Chapter 7: A Duel To Remember

"Hmm..." "Are we there yet?" "No we're not! Now shut up!" It was almost 7:00. Both Espeon and I were really tired. We've been trying to find Yugi and the others for 5 hours and the least. When we were just about to make camp we heard voices.

"I RULE!" "Really? Cause I recall Yugi reminding you that you had that card face down." "But who was the one who played it 1st Tristan?" "Well I guess you did play it." "Joey stop bragging and Tristan stop annoying him or he might do something dumber than usual."

"Yep that's them all right." "Then...let's...go..." Espeon collapsed. I picked her up and put her on my shoulder. I was trying to sneak through so I wouldn't scare the life out of them...that didn't work. I stepped on a twig. "AHH!" I walked out. "Ello? Huh?" Tea was behind Yugi, Yugi was behind Joey, Joey was behind Tristan and Tristan was behind a white haired boy."You guys looked like you've seen a ghost." "They've seen a ghoul." "True." "Oh Latara...it's just you." "Espeon and all." "Hiya!" "Whew. What a relief." "Who'd you think it was?" "Well...I don't know but not you." "I don't know if I should be offended or not. I also don't know why I haven't asked the question...Who's that?" I pointed to the white haired boy. "I'm Bakura." "He's a friend of our's." "Oh wow...uh sorry." "For what?" "All the things I was thinking. And trust me...you don't wanna know them."

"So Bakura's a duelist too?" "Well not quite. I'm not in the tournament but I do duel a bit." "Uh guys?" We all looked over at Joey. "What?" "Can we eat now?" "Um...we don't have anything." "Aww..." "I think I might. Hold on." I went through my bag for about 5 to 10 minutes. "Here we go." I pulled out a little box of fruit and another box full of poffins. "Dig in." Espeon got herself some pokemon food while we chowed down on fruit and poffins. Yay!

After dinner Yugi, Tristan and I made a fire. "Joey...you've been staring at that card for hours." "Well...don't laugh but, I always wonder how it'll feel like to be the monsters in a duel. To actually be able to know how it's like." " I don't get it. What's so special about a card?" "Well...Nothing really. I just guess I'll have to say out of all the duel monster cards Flame Swordsman is my favorite." And the game began... "Tristan what's yours?" "I'm gonna have to say Cyber Commander. With all his weapons. He's awesome." "He's weak." I was looking at my phone. "What do you mean?" "Well...he only has 750 attack points. Not saying he's bad but he sure ain't strong." "Well...he's still awesome." "Uh-huh." "Oh well what's yours?" I pulled out a card and flipped it around. "The Dark Magician Girl. Call me crazy but I've always felt like I've had some sort of connection to it." "You are crazy. In fact, you're worse than the boys. How could you have a 'connection' with a card?" "I don't know Tea. But I do know that it's my favorite."

"Tea what's your favorite. Well...I'm not to familiar with them..." "Here." Yugi handed her his deck. She sorted through them all. "Ok this one. The Magician of Fate." We all looked at it. Joey and Tristan started laughing. I elbowed Tristan really, really hard. Couldn't quite get Joey. "What's so funny?" "Well...if you want a weak monster than that's a perfect card!" "Well then..." "Guys don't be so mean." "Well what's your favorite card Bakura?" "I've always liked the Change of Heart card. Yugi what's yours?" "I'd have to say the Dark Magician." "What about we have a duel? Not for star chips or anything like that but just for fun. And you can duel using the others favorite cards too." "Sure." "It'll be like we're all dueling at once." The duel started when something happened. There was a bright light and all of a sudden I felt faint. Everything then went black.

"Finally the millenuim puzzle is mine." Bakura went to grab the puzzle but something happened. There was a bright light and instead of Yugi being there, it was the spirit of the puzzle. "If you want the puzzle, you're going to have to duel for it." "My pleasure."

"Let's Duel!" "Before we begin let me ask, who are you?" "I am a thief and a stealer of souls. I'm on a mission to get all the millenium items." "Well then if that's the case...I play Cyber Commander in defence mode!" Cyber Commander appeared but looked different. "Woah...what's going on? Why am I holding a big gun?" He turned around. "And why is Yugi giant?!" "Tristan?" "Yea who else would it be?!" "Where have you taken us and what have you done with my friends?" "We are in the shadow realm playing a shadow game. And your friends? Well you'll just have to find out." Yami growled. "Ok then. I also play Dark Magician Girl in attack mode!"

Dark Magician Girl appeared but the same as before. Different.

"Huh? Where am I? And why do I look like the Dark Magician Girl, not that I'm complaining. And why does Tristan look like Cyber Commander." Tristan pointed up. I looked up. "And why the hell is Yugi a giant?!" "That's what I said." "Ok well someone has a lot of explaining to do!" "Later. Right now I think we're in a duel." "Really? Oh that would explain the whole 'looking like cards' thing." "Yea." "I end my turn." Both Tristan and I looked up.

Bakura, or whoever that was, drew. "I summon magical White Hat in attack mode. Now my hat attack Cyber Commander." "Uh-oh." In a split second Tristan was gone. "Tristan!" I looked back over to Bakura. "What did you do?! Where did you take him?!" "He's been sent to the grave yard. Remember this is a duel." Fear rushed through me. If...if this is a real duel then...if we get sent to the graveyard...oh no. "I end my turn." Yami drew. "I summon Flame Swordsman in attack mode!" "Uh...why am I in a dress?" "It's not a dress. It's armor." "Really? You expect me to believe...that...this...is...armor...I'm the Flame Swordsman aren't I?" "Yep. And I'm the Dark Magician Girl, Tristan is the Cyber Commander..." "Where is he?" I paused for a few. "Grave yard." "WHAT?!" "If you do could stop fighting for a moment." We both looked up. "Flame Swords Man attack!" " Ok... um... you do this... and... you... uh..." "Let me do it! Dark Scepter Blast!" Bakura's life points dropped to 1000.

"I place one card in defence mode...and end my turn." "Let me get this one! Flaming Sword of Battle!" "Joey wait!" To late. Joey sliced the monster to reveal it being a Morphing Jar. "Oops...sorry Yug." "It's not you fault." "Actually it is his fault." Joey just glared at me. "I guess that ends my turn." Bakura drew. "I'll put another monster in face down in defence mode." It's probably another morphing jar. Better be careful. " I summon the Dark Magician!" "Uh...what's going on?" "Yugi!" "Wait...how can he be in two places at once." "Because that's the spirit of the puzzle." Joey just looked at us. "Never mind. Yugi your little friend Bakura trapped us in the shadow realy and we're forced to play the shadow game..." "Okay." "And one more thing. Tristan's already been sent to the grave yard." "What?!" "Yea and everyone else is here but Tea."

"Tristan might not be in the grave yard for much longer. I activate Monster Reborn!" "AHH! Huh?" I started snickering. "I was getting chased by a monster and...Oh Yugi, Joey...hi." "Ok so now we're only missing Tea." "Yea...hey wait? Is that a monster?" "Well yea but..." "I got this one." "No Yugi wait!" To late...again. "Dark Magic Attack!" Another morphing jar appeared and was destroyed. "Oh uh...sorry." Yami sighed. "It's ok. Nothing important was in that hand."

"It seems to be my turn. I set one monster face down in defence mode then activate Just Desserts. It'll inflict 100 points of damage for each monster you control." Yami's life points went down by 400. "You ok up there?" "I'm fine. I play a monster face down in defence mode." Tea pooped out from under the card. "Hey guys. What's up?" "Ah!" The four of us rushed over and got in front of Tea. "Uh guys it's a little to early for Halloween...wait am I holding the Magician of Faith's wand?" "Yep." "See Bakura and Yugi are duelin' giants who are fighting for there souls right now." "What do you mean? Yugi's right here." "The big guy's not really me, but not really not me." "That doesn't help." "It has something to do with the Millennium Items. It's magic." "Then I'm not crazy." "Not unless we all are."

"Think of it this way. There are two Yugis—the cool one up there, and the puny one down here." "That's not how it works at all!" "Relax Yug. It was just a joke." "I have the powers of the Dark Magician. I'll show you who's puny." He attacks Bakura's monster. "Yugi calm down!" But it's to late. "Wow nice job." "Thanks." Just then his body is shocked by electricity, and he went numb. Bakura's monster was the Electric Lizard. "Ow..." "Yug. You ok buddy?" "I'm fine..." "I place one card face down and end my turn." "Tristan, Joey get Tea under the card!" "Right."

"Don't bother. I can see her perfectly well. Now I have all five of you right where I want you—right on the field, where you're easy prey for my Man-Eater Bug." "His what?" "His Man-Eater Bug can destroy one monster on the field when it's flipped face up." "I really don't want to go back to the grave yard." "Not to worry, they'll destroy the bug before Bakura plays it." "That won't work. The moment we attack, the card will activate. There's only one way out of this, and we're standing on it—Yami's trap card. But it also requires the sacrifice of a monster. Either way, one of us will be destroyed." "I'll go. This way it'll be taken out...even if I go to." Joey hit him in the stomach with his sword's hilt. "You just got back from the graveyard. I'll do it." Before we could say anything Joey ran up to the Bug. Joey's sword got stuck in it. The bug was thrashing around, Joey hanging on for dear life. "Activate the trap! Hurry! I don't know how much longer I can hold on!" Yami nodded. "I activate Horn of Heaven, sacrificing the Flame Swordsman to destroy the Man-Eater Bug." We watched in horror as Joey disappeared.

"No...my best buddy's gone." "Joey...you're such and idiot." The others looked at me. I started to cry. Even though I barley knew him...I knew he was a hero. "You're an idiot to think we'd let you go through with this! To leave your friends behind." Why do I feel so guilty all of a sudden? Oh...I know why. I could of done it myself and saved them all this heartache. I really am a demon. It's not to hard to tell. "He just saved us all and your still calling him and idiot? You're blaming him?" "No. I'm blaming myself." Tears ran down my cheek and down onto my hand. "I may not know any of you very well...but I do know...that Joey had the true heart of a hero." "Don't worry 'll soon be joining Joey in the graveyard. They can spend an eternity together."

Tea fell on her knees. "Joey sacrificed himself to save us. He can't be gone! He just can't!" She started to cry, activating the Magician of Fate's special ability. "Hey what's happening?" "Tea, the Magician of Fate's special ability will allow Yugi...uh the one up there to pick any magic card from his grave yard!" "And I choose Monster Reborn." Joey formed back on the field. "Joey!" We all were happy to see him. Tea hugged him. "Welcome back Joey." "All right! I'm back!" "You're wasting your time saving these mortals." "My friends are not a waste of time. Make your move!" "I summon Lady of Faith in attack mode! Next I'll play Change of Heart." "That's Bakura's favorite card...uh the real Bakura." "Yes and I'll use it to make you, Yugi betray your companions." "I won't do it!" "I'm afraid...you don't have a choice."

Bakura played the card and the light shone on Yugi. On the card though, was the real, good Bakura. "Bakura!" "I want to help Yugi. But we must act quickly." Bakura took control of the Lady of Faith. "Quick Yugi! Attack me!" "But you'll be sent to the grave yard!" "I don't care. It's better than hurting people and being controlled by the spirit of the millenium ring. Hurry!" "Be quite you fool!" "I think I have a better idea. If the power of the Millennium Ring can pull people's souls from their body's, maybe the Millennium Puzzle can put them back." Yami switched Bakura's soul with Evil Bakura's outing the evil spirit in the Lady of Faith. "Now Yugi, attack him!" "Right. Dark-" "Wait! Can't I do it?" "Well...ok then." "Yay! Dark Scepter Blast!" Lady of Faith was destroyed, along with the evil spirit of the ring.

Bakura started to wake up. "Hey Bakura. You ok?" "I'm fine." I held my hand out to help him up. "Are the others ok?" "Yugi's awake and the others should be waking up shortly." "That's good." "Yea...listen I just wanted to say thanks." "For what?" "Well if it wasn't for you...well the evil spirit of the ring but you all the same...not that you're evil I mean..." "Could you get to the point?" "Uh right...I might not of-" I was cut off by the sound of Joey and Tristan yawning. "Ok...that's awkward." "How about you tell me later." "Deal." We went over to check on the others.

Bakura leaned over. "You guys sleep well?" "AH!" Joey and Tristan jumped into each other's arms in fear. "Hands off!" "You grabbed me!" Yugi, Bakura, Tea and I started laughing. "Ok guys there's something I have to tell you...how do I phrase this?" "How about you start off with: You're a demon, you're immortal, you're a fairy, you're a bender, your uncle is the Sorcerer Surpreme, Your boyfriend is from the mystic land of K'un L'un or you're the princess of a planet in the magic dimension?" "You know that just about covers it." The group just looked at me. "I'll just...go now." I ran off, not being able to hear whatever the others were saying.

Yea so...that was a long one...sorry 'Evil Spirit of The Ring' is one of my fav episodes so I really wanted to include it. Um I promise...it'll be a while till there's another big one ok? So um...yea but next will be another 2 part so you know...um...please don't be mad at the big chapter thing and I guess I'll see you next time...Bye

Espeon-Bye!