"So tell me, how do you feel Pharaoh?"

Yugi woke, all he could tell was he was in a dark clouded place, his head hurt and he felt like the other half of him was gone. Something just didn't seem right.

"Hey, Where am I?"

Then an opening, a window in a very familiar seal.

The seal of the Orichalcos

"The seal of the Orichalcos! He played it!"

His eyes started to water tearing up. He felt betrayed and hurt. The pharaoh, the one who promised to be there for him no matter what, had chosen to play… play such an evil card. That card WAS pure evil! He told him over and over again, begging him to not play it but he did. His head just kept repeating the same thing over and over, finally coming from his lips. "How could you, Pharaoh?"

He just watched, his mate's eyes had changed, drastically. They looked angry, hateful, and just vengeful. Even a hint of red shined in purple irises. This wasn't the person he had found feeling for. He could tell the card was messing with the Pharaoh's mind.

This wasn't the king he had fallen in love with.

"I don't care where this power came from! All that matters is it's mine now!" Pharaoh's comment broke one of Yugi's heart string. "You were a fool to hand me that card! When you lose your soul will be locked away for all eternity, where it belongs!"

Timeous however was removed from the field, he and the seal don't play well together, literally. Leaving the Dark Magician girl to stand on her own. Making him angry, fueling his dark side, something the seal was feeding off of.

The pharaoh needed to come up with another tactic of attack. The pharaoh decided to played the card "Hand Control" (allowing him to guess a card in Rafael's hand and if guessed right it can be used) and guessed the card necromancy since it was given to Rafael in exchange for the Seal of Orachalcos. The seal, that card Yugi begged the Pharaoh to never use. The reason why he's stuck in this place outside the seal.

The pharaoh was able to use the card necromancy to bring his five monsters back from the graveyard. Gazelle the king of Mythical Beasts, Berfomet, Big Shield Gardna, Kuribabylon (which was separated into the five Kuribo bothers then the brothers brought back together, gaining 2500 attack points from the five kuribos gaining 500 attack points each.) These monsters are special summoned into the trap/spell card zone, behind the dark magician girl. (The Seal of Orachalcos has a special ability to allow monsters to be special summoned into this zone. These monsters can't be attacked until the first line of monsters is destroyed.)

Yugi could see that the seal even changed the monsters a bit. Even Kuribabylon went under a scary change. Even without the seal changing the monster it was pretty threatening looking. A Smokey blue puffball with a unicorn horn, the canine teeth hanging from its mouth. But when the seal took its place upon his forehead, they eyes of the monster began to glow read and the teeth became sharp and long, the monster became darker. The monster looked more like a demon pom-pom than a cute little Kuribo.

The Pharaoh sent his Kuribabylon to attack Rafael's monster, destroying it and leaving him down to 1500 life points.

Well actually, ever monster on the field came with an angry expression when the seal took its place upon their foreheads.

But only on the Pharaoh's side. Rafael's monster were not affected by the seal. Another ability of the card.

Yugi watched as his mate just change before his eyes, his personality just changed, he no longer showed love and caring, only thinking about winning. He just watched as the pharaoh sacrificed his Gazelle the king of Mythical Beasts and Berfomet to bring forth his Dark magician

When the seal took its place upon his head, his eyes started to glow red, and he took looked just has angry and hateful as the pharaoh did, holding his ground, the seal upon him.

Rafael just smirked looking to the Kuribabylon. "That's one powerful puff ball you got there."

The pharaoh didn't smile or smirk, he didn't show any confidence in his cards, and something that Yugi knew wasn't his bonded mate. There was no "heart in the cards" moto now. "It's all thanks to the power of the Orichalcos."

"Wrong! The power come from the darkness in you!" Rafael called the king out.

"Now, you have a monster in the graveyard, so your 'Purity of the Cemetery' just got canceled out." (Purity of the Cemetery allows 100 points to be inflicted to the opponent's life points each turn, as long as the card player doesn't have any monsters in his graveyard) The Pharaoh just smirks, his voice filled with darkness. "My turn isn't over. I send my dark magician to attack your Back up Garna."

"I play my magic card. Aid of the Doomed. By sacrificing two of my cards from my hand, I automatically end your turn. My monster is safe." His face stays emotionless. "It's my turn, now.

Rafael plays monster rebirth to bring back Guardian Grarl back from his graveyard and back to his deck. He then plays swords of reveiling light, making all of the pharaoh face down monsters face up. He can't attack with these monsters on the field for three turns, but any monsters placed on the field after can since they won't be affected by the magic card.

"I draw!" The pharaoh was able to draw this turn, drawing Catapult turtle. He then sacrifices Big Shield Gardna. Putting his turtle into play "Now, I active the effect of my Turtle-"

"No you're not! I active my trap card Limit tribute, each player can only tribute one monster per turn."

"You're only delaying the inevitable, Rafael! I end my turn then."

XXX

Yugi watched, the pharaoh was sacrificing his monsters left and right. This was exactly he told Arkana in the Battle City tournament, he used the monsters in his opponents graveyard to use their numbers against him, which led to he and the pharaoh's win, and their title, "King of Games." Guess that seal blinded his Judgment on what they had learn together.

It only added insult to injury as his friends showed up.

"Yugi!" Joey called jumping from the car, not even bothering to open the door.

The pharaoh only looked at Joey for a second before turning back to his duel. The only thing on his mind was winning. It was long enough for Joey, Tristen, and Duke to catch a glimpse of the power that possessed him.

Tristen eyes widened. He couldn't believe what he saw. "No way dude!"

"What's going on? Why is the Orichalcos thingy in Yugi's forehead?"

All three skidded down into the desert valley, trying to get a closer look. However, two dirty duelist dweebs got their first. Rex and Weevil. Beaten numerous times, but still manage to show up.

"You guys just missed the best Part."

Duke only looked them over, sizing them up… wasn't much to size up. "Yeah? Then why don't you fill us in?

Tristen only shook his head. "I don't trust these two twerps as far as I can throw them."

Joey however lost it, lunging at the blue haired kid with the glasses, Weevil. He grabbed him by the neck of his shirt, getting into his face. "Hey, my best buddy had that freaky thing on his head and I wasn't answers! Now!"

Bug boy decided to be a wise mouth about. He would even make fans give up their rarest card for his autograph. Something he Rex started together. That was until Yugi mopped the floor with both of them. Now they were a laughing stock. "Maybe if you took your hands off me and asked nicely."

"Wrong answer!"

Before Joey could pummel the kid's face in, but Rex intervened. After all, all this fighting was taken away from the duel. Whether or not wanted this was the Pharaoh or not, he wanted to see his enemy lose. "It's the Seal of Orichalcos. Yugi got it from the big muscle guy he's dueling."

Joey dropped Weevil in shock, he looked up his best friend. Leaving weevil on the ground, gasping for breath. "No! He wouldn't do that. He knows that card is pure evil."

XXX

"Tell me Pharaoh, how does it feel to know your true self had finally been revealed?" Rafael was toying with him. "Your power came from darkness and always has."

"What's wrong?" The Pharaoh smirked, not a confident one, but a, evil one. Pure darkness. "Are you Jealous because this seal inhabits my side of the field and your soul on the line? I would be."

'It's not just his soul on the line pharaoh.' Yugi thought 'have you considered our relationship, our bond? Of course not! Not with that seal possessing you!'

"Perhaps you should have thought twice before turning that card over to me."

Rafael smirks, "I have full trust in my cards. Something that you should learn."

He then turns back to his cards. He draws. He then chooses a magic card he puts into play. "I activate nightmare binding. And it's going to attach to your Kuribabylon. Your little fluff ball just lost 800 points but they get added to my life points. To make this even better, you pom-pom can't be sacrificed."

"Insult my monsters all you want, but with the power of the seal behind me I can't be stopped!" The pharaoh draws. "And now, since he's useless to me, I'll sacrifice my Dark magicaian, to attack your life points."

Leaving Rafael down to 800 life points. Yugi 600

"Now that's he's gone, he can now serve an actual purpose and strengthen my dark magician girl."

XXX

Yugi's heart felt crushed, defeated. Like he lost him forever. That was his, and his partner's favorite monster and most trusted. How could he just sacrifice him like that? It used to be that every sacrifice served a purpose, now it was just to win. Nothing more!

Yugi's friend Joey could tell that something was off. "That doesn't sound like the Yugi I know. Come on, pal! Snap out of it! That seal is messing with your head!"

XXX

"Here we are! The duel is almost done and your about to lose your soul!" The Pharaoh smirked darkly. "One more blast from my turtle and you're done!"

Raphael's turn, hurt and almost beaten, he places one card faced down and ends his turn.

"All I need to do is defeat one card," The spirit smirked, knowing the next monster he would use. "And I chose my very own, dark magician girl!"

"Pharaoh no! The seal is in play! So all the monsters on the field are real!" he was banging on his only window to the outside world, blocking him off with the seal. "Done sacrifice the Dark Magician Girl! We made a promise to her, she made us what we are… you can't do this!"

The pharaoh, unable to hear the prayer of his love and clouded by darkness, he made his command. "Well, go on."

The catapult launched but Rafael played a magic card. Shrink card, dark magician girl lost half her attack points and Rafael saved himself.

Rafael only has 100 points left. Yugi 600

"Impressive, but your only delaying your down fall, and since it's my turn, your swords just expired. And after I sacrifice a monster, your soul will be taken by the seal." He points to his opponent. "You're done!"

XXX

"Looks like our best pal had this duel in the bag! You go Yugi! Then Tristan turned to joy, standing next to him. "Nice moves huh? Joey? You there?"

"Yeah, I'm here. But Yugi isn't. He's brain washed."

Tristen and Duke looked to him surprised. "What?"

"Look at him! He's sacrificing his monsters right and left and talking about power!" he clenches his fists. "That's not the Yugi I know. He would never duel like this. That seal is messin' with his head!"

XXX

Yugi watched helpless, his partner, the one fate had chosen for him, was being engulfed by his own darkness. It all started with that stupid stone around his neck! It had been glowing, even more when his desire to use the card was growing. Did that start this process into his fall into his own darkness?

Yugi could only watch, crying "I warned him.. Not to use that card. Now he's possessed by the darkness… I told him that card was pure evil! Why Pharaoh?"

Raphael smirked, chuckling. "I told you Pharaoh. The seal reveals all. You were an evil ruler. You see the truth. This is you. Evil, wicked, greedy and full of hate."

"No!"

"Are you really that blind!? Look at the field, look at your monsters. Look at what you have done to them!"

"You deceived me!"

"You chose this! You decided to play that card! You chose to transform your monsters into a dark image like yourself. The next round, someone will lose, and it won't be me!"

That's when Rafael played drew two card, the ones he needed to win. His deadly Duo. He plays the magic card Celestial Sword – Eatos, and equips it to his Guardian Eatos in attack mode. He then equips the sword to his guardian and calls forth its special ability, targeting the Pharaoh graveyard to power up the sword.

His fallen monsters, Dark Magician, Dark magician Girl, Big Shield Gardna, Bermont, and his Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts.

"You have the power of every one of my fallen monsters."

"I told you before. You did this. Sacrificing every one of your monsters in a selfish act, letting your rage take control. Now look into their eyes!"

The one that made him feel the worst was the way The Dark Magician Girl looked down to him, He may have betrayed his favorite monster. But he broke a promise to her. And even destroyed the very monster she gave him. It was almost at a whisper when he looked at her. "Im so sorry… Forgive me."

Then he remembered Yugi. He begged him not to play this card. Even tried to hold him back. He broke a promise to one of his trusted monsters, and his most cherished person. "Yugi… I should have listened. I'm sorry."

The Guardian had gained 10000 attack points, whipping everything off the field on the Pharaoh's side of the field.

600 down to 0.

The Pharaoh had lost.

"The seal never leaves the field without taking something with it. Ready to pay the price with your soul Pharoah?"

XXX

"No way! Yugi Lost?"

Weevil read the mind of everyone. Each one just watching in disbelief.

"Oh man, Yug!"

XXX

"Not if I can help it!" Yugi watched as the seal was ready to take the Pharaoh's soul. He knew that if he didn't act fast, the great beast would be awaken much sooner. It was him or the spirit. He knew which one had to go. The spirit may had gone against his wishes and of course Yugi was angry with him, but that didn't mean that Yugi was going to let the dark ones take his soul. Isnt that was a relationship meant, no matter how bad thing seemed they would face it together. Well now was the biggest test for them both.

"With all the power of my Millennium puzzle," the puzzle started to glow.

And with all his might, he smashed it onto the seal. "I break the seal!"

And then the pharaoh felt something give him a good shove. "I won't let the seal take your soul."

"Yugi, why are you-"

"The seal only needs one of us. So I'm taking your place."

"No! Yugi don't!"

A green light and Yugi was gone, and the Pharaoh fell, blacked out. He had lost half of himself, along with his greatest treasure, and his one love.

A huge loss for the fallen king had taken.

Rafael had picked up the fallen duelist, ready to take him to Darts, that was until Joey yelled to them, demanding them to release him. He did, throwing the king. Luckily, Joey and Tristen caught him, of course falling over in the process. Rafael promising to come for Joey's soul later.

Weevil and rex however take off after Rafael. Wanting the power he possess too along with the powerful cards.

"Get back back here, you dweebs!"

Joey doesn't even look at him and they place the kignon the ground, trying to wake him up. "Forget them. We have bigger problems."

Who they thought was Yugi, wasn't waking up.

"Come on, get up."

Then a mericle, purple eyes flutter open. And he gets to his fee

"Your still here? How did you do it? How did you outsmart that guy?" Joey asked smiling, then concern showed in his eyes. "Is everything ok?

"No." The pharaoh had his eyes closed, eyes welling up in tears. "Everything is far from alright."

He turns, facing the battle field. Hurt, depression and hurt, masked his face. I didn't outsmart him. Yugi is gone."

"I don't… Understand, how can you be talking to us if he took your soul."

"Not mine. Yugi's" That's what the Pharaoh lost it falling to the ground, punching the dirt, crying. He felt like he lost a part of him, which he did. "It's not fair! I did this to him! It should have been me, not him! Yugi! Come back! I'm so sorry!"

XXX

I must have watched this episode like… what a thousand times, it's one of my most favorite, only because of the end. It shows just how far these two will go for one another. Yugi sacrifices himself after everything, showing he truly cares, even loves him. While the pharaoh falls to his knees, crying over losing Yugi. I have never seen him brood over anyone like he does over Yugi, even over Tea, Tristan, or even Joey. Nothing compares to just how much he feels for Yugi. I have never seen an actual king fall to his knees over losing a partner. Unlike Hennery the Eight, (If you never heard of him, I suggest you look him up) who, after losing one wife, he would marry another. No sympathy with that guy. Anyways. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Next episode: 163. I don't Own Yu-Gi-Oh!