(A/N: This one is based off the AGU episode "Yu-Gotta-Go". Enjoy!)

Y- Yu-Gotta-Go

Summary: When Chuckie starts collecting cards from the popular franchise "Yu-Gotta-Go", his obsession gets out of control. Can Shenzi and their friends bring him back to his senses before he could do anything drastic?

11-year-old Shenzi Tuck walked in Jim Jr. Junior High School on a nice, warm day, but what she saw in the hallway made her hold back an eye roll. Every student in the school seemed to be obsessed with the Yu-Gotta-Go franchise, especially today. Shenzi personally thought of the franchise as overrated, and was glad that no one in her family liked it that much, if at all. Although their friends enjoyed the game, they luckily didn't shove it in her face like the other students seemingly did.

When she walked outside, she saw a few of her friends gathered at one table, playing with Yu-Gotta-Go cards. For them, she kept her pet peeve about it to herself. "Dil! I told you to move your chocolate milk!" Tommy Pickles scolded his younger brother. "My card's all ruined now!"

"How could you play a two-headed eel card against the robotic sushi chef?" Lil DeVille asked Dil incredulously.

Shenzi walked to another table, not hearing the rest, to where Harold Frumpkin, and her best friend, Chuckie Finster, were sitting. "King me!" Chuckie announced with the slightest bit of pride, before the Goth sat next to him. "Oh, hi Shenzi," He greeted her. "He thinks he's so great."

"Huh?" She raised an eyebrow at him in confusion.

"The Shark," He began clarifying, "Just because he has more Yu-Gotta-Go cards than everyone else here, he's automatically a big deal. Let's see him play a game that takes real skills. Hmm..." From the corner of his eye, he saw his best friend lean towards him. "Oh uh, sorry Shen, I don't need help."

"O-okay then."

Chuckie then claimed one of Harold's pieces. "Oh yeah!"

But just then, Harold claimed three of Chuckie's! "Yes!"

"Come on Chuckie, Shenzi," Tommy walked up to the table with a deck of cards in one hand, "Let's play Yu-Gotta-Go."

"No thanks," Chuckie refused as Shenzi shook her head, "I refuse to be a victim to this crass merchandising." The black-haired girl silently shrugged with a little nod of agreement. "... And what're you left with? A very expensive set of cards."

"I won't play either, Tommy," Harold decided, then perked up, "But I'd really like to watch." He then walked away from the table with the purple-haired boy, leaving the two best friends alone.

"So, um..." Shenzi shifted her position, so she was across from him, "Want to play a round of chess with me?"

"Okay, sure," He nodded, and they arranged the pieces.

Shenzi went with white, since they were closer to her. "I don't understand what makes Yu-Gotta-Go that special," She remarked, while moving one white piece.

"Me neither," Chuckie agreed with her, as he moved a black piece, "I mean, it's just a card franchise. It's not a vital necessity for life or anything."

"People just get obsessive over little things like that," She shrugged, "I'm just glad that no one in my family does that."

"Lucky," He remarked, "Kimi's obsessed with those dumb cards, although she doesn't wear the logo or talk about the franchise constantly."

As the day went by, the two friends were practically bombarded with Yu-Gotta-Go franchise from the other students, including their friends, to a lesser extent. Shenzi hoped that her best friend wouldn't get sucked into the hype. If only she knew what was going to happen in two days, and what was really running through his mind.

Two days later, Shenzi walked outside to goof off after acing a math test. But what she saw almost made her drop her backpack on the sidewalk; Chuckie, holding Yu-Gotta-Go cards! What happened to him thinking they were overrated like she did?! She sat at a table a distance away, secretly observing the battle Chuckie was going to have with a boy she didn't recognize.

"You won!" She heard Lil say to the rehead.

"I did! I won!" Shenzi stayed quiet as her friends celebrated his victory. Although she did admit, the fact that he won his first battle (as far as she knew) was pretty impressive. "Okay, who's next?" That made her sigh in defeat. It was official; He was sucked into the hype. She watched silently as he won battle after battle until the study hall period was over. Since when was he this good at the game? She didn't get it. Even though her best friend fell into the Yu-Gotta-Go trap, she was going to steer clear.

The next day, he was still at it. She changed into black jeggings, black and pink checkerboard Vans, a pink belt, black skeleton hand earrings, a pink extension, a black cropped jacket, and a pink buffalo plaid cropped camisole, she walked outside and saw him playing yet again. Not to mention he had way more cards than before? How could he afford them all? During his next game, he seemed to be in a daze, yet managed to make impressive moves at the same time. After he won, he performed a silly victory dance on the bench as the unfortunate competitor walked away. She knew that Frankie and their parents wondered where she was, but brushed it aside; She could explain later.

"Uh oh; The Shark!" She heard Tommy say, as a boy with a purple Mohawk approached the table.

Shenzi was very surprised when Chuckie lost, then even more so when The Shark took all his cards! She didn't think that was fair at all. When he sat against the building, she and Tommy went to check on him. "It felt so great to be as strong as... as Yu-Got. I just got to get it back, you guys." He stood up, now filled with determination.

"But you can't beat The Shark," Tommy pointed out, "He's got better cards than you."

"Surprise, surprise," Shenzi muttered to herself, "He took them all, the jerk."

"He does now, but wait 'til I surprise him with my Red Mirror Dragon card! The Fin-Star will not be denied!"

"The Fin-Star?" She raised an eyebrow at him.

"I'm trying out new nicknames."

"But you don't have The Red Mirror Dragon," Tommy pointed out.

"Not yet, but I will. Yep; Metal-Mouth will taste victory again."

"Uh, Metal-Mouth?" Tommy raised an eyebrow at him.

"Not a good one either? How about: The Crimson Destroyer?" Tommy and Shenzi's silence told him otherwise.

"Chuckie, just forget about Yu-Gotta-Go, okay?" The purple-haired boy tried to convince him, but the redhead's determined grin told him and the black-haired girl that he wasn't going to listen.

"Oh boy," She sighed, "He's lost it."

"Eeyep," He agreed with her.

After school was out, Shenzi and Tommy ran to the Finster house, and were shocked at seeing the messy living room. All the couch cushions were on the floor, as were various boxes, and the rug was disheveled. "He was looking for change to buy more Yu-Gotta-Go cards," Kimi explained to them.

"Where is he now?" Shenzi asked her, but a commotion coming from upstairs caught their attention.

They went up the stairs and to Chuckie's room, where the redhead was throwing everything out of his closet. "I'm worried about him, you guys," Kimi said.

"Broken, broken, broken," Chuckie was repeated as he threw various items out on the floor.

"What're you doing, Chuckie?" Shenzi asked him.

"Looking for something to sell," He replied, "Oh, hi, guys. Shen, you want my old light-up sneaker?"

"Do they stink?" She raised an eyebrow, with her hands on her slightly bared hips.

"No," He replied, then sniffed them, "A little." He tossed the shoe behind his back. "I really need that Red Mirror Dragon card!" He turned back to the closet. "Aha! My set of Happy Blocks!"

"That's my set of Happy Blocks," Tommy pointed out.

"It is?" He glanced down at them. "You want to buy it back?" Shenzi scowled at him. He then tossed them back in the closet and dug around some more.

"Hey, come on! All our friends are down at the mall," Tommy said, "Let's go join them."

"The mall?" Chuckie leaned back to look at them, now eager. "Perfect! Betty Katie's All-Star Collectibles has Yu-Gotta-Go cards!"

"I don't like what this game's done to you, Chuckie," Shenzi remarked.

"Me neither," Tommy agreed with her.

"It hasn't done anything; Except make my heart race with excitement. Give me goosebumps all over my arms."

"Chuck, you don't need those dumb cards to feel that way," Shenzi pointed out, "You just think you do."

"Why don't you work on your stamp collection instead?" Kimi suggested. "Dad said it was really valuable."

"It is?" Chuckie perked up.

Kimi, Tomy, and Shenzi glanced at each other. "Uh oh," The Goth girl muttered.

"No," Kimi replied nervously.

Chuckie grabbed the book Chaz gave him, and tried to run out of the room, but the three stopped him. "Are you nuts?! You can't sell your dad's stamps!" Shenzi exclaimed.

"Yeah, Chuckie!" Kimi agreed with her. "Dad will go ballistic! You know how vein-y his head gets."

"I'm not selling the whole thing," Chuckie told them, "I'll just trade one teensy little stamp for one deck of cards!"

"If you do, you'll be sorry," Tommy said, "Someday you're going to look in that mirror, and you're not going to like what you see."

"What else is new?" He retorted, before backing away in his room. "Alright," He decided, "I can't do it." But when Shenzi, Tommy, and Kimi exchanged joy from helping him, he suddenly dashed out. "Yeah, I can!"

"Hey!" They all yelled out, and ran after him. Shenzi tried to grab his leg, but when she dove down, he just barely dodged her hands.

"Okay, we've got a break," Tommy reported back to the others in the arcade, a while after they arrived at the mall, "Chuckie got sidetracked trying on..." He paused when he saw Dil on the groove machine, "... Yu-Gotta-Go sunglasses," He finished, "We can't let him near..." He paused again, distracted by the music, "...near Betty Katie's All-Star Collectibles. Dil!"

The orange-haired boy simply kept dancing on the machine. "A-a-and split!" Dil finished with an impressive split, unintentionally associated with a tearing sound, just when Lil turned the music off. With that, the group walked away. "Uh oh. My pants." After standing up, he tied his Sherpa hat around his waist like a sweatshirt, and followed them.

"Sorry guys, but I just don't see how this is my problem," Angelica refused after the gang approached her at the cell phone cases kiosk.

"You're the one who started my brother playing that game," Kimi pointed out.

"Hey, it's not my fault he has no self-control. Someone waved a shiny object in front of his face, and he blindly followed." She then turned to the kiosk. "Oh! Metallic pink!" She grabbed a phone case from the shelf. "That's a yes!"

"There he is," Tommy pointed out when Chuckie strided up to them, but walked past. His glasses were crooked on his face, clearly indicating that he lost his common sense.

"Hey Chuck, let's go to the pet store, and watch the fighting fish eat each other," Phil suggested.

"No thanks."

"You know what we haven't done in a long time? Going to one of the movie theaters, and moon!" Lil tried, but didn't get a response.

"How about we go to the tuxedo store, and swap heads on the mannequins?" Dil attempted another distraction.

"Sounds good, but not today."

"Hey! You, me, and Astros on Planets on Terror Wheel?" Tommy suggested. "I'll spawn you 4 whole points!" Chuckie ran right past him. "Okay, 6!"

"You seem hungry! How's about we get a hamburger?" Shenzi tried. "Some food will do you good!" Little did everyone else know, she was expressing her desire to really have a hamburger with him. And when I say "have a hamburger", I mean go on a date.

"Sounds tempting, but no thanks." She slumped in disappointment. "I know what you guys are trying to do, and I appreciate it," Chuckie turned to them, "But I know what I'm doing." He then walked in the collectibles store.

"You guys wait here," Tommy told the others, "I'd better do this alone." He went to follow the redhead, but Shenzi's voice stopped him.

"I'm going too," She decided, "He's my best friend as well as yours. We'll help him together." The two then walked in the store, where Chuckie already received a deck of cards.

"Got it. Got it. Got it. Not a Red Mirror Dragon in the bunch!"

"Well, you tried," Shenzi shrugged, "Now let's go."

"Another deck, my good man," Chuckie handed the employee another stamp.

"Ohh!" She groaned with a facepalm.

"Chuckie!" Tommy glared at him.

After a while, the store's floor was littered with plastic wrap, and Yu-Gotta-Go cards. "Last one, I swear!" Tommy shook his head, as Shenzi hid hers, and the redhead was disappointed yet again. "One more!"

"Ugh!" Shenzi threw her head back in frustration.

"The Red Mirror Dragon's gotta be here! It just has to!" He went to trade the last stamp, but a small, purplish-grey hand stopped him.

"Chuckie, no!" She protested, but she wasn't strong enough.

"Here," The teen boy tossed him the last deck in the store, and Chuckie caught it with eagerness.

"Please, please, please!" He said to himself as he looked through the cards, but his face fell an he dropped the cards in despair.

"I'm sorry, Chuckie," Tommy laid a comforting hand on his shoulder, along with Shenzi.

But then, something caught the redhead's eye. "There's still one pack left!"

"What're you going to buy it with?" Tommy asked him. "You sold your last stamp." The water fountain, where the others waited, outside the store suddenly caught Chuckie's eye.

"Are you crazy?!" Shenzi exclaimed. Now, he was swiping coins from the fountain!

"Chuckie, you're going to get in trouble," Kimi looked around nervously.

"Hey, what cheapskate threw a button in here?!"

"That's it; Shen, we're going in." Tommy and the Goth girl walked into the fountain, Shenzi taking off her shoes and rolling up her jeans first.

"5, 6, 7..." Chuckie counted the coins he grabbed and stashed in his shirt like a pouch, "Dime number 8!"

"Remember what I said about looking in the mirror, and not liking what you see?" Tommy reminded him. "Well look, Chuckie. Look. What do you see?"

Chuckie looked in the water at his reflection, but something else averted his attention. "A silver dollar!" He picked it up, but Tommy's disappointed look, and Shenzi's glare made him drop it back in. "Look at me. I'm stealing coins from a fountain." He dumped all the coins back in the water. "How many children's wishes have I destroyed? I just wanted to feel like a winner. And for once, I feel like somebody. Tommy, Shenzi, I could've been The Crimson Destroyer."

"You are somebody," Tommy said, then turned to the others, "To us."

"You're the best big brother," Kimi started.

"We're here for you, Chuckie," Lil added.

"I'll treat you to a zebra smoothie," Phil offered.

"Owe to the aqua, dude," Dil added in his two cents.

With hope, Chuckie turned to Shenzi, who bent down, ignoring her jeans getting slightly wet, and embraced him. "You're the greatest friend anyone could ask for." She drew back after a few seconds.

"Thanks, guys. And thanks Tommy, Shen. You were right. I do have a problem. A big problem! I traded away Dad's stamp collection; He is gonna kill me!"

Just then, Angelica came up to them. "Finster, you freak! That money's for seeing eye dogs!"

"What're you doing here?" Kimi asked her.

"I got thinking about what it's like to be hooked on something; Chuckie and his cards, me and my phone, and hey, if we're not there for each other for the bad times, then what kind of friends are we?"

"Don't worry, I didn't tell anyone what was in your diary," Chuckie assured her.

"Wait, what?" Shenzi raised an eyebrow, but was unnoticed.

"Oh. Well, see ya." Angelica grabbed her shopping bag, and started walking away.

"Yet...?" Kimi stopped her.

"Okay," The blonde sighed in defeat, "What do you want?"

"Chuckie sold all his dad's stamps for cards, and no way they'll give them back," Tommy explained, as Chuckie nodded to confirm.

"We'll see about that."

"I don't know what to say, you guys," Chuckie glanced at everyone in the group, with the book containing all of Chaz's stamps in his hands, "Except... I am off Yu-Gotta-Go forever!" He suddenly stopped walking, getting everyone's attention. He looked back at the collectibles store, his temptation coming back, but Shenzi and Kimi held onto his arms.

"Keep walking, Chuck," Shenzi said, moving her hand up and down soothingly, "Just keep walking. Don't look back." On the way back to the Finster house, she kept him calm until his temptation would leave him. When they arrived, Kimi followed the two in.

"I'm really glad you got over that stupid franchise," Shenzi remarked as she and Chuckie had hamburgers at the mall later that week.

"Me too," He agreed with her.

"Although... I'm also glad you got that dragon card you were obsessively looking for."

"Thanks," He chuckled, "I'll just display it as a collectible."

"Sounds like a plan," She nodded, "And um... you know how I suggested we do this to keep you distracted from the cards?"

"Yeah," He nodded, "Why?"

"Well... it wasn't just to distract you," She admitted, "At that time, like now... I wanted to do that for real."

"Really?"

"Yeah," She confirmed, "At that time, it was... wishful thinking."

"Well, your wish came true," He shrugged, "We're having hamburgers now."

"Yep," She nodded with a giggle, "This is really fun."

"It is," He agreed with her, "And now that I'm over Yu-Gotta-Go, I don't understand what's so great about it."

"I never understood it, personally," Shenzi shrugged, "I mean they're cards, not medicine."

"True," He nodded, "I'm just glad I'm over it."

"Me too," She agreed after swallowing a pickle slice, "Although... that Red Mirror Dragon is pretty cool."

"Yep, but it'll just be a collectible from this day on."

"Good. And like me and our friends said earlier... you're somebody to us... especially me." She leaned forward and kissed his cheek, making him blush.

"Thanks Shen," He smiled shyly, "And... you're somebody to me too, and all our friends. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise."

"Thanks, Chuck."

(A/N: Y is done; Only 1 more to go now! You know the disclaimer.)