Konnichiwa Meet my guest star, Sorceress Vanessa!
Sorceress Vanessa (appears): How are you, Draconmouth?
Draconmouth: Good, V-chan. Thanks for the block on bad guys for my fics.
Sorceress (round eyes): V-chan?
Draconmouth: It's a compliment. That's what Sailor Moon called Sailor Venus in the
manga. By the way, Merry Christmas!
Sorceress: Oh, Merry Christmas (points). Who is that?
Yamakazi (appears): Hello, Authoresses.
Draconmouth: Oh, konnichiwa Yamakazi-kun. Merry Christmas. V-chan, This is Takashi
Yamakazi, better known as Yamakazi-kun.
Yamakazi: About Christmas (insert lying music), did you know how Christmas was
introduced in Japan?
Sorceress: Huh?
Yamakazi: Once an English family stayed there for a vacation, and they told the
Japanese children about Santa Claus.
Eriol (appears): And then with translators they began to play Santa Claus by secretly
bringing them gifts every year from England.
Sorceress: But how did they send them from England?
Eriol: Using dragons as messengers, as well as pigeons.
Draconmouth (exasperated): Yamakazi-kun! Hiiragizawa-kun, stop! V-chan's getting
confused with the truth and lies.
Sorceress (with round eyes): So that was a lie?
Draconmouth (nods): Uh-huh. Now, ON WITH THE FIC!
****************** Mokuba first noticed Joey. But even I could tell that Marik. Joey had the
Millennium Eye symbol from his forehead, and when he spoke he had a metallic
sounding voice. [AN: No offense Joey, but that's actually how you sounded] Yami and I
tried to release him from Marik's control, but nothing worked, not even when I
mentioned Serenity. Marik had a definitely strong hold on him. Then Tea emerged, mind-
controlled. We were led to a dock, where both Yami and Joey's legs were chained to an
anchor that would drop into the pier if either player's life points reached zero or if the
timer went off. Kaiba ordered for the duel to be stopped, but then Tea was strapped to a
chair, and a crate was hanging above their head. Then I noticed explosives on the crate,
just like in the Japanese version. "At least that's one thing they didn't censor", I
commented to no one in particular. Then the duel started. Yami had his first experience
with Hinotama, a magic card that gave him 500 life points direct damage. I saw what had
been cut from . "Yugi!" both Tea (who was free of mind-control by now), and I shouted.
It was then I had realized I had started crying. Tears were streaming uncontrollably from
my eyes. I tried to wipe them, but they kept coming. Never had I ever so wished that my
brother was there. I had seen this episode, but living was worse. I just turned off parts I
didn't want to see. Later on when the reruns were shown, I'd see them and feel stupid for
not watching them previously. But as Day would put it, reality is different from fiction.
'Marik' played another Hinotama, and Yami's jacket [AN: It's a jacket, worn as a cape
during the first part of Battle City] fell off. The Pharaoh was barely standing. I just
wanted to run to stop this duel, but I didn't want to endanger Tea's life. I forced myself to
watch helplessly. There was some way Kaiba stopped this duel, but I couldn't remember
it at the moment. Halfway through the duel, I saw Yami switch with Yugi. I could tell
from 'Marik's' expression that he wasn't expecting it anymore than we did. (Well, not
counting me exactly). Yugi was holding a card in his hand, almost hesitating to play it.
Then he played the magic card Exchange. Nearly all of us were shocked, as now 'Marik'
could take one card from Yugi's hand, and vice-versa. 'Marik', after saying Yugi must
have been desperate to play that card, walked over to the other side of the dueling arena,
and Yugi showed his hand, his eyes closed. It was then Joey started to awaken. We heard
his own voice, but then Marik took control again. He told Yugi that playing Exchange
was a foolish move. Yugi told him he could take any card, even the Red Eyes Black
Dragon. Joey struggled, and he was about to take the Red Eyes, but his own will made
him choose Card Destruction. "Joey!" Yugi exclaimed. I was thinking, thank goodness.
Yugi chose from 'Marik's' hand, Magic Arm Shield. Then both duelists resumed their
positions. Yugi sacrificed Big Shield Gardna and Kuribo in order to summon Red Eyes
Black Dragon. Both he and I could see Joey trying to gain control. However, Yugi
attacked Joey's Alligator Sword, saying that he would blast Joey to his senses or the
whole world would be in danger. I wondered how long someone would last saying that
repetitively. But things turned even worse as Joey played another Hinotama, which gave
another 500-life point damage. The only good thing about this was that it meant that
'Marik' couldn't play it anymore, since you're only allowed to have three copies of one
type of card in your deck. Then 'Marik' played Rocket Warrior and the magic card
Attrition. That card would take away the number of Rocket Warrior's attack points from
Red Eyes, along with the temporary 500-attack point loss, leaving it at 400. If Yugi was
attacked, the duel would be over! And Marik would have the Millennium Puzzle. Yugi
then did a giant sacrifice; he put the Millennium Puzzle around Joey's neck, saying it was
his now. We were all shocked. I thought that this would mean their bond wasn't strong
enough, and Yugi had to duel alone again. I just kept watching. Then Mai, Tristan, Duke,
and Serenity joined us. Duke introduced himself to me, and I could feel Tristan sighing in
relief. Apparently Duke was trying to flirt with me, which I was okay with. But I kept
watching. Yugi had just used his Mystical Rift Panel to stop the Meteors of Destruction.
"Why did Joey's life points go down?" I asked Mai. "At the cost of 500 life points,
Meteors of Destruction does 1500 life point damage to your opponent", she answered.
Since Joey had 1100 life points, he was down to 600, enough for the Red Eyes to wipe
him out. Then he broke free. Yugi told his Mystical Rift Panel to attack him. It did so.
Meanwhile, Kaiba had used his Blue Eyes White Dragon to knock the remote from the
Rare Hunter who was threatening Tea. As Mokuba freed her, I said I would try to get
both Yugi and Joey out of their chains. I told Joey to free himself. I would take care of
Yugi. "What?' he sounded like I was crazy. "Trust me!" I shrieked. Using the key from
the box (Joey had told the Red Eyes to attack him directly, which made Yugi's key
appear) I freed Yugi, then saw Joey getting it just as the timer went to zero. The anchor
fell, but unknown to any of us, Serenity had gotten Joey's and had dived down. They
both came up, Joey nearly out of breath. When they got onto the dock, Mai gave Joey a
talking-to after he put himself down for allowing himself to get mind controlled. She
actually slapped him, which I found slightly amusing. Mentally Yugi thanked Yami for
letting him duel, and then Kaiba said as he walked away, "Tell the other Yugi I got his
answer." Everyone looked at him funny, then I looked at Yugi. "Are you ready to beat
Marik?" I asked. He nodded. "Whatever he does, we'll be ready for him!"
Sorceress Vanessa (appears): How are you, Draconmouth?
Draconmouth: Good, V-chan. Thanks for the block on bad guys for my fics.
Sorceress (round eyes): V-chan?
Draconmouth: It's a compliment. That's what Sailor Moon called Sailor Venus in the
manga. By the way, Merry Christmas!
Sorceress: Oh, Merry Christmas (points). Who is that?
Yamakazi (appears): Hello, Authoresses.
Draconmouth: Oh, konnichiwa Yamakazi-kun. Merry Christmas. V-chan, This is Takashi
Yamakazi, better known as Yamakazi-kun.
Yamakazi: About Christmas (insert lying music), did you know how Christmas was
introduced in Japan?
Sorceress: Huh?
Yamakazi: Once an English family stayed there for a vacation, and they told the
Japanese children about Santa Claus.
Eriol (appears): And then with translators they began to play Santa Claus by secretly
bringing them gifts every year from England.
Sorceress: But how did they send them from England?
Eriol: Using dragons as messengers, as well as pigeons.
Draconmouth (exasperated): Yamakazi-kun! Hiiragizawa-kun, stop! V-chan's getting
confused with the truth and lies.
Sorceress (with round eyes): So that was a lie?
Draconmouth (nods): Uh-huh. Now, ON WITH THE FIC!
****************** Mokuba first noticed Joey. But even I could tell that Marik. Joey had the
Millennium Eye symbol from his forehead, and when he spoke he had a metallic
sounding voice. [AN: No offense Joey, but that's actually how you sounded] Yami and I
tried to release him from Marik's control, but nothing worked, not even when I
mentioned Serenity. Marik had a definitely strong hold on him. Then Tea emerged, mind-
controlled. We were led to a dock, where both Yami and Joey's legs were chained to an
anchor that would drop into the pier if either player's life points reached zero or if the
timer went off. Kaiba ordered for the duel to be stopped, but then Tea was strapped to a
chair, and a crate was hanging above their head. Then I noticed explosives on the crate,
just like in the Japanese version. "At least that's one thing they didn't censor", I
commented to no one in particular. Then the duel started. Yami had his first experience
with Hinotama, a magic card that gave him 500 life points direct damage. I saw what had
been cut from . "Yugi!" both Tea (who was free of mind-control by now), and I shouted.
It was then I had realized I had started crying. Tears were streaming uncontrollably from
my eyes. I tried to wipe them, but they kept coming. Never had I ever so wished that my
brother was there. I had seen this episode, but living was worse. I just turned off parts I
didn't want to see. Later on when the reruns were shown, I'd see them and feel stupid for
not watching them previously. But as Day would put it, reality is different from fiction.
'Marik' played another Hinotama, and Yami's jacket [AN: It's a jacket, worn as a cape
during the first part of Battle City] fell off. The Pharaoh was barely standing. I just
wanted to run to stop this duel, but I didn't want to endanger Tea's life. I forced myself to
watch helplessly. There was some way Kaiba stopped this duel, but I couldn't remember
it at the moment. Halfway through the duel, I saw Yami switch with Yugi. I could tell
from 'Marik's' expression that he wasn't expecting it anymore than we did. (Well, not
counting me exactly). Yugi was holding a card in his hand, almost hesitating to play it.
Then he played the magic card Exchange. Nearly all of us were shocked, as now 'Marik'
could take one card from Yugi's hand, and vice-versa. 'Marik', after saying Yugi must
have been desperate to play that card, walked over to the other side of the dueling arena,
and Yugi showed his hand, his eyes closed. It was then Joey started to awaken. We heard
his own voice, but then Marik took control again. He told Yugi that playing Exchange
was a foolish move. Yugi told him he could take any card, even the Red Eyes Black
Dragon. Joey struggled, and he was about to take the Red Eyes, but his own will made
him choose Card Destruction. "Joey!" Yugi exclaimed. I was thinking, thank goodness.
Yugi chose from 'Marik's' hand, Magic Arm Shield. Then both duelists resumed their
positions. Yugi sacrificed Big Shield Gardna and Kuribo in order to summon Red Eyes
Black Dragon. Both he and I could see Joey trying to gain control. However, Yugi
attacked Joey's Alligator Sword, saying that he would blast Joey to his senses or the
whole world would be in danger. I wondered how long someone would last saying that
repetitively. But things turned even worse as Joey played another Hinotama, which gave
another 500-life point damage. The only good thing about this was that it meant that
'Marik' couldn't play it anymore, since you're only allowed to have three copies of one
type of card in your deck. Then 'Marik' played Rocket Warrior and the magic card
Attrition. That card would take away the number of Rocket Warrior's attack points from
Red Eyes, along with the temporary 500-attack point loss, leaving it at 400. If Yugi was
attacked, the duel would be over! And Marik would have the Millennium Puzzle. Yugi
then did a giant sacrifice; he put the Millennium Puzzle around Joey's neck, saying it was
his now. We were all shocked. I thought that this would mean their bond wasn't strong
enough, and Yugi had to duel alone again. I just kept watching. Then Mai, Tristan, Duke,
and Serenity joined us. Duke introduced himself to me, and I could feel Tristan sighing in
relief. Apparently Duke was trying to flirt with me, which I was okay with. But I kept
watching. Yugi had just used his Mystical Rift Panel to stop the Meteors of Destruction.
"Why did Joey's life points go down?" I asked Mai. "At the cost of 500 life points,
Meteors of Destruction does 1500 life point damage to your opponent", she answered.
Since Joey had 1100 life points, he was down to 600, enough for the Red Eyes to wipe
him out. Then he broke free. Yugi told his Mystical Rift Panel to attack him. It did so.
Meanwhile, Kaiba had used his Blue Eyes White Dragon to knock the remote from the
Rare Hunter who was threatening Tea. As Mokuba freed her, I said I would try to get
both Yugi and Joey out of their chains. I told Joey to free himself. I would take care of
Yugi. "What?' he sounded like I was crazy. "Trust me!" I shrieked. Using the key from
the box (Joey had told the Red Eyes to attack him directly, which made Yugi's key
appear) I freed Yugi, then saw Joey getting it just as the timer went to zero. The anchor
fell, but unknown to any of us, Serenity had gotten Joey's and had dived down. They
both came up, Joey nearly out of breath. When they got onto the dock, Mai gave Joey a
talking-to after he put himself down for allowing himself to get mind controlled. She
actually slapped him, which I found slightly amusing. Mentally Yugi thanked Yami for
letting him duel, and then Kaiba said as he walked away, "Tell the other Yugi I got his
answer." Everyone looked at him funny, then I looked at Yugi. "Are you ready to beat
Marik?" I asked. He nodded. "Whatever he does, we'll be ready for him!"