Dark Magician walked through the desert sand, wandering aimlessly. He did not have a destination in mind; he simply enjoyed the peace. And if the desert was a little barren, well, that was fine. If he wanted company, he would travel to one of the nearby "areas".

He had just finished a duel with his master, Yugi Muto. Yugi had won the duel, like usual. Dark Magician was proud to have helped his master accomplish this. It was foolish of that Rex kid to have challenged Yugi. Did the young ruffian really believe that he would be victorious?

His thoughts were interrupted by a cheerful voice calling out.

"Hey, Dark Magician! Wait up!"

Dark Magician let a small smile play on his face as his friend, the Dark Magician Girl, skipped towards him. She reached him, a bit out of breath, but none the worse for that. She looked at him, eyes bright.

"I heard you helped Yugi defeat that Rex brat! That is so awesome! I wish I could have seen it."

"Defeating the boy was an easy task, not worthy of such excitement," Dark Magician snorted. Truly, if vanquishing a mediocre player like that was cause for celebration, it would be a miracle if they didn't party every day, more than once a day, in fact!

"Yeah, well, I still think it was pretty cool! And I bet master is still grateful. He's a kind Master," came the nonchalant reply. Dark Magician had to agree with her there. Some masters mistreated their cards, maybe threw them out, or ripped them up if they lost a duel. Others sold their cards online, or let their pets eat the cards.

"Our Master treats us well. For that, I will always be loyal to him." There was actually another reason why Dark Magician was loyal to Yugi…but he didn't know what that was. He just knew, in his heart, that he and Yugi were bound. Was it destiny? Dark Magician didn't know, and he didn't care. He just knew that as long as master needed him, he would be there to aid him.

"Hello, Dark Magician? Are you still there?" Dark Magician girl asked, waving her hands in front of his face. Dark Magician looked at her apologetically. She pouted at him, and then grinned.

"I was saying that we should go visit Gagaga Magician and Gagaga Girl. Gagaga Girl told me that she bought the new Magician board game. I'm a playable character! We have to go NOW!" the little magician was saying excitedly. As she babbled on about how she would win ("For sure") this time, Dark Magician let out a rare chuckle. Yes, he could do with some fun, right about now. Maybe he did deserve to celebrate his win, if even just a little. One humble board game wouldn't hurt any, and if his master by chance needed him, leaving a board game in the middle wasn't so bad.

"Let us go, then," Dark Magician informed his young student. Squealing, Dark Magician Girl practically dragged him towards the Gagaga household.

As the two magicians headed towards their destination, heads held high, Dark Magician thought to himself that he was certainly a blessed individual.

Ah, my first Yu-Gi-Oh! fan-fic is up.

I was always curious what the card spirits do when they're not dueling. I'm aware that not all the cards have spirits, but this is a fan-fic. None of the canon rules apply. ;)

In my fic, all cards hang out in a large world when they're not summoned. Usually, different cards hang out in different "areas". This will get shown more in future chapters.

The humans are not aware of this.

Oh, and while I'll be using monsters from all the anime and manga series (monsters from, say, GX and 5D's can interact), the humans still live in different times. How does that work? Because I say so!