We run into a clearing where we see Mai standing by a dueling arena. "Mai, are you alright?" Yugi asks.
I look by Mai to see a tall man wearing all black. "You're too late." Mai says.
"For what?" I ask.
"PaniK is one of the island eliminators, and if you don't get out of here soon, you'll all lose your starchips."
The man named PaniK laughs, "Yes, see not a starchip left." He says holding up Mai's arm to show an empty duelist glove.
PaniK throws Mai to the ground. "You creep!" Joey yells. Tristan and Bakura try to hold Joey back, but he's giving a pretty good fight.
"That's enough Joey!" I yell at him. They all look over at me, "Violence won't solve anything now."
Yugi nods, "That's right. I've dealt with a lot of bullies in my life, but there's only one way to solve this; to stand up to them!" he says. The Puzzle ends up glowing, which triggers the Pendant to glow; it's time for my other self to take over.
~Yami Sabrina~
"Your intimidation won't work on me PaniK, so let's get to the chase and duel!" the other Yugi says.
"Fine, I'll eliminate you just like I did with your friend." PaniK says.
The two enter the dueling platforms, "Yugi eh? Well it's my lucky day, Pegasus will give me an extra pay for booting off the best duelist on the island." PaniK says.
"You think you're going to win this? No, when this duel is over you'll be out of starchips and a job." The other Yugi says.
"I highly doubt that. We eliminators find sheer pleasure in stalking weak duelists and breaking their will to nothing."
"I see how you work then. You work through stalking because you're too much of a coward to face your opponent face-to-face. A real duelist duels with respect and honor; but not you."
"Quit your whining! But I'll warn you this duel is far more dangerous than any other you've ever played in."
I then notice that Yugi's ankles are then chained to the dueling platform, and there are flamethrowers around him, almost close enough to burn his face. This guy is insane, but now I get his name. He duels with his opponent feeling scared and makes sure they don't have enough strength to defeat him. Yugi wagers all of his starchips in order to win back Mai's.
"Alright let's start this duel." says PaniK, "I summon my Castle of Dark Illusions in defense mode. But beware Yugi; this card does so much more then defend, it has the power to blanket my field in pure darkness!"
As we says that PaniK's entire half of the field is covered in pure darkness, making it impossible to see the cards he plays. "Fine, I'll play my Celtic Guardian in defense mode!" the other Yugi says.
PaniK plays a monster, but we can't see what it is. Whatever it was, it's stronger than the Celtic Guardian, because it destroys it. "I summon Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress in defense mode." The spirit says.
PaniK summons another monster; which is still unknown to us. Yugi's alter ego then switches Winged Dragon into attack mode and attacks. The attack reveals PaniK's monsters, but didn't hit them. PaniK then takes his chance to destroy Yugi's monster, which brings Yugi down to 1606 Life Points.
Come on, you can do it; win this duel. PaniK laughs, "You getting scared yet Yugi? You should, because you're like the mere child in this duel and I am the creature within the night." He says.
"Well your right about one thing, you're the Boogey Man, scaring people into believing the darkness is dangerous. But once people open their eyes, they realize that the darkness isn't scary at all; just like you. Once people gain the confidence they need, they realize the unknown is nothing to be afraid of."
"If only if it was that simp-"
"Oh, it is that simple. I have a card that will expose you though."
"What is this a bluff? If your card is really that powerful, then show it to me."
"Fine," he says. Yugi turns the card around to reveal Swords of Revealing Light, "You have five turns until your defeat, and within those five turns you won't know when I'll activate this." He says as he sets a card face-down. He the summons Curse of Dragon in defense mode.
PaniK then summons Reaper of the Cards; its effect allows it to destroy one Magic card on the field. It goes in to destroy the set card, but it stops. The spirit chuckles, "You thought my face-down card was Swords of Revealing Light didn't you? Well it's not, it was the Spellbinding Circle." He says.
The Reaper is then forbid from attacking. "Now that your Reaper has been stopped, I'll now play two cards face-down and end my turn." The other Yugi says.
PaniK looks nervous now. It takes a few minutes for him to finally make his move, which shows how terrified he really is, "This next card will win the entire match for me, King of Yamimakai! Now destroy his pitiful dragon!" he says.
The attack goes through, but it hits Reaper of the Cards. "B-but how?" PaniK says. His Life Points are now at 494. Spellbinding Circle was able to redirect the attack to his Reaper, canceling the one on Curse of Dragon.
"Now I'll dispel all of your darkness! I activate Swords of Revealing Light!" the spirit says. The entire field then illuminates it with blinding light. The light then transforms into swords, preventing PaniK from attacking. Alright!
PaniK draws his next card and laughs at it, "Yugi, your Swords won't stop me now; because I activate my Chaos Shield card!" he says.
He then combines it with his Castle of Dark Illusions, creating a defensive shield around his field. This practically makes PaniK's side of the field untouchable. "I hate to say it guys, but I don't think Yugi will win this one." says Mai.
"Then you don't understand him at all." I say. Everyone looks over at me, "When there's a will, there's a way, and Yugi's will won't ever be broken. He doesn't give into others tricks, and that's because he trusts in himself and his deck."
They all look at me oddly and start second guessing me. I roll my eyes at them; he will win this. "You only have two turns left PaniK. Do you have the courage to last that long?" the spirit says.
"Do I have the courage?! I fear no duelist!" PaniK roars.
"Fine, it's my turn. I play Gaia the Fierce Knight!"
"Do you really think a wimp like that can break my Chaos Shield?"
"Maybe not by himself, but with a little help." He then flips one of his face-down cards, which is Polymerization, "Now I combine my Gaia and my Curse of Dragon to summon Gaia the Dragon Champion!"
During both of their turns, they pass. When PaniK only has one more turn left for Swords of Revealing Light, he summons another creature in defense mode. "And on my next turn, I will destroy you!" PaniK says.
"It's too late; you've already fallen for my trap. The more you increase your defenses the more you lock yourself into defeat." The spirit says. He then draws his next card and summons Catapult Turtle. "Now I can use my turtle to catapult Gaia at you and shatter your defenses."
"You can't attack my monsters though; their defense power is too high."
"Who said I was attacking your monsters? No, I'm attacking the castle."
Gaia is then launched at the castle, with the attack causing Yugi's Life Points to drop to 300. When the smoke clears, the castle is still standing but the protective ring around it falls. "Fool! Your attack didn't do anything!" PaniK laughs.
"This duel has already ended. The only reason why your castle is still standing is because of the Swords of Revealing Light; they're keeping it floating. My turn is over…"
The castle then comes crashing to the ground. The monsters under it are then destroyed, winning Yugi the duel. I knew he'd win. "You may have beaten me Yugi! But you can't stop me from eliminating you!" PaniK yells. What!?
Out of the flamethrowers, comes showers of flames, each one aimed for Yugi. The gang jumps out of the way because the fire is creating a vortex around the arena. I don't move though, my Millennium Item is protecting me, along with the Puzzle protecting Yugi.
"How are you still standing?!" PaniK asks through the flames.
"My Millennium Puzzle protects me. But nothing will protect you from oblivion!" the spirit says. I watch as Yugi ends up sending PaniK to the Shadow Realm, or might have killed him. The fire still surrounds the dueling arena; I notice that the other Yugi is getting down from the platform, so I run over to greet him.
I reach him and hug him. He hugs me back tightly, "What's this for?" he asks.
"I'm just glad you're okay. What happened to PaniK?" I say.
"It doesn't matter; what matters is that he's gone."
He then lifts my chin so my eyes can meet his. I look into his violet eyes, full of mystery and secrets. He then leans toward me and kisses me on the lips. I'm shocked at first, but then I begin to enjoy it. We stand there until the flames die down, causing us to separate. I know if anyone saw that, it wouldn't be good for Yugi or Sabrina.
We then walk over to the gang; the spirit then walks over to Mai, "Here Mai, take them." He says holding out the starchips.
"I-I can't accept them. I have to fight my own battles." She says.
"Mai, he won them for you. He risked his life out there!" I say.
Joey then walks up to Yugi, "Well if she won't take them, then I will." He says.
"Give those back!" Mai demands.
Joey then gladly gives them to her. "I hope you learned something from this duel Mai. It teaches that you have to let your defenses down to let people be your friends. So, can't you do that, just this once?" Joey says.
The gang begins to walk away, so the spirit and I follow. "Yugi wait! I'm going to repay you someday, and when we duel, it'll be an honorable one." Mai says.
He nods, and we keep walking. I walk next to Yugi's other self, who moves his hand over to hold mine. I blush slightly, knowing this will be the beginning of something new.
Alright! My heart was racing as I wrote the end of this, the emotion, you know? I won't make them a full blown couple though UNTIL near the end of Duelist Kingdom, you know maybe when they enter the castle or whatever. Plus, I wanted to put a lot of dialogue in this chapter, because it had pretty good advice in the episode. So pay attention to that!