Hey everyone here is the next chapter to Reunion!

Note: Some of the monsters and spell are made up off of the top of my mind.

Chapter 7 The second duel and the betrayal

Everyone was shocked about what Serenity had said. No one noticed the green stone necklace around her neck. Everyone stood dumbfounded that their princess said something so horrid.

Atem was the first to finally speak up and said firmly, "I'm not going to duel you Sere."

"Why the hell not, Prince Atem?" Serenity asked and then added, "Are you scared that I'll win and take your soul to Dartz?"

"I'm not scared about my soul being taken away." Atem said firmly, "but the Seal of Orichalcos is messing with your head and your emotions!"

"SHUT UP!" screamed Serenity, "how do you know it's messing with my head and my emotion?"

"I know… because I've used the card myself. And I don't want the same fate that happened to Yugi happen to you or me." Atem said

"It's sweet that you care, but that's not going to cut it Atem. Either shut up and duel or stand there while I take your soul." Snarled Serenity.

It took a little while for Atem to decide, but he made the right decision. "Fine Sere, I'll duel you;/ it looks like I have no choice. I'll just have to just have to find a way to break her out of the Oricalcose spell./ Yami said and thought.

So the duel began, and it didn't begin in Atem's favor either.

Atem: 4000

Serenity: 4000

Atem and Serenity drew their cards. Atem's hand consisted of Dark Magician, Curse of Dragon, Kuriboh, Card Destruction, and Swords of Reveling Light. Serenity's hand consisted of Celtic Guardian, Kuriboh, Black Chaos Ritual, Pot of Greed and Spell Casters Spell book.

"Ladies first," Serenity said and drew her first card. It was the card that Atem didn't want her to play. Serenity smirked at Atem and told him, "This is where the beginning of the starts. First, I'll play the Seal of Orichalcos."

Atem realized what she meant but he spoke to late, "No Serenity, DON'T!"

"Too late." She said and played the Seal onto the field.

The seal was played and Serenity was now part of it. Atem was shocked that his princess and soon to be queen would play the dreadful card.

"Why…" Atem asked in shock

"Why what?" Serenity shot back.

"Why did you play that card?" He asked his princess.

"Why, to get rid of people like you," snarled Serenity, "Now to continue my turn. I'll sacrifice my Celtic Guardian and Kuriboh to play Magician of Black Chaos. Oh and thanks to the Oricalcose my magician gain 500 attack points. Now I'll play Pot of Greed which allows me to draw to cards. /Perfect/ and I'll put one card face. Finally, I'll end my turn."

/I need her to stop using the card. Maybe I can draw out this duel and end this duel in a tie so neither one of us get our souls taken from us./ Atem thought. "Alright my turn. First I'll play Kuriboh in defense mode, and then I'll place two cards face down."

Serenity smirked and saw the look on Atem's face. "So your actually going to duel me Prince Atem?"

"I'm not sure yet if I actually want to yet. I haven't fully decided." Atem replied

"Hmm alright, but we'll continue with the fun. Since it is my turn, I'll start by playing my face down card Fire Storm. This card will destroy the two face down card you have. Now that your two face downs are destroyed, I'll attack your attack your Kuriboh. Finally I play one more face down card and end my turn."

"Alright my turn." Atem looked at his cards and noticed that he had nothing that could defeat Serenity's monster. He looked once more at Serenity and then back at the cards in his hand, the monsters were telling him not to fight Serenity. Knowing what to do now he put his hand down by his side and turned his attention back to Serenity.

Serenity noticed that Atem hadn't made his move yet and he wasn't looking at his cards anymore. She was going to say something but Atem beat her to it.

"Serenity, I can't hurt you, so I'm not going to duel." Atem said.

Serenity was furious to hear what she did. "What! Why aren't you going to duel?"

"Why… It's because I love you Serenity, more than anything in world. I can't and won't hurt you; like I did in the Silver Millennium and for that I'm sorry." Atem said sadly.

Atem saw that Serenity wasn't moving at all, and she all of a sudden grabbed her head and screamed out in pain.

/What's wrong with me/ Serenity thought /my head is spinning and I can't get my thoughts and emotions straight./

Atem noticed this, but didn't say anything. He was about to say something, when Serenity snapped out of the Orichalcos spell. Serenity fainted and ran over to his princess and asked "Serenity, are you ok."

Serenity wasn't moving at all when Atem asked, but he feared that her soul was already taken.

Valon, who was in the shadows, saw and heard what has happened. Valon tagged along because Dartz wanted him to watch the duel.

Flashback

"Valon," Dartz said, "I want you to stay in the shadows when Serenity duels. I have a feeling Prince Atem is going to try and bring Serenity out of the Orichalcos."

"Yes sir." Valon replied and left to follow Serenity.

End of Flashback

/I need to stop this/ Valon thought. /Serenity is a pure soul who doesn't deserve to be part of this./

Valon decided what he wanted to do and jumped off the branch of the tree and broke the seal with his fragment of the Orichalcos. When his feet hit the ground he said to Atem, "You better hide Serenity from Dartz before someone finds out what I've done." Valon started to walk away.

"Hold on," Atem said, "Who are you?"

"Consider me a friend and the name's Valon." He said.

Dartz saw the whole thing and was furious for what Valon had done. "Mai, Alister," Dartz called, "One of you needs to take out Valon for good."

"Yes sir" Mai and Alister said simultaneously.

Chapter 7 is done. Chapter 8 will be up soon hopefully.