(BEN and CAMERAMAN are in the bushes. Enter FUJITA)
FUJITA: Okay. He's on his way.
BEN: Are you sure he's coming?
FUJITA: Yeah.
BEN: I don't see him.
FUJITA: Come on, Yugi. My job is riding on this! (LOOKS OFF STAGE, GASPS) He's here!
BEN: Alright! Roll camera!
(Enter YUGI, who has a bouquet of flowers)
FUJITA: You're here.
YUGI: Huh? Where's the star, Fujita?
FUJITA: Actually, come closer.
(YUGI goes closer to FUJITA, then FUJITA punches YUGI in the face)
BEN: Haha! Good! Punch him harder!
FUJITA: Stupid! There's no star!! It was a lie!! (PUNCHES Yugi IN FACE)
JOUNOUCHI: (OFF STAGE) Stop right there!
(Enter JOUNOUCHI by running)
JOUNOUCHI: What in the world are you doing?!
(YUGI collapses, but JOUNOUCHI catches him)
JOUNOUCHI: Yugi! Are you alright?! (LOOKS AT Fujita) What are you doing to my buddy?! I'm gonna kill you!
FUJITA: I didn't want to hit him, but the director made me do it.
JOUNOUCHI: Director?!
(BEN and CAMERAMAN come out of the bushes)
BEN: Cut, cut! That was good, Fujita. You can go now.
JOUNOUCHI: (LOOKS AT Ben) So you're the guy who put Yugi through this?!
BEN: Yup.
YUGI: (GROANS, COUGHS)
JOUNOUCHI: Yugi, are you alright?!
YUGI: (WEAKLY) I'm okay, Jounouchi, but I'm also sorry. There wasn't a star after all.
JOUNOUCHI: It wasn't your fault! These jerks have lied to you, so it's their fault!
BEN: Stop the camera! They're friends, we get it! This kind of stuff is a waste of tape. (TURNS TO Yugi) Look, it was just bad luck that you got picked for the victim. Just coincidence. It's about the same odds as rolling a die and getting a one. Heh heh. But thanks to that, we taped a good show! The viewers will sympathize with you and send in letters by the dozen! You're a star, Yugi! The star of our program!
JOUNOUCHI: Are you asking to die?!
BEN: Heh heh heh. Hit me then. Just so you know, the whole thing is being recorded.
JOUNOUCHI: (GASPS)
BEN: (LOOKS AT Cameraman, QUIETLY) Heh heh, stop the camera!
(BEN kicks JOUNOUCHI in the stomach. JOUNOUCHI collapses to the ground)
YUGI: Jounouchi! (RUNS TO Jounouchi) Are you okay?!
BEN: Don't you get it? You can't fight the power of the media! If I wanted to, I'd make you the laughingstock of the world! Hahahaha!
(YUGI changes into YAMI YUGI)
BEN: Heh heh, but don't worry! I'll hide your face with a digital mosaic. At least no one will know it's you. Hahaha!
(BEN exits)
YAMI YUGI: You won't get away with bending the truth in front of the cameras, Director.
(YAMI YUGI exits. Fade to Black)
YOU ARE READING
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Shadow Games Script
FantasyWhen Yugi Mutou, a freshman at Domino High School, solved the mysterious Ancient Egyptian artifact called the Millennium Puzzle, he gains a dark personality, and challenges bullies and criminals to Shadow Games, weird games that are very dangerous...
