Ash's domino adventure

Chapter 2

mystery duelist pt 2

Disclaimer i do not own Pokemon and Yugioh and yes you dream is coming true of this crossover showing Ash seeing old friends but things get down hill for the gang so enjoy AshXTea

black haze seems to have settled into the air surrounding the abandoned warehouse Ash was watching the duel continues. Yugi's lifepoints stand at 1500. Spiked into his duel platform just below the lifepoint counter is the Millennium Puzzle, hanging by its chain.

"I've got to figure out a way to take control of this duel; and win back my Millennium Puzzle. I just wish I didn't have to do it *all alone*. Sure could use my friends right about now..." Yugi said

"Yugi is caught in a jam and worse Kieth is a puppet but who is controlling him" Ash said staring at Bandit Keith's flat, vacant eyes stare back at him. The brash former intercontinental champion is definitely not himself.

"Make your move, Yugi; it's all over, anyway." said the voice Yugi gasps a breath, then returns his eyes to his cards, ignoring the taunts.

"You're just prolonging your defeat; it's quite *pathetic, actually. Stare at your deck all you want; there's not a card in there that can take on my powerful Zera the Mant! This duel is *over*!" he continues talking now Yugi draws the top card of his deck.

"The Koumori Dragon. Ahh, he's *right*! It's *not* strong enough to attack Zera. (aloud) I play my monster in defense mode!" Yugi's set monster glows beneath the surface of the field.

"good thinking yugi" Ash said "your friend is good of this duel monsters" said senketsu watching the duel "What can i say he's the best like me" Ash said to him

"It's your move!" yugi replied

"But it's him i should be worry" Ash saw Behind Bandit Keith's blank, lifeless blue eyes...

"Ha! I knew it! *His deck is weak*! Just like a rodent in the grasp of a rattlesnake, *little Yugi* doesn't stand a chance!" The distant puppeteer who controls Bandit Keith's mind sits, cloaked in purple, on a plain golden throne emblazoned with the same eye symbol found on the Millennium Items. Somethng shines golden in his hand.)

"He may've beaten Bandit Keith in *Duelist Kingdom, but he'll find that dueling *me* will be a much more *difficult* challenge!" as Bandit Keith picks up a card, glances at it, and plays.

"First I play Seiyaryu, in attack mode."

[Seiyaryu 2500/2300/light]

Pronounced say-AR-oo. It is a relatively small pink dragon or pterodactyl. Something glints in Bandit Keith's eye.

"And for my next maneuver..." Behind the cover of his hand of cards, Keith uses his up-the-sleeve card concealer to add cards to his hand. He pulls Magic Jammer from it and replaces it with Ground Attacker Bugroth from his hand. Other cards in his hand currently include Solemn Judgment and two others, Curse of Fiend and TYG051_id1. He places a facedown card.

"I place this card facedown."

"I'll unleash its wrath when the time is right!" said the mystery puppeteer He's thinking of the devastating effect of Magic Jammer.

"And now-- last but not least-- "Stop Defense"! It forces the card you played in defense mode, to switch to attack mode!" Yugi's Koumori Dragon appears on the field.

[Koumori Dragon ]

"My Koumori Dragon!" yugi shout

"Is revealed, and since it's now in attack mode, I can destroy it! Zera the Mant, Jagged Claw Attack!" Zera slices at Koumori Dragon, and it shatters.

"The end is near, little Yugi." Ash see Yugi is starting to look scared; his lifepoints have just decreased to 400. Something glints in Keith's eyes again.

"And with it will come a new beginning-- *my* beginning, for soon, *I* will be the keeper of that Millennium Puzzle!" the puppeteer Yugi leans on his console, teeth clenched, shaking, refusing to give up. He looks down toward the Millennium Puzzle.

"There's no way I'm letting this mind-controlling *freak* get his hands on *my* Puzzle! (aloud) This duel's not over-- whoever you are. I'll never give up!" as Yugi draws, then adds the card to his hand and sets another monster.

"I'm placing a monster in defense mode!" yugi said

Bandit Keith/Marik: Your feeble defenses bore me. Seiyaryu, attack with Razor Flare Blast!" In the face of the blast, Mystical Elf appears, chanting and mumbling. She dissolves into the flames. Yugi shields his face.

[Mystical Elf ]

"I'll also place two *more* cards on the field." He places two facedown spells or traps.

"And switch Zera the Mant, to defense mode. Confused? This move will become clear to you *soon enough*!" Ash just watches this nightmare pikachu was thinking to use thunderbolt "No if we interfere yugi will lose this duel..." Ash said

"Huh! Now *this* is more like it! (aloud) This card facedown; then Dark Magician in defense mode."

[Dark Magician 2500/2100]

"Finally, I play "Magical Hats" to hide him!" as Yugi's card forms a big top hat that conceals the Dark Magician, then duplicates itself. There are now four identical hats on Yugi's field.

"Now you'll have to *find* my Dark Magician in order to attack him!" said yugi but Ash notice the brainwashed kieth is stood cool "that puppeteer knows" Ash said

"Hm. I should've seen that coming. Oh wait-- I did. So I'll play Magic Jammer! Sorry, Yugi; but once I sacrifice a card from my hand, "Magic Jammer" allows me to disable your magic card. Say goodbye to your Magical Hats, and hello to your Dark Magician!" A glowing seal appears, then mauve-black smoke pours from it. The Magical Hats shatter; and Dark Magician is a sitting duck.

"Oh no! My Dark Magician's exposed!" Yugi said as Ash gritted "Damn it. What should i do?" Ash said

"And now I'll play *this*; it's a magic card called "Curse of Fiend", Yugi. It forces both of our monsters on the field to switch from whatever mode they're *in* to the opposite. So therefore, all monsters in attack mode go into defense mode, and vice versa. Since I put Zera in defense mode before, it switches to attack mode now." The effect of Curse of Fiend hits Zera and Seiyaryu, switching the former to attack mode and the latter to defense mode. Then it strikes Dark Magician, and he switches to attack mode.

"And so does your Dark Magician! Zera-- attack now!!" said Kieth

"Nice try-- but now I activate "Mirror Force"! It reflects Zera's attack *right back at you*!" as Zera's slashing rays bounce off a prismatic wall in front of Dark Magician.

"Ha! I'll block your reflection with a little "Solemn Judgment"!" An old man in shepherd's garb, flanked by angels, appears in front of Zera, catches the blast, and it bounces back toward Yugi again, shaping itself into a claw.

"no it would've worked" said Ash

"No way! How did you block my Mirror Force reflection?" yugi was shockex

"Solemn Judgment's another of my *rare and powerful cards*! I have to give up half of my lifepoints to use it, but in exchange I'm allowed to remove the last card my opponent played! Your Mirror Force is *shattered*!" The prismatic wall disappears, once again leaving Dark Magician vulnerable. The claw of light strikes through him, and he disappears. Yugi is speechless. His lifepoints decrease to 100 from the attack, Bandit Keith's to 250 from 500, for using Solemn Judgment.

"It may've cost me two hundred fifty lifepoints, but that's a small price to pay; because now, little Yugi, I'm one attack away from winning your Puzzle." said kieth but Ash has a idea to stop this duel and save yugi

"I have a idea thanks to my sensei who taught me this. if i use that and combine with my magic i can break that control" Ash said as he focus in a new position similar to a jutsu then begin an chanting words

Yami Bakura now stands before the run-down warehouse. Dark fog seems to linger in the air around it. "I know the Millennium Puzzle is beyond those doors. But my Ring is sensing *stronger mystical energies* than it's ever sensed before. Dark energies from the Shadow Realm but i sense a powerful source from duelist kingdom and it's here." Yami Bakura is soon inside, on a railed platform overlooking the room.

"I'm getting closer. I can *feel it*...!" Then he looks down.

"What's this?" He is standing above Yugi's end of the arena, with a good view of the match.

"A *dueling arena*? They're *battling for the Millennium Puzzle*...!" He's spotted also where the Millennium Puzzle is bolted to the side of the arena. Yugi prepares to draw.

"Okay. Come on, deck-- I believe in you! I *know* you'll come through for me!" He draws-- and it's a good card! "I'm placing a magic card facedown, and a monster in defense mode. Now-- let's see what you've got!" yugi said

"You'll regret those words..."

"...Little Yugi. You may've gotten *this* far, but my patience is *growing thin*. It's time to end this duel, and claim the power that is mine!" said the puppeteer

"You'll *never* get my Millennium Puzzle!" Keith takes another card from his wristband-holder. "Guess again; "Tribute To the Doomed"!" said the brainwashed kieth

"Whoa! That's one of the rarest magic cards in the *game*!" yugi said hearing that card as Ash continues focusing

"Very perceptive, Yugi. Tribute To the Doomed is one of my *personal favorites*. It allows me to annihilate any monster *you* have on the field!" A mummy appears out of the card, and its bandages reach like tentacles for Yugi's facedown monster.

"Better think again!" Yugi flips his facedown; Living Arrow, identifiable with the TCG card "Spell Shattering Arrow".

"It can't be!" he was shocked

Yugi: It is! The Living Arrow, which takes any magic attack aimed at *me, and fires it-- *right back at you*! The arrow fires, and strikes against the bandages, turning them back; they wrap around Zera the Mant instead, and it gets dragged down off the field by a huge hand.

"No! Zera!" said kieth as Yami Bakura is watching this whole time, the Ring shining on his chest. "Fascinating. It appears the shadow magic energies I detect are within Yugi's *opponent*. Bandit Keith is just a puppet, under the control of an evil master. Well, *this* puppet show is *over*-- for *I alone* shall possess the Millennium Puzzle! (aloud) Ring, sever the strings that bind this man!" The Millennium Ring seems to resonate, and its center begins to glow.

"Free his mind from the Shadow Realm!" said yami bakura Ash can feel it's power "a other item no i can do this" as Ash focus hard as Aura appeared around him then his eyes reveal to be sharingan from the uchia clan as he said "Freedom soul!!!" After a moment, Bandit Keith's flat, listless face pops; his eyes are wide and staring, his jaw slack, in an expression of desperation.

"Ahh...!" The mystery puppeteer's golden scepter nearly slips from his grip.

"What happened?! My Millennium spell over Keith has been broken! But how?! *Only another Millennium Item* can sever a connection no...i sense something...something powerful and so strong!" as Keith hunches over the duel console, disoriented.

"Huh...! Where am I?! And what on *earth* am I wearing?!" kieth said as Ash saw it worked "i did it...but where did that other source come from?" Ash wondered as for kieth The robe seems to be the least of his troubles, though; next he notices his opponent, and the King of Games is ready to take him down.

"It looks like your so-called *unbeatable* Zera the Mant card is *ancient history*! Now it's time for me to win this duel once and for all and take back my Millennium Puzzle!" Yugi said

"Yugi Muto?! What're *you* doin' here!" as Ash learn his memory was lost but he Then notice Kieth's mouth opens in a silent scream, eyes wide with desperation, as the sorcerer tries to regain his grip.

"Aaghh..!" kieth screamed

"Bandit Keith...! You're back!" said Yugi as The mind-puppeteer raises his Millennium Item.

Keith-- Your resistance is pathetic. You belong to *me now, so pick up those cards, and win me that Puzzle!" as Bandit Keith's eyes are wide in a sweat-soaked face.

"...Like a *good mind-slave*." said the puppeteer then Bandit Keith holds his head, shouting, then coldly cuts himself off as he struggles for control of his mind.

"There's someone inside my head!" kieth screamed out "Shut up and duel!!" said that voice

"Keith?" yugi said

"Go awa-a-a-a-a-ay!!!" kieth said to the voice "Bandit Keith! Who is it that's trying to control your mind?" Yugi said to him "my move must be too strong it shatter the connection" Ash said "I must regain my power over this fool! Whoever's weakening my control must *also* be after or protect the Millennium Puzzle." Through the distorted vision granted by the Millennium Item, he looks down on the arena. Bandit Keith cowers, clutching his head, sobbing and screaming.

"Keith: Ugghh..! No! Stop! Leave me alone!! Aaaaaaaaaaahh!!!!" kieth shouted

"I *will not allow someone else to take what should be rightfully mine*!!" said the puppeteer as Bandit Keith stops screaming, eyes blank and intense but still won't last long. He hops off the dueling podium and runs straight across the field.

"Ahh! I'm back! Before I lose complete control, I've got to destroy it!" He seizes the Puzzle where it hangs, raising it as far as the chain will allow, his arm shaking. "If I can't have this Puzzle, *no one can*!" as Yugi reaches down from the podium above, trying to stop him, but can't do anything but watch.

"*No!* Keith, wait! Don't!" yugi shout as Ash saw kieth smashes the Millennium Puzzle against the side of the podium-- and the golden pieces scatter in every direction.

"No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!!!!!" Yugi screamed The Millennium Puzzle is smashed against the side of the podium-- and the golden pieces scatter in every direction "My Puzzle!! No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!!!!!" A few of the pieces clatter to he ground.

"*Perfect*! Now..." Only a few pieces of the Puzzle remain intact on the chain hanging from the podium.

"No one else shall take my prize!" said the puppeteer Bandit Keith is screaming and wailing again, clutching his head. "Aaaaa-aaaaa-aaaaaaaahhh!! Stop, go'way!" said kieth as Ash see him keep switching

"I'm back again!" said The mystery man as Ash had one solution "Hang on yugi" Ash shout as he leaped from the ceiling Ash shout Just then, Bakura swings in on one of the chains that hang from the warehouse ceiling. He seems back to being his usual friendly self, not the Spirit of the Ring.

"That's quite enough of that!" Bakura swings into Bandit Keith, knocking him back, then off the side of the arena. He lands on the ground next to the arena with a pained groan. Yugi climbs down from the podium.

"Ash i can't believe it's you Where'd *you* and Bakura come from?" Yugi said "Hi, Yugi. Téa told me what happened and it seems she told you too" said Bakura said to Ash

"She did bakura and it's good to see you again i'll handle this" Ash is so much speed he picks up a piece of the Puzzle from the arena floor. Soon he has them gathered into a pile in his hands.

"Hm. Oh, my. Keith certainly did a number on your Millennium Puzzle, didn't he. Well, better shattered than stolen, I suppose." said Bakura Yugi accepts the bundle of Puzzle pieces solemnly.

"Yeah-- I guess you're right. It took me *forever* to put it together the first time, but at least I have a chance to try. Who knows, since I did it once already, maybe this time it'll be *easier*." yugi said as Ash helps him out then Bakura innocently watches Yugi, who's already looking toward the Puzzle; Yami Bakura is watching, too, and he's palmed a piece of the Puzzle and kept it back. "Hmph-- and once you've completed it, I'll be there to take it away! But in order to make sure that no one stands in my way again, I'll need to, *manipulate* a piece of the Puzzle." The Puzzle piece Bakura holds behind his back glows briefly, then dulls again. Yami Bakura watches Yugi optimistically examine his handful of Puzzle pieces.

"Yugi-- you're such a *naive fool*. You have *no idea* of the ancient powers the Puzzle contains within!" As Yami Bakura speaks, he envisions each of the seven Millennium Items, as they light up in turn. "Magical powers that, when combined with the other *six* Millennium Items, are so incredible, whoever possesses them shall rule the world! Powers that will soon belong to *me*-- once I collect all of the Items, *one by one*! My Millennium Ring will track them down so I can unlock the mystical energies that were imprisoned in these objects, long ago in the age of the shadow games!" He envisions the Millennium Stone, a sarcophagus-like figure with slots for each of the seven Items to be placed into; it holds the Eye, the Ring, and the Scale. Amidst blue-black flames against a wall of painted hieroglyphics, appear seven silhouetted figures; the central one is easily identifiable by the shape of his hair, the other six are in nondescript robes.

"Hmhahahahaha! The Pharaoh and his loyal minions thought they could banish the power forever by dividing it up among the Millennium Items, and hiding them away. But the time has come for me to claim them *all for myself*! And the Millennium Puzzle is *no exception.* Ring, transfer a portion of my spirit into this piece of the Puzzle-- so that I may be forever near its *ultimate power*...!" The Ring begins to glow, and the glow from the Ring shoots into the Puzzle piece Bakura kept back. Bakura's fist is shining with power. Yugi is regarding the Puzzle and the pieces in his hands, oblivious to all of this. Hmhahahahahahaha! Unbeknownst to *Yugi, a part of me will be infused *within* the Puzzle. From this one piece, I'll be able to explore the inner chambers of its mystic Millennium components." Bakura's secretly-doctored piece will fit somewhere into the Puzzle's left-hand side, just below the eye design. Somewhere in the Puzzle's winding passages, stairways, and doors, a portal streams golden light.

"And one day soon... claim them for myself!" but Bakura looks at Ash "strange the way i am close to this one i sense such power in him...no very powerful than the millennium items themselves...i'll figure this out after." Bakura approaches Yugi, all innocence.

"Yugi, you missed this one piece." said Bakura passes him one "Ohh! Thanks a lot, Bakura! The *last* thing I need is to lose a piece of the Millennium Puzzle." said yugi

"i agreed little buddy" said Ash

"Heh, yes, I know! You can't complete it without them all." said Bakura climbs down from the side of the arena.

"Ash and Bakura Thanks again. You *totally* saved the day!" said Yugi

"Sure." said bakura

"no problem" Ash said

"Wha!" yugi said as Bakura fell on his rear climbing down; he rubs it with a grimace, and gets up.

"You okay?" Ash asked him "Yes, fine. I've got to get back to school." as Bakura leaves, his smile turning evil as soon as he turns away from Yugi.

"I'll be right behind you, Bakura, as soon as I unhook my chain!" yugi said

"Hm!" as bakura's evil spirit watches as Yugi sets to finding a way to get the Millennium Puzzle off the side of the podium. Meanwhile, the forgotten Bandit Keith is still unconscious on the ground. And the puppeteer isn't done with him yet.

" Rise, you worthless buffoon!" Bandit Keith opens his eyes, haunted.

"It seems the duel is not yet done! You could still *win* the match, and claim my Millennium prize!" said the voice

"Uh! Ah, stop! Stop talking to me!!" said kieth as He grabs a metal pipe from the ground and swings it wildly. "Where are ya?! Show yourself!!" then The puppeteer seems to appear before him, grasping his Millennium Item.

"Obey me and duel*!!" said the puppeteer

"Keith! Stop! No!" as Ash saw kieth going strike that pipe "No you idiot don't" it was too late as Keith strikes the pipe on the ground, shooting up sparks. He hits everything-- the ground, some crates, a control panel-- its electricity travels up the pole and shocks him, throwing him to the ground. A weakened electrical cable frays, snaps, and falls onto two gasoline containers, causing them to explode in a fiery blast! The arrows posted on every surface still lead all the wrong directions-- straight up, straight down, back the other way, over a wall and into a hedge...

"Yugi!" said Joey

"Yugi!" said tristen

"Where are ya, buddy?!" said joey as tristen was not happy "This is *ridiculous* already." he said "Yeah-- someone's playin' us for suckers!" said joey as Téa falls to her knees on the sidewalk, exhausted. Ahead, Joey and Tristan aren't much better off, also catching their breath on their knees.

"These arrows are like a... giant maze...! Whoa!" She just looked up, and sees a thick column of black smoke rising around a nearby corner.

"Check it out!" tea points "There's *smoke*!" said tristen seeing it "Whoa...!" as it hit them

"Fire!" as They've found the warehouse, and the windows are lit with flames, and red-black smoke is gushing from a corner of the roof.

"Oh..!" said Tea

"Someone may need our help." said Tristen as the Heat distorts the air in the warehouse, but the flames haven't spread to Yugi's side of the arena yet.

"Oh no! Ash we've gotta get my Puzzle down and get outta here! He pulls on the chain, then on the spike, but neither gives. he stops to catch his breath.

"It's no use, the chain's just *too strong*!" as Everything beyond the red end of the field is up in flames, including the two high windows. "And this fire is spreading *really fast*! I can't get out those windows." He turns back to the Puzzle, hanging broken from its chain, the flames glittering off its edges.

"It could be all over for me... *and* for the Spirit of the Puzzle!" as yugi stares at it in bemusement, a desperate thought occurring to him...Ash had one chance "Sorry yugi" As Ash teleport Yugi safe at The whole roof of the warehouse is now in flames, when Téa, Tristan, and Joey approach.

"Guys look it's yugi." said tea as they run to him "Yugi how did you..." Joey was stopped as yugi was worried "Ash and my millennium puzzle are inside" said yugi then they hear Someone can be heard shouting within.

"Help me!!"

"Someone's in there!" said Tristen

"Don't worry, we're here to help you!" Tea calls as she turn to Tristan and Joey "We've *gotta get them out of danger.*" she said

"We'll try to get in; you call nine-one-one!" said tristen

"I'm on it!" tea replied as She runs away down the street, they toward the warehouse.

"Be careful, you guys!" she said

Yugi stands up and help Tristan grips the door handle, then jumps back, holding his burned hand. Joey tries kicking the door in. The fire is spreading, and now surrounds the duel arena. Ash stands at the blue podium, meticulously at work putting together the Millennium Puzzle.)

"Come on...! Fit...! *Fit*...! I've got to finish the Puzzle; if Yugi is the only one who knows how to solve it so will I! My time's running out-- and this fire is getting bigger by the second then the puzzle be history! Focus..! If I solve the Puzzle, I save yugi's friend the Spirit! Even if *I* don't make it out, at least *he will*! Come on...!" The flames dance hungrily around; if it weren't for the plastic arena Yugi's standing on, they probably would've reached him already. Burning timbers fall from the ceiling. as Bakura see this "then i should use my ring to face something he fears" as bakura use his ring then Yugi, Joey and Tristan get ready to ram the door.

"Okay-- on three!" joey said

"Three!" as They rush at the door, Joey aiming his left shoulder at it, Tristan his right. They slam into it and bounce off. "Three!" They try again, and bounce off.

"Three!" And again.

Ash is busily working on the Puzzle. A steel pylon across the room falls over, ravaged by fire, and crashes onto the center of the duel arena. Black smoke fills the air; Ash can survive anything. but had a hard time solving The Puzzle is nearing completion.

"Just a few more! I think I've *almost got it figured out*!" just then "Ash..." as Ash reconise the voice from the smoke "It can't be..." as Ash look saw a teen his age but wears dark blue pants, over which hangs a blue cloth that covers him from his stomach to his knees, which he secures with a purple rope belt; as is common toOrochimaruand his followers. He initially complements this with a white long-sleeved shirt kept open at the torso and black arm guards that cover his forearms. Leading up to and during his battle with Itachi, he replaces this top with a sleeveless dark grey shirt and the arm guards with bandages on his wrists as Ash remember him during when he met ruby and the RWBY but knew him at the hidden leaf

(sonic adventure 2 live and learn)

"Saskue" Ash said as Saskue stare at him "What's wrong still hated me from the time i left team 7 and you let everyone down" as Ash look at him "No you are not like him but i can still take you out" as Ash had his blades going to defend the puzzle

"Senketsu ready" Ash said as senketsu nodded as he changes Ash's form revealed his Synchronization; his "eyes" extend into wing-shaped crests jutting out from Ash's shoulders and his upper and lower parts transform into a black coat was like Ryuko's skimpy suit of armor with red stripes. The top section of the armor covers Ash's neck, lower-jaw, arms, but had gloves like hers but in the male version he's shirtless wears The top armor piece is connected to black pants and boots

"Life fiber synchronization Kamui Senketsu!" Ash shout as bakura saw it "What is this...his clothes can change" he said still watching at outside Yugi, Joey and Tristan stand outside, ready to attack the door again. "Yugi, Tristan, you were knockin' that door like a *girl scout*!" said joey as They charge again.

"This time *hard*!" he said as they charge "Rrrggghhh...!" They crash through the door, which has by now itself caught fire.

"Anyone here?!" said tristen as Bandit Keith, still in robes, runs out of the flames right at them, screaming, half out of his mind.

"Uuuughh! Auugh!"

"Heads up!" said joey "This place is haunted!!!" as Bandit Keith pushes past them and runs out the door.

"Tristan-- did we just rescue *Bandit Keith*?" said joey seeing it "Huh-- no way!" tristen don't believe it "Forget 'im; let's make sure no one *else* is in trouble." said joey

"Right, Joey let's find Ash!" said yugi as he runs inside "yugi wait" as The two carefully make their way through the burning building, shielding their faces with their arms.

Anyone in there?!" Then they spot Yugi, almost hidden by fire, by the blue podium. but no Ash "Yugi! where's Ash said Joey as yugi couldn't see him

"Yugi Let's *go*!" said Tristen but Yugi can't leave "I can't leave yet, guys! I've got to finish putting together the Millennium Puzzle!" said yugi

"All the smoke's gone to his brain!" said tristen They run over, as Yugi fits the last piece into place. "Ash had did great This should do it...! Yes...! Finished!" He clings to the completed Puzzle, swaying on his feet.

"Ugh... heat... dizzy..." Joey and Tristan climb up the side of the arena and run over to him.

"Yugi, ya okay?!" said Joey

"Come on, we gotta get outta here fast!" They try to pick up Yugi, but he doesn't let go of the Puzzle, even near fainting. "My... Puzzle...! Can't leave without... my Puzzle...!" said yugi

"All right." They set their sights on the bolt holding the Puzzle.

"Let's *do this, Joey." as Tristen Joey grips the chain and tries to snap it off the spike. "Ugh... ughh...! You go grab Yugi's deck!" then Joey and Tristen saw Ash fighting shadow saskue at the blade fight "Whoa is that Ash..." Joey said seeing this "no way" said Tristen as they saw them fight "Chidori!" said Saskue but Ash can learn learn it too "Chidori" as both chidori clash

"this is interesting" said Shadow saskue as he charge "you are weak and nothing just like your family line you are pathetic..." shadow saskue pause as Ash was a shadow clone then " celestial arrow!" as Ash struck him with a arrow "Now let's finish this" Ash said as he leaped

(Don't lose your way)

Ash summons his blood and soul blades as they glow into powerful engery just like rasangan an Aura "Infinite strike!!!!" as he charge shadow saskue was strike then was destroy

"imposter" Ash said as he saw Joey and Tristen were shocked then "Ash how did you...that was awesome" Joey was thrilled "No time we need to get out of here" Ash said as Smoke and embers pour from the roof, the windows, and the door. Téa runs toward the building, calling.

"Ash, Tristan, Joey Yugi! Can you hear me?!" she said as Tristan gathers up Yugi's cards and jumps down from the podium. Joey's still trying to work with the chain.

"Joey, I got Yugi's deck! Any luck with that Puzzle?" said Tristen

"'Fraid not. Rrghh... Man, why'd he hook it to such a thick chain?!" Joey said

"Guys! Hurry!! The fire-- it's spreading!!" tea was worried as Flaming debris falls all around as Tristan and Joey try to get the Puzzle off the wall.

"Ugh, it's no use, bud!" said joey

"We gotta *go*!" tristen said as He picks up Yugi and tries to pull him away; Yugi clings to the Puzzle. "We... can't leave yet...!" said yugi

"Yugi, it's time to take off!" said tristen

"He won't budge; not without the Puzzle. We're just gonna have to find a way to *break this chain*. But *how*...?"Joey said as Ash looks around, and remember his blades cut anything "Guys go" as Ash teleports them again then he had his blade out "Time to cut it" Ash threads his blood blade through the eye of the metal spike, and he look at the same end, using his blade as he is in a stance against the side of the podium.

"Okay-- on... three! Ash slash with all his might-- and the spike cuts, then pops loose. the puzzle fall over, and Ash grabbed it "That's a close one" the Ash heard a noise Outside, five firefighters with three hoses and two trucks at least are attacking the blaze. Yugi, Joey, Tristen Téa and Fluttershy stands among them, frantic with worry.

"Little over there!"

"Steady, fellas!"

"Oh please, hurry up! Ash is in there!!" Joey and Tristan run then they saw Ash was out of the building, and carrying Yugi's puzzle in his arms.

"Ugh! Ash!!" Téa runs over to Ash, "Don't worry how is yugi?" as Tea was gasping slightly at Yugi's condition.

"Don' you worry, Téa; he's safe an' sound, now... and thanks to Ash here the Millennium Puzzle a' his is, too." said Joey as Ash looks at Yugi, unconscious in Tristan's arms, worn, wearied, and smutched with ash, still grips the Puzzle, chain, spike, and all.

"not for nothin' old pal, but lemme tell ya-- you an' me, we're *heroes*!" said Tristen as Ash chuckled

"i agreed with them but...if saskue was only my fear does that mean...it's happening again" Ash said in his thought

(Later, at the Domino Hospital.)

Yugi sits in a hospital bed, in light blue pajamas with little yellow stars, holding the Puzzle in his hands. "Well, the Puzzle is safe and sound." said Yugi

"And by the way-- so're *you, Yuge." said Joey as Téa sits to his right, and Joey and Tristan stand by the window to his left, each, like Yugi, wearing several band-aids.

"Yeah. How can I ever thank you guys for *saving my life* back there? You put *yourselves in danger* to make sure *I* would be okay. but where's Ash i should thank him. You're the greatest friends a guy ever had." said Yugi

"That's what buds're *for*. Right, pal?" said Joey

"Yeah, it's a good thing I spotted 'im." Said tristen as Joey looks off into space, in a moment of solemn thought. And what about *Ash*? Thanks to his *brilliant* idea, he was able to get your Puzzle off the wall." said Joey

"Yeah, *brilliant*! Let's stick the pole into the hole and then we'll pull on it *really hard*!" then Joey grabs him by the collar.

"Igghh! Rgh, *say what*?!" said joey

"Say *nothin', you heard me!" said tristen as joey is overlapping "I'd like to see..." said Joey

"Knock it off, guys, or I won't share my hospital food with you." said Yugi Joey and Tristan sheepishly stop growling at each other and let go. "Heh... we'll be good!" said Joey as Téa stares thoughtfully into space.

"The important thing is that we're all safe and back together." said yugi

"That's right! Friends 'til the end!" said joey as Yugi looks at tea "You *okay, Téa? You seem, kinda quiet." said yugi "Yeah, I'm fine, guys! It's been a long day." as Téa steps out into the hallway, leaving behind the conversation in Yugi's room.

"I'll take the sandwich."

"What about *me*?"

"You can have the Jell-O." as they were fighting fluttershy has a medicine "here yugi this will help." as yugi saw her his eyes were froze by her "Thank...Fluttershy right" yugi said as she nodded Tea watches then She closes the door. Away from the guys, she lets her feelings show, frowning with worry.

"I'm glad those three are back to normal-- but *I'm* not. I mean-- someone's after Yugi's Millennium Puzzle!"

(Vision.)

Téa envisions the Millennium Puzzle, against the backdrop of a starry night sky. "And because of that, I almost lost him today!" The Puzzle glows, and the silhouette of the Spirit of the Puzzle appears out of it, and she pictures the two faces of Yugi. "Ever since Yugi first put that Puzzle together, and bonded with the spirit inside, everyone's been trying to get their hands on it. But something tells me *this time, we're in more danger than ever-- and I *know* we haven't seen the last of whoever it is that's *after Yugi*!" Tea said then she saw Ash looking at the ocean at the sunset

"What are those cloaked people why they are after the millennuim items but thier leader seem to hold one..." as he looks at the mystery card "no the shadow games were a nightmare i am not letting them get the puzzle that's my hero way" Ash said

That's it of Ch 2 hope you enjoy it of adding action scenes and two new moves Ash use but who is this mystery villain will he and yugi find out and there will be more AshXTea stories soon and also enjoy