Yugi and Joey walk alongside each other, Tea and Tristan following a stride behind. A cool, mild breeze sweeps by. Little did they know one stealthy tailed them like a shadow.
"What was that?" Yugi asked.
"Hmm..." said Joey. "I don't hear anything. But I smell something! Ehh... mushroom pizza!"
Yugi was about to say that was not what he meant, but then -
"There it is again!" said Yugi as they rounded a corner.
A scuffling, rushing noise echoed behind them.
"Show yourself!" hollered Tristan, whirling around.
A figure dashed behind them, and grabbed Tea.
"L-let me go!" cried Tea, struggling.
Tristan, Joey and Yugi turned in alarm, and there stood Bakura in the serene morning, shattering the calm. For this was not the good, kind Bakura they had befriended. The cold glare, so unlike Bakura, could only mean one thing: Yami Bakura had returned.
"Just because I'm a girl," warned Tea, "Doesn't mean I can't hurt you!"
Yugi, Joey and Tristan looked on angrily.
"Let her go!" yelled Yugi.
The fools! thought Yami Bakura. They cannot oppose me! "I summon Berserk Dragon!" roared Yami Bakura. "Arise, my monster!"
Then came a fierce head of jaws, the arms, legs, and mighty tail. The card shone with a pale, yellow light, illuminating the great beast from beneath.
People stopped and stared. There were murmurs and whispers on the sidewalks and in the streets.
"Mommy, look! Duelists," said one little girl, pointing. For Yugi, Joey and Tristan, her voice came as though through water instead of air. Bakura would answer for whatever he was about to do, for they knew it couldn't be good.
Tea saw the dragon and squirmed with apprehension, even though she was already squirming to get away from the evil Bakura.
"Choose, Yugi!" grinned Yami Bakura menacingly. "Concede to my demands, or little Tea will perish!"
Once, Yugi mused, before Yami and his friends who had made him stronger, these words would have struck him like a tsunami. But now, he was pure defiance, and though he feared for Tea's life, he would not let any harm befall her. No, he could not...!
"No!" cried Yugi, Tristan and Joey in unison.
"Yes," sneered Yami Bakura. "And my demands are... Yugi Motou."
"Me?" asked Yugi uncertainly, losing some of his resolve in his surprise. "What do you mean?"
"You will come with me," grinned Yami Bakura, "As my captive!"
I don't want Tea hurt, thought Yugi. What choice do I have?
"Well little Yugi," said Yami Bakura in a poisonously sweet voice. "You're taking long enough to decide..."
A stone dropped into and chilled Yugi's heart.
"...Maybe you need more... convincing." With that, he violently tightened his grip on Tea with a malevolent grin.
Tea, however, gasped, "N-no... don't listen to him!"
"Tea!" yelled Yugi.
"Are you okay?" Joey hollered.
"Tea can respond however she likes," smiled Yami Bakura. "But the truth remains – you will be putting her in in danger unless you surrender, mortal fools!"
