Yu-Gi-Oh! The Shadow Games Script

Scene 1: Domino High School (Classroom 1-B during Lunch)

(YUGI is playing a game at his desk. Bell rings for lunch)

STUDENT 1: (OFF STAGE) It's lunch time! Let's play Basketball!

STUDENT 2: (OFF STAGE) We'll let the girls play too.

(Enter STUDENT 3)

STUDENT 3: Hey Yugi! Quit playing games by yourself and come play Basketball for once.

(YUGI looks up from his game)

YUGI: That's okay. My team would just lose.

STUDENT 3: Yeah, that's true. See you in a bit!

(STUDENT 3 exits. YUGI finishes his game)

YUGI: (SIGHS) I wish I could play my kind of games with someone. I always bring a lot in my bookbag, but – (GASPS) I know! I'll finish that today! The puzzle I always carry around!

(YUGI grabs his bookbag, and gets out a gold box. He then sets it on the desk)

YUGI: (LOOKS AT AUDIENCE) My greatest treasure is in this box, but you have to keep it a secret! This riddle is a hint! It's something you can see, but have never seen it before! What do you think it is? (PICKS UP BOX) The answer is –

(Enter HONDA and JOUNOUCHI. HONDA snatches the box out of YUGI'S hands before he can open it)

YUGI: Hey!

HONDA: Heh heh. What are you talking to yourself about, Yugi? You win the prize for creepy. "Something you see, but have never seen before?! Your greatest treasure?!"

YUGI: Give it back, Honda!

HONDA: Looky!

YUGI: Give it back!

HONDA: Pass! Jounouchi!

YUGI: Hey! Be careful with that!

(HONDA throws the box to JOUNOUCHI, who catches it)

JOUNOUCHI: Geez! Only a girl would care about a box. Watching you makes me sick! It really pisses me off!! So you know, Yugi, I'm going to teach you how to be a man! You want this box back? Then give me all you got!

YUGI: (ANGRY) I hate fighting!

JOUNOUCHI: (COVERS EARS) Ow! Shut up! You got no guts.

YUGI: Anyway, please give it back.

HONDA: No way!

JOUNOUCHI: What's in here anyway? Let's take a peek.

YUGI: You can look, but don't lose anything! It's really important to me!

(JOUNOUCHI opens the box, and takes out a piece of what's in the box before closing it up)

JOUNOUCHI: How dumb. Here Honda.

(Enter ANZU. JOUNOUCHI throws the box to HONDA, but ANZU catches it)

ANZU: If you think it's dumb, then give it back to Yugi!

JOUNOUCHI & HONDA: Mazaki!

YUGI: Anzu! Nice catch!

ANZU: (LOOKS AT Yugi) Thanks, Yugi. (TURNS TO Jounouchi AND Honda) Bullies who pick on little kids are what's dumb! Get out of here!

HONDA: Damn meddling girl! (EXITS BY RUNNING)

JOUNOUCHI: I'll get you back! Don't you forget! (EXITS BY RUNNING)

(ANZU sets the box on the desk)

ANZU: Here you go, Yugi. It's something special, right?

YUGI: Thank you, Anzu.

ANZU: No problem, Yugi.

YUGI: Wow, Anzu. One word from you and they ran away!

ANZU: Their heads swell if you don't knock them down once in a while. You need to be tougher, Yugi. All the guys are like that. On the Basketball court, I thought the guys were passing to the girls a lot, then I found out that they were peeking when the girls made their shots! (GROWLS ANGRILY) The jerks! (SIGHS) I quit and came in. Never play Basketball in a skirt!

YUGI: (DREAMLY) Basketball. Good.

ANZU: What are you thinking? (LOOKS AT BOX) By the way, Yugi, what is this?

YUGI: That's right! You haven't seen this yet, Anzu. If you promise to keep it a secret, I'll show you.

ANZU: Okay.

(YUGI opens the box to show a gold puzzle)

YUGI: Here it is!

ANZU: (AMAZED) Wow! It's pretty! Sparkling gold! Are these pieces of something? It's all broken up.

YUGI: It's a puzzle! I've never finished it, so I don't know what it looks like. So it's "something you see, but have never seen before"! My family runs a game store, so we sell unusual games from around the world. Years ago I found this way back on a shelf covered with dust, so I took it for myself. This puzzle is a memento of my grandpa, so I like it especially well.

ANZU: Really? A memento?

YUGI: Yup.

AZNU: I see. That really does make it special.

YUGI: They say this puzzle was found in an Egyptian ruin!

ANZU: Egypt huh?

YUGI: See? There's these hieroglyphs carved around the box. I bet they say something like this, "The one who solves this puzzle shall be granted one wish." You know what I mean? Like the Dragon Balls! Haha! Maybe I'm dreaming. (SIGHS, LOOKS AT Anzu) Are you laughing at me? That look. I've only told you, Anzu. Don't tell on me. This is a secret.

ANZU: I get it, Yugi! Trust me!

YUGI: But this puzzle is major hard. I've been working on it for eight years and I've never solved it! Kind of depressing.

ANZU: Don't give up, Yugi! Your heart is in it!

YUGI: Yup! I'll do my best!

ANZU: So, what is it? Your wish?

YUGI: No way! That is absolutely positively secret! Super top secret! Vacuumed sealed for eternal storage!

ANZU: Oh. Okay.

(Bell rings. YUGI and ANZU exit. Fade to Black)