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Mortos: Hello there. This is Chapter 1 of our Another Universe Saga, the Crown Ordeal.

Horus: This is no Another Universe you have seen before. This is completely different.

Enigmae: You actually get to see the transformation from one universe to another thanks to the powers of the Deity Crown, which power is to bend dimensions at will of the caster. Poor Shaadi won't be able to sleep.

Sekhmet: Also, there's something else concerning to the plot on the dark for now. Heh heh heh...

Anubis: ... My, when we appear here in the beginning I have way too little lines.

Sekhmet: Me too! Mortos and Horus are the ones with more lines!

Mortos: ...

Horus: OK, OK... You guys get the ending of this chapter and the intro for the next, happy now?

Sekhmet & Anubis: YAY!

Mortos: Um... Better begin now.

* clicks a button on the VCR and the camera focuses on the TV screen *

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The Crown Ordeal

CHAPTER 8: How it all begun...

1715 A.D.

Panteón Tepeyac, Mexico.

A group of monks head to a lone grave. They carry the Deity Crown in their hands, along with a White Magician Hat tablet found in the scene of crime.

The Deity Crown has a medium size. It is black, and has lots of jewels, red and yellow, around it. It has 10 spikes on the top, the large one at the North being the most important. It has a big, transparent jewel on the center, with the Deity Symbol (the crying eye) in the back. It also has one big white star on the top.

The monks threw both things at the bottom of the grave, and sealed it tight.

That night, the grave glowed with a purple light...

20XX A.D. 195 after the Space Colonies, in look for a better reference.

The grave blows up by the research of meta-archeologists. They go down in search for odd energy waves.

— Apúrense, pues si nos pescan nos chingan y en serio! —

(Translation: Hurry up, 'cause if they catch us we're as good as screwed!)

They looked up. The foreman was really worried.

— Ay, ya no te preocupes! Con eso de que andan buscando terroristas por lo de Los Pinos, nosotros estamos casi invisibles! —

(Translation: Oh, don't worry! With the thing that they're searching for terrorists 'cause of the Los Pinos fiasco, we're almost stealth!)

They kept it up. Scanning here and there.

— Come on, there's gotta be something! —

A hand blasted from the dirt walls. A gloved hand.

— GAAAAAH! —

One by one, every researcher inside was killed.

— Qué chinga'os está pasando alli? —

(Translation: What the fuck is going on in there?)

A gloved hand raised from the ground and sunk him in.

— AAAAAAAAAAH! —

He was no longer there.

From the hole blasted, raised a man in a tux. He had a white hat on, and attached to it was the Deity Crown. He also seemed to have a black disk attached to his back.

— Now, where the hell is Domino City? —

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Domino City. Birth city of Kaiba Corp, and Dungeon Dice Monsters.

Beginning of all dooms.

Saisyu woke up, and immediately noticed a big burn mark in his bed.

Burn mark that was supposed to be the other side of his bed.

He got up and examined his surroundings. Everything was turned around.

Every single thing. Not even written stuff was safe. Now every word, every letter, was backwards. Unreadable!

But not to Saisyu. He could read everything, backwards or not. Family gift. What was the problem then?

That it wasn't supposed to be that way!

He drove to school, and finally had the pleasure to drive the English way: on the right side of the car. He knew that the way was turned around to the other side, so he didn't have trouble.

Well, he might have had. But that's not the point.

Lots of things had changed. For example, instead of the butchery on the street near the school, there was a natural food store. Instead of the green light on the traffic lights, it was blue.

And he noticed a big department building that wasn't there before...

... on what was supposed to be...

... THE TURTLE GAME SHOP?!

— What in all the hells? —

Saisyu got to school in no time. There were posters everywhere: Interview with the 1st duelist in the entire world...

... Jounoichi Katsuya, a.k.a. Joey.

— Wasn't it supposed to be Yu... Oh holy shit. —

No more Turtle Game Shop, no more Yugi Big Champion...

He passed by the Elementary door. He decided to check...

He got to 5th grade C, Yugi, Ryou and Tèa's classroom. He decided to take a peek...

Ryou, check. Really serious.

Tèa, check. Cheerful as usual. Chatting with friends.

Yugi... wasn't there?

Oh yes, there he was, what appeared to be or crying or sleeping in his desk. If the hair wouldn't be there, he wouldn't have noticed.

11th grade D, Saisyu's classroom. Tristan, Joey, Seto and Ryouugi attended there.

Joey, check. Bragging, handing out autographs and what seemed to be giving lessons to someone.

Tristan, check. Dueling. He had learnt from the best, Yugi. Or was it Joey in this dimension? Anyway...

Seto, check. Planning something.

Ryouugi, check. Playing with dice.

And what seemed to be the strangest thing:

Joey had the Millenium Puzzle?!

He entered the classroom. First as Yugi, courtesy of the Deity Form. Nah, nobody noticed.

Then, he got out, switched back, and entered...

...and was attacked by a horde of fangirls. He was the 2nd place in the entire world dueling fantastically against Joey, after all... and losing by almost nothing. Big thing goin' on!

— Calm down, girls, calm down, you can glomp me all you want as long as I can regain control of my legs and hand out tickets for the Pink concert to Alana... —

Alana jumped high in the air and landed right next to Saisyu.

— You mean it? — Alana said, with cheer on her words.

— Yes — Saisyu said, after all the girls had gone.

— By the way, is everything turned around or is it just me? — Alana questioned.

— You notice it too? It's weird, as if the dimensions were twisted around. —

— What if they are? — Alana said, and she left to his desk.

Saisyu simply stood there and pondered.

— Yeah, what if they are? —

(A/N: The right alignment, if it shows up, is just to add taste to this chapter.) |||||||||||||||||||||||||

.airetefaC .MA 00:11

Just kidding...

11:00 AM. Cafeteria.

Saisyu sat down with the usual gang: Joey, Tristan, Tèa, Ryou, Alana, Seto and Ryouuji.

They were chatting about whatever came to their minds. Joey, however, was just sitting there, quietly, as if something bothered him.

Saisyu noticed that he muttered "Yugi..."

And Yugi?

Sitting down in another table, far from everyone else, really depressed.

Saisyu got up, getting the attention of everyone in the table. He wandered off until he got to Yugi's table. He sat down and looked in his eyes. The white zone in the center was very revealing to him. As if he could see what happened with little Yugi...

— So, Yugi, why are you sitting here, all on your own? —

Yugi looked at him, still looking sad.

— How... How do you know my name? —

— Because — Saisyu said. — I just had heard of you. —

— How so? — Yugi said.

— You're referred as the Lonely Guy. Come on, wake up and see the life you're losing! —

— Why did you notice me if no one does? — Yugi said, depression filling his voice more and more.

— With that big hair of yours, how not notice you? —

Saisyu tensed the muscles of his head, expecting a slap in the forehead for that remark. As his friends had told him, Yugi angered when a hair remark was directed to him.

But he didn't expect what happened next.

Yugi banged his head against his crossed arms in the table, crying.

— Damn this twitched dimension — Saisyu muttered, as he relaxed his head muscles and leaned a hand against the soul-pouring boy in front of him.

— Now, now, it was just a joke, I didn't- —

— Everyone hates me — Yugi half said half sobbed, muffled by his position in the table — Everyone thinks I'm a dumb, big-haired midget! — And then, he continued sobbing.

"Look at the midget cry... Hahahaha... Oh, did his hair poke his eyes?... Oh, such a crybaby..."

Saisyu heard not only Yugi's cry, but also insults, idiotic remarks about Yugi's hair/intelligence/height and laughter, added to the normal city noise, made Saisyu's head, and ears, explode.

Saisyu banged his hand against the table.

— SHUT UP! —

The entire school was filled with the delightful sound of Saisyu's voice shutting everyone the hell up.

He tried to leave, but a bully blocked him.

— What? You leave like a wuss after defending your boyfriend? —

Saisyu punched him in the stomach (not to mention that he had lifted his knee to hit his manhood) with all his might. Then, he lifted his fists curled up in a big ball, jumped, and crushed his head with the benefits of extra-impulse. He then lifted his leg (180º angle people!), and let it fall with all his strength against the poor idiot's ass, which was lifted up because the bully was bent down. The result: A twitching guy in the floor. Saisyu continued his walk out, walking over the twitching guy in the floor previously described. When he was out, he turned around and shouted:

— Now THAT'S the way you kick an ass. —

And then he walked off.

(A/N: Now THAT'S the way you promote violence. Eat your heart out, 007.)

Obviously enough, Saisyu was called to the principal's office. Obviously enough, he didn't go.

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5:00 PM. Saisyu's has been doing research.

He looked through the house window. He stared at Yugi's foster fathers and brothers, who were treating him like scum.

Saisyu really wanted to repeat his sequence with them. But they had weapons at hand, and number advantage. Also, he couldn't meddle with someone's life.

He walked off. He watched the principal far away, who signaled to go to him.

Saisyu had no choice but go.

— Mister Yoshibuni, do you realize that Mr. Hansen is in the hospital now? You broke his rib and his skull! —

— And I'm glad of doing it, Mr. Principal. At least it's better than what they've been doing to a certain person called Yugi Motou. —

— Yugi Motou? What's wrong with him? —

— Have you seen what they've been doing to him? The way they talk? That's discrimination. That's, more than anything, verbal harassment. That's a CRIME. And you? Nah, you don't even pay attention. —

— Uh... err... —

— Now who's lecturing who? Huh? You, mister — and then he poked the principal's chest with his middle finger — have been doing your job wrong. And I beat the living daylights outta that guy in self-defense. Another mistake on your side, don't you think? Answer me! —

— I think- —

— Don't answer me, mister! — Saisyu was really angry.

— But I thought- —

— Are you questioning me? —

*** Nice, little flashback ***

Time: Whatever time it was, Saisyu was 8 and he was looking at the principal of the school, afraid. Note that this wasn't the same school, as Saisyu lived in the 5th realm until he was 15.

— You broke that glass, mister Yoshibuni. That's more than anything, vandalism. That's a CRIME. You, mister — and he poked Saisyu in the chest, he stepping back afraid — have to pay for that. And I consider cleaning that mess AND buying a new glass AND clean the whole school for the rest of the school year, which for your information is just starting, is a fair punishment for a CRIMINAL. Don't you think? ANSWER ME! —

— Sir, I- —

— Don't answer me, idiot! —

— But you said- —

— Are you questioning me? Go now and clean! Clean! CLEAN! —

Saisyu ran away.

And the principal of his school used that method in ALL the students.

*** End of flashback***

— I consider — continued Saisyu in his perfect imitation of his former principal, actually making the principal sweat in fright — that solving this mess in the school AND getting in his house and lecture his foster family AND getting a psychiatrist for Yugi AND paying it is fair punishment for a NEGLIGENT MAN. Don't you think? —

— I- —

— Shut up and solve it! Solve It! SOLVE IT! —

The principal got in Yugi's foster house, faking disappointment. He was scared of Saisyu, though, more than anything.

— Thanks, Principal Anubis, for the sadistic lectures. —

(Anubis's Note: What? Did we forget to say I was that principal? AND WHY DOES MICROSOFT WORD AUTOCORRECTS ME AS ANUS?)

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8:00 PM. Saisyu's house. I bet you're all annoyed by the fact I'm writing each hour.

Anyway, Saisyu was there, watching TV. He had a bowl with grapes in his lap.

He took some and threw it into his mouth. He then chewed.

* Slush! *

The feeling of cold, refreshing juice flowing through his mouth. That grape he was eating was sweet, so it was more enjoyable. He was enjoying his favorite food.

The headache he once had was dissipating more and more.

But he was still worried.

(A/N: Yes, I was eating grapes when I wrote that part of the chapter. I suggest you do as well while you read. It's a fine feeling.)

He was still worried about this dimension twist. What was causing it? What had happened?

— In the international news area, — blasted the TV — we have a pretty interesting scoop. In Mexico, there were found at least 8 researcher corpses in an opened grave in the cemetery called "Panteón Tepeyac". The causes of death are still unknown, but it is rumored that they were murdered paranormally. Interesting fact: More than 300 years ago, this grave was occupied by a tablet with a White Magic Hat inscription and a crown found in the scene of crime of the assassination of some important people in the castle. It is unknown if these 2 objects had something to do to this strange event. Details at 9:00. —

Saisyu looked at the screen. It had a black crown and an Egyptian White Magic Hat tablet.

— The Deity Crown...? —

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Anubis: Quite a chapter, isn't it? Stay tuned for the next episode in this strange saga.

Sekhmet: It will be called "A Lighter Shade". Hope you like when ready.

Anubis: Now I know why are Mortos and Horus doing this instead of us.

Sekhmet: Why?

Anubis: They can say quite more than we can. I'm stumped without more to say.

Sekhmet: Me too...

Mortos: Don't worry about that. This time there wasn't that much to say. You guys did it great.

Anubis and Sekhmet: You think so?