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{{quote|''"There's a bond between my brother and me. Even when the world crashes down on you, you continue fighting."''|May, providing the [[Title Drop]] for the story}}

''[[Between My Brother and Me]]'' is a crossover fanfiction written by Green Phantom Queen. It takes place at the end of the "Battle Frontier" arc of ''[[Pokémon]]'', and put in the beginning of the "Waking of Dragons" arc in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' May decides to head off to home before going to Johto. On the cruise home, she gets a nightmare of Manaphy and Samiya being destroyed by a shadowy creature. When she and Max arrive home, their parents suggest that they take a vacation to the [[Very False Advertising|safe]] Domino City. At night, May is awakened by voices to head off to the basement and soon awakens a spirit calling himself Atem {{spoiler|who states that Yami is actually one half of his soul split into two}} who warns her about a great evil.

'''''Between My Brother and Me''''' is a crossover fanfiction written by Green Phantom Queen. It takes place at the end of the "Battle Frontier" arc of ''[[Pokémon]]'', and put in the beginning of the "Waking of Dragons" arc in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' May decides to head off to home before going to Johto. On the cruise home, she gets a nightmare of Manaphy and Samiya being destroyed by a shadowy creature. When she and Max arrive home, their parents suggest that they take a vacation to the [[Very False Advertising|safe]] Domino City. At night, May is awakened by voices to head off to the basement and soon awakens a spirit calling himself Atem {{spoiler|who states that Yami is actually one half of his soul split into two}} who warns her about a great evil.

Joining by her side is her band of Pokémon and her [[Annoying Younger Sibling|little brother]] Max as they head off to Domino City, uncover their destinies, get some dueling done, and save the world. In the span of one week, their lives change forever.

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* [[Bastard Boyfriend]]: Inverted. Raphael acts like one around May {{spoiler|because of a combination of the Orichalcos and his lost memories. He also acts sweet as a ploy to lure May out.}}

* [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]: Subverted with May. {{spoiler|She gets tortured and tortured and tortured, and does gain a dark side, but her willpower is strong enough to make sure she doesn't give into the darkness.}}

* [[Beta Couple]]: If there IS a main couple (what with Yami/Yugi and Tea being a ~~focus--somewhat~~), it would be with May with either Raphael, Kaiba or Mokuba.

* [[Beta Couple]]: If there IS a main couple (what with Yami/Yugi and Tea being a focus—somewhat), it would be with May with either Raphael, Kaiba or Mokuba.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Max and Mokuba aren't as fiery as May, but people should also be careful for them.

** Max is the youngest of the Chosen, and pretty much cheerful. However, he also has Jirachi in Duel Monster form {{spoiler|who is able to destroy one monster on the field for the cost of a Light monster in the hand.}} If Max tells Jirachi to use Doom Desire, he's pretty much wins the duel.

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** Alister: For someone who wants to STOP war after losing his brother, he doesn't give a damn about hurting kids. {{spoiler|He threatened to hurt Max if May didn't return the Winged Dragon of Ra, and was the one who fought Mokuba in an Orichalcos Duel. In the Orichalcos Duel, he launched an attack from a monster that had 11,000 attack points that attacks with lasers, missiles and cannons. He lost, thank goodness, but it still has an affect on the main characters.}}

** Valon: He doesn't get into action a lot, but he can get pissed off easily. {{spoiler|He think it's okay to wail on a ten year old girl who fought his love interest. This involves him punching her in the gut and ribs, pinning her to a wall, choking her, throwing her to the wall and just basically making sure that she should DIE.}}

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Inverted. Mokuba sees May as an older ~~sister--despite~~ him being around 11 or 12, and May being 10. This could be because he's enamored by the adventures she gets to go through.

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Inverted. Mokuba sees May as an older sister—despite him being around 11 or 12, and May being 10. This could be because he's enamored by the adventures she gets to go through.

* [[Crazy Jealous Guy]]: Raphael {{spoiler|and his ancestor}} are completely jealous of the Pharaoh for stealing their love away. {{spoiler|In both situations, the Pharaoh is completely innocent, that is, if we are to believe what's being said in the story.}}

* [[Cry Into Chest]]: At the end of 'Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt', {{spoiler|May does this to Kaiba after he says that things will get better.}}

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Shadow's first duel is against Valon. {{spoiler|It's a 3 turn duel with Valon unable to do anything when Psychic Armor Head--the card he needs the most for his deck--has been removed from play, and Shadow winning.}}

* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]: Used with Penumbral Gunner, but it seems to be a representation of {{spoiler|Alister's}} desire for violence and destruction. The ~~appearance--an~~ android with a face that's part human, part ~~robot--seems~~ to accentuate the importance of sacrificing human spirit for power.

* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]: Used with Penumbral Gunner, but it seems to be a representation of {{spoiler|Alister's}} desire for violence and destruction. The appearance—an android with a face that's part human, part robot—seems to accentuate the importance of sacrificing human spirit for power.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: May utilizes two types of decks: a Gravekeeper's deck, and a deck that's comprised of most Dark monsters. She's also a good person and Goddess of Joy... {{spoiler|most of the time, anyway}}.

* [[The Dark Side]]: {{spoiler|May unfortunately givers herself to the Orichalcos because she needed the strength to continue after her vicious pummeling. Subverted because she forces the Orichalcos out of her, if only temporary. Once she gets trapped, she gives in and unleashes her dark side.}}

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* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: They were getting along well, but the duel between May and Mokuba ended with them laughing, shaking hands and cementing their friendship.

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: The ending of chapter 18 for May, the end of chapter 26 for Max, and the end of chapter 27 for Mokuba. This results in {{spoiler|May falling to her doom, Max's soul gone and Mokuba has lost all of his monsters and Khonsu respectively.}}

* Determinator: Max and ~~May--despite~~ being the youngest out of the main ~~cast--show~~ great skill in not giving up. It goes to the point that Max's first duel had him win {{spoiler|while he still had 100 lifepoints left.}} and May stood up to {{spoiler|Arkana using her old deck and defeated him.}}

* Determinator: Max and May—despite being the youngest out of the main cast—show great skill in not giving up. It goes to the point that Max's first duel had him win {{spoiler|while he still had 100 lifepoints left.}} and May stood up to {{spoiler|Arkana using her old deck and defeated him.}}

** Mokuba's time to shine was in his first Orichalcos duel. For someone who's never dueled before this story, he {{spoiler|stands up to his opponent--Alister--gives him an amazing speech--and prompts that he will take the direct attack of 11,000 attack points and smile at his face while doing so, determined to make sure that the his loss would not be in vain.}}

* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Deconstructed. What turns out to be a blessing in disguise {{spoiler|A fake Winged Dragon of Ra winds up into May and Max's hands}}, actually becomes a horrible thing as it unravels everything that came before and after it. Because of this, {{spoiler|May gets horribly beaten and chased for having the real Ra in her possession.}}

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* [[Flash Back]]: The story only uses it them around Raphael {{spoiler|whenever he gains visions of his past life as Rael, and his interactions with Hara, May's ancestor. Unfortunately, these are only fragments, so he doesn't understand what's the real story.}}

* [[Forced to Watch]]: Max and Mokuba aren't forced to watch May being tortured, but they're being forced to watch May break down from her wounds and torture.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: May falls off of the scaffolding of a building in chapter 4 by Raphael. In "Wrath of a Goddess"~~--14~~ chapters later-- {{spoiler|the same thing happens, except there's an explosion this time. In both times, her Altaria saves her from becoming a bloody pulp.}}

* [[Foreshadowing]]: May falls off of the scaffolding of a building in chapter 4 by Raphael. In "Wrath of a Goddess"—14 chapters later-- {{spoiler|the same thing happens, except there's an explosion this time. In both times, her Altaria saves her from becoming a bloody pulp.}}

* [[Four Is Death]]: All over the place. Many of May's Dark Monsters are Level Four, she has four main duels {{spoiler|before the explosion at Paradius}}, Max won four duels-- {{spoiler|the fifth duel had him lose his soul}}~~--Mokuba~~ has also won four duels {{spoiler|before he lost all of his monsters and Khonsu four chapters later}}, {{spoiler|four duels with revived Orichalcos warriors appear between chapters 24 and 28 (four chapters}}, etc.

* [[Four Is Death]]: All over the place. Many of May's Dark Monsters are Level Four, she has four main duels {{spoiler|before the explosion at Paradius}}, Max won four duels-- {{spoiler|the fifth duel had him lose his soul}}—Mokuba has also won four duels {{spoiler|before he lost all of his monsters and Khonsu four chapters later}}, {{spoiler|four duels with revived Orichalcos warriors appear between chapters 24 and 28 (four chapters}}, etc.

* [[Freudian Trio]]: May is Superego, Max is Id and Mokuba is plain Ego.

* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: This may seem like a [[Deus Ex Machina|unlikely event]] but May being saved by a Swablu evolved into Altaria isn't coincidence. It's been said in the Pokemon series that Pokemon are closer to nature than humans, and thus can sense when bad weather is coming. Two days after May's fall, there's news spreading all over the world of unexplained weather patterns. Plus, May and Max's dreams about Manaphy and Jirachi missing must've affected the world in a matter. The Altaria and Swablu arriving in Domino could justify them trying to get to safety before bad weather struck.

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* [[Hope Spot]]: It goes horribly bad. Just when May has finally escaped the Swordsmen {{spoiler|they arrive while she is trying to contact help, and then pin her onto the ground. Did we mention that she's on a jet when this happens?}}

* [[Hostage for McGuffin]]: Raphael makes a deal for Yugi's soul: He'd give it back for the Winged Dragon of Ra. {{spoiler|Of course, the protagonists won't give the card, so he goes for the next best thing: May.}}

* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Either ~~Raphael--or~~ ~~Kaiba--being~~ the huge guy, and May being the tiny girl.

* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Either Raphael—or Kaiba—being the huge guy, and May being the tiny girl.

* [[Hurting Hero]]: May was a cheerful Pokemon Coordinator, Max was a cheerful kid with lots of knowledge, and Mokuba was the younger brother of a CEO before chapter 17 happened. Then when that was resolved {{spoiler|May becomes scarred with a dark spirit inside her, Max loses his soul and Mokuba has basically lost most of his powers...all in one day.}}

* [[I See Dead People]]: May, Max and Mokuba are all able to see Atem and other Duel Monster Spirits, but May is the one who was the first to have this ability.

* [[I Want Them Alive]]: Deconstructed again. The Swordsmen will beat the Chosen into an inch of their lives, but they'll keep them alive long enough for Dartz to take their souls. This also has a bad effect on May, who is in constant worry that the Swordsmen will come out to beat her up.

* [[I Will Find You]]: Deconstructed. Raphael becomes obsessed with finding his Guardian of the Sea, to the point that Valon and Alister are actually annoyed by this, his mental state is completely fucked up, and the person he's finding is getting harmed by his thoughts of being together with him.

* [[Imaginary Friend]]: Deconstructed. Atem notes that he and the others were so real to May, that she was willing to use a ~~ritual--at~~ age ''7'' to make them become rela. Said ritual involved cutting her arms and using her blood. No wonder the mom didn't like it. One has to wonder what May's mental state was at the time.

* [[Imaginary Friend]]: Deconstructed. Atem notes that he and the others were so real to May, that she was willing to use a ritual—at age ''7'' to make them become rela. Said ritual involved cutting her arms and using her blood. No wonder the mom didn't like it. One has to wonder what May's mental state was at the time.

* [[Improvised Weapon]]: May will utilize Duel Monster Cards to get the heck out any situation she's in.

* [[In Medias Res]]: Chapter 26 ends {{spoiler|with Raphael about to stab May in the back with a knife}} and Chapter 27 begins {{spoiler|with Mokuba unconscious}} and the story picks up as to how it happened.

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* [[Innocence Lost]]: May, Max and Mokuba go through hell in one single week, seeing destruction and darkness everywhere.

* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Inverted. Atem knows the names of the Chosen, but he always refers to them by their titles. This commonly occurs to May as he always calls her 'Goddess of Joy' instead of her real name. And even if he doesn't state their names, he'll call Max 'your brother' to May.

* [[Instant Expert]]: Averted. Since the chosen only got their powers ~~recently--and~~ are being chased by madmen wherever they ~~go--they~~ never get the chance to actually train their abilities.

* [[Instant Expert]]: Averted. Since the chosen only got their powers recently—and are being chased by madmen wherever they go—they never get the chance to actually train their abilities.

* [[It Got Worse]]: It did starting at around the end of the chapter entitled 'The Wrath of a Goddess.'

* [[It's All My Fault]]: Poor, poor May. In trying to stop Leviathan from being destroyed, she caused a LOT of problems.

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* [[Kid Hero]]: Deconstructed. The only things that are keeping these kids alive are victories over duels and Pokemon battles, and they have barely little training in what they're supposed to be doing as Chosen (it took May close to the end of the story to pull out a [[Magic Music]] moment).

* [[Kill the Ones You Love]]: According to May, her ancestor died {{spoiler|because Atem killed her with a stab to the heart. Granted, this was because he was corrupted by a dark evil in his heart, but it still counts.}}

* [[Knife Nut]]: Raphael has his trusty knife hidden in his ~~boot--which~~ was cut from the 4Kids ~~dub--which~~ he'll use to kill anyone in his path {{spoiler|and stab/slice a girl to pieces.}}

* [[Knife Nut]]: Raphael has his trusty knife hidden in his boot—which was cut from the 4Kids dub—which he'll use to kill anyone in his path {{spoiler|and stab/slice a girl to pieces.}}

** {{spoiler|Shadow keeps a dagger on her.}}

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: In terms of dueling, this is Mokuba. His strongest monster has 4,000 Attack Points, but his diversity in Monster cards makes sure that he doesn't have to rely on him too often. The downside is that he's not that great when it comes to using Trap cards.

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* [[Mad Oracle]]: Subverted. Jouno isn't particularly mad, just quiet. However, since we haven't heard about his past, one can assume that just because he's silent, it doesn't mean he hasn't been traumatized.

* [[Magic Knight]]: From what we're given so far, Mokuba could count. He's learning some magic with Khonsu, and his weapon is a giant curved blade.

* [[Magic Music]]: May notes that Hara loved singing. Given that she ~~may--or~~ may not ~~be--the~~ Guardian of the Sea, she might have some power.

* [[Magic Music]]: May notes that Hara loved singing. Given that she may—or may not be—the Guardian of the Sea, she might have some power.

** May has this power as of the latest chapter. {{spoiler|She sang a song to Raphael that seemed to make him calm down...instead, it did the opposite. It made him more obsessed with her.}}

* [[Magic Wand]]: Max has one topped with a wand, and May has a sistrum.

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** {{spoiler|Kaiba temporarily had them when Shadow awakened his own darkness.}}

* [[Ritual Magic]]: Mokuba goes through this when he first gains his powers.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: The three ~~chosen--May~~, Max and ~~Mokuba--have~~ different titles {{spoiler|(Goddess of Joy, Prince of Wisdom, and Defender of the King, respectively.)}}. Despite their age, the three children participate in duels and fight in the front line, rather than sit back and let other people do their dirty work.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: The three chosen—May, Max and Mokuba—have different titles {{spoiler|(Goddess of Joy, Prince of Wisdom, and Defender of the King, respectively.)}}. Despite their age, the three children participate in duels and fight in the front line, rather than sit back and let other people do their dirty work.

* [[Rule of Three]]: There are three chosen (May, Max and Mokuba), Max gets three Pokemon on his journeys {{spoiler|Banette, Vigoroth and Absol}}, Mokuba's competed in three duels (as of the latest chapter) and May and Max fight against trainers using three Pokemon]].

* [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl]]: Inverted. When they're at Domino, Max's the excited one while May is the worried one.

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* [[Villainous Crush]]: Raphael's stalker personality for May has this.

* [[Wham! Episode]]: Wrath of a Goddess and Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt are contenders for this.

* [[White Magic]]: Max can ~~heal--somewhat--and~~ Mokuba's title is 'Defender of the King', hinting that he can create barriers or use defensive magic.

* [[White Magic]]: Max can heal—somewhat—and Mokuba's title is 'Defender of the King', hinting that he can create barriers or use defensive magic.

* [[The Wise Prince]]: Inverted. Max, the Prince of Wisdom, {{spoiler|has gained the respect of Dark Magician, stood up and sacrificed himself to the Orichalcos, and very knowledgeable about Pokemon. He's also seven years old.}}

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Oh they would. The Swordsmen {{spoiler|slashed May's arms front and back, and punched her to the point that her ribs would crack. They also have used knives to silence her, pin her to the ground or wall, and just wail on her.}}