SailorStar9: This is Chapter 9 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

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Chapter 9: The Shadows Games

"Anzu!" Yuugi exclaimed, the boys rushing to defend the girls as a rustling from the bushes was heard.

"Who are you?" Jonouchi demanded. "Come out. If you don't we're coming in after you."

"Bakura." Yuugi blinked as Bakura emerged.

"Then when I saw you earlier, I wasn't just seeing things." Anzu realized.

"So, you came here too?" Jonouchi asked.

"Yeah…" Bakura nodded.

"You've been going alone, huh?" Honda mused.

"I see." Jonouchi noted. "The more the merrier.

"Well, it looks like everyone brought some cards." Honda remarked, as everyone sat around the fire.

"Of course," Jonouchi stated. "We're in the Duelist Kingdom, after all. That's right, everyone on this island has their own special card."

"What's your favourite card, Jonouchi?" Bakura asked.

"It's this one, of course." Jonouchi pulled out 'Flame Swordsman'."

"This is mine." Honda boasted. "'The Commander'."

"You're kids, aren't you?" Anzu joked.

"But what Jonouchi and Honda said it true." Yuugi concurred. "Don't you have a favourite card, Anzu?"

"It's this card." Anzu held out the 'Saint Magician'.

"The 'Saint Magician'?" Honda blinked.

"Now I know you're a weird girl." Jonouchi remarked.

"Honda, Jonouchi, run. I'll cover you." Ami joked.

"What's your favourite card, Yuugi?" Bakura asked.

"Of course, it's the 'Black Magician'." Yuugi replied. "Oh wait." He turned to his cousin. "You don't duel, do you, Ami?"

"Nope." Ami shook her head.

"I think I can understand everyone's feelings a little." Anzu remarked. "When you have your favourite cards, you can duel with your faith."

"It's just like Grandpa said." Yuugi agreed. "Cards have a heart. Once you have those kinds of cards, you can truly begin to duel. What card do you like, Bakura?"

"I like this one." Bakura pulled out the 'Change of Heart' card.

"The 'Change of Heart' card?" Ami echoed.

"You like unusual cards?" Jonouchi inquired.

"Hey Yuugi, would you like to have a duel?" Bakura asked. "Of course Star Chips aren't an issue."

"That'd be great, Yuugi." Jonouchi agreed. "Since we've come to this island, we should continue to play."

"It'd be nice to duel where there isn't any pressure." Yuugi concurred.

"What about if Yuugi puts all your favourite cards in his deck?" Bakura suggested.

"That's a good idea." Jonouchi remarked.

"I'll make an original deck with everyone's favourite cards." Yuugi concurred. "I finished making it." He and Bakura took their places on opposite sides.

"Good luck you two." Anzu encouraged.

"Even though I know you can't beat Yuugi, I'm rooting for you." Jonouchi told Bakura. "What's that?" he blinked when a chime was heard.

"What's that sound?" Anzu asked.

"That's…" Yuugi exclaimed when the Millennium Ring manifested.

"What the hell's this?" Jonouchi looked around as their surroundings shifted into the Shadow Realm.

"This is a 'Game of Darkness'." Ami informed the group.

Yami Bakura activated the Ring's powers, separating everyone's souls and transporting them into their respective cards. "Not challenging at all." The Spirit of the Ring scoffed. "Now the Millennium Puzzle and Millennium Scales are mine. What?" he gasped when the Millennium Puzzle shone, Yami Yuugi having taken over his host's body. At the same time, the Millennium Scales activated, reverting Ami back into her Anhara personnel.

"If it's a 'Game of Darkness', then I'll be your opponent." Yami Yuugi declared.

"You've shown yourself, the 'other' Yuugi." Yami Bakura chuckled. "I've been waiting for you."

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