This is What You Get For Writing Fanfiction
Attack of the Slash-Hatters
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, or any great works of literature. Well, yeah.
Some fool in my math class thought that my ankh earrings were crosses. Boy did I let him have it!
I'm pretty sure the whole class heard me. ^-^;
Okay, this chapter is sort of… short. But I have a not-so-short (and hopefully not-so-lame!) chapter pending, and I should update in a day or so. This is basically a transition chapter. Also, I updated my profile as it was pitifully short – but I got sort of carried away. Oh well. :) (ßancient emoticon…?)
Ten points and a bag of chips to anyone who knows what's going on before Bakura does. ^-^
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After falling through the floor, the group finds themselves standing in a wide cavern lit by an eerie red glow. Before them is a high, imposing gate with an inscription on it:
I AM THE WAY TO THE STORY OF WOE/ I AM THE WAY TO A FORSAKEN PLOTLINE/ I AM THE RESULT OF ETERNAL BOREDOM
UNHOLY WRATH MOVED MY ARCHITECT/ I WAS WRITTEN IN MORTAL IGNORANCE/ TWISTED LOVE AND IRREVERENT FOOLISHNESS
ONLY THOSE FANFICITONS TIME CANNOT BURY/ WERE MADE BEFORE ME, AND MOCKING I STAND/ ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE
Honda: …what the hell?
Bakura: Heh heh… exactly.
Jounouchi: What? Do you know what's going on?
Bakura: Don't you know your 14th century Italian literature?
Jounouchi: …does anyone?!
Bakura: (rolls eyes) It's Dante's Inferno – we're standing at the gates of Hell!
Jounouchi: You just know everything, don't you Bakura?
Bakura: Yes, I do. But that isn't the point. The inscription on the gate is somewhat modified from the original, so I'm going to guess that, more specifically, we're in –
Kaiba: - Fanfiction Hell?
Bakura: (grins) Yes, that.
Anzu: Do we really have to go in?
Everyone gazes at the barren landscape around them.
Bakura: (cheerfully) I don't see anywhere else to go.
The group starts reluctantly toward the gates. They swing open and everyone finds themselves in a wide, open area. The floor is solid rock and their footsteps echo loudly.
Bakura: …
Yugi: What is it, Bakura?
Bakura: Something's missing. Oh, that's right – in the original poem, Dante had a guide. We should have a guide.
Voice: Hey guys!
Otogi suddenly appears.
Honda: You! What are you doing here?!
Otogi: (twisting his hair with his fingers) I dunno. Some girl sent me to, like, guide you.
Bakura: Hmm… I was expecting someone a little…
Otogi: Yeah?
Bakura: … better.
Otogi: Hey! I'm perfectly qualified.
Bakura: That so? Okay, where are we?
Otogi: (crosses his arms) Hell if I know.
Kaiba: Well, that is the problem, isn't it?
Anzu: Hey Bakura!
Bakura: eh?
Anzu: Since you seem to know about where we are, why don't you act as our guide?
Otogi: No way! I was picked for this job, so I'm going to do it! (Starts walking forward, away from the front gate. The rest follow). On our left we have some smoke and a clump of rocks - quite artfully arranged, actually - on our right we find a lovely… well okay, nothing's there… notice the cheerful red glow on the walls! Now we're coming up on…
Yugi: Another gate?
Bakura: Oh yes – there are nine circles of Hell inside the first gate. In this case, I suppose they'll represent nine different fanfiction types.
Everyone is silent for a moment.
Honda: Well, I guess there's nothing left but to go in…
They look up. On the gate is written-
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Hmm, that was rather an evil place to stop. ^-^ Heh heh…
I won't post the next chapter until I get at least 10 reviews!
HA! Just kidding. I'd never get anywhere if I did that! If I get 10 reviews total for this fic, I'll be a happy camper.
To anyone reading this, I hope you're enjoying it. The horror is only just beginning….
…or some cheesy thing such as that. -.-;