hanging out with just Yugi, Joey, and Tristian back then. Sorry again."

"It's fine, I didn't mind that much," Bakura said smiling.

-Tea: Hey stop groping my Yugi-muffin!-

-Bakura: Bugger off you had your chance! – Yugi, Bakura, and Tea blinked. Bakura was the first to slowly back away a little from the other two. Yugi then backed away from Bakura slightly, followed by Tea.

-Mai: Go Harpy Lady! Destroy Shining Friendship!-

-Tea: Nothing can destroy friendship. It's the most powerful force in the universe. It's even stronger than Chuck Norris! – "I wouldn't recommend saying that in front of him, or else he'll defiantly correct you," Joey said.

-Joey: Blasphemy!-

-Tristian: These are the worst strippers I've ever seen! – Tea and Mai turned to Tristian, who was red again. "Wait, I didn't say anything like that! Blame him!" he said quickly pointing to the screen.

The two girls just laughed.

-Mai: I surrender. My breasts can't withstand another friendship speech.-

-Tea: Victory is mine!-

-Yugi: This duel has given me newfound inspiration. After all, if someone as worthless as Tea can win a card game, this tournament should be a piece of cake. – Yugi jerked up and quickly turned to Tea. "That's not me! I would never say anything like that!" he said quickly and turning red.

Tea sighed. "I know, but that Yugi needs to hear what you said."

-Mai: Pegasus' castle. You'll never find a more retched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.-

-Kemo: Attention duelists! You guys are not duelists! I'll need to see your identification.-

-Tea: Me love you long time?-

-Mai: You don't need to see their identification.-

-Kemo: I don't need to see their identification.-

-Mai: These aren't the breasts you're looking for.-

-Kemo: These aren't the breasts I'm looking for.-

-Mai: Move along.-

-Kemo: My hair is in love.-

Mai's eyes widened as the music started playing. "No…not him!" she said as she started shuddering.

-Mai: Rejected! – "Ha! Take that!" Mai yelled happily.

"Nice one," Tea said. Both girls high-fived each other.

-Kemo: Wait come back! My hair wants to marry you. Ow my hair! – "Serves you right!" Mai said confidently before laughing. Everybody else laughed along. Mai then noticed the time.

"Well, I better get going. It was nice seeing you guys, and I'll be sure to be caught up next time."

Everybody waved goodbye as Mai headed back home, then they resumed the video.

-Yugi: Come on gang, let's go rescue that old man who lives in my basement and eats all my food. - Yugi dropped his head to the table. "Can we be done with making fun of Grandpa, please?" he asked.

-Joey: Bandit Keith! You no good son of a bitch! This is for trapping me inside a cave, with Bakura! – Bakura looked at Joey. "Which I don't mind at all! It's nice to have your company," Joey said quickly. "At least this Bakura's company," he thought to himself.

-Keith: You punch like somebody who isn't American.-

-Joey: How come you're so strong and agile?-

-Keith: I modeled myself after the greatest American hero of all time! Hulk Hogan!-

-Yugi: Look! Kaiba's dueling Pegasus.-

-Joey: But they're both villains, who are we supposed to root for? – "The last thing I'd want to do is root for Rich Boy," Joey said.

-Yugi: Well, Pegasus did kidnap my grandpa, but Kaiba cheated in a card game, and that's unforgivable. – "What?! More than kidnapping Grandpa's soul? I don't think so!" Yugi said a little angrily.

-Kaiba: The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner. Now I am the master.-

-Pegasus: Only a master of card games Kaiba-boy.-

-Tristian: What's with all the Star Trek quotes? – Everyone quickly turned to Tristian.

"You did not just mistake those for Star Trek quotes!" Joey yelled.

"W-wait! I can explain…maybe," Tristian replied.

Joey then started laughing. "We're just messing with ya," he said smiling. Tristian sighed in relief.

-Pegasus: I activate the magical Toon World!-

-Kaiba: A grown man who watches cartoons. That's almost as insane as a grown man playing a children's card game. – "I bet I could name two or three cartoons grown men could enjoy," Bakura said.

"I wonder if Kaiba is watching this, and what he thinks," Yugi said.

Like Yugi had thought, Kaiba was indeed watching the video. After watching a few seconds at the beginning, he couldn't care less about what the gang was doing and only wanted to watch his duel with Pegasus. So he skipped up to the point where he was making the Star Wars reference, and rolled his eyes when it was mistaken for Star Trek.

When it got to the comment about a gown man playing Duel Monsters, Kaiba thought for a moment, and then realized he shouldn't have thought about it in the first place.

-Pegasus: Toon World allows me to change your monsters into cheap imitations. It's rather like what 4kids did to this show. Come forth, Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon!-

-Bakura: That's no toon, that's a space station…no wait you're right it's a toon. – Bakura chuckled.

-Kaiba: Help me Mokuba, you're my only hope.-

-Mokuba: Use the force big brother. – Kaiba did think it would be cool if he could actually do that.

-Yugi: Hey Kaiba! Try threatening to kill yourself, that usually works. Only this time, really do it! – "What? No way I'd ever say something like that!" Yugi said trying to get flashbacks of that duel out of his head.

At Kaibacorp, Kaiba was starting to get a little annoyed.

-Kaiba: I'm placing all my faith in this one card! And my faith rewards me with the Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Now it's time for the ultimate cartoon showdown! Japanese animation vs American animation!- "Japanese animation?" Yugi asked.

-Keith: Hey, you can't use that word. It belongs to America. Only Americans are allowed to…-

-Kaiba: Shut the f*ck up. – The gang started chuckling. "Take that Bandit Keith!" Tristian said.

-Keith: …In America. – "I think he took it," Joey added.

At Kaibacorp, Kaiba couldn't help but smirk at the scene.

-Pegasus: You forgot one important detail Kaiba-boy. Japanese cartoons tend to be a lot slower than their American counterparts.-

-Kaiba: His dragon dodged my attack. I haven't been this disappointed since I saw Rain of Fire. – Kaiba just shook his head.

-Pegasus: Now I'm going to remove your soul from your body, leaving you a shell of your former self. From now on you'll just stand around with a blank look on your face all the time, so you probably won't notice any difference. Ooh, I totally burned you. – Kaiba growled and quickly closed the window. "Like I said, I don't have time for these," he said angrily to himself as he walked out of the room.

-Joey: Man, that duel was really boring. It was like waiting for LittleKuriboh to make a new video.-

-Tristian: Let's complain about it! – "Huh, I guess a lot of people were waiting for these when this video came out…wait, how long have these videos been going on for?" Tea said.

"This one was posted in 2009," Yugi said. "How is it were only now noticing these?" he added. Everyone shrugged their shoulders.

-[I think I just jumped the shark…]-

"You know, I just realized something," Tristian said suddenly.

"What's that?" Tea asked.

"There have been multiple Star Wars references, but they haven't said anything about one of the most famous scenes from the movies. You guys know what I'm talking about right?"

"Oh yeah, I just realized that," Joey said. "Well the video isn't over yet, maybe something will happen."

-Yami: Next week on Yu-Gi-Oh.-

-Kemo: Yugi never told you what happened to your father.-

-Tristian: He told me enough. He told me you killed him.-

-Kemo: No, my hair is your father! – Tristian rolled his eyes to his hair. "So, his hair is my father?" he asked chuckling.

-Tristian: That's not true, that's impossible.-

-Kemo: Search your feelings, you know it to be true.-

-Tristian: No! – "Well, I now know who my real father is," Tristian said laughing, followed by everyone else.

The gang then heard the Crazy Frog as Tea's ringtone. Tea looked down at her phone. "I think I'm fine with my current ringtone," she said.

Yugi looked at the time and yawned. "Guys, it's getting late. I think I'm going to head out."

"Same here Yug," Joey added. Everyone else agreed. But as they were getting up, Yugi suddenly paused.

"Wait, Joey let me see your laptop for a minute."

Joey was a little confused, but he let Yugi use it. Yugi typed up an email with a link to the videos and sent it out. "He probably won't get it until the morning, but at least he'll have it."

"Who will have it?" Bakura asked. Yugi just smiled. Joey then closed the laptop and everyone started heading home.

The next morning the email was opened.

"Now what could this be, Yugi-boy?"

Yep, it's finally time for him to see the abridged series.

Fun fact: Tea's ringtone in the Japanese version is the second opening to the show, SHUFFLE. Surprisingly they actually kept it in one of the English episodes…before changing it in another.

I do want to say a couple of things really quickly.

Yami Bakura: Which won't be quick at all!

Hey! First, I know Kaiba didn't really react a lot in this chapter, but when he only appears in the last few minutes, there really isn't a lot to work with. But later down, there will be plenty for Kaiba to react to.

Also, I know Kaiba didn't react to the implied puppyshipping early in the video, but he will find out about it later on, and won't be too thrilled with it.

Final thing, on that note, I'm completely neutral to puppyshipping. Not one of my favorite parings, but I don't hate it either. I'm not trying to call out the shipping by having Joey react negatively to it, I just think that's how canon Joey would react to it. I'm not trying to dis on any potential puppyshippers reading this, and I don't want flame reviews saying "You insulted my OTP!" or "Puppyshipping hater!" or anything along those lines!

Yami Bakura: …Are you done?

Yeah, just needed to get all that out. I'm good now! One again, sorry for the wait. I will be back on schedule soon. Until then, see you all next time!

Next time: Episode 16 – Fanservice. Duel Standby!