Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or the Waking the Dragons season. I do own my own three characters though. I did add things that aren't out in the show, but it's my story so I can.

Chapter 10

Rachel's Point Of View

I wasn't doing so hot against Demetri's dragons, but I wasn't out for the count yet. I really couldn't play most of my cards because most of them were one of a kind, at least in this world they were. I looked back at my cards; Change of Heart, Knight's Title, Monster Reborn, Dark Blade, and Dark Magician. There has to be some kind of combo I could pull off. "What's wrong hime? Scared?" Demetri asked. I looked up to him glaring. "First of all, I'm no hime. Second, the only thing that scares me right now is your face. Your just so ugly." I told Demetri.

"That was a good one Rachel." Marik called laughing. Bakura stood there chuckling. "I'd watch who you were insulting child." Demetri snarled. Yeah, sure, whatever. Now back to strategies. I discarded most of my rare monsters earlier and I think that I can get away with summoning my Dark Magician Knight and take control of a monster for the rest of the duel, that is if I play my cards right. I started to smirk, time to put my plan into action.

"What are you so happy about?" Demetri growled. "If I told you, I'd have to hurt you. But why not show you? This is something that I've wanted to do since the beginning of this duel. I play Change of Heart, taking control of your Felgrand Dragon. But you see, I'm not gonna keep him very long because I sacrifice him in order to summon my Dark Magician. He's one of my rare cards, but you know he's unfortunately not sticking around either. I'm going to use Knight's Title, which requires me to sacrifice Dark Magician so that I can summon Dark Magician Knight." All this was going well, and it made it better that he didn't have any facedown cards on the field.

"Are you finished?" Demetri drawled. My smirk turned into a full fledge grin. "Nope. I know you miss your dragon so I thought I'd bring him back with Monster Reborn and while I'm at it, I'm gonna active his effect. I'm going to use Dark Magician to power up Felgrand to 4200 attack points! Now, since that Guardian Angel Joan has gotten on my nerves, I'm going to use Felgrand to destroy it! Now my Dark Magician Knight you can attack Demetri's Masked Dragon." I heard Marik and Bakura cheering as my attacks went through and destroyed Demetri's two monsters. Now he had no monsters on the field. If he doesn't pull a monster or something, maybe I can beat him next turn. I looked at our Life Points, I was at 2620 and Demetri was at 2000. Only a miracle could save me now.

Christy's Point Of View

"When I get my hands on the person who did this they'll wish they'd never been born." Tristan said while trying to wake his best friend. "Who could have done it? By the looks of Valon, I'd say it wasn't him. What's going on here?" Tea questioned.

"Don't you see Joey must've defeated Valon, and then Mai showed up. She did this to him. I'm sure that she did it." Tristan accused, I was about to remark but was interrupted by Yami. "Yes, but there is only one person we can really blame for all this and I think you know who I mean. He hides safely in his fortress while others do his dirty work. Well, not anymore." And with that Yami took off running towards the Paradias building.

Tristan and I lift Joey, while Tea tries to run after Yami. "Pharaoh, wait up!" was shocked, so Riley's creepy friend had caught up with her. I hope she's alright.

Rachel's Point Of View

"I am going to summon my Lord of Dragons and equip him with Flute of Summoning Dragon. This will allow me to summon Hyozanryu and Tyrant Dragon. Fortunate for you I can't destroy my Felgrand right now. I will have Tyrant Dragon destroy your puny Dark Magician Knight." Demetri said in an aggravated tone. My Knight was gone in a matter of seconds, my Life Points dropping to 1720. "I end my turn." Okay, new strategies that involves me getting rid of two dragons and a chunk of Life Points. Wait, he just left his Lord of Dragon unprotected. I can use that to my advantage, even if that means sacrificing a monster. Dark Blade and Soul of Purity and Light, not the best of cards but they can be used in dire situations.

"I'm going to remove two cards from play so that I can summon Soul of Purity and Light. Unfortunate for you, you left him wide open for an attack and I'm going to use this opportunity to get back at you for destroying my Knight. Following that I will have Felgrand attack Hyozanryu depleting your Life Points to a measly 100. That's all I can do this round so, it's your move." I said sighing. At least I'm beating him at this very moment. This duel is for Keily and then I'm gonna go find the person she dueled and win back her soul. I just have to believe in myself. "You are trying my patience. I will take your soul and then the real fun will begin!" Demetri snarled.

"If I remember correctly mortal, you said the exact thing when you played the Orichalcos and so far she has trampled you in this duel. So I'd back out now and save yourself the humiliation of losing to an inexperienced female duelist." Bakura told Demetri. I don't know if I should feel as if he complimented me or insulted me. "Just keep it up Rachel, you'll beat him and then we'll catch up with everyone else." Marik called.

"Whatever, I activate Dragon Treasure to raise my dragons attack power to 3700. Now, Tyrant Dragon, destroy her Soul of Purity and Light!" Demetri looked back at his hand. "Finally I'll place one card facedown and end my turn." My Life Points dropped to 20. This isn't good, we each have one monster and we each have just a little Life Points left. And I have to take into consideration that he has a facedown card. The next card that I draw is going to determine if I keep my soul or lose.

"You can do it Rachel." Marik encouraged. I hope he's right. No I shouldn't think like that. "Rachel, you've come this far. You're going to beat this guy. And if you lose, I'm not carrying you back to the group. You'll just have to lay there." Bakura told me. I couldn't help but laugh a little while drawing my card. I looked, Pot of Greed! Thank Ra!!

"I think I'll play this, Pot of Greed." I quickly looked at the cards. Yes, both of these cards will help me. "First, I'll play Dian Keto the Cure Master so that I have some Life Points in case I can't get rid of your face down. Now, I'll have Felgrand attack you're Tyrant Dragon and hope you don't flip that card." I looked across the field as my dragon attacked, not once did Demetri move to active his facedown card. The seal shrank in around Demetri, but not before he got his last words in.

"You may have beaten me today, but Lord Dartz will get his revenge and then when the world is his I'll come back for you Rachel. I will make you pay." Demetri said before collapsing to the ground. I kinda stood in shock, I actually won the duel. I was shook from my retrieve by being tackled by Marik. "You did it! Your first official duel and you creamed the guy. Congratulations Rachel." Marik said, hugging me tighter.

"Well, let's go catch up with the Pharaoh and his group. Marik let Rachel go." Bakura said, while pulling Marik from me. "Wait." I called before running over to Demetri and closing his eyes.

"Why did you do that?" Bakura asked when I walked back up to them. "The whole emotionless look in a soulless person's eyes creep me out." I told him with a shrug, before running off in the direction the group went. It wasn't long till I noticed a shadow in the sky.

"Guy's what's that?" I asked, while pointing up. Marik and Bakura glared at the shadow. "My guess is that thing is the Leviathan that everyone keeps mentioning. We better hurry, who knows what's happening right now." Bakura said, before grabbing my hand and starting to run again.

Christy's Point Of View

"Why did the Pharaoh take off like that?" Tristan asked while running with Joey on his back. Tea was running beside Tristan, while I ran behind them incase Joey was dropped or Orichalcos Soldiers showed up. "He must have gone after Dartz." Tea stated out of breath. Suddenly, car lights shown on the side rode coming up and I heard the squeal of the tires trying to break.

"Look out!" Tristan yelled, while I tried to catch up to them. "Tea, Tristan, Christy." I heard as Mokuba got out of the passenger side of the shiny red car.

"Mokuba. Kaiba." Tea says, stating the obvious. "Nice car." Tristan comments, looking at the car in awe.

"Just my luck. Dork-fest continues." Kaiba said in his annoying tone. No wonder he gets on Joey's nerves. "So what happened to Wheeler? Did baby need a nap?"

"That's not very funny." I snarled, he was about to get punched if he didn't keep his mouth closed. Mokuba looked back before running to the front of the car scared. "Oh no!"

"What's your problem now?" Kaiba asked his little brother. "It's our problem." Mokuba said pointing down the alley. We all turn to see a bunch of rats with glowing red eyes coming towards us.

"Rats!" Tea yelled. "I hate those things!" Tristan yelled, while slowly losing his grip on Joey. I sprang forward to catch Joey, but was beaten by Kaiba who casually lifted Joey back up with one arm.

"Listen up geeks, get move." Kaiba said before turning and jogging off. We all followed behind him when I spotted a fire escape. "Quick the fire escape." Kaiba said stopping by a garbage can that was near. Tea and Mokuba started climbing. I looked to see a stair case that was ground level. Walking around the idiots, I climbed the stairs just as Mokuba and Tea hauled Joey's body over the railing. The rats were closing in, finally Tristan and Kaiba leap up and caught onto the railing. Just in time to, the hordes of rats just ran beneath them.

"Where did they come from?" Mokuba asked, as the rats ran past. "I smell a rat, and his name's Dartz." Kaiba said. Once the rats passed, we all jumped back down and headed for the car. It was better than walking or running in my opinion. After a few turns and stuff, we made it to the Paradias building. Kaiba, Mokuba, and Tea all ran ahead while I helped Tristan get Joey out of the car. We all arrived at the elevator to see Mai lying on the ground.

"Oh man, don't tell me she lost her soul too." Mokuba said in a sad voice. I almost started crying, Mai wanted to set her wrong right and this is what she gets. I'm going to avenge her she promised that she would help Joey. "I don't mean to sound insensitive, but who's carrying her?" Tristan asked, as he shifted Joey's weight on his back. We all looked at the elevator to see that it was on the top floor. With Tea's help, we dragged Mai into the elevator with us and headed to the top floor. The doors opened to reveal a duel between Raphael and the Pharaoh.

"Oh no, we're too late! That guy already played the Seal of Orichalcos." Tristan said as we all got close to the playing field. "That's more like it." Raphael said, as he smiled and opened his eyes. This will be one interesting duel. Tea and I propped Mai up against the wall so we wouldn't have to stand and hold her during the whole duel.

"That's the same guy that beat Yugi last time." Tristan said, catching Kaiba's attention. "What?" Kaiba questioned in surprise. We watched at Raphael attacked and Yami activated a trap. It was kind of like watching a tennis match.

"Now what?" Tea asked. "Yugi needs help. He's only got a 1000 Life Points." Mokuba said.

"Who are you kidding, Mokuba, he's won duels with way fewer." Tristan told him. After a few tricks on Yami's behalf, he pulls out the Dark Magician. "Awesome! What I tell ya!" Tristan exclaimed in happiness, while Tea clapped.

"But he just gave up half of his Life Points." Mokuba pointed out. Tea stopped cheering and looked at Mokuba. "Huh…… It's part of his plan." Tristan said reassuringly.

"Dark Magician destroy Guardian Elma. Dark Magic Attack!" Yami said, pointing. "Reveal Trap Card, Guardian Formation. She's safe." Raphael said as the attack went under Guardian Elma, who was performing what looked like a back flip. I wonder how she evaded the attack besides the obvious.

"The Seal of Orichalcos gives me an extra row of monsters, so my Trap Card moved Elma to the back row. Now she can't be destroyed unless you get through my front row first." Raphael explained. Rachel needs to get here, so that she can explain cards to me. "What a wimp. Try fighting instead of hiding." Tristan called out. Guardian Eatos looked like it was in pain, it's beautiful white wings turned black and her eyes started glowing red. She was still beautiful, like a death guardian angel or something.

"When Kuribandit is sacrificed, I can draw five more cards. However, I'm only allowed to keep the Magic and Trap cards, but my monsters go straight to the Graveyard." Yami said as he placed some cards in the Graveyard. "Yugi don't do it that will just make Eatos more powerful!" Mokuba warned.

"That's true, but it could have been worth the risk if Yugi drew the right card." Kaiba stated. "I guess we'll find out now."

"7000?! What?!" Tea exclaimed as Eatos drained the power of Yami's monsters. This duel wasn't looking so good for Yami. "You're about to become a two-time loser and this time you're gonna pay up, with your soul. Eatos attack now! Game over." Raphael called.

"Yugi!" Tea and Tristan called simultaneously. "No!" Tea yelled, as the sword came closer to Dark Magician. Kaiba had a scared look upon his face. I guess this is the end of the duel that is I thought it was till I saw the sword crack when it reached Yami's Magician.

"Say what?" Raphael asked shocked. Trust me he wasn't the only one trying to figure out what happened. "Allow me to clear things up for you." Yami said coolly.

"A few moments ago I sent three monsters to my Graveyard, one of which saved me. That card was this, my Electromagnetic Turtle. When this monster was destroyed it created an electromagnetic barrier, shielding my Magician from your attack." Yami explained.

"No way, he had that planned all along." Raphael exclaimed. "In your face, meat-head!" Tristan called while Tea laughed in celebration. Raphael was not happy; I think if he could he would have strangled Yami from what he did. Yami then gave some boring speech on tainting his monsters and that just made Raphael even madder. Yami followed up with summoning Big Shield Gardna in defense, and then he switched Dark Magician to defense, placed one card facedown, and ended his turn.

"It's all over. You can't win a duel with defense, Pharaoh. All you're doing is stalling for time. Well, I'm afraid your time just ran out. Eatos destroy his most valuable monster, the Dark Magician!" Raphael declared once again. "Oh no!" Tristan exclaimed.

"Pharaoh!" Tea called out in worry. "Do something!" Mokuba exclaimed. As Eatos' attack got closer Yami finally made a move.

"Magical Harts, active! Hide my monsters!" Yami commanded. The attack missed the Dark Magician and hit Big Shield Gardna. "What's going on?" Raphael demanded.

"Awesome, Magical Hat's shuffled Yugi's monsters. So blondie blasted the wrong one." Tristan said, stating the obvious. "That's true, but her gets to attack again. So Yugi's Magician is still in danger." Mokuba pointed out. Raphael sends Elma to attack one of the hats, only to find it empty. Then he follows up and sends Grarl in with a fifty percent chance of choosing the correct hat, which he doesn't.

"My turns not over just yet! I activate my Rod of Silence; this lets me play another Guardian monster. My all powerful Guardian Kay'est. That ends my turn." Raphael practically snarled. Tea sighed in relief. "That was a close one." Tristan said, while sagging in relief.

"Alright, there is only one thing that can save him now. Let's see if he has what it takes to play it." Kaiba said looking straight at the back of Yami's head. Yami played Graceful Charity and smiled.

Rachel's Point Of View

If I see one more Orichalcos Soldier, I think I might go nuts! I was also under the impression that we were running around in circles.

"This is getting us nowhere!" Marik shouted in frustration. "Bakura, can't your Ring locate the Puzzle?"

"If it were possible, Marik, I would have tried it a while back." Bakura sneered. "Your Item is useless." Marik stated.

"Like yours is any better. If I recall, all your Rod does is control people's minds. That comes in real handy right now." Bakura told him. "That's enough! Arguing between ourselves isn't going to get us anywhere. Now, let's keep going. We have to run into Paradias sooner or later." I said walking down an ally that was near.

"Maybe that will help." Marik said pointing out a light in the distance. As the light cleared, we saw Timaeus emerge. "Well, come on, with Timaeus in the sky, we can find Paradias." I said running in the direction as the sky lit up again. I wonder who Yami was dueling with. I felt a tug on my hand and looked down.

"If you keep running while looking up, you're going to run into either a wall or a Soldier." Bakura said. As we got closer to the correct building, we saw the green pulse of the Orichalcos. "I'm going to go with that's not good." Marik said, running faster.

"Please tell me that we're almost done running." I asked, I was tired and my legs were sore from all the running and walking that I've done the past few days. "Once we get there, we'll find you a chair." Marik said while grinning cheekily.

"If I wasn't so heavy, I'd make you carry me for that statement." I said, following behind him. After who knows how long, we finally made it to Paradias Headquarters. We took the elevator up to the top floor and were meet with a random dome shrouded in darkness and flashing with lighting. I sat on the ground and looked up at Christy. "So, what I miss?" I asked.

"The Pharaoh's still trapped in there with that creep! How did this happen?" Tristan questioned. "I know, he played that Underworld Circle card." Mokuba said. After that was said, Christy sat next to me and started explaining everything that happened since she left. In return I told her what happened with my duel, though I was always interrupted by Marik and Bakura commenting on every detail. After our explanations, the dome cleared and Yami and Raphael were facing each other with their cards in play.

"Check it out, the smoke cleared." Tristan said. "Is the Pharaoh alright?" Tea asked concerned. Looking at the field, Yami had no monsters on the field and Raphael had some weird monster card on the field.

"My Underworld Circle Magic Card should have destroyed every single monster on the field. It also forces use to remove every monster remaining in our decks for the rest of the game. After that, the only creatures we can use monsters are the ones in our Graveyards. That's why my Dark Magician Girl is gone now. So why is your Dreadscythe still on the field?" Yami demanded, after his long explanation. "By eliminating a card from my hand, my Guardian Dreadscythe is able to automatically revive itself." Raphael explained.

"My monster has a mind of its own. It was created to be indestructible, so not even I can get rid of it." Raphael continued. "Does that mean the Pharaoh can't win?" Tea asked. Fortunately for Yami his card allowed him access to all the monsters in his graveyard, except Raphael's because of Dreadscythe. First Yami brings back the Dark Magician.

"He may have a shot after all." Kaiba commented. If I wasn't on the ground, I probably would have hit him. "Yeah, not that he can play cards from his Graveyard; he can be able to start kicking some butt." Mokuba agreed. After laying down a card, Yami ended his turn. Raphael let him know that it was all over, but I mean come on what villain hasn't said that line before?

"That's awesome. He can summon monsters on his opponent's turn!" Mokuba exclaimed, like we couldn't already see that. After Raphael tried to attack, Yami activated Zero Gravity, switching all monsters to defense mode. "Hey, he just stopped that zombie thing dead in its tracks, you guys." Tristan cheered. But Raphael played a trap of his own. Spirit Hunting allowed him to switch his monster back and finish the attack.

"Oh man." Mokuba groaned. From my position, Kaiba did not look so happy. Dreadscythe attacked destroying both monsters with a single blow. Yami drew and brought back Dark Magician Girl. "I play the magic card Alter of Restoration. This allows me to bring back a monster from the Graveyard by discarding two cards from the top of my deck. I use it to bring back the Eye of Timaeus. Now Timaeus merge with Dark Magician Girl to form Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight!" After merging his monster, Yami attacked and destroyed Dreadscythe, who stayed on the field while another card disappeared from Raphael's hand. Once Yami ended his turn, Queen's Knight appeared on the field.

"Your strategy isn't working. I activate the magic card Orichalcos Sword of Sealing." Raphael proclaimed, stabbing Timaeus' foot and attacking with Dreadscythe. Yami's Life Points proceed to drop to 10. The Trap Card, Reduction Barrier appeared as the smoke cleared. "I promise to fight until my last Life Point is gone." Yami declared.

"Suit yourself, but your soul will soon belong to Dartz." Raphael replied. "You've been brainwashed Raphael, but I still believe that there is still good inside you and I plan to bring it out." Yami said while bringing back Big Shield Gardna.

"I play Pot of Greed and play a magic card called Spider Web. This card lets me use a card from your Graveyards and I choose Monster Reborn. I'll use this to save you by setting you free from the darkness, Raphael." Yami said. Guardian Eatos appeared, following that, he looked over at us, or more specifically Joey before laying his next card down. "Hey Joey, check it out." Tristan says as the Claw of Hermos appears on the field. Joey just laid them senseless.

We all watched as Yami merged Hermos with his Queen's Knight forming Goddess Bow. He then equipped the bow to Guardian Eatos, doubling her attack power to 5000. "If you attack now, both monsters will be destroyed, but mine will come back." Raphael said. "We'll see about that. Eatos activate Goddess Bows special effect and attack Dreadscythe." Yami called out.

The effect allowed Eatos to attack every time Dreadscythe revived itself. With every attack, Raphael loses another card. "Of course!" Mokuba cried out happily, "When Raphael runs out of cards, Dreadscythe can't come back!" I was tempted to be mean and say 'you don't say.' But I didn't feel like having Kaiba breathing down my neck like a dragon, so I satisfied myself with a roll of my eyes.

Finally, the last card dissolved from Raphael's hand and Dreadscythe burned away leaving only his mask. Eatos flew over to the mask and clutched it to her heart, before she disappeared into the clouds. Raphael fell onto his knees in shock. "Do you understand what you've done, Raphael. You turned you back on your monsters. They meant the world to you, but you let Dartz convince you to abandon everything that was important to you. He told you lies about your family and fueled your rage, and in a moment of weakness, you allowed yourself to be consumed by the dark magic of the Orichalcos." Yami told Raphael. His speech was really long. "At least we have him on our side." Marik said with a grin.

"Why?" Bakura inquired. "Because, he's the only person that can give a speech and convert someone to his side. If he was on Dartz's side the world would already be destroyed." Marik stated.

"I don't even want to know why you would be thing something like that. But sadly, you have a point." Christy said with a sigh. I guess she didn't want to agree with him. "I always have a point." Marik huffed.

"Guys, we're are trying to watch the duel." I said pointing at the duel in front of me. "There is only one problem. The Seal of Orichalcos still needs a soul." Raphael explained, as he drew and used the effect of Underworld Circle to bring back Guardian Grarl.

"Now I use the Magic Card, Soul Charge. I use it to bring back Backup Gardna, Guardian Elma, and Guardian Kay'est to the field." Raphael said. "Now Raphael has four monsters!" Tristan exclaimed.

"That may be true, but any monster summoned by Soul Charge cannot attack for one turn. This keeps Yugi safe." Kaiba explained. "So why play that card?" Mokuba asked.

"That is it. Now my Graveyard is empty and my Guardians are free. But each monster I brought back from the grave will cost me 500 points." Raphael said as his Life Points dropped to zero and the Seal of Orichalcos began to shrink around him. Yami started to run towards Raphael, calling his name. We all watched as Raphael's Guardians surrounded him and the seal disappeared from their foreheads. As Yami spoke with Raphael, I got up off the ground. I heard as the Orichalcos stone cracked and watched as the seal vanished as if it had never been played.

The rest of us walked over to Raphael, who was still kneeling on the ground. "What happened to the seal? Doesn't it usually put on a big green laser show?" Tea asked. "Usually it takes someone's soul as well, but I'm still here." Raphael said shocked.

"I have a theory about that," Yami said. "The Seal of Orichalcos is powered by the darkness within the person that plays the card. You, Raphael, were able to conquer that darkness. This allowed your soul to be spared."

After hearing Yami's theory, the buildings around us started to shake. "Is it an earthquake?" Tristan called out. Yami shook his head. "I'm afraid it's much worse than that."

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