Hey guys, I wanted to get this chapter out a little earlier, but I'm been kind of in a "bleh" mood for many reasons, ranging from events this month that I'm not going to talk about here, to the fact that my finals are already almost here. But nonetheless, I got this one done.
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-Abridged series-
"Mind speaking."
Normal dialogue.
The next day was much nicer than the day before, so the gang found themselves hanging out at the coffee shop. "You guys ready?" Yugi asked.
"Always," Joey said as he pulled up the next video and hit play.
-Yami: The duelists you're about to see are trained professionals. Do not try this at home. – "Don't play Duel Monsters at home? Hear that everyone? Stop playing the game at home," Tristan said followed by the others laughing.
"Kind of goes against the idea of playing the game," Tea said.
-Serenity: And that's when I finally came to terms with my identity as a woman. Anyway, thanks for listening to me Tristan. It's strange, I feel really comfortable with you. It's like I can tell you anything. Since my parents got divorced, no one's really been there for me. And now that I have you, well, I feel like I'm falling in love with y… huh? – "Oh come on! She was just about to admit it!" Tristan yelled.
-Tristan: I'm back! Sorry, I had to go take a dump while you were talking. I don't even remember eating half of the stuff that came out of me. – "Ew, TMI right there," Tea said looking away.
-Tristan: So, what did I miss? Are you still blind and stuff? Serenity? Hey Serenity! Joey's hot sister! Oh great, now she's gone deaf too. – Tristan let out a chuckle. "Let's be glad she wasn't really deaf."
Joey nodded. "I'm not sure how she'd take it either if she saw this."
"If I saw what?"
Everyone turned around and saw Serenity standing behind them with a smile on her face, a smile that made Tristan grow a huge smile.
"Hey guys! It's been a while."
"Hi Serenity, what are you doing out here?" Tea asked.
"I saw you guys in here and decided to drop by." She then noticed the paused video. "What are you guys watching?"
Joey's face paled a little. "Oh uh, it's nothing really," he said, but Tristan quickly countered him.
"It's a video series. You want to watch it with m-us?" Joey shot Tristan a quick glare, thankfully one Serenity didn't see.
"Sounds fun, I'd love too! What are they about?"
"They're about us, but they changed a lot of things. They're pretty funny once you get used to it," Yugi explained.
"Cool," Serenity said, but then she noticed Joey. "You ok Joey?"
Joey decided there was no point in trying to stop her. "I'm fine, just continue the video."
"This is awesome! I get to spend some quality time with Serenity, and the best part, no Duke this time," Tristan thought.
-Espa: You're finished Rex Raptor! Now, hand over your rarest monster and your locator card! – "Oh wow, the Roba bros. Haven't seen them in a while," Joey said, glancing at his deck where Jinzo was.
-Rex: Damnit, huh huh. Now I'm never gonna score. Being a minor character sucks.-
-Joey: Nyeh, what's up Rex? – "Hey guys, it's Joey season!" Tristan said.
"Oh no, don't start with that. Besides… it would be Tristan season," Joey replied.
"No, it's Joey season!"
"Tristan season!"
"Joey season!"
"Tristan season!"
"Joey season!"
"Tristan season!"
"Tristan season!"
"Joey season!"
"Tristan season!"
"Joey season!"
"Tristan season!"
"Listen, I'm the one who decides and I say it's Joey season! Got it?" Joey said. Then, Joey realized what he just said. Everyone laughed at his obvious poker face. Even Serenity had to let out a laugh. "Well, I walked right into that one."
-Rex: Weren't you paying attention buttmunch? I just got my ass kicked by Charlie Brown. – "You know when you think about it, that's kind of sad," Tristan said.
-Joey: And what's so special about him?-
-Espa: The name's Espa Roba, and I have the power to look into the future and predict your every strategy!-
-Joey: Wait a minute here! Didn't this show already have like two other characters with psychic powers?-
-Espa: What?-
-Joey: Yeah, remember? Mai Valentine did that perfume trick in season one. And now in season two, we got Ishizu Ishtar. So do we really need another character who fakes like he has ESP? I swear, the guy who created this show must have had a hard on for Ms. Cleo. – "…Why her of all people?" Tea asked.
-Rex: Yeah, Ms. Cleo had big thingies. – "Not a valid reason," she added.
-Tristan: Hey Jail Bait, I mean Serenity, I got you a present. Can you guess what it is? – "Whoa, is that what you sound like in these videos?" Serenity asked.
Tristan blushed a little in embarrassment. "Uh… yeah. It takes a little getting used too."
-Serenity: Is it a cure for my imminent blindness? – Serenity paused and blinked. "That's… my voice in this?"
Joey quickly turned towards her. "Listen, why don't we just stop watching. It's probably not that important anyway."
"No, I'm fine. It just took me by surprise that's all," Serenity said. "I really want to see what happens next." Joey looked at her for a minute and smiled.
"Alright then." The others smiled at the siblings and continued the video.
-Tristan: Nope, it's something even better! It's a computer! With this we can log onto and check out footage from the Battle City tournament, or watch illegally uploaded movies, but nobody really does that, honest. – "DuelTube… really?" Tea asked.
-Serenity: You mean we can watch my big brother fighting in the tournament.-
-Tristan: We could do that, or we could watch this music video I made with Windows Movie Maker. – "What? A movie about those two? That'll never happen, right Tristan?"
"Okay, so when that clip is played, it should be black and white. Oh, and I better note what song is playing," Tristan said not so quietly to himself, causing him to feel a punch of his shoulder. "Dude!" he said turning towards Joey.
Serenity giggled at the video. "It's a very nice video of us," she said. Joey smiled at Serenity, then quickly turned towards Tristan.
"Don't get any bright ideas," he whispered to him. Tristan stopped his thoughts and looked at Joey.
-Tristan: I think it looks very professional. I especially like the part where it goes all black and white.-
-Serenity: Tristan I can't see anything.-
-Tristan: Aw, that's so sweet. You've been blinded by my love, and by your actual blindness. – "I'd prefer not to be blind at all," Serenity said.
Espa: It's no use Joey Wheeler! I can predict every card that you play!-
-Joey: In that case you might want to keep quiet about it. I mean you might as well just yell 'Hey everybody, I'm cheating! Please disqualify me.' – Everyone started laughing. "Might as well say that for a lot of duelists… not counting us Yug," Joey said.
"Unfortunately, that seems to be the case recently," Yugi responded.
-Espa: Shut up! I'm trying to use my headset, I mean um… tap into the unknown cosmic forces around us! – "Guys look! We finally found him!" Tea said pointing to the crowd. Everyone looked and gasped, then started laughing.
-Joey: Yeah, you do that.-
-Yami: It seems the writer had no idea what to do with my character in this episode, so they stuck me on top of a building, hoping that the rest would write itself. At least while I'm here, I don't have to put up with any of my so-called friends. Bunch of ungrateful little bast… - "And just what were you about to say Yug?" Joey asked.
"Not me, blame the ph…"
"Don't get me involved," Yami said, sensing what was going on. Yugi looked up and smiled nervously.
"Say, why don't we just continue the video and forget that that happened."
-Brother: Listen up brother! The card he just drew is Graceful Charity! – "Wait, that's not Graceful Charity. It's Graceful Dice," Joey said.
"They have pretty similar names. I can see some people messing it up every once in a while," Yugi added.
-Yami: Holy Ra! Those guys are cheating, just like every other character on this show. I could warn Joey about it, but on second thoughts it's much more fun to watch him squirm. – "Hey!" Joey yelled.
"Don't worry Joey, I know you did great during that duel," Serenity said.
"She's right, don't listen to… him," Yugi added.
Joey smiled, "Thanks guys."
-Yami: Hey Joey, try summoning your Red-Eyes! Oh wait you can't because it's mine now! I got it you don't! – "You know, I probably shouldn't have given you that card back then," Joey said.
Yugi looked at him. "You don't really mean that, don't you remember what that card represents?"
Joey laughed. "I know, I'm just messing with you." Everyone else chuckled, even Serenity.
-Rex: Yeah, try summoning your Red-Eyes dillhole.-
-Joey: Shut up Rex! Besides, I took that card from you, remember?-
-Rex: Uh… no. – Tea perked up. "That's right, back when they showed your duel, they never showed you getting Red-Eyes from him."
"Wow, these videos remember everything. Impressive," Yugi said.
-Bakura: I say Joey, can I be in this episode? Oh double buggar. – "Again? I'm starting to see a trend here…" Tea said. "Hopefully this will be the last time."
-Brother: The next card is…-
-Mokuba: Hold it right there cheaters!-
"You know, they're right. This is an epic maneuver," Tristan said as the video continued.
-Mokuba: The only person who gets away with cheating is my big brother. – "And suddenly it's ruined," Joey said.
-Brother: Please mister, we're only doing this to help out our brother. He means the world to us.-
-Mokuba: You're doing it for your brother? It's just like me and Seto when we were kids.-
-Kaiba: You guys call yourselves bullies? He's not even bleeding. You're all fired! I want you out of this orphanage by tomorrow morning. You make me sick. – "I don't think you're allowed to do that, even as a child," Tristan said.
-Brother: Excuse me! Would you like this baby? - "Wait… what!?" Joey asked.
-Mokuba: But I don't know anything about taking care of a…-
-Brother: Please take it! We don't want it anymore! – "That's messed up," Joey said. "No one in their right mind would want to give their sibling away," Joey said placing his hand on Serenity's shoulder. Serenity smiled and hugged Joey, who hugged her back.
-Tea: I wonder if I should get a haircut that doesn't make my head look like a cardboard box with features. – "Excuse me?" Tea asked before looking up at her hair.
"I think your hair looks nice Tea," Serenity said.
Tea looked at her and smiled. "Thanks."
-Solomon: Surprise!-
-Tea: Bad touch!-
-Solomon: Whoa Nelly! – "Oh yeah, that happened," Tea said.
Yugi covered his face. "Yep, that's him alright."
-Tea: Back off old man! I have mace.-
-Solomon: Please stop! I thought you were my grandson. – Both Tea and Yugi looked at each other. "Okay, how blind does someone have to be to mistake me as Yugi?" Tea said.
"Well, maybe someone could mistake..." Yugi started, but Tea pointed at his hair. "Good point."
-Tea: Is that why you were trying to grope me?-
-Solomon: If I said yes, would it make this situation any less awkward? …I'll take that as a no. – "And you know it," Tea said.
-Espa: Now I summon my rarest monster to the field! Jinzo!-
-Joey: That freaky cyborg ain't no match for my dated internet reference. – "Oh please don't start up that meme again," Tea said as the music and meme appeared.
-Espa: I'm afraid you are wrong Wheeler! Jinzo automatically destroys any obscure internet references. – "Thanks goodness," she added.
-Joey: Oh no! More than half the cards in my deck are lame internet references! – "Oh no way, someone tell me what a card called 'Chocolate Rain' could do?" Joey asked.
"Probably has something to do with moving away from the duel disk to read the card," Tristan replied.
-Joey: That's just what I get for being in an overrated spoof series. If only I had the love and support of my sister Serenity, then things would be somehow different.-
-Serenity: Come on Joey! You can win, I just know it!-
-Tristan: And now I'm bored. Let's watch something else. – "Tristan, how do you feel about this video treating you like this?" Serenity asked. "I mean, you aren't really that nice in this video."
"I know, it's kind of expected."
-Serenity: What? But Tristan, Joey need my help.-
-Tristan: Hey look! There's a new episode of Naruto the Abridged Series. I love that show!-
"Wait, is there someone else who's taking someone else's life and doing the same thing?" Yugi asked.
"Who knows. For all we know, this could be happening to everyone," Tea said as the video continued.
-Tristan: It's funny because he's emo. – "Well, if the word 'emo' is a joke, then just think about what other words could be jokes," Serenity said.
-Joey: Now I activate Roulette Spider, causing your Jinzo to spin round, right round, like a record baby, right round round round. – "Once again, sounds better sung," Joey said.
"It does sound better like that," Serenity added.
-Espa: No! If Jinzo hits my Reflect Bounder, it's all over for me!-
-Espa: No! Jinzo has hit my Reflect Bounder, and it is all over for me! – "You don't say," Tea said, followed by the other's laughter.
-Joey: I won! I just hope my sister's watching.-
-Tristan: Hehehe, look, now the emo guy is attacking a log. This is the best internet parody series ever. – "I would say second best at the most. I think we already found the best," Yugi said.
-Espa: You beat me fair and square Wheeler! Now that you have Jinzo, I guess that means that we won't be using any more obscure internet references from now on.-
-Joey: Nope. – "And then that proves it," Tea said sarcastically as the music started playing.
-Solomon: The training of these poor creatures to turn themselves into fighting machines is simply barbaric. Barbaric, barbaric, barbaric, barbaric. – "He's not referring to me… is he?" Joey asked.
"You never know," Tristan said.
-Serenity: What's happening Tristan? Did Joey win? Is he still in the tournament?-
-Tristan: Hm? Oh, yeah he won. By the way Serenity, there's something I wanted to show you.-
-Tristan: Hello Serenity, you probably can't see me right now, but I'm standing in the middle of a field. It's a very romantic image. By the way, will you marry me? – "Once I do propose, I think I'll stick to doing it in person," Tristan thought.
-Serenity: Geez Tristan! What kind of lonely deranged freak proposes to somebody over the internet?-
-Tristan: Littlekuriboh? – "I wouldn't call someone a freak if they proposed to someone over the internet," Serenity said.
"Same. But anyway, that's just one example of what we watch. What did you think?" Tea asked.
"I can see why it might take a little bit to get used to, but the voice is just one little thing. I think this was really funny! Looks like I have some catching up to do," Serenity responded. Joey smiled, glad that she liked the video and that there was nothing to worry about anymore.
"I better get going now, see you guys," Serenity said as she walked away.
"Bye Serenity! See Joey, nothing to be afraid of," Tea said.
"You're right, but for now, how about another one?"
Once again, sorry if this one seems a little below par, but I'm feeling better. Anyways, today will be a good day, it's Thanksgiving for me, and I can cheer up by playing Moon as well. So yeah, see you guys next time.
Next time: Episode 30 - Sore. Duel Standby
