Title: 'A Very Merry Unbirthday' Indeed
Rating: PG
Fandom: Crossover: Batman & Yu-Gi-Oh!
Characters: Gurimo (Yu-Gi-Oh!), the Mad Hatter (Batman)
Summary: There were times, rare times, that Gurimo questioned Master Dartz and now was one of those times.
Word Count: 284
Author's Note: I was going to have this be the last chapter, but changed my mind at the last second.
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: Batman and Yu-Gi-Oh! do not belong to me; I'm merely borrowing certain characters for this crack!fic, that is all.

12: 'A Very Merry Unbirthday' Indeed

"Ah! You are just in time to help prepare for Alice's very merry unbirthday party! Splendid, splendid!"

"What is—?" Gurimo, about to ask what an 'unbirthday' was, decided it would be a better idea not to and just get straight to the point. After all, the sooner they dueled, the sooner he could leave this city. "Never mind. Look here, I am here to challenge you to a duel and nothing more."

"A duel…? Oh no. No, no, no, no, no. That will not do at all. Not. At. All!" His target, having lost his composure at his news, came to a sudden halt in his tantrum. As if. . . "Not to worry, though; I have the perfect solution. One you will find wholly… agreeable. Once I've implanted it on you, that is."

"'Implant'? What do you mean—?" he was about to question the man, when two men appeared behind him and firmly held him in place. "What is the meaning of this? Who do you think you are? Release me at once!"

"Settle down, now, this won't hurt a bit."

What wouldn't hurt a bit? Gurimo, too busy trying to shake the two off him, had failed to notice that the shorter man was no longer standing across from him, but was now behind him. Gurimo felt the hair on the back of his neck stand on end when the Hatter burst into laughter and—

—what just happened?

. . .

Wait a second.

How'd he end up back here in the hospital?

And so, it must have been the great Leviathan's birthday to have been given the greatest gift of all: not having to receive the Mad Hatter's soul.