Chapter 1

"Geez, I knew this trip was gonna be long, but I didn't think it would be THIS long!'' I muttered to myself.

My name is Gypsy Donovan. Yeah, my parents were kinda crazy. But they did give me their refurbished RV when I moved out, so it wasn't all bad. I live at 8 Thackeray Road in Wellesey, Massachusetts. I'm 21 years old, and this was my first cross country trip. I'm going to an anime convention in LA called X-Con.

My house is huge, yet it's the smallest house on the block. Huge and full of anime memorabilia. Yu-Gi-Oh memorabilia. It was mostly my fan work and a couple posters. I'm an authoress and an artist. My work earns a good profit for most artists of the day. I don't know how I do it, I think my art is crap. But it pays the bills, so I keep doing it. I also do odd jobs as a supplement. Fix someone's gutters here, reshingle a roof there, that kind of thing. But if it was an art forme, I did it.

My true passion, however, is anime. I loved the stuff. Couldn't get enough of it. Especially Yu-Gi-Oh. That's why I was packing an RV full of food, costumes, and everything else I would need to go across the country. I had been saving up for this journey since I was 18.

Sorry if I seem a little scattered. I don't have a good attention span, and it's already half dedicated to getting this trip together.

As I packed a duffel bag of living clothes, I thought about why I was going. I had been rumored that Dan Green, voice of my two favorite anime characters, was making an appearance at this con. That's why I was going across the country to this con. I was gonna ask him to sign my autograph shirt, a Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged shirt that had been graced with the signatures of voice actors and actresses of all kinds. I was going alone, since none of my friends lived in the state.

When I was done packing for the night, I sat back and thought about the times gone past. I've had the obsession with anime since I was 13. Everyone mocked me. They said it would never take off. Well, look who's laughing now.

I giggled at my silly thoughts. Of course that didn't happen. I grew up a normal kid, but my obsession with anime was very real. Yu-Gi-Oh was my favorite, especially Yugi and Yami. I loved those two so much because they helped me through some tough times. So did Marik and Bakura from the Abridged Series. Yugi and Yami were a sweet couple, while Marik and Bakura were all that and they made me laugh. What I wouldn't give to meet them.

A rancid smell interrupted my daydreaming. I sniffed around, and discovered that it was coming from my pits. I remembered that I hadn't taken a shower that day. Scorning myself, I walked upstairs and got into the shower. If my own self worth had allowed it, I would've bathed in the rain.

When I was washing my hair, a huge crack of thunder shook the house. Scared I would get struck by lighting in my own home, I rinsed out my hair and turned the water off.

My hand was on the doorknob to the hallway when I heard voices coming from my bedroom.

"BAKUUUURAAAAAAA!"

That nasal voice...It should have split my eardrums, but I had an urge to laugh instead. As I raced to the room, pulling my clothes back on as I ran, I started to hear more voices.

"Quiet, you wanker! You don't know who's here!"

"Are you okay, Yugi?"

That one stopped me in my tracks. I only knew of one Yugi, and only one person with that deep and sexy of a voice.

"I'm fine, but what about you? You seem...different somehow. Wait... Yami! You have a body!"

Yami had his own body?! I couldn't bear it anymore and opened the door. I pelted past the walk in closet and saw a scene I could only dream of.

Yami, Yugi, Marik and Bakura were scattered around the bed. Yugi was holding Yami's face, and Marik was being gagged by Bakura.

And that's when I fainted.