I had a debate going on in my head. Should Serenity finally join the group? After much debating, I have decided not to include her this time, so I'm really sorry if you wanted her to appear. I just felt like this chapter wouldn't be a very good first impression for her.
That being said, just like Marik, I planned out when she will join the others, and it's actually not too far away, chapter 29!
So that's all from me, now to the responses…
Thedarkpokemaster: Probably, and I don't have any spares to give him at the moment, or never.
Lord Darth Yoda: I was wondering about this. Blushing is my main way of showing embarrassment, and I can't think of any other way to express it. If my reactions are still repetitive, and you have any ideas of how I can have more variety, I'm all ears.
Waffle Overlord Omega: After the series.
Duskrider: Well thank you, do you have one to spare? :p
Supernova23: You're welcome! Yes, it is, now to destroy the earth!
Bunnychu15: (Melvin: Your loss.) Ha, and now I have the song stuck in my head, so uhh… thanks.
Money100: Enjoy the chapter!
Above the Winter Moonlight: They will watch leather pants, but it will be in another fanfic. I want to do the actual series first.
S Danyal Allen: Probably not one of his best moments (for him at least, I and all the community beg to differ).
Mari: Oh don't worry, they will. Just have to do the actual series first. College doesn't exactly give me all the free time in the world, and sometimes I'm at places where the internet connection isn't that great. So while I'm aware that you, like many others, are eager for an update, I can only go at my own pace.
Zekeram12: I want to wait to do leather pants until the series is done, but I still liked your suggestion.
Millennium Joke: Okay, okay let's break it up people! All of you, just calm down and enjoy the chapter!
Melvin Blishtar: You guys too, just calm down and enjoy the chapter, and no hugs for you Melvin, back to your corner!
Reydrago: No they did not. ;) She probably would've reacted the same way to the last video she watched.
LadyRaider92: They will once I'm done with the actual series.
Andrey258: Oh my, I've never been called a princess before. The only person that would call me a princess would probably be Chat Noir, but back on topic. I haven't seen the move yet, only read the spoilers on Tumblr, but based on what I read, the movie gets a 9/10 from me. I'm not going into too much detail because I want the notes to remain spoiler free, but the score might change once I actually see the movie myself.
Rittie: Oh yes there is, Marik and Yami Bakura make an awesome singing duo! Oh no, are there going to be more deaths, like with Bruno from 5ds? (Why!? I really liked him!) :'(
Eletrickkid: Thank you, I guess the heart of the cards doesn't like me. :p
Saffira Artemis: Enjoy the chapter, and have a great day as well!
Dragon Goddess: Oh yeah, those moments are coming up soon. Yeah, Yuma was a little annoying at first, but as the series progressed he's been getting better. I'm starting to warm up to the guy, but that's just me.
SuperSaiyanKnight: Thank you, yep Kaiba's starting to watch the series on his own accord now!
Iouisa: Oh thank you, I always love making people laugh! They will react to the songs in another fanfic, I want to do the series first. I haven't seen Red vs Blue yet, but I probably will in the future because I'm on Rooster Teeth a lot keeping up with RWBY.
WillowRedfox: Oh don't worry, they will watch all of them right after they watch the series.
TheLoZKing: I don't know, we'll have to see. ;)
Guest: Oh dear, not again. That seems to be a problem when people read this.
FANactic Writer: Mwahahaha! I'm such an evil person. :) Oh it will later, a witness against Joey anyone?
Wingedlmpala: I wouldn't be surprised either. Ha, yes, do that! I bet he'll do anything for you now. :p Oh shit, that reminds me, they say that word a few more times. I might change this story to a "high" T rating. I've never seen the Saw movies either.
RedAgent14: Probably not, even I don't understand the rules.
Dragonfox123: After the series.
Skylinemaster: Thank you! :)
Drawkill Vear: I realized that too recently, but who's to say the might not cameo near the end of their respective arcs? ;)
Itachiforever342: There's no such thing as a stupid question! First, I watch the episode from beginning to end to get some beginning ideas. Then I go back and pause to write down the lines. If there's a part where I'm not sure what a character said, I highlight that part and look up the line on a transcript of the episode. That's basically the start of my writing process.
The Sith'ari: She won't, but she is going to be here in a few chapters (episode 29).
Guest 2: That's more of a subplot to them watching the series. I don't want it to take up too much, but once 4kids is mentioned again, they will start to get curious again.
Interested: That's weird, and I'm not getting any notifications that you left a review. Sometimes this site…
*Insert my disclaimer of not owning the show or the abridged series here* Enjoy!
-Abridged series.-
"Mind speaking"
Normal dialogue
The gang had arrived at the game shop and headed upstairs. "I can't believe that creep tried to steal my Red-Eyes. Luckily I showed him a thing or two!" Joey said.
"Goes to show you never know who you're going to run into after school," Tea said. "Anyways, I think we need something to lighten up the mood."
"Another video anyone?" Yugi asked as he loaded up the computer.
"Of course!" everyone said. The gang sat down and Yugi started the video.
-Yami: Hey, remember when Bakura used to be in this show? Neither do I. – "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Bakura in a while," Tea said. "Do you think he's okay?"
"He's probably been going home straight after school. After all, there isn't that much to do afterwards, besides watching these videos."
-Joey: Man, I can't believe Kaiba started his own tournament. Now I have to enter it and get the prize money for my sister's eye operation.-
-Yugi: But Joey, there isn't any prize money. The winner gets his opponent's rarest card. Besides, I thought you already won the prize money in season one.-
-Joey: Yeah, well I kinda spent that money on trading cards. – "Did you have to remind me of that?" Joey said with a slight monotone in his voice.
-Tristan: Joey Wheeler, you selfish bastard!-
-Joey: Shut up Tristan! You just want to get into Serenity's pants! – Joey quickly shot Tristan a glare. "Hey man, I wasn't saying anything!" Tristan said holding his hands up.
-Tristan: No I don't, I want to have sex with her… oh that's what you meant. – Joey once again glared at Tristan, who just smiled nervously.
"Does Serenity know about these?" Tea asked as the title sequence played.
"…Yeah, but she hasn't seen them. There was a close call a while back, but I caught up to her just in time before she could watch anything."
"You know, with how popular this series is, she's going to see it eventually," Yugi pointed out.
"We'll see about that," Joey responded.
-Yugi: Hello, we're Japanese teenagers.-
-Guy: Then you must be here to buy some pornographic comic books disguised as graphic novels. – "Ewww! Why would he even suggest that!?" Tea said disgusted.
-Yugi: What? No! We're just here to register for the new card game tournament, since we have absolutely nothing better to do with our lives.-
-Guy: Ah, you must be Yugi Moto. I'll enter your name into the Kaibacorp database and we'll see what comes up. Here you go, since you- "WHY IS HE WEARING A TUTU!?" everyone yelled not caring about what was being said in the video.
"I did think earlier about the day when I would see the pharaoh in a tutu… That doesn't mean that I actually wanted to see it!" Yugi said still in shock.
"None of us did Yug," Joey said also with equal shock. Tristan and Tea, especially Tea, were in too much of a shock to even speak.
When the video continued, everyone tried to get the image out of their minds.
-Yugi: Sweet, this is going straight onto Ebay. – "What? No way am I ever selling my duel disk onto Ebay!" Yugi announced.
-Joey: Does it say anything about me on your magical computer box thing?-
-Guy: Let me see.-
Everyone except Joey burst out laughing as the song started playing. "Hahahaha, had to happen to you eventually," Tristan said in between laughs.
Joey slowly shook his head. "Someone please remind me what year it is!"
"Oh come on, It's never too late to be Rickrolled."
"May I remind you it isn't 2006 anymore?"
"Sorry Joey, we just weren't expecting that," Tea said trying to calm down.
"And you gotta admit, Kaiba would be the one to do something like that to you," Yugi said.
Joey paused for a moment, and then started laughing softly. "I guess you can say I joined the club and can finally say I've been Rickrolled."
-Joey: That bastard Kaiba Rickrolled me! I haven't been this mad since they made HeavyDDR a submod.-
-Tristan: Joey no! If you get too angry, you'll become the Incredible Hulk!-
-Tea: Tristan that's Bruce Banner.-
-Tristan: I thought it applied to everyone. – "Hmmm, turning into the Hulk. That can be arranged," Joey said mischievously.
-Guy: Listen, if it will get you to leave any quicker I'll just register you in the tournament and give you a free duel disk.-
"Ha, looks like I found something," Joey said as his counterpart was making familiar noises.
-Yugi: Looks like Joey found a duel disk. – "Knew it," Joey said smiling.
-Tea: Let's get out of here, the obscure references are making me dizzy.-
-Guy: Everything is going according to plan master Marik.-
-Marik: Excellent my mind slave, excellent. Ha-haha, ha-haha-hahahahah! Now about those pornographic comic books I ordered. – "Ugh, please don't remind me of those," Tea said.
-Joey: I'm late for my sister's operation, so I'm gonna go take a shortcut through some dangerous back alleys in the middle of the night.-
-Yugi: That sounds potentially fatal.-
-Joey: Yep, wish me luck. – "Okay, good luck man," Tristan said giving Joey a pat on the back.
"Yeah, thanks," he replied sarcastically.
-Tristan: There goes a guy with a sister I'd like to bang. – "Okay I take that last statement back," Joey said.
"Hey man, I was just trying to help," Tristan said.
-Tea: Tristan and Serenity, sitting in a tree.-
-Yugi: K-i-s-s-i-n-g. – "H-Hey!" Tristan said blushing a little while Yugi and Tea quietly snickered.
-Tristan: They know my secret. I'll just have to kill them all. – Tristan formed a sly smile. "Oh yeah guys, you better watch what you say, or else something might happen."
"Oh okay, we get it," Yugi said playing along.
"Hey, nice music," Joey said, "Maybe this could be my theme song, then Duke would have some competition for best theme song."
-Joey: Man, my sister is gonna be so proud of me when she hears I'm in the new tournament. Hopefully that will distract her from her imminent blindness. Hey, a bunch of creepy looking guys in cloaks. I think I'll run directly towards them. – Tristan slowly clapped his hands. "A plus plan right there."
"Hey! I didn't run towards them; they were blocking my path!"
-Joey: Hey what give here? My sister's waiting for me at the hospital.-
-Steve: I'm afraid she'll be waiting a long time Joey Wheeler.-
-Joey: And who might you be?-
-Steve: We are the elite group known as the rare hunters. My name is Steve, and these are my associates. They are also called Steve. – "Huh, why Steve?" Tea asked.
"I guess they just look like a Steve…. maybe?" Yugi said trying to come up with an answer.
-Steve: We are here to take your rarest card.-
-Joey: You mean you're gonna kick the crap out of me and steal it?-
-Steve: No! First, we're going to challenge you to a children's card game, then we will kick the crap out of you and steal it.-
-Joey: Wouldn't it be much easier just to skip the first step?-
-Steve: Yes, yes it would. – "Actually it would be easier to skip the second step, just saying," Joey said.
Mrs. Wheeler: Don't worry Serenity, Joey will be here soon, and then you'll be able to have your operation. – Once again, everyone was speechless. "M-Ma!?" Joey finally spoke. "Great, they got her too."
"Suddenly, the pharaoh's deep baby voice from the last video isn't that bad…" Yugi said.
-Serenity: I know Daddy, but sometimes I think Joey cares more about card games than he does about me. I guess I'm just being silly. – "And yet her voice is still the same," Joey said.
-Mrs. Wheeler: That's right sweetie.-
-Joey: Man this card game is awesome! I can't even remember what I was supposed to be doing! Whatever it was, it probably wasn't very important, and it certainly didn't involve any of my close family members. – Tristan shook his head. "…Wow Joey, you really are a selfish-"
"Finish that sentence… I dare you!" Joey said grabbing Tristan's shirt collar.
"Okay break it up you two! I thought we were going to sit back and enjoy the video!" Tea said. Joey and Tristan slowly backed away from each other.
"Will you be okay Joey?" Yugi asked.
"Yeah, I just need to calm down. We can continue the video," he replied. "I'm just glad Serenity isn't here to watch."
-Steve: I'm afraid your time is up Joey Wheeler. Exodia! Obliterate! – "Whoa," Yugi said as Exodia attacked with the meme. "Uh, I think I prefer his normal attack."
-Joey: Ow! The hologram that has no physical presence somehow managed to knock me over. – "Well if it's a monster like Exodia, of course the holograms would be more powerful. It's a no brainer," Joey said.
-Steve: That's right Wheeler. Now we'll be taking your Red-Eyes Black Dragon.-
-Joey: It is heavily implied that you are punching me.-
-Steve: I claim this card in the name of Mars. Isn't that lovely? – "On one hand, the reference is lovely. On the other, no it isn't!" Joey yelled.
-Mrs. Wheeler: Serenity! Open this door! Let me comfort you with the sound of my voice. – "I uh… don't think that's going to work," Yugi said.
-Serenity: No daddy No! I'm not having the operation until Joey gets here! – "It's also pretty bad if Serenity is mistaking her for your father," Tea said.
"Trust me, I know," Joey replied.
-Solomon: Yugi! Answer that phone. I'd get it myself but I think I'm having a heart attack… Yes, yes it's definitely a heart attack. Um… help by the way. Help!-
-Yugi: Holy cow! You're saying Joey went missing last night?-
-Solomon: Help!-
-Yugi: And you haven't seen him all day?-
-Solomon: Help!-
-Yugi: You mean he didn't show up at the hospital?-
-Solomon: Help!-
-Yugi: Don't worry. I'm sure we'll be able to find him.-
-Solomon: Help your Grandpa Yugi!-
-Yugi: You can count on us.-
-Solomon: Why won't anybody help? – Yugi turned around and noticed everyone was looking at him. "What?"
"What are you waiting for Yug? Help your grandpa!"
Yugi looked back at the screen, then back at the other. After repeating this motion a couple more times, his hands gestured to the screen while Yugi faced the others. "He's in the video! How am I supposed to help him when he's inside the video!?"
"…Refresh it?"
"Very funny."
-Tea: Well he's not in the park.-
-Yugi: Well I'm out of ideas.-
"Hey, now it's my turn to get awesome mu- Hey!" Tristan said as the music started, then abruptly stopped.
-Yugi: Tristan, I'm going to regret asking this, but why do you have a motorbike?-
-Tristan: Because in the future, card games will be played on motorbikes. – "Wait... what!?" everyone said at the same time.
-Yugi: That, is the stupidest thing that's ever come out of your mouth. Card games on motorbikes, come on! – "Yeah, that does seem really out of the ordinary. I mean, how would that even…" Yugi started but then paused when the picture appeared with the caption…
-[you gotta be sh**ing me]-
"What's going on?" Tea asked.
"I have no idea, but if that's what a motorcycle looks like in the future, I'll take one," Tristan said.
"This is all pretty crazy. I'm not buying it, what do you think Yug?"
"I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of playing card games on motorcycles."
(Jack: Card games on motor-*smack* I will be going now!)
"Anyways, it's something I'll think about another day. For now, let's see what's next."
-Yugi: Joey! Where are you?-
-Tea: Help! I'm being chased by warehouses! Aah! – "Wha…?" Tea started lifting her hands up.
-Tristan: Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer. He's a demon on wheels. He's a demon and he's gonna be chasing after someone. – "He's gaining on ya..." Tristan started singing along until the music changed.
-[here's where things get rather confusing…] - "Confusing?" Yugi asked as he read the text.
-[in the original Japanese episode there's a scene where Tristan confronts joey on the beach, breaking him out of his stupor by violently punching him…] - "Whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on! First, that first line makes no sense. Second, what's this about punching me!?" Joey asked.
"You know, you never did tell us where you found Joey," Tea said turning towards Tristan.
"I thought I told you guys I found him nearby… I guess I wasn't specific enough." He then paused. "But… I don't remember punching Joey."
-[…4kids decided to eliminate this scene, thereby ridding the "finding joey" subplot of any real conclusion…] - "I think I would've remembered if you punched me. This is getting a little weird." Everyone still didn't know what to think as the text continued, although Tea took note of the mention of 4kids.
-[…instead, we got this.]-
-Tristan: HeyguysIfoundJoeybye.-
-[no kidding] - "So wait, this video is implying that I just found Joey somewhere and that's that? No details, no nothing?" Tristan asked.
"Just add that to the pile of questions these videos throw out at us," Joey said.
-Joey: Serenity, are you in there? It's me Joey. I'm sorry I let you down sis. I was supposed to be here for you, but I got distracted by a meaningless children's card game. Plus, I spent the prize money on trading cards. Can you ever forgive me?-
-Serenity: No you selfish bastard!-
-Joey: Well hey, there's no need for that kind of language. – "Actually, there is," Tea said.
"Don't you start too!"
-Serenity: Joey I could go blind!-
-Joey: Yeah but, sight is overrated. You don't need eyesight to do the really important things. You know, like card games. – Joey slapped his forehead.
-Joey: Okay maybe that's a bad example. But Serenity, as long as I'm around, nothing bad will ever happen to you. I promise.-
-Solomon: Help! – "Yug, you still haven't helped him?" Joey said laughing.
"Alright, fine," Yugi said as he refreshed the page. When he jumped to the point where they left off, the same clip played. "See? There's nothing I can do."
-Yugi: So the operation was a failure? And Serenity's going to go blind?-
-Joey: Yep. The good news is Serenity won't be needing her trading cards anymore. – "Wow Joey, you're pretty bad in this one," Tea said.
Joey sighed. "I'm just glad it's almost over."
-Yugi: Wow, you're kind of a selfish bastard Joey. So what cards does she have anyway? – Joey turned to Yugi. "Man, you're not much better in this video Yug."
"Just like you, I'm glad this one is almost over… Especially since this video wants to keep reminding me of that," Yugi said as credit was given to the Yami tutu pic.
-Weevil: I love the power glove. It's so bad.-
-Rebecca: He touched my breast! – "With Weevil, that sadly isn't surprising," Tea said. "But it's still bad."
-Marik: This pornography is really quite good. – "Okay, can someone please just end this video?" Tea asked a little annoyed. She got her wish with one more use of the all familiar meme. "Thank you," she said as credit was given for the animation.
"Well, that was uh… an interesting one," Tristan said.
"I think that's enough for me today, see you guys tomorrow," Joey said as he got up and walked out. Tea and Tristan decided to head out too, leaving Yugi to think about what he just watched.
"Hey, Pharaoh?" Yugi called out as Yami appeared behind him.
"Yes Yugi?"
"What do you think about the idea of using a motorcycle to play Duel Monsters?"
There was a pause. "Well… it seems kind of, out there. But as we've learned, anything is possible."
Yugi slowly turned around. "That's tru-AGH!" he suddenly screamed, startling Yami.
"Yugi! Are you okay?" Yugi rubbed his eyes and looked at Yami once more. He then groaned and rubbed his forehead.
"Did you see something?" Yami asked as he looked around.
"N-No. I… I just need a few minutes," Yugi replied. Yami was worried, but respected Yugi's decision and retreated back into the puzzle. But as he faded away, he could've sworn he heard Yugi mutter something about… a tutu of all things.
Oh man. First Black Luster Soldier, and now Yami in a tutu, looks like our little baby panda has a lot to deal with. ^^' *gives Yugi a hug*
Looking at the dates, it seems the one-year anniversary for this fanfic is coming up in a few days! Man, this has been a while ride. I seriously wasn't expecting this to get so much praise and attention. I have so many people to thank. All of my readers are some of the best people ever, and I can't thank you guys enough for supporting me and this story, whether it's by leaving a review, or just reading what I have to offer.
LK has made a wonderful series, and we should keep supporting him as well!
And now, I have prepared a speech for everyone to be forced to listen to. *clears throat* When I fir-Next time: Episode 28 – Who's that Mokemon? Duel standby! (Oh come on!)
