A/N: Welcome to my new story!

This fic is a crossover between Yu-Gi-Oh! And Final Fantasy VII. It probably won't have many chapters and the plot won't be very innovative, but it'll be a test for me to see whether I can step back from all the dramatic plots I come up with and write something more light hearted. So far, it's quite tricky to write and I haven't even finished chapter 2 yet, so I hope I can get into this story soon and update regularly.

Any suggestions for jokes or funny situations are welcome. I can't promise I can use them, but rest assured that I will consider all of them.

As for the worlds, it's a bit of a mix to fit the story. Serenity can see and they'll be using Duel Disks, which would mean it's set around the time of Battle City. I won't be using the God cards though. Cloud and his buddies have defeated Sephiroth, but I'm not going to use Geostigma. Shinra is still in charge under Rufus and Midgar is like the Midgar from the original game.

As for the characters, like usual I'll try to keep them in character, but they might at times react differently from what you might expect in order to create funny situations. Tell me if you feel I'm going overboard.

I think that's about it. I hope you'll all enjoy this story and leave a review to share your thoughts. Happy reading!

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Yami and Seto stood across from one another, engaged in a heated duel. So far they had been going neck on neck. When one duellist seemed to gain the advantage, the other would swiftly come back with a well thought out combo. Neither duellist refused to give in, as was usual for these two. Joey, Tristan, Tea and Serenity were cheering for Yami like usual, while Mokuba did the same for his big brother.

"Well Yugi, it seems we've gotten ourselves in a familiar situation now, haven't we?" Seto smirked, his Blue-eyes Ultimate Dragon standing in front of him.

"Yes Kaiba, and I believe that last time you successfully summoned your Ultimate Dragon I would have defeated it if it wasn't for you threatening to kill yourself." Yami replied, not in the least fazed by the sight of Seto's dragon, even if he had no monsters or face down cards on the field himself.

"But will you manage to work your way out of this this time now that you can't cheat with those little fur balls?"

"Never underestimate the power of Kuriboh, Kaiba. And I will always find a way as long as I believe in the heart of the cards I cannot lose."

"You tell him Yugi!" Tea cheered.

"Yeah, show moneybags what a real duellist is all about!" Joey added.

"Shut up Wheeler!" Kaiba sneered at Joey. "If Yugi is as good a duellist as he claims to be then he won't need a third-rate duellist to tell him what to do." He turned back to Yami. "Besides, I'm interested to see whether you can make good on that threat Yugi."

"I intend to Kaiba." Yami smirked as he looked up from his cards. "You'd better pay attention since my next move will end this duel."

Seto almost invisibly tensed up, but Yami noticed it and continued to smirk in satisfaction as he played his combo. He managed to summon Kuribohand with a clever combo sacrificed it to summon his Dark Magician, and proceeded to power it with magic cards before ordering it to attack. A series of counterattacks caused by clever use of trap and magic cards followed. Each player continuously managed to negate the other's counter. It seemed as if there would never be an end to the called attack, until it finally arrived. Dark Magician's Dark Magic Attack and Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's Neutron Blast clashed, releasing a powerful amount of energy. The resulting shockwave even caused Seto to hold up his arms to protect his face while bracing himself. Suddenly, Yami and Seto's duel disks started to sprout sparks, startling both duellists.

"Kaiba! What's going on?!" Yami called over the din of the still on-going attack.

"The power of the attack must be causing an overload in the duel disk system." Seto replied, though his voice was laced with unbelief.

"Kaiba, we've been duelling with Egyptian God cards and Legendary Dragon cards without any problem and you're telling me two regular duel monsters are causing an overload?" Yami growled back.

Before Seto could reply however a bolt of lightning shot from both duel disks and collided with the centre of their monsters' attacks, causing a massive explosion. Yami and Seto were pushed back and couldn't keep themselves on their feet. Both duel monsters disappeared, but a rift appeared where their attack had connected. Yugi's friends and Mokuba ran up to them to see if they were all right, but before they could reach them the rift started to pull them in, along with both startled duellists. They screamed in fear and confusion, and tried to reach for one another, calling each other's names. Soon everyone that was in the area was pulled into the rift and everything went black.

0o0o0

A spikey-haired blonde was enjoying the peace and tranquillity of the church in the Sector 5 slums when his musings were suddenly interrupted by something falling through the hole in the roof and landing in the middle of the flower bed. He instinctively drew his Buster Sword, ready to meet any potential threat. As he walked up he saw the body of a small boy with hair that was even spikier than his own. He didn't look threatening, but Cloud had spent enough time fighting innocent looking weeds and mushrooms to know not to judge a book by its cover. Besides, the giant golden upside-down pyramid around his neck gave Cloud the weird sense that something wasn't right about this boy, not to mention the odd device clasped on his left wrist, which could be a potential weapon.

Keeping his sword ready he nudged the boy with his foot, earning him a groan indicating that he was still alive. He nudged again, but besides another groan the boy would not wake up. Suddenly the upside-down pyramid around the boy's neck started to glow brightly, nearly blinding a startled Cloud who took a step back and gripped his sword even tighter while taking out a yellow Materia orb for good measure. He took another look at the boy once the light had died down. Besides the glowing eye on his forehead he also looked otherwise different for some reason, though Cloud couldn't quite place his finger on it.

Yami snapped his eyes open and sat up. He'd taken over Yugi's body as soon as he realized his partner was in possible danger, and was now facing a spikey-haired blonde holding an impossibly large sword in his face.

"Who are you?" Cloud demanded to know.

"I could ask you the very same thing." Yami replied calmly, though he kept his Shadow Magic at the ready.

"Since you're the one invading my home and I'm the one holding a sword, you tell me yours first."

Cloud suddenly felt his consciousness drawn to a familiar in-between place where he would go if a certain someone wanted to talk to him, and heard a faint, but familiar sigh. "Cloud, sheath your sword. This guy is not here to harm you."

"Aeris, this guy just fell down from the sky and you expect me to trust him?" Cloud replied.

Yami noticed that the guy in front of him had zoned out, though he didn't know why. But he took this opportunity to stand up and back away from him.

Aeris giggled. "Doesn't the scene sound familiar Cloud? If I remember correctly you once fell down from the sky too as did Zack, and you didn't see me threatening you with my staff now did you?"

"No, you went on a date with me." Zack smirked as he intervened, but he was ignored by both the others.

"He just looks so odd Aeris. That thing around his neck, and that thing around his arm, and don't forget the blinding light." Cloud retorted.

Yami quickly assessed that Yugi's soul was still out cold, so now he had to make a quick decision without his partner's help. Since it didn't seem like he could challenge this guy to a game, he did the only other thing that came to mind.

Aeris sighed again. "I'll explain it to you later, but for now, use that Enemy Skill Materia you got there. Magic Hammer should work."

"Mind Crush!" Yami shouted while he held his hand up, but before his magic could react to his command a giant hammer appeared and whacked Yami on his head, draining it.

Yami staggered, feeling dizzy at the loss of magic, and Cloud once again held his sword in the other's face.

"Cloud!" Aeris reprimanded sternly.

"But Aeris, he tried to use some kind of magic on me!" Cloud argued back.

"Maybe that giant sword of yours-"

"Which is mine by the way." Zack interrupted, but was ignored again.

"-in his face has something to do with it." Aeris snorted. "Now put that away and be nice so I can explain to both of you what's going on."

Cloud sighed. "Alright Aeris." He said out loud, confusing Yami.

"My name is not Aeris, and what did you just do to me?" Yami bristled as he focussed his attention on his assailant again, but grabbed his head when another dizzy spell arrived.

"I wasn't talking to you." Cloud replied as he put up his sword and sheathed it back on his back. "As to what I just did to you, I drained some of your magic to prevent you from attacking me." He proceeded to produce a bottle of ether from his pocket and threw it to Yami, who caught it. "Drink that and you should feel better."

Yami eyed the bottle suspiciously. "How can I trust you?"

Cloud crossed his arms. "The only reason I'm giving you that is because a friend of mine told me you mean no harm. She also claims she can explain everything. I trust her."

"Yami, what's going on?" Yugi, who had just woken up asked his partner groggily.

"Yugi!" Yami replied with obvious relief. "Thank Ra you're all right. This guy wants me to drink this potion, but since he only just put away his sword and somehow drained my shadow magic I am reluctant to trust him."

Cloud stood stunned as the one in front of him seemed to zone out the way he just had.

"Why did he drain your magic?" Yugi asked with genuine curiosity.

"Oh…well…uhm…I may…kind of…have tried…to Mind Crush him." Yami replied shamefully.

Was he…? No, this guy couldn't possibly have such a strong connection to the Lifestream that he could converse with those in it, right?

"Yami!" Yugi scolded. "You promised me you wouldn't do that anymore!"

"I'm sorry Yugi, but he held a giant knife in my face! What would you expect?"

After all, Aeris had been the last of the Cetra, and the only reason Cloud could converse with her was because she chose to.

"For you to stay calm and rational." Yugi huffed. "I guess I should take over from here."

Before Yami could resist Yugi took control of his own body. This stunned Cloud even more. The body in front of him changed again, only this time Cloud noticed the differences. The one in front of him now was slightly smaller and had bigger eyes and softer hair. He smiled at Cloud before the dizziness got to him and he nearly fell over.

"Whoa, you did a real good number on my body." Yugi said shakily as he pulled the stopper from the small bottle in his hands and downed its contents, instantly feeling better.

Cloud watched with both suspicion and curiosity. It seemed as if this guy was a completely different person.

"Okay, what happened to that suspicious dude that tried to 'Mind Crush' me?"

"Well…I…ah." Yugi, not feeling so certain anymore hesitated. "That guy from before wasn't me."

"I gathered that much."

"Yeah…well.. you see this item?" He held up his golden upside-down pyramid. "It's called the Millennium Puzzle and it houses an ancient spirit. He's like my other self, only darker. He's the one you spoke to before." Yugi hesitatingly looked at Cloud to see him unfazed by Yugi's explanation. "Uhm…aren't you going to tell me that I'm crazy or something?"

Cloud regarded him coolly. "Kid, when you've seen what I've seen nothing is going to sound crazy, believe me. Besides, I just witnessed the truth with my own eyes, so unless you're schizophrenic I'll believe you." He cocked his head. "Now, care to tell me who you are?"

"I'm Yugi, and I call my other self Yami." Yugi held out his hand.

Cloud regarded the hand for a while before he took it. "Cloud. Now I believe it's a friend of mine's turn to explain what is going on."

0o0o0

Joey stirred and slowly started to open his eyes.

"Nice to see you've finally decided to join the land of the living, mutt."

Joey shook up and turned around to glare at the ever composed form of Seto Kaiba, arms crossed across his chest as he stared down at Joey's form. "Stop calling me that moneybags, I'm not a dog!" He growled and got up.

"Oh really?" Seto cocked his head. "You certainly growl like one."

Joey balled his fists and continued to growl at Seto, who remained unfazed by Joey's rising anger. He was about to introduce that arrogant prick to his right fist when Seto spoke again.

"This is not the place to fight Wheeler. Look around you."

Joey quickly looked around and gasped. He was no longer in Domino City. They were in some sort of valley. Brown walls loomed around them and there was no sign of any life anywhere.

"Where the heck are we?" He mumbled.

"I have no idea." Seto conceded stoically while looking around. "Though your geek friends would probably argue that the energy released during the duel has created a rift between our world and an alternate dimension in order to for us fight in some sort of destined war, my best guess is that I'm hallucinating again." He turned back to the blonde duellist in front of him. "Which brings me right to an important matter Wheeler. I need find a way to wake up, and I'm not going to stand around and wait for it." He then proceeded to walk off, not caring whether Joey decided to follow him or not.

"Hey Kaiba! Wait up!" Joey ran to catch up with Seto. "How can you say this is but a hallucination? Think about that rift that opened up during the duel. We all saw that, and we were all pulled into it, so maybe we are in an alternate dimension."

Seto didn't look at Joey and just continued while he replied. "Spoken like a true figment of my imagination."

Joey became angry again. He forced Seto to turn around, grabbing the collar of his shirt in the process. "You keep telling yourself that rich boy, but I'm not buying it. If we're here that means there's a good chance Yugi and the others are here as well. Think about Mokuba. What if your thick-headed belief that this isn't real will harm your little brother, huh? What would you do then?"

Seto regarded his assailant, his cold blue eyes veiling the fear over the thought of the possibility that Mokuba could get hurt. "I suggest you take your filthy hands off me Wheeler, before I make you."

Joey continued to glare at Seto, angry that he received no tangible reaction from him. Suddenly he paled and let the arrogant CEO of KaibCorp go to point a shaky finger at something behind him.

"Gaah! I-It's a-a-a g-giant re-ed w-w-wolf!" Joey stuttered.

Seto turned around and indeed saw a giant red wolf-like creature sitting behind him. "Then it's a good thing you're here in my hallucination mutt. Maybe you can talk to it." He jibed.

"I assure you that won't be necessary." Came to polite interjection of the red wolf.

Joey sank to the floor. "I think I'm officially going crazy over all the dog insults thrown at me. For the moment I thought I actually heard it talk."

"Maybe that's because you did."

Seto grunted in suspicion. "Who or what are you?"

The wolf cocked his head and raised an eyebrow. "Do you want me to answer both questions or just one?"

Joey sniggered while Seto simply glared, not at all appreciative of the wolf's cocky remark.

"Oh Kaiba, who knew you would ever be mocked by and actual canine."

"Actually, I wasn't trying to mock anyone." The wolf corrected. "Besides I'm something in-between a canine and a feline, but to answer your friend's earlier questions, I'm the guardian of Cosmo Canyon and defender of this Planet. My name is Nanaki, but my friends call me Red XIII."

"Okay that's weird. That doesn't even sound like your real name." Joey asked in confusion.

Red XIII gave a very human-like shrug while sitting on his hind legs. "Yes, well, for some reason I once introduced myself as Red XIII while I perfectly knew my real name is Nanaki and never bothered to change it."

"Charming." Seto turned around with the intention to leave. "Now if you'll excuse me I have a brother to find." Seto slapped himself mentally for that slip of the tongue.

"Ah yes, Mokuba was it?"

Seto spun around again. "If you know anything about my brother then I suggest you spill it now!" He said with a commanding voice.

Red XIII shook his head. "I've been observing you ever since you arrived out of thin air and heard you talking to one another. I don't know where your brother is, but I know a good place to start. My grandfather is very well-versed in the ways of this Planet. Maybe he can provide some answers of how you got here, where your friends and family are, and how to get home."

"Alright!" Joey cheered, and happily started to follow after Red XIII.

Seto however was reluctant to believe a talking red wolf. "'Well-versed in the ways of this Planet' my ass." He mumbled to himself. "Now I'm certain someone spiked my coffee this morning." But despite his denial the thought of finding Mokuba made him follow after the retreating duo.

0o0o0

Reno and Rude looked up when someone knocked on the door of their office, and Reno called for this person to enter. A Shinra officer in a red uniform opened the door and peeked inside.

"Mister Reno, mister Rude, sirs, we have an issue."

Reno and Rude looked at one another with a knowing expression. For the past few months while they were stationed in Junon they had done nothing but breaking up rowdy recruits who couldn't wait in line for lunch. It was a deep hole these two Turks had fallen in and they were getting sick and tired of it. They were even secretly planning on hopping onto the next ship set for Costa del Sol for an unannounced and extended vacation, but it appeared duty called once more.

"Well partner." Reno said as he shook his head. "Do you want to kick some asses into submission or will I?"

"Ehm, sirs?" The officer interrupted nervously before Rude could reply. "This is not about the recruits. The villagers claimed they saw two people pop up out of thin air. Some of my men have apprehended them, but we don't know what to do."

Reno grinned widely and even Rude cracked a subtle smile. Two people popping up out of thin air, now that was interesting. With an eagerness rivalling that of a kid in a candy store, Reno hasted out of the room, Rude following at a more leisurely pace after him. They went through the base and to the elevator that would lead them to the village below. Once there they saw several blue-clothed Shinra infantrymen holding what seemed to be two children.

"Well well, what do we have here?" Reno grinned, tapping his Electro Magnetic Rod idly on his shoulder as he regarded the two youngsters. "According to these people you have appeared out of thin air." He stopped in front of the boy. "Is this true?"

"Now listen here mister." Mokuba growled as he struggled against the one holding him. "My brother is the CEO of KaibaCorp and when he hears of this you'll be in big trouble."

"KaibaCorp?" Reno turned to Rude. "You ever heard of it?" Rude merely shook his head in reply. "Thought so." He turned back to Mokuba. "So now listen here kid, if this brother of yours never told you not to mess with the Turks then he's an idiot. When I ask you a question I expect an answer, so now tell me, did you just pop up out of thin air?"

Mokuba just continued to glare at the Turk in front of him.

"Please sir, don't hurt us." Serenity called to him, even though she was sobbing and shaking in fear. "We don't know what happened, or where we are. Please let us go."

Reno walked up to her and bend over to lift her chin to look her in the eye.

"Hey, keep your hands o-" Mokuba started to say, but his captor placed his hand over his mouth to silence him.

Reno gave a small glance to the feisty boy but then turned his attention back to the girl, who didn't struggle. "Now this one seems to have a lot more sense to her. Why don't you start at the beginning girl."

Serenity started to tell all she could remember; about the duel, the overload, the explosion, and finally the rift that appeared. Reno continued to look into her eyes, as if expecting to see some sign of her lying, but he didn't. He could tell she was telling the truth. He stepped away and turned back to Rude.

"Change of plans partner. I think the President would be very interested in them, so I'm afraid the beach will have to wait." He then turned back to the officer. "Ready a chopper for Midgar. We'll leave as soon as it's ready."

"Yes sir." The officer saluted and proceeded by handing out orders to his men.

0o0o0

"Tristan? Tristan, please wake up." Tea said while shaking her friend's shoulder.

Tristan groaned. "Just five more minutes." He mumbled, before going back to sleep.

Tea sighed in annoyance. "Tristan Taylor, if you don't wake up now I am going to swap your motorcycle for a dinky toy when we get back."

This got Tristan's immediate attention and his eyes snapped open and he sat up. "You wouldn't dare!" He asked bewildered.

Tea sighed and shook her head. "I need some female friends." She mumbled before turning back to Tristan. "Do you remember anything that happened?"

Now that Tristan thought about it, he did remember. He looked around and was shocked. They were in some sort of forest, though the trees were so pale and almost seemed to shine. "Well, we're not in Kansas anymore." He mumbled.

"You think so smartass?" Tea retorted annoyed. "Instead of making witty remarks we should try to find out where we are and where the others are."

Tristan didn't disagree with her and got up, pulling Tea up when he had. They started to walk along what seemed to be a path, calling out to their friends in hope they were somewhere around here. After a while Tristan noticed that they weren't getting any closer to the edge of the trees in the distance. He just knew something wasn't right.

He nudged Tea, getting her attention. "Do you also feel something isn't right about this place?"

Tea nodded and looked a little fearful. "This place is creeping me out Tristan. Please, let's just get out of here."

Tristan nodded back and put an arm around her shoulder in comfort. He hoped his suspicions were wrong and that they would exit the strange forest soon. He also had this nagging feeling that they were being watched, but whenever he looked around he saw or heard no one. Again he hoped his mind was just playing tricks on him, but until they found out where they were he would keep his guard up.

Vincent was eyeing the two strangers as they wandered through the Sleeping Forest, unaware that the forest was making them walk in circles. Normally he wouldn't have given intruders a second glance, knowing full well that they would need the Lunar Harp to be able to navigate the forest. But these two had appeared out of thin air, which had peaked Vincent's interest. He decided to observe them first, moving silently from tree to tree to keep out of sight. He now knew that the boy was called Tristan, while the girl was called Tea and they seemed to be friends. They didn't know where they were, but apparently were out looking for other friends as well. But besides picking up some other names, presumably of those friends, that's all he found out. He had hoped the two would talk about how they got here, but wasn't so lucky.

Suddenly an animal appeared. It was an innocent-looking white hare, holding a carrot in one front paw, but Vincent knew better. This beast was called a Jumping, and although it was rather weak, it was far from innocent. But what was it doing here though? Monsters didn't usually tread into the forest, probably due to its magic. Besides, Jumpings lived to the north in the arctic regions near Icicle Inn. They had no reason to come this far south where it's warmer. The fact that this one was here was just as interesting as these two people popping up out of nowhere, and Vincent made a mental note to investigate the matter as soon as he had dealt with these two humans.

Tea was instantly cooing at the cute creature, not realizing it was dangerous. Vincent knew he had to do something fast or this girl would not live to see another day. He took out his gun and shot at the Jumping. He made a clean hit and the monster bit the dust. Both Tristan and Tea were shocked when they heard the shot, and Tea screamed when she saw the cute little bunny with a gaping hole in its chest. A moment later a man with black hair and a long tattered red cloak jumped out of a nearby tree and landed in front of them. He made sure the Jumping was dead before putting away his gun.

"You!" Tea glared boldly at the newcomer, despite him freaking her out. "Why did you kill that cute little bunny?" She demanded to know, though cringed when his red eyes met her blue ones.

"Be glad that I did, because that 'cute little bunny' was a monster and would have killed you if given the chance." Vincent responded.

"You can't be serious man!" Tristan joined in and took a fighting pose, not trusting this guy one bit. "Demonic rabbits only exist in stories."

"That's what they all say until they get kicked in the gut by one. From what I gathered by observing you, you don't know where you are, so I would advise you to take my word for it."

"Why you arrogant…" Tristan started, but didn't finish his sentence as he lunged at Vincent.

Vincent quickly took out his gun however and aimed it at the young hothead, making Tristan stop in his tracks. "Look, I'm not out to hurt either one of you, but I will if you threaten me. I was merely stating some facts and now I've got a few questions for you." Vincent stated calmly.

Tea walked up to her friend and grabbed his arm to prevent him from doing anything foolish. She was still upset about the dead bunny, but knew that the stranger had spoken the truth. They didn't know where they were. They should probably be grateful that this man was talking to them. Once she was sure Tristan would hold his ground she nodded her head at the intimidating stranger. Vincent put away his gun again and started asking his question. He asked about how they got here, and Tea and Tristan explained what they knew about the rift. Vincent listened intently, and was confused and intrigued at the same time. He had been in a lot of strange situations, but he had never heard about anything like this. Still, he had no problem believing the two. Now all that was left was figure out how to help these two find their friends and a way back home, which Vincent knew wouldn't be easy.

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A/N: So, how did I do? Did you like it so far?

The next chapter will introduce one of the bad guys. I think the FF7 one is quite easy to guess, but which one of the YGO bad guys will I use? Can you hazard a guess? I'll give you a hint, I'm going to use similarities between both worlds…

In any case, everyone has arrived and met up with another character. In the next chapter some stuff will be explained and people will start to move. I hope I've made you curious enough to follow this story and leave a review! Until next week :D.