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-Abridged series.-
"Mind speaking."
Normal dialogue.
Joey flinched at the sound of thunder outside. A thunderstorm had just passed by, and things were starting to quiet down. But there was still an occasional loud thunder sound.
"How about another video to take your mind off of outside?" Yugi suggested. Joey and the others nodded, so Yugi got the next video uploaded and clicked play.
"Uh Yug… you sure this is the right video?"
"It should be," Yugi said, "The title says it is. But why is Star Trek playing instead?"
-Yugi: Previously on Yu-Gi-Oh. – "See, this is the right video," Yugi said.
"But how do you explain all the characters talking with our voices from the videos?" Tristan asked.
"I don't know, let's see what happens," Tea said. They continued watching and laughed when the 'Ancient Egyptian phaser beams' were used.
"If those really existed, I bet the pharaoh would use those all the time," Joey said.
"Maybe, but he's more of a Duel Monsters guy," Yugi said. As the watched the video, everyone perked up when Kemo's voice was heard, followed by everyone laughing when his hair got hit. "He should've said 'Attention Enterprise!' before that happened," Yugi said.
Still, this is just weird; hearing our voices, or in this case our video counterpart voices, with someone else," Tristan said.
Everyone continued watching the Star Trek clips until there was a blackout.
-Yugi: And now the conclusion.-
"…Okay, if that's how we're starting things off, then I wonder how the rest of the video will go," Tea said.
-Marik: Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip. – "That started from this tropic port aboard this tiny ship," Tristan said.
-Odion: Master Marik, we should be arriving in Domino City in approximately four episode.-
-Marik: Excellent, that gives us time for at least one children's card game. By the way, from now on I want you to call me The Skipper. And you, you can be Gilligan.-
-Odion: As you wish master Marik. – "Considering what I've seen in these videos, I think those roles should be switched," Tristan pointed out.
"And what about the other characters, who would Ishizu be?" Tea asked.
"Tina maybe?" Tristan asked.
-Marik: Excellent. Now to awaken the newest addition to the family Steve.-
-Girl: Dude!-
-Guy: Dude! – "No way they said all of that with one word," Joey said.
"You're forgetting this is in a world where 'brains' can be a sentence," Tea said.
-Marik: Rise and shine my little mind puppet!-
-Guy: Dude! – "Hey, one that makes sense," Tea said laughing.
-Yugi: I only just realized Pharaoh, but you haven't got a reflection. Is there something you're not telling me?-
-Yami: Yugi, I'm an ancient spirit living inside your body. Of course I don't have…-
-Yugi: Don't lie to me! You're a vampire, aren't you? – "A vampire?" Yugi asked.
"Heh, wonder how many people will see the pharaoh as a vampire after this video," Tristan said. Yugi shrugged.
"Yugi? What's this about me being a vampire?" Yami asked.
"Oh, this video claims that you're a vampire because you don't have a reflection in the water," Yugi explained. "And you don't have one because you're not in control."
"Well, I know for a fact I'm not a vampire," Yami said, but then he thought about what it would be like if he was one.
-Yami: It's the middle of the day.-
-Yugi: Well that proves nothing.-
-Yami: I never should've let you read Twilight. – "That book?" Yugi asked, and a second later shook his head. "Sorry, but no thank you."
-Marik: We meet once again for the first time Pharaoh!-
-Yugi: Marik you coward! Why do you keep using innocent bystanders as pawns in your deadly game?-
-Marik: Innocent? Are you kidding me? Have you seen this guy? He's got piercings all over his body. You've got to be pretty EFFed up to agree to something like that. – Once again, everyone laughed at the 'eff' sound effect.
-Yugi: He's still a human being!-
-Marik: He's also a mime.-
-Yugi: Oh, in that case, yeah I'll kick his ass. – "What do you have against mimes Yug?" Joey asked snickering.
"Nothing, he's the one who wanted to duel me, so I accepted," Yugi replied.
-Yugi and Yami: Wonder Twin powers activate! Form of, an Egyptian homosexual! - "Well, considering how close of a bond those two have, I wouldn't blame people for seeing them like that, right Yug? Yug?" Joey asked as he looked over, only to see that Yami was now in control.
"Sorry, he just switched out with me. Was there something you wanted to ask him?" Yami asked.
"Maybe another time."
-Yami: Now Marik, I shall take control of Yugi's body to defeat you in a children's card game.-
-Marik: Oh right, because when I take control of somebody to make them play a card game, that's pure evil. But when you do it, it's like your Mother freaking Teresa. – "That's…" Yami started, but as he thought about it, he started thinking that Marik had a point.
"Yami?" Yami heard Yugi calling out to him. "Don't think about that. Remember, we're partners, and I don't mind you taking over to duel. Marik however possessed people against their will, while I am willing to help you out, and that will never change," Yugi said.
Yami smiled. "Thanks Yugi," he said quietly.
-Yami: Geez, this guy is nothing but a whiny teenager with magical powers. He's Harry Potter, that's who he is. – "Oh boy, that might make people angry," Joey said.
-Yugi: Well why don't you just suck blood from his neck Nosferatu? – "For the last time, I'm not a vampire," Yami said.
"That's not gonna stop people from imagining you as one," Tea said.
-Yami Bakura: Interesting, my gaydar has lead me to this museum. I hope it's not another false alarm. The last time this happened, it was at a Kevin Spacey autograph signing, and everyone knows he's as straight as a die. I like that word, die. – "…Creepy, but not surprising," Tea said.
-Ishizu: Oh mighty giant rock, sometimes I think you are the only one who truly understands me. What's this? I sense an evil presence approaching. Well I wouldn't want to get involved with the plot, so I think I'll just go hide.-
-Yami Bakura: Such a powerful source of gay energy, and it's mine for the taking. Oh blast. I knew I should've recharged the batteries before I left the house this morning. – "A Millennium Item needing a recharge?" Tea said. Yami looked down and tapped on the puzzle a few times.
"If that's the case, then the Puzzle would need constant recharging, consider everything it does," Joey said.
Yami couldn't help but start laughing. "That would be pretty funny."
-Yami Bakura: Hmm? This is no ordinary giant rock. It's also a giant plot device, and very soon I shall use it to destroy the pharaoh and everything he holds dear, give or take a few hundred episodes.-
-Marik: You call yourself a pharaoh, but you don't even know how to use your power. That's why destiny has chosen me to take it from you! – "I know I was a pharaoh, and I especially know how to use the power of the Millennium…"
-Yami: What power are you talking about?-
-Marik: Foolish fool! I'm talking about the power to look good in leather. – "Heh, wrong powers Yug," Joey said as Tristan laughed along. Tea blushed a little imagining Yami in leather.
Yami looked down at his clothes. "Yugi's the one who wants to wear leather all the time," he said to himself.
"Oh come on Yami, leather looks good on me," Yugi said. Yami chuckled in response.
-Yami: That power belongs to me and me alone, and maybe N Sync but mostly to me, and I won't let you take it without a fight!-
-Marik: We'll see how strong you are when you're trapped inside my Nightmare Steel Cage!-
-Yami: Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage. – "Wow, so not only did you have to face an Egyptian God, you had to do so trapped in a cage." Tristan said.
Yami nodded. "I still remember that day."
"I've noticed that about Marik, at least with his dark side; he always traps his opponents before he unleashes a powerful monster on them," Tea said.
"He did the same thing in the finals to both Mai and I," Joey said. "What a creep."
-Marik: And now I summon the Egyptian God card! Slifer the Executive Producer!-
-Slifer: I hunger!
-Yami: Holy Mumm-Ra! Look at the size of that thing. It makes Kaiba's ego look positively miniscule.-
-Marik: Hahaha! Cower in fear Pharaoh, because Slifer is going to executive produce the crap out of you! – "…That just sounds weird," Yami said thinking about Marik's line.
-Tristan: Joey, what's the matter with you? You haven't' played a card game in one whole episode. You gotta get back in the game man!-
-Joey: No. From now on, I only duel minor characters from season one. That's how I roll.-
-Tristan: But Joey…-
-Joey: That is how I roll Tristan. – "Being that selective isn't going to help you," Tea said.
"Well besides Espa, the only people I dueled were people from Duelist Kingdom, and look how far that got me," Joey said.
-Kaiba: What the hell's going on here? I specifically requested that Joey Wheeler be banned from my tournament. Somebody must've f*cked up big time. – "Sorry Kaiba, but this duelist isn't going anywhere! I'll keep getting stronger and I'll defeat you one day!" Joey said proudly.
Yami smiled. "With that confidence, you're on a great path."
-Joey: Hey Kaiba, you're a minor character from season one, how about a duel?-
-Kaiba: There wasn't a single word you just said that didn't make me want to kill you. – Everyone except Joey started laughing. "Hey, what gives?" he asked.
"That's not too far off from what Kaiba could say," Tristan said laughing some more.
"Oh give me a break," Joey said, but then he realized that Tristan was somewhat right. He then chuckled to himself about Kaiba being a 'minor character.'
-Pilot: Mr. Kaiba, our scanners have detected that an Egyptian God card has been summoned somewhere in the city. If you climb on board, we'll take you to the signal's location.-
-Kaiba: And now I have a boner. – Everyone's eyes widened. "Dude, too much!" Tristan said. Everyone else nodded in agreement.
-Marik: You're finished Pharaoh, for every card I have in my hand, Slifer's attack power increases. And with my Revival Jam in play, you can't hope to touch my life points. Now I play the Card of Safe Return which allows me to draw three more cards every time my Revival Jam is sent to the graveyard. It's your move Yugi. Hah-ha-ha-ha!-
-Yami: Know something Marik? Dueling you is like playing on the Nintendo Wii, it got boring after about five minutes. – "Would people who play video games often agree or disagree?" Tea asked.
-Marik: Silence! Soon you will be crushed, and people all over the place will marvel at my leather-clad tushy. – "…No thank you," Tea said.
-Slifer: Run coward!-
-Yami: He's right. How can I hope to defeat an Egyptian God card?-
-Kaiba: Quit your sniveling Yugi!-
-Yami: Huh?-
-Kaiba: Just because this guy has an Egyptian God card doesn't mean he's going to win. You and I both know that there's more to card games than having the most powerful monsters. A true duelist doesn't rely on his cards alone. If you want to win this match, you're gonna have to take a page out of my book and screw the rules! – "But we need money to screw the rules, and Yugi doesn't have any in this duel," Tristan said.
"Unless he sold his puzzle," Joey said.
"Excuse me?"
"Never mind."
-Yami: He's right, and I know just how to do it! I'll use Brain Control to take control of his Revival Jam. Now every time Slifer destroys my Revival Jam monster, he'll be forced to draw three new cards, and when Revival Jam returns to the field, Slifer's special ability means it has to attack any new monster that appears, starting the whole process over again. This will continue until he no longer has any cards left in his deck, rendering me the winner by default! – "Oh wow! That's how you beat Slifer? Man, I wish I could've seen that duel," Joey said.
Yami smiled. "Every card, no matter how powerful, does have a weakness."
-Kaiba: Yugi, you took advantage of a glaring flaw in the Duel Monster's rulebook. Truly you are an honorable duelist. – "I wouldn't really call it a flaw, it's just a strategy," Yami said.
-Marik: Fools! It doesn't matter if you take Slifer the Executive Producer. For I have an even stronger God card up my sleeve. Soon I shall arrive in Domino City, where my Steve squad is already preparing to capture your beloved friends Tea, Tristan, and Joey. And don't bother trying to find them, for they are masters of disguise – "If they're masters of disguise, then I'm the king of games," Tristan said. Everyone laughed in response.
-Yami: Damnit! I have to save my friends!-
-Kaiba: See Mokuba? This is why I don't let you have friends. – "That hasn't stopped Mokuba. I consider him a friend," Yami said.
"You consider everyone your friend Yug," Joey said with a smile.
As Marik appeared riding his motorcycle, Joey sighed. "So both Duke and Marik get theme music? When do I get my theme song?" Joey asked.
"Careful what you wish for. I have a feeling the 'Brooklyn Rage' catchphrase of yours could be turned into a theme song for you," Tea said.
"So Joey, does his theme music make him look cool on a motorcycle?" Tristan asked referring to the quote on the video.
"Nah, I would beat him at riding a motorcycle with nice music."
"Sure, if I was the driver," Tristan added, to which Joey glared at him.
Suddenly, the song came on and everyone watched as the Kuriboh clips played along. Once it was over, everyone's mouth was open and they all stared at the screen.
Yami was the one who got up and walked out of the room. Everyone started at the door as he walked out. There was a faint glow and Yugi entered and noticed everyone starting. "H-Hey guys."
"Is the pharaoh…?" Tea slowly asked.
"Yeah, he… he just needs to be alone," Yugi said, his face a little red. "But he's okay. He just needs a moment." Once he assured everyone, Yugi sat down and watched the last few seconds.
-Guy: Dude… - "No he isn't, and I haven't seen him since," Yugi said.
"Man Yug, once again that was pretty clever of you. Beating Slifer like that," Joey said.
"Thank you," Yugi said smiling. "So, how about another video?"
/
Meanwhile in another dimension, Slifer was resting and recharging his energy, having a feeling that he would need it soon to protect the world. A powerful presence appeared behind him.
"So Slifer, what executive producing did you accomplish today?"
Slifer's eyes snapped open and he turned his head around, seeing the powerful blue Egyptian God. "What did you just ask me?"
"Executive producing. How much did you accomplish with all that today?" Obelisk asked.
Slifer turned around fully, glaring at Obelisk. "What makes you think I would be doing something like that? Do you realize who you are talking to?"
"The executive producer, like those videos said."
After realizing what Obelisk was talking about, Slifer flew over until they were inches from each other's face. His rage was evident. "You mean to tell me you approve of those videos that make a mockery of us!?"
"Hey, it's just a little humor, lighten up!"
"You should be more serious about this!"
"Are you saying I can't have a little fun?"
"Maybe I am!"
Obelisk showed his fists. "Do you know who you're dealing with?"
"I believe I do!" Slifer said starting to open his second mouth.
The heat could be felt throughout the area, but it wasn't from the two Egyptian Gods arguing. Slifer and Obelisk both felt the heat and they both got a bad feeling. Turning towards their side, the Gods saw the source of the heat, and it was radiating with heat and anger.
The golden ball was sitting there, with a gold head poking out and angry red eyes staring at the other two. If there was one thing Slifer and Obelisk knew, disturbing The Winged Dragon of Ra while he was resting was a huge mistake.
"S-Sorry Ra," Slifer said.
"Yeah, sorry Meg-ow" Obelisk started before Slifer slapped him with his tail.
Ra glanced at both of them before he ducked back into his ball, and the heat subsided. Slifer and Obelisk looked at each other and nodded. Slifer returned to where he was before and started to rest again. Obelisk also sat down and started to recharge his energy, but not before laughing to himself once again. These videos were going to be fun.
So yeah, the Egyptian Gods are starting to show what they think as well. I think I'm going to make them recurring, and not permanent reactors.
I know Marik wasn't in this one, but he definitely will for the next video, and Bakura too. I know the next episode is one many of you are waiting for because of the Thiefshipping. I hope you guys will like it.
(And sorry I didn't have much to say about the Star Trek beginning. I'm not a huge ST fan, so I didn't know what was happening and therefore wasn't sure how the others would react to it ^^;)
Until then, see you guys next time!
Next time: Episode 33 – Harpoonshipping. Duel Standby!
