"I don't understand how I am here, who's voice was just speaking to us" Atem asked quite confused as he got a better look around.

Joey and Tristan in their excitement over seeing their old friend again, ran over to him and pulled him into a friendly headlock.

"Aww, man this is awesome, the Pharaoh's back. Man have we missed ya" Joey said in his excitement.

It's Nice to know nothing has changed around here Atem thought as he smiled as Joey and Tristan continued their friendly assault on him.

"Guys let go before you hurt him" Téa said as her and Yugi made their way over to the Pharaoh to greet him.

"I didn't think we'd be seeing each other again this soon" Yugi stated happy to see his old friend and partner once again.

"Yes, it seems fate has more in store for us than we realize" Atem said returning the smile.

"Well as much as I love awkward reunions, we need to get back to the matter at hand" Kaiba snapped, annoyed that the dweebs seemed to be forgetting about their predicament.

Yugi turned to Kaiba and reminded him about what Snow had said, "She said she wouldn't release us until we watch all the episodes of that abridged show of ours, she was talking about"

Atem, who was still confused on what was going on, asked "I do not know what you mean by abridged show, and who's voice did that belong to"

"Oh yes, our kidnapper is someone by the name of Snow and she is apparently from a separate universe. According to her, in her universe we are perceived as nothing more than fictional cartoon characters from a television show and someone had decided to parody the show for their amusement. Now she has used her powers of a fanfiction author to come into our universe to bring us all together so that we may watch all episodes of the abridged series" Bakura explained, hoping to explain it in the same way that Snow did without making it sound too complicated.

Joey's eyes widened and lit up as he said "I think I got it. So basically, any of our fictional shows that exist in our universe, could very well possibly have their own separate universes as well and we just don't know about it.

Kaiba just crossed his arms with a smug smirk and said, "Wow Wheeler, looks like there is a little intelligence left inside that tiny brain of yours after all."

"Why I oughta- "Joey said as he balled his hand into a fist and started to fling it towards Kaiba, but Tristan quickly held him back, and Téa got in the middle between the 2 guys.

"Enough you 2. I know this isn't the ideal situation, but at this point we got no choice but to just go along with Snow's demands. The sooner we get through all the videos, the quicker we'll be out. We just need to try and get along before then" Téa said glaring at both of them.

Kaiba just gave a glare back before he silently made his way over to one of the couches.

Soon everyone else made their way over to the couches. Atem, Yugi, and Téa sat on the couch directly facing the T.V., while Joey, Tristan, and Bakura sat on the couch to the right, and then Kaiba on the left.

Tristan took the remote and said "Well here goes nothing"

Tristan pushed the on button and for a moment there just static, but soon it soon cleared up and the Pharaoh's face showed up on the screen.

The Pharaoh was looking straight into the camera as a bunch of duel monster cards flew around "Yu-Gi-Oh! was filmed before a live studio audience"

The scene changes to the sun shining brightly in the sun over Domino High School, before it cuts to Yugi's face partially cut off by duel monster cards

"Hey Joey! Earth to Joey! Hey, are you in there? It's your move!"

Joey had a small smile on his face as he played a card on the field as he said "Sorry, Yug, doing this Brooklyn accent makes it difficult to concentrate on card games"

Tristan then appeared, putting his arm around Joey "I know what you mean, my voice is pretty crazy too! I'm thinking about changing it."

(Pause)

"That's my voice, the hell I sound like Barney the dinosaur" Tristan shouted, red from the embarrassment of knowing that is his voice in the show.

Joey was banging his hands on the table as he laughed "Ah man Tristan your voice makes up for the ridiculousness of the rest of our voices."

"Yeah doesn't sound like they are putting much effort into the voices" Téa said not even bothering to hide her giggles from the sheer stupidity of the voices of her friends in this show.

"Hopefully I'll be shown soon, I didn't see myself anywhere" Bakura noted.

(Play)

Yugi is on screen again. "By the way, my grandpa has a super rare card"

"Groovy" Tristan remarked.

"Hey, bada-bing!" was all Joey replied.

The scene then moves to Kaiba who was reading a book, and then got intrigued by the group's conversation.

Rare card? That sounds vague enough to be the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. And since I'm a child billionaire in charge of a huge gaming company, I obviously have nothing better to do than go check it out

(Pause)

This time it was Joey to pause the video.

"Now that I think about it, the video brings up a good point. How on earth could have guessed that I was the Blue Eyes, instead of some other rare card."

Kaiba just scowled at Joey and said, "Wheeler just play the damn video, it's going to take hours just to finish one episode with all the pausing."

"Sheesh" Joey said as he unpaused the video.

(Play)

The scene then goes to the Game shop, where Yugi and the others had just arrived.

"Hey Gramps, can we please see your super-rare-awesome-chocolaty-fudge-coated-mega-super-card"

"I don't see why not. Here it is, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon" Solomon said as he holds up the Blue Eyes White Dragon for them to see.

Joey got in a bit closer with a grin on his face and said "That's the least threatening name for a monster I've ever heard. What kind of mook could want a card like that?"

Suddenly Kaiba came in and pushed everyone out of the way "I'm here for your Blue-Eyes, old man, and I won't take "no" for an answer! Now give it to me!"

Joey couldn't help but snort when his abridged counterpart asked what kind of mook would want a card like that, then rich boy himself pops on right in. Of course, this earned him a death glare from Kaiba.

"No" Solomon responded as he closed the box that contained the card.

"Curses foiled again! I'm going to go hire some thugs to kidnap you now. I'm a billionaire, so nobody will even think about pressing charges" Kaiba said as he made his leave.

"That Kaiba kid needs to get laid" Solomon says as soon as Kaiba was gone.

"Big time!" Tristan said agreeing with him.

(Pause)

Joey and Tristan were the first ones to bust out in laughter, with Joey even pounding his fists on the table because of how hilarious it was. Yugi, Téa, and Bakura had put their hands over their mouths in a bad attempt to hide their laughter. Even Atem had his face turned away from Kaiba to hide the big smirk that was on his face and couldn't help but let out a laugh himself.

Kaiba just growled, but the anger and embarrassment on his face was plainly evident. Already he detested this show, not even a couple minutes into it and they already made him into a total moron like Joey Wheeler.

"Never have I heard truer words spoken before" Joey said trying to get his breathing under control after laughing so hard.

"Wheeler stop now, before I really get angry" Kaiba hissed.

While this caused Yugi, Téa, Atem, and Tristan to settle down, it did nothing to deter Joey.

"I mean after all the only way you'll likely ever get some is by paying some pros- "he started to say, but Téa quickly put her hand over his mouth.

She then whispered into his ear "Stop now, before he ends up murdering you in cold blood."

She motioned to the extremely angry looking Kaiba

"Alright I'll stop" Joey said, though he wasn't at all deterred by Kaiba. After all the guy was constantly mocking him on a daily basis, he was only giving him a taste of his own medicine. By the looks of how this show was going with his character, he'll have plenty of chances later as well.

(Play)

The screen goes black and then Yugi reappears answering the phone.

"Hello, Game shop!"

The screen is split in 2, with Yugi being on top and then Kaiba being on the bottom of the screen

"I kidnapped your grandpa, Yugi, and then I dueled him into submission. So, could you get over here and call an ambulance for him? I have far too much money to be expected to do it myself"

Kaiba then proceeds to hang up the phone.

"Wait who is this?"

The next scene shows Yugi and his friends running out of an elevator to find his grandpa lying on the floor.

Yugi kneels down to him and asks "Grandpa! Are you okay?"

Solomon raises his head and says, "For some reason, playing a card game has caused me to become severely injured."

Kaiba then appears holding the Blue Eyes that he took from Solomon "That's right! And now, watch this" He then proceeded to rip the card in half.

"Grandpa's special super-rare-awesome-super-card" Yugi exclaimed as he looked shocked and angry at what Kaiba did.

"What the heck did you do that for" Joey asked angrily, as Téa looked on.

"So that it could never be used against me!" he replied.

"Still a dick move Kaiba, ended up putting an old man in the hospital over a trading card" Joey said

"JOEY" Everyone but Kaiba yelled.

Kaiba did nothing but give Joey a death glare and Joey responded by showing off his signature grin.

"Are you trying to be murdered" Tristan asked, a little surprised that Joey keeps on antagonizing Kaiba so much but more surprised that Kaiba hasn't suckered punch Joey yet.

"Just speaking the truth. None of you can't deny that the big CEO of Kaiba Corp acted like a total baby just because he couldn't get what he wanted"

"In that case, why not just tear up every card in the whole world?" Yugi said still quite upset.

"Shut up and duel me!"

Yugi turned back to his grandpa and took his deck and said, "Don't worry, Gramps, I'll win this duel with your deck!"

Solomon looked shocked "W-Wait a minute! I've been injured, so you're going to steal my deck and go play cards with your arch rival?"

"Pretty Much"

"No wonder your parents are never around!"

"Ohhhh" is what most of the group said, not expecting something like that to come out of Solomon.

Yugi looked shocked, not yet realizing just how bad, or good depending on the person, this series was going to get with changing the personalities of the characters/

"Gather round everyone, and I'll mark us with a special sign!" Téa said, finally making her speaking debut in the series. She marked them all with a smiley face on their hands.

Joey looked at his hand pretty confused "Uh, Téa, hey, not for nothing but...ain't this permanent marker?"

"Oh... Whoops!"

"Why were you even carrying that thing around in the first place?" Joey asked.

"I'm a kleptomaniac, I stole it from school."

Tristan then suddenly shouted "Hey, my wallet's missing!"

"Kaiba took it!" she shouted.

Téa rubbed her temples in annoyance "Oh great, I'm not sure who's voice is worse mine or Tristan's"

"Don't worry Téa, Tristan's is way worse, nothing to compare to" Joey said.

"Hey" Tristan exclaimed.

"Yes and at least you all had some screen time, I have yet to show up" Bakura noted.

Yugi smiled at his friend "Don't worry Bakura, I'm sure you'll be showing up soon. I mean if you weren't a main character in the show, then you wouldn't be here with the rest of us."

In Yugi's place was the pharaoh "It's time to duel"

Kaiba looked shocked at the sudden changed and asked "Wait, did your testicles just drop in the last five seconds or something? What the heck happened to your voice?"

Atem couldn't help, but also cringe at his voice. With the way this abridged show twisted their personalities, he could only pray that he would not be the worse out of everyone in the show.

"Holy Ra, real monsters!" the Pharaoh exclaimed as a hologram of a green giant appeared on the field.

With his usual smug look Kaiba explained "Actually, they're just super-advanced holograms created for the sole purpose of enriching the experience of a children's card game!"

The screen had enlarged the Pharaoh's face as he exclaimed "Okay, seriously, you've got to be [bleep]ing kidding me. Who wastes all their money on something like that?"

"Woah their Pharaoh, language" Joey mockingly scolded him and then proceeded to laugh.

"Of course," Atem mumbled as he placed his hand on his head to signal his agitation.

The guy who's going to beat your pasty pharaoh butt with three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, that's who!

Kaiba then proceeds to summon his 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons to the field.

"Wait a minute, did you just summon a bunch of monsters in one turn?"

"Yeah, so?"

"That's against the rules, isn't it?"

"Screw the rules, I have money!"

Joey snorted and was about to say something, but the look Téa was giving him made him back down.

"Now draw your last pathetic card, Yugi, so I can finish you!"

The screen was split once more but this time with the Pharaoh on the bottom.

"My Grandpa's deck has no pathetic cards, Kaiba. Except maybe for Kuriboh... but it also has this! The unstoppable Exodia!" he explains as he holds up the final card he needed to assemble Exodia.

Kaiba backs away in shock and shouts "Aah! Exodia! It's not possible! Nobody's ever been able to summon him!"

"Really? Is that because it's so rare?"

"No, it's because this game makes no sense. Nobody could figure out how to do it."

"Nobody except me" The pharaoh said arrogantly

"Exodia, obliterate!"

Exodia destroys the Blue eyes White Dragon, thus taking away the rest of Kaiba's life points.

Suddenly Mokuba appeared "Big brother, is it time for my cameo yet?"

Kaiba leaned forward still in shock over his defeat "How... How could you summon Exodia?"

The pharaoh's forehead started to glow "Kaiba, if you really wish to know" then he dramatically extended his hand towards Kaiba and said, "then talk to the hand!"

Kaiba screams, as the multi colored image of him shatters causing him to faint.

The scene then changes over to the hospital

Téa and Tristan were watching over Solomon, who opened his eyes.

"I wet myself"

"Ewwww" most of the gang said, while Kaiba just shook his head over the filth he was watching.

Pegasus then appeared on screen, with a glass of wine in his hand. Behind him was one of his servants standing by the door way.

"Mr. Pegasus, sir, it seems the reigning Duel Monsters champion has been defeated by someone named Yugi. Also, it's time for your sponge bath."

"Mmm..."

(End of Episode 1)

"Well that was certainly something" Bakura said, only a tiny bit annoyed that he didn't appear this episode, but also relieved at the same time. He could only imagine on how his character will be portrayed.

"I don't know I'm enjoying it so far" Joey said, only because of how this LittleKuriboh person makes fun of Kaiba and they have only gotten through one episode so far.

"Only you would Wheeler, this stuff is garbage. Who on earth could find this type of humor hilarious" Kaiba hissed, who has already been insulted enough throughout the video, and then from the peanut gallery as well.

"I wonder how many episodes have been made so far" Téa wondered.

"Here let's see if we can find out" Tristan said grabbing the remote.

Soon everyone's eyes widened when they saw that there was currently 81 episodes and several side stories as well and it was all currently ongoing.

"You got to be kidding, we're going to be here forever" Joey whined.

Atem just sighed realizing there's not much they can do about their situation.

"It just looks like we'll have to make the best of the situation, at this point there's not much any of us can do" Atem said to the rest of the group.

Everyone else looked at each other and realized he was right, their only hope of getting out of here is to watch all the videos.

Author's Note

Well here's the first official episode and I hope everyone liked it. Obviously, the characters will learn through the first few episodes just how twisted their abridged counterparts are to them lol. I'm still working out on an official schedule to update, so as of now updates will sporadic until I finally figure out a schedule that works out best for me. Just so no one gets confused, when characters talk to Atem, they will almost always refer to him as Pharaoh because for the longest time that's what they called him and are used to calling him. Then obviously I will refer to him as Atem, when no one is speaking directly to him. So please continue to read and review to tell me what you think. Also let me know which episodes of the abridged series, you guys can't wait to see the cast react to. For me I can't wait until Kaiba and the Pharaoh dueling during the battle city finals, because of how brutal he was being to Kaiba during that duel lol.