Flightfoot: Yeah, though there's also the part of Seto and Mokuba being trapped, so they'd only have time after the game is over.
Hey guys! I'm sorry I haven't updated in like forever. I want to finish up Spirit World Duelist to start on Always Together and there was also the one shot Who Wants to Die? It's a good story, you seriously should read it. It's based on the song Hero by Superchick. Anyways, review please!
Pandora's forehead began showing a third eye on his forehead that glowed brightly. Seto and Atem gasped, then showed deep glares. They knew it was Marik talking this time.
"Marik!" Atem glared as the possessed Pandora chuckled manically.
"So, we finally meet again, Atem," Marik replied though Pandora.
"How do you know my name?"
"I have ways of knowing things. I figured you would defeat Pandora. It was nice he could keep you busy, while I figure out your strategy of dueling. After all, I need to prepare myself for our upcoming battle."
"What is it you want from Yugi?"
"I told you, revenge."
"Yes, but what has he done to you for you to go as far as to want to have your f***ing revenge?"
"I suppose it's fair for me to explain things, even to a pathetic vessel."
"You want pathetic, I'll stick a d*** up your ass."
"Very cleaver," the possessed Pandora smirked in reply. "As I was saying: my family and I have been guarding the Pharaoh's tomb for years. Each day we're hidden from society underground to protect the Pharaoh's legacy and mark them on our backs. One day, my sister took me to the outside world, my father catching me red handed. Next thing I knew, he was dead on the floor and blood everywhere. That's when I saw him, his spirit."
"But I don't remember any of that," Yugi said next to Atem. "I was locked in the tomb for 3000 years with nobody to see me or touch me. There's no way that could've been me."
"So you think Yugi killed your father?" Atem asked Marik.
"I saw him! It couldn't have been anyone else. Once my revenge is complete, I will be the new Pharaoh and take what should've been rightfully mine," Marik said inside Pandora. "Of course, I'll have to dispose of this one. I'll just destroy his soul room and there will be nothing left of him." Pandora then dropped dead to the ground with no pulse.
"So that's why Marik wants to kill Yugi," Atem whispered, then facing Seto. "He thinks Yugi killed his father, but there's no way. Yugi couldn't even touch me before I solved the puzzle."
"This Marik guy seems troublesome. He's even hiring Rare Hunters to kill other duelists. We need to keep our eyes peeled," Seto warned his friend.
"I hope the next duel isn't like this one," Mokuba said.
"You threatened to cut my fingers only last year," Atem smirked.
"Well... cutting fingers doesn't kill anyone!"
"Whatever you say, Mokuba."
Mokuba rolled his eyes as Seto made a slight chuckle. The three exited from Trading Cards and began walking down the sidewalk. 'Jetson Street,' Atem thought after leaving the shop. Yugi was starting to worry about his brother spouting out directions. Atem kept spouting out where him and Seto were located, looking for other duelists.
"Brother, mind if I take over again?" Yugi asked, feeling more safe. Atem turned to Yugi's direction. "We might run into one of Marik's minions again. I'll let you know if it's a normal duelist."
'Alright,' Atem agreed before letting Yugi take his place.
Yugi walked toward a riverside under a bridge. He slid down the ramp with Seto following behind him. 'Riverside under Domino Bridge,' Yugi heard Atem think though their mind link. Yugi stared at the river as it flowed passed him.
'Brother, don't you think it's strange for you to spout out street names whenever we pass them?' Yugi asked as Atem furrowed his eyebrows, then stared at the river.
"It is. I didn't think you could hear it through our mind link. I don't know why I'm doing it," Atem admitted.
'I'd think maybe Marik has something to do with it, but you never took off the puzzle once since the tournament.'
"Yes... wait, I did take it off during the Ceremony, but... no Ryan would've picked it up."
'I don't know. Marik can control two people at once... Maybe I'm just overreacting.'
"I'm sure it's nothing to worry about."
'I suppose.'
"Why are you stopping?" Seto asked as Yugi turned.
"I was talking to Brother. Anyways, we should probably keep moving."
"Hello Pharaoh!" a voice greeted from behind the two. Yugi glared and saw a man with piercings all over his face and lips. He also had a third eye on his forehead. "We meet again."
"Listen Marik, I don't know what happened or how, but I promise you I didn't kill your father!" Yugi said.
"I suppose you're a deceitful lair as well. You could at least admit what you did!"
"I promise you I really didn't."
"That's enough! It's time to duel Pharaoh and face an Egyptian god in the flesh. This one has the god Slifer the Sky Dragon and I'm sure you need that to take your precious throne."
"I'll take you on!" Yugi said, putting on his game face before turning his duel disk on. They drew their first five cards. Marik's doll went first and drew his first card.
"I place one card face-down, then summon Humaniod Slime in attack mode," Marik said through his silent doll as Humaniod Slime appeared as a silver gooey figure. Yugi narrowed his eyes, suspecting that Marik was luring him to attack. "Your turn."
"Ok then," Yugi replied before drawing his next card. "I fold one card, then summon Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts in attack mode!" Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts appeared ready for attack. "I end my turn."
"No attack? Rather you're being cautious or a coward. No matter, I'll still kill you with my own bare hands," the doll smirked.
"Uh Marik... this is a game and we're using cards, which means..."
"SHUT UP AND DUEL!"
"But it's your turn."
"I KNOW THAT!" The doll yelled before drawing his next card. "I play Worm Drake, then I use a spell card from my hand: Polymerization, to fusion summon Humanoid Drake in attack mode!"
"Oh shit," Atem responded to the fusion monster.
"And I reveal my face-down card Quick Attack," the doll declared as Yugi and Atem gasped at the same time.
"Double shit," Atem responded.
"Compared to you, I'm not afraid to attack my opponents. I don't wait until I have the upper hand," the doll smirked. "Humanoid Drake, attack Yugi's Gazelle!"
Humanoid Drake ran toward Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts. Yugi showed a smirk, then declared, "I reveal my face-down card De-Fusion!" Marik's doll gasped as his monster Humanoid Drake split back into Humanoid Slime and Worm Drake. "I knew you would go for Polymerization when you summoned Humanoid Slime. It's a faster way of summoning a monster without wasting a turn. Now, my Gazelle can attack your Humanoid Slime!"
Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts pounced on Humanoid Slime, then it splattered everywhere into silver goo. Marik's life points were left with 3300 life points. The doll glared in annoyance as Yugi showed a bright and fun-loving smile along with a childish laugh. Marik smirked deeply and began laughing.
"Not bad. You really are the King of Games," Marik's doll smirked before drawing his next card. "Able to predict my first move and counter it. Perhaps maybe you weren't just being cautious. You're quite the duelist, Yugi. I'll start getting a little tougher this time.
"I believe it's my turn!" Yugi smirked before drawing his next card. "I summon Beta the Magnet Warrior!" Beta the Magnet Warrior appeared on the field bold and brave. "Gazelle, attack Worm Drake!" Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts attacked Worm Drake and wiped it from the field, leaving Marik with 3200 life points remaining.
"Then it's my turn!" Marik's Doll replied before drawing his next monster. "I summon Revival Jam in defense mode." Revival Jam appeared as a shapeless blue goo. "Then, I use my spell card Jam Breeding Machine. This produces one slime token once every turn, but as long as this is on the field, I can't summon any other monsters."
"Shit, he's planning on using that thing to gain three sacrifices!" Atem realized.
"I know," Yugi replied. "It takes three sacrifices to summon a god. At least according to Seto."
"It seems you're already aware of the gods' power," the doll smirked.
"I am," Yugi replied before drawing his next card. "I sacrifice my two monsters to summon Buster Blader!" Buster Blader appeared boldly in attack mode. "Attack Revival Jam!" Buster Blader took its long sword and sliced Revival Jam in half. The blue goo splattered everywhere before morphing back into its original shape. "Oh shit, it can regenerate?"
"Marik is not one to take lightly," Atem realized before a smirk appeared on his lips. "Now I wish I were the one playing. I envy you, Yugi."
"My Revival Jam can regenerate itself. Sorry you had to waste your precious turn," Marik's doll smirked before drawing his next card. "I believe it's my turn." He peered at his cards, then showed a half smirk. "My Jam Breeding Machine gives me a Slime Token!" A slime token appeared from the Jam Breeding Machine and onto Marik's doll's field. "Of course, these slime tokens are weak and damage from them will take a bulk of my life points, so I'll play Nightmare Steel Cage!" Yugi gasped as a steel cage domed around him with huge spikes poking out.
"Holy shit!" Mokuba responded.
"Now neither of us can attack for three turns!" Marik's doll smirked.
"Three turns? That means he'll be able to summon a god!" Mokuba gasped as Seto showed a slight smirk.
"Then this should be interesting," Seto replied.
"My Jam Breeding Machine activates again!" Marik's doll declared on his next turn as another slime token appeared on his field. "How's it feel being locked in a cage? Can you feel the humiliation and despare and sorrow?"
"Are you kidding? I'm about to fight a god!" Yugi replied excitedly. "Even Brother is anxious to see it! You didn't have to put this steel cage to prevent me from letting you summon a god."
"You... want me to summon Slifer?" Marik asked dumbfoundedly.
"Duh!" Yugi and Seto replied together.
"It'd be boring if I kicked your butt without you summoning Slifer," Yugi pointed out.
"Well I... huh, I guess you have a point," Marik's doll said with furrowed eyebrows. He then smirked brightly. "I mean it's not like I'm planning on killing you now. I'm saving that for later."
"If you want to kill Yugi, why not do it now instead of wasting your time dueling?" Seto asked grimly.
"Because Yugi's good with sword fighting and horseback riding. That'd be like trying to kill a knight. I have to find another way of doing it," Marik's doll said as if he knew everything.
"Yugi's good at sword fighting?" Mokuba asked in surprise.
"Anyways, my machine makes another token and I sacrifice all three Slime Tokens, destroying Jam Machine, to summon out Slifer the Sky Dragon!" Marik's doll declared boldy as Slifer appeared like a red leviathan. Yugi gasped in amazement as the dragon made a tremendous roar. "YOU HAVE NO HOPE YUGI! CAN YOU FEEL THE FEAR POURING THROUGH YOUR VEINS?"
"Wait, can you hold for a second?" Yugi asked before changing to Atem. He dug into his pocket to retrieve a camera, then threw it to Seto.
"Seto, I need you to take a shot of this! Nobody's gonna believe this!" Atem said as Seto showed a smirk, then backed up a few inches to catch the shot of Marik's doll and Atem. "Make sure you get my good side!" He pumped his arm, then Seto rolled his eyes. Atem made himself look like he was looking at his cards inside the steel cage before Seto took the picture.
"Got it!" Seto said before throwing the camera back to Atem and he saw the picture.
"Sweet! You even got Slifer's good side," Atem said before noticing the doll's annoyed face. "Sorry, I'll let your duel with Yugi continue. I just had to get a picture of this bad boy." Atem then changed to Yugi.
"Where was I? Oh yeah. Wow, Slifer is huge! This is so awesome!" Yugi said with a bright smile. His arms and legs were shaking in excitement. "Someone pinch me!"
"I can do..." Mokuba said before Seto stopped his brother by grabbing him by the back of the collar.
"Not Atem," Seto told Mokuba.
"Well... Slifer's attack points equal to the number of cards I have in my hand times 1000," Marik's doll explained, showing the cards in his hand, which was three. "I have three, so Slifer has 3000 attack points."
"Wicked!" Yugi replied with beaming eyes. "That means Slifer's attack points can go up to 7000 in maximum!"
"Or so you think, I actually have a card that can make it go higher!" Marik's doll smirked before playing his spell card Infinite Cards. "With this, I can have an infinite amount of cards! Nightmare Steel Cage also disappears on your next turn after this one, so Slifer can start his slaughter!"
"Sweet!" Yugi grinned brightly before drawing his next card. "I play two cards face-down. Sucks I can't attack. Oh well, I'll just summon Kuriboh and end my turn." Kuriboh appeared on the field before the steel cage disappeared.
"That steel cage now disappears and Slifer can start its onslaught! My turn!" Marik's doll smirked before drawing his next card. Slifer the Sky Dragon's attack points rose to 4000. "Now, Slifer attack Yugi's Buster Blader!"
"TRAP! LIGHTFORCE SWORD!" Yugi smirked as Marik's doll gasped and a large sword stabbed through one of his cards. "This will remove one of your cards from play until your fourth turn! Now, Slifer has 3000 attack."
"Shit!" Marik's doll gasped as Buster Blader took its sword and was about to slice through Slifer the Sky Dragon until Revival Jam took its place. "Ooooo, close, but no cigar. I also revealed my trap called Jam Defender. Now, if you attack any of my monsters, Revival Jam will take its place." Revival Jam regenerated itself just as Marik's doll used another card. "Now, I can use my spell card Card of Safe Return. This allows me to draw three cards everytime my Revival Jam regenerates itself."
"Shit Marik, you are awesome!" Yugi said with excitement in his voice. "Slifer's attack points now go to 5000, man, aren't I screwed." He laughed loudly as Seto slapped his forehead.
"He's crazy! Even you would be annoyed, but Yugi's just having a ball," Mokuba said.
Seto chuckled sarcastically saying, "that's his way of dueling. He just has fun with it like a moron."
"You know Yugi, I'm really envying you for not playing against this guy, he's awesome!" Atem smirked with his arms crossed.
"SLIFER ATTACKS BUSTER BLADER!" Marik's doll cried out as Slifer the Sky Dragon blew a huge blast of fire at Buster Blader and wiped it from the field, leaving Yugi with 2100. He was still laughing and cracking up.
"This is awesome, I just got blasted by Slifer. I'm definitely dreaming!" Yugi laughed excitedly.
"What is with you, you pathetic nerd? I'm about to win and you're just laughing at it like it's no big deal! If you lose, you lose your chance to get your memories back!" Marik's Doll glared with frustration.
"Yeah, but I can stay with Brother forever!" Yugi said as Atem turned his head toward the young pharaoh. "I mean, yeah there's things to lose, but there are things to gain too. If I gain my memories, Brother and I will have to seperate and I'll probably never see him again.
"Really?" Mokuba asked as Yugi nodded his head. "Wow, I can see his point. I wouldn't want to leave Seto either."
"Anyways, it's my turn!" Yugi declared before drawing his next card. He peered through his hand, his mind wondering into different ways to defeat Marik.
From what Marik could tell, Yugi really was struggling. He was taking longer than usual to make a move, but yet he was still laughing and having fun like a little child. This was nothing like Marik predicted the pharaoh would be like. It was true that the scriptures told this pharaoh was very childlike, but Marik thought it meant the features. He never would've imagined Yugi to actually act childish. This was no ordinary king.
"I'm gonna sacrifice Kuriboh to summon Dark Magician Girl in defense mode!" Yugi declared as Dark Magician Girl appeared, then winked at Atem. Yugi chuckled at that scene as Atem rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"You activated Slifer's special ability," Marik's doll smirked as Slifer shot a blast from its second mouth. "When you summon a monster, it deals 2000 points of damage!"
"Then I reveal my trap, Magical Hats!" Yugi smirked as four hats appeared, one of them covering Dark Magician Girl. Slifer the Sky Dragon blasted one of the hats and it disappeared from the field. "Nanny, nanny, boo, boo, you can't catch me!" Yugi sang in a mocking tone while shaking his butt at Marik's doll. He glared with annoyance before Yugi stuck his tongue out. "I place two cards face-down and end my turn. Wow, this is fun!"
"Whatever, I'm still gonna kick your ass and win this game!" Marik's doll glared before drawing his next card. "Slifer, attack that hat!" Slifer the Sky Dragon shot a blast of fire balls at one of the magical hats, revealing Magic Cylinder. The blast entered one of the cylinders. "SHIT!"
"Nice try, Marik," Yugi smirked before Spellbinding Circle took a hold of Slifer the Sky Dragon. "I hid Spellbinding Circle and Magic Cylinder under that hat!" The blast from Slifer the Sky Dragon blasted out of the other cylinder and aimed right at the dragon. Revival Jam appeared in the dragon's place and reformed itself.
"Yes, but my Revival Jam protects Slifer! Face it Yugi, you're screwed!" Marik's doll smirked before drawing three more cards. "I also draw three more cards since Revival Jam regenerated itself! Now, Slifer's attack points rise by 3000!"
Spellbinding Circle then disappeared and Slifer the Sky Dragon's attack showed 8000 attack. Yugi's knees dropped to the ground and his head bent over. Marik smirked, seeing Yugi on his knees and shaking, making a weeping sound. Marik's doll was heard laughing aloud for his final victory and Yugi's spirit finally broken. Seto stared at Yugi in shock, but not before noticing something about his weeping, it sounded like... laughter?
Yugi's laugh grew louder and louder as tears squeezed through his eyelids that were tightly closed shut. Marik gasped in horror, realizing his misunderstanding. Yugi was not broken, his spirit had grown stronger. He was found rolling on the ground with his arms around his stomach laughing like a crazy lunatic.
"WHAT'S SO DAMN FUNNY? YOU'RE ABOUT TO LOSE THIS GAME?" Marik's doll yelled frantically.
"That's what's funny," Yugi said before wiping his tears. "When I lose, Seto's gonna throw a fit and burn me alive!" He began laughing again. "And then he'll destroy my afterlife too." Yugi kept laughing and laughing until Seto's head boiled.
"YUGI, GET ON YOUR DAMN FEET! YOU ARE NOT F***ING LOSING THIS GAME!" Seto yelled.
"But I am screwed!" Yugi argued while laughing his head off.
"YOU ARE NOT F***ING SCREWED NOW GET ON YOUR DAMN FEET!"
"Ok, ok, gee," Yugi replied while rolling his eyes, then began chuckling. He drew his next card. "Here goes nothing! I place Big Shield Guardna in defense mode, then fold one card!"
Slifer the Sky Dragon opened its second mouth and blasted Big Shield Guardna, taking away 2000 points from its defense. Yugi smirked, knowing his monster was still safe, since it had over 2000 defense. Atem began wondering how Yugi was going to defeat Slifer the Sky Dragon if Marik can draw an infinite amount of cards. It seemed that Yugi didn't have any ideas.
"I believe it's my turn," Marik's doll smirked before drawing his next card.
"Any ideas?" Atem asked.
'No clue, but that infinite amount of attack points is making Slifer stronger,' Yugi replied.
"How can you defeat a monster with infinite amount of attack points? Marik might as well use his deck as attack points."
'Brother, you're a genius! You just brought me an idea of how to defeat Marik!'
"Uh... I did?"
'Just watch.'
"Slifer attacks your pathetic monster!" Marik's doll smirked victoriously as Yugi showed a deeper smirk. "What's it this time?"
"Brother just hatched an idea of how to defeat Slifer," Yugi replied before looking at his deck. "It depends if I can draw the right card."
"This should be good," Seto smirked as Yugi drew his final card and peered at it.
"ALRIGHT! I WIN! I WIN! I WIN!" Yugi shouted excitedly while jumping up and down like a three-year-old. "I REVEAL MY FACE-DOWN CARD MONSTER REBORN TO BRING BACK BUSTER BLADER!" Monster Reborn appeared and Buster Blader returned to the field in attack mode.
"YOU'RE CRAZY!" Marik's doll shouted insanely.
"NO I'M NOT, I'M PULLING OFF MY SUPER SPECIAL AWESOME SUPER COMBO!" Yugi shouted in excitement while jumping up and down. "WATCH ME, BROTHER! WATCH ME!"
"BUT BECAUSE YOU REVIVED YOUR MONSTER, I CAN DRAW THREE MORE CARDS, WHICH..."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever. I know what your trap does, now are you gonna watch my super special awesome super combo or not?" Yugi asked impatiently as Marik sighed in annoyance while rolling his eyes. "Anyways, Slifer attacks!" Slifer the Sky Dragon opened its second mouth and a blast headed toward Buster Blader, leaving it with 1100 attack. "Then Buster Blader attacks!"
"YUGI, ARE YOU NUTS?" Mokuba asked with panic on his face.
"UGH! HOLD A SEC, I'M GETTING TO THE SUPER SPECIAL AWESOME PART!" Yugi glared with annoyance, then turned back to Marik. "Anyways, Revival Jam then blocks Buster Blader's attack!" Revival Jam, took Slifer the Sky Dragon's place and Buster Blader attacked it instead. "Now, I use Brain Control to control your Revival Jam!"
"WHAT?" Marik's doll glared.
"Oh, you also have to draw three more cards," Yugi grinned as Marik drew three more cards. "Oh, and Slifer attacks!" Slifer the Sky Dragon opened it's second mouth and fired a great blast right at Revival Jam before it regenerated. "Then you draw three more cards, then Slifer strikes Revival Jam again, then you draw three more cards and... well you get the idea. Try that for infinite! Your cards are not infinite, Marik, so you've drawn your last card!"
"F***ING SHIT!"
"Holy f***! That was pure genius!" Mokuba cried before laughing his head off. "Not even I could've seen that!"
"Impressive," Seto smirked with folded arms.
"You really did corner me, Marik. I had lots of fun!" Yugi grinned.
"SHUT UP!" Marik's doll shouted before sliding the puzzle card and Slifer the Sky Dragon. "I was expecting you to win Slifer anyways! Just know we're enemies and became that when you killed my father!"
"I told you, I never killed him. I don't even know what he looks like... in fact, I don't know what you look like," Yugi said with a sorrowful face. "I wish we weren't enemies. I like you alot and you're really fun to play with."
"You'll be having second thoughts when two of my rare hunters get a hold of two familiar faces. Does Hanaski and Joey sound familiar?"
"NO! STOP THIS! I DIDN'T KILL YOUR FATHER! HONEST!" Yugi cried aloud with tears bursting from his eyes.
"ENOUGH!" Marik's doll shouted. "You better hurry before something bad happens to them."
In the middle of the Town Square, Tea and Hanaski were running down the street looking for Yugi. It had been at least four hours since the Battle City Tournament started and they were searching everywhere for their friends. Hanaski wanted to watch his best friend play in the tournament and felt extremely guilty for oversleeping on the most important day. Tea also wanted to watch Yugi duel.
"I can't believe I overslept!" Hanaski shouted frantically.
"I overslept too! Oh shit, I hope Yugi doesn't kill me!" Tea said worriedly.
"I'm sure he won't get mad."
"I suppose. Yugi's always been the forgiving type."
Hanaski shoved through tons of people to find Joey or Yugi, mostly Yugi. Tea was only thinking about watching Yugi duel. She was anxious to find her boyfriend. There were tons of duelists everywhere and groups of people watching a good duel. Tea couldn't find one duel that included Yugi in them.
Hanaski did, however, find one duel with Joey. He was dueling against Weevil, who was just attacked directly by Archfiend of Gilfer. Weevil's life points dropped to 0 and Joey pumped his arm with a deep smirk on his face.
"HA! Guess I'm not that much of an amateur, now am I?" Joey smirked victoriously.
"I have to admit, you're not as weak as the first time I met you. I can see how you defeated Rex and Mai. I suppose you are honorable enough to have my Insect Queen," Weevil said, handing Joey Insect Queen and a locator card. "If you leave even once scratch on that, I'm gonna blow your brains out!"
"Don't worry. Her majesty is in good hands," Joey promised as Weevil showed a friendly smirk, then waved goodbye before leaving.
"Guess we missed all the fun," Tea smirked as Joey turned his head and showed a grin.
"Are you kidding? I had a blast! I just kicked Weevil's silly ass! He asked for it too. He challenged me to a duel after finding out I defeated Rex and Mai. Said he wanted to see for himself," Joey explained, showing off.
"That's awesome, Joey!" Hanaski replied excitedly. "Oh, have you seen Yugi or Atem by any chance?"
"Not that I know of. We separated after the tournament began. Last I heard from him, him and Kaiba were kicking some serious ass," Joey replied.
"He's not the only one," Ryan smirked, appearing from behind the gang.
"Ryan, how you coming?" Tea asked.
"Four locator cards, does that answer your question?" Ryan replied with a deep smirk while showing four locator cards. "I even gained some additional rare cards."
"Shit Ryan! You really know how ta duel!" Joey smirked.
"Uh guys, we're still looking for Yugi or Atem," Tea reminded the boys.
"Haven't heard from either," Ryan replied. "Though, I'm sure they're doing fine."
"So, what kind of deck are you using?" Hanaski asked curiously.
"An occult theme. I can use my opponent's attack as my life points," Ryan replied with a deep dark smirk.
"Just the sound of it gives me the creeps," Joey replied as Ryan rolled his eyes.
"Baby."
"I HEARD THAT!"
"Anyways, how about you use the duelist meter to check for a nearby duelist?"
"You can do that?" Hanaski asked in amazement.
"Yeah, it's built into the duel disk," Joey replied before turning on the duelist meter. It began beeping toward a curtain direction. "This way!"
"I'll just find another duelist to kick ass with."
With that, Joey, Tea, and Hanaski left the area and ran toward an aquarium. Ryan's hair started blowing in the wind and his face changed to a scowl. This wasn't Ryan at all, but Yami Ryou pretending to be Ryan. He had been the one dueling since the tournament started.
Marik appeared behind Yami Ryou with a deep dark smirk on his face.
"Nice job with disguising yourself. I'll just take Joey and Hanaski as my two prisoners, then I'll finally have my revenge," Marik smirked.
"He won't be easy to take down," Yami Ryou warned Marik. "And Ryan is putting up a good fight."
"Don't worry about him. I've already got him covered, remember?" Marik smirked, showing the millennium rod.
"His mind is stronger than you think."
"So is Atem's, but I still took control of him."
"Only by a minimum. If you let your control go any farther, Atem can easily penetrate your control. One with a strong mind can overcome your millennium rod. I would know."
"Oh really?"
"Yes," Yami Ryou replied with no emotion. "As a Tomb Guardian, we're technically enemies."
"Yes, but we want to destroy the pharaoh."
"Only for pathetic revenge. I want to destroy him for power. In fact, if your father wasn't in the picture, you'd be defending Yugi with your very life. Revenge is such a weak thing, Marik. In time, you will learn that."
"I will never defend the pharaoh for anything!"
"No, but the true enemy isn't him either."
Marik glared at Yami Ryou as his eyes darkened, then said, "you know, abuse can do very interesting things in a person's mind. Your mind is filled with abuse that you try to make go away like your father whiping you, watching your precious brother being beaten, your sister and yourself raped, and other things while being in the darkness. They say you start seeing things that aren't there and possibly develop the very thing you're really fighting. You may seem strong, but even I can sense your very weakness in the mind."
"I'M NOT WEAK!"
"You are... more than you can admit to yourself," Yami Ryou replied before walking from Marik, who continued to glare at his partner in crime.