a/n I've decided to have everyone the same age, except for Yugi, which would be awkward for him still being in high school age with a child. He'll have the voice of the Pharaoh, too. (His child will be his first height, though.) Also, credits belong to Konami and those that created the anime/manga!

~Shadow Realm~

While a boy of seventeen (But short) looked around the place he was at, a man who looks like an older version of him was there, thinking of the last duel they had. They each have a small scaled version of a golden pyramid on a chain.

"So this," the boy said, "is what it's like living in the Shadow Realm, right, Pharoah?"

"That's right, Yugi!" The Pharaoh said. "It seems that way, so our last duel has brought us here! What I seem to misunderstand is how Merrik was able to defeat us! I don't know how he did it, but I can think of only one way for us to leave."

As he said that, a magician appeared in front of them. She was dressed in a cloak that reaches her knees, with shoulder pads as part of it. She also had a wand that can conjure darkness.

"Pharaoh!" She cried out. "Why are you here in the Shadow Realm?!"

"Dark Magician Girl!" Yugi exclaimed. "Well, we kinda lost a duel, so here we are!"

"He's right!" Pharaoh said. "Because of that, we ended up here. Is there any way out?"

The Dark Magician Girl thought for a bit. "W-Well," she said blushing, "there's only one way to happen, but it may take too long! There's another threat happening that can destroy both the Shadow Realm and mankind!"

"Dark Magician Girl," Pharaoh said, "if it means what I think you mean, maybe Yugi can work it out quickly!"

"It may work, Pharaoh!" she said. "I just need Yugi to follow me!" And she left them.

Yugi was about to follow her, but the Pharaoh stopped him.

"One last thing, Yugi!" he warned. "No matter what you see, get done what needs to be done."

"Don't worry, Pharaoh!" Yugi said. "It has to be done if both realms have to be safe!"

~Time skip of 18 years~

A girl of about seventeen years old is deciding how to finish off her opponent before coming to a conclusion inside the Shadow Realm.

"First off," she began, "I'll start by playing the Magic card Magic Formula on Dark Magician Girl, giving her an additional 700 ATK points! Then I'll play this Magic card known as Cold Wave, so you can't play any face down! Letting me use my Dark Magician to attack your face down monster without worry!"

Her opponent revealed the monster, then put it in his graveyard. "You're Kuriboh is destroyed," she said. "But I'm not done yet! Because you have no more monsters on the field, I can use Dark Magician Girl to end this duel! Bringing your Life Points to…" She counted with her fingers. "…zero, so you lose!"

Her opponent got up and held out his hand! "Nice job, Yume!" he said. "I think you're ready now!"

"Thanks, Father!" she said. "I can do well against this threat. If I can beat you at your best, I know I can beat anyone in a duel!"

"It's almost time, Yugi!" Pharaoh said behind Yugi, causing him to jump.

"Huh? Oh, right, Pharaoh!"

Yugi turned to Yume. "One last thing, Yume!" He took his pyramid from around his neck and handed it to her.

Yume is shocked to see what's going to happen. "Father, I can't!" She exclaimed wide-eyed. "That's your Millennium Puzzle!"

"Listen, Yume!" Her father explained. "This puzzle is very important! You may not need it now, but one day you will need it!"

"He's right, Yume!" Pharaoh added. "The puzzle was very important to Yugi, which is how he met me in the first place! The puzzle is too important to lose! Never leave it out of your sight!"

"Y-You're right!" Yume said as she took the puzzle and hid it in her coat.

"Another thing!" Yugi added. "When you do make it, the first person you have to see is my grandpa! He owns a game shop, so maybe he can help you! His name is Solomon Muto.

"But the thing is, he has to know you first, so it may be a problem!"

"It's nearly time, Pharaoh!" The Dark Magician Girl showed up behind Yume, causing her to jump.

"So this is it, then?" Yume said. "I'll miss you three a lot!"

"Don't worry, Yume!" Dark Magician Girl reassured. "If you keep us close, we'll be there at your most need!"

"Another thing!" Pharaoh said. "You need to keep your true identity a secret, so use your middle name as though it was your last until somebody caught on! And that puzzle will be evidence, because…"

"Ever since I finished it," Yugi finished, "I never took it off! When you have it, people will think none other that you're none other than my daughter when they see it!"

"I will do my best, Father!"And with that, a dark portal showed up. Yume turned to it. "Here I go!" And she entered it.

When Yume left, Yugi looked at Dark Magician Girl and he realized how much he really did loved her.

~Domino City Plaza~

A portal showed up in a back alley. Yume stepped out of it, and the portal disappeared.

"Okay!" she said. "One thing at a time! First thing's first, find Yugi's grandpa!"

The main thing is though, she has no idea where to go, so she decides to find Yugi's friends.

"Téa," she said quietly to herself, "Joey, and Tristan! Hope I can find them!"

While she looked for them, she bumped into a girl in front of her.

"Oh dear!" She exclaimed. "I'm very sorry! I didn't mean-"

She stopped to see that this person is familiar to one of her father's friends.

"It's alright!" she said. "Actually, have you seen Yugi? I can't find him anywhere!"

"I know," Yume answered darkly, "where he might be, though. But not right now!" She added cheerfully. "I'm looking for a game shop! You know where one is?"

The other girl took some time before deciding. "There is one I know of that belongs to Yugi's grandfather! Is that where you want to go?"

"Yes! That's where I was looking, but I don't know the way. Think you could help me?"

"Sure, I could!" Then she remembered something else. "Oh! Almost forgot! I'm Téa Gardner! What's your name?"

Yume started having thoughts about her name. Just do what the Pharaoh said, she thought. "I'm Yume Orskov!"

So along the way, Téa tried to get to know Yume better, but she stayed silent because Yume doesn't want anyone to know that Yugi's her father except his grandfather.

"So, here we are, Yume!" Téa announced. "I hope it all works well here!"

"Me too!" Yume agreed. "Hope you find Yugi, too!"

Yume entered the shop while Téa left her.

She saw an older man. He, she thought, must be Yugi's grandfather, Solomon Muto.

"Hello there!" she said.

"Oh! Hi, there!" He greeted kindly. "I'm sorry for the delay, but I've been lonely ever since my little Yugi left me!"

"That's kinda the reason why I'm here!" Yume tried to explain. "Ever known these cards?" She took out her deck and removed five cards from it, showing them to Solomon.

He looked at them, then gasped. "The five pieces of Exodia? But how did you-"

"There's a reason why!" Yume explained. "I also have other familiar cards in my Duel Monsters deck! Know these?" She took back the Exodia cards and took out two different cards.

He looked at those two, and started noticing something else. "That's," he said, "the Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl! But if you have them all, then that means…It can't be!"

"It is!" Yume said. "My name is Yume Muto! And I am the daughter of your grandson, Yugi!"

"It can't be!" Solomon said surprised. "But then, do you know this card?" He took out a box and opened it.

Yume saw the card and immediately knows it. "That," she said, "is the Blue Eyes White Dragon! A good friend of yours gave it to you."

"Hmm," Solomon said, "well, if you know that much, then-" He took a better look on her! "Actually, you do look a lot like my grandson, but the gender is the only difference! Thank you for dropping by, Yume! I really-"

But he didn't get any further because the door opened suddenly. A man who looks younger than Yugi's grandpa, but around the same age as Yume stepped in.

He had a suitcase in one hand, and dressed like a successful business leader man would. "Can I help you, Kaiba?" Solomon asked.

Kaiba?! Yume thought. I better be careful around him! He's Seto Kaiba, the one who Father talked about being eternal rivals with! He's also the CEO of Kaiba Corporation.

Kaiba looked at Yume, shrugged, and saw the Blue Eyes White Dragon. Instantly, he changed expression.

"That's," he said surprisingly, "a Blue Eyes White Dragon!" He quickly approached him, but bumping into Yume unknowingly, knocking her into a chair. "How were you able to have such a rare card?!"

"An old friend of mine gave it to me! You know, I learned that the Blue Eyes White Dragon is a four-of-a-kind rare Duel Monsters card! What got you interested in it, Kaiba?"

Kaiba put the briefcase he was holding on the table and showed the contents inside to Solomon. He was surprised to see the contents of the briefcase.

"All these rare cards," Kaiba offered, "are yours for the Blue Eyes in exchange!"

"I'm actually surprised," he said, "that you have these kinds of cards, Kaiba. But I'm afraid I have to refuse! This card means more to me than any other!"

"Well," Kaiba tried again, "if I can't trade it from you, then name your price because I'll buy the card then!"

"It's not for sale, Kaiba! Nothing you say will let me give up this card!"

Kaiba was taken back by what he said. "Fine then!" Kaiba said darkly while walking away. "Just remember you are making a big mistake!"

He left, leaving Yume and her great-grandpa alone with each other.

"I'll, uh," she said slowly, "I'll be going now!"

"Take care, Yume!"

She left, but then saw Téa out by the entrance. "Hey," she said, "did Kaiba showed up? I saw him near the store."

"Yeah, he did!" Yume answered. "He kind of got on my nerves when he tried to get the Blue Eyes White Dragon from Mr. Muto, though!"

So Téa also told her that she can see her friends, who were also Yugi's, so she agreed. Then Téa brought Yume to a nearby park, where she they saw a man there.

"Hey, Téa!" said a guy. "What took you so long? And who's your new friend?"

"Hey, Joey!" she said. "This is my new friend, Yume Orskov! I recently met her at the plaza while looking for Yugi! Do you know where he's been?"

"No luck, Téa! Tristen and I have looked all over for him! Nice to meet you, Yume! Joey Wheeler is who I am! Yugi's been with me ever since before his puzzle! I've been friends with him since then, like it was yesterday is how I remember it!"

"I know something else, too!" Yume said. "But I don't want to talk about it yet!" She added quietly. "Maybe later when you know the whole truth!"

"Huh? You said something, Yume?"

"Huh?! N-Nothing!"

"Hey!" Téa said. "What's going on over there?"

They looked and saw a very high building, where an old man was being escorted there with two businessmen.

"That's Solomon, Yugi's grandpa!" Yume cried out. "Come on!"

She ran over to the tower, with Téa and Joey at her heels!

When they got to the entrance to the tower, they saw another man by the doors!

"Come on, Kaiba!" He shouted. "Just go easy on the old man there!"

"Tristen?" Téa said. He turned around.

"Thank goodness you guys are here!" he said. "Kaiba's got Yugi's grandfather in there!"

While Yugi's friends were discussing about something, Yume noticed a glow in her coat pocket, unaware that the cause was the Millennium Puzzle. When she looked in it, a flash happened, causing her to shut her eyes.

~Shadow Realm~

When she opened them, she saw a familiar place. Somewhere in the distance is someone familiar that she knows.

"Father?" She called out.

The man turned around and, seeing Yume, walked up to her.

"Yume!" He said, but he wasn't Yugi. "I'm glad to see you! How's everything going?"

"A bit unwell, Pharaoh!" Yume explained everything to the Pharaoh from the moment she entered the Human Realm to what's happening now.

"And now," she finished, "I may have to help Father's grandpa! So I guess this is when all my training is put to use, right?"

"Yes indeed! Remember that your father is counting on you! Just remember his reputation and the heart of the cards."

"I won't forget, Pharaoh!"

~Domino City, Kaiba Corps Entrance~

And with that, she slowly opens her eyes again, this time she's on the ground near the entrance to Kaiba Corps. She got up, but noticed that Téa, Joey and Tristan were on their knees and were surprised seeing Yume getting up so fast!

"WOAH, Yume!" Joey said. "Take it easy there!"

"So you're Yume, right?" Tristan asked. "I'm Tristan! Tristan Taylor, and one of Yugi's friends, too!"

"No time!" She said quickly. "We need to stop Kaiba immediately!"

"Just follow us, Yume!" Téa said as they all make their way to Kaiba's office floor at the top of the tower using the elevator.

When they got there, though, they saw Solomon down on the floor.

"Mr. Muto!" Yume called out and ran to him.

"Yume!" he said slowly. "Please, turn back! Before it's too late."

Another door opened, revealing Kaiba, holding a Blue Eyes White Dragon and smiling.

"I knew it!" Kaiba said. "I knew it all along!"

"What did you do, Kaiba?!" Yume demanded.

"Not much!" He started. "You see, I made a deal with him, where the loser gives up his rarest card! But his mind and body was too much against my Virtual Reality system. He was too easy to break again!

"And," he said as he tore up the card he held, "it was all worth it!"

"Kaiba!" Yume said, getting angry. "I had ENOUGH!"

Téa, Joey, Tristan, and Solomon were surprised to see Yume's anger explode. "You want a duel, Kaiba!" she said angrily. "You'll get one! FROM ME!"

"Yeah right!" He started to refuse. "Like I'll ever-huh?!" He stopped as Yume pulled out a Duel Monsters deck and approaching Kaiba. "On second thought," he countered, "maybe it won't be so easy with you, Yume! You'll get your duel because I accept your offer!"

"Joey," Yume said, "Téa and Tristan, get Yugi's grandpa to a hospital now! I'll deal with Kaiba here!"

"You got it, Yume!" Joey agreed. "But I'm staying here to support you!"

"And another thing, Yume!" Téa added. "We're all tied to Yugi's friendship! But still, be careful with him! There's no telling what he has up his sleeve."

"Thanks!" Yume said as she and Joey followed Kaiba to his dueling spot.

"This place," he said, "is where we'll duel! Believe me, Yume, when I say that you never seen anything like it!"

"Let's just duel already, Kaiba!"

"After this duel, Yume," Kaiba added as they were ready for their duel, "you'll experience Duel Monsters in a whole new way! Because I'm starting things off by attacking with Hitotsu-Me Giant! You've never experienced dueling like this before!" An Ogre Giant showed up on Kaiba's side, and let out a short growl!

"Impossible!" Yume shouted. "You brought the monster to life!"

"The reason why," he countered, "is because of my virtual simulator, it creates life-like holograms of every monster we summon!"

"So this," Yume said, "is how you beat Yugi's grandpa! But it's my turn, and I call upon the Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress!"

A dragon showed up just as Joey suddenly showed up after being delayed.

"Woah!" he exclaimed. "I never thought I'd see dueling like this again!"

"Now, FIRE BALL ATTACK!" The Dragon attacked the giant, destroying it! Kaiba grunted as he lost Life Points, starting at 2000.

"Big Brother!" A young boy showed up by Kaiba's side. "You alright?!"

"Nice job, Yume!" Joey cheered.

"Nice play, Yume!" Kaiba commented, but got serious. "For a beginner, that is! So how can you deal with this!" A clown of darkness showed up, laughing as he was summoned.

"Saggi the Dark Clown?" Yume asked. "But it's practically useless against my dragon!"

"Even though," Kaiba countered easily, "you're dragon has 1400 ATK Points, and my Dark Clown at a measly 600, But when I combine him with this-"

A Magic card showed up, looking sinister. "Negative Energy Generator?!" Yume cried out, knowing the card. "Yes, and it multiplies his Attack Points by three, bringing it up to 1800 and making it stronger than your dragon! Now, ATTACK WITH DARK LIGHT!" The clown brought out its dark magic and struck the dragon, destroying it.

"So you see, Yume!" Kaiba gloated as Yume lost Life Points. "Combining cards can be a huge advantage!"

He's very good! Yume thought. I better be careful with him because he knows every aspect of the game. But Father, she thoughtfully added, is putting his faith in me. I have to win! And I can do this! There's something secret about this deck! Yume looked at her hand. There's nothing I can beat the Dark Clown with, so I better protect my Life Points!

With every monster Yume played in Defense, it was countered by Kaiba's clown with Dark Light! "Stay tough, Yume!" Joey called out.

"You're just like how you dueled," Kaiba added, "like the old man I dueled earlier, Yume! His deck was as weak and feeble as he was!"

"Mr. Muto," Yume countered, "is a better duelist than you ever thought, and a great man! When I first showed up in his game shop, he greeted me like an old friend would! And I can feel two presence in this deck! And I doubt you have the same faith in your cards, Kaiba!"

"Huh?" He said quietly.

"But," Yume continued, "I believe in this deck!" She drew a card, which is a big help for her. "And my faith," she added, "has given me Gaia, the Fierce Knight! Which has 2300 ATK Points of destruction!" Gaia showed up and attacked the Dark Clown on command, destroying it!

"NO!" Kaiba shouted as his life points went down to 1300.

"Nice job, Yume!" Joey cheered her on. "You got him on the run!"

"And now," she said, "it's your turn!" Kaiba drew his card, and laughed at what he had! "Face it, Yume!" he said. "This'll end sooner than you think! Because I call upon the Blue Eyes White Dragon!" A white dragon with blue eyes showed up on Kaiba's side and roared!

Yume gasped. "No way! I-Impossible!"

"We saw you," Joey argued, "tore up that card earlier! How is it possible?!"

"Surprised to see it?" Kaiba said. "He wasn't the only one who possessed one, you know!" The Blue Eyes attacked Gaia with White Lightning, destroying it!

"ARGH!" Yume cried out, losing Life Points!

"There goes the Fierce Knight!" Kaiba said. "Faith or not, you will fall to my superior monsters, Yume! Power is what it's all about, you fool!"

He commanded his Blue Eyes to attack another one of Yume's monsters, which is in Defense Mode, destroying it!

"Faith's for losers, like that old man!" Kaiba attacked another monster, which is also in Defense Mode. "There is nothing," Kaiba added, "that can destroy my Blue Eyes! So what's your hope against two?" Another Blue Eyes White Dragon showed up on Kaiba's side. "Just admit defeat, Yume!"

~Shadow Realm~

The Dark Magician Girl suddenly woke up in the Shadow Realm, causing Yugi to wake up, to. "What's going on, Dark Magician Girl?" he asked her, yawning.

"It's just that," she answered, "I fear our Yume might lose on her first duel!"

She turned to him. "And you won't believe who it is!"

"Seto Kaiba?"

"That's him!"

"Yume must never give up!" Yugi cried out. "We're counting on her to win this! For me and you!"

~Domino City, Kaiba VS. Yume~

A Magic card just got on effect as Yume played Swords of Revealing Light. "This Magic card," she added, "prevents your attacks for three turns!"

"Impossible!" Kaiba shouted as Yume placed a monster in Defense Mode. "How can a three turn delay do for you?"

He's probably right, Yume thought, how can I stop an expert like Kaiba? All I have are…pieces, like a puzzle. Wait. PUZZLE?! Yume suddenly figured out how to defeat Kaiba! There is a chance, but I'll have to be lucky on this one because no one has ever been able to collect all five pieces at once!

"Enough stalling, Yume!" Kaiba shouted, taking her thoughts away. "Unless you want to forfeit the match!"

"I'll never forfeit, Kaiba!" Yume countered as she drew. Another one, she thought. This could be very helpful.

"Draw whatever you can, Yume!" Kaiba said. "My dragons may be frozen for two more turns! But my new monster is under no such spell!" He placed a monster down. "Judge Man, with 2200 Attack Points!" Judge Man showed up and bashed Yume's face down with his club, destroying it!

Yume drew another good card. Here goes nothing, she thought. He better not have another Blue Eyes in his hand! "I call upon the Dark Magician and use DARK MAGIC ATTACK on your Judge Man!" A Dark Magician showed up on Yume's side and attacked Kaiba's Judge Man with his magic, destroying it! "There goes His Honor!" she called out as Kaiba's Life Points drop to 1000!

"Even though," Kaiba said un-surprised as he drew his next card, "that sacrifice was useless, there's no way you can withstand… A 3rd Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Another Blue Eyes showed up on Kaiba's side.

"Now ATTACK!" The Blue Eyes struck the Dark Magician with white lightning, destroying him!

"ARGH!" Yume yelled out in pain as her Life Points drop to her last 400!

"Just face it, Yume!" Kaiba said. "No matter what card you draw, my Blue Eyes can destroy you on my next turn because they'll move after the following turn! So face it, Yume! You never stood a chance against me!"

"Don't you ever listen to him, Yume!"

"There is no way," Kaiba said, "you can withstand my Blue Eyes after this turn! Just admit defeat and I'll go a bit easier on you!"

He, Yume thought, had three all along! Only my great-grandpa had one and Kaiba took it from him, so it can't be used against him! But the odds of beating him are slim to none! I don't think I can do this! As she reached for another card with a heavy dose of doubt, her coat pocket glowed again, where the Millennium Puzzle is hidden! She looked and was forced to shut her eyes as a bright flash occurred.

~Shadow Realm~

She opened them, and see both her parents there, looking at her! She knew she was back in the Shadow Realm.

"Father!" she cried out. "Mother! What's going on?!"

"It's your doubt, my child!" Yugi said. "Me and the Dark Magician Girl sensed it, and immediately brought you here! Listen Yume! You're the only one capable of destroying this threat!"

"Please, Yume!" Dark Magician Girl said. "The fate of the Shadow Realm and Humankind rests upon you!"

"You guys-"

"ENOUGH!" Yugi shouted, causing his daughter to jump. "I, too," he confessed, "was in the same situation, too! Know how it happened?" She shook her head. "Look on your hand!" She did, and saw something else.

"The Friendship symbol?" she asked. "It was made with you, Téa, Tristan, and Joey, right?"

"That's right!" he said. "Now, regain your faith and beat Kaiba!"

"You're right, Father!" she said, getting better.

~Domino City, Kaiba VS. Yume~

She opened her eyes, to see that she was about to draw her card as she was close to having this duel come to an end! "I," she stated, "will never give up! You will be defeated, Kaiba!"

"It doesn't matter, Yume!" he said. "Draw the last card, so I can end it myself!"

"This doesn't matter Kaiba!" Yume said. "You may have all three Blue Eyes, but there is one thing you don't know about it!" She drew her card. Glad to see it, she laid down five cards while saying, "The unstoppable Exodia!"

"AH!" Kaiba cried out in fear. "Exodia?! No way!"

"Yes!" she said with confidence. "I have all five, every last piece, so that I can summon him!" A Spell Binding circle showed up while Yume explained about the construction of Exodia, revealing the pieces one by one, until the whole thing came together, to reveal the true monster that's an instant win.

"There's just no way," Kaiba said fearfully, "anyone would ever summon him before! I could think of one person, but I forgot their name!"

"Exodia," Yume commanded, "OBLITERATE!" Her Exodia started charging up its attack, then released it all on all three Blue Eyes White Dragons, destroying each one, and depleting the rest of Kaiba's Life Points!

"AHH!" Kaiba shouted out.

"Nice job, Yume!" Joey called out. "You did it! You kicked Kaiba's butt!"

Thank you for reading! If there's good reviews of this, I'll be sure to continue this series.