"Now what was I supposed to do again?" Pegasus sighed.

He was sitting at the kitchen table, opposite to Yugi. Between them were two playfields and two decks.

"The only thing you have to do is duel Atem." Yugi said.

"I don't really see the point in this all..."

"Atem needs to practise how to duel while he is under the curse." Tea said. "Otherwise he can never defeat Azul."

"Now okay, let's get over this." Pegasus sighed.

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Tea and Pegasus closed their eyes. A few minutes later, Yugi was gone and Atem was sitting in his chair. Like before, red lightning surrounded him. Atem held his eyes closed for a few seconds.

"Wh...what are you doing here?" He asked with a terrible voice.

"He's here to help you." Tea said.

She's right Atem. You're the only one that can stop Pharaoh Azul, but you have to learn how to duel while you're under that curse.

Atem shake his head. Even hearing Yugi's voice made his head feel like it would burst.

"Okay I understand." Atem said.

Tea took a chair from the corner and sat on the side of the table.

"Now, I'll begin." Pegasus said.

He quickly drew six cards. Atem brought his hand to his deck but even this small movement brought him in pain.

This is going to be more painful then I imagined!

He tried to ignore the pain and drew five cards.

"First I'll put one card face down on the Spell/Trap zone and then I'll put my Twin Headed Dragon in attack position." Pegasus said. "And end my turn."

Atem drew another card and flinched as little sparks of red danced on his fingers. He looked at his cards and noticed his hand was shaking slightly.

"I...I'll put my Beaver Warrior in defence and...and end my turn."

"Come on Yugi...I mean Atem, surely you have better moves than that."

Suddenly Joey walked into the kitchen.

"Hey Tea, me and Tristan are going to school to find Bakura and the Millennium Ring." "Ishizu made me ask you to join us, apparently she's afraid that we'll mess up or something..."

"Can't she or Marik go with you?" Tea asked.

"No they're heading back to the museum to find the guy that has the other two items."

"Okay, I'll go with you, you think you'll be okay?"

"Of course, we'll only be playing Duel Monsters the whole time." Pegasus said.

Tea looked at Atem, who nodded.

"Okay, let's go."

She and Joey left the kitchen and soon after that they heard the front door closing.

"I don't see why she would be worried, after all we're not kids anymore." "Now for my second turn I lay down the Spell card called Toon World." "And thanks to that card I can lay down the Toon Mermaid." "I won't attack your weak Beaver Warrior right away, so it's your turn again."

Atem drew another card. He could barely look at his hand. All the cards were just blurring images. The pain just got too worse.

I can never get through this! It's just too much!

No you can do this Atem, you have to! It's the only chance you've got...we've got.

Yugi is right, I have to do this for my friends, for the entire world!

"I...I lay down the Summoned Skull...and destroy your Toon World with my De-Spell."

"Now that's the Yugi I know."

Atem didn't bother to correct the name. He was more focused on not falling off the chair.

"And I attack your Twin Headed Dragon with Summoned Skull."

"Bravo Yugi." "Unfortunately you forgot about my face down card that I lay down my first turn."

Pegasus picked the card up and showed it to his opponent. It was Mirror Force. Atem removed his Beaver Warrior and Summoned Skull to the Graveyard.

Suddenly there was a huge noise coming from the living room. Pegasus and Atem threw their cards on the table. Pegasus ran out of the kitchen fast, but Atem could nearly stand on his feet.

Yugi, you'll have to take over! Yugi? Yugi can you hear me?

Panic filled Atem's head as Yugi didn't respond.