*Author's Note: Not too much to say here... This chapter is a bit shorter than the previous ones, but that makes sense to me, considering that the first one was for a trilogy and the second one I worked way too hard on. My other note is more of a plea: If this thing stops being funny, please tell me. I can never tell how funny this stuff is when I'm writing it, and I want to know what I'm doing wrong and when I'm doing it. Thanks in advance!
Six days later... Hey, guys. Sorry about the delay, but ff.net froze my account for a MST of a song (despite the fact that they only forbade MSTs of fics). It will still be a bit until the next chapter is up, though.
That seems like enough rambling to me. Go on and read!*
Tristan: Race ya there, Joey!
Joey: You're on!
Téa: There's twenty feet left until the castle, Tristan. You couldn't even catch me!
Bakura: Or me!
Téa: But you have to let us in! We're the cheerleaders! We have pom-poms and everything! *a couple of seconds, some rummaging through Yugi's backpack, and a quick dash behind the trees later, Téa, Tristan, and Bakura are dressed in short skirts with high pony-tails* See?
Goon: No star chips, no entry.
Yugi: Aww... sorry, Yam-Yam, but rules are rules. *takes off his Millennium Puzzle and tosses it to Bakura*
Yami: But... but...
Goon: You little thumbsuckers! Open this door!
Tristan: *calls out to him* Sorry, but you know the rules: No chips, no entry, and you don't even have a glove!
Yami: *takes over from Yugi* Wow... this kind of reminds me of home... not as nice, of course, but better than that peasant hut Yugi lives in... *stokes the gold-plating on the walls lovingly* I want to live here from now on!
Yugi: Hey, isn't that...
Joey: Bandit Keith!
Bakura: *joyously* And another precipitous drop!
Téa: *sweatdrops* I think we need to get him a wowwypop.
Joey: Heh! ... ...if he gets a wowwypop, den I wan' a wowwypop...
*Note: Yes, I did steal that directly from The Simpsons.*
Mai: So basically, it's meant to intimidate us, huh?
Croquet: Why would Pegasus do something like that?Joey: 'Cause he's a grade-A nutcase.
Croquet: *proudly* My boss does nothing half-way.Kaiba: Aah! The door! It moved! IT'S MAGIC!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!! *flees, screaming*
Pegasus: That was my easiest match yet!
*everyone else sweatdrops*Téa: That was... odd...
Pegasus: Do I spin it like a top, or roll it like a ball? Wear it as a hat -- though it seems a little flat. Or is it meditate and pray that here's the right way?
Kaiba: Your mocking angers me still further.
Pegasus: Simple-minded fool. For all of your titles and technical innovations, you still haven't learned that fighting isn't the only way to inflict damage upon an opponent. A man's spirit can be broken in much easier ways.
Every Yami in the room: AMEN!Mai: What's Pegasus mean?
Tristan: He must've done to Mokuba what he did to Yugi's grandpa!
Mai: And what was that? Just because I gave you star chips doesn't mean I researched your life histories.
Pegasus: Beat me in a duel, and I'll release him as promised, but fail and not only will his soul remain in bondage, but yours will join it.
Kaiba: What? That wasn't part of the original deal!
Pegasus: You never asked.
Kaiba: *mentally* Grr. On the one hand, I have to duel to rescue Mokuba... on the other, I'll be no use to anyone if I get caught, too. ...and that card thing looks really nasty. *out loud* Sorry, Pegasus, not happening.
Pegasus: Oh, I'm afraid that's a deal-breaker for me...
Kaiba: Guess it's off, then.
Pegasus: *tucks the Mokuba card away* Always a pleasure doing business with you, Seto.
Kaiba: Same here, Max. *leaves*
Yugi: His brother's even worse off than he thought!
Kaiba: Than I thought?! I watched my brother's soul get sealed away!
Yugi: I run around killing people as a hobby. Ignore my demented logic.
Yami: *listening in to Kaiba's thoughts* However did you see that?
Seto: I, uh, heard about it... yeah, that's it. Shut up!Kaiba: I can't duel my own brother, even if his soul is in another place. He's been through enough already.
Téa: His logic frightens and confuses me.
Pegasus: *talking to Mokuba, Ver. S.* So rather than duel your empty shell with a device he's perfected, he'll give me home-field advantage. Fine with me.
Kaiba: *watching the arena descend* Yeah, but I'm still the one that built this thing. You don't even like using arenas!
Pegasus: Ahh... whoops...
Joey: Wow, check out the automated bridge!
Téa: Forget about the bridge, an entire arena's coming down!
Joey: *drools* Arena... hot dogs... nachos... I could sure go fer some of dat right now!
Bandit Keith: *slaps Joey on the back* That's just what I was saying! I think I like you, dweeb.
Mai: This should be good! The two biggest legends in Duel Monsters going at it? This is what it's all about.
Yami: Hey! I beat Kaiba in ONE TRY!
Mai: This is what it's all about.
*Some Duel Monsters advertisers walk up and hand Mai a wad of cash, which she tucks into her bag*Mai: Thank you, boys.
Joey: Can anybody say "pod racer?"
Yugi: I couldn't live with myself if I held back on anything that could help Kaiba get his brother back!
Yami: *helpfully* Then shouldn't you tell him that Pegasus can read his cards?
Yugi: Nah, that can't be that big an advantage.
Kaiba: We've known each other for a long time, and now we'll see if the master is the Duel Monsters creator or the champion!
Yami: *seethes* I could beat everyone in this room, blindfolded! Just try me!
Joey: Didn't he pull this act with you?
Yugi: Yep. I guess he doesn't even take the world champion seriously.
Pegasus: Teehee! "Rude Kaiser!" What a funny name! Teeheehee! "Rude!" *collapses against the arena, giggling*
Yugi: *sweatdrops* Or he's just drunk.
Pegasus: I played a card face down, don't you remember? It's called "Prophecy," and it gives me the right to guess whether the card you're about to play has an attack power higher or lower than 2,000. And if I manage to guess correctly, Kaiba boy, then the card in question becomes mine.
Joey: *taking notes* Ooh, nice...
Bandit Keith: Is this guy really a duelist?
Mai: I've been asking myself that for days.
Pegasus: Now I have two things you care about, Kaiba: your dragon and your brother.
Kaiba: It's not them I really care about...
Pegasus: Oh?
Kaiba: You took my dueling disk! My poor, poor dueling disk! *sobs brokenly and weeps openly*
Pegasus: Now I have two things you care about, Kaiba: your dragon and your brother.
Kaiba: I think it's time for another "you monster," don't you?
Pegasus: Let's see what else I can take.
Bakura: *calls down helpfully* Win and you get his soul, remember?
Pegasus: Ooh, goody!
Kaiba: Damn it...
Téa: I've never seen Kaiba so shaken before!
Yami: What about when I beat him?! DOES NOBODY REMEMBER ME?!?
Yugi: Er... I love you?
Yami: Oh, you don't count.