It was the second and final day of the Battle City Tournament before the finals and two teens waited patently by a water fountain with the older one wearing a black pants and white shirt and a choker and his mini me wearing a dark blue pants and jacket with a sleeveless black shirt. .
"Yami, Yami!" Yugi tried to get his brother's attention as they waited for Joey.
"Yes, Yugi what is it?" Yami answered coming out of his thoughts of Tea.
"You were thinking of Tea again, weren't you?" Yugi smiled
"Maybe, what's it to you?" Yami blushed.
"After all the noise I heard last night with you two, I thought you would-"
"Enough!" Yami said.
"All right, so tell me where is Tea now, I thought she slept over?" Yugi asked.
"She did but she had to go to the hospital to pick up Serenity for Joey" Yami answered before they saw the blond hair teen running up to them in a blue and white shirt and blue jeans with blue and black sneakers.
"Sup guys, sorry I am later." Joey said tiredly, "Okay pull them out."
Yami and Yugi pulled out their locator cards.
"Oh man, I am last again." Joey cried showing 4 locator cards while Yami and Yugi showed 5.
"Don't worry Joey you have enough time to get all the cards." Yugi encouraged his friend.
Tea walked up to room 204 of the hospital wearing a blue shorts, a white strapless blouse, white stockings with blue shoes and pink and blue brackets.
She knocked on the door three times before opening the door when she heard a soft voice say, "Come in."
Tea opened the door to reveal a young girl with long red hair, wearing a pink shirt and blue shorts and her eyes covered with bandages.
"Hi Serenity, my name is Tea, Joey told me to come pick you up." She smiled.
"Yes, Joey told me you were coming," Serenity said.
"Are you ready to go?" Tea asked.
"Not yet we still have to wait on-"
"Hey Tea, what are you doing here?" A familiar voice said from behind her.
"Tristan?" Tea turned around to see the boy wearing a white shirt with a black jacket and blue jeans. "Joey asked me to pick up Serenity. Why are you here?"
"To keep her company, you know been a good friend for Joey" Tristan blushed slightly.
'Yeah right,' Tea thought 'he is just here because he has a crush on her.'
"Are you ready now, Serenity?" Tea asked again.
"Yeah Tea," Serenity nodded.
As they exist the train station a group of rare hunters followed them discreetly from behind till they turned down an empty street before using the moment and attack them.
Tristan managed to elbow the tall green hair hunter which caused him to whimper in pain before punching him into the face. As the rare hunter fell to the ground Tristan grabbed Serenity from another hunter and knocked him to the ground with his fist and was about to rescue Tea till her capturer pulled out a knife and places it to her neck.
"Come any closer, the girl dries!" he said. "If you want her back, tell the pharaoh to come to the Domino Pier at 5:00 and don't be late or else his lover gets it!"
Tristan didn't know if he could trust him and tried to find a way of attack till the green hair rare hunter got up from behind and knocked him to the ground.
"Tristan!" Tea and Serenity said as they heard a small scream.
The rare hunter then knock Serenity to the ground before he and his colleagues escaped.
"Tea!" Tristan said in pain before calling Yami.
"Finally my last locater card." Yami said as he waited at Domino Square for Yugi and Joey to arrive.
'Tea,' he thought before giving a small laugh. 'It's only been 4 hours since I last saw you and I already miss you. I am definitely in love'
As Yami looked at the clock his phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Yami, some guys in cloaks assaulted us and kidnap Tea."
"What?" Yami yelled not caring about the several persons that had stopped to look at him. "Where is she?"
"They said to meet them at the Domino pier at 5:00"
Yami looked at the time and saw he had an hour to reach the pier and sprinted off.
Tristan managed to call Yugi and Joey who just won their final duel and agreed to meet at the pier.
Yami reached the pier at quarter to 5 and search everywhere till he stopped at a wooden area with anchors.
"Tea!" He cried, "Where are you?"
Inside large ship stood Tea completely under Marik's control.
'Now with my Millennium Rod the pharaoh's lover, will duel for me and once this is all over, I will have the puzzle and his Egyptian God card along with his soul in the Shadow Realm' a man with neat white blonde hair and golden jewellery.
The rare hunters then surround Tea with Marik standing behind her.
"The pharaoh has great taste in woman, when we use her to destroy him I will have her to myself. " Marik laughed. "Odion, give her the new deck and duel disk!" he ordered a large man with tattoo on the left side of his face and bald head expect for the small ponytail reaching his back.
Odion did as he was told and after he placed the duel disk on her, Marik said, "Now, go my puppet and destroy your former love."
Tea walked out of the ship and saw Yami looking worried.
"Pharaoh!" Tea said in a cold tone.
Yami turned to see Tea and ran to her. "Tea, I am happy to see that you're safe. Where are the monsters that hurt you, I will kill them."
"Pharaoh, you are too late for I have taken over your lover's body!"
"Marik!" Yami said in rage, "You coward, you control my beautiful Tea, to come and duel me instead of duelling me face to face!"
Marik laughed loudly as he control Tea and made her walk over to the duel site strapped herself on an anchor.
"Pharaoh, you will duel me or I will make her up into the ocean."
A few moments later Yugi, Joey, Tristan and Serenity, met up at the pier and saw Tea and Yami strapped to an anchor getting ready to duel.
"Tea, I will save you." Yami said as he drew his card
"Yami, why are you two duelling each other?" Yugi yelled.
"Marik is controlling Tea's mind." Yami simply answered.
"And if any of you try to stop the duel then Tea's mind will be trapped for ever in the shadow realm." Marik said though Tea.
"Yugi, what are we going to do?" Joey asked flustered.
"We are going to stay out of this and watch our two best friends duel."
Yami summoned Gazelle, the King of Mythical Beasts in defense position.
1500 ATK / 1200 DEF.
Tea activated Magic Card Raigeki and destroyed Gazelle. Then summoned Alligator's Sword in attack mode.
1500 ATK / 1200 DEF.
"Tea, please," Yami pleaded, "I love you and I know you are strong enough to break free of Marik's control."
Tea heard Yami's voice and wanted nothing more than to break free and run to him. Marik saw that Tea's was slipping from his control and tried even harder to keep her under his control.
Alligator's Sword attacked Yami
Yami: 4000 → 2500 Life Points.
Yami summoned Big Shield Gardna in defense mode.
100 ATK / 2600 DEF.
Tea activated Hinotama to inflict 500 points of damage to Yami's Life Points
Yami: 2500 → 2000 Life Points.
Yami summoned Kuriboh in defense position then place one card face down.
Alligator's Sword attacked Kuriboh, but Yami activated Spellbinding Circle to stop the attack then Alligator's Sword's ATK by 700. 1500 → 800
Tea activated another Hinotama
Yami: 2000 → 1500 Life Points.
It came down to this both Yami and Tea were down to 100 life points, with Slifer the Sky Dragon on the flied and every time Yami tried to talk to her, the more Tea seem to be breaking free of Marik's control and with one last attempt Yami said,
"Tea, since the first day I met you, you took my breath away and that became one of the most important day of my life. You gave me hope and the strength to fight another day. I need you; I love you more than anything else on earth."
Tea began crying as she place her hands onto her head trying to break free "Yami," she cried finally broke free "I love you, too."
"Tea, your back." Yami said happily.
"What happen? Why are we dueling each other and strapped to anchors"
"You were under Marik's control but now you're free, my Tea." Yami said tiredly.
"What now?" Tea asked.
"Someone has to lose in order for the other to be free or else the both or us will plunge into the ocean and suffocate." Yami said pointing to the timer, connected to the anchors. He then took a deep breath and said, "That person will be me, my love."
"What, but I have no monsters on the flied Yami and I don't-."
Yami dragged his feet over to where Tea was standing and kissed her passionately
"I am happy your safe, my queen" He said parting from her
"Yami don't-"
Yami took one last look at his friends who stood nervously not knowing what to do then to Tea and said, "Slifer, attack me!"
"No, Yami don't do it!" Tea cried as Slifer did as his master told and attack Yami.
As his life points dropped to zero Tea's key box open and saw as Yami took off his duel disk and puzzle before plunging into the ocean.
Tea quickly took up the key and release the anchor before using a magic card to control Slifer and order it to attack her which it did. Yami's key box opened and Tea used the anchor chain like a rope and swing cross the wooden arena to collect it then dive into the ocean.
'Yami,' Tea thought 'Please be alright.'
After a couple seconds Tea saw Yami and quickly release his ankle from the anchor and held his hand swimming towards the surface.
"Yami, Tea!" Yugi and Joey said before Tristan quickly jumped in and help the two tried teens to the deck and lift them up to the concrete surface.
"Tea," Yami said not caring about himself as he reaches out to touch her.
"Yami, no..." Tea quickly backed away from him and the others.
"Tea," Yugi said, "it's not your fault, and Marik is the one that was controlling you."
"I should have fought it, fought him then we wouldn't be in this mess." Tea cried.
The guys tried to convince Tea that it wasn't her fault not knowing that Serenity had taken off her bandages and opened her eyes to see the five friends.
"I don't des-" Tea stopped when Serenity slapped her across the face.
"Serenity?" Tea said surprised.
"Sis, you took off your bandage!" Joey said stock.
"Tea, I had heard enough, Joey and Tristan had spoken so highly of you. The way you always put your friends before yourself and what a kind and caring person you are, it just one mistake." Serenity said "The amount of things they said about you made me want to wish I could be just like you, so some complaining."
"Thanks Serenity," Tea rubbed her cheek.
"Guys," Yami signaled "Could you give us some alone time?"
"We got it," Yugi said "People, people lets give them some space."
Yami chuckled as the guys walked away slowly wanting to hear the conversation.
"Yami," Tea said before he kissed her. Tea blushed as they parted
"Why sacrifice yourself for me? You could have won?" She asked.
Yami laughed before saying "That a silly question," Yami moved her wet hair from her face. "I love you and I will do any and everything for you, even at the cost of my life."
Tea began to cry as she said "I just can't forgive myself for hurting you."
Yami held her wrist gently before pulling her towards him for a hug. "Tea," he whispered in her ear. "Don't hold yourself responsible for this. Just forget and let go." he kissed her again.
"Now can I see that beautiful smile of yours?" Yami hugged her waist.
Tea smiled brightly before Yami made his way down to her neck and began marking her.
"Yami, we can't do this now especially in front of our friends." Tea blushed slightly.
Yami looked at the group of grinning teenagers as they watched from a far then return to what he was doing.
"I want to mark what is mine." He said playfully. Tea hugged Yami's neck as he held her waist tighter and continued kissing Tea.
"They look so cute together, don't you think big brother?" Serenity said.
"Whatever sis, so tell me how does it feel to have your eyesight back?"
"Great Joey and now I can watch my big brother duel and win."
"I hate to inform you Serenity," Tristan hugged her shoulders, "But your brother is and forever will be a runner up."
"TRISTAN!" Joey yelled. "Get your hands off my sister before I kill you."
"Leave us alone underdog!" Tristan smiled.
Joey without hesitation ran after Tristan yelling, "I am going to kill you, you overgrown monkey."
"Should we stop them?" Serenity asked Yugi.
"No I think this is one of their wired ways of showing they care." They both sweat dropped.
"I hope they don't care about me that much." Serenity giggled.
"Master Marik what is your next move?" Odion asked.
Marik used the rod and knock his right hand man with it. "You fool we are going to use the locater cards my hunters stole and enter the finals. I need to win the two Egyptian God cards from the pharaoh and Kabia." He said before they escape from the ship unnoticed.
Joey explained that how the locator cards where used and together they walked to the location where they saw Mai Valentine wearing her usual skimpy purple outfit, Kaiba, and a short girl, about Yugi's height with blonde hair and baby blue eyes wearing a blue shirt and a darker blue skirt.
After them two men wearing a full black cloak hiding their faces walking up, Yami held Tea closely to him while watching them intensely.
"Marik, you will pay for hurting my beloved." Yami said.
Marik laughed before saying, "After this tournament is over, you will be bowing before me, the new pharaoh with your beloved as my bitch!"
"Roland!" Kaiba said to his elderly right hand guard, "Get the blimp down now!"
"Yes Mister Kaiba, but what about the eighth Duelist, sir?" Roland asked.
"I don't care!" Kaiba said 'All the Egyptian God Cards are here with me and thanks to my duel tracker I was able to indentify the duelists that held these God Monsters with a bit of help from Isis. If she hadn't given me, Obelisk the Tormentor, I wouldn't have thrown this tournament and by the end of this I will become once again the world's greatest Duelist and have the three strongest cards in my deck.'
Soon as the blimp was about to close Roland stopped the eight duelists wearing a cream colour dress with something covering her face and a lot of gold jewelry.
She showed them her six locator cards before the blimp flew off.
I know magic cards don't work on God Cards sometimes but work with it please people and if you find any problems tell me.