Reality Check

A Yu-Gi-Oh Fanfiction

Disclaimer:I don't own Green Day, Imasco, Led Zeppelin, Axl Rose/Guns 'n Roses, Harley Davidson, iPod/Apple, Fender Stratacaster, Our Lady Peace, West Edmonton Mall, Inkheart, Circuit Circus, Visa, and obviously not Yu-Gi-Oh. But I do own the 'AnimExtravaganza'...it's basically an anime convention I made up.-shot-

Chapter Three

Normal POV

"Here goes nothing..." Sami said before beginning to read. It translated as:

"Hathor and Isis shall

Watch over thy needs,

Over sand dunes in the red desert,

Or on the nile caught in reeds.

Great divine power

Showers thee when in drought,

Thyne fire shall flicker,

T'will never go out.

Great gods of our land

Bring justice to us all.

Let Ma'at join our chorus,

Bringing down these walls.

Thy inner self

Shan't never be seen,

But let thyne appearance

Disguise what it's been."

A faint shimmer encompassed the book, soon evolving into a near-blinding golden light. It engulfed the two characters and, as it receded, they became nearly unrecognizable.

Yugi and Yami had become platinum blonde, with Yugi's hair almost undefinably darker than his other's. They each kept their respective eye colors, as well as their asian ethnicity. Yami's skin was slightly tanner than Yugi's, and they could easily pass for older and younger brother. Their heights were also brought up to a more average level; Yugi was about five foot seven and Yami approximately two inches taller.

"Okay, you two," Sami started, the first to speak after the transformation. "Go into the bathroom---third door on the left---and look at yourselves...er...Kaiba's next." She finished sheepishly. The brunette had been his antisocial self for the past while and, maintaining his stoic demeanor, succesfully glared at Sami before moving to the designated spot.

The second recital of the spell produced a still-six-foot-tall Kaiba, whose hair (now an odd shade of brown and blonde) looked as if a comb had not reached it in years. His eyes were still the same penetrating frozen lake, accented by a semi-dark tan. Yugi and Yami had returned, so he simply walked towards the bathroom without a word.

Miriku rolled her eyes. "Prat..."

"Okay Malik, you up for it?" Sami asked after a few moments' time. He nodded and, once more, the egyptian spell was heard.

Once again, black hair was produced ("My gods, what have you done to my hair!?" He had exclaimed.) reaching about half the original length, which easily pointed out his lavender eyes, along with an even darker tan. He became an inch taller and had adopted the look of a half asian, half middle eastern person. Once calmer, he headed down the hall which Kaiba was now exiting.

"Right then, only you two left." Sami stated, looking towards the white-haired pair.

The brief flash of light had left two identical boys, save for their eye colors. Bakura had a close to medium tan, while Ryou's skin adopted a lighter one. The both of them hovered around five foot eleven, with short black hair arranged messily atop their heads. When they went to see their apearances, however, a slight problem arose.

"Ra damnit! My hair is black!!" Bakura could be heard from down the hall, as well as Ryou's assurances that it was only a spell and was completely temporary. Once that had been settled, Sami spoke again.

"Now," She began. "As we've got to get you relocated, you'll need to buy some clothes. Which means I'll have to provide a temporary wardrobe for you to shop in." At that, she ushered the large group into her bedroom, where the closet happened to be open.

Sami POV

I started fishing through my closet to find something suitable for the characters; well, that really wasn't that hard as I happen to have a great deal of clothes too big for me that I wear anyway. 'Thankfully' I thought, sorting through my junk as well as other things, 'I did my lundry yesterday. If only walk-in closets weren't so---'

"Ow!" I'd fallen headfirst into a clearing inside that closet of mine. As I scrambled up, I threw the larger of the two Green Day shirts I'd gotten at their last concert out of my closet and at Bakura.

"Wear that and," I found a pair of my dad's old jeans and chucked it at the waiting character. "Those. Don't mind the knees." He nodded and left the room.

"Okay, uh..." I poked my head back into the mess, emerging with two shirts. The word 'Imasco' was printed on either side. I gave them to Yugi and Yami, and said "Wear these and those two pairs of track pants over there." I tilted my head towards a pile of folded clothing on top of my dresser; the pants were my cousin's, and I'd never really found the time or occasion to wear them.

"And Kaiba?" He looked over expressionlessly from the window he'd been staring out of. "I'll have to dig into my dad's stuff for you." I led him, Malik and Ryou into the room across the hall from mine; it was filled with everything from models of P-51 Mustangs (and other aviators) to posters of the Periodic Table and his drum kit in the back corner across from the bed.

"Okay, here's a Led Zep shirt he hasn't worn in ages..." I threw it at the CEO. "Oh yeah, and these jeans with Axl Rose's autograph down the side." Although I doubted that he knew who that was, I gave him the outfit anyway, collected another few pieces of attire, and went off into my room again. When we go there, Liz was scanning through songs on her iPod and Miriku was playing with my Fender Stratacaster copy (which I'd so fondly named 'Jaysin').

Liz began listening to a song while Miriku put down the guitar, and everyone else came back in with a pop in their hands. I shook my head at that.

"Kaiba's getting dressed." I announced, handing Ryou a dark green long-sleeved shirt and navy blue jeans from my dad's room. He left as I gave Malik a leather Harley Davidson jacket, black t-shirt and black jeans. When he took them from me and left I picked up my black 'Our Lady Peace' t-shirt, faded black jeans with a Green Day patch sewn on and a pair of red socks. Right then I was wearing baggy sky blue track pants and a plain white t-shirt; basically what I'd been wearing the day before and fell asleep in.

Also, as a second thought, I grabbed one of my bandanas, a monochrome-camoflage one, and headed into the adjacent bathroom that no one had seemed to notice. Before I left I put on some black eyeliner; I didn't usually wear make-up, but it went well with my outfit.

Once back in my room, I saw the disguised characters in their new attire. They were now definately completely unrecognizable. I felt a little proud for a second, but then something hit me.

"Who's going to pay for our little expedition, exactly?"

Almost like it was reflex, everyone looked over at Kaiba. He reached for his wallet and produced, with a very uncharacteristic sigh, six Visa gold cards.

"Well that certainly solves out problem." Mikey observed. I grinned.

Miriku POV

This is so insane! And here I was looking forward to the AnimExtravaganza this year...Ra damnit, one of my friends had Yu-Gi-Oh characters appear at her house! Anyway...back to now...

We're waiting at the bus stop. Us non-characters have our trusty bus passes whereas the others have some fare we fished out. Gods, bus fare's expensive these days...The bus came, and the back was deserted, so we showed the driver our passes and paid---he looked mortified at the size of our group, but I can't blame him. I flopped down on the first seat I got to, like the rest of us. It'd been a long walk from Sami's; she'd insisted we take an express to---

"West Edmonton Mall, here we come!"

Yeah, that was her. I don't doubt she had pocky for breakfast again...I suddenly thought of something.

"Sami, what were you doing while you were watching that episode---other than eating pocky." I was right about her food choice at least; she grinned sheepishly.

"Well, I was saying most of the characters' lines 'cause I've seen it a hundred---" She paused. "What?" She must have seen my expression.

"Well it's just that...man, I should have thought of this before---what if, as crazy as it might seem...well, what if there's an Inkheart-esque force working here?"

Her face lit up. "Yeah, maybe---wait, what is this, a fanfiction?" The characters, who had been listening in, all looked perplexed---except Kaiba, of course. They most likely had no idea what a fanfiction was, or Inkheart, for that matter. I sweatdroped, and the five of us began to explain. It managed to take us until we were off the bus and at the mall to wrap it up.

"...and so when Sami said that, she was referring to an existing fandom being incorporated into another." Terra finished, satisfied that everyone was more-or-less caught up. Then we had another problem...again. No one could agree on where to go first.

"Hey, why don't we split into two groups?" Mikey yelled over the sound of a 747 flying overhead.

"Whatever we do, can we please go inside? I'm cooking out here!" Sami complained. I rolled my eyes and we all went in.

Normal POV

"Okay, now where do we go?" Malik said the moment they got inside.

Sami shrugged. "We could just split up and meet at the food court---"

"Which one?" Liz interjected. Sami looked at her in annoyance.

"As I was about to say, the food court by Circuit Circus." Most everyone nodded, and they immediately split up. The first group consisted of Liz, Malik, Yugi, Sami, Seto and Terra. Yami, Ryou and Bakura were left to Miriku and Mikey. Each group got three Visas, and they quickly set off.

o o o o o o o o o o

Sami: I am so dissatisfied with this chapter...-sigh-

Dera: As is everyone else of all of your work--- -hit-

Sami: And sorry if there was any confusion about anything, but here's good news: I typed this much in only two and a half hours!!

Dera:...and? -hit again-

Sami: If anyone doesn't know what I meant by 'Inkheart-esque', read the following paragraph:

Inkheart is about a girl named Meggie and her father Mo. When Mo reads aloud, the book becomes real (as in characters pop out, people go in, and so forth). So, it was basically referring to me possibly saying aloud what the characters are saying, and making them appear. I just kinda assumed it was a really well known book...which it is...but I thought to put that there anyway.

Sami: So, don't hesitate to review!

Dera: Like anyon would want to do th--- -knocked out-

Sami: See ya!