You seem relieved Yugi.
Yugi: Well, since DSoD is out, and you read the spoilers (The Author Notes will be spoiler free), that means all the hype is done and we can move on.
*laughs* Aw that's cute, you think I'm done with the movie when we still have to wait for the DVD release next year so we can get a subbed version online. That's really cute.
Yugi: …
LadyRaider92: I understand. You'll have to see what Duke thinks. ;)
CorinnetheAnime: (Mokuba: I defiantly need a hug, thank you!) Uh oh, your sides hurt? Don't worry, I'll help you! (Tea: You're not a doctor though) I can at least try!
Thedarkpokemaster: What a dilemma, having to choose between two souls that share a body.
ShadowPoisonCrystal: Yami will be in this chapter, and he'll be appearing more often. Marik will be here soon. ;)
SuperNova23: I haven't seen JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, but everyone says it's really good. Enjoy the chapter and Arc-V when the episode comes out, or maybe it already did by this point.
Zombyra: Oh I think he'll like it. ;)
Guest: (Yugi: Thank you)
Above the Winter Moonlight: Rock the dragon! Bakura will come back in the next chapter, and then make cameos until he meet Marik in the series. (Yugi: Thank you!)
Reydrago: Oh okay, I actually have some of those cards, now I know what deck you're talking about! Marik and his family will be coming up soon, we'll have to see what the think.
Rittie: (Yugi: Thank you!) Enjoy!
WhisperedSilvers: Duke's bringing sexy back! XD
FANactic Writer: Get that throat better! Enjoy the chapter!
Saffira Artemis: On the contrary, I was actually happy to see so many reviews from you. For me it showed how much you love the story, which was my interpretation. Everything you mentioned will be coming up soon, and I'm excited for them! (Yugi: And thanks for the birthday wish.)
The Creative Creator: I always love creative usernames. :) Enjoy the chapter!
S Danyal Allen: Leaning more towards the former. ;)
TTY7: In that case, they better take off now! They probably would of, but I think they thought Mokuba was too busy with his work to be paying attention to the video. Oh yes, he is very pretty!
Money100: (Yugi: Yep, my birthday was revealed in the official guidebook.) Enjoy the chapter!
Wulf: (Yugi: Thank you!) I love making people laugh! ^_^
MindWorlds: This is one of my favorites too! Enjoy!
Zekeram12: …okay? ^^'
Gracekim1: I recently re-watched the show, still holds up! Enjoy the fic!
Dragon Goddess: I've got reactions planned for those! ;)
MagicNESSofLigHt: That will be in another fanfic after this one.
Wesst1: You'll have to see what Duke thinks! ;)
Bakura Ishtar Allonsy: Thank you, I've got ideas for that part.
: That will be in another fanfic.
Winterapple12: …The things that happen to Kaiba in the fandom sometimes…(Yugi: Thank you!)
Ronin warriors fanatic: You'll have to see what he thinks!
Give credit to Kazuki Takahashi and LittleKuriboh for Yu-Gi-Oh and the abridged series. Enjoy!
-Abridged series.-
"Mind speaking"
Normal dialogue.
As soon as he heard Yugi and saw the others, Duke ran over to their table and gave everyone a high five.
"So what brings you here? I thought you were working on your game business?" Joey asked.
"Thought I'd take a break and visit Domino City for a while. I'm making a lot of process with my game, and thought maybe I could get more ideas here. How about you guys?"
"We've been good." Yugi's eyes widened. "Oh man Duke, you have to check these out!"
"Check what out?" Duke asked confused.
"These videos we've been watching. They're about our lives, but they change what we say and add other things," Yugi said trying to explain the videos to Duke.
"Huh, I could give them a try. It seems like you guys like them so much." Duke sat down with the others as they started the next video.
-Announcer: Warning, this episode contains copious amounts of Duke Devlin. Women with heart conditions are advised not to look directly at Duke Devlin. This also applies to women without heart conditions. He's very pretty. See? See how pretty he is? He's very pretty! I'd like to run my fingers through his hair, and I'm just a voice. – The gang turned to Duke, whose eyes were wide and his mouth was open. Duke's mouth turned into an open smile and laughs were coming out.
"Wow, okay this I have to see!"
-Announcer: Anyway, without further ado, enjoy your crappy anime cartoon.-
"I like it so far," Duke said as the title sequence played.
"And the actual video hasn't even started yet," Tea said.
-Yugi: I'm going to school now Gramps. If this porch isn't cleaned by the time I get back, I'll tell my parents you've been abusing me. – "No, no, no! Grandpa's tough, but never abusive," Yugi said.
-Tea: Hey Yugi.-
-Yugi: Slut! I mean Tea! – "Excuse me!?" Tea said angrily.
"Just ignore it!" Yugi said quickly.
-Tea: What's wrong with your grandpa? Is he dying? Tell me he's dying!-
-Yugi: You know Tea, we could kill him right now and nobody would have to know about it. – Everyone turned to Yugi. Then they slowly backed away, except Duke, who was a little confused.
"You see what I mean when I said these videos treat our lives differently?" Yugi said.
"I see it alright," Duke replied as everyone gathered around again.
-Tea: Really?-
-Solomon: Hello I'm down here now, and I'm very angry for reasons I'm about to explain. Ta-Da! That new game shop is stealing all my customers!-
-Tea: You have customers? – "You know, she's got a point. Every time we're at your shop, we haven't seen any customers," Tristan said.
"Grandpa says he has a lot of customers, so they must come when we're not there," Yugi said.
-Yugi: Wow, a super special awesome new game shop! I believe that there is a slight possibility that I may be interested in checking it out.-
-Solomon: Do it and you die! – The gang started laughing at both Solomon's statement and Yugi's reaction. "That's Grandpa. One time these videos are accurate." Yugi said.
-Person: If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! – "Well then, might as well just put another brick in the wall," Tea said, followed by other others chuckling.
-Joey: How come we never do any school work anyway?-
-Yugi: It makes you wonder why we even bother coming here. – "Because skipping school is never a good idea," Yugi said, "Even if there are day where we don't do that much."
-Tea: Hey, did you guys hear about that new student? They say he's the sexiest thing since sex. – "Oh no, not more of these jokes," Joey said.
"Are there a lot of those in these videos?" Duke asked. Everyone turned to him and nodded.
-Joey: Nyeh, sex isn't that sexy.-
-Tristan: Joey, what's sex? – Duke suddenly burst out laughing. "That's what you sound like in these videos!?" he asked in between laughs. Tristan growled at him, knowing he didn't have much of a defense against that statement.
"That voice reminds me of something when I was younger…"
"Don't you dare!" Tristan countered.
-Joey: Well Tristan, when a man and a woman love each other very much…-
-Tea: Joey no! We mustn't let Tristan breed.-
-Joey: Nyeheheh! Thanks Tea, that was a close one. – "Trust me, I'm not interested in that kind of stuff," Tristan said.
"Yeah, girls wouldn't want you with that voice," Duke said snickering.
"Watch it dice boy!"
-Joey: Huh? Hey, where's that music coming from? – "Good question, why is there music playing?" Joey said. The gang watched as the video showed Duke.
-Duke: Keep your eyes on me ladies. Cheap parlor tricks are extremely erotic. Oh yeah. – Duke's mouth opened a little. "Is that supposed to be me?"
"I guess it is, this is the first time we've seen you in these videos," Yugi said.
Duke chuckled. "Well in that case, let's see what else is said about me."
-Girl: Oh he's so smexy! His cup is so big!-
-Tristan: It's magic! He must be a witch. – "Where did you come up with that assumption?" Duke asked.
"Well, back then you attracted every girl at school, anyone who could do that must have the magic touch," Tristan responded.
"I was referring to me being called a witch."
"Oh that, heh," Tristan tried answering.
-Duke: I couldn't help but notice you guys aren't drooling over me as if I'm some kind of sex object. – "Well, I don't think I'd go that far in describing myself," Duke said chuckling, "But I won't say the same for the ladies."
-Tea: Huminahuminahumina. – "And there you have it, the ladies have good taste," Duke said smiling.
"Sorry, but I have different tastes," Tea thought glancing at Yugi for a second.
-Duke: I'm Duke Devlin. I own the new game shop. – "Wait, the music! It plays every time Duke talks," Yugi realized. "You have a theme song Duke."
Duke laughed. "I like it. Really says a lot doesn't it?"
"How come whenever we talk we don't get a theme song?" Joey asked.
"What would you have for yours?" Tea asked.
Joey paused. "I can come up with a few options."
-Tea: You can own my body too if you want. – Tea perked up. "Okay, wording it like that is making me steer away even more."
-Tristan: Burn the witch! – "Good idea," Tristan said jokingly, unaware of Duke growling behind him.
-Duke: You must be Yugi. My fangirls have told me all about you. They say you're almost as pretty as me. – Yugi blushed for a moment. "Well…heh…I'm not sure I'd call myself 'pretty'."
"Are you kidding? Being the King of Games, I'm actually surprised more girls aren't attracted to you," Duke said.
"If they are, I haven't seen any."
-Joey: Hey dice boy, what do they say about me? Point point.-
-Duke: They say you're a loser with a fetish for dressing up like animals. – "What!?" Joey yelled. "Look, just because I had to dress up like a dog that one time doesn't mean it's a hobby!"
"You sure?" Duke asked jokingly.
"Yes I am sure!" Joey reiterated.
-Joey: I am not a loser! And I'll prove it by challenging you to a children's card game!-
-Duke: I accept, but if I win then you have to be my slave.-
-Tea: Lucky bastard. – Tea turned towards the others. "If any of you decide to turn me into a slave…!" she said angrily. Every smiled nervously and shook their heads.
-Joey: And if I win then you have to close your game shop.-
-Yugi: Joey, don't you think that's a little extreme? You can't put somebody out of business just because you're jealous.-
-Joey: I'm not jealous. What does he have that I don't have, aside from the fangirls, and the pretty hair, and those gorgeous green eyes? – "Well thank you," Duke said chuckling. Joey shook his head.
-Duke: Don't forget my sweet ass. – "And thank you once again," Duke added.
-Joey: Yeah, and a sweet ass, but other than that, he's got nothing.-
-Tea: Bow-chicka-wow-wow!-
-Tristan: Burn the witch!-
-Joey: Here we are at the game shop. Once I win this card game, Duke Devlin will be out of a job and he'll be forced to live on the street. Nyeheheheh.-
-Tea: What a heroic thing to do.-
-Tristan: Clearly he is a role-model for children everywhere. – "You might want to rethink what you're saying. Lesson's like that wouldn't be good for children to learn," Duke said, "Especially if I'm the one who's homeless."
-Duke: Welcome to the Duke Devlin love-nasium. I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of inviting my fangirls to watch our duel.-
-Fangirls: Oh Dukey you're so fine! You're so fine you blow my mind! Hey Dukey! Hey Dukey! – Duke chuckled. "Yep, those were the days."
-Tea: It's true what they, fangirls ruin everything.-
-Tristan: Burn the witch! – "So is that like your catchphrase in these videos?" Duke asked.
"Nope, just in this one, and I like it. Reminds me of a certain movie," Tristan said starting to giggle a little.
-Yugi: Isn't anybody gonna notice that I'm not wearing my school uniform? – "What's so significant about me not wearing my school uniform?" Yugi asked.
Everyone stared at him. Yugi looked down at his clothing and back at the gang. "Point taken."
-Duke: I summon the extremely phallic spaceship, but since it belongs to me, it grows to twice its usual size. Duke Devlin always rises to the occasion baby. – "Now that would be cool, to have card effects based on the actual duelist playing the card," Duke said.
-Duke: Gradius, totally attack his life points.-
-Joey: Nyeh!-
-Fangirls: Joey Wheeler lost the bet! Duke Devlin makes our panties wet! – "Wow, I seem to be the highlight for every girl in this video," Duke said chuckling.
-Duke: Since you lost, you have to do whatever I want.-
-Girl: Put it on.-
-Joey: This is slightly more humiliating than playing a children's card game.-
-Yami: Duke Devlin, you've gone too far! How dare you force Joey to uphold his end of the bargain! I challenge you to a game, and if I win, then Joey is no longer your slave! – "You know what? You haven't seen a video in forever," Yugi said, giving Yami control.
"No, I guess I haven't," Yami said chuckling.
-Duke: Fine by me, but if you lose, then you must swear on the life of your grandfather that you'll never play card games ever again.-
-Yami: Big deal, he'll be dead by the end of the month. – "Wow Yugi, the way I've seen you treat your old man in this video," Duke started.
"Unlike how I really treat him?"
"Exactly."
-Duke: We'll play Dungeon Dice Monsters, a game of my own creation. We each take it in turns to draw dice.-
-Yami: So it's just like Duel Monsters.-
-Duke: Then we use our dice to summon holographic monsters to the field.-
-Yami: So it's just like Duel Monsters.-
-Duke: Both opponents are given three heart points, and when they run out, the game is…-
-Yami: So it's just like Duel Monsters. – Everyone started laughing, while Duke was thinking about Dungeon Dice Monsters and Duel Monsters.
"I wouldn't say they're the same. Dungeon Dice Monsters is a game where people can create new experiences with others. When people play the game, they can make new friends, and even find a rival with another player. The game brings people from all over the world together," Duke explained.
Yami chuckled. "So it's just like Duel Monsters."
Everyone laughed and Duke realized what he just said.
-Duke: Hey stop it! My game is nothing like Duel Monsters.-
-Yami: Prove it then!-
-Duke: …My game uses dice. – "You know, you can use anything in place of dice and nothing would change the fact that the game is similar to Duel Monsters," Tristan said.
"Like what?" Duke asked. Answers came from around him.
"Rubber balls."
"Coins."
"Very small rocks."
-Tristan: Burn the witch! – "Ha, nice timing," Tristan said.
-Solomon: As per usual, I have no idea where I am. I wonder what's going on over there. Hm? Whoa nelly! Yes, yes, work it baby! Grandpa likes it like that. Shake it like a Polaroid picture. – Everyone was laughing, even Yami couldn't help but chuckle a little. Yugi appeared next to him and sighed.
"So that's what Grandpa was doing while we were battling Duke," Yugi said.
Yami smiled. "You can say that again."
-Joey: Come on Yug! You can do it!-
-Girl: Shut up, or we'll have you spayed.-
-Girl: That's right. – "Whoa, okay. Don't get hi-her angry," Tristan said as everyone else laughed.
-Duke: I've waited a long time for this moment Yugi. I'm gonna prove to the world that you're a cheater by beating you in a game of my own creation.-
-Yami: You wanna run that by me one more time?-
-Duke: There's like, no way you could have beaten Pegasus without cheating. He was my idol. I've tried my whole life to be just as masculine as he is.-
-Yami: That would explain a lot. – Everyone except Duke started giggling. "What's so funny?" Duke asked confused.
"Oh, it's something from earlier videos," Tea said.
-Duke: I visited him before the Duelist Kingdom Tournament to demonstrate my game. He was totally awesome. It was like he'd played Dungeon Dice Monsters his whole life!-
-Yami: That's probably because he had. Your game is exactly like Duel Monsters. – "Okay, okay I get it. Dungeon Dice Monsters may have been based off of Duel Monsters, but I still stand by my statement that it isn't exactly like it!" Duke said loud and proud.
-Pegasus: Congratulations Dukey-boy. This is just what I've been looking for. Dungeon Dice Monsters will make my card game look exciting by comparison. I'll begin funding you immediately. – Duke thought about his real encounter with Pegasus. "Man, if that was the reason Pegasus wanted to fund DDM, then I wouldn't have gotten involved with him in the first place," Duke said.
-Duke: Dungeon Dice Monsters was set to take the world by storm. But then you defeated Pegasus in a children's card game, then he dropped off the face of the earth. You must have cheated! It's the only explanation!-
-Yami: Or maybe Pegasus just realized your game sucks ass. – "…Harsh," Duke said.
Yami shook his head. "I think Dungeon Dice Monstersis a good game that has potential."
Duke smiled. "Thanks."
-Yami: Go Dark Magician! Destroy his life…I mean…heart points!-
"See, even he gets a theme song!" Joey said as the Magical Trevor's theme played for the Dark Magician.
-Tea: Yugi won! His grandpa would be so proud.-
-Solomon: Hey! Go back to the dancing girls! – Yami and Yugi both mentally sighed (which for Yugi was a literal mental sigh). "Looks like he's not changing anytime soon," Yami said.
"You can say that again," Yugi added.
-Yugi: Man Duke, I can't believe you actually thought that crappy little dice game would sell.-
-Joey: Yeah, it was just a carbon copy of Duel Monsters. You'd have to be as blind as my sister to not notice the similarities. – Duke suddenly perked up. He had a question, but decided to wait until the video was done to ask it.
-Tristan: This is going straight up my nose. – Everyone turned to Tristan. "I'm sure if I did that, I'd probably suffocate, or I'd have to go to the hospital, or I'd be forced to breathe through my mouth my whole life, or I'd have too…"
"Get on with it!" Duke said.
"Yeah, get on with it!" Joey added, Tea smirking behind him. Tristan smiled embarrassingly.
-Solomon: I'm not even sure how I got here.-
-Tea: Duke, did I ever mention that my nipples can supply power to a third-world country? – Everyone turned towards Tea, or they would've if she was still there. Tea was already walking away quickly and heading home. "See ya," she said quickly.
-Duke: I owe you guys an apology. I treated you all like crap. Do you think we could still be friends in season two?-
-Yugi: Only if you stop using that annoying theme music.-
-Duke: What theme music? – Duke laughed. "I'd keep the theme music, what do you guys think?"
To Duke's surprise, everyone was looking at him a little disappointingly, leaving him confused. "What?"
"Sorry Duke. It just…doesn't feel the same," Joey said.
"What do you mean?"
"I guess we're use to the music accompanying you now," Yami said.
"It's different hearing you now without it," Tristan added. Duke looked at all of them, then back to the video. Suddenly, an idea formed in his head.
"I get it. Well, things will be different next time I can assure you that," Duke said, leaving the others confused.
-[how can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat…?] – "Like Tea said, just put a brick in the wall, then we'll get some pudding," Joey said.
Every laughed at Kaiba's laugh, then Duke spoke up. "Is Kaiba in these videos?"
"Yeah, and his ego has been inflated big time," Tristan said.
-Tristan: He must be a witch! He turned me into a newt! …I got better. – Duke started laughing again. "If I could really do that…"
"Hey!"
Duke chuckled again, "All that aside, that video was awesome! I'll have to watch more in the future. There were a couple of questionable moments but overall, I liked it."
"As for those questionable moments," Yugi – who had taken back control – started, "Remember to always look on the bright side of life…" Yugi then realized he quoted the wrong movie and started laughing, along with the others.
"Speaking of bright side…Hey Joey, is Serenity in town?" Duke asked.
"She's been here for a while. She's visiting and will be here for about another month or so…" Joey stopped talking suddenly, and gave himself a huge mental slap. He quickly turned around but was too late, Duke was already running off.
"See you guys!" he yelled.
In another second, Tristan was running after him yelling, "BURN THE WITCH!"
"Hey! Get back here!" Joey yelled as he chased the two down.
"Joey wait! You forgot your laptop!" Yugi yelled as he chased after Joey, leaving everyone who was sitting near them confused.
As the chapter was nearing the end, coming up with more Monty Python references seemed mandatory before posting. When suddenly, the writer was sent to the Shadow Realm!
Wait what!? AAAAAHHHHH!
The current chapter, was posted. The quest to write the next chapter, could continue.
At least they have a nice place to work here, and it's quiet. Dark, but quiet.
Next time – episode 23: Yami of Darkness. Duel Standby!
