Oh my, look who decided to update to start off the new year! It's about 30 minutes past midnight at the time of posting this. I wished I could have updated right at midnight (central US time), but oh well. I'm really tired right now, so I'm not going to say much for now, other than I don't own any of the media referenced. Enjoy, and Happy New Year!


-Abridged series.-

"Mind speaking."

Normal dialogue.


Listen Noah, I have to go, but I want to talk to you again. I can give you my phone number, although I'm not sure how that would work if you don't have a cell phone. Also, I won't tell Seto about this yet, but he might find out eventually. Anyways, I hope to talk to you later.

Mokuba sent the email as he walked back inside the room, where Kaiba was checking his own phone for anything worth his time. He put his phone away once he saw his brother entering the room. "What was that all about?" he asked.

"Oh, Yugi texted me, wanting to know if… if we wanted to host another tournament!" Mokuba said quickly. He flashed a smile, hoping Kaiba wouldn't suspect anything.

Kaiba raised an eyebrow before turning back to the computer. "We just had the KC Grand Prix Championship, and now he wants another one? Although…" He then smirked. "I may have to think about that, if it would give me another opportunity to duel him."

Mokuba sighed inwardly in relief as he walked over and sat down next to his brother. "Yeah, I'll let him know what you think, after we watch another video."

"Fine," Kaiba said.

After reading Mokuba's email, Noah smiled. He then felt something in his hand. He looked down to see a green cell phone in his hand. "When did this get here," he wondered.

"Consider it a… parting gift?" Someone from the fandom said.

"Parting gift?" Noah asked.

"We'll… tell you after you watch the video," They said again. Noah was about to say more when he got another email from Mokuba, and this one had his phone number. Noah entered the number and Mokuba sent him a text.

There are these really funny videos that you should check out.

Noah chuckled and texted back that he was already watching them, to which Mokuba was happy to hear. In the back of his mind, he wondered what 'parting gift' meant, but decided to focus on the next video for now.

Yugi turned towards the Yami, who was once again transparent beside him. "You know, it's been a while since you got to watch a video," he said.

"I have been watching them, partner," Yami said. Yugi smiled a little at hearing Yami call him like.

"Yeah, but I mean with everyone else," Yugi said. Before Yami could say anything else, the puzzle glowed and he soon found himself in control.

"Hey, look who decided to join us," Joey said, giving Yami a pat on the back.

"I'm looking forward to this one, taking down those five big creeps!" Tristan said. Shortly after speaking, he pressed play, and the video began.

-Yami: I used to be a duelist like you, but then I took a card game to the motorcycle. – "Hey, the Doctors!" Tristan exclaimed. "The Tenth Doctor was always my favorite!"

"My dad was always fond of the Fourth Doctor," Tea mentioned.

-Yugi: Don't worry Kaiba. Now that we've teamed up, you're evil step-brother won't stand a chance!-

-Kaiba: You're joking, obviously. What could I possibly stand to gain from teaming with you idiots! – Kaiba smirked a little, knowing that it was a legit question.

-Yugi: Constant support? – "That's always a plus," Yami said.

-Duke: Catchy theme music? – "Also nice to have. Kaiba better be taking notes," Duke said.

-Joey: Shipping fodder? – "…That might be a turnoff for him," Joey said. He then remembered seeing the ships with him and Kaiba. "…And possibly for me too."

-Tristan: Bananas! – Tea chuckled a little. "Would you have said that if you weren't a robot monkey?" she asked.

"Probably," Tristan said with a laugh. "Bananas are very nutritious."

-Tea: Also, we have these! – "Hm, I don't see anything," Tea said. After a few moments, she realized what the video was referring to. "…Oh no."

-Kaiba: Those… are… very nice, but I'm not interested. I'm going after Noah, on my own terms.-

-Tea: But does Noah have these!-

-Kaiba: God I hope not. – "I hope not either," Tea said sounding defeated.

Noah was also blushing in embarrassment. He hugged himself a little, not wanting to even think of something like that. "I'm kind of glad I don't have those," he said quietly.

Everyone then noticed the different title sequence. As the intro played out, everyone noticed how catching the song was, and laughed at the lyrics that were being sung.

Evil Tristan: Hahahahaha!-

-Yugi: It's Tristan! The evil version!-

-Joey: How can you tell?-

-Yugi: This one isn't drooling all over your sister. – "So, you're admitting that me finding Serenity cute isn't evil?" Tristan asked with a smile. "That's pretty reassuring," he added, ignoring the glares from Duke and Joey and hearing Serenity chuckle a little.

-Evil Tristan: Yes, it's me, Evil Tristan! And this time, I didn't come alone!-

-Gansley: With all five of us controlling Tristan's body, there's no way we can lose. – "So they teamed up again?" Mai asked. "But was it five against one again?"

"Not entirely," Yami said. "Joey helped me during our duel."

Joey smirked. "We're quite the team!" he said with a thumbs up.

-Crump: Hey Gansley, dibs on the blond guy's sister. – "NO!" Both Joey and Tea exclaimed out loud. "We are NOT going through that again!" Tea said.

"If that perverted creep so much as breathes in the direction of my sis, he's going straight to hell!" Joey said. Everyone turned towards him.

"Wow, I couldn't have said it better myself," Tea said.

"But don't you mean he'll go to the Shadow Realm?" Bakura asked. "Or wait… do you really mean hell?"

"I think he does," Yami said. "It seems like 4Kids' influence is starting to weaken."

"Do you think this means our censored memories will start to come back?" Duke asked.

"Possibly," Yami responded.

"Either way, this is a nice distraction for the idea of that creep getting a hold of Serenity," Tristan said.

-Gansley: You can't just call dibs on someone's body.-

-Crump: Hm, I'm afraid I just did. – "Or maybe not…" He added as the joke continued.

-Evil Tristan: I like redheads almost as much as I like penguins. - "That sound is going to haunt me forever…" Tea said as a shiver ran up her spine. Serenity also felt a shiver going up her spine as well.

-Joey: Are we… sure that's not the regular Tristan? – "I mean, according to Yugi, he is drooling all over your sister," Bakura said. "So you kind of have a point there."

"Except here's the difference. There isn't an old creep possessing my body!" Tristan said.

"Same here," Duke said.

"This doesn't involve you!" Tristan said back.

"Alright, break it up you two," Mai said.

-Evil Tristan: So, it all comes down to this. The cast of Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged vs TeamFourStar!-

-Yugi: Kids.-

-Evil Tristan: What?-

-Yugi: Team 4Kids.-

-Evil Tristan: What did I say?-

-Yugi: TeamFourStar.-

-Evil Tristan: What is that? What even is that? – "Hey, do you guys remember a few videos back when they were showing the 'credits' for the video?" Bakura asked, using his fingers to quote.

"Yeah?" Tea said.

"I think those people are TeamFourStar, and they're voicing the Big Five."

"Oh, that makes sense, because I was confused there for a second," Mai said. "They're good at voice acting too."

"We should check them out one day," Tristan said.

-Yugi: I don't know, but you're going to pay 4Kids! We're gonna do to you what you did to One Piece, cut you into a thousand tiny pieces so that even your own creator won't recognize you! – "I'm guessing that's another 'cartoon'?" Mai asked, putting cartoon in quotes.

"Probably," Yami said. "And if this video is accurate about messing around with the show, then there is much more at stake than we realized if others are being affected.

-Evil Tristan: Nonsense! The test audiences loved our version of One Piece!-

-Iruka: Guess what Hokage, I was the guy who test screened the 4Kids One Piece dub!-

-Hokage: That makes way too much sense. – "Who are those people?" Serenity asked.

"No idea," Yami said. "Do you think they have something to do with 4Kids?" Everyone shrugged in response.

-Joey: Shouldn't you guys be challenging Kaiba? I mean, he's the one who pissed you off.-

-Evil Tristan: Kaiba's body belongs to Master Noah. As for the rest of you, Yugi's body will belong to Gansley.-

-Yugi: Eugh, that freaky fish guy?-

-Gansley: I am not a freaky fish guy! – Everyone in Yami's group started laughing, even Yami himself. "Well, looks like Mako's got some competition for that title," Joey said.

-Evil Tristan: Joey's body will belong to Leichter.-

-Joey: Nyeh.-

-Evil Tristan: Nesbitt will take Tristan.-

-Tristan: Bananas! – "Is 'bananas' the only thing you can say now?" Duke asked. "You really are becoming a monkey."

"Hey!" Tristan exclaimed. "…Although, bananas are very good for you."

-Evil Tristan: Crump will take Serenity's body – Joey quickly covered Serenity's ears as the slurping sound returned. "I'll say it again, if that creep ever breathes in her direction, he's getting his ass kicked!" Joey said.

"Agreed," Tea said.

-Serenity: Meep.-

-Evil Tristan: And Johnson will take Duke.-

-Duke: This is the only time I'm ever going to say this to anybody, but I would never let you have my body. – "Ha, isn't that the truth," Duke said.

-Tea: Wait, I didn't hear my name. – "Unless there's a secret sixth member of the Big Five," Tea said. "Would that mean they'd be called the Big Six?"

-Evil Tristan: Yeah, you're free to go.-

-Tea: Why don't any of you want my body?-

-Yugi: I want your body. – Yami blushed a little, and he could feel Yugi blushing as well.

"Uh… I don't think I want any of them possessing my body!" Tea said. "Did they forget what happened with Crump? I'm not letting any of possess me."

"Well, they don't want you anyway, so I think you're good there," Mai said.

-Tea: Why doesn't anyone want me body?-

-Evil Tristan: Well, nobody really wants Crump's sloppy seconds, not even Crump. – "… I don't know whether that's a good or bad thing," Tea said.

"What do you mean?" Serenity asked.

"Is it good because they no longer want to possess me, or is it bad because now I have that creep's 'sloppy seconds' whatever that means?"

"Oh…" Serenity said quietly.

-Kaiba: Oh my God, so many stairs. I'd like to find whoever invented the stairs, and push him down these stairs, just to show him how stupid stairs are. Then his legs will be broken, and he will no longer be able to climb the stairs anymore. It'll be ironic, and then his wife will leave him and go be with the man who invented the elevator, because everyone knows that elevators are much sexier than stairs, and oh my God I'm not even close to being at the top yet. Why are there so many stairs!?-

Starting with Yami's group, everyone was losing it. Even Yami himself was laughing as hard as the others.

"I'm gonna start saying the entire monologue every time I have to walk up a giant flight of stairs," Duke said. "Gotta hand it to Kaiba, he really knows how to make climbing stairs hilarious."

"Elevators are a lot better than stairs," Joey said. "This might be one of the rare times I agree with Money Bags."

"I wonder if Kaiba is watching this. What would he think?" Bakura asked.

Mokuba was trying to catch his breath after laughing for almost an entire minute. "That was one of the best speeches you've ever given, even if it was all in your head," he said.

"That was pretty funny," Kaiba said. "Although I'm not sure if I'd ever say something like that at any of my tournaments."

"Yeah, but we've had to climb up many stairs throughout our lives," Mokuba said. "And we're probably not finished yet."

Noah couldn't help but laugh as well. Since he could transport himself anywhere when he was in the Virtual World, he didn't use stairs often. But even then, he still found himself laughing at Kaiba's rant.

-Evil Tristan: There's nothing in your decks that could prepare you for this fight.-

-Yugi: Is that so? Well look at your deck, now back to me, now look at your deck…-

-Yami: Now back to me. I'm an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh. Hello ladies. – Mai chuckled. "That'll get you the ladies alright," she said while giving Tea a little nudge on the shoulder.

"Mai…" she said quietly, her face blushing from her teasing.

"You'll have him one day hon," Mai added with a wink.

-Evil Tristan: Even in this worthless body, you're no match for us Yugi!-

-Yami: That's my worthless friend you're talking about! ("Hey!" Tristan exclaimed) It's time to duel!-

-Joey: I can't let you do this alone Yug!-

-Yami: You're right Joey! With you by my side, you'll make the perfect distraction. – "Distraction?!" Joey exclaimed. "Are you saying I can't hold my own against those creeps?!"

-Joey: Nyeh?-

-Yami: Partner.-

-Joey: Dyeh! – "Yeah, that's more like it," he added. "We're a team Yug, and I don't want you saying otherwise," he said giving Yami a small push on the shoulder.

"Of course we are," Yami agreed.

Kaiba had to admit that Yami calling Joey a 'distraction' was a little funny.

-Evil Tristan: Master Noah has placed each of us into this body. It's five on two, and the odds are in our favor!-

-Yami: Huh, five men in one body, eh? Sounds like a typical day for Mai Valentine. Am I right? – "Excuse me!?" Mai exclaimed angrily. "What are you trying to imply from that!?"

Everyone could sense Mai's anger, and Duke turned to Yami. "Wow Yugi, way to ruin her enjoyment," he whispered. "And she was even stuck in the Shadow Realm… or just a coma, but still…"

Yami was just staring into space, face red with embarrassment, and not knowing how to respond to his video counterpart's comment. In his mind, he could also sense Yugi suffering from just as much embarrassment.

"…Uh…" he tried saying, still unsure of what to do.

"Well Yugi, what do you have to say to Mai?" Tristan asked. Everyone was now looking at him, including Mai with her arms crossed.

"…I'm sorry?" Yami said, though he was still feeling awkward since it technically wasn't him saying that, but the person in the video.

Mai sighed. "Look, I know you don't think those things about me, and I appreciate that. It's just something I have to get used to at this point," she said, sounding a little defeated.

"Don't force yourself to just ignore whenever that happens," Bakura said.

"Well it's not going away anytime soon," Mai said. "Look, let's just continue. Hopefully that's the last time this will be mentioned.

Yami felt like she was speaking to soon.

-Joey: Yug, she's in a coma.-

Yami: Am I right?-

-Joey: It's just very inappropriate is all. – "You actually have some sense in your head for once," Mai said, giving Joey a little nudge on the shoulder.

-Yami: Yes, but am I right? – "And will you stop asking that?" Mai said.

-Joey: Yugi!-

-Yami: Joey… am I right? – "No, you're not!" Joey answered.

-Kaiba: By Richard Branson's beard, that's Kaibaland, my amusement park! But Kaibaland isn't going to be built for another four years! How could Noah possibly know what it looks like? – "Wait, Kaibaland was already built before this, even before Battle City," Mokuba said.

-Kaiba: But big brother, we already saw Kaibaland in season one. – "Yeah, exactly," he said.

-Kaiba: Shut up Mokuba! – "You know, he's technically telling himself to shut up," Tea said.

Joey started laughing. "We need that to happen more often."

-Kaiba: *sighs* Just isn't the same when he's not here. – "…I don't know how I feel about that," Mokuba said.

-Evil Tristan: Hahahahaha, how does it feel knowing you're about to be defeated by the most worthless Yu-Gi-Oh character of them all?-

-Yami: The joke's on you Team 4Kids because Jaden Yuki isn't even in this duel! – "Well that's harsh," Joey said. He hasn't met Jaden, but he had an idea of who he was because of the fandom. "He sounds like a nice guy from what I heard."

"Well whoever this Jaden guy is, I wonder if he knows about these," Tea said. "I'd like to see him duel one day."

"I do as well," Yami said. He then felt something in his deck. He pulled out the cards and heard Kuriboh. Yami then saw his card, and for a brief second, saw two small wings on either side of the furball.

"You saw that too, right?" Yugi asked.

"I feel like that's something we should remember in the future," he said quietly before putting his deck away.

-Joey: Man, Tristan sounds so evil and threatening. It's nothing like how he usually sounds. I'm freaking out here. It's just like that one time I watched the Singapore dub. – "Singapore dub?" Serenity asked. "Are there more language dubs besides English and Japanese?"

"But they speak English in Singapore, so what's the difference between that one and… us?" Tristan asked.

"I think we're about to find out," Tea said as the scene changed.

-Yami: Dude Yugi, I think Tea wants to date you! You should wear one of those awesome silver bracelets. Now let's get on our mondo awesome skateboards and order some bodacious pizza!-

-Yugi: Tubular idea Pharaoh! – "What was that?!" Tea said as she started laughing.

"Did you two get kidnapped and replaced with skateboarder/surfer/radical counterparts?" Joey asked.

"Imagine if you guys talked like that all the time," Duke said. "If that's how you sound, then I'm scared find out how the rest of us sound."

Mokuba was laughing at Yugi and Yami's conversation. "I don't think I'd be able to take him seriously if he talked like that all the time."

"Hmph, that would be annoying," Kaiba added.

Noah was also laughing, and made a note to himself to find the Singapore dub if he had some free time, which considering he was stuck inside the internet, he would have plenty.

-Joey: Geez, and people say my accent is inappropriate. – "Nah, I think you'd fit right in with that dub," Tristan said.

"Gee, thanks," Joey said flatly.

-Evil Tristan: Since I'm the evil Tristan, I'm going to do the one thing that regular Tristan never could.-

-Yami: You're going to get us to like you? – Joey playfully punched Tristan's shoulder, who punched his shoulder back, with Tea watching them to make sure it was all jokes and fun and a real fight wasn't about to start.

-Evil Tristan: I'm going to destroy Tristan's best friend, Joey Wheeler!-

-Joey: Whohohohohoh, you got it all wrong pal. Uh, Yugi's his best friend, not me. – "Oh no, I can already tell where this is going," Bakura said.

-Yami: Hey now, don't sell yourself short there, Joey. We all know you guys got along like a house on fire. – Joey blinked. "What even was that comparison?" he asked with a small laugh.

-Joey: Yeah, a house filled with people burning to death, that was us. Come on Yug, you guys were closer than brothers.-

-Yami: I hated my brother!-

-Joey: Oh, I didn't even know you had one.-

-Yami: That's because I hated him! – "…You don't have a secret brother, right Yugi?" Duke asked.

"Not that I know of," Yami said. "And I'm sure if Yugi was in my place, he would also say 'no' as well," he added.

"Well…" Joey said. "You do have a ton of sisters."

"What!?" Everyone turned to look at him.

"Yeah, when the fandom was showing me around their little house, they showed me all of Yugi's sisters. Apparently, they all exist there."

Yami could only imagine what Yugi's life would have been life if he lived with all those sisters.

-Yami: Besides, I distinctly remember you saying and I quote, "I am awfully fond of Tristan. Nyeh, Brooklyn Rage!" – "Dude, you're gonna aim all that Brooklyn Rage at me?" Tristan asked.

"Maybe if you make any more moves on my sis, same for you Duke," He said as he turned towards the other man.

-Joey: Well, I definitely recall you saying, "It's time to duel, with my best friend Tristan."-

-Yami: That sounds nothing like me! When have I ever said any of those things? – "You know, you both have an enemy to defeat. You guys could be doing that rather than argue over who Tristan's best friend is," Mai said.

"Yeah and besides, I already know the answer to who my best friend is," Tristan said. He swung an arm around both Joey and Yami. "Both of you!" Joey and Yami chuckled in response.

"Hey, what about the rest of us?" Tea asked.

"You know what I mean," Tristan said with a wink.

Throughout the whole scene, Kaiba was smirking a little seeing the two get into an argument, not so much for the friendship aspect, but just how petty it all sounded. Though he was curious about the brother bit, wondering what it would be like if Yugi really did have a brother.

-Kaiba: What the hell is this supposed to be? Noah's home movie collection? Nice outfit, dork! – "Whoa, are we gonna see more of Noah as a little kid?" Duke asked.

"Looks like it," Tea said.

Noah gasped a little. He remembered showing Kaiba his home clips, and he was wondering if something different was going to happen.

-Noah: I'm so happy Father! Nothing short of my untimely death could ruin things now! – "…Talk about bad timing," Bakura said. Joey and Serenity then gasped at what they saw next.

-Serenity: Joey, stop this crazy thing!-

-Joey: Apply the hand break you dumb broad! – "…What is THAT doing in Noah's home videos!?" Joey asked, a little anger in his voice.

"How could he have gotten that?" Serenity asked. "And why is that even there?"

"Uhh… I think we're about find out why," Yami said as everyone heard a car crashing noise.

-Noah: AAHH! How very untimely! – "…Wait a sec…" Joey said slowly, starting to piece the puzzle together. "Are you saying that WE were the ones responsible for his death!?"

"I think so," Serenity said quietly.

"We never even knew Noah back then! What is going on here!?" Joey asked again. He looked up towards the sky. "Hey Noah, if for some reason you're out there, and you can hear us, we were not the ones who killed you!"

"Joey, I don't think Noah can hear you," Tea said. "We don't even know where he is."

Meanwhile, Noah was just as confused as the others were. There was no way Joey and Serenity were the ones who killed him. Unless… no he was right. They might have not even been alive when he was killed. Who knows at this point.

-Kaiba: Did I just watch a snuff film? – "…That's dark," Mokuba said. Kaiba scoffed a little at the video.

-Yami Marik: 9997!-

-Door: Access denied. – "NO FREAKING WAY!" Tea shouted as everyone burst out into endless laughter. "HE WENT THOUGH EVERY SINGLE COMBINATION!"

"No way those fingers are still in tact at this point!" Tristan said in between laughs.

Yami could sense Yugi trying to control his own laugher. "I told you we were going to see the best thing ever," he said.

"He must be super desperate to find out what's on the other side of that door," Mai said, finally controlling her laughter.

Mokuba was laughing uncontrollably, and even Kaiba was laughing a little more than usual. Noah also found himself in full laughter. He was happy that there was something funny to distract him from the previous scene.

-Yami Mairk: 9998!-

-Door: Access denied.-

-Yami Marik: 9999!-

-Door: Access approved. – "Wow, he finally got it," Mai said as she started laughing again.

-Yami: Marik: Yes! I am henceforth known as the Ruler of All Doors! Every single door shall bow before me and open at my command! I am the Master of Unlocking!-

-Door: Please enter secondary password. – Once again, everyone who was watching the video burst out in laughter.

"All that work for nothing!" Tea exclaimed. "That's awesome!"

"Good luck going through all of that once again!" Joey said as he tried to calm himself down.

Both of the Kaiba brothers started calming down from their laughter. "Oh man, that was good," Mokuba said, wiping a small tear from his eye.

"Hm, that was pretty funny, I'll admit," Kaiba said quietly. Mokuba then saw a text on his phone. He looked down and saw a message from Noah, asking if he saw the door scene. Mokuba texted back, and the two agreed that it was one of the best scenes they have seen so far.

-Yami Marik: NO! Curse you door! From this day forth, I swear vengeance! I shall hunt down your kind and murder them into extinction-Oh my God what's happening to my face? This has never happened before, what the frig? – "Yeah, that would be weird if your face started doing that," Bakura said. He then felt a chill up his shoulder, not knowing what that was all about.

-Evil Tristan: Once we inhabit your bodies, we're going to enter the real world and take control of the Kaiba Corporation once more!-

-Yami: Really? You're just going to walk up to Kaibacorp looking like a bunch of school children and ask nicely if you can run the company? – "I mean, Kaiba's a school child and he runs the entire company," Tristan. "Or at least, he used to be…"

"Remember when he actually attended school? Wild times," Joey said.

-Evil Tristan: That is our flawless plan!-

-Yami: That plan is as stupid as I am pretty, and I don't know if you've noticed this, but I am a damn handsome man. – Tea found herself blushing again. "He's right about that," she said quietly, though not quiet enough for Mai to not hear. She chuckled softly and gave Tea a pat on the shoulder.

-Yami: Now watch this Joey, I'm going to trick them into activating my trap card. Wink, wink. – Tea chuckled again.

-Joey: Yug, ix-nay on the ap card-tray.-

-Yami: What?-

-Joey: Eep-kay Iet-quay about the ap card-tray. – "Yeah, I still don't understand what was going on through your head when you did that Yug, but we still got through that duel," Joey said. "Here though, you're making it even more obvious."

Yami chuckled a little. "And you speaking in Pig Latin and your sudden movements aren't suspicious?" he asked.

"…Okay fair point."

-Yami: I… don't understand.-

-Joey: Ugi-Yay, alking-tay about the ap card-tray is angerous-day. – "Okay, I know he's talking in Pig Latin, but even I need a moment to figure out what he's saying," Joey said.

-Yami: Uh, did you go insane? Is that what's happening?-

-Tea: He's speaking to you in Pig Latin.-

-Yami: Silly Tea, pigs don't speak Latin. Nobody would understand them, it's a dead language. – "Oooohhhh! Shots fired!" Tristan said, pumping his fist in the air.

-Yami: Now watch me totally trick these guys into activating my trap card. Wink, wink… wink. – "…I should try that on the ladies," Duke said quietly to himself after seeing all the winking that Yami was doing.

-Joey: Ugi-yay, I'm iying-tray to arm-way ou-yay.-

-Yami: Joey, you're Japanese. You're supposed to be speaking English. – "Uhh, don't you mean Japanese?" Bakura asked. "…Oh wait…"

-Joey: Fine! You're trap card isn't going to work!-

-Evil Tristan: Oh, it's a trap card.-

"Yeah, I was about to say, didn't one of them have Jinzo as their deck master?" Mai said. "Should have been obvious that they would use that if you tried to use a trap card."

Kaiba was thinking the same thing. "What a weird strategy, even for Yugi," he said to himself.

-Yami: Good one Joey. You made them see right through my elaborate rouse. You're the worst distraction ever. – "Now wait a minute! You were the one who made it super obvious that you were using a trap card!" Joey pointed out. "Don't do blaming any of that on me."

"I wouldn't do anything like that," Yam said.

"I know, just messing with ya," Joey said, giving Ymai a small ruffle of the hair.

-Evil: You could begin to imagine the monster that lurks in my deck.-

-Yami: Tell me!-

-Evil Tristan: Oh you'll find out. I'm about to summon it.-

-Yami: Tell me!-

-Evil Tristan: No, I'm not going to tell…-

-Yami: Tell me! – "Geez, someone's eager to know," Mai said with a chuckle.

"Yeah, wait until you see what he summoned," Joey said.

-Evil Tristan: What's wrong with this guy?-

-Joey: Yeah, you should probably just tell him. He can be very insistent.-

-Yugi: You'll never guess what I got you for Christmas Pharaoh.-

-Yami: Tell me! – "Ha, but that would ruin the surprise!" Serenity exclaimed.

-Shimon: My Pharaoh, is there anything else that I, a humble servant, can do for you? – Mai blinked. "Yugi, that looks like your Grandfather!" she said.

Yami nodded. "He's someone from my past… but that's all I know." He glanced at Yugi for a second, who nodded to him in return.

-Atem: Tell me… a bedtime story. – Everyone in Yugi's group started laughing.

-Tea: Hey Pharaoh, you'll never guess what happens at the end of the new Twilight book!-

-Yami: …I don't read crap. – "Shots fired… again!" Tristan said once again pumping his fist in the air.

-Yami: Tell me!-

-Evil Tristan: Fine. Behold, our Ultimate Five-Headed Dragon! Hahahahaha! – "Oh no, not that dragon!" Mai said. "How did you guys manage to get past him this time?"

Yami and Joey exchanged smiles. "We'll tell you later," Joey said.

Kaiba also saw the return of the Dragon. "Figures they would use the same monster they used on us before," he said.

-Yami: Don't worry Joey, we already defeated this thing in episode 21, remember?-

-Joey: Yeah, but in that episode, we had Kaiba and Mai helping us out.-

-Yami: Oh yeah. Hey, whatever happened to Mai anyway? Heh, probably off powdering her nose or something. – "Uhh, no. I was stuck in the Shadow Realm," Mai said in an unimpressed voice. "Are we gonna have to go through all of this again?"

"Maybe," Tea said quietly.

-Yami: It's funny because she's a woman. Am I right? – "Yep, we are," Mai said in defeat.

-Joey: Yug, why do you hate women so much?-

-Yami: Why wouldn't I hate women? I mean, they hate me. – "…Okay, what is even going on here?" Tea asked.

"Yeah, not a big fan of this joke," Mai said. "Besides, I think a lot of ladies would love to be with the King of Games," she said with a wink directed at Tea.

-Joey: What?-

-Yami: Yeah, that Marik chick is always saying how much she despises me. – "…Well, this just got awkward," Bakura said.

-Joey: Uh, Yug I don't know how to tell you this but, Marik's a guy.-

-Yami: What? That's crazy!-

-Joey: I know. – "Imagine if Mairk was watching this. Wonder what he would think," Bakura said.

-Yami: But look at the way she dresses! – "Yeah, because what a person wears determines their gender," Tea said.

"Really?" Tristan asked.

"I was being sarcastic!" Tea said back.

-Joey: Totally a guy.-

-Yami: That's crazy. What about Bakura, is she a…?-

-Joey: Bakura's a guy. – "Okay, I take it back. Now it's awkward," Bakura said with a small blush over his face.

-Yami: That's crazy. And what about Tea? Guy or girl?-

-Joey: She's a girl. – "Oh no, don't you start all this on me as well!" Tea said.

-Yami: Oh… that's crazy. Anyway, I should probably finish this duel, but that's crazy. – "No, what's crazy is that you think Marik and Bakura were both girls," Duke said.

Yami sighed. "I know… but that's crazy," he added with a small chuckle.

"Alright, you managed to make it funny," Joey said.

-Joey: Yeah.-

-Yami: Okay, where was I? Oh yes! Now Mirage Knight, wipe out their remaining life points and remove them from the Virtual World forever!-

-Evil Tristan: Nooooooooooo! – "Uh, that's not the Five-Headed Dragon," Mai pointed out.

"It's not!" Joey said. "Hey, did they skip us defeating that Dragon!?" Joey asked. "Man, that would have been cool to watch."

-Yami: Ha, they went down faster than Mai Valentine after a couple of martinis. Am I right? – "Okay, I…" Mai went silent. "…Actually, that one's got a point," she added quietly. This time, Tea gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder.

-Joey: Yugi, for the last time…-

-Yami: Am I right?-

Joey: Yugi!-

-Yami: Tell me! – "Well, that's a way to end an episode," Joey said as the credits started rolling. "Also, those guys were pretty good voice actors," he added as Team Four Star was given a special thanks.

-Yugi: Wait, this seems familiar! There's only one player I know whose deck is filled with machine cards. Show yourself!-

-Bandit Keith: It's me Austin!-

-Voice: Aw, son of a bitch! What?-

-Bandit Keith: It's me Austin! It was me all along Austin! – "Is that some kind of wrestler or something?" Bakura asked.

"I don't know, I don't watch a lot of wrestling or WWE," Tristan said.

-Noah: You five have failed me for the last time. Now I'm going to banish you to the darkest corners of the internet. Hahahaha! – "Uh oh. This could go south at any second," Tea said.

Noah was shivering. He had seen a lot in his time on the internet, and he had a feeling he knew where some of these 'darkest corners' could be.

-Gansley: Hello? Is anybody there? Why is this place so empty? – "Let me guess, an abandoned website?" Duke asked.

-Johnson: In all my years on the stand, I can honestly say I've never seen so much slander. – "You think that's slander, wait util he finds Twitter," Tea said.

-Naruto: Are you a naked girl?-

-Nesbitt: Negative, I am a robot.-

-Naruto: A naked robot?-

-Nesbitt: Robots have no need for clothes.-

-Naruto: So why aren't you naked? – "Hey, how about we leave this site before this goes any further," Joey said.

-Leichter: Oh sweet lord of the South, I don't know what's worse. The grammar? The porn? Or all this un-American Japaniminay? – Everyone who was watching felt some kind of disturbance, almost like there was about to be some kind of paradox.

The fandom noticed this too, and a few people quickly made sure that nothing would happen to any of the characters. How did they do that?

Uh… that's for you to imagine.

-Leichter: Huh, wonder what happened to Crump?-

-Crump: PenguinsPenguinsPenguinsPenguins! – "Well, at least he's happy," Bakura said.

"Ugh, why did the one person who had to be happy had to be him?" Tea asked with a groan.

-Tea: Giant Yami, we have brought you a sacrifice so that your will might be appeased!-

-Yami: Fetch me a better one! – "Whoa, never noticed that, but from that perspective, he does look like a giant," Serenity said.

"Alright, another video down! And also, the Big Five are now down," Joey said.

"Everyone!"

The group looked up to the sky, where the voice was coming from.

"4Kids is going to strike again very soon! We'll need all your help again!"

Yami had a look of determination on his face. "We'll be prepared." He then looked at the recommended video section and saw something. Yugi took over once again and he started smiling. "No way!"

"What's up?" Tristan asked.

"Look!" Yugi moved the cursor to show everyone the video. It was the scene with Mairk and the door, and just those scenes. Yugi pulled up his email, and sent one with the video as a link. "I know someone who has to see this!"

"Are you sending it to who I think you're sending it too?" Tea asked.

Yugi only responded with a wink.


Mokuba heard the voice as well, and even though he didn't admit it, so did Kaiba. Mokuba texted Noah, asking if he also heard the voice. Noah responded by saying that the fandom was with him. He also told Mokuba that the next video was going to be his duel with Kaiba and Yugi.

"That means…" Since Noah was defeated in their duel, did that mean something was going to happen at that moment?

Noah was also concerned, but he knew that 4Kids wasn't going to go down without some kind of fight, or duel. With that in mind, he tried to calm his nerves and instead focused on the next video.


Meanwhile, A certain someone in Egypt received Yugi's email with the video, and by the end, he was bursting out in laughter. Two others came into the room he was in, wondering what was going on.

"Ishizu, Odion, you have to see this!"


I think you guys know by now, I'm bad at keeping a schedule. I'll try again to update at least once a month, but it might not happen all the time, just with how busy it can get for me.

Can't respond to reviews this time because it's super late and I'm about to go to bed, but I hope to see you guys next time. Until then, here's to a hopeful 2022!


Next time: Episode 55 - Stepbrother's Sin. Duel Standby!