Hi! ^^ Wow, I was amazed at the amount of attention #8 - Scar got. I actually got quite a lot of reviews! XD I mean, getting six at this point in the collection's progress is really, really good. I'm really glad you guys liked that one. This one will probably go a little differently to what you'd expect, in a puzzleshipping fanfiction, the word 'light' is a little too cliché, I think. Oh, and this is the point where most of the oneshots will be longer! This almost hits the cap! XD
This one is set post-canon, again with Yami/Atem staying. It's Puzzleshipping, with implied Polarshipping and Thiefshipping, and there's mentions of Prideshipping, Wishshipping, Puppyshipping, Tendershipping,Bronzeshipping, and Peachshipping. Oh, and there's a tiny bits of a YGOTAS reference, so I guess I have to say that YGO belongs to Kazuki Takahashi (Which I always forget to say) and YGOTAS belongs to LittleKuriboh/CardsGamesFTW... XD
#9 - Light
Words - 465
"Hmm... Hey, Mou Hitori No Boku?"
"Yes, Aibou?"
Yuugi propped his elbow on the table as he typed on his laptop. "I've been looking at this site recently, where many users write fan fiction about famous people. There's a section for duelists, and since I'm the King of Games, there's fanfiction about us, too."
Yami blinked at the implications. "...Us? Don't you mean you?" Yuugi shook his head.
"No... Some overobsessive people seem to have noticed the fact that you looked different when in control, and they actually recognize you as a whole other person. They've actually managed to get a lot of people believing their 'two personality' fan theory."
Yami, understanding that there was more to the story, nodded. "Go on."
"Well, a lot of them write shipping stories. There's a lot of weird ones, like you and Kaiba-" A snort of disgust from Yami, "Or me and Jou. Ha, some actually ship Jou and Kaiba!" Yami chuckled at this.
"Ha, everyone knows Jou's straight. Besides, him and Mai are engaged!" Yuugi joined in the laughter.
"Anyway, some people somehow ship us two, where they get their logic from, I don't know-"
Again, Yami interrupted him. "But Aibouuuuuuuuuu!" He whined uncharacteristically. "We are together!"
"They don't know that," he winked. "As far as they know, me and Anzu are a couple. She ran into some trouble the other day. Long story... Anyway, it's not Anzu's fault, I'll explain later."
"So anyway, you were saying?"
Talk about changing the subject. Yuugi sighed internally.
"Well, in some stories about us, they always refer to us as a Yami and Hikari. They do it for Bakura-Kun and Marik, of course with their other selves, though."
"I thought the thief was with Marik?" Yami asked, but irritation laced his voice. He didn't particuarlly like the duo, especially Bakura. Why should he? Not only did both of them try to destroy or control the world several times, but they also found it appropriate to steal his pants, once! All while singing their own version of a Lady Gaga song!
"Well, we all know fangirls are weird," he said simply. "But what's even weirder is that in these stories where we're counted as 'Hikaris', they make us way to innocent and weak. In some, I've actually felt like I was reading a genderbending story with how effeminate they make us!"
Yami grinned and patted his head. "Well, at least I know you're not as innocent as they think," he said with a wink. Yuugi growled at him, cheeks slightly pink.
"Mou Hitori No Boku!"
"Hey, I meant that totally innocently!" He protested, pouting. Yuugi rolled his eyes and stood up.
"Whatever. I'm getting a soda, want one?"
"Sure." After Yuugi left, Yami turned around his laptop and saw several files saved onto Yuugi's computer.
'Hmm, Puppyshipping? I wonder what that is...' He noted another folder, entitled Puzzleshipping Doujinishis, which he decided to check out later, and clicked on the Puppyshipping file.
I hope you guys got the irony of the Puppyshipping file at then end. Oh, and I wasn't trying to break the fourth wall with this one; more like just slightly chip it. The site Yuugi mentions is of course fake, but the idea is that it is not made for fandoms, but instead for writing fanfiction about celebrities, with various minor categories, such as duelists. I kept the pairing names in it because... Well, why would I change them? That'd complicate things.
I didn't want to write something cliché and overused for this theme, but instead ridiculed the fanon term used for Yuugi, Ryou and Marik (AKA Mailik) 'Hikari'. I sometimes use it myself out of habit, but they're not actually 'Hkaris'. Yes, the names used are usually 'Yami' Yuugi, 'Yami' Bakura and 'Yami' Marik, but they don't add 'Hikari' to the beginnings of the names of the other three, it's actually 'Omote', and I've so far only seen one person use that term instead of Hikari in a fanfiction and it worked, so kudos to them. If you use the term 'Hikari' for them, hey, I'm not hating, just voicing an opinion. Hell, as I said, it's an easy habit to get into, you have no idea how much I've been forcing myself not to use it in the wrong place when writing this paragraph! o.o
I really love the next one, although I think I want to make a few minor edits to it before it gets posted. The best part for you guys? Right now, it's 500 words exactly.
Review responses (Sorry, one guest review, and one person who had the PM feature disabled ^^" I just didn't want to leave it without a response!)
Guest - Thanks! I'm glad you like them, and I loved writing the texting drabble, too ^^ I agree with you, Yuugi really SHOULD have disabled that feature. Maybe I'll give that damn phone a comeback later XD
ChangeOfHe4rt - Thanks, this one seemed pretty popular, and it was really fun to write ^^ Ahaha, bubble wrap, seems like something Yami would do XD Thanks for reviewing, and hope you continue to read this story! ^^
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