Chapter 1: You're In This Too?
"Dad, I wanna come too." Noah pleaded with his real father, Seto Kanem.
"Maybe next time Noah, but not today." Seto wanted to get to the studio early. It was his first day on the new set of his first movie. He jogged out to his Mercedes and pulled out of the driveway. He probably only got a mile or so before a fan spotted him. "I really need to get tinted windows." He said with a sigh. The fan girl screamed in excitement and ran up to his car. The screaming caused a scene and soon there was a crowd of people pointing and waving.
"Oh my gosh." The screaming fan girl screeched into his windshield. "It's Seto Kaiba from Yugioh." He tried to keep driving but he hit a red light. "Kaiba I love you, I love you, I love you." The girl continued to screech. Finally the light turned green.
"Sweet freedom." He thought. Seto smiled at the girl to be polite and began to accelerate. The poor girl almost had a heart attack jumping up and down. Seto Kanem just looked back quickly to make sure she didn't get hit by a car, jumping all around the street. Yugioh had been over for three weeks and his fans were gathering everywhere. None of them called him Seto Kanem either. Until the movie he was in came out, he would be known as Seto Kaiba, and his son would be his half brother Noah Kaiba. Seto drove down to the new studio to check out everything that was going on there. Once he had parked his car, a slender woman with glasses approached him.
"Um, Mr. Kanem?" she asked. Seto looked at her. "Hi, I'm Jill the assistant director, you remember?" Seto told her that he did and extended a friendly hand. She took his hand and shook it softly. "Mr. Javier will be meeting with everyone in Building 1, but there's plenty of time before that. Do you need me to show you where it is?"
"I'll find it alright by myself."
"Okay, well I'll see you later." Jill walked away slowly at first but then quickened her pace when one of the crewmembers dropped a crate. Seto looked around for Building 1. When he found it he wandered inside to see if anyone was there. To his great surprise, a familiar face greeted his entrance.
"Yami Oharu?" Seto was amazed to see his former co-star.
"Seto Kanem, what're you doing here?" Yami shared his amazement. Yami got up from the couch he was sitting on to give Seto a friendly hug.
"I'm in the movie. Don't tell me you're in it too."
"Yeah I am. What a coincidence." Both of them sat down on the couch.
"So, where's little brother?" Seto asked.
"Back at home with Ma, finishing his studies and soaking up the fan mail. And how's Noah?"
"Pathetic. He really hates his tutor and he wants to be with me."
"Well you can't blame him. I mean, split custody between you and his mom, that's gotta be tough on him."
"Nah, he just likes getting the attention from our adoring fans. As for his mom, let's not get started on her." Suddenly the door opened again.
"That's why I plan to stay a bachelor forever. Breakups are simple that way." Seto and Yami turned around to see Tristan Reis. Things were getting weird. All three of them were in the same movie? Tristan walked up to them.
"Wow Tristan! You look good." Yami complemented. Tristan ran a hand through his hair. The point was gone! Instead there were two split sections of draping bangs that complemented his face much better.
"Thanks man. That damn point had been it my hair so long, I almost forgot what I looked like without it." Despite what the show would have people believe, Tristan Reis was quite the lady's man. In fact, while doing Yugioh, he had managed to go out with every eligible female that was a part of the show at least once. "And what about your hair Yami? That's not the style it was before."
"Oh yeah that had to go." Yami said realizing that he had also gotten rid of his former hairstyle. The star had left his head and was replaced with a short ponytail. However, the blond bangs were something that Yami enjoyed so he decided to keep them that way. "Yugi's gonna keep his wig as a memento." All three of them laughed and reminisced as another familiar person walked in. Serenity Kiore entered the small room containing two strangers and one familiar face. She walked closer to realize that she knew the two other men.
"Holy crap! This is ridiculous, you guys are in it too aren't you." Serenity stated. When they nodded she just laughed. "This is gonna be terrific." She held open the door and called out to some people outside. "Hey guy's, look who's here." She waved the two boys in. Ryou Hainsworth peeked inside the room before entering. Spotting his friends, he smiled and called out to Bakura who was listening to an MP3 at the time. After being called several times, Bakura realized he was being called and walked inside. Seeing everybody, he turned off his player and gave a confused look towards his twin.
"Are we in the right place?" When Ryou assured him that they were, they all walked over to the three guys on the couch and situated themselves. Not long afterwards Tea Gaines walked in. She had the same reaction that everyone did at first and sat down. She noted the significant changes that many of them had gone through. Yami and Tristan had different hairstyles, Serenity looked more her age, and the Hainsworth brothers weren't wearing makeup to increase and decrease their ages. She herself was letting her hair grow and had taken out the blue contact lenses, revealing bright green eyes.
The director would be coming soon and everyone waited to see who would show up next. It wasn't a long wait before Ishizu and Marik Habib entered. "Hey look, they got the married folk too." Tristan teased. Ishizu and Marik looked at each other for an answer.
"Come join our little reunion." Tea called out to them. Still confused, they walked over to the couches. Ishizu and Marik had been married long before Yugioh. Marik was 26, a year older than her, and they had been married for 8 years. In fact, their son had played a younger version of Marik on the show.
The next people to come in were Joey Spade and his girlfriend Mai Lefonn. The guys happily greeted them as the shock grew on their faces. Joey was the second youngest guy in Yugioh at 23 years old. Mai was the same age as Tea and Serenity at 23. To the great joy of some fans and dismay of others, Joey and Mai became an actual couple in the middle of the Battle City season on the show.
The last person to arrive was Duke McGinnis. "What took ya Duke?" Joey yelled.
"Did I miss something?" Duke asked looking around the room. Just then, a stout young man walked in. Everyone recognized him from the audition. He was the director, Bob Javier.